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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-3-19, Page 6T,r rk- 4104,4-1-44. J.471 lines O1 'frames Asst Raat .lJ.{11.W3tS4s��.lT 11.J11:1TLq�� YnI,T .T -Y -f The teaveller or newly arrived settler in the Nipigon District, of northern Ontario hears a good deal about the hard, livea and harder deaths of the inhabitants of the ter- xitory. . Frank Dennison and his deeds will often be mentioned, but of his deaatll-which occurred same five or six years ago ---few will talk, for all are trappers or hunters, and superstitious to a degree. The story was related to ane by in old trapper with whom I ant on intimate terms, and, after writing it out and read- ing it over to dile, I obtained his assurance, "That's just how it hap- pened," saaYS. a writer in the Wide World Magazine, The winter was waning. True, the snow still lay deep and crusted in the bush, and the prevailing cold was intense, but out in the open the sun's rays, daily increasing in pow- er, had already made considerable progress in her snow -dispelling. mis- sion. Trappers and hunters were working hard during', the fele re- maining days of what had proved to be an exceptionally good fur season on the Canadian shores of Lake Superior. Old Frank Dennison, whose prow- ess as a bear trapper had been the 'tank of the entire, territory for many :veers ,had done exceedingly well so far. No fewer than 'fourteen of the shaggy -pelted monsters, emerging from their winter quarters, had fallen victims to his cunningly arranged traps, and he wars cheer- fully contemplating the close of a season which would enrich his by no means scanty hoard of close upon $400. Bears and bears alone would he trap nowadays Time was when he would work throughout an entire winter trapping, shooting or snar- ing anything that wore a market- able fur, but now, seeing that he had already passed the S3rd mile- stone on life's journey, he had de- cided that for the future his game should be bear only. He left to his :son the mare .strenuous and exaa,ot- ing work necessary during the in- r tensely cod period of the, winter. Jim, his littleeight-year-old r grandson, ` always accompanied the old man on his excursions. The e youngster was keeaaly interested in b the work, and was by no means a mere. passenger. All that his grand- father could tell him of the habits of bruin, about hunting tricks and carefully thought-out trapping de- vices, baits and trap houses,.the little fellow readily assimilated, b and as the oddly assorted pair h wended their way through the tiro-. ber, the old man oarefully picking out and snowehoeing a trail which e the child might easily traverse oil ad his smaller shoes, the sharp crack d of the. handy little :22 carried by the b lad was frequently heard, followed .s by his joyous shout assolne unwary. rabbit or incautious whisky jack fell wounded to the death. It was an, th excellent training for such a life aas.. ol old man fondly hoped lay be- fe fore his little companion. On the day of the tragedy they i had crossed the four miles of ice e which lay between mainland and is- de land, and were to visit three traps m set eight days before.' It had been a tiring journey across the lake. ed Old Frank, much against his will, to was forded oto admit to himself that c each trip became harder for him, ve His legs and hack were not so sup- ple as of yore, and he arrived on an the island feeling far from fit for to the heavy tramp which was ye b to a be accomplished. With a well -Cie- hi fined sense of relief, he remember- l7. ed that his son had promised to b join him in time to haul the sledge of home. Slipping on their snowshoes, the th pair set off, Jim, as a concession to J his childish ideas of a trapper's rid "packing," being burdened with the ample lunch, contained in a Br Hudson Bay Company's pail, and cr his own little repeating rifle, while b the grandfather shouldered his heavier .32 and. hauled the sledge. pe At the first trap visited they hi drew a blank. Not a track, not a lin sign of visitant was there, and ref- ri ter carefully examining bait and fe trap -spring, off they thumped to- by wards their next goal. It was a long, hard march, Here th and