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Exeter Advocate, 1913-3-13, Page 6• eiseeleyeereeeeeleeseer Carpet Wisdom,. om,. "In the sprig 'the housewife's fancy Lightly CO turns to thoughts of— carpets:" Quite right, too, for the amount of dust and dirt which even well - swept carpets win retain is marvel- lous. As a matter of health alone, they must come up for beating and cleaning. Dust is but dried mud,. and what it might contain is best not thought about. This article is. to help those who have not a vacu- um cleaner, and have to seek the .privacy, or publicity, of the back premises for earpet-beating. The first necessity is a flat cane beater. Never use a stick. The second, a stiff birch -broom. Flat beating on grass is best. Beat the carpet on the under side first, then pull it away and brush the dirt from the ;grass or you will re -collect some of it. Now reverse the carpet and sweep it well, following the "grain," and, in pile carpets the way of the pile. Brush from the middle outwards toward each side, and bring the brush off the eaz'liet with an upward swirl. Do a foot at a time like this, go- ing round and round until finished. Now, taking hold of the broom - handle rather low, walk backwards, and brush vigorously from left to right. The different angle of at- ' tack moves a lot of dust, and you've a stronger purchase on the broom. -Turn the carpet over again, sweep the under side, and again -beat. Re- verse, brush, and beat the upper side. Do this systematically, so that the whole surface receives at- tention. Brush once more, and then test for dust. A little may rise, for hand -.beating never quite removes it all Now temporarily relay 'the car- pet so ethat all spots and marks may be removed. Go carefully over the whole carpet with ahot 'iron and brown paper. This will re- move grease spots, visible and in- visible. If any remain not absorb- ed by the .brown paper,- spread on them a paste of fullers' earth and water,.._ leaving it there until dry, and then brushing off. The marks will soon disapear. Any other spots, of unknown ori- gin, can be successively rubbed with petrol, turps, methylated spirits, or soap and water. There should now not be, a spot on the carpet, and all that' remains is to,, clean it and freshen •the col- ors. For that make a mixture of half a pint of oxgall in half a gal- lon of hot water, and brush this in- to the carpet with a soft brush. Wash the lather off with cotton cloths wrung out in ammonia and water ---tablespoonful to a gallon— •renewing as it gets dirty. Here you could stop` if you like, but a final rub over with a flannel cloth dipped in soapsuds and turps will make perfection perfect. The carpet will be as new. Dry very thoroughly out:,of doors. A worn spot can be doctored by carefully dolly -dyeing it to the ground color of the carpet. For the Cook. . Asparagus Salad. --Arrange the canned asparagus tips on lettuce leaves or cress and serve with ni It's AI ✓ays A Good Thing To have a Clear Horizon at both ends of the day. A dish of Post To:,stks for breakfast and again at the evening meal opens and closes the. day with a dash of sunshine. Toastie's are bits of hard, white Indian Corn, first care- fully •cooked, then rolled thin/ and crinkly, and toasted to a delicate, appetii a brown. n. Not a hand toueres 'the food in manufacture, and it is ready to serve direct from. the package—to he eaten with cream or: milk—and sugar, if desired . Post feast as tate delioi- ously good and are richly nourishing. Made by Pure rood rectories of Canadian ,Postnm. Cereal CO.. Ltd. Windsor, Ontario. n I o. eo o French dressing with two table- spoons of tomato'eetsttp. 'i poeere.—One - cup flour, one teaspoon salt, one cup milk, one egg. Mix the salt with the flour, add half the milk slowly, and when a smooth paste is formed, add the remainder and the egg beaten thor- oughly. Beat well before filling pans. Cook in hot; greased gena pans, or earthen Cups, in a quick oven half an hour;: or until the puffs are brown and well popped over. Steamed ltaee.---half cup rice, one cup of boiling water, saltspooa salt. Pick over and wash the rice in throe or four waters. Put it with the boiling water and salt in- to the top of a double boiler. Steam for twenty minutes or until tender. Serve with milk or as a pudding 'with boiled custard or with poach- ed eggs. Salmon Croquettes. -Take equal quantities of cold or hot boiled rice and canued salmon, add a little melted butter and salt and pepper to taste. Mold into small sausage- shaped forms and roll them first in finely powdered crackers, then into beaten egg yolk and again in crack- er crumbs. Fry- in hot fat like doughnuts. A palatable, nutritious food, easily prepared, and as the egg prevents the entrance of much fat they