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The Clinton News Record, 1912-09-05, Page 3.'11111111111 molliom111101III Maae in CeNztata 10,11mimmiNNII Plum Confisrms fo the high standar%) of Gliteit;s good& Useful for like kindred pit.coose.t. 9 GILLET PERFU Inabssms 1 1 1(11owa iIllff :111 ismitessissummeentailliim. eammisiniummins a i -1111E WHITE LADY*: OR, WHAT THE THRUSH SAID. OLLAPTL'R XIT.-(0out'd) It' wee a fine morning, sunny aed calm, and we were going smoothly aloag, with the Sicilian hills standing up like sha. dowy islands from the Moe watere of the Idediterrenetin on our portside, when a British gunboat. movingat high speed, signalled us in owssing,, cud as at result of the. Remote lay to while our captain and the colonel of the regiment got out a boat and. went aboard her. ' When the, boat vaunted to our vesse Ivo wore alt called to quarters,. grog was served out to all halide, and the cap. tain, etaudin"e ma -the quarteadeek, read out to us rtehort ethount of the' tattle of Balaclava, the defeat of the Russian attack, and the chain Charge of the Brit- ish Lieett Cavalry down the valley under a heavy ere-- - Thee the grog was drunk, three ,theers were given, ,atid we were dismissed; but the news bgtt produced a marked effect, the war-feVer had Woken out again, and nearly every men in the ship was pant. Ing to get into aetion. Fair sailing now for a long spell. We threaded aMonget the Greek Ulan& hi golden weather, anti looked with wenaer on the strange vessels, the vine -clad bine the little bowxlg. Kill their °limbered hous- es amongst dark foliage, and their stone 016,1e and 1)77,7700ns dotted with moving apecke of eolor. We passed through the Dardanellee, thronged with English, French and Turkish ships of war, encased the -Sea of Mannora during a hot night when the moon shone in full eplendor and flied bit like asps, and in the broad blaze of the morning sunshine Caine in sight of• Conetantinople, its width walls and golden domea glittering and shining, and its tawny sands looking almost red against the intense blue of the sea. Here there was much eignalling and salute Pring and pleying of bands, and "the men ran ,up on deek and theered the fIrlien Jack which floated_ over the hoe - Dade of Scutari. in another hour we were in the Black Sea, -with only ewo hundred nilles bobween us and the enemy, The men become exceedingly merry, end to have hizard the 'filming and laughter, and watehed 'tbe wild antics in whJoh • the sailors and soldiers indulged, one , might have thought our.vessol wee bound on a Omani -a cruise inetead of a mis. • sion of death. But death had been Yore busy, and now, while we were yet disoussing the news of Balacleva, conic information of the deadlY eiruggleat Inkerman, and • the repulse of the Ruselan Berta, after a day of desperate fighting, and at the wet of many of ' our hest men. This uews wrought as up to a pitch of fierceness wheel we had never yet reaela • ed, so that we counted the hours, and thought and talked of nothing else but "getting irt them," poor fellews, as if the untaught, faithful depth of a grasping tyrant haul been our enemies; as if thee • had done -any more or clay worse than we were now prepared to do -nay, not only prepare -4 to do; we were eager °to do le fled I one of the meet eager of them all. Only Phil Soyee, of al) our regiment, retained his self-possession, and with un- ruffled plaeidity continued to smolce and read, aud look out over the sunny water, dreaming of the girl bc'd left behind him There was to dense gray sea mist on the morning when we expected to reach port. and this delayed us for mune bours; but about two in the efterepon the thport went round that we were within an hour's sap of Oho harbor, and directly after there mune a dull Imoining 'Sound from over - gee. "D'ye hear the muses?" said Joe Bal. lance, elle ehipet corporal, who was stand- ing Mose to me and Jane. Joyee sodded assent. / asked what the Sound wee, • "That," said the ship's corporal, "is the music you've got to dance to, that is. That's the bhg guns tebuntbardin' of Se. barsempoola Phil and I went foetvard, and stood peerleg into the nest and listening to- tho thunder of the caunonade, svittelt w(rot louder and louder, until the most reek - less ol ottr men scented awed by the sound,. and then, as they manacled Per ward In eager expectation, the mist lift, ed, and we saw the heights of Bulimia -vet, and the old tower .perehed on its drag, and the shipping. 