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The Exeter Times, 1920-9-23, Page 2w DeiI..cIous" i$ tke opinion of all who have once gree s �' n YOU have ries it send us a post card fora free not sample, stating the price you now pay and if you use ,Black, Green or Mixed Tea. Address Salada,Toronto lithe Rose Smnmei 13y RUPERT HUGHES. Mennen ilei, vitt: you know so much. I have more— The next day in the store Asaph more respect for you than for anybody looked wretched. Deborah grew the else I know." more desirable for her denial, Ile had. "You have!" thought that he had but to ask her; "Oh, yes! Oh, yes, indeed!" and now she refused leis beseeching. He paused before her counter and begged her to reconsider. He called at her home every even- ting. He went to her mother and irn- piored her aid. The poor old soul could hardly believe her ears when she "And you'll do what I tell you to ?" "Yes -yes, I will," "Promise?" "I promise." "Give me your hand on it." He rose and stood before her and! put forth that great palm of his, and heard that Deborah was not only de- she set her slim white fingers in it. sired, but difficult. She premised' And then there must have been an Asaph that Deborah would yield., and earthquake or something, for sudden - he went away happy• lY she was swept to her feet and she There was a weird conflict in the was enveloped in his big arms and' forsaken house that night• The old'crushed against him, and his big off walls id mouth was pressed so fiercely to hers pictures nearly fell a sight of the stupefied mother trying that she could not breathe. to compel that Iife-long virgin to tae ehe was so frightened that her out that heart seemed to break. And then she altar. Mrs. Larrabee pointed there would never be another chance. knew nothing till she found herself in The A. G. & St. P. Ry. was in the the patent rocker, with him kneeling receiver's hands. They would starve at her side, pleading with her to for- if Deborah lost her job, give him for the brute he was. Deborah's only answer was that she She was very weak and very much would go to Crawford's Her Brother afraid of him and entirely bewildered. ,Quid not shake her decision, and hob She wanted to run away, butane would bled off to bed in senile dismay. She not let her rise, The only thing that had always been asking what the eased her was his saying over and world was corning to, and now it was over again, "You are the most beauti- here. fall thing in this world." Deborah's heart was a whirlpool of Site had to laugh 'at that, and she indecision. Asaph's gloom appalled heard herself saying, "Why, . Newt. her, his evident need of her was his-rleldrunl, one of us must be crazy!" ane unanswerable argument. He had I am—crazy with love of You," given her her start in life. How could But"to call me beautiful—poor old she desert his store, how could she Debby! refuse him his prayer ? But how could You are beautiful; you're the hand - she take Josie's place, kidnap Josie's sourest woman I know." children? Why was such a puzzle "Me—with my white hair!" forced upon her, where every decision White roses. I don't know what's was cruel to some one, treacherous to happened to you. You're not the wo- something? man I talked to at Asaph's, at all. The turnmail made such a din in You're like a girl—with silvan hair— her soul that she could hardly trans- only you've got a woman's big heart, act the business at her counter. As and you haven't the selfishness of the she stood one morning asking a startl- young, "but that kind of wonderful ed shopper if a bolt of maroon taffeta sadness that sweetens a soul more matched a chipping of magenta satin, than anything else. she saw Newton Meldrum enter the Meldrum was as much amazed as store. As he went by to the office Deborah was at hearing such rhap- he saw her lifted his hat, held it in sodies from his matter-of-fact soul. the air white he gazed, then went on. I Her comment was prosaic enough. She fell back and sighed. "Well, I guess both of us must be crazy." "I guess we are." He Laughed boy- ishly. 