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Exeter Advocate, 1914-8-6, Page 2------- ereineenat-VWeeleeen'aiellennteal I AN INNOCENT THIEF Several) the lest thing 1 eaW Of them. How leng have they been both- ering you?" "Well," said Mr. Rieedge, scratching his head, "only since tbis morning, but I guess they've been there longer. My wife says elle saw some calves down in lower meadow 'light before last, Having boaglet three Holsteia Ipalfers but thought they were our, and so of a steel.* raiser named Ainsworth, of didn't tell me at first." the Dry Run neighborlio-°d in t -- bia "Jim. and I hurried over to reclaim lOwer part of Bethel towaship, Uncle the strays, finding them wandering up Jake Secor sent Cousin Jim and me to and down the complainant's lane. In drive the animals home. We speedily gellig, We bad discovered where they fouutl that we had our task cat oet foe had escaped from the pasture, over a elS. partially prostrate length of fence •Th.e intervening distance wee thirtY where the swamp and the cleared lana ranee, in an air line, and eensiderablY abutted en the highway, side by side. More by the tortuous lall roads. Tlaere They tad then passed through one Were very few highway fencee, and corner of the swamp to begin their Much ef the country was covered with trespassing. Second -growth timber, with a tangle of We had just driven the last of the black ash and willow undergrowth in. herd back through the gap, waen the many of the valleys, acrose evlaich the fact suddenly dawned upon me that roads were corduroyed, the number was not eomplete. The young cattle had spent inost of "Where are those spotted heifers, their lives ia aabacle pasture, had ne- Jim?" I asked. War been handled at any season, and "My gracious." said my cousin. were as wild as hawks. They would "They aren't with, the bunch, are they? neither drive nor lead, their one ob- Maybe they didn't get out with the ject, seemingly, being to escape from us. Fortunately, their instinct taught them to keep together, or we should have lost one dr more before we lead gone a mile. We certainly ran Ave rods hither and yon tor, every rod that we pro- gressed northera,rd, and by the Middle of the afternoon were tired out, as were the heifers. When. we came to a roadside barnyard in Clear Valley, one of the few prosperous and well- settled districts through whicli we had to pass, the smallest heifer staggered inside the inclosure, through the open gate, and fell rather than lay down.; the others crowded beside her. and started straight south; and the driven over Imre. Shep, of course, "We can't get them any farther to.. others only followed after haPPening emew.the place and the cattle—that's night," said Jim, eating down on the to find the broken place in the fence. why he took no others. He would edge of the watering trough, and wip. You boys hitch up the little bay mare start back about midnight, and get to Ing his firehead with his handkerchief. to the light buggy, and drive to Ains- the corners near nay north place be - 'How far have we come, anyhow?" worth's, inquiring here and there along fore daylight. Steve could meet him IA*? Sir eartheir NieelSon. Who may become British Ambas- others,' eador to Paris. But they were not in the -pasture, neither could we find them on the Rindge farm nor in the swamp. After get theme Did they Stray there, or a long and fruitless search, we return- did he come here and steal them?" ed to the house to consult Uncle Jake, f f Neither, I think. As to his stealing "Ten to one," he decided, after hear- them himself, he has lost only a half in.• our story "they've gone back to day's work in the last four months, Bethel. Yes, that's wliat they've done!" "But, father," Jim asked, incredu- louslY. "do you mean that cattle ever act that way—like a cat?" "Not often, but sometimes, when they're not yet wonted to a new place. Those heifers got out first, probably, and that was when he went to dicker with Spencer. I don't believe they strayed, either," "How did he get them, then?" "You must remember his dog, Sleep? That dog is a 'wonder. As I azure it out, Steve sent that dog after them some evening soon after they were the aray. You'll probably get a trace there, and turn the heifers west. The chances are ten to one that no one would see them at that hour. Do you know, I counted the houses, coming over, and there are east thirteen be- tween that corner and your place. Those hill farmers go to bed early, every one of them, and eleep sound." "Rum!. But could the dog do it?" "Yes, sir! He would. pick a pocket if there was a cow or a sheep in it, alid he got his orders from Steve Bates. I never knew of any dishon- esty before, but I've 'seen him do some wonderful things." Jim and I went back with hien, and Lound the cattle., concerning the iden- tity of which there cotild be no ques- tion. Sher, also we , discovered, wan- dering about the crossroad near the pasture. We then went to interview Bates, but he and his wife had disap- peared—had