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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1915-02-11, Page 3its dood farctittie igirixt ti Everybody — young and Old, —loves the rich; delicious flavor of E IWARDSBURG Ivn Bran OR,N SYRU It is a daily treat—the perfect sweet. Just what the children should, have on Bread—costs far less than butter or preserves. Delicious with Hot Biscuits, and Batter Cakes. Gives a new delight to k Baked Apples, Blauc-Mange and Puddings. Makes the best Candy you ever tasted. "LILY wHIT91" is a pure white Corn Syrup, not as pronounced in flavor as "Crown Brand". Yon,- Grocer has boTh Drava's, in 2, 5, zo..and• 20 pound tins—or can easily get Mem for you, .•)* The Canada Starch Co. Limited, MontreaA VALLEY FARM, Or, Felicity'.s Inheritance. Se, ORAPTIOR P. it Wag one thing for Joyce to mind to trust Robert Stone Whitteier .she might hear, it was quite anothee . to banish Eliza's words front her memory. Try as ohe might, she cottld not forgot them; and Fate seemed bent on adding to her uneasiness, for the following atter. noun the clergyman's wife front Stanton ,OPhy <nine tereall and -she, to, had eome. -thing to say about Robert:Stone. f3he had driven the three01110,3113 her little phaeton; and -while a smart, tive:groom stayed with the potties, sho omemed quite coutent to chat with Joyce, 'tatting in Pcitcity's Musket chair on tho lawn M the shadow cast by the old house. While Joyce was wondering whether ehe -shire order ,rea, Ellis came out ovith it, -and the visitor expressed' herself most .gratofol fax a cup alter her dusty drive in the hot sun. Mrs. Warrender was a. very pretty wo- man, and exquisitely dressed. The task cif .entertaining her was a light one, for she talked incessantly, in the rapid, jerky 'Way 801110 Moderm women., affect. Joyce was sorry that Tor once Felitity lia.d not refrained from going to the hayfields for -this would have been a visitor after, her own heart. She was amusingly frank about her own oIT11in aol openly curious .about theirs; and it WeS difficult to be here she wee a clergyman's wife, so ut- 'telly unsuited did she seem for the post 11011. "Philip ought to have eame with me, told him no, but he cried off, Ho hates nailing. You'll excuse him, won't you, Miss Hami/ton ? only heard _the ,othcr, day that two ohm girlshad 001110 to the Volley Farm, or I should have been here b " 'IC Si very good of you." "Not at all, Canto to 11e1100 myself -was ,ftlad of something to ta se me out. I hots 'going out without an objeoto.don't yo.u? You will be a boon in this dead -alive .place. So. few ners0118 01100110 lcilOW ahellt ;here." "Dont you like the ,country?" joyee ventured to ask, "Like. it? I loathe 111 Thank goodnees I sem only hero just in the middle of the isunimer. Dow Philip enduies it all the year round *0 mystery to me." Joyce's eyes ,asked the question she Wai too well-bred -to utter, and Mrs. Warren. der, bona out laughing. ." • "You are thinking I'm a funny, sort of •clergyinan's ivile; aren't you'?' They all .doe I can't hap it. I wasn't cast for the Mot,. and 1should act it very badly, so .1 don't try. When Stanton Orby gets too muelt ,for me, I min ewer,' "And' 110r. Warrentlerr "011, helms his hobbies, or I think he would run too! He playa golf, and fishes ...18 great deal. Just now he's mad about Photography. Then he has his horses, .and is alway,s err ,soinewhere. People make a. great fuss of him -far inor1 bit R than if I 200111 013 t,lio "I suppose 113 ehirgyntatil duties are uot se) arduous in the country as the town?" ' "Oh, deer me, no! cm 0001110, 1.1001)10 want marrying emit buryieg occasionally, bub for the rest they really prefer to be left alone. I tell Philip, 'What's the 1150 -of bothering about dellaiees that nobody ',wants to come to?' And if folks lilse to be wicked, let them. Ile couldn't prevent them if he tried, so why trouble? Ilo laughs at me nod says am a, heathen, bat I'm right for ell that, Ditn't you -think so?" Joyce was silent. 'Tor my part, len always relieved 'when I find out that the poor people are drunk - MI, or idle, or somethieg of that sort," the careless yoke rattled on, 'then you don't hove to do anything for them.' joyee replenished Mrs. lirarverider's cup anci. handed the cake, racking her brains the while for some other topic Of conver" ,sation. The lady's views, she felt, weed ad K.lifilcult to combat as Eliza's-aud quite - as depressing, "I shall shook you," Mrs. Warrender Baia. "You are good aren't you? I can see it in your face." 