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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-5-28, Page 6FACTS ABOUT net SERIESNq. e Advent of Tea to En1and Tea was not used to any extent in England till i, boat the middle of . the seventeenth: century, although knowledge of • the won- derful qualities of the beverage had reached, Europe asearly as 1517. During the seven- teenth century, all tea was imported from China, and cost from $25.00 to $50.00 per pound. Not until, 1836 did any tea reach England, from India; In that year the first shipment was made from the now famous: tea growing district of Assam.. India •to- day supplies fully half the world's tea re- quirements and provides some of the finest teas grown. The rich body of " SALADA" is due to the select India teas used in the blend. Love Gives Itself THE STORY OF A BLOOD FEUD i3Y ANNIE S. SWAN. "Lova gives itself and Is not bought."—Longfeiloty. CHAPTER XV.—(Cont'd.) "You have no home ties, then. You are nbt married?" "No. A man with the Yukon passion in his veins doesn't incline that way. I'm a lone man, and, as a rule, I don't make friends easily. Now you—" "I have made them," admitted Ran- kin, "chiefly, I suppose, because I find most folks very decent." "I suppose time is not much object to you just now?" "Well,it is, and it isn't, I want to make good, to set about getting money as fast as I can. You talked of Ari - Zone's redeeming hishomestead, poor olzap. That's -what Is ni out after. I've left a place at home mortgaged to the. hilt. I've sworn to clear it under five years." "A fairly steep proposition .with your present equipment," saki Affery with a rather ruthless candor, which was yet, somehow, entirely void of offence. "Any women -folk left be- hind?" he ventured' to ask. "Yes, two." "Those I saw an the boat?" The samel answered Rankine, and once more his face was turned away, and Affery was made fully conscious of the closed door. But he did not resent it. He had sufficient knowledge of men to respect one who coulr'l lock the door of his heart and lose -the key "You haven't an idea pf what sort of work you intend, • r want to take up, I think you said?" "None. Beggars can't be choosers. I've been well educated at a public school. I"know a little about the land. I'm a good judge of horse -flesh. I suppose I shall drift out West and get on some ranch; but from what u say, it doesn't offer muchp ros- ;pest." "None at all to the man who has no money. What Canada is suffering from at the present moment' is lack of capital. She has had too many poverty-stricken people dumped down upon her. They are good people, mind. you, • but you can figure it out for yourself—when two-thirds of the population are in the position of need- ing work, what are the prospects like- ly to be? There are golden oportun- ities everywhere out West, just as there are in the Yukon, but none of them can be exploited without money. And you can't afford to waste your time.' "I can't," assented Rankine, a de- spondent note creeping into his voice. "I've been wanting to have this talk since ever we met. But I was funk- ing it—for reasons you can very, easily. grasp. Then you think I've made a a mistake, and that probably the best t thing I could do would be to take the first boat back to the other side?" "I wouldn't go as far as that; but, honestly, from what I know of the West -and, you bet, I know a consid- erable deal—I've sampled a11, the berths there are I've been a cowboy up beyond Calgary, I spent nine months - in a lumber camp on the Fra- ser River, I've worked in a canning factory in B.C., and been down the mines in the Kootenay district, and —yes, from what I know of the West, there's .a living wage, of course, but nothing worth while for the likes of you." "Then what?—then what—?" said Rankine, and turning full face on Af- Eery, he; met his eyes in a gaze of steady scrutiny. "Well, what wuold you say to going tooDawson with me, and giving the first chance?" The blood hammered in. Rankine's veins, and reddened: in his cheek. "You really mean that,. Affery?" "I do—no 'kidding. I like you. I think you're a straight man—not one. that would go back on a pal. I know your class. I've 'sampled them out West, and in their own lairs, and you've less side than any I've struck yet. Besides, I respect a man who can hold his tongue. There are not many of them on this terrestrial ball. That's why I think you would like the Yukon. It has no use for jawers. Its a t law is "e." You'reen going ng strai�•ht out `then." said Rankine,'not hiding from him- self or from his companion that he was tempted. But at the back of'his mind some streak of sturdy Scotch caution, now applied for the.first time, warner him that he had not yet proven his man, and that to risk all on this fascinat- ing project, which might be nothing more than the chimera of a wanderer's dreams, would hardly be likely to fur- ther the secret ambition of his soul. mind a couple of nights in New York, "As straight as I g can. I shouldn't just to show you the ropes—that is f you care. There's only one New York in the world, just as there's only one P,aris, and ane London." "I've told you how much money I've got, and there's no more meanwhile where that came from," said Rankine bluntly. "1 twig. But I think we could make it do." baraender•---and, yeti with your nose in the !kir!: It wee my nearest ap- preach to autocracy and I've been res gretting it eves` `since," Rankine laughed' loud and long, tak- ing this • peroration merely as part of;' his odd coznpa.. ion's whimstcal way of describing the byway' of life. To re- gard the office of bar=tender as a ser- iioue one for any Man worthy of the name never'acc'urred to. him. But the day aatne whose lie 1•emem- bored. Aifery's words, CHAPTER XV1. R.A.Nenee's ?LA.]