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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-02-08, Page 6Tea is an Every -day Luxury STEADF'ASTLY,REFUS SUBSTITUTES bloc, Mixed or Natural Green. E205 • THROUGH THE' DARK SHADOWS (fit• The Stinnett of Love CHAPTER XX,--((ont'd);. Mrs Ashford lurst!ly composed he features. "Only a girl stopping here" eh Said hurriedly, then, turning to th silent spol:440pr, she said, "Go, m dear, I shall' not want yon at present and Jessica gladly left the room, wail Jasper, taking• her to be a servant gave no mora thought to bot•. "Now what about a ermin?" he eai imperiously, es he took off his 1:igh •' overcoat. "You shall have the best, sir," re plied Lucy, only too eager •t'o coned' ate him. "Anything—everything w have is yours." "Very kind of ou, I'm sure,' yawned Jasper, "Set about it then. He was tired, for he had done great eal of walking for him, wh was aeeustwned to use his own or hi !friend's meter for every journey great or small. Besides ,he had soma how missed Adrien despite his care and was greatly puzzled and irritated He was turning to follow Lucy When there came a sound of footsteps followed by another lout) knock at th dootr, and a man's commanding voice: p Quick here with a light. Lucy screamed, and Jasper Vermeil turned rather pale , for he instantly recognised the voice as tLat of th man he had sought eo diligently a that day. • But'he had no desire t be discovered just then, so, seizing th frightened woman almost savagely by the arm, he whisperers fiercely: "You may let hire in --I know bin But if he finds out that I am here, will tell John all t, -night; remombe that. Hide me somewhere where I can see -do you understated? Quick!' The knocking •ommenced again, and under its covet, Lucy, trembling like a leaf, opened a door, the upper part of which was glazed, and which led from the small room to the kit- chen. Into this ambush Mr. Vermont hurried, while Lucy ran to the other. door and threw it open to admit Ad- rien Leroy, who staggered into the room with his dripping burden in Ids arms, "Pm sorry to knock you up," he said, trying to reassure her, "hut this lady is nearly dead; our boat upset," "Bring her inhere, sir," said the good little woman, her courage and self-posession returning under the emergency. "She had betide come up to the bedroom, poor lady." Adrien carried Eveline up the nar- raw staircase, followed by Lucy, who had hastily produced some spirits with which to restore consciousness.. "You had better fetch a doctor, sir," sho called after Adrien, as he cam down again. Leroy hesitated, He knew the Lady Merivale valued her reputation more than her life. To fetch a doe dor might save the latter, but would most certainly ruin the former: for no medical man would permit her to re - I turn to London -that night, and, in '•that case, discovery would be inevit- ehle: Troubled and worn with anxiety, he paced to and fro in the room behind the shop, regardless of his own drip- ping clothes, whi"e Jasper, behind the little window curtain watched him sardonically, his lips wreathed in a smile. He was•well content with this finish of his day's holiday—if such it might be called; for he knew that he `held Lady Merivale in the hollow of his hand. She, who had sneered at his position, while yet making every use of his services, would in the future be but another of his puppets; and he foresaw a goodly profit from the out- lay of this day'a time and money. Presently Lucy run down. "Where's the doctor, sir ?" she ask- ed, "Oh, didn't you go after all? Well, it doesn't matter, for the lady is alive and better. "Thank Heaven!" ejaculated Leroy fervently. • aSho says she dtl95h't need one." I understand, replied Adrien. '-Is she well enough to sit up, or move?" "Yes, sir—at .least she says so," answered Lucy. "Sine is changing her clothes for some of mine, sir; and she says that if you get a carriage—" Adrien nodded. "I understand," he said again. "Is there an inn near here where I can hire one?" "Oh, yes, sir," replied Lucy. She quickly directed him to the tiny river hostel not far off, and Adrien disap- peared. Had it not been for the grim pres- sence behind the door, whom, in her excitement, she had nearly forgotten, Lucy would have wished John to wine home quickly; as it was, she trembled at every fresh sound as she went up- stairs again to her patient. By means of that moat potent magic. —gold, Leroy quickly procured a car- riage, old and dusty, but a veritable thing of beauty in' such a strait as this. He meant to get to Hampton, And from there use his own motor. He' hastened back to the little shop, aand,� summoning Lucy, sent