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Durham Review (1897), 19 Jul 1923, p. 6

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s *4 eg th When the glass in the oven door accidentally ge? broken a very satisâ€" factory tempotrary repair may be eff@cted by applying adhesive tape to each side of the break. Besides being of invaluable aid in the medicine chest or cabinet, adhesive tape may be used as first aid in inâ€" numerable cases of household emerâ€" geney. 1t may be made so useful that the housewife should never be withâ€" out it. After cementing broken glass or cthina it may be applied to the outâ€" side to hold the parts in place until they become thoroughly dry. When the glass in the oven door ash Here Is The Pump You Need Pamps more eas.ly, more silently and more efficiently t)"avt.h#w"é{?:s. mode} which it has definite model which it has definitely replaced Repairs easily made with ho-.n;‘ddfooh Can be drained to prevent freezing Easily primed. _ASW AB@OuT IT AT yOU® mARpWARE SToRE iJ Do the brides of I} W W} If the THE FINEST GREEN TEA a flavor beyond compare â€" JUST TRY IT. "CALADA" ons *? T}.ey i fad that _SMARTS T‘ANDEM MAKING THINGS STICK ise a break comes in your rubâ€" ves apply a patch of adbesive ) the underside of the cut or It may be used in the same c to mend kid gloves, using a dye or ink to stain the patch adhesive the bot UMMER RRIDE‘S KITCHEN FAD. i ripping seams with a knife or lade, wrap the blade with adâ€" tape to within an inch of the prevent injury to the fingers 1SSUE No. 23â€"23. produced in the world is grown on the mountain slopes of Ceylon and India. These rare teas, specially blended, give to rem mc Woman‘s Sphere PPUMP pouwBiE ACTING glass top of the percolator) suddenly leap from its proper! ind cleaves asunder upon the 1ay be mended with adhvsivel 1 another may be purchased. paring any hard fruit or! , protect the inside of the| LrIOU of your neighborhood : fads that change and is the new styles and y do in our section: very popular with GREEN TEA pieces of [ake from the stove and favar wirk TAilWay across, but I calculated that . At that I fairly roared. "If you try Take from the stove and flavor with m;]“,::;ina(lln(r‘i}éebl:atrotlxlsa{feul;‘;:gyu;fif to bribe me, you infernal little haberâ€" vanilla. Iside a month. It was a clear, cold, 4#%her, I‘ll have you off that horse To make carmel ice cream, pnt one blue day, and as one looked south one 4"G Chuck you in the river." quart of milk in a double boiler and saw ridge after ridge of snowy hills.‘, He no longer misunderstood me. He when hot add one tablespoontful of , The upper streets of the city were still };?;faa:ht:rt(:u“e and threaten, but I cut cornmstarch which has been moistered fairly whole, and there were shops MM ® with milk, yolks of four beaten eggs, Open where food could be got. I reâ€" ‘(l;om'e’ Ialoqg todt})e corr;lmdandant:, and «Balf or Joorp member hearing English spoken, and Y boy," I said, and I marched away, oneâ€"half cup of sugar. Seorch f ~ 3 tea his typewritten sheets as Â¥ seeing some Red Cross nurses in the tearng up his typ r one cup of maple molasses or oneâ€"half f a soldi ing I went and strewing them behind me o Is custody of Austrian soldiers coming & pound of maple sugar. Add a little from the railway station like a paper chase. + water to it, then add to the castard.! 1t would have done me a lot of. We had a fine old racket in the comâ€" When cool, add one pint of cream and‘ to have had a word with them. Mmandant‘s office. 1 said it was my 4reeze. iftthought of the gallant people whose business, as representing the Ggrman smm dfgrr o romg [capital this had been, how three times Government, to see the stuff delivered Brains Wanted. ‘they had flung the Austrians back t‘l” thi conmgge}e} "t?ol ?0’;:."""'"‘:‘1:1]3 The teach e s 5 ‘over the Danube, and then had only Shipâ€"shape and Bristolâ€"fashion. o one ;uni:ro: ru “y,.:,sy ?;‘(;g:r:::s ov:: b;er: beaten by the black treachery oÂ¥ him it w:sn’t my habi;{to pro;-:ec,i w}:th s se w l their soâ€"called ailies. Somehow that CoOked documents. He couldn‘t but last in order to see what the boy would Saon 4 with me, but there was that do, he said: morning in Belgrade gave both Peter 4£"C fental! with "his £ ‘ ve s j [and me a new purpose in our task. It Wrathful Oriental with his face as Texe‘s fwopence: go and ask ‘Dr was out Dusinees to put a spoke in the fixed as a Buddha. i <a,. ~â€"â€" io sive you twopence worth Of wheel of this monstrous bYoody Jug.!, "I am sorry, Rasta Bey, hf, said ; brains." |gernaut that was crushing out the "but this man is in the right. 