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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-4-20, Page 2coating -steamers were discharging Crane could speal. Dutch like a na- g m tf Itght showed through, then, er taking on freight, The big crasse applied his eye to the crack. `shat seas king on wh'clt, before the tatty. ave, and wa also proficient in Ger- he saw brought an exclamation from sof etar. Panama Canal, bad packed u d man. Constant contact, in his work, his lips a good deal louder than he I with men of these nations,and his could have wished. He had rightly the burdens laid down by their At- natural habit of doing well anything guessed tenth,. mates on the other side of the he dial, had kept his lingui tt'e abilities the send engthinte-room; this porthole knew intoa isthmus were conspicuous by then at par, Now he answered in German, e g ne room; and he knew that absence. He visited each of the he could judge a ship by her engines but the man shook his head. So .. a racehorse by its legs, of a coasters, nrakmng easual rnquiry for feigning to peak only a smattering wrestler by his shoulders. , work. Everything seemed entirely re- l. e- „f Ilutth, he laboriously explained that lar en1. three �h9 1 + h The roam into which he f;,zed was Used inillions of Tea Pots D v � Every infusion is alike delicious $lack, Green or IM'ecl ' E 155 ealed Packets only. A LONE HAND; 01' The Capture of a German Pirate CHAPTER I.-- nt'arl. st,i1 tiro 1 in his en; er's da t garees , As he wandered lee& ley the end .and wart bead>: to t.a^ docks. He found warehouse e.htiut o'cloek. hewezer, tate Mitch slop at the wharf, and the .x him into aetiv t:y. A train ed cal: eS 1°� rnironehe c lest no niers) eat he saw scaraete in • that gale- •„ te:e reeking stench a:hell thet fret tun had d C':'nZ ran alonet,s de the tware'hiceeie, dc•:• eat tea: sa eerie a !lant•1- .. g ,+r err =silo en- eis eSli hal nide eitel . ante .-tn' 11 and avid a ,.,an„ a. pt ,.es•� etre 1�., gaged ether rat.n.elu '.;t:i.te, into there. .: leo, Sli"?' t:t+iita ; to the big,, da man was tar,;•rte, ev reee- sepblies .lE_el :1.. lark iiia:; "' "k t•i Lidera freight, :t barge partof ing the work 1; :roil evidently en3f,+r;-:r:t, �" r, Macchia e ate iii handling, ti ldeh e r: h -ted of l,t•t„ enc t rl in Jtahtl crame waallit:a rapidly bait ea wootten tai eA, eaeb. eiei' tiont.iie eat his hotel, but stopped cit a se, ria- two filth; -g allt,at tine. A big h»... hand v'ot`e to make some p :irthases. writhing' aeross 11%r t`t?l'k wee fining i in1t3 ling the tong leete \: i`dt ♦ via, th t 'ln j' 't'1:,1 catrgtt f ,r her He timely that the t . ne xt train a-cro,,s her fr.rh-water :Ma e; while a tdos the isthmus to the Pattifc side would scrutiny dist•oven•et i enether• big hoe leave in half -an -hour. and *mind al- passing nutter the 4,rk to a value be - ready be made= np. Tho .t. ear,, then, low her heel: -line, and this, h.t lt�ncd.�. eould ne conveyed crude oil. 'Must Le a email t be a portdaFn of i.,; they l 'quantity for her xlc�nl ey -engines,' he would probably +y leave the next morn - When he llarr'ed bat.% and caughtthSir:^ht ; for an oil -Wieling I 'cats;i the soiled trader would be a novelt the train and tart n nn I:e was al,,, ..`seti in , en.i eme+ate floating hail~ from her funnel; dungaree- end eap. and car_•'setd the lade a, ge t'ah, of a common sailor. -unwed that :he Was a steamer; eleo Carrying out ill:' p:ai"t, lie pttrehaee d a t1t.:t sate bed steam lap and dial not sec en ..-sada t it asci, and nt tsseYY an nntentd to linger long. Her crew, t� nightt ' r p leu— en the tan }tt: and tVi tilne work Ln1;«.n.f'f'�3'..71 st nl,..lia in a it.�:+•n 'tt aan tl • .le w'er'e all white n,en car. , ., • ..; -"ire': in Salina Crus, the Psieifieas are eetald ece; a stoel:y, heavy set lot 4 of cars down the warerhouse track, ear door was opened, and the steve- dorea swarmed in. They began to unload freight from trucks and wheel it directly aboard the ship, where a donkey -winch lowered. it into the hold, as the big dock erases had stopped at sundown. The deck was brightly lighted with electric globes, and hum- med with activity. Evidently she would finish loading and sail in a few hours. Crane sprang to his feet and hurried uptown. One after another, he visited several ship•Chandleries, second-hand stores, and pawnshops, and made a strange assortment of purchases, Then he hurried to his room; and when he left it, a few minutes later, the dunnage- bag he earr:ed was, both bulky and heavy. He slipped quietly down to the docks, avoiding the brihtly lighted places, and sought out a landing - stage in a dark corner, where he had marked, during the afternoon, sv- era11 small skiffs tied up, Placing the bag in one of these,, he cast oft its painter and pushed it back under the dock, then paddled cautiously along t;etween the piles teveiv d the Deteh ship, The velvety -bleak tropic night 'had now deseercdeda Ile felt Itis way along w:th the prow of the little boat, threegli the warm stench of rottin piles and the echoes o£ the water lap- ping ,rgatinst them. Pse,-ently the yields'.. Q,iillt ent off the starlitOtt evt ritk, end he ltae:at1 d thei'' ,an leank z? -p l,c tall.