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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1923-5-10, Page 610,4 Th&Largest Sale in America because IP Hata Pleases the most exacting tastes. Quality—Economy—Purity—Flavor Always Assured. Martha Jennie's N'Egg Did It BY MINERVA L. G I THAPPEL. ed. So he .knevea11 there was to be known about the country. But my story concerns itself prin- cipally with eggs as they related their - selves to the small girl already well introduced. Martha Jennie could not 1?e convinc- ed that the chickens from_ which , s regularly ran in fright, "aid" tl eggs she saw hi the nests and ate `wit such, gusto at, breakfast.each mor ing. Jimmy and the others told he all about the great mystery but wh Martha .Jennie had been escorted t the bairn to have the: fact proven, lo the farmer's wife was just putting" whole dozen of eggs into a nest out :o a box, a "settin,' she called it, an Martha Jennie again declared to th much -tried Jimmy her. unerring con viction that eggs grew in boxes. Th did in the corner grocery, they did in the Mission Sunday School on 'Zeaster Sunday, they did her: so n'eggs gr ea in boxes and that was all there was tit. The rest was a fairy story! The days went by and all the chil I dren grew rosy and were blissful' happy. The last week had been par ticuiarly wonderful, for the evenin train that stopped at Lake View de posited upon the platform the cora fortable person of Mrs. Henning, wh came in place of a sick Mission worker to look after the children. She surprise Farmer Thomas' family at supper and hugged each one in turn, for her hear was big enough to take in the whole caTZ 400 n; (Concluded from last week.) he Scraping always must be done wi en. the_ grain of the wooed. Careless sera o ing will leave scratches and lna Sometimes the varnish is old and d f and cakes off easily. In that case, d greater part may be taken off e scraping. Sometimes it is very ha - and smooth. and;scraping has lift The • effect. Carving, turning, cracks an crevices can not easily be reached etv this way, but the varnish can be sof to ened and removed in the soft gun= I. state. Alcohol, gasoline, ammonia a - I chloroform are a few of the man y, substances which will dissolve va -} nishes. The most satisfactory is g commercially prepared varnish an - paint remover. There are many -1 the market, all similar and abou o' equally good. They soften the varnis d' and it may be easily scraped off whe in a sticky, gummy condition. A pu t ty knife is good for this work on fie surfaces. For rounded surfaces, car ing, crevices and. moldings, a sti brush, a wooden meat skewer and old rag are a great help. A thoroug t wiping with gasoline, turpentine o benzine is necessary to remove all the grease of the varnish remover, Some people use ammonia for re- moving varnish. It dissolves the var- nish but is disagreeable to use and if allowed to stand any length of ti tends to darken the wood. Such day ened places may be bleached by usin oxalic acid, one tablespoonful of crys tats to one pint of water. This in tur may bleach too much and leave a ligh spot•,a-f allowed to stand too long. So people use a paste of a strong wash ing powder and hot water. Others us ]ye, This, is so harsh on the hand and the wood that• it is not advisabl unless one knows just how to handl it. Any method for removing the old finish may be followed provided it does not suture the wood. STAINS. stream of fetid pus which the child. th absorbs. p-1 This virulent pus may give rise to mar heart disease of the most vicious type; ry it may cause joint infections; it • is the sure to destroy digestion. Please do by not allow yourselves to think that be - rd cause the children. no longer complain•. le of the pain of an abscessed tooth, its d, power to harm is therefore past. If in the old snag or stump remains you t.1 may be quite sure that it is doing y some damage, and perhaps a tremen- nd dons amount. Examine your child's y : teeth, yourself. If they show even a r- spot of decay take the little one to the a I dentist. He will clean up the tooth d and put in a temporary filling that anll will save, it from further trouble so long as it must remain in thee hild's h' head. If he cannot clean it up have e! it extracted, for there is no doubt t- I whatever as to the damage that de- t cayed teeth do to any child. Have �._! these baby teeth cared for properly g' and the child will have them for m an I tication, and thus have better - dige h tion. They will hold the jaw in' pr r1 per place and allow the teeth th are yet to' come down to have room to do so. Allow no one to tell you that they need no care, because they are "only baby teeth." me HOUSECLEANING HINTS, k: To renovate a dust mop put a table - g spoon of concentrated lye into about a - gallon and a half of water and let mop n boil in it. Rinse several times and the t mop