goneto the lumber 'woods to work in a canip, the woinan's fa- ther said. , Bates lounging toward the corner, car- Shep helped us. faithfully on the se rying a measure of salt. . cond drive without orders, and then "Did Shep come back all eight'?" Jim went back as before. shouted. "Between six and seven miles, ac- of them somewhere on the road." cording to the numbers on the tele- We started at noon, and reached the plione poles—about thirty-flve by the dealer's house in Bethel shortly after route we've followed. Have you any sundown, but neither there nor any - idea who lives here?" where else could we learn anything re "Not the slightest; but we can soon garding the stray heifers. They had and out." not returned to their former home; We went to the house, and were di- neither, apparently, had anyone seen rected to an orchard in the rear, them. along the way. Unless they where we found a pleasant young man were lost somewhere in the interven- gathering early fall fruit. On hearing Ing woods OT swamps, we seemed to of our predicament, he readily agreed be searching in the wrong quarter. to keep us overnight, and treated us We stayed overnight at Ainsworth's both courteously and kindly. We told and returned home the next day. Go - him our names, and learned in. turn Ing south, eve had found no one at the that be was Homer Powers, a camper- Powers place, but coming back we ative newcomer, who was specializing stopped again, and Mrs. Powers an - lin fruit culture. severed our rap. Her husband was During the conversation at ,the away for a number of days on busi- house that evening, I stated that we ness connected with the sale of fruit, could get on much better if we had a she said. She had neither seen. nor ;dog to help us drive the cattle home. heard of any stray cattle, but promised 'Mr. Powers instantly turned to his to inform us if she learned anything. hired man, Steve Bates, a tall long- At the next crossway we saw Steve haired backwoodsman, who looked much more like a hunter or trapper than a farmer. 'Why not lend them Shep," he said. '.He'd make the heifere keep to the road." • "I don't know where the dog is," said Bates, indifferently. Jim looked up. "If he's a competent driving dog," he said, "I'll pay you a couple of dollars for his use, and bring - him back ta-day after to -morrow my- self." "Oh, he'd come back all right!" said Steve, chuekling. "You wouldn't have to bring him. But he's over with some of my wife's folks; I don't know just ,where to find him," • "You could get him, Steve, in no time ago," he said, with a wink. The our entertainer insisted, and fellows up Salmon Lake way are some - 'spoke enthusiastically of the dog's in- times mighty careless how they fill itelligence and skill. Jim also renewed their corned -beef bar is. ehis offer; but the rnost that Bates He winked again, dropped his foot to Mr. Power's" theory being absolutely 'would say was that if the animal the ground, and ,strode away. correct, but never could reach a un- " ed " " ht have him We We had heard similar rumors be- animous decision, although Jim and I went to bed early, and rose with the fore, whether well founded. or not, ead dawn. this hint set us off on a new tack, but Mr. Powers would not accept a pen- without results. The heifers were ny from us for our entertainment, so worth at least $40 apiece, and 'Uncle Jake did not relish losing theba. He notified the sheriff, and offered a lib- eral reward, but nothing canie of it. The cattle seeraed to have vanished I tie n ha di I nooks BRITAIN'S NAVY POWERFUL fr:InPat'be 'erritsw's.le ]v)t3r6inre b.' that Service has been aeciered to be pet two jumps above the IlasSian istand- ard and approximating that of Spate. IT IS Efet.)AALLLITAONc ;:HE TRIPLE AS a matter of fact, the Freneli naYY suffers from very muob, the seine trouble as the Reflex. Tilere are no navel men in the World Who atudy Training Not So Good On Ships of wtilletihr thimepzfeesaslitpthne'aPrziengehSepieuattlifinetollintes Germaey, Italy and But it is the English ships evnich are to -day the best manned, the best bandied, and probably would be the best tought of any ships in the Austria, boundary between Servia and Austria, The Danube River, which. forms the wOrld• It might be possible by lump- afforde room for malioeuvring a re- lifagnoaelltogether, to muster a fleet that three fleets Of the Triple Al.sPectable fleet, hut Servia .bas never nninerically would compare with that tria, on the othea band, has long main- Illngland would send against them. But the figures of the experts, compar- put an armed vessel on the river. Aus- and within. the last teat) years—since Ing ton for ton and gun for gun, en- tirely overlook the essential feet that tabled a flotilla on the upper Danube the last two 13allean wars „revealed See- sixteea ships threwn together with- ' out even so much as a common eye - teen of signals arranged would be easy prey for a real battle fleet. It takes more than ships, it takes are building. None of thein aanount to months of hard practice to produce ,11.