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\â€" "SALADA" â€" ~___ This Advertisement What happened after that Tom could never describe; even if he could, he would not have done $o. _ As he has said to me more than once, "It was not something to talk about, it was a matter of bayonet work; it was lighting face to face, steel to steel." ‘ Tom didn‘t feel fear now; all that was gone. _ His muscles were hard his thoughts were tense, he saw red! Presently he had a ;’onv:’ct'i:n that n‘l'; were gaining ground, a sudde: became aware of the fact that we had’ {ninod the better of the situation and ad returned to ourF trenches. A number of the enemy had been, taken prisoners, and the eJ)lot which the Gerâ€" mans had ho.d}:h had come to n>â€" thing. Immediately l'rwuds someâ€" thing ha]:!:nod which Tom never forâ€" C got. A German officer lay wounded some little distance from the trench | Tc 00 mt HHECRHC@ Lanterns supplied to Churches and Schools at lowest prices, e PRESBYTERIAN LANTBRN SLIDE amtnes a e es 222 Rental List Lantern 2<., Slides "I wouldn‘t mind if I could do something," said the poor boy, tremblâ€" ing. "Do! Unless I‘m mistaken there will be enouxh for us all to do vo? soon. There! firing has ceased! Look out!" It was as the sergeant said; almost suddenly there was a calm, and a few seconds later Tom heard a comâ€" mand which made his knees knock toâ€" gether. guns are giving them as as their guns are giving lose your head." h y ow q 00 CORC wHU wWere yet untouched yelled as though they were mad, others laughed, but their laughter was not natural; it was frenzied, wild, just as though they were madmen. ‘"We can‘t stand it! We can‘t stand it‘" cried the boy. _ "We shall all be| blown _ into eternity. _ Why do we ] stay here like this? 4 "Oh," cried the boy, "if they would be quiet for only a minute! ~ If one could onlg stop to take breath!" But there was no cessation; it seemed as though the Germans were determined to make a final and overâ€" whelming attack; as though all the exâ€" plosives in the world were concentratâ€" ed on those few miles. The sifhts were horrible; he saw shells falling on groups of men, tearâ€" ing them to pieces, while all around him were the shrieks and cries of the wounded . ll8¢‘>‘mo of the men who were vat nnéamaL._ L 1w s > axmsuale 2 0_ LeRIT . mAWeee HAvCHSE artillery work meant, but he realised that day that hitherto he had seen and heard nothing. Such a tornado of shells burst around him that it was like hell let loose. Hour after hour the Germans bombarded our trenches tearing great holes in the ground, and undoing the work of months . It seemed to Tom that no man could egâ€" cape . hh 4 esc ~ SnA Arintsinec c 4 both sides, Tom did not scratch . The fourth time he went to lines, however, he felt that th change in the atmos here, an by the strained loois and pressed lips of the men th thing desperate was expecte officers gave their orders w sternness than usual; every alert. skyl holding thy head there ""OC> N# may be nearly dead; betâ€" "thou‘st been holding thy head there| ter put an end to him ." too long." . ,! "But hear how he groans/!” cried the "Nay, there‘s no danger," replied | young fellow. _ "There, I‘ll do it." the lag, "it‘s all as quiet asâ€"â€"" But : " He leapt from the trench and rushâ€" he did not finish the sentence; at that e along the intervening space for momen& t!lere was a crack of a rifle nerhane aha..,. a¢, . "CUINZ Space 1 and a sellcs _ _ W 1 "Duck down quickly," said another, "thou‘st been holding thy head there too long." “N:J' there‘s no danger," replied {he}u s “it': all as quiet asâ€"â€"" But "I‘m not sure," replied the lad, "but I believe I see the top of a German helmet ." __"Dost‘a "see one asked . CHAPTER V.â€"(Cont‘d.) "I would like to see those ble German trenches," said a Lanc lad, "and I will too." He lifted his head above the bags and looked towards the heaps of earth perhaps a hy ya‘rg\s away . 