will be as good as new. me l To clean painted walls, dissolve two - ounces of borax in two quarts of e water, add a tablespoonful of am- s inonia. Put half the mixture into a e pail of water. No soap should be used e with this mixture. Use kerosene, hot vinegar or turp- entine to remove paint from glass. IS YOUR OIL STOVE READY? PART I. dress out of the gingham apron th "What's zat?" asked Martha Jennie mission lady give me. There w Jones. plenty of the "A n'egg," said Jimmy Henning. "What's n'egg?" persisted Martha, who was three, "Sumthin' t'eat," answered Jimmy, whose seven years of life were filled with knowledge, The two sat upon the wooden doorstep of a house in a squalid court, in the slums of a big "Hurt! Bless you, no, child. It' city. be grand—no hurting at a11, at all." Martha Jennie Jones' drunken fath- Martha Jennie pondered, then aske er and sickly mother had died within ",'Zeaster Sund'y good to eat, lik twenty-four hours of each other, leav- n e2 ing Martha of the olive skin, snapping "Why, my stars, hear the child! It black eyes and tightly curled hair, to Sunday and it's Easter and the great be raised by the neighbors or handed Son of God came out of the grave th brood. e I The morning after she arrived as i Martha Jennie hovered by her side until they were seated at the table and grace was said, and then burs out with, "Mother! There 'tie!" `What, my little lamb? what is?" "N'eggs ! Lots of 'em. T'ain't no birthday. S'every day n'eggs." "Why bless the child, how she do love eggs ! It's eggs, my dearie, not 11 'n'eggs' It's a fine lot of hens' you must be having, ma'am, to lay you so d, many! Oh, thank you, ma'am, two be e plenty for me. An' don't be given the child so many! She'll be wantin' It o t put ruf`fies on it. It's pink and she'll look like a little lady, sure she will, and she'll be good like one won't you, Martha Jennie? A little one, "Don't know," calmly answered that small person. "Does 'Zeaster Sund'y hurt?" over to the charities. Jimmy Henning's mother did faun- there, ye shall see for yourself all of dry work. She had no one but Jimmy the flowers. We'll all go to the Mis- and often bewailed the fact that she Sion School and it'll be fine." not only had "no livin' husband" but Easter Sunday dawned, warm and also had no "gurls" to keep her coni- cloudless. Bright and early Jimmy pany and that she was "that lonesome,and Martha Jennie were aroused for a gurl as never was." So when scrubbed and curled. Martha Jennie, all unconscious of the" 'Zeaster Sunday," shouted Jimmy. terrible happenings around her had "Don't like it. Hurts!" Iooked up into Mrs. Henning'broad broad "Hurts—bash !" shouted Jimmy, Irish face, pleading "take Martha," and Martha Jennie's little feet were Martha was taken into her motherly soon half walking, half dragging be - arms and proclaimed at once to be her tween Jimmy and his mother, her "dopted daughter by all the law an' much ruffled pink gingham flying in perlice," and thus it was arranged, the wind, her black curls bobbing and since no one else in all the world dancing on her head. wanted Martha Jennie Jones. - IThey arrived at the mission and Martha Jennie soon proceeded to found a place at the front. When the question her way into life and to -day's !service was over, the children were question related to a round white ob..; each given one dyed egg and one jest held in Jimmy's grimy hand. It chocolate egg. Martha Jennie's dyed had come from a bag wherein reposed egg was a brilliant blue and Jimmy's two similar objects. This was Jim-! a gorgeous red. The happiness in nay's birthday and he had been allowed Martha Jennie's eyes was good to see to choose an especial treat. He quickly 1 "Kin yer eat 'em?" she asked the chose a hard-boiled egg (Jimmy had world at large. luxurious tastes) and had been sent to I "Yes, indeed. Do you like eggs?' purchase three for thirty-four cents, answered a smiling teacher. If you one for each of the family—an eleven' will come every Sunday, you shall . and one-third cent treat apiece. 1 have a ticket to go to the country for Now it happened that Martha Jen- l two weeks this summer and so shall nie's parents had never introduced her Jimmy. There on the farm, you'll see to an egg. Corn meal, fat bacon, bread lots and lots of eggs and eat one__ and potatoes had comprised her menusmaybe` maybe-two—every day. Will you thus far in life—at least when there' come?" was any menu. So, when Jimmy told Martha Jennie nodded. She would her of her share in the day's treat, she' promise anything for a n'egg. took but little interest, Later, at the 1 Months passed. Martha Jennie went dinner table, her big black eyes watch to Sunday School on Sundays. Hot ed the process of shelling the "n'eggs" Sundays and cold'Sundays, clear and into the cracked saucer that did duty rainy Sundays, any and every kind of as a plate. With the first mouthful Sunday