'We'd better get married and It occurred to Deborah that he could help her. She could lay the case be- fore him and he would give her an impartial decision. She waited for him, and when he keep the insanity in one family." left the office she beckoned to him "Get married!" she echoed, still be - and asked him shyly if he would take fuddled. "And after you telling me supper with her and her mother. what you did!" "You bet I will!" he said, and stared t "Yes, but I didn't know the Lord at .her so curiously that she flashed was at work on a masterpiece like you red. —girl, woman, grandmother, child, Through the supper, too, he stared beauty, brains—all in one." at her so hard that she buttered her Deborah was as exhausted by the thumb instead of her salt -rising bis- shock as if she had been stunned by snit. Afterward she led him to the parlor and closed the door on her mother. This was in itself an epoch- making deed. Then she said to Newt: "Better light the longest cigar you have, for I have a long story to tell you. Got a match?" He had, but he said he hadn't. She fetched one, and was so confused that she lighted it for him. Her hand trembled till he had to steady it with his own big fingers, and he stared at her instead of at the match, whose flickering rays lighted her face eerily. When she had him settled in a chair —the best patent rocker it was— she told him her story. There is no surer test of character than the problem a mind extracts from a difficulty. As Meldrum watched this simple, starved soul stating its bewilderment he saw that her one concern was what she should do to be truest to other souls. Tile Value of Soups Why soups? Some people think they are a waste of time. Soiue think they ism a waste of space, for they oontain very little nourishment in comparison to their bulk. For just this reason, and because the hot liquid favors the flow of the gastric juices, is soothing by its warmth and mildly stimulating by reason of the pleat 'ex- tractive* in stock soups, we have an ideal "first course," and a food especi- al! �. y adapted to the invalid, the over- tired person who is not ready to digest heavy, concentrated food and the "overweight" who wants to take tho. edge off his appetite, eat lightly and still feel satisfied. Soups are usually cut out of the diet wheal one wants to reduce, but used with discretion they may be a help rather than a hin- drance. Even the condensed soups as they conte from the can have about 84 per cent of water, and the broths and coal sommes about 06 per cent, but this does not alter the fact that the small amount of ncurishmeut offered is in easily assimilated form and well suit i ed for certain cases and conditions.[ Many a person would be better off i with a cup of consomme for breakfast (hot or cold according to season) i than with the habitual portion of tea or coffee. It must bo remembered' that the perfect food, milk, is 85 per cent water, aid while thin soups in no way compare with milk in food value, still the worthwhileness of liquid foods—their useful function in pro- moting healthy body conditions— , gives them a special claim out of pro- 1 portion to their nutritive value. The Shoe Box A compartment box for shoes is much handier than the old-fashioned shoe -bag on the closet door. The latter does not always keep one's footwear in•good condition, and there is more or less crowding and rubbing of fine leather. The box does away with this. It is merely a set of com- partments, each large enough to con- tain one pair of shoes, boats or slip- pers, neatly and comfortably. The ones made to under the clothes closet shelf can be as plain as one pleases, but if they are to stand in the fierce white light that beats upon the bedroom proper they should be more decorative. The tops may be made in- to a seat if the box is of the proper height, or if it be 1-11 and narrow the top may be used as a shelf -:..The -one I. saw was of this variety, and the top consisted of a black walnut board, which had belonged to a side -bastard' in the beginning of things. In my lady's chamber, against the pale rose paper, that walnut shelf, holding an old peat- wood eatwood clock, made quite a taking piece of furniture. The front is screened from dust (and observation) by a chintz curtain in shades which har- monize with the walls, run upon a light rod. The Fine Points in. Pastry Making The art of making pie crust seems to have escaped the great majority. crust pies with s filling of apples, bor- rie.s anti the like, au'even oven with a temperature of abeet 460 degree's Fahrenheit for forty