HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-01-12, Page 6FEATS OF MEMORY
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F•NEWSPAPER.
Angelo Eon on Ms .i,V
ater Part of Dante's
Works.
ions feats of memory usual-
re us. with envy, for i1
.nee would so soften
if we could remember more
e do. But 'few would eare
bl thei following instance's re
the Kansas City Star, Over
land, says the writer, Samuel
reprcduoed from memory,
lapse of 25 years an ora-
overing upward of 300 close
ten pages which he had eom-
in early life. He stated that
the score in his mind's eye
irately as if it lay before him.
clow could give apiano re-
very day for a month, and
no number, all from mem-
poet Milton, it is said, could
Homer in Greek almost
t book, and Thomas Babbing-
lacaulay, when a boy, mem-
Scots 'Lay of the Last
eel 1" during an afternoon
ith his father, and, on his
i home, repeated canto after
of it to his mother until her
ee and strength were ex -
,d, At one period of his
faeaulay declared that if by
miracle of vandalism all the
copies of the "Pilgrim's
ess" and "Paradise Lost"
destroyed, he would under-
o 'reproduce them both
FROM MEMORY.
while waiting in a Cambridge
house he read two poems in
spaper—read them only once
without thinking of them
for 40 years, repeated them
that time without the change
vord.
• knows that the 10,000 verese
• "Rig-Veda." have for 3,000
bee.n accurately preserved in
'..emories ofi the Brahmins,
of one Brahmin alone, but
ods can to -day recite it
for word. Thousands of
.dans know the Koran by
Cyrus was reputed to be
o call the name of every sol -
his army and Caeser-could.;
stades could'cafl the name of
one of the 20,000 citizens of
s and Seneca could repeat
proper names in the order
rich they had been given to
nd could recite 200 verses read
for the first time by as many
nt persons.
hael Angelo bad on his lips
neater part of the poetry of
:, and Petrarch and Galileo
repeat most of Ariosto,
:rch and Berni Justus Leip-
new Tacitus by heart, and
repeat word for word any
ge called for. Locke states
Pascal knew the whole of the
by heart. Leibnitz, even in
ge, could repeat nearly all the
y of Virgil, word for word.
erson knew by heart Horace.'s
Cicero's "+Offices," and a
part of Juvenal and Persius.
.n, the great English scholar,
red that he could repeat Smol-
a "Roderick Random"
OM BEGINNING TO END.
e Italian prodigy of learning,
tilts de Rossi. made the boast
if anyone could repeat a line
any of the, four great poets of
, he would follow it by recit-
e, hund,ed lines following in
order of succession and on a
being made he accomplished
eat, although he had not read
talianpoets for 20 years,
lliam Lyon, an itinerant actor
inburgh, wagered that on the
day at rehearsal he could re -
the whole of the Daily Ad -
ser, and, though drunk the
before, accomplished the feat.
Lawson, the English scholar,
red that if the Bible were lost
ulrl, with the exception of a
hapters in the Old Testament,'
re it all. Bryon knew his own.
s by heart. Ben Jonson, not
knew his -own works by heart,
entire books that he had read.
as rul es
,
a celebrated edEng
-
divine,
ante undertook, after
ng from Temple Bar, in Lot-
to the farthest end of Cheap.
to repeat on his return the, in-
ions o•n all the signs in their
, both backward and forward
at which he triuinphantJy ac
ished.'
Scarcely touched by the h.vlxna:
hand in the whole course of i
preparation. so cleanly isthe process
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Notes of Particular Interest to Women' Folks -
COOKING RECIPES.
Soft Molasses Gingerbread.—Stir
together one cupful of molasses,
one teaspoonful of soda, one tea-
spoonful of ginger and one table-
spoonfultis butter;
upfulof hepour
one-halfcboiling
water and flour enough to make a
thin batter. Bake about one inch
deep. This is very nice if pains are
taken to have the water boiling,
and to beat it well when the flour
is added.
Bungalow Sandwiches.—To two
cupfuls of cold roast veal allow one
cupful of cold boiled tongue or
ham. To each cupful of this chop-
ped mixture add a tablespoonful
of melted butter, one teaspoonful
of essence anchovey and one-half
teaspoonful of lemon juice. Butter
and slice the bread, toast each slice
a. nice, golden brown, spread with
the mixture and serve hot, with
olives. ••
Snowball Cake.—One and one-
half cupfuls of sugar, three table-
spoonfuls of butter, twothirds cup-
ful of milk, two cupfuls of flour,
three eggs, whites, two even tea
spoonfuleec,rf baking•, s powder; one
1?
teas oonful of baker s - e:sraet of
almond. Cream the butterand,
sugar, add the egg whites, milk.
flour and baking powder sifted to-
gether, and then the flavoring.
