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*3 ‘</ t# «4 M CROWN LIFE th this mixture and ; Truks \ munds â€"stftmee ~see Parsnip Fritters. â€" Thoroughly wash the parsnips and bake them in their skins until tender. Peel and ecut into thick round sHces â€" Snvinkls W About the ! House _ You are not doing justice to yourself or your family. 1 pepper 11 10 e CEEE Tanee Eues blends, Every leal is fresh, fragrant $ fuil of its natural deliciousness. Sold in sealed packets only, B 107 I):u £ 'yt"' sad . i?;;, 4&1”‘;’{ “‘;? 2A 6/ wis4, l 10 $s 2P ied ie aoare e KL_ 4 ame Only F ing, Flavoury Tea: are used to produce the famous Mma en brown flour th u ish Pieâ€"Simmer one pound of milk enough to cover. â€" Mash oneâ€"half cup sugar, yolks of &s, one pint hot milk and & of cloves and cinnamon,i e custard pie, adding. wher| 1 mill Om al w t w You Have Not a Policy in the pt Choice : round slices. Sprinkle dip in egg and bread fry in deep fat till a th cel ip wat nd i!k togeth Strain â€"t] ng p pic rhil P day f in â€" through warming it. h desired, tter and <poon of 1f On One ‘ayer la h Boil h im ide th /, pou ff,. ur the Al > I hndb smm . id i 2 1i add immediately. the _ Children do not love working alone, the Lut enjoy laboring in a pieasant, comâ€" ‘alf panionable way, e pecially if their coâ€" ind worker is a cheerful mother, and not oly one who considers them as a bother. ich _ A towel with an initial on it has leâ€" a dainty appearance. By using a has little ingenuity one may work the iniâ€" ler tials in the form of a monagram that ice looks neat and gives he towel a disâ€" e. : inction all its own. 1 N 10 It. thom moths are in a carpet lay over it thick wet cloths and press thes> with very hot irons, driving he steam _ down through the carpet. Repeat to kill later hatches. When washing lamn» chimmate «aâ€"k cold water. _ There will be ger of the vessel cracking, enamel peeling of if thi with a soft cloth, which will difficulty. When a pot or teakettle dryv, pour boiled water into ter in th Wh m rkl en Do F\ M t tt! 1t in t it m IF wNow is the time to preserve eggs. The water glass method is very simâ€" ple. _ Eggs put up according to it will retain their original flavor. The eggs must be frech and clean. Washing an egg cpoils its keeping qualities. Galvanized iron vessels, crocks, jars or wooden kegs may be used. Thcl‘ vessel must be clean. If of wood it must be thoroughly scealded. Use a goodt grade of water #lacs. . (Ome like! H n 1 Buffalo moth re in a carpet 1 in a pot of boiling water and let simâ€" mer for five hours. _ Remove from fire and press under a heavy weight until cold. _ The same pickle will do for another 10 pounds of beef by first rubbing into it a handful of salt. i ames by goin brush dipped which three or oiled. and woowork. » borax powd iter when doi s may be ker 11 t we water or oil to clean gilt frames, as both are injurious. apply the white of an egg oft cloth, which will solve the ashing lamp chimneys wash thom in hot water and stand a safe place to dry. _ Put i wire dishâ€"drainer, and the emerge bright clean and busy Useful Hints and General Informaâ€" tion for the Busy Housewife ed water into it There will be little Household Hints hould be reckone owduer or ammonia in _ domg such cleaning. _kept from damaging going over them with Preserving Eggs teakettle has boiled the hom seiy conne colors or common ay over it thick in a pint of four onions hav ions have t never tle danâ€" * of the is done ied as food m it 1d 1! th m not fter tin "I think." said Mona quickly, "that you are one of the best fellows I have _ "Certain," said Mona, and then sha added, smiling: "I‘ve never had an offer of marriage before; perhaps that‘s why." l "Oh, you‘ll get plenty, now that you. are rich!" ' "But not from Val B. Montague ?" | "Well, no. Not from Val B. Monta-, gue," said tht cireusâ€"man, grinning., "Thought I was that sort of skunk, did you?" § | to be your case, though I don‘t underâ€" stand how it‘s happenedâ€"she generâ€" ally think: an offer of marriage from a man like me pretty inqultitng I don‘t speak from experience, mind you; but I‘ve taken notice of other cases, and !