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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-4-19, Page 2The volume of applications for new insurance during 1016 was by far the Greatest in the 1-listory of the Company, That is the best evidence of public esteem, Let us send you some fresh Insurance feats (DROWN LaE;'E LIIISUIRPiICE 68ey Tstl&31) TTO Agents wanted in unrepresented districts 35 The Fence �? For Real Prosection gives life time service. ei made of the best open Ilearth steel fence wire. all en- surities burned eta, all the strength and tough- ness leftthe fence ela..118 and ..pri gt Ys. will urtenrtpor breolr under oud,tea nhovlo p.' gah.k ntmn5. PhtrIe ehuuges. QnRunir, d in 7,91001"e rustnnd the 0001lua will not 11010,, pool pr rht on. conned over the mast hill.' ,nut 110(8 en t;mmnd, ,, tt),nut bu, hang• snn00ing or kinking. J4lory> joint in 1n.L•ed tog „th, 0 sugh thn v; .11 hnnrn PeoUoo. r,orh.' Ibo henvv my trues ;Mtn: w0 e tee Ont euggtng and rnaulrn only ul,a.01,055,,n wan.' oth,r 50000,. Svud fsr,•,mdo,o ft n10o descr.Lrs nnrfarm gates, pooh.'.' 5enein, and ,run unassigned Aaouts nearly o,erYuhnru. ACentn 8 .01, 4 in una'slgned torrrtnrr, THE BANWELL..HOXIE WIRE FENCE CO., Ltd. Winnipeg, 01anituha Hamilton, Ontario i Between Cousins; OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR. 1 CHAPTER IIL—(Cont'd). I the first time that her niece had at- "Im sure he isn't!" said the indign-Itremises.mpteto encroach uon Such efforts con dher not be ant Ella. lie is far too—serious too promptly discouraged. In the in - ever so long, and he told me all aboutiI for that. We sat upon a bench for terests of the family peace it certainly was fortunate'tliat the real martyr in his plans. He has such beautiful I the else had never yet thought of lay - ideas!" fe -lain to the tltl^ "Which means that you flirted The end of it was that, having awal shamefully with him. Ah, I know; lowed a few more insults, Ella retir-, yen fair-haired innocents; and I've no ed in tears to her room, while Mrs. doubt he knows them too. Alen aren't Watson, satisfied with her evening's so blind as some women 'would like' work, settled down comfortably to find them to be. (There's my cushion fault with the delicate little supper - slipping down again, Fanny—can't you' dish over which Fanny had been keep your eyes open, girl, instead of scorching her thin face for the best only your ears?) So that's you spend part of the evening• your afternoon, ogling young men,( Upstairs, behind her locked door, while a stricken woman like me can sit Ella was trying to reconstruct her. a prisoner in her room, with no more; elation of the afternoon. To -day's cheerful company than that long -faced' event had crowned the wishes of Fanny." ! months past, for the schoolmaster's The corners of Ella's mouth began to daughter possessed a disposition which droop, ;inclined to the sentimental, as well as "But, auntie, I've only got one after- a combustible sort of imagination, as noon in the week! You know that' much at the mercy of any stray spark I'm shut up in that post office from that might be flying about as is an Monday to Saturday, and my head imperfectly isolated powder magazine. aches sometimes eo terribly. It is so She had been quite right in saying hard never to get a little fresh air." that+her imagination was a bother,' "Stuff and nuneense! You're as but it was likewise a danger, to her - healthy as a cat," decided Mrs. Watson self and others. A touch of fastidi- curtily eusness, which she herself called Evidently there was no room for two "choiceness," and which had never had martyrs in one family. This was not the chance of developing into refine - 'meet, made her ill at ease in her pre - ;sent groove. She owned to nothing as common as ambition, preferring to ! deal in "aspirations,"hitherto unful-' filled. Eminently she was one of the dissatisfied one of the earth; ever on a 'the look -out for an escape from the monotony, and what she considered the a degradation, of her present existence e —chronically scouring the horizon far s I afield, and unavoidably overlooking the e. (one beneath her hand, as too small, s and altogether ton commonplace for. b her powers. s The very sight of John M`Donnell h had stirred her interest. The tall FOR young man with the striking head and HEADACHES, BILI©USNFSS , stantlthe y taken Ther fancy. ed ar She beg n b CONSTIPATION, to weave theories about him, which h grew more and more highly colored f the oftener she sat opposite to him.' o Preparing Rhubarb, The spring months bring in an abundance of nature's best gifts, the fresh fruits, Rhubarb is the earliest of our na- tive fruits, it contains valuable mineral salts of an acid nature, which have very beneficial effects upon the liven' and kidneys by causing a free secre- tion of bile. This is very desirable after the rrolonged winter when, through lack of exercise and eating ,rich foods, these organs become slug- gish and inactive, producing the so- called spring fever, which is nothing but a lack of energy and ambition, due in many eases to a torpid liver. Eat freely of this very desirable fruit. Its tonic properties are a valuable addition to the diet, Below are a few methodods of cooking rhu- barb: Rhubarb Baked in Casserole.