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The Brussels Post, 1916-6-15, Page 2FROM THE ORIENT TO YOUR TABLE Every Sealed packet of,SALADA TEA is filled with fresh, young leaves of surpaesing fragrance. SEALED PACKETS ON tender mouth of ti child. In the straightforward eyes was sweet woe manliness, gentle determination, and a lack of feminine vanity which :Merry, seldom seen in the face of a beauti- ful woman. He even forgot to drop her hand while he gazed into her face, half admiringly, half perplexedly. "I've brought Mr. Merry down to, stay With us till we go home," Went- worth announced. "I'm delighted," cried parcas eor- dially. Next morning after breakfast Enoch and his sister rowed out to Bleep water with their fishing outfit. Merry still was in bed; he was tired, he pleaded, and could not immediately acquire the habit of early rising. 8193 "What do you think of Andrew,,,' BLACK, MIXED OR GREEN. asked Wentworth abruptly. ;IIe lifted his head after the task of baiting a hook and looked into his sister's face. THE LAPSE OP ENOCH WENTWORTH By ISABEL GORDON CURTIS, Author of " The Woman from Wolvertons " CHAPTER L—( Contid.) "You don't know stage life as I do," he continued seriously. "There are women—and men for that matter —who go into the profession clean skinned, clean souled. They spelel their lives in it and come out clean; but there are experiences they never forget." "Is lif as bad .as that?" the, girl asked simply. "Life is as bad," her brother an- swered slowly, "and yet I would as willingly see you go on the stage as into society—I mean fashionable society, as I know it here in New York. A newspaper man sees the under side of life." "It would not hurt me." The girl tossed back a heavy braid of hair which fell over her shoulder, and knelt at Wentworth's knee. "I have you always to turn to, big brother," she whispered. She laid her cheek fondly against his hand. "Don't you remember that used to be the only name I had for you ? You were so big, so -strong, so wise and so—old. I used to sit on the gatepost, waiting for you to come home. Don't you remember our Saturday tramps, how we used to play 'I spy' in the orchard, and went bird's -nesting, picnicking and fishing, or playing Indian camp on the is- land?" Enoch clasped her hands tightly. "I remember, little Derry. They were the happiest days of my life" "Let us get out of the city," cried the girl. Their eyes turned to the sunlit square below. The morning rush of New York life haul begun, with its clang of bells and thunder of vehicles. "Dorcas, I'm off to bed. I haven't shut en eye for 24 hours." CHAPTER Il'. A week later Wentworth and his sister left town for a vacation. They had discovered an old-fashioned farm-' house on a quiet stretch of shore, and settled down contentedly to a simple, outdoor life. One morning a telegram broke their solitude. "I have half an hour to catch a train to the city," said Enoeh, as he tumbled out of a hammock. "You may drive me to the depot if you wish, Dorcas." "You're not calls! back to that hot office," she cried wistfully "after a vacation of only three days?" "It isn't the paper. Dorcas, it's Merry. Get into the buggy; I'll tell. you about it on our way to the station. You may drive." He leaned back comfortably in the wide seat. "You like driving T don't." "What's the matter with Mr. Merry?" Dorcas asked. "Is he ill?" "Not that, but he's in danger of kill- ing his career. He's going up the state to a little one-horse town to play lead- ing roles in a ten, twenty, thirty stock company" "Why does he do that?" "I guess ice's broke. I can't tell until I see him, I'll be back to -night, or to -morrow at the latest. I'll wire you what train. You'll meet me, won't you?" "Of course," she promised. Next morning tre two men stood on the platform of the smoker on a shore accommodation train, which sauntered from one small setter' to the next,1 skirting the water for miles. Andrew Merry tossed a half -smok- ed cigar into a swamp beside the track where the thin, green blades of cattails were whipped by the breeze. "I don't believe I want to mix odors this morning," he said. "It is great ozone." Wenteworth lifted his hat to let the wind cool his head. "There's the little station now! I'll bet that speck of white is Dorcas!" . "How queer that I've never met your sister," Merry suggested. "Is she grown up ?" Wentworth laughed. "Almost," he admitted. "You did see her once." Merry followed Wentworth as the! train stopped. In a half -dozed fash- ion he shook ham's with a tall young woman in a white linen gown. Was this the child—long limbed, gawky and shy—he had imagined he might meet? Somewhere back in his mind lay an impression that Enoch had referred to his sister as a young colt. The thought was so sbsurd that lee