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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-10-2, Page 6HPNEST.TEA IS .,.,T1.1E.BEST,POLICY .1. tositva44 LARGEST SALE I IN•THE WORLD 4400004,0•0006~410—wooiteommems.010,004$0,000400•41 NOISES IN OLD MINES The Mexiean miner is full of sta perstition. The Spaniards in the early days of colonial rule and con- quest were eesen.tially. enthositestio miners. Undeterred by the eliffieul- ties of mahea,Itlay•elitna,tes, means of communication and the hostility of the Mexican tribes they pursued, their quest for the precious metals througbout the length ,and breadth of the land, as many a dark gaping mouth of soeaeon and tiro bea,r witnose to in t...he lonely and inaccessible sierras of the Pacific coast. The prospecting knowledge •of a great rea,ny of the na,tive, miners is peculiarly accurate, and it is not too much to say- that the first begin- ings of some ,of the most famous produeers of to -day -were the dis- covery of the outcropping by some poor buseore There a,re queer talee current among the Taxqueno min- ers, from the raining town of Taxco in the State of Guerrero, of the myeterious properties of nainera,1- bearing lodes. In fact, a through- out the section of the country the belief exists in a- bright and daz- zling light appea.ring amongst the hills at night in •any place where there are said to be veins. A. Case in Point. There is another 00M131011 belief in the exrbency of a vein and in this perhaps the native miner may have some more grouna to go upon— namely the thousand and one ex- traordinary noiees to be heard in some old de-serted miner, during the night time. The old Pinauga mine near Buena Vista, also in the State of Guerrero, is a case in point. This property was exterssively -worked by a mainshaft until the ingress of water oombined with he sudden narrowing of the veto caused work to be 'closed down and the old building immediately over the vein and near the shaft. was de- serted. This house is filled from sunset to sunrise with the tm,ost ex- traordinary crea,kings, strainings and faint sounds of underground movements. The only explanation the velarlor gives wee "la veta se esta quenjando," whieh literaily means that the vein was -complain- ing—and it certainly had been. all the live -long night. There is another old mine, el'own near the Rio de las Balsas, situated in a nomination called the Cerro del Valente. This name was given to the place towards the end of the eighteenth century, in remem- brance of a famous bandit who preyed upon the Spanish convoys travelling on the trade route be- tween Mexico and the port of Aca- pulco. Tradition has it that Val- ente being hotly pursued on one oocasion by the forces, under the command .of the Spanish intenclen- cia, as it was then 'called, made his way up the hillside, alone and un- • armed, and escaped into the numer- ous tunnels which riddle the hill- side in all direetione. The forces of the Ring of Spain fired rt volley into the dark yawning moitta of the &di and Valente ended bis career. This level was alled up with the drift of a 100 odd yea,re, and in re- cent times -when the mine , was worked again the mouldering bones of a man were found amongst thee drift earth the miners were remov- ing. This mine ale° has a curious re- cord like ina,ny another in -this land of weird romance. In the stillness of the night when the shift, of the two or three "pa,rad.as" of drillmen knock off work at about midnight and come up on to the patio to warm their tortillas. the sound of the measured stroke of hammer against drill head is still heard down in the depths of the lower workings. The men stoutly stick to the truth ef this statement, that on one oocasion the owner rode over In the small hours of the morning to see if he ,e-ould eat,e/i the night shift asleep. From the mouth of the mine the eteady sound of drill- ing 'could be heard, and presently et wail came from below, and work went on mail the night shift was through. When the nate came up they were surprised to find the own - 'ter waiting for them, and explained that they had distmetly heard the sounds of footstep e on the patio, but had paid no aetentiot, to it as the -same thing occurred (wet:a night, ond they could only attribute these noise4s. to the spirits of the pub and departed maitre who had fottnetly lived and toiled before them. The superstition prevalent sexton native miners as to the bad luck of allowing women into nliTIOS is so widely spread that nearly all the foreigners who have to do with na- tive lebor in the mines know it. On one occasion a young lady descend - into an old Spanish mine where the lode, a, silver -lead proposition, had suddenly and unexpectedly widened out in one of the stops from the breadth of about two fi.n- gersto about two feet. She duly achuire,d the broad and glittering pay strealr of galena flashing like steel facets by the light' of the lamps, and when she left the `'calteo de ba,reeteros" gloomily remarked, "there's a good pocket of .ore lost." Auer sure enough the next 'clay it was exhausted. . Another