there in the clearings patches sn of bare brown earth had to be ri ! crossed, and the sledge dragged se heavily. Halting in the midst ,of e ba cluster of spruce, they lighted a st fire, boiled tea', toasted their frozen. m sandwiches and.partook of lunch in at true bush fashion. Afterward came ale a brief rest, and then they set off of again, for the sun sinks early in an. those latitudes, and should their s11 next trap be occupied e, full. hour dza would be spent in skinning the catch and rearranging the trap; and n even' then the third had to be visit- s a •ed. ru Some 3b minutes of steady marel1- fog Ing brought them to the sprit where the, steel jaws had been set and se anchored b:y a strong elraih to a h.tr tree stump, but of the trap or its ocenpant, there was nothing to be' rteert other than the broken anchor ra ohuin. The heavily branipecl scow •1111 axr•f j a •trail, newly made, indicated' fee a reec'nt capture, and se, with rifle Ott half cock , the wary' "old hunter and his little';ooanpaniou eteatiously commenced to follow their prey, Five or six hundred yards through the trampled and crushed brush they *ere hhited'by a al;atur- ally formed, breast -high barricade of fallen `trees, hut the trail indi- cated that Bruin, with the, heavy trap still fastened to one of his hind feet, had scaled the barrier and, of eoursea the hunters must follow. suit. Kicking off their snowshoes pair made ready to scale the ba cede, but with instinctive eau the lad was warned to remain hind until the old mean had ase tuned t zef nature of the noun ahead. Slowly Denaiisoie sealed t pile and, glancing at the land front, was_ surprised to find no ti whatever. For a brief instant. hunters wit anust have failed hi for fully anticipating a continua of the animal's tracks, he had glected to look immediately bel him. .A snarl from the creek b on the steep hank of which the to had piled, startled him, and 1 moccasined feet slipped from .th insecure hold on the topmost log "Run, Jim, I'm done!" he allot ed as he fell. It was not so, however. Climbi to the top of the barrier, the 1 became a spectator at,. and to certain` extent a participator in, display, combat --,call it what ' will much as is seldens viewed human eyes. There on the frozen creek, coni twenty feet below him, stood m and bear,.the one shaken and tired the other enraged and in pa Trapped they both were, for th farther bank of the creek was most perpendicular and practica,ll unscaalable. To the keen -witted lad ib•was ev dent that for the moment fear ha gripped the hearts of both'autag ists, but such timidity or fear is. • a very transient nature, and si ultaneously-with the first moveme on the part of the hunter to recap tura his fallen rifle the'bear stoo erect, and, limping' painfully, ad vanoed upon his foe. Would his grandfather succeed i recovering his 'rifle.? No ! Just Dennison's fingers touched the bar el he slipped on the treacherou ice and fell. Quick as a flash h ose ,again, grasping the weapon b the barrel end, but with a epee qual in every way to his own th ear was upon him. . Vainly did the lad discharge tb contents of his small -calibre arm the beast; such tiny missiles, well aimed, though they;were, serve only to enrage the animal. What a spectacle that must hay een ! To and fee dodged the Com &tants, always within inches o arch other, ever` striving, •the, one to get rifle -length away, the other to mbed its claws in any ;portion of his versary's wiz—bogy. Oh, they're evilish cunning brutes, those big ears l Strive as he would,- Denni- on could never get sufficiently far awsay to enable him.to bring his ifie into service. First this way, en that, {dodged the white -headed ld' h.unter, vainly striving for the w inches of additional space which would allow of his getting a shot he the heart of his antagonist, yet ver frustrated by the pain-mad- ned, but wary beast. Once those ighty claws actually struck, but an -adroit twist of the head render - the blew' effective only teethe ex- nt of tearing off the rabbit -skin ea and ripping an ugly gash in the teran's cheek. Snarling, with foam -flecked d with a horrible display of yel- w teeth; the bear fought on, fury an • pain landing added ferocity to s