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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1914-08-20, Page 3Foolish oung an • Or, the Belle Of the SeasOn. CHAPTER XX.I.-(Continued), Si; Stephen wee siteing at the ta.ble be, fore a despatch, box, and he held out hie liand'nint uttered a little cry of Measure as.he saw' who it wee. . • e"Stafford., my boy You could not Itave •'COnie hta beeter. monien1,--- Don't, goi Falconer! I'd like you to hear ine tell 111711 the 004 'news. I've got it hove!" De patted the dcepatch ease "Tine is Pandoea'e box, . Staff With oomeiling better than Hopp at the bot - 'tofu •Certaitityl" • He laughed .quietly, confidently, and hie bright oyes !Wellecb nudes! their dark brow, from one to the other. "Mureay hes Met, •arrived, Falconer, with the good news!" he took out the goad .ohain to which the key. of the deepateh In ' hoe 'wee ,fastened, and sorted ie an the look. "The goad news. Staff! I haven't bothered and boeed you with details; but you know, my dear boy, that I hiwe had a big scheme oil hand for 60E10 time Post -a very big etheme, It has been lather a touch-and-go bueinees, but I think I have managed to pull it off -eh, Faeconer? The last day or two has been ono of suspenseee , greatesuspenee-but sucews has come. You don't eare for money, Staff, I know. Nor , do I. Honestly, not Not for ,tho snore money, but fOr what it can bring. But even you will have soine respeot for a ail. lion and a half, Staff." He laughed. 'A largo sum, and this means more than money. There ought to be something in the way of an honor—" Falconer nodded. "If the scheme is succesefal, .your fa, ther will be a'peer of the realm, Mr. Star. food," he said drily, -with an empluisie on ' the "if." ' "If!" echoed Sir Stephen, laughing and nodding. Stafford could see by, the brit. • Hance of his OYCG, the flush on his face, that he was excited' and 'WM struggiMg with excitement "if!" • - Falconer nodded at the despatch case, • and, with another bantering laugh, Sir Stephen opened it and took out a large envelope. He hold this for a moment poised ,between finger and thumb, than ha tore it open and took out a sheet of pa- per, and turned his flashing eyes from the two men to the document. Ile rose for a, moment With the smile atilt on his face; then they saw it fade, saw the flush elowly dieappeer, and in its place a dull grey steal over the face. Stafford, stareled, went round to him and laid a hand on his ' shotilder. "What, ie the matter, etre" he asked. "Bad newe?" • Sir Stephen ;looked at bile as if lie did not see him, •then Melted hie eecs ulum Falconer, who etood regarding him with a 'fixed, eardonie gaze. "'111001 thou, feund me, 011, 1111110 enemy?' " came at Mut from Sir Stephen's white lips. Stafford looked from one to the other. "What ---what on earth is the matter? What do you mean?" he said. ' Sir Stephen =deed his hand and pointed to Ralph Falconer. "This -this man -i--!" he gasped; then he 'shook hie head impatiently, as tf he wave fighting agaihst hie weaknees. "This man, FalConer, ha.s betrayed me!" Seafford drew himself up, as ho stood •by, his father'e eide, and eyed Falconer sternly. "Wile you explain, Mr. Falconer?" he amid. "Certainly," eaid Falconer, with a grim calnitiesie "Your father uses unwarrant- ably strong language, Mr. Orme, for an action ef mine which hi quite a commn o one amongst business men,' . • "No!" gasped Sir Stephen, ats he sank back into the chair. "Trettehery ie not common—" oTreaeliery. ie the wrong word," said -Falconer, as coldly as before. "Better let me explain to Mr. Stafford. I own do so in a, few words, Mr. Orme. The fact is, your father and I have been,. quite etre known to each other, 'engaged in the same, etheme. It Ise nothing more nor less than the ruequisitdon of certain lands and rights which carry with them the privilege of consthucting 11 ,o,it'way In the most pro. minent part of South Africa-" Sir Ste. plum leant forward, hie head on his haude, hie eyes fixed on the heavy,. stolid face • or the speaker, the face in which tbe keen, hawklike eyee flashed under the lowered • lide ,with a, gleam of power and triumph. -"Your father had reason to hope that ho would acquire thoee dande and eights; he did not know that I liad been waiting for eenie yeare peat to obtain them. If know- ledge is vowel. and money, ignorance is bupotenco and ruin. My knowledge againet your father's egnorance has given me the victory, Last night I gained my point: the 110W8 to that effect is -no doubt con- • tabled in that document. It was a gum. ' tion of price-dt alwaye ie. I knew your father's bid, and -I 'went a few thousands higher and got the prize. ThaVe the story hi a nutshell. Of course there are a num bee