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The Clinton News Record, 1916-06-29, Page 6- A Ten f r Wooing B s Sy CeiVE PHILLIPies WOU-EY (Author of "Gold, cold in caelboo," Etc.) _ CHAPTEle XX.—(Cont'de , Most of •the events to which we look foewerd in. (and probably M death), either with desire or (Weed arreurioctely unlike our fovecaste of them. A battle upon either a large or . email wale is. no exception to this rule. Men lane io the crisis of a eife and death struggle, coed in the last South African wee a volunteer, told t`r as one o•f the escort of * big gun, remembers only of Spier' Kop that it was fouglit on 0 "jolly' day, that the weather and the smooth grass.elopes suggee tee pink parasols and picnic hempers; that there was funny little -balloon-like puffs rising at intervals from the ridge opposite to that an which he lay; that the sot was warm and comfmting, and that some con- founded fellow woke him up with the toe of a service boot when the battle wa.e over and it was time to, take the gun home It was with Rolt as it was with that yeoman. After Al's depaeture he worked few. yerishly at the making of his bur- row,eXpecting• every Moment to hear the htun of bullets through the scrub over head, but no bellets came, ,and at lint; even with life: jack knife, he had managed to scrape out a hollow =pie enough to contain his body. Then he lay in it and watched; mi- te. the minutes grew into an hour, and the dawn into young day, without any sign- of life showing itself upon the landseape, except a coyote, shadowy sad utterly.noiselese, who cane steal- inedown from the hills'until hehves nearly midway hetween the pines and the cherry patch. There he checked sharply, his nose went up and his Math dropped, and wheeling in his tracks, he went back at a lope to the nearest rising greeted, On whichhe stood awhile reeonnolt- ring, Something in the couittry. displeased him. fdr after a prolonged survey he loped back the way he had come. The wyote's behavior was sugges- tive of suspicion, but a little broad - winged hawk which poised in the clear air or swung noiselessly overhead with a keen e.ye for mice oe.beetles, contradicted the habienally euspied- ous vagabbnd. - Bolt found it imposeible to fernain strung up.to concert pitch for even in such are atmosphere of peaceful beau- ty. just as the half alarmed buck does, -when ' pitted against the everlasting patience of his hunter,and was act- ually dozing when A voice behind hie asked: • "Have you got your Holland along with you to -day, Boss?" Reit started, but though only half awake, had sense enough to lie still, "Yes," he said, without turning. "It's good for long shooting, ain't "It's sighted for five hundred yatels." "I guess Unites good enough. Do you see that yallerish looking bunch of sage brush, the biggest in sight away there to the right? Jest perfor- ate it, will you?" Roll raised his rifle, and looked questioningly at 61c1 Al, whose head WAS now along -side his own. The old man nodded, and Reit ad- justing his sights to the five hundred yards range, cuddled down on hie rifle. - "High or low/4 he asked. "I guess it's most solid near the bottom," chuckled AL Then Rolt drew a king breath; for a moment therewas absolute silence, and then a little puff of dust, fifty yards beyond the sage brush, record- ed the fact that the foresight had been taken too full. A few sprigs of the . yellow weed fell, but otherwise there was no sign from the bush. "Sits stiller nor a fool ben," com- mented Al. "Try her hewer still • Boss" Rolt took the same bead again bat this time he took it upan the very te base of his target. At his second shot the bush Which he had watched for ' t an hour became alive. A horrid scream folloeved the impact of his bul- let and iii place' of the littie fountain t of golden dust,, a man's body sprang high into the air and then pitched headlong on the emir side of the bosh writhing and tying itself into knots amongst the branchee of eke withered sage brueh. "Mast be mac a holler ther; aenost as good as this One of ourn. I seed him coming from the time he starteel, Holy smoke!" Al's ejaculation was the result of a perfect blizzard of bullets which sud- denly burst upon the cherry, patch, cutting the feeble brush into ribbons And tattees and making the defenders crouch in their lairs like frightened rabbits. "Fire a good many shoei for fifteen, Injunne" growled • Al, "Ulcer fifty. It's the hull Chilcoten tribe blank 'em," and then rising reckless& to his knees, he roared, "Turn it