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1 4A 4) ;"s'k ‘ z* «* "It‘ll do!" he said. "Don‘t try to polish it. Give it down, and see that Ernestine obeyed. To all appearâ€" ance the man was engrossed in his own wo;;, but when she pt;ued he nodded head appreciatively. "IWHI da‘" he n'.’d un,:-.y._. C "Read the first few sentences of what you‘ve got," he remarked The subâ€"editor scribbled in silence for a moment or two. He had ruch-‘ ed an important point in his own! work. His pen went slower, hesitated[ for a moment, and then dashed on with renewed vigor. | "Ridiculously easy! Told me everyâ€" thing I asked and a lot more. It I could have got it all down in his own language it would have been positiveâ€" ly thrilling." "Interview and sketch of the house," she responded briskly. "Interview by Jove! That‘s good! Was he very difficult?" "You are trading upon my curiosâ€" ity, for the sake of a tea," she laughed. "Very well, about five s‘clock." He bowed and walked back westâ€" wards with a graver look than usual upon his boyish face, for he had a task before him which was very little to his liking. Ernestine swung open the entrance door to the Hour, and passâ€". ed down the rows of desks until she reached the door at the further end marked "Subâ€"Editor." She knocked and was admitted at once. I A thin, dark young man, wearing a‘ incenez and smoking a cigarette, Loked up from his writing as she enâ€" _ tered. He waved her to a seat, but his pen never stopped for a second. "Back, Miss Wendermott! Very good! What did you get?" I C PP C emeteney 44 does not concern myself at all. It is wholly about you. It is something which you ought to know." i# C ts CCC omm TeRn you be at the office?" "About an hourâ€"perhaps longer." "I will wait for you!" "I‘d rather you didn‘t. I don‘t want them to think that I go trailing about with an escort." "Then may I come down to your fBat? I have something really imâ€" portant to say to you, Ernestine. It RCCZHETOT €0 "Well, 1 don‘t see anything â€" odd about that," she exclaimed impatientâ€" ly. "Don‘t be so enigmatical. If you‘ve anything to say, say it! Don‘t look at me like an owl!" "I have a good deal to say to you," he nfiwereg gra.\:ely_.““How long shall you "I was thinking," he s ly things turn out. So 1 down to interview Mr. $ for a newspaper, and he "Why, Cecil, what on earth is the matter with you?" she exclaimed. He looked down at her with a new seriousness. The young man walke for a moment in silence up at him casuall{ as th street, and something in prised her. myself the best judge of t answered coldly. "I am a and so long as it is honest sex doesn‘t count. If every I have to see is as courteous Mr. Trent has been, I shal myself very lucky indeed." "As who ?" he cried. She looked up at him in They were at the corner of t but as though in utter forg of their whereabouts, he had stopped short and gripped } ly by the arm. She chaolk ha ting on y s e s Of }{0“ I~ e was determined not to be annoyâ€" ed, and he ignored both the speech and the laugh, _ "May I inquire how you are oot. $»» 5* 9m Coal E2CCOUB MV "To the uttet exclusion, f su he remarked, "of me 1" She laughed gaily. "My dear Cecil! when have led you to suppose for a mome I have ever wasted any time t] of you?" "You will allow me," he said hopeâ€" fully, "to walk a little way with you ?" "I am not able to prevent it â€"if you think it worth while," she answered. He looked downâ€"he was by her side nowâ€"in goodâ€"humored protest. _ "Come Ernestine," he said, "you mustn‘t bear malice against me,. Per-‘ haps I was a little hasty when I spoke | so strongly about your work. I don‘t like your Aoing it and never snall like | it, but I‘ve said all I want to. You! won‘t let :t divide us altogether, will | you." ! "For the present," she answered, "it occupics the whole of my time,| and’rthekwhale.of my thoughts." | "I don‘t see where the luck c in," she answered. "I have no to waste talking to you now. I in a hurry." face ¢, g. , _ Sy Ne bridge she came face to face with a tall, goodâ€"looking young man who was hurrying in the opposite direction. He stopped short as he recognized her, dropped his eyeglass, and uttered a little exclamaâ€" tion of pleasure, ‘ "Ernestine, by all that‘s delightful! I am in luck toâ€"dayt" ' She smiled slightly and gave him . her hand, but it was evident that this# meeting was not wholly agreeable to | her. 3 guy 0000 PC Ted punctual and dilatory train at Waterloo, she shook out with a little gesture of _4 started off to walk to the Halfâ€"way across the bridge face to face with a tall, go. young man who was hurryi opposite direction. He staâ€" 7. > :0 London in much discomfort, being the eleventh occupant of a thirdâ€" class carriage in a particularly unâ€" punctual l-nd gilatory train. Arrived ht Wabkarbes oc c 2 . â€" OU f m Ernestine am getting on," will forgive me if 9 +» ig man walked by THE GOLDEN KEy f best judge of that," â€" she ldly. "I am a journalist, as it is honest work my ‘ount. If every one whom e is as courteous to me as suppose for a moment that Cr ‘"The Adventures of ledgard." By the Author «of "What He Cost HMer."