The Clinton News Record, 1915-09-09, Page 6THE . GQLDEN KEY
Or "The it dventures of Led$ard."
!3y the Author of "What He Cost Her."
CHAPTER X.-(Cont'd).'
Miss Montressor raised her glass
and winked at her host
"It don't take much drinking, this,
General," she remarked, cheerily
draining her glass! "Different to the
'pop' they give us down at the `Star,'
eh, Flossie? Good old gooseberry . I
call that!
"Da Souza,,loolc after Miss Flossie,"
Trent said. "Why don't you fill her
glass?"
"That's right!"
"Hiram!"
• Da Souza removed hie hand from
the ,back of. his neighbor's chair and
endeavored o look';unconscious: The.
girl tittered—Mrs. Da Souza was se-
verely dignified. Trent watched them
all, half .in ,amusement, half in dis-
gust. What a pandemonium! it was
time indeed for him to get rid of
them all. From where he sat he could
see across the lawn into the little pine
plantation. It was still light= if she
could look in at the open window what
would she think? His cheeks burned,
and he thrust the hand which was
seeking his under the table savagely
away. And then an. idea -flashed in
upon him—a magnificent,irresistible
idea. He -drank off a glass ofcham-
pagne and laughed loud and long at
one of his neighbor's silly sayings. It
was a glorious joke! The more he
thought of it the more he liked it. He
called for more champagne, and all,
save the little brown girl, greeted the
magnum which presently appeared There was a new world and a greater,
with. cheers, Even Mrs. Da Souza un- if fortune willed that he should enter
bent a little: towards the youhg wo- it.
men against whom she had declared
war. Faces were flushed and voices CHAPTER XI.
grew a little thick, Da Souza's arm Trent was awakened nextmorning
unhidden sought oncemore the. back
of his neighbor's chair, Mies Mentres
visor's eyes did their utmost to win a
tender glance from their lavish host.
Suddenly. Trent rose to his feet. He
helda glass high over his head. His
face was curiously unmoved, but his
lips parted in an enigmatic smile.
"A toast, my friends!" he cried.
"Fill up, the lot of you! Come! To
our next meeting! May fortune soon
smile again, and may I have another
home before long as worthy a resting
place for you as this!"
Bewilderment reigned., No one of-
fered to drink the toast. It was Miss
Montressor who asked the question
which was on every one's lips.
"What's ' up'?" she exclaimed.
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sunlight and the sense of freeciom, ht�lll r
for which the absence of his guestsit
was, certainly responsible, soon re-
stored his spirits. Blest with an ex-'resh ess-
cellont morning appetite the ;delight-
ful heritage of a clean life—he en-
joyed his breakfast and thoroughly
appreciated his cook's efforts. 'If he
needed a sauce, Fate bestowed one
upon him, for he was scarcely mid-
way, through . his meal before a loud.
ringing at the lodge gates proved
the accuracy of his conjectures. Mi•.
Da Souza had purchased a morning
want to get ' back before mamma paper at the junction, and their host's
misses me."
He passed his arm around her tiny
waist. She looked at him with fright-
ened eyes.
"Please let me go," sbe murmured. in an open fly were the whole party.
He kissed her ,lips, and a moment They had returned, only to find that
afterwards vaguely repented it. She according to Trent's orders the gates
buried her face in her hands and ran were closed upon them.
away sobbing. Trent lit a cigar and Trent moved his seat to where he
sat down. upon a -garden seat.' could have a better view, and con -
"It's a queer thing," he said reflect- tinned his breakfast. The party in the
ingly. "Thegirl's been thrown re- cab looked hot, and tumbled, and
peatedly atmy head for a week and cross. Da Souza was on his feet ex -
I might have kissed her at any ino- guing with the lodge-keeper—the wo-
Ment, before her father .and mother men seemed to be listening anxiously.'
if •I had liked, and they'd have thank- Trent turned to the servant who was
ed me. Now I've,done it I'm sorry. waiting upon him. •
She looked prettier than I've ever seen "Send word down,"he directed,
her too= and she's the only decent one .that 'I will see Mr. Da Souza alone.
of the lot. What a hubbub there'll he No' one else is to, be allowed to enter,
in the morning!" Pass me the toast before you go."