loose, boys. Don't let•the beggars get away," and he emptied the magazine of hie re- peater with a rapidity which would have done credit to a machine gun. I Five minutes other the Boss had tired of watching the motiordess sage , brush over which the hawk had suevng and from whith that coyote had re- treated so promptly; and now whilst the rifles rattl04 and the smell of powder tainted. the air, there were a dozen wild 'figures dashing from it for the pine belt. • - Only tevo of them fell. and one of these got to his feet again and was hauled into cover be his fellows. "Blanked bad el -motile'. Say. Bose, that shot of yours turned on the hull bloomin' orchestra. How many did you git?" "I'm afraid 1 did not touch •one of them." "Guess you're better at sitters. Didn't you spot aner of 'em before I told you to shoot at that brush? Lord! I've been ,watching that fellow over there for nigh on to an hour. It' lucky as I didn't wait for him to nom: in range or me, old sheathe' iron." "Why, what difference would it have made?" All the difference between- living and dying. They'd have rushed us in another ten minutes, and sheeting as we did, they would have got in. But .1 reckon they won't try that game any more for awhile." 'Reit sincerely hoped that they would not, or that -if they did old Al's eyes would keep watch for them. In his own eyes he hail lost all confi- donee. For a long time silence fell again between the pines and the cherry trees. There was no sound, but far the crack of an occaelonal twig as one of the defenders moved uneasily in his narrow shelter; no movement ex- cept from that twisted figure by the Sega 'brush. It was a long time before that be- came quite still, and Reit was thank- ful when that time came. 13efore the attempted rush the sage brush had been equally still, and the memory of that fact so worried Role that he now began to imagine enemies in the most ridiculous grass patches: He Wee beginning to lose his sense oe proportion and imaginatioe magnified the most absurd trifles. It was ri relief when e single shot broke the strain of long waiting. The bellet dropped about a couple of bun: dred yard e from the cherry patch an ricochetted through the hig.heei branches of it. There was a slight pause and then a second shot from the same spot in the timber, the bu1. let dropping this thne a hundred yards nearer Al's screen. "Jest so," muttered Al, who had again crawled to Rolt's side, "and the next will be nearer still. They are gettlag our range now. Had ought to have done that the first go off. I guess there'll be no room here for two now. Lie low, boys, it's goin' to storm again," and he crawled back to his own position just as it began again to hail bullets, • For tt good cfltartor of an hour the nclians in the timber kept up a steady stream of independene firing, as if hey would fill up that little hollow with lead' or reap the thin cover in it with their concentrated fire, Inet hough their bullets cut down the tamding brush as if it had been slash - d, riddled in and left it in flying tit- ers, the men under ground remained untouched: Neither did they attempt to reply, "Don't stir; boys, an▪ d don't shoot beck," commanded Al. 1Vhen they think they've killtcl every insect in this bloomine brush patch, they'll maybe try some other reelect. Then we'll get our work in." MEW "eneeeNa=e0a21121=f2MIM e Thorough mixing is what makes cake delicate and tender antic Suga neakee the best Cake be- causeit creams quickly and thoroughly with the butter which is the harclestpart ofthe ing. Its purity and extra "fine granula- tion enake it dissolve at once. 2 and 54b. Cartons 10 and 204b. Bags 4 "The AU -Purpose Sugar" IITRUMEMASSIMmtgammt-- CHAPTER XXL. The Indians were very thorough in their work of destruction, jand thanks: to the looting of Rolt's stovahous,e they had plenty of ammunition to spare, but at best even, they were sat- isfied. The cherry patch looked like a field after a Manitaban bail storm, and there could have been little doubt in the Chileoten's minds that anything that had sheltered i•n it was as deed as Jultue Caesar. But being Indians they electedlo run no risks. When the firing ceased a Pealed of chop- ping began, and Rolt who Amid have known better, imagined that Wm cold- blooded brutes were goieg to fled be- fore picking up their 'birds, but he misjudged. theme An Indian is suffi- ciently old -blooded, bot not on the hunting trail or the war path. Then he thinks a great deal less of his belly than does a white man under similar circu stances. 