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For accidentally shooting Jonas Buckstrom, a Swede logger, Paul E. Murphy, superintendent of the Tim- borland Lumber Co. at Craig, In: tined $5 and costs at Flow Wash minster. The flrst of five sons of Mr. Aver, nf Mission City, serving their Empire in the army and navy, has fallen in battle. This is Pte. E. Aver of the 62nd Canadian Battalion. Samuel Pierce. who took part in the naval battle off Jutland while he was on board Admiral Jellicoe's Iag- ship, Iron Duke, has returned to his home at Langley Fort. A rarloatl of apples, contributed by farm-rs of the lower Fraser Valley will go to B. C. soldiers at the front, as . Christmas gift. A pioneer potato buyer from the United States, Mr. J. L. Price, of Missouri, lately purchased at New Westminster 4,400 tons of British Columbia potatoes. A shell which had lain " the bot- mm of Burrard Inlet for ten or " teen years was fished up by a dredge n-cently. The shell has a bullet of lead, tipped with steel. The flrst of five sons of Mr. Aver, nf Mission City, serving their Empire in the army and navy. has fallen in toria “n " THE WESTERN PEOPLE tet AREDOING. 'T FROM SUNSET COAST To: nuns Both Thrift and Patriotism Point to Rubbers.' In this foresight and generosity of the British Govern- ment lies the reason why rubber elone. of all the great eteplee. has not [one up in price~why rubber boots. rubbers and over-hoe: are u Inexpensive as ever, while leather ehoee are costing several dollars a trtir more. Wearing rubbers or over- ehoee through this winter to protect these expensive ehoee. or rubber term shoes to rows. co them, b more than practice! tttrift-it le grateful t',"it',td,'.',',; for tn thus eevlng leather we meke It eeeler for t e Government to eecure the absolutely necessary auppttes of this tuarmingly name material toe our eoldlere. The result has been that the needs of the Allies, enormous though they are, have been plentifully sup- plied, while Germany has been reduced to registered mails and the " Deutschland" in desperate attempts to mitigate her rubber famine. Neutrals have been allowed all the rubber they want, at prices actually lower than before the war, so long as they prevent any of it from reaching the enemy, while Canada and other parts of the Empire have an abundant supply a equally favorable Government regulated prices. new in Canada many of us have fallen into the truly Anglo-Saxon habit of considering the "Mother of Parliamcuts " slow and a bit behind the times. The present price of rubber, when its cause is revealed, affords one of the many proofs that such an opinion is away off the mark. Thanks to great rubber plantations established, in the face of criticism and ridicule, many years before in her tropical Dominions, Great Britain at the out- break of war held a firm and tightening grip on the world's supply of raw rubber-a grip reinforced by her dominating navy. From 60% in 1914, the production of these plantations has grown this year to 75% of the whole world's output, leaving only about half the requirements of the United States alone to come from all other sources. British Plantation Rubber Is Saving Canada Millions Gillette x of the Great Went Told in 1 Few Pointed Paragraphs. Low Prices of Rubbers and Overshoes Due to Britain's Control of Situation Are you taking advantage ot ALL the modem methods of saving time and trouble P Are you up-to-dats In your shaving as an as In your work? Are you using I "H 44 Safety " 1 A A _ may of the Victorian Order my be formed in Vie- tT1i"i"iirk -E """""-7" Mgrle lfti,'iigr'li'lf'el' from the Price, of at New of British War orders which, when finished, will call for the utilization of over 15,000 tons of British Columbia pota- toes in addition to which large amounts of onions and other vege- tables will be required, are now being tiltSi by tive evaporating concerns of the province. Tlu, repeal of the exclusion order against the entry into British Col- umbia of "artisans and laborers, skilled and unskilled," is asked for by the members of the Cowichan Creamery Association, Limited, of Duncan. For October the vital statistics of make you dance for joy." New Westminster show that the "Pve trot a bad foot," said Flower, number of births was 95, compared paling. with the corresponding period of last "Never mind about your foot," said year, when it was 74. Then were his uncle, regarding him fixedly, 37 deaths and 12 mariages. i"Your banns are up." Well-boring operations are going! “UP! Up where?" gasped Flower. on at the Frondeg Ranch, Cobble Hill.i "Why-in the church," said the Water has become rather scarce in other, staring at him. "Where do some of the wells in the neighborhood. [ you think? I got the old lady's con- The unusual spell or' dry weather has sent day before yesterday, and had tested some of the springs. l 'tput/O st once." W. H. Lewthwaite had an exciting chase in an automobile the other day, when