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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-7-4, Page 6unawayJulietta' By Arthur Henry Gooden CHAPTER IX. RNase; SO be skips t f wn and tideggie'6 Site Meets the , Lover of Childhood folks dfournher li of a sh horseshoe. Daysulte ietta nodded tacit asaernt, Julietta arm with the dawn, and aWhere can I find Maggie? I fans± UNDER VIRE. a few minutes later she was riding go and ice hor," out, and slowly cantered down the "In that little cabin over by Burt's drive -way, every atom of her body warehouse." 1+'itzhorn tierked :bis Stretcher -Bearers Work Faithfully to aglow, The mornit�gwas perfect, the thumb down the street. 'She works the ±lawless sky deeply and coolly out at odd jobs, cleanin' house and Save Wounded From Falling blue, in the air a subtle tang of fruit T auhn �;"has a hard time to get along, Into Hands of Foe. and hay, High words of praise for the Cana - Suddenly a gunshot cracke,. d out ciian'soldian, and a confidence that close at hand, ollowed by a second, CIIA$T>1; X, and a flock of wild ducks rocketed up She Finds a Solution For an Old they wilsealewayergive r coed ac 0o t and over the willows. The mate iv s, are pea by Wrong:, jumped, and a startled cry broke from Herbert A. Bruce, MR,C.S,, A.M,Se Juliette. Then, as she quieted the Julietta had no difficulty in finding consulting surgeon to the British plunging animal, the willows parted the little cabin at the end of Burt's armies in France, who recently made aside with a crash'. and' through them warehouse, near the railroad tracks, Canada a v brief isit in the course of came a . malt—tall, sinewy, eager She knocked at the door a trifle a s octal mission to the United States faced, a eerie helmet pushed carelessly timidly; it wae opened by a woman p, back on his head to reveal thick dark who stood gazing 'inquiringly at her. and who will return shortlyto resume hair, • He carried a shotgun, and 'Waggle!" Julietta tient out her his duties -in France. Col, Bruce was sent by the British Government as a delegate to the American Medical As- sociation in Chicago which was held from June 1Q to 14, to represent the French end sif the British Medical PRAISE FOR CANADIAN TROOPS AND FOR ;¢TX RQIS'M OF NURSES over one broad shoulder hung a fat hands with impetuous, sympathy. gamekag. The woman clutched at the door - For a moment they stared at each knob. other, Julietta flushing slightly, Then, "Lizzie Dare?" she said faintly. as though she were greetin g•• one from Julietta's arms closed around her. whom she had parted the day before, Three minutes later they were sit- Services rind is in company with Sir she spoke quietly:ting inside the cabin. Here a sur- , "Hello, Clay!" ` prise met Julietta for she had come James Mackenzie and Sir William Ar - The young man started, stared prepared to meet squalor; instead, buthnot Lane, harder at her. Julietta laughed, a however, she found a scrupulous neat- Speaking of conditions in Franco, trifle queerly, nags, Col. Bruce states that there c'an be no "You were always so nice to me, "I was ui the washtub when you doubt that the German airmen aro Clay, but now—" knocked; I thought it was the boy making a deliberate attempt to ter- - The bewilderment in the man's with the hotel laundry," said Maggie dark eyes leaped into recognition, and apologetically. Then, as she caught he sprang down the bank with a swift Julietta's gaze wandering around the cry, seizing -the hand she extended. room, her voice and eyes became chal- "Why, it's/ Liz—it's Dare!" His !engine.. "You've heard about—about face, very brown and heaitl.y-looking, me, of course, I know what you're was -turned up to her laughingly. "Of looking for—" courae it's you! - I knew you'd come "Yes." Julietta nodded, her eyes back someday!". misty. "I came last night," she told him Int. wasn't my fault, Lizzie—really it wasn't my fault!" Maggie's shoulders shook convulsively.