'Before long a great. tree crashed down and before the sound of its fall had died away, they saw the tap of anether lean slowly over, hang for a moment, and then sappear in a spray of shattered boughs and pine needles. . Three fell in all, andstill the chop-, ping went on Then for the first time' Rolt noticed what looked like a great saw log just otitside, the lino of the pine trees, lying, peetellel with that hoe, eend • as Ito aoticed it two„enore came to join it. There was ne doubt Waft they came; he saw them emerge slowly, like some footles?, monstere, moving sideways cloevn the till. 'Ah, here they come' They're get - tin' down to business at lase. Thats more like Cree fighting I wouldn't have thought that they 'mowed eo much," muttered Al, But nt fiest,Rolit, who had ilot Al's experlenee, did not understand, and the sight of those three great pine logs creeping down abreast, apparent ly by their owe. volition, Was very horrible, • From time to time a rifle spat redly from the timber, but for the most part the slow progress of the logs down the sloping prairie was made in ab- eolute silence. The eun creeping klel'OSS the heavens seemed to move faster than they did. "We've got 'to- get them other two over this side," said Al. "We can't stop them," pouting to the loge, "and when they get here there'll be able -ek- ed hot time in the cherry patch." l'Cart we State them?-- Won't the Indians sneak round from behind?" "Not likely,' and If they do We've got to risk ite I geese they'll wipe ua out this time," with which cheering, remark he crept awayereturning with Tema. ' "I've left the other gollook where he was," he explained. "He ain't any account as a rifio shot, but lee's eo plum scered that he'll make a pretty smart looking mane What's got that log?" The centre log had reached the spot where Al's hat lay, and as it pacaied over it, possibler.one of the heads which propelled the log reac,hed for the derelict "Stetson" which had been the old man's pride. At the same time the slope of the prairie increased sud- denly, and this particular log hab been trimmed absolute& round, it".e.;•as a white pine a,nd youngamal therefore smooth .and heavy, and the men which had trirranedeet had .talcen ell the limbs off close to the trunk. The result was that though it had crawled as slowly as its companions up to this point, as soon as et left the sharper incline it began to turn over more freely, each revolution giving additional impetus, until it was obvi- ously rolling. Already it was twenty feet allea;d of its companions, and then for a mo- ment )4 brown hand showed above it. Al's rifle came to his shoulder, but ho was to slow; the hand disappeared before he could pidess the trigger. (To be co -dinned.) GERMAN DENOUNCES WAR. Pruesian eliliteitiore is Scored by Pro- fessor of University. Another German idealist has raised his voice against the mailed fist and the hypocritical pretence that Ger- I many is not responsible for the war, ! and is merely defending herself against the treacherous allies, I He is Profeesor Foerster, of the : freely denounced by the Pan-German- Univeraity of Munich, who has been ist press, but has already Pound some • supporters here and there. He was even allowed to conduct a: dampaign in a Berlin newspaper - against the Pruesian militaristic edu- cation, and to declare future genera- tions should be educated, not with o view to war, but to psace.He f sees a future if peace externally be- I tween widens and internally between ' religioes beliefs and classics of so- ciety. According to Professor leoerster the cause of the war was that the culture of the mind had been neglected for the excuisive pursuit of material interests. The Paris Temps agrees with his View to a certain extent, but : e thinks Professor Foerster is wrong when he attributes this evolution to I a, development of the "pagan spirit," "The pagans of the age of Pericles and.of Augustus did not neglect the culture of the mind," declares the, Temps, "and the most hateful phari.1 seeisreof modern times is surely that, of Germany, which boasted of all the superiorities and eel the virtues, and t had tor her neighbors only an absurd „, t FRENCH COURTS-MARTIAL • , • Have Sentenced' leffteen Men to Death • for Varioue Offences. f The veil of 'Secrecy to nowhere deep- er' than over the doings a the court, - martial. In one division of the French army it le known that since the beginning of the war the 'court- mattial ha o dealt with 815 cases. It hae paased the