The Wingham Advance, 1919-01-16, Page 6lean' ''n
reala-IT.A.TION IhnhnrOlt.
'O'Velard C. Thampson in Vieleaeloela
Zieeertia,
In elan'y line of huelneeti parsult there
Are Onitirarl tAketerti what are tiereeeary
toe the etteeees of the undertaking. This
estontualie" true, In the poultry intittetry,
Ix ibis branch of agricalturet Predeetlen
ems units hatetted ere rettlatwely email,
and the management awl eperation or the
italeatrY l4.01.11Prikif 4 qf many delude,
ashiell in order ta insure a reeeeilable
trent and smote Irma be fully ree.aa.
Inevel mat earefuily managed. la tide
arttele it toe deelrea to point out the Wee,
pertanee xis a, controlling Meter in rote -
Y Vireduotj.eit of health and freedom.
irom dISeliSe. .ToEt aa loner as the aout.,
try teaser can maintaia ids flooka of
lama and toreeders in eetiye preauetive
medal, wilt tie he able te aealize profits
trent lois !above anti eeeure o. ah' supply
et oeuotry 1,oreduets ter tim consmaing
nubile. Other factor8,. etiell ea feeding',
breeding alla housing, Wive a lireet bar..
1j upon the health or the fowl, turd, in
la.et. the nermai health and netivities
Of the poultry flock Is eibraetlY great by'
the eembinatIon of ell these fetors,
In order te meintain tho health of the
birds in emelt flock it la tro•Jovtant that
the poultryman should reallee the lamer-
tance of three fundamental -facture which
kelp to bring about thla eleeired condi"
tion. the first place no flock vf
-birds an be healthy antetree front dlea
uMess tbet have beea carefully
selected and. are the result of an intenie
gent eyen of breediug. In every bird
there lei ft certain element known as its
natural resistance to tiJszaee. Tbia hi
nothing more per laee than a analaten-,
mice of strong, v.IVarous constitutions,
whieh to not bread down when exposed
Ip temporary undersible environment,
and 'which are slow tn give in to the
diatractiaa effects of dieeasee. One of
the most Intoortant 11MM:a then, that
the poultry raiser shouli1. put into opera,
tion Is nti attempt to maintain lile bird%
In heOthY active tonaition, Ls to breed
theta and select them with strong re-
. god for the -Voter or natural reeletanee.
Diming this coming season as the /anti -
merman is reatlY to make up bis breed-.
lug pens, only strong, vigorous, healthy,
goedeleed male Wedsas well as female:a
sheula im used. Avoid placatj any un-
dereleed, teealc-lattaitY breeders of either
sex in the peas which areal.' orotreee the
hatohIng eagle' for the coming 'season.
Thle is .strictlY a ease where an ounce
of ,erevention is worth a pound of cure.
Thla nater of preventiug the llabiiity
or neultry diriemee getting into a, nook by
theatection of strong, vigorous birds Is
flnalamental step in sanitation.
Sanitation applies to Douala' lecerdrig.
and viewed front .the broadest stand-
point. ha:hides all the operatiens per-
• formed by the opoultry keeper which wilt
tend to prov,Ide An environment that will
develop and maintain the health, activity
and productivity tat las flocks. Usually
the Idea sf senitatiou includea those
meraiutes whiell are dereetlY to kill die*
ease germs, vaatnin and other trouble-
Produein gargardsms. This paraof
tAiti011 comprises a second step which
- should be given great consideration dur-
this cantata season. It should be
borne in mind that the prevention of
diseeee la of yreatar importance the, a
knowledge Or..the Methods of disease
treatment, As has often bon said, it
Is . far better tealoalt the door before the
Norse has been ,...etelen., •.
Sanitatlen means frone the most praco
*• •
Veal viewpoint three things:
1-a'CLEA.leT
(0.-oieari incubators and brooders be-
tween each hatell .and brood by disfeeting
• with a, five tier cent. molution of some
good ceal.tar iliainfeetant. Always' Use
clean litter in the blooders.
e 1.-Q.eata tate eolorty tionses on
teume at the begiunina: Of the sum
seaaeen. Ile suro that the houses
not overoowded, that they, aia. well
hinted and, that 'they are k pt c ean anti
"So far so good," sale Eugenie, iron-
icallyt "Your reasoning excelletn,
Mr. Nabil, but uutrue,"
"Untrue?"
"Irepeat untrue' she replietl."With
regard to the five humirea pounds -I
paid that into las credit,"
"You," said Ezra, telale
stenod. at her thunderetruek, "a poor
"I'm not a peer girl," said, Itiles
Ratneford, coolly, "On the con-
•trere, Pra werth fifty thousand
noende left to me by a sbare-
broker in naudburst, I did
not tell Keith of ray fortune as
waeted Wm te love •mo for myself.
But as I knew he was peon 1placed
to
his ereedit the Sum of five huadren
pound; vo that eettlee your first proof,
Mr, Netball."
"Well, it's certainly very =tom,"
said Naball, after a Pause. "I hardly
know what to think -what about MY
second proof?"
"Ohl that's more difficult to prove,".
said Eugenie; "but 1 Tette believe he
did wander about, lie's ranter &agent,
alluded, I know." o
"Your answer to my second proof
'is weak," replied Naball sardonically.
"And the tbird—e
"About the knife? Well,", said Miss
Rainsford, knitting her brows, "he bad
It at the club, you say, and slipped It
into hie overcoat Nolte,"
"Exactly," e
"Then be went to the Bon,Bon."
"And what hannened to his overcoat
there?" asked Eugenie,
"I can tell you," replied Ezra, "Ha
took it Of, And in toistake Caprice
carrIed it downstairs with, her fur
mantle."
