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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-10-18, Page 6This ertis ..eat may induce you to try the first pcket of , but we rely absolutely on the inimitable flavour and quality to make you a permanent customer, We will even offer to give this first trial free if you will drop us a postal to Toronto. B113 A'9h �?�''f.Fss�l� aaiVdF'!�u�v;llf fsep)i'oeljr Author of "All fora Scrap of Paper," "Dearer Than Lire," etc. Published by I•Iodder & Stoughton, Limited, London and Toronto CHAPTER V,—(Cont'd.) "I would like to see those blooming German trenches," said a Lancashire lad "and I will too." He lifted his head above the sand- bags and looked towards the brown heaps of earth perhaps a hundred yards away. "Dost'a see any Germans?" some one asked. "I'm not sure," replied the lad, "but I believe I see the top of a German helmet." "Duck clown quickly," said another, "thou'st been holding thy head there too long." "Nay, there's no danger," replied the lad, "it's all as quiet as—" But; he did not finish the sentence; at that' moment there was a crack of a rifle' • and a bullet passed through the poor boy's brain. "That will be a warning for you{ fellows,said an officer who came up just then. "You must play no tricks;: there has been hundreds of lads killed' here who would never have been touched if they hadn't been careless' and foolish. Let's have no mote of, your Hampstead Heath Bank Holiday; skylarking." Toni did duty at the front trench on several occasions, but nothing of importance took place. The Huns' seemed comparatively quiet, and while' there was severe artillery work on' both sides, Tom did not receive a! scratch. The fourth time he went to the front' lines, however, he felt that there was a' change in the atmosphere, and he saw; by the strained looks and the com- pressed lips of the men that some- thing desperate was expected. The' officers gave their orders with more, sternness than usual; every one was alert. Tom thought he knew what intense artillery work meant, but he realised that day that hitherto he had seen and. heard nothing. Such a tornado of shells burst around him that it was like hell let loose. Hour after hour 'the Germans bombarded our trenches, tearing great holes in the ground, and undoing the work of months. It seemed to Tom that no man could es- cape. "Oh," cried the boy, "if they would s t3�yh DOMESTIC 'SCIENCE AT ROM Fourteenth Lesson. ---Yeast., Fermentation, which is an import-; oven of 825 degrees Fahrenheit, pro - ant factor in the making of bread, is duces a light, porouirloaf of bread, produced by the presence of roast, Its That the yeast cells may have sue - hes been known for thousands of years eessful growth, it is necessary that the that many organic bodies, when ex-' flour be of gpod quality,- that a tem - posed to vertaia changes, will ferment,l'perature from sixty to nighty degrees The dust in the air contains much fen- Fahrenheit be maintained and that the menting organisms; also the air eon-; dough have active manipulation at the tains molds and bacteria, such as stale proper periods. bread mold and a clamp atmosphere! Tho various degrees of ferinenta- mold, as on leather. Wino, beer and; tion are known as the alcoholic, the milli become sour when exposed for a acetious and the putrefactive. There- certain length of time to the atmos fore, the process of , fermentation pllere above fifty-eight degrees Fah- renheit, Ancient history shows us that early Egyptians obtained their wild yeast from the air and so started their dough. They also retained a portion of each bread -mixing to start the next. Yeast plants can be gathered and cul- tivated from the air by exposing a phdishereof, fermenting' sugar to the atmos- , nd Yeast is a plant of the simplest structure consisting of a chain of Alcoholic Fermentation er single cells, growing very rapidly and Tho carbohydrates and sugars play ng multiplying a thousandfold, if given an important part in alcoholic fer- ad proper food for immediate assimila- mentation, changing the sugar to a tion. This food must contain protein, gas called carbon dioxide, and alcohol, or sugar, mineral ash and starch. This fermentation is produced by e- Yeast is divided into two classes— yeast which feeds upon the malt mat- h. wild and cultivated yeast. Wild yeasts ter in the flour and other ingredients added to the dough. Salt Salt plays an important part in the action of the yeast upon the dough. Salt which is soluble in hot and cold water, quickly absorbs the dampness from the atmosphere, For successful results use a high-grade salt, which will give the best results. The amount of salt added tothedough controls the action of the yeast. Too Little per- mits fermentation to progress too quickly while