The stars came out and the moon • Da Souza entered, presently, apolo-
rose, and still Scarlett Trent lingered getic and abject, prepared. at the same
in the 'scented darkness. He was a time to extenuate and deny. Trent
man of limited imagination and lit- continued We breakfast coolly.
tle given to superstitions. Yet that • (To be continued.)
night there came to him a presenti-
ment.' .
He felt that he was on . the THE NEW BARN ROOF.
threshold of great events. Something
perfidy had become apparent. Ob=
viously.theyhad decided to treat the
whole matter as a practical joke and
to brave it out, for outside the gates
new in life was looming up before •
To build a satisfactory barn roof
him: He had cut himself adrift from requires a considerable amount. of
the old—it was a very wonderful anda
figure whichthought and care. When an entirely
a very beautiful
beckoning him to follow in other new barn is being _built it is not so
paths. The triumph of the earlier hard aswhen a new roof has to be
part of the day seemed to lie farback put on an old barn. The first thing
in a misty and unimportant past. that a barn roof should possess is
ability to keep out the rain and wind.
Many barn roofs, although built
strongly ai.1 well, because of a loose
board or shingle, or some little de -
feet, have literally gone up in the air
and caused the owner to go up in the
bythe sound of carriage wheels in the morning after a storm,
the drive below. He rang his bell at air,too,
once. After a few moments delay it when he finds the roof off his barn.
was answered by one of his two men- Be sure, then, that the roofing mater -
servants. ial, whatever it may be, is put on
"Whose carriage is that in , the firmly and well.
drive?" he asked. Nowadays, when labor is so scarce,
"It is a fly for Mr._ Da Souza, sir!" it is better to have the hay stored
What! has he gone . Trent ex-
'claimed.
x- over the stable. Thus, a lot of carry-
ing ing and forking is done away with.
Yes, sir, he and Mrs. Da Souza and A large; roomy loft over the first
the young lady."
"And Miss Montressor and her story, then, is necessary. The roof
friend?" should be constructed so that the
"They shared the fly, sir. The lug. maximum of loft space will be avail
gage all went ` down in one of the able. The theory often advanced that
carts." • a sanitary barn—especially a dairy
Trent laughed outright, half scorn-,barn—should have an overhead loft,
"What's the matter with our next fully, half in amusement.
'Liston, Mason," he said, as the does not hold. It is refuted by the
meeting here' to -morrow night, and sound of wheels died away. "If any experience of the majority of our
What's all that rot �about your• nes of those people come back again they most successful •producers of pure
home and:.fortune . are not to be admitted—do you hear? milk. The only thing is, that care
Trent looked at them all in well -
if they bring their luggage you are should be taken that' the hay is not
simulated amazement. > not to take it in.. If they come them- thrown down when the cows are be-'
heavens, he exclaimed, "you dont selves you are not eo allow them to ing milked. The loft floor should be
made dust -proof, and while not in
actual use hay openings should be
kept closed to prevent the sifting
down of dust. As a rule, profitable
stock raising and dairying depends on
the growing of large amounts of hay
and roughage on the farm. A large,
will get a morning paper at the sta. roomy loft furnishes by far the
tion and they may come back: Be on cheapest hay storage. Ample loft
the Iook-out for them and let the room allows all hay to be placed di -
characterizes the Flavor of
.®. use
Quality Unchallenged for Twenty, -three Years.
c,
Imenamommaimmorelr
About the Household
Dainty Dishes:.
Corn Oysters.—Score down centre
of each row of graine on cob and
press out pulp with dull knife. To
pulp of dozen ears add level teaspoon
salt, one saltspoon pepper and three
well -beaten eggs. Drop in tablespoon-
fuls on hot greased griddle, in
oyster shape. Brown on , one side,
then on other, and serve immediately
on hot dish. Tomato sauce goes well
with corn oysters.