*‘s generally so. _ Sure you don‘t want to blaze?" T ah nfuindiionie io in i5 dffiaih. iL3 wh>/ terms?" |\ _ "Marriase, and pool th> profits," said â€" Montague simply. _ Ridieulous notion wa wt it?" [ "What put it into your head ?" "Dunno! Expect I‘ve got kind of fond of you in the last two year:, Say, why don‘t you blaze out at me?" "Why should 1?" "Don‘t you feel you want to?" A-No.” Val B. Montague looked relieved. "That so?" he said. "Then I gusss you don‘t think I‘ve insulted you by mentionine it. I was afraid you would. _ When a woman‘s rich enough to throw choones ahout mkL.n" 1. iC ruined," said Val B. Montag ily, "I may as well tell you : other plan at which I hinted You‘ll laugh. I was thinki partrership. _ Now smileâ€"" Mona de la Mar did not s gave him a quitck look, and "A partnership? You an He broke into a short laugh. ‘"Then," he said grimly, "you have ruined me after al}." in n wh di th nicht He th t Since its cle D that he h my ] Ye H It "I didn‘t know what you meant. I don‘t quite know yet." Mon‘ague drummed the table with his fingers. â€" Then he said: that! that you didn‘ me what it wa M "Or if it was overexcitement, someâ€" one else did the excitingâ€"afterwards," said the cireusman: eagerly. \ ""Yesx." 4‘ "Then," said Montague angrily, "what do you mean by frightening me, like this? Why couldn‘t you have said so in the beginning, instead of hint-‘1 ing at horrors in this way?" | "You said that there was something! that you didn‘t like. You couldn‘t tell ‘ pian in loubtft ‘ly â€"tou are right," said Mona, "I hadn‘t. I think that Carrington had himself well in hand in the talk he had with me. His mood was a mixâ€" ture of sham, pathos and calm cynicâ€" ism. _ If either or us was excited. it was I, not he. _ Besides, the place where I met him was ten miles from the place where his body was found. I believe that the doctor was right;‘ it was overexertion which killed him.", u n CHAPTER XII.â€"(Cont‘d.) "This!" â€" said Montague. "I konw you, and I know that if the facts were so, you wouldn‘t be sitting there saying them. You‘d have given "vourself up to the police, if they would take you! _ You would have called yourself a murderess, and given your friends a damned uneasy time of it proving to you that you weren‘t! Th you are s‘tting here quietly, scooping the pudding out of a custard apple with a spoon is pÂ¥oof enough for me that you had nothing to do with if," I m e m U TY hans it T mean that th pected me thnink I‘ve insulted you by it. I was afraid you hen a woman‘s rich enough eques aboutâ€"which seems case, though I don‘t underâ€" it‘s happenedâ€"she generâ€" an offcr of marriage from that CHAPTER XIH ‘THE CABLEMAN _enu im teil you. 11 take my cheque? way it has come to you. Can‘t what my feeling is?> Whatâ€" ‘as that killed him, thoses diaâ€" cem like the price of his life." price has not been paid to ‘ou. 10 advert L don‘t count that you owe ‘ve explained all that. Beâ€" it all, you know, I had anâ€" n my head! But," he addâ€" ly, "there‘s no good of it now. I‘ve had my los=, ou. I shall take my profit idvertisement Ishall turn on‘t think that you do. whims. When the Carri y has been cleared up, and I‘ll tell vou. M a ic‘tled that I‘m to be ‘al B. Montagut gloomâ€" well tell you about that hich I hinted just now. I was thinking of a Now smileâ€"" | Mar did not smile. She 18 nc uJ it AN EXCITING PRESENTâ€"DAY ROMANCE BY WEATHERBY CHESNEY douth there 1 know 0k, and asked: You and I1? On it there was something like. You couldn‘t tell so I tried to tell you." suppose that I meant critd hav he asked quietly M 11 Mi isine U the 1\8 al it that the money ind ? pre na . . None." all right; you it; but I don‘t e to you. Can‘t ®f sam shuns, reason‘!" said Mona, smiling. "And I | think you are clever enough to know , "that that, or you would not have begun lhave} like this. _ How will it help your love 1 ffer it it it is true it all. If come into ue in Steady reason nrough on the death, 1 ean Wh "I don‘t know whether my reason is one that will appead to you. I am working for loveâ€"to help the girl I love," said Scarborough simply. . "Is the reason good?" "Toa woman the one excellent "Telling me your reason ing to know. Please unde Montague is right, I g formation on compulsion." cugh with a smile. "Well"? she asked. "I want you to tell me what ; person Mrs. Carrington is." She gave him a steady look answered. i "No, thanks," said Scarborough | again. _ "Too early, you know. I cam> * up here in the search for information." â€"_ _ "Anything that I can tell youâ€"" : Montatgue began. | / _ "Miss Ryan possesses the knowledge that I want," aid Scarborough. [ Val B. Montague rose took his h: t from a‘peg. | "I undertand you, sir," he said, "I am the unnecessary unit of our tric,‘ I will go. _ But if you will allow me to‘ give you a hintâ€"you will?