�1S:. ^What's it going tc, be then, boss?',' asked Affery between. the 'whiffs of his expensive cigar. Rankine shook his head, "You make me feel twenty years younger, Af"rery, precisely es if I had got a dose of H.L,$, for the first time! Remember `Treasure Island' "Never read it," :answered ;Affery with his, densest look—a look which sometimes descended on, his face like a curtain capable of concealing every inward thought. "Wbat is it, any- way? I've never cottoned to reading, though I've seen chaps taking care of tattered little books in their pockets, and fight fora year-old magazine or paper from England, as if it had been a nugget.- But if your `Treasure Island' is an adventure stoma prob- ably the bulk of it is lies. I've known chaps. come out" on the streiigth, of what they read in,, books. Cursed, every time., And if they'd got .the writers by their throats' they would have squeezed the life out of .them. without turning. a hair! Books ain't no good. It's. first-hand information a chap wants. The atufi I've read and heard talked' about Canada since- I've been home this time; the one-half lies, and the other half needs editing, whatever you call it." "They don't write much about the Yukon," said Rankine suddenly. Affery smiled grimly.. "They can't.. Haven't I told you silence is the law of the Yukon? And that the man who samples it in the esh has less to say after -it than he ever had _in his life'before? The Yukon's too . big and powerful and awful for the piffiers. They let it lone. Tell me, are you coming, or. re you not, to Help me locate Ari - one's pay dirt?" Rankine sat very quiet for a few minutes, his eyes following the:long graceful line of the water, glinting ,,,, o fl a a z under the light of a young moon jus breaking through the' fleecy' clouds. "The idea appeals to me, Affery. You can see that it does. But I don't know that I've a right to play fast and loose with my ,chances like that. You know what I'm out after. Do you think I would have any chance of making good in the Yukon?" • (Affery hardly smiled. T don't know anything about chances. I've• told you the cold truth. The money's there, and one day. or another somebody. will get it—there's nothing surer than that! You're a straight man, and what isave I to live fax anyway? If'I could help you to redeem the homestead you've told me of, and to bring the sun back to the faces of those two women I watched at Liverpool—well, .perhaps some _few blotches !night be wiped off Aifery's slate." Rankine was moved, and showed it. There were moments during- the last few days when he had not been sure whether his odd, but lovable compan- ion, was quite normal. Here, however, he saw him at' his best. "You needn't be in a hurry," . went on Affery, musingly. "You want to ee the West. It's your right anyway — he tight of any man "who comes up ainst a big thing for the first time. If we go down to Vancouver, Middle of June, it would do. There's plenty of time. The ice has hardly gone out on the Yukon yet. It'll be running a .row; black streak, not navigable, tween its banks. If we get there side tv�b months we'll do." "But I shouldn't be earning any- king in the interval, gild spending all e time," suggested Rankine. "That's so. But if you're earning side of two months anywhere on he other side you'll do well." More than once Rankine had felt a nd of cold premonition of disaster, tening -to Affery's relentless sum- `--u ng up of labor conditions on the then. side. That he had had ample, ns of proving all his contentions s beyond dispute, yet, with the hope at never deserts a man in his dark - hours, Rankine tried to take short d cheerful views. And beyond doubt, though the pro - sed scheme ,.appealed to the boyish of adventure which is dormant the hearts of most men, his cozn- n sense bade him reject it. After all, though drawn personally wards . Affery, he had no 'guarantee his 'bona fades, or that he -would list led on the most disastrous of wild ose chases' which ` •night ultimately his ruin. He had heard and read omoit fion ask m sale Mrs Exponence.