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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-08-21, Page 2• BY RIG I OF P1RCHASE By ERNEST .ELWOOD STANFORD. Dorena Kellogg was thirty-som o' matin' it into his barn you pot it e. into mina,' She would have admitted it. Keliog elle had been born, and Kellogg sh yet was, Jost why, Siedcler's Corea didn't smite know,. No beauty prize of 'peripatetic medicine shows decke her mantel, yet her spinsterhood wa hardly due to any fault of her clear well-cutfeatures or her straight glancing; steel -grey eyes. Perhaps a certain practicality of beaving, a certain almost masculine* swing of her tall, vigorous figure, held aloof alike the diffident and thoth wh might have been obligingly minded t rescue the fertile Kellogg farm lands from' the slipshod management of hired men, had.their owner been the sort of ctinging vine that drapes un- complainingly twelve hours a day over a Ted -bet stove. ' If ever Dorena had felt the lack of a sheltering oak, Sledder's Corner didn't know. She lived alone but for the daily visits of the hired man. The traditional cat, for various reasons, vine replaCed by an able-bodied bull- dog. Just no -w be was sitting en Gran'reth Tulainghorn's woodbine screened veyandah, "toeing off" vigorously on a gray "Beljum sock," and keeping a vigilant eye on the roadway and the store across the road. Presently appeared a well -kept farm team, drawing an empty hayrack upon which stood, swaying on the reins, in the manner of the country, a tall, loose-jointed but not wholly unprepossessing, sandy -haired citizen ef some five and thirty. He drove up on the scaies in front of the store, and leaped briskly off, while the collarless, beeee•rtaritil iie-'leant puttered with g a•V hy-se—" Marcellus cast a stricl - e en r'ance at Dorena and then at the ✓ load of hay. "I didn't calaate--", s "I don't suppose, you Aid. Bet 1 a don't see's it makes any dift'rence. g I've fixed it with Si. You give me the weigh hill and I'll pay you right _ now.. • , Marcellus thrust a desperate hand through a tumbled thatch, but Dorena took the paper from his nerveless grasp. o "Thirty-one hundred and eighty o pounds," read Dorena. "Tare, ten hundred and :forty poilnds. That makes one hundred and forty pounds more'n the ton I expected. Well, never mind." She scribbled a moment on a ready writing tablet. "Sign thatl I allus get a receipt for ma money," Marcellus read; "Received from Dorena Kellogg, this twentieth day of May, 1914, twelve dollars and eighty- four cents, payment in full for twenty- one hundred and forty pounds of hay and other materials to be delivered as ordered by said Dorena Kellogg. Why, Doreny, I don't just see—" "About them other materials7 Now look here, Marcellus Bradley! If you think I can't see goldenrod and brambles and all manner of trash that ain't hay and never will be sticking out all over that load, you miss your W. L. IrtaZinnon Dean ro. Totten Victory Bcida Cello= of 'Victory Bonds will find definite Prices% enote4 an the finnnoial Dago ca tie) rroroato nos rnosiissg en W. L. MCKINNON aa CO. »o -re in aovarLnott.eanot and municipal Vdc:::innon 3s1,lr.. Is Melinda St.. Toroate gue -s a whole lot. If Pin willing to pay twelve dollars a ton for it, I don't eee's you've got any kiek on what I call it, Sign right hove!" Marcellus opened his mouth briefly, but closed it soundlessly. In some respects, as Gran'ma Tulkinghorn once said, lie was ahnost as wise as a married man. Marcellus signed. "Sam, Loftus'll tell you where to put it," said Dorina, countiiig out the Money. What Mareellus though t es he drove on has not been re -corded. But he is known to have driven pad several acquaintances anseeingly. A shrewd customer was Marcellus, and Si Hazell was fair game, but° women -folks—, Marcellus certa,inly did not look quite happy, ' Dorm reached home as Marbellua and Sarn Loftus backed the empty wagon out of the barn, "Come here a minute!" said Dorena briskly. "t -want to ask you about my apple orchard." Marcellus came—dubiously. He had been asked for advice 'by unattached ladies before, and one never knew what might happen. Midway of the orchard Dorena halted. "I've got to speak to Sara. I'll 'be right back." (To be continued.) must have its frelliees of strength. Strength without puts strength with- in, So, after all is said, to be an en- eourager of our fellow men is our thief business on this planet. [Kew Wo .Lighten Wath Day Leberr. linetead of tying your clothespin bar, around the already thee! waist, put i. large safety pin in the top of the bag, open the rib, slip over the line, fasten and slido the bag along ahead of yen on the line as ape work.