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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1931-03-06, Page 3n, i'!'tf 'a t'" G �rjiit I4 } 1!r,ma,�uUsi; uz A Place your foulness account with the smog blanch of this Bank. Ute Milnaer VII be glad to trmuss your business problems with you. His accumulated experience is available for your needs. THE DOMINION BANK ESTABLISHED 1871 SEAFORTH BRANCH R. M. Jones - - Manager 311 Gas On Stomach Is Dangerous Gas, pain, bloating and sourness after eating almost always mean "too much acid" in the stomach. The condition is dangerous. Acid irritates the stomach lining and may lead to Ulcers. Gas forms and presses against the heart. The stomach needs an alkaline. Bisurated Magnesia—pow- der or tablets—is the ideal method of getting safe, quick, lasting relief. It neutralizes the excess acid, sweetens the stomach, breaks up the gas, stops the pain and sourness. Food digests naturally. It must give prompt re- lief or money back say druggists ev- erywhere who sell it on this iron clad guarantee. PROCLAIMS TO WORLD BRITISII SUPREMACY If Captain Campbell had been killed in his attempt to break the speed re- cord for motor cars there would have arisen a cry of protest against such fantastic speed. But he was not kill- ed and he drove a motor car faster than ever a ear was driven on land or water. It is true that his speed was only 14.287 miles per hour faster than the rate attained by the late Sir Henry Segrave. Was it worth while to take such a terrible risk for so relatively small an advance? When one considers the tremendous adver- tisement the. feat gave to English 'workmanship and English engineer- ing and designing skill, one might well conclude that it was well worth it all. We doubt if a million dollars spent in newspaper space would have given the world-wide publicity that Captain Campbell earned in three minutes. He had become vital news, and if there is a daily newspaper published anywhere in the world which did not report his exploit we have no idea of where it is published or what substitute for news it employs in its columns. To the ninety-nine readers out of a hundred, the point of the story was Captain Campbell's skill and nerve. But the monetary value is to be found in the engineering skill which made his feat possible. The designers of the car had tremendous problems to solve. The workmanship had to be the very finest procurable. Therefore a world-wide advertisement has been won by Old Country engineers and Old Country workmen. The car was an all -British product and it went faster than any car in the world's history. Following the record made by Segrave, this should pretty near- ly cinch the reputation of British en- gineers and workmen,, now competing in the markets of the world. The Blue Bird was built from a model Heade of a patent malleable putty. This putty model was placed in a wind tunnel and subjected to the same wind pressure that was expected at Daytona Beach. The wind left its ,narks on the putty, and thus the de-' signers were able to determine just where they had to increase strength or decrease resistance with a view of maximum speed at minimum weight. Another little problem they had to solve is what they call skin friction, which is the friction of the surface of the car. A car roughly painted can- not go as fast as a car with a smooth finish any more than a ship covered with barnacles can steam as fast as a ship with a smooth hull. No fewer than twenty-two different coats of paint were given the Blue Bird before the engineers were satisfied. She was then as smooth as a billiard 'hall. An- other charming little dodgs was de- vised to avoild the danger of the ter- rific speed of the car causing a par- tial vacuum in the cockpit. If this had been created it might have whisk- ed off the driver's goggles or conceiv- ably snatched him from his seat. So a small hole was bored in the wind screen, permitting the passage of air which prevented the forming of a vacuum. Of course every part of the car had tb be streamlined; which is to' say that every bit of its outside surface was studied with a view to reducing the pressure of the wind against it. The design of the car made it impossible that there should be direct transmission from the en- gine to the rear axle. So the indi- rect transmission was contained in an immense gear box, driving a trans- mission shaft offset to the left