• "Oh, 'did she take it away with her?"
asked Naball, quielely,
"No," said Ezra, quietly; "she found
out she had it ethen• she was putting
on her mantle in the carriage, and
called me back to. return 1, I took it
upstairs; again, and gave it to Keith,-
wha put it on,'
"And the knifa was 'still in the
Pocket?" (said Eugenie.
suppose eon replied Ezra, rather
confused. "I- didn't even Itilow the
knife Was there." -
"What do you think?" asked Miss
Itainsferdi.turning to Naball,
That astute young man wrinkled his
brown
"It ee what you are driving et," he
said, rapidly. "You think that Caprice
took the knife out of the pocket, saw
the' the whole chance at a flash, and corn-
ineh mitted the crime."
ven- "Ncn nOl". cried Eugenie horror •
are+
tree from red .mites and lice infesta,
tie ner the hot summer months
,--Thetiaring hottees meet be the
struck. "I'na sure I don't believe
tem ; 000]dbe gulltycif clime.°
at-•, alkut tbat,". said Naball, disbeltevn
era •
jeeta of the .Mtultrytnanef must earful
aention. becriuse they, arra thp enelrenm
t+f
d2ttioituareeding bled5, a
gnly cleaned In the
she
conunit mit a crime; but, tell me, do
yott nem Caprice?"
tealak leered eignificantlY,
"I've seen her on the stage, that's
41111; ever off?"
"DrivIn' about the etreete."
14111:07liere else?"
:
retail glanced uneasily at Ezra, who
"Go on, Isaiah; it's all right."
"Well, I've Seen her at the elci 'un'a
place."
1f1
j,0Otelen,riindeed!" said Naball, quickly
"Yes-lote of times -at eight -came
to do besineze, I tepose."
"Men did you see her last?"
"enb., not for a long time," replied
Isalab; "but do you • rentenaber the
week NtIt:I:1 itee nassotudaapdi pacelmil:, so sned ty 1i1exultation
stolen?"
"Yes, yes," Said Naball, eagerly,
0 to see the old 'un
exultation
with difficulty, and asked Isaiah. an-
other question,
st4rts_ay-pthoee bank-netes that were
"I never store 'mt."
"No one said YOU did," retorted
Naball, tartly; "but you wrote some-
thing on the- back of one of 1014:4
replan turned ocarlet, and shifted
from one leg to the other.
'Well, you see," he Murmured, apolo-
getically, "Mr, Stewart wanted, to kaow
a good 'tin to back for the Cup, so
iwroons.,a,,f,raid of the old 'an hearIng, and
as there wasn't no paper, I wrote on
the back of ohe of them, 'Back Plat-
_
pencil?"'
"No, in inn. Mr, Stewart, he laughs
and nods, then puts the notes in the
eaeh box, and puts 'em in the Sate."
"Tha,t's all right," said Naball, dis.
Missing him; "you can go."
Isaiah put on his 'hat, put his hands
in his pockets and departed, whistling
a tune. When the door closed on him,
Nanall turned ta his two companions
With. an exulting light in his ayes.
"What do you think now, Mr.
Naball?" asked Eugenie,
"Think, 7 think as I've done all
along," he replied. "Caprice stole
those lewets, herself and sold them to
old Lazarus."
"Put what'it that got to do with the
death of my father?" *asked Ezra.
"Perhaps nothing -perhaps a lot,"
said the detective. "I don't know
but that bents evidence has „given me
a clue. Suppose --I'm only eupposing,
mind you -Caprice stole her own dia-
1
inters. as an acconm
Suppose she took them to old Laza
lr
icues
,
nd sold 'ern, Suppose Villiers think -
"Humph! I don't know so much a
hey
fan "What nonsense," broke in Ezra,
engrily; "she could not have done such
h°11,• e:thing-she had no motiva."
tor, Nelsen did not reply to this remark,
ing but rleing from his teat, walked 'Jur-
.
ac- riedly -up an down the room in a, state'
'he of great exeltement Ile had been fully
of
et convinced, of, the •guilt of Stewart, but
and tbe conversation of Eugenie hed
°an shaken his belief, and he began to puz-
Ise
zie oyer the new a.spect of the ease,
is- "I weeder if Caprice ever had any
CM a
ors dealings 'with Lazarus?" he laid to
tes himself, thInking of the diamond rob-
bery.
I e e
Yes, broke Eugenie sharply,
, 4
"she had -at least," In answer to
NabalPs qu.estioting look, "when I was
be at the, theatre on Saturday night it
ee boy near rae said he heel seen her at
er- Lazarus' place."
Y "A boy," asked Ezra sharply, "what
4. boy?"
iii "I don't know," she replied; "a thin,
he pale-neced elewish-lmaking boy, with a
sehrfli voice."'
an "Isaiah," said Naball and Ezra with
be one Yoke, and then looked at one an-
other, amazed at this new discovery'.
d "By Jeve!" :said the detectiV.e, "this
beecaning exciting. You are sure
1 YOu heard the boy say that?'
' "Yes, I'm sure -quite sure," answer-
ed Eugenie firmly; "but I don't think
hat could prove Caprice guilty. Much
s I wish to serve Keith, 1 delft want
o ruin ben"
Naball glanced at her keenly, then
turned to Ezra: ,
°Sen.d for the boy," he said sharp -
and In the. sestina, and -at each. other 0
pone as conditions may deniond it. W
thie heas,eeldaiiing. Is done, make
thorough, by removiieg an *hl lit
sweeping. the' inside walls and spray
all parts of tilt). hollow -with a geed
infectant or aehitawash. A verSasetief
tore' mixture' for this purpoSe can
" Inade as follows: ries pasts .eream
„ lima -one •part kerosene., oneabala part
ea:tie coal -tar dfsinfemant„and six
one. half pa:eta-water.- A. Little silt
be Mixed in with added advalitaaeca
a force pomp,: preferably, ..;wilen app
• ing this otaterihia‘rte- It Vein 'get the, el
infeclant into the nooks and corn
cracks erevieee of the bouse wh
diseese germs and parasitic enera
grow beet.
2--CLEA.N" FEED AND CLEAN'
' METIIODS:
ea) --All feeds -should 'be *sweet a
clean. Mouldy and musty or seint-d
,
caved ftaid tualefialeaelalua alwaya
carefully re3acted. The quality of t
toott given to birds has a direct be;
rea ' neva the health -and productivi
tot these birde.
