HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1917-02-01, Page 3An Editor Talks
hinaistera eed moral teaching
inhittineeu fla Well as the poor -winners
they mat% to andtat The beet little
f3tory with o gold -pointed moral that
we iitatro read for tionie time is feu
religious weekly—The Sunday
School Wines of Philadelphia; Va., en-
titled "Mending' Troueers." One of.
the reedere of The Times sent this
story for me In the " di/Mistral=
Round Toble"—a dePartment of that
popular Sunday Schoot paper con-
ducted; by its own, roders—and
among th bright Vilna wen - this
• elelendid(pieee ef humor: "Two pas;
tors' wives were visiting together.
One said:hli,cletn't know what we will
•doe -tray husband is so diseouraged.
• Somehow hie people do not care to
her himpreach, and our salary is fan
behind. lily husband feels so blue that
• he does riot like to visit •the neople
• and pray witlethera, and SO he 'sits
' around at home nearly alt the ifnae.'
The other sintee said: 'We are getting
along fine. 'My husband speeds much
of 'hia time visiting, and the people
• like to have him•)cneel and pray :with
them in their homee. Olelt eontlre'gee.
•tiona ere ativaye odd, and our ealary,
• is•paid up promptly,' While the two
sisterswore talking they were mend-
ing trousers, ,One was her
• husband's trousers at the seek the
other wail Mending her huaband's
trousers at the knees."
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Do ordinary people '.have •right'
senee of their responsibility? Gain -
Ink A One sense of our own, responsi-
bility In the world is to learn the art
vidual Otte would be given eoedial
and eitger welcome once yen, have
opened your eyes to seek to find out
aothething of the world% needs. Be-
gin on any poor person who touches
your life—tbere are such Persons in
every conummity—and find pit evhY
they are as the are and how you eall
help to impreve their conditions. If
YOU are posseseed of more wens than
your own future requires you max find
a boy who is not getting the chance
he deserves, perhaps he it not getting
the efitleatheirlie stead leenathin -et
fenally conditiothi or other reasons.
There ie the malting of a useful, per-
haps, a great Irian in that lad. What
ea*you do to aseist, him to rise above
the 'ordinary lerrant, In these:times
of stress and strain,unless your ent
virenment differs idely, from any
tee knew, You could find a 'Mildred
ways that are now waiting to initfate
yeti into the zest of full Being. Ts 'it
necessary for tie to explain any more
fully what' we main? )39 You it
cOmprehend at what •we are driyitig?
Believe us, life is not neceSsaiity • to
thtile-whe live. in nities And timid or
in fine 'homers, but to ever man and
woinan in this ,gfeat wide world.
Every perien who is better off than
others, no matter how their conditions
may be, can do something for those
lower down. or lees fertnnate.
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• What a numher o publiCations ar
coeducting` pige food. department
now, and the food bore greets- you
everywhere, Whether in houee: o a
friend or hotel you find a outtiat, a
9f real living, right living, true live fruitarlare vegetarian, or some other
Ing, reit° for the busiest Of tie -can. form of virtuous sentimentalist. Mak,
be Nil of color, of zest, of "things ing a fetish of his stomach is the re-
t.' worth while happeoingo of interesting ligion of a vast multitude,. Food fad
situations, .efeexciting crises if only dists are certainly increasing. Pos.
we, develop and .get into proper bar- sibly the high cost of living may ac7.
nesse of right' sense .of personal re- count fdr the revived of food discUs-
sporiaibillty, If we can only se it-- sion, The dothiiiant note of these
and we'can see if we have the desire . food Specialists or gastrophileeis that
and fry hard enough—the whole they are forever thinking about their
world Ln just outside our door wait- weight, appetite,girth, sleep and
Ing for us to grow up to it—and, what other uninteresting details of their
Is mote, ' needing , and wenting us, existence. They becoine in a large
beckoning us. . Talking to a ;Sunday sense, dead to the "della of their fel-
Schoch worker recently, she saidthe lows becausethey can think of little
school in which she worked .needed: save intereal details coneerning them
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badly a. leader—asuperintendent, and selves. Gastromania Is a form of
although It is the recruiting field for ego -mania. and scientiets, or one of
e 'large church, no man in that great 'them, nye* egotist -A is a mild form 'of
church. felt the personal respensibility'''"clegeneracy. • Somepeopleare known
strong enough to effet.•,ihis eerviees, to boast that they do not recall the
so for it long time that important of- taste of a ham sandwich' as theugb
fi.ce Wont aehegging foe a man to fill absolution from ham were a conapicu,
it . The tante Derain said that it was ous -virtue. - . -
a conshint etheree of anxiety ' to the I ••• *. 41 • 41
leader e to get enough persona to as- We are told, and 'We have no cense
'sum theresponsibility of teachers sin 'for refuting it that vegetarians are
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that Sunday -School. The :halne„ condi- increasing. Well, just now tiegetables
floe in often found u1 towns ' where are the cheapest feed .availableand.
men are not willing te..fineurne the re- as moat vegetables containmuch iron
•eponalliility of certain oftea to which :and our blood is improved by absoile•
rufsallary is attached,•but in which ing iron, the abstention from meats,
;the. penuparit is exPecteel to work for 'pastries, and highly eggeened edible!