smil-� ed; any coltish awkwardness must have disappeared with short frockee Merry stared at the girl with be: wildered admiration, wondering now why he had never felt the mildest curiosity /bout Wentworth's sister. He became conscious that he was making a mental analysis; she had black -fringed gray eye,; warmth and dancing blood glowed in her face, for she had the coloring of a Jack rose; a mass of suburn hair was coiled in a loose knot at the back of her head; she wore no hat; a band of dull -blue velvet was tied about her head and fell in it loose bow over her ear, but strands of hair, which glowed like copper in the sunshine, had escaped aril blew about her face; she had the "I think he ought to be waked up." "To join our. fishing trip?" "I mean waked in his ambitions, He seems to me like a man who has no goal in sight. He needs something to work for. He spoke last night of one ambition he. has—" "Sort of moonlight conflil'encss?" queried her brother. "No—not that. He's determined to jump straight into a part that. will wring the heart out of his listeners." "That's foolish. The public wants just so much versatility. You can't kill off a beloved comedian to resur- rect a new emotional actor, no matter how good he may be. People won't stand for it." "He isn't satisfied" The girl pulled ; up her line and tossedaway a morsel of nibbled bait, covering the hook with a fresh clam. "Some greedy fish had a square Inteal off your bait and never got the hook in his gullet. He'll come back casionally shifted a heavy basket of for morethen get caught. It's the clams from one arm to the other. The best sugar for the sugar bowl is Lantic Sag Its purity and `rjine" granulation give it the highly sweeten- ing power. It dis- solves instantly in your teacup or on yourbreakfast cereal. 2 and 5413 1'10 LDS. Cartons g Pure Cane 10 and 20 -Ib Bags • 3 "The Ali -Purpose Sugar" same way with human beings." Dorcas Wentworth stopped on the "Philosopher!" laughed Dorcas. She crest of a cliff and looked down. A dropped her line again into deep wa- few feet below her. on a ledge like'a ter,all waited for her brother's pre- -wide shelf, Merry lay watching the diction to come trot. waves as they broke against the jag - Merry had breakfast before their ged wails of a narrow cove. return. He sat upon the vine -grown "Day -dreaming, Mr. Merry?" cried piazza, gazing at the sparkle of the the girl. ocean, when the two agile figures CHAPTER III, stenned across his vision. "Well, Sir Lazy, so you're up!" cried the girl. "You should have been with He sprang to his feet. "Why, I us to find an appetite. See our fish! never heard you. Do you wear velvet Here's dinea for you!" shoes? Let me help you down." He "I'm going to turn over a new leaf," began to climb the uneven steps. said Merry. His eyes were fixed on "The idea of helping me down, after the girl's gdowing face, and for amo- I have made my way alone over these went he shared her intense enjoyment chasms!' She pointed to the wall be of life, hind her. Then resting one hand on "Will you turn it over to morrow hie shoulder, she leaped past him morning at sunrise?" she demanded. lightly. "Eyen so soon, most gracious lady. What a heavenly retreat:" He swept her a stage bow, his soft it answered Merry, dreamily,' I hat trailing the ground as if it had found it it several days ago. I've called Casbeen a cavalier's cap loaded' with it "Whoipea's Chair." v was Cassiopea . plumes. Matching his grace, the girl turned "I've forgotten. Some satellite crea- te him, laughing, with the mock ture; I believe. Her name bus a rest - dignity of a queen. ful sound, and this plat is destful and lonely." "I command that at early dawn, The girl laughed. "Were you day - when the tide goes out, ye hie three to dreaming?" yon flats and dig clams for our savory meal." "Ishallobey, most royal highness, answered Merry solemnly. "I believe he is waking up," thought Dorcas as she ran upstairs to dress for the noon dinner. "If he does that, I'll believe he has some backbone," When Dorcas and her brother came down next 'morning for breakfasil, Merry had disappeared. "I'm glad I'm not your victim," said Wentworth, with a note of sym- pathy in his voice. "Enoch," the girl turned to him gravely, "I told you he needed waking up, and this is a good etart. It won't hurt him a bit." "Poor Merry! What a sight!" They watched him come tramping over the beach. He wore Farmer Hutchins' overalls rolled up to his knees and a flapping cow -breakfast hat. He carried a clam fork and oc- "I suppose so. I was watching these „ waves, Most of them break without a splash; then once in a while, away out as far as your eye can reach, you see one roll up, gathering force from you can't imagine where, and it crones on tempestuously thra igh a calm sea, to crash