* CHAPTER ®vI silence. She looked he said, "how oddâ€" So you have been Ur. Scarlett Trent d he was civil to they crossed the in his face surâ€" shook out her skirts ture of relief and 'P‘ _to the Strand. any time thinking s "I thank God," she said, "that I the house," have found the courage to break away from those people and take a little of hat‘s good! my life into my own hands. You can | tell them this if you will, Cecilâ€"my 1 me everyâ€"| uncle Lord Davenant, your mother, ore,. It I) and whoever had a say in this miserâ€" in his own | able affair. Tell them from me that I ‘n positiveâ€"| know the truth and that they are a ’pack of cowardly, unnatural old woâ€" in silence men. Tell them that so long as I live had reach-j I will never willingly speak to one of his own| them again." , hesitated| "I was afraid you‘d take it like lashed on that," he said dolefully. f "Take it like that!" she repeated in tences of fierce scorn. "How else could a woâ€" ked ‘_mn hear mdfi new?; “go:) ;leu ¢'io 1 a râ€"| you suppose she cou told sed gnpe;is that she had been hoodwinked, and aused he kept from her duty and a man‘s ely. heart very likely broken, to save ‘t try to| the respectability of a wornâ€"out old 1 see that family. Oh, how could they have darâ€" she answered, you are getâ€" I consider her side suppose," Ck comes no time travelled She stood up, her eyes hands clenched together â€"|_ "He is dead," Davenant answered n hastily, "but only just lately. Wait a t minute. You are going to be furiousâ€" > ly angry. I know it, and I don‘t | blame you. Only listen for a moment. 1/ The scheme was hatched up between â€" my father and your two uncles. I have : always hated it and always protested t against it. Remember that and be ' fair to me. This is how they reasonâ€"| ‘| ed. Your father‘s health, they said,| / was ruined, and if he lives the seven | years what is there left for him when | | he comes out? He was a man, as you | | know, of aristocratic and fastidious“ ‘tastes. He would have the best of | everythingâ€"society, clubs, sport.{ | Now all these were barred against | him. If he had reappeared he could | | not have shown his face in Pall Mall, or on the racecourse, and every moâ€" ment of his life would be full of huâ€" miliations and bitterness. Virtually’ | then, for such a man as he was, life in | England was over. Then there was | you. You were a pretty child, and the |â€" Earl had no children. If your fatherl‘ was dead the story would be forgot-v‘ ten, you would marry brilliantly, and an ugly page in the family history | would be blotted out. That was how | they looked at itâ€"it was how they put | ¢ it to your father." g "He consented ?" r "Yes, he consented! He saw the | ; wisdom of it for your sake, for the | ; sake of the family, even for his own! C sake. The Earl settled an incomef t upon him and he left England secretly | on the morning of his release,. We‘ © had the news of his death only a week or two ago." | ever now ! "You know all about that company ‘ affair. Of course they made your father the butt of the whole thing, although he was little more than a toolr He was sent to prison for seven years. You were only a child then and your mother was dead. Well, when the seven years were up, your‘ relations and mine too, Ernestine, concocted what I have always â€"conâ€" sidered an illâ€"begotten and miserably selfish plot. Your father, unfortunâ€" ately, yielded to them, for your sake. You were told that he had died in prison. He did not. He lived through his seven years there, and when he came out he did so in another name and went abroad on the morning of the day of his liberation." "Good Heavens!" she cried. "And [ "You‘ve been deceived! You were! | told always that your father had died | | in prison. He didn‘t." ' "What!" ’ Her sharp cry rang out strangely | into the