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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-02-05, Page 6Midwinter Canning l'"Cint:x. Sur meet time is tanning time, as 'everybody kno s. Nevertheless, there are r nany'pneserves that inky bepr'pared at this time of ,year: They are economical in two ways -- they ate made et a time when the home preserver is not rushed with other work of the sante kind, and they are made from fruit that is in season, and, therefore, cheap. t pple jelly should be made at the same time that some other apple preserve is prepared, for the skins and eores from the apples used in some other way may be added to the jelly. A good jelly, in fact, can the made from skins and cores alone, but the cook can satisfy her desire for economy by an extra core from every apple. Jelly for a Year.—The cores .and Akins should be broken and the whole apples should be washed and sliced with skins and cores in pike. Then the whole mass should be put in a granite or aluminum preserving kettle and barely cover- ed with water and cooked slowly until tender. Next it should be drained through a jelly bag for :twelve hours and then measured, and to every pint of juice a pound of granulated sugar should be al- lowed. The juice should be brought to the boiling point and then the sugar. slightly warmed, should be added and stirred into the juice until dissolved. Then the mixture should be boiled rapidly until it is ready to jelly and it should be put in jelly glasses and sealed. This jelly can be made now to last for a year. It is a delicious jelly in sum- mer, simply because apples are then out of season and the taste is, therefore, welcome. Apple preserves can be made to give their quota of cores and skins to the jelly kettle. Use rather tart apples with good flavor, and core and pare .and quarter them, Weigh them then and allow an equal weight of granulated sugar. And to each pound of fruit allow the juice of two lemons, the grated rind of one and a cupful of cold water. Boil the sugar and water for two minutes and then add the lemon and the apples and simmer until the apples are tender. Seal in jars while; het. Orange :Marmalade. -- Orange marmalade is a ° standby in most Iiouseh.olds and if oranges are now at their cheapest and best in your markets this is the time to make it. But remember that it is worth while to use goad oranges. It does not matter if they are very small. But they roust be juicy and of good fiav- or. Wash the skins thoroughly. It is well to use a soft brush to clean them with. Of course, this brushing removes some oaf the oil, but there is much dirt usually on the out- eide of an orange.. So do the work thoroughly and carefully, making an effort to remove the dirt and leave the oil. Pare half the orange, taking off only the thin outer rind. The white part of the rind is bitter. Cut this thin yellow rind into shreds and boil it until it is tender, changing the water twice in the process. Grate the rind from the rest of the orari_es, just the yellow outside part. Then take off all the white part of the rind from all the oranges and cut them into very small pieces. Remove the seeds. Weigh and allow a pound of sugar for every pound of fruit. Drain the orange pulp into a sieve, without pressing it, and put the juice on the sugar and boil until clear. Add to this syrup the boiled shreds of :skin and boll for ten minutes. Then add the grated rind and the orange Pulp andboil lentil a sampleof it thickens when cooled. Grapefruit Marmalade: -- Grape - d. The Prince of Wales as His Own Chauffeur at the Front. • The heir to the British throne is to -dray at the battlefront in France as an aide-de-camp to Sir Sohn French. He is here seen driving his own car, with Prince Alexander of Teck, our future Governor-General, as passenger. fruit marmalade is also delicious and is as interesting to ,prepare •as is orange marmalade. .To make it, choose six rather small grapefruib. and wash them well. Then cover them with cold, water and boil until they are soft, Be careful, when testing their softness, not -to punc- ture them with a fork and so lose some of their juice. Drain them when done and let them cool, and then, with a sharp knife, pare off the thin, outside yellow skin and - shred it. Cat the grapefruit in half. Take out all the seeds and take out the pulp. Boil a quart of water and five pounds of sugar un- til .clear and add the rinds, shred- ded, and boil ten minutes, then .add the pulp and boil until a l-,tle of it when cool is thick enough. Candied Orange. --:Candied orange or grapefruit peel can be made at _this time of