3/1 tlIc7 . harbor below; Red on the freshening breeze was borne to ue, with the rear of the cannon. the bat carol of the eavalry trtunpats end the dull rolling of the drams, We landed tbe Hanle afternoon and mraceed into quarters, Imacled by the band of tee 95r41 Highlanders, and fol- lowed by a crowd of Turkish, emelt, and ea117174111.0h4011, the most 'thievish, ilieroputable, and vicioutelook- . ing viUalns e had ever yet get eyes on. And ail the while wo were disembark- ing, and all the while we were taking up . our position, Ghe roar of the great guns continued, and the crackle of musketaa. from the trenches went on like a dia. bellied tattoo, But we had landed. We were thtually in the field, and could.see the plunging ahot throw up clouds of dust beyond the •-trenches, end the simile berstiug over the Russian batteries, and we were filleclhvitb a sort of savage joy. "Conte on, Willie, lags go up to the 'Cathoart 11111 and see the the," said young Allan, and we etarted nit in a party of a dozen, as if the whole affair hact been it gala. But ere we had gone twenty yards Joyce jollied us, and, tithing Inc by the arm, seid, "Come, Til show you something -that will cool emu- blood a little," lie drew me 0:17/71Y trOM Ole noieY grol1P, whe Went chattering and 'laughing up the :hill, and tit walked a hundred pads to. ward's the Highlander' Huth. There was it line of men approaching., .Joyete pointed them out to me. They .3n/welle4 in pairs, each pair carrying' a •stretcher. *They were a, fatigue party 'bearing in wounded from the trenches. We stood aside and Wntelled them. Oil -.the first streteher ley a 'private of the Rifle Brigade. We eould flee bis face, . drawn and /evict, his left arm hanging • ' .dowit, his right hand °lathing the brettat -of hit dark jacket, and the blood flowing •over flegera The man on the sec - .001 etreasher had his fithe covered with O handkerchief soaked with bloocl, end was holding both his arms over Ids head, •,elsitching at the air with hie fingers and moaning piteously. The man on the ethird stretcher lay perfectly still. • Hie thin was •sunk on his breast, and his eyes were closed. No wound wits visible, but he looked Like death. I turned away my head. The party moved silently on for a while, and then • one couple halted, anti a corporal went up and leaned over Otto stretcher. Joyce and I approached "Can we do anything, Corporal?" Phil asked, "Yes, give us a drop of Mundy, if you have it," was the answer. Joyce took out a flask and handed it to the corporal. We went up and looked wizat he was 'doing. On the litter lay a drumnier-boy--a slim lad of afteen-and the corporal wee wetting his Bps with the spirit. The boy mud° no sound, but lay bath wkle-eyede and pale, mid 'as he MY the tears ran down his cheeks. "Poor little ebappie," the corporal said, as the men took up the stretcher and moved oe. "lies too young foe this work, Hee just been hit with a piece of shrap. 3101 in the groin and his lege; nigh shot awae, I doubt if he'll live the night out.' "Look," seed Joyce, pointing over to- ward the Cathcart there r owned ane saw a lot of our mon standing on tke hill looltieg dawn upon Otto trenthes. Corporal Allan was a little in front of the 'rest, and was waving hie cap exeitedly, and showing unmistakable signs of joy. • "Think of his poor wife," said Phil "and look at these men on the etretch: Th ors. is 18 a bad blesinese Willie, a proper piece of the devll's work, and nothing to be pleased at." "You are right,. Phil," I answered, sadly, for the sight of the drunvromboy's tears had quite sobered me. "Wben. the time comes to fight, inc MUst fight, but there's nothing to make merry ebout," "Ah" said Phil, with a sigh, "when we get orders to go in, we 'must go in; and the first shot we fire may do that," and he pointed to the streteber on which the poor boy was being carried away. Aud we turned about and went silently into camp. We found _Pat Harrington seated on the ground ofutside his tent, eating bread and onions and drinking nun out of a flask. " Mayo ye heard the news, slay jool?" he merle,. "We're for the trinehes in the mornin e our Company and G OomPanY, and yell be afther smellin' powder afore re smell soup, Willie. D'ye mind?" "Pat," said I, cheering up at the sight of the Irislunan's Jolly face, "rye a thutnping Maze of sausage and a bunch of raisins in my knapsack, and it You like to Join the corporal and me we'll make sure of a supper tomight." 