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Seasonable Recipes.
Chow -Chow (plain). ---Cut amed-
ium sized cauliilewer into small
clusters; peel half a pint of small
(miens; put with them sex green to-
xnat.oea sliced, six green peppers.
shoed; one pint little cucumbers;
twoe large cucumbers sliced. Ar-
raaige a thick layer of vegetables
in an earthen crock; strew with
salt; make another layer of the
vegetables and of the salt and eons
times in this way until all are used.
Pour in cold water to coves, laying
a weighted plate on tamp of all„ At
the end of three days pour off the
brine, pick over and rinse the
pickles, cover them with fresh cold
water, and leave them iu this for
one day. The pickle vinegar is
made as follows: One teaspoon each
of celery seed, white mustard seed,
whole cloves, whole black peppers,
whole mace, and grated horserad-
Ish, one cup and a half of brown
auger, one gallon of -vinegar. Bring
to a boil and cook for lave minutes,
drop in the pickles, and boil to-
gether for thirty minutes. Put up
in air tigbt jars.
Chow -Chow (mustard), Pee-
pers vegetables as in preceding re-
cipe up to the stage when the pickle
vinegar is made. To the ingredi-
ent§ named add two teaspoonfuls
of ground mustard, cook all to-
gether for five minutes, and put the
pickles into the vinegar. Simmer
for five minutes, take the pickles
out with a skimmer, put them into
a stone crock, pour the vinegar over
them, and leave them iu this for
two days. Drain off the vinegar,
heat it again, add a tablespoonful
of curry powder, boil up once, pour
over the pickles; and when they are
cold put them in small jars and
seal. Not good to eat under a
month.
Chili Sauce,—Peel twelve large,
ripe tomatoes and four good sized
onions; seed two green peppers and
chop all together until fine. Put
them in a saucepan and stir into
them two teaspoonfuls each of
ground allspice, •cloves, and cinna-
mon, two tablespoonfuls of sugar,
one teaspoonful of ground ginger,
and a quart of vinegar. Boil stead-
ily for two hours and when pool bee-
tle and seal,
Tomato Oatsup.—Boil together
until soft eight quarts of tomatoes
and six large onions, press through
a colander, and strain the liquid
that oomes from them. 'Put this
over the stoves with a, dozen sprigs
of parsley, two bay leaves, and a
half teaspoonful of grated garlic,
a tablespoonful each .of ground
cloves, mace, black pepper, salt,
and sugar, a scant teaspoonful of
cayenne pepper and a tablespoonful
of celery seed tied up in a bit of
cheesecloth or gauze. Cook five
hours, stirring frequently and
watching that the mixture does not
scorch. By the end of the time it
should be reduced to half the orig-
inal quantity and thick, Take out
the bag of celery seed, add a pint
of vinegar, and bottle and seal when.
the -catsup is cold.
Cucumber Catsup.—To one,quart.
of peeled, seeded, and grated cu-
cumbers allow two green peppers,
seeded and chopped ; one grated on-
ion, one gill grated horsereeeete
two- teaspoonfuls of sal' ;'ii t over
the fire and smzife,an hour. Add
one pint ett : r-inegar, bottle, and
seal. .. e '
%--Tressed Beef.—Four pounds of
beef neck, : wash thoroughly, boil
until it leaves, the bones, salt while
cooking. When it is done, take out
in a •chopping bowl a•,nd chop about
as fine as for mincemeat. Add pep-
per to taste. Use pot liquor to
moisten it well. Put in a crock
and place a plate and weight en it.
Let it remain for three or four
hours, and serve oold,
Quick Cinnamon Cake.—Three-
fourths cup butter melted, one cup
granulated sugar, four eggs, one
cup milk, one cup flour, two and.
one -hall teaspoonfuls baking pow-
der. Bake iu a dripping pan;
sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, and
chopped nuts before baking.
Chicken Fricasse.—A tough, lean,
old chicken can be bought cheaply
at any time, and treated this way
is as attractive and tasty and ten-
der as a more expensive one : Cut
up into the usual joint pieces and
mince half -pound salt pork and
two small onions. Put a layer of
the minced pork in the bottom of
kettle, then a layer of the cut up
chicken, then a layer of onion, and
repeat till material is all in the
kettle. Set this on the stove to
simmer until tender, which may
take three hours or more, without
any water, as the onion and pork
will soon furnish moisture enough
to keep the ,meat . from burning.
When tender add salt and pepper
to taste.,, Add water and flour to
make gravy.