her up with a' message. "Tell the lady," he said quickly, "I have a enrriage waiting, and if she is strong .enough, we can start at once." The news acted like a tonic; for in marvellously short time Lady Meri- vale, pale but resolute, came down- tairs into the little sitting -room. She was wrapped ftp in shawls, and long cloak covered her from head to oot. `Poo upset to speak, she mo - boned with her hand to Adrien: to pen the door; and laying a ten -pound • oto en the table, 1' ie said n few worths thanks to Lucy, then led the unhappy ountess to the carriage. No sootier had the horse started Ian her calmness gave way. She ove:•ed her face with herr hands and ural into tears lone day of his lite,he could not aeeocu t ✓ for --one whole. flay of which be had 'sworn to, keep siler'.t, e Faster and faster went the great o car, at a pace that would havo shoot y ed chauffeur and policeman alike, b t , Leroy was recltleea; a woman's honor e and his own were in imminent peril. , Death were sweeter than itis failure to !sieve it, d' It was not much after• nine when t' the car relied into Waterloo Station, !and Leroy assisted his trembling oorn- t- Luey's big coaion to t, she stoodht. stquietlped y b 0, while Leroy left hie car in the care o anoutside > • et thenh ,porter, , led or appa towards the boolcing office Passing through this, they manoeuvre a to reach the outside, where a taxi we 9 hailed, and the address given. :Thankful eat their escape, Leroy , stgod bareheaded till it disappeared it - the throng of vehicles; then he return.. • ed to his own motor as he thought, • unseen and annoticed. Alas, for his vain hopes! Miss ' Penelope and Constance, 'atr a long o day's shopping, had come to'Waterloo ion their way hack to Barntinster,. The t nedPb• glovees , recognisedsthe figure eof Adrien from afar; and, making some 12 excuse to Miss Penelope, she follow• n ed and watched the departure. o She did not recognise the lady, it is true; but she saw sufficient to realise that her worst fears were fulfilled. Adrien had neglected her letter for i the sake of another woman. Jasper waited patiently until the n sound -of the carriage wheels had died , away into .the distance, then he came out of his hiding -place, his face pale, his eyes shining. "Lucy Ashford," be said, sinkin into a chair, and holding up one ling er in solemn warning, "you may h usewfe eager How to Use Bananas. Banana Pudding,—Six bananas, one-half cupful of sugar,. one-half cupful of milk, one -hall cupful of bread crumbs, one-half cupful of chopped peanuts, one tablespoonfui of cornstarch, Gradually dissolve the cornstarch in the milk and mix with the banana pulp. Add sugar, then place a layer of the mixture in the bot- tom of a buttered baking dish. Sprinkle over this some of the mixed bread crumbs and nuts, thengdd an- other, layer of the bananas and an- other layer of bread crumbs and nu Sprinkle the top with powdered sugar and bake in a moderate oven for about forty-five minutes. This can be serv- ed with a lemon sauce if desired. c Banana Sauce. -Four bananas, peeled and mashed; two cupfuls of milk, ono tablespoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of cornstarch, one table- spoonful of sugar, salt, The corn- starch is graadelly dissolved in the milk, and the banana pulp and sugar and salt are added. Melt the but- ter in the saucepan and pour in the mixture: ' Cook until creamy, Stuffed Baked Bananas. --Remove only one side of the' skin from large bananas, then scoop out a hollow in the fruit. Chop any candied or preserved fruits, cherries, pineapples, raisins, etc., and add a little sugar and the juice of -any of these fruits, or •grape juice can be used. Stuff this mixture into the hollows in the ban- anas and bake for twenty minutes in a moderate oven. Serve in the skins and pour one. tablespoonful of orange juice over each banana. Banana Omelet.—Three bananas, three eggs, one-quarter cupful of bread crumbs and ono -quarter cupful of sugar. Peel the bananas and mash the pulp. Separate the yolks an whites of the eggs. Beat the yol until light, and add sugar, brea •crumbs, salt and banana pulp. Finn ly fold in the stiffly beaten whites an cook in omelet pan. Lemon and Banana Pie.