1 0 EeE e es but we rely absolutely on the inimitable flavour and quality to make you a permanent customer. We will even offer to give this first trial free if you will drop us a postal to Toronto. B113 munmenememmemenemenmmmmmemmsnasnnn22....... _ request. £>,] LTOMMY was _ no cessation; it igh the Germans were make a final and overâ€" k; as though all the exâ€" wor'lg were concentrat-J myu“u’“totlvthefintmd em as hot a time giving" us. Don‘t any Germans?" some , but he realised > he had seen and h a tornado of him that it was Hour after hour ’ Al f Se A“f“l"’." d C or a Scrap of Paper," " Life," etc. _ Published by Stoughton. Limited. London . ~/05‘60}‘9/6,’oc%/;'(} ce qOCC, TZ â€" HvUU 'â€"md hton, Limited, London and u‘i"orgmo. ‘ont‘d.) | whichâ€" the English had taken, and ose blooming piteously cried for help. & a Lancashire Which of you chaps will volunteer | to go and fetch him in ?" cried a young ve the sandâ€" officer whose bnverK that day ha. s the brown been the talk of all the men. _ a hundred| Each looked to the other as if for response; they were dazed and beâ€"| ‘ans?" some wildered by all they had gone through.’ | _"I say," said another officer, "you the lad, "but can‘t e’ged any of the chaps to do f a German that, irectly the Huns see any one ® |going to him they will shoot him. aid another, Besides, he may be nearly dead; bet-!. ' head there. ho wmisk sn msul 4 Ts "as and more powerful than itself. I h A specimen has been seen to grasp | t« two large worms at the same timeâ€"’ whereupon the latter, though strugâ€" | F) gling desperately, were unable to | 5; ‘break away, and in a moment lost all p ’powcr of motion. | to The polyp is incredibly fierce, A of curious thing about it is that, if tum-’dl‘ ed inside out like a glove, it quickly | S ncconmodau; itself to the new "_‘su rangement, the original outer skin performing, as a lining of the interâ€" , :,‘ lor, the office of digestion, ha T Inllvinal S & ~It, however, provided with th like arms for, seizing its prey; naturalists are inclined to believe it paralyzes its victims by ele shocks. In this way only can the be explained that the polyp is to overcome creatures vastly bi and more powerful than iseals One of the Strange Inhabitants of a Stagnant Pool. ; A stagnant pool is the home of mul-, titudes of strange animals, but none | of them is more odd than a species of polyp that is oneâ€"fourth of an inchl long and of the thickness of a bristle. Under a strong magnifying glass it looks like a tube of jelly. T ET 200 00 222 CACTE SHuUce Over câ€"| knew them just as thew waw, "4ZMY} this and cover all with buttered â€"| knew them just as they were. Hum-; crumbs. _ Bake until the crumbs are câ€"| drum workaday boys who did not seem | brown. â€"| capable of anything like heroism ; but]} _ Macaroni, Cheese and Tomato.â€" the war had brought out new qualities,) Prepare as for macaroni and chéese, vifine qualities. _ He saw how those’on]y use tomato sauce instead of --‘men were willing to sacrifice them-‘whlte sauce. Prepare as for a white dlselves for others; saw them doing all| sauce, using tomato juice instead of e}sorts of glorious deeds. _ One fellow‘ milk. e\ impressed him tremendously. He him-, Scrapple.â€"Boil hogsâ€"head and other V’sel{ was wounded, but not badly, fori lean pieces of meat as shanks and liv= "\he could easily have crawled to a er. â€" Cook veriv tender. _ Takeâ€" out ) place of safety; and yet he remained! bones, grind whole, and put in water ‘\ with a comrade, holding his head on | in which it was coofted, and when boilâ€" ’his knees and ministering to him as / ing hot stir in gently 1â€"5 as much cornâ€" | tenderly as a woman, in a spot where meal as meat. _ Season to taste; cook ( ‘|life could not be valued at aA pin’sl'2 hours. _ Pour into mould and serve ; burchase. _ Deeds like that are comâ€" fried. ( mon at the Front. } Pea Soup.