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The Exeter Times, 1919-11-13, Page 2onart3 s ve Mull used in the Kitchen means dollars saved in the Bank, It wakes nourishing hot dishes out of cold food which would not otherwise he eaten. But see that you get the real thing. If it is not h the Bovril bottle it is not Bovril. And it Miss be laovril, °Mc �'1a C ^ta, Trappcd • , Discipline..ed sweater hurtled through the air and She burst into the 'Meg i; eaeaa, ball- !ay in a crumpled pink heap, "'Thank ing "Mother, inhere are you,. nxothtr';' goodnes•;, Ineedn't we that old ruin quite as if her parent had brokg,lt the :another. minute! Where's yourapu se, habit of a lifetime and had de-nted mother? I want to meet Irene at the mendin • basket on Thursday after- Klein's at five. Why, what's the mat - noon. "Listen, I vegot to.ter? What makes you look at me like get a new sweater. Can you let me that?" have five dollars? There four- "Doris, here diel you get that ninety-five at kidein'sersotne bargain!" waist?" She filing herself into the morns "At the Florentine .Shoppe, Isn't it It was as tranquil a morning in blow thick it was, Lt;in, of course, did chair, "Wow, .but Ism tired! I-avotald a peach.?" She turned slowly round, March as Lein Longley had ever seen.. not know. n't stir one step if I wasn't afraid all "Did you ever see such handwork? As he rov,•ed out in his dory on the; Ile started to go in what lie believed, the pastel sha:dee y;`oil c be snapped a jest look at the dais •e t yoke. ebb slack to Sea Chamber Ledge, the' to le the drection of the mouth of before - 11 , e4�. at p rsi s d z theyo, • Even I get there, What's the.'iiiattet, ..t cost nine dollars, reduced front sea stretched smooth before him. Ea en the chamber, but to his surlrr'se found nnime.v—seen a ghost ?" twelve -fifty. Where'S your the gentle Burg of the ground swell his p,•ogress stopped alatoet at mice,: F ? `3' y " parse, was lacking. Seaward there was the He tock off hi, gloves and passed his the mother had put down her dai3n- ma:hei. I've got to beat lt, yellow haze that often aecompanfes an Dara h:nd o� ex til obstruction, v.hieh ing and was looking at a slender calf `:That settles it, Doris" the mother unseasonably warm day in late winter.' prove;. to he a • wall of the c we, Some-, In old -rase silk. "No, dear, hut I see East of the bay at Kirb. ort a mile how he had. c~awled to one ,tide instead a great deal of leg, and a hole that's of almost perpendicular granite ledge, of straight toward the mouth. Ile' getting bigger every minute. I warned rises abruptly from the water to a started on a4ain, and a moment later you there'd be no wear in that kind of height of forty feet. At one point the: his hands encountered another part of , stocking, Doris." ebb tide leaves exposed a deep gash � the ledge. A feeling of uneasiness; "What's the LIS0 in harping o in the face of the ledge,. wide enough came over him. He ha,d not thought when you won't make daddy i raise t to admit a bay. it possible to lose all sense of direction; S ,)„ y S y Sea Chamber Ledge, Lem had nam- , in a space only thirty feet square. The allowance . Doris sat up very ed the place. Although he always re- `darkness was impenetrable. ; straight. ``-1 ou know that I can't buy turned from it with a well-filled pail a .stocking that will last two minutes Realizing that rllere was no time to, of the largest mussel:, his real pur- °lase, he started again immediately; he for less than a dollar and a half—at pose in visiting the care was to ex- the least. Bythe way, there's a sale plore the darkened floor and ceiling must get out son•eh.iw before the tide ; of the stone chamber that ran back rose much higher. At last he reaelied of Italian silk ones this afternoon; if from the opening for about thirty feet. the icy barrier at the mouth of the you make that five a ten, S can get The sea mosses and the shells that he cave. He put on his gloves and begansome bargains. That would. be real always found there interested him. at once to pull away the snow. Work- economy, Please, mother!". Stepping out on the six-foot shelfing steadily, he threw large double Doris, dont! You nearly got that of rock that formed the protruding handfuls to one side, but the more he' needle ,in your eye. Yes, of course I floor of the chamber, Lem hauled up dug the harder the stuff seemed pack like tbe hugged, dear