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The Clinton News Record, 1916-08-03, Page 7. 2 ... [ A:Tendetfoors.':W6oinZ.. • By CLIVE PHILLIPPS WOLLEY '(Author of "Gold, Gold In Cariboo," Etc.) CHAPTER XXXV.--(Cont'd.) 'Yes, ma'am. Lowest deals, as you say," replied Al, with a groat mile in his deep wrinkle, and under his breath he muttered: "Holy smoke, ain't, she a peech?" "Ace high?" qAue high it is." "Then I cut for my husband. Who- ever cuts the lowest card makes the first attempt." For a moment her eyes rested on Dick Rolt, and perhaps her lips trem- bled—they are the only part of the • face which no one can control ---but if they did, it was so slightly that no one in the room could have sworn to it, and if she sat down somewhat suddenly when she had turned up the knave of limeade, he had reaeon en- ough to be tired, and the room was hot. At once jiin, Al, and Anstruth- sr went to the table together, but Mrs Rolt held no her hand. • "In order of precedence please, gentlemen." And then with. a little curl about her lips: "Our guest comes first," and young Fairclough came . done nonchalance and turned , a card from his _corner with 'somewhat ever:. quickly. "No luck," he said, as he turned up a nine. "You don't know yet, Mr. Fair - slough," she said sweetly. "The fore- man next." Jim Combs hesitated a moment, anu a queer smile spread over his face He remembered that if a pack of cards is shot over a smooth surface it is not impossible to guess where the low cards will be, the 'least painted offering the least resistance, and he picked his card carefully. File rule was justified. The card he chose had only one pip on it, but for a moment his face clouded. Then he smiled again. "Ace low, you said, Mrs. Holt?" "I thought that Jim Combe was a square player," she said, but there was no censure in her tones. "You know the rule, Jim. Stand back. • Your turn. Al." "Give me a little 'un, ma'am." She hesitated. It it not pleasant to send an old friend to his death, and the cards which had been mat were all high. "You want me to cut for you, Al?" "If the Boss don't mind, ma'am." Rolt nodded to her to humor the old man, but her hand shook as she turned up a five of spades. "Oh, Al, I'm so sorry." "Then you ain't got no call to be. It's What I asked for, ain't it, and I mostly asks for what I want," and he swung gaily round on his heels to leave the room. Ne. "Hold on, Al!" said a quiet voice at his elbow, "there is one more to cut yet." " "ilain't no use, Mr. Anstruther, You ain't lit to' go, and there ain't anything there no lower than a five:" "There are three hewer, Al. • If you please, Mrs. Rolt"." Mrs. Reit looked up into the quiet smiling face, and saw a light in it which she had never seen before. It was as if Anstruther knew what lay in store foe him, and the knowledge made him hold his head more proudly. "He is right, Al. You pledged your- selves that all should cue. Take your card, Frank." As she spoke Kitty Clifford Moved 'from her friend's side uncertainty to- wards Anstruther, and then stood hesitating, her tips trembling and her sweet eyes full of unshed tears. "What is it, Kitty? Do you went to cut for MM.?" She tried to. answer, but no sound came from her parted lip. Vhall she cut for you, Frank?" 41Will you, Miss Clifford—Kitty?" and he held out his hand to her. For a moment the boy and girl stooti there hand in hand before that altar of chance, forgetful of the world and reckless of the betrayal .of their se- cret. It was a strange betrothal, but such it seemed to all who saw them. In a glows which caul& befelt the girl's white hand began to move uncertain- ly over the pack, touching a card here and anther there, as if afraid to sch oases - The others had hewn their lots at alma To them it Seemed that min- utes elapeed that little band wanderer over the table, and each man prayed in his own fashion that she might crbose aright. At last, like a child who fears to See the knife, she shut her eyes, and clutching a card, held -it up to Anstru- - they, over whose face a proud smile spread as bright -and genuine as day- light. • "Thank you, dear. You have saged my h°M.' You don't minCl if IsP01- building, brandishing their weapons "No, Al, There it is," and