curious zuperstition is the aversion to measuring a promis- ing looking pay streak. The native miner will speak of the vein he is working on as being say 'aloe cua,r- ta,s" (two handspans from finger to thumb) and he looks with superati- tious forebodings upon the engineer who claps hie officious tape measure against the forebreast. In the famous quicksilver mines of Iluituego in the State of Guer- rero there is a gruesome Omen. Said to be the never -failing forerunner of a bonanza. When a man is kill- ed by some accident underground in such a manner that " his blood stains the particular workings in -which he met his death, his fellow miners look philosophically forward to the discov-ery-of a new calve de metal (pocket of ore). The Mexican operario, as a gen- eral rule, is a stauneh- churchman, and t,he men erect their own cavil, las down. deep in the laboees below ground. On certain days, as the barrester.os file past the lighted lamps before the altar, they int,one to San Jose, the patron saint of their 'profession and protector of their lives from -the ever present cla.ngere of suddendeath. DIDN'T KNOW That Tea and Coffee Cause Trouble. So common ie the use of tea or coffee as a beverage many do not know that they are the cause of many obscure ails which are often attributed to other things. , The ea...Oast way to find out for oneself is to quit the tea and oaffee for a while, at least, and note re, sults. A lady found out in this way, and also learned of a new beverage that is wholesome as well as pies - sant to drink. She writes : "I am 40 years old and all my life, up to, a. year and a half ago, I had been a eoffe,e drinker. "Dyspepsia, severe headaches and heart weakness made me feel sometimes; as though I was about fo die. After drinking a cup or two of hot coffee, my heart would act like a cloek without & pen,dulum. At ether times it would almost stop and I was so nervous I did aot like to be alone." Tea is just as harm- ful, because it contains caffeine, •the same drug found in coffee. "If I took a, walk for exereise, 80031. as I was out of sight of the house I'd feel as if I was einking and this would frighten me -terribly. My limbs would utterly retiree to eupport me, and the pity of it all was I did not know that coffee was .causing the ti•ouble. "Reading in the papers that many persona were relieved of such ailments by leaving off eoffee and drinking Posture, I got my husband to bring home a package. We made it according to directions and I liked the first cup. Its rich snappy flavor was, delieiours. have been using Poston] about eighteen roonths, and to nay great joy, digestion is good, my nerves and heart are ail right, in fact, I am a well woman onee more, thanks P o stare " - • Name given by Canadian Posture Co., Windsor, Ont. Write for copy ef the little book, "The Road to "Wellville, " Postural comes in two forms: Regular Poston) -- must be well boiled. Inetant Poeften is a, soluble pow- der. A teaspoonful dissolves, quick-. ly in a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, melees a delicious beverage instantly. Grbeers sell both kinds! "There's •a •reeson" for Poetuna. • Ovet the Connter. "Are these cancliee fresh, my pretty one 1" salted the:South with the sunset socks, "They are freeh; but not in your class," a,neweted the saleslady with the Titiera hair, • MUMMA OF MEXICO. reeident of the Tterbalent lic BROWS His Ogletree What kind of a man is this Vio- toriano Iiiierta, the man of the hour in Mexico, the man of blood who attaiued he preeideney "through tiee murder of President Madero," the Men who has refused to consider the proposal of Presi- dent Wilson of the United States that he should, mot be a candidate for the Presideney in the forthcom- ing election*. He seems to be a bit of a grim, humorist, for did we not read the other day when Peesi- deat Wilson offered to ;stand the expense of *bird-cise tioleets for al Americans who wished to leave Mexko, that Iluerba, had expressed a cle,sire, to make up the difference between third and aret eleas fares, Vietoriaao Faterta is a man. of parts, of education, of high mili- tary training, and achievements. Instead of corning from ignorant peasant stock, Hiterta eomee from a long line of aneestors well-knowo and widely ixi their own laadoBorn in 1857, he is now, at the age of 58, in the full zenibh, ef his career'with natural ability -strengthened by ex- perience ef men and affairs, able aa at no previous time to eopeeevith delkate and darigeroue, 'crises. According to the beet iaferenation obtainable—for sources of informa- tion differ because some are friend- ly and others unfriendly—Hue/to, inherited nob only a strong, supple body, but intellectual capacity ex- pressed by an active brain, quick in pereeption, decisive in action. As a 'child he was surrounded by comforts and luxuries not dreamed of by .the great mass of the Mexi- can people. Aristroerat by Nature. An aristocrat by nature, he was -President Ifuerta. surrounded during his early years by men and women of culture and refinement. Hi natural physical health Nv,as heightened by constant outdoor life, much of which was spent in the saddle. Of his 'scholastic training little is known in detail. But OnS thing is told as a fact well known in Mex - Ica. 