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Mas. cauls CALLERS �
emeepeeseepeesee s'Nayssee •.eaRssessee eses
How de do, Gran'ma, Perkins.
Come on up on the porch and eyit
dawn "on the rocker, It feels good
to be able to sit out .again, don't
it1 Spring's early this year. No,
indeed I'm not on
eb
bit lonesome.
ya
I'm thatglad to think Brother Jim
took a fancy to a 'nice settled girl
M
the
ooneo
.s 'stead
like i s Smith
flibbertyegibbets, iuight have
taken
up with, him bein' all alone
by himself like, up to the city,
Yes, it was a ree-al nice weddin',
wasn't it? The new miuistee is a
mighty .fine man, an' a preacher 'at
does your ears good
to listen
to
him. N
o
isn'the
anyblac
kir,
to
the John ;oneses. They came over
from River%wn to the wedding.
John Jones seems to be, doing well
at last, and Misses Jones and the
children looked ree-al peare an',
happy. Misses White couldn't
tome; the baby wasn't well; but
Judson came just to wish Jim
happiness, he said; It's a pity that
you was sick, Gran'ma Perkins,
'cause I know you would have en-
joyed seeing the airs of Mrs,. Si
Cutler and the way ehe had them
two young *nes of her's rigged out.
She kind o' sniffed when she saw
Mandy, the colored washwoman,
sittin' in a pew beside me; but
Mandy's been a 'good an' faithful
eioul, an' has washed for me week in
an' week 'out for the last twenty
years; besides, you know, I'm all
kr comfort an' nothin' for style,
Gran'ma Perkins. Little Silas
shamed his mother by askin.' in a
loud voice, "When'r they goin' to
pour water en e', ma-ma"—got the
ceremony mixed up in his mind with
ohrisdein'. Bless his little lifel
He's a nice, plump. hearty little fel-
low, 'spite of the Lord Fauntleroy
clothes he's rigged out in, and I
knew he's glad that his hair is stiff
and pokerish, an' can't be made to
curl, you know. Them two young,
ones, did a cute thing last Christ-
mas. They gathered up all their
Sunday school cards an' put 'em in
a heap beside their Christmas
stockin's to show of Sande Klaws
what awful good children they'd
been, Yes, Brother Jim is goin' to
'build and eettle here in Cozyville.
They've bought the old Foster
place, an' they're goin' to build a
great big house an' a gar -ridge, or
some sort of stable to keep their
automobile in. Miss Smith (seems
like I'll always call her "Miss
Smith," though I call her "Sarah"
right along, bein' as she's my law-
ful sister-in-law) wants me to live
with 'em; but I say, "No, I'll just
keep my own little home, an' get
my own little bite"; only Jim has
• hired a girl for me; but you see,
Gran'ma Perkins, she's apretty
nice little thing. Her name's. Bet-
ty, an' she's just 16, an' as clean
as a.whistle and twice as cheerful.
Ebenezer took to her at once. He
caught a Mouse and brought it to
her the second day she was here,
and, my land, you should have
heard Betty scream! But now she
feeds Ebenezer with plenty of
cream, so's he won't ever be hun-
gry enough to go mouse hunting
again. Wasn't it too bad Letty
couldn't have planned her visit to
come in for the weddin' 1 But, of
course, the twills havin' the measles.
was a little drawback. Ain't it
strange how everybody seems to up
an' get sick when there's a weddin'
or a party comm' ? Yes, yes, I've.
noticed that, too, that everybody's
always well an' able to go to funer-
als. Seems to me sometimes, Gran' -
ma Perkins, that if we all ree-aly
believed what we vow an' declare
we do in hymns an' prayers every
Sabbath, a funeral ought to be a
time of more rejoicin' than a°heist
enin' ; but the question is : Do we
ree-aly believe in the heavenly
`home an' the pearly gates l Well,
well, I dunno ; this vale o' tears
seems a. mighty pleasant place to
me an' I'm anxious an' willin' to
stay right on here till the good
Lord sees fit to take me to the man-
sions o' the blessed. I'm afraid
, I'm too much of a "common per-
son" to feel at home there right
away. But there, just as you say,
Gran'ma Perkins, a. body can get
,used; to anything, even playin' on a
harp or hangin'.