Peach Petty.—Skin, stone and slice
ripe peaches. Pick stale bread into
tiny shreds, then pack alternate lay-
ers of bread and peaches in pudding
dish, sprinkling sugar over fruit and
dotting bread crumbs sparingly with
butter. Bottom layer should be
peaches, top layer bread. Over top
pour a little melted butter and
sprinkle with sugar. Bake until fruit
is tender and top nicely browned.
Stuffed Sweet Peppers.—Remove
seeds from six sweet peppers and.
cook peppers in boiling water•r until
tender. Make forcemeat of one cup
tomato pulp from which juice has
been drained; one-half cup bread
crumbs, one teaspoon minced onion, a
few of the pepper seeds, all well mix-
ed together and thoroughly seasoned
with salt and pepper. Stuff peppers
and lay in baking dish. Pour one
tablespoon cream over each pepper,
lay generous slice butter on each and
bake in moderate oven twenty min-
utes.
Boiled Tongue.—Wash and clean
tongue and cover with boiling water.
Add one-fourth cup each of chopped
carrot, turnip and onion, four cloves,
two pepper -corns, bouquet of sweet
herbs and salt to taste. Simmer until
tongue is tender. Cool in kettle re -
know—none of you! Ithought Da enter the house. 'iron understand
Souza would have told you the. news!"
"What news?" Da Souza cried, his th at?"
sir."
beady eves protuberant and his glass
arrested half -way to his mouth. "Very good! Now prepare my bath
dtll1 breakfast
"What are you ,talking about, my at once, an e the coo c a s
friend?" ice half an hour. Let her know that
Trent set down his glass. I am .hungry. Breakfast for one,
"My friends," he said unsteadily, mind! Those fools who have just left
"let pie explain to you, as shortly as I
can, what an uncertain position is that
of a great financier."
Da Souza leaned across the table.
His face was livid, and the corners of
his eyes were bloodshot.
• "I thought there was something
up,"he muttered.' "You would not
have me come into the City this morn-
ing. D=n it, you don't mean that
"I'm bust!" Trent said roughly. "Is
that plain enough? I've been bulling
on West Australians, and'they boom=
ed, and this afternoon the Govern-
ment decided not to back us at Bek-
wando, and the mines are to be shut
down. Tell you all about it if you
like."
-• No one wanted to hear all about
it. They shrunk from him as though
he were a robber. Only the little
brown girl was sorry, and she looked
at him with dark,'soft eyes.
"I've given a bill of sale here,"
Trent continued. "They'll be round
to -morrow. Better pack to -night.
These valuers are such robbers.
Come, another bottle! len all have
to' be sold. We'll make a night of it."
Mrs. Da Souza rose and swept from
the room—Da Souza had fallen for-
ward with his head upon his hands.
13e was only half sober, but the shock
was working like ' madness in his
brain. The two girls, after whisper-
ing together for a moment, rose and
followed Mrs. Da Souza. Trent stole
from his place and out into the gar-
den, With footsteps which were
steady enough now he. crossed the vel-
vety lawns, and plunged into the
shrubbery. Then he began to laugh
softly as he walked. They were all
duped! They had accepted his story
without the slightest question. He
• leaned Over the gate which led into the
little plantation, and he was, sudden-
ly 'grave and silent. A night-wind.was
blowing fragrant and cool. The dark
boughs of the trees waved to and
fro against o
blue sky.. The lime leaves rustled
softly, the perfume of roses came
floating across ' the flower -gardens.
Trent stood quite still, listening and
other servants know. Better have the
lodge gate locked."
"Very good, sir."
The man who had been lamenting
the loss of an easy situation and pos-
sibly even a month's wages, hastened
to spread more reassuring news in
the lower regions. It was a practical
joke of the governor's—very likely a
ruse to get rid of guests who had
certainly been behaving as though
the Lodge was their permanent home.