are readily digestible. This dish can also be baked as a scallop. Oatmeal plush with Baked Apples —One-half cup coarse oatmeal, one-half teaspoon salt, two cups boiling water. Pick over the oat- meal, put it with the salt and boil- ing water into the upper boiler. Place upper boiler on the stove and boil rapidly ten minutes. Stir oc= casionally with a fork, then place it over boiling water and cook from forty minutes to one hour. Serve with baked or steamed apples. Ex- cellent .for constipation. Fine hominy and granulated wheat are cooked in the same way, but re- quire only three times as much water as meal. Whole or cracked wheat requires five tunes as much water as meal, and should cook four or five hours. Scotch Broth. -Half ' cup pearl,. barley, 2 pounds of neck of mutton, 2 quarts of cold wtaer, one-half cup each of carrot, turnip, onion and celery, two tablespoons of butter or drippings, one tablespoon flour, two teaspoons salt, one saltspoon white pepper, one tablespoon chopped parsley. Pick over and soak the bar- ley over night or several hours in cold water. Wipe -the meat with a clean wet cloth. Remove the fat and skin. Scrape the meat from the bones and cut it into half-inch dice. Put the bones on to boil in 1 pint of cold water and ,the meat in 3 pints of cold water. Let the latter boil quickly and then add the 'barley. Cut the vegetables into quarter -inch dice, fry them five minutes in one tablespoon of but- ter and add them to the meat. Sim- mer three- or four hours or until the meat and barley are tender. Strain the water in which the bones have simmered. Cook one tablespoon of butter in a sauce pan with one tablespoon of flour. When smooth, add the strained water gradually and stir into • the' broth. Add the salt, pepper and parsley. Simmer ten minutes and serve without straining. Strained for an invalid, it forms a nourishing and delicate meal. • g CURES COUGHS &COWLS se IN THE POLAR REGIONS. Captain lUikkelsen Spent Two fears on the Ice in Solitude. Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen, the intrepid explorer, who was lost in the Polar. Regions for 28 months, with one companion, has.been de- scribing the terrible experiences they underwent. Captain Mikkelsen set out to find the records left by Erichsen, an- other explorer, who, with two com- panions, died of starvation and cold in exploring the north-east coast of Greenland. How the cap- tain and his companion were lost arose in this manner. They left their ship to cross the wilderness of ice and snow till they, came to the point where the Erichsen party perished. Having obtained the lost records, they •retraced their steps, and, after suffering terrible priva- tions, returned to the place from whence they had set out. To their horror they found that the ship had been wrecked and the 'crew gone. Captain Mikkelsen tells ofhis sen- sations on making .this discovery "Well, there we were in a but by the shore. Our ship was gone,and we couldn't get away ; the quicksil- ver froze in the thermometer. "One day as I was breaking up some roots for fuel, 1 heard a knocking at the door of the hut. I opened the door, wondering who the caller could he—it was a huge bear ! "I shut the door and bolted it, and Iversen. put his back against it. The bear : knocked again. "Why didn't we shoot it 7 '`• Be- cause the oil in our guns was frozen hard, and we couldn't get a cart- ridge in. But, all the while, 1 was weiening a gun, while Iversen stuck to his post by the door, and at last naana ge,d to get acartridge in-- I g g just,in time, The bear died. "1 had two books, Adam Bede and Shakespeare. I read . Adanle Bede- over and over again; I know it by heart. "Shakespeare was a great coM.- panion, hut a little white fox ran away with Shakespeare. , I suppose our greasy, oily fingers gave the book a meaty flavor. The fox be- came quite tame, and we made a great pet of ,him. He was just like a dog. "I t is the terrible monotony that is the most awful thing about the Arctic region—the monotony and theconstant dread of death. No man wants to die; I do not want to die. "We were rescued ab last by a Norwegian ship which had seen our Captain Ejnar ili.ikkelsen. signal. The Norwegians who land- ed said we looked wild and terrible, `like musk oxen.' And we, who had been alone on the ice for more than two years, •.could scarcely realize after our long solitude that • there could be so many people in the world." Old Folks' Coughs. Permanently Cured The Publim Is Loud In Its Praise of the ' Modern Direct Breathing Cure. Elderly people take cold easily. Unlike young ?folks, they recover slowly, it ever. That is why so many people past middle life die of pneumonia. Even *though. pneumonia does not , develop and kill, coughs certainly weaken all elderly peo- ple. Cough Syrups seldom do mmol good be- cause they upset digestion. 