he show- ed him the two of hearts. ' "Holy smoke? The two -spot! She couldn't have drawed a lower if she'd ' tried tor ' "Or better. Luck is for the young, Al," and this curicnislygnincled young man from Piccadilly began to hum is light air to himself, the words of which were:— "He ain't no good abodtthe house He can't cut wood." CHAPTER XXXVI. "You said Cornbe that I shoald not be able to find my way to Soda Creek?" Anstruther was still flitting on the table rolling his cigarette, "In the dark. It would not be right all the time you Were On the road. But you don't have to. It is not likely we are going to let you suicirl% after that." Anstruther smiled a little super- ciliously. "That has nothing to do with the question. Would you mind coming here for a moment'?" .and he went to the window. "That is the road to Soda Creek; the way we came?" Combe nodded. "But that is the 'direct way, as the crow flies?" • "Yes, only there's a bit of a can- yon in the way." "I know, But after?" "There wouldn't be any after. There's no way across the canyon un- til you come to the place where the road crosses it. It's four hundred feet deep with sides like the walls of a house. "If there was a bridge across it, it would shorten the distance by a mile, wouldn't it?" "Yes, by two I should think. But there isn't any two, and the Indians ain't going to wait whilst we build one." "Could one be built? How wide is the canyon?" "Not more than twenty or thirty feet at the Buck's Jump. It could be bridged there easily enough; but what's the good of talking. It aint bridged." "Wherels the Buck's Jump. There, isn't it?" "Yes, right against that big lone pine with the broken top." "Very nearly in' a direct line for Soda Creek?" "In a plumb straight line. That pine might have been put there for a surveyor's post." "So I thought," said Anstruther, and he stood there measuring the dis- tance with his eye, and noting the land marks. Combe watched him, and at last, with an obvious effort, he said; "Forgive me, Anstrather Perhaps you don't think it is my business, but I've got -to speak. I know just how you feel, and it's the way a man ought to feel, but you know you can't go now. It wouldn't be a square deal to Miss Clifford." "Leave Miss Clifford's name out of the question, please. I'm very much obliged to you for what you suggest, but there are some _things you don't understand. I'm going, and there's 'an end of it." "When?" "When I am ready," Anstruther an- swered, and left the room. "Pretty rough on them kiSidies, ain't it Jim?" said Al, when Anstruther had left the room, "and she's dead stuck on him. But I guess he's right" "Right?" snorted Combo. "Right? Just to think of himself? No I don't think he's right, and I'll take blanked good care as he doesn't do it." Whatever Al was going to say was lost, for at that moment the call sounded from the upper story. The rifles were wanted at the windows. With ,a rush the two men went to their places, and for the next twenty minutes they hael their whole atten. tion occupied by what they saw from their posts. cloucl of dust was coming towards them at railroad speed, and at first they flattered themselves that Horse - ley and his specials had broken the cordon and were coming to their re- lief. But the riders who emerged from the cloud were Chilcotens, reck- less whooping devils, painted as none of the white men had ever before seen Indians :painted in British Columbia their greasy locks powdered with swansdown, and eagle's blunies droop- ing from their heads to half way be- tween their shoulders. fore them all, and with his arm round At break -neck gallop they rode to within a hundred yards of the house, ad then like a flight of starlings they single file in a wild circuit roend the Your pack, Mrs. Roll. I shall want -this card by and by more than yea will, and kissing it, he,put it into his breast Docket. .R.It Kitty caught at his hand and cried to him to show it to her. ' "Another time, dear, It is the best • card in the world for me." "What was it, Frank? Show it to rue, oh, thew it tq me!" "Not now, Kitty," and bending down, he kissed her white brow be - her waist, half- led, hell carried, her to Mrs, Felt. "Take het away mioev. For God's sake take her, BWayl" • Ise said; and Mrs. 