Well, just to think of Miss Smith,
that was, being took across the
ocean—abroad—to Paris and Lon-
• don and all them places we used to
learn about at school in jography.
She looked ree-al Pretty an' young,
and Jim was so fond of her and so
kind. She kissed 'meagain an' yet
again, and she said, "Oh, my dear,
dear Miss Cozy" (she says she can't
never call me anything else), she
says, "If it, hadn't a been for your
kindness try nee this would never
have been." Then I seen she was
hcin' to buet out a-cryin' an' spoil
er new veil she lied for her goxn'
away hat, so 1 jus' whispered ire her
ear, kinda sly like, t"I 'spect it's
e. ree-al good thing that ,you didn't
catch the mini,stet that time, Sar-
ah," I said, ` Well, she went off
ree-al Cheerful and laughin', and,
as I said before, all's well that ends
good. What, do you have to get•
already, Grarl'mal Well, 'came
over some time soon again. Mebbe
when you haven't so much to tell
loose about Letty an' the twins, I
tatty get a chi tee to pat in a weed'
edgewise, awl tell: you the rest of
the etoryy of brother Jima weddin'.
Well, there's no Mise Smith any
more, ehe's M. Oozy now, Geod.
bee, Grazi'ma Perkins,, goodbye.
THE GREAT RABBIT PLANE
AUSTRALIA. IS FINALLY GET-
TING x;�
OF IT. 1�
Poison Has Been Given e 4 Place to
the Bludgeon And an Ex-
terminator.
In th'e early days of the convict
settlement, of which Australia ie
of
'n the
the outgrowth, some captain
guard- had a covey rabbits of
im-
ported for breeding purposes, The
Australian climate proved aecep-
table to the rabbits and they were
turned out in the back garden for
the amusemseat of the children of
the colony. In a few years serious
inroads were made by the animals,
which had by this time numbered
hundreds, into the gardens of the
penal settlement, and it was de-
cided that the rabbits woulcl have
to be exterminated, for the mem-
here of the colony depended upon
their daily supply of green stuff
grown in their gardens for food.
Snares were. set in the riddled
gardens and every known means of
oapturin'g.the animals was, used, all
to no effect. 'The colonists, armed
with guns and Inembers of the pen-
al settlement ,managed to shoot a
good many, but powder in those
days was
AN EXPENSIVE ITEM. •
As a result of the united efforts
'on behalf of, the extermination of
the pests the -gardens were more or
less cleared by being rabbit proofe-
ed with palisades and the rabbits
finally driven out in the open coun-
try, in which the colonists had little
or no interest. With the growth of
the 'country and the settlement of
several of the outlying districts the
rabbits were forced to find more
congenial ground, having by this
time eaten the best of the pasturage
available.
Sheep farming in the early 80's
was an industry which was rapidly
growing and the majority of the
sheep farms were more or less in-
land. The sheep growers, did not
pay much attention to a few of the
rabbits which appeared among,
their pastures, a fact which has
been regretted by thousands of
Australians in the business at the
present day. Soon the day of reck-
oning for the sheep men came.
Serious inroads had been made into
the pasture lands and the rabbits
-had extended themselves through-
out all the colonies, generally work-
ing their way along the fertile coast
line and thence to the interior.
Within the last twenty 'years it
was finally recognized that the rab-
bit was the prime pest that Aus-
±ralia possessed. Strong `efforts
were made to exterminate the ani-
mals. Water holes in dry regions
were poisoned. But this procedure
DID NOT DO MUCH GOOD.
for the sheep would drink at these
places and die.
As many as three million rabbits,
have been found along one water
hole. This happened on the Momba
run when the country was dry and
a great thirst was on "him," as the
Australians speak of the rabbits.
The paths rabbits have made going
down to drink in the Darling River
are in places two feet deep. '
The Government finally took a
hand in the matter and various
schemes were propounded,but
none was found to be of practical
use. Driven to desperation, the
legislative body of each colony of-
fered rewards for any scheme which
might prove to be practicable and
appropriate.
Thousands of schemes .mere
turned in to the Government,= one
of which was found suitable. .One
old lady sent in to the department
a species of poison made at home
with a detailed Iist of the proper-
ties of this wonderful preparation.