—Wash and drain a bunch of rhubarb, then cut in one -inch pieces, Put in a casserole and add one-half a cup of brown sugar, Place a lid in position and bake for three-quarters of an hour• Do not add any water. This is delicious. The , ca,sserole confines all the aroma of the fruit, so that none of it escapes. Rhubarb Pudding.—Two cups stew- ed and sweetened rhubarb. One cupful bread crumbs. One-half teaspoonful nutmeg. Mix thoroughly and then pack in a well -greased mold, Steam for one, hour and serve with hard sauce. Rhubarb Roll.—Drain all liquid from the outside, as it were taking what might be termed a bird's-eye view of her own person—such a view as may be gained froma balloon mounted to a reasonable • ].'eight. Ofte had she contemplated herself from this vantage -point, and had been im mensely touched by the sight of th fair-haired orphan (the color of th hair somehow greatly enhanced the of fectiveneas of the picture) thrown he aspirations. At the affecting vision tears were ready ata moment's notic to rise to her eyes. She always ken a supply, at the disposal of self-pity. But resignation could not make he hesitate to take the chance offered by the forgotten sandwiches, and from that moment an element of hope en tered into the dreams. It was not in accordance with any deep -laid plot that she pursued her advantage. There was nothing either of the cold- blooded schemer or of the false siren in Ella Mitchell, thought a good des of th naive flirt. Besies, to her it was not flirtation, but desperate earnest -=or' so she believed. John's picture of his Highland home had in very truth gone to her somewhat un- certainly balanced head. Having lived all the dull part of her life in towns, the country represented to her the holiday part of existence. • On the subject of John's "mission'„ her magination had proved somewhat less combustible; but here, too, the magic f his earnestness had lit a spark To he helpmate of so picturesque an postle as this, a field would be upen- d not absolutely unworthy of even a uperior soul, Also, she began to onsider (but this, as it were, subcon- ciously) that the taking of orders has een known to lead to high places. If he did not tell herself that the Church as frequently served as an ante- chamber to the drawing -room, it was lfhrtly because the achievement of the xpression was beyond her, and partly ecause she was honestly unaware of eying come to any such conclusion; or though never willingly decieving thers, she rarely passed a day with - from enough cooked rhubarb to meas. ure two cups, then make dough es follows; One cup flour, one-half tea- spoonful salt, two teaspoonfuls bak- ing powder, two tablespoonfuls short- ening, Six tablespoonfuls milk or wa- ter. Sift dry ingredients, then rub in shortening. Mix to dough with milk or water, Roll on floured pastry board one-quarter inch thick, Now spread the drained rhubarb over the dough, leaving a space of one inch all around the edges. Now roll like jelly roll and then put in a well -greased baking pan, pouring over the roll: One-half cup rhubarb juice and one- quarter cup of sugar. Bake in a moderate over for forty minutes. This roll may be eaten hot or cold, wth a sauce made from the rhubarb. Rhubarb Sauce.—One cup rhubarb juice, one-half cup sugar, one table- spoonful cornstarch. Cook until clear, usually about five minutes, Serve hot or cold. Rhubarb Dumplings.—Prepare a dough, using the recipe given for rhu- barb roll. Cut after rolling in four - inch squares. Pill the squares with pieces of uncooked rhubarb cutin one.. inch blocks. Fold over the dough, then tie in dumpling cloths and boil or. steam for twenty-five minutes. Serve with sweet cream sauce. .Use of a Stencil. Stenciling is one of the daintiest, yet easiest, method of decoration. The uses to which a stencil can be put are almost too many to mention; all kinds of articles for persona! wear can be so treated, such as scarves, dresses, sunshades, bands, etc., and for the home such things as lamp shades, cushion covers, curtains, bags, - hangings, table covers, etc. e A useful little stencil to purchase e is based on the wild roseandis very -1 simple to work out; it can be applied r to various articles, such as scarves, covers, curtains, bags, shades, etc.; the t I stencil is repeated, of course, as often as it is thought ,desirable—this will r depend