â€"then it‘s this: if you hope to obtain informaâ€" tion of any sort from the lady before . you, don‘t try to bully her into giv-lk ing it! As we used to say at the Bos-;i ton rcademy where. as I have just] now told Mi s De la Mar, I learned my manners as an extraâ€"experta crede! { I have the honor to wish you a pro.â€" , perous issue to your attempt, and r.“ and a very good afternoon." [4 With a bow to Mona, he left them,| and went out of the room humming an| air. " Val B. Mortague had passed ; through his crisis, ard was his own man again. ,“ Mona do la Mar turned to Searhor.. & "Nothing, thank:," he said. "But , what is the coincidence?" "That you and I always seem to meet at a crisis in my affairs, â€" The first occasion was, you _ remember, when I was making up my mind whether the clown or the ringmaster would have to go; the second, when the Seaâ€"Horse was missing from the, harbor yonder, and I didn‘t know; where she was; the thirdâ€"" he pausâ€" ed. "Ah, well, the third crisis has, beent safely bridged. You _ won‘t! drink? I‘m in the mood for standing champagne just now." [ 18 in ONTARIO ARC TOROoNTO | _ "And I‘m not going to make it. ( What do you take me for ?" â€"__"A fool in some things," said Mona | laughing, "and a gentleman in all the _rest. _ Very well, we understand each other. The offer was never made. Now let‘s change the subject. _ Mr. Scarborough passed along the street just now, and looked up at the wirâ€" dow. _ He saw me, and took his hat off. I think he‘s coming here. I wonâ€" _der what he wants." | Scarborough came into the room alâ€" most as she finished speaking, and advanced to the table in the window.| Montague rose and held out his hand.‘ "Mr. Scarborough, sir," he said, in his usual fantastic mannerâ€"the manâ€" ner which during his long discussion with Mona had never appearedâ€""I am very glad to see you. It‘s a dry day â€"what may T offer you as an antidote to the atmo â€"pheric aridity? Do you ] know if I were a superstitious man, I~ should think that your fate and mine ° were curiously linked somehow? As‘ am not I merely remark that life| iTers strange coincidences. Colare | © â€"kummelâ€"whiskey and soda?" t Searborough sat down beside the 1 quickly "You‘ve given me notice,‘" said Monâ€" tague; but a gleam of hope lighted the gloom of his aspect, and cstraightâ€" ened the droop of his mouth. "I withdraw it. _ Unless you‘ll take my £450 to cover the losses ?" ‘ Montague shook his head. i "Very well then," said Mona. "T shall stay with you till the end of the tour. But we‘d better be clear.‘ About that offer of partnershipâ€"?" j "I never made it," said Montague, "I‘ve changed my mind. If it ruin to you, I won‘t be the push you over. I‘ll stick to v ‘"Threatened, no! I‘d know how to talk to him if he did. But he‘s deâ€" veloped a sudden and suspicious inâ€" terest in fruit farming. _ He‘ll stay in San Migual, marry the Davis girl, and grow pineâ€"apples for export to Covent Garden. You know as well as I do, that he‘s up at the Casa Davis every day. I had hopes that Davis would show him the door, but inâ€"tead of that the old man seems to have taken a) fancy to him. No, no; it‘s no guu)J disguising the thing. My family‘s deserting me." | Mona thought for a minute. Then she said: | s| _ "It‘s pretty plain, isn‘t it? My capiâ€" : tal isn‘t big, and isn‘t distensible; i¢‘s i too small to swallow a loss of four or . five hundred pounds without choking, : and it won‘t stretch to the bite. I _ thought I could get my own bacle by _ booming you in the West Coast towns, but you‘ve put a stopper on that. No. luck‘s against me, and has been ever since we came here. _ There‘s Varney n&w. I expect he‘ll be giving me a month‘s notice soon; or more likely, | taking a wrinkle from you, and handâ€" ing me a month‘s pay instead. _ The| Combination is breaking up. I‘ve said so pretty often lately, and thought I was only telling a lie. But it‘s the truth." ’: you.