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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1919-01-02, Page 3•a I.I'."#If Y„'..y..•n.I,...M,l .YAM'• A wpefrmlunvi ;wr•w T11E ETIQuE'rrE OF h CONFORMS TO STRICT RULES OF WAR AND -CUSTOM. Circumstances Which Attended thi Close of Some Noted Wars of Recent Times. A parlenientaire to arrange at sur- render or an armistice has to follow a certain etiquette which is laid down by the rules .of war as established 'at The Hague and by custom„ writes II. W: Wilson in the London Daily Mail. A parieinentaire eonsist.s of • an en- voy pr envoys from the enemy, pr9 pert? authorized, , scarryiug the white flag• and accompanied by a bugler or trumpeter to :call attention. The por- eons of the, parlementaire -are inviol- able, provid'e.d they do not commit treachery andV provided the commander to whoiq they -are sentis-willing to ret • . ceive them. Those who meet them . mut\take al.l steps to prevent thele oto- ' taiii'ing information, and -for that reason. it .is usual to blindfold them . when passing -through the lines. A King's .Mistake. • Either the commander _in chief, or a prominent general of the defea,ti army goes in person with the parle- mentaire. General. Gablenz, after the defeat of the Austrians -at Sadowae'in 1866, proceeded to the Prussian lines:. ' under the Rag of truce, and was thetas blindfolcled•that he might be condat- ed to King William. The King, _see- ing- see-ing- the bandage about his 'eyes, slip- I►es.eel,- �•that he was a wounded enemy otliceM; `arid spoke some words of sym- pathy o hiui •before •discovw ing the mistake. At Sedan, in 1870, after Captain von W1nterfeld and Colonel Bronsart von r� Schellendort ha.d summoned the#' French Army to surrender, a parle-- mentaire consisting of.General "Rettig came out under the white flag, • .and Reille handed Napoleon JII.'s ,letter of surrender to -the -K-ing of Prussia' on tfie'heights above Frenois. That same evening the French commander, Gen. Winii,ffen, came in .person to af•range the surrender. The terms were- so severe that ho refused at first to ac- cept them, and 'only after the threat of a bombardment did he give way. - - t raps/1 Epitaph of Many Ships. �I. OF Forw inter u�iis'aing” is a terrible wl ori, and F - yet it is the. sole epitaph of many a THE CR15 uEL Dap well -remembered ship. We all to em - bean the case of the Wuratah, which ' Days a' it INSTANCES OF SHIPS WHOSE FATES ARF, UNSOLX ) • Vessels Catalogued as "Miviing" and the History of Their Adventures Will Never Be Known. faded out of existence some years ago, leaving not a trace; but other equally fine ships have never been heard of again after sailing away "all swell.' The first big steamer to 'be reported missing was the President which sail - CAMP COFFEE IN LAPLAND THE ORIGINAL TANK Method of Serving Meet Among the- The Snail Preepptaa.Resesublessee „to: I,Modern Instrument of War. Inhabitants of Little Country. An American consular officer . in I-- The war tank uses for locomotion Scandinavia gives the recipe for mak- the principle of the so-called "Gat- ing coffee among the Lappa, when erpillar'4 J.ractor. But whet; one ex- theiP are so fortunate as to 1'fave it at afinnes the master it becomes appar- all. Ent that there is really -not much like. Dinner was eaten out of doors, and nesti between caterpillar and tank in ed away from New York as long ago i the one dish of the meal consisted of their mode of getting over ground. It as March, 1841, Perhaps it wars be- roast lemmings, little creatures some- is the snail that offers'a. real and ob- cause big steamers were then marvels thing between a guinea pig and a rat, viousr: semblance to the tank. Mov- in-the eyes of the people of both the end as -the .officer admits ,"exquisitely ing over the ground by a series of peculiar" as to thou flavor. wavelike undulations, it progresses in The party' squatted in a ring about a wa strongly suggestive of the peiri- the fire watching the roasts, all except paten fort, and with an equal dis- a wrinkled old woman, who as an ex- regard of obstacles of terrain. - have sailed away, well ship arrived which had started after pert was intent upon a more tedious T .The shell, cf coutse, may be re- rge