he ran down a bear near Cowichan Lake. The auto was tro- ing at the rate of 25 miles an hour when it struck brain. At Cowiehan Lake the spring sal.. mon are dropping down from the lake into the river to spawn. and the usual run of springs from the sea is expect- ed at any time now. The Government hatchery have their nets out and started flshine last week. For carrying bread against his clothing, Alex. Ferguson, employed as delivery man by a local baker, was fined $2.50 and costs or five Westminster, in the Police Court at New Raz dr " [ "How the devil could she be?" re- turned his uncle, staring at him. "No, I didn't think of that," said [Flower; "of course, she eouldn't give l her consent, could she-not if she was :detul, I mean." "I'm cheerful enough." said Flower, recovering himself. "I'm thinking of you." "Ye?" said his uncle. "You and Mrs. Church," said his nephew. “So far as I can see, you'VQ committed yourself." 1 "Oh, that's the worst of it," and Uncle Barber, shaking his head. "While I was in play, that pore wo- man must have thought I was in earnest. She don't say nothing. Not a word, and the efforts she makes to control her feelings is noble." "It seems to me it is rather hard on her," said his nephew, compassionate- ly; "perhaps we had better wait a lit- tle longer." "Gsrtainly not," said Captain Bar- ber, sharply: "don't I tell you your banns are up? You're to be asked in church first time next Sunday. Youll both live with me as agreed, and I'm going to make over three o' the cot.. tages to you and a half-share in the ship. The rest you’ll have to wait for. Why don't you look cheerful? You ought to." "All in good time." said Captain Barber, wiping his face. "As I've done all this for you, I was going to let you tell her." "Me'." said Flower, with emphasis. "Certainly," said Captain Barber with more emphasis still. "Just get her to yourself on the quiet and al- lude to it casual . Then after that bring the subject up when Pm in the room. As it's to make room for you and your wife, you might fix the date for 'er to go. That'll be the best way to do it." "You owe it to me," said his uncle, with a satisfied air. "I generally see my way clear to what I want, and generally get it, too. I've played Mrs. Banks and Mrs. Church again one an- other without their knowing it. Both 'elpless in my hands, they was." Captain Barber shook his head. "Mrs. Banks saved me that trouble," he said, grimly. "No, it's my foot," said Flower, rallying. "I've had no sleep with its. I'm delighted! Delighted! After all these years." "Have you told her she has got to go then'."' inquired Flower. "But" She Gn'tr take notice from Mm. Banks," said Flower; "it'll have to come from you." "But what's the matter with Mrs. Church'?" said his depressed nephew. Captain Barber drew his chair back and looked at him. "His joy has turned his brain," he said, with con- viction. "Is she' dead, then?" inquired his nephew, in a voice the hollowness of which betitted the question. His good spirits lasted all the way to Seabridgo, and. the schooner berthed, he went cheerfully off home. It was early afternoon when he/ arrived, and, Captain Barber being out, he had a comfortable tete a tete with Mrs. Church, in which he was able to dilate pretty largely upon the injury to his foot. Captain Bar- ber did not return until the tea was set. and then shaking hands with his nephew, took a seat opposite, and in a manner more than unusually boist- erous, kept up a long conversation. "Yoa're the cause of it," said Captain Barber, severely. "Me?" said Flower, in surprise. "You know that little plan I told you of when you was down here?" said the other. His nephew nodded. "it came off," groaned Captain Bar- ber. "I've got news for you as'll make you dance for joy." "What's it all about?" inquired Flower, as, tea finished, Catain Bar.. ber carried his chair to the extreme end of the garden and beckoned his nephew to do likewise. Flower whistled, and, full of the vi- sions which this communication open- ed up, neglected to join in the arti- fieial mirth which his uncle was en- deavoring to provoke upon the house- keeper's return. Finally he worked up a little mirth on his own account, and after glancing from his uncle to the housekeeper, and from the house.. keeper back to his uncle again, smoth- ered his face in his handkerchief and rushed from the room. "Bit on a bad tooth," he said, un- truthfully, when he came back. Captain Barber eyed him fiercely, but Mrs. Church regarded him with compassionate interest, and, having got the conversation upon such a safe subject, kept it there until the meal was finished. It was I matter of surprise to Flow- er that, though the talk was by no means of n sorrow! al nature Mrs. Church on three separate occasions rose from the table and left the room with her handkerchief to her eyes. At such times his uncle's ideas forsook him, and he broke off not only in the middle of a sentence, but even in the middle of a word. At the third time Flower caught his eye, and with a dump jerk of his head toward the door inquired what it all meant. "Tell you presently," said his uncle, in a frightened whisper. “Hush! Don't take no notice of it. Not a word." "What is it?" persisted Flower. Captain Barber gave a hurried glance towards the door and then leaned over the table. "Broken 'art," he whispered, sorrowfully.. The Bride's Name; I CHAPTER Wr.