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Exeter Advocate, 1913-5-1, Page 6Idle Money ERSQNS having idle funds on • hand, for temporary or longer periods, or awaiting permanent tnvoetmpnt, can obtain POUR PER CNNT. interest, compounded quer* t artyy, by opening an account accountin EA % NtiS DEPARTMENT of title Contptuny, These funds are witti, drawable by cheque and bear inter, est from data received until date. withdrawn.. We solicit out of town . accounts, which may be opened by Ma"' Writes for Booidet The Union Trust Company, Limited Tontple Sulldlnt, Toronto CAPITAL (paid up) - $1,000,000 RESERVE - - $880,000 4. See Corn On the Gob or -Shelled. Trp. Learning, or Wbito OOap Y. Dent $1.35 per bushel. Longfellow 51.80; Compton's 51.60. Freight Haid In Ontario on 10 bushels or more. Bags Gree. Write for catalogue. CEO. KEITH & SONS, Toronto. Seed merchants since 1866 XW HIGH SPEED C,HAMP1ON is the Waller for a Woman In the first place, Maxwell's "Champion" Is the only washer that can Dc worked with a crank handle at the aide as well as with the top lever. Just suit your own convenience. Another Maxwell feature -Luer and EalanceWheel are soaccurately adlustedandworkupsuchspeed that the washer runs along 1even when you have stopped p• working the lever. There's no doubt about ��!'�'„. Maxwell's°Champion _ or�� ri being the easiest ;� running washer on the market. Write for new illust- ratedbootdet ifyo:trdeaier doos not. handle Maxwell's t Champlonr Washer. MAXWELL SONS. it. ffiary's0nt. 92 LONDONERS' GLOOMY FACES. . Seventeen Out of Twenty Betray Much Misery. Arnold Bennett's remark, after returning to England after -a long stay in Paris, that the expression on the faoes of Londoners varies from -the sad to -the morose, and that their "general mein is one of ;haste and gloomy preoccupation” has led to an enquiry by The Daily Mirror, which finds that it is "all to -o true." The Daily Mirror says it tested the statement recently, when seve- al hours were spent in counting faces in the streets and in typical places where people meet. Every- thing was gloom ; people looked glum and worried, strained, over - serious, and anxious. Across London Bridge, for exam- ple, when it was visited half an hour before noon, were tramping a long procession of deary-looking men and tired, bored women. The first twenty who passed on the pavement on the western side were carefully sorted out into three classes "Happy," "miserable" and "indifferent." The fact that ,seventeen had to be put into the "miserable" class, and that it was difficult to classify the other three, was proof that Mr. Bennett's state- ment was justified. Then an omnibus journeying from London Bridge Station past the Mansion House was mounted, and the persons inside were sorted out under the three heads. Of ten, five were looking tired, three seemed to be bearing upon their shoulders the burdens of the world, and the other two looked out upon the roadway as though it was not there. The head 'waiter at a world-fa,m- ous restaurant in the Strand tried to explain it all. "It is an age of worry," he said. "Look around this room. There are here thirty or forty persons, well-to-do, a.nd being served with some of the finest food in Europe, yet scarcely one of them looks happy." In Bedford Street, and there- abouts—the actors' promenade— the Macbeths of yesterday and the Ronleos of to -morrow all looked like Hamlets, so melancholy was their mein. Outside one of the biggest agent's seven of thein stood toge- ther, all in .an "Alas, poor Yorick !" mood. l It would be a much more progres- sive world if we reduced the time we give to other people's business. A Splendid zo •cent How,ehold Spe- cialty is being, Introduced all over Can- ada. It is Appreciated by the Thrifty Housewife who wants things "JUST A LITTLE Hamm." Send Post Card to- day. Simply say "Send Household Specialty ad-. vertised in my Newspaper." That's all 'Ston will bo Delighted f Pay if Satisfied, We take the risk. Send to -day f Address P.O. 1240, Montreal, DON'T MISS TFIIS OFFER., stessolessaWalkelaseesease Seasonable. Recipes, Asparagus Ro1i— Cook half bundle of green asparagus tips or finely sliced sprue (asparagus) in salted uct water, and drain on a sieve. Put them in a stew -pan with a. few mllshzs(loms and two slices of hair or tongue, also cut into fine shreds. Blend well and mix with bechamel or veloute sauce, seasonwith salt, pepper and a grate of nutmeg and keep hot, Cut three-fourths very small dinner rolls in ,half, scoop out the crumbly part of each half and dry them crisp in the oven. Fill each roll with the above mixture, coat the top with white sauce, be- sprinkle with. bread crumbs and grated.cheese. Place a small