year and packed in small glass or tin boxes to use for several months to come. The pulp can be used for fruit cocktail or salted, and the halves of skin frons which it is removed •can be candied. Soak the shells in cold water for two days. changing the water once or twice if convenient. • Drain the shells on a sieve and plunge them into boiling water for five minutes. Drain well again and then cut off the thin, outer skin and shred it. Put it in a. saucepan over the fire with three eups of sugar to two of water and enohgh of the syrup so formed to cover the shreds of skin. Bring to a brisk boil and then sim- mer slowly for a couple of hours. Then stir until the syrup sugars around the shreds of skin and cool and pack, Household Hints. Grated raw potatoes will lay dust and help clean •carpets - Old magazines or catalogues are fine for cleaning irons on. Protect your polished floors by pasting small circles of felt on the legs of your chairs. In making .a plain omelet, it is better to add hot water than milk, as it makes it much more tender. Boiled puddings should never be turned out the moment they are done. They are very likely to break if this is done. .11l1 milk puddings intended to be eaten at luncheon should be pre- pared as soon as breakfast things are cleared away. Cakes should not be placed in a cold place or at an open window to cool. The steam will condense and. make them heavy. When the hemstitching on bed linen breaks apart, cover it with a row of feather stitched braid, neat- ly stitched on at each side. if Catarrh keips You Ha:n IUcksI Curti Nothing Known So Sure For Throat Weakness, Bron- chial Trouble, &r -c, No doctor attempts to -clay to cure a genuine case of catarrh or bronchitis except by the inhalation method. Stomach dosing has been discarded because uselessmedicine so taken affects only the stomach—never reach- es the seat of catarrh. . The advanced 'physician recognizes that only air can - be sent into the lungs and bronchial tubes, Fill this air with healing inedioaments and you solve the probleni. No combination of antl+,5eptics is so 'successful es Catarrhozone. It fontains the richest pine -balsams and the greatesthealers known. One breath of Catarrhosone instant- ly circulates over the area that is afflicted with catarrh. Relief is In - stint --suffering stops at once --germs are destroyed—every taint of disease is removed. Think it over seriously. Here is a remedy that clears the throat, relieves hoarseness, coughing and 'bad breath. Irritating phlegm. ;is cleared out, inflamed bronchial tubes are healed, throat and voice are strengthened. -- . Catarrhozone is pleasant and cer- tain. You breathe Catarrhozone--you don't take it, Large $1.00 'size - is guaranteed; mailer size 50c, and trial size 25c, at all dealers everywhere. A good way to stiffen the bristles of hair brushes after washing is to dip them in a mixtureof equal quantities of milk and water, and then dry before the fire. Dry your crusts in the oven, put through the meat chopper and save as crumbs for stuffing poultry, etc. Melt one ounce of butter to stir in- to the cupful of crumbs .when ready to use. To remove stains from knife handles and also to keep the ivory from turning yellow, rubthe handles with a cut lemon; after- ward wash in soap and water and dry immediately. For grease spots make a stiff paste with fuller's earth and vine- gar. Roll it into balls, and dry then. "Next damp the grease spots and grate one of the balls over them and leave it until it- is dry, when the .marks should be washed with tepid water. These balls are ex- cellent to keep at hand for emer- gencies. In order to "tilt" pictures pro- perly, without putting nails tinder them, see that the screws are placed in the centre of the back of the frames, and if you have not a pic- ture -rail the cord should just reach the top of the picture. Before .;iris ing the nail in the wall dip it i hot water and it can then he quite straight without breaking t}1 plaster. For potato pnffs take some cold roast meat, cut very small, season with pepper and salt. Roll and mash some .potatoes and make them into a paste with one or two eggs. Roll this• out with a dust of flour, cut into rounds; put some of the minced meat on one half, and fold the other half over. Fry the puffs' in boiling fat until golden brown. d' BABY'S BATTLES L ES Baby's battles for health can be easily won if the mother will con- stantly keep at. hand the means of aiding her little ones, when the emergency may arise. Baby's Own Tablets should be found in every home where there are small chil•-, dren. The Tablets are a gentle