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IRON weir* to ere lie tate lirsiseitas
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Mien the UAW; and slutienel do
whnifile eat sow.
1 wine Ate ge ever theeses,
Where As Allesowag nem% gee se
I went to go 1
I went to ge "
0 I went es go 'wee.
tineedeele flatiened his song, skeet -
ed topidesmiat braces, lit a Alger-
otrsztopesuiadt looked at use. te 'nos ray sheet is . bad. One re
es* set 'me tars *Poe atiwthe, sat
-
Tablet wog sod dkesegoveed
Opseeess.
Non tee et* Tom; Wei Sped -
Weigle* Vie awme lett "AO a kid
low WI,istt.
110.16 * eisionito and paten it
Tioloasin. Rix brews cestrented until
Idie snit* beam* sore pia palate and
Ivo stseet lixedly at see At last he
gni&
"Why skoultadn't I?" he said. It
dossaint matter. Wot's the time?" he
asked.
"Toe to oae."
"1 tenet see the orficer now *bout
gobs" away," said Spudhole, and he
left me.
Fifteen minutes niter he came beek,
?XI 1141111111110 ROAD.
AN IDRAI. 2t11.11 01 RXII.R.
Setter Sees Thee—ft Helene as a Sent
Mom ef Nettie fee the Keiser.
Deserthea. 7lie Moe of bestiaries the Keiser to
It. *Wefts is the ergot ot A.Itied
victor: is *Dna a, favorite source ot
ineeginative exercise et leagiane. Te
gold, dripping with ow mist.. nut ofe ooneeption is grounded in bistorical
a" human precedeet, and the rezeoteeees ot this
a late October afternoon,
tide was flowing, not swiftly but little 144/14/ *11/1 Im"rtmit as"ta
slowly, with the patient, pathetic :litilwaunita illaieNrlayPregairim'dsedad as the; linaeolse;
slowness of weary feet and numb
brain* etrid blowy hearts.
Yet they were in lieste, all of these
lisoleted luhebited lend on inoth.
As a matter et fact however, St. He.
lena's seclueion fen surpaseed bk its
old men end women, fathers and mo.
neereet yet tar. distant neighbor.
there arid little eltildinn; they were
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I* Ostabor, 1114, Lamy 'Vim Deo
Witakeeseel SIMI &IMO Ilte Rare
'flying its fast as they ennui; other r In datClettilme, in the South At;
littlonnown "colouy" ot England is
swearing violently. ed or toward something that they dee tbe tercet ineccessible *pet in any
"Wot d'ye fink o' it?" he yelled, Idred. ' (wean. Curiouely enough. a great war
"The 'tads, blame 'ern! 'aye cancelled For that was the strange. thing wen pertly respoinible for its present
ego
and ezejeee his elbow ee the my bloomin' pass. Won't allow me ter the tide on the road nerved m two 41... isouttom, .
et o -•
Along the stestieht. &steads/reed, aa
through a di* *reed, of drooping
trees, a tunnel of Weil green and
away from something that they fear- tic- *cep ug the Po r regions, t
d ' Tristan, 'which I* one of a. of
eseethie he men, (=pita. oesn t get no chance ere. Int sick Some fled away from ruined homes three same isiaeree Heeu. groupthe eoeth
Wotan toe* word. °Sixteen ole bloom -1 of the blamed debt's, sick, bloomint tiacaPe the penile of war. Some Athletic en latitude 37 eolith and longe
reentiss, ancl this tbe Mat leave. I well sick!" fled back tunable(' hem* to esesPe nude 12 ween It is 2,000 miles from
WM tIciuglit I wanted * trip to "Who is going enstead of you, Spud- the desolation of exile. But ell were the CaPe ef Geed I(ope, 1.500 frem St
Blighty as asuch as I do now. Six- hole?" I asked. '\ fugitives, anxious to be gone, striving Helena and 4,000 Miles from. Cape
teee menthe" he repeated. naleteen "Ole Tom, 'cos Is kids so queen"' along the road one way or tite other, orn
Iiaarot ,Permaaeat eettle-
ment on the -.Leland was made by
1 looked at Spudhole, and a queer and making no m
'ale ationthsl" orespeed than a, '
lump rose in my thront. I gripped hire creeping snail'e, pace of .unutterable" . Nee cure
orate e, an Englitieman, In
"You areren nicknamed Spudhole for
nettling," I remarked. by the hand and felt almost on the fatigue. .