too much has just the opposite effect. It will delay the ac- tion>uf the yeast beyond its proper time. which the English bac( taken, ai cried for help, Which of you chaps will volunt° to go and fetch him in?" cried a you officer whose bravery that day h been the talk of all the men. Each looked to the other as if f response; they were dazed and b wilderecl by all they had gone throug "I say," said another officer, "yo can't expect any of the chaps to that, Directly the Huns see any o going tc him they will shoot hi Besides, he may be nearly dead; bet- jter nut an end to him." "Fut hoar how he groans!" cried th young fellow. "There, I'll do it." He leapt from the trench and rust ed along the intervening space f Perhaps about fifty yards: then liftin the German officer bodily, he brougl him back to safety. "I ant parched—parched!' cried th German, as if in agony, "give me wa- ter." The young Englishman got a cup of water and held it to the Ger- man's lips, but even as he did so th German drew his revolver and sho him through the heart. What happened to the German afte that 1 will not try to relate, W am I describine• this, and why have mentioned this incident? Only that o people at home may realise wha heroes our lads are; what they hav to face in order to save our country and what kind of an enemy they hav to deal with. I am describing it t try if possible to raise a blush o shame on the faces of those skirker at home who are a disgrace to th name of Englishman. Toni passed through this ordeal without a scratch; and by and by when his company was relieved, and he re- turned to a place of safety, the whole episode seemed but a ghastly dream. And yet it caused a great change to Tom's life, If he hacl been asked to describe it he would not have been able to do so; it was something subtle, elusive; but the change was there. He felt as though he had a new concep- tion of life; and he realised its tre- mendousness as he had never realised). before. He was by no means given to philosophising, but two things impres ed him. One was the tremendous which has for its object the making of bread, must be of an alcoholic nature. Acetious fermentation, when pre- sent in the right amounts, gives a good flavor to the bread, but if it is permitted to ferment' too strongly, it will cheek the alcoholic fermentation, which will cause a dull, heavy loaf. The putrefaction stage is the last stage of fermentation, which results in a damp, smelly, sticky loaf of bread that is milt for use, u have no bearing upon this subject. do' Cultivated yeast is now furnished in ne the form of dompressed calces. • These cakes must be of a reliable character and of uniform goodness, so that they will produce a healthy, se - 0, tive fermentation. A low-grade yeast win); give an undesirable ferment and 1-; cause certain changes to take place 0r, before the proper time; this will cause g the bread to lose in weight and flavor It and also lower its nutritive value. The 1 process of :fermentation of an alcoholic e, nature creates a carbon dioxide gas, which when the dough is baked in an e t The following are recipes issued by the Domestic Science expert of the ✓ Food Controller's office for dishes to hy'take the place of beef, bacon and I wheat in order to conserve these foods urlfor our soldiers overseas. ti Fish Chowder. -2 cups potatoes e, (sliced), 1 cup onion (sliced), 1 cup , fish (sliced). Cook the potatoes, fish si and onions separately and drain. Make ° a white sauce. Put the fish, potatoes • and onions in the white sauce, re -heat eand serve hot. Saving Eubstitutes. White Sauce. -2 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons butter. Heat these in a frying pan and cook for' one minute. Do not allow to brown. Add one cup ' of milk and stir until perfectly smooth. I Season with one half teaspoon of salt ' and one-eighth teaspoon of pepper. Salmon Croquettes. -1% cups cold flaked salmon, 1 cup thick white sauce, ew grains cayenne, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, salt. Add sauce to salmon, then add seasonings. Spread on a plate to cool. Shape, dip in crumbs, t egg, and crumb again, fry in deep fat, land drain. Macaroni and Cheese. --Cook ma- -I Caroni in boiling salted water for twenty minutes. Drain and pour over it cold water. Put a layer of macaroni. Sprinkle with grated fish. Repeat. Pour the white sauce over, this and cover all with buttered crumbs. Bake until the crumbs are brown. Macaroni, Cheese and Tomato.— Prepare as for macaroni and cheese, only use tomato sauce instead of !white sauce. Prepare as for a white • sauce, using tomato juice instead of milk. Scrapple.