HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-07-24, Page 2When the Poliu Took the
Trail to Find Revenge
How a French Soldier of'Lille 'Refu:•,ed to Let the Armistice
Foil His Plan to Make a German General Pay in Full
for the Torture of Ilia Daughter.
By MORDAUNI• HALL.
1 In a neat but hurried hand was a
note which read:
"She fought you sod went mad for
the time being, You are the same
swine who sold me the opal in Paris,
! where you cleverly outwitted me as a
ti
shopkeeper. I thought: I, too, recog-
nized .you when I se* you in this
hotel, and never really believed your
corn"'rting story about your daughter,
My "riends with whom you broke
bre.:•I had. seen 'you. entering "tile, Rue
Royale house and it was le llgn e
who caused me to bring them and"thee,:
f. teccenized you. My stories were all
to 'deceive you, but I owe to the opal's
PART II. the t'reechinan. "I have had more in- change of luck encountering you at
c ((to-dayinthe outset of _ ears
The fall Francois, •s ate -I formation the short. time I o t my search. You may
owym day fthe lg was out, and I feel exhilarated with a never read this note, but other's wilt."
ful for the sympathy of the Belgian, passion for revenge. Moreover,therea
whose name7� a learned was Le Been, g "Apparently another Boche whote
is a chance that she lives that she.reaped his;deserts,"s id one:of the
asked the old man if he would'ac-pese
id
him to the house in the Rue' lives!`Do you hear, L€ Brun? Secret Police.
Royale, as he still entertained hopes You are fortunate," said the Bel- "I'd like to shake hands with the
of getting a clew there, gum. "My daughte, I know, is wielder of that whip," declared the
But the Belgian informed Francois dead" tseco."l. "No,,hell_ never read the
that he had other business which be
fellow, yes. But I must notf note.
be too joyful. She may not be where (The End,)
might take bins .out of town fur the I em d`c
tolhe is, and oven so she Ma.—_...es...—.
day. The Belgian, however, did not
leave the hotel, and at luncheon tCOLONEL BECOMES CONSTABLE.
Francois returned with an aged wo- She may be what?" asked the older
man and her daughter, whom he had man. Everybody has heard of the Engin, .
encountered in the course of his' "Never mind, we shall wait and see mau who went into the war a private
search for information. They lived w aneoishat e ss en gives us,"err soldier and came out a Brigadier Gen-
opposite No. 65 Rue Royale, but said "Sometimes I believe t
. when you tell things they do not come ere_ A ease even more remarkable,
they were so afraid o the German to pass. I am holding so much in my In Wever, is reported from _Cardiff,
rule that they hardly red loots out o p
of the windows on the front of the head now that it feels as if it woi.ld Wales, sad has created samgthing
house, Monsieur Le Brun in the mel- burst. If I had the German officer niece than local stir—though Cardiff
low light of the corridor encountered here now I believe that I should res- itself appears to have taken the mat-
' the trio, being late for his evening train myself until I knew for certain, ter with' entire calmness.
meal. judging by my own eyes, that my girl Before the war Arthur Ritchings
"I feel no need of dinner," he wheez-'was alive. Then, as I vowed, I should was a police constable in the town. He
ed, "but think I had better partake' tear him to pieces. But I wait, and enlisted In the army in 1014 and
of a trifle," I then I go to the Boche to make ham served in the ranks in that first criti-
The indefatiguable Francois went, howl and then to see his eyes el'.se in
out on his'search the following day death from a vengeful father's hand." cal year and the two years following.
and again returned with the old lady Le Brun retired to his room, and
and her daughter. (Francois utterlythankful for the
As he entered the
hotel he saw Monsieur Le Brun and 5 news he said be posses'sci'l, fell down
invited iiim to join his party at lunch -I on his knees beside his bed and offered
eon, but the Belgian had at first no up, thanks to le non Dieu.
