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Exeter Advocate, 1915-4-8, Page 6MX. Pe2t.i 's Judgment fl Mr. BCyne shaded 'his eyes with his Band, the better to watch e gaunt white horse, which laboriously drew a; wagon laden with two bar- rels along the dusty road. The driver Ras humped moodily upon the seat. Ain't that Nathan Turner haul - in' water from Heraleak spring?" he demanded in surprise. Mr. Peaslee melded his head con- tentedly, and Mr. Hyne sat bank helplessly in his ,chair. "There ain't any drought." he said. "Besides, Nate Turner al- ways: bragged that he had a well laid out in bed with the reteutnatiz. I can see jest how quick they'd give me all the law allows, espe dally when such a pubiic-spirited citizen as you brought the action I Now get out 'fore we chuck you down in that dry well of yourn and board you in I' "And that," eonoluded Ca.ida placidly, "was jest what had hap- pened. Nate's well, that had ne- ver failed as long as it was free to al, had gene dry when he tried to keep it all for himself. We'd cut the vein before it .got to Nate's well„ and the water ran into Dex- ter's well instead of 11''ate'e. And so 'gate's baselin' water from the Hemlock spring instead of Dexter, that's all." --Youth's Companion. RED CROSS SERVICES. that never failed him." News of interest to every rela- <'Seneet .n:es," remarl,:eel Mr. tine and friend of the Canadian sol- I'siaA,„e with seeming irreleeemee, diens who are now in France and "yen man .see the worizn' of a jtidg of those who will in the near future naent st, gain it'll almost dears + be in the zone of operations has g'uu. been received at the head office of Mr. Irene' !troll hes-area that o£ the Canadian Bed Cross Society g,at r encal:rant e. <`I s'p•Dse when 4 frotrx Colonel Hc,dgetts, Carnahan y tt2 think fit, Caleb, he maid, °I i`sii ver in London, in isl1 C•h a •=; par's tell rile what you mean.” he says that he has ' completed arrangements for the information 3Ir, Peasree lest rio time in eleing bureau to forward particulars re- eve "Nate Turner ]las bragged ;arditag wounded and missing Cau- eier that well of ills, lie easel, adieus. This work will na't eonll'et ',lt et ,'Ir; he's bragged over other with the official returns but will things that rya"n t reek hie to brag supe cin nt thean by furuishiug sub- xlia,,ut seem' they come to hila; Sequent information to relations as through no wit or foresight oaf his to their e induct and progress. The o;c n -11;.e that big farm his father' weak will be carried on upon the; lt�ft hint, and the health I'reeldenee same lines as the British Red Gross ltaA suffered him to have. and with their co-operation. -When O'.d elan Turner died and A short time ago an information !eft that farm to Nate,Caleb . bureau Bias started in connection tient en, "Dexter Mason :and his) with the Briti ll Iced Cross Soeiety a ife hid been Hein' in their little for the purpose of keeping. the re- h,,:rse jest up the hill for more 'n latives and friends of wounded and forty years. They a'.cvaes got wa missing British su1diers cognizant ofwell not har- p • .rat the Turner t I, of their progress and whereabouts. ie' any well if their own, and no It was felt that a similar scheme r'aee to dig rine, 'count of the farm' might be started by the Canadian eater raider the hill etanmes out frees the commissioner shows tha.,t', t Is Too Qften.. New Recruit : "Lurnnie, Bili l Here's an *Meer! , What are we supposed to doh' Second Ditto :—"I donne. Let's cut hitn dead :"—Drawn by Alfred Leete in London Sketch. 1.4 n -o ledge The wale vein cif' society and the message xecciyed KITCHENER# S ARMY Mil WM ce "c. r2 in t;;a: heiier where the Tur- this. has been aerie. Canadians will wail was. Gael" therefore be able to hear bow their • • , one ne m ritii1.. after wounded sons and brothels are Man Turner diem, Dexter hobbled tt progressing and to - know of their 4 4, 0XIItee .I uad oe f+ sari \:ate 3l here rt es ter s^tiets if missies,or captured. , There must be few people in tidal Qat odic a -i;n goat seals:, •tio Tres-"'eoountrc: who do not eaelt morning 1,.4 ei a .' !teeter (lido't teelize;, scan the ea,.sualty list to see whe- y Sett :t nle.aaa : -ta h.r asked Nate : cher any of those dear to thein v ° „ it nlaalea and whs. d been have been wounded, or in some tie. -Tassel `s ,� i ;f ' rases killed. Now that the "I'rin- \.att let hie -elite tut 11 n a;, cess Patsare in. the trendies and it ri24li. 