attack. Warily, but with rapid - diminishing strength,' the now areheaded hunter eluded clutch ter clutch, blow after blow, ever an again turning a hasty glance to' e summit of the pile, where stood im working the lever of his' little e as though possessed. Now the' man ewes down, and uin fell on all fours, intent on ushing the life out of his victim, ut once again the hunter escaped. ith a lightning -like -twist he slip - d aside just as the bear dropped s entire weight upon the solid ice ; t the twist entailed the loss of his fte again. Hastily rising to his et, Dennison, with the force Lent realization of the desperate post- on, planted a blow, straight from e shoulder, upon his onetny'a out as he slowly regained his up - ht 1t posture. The effort was too vete; an insecure footing on the re. ice was insufficient to with- ndathe shock of impact ,and once ore the valiant old man sprawled full Iength, Frantically he wrig- d towards his rifle, lying a yard so to one side. •=�e gripped it, d rolling; over and over again, e ce•eded 1n firing into• the body 'ectly above him. ' The wound, though fatal, was a od six inches too low to be in. ntly ' effective. With a fearful ar the beast fell: backward. Only ' an instant, however, was Iic at clisad vaxitagc, drowling and arling, he recovered himself, and died towards the now thorough- exltaiisteci trapper. eying terror. stricken on the fop the pile; his pully little, weapon pty and his -valiant little, body r -stiffened, Jim watched the the r ri- tion be- er• try lie in ail his nee I1ee ow ed gs its eir tG ng ad a ou by me art. , n." e a1= Y vi- 4n- of, m n a. n a nioles,ter gather his foe into those inige' a..rnas, Closer end olo,ser was the poor old mau drawn into that dryad embrace, Then Jim feinted, Nothing- cram did the lithe fellow know. When ids father arrived on the scene, hava.ng tr;aoked the couple through the bush,, night had -already fallen, Jim well-nigh frozen, lay exactly as he was when a. merciful Providence sent oblivion ilpon him, Desceadiug into that . ghastly, blood-stained arena, the 4011, ra3a- lized that his father hes died as he had lived, manfully, and not un- suecessfully, for, although the trap- per's body was cold and •stiff in that awful hug,' bruin ws a ;also dead. Old Frank had trapped his last b ear. MR S. SNOWDEN'S,I[VSf3AND, "The cleverest woman in Eng- land;" Mrs. Philip Snowden, who has eharmed Canadian ,audiences with her militant pleas for woman's suffrage, is very proud of her hus- bande who is a Inbar member of Parliament. Speaking • the other day in Sheffield, England, on "Peeps at, Parliament Through a Woman's Eyes," Mrs. Snowden talked for over an .hour without the aid of a note, and her oratory and charming personality captivated the Mrs. Philip 'Snowden •�N audience. Referring to nicknames in use in the. House of Comihons,. Mrs. Snowden said that her "own particular private member" had one, which he scolded her for using; "then," she, said, "I tell it again." It is "Philip the Ineerruptible," and elle added that she was r'ery, proud of the "Ineorruptible." Al- though Mr. Snowden's name was some times coupled with that of Ro- bespiere in an undeserved fashion, he was as meek. as Moses and as gentle as 'a lamb.. NOT A MIRACLE Just Plain Cause and Effect. There are some quite remarkable things happening every day, which seem almost miraculous. Rollie persons would not believe that a man could suffer from coffee. drinking so severely as to cause spells of uncons•cioeeness, And to find relief in changing from coffee to Postum is, well worth recording. Tea, aleo oentaixis caffeine, the, same injurious drug found in one -fee. "1 used to be a great coffee drinker, so much so that it was Trilling me by inches. Myhea t .be- came so weak I would fall and lie unconscious for an hour at 2 time. "My friends, and even the doctor, told nee it was drinking coffee that caused the trouble. .I would not believe it, and still drank coffee un- til I could not leave my room. "Their my doctor, who drinks Postnm himself, persuaded me to stop coffee and try Postum. After. much hesitation I concluded to try it. That was eight months ago. Since then I, have had but few of those spells, none for more than