'When Poifirio Diaz was in- formed in 1875 that this -"Son of the Huertas of Chihuahua" • desired to enter the military isehool aib. Oba.- pultepec, the statesman was highly pleased, for well he knew the an- cient lineage, the achievements, the financial stability of the family ef Huerta.- There; aa themilitary school, Haerta spent four years. After be- ing graduated he at once joined the regiment -to which he was assigned —a coast regiment. Iluorta left Chapultepec and joined bis regi- ment in 1879. Between that date and 'the year 1891 occurs a ;hiatus in the narrative,. •Little is known of his doings meanwhile. But in 1892, at the age of 316, he emerges once more; this time into -the full haat of clay—a man who had served twelve long years of ac- tive routine army life, and now with the rank of Lieutenant-Colo- nel in 'command of a military eta - tion. It was a, diffieult station, far rein -eyed from the capital eity, with its allurements of 'social life, with its gaieties and, charm ancl com- fort and luxury. There Huerta, Fettled dowu with his force to keep the peace, to pre- serve lia.w aid order; to bring to the inhabita,nts leome opportunity, however little taken advantagea of, to encourage the growth of real civilization. In all this diffieult work—for it woe difficult—aluerba, kept his heal level, his temper un - runes", his discipline uninterrupt- ed. . Chief Geographer. • A osuccessful enooenter with a band of brigands whom he.out- witted ail then exterminated, re, - milted in his being ordered to re- port to Mexico City, there to 4110020 what post he liked best un- der the, War Department. • His choke was not of cern-amid- . e ing a garrison an a titer where he tould attend dinners, balls, whete he could ,see the drama.; naeoedate with interesting ifien, meet cheerio ing women. Instead of eiteli a post he chests to be appointed 'chief of the Geogrephieal Department—to the surprise of all who did not, know him well, And as soon as he again departed from ,Mexieo city, and for another period ef ten long years he was engaged in gob* from one end of Mexico • to ATI other, studying the location, of rivers, s plateaus, Mountain rartaes, survey- ing hundreds and thousands or , square mi,Les, and neeonung ant - mat* acquainted with every nook, and cranny, and water couree of his difficult country, until, wh.on lie once 'More eraoraled in 1902, he probably peseeseed more intimate personal knowledge of Mexico than .9,•Dy ether living man, Fe finiehe,d this survey and map - making Work with the rank Of a Brigadier -General. .And while en- gaged in the work he had marry ap- portainities to visit his large ances- tral estates, and so was able to keep an eye on them. For in addi- tion to being a born soldier he is a born businese-man eareful far- sighted, panetilious. He is said to have large mining interests and to have shipped to Chicago pecking houses 3,000 head of beef cattle a year. FIGUT BIG OCTOPUS. Diver's Telephone Beeps Iris Help- er Informed as to Battle. Fighting furiously for 45 minutes against an °carpus ,85 feet below the surface of the water, at the saraa time talking over the tele- phone to his attendants in a seow on tae surface of the water, giving them •a.ocounts of the remarkable battle as it progressed, and fi•nally, peactieally uninjured, but in faint- ing condition, escaping, was the 're- markable experienoe of Walter Mc - Ray, a eleepaea diver, at Arden Banks,, near Ana,eortes. McRae was engaged by the Apex Fishing Company to examine one of its fish traps on Alden Banks, and on the third trip to the bottom he raa afoul of the fish most dread- ed by divers. He had followed the lead for some distance when his foot was seized in the deadly graep of the giant octopus. 'At the same time the big fish emitted a large amount of ink, turning the water in the vicinity absolutely black, and making it impossible, for the diver to see his assailant. James E. 11111, who was on the surface in charge of the assistants to McRae?, sbood •with the telephone receiver at his ear. Re heard •a slight exclamation from •the mon belovafollowed by a violent pull at the life line as the diver • was thrown off hie feet. A feW seconds later MeRay said over the tele- phone: J "Now, keep cool. Don't get ex- cited. A detil ash has got, rere."