'I am afraid not," she answered, -color- ing, "but I try to be" "Don't, My dear! Good people are do 4211, so uninteresting, Now, tell mo are you tho pretty one? I've heard about you, Yell gee." "No, My friend, Miss Cray, is very prin. ty indeed." "11-ral Ton are pretty enough. 11.018 .she try to be good, too?' "She doesn't have to trY/" replied JoYee, 'Worse and worse! Cannes natural to her, I suareose. By_thediye, who's 10101200' 11113 for you -who leeks after the farm?' "Mr, Stone le, just for the present. Miss -Gray's late 011015—" Mrs, Warrender sat suddenlY upright. Joyce stopped short at the look of eon- sternation on her face.' Robert Steno! lity dear child, you mustn't have him. He is quite beyond the Imle. I thought he hod gone awaY." "No -74m was 301102' when we fret come, but he returned, end Misti.Gray was glad' to hero oorne one who knew what to do. We like him very much, What have you .against him, Mts. Worrender?" "I? 011 nothing! I bake no intereet, In village 1110210, as I told you, but I con tainly heard runiorit, 19 was ever told what he hod done. I've forgotten it. But • be is a bad lot-tmtes 110 doubt, about that. Ile is a good-looking man -I've ecen him once or twice in the lanes. There was ' a good. deal of talk' about him this spring -all. through Mr, Carleton's illness, I 13e- lieve. But I'll ask Philip abdut it, Ile never elciale to.clinteli, never—neither did. Mr. Carleton, for that matter." "But you don't think that is neoessary In the conotry, clo you?" JoIce 00111111 1101 helm saying. 'Now that's too bad of youl I certainly don't—not for me, at any Fate. But who. ther the anon comes tO nh1.10011.' or not, Mies ElYtty- ought to got rid of him. He is not old or ugly enough for thcr.post, and Fin sure her uncle lost all faith in hire be. Tore lie , Joyce was therildel that for the rest of Mrs. Wari•ender's_visii, nothing 111 000 was said about Robert Stone anti his,52302p0001 misdeeds. That' lady was Tar 112000, egted in her own affairs than in' those of other people, and she chatted avioty 00 amusingly. bare.t Joyce would- have been greieue entertained by this peep into`. lite so different from lier MA f 10had not been fox the feeling of uneasiness, the hankhag dread that, wouldnot be Banished. rlhe visitor had been everywhere and seen everYthing; ishe had wintered in IlgYitt.' teed.eaeeee. the spring months on the Itiv- eels, and had' just, returned from a visit to Paris. As joyce listened to her adven- tures, she could not help thinking that a Mao e Mrs. Warrenclar's eaciet,y w0011,1 130 farther towards curing Felioity 02 101131 Eliza, called her folly than any number o visits front Mr, Caroni:Intel. "You and Miss Gray will come and see Inc. won't you?" she asked, when at los she took her leave, joyce walking with her to the gate. "Tt' 0 pretty plasm, the rectory is -so 0 Stanton Orby, for tba matter, Ever seen it? 011, you toilet come" -us Joyce slit els her head. "Thatched co . mow, pretty garden.: village green -the, sort of thing, you 121011'. 1 tell Philip would be quite endurable if it were ao fen' the people. The men Imre no moral and the women no m0.nners-1 don't know 'which is the worst. Sorb a shocking ex ample for the upper classes, isn't, it, Miss Hamilton?" olie added, 'with that Snob o fun 111 her ryes that went for to condone muell of what she said. "The pine° Is over- run with ohildrep - little terrors who haven't a tongue among them. They al - wars stare at me as if I were 0011,01110,' As She gathered up the reins and bent to shake heeds she lowered her voice. "1(02)1 ask Philip all about Robert Stone and lel 1 you -when you call. In the mean- time, do advise Mies Gray to get rid of him. I never interfere in other peonies of - fairs onorineiple. but I must in this ease. I'm sure 'you are both fetich too nice to be imposed On by such a. man." After that Joyce determined thet no- thing would induce hor to go to the Tee. tory. and neither should Felicity if she could help it. Rather to her surprise Felicity declared she had no intention of returning Mrs. Warrender's call. Tim walk WaS tee far Mr her, she said, and she slid not want lo know any, now meople-slie was quite hatenY 00 she waS' This speech rather alarmed :Tepee; it sounded so unlike the old Felicity. She began to wonder if it were not her duty to »ctsuatle her to go, and She exerted homell to desoribe the visitor, 13012 (201112113 that Felicity would thange her mind. Per. liana after all, it would be better to hear what the world had to say about Robert Stone. But although Felicity was inter- ested, she remained firm. Joyee might go ff she liketi-she rather hoped she would; but woote 10 wholo afternoon on a strang- er. she would notl joyce's conscience would not let her rest, and a little later she plucked 21,3 courage to toll