'Any druggist or doctor knows that a much more effec- tive treatment is "OATARRBOZONE," which heals and soothes the irritated Bur - faces of _the throat. In using Catarrhozone you do not take medicine into the' stomach --you simply breathe into the throat, nese and lungs rich piney balsamic vapor, so full of heal- ing power that colds, catarrh and brim:. ehitio disappear almost instantly. "At -sixty-eight years of; age. I can tes- tify that I am never troubled with coughs orcolds," writes J. E. Pilgrim, of King- ston. "They used to be the barn of my life, and .that. was. before I used .Catarrh_ ozone, which wasrecommended to me by C. L. Prouse, druggist. To use 'Catarrh - ozone is Just like being in an immense pine woods. The balsamic vapor of Ca- tarrhozone is Tike a tonic, it is so stimu- lating to the breathing organs, so sooth- ing to sore spots, so full of power to drive out colds and congestion. I will always use and recommend Catarrbozone as a preventive an oure for coughs, colds, bronchitis, throat irritation' and catarrh. (Signed) "J. E. PILGRIM." A Catarrhozone Inhaler in your poc- ket or purse enables you to stop a cold with the first sneeze. Large size costs 51.00 `and supplies treatment for two mouths; small size, 59e.; trial size 25c.; all storekeepers and druggists, or The Catarrhozone Co,, Buffalo, N. Y., and Kingston, Canada.' '1' -• T1IEIit. SITi9AY REST. JIow Unsophisticated Congrega- tions Appear at Church.. The wife of a missionary long sta- tioned in Africa confessed the other day that she became hysterical with suppressed laughter at the first service that her husband held at the station afterbringingher out. She had, indeed, to leave the chapel under pretext of a sudden nose- bleed, lest she should disgrace her- self by an outburst of unseemly. mirth. The cause of her discomfiture was an important convert, an aged and venerable chief with snowy wool and a countenance of ferocious 'dig- nity. The young wife had thrown away the' day before an outgrown pair prof her tiny daughter's ankle-. ties. They were of gay starlet morocco ; and when they reappear- ed at chureb, buttoned neatly Dr. Morse's__-.-__ Indian Root Pills are made according to a formula In use nearly a century ago among the Indians and learned. from them b Dr. Morse. Though repeated at - . t F tempts have been made, by physi- cians and chemists; it has beet found; impossible to improve the formula or' the pills. Dr, Morse's Indian Root Pills area household remedy through- out the world for Constipation and all Kidney and aver troubles, Thty act promptly azid effectively, Yr and 40 Cleanse the System The. National Securities Ce poratioxz, Limited, now offer to the publio their 7% . Profit Sharing Bonde, which mature in five years, with interest payable half -yearly on the Let of June and the let of Deem -Aber. The National Seouritie,s Corporation, Limited, acts as a holding company for several large and profitable manufacturing plants that have been built up by members of the Cor- poration in the past quarter of a century. The proceeds of these bonds are to be usedin still further developing these plants—in acquiring another long established manufacturing plant which has shown large ,profits for years—and in purchasing well located timber lands, The Corporation now :has a large limit under option containing 1,000,000,000 feet '• of virgin timber. This latter should largely increase in value in, the nexillew years'. All profits beyond bond interest and stock dividends are to be divided equally between the Bondholders and the Shareholders, and whatever profits arcthus divided. will be In exp cess of the 7% annual interest on the Bond: • These Bonds are amply secured by investments -of the Corporation``. in these manufaes taring plants and in the value of lands, timber and mills which it controls, and will be' fur. ther secured by the acquisition of other plants and timber limits, The Bonds are offered'to the publio in: denominations of -$100, $500 and $1,000, and may be purchased either outright or by means of the periodic payment plan. In the latter case, an initial paymen,t of 10% of the foal, value of the Bond will be: required. Bondholders may 'withdraw all or part of their investments, with interest, at any. time after one year on sixty days notice. Payments should be (made to the National Securities Corporation; Limited, either by cheque or money -order. More comp/oto particulars iurn/s/ted on request NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION LIMITED CONFEDERATION LIFE BLDG. TO ONTO, - ®NT., deetessesseeteseems through the distended lobes of the old chief's ears and dangling con- spicuously . against his withered ebony