'It's a go, boy,' anewered Pat, "and well said of YOZ, for beliee there's some of ue may have no appetite for temper to-morrer." "PhD," aaid I, as we turned out our viands and sat down to cat, "before tat- too I've a mind to go and ask Munn that drummer. I cannot get Min out of lea eyes," , Pat held up the flask, looking at the spirit with one eYe and winking the other. "He lade," he said, "emir(' both Young and softhearted. Whet ye've seen is the com. men sights of it camp. 'Tie the fertile o' war. I drink to YeZ. Here'e gloat Melee an' a long peace, an' the gurls we've /eft behind us." said Joyce, as he stirred his grog, smiling pleasantly acroes at me, "if I happen to tumble off my perell, you might take my watch and 'my love to—youll ilnd the address in -the watch." 4'01 course," said I, thinking he was Joking. "but sot/pone—. "Theta; a promise, them" said Phil, and bold out ids hand; "and now, Pat," he gaily, "don't be afraid of that aspoonful of rum, for I've Jest picked Mt re bottle of goed light wine for a song, and we'll driek your toaet again in the real stuff." CHAPTER XV, When we had Method our Supper, Jena and 0 went for a stroll In the camp to pick up uews. We sat one Or least I did, 0011 01 get nes and enthusiasm, and ma fleeting to find the !nen of othez• regl. mette in as good spirits as ourselves. Had not our men already echieved three eplendid vlotories? tilglpt not any hour see the commencement of yct an. other general engagement? 'areal," said 1, slapping tn,y friend on the shoulder, "we sballesee great doings here. We have messed Inkerman, but we are in' time for Otto capture of Sebathopol." What a vain, oellloh, ineolent ass 0 was, Phil did not speak. The only answer I got was the boom of the Mathieu Dam non sad the "'rap, rap, zap -rape -rale rep" of our musketry in the thenthee We eame aeross a partY of mediate soon afterwaeds. There were several men of the Fusilier Guard% tAvO or three Rifle- men, a bombardier of Artillery and a French •Zonave, lying down behiud smell hillock, smoking. The Frenchman lay at the end of the mound wilat Ids chin en his hand end his black eyes staring over at 'the walls of Sebastopol. His expreseiou reminded me forcibly of a caged tiger watcbing tt horse. hs Artillerymen, a young, good -look - lug fellow, lay on his beck, With one leg thrown over the other, and gazed absent - at the smoke art it wreathed up from lus cigar. The other men were lying close to- gether listening, with apparently little interest, to a sharmeyed, red-haired pre vete of the Rae Brigadeattho eat hall- way up the hillock with las shako tilted over las beowe and his W1771111 clasped round his knees. ,On all their faces was a look of ete-rie am and of sullen resolutiott etch as I had never yet beheld. They were sharia' featured, bronzed, and lean, and their belts and uniforms faded and dirty. One of them had a raw red sear across hie theek and a bandage Vound his wrist; anothinewore two odd boots; another had a patch of blue cloth on the knee of his greY trousers, "Bet your life," the Rifleman was say- ing. "that we'll net 'see the inside o' Se. balitopol this year, 0 heerd, over in the Beeteeers' lithe, from the wieners groom, as heerd it at meth, as there's no chance itt aga of UN eittiu' in for months, And that, zneans winterini it out in this 'ere climate, which is the larst tie ever Gord At this point the Rifleman caught sight ef ree and Jeno, and, with a cool nod remarked: “nvenin., Unitas. Jest come ashore. Tell that by your new togs, and hit' your plump feces. Thie place al soon, rtob the paradu. e polish off yoThey'll shove you in trenches to-morrer, au' you'll smell brimstone, bet yer life on that" "Shut up,, Purkiss," said one of the Guardsmen, gruffly; "the whistlite dicks '11 tell about it soon enough, without your ehineva.g. Got any news, cone eades?" , ".4 seatti".'s- ;VP WJI%T ILO 'First *auderer---"Say, Wij)y um, what. yer done to yer 'thumb Second Wanderer-"Sinaalted it shutting the pianner this morn,- fw*sgral."111.1411114.111 WITH THIS TEA there's Purity, Uniformity, and full weight guaranteed ineide every package. LIPTON'S TEA oes farthest tor the money. iiiia4"001,180/40 "Ho." said Joyce; "we came out to look for 80111e, Tell la hOw are thiugs goicag on?" "Bad," said