There was a chorus of thanksgiving.
Groves, the butler, who read the
money articles in. the Standard every
morning, with solemn interest, an-
nounced that from what he could
make out the governor must have
landed a tidy little lump yesterday.-
Whereupon the cook set to work to
prepare a breakfast worthy of the oc-
casion.
Trent had awakened with a keen
sense of anticipated pleasure. A
new and delightful interest had en-
tered. into his life. It is true • that,
at times, it needed all his strength of
mind to keep his thoughts from wan-
dering back into that unprofitable and
most distasteful past—in the. middle
of the night even, he had woke up
suddenly with an old man's cry in
his ears—or was it the whispering of
the night -wind in the tall elms? But
he was not of an imaginative mature.
He felt himself strong'enough to set
his heel wholly upon all those me-
mories. If he had not erred on the
side of generosity,' he had at least
played the game fairly. Monty, if
he had lived, could only have been a
disappointment- and a humiliation.
The picture was hers—of that he had
no doubt! Eyen then he was not sure
that Monty was her father. In any
case she would never know. He re-
cognized no obligation on his part to
broach the subject. The man had
thebackground f deepdone his best to cut himself altogether
adrift from his former life. His reas-
ons doubtless had been sufficient. It
was not necessary to pry into them
it might . even be unkindness.'The
picture, which no plan, save himself
"What e beast I am!" he muttered. had ever seen, was the only possible
"It was there, she sats. I'm not fit to link between the past and the pre -
breathe the. same air." sent—between Scarlett Trent and his
He looked back' towards the house. drunken old partner, starved and
The figures of the two girls, with Da fever -stricken, making their desper-
Souza now standing between'them, ate effort for wealth in unknown
were silhouetted against the window, Africa, and the millionaire of to -day.
His face grew dark and fierce. The picture remained -his dearest pos-
"Faughla he exclaimed,, "what a session but, save his own, no other
kennel I have made of my house! eyes had even beheld it.
What a low-down thing I have begun ' He dressed with more care than.
to snake of life! Yet—I was a beg -,usual, and much less satisfaction. He.
gar—and I am a ,millionaire. Is it was a man who rather prided himself
harder to change'oneself? To -mor- upon neglecting his appearance, and,
rdw."—he looked hard at the,' place so far as the cut and pattern 'of his
whore she had sat—"to-morrow I will clothes went, he usually suggested the
chI c" her!"
On his way back to the house'a lit-
tle cloaked'"figure . stepped out from
behind a shrub. ,He looked' at •her,
in amazement. It was the little brown
girl, and her ,eyes were wet with tears.'
"Listen," she said quickly. "I have
been waiting to speak to you!` I want -
to say good-bye and; to thank you. I
am very, very sorry, and I hope' that
some day very soon you will make
some more money .and be' happy
again." ..
Her lips were quivering.' A -single,
glance into her face assured him of
her honesty. He took the hand which
she held out and pressed her fingers.
"Little Julie," he said, "you are a
brick. Don't you bother 'about me. It
isn't quite so bad as I. made out --
only don't tell your motile.' that."
"I'm very glad," she murmured. "I
think that it is hateful of them all to
rush away, and I made up my mind
to say good-bye, however angry it
made them. Let me go now, please. I
rectly in the barn from the swath.
The question, then, is what is the
style of roof that will give most loft
room? The old triangle gable roof
has given good service in times past,
but on all up-to-date farms it is being
replaced by the gambrel or self-sup-
porting roof.
This kind of roof has many advan-
tages over the old style of roof. It
not only gives more room in the loft,
but it does away with the necessity of
having heavy supporting posts and
cross beams that are apt to interfere
with the moving away of the hay. It
is strong and easy to construct.
Some dairymen, such, for instance,.
as those who live near cities and feed
their cattle chiefly baled hay, do not
require much storage room, and the
gable style of roof may do well
enough, but even in cases of this sort
it is often desirable to store hay and
grain a considerable length of time.