. tine general good of the'eaniintinity oz and tea may • work a revolution in
"410.y, some, it May be, unfortunate dale health. A. vegetarian! boasted recently
bfehinnanity. • • • • . 7. of having buried all: his flesheating
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brothers and sisters; while he is hale
• Weehave heard men illy that theY end• hearty,: Active and. Clear brained
we itIct their family, their home, and ..at eighty. . Did this rthought ever
their 'own. business to give their time, strilce the reader—Have you • ever
' thonglet; and energy to them. They known a vegetarian, •a real veteran
see no obligation. to, society outside of 'who had ever achieved greatness by
e ,What a very hairojer -world this -Works? They have not, so fit as
e • :• fey 'than to fence himself into! We we have known them; been men • who a
. take the groPnd that according t to a •do things worth while. Why live to
man'i ability conies his responsibility. ninety unless you can make your life t
Opr conditians and fitnesa to do tell or count for something worth
•• things differ, of, course, but there are While?. The "doers" in the world in !
.eintiei,and responsibilities for :every- , past ages have been meat eaters. -We
: 011e .of us•outaide of otfie homes. Life,: should like to sae a' list cOmpilid' '13f
•• is briinming averewith thinge to; be vegetarians who have accomplished.
- eeperformenextridt they -a-rr-fiklfrtitiRiffeali*ttiing'xteellY•big and epoch-making e
the corner, as it were, Waiting for in the world. We 'do notregard meet -
you to mount your sense of, reepen- eating: necessary just same, . and
sibility and- ride around ' there after if one is to telieve the advertisements
---ethentenEveeyonanehae around him a An -the -papers -there grentointranibeitt
' community, a yillago, town, "country; tutee for flesh ra the grocery stores. "
province or a nation, acaorcling to his * .* * a
ablity to dei end most Of be in his • ' t
Dr. Frederick Lynch in an , 'artier° s
own' :where of life a ,goodiy nunter, entitled' "The Predatory Instinct" in each
no the sexed more or less, of Indio du- Cheistian Work; tells us that our Elis-
e/1.N'. -al humane hungry for all the graces
; ;of lifit and such helpful services as
come within eur power to, render, so
that if is only a question of realizing
, our responsibility. for. helping. to vi-
talize;them.: by .giving peer last atom
•• of windom .or sanity, oz . time,, or
• laughter when life will, be in one's
are:minuet the vistas; all •the rich Vitt days mitiene stole they; could * lay
tas th etE are familiar to the kings Or.'•hands upqn. • Students of ancient his -
earth will be opened up to Yon• tory Very well know that the history
--Thereforei'do all the good YOU cab, in of Greece and Rome is naostln the his-
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the WaY4 _17.011 ,ean
tie policy that must be met and an.
each of us at the beginning of this EXPERT WRITES OF
swered. believe that it behooves
ntrif neae iano :noun ot
nuelcoa strict appraisal of his motor
to ecrutinize closely his opinione —
short; to make an impartial examin
tion of what he is. getting frern t
worlde of what he demands from t
world and of what be is giving and
willing to give the world in retur
• (This is grand adniee to every marl
Us in Canada, too—Editor.) $it
President Ribbon: Our. 'peril, is t
peril of prosperity. The man wit
out a country is not the exile, the ou
eeettethe _Arnitore....bitt. the,. ithontw.
lives fa emug respectability and co
to
es,
a -
he
he
is
of
ye,
be
t- . • Excellence.
ho, enline-ofettieethingfelicheahrf4
no .knew before the• war and which t
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en
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INTERESiING SKETCH Or THE
HISTORY Oft MODERN GUNS;
.1=3PMF,A1
ROW the Various Models in Present
Use Vary in Pointe of
tentMent --.self-content, .'with .
thought of his country's needs a
no- concern for the heatization of h
manifest obligations. It is not the f
without but the enervating in/belie
within that cause e nation to pick
and' die—all history teaches us, titi
lesson. Too paany'of,wisluive on a
rides Comforts and pleasures whi
make in consider duitelves alon
TOO Many of us are completely self,
centred, thlnking only of the things
yjdunls. e , • • .
that and Profit
DREAMS.
That time in its flight can neved de,
Brigh,tsodtfrrojeyoyaM; the past leave relics
Like a vial Attar of, X0SeS contents ,
Though shattered to fragments, the
perfume remains.. .
Kingdoamritsrm"ny f19„uri,s..11 in brightest
• •And vanish again e'er the light of the
• • day, e
.No rule can be Made, no bound._ can
' beset—
Dreams ha-venni:limit, in any respect
Then let our dreams, in. the stillnesa
ofnigh, • • •
Fly swift to•the 'realms of endless de• -
light; • •' •
Let the pain and. the care each -day
brings , to view, .