Felicity, a little of what Mrs. Warrender had said. ' Felicity burst out laughing.quid refused to believe a word. against "Mr. Robert. "Don't be such a goose, Joyce. You look as Magid as 5/ tile mom bail commit. ted a murder. Ho is a good mail -brave, and ehivalrous and true. and I don't care that what any one says about him!" She snapped her fingers. "And if I'm satis- fied, I'm sure you needn't worry yourself. It has nothing to do with you. la any case,' Which was true, if somewhat unkind, and it had the effect .of Miens:lug Joyde. She fervently honed that Felicity would • alliode to .11 ogaifl, birt os 11107 sat at the onen window of the sitting -room kite that evening. she called to Robert Stone as ho was going down the garden On brii 'Way 3,oma. "Mr. Robert, come, and defend yourself," Felieity called in her laughing, mischiev- otos way "Joyce is trying to poison my mind against 7011. She's been hearing .clreadful thing; about yoUthis afternoon." Ile leaned hie :trate on the eill and star- od past Felicity at the ehriulting figure beyond her. Dark es it was, he could see the ,pain In Joyce's face, and his own softened, but not before both girls had seen .11, look of consternation in his OWn 1'7'7'th:ink I will plead guilty at once, and Gave Miss Hamilton the trouble of entillierating 1117 1 i IBS,' he said calmly. "I am sure yeti don't want, to, do youP" v ;roe ..1; Inc.' beadN . othiog Bhould make her, she told he.self 1 Felicity might ettY what ale liked, Felicity did telling him of the visitor that afternoon, making it appear as if .Joy ee had been quite upset by her 1110111. nations. "Tt seems a -little vague," he said whou she had finished. "I' am qllite disappoint. ed. X ant a poet,' sort of a 'villain, Miss Felicity. My worst crime' appears to be that I don't go to eh 10=010 "I haven't boon since we came dotyn here" she said rally. "It's too tar, for one thing, and as I tell Zone there would be no one to see MD, and no one worth looking at. So I doe:t think that's Very dreodful, Mr. 111111001, "I do -at least 11 should if 11 (11000 true; but ne a matter of fact, I do go, though not to Stanton. Your unele always went to Blytheby. It's a little farther, but It's a lovely old church. We tools Mtn there, and -and I go whenever I can," Ile raised 1,6 cap and left them, his tall figms soon disappearing in the gloom of the gartlen. Joyce catinht her breath and tl.e 61141101r tears 11223o11ed her, eyes. 9110 Wan glad he had gone If Felicity had continued to banter ,and tease hitn, she could not have borne 11, she told her- 601fe Flicity did not return to the subject. She seenied cObthied, ond Wan no silent during supper that Eliza, looked 01 ,1101 un. easily from time to time. She had neYer enquired where the old mon had boen to rest; and it struck ho,' to -night, for the first time, that she had been riithe'r heart That night Joyce conlil not sleep, Site lay Quaking in the huge tour -poster bed, svkle-eyed and miserable, till the old grandfalhpre clock in the Icitcheo wheeo. ed out the Muir oetwo. 'SIlo listened with straining eare to the mice scompeno overhead in the attic or rustling behilid the 'wainscot, While the stirring of the sparrows in the ivy filled her with nery• ous, fears. Moonlight flooded the room, but she felt that petoh darkness would have been -preferable Ono corner was thrown into shadow by tall bureau, and in this bad been •plaeed the old man'S Chair. To the girl's excited imagination it seemed as if she emits' see th.o outline 011 a, ,oiad, owy form sitting there, aud now end t,hen a sigh seemed to echo through the room, The night was too warm to hide her head beneath the clothes, and she hardly dared to close her eyes. feeling sure that if she slid so 0 spectral hand would draw boa tho bed•curtaioo, and she would open them to find a Ince gazing wt her, At length her fears become so unendur. able that 8110 00220,111)' out of bed and hue - Tied, to the window. It calmed.hor a lit ,tie to gem out over the peaveful mornIit .garden, to Goo bho mastic bench at the far o4, the reGes nan011yet wblcio sea elle Stone had had sea ,pleasiont The laightbreeke etirfed her" pretty dark, altar ae if with gentle flagons, and the moon smiled plachlly down 001 the girlish, frightened face. "I wish 11 had brought a, book up with m0,'' n110 said Ellond. "I would light, 1110 candle and read in bed AnYthing would bo better thou 11001311111(35 allsorts of things. Rut X dare uot go devil for ono," She 10011e4 renal' the 13are room and her oyes 00119151 sight 01' big fa.raily Oallo that lay on the top of the bureau, and with a sigh 01 reliet She went basil, to bed carrying the heavy book with