—Mrs. 1-1, L'. P. Wheat bran scalded, then the water' drained off, is eecelient for washing slightly soiled eolored fabrics that will fade, No soap is required. Pour, Water onbran again and use this water for rinsing and starching. —Mrs. J. J. 0)C,' A. nice way to lie theeernine sheet is to sew small brass rine. naili vide a few inahesa.apeeit. Drirc tacks or small brass hookinto the under side of the ironing .board to corree- pond with the rings, The rings can be seeuTed over the tacks or hooks after the sheet is spread over the board, and is easily taken off and washed. The brass rings • and 'hooks can he bought at any five and ten cent store. Mrs: L. T. P. When washing men's working clothes, such as pants, coats, or ever - all, try hanging them on the line without wringing, directly from the rinse'water, and they will dry nicely evithq'ut being streaked 9r wrinklea. —M. A. P. After trying many 'kinds of washing iowders, I sin satisfied that a table - p000 or two of ammonia put into a boiler of clothes will make them look vrhite and cleaner than anything else have tried.—Mrs. W. 8, In washing fine handkerchiefs, mil- roidered doilies, napkins or dainty ingerie, do not hang on line, as the clothes pins leave marks, but after Wringing out of bluing water; shake each piece ,in the alr once to freshen, then smooth out and roll in a thick ewel and let stay until you are ready or the ithning.—Mrs. A. H. - By the Way. In selecting vases, jugs, pitchers or ny vessel for holding flowers, avoid hose that are conspicuously decorat- e). Shape too, is one of the prime re 00.17)0DS noeThie.. aine the weights and finally inscribed. the re:ult, agice," remarked Dorent o law wire. midway of this per- fort:mime. 'that Marcellus Bradley's ea 'he eyeenii, and the evagon's on tha - se le a" • ia v '• ata' Jainea; votee began ena tae ' aweeness. &lee for her teaes, itraria Tuntinghorn was one vest -"t :lee. After raisins nine chil- dren and two mertgagee, and capping a successful life by beccming a min- ister's mother-in-law, one does not rielt a well-earned prestige by idle curiosity. One waits, and all things come. The sandy person resumed his form- er standpoint and drove off. After halt an hour or so he reappeared, this time perched upon a load of bay. This he drove up on the platform, "You'll notiee," said Dorena, as the storckeener resumed his semi -active - nese, "thet this time both Marcellus and the wagon are on the scales." "For the land's sa-ake!" Sa' Jane's voice trailed away before Dorena's silencing gaze. Gran'ma Tulkinghorn continued to emulate the Sphinx, if one can imagine the Sphinx knitting a sock. As the scale keeper handed out the weigh bill Dorena stepped from behind the screening woodbine. "Mareellus! Marcellus Bradley!" The hay driver looked up with a start. "Bring the weigh bill right up here!" commanded Dorena. Mareellus obeyed, with misgiving in his mind and questioning in his face. Thirty-five bachelor years had made him wemanawiee, or at least women - shy. Derma, apparently, had never had deeigns upon his peace of mind, bet—elm cetainly was a woman. He cast down his keen blue eyes and eller:ea the ragged ends of his tnus- Lathe nervously as he stood before her. "That's the hay you sold Silas Ha- zen. Ise% it?" "'Well, Fre beaght it o' hin-i. 'Stead a A Country Neighborhood Park. timber on the banks of Boone river. te Strange as it mew, seem, instead of A park in the country may not be uncommon in the better days that are promised us in the near future, but ,it is novel enough nowadays. There is such a park in Boone County in the State of Iowa, and the example of the women of that district might profit- ably be followed in our own country, The park belongs to two farming townships, and is situated in a village where the farmers of these two town- ships do their trading. It was through the women's clubs that the vision became a realitele and the history of the park is a part of the history of the Boone Township Women's Club, which was founded but a few years ago. The members did not gather to sew, do work and consume refresh- ments, but decided to look after the common welfare of the neig•hborhood in the same sort orf way that civic clubs of towns and cities try to do. 