minutes is neces- sary. During the last ten minutes of baking the haat should be slightly re- duced. For deep fruit pies only about thirty minutes at, this temperature. is needed. A custard or pumpkin or cocoaii t pie will require 460 degrees Fahren- heit temperature for fifteea minutes to set the Pastly. The heat should ter be reduced to 325 degrees T` hronheit for thirty minutes. This will produce a firm, uncurdled iiiling with a delicate unclercrust, For an ideal meringue, so often placed on one crust pies, a tenipera- taure of about 0000 degrees. Fahrenheit is used and fifteen minutes is the length of time needed. Never take a meringue directly from the hot oven to a cool place, asthat makes it tough and small blisters appear, Al- low the pie to stand or the shelf of the oven for five to ten minutes and then set in a cool place,. The Germ Says We are small, very: small, but our number is great and there is strength in numbers. Our family. has .many characteris- tics; someure so fat they are actually round, while some are long and slend- er, but each is fitted for his peculiar work. Our family is well organized. Each member or group: of members will. work; one never interferes with the work of another. Sonetirnes we help one another, but each in his own way, one never attempting to perform a task in the way assigned another. We love dirty places, not because we think they are dirty, but because it is so much easier for us to live and thrive in such places. We love little children, be .fuse it is so easy -for us to build our homes in them. The only trouble is that most of them die before we are able to rear a family of creditable size. We hate sunlight; we hate cleanli- ness; leanliness; we hate strong, robust people; we simply have, no use for any of them. Our family tree goes back to the be- ginning of the world, but you only re- cently discovered ns and gave •us our name. Grass. You see a plot of grass And loudly say: "How green! And lovely to be seen!' Then trample it, alas! And lightly pass Unthinldng on your way. Another pauses silently: "It is the living sod. Upspringing tho' downtrod; With every blade Divinely made— A part and parcel Of Eternal God." $7 a Karat to Produce Diamonds. To produce a diamond in the rough costs approximately $7 a karat, accord - lightning. She was tired out with the The secret hies in the ingredients so ing to estimates of various students of first kiss an impassioned man -had much as in the handling. If the the diamond industry. If this diamond,ever pressed upon her lips, the first fundamentals are carrefuily followed Properly cut, were sold at $30, it would bone -threatening hug an ursine lover it is far easier to make a delicious ap- net a good profit. In the South African had ever inflicted upon her wicker le p or lemon pie than a delicate white mines, it is said, the diamonds are dis- nibs. She was more afraid of Newt Mel- cake. The results are "certain sure," tributed so evenly that 100 tons of the drum than she had ever been of no chance of failure is possible. The bluish clay yields about 100 karats of Asaph. But when she told him she ideal "deep dish fresh fruit pie" has diamonds. The production cost of a would think it over he declined to only a top crust, and this should be five -karat diamond is $351If it is flaw wait. He laughed at her pleas. She flaky and crisp. less and of good water .it will easily had promised to abide by his decision, I net .3,500. The and he had decided that she should go . Good pie crust must have the cot- f $ supply of diamonds is neither to Asaph's nor to Crawford's, rest proportion of flour, shortening urliimited. Almost all of the world's but to Montreal—not as any old buy- and water, and real skill and care are I supply comes from South Africa, and er, either, except of things for her needed to add the water effectively.. ooniplete control of it isi iii the hands own beautiful body and some hats for It must be added evenly- and slowly' of one British concern. that fleecy white hair of hers. And until the dough can be handled without Minard's Lin'ment For Burns, Eta she should live in Montreal, take her sticking. 