of the centre, in itself a feat of automobile engineering. This made it possible to drop the driver down so that the top of his head was only thirty-nine and one-half inches above the ground. The wheels presented another tre- mendous problem. At 245 miles an hour the wheels spin at the rate of 2,300 revolutions a minute, sufficient to throw off the ordinary tire tread like so much mud. Therefore, the tires were treadless. The problem of heat in the tire called for special de- sign. A writer in the New York Times says that some idea of the centrifugal force to which the wheels were sub- jected may be gained from the fact that while at rut the wheels have a radius of seventeen and a half inches, while at only 150 miles an hour this is increased to nineteen inches. An- other problem was presented by the velocity aimed at. All fluids in the car would have a tendency to change their ordinary surfaces and press strongly against the back of their con- tainers, the same principle being not- ed when a car jerks forward and one notes the sudden pressure against his back. So the gas tank, ordinarily a gravity tank, was provided with an automatic pressure pump to ensure gas being fed to the carburrefters. The brakes had to be specially de- signed. It is 'o!bvious that one can- not, at a speed of 245 miles an hour, put on the brakes. Nobody would have the strength, for one reason. Another reason is that, if he had the strength, the terrific friction would burn out the brake drum instantly. Finally, if the brakes held, the ca_ would be hurled to destruction with its drivers So the brakes of the Blue Bird were worked by the driver press - ling a pedal, after the maximum veloc- ity had died down, and a vacuum 1 motor applied them much more even- ly and powerfully than any human muscles would be capable of. The water to cool the engine made an- other demand upon brains and in- genuity. It was impossible to let a gale of 245 miles an hour flow through the radiator as in an ordinary motor going at a fifth the speed. The internal bracing that would have been necessary for an ordinary radia- tor unit would have added perhaps fatally to the oar's weight. So the problem was solved by making the radiator as a separate unit in front of the car, and so constructed that the wind flowed through the pores with the minimum of friction and so out over the main stream -lined cowling. ,Bladder Weakness JEWELS OF DEATH You cannot draw blood from a stone but stones have many times drawn blood from us. Almost every famous jewel has a tainted history and a sin- ister reputation. And though history may have been embellished by legend, it is a brave woman indeed who will wear the Hope diamond, "the world's unluckiest stone." The singular chain of misfortune attaching to this jewel cannot be call- ed coincidence. Besides, is it not only !natural that the lust, and greed begot- ten by such priceless gems should of themselves sire the horrible crimes which have followed in their wake? There is not a doom, from murder to 'madness, which has not followed the French mob uts rwus izikol'uxid ;te per# With the $teno, hut*, x020 1, and,of ,course, has reign a !led. k lis-, aster. Through the Dake of 'Orleans, whe met with misfOrtune, the stoney pass- ed, 'lith .dark warnings, tot Lou s Lid. Ile ga've', it. lint to his favorite, Mae - dame l ubarry, an,4 then in a fit of temper !talc it away and gave it to his filaughter, Madame Elizabeth. The ladies quarrelled bitterly over the stone, and eventually both perished on the scaffold, and Louis died. of small- pox. The gem vas stolen with the rest of the French regalia in 1192. It was then rvalued at £100,000. A London dealer bought it, and lat- er identiiiied it. He sold it in 1830 to Thouias'Mope, a wealthy banker and a keen cglleetor, from whom it takes its present name. At its "rebirth" it seems to' have taken on fresh venom. It was given to Mr. Hope's daugh- ter, who did not live long, and whose son married and divorced the actress, May Yohe. Prince Kanitovski was the next owner. He lent it to Lorens Ladne, then acting at the Folies Ber- gere. As a result of a quarrel he shote her from his box, when she appeared on the stage wearing the gem. He es- caped but was found a week later, stabbed to death. The broker who sold the jewel to the Prince, went mad and committed suicide. The next owner, with his wife and three children, was thrown over a cliff in his carriage, and dashed to death. The next, Sultan Abdul Hamid presented it to his favorite. Within a year he was deposed and the girl shot by revolutionists, the bullet entering her body within an inch or two of where the diamond hung. 