—Boil hogs -head and other lean pieces of meat as shanks and liv- er. Cook very tender. Take out bones, grind whole, and put in water !ill which it was cooked, and when boil- ing hot stir in gently 1-5 as much corn- ' meal as meat. Season to taste; cook 2 hours. Pour into mould and serve 'fried. Pea Soup.—Marrowfat peas, 1 tea- ! spoon sugar, 1 pint cold water, 1 slice 'onion, 2 tablespoons butte% 2 table- spoons flour, 1. teaspoon salt, 1/e tea- spoon pepper, 1 pint milk. Add sugar and cold water to the peas, and sim-I mer twenty minutes. Rub through' a sieve re -heat, and thicken with but- ter and flour cooked together. Scald milk with onion, remove onion, and add milk to pea mixture, season with salt and pepper. Peas too old to serve as a vegetable may be utilized for soups. Cooked Cereal Muffins.—Cooked oat- meal, 1 cup; flour, 11/2 cups; milk, 1/ cup; egg, 1; salt, 1/z teaspoon; sugar, 2 tablespoons; melted dripping, 2 table- spoons; baking powder, 31/ teaspoons (level). Add half the milk to the beaten egg. Mix the rest of the milk with the cooked oatmeal, and stir un- til smooth. Then combine with the dry ingredients and beat well. Last of all add the melted dripping, and beat again. Bake in greased gem pans, Cream of Lima Bean Soup. -1 cup dried lima beans, 8 pints cold water, 2 slices onion, 4 slices carrot, 1 cup cream or milk, 4 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper. Soak beans over- night; in the morning drain and add cold water; cook until soft and rub through a sieve. Cut vegetables hi small cubes, and cook five minutes in half the butter; remove vegetables, add flour, salt and pepper and stir into boiling soup. Add cream, re- heat, strain, and add remaining but- ter in small pieces, Fried Cornmeal Mush.—Cornmeal, 1 cup; water, 4 cups; salt, 1/2 teaspoon. Put the salt in the boiling water, and sifted cornmeal, Cook thoroughly. Pack into tins as a baking powder tin to form in a mould. To fry turn out of the mould. Cut into slices, dip in dry oatmeal and fry in dripping, Serve with syrup as a breakfast or supper dish:- Johnny ish:Johnny Cake.—Cornmeal, 1 cup; white flour, 1 cup; sugar, 1-8 cup; our milk, 1.1/2 cups; soda., 1/2 teaspoon; baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon; salt, 1 be quiet for only a minute! If one could only stop to take breath!" But there was no cessation; it t seemed as though the Germans were determined to make a final and over- k whelming attack; as though all the ex- plosives in the world were concentrat- ed on those few miles. The sights were horrible; he saw shells falling on groups of men, tear- ing them to pieces, while all around s him were the shrieks and cries of the s wounded. Some of the men who were i yet untouched yelled as though they s were mad, others laughed, but their h laughter was not natural; it was p .frenzied, wild, just as though they w were madmen. h "We can't stand it! We can't stand t it!" cried the boy. "We shall all be 1 blown into eternity. Why do we p stay here like this?" He spoke to the sergeant who had given him a description of the first h battle of Ypres some time before, The sergeant was comparatively cool; he had been through it before. "It's nothing to you whether we are Ding anything or not," replied the ergaent, "besides, don't be a fool; our uns are giving them as hot a time s their guns are giving us. Don't ase your head." "I wouldn't mind if I could do omething," said the poor boy, trembl- amount of heroism that lay latent in t he commonplace lads who had come out with him. He knew many of h em before they joined the Army; new them just as they were. Hum- drum workaday boys who did not seem capable of anything like heroism; but the war had brought out new qualities, fine qualities. He saw how those men were willing to sacrifice them - elves for others; saw them doing all orts of glorious deeds. One fellow mpressed him tremendously. He him - elf was wounded, but nbt badly, for e could easily have crawled to a lace of safety; and yet he remained ith a comrade, holding his head on is knees and ministering to him as enderly as a woman, in a spot where Ifo could not be valued at a pin's urchase. Deeds like that are °om- on at the Front. The other thing which impressed im was the tremendous power of re- ligion. Before he went up to the fir- ing line he had heard one officer say to another, "I wish the chaplains could be allowed to go up to the front line of trenches, You see, when men have no religion to support them, the constant bombardment and danger make them jumpy." Tom realised what this meant after the action I have just described. He himself felt that he needed a Power greater than his own, to steady him. (To be continued.) 