• Julietta stroked the tear -wet cheek. "There, there, Maggie dear!" she comforted. "It's going to come out all right yet for you and little baby— I know it." • "Maggie's body suddenly relaxed, Oh, Lizzie," she was crying now, but it was a quiet weeping, "I used be so mean to you—I know I was. But 1' didn't know any better then, Lizzie. I'm willing to work, I'nl willing to fight and struggle along for baby• but, oh, I'm so tired, and—and people every- where pointing fingers at me—" Julietta gave her a great reassur- ing hug. • e "You say good -by to your washtub this very day!" she announced firm- ly. "We'll soon get rid of that tired feeling. I've got to go now, . dear; I'm on an errand, but you'll surely see me to -morrow." Maggie dried her eyes on her apron with a wan smile, r "You've a way with you, Lizzie— you make folks feel that you really care for them. I didn't mean to_take up all your time talking about my- self." As Julietta had came, so she de- parted—thoughtful, preoccupied, un- seeing; so it was not' until she heard a voice of greeting that she saw the speaker in the warehouse doorway. "Good morning!" She looked up and saw Andy Burt simply. He eyed the little bay mare, and nodded. "At the Wurrells'?" "Yes. I'm afraid I surprised them awfully." Julietta withdrew her hand from his grasp and brushed aside a truant curl. "You're just the same, only grown 1 p," and Thorpe grinned happily. AHere, get off and sit down on the bank and talk. Gracious, I'm glad to see you again!" ' For half an hour they sat on the bank of the creek Julietta told some- thing • of; herself, but nothing of her having worked and made money, while in turn. Thorpe recounted briefly his own tale of the years. He was master of the Thorpe ranch, alone in the world; and presently he touched upon a thing which had puzzled her the Previous night. "And why is it, then," she asked, "that some of these ranches are deso- late—" "It's Andy Burt," he said grimly. ' "We ranchers must have water, you know. Oh, of course, there's lots in the creek. But the creek happens to Ire owned, clear up to its source, by the La Vina Ditch Company; and the said company is Andy Burt, who re- fuses to sell any water." "Refuses to .sell?" Julietta's eyes opened widely. "Nonsense! He can be forced to sell—" "No. Not where water can be pumped." Clay -shrugged his big shoulders and stared moodily at the flowing current below them. "Pump- ing machinery is so expensive, and! advancing to meet her with a broad most of us are so stubborn in the con -I smile. She returned the smile, not. motion that the creek is public pro- because she liked Andy Burt, for she party that so far Burt has won out vaguely disliked him, but because the bands down. He's looking farther last half-hour had drawn her close to than the ditch company, you see." the humanness in life, and because "I don't see." Julietta drew her there was a certain justness in her brows into a perplexed frown. nature which asserted itself. "Without water the land is worth- "Good morning to vou, Mr. Burt!" lees. The owner must -starve or get ."Great drying weather!" said Burt, out. A dozen families have been removing his panama and fanning starved out, and Burt has bought himself. "Can't get too hot to suit their land cheap. That's all," me right now—the grapes I've got out "But you?" cried Julietta. ''You on the trays! Been over to see your said you were doing well, And cousin, eh?" Uncle Jim—" "X,es," said Julietta. Clay frowned. "Sure is too bad about her, Can't "I took my own way 9f getting wa- I give you a lift in my rig? I'm go - ter. Worrell took his, I mortgaged ing right np the street, and it's mighty the old plaee up to the eyes and put in hot for walking Miss Dare!" a pumping plant. Cost a mint of "I'm only going to Mr. Fitzhorn's money, but its'anade good," shop," she thanked him, "Anel Uncle Jim? He has a pump- "Well, better jump in, and ride;"'he ing plant too?" urged, untying his •teen% of blacks. Thorpe stirred uneasily but made no Julietta hestiated, then decided not response. He seemed absorbed in the to be ungracious, and stepped into the stream below them. Intuition told buggy. -Burt drove off slowly, Juliette that her companion preferred (To be continued,) not to discuss this "other way," and, dusting off her skirts, she rose. "I'm glad I came back, and I'm glad I met you here," she said as he handed her to her saddle, and she sent the bay mare splashing toward home, She was just' finishing breakfast when her uncle -slouched in morosely, His bad ;temper was evident as he scowled at a short steel rod in his hand. "Consarn the luck!" He tossed the rod to the table. "There's that alfalfa goin' plump to seed for w. at o' cuttin', and that consarned mower breaks on mo." "Let nue take it to the shop for you, FIRED OVER WHITE. -FLAG. Despicable German Treachery in East' Africa ,Exposed by Admiralty, A story of Getman white flag treachery