'Well.' he sags. "you have,„ part of the expeditionary force is f" -Ir one. and there's others that s either in France or on its way there r'a+'411 u' t,,. MY well all the time, and will therefore soon be in the shiftless and lee to dig firing line, these lists will be at eel! t, their down, but it's goin a watched with even greater interest t seep.' he says. 'You take that t than before. The names that we ea,' anal me tent Gaf here, and don't; wish least •of all to see are those of i is me here agin after water. the killed, teen who have fallen on 1 teeter., net amain' any troll- the field of honor in the greatest t . *k his l,:ail and crippled back cause that they could die for, the rag the hill. t close- cause of freedom and righteous- •.Well. 1l. l eater. being t ness: to look down the column •of n extii.d. 'aid nethin' about it, hut t casualties and see the name of one wauntied is almost a relief, for he might have been "missing"; the wounded list conveys no uncertain- ty; it is true and one aecepts the news with more hope. "Missing" leaves an emptier feeling. One fears long suspense, or worse than all, utter darkness. A new field of work has now open- ed for the Red Cross, a, work that will commend itself to every Cana- dian and especially those whose brothers, sons and husbands have crossed the water to fight in the great Armageddon. It will be a relief to many to hear that some- thing is now being done to trace those who have been lost in the war: By this new arrangement with the British Red Cross Society the relatives of men in the Canadian contingents will be kept in constant knowledge of the progress that their wounded relatives, or friends are making and will also, where humanly possible, be told the whereabouts of those who are offi- cially reported as "missing." This wild surely take a great load off the minds of those relatives and friends of our brave Canadian soldiers and will enable them to correspond with them. regularly. This new branch of the Red Cross work will thus be the means of shortening the gretat pelf that sepa- rates :the ,soldier on active service from his loved ones at home and well bring eonifort and joy into many a home in Canada. Life Latent in the Dust. The potentialities. of life that lie in a few .ounces •of soil, as illus- trated by a writer in Answers, may prove a matter of interest to --gar- deners and other botanicail experts. "One year, in, the month of Febru- ary," says the writer added to, "Me. Darwin removed 'from: three different parts of asmall pond three tablespoonfuls. of mud that weighed en .all six and three-quar- ter ounces. He placed it in a,. breakfast cup and kept it covered in his . study for six months. At that time he had removed..from it five ;hundred' and thirty-seven dis- tinct plants. Another interesting experiment was carried out by a Scotch gentleman a few, years ago. In a patch of soil taken from a hedge, about twenty-eight inches long by eleven indhes- wide and twenty-eight dee , he planted a dozen acorns,a . p and 'took . note of the number of plants that grew from seed naturally !contained in the ie.e soel. Atthe nd of a year h,e:had taken Out, ,as they ewe up, fifty- five Plants; the fol lowing year, fifty x mote plants were removed, et in' a n i h and in the two.succeeding years, admit' e g bei° out when he w,ae two hundred and eleeetii , t -„t; t'n Imggtn water, ap artful at n date. fI<,m2 the Houle k spring—j a•el tears near a half a Haile from iE I,.ak,'e•, licit hese gettin` along in e en ee. and has riieumatiz, and fust =Yr:<g' Ito knee he was slat on his i•°a• It 11i:s Mason had to come „ter at my house after water to do tee leesse'sct,rk with, and niy wife net the while story out of her. Well. it made me road; so i reest°d it round what Nate had! d, ne•, and we agreed to dig a well f,•r 1h iter, down there on the line nest to Nate'ee As many as forty'. rn'n aline. with spades and piek- ae•s. ready to go to work. You was „ff t<, the fair that week, Hyne. "Well. forty men can move a pile of dirt in a day. and by night we'd g .t d -,wn fur not gh so it was be- gf rola' to be damp diggin'. All tele- Nate kep' watch of us, but he riecer said a word. But I watched him pump water, and 'long to'rds night I thought he had to pump a little longer and harder to get a pailful than he did in the mornin'. 