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The Exeter Times, 1923-8-16, Page 2ou Can ora. a teapot test of arn Than Iry can tell you in a page of advertisement TRY IT Ta -1) `'.Y Fish® —BY RICHARD CONNELL. PART III. When hewastwenty and the "Star" r had announced that • "Preserved Fish' isgrowing a blondmustache," he fell. in love. The object of his adoration was a large, twittery young lady who had 'recently come to town to keep books in the lawn -mower works. Pre- served bought himself' some lavender sox, had sundry boxes df candy charg- ed against his frail salary in the drug store, and set: about hiscourtship in an earnest and wholly orthodox man- ner. Apparently the large young lady did not suspect his intent until one evening, in the porch hammock, he delivered his carefully rehearsed proposal. "Oh, -I couldn't, I couldn't," said the large young lady. I "Oh, why .couldn't you?" There is noticing that makes a sensitive man feel worse than being rejected, "Because of your name," she ans- wered. "I don't see what that'sg of to do with it," said Preserved, although he did see, "I could never, never, never be Mrs. Preserved Fish," she replied, "I've always looked forward to the day when I could change my name. Every- one has always made jokes about mine. But I just won't, won't, won't change it to Mrs. Preserved Fish." "Oh, Aniy!" he groaned. "It's no use," she said firmly. "I'd rather stay Amy Hogg. That's bad enough. I want a man with a ,good. plain name like Brown or Williams. No, Preserved, it cannot be." He stumbled home and thought of drinking poison, but decided that there was still hope. He'd change his name. It wasn't the first time he had contemplated this step. More than once, galled to the limit of endurance by the "Pickled Eel" joke, he had been on the point of getting his name changed to " 11ontague." But a \dsion came before his eyes, in this case, as in others. He remem- bered his mother's words, and saw heaps and heaps and heaps of yellow - backed bills. His! His, that is, if he remained Preserved Fish. Hed ecided to remain so. Uncle P. Robinson couldn't live forever; and when he died, Preserved, his namesake, would be independently rich. He could snap his fingers at them all. He practiced snapping them as he made his way home from the verandah of ' Miss Hogg. He could go to New York and live at the Waldorf Astoria and no one would care what his name was so long as he spent freely. And he would spend freely, he promised himself and the world that. Yes, he would pay! the price for that wealth by remaining Preserved until the legacy should be his. It was a big price, he thought, for any amount of money. In his dreams that night he saw piles of yellow bills as high as the five -storey Clintonia Trust Company Building. Uncle P. Robinson refused to ex- pire. He stuck to life like a barnacle for five years more. Five years of notoriety and torment for Preserved. Aniy Hogg married a pants drummer named Ignatius McGoorty. Preserved sent them a plaster Kewpie for their parlor, and wept into the soda foun- tain's fresh strawberry syrup. The calcium, continued to glare into his blue, eyes. But he continued to draw trade into the store, and Old Man Keplar gave him a three -dollar raise and taught him to roll pills. On Preserved Fish's twenty-sixth birthday his brother ` Galahad came into the drug store importantly, ordered and did not pay for a pine- apple frappe, and remarked: "Well,' old sardine, Uncle P. Robin- son isn't." "Isn't what?" demanded Preserved. "Any more," replied Galahad. "You don't mean—" began Preserv- ed, trembling with joy. "Dead. Defunct. Demised. Passed away. Expired. Gone to the barn from which no traveler returneth," said Galahad. "Here's the telegram. Say, old can of shrimps, can you lend me five bucks?" A week .later, Preserved Fish, ac-. companied by his father and Galahada who had .,generously taken a day off j from the,.. glass works to . help count' the money,~ stood in a lawyer's office and was handed the old walrus bag.' His heart throbbed and his breath was unruly; . his reward had come at last. He fumbled at the lock and the bag. popped open like the mouth of a croco-' dile. With excited eyes Preserved stared at the heaps and heaps of bills.. "It'll run into five figures," gloated the venerable Mr. Fish. A sharp, horrified oath from Gala- had brought them back to their senses with a jerk. "Gawd!" cried Galahad. "It's phoney !;, 'Phoney?" Preserved's knee joints Went weak; his head spun dizzily. "Phoney!" piped old Mr. Fish. "Look f Galahad plunged his hand into the bag and held aloft a sheaf of worn notes, "Confederate money!" Preserved Fish folded up like a nap- kin .and flopped, white-faced, into a chair, itilnard'o l:ointment Meals:'OutA, 4. Have a packet in your pocket for ever -ready_ refreshment. Aids digestion. Allays thirst. Soothes the throat. For Quality, Flavor and the Sealed Package, get Rid your house of filth - carrying, disease -breed- ing flies. Be free from buzzing mosquitoes that make your sleeping 'hours miserable. Deal death to ants, roaches and beetles. sash° Powder eatgrminates arl these pest,, but is NON-POISONOUS and I k1urr,1SS to humans. The handy Sapbo Bulb Sprayer putts the Powder into the air 7cnliva all ales and mosquitoe.l in fire to twenty minutes. Tour dru6Riot hardware atoro or departmental atoro can supply you with a Sapho Bulb Sprayer at $1.00, Sapho Powder" in 25 and 50 and $1.25 cans. Try the ready -to -use Sapho Puffer, 15 cents, and be convinced. Sapho Liquid sprayed in closets and on clothes, furniture and draperies kills moths, prevents destruction and even keeps moths away. 