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phor. If this is done before linen is
wet it will remove'etain.
f you do your own housework,
eves a paint brush when blacking the
range, instead of the usual little
brush, which always soils the hands,
ilii -'btu`� however careful you are.
n •->''` cii� To remove paint from windows or
Other glaas, wet a woolen cloth with
Recipes For Thrifty Cooks.
and ammonia apply to is rubbinge
InPPy spots,
White Gingerbread. --As 'a varix- briskly. If some etabborn spots re -
tion from the brown variety of gin- main scrape them off` with the edge
gerbread, take one pound of dry, of a coin.
sifted flour, half a pound of fresh A good way to get rid of rats is to
butter, batt a pound of loaf sugar, the collect some thin chips, pieces of
rind of one fresh lemon, one ounce shingle, or tin, and pour over them
of new ground ginger, loot, half a enough molasses to cover them well.
nutmeg grated, half a teaspoonful of 'Sprinkle dry lye over the chips and
carbonate of soda, and a gill of milk, place them in every rat hole you can
Pub the flour and butter together, find. The rats will soon move out.
add the -powdered sugar, rind—mine- When a sewing machine works
ed finely -ginger and nutmeg. warm heavily, take out the thread and oil
the milk slightly. Stir in the, soils every part of the machine thoroughly
and mix to a smooth paste, shape it with kerosene. Work briskly, for some
according to fancy and bake au fie_ 'minutes, so that the kerosene may do
teen minutes, .� its work of loosening all the old oil
d
°and grime, su
Simple Cream Cakes.—A teaspoon -et then wipe carefully
fuI of balling powder should br, mixed
with a soft, old duster., When the
with a teacupful of flour and one d kerosene has been removed, oil the
castor sugar. Break three- eggs into machine again with lubricating ma-
chine oil, and it will then work per
the flour, etc., beat to a light batter
and flavor with vanilla essence. Pour feetly, Be sure and use the lubricat
into fancy pattypans and bake in a ing oil after using' the kerosene,
very quick oven. Tarn on to a sieve Mending men's clothes often gives
to cool. Whip half a pint of thick the housewife much bother, for they
cream flavored and sweetened to are not so easily dealt with as the
taste. Scoop out a hollow in the top feminine garments, the very sewing
ofeach sponge cake, fill in with cream on of a button being a somewhat
blesome job. A tailor always
which should rise above the level of trou
the cake to a pint. Garnish round gives a button a "stem" when sewing
the cream with small strips of an
it on 'a coat, so that the buttonhole
geliea and glace cherries. may easily slip ever it. A good plan
Lamb- Souffle.—Coop one table- in order to raise the button sufficient
spoonful butter with one of flour, Add ly so as to leave room for the false
shank is that' of cutting a ring of
three-fourths of a cupful of rich milk
or stock. 'When boiling add one cup- cardboard a little bigger than the but-
ful of finely minced chicken or mut- ton, removing the centre. This may
ton with one-half cupful of soft bread be slipped between it and the meter-
ton
fat, the needle being passed through
eumbs and three beaten
yolks. Sea- the hole in the 'riddle, while the
son with salt and pepper paprika acid thickness of the cardboard prevents
a little Worcestershire sauce. Add a the thread from being drawn too taut.
little minced pimento if there is any When finished 'the ring should be
at hand. Fold in the beaten whites broken away, and the shank of cotton
and turn into a deep buttered dish. straightened by several winds of cot -
Bake in a ttlow oven for twenty min- ton and buttonholed once or twice,
utas. Serve at once in a dish.
A Green Pea Dish. — Acid to one
quart of shelled peas the heart of a
lettuce, six young onions, two table-
spoonfuls bf butter, half a pint of
According to Orders.
The following unusual interpreta-
stock and four strips of bacon.' pre- .tion of a common command appears
viously wash the lettuce carefully in London Tit -Bits. The mistress
and tie it with t string to keep it in cane downstairs and tried the door
shape. Wash and thin the onions. of the sitting room, only to find it
Melt the butter in a saucepan and locked against her, while the key,
• put in the peas, onions and lettuce; which was usually in the lock, was
acid half a pint of water and cook missing,
with the lie] on. When the peas are "Bridget, I can't get into the sitting
tender take out the lettuce, untie it, room!" she cried.
and shred it finely and acid to the "Sure, it's meself knows that; and.
peas; parboil the bacon, mix it with ye won't, flu I hey the kay in me
the pea's and•lettuce, and after a little Pocket,"
more butter has been added the dish
may be served.
