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Between Cousins;
OR, A DECLARATION OP WAR.
required all explanation .of the phone-
law en,
"Yes; I—I was so dreadfully sorry
to hear of the accident," stunt,
(To be continued.)
IF FOOD DISAGREES
--` DRINK ROT WATER V.—(Cont'ci.) I outside the blanket—probably the
There was 'a little doubt in Tolm's hands'when food Iles Ince lead in the stom-
tone—a doubt of which Venetia was so "Adam," said John, bending over ere and you
feeling, vie that
uec uncomfortable, rt able,
keenly conscious that, Navin given him; T have come back, as 1 premised, fieient blood supply to the stomach, corn -
Other
hasty assuianee, she lapsed Into ten You hear me, do you not? biped with acid and food fermentation.
other shell of silence. No wonder,I "Aye, I hear you," came the faint 1n suchmancases
sesittry
sthe plannow by folibWed
surely, if her father felt sceptical re -I whisper from the bed, while one of the eminent nhyaitals od taking Ile nY
her qualifications as an angel bandaged hands made a tentative tut oP puha blsurated rnag1esia In half a
of consolation, seeing that she had I movement, as though groping for glass
drink '11. hoe youaio ndcoor-
never fairly tried bee hand at the; something. "You're aye as good as the blood to the stomach and the bisura-
work. The part of John's children your word.' tea magnesia, as any physician can tell
in his labors had always been as good) "I'm etter than my word, Adam- you, meta tryfooneutralizes
rtralizes the acid and
as nil. A given number of flannel;I haven't come alone. Fenella is simple plan and YOU nit be a 'Tr ed
nisi
et the Immediate feeling of relief and
comfort that always follows the restora-
tion of the normal process of digestion.
Peoplaarho find it inconvenient at times
petticoats were sewed every winter, ewith me, my youngest girl, you know,
and a given quantity of soup dispensed) She wants to know if she can be'of
from the Rectory kitchen. Practical- any help to you.
ly they acted as a ransom from anyf There was more lively movement in; to secure hot water and travelers who
more intimate co-operation, and a the bed, and then, after a speechless are frequently obliged to take hasty
cheap ransom too, considering the ens-; pause, the words came almost pre- meais poorly prepared, should always
take two or three five -grain tablets of
rrassmerrts tilos eseapeCt I . That CipltatelV: 131surated Magnesia atter mealsto pre-
vent fermentation and neutralize the
acid in their stomach.
ua
soup and flannel petticoats, though "Your gill, John? Has she come in
excellent things in themselves, did not here? Is she near me now?"
necessarily represent the highest; "You shouldn't have brought her it
forms of charity had scarcely occur-, without telling him," said a voice be -
red to Fenella hitherto, though she. hind Fenella, speaking in a whisper
could not help dimly understanding that sounded angry. "The doctor
that in her father's eyes other forms; said he wasn't to be excited, and this
stood higher, visit is no such an ordinary thing."
That father, with his world -ab-, Fenella, though she did not turn
stracted gaze, his undying interest in her head, supposed it was Duncan who
what most people seemed to consider, was speaking, and wondered why he
the dullest side of life, had always. should be bitter as well as angry.
been to Fenella a half sacred and! "Yes, she is near you, Adam; here
wholly enigmatical figure. The at- is her hand." And John gently pull -
traction of the enigma put a note of ed Fenella's half -reluctant fingers to -
tenderness into the awe-struck venera-, wards one of the bandaged packages.
tion with which she regarded him. It' "It is good of you—very good of
was both mortifying and astonishing,' you, Miss Fenella, to visit a stricken
for instance, that he should stand so wretch—and stricken through his own
completely aloof from the cult of the 'fault too."
family beauty. He alone seemed to! "That's a lie!" said that same deep
feel no interest in her future career.' and emphatic whisper behind Fenella.
Yet, something told her that it was' "It's because John—because your
no want of tenderness which lay at the father has a kind of affection for me
bottom of this strange indifference. that you've come, I'm thinkin'?"