of complications and details, but I spare you them; In fact, I don't euppose you understand them. It is a mere mat. ter of busineee." "No, of revenge!" eaid Sir Stephen's hol. low voice. "Stafford, years ago I (lid this man a, -wrong. I -I have repented; I would have made atonement; Teparation; - but lie put the offer 'aside. Hero, in this house, he peofeseed to have forgiven and forgotten -professed friendship. It was a piece of treachery and deeeit; 1111(1(31. that or ejaeulate and swear when we are start- led or ehocked; Stafford stood perfeetly still, othll Ote Picee of Stoliehenge, and gazed with. an ,exeressionless countmiance at Ale. FalconOr. That rthe man was in- deed and in truth mad oCcurred to him roe amomente then he thought •thee umet he 001110 mistake, that ittr. 1'alC01101; had made- a blander in the name, and that It wae a cnee or mistaking hie man. But as the memente fled, and the two elder 111011 gazed a1, 111,10, 10 if expeeting him 4;o eieealt, he remembered Ilownedis warning. The color rushed' 10 1510 tam and his eyes dropped. Moreiful Ileavon! was the man speaking the truth when he said that he, Stafford, was in love with Maude Faleonee? Hie faeo "was hot and ecarlet for 0. Moment), then it grew pale under the ehame of the thought that he (should have to correct the impression; decline, 00 to speak, the intuited honor. . Sir Stephen was the first to speak. He had sunk back in hie chair, but -was 11010 harming forward again, his hands grim Ping the table. • "Stafford!" he eakl, still thiokly, but with the beginning of ,a flute of relief in hie voice. "I did not know •thie-you did not tell 3110!" Stafford turned to hint helplessly, What could he say -before Falconer, the girre father? "You did net tell 1130, But I don% com •pla,in, my boy," said fiie Stephen, "You were eight to ,choose your own time - Young people like to keep their secret to themselves as long as possible." Falconer looked trom one to the other with zen impassive countenance. "1 esel that I am 1:w1her de trap," he ;said; "that I have spoken rather prema- turely; but my hand was' forced, Orme. I wanted to eet, your mind at reet, to show you that, even if I hankered furter revenge, it wee enspossille milder the ciecum- stances." He glanced ait Stafford. "It's not the first time in history tha;t the young people have filayed the part of peacemakers. This 3e a kind of . Romeo and Atha buisinese, isn't- rit? Fill leave you and Mr. Stafford to talk it over!" He moved to the door, but with his hand 1111010 11, paueed and. ;looked round at them again. "I ought to add thee, like most modern fathers, 7 ant entirely in the bards of my daughter. I can't go so far 'as to 0127, Orme, thah if I had been permitted to chooee, I should have choeen a eon oh yours for any ooteemlaw, but, you eee. Maude doesn't give me the option. The young people have taken the bit between their teeth and galled, and it seems to ane that the only thing we have to do ie to sit tight and look ae cheerful as possible. 011, one word more." he added, in a hue!, ness-like tone, "Of comee I make over this conceesion to you, Orme; jug taking tho share I should, have received it 9011 had won the game and I had Only etood in Its Proposed. That is to say, , you vill be exactly the 80.010 position as if you had won ail along 'the line -as you thought you had." And evith a nod, which uo eluded father and eon, he wont out. ,Stafford unconsciously drew .back 111. 1,10, so 'that he wae almoet behind Sir Ste piton, -who had covered his eyes with hie hands and eat perfectly motionlese, 11.110 o ludfestunned man looking hack at some terrible danger from which he had only escaped by the ekin of hie teeth. Then he dropped hie hande from hie face and drew a long breath, ,the kind of breath a man draws 'who has been bateling With the 'waves and finds himself on the shore, ex- hausted but still alive. Stafford Mid it handon his shoulder, and Sir Stephen etarted and looked up 01, 101111 as if be had .forgotten his Pre00110e 1. 110511, ne if of shrune, came upon the great financier's face, and ho frowned at the papere lying before him, where they had dropped from his hand. "What an escape, Stafford!" he said, hie voice still rather thick and with a tremor of excitement and exhaustion in its -usual ly eear and eteady tone. "I nm aehamed, .1)17 boy, that.you ehould have been a wit. Imes to -my defeat; it humiliatee, mortifies enel" "Don't let that worry you, father," eaid Stafford, ecareely knowing 'what he mild, for the •tumult in hie brain, the dread at his heart. ' 'It is not the first defeat I have Buffer. ed in any life; ,like other suctiessful men, I have 'known what dt 1 to fall; and I have laughed and got up and ehaken the dust off myeelf, so to ,speak, and gone •rut the fight again, all the harder and more determined Witten of the reverae. 