four months. "I feel better, sleep better, and 'am better every way. I now drink nothing hat Postum and .toad: no coffee, and',as I' aan ~seventy years of age all my friends think the ire- provesnent quite remarkable." Naane' giveaa by Canadian Postern Co., Windsor, Onb. Write foe a copy of the famous little book, " phe Road to Wellville." Postum now comes in two forms': Regular Postum -- must he well boiled, lac and 25c; packages. Instant `Poetunt—is,a'soluble pow- der. A teaspoonful dissolves quick- iy in a cup of phot water and, with ()ream and sugar, makes 41, delicious beverage instantly, 30c and 50c tins. , The cost per cup of both kinds is. aou t the •same. "Theeere a Reason" for &elle ni. —sold by Grocers, A li.tae, girl once described' 4a, svelte as "a thing that's a tail all the way up to its head." I've came, to ask foe your daugh-, bur's Shand," faltered the young man, ,, ser atching his off shin with hie ntgh• foot. `.`Can't have it!" snapped 'gide ,steel parent. "I ale 't' in the instalment business, When. you can support the entire gill then you can have 'her." 0M13 «air '1'i'ith the PLnoappie. Few of us will quarrel with the assertion that the pineapple ranks. with the clangs and the grape fruit, the banana :and the apple,.aas one of our everlastingly welcome fruits. It is as refreshing as tale grape fruit and far more delicate in flavor than Tulle banana or most ap- pies, and moreover it has an actual thereulyetie value. For pineapple nice is soothing to inflamed mem- branes, and, therefore, is almost an antidote in certain sorbs of sore throat. Pineapples .can be got in fresh abate most of the year but canned H:awa,iian; pineapple is most equally finein flavor and be `Substituted for the fresh fruit all the following recipes save at for marmalades. In salad, canned pineapple is really 'Preferable, fresh. For pineapple marmalades, ho ever, fresh. pineapple .is require To make it remove the eyes a skin of a ripe, big pine. By the w every kitchen should have a lit device to remove the pineapple ey among its 'utensils, he old met of removing the eyes with a ells silver knife is bedlam ,and by. means so.satisfactory as' the newmethod. • Chop the pine and weigh it. A low ,a pound of.sugar for eve pound of fruit. Mix the sugar a chopped fruit and, cover: them, in crockery bowl, to stand over nigl Then cook ib slowly for half hour. and pub it through a slue-. This is difficult. But the pineap should be finely clsopped•;and action of the sugar on it all nigh softens it to a remarkable dere as does the cooking. After it h been put through ..the,eieve retu t •to a s•aucepa,n and simmer it slo y, stirring it all the time, for H' or three-quarters of an hour, u it is a clear paste. that is of m malade consistency when it cool Pack in,small jars and cover. Pineapple Fritters. ---Pineapp ritters can be made in a gre many ways, either of raw or ca. ned-pineapple. Home Banned pin apple, that is shredded or chop eford e it is..canned, can be mice with good batter end fried in- ern ritters, which should then be rot d in sugar. Raw pineapple c e eyed, •pared and curt in thio lice�s, and .these slices eat in fing lath's. Steep them foe an hour i aaraschi•no, clip them in bate rown them and roll hem in sugae Iawaiian canned pineapple Slice an be drained,, -and the dipped. i atter and browned. • A'" good batter: is made from on eaten egg, half ,a cupful of milk, upful of sifted flour sifted with easpoonfuI and a half of bakin owdev, a pinch of salt and a tea poonful and a half of granulate. igar. Beat this batter thoroughly ntil it is smooth. All pineappl •itteis axe best simply '' rolled i a . rnulated . or powdered sugar, ' an;. rved very hot. Pineapple salad can be varied al ost as much as pineapple fritters he svnpliest sort is.perhaps th est. Drain slices of Hawaiian pine pple and then cover' them with rench dressing. Serve' .them on hite lettuce leaves. Diced fresh pineapple can be nlix- with diced oranges and apples d served with French dressing as salad or' shredded fresh pine - pie can be mixed with chopped its and served in' 'lettuce heariis th mayonnaise. For' Dessert. --Pineapple, ' of .uree, is most a acceptable for des- rb, -and perhaps it is never more