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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1923-12-07, Page 3THE HURON EIPoorn A ers' Clieq*�s PEOPLE travelling on long or abort Journeys moat convenient to carry The Dominion Bunk Tra wee. 'They are negotiable anywhere in the world and can be obtained #i►t artY Brandi of this Bank inn SEAFORTH BRANCH, R. M. JONES, Above' . SAFETY DEPOSIT KOKFJ POR Rom SAVED BABY'S LIFE Mrs. Alfred Traficliemontagne, St. "fiche' des Saints,. Que., writes: -- s`Baby's Own Tablets are an excellent anedichne. They saved my baby's life .and I can highly recommend theta to all mothers." Mrs. Trenchernon- tagne's experience is that of thous- ands of other mothers who have test- ed the worth of Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets are a sure and safe medi- . cine for little ones and never fail to regulate the bowels and stomach,thus rehieing all the minor ills from which children suffer. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. THE • STURDY OAK • IS NOW LANGUISHING Canada is rapidly losing its oaks. For some reason the storied tree of old England falls a victim to the -march of modern civilization. Com- missioner Chambers, of Toronto, told the Park Committee that hundreds of oaks had died in Toronto and that all the others were slowly dy- ing. Apparently nothing could stop the decay. Tree surgeons had tried in vain to doctor the oak against this disease of civilization. Not only were the old monarchs of the forest dying, but it was almost impossible to replace them, the com- missioner said. In all Canada not ZOO young oak trees fit for planting could be procured from the nurseries, Ilse added. A WONDERFUL WOMAN People all over Canada are asking "`Who is The Wonderful Heroine' whose life story—thrilling, romantic, inspiring—was published in the Fam- ily Herald and Weekly Star of Mon- treal. It is now announced that the story in pamphlet form may be ob- tained free of charge from the Fam- ily Herald by those who are not now subscribers to the paper. The publishers of that great farm and family paper also announce that a beautiful picture of "The Wonder- ful Heroine" will be sent free to all subscribers of the Family Herald and Weekly Star, new or. renewal, who -remit in time. It is indeed a re- markable offer, the Family Herald and Weekly Star for fifty-two weeks and a large picture of this splendid -woman, who by her heroism, self- sacrifice and abounding trust and faith in God, by her sweet purity and astounding courage in the face of unspeakable horrors, came to be -regarded as a living saint and the wonder woman of a Great Empire. The picture is in the true colors of the original, size 18 x 24 inches, on rich, heavy paper. The subscription price of the Fam- ily Herald and Weekly Star of Mont- real, is only $2.00 a year. 'HONEY AND SOME OF ITS USES Honey consists of sugar about. --S per cent., water 18 per cent. and email quantities of mineral matter and other substances such as protein, acid and volatile oils. Practically all honey produced in 'Canada granulates soon after ex- tracting but, this does not affect its quality, but makes it easier to handle. Granulated honey can be brought back to its liquid form by heating it slowly in a double boiler to a tem- perature of 155 degrees Fahrenheit, a higher temperature than this dark- ens the honey and injures its flavour. Money must be stored in''a dry place, as it absorbs moisture quite readily, which causes it to ferment and de- compose. If stored under suitable .conditions, well ripened honey • will ikeep for a long time even from one year to another. Honey has a claim to be used regu- larl very home both on account of i ness which is delicately flavo cording to the source from it is gathered and also because bf its high food value, it be- ing a concentrated and easily assimi- lated It and energy producing -food. The ulk of Canadian honey is of unsurpassed quality, being light in color and delicately flavoured, there- fore, its uses in the home are prac- tically limitless: The most common way of using -honey is as a spread upon toast .or bread. It readily takes the place of either jam or preserves. In the mak- ing of cakes and cookies it has a de- cided advantage, especially for cakes that are meant to be kept for some time, as it keeps tbdm moist and im- proves the. Savour with age. When honey is used in cooking .it must be remembered that every cup of honey Contains about one-quarter. 