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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-9-20, Page 6Cousins; OR, A DECLARATION OP WAR. CHAPTER , � 'd - with here and there an upright stalk HAI'TIiI� VI. - iGant .) to which the seed ods; had clung all "Tell ine i. ' t anything' the new green . , Kal�z'ld, Is there �, winter,while alongside in the world that 'would induce you to spearswere already piercing victor - make a guy of yourself by putting on oitsly. " kilt?" with' i ather heels; a . Mabel, her eousu "Itpretty bighad . beenexamining, exclaiming' and would need: to be a d exami Ing, . n, . inducement?" lamenting. the absence of en intellig- t s when~ 44 «ould it be big enough if 1 asked eat native fee -quite ten minue,, , you to do it?" o on rounding 'a hillock, asteonishment tau - i a. iu s d .brought ' hera b tor Ronaitl'lvoked'tzikerz aback, and con �, . sequently rather foolish: still. The discovery' that, they "Oh, [ were not the 'only ' visitors to the well, if you ask. tie, of cour.e, that would be a different thing alto island was indeed, from a : predicts' gether," point of view, not at all surprising, "Answer incl,, she said,with an but all the more so. from an artistic . imperious to of her `fan upon the one. So palpably; did the spot breathe h• .i p eyes • we ld it death that every evidence of life was c il' ney-piece. Ic.s yr nal wee en enough'?„ e bound to come with something of a s, shock. The encounter of an Ortho - We, youuk now, I couldn't stammered, says 'No'dox ghost,even b broad daylight, to you, could 1 lttala? he stammered, y with franklyadmiring eyes, but an' would have appeared far more. appro-' obvious wanof enthusiasm for the priate than the revelation of two per - subject, sons—a youngman and a young girl, Th words were roe.: bythe busy apparently beside one of the sound drown of the dinner -gong; ye, to modern head -stones. At the foot of judge from the gracious softening of the dark -grey slab, and apparently the glance which rewarded him, freshly deposited' lay one of those Mmonstrosities in white beads and wire ward heha of fol theIwas alln the r Lady whieh, on this side of the Channel, are he got for moment, ' apparently considered a tribute to the with. the butler at her heels. terton being already in the room, ;videad . The girl, handkerchief in hand, Fwas bending lowwiinth:lass' "He's a nice boy, really, and shade which vas, top'gpreserevegits wouldn't be difficult to manage,"; beauties from the ravages ofewind and Mabel reflected as she dodged the black ; wet. velvet train ' of her mother, whose : "Ronald," said Mabel, beneath her plump white hand rested upon Ro i- 'breath, "I do believe here are the very ald's arm, while in truly regal fashion' aborigines we want. Just look at their she accomplished the progress to the hair." dining -room, 1 "By Jove, yes!" murmured Ronald, Ronald too was making comments, becoming aware of two dark -red heads which ran somewhat' in this fashion:' bending in close proximity',over the "She's awfully good-looking, and an grave. "What are you going. fo do?" awfully good sort; but I do wish elle he added, in. seine apprehension, 05 wasn't so awfully quick and clever. i Mabel moved .resalutely,foinvard. Never-: know exactly when she's jok-1 !with ill going to scrape will ,acquaintance ble to tell ing, and when she's serious. Makes a fellow feel so awfully foolish." CHAPTER VII. "Oh, that was one, wasn't it?" ask- ed Mabel, projecting, the upper part of her pe'.aon over the boat -edge at a somewhat perilous angle, in aider to They ere not dead, they only,sl'eep, keep in view the spot from which a For death can vanquish only clay, black, shiny head had just sunk but of And kindred spirits should not weep _ sight. For more than living dust were they. "I believe it was. By Jove! 