found her willing, nay even her indifference vanished. "N'eggs eager, to be bathed, curled and hur- n'eel'!" she shouted, "want more' ried to the Mission School by the ener- "gg „ I getic Jimmy, who, having last year Huh, sure you do ► said Jimmy,l tasted the joys of a two -weeks' stay grinning. "Nothin' doin'. It's birth-, in the country, yearned to make such day to -day. -That's why you get this delight again his own. one. Ma, kin we have eggs on Marthal Only once in the months- following Jennie's birthday?" " Don't know when it is, Jimmy• l meetaup with do eggs. Martha as the We'll have to give Martha Jennie a day Mrs. O'Reilly and Mrs. Schmidt, birthday, make her up one, I guess neighbors, got into an argument. The and then please God, if the money's argument waxed warm and Mrs. there, we'll have eggs again. But it's Schmidt, whose husband was a baker's dear food they be."!assistant let flya whole dozen eggs, Martha my b'1birthday o n'egg!" ordered "borrowed" frothe long suffering gg!" 1 employer. One of the eggs found a "No, no, dear. The eggs are all resting place on the small form of gone. Birthdays dont all come at once.' Martha Jennie who, standing open - Eat this piece of nice corn bread.. mouthed between the combatants fail - Here's a little- lassis for it. There, ed to move when the battle began, see! It's a feast—it is indeed—we're) Shrieking, she ran to the motherly flavin to-day."arms of Mrs. Henning and amidst her Shortly, another great day loomed sobs poured forth disgust at the con, upon Martha Jennie's horizon. Jimmy dition of her pretty gingham. announced it: "'Zeaster Sunday at « ?" Mission School. " Teacher said bring"What hit me . she wailed. all our little brothers and sisters. Ma, "A n'egg?"was sap dgg." kin I take Martha Jennie?" How coulgasped Martha Jennie, ea , that t reckon,be? It Jimmy. I've made her a wasn't blue, Y' like the 'Zeaster one. nor good to eat, like the birthday one, nor choclat, like the black one. "What kind of 'e wuz it?" g "It wuz a. bad egg," said the wise Jimmy. "They be many kinds o' n'eggs." "Bad," mused Martha Jennie and discussed the whole subject with Jim - After Every Meal In work or play, it gives the poise and steadiness that - mean success. H helps digestion. - allays thirst, keep. Ing the mouth eoo>G and. moist, the fill'oit muscles -relaxed and pliant and the nerves at ease,. done that only five per cent or less of as- the area remains under forest. In one s- case, indeed (that of Peel county) the O- area has been reduced to three per at cent, In thirty counties the area in forest is only ten per cent or less. In continental Europe the proportion is far greater, even in the most densely populated countries. France, for ex. ample, Ms nineteen per cent, of her areas in forest, and Belgium seventeen per cent. them at home and hens don't lay 'em there!" at "Hens don't lay 'errs!" said Martha t Jennie, in scornful wisdom. seen "Sure they et?rlAndHaven't bidd es and all?" Martha Jennie volunteered no ex- planation and the subject was drop- ped. Mrs. Henning's attention was called to Jimmy. "There, there, Jim- my, you've et enough. Two eggs, pie, milk, sauce and all the rest—you'il be busting yourself. Not another bite. Come Martha Jennie, and show mother the hens that don't lay eggs before I help the kind lady with the dishes. It's a wonder the hunger of yez all left even the dishes!" (To be continued.) ay and—and—they sing and—tau Airships in King Solomon's Day. There has just been. brought to light in an ancient manuscript the state- • went that Solomon gave to the Queen of Sheba "a vessel wherein one could traverse the air (or winds) which Solo- ' mon had made by the wisdom that God had given unto him," says a London - despatch. This statement is quoted by Colonel Lockwood Mansh, secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society, in the opening of his preface to "Bibliotheca Aeranautica." The text is • taken from the ancient Abyssinian MSS. "The Glory of the Kings, translated by Sir E. Wallis Budge, director of Egyptian antiquities at the British Museum, in his book, "The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son, Menyelek," published last year. This ancient manuscript has, or course, been translated many times." Colonel Lockwood Marshy told "The Westminster Gazette," "but the state- ment about Solomon's, airship appar- ently escaped the notice of the review- ers ,and it has been left to a flying enthusiast like myself to discover and proclaim it. Solomon lived in the tenth' century B.C., so it is quite the earliest reference to flying extant•and as such will be added to our records." Probably the Earitest. Many theosophists believe that there were airships a million years ago in lost Atlantis, but as the book deserib- iug these airships was not published till 1896, and the theory was based on astral clairvoyance, Colonel