Lately—perhaps since Ella's shadow' It was evident that, even in its pre-
langer fe11 between them—she had sent weakened state, Adam's brain
no
begun to feel that she wanted to find
out what it was that did lie at the bot-
tom of it; and yesterday's incident had
brought the resire to a head. The'
pathos of his solitary mission had;
pursued her even into the ball -room.'
To -day's resolve was the fruit. As 1
she walked by her father's side up the
glen that was musical with the voices,
both of birds and of the many burns;
hurrying to throw themselves into the]
embrace of the river in the hollow,;
Fenella's state of mind was a mixture!
of self -approval and of trepidation—
of self -approval because she was do-
ing a thing which struck herself as;
verging on the heroic, of trepidation Sixth Lesson.—Starches and Sugars.
because, in spite of her brave words,! Starches and sugars have many pro -t any, persons thoroughly chew the
she was a little afraid of the painful perties in common, and for this rea- food which contains starch. Care -
sights awaiting her, • and still more son are grouped together under the lessly cooked starch foods will pro-
duce intestinal disturbance's. This is
particularly true of breakfast foods.
Unless they are well coked they should
not be given to infants or elderly
persons.
The fireless coker is an ideal method
of preparing breakfast feeds, and, in
fact, for cooking all starchy foods,
Sugars.
There are many kinds of sugars.
The most familiar of them is the cane
sugar. Sugar is also obtained from
beet roots, maple trees and certain
kinds of palms.
Sugar is also found in vegetables,
fruits and milk. The greatest amount
comes from sugar cane, which is a
plant somewhat resembling corn. It
is crushed between rollers, extract-
ing the sweet juice, which is clarified
and evaporated until, upon cooling, its
crystals appear in a thick liquid, This
liquid is molasses. The crystals are
The Dairy Farmer's Ten Command-
ments.
Mr. Charles Christadero has issued
what he calls "Ten Commandments
for the Dairy Fernier" as follows:
Keep healthy cows.
Select good producers.
Use only pure bred bulls.
Feed liberally an approved ration.
Produce the feed.
Keep barn clean and aired.
Keep the cows comfortable.
Be considerate to the cows.
Provide shade and wind protection.
Feed and milk regularly,
•
Clean farming, the securing of vig-
orous growth in young plants and good
cultivation are the best proteetive
measures against insect attack.
DOMESTIC
SCIENCE AT HOME
afraid o1 the moral d1a
humfrom any contact w lessons have told that carbohydrates
humbly -situated blood -relations. For:
Fenella, despite her unspoiled heart,;. furnish heat for the body and energy
was as deeply imbued with the impor-, to do work.
tance of her own social positions as; Starch is found principally in cer-
Eila herself could have wished her to:eals,grains and ve etables. It is
be. She was quite disposed to be I g
sympathetic, and as helpful as need be,;soluble in cold water and coagulates
but even the desire of pleasing her; or thiekens when dissolved in cold we -
father could not dispose her to be. ter and heat is applied. Applying
more than condescending. I heat causes the cell-like structure to
The sight of Adam's croft, perched expand and burst, thereby thickening
high upon the river -bank, and in the' the liquid. Dry starch when heated
mighty shadow of the opposite hillside, » turns a light brown in color. This
helped to quicken her misgivings.; is called dextrin, and is soluble in
Yes; decidedly it was a little humiliate! cold water. It is the basis of Brit-
ith thasetname carbohydrates. The preceding
ing to own cousins who lodged as'tish gum and is often used in making
humblyas this. even
VAdam uwithshpisethirty thirty-five library paste. When starch is heat -
years' earnings, might well have of -I ed beyond the dextrin stage it is
forder himself a slate roof, had he transformed into carbon, all the mois-
chusen, but but of sheer constitutional
conservation, he held on grimly to the
straw thatch, and even to the dangl-
ing stones whose mission in life was to
counteract the rush of winter blasts
tearing down the glen from the wider-
ness beyond, for ever on the point of
lifting the roof from the walls as
readily as any hat from a human head.
A chimney indeed was visible, but one
of that time-honored sort which is pro-
duced by inserting a small herring -
barrel, with the bottom knocked out,
in the thick of the thatch. What had
been good enough for his forefathers
was good enough for him, Adam argu-
ed. The thatch itself was in excellent
repair, and the garden patch beside
the cottage carefully dug; but this
and various other signs of thriftiness
and method could not, in Fenella's
eyes, redeem the lowliness of the
abode.
