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0', The Adventures of Capt -,in Fraser
atats CHAPTER X.L--(Cont'd). "You needn't come," said the other
"No sir " said the cook, erpectfully, dutifully. "He was last heard of an
:-._ "it does make 'sxxi larf,don't it sir? this :hip, and where else spm I to look
thought I can't see wot they're lading for him? You said you'd like to find,
at any more than wot you can.'' him yourself."
The mate walked off fuming, and "I should," said Mrs. Tipping, grin -I-
to his other duties added that of in-, ly; "I should. Me an' him ere to have
Spectorof pots and pans, a condition a little talk, if ever we do meet."
of things highly offensive to the cook,; "If ever he comas aboard this ship,"
inasmuch as certain culinary arrange-; said the mate, firmly, "1'11 tackle him i
merits of his, only remotely connect- for you."
ed wth cleanliness, came in for much "Find out where he lives," said Mrs.
unskilled comment. ; Tipping, eagerly.
The overworked crew went ashore' "And let us know," added her daugh-
,' at the earliest possible moment after ter, giving him a card; "chats our ad-
etheir arrival in London, in search of dress, and any time you're up our
recuperative draughts. Ben watch- way we shall be very pleased to sec
ed them a trifle wistfully as they mon- you, Mr. --"
ed off, and when Nibletts soon after "Brown," said the nate, charmed
followed their example without invit- with their manners. "Mr. Brown."
"Ben," • ,� from wharf.
• ic.f
rain the
B n cried mghim to join him in a social glass of e ,
superior quality, smiled mournfully as The new mate gazed austerely at the
he thought of , the disadvantages of small office -boy above.
rank. I "Letter for the mate," said the.
He sat for some time smoking in youth, who was unversed in recent his -
silence, monarch of all he surveyed, tory; "catch."
and then, gazing abstractedly at the He pitched it to the deck and walk -
silent craft around him, fell into a ed off whistling. There was only one
'pleasant dream, in which he saw him- mate in Ben's world, and he pickedup
Self hi his rightful position as master
"d£ the Foam, and Nibletts, cashiered
for drunkenness, coming to him far
employment before the mast. His
meditationswere disturbed by a small
piece of coal breaking on the deck, at
•which he looked lazily, until, funding it
followed by two other pieces, he re-
luctantly carne to the conclusion that
they were intended for him. A
fourth piece, better aimed, put the
matter beyond all reasonable doubt
When you pay the price of first quality sugar, why not
be sure that you get it '? There is one brand in Canada
which has no second quality—that's the old reliable Redpath.
2 and 5 lb. Cartons --
10, 20, 50 and 100 lb. Bags. Mad
Flower, regarding the weirdest -loo):-
4
me interest
with 4o
three
ing of the
"She's a wonderful layer," said Miss
Chifers, "and as sharp as you make'
'em. When she's in the dustbin •the
others 'ave to stay outside. .They
can go in when she's 'ad ell t �, e;t
wants."
"I don't think I'll have an
eggs," said Flower, casually.
the letter and put it in his pocket. eating too much. Bacon '11 ci'ti
"Don't mind us, if you want to read'self." '
it," said Mrs. Tipping, �'
kindly."Please yourself," said • Mlss
fors, turning front the wins
"How's your foot?"
"Better," said Flower.
"It's swelled more than it was n
terday,"she said with ilk enet d bl h
c , .• a o n r,
satisfaction. t Canadian cheese and butter are to be ; ed No. 2, there is a cause for it, and day.