'Reit led Kitty sobbing from the robin. "Oh, Merry! Mary! I have killed' him, Frank—" 1 • , But Frank Anstruther steed back from the weak pleading bands, and, as the two women loft the room, his; was the only face left in it on which there was no sign of sorrow. "When the door closed, he sat do - on the edge of the, table and began to roll a cigarette. "Let's see that card, pardeer. You ain't putting Up Et, job on us?" and discharging them in mid career. In spite of the pace at which they came, several bullets struck the house, and ono was so well -aimed that it smashed through a chest, of drawers behind which Roll was kneeling; but one of the Indians' herpes pitched on its head, and before its rider quid extricate himself, several bullets found him, "Only the canter past, I fancy, Al," 841 Rohl, cOoly, blowing the smoke out of his barrels. "Where is Anstru- Bier ?" • "I seed him go into his room as we came upstairs. He hasn't been up hero to see the show: He's up to his neck in them trunks of his, I reckon." "What?" 4ICincicr sortie' out his duds and gettin' good arid ready for his pas - scale" - Jim glaziedd quickly thrOugh the window and saw that the Indians were already loping 'badlt to their lines. Then' he put his milk up against the wall and left the'reorn quietly. Al noticed him and seemed about to • follow him, bat thought better, of it, JO Of CotiRe You Need 1 l AR i. with a velvety smoothness —and a Vrtb I1 Ice Crea12N E , m comes out of the freezer 14 new dolictousness—when It is made with BENSON'S. And Ills pretty hard to ask for any - IPI more delicious than a Chocolate', Blanc Manger or Cream Custard wills Fruit, made of I3enson's Corn Starch. Our naw MocIpe Boole 'Desserts and 5,5 Candles. tolls how and how much to usa. Write for a copy tenor Montreal Office—and be suro to tell your grocer 0 to send BENSON'S, the standby in , Canada for more than half a century. peg THE CIINALIA MIMI CO. LIMITEB MONTREAL, ' CARDINAL, Do BRANTFORD, 216 FORT WILLIAM. ff,7 vurgramiggraimott. and muttering "Let 'em settle it them- selves. It ain't my funeral," kept his place at the window. Anstruthers door was wide open, but from where he stood Jim could not see into the room, neither could he hear anyone moving in it, but to prevent accidents he sat down and took off his boots and then with them in his hand stole quietly along the passage anti peeped through between the door and the jamb. Anstruther had gofig, but the room could not be said to be empty, for the floor of it was covered with mountains of clothes, as Jim had never dreamed of, piled poll mell in a great heal), whilst, as he said afterwards, there were 'boots enough for &battalion and coats like blankets at a potlatch." (To be continued,) HARDSHIPS OF TURKS. • Three to Six Persons Share Loaf of 2 1-5 Pounds. A story of the tremendarhardships now being undergone by the Turkish people and an estimate of the enorm- ous losses which have been suffered by the Turks has been received 'from the Rev. Charles T. Riggs, for the past sixteemyears a missionary at Con- stantinople, Turkey. Mr. Riggs, who is editor of The Orient, has recently returned from Turkey after a hazard- ous journey. According to Mr. Riggs, the Turks estimate that their minimum loss in the Dardanelles campaign was 300,000 and the number of killed is some- times placed at 600,000. The Gowen- ment allotment of bread, which is the principal food of the Turks, Mr. Riggs states, is almost on a starvation ba- sis, from three to six persons fre- quently sharing a loaf of two and one- fifth pounds. Conditions are steadily becoming worse, it is stated. Says Mr. Riggs in part: 'Morning by morning in Constantinople, around the different bakeries of the city, gathers a crowd of women and thil- &en, with a sprinkling of old men whose Oficial papers prove their right to secure a daily stipend of bread from that particular oven. They often wait for hours and the supply of flour has become so short that when I the bread finally comes each loaf of two and a fifth pounds must be shared by from three to six persons. Most natives of Turkey live mainly on bread and with other staples from five to fifteen times their normal price it is small wonder