'Under inspiring leadership the club num els an courage, and d' • . Otherneighborhoods not- ed their activities, and with the help of the Boone Township Women's Club organized similar societies, until after a little while the rural women's club movement became such a valuable instrument of service that the whole state became interested. Vveth such an organization of wo- men in Boone county, it is not sur- prising that there was no lack of feminine interest 'when a woman of means living on a farrn two miles from the village offered to give thirty acres of her farm to the two town- ships and to the village on condition that they maintain it as a public park, provide for its upkeep and pay the taxes. The thirty acres embraced a tract of Growth of Crim© in Germany • The true state of public morality in Germany was revealed to the world by the war. Official statistics show that the whole nation 15 permeated with false ideas 0.5 right and wrong. A eummary of these statistics is given by the New York Times, calling at- tention to the fact that the most ar- dent pro -German has not claimed that the war caused a change of heart or a change of character in his people. 'Using the "Statlstick des Deutsehen Reichs Band," 228, for the year 1008, published by the Imperial Govern - lent, it &shows that the convictions for fraud in the German Empire for the years 1904 to 1908, Were 154,626, an annual average of 30,995, or 51 per 1,000 of population. By comparison en the basis per 1,000 these convie- floes were aeven and a half times more lemmas than in England and Wales and four times more numerous than tg -United States, Tile convia- 'tions for embezzlement wire a9 tan to one in England and Wales, and four to one in eUnited States. The me- ting gegeration do not remise to be any better than their elders. Juvenile statistics dealing with those under nineteen years of age show; Assaults 8,290, or 80 to 1 per 1,000 in the United States; lathery 28,584, or 127 to la embezzlement 2,599, or 250 to 1; fraud 1,942, or 243 to la arson 14,8, or 5 to 1; robbery 158, or 3 to 1 per 1,000 of population. In this connection Dr , Gustav Aschacenburg, Professor of Psychiatry in the Cologne Academy of Music, says in hie book, "Cme liani Its Repression," page 142: "It is more surprising then to find that in certain crimes the number of convicted child- ren still of-aelrool age exceeds that of adults." Again, on page 145, he says: "The number of convicted children under fourteen nearly reaches a third of the adults' share." Plindly, on page 218 ho summarizes to the effect that child 'crimes "show a steady in- crease since 1882, except in aimple theft. The offences enumerated have snot been &abject to any change in legislative enactment during the years reported. Hence the conclusion le unavoidable that brutality, reckless- ness, end licentiousness are spread- ing more and more in the growing generation." It should further be remembered," says The Times, in comparing United States with Gorman crime statistics, "that in Germeay most 01 the notmlae tion ite 'pare' German stock, lit ea- ponents Of kulturizatfoil. In the United. Slates an increasing percent- age aro uegroos, Japanese, and for- eign -born whites. England, therefore, offers a better illustration for compete - Sera then does 5010 000 country, and the proportions listed in the various tables will prove that the English stock has more of what the American calls civilization than the Germau. Summarizing, the total average of the crimes enumerated gives a proportion of seven to one more crimes in Ger- many then in the United States, and more than tufty one over Eng- le 0 ;I." accepting the offer, the people of both country and town fell to wrangling, and,when the matter was brought up at a supervisors' meeting the gift was refused. Then the yeomen's clubs took bold of the project, They made a house-to-house canvas and stirred up w such a pro -park feeling that the board of supervisors called an extra meeting and reversed their decision, accepting ; the park with tax obligations. fi The park is now the pride and joy things to 'be considered. Choose a road vase—one that will not be read- ly toppled over, that is not too tali, nd always unobtrusive in calor. A hade of dull green lends itself