in East Africa in the early days of the war is issued by the Brit- ish Admiralty. -' In order to prevent the German mtnchant ships lying in the harbor of Dar-es-Salaam from coming out and acting as tenders to the raider Ko- nigsberg two of his Majesty's ships were despatched to that harbor, The "Would yon?i' Worrell brightened, German Governor had agreedpthat then guffawed, "Come to think of it, the'. German' merchant ships must be' you've done that orate" a heap o' regarded as British prizes, and he times. Say, I'd be right glad if ye was now informed that their; engines would—" must be disabled, An hour later "Old Fitz still doing your work?" the Germans hoisted a couple of white inquired Juliette, leaping upp, "Good! flags on the flagstaff at the harbor • I have to take back that horse and: entrance, whereupon working parties buggy anyway, so I can drive to town in boats were stilt from the warships with the bay mare in tow and ride hern back."Ito inspect and, if necessary, dis- An hour later Julietta drew rein in mantle the engines, front of the smithy in La Vino, hitch-) No sign was made from the shore ed her bay mare, and entered. A until the boats were well within man, working a huge pair of bellows,! range, when a treacherous fire was glanced around, He was old, bent -I opened on them, the German white Shouldered; while his eawas largo and' Bag still flying. The senior naval full, While pus head, a relp bhef officer, who was in one of the boats shone in the red glare like polished ivory, and with startling effect. 1 has reported his experience as fol - "Good morning, Mr. Fitzhorn," and, lowst Julietta handed him the broken gear- "I hadjust given orders to go ing, "Uncle Jinn's in an Awful hurry ahead when we were suddenly as - for this." ' v "Meanin' Jim who?" sailed by rifle fire from both banks, "Why, don't you remember me?" a considerable vohtmo coining from r l " th Julietta Tau hY: , I e close Vicinit of the flu staff d M Lizzie . Y " " , Dare," g 1 "You ? �itzho • rn blinked, and star- whence still flew three white flags. ed arnazedly; he wiped his hands on Steering was difficult, speed slack - his leather apron and held one forth, oiled and it was found that the siok- "You-•old Wurrcll' e sicca? Sure, I er forward ±vas lying in the fare - remember you now, Seen aur eousid yet—Maggie Worrell, I meat?" n, peak dangerously woandecl, The sea board, greatly restricted like "Auntie said she was married," I "Bullets wore raining over and into all other kinds of board, is known as Fitzhorn stared around at hoe with the boat, and through and „„against the high cost of living, The eountry a queer expression, the titin Iron plates rigged on either le not entirely on the level. It has, In Buhl aren't no ri - Iwv ar a o- no side the boiler, ridthe interior, a r 1 h bo the cox-, nt 1a table land,ou- r>;Na a,yam gg , n xlarge enuine ton. Th g weld, flee speak, ems swain in the start hltests, but I.,lent, tical empty, There are also deep do - the worlds --no genino weld.” His Corson, With great plait, tan forward pros lonstall parts of the ponos),, bald (read nodde, "What!', , ala kept the hest± going. Very soon Berlin, the capital, was established e8 0e it R a was i , . hit in e in the thirteenth century, o "ThenSolari the h n ur the her mother an'�' ad C c ±herdaddyfair Y, n t rc a t l calla e s� hd t kicks her out,a holt th o ro Iblvoz', It o ,.allowing' he disgrace p , o o xsWa` S h of et r t• - r r s 5 s tt C as CC VC g 1 n Y t -with blood , d em, oh ':q cunni n e y e sgot b pier t fr p The a baby, under- ora hi. U tnhaTsi 1; Y g q ou Intan s are POO ht 4o v into ti i d- 4 stand," he said with gruff' bluntness, was shot 1 the le H1 conduct, ' o 'Mhiri ci see — u g us kef 6 to was tw as j e 'a ntis jtjtt11- "'tweren't no fault o' Tress, ' She aplerydid, �1a never flinched, hut/stticit ed, Tho present feeler Is Kaiser 811, 11 - thought the feller all .square an' to his post, sayings 'What's nothing, lions It IXifs pri#tclpAl bcetlaagen is straightn' id , a sod everybody b e ve ad A else. Y y s e'�` I i slit 1t all g ft, We shall soon be ]ookigg i;ox a'p1aCe'il� t i> sun,., e high -collared dnak fru Was, worked irr, tit ;r ehannol?It.Was very large,,, 10 soidtthip, ef warmer sit ,thn i the drug'store--annooth tat er en all gg t Y .dna. the coolness and lrtalk of store fee It iii It bGtui. s t that. (guess Magiethoug t spa Iv" n 1 cis C 4 le l doin' right smari•,,' or hersel Atte Ctt ,leaditi eoantan that the boat like 1tolgol ilk, The 'aro rt Xiri 4 the madam, ramiea opal!, 3t t,gpne tiyti ah arced from the clanger the bate«anartlallit WO, fla>;idp,p.