"You had better wait a bit, until I
inquire," said John, a little nervously,
standing still before the closed door.
She watched him as he bent his head
under the low -hanging door -beam, and
while she waited the trepidation sharp-
ened to anxiety. Might not Adam into soenble sugars.
be dead already, and she be called It is necessaryto combine starch
upon to look upon a corpse? Long y
afterwards she remembered the look foods with protein foods, as all excess
of the bare hillside opposite, with the starch is stored in the body in the
sheep wandering about among the form of fat.
boulders in search of the first 'green
tufts, and the sound of the invisible
river at the foot of the steep bank.
All these things seemed to partake of
that sense of expectation, of the fear
tune being removed setting the car-
bon free.
Digestion of Starches.
The process of digestion with
starches starts in the mouth. It is
most important that all food contain-
ing starch be thoroughly masticated.
Failure to chew food thoroughly will
prevent the saliva from acting upon
the starch and prevent the continua-
tion of this important process in the
stomach. When starch foods are thor-
oeghly masticated the action of the
saliva continues upon the food in the
stomach for at least half an hour, un-
til checked by the acidity of the gastric
juices. It is for this reason many
persons are unable to eat starchy
foods with other food containing fruit
or vegetable acids.
The stomach ferments do not act
upon starch as it passes into the small
intestine. The pancreatic juice and
ietestinal ferments complete the final
changes which occur and are absolute-
ly necessary to convert the starches
of the sight of death which had come
over her,
Then her father looked out and said, Every time cornmeal is used where
his voice mingling with that of the wheat products were once used, we
water: ni ht has been good, thank!help to win the war. Have cornmeal
Godl You can come in, Fenella, if mush for breakfast, with figs, dates
you want to, but you. must not stay Ior fruit for variety; use cornmeal in
long; he is very weak," ;quiet breads, yeast breads, desserts.
With somewhat accelerated heart-' Omit all wheat breakfast cereals. Use
beats, :Venetia, in turn, bent her head relied oats for muffins, rolls and yeast -
and followed l:er father through the raised bread,
tiny entrance and through a door to! Cornmeal Muffins.—One cupful sour
the left. The space within was so milk, one and one-third cupfuls, flour,darkened that at first she could die
tinguish nothing but the flames upon; tw'o-thirds cupful cornmeal, eine to
the hearth, whose reflection fell upon' two tablespoonfuls fat, one to two
the "flagged floor, and the girdle sus- 1 tablespoonfuls sugar, one egg, one-
pended above which to judge from the' half teaspoonful oda, two teaspoon-
smell 01! hot oatmeal which met her,lfuls baking powder, one-half teaspoon
was cloubtlessyladen with oat -cakes, fol salt. Mix milk, egg and melted
This way, whispered her father, fat and add dry ingredients well mix-
taking her by the hand and leadinged.
Cooking Starches.
Starchy foods must be thoroughly
cooked, owing to the fact that few, if
Win -the -War Recipes.
TO GARNER CROP
WEST NEEDS MEN
THE "IMPERIOUS URGENCY" OF
CONSERVING GRAIN YIELD,
Survey Conducted by Canadian North-
ern indicates Need of 25;000 Men
Alang Its Lines.
The successful harvesting of the
crop in Western Canada this season
Is what Ex -Premier Asquith of Great
Britain would terns "a matter of im-
perious urgency." •
Since men began to sow grain west
of the Great Lakes, there has never
been $o much depending upon the
yield of grain in Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta as there le'this year.
The Canadian Northern RalIway,
with lines gridironing the productive
sections in the west, has already con-
-eluded a survey as to labour needs,
and the prospects of the wages to be
paid, and has announced that 25,000
men will be required to help the farm-
ers garner the crops in the territory it
serves. The indications are that the
average wages will be around three
dollars a day. A further conference
between .She representatives of the
Government, the railways and- the
farmers is to be held, when further
details will be brought out.