-g.liftli,n,gnepoThlei,ii.iation .out ‚of an ag- mach in. fighting value, ae against ao, other ships, but on. the Danube and b:"'".."''' ''' . ''''1”... 1 against shore batteries or field artil- Germans No Match. lery they will prove formidable. Aus- The German fleet alone is an excel- lent compact fighting organization. But the Germaa fleet numerically is no match for the English fleet, and to add the heterogeneous units of "Yes," said the man, "he was on hand the next morning." "Where is he?" I asked. "After a 'woodchuck in the back lots, To prevent a repetit on of the theft, Uncle Jake had the heifers locked in an underground stable. Two days la- ter the dog reappeared, and remained w t us. prob'ly," said Steve. "I hear you boys JIM wrote to Mr. Powers,, , asking I lost the heifers,"' what to do with the animalaand was. "Yes," said Jim "You haven't seen advised to keep him, as he no longer them, have you?" "No " As we were about to drive on, he tut and useful, but at no time familiar, suddenly halted us, and walking ella until the following spring. Then one rested one foot 'on the hub of a front day early in April he vanished, and we wheel of the buggy. • never saw him again. A little later "I was a lumberman once—a lona we learned that Bates had been seen for a day or two near his former home, and we conjectured that he had en- ticedtbe dog away. We often held family debates as to the probability of vials pailitaxy strength—she has in- creased her 'naval forces on the liver. She has tet emainieeion OW Dan- ube silt little monitors and two more had a master who dared show himself. The mongrel collie continued •faith - we helped with the milking and other chores. As we were turning the hei- fers into the highway, prepared for a renewal of the struggle, Steve ap- peared from behind the barn, He led from the faee of the earth. a large mongrel collie, a cross with We might, and indeed did, have our some variety of bird dog, I judged. • suspicions, but they ended nowhere in "You go with them, Sleep, and do particular, and did not seem suseepta just what they tell you to," the hired ble of proof. So the matter rested un- man ordered, and released the animal, til, one noon late in October, Homer It walked sedately behind the cattle, Powers drove hurriedly into our yard. and there paused, looking to us for in- After being introduced to Uncle Jake, s tru alone. wiaom he had never before met, he "When you get home, feed him, and hesitated an instant, and then asked: leave him loose," said 33ates, talking "Could you recognize those Hol - the money that Jim handed to him., steins, so as to swear to them?" "You'll find him a good dog; and you We all looked surprised; but Jim couldn't keep him if you tried to." said, "I could!" and I nodded. Although his appearance was hardly "Well," Powers observed, with a dry prepossessing, Shep proved even bet- twist of the lips, "I guess they have ter than his recommendations, if that been ill my possession, from a legal by day and night is almost perpetual, were possible. I never have seen a point of view, at least ever since they requiring unceasing vigilance. ,mofe intelligent animal. After the got out of your pasture; but I didn't The work was shared between Pout, ,first few rods he had no difficulty in know it till last night!' 10.111 and his wife, and soon after 3 in keeping tbe heifers to the roadway. The fruit -raiser let his glance rest the morriing the woman, hearing a •They were driven steadily ahead at on one face after another for a mom- cry, ran down and found her husband the rate of about four miles an hour ent, and then continued: lying on the threshold just able to tnto Uncle .Take's pasture. We had "Ford Spencer, who lives down at say: "Help! I am being murdered." nothing to do except to follow at a the end of tbe valley near Milton rail- Shouting aloud, she began to attend firmly believed in it.—Youth's Com- panion. HEROINE OF SIGNAL BOX. Woman Leaves Dying Husband to • Make Safe Passage of Train. - A gtory of dramatic heroism, read- ing like a tragic melodrama, is told in the Paris newspapers in describing the murder of a pointsman named Poullain, while be was on duty on the line from St. Denis to Epernay, on the main Paris -Chantilly line. Poullain, who was aged 51, lived with his wife and another family in a small cottage close to his signal box, at Pierrefitte, about fifteen miles from Paris, and both of the tbullains were certificate servants of the company. These boxes are only entruste.d to tried employes, as the express service tria also has eight motor patrol launches, with a machine gun in each, on the IDanube As Belgrade is situated directly on the river and has no 'batteries that Austria and Italy, that ere not even could effectively resist even this little tactically acquainted with each other, navy, the flotilla would be ample to in the hope of overcoening that sia capture Belgrade single handed. The periority, would only make the whole