The Seaforth News, 1919-11-06, Page 2D liars save by ovril
' Bovril Used in the Kitchen mans dollars saved in the
Bank.
It makes nourishing hot dishes out of cold food Nvhich would
not otherwise be eaten. But see ,hat you get the real thing.
If it is not in the Bovril bottle it is not Bovril. And it
nuts be Bovril.
11 Trappcd in the Sea Chamber
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It was as tranquil a morniag. in How thiek it was, Lem, of course,
March as 14111 Langley had ever seen.not know.
As he rowed out in his dory on the i Ho started to go in what he believ
ebb slack to Sea Chamber Ledge, 'the, to be the direction of the mouth
sea stretched smooth before him, Even the chamber, but to his surprise fon
the gentle surge of the ground swell his progress stopped almost at on
was lacking. Seaward there was the He took off his gloves and passed
yellow haze that often accompanies an . bare hand over the obstructson, whi
unseasonably warm day in late winter.! Droved to be a vall of the cave. Sons
East of the bay at Kirkport a mile, how he had trawled to one -side inste
of almost perpendicular granite ledge of straight toward the msouth.
... .
a-bruptly fvom the water to al started on aeain and a moment later
height of forty feet. At one point the, his hands encountered another part of
ebb tide leaves exposed a deep gash the ledge. A feeling of uneasiness
in the face of the ledge, wide enough! came over him, He had not thought
to admit a boy. it possible to lose all sense of direction
Sea Chamber Ledge, Leni had nem-, in a space only thirty feet square. The
ed the place. Although he always re -I darkness was impenetrable.
turned from it with a evell-filled pail Realizing that there was no time to
of the largest mussels, his real pur-
pose in visiting the cave was to ex -I lose, he started again immediately; he
piore the darkened floor and ceiling' must get out sow eh nv before the tide
of the stone chamber that ran back; rose much higher. .A.t last he reached
from the opening for about thirty feet. ] the icy barrier at the mouth of the
The .I
s anc the .. he1i that he cave. He put on his gloves and beg
always found there interested him. at once to pull away the snow. Wor
Stepping out on the six-foot shelf! leg steadily, he threw large doub
of rock that formed the protruding , handfuls to one side, but the more h
floor of the chambee Lem Mulled u 1
Discipline.
She burst into the living roora, call
ing, "Mother, vvhereeare you, mother?"
(mite as if her parent had broken the
habit of a lifetime and had deserted
the mending basket on Thursday after-
noon. "Listen, mother! I've got to
get a new sweater. Can you let me
have five dollars? They're four -
ninety -five at Klein's--soine bargain!"
g erse f into the morris
e nuu h I
did chair. "Wow, but I'm tired! I would-
n't stir one step if I wasn't afraid all
ed the pastel ehades would be snapped up
of before r get there, What% the matter,
nd murasY—seen a ghost?"
ce. The mother had put down her darn -
eh ing and was looking at a slender calf
e_ in old -.rose silk. "No, dear, but I see
ad a great deal of leg, and a hole that's
He
getting bigger every minute. I warned
you there'd be ng wear in that kind of
stocking., Doris."
"What's the use in harping on that
when you won't make daddy raise my
allowance?" Doris sat up very
straight. `1You know that I can't buy
a stocking that will last two minutes
for less than a dollar and a half—at
the least. By the way, there's a sale
of Italian silk ones this afternoon; if
you make that five ten, I can get
some bargains. That would be real
ice economy. Please, mother!"
n
le "Doris, don't! You nearly got that
e needle in your eye. Yes, of course I
his boat. It was his'first visit to the; dug the harder the stuff seemed pack -
cave since the preceding fall. Standing ed. Frequently he came on sharp-
en the weed -covered shelf in front of edged little cakes of ice. He h
.
