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OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR.
Chapter VIII;—(Cont'd.)
"And on the first of each mouth
when the claims are distributed afresh
it's Mr, Berrell who is made love to,"
laughed Albert, "It makes all the
difference in the world, you see,
whether you get one of the rich or one
of the poor workings—a fat one or a
thin one."
"What an opportunity for favoring
your friends!" laughed Mabel.
"Or for disfavoring your enemies;'
finished Mr. Berrell, showing his large,
even teeth,
"If for one minute you watch that
man shaping the slates, you will see
what I mean by the delicacy of the
work," said Albert to Mabel.
They had etopued before one of the
open sheds, in which tea men sat on
the ground, silently end swiftly trees -
forming the rough slate into small ob-
long pieces, with awo tharp and two
rounded corners.
"Room for the trucks!" ordered, Mr.
Berrell's peremptory voice; and the
company stepped aside, before the
miniature engine with its tail of load-
ed trucks; the men were round it al=
ready ere it stopped, each looking for
the red chalk number identifying the
property of each crew.
From the shed alongside a man had
likewise stepped out, and, having ex-
amined one of the trucks, called back
over his shoulder:
"A fine lot this timeDuncan!"
Fenella had not yet clone wondering'
rather uneasily what Duncan he was
speaking to when the shed was reach-
ed, and she became aware of Duncan
M"Donnell sitting on the ground in the?
orthodox attitude of the slate-shapere
in the orthodox white duck trousers,
and with strips ea sackcloth protect
ing knees and ankles against the.
sharpness of the slate -edges. The
bandage, still consupicuous on his left:
hand, seemed no obstacle to the
dexterity with which he turned out the
slates—a process in which the knees;
that balance the slab to be split, and.
the constantly working toes that saved
it from many a lurch, played a part
only subord"mateto
that of the hands.
"I'm sure this is one of those who
are made love to, said Mabel, beneath,
her breath, as she watched one shaped
slate after the other tossed across on,
to the ready heap, with a clatter which'
sounded ominous, and yet regularly!
avoided :,breakage. "It looks like
magic."
As Fenella's eyes met the black
ones of the worker the color rushed!
to her face. Nervous alarm was her
first sensation. Would he speak for
her? And if he did so, how could'
she avoid acknowledging the relation -1
ship? What was Albert going to:
do? He had such strange theories. b
Blit no, Albert had passed on already. ev
..
Evidently he drew the line at any such. r
personal recognition. Besides, he l
scarcely knew Duncan, whereas over'
Fenella's mind there rushed recollec-I w
tions of meetings beside a sick -bed,'. a
which, though not devoid of stiffness, I n,
had at any rate been free of the bit -i h
terness of their first encounter. She
.l
after that one straight look into her.
face, and without any further sign, he' g
DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT IIOME
Fourteenth Lesson.—Yeast.
Fermentation, which is an import-. oven of 325 degrees Fahrenheit, pro -
ant factor fn the making of bread; is duces a light, porous loaf of broad.
produced by the presence of yeaast, It;. That the yeast cells may have sue-
has been known for thousands of years cessftil growth, it is nocessary that the
that many organic: bodies, when ex- flour be of good quality, that a tem-
posed to certain change's, will kerment, perature from sixty to eighty degrees
The dust in the air contains much fer- Fahrenheit be maintained and that the
menting organisms; else the air con -;dough have active manipulation at the
tains molds and bacteria, such as stale proper periods,
bread meld and a damp atmosp, ere • The various degrees of ferments-
mold, as on leather, Wine, beer' and tion are known as the alcoholic, the
milk. becomesour when exposed for a aeetious and the putrefactive. There -
certain length of time to the atmos- fore, the process of fere. aentation
phere above fifty-eight degrees Fah- which has for its object the, making of
renheit. bread, must be of an alcoholic nature.