'The palace eunuch who bought the stone for the Sultan was hanged. The next owner was miserably drowned. Mrs. E. B. McLean, of Washington, the present owner, wore the stone in public for the first time for many years in 1912. Her son, once known as the richest baby in the world, was killed in a motor accident. The diabolical "Blaze of Glory" was at one time the central gem of the crown of the House of Prussia. Ev- ery prince, ruler, or potentate who has possessed this stone has met with murder or disaster. It is supposed to have been taken from the Queen of Sheba's mutilated body by El Hakim II, King of Persia, who was himself murdered by one of his own subjects within a few weeks. The keeper o. the Prussian jewel -house, 'Herr Zunk- lehorn, •often implored the ex -Kaiser' to dispose of the gem, but he replied, "You must' understand that I am crowned by the spirit of God and the will of my people. The Hohenzollers must endure for ever. No curse or evil can harm our dynasty." And he had the stone moved from an obscure to a central position in the crown. The Orloff diamond is another mal- ignant jewel which has brought disas- ter to a royal family. Its history has, been somewhat confused with that of the Moon of the Mountains. It is sup- posed to have been the eye of an idol in a temple in Trichinopoli. It was stolen by a French soldier, who sold it for a ridiculously low sum to a He- brew merchant, who sold it to Sha - fres, an Armenian jewel -dealer, who concealed it in a wound in his leg. He was tortured to reveal its whereabouts but would not tell. All the others who hand handled the stone had been ar- rested and strangled. Eventually the diamond was taken from Shafras' leg in the court before Catherine• the, Great of Russia. The Armenian asked £40,000 for it. -"Yet, I warn you that even as my blood is now staining the marble floor of your palace," he said, "so will the blood of those who own this stone stain the Russian soil." , One rounded cupful stale (not dry) Shafras refused the offer made by] crumbs, 2 cups sweet milk or one cup Catherine, and the stone was later I of evaporated milk diluted rwith one bought by Count Orloff, fox a fabulous sum, and presented to Catherine. Within three weeks he was murdered and within six months Catherine died. Out of thirteen known wearers of this stone, only one has died in his bed. Other very famous diamonds which have caused terrible disaster and crime are the Shah and the "Polar Star" from the ill-fated Russian re- galia, and the Koh-noor ("Mountain Light"). The latter is said to be un- lucky only to men, bringing luck to the fair sex. The Pegu Ruby, a beautiful but malevolent gem, measures nearly 11/2 inches from tip to tip, and is the col- or of pigeon's blood. It was found by a Dutch miner, Zeefeld, in Burmah, during the reign of Henry VII. He returned to Europe, was pursued and tortured until he finally jumped in the Seine and was drowned. The stone was found in a hole under the ankle bone. Eventually it was given to the English king. Every one of Henry VIII's wives wore the ruby in turn. So also did Charles I. It was while the jewel was in the Tower that the only attempt on the Crown Jewels was made. The keeper was killed in the attempt. Then, on the day of James II's flight to Fiance, the King—perhaps wisely—threw the stone overboard. It lay in the ooze of the Thames for many years, but was later fished up by a dredger and ident- ified. The devilish Pegu Ruby is now kept at Windsor Castle. Two rings are famous for the evil that trails in 'their wake. One is supposed to be the ring given to Es- sex by Queen Elizabeth; the other is known as the "Ring of Death." The latter holds a single large diamond, and Napoleon wore it at the Battle of Waterloo. Lt has been seven times in the Paris Morgue. The last owner, Count Zocowski, was warned against it by the Prefect. However, he laugh- ed at its history and gave a written statement that if ever the ring re- turned to the Morgue on his finger they could keep it. It came within two months. The Count had been killed in the streets in a ibrawl. possession of the Blue Terror, as the Hope diamond is often called. The stone weighs 441/2 carats, is steely •• ie Nights ',blue in color, and is believed to have been mined at Kollar. Swiftly Relieved Qts first known owner was Vik- ramaditya Gutpa,, who was wearing the diamond when, he was treacher- If you are troubled with a burning .ously and horribly murdered. Raja sensation, Bladder Weakness, frequ- Dhanaga, a notable head of the pow- ent daily annoyance, getting -up- erful Rajput dynasty, was drowned nights, dull pains in back, lower abdo- in 999 A..,six Months after he came -men and down through groins—you into possession of it. In 1316 Malik should try the amazing value of Dr.