desire for lunch, he said, because he Give me courage to—•_
had slept badly the previous eight.I At dawn Francois hurried away
However, he changed his mind, and from the hostlery whispering a few
in the course of the talk over the meal words to the clerk. It was a long
he was so vindictive in his desire to ride to an asylum, mare even the
have the Germans torn to pieces that Germans had permitted the insane to
Francois said: be kept, preferring them not to be
'Yell have every reason to be venge- about the city. Francois passed
fat like myself. It gives me great through the gates, saying that he
pleaeerrs to have met a man so cam- wanted to see a girl who had been
forting to me when I am on this er- there perhaps three or four years. He
rand. And I will announce now that Was frantic with excitement. His
my efforts have been partly rewarded, hands shook and his finger nails dug
for I actually believe I have a clew. into his palms, as one after another
The Boche whom I seek was not shot, of the poor sense -bereft women met
but isnow believed to be living in a his eyes. His heart sank as he saw
castle near Cologne. I shall proceed no sign of his daughter, until eventu-
thence when I have further infernal- ally he learned that some of the wo-
tion " men who had shown an improved con-
"There is every reason to suppose dition were employed as domestics in
that Germany would be the place to the insane hospital. In one section
harbor such a fiend," said the Belgian, of the grounds Francois, when he had
"even though they may pretend a almost given up hope of his prayers
change of heart.'' and the opal being answered, noticed
The Belgian was punctilously polite a lithe young woman watering the
when the two women left, and he con- flower beds.
gratulated Francois on his ability as "She is only happy when she is—"
a• detective and hoped that he would But Francois had flown in hex di -
continue to see the Frenchman.,until rection,: and when he faced her, there
he left for Germany. 'was no look of recognition. Suddenly
"However," said the Belgian, "as I her whole countenance changed. It
said before, I should advise you to was the needed shock, and the girl
restrain yourself. Remember that you dropped the watering can and shriek -
may suffer yourself in killing this ed, "Father!" Without waiting for
German. It would be better to see formalities, beyond saying that
bins locked up fox life." ithe woman 'was his daughter,
"One can never be certain how long Francois hastened away from the
they would keep him in prison," ob- place to the Gare du Nord, where he
served Francois. "No, my good friend, saw the transport officer and obtain -
I prefer the knife." :ed the necessary passes for Paris. He
In the course of the next few days realized 'that Jeanette must not see
Francois Spent a good deal of his time any spot which held horror fox her
with Le Brun and one gray day he , or that would remind her of the ter=
announced that in a corner of a room ror of years. He left her with`a sol-
in the house in the Rue Royale the dier in the depot.
occupants, now much interested in his! Then he hastened to the hotel, paid
search, had discovered a whip, eel- his rent and board and went to toss
elontly used by the Germans. It had, his belongings into the two suitcases.
said Francois, bits of tin on the four It was fifteen minutes before he re-
hashes, the metal being stained 'with turned, perspiring despite the tem -
blood. 1 perature.
Scan afterwards, when Le Brun said "Just a word, monsieur," said the
be was going to take a siesta, Fran- I clerk. "Monsieur Le. Brun was asking
cots wentto his room 'and contented for you."
himself by swinging the muxdeross I "I have seen him," said Francois,
whip in the air. It awakened Le Brun ; "and—said good-bye."
when Francois struck a picture on the That afternoon when secret agents
gall, a painting of a pretty scene in of the Belgian Government broke into
Bruges. I the room occupied by Monsieur Le
"Bon Dieu!" said Le Brun, rushing • Brun, having gond reason to suspect
into, Francois` room in a disheveled him of being a German officer in dis-
state. "How you startled me. It' guise who could not return even to
seemed like the air raid over again!" his own land because of his intolerable
His .eyes fell on the large picture of brutality to his troops, they found a
Jeanette which Francois had propped limp body on the bed. He had been
up against the lookingglese on his flogged to death with that metal tip-
smalI dressing table. +ped lash, the blood having spattered
"It's nothing to the startling I am on the ceiling and the walls, and on
going to give that Boche," asserted one of his fingers was the opal ring,
Two Mark Twain Stories
One evening, when a few friends
were at Charles Dudley Warner's, Mr.
