Ligonier Banner., Volume 44, Number 8, Ligonier, Noble County, 13 May 1909 — Page 2

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- SAGINE a great. fal : g lny sothething poked il of the water inta B sour face, nulckiy o ower Uy atiotbear sliings suinetlEiue and tiia A . ’.‘ grotlier muig anather. 1 L MRen etidearyorisg L 3 AR L b ' e\ 8, eFS R QREE WRLNS A% i : ."_ o different poriisir o e, o g your anatomy and yo /h\f R JOVE - Behing for | the devil fak Hut along the Amer RN const of the G { ol Mex thire are laty aut lot { i w cke ot thele Bvines Hng Just this: thing. | Por the man who doest’t Lhave {o fah for the desiiGal i ¢ Ll ot the M Tl ran ¢ £ do 1t fior their daily Lreas W e Loy gunten! theiuseives with a Bitigls toh - u day Aristotie of old i recorded in ? ROy i e fHret writer o fhe B } o} I e fisbhing but as hi o G ing Y fong of Mr Aristotics beallh Lo loft 0l ynsald becauso b dMnt investingt Eyvery tal of Mexico s - WHD fiali for this crestire A hatihel e by, for that s the only means of gelling away from the fisl tentacien SHIpPWY vutiing them 1 Rar they are abaut o grasp the intended Yictin . < ¥ * In the gdlf the da fish, s hat poatied. and seldor attor e ol hoes greal prongs Las been mbedded in thie ! v of tse Yty gVes thee Deliey e ¢ o lRg thelf guarry withi ff-* i % LBt % it takes frivtiy three tofour o af good afd wmius L ding work and £5 . Uthos the crew of the huntiog eraft oG impiy Because the brate fights too hard o allow the ipation to° L arried Ul siafels it Hiltia, wonder t e ] ¢ das if "Mv yariety | Belderad malhicient Mauy wild, weird thies are nid of the dosvil Bal £lviy tasn of siorics deais with thi Feit PR Addiction ?iyvv towing (HediprEoing teanicrs out of thad: e al g oin 1t deop e i nuls that canln . i eaxaly 0 wolder what Wi carrving teem o W 1 174, and

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upan. investigation find that a devilfish or enttle Hsh was trving to bite off a corner of the rudder; \:Eu.v:‘wm cases of the fish attempting and suo Ceeding in towing tenton sloops for miles have been recorded in the anuals of the industry. The devil-fishers always are ¢compelled to put up a hot nght dgainst this anlmal of the sea. The intended quarey will pull them far out of their course after the first harpoon has stung his hide and it takes two and sometinies three of them defore the e¢atch can be brought close mwxﬁ;:h to the sloop to allow the gunner to place a shot in a vital spot. ] . i . The fish must be continually worried or it will descend to the bottom to rest. in which case it usually takes the bwoat, crew.and apparatus with 1. ¢ i o ¥ A ~t.zr“\' iz told of a boat crew which h.il(‘ not had a devil-fish sirike for two days until finally the harpoon expert on. the bowsprit imbeilded his instrument of torture within the vitals of one of the monsters. The creature, of course,- went through the formality of turniug the water there abouts into a delicate black, this being onhe of the - fraits of the species when attacked. This done the devil-fish started for home, which was the bot wtom-of the gulf. The harpoon expert hated to let go, on account of strikes heing few and the boat, crew and harpoonist also began the descent in inky darkness. The craft being provided with air tanks at each end, the harpooned had some job on_ his hands, and when down in the sea about 20 feet, as near as the mariners could figure, the eight-arnred namesake of the American trust gingerly climbed into the boat with the men who were seeking his life-blood. It being dark the fishermen did not perceive his presence. Onee more at the surface, however, and there was a mintature fire panic. Regaining his pres~ence of mind, however, the harpoonist put an out drop on his second throw and put an end to the pranks of the fish. That tale has been called “just a fish story,” but there are three deep sea fishermen to-day who vouch for the truth of a portion of it and they still ply that trade on the coast of the gulf. But now when the devil-fish starts for home,; they let him go. The manta, as the creature is called by science, is to be found as far north on the Atlantic coast as the Carolinas and in those waters some -of the largest of this class of sea creatures have ‘been seen. One caught on the Atlantic coast several vears ago required three yoke of oxen to drag it from the sea and its weight was estimated - at four tons. e 2 . Usually the devil-fish measures from 20 to 25 feét across its back when full grown and one mariner on the Pacific coast reported that he had estimated one to be 40 feet, which eye measure‘ment, of course, is within the realm of possibility. The creature has two well defined plans of de-

GIFT OF CHINESE EMPRESS

Miss Carl, Portrait Painter, Has an Interesting Jewel Presented by Tsi Ann.