1'Do! Unless I'm mistaken there will e enough for us all to do very soon. here! firing has ceased! Look out!" It was as the sergeant said; almost ddenly there was a calm, and a w seconds later Tom heard a com- and which made his knees knock to- ther. What happened after that Tom uld never describe; even if he could, would not have done so. As he is said to me more than once, "It s not something to 'calk about, it s a matter of bayonet work; it was hting face to face, steel to steel." Tom didn't feel fear now; all that s 'gone. His muscles were hard thoughts were tense, he saw reds esently he had a conviction that we :e gaining ground, and he suddenly ame aware of the fact that we had ned the better of the situation and returned to our trenches. A nber of the enemy had been taken oiners, and the plot avhich the Ger- ie had hatched had coma to no- g. Immediately afterwards some - g happened which Tom never for - A German officer lay wounded o little distance from the trench uteri' Lantern Slides ntal List and Catalogue on request, Lanterns eu ened to ghurohes and noels at 110g evened n7iyne'p'+ Vsarzt l 0V LAl0l2XiEN S,LXD 1 rnmaaannankrat e Qaaeli 0s, ant, 7 'nor ?1}i .. POLYPS THAT ARE FIGHTERS. One of the Strange Inhabitants of a Stagnant Pool. A stagnant pool is the home of mul- titudes of strange animals, but none of them is more odd than a species of polyp that is one-fourth of an*neh long and of the thickness of a bri, Under a strong magnifying glass it looks like a tube of jelly, It is, however, provided with thread- like arms for seizing its prey; and naturalists are inclined to believe that it paralyzes its victims by electric shocks. In this way only can the fact be explained that the polyp is able to overcome creatures vastly bigger and more powerful than itself, A specimen has been seen to grasp two large worms at the same time— whereupon the latter, though strug- gling desperately, were unable to bleak away, and in a moment lost all power of motion, The polyp is incredibly fierce. A curious thing about it is that, if turn- ed inside out like a glove, it quickly accommodates itself to the new ar- 1'aitgemeitt, the original outer skin poyfo}'ming;, ase 1h11ng .of the inter- iq>•t til9 Q . ins 04 digestion. white flour, 1 cup; sugar, 1-3 cup; sour, milk, 14 cups; soda, r/-, teaspoon; bak- ing powder, 415 teaspoon; salt, 1 tea- spoon; molasses, 1 tablespoon. Mix and sift the dry ingredients twice, and gradually add the sour milk. Beat well, and bake in a shallow greased pan, in a moderate oven. cup; flour, % cup; sour milk or but- ter milk, 1 cup; molasses, 1/2 cup; eggs, 1; baking powder, 1 level tea- spoon in the flour; soda, 1/2 teaspoon dissolved in the milk; salt, 1. teaspoon; melted fat, 1 tablespoon. • Mix and sift the dry ingredients. Add the milk and egg well beaten. Last of all add the melted fat, and bake in a shal- low pan in a hot oven. Buckwheat Gems.—Buckwheat flour, 1 cup; milk, 1 cup; sugar, 1/2 cup; white flour, as cup; salt, 1/2 teaspoon; eggs, 1; butter, 3 tablespoons; baking powder, 2 teaspoons. Beat the sugar into the egg and add the melted butter. Add alternately the milk and buck- wheat flour, then the white flour into which the baking powder and salt have been sifted. Bake in greased gem pans. Brown Bread.—Graham flour, 2 cups; white flour, 1 cup; molasses, 1 cup; sweet milk, 1% cup; soda, 31 tea- spoon; salt, 11/2 teaspoon. Sift the flour, salt and soda well. Add the molasses and the milk. Pour into well greased moulds and steam about three hours, THE BEST BOMB -THROWERS. Cricketers and Baseball Players Are Particularly Expert. When it comes, to bomb-throwing— a very different thing from bomb- dropping—the Englishman beats the's. German every time, says a London weekly. The man who has been well accus- 1 tomes to shy a cricket ball straight t and true to the wicket -keeper from t the out -field makes no difficulty about 0 throwing so as to drop it nicely on Its e objective—there or thereabouts. In fact, the discipline of the cricket -field li Inas exercised a wonderful influence on the adaptability of our men. They have been accustomed to accept the ruling of the umpire without demur, and they do so in the Army. But, as a bomb -thrower, the base- ball player is likely to outshine his British ally. The throwing in base- ball is an eye-opener even to seasoned cricketers,. not only for its extreme sureness of direction, but for its amazing swiftness of flight end won- derful length. .SSA :I i Teas for cone Assail. teas are. the strongest ailcl richest grown, It is of these teas that Red Rose Tea chiefly consists, That is why gt yields, the very large number of 250 caps to the pound—at the cost of about a cent for five cups, and every cup rich, + , sttrong, delicious tea ItuF01i(Iq Kept Good by ditv the Sealed 'A Package ,14i -.1,.:A ��ss, ek �?` ,tali j, ,�'-..a:,w.