little room. Already he could see signs of the coming storm, and the task which lay before him seemed more hateful than ever. | |_ "Listen," he said. "I must tell you | | some things which you know in order| to explain others which you do not know. Your father was a younger | son of extravagant parents, virtually penniless and without the least capaâ€" tity for earning money. _ I don‘t | blame himâ€"who could? I couldn‘t . | carn money myself. If I hadn‘t got I it }‘ darfisay' t‘h.at I should go to the The girl‘s lips tightened, and she drew a little breath through her teeth. Davenant hesitated. bad as he did | She looked up at him in swift surâ€" | prise. ] "Is it necessary ?" | "I think so,"rie answered. "You | won‘t like what I am going to tell you! You‘ll think you‘ve been badly treated. So you have! I pledged my | word, in a weak hour, with the others. IToLday I‘m going to break it. I think it best." PP p wl o c c o e oo en y ENE PVR | ___l am coming back at eight," she ed his memoryâ€"but it made no differâ€" rsaid. "but the proofs are to go in to ence. And all the time it was a weak, | Mr. Darrel! Nothing come in for me, silly lie! They let him come out, poor ‘ll suppose ?" \father, without a friend to speak to ; _ The girl shook her head, so Ernestâ€" | him, and they hustled him out of the ine walked out into the street. Then| country. And I, whose place was she remembered Cecil Davenant and there with him, never knew." & his strange mannerâ€"the story which’ "You were only a child, Ernestine. he was even now waiting to tell her. It was twelve years ago." | She looked at her watch and after a/| _ "Child! I may have been only â€" a | moment‘s hesitation called a handsom.| child, but I should have been old 81 Cupole Street, she told him.‘ enough to know where my place was. |\ "This is a little extravagant," she Thank God I have done with these said to herself as the man wheeled people and their disgusting shibboâ€" fh}is h;)r:e round, "but toâ€"day I think |leth of respectability." â€" j that ava aownad Li 1 kwew B © "Ernestine," he said gravely, "I am g°i"5 to speak to you about your faâ€" ther!" 81 Cupole Street, she told him. "This is a little extravagant," â€" she said to herself as the man wheeled his horse round, "but toâ€"day I think that I have earned it." 199 reated. So you have! I pl;('ige:i;n; rord, in a weak hour, with the others. oâ€"day I‘m going to break it. I think TE s :| _ _ Ihll do," he said. "Give it to ; Smith. Come back at eight to look [ at our proofs after I‘ve done with ; them. Good interview! Good sketch! | You‘ll do, Miss Wendermott." |__She went out laughing softly. This' ‘was quite the longest conversation | | she had ever had with the chief. She 'made her way to the side of the first | disengaged typist, and sitting in an‘ easy chair gave down her copy, here| | and there adding a little, but leaving |\ it mainly in the rough. She knew | whose hand, with a few vigorous touches, would bring the whole thing \into the form which the readers of | the Hour delighted in, and she was | quite content to have it so. The work was interesting, and more than an hour had passed before she rose and € put on her gloves. [ "Well ?" She held it out to him. For a moâ€" ment he looked away from his own work, and took the opportunity to light a fresh cigarette. Then he nodâ€" ded, hastily scrawled some dimenâ€" sions on the margin of the little drawâ€" ing and settled down again to work. the proofs are submitted to Where‘s the sketch ?" l_xer eyes blazing, her CHAPTER XVIL cried. "And . an *dieitnaties Aiy salat": rint d cvmaid Bs css se t L8 0110 ‘ a moment.]House of Lords, a resolution was 2P betweenl moved in favor of economy in public :gle:ljolte};‘:z(‘;! expenditureâ€"the mover, Lord Midâ€" at and be’dleton. sl’mrply criticising many i'm- hey reason.| Portant itemsâ€"the Govgrnment. inâ€" they said,| stead of resenting the action, actually s ‘t_l:ne seven I’ accepfed _the resolution and made the Every year over five million beds and eight million meals are provided by the shelters and homes of the Salâ€" vation Army in Britain, WoiP o 26200 s alndiilis s ara ic L211 "Hi, there!" yelled the noncom., in derision, "call that riding, do you?" "Oh, no, sergeant," was the inâ€" stant answer, "that‘s a new trick for the Dardanelles. Riding under here‘s fine protection from the sfln."