ad no
ce to be hugged, dear child, but not
when I'm sewing. And it doesn't do
a bit of good to coax and wheedle, for
the crevice, he stepped a moment to idea how much progress he was rna
look up at the dripping', glistening! ;ng, for it was as black ss ever befor
ledge above him. At that paint it was; hem. The fingers of his gloves wor
really more like a very steep hill of �fI thrOugh, and his fingers began to blee
rook than a cliff. Leni could have i from handling the sharp edges of ic
climbed it—but not now. The surface
cf it was covered with a layer of ice! For a moment he stopped, tired an
and snow several inehes thick, which; a little discouraged. He seemed to b
melting now in the warm sun.making almost no headway. Present
'
The water drippei from the upper lip it occurred to him that he might a
tf the opening to the shelf beneath„ well rest and wait—that the strge o
and in Ida,. Lem eoull sea it trickl-; the ;sea would soon break up the bar
in ds between the elver ice and the
reale rier of ice and snow. The rising did
, he reflected, would accomplish more i
his 'NIL ty peel. Lem steoped
and entered the eca eheraeer. For a minute than he could in an hour.
menicnt he waited until his eye:. be- As he crouched there, waiting, wit
came aceustomed to the dins light; his hands in his pockets, he began t
them he began to gather the mussels. wonder how long he had been lin
A Lel of then that he had found in prisoned. He had no idea how intic
Oetelser et the back of the chamber time had passed, but he thought tha
had remained undisturbed and had the surge of the tide muet soon reach
grown noticeably larger. The biggest the protruding floor of the chamber
of them were more teals hTee -
alf as large
:is his list. n utter darkness and quiet were or
With his pail tilled he was leaving pressive. He tried to assure himse
the paten to explore another part of that he was not afraid, but in spit
the ehamber, when muldenly there 11711S of his efforts he became more an
a great splash in. the water at the mare nervous. Presently a feeling o
mouth of the cave and at the same coldness about his knees as h
time a prolonged roar. The next in- crouched on the floor of the chambe
east he was ni total darknees. him to reach downward. T
Too thoeoughcaused
ly dazed to realize
-what had happened, Lem stopped M surprise his hand went into icy
his tracks. Silence had fallen again, water, wrist -deep,
but the cave was terribly dark. The There was only one way in which he
boy wondered for a moment whether could account for the water. The tide
he had gone blind, and then the truth must already have begun to cover the
dawned upon him. There had been a shelf of rock outside and was seeping
imowslide from the ledge above! through the wall of snow. He had not
Beyond a doubt that was what had felt the water before because, as he
happened, Lem decided. Loosened 'by knelt there, his hip boots had kept
the warm sun, the whole layer of ice :-
and snow that had covered the ledge his knees dry. And then, in a Rash
from high-water mark to the edge of he realized that he could expect no
help froin the tide!
He remembered now how still the
sea had been when he bad rowed out
from the bay. There was no sue, no
swell, to help batter down his prison
wall. Probably the pile of snow and
zee that -covered the mouth of the cave
would remain in place long after the
chamber itself had filled with water!
Horrified at the thought of being
trapped there,Lens began digging
again with a furious strength, His
gloves, worn to tatters, no longer pro-
tected his bleeding hands; but al-
though it was torture to him each
time he dug into the barrier of packed
snow and icy crust, he worked without
rest, for be could feel the water now,
pressing against his bootlegs, and he
knew that it was rising fest
After a while he had to stop; the
strength had left his hands entirely,
and he felt unable to get out another
handful. If there were only some-
thing that he could use for a shovel!
The pail! Yes, that was it; he must
have the pail.
Realizing that' there was not a -sec -
end to hese, he hurried back through
the water. -Luck was with him this
time, he told himself, when his feet
struck against the pail a momentlater,
later.
Feeling his way carefully, he suc-
ceeded in getting back to the snow
barrier without losing much time, but
the pail proved to be an awkward
implement at best. After he had dug
in a little way with it he could hardly
use it at all. So, with some trouble,
lia rip -ped off the rusted bottom, and
beet it twioe. Now he had a fairly
sharp -edged, scoop -like tool.
Oiece more he resumed digging. It
was still Flow, hard work; but he was
getting ahead fester than befare.