-• how: !get mg Wyk linen so ipmacultitte7 s ' A SIMPLE AND' PRACTICAL. BOY'S SUIT.' This simple two-piece boy's suit is a joy to mother and on. The pattern, No. 1080, is practical and its uses are many. ,If made in tan and brown rep or in light and. dark blue linen, our boy has a useful "play -suit. If devel- oped in tan, yellow, light pink or blue with a white waist; he has an after- noon outfit; while 'navy serge or vel- vet' for the trousers and dimity or white wash -silk for the waist give our t boy, a dressy suit and make him ready nax be in t th in t ki lis nu ot wa th est an 0 And when we get there what hap rove pens?"asked Rankine. Affery shrugged his shoulders. mo "As to that, I can't give any guar- to ntee. I dont promise anything. I've old you what's there, and that I'm be going to have another_try at it. It's go !just possible that this time I may be strike fle.''' "And supposing you,have no luck?" "I'l come out again," said Affery in his quiet; 'persistent voice "There's for the party. The waist is easily made with its plain shirt sleeve and Peter Pan collar. The trousers, with upper extension, are fastened at the shoulders with buttons and button- holes. Cut in sizes 2, 3 and 4 years. Size 3 requires 1% yards of, material 32 inches wide for,the trousers and % yard foe the waist. Price 20c. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address lain- p ly, :giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20e. in stamps or coin (oohs preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, . and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co ,73 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. great.white silence which held it in thrall for. eight months cf the year. These eight months, when all out door. effort would be paralyzed, rose up like a barrier as high and impass- able as the Chilcoot was in the days of the early trails. "I see you're not keen.: Well, far be it from "me to ,lead you by, the nose!" said Affery as he swung slowly to his.. feet. "I've put the proposition in front of you. I admit it's steep and I can't make -it any. simpler . or more palatable—It's a chance—that's, all. But -I admit that it's only ' a chance. that may very well lead you nowhere but to Kingdom Come..You don't want to go there yet awhile na- turally. You've got things at stake. My stakes are all pulled out. 'Night, pal!` Shake." They shook hands rather solemnly; and when Rankine tried to voice hisr thanks 'for: the signal mark of confi- dence his fellow -traveller had offered him,Affery cry merely lifted a so2r'revvhat weary, deprecating- hand, ander• dis- appeared. "I'm not turning in just yet,": Ran- kine called after him. "You've set my thoughts whirling 'a bit, old chap. Ill have to lick them into- shape be- fore I'm .likely to get any Sleep." Rankine spoke nothing but ' the truth there. Indeed his thoughts were. whirling in a :thousand new direc- tions, all of them alluring. The un- quenchable spirit of adventure, of which most men have a spice in their natures,. had` been roused by Affery's suggestion. To . explore • new countries -for choice, such as are remote and inac- cessible—to take des•pe_ este. hazards, to seek a well-nigh impossible goal in the ace of danger and of death, these are hiiigs which stir in the', blood more adily than any others. or the first trine Carlotta had. a erious rival! The • Yukon, - with range white fingers' beckoning to the. tows, had ousted her momentarily rom her throne. Although he had practically rejected ffery's offer, he was left in a state A Sweet lreafh at all times .,'After ,eatia air smokiest, Weieleyis'_ !reddens the month and sweetens lire breath: Nerves Atte soothed. throat - is refreshed and digestion aided, So. ellst to carry *little packet!. RIGI•wv ' >i' ai' er" eVety meal /R82 i ISSUF No, 21 '2 sufficient about to Yukon to have f some slight idea of its ciiimatie eon ditions. Affery himself had expatiat-'re a "nice, comfortable train to White ed at great length on 'that subject, and had'clrawn vivid word pictures of the s. Hesse now,' and the 'trail has lost all its terrors, even for the most trembl- ing tenderfoot."` "But in the city itself Would there be anything a chap like me'could get to do?" "You might get.a plate as a bar - ,tender if you disguised ySourself a bit." i "Rankine smiled unbelievingly, ( "Yoe needn't, point the finger of scorn saki Affery, with the large, good-humored , tolerance an old and wise person might adept towards a child whose education lead been neg- lected. r , Ieeted. "It's a prince's job. •There's a good g many of your kind out West that could tell you the:cowboy and the ranch business iSn t m ii with the bei- ; tenders." „ , "It doesn't t appeal to the asecon- omic venture," answered Rankine gaily enough, still not 'taking him seriously. oust . Y A"IAA, that's because you don't know. 1ltender's a bar -tender! • The great ones of the earth fake off their' hate to him; they listen with bated breath while he speaks, and his jacket Is always fresh from the Chinaman's polishing -iron, his boots slways glossy from the same -parlor, his :hair the latest ti•fum ih of the ! . 1 r't bet s art. A St sI A eer- m 014, �" pti. eaaa -.rte'r= F 1, .% �C • 1 ..� .. 