â€"Lon-‘ don Titâ€"Bits. He had not properly adjusted his saddle, and on mounting he swungâ€" saddle and allâ€"right under the horse‘s body between its legs, where he was suspended for a few seconds. "Hi, there!" yelled the noncom., in derision, "call that riding, do he a2 9909 Ingenious. At one of the military camps some recruits were being put through the riding test. One man didn‘t know much about horses, but trusted to luck to get through. new expenditure is sharply questioned and the use of the pruning knife to bring the whole tree of public expenâ€" diture down to the requirements fixed by present conditions is strongly reâ€" commended. | vote in its favor unanimous. Lord | Lansdowne, a prominent member of | the Government, while declaring that | the first rush of preparation for war ?meant extravagance and loss, yet adâ€" mitted frankly that there were ways ’in which present expenditures could be curtailed, and promised that the reâ€" ‘solution in favor of economy, should bear early fruit in the way of real economies. It is pointed out by the| Economist, one of the greatest auâ€"| thorities on financial questions in the‘ world, that the expenditure of the | Government has immensely increased ‘ on many new services, while old serâ€" vices, on which economies might be expected, call for just as much money | as ever. The wisdom of much of the new expenditure is sharply auestinnad British Government Will Cut Down Expenses. _ That the British Government actuâ€" ally means business in its inauguraâ€" { tion of a national campaign of thift is | proven by the fact that, when, in the here|_ "To tell me that he was deadâ€"to ving let him live out the rest of his poor cnew life in exile and alone! Did they rous think that I didn‘t care, Cecil?" she hing exclaimed, suddenly turning and facâ€" s of ing him. "I have always loved my was father! You may think that I was vork too young to remember himâ€"I an wasn‘t, I loved him always. When I and grew up and they told meof his dis-[ | grace I was bitterly â€"sorry, for I lov-i she ‘ ed his memoryâ€"but it made no differâ€" n to ence. And all the time it was a weak, | me, silly lie! They let him come out, poor | \father, without a friend to speak to | |est-|3him. and they hustled him out of the ‘hen | country. And I, whose place was! and there with him, never knew." | "Go on," she cried. "Tell 'r‘x-'n:“ : that you know! this is wonderful!" (To be continued.) "Because Scarlett Trent was with your father when he died. They were on an excursion somewhere up in the bushâ€"the very excursion that laid the foundation of Trent‘s fortune." with "Because," héiia-r;;\;/;;e.d, "you told me that you had just been to see Scarâ€" lett Trent!" NeeE en | "Weli, she said, "I want to know | now why, after keeping silent all this | time, you thought it best to tell me the truth this afternoon ?" | She buried her face in her handkerâ€" chief and sobbed for the second time since her childhood. Davenant was wise enough to attempt no sort of consolation. He leaned a little forâ€" ward and hid his own face with the palm of his hand. When at last she looked up her face had cleared and her tone was less bitter. It would have gone hard with the Earl of Eastâ€" chester, however, if he had called to see his niece just‘then. | l She sat down with a little gesture of despair. "I really think you‘d better go away, Cecil," she said. "You exasâ€" perate me too horribly. I shall strike you or throw something at you soon. Did it for the best! What a miserâ€" able whine! Poor dear old dad, to think that they should have done this thing." I "It was a great mistake," he said, ;but I believe they did it for the est," "You are a little violent," he reâ€" marked. "Pshaw!" She flashed a look of Jscorn upon him. "You don‘t underâ€" stand! How should you, you are of their kidneyâ€"you‘re only half a man. Thank God my mother was of the people! I‘d have died to have gone: smirking through life with a brick for a heart and milk and water in my veins! Of all the stupid pieces of brutality I ever heard of, this is the most callous and the most heartâ€" breaking." | "‘Ar.ld‘_}yhat on earth had that to do WILL USE PRUNING KNIFE A whirlwind of scorn seemed to sweep over her. She could keep still no longer. She walked up and down the little room. Her hands were clen"c‘hed,‘her eyes flashing. "It was a Be-.stly mistake," he adâ€" mitted. ed to do it? it ?" "SALADA" "What‘s In A Name"? to do it?" it means irreproachable quality and value. T Abar w How could they have Well, if the name is â€" [ floor, pour vinegar over it and wige! lt is with the man, not