At the bottom of the instruction for
using was written a glowing, eulogy
of the efficacy of • the concoction,
winding up with the startling state-
ment that a rabbit would rather die
than eat it.
• Finally some one suggested to
the Government the value of the
rabbit as a food and this set the
elders of the Legislative Council
thinking, Rabbit was hardly eaten
in Australia, but in Europe it was
ESTEEMED A DELICACY. ,
Why not kill rabbits in thousands
and ship them to Europe,? About
this time some one invented a
meansof chilling meat and shipping
to long distances. Rabbit drives
were organized and soon the
scourges were made to pay back to
the country a small percentage in
money of the damage that they had
done.
These rabbit drives, now net a
revenue to Australia of over
$2,000,000. They are one of the
eights of the country and the mode
of procedure adopted kr the dis-
posal of the rabbits is an object
leseou.
In localities and runs where rab-
bits ate plentiful a stockade is built
capable of .accommodating millions
of the animals, Brushwood is piled
around the warrens and :smoke the
rabbits out. .A,. cordon of men ace
that no rabbit eseape,e except to-
ward the open gate of the stockade.
When the supply of rabbits from
the warrens is .exhausted the gates
of the stockade aro closed.
Men enter into the stockade
armed with bludgeons and kill the
animals. As fastas they are de-
spatched attendants with hand-
carts pick up the carcasses, and
these are shipped to the nearest
cold storage plant and
finally
to
Europe.
By these means the Australiiin
people
le are.gradually gotfin rid
of
the rabbits, though it will be a
score
of or more befora the
animals will be brought down suffi-
ciently.
PROPOSED BAN ON ABSSIN'TRE.
France Woull Ch t
Its Saki Un-
less "Denatured."
Cotentin Collin, a workman in the
Lorient Arsenal, Franee, made a bet
in a saloon that he would drink
twelve glasses of pure absinthe.He
won the bet and a few hours later
he was dead.
This item of news was printed on
the same day that M. de Lamar-
zelle',s bill to prohibit the, manufac-
ture and sale of absinthe came up
again in the French Senate. A
committee reported that the .con-
sumption of absinthe in France had
increased from 14,775 gallons in
1873 to• 5,062,300 gallons in 1911.
Evidence had been taken to show
that some plants. used in making ab-
sinthe were injurious while others
were not. The committe said:
"Absinthe is a producer of epi-
lepsy of the first order, hyosope
gives effects almost identical with
absinthe, sage isproductive of con-
vulsions and tansy causes tetanus
and violent convulsions. The active
principle of these substances is
thuyone. Harmless components are
aniseed and fennel."
The committee therefore recom-
mended that only absinthe contain-
ing harmless ingredients should be
allowed and all containing thuyone
in any form should be prohibited.
In fact they regommended that ab-
sinthe free from "absinthe" might
still be manufactured and if possi-
ble sold.
The committee further proposed
that the importation of absinthe
should be stopped immediately and
that its manufacture should be pro-
hibited in two years and its sale one
year after that.
The Government was prepared to
support the committee's solution of
the problem and M. de Lamarzelle
agreed to withdraw his total pro-
hibition bill in favor of one on the
lines proposed by the committee.
GEN. PASSOUAL OROZCO,
Of Mexico, the maker and unmaker
of Presidents.
THE SEA IS CALLING YOU.
Much interest is being taken in
the district contiguous to New Lon-
don, Conn., by the summer .resident
if requests for literan.ire and infer-
mation is any eriticisrh. Thousands
of copies of the booklet, "The Sea-
shore," which may be had for the
asking from Grand Trunk Agents,
have been distributed. The book-
let is profusely illustrated and also
contains valuable information as to
names of hotel, rates, etc. . New
London is only twelve hours from
Montreal and a new through train
service will be inaugurated from
Montreal on June 23rd. Features
of this district: warm sea bathing;
deep sea fishing and splendid hotel
or cottage accommodation.
The Japanese, while losing faith
inthe religion of their he r fathers, are
gaining faith in no other religion,
One comfort about general -.mor-
ality is that no human being ever
begins to Iie before being able to
talk,
NODITY TUBERCULAR CURE
MANY CHILDREN PAVED EX
NEW . T.IIEA.TMENT.