'there's They are not dead, the "onl 'rest y Y ; So rough the road, so far the goal, God called the halt and He knows best When to relieve the weary soul.. us about things, (To be continued). HEROES AT REST. another! I say, what a pity I haven't xny rifle with ane..". "Bafbarian! As if I would suffer you to harm a hair of their heads, before my eyes. Don't you now that they're enchanted princes? I found So long the march, so fleeced the fray that out the other day, in Scott." And -foul the ways of murderous foe, That when they tired at close of da?, He gave thein rest Whe bade them go. Their toil -was hard, their day was 'It wouldn't harm 'them to shoot them dead --at least, it wouldn't hurt them, I mean; unless you make a clean job of a 'seal he dives to the bottom, and clutches hold of the seaweed, and you never see an inch of him again.' long "That's romantic, and also poetical- But not on earth more envied lot ly just. If I was a seal I would Than theirs, the brave heroic throng much rather rot away entangled inq seaweed, my elaws stiffening deer Who gave to Freedom all they'd their slimy stalks, thangratify- my • got. murderer by the possession of my skin." The cousins were en tete-a-tete, the swell on the loch having proved too much for Lady Atterton's interest even in the historical grave. Grey and breezy, with more than a°They left their homes, their children, touch of Scotch mist in the air, the wives, April day might almost have been an Their sweethearts true, their native October one. Behind the veils of the sod;. rolling vapours the shores of the loch They gave to Liberty their lives CROWF"A 'A411-AVU[1ii, ni Sh , No, 16 of the : Mliee, .Hee x. Population Larger '1ahen Canada. Yes, it does eound rather like a glorified sneeze, but it is metely the mine of hire _:Bing of Siam; --..King King son, of the late King Chu lalongkorli, I heat' that Ring ' Va'iravudh has' J grown very enthusiastic over the. War since Siam entered the: arena says .'a recent . writer. , 'Its sentiments are distiiictly.pro;British,' for he spent his early days ,in England, and ^ewes edueeted'• at Sandhurst—wad Oxford, ' T do not know what' battle -cry. he has selected, but it should be " 'one " to strike terror in the heart of the kaiser if it breathes the s iit of .the usual Siamese hares ue. Take a , an ex- ample, the folIoi ing passage from the , nth, of Allegiance: 'w "We pray the`poers'oi" tlieT3eities p to agie with. poisonous "libjls ' and with` all manner of diseases ,the dis- honorable,•the '`disobedient, ,and .tile treacherous, When they have depart- ed this life. upon earth, may they be sent to terrible Hell, svhere`they shall burn with unquenchable fire through. limitless transmigrations."King 'irajiravudh's lather, by the way, had ninety children! The entry of Siam into the war shows that the revolt against the ruthlessness of mail -fisted Germany has travelled to the outermost fringe of further India. Siam is bigger than Japan -proper— the country is. She has 195,000 square miles of territory. And the high - chested ,Tapan proper is not', quite 143,000 square miles in area. Siam is only 13,780 equare'miles 'smaller than Germany, herself. As to the nil1nhev pf,.thepeople in Siam, she herself was not any too clear until 1910,. Iii November of that year fairly accurate figures were obtained—as census 'figures' go --and pablislied. The nuln'ber' givenwas 8,- ,49;4$7. It'" included woinee. For years the serious trouble with'the Siamese census figures had been' a startling fact Chet tQ..them women were no people •nt all. To be sure Siarn can 'not make much impressiort'on the war finance of the entente 'Allies, Her• revenue forthe fiscal year 1916-17 is estimat- ed at :$2G;692,000.; the entire amount does not coyer ;'just one day's war expeuditure of Great Britain algae. Foot Work ad The late Jack London once fell be- hindha iii . a: story whi6h he had promised a'New York magazine. The editor, after repeated efforts to get the story, at last called et London's hotel and 'sent up the following note: "Dee/eject— London. If '1 don't re ceive the story withine twenty-four hours I']1 come up to your room and kick you downstairs, and I always keep my promises." London replid; "Dear Dick: If I did all my work with •my feet- I'd keep my promises, too." If your shoe pinches where the big joint carries, take it to the shoemaker and have him stretch the leather a bit. If tho shoe is not heavy, you can pack it full of paper, crowded in hard. Leave it so for a few clays and you will be surprised to find how much easier it will,feel to that sore joint. DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT HOME Tenth Les Cane sugar is the crystallized pro- duct of the juiceextracted from the sugar cane. The cultivation and manu- facturing of sugar was introduced into Europe from the East early in the ninth century. Venetian historians" state that sugarwas imported by their. countrymen from Cicily in the twelfth century. The first European plantation of note was at Valencia in Spain. Since its cultivation at this time, it has been grown extensively in everyysemitropi- cal country on the globe. The Manufacture of Sugar The canes are gathered, freed from all loose leaves, and then passed through ' heavy rollers, which crush Their call was not of earth, oh no, them into a pulp, thereby extracting It was the call of Freedom's God all the juice from the cane. This juice Unto His son's to rise and show is of a sweetish taste and muddy That man is more than slavish clod. brown in color. It is then' collected in a reservoir, and there treated by special processes. After this it is run into large caldrons, where the pro- cess of obtaining the sugar corn- mences. While the temperature of the juice rises, as heat is applied, a thic1c scum comes to the top. This scum is remov- ed by running out all the cane juice through a spigot. In this way the scum is left in the kettle. The juice is' further processed until the sugar crystals begin to form, when it is run into prepared vessels and allowed to cool. The surplus syrup ie. drained, off,_ the residue remaining is the raw sugar of commerce, which must be re - 'fined before it can be used. = From every hundred pounds of sugar cane, about sikty to seventy- five pounds of cane juice is extracted. The Use of Sugar in the Body Sugar is an important energy -giv- ing or fuel, food. It is soluble in cold Less on—Sugar. water, and readily dissolves in hot wa ter. . The digestion of sugar com- mences in the mouth, and is finally completed in. the intestines: The pro- cess of the digestion of -fugal. is corn paratively simple. When Used', in moderation, sugar is beneficial, and a producer of heat and energy in the body. „Fecause of• this it should be used sparingly`dur- mg the warm weather. This -is one of; the reasons why heavy .noir desserts are injurious to the ,health during the heated' `se€.son of the yeas. Flow ever, it is valuable :n cold weather be cause it quickly furnishes the regeeeed energy and heat.' Expiorces in cold regions carry large quantities of su- gar. Sugar may' be cooked by adding a certain 'percentage of water until it forms a hard, clearcandy; this is call- ed barley sugar. Heated beyond this stage, it becomes carmel or burnt su- gar. Mothers should pay particular at- tention to the source of supply of the candies" brat their small children buy. Cheap' and dangerous substitutes used in candies may Drove fatal to the little ones. It is very easy and pleasant to make at home the few simple can- dies that 'the children crave. Beet Sugar .,In the middle of the `eighteenth century it was found that sugar could be obtained from'beets. About 1769. the first factory"was established in Austria for the purpose,.of manufac- turing beet sugar. .The beet from which the sugar is obtained flourishes in moderate:climates and is not hard to raise. Other known ,sugars are fruit sugar, which is found ii fruit; sugar_ of milk, found in milk; corn•su- gar, obtained. from corn;; died maple. sugar from' the hap of, the maple tree. seemed indefinitely to recede. All ~They gave their souls to Freedom's was grey and moist and unbrokenly God. uniform. "How about a landing -place?" ask- But they're not dead; the island, which, with a tail of smal- again ler ones, broke the surface of the loch. When tyrant lords "It's rather a bore having no one to - bind . tell one the right spot. Perhaps we The sacrifice was not in vain ought to have brought a native with They'll come again in future kind. us. 011, Ronald, this is wild!" About its being wild there could not well be two opinions. Hard indeed to imagine any more weirdly sugges- tive burial -spot than this morsel of earth girdled with dripping seaweed, tufted with coarse rushes, haunted by the never -resting gulls—where the wind sung desolately in the tops of the weather-beaten firs, and the waves beat