. Miss Katherine Carl, the portrait painter, has an interesting jewel, presented to her by the empress of China, which reveals Tsi Ann, even amid her cares of state, as a remarkable enthusiast for the minor harmonies of life.

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with this there (s the set of elght tentacles, which possess gripe of {ron and are lined underneath with "suckers” which, when in working order. form a vacuum over the object grasped and thus insure a firm hoid S 0 firm {8 this grasp that story tellers of sever al decades ago were fond of dropping the treas ure hunting hero into the hold of the sunken galicon and there bump him up against the “ter rible devilifish which had thwarted all hunmn wiles and for umpty hundred years been the guardian of the don's Jdoot.” The hero always wan and captured the coin, belng dragged to the surface unconscious : There have been one or two cuses where !_h? cuttlefish has made its home within the cabins ef sunken ships. In one case In particular off the northern coast of South America it is told that a devil-fish killed three divers who descend: ed to lay plans for raising the ship. As each man was brought to- the surface dead from a cause which none of his ‘mates could guess, an: olher was sent to take his place. Finally the trouble was suspected and the last man sent down gave explicit instructions about being brought to the surface upon the faintest tug at the guide ilne, After humerous trips up and back he succeeded in dislodging the ereature by cutting off its arms one by one. Dweprived of its ‘armasa, it fled and no further trouble was experienced. . : g Perhaps the most uncanny sight which ever Lefalls the devil-fish hunters is when, on a clear day, the denizens of the deep may be seen on the bottom walking along with the ald of their tentacles, which are used as feet. On land, it is recorded, this is a physical impossibility, for the fish, but buoved up by the water of many fathoms, it's easy. Though absolutely the most dangerous of creatures of the sea, it is said the devil-fish displays greater fear of human attack than any of the other species. The first move when assailed, is to try to gradb the hunters with ‘two or more of the long arms that stretch out as occasion demands. Failing in this' the fish will attempt to get away under cover of the inky “sepia’” but when caught with the harpoon and it finds there is no apparent escape the real tug of war com: mences and the struggles are never ended until the quarry ceases quivering in death. Then the cables which hold the harpoons are lashed to the stern of the craft and the sailors turn the vessel’'s nose towards home, the most welcome part ‘of the voyage. : Study the habits and origin of the cuttlefish is one of the most interesting which any scientist ever attempted. The fish are propagated by means of eggs. The tiny creature at first has only one tentacle, which, when it grows older, gradually divides into two and then into four

It was while Miss Carl was living at the palace for the purpose of painting the empress’ portrait that the incident occurred. On one occasion when Miss Carl appeared before her the empress was not satisfied with the unrelieved gray of the painter’s gown. Sending for flowers from the garden she tried them against the \zray gown, but as they were all pink*or red in tone the combination did not please her.

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fense, and thus the Ak wighty has endowed the species with more than the ordinary powers. for usualiy fish beasst or bird of the air has oniy one natural mode of pro tection. The euttipfish, however, ©an cast from fta: tisgues an inky substance known asg ‘ses pia.” which turns the water in its vicinily an fmpenetrable black and allows escape. Combined

Finally she drew from her own hair

the floral decoration which she herself wore. This was of jasmine blossoms, worn in the Chinese fashion, with the leaves all removed and a long pin thrust through rows of blossoms, which were packed tightly together on the pin. The head of the pin has a branch of coral, with a setting of two large pearls. ‘ :

When the empress had tried this flower strung pin against Miss Carl's hair and gown she was pleased with the note of color it afforded, and,