13211 this -this vonld have crushed me uttorle and torever. "Do you mean that it would 1212+0 ruined you completely, father?" 'said Stnfford, "DomPletelY!". replied Sir Stephen in a, Zow voice, his head deooping. "1 had stak- ed everything on this venture, had etalted OV011 more than I 1)080(00011. I cannot, ex. Plain ell the details, the ramificatione or the scheme at which I have been working. You could not understand them if I were to talk to you for 11168031. Suffice it, that .13 I had failed to get this concession, I. should have been an -utterly ;ruined man, should ha-ve had to go through the bank. ruptey coulee should have been left with- out a penny. And not only that: I should have dragged a great, many of the 111011, of the friende 'who had trusted to my evlin have believed in me, in•to it berg and ;Yirech and the .111)1102,0,but the Pladetows, the 01011010140 an tie 711.0- harfords. They -would have suffered with ova, would have considered t1001111101008 be- trayed." Stniford drew a long breath. The -c seemed Lo him still- a, ehance or saving hiumelf, the girl ho loved, above honor. "But even if it, wore 00, father," he said; "other men have other nem have been defeated, ruined, and loft 00111111100.• and yet have 116011 and elialoan the dust from them and fought, their -way agalo 1.0 the heights. You're not an old man, yeti are strong and clever. '.And you are not alone," he said, in a 1oWer voice. "I'm not mueli nee, I know. But sal try and help you all I can. I've ofteri.felt ashamed. of eaveolf for living such an idle, euselete life; often felt that I ought to do eonee, thing to justify any existence. • There's a chance now; at any rate, there's an et. 0001012, 0, neceeeity for my waking up and stepping into the ring to do little fight- ing on my own account 'We 111107 be beat. en by Mr. l'alconer; but don't say we're utterly crushed. That doesn't sound like you, sir; an X don't -understand why you; should chuck up the (sponge HO C111i01017. Sir Stephen raised hie head '8,114 10011011 at Stafford 'with a curione expresseon . mitgled surprieo and approlionsien. , "What is it you axe saying, Staftoed?" lee a.elted. "What 10 it you mean? I don't -understand. We're not beaten; Ralph 701500070150001' has offered .to snake the (00)000' 01011 to nie; end no one need know that I lutve railed, that he had stolen the March 011 311 0. You heard. what he snid: that you, wove in love went daugheet. Monde, and that of course he could not injure his future eon-in-daw, Stafford!" Isle sprang to liie feet, and began to pace tie and down. the room. "I know that alio has tonehed yeur pride -I can give a pret, ter goad gueee as to how proud you are- bue. for goodness sake! don't let your pride stand in the way of ;11110 10,11,5051'went." "But—" Stafford began; ror lle felt , that he could not long& keep back the truth, that his father 10)101 be told not , only ,that there was nothing between Maude and himself, but that lie lovert Heron.' Bue before 110 could utter another word Sir Stephen 0100.0001 before him, and with bands thrown out appertingPe. Wi•th look 0.1 terror and agony in eau, eried in broken aeconiel "If yea ere goilig TaiN0 any obetaele, Stafford, prompted by your 11111110, foe goodnece 50170,(100-1.say the word. Yon don't know, you don't undeestandl You epealt or ruin as if it ineaht only the lose of money, the tIOEG of every penny." He laughed 0,1.100)1 lyeterMallye and 1110 131)1 twitched. "Do you •think I should care far thate exeept .1017 70110 sake? No, a thous. • and d11100, 110 1 '11'1100'young etOl, I coold begin the waled again! Yee, 01101'005101110?it ,as I have done before; but" -his voice sank, and he looked round the robin' with a ,etenlehy glance 'width shocked Stafford - 'the ruin 'Rola Frulconer threatens me with means more than the nese of money. It means the doss of everything! . Of ,fri,ends, of good name -of 1101181. Stafford started, and hid lime 51,35V- a th rifle ard; 01101 Sir Stephen 001V it and made despaieing, appealing geeture with leis hand 'Tor Heaven's sake don't 'turn 0,100.7from me, my ,boy,; don't, eludge 1180 hareh. 17. You •CO/71% judge me fairly from your standpoint; your life has been .a totally different one from mine, ,has been lived under different circumstances. You have never known the tomptatione to which I have been eabjected. Yalu-A.1M has been 1011 010,1)000.011=01111410d by honor, whiile mine bee 11000' 000(11 half the time ,grteb. blur; in the duet and the neire for gold, eperious meek, behind that seteen, he haneame pit; ot only euch 111071 06 0111181011' V701.1i0(1 Juin "Ruin!" meld Stafford, in a low voice. 