Be cancetled in sleep, when visions
• • • 'come:true. •'
•
Sweet dreains of the past --some never
• - fulfilled- —
Yet sweet as the breath of roses; dis-
tilled,
With faith,. hope and trust, then look
to thelight; • . • ' •
And dream golden 'dream's in the dark.-
, nig of night' • ' •
•n'e,•TALLIG, Vanceniver, C.
REPAIRING RAVAGED PRANCE.
:First ifeetativeiSteps in Scheme to
' Restore Beautiful Provinces.'
,
Ere* the days of the Battle of the.
Marne,..wheo. cleartsegiug Frenchmen,
first'began to realize that it was only
nriiiittereefettme when the: enemy
would be forced to, relinquish air he
bad taken, France ceinmeneed tO.pOne
der the rebuilding probleme • .'"
In The World's Woric".for ;arivary
Mr. Levis Re•Freerium has been given'
permissien by the French Government
o publish for.the flriat time the official
records of devestation. For consider-
bly ever a' year,. with every ounce of
ffort mobilized t�,.the task of . hold -
ng the enetny whete he was, it was:
mpossible to do more than', ponder
nd. plan; but with the stemming of
he initial 'German onslaughts•at Ver -
un, in the early spring of 1916,. the
.me .was dee/lied ripe for °taking the
ear -tentative -steps in a comprelinif-
Ivo' Salerno of reconstruction that
ill .eventnelly_restore to those brave
nd beautiful 'previrices of • Northern
raricee-m-tich•ethate-the-war
hem, nor rebuild these glorious spires
nd towers, 'enshrined.eternally in the
raditiOns• Of -Franee, .111stery speaks
till from 'evert' gaping Wall, and from
shatteredepillar; the Only state -
that tliese rebuilt monuments' san
tell is the unspeakable' tale of _Phis,
sian outrage, •
In the earee co61, .methodieal d
painstaking wity in ivhich she has eieve
ed the way for her. vietorY wan
Fre* began paving the way for her
victory, in'peace. The first thing to
indeeci;Inlinostetha only -thing that,
can be done until the war is iiver -•L
Was, as fee .as• nessible, to lake stock
of the 'damage doee. coninctisaioie
--SP-rethei!...eeePIJAPAtIeelvAlliftt'Eeell.*
nie- 77;
The , dePartinents in which destrue;
on had taken place .were the follov
Inge,. Nord, • Pas-derdaleis, Sonarne„
°fee; Seinelet-Marne, Aube; Meuice
Meertheet-Mieelle and Vose,.: .1
t,• At .the very outset it *al eviilent
that no statistics could be collected
ncerning (1) The communes etill
cupied by the enemy, and ft ) the
niniunes which, • thenigh on ethe
tend)] -side offrthe Front were still so
posed to fire that.they. •;bad been
eeuated by the.inhabitiets an'n nee
vil administration was in -force in
tent .ancestors lived largely by Steqe
ing; that stealing. was the , eccepted
and universal law of human relatithi-
ships and indeed, one of the cardinal
virtues! The man who could steal the
most was the great man, the hero
who generally became the chief of the
iiibe or head 6f the nation.' In those
ne yen cane andevo-oneke tifee.'oentiengled
. song of gladness for those around Us.
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pireafa lethe other nations in the
world. They stole everything within
the nations, tee --works Of art, Carried
opportunity _ brings responibihty 1tiff all the benntifiil women for wives
but it may be in a thousand Mail • and the strong men for slaves. They
, d ways rattler . than in , some .great un- t'‘vect largely, too, by stealing • from
dtertelciog.' The 'working man has not. each other. Each baron wont out be
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the ability to perform such aetions or ' times to steal all he could' from his
, give faich 4naneml help as his mil- neighbors They stole each . other's
'imam, employer, but he can do little ado% wives and land. Many of the
acts of charity. Reader, if you • have grent estates of England, we are told
nevertfolt yourperecthal obligatidn ift were originally, built up by theft
' ea seeieeef senile actsof kindness, try .Even highwey robbery was. eng4ed
" it,'Yon 'Oh cannot imagine ' what a In by geritfemen when they got hard
richhoes' of 'experience and stimulation up. History reveals to 20th century
- such actions will bring to you. its we youth many startling truths .of the
,
toed of, lives our aneestors lived. '
o. e. .4,
have.said you, can find numberless on-
. port -unities if you seek them' for such
„good offices afryOU can easily perfertn
e-thett May be very little ways, but
• This predatory instinct, as a tint-
flowed on pack eaddlee or in carts.
At the front it is earried by soldiers,
The barrel of the German nun is
=rounded bY] a metal eiceve med
with water for meting purposes; but
when the gun becomes nap the water,
'begins to boil, eteam eseapes end the
aith of the gunner IS obsctirpcd. The'
steem also betrays 'the presence of the
gun, and Capt. Carre says that en
many occasions the Germans have'
sought to draw Way, enemy fire by
generating- dean -1 by moans of damp
grass to mutate the helium machine
gun. The Getman gun earl .Are 400
shots a minute, • It can be carried
eithee on a raan's back, orhy cart or
he atiteMaireo „It let notetweetanneey
Allies did- net know WAS the part.th
machine .gtuts would play in the ,stru
gle• Therefore ..the eaermans h
twenty 'times .as many -machine gu
on the front' as their enemies, .and, t
nuiehine Rune did More for tneir ear
euccessee than- the • famous bowitze
which battered down the Belgianfoir
inehe ,earin days • of their ' • *ate
Fortunately, mitchine •guns were ea
.ily model. the Allies teamed, .the 'le
porn andnoware supposed to ha
Os .thaine:machihe•gunte: it not 'mot
than. permimy.- perhaps the. brave.