Hot Beefsteak Rolls.' — Cut two
pounds of beefsteak into pieces about
size of hand and one-third inch thick.
Chop one pound sausage meat well
with few sprigs of parsley and place
two tablespoons of this mixture on
each piece of meat, or spread with
bread dressing or boiled rice, well sea-
soned. Roll up and tie both ends
firmly with pieces of thread. Brown
in butter in shallow stewpan, add
juice of lemon, two cups brown
stock, two carrots and two onions A Soft Answer.
sliced,. salt and pepper to taste,. cover The sergeant was very crusty, and,
and cook for two hours very gently of course, had to preserve his dignity,
or until. meat .is tender. .Remove but as he was walking along the
threads before serving. trench he suddenly slipped, and
Orange Shortcake.—Two and one- plumped right down into the middle
half cupfals floor, one cupful` tunic, of the slush of water and mud. None
two teaspoonfuls sugar+, five table- of the men near him could resist a
spoonfuls butter or two and one-half smile, but when he picked himself up
tablespoonfuls drippings,' two tea- he turned on Malone.
spoonfuls baking powder,. one-half ' "Well, what are you standing there
teaspoon salt, sliced oranges. Mix looking like a jackass for? Do you
dry ingredients together and sift see anything finny?" he bawled,
twice. Work in shortening with fin- "No, sargint, returned. Malone,
ger tips and add milk gradually. Toss "but, begorra, shute, and a' was just
on flour board, divide into two pants, thinkin' how funny it would have been
pat out, and put into tins. Bake in if it had been somebody forby your -
hot oven fifteen minutes, split, and self." .
butter. Have oranges cut into small
pieces, ebver with sugar to taste, and
let stand on back of stove until warm-
ed. Put oranges between layers and
on top ot cake, and serve at once,
"Open the door immediately!"
"Will yez go in if I do?"
"Certainly I will."
"Then yez won't get the kay."
"Open the door,I say! What do
you mean?"
"Sure, it's byy your own orders.
Just yesterday ye said, 'Don't let me
come downstairs in the morning and
see any dust on the sitting room
furniture.' So I just puts the kay in
me pocket, and says I, 'Then she
shan't!'"
Home hints.
A. good and economical dessert is
stewed figs and boiled rice, served
together.
Some coffee needs boiling and
some does not—one must experiment
to find out.
Never let ashes accumulate in the
ash pan. They absorb the heat before
it reaches the oven,
To keep; sleeves up when washing
dishes get a pair of bicycle clips and
attach to the rolled -up sleeves.
To remove white spots left by hot
dishes on the dining room table, use
camphorated oil, rubbing it in well.
Dont set leaky vessels on the range
or spill cold water on it. These
things cause, it to crack and warp.
When a garment becomes stained
with machine oil rub the affected part
with a cloth dipped ir, ammonia.
If pumps slip at the heel, paste a
round piece of velvet inside.. ,This.
will prevent slipping when pumps
have stretched
Dip a new broom in boiling hot
salt water and, after using, dip in.
scalding socpsuds once a week, if you
wish it to wear well.
When you find fruit stains on table
linen, wet stains with a little cam -
f
A Bereaved Mother
AES, CAVBt
Afother of Nurse Edith Cavell, who
ivas, murdered. by the Gcrmaus in
7lelgtrun,
round in a ring, making an awful row, r-- -
but they neve'` dared interfere. 711e '.•
burnt -the place-te the ground, and
then What de you think he did?
From the king downward he made
every Jack of them come and work
on'his 'road. You'll never believe it,I
but it's perfectly true. They looked
upon him as thein conqueror, and
they came like lainlis when he order='
ed' it. They think they're slaves you
know and don't understand their 'pay,
but they get it every week aunt same
as all the other laborers—and oh,
Aunt Ernie, you should see the king
work with a pick axel He ie fat Mud,
so clumsy, and so furiously angry,
brit he's too scared Of Trent to do
anything but obey orders, axicl there
he'works hour after hoax, groaning,
and the perspiration rolls off him as
though he were in a turlcish bath. I
could go on telling you odd things that
happen here for hours, Mit I must
finish seam tee'' the chap is starting
with -the mail, 1 am'enjoying it. It
is something like life I can tell you,
and aren't I lucky. Trent made me
THE GOLDEN KEN,.