with the vot. | floor, pour v-l;f gar gtv e; :}tl and wipe , He spends his time diligently searchâ€" j up el onee With a o oee e o 4t | ing for an outlet or in honestly workâ€" |_, Bilk, if bur_nef!, gives off a dlsagree-,» ing his way un to it. Heredity. and ‘able smell, similar to that of burnedf énvironment are heavy weights, but feathers, whex:eas cotton or artificial‘ indugtry â€" and sobriety â€" can ::arry silk are practically odorless.. lhenvier ones. â€" I have sympathy for _ Do not throw i Way one bit of the|‘ weakness of body or mind, and paâ€" celery. _ Wash the undesirable "aris| tionce for those over whom inheriâ€" and boil them with the soup bones. It tance has cast a baleful spell; but I will give _the souP 4 de}lclous flavor. have neither patience nor sympathy If afraid t° se . poison for r_ats.‘ for a strong man who rails at his conâ€" soak a rag with k?ro.sene, put a piece | dition and makes no determined effort of camphor gum in it and stuff the to better it. rat hole. Mr. Rat will call at that enâ€"| °. + ‘ trance no more. e t rre es Cucumbers are cooled under runâ€"| _ Over oneâ€"half of all the women in ning water if they have not been on El!'gl:n_d‘ between the ages of fifteen ite or if stood sham im CoX , DIBPp, C esnt One all Should fresh i;t;int be upset floor, pour vinegar over it an up at once with a soft cloth. Cold water, ammonia, and a little white soap will remove machine grease. f Powdered French chalk sprinkled over stale bread is an excellent cleanâ€" er for wall paper. ’ Irish Stew.â€"Free two pounds neck |of lean mutton or veal from fat, | divide into meat cubes of uniform ‘size, about one inch long, and put on | to cook with enough water to cover. |Let stew until tender. About an hour | should be enough if meat was reasonâ€" :ably tender to begin with. Have‘ | ready in another pot two carrots, cut iinto small dice, and two fair-sized’ | onions, slized thin. They should be, cooked ten minutes to take off crude | flavor. Drein and add to meat, with| _pepper and salt to taste. Cover and simmer oneâ€"half hour. Then add two goodâ€"sized potatoes, cut into cubes and parboiled, and two stalks of celâ€" ery, also diced. Simmer | steadily another halfâ€"hour, covered. Put one | tablespoon butter into frying pan and when hot stir in one tablespoon of( flour. © Cook, but do not let darken,; and add to stew a little before servâ€"| ing. Take up meat with split spoon, |â€" lay it neatly in centre of heated plat-, ter and lay vegetables about it. iiptSnn ol s un isb sina i1500 11 "‘ the proportion to one beaten egg to a ; half cup of milk. If the filling of the ; ‘ sandwich is a savory mixture of egg, e fish, cheese, meat or fowl, a pinch 1 each of pepper and salt should be addâ€" d‘ ed to the batter. If, however, the â€" sandwich has a sweet filling, the batâ€" ‘/ ter should be slightly sweetened and | flavored with a teaspoonful of sherry.‘ :f Cook the moistened sandwich on a hot, ,'well-greased griddle, browning first | on one side and then on the other. A | ; shallow iron frying pan will answer : the same purpose, and olive oil will | be found ‘an excellent substitute for | butter. ‘ r Fowl With Sour Cream Gravy.â€" | Cut chicken or fowl as for fricassee |and cook slowly till tender. Do not | add salt until nearly done. When perfectly tender remove to platter on which is spread buttered toast or crisp baking powder biscuits, split, and make sour cream gravy as folâ€"| lows: One and oneâ€"half cups chicken|â€" broth, threeâ€"fourths cup sour cream| ’ and one and oneâ€"half tablespoons each | 1 of butter and flour. Rub butter and | ‘ flour together, add to broth and let| boil. Thin with sour cream, reheat)) and season to taste with salt and pepâ€"| © per as needed. Do not let this boil,| 1 as it is liable to separate. If fried chicken is desired, dredge meat with| P flour and fry in butter, chicken fat,| 9 or lard until brown. Delicious. | n â€" ing pare and grate six large potatoes | and beat them into bread crumb mixâ€" / ture. Add two wellâ€"beaten eggs. Drop ;‘ by spoonfuls into frying pan in which , â€"there is plenty of boiling fat and dry ; brown on both sides. Serve hot. :| _ Potato Chowder.