'The next mornin' we hadn't (ramie clown moren't three feet be- fore the water come in with a rush. Ty workin' bard we plugged it, and got the well stoned up to where the vein come in before Nate conte down after his first turnof nater for the day. "He come dawn without a look or a word for us, and hung his pail on the t;pout and started to pump, and the first stroke he made I snickered' right out at the look that eom.e over his face. I ,could see he was mad. He started right over to where we was, his faee gettin' Ted- der all the time and his fists a=. wavin'. " `Who's been niecldlin' with my pump?' he hollered. `If it's got so a man can't leave .a pump outdoors overnight without havin' itstove up. I'm goin' to see what the law'll do about it !" • "I took it an myself to answer, and I says, `There ain't nobody been near .your pump, since you stuck up that sign there, warnin'. folks away. I guess the peumf'•a:all right,' says I, 'but mebbs there's: some trouble with your well,' "He' turned without a word and went over to his .well and yanked up cavo or three planks offen the curbin' and poked his hexad down. When he riz up he was the. maddest Yvan I ever saw try to talk! All he could do was to wave his arms and sputter. After +he'd' run on a spell about haven' us tai court; and had 9iolIered eo much he could hardly croak, William Leavens spoke up and says : `Why,' he says, `t can't think of anything I'd like better than to i,e took up ;for this! I'd like to be tried before a county .jury for AN .1i MERMAN JO [' RN A LIST GIVES IT HIGHEST I'll .IST, Alive Are Learning Only the die ce'Sary Essentials; No brills -- Ceremonial Drills to Come. They call it Kitcheners Artny, but what I have seen is something far greater than an array. It is a Dernoeraey in army. Here is the village blacksmith and the village parson, the squire's son, and the young farmer, the ruiner, and the mechanic, the factory hand, and the city clerk, the artisan and the college graduate, the business man and the doctor, the lawyer and the tradesman. This. Tuan was a stuck - broker, this other waitedat table, or measured tape, or washed dish- es. They have come, of their own free will, from cottage and castle to offer their lives to their coun- try, for they know that England's cause is just, writes Henry Noble Hall, an American journaist. These are the men who are going to crush militarism, and when the task is accomplished those who are left will lay aside their khaki and their guns and go book just as quietly as they eame. "Yes," you will say, "but what kind of soldiers do they melee" The answer is --- and I am understating the truth— they are equal to the finest regular troops that England has ever put in the field at any period of her his- tory. That is not the snap judg- ment of a newspaper man; it is the deliberate opinion of professional soldiers, of white-haired generals who have fought in er'seen every war in the last half oentury. Will Ask No Quarter. And you do not have to be in Aldershot long to realize that Kit- ohener's army is as clean -lipped as it is clean -limbed. That these men case be turned loose on to Germany without fear of doing anything that will tarnish their country's name. They will outrage no women, and plunder no property, nor will they set houses on fire except as military necessity dictates. But God pity the men who have to face them with. arms in their heads. For these are not_men to ask quarter, and . I do no think that they will give it. The --more I sats of Kitchener's army the stronger my impression grew that this is something far greater tlhan any army. I have seen but' a tiny portion of it, and astonishment has given way to ad- miratien, 'admiration to;;pride, and pride to awe. Truly this is a De- mocracy in anon. Men who have the same love of liberty ..and the same respect for law as millions of other men in the • United States. They have laid aside each one his work for a brief space, and have taken .arms to defend the weak against the strong, to drive the invader from wasted Belgium, to crush Prussian militarism. Real Fighters. That is one thing about Kitchen- er's army. It is being taught eseen- tals. It is being taught to ride and shoot and to skirmish and to. dig trench's and to crawl a ad to (Neap, and to do' all Those things,. g ,t ngs. Ceremonial, drills" will come later, but for the present the men are be- ing taugfht e-ing'taugiht to fight, and it is as-' tounding how quickly they have learned the modern game. This is where England's love of sports has stood her in good stead; this is where the training that she has givenher•v' e o the Illy *ems ong greens and on the playing fields of her Public schools has told. All these men have played games, and ntary they are learning to play the greatest of all games. But they are doing it as sportsrelen. It is sport sobered by duty, and into it they are putting their whole hearts and every ounce of ability and strength they possess. Presently we shall see these men' passing dawn the road on their way back to the field kitchens. There is the glow of health