'The latest device for thus mother there if she wanted, and close purpose is a bottle with a sprinklng 1 It is difficult for parents to under - up this house after they had been mar- cap on top, used primarily for sprinkl- ! stand where their c'hildeen got their vied in it. She had been shaking her ]read to ing clothes. In this way the water is bad traits. There was no question of her own all these things and dismissing them evenly and slowly added, and it aids advantage. gently as the ravings ofa delirious greatly to the success of the pie Britain depends upon other 'coun- He studied her earnestly, and his boy. But now she said:"Oh, I could never be married in this town." "And why not ?" She was still afraid that I don't know. I just couldn'te delicate, flaky result. Three table - requirements. She people spoonful can be used, 'but does not give such a delicate product. It is easi- est to combine the fat and flour with the fingers, though a fork or knives can be employed. Any fine patent flour will do, but special pastry flours which contains less gluten (so essenti- al in raised bread) are believed to give. a more delicate texture. If one-half teaspoonful of baking powder is added to the flour in the ma- jority of cases when sifting a little better pastry is believed to result, though perfect technique makes this unnecessary, One-half teaspoonful of salt is needed. When rolling out the dough on a slightlyfloured board handle the rol- ling pia lightly and attack the dough in the daintiest possible manner. Roll it out to one-eighth inch in tbicknees and do not forget to prick the pastry in several places to prevent blisters: Always ornament the top crust with same attractive design in "fork -holes" embroidery SO that the steam has an exit, The baking of the pie is at least half the story, however. The ideal way, as in all kinds of cookery, is by the tier biometer. Half the worry and uncer- tainty is taken out of cooking if Ole little instrument is used. For double eyes were veiled with a kind of smoke of their own behind the scarf of to- bacco fumes. When she had finished she raised her eyes to his in meek ap- peal and murmured, "And now what ought I to do?" He gazed at her a long while before he answered, "Do you want to go to Crawford's ?" "Well, I'd get more money and I'd get to see New York, but I don't Iike to leave Asaph. He says he needs me." "Do you—do you want to marry Asaph?" "Oh, no! I—I like him awfully much, but I -I'm kind of afraid of him, too. But hesays he needs me; and Josie's children need me, he says." "But do you—! -love Asaph?" "Oh, nol Not the kind of love, that is, that you read about. No, I'm kind of afraid of him. But I'm not expect- rn•g the kind of love you read about. I'm wondering what I ought to do?" "And do you want me to decide ?" "If you only would." "Why do you leave f( to me, of all people?" "Because you're such a fine man; Old Country Papers Lave us send yours weeltiy or fort - nig atly. We pay postage on fifty cents Orth. hhjers of the "World, Comics, eme, Magnets, tinion Jacks, Christian h7'ovels, etc. Send for list. acuRcHErtos 6806 Dundee street atseet, Toiconto crust. tries for all her cotton, nine -tenths of About four to five tablespoonsful her wool, most of her motor oil, all of fat to one cupful of flour give a her rubber, and two-thirds of her food would laugh at her, but more afraid that they would think she was trying to flaunt her triumph over them—the triumph of marrying the great Newt Meldrum. She could bear the laugh- ter; she was used to the town's ridi- cule. But she could not endure to be triumphing over anybody. Meldrum did not fret her motives; he simply nodded. "All right; then we'll be married in Montreal. Ifow soon can you start?" She stared at him, this amazing man. "How soon? Why, I haven't said I'd marry you yet! 1'11 have to think it over." He Iaughed and crushed her in his arras and would not let her breathe till she breathed "Yes." He was the most amazing man. But, then, men were all so amazing when you got to know them. They must have all gone crazy at once, though. (The End.) Mittard's Liniment Relieves Colds, Etc. Fisherman's Bad Luck. A Welshman, says Punch, was fined pounds last week far fishing with a lamp for salmon, The defen- dant's plea, that he was investigating the scientific question whether sal neon yawn in their sleep, was not ae- depted. 1 11 yap Keeps the skixi. healthy and. sweet. It's.Best for Baby and Bast for You. At, mar SOAPS i t.SflTEb, 11 1'ri„ Montreal. 