` Naib Kafur was murdered by his at- • Southworth'+s "Uratabs" and see what tendants with his own sword, in the a wonderful difference they makel If ,hilt of which shone the Blue Terror. this grand old formula of a well 'In 1642, Tavernier, the French travel - known Physician brings you the swiftller, acquired the stone in spite of its history, and 'brought it to Paris, where Lotus XIV requested to see it. He bought the stone and it was possess- ed irk turn by the unfortunate Marie Aontoinette and the Princess de Lam - belle, who was torn to pieces by the 4vhlel.14oXd;a °` d$ 3+` I 4ratu4ng" t 1 ,Qf e,,�fut r ? 141'04 darn rid 1n tlie,:*Orwas ;found only tw tyrliveeafiP �!* W..14 Yr ee Culina ' d a0and', ( `' f"i'1 e'", tar' off' Afriea"; It wee , Rhajlot one aid .s third pounds ,vital u, o}s uncut. mer; largest pearl in:; tlhe rovarld, the size 9 a hazel nut, w lashed up in the Persian Gulir A:re. these stones to follow a Ch ruered'a'id bloody ear- eer? We have yet to see. One famous diamond, the Piggott, was destroyed at ,the death of Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, bd his ex- press command. Perhaps he was sav- ing posterity from another malignant jewel. Yero A CRISIS Little Johnny must be operated on right away, the doctor said. The young , mother was frantic—husband away the baby to look after—and she would have to be with Johnny at the hospital. "If Mother were only here! Then the telephone. "Mather, can you come?" Mother could, and did -by the first train. Thank goodness for Long Distance! BREAD PUDDING CAN BE VERY DELECTABLE DISH There are many people to whom the real food delight of a smooth, fluffy, well flavored bread pudding is still a decidedly unknown quality. Their knowledge of what may be a real delicacy has been gained through acquaintance with a sad mixture that all too often partakes very much of the nature of a poultice. Bread pudding can be a truly ?elec- table dish—one that may be combined with any fruit or any flavor—one that lends itself to such infinite variety that it may be served every day for a week and taste different every time —one that may be eaten hot or cold orfrozen—one that casts very little. Correctly made, bread pudding is really a basked custard—neither stiff nor soggy—fbut custard -like and de- licious. Stale bread should, of course, be the foundation for all bread puddings. The bread may be of the very stale variety (dry bread) that has to be broken by grinding through the food chopper, or it may be bread that is four or five days old and can be crumbled with the fingers. The amount of liquid necessary for a pudding of good texture will depend on the dryness of the bread and the type of pudding desired. Dry bread will absorb a good deal more moisture than fresh or soft bread—and a sub- stantial, hearty pudding will require less milk (or more crumbs) than an orange souffle or a light cream pud- ding. After many experiments, we favor the pudding made from crumbs' taken from a loaf four or five days old, and the amount of liquid that we have given in these recipes is the amount required for crumbs of this class. If the very dry crumbs are used use more liquid or less crumbs. The pudding should be baked slowly to avoid curdling. Many cooks prefer to set the pudding dish in a second dish of hot water, and bake it same as fox custard. The oven should never be hot enough to boil the water in the, second dish. When filling the cup ,for measuring the crumbs, press the crumbs in gent- ly until the cup is well -filled --but do not "pack" them. Foundation Recipe. comfort it has brought to ethers, you surely will be thankful and very well pleased. If it does not satisfy, the druggist that supplied you is authoriz- ed to return your money on first box :purrchased, U`. cup of water, 11/2 