"It feels better," said the captain ` i held in as high esteem in the future the cause is usually to be found in the A fine of $50 was imposed at Edina
"That's 'cos it's gain' dee, aid ! as they have been in the past. In Handling of the cream from the time burgh Sheriff Court on the secretary
the damsel; "theresit'11 go blast; 1 up 1907`about 6,000,000 pounds of cream-' it leaves the separator until it is de- of the Scottish Independent Labor
and looking tr sharply, he caught the your leg, and then you'll 'avg t.Q'ave cry butter were manufactured in West-' livered at the creamery. Few dairy- Party far a contraventimi of the De-
p
watchman in the act of launching the, in the statement. He looked at Mrs, „
it orf. .,, is�t< �l�,s�4, err. Ontario.: The home market can- men would intentionally injure the in- fence of the Realm Act.
fifth. Tipping, and saw a chance of avoid- Flower gyrinned comfortably „.; I gee. smiled the major portion of it, but in dttstry which means so much to them, It has been established as a certain-
• "Hullo old 'un " said George, cheer -j ing humiliation. "You ma'y"lari, said the small girl, 1915 20,000,000 pounds were manufact- but so long as good butter was manu- ty that Glasgow will have an interest
fully, "T thought you was asleep." "P'r'ops you'd juslook at it and severely; "but you won't laIf --;when [tired and the home demand was lessen- factured and a fair price paid for, in the rebuilding of a number of
"You thought wrong, then," said see if it's important,"he suggested. you lose it, an' all beco's you wen't ed by the Western Provinces being able butter -fat, they did not concern them- those towns and villages which have
"Only business, I expect," said Ben,
grandly.
Ile took it from his pocket, and,
tearing the envelope, threw it aside
and made a feint of reading the con-
tents.
"Not bad news, I hope?" said Mrs,
Tipping, noticing• his wrinkled brow.
"I can't ret'''without my glasses,"
said the mate, with a measure of truth
"Let Redpath Sweetere
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iii one grade oa, l Wl^- th
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.hest
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CRO 1 OW S , tan'.
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM H.ER'`
BAND'S AND' BRABS•
'What Is Going On in the Highfa
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia. •
An aeroplane collldedf with the
chimney of a dwelling house in Mon-
trose, and the petrol caught fire, in-
flicting fatal injuries on the pilot,
Lieut. Fowler, R.F.C.•
The Countess of`�^`A'1'ilie and Lady
Bertha Dawkins have succeeded the
Dowager Countess of Bradford and •
Lady Mary Trefusis as ladies -rte ,
waiting to H.M. the Queen.,
Damage estimated at $25,000 was
caused by a fire that occurred on
the premises of Messrs. McCorq,uo-
dale & Co., Limited, general printers
and stationers, Glasgow.
:.SXV313ie,• • avcw •s,,, :seai,7srce• a,;..7�x•• 4MSre..M,,as 4IFK71x :7=5,7n.077 s4a rmra1r Sentence of three montes hard la•
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nor for a street assault was passi:d
'• at Glasgow on a youth, described as
"hooligans"
a member of a gang of
known as the "Sing Sing Boys."
Rothesay Harbor Trust' have :.de -
;t, aided to impose a two -cent pontage
�} e� S ��' i (•a'a5,2� "4N Ire: ;� u .,#".;:'•fY7 �,a�t rrt ;5- f}J.m?a�'..at.
on the pier to make up the deficit of
$10,000 caused by the :reduction of
steamboat traffic. '
t" r' . Mr. F. B. Sharp, jute manufactur-
er, Dundee, has intimated to the Dun
y.mg for Milk and Cream on a ` cream regardless of duality and dee authorities that he would enact
Quality i3asis• i cream will be paid for on a quality at the end of the war a baby ;clirnie
e Many phases of dairying have in- basis, thus giving an incentive to at a cost of $20,000
greased by leaps and bounds during ; dairymen to take precautions to look A Scottish Office order hoe been -
e
the past few years, but none has been; after the cream properly. It is in issued 'notifying shop closing in
os marked than the butter industry., the dairymen's interests to aid in Scotland from now on until 30th Ap-
his growth -is attended with new pro-', facilitating the working out of the ril next not later than- 8 o'. clock in
ems w ic.h smust be solved if_ new regulations. If cream is graa-9 ' 5•
i^. ; the evening and o eIoek on aatur--
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the mate, sourly; "don't you do that Mrs. Tipping took the letter from poultice it„with:tea leaves '•
eg'in•"n him, and, after remarking on the She collectecr'the things together on
"Why, did I 'urs you?" said the strangeness of the handwriting, read a tea tray of enormous size; and lt.
other, surprised at his tone. aloud:— ing it tighi,ly pressed to :her•,.