flotilla, moreover, would have no Mill- array so much the easier victiras. culty in covering the landing for an invading army. swinging walla and tell the dog what way station, met me yesterday as I road to take when we reached a turn. was going to the station with a load of Of course the cattle had been tired the barreled apples, and asked me if the day before, and drove raore easily than grade Holsteins Steve Bates had to Poullain, when she heard the sema- phore bell giving warning of the ap- proaching 3.09 train, and, leaving" her dying husband, she rushed to save the if they had been fresh, but most of the sell were three -quarte, blood, as he lives of the passengers by working credit for their docility was due to the had represented them. the points, which she alone now un - collie. As a result, in contrast with "'1 don't know,' I said, 'I didn't sup- derstood. the preceding day, we were very little pose Steve owned a hide or a hoof, ex- The whole time she continted cry - fatigued, and the heifers showed no cept those on that old blind laorse wife ing at the top of her voice, and she saw first their son and then the neigh- bors come ont and pick up the wound- ed man, but, though half heartbroken and shaken with sobs, she remained at her post for the passage of the Calaie boat train due at 3.30. This she stopped, and Poullain, un- conscious but still breathing, was plated on board and conveyed to Paris, while his heroic wife refused to quit tbe levers until 6 in the morn- ing, when filially, she was relieved by anther signalman, It wee only then that the poor creature broke dowa in a long fainting fit, and as soon. as elle recovered she tea train to see her husband, whom she found dead. The courage and almost seblime de- Votion of the wife in taking her dying beisbarnini place and leaving others to mations, with the Dalmatian in over - tend bis last Moments will stand high whelming majority. Now the Dale among the reeords of heroiste claimed matian, while it gool sailorman racial - ter the bumble servants of the publie, ly, is a Serb. He is pure Slav, With as ,sigra of exhaustion. "ra cheerfully give twenty-five dol- lars for you, old fellow, if your master ,would sell you," said Jim, patting the dog. Shep accepted the caress with dignity, but with no show of familiar- ety in return. • We fed him well, and then went into the dining-roorn tor a belated dinner, elarlien .wie ca,me out Shep was gone. drives.' "'Why, you're pasturing them over on your north farm!' said Ford. "That made me sit up and take no- tice, especially when I learned there were three of them, ali rather light, and coming four next winter. You see, that north farm of mine isn't pro- perly a farm at all. It's merely a tract of woods and rough pasture; and Ile had hastily swallowed the food Set hadn't been there'since last ,Iuly, when ,before him, and started without it ino- 1 took up it pair of colts, Spencer merit's delay on the homeward lour- lives over the cetinty line, and bad neY. • heard nothing about your lost cattle. The heifers had to be put ip the "We had some more talk, and as lower pasture With the calves and soon as I could deliver my lead of ap- yearlings the ttext day, tor the milch pies, I took him over to the north cows received them unkindly, encl arm with rne. Then we hunted up they showed no disposition to defend Steve and be hentmeci and hawed, and !themselves. We were busy for several days, nu, ,Ing it silo with sowed eon, when en ,the fourth or fifth morning a neighbor, Jesse Rinclge, rode up with a griev- nee "1 wish you'd attend to your young couldn't swear to them, but I'm moral- •eattle!"he alled, "They're -wander- ly eertain they're your cattle. I want "They say that unions raise the Ing all over.my place." some of you to go back with Inc and price of labor," "Quite rghtl Two IT1I ,take exetairned. identify them," ;May told me he bought the heifers over at Cherry Ridge. 1 don't believe a word of it. "Of course 1 didn't pay much atten- tion to their markings while you had them at ray barn over one night, so I Germany's Fleet. When it comes to a comparison of the navies of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente, the figuree come much nearer to a balance. In the Triple Alliance the most formidable naval power is Germany. The Ger- man fleet has been making rapid strides in the last few years arid can send to sea seventeen battleships 'or battlecruisers of the Dreadnought class. She has eleven more on the way, but not now available. Besides this first fleet, Germany can still show a second line, in reserve, of twenty other battleships, all built in the last twenty years. Many of these, how- ever, need not be taken seriously. In the first place they are not all, by any means, in full commission, and there is no doubt that it would take weeks of hard work, at leaet, to get them all ready for sea. In the second place, until less than ten years ago Germany inaintained the remarkable policy of arming none of her ships with guns