Lie Without Clothes in Midlvintee
San in Mountains of Seat.
zerland.
By exposing ' children without
clothes to the sun's rays in midwin-
ter at • altitude offeet an. tit5 00 et roan .
0
y
remarkable cures of surgical tuber-
culosis have been obtained in' the
mountains atLesii Switzerland.
amd.
It it a new method of treatment
adopted by Dr, Ropier, and Ger-
trude Austin, formerly of the Chile
dren's Hospital, London. who made
triptod b
a.. describes in the
Medical Record what has been ac-
complished.
She pictures the mountains on a
cloudless • January morning, cov-
ered with spotless, sparkling snow.
Dr. Rollier gave her every oppor-
tunity to study his methods and pa-
tients, She says
"My first visit to the children is
an event that I am not likely to for-
get. It/was with no little difficulty
that I walked from my hotel down
the steep winding road that leads to
"Le Chalet," as every one in Ley -
sin calls this diminutive hospital.
The sun had not yet appeared above
the mountain tops to soften the fro-
zen snow, and progression was dif-
ficult, not to say dangerous. The
clinic is a picturesque wooden con-
struction,
A REGULAR SWISS CHALET,
faces due south, and stands in a
small garden, which in summer
time is no doubt green .and gay with
flowers, but which on this cold Jan-
uary morning was carpeted like
everything else with pure white
snow.
1 had planned to arrive betimes,
for I wished to see the exodus of the
children from the waras to the,gal-
leries. But as I stood upon the
doorstep waiting for admission the
sun. rose above the mountain tops,
and already there were sounds of
merry laughter in the frosty mo> n
ing air. Happy voices were greeting
the beneficent rays, whose healing
powers even the little ones appear
to understand. They love this sun-
shine, which gives them health and
takes away their pain. and it is
they themselves, when able to do
so, who the moment the word is
given push down the bedclothes
and pull up and over their heads
the night dress that is obligatory at
other times.
When I was taken by the matron
out onto the first gallery my sur-
prise knew no bounds. Who would
have supposed that such dark-skin-
ned, healthy -looking, .little bodies
could be found in a dhospital, and
above all who would have expected
to see tiny children on a winter's
day in January basking in the sun-
shine as naked as when they were
born, except for the quaint little
calico hats which make such
A STRARTLING CONTRAST
with their brown. skin. Most of
them are in a recumbent position,
some even lying face downwards,
which does not seem to worry them
at all; the more fortunate ones are
able to situp, roll about in bed,
and have a good time while all are
revelling in their warm sunbath.
A few are not yet fully exposed; it
is true, for they are newcomers and
have not completed the necessary
training which endows them with
this extraordinary power of endur-
ance. The latter have still the pale,
weary faces which sickness gives,
and it is easy to see that their so-
journ at Leysin has been but a
short one.
The children—those who are well
enough—have •morning lessons, as
the doctor believes •mental occupa-
tion absolutely necessary. It is a
privilege to take part in these, as it
means convaIescence has begun.
At the head of the bed stands the
teacher, as there it is impossible for
the shadow of her body to interfere
with the action of the sun's rays.
"I think I can safely say," the
writer says, "that few people have
seen classes of sick children doing
their lessons perfectly naked in mid-
winter out of doors, all gay and
happy and looking far stronger and
healthier than many children who
have no ailments whatever." The
children played with toys strewn on
their beds while they continued
their studies. They enjoyed seeing
a visitor, asked questions and lis-
tened to stories. ,
AN IMPORTANT ORDER.
A rural postmaster tells this story
of one of the patrons of his office, a
boy of thrifty, not to say penurious,
stock
When the lad comes into
the post -office, he will thrust his
wizened face' up close` to the win-
dow and, in his slow, drawl, inquire
most earnestly •
"Rev ye got any postal cards?"
fe3res," the postmaster replies.
"Ilaow much be they Vela,
"A cent apiece,"
Then the boy, serewing .up his
eyes in the intensity of. his thought
over the question he hes to deride,
always y
s seans for
a whiletc' simnel
the 'consequences, Finally, he will
reply solemnly :
r `Wal, 1,11 take One."