â€"Marrowfat peas, 1 teaâ€" The other thing which impressed | spoon sugar, 1 pint cold water, 1 slice him was the tremendous power of reâ€"| onion, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tableâ€"! ligion. _ Before he went up to the fir-“spoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 4 tea-lf ing line he had heard one officer say spoon pepper, 1 pint milk. Add sugar | | to another, "I wish the chaplains and cold water to the peas, and slm-‘t could be allowed to go up to the front, mer twenty minutes. _ Rub through | h line of trenches. _ You see, when a sieve, reâ€"heat, and thicken with butâ€"! , men have no religion to support them, ter and flour cooked together. Scaldjr‘ the constant bombardment and danger| milk with onion, remove onion, and 4 make them jumpy." _ Tom realised | add milk to pea mixture, season with’ what this meant after the action I salt and pepper. _ Peas too old to | b have just described. He himself felt| serve as a vegetable may be utilized ; B that he needed a Power greater than for soups. b: his own, to steady him . Cooked Cereal Muffins.â€"Cooked oatâ€" he (To be continued.) meal, 1 cup: flour. 116 uns naille 17 POLYPS THAT t antrakal O _ 5n __ T9. . Ordc@r # *CECOpOOnS e‘ without a scratch, and by and by when frying pan a e|his company was relieved, and he reâ€"| Do not allow s) turned to a place of safety, the whole‘ of milk and st episode seemed but a ghastl{ dream.} Season with «c e! And yet it caused a great change to and oneâ€"eight 1 Tom‘s life. . If he had been asked to| _ Salmon Cre i describe it he would not have been) flaked salmon able to do §o; it was something subtle,’ few grains ca ,‘elusive; but the change was there. He juice, salt. _ , {felt as though he had a new concepâ€"|then add sea: ,ftion of life; and he realised its treâ€"| plate to cool. mendousness as he had never realised it egg, and crum before, and drain, | He was by no â€" means given to Macaroni a: | philosophising, but two things impres-, caroni in boi sed him. _ One was the tremendoumtwent.y minut | amount of heroism that lay latent in | over it cold w ‘the commonplace lads who had come‘ macaroni. _ Sp out with him. He knew many of+Repeat. â€" Pow them before they joined the Army; this and cove knew them just as they were Hum!‘! ns1 m.1 "Dearer Than T D L C PRCRTVUD, MSI] / 4 m descrihing is +.) and onions separately andydrain. h'dake‘r , :?:M Â¥ {oagig:’czbmfis;‘t :‘t’. a white sauce. Put the fish, potatoes| the faces of those Skirkers| and onions in the white sauce, reâ€"heat| who are a disgrace to thegand sgrve hot. : Englishman. | White Sauce.â€"2 tablespoons flour, r assed through this ordeal | 2 tablespoons butter. Heat these in a scratch, and by and by when frying pan and cook for one minute. f ny was relieved, and he reâ€"| Do not allow to brown, _ Add one cup|‘ 2 place of safety, the whole of milk and stir until perfectly smooth. 1 emed but a ghastlx dream.l Season with one half teaspoon of salt . caused a great change to and oneâ€"eighth teaspoon of pepper. * If he had been asked to) Salmon Croquettes.â€"1% cups cold,:f j he would not have béeh! finkedâ€"«ulmens 3 â€" â€" ToR m _ C provided with threadâ€" Hodder & ARE FIGHTERS only can the fact e polyp is able s vastly bigger its prey; and I serve hot _ =â€" "" CCC teâ€"neat|""~»0°Ted in the milk; salt, 1 teaspoon: : a disgrace to "ffi:j and serve hot. melted fat, 1 'tables’poon. Mixp ::d’ man . ,' White Sauce.â€"2 tablespoons flour, sift the dry ingredients. Add the hrough this ordeal 2 tablespoons butter. Heat these in 3 milk and egg well beaten. Last of all and by and by when frying pan and cook for one minute.| 244 the melted fat, and bake in a shalâ€" relieved, and he reâ€"| Do not allow to brown. â€" Add one cup low pan in a hot oven. \ of safety, the whole of milk and stir until perfectly smooth,| , Buckwheat Gems.â€"Buckwheat flour,‘ it a “h”“fi dream.| Season with one half teaspoon of salt| 1. ¢UP; milk, 1 cup; sugar, 14 cup; a great change to and oneâ€"eighth teaspoon of pepper. white flour, %, cup; salt, % teaspoon; : had been asked to] Salmon Croquettes.â€"1% cups cold,egg" 1; butter, 3 tablespoons; baking uld not have been| flaked salmon, 1 cup thick white sauce,’?°wde": 2 teaspoons. _ Beat the sugar is somethinfi subtle,( few grains cayenne, 1 teaspoon lemon |‘"t? the egg and add the melted butter. ange was there. He juice, salt. Add sauce to salmon,| Add alternately the milk and buckâ€"| had a new concepâ€"|then add seasonings. _ Spread on a| Wheat flour, then the white flour into e realised its treâ€"| plate to cool. Shape, dip in crumbs,"w}‘wh the baking powder and salt have mad never realised it egg, and crumb again, fry in deep fat,| Deen sifted. _ Bake in greased gem and drain, pans. * means given to’ Macaroni and Cheese.