eternally upon the rocky sides with the moan of a wild beast that hungers after the prey which the earth has.swallowecl, but of which it would fain have its share. Upon one Th • missionary deeds shall preach bleached tree -stumps gave an illusive Freedom to slaves in earth's dark impression of grave -stones; but that parts was a mere freak of Nature, a playing Oh, may they too, a lesson teach at the grave -yard game—for the big, In nearer lands to sluggish hearts. island alone held human bones. As, very neatly, Ronald ran up to a flat I deem it vain for such as we ledge of rock a feathered cloud rase For them with Christ to intercede, into the air—black birds and white Since they, like Him have bled to free birds; rooks and gulls, circled shriek- Their fellow=man from hellish creed. ing above the tree -tops. ``Mind you made the boat fast," said They rest in peace at God's right Mabel, as Ronald helped her on to thehand, - slippery rock. "I've known cheer- They live in every noble heart; fuller places for spending she night And true men now should bravely in. And look here, Ran d, I believe _ you'll have to give me your hand." stand , He gave it without demur., having And talce each resting soldier's parZ. ed Mabel, as slowly they drew near to they'll come ould freemen Their hearts were not of common clay; Their noble deeds in sight of God, '> Aceomplish'd in the light of day, Rest not beneath the tortured sod. The story of their fame shall ring When wives and mothers cease to weep; And pens shall praise and tongues shall sing The glory of the brave who sleep. or two of the smaller islands a few err first Bane through some scientific -look- ing manoeuvre with the boat -chain I do believe their only grief—, and some stones. If grief a place in Heaven hath, "It's as exciting as walking upon Is this—that we who needrelief crackers," declared Mabel, as the last Should fear to follow Freedom's year's pods snapped underfoot. "And path. what are those funny squares cut in the turf for, I wonder? Oh, I do wish' They are not dead, they are the we had a native here?" guests— No trace of a path guided the vis- The honor'd guests—of Him `'• on itors'`steps among the wilderness "81 High grave -stones, of which the most Who plantedFreedom in their" ancient, with yellow lichen picking out breast what remained of'an inscription or of They're s~ dead ,who fear to die. an obviously Celtic ornament, were .on not always distinguishable from the Chas. Ethelvrold, natural rock rearing its head above the trocared -for grass. The slate - stone ;which, hi a more ,practical age, Kindness'is a.languaethat the deaf can had taken the place of the granite, af-g fected the perpendicular rather than hear an6`tlle dumb understand. the horizontal, forming, as dreary and =beautiful- a forest as in'ind of man faith of the right wort consists In gently for twenty militates. Seal in could conceive. The summit of the •always looking ser' the best whether 1 -sterilized jars. Test for• leaks and rising ground was crowned by some fra, lnetits of masonry, thie c with ivy,we Ore old or young,"rich or poor. We stare in a cool dry place. and in a sheltered dip Iasi years' iris ;lave, a right to think each day':the) Ginger Pears. -Use your' favrrrite "s ioeaves `still waved diseor.solately, like best day yet, and to try to make it so variety of pears.• Peel and then cut' roken banners, or trailed on the by eying a Iit.iie better than we ever them into? quarters if large and info! ground, 23 'limp as soaked ribbo s, i did ou ani' oiler day, halves is small; Put the fruif, while THE DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO,;. Only Two - Natural 1;lienaortxeeta Are More 'ro Be ,Dreaded, If' a volcanic eruption or great earthquake be excepted, such a "cy- clone twister" is the most destructive of all natural phenomena. The funnel - shaped cloud revolves at a rate of at least 500 miles an hour and the forces it develops are powerful, enough to destroy any of the works of man; The oddest thing about it is its al- most humorous freakishness. It will pluck chickens clean of their fea- thers, without hurting them; strip women of their clothing, ''yet leave them uninjured; empty wells of water, and fill 'them with