'liquid, therefore, the amount of liquid that the recipe calls for must be cut down in proportion. As honey contains acid .a small amount of soda should be used, about one quarter of a level teaspoon to eery cup of honey, and the baking powder reduced. Honey should not be boiled, as boiling gives it a burnt flavour. Honey also readi- ly takes the place of sugar in canning or preserving fruits, especially plums, peaches, pears, etc: It also gtdes them a richer flavour. Honey can also be used instead of sugar in making jams. As a sweetening for summer drinks honey gives refresh- ing results. The kinds of candy that can be made of all or part honey are numerous. Candy made of honey is much better than that made from ordinary sugar, as honey is far easier to assimilate and does not tax the •iigestion. Icing made from honey will remain fresh and moist for '-ionths without being impaired in flavour or consistency. FREQUENT HEADACHES A Sure Sign the Blood is Watery and Impure. People with thin blood are more subject to headaches than full-blood- ed persons and the form of anaemia that afflicts growing girls is almost always accompanied by headaches,to- gether with disturbances of the diges- tive organs. Whenever you have constant or re- curring headaches and pallor of the face, they show that the blood is thin and your efforts should be directed toward building up your blood. A fair treatment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will do this, and \the rich, red blood made by these pills ban- ishes the headache. More disturbances to the health are caused by their blood than most peo- ple have any idea of. When your blood is improverished, the nerves suffer from lack of nourishment, and you may be troubled with insomnia, neuritis, neuralgia or sciatica. Mus- cles subject to 'strain are undernour- ished andou mayhave muscular Y rheumatism or lumbago. If your blood is thin and you begin to show symptoms of any of these disorders. try building up the blood with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and as the blood is restored to its normal condition the trouble will disappear. There are many people who owe their present state of good health to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and most of them do not hesitate to say so. If you are suffering from any con- dition due to poor, watery blood, or weak nerves, begin taking Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills now, and note how your strength and health will im- prove. You can get these pills through any dealer in medicine, or but mail, at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. OLD EARTH CELLAR BEST FOR APPLES `�• One of the problems of the house- holder each year is what quantity of apples he can store economically, and another question, "Why did not my apples keep well last winter?" or "is there any way by which I can keep them better this year?" This does not apply, of course, to those who are fortupate in having the old fashioned cellar without a furnace which was cool but frost -proof, and moist with- out being damp. It was and is in such a cellar that apples can he kept to the blest advantage and where they will beat retain their flavour. The nearer the conditions approach those in this old earth cellar the better the results will be. First, the fruit should be kept as cool as possible without freezing. If the temperature cafe be kept between 350 and 400 F., this would be best. The higher the tem- perature the shorter the life of the fruit. Next In importance is retaining the moisture in the fruit. If the in- dividual specimens are exposed to a very dry- atmosphere they will with- er, henee the desirability of keeping them in such a way as to retain the moisture as much as possible, even though the air of the storage room be dry. This can be obtained, to some extent, by keeping the _fruit in a closed package and, better still, in addition, by wrapping each individual it: DRECO The Wonder Kidney Liver is Stomach Tonic as .Nationally Advertised Sold by Charles Aberhart, Seed' a , 'a by a good druggist everywhere. ; specimen; in. wexed or oiled paper, which will do much to preserve the moisture hi the fruit, and to keep dis- ease from s reeding from one speci- men to ante*. It is also desirable if one has nothing else in storage that will be adversely affected, to keep an open vessel with water iii it in the room. A careful choice of varieties should be made if one is going to lay in several barrels,or more than the Yarn ily, can use in a month or so, as not withstanding favorable conditions for storage, the length of the season that any variety will remain ,in prince con- dition; is limited. • KILL$ BACTERIA Antiseptic' Effect Attributed to Tobacco Smoke. Pipe-amokere have an advantage in health over men who do not smoke according to an American doctor who saw service as a surgeon with the American Expeditionary Force, in the world war. "During the war," he says, "I was in charge of over 600 soldiers at a post with marshes near by, and dysentery raged with viru- lence. I noticed that the heaviest smokers, who went about with pipes in their mouths, did not contract the disease. ) smoked all the time and was free from it. So that smoking is in reality a great protective a- gainst disease." According to the Pasteurr Periodi- cal, a magazine issued by the cele- brated Pasteur Institute in Paris, tobacco sm.,ke is highly antiseptic and kills, in a few moments, the primary bacteria of cholera, dip- theria and cerebro -spinal meningitis. WILL MAKE ART SILK FROM PULP Two hundred and forty acres of land known as the "French Farm," have been purchased on the shores of the St. Lawrence River at Cornwall, Ont., by Courtaulds & Co., Limited. of London, England. The firm are large manufacturers of artificial silk and it is understood they intend opening a branch in Canada. Plans for the various structures are being prepared. The company `have sev- eral in England and two in the United States and the enlargement of the, market in