~ she to do sof?" His tone was as mournful as if he spoke of the demise of a pal. The hushed voice suggested the gloom of funerals. _ Mona had difficulty in reâ€" pressing a smile. % ‘ "Why should Phil Varney leuvel you?" she asked. "Has he threatened ever known. Now tell me why you said I had ruined you." butâ€"" Please understand that your reason for wantâ€" SAuiy u, I won‘t be the first to over. I‘ll stick to you." given me notice,‘" said Monâ€" . _a gleam of hope lighted s Te give no inâ€" sort of and "But German Children Said to be Short | of Boots. 'n'm::! In Berlin the school authorities have iber Ilsk(‘(? teachers tp recommend the rnind’ wearing ot: “Pantmcn"‘to the poorer Ster) of their chl.ldren. Pantinen are wood-l vhen| °" soles without heels, fastene_d over | Ihe the feet by leat}.lor straps. This sten | ow | has hegn tf;keh in consequence of the | fius-: great rise in the price of leather which | hm:makes it lm;_)osnble for the very | 'on'vt‘ poor to provide boots for their chi}-; ling | dren. As soon as the .wcal-her is ~| warmer poorer children will be permitâ€" | ugh! ted to attend school barefooted. The | 1mmteache}'s are asked, 'however, to | see n." the chll.dren use 'nrdmary precautions / ,, not to injure their feet. A _|_ In Vienna the district authorities m ‘have issued orders against little boys ud wearing military uniforms. Any parâ€" t;‘ents permitting their children to | wear uniforms after the publication ‘I‘of the order are to be heavily fined. * The "Arbeiter Zeitung," commenting * on this regulation, while admitting ~ the silliness of dressing up children ’s.in uniform, oposed the drastic charâ€" "wacter of . an order which removes e' clothes from use at a time when most "| people find the greatest difficulty in â€"\buying the very barest necessities of & life. If sumptuary regulations reâ€" ‘;" garding dress are to be applied a * beginning should be made not with ‘Jthese silly lit@e cheap uniforms, but ‘ with the extravagant raiment of the | wellâ€"toâ€"do. | A Scotsman once complained that he had got a ringing in his head. â€" "Do ye ken the reason o‘ that?" asked his friend. _ "No." "I‘ll tell yeâ€"it‘s em* pty." "And hae ye never a ringing in your head?" acked the other. "No, never." _ "And do ye ken the reason? Because it‘s cracked." | means _ History was the subject the class | studying and presently the teacher asked, "Now, can anyone tell me who |Joan of Arc wa~?" Profound silence. Some of the children looked in thoughâ€" ful speculation at the teacher, while others stared wildly round the room, as if in hopes that the maps on the lwnlls might answer the question.; Then suddenly a" hand waved wildly. in the air, and a small boy shouted gleefully, "Please, teacher, Noah‘s | wife 12 + One Empty, the Other Cracked Interected beckeepers desirous of having demonstrations in their apiarâ€" ies should communicate immediately with Mr. Morley Pettit, Departmert of Apiculture,, Ontario Agricultural Collega, Guelph, so that arrangements can be made for the meetings. | Already arrangements are well und~ er way for over fifty of these meetâ€" ings. _ The Department of Agriculâ€" ture attends to all the advertising and supplies he speakers, so that the beekeepers do not incur any expense whatever. ’ ’ To help you "keep better bees and _ to keep bees better," the Ontario Deâ€" â€" partment of Agriculture is arrangâ€" | ing to hold Apiary Demonstrations in iall parts of the Province. _ The praâ€" | ctical nature of the program is very inviting to all interested in beekeepâ€" Ii‘ng and in almost any district a good | attendance is assured, provided the weather is suitable. _A :vpeciallyf trained practical beekeeper is sent to take charge of the meeting and handlel the bees, and he is gnerally assisted by local beekeepers, Several hives| are opened