—Coven-th • outside of a pie plate with rich past end prick with a fork. Bake a golde , brown. When cool remove from ti and piece in the plate. Make ftllin of one cup granulated sugar, one tablespoon butter, two rounding tab] spoons cornstarch, yolk of one eg juice and rind of one eentot, pinch o salt, Stir, then add one cup col water. Place on stove and stir un individual molds which have been rins- ed in- cold water. When cool set on Ice and when chilled well turn out and serve. ' Save the Fats. A big waste takes place In m. any households through the failure to save and utilize fats. Not an tatons of fat should be thrown out. It is valu- able. To render fat enrefully put the hits in the upper part of a double boiler. See that the water under it is really boiling, and as fast as the fat ts• melts strain it into tin pails or clean, empty cans. The softer fats from geese, turkeys and chickens are good for fine cooking, and many other fats can be used in preparing or frying various foods. The dripping should be kept in a warm place, It is cold that makes it taste "tallowy." Apart front' cooking there are many excellent uses for fats, and one eto- man writes that she mattes her own candles. "I go so far," she says, "as to make my own candles—some 'white, some red, and others yellow or pink. They add to the warmth of the .dinner table. Four of these in dainty candle- sticks around a tiny pot of ferns in the table centre add greatly to its charm, and I simply utilize the bits of suet usually thrown away. A candle mould costs but a dollar. Ten cents' worth of wick lasts a long time. Color- ed candles, to buy, aro very expensive, and rather difficult to get in good quality if one lives a long distance from market; For householti soap melt six pounds of clean, rendered fat in a large pan. Put one can of ordinary lye in a bucket; add a quart of cold water, and d i stir with a wooden paddle until the lye is dissolved, Remember this will ks boil as the water is added, hut' lett it d stand until it cools. Now pour the • cold lye into the melted suet, stireging • all the time. ' When -'you have added the last of the lye stir constantly, but re slottTy, for half an hour, or until you Y notice the soap is beginning to set. ° Then let It stand perfectly quiet over u night and it is ready to cut into blocks e and dry. You will have about nine e` pounds of soap at the cost of the lye. 1 2 &sog e ',rd a 1Vs"no'in" i,5` e neo. n .�.. ., y . • ti a- TREASURES I� s BURIED na INSECRET PLACES oY A NEW SPECIES OF BUSINESS IN LONDON AND PARIS. Refugees Who Have Bidden Gold and Other Precious Things From The Huns. To be possessed of property worth thousands of pounds, if only one had it handy, and to be at the game time doubtful where the money is to come from for the next day's food and lodg- ing, is a painful predicament. There aro ltiindreds of persons so placed in London and Paris to -day They are refugees --persons who, be- fore the first overwhelming rush of the Germans, sweeping all before it g hastily buried their treasures in hid- - ing-places and fled to safety. Money advancers in London and Paris have been distracted by a new species of business proposed to them —the making of_ odvancee on or the buying outright of hidden gold and silver or jewels, the most treasured 1 possessions of their owners, now ly- ing concealed in places where the own- ers havo no chance of getting at them, says London Answers. Heavy Risks, • they contained would be hidden when the ownere found themselves obliged to fly entered his cunning brain. They could not be Carried away., Where ora they? The Boche, keen on'the ssent of spoil, has set himself to work to solve the mystery, In the wake of his army has travelled another little army of detectives—men from the centra bureau of police in the Molkenmarit the headquarters of the Berlin police and others from the big police centres scattered throughoutethe Empire. The duty of the's'e slouthounds has been—with the aid of the spies who have given, them irtfgrmation to scent out the folk most likely to have been in the confidence of the owners of treasure that has disappeared, to interrogate them, to threaten, and, if I needs be, to torture them by placing them in foul cells And keeping them • short of food .till' they have become willing to reveal such knowledge as they possess. The servant whom the , spy has` denounced as one most likely to know the whereabouts of his or her ' master's hidden hoard has been threat- ened with death unless he or she be- trayed. Some of these unfortunate ones --the servants of once -wealthy persons in Belgium•—who have escaped and found their way to London have had harrow- ing tales to tell of the terrible days they passed while in the hands of the Roche secret -extractor; days passed in the very shadow of death,,,;,vith the prospect of being shot the next morn- ing unless they spoke. Confession by Torture. Would they meet with a late similar to that of Seckker, the old manservant of the Antwerp merchant, Blaise? The merchant was a man reputed to be of enormous wealth, albeit he lived in