shoulders, the spectaele was too much for hex—>especially in combination with the rest of his costume, which consisted of a dirty blue loin -cloth, and a head-dress made of feathers artistically com- bined with imported shirt -buttons. Missionary gravity is often se- verely tested by the go -to -meeting - best of the unsophisticated congre- gation.. Even our own country can soppily instances in point. The tale comes from Alaska of an Indian settlement the resident pastor of which prepared the minds of his people for the coming of a distin- guished clergyman . who was going to preach to them, by explaining that not only would hie words be worth hearing, but that hie charac- ter was such that he might be eon- sidered an exemplar of all the Christian graces, and eminently worthy of imitation. During his earnest and eloquent address, the visiting preacher had occasion to use. his handkerchief ; having done so, he thrust it care- lessly into a coat-tail pocket. Re- quite failed to observe that . the greater portion remained hanging outside, and 'streamed backward as he gesticulated in a manner that the respectfully admiring natives deemed. peculiarly elegant and ef- fective. f-fective. The next Sunday the decorum of -their own pastor • was severely strained when he beheld a flock more suggestive of Little Bo -Peep's than any other, proudly advancing. down the aisle. Every man, woman and child had a. handkerchief, rag or piece of white cloth, of any ma- terial, from sailcloth to muslin, and of any size, from six inches square toea yard. They they had sewed or pinned aecunely to the rearward portion of their attire, to waggle as they moved in a manner as rea- lis'tically tail-like as possible. When it was tactfully explained to them after service that this cleri- cally lerically imported fashion was the re- sult of a misunderstanding and not the latest and most correct thing of the East, they were greatly (Beep - pointed. HANGED BY THE NECK No death Is more certain than the 'end that comes to every offender treated by Putnam's Corn Extractor. Out comes,. the corn or warts, root and, branch.. Insist on '"Piztnam's" only, it's the beet, free from acids and painless. Price 25o., at all deal- ers. STUDENTS PLACED IN CELLS. Are Under Martial Law at Exami- nation Times. Students actually are worked to death in Wuehang, China, where every third year the queerest eo1- lege examination in. Ilia world is• held. Prom 12,000 to 15,000 stu- dents,are. locked in cells for three. days while they` struggle for a do gree: So groat "is the• strain that frequently several. of the, students die before the end of the, ,2 -hour bout, and several times hopeful candidates have been crushed to death _at the gate , when trying, to get in. Every row of cells has twe servants who cook :and attend to the wants of the ••candidates, Martial.. maw prevails ciuiing the examina- tion, in which about only one per cent. of those who dire it aro• suo- cessful. An arxny of 30,000 trades. men, doctors, cooks, tailors and printers gather in the university town when . the big examination is l.. i 1 pulled off, Asa rite of guns a fired in honor of the lucky. Chinese who skin through. BRICK. PAVEMENTS. 1,000 Miles in Cleveland, Ohio, and Surrounding Country. There is probably no place on the continent where more attention has been paid to the improvement of country roads or where the benefits accruing from such a policy, have been so striking as in the county of Ouyahoga, Ohio, in which the city of Cleveland is situated. The highways radiating out from the city, and other main roads, • have been paved with brick, which will enditre the heaviest motor driven traffic for from 50 to 100 years, A thousand miles of brick pave- ment has been laidin the city and county combined, and 110 miles of rural brick roads will be added this year, while 43 miles of brick paving has also been contracted Lor in the city. The good roads policy has ' had many beneficial results, both for the farmers and the city popula- tion, and the value of farm lands has increased in some cases from $75 to $300 per acre during the last ten years. The three County Commissioners who manage the road building, are Messrs. William F. Eirick, Harry Vail and John G. Fisher. Mr. E1 - rick says that the large expenditure on rural roads has really not cost the county anything. The increased revenue "from the boosted land values has counter- balanced ounterbalanced all the expense of paying ..for the road work. City and county real estate ten years ago totalled, $171,000,000 in value. To -day it has risen to $645,000,000, an increase of $434,000,000. Farm lands in the country ten years ago were worth .