and the actual working of the bees explained. Often a queenâ€" less colony or one preparing to swarm serves as an excellent object lesson. No Matter how many or how few : colonies you keep, you are sure to ] learn something at one of these mee*â€") . ings. # MAY WEAR WOODEN sOLEsS Honey is a staple that is sometimes classed as a luxury. It has a real food value and at this time when sugâ€" ar is so expensive it should be more extensively used than ever before. The production must be maintained. Arrangements Being Made to Hold ; Them in Many Places. _ We have raised an enormous army of fighting men. _ Many of them have dropped their tools in the shops, left their machines, locked up their desks or have left the ranks of the feeders to swell those of the fighters. _ We cannot all go to the firing line of fight, but we can do our utmost to feed those who have, and their dependencies whom they have left +o our care. | + »» : sh '".f to know abbout Mrs. Carrington ? ,"‘“t float; short ‘ "Anything that leads to a solution | G“r!‘h“? ”'",d‘l” 1« of the mystery that surrounds Richâ€" S°1d‘e‘:'$ special ll’)°° mond Carrington‘s death will help C°_"P'v and 'f“t ut me." said Sctarbortottuttttttt‘ |quito boots for our he," said Scarborough. "Or, at any in tropical countries rate, I think it will* | mss s "Then, why don‘t you acsk the WHERE FRANCH "" ~â€"â€"._. dagfiht:;u]:e;?l:(; use." ‘Verdun is Where Ch (To be Continued.) Divided an Just a School Story APIARY DEMONSTRATIONS. Just use part Butâ€"we‘re going to tell you right here how a’:vys to have the 509 crust fine and flakyâ€"and how to have the under crust justright, even when using fresh fruit. It‘s in our l::lpo Bookâ€"with a lot of other recipes for making good Ples. The Secret of Flaky Pie Crust all good druggists. ho sroun mubica‘t °3 T such cases ts remarka bly according to instructions siw ds Ts ad 2 Mr. A.â€"Some style to tha eh? I should call i+ "the last Mr. B.â€"â€"Yes, and. as usual man has it. |__An employment bureau has bee: | tablished in Copenhagen, Denmark | twenty large factories in . Ctarm ""C0I} Jarge lactories in Germany, Contracts are made for t+wo months, with travelling and passport expenses, Wages are about 35 cents an hour, the working day usually consisting of from ten to twelve hours. The bureau has already secured 400 workmen. I Saved Verdun. "The fundamental secret of resistance before Verdun was loglcal,': said a high French _gan with this memorable meeting at Verdun. The csy then fell to the lot ‘ol’ that portion of the empire which \became Germany. For 700 years |Verdun was German In 1552 it was ceded to France. From that day on it Jhas been a great fortress, commanding ‘the great hignway along the River Meuse to Belgium and the road that runs from Metz to Paris The fortifiâ€" cations date from an old keep built by Vauban on the site of a Benedictine monastery, which was torn down to make room for the fortress. Graduâ€" ally the ring of enc‘rcling forts has been built. Of late years they have been modernized, until at this day they are as nearly impregnable as military science can make them. | TRAINING j figfgfi;éh ereignty the lands that are now France and Germany. At Verdun in 843 the sons of Louis I., Charles, Louis and Lothaire, met to portion out among themselves their fathor‘s empire. The map of Europe as it is now beâ€" _ _ Many curious boots, by the way, ‘are being turned out by the Northâ€" ampton factories. There is a thigh boot for sailors in which he can alâ€" ’most float; shortâ€"footed boots for Gurkhas; sandals for West African 'soldiera; special boots for the Flying ‘Corps; and last but not least, mosâ€" | quito lzoo?s for: our soldiers fighting Import Labor From Denmark verdun is Where Charlemagne‘s Sone Divided an Empire, It is a curious thing, worth remark in passing, that at Verdun, where the turning point of the war between France and Germany is likely to be, these two great nations were born, says an article in the Philadelphia Reâ€" cord. The empire of Charlemagne, | 1,000 years ago, took in under one sovâ€" , It is pointed out that if *this order ‘should be placed, it will have a reâ€" markable effect on the leather trade, for