against the cliffs. f'. metimes it throws its sprays up ]lore." He pointed to a wet line an the yet!: just below them. "Then again, one which promises to be a ripper amounts to nothing when it breaks." "Yes it is fascinating," she agreed. "Yesterday I spent an hour watching them: It makes me think of people." "What people?" he demanded, not understanding. "All sorts. People who never do anything, who saunter through life and are the failures, and the few who lives after their work is done. "Merry," in her intensity the girl adressed him as her brother did, 'they make me think of you. You could make a towering big wave of your 1ife. .You don't!" The man turned quickly and looked into her eyes with flushed face. He did not speak. "I wieeh--oh, I do wish" --Dorcas' voice was like that of en ardent child "I wish I could rouse you to make the best of yourself. There is so much you could do!" "Do you deafly think so e" "Nor " I don't think it, I know it, You are two people; one is lazy and indifferent with just ambition enough to do the work you have to do. You can't help doing it well -you could not do it badly. Then there is the other— a man with vivid imagination, feeling, emotion, and ability; but it is so hard to wake him upl" Merry jumped to his feet and stared down into the girl's face. "How did you learn this—about me? Has Enoch laid my soul bare to you?" "Enoch told me something of, your career, that was all. I know you bet- ter than he does." Andrew pulled the soft hat oyer his eyes and sprawled out on the rock ledge. Dorcas began with anervoua laugh, "It sounds like—presumption, I know so little of the world, only I have heenstudying you—" (To be continued.) SUGAR FOR PRESERVING Look for the Red Diamond, which is now promi- nently placed on everypackage of St. Lawrence Sugar. Absolutely pure and perfectly refined cane sugar is guaranteed by this mark.' Cane sugar is best for every purpose—sweeter and most wholesome—but it is indispensable • for preserving and jellies ; other kinds often cause ferment- etior, and prevent Jellying. A size and style for. every need, and in ffne, medium or ,,coarse grain. W INCE SDCAII.LLYINGIFA. LIMRLD,TA0Nr5LAI.. Elephants never use more than one tooth on each side of their jaws at once, At Midland, (England), munition works now covering sixty-five acres was not very many months ago, green fields, ON THE FARM The Skits Milli Calf, Calves raised upon skimmed 'milk can'devolop into first class dairy los. On hundreds of farms, skimmed mwilk constitutes the main portion of the feed of the young calf and such calves make as good cows as those receiving: whole milk. It costs a great dual less to raise a calf on skimmed milk than on whole mills, By this plan the cream can be sold and made inte batter and the proceeds added to the, farm income: Calves do well on skimmed milk whether it is skimmed by hand or with cream separator but skimmed milk from the separator has the ad- vantage of being fresh and warm and sweet when fed. Where as many as three or four cows are milked regu- larly, a separator will prove a paying proposition. It saves a great deal of time and labor in setting the milk a- way for the cream to rise and in cleaning milk vessels. Feeding skimmed milk develops a large stomach in the calf. This is exceedingly desirable because, after a big udder, the most valuable point in a cow is a .large, capacious paunch in which she may store her feed. Every great milk cow, without 'exeeption, has a large barrel. Wean Early. The calf may be allowed to remain with its mother for five or six days, at which time the milk is usually fit to be saved. It should then be taken away from the cow and if possiplo out of her eight and hearing. During the first week after removal from its mother, it should receive about 9 lbs. of milk a day, divided into two or three feeds, preferably in- to three. After this, skimmed milk should begin gradually to replace the whole milk, so that by the time the calf is three weeks old, it is getting getting skimmed milk only, the quant- ity varying from 12 to 18 lbs. a day according to th eaize and thriftiness of the calf., A teaspoonful of, blood flour added to each feed of skimmed milk adds to its feeding value and prevents scours. The skimmed milk should always be fed warm, 98 to 100 degrees or blood heat, being about right. The bucket from which the calf is fed should be washed and scalded after each feeding. The use of filthy slop buckets and unclean and sour milk will surely result in unthrifty calves and in a great deal of trouble with scours. Get On Feed. Within three or four weeks the calf will begin to eat bran and shelled corn, and will nibble at hay. A small amount of these materials should, therefore, be provided. Good clean clover or alfalfa hay