â€"Parboil and slice :‘ gix fine potatoes; fry half a pound of : sweet salt pork (chopped), and when ‘ it begins to crisp add a minced onion . and cook to a light brown. Pack in ‘I layers in a soup kettle, sprinkling each layer with pepper and minced parsley. Add the hot fat; cover with , a pint of boiling water and simmer 30 minutes. Turn into a collander and | drain the liquor back into the kettle. , Have ready a pint of hot milk into which has been stirred a tablespoonâ€" : ful of butter, rolled in flour; add to the liquor, cook one minute, return the Dotatoes in tha Iseam s _4 â€"_"S0f the potatoes to the kettle and serve. A novelty sandwich consists in the fact that after the sandwich is made it is pressed closely together and then dipped in a thin batter made in frmpablihat 46e mt $ Bread and Potato Fritters.â€"Light | and savory fritters may be made | with breadcrumbs and grated _ raw ! potatoes. Grate two thick slices of ; bread to fine crumbs, mix with one | tablespoon finely minced onion, salt | and pepper to taste, and add one cup | boiling milk. While mixture is coolâ€". ‘ an hour. Drain and cover again with | cold water. Drain and cover with | very hot but not boiling water, and | let stand for half an hour. Drain and | dry. Rub it well with a cut lemon, | dot with butter and broil for twenty | minutes. Place hot on dish, dot with !butter again and pour over it one | cupful of hot cream. Serve at once‘ | with baked potatoes. \ _ Finnan Haddie Broiled.â€"Wash a | thick haddie and cover it with cold | water. Put flesh side down for half «nave s are cooled under runâ€" if they have not been on ood stem down in iced Household Hints. ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD Dainty Dishes. ur. Then add two , cut into cubes two stalks of celâ€" Simmer _ steadily per and minced fat; cover with r and simmer 30 a collander and | A Man Need Not Be a Servant All o His Life Long. I do not believe that the principles of life have changed in 40 years, writes John Williams Streeter. I do | not believe that an intelligent, ableâ€" _ bodied man need be a servant all his life, or that industry and economy _miss their rewards, or that there is / any truth in the theory that men canâ€" | not rise out of the rut in which they happen to find themselves. The trouâ€" ble is with the man, not with the rut. | He spends his time diligently searchâ€" | ing for an outlet or in honestlx workâ€" | ing his way up to it. Heredity. and Over oneâ€"half of all the women in England between the ages of fifteen and fortyâ€"five are unmarried. |_ the Great Growler, "die grosse | Brummerin," of St. Stenhen, weighs | only 17 tons, not much when it is reâ€" membered that if Russia, too, was to melt up her bells she could find in Moscow one that weighs 180 tons and another 128 tons. Old St. Stephen‘s bell in times past could have made a small battery of artillery. Toâ€"day it would furnish only a third of the maâ€" terial of a 42â€"centimeter mortar, and as the shell used: in this monster gun is five feet long and weighs threeâ€" quarters of a ton, it would not even go far as ammunition. "These shells," it is said, "kill everyone within 150 yards and many further off ;" rifle barâ€" rels melt as if struck by lightning; men who disappear in such explosions "are reported as missing, as there is no proof of their death." The old bell comes down to woeful business from the tower where it has so long pealed only peace. B 75 TORONTO Some of the famous French bells were melted down for gun metal in the revolution. Many of the bells of Belgium, renowned as a land of bells and where the finest products of the art in its prime, have already met the fate of the tocsin of St. Stephen. Old "Roland," the bell of Ghent, that sounded only victory, and the 600â€" yearâ€"old "Horrida," of Antwerp, proâ€" claimed neither their city‘s danger nor fall. Here is another of the reversions to former times that the war has disâ€" closed; to the days when he who comâ€" manded the bell commanded the town, | when the conqueror melted down bells | for amunition or the conquered saw“ his cannon cast into bells. Bells have | had a great part in war, they have’ summoned soldiers to arms, and they have rung over triumph and defeat. | The old bells of Chester Cathedral rang the victory of Trafalgar and the i death of Nelson, "after every peal a | single booming note of grief." Anâ€"| other old English bell, cracked under} the strain of Waterloo rejoicing, was | recast and reâ€"inscribed, "I rang the â€" downfall of Bonaparte and broke." | . INDUSTRY AND SOBRIETY + the contract of dismantling the Susâ€" } That of Vienna .Cnthedral, Cast From pension Bridge over the Reversible Turkish Cannon. Falls at St. John. The great bell of the Cathedral of| _ At Gagetown, N.B., the