Canada requires the loc- ation of a plant in the central part of the Dominion. It is understood that about $2,500, 000 will be expended in the buildings and machinery and that construction will be begin next spring and the new industry be in operation early in the _fall. It will employ about 500 hands. C. R, Tetley, Montreal, is the archi- tect, of the various buildings. As the required pulp will be im- ported from the Scandinavian pen- insula, Mr. Tetley was asked as td the possibilities for using Canadian pulp. He replied it could not be ad ted to the fine work required in yarn`. manufacture. It was entirely too course. The imported pulp, on the other hand, was obtained from trees grown on prepared land and cut when not yet full grown. This resultedinfinera grade. Mr. Tet- ley thinks that within the next ten ye s Canadian, pulp would be pro- d ed to fill the needs of the silk m nufa t curers. DON'T WASTE GA SOLLN E BE- CAUSE IT'S CHEAP OR YOU MAY HELP SEND PRICE UP AGAIN The National Motorists' Associa- tion of the United States has issued a warning against waste of gasoline. The gist of the "tip" is that if, while gas prices are low, motorists get in- to the habit of being thrifty, con- sumption of fuel will not increase in direct proportion to the increase in cars and the law of supply and de- mand will insure a continuation of the downward trend, or at least les- sen the possibility of an increase in prices. "The natural tendency when prices say is to waste gas," says the N. M. A. statement. "The lower price -of gas at present, discounting cer- tAin local irregularities created by unnatural and temporary forces, is dug to an excess of production over consumption is now radically increas- ed through waste the surplus will vanish and prices will naturally go high again. This is all the more probable owing to the fact that in addition to the actual wastage of gas and the enormous increase in the use of fuel oil for heating purposes the refiners have curtailed production of gasoline. "Motorists, -however, are not en- tirely clear as how they can save fuel. The average car owner thinks he has gone his limit if he sees that the carburetor t properly adjusted, that there are nofuel leaks and that he does not let the engine idle un- necessarily. He does not know that the greatest fuel waste is the sum total of the seemingly unconsequen- tial form of waste. "He does not know that the faster he travels the more it costs, nor that there is a difference between twenty any thirty miles an hour sufficient to cost an additional dollar a thousand miles for a car that does twenty miles to the gallon at ten miles an hour. "Assuming that a million motorists during the course of a year each drive 1,000 miles at a speed of thirty when twenty would be just as satis- factory, it is evident that a million dollars' worth of gas is- wasted on this one count alone. "Starting a cold engine costs any- where fromtwo to four times the normal cost of gasoline a mile. "The gasoline engine requires ex- cess gas consumption in starting, but the large variation in waste is large- ly due to the wide difference in car- buretor adjustments, preheating ar- rangements, adjustments of the choke and skill of the driver in starting. The cost of starting most cold motors could .be cut at least $50 per cent. ery opportunity for starting the mot' without choking it and eery chance to make one stop in parking serve for two -dean saving gas. A machine that tequires a gallon of gas to go twenty miles will consume a gallon of gas in approximately fifty Rilef� 1 AI VRN TO OO ISMS. OCT.Orl AM0 11000.4. Owes WHOM TOSATU TI.TN THAT weaosawuuev nrsarvvs KawsSww OSIwsOT startings, which add up very quickly when a machine is carelessly about town, particularly in d weather. "There has been entirely too much talk. about 'the cost of the idling en- gine. Of course, this is a useless process when idling; is unneceasearY, but the wise driver will use a lie judgment about this matter when he is told that a car averaging twenty miles a gallon will idle approximately three and one-half hours on a gallon. "One manufacturer recently show- ed`that with an easy clutch a motor- ist could comfortably coast one-third of the way on every trip. Coasting,' however, is not always practical nor safe, and it frequently places too much burden on the brakes, but the average driver could coast much more than he does without 'running into any of the disadvantages." LIFTING THE CATTLE theCansdian animals were "store" catle, meaning that they would be pure :ted by farmers who would put thole bn the land for three months for fattening and then offer them for 'slaughter. Al few were In prime con- dition for killing upon arrival. All Monday morning the . buyers prowled about among the cattle --•- Irish and Canadian. Most interest. ing men, these cattle buyerq• there were the smell farmers from the low- lands wiso were in Olese'a to buy one or two light steer, for fattening for the t*brieetnaa market; there were a few of the farming gentry in a rt- isng tweeds knickers who metre accompanied by thleir, own cattlemen; there were burly butchers sad meat wholesalers , from Zdinbnrifh ling, Dumfries- . and Ayr 11114 there were store* of wrokers Ayr, and