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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1911-4-13, Page 3'?.1110,1••••,...•••117••••••11,111.•,..... Hints for Busy Housekeepers. iteuipes and Other Valuable Information al Partleular •Inaereat to Women Folks. "•610.Q1•10,.. RECIPES, Lily Saled.---Remove the shells from as may hard boiled eggs as there are persons to be served. Be- gin at the small end of each egg, eut the whites lengthwise in five sections. Cut almost to the base; tale g care to leave the v whole, Turn back the petale' formed so as to make eaeh egg emulate an aPen MY. Roughen surface a the yolk with a f Plage those imitation lilies, not near together, on small crisp time leaves spread o a shal flat dish a clear glass. Serve mayommise and breed and hu orisps. Lemon Sandwiches. --Mash yolks Of five hard boiled eggs, oxie tablespoon of butter, one-foi teaspoon salt, we teaspoon ehopped parsley, and grated r of one lemon. Mix into a pa with three tablespoone o lean juice. Spread upon slices of wh wheat breed an4 cut into fa shapee or fingers. Fix with earl yellow ribbon, 'O'ellow Cream Sena—Cook th eareots until tender. Press titre, - colander, Beat two egg yolks n and add a cupful eonden eream. Into this mixture $tir fo eups of boiling water and the c rots. Add one level teasp000 eolery salt, a phich a salt, tableepoon$ of oyster eoektail de iug and serve hot. Bunniee.----One small eupful light brown sugar, one tablespoo ful a butter or lard. one pint pastry flour. Rub the hotter a agar into the flour with the gers. With beaten egg flavored wi vanilla, wet to a, paste, sufficient roll out thin. Cut into shape wi cardboard form, insert bits of r sins for eyes and bake to a lig brown. Croquettee.---Take some fre mashed potato, well seasoned, f to a golden brown in hot fat, er (Audits shaped. Remove earefully to a hot platter. With a tablespoon make a deep depression in each one and fill with highly seasoned minced thicken. Strew the grated yolks of hard boiled egg$ over the tops. Suoshine Creann—Rub one earl of apricots through a sieve into a basin, add one cupful of sugar, one ,and one-half heaping tablespoonfuls of dissolved gelatin and one cupful of whipped cream, one-half cupful ;if cold water. Pour into individu- al maids. Turn out when set and garnish with yellow flowers. Place a large spoonful of whipped cream on top of each mold just before serving. Rhubarb Short Cake.—Cut one .small bunch of rhubarb into small bits. Cook in a stone crock with one cupful -of sugar and half a cup- ful of water. Make a dough of one quart our, one-half cupful water, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoon of sugar, two teaspoons of baking powder, and milk to make soft e dough. Lay on a greased baking tin and bake in a hot oven for twenty minutes. When cool, -separate into two parts (upper and lower) without cutting; spread with n:the rhubarb sauce. Place together and serve with cold sweet creare. Pork Tenderloin. --Select thick .tenderloins and place in roasting pan with a little bacon fat of but7 ter. Have in readiness the sweet potatoes, pa.red, and parboiled, and place them around the meat. - Bake in a hot oven for nearly an knife for mixing, as it ents the dough more thoroughly, Turn the dough on to a well floured board and par with hand until about three-quarters of an inch thick, Cut into biscuit and bake in a quick oven twelve or fourteen minuteaThe . olks cbief requirements for good thus biscuit are a soft dough, almost sticky, -little handling, and a quick the oven. If not allowed to touch each ork_ other in pan they will be lighter too and more delicate than when they Jet- are placed close together. low Buns ---One and three-quarter pounds of flour, one ounce of cora- vith tter pressed yeast, one ounce of mixesi asice, four ounces of butter, four the lances of brown sugar, four ounces add ogf sultanas or currants, two ounces nth of chopped mixed peel, two eggs, of threeeparters Of a pint of milk; hid the space into 4 bow), mix the yeast ste and a teaspoonfal of engar together on with a wooden spoon until both are olo liquid; heat the milk antil it is just lukewarm then mix it with the ney •ew yeast; make a well in the -middle of the floor, then gradually etrain in the milk etc. stirring it in month- ree 1, "IQ Q igh 3 NI 1 the WO 0 Oil spoon. over