The farming situation in Ontario
may not permit of sending as much
help as in former seasons, but nothing
should be left undone on the farms
and in the towns to give the western
farmers the assistance of which they
stand to -day in urgent need.
Morning in the Plowed Fields.
Morning in the plowed fields, while
the dew is wet;
Singing till the sun comes, how can
life forget!
Beauty of the fresh earth, sweetened
as -it lies.
Breathing out the fragrance fallen
from the skies!
Mocking birds and redwings,
The killdee and the dove—
Morning in the plowed fields
Planting dreams of love!
Second crop of hay cut, curing hour
by hour;
Half a mile of daisies all in snowy
flower;
yew in every gold cup fresh as fairy
lips—
Ah, the wir1 of this world when the
morning sips!
Catbirds after cherries,
Rookery full of crows—
What men want to fight for
Heaven only knows!
Raspberries down the green lane
scenting ail the way,
Grasshops in the cornfields, crickets
in the hay;
Wind among the treetops just awake,
and, oh,
The sweetness of the plowed fields
when the breezes blow!
Summer in a dreamland,
The farm bell far away—
Hot cornbread for breakfast,
And then get in that hay!
DOMINION FROM SEA TO SEA.
The Idea of Our Country's Name
brown sugar, Came From the 72nd Psalm.
The brown sugar, by a process of re-
fining, is made into many ]rinds of su-
gar known to housewives.
Grape and fruit sugars are found
in grapes, peaches and other fruits.
It is two and one-half times less sweet
than cane. Glucose is manufactured
on a large scale from corn. Lactose,
or milk sugar, is found in milk. The
commerical sugar of milk comes from
Switzerland, and is made by evaporat-
ing the whey of the cow's milk. It
is used for sweetening drinks for in-
fants and the sick, It is less liable to
produce acid fermentation than cane
sugar and is more easily digested.
The Food Value of Sugar.
Sugar is valuable as a nutriment, The word "Dominion" was suggested
easy to digest and quickly absorbed! by the Bible.
by the body. Cane sugar, in the pro- Sir Leonard Tilley had been read
cess of digestion, owing to the action I ing in the 72nd Psalm "He shall have
dominion from sea to sea," and
thought the passage applicable to
Canada, '
The British North America Act
which made Canada a Dominion came
into force on July 1, 1887, and that
original essay in Dominion self-gov-
ernment has richly justified the faith
and foresight of those who undertook
it, says the Glasgow Herald.
The Convention sat in a room in the
Westminster Palace Hotel, in London,
which is now the meeting -room of the
National Liberal Clue). A tablet fix-
ed in the wall records the fact that in
this chamber the delegates conferred.
Those who took part in the proceed-
ings are all dead. Sir Charles Tup-
per was the last survivor, and he died
at a ripe old age a very few years ago.
of the pancreatic juices, is converted
into glucose, and after its absorption
it is completely utilized in furnishing
heat and energy.
Sugar may be used freely during
cold weather without injurious effects,
but only a small amount should be
used during hot weather,
her towards what seemed to he a sort
of square gave in the wall, draped with
nal'rew curtains.
She had stood beside it for several
melmets before she' was able to ells
tinguish what seemed to be a human ee, enfuts sugar, or ono -third cupful
form in the 'deep eupboard-bed, With molasses+ Heat ale milk, Sift el
a packagehrof ab ybanwas th n the d,llow, and the cornmeal at in making mush. Add
in
which presumably was the head, and g
two smaller banecged paeltets lying salt and sugar, Turn into buttered.
Indian Pudding. -'--Three-fourths cup-
ful corhmeal, one quart milk, one and
-eo eq oi, aeeou twee add g aue4-anis 1e.
one-half teaspoonfuls salt, three table -
baking dish, put dish in pan of water,
and bake very slowly two and one-
half to three hours. Serve with hard
sauce, cream or crushed fruit.
Oatmeal Muffins.—One-half cupful
cooked oatmeal or rolled oats, one
egg, two tablespoonfuls fat, one ane
one-half cupfuls flour, two tablespoon-
fuls sugar, one-half teaspoonful salt,
four teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Cook oatmeal, using one part oatmeal
to two parts water. A large propor-
tion of water makes too soft a mush
and gummy muffins. Mix milky oat-
meal, egg and melted fat, Acid dry
ingredients efter sifting them togeth-
er. Bake twenty-five to thirty min-
utes. This makes ten to twelve muf-
fins.