but thorough laxative. They break up colds; relieve 'croup ; prevent con- stipation; cure indigestion; pro- mote sleep, and in fact cure .all the minor ills of little ones. They are sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box froan The Dr. Williams' :Medicine Co,, Brockville, Ont. >I• COMMANDER SAMSON, Kaiser Offers $5,000 for Him, Dead or Alive, "A flying Captain Kettle," is the term applied to Commander Samson by his colleagues in the British Naval Air Service, for the brilliant aviator, with his small, well -knit frame and pointed beard, bears a remarkable resemblance to the well-known sea captain of fiction. His feats in the present war have so impressed the Kaiser that he has offered $5,000 re- ward to anyone who will bring him to Berlin alive or dead. Commander Samson is one of our cleverest naval flyers, and a short time back he did much to organize the Naval Air Service of Great Britain, which is generally recognized to be the most efficient in the world, When the commander first became associat- ed with this branch of the service it practically existed only in the form of a blue -papered docket ' resting in a pigeon -hole at the Admiralty, That, was little over a year ago, and now the 'British seaplane service is a solid bulwark between Britain and its foes. Night and day its members are guard- ing Britain's shores from invasion by hostile aircraft, as well as conducting transports across the English Channel, Commander Samson has had much to do with this rapid growth, In- addi-. tion to being a clever organizer and commander of men, this famous naval man is a born flyer, and few men can handle the great 120 horsepower sea- planes of the navy so skillfully. These machines weigh over one ton, and they have to be landed on ocean rollers at a speed of sixty miles an hour. On one occasion Contender Samson, through the reflection of the waves, misjudged the drop to water and div- ed underneath it, The force of hitting the water at high speed crashed him against the engine at his back, but, though stunned by the fall„ he man- aged to fight his way through the wires and struts which threatened to strangle him and reach the surface alive. His past training as a sailor has resulted in the commander developing into a typical "handy man." In the early days of the war he forsook his flying for a short while and took com- mand of an armored motor -car. It was this vehicle which succeeded in annihilating a brigade of German cav- alry by dashing into them at a great speed, mowing many down with the car itself, whilst the gunners behind the shot -proof walls accounted for the rest. Although bearded, Commander Sam- son is in the early "thirties, and he is considered to be the ideal type of aviator, for the recklessness of youth °ii his case is leavened by the experi- ance of years. it; Err', F. VALLEY RAIi:.WA. Y. Links I'll the C.P.E. with I"sited States Railways. • What the completion of the Kettle Valley Railway will mean to trans- continental traffic, both freight and passenger, was explained by Mr. J. J. Warren, the president of the company, who 'has been spending a few days' east. For years past the Canadian Pacific Railway has been wrestling with, the problem of reduc- ing grades in the Rocky Mountain section, and it is probable that it will continue to struggle for years to coni:e. Even in days when ex - Pension work is necessarily restrict- ed and curtailed, orders are given, tor example, to push the work on the Rogers Pass tunnel to comple- tion. But with the Fettle Valley Railway and the Kootenay Central Railway in operation the Canadian Pacific will have .alterndtive routes from. the Main line, which s'hould at once Make much more economical the handling of' trains to the Pacific Coast, The Kettle Valley line in Southern British Columbia, which links up with raxilw•ays in the United States, and with the Canadian Paci- fic, which has running rights over it, will make an admirable alterna- tive route' by way of the Crow's Nest Pass, as its grades nowhere emceed 2 per cent„ while the Koote- nay. Central has an average grade of less than 1, per cent. The Kettle Valley line will also be of great value to the fruit growers of the Okanagan Valley, as it touc'he's Penticton and Summerland, and puts them into direct touteh with the Mining districts of Southern British Columbia, As a scenic route the line should prove:attractive to tour- ists, as the southern end of. the Okanagan. Valley is by far the most picturesque portion of this: favored section of British Columbia. 