(b).U.Avold everfeedIng• irregular fee
ing quid mmerreeding. 1 -experience w
be the beet tea -ciao In governing t
amobat of foee ,.gevala
• feeding utensils, pertieutar
the water foututtins, should be kept ole,
at an tunas,
• (<1) -The teat& irapply is one Of t
most eounnott sonnies of, contagion.
cesee ef chickenpox, reap, canker an
diseaees. •
EiRDSr
(a), -Keep all tho birde ,Irea frora
festateona of body lice or red mites.
The formbre can be eradicated by the use
ot powfders or an ointment. Any t
power can be used whieh is finely
ground and very dry. If the ointment
'procese is well, twee a - very small I
amount of the obetment ajal delay it in
the region of tee vena - tin case o
red althea they must be aought la the
of the .tattekatartag the day. th
vraelee 'and crevices about the roos
nous', aa thee' eld not live upon the body
a ly, "and we'llfind out all about Ca-
t price's 'visits to your father's place "
"It mightn't have anything to do
ith, the murder," said Ezra, ringing
and drawings hoards with auaiell or same
good otainmercial red mita pnt.
In Oder to be fully enabledto cut down • W
he ben for the messenger,
the lead due"to poultry dame -lee to a ;tin- t
mumduringthe coining yetr, it is es-
stntialAhat the poultry raieer ditettlel not
only' lifted earefully and keea his poultry 0
melee and Yierils ewer' and sanitary, but to
130 elnitild 141't: 55 00d a knowledge toe „
poitibleaoL the type and nature of the I
efontinon poultry diseaSes and treubieen
lee tinseled etteropt to find out as ntueth
145he.van about the various dtVLIS5,5 of ,P
the semen poultry d1eease.4 If he knows
whet emit of agora:Me creete troublea in a
Melts he will be much better enabled "
to fightagaine.t the ocennence of these g
.Caueies. leor im
instaeo it is quite neces.
vary that a successful poultryman should
know 'something about the eauees and
en 44 1 '•
"True" replied Naball, "bun on the
ther hand, it might have a good deal
do with the diamond, robbery."
CHAPTER XXIII.
When the meesenger had been des-
ateled, Nebel' .dreor his seat up to
e o. e, and began to make som
otos, after whieb, he turned to
I was firraly eonvieced of Stewart
guilt," he said quietly; "but what yo
-no o such diseases
ratua ehickehpex, eanlecia taberettio.
eis, ilyer tenable, humble foot, ftozee
combs, omelette and other diseases. of
. welaititown tature. There is nO tate
4or Siittee avtilable In this atilcie iii
*NMI to tilaiineS this Phan) of eanitile
I Mt,
• Zany Jelin Collinsos.
Nothing that Cartwright ever told
esettepeuent better nisplay's the
Penalty- of hie ituntor and the lei
turely Method of hie attack than bis
reterenee, to Mr. J. E. Collin& bio- at
gremlin of the Conservative leader. nt
Pacing- Sir joh31 in the Ilonee of
0,011ln-ions he said: "That Work was lea
• couches} ht chaste and elegant lan- 3ho
Vane, ,arid Ito doubt it will be vetey 1h:
Satisfactory to the honorable gentle- "",
mad'# friends, been& 1 obeerve from 1
lt that Jet811 the aces of the honorable -on
gentleman* career Which evilortinden no
personhave misinterpreted, he has '
been aotaatetlity the purest and most ask
pattiotie motives, and has even some., 1
Ing the old man had them In his itafe
goes to rob hien and coraraits the mur-
der to do so. --Suppose all thata-1
should think there would he a imp,
pretty ease against Villiers:1
"Yes; but Ineith's knife?" said En
-
genie.
"Ah, now you have me," answered
Naball, puzzled. "O don't know,. un-
less Villiers managed to get it while
Stewart was fighting -with him en that
• night, arid covered it in Wood in order
to throw suspicion on hint."
"All your ideas are theoretical," said
Ezra, drily.- "Perbaps Caprice never
Stole her own Iewels, or sold them* to
triy father."
'Wes ehe did, I'll swear," retorted
Naball decielvoly. °Why wounljn't she
pronecute? why did I find Villiers
with one of the jewels? You bet, she
stole them for some freak, and I dare-
say Villiers committed the mercler to
get them back."
"/ don't thirik my father would have
'kept such valuable jewels as that
about he paemisos."
"No; he' put 'em in the bank,"
"No, he woUldn't retorted Ezra; "he
sent all his jewels to Amsterdam, And
here," holding up. a letter, "is an en-
velope with- the Dutch postmark."
"By &Wet" elaeulated NabalIo under
his breeth, "what a queer thing if it
should turn out te be those diamonds
'of Caprice's. Open the letter."
"sueleose it does turn out to be the
didraonda," said Ezra, slowly tearing
the envelope.
"Well"-Naball drew a tong breath.
-"it will be the beginning' of the end."
"I hope it will end in Keith's being,
released," said. Eugenie, looking at
Ezra with littense anxiety:,
That gentleman took out -the fetter,
owl glancing at it for a moment, gave
'trent to an ejaculation of disguet.
"What's the -matter?" naked Eugenio
and Naball together,
"The letter is in cypher," said %as
estrus, toseing it over to the detectine
"Inloint think we'll be able to read
it."'
. "Oh, we'll have a try," stild Naball
e quickly spreading out the letter. "Let's
u-1aay it leek at it."
The letter was as follows:-
'S
sidanmo seaf utiles teh esteem
sgenlil gto teher tclhnoaus
nritcliis.,,It hies teher teueerd
hat the deuce 'does it Mean?"
Nelsen, in a puzzled tone.
s a cypher, evidently, of which.
tither alone Moseesses the key,"
Ezra, "I'll have a look among
alters, and if I find It, it will
make sense of this JuMbIe of
e like a Chinese puzzle," obeys
abail, glancing at It "I never
find out these things."
t lue look," seed Eugenie, takirg
iter. "X used to be rather good
vales."
• find this on out," said Nab-.
gnificaraly "and you'll, do 807316
for Steevatt."
u think it le about Capriee's
41 a-
sh tteketl.