4 The boy, comng back with a dull, disâ€" little heroic nations. | "I have authority from the Comâ€" The boy, comng back with a dull, disâ€" appointed look, said to the teacher: "The doctor wouldn‘t give me any brains. Will I go back and say they are for you?" The teacher was discouraged over one dunce of a boy in the class. At last in order to see what the boy would do, he said: "Here‘s twopence; go and ask Dr. â€"â€"â€" to give you twopence worth of Minard‘s Liniment for Coughs & Caids ICE CREAM SAUCE. !side the quays at Belgrade, and I took For. chocolute sauce to be served the opportunity of stretching my legs. ryduge 0 be serve |Peter had come ashore for a smoke, with ice cream, put one pound of light|and we wandered among the battered brown sugar into a saucepan with one riverside streets, and fooked at the quarter pint of milk, two ounces of broken arches of the great railway chocolate, grated, and one ounce of bridge which the Germans were workâ€" butter. Boil together until it forms iNE Aat like beavers. There was a big o EOe oo hoh puk in oold weater | Pioore ooo o M Snieciated that e , i ailway across, alcula a T::;,:mm the stove and flavor w"h\the main bridge would be ready inâ€" T C s {side a month. It was a clear, cold, o make carmel ice cream, pnt one blue day, and as one looked south one mME l seeltle bu 2 ogolke on en o C C) C T The very beauty and attractiveness of such a set as the one I have deâ€" scribed would be reason enough for any bride to choose it for the main part of her diningâ€"room furniture; but the small cost is an added virtue, and has an added appeal to most brides who prefer to start their marâ€" ried life, living in a frugal way, that it may be easier for the couple to "get a start."â€"N. Portrey. I think the most attractive ones I,and have seen are of a soft gray color. Far After the paint is applied, a thorâ€" °VC ough coating of enamel of the same | H color is put on. Then they are de-;?if,: corated with some design, usually 2 | beer conventional pattern, put on with haq enamel. If the furniture is ivory, had canary yellow and black may be usedIian. for the design; while there are no| "Ub colors that look so well on gray as|°f i some of the soft pastel shades. Old| W** blue may predominate. ll“?.d' |__4874. Blue and white dotted dimity is here shownâ€"bias bands of blue | organdy form the decoration. _ This would be pretty in yellow pongee with |the trimming in white or in green | organdy, with frills of white. The | sleeve may be short, or, in wrist | length, finished with a band cuff. Both the table and chairs are well rubbed with sandpaper, until every sign of the paint or varnish has been removed. They are then painted with three coats of paint. Some use ivory for this, while some prefer white, but All of the secondâ€"hand stores of our town have been ransacked in search of the oldâ€"fashioned diningâ€" room tables with dropâ€"leaves at the side, and for kitchen chairs of atâ€" tractive design. These are selected in as quaint a pattern as possible, and are of soft wood that has been painted, instead of varnished. ‘ only brides who are indulging in this fad, either. Many women who only have small families are investing a fow cents and a little time in these attractive accessories. them here at present is the enameled dropâ€"leaf diningâ€"tables. And it is not The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 1, 2, 4, and 5 years. A 4â€"year size requires °4 yards of 36â€"inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 10c in silver or starips. A NEAT AND SIMPLE FROCK FOR A LITTLE GIRL ’@7@ ’ Two mornings later we lay alongâ€" side the quays at Belgrade, and I took {the opportunity of stretching my legs. |Peter had come ashore for a smoke, |and we wandered among the battered We were just getting ready to cast mittee to receive the stores," he said off when a distinguished party arâ€" Sullenly. rived =+ ‘be quay. There were all *"Those