*eh the German army' are. tbe,,M
thine., gunners, Whether- leading a
advanee or defending a retreat th
at horses or routes, Capt. Cerro eeyEr
that in the German llfereedes autoai -
moones Manufactured in time of
Peaee there wee certain nuts •ftzed in
ns
ee the eliasis, the purpose of whiele riot
body could explain. • It has been
let
re learned since that the, cars were con-
structed so thtittltey migbt be f,itted•
with Maxim guns - "
ee; . 14-0* tlie:Iltillete Ply.
s- It is probable that of All the various
Ve models of machine inn now' being
e, used at the front ane doehnot stand
st out. One excels in oncepoint; one in
a- another. For instance, the cooling •a
n *het of the German On, as said, beef and some hogs may be trian-Lhowever, there were some fairly good ,
ey discloses its presence when the gine I ties for economy in the home cone wheat that was sown either ,before or
aged, and there are great opportuni- showers in most localities, and the
irA
How Verniers May Save. I tie a congumers will eventually ree
tbe rent eaved, by
The nalite of %oil uasheelofftnehel, fattnillsol to%ults jtstdeir,:adgifestaad, ..hig a 7.'4t'at' '
41. the farmer
house
are ntateere eoneeteked ley many, 17ho dog not control diseases 'in the
ifrairmtiliarr efarrgmwibyooyiltehiedeiraginl, samnatillsoprnaoe. i bpfieoetraidedt:wels.ilAtta.z:vemiettearlIon:034:140inr, dela:viet akr:Cli :
At when .the_figurea-mode,:eliOw-tliem: °'"d JP°tat6eq' when bc41944111-"r4 —
, ,sw itnm: twabh: leidt va411: the BI:aitiil let! lyseg theediwri°eelPisl lui:pir)tt:Imy614a zoilf peePrexo da °40Pneu7itin:s i 16d r 26 Is s e (I- t 6: :114e°aP;11:::::Orda 1:47Chenlii; .
!the Department of . Agriculture will
he the eurounding ceuntry are only' bring by rennet mail all tile required .
'obtainable at a price that is a heavyj'infthanaltiell relating to the growing
drag on the pocket , of the cons,unieril
yet farmers are in a position to escape . '
of crepe of potatoes free from dieease.
much of this great expense if theyl Presper°us. :Year A.44(I''
only, take advantage of their epportunint "'Present conditions Sheeld be pro- "
ties by means of good housekeeping, I tubing for drop production next year," •
added to atlittle work on the part of ; saye Prof. C. A. Ziwitz. "It is true
the fantail. linaiself, . ' - !the, land. in rannY Parts of Ontario
Time is not so precious on thelarm, was very dry early In September.. '
in Witter but that borne butchering of i Along "bout the middle of the. month, *
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are a veritable forlorn hope, and tim
and time again iestances hays bee
reported of German machine gunne
refusing to surrender even thbug
they saw certain death awaiting thenit
They are as savage as they ere des-
perate, and have been- known again
and again to turn their fire on their
own wounded, and also to sweep With
miirderous blasts those of their comt
rades who held their hand t up shout-
ing "Icamarad.'t ' '
0. gets.hot. One fires faster than an -
n other, but after a -certain point this
rs expert says, nothing is gained ley ex -
h treme speed, since there is earely
ification for firing for more than a
minute at one target. Theoretically
a weapon on a fixed support abotild
Bend all its shots along the same path.
In practice this is not so, becnuee of
the concussions . of the gun. Each
bullet *takes its own curve, and. the
.ensemble Makes a sheaf, closely packe
• ed but'verY- narrow, which is properly
compared, to the stream of water die -
charged from a hose. In theenowing
fire, which is the normal fire; ea cer-
tain number a sheaves juxtaposed
along the whole front of the objec-
tive, From this it results that at the
point at which they strike the earth,
the density of • bullets is terrible, . and
an extraordinary effeect of destruntion
an unsheltered menhis produced.'
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The Early Mitrailleeses.