well to most flowers, and dull yellow goes ell with marigolds and nasturtiums. ray, deep blue and old-fashioned rown pottery jars or erocks often area admirably for water holders for ewers, but remember always that the overs themselves are the things to e conspicuous. If a bath in hot water, or in water ontaining salt oT strong soap, is aken within a few hours after ex. osure in shrubbery and weeds infest - d with "chiggers" or "red bugs," no 1 effects will be experienced. After long exposure, however, a bath has ractieally no effect and direct remp- les ate necessary. After irritation an Set in and small red spots appear; he application of a moderately strong elution of ammonia to the affected iaiarts is recommended. A. supersatur- ted solution of common baking soda will also afford relief. Liberal appli- tations should be made until the irri- tation subsides. If the suffering is aevere, your druggist will put up a dilute tincture of Iodine or collodion, either of which should he lightly applied. of the countryside. People living fifty, seventy -live and even one hundred miles away motor to the pretty spot to picnic. Thee are playground equipmelit for the tittle folks, a base- 1) ball diamondt and tennis courts a fountain, a rest cottage, picnic tables, iael ovens and rustic seats. It may seem strange that people a living. near to nature should choose to go to parks for recreation just as city folks do, but the way in which all trails m Boone county lead to Boone Township Park indicates that Y00. A number of large public gather- ings have already been held on the park grounds. One of particular im- port was a get-together meeting of rural wenten's clubs. They spent the day isi the park, bad a picnic dinner and formed the Boone County Fed- eration of Rural Women's Clubs. Other gatherings have taken place, and the park has become the centre of many activities. Hunger For Encouragement We are all interested in ourselves, and the one who shows deep, vital and active concern for us and our affairs is the most interesting person to us. We love those who love us, especially these who love us enough to help our lives forward, to put fresh cheer into us, giving us power to help ouvselvee, to do, to achieve our ambitions. For ambition and achievement are differ- ent things. Encouragement means interest plus, and we can give encouragement, cheery words, sincere sympathy, and unostentatiouis•acte of service. Oft - times it is .done in 'bits almost too small to 'be recognized! To illustrates A young woman came into Red Cross headquarters one day, a stranger to all the women crowded theta She was timid, lacking in self-confidence, but impelled to come by her anxiety to do something for her country. One leader coolly overlooked her; another asked bluntly what she could do and turned away when the reply came that she "didn't know"; but a third beckon- ed from across the Teem, saying: "We need atitchers. Let me show you how to run our power -machines." After a few minutes of kindly in- struction the timid stranger was II -inning an electric motor, he face alight with the joy of doing a new hslnp aml of aoing a needed bit pf M the cloth of the day she went home with her head held high, eager to return in the morning and "finish her pile of bandages." When she -came back the next day she turned as instinctively to the woman who furnished the inspiration as a climbing plant reaches its tendrils sunward. Climbing plants are what we au - mans are. Rooted in earth -mire, its dradgery and deprivations, we 'reach up more or less coneciously by our every faeully to better thinns, to heaven raid to our God, for the mil of man can blosaom fully Dray inthe Upper Land, hill the clinaarie pletee A Sensitive "Native Son." When the Calumet and Hecla mines were opened nearly all the miners were Coveishmen. Gradually, how- ever, immigrants from Central Europa began to end employment, The Cor- nishmen looked upon them with dis- favor, and at last one of the older men went to Mr. Agassiz, the president of the company, and said that something would have to be done; there were altogther too many "foreigners" com- ing in. - Mr. Agatisiz, alio was himself a Swiss by birth, lietened sympathetical- ly, and said: "1 think you're right, John. If this kind of thing continues, you and I will have to go back to the old country." Vegetables should be kept in a cool, airy