Scottish) who were on band tortateb *he sales and bargain with 'tb,ybuy. era for hided wither by-products of animal slatigher. ;' The cattlemen with the Irish steers were s wild lot, shouting constantly and sometime* scrapping. They came down to where the Canadian ani- mals were and jeered loud and long, pointing.out defects and making gen- eral sport of "the Yanks", as they called them. But the test came when the beasts were in the ring and mon-, ey was being bid. - At one o'clock about two hundred men crowded into the small amphi- theatre under skylight. The buyers lined the sides of the pit, and the hangers-on (newspaper men, brokers and drovers) took the • sloping Beate behind them. As in more gory bull rings there were two doors into the arena. The animals entered one,jwo or three at a time, through one gate. Two men with gads stood in the ring EMBARGO and by the administration of sharp blows on the head or haunches drove the steers around to display their bodies while the auctioneer stood aloft on a small platform and main- tained ceaseless clamor for better bids. When the sales were made, they were driven out the other;door, checked by clerks and markers and returned to the pens. A group of Jew buyers were con- gregated at one side of the ring and the Scotch and English buyers faced them. Nearly a thousand Irish ani- mals went under the hammer before the Canadian steers came. The Irish were slow moving cattle, sullen but responsive to the prod of the drovers. They sold slowly and chiefly for im- mediate slaughter: The farmers were waiting for the Canadian cattle. A new auctioneer took the stand, stocky, grey-haired, with a quick tongue. He formally announced the sale of the imported steers; the gate swung open and a great black bullock stamped into the ring with head low- ered. He wheeled about as though taking in the crowd at a glance snort- ed and the drovers jumped smartly to avoid being crushed against the ringside. A buzz of comment mark- ed a renewed interest in the sale. A fine spirited beast with wide buttocks and a broad frame that could carry substantial fat to the British Chris- tmas market, he was wheeled about for display. Using their slight ges- tures, the buyers offered prices and the native of the prairies brought thirty-onepounds—the highest y price of the day. The auctioneer having only a limit- ed time in which to offer his animals pushed the sale with all speed. Bare- ly was one sale made and the door closed than two more animals were IS ALMOST A JOKE BUT THE BEASTS THAT GET BY BRING HIGHEST PRICES. An hour before daybreak, after a twelve day trip from Quebec, the Canadian Leader, of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine fleet, was alongside the docks of Glasgow. Two hundred and forty Canadian steers pawed and twisted at their halters. The veterinary and the fore- man of the cattlemen moved about the ship with lanterns, making a final inspection. Everyone was sat- isfied, not a single steer had been lost on the voyage., In fact every- thing had moved with precision since leaving the St. Boniface stock yards, Winnipeg. Under the yellow lights of the wharf we could distinguish twenty men in dark heavy smocks that rea- ched to the knees, and black leather leggings. No sooner had the Leader tied up than they swarmed aboard like buccaneers shouting to each other with accents so completely unintel- ligible to us that we might have been in a German or a French port instead of on the Clyde. Down below decks they scrambled. Cattle gangways were hoisted up fore and aft and made fast to the special gangways built across the ship's decks. From below decks camee the sounds of the tramping of cattle, and an oc- casional bellow mingled le d wit h the curi- ous "Hock" shouts from the Scots who were unloading. Up from the darkness came the cattle, stiff -legged at first, one at a time and hastened by the proddings and whackings of the longshoremen. Twelve days standing with an uncertain floor be- neath the hoofs and barely a couple of feet of halter rope seemed to have very little effect upon the prairie animal,s. The first two steps up into the glare of the arc lights that had been strung above the ship's decks were faltering and uncertain. But on crossing the deck and starting down„ the sloping gangway to the dock they gathered speed and on getting firm cement beneath them they went cantering off toward the sheds, as frisky and playful as young heifers back in Alberta. The longshoremen knew their game. The steers were kept on the double every second. A pause brought a whacking across the haunches. By daybreak every steer had crossed the gangv uy after being checked by the veterinary, a ship's officer and the port authorities. No. one was allow- ed off the ship until the cattle were discharged and carefully segregated —a regulation insisted upon by the health authorities. Within an hour 'of the time of coming alongside the wharf the Canadian Leader was again in midstream of the Clyde and under the guidance of two tugs was under way for Cardiff where the balance of the cargo—wheat, cheese, pork, lum- ber, lard, butter and plums—was to be discharged. In the damp, grey light of the morning the famous Clydesdale sky- line began to show in silhouette. A- cross