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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-08-14, Page 6ne .Reasonhy' GREEN TEA is used more than any other brand is - because the delicious flavor never varies. — Try it. FREE SAMPLE of GREEN TEA UPON REQUEST.-SALdUA," TORONTO H491 a ro hers !:der the Skin BY EUGENE JONES, PART IV. Cameron was leaning forward, star- ing at O'Grady through the pipe smoke which floated in odoriferous strata about them. -A light burned in his eyes; it was as if the red-shirted, whiskey -smelling foreman had open- ed a door to a new world. "Go on, tell me more" "Well," continued O'Grady, "thim guys down in Montreal don't know about tryin' ter blast a right av way through bedrock. 'Tis me belief they've forgotten the work this same gang's done before. They went back on Uncle Stan because th' idjits thought it was his fault, whin all th' toime it waz th' fault av this blessed coun- try. And along you come whin we've been breakin' our backs ter make good fer th' best mon thot iver lived, and you up and says: 'Men, yer not put - tin' out!' , , . Awhile back ye asked me to put meself in your place. Now, Mister Cameron, put yourself in our place if it plazes ye." Mike drew on his pipe furiously, his one visible eye blazing. "We ain't none av yer blanked Mexicans; we're white men buildin' a railroad fer th' iverlastin' fun av buildin' it. We'll work loiko blazes with ye, but' we won't slave under ye and thot, sor, is me honest opinion." For a moment the tent was very silent, Cameron passed a hand across his eyes as if sight had been miracu- lously given them after years of dark- ness. Then he got up. "Mike O'Grady," said he, "you're right; I'm wrong. Do you think with your help I could learn to work with you fellows? So we can all see the railroad go through?" The foreman was on his feet like a flash. He grabbed the other's hand. " 'Tia sure av it 01 am, sor! Oi was a drunken fool to -night, but there'll be no more baozin' in this camp because Oi kin lick ivery mith sr's son av 'ern—harm' you, sor. And 01 ain't sure 0i can't do that whin Oi'm sober." What particular brand of magic pressure. No way to test this except,I with human life. The foreman picked up a rope Pre -1 to knotting It around' his t waist. Willing hands would hold the rope; thus should he be precipitated into the gulf below, he could be pulled flack to safety. Safety?. Something closed around Cameron's heart. After the man fetch- ed up against the cliff, after the frag- ments had showered upon his body what use would there be in dragging. what was left to safety? "Hold on, Mike!" snapped the en- gineer. Mike O'Grady worked before break- fast the following morning is strictly Mike's business, Suffice to say it was a totally changed construction gang that fell upon the cliff with a will. Cameron, watching them, could hardly believe his eyes. No, O'Grady had been right; this was not a collection of drones, but a gathering of imen—of brothers under the skin—giving their best whole- heartedly for a far smaller recompense than he—Cameron—received. He looked up at the sky and thank- ed God for all the O'Grady's in the world; and asked God that, through the coming years, he might be blessed with a larger understanding. Suddenly he saw the gang melt away from the cliff path. Somebody shouted "Blast!" A moment passed; then with a muffled roar a great sec- tion of rock tore itself from its bed and hurtled into the 'valley. The engineer knew another blast would follow, as it had been found ad- visable to time the explosion of two charges, one after the other. He joined the group of waiting men, but nothing happened. A minute passed two, three, five. Something had gone wrong; the detonator had failed. Of course the loose rock might part at any time of its own weight, or it might remain where it was indefinitely, blocking the work. O'Grady, in charge of operations at this particular point, swore. "Sure the domn thing's dead! 'Twill be ,best to go out there an take a look, Ol'm thinkin'." The engineers practiced eye swept the cliff path, saw the mammoth crack in the rock upholding that path. The next blast would have established a new and firm bed; but there couldn't be any next blast until somebody placed a fresh detonator on the charge and connected it with the firing wire. Of course the overhanging ledge might be firm enough to withstand the weight of a locomotive, or it might crash downward under a few pounds. For every wash -day method D INSO is ideal for any wash -day 1Y i\ method you use. You do not have to change any of your usual steps—just 'use Ringo where you used to use ordinary soap. H .you like to boil your white cot- tons, Rinso will give you just the safe cleansing suds you need in the boiler. if you use a washing machine, follow the advice of the big washing machine manufacturers— use Rinso. Just soaking with this new kind of soap loosens all the dirt until a single rinsing leaves the clothes clean and spotless. However you do your wash, make it easy by using Rinse. Rirtso is sold by all grocers and department stores If you use a Washing Machine, soak your clothes in the Ringo suds as usual. 