the Guardsman, "eton had hard work at Inkorman," Elabl suggested 00100,"my oath," exclaimed the Rifloman; "but the serapplaes not the worst an it, not by a pailful. Is it metes?" "There's sickneas bit the camps," said the Guardsman; "an' the weather's get. tins cold, an' the duty's very heavy, an' Otto rations is bad." "The array's cede' out." said another Fusilier. "that's the fact. Loss in action, loss in the trenches, dysentery and camp fever's playing blazes with es." "Dying like rotten sheep, added the Bombardier. "Shore o' food, short o' alankete, short medieithe short o' liquor," the first Guiterismem remarked; "overworked, and like to be worse." "No sigix of getter' into that place," said the Itifiemau, jerking his thumb to. warde Sebastopol, "and many a sign o' beta' froze to death if we don't get in." "This baths we're smokini now was ev- en us by; the Peoria," said the fiethed Feather; 'makes me ashamed of me col - ars. The Russians is well fed, the Frenth It well fed, and the lazy Turks fattens like lege, an' us hungry to bed at night, ail' hungry to work in the xnornin', an' the wounded ben' on the bare earth an' not half enough lint and bandages. Blast Vie war, I say." "Amen," growled the Bombardier. JoYee eat down and began to talk in his cheer. ful way to the men. 0 went and siood clear of the moutid behind the Zoitave, looking towards the wattle of BenestOnol, from which the guns flashed racily through the gathering darkness. "Do you spook English, comrade?" I said, addreseing the Frenchman. He smiled, chinned his thoulders, flip - pod his ilegers at me, and answered with great affability, '5055 Seek." 1 was so pleased with hie answer that I gave him a cigar. Bo bit off the end, bowed, struck a mate.h on his wide. red pants, and, show- ing bis white teeth, began to thatter to me in French. I didn'e understand Ono word of his language, eo I replied in Eneieb, and we had quite a pleasant conversation, at the end of whiell the Zouave 100050, inugled beartile slapped en oh the shoulder, curled his long nioustathe, and went off wbistling a width -SUM. While 0 eteed watehing lain I heard a heavy thud behind me, followed by a harsh, screaming rush of aomething above my head. I looked up.' "Wleit'e that?" I called out to the little Rifleman. "That," said lie,' with it laugh, "is a whistling diek-a roiled shot from the batteries, thersighted; you'll get used to 'em pretty soon, an' won't thand out o' cover as you're cloin' now." "Come'" said Joyee, oising. "100:as go and ashabout the little drummer.. We went over to the lioldthospael, but were Rimmed by the sentry. As we turned away, however. we met the corporal who had been in charge of, the bearers when tbey timed us, and he told its that the bee" had haa his leg taken off, and bad been Unconsthous ever since. "Ile'e it nice child," seed the corporal, "and it's O euraed shame to see hint suffer; and heel die, lie will, when all's' clone:" and tbe eorporal broke out into a volley of intarecations ageinet "them squintine dodgite,• sneakbe sharp -shooters," adding, rather illogically, that he'd "pot any blank luother's son us showed his thee while he WU ba the thenehele if he didn't 'alight he bo," etc., ete. By this time it was quite dark, but thougb the musketry flre had nearly died away, the cutunon still kept booming, and occasionally there came frani•the trench- es the crash of a. bursting shell. Indeed, long after we had got te our tents and 1011 ourselves down in our greht.coats and blankets the firing went on, like the noise of distent thunder. The morning was raw and cold, a,ud thin snow failing when We turned out. 'Oho great guns front the allied and Rus- sian batteries were thundering, and the ornate of musketry was continuoute We snatched a hasty breakfast of dry, coarse bread and weak tea, and fell in for duty in the trenolith. I glanced al the 'man's faces as I went to mY Place. They looked pale and exalted, for the most part, while the face of young Shim. son as he walked rapidly up and dOWIl In front was very much fluthed, and hie neek as red as his Jacket. • For my part / felt -terribly nervous, my muscles quivered. and I had hard work to keep nlY teeth from chattering. don't know that T was afraid, though the idea of what a shattered jaw or broken thigh would feel like seemed to fasZerl upon me with a horrid fascination, and every time it shell burst over the