Warner succeeded in getting Mr.
Clemens to tell the story of how he
announced to Judge Langdon that he
and Lily Langdon were engaged tote
married. When he had settled him-
self to his liking, he preluded his story
by telling of his periodical visits to
the Rochester house of the Langdons,
and proceeded to expiate that at each
visit he proposed 'himself to Miss
Langdon as an anxious but undesir-
able suitor, On each occasion he wase
gently declined, whereupon he would
say:
"I didn't suppose you would have
me. I wouldn't, If I were you! I don't
believe I should respect you as I do if
I thought you would ever marry me!"
But one day she did accept him. As
he told this part of the story, says
Mrs. Candace Wheeler Su Yesterdays
in e Busy Life, the sweet humility and
surprise of.the man seemed to envelop
him like a garment. It was -as II it
were always a new astonishment that
his dream of this priceless creature
ae his wife:could ever be realized,
That was the inner mail; but the
announcement of the engagement to
her father was Mark Twain, the inimit-
able, the one and only man of his
kind. His story proceeded, lie found.
the Judge in his office, plainly im-
patient of this unexpected visit. After
some uncomfortable delay, he burst
out:
"Say, judge, have you noticed any
thing in particular between Livy and
me lately?"
"No, sir! Certainly not," replied the
judge, somewhat flustered.
"Well—look sharp—and you will,"
drawled Mark.'
I remember, Mrs. Wheeler cortin•,
uea, that one afternoon, when we were
all gathered in the sitting room, he
proposed to give me one of his books,
asking which I would rather have. i
said, "Oh, any one," but Mrs. Clemens
chose for me the Prince and the Pan-,
per, which was evidently more to her
mind than some other of his books•
Mr. Clemens brought it from the boa-
case, and I asked hint to write sonic
sort of inscription so that it might, go.
in my autograph collection. He car-
ried it to a writing desk in.a bay win-
dow, and in the course of our chatting
it occurred to Mrs. Clemens that he.
had taken a long time in which to
write a sentence or a name.
"Why. Samuel," said she, "aren't you
through with that?. You nsust be 'writ'
lag a chapter'!
"No," drawled , t•. Clemens, "hut it
doesn't go. It doesn't sound just right,
I will read it, and perhaps you can see
what is the matter."
So he' began to read: "To Mrs.
Wheeler, with as much affection as is
proper between two people whose re-
licts are yet alive."
Of course, we looked at each other
with a burst of laughter.
"What is the ]natter with it?" said
Mr, Clemens innocently. "Somehow
it doesn't sound right!"
In November, 1917, he was promoted
Second Lieutenant on the field, by
February, 1913; he was a Captain, a
little later he was a Major, and the
end of the war found him a Lieutenant
Colonel. In that time he had been six,
times wounded, he had won the de-
coration of Chevalier of the Legion of
Honor, the Croix de Guerre with
palms, and the Military Cross, haying
been mentioned three times in des-
patches and having proved ^himself a
gallant soldier and able officer
Not long ago Lieut: Col, Ritchings
left' the army—the war being fought
and won—and quietly resumed his
place -as a common policeman pound-
ing a beat in Cardiff. The Chairman
of the Municipal Bench made a point
of saying be was glad to see him back,
and even went so far as to congratu-
late Constable Ritchings publicly up-
on his military record, . In fact, it
seems there was a sort of ceremony
welcome:
So• the Lieutenant Colonel with four
years of active military service to his
credit and field rank, won at the front,
displaying the ability to command
3,000 and odd men, modestly under•
took to take charge once more of
casual drunks and disorderlles in that
busy Welsh mining town.