Mule it is ebout CaPrIeeht diet-
','1nkhethr:Pwlibotride nave been Vain.
acktvands," eekl. Ezra, looking
er ithoulder.
exile book her head.
on't thlek so," she replied, teens
the letter elosely. "If eo, tie
'it' would Itave beet writtell
a word' of three letiers, if
one," ',suggested Naha% "and
le alike
ave told Me throws it new lights on seen
the mtbjeet. I eaid you could not allele
do that -1 beg your pardon -you can." ew
nusenle bowed her head ill aokow-. atked
ledgement of the apology, and asked "It'
nI
him a question in a hesitating meaner. my f "You don't think •CePriee is guilty?" said
"I think nothing at present," he re- his p
plied evasively; "not even that Stew- soon
ttrt is benocetit. When I see the boy, Word
, ril tell youWhat I think." "It'
l'heY talked on together for it few ved N
ttutes, and then ,there tame it knock eould
the dome ,In reply to Ezra's per- r "Le
ssioh to enter, the door opened, end the lo
ialt appeared on tlie threshold, St DU
Ming some papers. in his hand. "W
'Oh, you've come," tend Ezra, es the allo si
y shut the door after hitn. good
'Yee; did you, want ine?" demanded ofyO
v
hat, III a jerkY Manner, "'COO 1 111011d
"I t er kn.owed you did."
Titbit you meet a messenger?" bare tie
ed Nebel!, turning his head teued, tea e
Wen depoldted the papers ha car- neer e
, teed on Ezra' desk, and eheok WS nee
head, in 4
I "No, 1 never met any enef, I didn't," ning
lee answ.ered. "Mr, lezra ruined MO to ward
bring all letters that came to the old II; "
Ineti, se as these came, I did." "Try
"That's right," said Lazarus. Toentng there'e
ee nis reputation to be
tarnkshed foe the general welfare of
the conatry. It is a Wippy ansoela-
tion ef Mew, and what it jamented
frbend et mine called thew 'eternal
fitness of thing,' that it gentletratx
wno in his life has (tone justice te 80
teeny Aram Collinsce sbould at last
Lad a jehn Collins to do juetice to
Isitn."---nser John 1/Ol1hfson, In The
UanMagazine for Deeember.
WIgg-Did yon ever hear limn-est:0
11119111!S *Ivy? Wagg-Orly onte. Vou.
itnow, Its mirr!ed 31 widow, and when
ke saw ?Pr first Inteband's grave 1 d'er.
tietely heard him mutter: "Lusky
Cht1'Oitgh tilq. letters. Ity-the-WaY, you see,
!Wale this gentleman Wants to ask you PA tiVUU
f
en itect how the letters are
/
ow es e,"
"%hat, Mr. Netball?" said lealalt, in
alarm. "011, Sir, I never had` nothing'
to do ivith it."
Netball smiled.
"Ino! nol that's all right," he stag,
geecnnatttrediy. "It would take a big..
ger Mee than a Sprat like yen to *tree
Here's one spelt g -t -o: What word
NM be made out of that."
"Got," said Ezra, eagerlY.
"Well if en, in the eypher it teethe
the first letter 'g,' the hint letter 't,'
and the middle Linter at the end,"
"'What do you think of Putt?" *eke
t 11;14111t1r of Ole has teiken
1 the fit and last letters of a word.
and written them in reatien.'
"I amen =toren:mei,' gent Naltell /4
a plszelee tone.
'q think I do," zeta FIl14nnie, (packs
ly, "Let us take manner were, tied
ineteeti of guessing it, try my idea.
Here is a word, neherO Now, Mr,
telte a sheet a paper and
, write down what I MY."
Nelsen got some paper and a paned,
I-. "Now," stied Eugenie, "the were nes
horn. The first letter Is' t," IIOW tne
second letter, winch, I think, Is the
end one of tbe proper Word, le 'el -
place that at the tn."
Rebell wrote "t -e."
"The third letter of the cypher, and
the second of the proper word, is
put that next the In and the fenesh
letter of the cypher, and third of the
proper word Is 1e' -place that at the
end, also."
Netball added two letters as instrect-
ed, "nie-aan
"Now," said Eugenie, -"there's only
One letter left, which meet naturally
be in the unddle."
Naball Welled writiug thus:
t-herese.
"That is three," be saki, with a ery,
Of itrtumpin "By novel Miss Maine -
ford, You are clever; lona make cer-
tain, by trying another letter."
"Takes nosotse-o-nO " sUggested
Dere.
Naball wrote the letters as f011oWs:
s s
t e
'Phe 110 he tvrote them in nue, down
first coluent and tip the second, which
IlIade the word "Aeries."
"Glad we've got it right, after all,"
he said, relightedly, and then the
whet° three et them 'went to work on
the same system, with the result that
the letter read thus;
• "Diamonds safe, unset the stones,
risky selling, got three thousand,
sending it less three hundren, ben-
etzig„,
said Naball, -whet he read
this, "wasn't I right?*
"$o I think," said Ezra, sadly; "my
father evidently bought the jewels
from her, and sent them to Amster-
dam to be sold."
"Still," said Engenie, impatiently,
"this does not clear up the mystery of
the murder,"
"You don't think ;Caprice did it?"
'said Ezra.
"No," replied tbeeletectiverbut VII -
tiers might have done it in orner to
recover the jewels, But I tell you
there's only one thing to be doom we
will go down and see Caprice."
This was agreed to, and 'without los-
ing a, moment they started. - •
may be wroug, ae. I was before,"
Said Naha% when they were in thd
trtitn, "but I'll lay any money that
Villiers had seen Caprice since the
murder,"
"Yoe don't think ithe' s accom-
plice?" cried Eugenie.
"I think nothing," retorted Naball;
;still I see Caprice."
Chapter XXIV,
The trio soon arrived at Kitty's
house, and Ezra was just about to
ring the front -door bell, when sud-
denly Naball touched his arm to stop
"Hist!" he said in', a quien whisper;
"liaten."
A. woman's *oleo, talking in a high
nay, and 'then the deep tones of a
enan'e 'oleo, like the grey' of an an-
gry beast.
"What did I tell you?" whispered
Naball eta Caprice,
both In the erawing-room; wait a mo-
ment, count twenty, and then ring
the bell."