of skilful officers, the: President, and still no tidings of ceremony. Out of a slcin knapsack j girded as correspronrding to the ar- hem has ever Aspen the missing ship carne to hand. she had taken a small skin hag. From' mored body of the tank. It is occu- wor'tl 'missing." On April 18th----unlur — daya let- this she extracted soma twelve green pied mainly . by the expanded lungs 'coffee beans -which she proceeded to of the snail, when the creature is But, there ter was received by one of the family roast one by one in a small iron spoon.. ' promenading! But when the snail re - When they were cooked to her treats into its shell, room for the • tante she bruised them to• coarse frag- 'mzinoetivre is -made by the collapse of ments between stones and put the re- j the lungs:, sult with • water into a' copper kettle, i which' had one lid .in the usual place -1. and another on. the end of the spout] 'rens!eur: • to keep out smoke: and feathery wood For 15 days in the month of January I was suffering with pain of rheumatism ash. in the foot. I tried all kinds of.remedies Then the whole mixture was boiled up together into a bubbling froth; of eoffee fragments and cctfie.e extract... She cleared it by an old trick which si known to campers all over the. world., This was to throw into the the a small splash of cold water the coffee -grounds were prompt- itated to the bottom. the -,cscur,, Lrown. into a blackened bowl nded it to the good' bowl in his• d ' in � a lea, mp Old and the Neve World that the whole The,, ocean is the home of mystery, public of America and Europe thought at re recalls many -strange happen- of nothing but the missing liner over ich have (Keened even in our a period of many weeks,Ship after s and ings whi Ship built, and in ch but not a trace of found -that ' fateful has been their epitaph. have been, ether ocean, myst no way connected with missing s Some years ago a ship was four with all sail set and all her gear in good condition, but without a'soul on was board. A fire was burning in the but, ala galleys; and an -untested meal-wa-s upon-� Siwe tha the table in -the cabin, and the..whole � President left of the"icars was sound and in good been many miss condition.' There was not the slight -1 story. of the old Am est sign of a struggle, and the log had_i been repeated again and Simple midi dress for the little g p y been written up peacefully and in a po`haps-"a" §haft triation school -girl. A suitable design for the combination of materials. McCall proper manner up to a short time of Some mysteries,; although neve P stern No.. 8654, Girl's Middy Dress. her discovery.- The ship was salved, tually solved; give us something but` no one every solved the mystery, which to found a theory.• • The ship 16 sizes, 4 to 14 years. Price, 20 and probably it' must for ever be writ- which sailed away with a cargo"of ten .off as.one;of .those strange prob- railway metals, matches . and . gun= leets Which defy 'even the Skill, of. -the .powder, and was .afterwards reported "missing," may -have sunk, but Sher- lock Holmes would' probably have thought otherwise. eries, in hips. d• of a passenger on tire President, say- ing that _the missing ship had been driven to Madeira with a damaged udder.'' 'Flags were hoi ,ed, and there joy on both sides of the Atlantic, s! it was a cruel hoax. t ill-starred day when .the New York there have ing ships, and the erican liner has -with again, �v in detail. r ac- on cents. Lord Roberts'' Greeting. After Appomattox, in 1865,. General Lee came in person to General Grant,, coinuianding the United States armies,. o to. arrange terms for the beaten Con- . federate' arn1y: ---,Grant-had mot ex- _._ --Petted _the surrender that day;. he was in' a• private's uniform, with ,only, his. shoulder badges to show his rank as the leader of the largest army which up to that date. had ever fought In war. Fie was not only a groat soldier but also a great gentleman; and he has told the world what his feelings were at that tremendous moment. "I felt (like anything lather than rejoicing _at • the downfall `of a foe who hair fought so long and valiantly and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one . of the worst for which a people ever