that the poor are starving. The people have tried sev- eral substitutes for wheat flour, among them rye bread, corn bread and 'barley bread, but these have been ob- tained only in very small quantities. "It is a sad picture to see the ma- terial from which the Turkish army is now being made. Long lines of young men with bovine eyes, shuffling gait and an expression of utter apathy are daily being brought into the eity from the Anatolian provinces to be made into soldiers. Shod with san- dals, coatleis, with homespun shirt flapping outside their once white nether garments, they look as unpro- mising material as one could imagine. In these days the recruits include boys of seventeen and men of fifty- five and among them are the half - blind, the sick and the crippled. After a few weeks of drill they make a far better impression as they march away in their smart new German imported accoutremehts to entrain for the East." THE CHINESE POSTMAN. The Training He Must Go Through Before He Is Qualified. To get into the postal service in China is 'not an easy matter. In the first place, an applicant must have strength and courage, and in order to gain these he must be prepared to undergo a very queer method of train- ing. He must wander through moun- tains and valleys, forests and coves. The exact time to be occupied in trip of this sort is fixed by the law, and a very heavy fine is imposet4, for any unnecessary delay. The would-be postman must repeat these trips at night, and if he listens to the bad spirit, thereby failing to appear at the required time. at a spe- cified place, he is sure to lose- hit chance of being a postman. Bat that is not all, for he is oblig- ed to merry enormous weights for many miles, and Must return -with his burden 'within a given time, though his road usually takes him through dis- tricts thick with bandits. In training, the postman eats very, little—though he is used to this—and tries every straining exercise. Then comes his real examination, under the' direction of the Government Ie is. taken into a large room, where, sshspepclil from e high beam, are very heavy sacks .filled with rocks, He 'artist give a swinging Motion to an these sacks, run to and fro between them, carefully guarding himself against a blow from the heavy y,reights. ffie asenfe eariter Practical Recipes. Lemon Butter.—This is an excellent filling for tarts or a spread for bread, and is delicious on hot biscuits: Juice of two lemons, three eggs beaten - lightly, piece of butter the eize of an egg. Mix all together and cook in a doable boiler until 'about the consis- tency of custard, Tins will keep fresh if preserved as jelly or pre- serves. Apple Relish.—.Chop or coarsely grind in food chopper enough apples to make about six pints; also mimento or sweet Spanish peppers to, make about two cups. Mix with two cups sugar and two tablespoonfuls salt. Cover with cider vinegfee and seal in glass cans. Chopped celery or cede cry peed added gives a delicious flay - 01, Gooseberry Conserves—One quart gooseberries, one orange, one-fourth box seeded raisins, two pints gran- ulated sugar, one-fourth pint water. Put whole orange through fine knife of meat gririder. Mix all ingredients and cook for twenty or twenty-five minutes. Pour in jelly glasses and when cold pour over a thin covering of parafin. Fill six glasses. Quince and Cranberry Jelly.—Cut in pieces one pound of quinces, add one- half pound of cranberries. Cover with cold water and cook until soft. Drain. Measure the, juice, boil five minutes, add three-fourths quantity of sugar, boil five minutes and pour into sterilized glasses. Pickled Crab Apples. —Seven pounds whole apples, four pounds sugar, two cups vinegar, one Stick cinnamon, doves in, blossom end, boil until apples are tender, then remove, boil syrup down and pour over. Canning Cherries.:—Select medium ripe cherries; wash and -pit carefully to keep fruit firm. Fill a kettle full of fruit and allow it to come to a good boil. Stir and pour all this through a colander to allow all the juice to be taken from the cherries. Take a ket- tle and fill half full of clear, cold water adding sugar to sweeten well. Put in the cherries which have grain- ed thoroughly by this- time, and cook slowly until they come to a good boil The cherries should be cooked and the juice a bright pink color. Pour into cans and seal. Pineapple Whip.