He stepped round the earner 9f tne
Porch, stepped stealthily on to the
verandah, and then Stole eoftly to-
wards one of the Prench windows in
order to listen. He was correct In his
surmise.; the two speakers were Kitty
Marchurst and Randolph Villiers,
"You'd better give me what I ask,"
growled Vatter in a threatening time,
"or I'll go straight and tell how you
Were at Lazarus' on the night•Of the
murder."
"erbaps-
Isyou'll tell killed him?"
said Qapride, with a sneer.
"Perhaps I .will„" retorted Vililers;
"there'no knowing."
"There's this much knowing," said
Inlay deliberately, "that 1 won't give
Yon it single penile. If I am called on
to explain my movements, I can't do
so; but it will. be'rthe worse for you,
it will place -es"
At this inomeut the- bell rang and
Caprice stated in alarna.
"Hush," she el -leen:, advancing to-
wards Villiers; "conseto ine again:1
must Mit be seen talking .• with you
here, GO avetsy-not by the door," she
said, with an angry -stamp of her foot
as Villtere Went towards the door; "by
the window -to one will -see you."
Villiers moved towards the Prenth
window, opened it, and was just about
to step out -when Naball stepped for-
ward.
sere
mime, and elosing the window, ,
"Na,balli" cried Kitty and Vinieks
inot breath.
"Meetly," replied that gentleman,
taltipg a chair. "I've core° to Iteve a
talk WIth PM both."
"I -Ion dare You force your way lute
IllY'hottse?" cried Kitty, angrily, while
Villiers stood' looking sullenly at the
detective.'
"It's about the, diamond robbery,"
went on Nelsen, as if he never heard
her.
On afraid some one will," he said
nely, 'melting Villiers back into slices.
its Unmistakable
Econom,
peedily proven
in a Tea -Pot
Intuaion.
100% Value 100% Pure
Sealed Packets Onlv.
RE OATS.
sA.von'y BEETS. s
1-4 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons flour, 2
teaspoons butter substitute, 2 Miase
spoons vinegar, 1,4 oup water, salt and
ceyenne pepper. Make like white
mice and pour over boiled beets cat
Otto Inch aloe.
QUICK CORII "CAKE.
1 cup flour, it oup milk, 3 teaspoons
baking powder, 1 eup cornmeal, 1 egg,
2 tablespoons °leg. Mix quickly, add-
ing the melted fat last, Beke In an
oilee pan 22 Minutes,
• BANANA CAKE.
LIne a baking pan with a rich bis.
cult .dougla rolled out very thin. Cut
bana,nas into slices, arrange them ott
the dough -in rows. ,Sprinkleover
one-third of a map of sugar, throegh
• which oue-quarter of a teaspoonful of
mace has been mixed, Moisten with
the juice of one orange, one lemon,
and ode tablespoonful of orauge mar-
melade intend together. -Cut bits of
butter mei put this over the top. B•alte
In a moderate oven 80 minute% Serve
with cream.
2 'cups of ground walnuts, 2 cups of
bread crumbs; 1 cup of cooked rice,
1 1-2 cups of hot milk, 2 eggs, 1 stalk
of celery, 1 small onion, 1 tablespoon -
Eta 'of olive oil, 1 tablespoonful of
browned flour, 8 4:4 prigs of parsley,
Grind together thee nuts, eelery, pars-
ley and onion. Add the rice, bread
crumbs, flour, olive oil, milk and eggs
(white and yolks beaten separately),
Add salteand pepper to taste. Bake
in a medium oven 45 minutes. Thie
loaf le delicious served with it rich
tomato sauce,
WHITE CORN FLOUR BREAD.
Two pints white corn flour, two
pints wheat flour, one pine beer yeast,
one tablespoon. lent, two tablespoons
molasses or sugar. Mix flout. nor,
°uglily. Melt lard in one-half cup hot
Water; when cool add yeast and mo-
lasses and MIX as for bread, using
wheat flour to keep it from sticking.
Title makes two loaves about the size
of a baker's loaf.
MUSII BREAD, ,
Early in the evening scald two table-
spoons corn meal, it pineloof salt and
one of sugar, with mtlic enough to
make a mush; set in warm place till
morning. Then scald as much soda
with a.pint of boiling water, then add
cold water till lukewarm Thicken to
a thick batter with one part rice and
the mush.made the night before; stir
briskly for a, minute or two. Put in
closed vesecti in kettle of warm water
(not too hot). When light, mix stiff,
add a little shortening, mold into
For Spanish
Influenza
THE LINIMENT -THAT CURES ALL
AILMENTS.
MINARD'S
TH E 0 LD R EL IA E -Try It
KINARD'S- LINIMENT CO., LTD.,
Yartneuth, N. 8,
nosion.artra,
loaves and let rise, Bake 25 to 30 min
utes in a good oven.
CORNMEAL NUT CAKES.
Twe cepa yellow corn meal, two
tablespoons melted shortenitg, three
cups boiling water, one teaspoon salt,
one egg, one-half cup °hopped nut
meats; Bring water and salt to boil
Stir in corn meal, add nut meats, stir
and cook ten minutes. Remove from
. fire and add Ogg Well beaten apd melt -
'en at. Turn intogreased tin and
cool. When cold slic ,ea.nd fry- in es
hot fat. Serve with honey or
syrup. Sufficient for six or --eight
.11144"1111.
Worth Remembering.
Poor cooktng creates west°, beeeuse
the food will MA be eaten.
In selecting nreed, palm, htee the
narrow °nee, Winch insures thorough
baking. a
White oilcloth Is all attractive and
econoraical emirerilig ter a, Ititcheo
table.
Warned over fire - thoUgh, 14 the
bed)", the buitning takes place Very
slowly Stud la every tissue, Instead.