Oter. Jon() lit the candle nod t.11111011 (nor the yellow pages with reverent, fingers. It woo very old; the print W11.4 heenvil, the Ws looked like f's. There were Serena onstleo on the ilyfload, and Ohe judged thot by the oldest date it must have belonged to Mr. CarlOtOlnS great-grandfather. It .wno cer_ toinly interesting% and she waft grateful ,for anything that would beguile the time and distract her thoughts. , There word faded' book-marlis between the pages, and here and there goille dried roee-leaves, or a ravel of bright 1105,3 31113, Soyee wondered wheao liagera bud placed them there. As she.idly turned the leaves a half sheet of notepaper fluttered out and lay opou.the counterpane.. It, was covered with fine, etteeful 'writing in pen. oil, and there was- neither beginning nor signature. It, looked as if it wore the half of it letter, torn oft, and, unlike the other things in the boek, it was not at oll old. With a little thrill of excitement, Joyce, picked it nap and read it. , . , . "to come and make a, new will_ I have burnt the old ono. / here been -great- ly decal -Ned in Robert Stone, and, eon 110 longer trust him. The rumors you heard were .true -I havo proved. them. Ile hoe ,not only been robbing me, but has robbed others in my name, This I cannot for- give. Othm things* have come to my ears this week about which I will tell yell when I'" see you. Let me know when you Can . • . That, was all. Only a fragment, bot pregnantwith enettning. Joyce read again with dilated eyes andtrembling hands. She u' ulerstood It but too,clearlY. It was, an oldinan'e hand, stiff ond Pre. Mee. Mr. Carleton had, no doubt, written it one night when. unable to sleep -this rough draft of a letter to his lawyer -and half of 11 had lain forgotten in his Bible .Joyce ,plailed the book at the beacon of the bed and blew out the light, then cow ered down amongst the olothes •wigh the letter crumpled up in her haml. She would still trust Robert Stone -still believe hInardh-im4ryalliterdailit feverishly, but it was What hail he said to her? "I think you are tho sort of girl to trust 31 mai through thick end thin, oven if appear Recta ivere against him." (1001 410 would. Joyce woo harassed with nO more ghost- ly fears. that night. A very real trouble ha4. chases1 away. her it:Twiner! 'woes. Not once in the two days that followed Joyce meet Robert Stone lam to face Both .Felleity and -Eliza unconsciously helped her to avoid him, the 0110 by show Mg no desire for her company, the other by keeping her busy in the house. The third day was Supday: Tito heat and monotony had tried even Joyee'e sweet temper, and when twilight fell she wandered out of the house leaving Felieity absorbed in a now novel and Eliza. labor. Musty 'writing to a. friend. There was no fear of encountering Robert Stone, for af- ter locking round in the iuorning he came no more on Sundays. It was pleasant in the rickyard, with a little breeze 'bringing to her nostrils the 0een1 of the 01211 stacks of hay. She stroll- ed to the end, and leaning her arms on bar of a big gate. With her chin rest- ing on her hands she stood for a long etrimclet.. last in thought, gazing down the It was there Robert Stone found her. Coming round by the hedge, JIM 'footsteps 'making no noise .oti the grassy fleld-patti, 11e tools her so much 117 831111000 that the gave a little stark but she -did not speak -only loc•ked 1111 at him with grave dark eyes, in whist there wae 0. toilet' of fear. It hail given him a shook to comp on her so soddenly. In her white dress' she look. ed almost unreal, standiug, so tnotionlesi in the fading light. But he did not shoW it, 1105 100, Leaned on arm on the gate, a little way from her, and looked down at her .in silence. Ho was the first to break it. 'rids its a reward for being a good boy and going to church,' Ito in his deoll pleasant yoke. "Bare you been to Blythelby?" "Y09. T11 18 56 11 short eut home," All -was very- still. A dog barked in the distance, and from the wheat -field beyond the wood came the 11048311,grating note of the eoriterake. Joyce tried In vain to think of something, to Gay. She could im• nettle with Nthat.