: : i »W avd after A year or so into #ight small arme These grow larger and sironger a 8 the spe of the fsh in creages Some adult specimens hare been eaught, the tentacles of which were over 26 feet in length, Jets cf water squirted by means of fins con stitute the method of locomotion o the cuttiefih - 2 _ The deviifish's cholcest occupatios s that of feeding upon shoals of amaller members of the finny tribe and when interrupted in this pursuit “he effect is terrifying. The great creature will tosx several of {ts ten tacles to the surface, still continuing to feed with the rest of them: and if this bluft fails to smcare the intruder away, the devil-fish will come to the ‘surface personally to see about it © While next to human belngs, sharks are the greatest enemies of the euttlefish, the scavengers of the ges are fust about as frlgh’imxéx] hy the tentacled monsters as the latter gre by the sharks Mariners have

often told of the batties which they have seen in clear water between these warriors af the briny deep, but accounts t=lling of the-victors are scarce Along the eoast of the Gulf of Mexico the sharks show their delight at the plight of the devil-fish whenscaapht by following In its bloody wake and with wideopen luws, seeking a bite here or there ffvin the earcass. - At night along the coast they fleht In the water for the opporiuhity 10 consume the dead devilfish ;aﬂ'ﬁr the fishermen have fin: fahed with him ! All fn all devil fighing is the most thrilling, most harardous. most entrancing method of angling which has etor heen discovered, for the ¢reature is doubtless the craftiest of the inhabitants of the tropical waters, And the man who goes after the scalp of the devildish while he iz not armed with modern accoutrements s taking his own life in his hand The plain hardware store hatchet with the short handle is declared to be the best weapon of defense in close quarters and dozens of lives have been raved slhioply because “the parties attacked were equipped with hatchels and knew how, when and where to use them upon the ap atomy of the dangerous fish ' , . UNCLE SAM SEEKS STAMP VENDER. Will the time ever come when Usncle Sam can dispensge with letter carriers? The ipcreasing use of the automobile the pneumatic tube and me chanical devices in the postal gervice would indd cate that eventually some method of delivering mall will be found w?z},oh will, in a large measure, do away with the prekent system of distribution The postofice department has an annual appro priation which is xzsrd‘ﬁ» experiment with mechan fcal devices, apd every ear the officials are calle? upon to investigate thel practicability and utility of inventions. There lmfz- been hundreds of diffes ent stvies of mall boxes submitied, and there ls no end of devicer Wesigned for picking up mait bags by fast-moving express triins. There is no doubt, so experts say, that the stamp-fixing ma chine will come Into general use, and thay are equally certain that the government will adopt slot machines for the automatic sale of postags stamps, as Germany and numerous other foreigm countries have. The departinent has made an of® cial trial of such machines. : ' A little more than a year ago the postmaster general appointed a special committee of officials to make a thorough investigation of the stampvending machines. Washington is now having its extended public demonstration of these machines, and other cities also will have a chance to try them for a long period under the direct supervlsion of the postoflice authorities. ° . . When the postmaster general decided to make experiments with stamp-selling machines, he invited ail persons with inventive tendencies to submit models. He did not confine the invitation to America. The result’ was that some 75 machines were offered for experiment, and the postofiice committee had a long and tedious task in selecting those that appeared to be practical. : _After much investigation the committee selected a half-dozen machines for further test. To the owners or inveéntors of these six makes was given the opportunity to make public tests of the venders under the direction of the department, but at their own expense. Finally three different models were picked out for an extended public test at government expense. . ' i ' Two of these machines are foreign inventions—one a German machine and the other the invention of an Australian. :

thrusting it into Miss Carl's hair, she said: : :

“Keep this pin. when the flowers have faded as a souvenir of me and to remind you also that it is the duty of all of us to look as well as we can at all times, and especially that it is the duty of women.”

Wisdom from Uncle Eben.

“Nursin’ a grouch,” sald Uncle Eben, “is like neglectin’ de flowers an' vegetables an’ puttin’ in yoh time tendin’ de weeds.”