—One-fourth box gelatin, one can grated pineapple one- half cup sugar, one pint cream. Soak gelatin in as little water as possible. Mix pineapple and sugar together land bring to boil. Add gelatin and let stand until it begins to get stiff (about three hours). Beat in whip- ped cream. Serve very cold, in tall glasses, topped with maraschino cherry. Raisin Puffs.—Two tablespoons su- gar, one-half cup butter, one egg, one cesp milk, two cups flour, two tea- spoons baking powder, one cup chop- ped raisins. Cream butter and sugar, Iadd egg, well beaten, milk, flour sift - led with baking powder, then chopped raisins. Pour into small butter jelly tumblers. and steam one-half to three- . quarters of an hour. This recipe will , make six large puffs, Red Cabbage Pickles.—Chop two heads of Yea cabbage, one large mull- ' flower, one-half pint of red kidney beans and eighteen cloves of garlic. Boil and then dvain them on a sieve, and then separate them leaf by leaf and salt them and let dry. Now pre- pare the pickle; Boil together one gallon of vinegar, two pints of water, one-half cupful of salt, one ounce of pepper, and let stand till cold. Cut four ounces of ginger in pieces and sprinkle le with salt. Let it: stand for a week. Wash, dry and bruise one-foueth pound of mustard seeds. Put a layer of cabbage in a jar, then a layer of cauliflower and beans, anti sprinkle between layers the bruised mustard seed, some 'whole mustard seeds, ginger, garlic, pepaer, allspice and one ounce of turmeric powder. Pour its the pickle and seal. This will be ready for use in about 'two to three months, and will be found to be very delicious. Useful Hints. An aluminum spoon in excellent to use in preserving fruit, Wood ashes mixed with kerosene will remove' oust from iron. Tel i prepare horseradish quickly put it through the meat chopper. String beans are good cooke1d with tomatoes and a dash of onion. A new way to cook squash is to slice it and cook like eggplant. To mend matting, simply darn it with raffia in colors to match. Ice cream, eaten slowly, is a per- fectly good food in hot weather, A small square of asbestos kept on the ironing board will save the iron- ing sheet. . A slice of lemon added to the water in Which clothes are boiled whitens them beautifully. A teaspoonful of vinegar put into home -Made candy will -prevent; it from being sticky. . To prevent broiled chicken from being dry, butter it occasionally while it is broiling. To bleach a germeat hang it on the line during nice weather foci let it take dew aml sunshine, but no vain. Even home-made awnings and nam - mocks if one cannot have any other kind, will add greatly to the comfort of a farm porch, • When bleaching linen or lace 'keep it in the bright sunshine. Te keep dust out of the boevl place a piece of glass over it. An excellent omelet, is made in the usual way, with two cup fele of cold boiled and chopped .cabbage added to every twill' eggs. e When milk, scAm um' other foods boil over on the stove, ever the spot quickly with salt. It will do away with an unpleasant bddr. ' .4 good is inade of hard-boiled eggs conibleed wiele finely • chopped sweet peppers and moistened with mayonnaise. • The small pin feathers that are so hard to clean from very young chick- ens can he wiped off with a damp cloth in much less time. It is wrong to put shoes near a fire to dry. The heat is bad for -the leather. Fill damp shoes evith Paper and stand them where it is warm. HELP THE VERDUN REFUGEES. To the Editor On Friday July 14th., the Toronto Branch of the Secours National cele- brated the French National holiday by a flag day in aid of the Verdun re- tagees. • The receipts amounted to more than the sum asked for, being $25,000. This contribution, generous though it is, is small compared' with the needs of our brave filly. Refugees are coining in in hundreds from the war .7,0110 and the relief committees have been able to give them only Army bread. These suffering people have lost all their possessions and are in danger of los- ing life itself. Since the need has become known several cities