child, but not Iris boat. It was his firstvisit to the ed Frequently he came on slier n I'm sewing. And it doesn't do cave since the preceding fall. Standing q y p_, a bit of good to coax and wheedle, for on the weed -covered shelf in front of edged little cakes of ice. He had no: I,m not going to the crevice, he stopped a moment to idea how much progress he was mak-+ g g give you another cent look up at the dripping, listenin ing,for it was as black es ever before' for clothes until your allowance is ledge above him. At that point it was him. The fingers of his gloves wore' due." The mother straightened her really more like:collar. "You know o i a very steep. hill of through, and his fingers began to bleed, what - daddy said rock than a cliff`. Lem could have from handling the sharp edges of ice.- when he heard what your new bathing climbed it—but not now. The surface suit cost. And 1 don't like—" of it was coveted with a layer of ice Fora moment he stopped, tired and; and snow several inches thick, which a little discouraged. He seemed to be,—"Oh'. please, mother just this once! the sofa pillows. A sob answered her; was melting now in the warm sun. making almost no headway. Presently: onesly, I won't - sk for . a single then another. She sighed and laid the The water drippedother thine, not even the stockings, if sweater down again.. from the, upper hp it occurred to him that he might as' get "Donis," "you'll of the opening, to the •shelbeneath, well rest and wait—that the st rge of you'll let me the sweater. I need Doris, she said gently, s-ou it find and in place:; Lem could see it trick!- the sea would soon break up the bar-' one worst way, and it's a crime not to my purse in the left-hand back corner of my top bureau drawer. Oil and Paint Screens. Great care should be taken of • .,.• 9. 0 said firmly, "I'm not going to en- courage you in any more extrava- gance. You had no business to buy that expensive blouse; it's ridiculous for a schoolgirl! No, don't coax me. My mind's made up." She bit off a needleful of black cotton, carefully wolfing her daughter's eye. Contrary to her expectation, there was no argument, merely a look that overflowed with reproach. Doris went to the telephone, and presently the mother heard: "That you, Irene' No; I can't come: It's all off .. , . • . Yes, I know, but she says she won't give it to me. Of course I need it worst way, but what's the use? ....Oh, cut it out, Irene, it's all off, I tell you!" The click of the disconnected telephone chimed in with a disconsolate sob. • The mother got up suddenly and went over to the despised sweater, She picked it up and examined the worn elbow. " I can mend that intwo n min- utes, dear," slie said, with a consoling pat on the blonde' head half buried in ing down between the clear ice and the rier of ice and snow. Tlie rising tide, take advantage of that sale." She rock. he reflected, would accomplish more in i thrusan aecusing elbow under her Taking his rusty pail, Lem stooped a minute than he could in an hour. parent's nose. "Pipe that thin place, and entered the sea chamber. Fora will you? It'll be a hole first thing moment he waited, until his eyes be- As he crouched there, waiting, with, , came accustomed to the dim light; his hands in his pockets he began to you know. You don t want to see me them he began to gather the mussels. wonder haw long he had been im_` in rags, do you?" She waited for a A bed of them that he had found in prisoned. He had no idea how much' sign of surrender. A full minute pas- October at the back of the chamber time had passed, but he thought that sed. Then the mother said un er had remained undisturbed and had the surge of the tide mutt soon reach' taanly: grown noticeably larger. The biggest the protruding floor of the chamber.' If I do let you get the sweater, of them were more than half as large The utter darkness and quiet were op- 1 Doris nleaee understand that because tate one you ha e on isigetta nt's ig es his fist,. With his pail filled he was leaving pressive. He tried to assure himself; the patch to explore another art of that he was not afraid, but in spite! headad not seer barggaie I approve nfsales2 i the chamber, when suddenly there was . of his efforts he became more and; you Now,will 3 l a. great splash in the water at the more nervous. Presently a feeling ofpromise me—" prolonged mouth of the eave and at the same', .coldness about his knees as he' , The worktable was overturned in bane aroar. The next tit ` ie mad rush of gratitude. "1vlumsy,. crouched on the floor of the chamber • stant he was in total darkness. 