rnud; drive straws clean through inch planks. But it is no more inspired with a sentiment of mercy thane a Prussian, It kills per- sons and spreads wholesale and utter destruction. This year, '-1917, has been a bad tornado year in the Middle Western States. Gas In The Stomach Is Dangerous physicians Eecomxnerd the use of tug- ; Sufferers' from indigestion on, dyspep- sia should remember that the - presence of gas or wind in the stomach invariably indicates that the stomach is troubled by excessive, acidity. • This acid causes the food to ferment and the fermenting food in turn gives rise to nodous gases which distend the stoivach, hamper the normal func- tions—of Vital internal organs, cause acute headaches, interfere with the ac- tion of the heart, and charge the blood stream with deadly poisons, which in tiine must ruin the health. Physicians say that to quickly dispel a dangerous accumulation of wind in the stomach and to stop the food fermentation which creates the gas, the acid in the stomach must be neutralized ; and that for this purpose there is nothing quite so good as'a teaspbonful of pure bisurated mag- nesia taken in a little water immediate- ly after meals. This instantly neutral- izes the acid,thus stopping fermenta- tion and the formation of gas, and en- ables the inflamed, distendedstomach to proceed with itswork under natural conditions. Bisurated magnesia is ob- tainable in powder or tablet dorm from any druggist ; but as there are many different forms of magnesia Is impor- tant that the bisurated- which the physicians prescribe should be distinct- ly asked for, "Britannie. " Hitherto, says the Paris Daily Mail, all inhabitants of the ' British Isles, including Irish, have generally been described in French as "Ang- dais." General Verraux, who writes in the CEuvre, is trying to rectify this. He tells his readers that Mirauniont was taken not by "les Anglais," but by "les Britanniques." • The Journal des. Debats heartily endorses the use of the new word, and suggests that Frenchmen in future should .say "Brittannie'.' instead of "Angleterre" when referring to Britain in .general. A Unique Service One of the most remarkable burial services ever held on a European bat- tlefield is described by the chaplain of a Western Ontario battalion. It was that of an Indian killed by' a bomb, Sixty Indians,. commanded by an In- dian lieutenant, attended the funeral. They represented the Mohawks, One- idas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Missis- saugas, Delawares, Iroquois and Black - feet. Home Canning September is the best month of the year for the forehanded housewife. This is the real canning season. --,Now is the time of preparedness for winter. Green Tomato Preserve.—One-quar t&r peck of green tomatoes, three, lemons. Scald the tomatoes and then remove the skins. Cut into quarter's and put in a preserving kettle, Opt the lemons in half and then remove all the seeds: Chop fine and then add to the tomatoes and also the fol- lowing: two cups of water,' three pounds of sugar, one tablespoonful of ginger., one tablespoonful of cinnamon, one cup of 'raisins. Cook until very thick. Seal in sterilized jars. Cover with paraffin and then store in.•a cool` dry place. ' Parboil lemon until ten- der before adding to the tomato mix- ture.- Spiced ixture."Spiced Mums.—Rinse the piurns :n plenty of cold water ert,d. then remove the stems.' Prick several times with a fork' to prevent bursting. Cook for twenty minutes in a syrup made of four pounds of sugar, one quart of wa- ter, one-half ounce of white ginger root, one-half ounce of stick cinnamon, one-quarter ounce of wholecloves, one-quarter ounce of allspice, one tablespoonful of blade mace. '.Pie the spices itt a' hag and cook the syrup for ten minutes before adding the plums. Bring to a boil and cook peeling. in- a pan' of •w etee to keep. it froth discoloring .until the entire amount` of pears is preparers. Cook the .pears until; sort, in clear water. Drain and use one quart of this water,. the' wester in which the pears were cooked, and also two pounds of sugar, thinly pared rind of two lemoris, two oniiees, of white ginger. Cook Inc ten mimites and thenadd eight pounds of, prepared pears and cook until the pears , are transparent. Seal in sterilized jars and when store in a cool place. 