of more than nine -inch calibre, and all these ships belong to that period. Sending them into action with modern Dreadnoughts, with 12 and 13.5 inch eines, would be pure slaughter. • Itanas Power. The second naval power of the Tri- ple Alliance. is Italy. She' can send out a powerful and • homogeneous squadroa of four Dreadnoughts, which, designed as they are by the man who Is conceded to be the, ablest warship designer' now living, will have to be reckoned weth in any sea fight. , She has two more fine ships on the wive, but not within months of commission- ing. With this one contribution, how. ever, Italy's. bolt is shot. She has eight old battleships, which, although probably gun for gun, are better ships than Germany's twenty old ships, are open to much the same criticism Austria, numerically, is stronger than Italy igefighting ships, but their quality is not comparable, She can bring into action two ships of the Dreadnought class and three others, which, although older, smaller . and slower, wouldn't compare unfavotablY with the United States Connecticut class. Besides these she has three more which class with Germany's and Italy's secondary linen All her ffeet is in full commission. • Britain's Mighty Fleet. Against these three fleets, for the Triple Entente, the backbone, if not practically the entire opposing force, is in Great Britain's great war fleet. Great Britain has now at sea and ready for action, thirty battleships of the Dreadnought or super -Dread- nought type, besides ten. oth,ers, which like the Lord Nelson and Agametanon class are but little below the Dread- notght ratings. • The ships carry four 12 -inch guns, *therefore they are classed below the Dreadnoughts But they carry no less than ten 9.2 -inch, -which make them far superior to any other battleship not of Dreadnought- rating now afloat. And that is aside frota the fact that the British 9.2-ineh is a gun of terri- ble effectiveness but faintly shadowed forth in figures. Besides, Britain has thirty-eight smaller and older battleships, which outclass the twenty older ships of Germaine Of° armored cruisers,. Bri- tain bas sixteen to Germany's three, Italy's four and .Aelstria,'s none. comparison -amoral°, training, disci- pline and lighting efficiency. • German Discipline-, iliellailleeeeMeelielbeleeleelaiiieMolkoMeee OME ellelegeele Jain Recipes. Melon and Pineapple Jain.. L.-- Six pounds of melon (three rather small ones), about a. pound and a half of pineapple either fresh or tinned, four pounds of sugar, twO lemons. After taking off the skin in the or- dinary way pare the melons again and this second paring chop rather finely. Out the remainder of .the melons into half inoh dice, mix with them the minced melon, the finely grated rinds a the lemons and the sugar and macerate until the -fol- lowing da -y. Cut the pineapple luta very small pieces- and leave it cov- ered over night: To the trimmings of a fresh pine or the juice from tin- ned pineapple add the Pulp and seeds taken from the melons; bare- ly cover with water, boil gently for 'about forty minutes, then strain and if necessary boil again until reduc- ed to a teacupful. Next day boil the melon, sugar and liquid from the seeds gently /or ,a,n 'hour, «ihen put in the pineapple. Abont, twenty minutes subsequent boiling usually thickens it, sufficiently, the 1.4119n juice •being added five minutes be - :fore completing the process. Melon. and Plum Jam.—F.our pounds of melon (two rather small, firm ones), four pounds of red plums fiVe pounds of stigar. 'Halve and stone the plums and mix -with them about half of the sugar. After removing a thick paring from the melons, cut them into half inch dice and add the remainder (if the sugar. Cover the pulp and seeds of the melons and the Stones taken from the Plums with.water, boil them for about half.an hour, then strain. If necessary reduce 'the liquid to a teacupful by rapid 'boiling; remove the:kernels from the stones and mix them with the pluins. Allow the whole to stand covered in separate vessels for a day and a night. When ready boil the melon.and liquid from the seeds for forty minutes, then put in the plums and continue the slo-w bailing until it sets lightly when tested—usually from thirty to forty minutes longer. Pickled illelon.—Two pounds of melon, one pound of sugar, two le- mons, two pints of good vinegar, four teaspoonfuls of peppercorns, two teaspoonfuls of allspice,tvvelve cloves, a level teaspoonful of silt, Alter paring -the Melon cut it into pieces an inch wide and three inches 'long, pour over them the vinegar and cover closely. On the third day following drain off and heat the vinegar, and when nearly boiling, add the melon and finely grated rinds of the lemons. As the pieces of melon become clear transfer them to a dry a,r. When all are done mix with the boiling vinegar t gar, spice and salt, boil it The German navy is a wonderfully slowly for twenty minutes and to - efficient organization—in a typically German wa.y. There is no discounting ward the end add the juice of the the thoroaghness with Whicii the Ger- lemons, also a little More vinegar man fleet has beep drilled. The Ital- should not enough remain to fill the, Ian navy has almost none of the or jars almost to the ,brim POUT showy precision of discipline of the ' • ' German. For one thing, their shipe et over the melon while boiling and fasten down immediately. The are dirty compared to the spotless decks beneath the banner of the Piokle will, keep almost indefinitely Fatherland; for another, their drill in screw topped jars or closely seal and discipline has rather Latin ed bottles. rit of slapdash in it that doesn't lm- nelon Compote.