'caused him to reach downward, Toyou're a good old scout!" The despis- Too thoroughly dazed to realize,, his surprise his hand trent into is what had happened, Lem stopped in, p y; hi: tracks. Silence had fallen again,! Slater, wrist -deep. ' on a level with the surface of the sea;! but the cave was terribly dark. The There was only one-way in which he indeed, here and there water had al- i bay wondered for a moment whether, could account for the water. The tide ready washed into his Little tunnel.! he had gone blind, and then the troth must already have begun to cover the` The hole was not yet nearly large'. dawnedclu f frun om the }here had been a ' shelf of rock outside and was seeping, enough to let him through. He must snowir 'ore• • through the wall of siPow. He had not avor> fast happened, Lein leettled, hat ��Laosert an felt the water before because, as he. the tide. 'for this was a race with the warm sun. the whole layer of ice l,Ze" there, his hip boots had kept' Digging mostly at the sides and top 1 and snow that had covered the ledge his knees dry. And then, in a flash,: of the little tunnel,and shovingthe. from high-water mark to the edge of . he realized that he could expect no the woods above had slid down into help from the tide! snow out furiously.ththe hole inrfroft, he the water! He remembered now how still the labored e waeThe awash, of the "ayLem St1 ePof the six-featslide shelfhad been caught ef reek outside sea had been when he had rowed out eared that atlan am nutehthe and the chamber. The mouth of the cave from the bay. There was no surf, no Would cave in. At last he decided that was blocked by a wail of snow and ice, swell, to help batter down his prison the hole was large enough to let his Scall. Probably the pile of snow and shoulders through; in any event, he ice that covered the mouth of the cave- dared not wait any longer. would remain in place long after the Feet first, he squirmed outward on chamber itself had filled with water! his stomach, pushing himself along a Horrified at the thought of being' few inches at a time with hands and trapped there, Lem began digging elbows. His feet and legs reached the again with a furious strength, His water. Inch by inch he forced himself gloves, worn to tatters, no longer pro- out through the narrow, opening. His tested his bleeding hands; but al-' shoulders scraped the sides. He push- though it was torture to him each' ed with all his strength, but seemed' time he dug into the barrier of packed' unable to gain an inch more; he was snow and icy crust, he worked without, held as if in a vise. rest, for he could feel the water now, The tide had riser. still Tiigher. He pressing against his bootlegs, and he was barely able now to keep his face knew that it was rising fest. above it. Beyond the barrier fie could After a while he had to stop; the feel the awful chill of the sea water strength had left his hands entirely,, about his hips and waist. Another and he felt unable to get out another foot or so and he would be free of the • handful. If there were only -some- grip that held him. So near as this thing that he could use for a shovel! and yet to fail! The thought madden - The pail! Yes, that was it; he must ed him. have the pail. He ceased his frantic efforts for a Realizing that there was not a sec- moment to recover his breath then, and to lose, he hurried back through gathering every ounce of strength in the water. Luck was with him this him, he shoved. outward. On the in time, he told himself, when his feet stant a great roar and splash filled his struck against the pail a moment ears and lie was carried down—down, later. in a deluge of iee and snow. But even Feeling his way carefully, he sue beagle awful rush that bore him down seeded in getting back to the snow he realized what h'acl happened. There barrier without losing mueh time, but had been another slide of: snow from the pail proved to be an awkward the ledge above and it had freed him, implement at best. After he had dug carrying him below the surface with in a little way with it he could hardly it. use it at all. So, with some trouble, Instinctively he hewn to stoke up - he ripped off the rusted