Somebody wrote an indignant letter
to a London paper about it, otherwise
apparently the incident would have
passed if not unnoticed, at least as not
more than ordinarily noticeable. Asa
consequence the Watch Committee of
Cardiff, equivalent to our Police Com-
missioner, took the ex -Lieutenant
Colonel off his beat, and gave him the
job of training the police awkward
squad of recruits in the proper bear-
ing and behavior of a constable. The,
Lord Mayor when pressed for infor-
mation whether there was any inten-
tion of appointing the distinguished
officer to a higher and more respons-
ible position on the force went to the
length of admitting that he thought he
might say all the members of the
Watch Committee were, sympathetic
with this Idea, and that he had no
doubt that when the opportunity oc-
cutred Colonel or Constable Ritchings
would be given a chance such as he
deserved.
It was also said in authoritative
quarters (to quote the British press
account) that Lieut: Col, Ritchings
himself "recognized, as every right.
thinking man would, that he had a
moral obligation to return to the Car-
diff police force for the reason that
the ratepayers had been contributing
during his absence to the support of
his dependents at home."
The Whale's Complicated Breathing
Apparatus.
An 'eminent naturalist says, con-
cerning the breathing apparatus of
the whale: "Tlte windpipe does npt
communicate with the mouth; a hole
is, as it were, bored right through the
back of the head. Engineers would do
Well to copy the action of the valve of
the whale's blow -hole; a More perfect.
piece of structure it is impossible to
ivagine. Day and ivight, asleep or
awake, the whale .works its breathing
apparatus: in such a manner thatnot a
drop of water ever gets down into the
•lungs.,. Ag}tin, the whale must of
necessity stay a nmeh longer period
under water then seals.; this alone
might possibly drown it, inasmuch as
the lungs cannot have access to fresh
air.. We end . that this difficulty has
been anticipated and obviated by a
peculiar reservoir in the venous sys-
tem, which reservoir Is situated at
the back of the lungs."
Light.
An enthusiastic aclmif•er cgme rush-
ing up to Arnold Bennett, the English
author, at'a reception in Chicago re-
cently. "0 Mr. Bennett," she cried, "I
am so delighted' to 'inset you! You
have beena wonderful help., to me!"
"Indeed? In what way, night I-aslc?"
"Oh, that last book of yours! It
has taught me to concentrate,"
"To concentrate? Well, well, that's
nice! Now tell mo, what are you con-
centrating on?"
"Oh, on lots .and lots of things!"
salnara's Liniment .Cares- Dtyhtherta.
l?piittg• Palate and Vegetables. '
It has been estimated by reliable.
authorities that from one-fourth 'to
one-half of all'perishable crops raise
in this country before the war were
allowed to go to waste. Through at-
tention to modern methods of pros-
erva•atm (drying; canning, storing and
salting) the percentage of foods
formerly allowed to go to waste has
been, greatly aieduced.
Of the four methods of preservation
—drying, canning, storing and salt
ing-.avidely recommended for use dur-
ing the past, few seasons, the., first is
worthy of ;speeipl eonsidentttion, The
sy✓tean of (laying, or dehydration; is
especially applicable to those crops
Which can not be stored satisfactorily,
as well as those which are difficdlt to
can, particularly on a' small seal?,
There are two methods or systems of
drying suited to the handling Of sue -
phis liroduce from the average farm.
The first of these systems includes the
operation of the majority of cook -stove
drying contrivances, the most .satis-
factory of which is a set of cloth or
screen-bottoni trays arranged horizon-
tally over the kitchen range. The
second system comprises the operation
of fan -equipped commercial driers, or
dehydrators, which may be had in
sizes adapted for farm use. Driers of
this type usually consist of a horizon-
tal or a slightly inclined tunnel or
cabinet fitted with a steam coil or a
hot-air furnace at one end and a large
exhaust fan at the other. Trays con'
lining prepared produce are placed
in the cabinet or chamber through
which is drawn a current of heated air.
A's the heated air becomes moisture -
laden, it is removed and replaced by
the, fan, thus reducing the time ord-
inarily required for drying by about
one-half.
Not all kinds of products can be
dried satisfactorily. In fact, little or
no attempt should be made to dry
those crops which keep well in ordin-
ary storage, unless through drying then
crop can 'be marketed to better ad-
vantage. In all eases an attempt
should be made to secure a first-class
Rroauct from each kind of produce
handled. This means that only pro-
duce of good quality should be used.