QC in one central ylece. The Yalteis"of
ocle determined, by the amount
of energy it yleide to the body; Med
U Aldo haS A building and regeleting
tulgtwtt neceeeary that a mat be-
establieNee for measuring the
amotint of heat Produced when food
was completely burned . The unit
choseta or univeritally adopted as the
unit for sneaeuring fuel 'Value or
energy value for atlY kind o fo04
tbbectleletznet Treineeftipl°1erit neIetasruerPirna
efrilts5
the Incle or foot, the units of melts -
tiring length; the pint the gallon, the;
UnIt of volume, and the ounce or
et of weight,
587
The calorie IS the amount of beat
Maned te =Ise the teneperatere of
one kllogram of water 1 degree
Centigra4e, or elle pond Of water
approximately 4 tlegrees Pabreititelt.
Our requirements of food; so far as
the pelmet 3s C011eeriletl, can there,
tore he exPressed in the nember of
calories needed :for one pors.on it
day. It must not be forgotten that
the ceiories must be derived from
the proper ItInde of fead,-.N. •nr.
Herald.
**
Soap ShOulcl never be rillthed uPett
-stain until It has be reraovetl.
jr.••••T•••••••
•Badly spotted ta,n shoes ehould be
put wen a shoe -tree and scrubbed
with soap- and water, allowed to dry,
then polished.
dencioue o
h gives it a
erre
A little Whipp am added to
freshly gratadle
r.
Soap studs are said to b0 excellent
for making plants graw because of the
petash contained therein,
It is said if corns or bunions are
wraPPOd.in oil silk to ezclude the air
It will work a cure.
If you are afflictedswith rheumatism
help yourself by,drinking pleoty. of
Pure water. Six glasses a, day should
bo taken between meats.
Use lemen Iuice and salt to remove
iron rust, lak and nallamv on white
goods.
To remove blood stains, soalt wen in
kerosene oils then wash out in cold
water.
No receptacle for soiled clothing, no
matter how handsomely decorated,
ehouid, be kept in .4 sleeping apart-
ment.
Wesh gas globes In hot sada water,
them in lukewaten ammonia water and
rinse Well in cold water and they will
be beautifully clear.
„
Cheap Form 0? insurance
Yen are insured against corns and
bunions by the purchase of a single
25c bottle of Putnam's .Corn Etra,ctor.
It cures painlessly in 24 hours, Try
aeuteam's Extractor, 25c at all dealers
They Conserved.
•
He had prolonged his visit tilt hall.
Past 10 o'clock, and it had been an
enjoyable evening. As he rose to go
he became nervous and stammered
out:
"Miss -Miss Ruth, you do not read
tb.e newspapers, do you?"
"Why, of course," elle promptly An-
swered. "Don't you suppose that every
woman and girl wants to know about
the war?"
"T -e. Maybe you bave read about
the new revenue tu'
"Yee, I have read -all about it." •
"And, in order to raise a billion dol-
lars mote, they are going to put a
heavy tax on -on -on marriage
licenses,"
"Yes, I saw that," she demure,;
replied.
"After sixty days they are going to
put the.taec on. This is a time to study
conomy and censervation, you know.
if any couple was thinking about
tthout getting nlarried, you know, they
cdiffd save this tax by hurrying up a
W e' must an conserve," she
blushingly answered. And they went
back, to, the parlor and had the whole
matter settled in twenty ,minutes.
Minard's Liniment 'Cures Garget In
Cows.
"Leave the house," she cried, stamp-
ing her feet: •
Ad -about the mur4 4nder," he finished .
off, looking from one to the other,•
Kitty glaneect at Villiers, whe• looked;
• at her with a :mown and sank into a
chair. just as he did so, the drawing.
room door opened, aid Eugenie en,
tered followed by Ezra -Lazarus,
uederettand the meaning of
all this," said Capriee, with' a Femme
"but You seera to have a good idea of
dramatic effeet,"
l'Perhaps so," said aball, lazily.
Kitty' shrugged her 6110111c1ers aed
turned tnsEelgenie, •
"Perhape you ean explain all this,
Mies Paitleford?" she said, coolly. -
"Yee," anewered Eugenie, Slowly;
let's abet Mr, Stewart, You lamer he
has Vide arrested for this murtnet?"
"Itilow," repeated Kitty, linpa.tientlY,
"of course 1 kilo% Int sure I ought to
-morn, teen end night I've heard of
•
nothing oloo, don't knOw how it will
affect tile OteeeOlen sure."
"Never mind the piece," said Ezra, it
trifla !sternly. "I don't /Wed that, as
long as I save tin friend."
• (To be contintied.)
itioted grketillte Valueless.
no nod Crepe Wiehes 10 make it
known, as Widely as possible, that the
report that Used postage stampe have
any mettle through the extrectlon of
the tlYeet eoritaltied itt there is alien-
lutety Wee. The faille report hat al -
eon restated it 'the receipt by the
Peet effiee depertentat of matter stamps
• collected by mint -Men patriots 'Who
sought thee to ,do something te help
Win the Warea-The 'Outlook.
RYE l'ilUPPINS,
Mix or sift ono cup rye one
cup white flour, 000-quttrter cup sugar,
;three teaspoonfuls baking powder and
one-half teaspoonful salt; add one
cup railk and one beaten egg. Beat
w,"ou. nake in muffin pans 20 min-
utes.
CHICAGO HOT.
One peek ripe tomatoes, peeled,
chopped and drained through a col-
ander for at least 1-2 day, 2 cupfuls
choPped Celery, 3 onions 0 large
• greet). peppers, 1 or 2 small hot red
peppers, all ehOpped fitie, -2 table,
snoonfulsewhite mustard seed, 2 table.
spoonfuls cineamon, 2 poueds sugar,
3 pints of vinegar'1.2 CUP ealt. Mhz
welt together audit will be ready for
'use in it few days. DO not cork Or
seal, just store in crocks and cover
tightly,
Ittlinerd"s Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
4105,40
roaq'-'0143ing ,Peopie.