bottom,' and ward through the ice and the slush at bent it =twice. Now he had a fairly the foot of the -ledge and at last reach-; Sharp -edged, scoop -like tool. ed the surface. He Looked around for, Once more he resumed digging. It a place where he might pull himself was still slaw, hard work; but he was out. Swimming along as well as he' getting ahead faster than before, could through. the 'slushy water, he Meanwhile he was aware that the managed to get a foothold on a part water was rising steadily.' As he of the sloping ledge heyencl the fissure knelt there, it came over his' boot taps. The dory vas nowhere in sight. Lem! Horrified, he realized that he could .thought that it had probably filled net work much longer. • with snow andbeen carried away by, In spite of his aching hands and the tide. In s;,ite of the pain en his wrists he dared not stop for a'tl».instant bleeding hands her treeeded in climb --every seeoid was precious. Pres- ing to the pop el the ledge, and from' ertly, with a thrill of joy, he 'noticed there he ni:isle li,; t,a-, h°nm. Two a faint glimmer of light in front of days later word canoe to hien that ai hint. He dug away feverishly, and lobster man had found his waterlog-;. the -light spot in the hole grew strong- ged dory: floating near the !edges and! er. A few minutes later he was leek- that he had towed it into X(irl,00rt, ting out en a patch of water that was (The End.) as smooth at glass. But the hole than he had, broken through was virtually aftir-xrd'st $$ninahit dined Oahu, &c. READY TO SERVE q k !LED ,1 JUST HEAT AND EAT Marrcpt..,. 414 '1,111111_ DE 1 ti SOAP Cs roR Its Pure , Cleans srntts,cabsets Kills roaches,rats mice Dissolves dire that nothiisg rp else Will move.,: - 8 -Wow screens, as they represent, quite an ,item of expense, especially: when many large ones have to he; used. When the season is over Ori using the screens, l; take a sort o: i ir-Vantazy or them, `discarding those that are carapletely worn_ out. It is not enough to merely take an ill-; ventory of the screens on hand at the end of the seaasorz..and properly place; them away in some 'corner of tire' house w -here they will not be in the Way until -wanted-again next 'season, This is indeed the way I used to do it, but I have found it a poor method and a costly one as well. All new screens• bought each season are carefully painted over the a aodwowk or metal parts as the case niay be, and the ,screening is carefully oiled with lin-' seed oil. By this method I have been able to make the screens last manyi seasons:. A good.. time to do this work is late in autumn, when we will have no fur- ther use for the screens until next season. By, painting and oiling them., at this time,; the wood is preserved, will look better when the screen is' brought out next season, and the oil- ing prevents the 'screens from rushing, which is important if we want them to last many seasons. 1 The screens should not be stored ! away in any old place in 'order to get them out of the way. It is best to pack thee all together and cover them up nicely somewhere in the house] where it is dry and clean. If covered i with cloth or papeg they do not be come so dusty and ittie a small matter indeed to get them ready for use next season. If rubbed lightly with an oiled cloth, they are again ready for use, look bright and clean, and with an additional touching up with oil, they will not easily rust. It is best to oil the screens with al cloth that is.,.;saturated in oil, as by this method the screens are evenly 5 e,e1 5 Y©getshlm fats and natural Cower m treors give la St '. "T SOAP its wonderfully .cottoning and aromatic lather. Sold everywhere. 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You can gez Royalite everywhere, any time. dealers in cities and towns sell it. LMP OL Country stores and YAUT C LOP TO CONQUER THE ZEE S GREAT DUTCH PROJECT NOV." UNDER WAY. ,a, Hollanders Start on Twenty- Year wenty-,?ea ' Taik to Redeem Half Million 'Withot?t waging war against any ot• its i i 1b0iSA without risk of shedding, the blood of a single' one of its elti- tens, Holland is preparing to inore«Nse• 'its territory by one -sixteenth of present surface. Land -hunger there must be in a rapidly increasing agri- cultural cammmnity,• and the Dutch nation, which did not even undergo the blood-letting to. which most of the• surrounding countries have been sub- jected, aspires