Rye Muffins. -Two and one-half
heaping tablespoonfuls each of rye
,-and' Indian meal, one tablespoonful
sugar and melted batter, one table-
spoonful salt, one egg, beaten; One.
!half teaspoonful of soda, one tea-
spoonful cream tartar dissolved in en-
argil milk or welter to make a drop
batter. Boat well, drop by the spoon
in hot fat, or bake in muffin this,
An English farmer was recently
fined seventy -eve pounds for refusing
to deliver his wool to a dealer named
by the British war authorities.
"Pure and Uncolored"
41, The Lalutic Library of
“goody secrets" sent free if
you mail us a Red Ball
Trademark cat froln carton
or sack of Lantic Pure Cane'
Sugar.
In 2 and 5 -ib, Cartons
10, 20 and 100 -lb. Sacks
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Is the best way, and the best way is the
Parowax way. Jellies and preserves that
are sealed with
PURE REPINED PARAFF3NL
keep their luscious flavor. They never mold
or ferment. They are as good when you
want to eat them as they were the day you •
sealed the jars.
Just pour melted Parowax over the tops
of jelly tumblers. It keeps out all dust and
germs. It keeps the preserves air -tight.
FOR THE LAUNDRY—Sec directions on Parowax
labels for its use in valuable service in washing.
AT DEALERS EVERYWIIERE
THE IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY
Limited
DRANCIIES IN ALL CITIES
SHELLS LIKE THUNDERCLAP brought to bear more effectively in a
' definite direction. Certainly the
British Shrapnel Explodes More British must have some good reason
Quietly than Does German.
Writing from British field head-
quarters, Edward P. Bell, says:— •
Listening to the explosion—con-
tinuous as I write—of British and
German shrapnel shells, ,one notes a
striking difference in the sounds pro-
duced. The British shells make a
comparatively soft report, while the
German projectiles make a piercing,
shattering sound like that of a ter-
rible thunderclap. Moreover, the
subsequent sounds are different, those
from the German shells being more
sibilant in quality arid greater in
volume than those from the .British
shells,
Which shell is the more destructive
I cannot say. The German has a
sharper, louder report, due to the fact
that is is charged not only with
shrapnel bullets, but with high explo-
sive materials. This material bursts
the steel shell case so that the whistl-
ing noises following are caused by a
mixture of bullets and fragments of
steel,
Tho British shell case, on the oth-
er hand, does not burst. It remains
intact and pours its bullets from the
shell mouth as a shotgun pours its
shot; thus perhaps the bullets are
for using the type employed.
Brother Fritz's penchant for
"frightfulness" shows itself in all he
does. There is probably no doubt, as
regards his ]sigh explosive -shrapnel
shell, that he reasons that, whether
it is really more destructive than the
other or not, it is calculated to pro-
duce greater fright—a thing which
commanders always must fight
against among their troops. Happily
for the British army, Tommy -Atkins
is about the hardest man to scare that
ever wore a uniform.
Not To Be Cheated.'
Little John had been extra specially
goad that afternoon, and father felt
amiably inclined.
"Papa," piped John, "can I have a
banana?"
"Yes, certainly, soonny."
"Papa, if I was twins would you
give the other boy a banana too ?"
"Yes, of course."
"Well, papa, you aren't going to
cheat me out of another banana just
because I'ln all in one piece, are you?"
Success with poultry means work,
and the work must be given when
needed.
w
2 and 5 lb. Cartons -
10, 20, 50 and 100 11,. Bags,
If better sugar is ever produced than the present
REDPATH Extra Granulated, you may be sure it will
be made in the same Refinery that has led for over half
a century—and sold under the same name—REDPATH.
"Let Redpath Sweeten it." 15
Canada Sugar Refining Co., Limited, Montreal.
WITH A BRITISI '
TANK AT MESSINES
INCIDENTS IN THE BATTLE ON
MESSINES RIDGE.
Lieutenant Tells of Adventures With
the Big Machine Under
Shell Fire.