1' V ii'�Vi?G"T, Kraft. Maclaren Cheese Co, Ltd., Montreal. Send' nie free reciee book.' of parlous doubt, Inmost of us there is a slight vein of ,superstition, and of late Alar! Ran- kine had begun to look at life some - valet from the fatalist's point, of view, which can either uplift to man or keep him forever in the rut. ;',Should be say to himself, • for iits at . e.!t s thing 4-- Th i hie as ordained; therefore, .why shoukd I trouble?" then be is in danger of the worst form of moral Tacking:. If, on the other hand, being fully conscious of , some over -ruling sewer •working ;with and for ban, he eteiveeto fall 'in :line with the purpose: bf that work- ilii:, then he will probably achieve. Rankine kept t a ' 1 p siting himself, as he paced the moonlit desk under the shimmer of the stars, whether he was !furthering orthwarting destiny. Ile was longing to prove himself, but the • primeval land, shorn of all life's tr - a vesties and sliains where trolh walks, stark and unashamed,, appealed to Minard's Liniment Fine for the Hair! "I take it as a real compliment, because most women do try to excel in their table linen. "Of course, I tell ahem the •way I've found easiest and best is with Sunlight— just rubbing the linen lightly with Sunlight, rolling it up and putting it to soak,. After' soaking, perhaps a light rubbing here and there may be called for, then just rinse, and the linen is spotlessly clean. Fine linens should be protected••and never come into contact with anything but the purest soap, - "As a household soap there is nothing better or more economical than Sunlight. Every particle is pure soap, with no wasteful filler Sunlight is mild and easy on the hands, too.", Lever Brothers Limited of Toronto, make it. him mightily. He felt within him the stir of elemental passions. His meeting with Affery: was strangely on a par wth his meeting with Carlotta. He had sought -neither, yet how mightily both had affected his destiny! Yet the saner, more practical vein in him assured him that, in declining. Afferyrs offer of advcnture, „he had done well. The short cut to fortune is not always the •.hest, or even the easiest in the long run. When he gat' down to his stateroom an hour or more later he found Affery sound asleep in his -hunk. A small, red, tattered book he had been read- ing had .fallen from his hand to the floor. When Rankine stooped to pick it up he observed, with a.. thrill, that itwas a copy of the New Testament. He replaced it tenderly under Affery's pillow, without disturbing the deep and childlike slumbers ° of its pos- sessor. (To be continued.) For Sore Feet—Mlnard's Liniment. Coninlon Sense. Common sense is the app]icai,ion of the ordinary intelligence possessed by every Bane man and woman, as op- posed to exceptional gifts or know- ledge obtained by education. • Some people have, or at least show, more of it than others, but everyone not mentally deficient- has at least something of this natural knowledge. As -lie grow P weu must gain n wanted ence of some sort, and our degree of common sense is shown by the .manner in -which we learn the lessons . that ex- perience offers us. So prudence, tact, foresight, and observation all go .to, make up our quality of commonsense, which in short we !night say consists of being sensible and practical. What About the Biackfeet. The Snake Indians were so :called because of the characteristics of these natives in quickly concealing them -1 ,.selves -When once discovered. They seemed td glide away in, the grass, i; 1. a s e brush ' g and: rocks and:; disappear with all the subtlety of a serpent., ' No man can produce greatthingsi , who is not thoroughly Sincere in deal- ing with himself,—J. R. Lowell. "DIAMOND DYES" COLOR THINGS NEW I3eautifuI honie:dye- ing and 'tinting is 'guaranteed w Diamond Dyes. Just,• 'dip in cold. ww�er to tint :;oft, , delicate sliade. , or boil to dye rich, permanent colors. Each 15 -cent package contains dI anywoman siin le� can sections so ti pdye or tint lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts,' Waists, dresses, cOatse stocldnge. sweaters, draperies, coverings,, hair. Ings, everything now. Buy "Diamond Dyes" -no other kind --a d tell our druggist n y gg whether the material you wish' to color Is wool or silk, or whether' it is linen, cotton, sF 'loud goody , More important. "Jack dear, why not let us end it all right now?"n "For the simple reason that I have five bottles of Scotch •home that I haven't touched yet" The First One. The original cross -word puzzle was: the first argument between the first automobile driver and the first trafii.o cop. Defective Brains Accused. Defective brains are responsible for quite as many automobile accidents as are defective brakes. But brakes can be adj e ust d. ! masse sews,w—' o,eest usseeed r�,wws✓eas ems....,. The Right Way to Boil Potatoes Put the potatoes in an SNIP Enameled Potato Pot. Cover with water. , Add salt to. taste. Boil until soft. When . finished, drain off alt the !oiling water through the strainer spout. No danger of steam scalding the hands because s a handle securely locks the coyer on. If .your -family uses potatoes, you .--require one of these. Enameled Ft- oTATo POTS 4.111A ride,lgr'I0,01 heVel pgo t, l q e, t) N '.h !