Zurich Herald, 1920-06-17, Page 2An Toeless Refrigerator.
For the benefit of those who live
where ice is not available a descrip-
tion of our iceless refrigerator might
be helpful,
It is constructed in the floor of the
cellar, and is 30 inches below the brick
surface, and about 20 inches square:
First a wooden box is sunk to the
required depth below the cellar floor,
and a zinc tank made to fit rather
loosely in this box, coming up even
with the'top. As you will notice front
the illustration, the trays are fastened
to corner rods which extend up
through the. top or cover of the tank.
A rope, pulley, and weight of proper
Size complete the outfit.
The corner rods holding the. trays
should be a trifle shorter than the
tank is deep, so that when the trays
are let down the cover will rest an top
of the wooden box, which is allowed
to project four or five inches above
the brick floor, all3wing the flange
of the cover to come down around it.
A back shed off from the kitchen
would be a much better placein which
to make an arrangement of this kind.
Simply cut a hole through the floor,
dig at least six feet below• the sur-
face, and make the balance of the
refrigerator the same as above, allow-
ing the cover to rest just even with
the floor in the shed. Attach a rope
and pulley to ceiling and you will
not have to go down cellar at all.
Pin -Money From Your Garden.
You do not have to be a professional
agriculturist to teaks money from
your garden. What you need is a
.sense of• the beautiful and a list of
the county and agricultural fairs to
be held in your neighborhood; and in
these days of the automobile, the word
"neighborhood" means any • town
within a radius of fifty miles.
Send at once for catalogues of last
season's shows. In them you will
glimpse possibilities which will fairly
take your breath, and find lists of
prizes to be offered in the next exhi-
bition. Study the catalogues carefully
with pencil in hand and ;nark the
class in which you think you might
compete.
The prize offered for the most
artistic arrangement of garden flow-
ers may. lure you. Underline it and
the next time yon go to town purchase
a basket which suggests possibilities.
One woman bought a small hamper
at a ten cent store, braced the lid
half open, filled it with brilliant nas-
turtiums and their leaves, and cap-
tured a first prize, As you read the
catalogues visualize this season's
garden, plan and make notes.
Surprising sures are offered for col-
lections of vegetables. The display
which took a $b0 prize at a recent fair
had for its background bunches of
celery alternating with leeks, the leeks
]set up on curled -edge cabbages. There
The Celestial Surgeon.
"If I have faltered more or less
In my great task of happiness;
If I have moved among my race,
And shown no glorious morning
face;
If beams from happy human eyes
Have moved me not; if morn-
ing skies,
Books, and my food, and sum-
mer rain
Knocked on my sullen heart in
Vain;
Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure
take
And stab my epirtt^broad awake;
Or, Lord, if too obdurate I,
Choose Thou, before that spirit
"diel,
A piercing pain, a killing sin,
And in ney dead heart run thein
in !"
L. Stevenson,
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were squashes, carrots; egg -plants and
beets for color, tomatoes and red pep-
pers adding a touch of brilliancy.
Many other vegetables were included;
bordered by parsley and kale, these
made an exhibit which quite deserved
the prize it received.
If your taste in gardening rens to
small fruits, exhibit a collection of
jams and jellies. An oddly -shaped
glass or jar and an attractive label
will make the delicacies you exhibit
quite individual in their appeal, and
lure the eyes of the committee.
Prizes are offered for the best of
any kind of apples. They are displayed
on plates or trays provided by the
committee. If your orchard consists
of but one tree, make that tree pro-
vide you with pin -money.
As soon as the fruit on your tree
is a month old, pick off imperfect
specimens,.gently taking out the most
unpromising one from a group of
three. You. may net want to remove
it, but you will be rewarded in the
end. Keep removing the imperfect
fruit, thin out where it is crowded
and you will be amazed at the size
and perfection of the crop when you
gather it.
When the fruit on your grape vines
is almost ripe, cover the perfect
bunches with paraffin paper to keep
off birds and bees. The paper remains
impervious to wind and weather and
under it the grapes will come to per-
fection. With these perfect bunches
try for the prizes for the arrangement
of fruit. Arranging your fruit on a
flat basket tray, border it with grape
leaves, inside the leaves lay your per-
fect grapes, then peaches, with their
rosy cheeks uppermost, and a low
pyramid .of grapes in the centre. No
judge can resist such an arrangement.