„ rumble of the trucks ovenc�..cl. Ilrrre he tied the boat to .•t brace, and m tubril carefully upits sl`x pert length till he reached the cap timber. t+Sl wlnii.h rested the sills of the wharf - thaw, In h rf- In the black darkness he worked leis way ;latah on the narrow, slipper timber, till ho reached the edge of tha uliaarf and found footing on the walling steps against which the ship':; hull restetd, rubbing slowly up and down with the slight swell of the hid• bei• water.,. Then he felt along her till he located the cover of one of the portholes. His exploring fingers soon told hin, that this cover was of wood, with heavy iron hinges, and was fastened ?„.side.. He had seen similar once many tunes. So he produced from his pocket a Yankee tool set, with EVERYTHING NEW FRESH—PURE RELIABLE Ask your deader or wile nr4N !uE's TORONTO' Aso xr !,€CH';REAL WtNNPPEO VANCOUVER As he pondered be heard voices close over his head carrying.; on a heated tolleguy hot bel Dutch and wer e Sp nislt. Ile drew himself: np to the elite ai,nd z felted a peep. The bulks,, lista "n eel/nee ted a ewitethy little man in dial "tire-, veno seemed to rfpn•.ssc nt: tie harbor autherii:k' This ;irnc"i.+r.:dry^ hall informed. the captain tit„t. he could not sail till morning. C'erttt'n repulatione of the h'un't lana not been tendplied with. The captain e::poatulafed; be wanted his tdi:aaawe papers. The officer ad - that . the matter might; be at•- leinged i, l:y the paytnt tat of fines and ether means:. rt 1a-:t�• a plain cite of hc+ltl-up fur a eel -elite -Oat un. The big captain (I'd not take kindly to it. In face, his attitude toward the suave repres- entative of the authorities was tleeiad- e Idly discourteous. lie raged and swore; he would not be blackmailed, so he would wait till mc.:.nine„, axial have this person fired. Ile stamp, d off the ehp. muttering. But, antler the gang -plank. Crania drew a sigh cf e;'lief. Thi would give bite iris. chance. (To be Continutell. pee < f the Telmertepee Railway, in minty t thou l 121adol. Not an Is- numerous stall tools concealed in its ez'h'b• •e-'t� the early ramming. he secured a room Vitt.; in eight. The portholes hollow handle. He selected a thin in a sailors' boarding-house neat. the Gideithey „1,l by ld;y wooden shutters, alit- ;feel blade, fixed it in the handle, and Crane walked h caddy tap the gang- sire to excite suspichin by leaving a water front, deposited his bag, and, 0 n 'i�✓ riafter z ri . himself that the Peek on plana., bat a• he reachtd the deck he s the door was a eerviceable one, drop- was accosted by a seaman -t work pain trail behind. :after about ten ped the key into his pocket and set a pian , t wok minutes Ile had the satisfaction of .IT.04 near by. Speaking in Data, the man hearing +t moo+► arrow via ar p ]learin� the bolt Flip back; he eau-; bu�inc�s Thanks t � h' set patiently to work; he bad no <de- t for a tour of inspection. asked his c is To Make First -Gauss Butter, Along the ducks several :„tidal ,"" tiouely prised the cover outward till a• four y edam in Belgium and Holland, •lea n pe in the harbor. At ship-chandler'sytaneohe wanted to see the captain. The, extra large far a ship of this size,' the man said, was impossible; the cap- and was literally filled with massive; he was told that ttlreo ofry thedoci;awaited tain was ashore, he did not know justovmachinery. A single attendant loan The where. Crane asked for the mate. , g-' other was the Cocos, a Dutch pearl ' cd beside a small motor which hum-' and copra trader from the Islands— He inlie wanted work, he said in broken med quietly in ane corner, supplying' Dutch. The ship was full handed, re- the lighting system. The electric - something rather unusual this port. plied the man; and as Crane kept edg- lights glittered onolished metal and cod Ilex le and edeup p ad glass from the ing across the deck he roughly ordered, showed everythingiek and span as the Cocos with . hint