death •eentence on 24' men, of whom, however, only 15 were executed, tile other 9 Obtaining pat - dons et commutations. An officer, attached to this divioion as al`permearient coure official, has given to a correspondent of the Lon- don Daily Mail some detailof the working of the tribunal. "You must remember.," he said, "that armies to- day are made up of men of all shades and colon of belief and creed, an- aethista, re.publicane, royalists', athe- ists and vehab not. Out, of thie ma- terial wo have evelded together an army, the like of which the world has never seen. It is not, however, the bad eggs, of whom there are a few in every regiment, who give' us trouble in the matte?: of desertion in the faee of the enemy, but rather the better eort of fellows, who cannot ander- etand the military necessity of harsh discipline. ' "Our first: Court-martial in a case of this ekind occurred fairly early in the war. 'We were new to the busi- 1108S ourselvee, hut it was a flagrant breach, and to. check las repetition it had to be deiit with according to the rules of the war. The man was duly tried and sentenced. 1 event to his cell and read the death sentence to him. He listened without seerninee to understand what had taken place and that he was condemned to die. "That night I inetructed an officer to call for a firing egead. Our firing' squads are always composed of volunteers, 12 men. Not a man vol- unteered for that tittle. We had to commandeer a squad. The prioner was marched out at dawn, stood quietly facing the. leveled refiee, and eclied without faltering. I am sure he never realized the gravity of his of- fense. But war is war. "Now it is different. The men know the value of disciple/1o, know that a breach may endanger the lives of many comrades, or even the safety of France, and though breaches of .thice kind still occur, they are met in a different spirit. Now when I call for a firing squad 50 men at once volunteer." . "Is the farnily notified that a man has been executed?" asked the inter- vie"wYeers. and no," the officer replied. "The French cede is peculiar.. Noti- fication of death is sent to the family soon after the execution tie though the man died in action, Then three months later the family receives a I bill for 12.55 francs (112.50, the ex -1 penses of the execution. But otherwise there is no publicity. The grave is not marleed officially, but a recowl is kept, eo that it will not be, difficult to locate later on. "Occasionally we have to deal with the case of a man who has become stele of the trenches and thinks that the misled way to get- no honorable discharge is to wound himself, shoot off his trigger finger or the like. This is a Capital offeese in time of ever, and is invariably so punished. "A recent case of this kind was that' of a young lieutenant who was mar- ried three clays before the outbreak of the war. He was a gallant soldier, but after a few months he became homesick, and to get back to'his wife WAS him one desire. Months passed mg' he could not get leave so he took matters in his oevn hands and drove a bullet through his left fore- arm. Ho did not stop to think that t would soon be discovered that his vound was caused by a French bullet. , "He was court-martial and sentenc- ed to be•shot. I read the death sen- ence, but a few hours later a pardon aacherl us. But the lientement mew his duty and fell fighting in the field without ever seeing his wife gain," rmaankr. Selected Recipes. Serdine Sandiviches.—If sardinee are mashed to a paste yteth their own oil and a taste of lemon juice, they may be made into delicious sand- wiches, Thie is much more enjoyable because they are easier to handle than the split ash sandwtchea. Steawberry Fluff.—One cupful etrawbereles cut ineialves, one cupful marshmallows cut in four pieceeach, one cupful heavy cream whipped to stiff froth. Fold in three thblespoon- fulso mole one-half teaspoonful ven- ire with fruit and marshmallowe. Chill thoroughly and serve in dry glasses, Smothered Mutton (hope.-- Put chops or steak in bottom of covered baking dish or casserole, sprinlclo with salt and pepper and over with layer of sliced potatoce. Sprinkle with flour, salt and pepper. Repeat layer?: Of potatoes, slicing °Mahe in through the layers if liked. Almost cover with hoe water mei bake one and one. quarter or one and ono -half hours. Uncearer the last half hotir' to brown tap. Veal or pork may be used the seine way. Parsnip Croquettes.