gives the hest results. Care should be taken not to give too much grain. A safe rule is to give a little less than the calf wil clean up. At the age of ten to twelve weeks, if a good pasture is available, the calf will be able to get a living from grass. When this is the, case, the skimmed mine only, the quant - Care should be taken at this time to avoid stunting the calf, and enough grain should be given to keep it in a thrifty growing condition ,but not fat. Teaching the calf to drink out of a bucket requires a little patience. Gently back the calf into a corner of the stall, stand astride the youngester, wet the fingers -in the milk and let the calf get a tasteof the milk. Then gently lower the head into the pail,— Canadian 'Farm_. ail,—Canadian"Farm. The Farm Office. Farming is a business and the manager of one is, or should be, a business man. Every city business man has an office because it has proven an asset to his business. A few farmers have aleo tried it and proven its efficiency. A few reasons why every farmer should have a business office, even if it is no more than a space parti- tioned off in the tool house, are as follows : FOR HEADACHES, I3ILIOUSNESS CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION Nearly all o u r minor ai I m ents, and m any of the serious ones, too, are traceable to some disorder of the stomach, liver, and bowels, If you wish to avoid the mis- eries of indigestion, acidity, heartburn, flatulence, headaches, constipation, and a host of other distressing ailments, you must see to !t that your stomach, liver and bowels are equal to TRY the work they have to do. It is a simple matter to take 30 drops of Mother Seigel's Syrup daily, after meals, yet thousands of former sufferers have banished indigestion, bil- iousness, constipation, and all their dis- tressing consequences in just this simple way. Profit by their experience. As a digestive tonic and stomachic remedy, Mother Seigel's Syrup is unsurpassed. MOTHER 2ols `. SEEL'S .M. 3 SYRUP. Tara New] .00 Sies CONTAINS 3 SIMS AS MUCH AS 1111 TRIAL SIZE SOLD ATSOe PER COMM. 1. Bulletins adapted to every phase of the farming business are ,now a- vailable, and urless these are filed away,they are never to be found when wanted. 2. He often has business callers who feel averse to walking into the house and talking freely before the women members of the family, but who are at ease when alone with the farmer. An office fitted up cozily with a stove and chairs is a fitting place to take them, especially in cold weather. 3. The time is fast approaching when the successful farmer will know something. of science, end an office or den is a good place to snake his experiments on soils or other mater- ials, or to keep his samples of fenc- ing., soils or seeds. 4. There is no farmer but keeps some accounts, more or less correct according to the business ability of the man. He should have a place to keep these account books. Neatly printed farm stationery, arid • a type- writer in his office will help the farm- er to find a better market for his pro- ducts. The cost of fitting a farm office can depend upon the inclinations of the man. It should contain a desk, pre- ferably roll top on account of its many drawers and pigeon holes, an exten- sion of the 'phone from the house; shelves or cabinet for filing his books, pamphlets and samples; a stove and a table for his experiments. Other equipment may be added as is needed. —G. D. Fuller, in Farm and Dairy. The Horse Collar. The horse collar should fit snugly. It should not pinch at the crest of the. neck and there should be room en- ough between the collar and lower part of the neck to admit the hand freely when not pulling. The contact surface o fthe collar should be smooth and plastic and distributed over , as much bearing surface as possible. The incrustations that form on a collar should be: removed daily to prevent in- creased friction. Sweat pads or false collars should not be used except in cases where the animal has been gall- ed or has a collar boil, and in this case a window should be cut in the pad so as to prevent the bearing sur- face of the collar coming in contact with the injured part,—S. O'Toole, North Dakota Experiment Station. Any kind of shell is very expensive to produce. Powdered sulphur quenches fire more rapidly than water SILVER GLOSS" (EDWARDSBURG) "Silver Gloss" has been doing perfect starching in Canadian Laundry homes, for nearly 60 years, In one pound packages and six pound fancy enamelled tins. THE CANADA STARCH • CO. LIMITED MONTREAL,, CARDINAL, BRANTFORD.FORT WILLIAM. Starch Makers sy "Cron! Brand" and "Lily While" Corn Synrps, and Benson's Corn Starch. 