â€"Cook maâ€" Brown. Bread.â€"Graham flour, 2 two things impresâ€" caroni in boiling salted water for| CUPS; White flour, 1 cup; molasses, % | s the tremendous twenty mwinutes. Drain and pour| CUPi SWeet milk, 1% cup; soda, % teaâ€"|| that lay latent in over it cold water. Put a layer of ;roon; salt, 11% teaspoon. â€" Sift the | 1 ';dg who had come'macaroni' Sprinkle with grated fiBh.‘ our, salt and soda .well. Add the C e knew many of+Repeat. â€" Pour the white sauce over MO!ASSes and the milk. _ Pour into | ; Joined the Army; this and cover all with buttered'we" greased moulds and steam about I the'_Y were, ‘Hum- |crumbs. _ Bake until the crumhs ay.|three hours. 5 hy AHMcB wl weee A% ve that electric 4 anet uret kss © n aeres oo o it on Srent â€"GU ;| cold water; cook until: soft and rub , through a sieve. Cut vegetables in small cubes, and cook five minutes in / half the butter; remove vegetables, ’!add flour, salt and peé)per and stir |into boiling sm:ip. Add cream, reâ€" lheat, strain, and add remaining butâ€" ter in small pieces. l Fried Cornmeal Mushaâ€"Cornmenl, 1 cup; water, 4 cugs; salt, % teaspoon. | Put the salt in the boiling water, and sifted cornmeal. . Conlk tharan‘â€"hi. es Câ€"A10uF: â€" 1 ¢up;â€"sugar, 1y &:5: sour milk, 1 4â€"cups; soda, 14 teaspoon; baking poyder, 1 â€"teaspoon: salr 7 Johnny Cak white flour, 1 Pack into tins as a baki to form in a mould. _T. of the mould. _ Cut into dry oatmeal and fry Serve with syrup as a supper dish . spoons; baking powder, 3% teaspoons ’(Ievel). Add half the milk | to the | beaten egg. _ Mix the rest of the milk | with the cooked oatmeal, and stir un-’ ‘til smooth. Then combine with the ‘dry ingredients and beat well. Last| of all add the meilted dripping, andl beat again. â€" Bake in greased gem pans. Cream of Lima Bean Soup.â€"1 cup dried lima beans, 3 pints cold water, 2 slices onion, 4 slices carrot, 1 cup cream or milk, 4 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, % teaspoon pepper. _ Soak beans overâ€" ni]g‘:xt; in the m'orning drain and add| en se Anew Cns c y eC 2 2 Cooked Cereal Muffins.â€"Cooked oatâ€" meal, 1 cup; flour, 1% cups; milk, 14 cup; egg, 1; salt, %4 teaspoon; sugar, 2 taf)lespoons; melted dripping, 2 tableâ€" spoor;s; ballc‘i‘r‘\g ‘;-)owder, 3% teaspoons Hlawalt ht Yaged L. B t‘ j ing from ham, | the use | _ " "ot O eat as shanks and liv.| 8 Yery different thing from bomb-" t;ier. _ Cook very tender. _ Take out | droppingâ€"the En.ghshmnn beats the j 1| bones, grind v:fi'ole and put in water| German every time, says a London‘ / in which it was coof(ed, and when boilâ€"| weekly. ’ At a / ing hot stir in gently 1â€"5 as much cornâ€"| â€" The man who has been well accusâ€"| looking : meal as meat. _ Season to taste; ©00K| tomed to shy a cricket ball straight.’to write ‘i? .h?i‘.‘“' Pour into mould and ‘serve and true to the wicketâ€"keeper fromi'tive, su | n;” Soup.â€"Marrowfat peas, 1 tea.| the outâ€"field makes no difficulty about | clamator | spoon sugar, 1 pint cold water, 1 slice throwing so as to drop it nicely on its ed as fol | onion, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tableâ€" objectiveâ€"there or thereabouts, In‘f "I am | spoons flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 14 teaâ€" / fact, the discipline of the cricketâ€"field | lish exar Spoon pepper, 1 pint milk. Add Sugar| has exercised a wonderful influence on question: and cold water to the peas, and simâ€" the adaptability of our men. They ; twelve, I ’me{e::exzt}l')e:\ntm:rtngsihicklngwgllrol‘:ugthflhave been accustomed to accept the" :e: and flour cooked together. Scaldj""'hng of the umpire without demur;‘ A laugh milk with onion, remove onion, and and they do so in"the Army. l It fresl add milk to pea mixture, season with' But, as a bombâ€"thrower, the baseâ€"| It tips th salt and pepper. _ Peas too old to ball player is likely to outshine his| And dr ?erve as a vegetable may be Utilized,British ally. The throwing in base.! or soups. 