1n the morning add more Rinso solution and work the machine. Then rinse and dry— you will have a clean sweet snow - white wash. LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED TORONTO lva-a7 O'Grady grinned. "'Twill be ;all right, sor. Jist a ticklish moment while Oi stick on another cap. Oi'vo done it ,before—" Cameron had seen others flirt with death. He had taken some long chances himself; but now the convic- tion came to him that the grinning, red-headed Irishman wasworth more to the road, more to progress, than a mere engineer: Plenty. of engineers, but O'Gradys were scarce! Cameron jerked the rope from his. foreman. "I'!! 'tend to that!" he snapped. A dozen men pushed forward . "Not en yer loifelC' yelled Mike, "'Tis me own job!" Andhe caught an end of the line. One second Mike stood grinning, de- fiant, determined to face the rock shelf ; the next he sprawled upon his broad back, catapulted there by Cam- eron's fist. "I said," repeated Cameron,. "I would 'tend to setting that cap. Any- body who interferes will wake up be- side O'Grady!" The men hesitated, fell away. Countless fingers gripped the rope the engineer tied about his waist. A hush fell upon the gathering as Cameron, detonator in hand, moved toward the cliff path. Then he stepped out from safety, on his right the sheer wall brushing his shoulder, on his left the abyss reaching for his toes. Ile did not look below, but kept his eyes riveted on that portion of the rock a hundred feet distant in which was buried the dynamite charge. 1 very ear waited for the fatal crack which' would mean probable death to the man on the path. Pressing against the cliff, keeping his feet as far from the crumbling ledge: as possible, Cameron continued to decrease the gap' between him and his objective. Fifty feet--twenty-1 ten--five,--a great sigh went up. He was leaning over the hole, adjusting the cap and making the connection with the firing wire. Suddenly the dreaded sound cut the stillness—the sharp crack of parting rock. The men tightened their grip on the rope. Then Cameron stood erect, waving his arm. "I'll run for itl" he yelled. "Ready!" Well he knew that herein lay, his best chance, that the shelf. could sup- port his up-port-his weight but for a moment. Crouching, he shot forward at ` full speed, one shoulder brushing the cliff, the other extending beyond the path rim. Somewhere below him a rumble broke forth, He had covered the greater part .of the distance and the men were helping him with a taut line. The rumble increased. He was near now --- "Jump!" - somebody screamed. "Jump!" It was Mike, who had been watching the cliff through narrowed eyes. Blindly Cameron obeyed; and at the same instant those dragging in the rope gave a mighty heave. As his feet left the ledge it parted from the cliff, spinning into the valley below. For a moment hisbody was whirling through space. It was Mike O'Grady who dusted trim off and pressed his dirty rag of a handkerchief over a cut on Cameron's cheek where he had struck a project- ing fragment of rock; and it was Mike O'Grady who kept screeching at the top of his lungs: "Yer a fool, sor—a blanked fool! B'ys, he's a blanked fool, but we're with 'im—ivery mither's son av us!" (The End.) Minard's Liniment Heals Cute. f` About the liousm DINNERS FOR THE THRESHERS.; Planning carefully in advance will c eliminate many of the threshing -time f difficulties in the kitchen. To be suc- cessful, meals for threshers mtist taste good and be hearty enough for hard- working men—so that the crew will work cheerfully and come back eag- erly the following year. I s And for the benefit of the housewife, they must be easy to prepare and 't cooked in large quantities, for second and third helpings. Those who know in advance the exact day and hour of the arrival of the threshers have the choice of sev- eral menus, depending on what is most easily obtained and what is most i easily cooked. Last-minute cooking, like frying and broiling, is best avoided. The last, minutes are busy enough with table setting and serving. Top -of -the -stove cookimg should be kept down to the minimum, for that space will be needed for coffee and tea making and last touches on grav- ies