an unpretentious residence, with only Seckker and his wife to attend upon him. There were whispers abroad of wondrous old cups, dishes, and bowls of gold in the gloomy house with the. iron -barred windows in which Blaise passed his solitary miserly existence Around the house were somewhat en- tensivo grounds—grounds that had be- come shiest a wzldcrncss in their un- cared-for conditions: When the Germans entered Ant- werp, 'Melee had disappeared. The mansion was only occupied by Seck- Icor and his wife,, who declared they knew nothing of the treasures that the Boche agents hue reported as lying there. The most minute search fail- ed to discover any trace of the coveted articles. But under the tortures to whist Seckker was subjected he at last professed to be willing to show his tormentors where the things were buried --in a corner of the grounds. Too Late! • He led them to the spot with stag- gering feet. It was all an excuse in order that Seckker might once more get out of the dungeon in which he had been confined and famished, in order that he might see the sun once more, feel the air of heaven once more upon his cheek, and look once more upon the grass and trees. There wee no treasure where he..told their to dig, and the leader of the baffled seekers, in a fit of rage, drew his revolver and shot' the old man dead. The speculator lending money an er buying alleged buried treasure needs to be a man ready to face sore disap- pointment. He is a shrew(' person whom it is hard to deceive. Many have tried it with "bunkum" stories. He is satisfied that his customers have told him the substantial truth. They have actually buried valuables where they state. • But will they be there when he tar - rives? Are his dreams disturbed by nightmares ie which, armed with pick t and shovel, he stumbles along lin a pitchy darkness to some place where, e asked some day to give an account of. what has taken place to -night. Re- member this; you know Nothing, you recognised no one—till I give you leave. Disobey me, and the stony of your Canterbury trip becomes the property of the whole world. I'l proclaim it through every newspaper in the world." Trembling and crying, and too ignorant to realise the absurdity of this threat, Lucy swore to be silent; and then, to her intense relief, Mr Vermont changed his mind as to stay- ing the night, and announced his deci- sion of returning to London. CHAPTER XXL. - On the night of that fateful trip, e when Leroy returned to his chambers, t he found Lady Constance's letter. t Already tired with the events of the _ day, and the struggle in the water, this proved an overwhelming blow. The thought that he had spent the day in idle dalliance, when he might havo been with the woman ho truly loved-- migltt have basked in the warmth of Iter presence, even though site would never be his, drove him almost to madness. Jasper Vermont, who had followed him back to town by the first train obtainable, called in at Jermyn Court, and found him pacing up and down the room mere troubled and unhappy than he had ever been in the whole course of his pampered, shielded life. Vermont listened and sympathised, and stabbed afresh, wbbh his artful accounts of Lady Constance's anger at the fancied slight. He was alto- gether delighted at the way in which things had turned out, though he did not Icnow how Fortune had aided him still more at Waterloo Station. On the following morning Leroy received a cypher note from Lady Merivale, saying that she had arrived home safely, and unnoticed; and, with a sigh of relief, :-e turned his attention to his Duni affairs. To Jasper's sup- remo annoyance, he insisted on going through a pile of pa ere which Ver- mont had only meant him to sign; and to that gentleman's chagrin he eat- ually dared to interfere in the. matter of rents and leases; which proceedings, naturally, did not tend to make Jasper feel the more kindly disposed to the world in general, and Adrien Leroy in particular. When he had taken his departure, Adrien ordered the motor, and drove down to Barminster with the inten- tion of offering an apology for his seeming discourtesy. He found all in confusion and excitement in view of the coming ball; and, whether by ac- cident or design, he found it impos- sible to get a single word with Con - .stance alone. (To be continued), • g, Useful Hints. til A cabbage should always be boiled thick. When cool acid two sliced ban anas and pour in crust. Cover wi in two waters, th An excellent cake is made with boil. e ed raisins. ar. The bone in real lamb chops is very small and short. The house fern should not have the sun shining on it. Linen pillow saps are a