Everything considered, the self-sup-
porting roof is the more desirable, and
when a new roof is being put on it is
the one to use.—The Canadian Coun-
tryman.
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Blame the Elephant.
artisan out for a holiday. To -day for
the first time he regarded his toilet
with critical disparaging eyes. He
found the patternof his tweed suit too
large, .and the:color too pronounced,
his collars were ,oil -fashioned and his
ties hideous. It was altogether a new
experience with him, this self -dissatis-
faction and sensitiveness to criticism,
which. at any other time he would
have regarded with a sort of insolent.
indifference. He -,rememberedhis
walk , westward yesterday with a
shudder, as though indeed it had been
a sort of nightmare, and wondered
whether she too had regarded him
with the eyes of those loungers on
the pavement—whether she too was
one of those who looked for a man to
conform to the one arbitrary and uni-
versal type. Finally he tied his neck-
tie with a curse, and went down to
breakfast with little of his good -
humor left.
The fresh air sweeping in through
the long open windows, the, glancing
meat is to wrap it in thickly greased
paper and keep it covered while • in
the oven. By having it covered thus
the steam will prevent the meat from
becoming hard and dry, and the joint
will get hot through in less time.
The watermelon when ripe is con-
sidered excellent for liver, kidney or
bladder affections. Among the, peas-
ants of Russia and Turkey, fresh wa-
termelon juice is held in high esteem
for intestinal catarrh or dropsical af-
fections.
If you put a tablespoonful of pow-
dered chalk in a cup and mix it to a'
creain with turpentine, then add'a tea-
spoonful of liquid ammonia, and put it
in a tin, it makes an excellent brass
polish; it will also make the lids of
your saucepans' shine like silver.
The next time you have a hole in a
stocking that you dread to ;,tackle
baste a square of net over the hole.
Then darn in the usual way. Draw
the threads back th d b 1 an or d forth through
Customer (annoyed)—"I wish to
return this paper cutter. It is not
ivory,,as,represented."
Clerk -"Not ivory, madam? I
can't understand that, unless the ele-
phant had false teeth."
The Meek One—My wife says I'm a
"worm." The Friend—Why don't you
retaliate? The Meek One—Why, if
I "turned" she'd be sure of it.
Trench-; urn pander
At the Derdanelle.
'GENERAL BAILLOUD,
FROM .SUNSET COAST
'WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE
ARE DOING.,
Progress of the Great West Told.
In a Few Pointed
Paragraphs.
Penticton apricot season' ran to
7,000 crates shipped.
Prospects are good for a fair honey
crop inBritish Columbia. ,
A big run of red fish is looked for
on the Kaslo streams this season.
Lumbermen at Cranbrook decided to
put up the price a dollar a thousand.
Over a thousand'enemy aliens are
interned in six camps in British Col-.
iambic.
The high-water attendance at the
public, schools of Vancouver in June
was 4,819.
South Vancouver wants only mar-
ried -residents' employed on its new
sewer work.
The canning factory at Brilliant
put up two tons of fruit `daily at its
topmost time.
North Vancouver civic ferry for the
first six- months of this year showed
a deficit of over $8,000.
The casaba, a cross between the
watermelon and muskmelon, has be-
come popular in Vancouver.
Kamloops has rejected volunteers
for war service'wearing badges to
show they offered their services.
New Westminster decided it could
not afford to send its fire chief to the
Ottawa convention this year.
For striking an interned alien a
military guard at Ftrnie was fined $10
and dismissed from the ranks. •
After cutting' Vancouver civic esti-
mates over $250,000, a new cut must
be made if the tax rate is kept at 22
mills.