411 ginger root used in pickl- ing ,and preserving should be well washed and ..then sliced very thin. . Peach Jani. -Use soft ripe peaches of the yellow variety. Peel, slice thin and the: put in "a preserving kettle. Add two eupfuls--of -water and ten pounds of prepared peaches. Cook until very `soft;" Mash with a potato masher and .then rub through a fine sieve. Measure and return to the kettle and add one cupful of sugar to every two cupfuls of prepared pulp. Cook Very slowly, stirryirig constantly to prevent scorching, Inc one hour. Try a little of it in a • saucer. It it beide, that'is if it. does not spread and run; then fill it into sterilized glasses ar.d, cover with "'paraffin, -• Store in thee usual rnanner ler jellies. Use. an asbestos mat 'Under, the kettle to prevent burning. Thee jam should he a beautiful golden color, It is a de- licious accompaniment -to hot or coley' roast fowl or game and is equally de licioufewith chicken tel.ad. It is most important to use a porcelain kettle that is in good condition for ell pickl- ing and, ;an altimienm"or agate kettle for preserving jains.. UNWITTINGI 'y A BURGLAR, How a, Japanese Pant Helped to Rob a1 San 'l ranciseo 4ouse. Soon after Mr. Yone Npgiu hi, th+t Japanese abhor; came to Americaa+o prompted -by the best of'i itentions he helped to burglarize e San Francisco' arouse. He 'tells hew it happened in his autobiography. While at 'San Francisco, sometimes I stayed at a Japanese boarlling.house where I paid nothing, since I made a service of English letter writing for the proprietor, and sometimes at a' certain' William Street, one of the most insignificant of little "'aiieys a where my friends published acomia weekly, Here I happened to becomo an actor in a farce that set the whole town to laughing under the heading, Haw a Japanese Poet Helped a Bur - glee, One afternoon I was reading , °a book _in the room that was parlor, sleeping room: and editorial office by turns (we occupied the lower flbfir; the upstairs rooms were occupied by -a s SRanish tailor who happened to_be out that afternoon), when a young boy, Span- ish, or Mexican, about the same eget as myself, knocked at my door 'end asked for a key that might fit the rooms upstairs. It was his intention,he declared,t Q move the things away by the com- mand of the tailor, who had ;engaged some other house. "I lost the key my way oil here," ho ' said. How could nay mind of innocence doubt him? I helped him to open the upstairs rooms, and also ` assist- ed to move down a few things of some importance. I even ofiere"d him my service to help him with the large looking -glass. 'We had walked some seven or eight blocks when we were pursued by a large, fat Irishman, who took us b force to a police station, and duly lacked us up there. To clear myself from the charge next day, I made the first and last public speech of my foreign life. I be- lieve that it was a masterpiece. I said that the incident was a case of Japan- ese etiquette or humanity turned to crime in A'iherica by wrong, applica- tion. We have a right to take pleasure 'la pur eown development. It should be encouraging to' watch our pavers 'de- velop; to know that we are able to do something to -day which we could not do yesterday, should give us happi- teas. • Where there is enough help or where small areas,onlyare grceen`the' 'beans may be pulled by hand. For large crops of beans it is generally,. profitable to use bean. harvesters which consist of the ordinary two wheeled cultivator, equipped with two 'fiat' knives° Placed to form a V cutting two rows at a time and placing both rows into one windrow. The beans nay be bunched by hand or by means of the side delivery rake, which places from three to five rows together. After cutting, the beans should be kept clean and should be stored with as little weathering -as -possible. Ontario Veteritiar Cliege 110 University Avenue,' Toronto, Canada Under "the control of the Department of Agriculture of Ontario. Affiliated with thezUniversity'of Toronto. College Reopens Monday,` Qct. 1, 1917. Cale4dar Sent -on Application. E. A. A. 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