Or "The Adventures of Ledgzrd.
By the Author of "What He Cost. Her."
CIIAPTRR'XXIX._(Cont'd).
There was a Wild ehonus of fear.
The women fled to the huts—the men
ran like rats to shelter. But the exe-
cutroner of Bokwanclo, who was a fe-
tish man and holy, stood his ground
and pointed his knife at Trent. Two
others, seeing him firm, also remain- h
ed. The moment was critical,
"Cut, those• bonds!" Trent ordered,
Pointing to the boy. •r
The fetish magi waved his:hands
and drew a step nearer to Trent, his
knife. outstretched. The other two ti
backed him up.- Already a spear was 1
couched. Trent's revolver flashed a
out in the sunlight. .
"Cut I
sirs
t
COr d. P
h ordered ed a •ar
The .fetish man' poised his knife.
Trent. hesitated no longer, but shot ii b
him deliberately' through the heart, f �s
Ho jumped into the air and fell for-
ward upon his face with a death cry
which seemed to find an echo from v
every het Arid from behind every tree
of Bekwando. It was like the knell of 1
their last hope, for had he not told a
them that he was fetish, that his 1
body was proof against those wicked
fires, and that if the white men t
came, he himself would slay them!
And now he was dead! The Last bar-
rier of their superstitious hope was r
broken down. Even the drunken king °
sat up arid made strange noises. •
Trent stooped'down and, pielciisg f
up the knife, eat the bonds which had -
bound the boy. He staggered up to e
his feet with a weak, little laugh.
"I knew you'd find me," he said.
"`Did I look awfully frightened?
Trent patted him on the shoulder, °
"If I hadn't' been in time," he said, a
"I'd have shot every man here and t
burned their huts over their heads.
Pick up the knife, old chap, quick. 120
think those fellows mean mischief." fo
The two warriors who had stood by ch
the priest were approaching, but ab
when they came within a few yards a
of Trent's revolver they dropped on hi
their knees. It was their token of p
submtsston. Trent nodded, and a a
moment afterwards the reason for be
their Hoar -tell ranee was made mil- t
dent. The remainder of the expedi-
tion came filing into the little en- Ca
closure. of
Trent lit a cigar, and sat down on' mo
a block of wood to consider what fur- an
then was best .to be clone. in the we
meantime the natives were bringing an
yams to the white sten - with timid a
gestures. After a brief rest Trent kn
called them to follow him. He walk- 1.O
ed across to the dwelling of the fetish s
man and tore clown the curtain of wu
dried grass which hung 'before the rte
opening. Even then it was so dark it.
inside that they had to light a torch
before they could see the'walls, and ha
the stench was horrible.
A little chorus of murmurs esca 1 e
ed the lips of they Europeans as the be
interior became revealed to them, Op- ha
polite the door was a life-size and fou
hideous effigy of a grinning god, nat
made of wood and painted fti many pe.
colors. By its side were other more laic
horrible images, and a row of human situp
skulls hung from the roof. The hand conn
of a white man, blackened with age, for
was, stuck to the wall by a spear- wb
head, the stench and filth of the ing
whole place were pestilential. Yet up
outside a number of women and sever- thh
al men were on their knees hoping nom
still against hope for aid from their eel
ancient gods. There was a cry of hor- 'W
roe 'when Trent unceremoniously kick- 'an
ed over the nearest idol --a yell of my
panic when the boy, with a gleam of coo
mischief' in his eyes, threw out pre
amongst- them a worm-eaten hideous ani
effigy, and with a hearty kick stove Ise
in its hollow side. It
1
he only got the' job -because his uncle
had got a lot of shares in the busi-
ness. It seems he nevelt- wanted to
come, hates any place except London,
which accounts for a- good deal,
"All the time when we were wait-
ing he wasn't a bit keen, and kept on
rotting .about the good times he might
ave' been having in London, and what
a fearful country we were stranded
n, till he almost gave Hie the blues,
and, if there hadn't been some jolly
good shooting and a few nice chaps
p at the Fort, I should' have been
miserable. As it was, I -left him to
iimself a good deal, and he didn't like
hat either. I think Mira was a jolly
lace; and the lanclin •
g in surf boats
was no end of fun.. Cathcart got
easily wet, and you .should have
on what e stow he was in because
e'd put on a beautiful white suit and
t got spoilt.' Well, things weren't
ery lively at Attea at first, I'in bound
o admit. No one seemed to know
such -about Beicwando Land Company
nd the country that way was very
ough, however, we got sent out at
ast, and Cathcart, he simply scoffed
the whole thing from the first.
here was no proper labor, not. half
nough machinery, and none of the
ight sort—and the gradients and
°entry between Bekwando and the
en were awful.' Cathcart made a
ear reports and we did nothing but
ck our heels about until He came.
ou'll ,see I've written that in big
tters, and I tell you if ever a- man
eservec} to have his name written in
apitals Scarlett Trent does, and the
ddest part of it is he knows you,
nd he was awfully decent to me all
to time.