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Most young people who suffer with this complaint and are anxious to have it remedied spend too much time on the face and too little on the rest of the skin. They will massage the face for twenty minutes, but do not wish to give fiveto -the covered parts. They must remember that the skin of the face will not respond kindly to t e t2 Ment that ignores all the rest of the skin. The very P treatment complexion tme nnt is a cold or cool bath, once daily, pre- ferably in the morning. This should be taken in a warm room and the water should be cool enough to get a brisk reaction, but there is nothing gained by extreme cold temperatures. Even more important than the bath is the brisk rub that should follow. It must be borne in mind that we are now prescribing . for young people of vigorous habit, who desire a good complexion. Such treatment is not safe for the old and feeble; but to those able to bear it the effect is to quicken the circulation and to improve not only the skin but every organ in the body. Improvement will not cone in a single week, but it will surely come to reward persistent effort. The diet of young persons with acne should be rather abstemious, especial- ly as to sweets and fats. All rich, fried, greasy, highly seasoned food Should be shunned. They should eat freely.. of fruit, green 'vegetables and coarse breads, and should drink about half a gallon of water, each ;day. The face should be well washed at night with warn water and soap, and should have enough attention to be sure that all the excess oil of the un- usually oily skin is removed. DELECTABLE CORN DISHES. Corn and tomatoes always make a tasty combination. This one is dif- ferent: ' \Tomatoes stuffed with. corn—Grate "And I've been Preserved Fish for twenty-six years for this!" he groaned. "Here is a note your uncle left," said the lawyer. Weakly, Preserved Fish read it. Dear Namesake: -I enclose my col- lection of Confederate money. It was my dearest possession. It took twenty years and no end of trouble to collect it. I hope you'll cherish it, as I done. Your aff. uncle, P. (Preserved) Robinson. "And I said it would run intoe five figures," bleated old Mr. Fish. "So it does," broke out Galahad. "All ciphers." He turned to his bro- ther, who sat dazed and aghast. "Well," he observed cheerfully, "I guess it's back to soda -jerking, for Preserved Fish." The bearer of that name sprang up and faced him with wild eyes. "Don't you never call me that name again, Galley," he bellowed. "I suffer- ed with it all these years to get this" -he gave the walrus bag a venomous kick -"and look what I get"—he gave the bag another kick. "I've been a joke all my life—for Confederate money. But it's all over now. From this minute I ain't Preserved Fish any more." He thumped out of the room, marched straight home, threw his lavender sox and zither into a bag, and took a train for Bucyrus, Ohio. Why he chose Bucyrus he could not, have said. But it sounded remote and; his one thought was to leave Clintonia and his old name behind hini forever. On arriving at Bucyrus he picked' a propitious -looking drug store, and ad- dressed the owner. "I'm an experienced soda dispenser and I'd like to get a job. I got twenty- five a week where I was." "Well, I- need a man," the owner admitted without enthusiasm. "I'll give you eighteen.~ • What's your name?a, "John Fish." "No meed' to shout; I ain't deaf, remarked the man in a bored, tired tone. "You'll find a white jacket under the counter where the mops is." (To be continued.) thecora fromsix ears and add to it half a green pepper chopped fine, also half a small onion, likewise chopped, melt a tablespoonful of butter in a frying pan arid turn these vegetables into it and tdss them about until the corn begins to brown slightly. Mean time scald, peel and scoop the centres from six medium sized tomatoes; fill with the corn mixture,- scatter bread crumbs and 'baits of butter over the top and bake in, a ,hot oven until the to- matoes are done. Corn Oysters—"This is a good sup- per dish for cool ` evenings or when something tasty and substantial i$ de -- sired. It may be made from corn that is a little too old for boiling, and will be very nice, Grate the corn, and to a pint of pulp addtwo well -beaten eggs, a tablespoonful of melted butter, half a °teaspoonfuls of salt, and enough flour to make a rather stiff batter, sifting one and a half teaspoonfuls of baking powder with the flour. "A little milk may be added if desired. Drop from the end of a spoon into boiling fat and fry to a rich, nut brown. Drain well and serve hot. These frit- ters are truly delicious served with. maple syrup, or,, plain sugar syrup, though usually regarded as a meat substitute. Corn and Cheese Souffle—Here is another corn . dish which may very acceptably take the place of meat. A large cupful' of grated green corn is required for its making, also half a green pepper chopped fine and a cup- ful of grated cheese. Cook the pepper for five minutes in a generous table- spoonful of butter, then remove it and add two tablespoonfuls of -flour to the butter and cook these to the bubbling point. Now pour in a cupful, of rich milk and cook till smooth, stir in the corn, cheese and fried pepper and add a mere grating of onion. Cook for a few moments, then whip in two well- beaten egg yolks and season to suit the taste. 