In La Revue des Deux Morides, Cap-
tain Henri Caere, of the French army,
hed written en article upon' German
and; French machine 'ens,' which is
translated in Current. Ilistory: He
,points out that, the , •mitrailleuee,
which is the common name of the ma-
chine. gun in,France, is rbally a mis-
bother, because the ,wce'd designates
gram slid, by Which was Meant the
:scraps of iron with which galleon were.
formerly charged. The first weapon
with .several barrels-44-nd it
from a Multinierreled 'Weapon that
the machine gune was evolved—' -wad
thought of in 'the fourteenth century,
and was made by, the simPle ekpecli-
eat of fastening several lightguns to-
•gether parallel to each other.. It. wee
not until. the nineteenth century,
however, that • atet marked pregree
Was made along this line, anti then b
e Belgian, •who devised a Weapon-, o
fifty barrels; each about the size of
rifle barrel; .assembled :paten -el to eac
other in a prismatic bundle. This gm
could fire one. hundred bullets
minute, and its range Was about
mile and a quarter. • • -
maxini "the Real Inventor
The next step was the itiveption of
the Gatling gun, with -elk or ten ber,
rels, a° &auk turned 14 • hand provid-
ing the motive power, and another
development Wae the lb -called "bullet
cannon" of France, a bundle- of 25:
barrels , containing ' twenty-five cat -
LIFE'S' LONG •JOIRI.NEY:
fre Seventy Years One; Trayeis
• . • •
•Amaeing Distance. .
, • .
• ,
There men. in London at present
who has traveeed. froth Vancouver to
London -51 ehnes. As it istiepwards of
10,900.miles there d back, this man if
s. •
has t • ve d•over If a million oiliest°
y 4p this w y, o he niopn and back
e and then reenchtne *elide:gyp London
Tit :Bits- .
•
Bu i tnongirthis seems e big feat Me -
i one lifetime, there is a retired com-
mander of the Cunaey Line who: has
e creased the. Atlantic erre fewer than
- 550 •thifes, ma-kitig 1,876,00.0 or
fotir times to7the:moon and back! : Or,
to put it another way, 78 times toned a
the World it the.equatoil q
Yet these yecords,,wonderful though P
they seeni; sink into. insignificance 0
when compared -with the journeys
human being on the globe takes in theitr
'spetrif threescore-yeed, and ten.
The globe travels around the sun t
once a year, a journey.roughly of 540,-
000,000 miles—as the :Crow flies! T9
this yearly jonrney add the daily jour,
ney on the hpinaing,.glohe of 24,000
multiplied by 865, n total cif 8,760,000.
and we get thee stupendous but
ti -
doubted journey per. annum of .458,-
760;000 Miles, ,be'as mann miles as
there are sovereigns in Our present"
War exPenditure every' hundred dense
• When this is multiplied by the years
of life—say, 7,0—we .get the eniazing
• mileage- of -38,413;200,00d; oteoyee-200
tithes•to the eurened back!.
der the old Man of 70 sometimes feels
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sumption of poultry raieed on the after these rains canur very
• fo.rm. The advice, so frequently given, and in most instances made a satis-
to keep .a really useful garden on factory growth, before the winter set '
every farm, should be followed in in. In some localities the Tamil ..kezit
these days, and the proper stocking off so long that g snialler aniount of
of the farm. „cellar With the best of winter wheat was sowethan 'there
potatoes, vegetables and roots should would have been had the rain appeared
,be well, attended to. An account qf earlier.. From *what I' sew -through
the saving made by these practices, the Province in the latter part of the
stiould'bekept, and credit .given to the autumn the land seemed to be in yery
finaeranin's of the use of fuel produce mf If the anew fall is normal there seems
The. opportunity to save money by the plowing seemed to be well ahead..
the farm, is rapidly disappearing in to be no rel.,. reason' why the land
the elder district, yet many &Brides should not be, in very good Condition
in this direction are let slip with ' indeed for spring work.
!resulting loss in two directions. ' "Farina= ought to be exceedingly .
often are unremunerative Orchards careful he make the very most of their
allowed to encuniber good land breed- home-grown seed, to thoroughly clean •
Ing disease that is carried to more their crop this winter, and to have
Premising fruit pla-ntatiens, when ce'y it ready for early needing. in the-
a tittle labor th,e tree could be turned spring. I have great faith in thoze
into'fuel that would take the place of onghlY cleaning home-grown seed of
the coal' which is being purchased at the best varieties than run the risk •
a high price.. This work would .thie of imported seed which is likely to -
Weeny be done during the Winter, be, of mined verietiee. Owing to the,
when other fain operations are not great shortage this year, there is al -
pressing.. • • most sure- to be ee good demand or
the matter of seeing of house rent farm crops re. 1917"
is one that Should give the farmer „ •
;great caw* of thankfulness in these'
times of high values of urban realen!E YARN OF . :TOOTHPICK.-".
estate, as he would quickly realize if
, • good condition, and, in most places,
orced to maintein. himself and family Captains of Freighted Often En-
ri double his 'present cash income " counter Submarines::
were he eerneved to the hjny„ • n'Thh imbilizettien ..oe eile teneeee sup. ,
It .owas found; by- meatia of a -.sur- '
witlelrseparated sections in 14 states, plees of the Allies to erect the great
vey :of 1,000 families representing
conducted by the UniteiStaiew Agri: hut cities in Great Britain' and in
cultural• Department that the average France is the subject of this month's
annual .value of eneate consumed...titer instalment in TheeWorld's Work • of. ;
s . ;ffas. it.ljewarirttlincelesol!!!;H. FrowesdnerriitcaktilAw: Ttnialchteoty„
family (other' than poultry
er family was equal' to 2,64q quartsi
$55 ilif wit-t."--ffera-vieldiri.Eill idititirh6W-' 7'
timber business, about the • appoint-
VS/7,25r of poultry peoducts
uhritity Of dairy producti consumed'
The!, the British Government went into the _ _ .
nd of dairy products, $9S.86.