fought." And with a characteristic tenderness for the conquered he engaged in conversation on other topics with Lee. At Paarcieberg,' in 1900, General �ronje made his surrender in person .to Lord Roberts, after his stubborsl and gallant resistance. In honor to the. /Wonted d_( wore for the first time since he opened his campaign his ceremonial sword, a heavy sword with a jewelled hilt, and received his•opponent with the words, "1 am glad to meet so brave a man." Like Lee, Cronje was in want of food, and the last hang which the British staff could produce was sacrificed in his Honor. Wide Awake School Idea: - Yellow Grass, Sask., educationalists aro , shortly too undertake a new co- operative, school farm, The, plan, dhich is now under way, is to pur- chase oneor two acres of land--im- snodiett.ly adjoining the present school grounds and cultivate it by raising, \•Pgetables of :111 kinds, which will be sold. Shares will bo sold to the pupils of the school or their parents -at ,$1 eeaeli, no one person being allowed to purchase more than two shares: . In families where there are two or more children. shares may be 'purchased for 'rac11 child. Parents may purchase - shares .ahead for children not yot -at- tending t- tending school. Girls' Clubs in New Brunswlcic. clubs in New Brunswick did rytepr ids work hi canning and pickling. A report is just to hand which shows that during the_fall over 200 active or- sanizations of.girls and women in the otovince were busy. These •employed ever •3,500 girls and reports make it -,laiey that between ,75,000 and 100,000 1tiarls of fotrrlstttfl's were preserved .hrough the work. It is .pointed out .hat this is by no means a complete for "if the full influence and :mprovt'nKnt on homes - through ,the trQ1 ince could he measured, It would ;how double that amount of work 1 iL(. 1 Orangeade should be Made with boiling water- and a little lemon pase To keep cheese from 'getting hard 4nd-linoul4ittr-cut and put in glees fruit Jar, air -tight. • ' -, To shake rugs, grasp them at the side. In. this way the fringe is pro steed and the ends do not ravolr • • The lines of this smart suit con- form with the winter modes. ' Fur trimming adds to the attractiveness nau icai 'Sherlock Holmes. Like a Thief in the Night. s On January 22nd, 1873, the emi grant ship Northfleet was run down and sunk, with' the loss. of two hun- dred and ninety-three _ lives, as she lay peacefully at .anchor off Dunge- ness. , Although many people on board TOMMY'S`MESS-TIN An Indispensable Ally Talks About Itself. I am a small tin can, with a lid the ill-fated ship saw the "long, black, a covetingmy. body, inside of which is straight -bowed steamer" which cut a foldi handle, which, .when with - down the clipper, the mystery has drawn, converts my lid into a minia never been fully solved to this day tore frying pan. Tommy a401 I have ke when ly nrecip Then isire steaming liquor, of birch root and ha man. her husband: After he had taken the fingers the 'wonz;an hunts thern knapsack and produced a,1 of beet -sugar. The host bit a frag ment from it and lodged it in his teeth and then he lifted the bowl to his lips and drank. u a more civilized man this would o. cou4•se been rudeness:; in a savage Suddenly out' of the darkness a big been together many years—in fact, we it was a simple act of courtesy: It.yras steamer came rushing at the emigrant e not grpals, but insepar- a pla•:i assurance that the bowl con - ship, and"struck _her fairly amidships, ablearcome anionsonly eat also. ' tuinc(1 no poison. Then he handed it in spite of the "warning cries and 1 On the march I am often hidden on for his guests to drink in turn, and whistles raised by the latter. .Like a within his valise, sometimes securely the Airerican says that he does no thief in the night the steamer backed, strapped on the top; and when he dons knowthat he ever tasted better coffee. turned, and- finally steamed off at full .fighting larder L am usually found , A:� L1T'iE speed, leaving the'unfortunate emi- suspended beneath the .haversack SPAN OF IIt'M ' grants' o go down with the rapidly- t aaaaacu uYvaaansa back. In camp ... ..