Cull fruits or vegetables give a cull
produet—that is, one of inferior qual-
ity. All produce should be thorough-
ly and carefully prepared.
Temperature best suited fox drying
varies between 110 deg. and 170 deg.
F. In the commercial drying plants,
produce is ordinarily entered at .the
end of the drier where the temper-
ature is lowest, preferably 110 deg, to
130 deg. F. Trays entered here are
shifted gradually toward a higher
temperature (toward the steam coils)
as drying progresses, and the produce
is finished off and removed at a temp-
erature of 150 deg. to 170 deg. F.
ai the drying of produce over the
kitchen range, an attempt should be
made to duplicate, this temperature.
This can ordinarily be accomplished
by lowering the 'trays nearer.to the
top of the stove ars drying progresses.
Apples—Apples dry best when peel-
ed, cored and sliced on hand -power or
belt -driven machines, because the
slices are of uniform thickness, and
such slices dry best; where a „hand -
power or belt -driven machine is not
available, special effort must be made
to secure uniform slices, preferably
three -sixteenths of an inch in thick-
ness. After slicing, the prepared
fruits should be placed in a four per
cent. salt solution for fifteen minutes.
Then rinse, spread one-half inch thick
on trays and dry, as quickly as pos-
sible at a temperature' of 110 deg. to
160 deg. F.
Beans --Beans for drying should be
young, tender, and uniform in size.
After being washed add snipped, they
should be cut crosswise into one-half
inchlengths, or run through a rotary
slicer, blanched for three minutes in
boiling water, cold -dipped and dried
in layers one inch" deep at a temper-
ature of 120 deg. to 170 deg. F.
Carrots—Carrots should be washed,
peeled, or scraped free of outer skin,
eut'into three -sixteenth inch slices, or
tihre•e' eightl s, incl) ., calms, blanched
two minutes in boilingwater, tipped
in cold water, spread from one to one
d and one-fourth inches deep on trays
and dried •at a temperature of 120'deg
to 170 deg. F. From six to eight
hours' time is required for cloying at
this temperature,
Cauliflower—Heads of cauliflower
must be washed, separated into parts
or branches, cat one-fourth inch thick
by means of `a similar!]tittle or rotas
slicer, 'bl ached three minutes in boil-
ing water, cold -dipped "end dried in
le.rvels from three-fourths, to one inch
deep at a temperature of 105 deg, to
150 deg. F.
Peak—Peas should he shelled,
blanbhed from one to one and one-half
=metes in vigorously boiling water,
cold -dipped and dried in layers from
threh-fburths to One inch deep at ap-
proximately the same temperaf re as
that given for string beans.
Pusnpkins and •Winter Squash—
Thee, handled in the same way as
summer squash, give a satisfactory
product.
Summer Squash—This 'should he
peeled, cut into three-eighths inch
slices or one-half inch cubes, blanched
for three minutes in boiling water,
cold -dipped and dried in from one-
half to three-fourths inch layers at
a temperature of 110 deg. to 160 deg,
F.
'Sweet Corn—Sweet corn should be
husked, silked, blenched' for from five
to eight minutes in boiling water, cut
and scraped from the cob and dried
in layers from one-half to three-
fourths inch deep at, a temperature
of 110 deg. to 140 deg. F. An oc-
casional stirring of the corn on the
trays tends to shorten the drying
period.
All products should be dried enough
to prevent them from spoiling when
held under ordinary storage. Dried
or dehydrated apples carry approuii-
mately twenty-five per cent. moisture.
However, a product which has .le`e
moisture will keep to -better advan-
tage. 'When thoroughly dried, . the
slices of apples. or vegetables should
approach a brittle stage. In general,
the quality of the product is not affect-
ed by more thorough drying, provided
it is not allowed to scorch during the
drying process.
Many vegetables which adapt them-
selves for use in the form of vegetable
meals, ' such as pumpkins, tomatoes
and peas, may be dried to a brittle
stage and ground immediately through
a hand grist -mill. The meal may be
stored, until needed for use, in paper
cartons with close -fitting. covers.