piece of butter in the ,centre, and put in a hot oven long enough to brown the surface. Dish up on a folded napkin, and send to table hot. Asparagus Pudding. — Scrape, clean, wash and drain a bundle of green asparagus, tie it up and cook in saltedwateruntil. tender, When cooked drain the asparagus and rub the tender parts through a fine sieve. Melt about two ounces of butter in a stewpan, stir in three ounces of flour (sifted), cook a lit- tle without browning, and add by degrees about three-fourths of a pint of hot milk, in which a bay leaf and a piece of mace have been boiled. Stir over the fire for •sev- eral minutes, then let cool a little and work in one by one four yolks of eggs, season with salt and pep- per and a pinch of red pepper. Whisk the white's of eggs to a stiff froth, and incorporate• lightly with the mixture alternately with the asparagus puree. Three parts fill one or two well -buttered pudding molds, cover well with buttered paper, and put them in a saute -pan containing a little hot water. Steam thus in a fairly hot oven for about an hour. Unmold the pudding on- to a hot dish, pour over a well pre- pared lemon sauce made partly from the asparagus water, and serve. Tomatoes a Ia Qhasseur. — Take six large, ripe but firm, even -sized tomatoes, six or eight preserved mushrooms, chopped parsley; a lit- tle cream% six small eggs, six tart- let crusts (baked) to serve tomatoes on. Wipe the tomatoes, remove the stems, make an incision on the stem side by means of a plain one and three-fourths inch paste cut- ter, and carefully remove the pulp 'without breaking the skins of the tomatoes. Chop the mushrooms and sprinkle these with chopped parsley at the bottom of each hollowed out tomato. Place them into the tart- let crusts, which should be made to well fit the tomatoes. Break a small fresh egg into each tomato ; upon this put a dessertspoonful of cream And tomato pulp (the batter being rubbed through a siege, mixed with the cream and suitably seasoned with salt and pepper). Sprinkle a few drops -of dissolved butter in tbp of' each tomato and bake in a gen- tle oven from five to six minutes, just long enough to poach or set the eggs. Serve hot as a .supper dish or vegetable savery. Green Peas a Ia Paysanne.—S1r it and cook one quart of green peas in salted water and drain them. Peel and chop finely half a small onion, fry it in an ounce of butter a pale golden color; to this add two ounces of cooked lean ham, cut into dice. Dredge with a little hour (say a teaspoonful), stir over the fire.for a few seconds, and add a quart of cooked green peas. Season with a pinch of sugar, grated nutmeg, salt and pepper ; moisten with two tablespoonfuls of good stock, sim- mer gently for ten minutes, stirring occasionally. Dish up and serve hot. Stuffed Tomatoes in Aspic—Take six even -sized, ripe and firm to- matoes, four filleted Gorgona an- chovies, one hard -cooked yolk of egg, about one pint of aspic jelly, one dessertspoonful capers, mayon- naise, -two cabbage lettuces. Wipe the tomatoes, carefully scoop out. the centre by means of a vegetable cutter or a teaspoon. Chop the. capers, yolk of egg and anchovy fillets, mix with a gill of mayonnaise and a gill of aspic, .stir over the ice until nearly set, then fill the cavi- ties of the tomatoes, cover with a spring of parsley, and put on the ice to set thoroughly. Coat each tomato . several times with half -set aspic, or line some little molds with aspic and set the tomatoes 'i1: the same. Have ready the lettuces, washed and divided into small piec- es, season with salt and pepper,. dress with mayonnaise, and put in the centre of a dish, Arrange the prepared tomatoes round the salad, garnish with sprigs of parsley and blocks of aspie jelly. Some .lobster or 'any other kind of cooked fish may be used for the stuffing in place of the anchovies. Green Peas with .Hans. -w -Boil and drain a quart of young peas; shred finely two rashers of raw ham:, and fry them for a few minutes with a small piece of butter. Add :two small, green onions, finely ehopped,- and the peas; moisten with three tablespoonfuls of bechamel sauce, two of cream and sensori With salt,. pepper and a pinch of sugar. Let all sharer for a few minutes ion - ger, turn Out on to a hot dish, .ve- nial with fried beead croutons, and serve hot, Useful Hints. Potato parings, baked in an oven, will light g t moxa quickly than wood when used to kindle a fire, To keep the light of oil lamps clear, C9 ` the burners should t 11 1 a t d b'e bailed; every month in water with a lump of soda in it. Always cover newly bakedbread with a clean' cloth—preferably an old table cloth -to keep it free from germs and dust. The white of an egg, whipped stiff, with