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Useful Hints for the Tiller of the Soll
BUTTERMILK CHEESE.
Buttermilk cheese is a new pro-
duct obtained by curdling butter-
milk with heat, draining the curd
and adding salt. Large, amounts
of buttermilk are wasted every year
at creameries. If this were made
into buttermilk cheese, it would fur-
nish a large supply of palatable
food, equal in food value, pound
for pound, to lean beefsteak. It
can be sold profitably at half the
price meat is,
To make buttermilk cheese the
buttermilk is curdled by heating to
80 degrees, and left undisturbed for
an hour. It is then heated to 130
degrees and after standing quiet
for about an hour, the clear whey is
drawn off the curd,' and the latter
is placed on a draining rack, which
is covered with cheesecloth. Here
it remains half a day or over night,
until as dry as desired, when it is
salted with 1% pounds of salt per
100 pounds of curd, and is ready
for use. - Buttermilk cheese can be
ade from buttermilk, from cream
which was pasteurized before ripen -
ening, or the buttermilk may ,be
pasteurized during the process of
cheesemaking, in either case insur-
ing the absence of disease germs.
Packing and selling the cheese
requires special attention since the
public is not familiar with the pro-
duct, and it must be thoroughly, ad-
vertised to secure a market. It may
be shipped in butter tubs and re-
tailed in paper pails or other small
packages. • It will keep for a week
or ten days at 50 to 60 degrees, but
can be kept longer if stored at 32
degrees or lower. It may be sold
for three to five cents a pound at
the factory and retailed at seven to
12% cents per pound, and prove a
profitable product for both the
creamery and the retailer. If high
color is desired, it may be secured
by adding cheese color, the same as
used by Cheddar cheesemakers.
Where only a few pounds.. of but-
termilk cheese are made at a time,
as on a farm or for home use, the
buttermilk can be heated in a pail
or in a clean new wash boiler on
the stove. After thesecond heat-
ing, i.e., to 130 degrees, if the curd
has settled, the whey can be mostly
poured off by tipping the pail, . and
the curd poured into a small cheese-
cloth bag to drain. If the curd is
floating, it can be dipped off the
surface' of the whey, with_ a dipper
orlarge spoon and put in the bag
to drain. A small wooden draining
rack a foot square and five or six
inches deep, with the bottom made
of one-fourth of an inch mesh gal-
vanized or tinned iron wire netting
and covered with cheesecloth, is
useful for draining small amounts
of buttermilk cheese.
Buttermilk from rich cream, con-
taining 50 per cent. or more fat,
as well as buttermilk from cream
which was pasteurized when very
sour, is not suitable for making
buttermilk cheese. The curd from
such buttermilk is always so fine
grained that it runs through the
draining cloth and is lost..
A WHITEWASH THAT STICKS.
There are inane bek and stone
walls, as well as wooden outbuild-
ings, fences and the like,about a
suburban place which, lacking
paint, detract much from the gen-
eral appearance of the home.: But
paint is somewhat expensive and
cannot be applied with too lavish a
hand by the average citizen. There
is, however, whitewash, which is
easily made and applied, is inex-
pensive and which for most outdoor
work will answer quit a as well as
oil paint. For chicken -houses, brick
walls and the like it is excellent.
To make the whitewash, slake half
a bushel of fresh lime with boiling
water, keeping it covered during
the process. The lime should not,
of course, be confined, . but merely
covered, as confined • it possesses
considerable explosive force. Strain
it and add a peck of .salt dissolved
in warm _water, three pounds of
ground rice put in boiling water
and boiled to a thin paste, half a
pound of powdered Spanish whit-
ing. and a pound of clear glue dis-
solved in warm water. ...Mix these
well together and . let the mixture
stand for seven clays in a reasonably
cool and shaded place. Keep the
wash thus prepared in a kettle, and
when it is being used put it • on as
hot as possible, using a painter's
or an ordinary *hitewash brush.
Always use magnesian lime for
whitewash.
All the world loves a cheerful
flatterer.
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Granulated" is as choiceiceasu sugar asmoneycan buy.