back to the dock, saying that no the power -plant of a millionaire's yacht interest. She was a ship of some one was allowed on board except on Moreover, lie saw that these were not thousand tons burden, low in the business. So Crane, making the steam-engines at all, but large inter - water, and rather narrow in the beam hest of a ed away. • type, which has been brought to great He now headed for the railway sta-: perfection in Germany in recent years.; tion, as the train from the Atlantic These massive units were evidently of side was due at six o'clock. Slouch- tremendous power for so small a ship,; ed on a truck, he watched it pull in. and must render her capable of extra- . There was his man all r:ght, the first , ordinary speed. Using crude oil as off the steps. He struck a smart gait • an automobile engine uses gasoline.. for the docks, and Crane following, at they dispensed with coal -bunkers, boil a discreet distance, saw hint go er-room, and stokers, giving space for straight up the gang -plank of the fuel -tanks of great capacity, and giv- Cocos, touching his cap in response ing the ship a correspondingly wide: to the salute of the sailor near its radius of action. Also, she could be; head. Crane disposed himself on the rushed into full speed at a moment's shady side of a pile of bales, and set -.notice, without awaiting the slow pro-' tied down to watch developments. cess of getting up a high head of The first came in half -an -hour. A ' steam. A most remarkable power-' . puffing witch -engine backed a st •' and keen in the stem for a trader. She was painted a dull gray, except for a broad red band around her hull at the portholes, and her two funnels were red and black. She carried the flag of Holland. A number of sailors • were busy on her deck, and Crane not- ed" that they were all white men, a noteworthy fact, since the bulk of the crew on most ships in the copra trade is made up of Kanakas and other Is- land natives. Crane loafed around the water -front alt morning, ate his lunch, then retired to his room for a siesta—very welcome after his sleep- less night on the train. About five o'clock he sallied out, load fob, turned anti saunter•- nal-contbustion engines of the Diesel rrng plant, truly, for an Island copra-trad, �yy •+1l1 111,I1111111111111111{niiiitiiiiii11111111111111110 h4 ) sT'F ElEcit ,,ti,iilllilllllillEt111111 _./ Why hear those pains MIXXXd A single bottle will convince you 1%an's a . a -k nt Arrests Inflammation. .Prevents severe compli- cations. Just put a fete drops on the painful spot and ,the pain dis- appears. qtr% 010 )Nt r MOONOCEM er. Another thing are noted, for are re- • membered those red -and -black funnels and the smoke floating from them.' 0 There was a small furnace amidships.' Att from which two pipes ran up through the ceiling. Doubtless a smudge was' kept up in this whenever it was desir-' ed to complete the illusion of the fun- nels. Such deliberate plants to create a false impression could be for nc honest purpose. This thought ran through Crane's mind as he looked, and -hardened his determination to see this matter through. CHAPTER II. { He closed the shutter, and patiently worked the bolt back into place, fill- ing the tiny crack made by his tool with rotten wood from a pile; then he found his way back beneath the gang- plank, He had decided that this ves- sel must be a scout for some hostile war -ship; hence her elaborate pre- caut'ons to sail under false colors in waters where the natives of the Allies were in control. However, there was no war -vessel of any Power in this port just now, and she would doubt- less slip away to sea before he could arrange an effective plan to stop her. Only one plan seemed to offer and chance. The risk was great, but he determined to take it. But how •? Every inch of the ship was brigthly lighted; men came and went every- where. He knew that, in spite of the casual appearance of things, a sharp lookout was being kept. Begin by having the milking done in a cleanly way and in a clean stable. Keep the separator in con- dition by washing and scalding thor- oughly after each using. Cool the cream immediately to 50 degrees or lower, in a tub of ice and water and keep cool and sweet until the churn- ing is gathered. Keep the eream covered securly, but not air -tight. Let the temperature rise to 60 degrees or therabouts, and add a good starter. There is nothing better for this pur- pose than well flavoured butter milk. Stir frequently until the cream is thick, sour and has a glossy appear- ance, when it is ready for the