"Well, out he went' prospecting, he-
re he'd been in the country-twenty-
ur• hours, and he came back quite
eerful. Then he spoke to Cathcart
out starting work, and Cathcart Was
perfect beast. He as good as told
m that he'd come out under false
retences, that the whole affair was
swindle, and that the road could not
made. Trent didn't hesitate, I can
e11 you. ',There were no arguments
promises with him. Ile ehueked
thcart on the spot, turned him out
the place, and swore he'd make the
ad himself. I asked if I might stop,
d I think he eves glad,' anyhow
've been ever such - pals ever since,
d I never expect to have such a time
gain as long as I live! But do you
ow, Auntie, we've about made that
ad. When I see what we've done,
ometimes I can't believe it. I only
sh some of the bigwigs who've
ver been out of an office could see t
I know P11 hate to come away. t
'You'd never believe the time we
d—leaving out the fighting, which tf
tit coming to by and by. We were
astiy short of all sorts of machin -s
and our labor was awful. We a
d scarcely any at first, but Trent
nd 'en, somehow, Kru boys and i i
ive Zulus and broken-down Euro-
ns—any one who could hold a
el
k. More came every day, and 'we • d
ly cut our way through there
try. I think 1 was pretty useful,
you see -I was the only chap there Ie
o knew even a bit about engineer -
or practical surveying, and I'd sit di
all night lots of times working the th
ig out. We had a missionary in
e over the first Sunday, and want -lel
to preach, but Tient stopped him.
'We got to work here,' be said,,
d Sunday or no Sunday I can't let da
I oen stop
dto listen to you in the cra-
i
Y• you want to
itch, come and take a pick now, ne
- "each when they're resting,' and fe
. ,i and worked well too, and after
ids when we had to knock off, he
Melted, and Trent took the chair
made 'em all listen. Well, when
got a bit inland we had the natives ! sh
eal with, and if you ask me I be- ,
e that's one reason Cathcart hated n
whole thing so. He's a beastly Pr
and, I think, and he told me once an
never let off a revolver in his w
Well, they tried to surprise us to
night, but Trent was up himself ed
thing, and I tell you we did give
beans. Great, ugly -looking, Bu
lc chaps they were: Aunt ]stale, er
all never forget how I felt when
w them come creeping through
long, rough grass with their
Hy spears all poised ready to
w. And now for my own special
mere. Won't you shiver when
read this! I was taken prisoner
ne of those chips, carried off to
r beastly village and very nearly
dered by a chap who seemed to be
ss between an executioner and a
-priest, and who kept dancing
d me, singing a lot of rot and in
ing the knife at -me. You see, I
right on the outside of the fight-
and I got a knock on. the head red
the butt -end of a spear, and was five
silly for a moment, and a great
, who'd seen me near Trent and Au
sed I was somebody, picked me
thou.>r1 I'd b wo
take Catheax't's place, I tun getting
1800 a year; and only fancy it; he says.
he'll see that the clh•ectors make me a
special
r
ant.
Everything •
g tut
looks di" -
y g f
ferent here now; and 1 do hope the
company will be a suceess. There's
'whole heaps of mining machinery
landed and waiting for the road to be
finished to go up, and people seem to
be streaming into -the place. I won-
der what Cathcart will say when he
knows that the road is as geocl as
done, and that I've got his jobl
"Chap called for mail. Good-bye.
"Ever your affectionate
"Fred."
"Trent is a brick."