Keeping Children Well.
The wise another studies:.
(1) To feed the children so as to
produce one hundred per cent, effi-
ciency in their health to -day and fifty
years from to -day.
(2) To furnish suitable and nutri-
tious food at the present high cost of
provisions.
These are by no means easy prob-
lems when we are confronted with
the sometimes appalling appetites of
our offspring.
Children do not need candy. Such
fuel needs can be supplied better in
the form of cereals, vegetables, fruits
and fruit juices. Candy spoils the
appetite for plain, more wholesome
foods, and gives a sense of sufficiency
before the fuel needs of the body have
been satisfied. When taken in excess
on cereals, sugar is irritating to the
sensitive lining of the stomach and is
liable to ferment, causing indigestion.
Grains, particularly those contain-
ing the outer or branny layers or
coats, are laxatiye; so, too, are such
acid fruits as apples, oranges and
grapefruit. Therefbre, as fax as the
important matter of. preventing con-
stipation is concerned, coarse cereals
and and fruits serve the same pur-
pose. When fruits can be obtained in
abundance, they should be given daily;
when they are not given, the coarser
cereals should be used. .
To Freshen Up Woollens.
Serge or other woollen clothes which
have become soiled or shabby, are
freshened up in this manner:
Sponge the goods on the right side
with ammonia water, one tablespoon-
ful of ammonia to each quart of water.
Care should be taken not to have the
solution too strong, as some dyes turn
purple or green in such a case. When
the garment is entirely sponged, turn
it wrong side out, Iay a cloth over it
and press with a hot iron until .dry.
Should your clothes wear shiny, it
is due to the oil which is more or less
present in all wool, and is made con-
spicuous by the friction incident to
the wear of the clothing. This is
especially true of hard -twisted wool
or worsteds. Sponging with hot vine-
gar cuts this oil and greatly improves
the looks of the garment, Or the nap
may be pulled up by pressing damp
crinoline on the goods until it dries,
then pulling it off.
An Eclipse to Order.
The captain of B company asked his
N.C.O.'s to let the men know that, on
a Certain day, au eclipse of the sun
would take place, and that he would
explain the phenomenon,
The sergeant aecordingly posted up
he following notice:
"On Tuesday there will be an
eelipse of the sun by order of the cap.
Min, We shall all assemble in the
courtyard of the barracks and the cap-
tain will conduct the eclipse in person.
If it should rain, the eclipse will take
place in the th'111 ha11."
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One of the most important things
in life is to stop when you have said
enough.
NOURISHING FOOD
AND GOOD ' HOURS
Help You to Resist lrsease---Aid
These With a Tonic to Keep
the Blood Pure.
The power of your body to resist
disease and to fight it after disease
gets a foothold, is one of the most pre-
cious possessions you have, You weak-
en this power when you let your
general health run down, your blood
gets thin ancl your nerves unsteady.
You weaken it when you worry,
when you over -work, when you do not
get sufficient sleep, and when you are
under -nourished, either because you
do not eat the right kind of .food or
because your digestion i out of order:
You •preserve your • power to resist
disease when you keep good hours
and eat proper food at regular inter-
vals. You further increase and
strengthen resistance to disease when
you build up your blood and nerved by
the occasional use of a tonic like Dr.
Williams Pink Pills, which are free
from opiates and harmful drugs„of any
kind. The value of these pills as a
health builder is fully shown by the
experience of Mrs, E. C. Taylor, Han-
over, Ont., who says: "At various
times since I was a girl of fifteen I
have proved the value of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills. At that age 1 was in a
much run clown condition, suffering
from many of the well' known symp-
toms of anaemia. My mother pro-
cured a supply of Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, and after taking abottt"a half
dozen boxes I was restored: to normal
health. Again after my marriag, and
before my boy was born, 1 felt miser-
able and again took Dr. Williains' Pink
Pills, which once more met all 'my ex-
pectations- and fully restored my
health. My latest experience with
these pills was following an attack of
pleurisy, which left ire completely
broken in health. Part, of the time I
was under the care of two doctors, and
for three months I was practically be-
tween life and death. Again- at my
mother's suggestion I started the use
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.. I had not
been taking them long before I could
tell that they were helping ine. Day
by day 1 could feel my strength re-
turning,' and was soon enjoying good
health once more. In view, of my ex-
perience I think I can safely say there
is nothing in the way cf nt,,:•
ter than Dr. Williams” Pink Pili` s
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by
all medicine dealers or by mail at 50
tents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from
The Dr. Williams Medicine Co,, Brock-
ville, Ont.