.A. home-made cook stove drier that
can be used on a wood or coal range
or a kerosene stove can be made easily
and cheaply. Dimensions: Bass, 24
x 16 inches; height, thirty-six inches.
A base six inches high is made of
galvanized sheet iron. This base
slightly flares toward the 'bottom and
has two small circular openings for
ventilation in each of the four. sides.
On the base rests a box -like frame
made of strips of wood one or one
and one-half inches wide. The two
sides are braced with one and one-
quarter inch striPe which serve as
cleats on which the trays in the drier
rest. These are placed three inches'
apart.
The frame is covered with bin or
galvanized sheet iron;. tacked to the
wooden, stripe of the frame. Thin
strips of wood may be used instead
of tin or sheet iron, The dolor is
fitted on small hinges and fastened
with a thumb -latch. It opens wide so
that, the trays can be removed easily.
The bottom • of the Omer is made of
a piece of perforated galvanized sheet
iron,: Two inches above the bottom is
placed'a solid sheet of galvanized iron
which is three inches less in length
and width than the bottom. • This
sheet rests on two wires fastened to
the sides of the drier. 'This -prevents
the diaeot heat from coming In con-
tact with. the product and serves as a
radiator. to spread the heat . mere
evenly. The first tray Is placed three
inches above the radiator. The trays
rest on the cleats three inches apart.
All tgradee. Write for prices.
TORONTO SALT WORKS
A. J. CLIFF TORONTO
A drier of the given dimensions will
heli] eight trays,
The frames of the trays are made
of one -inch strips on which; is tacked
galvanized 'sdreen •wine, w'hic'h forms
the bottom's of the trays.Each tr'a'y
• is 21 x 15 inches, making. it three
inches less in °,leligth than the- drier.
The lbw•est tray when .placed in the
drier is pushed'to the bade leaving'
the t'ee-inch space in front. The
next tics is Iaced even with
Y p the front,
leaving a three-inch space in the'tack
y, The other trays alternate in the same
way, This permits the 'heated air to
pass around and over the trays.
There is a ventilator at the top.
At Parting.
Let this g9ocl.bye of our—this last
good-bye-
Be still and splendid like a forest
• tree;
Or like the hands of Silence holding
up
The blue, and burning corners of the
sea.
Let there be one deep loolwithin our
eyes,
Built of the wonderment of these
Past years;
Too vast a thing of beauty to be lost
In quivering lips and burning floods
of tears '•
Back to the chaos of the world, we go
Shining with one sweet secret no
one ]snows;
Crutches of dreams to help us on our
path,
From snow to tender peta]ing of the
rose.
So in our places we lift high our heads,
That none may And within our Calm,
clear eyes
The secret that two travelers have re.
turned,
And cast away their key to Paradise.
—Archibald Sullivan.
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HOUSEWIVES are finding new
and delicious uses for Corn
Starch every day—in fact, for
every meal.
Not alone smooth, creamy gravies
and sauces, and simple puddings
--but crisp, delicate pastries;
flaky ,rolls, bread and biscuits;
rich tender cakes and pie fillings;. and desserts such as you never
thought it possible to make in
your own kitchen.
• Insibt on BENSON'S—no other.
Corn Starch can guarantee such
Purity and Delicacy.. 1Recipes
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c A CRAFTY
REDSKIN
If the red man no longer, goes upon
the warpath and harries the pale-
faces, he has taken a leaf or two out
of the white man's book, and whenever
he can gets the -better of .his neighbor
through the use of his wits; In The
Garden of Canada theins{ is un examble
of the sort of trick that the sophisti-
'cated Indian sonitthnes 'plays 'on the
ivhide inau,
The two packers, says the 'author;
set out at dawn to round up their am -
melee, Sism edon came rompirig'•in.
with his ;Minch, but Baker searched
fruitlessly for three horn's, Wo were
having, • breakfast ' Wheti up red's an
Indian boy of about twelve.