churn. Scald the churn and rinse with cold water before putting in the cream. The temperature should not be above 58 degrees in summer and 02 in winter and the butter should "come" in from 20 minutes to half an hour. Stop churning when, the butter is in gran- ules about the size of small wheat, draw off the :.cutter -mill:, and rinse with cold water until no trace of milk remains. Care in this matter has much to do with the keeping qualities of the butter. Remove the butter, (which should still be in grains) to a vessel in which it .can be weighed, I use a shallow candy pail, weigh, turn out on the but- ter worker, and apply salt, from .one pound to one and one-half ounces to a pound of butter. You will have to re- gulate the amount to suit the taste of your customers. Much of mine is sold unsalted. Work very gently, be- ing careful not to spoil the texture of the butter by unnecessary pressure. Let stand half an houir, work again, and print or pack. In printing, make the prints full weight, perfectly shap- ed and wrap neatly with a good qual- ity of parchment, hearing your name and address, or farm name. . Keep in a cool place until wanted for market- ing, then place in. a clean box or bass ket, having a clean white cloth around and over the butter, and paper over that and under the box lid. Never let cream or butter stand when there is an odor of any kind. When you go to market he sure your butter is good and say so. Have it looking neat and clean, yourself (or salesman) ditto, and you'll have no tt ouble in making good sales. No, •I didn't ' forget the' coloring. The above describes my way of mak- ing butter and.i never use butter col- oring.—Mrs. Alex. Agilary in Farm and Dairy. Cutting Potato Seed. In a bulletin issued by the South Dakota Agricultural College, it was shown the the yield of potatoes from pieces of large seed potatoes was 28 per cent. higher than from pieces of small seed potatoes. A recent bulletin; is now to hand from South Dakota, giving a series of experi- ments designed to determine the re- lative influence of the mere size of tuber and the strain of tuber in the increased yield obtained by planting pieces of larger tubers. Five series,. THE KAISER'S LOST EMPIRE, were arranged as follows -- t 1. Seed pieces of a given size from ' Particulars of Captured German selected tubers. 2. Seed pieces of this same size! from small. tubers or culls. bar. Bonar Law has furnished a . Small seed Yeefrom tubers of i'able giving the following particulars° givena pieces of the German colonies captured,. size, 4.:tiedii;m seed pieces from tubers and the value of their revenue:"”" P S. W. Africa ----Area, :?2,1r+A square a�f ;: given :ire. r rules. In 1914 estimated revenue a, Large seed prates from tillers of S 7 ,., .1,1 5,000, and expenditure ,,0I.7,*, Colonies, a given size. 000. In These series of plots wc.re carried j a 1913 imports valued at 43, 00 0marts, and exports at 70e, out with two varieties of potatoes, t 300,000 00 marks. Early y Ohio and Carman No. 3. C tti ith regard to the first two series, •ameroons— Area, 300,06O ,quarte out of a total of nine pairs of rows, miles, In 1914 estimated revenue six of it differences in favor of tali £505,000, and expendltnre £86,000,. elected tubers, though the seed In 1913 imparts valued t, 31,F00,004 pieces were equal in size inall cases. marks' and exports at '9,100,000 This superiority for the two varieties marks. averaged 5.53 bushels per acre.Togoland -- Area, 33,700 square., In tate series 3, 4 and 6 the size of miles. In 1914 estimated revenue the seed P £175,000, and expenditure i'209,000.1 f pieces was the only variable In 1913 imports were valued at 10 actor, each piece being reduced to 000,000 marks and exports at 9,100,-' one eye, only. In every instance there' 000 marks. was a pronounced difference in favor In the Pacific—Samoa 050 square of the large seed pieces and the in- :' wiles, and Upolu 340 square nntilet . ereaee In production varied with the, In 1914 estimated revenue piec. increase in size of the seed es a and expenditure £690,000. In 1913 The (707ge re ults of the two va rie-„ tie, (£ gnlote) were --- a imports valued ab 5,700,000 nlarlss,, and exports at 5,300,000 marks. Smnll Bushels per Acre Per cent, 'Weer Wilhelmsland and Pacific liedium seed ..174,73 100 r Islands --70,000 square miles. No de- ed pieces,171,71 l.ra,a tails of revenue. Large seed pieces .298.59 17"Bismarck Archipelago -«0,F iP In order to determine the effect of ° square miles. The chief towne are strain of tuber on quality of crap, the. Rabaul and Iierbertshoe, both in New crops of potatoes obtained in series,: Pommern. 