tablespoons butter, 14 cup sugar, 1 egg or 2 egg yolks, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Scald the milk; add crumbs, sugar, salt and butter; cover and set aside until cool. Then add the egg or egg- yolks—slightly beaten, and the van- illa. Turn into a buttered baking dish and bake in a moderate oven (325 de- grees F.) about one hour. Serve hot or cold with cream, top milk, or a sweet sauce. If evaporated ,milk is used, use one cupful of milk and one cupful of wa- ter, instead of the two cups of fresh milk specified in the recipe. Queen of Puddings. Use 2 egg yolks in recipe for bread pudding, and use only 3 tablespoon- fuls of sugar. Mix and bake as di- rected. When the pudding is cooked, remove from the oven, spread peach, strawberry or raspberry jam or apple jelly over the top; make a meringue of the two egg whites, pile it on top, using, if desired, a pastry bag and tube, and return to the oven to lightly brown. The oven must be very slow for browning meringue. To make the meringue, beat the two e bites until they are stiff; add our tablespoonfuls of fruit or fine granulated sugar—a little at a time—beating between additions; fla- vor with vanilla extract. "Queen Elizabeth's Ring" is of carv- ed gold, with three small opals set in the shape of a triangle. It also found its way into the Thames by London Bridge, and was recently fished up during some renovations. The man who discovered the box was killed and the contractor fell off a scaffold and was dashed to pieces, but not before he had recounted a dream warning him that no human hand must have anything to do with the gem. It is now kept in a special case in a Lon- don Museum where it cannot be tou'ch- e'd. Caramel Bread Pudding. Use one-half cup instead of 1/h cup granulated sugar. Melt half the su- gar in an iron pan. Add the scalded milk and stir until the sugar is dis- solved. Then add the bread crumbs, the remainder of the sugar (1/2 cup- ful) the butter and the salt, cover and set aside until cool. Then finish as directed. • • • order your W "are holding a demos ing of Royal O spring topcoats gs Royal York tailored to measure,.ij and topcoats at ,27.511 represent;,. that we do not believe is equalled Canada. Made in the tailoring shops of W. R. Johnston & Co., Limited, where .Quality clothes have been produced for the last sixty years. To produce "Royal York" Clothes the vast resources of W. R. Johnston & Co. Limited,have been used ... great buy- ing power which means superior woollens at the lowest prices, and a perfectly organized tailoring shop, with its skilled craftsmen headed by one of Canada's foremost designers, which guarantees perfection in style and tailoring. All we ask is a trial order—By ordering now delivery for Easter is assured. See Our South Window for Special Royal York Display. CLOTHAS c/ailtm'd-��Mearzere MITON CrakoemitediTORONTO Stewart Bros. Agents ish same as Queen of puddings. Choclate Bread Pudding. Add one square of melted unsweet- ened chocolate or 31/2 tablespoonfuls of breakfast cocoa to foundation re- cipe. Increase the sugar to one-third cupful. If desired, cocoanut or rais- ins may be added. If desired, the grated chocolate may be melted in the hot milk. Marshmallow Chocolate Bread Pud- ding—Meringue Chocolate Bread Pudding. For the marshmallow pudding, fin- ish same as the marshmallow caramel pudding. For the meringue pudding, use two egg -yolks, and finish same as Queen of puddings. Orange or Lemon Bread Pudding. Make same as the foundation re- cipe, using 1 tablespoonful of the fine- ly grated yellow portion of lemon or orange rind and omitting the vanilla. Serve with orange or lemon or vanil- la sauce. Marshmallow Caramel Pudding. Make same as caramel bread pud- ding. When the pudding is baked re- move from 'the oven, cover the top with halved marshmallows, cut side up, sprinkle with two -third cupful shredded cocoanut, and return to the oven to brown. For a meringue car- amel pudding, make same as caramel pudding, using two egg -yolks and fin- ish same as Queen of puddings. Butterscotch Bread Pudding. Cook together one-half cup brown sugar and 2 tablespoonfuls of butter until the sugar just begins to darken at the edges. (Do not allow it to burn). Add the scalded milk and finish as in foundation recipe. Omit the gran- ulated sugar and butter. For a but - In the Louvre there is a "poison" teracotch meringue bread padding fin. Nutty