—Seaeon one pint cooked and mashed parsnips with one-half teaspoonful salt, one-eighth teaspoonful pepper, one teaspoonful table sauce, two tablespoonfuls melted butter anddash efecayonne. Add two -beaten eggs and enough rolled cracker crumbs to make stiff enough to shape; form into cones; let stand one-half hour, dip into beaten egg clluted with one tablespoonful water, roll in fin crumbs, and fry , in deep, hot fa Serve with tomato sauce. firewood, a capital peel for stairear- ftitetehe,eannd aro of inanifold usesein the No frett jar that has been stand_ ing for weelcs is free from germs. Be- fore putting fruit in them they should be thoronghly sterilized by boiling in soda water. When marking linen handlceechiefs witli indelibleink, first Starch the handkerchiefs and iron them smooth. There you can mark them clearly wi,th When rnakingeegg custard pies al- ways heat ths. milk to the boiling point before mixing it with the eggs. If this rule is followed -the under - crust will always be crisp. When you have no one to hold the yarn while you wind it, place two fiat Irons the proper -distance apart, o the table, stretch 'the yarn to the and wind it conveniently. Lean meat has nourishing and r building qualities in diet, but IP7 should not neglect fats in our food The best and most easily digeste way to take fat is in the form olive oil: Be $1.1TO that the 'kitchen table is the proper height, 1! it is a little too low, or a little too high, the position sting' mm la which you st' to accoodate yourself to its height will cause your back to ache. -,Never put the sugar from lemo peel into eake.s. Ibis likely to mai them heav-y. Savo et for sweetenin milk puddings or cnstare, to either o e which is a great improvement. a I Food carelessly exposed invites geems. , Pitt E ed, GALETT COMPANTD14 TORONTO.Olfr. NEWS FROM ENGLAIID NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT „Ionet EULL AND HO?, PEOPLee Occurrences in 1.111.! Land That Reign) Supreme le the Commer- cial 'Week!. Non rthamton brewers have increara ed tii e pri ce of ale $2.50 per learrel. IA British life insurances, so far, have paid more than $20,000,000 in elp,sses e- on war vietinis. e Mr. W. Perkins Bull, KC, has pro- s, ! vided a new conyelescent hospital for d Canadian officers at Putney Heath. of The Dome' of Education has allo. eatecl $200,000 for scientific and in. duserial research, as conipared with , $125,000 last year, After an absence of three years, it pigeon that was entered in a pigeon' . race from Bordeaux, has returned to g its loft at Witheridge, Devon. The death has occurred in London ce after a brief illness, of Earl St Alde wyn, better known elen it Commoner as See Michael Hicks-l3each. The old Sarrey Hounds Inn, Cater. ham, a famous hostelry of coaching days on the mein road between Lon- . don and the south-east coasa has been destroyed by fire. Under the Defence of the Realm Act, Joseph Noblett, assistant care- taker cte Blackpool Town Hall, was fined $3 for allowing the town hall clock bells tio chime. An aeroplane turned turtle and eame down in a field in Bucks, on the banks of the -Thames. It was smashed and the pilot, -Lieut. Beagle London Regiment, was killed outright. . A blind soldier, George Brown, of the lst Cameron Highlanders, was married at Marylebone Church. At the close of the ceremony, eighteen blind ,soldiers lined up at the church d°11. F. W. Englefield, clerk to the e Painters Stainers Company, recently. 'died suddenly in London. He had been associated with the Guild for many years, succeeding several members of his fatally. Of a staff of teeo thousand, 752 clerks pf the Railway Clearing HMSO have enlisted and • 342 Neve attested under the Derby scheme. In the Pose Office 76,000 of a poesible 85,000 have n enlisted or attested. • f Lady Salisbury, arldreseing tli� - farmers ofeNorth Herts on the clues- ? lion of women farm -workers at Hitch - 0 in Corn Exchange, said 2,300 women hail given their names be work on farms in Hertfordshire. ' Isleworth Parish Church authorities have decided to leave one of the old cedars blown down by the recent stonni as it fell in the churchyard, as a memorial to Isloworth men who As it result of a public subsermtion in Mauritius, the War Office has re- ceived it further sum of $11,250 to meet the cost of an aeroplene. This is the third aeroplane which has been presented from this coerce within six Wiaeeeksf Ivallon in the war. Crashing into some wag.gone which had brokcri bo�se fromca mm itt 01%1'0111ms, near Sheffiekta London goods train was derailed. The guard's van wee smashed to