n the top of the bowl with a piece of sed paper and put it in a warm plaee for half an hour or until the top ur ate of the "sponge" is covered with of bubbles. Sift the rest of the flour wo• into a large bowl, rub the butter ss, lightly into it, then add the ehop- peel peel, eleaned fruit, and euger, of When the "spongo" in the first bowl is ready that is when the mar f i'1) aQt s eoveret with nlohles, begin ne beating some ef the ingredients from the eecond bowl into it. Use he band for this. Continue this t mixing and beating until all the dry t7:• ingredients are mixed with the tspenge; add the beaten eggs gradu- ,ally as the mixture seems getting n dry. Beat vigorously until the e se dough can be pulled right out of t the bowl in a thick, ropy mass. If o- ' erumbles, add a little tepid milk. f ,Now cover the bowl, put it in a t 'arm place until the,surface is cov- e °red with little cracks; it will pro- bably take one and a half hours. t Have ready some greased baking b tins. Flour the hands, take small e —`,..taPiesatietia THE EXETER ADVOCATE, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1911. THESUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY14 rePlY'to her anxious question, but ' tomb. One word was suffieient to hadturned again toward the empty POPULATION OF COUNTRIES USES OF CARRIER PitIONS cans° her to turn herself about, for that was not the voioe of a mere acquaintance. Only one voioe could VITAL STATISTICS 170B TEN II,AATE BEL'N 1:820 IN IV It AND pronounce it with that never -to -be- TANs ENDING, 1909. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AI'ItIL 16. Lesson — The Besurre Mors, John 20. 148. G9lde Toxt, Lake 24. 34. Verse 1, The first day of the early—The women had r ently watched the burial late Friday. The near approaeh of Sabbath had made possible on temporary embalming, and they had time on the Sabbath to pare spices and ointments, with these they returned at break of dawn on Sanday. Bes Mary Magdalene, from whom Mark reminds us, JeSus had seven devil, there were the women mentioned by Mark, w preeeoce is indicated tag John in next verse (we). It is eharac istic of John to pass over what already received ample atteo rem the °titer evangebets, and bring out io etrong light what t have omitted or eomewbat sligh enao.His purpose here Seems to be thrust the Magdelene into proli 2 Simon Peter—The tomb was a garden, near the cross, and th fene outside the city gates, I to be presumed that Peter and other diseiple (John) were in eity. They bave takeo away the Lor Mon 4 veek 011 ever - the ly a forgotten tenderness. Her answe.r, Rabboni, conveys more of reverence and affection than is found in the word Teaeher. No doubt we should interpret it literally, "My Master," 'ING GEORGE'S MUSIC. halide" Manuscripts in the LihrarY .„,Lent to British' Museum.. had King George has consented to pr,Q. lend to t.he British Muse -inn the „nd• whole of Ins private. musical library, • the which contain, roughly speaking, ides about 1,000 manuscripts and about -as 3,000 printed books and music, east says the Queein regards num- tee herS,, therefore, it is a comparativeaaaa small library, yet in it aro to be the found not a few prieeless Otreas- tares, and of these the Handel ante, ter, has graphs claim first mention. tia4 TheY consist, Of thirty-two „ wiles of operas, twenty -ono of ora- hoy tories, seven of edea and serenatas, tad. twelve ef miscellaneous sacred tQ minsic and eleven of cantatas and sketches. Handel promised to be- queath all bis mamnieripte to John in Christopher Smith, his feithful eye,. amanuensis, but afterward propos- um mone,y in lien of the the antegrapha. the Smith, however, earoestly begged for the fulfilment of the proinise, nd Handel kept his word. Had Smith accepted the composer's pro - is position all tbe manuscripts at the Either she had not seen (which more likely) what eonvinced Jo $0 quickies', or else she was too wildered to make any interpre tion for herself. Apparently, sight. of the etone rolled away N immediate evidence that the e inieS of Jesus bad borne his be to some other place. 