"Next time you want to chuck coal Dear Jack,—If you want- to see Mr. 'waist, watched with anxious ey
at anybody," continued Ben, with dig -Norton, come to 10, .,Sohn 'Street, Wal the heavy
nity, "pick out one o' the 'ands mates worth, and be earefuI nobody sees you;' to the othe
'don't like 'eying coal chucked at'em by "Jack," said the mate, stooping for •thet dear,
watchmen." •the envelope. "Why, it m eiabe,mear t 's l ' hesitation v,
"Look who we are;" gasped the for Mr.—for Jack Fraser• •
petrified , George. "Look who .we "Careful nobody se,-, ou '"
n--=
e rxe n te;. ae"aak is g aria itre ; "nil 1 1 _ r I tl
`�c'f`rz`'�'c�'�clter'Ioolced;ia'�
and I'll keep mine." other. • Iti
- wase euident thatthein
The watchman regarded him for thoughts were similar, . and that one
some time in genuine astonishment,: could have known them without the
and then, taking his old seat on the expenditure of the proverbial pearly.
;post, thrust his hands in his pockets, "I'll give it to hila: when I'see him,"
and gave uterance to this shocking remarked Ben, thrusting. the letter in
heresy. "Mates ain't nothing." his pocket. "It don't seen to be nn -
"You .mind your business, watch- portant. He ain't in London at pres
man," said the nettled Ben. "and I'll ent, I don't think."
mind mine.""I shouldn't think it was important
"You don't know it," retorted the at all," said Mrs. Tipping, soothingly.
other, breathing heavily; "besides, "Not at all,"echoed her daughter,
you don't look like a mate. I wouldn't whose cheek was burning with excite -
chuck coal at a real mate," ment. "Good -night, Mr. Brown."
He said no more, but sat gazing idly Ben bade them good -night, and in
up and down the river with a face his capacity of host walked up the
from which all expression had been wharf with them and saw them depart.
es banished, except when at intervals his "Nice little thing, ain't she?" said
gaze rested upon the mate, when it the watchman, who was standing
lit up with an expression of "wonder there, after Mrs. Tipping had bidden
and joy which made the muscles ache
with the exercise.
He was interrupted in this amuse-
ment by the sound of footsteps and
' feminine -voices behind him; the inde-
fatigable Tippings were paying an-
other of their informal visits, and,
calmly ignoring has presence, came to
the edge of the jetty and discussed
ways and means of boarding the
schooner. `
"Mr. Fraser's gone," said the watch-
man, politely and loudly, "there's a
new skipper now, and that tall, fine,
'andsome, smart, good-looking young smoking an after. -breakfast pipe, and
feller down there is the new mate," gazing idly into the dismal, littered
The new mate, looking up fiercely, yard beneath. Time—owing to his
acknowledged the introduction with an injured foot, which, neatly bandaged at
inhospitable stare, a look which gave ` a local dispensary, rested upon a
Ba-
y tb one of anxiety as.Mrs. Tipping,' second chair—hung rather heavily Its name comes from that of
stepping into the riggin",g, suddenly upon his hands as he sat thinking of Yonne, a little town in the Basque
last,her nrseve, and, gripping it tightly, , ways and means of spending the next country in France, but cheek by jowl
shook it in much the same fashion as' six. months profitably and pleasantly. with Spain, down in the far corner of
a stout bluebottle shakes the web of a' Ire had looked at the oleographs on the Biscay. There it was first maim -
spider. - 'the walls until he was tired, and even factured.