1 and 2 were weighed individually and Caroline Islands, Pelew Islands, from small seed 64.8 per cent. weigh Marianne Islands, and Marshall Is - ed 2 ounces or more, whilst the per-„ lands—Area, 1,000 square miles, and tentage from large seed was 67.5 thus', estimated population, 70,459. Re - showing a slight superiority in the venue estimated at £105,000, and ex- quality of the crop from selected' penditure at £191,500. tubers, Imports of Kaiser Wilhelmsland and the Bismarck Archipelago, esti-, Warm Water for Cows. mated at 5,872,000 merits, and these Care and attention to the little of Caroline and Marshall Islands at things pay. Often, little improve -13,335,000 marks, a total of 9,207,004 ments in our system of methods ac- complish surprising results. Milk is nearly 90 per cent. water, ! the latter at 7,046,000 marks, a total To make large quantities of milk a of 12,087,000 marks. cow requires a large amount of water. Mao -Chau — Area, 200 square In summer she usually has access to miles. The principal lawn is Tsing- water at all times and helps herself tau. Revenue for 1914 estimated tat at will, but when winter comes site 8,060,000 marks, and expenditure at is in the barn most of the time and is 18,,410,000 marks. In 1912, imports offered water only once, or possibly valued at 121,254,000 marks, and ex twice, a day. To make matters ports at 79,040,000 marks. worse, the water is often at or near — —----- freezing temperature, the cold water Probably the best way to get rich chills he entire digestive system. The quick is to go slow. water must be warmed by some means and a considerable amount of heat 1 i r -- energy energy is required to do it. This can be supplied either by feeding the cow plentifully and letting her warm the water, or by heating it with fire. • The question of warming water, then, resolves itself into which method is cheaper. Corn is a gra heat -supplying food. It is not profit- able, however, to burn it in a stove to heat a house, because coal accom- plishes the same result at a small fraction of the cost. Then why use corn to warm water for the cow ? The amount of water that a cow drinks will be found to have a direct relation to the amount of milk she produces; in general, the more water, the more milk. It is essential, then, to provide all the water that a will drink at any season of the year. In the winter, especially in the north- ern states, water must be warmed in order 'to produce the best results. Probably the easiest and cheapest way to accomplish this is by using a tank heater.—Circular No. 21, United States Department of Agriculture. What Piano Would Say. "So Miss Banger played for you ? She claims that she can make the piano speak." "Well, .I'll bet if it spoke it would say, 'Woman you have played me false. "_ ' marks. Exports for the former esti- mated at 5,041,000 marks, and for A horse may pull with all its might, but never with its mane. An Irishmanhad just landed in New York, and as he made his way from the docks he came upon a street fight. Going over to the nearest policeman, Patasked—"Well ye kindly tell me, sor, is this a friendly fight or can any- one Jain in?" PAINS AFTER EATING WIND IN THE STOMACH—ACIDITY, HEADACHES—CONSTIPATION ARE SIGNS OF INDIGESTION. Indigestion—the complete or partial failure of the digestive processes—fre- quently throws out of gear the whole machinery of the body. You can't enjoy the vigour and vitality of good health unless your stomach, liver and bowels do their work regularly and efficiently. MOTHER As a digestive tonic and stomachic remedy, Mother Seigel's Syrup is esteemed in tens of thousands of homes, wherever the English language is spoken. If you suffer much or• little from disorders of the stomach, liver or bowels, try the effect of taking 15 to 30 drops of this famous remedy in water, after meals, for a few days and note its beneficial effects. 4615 ASSISTS DIGESTION The newt;t10size contains three tlmu as mach as the trial stzq cord at 50c per botUe" In f L til E N Zt Oatarrha1. peeper nk.11ye, Shi pink Lever, Epizoot o And all diseases of the horse affecting his throat speed-' iiy cured; colts and homes In came stable kepttrete having them by tieing spoha'e Diatempei' Clompo}rs�,4t, 3 to 6 doses often cure; one bottle ,guaranteed 1.0 ci17'p' one case. Safe for }rood Mares, baby" oolta; atalliq , all ages and conditions. Most skilful scientific cot pound., Sold by the bottle or dozen. Any druggikt,ib delivered by rnanufactuiers. sP08ri MEDxa i:,00.,...Go;