4. They ran—The exeitement hese followers of Jesus is written upon the face of the story (eons - pare Mary's running in verse 2). John, being a younger man, would aturally outstrip Peter. But his xcitement does not invalidate Ids estimony. His stooping and look - ng is in the temper of o. thought- ul man who misses none of the de- eds, The impetimeity of Peter, ntering at once into the tomb, is n marked contrast, but exactly like he irrepressible disciple who drew is swoed in the garden, and was vor eager to make bold confession f loyalty to his toaster, G. The linen clothes lying — The ainuteness of destignation here is repressive. John seems to be in - sting that there are no signs of bn death of the latter would have gone tbileQii to the University a oxfctra, Smith, who,• by the way, refused an offer of .4',2,000 made by Frederick the Great for them, bequeathed them "" to George III. to snow his gratitude d'Y the hang for eontinuing the pen- sion which had been granted to hirn by the Princess Dowager of Wales, TJiese volumes were med by special permission of Queen Vietoria by Dr. Chryeander for the criticel edition f Handel's works published by the •German Handel Semet,y, There are also two splendid vol- umes of virginal musie which be- longed to Beniemin Cosyn and Wil Ham Forster, both written during the lint quarter of the seventeenth century. Then there is a most in- teresting volinne of 'Aires and Phardasies" for the organ, compos- ed for Charles I. by John Cooper, who having Italianized his name was known as, Coperario, re was the master of Henry and William Lewes. But a still older book of music i in the library, namely one by John Baldwine, "a singing man at Wind- sor." This not only contains eom- positions of English music of the sixteenth century but music by' Henry VIII. Coming down to a later period mention may be made hour, basting frequently ..)vitla hot -wateranal butter. Season well and when done make a gravy in the pan with milk instead of water, and thicken it with flour. Boil five min- ut-es and then pour around the meat. Chicken Duinplinas.—Use plump ,year old fowl if possible. Cut uP, as for boiling. Put plenty of but- ter or, if you have it, chicken grease, into a hot double roaster. Pell each piece of Chicken in well 'salted flour and put in roaster in rather hot even. Brown each piece, turning once, and then 'cover well with boiling water. Pat on roaster and coa about two hours, ' To make dumplings : One cup flour, one-half teaspoon salt, one heaP- • ing teaspoon baking • pewder, sift ;Well; add one teaspoonful bUtter, work'. well' into flour; add enough milk to make a soft dough. Remoae chicken from` roaster to covered platter. • Now drop into tbe broth a spoonful of dough at a tirne. Cover tight andcookin oven about twenty minutes. 1)iiiiiplings will be light •and chicken tender and juicy, BISCUITS AND BUNS. Bise„ tots.—One quart of flofir-, oite featl teaspoonful of salt, two, tpa- ,t1)(3onfuls' of better or lard, milk or Mill( and water to mix (about one and one-half to two dupfuls). 'Stir together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Inilo in :tile pan lightly tith the ft n ge , Nvo richt g iti `•encled with the tient!. TIeri a soft:, clotif,;•11 with .4,11e,' lc ' an cl tea ter. Alto f Wrf4, pieces of the dough and form into small -balls. Put these, well apart, on the this. With a knife cut or n thernark shape of a cross on the top of each. Place the tins in a si warm piece for the bunsto rise for twenty minutes. Then bake them in e, quick oven for about half an hour. This quantity makes about two dozen medium sized bun% LAUNDRY HELPS. el haste and stealth, but everything indicates deliberation: The nap- kin (7), which had been bound arouod the head of Jesus, had been carefully folded and laid in a plaee by itself; "suggesting the leisurely Starch Afa,king.—One-half cup good brand box starch (never use di bulk or flour), three-quarters cup Ti cold water, mix with starch; three- ex quarters teakettle boiling water& PI stir constantly while mixing and ni while eooldng. Boil slowly for w twenty minutes. Teaspoonful of ha shaved paraffin should be added re while boiling,. While the starch is of cooking prepare a blueing water to no add when the starch comes from the tu stove. Make one - starch thinner in than the other for articles needing th but a little stiffness. Cover both int vessels with cloths to keep out the no cold air, as this prevents caking ye on the top which will be sure to hi spoil your starch. ed For linen articles, table linen, the dresser scarfs, or sheer linen w,a,ists ho