"Hold tight, mar,"cried her dauc�h- the marvels of the wax fruit under a The story of its invention illustrates
ter, excitedly. I cracked glass shade began to pall upon the old proverb about the motherhood
"I am," cried Mrs. Tipping. "Help]" him. of necessity. A Basque regiment,
The watchman stepped into the rig-! "I'11 go and. stay in the country a having run out of ammunition and
ging beside her, and patted her south- bit," he muttered; "I shall choke here." wishing to sell their lives clearly, took
ingly on the back; the mate, coming He took a slice of bread from the
to the side, took her foot and assisted tray, and breaking it into small pieces,
her to reach the deck. Miss Tipping began to give breakfast to three hens
folloeved, and the elder lady, after re- which passed a precarious existence in
covering from the shook caused by her the yard below.
to peril, fell to discuusing the eternal; "They get quite to know you now,"
subject of Mr. Robinson with the new said the small but shrewd daughter of
te. !the house, who had come in to clean
4No, I never see '1m," said Ben the breakfast things away. "How'd
ghtlully; "1 never heard of him you like your egg?"
00 come asking arter'im." j "Very good," sid Flower.
. ou must make up your mind he's "It was new laid," said the small
rte," said Mrs. 'Tippn , turning to, girl.
ler daughter, "that's what I keep tell- i She came up to the window
ing you. I nnever, Was Ft: tired of an -' p"azul
�' critically inspected the birds. ,she laid:
thing in my 1iXe as t:�a: npingatiown u " she Said indicating one of the
to supply their local trade, • Ontario selves particularly about the condi-
butter must eater to a foreign market' tion the .cream was in when it left
in .competition with butter from oth- their hands so long as it was accept-
1 el', cotr'ntraes, and these markets will ed. When cream is bought on a John Macdonald, Limited. The 'mill
a; -a little more exacting as to flavor, graded basis, every dairyman will en- and plant were destroyed and the
articles slowly soba > eature; etc:, than our aivxr people. deavor to have his product in the first (damage n estimated at about $15,00 e
r end. A knife t ell
d' The .other Provinces of the Domin- grade. It will pay him tocare for. It has been stated at a meeting of
+ .'fan have led' Ontario in the matter of the cream in the most approved man
and the loaf, a . PP the Renfrewshire Territorial Assoei
. I cxeain gradin .In 1915 96, 96 per cent. ner. First -grade cream will make anon in Paisley that the 20 county
is
i,� :o •ztltter tifa� . e. i1re Alberta make first -grade butter, which will. meets were in full strength, ;and
fz afire 4 and X59 tend. to change the,;ver`clicc, on The On -
.
n x, _ n had joined the lot,
, ... + .,� {t,,�r....�wilt?1'rt. 'flea l 'e.o brea
:: ,• „� 's 1, n ' ,� �d c. e � . ��attcl .. , a - . . �„ . -`'~-;-�.�w''.°,
I ; ->• � o )y�n���. �.;.k��.t'� �, n.�n ��,,,: outbrean "`fire ri`F'ici caaYeed. .
'..,tire most" exclnsr, r,r_g,farfteta, It is
y .,•cteh w'an:' e "me
producers will db
damage estimated at $35,000; occur-
�, tntieipated stns red at• in
Park School, n•
m0lnm ' „i , n.:tecOunt a. nxs ' _uo and S o , Goi a
4-141.' g, l , ',.I7oz sen' n Gyri,;g radee n' in akt Robe t<egat. ', ,.e w s facilitating the
,ding. was inter "litedt�a,w tri er''cent. Inhill. The upper floor was completely
Ili p Quebec cream•g aid- working out of the grading system in
loud='knock at the street door,' a.,. ing is' compulsory, and dairymen in Ontario. Itburned out and the roof collapsed.
has proved a good. The Scottish Fishery Board paid
threw down the paper to be read: ) tine Maritime Provinces are strong thing for the other Provinces an
dwill
recieve the faithful Fraser. He lieifrdb'sppporters of the, system. ,.Ontario do likewise for' Ontario dairymen. over a grant of $44,000 to Buckie
the door open, and then. tithe violent' lags behind, and the effect was ribticed y n' Town completion
to be applied towards
rushing upstairs of Miss Chiffers to by, the failure to winprizes with. but- Quality h s Cheese Factories. the completion of the modified.