Nut Molasses Cookies,—Otte-half
cup butter, anehalf cup sugar, one
cup molasses, two teaspoonfuls
warm. water, two and one-half cups
bread flour, one teaspoon ginger,
twoteaspoons cinnamon, one tea-
spoon soda, cute teaspoon salt, one-
half eup nut meats, enough note
flour to.make a.stiff mixture. Drop
from teaspoon and bake fifteen min
tes.
Jeanie Ifints.
Satin, after washing, will retain
its, lose if a little borax is pub intothews t� rinsing water.
A little turpentine put intoe the
water for washing windows ox noir-
tors is a.n exeelleut method
To soften bresvr sugar when it
has become lumpy, stand it over a
vessel filled with boiling water.
Brown bread, instead of white,.
when making bread pudding, gives
a, most unusual and delicious. taste.
Mildew is obstinate and difficult
to remove. If lemon and malt or
j 'elle water db not remove it, no-
thing will.
When plants droop, try adding a
teaspoonful of minimum to three
quarts of water and water the
plants fully.
Any chance of tins rusting is
prevented by placing them near the
heat for a little while after they
have been washed.
Fine linens and all pieces of
handsome lingerie should be wrung
out by hand and never through a
wringer.
Sweet oil will remove finger
marks from 'varnished furniture.
Kerosene on waxed or oiled furni-
ture gives better results.
A mixture of kerosene and am-
monia cleans porcelain bathtubs.
and sinks instantly, and does not
Nitre them as greatly as acid sub-
stances do.
When grease is spilled on the
table pour Bold water with a little
lemon juice on it immediately. The
grease will harden quickly and you
can remove it with a knife, without
leaving a mark.
If a cork is too large for a bottle
in. which you wish to use it, lay it
ou. its side and with -a, little board
or ruler roll it under all the pres-
sure you can put it. It will be
elongated to fit in a very few min-
utes.
When washing new curtains you
will generally find that they are full
of lime. A great deal of trouble
may be saved by soaking the cur-
tains over -night in water, in which
a little salt has been dissolved. The
salt draws out the lime and makes
the curtains easy to wash.
When the coal -oil lamp ` has a
tendency to smell badly, saturate
the wick with good vinegar . and
allow it to dry perfectly before put-
ting it into the lamp: It will never
smell, no matter how small the
flame.
This is a good way to clean car-
pet. Get one ounce of wormwood
salt from the druggist ; put it into
a pail of warm water then wash
your carpet as you would the floors,
or, if very dirty, scrub it. When,
finished; all the dirt and grease
spots have disappeared and the car-
pets looks like new.
When the. travelling bag becomes
dirty, wash it all over -with tepid
water and a little soap. After it is
dry, put a little oxalic acid in a cup
of hot water and wipe the bag well
with a soft cloth dipped in acid.
When dry; brush the bag with the
white of an egg and it will look
fresh and new.
A very good plan to clean knives
without putting the handles in wa-
ter is ass -follows: Have handy a
jug or vessel with soda water, and
as soon as possible after the knives
have been used stick the blades in
the soda water, leaving the handles
on the outside: This will cleanse
and quickly remove stain and„leg
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AS OLD NURSE.
Persuaded Doctor to Drink
Postum.
An old faithful nurse andan ex-
perienced doctor are a pretty
strong combination in favor of
Postum, instead of tea and coffee.
The +Ioetor said:
`I began to drink Postum five
years ago on the advice of an old
nurse.
"During an unusually busy win-
ter, between tea, coffee and over-
work, I became- a victim of insom-
nia. In a month after beginning
Posterns in place of tea and coffee,
I could eat anything and sleep as
soundly as :a baby.
"In three months I had gained
twenty pounds in weight, I now
use Postum altogether instead of
tea and coffee; even ,at bedtime
with a soda cracker or some other
tasty biscuit..
"Having it little tendency to
Diabetes I used a snail quantity
of saccharine instead of sugar, to
sweeten with. I may add that to-
day tea or coffee are never present
in our house and very many pa-
tients, on my advice, have adopted
Posture as their regular. beverage.
"In conclusion I can iassure any-
one that, as a refreshing, nourish-
ing and nerve -strengthening bever-
age, there is nothing equal to
Postum:." °
Name given by Canadian Postum
Co., Windsor, Ont. Write for
booklet, "The Road to Wellvil.le,"
Pontine comes in two forins,
Regular (must be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn't require
boiIaY niut 1`spxepared instantly by
stirring- s; level teaspoonful in an
ordinary cup of hot water; which
riiakes it right for most. personas.
