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The Exeter Advocate, 1917-1-18, Page 2eialealatil et h elp elf To ND i will do morn than sailsfar his c avini, for eomothineaweet"t. male the food elements needed to buildup his little body and help hhzz to gain In health and,sirenth. "Grown Brand" is n wholesome, north- tik foody -aa well as the most delicious of tahle 5}'SPS, The reelpes In our new book, DesserSs .and • Candies", will telt, you tune how to use it, In ways, write for ;loopy to out' Montreal Office. Denloro everywhere have "Crown Brand" in 2, 5 20 pound tins—•and 3 pound glary Jars. THE CANADA STARCH, CO. LIMITED MONTRKAL,. CARDINAL, ProNswORO, PORT WItLUATMT, sl�ahensof"Lily fl hire" Car''.Benson's Corn Starch ard"Silver• Glow" Lau,lr„r Starch. many novel 10 and �tp�tl)�tfy>Tt�lmm�milnnrnvmicnilmntr I Ilpiupl�A� h TUE TALE OF A LOCKED DOOR Out of the blazing summer sunshine into the cool roomcomes Krin, , with her waving masses of chestnut hair as untidy as usual, her lips warm and. parted. Her muslin dress of pale azure is slightly crumpled, while two dark stains, that shine conspicuous- ly upon it, betray ' her visit to the strawberry -bed. "Corinna, my dear!” protests her mother, perfectly aghast at her ap- pearance. "Yes, darling?" says Krin, inter- rogatively, and glances suspiciously up and down her attire until she too descries the fatal marks, when she blushes the daintiest crimson. "Where have you been?" Mrs. Crof- ton goes on, when she has recovered breath, "and what have you been do- ing? Your hair is all over you head, and your dress— But let me introduce you to your cousin, Lord Rowden, who has come to, spend a few days with has remained totally unaware of the stranger's presence. Now, indeed, with'a faint start, she turns, and, peer- ing through the imaginary mist,- sees him standing on the hearthrug:regard- ing her with amused scrutiny. He is a tail, fair young man, decidedly good- looking, with but a very slight tinge of the fashionable boredom about his face and figure, He has large indol- ent gray eyes, a steady mouth and chin, and an irreproachable brown mustache. He has been watching Krin's entrance and general deport- ment with languid interest up to the present moment, but now comes for- ward with something like eagerness in his manner to recieve the hand she shyly offers him. He is about to speak to her, when Rloda's voice, sweet and rippling rings in between them; their hands part, and Corinna: falls back a step or two. "Corinna," ' says Rhoda, mild won- derment in her tone, "where have you been, dear? Your hair is utterly wild, and untidy hair is so unbecoming to you." Krin blushes, -such a sudden'sweet transition of color as it is,—and puts both hands to her head in a' vain en- deavor to subdue the refractory locks. With her arms so raised, and the stai.•tled, half -ashamed expression on her face, it occurs forcibly to Saxon how more than pretty she is. "I often think," he says, in his slow quiet way, "how much more comfort- able and—and natural a woman must feel when her hair defies fashion and falls into disgrace, I have rather a fancy for rebellous hair myself." Corinna, sinking into a chair, smiles involuntarily, and look's pleased. Rhoda smiles too, but does not look pleased. "Have you.?" she says, mildly. "I think eventually you would tire of it. It may be becoming to some styles, but—" "I think it is becoming to Corinna," says Lord Bowden, still slowly, and in tone that but Inc its calmness might be obstinate. "Well, perhaps so," returns Rhoda, critically; "it certainly' softens her face, and—ah---how do you• think the Hall looks, Saxon?" "I can hardly judge as yet I got but a bare glimpse at it this morning: still, it struck me as being: consider- ably out of repair—that is, great parts of it, It should have been more close- ly hooked after, but my uncle was al- ways careless. It appeared to me gloomy, too, and dark, almost un- wholesome, Now, this place, Mrs. Crofton,. is so infinitely more cheerful in every way." "Moorlands pis the prettiest place ,perhaps," says Mrs, Crofton, com- placently, "if you can put a very ordin- ary hot.se in, comparison. with a castle; but then we have no grounds worth mentioning'. Rowderi Hall ought to be the leading place in the county, Saxton, I should think a very little trouble would .5et it to rights." G "1 wish you would try and help I. Saxon, "' rrie„ .,.Qys Sa;zvn suddenly, If you , y" Y . tlolzld all come, and rlook it over, and 1 N.. :. a has ..w C Coat women a0 much bet- tor b ,L1' taste thana. man," k "We shall . be delighted," say Rhoda, prettily. "I have often long ed to see the Hall, and now my win will be gratified." "S have been all through it," de clares Corinna, speaking almost fo the first time, "Over and over again: `Have you -really?" exclaims Saxon with awakened interest, turning to ward the window where she sits half hidden. '`Do you mean to tell me you ever cared to enter the dull old place?' "It is riot dull to me. I love it. 01 Sinton and I are fast friends, an mariy hours have he and I passed to gether in the picture -gallery. think I could tell you now the his tortes of every one of your ancestors.' "You are fond of pictures? ask her cousin, thinking in his own, min what a charming picture she hersel is making at the present moment with her ruffled hair and large short seeing eyes, and muslin dress an strawberry stains, and all. "Very,—especially of old portraits They seem to speak to me. Of al in your gallery I like little sad -eye Milicent Bowden the best." "I never knew of these expedition of yours, Corinna," say's Mrs. Crofton "I don't know that you had" any righ to go there, my dear. The hous was not' open to any one. I fear, Sax on, she has been taking rather a lib erty with you in your absence." "A liberty," repeats the young man warmly; "nay, rather she•:has: done m an honor. I shall like the. old plac better now I can imagine her for flitting through it. How like a ghos you must have looked, Corinna, mov ing through the closely shuttere rooms, with only here and there fleck of light to 'guide the way, an with so old a servitor "behind! Wer you not afraid some ghosts more rea would • rise to challenge your ap proach?„ "I am not nervous," says Corinna with a slight shake of her head, an a shadowy gleaming smile. A week, a fortnight, three week pass away, and still the slight repair s h r d d 1 s d f d' d s Phoebus Apollo has been - making free -with Krin's adorable eyes to such an, extent that up to this the drawing -room has appeared to her immersed in' semi -darkness and she • t e e e m t d a d e 1 s s going on at the Hall do not com plete themselves, or else Lord Rowde feels no disposition to quit his aunt' comfortable quarters. Day after day he lingers, as though unwilling to tear himself away; an into the heart of the Honorable Alicia Crofton has entered the deliciou thought that time alone is required to see her handsome Rhoda installed mistress of Bowden Hall. This ar- rangement woul be in every way de- sirable, as, though the income at- tached to Moorlands is - sufficient 'to enable the family to keep up a showy establishment and every outward ap- pearance of wealth,: still it barely covers the yearly expenses, and leaves nothing wherewith to carry onr a London campaign, or even a visit to those fashionable watering -places which eligibles are supposed to haunt The girls, therefore, have nothing but their faces to depend on, and such chances as the neighborhood may af- ford; and certainly their cousin Bow- den is by far the' richest parti that has as yet come among them. Mrs. Crofton, seeing all'this with painful distinctness, yet like the wise mother that she is, . contents herself with watching the battle from afar, and shows no inclination to interfere of assist matters in' any way, beyond- en- couraging Saxon to make his stay with them. last as long as possible.' Meantime, July is drawing to a close, such a warm, oppressively sultry July as has not been felt Inc many a year; and as the clock strikes four on one memorable afternoon Saxon strolls into the drawing -room at ;1VMoorlands. "1 think I will go up and see how they are getting on above," he says, indicating his own home by a lazy movement of the head. "I have not been there for some -days' now, and they want rousing." "Then ride, my dear Saxon," says Mrs. Crofton;,"the heat is intoler- able." "No, I shal'1'walk, it is barely two miles from this, and wood Inc the most part, • Oh Inc frost and snow!" says esaxon, smiling, aid raising both arms ndolentl until his 'bands reach y cl. the )acic of his -head, "Rhoda how do keep s� provokingly'o 7 orf oG 1 . y e l o "1; don't know," answers Rhoda, n s d s sweetly, "By keeping -quiet, I; supe. pose. If, in stead of going for this lona' stupid walks, you