and sauces, unless, however, a steamer or pressure cooker takes its triple burden of the cooking on one round .of the stove space. And both the steamer and pressure cooker are admirable for large -quantity cooking in small -quantity space. The oven is to be depended on for the bulk of the cooking. A big pot or pan of beans may be baked the day before and warmed up as wanted. Roasts will give hot meat for dinner and cold slices for supper. Macaroni and cheese for supper is browned for an hour in the oven be- fore serving. Even a meat stew will cook away merrily in an earthen dish in the oven and will be the better flavored for it. The garden will supply potatoes, green vegetables and salad. The vege- tables call for the top of the stove, but the cooking time is relatively short. Limit the vegetables to one variety unless a steamer is used. To save time and labor substitute pack- aged noodles for potatoes, which de- mand preparation. ' The salad depends on'the season-- sliced eason-sliced tomatoes or cucumbers, radish- es, onions or lettuce—and cabbage, especially the real slaw with sour - cream dressing; is a universal fav- orite. For dessert nothing surpasses, to most men's mind, .berry or fruit pies. Made the day before, they can be warmed up at the last moment. Fruit and cake make good alternatives for the last course. Fruit jelly—full of berries or fruit—with cream, is a day -before task and easily served, as are many other puddings. But they must he prepared a day ahead. The woman who has an ice cream freezer with a right -sized son to turn it can serve this cooling but hearty dessert. There is nothing more de- licious, and all but the freezing is done in advance. A word as to cakes and cookies. Put allthe good things into the cake proper and omit the laborious And instead of cookies make drop ekes and the work will go twice as ast. These, too, may be full of sugar and spice and everything nice. When the machine pulls into the field unexpectedly, the meal must be based on supplies thatare on hand. One clever housewife holds over in a ale place enough of her own canned goods—meats, vegetables and fruits- o serve two or three such -unplanned- for meals, She opens a few cans and starts their contents cooking, gathers what the garden will yield for salad and fresh vegetables, and soon a real 100 per cent. meal will be ready for "serv- ng. A few cans of corned beef plus po- tatoes will give delicious hash; mois- ten it with milk and bake in the oven until brown and crisp. A baking dish or casserole is excellent. -- • cake and fruit. ' Boil the corned beef the day before and finish it in 0 cov- ered roaster in the oven ,Baked ham, boiled noodles, succo- tash, cucumbers and pickled beets, green apple pier Baked beans with porlc, brown bread, mixed vegetable salad, fruit jelly and cream. Macaroni and cheese, buttered string beans, sliced tomatoes, fruit and drop spice cakes. Canned red kidney beans, crisp bacon, corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes, fruit shorteake. Creamed salmon• and peas; rice, cab- bage slaw, hot gingerbread and fruit. Sliced ham baked in milk, boiled go- tatoes, carrots with butter•, lettuce salad, fruit tapioca. PAIL FOR PICKING FRUIT., A "hooked" pail will make the picking of cherries and other small fruit easier, and safer. Any boy or girl in a few minutes can bend a strong wire into a small hook at one end and a large hook at the other. The small hook fastens to the handle of pail or basket. The larger hook silps over a branch of the tree. This leaves both the picker's hands free, and as it may hang :where the. fruit is thick the ,pail is soon filled without. bruising the fruit. THE CURE. Sometimes when things turn up- side down and inside out and look, dark brown I rush outdoors and gaze into the topless sky's eternal blue so calm and cool—so still and deep— with soft contented clouds like sheep. I shade my eyes and stare and stare, then go back in the house, and there begin- to wonder and to doubt what I was in a stew about. Nancy Byrd Turner.. Baked beans are emptied into a large dish and covered with strips of bacon before heating in the oven until the bacon is crisp. A scalloped dish of alternate lay- ers of salmon, green peas and white sauce with bread crumbs, . seasoned' with onions, ..parsley and paprika and baked in the oven, makes a good meal. Canned beef emptied into a big covered baking dish with new carrots, peas, diced potatoes, onions and some tomatoes, makes a corking good stew. With a couple of packages of mac- aroni, a can of tomatoes or tomato soup and, some cheese, a ,or sup- per dish+of macaroni, with tomato - cheese sauce, is possible. Dried beef, sausage