• Sing a Song..
If you sing a song as you go along,
In the face of the real or fancied
wrong,
In spite of the doubt if you'll fight it
out,
And show a heart that is brave and
stout;
If you'll laugh at the jeers and refuse
the tears,
You'll force the ever -reluctant cheers
That the world denies when a coward
cries,
To give to the man who bravely tries.
And you'll win success with. a little
song—
If you'll sing a song as you go along.
If you'll sing a song as you plod along,
You'll find that the busy, rushing
throng
Will catch the strain of the glad re-
frain;
That the sun will follow the blinding
ramp; -
That the clouds will fly from the
blackened sky,
That the stars will come out by and
by,
And you'll make new friends, till hope
descends
From where the placid rainbow bends,
And all because of a little song—
If you'll sing the song as you plod
along! •
If you'll sing a song as you trudge
along,
You'll see that the singing will make
you strong,
And the heavy load and the rugged
road,
And the sting and the stripe of,the
tortuous goad
Will soar with the note that you set
afloat;
That the beam will change to a trif-
ling mote;
That the world is bad when you are
sad,
And bright and beautiful when glad,
That all you need is a little song .
If you'll sing the aong as you trudge
along.
New Germ Foe.
lleeent study has proved that the
juices of leptons, oranges, onions and
garlic kill disease germs. Those of
lemons and garlic are most effective.
in this way. It is the free acid in the
fruit juices that does the business.
Salt fish is much less digestible
than fresh.
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The .Cold Bath habit, -
Now;s the time ---.with summer here
—for those who have not yet adopted
the cold bath, habit to acquire • it on.
comparatively easy terms.
For those with whom it agrees, the
morning' tub at its natural temper -j
at.ure is a form of health insurance,
It is the very best and Ieast expen
sive tonic in the worldd. It thoroughly ;
awakens and enlivens the sleepy and
heavy -eyed, . refreshes both body and
mind, exhilarates the spirits, •stimu-
lates and aeeelerates the circulation,'
and spurs into healthy activity all the:
energies of the body.. In a word, it
cranks up the human engine for the
whole day.
One ,among #.lee lneey great ad
vantages aecruing from the cold bath
habit is that the skin, and indeed the
system as a whole, is rendered very;
much less liable to chill, the re.;ult
being that what are popularly termed•
"colds," but are really infective..
catarrhs, are conspicuous by their ab
sence. Cold water naturally makes
the skin less sensitive to the action al
cold air bathe form of draughts; hence
much of the immunity of cold bathers
to the ordinary autumnal, winter, and
early spring plague of coughs, colds,?
But there is another way in which!
and catarrhs.
the devotee of the cold bath scores!
over him of the tepid tub. The skint
is our first line of defence against]
those microbe powers which for ever;
swarm on our never -to -be chemically -1
clean bodies. Wash we ever so wisely;
and often, we can never get absolutely
rid of the last microbe. Every touch i
of the loofah or the washing -glove,]
every dash of soap, every splash of
water, but replaces some old microbes!
with new ones, adding an odd million;
or more to our already long waiting;
list.
The cold bath gets over a seemingly;
insuperable difficulty. We cannot byl
the ordinary processes of ablution;
keep our skins absolutely free from+
the ubiquitous microbe, but we can!
and clo render the defensive works of;
our skins all but proof against in -J
vasion by those germs, deadly or
beneficent, that are always lying in •
wait, on the pounce, to find the near-'
est;, surest, and speediest way betel
o`ttr blood and bones,
The most effective gernlieicle iri'the;
world is our own healthy blood. This'
is in very vigorous circulation in the,
active and hardy skin of the. owner
who takes proper care of it, and is a
menace to even the most cunning of
enemy microbes, which see in the good
,Art • of Felling •
Chimneys. •
In England an interesting
method of felling lofty chimneys
is practised. its originator is
.Tames Smith of Manchester, and
he is credited with having felled,
without accident, nearly one
hundred tall chimneys, which
for one reason or another had
become useless. Some of these
were from 200 to 250 feet in
height.