• put the feller had another wife hoof± Qitgr�' motto is a rilirloil'vorseiilct/ Ir. rorize the allies by •constant air at- tacks upon the British and French hospitals, Though with the British forces practically all the time, Col. Bruce has seen something of the Canadians as well, and he speaks -most highly of all Canadian doctors and nurses who have gone to serve with the hospital units. They have been the objects of so many air attacks, he adds, that they have almost assumed the duties of soldiers, inasmuch as they have to bear the bombing of the enemy. Citing one instance of the German barbarity, Col. Bruce told of being at one of the advanced hospital centres when the German air bombers paid them- a visit every night for six nights, dropping bombs deliberately on the hospitals, killing and wounding patients, doctors and nurses, as well as their own men. Fortunately, Dr. Bruce was not in any of the hospitals upon which the attacks were made, but being close enough to visit them, lee wont to the scenes the next morn- ing and was an eye -witness to their frightfulness, In one particular in- stance a German bomb dropped just outside a tent in which were Germans who had been taken prisoner. This one bomb 'killed 16 of thein, in addi- tion to wounding many others. Praise for Nurses. "The great fortitude and heroism of the nurses under such , conditions is something which cannot be spoken of too highly," Got. Bruce adcli"They go about their duties with a coolness and steadiness which would do credit to old seasoned troops.- At the same time one cannot speak too highly of the Canadian Tommies. I cannot even think of them without feeling that I should take off my hat to them for their great gallantry and heroism, Though, of necessity, only a few of them have been granted the Victoria Cross, I feel that a hundred times that number have earned such e. recogni- tion. It was a great pleasure to me to see the wonderful position the Canadian Corps have made for them- selves in France. They are recogniz- ed among the best troops in France, and Gen, Sir Arthur Currie is held in the highest esteem, not only by the higher commands of the British army, but I have heard the French generale speak most enthusiastically of him and of the magnificent work. of Gen. Cur- rie's soldiers." A.M.C. Men Courageous. Col. Bruce also has kind words of commendation for the stretcher- bearers, adding that there is no branch of theservice where the casualties are higher in proportion to the number, and in this connection he brought the cheering message that during the heavy fighting in March and during the other German drives there were very few wounded men to fall into the hands of the enemy. The stretcher-bearers, he stated, worked so faithfully far ahead of the firing line, that they were able to ga- ther up all the wounded, and, as a matter of fact, the retreat was so slow that the great bulk of the wound- ed could be moved to,the clearing hos- pital stations before the enemy arriv- ed, The British may have given up their hospital buildings to the enemy, he added, but they did not leave their wounded behind, It was because of this that he stated no arm of the ser- vice could command his admiration more than did the stretcher-bearers for their heroism and courage under particularly trying conditions. Germany As It Is To -day, The German empire, better 'known as the - German 'vampire, embraces 208,830 square miles, but -not a single square meal, says The Brooklyn' Eagle: It comprises four !kingdoms, six grand duchies and 3,976,631 grand goosesteps. In outline and inclination it is highly irregular, On the east it Mends Levine.' On the north it is hounded by the Allied fleets and on' the west by General Foch. The principal waterways of Ger- many are the seize and the Kiel Canal, 1 The. high C's now uri2ler its control ora confined to the opera house, The Kiel Canal is used for exercise by the battled ships on pleasant Sundays. }FOUR SEAPLANES FOUGHT NINETEEN A TERRIFIC BATTLE Orr THE JT -±LAND COAST. Brltlsh Charged ,the Fleet, Fought for Seven Yours, -Sending Down Two and 'Damaging Five Others, In the fight off the Duteh eat on June 4 five Britieh seaplanes of the largest type outfought 19 German sea- planes. One