'Surely you exaggerate, father! You falcon that you will 1060 11 lot of anoeey- Oh, cen understaud that, of C0111.00, DILt MA' Mint" "Yee,- amin!" said Sir Stephen, hoarsely. "If you doubt it, 100k at him!" Falconer was etanding with a eartionit smile in Iris eye% Stefford started. "Is thie erue, Mr. Falconer?" Feltioner was silent for a moment, then ho cake slowly, grimly: "Ina seneeTyee. Your father's fate lice in any hands' "In year hands!" echoed Stafford, with amazement. Sir Stephen groaned and' 11010, vannori, Iiig himself by the arm of the chair. "It le true, Stafford. Ile -he has Plan- ned -with the skill of a general, a Na- poleen! I see it 1111 11020, it is ale plain to Me. You 110111 107 ,eharee and ;securities, of course, Falconer?" Falconer nodded, "Of coursel" iio eaid, 1111117. "And you hale 11111 them down to meet this seheme of years," • "Yes, of course!" 6:1k1 704001100, 'again. "117 dear Steve -Sir Stenhen-pardonl- your fate, as I have said, is in tny hands. is eimply a matter of tit-for-tat, You hail yein• then eonue years ago out there" -he waved his hand. "It Is my then noW.- You can't complain. Ile you admit the • instice of the thing?" Sir Stephen sank into a chair and cover- ed his face with hie han.de for a moment, • then he looked 114) flit, Stafford. • "He's eight. It was hie turn. 150 has taken it -and with it every penny I p00 - seas, It means 1min-comp1ete ruin! Worse oven than the lose of every 1)e11117; for -for -I -God help mel -can't offord to go into' Omit and have the past raked up— And he knows, it -he knows it, Staf- ford I" ' The eight of the old ,man's rungoish al. most drove Stafford mad. "Have you no moray, six?" he seld to Falconer. "Grant that my father had 111- illT0d you -isn't this rather too ,aswf al a revenge to motet? I -I -I. -don't under- stand nil that I have beard; but-elnet"-- an oath broke from his hot lipe-"will no- thing less then the ruin of my father satisfy yon?" Falconer looked erom one to the other and modetened hie lips. while his halide grhmed encli other behind hie book. "I think you have mieunderstood me,"' he said, in a &v. harsh vale; "I have TIO intention of ruining your father re. of de nrivtina him of hie ,good PaMD. Mind! if did I should only be takirtg mY pound of flesh; and may tele you that, beforel entered thio house this afternoon I had resolved to have it. But I heard Goma thing that induced me to change 017 mind," Sir Stephen leant forevard,! his eyes-lixed eagerly en the epeaker, and Stafford in . hie. anxiety held hie •beeath lend pressed hie fether',s ehoulder eneweragingly. "You heaed ;something, me?" Stafferd asked, 86 02/33111Y as' he could. Mr. Falconer wee silent ter, a encenent, then he said: "Yes. heard that you were' oneirons ot. nuerrvivig my daughter, Maude, Mr. ()tine:, and I nearnot SGT pat a man (Mee not Tulin hie son-in-law!' There was at intone° •istilonce. Stafford 010001 00 if lie evere turned to steno, as if be were trying to perenade hirneelf tlmt, bio had inisundersteod the meaning of ' Falconer's words. Ma,rry Mande Falcopee Wee he dreaming:, or was 0,1)10 10)0(1 who stood regarding' him with cold, glit- terin,g oyee, onArrnt 7711. ,We do mit, tibevadaye, ,strtke altitudes, et Asseissaisaisquassisassessna 1 jellies the st expensive itemisthesugar 'M'ET the sugar is the most important ingredient because if its quality is not right, your confedions will ferment, spoil, not be sufficiently sweet or be flavourless. With St. Lawrence Sugar results are always satisfactory. St. Lawrence Extra Granulated ' Sugar is sold in 2 .lb. and 5 lb. rg.1:2j31117igleZ5bags:falind 100 lbs. Order a bag of St. Lawrence Extra Granulated Sugar Blue Tag - the Medium Size Grain-TIth size suits moSt people best; good grocers, everywhere can supply you. St. Lawrence Sugar Refineries, Limited, Montreal.. FINE GRAIN 4-744 MED. GRAIN and the reet fighting -sometimes -with ono laud tied behind ine1-against the mon who would have robbed me of it. I have Ind to fight them with their own weap- one-sometimee they haven't been clean- sometimee it has been noceeemy to do- le do thingel-Stafford, don't turn away from me! I would have kept this from you if I could, but I am obliged 'to tell you now. Ralph Falconer knows all the dotaile of 1117 past, he knows of things which --which, if they were 1[1101,0) 10 tho world, would -stain the name limy° raised to honor, would make it necessary for me to bide my head 111 a euicide's grave." A low cry buret from Staaordes lips, and he eank into a chair, autl bowed hie head upon his hands. Sir Stephen stood a little way off and looked at, him for a minute, then he advanced slowly, half terfidly and aeliamedly, and laid a trembling hand on 811170140 