13y early sum mer the full passenger service will be; in operation, and Mir. Warren expects that ti large volume of the transoontinentai tea - vel. will be diverted to his line, ----•---'l' 'Che Square Dent . "Look. here 1" said an excited man to a druggist. "You gave rice Morphine for quinine this morn- ing. - "Ia that so ? replied the di ug isi. ''Then you owe the twenty, five .cents." • ALMOST EVERY ONE NEEDS A TONIC Almost; everyone --- Man, woman incl elrilal—needs a Ionic :at. some time. It is often said that •a luau is lazy because he takes little or no interest in his work ; hut the truth is he is not well. FIe• needs a tonic. The Raine is true cif a woman who does :reit hustle over lies hooie work, but only feels fit to be in bed. She is not merely tired, but i11. A dull pain in :the head or back, poor appe- tite, toss of strength with low spirits and loss of interest in life show that you need a tonic to brace up the nerves and give you a new lease of life, `.Che• proof is that when the right tonic is taken all the trouble quickly disappears.. The one tonic --- the only tonic—for weak .and ailing men, women and children is Dr. Williams'. Pink Pills, which speedily bring back abundant health; strength and energy. - They have done this in thousands and thou- sands of eases as is proved by the following. Mr. Ed. A. Owen, Bur- dett, Alta., was: -''About two years ago my health was in a wretched condition. My whole sys- tem seemed to be run down 'and the doctor seemed puzzled at my condi- tion. I had >.'io appetite, exertion would leave me breathless, and I was troubled much with dizziness. All the medicine. I took did me no good, and I was -steadily growing weaker. -My mother urged me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and before I had taken them very long I began to feel like a new man, and continuing their use, I was restored to complete health. I now recom- mend them to all run down in health as they are the best medicine I know of," Sold by all medicine dealers, or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, from The Dr, Wil - lams Medicine Co., Broekville,•Ont. IN A FRIENDLY WAY. • "When a man ain't got. a cent, and he's feeling kind of blue, And the clouds hang dark and heavy and won't let the sunlight through, It's a great thing, 0 my brethren, for a fellow just to lay IIis hand upon his shoulder in a friendly kind 01! way. It makes a man feel curious and it makes the 'teardrops start, And he feels a kind o' fluttering round . the regions of bis heart, He can't look you in the eyes; lie don't know what to say, With your hand upon his shoulder in a friendly kind of way. - 0, the world's a curious compound With its honey and its gall, " With its cares and little crosses, but a good world after all; And a good God must have made it, least*ays that's what I say, When your hand is on my shoulder in a. friendly kind of way." THE FIRST WATCH. Had Only One .hand and Was Wound I?p Twice a Day.• At first, the watch was 'about the size of a dessert plate. It had weights and was used as a "pocket clock." The earliest known use of the modern name occurs in the re- cord of 1552, which mentions that Edward V;I. had "one Jailor • or watch of iron, the case •being like w='Ise of gilt edge, with two plum- mets of lead." The first watches may readily be supposed to have been of rude exe- cution. . The first great improve - went, the substitution of springs for weights, was in 1550. The ear- liest springs were not coiled, but only straight pieces of lead. Early watches had only one hand and being wound up twice a clay, they could not be expected to keep time, nearer • than fifteen or twenty minutes in the twelve hours. The dials were of silver or brass. The cases had no• crystals, but opened at the back and front anti were four or five inches in diameter. - A plain watch cost the equivalent of $1,500 in our currency and, after one was ordered, it took a year to make it. • al. Always Forgetting. They had just been married, and -were about to start on their wed- ding trip. As,is the .custom with bridegrooms; he was embarrassed to the -point of forgetfulness, but he Met the situation like an .expert, "Why, Harry, you bought only one ticket," said the bride reproach- fu1ly. "Just like me, dear;'' said Barry. quickly, " taways fargettin•g intrself. " • bEATII 'REPORTED An old offender that hang onfor years. -Nothing touched hie stony heart .but Put-' narn'a 'Corn lxtvactor and out he came, root, stem and branch. All earns cured just as guleilci,y ,when Putnaau's is used; try' It, 25e, at all defilers. pd FRom BATTLE NON SOLDIERS' OBTAIN GREAT MAN COM FORTS. Nice Spells Off .and Warm Baths B tureen