upon the nature and the size of the article that is to be decorated. The colorings used for this stencil may be varied, such as red and green, pale pink and green;, the coloring will depend upon, ;that of the rest of the room. If. the stencil is to decor- ate a hanging or cover,' and if for 1 dress purposes it will depend upon the general color scheme. Some oil colors will be needed, one or two stenciling brushes, and if the work is to wash well it is wise to buy a bottle of stenciling medium. Put out on an oil plate or palette, some Alizarin crimson, white, lemon chrome and blue. If the material to be decorated is delicate pin it down with drawing pins on to clean white blotting paper•, then , pin the stencil in place. Economy A National Duty. It is said that Canadian women scarcely know the rudiments of econ- omy. Though this may be too strong- ly expressed, it is certainly true that considerable quantities of food are wasted in the average Canadian home. This may be due to ignorance or care- lessness, or both. But if the women once grasped the fact that conserving our food supply iS, in a very real sense, war work, and a definite duty to the country, more intelligence would be brought to bear on the problem. There is a tendency to put the emph- asis on pat'r'iotic work outside the home to the neglect of national service which is waiting for us in the kitchen. No appeal has been made for us to undergo hardship in our eating. All that is asked of 1" - '.•omen is that they serve sine'"me meals, eliminating all : ':este. This avoidable waste . summarized as follows: (1) Loss through poor cooking, (2) cooking in larger quantities than pes- sary, (3) buying materials of small nutritive value, (4) food out of season, (5) buying imported foods, (6) buy- ing staple foods in too small quanta. ties, (7) buying more of some foods than can be used before spoiling, (8) buying cooked foods that could be more cheaply prepared at home, (9) failure to make use of left -overs, (10) careless seasoning and unattractive serving, (11) too many meat dishes INDIGESTION Nearlyall ourminor ailments, and many of the serious ones, too, are traceable to some disorder of the stomach, liver, and bowels, If you wish to avoid the mis- eries of indigestion, acidity, heartburn, flatulence, headaches, constipation, and a host of other distressing ailments, you must see to it that your stomach, liver and bowels arc equal to TRY the work they have to do. It is a simple matter to take 30 drops of Mother Seigel's Syrup daily, after meals, yet thousands of former sufferers have banished indigestion, iousnese, constipation, and all their dis- tressing consequences in just this simple way. Profit by their experience. As a digestive tonic and stomachic remedy, Mother Seigel's Syrup is unsurpassed, MOTHER SYRUP. 2015 (10 Tn1t Ngw 1.00 Stag C050001as 3 Timis A9 MUCK A9 THE, 'PRIM. SIZE 1055 A150c PER nOTTLu. In time the theories began to turn into a dream;, and the dreams. in order to be fully' tasted, had to be" confided to somebody, Thence those midnight talks, so deeply- condemned by Mrs.' Watson. "I am sure he is very learned," Elia told Fanny, who lent herself to the role of confidant as resistlessly as to that of whipping -boy. "He evidently lives only for his books. He must be a{ very superior person, so serious and; earnest; and his hair is such a beauti- ful color, so quite different from the usual common red. But oh, I should' like him sometimes to take his eyes ` off the hooks! One glance from those deep, brown oyes would make me feel quite happy for a whole day, I am sure, And if ever I could obtain one word!" By the: time the confidences reached this point, Ella was quite as genuinely,' in love with her unknown fellow -pas- senger as it was in her nature to be with anything but herself, though be- s 15 s si d if n si la in ed to tm'e, N C * N: ! When at the end of the third "term John returned to Ardlock for the last- time before his ordination, he slid not be fa Pa icated. Tim M'Laren, having been finitely put on the "bank," had given p jolting, as a thing which no longer erved his purpose, but there was lenty of frank curiosity as to the per - on of the future "misels," That there was to be a "missis" was taken almost for granted. Who would elect to lire alone in the grey stone house, whichi was so obviously planned to held two—end more? John listened thoughtfully, making no absolute denial of the possibility of the thing. That consternation which the first suggestion had roused in him was no longer visible on his face, (To be continued). ut deceiving herself. Invariably, he was the first of her own dupes, though not necessarily the sole one. ven in the privacy of her own mind, he liked to keep up the picturesque de of things. Religion was un- ouhtedly picturesque; which was robably one of the reasons why Ella, eying dried her tears on the Sunday ight in question, came to the conclu- on that she had been neglecting it tely, and, that it was time to take it to a more serious cultivation. Next day, accordingly, she purchas- e new prayer -book, and resolved work up her knowledge of Scrip- ing to the slate -quarry quite his bitual disengagement of mind, The ospoct of the future, hitherto so ernly simple, had somehow got com- comingly resigned to the apparent pl hopelessness of her ease. 