Bake ',in a square cake pan, and
frost.
Maple Bisque.—Add the well•
beaten yolks of four eggs to one
cupful of rich maple syrup, mix
well together, and cook in a double
boiler until it thickens, stirring
continuously. Remove from the
fire, strain and cool. When quite
cold whip it with an egg beaten un
til light, and stir in one pint of
dry whipped cream. Beat all to-
gether until very light, and put
into a mould. Set on ice and pack
the mould.
Waffle Potatoes.—Peel large
whole potatoes and rout each into
flute shape by holding it first
e. „
lengthwise and then exosswifl'A" `on
a potato cutter. . Keep the slices
in iced water until ready td cook,
when fry them a light brown in hot
lard. Drain them carefully, im-
mediately. upon their removaleirom
the lard and keep in a cover?s-
sel to, retain their heat until ready
to serve. Before serving ,' 1ain
again,
May Blossom Cake.—Beat a
cream three-quarters of a cu ifu'1
of butter with one of sugar;';add
one-half cupful of sweet milk and
two cupfuls of flour ; then beat sep-
arately the yolks and whites pf ten
eggs, and after beating thoroughly
together add to the cake mixture;
stir in two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and lastly a cupful of
blanched almonds. Cover with a
white icing and place almond meats
on top to :suggest blossoms.
Boiled Pancakes.—Separate four
eggs, whites and yolks. Beat the
yolks until lemon -colored and thick
and add one and one-half cupfuls
of milk. Measure out one cupful
of sifted flour and sift with it one-
half teaspoonful of salt. Add the
eggs and milk to the flour a beat
until smoo b,e 't eat the wll' i of
4rci
. f� trh
the +cog
into the mixture. ,Put a tablet
spoonful of butter into a. frying pan
and, when hot, pouf; in enough of
the mixture to cover the bottom of
the pan. Bake to ;`'`delicate brown
on the under side) and when. clone
spread with marmalade or fruit
jam and roll up thickly. Dust with
sugar and serve glazed with red-
hot salamander, and sometimes 'a
little grated lemon peel is added to
the batter. These are also known
as pancakes a la Celestine.
Sponge Custard.—One pint of
milk, yolks of two eggs, white of
one large, two if small; half an
ounce of gelatine° soaked in one-
half cupful of cold water for twenty
minutes; two tablespoonfuls of
white sifted flour; two teaspoon-
fuls of vanilla and a pinch of salt.
Scald the milk and stir into the
well -beaten yolks and sugar and
return to double boiler and ;cook
and stir until it thickens. M It the
gelatin over the teakettle art! add
to the milk. . Mix well to dissolve
and then turn out to cool. As soon
as it commences to congeal whisk
it thoroughly with an egg beater
and add to it gradually the white
of an egg whipped to a stiff -froth.
Beat rapidly until quite spongy and
then turn into a' mould. Set in a
cold plane. `and ]et it stand for at
least five or six hours before turn-
ing out. If convenient, male the
day before.
water ` clothes are washed and
boiled in helps to• whiten tbena.
To see to thread a needle easily,
hold a piece of , white cloth at the
back of the eye of the needle.
To clean a copper kettle, rub with
powdered bathbrick and paraffin,
and afterwards polish' 'with dry
brickdust or :whiting.
When being put to bed for the
-night baby's eyes should . always
have a washing in boraole acid
water.
A few grains of coffee burned on.
slot .coals will purify, the air in the
unk-room and drive away any
odor.
Cheese that is in danger of be-
coming too dry may be kept soft
by wrapping, it in a cloth wrung
out in vinegar.
A small onion eaten raw before
retiring will often result in a rest,-
ful sleep, as .onions are excellent.
nerve soothers.
ST. .VITUS DANCE
.Ab 160,000'VALENTINES.
olleetion of 150,000 valentines
by an Islington stationer
1 King, has been offered by
the British Museum. Some
valentines are elaborate
isle'MO parts, with prices at
cl higher. All these vakn
t -ore printed prior to the
The
Promise
Of €Good
Breakfast
smilisemia1•1•81...., sit
is fiilfsiled if you start the meal with
Post
Toasties
Sweet, crisp, fluffy bits of toacted
corn—ready to serve direct from the
packageNvith Creat* and sugar
Please
Particular
People.
"The 1"Iemory Lingers
Canadian Postten Ceital Co., U4.