TIKKIA AT “WAR” INCONSISTENT BATTLE WITH A : MALE FiLIPINO. Sl kS i s Dusky Young Toiler 3t Ong Dollar 8 Month Finaily Decides to ' Wed Romolde. . : BY MARY N.7RE. (American Teacher in the Philippines.) Romolds was oy first Filipine sery anl - When the Burean of Edaoation in Manila saw M 1o wend we lo Ihe town of Capie o 8 ‘he porth ooast of the lsiatd of Pausy, 1o teschk ihe young. Vilipine ldea how o shoot 1 decided that § might e wine to lake with mie somethiog 5 the way of & civilized, or at least partially civilized, BAliYe 1o 80t 3¢ cook and general fae toium % My dontemplated household i didnt have Hme to ook for such &0 &rticis jn Manila but when | ar rived I 8 Uodla en maute o Capls. R mwido. came upon the sewne and fell into his plece among my helongiags B 8 naturaily as o I had been fore ordained that he sbhngld 4o s He had B roferesces and | ohad no way of knowing what he conld, or coonld not da, but | jiked his jooks so 1 decided o take bim along with me o Capiz, and 1 found myseil able to make ar vangements for dolhg so wilhont the siightemt Jificwty i As & matier of fact Romoldo could not cook Bor did ke know ahyiling abaut the routine of a 5 American household, but 1 found bim a generalls capabies youlh ™ actively anxious 1o learn thinge, and 1t wasn't jung belare I was abie o entrast Bim with the ofiee of chief conk and only botile washer We had pot been keeping bouse long. however, before he came i me one evening with a delicate in. timation that it was not proper for me to Mve without 8 female attendant and said that he had a friend—a young woman recently orphaned <who needed work and wogid twig!m} ta have the position 1 was _mm«‘imﬁ}; 0n &0 phisticated fn Filipino ways o take thix at its face value. As the orphabn was willing tn labor in my household for the consideration of one dolla gald per month and a place to slesp, the experiment could not be an expensive ou« ! : S 0 the orphan duly arrived. escosted by Honmolde He also earried her trunk, which congisted of several gar ments tied up fn & ciean handker chinf ¢ Her name was Tikkia, and | conld have wished she had been hand. RO mzd"}'uimgvr She was a turav_y browed. pock-marked female, with a mass of cocoanut ofled tresses streamlog down her back, and one log, bare to the Knee, rathér obtrusively dis. Dplaving s skinny shin. This was cavsed by her-dress being looped ap and tucked iy at the waist for convenl ence. SBhe had no petticont and her chimesette ended twa inches below the waist Hbe Ag it was not belted down it crept out and hung over her skirt with s comical® suggestion of the zouave jacket. Bhe' understood not one word of Spanish or Euglish, _ Om the firstl night of her-oceupation 1. “ordered’” fried chicken and mashed potatoss for dioner, then went out to the kitchen to prepare them myself Romoldo dispiaved an intelligent interest in the cooking lesson, but Tikkin seemed torribly bored, When at last the ;wi;i“{iawss were done 1 pave them to her to mash, Romuido was then in the dining room setting the table. 1 toid her in my best mixed Spanish and Visayan 1o mash them and to then put them on the stove to dry out apy water that might happen to be in them. She understood just that one word “water,” and when | returned, alter bedng out of Ithe kitchen for a minute, the potatoes were swimming in a gquart of it and Tikkis was busy imitating my motion of mashineg and thereby turning the mess into a lurnpy soup. I dined on {riéd chicken Romoldo being rather a young asd atiractive looking hombrk and Tikkia such _a female piratd, 1 insist that my fatiure 1o SUEpECt 8 rOMADCS Was at least partinily fustified. Certainly, never by word or glance did they ever betray the siightest interest {n each other, gt some dave afier my estab hishmen! had begun o run with some thing Hke smoothness, one of the mil tary Jddies, whose husband was sta tioned in Caple, asked me to dinner. The punka string was pulled by a most murderous looking. exinsurrecto who fixed e with a basilisk glance half entreaty, half reproach 11 becane so paiuful that toward the end of dinuer I asked my hostess i it were due to his general frame of mind or to a special antagonism toward pedagogues. She replied that he was probably brac ing himself to approach me on a topic ‘which was consuming his vitals. Tik kin was his matrimonia and 1, the maestra, had taken her and given her to Komoldo, and the twaln lived in my house! To qualify my virtuous indig nation -.on hearing of the perfidy of Tikkia and Romoldo, the lady added that Tikkia was not matrimonia en Iglesia-—that is married i{n church—but only a matrimonia pro tem. Pedro came into the sala after dinper and

Lord Mayor's Turtie Soup

No jord mayor's banguet would be complete without turtie sogp., but apart from that the Sth of November banqguet at the Guildhall is not of

the rare gastronomic character popularly imagined. This is explained by the fact that for a company af several hundred guests it is impossible to provide a rapid succession of hot dishes in a building not adapted for cooking. At the lord mayor's table, where the chief guests sit, all the varied dishes are served piping hot, but the other guests are not usually so wéll provisioned with warm fare, though there is always an abundance of cold viands. The plentiful hot turtle soup which all partake of Is made in the vaults beaeat the Guildhall, and staple -hot dishet generally served all round are roast turkey and game. A feature of the banquet is the cold baron of beef carved in the bangueting hall.—London Chronicle, e Where Mankind Is Weak. It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be judge in his own cause.—Pascal. .