A big cup .requires more, and
some people who like strong things
pub in a heaping spoonful a d tem-
per it with a. large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate,
and have it .seryed that way in the
future,
"There's a rteaeon" for Postum:
"Mummy,' how do the, hens know what priced eggs to lay l" -Lon-
don Bystander.
THEJR OPERATOR
Vy E�ESS
MS worm AND PROSPECTS
ON STEAMSHIPS.
He dust Be Ata Expert Telegraph-
ist and Able to Remedy ••
Any Defect.
In the days of our fathers the boy
who wanted to see the world went
to sea, "before the mast," and en-
dured many a"larraping" and
many a hardship. Nowadays he
goes as arecruit of the newest and
most fascinating of professions—
wireless telegraphy, says London
Answers.
From Spitzbergen to the Falk-
lands, from the Gold Coast to the
interior of Brazil, young "Sparks,"
as the wireless operator, is dubbed,.
may see the globe from -ship or
shore- station.
The life of a wireless man is an
attractive and varied one. From
six to nine months' training—a.
year's preparation at the outside—
should fit a bright youth to try for
the Postmaster -General's certifi-
cate, the winning of which wi1e se-
cure the return of hie gaining fees.
Then, with the I,M.G.'s certificate
for ,P,r•, e ide in wireless work in
his pocket, a job awaits him. Wire-
less operating has this initial at-
traction, that it is probably the
only career in -which the demand
for efficient men is at the moment
greater than the supply.
Signing Articles.
On being drafted to aship, young
"Sparks" signs the ship's articles
as a member of the crew,and the
honorary rank of junior officer is
usually his. He gets $e a week and.
"all found on board" to start with,
and the great luxury of a whole
cabin -the wireless cabin—to him-
self.
im-self.
He is ,always .a =centre of interest
on board, and on a large passenger
vessel has no reason to complain of
the dulness of times. On a vessel
carrying two operators, as the big-
ger beets do, a continuous watelais
maintained, and the operators'
hours, are regular. In the "one-
man" job on a small passenger or
cargo boat, the wireless -room may
claim hint for long and irregular
intervals for sending, receiving,
and relaying messages, .•
The wireless man's ,busiest hours,
like the journalist's, are often at
night. Daylight, for some mysteri-
ous reason, adversely affects the
range of wireless signals, so that
the brunt of the work not seldom
falls after sunset, when the range
of a wireless station is, in some
oases, ..alreost double that possible
during tee day.
Then, too, the ocean traveller
to -day expects to receive hie morn-
ing newspaper at his cabin door as
regularly as you get your milk,
So towards midnight the operator
betakes himself to.the little sound-
proof room, and, . sitting with the
telephone -receivers olamped to his
head, and pencil aed paper before
him, awaits the stroke of midnight,
which brings him, if he be in the
Atlantio, a faint whisper from ;the
gigantic spark at P•oldhu, in Cern
wall, or Cape Cod, on the Ameri-
can coast, saying '"Good ' evening,
ships!'" and sending the latest news
of the world.
On Sett and laud.
Now and again the news is await -
el by all aboard with the iriteneese
excitement. This hour, when -five
hundred words of the world's news
comes through the air, lathes hard-
est, as well as the most interesting
of the day . "Sparks" +scribbles
the Press message down, hands it
over to the printer, and "turns in"
with satisfaction att. another good
day's work done. But there is
sometimes no slumber for him. He
is liable -to be brought out of his
bunk with as little grace as a doc-
tor.
His life is less varied, but per-
haps more regular, on a land sta-
tion. Shooting and fishing are al-
most always at hand. Some of the
South Sea Islands are regarded as
paradises, by wireless men. In
some quarters of the globe the na-
tive is excessively . polite _to the
wireless man, appreciating that. he
controls the witchcraft which brings
the messages along until the wires
catch them. Others believe that
messages aro borne to the aerial by
the wind, but are profound in their
admiration for the mast and the
men who guard it.
Besides being an expert tele-
graphist, the wireless operator has
to be competent to remedy any de-
fect or breakdown in his plant, and
he is usually equal to this.
The Cause of His Worry.
Thie.is. •a. ^'i,,.e told, liowever, of
a wireless man who was nonplus-
sed. It was particularly urgent
thathe should -take a message from
and send .a reply to a certain vessel
which was due to pass one night
within easy reach of his apparatus.