- The rest of the battle, as told by McRay and described by Hill, was as follows "When I heard these words, spo- ken by Hatay as calmly as though he were 'greeting* a fi•iend on -the street, my hair stood on end. "DIM octopus, immediately after tripping MoRay, had thrown two more tentacles about the prostrate man, one, around his body, binding his left arm tightly to his side, and the other between his legs and reaching up his back. The head of the fish was on MeRay's chest. • "Airepet helpless, yet with his right arm free, he wa,s able to draw his knife from his belt and defend himself. Fighting at the great depth of water and under heavy pressure the strain soon told on the diver and sevral times he nearly collapsed. "At no time, however, did he ap- pear 1»glet excited or lose his head. For the entire 45 minutes 'which' he struggled he gave me freqnent bul- letins as to how the fight was pro- gressing. MoRaY had succeeded in subduing the octopus he proceeded to free himself from the mesh in which he had become entangled. "When he restehecl the top of the water the big fish still held a death gra). on his left arm, and it was not until he was balf out of the, water that it let go and fell back into the water; from whioh it was dragged wall a adkepale. MeRay was com- pletely exhausted when we brought, lam to thettop.'' '• When examined by the 'drew' of the scow the octopus was found to have eleven wounds in its holy. It measured nine feet in diameter. Second Ugliest Man on Earth: Lufungu is a Congo ehief who is rated as tae ugliest man on earth. But it• is eaid that he might have to ,withdraw his claim to that dietinetion e,ould he have met John James Heidegger, London Court favorite and manager of the opera in theeearly part of the eigJeteenth century. Mrs. Delaney described tan as "the ugliest man ever forined," and he woe leo proud of it that he 'challenged Lord Chester- field to produce a more hideous face in London. A• womanwas found who ran him very elose, but when Ileiclegger put on hereheade dress he was unanimously pro- noureced to be the winner. e During the canning season, many 'women stand for hours stirring tae fruit to prevent it from burning. It the preserving kettle is placed io a pail of boiling water it can cook all day without burning, One teaspoonfal of peroxide of hydrogee, added to half a tub of water in which elothes ate rinsed Will net, at a bleach. It gives a pure White color Without any dares age to the fabric, READ THE, LABEL coR THE PROTECTION OF THE CON,. a SUMER THE INGREDIENTS ARE PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LABEL, IT IS THE ONLY WELL,. KNoWN MEDIUM - CANADA THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN ALUM aND WHICH HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS PLAINLY STATED ON THE LABEL. - 'MAGI° BAKING POWDER CONTAINS No ALUM ALUM IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS SUL- PHATE OF ALUMINA OR SoDIC ALUmINIC SULPHATE. THE PUBLIC SH 0 ULD NOT BE MISLED BY THESE TECHNICAL NAMES. r. W. GILLETT OOMPANV LIMITED WINNIPEG TORONTO, ONT. MONTREAL Many Kinds46'"Alibef. Toast. Baked Milk Toast.—Trien the crust from. lices of read cut about half an inch thick and toast to a delicate rove Don't scorch it, whatever you do; and if this acci- dent should happen, cut off - the charred portion and throw it away. Spread each slice lightly with but- ter, sprinkle with salt, and -arrange the slices in a deep dish. Pour over them enough milk to over the "toast, putting it on slowly, that it mar soak intp the toast. If you wish to expedite the work of pre- paration, heat the milk; but if you have plenty of time, you can put a On cold, When the dish is full co -ver it and set it in the oven -and leave it there for twenty minutes. At the end'Of the time the contents of the dish should be soft and steaming hot. Remove the cover and leave the dish in the oven long enough to crisp the top layer— about ten minutes—and serve from the dish in which it was cooked. Cream Toast.—This is a modifica- tion of the milk toast, intended especially for an invalid. whose strength needs`t,o be built up. Out the orustless bread into rounds, toast it, and proceed as with the milk toast, making the milk "fall or two-thirds cream and cooking the toast in a small owl or deep dish. Tomato Toast.—Make as you would the milk' toast, trimming off the crust and -boasting the bread lightly. 'Do not utter' it dry, but dip each slice for a second into boiling salted watea spread butter on quickly, and sprinkle salt on it after you la k it on the dish. Make a good tomato sauce ancl pour this over- the toast, lifting the slices with a fork, so as to let the sauce get an between them. Cover the dish and let it stand a few minutes before serving. If you like you can set it in the oven and bake for ten minutes --either way it is good—or you may pour over the toast the stewed tomatoes whieh you have freed- from lumps and seasoned well, instead <ef converting the strained tomato liquor into sauce. This is easier and quite as ef- fective. . Oyster Toast.—Put a half-pint of oyster liquor over the fire and cook in it for three minutes a dozen oy- sters which have been chopped coarsely. In another vessel heat a cup of milk, thicken it with a table- spoonful of butter and one of flour, stir until it is'ernooth and put with it the chopped oysters and liquor. Season to taste with salt 'a:ncl pep- per, and, if you like it, a pinch of mace or a grating of nutmeg. Have ready toast browned, dipped in hot water, buttered, and salted as for tomato tostee, and pour the oyster sauce over it and between the slices. Set in the oven just loog enough to heat through—all the ingredients and the dish should have been piping bots -and serve, This makes an excellent lunch or supper dish, is easily prepared, nourishing and wholesome. Clam Toast. --For this the leng clams should be. used, the hard parts cut fromthem, and then they should be cooked just as you do the oysters., If you wish to tryike a tle richer dieh, beat an egg light and put it with th emilk juseh'efore mixing' this with the oystere and •• Giblet Toast.