add a tablespoonful of starch to see two gallons water, and they will iron with a stiffness like new-; re- member always to iron linen on wrong side first. Wash starch ves- sel in hot suds, never cold water; Use pieces old underwear with; few buttons on to save finger nails from bruises. For scorched articles use perox- • ide. Wet two cloths; place one_ be- neath and, one -on top and watch the space become clear in fifteen or twenty minutes. Let stand this long without disturbing. Removing Grass Stains—Before wetting rub the,stain with molasses and wash in the usual way. Use on either white or colored material. • Removing; Any Obstinate Stain's —Place tablespoonfulsulphur on of sulphuon plate, moisten with pure alcohol, and ignite; covers'avith tin funnel anner of a person changing his ethos." 8. He saw, and believed --What d he believe? The report of Mary? len why this care in describing the net position of the gravec1othes1 ainly, no human hands had re_ oved the body of the Lord: There as Only one conclusion, that here d occurred a miracle, a resur- ction. Up to this time the words Jesus about his rising had had meaning for them, and the scrip - re, which he had quoted concern - g the necessity of his rising from e dead (9), had been received o dull, irresponsive hearts. But w all, was clear. Even though as t he has made no revelation of mself to them they are convinc- , and, without seeking further, y depart quietly to their own nze (10) in the city. If they had n nothing more in the succeeding days, their -confidence would doubt- less have been shaken' and John proceeds to describe how their faith in the resurrection was made im- pregnable. 11. Mary was standing without' at the tomb—The two disciples had coin° and gone, and she had probab- ly missed thein in the streets of the city. - 12. Two angels—John is paritcu- lar to describe their exact,pesture and position. To ascribe this ap- pearance of the angels and the ap- pearance of Jesus to some mental vision is to'"overlook the fact that Mary was in no state of expectancy such as would rna,ke a vision natur- al. She was weeping.She believ- ed her Load's body had been taken away, lind/she dS Overwhelm co NV wet the stain, and hold oyer small , tier, hole in fiirinel; rinse,in clear water()fife with a little arninonia added Cream of Tartar for -Rust--Boil the article with the rust stain for about an hour in three gallons of water. To each gallon add one tablespoonful of cream tartar. The stain will disappear, no matter holt- • Cornstarch for Iodine Stains --- Cover the stain IN ith the cornstarch net in cold water or milk. Let stand , until stain • disappears. Change cornstarch if necessary. griefei(1103r)mtho e Heis. elast loving irien- to,p es upon the dead body had been t 11Nir a r te d . In ,the self-absorption of her grief she fails to show any as- tonishment at the presence of these angelic messengers, and ev en takes it for granted -that, they and the "gardener" know instinctively tO Whom she refers in her sorrow. is. Supposing him to be the gar- dener --There was.something about our Lords resurrection body that Imade it both possible and i Tapas- sible for his most intimatefriends to identify him. It was the same 'odv but there was about it a m3. s - • tie wonder, and .it sva.s given a "Men Worry more than wornen„": Yes,;',.:they .no,t,,only ,',1-1,47e, every - mg. ,to".worr' ' '0 -that ,,\VOneff i.. - , . , 1.4. 1, a '0,v the wo A strangeness of posvers that:, ,nad&'it ilitosether, diffeseat:-,(11fa ,Yfask 16 a Jti 11 2 of the very cope of Mozart's earls sonatas for violin and pianofort which the none -year-old coraposei presented to Queen Charlotte in 1765. Of Mendelssohn there are many volumes containing autograpl inscriptions. The trustees of the museum will place the collection for the present in a. separate room. On the conapletion of the new gal- leries in Montague place it will be put into a specially constructed room, where it will be available to students under the conditions which now apply to valuable works in the departments of printed books and manuscripts. - INVENTIONS AND WAR. nropean Countries Show an In- ereasee-Figure-s of Large Cities. A, British bine book has been is- sued giving vital statistics for the principal foreign eountries for the ten years ending 1909. The figures , relating to population are particu- larly interesting. They show the following total populations of the countries named, in 1009 tareany France .... s.:30,276,000 ISpa taiY e • • 1 —3^4-ZZO,1005' •••• A A ,A •• q • • 19,945,000 Belgium a-, r 7,452,000 NetherlaUds - 5,911/X0 P-crtuga) 5,340,000 Switzerland .