"'I haven't got a dean sheet, III say point of tears. , I saw m Separateth g i
Iany DI s n'tite'181°. S°1/le 44 tit°
latter settler
came from Cape Colony; a few from
that," he anewered. "It's as dirty as "Brazen ft out as you will, Spud iritn
ittadeig
,a.nd remembered them Without
an
- — Italy d Asta and twee ehipwreceted
if it was on the of a el:annoy. hole, I know what you've done'
vine a reputation like mine. It's not "But my sheet is not clean, any -
mom. irpose rcouldn't expect leave said, choking a little.
and his two little sisters t dgi g
A boy straining to push a wheel- who gave, a fleeting glimpse et pros.
ba'rtesw with his pale mother in
it, perIty to Tristan when thy need It
for a
veseels. .et Visa Anterieems, however,
In keepin" win regulations. But all the 'ow," he muttered in a lame voice.poet of can andreeair station in
"But your heart's good, matey," I his side. A peasant- with his tw� girl e the great whaling da es before the
said. . driving their lean, dejected cows back Civil 'War. • ,
same I do want to gonoene. Just for
a visit"
He set down on the firestep, lean-
ed his back against a landbate and
folded his arms.
"Sven days leave!** he muttered. What the C. O. thinks of SPledhole gear, on topof which eat the nk.
"And off to -night. Blintey %won't eirf I do not know, One thing, however, !ed grandmother with the tinfist baby
be some doirns. Wot'll I do when I do know, and that is this: When the ni her arms, 'while the rest of the
get to the old Snoke? Nuffink much, officers raised a collection toward faminestumbled alongside -and „the
Tom .Green went home that night .to some unknown pasture - A bony Itiethet struggle, lloWever, the -Oen:.
•and the platoon commander saW that horse tugging. at ' a waggon /lett...Pe-A federate sew raiders destroyed Amore.
Spudhole Went a fortnight litter. high with heading and hooseinno can pre-en:000mA. in Whaling forever.
No regular liners,and even few
tramps and sailing vessels, call at
Tristan to -day; the populationn who
keep a few sheep 'and cattle and grow
some wheat potatoes, peaches and AP,
pies, now numbers but, ninety -tiro
three 4
.: ,1111de:enndre
alriagal5e. dabreletwiees:ilotite.
Sheelennon,t..tereightne the islandere
with clothing ; material, Occasionally
they are viinten. by. a • -ship
bringing- needed supplies '
" The islands- Were discovered in 1506
by the Portuguese, adiniral Tristan; or,
more properly, Tristao: de °unite; on a
veyage/ to India They rise_ from U.
submarine eleVatiori, which MIES &Mtn
the_ Center of; the 'Atlantic, :and on
All these distinct pictures I saw, vsithoreitStIl,reP, 4119e'
. • eriuse;k asaltuattheedjszAtzeieesin
au re . o .
.Thek egyerage..Septh on this ridge.
about 1,700 fathoms. The depth. be-
tween the islande is in sane places
1,000 fatimme. • Tristan, the largest:
icland, has an area 'of sixteen square
miles is nearly circular in form and
has a , great !Weenie cone,. 7,000 feet
high, termite capped with snow in the
center. On all sides of the inland, but
one, rise precipitous cliffs from' 1,000
to 2,000 feet hien. .• • :
PA 7thO whole, Tristan die Cunha
Would be a ,reasonably 'Sete "nice of
exile for a:certain present-day dweller
,
I *'pose, for wot nriv one thing and
annoyer III not be able to do mantle
Then there's nty bird aa. 'ItS a barrer
off Walworth Road and then--,. But
wot's the geed 0' tethirel, Wets the
time?" -
"Twelve o'clOCIcfn 1 aid, looking at
my watch. '
. "I leave 'ere at 2," ;said ‘, Spudhole.
**Then to the rail 'cad and then
Blighty. 'Ere, isn't it funny that•thie
spedhows expenses on the Journey eat was curled up on the stiftestoov.
home the C. O. topped the amount Viet in the wagon. Two panting
collectedwVith a twenty franc Mt°. doge, With red tongues banging out
* and played feet -clawing the emed,
EAGLES THAT CHANGE • tugging a heavy laden cart while the
. • e .- master pushed behind and thO woman
National Flee° Will itt some leseeneea pollen at the shaft. Strange, antique
Undergo niteration 'After War., vehicles' crammed With passengers.