Prohibition is looming larger in the
roug mind of British Columbia now that re
the meshes of the net skipping every sistfer provinces have legalized liquor
' orm.
other one, so that in darning in the New Westminster bakers were sur -
opposite direction there is a mesh prised to be summoned for selling
to darn -through. loaves of bread less than a pound in
Stickiness of the needle is a draw- weight.
back from which many embroiderers Premier McBride sent Col. Theodore
suffer. If the hands become moist Roosevelt a souvenir view book of
they should be dusted with a talcum British Columbia to recall his recent
powder after being washed, or a lit- visit.
tie borax can be used. An emery Otto Becker sold his coffee factory
cushion should be in constant use. ie in New Westminster and was getting
the worker does not wish to take time out of the country when caught as a
to get up frequently to wash her spy and interned.
hands a wet cloth can be kept beside Some of the interned aliens at
the worktable. Brandon, Man., are now ata camp in
To keep the stove clean rub off all Revelstoke P 1 where views are said
grease with newspaper while the stove
is still hot. When the stove needs
Council after
polishing use a paint brush, and thus
avoid getting the hands soiled. You
skin, place in dripping pan, can also reach the small crevices more
moveush with enacted butter,. covernwith readily with the brush. When taking
brper
buttered crumbs and bake twenty up ashes,oveif you dampen a will not
and cover the ash pail you will not
be troubled with ashes failing ` over
everything.
Never put food away in the safe
until it is quite cold, or it will prob-
ably turn off. Never let anything
cool with the lid on. Never leave a
metal spoon in any food; even a silver
spoon is affected by salt. , Never let
anything remain all night in a sauce-
pan—and especially not in enamel
ware; many deaths have been caused
by the neglect of this rule since foods
will often become poisoned by being
allowed to stand in such cooking uten-
sils. The only really safe receptacle
for food to remain in is one of china,
glass, or crockery.
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MADE IN
GANADA
NEWS FROM ENGLAND•
NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT J01114
BULL AND HIS PEOPLE.
Occurrences' in the Land That Reigns
Supreme in the Commer-
cial World.
Lieut. Lord Daimeny of the Grena-
dier Guards, heir to Lord.Rosebery,
has been wounded in' action.
The latest estimate. pf the number
of shops in England which have had
to close owing to the high prices of
meat is 5,000.
Two donations, one of $25,000 and
another. of $5,000, received by the
Central Board of the Church of Eng-
land, have been invested in war' loans.
In the village of Bayford, Somerset,
a woman over 60 years of age, with
three sons at the front, has taken the
place of one of them who was the vil-
lage postman.
Skilled men in the service of the
Hammersmith Borough Council are to
make munitions at the Borough Conn-
cil's workshops under the direction of
the borough engineer.
London Education Committees have
decided that the Union Jack is to be
displayed at the schools and other
buildings on Oct. 21, the anniversary
of the Battle of Trafalgar.
A firm of warehousemlen in Lon-
don has just received a large quantity
of figured delaine and flannel goods
marked for the first time in 45 years,
"manufactured in Alsace, France."
ar c, A statement has been given out by
to be delightful. the Liverpool and London War Risks
New Westminster Association, through which the Bri-
much trouble, got a'localengineering tish Government has been fur
nished
plant ready for munition orders for 'marine insurance, showing that nishes
the war and never secured one. paid up to the present time amount to
minutes, basting often with chicken
stock or hot water.
Sauce Piquante.—Three tablespoon
butter, four tablespoons flour, one
and .one-half cups stock, one-half tea-
spoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon pep
per, two tablespoons vinegar, one
tablespoon capers and one tablespoon
each chopped chives, olives, pepper
and pickle. Cook five last named in
vinegar five minutes and add to brown
sauce made of butter flour and stock.
Simmer twenty minutes and serve.
Sour Cream Pie.—One cup of thick
sour cream, one-half cup sugar, one
cup chopped raisins, two eggs, one
and one-half tablespoons flour, two
tablespoons powdered sugar, one
teaspoon cinnamon,. one teaspoon
cloves, few grains nutmeg, -few
grains salt and pastry. Mix raisins,
sugar, flour, salt and spices together,
add sour cream, mixed with egg yolk,
slightly beaten. Line pie pan with
pastry, pour in mixture and bake
about twenty-five minutes in moder-
ate oven. Make meringue of egg
whites and powdered sugar, heap 'on -
pie and cook for ten minutes in slow
oven.