are not my instructions," kinds ~f uniformsâ€"German, Austrian, Was the answer. "They are consigned and Enlejrisn, and amid them one to the Artillery commandant at stout gentleman in a fur coat and a, Chataldja, General von Oesterzee." black felt hat. They watched the| The man shrugged his shoulders. This discovery put me in higl: fetâ€" tle. I told myseff that, considering the difficulties, I had managed to find out a wonderful amount in a very few days. It only shows what a man can do with the slenderest evidence if he keeps chewing and chewing on it. . . . "Der _ grune mantel?" the man Went 6. ishouted up, and J cried, "Yes." But I said nothing, reflecting that the the words seemed to echo in my ears, Stuff was fo: the Turks and they naâ€" and long after he had given me the turall_y had to have some say in its garment I stood staring abstractedly h‘mdh,"g- The loading was practicalâ€" over the bulwarks. {ly finished when my gentleman reâ€" _ His tone had awakened a chord of turned. H.e handed me a neatly typed memory, or, to be accurate, they had "NCW 8et 0f wayâ€"bills. One glance at given emphasis to what before had them showed that some of the big been only blurred and vague. For he items had keen left out. had spoken the words which Stumm!_ "Here, this won‘t do," I cried. "Give had uttered behind his hand to Gaudâ€" M¢ back the right set. This thing‘s ian. I had heard something like "O £00d to me." _ | "Uhnmantl," and could make nothing‘ _ ,For answer he winked gently, smilâ€" of it. Now I was certain of those @4 like a dusky seraph, and held out words as of my*own existence. They| his hand. In it I saw a roll of money. hadâ€"been "Grune mantel." Grune manâ€"| "For yourself," he said. "It is the tel, whatever it might be, was the U8S4Al custom." ‘ name which Stumm had not meant me! _It was the first time any one had to hear, which was some talisman for °V@" tried to bribe me, and it made: the task I had proposed, and which W boil up like a geyser. I saw his was connected in some way with the K2m¢ Clearly enough. Turkey would, mysterious von Einem. |pay for the lot to Germany; probably| |_ "Ja, Cornelis. As soon as I heard of M® and he was agreeable. He would ‘the boats I saw where my chance lay, have to wait at Rustchuk to get his |But you might have knocked me over "¢turn cargo, and could easily inspan \with a straw when I saw you come 4 fresh engineer. on shore. That was good fortune,! , I worked about the hardest twentyâ€" \my friend . . . I have been thinking four hours of my life getting the much about the Germans, and I will Stuff ashore. The landing officer was tell you the truth. It is only boldness 8, Bulgarian, quite a competent man that can baffle them. They are a if he could have made the railways most diligent people. They will think E!ve him the trucks he needed. There of all likely difficulties, but not of all WAS &A Collection of hungry German possible ones. They have not much tr4DSsPort officers always putting in |imagination. They are like steam en. their oars, and being infernally insoâ€" \gines which must keep to prepared l¢Nt to everybody. I took the high |tracks. There they will hunt any And mighty line with them; and, as man down, but let him trek for open ! had the Bulgarian commandant on country and they will be at a loss, MY Side, after about two hours‘ blasâ€" Therefore boldness, my friend; for Phemy got them quieted. ever boldness. Remember as a nation! _ But the big trouble came the next they wear spectacles, which means MONing when I had got nearly all that they are always peering." ithv stuff aboard the trucks. |_Peter broke off to gloat over the‘, A Yyoung officer in what I took to \ wedges of geese and the strings of ¢ A, Turkish uniform rode up with wild swans that were always winging &n aideâ€"deâ€"camp. I noticed the Gerâ€" across those plains. His tale had buck. Mn guards saluting him, so I judged ed me up wonderfully. Our luck had h¢ was rather a swell. He came up held beyond all belief, and I had a to ms and asked me very civilly in kind of hope in the business now German for the wayâ€"bills. 