would come and sit here in this shady room, you would soon learn the secret." But Saxon will not see the pretty in- vitation. "1 am too restless a being for such charming repose,;.'; he says; "I must be always up and doing, and coneeience tells me I` should look more closely after my affairs. good -by, Rhoda: keep me ilk your memory while I" am absent from you." "I will try," - murmurs Rhoda, tend- erly, and with a friendly nocl_my lord departs. He has not been gone five minutes when Krin enters the room, bright and animated. "Mamma, have you seen the peaches "No, dear." "Their i can tell you they are really splendid. `1' have just been ex- amining them, and they are such a size! I think MacDonald; is the best gardener we have ever had; don't you?" tk "Yes, dear,"—sleepiIy. "And the grapes,—they will soon be ready for table. I ,, could hardly keep nay hands off them to -day; such a sweet delicate perfume, too, as they have spread all over the house!" "How you do run ori!" says Rhoda, pettishly, "and the day so warm too! Do you never tire, I wonder?—do you never feel used -tip, or 'languid?" "Never," answers Krin, with a gay Then I think it would ' be all the better` if you aid. A little languor would be preferable to the hoydenish manner you affect. There is nothing so unpleasant as too great an exhibi- tion of health in a woman." "You will exhaust yourself if you say much mare," says' Miss Krin, 'de- murely. "Mamma, will you cone out with me ?" - "No, my dear, it is too warm; and now Saxon is safely out of the' way, I think I shall enjoy a little doze." "Where has Saxon gone?" "To the Hall, to see how the work - there is progressing." "Oh! I shall take a book and sit in the veranda, then, it will be cooler then, �' So saying, she once more seizes the hat she has discarded, and, r arming herself with a volume, retires!rbm the room. Running down the :tail's with her usual .impetuosity, she almost precipitates herself into Saxon's arms, who, to her surprise, she finds standing on the lowest step. "You here?" she'cries. "Why I thought you were at Rowden by this time." "I got as far ,as your entrance g -'-e, when I repented myself and carne back for something: guess what it was?" "Your pipe?" "No; you. It is a delicious walk,. and the sun is going down. "". We can go almost the entire way through the woods; so put on your -hat and come." Krin puts down her book. without a word, adjusts her. hat, and cheerfully prepare to -follow him. Sp, together, they pass out into the glowing golden sunshine, and taking the side avenue, escape the drawing -room windows; and are soon out of slight,—and alone Through the hot parched grass, across a flowery lane, over a stile, they go, into the deep green woods. Their words are very few, ..but they saunter on contentedly, side by side, and when the stile'has been crossed,. Saxon retins her hand in his, so that palm to palm •they continue their way, Yet it cannot be said that he is making love to' her, as he does not Co znuch. as press the hand' he holds, only keeping. it always in the same firm clasp; while Krin is conscious of nothing but that it :is a blissful summer's noon, and that in the sky above her not even one faintest leaden streak dims the'deep exquisite blue. (To be coeetinued).` GERMAN TItENCII"Ht\USES. Officers Quarters in Dugout C.ontan 141irrors, Easy Chairs end Pictures.. The German front in the West, the London Times tells us, is like a huge 1 village that is strung out along a road three hundred miles long. 01 I course the houses are all underground, Still they are houses of one or two floors, built according to certain of- ficial designs. 'The main entrance ifrom the trench level is through a i steel door, of a pattern apparently ' standardized, so that Hundreds' come I from the factory on cine order, and missing parts can be easily replaced.. The heavily timbered doorway is made to their measure. Inside, a 1 flight of from twelve to thirty-six stairs leads down at ati easy angle. The treads of the stairs and the de scending loofa.. of the a staircase are formed of mining frames of stout timber, with double top sills; the walls are of thick planks notched at the top -�..' ` ° °`� r and bottom to fit the framed and en • . «mei# `�..