helms than when it is. served w, in some way. When choosing a pineapple torawrve raw al -ways be sure that it is rte ripe and Juicy. It is said that the quiIle in the top crin be eas- pulled out of atpine apple, ib ripe. If its odor is sweet and nebrating, it is doubtless in prime ndition rbc `eat. Pineapple can be shredded and rved' with almost any.other fruit glassesi covered with syrup. It good with hulled strawberries,. th raspberries and currants, with ed oranges and grape -fruit or th bananas sliced or diced. Some - es it is diced and ;slightly sweet - ed and served in place of grape lit as an appetizer. Wheever eapple is served in any ;of these ye ys it ahotild be thoroughly chill. Canned pineapple >can be made cr, many desserts beside' £rittelr�s. e is prepared in bhtail)Way : Put a g of Hawaiian pineapple on each to On this ' pile ,some sbiffly ipped, slightly sweetened cream, o which have been folded some shed macaroons and preserved awberates. • This should be, very d when ee reed. ine•apple tapioca is a simple dee- b. ens t „ To make it, usse three table-. onfule osf tapioca. If it is ,the in. ntaneous kind, it does not need king. If it is the other kind, k it over night. Cook it in• wee, until ub is clear. Chop the co n- ts of a can, of pineapple fine and ib, with three-quarters of a Sul of auger, to the clear tapioca,. k for two or three minutes and n Chill, Serve with -cream, whip - or plain, o r pineapple .sctifflc Use two the the al - can in ,at to as- d, nd ay, tie es hod rp no e'r.. ry nd a. it. an ve. ple •bite t 0, as rn w all e. n- a 1e at n- 0- P all 1- ca., t r n �s e a a g ed an pirt SI 11 se a a de ra Se qu if ily is pe se is wi dio wi tim en fri int On Pja wh let eta AP see apo eta Sea ter ten add Coo the pod kNESTFIERVITESt ENDO Of i%:aa,S1,1.11110101.1.1111,9illifil: GUARD AGAINST ALUM IN BAKING POWDER aaE et HAT ING,REDIENTS ARE PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LASEL,ANDTHAT ALUM 014 SULPHATE'OF ALUMINA OR SODIC ALUNIINIC SUL- PHATg IS NOT ONE or THEM, THE rvoales "NO •AIUM," WITHOUT THE IN- GREDIENTS IS NOT SUFFI4 ,CIENT.^-, MAGIC RAKING PowDER COST§. NO MORE THAN THE OFRDINARY KINDS. FOR ECONOMY, BUY THE:ONE, ,POUND TINS, DIVAT3Cm0F30014A, Alp WINNIPEG? TORONTO., ONT. mONTREAL, cupfuls of angled or grated fresh of water, Scald ,this mixture and add ilaal a cupful of instantaneous the mixtare in a double boiler and alien add the whites of three eggs, beaten stiff. Oover and let stand over hath wate,r until iset. Serve het with sugar and .cream. If a little salt is put on the diehes in which eggs.are ,sarved. the egg will wash off eesfriily. If floors of. a basset are wiped with gasaline'er benzine after being To brown Pies and cakes quiekly just before •removing them from the oven throw handful of moist sugar on the hottest part of the oven and ()lose the 'door quickly. 'The cakes will be brown in a few minutes. left fOr 48 hours, and then washed in hot soda- and water before being put into use. This tempers the iron, and renders it less liable to crack and nrlat. To keep mot,lus out of your oloseta and chests without giving, the clothes an unpleasant odor sprinkle oil of oeda,r freely inside on the wood in the earners. Be oa,reful that it does not touch the clothing, or it may leave a stain. By planning meals ahead house- keepers can u.ndoubbesdly ea,ve con- siderably. Not onsle .ean they avoid wastse by oo" doing, but they can ordee in vegetables and other foods in laagee quantities, and will °het get them at oheaper rates. An old remedy for mildew was to cover the spots with a paste of ,soft soa and starch and lay ahe article in sun, keeping the spots moist- ened. Another remedy is to cover the etains with a thick paste of salt and bubtermilk. SPread it on both sides of the spots, and lay the blouse in 'the hob sun. Renew the paste after three ox four hours if wth:beert.ains have not vanished. After- wards rinse 'thoroughly in w,a,rm Carrots and Fishes. Carrot Stew.