- filling sailing. Whip. As the steamer hind the line I journey up on the hook The Human Machine is Built to Last backed the crew were seen to run at the book of his tunic; or, when he One Hundred Years. y - me In the last - half -century the life- -at name of . their craft, calling out a winging ride. in, hits hand. span of the average human being has sign to -at the same time somethitfg in a for- Officially, I am iii utensil in which been lengthened' by about twelve forward and.cover up the figurehead si affectionittel inclined hegives ngun., • th he is taught to produce a plain,.browtf -ears. But seven or eight of these They mystery of identity of e or an Irish stew, and to make the tea steamer which ran down the North- I , gained years are due to the lower fleet has never been solved, A Span- i'ful in ether ways. I- am frequently of Five. In ether words, babies are ish steamer was detained Lor some the means of cheering him with not dying anything like so fast as months' at Cadiz, on suspicion ofbay- steaming hot cocoa, cafe au lait, and• formerly. of h wih h ce is so fondB . ut am use - death rate ,betw.een birth and the age o Dungeness on the night (' t 1 to th end the matter - ` On the other hand, there has not of the design. McCall Pattern No.l ing been off- � sally good beef tea. 8662 Mss Coat Suit In4 in question, �u to e When h h' th d finely—as bl never will be) Misses' oa' ut . sizer, en esc fps a wood been (and presurna y 14 to 20 years. Price, 25 cents. These patterns may be'abbtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond Street, Toronto, Dept. W. • When making jam tarts mix the jam with a little hot water before ship, which approached her contrary putting it in the pastry. It tastes to all rules and usages of the sea, just as well and the jam goes far- struck her, backed off, and finally dis- ther. "It had snowed overnight. The fields were all sheeted up; they were tusked in among the snow, and their allpe°was modelled through the pliant counterpane, like children tucked' in by ea fond mother."—Robert Stevenson: - but nothing did me.any good. Oqe per- son -told- 'me_. about 111ETT; as soon as I tried it the Satur- day night, the next morning I was feel- ing eery fund.;._ I -tell yoll-tiffs,:rPmed'S''18 very good;- I could give yotf'a good cer- tificate any time that you would like to have one. If any time I come to hear abc.ut any person sick of rheumatism..I could tell -them about this remedy..._ Your:: truly. - ' ERLNES'1 LEVEILLE. 2-1.0 -Rue, Ontario East. 3ibtitreal: _ . Fab. 14, 2sos , Home ' Again. Ransacked and ruined are the war - swept lands . • Of Northern France—their fields a sodden 'mire, Cut by old .trenches; crumpled by long fire; Their homesteads pillaged - by rude, wa'iton ;lands, Or burnt to ashes at cold brutes' com- nianas; Their . little gardens trodden brown and bare, - Their orchards battered plundered where Nowa white horde of Wooden cross stands. An] yet, though only broken wreck- age -tells - own and es 441.4444. December. Dark -eyed December, you arei'here— Peculiar maid with brooding brow; Your •sullen voice brings me no cheer, _ . In dreary woodsyou wander now. Oh, that I had a• wild birds 'wings To lure me far 'fi:om'you the while; rot soar away where nature singe Or. some e'er fragrant laughing isle. I'd float mare and leave you, .maid ) Of -cloudy brow; -the hills of -green Where bright-eyed'summer long has stayed Would lure my footsteps to my queeri. Kinard's Liniment Cures Gargat in Cows, iEnvelope nightiieeS .ill keep baby warm at night. They'are made by attaching► a wide band all around .the hem of the ordinary nightgown. This is equipped with buttons and button- holes. That once these tortured towns held , loveliness, • Those that were driven" fromthen ne'er the less Come , back with gird rejoicing that dispels All but ;_he 'nope borne high through !' want and pain. ,, " .that we are And cry, "Thank - �cd , th • hotne again," , • MONEY ORDERS. Seed - a T1'olninidll Expre'r* Moni'y dropped, -and another mystery was i he usually does—I am est his service,' any lengthening of the extreme dura- eOrder. Five Dollars costs three cent -4... added to the long . roll over which evetf in daylight; and rarely am I the tion of life..The human machine -is Father Neptune keeps guard. cause of one "coming over," because