trench- es I felt so if some one had put a cold key down .my book, 0 would a thousand times rather lntvo commenced with a gen- eral engegement, lilte the Alma. The dodging sharmehooters end the erratic whistling dick!, were not pleasant things to think about. Patsy Barrington and Joyce were the last two on parade. Pat thane out cheery and ruddy and clean shaved, Joyce as easy and amiable as ever. Both men appeared as cool as if they were falling in for kit inspection on their Own parade at Weymouth. So we fell in; and the drummers served out batheartridges to um wheel seemed to cause a lot of fiunbling before we got it opened and stowed away, and then the captain came up at a ea/welling Welk, With his sword clattering bebind and 10 smile on his face, and gave the .word, 'Tours. right, quick march!" And with beeting hearte Dad nervotts hds an'we went out tor the first time ender Ara For a tithe WO stepped along steadily rind without Meident, tate roue of the cannons growing louder, and the mach of the rifles sharper as we advanced. But Presently tale man 071 11131 left, Ben Wit - lite tittered s stifled "Ala" and fell right in front of me, so that I nearly tumbled over hire gone of the men lost stop, and the smitten of fours behind 118 went a bit wide, burthe captain called out, "eteady, men; by the left," and we moved on with a blank file, (To be continued.) POPULAR TRADITIONS. To a greater or less extent super- stition affects botit the educated and the ignovant, the rich and the poor. Dr. Johnson considered it unlucky to walk into his hou.se except with particula,r leg first. The great Napoleon had a, belief in ,omens, and what is little better than the common kind of fortune-telling; and altheugh Sir Walter Scott wrote, it book to disprove demon - 'elegy anti- witchcraft, there is no doubt that he was, to a certain ex - tett, imbued with superstition. There are sailors who do not like to sail on Friclitys, •others who d.0 not like to meet it squint-eyed woman. Then, again, there are people, like the Vicar of Wakefield, who believe in lucky dreams; for ineta'ace' a coffin and croes bones, whichis said to be a sign of an approaching wedding, NOT A GOOD J013, a eelf-made man," said the proud individual, "Well, you are all right except tO your head," commented the listener. "How's that?" "The part you talk with is too big for the part you think with," ,lai King George pays income tax on bit his private estates. the eelieseneeweeteweee PTOMAINE POISONING. In some focds bacteria, nt ihe early etages of their action leave no disagreeable or aohealthful ei- fects, so far as yet proved. Mena is in some measure ripened Hi bacterial action, and the "gamey" taste given meat by "hanging" comes in part from the Paine eatise, though in both cases the ehanges are chiefly slue to Oio ac- tion of ferments normally present. It is not easy to draw the line between the harmless ripening p10 • cesses and the ba.eterial changes cla'sseci as decay, but if the bacteria, are allowed to grow without hin- drance the time comes when the food, either animal or vegetable, attack -ed by bacteria, breake up in- to a loathesome mass. The food may become dangerous. even bekre it shows outward sigma of decomposition, for the bacteria raay, as they feed upon the pro- teids, give off substancies known as ptomaines, hardly to be recogniz- ed without laboratory apparatus, but some of whieh are very poison- ous to man. Certain apparently mysterious causes of illness have been traced to such causes, and milk, fish, meat, cheese, baked beans, ice cream, and ether foods have all been found responsible or •"food poisoning," It is no uncommon thing to hear that a, large number of the persons attending a. banquet were taken violently ill within a few hours after, all with very similar symp- toms. In some cases the illness has been of brief duration in others it hnti as conued for days, or even resulted in death. In one instance the offending food may have ben lobster salad, in another cold -storage chicken, in still an- other ice cream. These severe cas- es of wholesale poisoning generally occur in the 'summer and after a 'very heated term. It is not known under what con- ditions these peculiar poisons are developed in foods; we know only that they are the result of bacter- ial action not so advanced as to give warning to the senses. It is a safe euk to eat very sparingly of foods