Evidence shows that the average harems of extension for the Cluny
announce his visitor. I I ter when iii competition with other
,5quality s milk delivered at the cheese harbor.
Somebody to see you, DIr,.Noiton,'' Provinces However, the new Dairy factories has decreased rather than Three distinct shocks of earthquake
she panted, brusting into the vole. Act which comes into force in March ' increased durin • the q
"Well, show him up,' said Flowed, ` provides for the grading of all cream. g past twenty have been experienced in Bridge of
years. In the report of G. G. Pub- Allan. The earthquake was felt at
"All of 'cm?" demanded Miss Chi Such legislation should. be welcomed low's work twenty years ago, as Dunblane and houses were shaken and
fees. 7"by producer and manufacturer alike. Chief Dairy Instructors for Eastern considerable alarm manifested.
"Is there more than onel". mage i .First -quality. butter cannot be made Ontario the average per cent. of fat The Glasgow Y.M.Y,A. have now
ed Flower, in a startlei*oice. 1 I' rom second-grade cream, nor can the contained in 6,800 samples of milk, completed their negotiations for the
Thee, said Miss Chiffers,nooc best butter be made from the mixture gathered in several counties is given purchase of the Lyric Theatre, and
ding; "two gentlemen and a tasty, of a .first and second-grade cream. as 4.2. In 1914 the report from the steps are to be taken ininiedaateIy. to
"Did they say what their names The dairyman who through careless- same territory shows the average test convert the property into a hostel for
were?" ." inquired the other, turnip ness in handling his cream, delivers a to be 3.5 per cent., or a decrease of soldiers and sailors,
the mate good-bye; be careful wot
y pale. second quality, not ` only hurts his over 5 per cent. in twenty years. As The new order affecting Inverness
you're a-doin' of, Ben. Don't go and Miss Chiffers shook her head, an neighbor, who endeavors to keep his the fat decreases in the milk, the and the north of Scotland, le iiari in
spile then stooped to pick up a hairpi cream in the most approved manner, quantity of cheese per 100 pounds of force. Residents in Inverness have
p yourself by a early marriage, "One of 'em's called Dick," she said but he tends ,to cripple the whole in -
just as you're a -beginning to get on in pp milk becomes less. The system of now on leaving or entering the area
replacing the pin. ; dusty for the Province. On the
life. Besides, a mate might do better „ y "pooling"cthe mills, so commonly to show a police pass an which is their
than that, and she'd only marry you Tell' them I'm not at home, sal market one. pound of low-grade but- practiced, put a premium on poor photographs.
for your position." Flower, hastily,but that I shall b ter will disparage 100 pounds of the milk or at least encouraged dairy-
.__ back at twelve o'clock. See?" finest' quality. More free a,dvertis- men to increase the quantity at the
(To be continued). . ing, is given the poor stuff than the expense of 1't 1
been devastated in Belgium.
Fire broke out in the Forces Saw
Mills, recently acquired by Messrs.
CHAPTER X.H.X.H.It 1 quality and is largely re-
�good. is the case with every- sponsible for the decrease in quality,
In happy ignorance of the changes ORIGIN OF THE BAYONET. . thing, consequently, as competition When payment is made on a quality So That Object Seen Shows Depth and
caused by his sudden and tragic end, --- becomes keener, more care must be basis, it will be an incentive to select Relief.