Get a zoo pound bag—or eves* a 20 pound bag—and compare
"St. Lawrance" with any other high-grade��_;�,•
granulated sugar.
Note the pure white color of "St. Lawrence" ---its
uniform grain --its diamond -like sparkle—its snatch- 1 '
less sweetness. These are the signs of quality.
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MONTREAL 66
II.EIB TO lRIIITGSIX '
.OWN MAST
Prince of Wales Will If:
Establishment And
Servants,.
Curios e isthe
� contr s
a t
be drawn between the ap
legal
of.
the'
�thesmiler Wales and s 1 ev
is max.
life ofhis grandfather, its
.•i
Edward.Pince The of
•!
shy, modest, but lovable
has captured the hearts
subjects -to -be. The late
achedtheage' of
he ie ei
already a man of th
the pace in acord
torian ideaof
of every scion of
family, writes
dent.
It remains to
whether the •prese
blossom out into a mor
with the loosening o
strings to which he has beee
On June 23rd. he reached the
eighteen—his legal_ sajor'
he is now his own mat
doubtediy, he still will b
and almost hourly receip
erly and fatherly idvie
be warned of the pitfa,
for an heir to tit Bri.
But, legally, hhssill be
regard all advre and
life.
To . be'g'in with�the
have his own establish
the present, it is inten
suite of rooms shall be set asi
him
AT BUCKINGHAM PALA
and that he shall eon-aline:a
py the suite that was ,some ti
set apart for -him at Windsor
Kidd. .Edward's ease, Marlbo
House was assigned to his u
at the present time Queen 'A
dra is quartered there and thea
and Queen do not feel that tli
justified in dispossessing her.
Wally, however—probably self
niaarries—the Prinee of Wale
move into Marlborough
where he can have the seelusio
privacy dear to the heart of
man.
In addition to a separate's
Buckingham Palace and,.at.
-nor, the Prince will have his
staff of servants, a governor o.
household and at least two :etc
ries. "He •might, if he wished;
point tradesmen for every one of
wants, from cigarettes to in
cars, but for the present it is
tended that the dealers who s
be permitted to sport the th
feather crest of t11:e:Prineo.-sha.I
limited and shall slowly groe
his increasing wants.
Although the Prince will.
diately become master of an
mous annual income, he will
but a small part of it, the r
cumulating until he has nee
The exact amount of mone
flowsinto his purse varies fruit
to year, but it is always
-WELL OVER $500,000.
From his duchy of Cornwall
perty alone, there is a yearly
of $400,000,. which is augm
considerably by governmex t g
The latter will be increasd"cl, ?"
the next few ,years, especial%
he takes a wife.
Naturally, there is oonsid
speeulation on the question
identity of the future wifes c:
Prince. A man who is an .i
friend of both King and Qr
cently told the writer that he
think either of the parents. 4
Prince had formed any opine
to the•suitable mate for the
Of course, it is largely' a m
estate, and the Prince's h
be bestowed, sadas-it m
where it will accomplish -
good. There is in existence a p
story of a youthful love affair,
volving the Prince and the .Gr
Duchess Olga; daughter of the C.
of Russia, but there is no mo
foundation foe this than a .f
ogling glances cast by the Prin
upon his comely little cousin wh
they met for the second time'
their lives about two years
Princess Victoria, • daughter'ie
Kaiser, who might he a mean
bringing about the ap....:lcheinei
of England and Germany, for wh
the politicians of the former eau
try have been so long .sighing,
unfortunately too old to be consi
Bred, and thepresent chances see
to favor one. of the Fife princess
daughters gth �s of Princess Louise;"si
ter of Ring George,
THE BYPLAY MINSTRELS.
ski,
Virtgad.
the.
"Mister Interclocutor, can
tell me the difference between
kiss and a sewing machine?"
"No, Mr. Bones, I cannot. Plea
tell us the difference between a ki
and a sewing machined'
"One seems so nice and the othe
sews seams nice,"
"Mr: Ogo Soakim will now ren
der that beautiful ballad, entitle
'When Mother round Her Pat i
Grandpa's Beard.' "
"He pretends to be a very bus
s� r
frsan. ` By finks, there's no 'pre
tense about it. He supports a wif
and seven ehildren on a salary o
$60 a month."