Ernestine. rear} the letter slowly,
line by line, word by word. To tell
the truth it was absorbingly interest-
ing. to her. Already there had come
rumors of the ,daring and blunt, re-
sistless force with which this new -
made millionaire }tad confronted a
gigantic task. His terse communica-
tions had found their `way into the
press, and in them and in the boy's
'ester she seemed to discover some-
thing Cxsaric,, That night it was
more than usually difficult for her to
settle down to her own work. She
read her nephew's lethal: more than
once and continually she found her
thoughts slipping away—travelling
across the ocean to a. tropical strip
of country where a heterogeneous
crowd of men wore -toiling and dig-
ging under a blazing sun. And, con-
tinuany too, she seemed to see a man's
face looking steadily over the sea to
her, as he stood upright for a mo-
ment and rested from his toil. She
was very fond of the-boy—but the
face was not his!
(To be continued,)
LUNDON IN THE DARK,
Recent Order Has Increased Accidents
.200 -Per Cent.
Socially and commercially the Lon-
don of to -day bears little resemblance
o the city of one year ago. Since the
ear began regulation has been piled
pon regulation until the transforma-
on is well nigh complete, but the
preading of tate various changes over
period of 14 months has fooled the.
IP into believing that everything
t'as "going on as usual."
It is only now that they are awak-
sing to the fact that the old Lon
on is no more and perhaps never will
turn. The proposed Parliamentary
gislation with the object of eliminat-
g the "night clubs" will snake the
sillusionment complete. Barring
e theatres, the last form of even-
g amusement will vanish with the
ubs.
The recent drastic lighting—or
rkening—caelers have had a far -
aching effect. After sundown the
ty is plunged into almost total dark
se. As the evening wears on, the
w lights that have been permitted
to do business on a small scale are
extinguished or dimmed.
Shopping hours have been cut clown.
Women hesitate ,about tarrying at the
ops -until after twilight. The jour
-
y home, be it by 'bus, taxicab or
irate car, is fraught with danger
d is nerve -wrecking. Since the last
we
--rete palet wA
and ugly in the streaming sunshine, a pre
block of misshapen wood ill painted and
in flaring. daubs, the thing which they we
had worshipped in gloom and secret, to d
they and a generation before them— lieu
all the mystery of its shrouded exist- the
ence, the terrible fetish words of the cow
alldy-pod werful ande reverence
inherited sur cuff life,
tion had kept alive within them, came one
into their minds as they stood there war
trembling, and then fled away to be 'em
out of reach of the .empty, staring bloc
eyes—out of reach of the vengeance I sh
which must surely fall from the skies T sa
upon these white savages. So they the
watched, the women beating their bo- beas
some and uttering strange cries, the thio
men stolid but scared, Trent and the adve
boy came out coughing, and Half- you
stupefied with the rank odor, and a by o
little murmur went up from them. It them
was a device of the gods—a sort of mer
madness with which they were afflict- acro
ed. But soon their murmurs turned high
into lamentation when they saw roun
what was to come, Men were running , point
backwards and forwards, piling up was
dried wood and branches against the ; ing,
idol -house, a single spark and the ; with
thing 'was done. A tongue of flame ; a bit
leaped up,a thick column of smoke chap
stole straight up in the breathless air,'gues
Amazed, the people stood and saw the up a,
home of dreadful . mystery, whence tied
came the sentence of life and death, end
the voice of the king -maker, the but w
omens of war and fortune; enveloped scree
in flames, already a ruined and shapes said
less mass. Trent stood' and watched misse
it, smoking fiercely, and felt himself start
a civiiizer. But the boy seemed to was,
feel some of the pathos of the mo- were
merit aunt he looked curiously at the tea,
little crowd of wailing natives. • dle of.
"And the people?" he asked. I beasti
"They are going'to help Hie make me a
nay road," Trent said firmly.' "1 am thing
going to teach them to work."
of darkness swept over the
tvn taxicab accidents have lamas
-
200 per cent., according to H.
ndy, of the Licensed Vehicle Work-
s' Union.
POWDER -.AND SHOT...
At the Battle of W- aterloo, 217,000
men were engaged.
It is sixty years since British troops
landed on the Continent.
It costs approximately $1,500 every
time a big naval gun is fired.
The bayonets of W atenloo were
about a foot longer than those used
the present' war,
The first sea -fight but record occur -
in 6(i5 B.C,, ever two thousand
hundred years ago.
A pair of bullocks, according to an
stralian farmer, can do the same
i'k as a draught horse.