3 zt "[€20CC, SHTC, A£dd â€" sa ) then add seasonings. | plate to cool. _ Shape / egg, and crumb again, and drain, | Macaroni and Che caroni in boiling s | twenty n'n:‘nuteg. D reray . 0000 CeEPPCUC UL Sail | and oneâ€"eighth teaspoon of pepper. [ Salmon Croquettes.â€"1% eups cold flaked salmon, 1 cup thick white sauce, ‘few grains cayenne, 1 teaspoon lemon Ijaice, sg‘llt. Add sauce to salmon, Lthaw 2 PPD JPA SA _ 1000 ECCCE WA IN eHect Miibino enatnane Spupects mc ’termining profits at e | Saving Eubstitutes. _‘ |white flour, 1 cup; sugar, 1â€"3 CUP; £Our;| though it will take the f | _ The following are recipes issued by milk, 1% cups; soda, 14 teaspoon; bakâ€"| prices. Every effort will the Domestic Science expert of the Ing powder, % teaspoon; salt, 1 te?"prevent speculation, and \Food Controller‘s office for dishes to spoon; molasses, 1 tablespoon. M"“middlemen will be\elimin take the place of beef, bacon and|and sift the dry ingredients twice, and | " I 1 :k , wheat in order to conserve these foods| gradually add the sour milk. Beat well,| Ng agenciesâ€" male a | for our soldiers overseas. I‘and l:iaketin a shallow greased pan, in 2: ;:lslm)‘:al):eu :;;?Zfi(:e f a moderate oven. ‘ ;(slfi‘;::i.), (ih:::ezhioi (csul&zd)}:otlat:: sgcup; flour, % cup; sour milk or butâ€" ’l trol, and under the super fish (sliced). ‘ Cook the potatoes, fisfi,iter milk, 1 cup; molasses, % Can‘ cal food controllers to } and onions separately and drain. Make| °EZES, 1; bak"f‘f powder, 1 level tea-, by the local authorities. a white sauce. _ Put the fish, potatoes| $poon in the flour; soda, 14 tea!POg"H "C.AM anviane thay UC‘K and onions in the white sauce, reâ€"heat ) dissolved in the milk® salt 1 tancw. . FCCY qiernen n mave ove fiftw.eiop, j . ____ "CAOSâ€" fore, the process of fermentation phere above fiftyâ€"eight degrees Fahâ€" whichShas fcs' its object the making of renhe_nt. bread, must be of an alcoholic nature. Ancient history shows us that early| Acetious fermentation, when preâ€" Egyptians obtained their wild yeast sent in the right amounts, ges a from the air and so started theirf800d flavor to the bread, but if it is dough . Th«(a’y also retained a portion| permitted to ferment too strongly, it of‘;ach breadâ€"mixing to start the next,.| will check the alcoholic fermentation, Yéast dplanta can be gathered and culâ€" which will cause a dull, heavy loaf. tivated from.the air by exposing a| The futrefaction stage is the last ’duh of fermenting sugar to the atmos. stage o fermentation, wiich results in Phere. a damp, smelly, sticky loaf of bread _ Yeast is a plant of the simplest | that is unfit for use. i structure consisting of a chain of| ~,., Alcoholic Fermentation sinflp cells, growing ve rapidly and The carbohydrates'and sugars play| multiplying a t.housanofi::ld, if given 4n important part in aleoholic ferâ€", proper food for immediate assimila.] Mentation, changing the suja.r to a tion. _ This food must contain protein, fi? ealled carbon dioxide, and alcohol.| sugar, mineral ash and starch, is fermentation is {lroduced by | j Yeast is divided into two alacsa. |Yyeast which feeds unon tha malt mak | © MB PECmOn LC2BON,.â€" 1 C Fermentation, which is an importâ€"| oven of : ant factor in the making of bread, is duces a l: fiaroduced by the presence of yeast. It| That t s been known for thousands of years cessful g1 that many organic bodies, when exâ€"| flour be . g_zsed to certain changes, will fefment. | g‘enture ; e dust in the air contains much ferâ€"| Fahrenhe menting organisms; also the air conâ€"| dough hay tains molds and bacteria, such as stale| proper pe bread mold and a damp atmosphere| The va mold, as on leather, Wine, beer and tion are 1 milk become sour when exposed for a/acetious a certain length of time to the atmosâ€" fore, the phere above fiftyâ€"eight degrees Fahâ€" whichShas renheit. ’bread, mu Ancient history shows us that early| Acetious Egyptians obtained their wild yeast sent in th from the air and so started their good flavo dough. They also retained a portion | permitted of‘each breadâ€"mixing to start the next. | will check Yéast dplants can be gathered and culâ€" which will tivated from .the air by exposing a| The F“tl d;lsh of fermenting sugar to the atmos. stage of fe Phere. uP S ORy Cl!