of the enemy mach';res was sent down In flamed and another Maven out of control, according to a description of 'the fight written by Ensign K. B, Keyes, a naval aviator. Previous to the encounter one of the British machines had descended to make repairs, and the Germane eat upon the four other machines protecting the injured one, Ensign Joseph Paton, another , American aviator, was on ,the injured machine, and he was subsequently interned in Holland. "Ensign Paton and I were two Americana among the crews of five firing boats on a North Sea patrol," says Ensign Keys. "West of Ter- schellingi Paton's machine had to alight on the -surface owing to engine trouble. We stood by, circling in the air and waiting for him to repair the damage. "Soon five German airplanes hove in sight, We took battle formation and went for them. I was in the front cockpit•with one gun and four hundred rounds of ammunition. In the stern were three more guns and their operators, The Germans fled at our approach, but I had the satisfac- tion of getting several rounds into them, although it is impossible to say whether there were any effective hits, Enemy Circled, Back. - 'After a time the enemy came circling back, but instead of five machines there, were only four, one small scout having , been sent land- wards, presumably to bring help. "Soon afterwards we discovered ten hostile machines coming up from 'an opposite direction. They were not high in the air, but close to the wa- ter, and were joined almost imme- diately by five more, making 19 in all, The enemy scouts were painted black, while the two-seaters were sea -green and very hard to distinguish from water. "Wee four swung into battle forma- tion again and charged into the middle of the enemy fleet. When we were nearly within range four planes on the port side and five on the starboard rose to our level, while two of the en. emy machines passed directly beneath us, shooting upward, Firing Was Incessant. "The firing was incessant from the beginning, and the air was blue with tracer bullet smoke, and the Germans used explosive bullets. "I devoted my time to the portside, where four planes offered fine tar- gets. Once I looked around. I no- ticed my commander was in a stoop- ing position. I thought nothing of it until a few minutes later, when I looked again and saw he was still in the same position. Then the truth dawned on me that he had been bit, and, looking closer, I discovered his head was in a pool of blood, but for the moment I could not leave my post. "We kept up a fine running fight, although our machine was cut off from the rest and surrounded by seven enemy seaplanes. We fought far ten mites until we drove off seven Germans, sending one dawn out of control, and crashing another in flames from a height of two thousand feet. The'five other ma- chines were severely punished by our gunfire. During the last few minutes our engine began stopping, and the en- gineer reported that the petrol pipe had broken. Meanwbile I had laid out the commander in the cockpit and taken his seat. "The whole engagement lasted a half hour, and I think we did very well, After my machine descended on to the water, Where repairs were made, and then we returned to our port. The whole fight lasted seven hours," CAPTURED HUN WITH MUFFLER. Captain in U.S. Army Thanks Donor For Serviceable Gift. The following letter was received by a New York girl who crocheted a coffee-colored»muffler for a captain in the American army: "It might interest you to know -that night before last I was out in front of the lines with a small detachment do- ing scout duty. We came upon a bunch of Germans, numbering two to our one. We engaged them, and it soon became a hand to hand affair. My man attacked me with a bayonet and knocked my revolver out of my hand. Another jumped on my back. 1 remembered the muffler around my neck, I jerked Wee, throw it around the Beetle's neck and twisted, To a minute he was wriggling on the ground and he other hon. G 1 t , I retook my revolver and dragged the German alto camp with the muffler you made me. Thank you ever so much for it, It saved my life." Now Forests for France. The Pennsylvania department of forestry has offered to the French GoVornment 4,000,000 tree seeadlln s as ail all to that country i11 reforest• in g the shell -torn woods Nai o r I1 r nce, The oleo f ebm endo l everwhore. Though at pr eser t Fz Dddis unable to d!mua ish way