Oise of the titles attributed to the
Kaiser is:"high Commander on Sera
and Land and of the Air."
eon a baby an car -
me off. Of course I kicked tip no
of a row as soon as I came to,
hat with the firing and the
ching no one•heard me, and Tr•e
it was half an heel before
d me and an hour before th
ed in pursuit. Anyhow, there
about morning -time when y
thinking of having your cup
trussed up like a fowl in the mid
the village, and all the native
y creatures promenading then
id making' faces and bawling o.
s—Oh, it was beastly I can to
you: Then just as they seemed to than
have made up their mind to kill me, T
up strode Scarlett Trent alone, if you 0,00
please, and lie walked up to the whole ever
lot f em as bold es bras ''
nt' In the Franco-German War of
he 1870-1, the French Army only num-
ey bored about 300,000 against 1,100,000
I Germans.
yo
Army horses are given twelve
of pounds of oats, or its equivalent, and
- from five to ten gallons of water
devery day. -
ut There are more Irishmen in prepor-
il tion to population serving in the army
any other nationality.
wo million soldiers consume about
0 heed of cattle, and drink an
age of 200,000 gallons of water
y day,
addition to daily rations, soldiers
dive service carry emei'goncy ma-
, which may only be used by or
of a superior officer. ,
o 15 -inch gun, which is possessed'
by the British Nayy, can hurl a
stile weighing' almost a ton as
as from'ten to twelve miles.
ten war was declared, Germany
035 merchant steamers at sea,
t $1,000,000,000; about a third of
have been captured,
e combined> populations of Ger-
yand Austria are only half the
of the combined populations of
t Britain, France, Belgium, and
a.
CHAPTER XXX.
"My Dear Aunt Ernie,—At last I o 0
have a chance of sending you a let -'a lois
ter—and, this time at any rate, you thoug
won't have to complain about my would
sending you no news. Ill promise a he
yea that, before I begin, attd you his hal
needn't get scared eitheY•, because it's were
all good. Ive been awfully lucky, to de
and all because that fellow Cathcart' one m
turned out such a funk and a hounder, .
It's the oddest thing in the world, too, hen h
that old Cis should have written me threat
to' pick up all the news. I could about and th
Scarlett Trent and send it to you. I' thou
Why, he's within a few feet of me at.horrib
this moment, and I've been seeing him while
continually ever since I came here. ' others
But there, I'll try and begin at the it at 0
beginning. I heave
"You know -Cathcart got the post to get
of Consulting Surveyor and Engin- they''c
eer to the Bekwando Syndicate, and I must
he was head man at our London place, , Re we
Well, they sent me from Capetown to - the go
s. Ileagui ever
g way ahead of the test and In
ht they meant mischief, so, he
would wait for the :others but faced ors d
hen
of them with a revolver iii tronas
rd, and I can tell you things der
lively then. I',d never , be able Th
scribe the next few minutes •—. l only
an Trent knocked down with his proje
d you could hear his skull crack, far
e shot the chap who had been
ening me, and cut my bonds 1 WI
on they tried' to resist us, and had
ght it was all over, They were wart]
ly afr'aid of Trent though, and these
they were closing round us the Th
-came up and. the natives chuck- man.
nee. They used to be a very total
race, but since they were able Grea
rum for their timber apd ivory Rossi
a lazy anti drunken let. Well,
tell you what Trent did then,
nt to the priest's arouse where
ds were kept—such a beastly
nd he burned the place before
es of all the natives. I believe
hottght every moment that we
be stritek deada and the
move for me too. Inneverdid see .the ey
anything in Cathcart!
Iles a lazy, they t
sort of chap, hates work, and I guess should
A Fast, Goer.
"How's the new servant . getting
'Itapidiy. Next Tuesday she'll have
one p week."
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thou, by whatsoever name
earth, in hades, lcnown to fame,
I wad thy mighty power proclitim,
Thine aid invoke;
hear, an' help, an' dinna blame,
Like ither• folk.
gold,
Ate they not thine to gi'e or hold?
Ye offered them th Ano of old
For crook o' knee;
If on sic terms ye might ha'e sold,
I dims think the price ower high;
Gin ye ha'e.gear to gi'e I'll buy;
The end the means aye sanctify,
For man or deil;
I'm, leastways, no afeard to try,
Forgi'e if I've seemed ban' an' glove
An' unco sib wi' Ane above --
Ane wha I ken ye dinna love.
I'm no sae sure
0' my Kultur.
I thocht a' things were (Nein' fine,
I felt myser by richt divine
Right Heaven's depute;
But noo, instead o' His, I'm thine,
I've dune thy week, an' dune it aveel;
The bonny, bonny, brew lariegapiel;
Waesome an' fell;
Worthy o' ony thoroughgaun dell
In al thy hell.