Bread Pudding. Toast piecesof bread until a light brown and quite crisp, then roll them. Use three-quarters of a cup of the brown crumbs instead of the rounded cupful called for in the recipe. If desired, add one-half cupful raisins. Macaroon Bread Pudding. Prepare the crumbs, then sprinkle them with sugar and a few drops of almond extract. Mix well and lightly as directed in foundation recipe- 'fin- ishing, if desired, as for Queen of pud- dings. These crumbs are an excellent substitute for macaroon crumbs. Dat Bread Pudding. Add 1 cupful washed stoned and cut dates to the crumbs and milk mixture. or add one-half cupful dates and one- half cupful raisins. Finish as direct- ed. WIT AND WISDOM The German who complains of the payment that he has to make in re- parations is carrying only three-fifths of our tax burden.—Sir Robert Horne, M.P. At every stage the British constitu- tion has developed by making a new brick, placinga new step, removing some definite concrete obstacle. --'Sir John Simon. Wo hags no good comic ppe'ras of late because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera. —G. K. Chesterton. When King Alfonso of Spain hangs his crown on the bedstead before re- tiring, he is never sure that it will be there when he wakes up in the morning.—Vancouver Province. Woman near Chicago bought a pic- ture for $300 that is said to be worth $50,000. Beats all the money that's made in oil.—Stratford Beacon -Her- ald. General Smedley D. Butler an- n•aunces he will quite the marines to go on the lecture platform. Was he ever off it?—Border Cities Star. Cleverness is the lowest of good qualities.—Mr. Arnold Bennett. The world has never yet failed to return to religion after a period of scepticism and agnosticism.—Mr. G. K. Chesterton. I never yet knew a man who thor- oughly believed in his own religion.— Mr. Clarence Darrow. We talk about the importance of mental training, but we do not train children to think consecutively for even five minutes on end.—Mr. Robt. Lynd. Superstition is the Nemesis of ma- terialism: the water stands at the same level in these two receptacles of error.—Dean Inge. Money hidden away in a stocking may be "idle money," but surely not bank deposits.—Lord Meston. It's awfully difficult to find any- thing nice to say about spinach, ex- cept, perhaps, that there are no bones in it.—Chicago Daily News. Nearly every man you meet is pos- ing as his own ideal.—Chicago Daily News. History repeats itself but it hasn't anything on the small-town gossip.— Port Elgin Times. Don't forget that when you confide in a m•arrie.d woman you are probably confiding in her husband also.--�C'h3ea- go Daily News. "What would man do if he could fly like a bird?" asked a scientist. Probably roost on the telelihone wire land cackle about hard 0_74.40-401010' Cities Star. It is easy to get married, but it takes up too much time trying to stay married.—Mary Garden. In a period of depression we must run as fast as we can to stay where we are.—Cyrus H. K. 'Curtis. Six shows closed on one night in New York recently. Something must be done about the unemployment sit- uation.—Life. Most persons are yearning for dol- lars, but there are quite a few who object to earning them. — Oshawa Times. Germany, it is reported, will move for a moratorium, as permitted under the Young Plan. Moratorium, if you don't know big words, means "Debt takes a holiday."—The New Yorker. I don't believe that any man in the world has ever borrowed more money than I. -Charles M. Schwab, Bethle- hem Steel Corporation. A radio experience Saturday was that of hearing the president of Princeton University talking about "stoodents."—London Advertiser. Who cares about the virtues and vices of George IV now? After more than a hundred years we can view him impartially as a comic figure.—Mr. Robert Lynd. The danger of archaeology is that it confuses mere age and ruin with beauty.—Mr. Clough Williams -Ellis. It is wonderful, the ingenuity of the human mind for finding reasons to postpone or delay actions. -- Sir Edward Mosley. It may have been all right for the groundhog to go ,back, but we hope the roadhog never comes back.- Kit- chener Record. Mrarriage is the result of a couple saving words with the minister. Af- ter that they have words with "eaeb other.—Branded Sun. . A small square of linen d3s ling, well floured, makean, rolirng .Board. for net Ste.& and dbtis as erof 11 fi ,.t 51