great, tom- s fort to an invalid. s A good and simple dessert is boil- ed rice and stewed figs. Graham bread has in it three times as much iron as white bread. - Hot cornmeal mush with cream is t a very good winter breakfast cereal, Excellent gems can be made of oat- meal whenever one has a cupful of g that useful cereal left, Left -over fish can be creamed and - baked in ramekins. This makes a ' very attractive supper dish. When milk boils over on the stove ° sprinkle on some salt at once, This _ will counteract the disagreeable odor. Gruel, when • properly prepared, should be a, little thicker than cream, - and should be absolutely free from lumps. After putting buttered paper in the cake pans, sprinkle in just a little ' flour. This will keep the cakes from sticking. A little alcohol rubbed on quickly will clean a dirty window better than soap suds; ammonia in wash water is equally good, meringue made with the beaten whit of one egg and two tablespoons sus Set in oven to brown. Cranberry Recipes. e Cranberry Marmalade—Two pound cranberries, ono and one-half pound brown sugar, twelve melees stone raisins, juice of one orange, one an one-half tbaspoonfuls of mixed -spices (cloves, ginger and cinnamon), one 'half cup vinegar. Pick over the ber ries and wash them web, then pu them into an agate saucepan together er with the other ingredients. Erin very gently to a boil and cook slowly until :the consistency. of a stiff mar malade. Put into sterilized glasses seal and keep in a cool, dry place. Baked Cranberry Pudding—On and one-half pounds cranberries, six ounces stoned raisins, one ounce but for or butter substitute, one egg, one ••half pound brown sugar, one-half tea spoonful powdered cinnamon, the juice of one orange, lady fingers or sponge cake. Line a greased fireproof dish with the lady fingers or sponge make placing them very close together then fill in with the following mixture: Stew the berries until quite soft, us- ing as little water. as possible. Rub them through a fine sieve. Chop the raisins coarsely, add them and the but- ter to the fruit puree, and stir well together until the butter is melted. Mix in the sugar, cinnamon, orange juice and well -beaten egg. Pour into the lined dish and bake for fifteen minutes in a moderate even. ,Thio looks prettier if covered with a mer- ingue of stiffly beaten white of egg and powdered sugar. As some Gran - berries are very much more acid than others, it is well to taste the puree be. fore putting into the lined dish so that more sugar can be added, if desired. Cranberry Pie—One and a half pounds cranberries, six ounces brown sugar, one ounce cornstarch, three tablespoonfuls molasses, three ounces chopped raisins, pastry. Wash the ber. ries and chop them up, chop the rais- ins, too, and mix together; then add the sugar and molasses. Moister the cornstarch with a little cold water anti stir into a cup of boiling water, then pour over the fruit mixture. Cov- er with pastry and bake in a moderate oven, This same nixturo baked in little three -cornered tarts of pastry le very good and serves as a litho variety, Cranberry Molds—Two pounds eranbervies, two pounds brown sugar, two oranges, four ounces chopped raisins, four ounces chopped Enngiish wabuuts, Wash the berries and cook them in a. half pint of water togeth- er ct�ath the juice and pulp of the orange:, ami the raisins, When the erenbern les are quite soft atitl the sugar, staring over the Are until ill the sweet -num melted, Then add the note and pttt•ti;.t mixture intim emelt RUBBER SUPPLY ENDLESS Cultivation of Heves Tree Boosts Wild a r. Supply in Forests The cultivation of the Hevea species a of the rubber tree has added not a lit -if tle to the' present-day widespread use t of rubber. o The production of cultivated rubber, virtually a negligible quantity in 1900, •° had grown to about 60,000 pounds.,by I C '1903. By 1910, 8000 tons of rubber,ti were shipped from plantations: 1912,1e 80,000 tons; 1915, 98,000 tons, and i b 1916, 100,000 tons (estimated), Tho cultivated rubber, which Comes grin- e cipaily from the Orient, forms a lit- ,, tic more than half the rubber pro- duction of the world. The other and formerly principal yield of the gum comes from the wild .rubber forests of South end Central America and East and West Africa, where a self - replenishing and almost inexhaustible source of supply exists. • Poetic Spelling, At the age of sixteen Alice Jones wrought poetic changes in her name, She signed herself E. Alyssa Jones. Thus designated, she entered a new school, The Tread mistress asked her name, "Aiysse .'ernes," ehe replied, "']'hank you, said the teethe. "Arita v m c you spelling