—Stew the g:blets •of chickens until tetider, putialg a stalk of celery and a, quarter of an onion in the water. Remove these, chop the giblets fine, thicken the liquid with a tablespoonful of browned flour, rolled in a tab1o. spoonful of blaster; season •with, salt, pepper, and a little' kitchen bread, toast it lightly, dip <ace slice for an instant in boiling wa- ter, lay the pieces on a hot platter, and pour the gravy and giblets oyer rtheeym ianToast.—Split lanab • kid- neys, taking eut the sore, sprinkle them with salt and pepper, roll them in flour, and lay thernin hot butter in a frying pan. Cook for five or ten minutes, until tender, take them out with a fork and ehop them cearsely. Add a cupful of' hot water and one of gravy to the flour and butter in the pan, and stir until Forsooth, adding a little browned flour if the gravy Seen1S rather thin. Season with A e011Ple of teaspoonfuls- of Worcestershire sauee aral two tablespoonfuls of sherry, boil up once, pia the mine - ed kidneys back in the gravy, and as soon as they are hot pour over toast, which has been laid in a hob dish after dipping and butteringin the toast. Chicken Toast.—This is 'another of the same kind. For this you may use anyacra,ps of cold poultry of any sort, cooked in any way. Prepare a cupful and a half or two cupfuls of chicken Soup, using some you have left over or making it from the bones of the chicken or utilizing a 10 cent can of chiaen, soup or diluting your gravy that - may remain with stock or with milk. Season it judiciously with onion juice, oelery salt, salt, aad y white pepper, and thicken it as - directet1 for -the other gravies al- ready given. Put with it your chicken, chopped, taking whatever amount you have. Half a cupful can be used or twice as much or more and if you are short on the chicken boil an egg hard, -'hop it, and put this or minced ham oe tongue with the small portion ef chicken, and stir all into the gravy. Prepare your toast •as already di- rected and pour the chicken and gravy over it. If you wish you can use, instead of the toast, bread dui in slices and fried to a delicate brown in good dripping. Ironic Hint. One cold chop will make a small dish of creamed or mimed. lamb. Look the bone with it and simmer• gently. Serve on toast and garnish with parsley. ' When a cork has been pushed in- to a bottle it can be 'getter out by making a. loop of a strong string and carefully placing it under the cork, then pulling steadily. Eggs will keep fresh for some time in the following way: Fill a box with ordinary salt, smear ee egg over with olive oil and ;gee( inthe gala pointed end down: - , It is best to heat the plates be- fore putting hot pies on them when first taken: out of the oven, If hot pies are put on cold plates they sweat, making the undercrust soggy. If you want to bake potatoes quickly clean them and pour boil- ing water over them. Let them stand on the stove for five or ten minutes, then put them in the oven to bake. It is a matter of economy to have all the curtains in the house match: Then from time to time when some of them have worn those that are left can be matched together for bedrooms, putting the new ones in the living room and dining room. • • Silver will remain bright much longer if after the articles have been cleaned they are rubbed with a soft flannel cloth dipped in lin- seed oil, then polished with a cham- ois leather. When making angel cake add one teaspoonful of cornstarch to the sugar and sift five times. The cake will be tender and velveti. To keep it moist and tender turn a crock over it. A good way to clean stains from the hands is to take half a cupful of coarse corn meal and one cup- ful of strong vinegar. Wash and rub the hands well in this, then rinse in -warm water.- . When lace curtains are badly torn they should be first washed and then the worst torn of theta should be used to mend the others by cutting lace from the torn cur- tain to match the pattern of the curtain to be mended. Lacquered brass beds ean • be kept in good condition if after dust- ing them they are rubbed with a flannel cloth, dipped in melted pa- ralane. Polish with a -chamois leather and they will look like new, , THE UNION TRUST CO. LIMITED QUARTERLY DIVIDEND IkTotice is herebY gken that a reviesete.er Tiwo niid One-half Per Cont. for the barrent qualtOro be. tilt at the rate of ' 19% Per Annum on the Pat4.up Capital Stook of tae CerPeration, has been (Wear: , and that the same will be pay- able oti end after Wednesday, the Pirst DEIS, •of October nett, to Shareheidena of record at the close of latteineee on the 20th day •of P4Dtontbso. It' order of the 3oad ,1011hT tMOVVIttNasTEr, " General Manager, 1.