The standard flags of nations willCouPles and 'groups and somet'izn , ee
, larger Companies of foot travellers.
undergo some slight alturatim when Now and. then a solitary man Or *Z.
hostilities ceiee. One elteratIon has man, oldand shabby, bundle .on bac
ere leave is my first for sixteen already . come ehontl the Russian
,
menthe?" ne asked. "Other blokes1 double owe, 'national emblem 01the___el . Itemanclbh,is, Vo_inpre. - The eagle. Of
"Oh, but your sheet!" / said. - course, Is i'nbe, symbol :ot imperial'
"Rut wot were my crimes/4, said power:
Spudhole. "Not much in any el 'em. The artnit who designee the ttussian-
I did pinch the apples in the farm itodouble-headed eagle killed his infidels
Mazingatise, but was I the only one?"., blinself. Two fine chickens were sac-
, , "The only bee. ruin" -I remarked. rificed for„the Purpose, and he him -
"And the 'en that came' into our sett Dogma them for the dealin. When
billet at Bethune," said Spudhole. "1 the sketch was ,finished, he and his
didn't eaten it, though I killed it. • And Mende are :said to have .dined oft the
that scrap on the parade ground when unfortunate birds. " -
I blacked stumpy Iggles' two eyes for There new • remain five national
, Izn, and us.'aning a menthes rest back eagles -the .two -headed birds of Ans.
at Cassel. I spent a good part of that tria and ,Serbia, and the single eagles
rest in jokers. . And then in camp in of the United States, Mexico, een Get-.
Blighty 'fore We came mit nate when I ;ninny. Both the Mexicanand the ,
'tips off ter 1,urown, what did ',get?1 , U.S.A. birds, are excellent life repro.
Seven day, S,ptidhole.'43,nd then---" ductione, the United States . hiper-
"Please don't enumerate them ail," fect in •detall' owing' .to an amusing
I said. ' . , .e. ; eriticisra.prietied on It some years ago.
"O' right, matey," Spudhole : an- The. bird " then in voguehad a '.super -
"But tell me, wet is the .abundartee of --plumageltheat-Ite lege;
now?" , . ; • e e• • - , e
end newspaper agitatiou or the , abe
• . .
'even pest 12,9 I said, : lititne of its trousers tensed. it to be
• "Tittle's long a passin' One? motretehorn of its glory. It is consequently
in'," said.Spudhole.- '"Yer watch is as tow depleted as an. extremely - sober -
slow Movin art a tank. But 2 o'clock 'looking creature. . -
and Blighty! Hip!' Inv! hooray!' "
' He rose, to his feet, -danced a step
or two in the nitiddn trench, then , got
up on the.
-reSte,P> gripped his .rille„
. slipped it over .the parapet ,and tfria
at the enemy: trench. 'Olen -twee three,
"eth WOMEN"' TARN.
Age of 'irenty-Nine Regarded as De.
grepit in the 18th Century.
half a dozen rounds sped-. over No In the eighteenth century women 000 h ' d
elnp oyes o rive jothe colr-,
Man's Land in quick succession. soon , grew old, ..snys an English
"Pm biddie good -by to the Roche?"' write," • At the age twenty-nine
he said. "I almost love em to -day. Marc Antoinette, the wife. 'of Louis
"Hey, Tom, you're. lookin' glum: IVI"; gravely; discussed the traeSti"
, Woes viotoog:wisr -yer, . with her Modiste, Rose Bairn. 4 She
ju was speaking. t� Tani Green, would soon be thirty. Iter idea . was
who had just entered the bay. Tom,to change her manner of deer*.
which inclined ton Mitch' to that ':.ot
a man. of thirty-five, wile belonged to
extreme youth: he Consequence she
our platoon; 'WAS, indeed leoking. glum.
• "Well, viot's WrOng Wiv yer, should wear no More flowers or
fea-
• Spidhole inquired. ' "Bad !tops?" , tilers. The glorious Geoigiana, the
Tom polled WS helmet down, over Duchess of Devonihire, . complained
• his '6Yeb, and hiseyeslooked fixedly
-
at Spudhole's bayonet.