Bard to weep but SBt prove & suc O tempora, O mores’ Bdck are the broadening «Yects of & few months of e amang our “litls brown hevthers Concalie the oldmaid schoolteacher in Atherica sssuming the position of Judge 1o & matrimonial, or ratber ex tramalrimontial scandal of thin sort” However, 1| promised justion to the saifing Pedro’asnd told him to eall for 2 the next morning at fen. Like meo Be suppoaed t woald take the farm of Tikkia Pyt when | reached home and sumwoned the calprits thelr sang frodd was isiisitabie Komoldo stood wpon Wigh moral ground, Tikkia migh! o 7 she migh! nol be married: It was sothing o Bim and he did sot know’ ¥he was an arphan of bis arguaistance o whom he wished o do 4 Kindness Tikkia prompily drew Her skttt up o¥er her unexposed knee and dispiayed A Bithy wore whick ank said wan cansed by Podoo's pdarfal Babits of dmegging Ber abwol on stony grousd by the balr, Morevver abe stood on her Jegal righ's Bhe was not matrinionia en lglesia End she had a right ta leave Pedro whenover she chose’ ¢ . Pedro came pext morning A en, But he did not get justice On the santrary, Justice as embodied in Tik kia, stood at the head of the stairs and shrieked: “Np guiero!™ {1 dosnt Wanl vou) as often as we, Pedro sad 1, tarned our Implariag eyes tupon her Things wont on in (his way for some time and my perplenitios afforded much amasement omy frionds [ felt sure that Homoldo and Tikkia were iy g alwut the purely Platonle state of their affections and at one lime re soived to d!grha:?é them tth An. wiher young Ametican teacher gave me some sound advics He satd. What Ut earth are these peopies morais 1o 3ou? Homoldo is & good servant lie &peaks Spanish and if son iet him go for someone who. abedks only Visa an, your labor of training will be four Hmes as groat” Then | came in with the old fashioned: American fear that people might think the worse of me for Kevping such & palr in my employ and the x"*nm»m;‘p simply onllapsed Remember that [ am very much of an old maid schoolmaams He sat and Wughed In my face until 1 had to laush 00, “We are not in America now” was Wis parting retnark, and 1 was dos. tined to learn what a variety of moral woeaknesses that sentenco was created 10 Bxouse. i ¢ ) ~ The troublesome affair of Tikkia and Romoldo went on until | began to fear lest Pedro, in one of the attacks of wild jealousy to which these gl Bre subject stould take vengeance and & bolo in his own hasds and rald us in the night. Fortunately, 8t the critd ral mowment Tikkia and Romoldo el out’ She kicked his gultar off the bßack porch and he complained thal she peslected ber work. Then she asked feave 1o r;*s:r_:: tn her own town far 8 vislt and the rdguest was joytaily acceded 100 Pedre also obiainet ava catiog, - Thedr ::Lu was arophd the corner, one block away, and there they retired. They grected me pleasantiy whenever i-p:mwd' by, and Tikkia geemed In no wise embarrassed by mwemories of efther her menddcits or fnconsistency ; : It 1 have described this fneldent of iHe in the Philippines in more detald than good {aste probably warrants, it 18 because ft Llustrates so porfectly the attitude of af least 80 per cent of the Pilipino people toward macriage, The cominon people seldom marry, exeapt, as we would term i by the common law. When they do marry in ehurch it {8 quite a 8 mueh for thé eclat of the function as for conscien. fious reasons. Marriuge in the church costs only eight pesos. (fogr doliars Lnited States curfenest though it ia cheaper on Supdays, and to. achieve it s quite a proof of fisancial pros. perity. Of course among the educated classes our own views on marriage pertain, though 1 have heaed of instances where the common law form eas still olserved even among them, The Spanish law refuses divorce exeent for infidelity, though it recognizes the right of separation. Divoree is excovdnaly unusaal among Fillpines, 'but among the lower people the right of the commatlaw wife {8 generally obgerved and wolnen are acedastoaisd 1o change thelr "lfepirtners” at will elope gt by Joeeph B Bowies ) : L A Cruel Trap. % few days ago a man and his wife dviug in the Raede la Grosse Horloge, in Heven, Franece, snepecting thelr domestic of dishonesty, laid an abominable trap. In a meial cash box they placed a shallow vessel containing vitriol. They then fixed a spiral spring inside the box and locked ft. Next morning -the servant, seeing no one about, opened the box with a dupllcate key. The Hd sprang open and she wis ernelly burned by the vitriol, Her emplovers had her arrested, and in her roony the police found over $350 in’ cash, a superb pair of earriogs, & goid watch and chain, and a handsome necklace. The jewelry is supposed o have been siolen from previous employers, :