0-740 Another Fishery Threatened To ail ;« :;,* a decliniug isOtillpp fishery of-111ofa `$coda reasonable Pro- tection, Aft ardor.in council hall 'toga pawed, ~Hereby no oue shall Asitafox, teko or Gatch scallops in tate province of Nova Scotia, for use outside the. said province: The seallgp 'bo a bivalve mollusk,, found, along the Atlantic coast, The fishery has become severely .depleted and in ILunenburg county, where the industry is mainlycentrod, the decline la the taking of scallops is having a serious effect, Scallops may still' be taken, but piny- to supply the demand within the province of Nova Scotia. Explained At Last. Doubtless the ;old woivan in this story frons the London Post will now be able to enlighten her husband on it troublesome subject, Doctor," she inquired of a country physician, "can you tell me how it is that some folks be bora dumb?" "Why — hero! °— why, certainly, ma'am," replied the doctor. "It 1s be- cause they come into the world with- out power of speech." "Dear me," remarked the woman, Just see what it is to have a physical education! I;ni right glad I axed you. I've asked my old man a hundred times that there same ques•tion, and BUY "DIAMOND DYES" DON'T RISK MATERIAL Each package of "Diamond Dyes" con- tains directions so simple that any woman can dye any material without. streaking, fading or running, Druggist has color: card—Take no opher dyer c:'$ ', SCENTED RED at iste.CEDAR CHESTS Absolutely moth -proof and wonder- fully handsome pieces of furniture. Direct from manufacturer to you. Write for free illustrated literature. Eureka Refrigerator Co., Limited Owen Sound, Ont. The Beauty of The Lily can be yours. Its wonderfully pure, soft, pearly white ap- pearance, free from all blemishes, will be com- parable to the perfect beauty of your skin and :complexion if you will use ONTARIO. ()OEWW OF ART *moil iki,1 ;Siif3ii,tnd'r Bt, /0.00• r to Toronto. Hetlpt n;Xfl20..2i gpflnsi October 4th, X82Q. 1pt+Mi i , I'atzttittpl,. litiodylling and paslg* Short oursea in Commercial and Aa- ' plied Art. Proepoetus on application. G. A..mixt), iO3.., Prinoj»al. • all he would ever say was, 'Cause they be.'" After Eating Thirteen Buns,. Mrs. Wiggs --"Is Billy 111, Mrs. Skin- ner?" • Mrs, Skinner—"Well;; he ain't ill ex- actly, but no stunimlok can stand thir- teen buns! It's an unlucky number." COARSE SALT LAND SALT fluIk. Carlota. SALT WORKS TORONTOR $ C, J. CLIFF TORONTO Uniaa•liiude Gloves Overalls & Shirts 'Bob Long Says:— 'Myoveralls and shirtsareroomy and comfortable, end mads espe- crallp for ' farmers. I designed them with theidea that you tight want to stretch our arms and. legs occasionally," BOBLONG GLOVES will outwear any other make of Glove on the market, because they are made by skilled work- men from the strongest glove leather obtainable. Insist on getting Bob Long Brands from your dealer— they will save you money R. G. LONG & Co., Limited Winnipeg TORONTO Montreal BOB LONG BRANDS Known from Coast to Coast ns For little eye-sores— The unavoidable marks of wear on woodwork throughout_the home Bail for AGATE VARNISH STAIN ASK YOUR DEALER does not mean curtailing expendi- ture so much as getting full value for the 'money spent. Meat is costly. Be sure of getting all the nourishment from the meat you eat. Keen's D. S. F. Mustard makes your food more easily digested and: assimilated, so that there is no waste. Pave Keen's D. S. F. Mustard always on your table. MAGOR, SON & Co., Limited Montreal Toronto Canadian Agents. eve, Your C!ea h &g Done Experts. Clothing, household draperies; 1;nen and delicate fabrics can lie cleaned and made to look as fresh and bright as when first bought. Gleaning aril Dyeing Is Properly Done at Parker's. It makes no difference where you live; parcels can be sent in by mail or express. The same care and attention is given the work az though you lived in town. We will be pleased to advise you on any question re- gard:ng Cleaning or Dyeing. WRITE U+S. F'ID r (tq �, N S ti� �j��� � )10 Y �Itia'tN tars Cl aners& 19IYonge S4., SALES OF GEMS IN LONDON STREETS SHABBY LOOKING 'MEN' CARRY GREAT WEALTH Many Transactions Made by Parcel Lots on Walks of Hatton Garden. Go into Hatton Garden any tihne be- tween 10 and 4, except Saturdays and. Sundays, and you will meet men carrying in the