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The Exeter Advocate, 1918-3-7, Page 2OR A DECLARATION OP WAR. PEERLESS STARTER Food Control Corner A Guaranteed Starting System for Ford Caro. Sella for $22.50, AGENTS WANTED THE MORGAN SALES CO. 115 YONGE STREET, TORONTO 1 The Transports. �- — '" _" •.� "' Out into the night they slip, ti A_ ,E XXIII, before daylight a'most—'to Silent ship by silent ship, CHAPTER i��,III, „ . who ask our 'news. Dim and gray, dim and gray; sIts was the sun-god in out person we "And ,— was very anxious, droops to to hide them hissed Albert fx )tn of one she—sheAnel the fog dr ps vr o those dreamless ells of oblivion suppose:?" she as, And the wind springs swift to guide fr whichmemory, rp and even the "She wouldn't let. on that sl w them i nm n , a twat s she pa lot about D in sense of identity,drags itself but' can's a ,s Y>�' spoke toutness On their way, on their way. slowly. ' That something had happen- can s ron,ing, and about the1 rn ut the Yof our boat, and more things Soft, ah, soft, the i•ipples.lisp, sort." "I Break the bubbles, silver -crisp, see," said Albert, pressing the se ' of his" hands. 'Neath the bow, neeth the bow; nails. into'the palms "I—I: daresay shd' is right.. It woulal Swirls the snowy ;wake behind them; h to despair so soon." Sb we lose then; who shall find them, be Ira foolish p at' once r As not now! lncluiries most be startedAsk not now! k v What the freighting that they bear? Gold or pearls or jewels rare, Over seas, over seas? Yea, the Jewels of a Nation! Yea! a People's consecration Goes with these, goes with these! Mother's boy and maiden's lover, Husband, father,—over, over, Tell the tale, tell the tale! Heart of gold and Soul of fire, ed, he knew long before he knew what that something was. Between yes- terday and to -day some big rent had been made, some abyss been opened -a of this he was confusedly aware; but evens with the sari in his eyes; the rea- son of it all still escaped him, The —Jan off!" he declared at last, unable sunshine itself made recollection more to bear those sightless eyes any long. difficult. It seemed to belong to so 'different a world from that in which er. Before he reached the clogs the call that strange thing had taken place ---i he feared had come. !for the storm had at length raged the quavering said rt Albe," itself but, and nothing but the rags ! "Mr. with his. teethe snaring " of clouds, of which a brisk breeze was voice;' and busily swee in clear the ale blue hard against each other he returned b p g to the bedside: sky -that and the still leaping waters ` to of tine loch--soke of acs ld<y's 1 " Mr. Alberti„ pwork-worn hands were groping tumult. The This square of Moving water it was, about and in a sort of desperation he :framed cin the small window, which met .1 enn• . You will find him for ane, won't Lifted eyes of high desire, brought rinlecfever to haste, 'oat? You won't ,let hini be carried � So they sail, so they Sail:; . - Already,dressin,minds i haste, he was out to see? To have had but one n his mind filled 'With one Island,would Out into the night they slip, thought alone: the attainment of, that < boy, and hini not on the , i he harder Punishment than I 'see Silent ship by silent ship, certainty. From those hours of obliv niy wav to deserving: He \vasa good, Dim and gray, dim and gray, ion secured by the whisky fumes, the son always -except in that, matter of God's own angels fly beside them, ii exaltation had not recovered .sol betide them next three months 'measures the ex- tent of hardship which the Allied peo- pleendure. This matter will have to I should not be a question of price should ,think it possible to substitute other grains for wheat." It was pointed out that wheat has been fed to hogs before they are scal- ed so as to increase the weight. But, as the "hogs areslaughtered immedi- ately, this increased weight does not go into pork and is, in fact, pure waste, the grain, after-' the. hog is slaughtered, being washed down the sewers. mar: By the new regulations under which the Government will supervise stock yards it Canada,,a considerable sav- ing of grain will be effected.Delegates of the conference held in Ottawa recently by representatives of the Live Stock Branch and Agricultural reeonnmendation, which was as fol., a Articles �i1t � for Cash, lows At the suggestion. of the" Food old grseil1otyt PlatPtsilwarl aur4OWk: Controller, and as a war measure only�liiutatuxest pietetxas: N�aaiowax ii 7Lr1pC+H , ora phiaal cent I�lareAar fprdauxnetitsY we recommend that the use of wheat:lWatotrrauy Rilagpt sra)1e y._5'1' Wiita or pNna by ICttgreat� to be prohibited as feed for stock to be ss, A�. 