place. ICinand.,8 Liniment Cures DInhtneria. cznami.utlalca•viw.r.3. It's Sindair'rddiningblazing ;:hot, and pretty near a whole dig -Before you for 'rest and, -recreation. First, then—a shave. Whether you are going for a spin in the car,,taking the family to cburch'or visiting a neighbour, yen cannot go with a day's growth of beard on your chin., The thought ofshaving won't be irksome if you own a Gillette Safety Razor—rather, you think of five minutes' cool Comfort with the highest type of shaving edge ever developed. No man in the world can command a keener blade 'than the one you slip into your Gillette. And if Gillette shaving gives you an added foy to your Sunday,whynot take five minutes everymorning for a clean shave asthe start for abetter day's work. For $5.00—the price of the Gillette Safety Razor—you have choice of the Standard Gillette sato, the Pocket Edition sets (just as perfect, but more compact), and the Bulldog Gillette with the stocky grip. Ask to nee them TODAY at the 'Smelters', &eaglets' or hardware detains. VANADA) • ritalowes THE WORLD ajizEt, JAPAN'S SUBMARINES. Expects to Have Fleet of Forty Sub- mersibles Within Year. It is reported by the Tokyo News Agency that Saipan is preparing for a great program of submarine construe - tion. While the details are not dis- closed, it is understood that the strength. of Japan's submarine fleet Will be increased to about forty by the end of the present fiscal year, the credits for this building program corn- ing from funds voted at the fortieth and forty-first sessions of the Japan- ese Diet. The tar -reaching plane appear in the statement that 300 experts and me. chanics are sent to France and 'Rain by the Japanese naval authorities to study submarine construction. These men are now on their way back. At the same time the seven ex -German submarines allotted to the Japanese empire are understood, to have reach- ed Saaiebo, the great naval base, on Jame 27, with experts who have stud - led their mechanism. Statements to the effect that these submarines aro to be destroyed with the other sur- rendered German vessels is denied. Japan having spent more than 3,000,- 000 yeu on them to date. Ildinarii,o Liniment erases Garret in 00191 Distantly Related. Two sons of Erin were talking to - gather, "And so yer name is O'Hare," said one. "Are yez related to Patrick O'Hare?" ' "Very diehtantly," said the other. at.1 was MO mother's first ebild and Patrick was the thirteenth." All grades. Write for prices. TORONTO 8ALT WORKS G. J. CLIFF • • TORONTO • x ter. Home -Cooked Laked Beans Are elidous— but how seldom the beetle are cooked right, Sometimes hard, sometimes nmshy, sometimes too wet—or perhaps done to a crisp. And the hours of cooking they require and consequent waste of expensive fuel. Next time got "Clark's" Pork and Beans. They are always ready—just heat ancl serve, and note: Every bean of uniform size --every bean whole—yet every one cooked to perfection, They are sold with three kinds of sauce. Tomato, Chili, PlainaBuy the kind you like beat, they are all delicious. "Clark's will be appreciated by all the family, are most economical—and save the housekeeper work and worry. The Government legend on every can of "Clark's" Pork and 389 Beans and other good thing's guai•antees their absolute purity. W. CLAIM LIMITED MONTREAL 44144.4144[2.4144104=11,4444144.111=14. YY; F51142Vit°3 PREPARED CORN (M.FINRRI, PURPOSat etmeTeeitatalapal! aa'aiagitalVigtradliff , ilfeallartertaanatvetserater al all AUSINIICIA tad 1Walr.m1 . • . 11,1,11A011;titer,IGT41.1i—Tfi; —ntilottiRkttireg m„6,14, •all re. EDWAhannia teal; I PAM, • I,' • r • • * 13 122 Ask y ur Grocr or • BZNSON9 S Th -day! HOUSEWIVES are finding new and delicious uses for Corn Starch every day—in fact, for every meal. Not alone smooth, creamy gravies and sauces, and simple puddings --but crisp, delicate pastries; • flaky rolls, bread and biscuits; rich tender cakes and pie fillings; and desserts such as you never 'thought it possible to make in your own kitchen. Insist on I3ENSON'S—no. other Corn Starch can guarantee such Purityancag andDelicacy. - ,, Recipes onthe pa aratenta—MWaalalli • .dsis••attisaia 01,g-"az•i; AROUND THE WORLD NEXT MR'L FW SOME INTREPID AVIATOR MAY EMULATE MAGELLAN, Curious Means of Travel in Use hi Various Parteof the Globeaa The Wheelbarrow of China. "Now that the Atlantic bee beeff crossed and there are plans