ASSAY Toss for Economy
Assam teas are •the strongest and richest
grown. It is of these teas that Red Rose Tea
chiefly consists; That is why it yields the
very large number of 250 cups to the pound—at the •
cost of about a cent
for :five -cups, , ad
every cup rich,.
strong, delicious tea.
Kept G�oodby
the Sealed
Package
Ancient history shows us that early Acetious fermentation, w en, pro FOOD SITUATION IN ENGLAND,
Egyptians obtained their wild yeast sent in the right amounts, gives:a:
from the air and so started theirl good flavor to the bread, but if it is Lohl Rhondda,Warns the Public That
dough. They also retained a portion permitted to ferment too strongly; it High Prices Are a Necessity.
of each bread -mixing to start the nextel Min cheek the 'alcoholic fermentation,
In his latest open etatement to the
British public, Lord Rhondda, Food
Controller for England, repeats and
I enlarges upon the warning that the
!consunier•.cannot expect a consider-
able approach towards the scale of
prices that existed before the war,
"The consumer should understand
that he must, of necessity, pay .high
prices," he declares, and; says that he
as Food Controller can do no more
than "see that supplies are forthcom-
ing as far -as they are available and
that the prices are not`' excessive."
"My policy broadly stated," he says
in his statement, "is to fix the prices
of those articleh,,of prime necessity
over the supply of which I can obtain
effective control at all stages from the
producer ,down to the.retailer. Such
prices will, as far as possible, be fixed
on the principle of allowing a reason-
able pre-war profit to• those engaged
in the production and distribution of
the particular commodity, "indeed,
the policy will in effect be one of de-
termining profits at every stage,
though it will take the form of fixing
prices. Every effort will be made to
prevent speculation, and unnecessary
middlemen will be eliminated. Exist-
ing agencies—I make a strong point
of this—will be utilized for purposes
of distribution;urider license and con-
trol, and under the supervision of lo-
cal food controllers to be appointed
by the local authorities.
"I am anxious that producer, sear,
and consumer should realize that the
action which is being taken by the
Department is based on definite and
carefully thought out lines, and that
prices are not being interfered with
in a haphazard way - or without pur-
pose. While I am primarily concern-
ed with the protection of the consum-
ers, I have to see:that the legitimate
interests of food producers and other
traders are safeguarded, and above all
to avoid as far as practicable action
which may tend.. to curtail the neces-
sary supplies.
"It is, of course, impossible that in.
this crisis supplies can be provided to
the same extent or with such regu-
larity as in times of, peace, and the
consumer should also understand that
he must of necessity pay high prices.
My object is to see that supplies are
forthcoming as far as they are avail-
able, knd that the prices are not ex-
cessive—I am glad to be able to say
that the general position of our essen-
tial food supplies is satisfactory, but
I.cannot urge too strongly on every.
one the absolute need for economy in
the use of all foodstuffs." -
Yeast plants can be .gathered and cul -
tivated from the air by ex osing a
]s
, en thea fill, were presently {rushed to phere,
the end of the rails, where, disgorging; Yeast is a plant of the simplest
themselves of the refuse, they added sereeture consisting of a chain of
their
rruitem to the monstrous black' single cellsdl d
How thick the r t Y P proper food for immediate assimila
1 trucks which, when even they had tak-i dish of fermenting sugar to the atmos-
, growing very rape y an
I ton e, , I multiplying a thousandfold if given
which will cause a dull, heavy loaf.
The putrefaction stage is the last
mutts in
stage of fermentation, which r s
a damp, smelly, stlbky loaf of, bread
that is urittt-for• use.
Alcoholic Fermentation
The carbohydrates and sugarsrplay,
an important part in alcoholic- fer-
,
specks are m mentation, changing the sugar to a,
ssme of the s a tion. This gas called carbon dioxide, and alcohol.
s food must contain protein,
as slowly they returnedy l from the point,+ sugar, mineral ash and starch. This: fermentation is produced by.