10 T.. SEN ZNNgi. xlfgltee immediately slaughtered, and that • ANTIclafia Gahr;thenlr�s meal and grain of any kind be forbid- 28 000zo Colletro Street, xoxanto. Ont. den as. feed for cattle at the stock yards; that hogs in the stock yards like herrings in a barrel, covered wit about to be slaughtered, may be fed ugly wounds, hungry, dirty, wearll, they sat in that ,wagon for sixteeia pbarley' of no higher grade Departments oftherovinces with re- on meal, presentatives of the different Live, than No. 4 and oats of no higher Stock Exchanges and Stock Yard grade than No. 1 Feed." Companies,; testified that feed used to This report was adopted, "fill" hogs, cattle and sheep before weighing and a few hours previous to being slaughtered, was pure waste. The use of grain for this purpose so. far as cattle were concerned is be; ing. prohibited by the new regulations, while only the lower grades of barley Y MOVING BOUNDED IN RETREAT fields and hoped that they would tie! Experiences of a British Chaplain in But it .roved to Ue o'nly able to lest. prove Early Days of the: War. a. bivouac for the infantry, and the • at of the general in charge bade them and all' In describing the .retie g Mr. ,:, their magnificent stand wheeled traffic to,push ,on as tluiekly, and oats are.allowed for hogs. �Bnitish}after g rofStaff in the Of,>,• Le Cateau in the early days of the as possible. When dawn broke, the S. E. Codd, Chief Sat ,.. waspre- Captain' Douglas P. Winnifrith Fourteenth Field Ambulance, so Lar as free of the Food Controller, war, Capta n f; see, c resisted of sent by invitation and spoke 'of the says that the field ambulance hasten -the chaplain could s , and b t hours without murmur or complaint,, And always, as the chaplain looked in' he saw the faithful wagon orderly keeping watch over his charges. About one o'clock in the morning they saw lights ahead moving in the. necessity for conservation, particul- arly -of wheat.._ ''` "We are bombarded with letters re- garcling . waste of feed in the stock yards," said Mr Todd, "These let- ters are especially' emphatic in • re- gard to wheat. While it may be true that No. a milling 'wheat costs a little less than barley, or crushed corn at the present time...brought in from Chicago ago still the price justification ed' away ragout six o.'eloelc in the; after- one colonel, himself one am 1-, noon determined that the wagons lance wagon. Their anxiety as to the' with wounded should not fall fate of their comrades was not re laden it into the hands of the enemy. The far- nnoved t'lntil some hours later in St` went the denser grew the Quentin, There a great reunion OC - stream of traffic and the slower be- curred; stragglers came in from all came their progress. To add to the directions, and each had a tale to tell unpleasantness -of the situation a driz- zlingof thrilling e:tpe# castes of that role rain began" to fall, and in . the movable night. inky darkness they found themselves ne in a confused tangle of guns, ammuni- Summer pruning as a rule does not for feeding wheat at the present time tion wagons, motor lorries,' cavalry increase fruitfulness the next year; is insufficient. Wheat is the scarcest and infantry. often and is not as satisfactory in the long article in the world to -day. The Progress wasapainfully slow;run as late fall or spring the loyi,. hi iment. in the they were compelled to _ halt ter toprune amount available for s ,I The best theory is not too tw*enty, thirty oi: forty minutes, and dthathate 1 ' had submerged thein, He was ready Mise Fenella, y g him his Christian burial because 'of to forgive Duncan anything,to con- cede him everything at the ole price' that, I'm thitnkiif " g of beingalive. Ill find him for you,,and I'll brie a 'hini to you—on his feet!" 'came from Barely dressed and not having Albert almost in a, cry, as_ wrenching breakfasted, he hurried to the land -his hand from the trembling fingers," ing-stage. he stormed out a,e'ain into the glen. Several of the men had assembled He had not taken a hundred steps there iii. loud Barley, down the village street, when the and took the wrong "He's been like a 'ace k in t he t< boat, after all!" Donald's shout met news met him full. l• ' squarely planted blow: Ales 1Vioffat s nor yet that fury an is e w lose presumptuous es to raise his eyes to crisis had preceded it. A rising panic you'll no be •ruclgin' trim rather shrilly. "Surely not!" o There was a fair show of consterna- tion in both mien and tone—he had kept his head quite sufficiently for boatn