Pea Timbales.—One cupful pea
pulp (from fresh canned or dried
peas), two eggs, two tablespoonfuls
thick cream, one tablespoonful butter,
two-thirds teaspoonful salt, one-
eighth teaspoonful black pepper, a
few grains of cayenne, and add onion
juice. Beat the eggs, mix with pea
pulp, add butter, melted, and other
ingredients, and turn into buttered
molds. Bake in pan of hot water un-
til .firm, and serve with one cupful
white sauce, to which has been added
one-third cupful cooked and drained
peas. A teaspoonful of finely chop-
ped mint leaves may be added for sea-
soning if liked. Cubes or figures cut
from tender cooked carrot in the sauce
give a good color effect. '
!ryas the. General second in command
se? the French Expeditionary Army
sent to the Dardanelles 'tinder Gen.
Gouraud On that officer being
wounded ho succeeded to the
command. Within three months,.
throe".rends officers leave liel,l
the command as colleague to Sir
Ian Hamilton. The two former
were Gen, d'Anrade and Gcu.
Gouraud.
Household Hints.
To glean kid gloves use a soft piece
of indiarubber.
A pretty table with everything
fresh upon it helps to give food a a Ilolstein cow that has given 18, -
relish in oppressively hot weather. 258.70 lbs. of milk in' her year. Her
When .iodine is spilled on sheets butter record is 625 lbs. The cow is
lo' registered as . Butter Aggie Cornu-
copia Palestine.
Easier to Spell.
Young Arthur, the pride of the
The beat dressing for most vege- family,'had been attending school all
tables is simple butter. White sauces of six weeks, and his devoted parent
are apt to v�uin the flavor.
Buttermilk is a cheap and.valuable
food. If 'served with potatoes it is a
cheap and wholesome dish.
Nuts are a cheap food, and may.
form the staple of an uncooked meal.
If ground they are easy of�digestion.
If yon find yourself without shoe
polish in the morning a little lemon
juice applied will produce a brilliant
polish
Drying dishes with towels is notthe best or most cleanly method. A
well -scalded and drained plate is
much cleaner than one that has been
dried with the average towel.
If 30 per cent. more vegetables
(varied in kind and well cooked) and
80 per cent. less meat are served up
hardly anyone will notice the differ-
ence --except the housekeeper when
she makes up her^accounts.
To steep color of catsup put whole`
cloves and allspice into a new soap
shaker; use as a spoon in stirring
the 'catsup. In this way the flavor of
the spices is grained without sacrific-
ing the color of the catsup.
The best way to warm a joint of
HOW THEY DID IT.
California raisin growers, through
nation-wide advertising, brought
about the observance of "raisin day."
Through this they have been able to
double their output in ten years.
Since Saskatchewan has "gone dry"
a movement has been started to turn
one of the biggest breweries into a
cannery for putting up vegetables. In
that city there are some 2,000 more
vegetable gardens trader cultivation
as the result of a movement for bet-
ter home surroundings.
Many experts argue that the great-
est agricultural and industrial boom
in our economic history is just begin-
ning. This is no time for pessimism:
lot us each do our work.
The great Pan-American Hoed Con-
gress will convene at Oakland, Cali-
fornia, on Sept. 13. Its mission will
be the betterment of roads in Ameri-
ca, and W. A. McLean, Chief Engi-
neer of the Ontario Highway Commis-
sion, will preside at one of the ses-
sions. Any new idea --or an old one
—put into practice upon Mr. Mc-
Lean's return will be welcomed.
Bankers announce that they have
ample funds on hand to take care of
the harvesting, moving and market-
ing of the Canadian wheat crops.
G. E. White, of Lacombe, Alta., has
A man who refused his name, after
doing two years for theft at New
Westminster, got $500 cash back from
the police; it was on him at the ar-
rest.