"The pews is not at all, good," he
said, "I had a letter Wiv last post,
and little Betty,,MY only kid, is .not
eyes on the road, plodding, throngl;
the mud and the mist, under the 'high
archway of yellowing leaves -
.
yet it was all one vision -a vision .of
humanity- with its dumb eompanione
in flight -infinitely slow,' painful,
pitiful flight. . - • ,
I saw no tears, I heard no cries of
complaint; ' Rut beneath the durtin
and Patient haste, on all those dazed
faces 1 saw a question: • .
"What have we done? Why has
this thing come upon us and our
children?" •
Somewhere' / heard a trumpet
blown. The spikes on the helmets of
a little troop of soldiers flashed for an
. •
instant, far down the sloppy road.
Through the. humid dusk came the
dull, distant` booming of the unseen
guns of conquest in Flanders. -
That was the only -answer.
TOMMY'S.POSTIIInG.
+
Report, of the British Posemastere
General Gives Interesting Figures.
\• Some wonderful figures of the work
of the British post -office are given in
the report of the Postmaster -General
for Great Britain for 1916-16 Of 70
ors, 8,000 have fallen. The Victoria
Cross has been won by two postmen;.
eight officers have. received the. D.S.
0; and twenty -Ave the Military Cross;
126 men nave gained the Distinguish
ed Conduct Medal, and. 62 the Military
Medal; while 201 have been mentioned
in despatches. . s
The post -office collected nearly 11,-
000,000- letters and •876,000, parcela
Weekly for the troops abroad and
„handedintem over to.the army. It
to the French ambassador that she distri'buted .12;200,000' weekly in` seP-
wits already seven and twenty years aration allowances to 2,700,000 per -
old. "Consider," said the glorious sole: -
Onicsfftetinft agelthat ISI" Which Parcels sent to prisoners of -war
the ungallant ansbassador • 'replied abroad' mostl in Germ ' ve
..,:et,neeeeelielenneeleenreeninea-prenneekideenui lint...4:3n7"--e-r-r-altescycnennue-eeften Ys' a-:-oreekrwitiw7/00piiiiatlY. gree pernienlhenreelve.s to Ail, or.
should see her! And she' S been anus a woman Was considered 'elderly." from Gummy._ were. _ receive4Lign
peisniceirlit"-kireraz--Mmey or- horse lias not except iiirare instances
dere nuffilierinr 91,;570, and t'epresent. been-forieted so young as the infazi
inn E56,900, went to 'British priseners
In Fo3tsdara, '
•
itoiir SOLDIERS:MARCO ASLEEP:,
How to Protect Car from Thieves.
A car property locked up or left with
. responsible garage keeper is rea-
smudgy safe. Thodanger comes from
leaving the car unattended in the.
street. Many a man has left his ma-
chine with hardly thought as to it*
safety and never half seen it again.
The motoring public, however, is
gradually *wakening to thist danger,
and eo a few suggestion* will be of hi-
res irst the owner must be int -
pressed with the necessity for taking
vane such Precaution, as he will not
make the alert unlesa he -realizes the
need of it. •,
Many ignition 'systems have locks
on them and Om °Wrier carefully leeks
the witch -and reninventhe key, ignor-
ant of the fact that a good blow from
* hammer wilt break the lock,
vices provided with a good arrange.,
matt 01 nemblers are not open to this
otnestion, But it beauty enough to
raise the hoed of the engine and re-
reave the wires leading to the toe
This is not so difficult a trick tie one
might imagine. Than leaves' his
automobile at the curb near a restanr-
ant while he and hie friends go/nettle.
It is evident„they intend to stay Inside
from fifteen: minutia te an hour- or
more, A. thiefsvalks out of the same
restaurant, goes up to 'the car in a
busineeslike manner, raises the -heed,
fixes couple of wire* with. a pair
of pliers, starts his motor and drives
off. Even a policeman watching him
would Suspect teething. Yet the tbief
b** inadenineleen getawayewitleen
pensive car and left no clew.
The beet safeguard 1s is to remove
some important part of the ignition
system or to discameet the wires in.
same plaee that is not easily acces-
sible. Per instance, removing the
distributor brush is one of the best.