Kincaid St. Stephen, Vienna, cast from capâ€"| House, an old landmark, was ©torn tured Turkish cannons more than two down, after standing for 100 years. centuries ago, is to return to war as; In one of the rooms was found an an Austrian "skoda," a 42â€"centimeter | 0ld Bible dating back to 1811. mortar, big calibre shells, or shrapnel. ‘ Five cents was all that remained of The church has given this treasure to| Aa money package containing . $500, be melted up as part of the war metal| which formed part of the registered collection, contents of the mail bag stolen from Here is another of the reversions | the mailroom in the rest house at the t? former times that the war has dis.| Union Depot, Moncton, N.B. ] nlwenmoll 4 TSH citg c s & L is T C Time saving is one of the chief proâ€" | blems of the busy woman, and it conâ€" cerns especially the housewife who does her own cooking. Here, for exâ€" ample, is how one woman saves time. When she makes pie crust she makes double the quantity needed at the moâ€" ment, as pie crust rolled in a damp napkin and put in the refrigerator will keep perfectly for several days. Then she plans in the menus for the | next few days to use that crust. A I dessert or a fruit tart for the first night, a meat pie for dinner the sec-! ond night, turnovers for luncheon the | following day and if any crust reâ€"| mains it can be used in desserts, meat | patties or cheese straws. By using . the pastry in such a variety of ways | she avoids the impression of sameâ€"| ness yet manages to lighten her work | materially, | the paste dry tho;oughly;‘tl:;; one thick coat of paint. A ligt will not show the dirt the one can use garments at a minute‘s notice, as there is no smell left by bitâ€" ter apple. A way to make old carpets look and wear like linoleum: Take any old piece of carpet and tack it, wrong side up, to the floor where it is to reâ€" main. Now mix a thick paste of flour and water, cook it thoroughly and apâ€" ply evenly to the wrong side of the| carpet. This paste acts as a filling | and makes a good surface on which to | apply one finishing coat of paint. Let sÂ¥ Mss . - P Get some bitter apple from the chemist, crush it, and sprinkle. it amongst the clothes. You will find it the finest thing on record for keepâ€" ing moths away from everything and A quick way to clean â€" currants when making cakes is to put the fruit into a colander with a sprinkling of flour, and rub round a few times with your hand. It is surprising how quickly the stalks are separated and come through the small holes. it served in â€"bouillon cupa- with salt, pepper and a bit of butter. Save the water in which the fresh green peas have â€" een boiled. It makes an excellent foundation for soup stock or gravies. It is of such a delicate fidvor that some people like in kerosene oil or turpentine will reâ€" move all soil, when the tub can be polished with a little whiting. Anyâ€" thing gritty, it should be remembered, ruins the enamel of bathtubs. Do not use scouring powders or soaps on your bathtub; a cloth dipped BELLS IN GAME OF WAR water forâ€"a little while they become suitable for salad. a ims paste acts as a filling| _ At St. John, N. B., a man was fined es a good surface on which to $100 or three months for the "pocket e finishing coat of paint. Let peddling" of liquor. e dry thoroqghly, then apply | August showed a decided increase t coat of paint. A light lead| in the Cuctoms returns at St. John, show the dirt. | N.B., a gain of more than $90,000 u::mi is one of the chief proâ€" | over August last year. ha MÂ¥ @ey cessmead e c ns p y 108 T Premier Clarke, of New Brunsâ€" wick, received a letter from Prof. T. At the 62nd annual meeting of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia, held recently, the public were warnâ€" ed that "many patent medicines conâ€" taining large amounts of alcohol are neither foods nor stimulants as adâ€" vertised." They also recommended that alcoholic liquors should only be used under advice. 