THE BIG BY-PRODUCT LEAK.
According to recent statistics them
are in Canada, in round numbers,
3,000,000 horses, 6,000,000 cattle,
3,500,000 hogs, and 2,000,000 sheep.
Experiments indicate that the approx-
imate value of the fertilizing const{- was lying asleep beside one of the
tuents of the manure, both solid and furnaces, and roused him with the
liquid, produced by each horse would question:
be $27, by each head of cattle $20, by "I say, my man, are you wanting
each hog $8, and by each sheep $2. work?"
This would make the total value of "What kind of work?" asked the
the manure produced in one year by tramp. I
the different classes of farm animals "Can you do anything with a
in Canada amount to $233,000,000. shovel?"
The importance of this by-product of "Yes," replied the tramp, rubbing
the farm may be better realized if we ,his eyes. "I could fry a piece of ham
compare it with some of the other on it:'
principal products of the Canadian in-
dustries. The following table shows
the value of some of the leading pro -
ductal
$21,283,425.
With the aid of a gypsy basket -
maker and the village schoolmaster, a
small industry of basket -making has
been started at Busbridge, near God -
aiming, and an order for baskets for
shells has been secured from Messrs.
Vickers works at Barrow.
Using a Shovel.
The foreman of a large iron work
was short of laborers, and, as a last
resort, went to an old tramp who
or clothing, simply soak the attic
24 hours in cold water.
Paint bedsprings with aluminum
paint and you will haveno trouble
with rust on your sheets.
Total wheat crop, 1914.. $196,000,000
Total oats crop, 1914.... 151,000,000
Total_ forest products, Ob0
1911 .. 180,000,
Total mineral products,
1913.... 145,000,000
Farmyard manure (aver-
age five years) 283,000,000
The figures given in the above table
are for the years in which the value
of each product. mentioned reached
the highest point on record, while the
fl ures for the manure represent the
g._ .
average annual production for the
past five years.
thought it, washigh time he should
find out how things were running. So
he asked one afternoon:
"And what did my little son learn
about this morning?"
"Oh, a mouse. Miss Wilcox told
us all about mouses."
"That's the boy! Now, how do you
spell mouse?"
It was then Arthur gave promise
of being an artful dodger. He paused
meditatively for a moment, then said:
"father, I guess I' was wrong. It
wasn't a mouse teacher was telling us
about. ' It was a rat." •
In Germany the prefix "von," as in
Von Hindenburg, means "Court
worthy." It is granted by the Sove-
reign, who alone can raise a man from
the rank of a citizen to that of a gen-
tleman.
Armageddon, according to the Re-
velation of St. John, is the great bat-
tle
at
tle in which the last conflict between
good and evil is to be fought.
Petrograd contains the most won-
derful clock in the world. There are
05 faces to this colossal timepiece,
which indicates simultaneously the
time of day at 30 different places, be-
sides the movement of the earth
around the sun, the phases of the
moon, the signs of the zodiac, and the
date according to the Gregorian,
Greek, Mussulman, and Hebrew calen-
dars.
The works tools two years to
put together after the clock had been
sent in detached pieces from Switzer-
land to Russia.
Strictly speaking, the word
"Yankee" only applied to residents in
the New England States of America.
It is derived from a currupt pronun-
ciation of the ward "English" by In-
dians.
is the Sugar
for J;: s and ,shies.
When you pay for good fruit, and spend a lot of time over
tt, you naturally want to be sure that your Jellies and
preserves will turn out just right. You can be, if you use
Atka Sugar.
Absolutely pure, and always the same, REDPATH Sugar
has for sixty years proved most dependable for preserving,
canning and jelly -making.
it is Just as easy to gat the best—and
well worth whale. So tell your grocer
it must be REDPATH Sugar, in one
of the packages originated for
REDPATH-
2 and5 Ib. Sealed Cartons.
10,20,50 and 100 Ib. Cloth Bags.
"Let
142 Sweeten It"
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