It car is equipped with a magneto the
collector -ring, brush and the rod can -
fleeting it to the diitributon should be
removed. Any of these will Make a
gap in the circuit, yancle is not moat
bridged, as the thieves have not yet
acquired the habit of carrying than
,extra parts with them,
Another way, is to use a special
switch, controlling the starter current.
Have it concealed under the cowl dash,
where no one would expect such a
thing to be placed. Use one capable
of cerrying 100 amperes and run your
starter wires to it. With the safety
switchopen and the etarting handle
locked in the tee' box, the thier wil
not experiment very long.
Another safeguard that employs
none of the above methods is to lock
the .gasoline ;valve in the closed poll -
tion. -
Japs Carry Pocket Stove.
Melly a benumbed soldier of Nip-
pon saved his life during the Russo-
Japanese 'War by the use of a kwairo
(pocket stove), To -da y Russia, pro-
fiting by the experience of her foe
-
mer enemy is importing these stoves
from hetetillynn great nut:Weil • for
her troops. ,Delicate schoolchildren in
Nippon keep a stove in their clothing
during the winter inarths whilein
the class -rooms. •
The fuel used is put up in the form
of a sausage.' Itis lighted and forced
into a small tin container, which Les
theeoutward tiPPearenceon a. -metal
Cigar ease, Fuel sufficient for one
loading of the stove colts about one
sixth of a cent, -and wilt-last•appeoxi-
mately three hours, gen)* consider-
able warmth to that pert of the body
near 'Which it is applied.' There Is
considerable rivalry in the- empire to
see who Can invent the best fuel for
the etOnes.It must emit neither
smoke nor -Odor, An efficient fuel is
made ot. hemp stalks, a htindle. of
them being placed in a hole in the
ground, then lighted and smothered
so as *, to Smolder. without air, until
turned into the desired size and
Finally the 'fuel IS inclosed
in a special,kindeeof paper ewithout
which the fuel would not born suc-
cessfully.
-So Vend to Marching Their Secondary
Mentogy Keens Them. in 'Line. '
The phenomena frequently seen . in
the current warof weary soldiers.
marching steadily andein step nweele
their 'Comrades, although' they are
sound asleep, can only be explained
by examining their brain -chambers of
seconder -tie autoinatic actions. Each
lumen being* of normal intelligence
perforate a host of these secondary
actions, depending totally upon his
unconscious Memory to guide • him.
The hand eaMea toed on:a fork to the
xflouth While the mind. is occupied
With the -Morning Paper, -• The body
keeps itself erect and , maintains its
equilibrium while the . mind is bent
upon. usiness problems •
goichte trained in walking far
more thoroughly than the avilmn fin-
afly so 1uabitnate5L ,to the
movement that he canepermit his sec-
ondary memory, totallyindependent
of his primary memory, to guide hint
in the "tairching` 'cohnnn -while '• he
dozed off and gains- necessary rest
Cavaltymen who have' become vet-
eemaseinetheneeddleecaneto-ale
mybe be cleoheei for it's in the
mother ir people., Ind 'ard not 'beta!
able' to see her.
. • °Wily not apply for leave?" Said.
"It's no good," said Toxn. "I"ie been,
--More-horses, heavier hornes-horefin
better prepared for work and tee
work will go far toneard increasing and
eheaperting production per •acte or per
ton or nrork,
rymans action of , walking.. econsee
in Germany, an4,..96,900, representing quentln the 'horseman eas to make
£97,300, came to .erieniy ;prisoners more effort *.to maint.ain his
eqpth-
bere. hrumn.• •
.
Illiteraceein. Spain. ,
In'manyevilleges and smell tOWPIS
•
in the interior of Spain' no one knows
.ho to read or write. There are in
Spain thirty., thousand Tura" villages
without wheels of any kind, and
many thousands which can be reach-
ed only by a bridle path, there..being
110 'highroads or railwaycomnutnica-
tion of ;any kind. Attendance at,
school, is voluntary not -obligatory:
Seventy-six per cent. of the. children
in Spain are illiterate.
• • • • •
There tea great Complaint about the
Shortage of help in mardy lines ,of 01-
fctit,--but no one has diecevered-tie yet
eny, lack of benne.
Markers extending along the ground
rOm one or both sides of a recently
patented roadway gate Maine an elite-
mobilist to open or close the gate'
,merely by miming bis car over them.