--ACont'dy. Or. The Adventures of Captain Fraser J57 "pm in a desperate fix Jack that youll admit," he said, by way of pre- paration. The mate cordially agreed with him. "There's Poppy down at Poplar, Matilda at Chelsea, and Elizabeth at Seabridge," continued Flower, in- dicating various points on the table with his finger as he spoke. "Some men would give up in despair, but I've thought of a way out of it. I've never got into a corner I couldn't get out of yet." _ _ _ - .4 "You wint a little help, though, sometimes," said Flower. "All part of my plans," rejoined Flower, airily. "If it htyhl't [pen for fay uniie's Gterterenee I should have been all right. A man’s no business No other scheme having suggested itself to the mate by the time that meal arrived, he prepared to play the part of listener. The skipper, after carefully closing both the door and the skylight, prepared to speak. "And lose thirteen cottages and this ship, and my berth into the bargain," said the skipper. "Now you try and think of some other way, and if you haven't thought of it by dinner-time, I'll tell you what I'm going to do." He shook hands with Captain Bar- ber and, as a tribute to conventional- ity, kissed Miss Banks. The last the two saw of him, he was standing at the wheel wavingthis handkerchief. They waved their, own in return, and as the Foam'drew rapidly away gave a final farewell and departed. "Tell you by and bye," said the skip- per; "it's far from well, but even if it wasn't I should pretend it was bad. I suppOSe that doesn't suggest anything to you ?" The mate shook his head. "Can you see any way oat of it?" inquired the other. "What would you do if you were in my place?” "Marry the girl I wantéd Vto marry," said the mate, sturdily, "and not trou. ble about anything else." "Wolf, yoarbe making” said his nep- her, warningiy. 'Wm coming, too," said Captain Barber, with some haste; "there's no need to stay and wait for trouble. When yo; go into the house, come back as though youll forgotten some- thing, and sing out to me that you want me to come too-hard enough for 'er to hear, mind." "What's the éame with the in inquired the mate, in a low voice. N can; manage,” said Uncle Barber. "t've nhvm- been master in my own house. Now you'd better stop round and see the bride that is to be." A grey-haired dresgmaker and 3 small apprentice sat in ‘the Banks’ best parlor, and from in chaos of brown paper patterns stuck over with pins a silk dress of surprising beauty began slowly to emerge. As a great con- cession Flower was allowed to feed the material, and to even rub it be- tween his finger and thumb in imita- tion of Captain Barber, who was so prone to the exercise that a small piece was cut for his especial delecta- tion. A color of unwouted softness glowed in the cheek of Elizabeth, and an air of engaging timidity tempered her intercourse with Flower, who had to run the gaunlet of much friendly criticism on the part of his fair neigh- hours. Up to the time of sailing for Lon- don again the allasion to Mrs. Church's departure, desired by Cap- tain Barber, had not been made by the younger man. The housekeep- er was still in possession, and shook hands with him at the front door as he limped slowly off with Miss Banks and his uncle to go down to the schooner. His foot was still very bad, so bad that he stumbled three times on the way to the quay, despite the assist- ance afforded by the arm of his be- trothed. The bewildered master of the Foam spent the remainder of the time at Seabridge in a species of waking nightmare. "Seems to be no power in it," he said, smiling faintly; "but I dare say it'll be all right by the time I get back." "The All-Purpose Sugar" 2 and 5-11: The best sugar for the sugar bowl is Its purity and "Jine" granulation give it the highly sweeten- ing power. It dis. solves instantly in your teacup or on yourbreakfast cereal. CHAPTER VIII TORONTO foot ?" "This dog," said the fancier, "will pray“ you from burglars." “Yes. But I'd miner take my chance with a,burg!nr than with the The British Ministry of, Munitions has sanctioned the erection of large dye works at Buford, nou- Notting- ham. German mtuurNeturers of fine black cotton hosiery enjoyed practi- cally a monopoly of this trade in the World’s markets, and the secret of their ascendancy was in the Herma- dorff black dye-which, like most other "muned" products, was" a j, " ously guarded secret. l Physicians know this and that is why ‘tlu-lr advice so often to Huffervrs from