Windsor, ilntariri, "Suede.
Cured Through the Use of Dr.
Williams' Piak Pills.
Chorea, or as it is more gener-
ally known, St. Vitus dance, is' a
disease that usually attacks the
young children, though older per;
sons may be afflicted with it. Its
most common symptoms are a
twitching of the muscles of the face
and :limbs. As the disease pro-
gresses this twitching takes the
form of spasms in which the jerk-
ing motion may be confined to the
head, or all the limbs may be af-
£eeted. The patient is frequently
unable to hold anything in the
hands or to walk steadily and in
severe eases even the speech is af-
fected. The disease is due to debil-
ity of the nerves and is always
cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
which enrich the blood, tone and
strengthen the nerves and thus re-
store the sufferer to good health.
The following is a striking instance
of what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
will do in this trouble. Mrs. Chas,
Phipps, Pelee Island, Ont., says
"At the age of fourteen my eldest
daughter, Edith, became much.
run down, and the trouble de-
veloped into St. Vitus dance. First
her left arm becamt affected, then
the left leg and entire left side.
Slee grew' so bad that •she actually
coWenet lipd :anything "in hero•hand, and could only go about with'
a sliding, jerking motion. Not.
withstanding that we were giving
her medicine, she seemed to be
growing worse, and finally her
speech became much affected. We
became so much alarmed about
her that finally her father got a
supply of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
and we began giving her these. In
the course of a few• weeks she was
much better, and before . all the
pills were gone she was again en-
joying perfect health. This was in
1908, and as she has not had a
symptom of the trouble since 1 feel
justified in saying the cure is per-
manent."
Be sure you get the genuine pills
which are sold by all medicine
dealers or may be had at 50 cents
a box or six boxes for $2.50 from
The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont.
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MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS
PUBLIC UTILITY BONDS ARE IN DE-
MAND BY CANADIANS.
So Ciosely Held, However, There are Few
USEFUL HINTS.
Emery powder will remove or-
dinary stains frons knife handles.
Celery contains sulphur and helps
to ward off rheumatic pains.
If you are buying a carpet for
durability, choose a small pattern.
It is estimated that a quart of
good milk has the value of a pound
of beef.
To prevent knives from rusting,
place a piece of charcoal in the
knife box
Place a lump of camphor: in the
chest with the silver and . it will
not tarnish.
Quickly apply rain egg tea Cut;
it will allay the pain and ,quickly
healthe wound.
It cis essential that cellars should
be as 'sweet snd. clean .as- aniy, other
part of the house.
Hot water applied by
cloths is a sovereign lee
neuralgia and pleeriay.
;Mold will not font oto.
tend jellies if a box of rim
in the closet with them,
;a.ns of
edy ' Lor
For Sale—What Companies the Term
"Public Utilities" Covers—Uneasiness
Over Governmental Policy of • Municipal
Competition- Bondholders Safe, How-
ever—Real Estate an Important item in
Street Railway Assets.
The articles contributed by "Inventor"
aro for the sole purpose of guiding pros•
peotive investors acid, if possible of say
big them from losing money tlrreceb
placing it in "wildcat" enterprises, The
Impartial and reliable character of the
information may be ,relied upon, The
writer of these articlesand the publisher
of this paper have no interest, to 'serve
In connection with this matter other thee
those of the reader.
Development Company , had , a n
shave. However, the Ontario Ci
=ant appears to have come to a ra
tion of the .seriousness of injuring
holders, and it is reasonable to al
that .so far as they are .coneerneOE
is no menace in the Government's
policy.
In the case of the physical ex
tion there is first the real estate he
of the company to examine. Ii.tp
of a street railway coinpany, th�
necessarily a considerable; quant)
real estate for sidings, oar barns, '
houses and offices. If the sale .val
such property is equal to the amoi
the bond issue there is no oecasioel
further examination of the coin
physical assets, for the bonds are
exceptional. This, however, seldom h
so that further examination is
essential.
The .usual policy in Canada is
struct the railway chiefly by sale ai
Toronto Street ltailway has, for e
less than $4,000,000 of bonds outst
against $11;000,000 of stock whidh
over 130. There is, therefore,.
value of junior securities inexcess
000,000 behind the company's bon•
company's real estate holdings r
siderable. In addition to its offia
ing it owns five or six large ea
and pleasure parks, ete., but in
total value of the real estate is
erably less than the amount cf b
standing and yet Toronto ltailwa
are of an exceptionally high al
Other points in connection a(
safety of public service eorpor.y+
be considered next week.