"Are you sure your slate -quarry isn't a yeast•which feeds upon the malt met-
a Y est is divided into two classes
old mine 14fr. M`Donnelly" I ter in the flour and other ingredients
later" remarked Mabel
That isn't wild d ]t' t d t Wild
hr interposed
my dear, but wi an cultivated
a yeas . i yeasts -added to the, dough. -
posed Lady Atterton,thave no bearing :upon this subject Salt
seie e, . mer Cultivated yeast is now furnished in
seizing one of arose opportunities the for
which had been escaping her all after- m of compressed cakes.
noon. "It is a very common forma-
,
orma- These cakes must' be of a reliable
•tion in slate -rock, and—"
"We call them `diamonds, " smiled that they. will ,produce a healthy, ac- from the atmosphere.
Albert, as he stooped to pick up a sive fermentation. A low-grade yeast results use a high-grade salt, which
small toe of slate which shone party- will give an undesirable ferment and win give the best results. The amount
cularly bright with the metallic points. cause certain changes to.take place of salt added to the dough controls the
i "Just popular foolishness, you know, of re she proper time; this will cause action of the-yeast.,Too little per -
Lady Atterton, he apologetically add- bread to lose in weight and flavor •t f t t'
Salt plays an important .part en the,
action of the yeast upon the doug ,,
Salt which is soluble in hot and cold,
character and of uniform goodness, so water, quicldy absorbs the dampness 1,
For sucdessful,
ed.
i "Popular picturesqueness," correct-
ed Mabel. I don't care what they're
called, but I think they're delightfully
pretty."
and also lower its nutritive value: The
process of fermentation of an alcoholic
nature creates a carbon dioxide gas,
which when the dough is baked in an
mi s ermen a ion to progress too
quickly while too much has just the
opposite effect. It will delay the ac-
tion of the yeast beyond its proper
time.
1 "If you think so, then perhaps you Saving Eubstitutes.
will be gracious enough to keep this The following are recipes issuccl by
piece—in recollection of your first the Domestic Science expert of th
sight of the quarries." Food Controller's office for dishes t
Albert, though he said it with a take the place of beef, bacon and
trifle of alarm at his own presump- wheat in order to conserve these food
tion, was evidently quite as quick at for'our soldiers overseas,
staking an opportunity as Lady Atter- Fish Chowder. -2 cups potatoe
ton herself, (sliced), 1 cup onion (sliced), 1 cup
Mabel brought back her eyes from fish, (sliced). Cook the potatoes, fish
the couple in front—Fenella midi and onions separately and drain. Make
Ronald—who seemed to be very busy a white sauce. Put the fish, potatoes
over a stack of slates. and onions in the white sauce, re -heat
"Really, Mr. M'Donnell," she laugh- and serve hot.
ed, with a mock pursing of the lips, White Sauce. -2 tablespoons flour,
amply belied by the sparkle in her 2 tablespoons butter. Heat those in a
eyes, "do I know you well enough to frying pan and cook for one minute.
accept presents of 'diamonds from Do not allow to brown. Add one cup
you ?" of milk and•stir until perfectly smooth.
"Of Ardloch diamonds, surely," Season with one half teaspoon of salt
smiled Albert, and then a little lower and one-eighth teaspoon of pepper.
as he laid the shining piece upon her - Salmon Croquettes -a-1% cups cold
outstretched palm: "They are humble„ flaked salmon, 1 cup thick white sauce,
our—diamonds, but they will grow;few grains cayenne, 1 teaspoon lemon
proud, now that you have deigned to juice, salt. Add sauce to salmon,
notice them."
ing powder °fa teaspoon; salt, 1 tea-
spoon; molasses, 1 tablespoon. Mix
e and sift the dry ingredients twice, and
o gradually add the sour milk. Beat well,
and bake in n -shallow greased pan, in
s a moderate oven. _
cup; flour, % cup; sour mill or but -
8 ter milk, 1 cup; molasses i/4` cup;
eggs, 1; baking powder, 1 level tea-
spoon in the flour; soda, % teaspoon
dissolved in the' milk; salt, 1 teaspoon;
melted -fat, 1 tablespoon. • Mix and
sift the dry ingredients. Add the
milk and egg well beaten. Last of all
add the melted fat, and bake in a shal-
low pan in a hot oven.