The total value.. of food, consuMediessisttnee rendered to the War Office
ment of 'Mr. Meyer and the efficient
1 milk. . • -
he relative. value of .raeat , coniumed' I by.
Mr Talbot enlivens his chronicle '
the Board of Works. •
as found' to yarydireetly. with the
tecrea' see, the to
per family amount of meet eon, Ae_iy!dth manY amusing aneedotee: ' Be •
eat value food con- saSea- the captains Whicnbting timber ,
enthed•.per family increases. „, ., in freighters to this • country can tare • .
Families living on their own farms tate many a stirring tale of struggles -
rived, directly from the farm than of a of need :°"'ith the eneray.
call. the , as.. Toothpick, although •
Lloyd's register- willeoffer to coefirm--
eportnd higher consumptioze ' .
r
nd a term percentage -.of food de- i,e; One of these vessels, whielt I :will
ridges and canable'of dischaignig 150
bullets a minute to., a range of a mile
and a half. None • Of „the' weapons
mentioned was 'automatic. All weye
operated by hand power.. The honor
Of inventingethe modern niaChine gen
must beoitvaided to Sir lfiram Maxine
who pronueed hie first - practicable
model in • 1882 , after having spent a
tremendous sum in experiments, • All
modern machine gems.liave taken the
4 Miiii is a nionel. The French:mile
bee enree, types a machthe-gun,-and
• it is that called the Saint -Etienne that
'
Capt Carie deseeibes.. The power to
. explode the bnilets and rneve the
cartridge -belt is obtained by drawing
gas from the barrel through a hOle
4.8 millimetres in diameter the , gaS
entering a cylinder called the ges
:chamber and later escaping to the air
• by appropriate apertures. . The piston
at the end ,pf its movement is driVen
beck hy a .spring.. It is a. to-and-fro
Movement, which brings about the
'complete actions of the weapon. It can
.be. firien4 ateany eate;either it -rapid
fire or etea, speed regulated by a spat
cial appdeatini which permits all rate§
from telt to 590 shots a minute. e
•
,
re-rie notabliereeneerdbentfue gun
' differ '.frena the popular Gernian, ma -
thine 'ore It has no water-eacket for
cooling purposes, With the result. that
the •bezel 'tote 'exceedingly, hot When,
fired at a ,high take But sittee ,the
'barrel is made of speeial man ene e
•
steel, elle, ballistic pronerties of the -
gun are not impaired even when the
barrel in' glowing eed, The • gun ie
fixed en e tripod and din be:infect with
the ,ginmer either sitting on a saddle
or lying on his back. The Freiieh gnn
earned in parts and on the road Isl.
,
•
ti
those hying' en rented. fareis. . The
average qua:Miter: of fruit canned an-
nually Per, family was..found to be 3.2,
quarts, eif vegetables •3? quarts. . In
•epite, ef all these unqiiestienable sav-:
ings, the credit' for thein is tog often
-denied-the--farm; and it mq,st bead-
rnitted that theseeavizigs in the cost
'of living can he increased by a deter-
mined ,effOrt. '
, A PINCH' OF DUST. , .
Origin ef Potato Diseases.' .
.. .
.. . • . ,
—' . .. From the consumers' side, th.e gut*.
; : • ., : When Heated. e don ,Cifernarketing potatoes ie of the
Small quantity of Cleat Biirst Shell
.. . • greatest impertance, especially so. iii
.
. nears when theepriees for this corn -
We have often beretold of the crier- modity ere advancing daily: ' The of-
f
mous amount of energy stored in coal ficers ..qf tile Experimental Farms ee-
!which we are...unable to nun and the gently had an onpartrinity of insPeet-
ninth of this statement 'bee, ege,erAelying quantities of .potatoes in the con -
had' he strangest Proof at.a Sheffield 5.tifnita' -'9wu—eellUs'•'Ile' Petai-cie4
taivasta'hea in th , ard; d I
p A 4emer had been purthased th "the ordinary
way frhin email -dealer& The condi-
tion of the potatoes win) Mostuneatis-
(Eri 1 rd munition-
g an .) works. '
f i d ' ' h'
oNoi ,a ,scrappe , imperfect s ell on
c y an p ace .