a • ripe banana makes a delicious cream to be eaten on a simple gelatine pudding. Apples can be stewed with a Tittle Ieft-over canned fruit, such as blackberries, and. the result will be a pleasant change. Wear a sewing apron while iron- ing, and you will often find it pos- sible to do a bit of mending while. waiting for the iron to heat. Sash curtains of Swiss muslin hemmed by hand are less likely to pucker when washed. than when hug upon the h e. It pays the housekeeper to get the est bedsprings and mattresses in °the market, even if she has to economize somewhere else. Test :potatoes by cutting in two and rubbing the cut surfaces to- gether. Then press • the two. parts together. If they stick the pota- toes are good. Eating too quickly is a common fault among children who arehun- gry, and the habit should be check- ed froom the first, .as indigestion -will result from "bolting" the food, and when once the seeds of this.niiser- able ailment are sown there is scarcely ever a complete cure. Even at the expense of a little inconveni- ence and trouble it is well to watch the children at meal times, and to teach them to eat slowly. When nailing dawn a carpet after the floor has-been washed be certain that the floor is quite dry, or the nails will rust and injure the car- pet. Ali the strips of .fat left from a steak should be left in a dish and tried out in the oven. They will make excellent fat for frying. Any one troubled with -rats or mice can get rid of them very quick- ly if they will sprinkle ,pepper on a cloth and stuff this into the hole where they appear. Large patterns in tablecloths are less economical than smallones, for the simple reason that - the long threads break sooner than the short ones. To preserve the appearance,. o£ wooden utensils wash them direct- ly after they are used, because if grease and dirt are allowed to soak in it may be impossible to remove them. In pressing silk or satin, do not use a very hot iron nor dampen them. Lay some clean, dry muslin over the seams and 'press with a warm iron. To overcome the odor of mould, which sometimes rises in a library in. damp weather in spite of the best of care, scatter afew drops of oil of lavender on the shelves, and the odor will disappear. Sometimes during, - • the spring clean^ng operations a good piece of furniture is bruised. If the injury is sevcxe.a cabinetmaker should be consulted, but where the wood is only dented, and not broken, the mark can- generally be removed by home treatment. First wet that part with warm water, then double a piece of brown paper several times and place it over the bruise; now press with a heavy warm iron, leaving it on the paper until the, moisture has evaporated. If one application is not successful it must. be repeated. ROW HE LIVED TO BE 102. England's Oldest Barrister Recom- mends Physical Exercise. The oldest barrister in England, Mr. W. A. Gordon Hake, of Brigh- ton, who is a cousin of the famous General Gordon, celebrated' his 102nd birthday recently. For fifty years Mr. Hake has lived at No. 3, Old Steine, Brighton, one of the four houses built .in the reign of. George III.; which, with its cobble obone front and old-fashioned win- dows, ,is an' object of much interest' in the town. • , Furnished in the early Victorian' style, it never re- veals, after sunset a light of any sort; • Such is Mr.: Hake's vitality that he has ' recovered from a, seri- ous attack of bronchitis. He is the second resident of, Brighton within a few years to attain the great ago of 102. He attributes his long'' life to plenty of physical exercise and abstemious habits: Here is a little sidelight on Mr. Hake's fondness for Meg wallas ; , "I was a great' stickler for the' etiquette of my profession," he says. "It was the law of existence.: 13y the rules of our profession we were not allowed to ride in a pub- lie oonvoyence. Not being able to afford a. postchaise unless three or four joined me, T have often walked thirty miles rather than break through the rules," ICELAND 'WILL BE "Dino" Present Stook of Liquors to Be Exhausted by Mei, At theend of the present 'year, according to news received from Copenhagen, ib 'will be iznpossibl'e for either natives or tourists to ob- tain alcoholic ligaters, in Iceland. Under the anti -spirit law permis- sion. was given to consume the pre- sent stook of ' liquors in 'Iceland, and figuring on the per capita con- sumption it will all be gone by the. end of the year. The government adopted the drastic prohibition laws because it woos felt that the. excessive drinking of the Icaelanders was undermining the physical fit- ness of the people, During the lost twenty years the trade and industry of Iceland has increased