'n ,boiling egggs'..hagil, put.,
boiling water ten minutes a
put them in cold water._r
prevent the yolk from colo
To freshen a stale loaf o
twist it lip tightly in a pa
and place it in a modern
oven. Rolls, buns, toff
etc., can also be treated
fully in the same way.
The possessor of very
nails should rub them at ni
cold cream or vaseline, or,
go to the other extreme
soft and tender, wax a
harden them,
i$y "Investor.")
while public utility stocks are a very
popular form of investment in Canada,
public utility bonds_,are not, only be.
cause their amount is limited and prac-
tically all former issues are so closely
held that investors rarely have an op-
portunity to purchase theni. The com-
panies are so generally' prosperous that
their bonds would become a favorite form
of investment if there was a sufficient
supply to create an active market.
The term "Public Utility" company
covers such companies as street railway,
gas, electric dight itrd'rpower, water, and
sometimes telephone companies.
The manner of deciding on the safety
of the bonds of these various classes of
companies differs in the matter of de-
tails, but the principals are in general
the same in the case of all. The case of
street railways is the one with which
investors have to deal most of ten, and
the general methods of investigation
employed in this connection may be used
with slight modifications in the case of
all the others.
As regards the safety of street rail-
way bonds some authorities suggest a
three -fold examination, physical, Siam:
tial and political. In Canada, in view of
the attitude of the several provincial
governments (particularly that of On-
tario) regarding public service companies,
one is tempted to make the political ex-
amination first, and if that appeared
satisfactory then to take up the ques-
tion of the physical and finatteial situ-
ation afterwards.
,Avoiding the question of party politics
and touching only on the investor's side
of the question (admitting, of course,
.thatthere is much to be said on the part
of the consumer) a cold-blooded examin
ation of the political attitude respect-
ing public service companies in Canada
must fill one with alarm. Granting that
they have been unwise in their policies
and severein their charges in 'some cas-
es, the feet remains that more than one
provincial government has passed
statutes allowing municipalities to abro-
gate legal agreements largely for poli-
tical reasons. -
So far, happily, the bond holders of
Canadian public utilitieS have suffered
no loss as a result of these enactments,
but the shareholders have been less for-
tunately situated, as anyone who holds
stock in the London Eleetrie Light, or
formerly held shares in the Toronto Elec-
tric Light Company can bear wituess.�
Even the bondholders of. the Electrical
Do not expect any dress, skirt or
coat to look neat if pressing is
omitted. It is one of the chief
methods of perfect sewing.
Wall paper which is spotted with
grease can be cleaned by rubbing
the spots with a piece of flannel
dipped in spirits of wine.
It is much better for children
to sleep in the dark, and if accus-
tomed to it from the beginning
there is no trouble about it.
A few drops of paraffin added to
the blacking will give a better
gloss, and also improve the lea-
ther, no matter how damp the
shoes are.
Brass that is badly tarnished may
be cleansed by applying to the sur-
face with a soft brush ammonia in
which is dissolved a small piece of
scouring soap. Polish with eche-
moil skin.
While enamel paint, so much
liked by some people, is best
cleansed by using whiting instead
of soap, as this preserves the color.
and cleanses the paint without in
jttring the surface.
To assuage thirst and cure fev
erishness, apple tea is a capital.
drink for siek people. It is shade
by slicing -up 'raw .apples into a
jug, filling the jug with boiling
water, as in tea-nmaking, then
sweetening to "taste ; when cold,,
this apple tea will be found pleas-
in lv tart and refreshing.
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WAS A CONFIRMED DYS
Now Finds it a Pleasure to Enj
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This is the experienceof Mr. H.
384 Bathurst St,, Toronto, in
words:
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mentioning to you the benefit
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and can cheerftillyrecommen•
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its wretched symptoms, and t
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You have in 'Na-Dru-Co D
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find. It is now such a pleas=
meals with their consequent
menttliat 1 rvantto Mention t
benefit of others."
'rhe fact that a lot of prescr
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is no sign that you hu+je got
suffering, Try Na-Dru-CO r
Tablets and see how quickly tris
remedy will give you relief and
stomach working properly. If
help you, you get your money
a boat at your druggist's. Co
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of Canada, Limited, Montreal
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what other investments he makes he should make absolutely sure that p
money is invested where there is no chance of loss or failure of interest.
ti We do not offer Bonds to our customers until we are sure by pees
thorough investigation that- they have behind them assets more tlza
sufficient to pay principal and interest under all circumstances.
Sent) us your name and address and we will
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