+'' '� strengthen with iron tie -rods that run, Butter ,Maker'r Chance. TM closely, If we have the exact date of from top to bottom of the stairs and It is well known that, cream 'to service and add to it 112 days, we may with thick wooden struts at right churn in a reasonable tie and in a be almost sure' of having the .new saw- 7 angles to the tie -rods, satisfactory mariner as regards quart rivals en that date, as a sow seldom At the foot of the stairs a tunneled'tity and texture of the butter pro- varies 12 hours, which cannot be said corridor runs.straight forward Inc 'duced, must be held at a proper tem- of any other of our live` stock, so far perhaps fifty yards, and from it rooms perature for some little time before as 1 am aware. So when that, time and minor passages open oneither being placed in the churn. This fact arrives, it is well to clean the pen out r side. In some of the dugouts no .doubt has' much to cio with the thoroughly and put in a small' bedding second staircase • leads to a lower I presence of andesirabla flavors in of cut straw or chaff, as whole straw floor, which may be as mueh,as thirty dairy butter.' ,during the Winter sometimes hinders the little pigs from or forty feet below the trench' level. months. In testing half a dozen dif- crawling around and getting back to These staircases, passages anti'ferent pounds of butter resents with the mother. rooms are usually completely lined ." Y In case of farrowin in `o withplanks. In one typical; duout, the intention of purchasing the most g very cold yP g satisfactory, the writer •was surprised weather, it is a good plan to partly each section of a platoon had its a1 to find that no two pounds tasted alike. fill a feed basket with chaff,- set dowa • lotted place for messing and sleeping, LEach pound in the chaff:a jus •of warm water, and itsownc 'forparade in apas-p nd was dairy butter and each place of a different brand. Tlie cause of putthe little fellows into this basket sage, and its own emergency exit to this variety of flavors was verylikelyas fast as they"arrive. the trench. In another, used as a They•will in this way be out of - he due to the want of ventilation in the't dressing station, there were beds for place where the churning had been mother's way while she is in pain, thirty-two" patients and a fair-sized hone and the want of ventilation was and they will soon dry one another operating room. A third, near probably due to an endeavor to main- and keep warm aronud the jug of Mametz, was designed to house three tain sufficiently high temperature by warm water. As soon; as the' sow is hundred men, with the needful kit -excluding outside air, orrather b done farrowing, they can be carefully chess, provision and. ;munition store- keeping indoor air, hich was warm, emptied out beside their` mother, who rooms, a well, a forge,,an engine room from escaping fom the churning will usually stretch out and let them and a motor room. Many of the cap- room. , nurse. In the case of a young sow, tured dugouts were this lighted by A difference of 11 cents a pound in' it is a good plan to gently rub and electricity. ' price of dairy and creamery butter, as handle her at times a few days before' In the officers' quarters there have was experienced' ,on • the occasion farrowing time., She will thereby been found full-length mirrors; corn- In om above mentioned, is sufficient'to make get used to`your appearing in her pen, forte le bedsteads, cushioned: arm- any consumer enquire for the lower- and at the same time be gentle with chairs and some pictures. One room priced product, 'and if he can find her young. The sow should not only is lined with gazedsanitary wall good -flavored dairy butter he is will- be fed upon laxative food Inc several paper, and the present ` English oc- ing to overlook many shortcomings days before farrowing, but should be eupant is convinced by circumstantial in texture which is a point that many 'fed upon laxative fovUs and fed very evidence that his predecessor Lived dairy butter makers find hard to corn. . lightly for several days after farrow- .. there with hi wife and child. Clear ,'and satisfactorily. ing, gradually increasing the quantity ly there was no expectation of an The farmer's wife or daughter' who of food as the size of the litter re - early move. finds she thinke it worth her while to quires. -..: With the above precautions make butter during the Winter should taken, we are now on a, fair way to THE LATEST BATCH OF V.C: s demand a room or building that is successfully raise the litter. It is a shut