235 GSL KNITTERS, LOOPERS, PAIRERS, EXAMINERS Good Positions in our Hosiery, Sweater, and Underwear Departments., Steady work. Eight hours daily. Operators with experience guaranteed $9.00 and up- wards weekly. Write us, RELIANCE KNITTING CO., ;LTD,, Kitlg and Bathurst Streets, f -onto: RECTOR'S HEROISM WON VICTORIA CROSS REV. EDWARD NOEL MELLISH WAS BRAVE MAN. *cited Life in Thick of Battle to Aid Wounded on the Field. All England has recently been ring- ing with the praises of the Rev, Ed. ward Noel Mellish, who before going to the front was the curate at a church in Deptford. The Rev. Mr, Mellish recently was awarded the V.C. for his work at St, Eloi when he went on the field of battle under heavy fire to aid the wounded and dying mon. An officer of the Northumberland Fusiliers who was on the firing line tells of the inspiring sight of the rector risking his life to aid the wounded. "Nothing could be finer than . the way Chaplain Mellish dill his duty and more than his duty during the time he was stationed near us," writes the officer. "The conditions on the day in which he ivon his cross were very trying. Immediately the troops occupied the captured trenches and while the wounded men were picking their way back painfully, the enemy guns were turned on full blast. Without Fear. "The intervening ground was_ de- luged with shell fire and machine gun bullets, to say nothing of shells and grenades that came from a portion of the trench still in the enemy's hands. Into this tempest offire the brave parson walked, with a prayer 'book under his arm, as though he were going to a church parade, in peace time. He reached the first batch of wounded and knelt down to do what he could for them. "The first few men he brought in himself without any aid, and it made us think a bit more about parsons to see how he walked quietly under fire, assisting the slow-moving wounded and thinking more of saving the wounded from discomfort than for his own safety. It was only when the ambulance parties were able to get out during the lull in the fighting that he took a rest. Next day he was out on the job as unconcerned es ever; and some men of my regiment had reason to be grateful for his atten- tions to them in critical moments. A. Convert. "Some of the men would not have survived the ordeal had it not bean for the 'prompt assistance given them by Mr. Mellish. One story of a cock- ney who was aided by the chaplain is worth repeating because it is the best tribute to the parson that could be put on 'record, When the wounded man who had hitherto been noted for his antireligious bias, was safe in the base hospital he told his mates how he had been saved"and asked, 'What religion is 'e?' "He was told, and made the an- swer'Well, I'm the same as 'im now, and the bloke what ses a word agen our Church will 'ave 'is'— 'ad bash- ed in.'' " Increase in Beet Sugar Bidustry, A special effort should be made in Canada to grow more sugar beets. With sugar now selling at nearly $8 per hundred, wholesale, and likely to go considerably higher, there is an excellent opportunity for farmers to make money by growing sugar beets. It is stated that in some parts of Western Ontario, there has been an increased acreage, amounting in some cases to 40 percent, Sugar beet factories are paying a bonus of 60 cents per ton on contract prices for beets and the indications are that still higher prices will be paid. Previous to the war, Great Britain and France secured the bulk of their beet sugar from Germany, Auskria and Belgium, although France had a considerable acreage of sugar beets under cultivation. Unfortunately this land was located in the North of France and is now in the hands of the Germans, This means that Great Britain and the other allies must de- pend upon sugar cane for their sup- ply, which has resulted in the sharp advances. Ontario in normal times has 20,000 acres under beet sugar cultivation, producing about 8,000,000 bushels per year. At ordinary prices this re- turns the farmer about $46 per acre, but with the higher prices now being, paid, the farmers will undoubtedly reap a larger .return. This is in keeping with the government policy of production and thrift an dnot only brings in anincreased return to the farmers, but aids the Empire in its fight against the Huns.—Journal of Commerce. Receiving Stolen Property. Men who buy stolen property from boys should be severely dcalth with, Junk dealers are usually unscrupulous and will. buy brass, lead and tools front.childten, even though they know the materiel ie stolen, Boys begin by picking up scraps of iron and cast pf4 - articles in alleys and soon they grow bolder anti enter some vacant dwelling and strip the plumbing.' If they could not sell the stuff they wouldhesitate before stealing 11 and the path of wrong -doing should be blocked ley proeectiting those who tale advantage of ' these untrained' `ter Kelso."