Buckwheat Gems.—Buckwheat flour,
1 cup; milk, 1 cup• sugar, �¢ cup;
white flour, ea, cup; salt, % teaspoon;
eggs, 1; butter,,3 tablespoons; baking
powder, 2 teaspoons. Beat the sugar'
into the egg -and add the melted butter.
Add alternately the mills and back -
wheat flour, then the white flour into
which the baking powder and salt have
been sifted. Bake in greased gem
pans.
Brown Bread.—Graham flour, 2
whiteflour,1 cup molasses, cups; saes
�a
cup; sweet milk, % cup;soda, a tea-
spoon; salt, 1i teaspoon. Sift the
flour, salt and soda well. Ad the
molasses and the milk. Pour into
well greased moulds and steam about
three hours.
CHAPTER IX.
then add seasonings. Spread on a
plate to cool. Shape, dip•in crumbs,
egg, and crumb again, fry in deep fat,
Monday afternoon had come, and ann. cram.
found Fenella following the road up Macaroni and Cheese.—Cook ma -
the len bent upon a mission which caroni in boiling salted water for
tog
I
wok her there at least twicen in am'si aver t cold water. Drain ut a layer
oof
week; for the verdict upon Adam's.
eyes had been spoken, and her visits macaroni, Sprinkle with grated fish.
had become the spots of light in the Repeat. Pour the white sauce over
life of the man condemned to darkness. this and cover all with buttered
Though Julia grumbled at her new; crumbs. Bake until the crumbs are
"fad," Fenella could not find it in her brown.
heart to disappoint the blind man, The Macaroni, Cheese and Tomato.—
very quiver in his voice as, at the Prepare as for macaroni and cheese,
sound of the latch, he would say: 'IsIonly use tomato sauce instead of
that you, Miss Fenella?" would have white sauce. Prepare as for a white
sen enough to ensure the next visit sauce, using tomato juice instead of
en had that delicious feeling of be- milk,
ng necessary to somebody not already Scrapple.—Boil hogs -head and other
made itself at home in her life. The lean pieces of meat as shanks and liv-
ew radiancy upon her father's face er. Cook very tender. Take out
rent far, too, to keep her zeal alive, bones, grind whole and put in water
rid even to widen its field; for Adam in which it was cooked, and when bell-
es no longer her only charge, though ing hot
stir n gently
1.- as tmtauco; cook
com-
e nst is her favored one, me2 hours. Pour tato mould and serve
g In this May season the walk up the fried.
ay she hurried, looking neither to Pea Soup.—Marrowfat peas, 1 tea -
he right nor to the left, anxious to spoor� sugar, 1 pint cold water, 1 slice
et this thing over. In particular, on1ofi, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 table-
he hoped to he able to get away be- spoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, ° tea -
ore Duncan was home from the spoon pepper, 1 pint milk. Add sugar
quarry. She did not want to meet and cold water to the peas, and sim-.
im•-shad not yet made up her mind mer twenty minutes. Rub through
o the best face to put upon it when a sieve re -heat, and thicken with but -
ext they didlneet. He was so apt ter and flour cooked together. Scald
o say bitter and unpleasant things,' addmilk with onion, remove milk to pea mixture, 'season with
iand
d their (est a continued.)ti beside the shed salt and - pepper. Peas too old to
(To be
was still asking herself whether it
would be cowardly to ignore him when,
len was in itself a delight. Yet to -
With a feeling of mingled relief and, f
shame, Fenella, in the wake of the,
others moved on:
"A dangerous fellow that," Mr. Ber-I t
rell was saying to Miss Atterton, in at,
sotto . voice growl. "Choke -full of t
these new socialistic ideas. A regular
agitator. But I'll teach him to agit-
ate!" added the manager with an
- ominous contraction of his wbite-
negro face.