•winning grace Felicity would have *hatted to him: and here was she, feeling my awe foolish, standing si- lent, as if under a spell, 'because Robert .Stono lingered in Anueing to any a few words! She told henself it was becarse 310 :looked different tonight; he was Wenring 11. well-eut lounge stilt of dark tweed and 10 bowler hat. But alter anOther swift up. Ward glance she kttew it was not his clothes that Made her tool so tonguedled and nervous. He stood with one foot on a, ber of tho was, leaning tonvarde her, and his gra), 5.110,1 130(031 left her face. Joyee 110(11, 110141 on the horizon, where the rose and .gold of the sunset had faded to pearl and opal, and waited for him to speak. But lie, too. seemed to have nothing to say. A line of 13rowning's hail flashed into his niltid- "Never the time, and the place, 'and the loved one altogether," end he was think. ing that for bac% the poet. Vag '31103113,"I 111118f. V) an, nlio said at length. "It is getting late. Good. night, Sir. Stone.' "Ah, no, not just yet, please! Do stay a little longer. It is so llealloftli, so 'bettuto. bid here. -And it seems so long since I saw you. I wonder if you hove ony 1130 Von &ow I have teen lookingout .for you. Whore have y*u. been hiding yourself these three long days, little 'white rose?" Ilis voice had grown dangerously ooft and low, and Inc put one ,brown hand over the white one lyino on the gate. Joyce trembled ,but did not speak. She could not. "Why do you look ea troubled?" he vhis- Pdreii. "Aren't you bonny hero nvith Me? But what ,fool I aml Why should you be? You haven't been thinking about me slay and night. You haven't hail the heartacte."-How little he kuetv! .royee thought: with n wildly.beating heart. - "tut never sllind 1110. Forget what I have said. Only remember we are friends, and tell me .whal, is troubling you.' • Should she tell him? -Joyce twondered. She would never have a better chance, Perhaps he would elear 1022 all this 111341- thry. Surely it Vila Only ,foir to let him explain if lroeould, Iter courage return. cd at the mere thought, and drawing her baud away she took 'that letter from her P08ket '1Sound this -in old Mr, Clarleton's Bible," she 6113d in 11 small slinky vole. "I -I think Ite wrote it. It's about you, Mr. Stone, and -and it upset ma o. Will yon read it?" Ho took it remit ler, and read it through twice, Theo he gave it her back. Oro be continued.) 1 re1101res%ec..".z11.,04‘~e,0. iit.,nois. , 1 ti 1)111;'=mete, l?ot roaete have long been known among the thrifty poor, for by this method ol cooking the cearee, cheap eats of meet may , be rendered ten- der and preletabre. Moreover, very 91115)16 fire suffices for ,to pot ',ease, andeine is a great consideration whee coal le at winter prices. An oedinaey roasb requires a peene eoint of meat, a large fire tend .con- etane attention. .A. pob roast -gives re sults..almoat as good with' an in- ferior cut of meat a small fire and vearcely any attention. The primitive way of producing a Poroaot 111 130 use an non sauoepan, beb it snract he confessed that better remelts are obtained if use ie made of a covered pot of coarse earthen- ware, Which.shoeld.,be placed in the oven instead of being stood over the fire. Such, a pot can be bought in many cliffereet sizes.' In pob roasting the meal is placed in the Pot evithea little boil- ing water; the lid is kept closely • eteyered to shut in the steam, the . heat of which penettates the meat and softens the gelatine and the coarse fibres of the meat. By the time this is done the outer Pterb bhe meat begide to lake untoitself the rich color ,andllavor which are usnally associated with baked or roast metits Even pot roaets can be' modified to snake them more sav- ory than plainly 000ked meat, and the directions lee9ow show how • cheap' and despised foods may be . used to the obese advantage. Pot Roctet Iteef.—Ta.ke 6 pounds of briskeb of beef .and remove the bohes and cartilage, which can .be used labe22 for soup making. Coil the beef and kee.p it in position with skewers and stri»g. Place the beef in a saucepan with a pint • of boiling water. Before putting, on the liel cover the top of the pot with a layer of kitchen paper .to shut in the steam. Place 'the saucepan in a hot oven or stand it over the flee and allow the water to boil rapidly fee an hour. See that the pot does not boil dey. At the end of an hour stand the pot on the ,hob or in the corner of the kitchen range, Stand it in a wet part of the oven and in either case let the cooking con- tinue elowly for three hours. This joinb may he eaten hot, but ib is -more delicate if it is alaced while hot ender the pastry 'mead with.one or two flatirons on top and allowed to remain until it is qttiee cold. •Spieed Beet. --Take a piece of shin beef weighing about four peunds, brash over the outside wible vine- gar and dredge it lightly witlt pow- dered allspice. Place the meat ia the pob with a pint of boiling watei and proceed as fee roast of beef, 'bato lee the slow e,00king 1811 ±01' two and a. half hours only. This, may be eaten either hob or told.. If hob serveit with well boiled carrots, turnips .and onions, mashed with a little butter; ff cold serve salad or nallieens ect1 cucumber as aecompani- Breast of MlIttoll.