Jeses now?" THE QUAR'TERMAS'TER. Numerous and Exacting Tasks That Fill Up His Day, "Lights -out" had sounded about an hour before, though there teas an il- lumination at the Q,M.'s stores, Hav- ing ventured to Open the door, I found the quartermaster poring. over a led- ger, surrounded by piles upon piles of papers, Army forme, indent forms, and several other' forms, the purport and multiplicity of which I could not understand. "You see," he oxplolnecl, "a large number of recruits enure in to -day, and I must enter up all they have been fitted up with, and order more to re - lace." The following day I found him busy with about twelve fatigue men, rush- ing ]tither and thither with boots, socks„trousers, tunics, ]cit -bags, equip- ments, rifles, and the dozen and one "Adrian,” site sobbed, "I am ruin- i } "No," said Leroy reassuringly, you are safe, now. This man is,i ppromised ten pounds if he reaches liamptoli in half an hour. My motor` is waiting there, I myself will drive a hinga required by a recruit. A rush - ng, tearing• morning it proved to be. Tho different things were all put out n little heaps for each man to carry away in a kit -bag. In the afternoon recruits arrived, ed then the struggle began. One you to Waterloo Station; there' you, can get a taxi without attracting any, attention, and you will reach home ° before ten, Yegur husband will thirds a you stayed to dine with Lady Rose." je "But yon—you!" she wailed. "Will a you promise----" "I,' he geld, with 4 laugh of scorn, r at her doubt of him. "This day of my life Is yours; none will ever hear from unc bow it was spent, anti you know it," "You seveay?" "1 give you my word," he said simply I den give no stronger path then that " Lady 1bter•ivaie reels back rvith. a site o.f rode., :.r Alii Leroy diel :tot p.Ciso to reflect u that, let ]happen what Might, there way . e nvented trousers shorter, another larg- ✓ boots, a third smaller ,shirts, and o on, until at last the crowd dispers- d, the noise ceased, and the Q.M. was t liberty. Yes, at liberty to get on with his earns of writing, and voluminous col- respondence! Who will say that this man is not a hero working from early. morning till late at night? Aviator's Camera. Art aurtomatieally-operated camera that „a Frenchman has invented en - Nies an aviator to mance a eont!n- nus picture of 190 miles of the artii s surface as he flies above it., It is an immensely speculative busi- ness, one of the risks of which might well deter any but the most venture- some souls taking any part in it. But the profits, if the story of the treasure - owner turns out correct, and if the Germans does not discover the trea- sure beforehand, will be enormous. One of the first results of peace will be the setting out to Belgium. and to the now -occupied parts of Perinea of hundreds of little mysterious parties toy search for the buried treasure. Syndicates of adventurous souls have been formed to deal in these hidden fortunes. Will they be found in the places indicated on the maps and de- scribed by the concealers? If they aro, many dealers in gold and silver ware, many •snappers -up of rare gams, will reap a wonderful harvest. A widespread feeling- of gloom was spread amongst these speculators some time back by the news that the Algerians had discovered the hidden treasure belonging to the famous monastery of Detchani, in New Serbia. It was, perhaps, the richest monastery in Eastern Europe. A Hidden Crown. For years the pious had brought the monastery their presents—precious stones, ancient gold and silver money, gold chadices, sacerdotal vestments dovered with Cyrilian distracters. Even the Royal crown of Serbia was re- puted to have been confided to the bid- ding -places prepared by the monastery when King Peter stopped at Detchani on his flight before the rush of his foes, The secret of the monastic secret trasury was supposed to be known only to the monastery superior and one or two of the oldest monks to whom it has to be confided. The glean of a stealthily -carried lantern mysteriously 'creeping through the darkness of the night had, it appears, been noted by the„keen eyes of a peasant bolder than his kind, and mov- ed him to brave all the superstitious terrors surrounding the place in order to follow it and pry upon its bearers. The light was that of the monas- tery treasure -hiders. The peasant that night became acquainted with a secret that when the Austrians oc- cupied the district might make, him rich beyond all his dreams by its be- trayal. Be spoke, and the monastery to -day lies spoiled of its possessions, s worth, it be reputed, some millions of P 5aun�ii.