No ittgle itenenontributes more, to-
ward :economy in the preparation of
food -4han ti„,...e.e....eipeneheefonescrapine
wirt
.;
eleetrennidedeintifeenesedesiteti
' A new attaciiment fel:telephone-tee
eeivert .permits the hearer ito write
while teceivieg the messageit as he is
able to hear With both ears at once
end yetenot obliged to bold the receiv-
er in his hand. -
WATER! ,
In the Western ForeigneresternDrywItund4 rofrish.
Austra-
lia
..-NO man who has net mastered the
last eubtleties, of ,btisheraft should
penetrate alone the western dry lands
`tif Australia says Mr: Norman Dun-
can inhie book, Australian Byways.
A• Canadian weodetterin wouldfindno-
thing in his experience to enlighten ,
him. • A Northe American Indian Add ten years Of ievalualen.'expeee,
Would Perish of 'ignorance. A -Be-:ience to the graduate's career and ;the::
clouin of the sandy Arabian deserts possible' loss involved • • by his .enliete, ,
Would die helpless.Australian bush:. ment is grattly.expanned. Mipling. eine .
craft is peculiar to iteelf:: It carmine somewheresung 01 op;ooa worth 01
itself less with: killing' the -crawling Min inane -tie accounted for by. One:::
desert life for food thanwith divieitg. bullet.. .net, that Is a *all. valuatiiii-
.... . . .. . . , , ,...
the whereabouts of water 10 a qand Or some ;etilleations, _A .eellenn-niani:!.. -'
that es as dry „ae a brick in the sere of, thirty or thirty-five,. worth $10,000
In the mincontinental . deserts when or $e5,00.0- a year to Ins norniteinity ate.,
Ourkand dry 'winds suck the moisture sanitary engineer, : teacher or =Mune
froittedeepeizt the ground and all thel faettirer;rOPreSeoW Of that ineenigebee2
world vona dry, the -aboriginals drew taken as 6 • Per, °era, of his . education, .
wet*, from the roots ofsmall desert Investment) et. capital of $eineeeiie or ,
.trees by, cutting , them ...into Sheet mere, for. Winch the sacrifice, the '
lengths andlettingthem drain drop taxes. or the sevingir of generations, in . .
by drop :into a ,wooden hewn:: But theelife Of: a ceIlege or. a , town, nee*, •
there May:be no water trees or .the firm__ehavsebe_teyagi;hvte_oi
entscealeer rantite
uelete.:_
roots may shrivel .and . dry up. , What .ytaape
the conntri-hiive"been the fink teens: '
"Ale well," said the bushman, "they pond to the call for Men. Because'
•doi with .what'they have."' , . - mai in college teethnot only. how to
"What have they?" I asked him.. lead n peeving the world, but elle get
"They lick the der from the leaves a glimpse:between. the pages ,of their
and grass" '' , - ,• . ' . • - ! books tat that ideal 'whirl:tea:dies: men .
Wilt related by neelebrated-Austrae-toedien,asetvelleaSliveefore-theeswerldine.•
lien treveilerejealdwin Spencer, that, it Is i'13°n them that the weight of th° ,.
,havng•eoine,ii.1 a dry season to a dry yesopxofnosridkialintyd k.oaallranbitaidegleine;. r.
clay
esiberuyban,atini,s,, omborderedpaty, 'wwa. : ha i witheredritiedb9, ,...
of their„ students at England's first
in eithibitienJot aboriginal craft.,ea f Or "nen he_rhabitues.Ieci;etesaicoxi-bars
There was :nit water, no Mitieter had yielded tii
01404- up ..
within miles, 'and the clay was baked , , . Nurses of 'Patriont
, tin hard that to be eienetreted it- all •It is .a fine thing 'that our uniVerst- .:
it nenre be broken ,with a hatchet. .Aties: have been the nurses 0! nettiopatriot.
keen native. guide presently . dieeere.
thatleptle 01 about a feet,'
and,. having banked into the clay to e tliotty:ouochioyawlitithes, ilLeivire-,06,641iegnegs isanctionnicf;cet '
: the higheat offices hi the laud, keeP in. :
the se fleet times. The dle.7
:ed little tracks on the ground -faint- ...UM from
,est indications of. life; apparently-thignineed"men rtheY tura :ant to, had -
spherical little chit:ether, about three lug links between .Go.,:erninent and al-
eiuches in diameter, in which Jay a ma mater, :Tee.icteireeof celebrated ,
dirty yellow -frog. :• • -I
holding :.frog anc1,- 'it . It was distended . was a water ...,,
:scientists, jurists, et anineet doctor
graduates of the college -bang on
with -a SuPP1Y- sufficient,' perhaps, to the adaderole Walls and constantly re- .
enable ib to survive a drought
Year and a half. And the Water wall and pe
of a; Mind the students of nationaletvice • :.