%04041 MI cOf a 178 Bq,eR .i i Town Planning, Its Pro; gress in. Canada The International Town, City, and Regional Planning Conference field this year in the pity of New York, April 202i (the.first time in America) was attended i)y delegates from twen- ty-four countries, including Great Iii. Iain, the United States, New Zealand; and Canada. Canada wasrepresented by Mr. W. W. Cory, C.M.G,, Deputy Minister of the Interior, and the Town Planning Institute of Canada by the President, Mr, Noulan Cauchon, of. Ot- tawa. ` Mr. Cory a his address recalled the tact that Charles Dickens' once de. Blared that he had systematically used his art to show the preventable wretchedness and misery in which the masses of the people dwell and had again and again expressed his belief that the amelioration of the living con- dition's of working people niest pre, code all other reforms and that with- out 'this reform all others must fail. The science of town planning,. said Mr, Cory, was based upon the.,desire. to provide better 'home conditions for the less' fortunately placed In life. Mean streets produce mean people. Our cities are more tjian celitres •of 'trade;. they are, or should be, places where utility, comfort and •beauty can be found; places where the poorest may find decent habitations and some charm in the business of living. Prompted Best Interests. Ho believed that town planning held out the promise of improving the hous- ing conditions of the people; it made for- a city, planned and controlled in, the best interests of all the various classes who compose its population.. It was, he thought, a significant fact that chambers of commerce and boards of trade of the North American continent (composed, as they are, of hard-headed businesnren) were among the strongest supporters of the move- ment. Mr. Cory briefly reviewed the pro- gress of town planning in Canada and stated that of the nine provinces seven had already passed town planning••acts and: that in the two others there : was evidence of a very active interest in the subject. He gave special- attention to that part with which he had been most directly brought into touch, the - planning .of improvements in the Caua- dian National Parks in the Rockies. The towns of Banff and Jasper, were, he showed, laid out to fit into: and har- monize with their scenic settings, the plans of proposed, buildings, were pass- ed upon ass ed'upon to secure their suitabilityaand provision. was made' for broad streets," good water, Iighting,: andrecreation facilities: In planning these and other town -sites in the parks, in laying out the roads and trails to give access to outstanding beauty spots, in the con- struction of the famous Banff -Winder mere highway, and other improve- ments the principles of town and re- gional .planning had peen applied so far as possible -andwith . the ,most' gratifying results. Fish, Game, Fur and Birds. Fish. Canada has easily the. .finest inland fishing in the world, but these splendid food and game fish require plenty of clean, 'cold water • in the streams In order to ensure prolific re- production. Forest' ares destroy this possibility by causing drought, erosion and absence of shade,~ Game. -Game animals attract for- eign tourists and induce Canadians t6 seek pleasure, health and,.adventure in the great outdoors. Theseanimals are distinctly a forest• resource—utter- ly dependent upon it for proteetion and food. 'Forest fires are therefore very destructive r' est e of such h wild life. The late Dr. Gordon Hewitt said:.. - ',Because of forest -fires and lack of adequate protection, many forms of ...- our wild Iife are melting away into a memory of regret" I`ue.—For hundreds of years trap- ping has been an important primary industry in Canada. Many thousands of people depend on it for' as living and the annual value, of the fur har- vest is from 15 to 20 million dollars. Generally speaking, north of a line running from the Gulf of St. Lawrence ;W to James Bay and on west to Rein- deer Lake and th,e Llard River Valley, the forests aredistinctly more valu- able for their fur crop than for timber. If this vast fur-forestwere protected from fire and properly managed, it could yield- several times the preset "catch" in, perpetuity, as well as add- ing to timber supplies. 'The trappers say "No self-respect- ing wild animal will live in a brule Their trap -lines always follow the green timber.Fire prevention is es-. sential to the success and prosperity of our fur industry. Birds:—Trees are the houses of the birds --where they nest and live.Aside from their beauty and th,eii• song, the presence of birds is of incalculable value in maintaining the balance of na- ture. Their consumption of• -destruc- tive insects and slugs saves the farmer. and fruit grower hundreds of millions of dollars a year. r A great increase in the bird popula- tion of the prairies ,has been noted since the planting of s telterbekts and protection l n of natural ''bluffs has be- come general. -w,•--- ... Russia Holds Cavaire. Russia has stoppecl the export .of caviare it i 5 stated. ,0,- Wants ttiWants which go every which -way must have it s rise of direc4ir,‘n. • •