or canned meat is also, good with macaroni. Kippered herring or the large sar- dines put up in sauce offer possibili- ties for supper with some scalloped potatoes, salad and fruit with cake. The fresh vegetables will depend on the season. If • time and help are lacking, open up some canned onus” and heat with seasoning and butter.' Noodles or ries may replace potatoes if drained well and buttered gener- ously. - Something: for a salad will surely be on hand, and a bottled dressing on the shelf will replace the homemade. If bread is lacking, try cornbread— easily made and' baked. Next in time of preparation come muffins and drop baking -powder biscuits. But dessert mist not be forgotten! The ingredients for gingerbread are always at hand and it is quickly mix- ed. Baking while the meat is being eaten, it collies out hot and spicy to :go: with. banned' fruit,' or fresh fruit or by itself with rich cream. Others ...may prefer to make a rich biscuit dough, pat it into shape, bake it as a shortcake and cover with what- ever berries or fruit are in season, or lacking either., with canned 'fruit and cream. With ingenuity and foresight the emergency will be met successfully and the guests more than satisfied, And the threshing is over for another year. Here are some good combinations: Roast beef, browned potatoes, sum- mer squash, radishes ' and lettuce, berry pie. Corned beef and :cabbage, browned' mashed potatoes, sliced tomatoes, nut frostings. Nuts, lotsof them, cocoa- nut, raisins, candied Cherries make a frosting superfluous. Pour the batter in a loaf or a shallow square or ob- long pan, sprinkle with cocoanut or granulated sugar to give a nice finish, and bake. Serve in slices or squares. A Philanthropist. A lavish moon smiled down on every brook, And lent her loveliness to each la- goon; Glowing at midnight like a rose at noon In lustrous splendour, she forgot to look On no least hidden and enchanted noolc Which beauty makes her own. She bent to peep Wherever fragrant gardens lay. asleep, And shim'ring silver on their petals shook. Then, chatting with the clouds, she drifted down The sky, where stars, like blossoms, gay with bloom, Lighted her way into a weary town Bo dark with grime her rays scarce pierced the gloom, And here she dropped a dower of sparkling beams, That all the children might have happy dreams! —Charlotte Beaker. For Sore Feet—Nlinard'e Liniment. Inlemmoommoroc .mom+ Chew it aft&li every meal it stimulates appetite and aids digestion. SII retakes your food do you more good. Note how 111 relieves that study teeing atter hearty eating. Whitens teeth, sweetens breath and It's the goody haat R25 Good -Will. ` Good -will is the greatest power in the world, IGood -will is the respect and confi- dence of other people. Good -will is more than gold—any banker 'will tell you that. Only about one-seventh of the business of the world is done on cash. Six -sevenths is done on credit, which means good - Every worker who is ambitious must ask --"How much respect have I earned as well as my wages? How much good -will have I; stored up?" His Answer. A young man who was deeply in love with a girl who lived in another town decided to offer his hand and heart. So he went to the telegraph office and sent this message; "Will you marry me? Twenty -ward answer paid for. An hour later he got his answer: "You are too extravagant. Why pay for nineteen words too many? . No." ISSUE No. 33-'24. Ship your Cream to us and ob- tain the best results with high- egstpprice for number one quality. Daily returns, cans supplied, and express charges paid. Write for cans now. BOWES CO., Ltd. - TORONTO oil Kelsey'leafing isht Heating Terahetor Kelsey will wheat earm sirveryen- room in your house. Itis, easy to operate and costs less for fuel than any other heating method. Heats both small and large houses with equal satisfaction WRITE FOR PARTICULARS A CANADA FOSNDRIop50 FORGINGS YS !B JAM4ES�SMART PLANT 'A BROCKVILLE (NT . Pause and - Refresh Yoursel Aglass or a bottle •of Coca-Cola— . oca:: Cola-- Ice-cold, "with beaded bubbles winking at the brim," 'invites 'you to delight taste, satisfy thirst and refresh yourself. Drink Sold everywhere at fountains and in bot des. The price is only e few pennies. , Delicious and Refreshiiig The Coca-Cola Company of Canada, Ltd. Bead Odiice:'Toronto' MINING INDUSTRY OF THE DOMINION IMPORTANT FEATURE OF ECONOMIC LIFE., World War Served to Empha- size the Potentialities of Our Mineral Wealth,. From the Cline the Indian mined cop- per around the shores of Lalce Superi- or and hammered it in a trade way for arrow tips to the present clay of big mining enterprises with markets in all countries of the