ditrestive and stumunh trouble is "dust [gel almut an ounce of pure blnuruted maxnesla from your drugglst and take " ttsaspoonful in a 1lttle water lmmedi- lately after every meal. Thln will lu. sluntly neutralize all th" harmful m-Inl lin the stomach and stop all food hr- ‘mentallon. thus onahllng‘ .rou to enjoy ‘hearty {meals wlghout experleuvitiq the The Textile Mercury says this German secret was obtained by n persistent British .manufacturer a short time before the outbreak of the war, and now it has been ap- plied in the Sketchlye Dye Works. British Hosiery Trade Builds Hopes on Possession of Formula. Manufacturers of fine cotton hosi- cry in England have high hopes of capturing the bulk of the world's tine hosiery trade because they fintuly have succeeded in applying the Hermsdorff process, long a secret of German manufacturers. in "Macbeth," and that it is in Lin- colnshire and Yorkshire that he local- izes the pipes. To Chaucer and Spen- cer also they are English. James IV., and other Scottish kings, paid for "Inglis pypnris" at their court, while Edward l., Edward lil., Henry VI. and Henry VIII. seem to have had mv tive pipers. The HighIanders new-r used the pipes in war before the " teenth century; the harp was Soot- land's instrument. It was actually a Scotsman, and no less a man than the lord advo- cate of the time, who publicly de. clared fifty years ago that "the bag- pipe is an English instrument. es- sentially English; the English were the original bturpipers." He pointed out that, while Shakespeare than speaks of bagpipes, he never does uO Before 15th Century Harps Were Highlanders' Instruments. Neither Scotland nor Ireland can claim to have invented the bagpipes, says the London Chronicle. Greeks, Romans, Assyrians and Chinese all played bagpipes of sorts long before the time of Christ, and the instru- ment actually figures on one of the coins of Nero, who may have played it. The Breton bignon, the Calahrian zampogna, the German sackpfeife and the French cornemeuse are all bagpipes under different names. New! but.) or unvieasdufnerol inn-ward Hut closing the eyes does not banish the danger. and it is certain that neither drugs nor medicines DOSSPRS the power to destroy the harmful excessive acid in the stomm-h. which is the underlying (mum? of most forms of indigestion and dyspepsia. They may Rise temporary relief, but Her increasinu quantities must be taken. and all the time the acid remains in the stomach as dangerous as ever. Try I. Little Ianuh. mun. Nome [maple instinctively shut lheir cvns to danger, and it may be that instinct. or custom or habit causes dys- pemlvs to take drugs, patent foods und mgdh-Ings. urtit1cirn distertents. etc. Dyspeptics Should Avoid Drugs And "By the time I get back Matlida 'll have ceased from troubling, anyway," said the skipper, "and I have strong hopes that Elizabeth 'll take Gibson. I shall stay away long enough to give her a fair chance, anyway." "Drowned t" repeated the skipper. "Why, you didn't think I was really going overboard, did you? I shall be locked up in my state-room." (To be continued). The mate puhed his scarcely tasted dinner from him, and got up from the table. It was quite evident to him that the skipper’s love affairs had turned his brain. "But s'pose you gei drdwned before anything can pick you up.'" suggest- ed the mate, feebly. "My foot," continued the 8,l,1'dg: in surprisingly even tones, onsider- ing his subject, "will then give way and I shall fall overboard." 7 "You will alarm the crew and pitch a life-belt overboard," he continued: "you will then back sails and lower the boat." "I shall be picked up by a Nor- wegian bnrque, bound for China," con- tinued the skipper, ignoring the inter- ruption; "I shall be away at least six months, perhaps more, according as things turn out." The intuit? G, about to speak, but the skipper gazing in a rapt manner before him, waved him into silage. _ 'iv/Fi better take the lifebelt with you, hadn't you T" inquired the mate, anxiously. -- HAS GERMAN DYE SFFRET SCOTS NOT FIRST I'II’ERS Choice of Perils, Medicines Beef Ro0.--Cut a thin slice of round steak into six strips, lay each piece on the meat board and cover it lwith a strip of thinly sliced bacon. {Add a seasoning of salt, pepper and sweet herbs or onion juice. Roll up ‘each strip and tie it securely; then dredge it in flour. Put a teaspoon- ful of butter in the frying pan and when it is very hot lay the rolls in it. IFry them until they are brown, then ‘add three quarters of a glass of hot -water. Cover the pan and cook the {meat slowly until the beef is very ten- ider. Serve the strips hot with the 1gravy poured over them. i Smothered sa-tc-lou may use; 'either fresh or cured sausages. If! gym use the cured ones, ArnGntrer.tol prick them before you place them in; the pan. If you see fresh sausage} 'ttteat, mould it into small, flat cakesl and place these in the bottom of ai ggreased baking pan. Add a layer!, :of seasoned mashed potatoes Then, .cover all with two well-beaten eggs.