stranded and a � fol nd > '. had leen wreck, just below Ar.dloch. the aaa He had been on his Y to beach: but' now, after. a few moments On their way; on their; wayl T...,e 1, R,..l,:arde that. of half -stunned reflection, he abrupt- In order to avoid comments inion ly changed his direction, The rescue Was ; no arse probable fate of the boatman, he could await now, sincena there gave curt and peremptory orders. The longer apess person; but only e thing to men were sent back to their work, one be rescued. There was a much more of them only being picked out as oars- I urgent need pressing upon hied—that man, for he meant to be at Ardloch, of disburdenment. At all costs, he before two hours were passed. To' must free himself of the load that the grave head -shakes with which; weighed upon his soul. If the secret they obeyed he was purposely blind; of his guilt was to be borne, he ,must and when he ordered Duncan's own share it with another. Confession boat—recaptured by this time—to he must be—not to Fenella—that thought got ready,and someone muttered still remained as unbearable as the ominousl"He'll no be needin' it' guilt itself. And yet he was walk - again, I'm thinkin'," he did his hes-C mg towards the Rectory. Within its neither to hear nor to shudder, f walls he saw but one room—the As a boatman, he had chosen the humblest it contained --and in that man who he knew would speak least,I room a face, old and mild, smiled at' but this tacittu•n person annoyed him,! too often in light-hearted mockery, all the same, greatly by squinting now transformed in one instant into continually ' to the right and to the that 'of a judge.,What gave him left, scanning the rough surface of ; the knowledge that there alone he the loch, almost as though he were' on ' would find understanding—and per - the look -out for something that might haps even mercy—he could never say. be floating there. There were all It was the first timee inf his life that sorts of possibilities. Even unsound he felt the need of his father; and boats often got across all right—"in' felt it with an' urgency which would fair weather," completed that little' not be denied. piping voice of inner consciousness. -- Whereupon the *Bowl of yesterday's! CHAPTER XXIV. tempest again filled the ears of his i in the little square room with the fancy, and for a moment the hair I !windows to the back, father and son bristled sensibly upon his head. I sat opposite to each other in a silence It was on reaching dry land that 'th the words and stacked on this to. It is necessary to mulch strawberry plants; to prevent injury to t'he roots caused by freezing and thawing throughout the winter, and especially in early spring-. The heaving of the ground in early spring;due to frost action is very frequently the cause of ayear. there being no crop that Any time after the ground is frozen, a - tram strawy leap es s mulch of , , .ma- nure, chaff or other available material should be distributed evenly three inches deep over the"bed. In cases where fine straw, chaff, or strawy ma- le na e most work b 'e is used the y nut , nn b usinga manure- 1 done :by Y econon Y spreader straddling the rows. red la declared i• xit representatives Diffe e then could advance only a few yards. Fortunatelythe enemy had suffered too heavily to engage in an"energetic pursuit. The exhausted infantry lay by the roadside and often on the road Itself, and had to be roused before the ambulances could get through. All night the chaplain sat on the box seat of the foremost wagon and held in his hands the only lamp that would burn. In the awful darkness it was impos- sible to ee • ns k for the other wagoP touch with him. To have dismounted • rt digester would have.been to court froin wheels or horses. He could, that packers paid no more for hogs therefore, only remain in his seat,. fed on water than for hogs weighed j prod the driver,. who nin invariably i i i lathe the long halts, oft cars and the practice•was really f Uered during shouting,g "Please. make f without justification.. A. ,committee .ribs, and by i get his wagon wounded!" was thereupon appointed to baring in a way for the .. on a few yards .at atime. WHAT, I CAI`T T UNDERSTAND. By A Mere Man First, It1 it is ineces The ice -water pan was always run - dishes. So I have made a draining fob to empty it. So I faster board from a piece of grooved plank,' of rubber hose to the drainpipe, two feet long, one inch thick and the bored a hole in the floor and let the 'length of the sink. I attached it to hose run through the floor to the cel - the wall at the side of the sink with -lar. Here