Meanwhile he was aware that the
water was rising steadily. As he
knelt there, it came over his boot tops,
Horrified, he realized that he could
not work much longer.
tri spite of his aching hands and
wrists be dared net stop fox an instant
—every second was precious. Pres-
ently, with a thrill of joy, he noticed
a faint glimmer of light Sri front of
him. He dug away feverishly, and
the light spot in the hole grew strong-
er. A few minutes later he was look-
ing out; on a patch of water that was
ne smooth cie glass. But the hole that
he had broken through was virtually
k. I in not going to give you another cent
e for clothes until your allowance is
; due." The mother straightened her
a collar. "You know what daddy said
„. when he heard what your new bathing
7, suit cost. And I don't like—"
; "Oh, please, mother, just this once!
Honestly, I won't eesk for a single
5: other thing, not even the stockings, if
; you'll let me get the sweater. I peed
one worst way, and it's a crime not to
take advantage of that sale." She
el; thrust an accusing elbow under her
parent's nose. "Pipe that thin place,
h will you? It'll be a hole first thing
O you know. You don't want to see ole
M rags, do you?" She waited for a
e sign of surrender. A full minute pas -
"t sed. Then the mother said uncer-
1 tainly:
'If I do let you get the sweater,
e Doris, please understand that it's only
because the one you have on is getting
shabby, not because I approve of your
e losing your head over bargain sales.
Now, will you promise me—"
e The worktable was overturned in
17 the mad rush of gratitude. "Mumsy,
0. you're a good old scout!" The despis-
the woods above had 'slid down into
the water!
Some of the slide had been caught
by the six-foot shelf of rock outside
the chamber. The month of the cave
was blocked by a wall of snow and ice.
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on a level with the surface of the sea;
indeed, here and there water had ale
ready washed into his tittle tunnel.
The hole was not yet nearly large
enough to let him through. He must
work fast, for this was a race with
the tide.
Digging mostly at the •sides and top
of the little tunnel, and shoving the
snow out through the hole in front, he
labored furiously. The floor of the
passage was already awash, and Lens
'feared that at any minute the tunnel
would cave in. At last he decided that
' the hole was large enough to let his
shoulders through; in any event, he
dared not wait any longer.
Feet first, he squirmed outward on
his stomach, pushing hirnself along a
few inches at a time with hands and
elbows. His feet and legs reached the
water. Inch by inch he forced himself
out through the narrow opening. His
shoulders craped the sides. He push-
ed with all his strength but seemed
unable to gain an inch more; he was
held as if in a vise.
The tide had risen still higher. He
was barely able now to keep his face
above it. Beyond the beerier he could
feel the awful chill of the sea water
about his hips and evaiet. Another
foot or so and he would be free of the
grip that held him. So near as this
and yet to fail! The thought madden-
ed 'him.
He ceased his frantic efforts for a
moment to recover his breath; then,
gathering every ounce of strength in
him, he shoved outward. On the in-
stant a great roar and splash filled his
ears and he was carried down—down,
in a deluge of ice and snow. But even
in the awful rush that bore him down
he realized what had happened. There
had been another slide of snow from
the ledge above and it had freed him,
carrying him below the surface with
itt.
Instinctively he began to stroke up-
ward through the ice and the shish at
the foot of the ledge and at last reach-
ed the surface. Ile looked around for
a place where he might pull himself
out. Swimming along as well as he
could through the slushy watet, he
tnanaged to get a foothold on a part
of the sloping ledge beyond the fissure.
The dory was nowhere in sight. Lem
thought that it had probably filled
with snow and been carried away by
the tide. In spite of the pain in his
bleeding hands he succeeded in climb-
ing to the top of the ledge, and from
there he made Sis way home. Two
days later word came to him that a
lobster raan had found his waterlog-
ged dory floating near the ledges and
that he had towed it into Rirkport.
(The End.)
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ed sweater hurtled through the air an 1
lay in a crumpled ,pirde heap. "'Phank
goodness I eeedn't wear that old ruin
another minetel Where's your purse,
:nether? I want to meet Irene at
Klein's at five. Why, what's the mat-
ter? What makes you look at me like
that?"
"Doris, where did you get that
Waist?" •
"At the Florentine Shoppe. Israt it
a peach?" She turned slowly round.