--Catsate carrots in small pieces and cover with milk enough to sbe-w them.. Add ,salb and Pepper to taste and a sraall. piece of ed carrobs, one and one-half cups sugar, one-fourth cup water. Sorub carroes, peel and eook in bailing from the fae, drain, cut in one-ine slices and place in a buttered ba,k ing dish. P,our over the made by boiling the sugar and wa- ter together. Bake twenty nainutes, basting every five minutes. Fresh- en salt fish by soaking in sour milk. Codfish' Pudding.—Bone, ' flake and soak: aneehalf pound codfieh. Roil fifteen minutes, dea,in dry over the fire and mash fine. Add one cup of fresh milk, pepper to taste, yolks of three eggs, and lastly the beaten vehibes. Pour inth well -buttered pudding dieih, and steam an hour and a half. Serve with a teeter' or other fish eauce. • Codfish Balla—One cup of codfish cut, in small pieces, two cups sliced raw potatoes ape egg, a dash of pepper. Put' codfish and pota,toes on "to boil together. When potatoes are done, take from fire, drain, magi and stir in the egg and pep- per. '• Put frying fat in a pan 'and when hot drop the mixture into it feom a tablespoon. When cooked to a golden brown remove from the fire andaerve with tomato satice. Tomatoes and Codfish.—One eup slice of onion in tablespoonful of butter or bacon fat, until it turns a light browns put in the fieh, with water enough to cover it; add ripe 'tomatoes; -af medium size and eook nearlY an hour. Season to taste wibh pepper and 'serve on slices of -beast dipped quickly in and out of hot waler. from medizem-eized can, put in bowl together with two eggs well beaten ,and salt and ,pepper to taste ; add cracker orumbe until the mixtare is thick enough to form into cakee. Roll cakes eracker crurebe and fry. Fry well and 'serve hot with parsley or lettuce. CATACOMBS OF DRUIDS. e Over Fifty Miles Of Chambers Cut In Chalk Cliffs. Eleven miles eoutheast of London,i in Kent, a few yeaas ago, were die-, covered the catacombs icsf the auj cient Druids, which are new muchi visited by sightseers and are light -I ed, for a paet at least, by electric' lights. -Over fifty miles of chamberd eut in the ohalk cliffs have already', been explored. .The Druids lived in these eateocanbs when attacked by, their northern enemies, and here they buried many 'of their cleael.1 The stone on which the human sac -I rifiees were made ie still to be seen,' and also the well, from wh,ich water is drawn to this day. And many a toothless person ine dulges in biting sarea,sna. A mean man always measures the, world by his own standard. When a Mall puts his f•oot in it he feels like kicking himself. And steamy a self-made man haA been unmade by kicking himeelf. When a -couple are diaoreed the real reason doesn't always show on the books. Every woman should let her husj •band haye his own way ones in a while—just for a ohange. One touch of nature may make - the whole world kin—but, just the - same, yOur next door neighbor may. not stand for a, toueh. There is Trouble Ahead. Constantly on their feet, attending to the wants of a large and exacting family, women often break dawn with nervous exhaustion. - In the stores, factories, and on a. farm are weak, ailing women, dragged down with torturing backache and bearing down pains. Such suffering isn't natural, but it's dangerous, becauSes due to, diseased kidneys. - The dizziness, insomnia, deranged menses and other symptoms of kidney complaint can't cure themselves, they require the assistance of Dr. Hamil- ton's Pills which go direct to the seat of the trouble. To give vitality and power to the kidneys, to lend aid to the -bladder and liver, to free the blood of poisons, probably there is no remedy so Suc- cessful as Dr. Hamilton's Pills. For all womanly irregularities their merit is well known, Because of their nill.cl, soothing, and healing effect, Dr. Hamilton's Pills are safe; and are recommended for girls and women of all ages. 25 cents per box at all dealers. Refuse any sub- stitute for Dr. Hamilton's Pills of Man-. drake and Butternut. 34 "Don't you believe every woman should have a vote?" asked the sweet young thing. "No," replied the young man. "But I believe every woman ehouldehave v•oter.", and, regarding her thoughtfully and solemnly, ,seicl: "Child, do you know who ma,de that vile body of yours1" "Yes, sir," replied the' child; "mother made the body and I made the skirt." Fiy using HAIR RESTOREri Your Gray I -lair cart be re- stored to its Natural Color.