aggregate anything from half a million to a million pounds' worth of diamonds, says a,, London writer.. These men are dealers in diamonds and their market is provided by the doorways and pavements of Hatton Garden and another thoroughfare, Charles street, which runs at right angles to it and parallel with Holborn, London. Looking at many of the men, you would not think they were worth a dime. Nearly all are Russians, Many have long, shaggy beards and longer and shabby overcoats. Yet in honesty they must contribute to the income tax. They buy and sell parcels of dia- monds, loose diamoiids wrapped in white tissue paper and of a wondrous lustre. One habitue never has Less than $250,000 worth in his pockets. Business is conducted on simple. lines. One man approaches another, They stand on the curb or in a door- way and a parcel of gems is exchang- ed for a roll of bank notes. That is all, No questions, no entries, no books. .A parcel may change hands throe or four times a day, with a big profit on each, transaction. _Interesting "Garden" Market. Dealers in "the Garden," as they call it, trust one another implicitly in business. It would be useless for one to ask another for the loan of $50. That is not business. But ask for a parcel of $50,000 worth of diamonds for a probable customer, and it is handed over readily enough. Stolen diamonds find their way into the Garden, but not by direct means,. They go through so many hands that by the time they reaeh the Garden the• purchase is an ordinary trade trans- action, the diamonds cannot be identi- fied, and it is almost impossible to trace them back to the thief 'Phe dealers are experts. From hun- dreds of stones they readily pick of those cut in Amsterdam. The Dutch cutters are the best in the world. Light yellow (or Cape) diamonds can be made into bluish -white stones like unto the finest Kimberley or Bra- zilian gems by the mere process of dipping them in hot water tinged with blue. •Thus treated, they will kestea their false face for a long time. But!' do not try to deceive the street deal- ers. They know. The majority of these street mer- chants are teetotallers, accomplished chess players and fond of a gamble, At the end of the day they deposit their precious diamonds and notes in safe custody and go to their unpre- tentious -looking horn es. Grasses Help Bind Sifting Sands. That Holland has been able to with- stand the waters of the North Sea and hold the lands laboriously wrested from it is due largely to a defense af- forded by grasses, whose deep and widely penetrating roots bind the sand togother in a network of strong fibres, defying the encroachment of the . waves. These grasses, whose creeping roots are really underground stems, also do much useful work along the Atlantic seacoast, holding the soil in place a d preventing valuable tracts from literal destruction, On Cape Cod since very early days they have been systemati- cally planted for protective purposes. The principal soil -binding grass na- tive to Cape Cod and all the, coast from Massachusetts to Maryland is called "marram." South of Maryland it is replaced by "bitter panic" grass, which extends to Florida and around to the gulf of Mexico. Others, native to the South, are "creeping panic" and "St. Angustine" grass. The town and harbor of Province - town, on Cape Cod, owe their preser- vation to marram. At one time Prov- incetown had a beach grass commit- tee, ommittee, clothed with power to enter any man's landed property, suinrner or winter, and plant marram if the sand was uncovered or movable. Sand- storms, once the terror of the town, were thus entirely prevented. Marram has been introduced along the California coast to bind sand dunes and prevent them from overrunning farm land, It is otherwise known as the "sand reef," and its roots often attain a length of twenty -live or thirty foe,, becoming closely interwoven, so as to form a sort of mat. These roots make good ropes, and in Europe hcoarsoouseholmd uatsse+ a,re "woven of them for Hubby's Choice. Wife (buying new hat): „What Sort of bird shall I have on it?" Hubby: "Get ono with a mall bill." Achill or Eagle Island, the largest island belonging to Ireland., is con- nected by railway with the mainland. .Some people's idea of taking life easy seems to be making it hard for the rest of no.