= dust with fine bread or cracker: ‘crumbs, and bake the dish in a mod-' erate oven for half an hour. ', ' Brena annulus, Bv-avuvu -- -_- F (iii; the sides together with sharp itoothpieks, then bake the “turkeys" ;for twenty-five minutes in a pan in (which there is enough water to cover (the bottom. Serve them with I 'grnvy made from the liquor left in the pun. Capon of Pork.-Have a prime leg of young pork boned. Fill the cavity with equal parts of finely chopped ap- ple and celery, then sew it up and tie it carefully. Plunge it into well-salt- ed boiling water. Add the outer stalks and leaves of a head of celery, two bay leaves, and one cupful of cider vinegar. Let the meat boil gradually until the skin begins to crack, then remove it. from the water, peel off the skin and press into the fat two dozen whole peppercorns. Cover all the fat and lean part of the meat with a. paste made by mixing to- getlier one vupful of flour, two thirds of a cupful of brown sag-r, fo:r table-spoonfuls of evaporated horse- radish, and sufficient cider vinegar to make the mixture stiff. Then place Baked Calves‘ Hearts-Wash the hearts thoroughly inside and out, then fill the cavities with a dressing made of stale bread crumbs, melted butter and hot water, seasoned with salt and pepper. When you have filled the cavities fasten the openings with thread. Dust the hearts with salt and palm? and arrange them in a bak- ing ish, in which there is a cupful of hot water. Sprinkle over the sur- face of the water one eopful of mine- ed celery and green pepper. Cover the hearts and bake them slowly, but- ing them frequently with the water. The fUvor added by the celery and green pepper is delicious. Jagged Rabtgt.--Wash and dismem- ber the rabbit, then wipe each piece dry. Into a stone baking dish slice one large onion, am) add half a ten- spoonful of salt, a sprinkling of black pepper and a little Cayenne. Put the rabbit into the dish, add two tablespoonfuls of cider vinegar, and cover the meat with small pieces of bacon. Now pour over it enough hot water to cow-r it well, cover the dish, and let it remain in a slow oven. When you are ready to serve the rabbit. pile it in the centre of a deep plat- ter, thicken the gravy and pour it round the meat'. Meat Dishes. Little 'msreerc'--spilt, pork ten- derloin: lengthwise, but do not quite separate them. Fill them with a good bread dressing, selsorged to taste; fas- We nro Headquarters for Ca: adian Toboggan Manufacturing Company We shall be pleased to M 413 ONTARIO ttT. EAST, MONTREAL, QUE Toboggans and Snowshoes A" [Ia-Ill Patel. Recipes. You may feel altogether like hav. ing potatoes " two meals out of three during these days of sharpened up. petite, but, of course, you don't want them served in the same way. No, not even the homely chances of bull ed, baked, mashed or fried are suffici, ent if you eat potatoes often enough. There is no mean why you should not have the wholesome. substantial tuber regularly and frequently. When ordinary serving of potatoes begins to pail. try some of these recipes: Chose P-c-tKruk, the pota- toes and cut them in half. Spread each half with a little butter, sprinkle with pepper and salt and place a slice of cheese on top. Put on a slightly greased pm and bake in a hot oven until soft end nicely browned. Stufed Cream Petatoes.--51ake a potato case by peeling and slightly hollowing out some potatoes of even size. Boil them in salted water until tender, when they can be drained and tstuffed. Fill either with hot butter- ed pens, beans. chopped anchovies or forcemeet, as desired. Then pour over a dressing consisting of hot cream seasoned with salt, pepper and s dash of paprika. Sweet Potato Boup.---Two cupfuls of milk, two cupfuls of stock, one- mashed sweet potato, one tablespoon- ful of flour, one-half tableepoonful of butter, one-half anponful of onion juice. one-half tenspoonful of salt. one-Ulf tenspoonful of pepper," one small stick of cinnamon. Mix but- ter and flour in double boiler, add milk, stock and summing and stir over fire until it thickens. Then add sweet potato. Stain into soup dishes md serve with a sprinkling of parsley and 3 dub of nutmeg. anel without butter require A quick oven. Medicine shins min he removed from linen with strong ammonia. Never move a cake in the men until the centre is thoroughly sit. Potato [housings-One cupful of tomatoes, one-half cupful of shredded pimentos, one-half cupful of mush. rooms, two tabletrpoonfuls of chopped onions, two tab1etrpoonfu1s of flour, two tablespoonfuls of butter, salt, pepper, paprika. Boil tomatoes. mushrooms, pimento and onion toge- ther, then add seasoning and thicken with the flour and butter rubbed to I cream, Stir until smooth. the meat in I rather slow oven, m Iide, and bake it until paste and fut are browned through. 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