Captain Flower sat at the open win- First Used by 'Proops Out of Ammu- taken to manufacture goods . of the and breed the herd to improve the
clow of his shabbyWalworth lodging nitron, best quality. test which in turn, will Because we have two eyes the' "
g g � , , give more of t
Cream Grading. a richer cheese from 100 pounds of things we see seem solid and not fiat,
The bayonet, which the quidnuncs
solete Cream ratite than is secured at with the result that we can judge.
before the war said was an obsolete Fading was started when present. their distance from us with lair core
weapon, has proved its great value in; creameries were first established in Grading of cream at creameries and redness. through a �vandolt�.a-
the West, so that dairymen were not paying for milk at cheese factories g
the recent movements of the British. + a house across the street with . one •
familiar with any other system. The according to quality would have been
high quality product manufactured to the best interest of Ontario dairy eye closed, and then with the other
has given them an enviable position. men years ago. The loss caused by eye closed. The bars of the window
In Ontario it has been different: For lack of these systems for so longa frame will cut across the opposite.
years ereamerymen have taken the time can be partly retrieved, by every house in different places. The two
cream whether it was of the best producer of dairy products aiding in fields seen with the eyes separately,
quality or not. It they didn't take their working out now that they are although in the main alike differ.
it they knew their nearby competitor to be adopted throughout the Pro- When you look at the house with both•
would; the dairyman also knew it, vine. There is no question but that eyes open the two fields seen by the •
and was aware that .the same price the Dairy Act to be enforced this two eyes are combined, and the house
would be paid if it had a good flavor, coming spring is to the best interests across the street assumes depth and
Pasteurizing the cream at the cream- of the man behind the cow, as well relief.
the suggestion of one of their number e7 y overcame much of the difficulty as of the whole industry.—Farmer's Although we see a house with each
that they should fix'their long:knives and gives a tinifornnity of quality of Advocate. eye, we see only one house with both
to the ends of their muskets and ; butter, .but that quality cannot be so' — •l eyes, This makes the sterescope pos-
charge therewith and try to break ;good as if made from only first -grade Men Cheaper Than Machines: sible—an instrument so designed that .
through the Tanks of their enemies. cream. Besides, the careful dairy-1When earth embankment the two eyes are made to converge on
This they did the first bayonet man suffered by the carelessness of placed byman-power at a costof
3lnE a 'single point and yet to see two daf-
charge in history --and thea sum_ ,.his neighbor. The point has been cents a yard its evident that thereds rerent pictures. If these two picturas
in extricating themselves from a. very readied where something has t be l ftle use for excavating represent a chair as it would appda'•
wnl•m corner showed the value of the 4 ng machinery "an to the right and left eyes respeetiv.^
new weapon and led to' its ma.nufacdone to hold the best markets Del On- Chinese railway construction, even if they Inc perceived as one solid ob :.
sur a and adoption by every country' tans butter. Sedan. grade cream that machinery costs no more in China
and army in the, world, is not worth as much as first -grade than it does at the point of maiiufac- y
.;, for. butter. making. ;To pay the same jure. Accordingly, in building the Cause for Amazement.
Her Ideal. price puts a premium on carelessness,` Canton-Hnnku Railway, which will The Photographer's Assistant
WHY WE HAVE TWO EYES..
We heard a our and discourages the careful man, Thebe, iii point of population served, one
customer has brought back his proofs
young woman say yes-egrslature Ira,s put an Act on the fthe most inn' or a t ' • ' He " cam Tains that they're not a bit
o p t n trunk Innes in p
here night alit r nil;ht. It ain't re- three. teidmyartthat
en her ideal man is one who statute books, which comes into force '1 the world, mechanical equipment is like him.
sputa ble „ „ ,f g n make money and ill March, enmpelling cream grading. used only where absolutelyy; Photographer
"She's not much to look at, said foolish enough to spend it.offset the competition for y necessar The Photo i•a slier (as lie loofas at
This. will p as on bridge work, homely customer) --Ile cornplatinhl
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