Any time is good entmgh for (more
geing people, Any way Is Well (though
They are inclieed to be sorry for the
young man who Bete his alarm Oloek
for an early hour, and take e off his
coat When he goes to work, But the
rated ,to suceess sof ally sort is never
easy. Easy-going people jog along
comfortably, knovvitig nothieg of tense
littreee and strained mueeles, but when
the day is over, the goal is still far in
the distance.
s do,
WRAP' IS A CALORIE?
eople Have Asked It' it is a New
-.Bread:net reed,
Since food cowervation has be-
come a vital factor 111 earrtring on
the war aa'Ainst Germany, the leer-
• man has encountered in his reading
the new word calorie, This word,
which fonuerly appeared only in
scientific Journals, now . jumps at
once from the daily papers, from the
magazines, agricultural and trade
• press. re a wan, the Food. Adminis-
tration is partly responsible for the
Increased use of the word, and as a
result has received letters from all
parts of the country asking: "What
is it calorie?" Some people have
gone so far as to suggest that it is
the name of a new breakfast food,
whilein one instaace the enquirer
stated he had heard that it was a
new type of explosive. dIscovered by
the War Depertment and 'wanted to
know what the Food Adininistration
had to do with it.
• Whetfuel is thrown on it fire tin-
der a boiler heat is produced. Thie
heat is tequired in order that the
engine may perform its work. To 40
work of any kied requires energy.
Peed used or burned in the human
machine produces energy to Main.
tain the normal heat of the body and
to do its work. Work clone by the
body COMprieeri not only that which
requires 'muscular or mental exer-
tion. but alto involuntary exertion,
such as the beating of the heart, the
expansion of the lungs, ote,
cb.etnical process within the body
which transforms our food Otto en,
Is similar in »entre to the pro -
which takes Mae° 'when fuel le
Even the philceopliical fish May erg"'
follow the line of least resistance, cess
HIRSTS
PAIN gMEROINATOR
VT UV
IIIRST'S
04 be preened sealestifibtelts of elitenfettism, hunbego; Amadei*,
mothlunit aniheeratorta elfeetive for retievingewolIenteintie rile,. al
okolorti t teat and o lee futallteentst trot 40 Vests 010 -s-
te ISt Mehl orete*
outs. ussammt t use lattstall bottialn firionois" I
t farsor writ° too 113 Ernt-CO. It nada,
..4110111.
KEEP LITRE ONES
WELL IN WINTER
Winter is 4 dangerous seasour, for
the little ones. The days are sd
cbangettble-one.brigla, the next cold
• and stormy; that the mother -le afraid
to take the children out for the fresh
air and exercise they need so much.
In consequence they are often cooped,
up In overheated, badly ventilatecl.
rooms and are eseon seized with colds
or grippe, What is needed to Iteep the
tittle ones we is Baby's Own Tab-
lets. They will regulate the atomaoh,
and bowel% and drive ouncolds, and
by, their use the baby will be able to
get over the winter season in perfect
safety, The Tablets. are sold by medi-
eine dealers or br ntail at 26 cents it
box from The Dr, Williams' 1120(1101nd
CD., Brockville, Ont.
4.-,
Worth Remembering.
, For melclew steins -wet in strong
suds, oover with paete of ;salt and
soap and put in the sun,
Arnica Is always good for a bruis-
ed knee- or a pounded thumb. Keep
a bryyour hd
toleha:cndir.';
Ishoes stiffen after
a lyalic in the rain, rub them Geier
:with warm water and thee rab theta
with ;castor oil.
Enamel bathtubs ;can be nicely
cleared withi a flannel dipped in par-
affin and should not be scrubbed. ,
Chloride of lime in solution ie an
ftivabuabIO disinfectant and deodoris-
er, a,nd is cheap enough to be used
daily or weekly to Gush, waste pipes
and sink drains.
To prevent mustard from drying
and caking in the mustard pot, add
a little salt when mantng it '
Mud sirens ors dark clothes ehould
first be brushed and then rubben with
a freshly cut raw potato. This will
remove any tram) of stain:
To clean end sweete0 the coffee pet,
put a little borax water in it.'
To keep ice frora melting, eover it
with a piece of newton then over that
put several thickuesses of paper.
The carpet sweeper, mop, eta, egn
be suspended without any trouble by
inserting a avow eye at the top.
When the kitchen Is very crowded
cup, hooks, screwed along the ends
or the sides of the latab.en table, af-
ford handY places on which to hang
tha potato masher, kitchen scissors.
graters, ' strainers, egg beaters and
numeroun other articles that are in
frequent use,
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper,.
4. • 41.,
japan Likes Pat Men.
In this country when a man of av-
erage height takes o21 girth until his
weight huns up to 300 pounds or so,
his friends have grave doubts about
his condition and advise him to diet in
order to bring back a. slim elegance of
figure, notes a writer. In Japan the
contrary le true. If a man can carry
300 pounds of fiesta fith an agility he
is of the material front whieh heroes
are -manufactured, and if he can 'work
up to the 400 or 47 -5 -pound hotcle, ,
and became a wrestler, he is in the'
running for the championship.
Wrestling is to the Japanese what
boxing is to us, and more. The popu-
lacer goes crazy over it, and the snag.
nates of the „big game handle great
sunt e in the, way of gate receipts The
Tokyo Wrentling aesociation controls
the flower of Japans hetwyweights,
find at its beetle a 350 -pound veteran,
r. Dewanomni, the holder of th
1 championship far ll years ,in succes-
sion-a record feat.
4'.
Cure That cough Today
--Without Medicine
Easily Done By Breathing in
the Healing Fumes of
Catarrhotone.