each pair of legs will cut into nine feet of leather, and each pair of fronts will take another two feet. It would, in fact, absorb well over thirty million feet of upper leather, in addition to 250,000 bends for the soles and 200,000 bends for repairâ€" ing, the leather altogether being . equal to 300,000 hides. | British Factories Turning Out Supâ€" plies for Many Armies. No less than $1,600,000 worth of boots a week are being turned out by the Northamptonshire factories, who are supplying not only the Britâ€" ish army with footwear, but are also making boots for the French army and navy, the Belgian, Serbian and Italian armies. And now there is a likelihood of an order for three milâ€" lion pairs of highâ€"legged boots for: the Russian army being placed in‘ England. Heard at a Reception. WHERE FRANCE WAS BORN BOOTS BY THE MILLION. 138-- soodn ;',E normal fu ptshAinine td ca s yoluntary muscyular #vi The trouble Starts in . Kesiive APDATAIUS, too begi®%e to cough when t Bver heard of this * a different name, You horse was "overâ€"traine regular. ‘The nervous Aomme C raptd and sure for with each bottle to that gown,| to 78 the last word."| oods houses ue salvation Jctions of th WO 2t e ud Wolum "SPOHN‘S " ‘Ons of the ';'hnl: re for recovery w bottle. Hy the 1. 1 of this" Yes ofr course yoy . ame. You have seen it in oa verâ€"trained," worked & little ° _nervous system Rets the sh scular #ystem has been taxe, BIATts in the mucou« C1 (AX* a M ® al in & hss ECC3 the | 07 ex press T ©24H for | Deaths From Cance | _ On the basis of the last | there are 78,000 deaths duo annually dn the United Sta mortality rate has steadily from $3 DAP 100 000 mameaials A stuttering man may be thou even when he does break his w | Utilizing Refuse. _ Among the recent patents filed England is a process for removing solder, tin and eHemicas from s« and galvanized articles and for ut ing the base metals The invenior a South Wales tinplate worker, y has already obtained contracts fr several municipalities . fo; treat down refuse such as tin cans, conts ers and similar metallie waste p ducts. That scores 0‘ homes couver are being served milkmen was the char letter received by the cc North Vancouver Dairy At the canneries and among boat owners general repairing order of the day, A busy se anticipated by farmers and al line, of industry. Mr. Caspar Phair, who was & ed Government agent at Lill the 7th of January, 1878, has ju superannuated after thirtyâ€"eigh service. _ North Vancouver h truck, purchased for $4 led and fitted up as a additional cost of less t The Vancouver Zior Society reports that it than $3,000 to headqu; ish war sufferers and on the way, the C Canford Mills are now tur about 130,000 feet per day. Miss Anne Woodward, a res the district for 35 years, died in New Westminster, The British tanker El Lobo at Victoria recently with €,022 crude oil for Icoco. Since 1915 the Vancouver branch the Canadian Patriotic Fund has ad« 3,151 families. Thieves broke into the Pure ) Dairy at Vancouver the other n; and took $200. Lately from five to 22 carloads of coke have been arriving daily in Greenwood. A school building is being talked of Galiano Island. * eVÂ¥ When the bott1 $ prepaid MCM gets the shock . em has been taxed too e mucous BUPMTACQ, ind Mmust then he hm pad re Klands are materinl) Progress of the Great W. in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. It restores the 4 t .. FROM SUNSET COAST wWHAT THE WESTERN ARE DOING. A 9 y an the United S y rate has steadily per 100,000 populat in 193. #YÂ¥Stem 1 ETT EUVd Tem. . The 2cHon in you use this remed y . or_dozen. Sorq by DY MI&NUTRCCaRrArE puu 2cE MBT he Impatrad Ha materigl . Alfected you did, but in cases who uver has a new fire d for $450 and remodelâ€" p as a fire truck at an f less that $400, er Zionist and Social that it has sent more headquarters for Jewâ€" 2PDetite ang is 2C C too i;.‘ ad the Great West Tolg now turning out her> the "ast and ifter the heavily. Sold by Urers, to ca a resident of died recently Hin d ue ure Milk arrived tons of PEOPLE 1+ added n ight L 4 NOTES a%p When ; 31, 1898, . Redesmer of his cha at the ar over the « and elsew Empire h ambitions n Lt