�. uww�r a°' , kt dUa FOOD SITUATION IN ENGLAND. STABBING THE PUMPKIN. Lord Rhondda Warns the Public Tha High Prices Area Necessity. In his latest open statement to th' British public, Lord Rhondda, Foo Controller for England, repeats an enlarges upon the warning that th consumer cannot expect a consider able epproaeh towards the scale prices that existed before the war. "The consumer should understan that he must, of necessity, pay hig prices," lie declares, and says that h as Food .Controller can do no mar than "see that supplies are forthcom ing as far as they are available an that the prices are not excessive." "My policy broadly stated," he say in his statement, "is to fix the price of those articles of prime necessit over the supply of which I can obtain effective control at all stages from th producer down to the retailer. Such prices will, as far as possible, be fixed on the principle of allowing a reason able pre-war profit to those engage( in the production and distribution of the particular commodity. Indeed, the policy will in effect be one of de- termining profits at every stage, though it will take the form of fixing prices. Every effort will be made to prevent speculation, and unnecessary middlemen will be eliminated. Exist- ing agencies—I make a strong point of this—will be utilized for purposes of distribution under license and con- trol, and under the supervision. of lo- cal food controllers to be appointed by the local authorities. "I am anxious that producer, seller, and consumer should realize that the action which is being taken by the Department is based on definite and carefully thought out lines, and that prices are not being interfered with in a haphazard way or without pur- pose. While I am primarily concern- ed with the protection of the consum- ers, I have to see that the legitimate interests of food producers and other traders are safeguarded, and above all to avoid as far as practicable action which may tend to curtail the neces- sary supplies. "It is, of course, impossible that in this crisis supplies can he provided to the same extent or with such regu- larity as in times of peace, and the consumer should also understand that he must of necessity pay high prices. My object is to see that supplies are forthcoming as far as they are avail- able, and that the prices are not ex- cessive—I am glad to be able to say that the general position of our essen- tial food supplies is satisfactory, but I cannot urge too strongly on every one the absolute need for economy in the use of all foodstuffs." He Passed. At a college examination a nervous- ooking candidate had been instructed o write out examples of the indica- ive, subjunctive, potential and ex- lamatory moods. His efforts result - d as follows: "I am endeavoring to' pass an Eng- sh,examinatipn. If I answer twenty questions, I shall pass. If I answer twelve, I may pass. Goal help mel" t .A Sort of Ball Game Played by South African .Natives, o A traveller tells of a primitive sort d of,ball game that the natives play on d the steep South African hills. A green e pumpkin tapes the place of a ball; it• - is rolled instead of being thrown. The Of object of the sport is to stop the roll- ing pumpkin by transfixing it with , a h long, sharp stick or spear. The men of the two teams line up o alternately in a single row, and the e captain of each side takes his turn in d- rolling the pumpkin. As the game goes on and the men shift in the line, each captain tries to favor 'his own s side by rolling the sphere in n wide e circle so that it will move away from Y the intervening opponent and toward ,his own men wherever they became e grouped. There is no scoring, but a 1 system of promotion and abasement instead. The man who misses his throw goes down one place; the man c who grazes the pumpkin without stop- ping it holds his place; but the one who succeeds in arresting its progress advances two places in the line. The game ends when the best players have progressed to the top of the line, and the rest no longer have a chance, be- cause the pumpkin is stopped before it reaches them. Within the past decade a small iron hoop has taken the place of the green pumpkin. That, of course, is more economical, for it can be used the year round. It moves faster, requires greater skill on the part of those who stop it, and makes the pitcher more important. By hurling it so that one edge or the other will strike the ground first, he can throw incurves and outcurves with the ease of a pro- fessional baseball 'player. A favorite device when the opposing team are approaching too near is for him to send the hoop with all his force so that it will just graze their toes and then circle out to easy striking dis- tance when it has passed the enemy. Amaryllis make splendid window plants. Set the bulbs about half their depths in the earth in the pots and let them start growth in the window gar- den. Seventy per cent. of the working girls in Japan live in .dormitories. 