Mabel laughed carelesaly.
"It's clear, at any rate, that he won't
get the best working in the mine next
time l"
Fenella had beard the remark, and
thought it so alarming that she forgot,
to make any response to a question
addressed to her, at that moment by
Mr. Maegilvray.
"This es what they call the `outer
bank,'" ran Mr. Berrell's next ex-
planation.
The party had reached the extreme
end of the promontory running out
into the water—a purely artificial
promontory, built exclusively of slate -
refuse, and still slowly growing inch
by inch witheach working-day—
thrusting its ugly black tongue furth-
er and further into the shining beauty
of the loch. Here, beyond the region
of the regular working -sheds, the boys
and an occasional old man—shapers of
under -sized elatea--reigned supreme.
Each "rubbish -train," as it reached the
"point," was pounced inion by a swarm
of youngsters, and rapidly overhauled
by hands and eyes that already were
those of experts. It was t e grey -
headed dotards who—easily distanced
by youth—lingered latest about the
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50..,etueenEat. meet. w S'oroiito'
serve as a vegetable may be utilized
POLYPS THAT ARE FIGHTERS. for soups,
_ Cooked Cereal Muffins.—Cooked oat-
meal, 1 cup; flour, 134 cups; srlilk,
One of the Strange Inhabitants of "a cup• egg, 7.; salt, % teaspoon; sugar,
Stagnant Pool. 2 tablespoons; melted dripping, 2 table -
A stagnant pool is the home of mule spoons; baking powder, 8% teaspoons
a animals but none' (level). Add halt the milkato the
titudes of strange , bbeaten .eggs. Mix the rest of the milk
of them is more odd than a species of with the cooked oatmeal and stir un -
polyp that is one-fourth of an inch til smooth. Then comirne, with the
long and of thethickness of a bristle. dry ingredients and beat well. Last
Under a strong magnifying glass it of all add the melted dripping, and
looks like a tube of jelly. beat again. Bake in greased gene
however, provided with thread- pans,
It is
, ,Cream of Lima Bann Soup... -1 Cup
like arms for seizing its prey; and dried lima beans, 8 pints cold water, 2
naturalists are inclined to believe that slices onion, 4 slicer carrot, 1 cup
it paralyzes its victims by electric cream or milk, 4 tablespoons butter, 2
shocks. In this way only can the fact tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, ea
Soak beans over -
be explained that the .polyp is able teaspoon pepper•,
n! ht; In the rri drain and add
to overcome creatures vastly bigger cold water; cook Until soft and rub
and more powerful than itself, through a sieve. Cut vegetables in
A specimen has been seen to grasp small cubes, and cook five minutes in
two large worms at the same time—
whereupon the latter, though strug-
gling desperately, were unable to
break away, and in a moment lost all
power of motion.
The polyp is incredibly fierce, A
curious thing about it le'tsatdf turn
ed inside out like a glove, it quickly
accommodates itself to the new ar-
tangement, the original outer skin
Performing, as a lining of the inter-
ior, the affiee of digestion,
• To extinguishflfl'ames from gasoline
half the butter; remove vegetables,
add flour, salt and pepper and stir
into boiling soup. Adis cream, re-
heat. strain, and add remaining but-
ter in small pieces,
Fried Cornmeal Mush.—Cornmeal, 1
cup; water, 4 cups; salt, 3 teaspoon.
Put the salt in the boiling water, and
sifted cornmeel. Cook thordughiy,.
Pack into tins as a baking pcwder tin
to form in a mould. To'fry turn out
of the mould. " Cut into slices, dip in
dry oatmeal and fry in dripping.
Serve with syrup at; a breakfast or
au1�psi, dish.
.Tolinny Calve.—Cornmeal, 1 cup;
or pets�jeum, pour milk over them and white flour, 1 cup; sugar, 1-0 eup;
they will be put out immediately, for etue milk, 1i pups; soda, 1/y teaspoon;
the milk forms an emulsion with the baking powder, r!y teaspoon; salt, 1
MI and prevents the firm spreading, , nane ee eu 1 sup; sugar, 1.8 eup, sour,
Inane l •
rupsi soda, >Iz teaspoon; hake
THE. BEST BOMB -THROWERS.