olloulder. "Forgive TI10, Stafford!" ho oak', in a low, broken voice. "I was obliged to toll You. Fel have kept& from you -you 'would never have known -but Falconer hoe forc- ed my hand; I was; bound to show you how neeessary it was that 'we ehould have hint as friend instead of foe. You are not, - ashamed of me, my boy; youWon't go back on me?" In the etreLe and strain of bis emotion the old diggerei slang came readily to his lies. Stafford look one hand from 'his face and held it out, and his father grasp- ed it, clinging to it ite a drowning man (Anise to a reek. 070 110 000111111001,) Persia's liloting Shah. Sultan Ahmed Mirza, the youth- ful Shah of Persia., wa,s crowned' at Teheran, Persia, July 21, on be- coming 16 years old, his 'official majority, The yeungster took the constitutional oath of office in the palace of the National Council. The Imperial crown Was so large that the little Shah, who placed it on his own head, was compelled to hold it .in position while the Chief Mullah Was making a brief' ad- dress. Ahmed Mb:Z.& sneceeded tlie throne in 1906, on the death of bis 'father. "Didn't you find ib rather cold as the thieves were making oft with your clothes'?" ``Olh, no. They kept me .well covered with their re- volvers.", Utensils for Picklcs.-Do not use cheap earthen crocks for encumber pickles. The vinegar eats into the enamel, in the manufacture of which lead and other poisonous minerals are used. The wooden cask or the glass jar should be us- ed. A recent test vviah the hest •of vinegar combined with the .c.ellokse of raspberries so aS to fOrfa a thick blanket of "mother" showed that it would eat through very heavy white enainel on. iron. After the blanket was. much reduced in thick- ness ib dried into thick and tough paper. Vinegar is strong stuff. Fielded liorserailish.-Grate the horiera,clish, put in bottles, a,nd cover 'with vinegar to .each pint of which has been .ackled one teaspoon oif salt and one tablespoon of sugar. Easy Cuenniber Pichles.-To one gallon of vinegar add one oup of salt, one of mustard, and one of sugar. Wash rae.dium sized cueuni- hers, never the small gherkins, and ing is•required, and the throw into this initixture.vioNkole:owoikl-1 keep without sealing for a 'year ; but the addition of a .horseradish root will improve them and add to their keeping qualities. This pickle has various names. It is .sometimes called "lazy wife pickle." Leaving 'out the sugar and horee•radish, it is called "mustard pickle' by humble people who have not'porcelain ket- tles for cooking nor sealed contain- ers for keeping pickles. Pickled. Celery. - The Orientals pour cold vinegar over a great 7111111- ber of single things, or combina- tions of fruits or vegetables to make a' pickle or "tourehon." The fol- lowing recipe -from this source has been tried: Wash and cut stalks of celery into two inch long pieces and salt or other seasoning to taste with a crushed clove or two, if you choose, of garlic. Cover with vine- gar and then with a tight cover. In two. or three days this is ready to use. Green peppers, pierced, sea- soned with salt, are treated the same way and ready .as soon or they may be •stuffed. Green tomatoes -are treated the same ae green pep- pers. Onions, garlic, cooke,d vege- tables like carrot, etc., are treated in the same way. Uncooked Chili Sauce. -Twelve ripe tomatoes, six onions, .six small peppers, one-third of a, cup of salt or less may do, and he !better for the eat•ers, especially if the sauce is nob to be kept for months, one auP of sugar, two cups of the best genuine cider vinegar. Peel and chop fine the tomatoes, onions and penn.ers, and add to them the sea- sonings, mixing vo1.1, Sterilize the bottles and fill them when cold. This will keep well in a cold place in bottles with tight stoppers. It is a very agreeable sauce, or even a re- lish, and will do nicely to mix with iiiayonnaise •clre•ssing for the Thous- and Island salad dressing, or what is sometimes called eardinal mayon- naise or Portugaise, etc. Selected Recipes. Walnuts. --Mix one-half of a cup- ful of sugar, one cupful of molasses, one-third of a cupful of melted but- ter, one egg well 'beaten, one tea- spoonful af cinnamon, and one-half of a teaspoonful each of ginger cloves, and salt. Add one teaspoon- ful of soda mixed ,with one tea spoonful of boiling water, and three and one-half cupfuls of flour. Pinch off small pieces, the size of an Eng- lish walnut, roll thein in sugar'and bake them in a quick oven. They will keep a long time -if lock -ed Carrots Creamel in a New Way. -Take eight carrots, scrape and boil them for ten minutes in salted water, a dessertspoonful of salt to every quart of water, and strain them. Cub the carrots in rather thin ,slices, put them in a, stewpan with two ounces •of butter, half a giill of water, pepper and salt, Put the cover on the pan, and let the mixture simmer for twenty minutes, shaking the pan occasionally to in- sure even cooking. When the car- rots are tender, add the yolk of one egg and ,half a gill of cream, beat- en together; also half x teaspoonful of choup,ed parsley. ,Stir the mix- ture over the fire until it is thick, but do not it after the creani is added. Date Pudding. -Rix slices' of but- tered stale bread, two eggs, 1-3 tea- spoonful of salt, two cups of ston- ed chopped dates, 1% cup of milk; grated rind of lemon, lemon sauce. Remove the crusts of bread, and out the slices into .dice; place a layer of these in a greased pudding dish, then' a layer of dates, then more ,bread and so on until all are used, having bread dor the last -lay- er and putting a little of the grated lemon rind between each layer. Make a custard with the eggs and milk, ,a,c1c1 the salt and pour over the bread and fruit. Let the podding stand hall an hour, then bake in a moderate oven.. Serve hocwith a lemon sauce. • Two New Conserves to go With Meat.-Gtreen tomatoes and Limes. -'Tooke an, equal number 01 green tomatoes ancl pickled limes. Grind there together, and cook them until Ike mass is think. Add half .00 1000036 eupfuls of'sugar as the nuraber of tomatoes; „ that is, if there are twelve tomatoes and twelve limes, and six cupfuls of sugar. Boil the mixture ten minutes, or until it is very thick. Ripe Toulatec,s aud G in ger .- Pare and slide four pounds of ripe tomatoes. Let them stand until the water ha,s run. from the fruit. A.rld three °stapes of nreservetigin- ger cut into finb pieces and tho juice oF 'One lemon with the grated peel, grated well into the white inner skin. Cook tly:; mixture until it 'be- gins to thicken, and add dour pounds of igraliulated ougar.' Con- tinue boiling the mass until it is very thick, stirring it continually to keep it, from burning. Pour it into glasses, and when coal, cover ehe glasSeS with. paraffin. ‘lion'ts" For Wives. Don't forget that cookery is not subject to the law of experiment -- on husbands. Don't forget that fine dresses can only come Prom a fide c,alary. Don't let your tidiness become a tyrant. . Don't forget that a nian who has ta.sted kisses 'does not appreciate pecks. - Don't set oat to prove that a'wo- man's tongue is length with.out depth. Don't forget that, when he took -you for his wife, he didn't promise to give up his friends. Don't forget that, -the first sign of love ending is missed inentling. Soe to his socks, Don't forge14. that a man whose slippers are always warm and ready uncle it difficult to 'ref 11-00 a new hat. Don't tri to stop a man's smoke and continue your own chocolates. Don't forget that if you make his 'house his home he'll ,stay there. The spoblessly-clean house is not always the -sweetest of .sweet homes. Never forget that where one won't quarrel, two can't. Compete to be the one. Household Hints. Meats should not be pierced while cooking. A dash of salt added tbe whites of eggs makes them whip !better. Never slam the oven door, or jar any rising material 'while ±11 10 bak- ing. „ When watering a garden remem- ber that a thorough soaking is bet- ter than frequent sprinklings. Orumbs grated directly from the loaf give a more delicate color than dried crumbs to fried articles, In a ,special section of the book dealing with dinner -giving, the hostess will find many valuable sug- gestions, When washing neckwear the ad- dition of ammonia or 'borax to the water wiul make the .articles white. A diet, a oranges will clear mud- dy complexions and reduce fat, Eat half a dozen a day, ±5 you like them, a,nd batter should be kept in closely -covered ve,ssels, as they readily absorb flavor and odor 'from other articles. A drying basket should be warmed in t'he oven before ,being put into hot fat. It will thus not reduce the temperature of the fat. Fish will 'be crisp and brown if it is thoroughly dried on both sides, then dipped in fine cornmeal and plunged into (boiling fats A teaspoonful of dry mustard rubbed into the hands, after pre- paring onions or fish, will remove the odor completely. 