f rehabilitating hoe devastated 1andsr the pnth that is B ohrg ox - tenc1e� tott�,rifrom ail paris of the lobo she' that When thero or. pn me tomes site, will not lack the ma- • r/i4 it er a to recoup herself nt from 1) orribla afflictions she has suf.vof ' IYY004i i, 1 Y •I� 144f5 HIE WHITI ems. I'lepiarrt or rhubarb is one of Ithe it to ho IN RIX the it site should immediately get to work fE. irst fresh foodrt of sPring. Its value and secure the materials necessary for is often underestimated because it canning, It is poor housekeeping for a woman to otos'± preserving and in the middle of it to find that she is short of rubber bands, or that the stoppers are not secure, or that she seemingly contains a email propos- tion of nutrients, 1ts fibre furnishes needed bulk or roughage which with its organic acids acts as a slight laxa- tive, Rhubarb is therefore; a useful etas not enough containers. food in dietaries containing meat, Her work will be cut in half if she starts canning with everything in good order, Poor toele necessarily make a bad wonlcman, And in war time bad workmen are expensive to the country. Holds the Strainer Cloth. eggs and cereals, being in - a fact cheap spring tonic and regulator. A part of the plentiful spring sup ply of rhubarb should be saved for autumn and winter. It may be mi- ned without sugar In glass jars or it may be dried. It may be made into conserves and confections, Rhubarb has the acid neceasazy for jelly mak- ing but lades the pectin 'content which is the second essential for a good jelly. A commercial pectin is now on the Market which may be used tot make jellies from fruite lacking it. Rhubarb Conserve (1).-5 pounds rhubarb, 2 oranges, 2 lemons, 6 pounds sugar, 8 quarts water. Wash and cut the rhubarb into one-half inch pieces. Scrub the oranges and lemons until rinds are perfectly free of all soil or scale insects. Slice througb the rind into -very thin sections, being careful to remove all seeds. Cook the rhu- barb and sliced oranges and lemons together for fifteen minutes, if neces- sary, adding a very little water to prevent the fruit from burning, Add the three quarts of water and the su- per and allow the mixture to boil slowly until syrup is thick like jelly. Rhubarb Conserve (II). --4 pounde rhubarb, 1 pineapple (1 pound), 6 ponnds sugar, 1/y poured chopped wal- nut meats, ;/z pound raisins. Wash and cut rhubarb as above. Peel pine- apple and cut in fine pieces. Cook to- gether slowly in a little water for thirty minutes, Add 'sugar, nuts and raisins and cook slowly till of jelly- like consistency. Candied Rhubarb, -3 cupfuls rhu- barb, 1% cupfuls sugar, % cupful wa- ter. Make a syrup of the sugar and water. To the syrup add rhubarb which has been cut in pieces one to two inches in length. Heat very slowly and do not let boil as the rhu- barb will lose its shape. A double boiler may be used satisfactorily if Ieft uncovered to allow evaporation. Heat until rhubarb is soft and the syrup is not too dilute to give the sweetness desired. Let stand for one day at least, longer if possible. Then carefully lift the pieces from the syrup with a fork, draining off as much liquid as possible. Place on a plate and allow to dry twenty-four to forty-eight hours. The fruit should be firm and candied. Roll in granulat- ed sugar as grape fruit or orange peel is canted. The process cannot be hur- ried. It does not require much time in actual attention but is extended over a long period. The syrup can be used in sauce or used again for confections. The pink stalks give a pretty pink to candy, Rhubarb Ice. -2 stalks rhubarb, 1 lemon, 1 tablespoonful gelatin soaleed in i/, cupful cold -water, 1% cupfuls sugar, 6 cupfuls water. Cook rhu- barb till tender and rub it through a sieve. Cook sugar and water until it not shoot for toffee. I saw two guards makes a good syrup. Add the gala - ,fire five shots at a Russian who was tin and cooled rhubarb. When cold lying wounded at the entrance to his add lemon juice. Strain and freeze. ihut before they finished him; the Rhubarb -and -Fruit Combinations.— distance was about twenty yards, Otie Can the rhubarb now and later when 1 guard, however, was a better shot; Ire putting up fruits combine with pine- -killed Mathews, one of our fellows, apple, strawberries or red raspberries.