Cr cketers and Baseball' Players Are
Particularly Expert.
When it comes to.bomb-throwing-
a very different thing from bomb-
dropping—the Englishrnan beats the
German every time, says a London
weekly.
The man who has been well accus-
He Passed.
"tamed to shy- a cricket ball straight At a college examination a nervous-
and true to the wicket -keeper from looking candidate had been instructed. -
the out -field makes no difficulty about to write out examples of the indica-
throwing so as to drop it nicely on its tive, subjunctive, potential and ex-
objective—there or thereabouts. In clanuitory moods. His efforts result -
fact, the discipline • of the cricket -field ed as follows:
"I am endeavoring to pass an Eng-
lish examination. If I answer twenty
questions, I shall pass. If I answer
twelve, I may pass. God help mal"
A laugh is just like sunshine,
It freshens all the day,
It tips the peak of life with light,
And drives the clouds away.
has exercised a wonderful Influence on
the adaptability of our men. They
have been accustomed to accept the
! ruling of the umpire without demur,
: and they do so'in the Army.
But, al a bomb -thrower, the . base-
ball player is likely to outshine his
British ally. The throwing in base-
ball is an eye-opener even to seasoned
cricketers, not only. for its extreme
Isureness of direction,but for its
amazing swiftness of flight and won-
derful length.
A Berlin paperdolmasthat only
"dreamers". expect Germany to release
Belgium. Germany is the dreamer,
and her awakening will be a bitter one.
STABBING THE PUMPKIN -
A Sort of Ball Game Played by South
African Natives,
A traveller tells of a primitive, sort
of hall game that -the natives play on
the steep South African hills. A green
pumpkin takes the place of a -ball; it
is rolled instead of being $brown. The
object of the sport is to stop the,roll
ing pumpkin by transfixing it with a
long, sharp stick or spear.
The men of the two teams line up
alternately in a single row, and , the
captain of each side takes his turn in
railing the pumpkin. As the .. game
goes onand the men shift in the line,
each captain tries to favor his own
side by rolling the sphere in a wide
circle so that it will move away from.
the intervening opponent and toward
his own men wherever they became
grouped. There is no scoring, but a
system of promotion' and abasement
instead, The man who misses his
throw goes down one place; the man
who grazes the pumpkin without stop-
ping it holds his place; o
ld sbut he no
p g t
who succeeds in arresting its progress
advances two places in the line. The
game ends when the best players have
progressed to the top of the line, and
the rest no longer have a chance; be-
cause the pumpkin is stopped before
it reaches then.
- Within the past decade a small iron
hoop has taken the place of the green
pumpkin. That, of course, is more
economical, for it can be used the year
round. It moves faster, requires
greater skill on the part of those who
stop it, and makes the pitcher more
important. By hurling it so that one 1
edge or the other will strike the
ground first, he can throw incurves
and outcurves with,the ease of a pro-
fessional baseball player. A favorite
device when the opposing team are
approaching too near is for him to
send the hoop with all his force so
thatit will just graze their toes and
then circle out t, easy striking dis-
tance when it has passed the enemy,
Amaryllis make splendid window
plants. Set the bulbs about half therm
depths in the earth lis the pots an4iet
them start growth in the window gar-
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GENERAL JACK
FROST IN, WAR'
HAS TAKEN PARTY IN MANY BIG
EUROPEAN WARS.
The 'Heaviest Frost Known For Three
Generations Hastened the Down-
fall of Napoleonic Schemes.
There has never been a European,
war on a big scale in which old Jack
Frost has not participated,
The year"1812 saw the conception of
Napoleon's scheme tp ' invade Russia.
Before inaugurating his plane he was
careful toinquire of the experts at
what date winter usually began, in
southern Russia, They told him the
middle of December.