$29,000,000, but now aro worth $101,000,000, showing an increase of $72,000,000. • The growth of .the public markets in Cleveland is one of the beneficial results of the good roads movement, and it is one of the very best ways to fight the increased cost of living, for 'it brings the producer and con- sumer together to a much greater extant. Easy transportation, has encouraged the production of mar- ket truck, and turned a good part of the county into a vast garden. Country life has become popular with city people of means, who can motor in to the city easily and quickly, and the farm, for pleasure and the benefits' of the country life. This 'has been an important factor in raising the value of farm pro- perty. Good brick roads cost the county $1,000 a mile for each foot of width. Stone curbing with an'expansion joint is used. to protect the edge of the pavement. Usually one half of the road is paved, the right hand half for the heavier -loaded traffic that isbound toward. town. The other half of the road is graded and can be need in dry weather. The method of oonstruotion. is to lay a solid eoncrote base and: im- pose a two inch sand -cushion for the brick, A grout •filer united the brick into one solid substance, *14-- Revising Things, Hewitt -••-What do you think of this suffragette business Jewett -If ib is carried to its logi- cal conclusion it will result in wo- man putting her money inher hus- band's name. A squire, worsted by Sydney in argument, said, "If I had a tion '. h was an idiot 1 d aloe ai , who m him a parson," Sntith'eaid, "Your father was of a different mind," annessersouslannuesusaisosaiswsomass • iia Buys Option -Contract (put or call) on 50 shares stock, 10,000 bushelswheat or 50 bales of cotton, affording: unusual. chances for largo profits without further outlay. IIEIMEL & CO., 6 Wall Street.' NEW YORE( . seedPOR year rhheld in toe GOv- h7E 1M8N'I' li'IiSLD„ CROs COMPETITION youcannot do. better than send for our OatsCatalogue. sad sec what s: have to ofieriu SIS 6U:OATS: we have 1 d'd t k d a ap en , s oo an • will be glad to sand samples. 0E0. KEITH & SODS, lna King St. East, Tor:.nto. Ont, Seed Merchants wnea moo, Hints' for the Home. Stamps which have -become stuck together may be separated by pass- ing a hot iron across: their faces.' After wringing clothes get a„.,, piece of old blanket and mangle it two or three times. This will dry the 'rollers and save thein. If fine linen ,is staneei .with tea, even after a long time, the stains y ,.. can be' removed by applying glycer-'.``t ine. A little of the : best glycerine should be rubbed on the stained - parts before washing. Cabbage is mademore nutritious and digestible if boiled in two e waters. It contains a certain oil, which- is apt to have a bad effect on people with weak digestion. Boiling in two successive waters corrects this. An iron Soon becomes cold .when placed on a cold ironstand. To prevent this place an ordinary brick hi the oven some hours before :- ironing. Use this hot brick a's. an ironstand, and the iron will keep hot a much longer time. Before applyinga new coating'of paint to the wall of a, -room it is advisable thoroughly to clean the, old surface. Do this by dissolv.,ing 1 ounce of sods, in a pint of warm water and use while warm with a piece of flannel. Finally wash over with clean, hot water. When boiling new milk, to pre- vent a skin from forming on tho top as it cools, add two tablespoon- fuls of :cold milk to every pint when. at boiling point, and. stir for: a min- ute. The so' called skin will 'then be re -absorbed, and the milk will .e not be so impoverished. When washing new curtains you will generally find that they aro :. .. full of lime. A great'deal of trou ble may be saved by soaking the curtains over night in water: in which a little ,salt has been dissolv-- ed. The salt draws out the lime, and makes the curtains quite -easy to wash without too much rubbing* and 'Soap: 1,", THE BEST FOR VOU. BECAUSE It keeps your,`'Whtto Clothes" looking Just 1iko.New. It does not Spot or Streak the clothes as'tbero Is no settling. ,. It is thio. "Handlest Kind" to Use. It is Quarante99aa to giyo PerfeC Sa•tis- 2 tOtlen or mousy l fleo'fully Refunded, LISTEN! TRY IT, and Prove It for Yourself. A xdcont pack+ ago lasts about 6 mouths, as it blues as Good• Size Viiashlltga Metria teetered by rh,1ohn on, ��tlkh,rdaon Go, I.Idilted', Meatiest. Cod.' "J -R Blue is ,aueh better that hay other;" Miss Thomson, Belmont, Man, "J-1113tuo hen •an Excellent Blue, Superior to other Blues," Mrs. Prank J, Moore,Conn, Ont, , -rt J Blue is : the best Mae I ever used." Mrs, W, Switzer, Srattdon, Man, • 1 v ve en -he he di+ ,Wl • 1 'of drs '1 emi epee ,Mr1 deft .tall !no.% ber. 1" et] <<•i Our l ithlnar Ins you lived 'to ea their Ind atarti Sold 1 FR a( Mr. for i}c I:Tilli PILL„ -tarter; 1 press lac) ret feel b1 think 1