Pure Water by Condensation. In the big desert of Chile there is a considerable amount of brackish water, but no water that ®ither human beings or stock can drink. Seience, however, has come to the aid of this rainless section of the country in the form of an ingenious desert water works consisting of a series of frames containing 20,000 square feet of glass, The panes of glass are arranged in the shape of a V, and under each pane is a shallow pan containing brackish water. ¢ The heat of the sun evaporates the water, which condenses upon the sloping glass and, made pure by this operation, it runs down into little channels at the bottom of the V and is carried - away into the main canpal. Nearly a thousand gallons of fresh water is collected daily by this means. —Popular Mechanics. ;

Present Duty

~ He who is false to present duty breaks a thre:rd in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten - its cause.—~Henry Ward Beecher.

TO IRON WHITE UNDERSKIRT. Directions That Wili Resuit in Perfect .- Suscess if They Are impiicitly Followed.™ . - To iron & white anderskirt, begin AU the sirings and waisiband 13en take the bottom of the akirt. lron &l rossd on the right side with a very bot jrof, then iron the first frill This frill w4} probably have sowesd work or laee . in either choe it must be pioely irotiod on the wrong alde R T T Probhably sbove the fril] thess will’ be tucks or bems. they most nogt be froped over the wroag side, aflerward on the right. rub the iron ths say.of the hem ; r i It there I & second’ (747 .the cloth mnder the il fs froned ‘st the anme Lime as the hem or fucks and the i sEain ironed on the wrong side Pt skirtlsmard into the skirt and plare tach erd of "he board on A lab tNas ailowing the skirt s hang over iB#B board it can thus Y easiis romed and nirely finiahad Aftérward foid it ngthwise and hang up 1o sl Wien folded. Jot the band bße turned Adwg twice asd the bottom »f the skir: pe cutside . A . I the skirt is of fioe mucitn with tace frills or fine friila it cgght 10 e starehed with wdinars hot waler starch,. then hrmi up fo dry . When neariy dry sprinkis with e A;rz'l roll up tghtls for & few hodrs IR all brcomes equally damp. then iron 88 directed abewe - . T I opeasihie the elothes shonid be toasted and tarned (e froni of 4 peood, lasting fire, If not, they should be hing Bp in & WArM room -On warm sußnY Aavs this alring mey b done our ol doors, care Bedng faken - IHat ihe riothes pre brought in before the dow beging to fall If the process of airing clnthes fs neglected it may cades gorh ous results, even esdanger Hida - FOR THE BEST FRYING FAT. Mixture s Betier Than the Pure Lard —Beef Suet Has a Distnct o Natee, 0 0l Thi host frving fat is. oot ;f.q‘:é"’;;ir-ig bt lard mived with half Hs welght of “larified drippings’ bee? wveal or chiok #1 Of eourse they should bave an vegetable favor and po smoked meat dricpings Heel sust may bae pas chassd and tried on! and mitsd with Inrd it s not gt 1o eßy flﬁv-i—_!’ because 11 fs more jable ro shak inlo the food that iz belng cocke! To plart fv chaotve drippings. soak 24 hours in ehid water, changing twice ~;h~-‘£\ cut and melt fo water or milk and water, aliowing onehal! & cup of miik to every pound of fat ) PR Fat should alwars % kep! in tin ware pever in-earthesn Agate 1z not goead for fal cooking When ion hgve fislshed the daily frying straln Ihe hot fat 1o pemose all erambs and soilhe mwent, FThoaugh f!wrn‘.f:mz-n'~‘rrf:é’mf: rdde iy tesd ?i‘w temperaigre of the faz when frying thers are twh testy used by cooks thEl are- pra vieal | Oue. b themnm eonslsta in heating the far whill & blue smoke commences to rien fhom the oenter. then drop in a plece of !-’ll3“' bread, whieh should 3}2;1,-’&":; ff} “' moment. A plecs of potato pma¥ ba used In piace of the Gread A frviing hazke! in whirh foods caw be lifiad fraom the fal, shaken and dedined is a Frieat CORTORIeNEE 10 any une ﬁ‘mg’df.‘». much deép fa! frying. When taking up fricd articies favy for a topient on a cheesocinth square or clean Hrown paper to absarh the superfivods 3(3:, . Cooking tm!tpf’:t{on_&, hEEE Never grease your ple plate or tin There should be enough iard o j\éixr ple cruat to prevent it from sticking to the plate. By mixing a {wo-guart paii of flour and lard for pie crust on a day when you bave not much.to db; baking day {s made essier -Alsd when You want! to maks one pie in a hurry it saves time and labor to-add enly water and roll out the erust: I one ‘has a large family or bakeés many ples it would be al! right to mlix larger guantities, o sarm weather ‘| is best to mix sabou! what would be used In & week or ten days, Chocolate Appie Custard. = Stew apple quarters until clear, hut do not lel them cool 1o pieces. ghd Hine a pudding dixh about twothirds f:11. In another bowl mix one cup af kot milk, four whole eggs, two table spoons of grated chocolate and about two tablespoons of sugar. Flavor the apple sauce with lemon and the cus tard with vanilis. Pour the custard siowly over the apple sauce, pul the pudding dish in a pan of water and bake in woderate oven until the cos; tard. §s done Serve with' whipped cream. This makes a delicious dessert for six or eight people. - B ¢ R T o = r Yy ~ Creamed Hamburg Steak. One pound Hamburg, one-quarter Joaf stale bread i(take bread, soak in water, then squeeze outi, one onion cut small, one egg. sall and pepper 10 taste; mix well together and form into balls size of a golf ball, using a Jittie flour. Take sgome drippings “and brown four in {t, add enough boiling water to make thin gravy; drop balls into this and cook 20 minutes on slow fire. When ready to serve beat an egg well and gradually pour the gravy and bails into beaten egg. . ..