—Remove the skin from a breast of m ' utton rell the breast and place it in a,pot with a pint of boiling water. Cover the pot well and let the cooking pro- ceed very briskly for an hour. At the end of that time lift out the breast and spread it on a chopping board. As soon as ibis cool ,enough to handle remove all. the bones. Mince finely 61 18040 Spanish onion, add a teaeueeful of white bread crumbs, e small tee,epo-onful of pow- dered sage and a secie.oning of pep- per and salt. Spread the mixture evenly over the surface ef the breasb of met tton, .whieh should then be rolled round and secured with skewers and string. Replace the moat in the pot and allow the slow cooking to continue three hours, A savorY variation of .this dish can be made by omitting tht sage and onion stuffing, wad sprinklin.g the meat with a, little curry ,poweler be- fore rolling ib. Oyster ell Veal. — Buy three pouede of the sbewing part of a shoulder ofeveal. Remove the bone and fill the eavity with a etuffing made ol one-half pound of saesage meat mixed wieh 01. teetepooninl of chopped parsley and half a tea- spoonful of sweet herbs. Place the meat in the poi; with pini of hoil- ing water. Covet the pot closely, cook the, meat fast for one hour and slowly for two. A great, impeove- ment will. be 'found if a few rashers of bacon or thin slioes of .scelt pork are placed in the pot 'when the slow cookieg 10 001113001200(1, Ilia!, Was All. A little lad was found on the street crying very bitterly because hes .cart Was broken.' A kindly -disposed stranger en- deavored to cheer ma the little fel- low by saying: "Never mend my boy, your father can easily mend "No, he can't," sobbed the boy. "My father is a preacher and don't know abont anything." ' :Doree 'be a kickee, but if you lee' thee you Mu.SI, kick, pub Your best foot forward. ' She looked at lsim cloyhtfelly. af- ter the proposal. "The man T marry," she said, "must be both brave ancl brainy," "Well," he declared, "I think I can lay just claim to being both." "I adsnie you aye brave," she responded, 'for eou saved my life when our 'boaL upset the other clay ; but that ewaen't brainy, wake "It cer- tainly was " he retorted. 'I up- set: ehe beat purpose.'' A young lawyer had been appoinb- ed to defend a negro who was too poor to employ counsel for himeelf. Eager for an acquittal the young attorney challenged several jurors who, he aid, rnighe have e preju- dice against leis client. "Aee there any 'neleees 2" he , whispered, to the negro. "go, base, ' mid the de- fendant, "but 511, wanbs yo ter challenge dab Judge. .Alle'ee been convicbed undah cayeral lames now and Ah think he's got er pre- judice ergaineb 'leasehold 'Hints. Freshen leather by polishing with linseed oil. It helps in the kitchen to use Sine on the working table. If cauliflower ie good, it is heavy and compact in ,appearance. For layer cakes the oven should be hotter than fax loaf cakes. Ceilings must be whibee as thee are to refleee and diffuse the light. When jelly will not eet add the juice of a lemon ,or some white vene- gar. To prevent honey becoming "riegary" keep tightly covered and alwaye in a dark place. Warmed -up meat loses flavor, therefoee the gravy [should be very good and well seasoned. Kneading boards a,ncl ouch things, ehourld be kept in a cupboard, or some place entirely feee from dilate Keep a Small box M the kitchen, and into this throw all ma.tehes, The contents of this boN will be 'met, useful for lighbing fires. Ohildeen'e dreseee mey be render- ed almost, fireproof in the lase rinsing water, 02 in the search ie 'wliioh they are obifiessod, one men oe of alum or sal-aminoniac is dissolv- ed. To polieli aluminum make a mix - titre of borax, ammonia and weber; Aneely with a soft cloth, To 'waterproof boots melb to- gether two parte of beeswax with one aert of neubton lab and apply to the leaeher at night. Soak Dew keetems in etrong hab salt water before using; this taugh- ens ehe rbriebles and mikes the broome last 'anger, See that anything stored away eo future use is bightey coeered, other- wise it absorbs impurities '00 ,101117 taint.eg-gs, bubter and milk. . Wlaen enalcing pies cut yold ale- ples into irregular pieces instead, of therre. The pieces .wili er.,t peck together as elogely cend cotae 11111011 more quickly. For those having asparagus teras that do not Seem to grow try put- ting a speonful of castor oil around the roots and notice the change in about six weeks. If you ride a bit of dry soap acrose the new spool of silk you will nob be bothered by having the silk unwind too quickly when -threaded