� .rriw•..n,a � ,•r o -r; CAVALRYMEN TAKE TUN IN TRENCHES THE FRENCH GENERAL STAT USE.MOUNTSED REGIMENTS French Cuirassiers and Dnaganas Spend Off Time Exercising Their Mounts. More than fifteen months have pass- ed since French cavalry last appeared on the battlefields of the Franco-Ger- man front as a mounted force. The last oseasion of their employment in their real work was September 26, 1915, when a single squadron of hus- sars crossed the German lines in Champagne and brought bath some prisoners. The French General Staff, however, has not permitted the splendid horsed regiments (composed_ of cuirassiers, dragoons, hussars and mounted rifles) to remain idle. They take their turn with the infantry regiments' in the trenches, where they do exactly the same arduous duty as the foot soldiers for a period and then return far be- hind the front to exercise with their mounts. Cavalry Seldom Needed. Earlier in the war, when fighting was severe on the Yser, the French cavalry came into touch with the Ger- mans on several occasions and gener- ally with success. Trench warfare along the continuous line reaching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier, with no flanks to turn, has, rendered their employment on horse-, back . impossible. Extracts .from German newspapers; !describing the battle around Sailly- Saillisel on November 5 and 6 declare. large bodies of French cavalry and, field artillery were massed immedt-: ately behind the front line in the ex- pectation that the Gorman positions were about to be pierced and that they; could then dash through the breach., During the whole of the fighting on, those days the only mounted mien seen: anywhere near the field were military policemen directing the supply,, columns and the drivers of the horses transport wagons. Even the German prisoners who sur-; rendered as a result of the attacks on, Saillisel and the Saint Pierre Vaast' wood were placed under the guard of infantrymen, for the ground in the vicinity Is so midi broken up that horses could not march over it, System of Utilizing Cavalry. The correspondent later had an op- portunity of seeing the cantonments of, some French cavalry two days' march from the battlefields. The chargers were in excellent condition and the veterinary surgeons thetnscly ex- pressed surpriso at the small percent-' age of sickness among them since the beginning of the 'campaign. This is the result of the constant care given them by the detachment of men left behind when the remainder of the ',lent goes into the trenches, One squadron of each unit is detailed for duty in the cantonmeny while their comrades are engaged-ain the fighting zone. Even the officers leave their mounts behind. This system of utilizing the cavalry has been employed for over a year and it is unlikely that any change will oc- cur unless a forward move on a grand scale should by anticipated. Ile Knows Better Now, Crown old in the service of his mas- ter and mistress, Aimee was a priv- Mudd retainer. Henwas waiting at a able one day, when a guest asked for fish -fork, but the request was ignor. d. Then the hostess noticed the epi. ode, and remarked, in mast poremp- ory manner --".fames, Mrs, Jo"es hasn't anv fish -fork. Get bel , he sings muni tua per- a piration oozing out of him at every s ore, and now starts with icy cold at money, • Where Ate They 7 1 a With his maxvellousiy perfected i system of spies in every town and vil- h lage the Gerntans had, before war was declared, made himself well acquaint- ed with the contents of the various chateaux and houses of the wealthy fonts along the path Ito had marked out for himself. The possibility d that the most costly of the possessions y tis heart at mysterious threatening a minds iu•ound him, and digs and digs nd'-digs with growing madness claw - ng at his brain as the catastrophe b ice!" "`Madam!" crone the emphatic e i "last time s 1 Y, Mr,. Jonies dined here ore lost a fish -fork." James has now son relegated to the garden. o dreaded becomes more and more certain, and at last he shrieks aloud: "Nothings Noth!ng4" What's the use of wasting a hum- red words when tent will _ express our meaning? The wardrobe-rt.:Nis of the Queen of Spain consist of. three large apart- ments, fitted with dustproof ward- robes, and capable of holding alto- gether 1,500 gowns, and they are usually filled. 2 and 5 lb, Ca ons -- 10, 203 60 and 100 Ib. Bags, From "Ye i)Ide Sugar Loafe" of grandmother's day, to the sparkling "Extra Granulated" in your own cut -glass bowl, Redpath Sugar has appeared three times daily, for over half a century, on thousands of Canadian tables. "Let Redpath Sweeten it." Ma . h i one grade only the highest 7