(e-â€"_Cornmeal, 1 °* "Mistory shows us that early ins obtained their wild yeast he air and so started their Th«(a’y also retained a portion brea â€"mixing to start the next. »l}nts can be gathered and culâ€" until soft and rub Cook â€" th;r;u,g}‘;ll;‘ baking powder tin n oo Lt teaspoon; salt, 1 To fry turn out into slices, dip in in _ dripping. i breakfgst or changes to take place er time; this will cause se in weight and flavor its nutritive â€"value. The DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT HOME â€" o7 . wil! ferment,| perature from sixty to eighty degrees contains much fer-f g‘ahrenheit be maintained and that the also the air conâ€" dough have active manipulation at the teria, such as stale| proper periods. damp atmosphere| _ The various degrees of fermentaâ€" Wine, beer and|tion are known as the alcoholic, the hen exp:sed for ajacetious and the putrefactive. There-‘ mMA %% tho agas< CLailt 44 TORONTO Fourteenth Lesson.â€"Yeast OLLS: eq| YC‘" greased moulds and steam about ;:yn;l; re | three hours. fortho, ~ckenmns able, a =â€" THE BEST BOMB-THROWERS. cessive A Lexk that th te Cricketers and Baseball Players Are| tial fo« of Particularly Expert. I cann When it comes to bombâ€"throwingâ€" :l":e the f: a very different thing from bomb-" e :use 1t | droppingâ€"the Englishman beats the ; r | German every time, says a London | 1â€"| weekly. ’ At a ‘â€"| _ The man who has been well accusâ€" / looking «) tomed to shy aâ€" cricket ball straight.,to write ®|and true to the wicketâ€"keeper from;tiVe, St . |the outâ€"field makes no difficulty about | clamato: 2| throwing so as to drop it nicely on its | ed as fol â€"| objectiveâ€"there or thereabouts, In| _ "I am â€"|fact, the discipline of the cricketâ€"field lish exa 4 has exercised a wonderful influence on‘ question *Ttha curtankalnfikes : sgioonlo o1 2 and they do so in"the Army, , But, as a bombâ€"thrower, the baseâ€" ball player is likely to outshine his British ally. The throwing in base~ ball is an eyeâ€"opener even to seasoned cricketers, not only for its extreme sureness of direction, but for its amazing swiftness of flight and wonâ€" derful length. I 7 P, 1!0Ur, % cup; sour milk or butâ€" ter milk, 1 cup; molasses, 1 cup; °eggs, 1; baking powder, 1 level teaâ€" spoon in the fl%ur; soda, %4 teaspoon dissolved in the milk: salt, 1 teasnonn . 2 and 5 Ib. Cart 10.2(;:n50-ud 100‘123,‘,. _ soda well. K«i«i Zfl: the milk. _ Pour into oulds and steam about Canada Sugar Refix;;.g Co., the j , At a college examination a nervous. looking candidate had been instructed ,’to write out examples of the indicaâ€" | tive, subjunctive, potential and ex. :clamatory moods. His efforts resultâ€" ed as follows: "weive, I may pass. â€" God help me!" fi A laugh is just like sunshine, It freshens all the day, It tips the peak of life with light, And drives the clouds away,. P Ueimd® wibnelatccs Th s lish examination. If I questions, I shall pass. yiiy s...% 1 cannot ur_g_e tooi_st;;;llé one the absolute need for the use of all foodstuffs." ; a2 ,_ _ _ _ P0# En prices. My object is to see that supplies are forthcoming as far as they are availâ€" able, and that the prices are not exâ€" cessiveâ€"I am glad to be able to say that the general position of our essenâ€" tial food supplies is satisfactory, but T ha mwork (seu ue ie s Cl D . *~ i5, of course, impossible that in this crisis supplies can be provided to the same extent or with such reguâ€" larity as in times of peace, and the consumer should also understand that he must of necessity pay high prices. Mv Anfaint #o. 423. 