The method consists in re-.
moving the stones ar brick near
,the foot. of the chimney and sub-
,stituting an .uuderpinning of
wood, which is afterward set on
fire. About two-thirds of the
areoa of the •bane is removed up
to a heighteef five or six feet, so
that most •°ei- the weight rests
upoa'-'lhe ur derpiutiing. Experi-
ence has :alteeen that •theta the
work it properly done the elrim-
ney leans slightly toward the
side where the underpinning is
tneerted, and when a slight crack
appears in the masonry on the
opposite side the time has come
for fire to be applied. As the
t'himney falls it partially tele-
scopes in consequence of the
shock produced by dropping in-
to the void left by the burnt
timbers.
red blood of a vigorous circulation the
red light that scares them off.
Another point in favor of the
habitue of the cold bath is that he is
adequately nourished. Tissue -change
proceeds briskly throughout his sys-
tem as a result of his ablutionary
"hustle." There is a speeding -up of
the activities of all his organs, with
the result that there is a quickened
breaking down of old body material
and a corresponding more rapid build-
ing up of new, resulting naturally in
increased appetite, easy digestion, and
adequate absorption of suitable food-
stuffs.
But, unfortunately, it is not given to
every mortal to enjoy the elixir of the
cold bath. Unless you react almost
immediately with a warm glow, you
are not made for: the stern delights
of your more robust brethren. If you
remain cold and shivering, shrank,
and blue, after contact with water as
Nature made it, it will do you no good,
and is likely to do you positive harm
You will have to joint the band of
those.who tub in tepid waters,
The trouble with good advice is that
so few of us recognize it when we
hear it.
•
Muskrat Ranching in Cana
..At one 'time, Canadian boys made
pocket money by trapping muskrats
wiliest their fathers and elder. brothers
devoted their winter leisure to the
cayote, fox, lynx and other larger ani-
mals, the value of whose pelts made
the pursuit more proflable. But with
muskrat furs selling at five dollars,
the older generation no longer des-
pises spending its time over the little
animal and Indians, miners and'indus-
trial workers left their ordinary activi-
ties last winer to set out traps.'
Even with the probability of the
prices of muskrat having reached their
zenith, there is no doubt that trade in
these furs will be commercially pro-
fltable for many years to conte, and
considerable interest has been aroused.
as to the feasibility of raising this ani-
mal in captivity. The great success
made in Canada of the artificial breed-
ing of foxes, and other 'animals, the
setting aside of Arctic islands by the
government for the propagation of rein-
deer and muskox, are • tendencies
'which indicate that thinking minds
are turning towards the conservation
ef meats and furs, the demand for
which is greater than the supply, 'With
the pelt of the humble muskrat bring-
ing fifty times what it did a few years
ago, farmers and trappers must in-
evitably be attracted towards, the es-
tablishment of ranches for their breed-
ing in Canada, to every part of which
A
they are indigenous and thrive so
vigorously.
Experience has proved that the
muskrat is not a difficult animal to
raise in captivity, as he is not natural-
ly a wanderer, but spends all his life
in his native stream or marsh. Be-
ing found in every part of the Do-
minion, there is no limit to the loca-
tion of ranches, All that is needed is
a piece of marsh, a lake, or quiet
stream. Muskrats will usually be
found in such an area, but if not, stock
can be easily introduced, The animal
increases rapidly and brings forth.
each season three litters of from six
to nine young.
The expense of the care and feeding
is small, as the animalsexistan the
natural growth of their grounds—the
roots and stalks of aquatic plants,
reeds, and cat -tails: When this food
supply is not sufficient, they can be
fed on garden, vegetables, The ani-
mal is not migratory, and given an
adequate food supply, will remain in
his native haunt. The principal ene-
mies of -the muskrat are the hawk,
owl and mink. Muskrat ranches, even
in times of normal prices, have been
commercially proflable, one , rancher
taking 2,500 muskrats each year from
a iffy -acre marsh and leaving enough
for restocking. This being profitable
in the old days should mean untold
wealth now.