which are liable to such changes in hot weather, and especi- ally where the raeth'ods of Pre- paration are not known. WITH LEFTOVER FATS. Fats thatare derived from the cooking of bacon, ham, chicken beef and othm er eats shoulci be' kept, each in its own receptacle, to be used kr different pueposes. Home rendering of both suet and leaf lard has its advantages, because the product is generally su- perior to what can be bought for the same price. Both suet and leaf lard require cooking in order to loosen the fat from the tensher membrane that holds it. For this purpose the ma- terial is cut in small pieces and covered with water and allowed to cook slowly for some time until no more water remaine and the scrap has turned to a light brown. A better method for suet is that used by German housewives, who economize on butter by the use of beef fat enore than do Canadian housekeepers. The suet is cut in small pieces and covere,d with water, in which it is allowed to soak for a day, the water being changed once in the time, It is then drained and put into an iroo kettle with one-half tea cup of skim milk to every pound of the suet. It should be cooked very slowly. When it has partly cooled it should be carefully poured off. This fat has no unpleasant taste or odor, and in many recipes may be subetituted for part of the butter, Some cooks add a pound of leaf lard to four or five olf the suet; this makes a softer fat, as lard has a lower melting point that beef fat.. ' An old-fashioned method of clari- fying fat from the soup kettle, or from cooked meat, so that it may be used in the kitchen, is to add the cold fat to a liberal qua,ntity of cold water, then heat slowly and let cook fer an hour or more. When cold, the eake of fat is removed and the lower portion, which will con- tain the small pa,rticles, of meat, etc., should be scraped away and the white, clean fat saved. If the flavor or color of both are not sat- isfactory the, process may be. re- peated several times.' Another me- thod which is often recommended is to cook a number of slices of raW potato in the boiling fat. When an ice chest 10 used, fat, M small quantities ine,y be easily kept sweet for cooking purposes. If lard is rendered at home in quan- tity sufficient for a long time, it should be kept covered in tins or earthen jars, in a cool, dry place. SOME GOOD RECIPES. Coffee Cake -Half a yeast calse dissolved in a half pint 'of water ; two tablespoonfuls a suger, a pinch of salt, flour for stiff battee. Beat all together well and set to rise ever night. Next morning add one cup of sweet milk, half a cup of butter or lard, half a ellp 01 seed- ed and halved raisins, and a table- spoonful of ground cinnamon. Mold into kaves' and set in a warin place to rise. Ripe Tomato Relish. -Chop four quarts of ripe tomatoes fine and drain off the liquM, , Seed and ecalel three ripe and three green - peppers. With a sharp knife cut a .go bunch of celery into small s -chopping would bruio it. Mix se ingredients tegether and add a cupful of grated horseradish, half oupful of white mustard seed, and three pints of eidee vineger. Salt to taste; mix well and fill airtight earis to the brim with it, Do not 000k it Sealed and kept in a cool place it will keep indefinitely. Angel Ca,ke.-Sift A teaspoonful of cream of tartar six times with a half cupful of flour. Whip the whites of six eggs until they stand alone; then stir into them gosu ally a half cupful of granulated sugar and 'the prepared flour. Beat hard and turn into a clean, un - greased pan with a funnel in 'the middle. Bake in a steady oven an, til a straw comes out clean from the thickest .part. Turn the pan upside down upon a clean towel, and aa the cake cools it will slip out of the tin. When it io cold ice the bottom and sides of the loaf. Compote of Rhulea,rb.-Make syrup of six heaping tablespoonfuls of ogee in about half a cupful of vsater which has been flavored by simmering in it kr 20 minutes the thinly pared rind of an orange or lemon. Prepare and cut rhubarb ink two-ineh lengths, put a layer of these into the syrup and cook gently (in a double pan is the best wee) until quite clear, but still un- broken; then remove carefully atel slew another layer. When cold serve with custard or crea,m To Can Tornatoes.