4tleit atorT Tx"1"tht
ling to use- it as a toot -Warmer daring of rot caineiip.to. 7-577per cent. or the.
breakfest4inie• He didn't know that total quantity in storage.• • This rot
was the comithth Late Blight rot and
was certainly present when the pota-
toes were duo,. and neforeeihippieg. f
`• The, consumer , is helbless in suCh '
metal grew red-hot. Falling, in ieseeeases, and rarely is there a way open'
vapicl expansion, togain a sufficiently to him for ".1%°heat•i(M'. ' Nei' 18
.
co
oe
co
ex
ci
th
by
pa
VersaIly recognized laW of life, has el
start on the mission thus early in 1011 been outgrown, except among natives de
and see what you -can do for' your where Stealing seems to .be nermie-
plaen of residence and the 101 te so- sible, Personatlyoneeedo not go out ee
eietiest and charitable inetitutiohe lot arid steal our neighbors' land, but wetr,
• cated therein,- You will find no 'doubt. unite as corporations:and go oizt end 24
'as others have done, that the queer steal his businessooi his -property or 27
part of such personel benevolence, the publie'amoney. We do not steal in
philanthropy, kindness, is that every our 'neighbor's cattle, but in too many in
good act you do' will bring you new instances his wife, ifwe like her,, as be
friends, now viewpoints, fresh ideas the mow. divorce caste show. We do
,
ejn., The eorrimenes still .oecupied
the Gerinans are 'calculated to
in.ber, 2,54, out Of a total 'of 86;247
the whOle.of Frame. Thegreater
et of •these/ are in, the departrnerite
Nord (545),Aishe, ($60), and Ar-
nnes (503),. • • e
The' nu mbee Com m MIS evacuated
the . den poPulation because . of
eit proxipnity. to the ,zone of :flee i'
7,, ofeteeWeet, r 21 are in Pas:de-Culais.
in the •Soinmee. 25in the Aisne, 84
theMarne, 88 in the:Meuse, and :10
the Meurtheeet-Maselle. The rninee
r of communes•iti which destruetion
token place but winch were • still
the bands of the French, ani. in
ich etvil administration had been ,
stored, limbered 754, distributed as
lows': Nord, 28i Pas -de -Calais, 71;1!
thine, 841 Oise, .59,; Seine-etnearne,
; Aisne, 5.1; Marne, ,258; Atilt&
etise, th; hieuetheeet-Moselleeetinet•
sites, 58. '
•
'niftiness fe Beninese. .
. .
When Billy „Bennett applied for a
siti offiee boy he produced testi.
Ails front two eleegyruen who
eUt him well. Rut tha hard.henrt.
business 'man was initeparticulaily
pressed by them '
'We dOn't• w4t. you Sundays,;
lad," he said. "Haven't you a re.
enee front rennebotly Who IMOws you 1
week days?"
and golden opportunities. 'You reach not break into a neighbor's lionse in
' out to help the needy', the sick, the and steal his goods, but too often we we
diseoxisolate,,the miserable, the unfor. steal his servants or worktnen and re
tunate, and it is Life itself that will ne resort to all kinds of underhand fol
answer you every time; *St,IM will be mothoda t� eupplant thein in business so
the richer in happinese, in satisfac. and to get their customers, Some say 85
tion, in a joyouS realizing sense of competition is stealing. The instinct
pett
dot•-oftbleesinge conferred, If le stilt in mew hi take anything i7.0
is more b141:sed'to give than to rein sight if they passionately deiirenit.
xeive you are sure to bring blessings What is the diffetenee between a tut-
,. en yttur Invn, heed. Halt, then, and tion etealing and an individual?
• hold a parley with youreelf and bet
fore 1.017 is older decide on a Nurse Prof. Sohn ,GrierHibbe, President jol
of aetiOn for entering upon.at onto. of Prineetown 'University, raises an MO
. alarm in the United States bY a re- !al
Yott May not have thought before cent address in whieh he says "the
I y
very aeriously of your own . pereontil American tuition, 1 believe, is facing im
responsibilities, but when you set the most mpmentous year in its .his.
yourself the beneficent task you will tory." ° Continuing, he odds, wnhere my
find 'right away that it itt not hard Le are grave questions Of foreign poliey fot
discover where your palmier nen- and equally soave questions ef donits. on
•
after the shell had • been puriched :a
email quantity. of .coal dust' bad en,
tered the cayity, .and in the 'fire this,
dust begin -lie Coliverted:into gas -as the
ation of itey such name, was corning'
meth, Her olds were packed chock-
a-block with rafiwny sleepers Sud-
denly a submarine came to the surface
and peremptorily yelled e halt But
the captain of the timber -carrier was
-ftot - to be intimidated. He "kept - -Met. -
head and his coursen. ' •
•a . Toothpick kept -going. The .
Commander of ,the hostile submarine, .
infuriated "at the utter disregard
manifested•toWards hi);. Challenge by
the captain, of the freighter, let fly a ,
torpedo. .." . • •
nmn • of Water spurte into the a r.
The timber-carrie.r had been stung in ,
the forward hold: A hig. hole .,onies
bletve in her -side. and 'the wooden
Cargo buret into flames 'from tbe 'ex-
plosion. ' Bef!--theewater podred in and.
. •
swamped: . the conflagratiqn.