Ibu'It Whist just' so long and no After Crc:sing the Bar. Before we leave the sulaject of col- ; am quickly heated and do not smoke. ( imaginable, e.:pedient can extend the ' "That's lion we do things in the lisions it should be mentioned that' In me he boils eggs; or if his stock,' limit •army:' said Tommy, pointing. to a there is a story of a sailing ship -which. combined with rations; runs to -eggs: . Scientific observation, however, (lees news -heading which -bore the words: was run down by another wind -driven Louis appeared—or, rather, drifted astern— ,potatees nicely cooked. Respectable that the human machine is built to friend. " "My lad, that's nothit;g to get and was seen no more. The remark- batter has, under adverse able part of the story is that not a conditions, ; last 100 years. If people 'ordinarily excited about—nothing at all. In that soul was seen on the strange ship, no been" made in my body, and the. pan do not live so long it is because of last little affair aloha the Belgian coast one answered the hail of the astonish- part of my anatomy has put the fin disease or other physical accident. we sank three German submarines in fishing touches to an eatable, though I Evidence in behalf of this. proposi- ,port." . ed crew of the first -fleeted craft, and, crude pancake. C tion is afforded by the fact that some and bacon or steak, then my lid ac- not place the normal spanof human "Five Hundred Germans Drowned in complishes the rest. . existence •at seventy years — the Champagne." "Got nothing to beat I have in my time turned out steak "threescore and ten" of the Psalmist. that in the navy, I'll bet." puddings, boiled rice, porridge, and All study of -the subject goes to prove ' ''Qh. haven't we?" retorted I.:s sailor as the colliding ship drifted off, no one Quite frequently amidst the roaring men and women do actually survive I[laasd' s Liniment Corm Diphtis•:rlah came forward to clear; away the of the stuns, and within a few yards 100 veers. But in cases where it he; - - wreckage. -4) •Starvin • Under Allied Flags Immediate Help- Needed to Relieve Starvation and - Suffering --Cannot Hold Germany Responsible NOW There is pressmg need for our help in $elgiun today,and there will be formanymonths to come. As our troops occupy the evacuated territory-, untold misery stares them in the face. Emaciated children, hollow- cheeked women, roofless homes, clothing sb worn it offers no protection front winter's terrors — miseries that cannot wait nut MUST be relieved at once to avert DEATH I Need you be reminded bow Belgium was the first to jump into the breach and so mike our Victorious Peace possible? Don't let it be' said WE tet Belgium starve. Let us cable over your offering to the mcthers and children of Brave Little Belgium AT ONCE! Make cheques payable and send con'ributions to R • (Registered under the War Charities Act) ,127 to•yot rLocal Committee, or be • of Fritz's front line, I have added s claimed -that a much greater longevity I An Old Mystery Solved potato chips to a doubtful piece of has been attained investigation proves' 'A commercial traveler, on leaving• a steak. • that there is either mistake or fraud.4-nertain hotel, said tb the' proprietdr: Tired, weary, and worn after hard Not long ago the United States , "Pardon me, but with what matgial nights, Tomrpy.has desired above census bureau made' a .special study.' do you stuff -the beds in your estab• everything a wash. Again- have I of this interesting problem, and the • lishntent?" •• come to the rescue. In shaving, the conclusion, it drew from an immense "Why," said the landlord, prnndly, exterior of my lid has frequently-beenmass of 'data ,was . that no - human "with the 17est straw to be found in the of invaluable service to him as a mir- l being had ever lived longer than 106' ,whole .country! ' ror. But my best times are spent ' years—which may be accepted as when we are at rest in a little cation.