- 3,594,000 Sweden • .0 5,470,000 guDrlile,ein:/;_ar:in.g,d,a0111.-„:„(,„.Tui,aae,.: 2,02,°00 Enrope the following figures are Ruseia (1003) —157,079,000" Austria-Hungary (1902) .49,183,000 Norway „ 2,aa0,000, 1909) For some of the eountries outside -United States . Japan .,,,.:4:;:r1:000:) Argentina WORLD'S G CITIES. The population of the world's great cities show some interesting, eomparisons with London, the Ag- ue for which at the last census 191)1) was over 9,500,000:— ear York (400) ris (1906) .,.„ „ —2,703,000 (1905) ,2,156,003 rlin (1205) —.2,040,000 imago (1000) . -1,093,000 Vienna (1900) - ,,1,675,093 Philadelphia 0900) .. -1,294,000 St. Petersharg (1697) ..1,205,000 Osaka (1903) 'Moscow (1897) -.1,039,000 Bumaos Ayres (190*5) -1,026,000 Perhaps one of the most intereat- rig, features is a comparison of tho respectiVe growth of poptilations the ten years, 1898 to 1908, which works out as follows :— Increase in 10 years. N United Kingdom .. 4,106,000 1 Germany ..., 8,574,000 France .. ..... 529,000 •N Russia, ...........29,614,000 I United States ..., ..14,229,000 Japan 5,048,000 Austria-Hungary .. 4,054,000 FN. PBACE, Italy First Developed the Bird 111essengers for Military Purposes. For ceeturies good and bad news, prayers for help, secrets of state, tidings of war's victories and de- icat.S have been seat under a sphirwontistatwitnhaesy- wereEgypttilaxa riencotrhdes land of the Pharaohs thirteen cea- tunes before Christ; Ovid tella us that they carried the news of the Olympian games to the distant I friends and relatives of the viotors. Virat-class eatrier pigeons are very expensive some "stud" birds eosting much as 5300, and they en:11a rab!taii,aiooth;air-clins aarknalbroletitsope. edThoef bird a were trained all along, the eoast and intereounnonication be tweep dockyards was tuaiatained by 'this weeps, el,. few years ago the Japanese Goverunient Obtained all possible information on t Subje,et of pigessa breeding and purchased a ils4sIgefelinueraiebrZ itof kiiionieseshfr°tin: Fit na gl belongs the eredit of haying first tecegaizesel the efility trainieg pigeons 4S messengers- of war, Franee, Germany, Russia and Den- mark were not slow to take advant- age of this Mode or sending news in time of strife. USED IN WAR TrsIF as 'in he Franco - eons proved their s t letter ear - was invested the ordinary aeon. with Mao taide worl wee out tion of th off the at- e$ was di- ed tpigoono o ttihi .cfaite; could theberajurgirt into service. At firs the suggestion vas ridiculed, but h eieticabils ty of the plan was soon demonstrat- ed and in a, very short time birds veve conveying news into and out of the besieged eity &most hourly. During the South African war, viten Sir George White was be- eagured at Laelyemith, a few pige- ons belonging to English fanciers, hich lied been taken into the town iefore the siege, proved of inesti- rnable value to the gallant COMMart- ler in conveying anessages to the 1 at Durban. The organization of pigeon posts or military purposes in Germany of' an extremely practical char- cter. addition to the various overnment lofts in the fortresses nd at important stragetic points lost qf the homing clubs place leir birds in ease of need at the :sposition -of the State, and in re- turn for this the same protection is afforded their pigeons as tathose which are the property of the Gov- ernment. They bear an official mark and it is a criminal offence to trap of shoot 'them or to detain them should they stray into a pri- vate loft. TO PROLONG LIFE. a happy Marriage, Daily Bath, Cer- tain Foods, Best, Fresh Air. a ti To prevent old age coming on. too son, the first coodition neces- esary is the possession of healthy glands (chief among them being the thyroid, the adrenals, the pancreas, and the liver), and this depends up - It has been said that there is no ina-ention which has ever been made, which would not have some bearing on the art of war. A few recent examples are balloons, air- ships, aeroplanes, automobiles, motor -bicycles, condensed foods. and wireless telegraphy. And the wireless telegraphy