Mann e ,Tootliptcle Waddee4:,
'Iihere was a ersish and a .hlige ed.
hire th
.(v
threnisine...wao-,---eartg•-•°" e
astern; but, the- first blovr prev.ing
sticcessful, she crowded ,..on speed to
draw up on the port side. She let go '
another miseile. • It catight the tim-
'ber,earrier in the after -riles, inflicting
anothereirtievous woupd and • once,
again setting fire to the cargo, Dense
tids of smoke rolled forward. Verily
ivide outlet, the gas burst the shell.
A pieee of ,ehe rrietal`ese large as a
rhan'a fist was .blowil completely
theough'ehe body- cif a youth standing
near, and, passing en, it knecked•down
a second iiap. '
e
Switzerland's President itnd Vice.President
'
iera-, 1liiziitt4 Sthtilthotis, new • President of Ali/tem-land; zibt leen• x
reiloilder; 'new Vice-Peeeldent., ' shout() a poaeti conference be lima uz
ewtteerland or one bo held in wherienwIteerland would take pate the two
met% elerared, Mune will piny preMenent parts. 14r. Sehrethees, Peeeident
itWitzerlaed. has. Juet efflr•med the Intention -of itiS cethitry to mainteln
strict neutrality. A peeuller lawa enceeaelon °Maiiztz. in eneltzerland.
're‘ilay'rr IsreSident. wao, Vice-Peeeldent Thee yeare PON t'aionlitir, Who IS,
new Vice-rieeideni. will 110*Xt ycar mitometieally atop into the Preeilleney.
Tiro, term ut offieo ta for one.yeai eine., and to becoree kiatut 1* mali
raust flret sit ea Vice-iVident, •• • '
. • , • -•' e •
the smell dealee th bfribe. The
blame rests entirely with the Shipper
and the groiV.er. In order that such
loges may be avoided antl theeon-
stinicinbe in a: position to secure for
his geed Money, good potatoes that
e. submarine •Agtiiii. came tearing . after
till driving
will keep over Winter, in is necessary
forthe growers; on thein part, to ex_ the freighter, which was s
uelried171a7eciltienetea;oetai„tneesd.igi.te.Lea.e.t.,e eBeeliegiehkt efonr4vitarscidiesemifa.nthuenrdeewr-ejaetenro 4,74hei,seinns-,,
. is a mieventable disease, every • farm. 'in existence. This tune .. the latter
or shank] know this fact, since the Ex- buztekeround the staeboard side of
peritnntal Varies. •systere ha' made. her quarry and, preeently 'away went.
every effort .to demonstrate en Many nnother torpedo. Again the Toothpick
Varing in the einintre the eft •t, oL receiven a disconeerting Punch also
e spetwing, with reeulte, showirig the. it the after -hold but on the onnosite
i *eduction of sound cops, arid an in. 'side.IAnother hole, another fire, and o . ' . • , i •
errase it yiin
eld.aountieg to Some 90 another •inrush of water to ,put out
t100bushels per aerethe flame& .
3 The bale 'ofinferior potatoes is •clia:1 • • But the Toothpick - NS'as Sturdily
I honest, ',if tett illegal tit . the present built, and though sorely wounded in •
1
1 inemente Farineri••know from theiv three place's she kept afleat and main.
I own . experience, that ,Storage rots talliedher gait Had th h eommander .
leapt, grentelnein their own cellarsof that submarine reflected 'for a mo- •
i It ;-:ectns; limo, er, the general 'prattle° ment he wouldhave, tealized alit he
/ to (here!: .; of au infected crop inn had about as 'Much chance of sending
, .intiediatele and shift the losses' from rot that thoberecarrier to Davy Joneehe .
1 from the farmer to the COnSUmel% The locker with 'a •torpedo as-, a Getman
lattei,•however, has to pay the priee ,machine-gun has , of pulverizing al._
1
- ne-givaliiitiatire-g. -7--- • • -illaidc." As to- themeaptain. . O. the
In Rome inAtanees.'madubt. the eon. Toothpick, he merely chuckled at the
sumer is to blhme by steling Potatoes eliegrin of hie enemy, who had blown .
1 (or other Winter vegetables) in toe away $75,00 in ;torpedoes 'Without
want' cellars. PotiatoeS and:similar scoring A point.
vegetables Meet be stored in a tool The timber-eerrier • came wallowing -,
,
, bitice, 'hy rennet stand froet, into port, fuentewhet more unsteadily'
!which eimees a sweetish taste in 'potathan usual, it is true, but with her.
•toes; but the temperature should caigo into& The oily comment of
the skipper when he had presented his •
colorlos Oilleial reportneolieeening the
incident Wag; "Ttniadoring lucky theri
didn't pluthp one into, the engine -relent ,
atnidships!...Xhen weshould have
been kneeked outi"
rigs wel_e ge tng decidedly -
healthy Ser those oji board .• Bet again
. the Waters' Of the North Sea proved e
fiiendly by riishing in arid quenniiinge
, the fire ere it had got a -grip..
•• Maddened beyond conception,. the
never tie/ abeve 40 degrees Fehr.
Where such conditions are nantexis-
tent it itt 'bathe not to lay in a Win.
,ter's supply, as looses are sure to re-
sult. " '
•Fanners aro "&tutio.aed that tho•eat-.