world, mining has played. an important pert in the economic life of Canada. With the gradual settlement of the land along the banks of the St Lawrence River and the 'Colonizing of the gest, miner. al discoveries of immense value were constantly being. made. Some of the reports of prospectors were written in such glowing terms that ths'publio was of the opinionthat they were grossly exaggerated and for a long time little money was available for development. However, as time went on mineral development was under- taken by a few courageous Investors who hail faith in the prospectors, and the handsome returns received on their investment have resulted in a change' of public opinion. Estimates of the mineral wealth of Canada have been made from time to time, but these vary ro much, and as little cognizance has 'been taken of the unpros>pected regions of the North, little faith can be put in therm, and ninny Canadians have come. -to believe that the mineral resources of the cour- tly are "unlimited." Of course, this isnot so, but such estinie.tes es have been made more than prove that the report of the pioneer prospectors were not exaggerated and in many cases were unduly conservative. The Dominion's Production. At the presenttime ruining opera. tions are carried on in all parts of the Dominion, and recent figures show that Canada with only .5 of the world's population produces approxi- mutely 90 per cent. of its cobalt, 75 per cent. of its asbestos, 55 per cent. of its niokol, 12 per cent. of its silver, 8 per bent. of*its gold, and 3,2 per cent. of its copper. According to the Bureau of Statistics, the mineral pro- duction of Canada, during the period 1.910 to 1923, amounted to $2,309,446,- 694, or approximately; $265 per capita. Ontario led all other provinces with a total of 028,410,321, followed in order of importance by British Columbia with $446,915,322; Nova Scotia, $309,- 985,457; 309,985,457;. Alberta, $263,070,383; Quebec, $220,3362,300; Yukon, $54,177,154; Mani. toba. $32,312,823; New Brunswick, 520,317,429 and Saskatchewan, $13; 895,505, In connection with Canada's output . of gold and silver, it is of interest to note that Canada is the third largest producing country. As the perioid from 1910 to 1923 is ' a fairly, comimprehensive one of the min- ing industry, a review of the annual' production values shows a steady and gratifying lucrea ee from year to year. Hi 1910 the value of the output was placed at $106,823,623, Two years later production hail increased to $135,- 048,296. At the outbreak of the war - 1914 -•- the value of the output had de- creased to -51233,863.075,owing tothe economic depressioin .prevailing at that time. However, time war brought about a greatly increased demand for various minerals, and production In the following years showed a steady increase, until in 1918,. when it amount. ed to $211,301,8971• new high re- cord, The following year recorded a sharp drop to $176,686,390, but in 1920 the value of •output rose to $227,869,- 665, 227,869,665, the highest plane over reached in - the history of the mining industry of Canada. A slump followed the boom year of 1920, and production in 1921 was only valued at $171,923,342, Production in. 1923. With the gradual rehabilitation of the European countries and the return . to normalcy of the United States and domestic. markets, the mineral indus- try took on a brighter outlook and the value of production last year was $214,019,832, which is very satisfac- tory in view of the post -was feeling of unrest and is indicative af'the pro - grass mads by the Canadian mining industry in the last decade. An analysis of the minerals going to make up this total show that gold and coal were the two most important items. • These two minerals . were largely responsible for the splendid stinwing of .Onaarfo, m Yukon,,,, Alberta andBritish Saslcatolrewan, Asbestos read zinc, shiver, nickelColu, copbia, per and various -„non-metallic minerals. wore also impi;rfam,L ooutrlbut ja-to:"t'''y the al. Onetotre,ult of the wl-r was the keen- er realisation by the Dominion of the enormous potentialities of the mineral wealth of the country and time last two or three years havewitnessed a re-. markable activity in ..thls industry. Lange sums of money have been in- vested in mining enterprises not only by Canadians but by Brftisliers and Americans. Nluch of this new capital is employed in the gold mining areas of Ontario and Quebec. The other provinces have' also been receiving their share of new capital, and in all likelihood the next deead,e will wit - nese an unusual advance in the Cana- dian mining industry. The sun raises 164 cubic miles of water from the world's oceans daily.