into the machine. , Fr home-made 'camphorated oil take one ounee turpentine, one ounce sw,e.et oil, one cake of man. phor. Out camphor into small pieces, put into a, bottle with hir- pentineancl sweet oil, and shake ,well until dissolved. It is then ready for use. Washing in hard water and neg.. leetin.g bo thoroughly dry the hands after washing are frequent causes of chaps and chibblaina on the hands. The most effective water flattener in winter is oatmeal, ptirme.pagahrinaglij90 ett1,e .ius troueble is entailed in When fruit for stewing is very acid, a pinch df borax will eorrebt the acidity. It may not be gener- ally known that to prevent the juiee of fruit soaking into pudding or piecrust, thus making 112, 'heavy, the crust should be brushed over with beaten white of an 'egg. Many persons are foncl of baked fish but hesitate to have it often lbe.cause the pan is so unpleasant and difficult to olea,n. If you wifl grease your pan well and then out a piece of paper to fit the 'bottom of it, lay this on the greased pan and then grease the paper you will have no difficulty in cleaning the pan. The fish will conte out easily and will not stick. Scalding water with a. libele washing soda will cleanse the pan quickly and thor- oughly and leave it absolutely sweet with no lingering oclormf fish. 4.CAPT. wn,moT S. NICHOLSON, Naval Hero Always Lands in the Thiek of Things. In the battle in the North Sea the cruiser "Aurora," the 1114511 0± those exceedingly fast ve,ssels which have been ,completed and which are term- ed "destroyers of destroyers," was in a.etion with the German cruiser Kolberg, and left her in a sinking condition. The captain of the Aurora, is Ve7ilmot S. Nicholeon, a Seetchman whose parents, Genera,' and Mrs. Nicholson, Jive at St. An- deews. As commander of the Hogue he was mentioned' in des- patches for the seamanlike manner in which he took the Arethusa in tow on a pitch dark night after the naval action at Heligoland on Aug- ust 28tia It was in that merle spirit of ren- dering aid to a helpless, ship that led him to endeavor to rescue the Cressy, when she was torpedoed on Sepbember 21st, and when his own Capt. Nicholson, Who seems to find fighting every- where. 'bruiser, the Hogue, was also sent to the bottom. Captain Nideolson Wan one of the fortunate ones. on that occasion, and 80011 afterwards he was made ,commander el the Au- rora. Numerous adventures have been the tab of Captain Nicholson during his 27 year,s in the. navy. He joined in 188'7 and two years litter was on the Calliope at Samoa, when that vessel alone, by excellent seaman- ship of her captain, ste,ained out or the harbor to eafety while seven other man-of-war of other nations weve driven athore. Later he• was commander of the Prince Georg when she was rammed in a gale of 011121(1 111 the Bay of Bise&y, and hav- ing to do with the Meaner economy of the ship, he contributed largely to her being saved. In 1909 le ga,ineel hie ocuptaincy, and fay mane yeaes held an appointartenb with the Admiralty. The 'high esteem in which he was held was apparent when he Wite ap- poinbed 310 the Dreadnought ao Flag Captain to Admiral Sir Charles Briggs, then eemmanding the Fourth Battle Squadron. This wee his last appointment prior to that on the Hogue, There le balk of building a 000 beewery ab Fort George, 13.0, 41. yonth always 'Wants to marry 'a preety gili leac,anse kbpareebs want him to marry 11 seasible one. Make your home more attractive, and protect it from fire with these beau- tiful, sanitary Ceilings and Walls They will out -last the built:ling and are very inexpensive. They can be brightened from year to year with a little paint at a trIging cost. 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The 12-inc1s gun of a dreadnought is 50 feet long. The oust is about $50,000, and it costs $500 each time it is fired. Miss Annie Johneon, ed Murton, Durham, who has just celebrabed her 102nd birthday, has smoked a pipe for over 60 years. A dramatic recruiting appeal is made by a new poster .headed "Avenge Sedrborough," dna , is helping recruiting a lot. The death has occurred at,Ports- mouth, at the age of nineby-two, of Josiah Pearce, believed to he the oldest Crimean veteran, Eight .hundred trees are to be planted in Bermondsey streets to help unemployed and to beautify the streets at a cost -of Omit $2,000. One 'hundred and fifty German prisoners from Togoland have ar- rived at Liverpool under the guard of fifty native police and soldiers. In Manehesber in te.n days lately 1,000 men enlisted. Since the out- break of 015(11 the recruits Irene Man- chester district have numbered 66,- 000. It is calculated by March, when, the