matehwood and Richard Brown, the guard; was severe- ly injured. . Two more great London buildings have been cominaedeered by the GOV- ernment. They are De Keyser's Royal Hotel on the Victoria Embankment and the bead office of the Society for , the Promotion of Chrietian Knowl- edge in Northumberland avenue, ; LEECHES ARE "Iele." Baked Spiced Bane—lereshen two I pounds of ham, cut three inches thic two hours in. cold water, if salty, Drain, place in baking dish and pour over it one-half cupful grape juice, one cupful boiling water. A.dcl two cloves and one -inch stick of cinnae mon. Cover and bake gently until tender, a -bout one and one-half hours. Remove from liquid, add to liquid two tablespoonfuls chopped raisins, and thicken with one-hailf tablespoonful arrowroot dissolved in a little cold water. Fish Loaf.—One pound and a half of white flee, half cup of bread crumbs; two tablespoons butter, three- quarters cup milk, two eggs, one tea- spoon chopped parsley, three-quartera teaspoon of salt, one-foorth teaspoon pepper, three drops 011i013 and one tea- spoon anchovy sauce. Boil fish, re- move c op. IX with Weed crumbs, butter (melted), parsley, seasonings eggs: well beaten and milk. Tun into buttered mold. cover and deem one hour. Decorate with shrimps and serve hot with Dutch sauce. Cesserole of Lamb.—Fry one onion in butter and dredge while frying with I flour. Have ready one pint of cold, I cooked lamb, diced and free'from fat. Add this to the cooking onion. When t well mixed arid seasoned turn all into casserole. Add one tablespoonful butter to pan and two tablespoonfuls Sons; brown and acid °hough water, lamb broth or left over gravy an 1 water ta-malco sauce for meat. Sea- son with one.fourth teaspoonful thyme, one-fourth teaspoonful sweet marjoram, one-half teaspoonful celery salt, and pepper and salt to suit. Slice two good-sized carrots over meat in casserole, pour in gravy, ancl cook ono and oneehalf hours Add one can drained peas, cook fifteen minutes onger, and serve. Potato Salnd.—Cold meats ancl po- tato salad make a typically delicates- sen clinnet, and nothing tastes better on a yory hot day. Real erman potato salad is delicious, heree'is the recipe; Cut boiled potatoes into slend- er slices and mix with them two raw onions, minced, and a tablesoponful of chopped parsley. Soon with salt and pepper to taste, and two table- spoonfuls of salad oil mixed with a dessert spoonful of vinegar. Toss and turn, and put into the salad bowl. Set in the ice for two holies. Just before serving stir into the salad ,a half cupfel of mciyonnaise and pour the rest the dressing over the salad. The mayonnaise may be omitted with no difference in the quality of the dressing. - • - le It Makes a Difference. —To a milk padding if you let stand between cooking and servin for an hoer on a rack in a warm plae and well covered with a cloth. I makes it taste creeenier. —To the shape of a boiled puddin if it stands for a minute or two be fore being turned out. It makes less liable to break, e -To any•ehing outlining bakin powder if it is put into the oven wit lightning speed after mixing. Th powder begins to work as eon as i touches the moisture, arid the video the coolemg begins the lighter th pudding or cake. —To any cheese dish if grated stare cheese is used rather than sliced fresh, no matter how thin the slicea It is more digestible and more delicaee. —To the success of an omelet if a little fat Le melted in the pan until smoking, then poured out and the pan rubbed with soft paper before patting in the mixture. It makes the omelet less likely to stick. —To all batters if they are lot stand for eie least an hour betwee nixing and cooking. It makes i ighter. If there is to be etiffly beat en white of egg in the mixture hough, it must not, be added untilth est moment before cooking. it 0 it ,Not Always. Mrs. Slummer—My poor woman, oes your husband always drink like his? Mrs. O'Grady—No, mune Some- imes he gets out of work. contempt. MOURNS FOR LOST BROTHER P LORD' K irtetiE N ER"S -515-rE1, IsliPeeTINCe--.6.1K e'eael- „BE, of,p12,15 CODDLING THE Pops. Germans Making Desperate Efforts to Win Their Friendship. The following is an extract from a private letter which was written in Warsaw and, escaping the Teuton censor, reached London: It is tbe very astonishing volte face in the Prussian ateitucle toward us which is most to be feared and fought against. Nee -thinking Pole believes it to be sincere 017 lasting. The Ger- mans have got themsolvee so hated everywhere that they now see the ue- cessits? for making new friends. God forbid that my people should fall into such a trap, though, alas, a great many have already done so—that new- born bourgeosie or commercial .class, which owed its birth mainly to Ger- man gold and is now dancing to the tune called,' leach day the :subsidized press sing the womirone benefits of German rule: "The children Will be Polish." "The country is being re- built" "The Emperoe has promised to eend an evilly tie eerbia if necessary to bring back the Polish exiles." And simile?' 