—A fairly ripe press the eye. Bat for all-around off- melon half a pint of fruit juice, sii- band sea -fighting efficiency a good many competeat critics rate the Rai- gar, arrowroa, lemon juice or tan navy, ship for ship, a notch above other flavoring. A very thick par-, the methodical German, ing must be taken off the melon, or In personnel the Austrian fleet is two thinner ones, mixing the inner heavily handicapped at he very start one and the Seeds and PiLIP with by one circumstante—the Austrian the fruit stewed to provide the was.. The Hun is no better. As a .1 • Th dyielded d currants gives the best effect, German is no sailormaa and never , uice e re ince by re consequence the Austrian fleet Is manned entirely by Italians and Dal- though in point of flavor the com- pote is no less good when raspberry, red plum or even clear rhubarb juice or toniato syrup takes.' its place. The fruit from which the juice is extracted should be slowly cooked with just it little water in a lar or enamelled pan. Usually the juice is sufficiently clear vsthen pass - he su 111194 °pop No -UA. W4011)40,30, /IV GILLETT COMPANYLIV1,11!E) ToRoNTo :go"' FO MAKING SOAP SOFTENING .. WATER DISINFECTING • cLOSETS,DRAINt of In* clerks got married la,st Week °They were In the Posture down by "But," said 'Uncle :fake, "hOW did he , and struck me for mole ealary. much love for the Germans as any of his race. I3e is Serb in language, sympathies, and very largely in rela gion. Criticism of French. Tile French navy hue come in la ed throttgh line stunner, but if not strain it through scalded jelly bag old table. napkin tied to the legs of a reversed chair. Re -heat and sweeten to taste and in it sim- mer a few at a time until they be- c.orne transparent narrow pieces of melon about two inches long. When all are done thicken the liquid to the consistency of thin cretain with. arrovrroot (not oorn fit:01144nd flav- or it with lemon juice or a little brandy or liqueur. Though ready to serve when cold, it will keep a week orItownioaitno asycito.tvile)e_d jAalrier, roughly slicing the tomatoes cook them very slowly in their own juice by the side of the fire either in a covered jar or enamelled saucepan nail re- duced to shreds. The pulp may then be either drained. in a scalded jelly bag or first drained in an el:lamed- led colander and afterward passed through a strainer to remove the seeds. For each pint of liquid al- low three-quarters of a pound of sugar,. Boil the two together to a thick syrup, which usually takes about an hour, and skini, when ne- cessary. Either lidt or cold this will be found a good sauce to serve with blame mange or farinaceous pu*-- dings; is also forms a capital basis for fruit oompote or a good substi- tute for 'sherry when making a trifle and it is easily stiffened by adding gelatine or arrowroot. It will keep for a year or two in screw top jars. Household Hints. To remove the rusty appearance from suede ,shoes or slippers use a of olive oil and ink in equal parts.miWxtautreer wheu macaroni has been boiled in it makes a nice thin starch for lingerie garments. Also gives a pretty gloss to colored gingham. When washing china vvith gilt up- on it, never use soda. Rub a little soap on the dishcloth to make a take lather, then rinse in clear cold wa- ter. The up-to-date housewife tabooes all heavy cooking utensils. Those of light aluminum, granite and double - plated tin are great savers af en- ergy. If you spill tea on, it tablecloth cover it with common salt and leave it on for a while. When the cloth is washed, all stains will have dis- appeared. Before washing fine lace or mus- lin collars and suffs, baste them to a piece ;of heavier muslin and it will not be apt to strach or tear in the process of 'laundering. A good plan is to keep 'buttons in glass bottles. A glance tells you exactly what is insicte, thus saving a good deal of time which would be taken up in turning over the but- S., tons if put in a box. CALGARY OIL. FIELDS FREE MARKET 'LETTER, Contraciroial qua,ntities ligh. grade oil in. it proven tela tre- inentione developraent now under way, makes Calgary tie not great, fortune -making centre. • Bankers and busirteas mein front all Quarters rthe world are sending oa.p!tn,1 hero to take advantsge of the won- derful onuortunities. 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