off entirely from the living guar- good plan, however, to let the sow "Heroes Whose Brave - Deeds' Make ters and that can be artificially heat- and pigs out of the pen for exercise Their Country Proud. ` ed to such an extent that a free pas- whenever the weather is suitable. If a sage of fresh air can be allowed with- it is not convenient to let the sow out, The latest batch of Victoria 'Crosses out reducing the temperature below it is a good plan to make a small have been awarded to three "officers that desired for best results in churn- opening so as the little fellows can and two privates in 'English• regi- ing. Such a dairy as this will help run in and out at will. It will great.. meats and a sergeant of an Irish regi to ensure well -flavored butter; a good ly lessen the dangers of` (thumps) meat. All distinguished themselves cream's starter, cleanliness and good which causes many fatalities among not only for. indifference to danger, ventilation in the stables -are of course, winter litters. If they cannot be but for quick thinking. In every case other helps that must be provided if a turned out, sods or earth from the root the winner had rallied and led troops satisfactory article is to be expected. cellar should be thrown into them. under fire, had snatched victory from The present is no doubt the time at Hogs' are like some people in this re - defeat. For instance, Private Robert which the hozne dairy has the best gard, they want the earth. Rider, of the Middlesex, assumed coin= chance to make a name for itself, and - mind ;;0f his regiment when all'the the rapidity officers had`killed, I ounded Y ch a good brand • FRESH GREENS IN WINTER. ge p dit with which been ki ed or y , becomes popular with dealers at any led a remnant of men forward, and certain store in the city, is surprising Garden Grown with the aid of a Lewis gun"cleared and warrants an extra outlay by the A Kitchen G o in a the trench in front of him" and carried maker as the grocer likes to move his Window Box. the enemy's position. In commenting goods as quickly as possible and is I find much pleasure in having, a kit -t upon the latest awards and reviewing willing to pay a premium for a quick chen garden on a sunny window sill some earlier ones, the New York „Sun seller. . during the Winter, and the bits of observes that among the winners was •an elderly man who left ::a wife and fresh greens that can be gathered in y Salt Poisoning. it give flavor and character to many nine children at ;home . in order to soups, salads, and sauces. A -few serve his: country,and "thatglorious Samples of salt are occasionally flower pots and 'wooden boxes, some boy," John Travers Cornwall, who, sent to experimental stations by far= fine pulverized rich earth, reliable mortally wounded, remained . at his mews for,"analy--sin, with the .statezrient seeds,and some patience are all that that animals usually -cattle or sheep, post -in the Jutland battle because, as you need to succeed. • With me the he explained shortly before he,, died,„ were poisoned after eating it in con - he siderable quantities. In, no case has first thing to plant is parsley. it is "he thought he might be needed."We excellent for flavoring and makes a may ' be sure that when the roll of .any foreign substance that would ac- • The Only Thing To Do. The navy's newest recruit was haul- ed before the commandant of the naval barracks on a charge of insub- ordination. The petty officer ex- plained that the man had resisted when they took hint to the swimming baths for the first lesson in the art of natation. "What have you got to. say for yourself ?" asked the com- mandant. "Well, she -It's like this 'ere. I've only been in the navy three days. The first day the doctor draw ed six of me teeth out, the second day I was 'oculated, and this mornin' 'the petty officer comes along, to me and he says—"Come'' on, you pup, we're a- goin' ter drown yer," lfisabled Soldiers Will Reeeir•e '1`lus Ifecot°atioiz: ' ,ew This is the t L Y decoration oi<itiori fordis- ablecI soldiers fighting for ' Great 4 Any oidi ' in. g,r er wounds Bi-rta �' ,. d will receive this reward. There is"noth- - netar ate in€, in its rrro y v It ,but it is cherishedby the men. count for the poisoning been found. fine salad. A few six-inch pots filled heroism Inc the war is completed'no with parsley will give a supply for name will shine moire radiantly than Since' salt