ontheir e1ieeks and the lighted pride in their eyes. They have done a good morning's rvark, and they know it. Some of'. the companies north a little better than Gathers, but the average is good, quite as good as our National Guard regiments at home. But here ecincs a, company far better than the rest. The captain, a splendid fellow, high seated on a fine charger, flushes with pride as the staff officer .at my side hails him by name. He has not the easy fox- hunting seat of sone of the officers who have just ridden by, but his every movement is the aeme of military perfection. As he rides past my guide turns to me and says, "He used to be in ray old regiment, the Grenadier Guards. He was our instructor." All Glory to You, nr. Atkins! Private, corporaa, +color -sergeant, instructor, and now a captain. Since I have been in England I have seen many men who have risen from the ranks, and what splendid officers; some of them make. They are no braver than the men who get cornnlissions on leaving a. mili- tary academy, or. on .passing out of an officers' training ,corps. They could not be. But they are men who have grown up in the game, and who are "broke to the matter of war." They are men wino like Sergeant What's'isname have made riflemen out of mud for this sante Kitchener person, and now they have .at hand the very finest mater- ial that ever went intoany army in the world's history. That is why these men that are passing are bet- ter soldiers after ten weeks' train- ing than most continental armies can turn out after three years. Not Quite Certain. A certain business man is of opinion that he has an exceedingly bright office boy, and nothing pleases him better than to tell how he acquired the youngster's • ser- vices. 'A notice had been pasted in. the man's shop window, which read as follows :—"Boy wanted, about fourteen years." A. lad of that age, with little that was preposses- sing in his z]'•pearance, eame into the office, and stated that he had read the notice. "So you think you would like to have the position V' asked the merchant. "Yes, sir," wasthe reply; "I want the jab, but I don't know that I can promise to keep it for the full fourteen years." Laic of the Loaded, "Who goes there?'' the: sentry challenged. "Lord- Roberts," answered the tipsy recruit. Again the sentry put the ques- tion and received a like answer, whereupon he knocked the offender down. When the latter came to, the sergeant was bending over. him. "See here!" said • the sergeant, "why didn't you answer right when the sentry challenged you?" "Holy St. Patrick!". replied the recruit; ``if he'd do that to Lord Roberts,' what "w>oulel he do to plain Mike Flanagan ?" 1'94'444 arre4 otuuJO- rtit4 o,a<Cr,orb istl,t4,i°• Crackers in Cookery. Sardine Illixture.--(.Serve as an appetizer oat luncheon.) Bone and skin one shall box of sardines ; add the juice of one lemon, a enoulittle l�t'orcestershire sauce and catsup to make .a smooth paste. Spread on crisp saltines and serve two on a plate with ,Et, slice of lemon and two stuffed olives. Hoek Oyster&—•Form fresh see - sage meat into oval cakes, resemb- ling a large oyster in shape and size. Boll liberally in finely rolled soda crackers and saute in a pan, sing a good amount of beef drip - pines and butter. Cook long enough to let centre be well done, and do not let outside get too dark or crisp. )iseallopee Oysters. -- Drain the liquor from a. pint of oysters. Small ones Will do. Place in layers in a small pudding dish, seasoning each layer with salt, pepper and dots of butter. Between each layer and diver top strew a good layer of fine eraeker crumbs, dotting top well with butter, Bake in moderate oven until well heated through and top is light gold color. Escalloped Tomatoes. '-. Proceed as directed for oysters, but also add a teaspoonful of sugar to the seasoning of each las°er. The juice drained from tomatoes may be partly added if many cracker are used, while the rest may be used for soup stock. lferingue.-•-Beat the whites with a, revolving; egg beater until stiff, add sugar, two spoonfuls at a time. beating two minutes between. Now pile on top of pie or run on with pastry squirt,eift spoonful of sugar over tap and set in moderate oven: until a eight golden color. Meringue must then cool in a warm place or it will fall. It trust be firm and creamy in centre with a short erisp top. (`raker Torte. Ingredients Four eggs, one cupful of fine granu- lated sugar, one-quarter cupful of cold water, one teaspoonful of vanilla extract, one cupful of track- er dust, two tablespoonfuls of co - coo, one scant teaspoonful of bak- ing powder. Method—Break eggs into .a large roundebottotned bowl, add sugar and beat five to seven minutes. Add water and extract, beat well and then beat in the pre- pared eracker dust. As soon as well blended pour into a small ' andusen tube mold and bake until a toothpick if inserted •comes out clean. Invert and cool in pan, then either ice with plain confec- tioners' icing or better still split into three layers and spread un- sweetened whipped eream between and over top and sides. By using one pint of cream this will he auf- ficient for eight people. Cinnamon Crttelers.