No -medicine brings suit :prompt
relief, exerts sueh 110 Invigorating in-
fluence oe so thoroughly and speedily
cures throat troublee at "Catarrh -
ozone," Motors, hospitals, sanitar-
iums -ail say teat for those who suffer
trona obangeable weather, for tits:lee
who are predisposed to catarrh, lung h
trouble, deafness, or bronchitis, no st
treatment Is so indispensable as "Ca- w
t "
ISSUE 'NO. 8. 19:19
throe
A eMr five dollarc
s) lew, :tenthb.n0 ION tentele °XXV
Ordr
COAL shortage wlit trouble you: TIMM
.14Cie,;(11 yt1 lItj. etiF:11 1).1)1:1040.rn".4174:elbhrtrt::1324tisi °Ittuf",13Intlfwili;
from coal oil and sir. Vositively g yes
more heat than coal. It Is safe, odor*
toss, almple awl sufficient. Use it in
your cepa stove, heater or turnece.
eerePWAa
leto for . If no gent tint
Your town send size of firebox with
price, tO the wholesale diatributore.
lsr'Tr::rirt;1;:P:oftl:teoeGTvT3n4::::;tn;j:Xl:AFTr;ccQ:mPilVi:W8rlij::tlijt)'n'A:oe::Lutlr:;°:::::;::;:LaVf14aXi'rerA$f
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lailifetta.fitattlita;a4 natierYd,tC)Onthe 8114°4'
24*Q4'aeo U41011)14 Ont.
la1ittin1fetV-4i3n4citge4/3ra31tr oTonardbionoeri,ditiolsno,
FARMS FOR SALL
p .A,X,F.r--150 ACRE OP LAND
• clay Ana sand loam. Crick innate,
be -element barn, Cement silo. and other
outbuileings. 31e miles from Thamesvilika
Good water. Grave/ ,road. A.PnlY Geo.
Dowawell, Thameeville, It, la No, 15.
11)0210 605.
Not
Tho Pand0-00101100 of education un -
dr which most of us were brought up
ansumed tbet childreu were empty
vessels to be filled by knowledge, ob-
serves the New Republic. Teachers
and parents atilt feel that no cut down
an arithmetic hour to 45 =dente& is
do deprive the chile of a fourth of hes
education. But cbildren aro not OnaP--
ty Vessel, tier are they wound up and
set running on a track by the eaener.
TheY ere Pushing wills and desires
and curiosities. They Are living, grow-
ing things, aod they need nothing so
much. as a place where they can grow.
They live as wholes far more than
older people do, and they cannot be
made to become rainds and Mindo
alone for four of five hours a deYt
that is, without stultificatiom
The school forgets that we are onlY
accidentally.intellectual, that our oth-
er impulses are far more imperious.
Because a teacher can eecure ;outward
order it does not tmlotal that she has
harraorsized the ch.lId's personality.
ahe had not the least eine to riot or
oanpaitnhwydoerhdimelasiosettothmatayrneartysiblye tgholinnxit
that she has thereby become an oda,
cationaI scintist,
0 * I
Catarrhal Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reareli
Ole diseased portion of the ear. There' Is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafneas,
and that is by a' constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is Caused by an in.
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When thia tube
is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound
er imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness Is •the result.
Unieas the inflametion can be reduced
and this tube restored to Its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever.
Many eases of deafness are caused by
catarrh, which es an inflamed oondition
of the mucous surfaces. HaIna Catarrh
Medicine acts through the blood on the
mucous surfaces of the system.
We will give One Iaundred Dollars for
any ease of Catarrh Deafness tlrat can-
not be cured by Hall'a Catarrh Medicine.
Cirealars free. All Druggists. 75e.
F. CHENner es CO., Toledo, O.
• Worth Knowing.
A favorite salad be made of celery,
boiled spaghetti and canned pimen-
toes. Shred the celery and the phase --
toes and chop the spaghetti coarsely
and toes the thine together. Serve Ono
lettuce, with white mayonnaise.
A new method of blanching almonds
is to soak thole overnight in cold wat-
er, Th1 is said to be an imprseement
on the utmal method of throwiess there
into boiling water,
Cups and dishes which have become
brown by constant baking in the oven
may be brightened and made to look
like new by rubbing them with a flan-
nel dipped in wniting.
All tin or zinc receptacles are sub-
ject to rust If not properly cared for
from the time they are new, To insure
long life to suck containers, clean and
dry tnem thoroughly and give the sur-
face inside and outside a coat of red -
lead paint. When thie is dry, cover it
with a coat of fiat enamel -If We
treatment is given pails or pans once
it year they Will never rust and their
wearing value win be tripled.
After washing lace curtains lay a
blahket on the floor in Seine empty
room, spread the curtains on the blan-
ket, stretching theni carefully, and
they will keep their place without any
fastening until dried.
Minartils Liniment Cures Colds, Et*.
--at so
Thought lie.Was "Setting ',Ern
- •
A young Topeka army officer, new
in Prance, was seized while in. Paris
with a desire to send :Ws sister a
present, and Heftily decided on a waist,
says the ICarisas City Star. He entered
a fashionable shop and selectee a
waist, but not knowing the size his
sister required, singled out a erten.
Parisian clerk who looked about in
sister's size and asked her to try the
Waist on, When she returned the fit
was pronotiheed perfect, and the young
officer noddea approvingly and paid
the cashier, As he turned back to
claim the article, the clerk flew tato
his arms and kissed him again and
again, exclaiming, "Thank you, thank s
." t a other Weeks its the
tore then caught the lace that the
anclsome young Atnerlean was "set -
ng them uP" gene -ally te girle woo
anted new waists, and bogsoe him to
buy for them also. The °timer finally
excused it retreat in some manner or
other, but the sister in Invoke halt
tot yet received any present.
Csmiate-A married man ehottidn't
talk in hie aleep. Ilenpecke-tieet
Thane the OfilY Chatte& it married Mall
has.to talk.
, .
For certain cure, for relief in n.tt
hour, use Catarrhoeone, the only
direct, breathable medicine.. Two
months' treatnieut guaranteed. Pritle
$1; entailer size, 50o.; sample
25c.; at all dealers everywhere.
Peat an Antiseptic.
Peat is so antiseptic and absorbent
that it is used as it dressing for Wounds
end is an exeellent substitute for medi-
cated cotton. This fact was recogniz-
ed many years ago in Europe, where
spbagnem peat Is now extensively
used in preparing surgical dressings.
According to Professor Soper, who has
Made a detailed study of the peat de-
ments in the Northern Mated States,
there are Malty square miles of sphag-
num bog in the northern countries of
Minnesote, Wieennsin itnd Michigan -
that weeld aupply nutterlat suitable
fOr entiseptie application% It wibrnot
be neeesaary to ineur the expenee -of
deep excavation, •for linnterise quanti-
ties of sphagnum tan be taken front
the upper parts of the deposits. SPene
rillm peat Is 71120 abundant in Maine,
and some Is fotmtl in New York and
Pennsylvania,