to its place in the sun as much as any other: But not every country has the privilege of, being able, when trying to satisfy that ap- petite, to extend its frontiers as though they were an elastic cord, and to keep its emigrants within its own. territory, Holland's ''conquests are or a peaceful character, but conquests they are, and fruits of a hard and un- relenting struggle with a terrible and treacherous enemy. At peace with men for generations, Holland has been fighting* the sea, with varying for- tunes. Defeats there have been, ca- tastrophes, such as the loss of the Biesbosch in 1421, when on St; Eliza- beth's Day a great flood broke the dykes and kept submerged ever since a rich portion of the province of. South holland, or when, earlier still, the North Sea, out of the small Lake F1e- vo, made what is now the Zuyder Zee. Blameless Annexation. It is against the Zuyder Zee that Holland will now concentrate her ef - forts. Within the last fortnight the works have begun which will, in less' than twenty years, reclaim 494,000 acres of good soil from the sea. Like the Channel tunnel, the reclamation of the Zuyder Zee has its History. Prom 1848 onwards plans have been drawn and books published advocating vari- ous schemes. A society was formed, which collected all the data, and final- ly decided for one of the plans, which it concentrated, and by an. in?'"'" tense propaganda raised a new form of annexationism in the Dutch nation. Parliament expressed the unanimous will of the country when in March, 1918, it passed the bill which em- powered the State forthwith to under- take the works of reclamation in ac- cordance with the plans of the "Zuy- der-Zee Vereeuiging." These plans are not the most am- bitious of those 'that have been pro- pounded. The more hazardous ones .Have been put aside, but the system now adopted by no means precludes further works at a later date. But they will be left to a following genera- tion. Care has been taken to „reclaim only fertile clay, while sandy parts. will remain submerged, but in such a way, the engineers expect that a layer of good soil will gradually form on top of them, In clue course, in place of the Zuyder Zee, with its salt water, its tides, its tempests, and its inunda- tions, the last of which occurred. in 1916, there will come four agricultural districts and a fresh -water lake, the Yselmeer, the level of which can be regulated by sluices. Bacteria That Make groan Ore. The most imaginative . among us Would hardly suspect that bugs are responsible. at least in part, for the common flatiron and other useful ah titles made from the same metal, Yet European physicists have known for some time that there are "iron -ore bacteria," and the fact is now comp manly accepted in America. Iron bacteria live in either standing or running clear waters that contain iron compounds; not in turbid waters and those containing much oazi° - matter, Serg So active are they in estab- lishing deposits of ferric hydroxide that water pipes of cities where the water contains ferrous carbonate have been known to be completely closed by them. Sheaths of dead iron bacteria have - been found in multitudes in limonite, deposits, and enormous deposit; of several kinds of iron ore are known to result frometheir work. Yet we know little ebouVthem. They may even be at the very threshold of life... • It is interesting, however, to note that the greatest deposits of iron are in,.the world that are being mined are in the arctic and .subarctic regions, or in zones where nearly half the year is winter, as in the Lake Superior coml. try. The greater commercial activity in the colder regions...may partly ac- count for this, for there are extensive iron ore forinations in the tropics and subtropics, But the fact remains ghat iron bacteria live in pure water and that in the colder regions water is most likely to be pure. Although Iron bacteria are iiiane- fecturing new deposits all the time, this is not of great importance as far as the supply of iron is concerned. Bodies of are `are being formed more rapidly than we used to think, but nay ture probably cannot create iron as fast as we are using it. • Zine Idiot. Make a cream paste out of hot water and lime, and you will find that the zinc neat under your stove will look bright and clean. Use old gloves when you po!islt the sine, for the I+.;::titre Is atpt to roughen thr skin.