great effort will be inade by the Allies in. Ena,nee, Great Britain will have about a, million men in the western field. The 'heart of the cabinet-making district in London, New Inn Yard, Shored/tele wee the scene lately of a disastrous, fire, which caused dam- age estimated at 210,000. Mr. Thomas Wicks, :the veteran cathednal chorister, who took part in three Coronations, has died at Wells, Ile had lived under six monarchs, and had meg before four of them , There was a falling off of 298,388 in the Birmingham exports to the United States last quaeter, alfl com- pared with the September quarter bhe figares being 2194,e2.4, cegainsb 2292,912. The Coopers' Association of Great Britain and Ireiand bee passed a resolution asking the Governmenb to repeal the tax on beer and Slib • stetute a tax that will be more even- lyleorne by all. The sudden distaste in England for things German hes extended to German wines. "The demand for German hock and Moselle hes com- pletely disappeared," said a well- known wine mercharit. A baby born at Whitby 11.1812 DS the bombardment of the town began has been ebristened George Sihrap- nol, the first name in honor of .the King ,aild the secon,c1 as a memento of the German attaar. The distinction has 'been confer- red on the former Allan liner Aus- tralian of being ,placed in the INTav: List its the flagship of Bear Admiral Dudley de Dlh,air an exceptional honor for a merchant ship. During the paet yeae 1,894 vemsees of 1,722,3 54 tons were built in the United. Kingdom. Germany came next with 184 ehips of 005,719 tons, and the ;aggregate for all emu -dries was 3,153.yeesels of 3,471,937 tons. The death is amsouneed pi Mr. :Nterecl Winter, the author of the yorde of the well-known song "The Rosaa•y." Mr. Walter has been a patient in the Royal Hospital fee: Puthey Heath, fee near- ly ten yeays, Lancaster House, the treasure etore of of Old London, new co.ntains a new oenbre of .attraction. This is the tooth of a meestoelon, which was dug up during excavation work in South London. It is about a Oka,°11•beliiten,a,11°13ngoitne hoe glinted dis- p0ntat0Pi012raabh°1tsllng- lercbrilaie11leeeeee0teceon Fridae and Fest-days. In. a pas - tercel leeter he saye that this siep is neceesary because of Ohs high price of fish and ehe upend substitutes fax flesh. It is reported that the Belgian refugees an England owing to the . scarcity of English .hands are being employee] in the Lancashire woollen othees are teaching Lan- cashire girls the art ol fine lace makini g n which they are so expert. This is expected' to give a. needed impetus to English lace making. GERMANY IS 'BEATEN. Military Peer Believes Raiser's Forces Are Becoming Weaker.. Lord Sydenham, who is a noted atithoritT on military subjects, con- tributes to the London Times an articii reviewing the situation at the end of .sLx months of war. "No 'reasonable grounds for any reversal of the verdict ef the past six months," he eays, "can be sug-. gested. Relatively to the allies the Germans must gl'ONY steadily weaker in men and material. Every plan of their etrategiebs has come to naught. The sill -prize which the Germans held in store has not iha- terialized and their vaunted Zeppe- lins are beginning to be regarded as failures. "The inspired propaganda to which we 'have grown accustomed is peculiarly significant of the con- fidence in German arms and Ger- man valor haying left. Victories have to be invented for popular con- sumption, and frantic efforts are be- ing made to break the e,oliclarity of - the entente and to enlisb the United States al champions of everything that they were ere/teed to prevent. "The ruthless barberiby shown to non-combatants, the deliberate vio- labium of all internatienal -conven- tions, framed to ,promote humanity in war ; the mendations reports spread by all available agencies; the violent clirter.ibes directed against Great Britain—even the high honor preferred upon the ob- scure author of .the 'Hymn of Hate' —combine to tell their fate toany student of picychology. "When the leaders of a, gnat na- tion resort to methods of this kind it is a sure indication 'that they be- lieve their elute& to be lost. Neither nations mor individuale villify op- ponents whom they feel able to over- come, Germany, though ebill un- oonquered, is beaten. And if the ' &Mee remain steadfast, sparing no effort and grudging no scecrifiee, the forces already at work will com- plete what the Germane' lack of success on la.n.d and sea ha.s be- gun.'' REMEMBER? The ointment you put on yotir thild's skin gets into the system just as surely as food the child eats. 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