`and severely wounded two Russians. These are more strongly flavored and I "A soldier tried to draw an extra when added to the rhubarb impart ration front the cook house. He was their flavor. This makes a cheaper I seen by a guard, who fired at him a product than the more expensive I distance of about fifty yards and miss - fruits used alone and it is none the' ed him. But the bullet.hit a tent in less delicious. Stewed Rhubarb,—Soalk dried rhu- bard six to eight hours or overnight, using six quarts of water to one pound of rhubarb or, by measure, at least -twice ns much water as rhubarb. Cook slowly until done in the water in which the fruit has soaked. Sweet- en to taste, . a sweet -little canary that used to sing Dried Ri ubarb.—Select young add to us all clay Iong. We brought him succulent stalks. Prepare as for with us, and until we reached the stewing, by skinning the stalks and Dutch frontier he never even chirped. cutting into pieces/one-fourth to one- "When the train crossed the fron- half inch in length. Spread on tack tier line all was still, as every one was of drier and dry slowly. When dried, straining his eyes to get a glimpse of condition the product by placing ma- the new country. And just then 'Joe,' our canary, burst into full song," This simp o' device w'll hold e strainer cloth over kettles, jars, pails, and the like. It consists of two up- right slats or thin boards with two horizontal boards connecting, one at a few inches from each end .of the up- rights, A small nail sticking up through each corner holds the strainer in place. WAR PRISONER'S LETTER. Declares Huns Were Gods Compared to Germans of To -day. "You call them Huns—these crea- tures. The Huns were gods compared with these devils. I have met them face to face when the flush of victory turns them into ruthless beasts. I have met them when defeat has driven them to fiendish cruelties. And they would rule the world! God deliver us from such a fate." These words are from a letter to the father of a potty officer in the British navy who was taken prisoner at Antwerp and has spent three and a hall years in a German prison camp. The writer was a naval volunteer when the war broke out, and he was sent with the first contingent of the Royal Naval Reserve to assist in the defence of Antwerp, He was taken prisoner, but at last escaped to Hol- land. From there the letters were written. "People who have just returned from Germany," he writes, "say that the officers ere dazed by the colossal losses which the Huns have suffered in their latest offensive. Some of our returned men have seen horrible train- loads of humanity passing through. "Doberitz seems years ago now. Here is one memory, If a guard wishes to let a man know that he may not smoke the method of conveying the information is this: Remove the pipe, cigar or cigarette from the mouth of the offender by means of a blow from the butt end of the rifle on the back of the head. "These guards are only expert with the butt end of their rifles; they can - which the men were eating their soap; it killed one man and caused another to lose his leg. "At Rohrbach camp a poor fellow went mad; he put his face through the wire close to a sentry, who fired and blew his head off. "In our dugout in Germany we had. terial in boxes and pouring froin one to another once a day for three days. This is to insure perfect dryness so that the product will not mold, Rhubarb Punch,—Cook rhubarb un- til soft if fresh, otherwise use canned. Mash through sieve, To each cupful Watch Fora Blister Beetles, Blister beetles occur almost every year and cause considerable anxiety to the farmer and gardener from their of rhubarb juice add three cupfuls we-- habit of appearing suddenly in large tor and one-fourth cupful sugar. The numbers and feeding on potatoos, juice of a lemon, one-half cupful of beans, beets±_ carrots, corn, tomatoes strawberry juice or other trait -0 and other vegetables. They are sof 1 - bo added if desired. Serve ice-cold .in bodied insects—slender and cylindri- glasses with a bit of mint leaf ' or cal, and about half an inch in length. rose geranium in each glass. This is Spraying with Paris green or arsen- a delicious summer drink. ate of lead will control blister beetles Canned Rhubarb for Sauce,—Wash but in some outbreaks it may ,be no - rhubarb. Gut in pieces. Blanc'b one or two minutes in bailing water. Plunge into cold water and pack at once into jars. Pour over it a hot syrup of one quart of water to one cupful sager. Adjust rubber and partly 1. he ' r ihet- i e t- ps