isrnecessary to life and i months, as the picklings may be re - that of this lad,: in universal use it" is ` difficult to -re- Nor shall the first to win the cross in this war ever be forgotten. This was the famous Captain Francis' 0. Grenfell, who was wounded in: both legs and a hand', at Andregnies, Bel= gium, on August 24th, 1914, while saving the guns of the 119th Battery. He was invalided home,' bin returned to the front and was killed in action: In his, will Captain Grenfell left his decorations to the Ninth Lancers, "to whom," he wrote, "the honor of my gaining the V.C. was ` entirely due, thanks to the splendid discipline and traditions which exist in this Magni ficent regiment. ` This was one 'of the "First :Hundred Thousand," "the Old Contemptibles," 'as they are proud to be called. Some of the regiments that formed this first immortal• expedition-. ary forge to France, the Coldstream Guards, for instance,; lost almost every officer. Thisforce hadbeen trained to fight to the .last ounce of human endurance, arid there : was little of it left when'the; Battle of the Marne Was decided: Making Paper In Japan. Paper making Was one of the earliest industries of Japan:" " When This will remove the possibility of Europeans were writing on the skins the sow crushing her pigs :between of animals and leaves of plants' " an- herself and the wall, which is a com- cestors of modern Japanese were re mon occour•rence, as the pigs have a cording' their thoughts on paper made wof ,escape b"y gg uand from wood or vegetable,iibrc. - Paper behindthaye. scantling. Thettine sownder's time Once in a while a lazy mars looks p making in Japan was probably intro- of farrowing can be followed very for workout of idle curiosity, duced from Korea about A,D. 610, iv.Lee is it an Quality Sealed Packets Only Never d i , k Back, Mixed or Green. E: 17 aline that in large amounts it is:pois- peated over and over again. The Fine Curler is the mostdesirable onous. Many cases of poisoning in ' chickens have' been reported and ac- variety for the purpose. Fill the trots casionally in larger animals. In .one full to the top with rich earth, sprin- instance salt was b . mistake used in- kle the seeds over it, add a little ,'aro Y d earth mixed with sand, sprinkle with stead of sugar in "making a cake. rile cake was given to the chickens and water, and stand in the sun, Keep killed all of them. Chickens are very the earth slightly moist until the seeds susceptible to salt 'poisoning and come up. As the 'seeds ;germinate while the amount that it takes to hill very slowly it'is a good practice to a horse or. cow is 'considerabl soak them twenty-four hours in tepid e, this water before sowing. Spread them sometimes -occurs when these`arimals g are especially salt hungry. When animals have not had access to salt for a long' time it is safer to give it to them'' sparingly at firet. on a blotter to absorb the superfluous,'"'• moisture, and then mix them with a little dry sand so that they can be easily handled. ' Onion seeds can be planted in a rather deep box filled with : very rich Farrowing Pen and the .,Sow. black earth. These: are delicious for Many a litter of pigs has been de- cutting when they are no bigger, than sti•oyed at farrdwing.time because the a small radish, to give flavor to sal necessary precautions haven't' been, ads, an the flavorsome ends can be taken. A costly pen is not necessary, used in the soup pot. but a few things are necessary, viz., This easy to planta few successions reasonably warm quarters, free, from of mustard in a rather shallow box drafts, and dry and clean. . A pen filled with finely pulverized rich earth. 6 x 8 o ` ' 8 x 8 is plenty, large enough Sprinkle the seeds, cover them lightly There should then be a' railing or with rich earth mixed witlis and, water scantling 8 or 9 inches from the. floor them and wait. The Tittle mustard around the wall and set; out from the plants cut off from their roots, chop - wall about 6 inches, ped and added to salads, give a de- lightful savor. Pepper•gr,ass seed can be grown in the same way, and proves equally interesting. ---Farm and Fireside. Good Advertising. "That ben's a good cackler,"remark- eel Mr, Wigway, "Yes," the znistress a.. reed f • "they're , U y laying a:corner-stone across the street, and she's trying to make us believe she did it." 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