"White mail lose horses?" he asked.
laconically,. '
"Fop! an"
InSeecndian barny?"
"How many?"
• "Fear, five, six," holding up his
grimy. digits. "
With much coaling we induced him'
to describe them, and it was not diffi-
cult to. understand that our missing
animal's had been corralled by the red
men. Balser tore off hotly with the ,
young Indian, breathing revenge, and
intending to teach the reel man a les-
sen for daring to roundesp his Beasts,
But he came back ]oohing unrtain.
"The semis of guns say myceplugs
jumped the fence round their oat field
during the night, that they had to get
up and chase them out, that they got
in again, and at last had to be cor-
ralled," was the report.
"Well, go and get them out," ad-
vism.
"DarenedSa't! The rascals won't let
them go for less than fifty dollars.
They say they did that amount of dam-
age to the crops."
One of the offended Indians soon
came up, but he was proof against
cajolery. "While man's horses eat and
tread. oats,. While man pay. While
man make law; while man keep law,"
Sam was for taking the bull by the
horns in his rough frontier manner
and having It settled by the tribunal
afterwards; Baker hesitated at such.
a high-handed proceeding, while Lett
tried diplomacy. But that was of no
effect,
"Civ' me" illy dolls,'. While pian
have caynses," said the Indian with'
inflexible obstinacy.
"Look Imre!" cried Baker. "You're
trying to play a slick gamine. You
come along with me to Hazleton and
we'll see the Wien agent."
"lue eons' Hazleton sure. See In-
dian agent. He see Indian qui' right"
Baiter argued with the Indian, vain-
ly endeavoring to, compromise natters.
The diepnte lasted two Hours, and in
the end the Indian reduced his Claim
foralannages to ten dollars. Baker
promptly paid, and soon came back
with the horses.
"Say," said Sam, "did you see what
damage your plugs had done to the
oats?"
"No! What's the use?"
"They shinned youalIt's a.
Hui o thin]? that your pings were never
in those oats."
We heard afterwards that Sam's
surmise was Coreeet. The damage
was imaginary; the Indians had found
the ]horses browsing quietly in the
open flat and had seen a chance to
turn a' penny at the expense of the.
white pian,
Cautions in Canning.
1. Old Or decayed products should
not! be used. They will p- eliably spoil.
2. Use only one 'set of direction's
and follow time -table exaotly,
3. Canr
p oclu•cts as •soon as possible
after gathering,
4. Test jars, covers, wire bails,
rub'bes, etc., to see if in good condi-•
tion,
5. Never use rubbers a second time.
Jars, covers, etc., if in good condition,
may be used.
6. If wire bail or dlamp does not go
into position with a snap, remove
from jar and bend. This is necessary
for good results. "
7. Do not soak foods duping blanch-
ing—count time while in •boiling water,
then dip in and out of cold water.
Soaking sissy ruin foods,
8. Have jars -stand in 'het water
'While packing to prevent breaking
when pat into boiling water to pro-
cess,
9, Have water. boiling 'before putt-
ing in jars; do not count 'tirhe until
water returns to boiling point or pro-
duot will be under -cooked and may
deteriorate.
10. As soon as product is processed;
remove and tighten clamps to exclude
all air at once.
11. Jars or containers most not
sdsrtl'bandlclose together while atoldng.
They' should cool as quickly tus pos-
e,
12, Hot jars placed on cold metal
:may break. Best use a board, Avoid
drafts on hot jars.
13. When cool, test to see .if there
is ony leakage. Jars which leek
should be emptied into other contain -
ere and' reprocessed at once.
14. When cold, store 'food in a cool
place. If'stoa:eroem is not dark, weep •
jars in paper.
That Kind.
"What sort of a g'ii•l is she?"
"The khat that everybody says will
make a good wife forsomebody some
day."
r,
The jay of religion is deeper and
more lasting thin any other; and this
is one of the gifts o? God to His
friends, to those Who walls with Him.
"Atmel this walking with God is possihle
to every man in every. age.