"Did you ever see such handwork?
Just look at the daisies on the yoke.
It cost nine dollars, reduced from
twelve -fifty. Where's your purse,
mother? I've got to beat it."
"That settles it, Doris," the mother
said firmly. "I'm not going to en-
courage you in any more extrava-
gance. You had no business to buy
that expensive blouse; it's ridiculous
for a schoolgirl! No, don't coax''me.
My mind's made up." She bit off a
needleful of black cotton, carefully
avoiding her daughter's eye.
Contrary to her expectation, there
was no argument, merely a look that
overflowed with reproach, Doris went
to the telephone, and presently the
mother heard:
"That you, Irene? ....No, I can't
come. It's an off Yes, I know,
but she says she won't give it to me.
Of course I need it worst way, but
what's the use' Oh, cut it out,
Irene, it's all off, I tell you!" The click
of the disconnected telephone chimed
in with a disconsolate sob.
The mother got up suddenly and
went over to the despised sweater. She
picked it up and examined the worn
elbow. "I can mend that in two min-
utes, dear," she said, with a consoling
pat on the blonde head half buried in
the sofa pillows. A sob answered her;
then another. 'She sighed and laid the
sweater down again.
"Donis," she said gently, "you'll find
my purse in the left-hand back corner
of my top bureau drawer."
Oil and Paint Screens.
Great care should be taken of
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window screens, as they represent
quite an ,'tem of exper,se, especially
when many large ones have to be
used. When the season is over for
r -ing the screens, I take a .sort of
inventory of them, discarding those
that arg completely worn out. It is
not enough to merely take an in-
ventory of the screens on hand at the
end of the season and properly place
them away in some corner of the
house where they will not be in the
way until wanted again next season.
This is indeed the way I used to do it,
but 1 have found it a poormethod and
a costly one as well, All new screens
bought each season are carefully
painted over the woodwork or metal
parts as the case may be, and the
careening is carefully oiled with lin-
seed oil. By this method I have been
able to make the screens Met many
seasons.
A good time to do this work is late
in autumn when we will have no fur-
ther use for the screens until next
season. By painting and oiling them
at this time, the wood is preserved,
will look better when the screen is
brought out next season, and the oil-
ing prevents the screens from rusting,
which is important if we want them
to last many seasons.
The screens should not be stored
away in any old place in order to get
them out of the way. It is best to
pack them all together and cover them
up nicely somewhere in the house
where it is dry and clean. If covered
with 'cloth or, paper they do not be-
come so dusty and it is a small matter
indeed to get them ready for use next
season. If rubbed lightly with an
oiled cloth, they are again ready for
use, look bright and clean, and with an
additional touching up with oil, they
will not easily rust.
It is hest to oil the screens with a
cloth that is saturated in oil, as by
this method the acreens are evenly
818
Yegotable fats and natural newer
extracts Oro BABY'S OWN
SOAP its wonderfully softening and
aromatic lather. Sold everywhere:.
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covered, and too much oil will not get
on them, as would be the case if a
brush were used for the purpose. Too
much oil would owl curtains or drap-
eries coming in contact with screen.
Screens are a necessity in every
home during the summer months.
They.are also a great convenience and
make the house cool and attractive
when properly cared for. The time
spent in caring for them is time profit-
ably employed and will save many
dollars besides in the course of g few
years' time.
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Tho homes of a nation are its
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Send anything from household draper-
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We pay postage or ex -press charges one
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When you think of
ening or yeing
Think of Parker's.
Parcels ,may be sent Post or Express,
We pay Carriage one way on all orders.
Advice upon Cleaning or Dyeing any ar-
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THE RYDER ZEE
GREAT DUTCH PROJECT
NOW UNDER WAY.
Hollanders Start on Twenty -
Year Task to Redeem Half
Million Acres.