Turns in. the . Trenches. "War," said the British. warrior, he got out of the train -at a Frenc seaport on his way to a few day leave in t1ngland, "is not su bli a vet bad job these times., Nice spells• of comfortable billets, warm baths b tween the turns in the trenches, gru good—why, It was cat's meat an crusts at the manoeuvres in compel. son! And every now and then it' 'Sergeant, take a week -end 'off home,' Now, in South Africa" --- He broke into bitter memories foot -slogging world without en writes a correspondent from Norther France. Ile was clean and well brushed an smart, and when he pushed back hi cap the gloss of his curl reminded on somehow of tinned butter., Yet only few hours before he was a thing o mud and little beauty, standing in < wet trench within a cigarette's throe of the Germans. He has no use for the advertisement of heroism which a .muddy kit would bring. When a British regiment comes back from the trenches for a few days' rest you can hardly'hear the dis- tant cannonade for brushes. Warriors of Three Nations.. Op and down the roads behind the battle front and in towns -awakened from the long; long dreams of history. by old memories of guns and marching men you meet the happy warriors of. three nations. This is your chance to study them. Crouching in a trench, with a rifle and a mud heap between himself and sudden death, a ni.an is apt to conform • to a pattern, for men fight and die by certain rules. But turn him loose, if only for a few hours' leisure, and his personality rises triumphant above the common ties. soldiers of the Allies could be sorted out by nationalities, as you. meet them In the base towns, even if they all wore the same uniforms. The British. soldier striding through the railway stations always attracts attention.. He is so clean and confi- dent, his khaki uniform, with little to distinguish horse or foot er guns, is so trim and workmanlike, and the French people, used to blue and scarlet and a wide variety of cut and style, always turn to watch hint pass. He has hearty "Gheero!" for any French o Belgian soldiers he.meets .on the pia form, and he seems thoroughly a home, as befits' an .army that ha fought in more climes than any othei This fighting business, the jaunty se of the head seems to say, is a rare 01 game when you have already tried i in Afghanistan and South Africa an the Soudan, He is a great sightseer, is the 'arias soldier. Trains have a knack of set ting him down at seaports between midnight and dawn, with hours of wait for the boat for England. He does not care. If you like to run the risk of being arrested as a suspect for a wandering out of doors . after ten at night you may meet hint strolling about the silent streets and peering in- to• shop windows at postcards that he cannot buy. Ahd if you have a few cigarettes with you, you are sworn to the brotherhood at once. French Like Pastry,. His constant desire is a cigarette, but to win the heart of his chum, the French piou-piou, you should fill your pockets with pastry. And since the French Soldier is such a splendid fel- low and so well worth knowing, it is a sad thing that one forgets to carry, jam tarts as regularly as cigarettes. ' It is a strange pastry cook's in any of these towns of Northern France if you cannot see little groups of French soldiers standing at the counter munching cream tarts or fruit tarts. There must be something about the monotony of even the best food 10 campaign days that drives the sweet toothed soldier to the pastry counter, and many a battle has been fought out with sponge, cakes for Germans and chocolate eclairs for the' Allies on a marble topped table. You meet the Belgian soldier, too, and sometimes he is at the Pastry counter. But the Belgian soldier, as I shall remember him, is a sad figure, who feels his exile whenever he is not right in the fighting line. Often he walks slowly along reading a letter that bears - an English post- mark, and it he • hears your English voice he will ask what you know of the town or village across the channel Where his wife and children are being cared for. When a bit of sunshine hits ve, After passing of a clouid, And a fit of laughtei guts ye, An'• yer spine is feeling proud, Don't forget to tip and fling it . At a soul that's ,feeling blue, • F ur the minute that you fling it. I•t's a boomerang to you. Husband -'--"After .all civilization has its. drawbacks. People in the savage• state seldom g.:t ill;" Wife --"I wonder 'if that8 the reason you're so healthy." - - He. who gives too much attention to• the business of other .peopte h surely negleeiting his own. '