Cold Bean Croquettes

: Here is a nice way of using cold beans in croquettes: I 'get them ready at night, so it takes just & moment to cook them for breakfast. Mash two cups baked beans, yolks of one or two eggs, one tablespoon melted butter, pinch of salt. -~ Form into cones. Roll in cracker crumbs. [do not coat: with egg, as they are rather moist, and I find the cracker crumbs stick onall right.—Boston Globe. o Macaroni, Cheese and Tomatoes. - Take one-half box of macaroni and boil until tender and set aside to cool; also stew one can tomatoes half hour and set aside to cool. Butter baking dish and place layer of macaroni, pepper, salt and liberal amount of butter;then layer of cheese, layer of cracker crumbs and layer of tomatoes, and so’ on until dish §s filled. Bake in moderate oven one hour. This is splendid. Adds Flavor to Cherries. . A delicious flavor is added to the maraschino cherries used in or as a decoration for a fruit or cother salad by stuffing them with pecan meats

e ——— - BTV 5 IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS CENTRAL C'ANAM WILL BE CALLED UPON TO SUPPLY THE 7 S UNITED STATES. | % ———— : . ‘A coupls of years sgo. when the an toulicemnenl was made in these ©Obwngs that “dollar wheat™ bad come to 213 y, and that ihe lime was uot far distant when the ceatral provinces of Uansda— Manitoba, Ssskatchewan and Albwria—would be calied upon to sup PiY a large part of the wheal oob suimption in the Usnited States, there were nasy who Ixughed ut the predie-. tions and ridiculed the dea of wheat reaching the doliar poinl and staying thers idk of these predictions have come 1o pasd Doliar wheat ia bore-— ‘:-,,v;d :iz is met unly bere, bul is here to BIA¥, AL 4.8 t e same tifie, whatever Lipirasanl sensalions i 1 may arouse in the superscnsitive American, Central Canada s aiready being called 4pon to help keep up the bread sup piy. and within the next five yeoars wiil, 2a James 4 Hill says literally become the bread-basket of ocur In £reasing wililons ™. - . It#re are few tmen in the United States - better scquaitied with (he wheatl sttuation than Mz Hil and there are {ew wen, any, who are ioclified to be more conservative o laeir expressnd views Yol 12 was this greatest of the world's railroad men wio said & Tew days ago that “the price of wheat will pever be substantially -lower thas 1t Is today ' —and when M. I 8 taken into consideration tihat st thatl time wheat! had soared to §1.19, well above the doliar mark, the stitement | i pecullarly significant, and doubiy significant is the fact that fo this cou iry the population ia ipctéased al the ratio of 65 per cent., while - Ihe yield of wheat and other products. is increasing at the rate of oniy I 3 per cent For several years past the cost of Hiving has been stesd. Uy dncreasing o the Uaited Statew, Bt this wide difference in production and evnsumption is the reason CThis diference must be supplied by the vasd ond fertile grain regions of Manitoba,- Saskatchewman and Alberta. There ia now abacivieiy no doudt of ihis Even the press of the country coticodes the (aet Resulls have shown thi! o otler country in the world can ever hope o equal thoas provinces as ~n.f;'ca: producers, and thst do other “eduniry can produce xs hard or as good wheat Said a greal grain man receniiy, "I United Statea wheat malptains the doliar mark. Canada wheat wiil be well above a dodar a bushel, Clor in every