and towns thrthighout the province, among them Oshawa, Goderich, and Seaforth and far away Saskatoon have written expressing a wish to help these suf- fering people. They propose having "French days" and joining their gifts with that of Toronto, in this practical way expressing their sympathy with and admiration for France. In order to facilitate the holding of these French days, the Executive of the Secours National offers to send free of all expense the shields, flags and decorations used in Toronto for July 14th., also the small flags to sell, to any town or city applying for them. Perhaps it is too much to ask but it has occurred to the writer, that if, following the precedent of Trafalgar day a sum could he raised in the pro- vince equal to that raised in Toronto, what a magnificent tribute it would be to France, France struggling, bleeding, yet triumphant. These are days of deeds; we realize, is never before the futility of words; it is empty to say as we sit at our well filled tables "be thou fed." Our expres- sion of sympathy must go' further, go forth accompanied by a gift which will help to feed the hungry homeless wanderers. A gift in some small measure commensurate with our great plenty and France's dire necessity, For information as to flags, etc., apply to • Mrs. W. A. Johastone, Hon. Secretary Secours National, 51 King St. West, Toronto. Jean Melthedran, Toronto, FARM HOME CONVENIENCES. Needed Improvements to Make the Rural Home Attractive. At the last annual meeting of the Commission of Conservation a report of a survey conducted on 400 farms during 1915 was presented. Sense in- teresting data were secured respecting conditions in many rural homes. Keeping the young people on the farm is one of Canaan; national pro- blems. Man, causes have been sug- gested for the yearning for the city. The conveniences of the city home con- stitute one of the chief attractions. Notwithstanding this, however, very few farmers have introduced these conveniences into their homes. - Of the 400 farmers visited, 53 per cent have young people in their fami- lies. With this large percentage of young people it is a regrettable fact that oely two farmers out 'of every hundred have bathrooms in their hothes. Only 6.2 per cent, have water closets, only 2,5 per cent have a com- plete service, and only 2.2 per cent. have electric light. In these 400 homes only 16.5 per cent. have the water piped to the house, and but 17.5 per cent. have furnaces in the home. These' conditions are entirely within the con- trol of the farmers, 86,7 per cent, of whom are the owners of farms aver- aging 126.5 acres. In contrast with the foregoing, the conveniences which have been supplied by the government and public utility companies and of which the farmer has availed himself stand out promin- ently. The Post Office Department has carried to 76 per cent, of these 400 farmers rural free mail delivery, al- lowing 77 per cent, of them to be sup- plied with daily newspapers, while 58.2 per cent, have the convenience of a telephone. - ' Only 2.5 per cent, have complete sanitary service in their homes, while 5 per cent, have automobiles, and. 31,5 per cent. have either automobiles or hoese and buggy lei' the young peo- ple. Much has been iald And written of ilate to interest the farmer in the auto- ! Mobile, but little is heard of suth • household conveniences as the bath tub,, kitchen sink, sanitary Closet, etc. The automobile may carry the rural lhousewife away from her drudgery Ifor a few hours a Week; and to that I extent proves a blessing, but. the , price of an automobile would provide la water supply and other conveniences that go with it, and render the home a home both to the housewife and the young people. Don't expect anyone to gbie you a medal for being a meddler. Sometimes ae eye is not as black as Ait is badpsatsotieniaLch sometimes makes a • good reformer. His Bluff Called. Bluffinan—I owe you $10 old thap..ssean you change a $50 bill? Banks—Certainly I ElufFinan—Ah—er since You're SD Sh, I alleSS, I won't pay you till next week. . UNDER WATER IN A SUBMARINE A JOURNALIST TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCE. How the Vessel is Controlled by the Officer Placed in Charge. "Every