--\Tice with afternoon tett. Take plain sod, biscuits, spread with soft butter, sift well with sugar and cinnamon and Takeilight golden crisp. Ma ger es — Ingredients: One egg, one cupful of confectioners' sugar, one-half cupful of ground pecans, a dusting of cinnamon (op- tional). Method: Beat egg and su- gar for ten minutes and rest and beat well. Run along top of salt wafers, or you can use plain soda crackers. Craeker Satidwiches. — Cream cheese, plain or with piznentos, preserves or a. mixture of cream cheese and currant jelly all make good fillings. Nice for afternoon spreads, picnics or the home luncheon. Helps Along the Way. A small ,piece of gum camphor in a vase of water will keep cut flow- ers fresh a long time. A weaac solution of alum will re- vive the colors of a faded carpet after a, thorough sweeping. White yaseline is a good dress- ing for russet or patent leather; polish' with .absorbent cotton after applying it with tele finger tips. The ciookine'process of anything cooked in a double boiler can be hurried if salt is added to theewa ter in. the outer boiler. Rhubarb can . be mixed with otlier fruits and made into a delicious pie; For instance; rhubarb and apples .together are delicious. GILLETT QMPoANXMYh ia, -eta eonowro 7-- F O R MAKING SOAP SOFTENING WATER DISINFECTING C O` ET DIAIN ' Fine linens and pieces of lingerie will last much longer if they are wrung out by hand and not put through the wringer. A piece of lace or net starched and put under a hole in a lace •cur• taro, then pressed smooth with a warn iron, will scarcely be visible. If flour is placed in the oven un- til it is thoroughly heated it will not be so apt• to lump in snaking Y g thickenrn�, for gravies, soups and sauce,. A lemon that is heated will viela more juice than one that is cull. When odd, place the lemon in e heated ovenuntil it is warns tbrough. There is a vast difference between the flavor of gaol turnips and those that have been standing on the market stall for a week or two; ask the market mean to cut a tur- nip in two for you and if it is solid and juicy -looking inside, it is geed.' Cows on Safe Ground. With a fraction of uncertainte on one or two points. such possibly o high prices for feed, scarcity of help, the dairy farmer, neverthe- less, the whole Dominion over, is actually engaged now in planning for a mare abundant milk harvest than ever from his faithful, patient cows. The prudent, far-sighted man has cogitated nearly all points, such as seed selection, labor-saving implements, better stables, more ,alfalfa, a new silo, abundant water and the best cul- tivation he can possibly give to the land owned or rented. On many dairy farms, however, one more point needs immediate at- tention before the herd owner can truthfully be said to be on really safe ground. For, if the abundant crop or the expensive feed pur- chased is given to a cow, or eows, whose dairy ability is lacking, sad- ly lacking, some one is bound to re- ceive an unpleasant surprise and. disillusionment. If dairy ability means ability of the cow to turn feed into good milk at low cast, is it not the step of wisdom to make sure that each cow on the premises does possess that ability ? Where no .no cow testing has. been • practised a moderate estimate. is that three out of twenty caws con- sume feed valued as high as the price received for the milk they yield. Dairy records aim at de- tecting these o bovine crooks; but further, a study of records, kept`so. easily, show the dairyman which cows produce the most milk and fat, and which produce them the cheapest, (for instance 63 or 95 'cents. per 100 pounds of milk), so any man keeping dairy saeords is speedily on the heme stretch to- wards the winning post. inscribled-• "each oow payse a good profit." That is safe ground., IVIL1 SASE YOUR THROBBING HE.11.1)---- 43B TOP DROPPINGS IN THE TIIB,OAT To Cure Sniffles and Clear Stuffed Nostrils Nothing Equals "Catarrhozone" You can end a cold mighty quick— cure it completely—by Catarrhozone. 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