1 J Notwithstanding the financial deâ€" pression, Amherst, N.S., has added this year to her already large area of permanent streets, 16,000 square feet of concrete streets, 12,000 lineal feet of curbing and gutter, and 2,500 square feet of concrete sidewalk. W. B. A. Ritchie, K.C., has been appointed chief recruiting officer for the Maritime Provinces with the rank . and pay of a lieutenant. He will reâ€". main in Halifax for three months deâ€" voting himself wholly to the business of stimulating recruiting. l At Canterbury Station, N.B., three | young men were charged with stealâ€" | ing liquor from John Murphy. They | were let go for lack of evidence, but “Murphy was then charged with 20 offences against the Scott Act. ’ At Antigonish, N.S., Lewis Mcâ€" | Lean, an innocent bystander, â€" was | shot at a wedding celebration where j guests were discharging revolvers on the streets. The bulle; went through : | thg fishy part of his shoulder. | \ _ Lieut. Barry, of the Wireless Garâ€" |rison at Newcastle, N.B., was shot | and badly injured when a revolver in | his pocket accidentally exploded. | _ _At a meeting held in Fredericton, | N.B., Bishop Richardson and other leading citizens came out boldly in a resolution asking for conscription. ‘ Joseph McVay and Sons, of St. Stephen, N.B., have been awarded the contract of dismantling the Susâ€" pension Bridge over the Reversible Falls at St. John. C. D. Clayton, Marysville, N.S., had his left forearm so badly mangled between the cylinders of a card maâ€" chine that it rendered amputation of the limb necessary. | _ Lorenzo Rennison, of Albert Mines, | N.B., committed suicide by cutting | his throat. Worry over business | troubles led to the act. _ The Patriotic Fund of Fredericton, | N.B., is being spent at the rate of | $2,500 a month. There is only enough | left for one month more. ; From the Ocean Shore Items of Interest From â€" Places Lapped By Waves of the Atlantic. BITS OF NEWS FROM THE MARITIME PROVINCES. When you pay for good fruit, and s it, you naturally want to be sure preserves will turn out just. right. w Sugar. Absolutely pure, and always the sa has for sixty years proved most dep canning and jellyâ€"making, It is just as easy to get the bestâ€"and well worth while. So tell your grocer it must be REDPATH Sugar, in one of the packages originated for REDPATHâ€" 2 and 5 Ib. Sealed Cartons. 10, ZD.SOMIOOIB.M&“ "Let eBelpci is the Sugar for Jams a.n:li8 Jellies. s# out just right. You always the same ys the same, REDPATH Sugar most dependable for preserving, , and spend a lot of time over )e sure that your jellies and Not until about six his marriage does a â€" realize that courtship face to hardship. The cornering of the marriage marâ€" ket is explained by the large number of princes whom Germany always has to dispose of, and the fact has not been without its influence on the polâ€" icy of the States concerned, as the obstinacy of the late King of Rumania and the selfâ€"assertion of the present King of Greece have shown. ed. It is especially in the Balkars that this Teutonic marriage broking is seen at its best. The royal families of all the Balkan States, except Serâ€" bia and Montenegro, are German by origin or marrisge. The King of Ruâ€" mania is a Hohenzoliern of the minor branch, the Queen of Greece is a sisâ€" ter of the Kaiser himself, the King of Bulgaria comes from the house of Saxeâ€"Cobourg and Gotha, and the Queen is a Princess of Reuss. | It has been pointed out by the proâ€" | moters of the highway vlan that the !lnnd values of the prairie provinces | would be greatly enhanced by the | building of a permanent concrete highway, such as the Lincoln Highâ€" way, which has had such a wonderful effect upon the general road building in the United States. Surplus Royalties, Wedded in Balkans, Helo Fatherland. It has been pointed out that howâ€" ever unsatisfactory German diplomacy may be, as marriage brokers and king purveyors the Germans are unmatchâ€" The thousand miles. of highway through the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and half way into Alâ€" berta, will be financed by the municiâ€" palities through which the roadway would pass. Several appropriations also will be sought from the provinâ€" cial Governments. The project has been received with the greatest enâ€" thusiasm in a number of the larger cities along the proposed route. \ Winnipeg Trying to Get Concrete " Highway for Canada. ! Reports from Winnipeg state that Central Western Canada will have a Federal Highway, if the project beâ€" | ing urged by the Winnipeg Board of lControl is carried out. This project contemplates the conâ€" struction of a concrete highway from Winnipeg to Calgary, to go thorugh the more thickly settled territory tapped by the Canadian Pacific Railâ€" road. the resources and present industries of Cape Breton. After satisfying himself he "blew away" and was heard tell of no more. 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