man, to his station now. Stand by!" shouts the skipper. The fifteen men of the crew are distributed through the submarine, each at his post. One at a time now the valves are opened and the water rushes into the tanks. The submarine is so built that 'Water taken into one tank can be blown into another the length of the vessel simply by the manipulation of lever and pumps under the thumb of the engineers. We are now engag- ed in -the process of "trimming." "All ready now," shouts the cap- tain. And in another minute: "Take 300 lbs. into the forward trimming tank." The valve is opened and the rush of swirling water can be heard. The submarine begins to settle for- ward. "Pump 200 lbs. into the trimming tank." The valve is opened and the rush of swirling water can be heard. The submarine begias to settle for- ward. "Pump 200 lbs. into the trimming tank aft," shouts the skipper. The man aft repeats the order. The or- ders and repeating of orders sound like the chanting of a litany. The captain keeps on filling and emptying tanks. Under time Water. Nothing hut the sea stretches in every direction save for the far -away coastline. Now we see our floating prison settling in the water. She goes down gradually by the head. Foot by foot we drop closer to the water. As a matter of fact, we are actually under the water and looking out over the surface through the peri- scope. Another minute and the waves come up to meet us—and we are gone! The periscopes are under, and we are down 25 feet. Below the conning tower they are manipulating the tanks. The process is something like balancing a car- penter's level. The depth -dial alone tells us how deep we have submerg- ed. All at once the hands begin spinning rapidly, and we begin go- ing down fast. The footmarks fly by the indicator, and stop with a jerk at forty-two. The keel of the vessel is twelve feet below the indicator hand, and that means that we are down 54 feet. Not until the trip was all over did we know—that is the unsophisticat- ed passenger—that the submarine had suddenly tilted "off balance," and slid down to the bottom of the harbor entrance. But on the next trial the static dive was successfully negotiated, and we floated 30 feet down, balanced like! an acrobat on two legs of a chair. At this juncture we tried a "safety first" device, which has been adbpted on all submarines. The cap- tain set a trip contrivance at 85 feet, This meant that when we had sub- merged to a depth of 85 feet the mechanism would trip and "'send the vessel up to the surface in a jiffy. Again the tanks and valves are ad- justed, and we settle downward. At 83 we are still sinking—at 34 still going. As the indicator hand moves from 34 to 85, there is a sudden clutching somewhere in the vitals of the submarine, a jolt all over, and the indicator hand starts going the other way. Out of the Depths. In less than thirty seconds, going at elevator speed, we are lifted out of the depths as though some super- natural power had reached down sud- denly and torn us from the bed of the pecan. This "tripper" can be set at any depth, and unless the subma- rine has been disabled is as sure as them suit. the static dive we come up again, and, very frankly, there is some sense of relief to the uninitiat- ed. What 'would have happened if our boat had stayed down on the bottom? If no rescuers had come to our aid each man would have been shunted up into the conning tower in turn, the air pressure turned on, the hatchway opened, and the man "blown out." If he had a good heart he might have reached the surface— and then have had to swim for lifo. Only one man, so far as is known, has ever tried being shot out of a subma- rine torpedo tube. He survived. A SOAP FAMINE. Every Country Is Increasing Its De- mands for the Article. The increasing demand f on' soap throughout the civilized world raises the question of a possible famine in that commodity. The world's increasing cleanliness presents a weird problem to those who deal in soap. The average yearly consumption of soap for every person in Britain is estimated to be as much as 211b. America comes next, and other Eu- ropean countries use less and less un- til one comes to Russia, with 21b. year.consumption per heed, But