enormously. Twenty years ago there was not a dairy in the country ; now thirty bi'g elairies are sending thousands of casks of butter to Leith and Edinburgh, 'Scotland. Sheep raising is also be- coming an important biisiness. Fishing, however, continues to be the staple industry of the people. Twenty years ago 15,000,000 pounds of dried cod were exported from Iceland annually; now 50,000,000 pounds are shipped each year. Twenty-one steam trawlers now. sail with their hauls directly to Hull, England. - The country still needs immigrants, much of it being untenanted. INTERESTING STORY OF CANA- DIAN COMPANY'S DEVEL- OPMENT. The Russell Motor Car Company has had long experience in the sell- ing and manufacture of cars. Starting as agents for other makes of cars, this company proceeded to build up aplant in Canada, manu- facturing cars in this country. Some of the parts were purchased abroad; ethers were designed and manufactured at home. The amount of home manufacturing steadily in- creased. ncreased. In 1910 the adoption of the Knight Motor gave afurther stimulus to the business and the company found it necessary to pro- vide in a strong manner for future developments of the industry. De velopments in mind were the fur- ther adoption of the sliding sleeve in opposition to the poppet valve motor; the adoption of left-hand steering and centre gear and con- trol; the adaption: of electric light- ing and self-starting. Early in. 1911 a corps of engineers was set to work to develop a. car that would be worthy of "Russell" reputation. In September of that year they were, ready for a. prelimi- nary report, and taking advantage of the unt sual opportunity, engi- neering ,eo-operation and advice, a conference of engineers passed upon the preliminary plans. These were then worked out in ft rther detail. In January, 1912, this conference met a ,second time, there being pre- sent representatives of three of the foremost manufacturing firms in the United States and two engi- neers • from Europe, from factories operating under the Knight license. After the designs had passed this stage, experimental cars were built and submitted to exacting tests, upon the bench in the factory .and upon the road. Following this, a small number of demonstrating cars were put through, to discover any further points of difficulty. Then' came the careful prepara- tion of exact uncia for manufacture, so that each piece would be an ex- act duplicate of a similar piece in and other car. These provisions, one after the other,' have been car- ried through. To -day the Russell Company is delivering cars design- ed under the• most advantageous conditions of engineering and man- ufactured with a view to the re- quirements not bnly of 1913 but 1914 as well. The Russell car of this year is a mode, on which there will be no im- eaortant change for two seasons at least. • QVITE CORRECT. !Teachers --"Now, tell me what is memoprri1yy t. 2''., Pu thing`Th rt.9 what you for- get With.! Farther—"If I'were as lazy as you I'd go and hang ,myself in my barn." Tramp --- "No, + you wouldn't!" Farmer "Why' wouldn't I1" 'Tramp—"If you welc as lazy as No you wouldn't have a .� barn." e" I1II011411011.11111MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I41ll4>1Weil (U 7nlV 1 n• .0 nMx(u aro •qe��:: {`�, 111111Il�l lllll:4110lflll� lu alu !1 ull0111HIIf 1111111Il onrms, iSfcincere) p,�fpG,Ifr l,' goodlip„,,,., � ndr �aurpr�s Mae in GILi,ET PERFU �p (IIII IU I III F IJIIUI IIIA , I��I� WW �! u► IIIIU6i i - Iuntil illi ij I i i ni Ill( UI�I�II1lIm _ 0 U u i1 IwWwuuwuu1111U I ]n l ! f n u tl! clf� i •(a ., .Y�. }:.. c.•.`lT r C:x'�, r'•'C4` INTERE,ST PAID IN DATES. Land Mortgage Recorded in Time -of Artaxerxes I. of Babylon. A farm, mortgage is probably the oldest of all human transa.etion:s which could be called investments —that is, the putting away of sums of money more or less permanently for the purpose of deriving trona then, fixed .rates of interest with adequate security "says the Finan- cial World. Mortgages are known. to have existed very generally among the ancients back even. of Greek and Roman times. Mr. Hi1- precht, the Assyriologist, • found some years ago in the ruins of the Babylonian city of Nippur a brink tablet on whish in ouneiform was recorded a land mortgage. The land in the soil of which this tablet eras found is known to have been occu- pied in ;ancient times by a banking house whioh made loans of all kinds, including mortgages. A translation follows :— "Thirty bushels of dates are due to Rel Nadin Shun, son of Marashu, by Bel Bullitsu and Sha Nabu Shu, sons of Kirebti, and their tenants. In the month of Tisri (month of har- vest) of the 34th year of King Arta- xerxes I., they shall pay the