0AgIE ' Silabitdis. totininttcatedona. P 2 12 428 1i ed with the protection of the consumâ€" ers, I have to see that the legitimate interests of food producers and other traders are safeguarded, and above all to avoid as far as practicable action which may tend to curtail the necesâ€" sary supplies. ‘ 20. Consumer should realize that the action which is being taken by the Department is based on definite and carefully thought out lines, and that prices are not being interfered with in a haphazard way or without purâ€" pose. ; While I am primarilv ennaarn._ |ing agenciesâ€"I make a strong pOint Jof thisâ€"will be utilized for purposes Iof distribution under license and conâ€" ,trol, and under the supervision of loâ€" cal food controllers to be appointed by the local authorities. "I am anxious that producer, sellér, and consumer should realize that the: action which is being taken by the] Department is based on definite and carefully thought out lines. and that ! EO CCC CECOAVCEUCE TUHV WAE â€"_"The consumer should understand that he must, of necessity, pay high prices," he declares, and says that he as Food Controller can do no more than "see that supplies are farthcomâ€" iflg as far as they are available and Lord Rhondda Warns the Public That High Prices Are a Necessity, ; In his latest open statement to the British public, Lord Rhondda, Food Controller for England, repeats and enlarges upon the warning that the consumer cannot expect a considerâ€" able approach towards the scale of ‘ prj‘c_e_s that existed before the war. FOOD endeavoriqg to He ard way or without purâ€" : I am primarily concernâ€" protection of the consumâ€" SITUATION IN ENGLAND. c o 0 OEA AER too strongly on every eiTs.% 10n, and unnecessary )erliminated. Existâ€" make a strong pdint utilized for purposes ) pass an Eng. answer twenty _If 1 answer economy in â€"s Limited, Montreal, y "MEN| _ The men of the two teams line up that he alternately in a single row, and the 0 more| captain of each side takes his turn in rthcomâ€"| rolling the pumpkin. As the game ble and / goes on and the men shift in the line, ve." each captain tries to favor his own he says) side #y rolling the sphere in a wide : prices | circle so that it will move away from" rcessity | the intervening opponent and townrd‘ obtain| his own men wherever they became rom the | grouped. ~ There is no scoring, but l’ Such | system of promotion and abasement | e fixed |instead. The man who misses his | ‘easonâ€" | throw goes down one place; the man| ga8ed | who grazes the pumpkin without stopâ€" ! ‘ on of | ping it holds his place; but the one| ndeed, | who succeeds in arresting its progress l ' of deâ€" | advances two places in the line. The ) , stage» | game ends when the best players have I' fixing ‘ progressed to the top of the line, and [q de to, the rest no longer have a chance, be-[’t Ssary | cause the pumpkin is stopped before Existâ€" | it reaches them. 'E pdint| _ Within the past decade a small iron | poses | hoop has taken the place of the green| 1 | conâ€" | pumpkin. That, of course, is more | in of loâ€" economical, for it can be used the year | _ inted | round. _ It moves faster, requires : greater skill on the part of those who | B ellér,| stop it, and makes the pitcher more]m t the| important. By hurling it so that one" T the | edge or the other will strike the[ ar and | ground first, he can throw incurves(“ that | and outcurves with the ease of a proâ€", Ds with'f fessional baseball player. A favorite| or gflg PARKER‘S, Write for booklet. Be sure to address your parcel delfly to receivâ€" ing dept, PARKER‘s DYE works 79'1 YOL::EE:TR];ET TORONTO Je SviUle tnoroughness' you th;nk or dye g:_g‘ PARK Write for Be sure to a« parcel clearly ing dent Amaryllis make s plants. Set the bulbs depths in the earth in them start growth in â€" den. Coor,. we pay carriage one way, Our exceptional facilities enâ€" Sure promptness as well as ab. solute thoroughggsg, â€" when tance when M 000 ECORCOCY At EeV device when the opposing team approaching too near is for hir send the hoop with all his force that it will just graze their toes then circle out to eAsv «tril/in«~ A Sort of Ball Game Played by Gouth African Natives. A traveller tells of a primitive sort of ball game that the natives play on the steep South African hills. A green . pumpkin takes the place of a ball; it | is rolled instead of being thrown. The | object of the sport is to #top the rollâ€" ing pumpkin by transfixing it with a | long, sharp stick or spear. l STABBING THE PUMPKIN. out to easy striking disâ€" it has passed the enemy, make splendid window he bulbs about half their earth in the pots and let wl en the window garâ€" ase of a proâ€" . A favorite g team are for him to is force so heir toes and ' Lemons will keep fresh if , * dry sand separately. 