At all points in Ontario
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Thousands at satisfied customers testify to
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GIRLS OF DUBLIN
TOWN
An Englishman writing to the Lon-
don Daily Mail gives the following
eulogy to the charm of the Irish
maiden:
"They.have a way with them, these
Dublin girls. They are not prettier
than London girls, nor brighter than
the girls of Copenhagen. They cannot
excel the Viennese girls in magnetism,
nor the Parisian girls in charm. They
are not kinder than the girth ef Am-
sterdam, nor more dainty than the
girls of Stockholm; yet they possess
something these other girls I know do
not have.
"What is it? 1'W'hat is that s;'btle
something that makes a -amen weak as
water and waren as wine in the pre..;-
ence of these laughing:, ebailiing, ew i-
peiling if Dublin City"?
"I1tetigirars'oe frank, but not auu ectad•,;
they are friendly. but not boli they
give the welcome glance, but never
the 'glad eye,' nut the same can 13:'
said of other girls who cannot dead
the bewitching Boxer cf the daughters
of Dublin.
"hist beaniy, not charm, net the
quick intefllgc+ice cf the Coliic mind,
not even the traditional clearn', of
heart and the whiteness of noel es -
plain the fascination. It is just wit.i•h-
ery--the witchery not or- the calrirnn.
but cf tete climate, the cliniato that
brings goblins from the mists and
fairies from the glades.
"Because the Irish believe in fair•
les, the fairieti believe in the Irish;
and the magic wand of the fairy queen
touches the Irish girl in her cradle.
And the Irish believe in fairies bc'•
cause nobody can live in this land of
mountains and bogs, of purple mixt:;
and soft warm rain, without peeping
into the Never -Never Land and whis-
pering to the little people who dwell be-
yond the edge of the moss.
"When you look into the rare blue
eyes of a Dublin girl you see tate deep
waters swirling tinder the cliffs 0f
Donegal; when you receive the smile
of a Dublin girl you glimpse the eine
light that gleams on the hills of An-
trim. When a Dublin girl frowne, you
shrink from the gloom of the Silent
valley at Mourne; and when the little
witch is capricious and teasing you
are tormented by all the mischief of
the leprechauns who gambol round the
Twelve Pins of Connemara.
'And when she is sad, this daughter
of the fairies, you sde the Mad:water
in shadow and hear the dripping ci
tears in the Vale of Avoca. When she
is angry! Ah, then you brave the At-
lantic storms threatening the" grins
coast of Galway; then you hear the
scream of the ram thrust from the
Kerry Hills; then you shrink from the
menace of the dark bogland of i.os-
common, that spare', net, nor knows
its power.
"And when she loves, this belle of
Dublin, she takes you into Fairyland.
She takes you by the hand and leads
you into the magic circle, where the
fairies dance in the moonlight, and
over you she throws her magic veil,
woven from the cobwebs stolen from
the brambles; and with the veil
around you, and the wonder of •Iter
eyes before you, and the magic of her
charm about you, you are her slave
till the Shannon runs dry and the
Lakes of Killarney are as the sands of
the desert,
"Such is the daughter of the King-
dom of Ireland, and her throne is in
17ubiin, where she lives • and loves and
makes merry. She is just a healthy,
laughing, cleandiving, clear -thinking
girl. Only when she speaks do you
hear the silver bells tinkling in the
fairy dance; only when she loves do
you know the wonder of the magic
circle made in the dew when the
fairies crept. from the edge of the
Moss and wove their spells in the
moonligh,"
Shooting Niagara in a
Barrel.
Mr. Charles George Stephens, a
fifty -six-year-old Bristol •hairdresser,
who earned some fame aa a parachut-
ist, is seeking new fields to conquer.
He intends to ,attempt to go over the
Niagara Fails in a barrel during the
next few months.
The barrel will be of special con-
struction, it will be sixty-two inches
long and thirty-two inches in diameter,
and i1 is to be reinforced with strong
steel hoops. The internal fittings will
include straps and padding, and spec-
ial breathing apparatus. -
The last attempt to shoot the Falls
in a barrel was made by Bobby Leach.
He was buffeted about for three hours,
and was unconscious when rescued,
Mr. 'Carlisle Gralham, an Englishman,
accomplished the feat on .two occa-
sion's, •
The kitchen sink ap needs an oc-
casional bath, Flush the sink with
at least a galion of hot water, Then ,
while the pipe is still warm, pour in
a Clip of kerosene, Let this stand fez
five minutes or longer and then flush
again with more hot water.
Buy Thrift Stamps,