y sea Sot t jarspope water bath and steam for twenty y 1 minutes. Canned Rhubarb for Pies, --Careful- ly select and wash rhubarb, Cut in nearly even lengths and pack into clean jats. Fill the jars with cold water and seal. Wrap jars in palter to prevent the rhubarb from bleach- ing. Prepare For Canning, June Bees the b giuilag of the' canning season. The Canada Food Board insists that every womanan do o scene canning this year a>wof$ with a wIll to melte the most of the supply of fruit and vegetables which the war gardens have already begun to yield, i, v Before another clay passes the wise. woman will investigate hos collar or her pantry abolves and find out just what elm -needs :to complete leer ean- eing equipment, The soasin ,fins comp and if. Olio is unprepared to moot cessary to repeat the application be- cause the beetles which are killed aro soon replaced by others, E .W. G I LLETT CO. LTD. 1 ORONro,CA11AOA w1NN,aac MONTREAL STARK NAKED, HALF FRO$EN. English Merchant Skipper Tells of Callous Brutality of Germans. With what callous brutality the64 Germans treat British war prisoners< is evident from the story told by a merchant captain, just released from internment''in a German prison camp. After his ship was torpedoed he was locked up for twenty-four hours in the U-boat for refusing to answer ques- tions. On the following day he was searched, and for still recusing to an- swer was sentenced to be shot on reaching port, or before if he should cause any annoyance. One of the principal officers called him a liar and an English swine, ' Some days later the submarine put into Heligoland, and the captain was transferred to an underground cell ashore. Later, after scanty and bad food had made him ill, he was march- ed with other prisoners from mer- chant ships to a, camp. Kept naked in intense cold for three hours while his clothes were being searched, Ger- man officers stood about -laughing, His • garments were returned to him wet, and he was put in barracks, where his only covering was verminous blan- kets, In another compound the conditions were better, but the food uneatable. The prisoners were skeletons in rags. If they fell down from weakness they were kicked and clubbed, beaten with the flat of swords, and kept standing at attention in freezing weather. They had to fight like wild beasts for food that a dog would refuse. Funerals were a daily occurrence. Transferred to Brandenburg where he lived 5% months, the fare was such that, by the time his own parehe cels of food arrived, he had lost 28 pounds in weight. Twenty degrees of frost have been registered on the inside wall of the barracks in the mornings, and in summer the heat was intolerable, and the flies and mos-. quitoes very trying, Sanitation was almost nil. 850 Russians died at that camp earlier in the war, and several were burned to death there shortly before the captain arrived. PASS SUNSHINE AROUND. Faultfinding Fails to Accomplish Its. Object and Paralyzes Action. Some man in a place of power does not walk just as we think he should. Down conies the big stick ovor his head. The skulls of many mon who • are trying to do the best they can are sore from top to bottom. And it doesn't pay. No man was ever made a stronger man or a better man by being found fault with con- stantly. That sort of thing paralyses and brings defeat. Helpful criticism is a good thing, but mere faultfinding doesn't get us anywhere, Sun- shine warms and makes crops grow. The . farmer has had to conte in for his share of the critici:,m in the past, and it hurt:: him more than any other one thing that ever happened to him,, There is sunshine enough to go round, if we all let it shine. The trouble is not so ranch that we want all the sunlight for oureeivee as it is that we keep it, from shining on the other follow. If we only knew it, the grand and the best thing any of ne could do would be to say to our fel- lows: "Corse on out here, Old Man! There is plenty of room for us all to stand in the sunshine. I believe in you; you believe in me;, and we both know • in our hetarts that this is a good old world." - If we did this we would all get our shoulders together; we would lift more and kick lees. And that would bring the glad day for which the have all been looking, when trouble will take wings unto itself and fly away, Young chicks pestered with lice will never amount to much. 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