Lieut. H -,W. Benjafield, .fit come
mond of a British tank, writing to his
sister; in Toronto, tells something of
tho recent' battle of Messines. He
says he had been up to the front on
reconnaissance, work for days before
trying to pick out a route for his ma-
chine. "We could see the Beeches
alright, because we had to look over
the top and they could see us. The
treuehes were up the slope of the ridge
and they could observe all our move-
ments, as we were on a ridge opposite,
with a valley between, 800.400 yards
wide, "No Man's Land." In normal
times it would be marshy, but there
was one stream right across it, an-
other behind us, the long spell of dry
weather was in our favor."
In the Darkness. ,,
"We moved off at half past eleven
to a point 150 yards behind the first
line. . At best of times you can see
very little from a tank. Now we were
driving at dead of night, over a route
none of us knew, as it hid been
changed at the last minute. We
had to drive with our gas masks on,
for the Hun put over gas shells the
whole time, and it was terrible, as
we had to take our respirators off
to see where we were going. At
last we got to our jumping-off place
five minutes before the attack was
to start. Tank commanders hop-
ped out to say good-bye to one or two
friends, but it was none too healthy
outside, for the German barrage
had come down.
Seen by Enemy.
"I think we had been spotted ten
minutes before, for a big dump went
up behind us, and I fancy we were
spotted against the glare. Inside
and barely seated when zero hour
was announced by the mine explo-
sion. The mines were a magnificent
sight, the ground rocked and made
our 'Willy,' as we call the tanks,
toss about. Then forward, lumber-
ing over trenches and shell holes in
the dark. By great good luck we got
through their barrage, which was
nothing 'compared to ours. We
jumped the Douve river and in 'No
Man's Land' could see our infantry'
engaged in hand-to-hand fighting on
the ridge, and I was sorry our mon-
ster was slow. As it was the attack
was such a success that the tanks
were not required. We are supposed
to go where the infaiitry are held up.
Germans Gave Up.
"Machine guns rattled on the out-
side. My driver zig-zagged so as to
make it difficult for artillery to
range us. We got to the Bosche front
line and lumbered over. By this
time the ridge was practically taken
—the Germans hardly fought at all—
they simply ran. Then we saw the
prisoners coming heck. The German
trenches had been blown absolutely
away. At 4 a.m. we got to the
Bosche second line, then we had the
misfortune to 'ditch our tank in
boggy ground. We set to digging
her out and got her out at 3,30. Their
I sent my message by pigeon, which
was quoted in an account of the
battle in the Daily Mail,
Under Shell Fire.
"The battle was now too far ad-
vanced for me to be of service, and
I decided to return. All the unditch-
in:g was done under fire, and the
crew worked magnificently. A
Bosche aeroplane came over and
spotted us, and they put up a ter-
rific barrage along our route, which
I thought we would never get
through, so I decided to trait a while
and we got out and had breakfast in
a. shell hole. The Hun gave us no
peace, but shelled us soldly for an
hour, but we enjoyed our breakfast,
My poor old 'Willy' managed to stop
a shell, fortunately. we were all out-
side, but it made a nasty hole 12 by
9 inches juet by my seat. So I de-
termined to make it dash for home.
We steered successfully through a
heavy barrage and got bac:: safely;
they dropped shells all around us,
but the luck was with us,"
Lieut. Benjafield won his commis -
Mon in
ommis-elon`in the British service.
THE SLACKER ACRE.
H. W. Davis.
I em the idle acre,
You will flint pre on every farm.
No one has paid attentiotr to nae..
I am tired of being overlooked.
I hear that I ani needed -Badly
Folks across the sea and in cities will
go hungry unless each acre does
its bit.
And here I sin, loafing,
The busy acres sneer at me.
I hear green whisper, "Slacker."
I am willing to do eny share
Treat me right I will furnish
Thirty bushels of wheat, or .
Seventy-five bushels of corn, or
Sixty tons of tomatoes, or
Lets of other good things.
I'm not the slacker,
It's the man who neglects me--.
TIE IS THE SLACKER.
'rhe only camp fire in the woods than
in "out" is one that is "dead out,"
s