the river (extraordinarily nar- row,) the forest of steel cranes, der- ricks and the skeleton structures of shipyards were distinguishable. A grim idle show they made, for they had been accumulating the rust of disuse for many months. Even now while a few ships rested in the stocks the rattle of the riters was not heard for the boiler fitters are on strike and consequently many hundreds of ship builders who have grievances to settle with their employers are standing idle on the street corners. Within a hundred yards of the spot where the Canadian steers had come ashore, a vessel from Belfast had just unloaded Irish cattle which comprise Canada's chief rival in the contest for the British trade. Five hundred head had been loaded at Belfast and the hatches had been clamped down with. the result that fifty head 'had been smothered to death. The sight was not a pretty one, and the comparison in shipping methods showed Canada's cattle transported four thousand miles without a single accident to any beast, yet in the ovlernight-trip from Belfast fifty animals were rendered a Total loss except for the hides at a few pence a pound. Canadian cattle rested comfortably in the spacious sheds by the Clyde. Well kept, well fed and well watered, they had no worries and on the Mon- day following their arrival they came up ad auction. The sale was adver- tised throughout Scotland. In all, nearly two thousand cattle were to be sold on the same day in the same ring. Most of them were Irish,bought for immediate slaughter. Most of i s CUT PLU 7tJ if you rill yolk, own. askfor (MEM vocat(Pa T I prodded into the ring. The auction- eer never ceased talking in a broad Lowland brogue that was barely in- telligible to an outsider. "The heifers went at prices varying from seven- teen to twenty-four pounds and the heavier beasts went up to thirty-one pounds. Sometimes there would be as many as eight in the arena at a time, heads together milling and stamping around the small circle and sometimes lashing out with hoofs. There was a certain excitement about the sale of the Canadian animals as they were fast moving and uncertain in matters of behavior. The Jews were not in the market for the store cattle but the farmers hid well and the prices were all well above the Irish prices. The brokers in hides were watching closely and i noting the buyers, for the Canadian hides are as a rule of superior quality to the domestic. Only the most ex- pert cattle judges can make safe of- fers after a few seconds glance at an animal but these men knew their a ne game and the buying was active. In thirty-five minutes one hundred and sixteen Canadian cattle changed hands and at prices superior through- out to the Irish cattle. The long journey to the market was over. Since the rising of the embargo' on Canadian store cattle in Great Britain, the trade from -the Canadian point of view has been disappointing. The drastic regulations still imposed by the British ministry of agriculture are practically nullifying the effect of the lifting of the embargo and are seriously hampering the export treat in Canadian store cattle. These rely. ulations are apparently aimed ark Canada for the same restrictions aro not imposed upon Irish cattle. As at result of these obstructions it MOM that western Canadian cattle ars be- ing shipped to the United States 4,. spite the heavy duty. At the opening of the season tie Quebec harbor authorities spent $200. 000 bi the equipping of the port for the export cattle tradg • in the expec- tation of handling more than ten thousand head this season and mom in the future. On the contrary, fol- lowing the drastic British regulations and the high cost of shipment, Que- bec had only handled 3,500 head up to late October with slight hope of any increase. Speaking before the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in London in October, Dr. J. H. Grisdale, deputy minister of agriculture, said that all - though the cattle embargo was lifted last autumn conditions wee een of en- tirely - tirely satisfactory. The possibilities. of Canadian beef production were limitless, he said, hut at the present time the American market was bet- ter than the British because of the transportation charges and the re- strictions operating against Canada. The. Canadian government, he point- ed out, had been worklitg- continually to improve beef cattle and stock had been brought out from Britain for that purpose so that the Old Country benefitted in turn by taking Canadian beef. Home Comfort demands even heat evenly distributed — which means clean, temperate air properly humidified and circulating in any, and all rooms you desire. This is what the Findlay guarantee means to home owners. When you buy a Findlay Furnace, you get not only a Furnace of proven heating capacity and efficiency, but also an entire heating system designed' by heating engineers anti installed to suit the requirements of your individual home. pre built to give you real heating with the minimum fuel consumption. Take the_"600" Series All -Cast Findlay for instance. From top to bottom, this furnace is made of solid cast iron — heavy — substantial — and proof against leakage of any kind. 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