'It should be rubbed in -as if it were soap. A piece of art gum will clean white leather girdles. A gentle rubbing will remove all spots that come front rubbing against objects in the hand or on the outside. A thin coat of potash left on the sink over night once a week will re- move the ugly atains that will not yield to kerosene. It should be ap- plied with care, as it is poisonous. !Soiled anti finger -marked birds - eye maple can be cleaned by wash- ing with a soft rag and lukewarm water to which a, little kerosene has been added. Rub dry quickly and polish with a soft cloth. Most people do not realize that a stocking that is too tight is almost as bad for the fooE as a shoe too small. Its most common effects ,are ingrowing toe -nails and enlarge- ment of the big toe joint. Care should 'be taken that stockings be long enough. A foot 10 2-3 inches kng and. 3 3-4 inches wide cannot wear .a St6dising uncle,r size 11 with- out inducing a tendency to tam above-mentioned coraplaints as.,' to cinunpling of the toes. Out West. Western Official -"Do you take this woman, whose hand you're a- squeezin', to -be your lawful wife in flush times and ,skimp 1" "I reckon that's about the size of :it, squire." "Do you take ±1150 100001 you've j'ined fists with to be your pard theough thick an' -thin "Wells you're about rigiht for once, old man." "All right, then. Kiss in court, an' I reokon you're married about as tight as the law can j'ine you. guess Sour'bits do, Bill, if don't have to kiss the' bride. If I do it's six bits extra." Queer. "They e,ay the 'people wilp are married get -to look alike:" "Yes; but it's a queer thin,gthat they. -rarely get to tthink etlike„" Stopped There. "Did you have your s•alary raised last yeas " "No, 'but my hopes were raised 'several times.'' Brilliant Idea.% Ou.storner-I want, something for fleas. ' 1):rug Cler,k--Why don't you get a .clog . "1 s'ppose John is still takin' aife easy I" said the woman in the train. "Yes," answered ;the woman who was carrying a bundle of olothes, "John has only got !two regrets in life. One is that he has to wake up ancl eat, an' the other is that he has to give up eatin t,o sleep. "So you want to taarryany slaugh- ter ? What are yoni expectations?" "We expect ta elope if you 'refuse your consent to our marriage, .and vve expect fOrgiveneSs when wo get back. Then we. expect you to make iss an allowance." „ "1470.611.1,170? READ THE LABEL OR 'r c PROTECTION OF THE COW: SUMER THE INGREDIENTS A'RE PLAINLY' PRINTED ON THE LABEL. IT iS THE ONLY WELL-KNOWN MEDIUM- PRICED BAKING POWDER MADE IN UN6CANADA THAT DOES 1107 CONTAIN ALUM AND WHICH HAS ALL THE INOREDIENTS PLAINLY STAT ED ON THE •LABEL. MAGIC BAKING POWDER CONTAINS NO ALUM ALUM la taussrtmEs REFERRED TO AS SUL- . PHATE OF ALUMINA OR SODIC A LUMI NIC SULPHATE. THE 'PUBLIC SH 0 ULD NOT BE MISLED BY THESE TECHNICAL NAMES. E. W. GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED WINNIPEG TORONTO. ONT. MONTREAL ASIM INR-ECKED VESSELS WONDERFUL FEATS IN SAL- VAGE' NOW PERFORMED. The Ingenious Tactics of the Engi- neer and Ris Venturous. Assistants. The greatest depth from whieh speeie has ever been salved is be- lieved to be about 180 feet. That depth was reached in the famous case of the Spanish steatner Al- phonse XII.. which wae wrecked off Point Gando, Grand Canary, in February, 1885. She had on board a value:Me cargo, and• ten boxes each oontaining 10,000 Spanish gold coins, each of the value of nearly an English sovereign, all newly minted, says London Answers. Then there is the more recent case of the Oceania which .sank in the Channel in March, 1912. The work of recovering her specie was undertaken by the Liverpool Sal- vage Association and on that occa- sion their well-known salvage ship, the Ranger, surpassed her.own re- cord, for in a, •few hours' work she brought up ten boxes of gold worth about z540,000. After three, months' work specie worth £500,000 was re- covered at a. comparatively kw cost. Speaking of marine salvage gen- erally, it is only -within compara- tively recent years that the raising of sunken vessels has been accom- plished by scientific (methods. Be fore the adoption of the modern applianees that are now used by the salvage experts, vessels that went ashore were left alone un- less they could be refloated in an ordinary :way. Apart from its scientific side, however, the salvage system in this country is admitted- ly imperfect -in feat, there is no orga,nized system at all. Every- thing de,pends on private compan- ies, to whom enormous sums are .sometimes paid Clever and Daring. When a ship is wrecked insurance companies send a representative to the scone of the disaster, and a sur- vey of the damage is made. 1± 111 is thought the vessel cannot be salved she is sold by the insura,nce com- panies to the highest bidder for their benefit, and the insurance is then paid to the owner. If, how- ever, it is thought she can be saved, and it is considered worth while doing so, the "saviour of lost ships," as the modern wrecker is named, is called in. As a rule, he is a clever and dar- ing 'nen who works in secret under the sea to recover valuable proper- ty, or hauls and lifts great e,hips from rooks and. shoals when .they have seemed to be as immovable a,s