way ¥ is superior to our homegrowh grain™ - With these facts ateadily ‘mpinging thelir truth '.,rfu: n our rapidly growing popuiaticn, 1t s interesting to nole jast whatl possiDililivs B a “wheat grower . cur hoenthera neighbor pos posses While the United Hiates will Lever surtender bher prestige in any ianglacturing or commercial line, she must very soon acknowiedge, and with &% much grace a 8 she 0506, that she is bound to be heaten as a grain producer It must be conceded that a greit deal of the aetual truth about the rictiness of Canada's grain producing area has been “kept out of sight,” as Mr. Hii says, by the sirenuous efforia of our newspapers and @ magaZineg (0 stem the exodus of our best Awmerican farmers Into those regions Jt is R faet that up to the present time, althpugh Canada has aiready achieved the front rank in the world's grain producers, the fertile prairies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al lierta have as yet scarcely been scratched. - Milllons of acres, free for the-taking, still await our American farmers: and when these mitlions are gone thers are other millions in ™ regions not yet opened up to immigration. A few years ago the writer, who has béeen through those wheat provinces several times; laughed with oth ers of our people at the broad statement that Canada was bound to become “John Bull's Bread Hasket.” Now, after a last trip (and though he 18 a stanch American) he frankly be lioves that not only will Canada be come John Bull's bread-basket, but it will within the next decade at least BECOME THE BREAD-BASKET OF THE UNITED STATES. Perhaps this may be a hard truth for Americans to swallow, but it is a truth, nevertheJesgs. And it is at least a partial compensation. to know that hundreds of théusands .of our farmers are profiting by the fact by becoming producers in- this new country. . The papers of this country have naturally made the most of the brief period of depression which swept over Canada, but now there is not a sign of it 'iert’v from Winnipeg to the coast. Never have the three great wheat raising provinces been more prosperous. Capital is coming into the country from all guarters, taking the form of cash for investment, industrial concerns seeking locations, and, best of all, substantial and sturdy immigrants come to help populate the prairies. Towns are booming; scores of new elevators are springing up; rallroads are sending out their branch lines in all directions; thousands of prosperous farmers are leaving their prairie shelters for new and modern homes—“built by wheat:” everywhere is a growing happiness and contentment—happiness and contentment built by wheat—the “dollar wheat,” which has come to stay. Notwithstanding this, the Canadian Government is still giving away its homesteads and selling pre-emptions at $3.00 an acre, and the Railway and Land Companies are disposing of their iands at what may be considered nominal figures.

Too Wise.

“Will you take a chance on kissing a prétty girl?” asked the young lady with the raflle tickets at the church fair. The crusty and confirmed bachelor heid up his hands in horror. “What, me!” he gasped. “No, indeed, I don't take any such chances as those, Chap took a chance like that one time and six months later he married the young lady ” :

Adam had one thing to be thankful for. He never had to weed his pa's onion beds when the other boys were going fishing. §