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Redpath refining methods produce, no second grade sugar. We make and sell one grade only—the highest—so that you will never get anything but the best under the name of Redpath. • "Let Redpath Sweeten it." 9 Canada Sugar Refining Co., Limited, Montreal. GENERA, JACK FROST IN WAR 1145 TAKEN PAM IN MANY BIG EUROPEAN WARS. The Heaviest Frost Kno'tvn For Three Generations Ilastened the Dawn - fall of Napoleonic Schemes. . There has never been a European war 00 a big scale in which old Jack Frost has not participated. The year 1812 saw the conception of Napoleon's scheme to invade Russia. Before inaugurating his plans Ile was careful to inquire of the experts at what date winter usually began in southern Russia. T1tey told him the middle of December. It wee on Junc 24 that he invaded Russia with 600,000 men, and he reached Moscow September 14. That night fire broke out and within five days the city was burned to the ground. Even then he remained until October before beginning to retreat, In' the last weak 02 October began the worst frost which Europa had known for three generations. The Thames froze from its source to the sea, The Seine, the Rhine and the Danube were all ice -bound. On the Adriatic, off Venice, was seen the amazing sight of floating ice. The Hellespont and the Dardanelles were frozen. Jack Frost's .icy fingers lay heavy even upon North Africa, Drift appeared in the Nile, and there were snowstorms in Tripoli and Morocco. Retreat From Moscow. Napoleon's huge army was almost wiped out. Four hundred thousand men perished. They froze to death in battalions as they bivouacked, and when at last, on December 0, Napoleon reached German soil, there remained of his army but 130,000. men. During the winter of 1853-1854 the Turks were battling along the Danube against hordes of Russians. In the fol- lowing September 25,000 British troops, a similar number of French, and 8,000 Turks were landed in the Crimea. Again came a terrible winter and from the west of Ireland right across into Asia frost fell heavy upon land and sea. In London it froze for six weeks without a break. From Janu- ary 14 to February 24 the thermo- meter was below freezing every night. In the Crimea the cold was fearful, and the British army lost 20,056 men, and of these only 12 per cent. fell in battle. The rest were destroyed by cold and disease. In 1870 came the biggest war of the latter half of the century, the titanic conflict between France and Germany. By October 20 there were 850,000 Ger- man troops in Franco. Paris was be- sieged and there began the four- month investment with furious fight- ing on both sides. Again Jack Frost came to the aid of the Germans. A long spell of intensb cold made life almost impossible for the half-starved French, while the Germans, who had the whole country to draw on, besides their own excellent commissariat, suf- fered very little. By January the city was in such a terrible condition that it surrendered. Winter Again Aided Russia, The date of the big war between Turkey and Russia was 1877, when the Turks were attacked by an enormous- ly superior force -of Russians, with the Czar in command.. Osman Pasha, with 40,000 mein, hurried inland to Plevna, a village which stood upon a hill, and there hastily entrenched him- self. The Russians had 100,000 men, but Osman and his dauntless band de- feated them in four successive battles. In November winter set in three weeks earlier than usual. The Turks had no winter clothing and little to eat other than maize porridge and horse -flesh. They suffered fearfully, At last, en December 9,` they deter- mined to break out, There were only 80,000 left, but their rush was so tre- mendous that they carried three lines of Russian trenches before they were surrounded and forced to surrender unconditionally. _. SACRIFICE. His foam -flecked steeds he reined, And by a door did light, But ere the steps he gained, The furious things took fright. He sprang, and held them fast, And would their speed restrain, But then a bugle blast Made all his efforts vain. They dashed along the•ground, They bruised him with their feet, And so when he was found Far clown the crowded street, He was by all deemed dead -- But oped each glazed eye, When some bystander said: "A race with Death(—and wiry?, "0 why should one incur Such risk for horse or wain?" Then he was seen to stir And sponte in spite of pain: "The' wagon—search—1 pray!" And then the ;lather's joy— Upon fresh-seented hay They found a sleeping boyl They bore the father, dead, They gazed with tear -dimmed oyes ---t But nowhere was it said, "What needless sacriitee!" —Alexander Louis Fraser. Lemons will keep fresh if stowed in dry sand separately.