the trouble seems to be that we are all increasing our domande for soap. This advance is illustrated by avail- able figures proving that while in 1900 the Bulgarians, for instance, bought 315,000 kilogrammes of soap, in 1911. they imported 2,138,000 kilogrammes. In 1900 Britain exported 43,030 tons of soap. In 1910, 74,712 tons were 'Torte"tlihclina we send about 6,620 tons a year; to South Africa, 6,311 tons; to the East Indies, 14,806 tons; imo other British possessions, 17,767 tone; and to other countries, 21,864 tense—Lon- don Answers. Tline is money to a maeiVIIQ5 buys on time. .agee.s. MAKES PERFECT BREAD FROM SUNSET 'COAST WHAT TETE WESTERN PEOPLE; ARE DOING, Progress of the Great West Toldi in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. Michael Philips) a Westerni old-timer, is dead at Tebacco Plains 1 B.C. A large colony of storks' have cently taken up their nesting at Ushucklesit Harbor, Premier Bowser unveiled the Burn- aby, B.C., roll of honor at the Muni -I cipal Hall, Edmonds, B.C. The steamer Northland loaded 200,- 000 feet of luMber last week at Port; Alberni for Anchorage Alaska, Strawberries six inches itt circurng ference have been grown this year by; Mr. Carr Hilton, at Quamichan, To head off competition, ice cream! dealers at Steveston, )3.C., gre new selling ice cream COBBS at 5 for 5e. As a result of the recent fete at Duncan $27a,40 has been divided beg tween the Blue and Red Cross Social eties. A planer named Smith had his arm badly smashed last week in the Alberni Lumber Company's mill ati, Vancouver. Mr. George Swanson, second .en- gineer of Port Alberni, has been '''&1)-1 pointed city electrician. There were, fifty applicants. Lionel D. Curtis, father of South' African municipal system and noted author, was a distinguished visitor at Victoria recently. . A Japanese named T. Sato is under' arrest at Vancouver on the charge of obtaining money by false pre- tenses from a number of his corng patriots. Quarrelling about going to a picnic,' Louis Mann, of Vancouver, B.C., threw a pot of boiling soup at his wife, bade ly burning her neck and shoulders. Parcels of food sent from New. Westminster to a prisoner in Germany were never received by him, as he had heen exchanged. The parcels came back in good condition. It has been found that the fire which broke out in Victoria, B.C., last week was the work of an Incendiary, who wished to hide his crime of stealing $850 from three Chinamen, Edward W. Berry of Murrayville, B.C., has been awarded the highest honor in the gift of 13, C. education - lets, being selected to receive the Rhodes Scholarship for that province. Major W. H. Belson, who was organizer and inspector of cadets in British Columbia for some time, and who went away with the First Pion- eer Corps, recently has been appoint- ed aide-de-camp to Lieut -General Sir Percy Lake commander-in-chief of the forces in IVIesopotantia, CARGO MADE RATS wgBp. Sat Round Sacks of Onions and Wiped Tears From Their Eyes. The French steamship Ville cla Havre, arrived in New York harbor recently from Gandia, Spain, bringing 1,600 tons of Spanish onions. The odor from the foreholcl was so power- ful, it was said, that the crew in the fo'c'sle were in tears all the voyage, and were forced to sleep on deck. When the customs inspectors went into the fo'c'sle to see if the men had any tobaceo or cigars concealed in their bunks, the heat and the onions combined drove them out for air. Old Jules .Bibot; the quartermaster, declared that when he went down in- to the forehold to get up a coil of rope, he saw hundreds of rats sitting in a circle around the sacks of onions, wiping the tears- feom their beady black eyes with their paws, which was quite pathetic, old Jules mid, The first electric railway in Ameri- ca and the second in the world was operated at the Canadian National Exhibition. filt Preserved Raspberries will keep their natural color if you use ratrfflOra. tammio tr entrg , the pure cane sugar which dissolves at once. Order by name in original packages. 2 and 54b cartons 10 and 20 -lb bags PRESERVING LABEIS 1I'REE Scold red ball trade-aunk marten abag orearton to Atlantic Sugar Refineries Ltd. rower iseN, istontrcei 43 51 32 e I AMMO" t 11. ssame."