afoot te fly over the Pacific, the day may not be fair distant When 505518 aerial Mae gellan will make an aeroplane tour around the world," says a, recent writer "There are stall many °omen 01 tile world wirers aeroplane, taatomoblio and even, the horse would be .ouriotin ties. Aed-if a man set out to tour the globe and 'do as the, Romani-4..0' in respect to adopting natty° convey ancos he would have to: "Boort to a donkey in Spanish America and in the I•Ioly Land, "Climb aboard a (mulel to traverse. Afrienn deserts, . "Croes eomo rivers of India on the inflated skies of bullocks, and others by, a bridge of OMB rawhide rope. Using Elephant as Taxi. "Submit to the sea -going motion pt an elephant when be contiaued his journey on land, "lCiauetttan, ito a mamborno palansain at Calcutta, "Jolt over Far Eastern roads in a non -shock absorbing cart drawn by oxel1, "And in China be prepared to climb, into a jimiltisha, a sedan chair or a wbeelbaigow." A, few of these curious means of travel are described as follows; "In all parts of that great line of deserts, stretching from North Africa across Central Asia to Northwest China, the camel le everywhere in evi- dence; the total number in the world being estimated at about; three mil- lions. "Not only is the camel a valuable. freight carrier, but he server ars Oa travelling car of the Roclefellers, the Carnegie's, ibe Morgans and the Hai- rimans of the desert. • When ho chosen for this more pretentious ser- vice a light framework Is placed mien, his back ansi covered witheeloths to semen the occupants from the sun and the observation of the passes' and decorated with pompons of var- ious colon. Ie this gorgeous coin - Memel% which may bo not inaptly termed the 'palace ear of the deeert,' the master of tlio camel train places. his Wife and children, his choiceet, merthandise, his cooking utensils and daily requirements, astir travels in state, the observed of all observers,. the envy of tbe wandering native0 et the desert. Craft on the Euphrates. "00 the Euphrates and the Tigris are still retained the curious water transportof centuries ago—the raft of skins' and the circular boate. Those vette are sustained by inflated skins,. prepared for this especial purpose, and sifter the raft floats down the river to its destination the inflated skins are re- moved, the air permitted to eseape, and the skins carefully folded and car- ried back to the miner waters, where they are again inflated and used as the oupport of another and still another raft. "Even more curious to 00 eyes 1,5 the traveller fron', other parti of the world aro the claimant boate, matte of wickerwork and covered with skins, or made wittertight 'with pitch, which are still in daily use on the Tigris and Euphrates riveve. "Tthroe principal methods ol transportation of people in Coitral and Southern china are the sedan (emir, the ilmiltisha and the wheelbarrow. "Probably snore freight and more passengers are traneported in China by the wheelbarroev than by any other a land method. The wheelbarrow there used differs from that used by us in the fact that the wheel is set in the metre and time supports practically the entire load, while the handles are supported in part by a strap or rope over the shoulders of the man who operates it, .As a result, the wheel- barrow coolie in China will transport nearly a half ton on his vehicle." Technical Talk. Mr. Somali, the wen -known am - Plane manufacturer, cordially detests shop talk Once, at the .Aero Club, after lis - telling to a lot of it, he slipped into the conversation by remarking: "This morning I went over to see a new machine we've got at our place at Kingstoz. It's wonderful how it works." "And how does it world" clemand- ed one of the talkers. "Well," said Sopwith, "by -means of a pedal attachment, a fulcrumed lever coavorts a vertical reciprocating ono - tion into circular movement. The principal part of tho machine is a stone disc that rotates in a vertical plaae. Power is applied through the avis of the disc, work is dono on the periphery, and the hardest stool by mere impact may be reduced to any , nape," "I3y George!" 'gasped his question- ersin amazement. "And what do yon call the belly tiling?" ".4 grindstone," grinned SopWith, as he Made for the door. To keep the juice of deep Mee from eSeaping, turn a cup npside,, down in the .centre, piling -the itatiii around 'fit • e ••,