-Scald the to- matoes; pour off the hot water and cover with cold. Let them lie in this for ten minutes. By then the skins will slip off easily. Fill glass jars with the peeled tomatoes and pour in enough 'cold water to fill the jars almost k the tops. To it gallon of tomatoes add a teaspoon- ful of salt. Place the jars thus filled upon a wooden rack in at wash boiler. Pill the boiler to within two and a half inches of the tops of the jars with cold water. Clover the boiler and let the water come to a boil. Keep this up for from three to five minutes, according to the degree of ripeness of the toma- toes. Remove the jars from the tater, one at a. time; reineve the top; wipe the ntouth of each jar; fit on new, good rubbers and seal. MAKING FUDGE. Take two cupfuls of sugar, one large breakfast cupful of milk, one rounding tablespoonful of butter, a quarter of a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, vanilla, or any other fla- vor, three ounces of plain or glace fruits, or both mixed, or one anel ene-haLf or two cameo of dissolved sweetened ehocolate. Pub sugari• °retina of tartar, milk and butter in pan and dissolve, stirring care- fully all the time with thermome- ter, Boil to 23 degrees Fahrenheit, thee reraove pan to table and cool for five minutes. Thou add the cho.ppeel nubs and glace fruit anel flavor to taste. The stir in the fondant worked with finger tips to it thin, pliable sheet. When thor- oughly naixed and beginning to grain, pour into 'buttered tin or in- to a wax paper on a board. Make batch half an inch thick, When set, cut in bars or squares and wrap in wax paper. For chocolate fudge, instead of the fruits, stir in ftom one to two ounces, according to your taste, ,of unsweetened choco- late, which you have dissolved in a small pan over a gentle heat. ' GLAD TO DSCAPE. "It's useless to urge inc O marry you. When 1 say no 1 moan no." "Always ?" "Invariably." , "And can nothing ever break your deteemination when ono you make up your mind?" "Absolutely nothing." "Well, I wouldn't care to marry a, girl like that anyhow." THEN THEY :WALKED AWAY. Mrs. Archnore-My little Artie it beginning to act like a savage, Mo. Crandall -Ile has never seen many savages. , Mrs. Ardmore -No; your Adel - bort is the only one he plays with. TOO GOOD TO USE. A Firehl11.11'S Wife Would Not Let Risu Utie 'Uniform at a Fire. Before a, juetiee, in a small Eng- lieh town of the ,sou-Sh coast, there appeared, not long ago, a wife who accused her ,husbenel of osault and battery, The man admitted that he haoleeized her and thrown her down, perhaps roughly, yet not without making sure she would fall upon a .soft place. But he had done •so, he declared, in defense of his person a,nel his honor. He was a fireman, and .she had tried to keep him from going properlf appareled &MI equipped to a fire. , The fire company of his village, he explained., was eomposed chiefly of volunteers, whose uniform,a were kept in their homes and kept in re- pair by their wives, a task Oat no wife .performed more faithfully than his- own; in faet, sha was too 'care- ful of et. When a night alarni was given foe a fire in the quarter be- tween the glue fa'abory and the wharveS, and he had jumped up to drew she had positively refused to allow him to put it on, declaring that smoke and cinderwere bad enough, bat when it eame to salt and glue, and fish -scales as well, it was beyond all reason: his oldest trousersand a pea -jacket wore plenty good enough. He had 're- monstrated and .she had vituper- ated. "But I didn't lay a, finger on her, your honor, not till she 'eaves,1 kit-f,1e. at me 'end when I grabbed for -inc bots," he pretested, "and then it oome to. inc 'two PO less than a public Pity to 'chuck ter on 'er bed where she couldn't hinter - fere and what I sees to be my Pity I ups and dees. So I chucked ter." Were elackinge still the accepted punishinent kr vixenish wives, she might have been awarded poetic justice at the nozzle of a hose. Aa it was, the case ended meld gen,eral laughter, in the discharge of the aggaieved husbend, and a, repri- mand to the too cateful wife. In our sowri country, and in a community by no meane rustic, a Itibia in.cident but a, few days aka proved that it is not only the' bet- ter halvea of firemen who can be too finicky. The fire -wagon, respond- ing to a still alarm for a ehireney fire, was met by the 'son of the ,house, who eagerly snatched an ex- tinguisher, while the firemen were unreeling the hese. 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