1 gave which had been wanting before. That him them and he looked carefully afternoon, too, I got another fillip. |through them, marking certain items I came on deck for a breat: of air and found it pretty cold after the heat of the engine room. So I called to one of the deck hands to fetch me up my cloak from the cabinâ€"the same I had bought that first morning in the Greif village. "Was that when you resolved to get on one of the river boats?" m "It was a hard journey," he said meditatively. "It was not easy to get beyond the barbedâ€"wire entanglements which surrounded Neubergâ€"yes, even across the river. But in time I reachâ€" ed the woods and was safe, for I did not think any German could equal me in wild country. The best of them, even their foresters, are but babes in veldcraft compared with such as me. . . . My troubles ca'r'riâ€"ei(fl);{l_y__fi'-ar}i hunger and cold. Then I met a Perâ€" uvian smouse,* and sold him my I zzzzâ€"zâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" _ BY JOHN BUCHAN. _z â€"â€"â€"/ (Copyrighted Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.) CHAPTER IX.â€"(Cont‘d.) {barges upâ€"anchor, and before we beâ€" "You‘re an old Trojan, Peter," I gan to jerk into line I could hear their said; "but go on. How did you get conversation. The fur coat was talkâ€" to that landingâ€"stage where I found ing English. you?" i "I reckon that‘s pretty good noos, GREENMANTLE We had a fine old racket in the comâ€" mandant‘s office. 1 said it was my business, as representing the German Government, to see the stuff delivered to the consignee at Constantinople shipâ€"shape and Bristolâ€"fashion. I told | It was the first time any one had ‘ever tried to bribe me, and it made me boil up like a geyser. I saw his game clearly enough. Turkey would | pay for the lot to Germany; probably had already paid the bill; but she would pay double for the things not on the wayâ€"bills, and pay to this felâ€" low and his friends. This struck me as rather steep even for Oriental methods of doing business. * "I offer you efioug’h,’} Hé"éraiwd',_ca-éa'in stretching out his hand. He was a slim, foppish fellow, and he looked more puzzled than angry. "Now look here, sir," I said, "I don‘t stir from this place till I get the corâ€" rect wayâ€"bills, If you won‘t give me them, I will have every item out of the trucks and make a new list. But a correct list I have, or the stuff stays here till Doomsday." _ : For answer he winked gently, smilâ€" ed like a dusky seraph, and held out his hand. In it I saw a roll of money. "For yourself," he said. "It is the "Presently," he said, smiling, and went off. him them and he looked carefully through them, marking certain items with a blue pencil. Then he coolly handed them to his aideâ€"deâ€"camp and spoke to him in Turkish. "Look here, I want these back," I Ssaid. "I can‘t do without them, and we‘ve no time to waste." ‘me well and I reckoned I would stand by him. So I got his ship‘s papers and the manifests of cargo, and ‘undertook to see to the transhipment. it wasn‘t the first time I had tackled that kind of business, and 1 hadn‘t |much to learn about steam cranes. I told him I was going on to Constanâ€" tinople and would take Peter with ‘me, and he was agreeable. He would have to wait at Rustchuk to get his return cargo, and could easily inspan a fresh engineer. _ I worked about the hardest twentyâ€" four hours of my life getting the stuff ashore. The landing officer was a Bulgarian, quite a competent man if he could have made the railways give him the trucks he needed. There was a collection of hungry German transport officers always putting in their oars, and being infernally insoâ€" lent to everybody. I took the high and mighty line with them; and, as 1 had the Bulgarian commandant on my side, after about two hours‘ blasâ€" phemy got them quieted. We reached Rustchuk on January éo, but by no means landed on that ay. Something had gone wrong with the unloading arrangements, or more likely with tie railway behind them, and we were kept swinging all day well out in the turbid river. On the top of this Captain Schenk got an ague, and by that evening was a blue and shivering wreck. He had done They all laughed. "The privilege of that spectacle may soon be ours," was the reply. & "I reckon that‘s pretty good noos, General," it said; “ifthe English have run away from Gallypoly we can use these noo consignments for the bigger game. I guess it won‘t be long before we see the British lion moving out of Egypt with sore paws." ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO I A guest at a country hotel gave inâ€" | structions that he wished to be called Iearly. The next morning be was disâ€" | turbed by a loud tatoo upon the door. | __"Well?" he demanded, sharply. ‘ "I‘ve got a message for you, sit." |__Yawning until he strained his face, | the guest jumped out of bed and unâ€" locked the door,. The beliboy kanded ! him an envelope and went away quickâ€" | ly. The sun gives 8'00,000 times more light than the moon. The guest opened the envelope and took out a slip of paper bearing the words, "It‘s time to get up." Minard‘s Liniment ftor Corns and Warts When tartan‘d clans fierce battle fought, With buckler and claymore, Where Meirose shed her mystic light, Amidst the clash of war. We glory in Great Britain‘s fame, Brave sons and daughters fair; Her mighty strength, her vast renown, And her protecting care. Let us, "The Maple Leatf Forever," With loyal voices sing, In union with each patriot‘s song, "God Save Our Gracious King." â€"Robert Stark. In thought we fly to Flodden Field, Where Scotia‘s noblest fell, ‘Gainst serried ranks of the gallant South, As ancient records tell. We love those little rockâ€"bound isles _ Which nestle in the sea, We love her towers and buiwarks ‘ grand, Their glorious history. We love Old England‘s mossy dells, Proud Scotia‘s mountains hoar, Erin‘s sweet fields of "living green," Their minstrelsy and lore. Dear Avon‘s banks, where "free to roam," Sweet songs sang glorious "will"; "Ye banks and braes of Bonny Doon" Where "Rab‘s" ghost wonders still. Where "Irish Nora‘s eyes grow dim," Where Moore‘s sweet songs of love Diffuse their mystic brightness round, Like incense from above. The cities by "Old Father Thames," Whence wealth and culture flow; The "Silver Forth," "Dunedin‘s" towers, Their glamor and their glow. The purple hills of proud Argyle, Loch Katrine‘s rugged shore, ‘ Where Scott writ tales of love and many to this fellow who flouts the Committee." And he strode away like an impudent boy. â€" _ "Very well. I will have a word to say to General von Oesterzee, and hate, To charm us evermore. Canada‘s Love for Great batitmust be Keen‘s ... LIILY WHITE Breaking the News. (To be continued.) Put up lots of STRAWBERRIES Ls/éra' IS valuable _ in Ihe dief "Lily White" cuts down the cost of preservingâ€"keeps the fine natural color and fresh flavor of the berries â€"and prevents "sugaring". Did you know that gives more zest an 44 d B asaad P Eut also stimulates Because it aids as: nourishment to foc CornS§yrup Alaflgmarsâ€"h2,5.dn¢110$.lhg THE CANADA STARCH CO., LIMITED For all your F use half sugar “Lily White" Corn sympn: at mustard not only and flavor to meats, ates your digestion? assimilation it adds foods. Two lines of "The Charge of the Light Brigade," spoken by the late Lord Tennyson, are recorded on a phonograph record owned by a South African. & «&&& sr;eri)tfiloqugrlst- renderth? maximum of helpful service. silentâ€"but eloquentâ€" MATCHES ALWAYS, Ask For EDDY‘s MaTCHES EVERYWHERE IN 4 F\OHO in dutrwlvedtlhs.. 11 well, yes, she is, I think so too, And yet I don‘t be}'ievemdo you? That any wireless tune can beat Our blackbirq singing clear and sweet, Or thrushes, with their merry song About the garden all day long, Or, when it‘s dark, our Nightingaie Andâ€"talk about a hl.ry-(lh!-â€" I don‘t think Mr. Radio Has Mummic‘s voice, so dear and low, And though he‘s very smart and wize, He ‘t Mummic‘s * M-"u. nn:i: sparkling eyes! s mt o HG To fairy tales by Radioâ€" A gentleman she does not know Who speaks a bundred miles, "Oh! she‘s a lucky girl, you‘ll Well, yes. tha ts 1 u.