is another "discovery." If brackets, with one end reaching over You use or oil for cooking get a and slooping a little toward the sink. youof gas ort oiliron large enough t After washing, the dishes are scalded piece o cover the top of the range. One burner lighted, will send enough heat, through it to . keep several things cooking at one time. Less heat is distributed through the house and fuel is thus saved. Why is it that kitchen sinks are always too low? Because a "mere man" plans and puts them in, of course! He does not have to break his 'back washing dishes over them. If he did, he would be more mindful of the height. I could not change the the sink, but I could and did change the work -table. I nailed blocks to the legs,' making it high enough so my wife need -not stoop as she works over it. - Also I provided•,for her a ;? kitchen chair having a back and of the right height for the table. In this chair shersits to prepare .vege- tables, mix cakes and so forth. She also sits to do most of her ironing. irs , can no, see why nary to spend so much time drying ging over and it was a back -breaking fastened a a which still throbbed Zvi the trepidation of impending certain, ty was upon him again. He would at- tain it quickest, no doubt, by going straight to the Rectory, but it was towards the glen that he turned his steps. Fenella he would, father not face just yet. As a mere informer, Adam would do as well, and better. With his hand upon the cottage latch he. paused to listen intently. One tone of Duncan's deep voice would have caused him to drop it again,— his visit proved superfluous. But the voice which reached him was not Dun - can's; its was a weak and wailing wo- man's voice, unfamiliar ` to his ear. With a jerk of resolution he lifted the latch. "Duncan? It's you. Thank God, my lad! At last!" This time it was Adam's voice; and at the haste of the quavering. tones Albert's heart turned suddenly to lead. "It's no Duncan --it's Mr. Albert, father," said Bessie, - having risen from the bedside, and speaking in the empty tones" of disappointment. "It is 1, Adam. I came to—" "kb. Albert? God bless you! It's news of Duncan you're bringing us, to be sure. He spent the night at the loch -end, no doubt, and thank God for it, for all that I've been in an awfu' lash about him, Is he with you, Mr. _Albert."; "I have not brought news --I carne to get some" said Albert, wondering just spoken. The minister's long, thin figure was huddled into the depths of the elbow -chair in an ungoverned, broken-backed fashion, which shrunk it to half its -size, while his bewilder- ed eyes looked across in an agony of inquiry at the youth who sat there -with his head between his hands, Several times John's- bleached lips moved before they succeeded in fram- ing a question. "Was it a bad leak? Might he not have managed--" Albert'shook his head with :the hid- den face. "Don't, father! I've tried all that, and there's nothing to be got from it... I don't know what the leak was like, but even the smallest would have served ` under the circumstances. Think of last night's wind! Besides, I telclyou that the boat' has been fourl! square, fastened securely to the wall at a convenient height. "Found? I had not understood—" The next thing I notice, is the num- ber of steps taken from the work- =table to a drawer on the, opposite side of the room for cooking -spoons, par- ing knives, egg beater and the many little articles used in cooking. I have set my wits to work and nail- ed .a strip of • wood .three-fourths. of an inch thick over the work -table (which stands next to the drain -board) and inserted small sash -curtain hooks about three inches apart, the entire length of it. Here the -kitchen im- plements are hung close•, at hand. The meat grinder is used in the pre- paration of almost every meal' but seemed to be in the way if left attach- ed to the table. I solved the problem by nmai ng a strong shelf about a foot "Yes, an hour ago. Until then I had still managed to hope; but to go on hoping after this would be • childish, Many times during the night the chaplain pulled aside the curtain of the front of the wagon, from the in- terior of which came the sound of in- terniingled snores' and groans, and inquired how the wounded were get- ting on.. The wakeful invariably an- swered, "All right, :thank you, sir!l,' One than, doubtless 'thinking of his less fortunate comrades, replied, "1 reckon we're in clover, sir." • Packed PACER HANEQS and others Make Good Incomes �e with our INVINCIBLE Sample Books We Prepay ilxgrese Ohara'sfl Consumers Wallpaper Co. Bsta,blislaea 