- I representing the utmost possible term inet, where the worries of war are of human life. tempersrily forgotten .. and everyone seems happy. -GROWING SUGAR UNDER PAPER Thereis no doubt of the fact that parrots live longer than that. So like- i -- •"~"' wise do elephants. Crocodile* and ml,nare's Ltntmiat Cares ,alligators may not 1* very lit-ely-while ' they are alive. ,hut they • grow very Novel Method Which Has Preyed slowiv, and it is beyond question that Successful in Hawaii. they live for centuries. •Indtsed, it is A new and very odd method of altogether possible -that a huge alli- griwcing sugar cane is proving highly gator killed in.a Louisiana -bayou to- morroc; may have been alive, a viRor- ous young' saurian, when Columbus dist•overed Atnerica. When we read of "Old Tom'Parr, "That," returned he traveler. is very interesting. I no • know whence the straw caino that broke the camel's back." Suc cessful in the Hawaiian Islands. When the cane is beginning to sprout, yard -wide strips of a ...heavy' kind of paper are laid lengthwise over. the rows of little plants and held in who is; alleged t hae (lied. a the age piece with cane -field trn•s:i. of 1n2; of the Countessvof Desmond. young cane. .gevitya we inny take it for granted In five or _six a•-ecks the wced-s.eede ond been smothered to death, but the Cane shoots have either forced their -way threligh or -t:fected themselves -sufficiently make little tent -like elevations. j.ahorers then pass along the rows and with lopg knives make slits in the sheetl.' permittino. .the :.,boats to come- through. i hitched whitt, but quickly turn greOn needless, because there are very, fete weeds. There is an increase of ten tons (abeut 28 per cent) in the yield • of can.e per a/ re. TTalf the labor ie saved Ana /11, rroductlon tit* ns-tort1 seear pet at . that there ig seme mistake.- Folks do lo any ..such age nowatioyft; did. ,10114.4.44r 4.44.44.401.44. • We Liniment Cures Colds Four indica hand in measur- diet. r while warm, then told the su-' lcalo • To tile dry ait: seund travels 1,442 fert rest -Tend.. in watt4r 4.500 feet. ail • tilrot.rh iron 171'40 feet Swe and allays paus. Heals Sores, Cam Bruises, Boot Chafes. It U a WE ANTISEPTIC ANN Does not blister er remove the herr am, horse cambe worked: Pleasant to use. 12. 50 a bottle. delivered. .Deseribe your case for special instructions and !look 5 R free. erned---enty rive drape siaelrod at aa starlsortiona. trial et.2S per borne at dealers at 4011waret _o W. F. YOUNG. F.. 5111410011$ Sik,liestreeistes, • POR SALE IV ELt. EQUIPPED NEWSPAP1�* and fob printing plant in Esster� .• Ontario. ' Insurance carried $1.s00. Will ern for $1.200 on vutek sale. Bots 6A SC'11•nn rauhllohlnre ese Lt,i Toronto. 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SCIATIC PA Give way before the pene. trating effects of Sloan's Linimeit So do those rheumati: twinges and the- loie-aehes of lumbago, the nerve. inflammation of neuritis, the wry neck,. the joint wreneh, tile ligament sprain, the muscle strain, and the throbbing The ease of opplying, the quiCkness ,s4 relief. the poitive results, the cleanlinezs, alid the 'economy of Sloan's Liniment make it universally Sloan's e rut Valls Pa • Kept Awake at Night Itching So Intense Healed by Cuticura "A nasty patch appeared on the eight side of my face. caused by shav- ing with a dull razor. 1 drew blood with my fingers, the itching was eo in. tense. The patch was red and irritated causing me to keep awake at night. tnent advertised I sent for a tree tam. ple. After using 1 noticed quite Ointment and two cakes of Cuticut* Soap, and did not finish the whole box of Cuticura Ointment whin I was bailed permanently." (Signed) Ewen MacDonald, Marion Bridge, N. 13.. SItber 30, 1917. uertincurs Soap and Ointment are not only rnost val:zable tor the treatment pimple* dandruff and irritated scalps, but their great mission is to prevent such conditions. Cuticura Soap used exclusively for -the -toilet, and Cuticura Ointment, as needed, keep thi skin and scalp clean. clear and healthy. For Free Sample Each by Mall ad- dress post -card: "Cuticura, Dept. A, Boston, U.S.A." Sold everysthere. ___tli,T,F(H'n l'_ i,t;nr or .115c.rr fc .0,,,,., , : 10,:.,,i.A,;:is .of.. cle.TIniii-,,Tit'Cil.tryll rr;hri_jr:Tgrl PIC(:en• i„queczed out of it Hotel bc1 Coronado Coronado Ceach, California Where the balmy ye:invigorating climate. makes pos-sible.the 'enjoyment -of outdoor sports through-, out the Winter months. • POLO. GOLF:, TENNIS', MOTORING, RAY AND SVIM