‘ _ Auiiinds ult tsld s 4 4 "The little gir] across the way Turned up her nose at me toâ€"day, And all because her daddy‘s got A wireless set, and we bayve not ; And she can hear Dame Mclba s And concerts, and that sort of ; While, best of all (or so she sal She listons‘in, when she‘s in bed, To Hakey Hnkhen L. en c summer Day, and since muslin; or whether you Hit un inieMrrs. (ool, mer Eve i P0 in mrctit h css â€" Uc and unbeliever, ang g#0 unarmed with any of the timeâ€"honored charme, J warrant you will come away convinced Uhiek thome us .catle - plent for this {ree, There is a wonderful about this place, which tel of the Witch of the Row changed 1 rself into "an e It is solemunly stated that, this ‘elder bush on Mide and cut it, Stonchenge, the boary stones having been there for conturies. The Rowldrich country, with it: old folk tales and witch stories, is we!l worth a visit, and here within the circle, it is said, one may see fairies on Midsummer Eve, To make doubly sure, however, one should gather fern seed on the Eve of All Hallows and keep it against the Night of Saint John Baptist, for, with the fern seed tightly held in your left band, it is said you may walk invieâ€" ible. In North Oxfordshire, where village folk still belteve in wit ches, and where quaint tales are told of spelis and charms, lies a lonesome region indeed, and here, quite off the beaten track, is a perfect Druid Circl, a miniature the Eve of Saint John, and univ belief in the wonderful power o Wee Folk on this night, so that betide anyone who crosses them. In many parts of Spain there is a belief that ghosts are set froe on this one night of the year therefore it is dangerous to stir abroad. In Andalyâ€" "little folk" should do me harm, and in Sussex an old shepherd solemunly told me that on this night "spells were cast and the Pharisees were out." Pharisees in the Sussex name for fairy folk of t‘e hills. Indeci ,this belief in magic spells being loosed on this night seems pretty general, says an English writer. I have met with it in the Midlands, I have been warned in Cornwall not to stir out on Midsummer Eve lest the The Bretons say that crops will flourish and the harvest will be sucâ€" cessful when this is done. But they take care not to disturb the ashes unâ€" til at least an hour after cockcerow, for on Midsummer Eve the fairy folk are abroad, and who can say what will happen ? Magic Spelis in Sussex. Indeed, this belie? in magic spells tributes a bundle of firewood to the bonfire built on the Eve of Saint John is allowad one handful of the ashes rext day, and these are strewed about his garden or scattered over his field. In Provence the villagers assemble, each canrying some houschold utensil, which they beat, making as much noise as possible. A procession goes round the village, prayers being reâ€" cited at intervals for the success of the cross, for it is a general belief that upon this night depends the success of the vineyard, fruitâ€"orchard, and har vest. a strange sight will meet your e'y"u. for from every hillâ€"top a beacon light gleams and glows. These ane the Fires of Saint John, and in remote Finistere the event is spoken of as the Night of Fires. In France, Mideummer Eve is spoken of as the Eyc of the Nativity of Saint John Baptist, and in Brittany, if you chance to be out of doors.on this night, Ol.d L""P' f;T\lew. John‘s Wort, wh rd off all d.n‘cr' safely tucked in mmer â€" rose, ph er Day, and sinc ; or whether yo .0 T""CC 07081 ~ ~~~G. G." in the Morning Posg re is a wonderful old legend this place, which tells the story Witch of the Rowldrich who Can‘t You See Them? ‘emn‘ly stated thhat, if you find der bush on Midsummer Eve t it, the sap will run out as Again and again have I hunted is still mer Iger, or whether you »d in your bosom a â€" plucked last Midâ€" " you go as a scepâ€" , and go unarmed magic on Midsumâ€" T so she said), she‘s in bed, ‘an eldern tree." ower of the so that woe away in , away! sing, thing, z5 Servant or masl The #owner" is frr vant, later the c0 There is a certain i But the vast bulk o the possession of a the latter state. F. meant to be used f of mankind; they primarily and esser to wait on and dry I have lived th phases of motor a you and the othe glaved, hand and ! mechanism that 1 :« sith cyes and hea hose of any potb burnou Inal, 3 ed on me, faithfully, itself the 2 When firs is delivered like the mo Those maks to get a gl mighty alls able, yet ol uscates like varnish on rays of =sur guperfluous outht is s with emot! out. They are improe: that is the What any « Ing to h and pai have be that w mistal the t to banged {+ go out in stay at i tichets to. an inters B han-!. was c got YoUr sSHINY NEW | M iss echem» M s you 1 ‘hal I‘w e of any ade deity tY W 1O« ristine ma ar wh or mastet t1 "O #*T 12% Py a M M sATUs

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