the rocks themselves. Salvage awards are often handsome, and they are not always graduated ac- cording-. to the risk run. The amount depends more on the value of the ship saved: Sometimes the salvers take on th-s job on the "no cure no pay" prin- ciple, and as t1i6 cha,noes are gen- erally against. the salvers, the own- ers are •content to offer a lag price. In such caeca, however, the salvers not unnaturally expect a substan- tial percentage of the value of the property salved. The ease of the Ceuiser. There are two recent instances in which enormous sums have be -en paid by the Adnithalty in* salvage. The futile efforts made to raise the battleship Montagu, which was Wrecked on Lundy Island, cos't 285,789. The -wreck was ultimate- ly sold for 24,250. The first oast of the ship was 1,048,151, and the value of the, stores that wens lost was computed at R.48,343, making a total, with the amount spent on salvage, oi 21,182,292. The value of the stores salved, !however, :was put at 2108,752; but even then the loss to the country through the wreck of the battleship was. 21,069,- 290. Than there is the co se of the crui- ser Glacliatorawhich was run down and sunk off Yarmouth, Itsle...4-fi Wight, by the Atlantic liner St, Paul. The coed; of salving the 00011-' ser, admittedly one of the greatest engineering feats of modern times, was approximately 450,500, and she was eventually sold for £15,125. !The latter sum does not, however, represent the whole of the value of the wreck. All the guns were salved, all the ammunition, all the torpedoes and torpedo equipment, and a good deal of other valuable gear. The gladiator had eleven e - in. guns, costing about .1,600 each, and seven gyroscope torpedoes, costing about 2500 eaeh, so- that a very eonsideattble deduction must be made from the .apparent loss of £35,000 on' salvage, in addition to the loss of the ship itself, which cost to build, in round figures, £288,000. By In gen ni ty. There are eases in which ships have been sa-ved through the, inge- nuity -of the salvers. Take, for ex- ample, the White Star liner Sue - vie, whiell was salved and then joined together again after being broken in two. That was, indeed, a marvel in shipping surgery, but it is not the only case of the kind on record, Some' years ago the big tramp steamer Milwaukee, which went ashore on the Aberdeenshire coast, was deliberately broken into two halves, 010 it, was inapos.sible to recover the -whole ship. The fore part was resting on rocks which had holed her and h•eld her fast. Captain Baohelor, who was in eharge of the salvage operations, resolved to blast away the forward portion, and he accordingly divided the ship into two by means of 105±0. 'A 'A length of 180 feet was left on the rocks, and the afterpart, with the valuable engines and boiler, was cliosed up and made wate rtight. Then it Wag ,hauled off and towed 159 miles to the Tyne, where the shipbuilders took it in hand. They - built a new "nose" similar to the one that was left on the rocks, and launched the solitary half alongside the old stern part. The two were joined together in the same way as was done with the Suevic, and made tlk steamer 010 good as now. Below the Waterline. What is regarded as a new re- cord in salvage work was achieved not long ago by the Liverpool Sal- vage Association. The steamer Veronese, which sank- with a hole in her bow, was repaired under wa- ter. The question was whether :the old method of diseltarging the car- go and patching the vessel from the inside would have to be adopt- ed, or whether it could be avoided. It was decided to repair tale dam- age under water, utilizing pneuma- tic tools, which have recently come into use. Divers took the measure of the damage, and a steel' patch was made on board the salvage steamer. Working on a. platform 28 feet, below water, the divers the necessary holes in the ship, and then the plate was sent down, and fixed at once by the patent bol.ts. The cargo was not disturbea,- and the ship -was brought back to Liverpool through the Bay of Bis- cay in variable weather without startthg a leak. A Three Year Old. "Mother," said a three-year-old girl, "I don't think you know much about bringing up children, do you?" "What snakes you think that, dear ?" "Bec.ause you always send me -to bed when I'm -not a bit sleepy. and snake me get tip when I am." If a man has a large and expen- siae family to provide for, he hasn't much time to worry.. Sugar does make the bread and butter taste good 1" - IT is when you spread it out on bread or pancakes, fruit or 'Porridge, that you notice most the sweetness and perfect purity of REDPATFI Extra Granulated Sugar. Buyit in the 2 and 5.1b. 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