On repairing to his cabin about the
time the communication was ex-
pected, the operator found a mes-
sage coming, • but it was an extra-
ordinary jumble of signs and let-
ters. Nor could he get any reply
to his query as to what was the
name or nationality 'of the -vessel.
Still the recorder continued, to
pour out its volume of mixtures,
until at last the operator, after
several further attempts to discov-
er the identity of the mad message
sender, retired thoroughly disgust-
ed, in the belief that he had picked
up a code message' passing between
two men-of-war, •
It was only on his arrival in New
York that the operator, in making
a thorough examination of his a,p-
paratus, found the causeof all his
-worry. The message that had
proved so unintelligible was noth-
ing more than the record of the an-
tics on the relay of the receiver of
—abeetle!
His Growing Sphere.
The wireless man has come to
stay. The sphere for him grows
larger every year. Apart from
openings on ship and shore .sta-
tions, he may find employment in
special' services on land, on private
yachts, warships, and, in the near
future, even in airships. In the
course of his promotion he may go
from a ship to a shore appoint
went, or if he fits himself for it,
may be appointed to a travelling
inspectorship with special pay, or
even transferred to the engineering
staff of the company -which employs
him.
But grit must be an essential
part of a wireless operator's char-
acter.
The busier a man is, declares: a
wit, the len 'time he has to complain
of overwork.
Mother --"I gave each of you boys
an orange. Charles,you said
gyou
wouldn't eat yours till after din-
ner. And you, Jack, said the same•.
Have you deceived me 2" Charles
—"No, mother, we didn't eat our
oranges. Late Jack's and he ate
mitre 1.
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WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES
DELIGHTFUL SKETCH OF A.
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Familiar Sights Are Here Pictured
By One Who Has. Been
There.
It was Jimmy Read who post-
poned his wedding for a day be-
cause the circus was coming to the
village on the date originally fixed
for theceremony,.-says a writer he
London Answers.
His sweetheart appeared to be
rather nettled at this decision, but
no one else saw cause for criti-
cism.
"Time and tide and •eirkesses,"
stated old Tuttlebee, "waits fer no
man. What else could Jimmy do,
I'd like to' know l"
Before and After.
The yearly visit of Dickson's Cir-
cus is the one big event of impor-
tance in the village. People have
a way of dating things by the cir-
cus.. Thus you may learn that For-
der broke his .arm "two weeks and
a day after :the circus," or Hopkins
lost his mule "three • clays before
the circus,"
For some while before the advent
of the circus, every barn door and
gate post is vivid with astounding
pictorial promises of the wonders
that the circus will exhibit. It is
about this time -that most of the
boys sit in school in stiff, constrain -
eel attitudes, due to endeavoring to
emulate some of the feats shown on
the posters.
It was Dicky Orabb who tried
sword -swallowing with his mother's
kitchen poker. Mrs. Crabb thought
herself well compensated for the af-
fair • when Dickson gave her two
free seats for the performance.
On the day that the circus is due,
little troops of children go out as
scouts along the high road to meet
the caravans. They accompany the
circus to its pitch, slave laboriously
in assisting it to erect its tent, and
perform all manner of errands vol-
untarily.
In Exalted Circles
"Hooman' - nature's a funny
thing,", declares the 'oracular Tut-
tlebee. "A. boy that's too tired to
walk upstairs fer 'is granddad's
specs ain't ever too tired to run a
mile for a penn'orth of nails for a
cirkiss-keeper."
It is a, tribute to the circus that
no sooner=is its tent erected thaw
we all put on our Sunday clothes.
We feel somehow that we are now
moving in exalted circles where-
amusement
hereamusement is the only object in
life.
At noon there is always a pro-
cession. The circus prooession goes
by-cirouitous routes through the
village. It is headed by Dickson
himself on , a white horse. .We
know something about horses in
'our village, but we never criticize
that white horse. Dickson looks
altogether too magnificent and
awe-inspiring.
Behind Dickson there trtindle
wheeled cages containing all man-
nee of :animals,and agilded char-
iot' with a band, and clowns, and
beautiful ladies and/ gentlemen on
horses. And right at the back, tow-
ering aloft on a golden throne, .is
Mrs. Dickson, impressive as Bri-
tannia.,
The procession over, we take our
dinners hurriedly . and rush off to
-the circus field. We examine the
menagerie: first, standing ' before
each cage and nodding our heads,
as though to indicate that these
animals are indeed what they .pur-
port to be. ,
No Change of Spots.