Without waging war against any of
its neighbors, without risk of shedding
the blood of a single one of its citi-
zens, Holland is preparing to increase
its territory by oneeeliteenth of its
present surface. Land-hungeu there
must be in a rapidly increasing agri-
cultural community, and the Dutch
nation, which did not even undergo
the blood-letting to which most of the
surrounding countries have been sub-
jected, aspires to its place in the sun
as much as any other, BUt not every
country has the privilege of being -
able, when trying to satisfy that ap-
petite, to extend its frontiers as
though they were au elastic cord, and
to keep its emigrants within its own.
territory. Holland's conquests are 'of
a peaceful character, but conquests
they are, and fruits of a hard and un-
relenting struggle with a terrible and
treacherous - enemy. At peace with
men for generations, Holland has been
fighting the -sea, with varying ens
tunes. Defeats there have been, ca-
tastrophes, such as the loss of the
BRION:seals in 1421, when on St Eliza -
belles Day a great flood broke the
dykes and Rept submerged ever since
a rich portion of the province of South
Holland, or when, earlier still, the
North Sea, out of the small Lake Fle-
w), made what is now the Zuyder Zee.
Blameless Annexation.
It is against the Zuyder Zee that
Holland will now concentrate her ef-
forts. Within the last fortnight the
works have begun which will, in loss
than twenty years, reclaim 494,000,
acres of good sail from the sea. Like
the Channel tunnel, the reclamation of
the Zuyder Zee has its history. From
1848 onwards plans have been drawn
and books . published advocating vari-
ous schemes. A emsiety was formed,
which conceited :di the data. and final-
ly decided for one of the plane, on,
which it concentrated. and lee an in-
tenSo propaganaa raised si new forms
of anneeationisin in the Dutch nation.
Parliameat exprm,sed the unanimous
will of the country when in March,
1918, it passed the hill wishes em-
powered the State forthwith to under-
take the works of reclamation in ea
cordanee with the plans of the "Zny-
der-Zee Veroeniging."
These plane are not ihe moot am-
bitious of those that have been pro-
pounded. The more hazardous onea
have been put aside, but the system
now adopted by no means precludes
further works at a later date. But
they will be left to 0. following genera-
tion. Care has been taken to reclaim
only fertile clay, while sandy parts
Will submerged, but in such is
way, the engineers expect that e liver
of good soil will gradually form oh ion
of them. in due course, in place of the
Zuyder Zee, with its salt water, its
tides, its tempeste, and its Muncie -
tons, the last of which occurred in
1916, there will come four agricultural
districts and a fresh -water lako, the
Yselmeer, the level of which can be
regulated by sluices,
Bacteria That Make Iron Ore.
The most imaginative among us
would hardly suspect that bugs are
responsible, at least in part, for the
common flatiron and other useful ar-
ticles made from the same metal. Yet
European physicists have lalown for
some time that there are "iromore
bacteria," and the fact 18 now com-
monly accepted in America.
Iron bacteria live in either standing
or running clear waters that contain
iron compounds; not in turbid waters
and those containing much orgauic
matter. So active are they in estab-
lishing deposits of ferric hydroxide
that water pipes of cities whereethe
water contains ferrous carbonate have
been known to be completely closed
bys thheeamt h,
s of dead iron bacteria have
Seen found in multitudes in limonite
deposits, and enormous deposits of
several kinds of Mot ore are known to
resuli from their work. Yet we know
little about them. They may even be
at the very threshold of life.
It is interesting, however, to note
that the greatest deposits of iron ore
in the world that are being mixed are
in the arctic and sUbarctio regions, or
in zones where nearly half the year is
Winter, as in the Lake Superior coun-
try. The greater commercial activity
in the colder regions may partly ac-,
count for thie, for there are extensive
iron ore formations in the tropics arid
subtropics. But the fact remains that
iron bacteria live in pure water and
that in the colder regions water is
most likely to be pure. •
Although iron bacteria are manta
facturing new deposits all the tirae,
this is not of groat importance as far
as the supply of iron le concerned,
Bodies of ore are being termed more
rapidly than we used to think, but nen
tare probably cannot create iron as
fast as we are using it.
Zino Hlnt,
Make a cream paste out of hot water
and lime, and you will find that the
zinc inat under your stove will look
bright anti clean. use old gloves when.
you polish the zinc, for the mixture is
apt to roughen the skin,.
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