'tragic noesense. We, who know Germane bettor than she knows herself, aro not deceived, Another Feedevick, only a worse one, is on the throne. The Geernans could net be nicer to us for the moment. All we ask for we get, aad what we don't get outright We're promised. The gover- nor and the governor's sons kow-tow to our old families. Shooting parties have ween begun, while the peasantry starvee. Those stirring national dramas and bailees BO long berthed we can indulge in unrestrained. The Ger- man officers are even the most vigor- ous applauders. How to Do Housework More Easily. To accumulate a lot of old rubbish,. letting it lie undiseurbed and lumber up the cupboards, is a thing no goodl housewife will approve. But the war has made us all more thrifty and taught us t� inake instant use of things we used to throw away—not to hoard them up, but to turn them to account as soon as possible. Old len curtains too ragged l.o use make firet-rate window polisheee. Gee them into squaroe and tack the eages round to prevent fraying. Odd bits of old velvet polish furni- ture, silver and plate as well as ell m ois leather. Small scraps of sOLIP -81710Uld never be thrown away. Collect them in a her, add water and Stand jar in oven until soap is melted. • On wathing day that jar is a welcome friend. Soap - slide LIM 0 good fertilizers foe cab- lamee and other vegetables., Nutshells, dried orange peel lend beret match ends ere useful, mixed with email coal, for fires, Capital flee- lightere can be made from two thin etielcs bound together in the center, crosswise, with a cork fixed on the top of each stick. Cories also polish knives splendidly. Put the knife polish in a saucer, dampen it and dip ia the cork using it as. a ralober This method never scratches the knivee and soon bright- ens theme Tablecloths cut down into small tree/clothe :Meets car: become dust sheets and shabby towels make good dishcloths aril household cloths gen- erally Old stocluna,s and vests make good, metal polishers They cen also be cut up to line homemade quilts. Old newspapers polish glass aad are a good substetute (rolled up tightly) for e Paddy's Ready Reply. An Irish soldier had lost his left eye in action, but was allowed to remain in the service on consenting to have a glass eye, in its place. Being a typical "absent-minded beg- gar," he appeared on parade one day minus hie leet "lamp." "Nolan," said the officer, "you are not properly deessed. Why is your artificial .eye not in its proper place?" "Sure, :3ir," replied Nolan, "I eefe it in my box to keep an eye: on my kit while r111 on parade." • They Are Expensive to Buy Just Now, Because of the War. • The leech the vampieC 'cf the worm tribe., is both scarce and dear. • This is dut in part to the vestly iherea,sed demand for them, but more to the fact that in the pre-wor &lye nearly all the best mcdicel leeches came from Hamburg, and ihat amerce of supply is -now, of course. entirely closed. Turkey also used to send out occa- sional coasignmeets Smyrna pro- duced a large jet-black lecee ihat was ' highly esteemed by the medical fra- ternity Naturally, new, thie supply - has also ceased. The leech is,a slow-geowing crea- ture.. At two yeare of age he does not average more than an iech in length, and it takes from three to five years before he is Ilt for attes- tatiom as a fully qualified medicinal bloodsucker. • True, there is the British teeth, still to be found in :fair abundance in and around the Norfolk Broads, and in parts of Kent, Surrey ancl Sueseie But he is practically uselese frum the doctor's point of view. For nearly 60 years, Edwardsburg "Silver. Gloss" has been the standby. in One pound pacicages and six poend fancy onamaod tins. THE CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED 236 MONTREAL, CARDINAL, IIIIIIIANTFORD, FORT WILLIAM. Makers of "Crown Brand" and "Idly While Corn Syrups and Gonson's Corn Staroh. liver Gloss Starch GEMeet IMYSIBEHAMEZELMEEMBEWIEMERMInneeitff efieclie