It was on June 24 that be invaded
Russia with 600,000 men, and he
Peached Moscow September 14. That
night Sire broke out, and within five
days the city was burned to the
ground. Even then he remained until
October beforebeginning to retreat.
In the last week of October began.
the worst frost which Europe had
known for three. generations, The
Thames froze from its source to the
sea. The Seine, the Rhine and the
Danube were all iee-bound. On the
Adriatic, off Venice, was seen the
amazing sight of floating ice, The
Hellespont and the Dardanelles •. were
frozen. Jack Frost's icy. -lingers lay
heavy even upon North Africa. Drift
appeared in the Nile, and there were-
snowstorms
eresnowstorms in Tripoli and Morocco.
Retreat From Moscow.
Napoleon's huge army was almost
wiped out. Four hundred "thousand
men perished, They froze to death -
in battalions as they bivouacked, and
when atlast, .on Decembef 6, Napoleon
reached German soil, there remained
of his army but 130,000 men.
During the reinter of 1858-1854 the
Turks were battling along the Danube
against hordes of Russians. In' the fol-
lowing September 25,000 British
troops, a similar number of French,
and 8,000 Turks were landed in the
Crimea.
Again came a terrible winter and
from the west of Ireland right across.
into Asia frost fell heavy upon land
land sea. In London it froze for six
weeks without a break. From Janu-
ary 14 to February- 24 the thermo-
meter vase below freezing every night.
In the -'Crimea the cold was fearful,
and the British army lost 20,056 men,
and of these only 12 per cent. fell in
battle. The rest were destroyed by
.cold and disease.
In 1870 came the biggest war of the
latter half pi the century, the titanic
cdnflict between France and Germany:
By October 29 there were 850,000 Ger-
man troops in France. Paris was be-
sieged and there beganthe four-
month investment with furious fight-
ing on both sides. Again Jack Frost
to
came - he aid of the Germans. A
a t n
long spell of intense cold 'made life
almost impossible for the half-starved
French, while the Germans, who had'
the whole country to draw on, besides
their own excellent commissariat, suf-
fered very little. By January the
city was in such a terrible condition
that it surrendered,
Winter Again Aided Russia.
The date of the big war between
Turkey and Russia was 1877, when the
Turks were attacked by an enormous-
le- superior force of•Russians, with the
Czar in command. Osman Pasha,
with A0,000 men, hurried inland to
Plevna, a village which stood upon a
hill, and there hastily entrenched hhn-
self. The Russians had 100,000 men,
but Osman and his dauntless band de-
feated them in four successive battles:a.
In November winter set in three
weeks earlier than usual. The Turks
had no winter clothing and little to
eat other than maize porridge ann
borse-flesh, They suffered fearfully.
At last, on December 9, they deter.
mined to break out. 'There were only
30,000 left, but,their rush was so tie,
mendous that they carried three lines .a
of Russian trenches before they were
surrounded and forced to surrender,
unconditionally.
SACRIFICE,
His foam -flecked steeds he reined,
And by a door did light,
But. ere .the steps, he gained,
The furious things took fright,
He sprang, and held them fast,
Ansi would their speed restrain,
But then a bugle blast
Made all his efforts vain,
They dashed along the ground,'
They bruised him with their feet, - i
And so when he was found
Far down the crowded street,
e
He was by all deemed dead--
But
ead—But oped each glazed eye,
When some bys tndsr said:
"A race with Death?—and why?,
"0 wily should one incur , "''
Such risk for horse or wain?"
Then he was seen to stir
And spoke in spite of poems
"Tho wagon—march•-d prayl"
And then the father's joy
Upon fresh.seented hay
They found a sleeping boy?
They bore the father, dead,
They gazed with tear-clitenfed eyes -a
But nowhero was it Bald,
"What needleee saerlfiael" '
-Alexander Louis Praset•,
Lemons will keep fresh„ if stowed
dry sold separately.
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