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Though England never since 1848 ]las attempted to feed herself, yet dur- ing this war she has not only fed her own people, but in large part -hes pro- vided tI a supplies of her allies. The cargo boats have attended to that. They are England's pride, they are her rnainstay, her backbone, the guar- antee of her ability to make the whole world her ally whether it, will or not. In Liverpool Harbor. 'Kee saw vessels from literally every quarter of the globe corning and go ing, bringing and taking every con- ceivable sort of cargo, says a visitor , in England. We were assured that Liverpool had not known one case of officer or.sailbr refusing to ship be-. cause of submarine or other war dan- ger. With the sailors, indeed, the submarine- is humorously treated as a joke. If it gets your ship, why, you row around in the boats until you are picked up and carried ashore, where you promptly standup for another; voyage in the next heat. The sailors, of course, are intensely bitter against the submarines. The perils of the sea are aniple without be- ing accentuated by such a treacherous foe. Until this war broke doom all the rules of civilized conduct the world had gone on for centuries steadily de- veloping means for increasing safety of life and property on the wide wa- ters. Now there is no law of the sea save the law of German murder and piracy; but the sailors of England go right on heaving their anchors and sailing to all the ports of the world. It has become a matter of honor With them. London Docks. The following day we toured the dock section:of London and saw the greatest commercial shipping district . in Europe, if not in the world. At all the British .ports the most impressive thing was the marvellous shipping ac- tivity. Ships big andlittlo, steam and sail, tugboats and liners, rushing through their port operation in order thnt they might be back at sea. Whet) the war started Great Britain controlled approximately half of the merchant marine of the world; that establishment has now been taken un- der Government control, and by rea- son of transfers to British registry it is quite possible that despite all losses England now possesses a larger pro- portion of the world's seagoing capa- city than when the war began. Hun- deeds and hundreds of vessels owned, - in neutral countries have been bought, or leased or contracted by the allied Powers. The productiOh of new ships has been interfered with by the re- quirements of the navy, but neverthe- less new ships are being constantly and with incessant rapidity produced. The Smallest Bird's Nest. The most dainty structure built in this country by the Bill and feet of birds is the nest made by the ruby - throated humming bird, says T. Gil- bert Pearson. When completed it is scarcely larger than an English wal- nut, and -is saddled on a small horizon- tal limb of a tree, often many feet from the ground. It is composed al- most entirely of soft plant fibers, fragments of spiders' webs sometimes being used to hold them in shape, The outer sides are thickly studded with bits of lichen, and practiced, indeed, is the eye of man or Woman that can -dis- tinguish it from a knot on a limb, A1- though the humming bird's nest is ex- ceedingly frail, there is nothing on re, cord to show that any great number of them come to grief during the summer rains. It is, however, not called upon. for a long terms of occupation. With- in a month after the two white eggs are laid the young depart on their tiny pinions. Young birds that require a longer period for gr'owtil before leaving the nest are furnished usually with more enduring abiding places. In the case of the bald eagle, the young of which do not fly until they are Many weeks' old, a most substantial structure is provfdecl, To clean Gloves. A saucer, of, milk, a piece of white soap, and a piece of white cotton tis large as a handkerchief Will clean kid gloves and leave them in to soft spot- less condition. Put the soiled, gloves on your hands,.dampen 15 corder of the clean cloth, put over first :forefinger of tife right hand, rub often o2 twice on the soap, :and then gently :stroke the glove from the fingers to a,clean place on the epi ton frequently. Do not rub the hitt both ways but always from the fingers up.