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TI -IE CRIMINAL'S CRAFT Salfemalr'ers ;and locksmiths' wage ocnsltant war against thn cr$n1F nil,- but,' the latter still ptroves,'hiMeelf';able to cope with each low iwvention in .aplte • of the scientific forces arrayed against ailn. "'rate picker of com'bina•tion,locktt is a patient, studiicus worker, who will acquire a spnotinen of'a new cornbina- time, lock uttrly regardless oftrouble and expense, and will devote months,even years of careful, plodding; pains- taking research in experimenting up- on its possibilities," writes John a. Goodwin in "Sidellights on CriminalMatltetrsi; "It is obvious," lie adds, "that as sleon as it beconlies known that a com- bination lock has. been successfully ne. gotiated, not only does every owner of a Safe to \varleh It is fitted alter his 'combination, but the type of lock itself' becomes obsolete. - Hoodwinking the Law. "The. oracksrnan, having spent time, money, and care in niasltering its in tricaoiek takes measures to create the impression that the lock in question' was itot picked, but that tire safe was blown open. He leaves, -eemie'highly. concentrated explosive in the safe be= f cfore re -locking it, attaches a trove fuse," and decamps."." "` hire sniotominses . 4^ :breaker, Hamilton, of New York, h as trio osssr.- method of negotiating oombination locks. Three nights in succession hie would visit the safe he proposed to at- tack. On -the first night lige would- remove the dial and place behind it a c;i'rcle oaf white pape{r. Ori the second night he would remove the paper, and study the ridges and indentations made in it by the action of the me clilamisen on the -opening of the safe. This ' would -give hien the combination he required, and the third night would sea the completion of the project "Mr. Goodwin has; some interesting stories to tell of the methods of hotel thieves. . Having marked down a prospective victim, the crook obtains eo.me en- velopes of a distinctive color, which' hie cannot fail to recognze at a reason- able distance.He toren posits one eon - tainting dome harmless circular, and hangs about the hotel receptioar:office. When the letter arrives, he watches the' hotel clerk place It in the pigeon- hole allotted to the room occupied by. the mii,n to whom it is: addressed and so d'isoovers bhe number of the room he its planning to burgle. His next step ifs• to ask for the room above, opposite, or next to that eccu pled by his victim, If he obtains the room above, he ties a rope to his own window ea' verandah and lowers. himself to the next. Then he secures the other :end of the rope antt,j;�?�L_Uy het of n,ewvsipaper smeared with, gum,`43iiss"a hc?e,.ir rthue window. The paper is; placed on the- window hs windrow so that when a section of glass is cut out it can. bew1thifrawn without any sound being made. ' After returning to his 'own robin, he unties his rope and throws the end down' to make it appear that'tle burglar. ;has climbed upwardis. , In opening 'doors the burglar varies hs methods according to the tiasYc'•con- fronrbing hien. He tells, whether a door is locked or bolted by pressing at the top 'and bottom. If it is only Peeked and the key is left on the inside, he grips the barrel with a pair of forceps and turns it from the outside. In one case, in wlhiclr a door was locked, double :bolted,, and heavily barred, the oracksman effected an eln- try by'sawing from a point about a foot above the lower hinge to another point half -way across the door, am,d nc thee continuing the ,sut dowinwarcls to the bottom. He thus made a slmail door within the large one, working • on the Slower hinge, ,and was able to' crawl through and close his, aw•n der behind Canada's Sea Fish. Canada's sea "fisheries, on bob; At. !antic and Pacific coasts for the first,,' quarter of 1923, accounted for a rev- enue of $1,879,875 as compared with $1,661,140 in the corresponding ';month in 1922, an inereasie of $218,735. The value shows a decrease,however; of, $439,206 in comparison with the first thrct, months' rpgriod of 1920; and In $39Q,ti40 re2. wconithsthera.tion sante periodofthe in"192lowe1. t der prices for; products at the present time the increase exhibited is encouraging. By provinces the values are as Col- Columbia., ol-Gol ia.bia., $'1,190,608: New .Brunswick, $364,076; Nova '.Sco- tia, $30.7,9.46; and Prince Edward Ts, land, $17,245. Every province ` with.. • the exception of Nova Scotia returned a handsome increase over the previous year's figures, the heaviest being in, British C;olnmbia; aniounting.to "i$358,- 499. 'I'h,e most important Canadian fish In il.e three months' ptrr-iol of fishing was fiie halibut, which accounted for a. selue of $819,770 in comparison with $4;15,531 a year ago, nearly doubling Its i alue. Next in er Jer i were srtnelts with a value of 8362,676 as against $314,231 in the previous year. Follow - leg in order came herr;ng worth' $262,- 230; haddock, $124,001; crabs, ,$87,435; cod, $85,60?; and salmon, $43,228. An adult sea -lion has been known to eat forty -Four salmonin a day. A transatlanticlinerhaving a. horsepower of 100,000, burns'5,700 tons of liquid fuer ;tt 4 single crossing..,