41 *7In ne was seen to stir I "And spoke in spite of pain: "The wa‘gon-â€"mrchâ€"l pray!*" f And then the father‘s joyâ€" . Upon freshâ€"scented hay They found a sleeping boy! Theytore the father, dead, They gazed with tearâ€"dimmed eyes But nowhere was it said, *"What:needless sacrifice!" -}hnm_ig- Louis Fraser. | His foamâ€"flecked steeds he reined, And by a door did light, But ere the steps he gained, The furious things took fright, He sprang, and held them fast, And would their speed restrain, But then a bugle blast Made all his efforts vain. They dashed along the ground, They bruised him with.their feet, And so when he was found Far down the crowded street, He was by all deemed deadâ€" But oped each Elazed eye, When some bystander said: "A race with Death!â€"and why ? "O why should one incur Such risk for horse or wain ?" Then he was seen to stir ind sholr in mnine 2e ... 1. of Russian ;rve;;;i:es“be surrounded and forced unconditionally: eated th ;' During the winter of 1853â€"1854 the € Turks were battling along the Danube "* against hordes of Russians. In the f0). t/ |lowing . September 25,/500 British .'ltroops. a similar number of French, “t and 8,000 Turks were landed in the Crimea. n Again came a terrible winter and "| from the west of Ireland right across "inw Asia frost fell heavy upon land "'and sea. In London it froze for six "| weeks without a break. From Januâ€" 0j ary 14 to February 24 the thermoâ€" *\ meter was below freezing every night. °/ In the Crimea the cold was fearful, °| and the British army lost 20,056 men, ‘| and of these only 12 per cent. fell in ‘| battle. The rest were destroyed by ‘| cold and disease. ‘| _ In 1870 came the biggest war of the ‘|latter half of the century, the titanic | conflict between France and Germany. | By October 29 there were 850,000 Gerâ€" man troops in France. Paris was beâ€" sieged and ~there began the fourâ€" month investment with furious fightâ€" ing on both sides. Again Jack Frost came to the aid of the Germans. A long spell of intense cold made life almost impossible for the halfâ€"starved French, while the Germans, who had the whole country to draw on, besides their own excellent commissariat, sufâ€" fered yery little, By January the city was in such a terrible condition that it surrendered. + _ Winter Again Aided Russia., “"l"l'le date of the big war between Retreat From Moscow. { Napoleon‘s huge army was almost wiped out. Four hundred thousand men perished. They froze to death in battalions as they bivouacked, and when at last, on December 6, Napoleon reached German soil, there remained of his army but 130,000 men. heavy even upon North Africa, Drift appeared in the Nile, and there were snowstorms in Tripoli and Morocco. sea. The Seine, the Rhine and the Danube were all iceâ€"bound. On the Adriatic, off Venice, was seen the amazing sight of floating ice. Th Hellespont and the Dardanelles were frozen. Jack Fro_-_t's icy fingers lay | _ It was on June 24 that he invadeq Russia with 600,000 men, and ho reached Moscow September 14. That night fire broke out and within five days the city was burned to the ground. Even then he remained u»};] October before beginning to retreat. In the last week of October began the worst frost which Europe had known for three generations. The Thames froze from its source to the sea. The Seine, the Rhine and the | _ The year 1812 saw the conception of Napoleon‘s scheme to invade Russia, Before inaugurating his plans he was careful to inquire of the experts at what date winter usually began in southern Russia. They told him th» middle of December. , war on a big scale in which old Jack Frost has not participated. The Heaviest Frost Known For T); Generations Hastened the Down. fall of Napoleonic Schemes. HAS TAKEN PART IN Maxy miq EUROPEAN wars. 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