We always laugh at the camels,
mainly, I think, because they re-
mind us of Joe Mason. The lions
we regard with ` the greatest re-
ipecte standing well back from the
cages because we don't want to
frighten them. But we secretlyde-
spise the wolf, because even. Jim
Budden, who went abroad, man-
aged to shoot one owe. And for
the elephants we have a respectful
dislike, because it is said they can
do the manual work of several men,
and times are hard enetgh as it is,
]lick Fane'
famous for his cour-
age, always addressed the leopard,.
Contemptuously, reminding it that
it might be a good 'un to snail and
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show its teeth, but it couldn't
change its spots, for all that.
Reluctantly tearing ourselves
away froze the menagerie, we en.-
ter the circus tent. If we are in
cheap seats, we sedulously 'avoid`
the gaze of friends in more expen-
sive parts of the tent; if we are in
superior seats, ive sedulousls,.. seek
the gaze of friends of cheaper style;
But when once the performance
starts we have eyes and ears only
for the peelormers in the ring.
Joseph, Finch once proposed to'Sal-
ly Mason while the bareback rider
was. careering round the ring, and
she never even heard him,though
she had been listening for the
words for several weeks.
The witticisms of th.e clowns al-
ways make us slap our knees and
cbuckle consumedly, though we
feel a little concern at their -temer-
ity in being so rude to each an
autocrat as the ring -master. •
We admire the ladyin abbrevi-
ated skirts who jumps through pa-
per hoops.
"You wouldn't catch nae jumping
through paper hoops," grimly.
states Mrs. Lerner, who weighs all
of 200 pounds. "1 calls it impro-
per and Frenchified."
But we all enthusiastically ep•:
plastid the gentleman who does as-
tounding things on a trapeze in the
roof of the tent.
"That's eighteen years -I've• paid
specially to see the trapeze perfor-
mance," says old Corder, `rand 'e
ain't 'ad a accident yet. Do you
know," he adds dolefully, "some-
times I thinks 'e never will. 'ave
ons not with me lookin' on, any -
'owe
Peace and Quiet.
The acrobats move as to wonder,
the jugglers perform. amidst a con-
tinuous hiss .of breath taken'- in-
wards amazedly. We are interest
7
ed in the tightrope gwalker, but nL, p
very much, for he has a net stretch;,: '
ed beneath him in case of mishap.
"'Tain't what I calls the true
sporting spirit,' says Jini Dobie,
and we agree with him.,
The lion -tamer is, of course, a
sheer wonder to all of us ec cept
George Pestle."
"Nothing very wonderful in 'im
going into alion's den," declares
Mr. Pestle. "Not if 'e's got the
same kind of wife as me,. anyway.
Dare say 'e likes to get in there.
for abit of peace and quiet some-
times."
There is another performance in
the evening, and we make= apoint
of attending that, too, if we can.
It sets the seal on a local reputa-
tion for being a man about town.
I think 'we all dream of the eir-
cus that night, .but when we (wake
in the morning, the tent and the
cages and the people have all van-
ished. Only flattenedgrass and a
wide circle cut into tea turf remain.
"You can't expect to 'ave a cir-
kiss always 'andy,." says Tuttle -
bee. "Not in this life, anyway."
WIIEItE TO EAT AT TORONTO
BXIIIBEI ION.
That is the annual problem at the'.
big Toronto Fair, but this year a
tasty meal may be had in the large,
airy dining rooms of Nasmith'e,
Limited, situated under .the East
and West ,ends of the big Grand
Stand, where, with noise anel heat
and dirt screened out, one may en-
joy a well -cooked, full-couree meal
on the American plan for only fifty
cents. For those desiring a more
elaborate service, the European
Grill, at the extreme west end of
the Grand Stand, is recommended;
in which one may order ;eocording
to the dictates•of fancy or appetite
and be assured of treatment equal
teethe best hotel.
Doctor's Orders.
"My husband is just getting over
a spell of sickness and I want . to
buy him a shirt, said Mrs. Binks.
`Yes, mam.,". replied the eierlt.
"Would you like something in a stiff
bosom
"No, sir," said Mrs, Binks. "The
doctor; says he must avoid anything
with sterols in it.'
Barber (rather. slow).: "Beg par-
don, sir, but, your hair is turning;
a bit grey." Victim "Shouldn't
wonder. Look at the time I've been
here,"
A man's religion never W art out
because it is overworked,