and telephony bid fair to be the most important motlifica.tjon of the nerves of the fighting brain ever made. AEROPLANE OHIOK.ENS. • "When I order poultry from you again," .said the man who quarrels with his grocer, "I don't want you to send me any of those aeroplane chickens." "What kind do you mean ?" •)"The sort that are all wings and machinery and no meat." MENDING A MISTAKE. "Ma, in .ancient times, did the men do the mending 'Why .do .you askthat; child on heredity. Marriage is an invaluable aid in the struggle against old age. If married life is one of the best means of resisting the approach of old age, gon the other hand, it is positively certain that unhappy narriages are the surest means of haste= its oncomi To avoid premature old age and early death we have to follow these rules: Wear loose collars, because a tight collar prevents obstacles to • the. free, circulation, of the blood through the thyroid. Do not ;take too much meat, be- cause abundance of meat alters the ductless glands. ' Take large quantities of milk, with great endurance. A few years A MILL MESSENGER. A Manchester firm of mili owners is reported to lee possessed of a pigeon which has been employed as a messenger from one mill to an- other for over ten years. During that period it has made over 2,000 journeys and travelled over 29,000 miles. It is calculated that to have sent the messages by wire would have cost 51,500. • Homing pigeons are not only en- dowed with marvellous speed but this being the ex -tract of va,rious ae.o- a bird ,belonging to the late King Edward, who was a great pig- eon enthusiast, as is King George, won the national race from Lerwick, covering 510 miles- at a velocity of 1,301 yards a minute. , This stands in the records of the English Flying Club as one of the best performances ever accomplish- ed in connection with its races. The speed naturally depends largely oti atmospheric conditions. With •a strong wind behind a speed of 1,- 500 yards a minute is fairly corn - mon. Whether pigeons return to their honaes by means of sight or instinct is a disputed point, 'but as long as life lasts the bird will seek to reach home. e glands, :and especially that of the 's thyroid. Be as much as possible in the op- en air, and especially in the sun- shine; and take plenty of exercise, taking care to breathe deeply and regularly. c Take a bath daily, and in ad- , bdwaietteihok.isi , teatkleee aa NTveuerkkisohr eoN;,eryvatpwoor Wear porous clothing, light hat, and 1,ow shoes. Go early to bed and rise early. • Sleep in a very dark, very quiet room, and with a windoNv open; and do itot sleep less than six .or more than 7 1-2 hours. Have one complete day's . est in each week, without even reading or writing. mental disturbarices or ARTIFICIAL ^ ' . "Well my Bible. teacher was 'worries.•In an address betore the reading about husbandufSociety en seWing Be temperate in the use of aloe- 1.?-111.1111nating` triginee's, 111 Ofl- tares." Many a man grasps on t,ppoi,41_ • AVOut places that a e ov ,.:kd a. tvt.; ietrh hol and also in the use, of coffee „., • f erhete4 artificial ,, the only piactica production o vhic1i he Or to Make a fool , oflafaself• e.sPeelall:'' steam,Mr COolper ti -ie eaperiment r(Doni. is acquainted 11as been achieved by 111 Consider the silant man and e eputation bas, for •being •-.wise. tions oafe&ec organs which may have by PaE.slug the rays Iforn an ace_tY- Vocal teachers are always howl- ,.b,eeeme ehanged by age r disease, lene-lamp through „ a ,bright-baie • work f the extract from the , screen. ' Ti 'resulting light goves Orane'a Juice.-a-Orange,juice calf animals. But, of. course, the ap- , gatislied from thato:I'.daylogiat. , _It plicat;on of this precept must alahs ,not economical ecause,, ta,ao, ' ' " -• if only a wa-s be adapted to the individirato,screen absorbs h little thou.ght' .and time be sPefft. "Paso,--13ritish Aledleal,21011rnai." 4a111.1' but it `> oL tij)ort it: ,‘,Serve chilled:ill tall glass-• 4, • , •far as effect oriatt es with some diced'banana,,'a.graPo un.A Nur s • ed. A.. h0- e eee• n ‚ says Mr. Tiot 1-,!§t' as tuq.).7 be Other fo ,are the sears allat Rani 'reinforce the fume- of the Brighton 1 - ng about their. b resorts.••• mean.s o , • • • corresponding oegans •of liealtlaY a spectrum that cattinot , • cui lperletVikbit oporieapple or ot.:.$0,a1.44 ea' 6-