Thy wark? Wha's else? .Alas! Alas!
Earth's fairness turned to foul mortise
WP slaughter! Ilka blade o' grass
And eldritch wraiths that, flitt'rin,
pass,
An eerie brood!
Aslc Belgium svi' what micht an' main,
What weight o' aahat skill 0'
The warlas been dune. An' if ye're
fain
For fa' detail,
At Dinant speer, or auld Louvain,
They'll gi'e ye wale.
An' Searbro'l the defenceless toun;
E'en that deur
Auld Herod, qualtin' for his cram,
By Thor! the week's baith yours an'
mine
ein' my bold "Wohlgeborensa Syne
We'll tine an' a' mair glorious shine;
Bask P the sun .
0' michtier place, an', leastways, an'
Pm hert-sair, whiles, wi' dool an' woe,
For la thee lads sae strong an' gay,
Their brave, hot life made catadeife
clay
claurna think I'm maybe—fey;
That's ither story.
What mann be mann be; whine
shirk;
I'll dime my weird hooever murk.
An' Histry's page
Says ilka man wha does deiPs work
Suld lm'e dell's wage.
Long Known.
"Father," said the minister's son,
"rny teacher nye that 'collect' and
'congregate' mean the sanie thing.
Do they?"
"Perhaps they do, my sort" said
the venerable clergyman; "gut you
may tell your teacher that there is a
vast difference between a congrega-
tion and a collection."
FROM SUNSET COAST
WHAT 'MB WESTERN vroPut
, Progress of the Great West Told
/n a Pew Potnted
t 12 quarts foe a della/
Trail, B.C., has had only one case
in the police court in five weeks.
Splendid reports came from tha
Experimental Farm at Terrace, B.C.
To date $35,000 has been received
by depeedetts of soldiers in South
Lucky Thought Mine, Neev Denver,
B.C,, shipped a 42 -ton car of ore to
Trail last week.
All bars' in the military district of
British Columbia are to be closed' to
soldiers at 9 p.m.
Total output of saw logs for Van-
couver Province for September
amounted to 92,080,403.
New Westminster opened its new
reservoir without ceremonies that
cost money, owing to the financial
Mr, Raymond of Oroville is clevel- -
oping an. Epsom salts mine in Riah-
tees Pass. Ho will get $90 a ton for
the salts.
During the inonth of Septeinber,
seventy ear loads of fish were ship-
ped from Prince Rupert, 13,C., to
eastern points.
Neleon civic affairs were economi-
cally handled this year, and only $10,-
000 was borrowed from the bank
against $40,000 the year before,
Over 150 miners left Vancouver
Island to go to work in the old
country mines as a result of the visit
of the British commissioner,
The Canadian Pacific railway has
deelded to make the Trail smelter
the equal Of the greatest reduction
works on the American contine»t.
Peter Pernie died in Victoria, aged
84 years. He had lived 54 years in
B.C., and the town of Pernie was
celled after him.
The 104th Regiment of New Westa
minster, has contributed 1,060 aetive
service men to war tanks since Aug -
est last year.
The American Club at Vancouver
gave a dinner in bettor of Captain
j. W. Warden, who vaunted wound-
ed from Menders.
Ald. Goulet of New Westminster,
B.C., will move that the mayor and
aldermen of that citaa cut their
salaries 25 per cent.
J. Buraeld of Revelstoke, B.C.,
gathered over 100 pounds of plume
Atm one tree. Three of the pluista
weighed over a pound;
It took two pages of the Kelowna,
B.C., Record to advertise all the
lands in that town that are up for
sale for arrears of taxes.
Becalm a patient strayed from the
hospital at Michel and was drowned,
Dr. Welton must pay $1,000 to the
husband of the deceased.
Mayor Taylor of Vancouver says
there will be no bread line in that
city this winter. Thoee who want
relief will have to wOrk fOr it.
Several free milling gold quartz
claims have been stalced, six miles
freM Soda Creek, in the Catiboo, As.
says show values *ern $5 to $20 a
ton,
Mrs. Jennie Masai, of Robert's
Creek, B.C., demented because one of
her children WOO drowned, fatally
stabbed another little daughter and
At Maple Ridge, B.C., the atten-
Mon of the Council was called to
the case of a bright 5-year-ohl white
boy kept by Indians since he was five
months eld.
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