1890 WINDSOR ONT. gr1111i111111111111111111111111111111111inI1 W.4 Flour Economy. During' these strenuous times we No, no, I've not bungled this thing, be{ shall do well not only to adopt ,the sure of that!" gh er l wheat substitutes recommended ,by Under the burst of bitter laughter the Food Controller, but also to con - which came, half suffocated, from be- hind the shielding hands, the figure serve every bit of flour that conies in in the elbow -chair seemed to sink a our kitchens: little deeper into itself. "A. woman can throw out With a tea - Presently, with an effort, Sohn spoon faster than a man can bring In raised his head. with a shovel,""is a maxim my moth= "But, Albert, you say it was dusk, er taught me with my first lessons hi and -you were not thinking of. -the the while whether any crime was big boats until just the last moment. May enough for the punishment he was you not have mistaken—" bearing as he spoke. ` "There is no mistake about it. What The arms of the blind man in the l mistake can there be; once the boat bed, stretched hungrily forward, fell is identified?" heel; upon the coverlet. T rom the livid He spoke with the sharpness of it pallor, slowly spreading, the thick, nitation. These details were but a stains, left ts bythe action of the pow- torture. With the least poseible delay der, stood out in startling contrast, he wanted every shred of doubt clear- ". '. i 'that he did not sleeped away from the fact of his guilt, You ie sayrn y at the loch -end?" lie asked presently, else the, -load would be on him again in a shaking whisper, unshar. ed . r "He would not stop. He left last "1 know, 1 know—its not that night. I hoped to find him here." mean, But thewhole thing happen - Bessie broke the short silence which followed by throwing her apron over her head, and beginning to wail be- hind its shelter, "The corpse lights! The caztpse Iights! It was batt two days ago that housekeeping. It has, proven a vain- able aicl in my own housekeeping, ex- perience and T find it easy now to prac- tice economies which would seem pos- itively stingy in `ordinary times, but which under present circumstances savor of patriotism. , "Weshould save every bit • of flour for human food. In fact, it seems al - meet criminal to do otherwise when. - our nation needs it to help win the war. , This is how I actually do this and have for the past three, years, ed so quickly, as you say—you may during'which-' what time Karn positive lay not have been really conscious of economy Inas amounted to sever al you were doing; and when you wanted econo, of flour. In my cabinett1 beep hoe shout. and did not doie vc may wit c rot two covered cans. Into one T put all have been the instinctive conviction that he was not of earshot already left -over pieces of cake and cookies (not includingthose deft at table), and all crumbs of either scraped Froin baking tins, These Make • delicious "bread puddings" with little, if any, additional stigar. Tato the other ear go all the bread: Maggie Maelish spied then! Oh, the which stopped you? The misfortune, black day! The black, black day!?` of course, remains,,the sante, but not And she rocked her slander body to the sin --for sin is only where the and fro in a very ecstasy of garief. soul gives full consent. Think, "Tat • Fenella: been here?" came Temic thinks Perhaps you are in- A lbert s precipitate qu 1 t t estio t nocenb after ally' (To be contnitted.) ) Callas and the hardy bulbs in pets, hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, etc., must not .be permitted to dry out at this season. Keep the soil in the pots tnoi;lt:, crnmhs from the cutting board and particles of dough scraped from the Mixing pan. These, with all stale breads, brown bread, corn bread, gems, biscuits, etc., which 1 do not wish to use in other ways, go into griddle cakes. If these breads ac- cumulate in any quantity they need to be dried thoroughly ..to insure their keeping until wanted: When I .plan a griddle -cake break- fast I put some of these crumbs and stale breads soaking the, night before in sour milk or buttermilk, allowing about one cup_ of liquid for each per- son. In the morning I mash all lumps, add salt, socia, a bit of sugar, and flour or corn meal to make of the right consistency. These griddle cakes possess the advantage of hav- ing a large portion of their flour Previously baked which I believe renders them more digestible.' Very few baking failures need be thrown away if their ingredients be considered. Heavy or sour bread, even, is not beyond being reclaimed. 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