dates, thirty bushels, awarding to the measure of Bel Nadin Shun, in the Town of Bit Balatsu. Their field, cultivated and . uncultivated, their fief estate, is held as a pledge for the dates, naanely, thirty bushel`s, by Bel Nadin Shun. Another cred- itor shall not have power over it." It will be noted thatthis docu- ment, which is trust deed and note in one, is a. first mortgage, as shown by the; final sentence. Another cred- itor shall not have power over it. A specific place, as wellas time, for payment of the debt, is provided, just as our modern mortgages or mortgage bonds state that principal and interest are "payable at the bankers"- or some other house. Marashu Sons, of Nippur, lived in the reign of Artaxerxes I., in. the year 464-424 B.C., and Darius II., 423-405 B.C. Many of the ounei- forms exaaxdned showed that the firm executed leases with terms and conditions as to security differing little from the modern instruments now used by mortgage bankens. -One wonders, in, speeulating on. these revelations, whether the an- cient Babylonians also had their money -trust problems, Pujo Coan- naittees, Rockefeliens, Carnegies,l Morgans, and other billionaires onl the one hand and political' 'amities of, the Roosevelttype an the other,! wtho `vent gunning for the throne of Artaxerxes or •Dariuta, . much after, the .same fashion of to -day. Soh reflections lead one to project hist astral imaginati9'n into the distant! fixture and Iook to see whether,• al few thousand years hence, say about the year 5013, some genius of, that: day may be seen going poking about the ruins of our civilization( and digging`up a mortgage or two,I - showing that a Morgan: or a Rocket feller, or their successors, had juste: made a loan on the last piece of ' property in'the world left unencume bared. Who knows V' �r. Patronizing •a Princess. How the Crown Princess of Ger-' many once met a rebuff is told in a Berlin despatch, The princess takes 'great interest in all measures; that alleviate the lot of working - girls. As -the story goes, she once applied, incognito; on behalf of a protegee to a leading firm of dress- makers for a position as model. "I carne," she said, "because I. saw your advertisement, and Il thought—" The manager laid his hand upon her shoulder. "My dear girl," he said, °r•I am sorry, but it's no use. You are not. quite good-looking enough. Still, you have a pleasant face, and I'll tell you what I'Il do. Come again next month, and then I'll see. if I can use you as a junior saleswoman." His consternation, when he -dis- covered . the princess identity, was only equaled by her tact in making himforget his discomfiture. ►k- Beasts Spread Diphtheria. Forms of diphtheria are known; to exist in` many animals. Calves suffer from a form of it -which in- feats human beings. They have a ' habit of licking those who pet them and spread the disease that way. Chickens, too, are often attacked by the disease, patches appearing . in their mouths similar to those in e the throat of a child. Children are • always ready to pet sick animals of all kinds, and this is a. source of great danger. Some of us think we are entitled to a lot of credit for performing a duty, and we are! COSINION COMPO �„ ATION, LIMITED ESTABLISHED 19Oi HEAD OFFICE: 26 KING ST. EAST, TORONTO MONTREAL LONDON. E.C.. ENG. Our Quarterly List just published contains complete par ticulars of these Investments. CORPORATION AND INDUSTRIAL ISSUES Amount Security. Income Yield Canadian Northern Railway Company (Equipment Bonds) At Market $30,000 Toronto & `York Radial Railway' Co'y (First Mortgage 5's Guaranteed by To- ronto Railway Co.) 5 ' % 25,000. Electrical Development Company of On- tario, Limited (First Mortgage 5's) 5% 10,000 Dominion Steel Corporation, Limited (5% 'Debentures) 5% % 26,000 P. Burns & Company, Limited (Packers, Ranchers and Provisioners, Calgary, Alta.) (First Mortgage O's due lst April,. 1924)' S 25,000 (First and Refunding Mortgage 6's due 1st January, 1931) 5.91 `X, '£2,000 Western Canada Flour Mills Company, Limited . (First Mortgage 6's due let March, 1928) 5.60 % $25,000. (First and Refunding Mortgage 6's due 1st September, 1931) 5.91 % 25,000 William. Davies Co'y, Limited (First Mort- gage 6's) 5.78 25,000 Sawyer -Massey Company, Limited .(First Mortgage 6's) 0 25,000 Dunlop. Tire & Rubber Goode. Company, Limited (First Mortgage 6's) 8 % 25,000 Gordon, Ironside & Fares Company, Lina,; tett (Wholesale Packers,, Ranchers and Provisioners, Winnipeg (First Mortgage 6'•s) .Vr... ...... .................. 25,000 J. H. Ashdown Hardware Company, Limn ted (First Mortgage 5's) 25,000 The Harris Abatttbir Company, Limited (First Mortgage 6's) ...:......... ...... AND enipoRanolcBorms