Lockwood Marsh' prefers to regard this reference to Solomon's airship in the dawn of civilization as the earliest one. There are other references to flight in the Abyssinian -sacred writings, and there - is a long description of the firaoulaus way in which the Queen of Sheba's son, Menyelek, left Solomon journeying to- his mother's country. "No man hauled his wagon, and n whether it was men or horses or mules to MBIllidElIEFEEIgidggsgmmusesul 1 1" Mr. Man— You an-- You. foel Lifebuoy's healthhtes right down into the pores. A iter Lifebuoy -you feel cleaner then you have ever felt iefore. - The dellgrt and comfort of using hifbbuoy aro famous" Around the world. The odour vanishes prickly aftsr uao. I HEALTH OAP impummosanamosimessmL my, as he magnanimously piloted her to the corner grocery and showed her1 a crate of eggs, each one lying in its own wee cubicle. "Z'at where n'eggs live?" asked i Martha Jennie. 1 "Sure," said Jimmy. And so thy u e days went by. August at last. Fifty children, all 0 ages, sizes and conditions of raiment, h lined If possible, all stains should be re- moved at this time. Use oxalic acid o the strength mentioned above. If per- sistently applied, it will remove ink and many other stains, Sometimes it bleaches too much. Weak ammonia must then be applied to bring the color back. If the stains refuse to respond to this treatment, they may be removed during the next process. SMOOTHING THE SURFACE. How about that oil stove, did you clean it before you put it away last fall? Or when, during that last warm spell you used it, one burner smoked, the wick burned out in another, and only one seemed in working order, did you pack it away in disgust' until next summer? I1 If so, now is the time to bring it out and clean it in preparation for the , first hot days which will soon be here. i Remove the chimneys and wash them in a good suds. Take all the. burners apart and put them in a pail of water in which one-half package baking soda has been dissolved, th boil for half an hour. Rinse in sever waters and dry in the oven. Wh possible remove the oil supply pi and flush with hot soda solution. Quite likely new wicks will be nee ed. Better buy them by the -doze as they come cheaper and you wi have them ready to renew from ti to time. I£ yours is a wickless sto the asbestos ,rings may be purchase in the same way. Get a tube of stove cement to men any joints that are leaking oil, als to cement in new mica windows. Apply enamel to the cabinet body i there are any rusty spots. Lastly, fill the oil tank so that th new wicks_ will have time to becom well saturated with oil before time use.—Mrs. H. Mayer. A fine finish requires an 'absolutely smooth, satiny surface. So smoothing is the next process. It should not be attempted until the wood is thorough- ly dry. If the surface is very rough, the coarsest sand paper should be used. For flat surfaces such as table tops, it should be used over a block of wood for this gives even pressure. Any rubbing of this kind must be done with the grain of the wood al- ways. Directions of this kind are of value only if followed exactly—not guessed at. After smoothing with the coarsest sand paper, the medium grade is used and finally the fine grade. Some wood i may be in such good condition that the 1 fine sand paper is all it needs. The 1 block of wood is satisfactory on fiat surfaces only. For carvings, mold- ings and the delicate veneer work which is often found on real old pieces, steel wool is usually best. It comes -in varying grades of fineness. This part of the work is monotonous but a smooth surface - is absolutely necessary for a- good finish. When the dust of smoothing has been wiped off, the wood is ready for the next' process which we will discuss in a later article. CARING FOR THE "BABY TEETH." 1 am going to remind you of a few important facts about the temporary teeth of children, commonly called the "baby teeth," because I find a great ignorance as to their importance. I find that parents are- slighting their care, under the impression that they don't last long anyway and.their de- cay is a matter of no great im- portance. The temporary teeth are twenty in umber. They begin to erupt at five seven months and are all erupted h ar loaded camels, each was'raised What is a "Hardwood" Tree? From time to time there comes u to wood -users of all descriptions (that is, to practically everyone) the ques- tion as to what constitutes a "hard- wood" tree as distinguished from a "softwood" tree. Can we call the pop- lar a "hardwood" when its wood is so soft? And, conversely, can we speak of hard pine as a "softwood" when its wood is so much harder than that of the poplar? This is a case where a term, appar- ently quite definite, has acquired an altered meaning in use. A "hardwood" tree is. not necessarily a .tree whose wood is hard, nor is• every tree whose wood is bard a "hardwood" tree. Pop lar, basswood, and tulip, or. "whitewoat]," for instance, are all termed 'hardwoods," although- their wood is comparatively soft; and, on the other and, hard pine and yew belong with y the tune the child is from two and t half- to three years old. At six years is age the child should get his- first rmanentt teeth, the "six-year mol - s," and very important teeth they s e. If they break through into a in mouth that is• filled with a lot of de- yed' teeth, there is grave probability P1 at they will soon be infected. b There was a time, years ago, when a the teeth of children never received tr attention, unless they had -toothache. a If the toothache. was severe the offend- fol g tooth was extracted and the child 't about the ground to the height of a a cubit," of A cubit, according to the ancient pe Egyptians, measured about twenty ar nekes, but elsewhere it is recorded w- hat at over the Red Sea they were lifted p `three cubits•. It is further stated ca `And every one traveled in - the wag- th as . like an eagle when his. he "softwoods," although their wood much harder than that of the."hard- woodsr' just mentioned. The usage prevailing in the forest ervices both federal and provincial Canada (and the same - may be said of those of the.`United States) is to ap y the term hardwood" to a tree that ears Ieaves, such as the maple, oak; nd ash, as distinguished from. those• ees having needle-like foliage, such s the pine' and; spruce, or scale -like iege, suob as the ,cedar, which are erred "softwoods. These latter are often described as vergreens, though the tamarack, which is a softwood. sheds its foliage in.. the autumn, and the madrona in British Columbia, which is a hard wood, keeps its foliage all winter. Ts, or is the term "conifer" or cone -bearing tree, altogether satisfactory; the fruit of the yew (another softwood) has the external appearance of a berry. The botanical tennis' "Angiosperm and "Gymnosperni" (as applied -to trees), could they be popularized, would clear- ly define t!:e groups of "hardwoods and "softwoods" respectively. In ten counties in Ontario the work of clearing has been so thoroughly ne up at the Union St ti Excited, adyglideth� abovethewind." awed, frightened yet happy, th , feted the special car reserved for; them. When'the fanning community, was reached, they were dropped of£ at 1 the stations by two, three or in small 1 bunches. Near the end' of the line the train stopped at Lake View station ' and here our little folks were deposit- ed. Jimmy,' Martha Jennie, Alice Gor- I don, 1Vlathilda Grey, six , and' nine years respectively, and Georgie Pier-' sail, eight, whose right foot would not. grow and whose crutch made the still- ness of Lake View resound with its scrambh 'ng, chattering youngsters en -1, A Wrong Impression. thump, thump, while its delighted owner shrieked. "There she is! Same old station! Here's the farrn wagon. Why, if there ain't the same old cow!" Georgie had spent two weeks the pre -1 vious S Y' whichthe five children were con✓ Ign- Iltinard a Liniment ter toughs dl Goias and infectious, causing a constant A young man, becoming engaged, hi was anxious to present his 'fiancee go with a ring apropriately inscribed. Af Being at a ` loss what to have en- ex graved upon it, he asked .tads father for th advice. ter ""Well," said the latter, "put `when me this you see, remembe•• me.':" vis A few days later the young woman low was surprised • to receive: a beautiful per ring with this: Inscription : "When this of you see, rem ember”�.father." can pr Covetousness is always ;filling a aft bottomless vessel. co moo year' a tai Th omas farm.,, to • They have ceased aching but are foul t along -in -the best way possible ter a time it was found that the traction of these teeth, even.though ey were only temporary teeth, inter - ed disastrously with ; the develop- nt of the jaw. Then we were ad - ed that "baby: teeth" should be el- ect to remain in the jaw' until their manent successors came, regardless their condition. Perhaps it is be - se of their advice; that the teeth of esent-day children so seldom receive ention of any kind. It is a very mmon thing to find children whose uths are filled with cl . a;l roots. '"8 oi • Mlnard'e Liniment for Coyne and Warta - - His Security. Mulligan (to grocer)—"If 01 lave yez security equal to whet 01 take away will, yez thrust me till next wake?" Grocer --"Certainly." Mulligan ---"Well, thin, sell me two of thin hems an' karpe wan of thim till Oi call again." More Considerate. Father (impatiently)—"Come, Mary, throw Your doll on the bed ands hurry, or we shall be late." Mary (reprovingly)—".Daddy, ,haw can you? I isn't that kind of a muv- ver." Once in Tropics. Evidence collected from; time to time suggests that tropical conditions once prevailed in the Northern Arctic regions. 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