:squeezed, these frogs niay yield a say- . It 'is personal
sr perhaps,licef()(i'r.. CtIrollihn tr. - '
pore' end fresh. .Being .: heartily
inedraft.to lost:And perishing travel.. 1..481/1 of patriotism that sweeps, an in- e.
Mutton to -submit'. tneselfeleselliiine, '
4ind a bid' ck.f. ellizw," said one buth-
•reen,,nnend you'll 'get nniter.", • ' :
"What If the aboriginal is -. obilur
. - :‘,..- lor-i,. win. 't-tolt- "-the- Vice of:profe'sVoirs,TiliW"rafght_irailde77
1
eillegdtieeli5444t*ek to youcdrserntelyVet he wrarir ritliontiTriaproteiti soinee!riullyou=iit7st_
enzgenn!".4 manitn,.9- w -s .h.iti ,owil. ;wiper, his work .0. abendon it for AO , treirele e
,nientil
-getsetbireteehe'ilege-tuWater_ right i-cife.liail shown exaeittioeal abilityln '
feetionth 'ir:;7---"is j s:.-t'-'-.---alrout a§...Perfeet 'ill "'
. The most, talented martinis of -'
it is possible 'f.o.i. a:Man to be.•etch:den are :easily, 'tidied- out. after' •
two or three years ofecoliege life. It
'Fould not be hard to discriminateeend f :
... it shOuld not be hard tocomeince an
earnest student,. wh:ose relneet for 'lilt
Wan hurl made himstreceedie it, iliart, -
• t wields ditty to ,stey at home.: . .
At eleriinte,Vereeollegaraniti rata ,,"
be itent• filled, .as forelgn b6iligorehts-
have •found. . After the depletion ,ot
their institutions, they ,are newsend-
ing young Men to thee.: studies., aha,. .
once having sent than they ere not
likely to call them awayagain to the • -
. battlefield 'those - Who ' enlist now
Must be replaced tenth° -sake Of the -
nation's future, Those who Wand re- -
place tlin born:students are not likely •
• ,
to be 'as good. '!1c best best student
shbeid,etey where they are.
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.r1•91`.. -
LUCE MEN
AND SOLDIERING
WHAT DOES IT COST THE NATION
WHnN THE EDUCATED ENLIST?
Some Estimate* of the Cost Of Re.
orulting Men From Halls
'of Learning.
It in not really a money (motion,
thangh money is a eortvenient menteria
through which to express valuo eon-
treeta, Of the million or more British,
and French dead, what young Wen- net
dee /night thee not bone been who
would have solved the Inboat destroy- ,
er problem, conquered cancer or de-, de,
Arial' a legal' and fiscal system that Illor
would have irked° All pest seers and
fitanciers look like schoolboys t- It
was a patriette service fer Bessemer
to develop his process ohnakingsteol.
It is as patriotic to add to a nation's'
glory and usefellness its it is to die
Air it.
But, taking it in tho tortes of money
ealue, we do not otton realize what it
has cost some parents (and will cost
the nation) to make it possible for
the newspapers to announce that
"John' Jones, of the grenuatingenlase
of Blank University, has enlisted"
From $1,50e to $2,000 foe penmen: edu. .
canoe,- another $2,000 for College must
be spent to bring the young meneto
his graduation day, and when he tickle
the shins •the bot, Might- hate made"
had he one to work at, fifteen, the
Yenta -sees more then $4,000 of invest-
ed capital go UP the Spout the day his
son puts on ithald, If he returee alive
and well from the „front, atilt most on
'tee -capital may be lost, as after a.
couple on,years of soldiertng e'young
man is not apt to settle down in a
hurry nor be in the mood for brasleing
up his learning and at once applying
it tothe ends for which 1 as 'Menai.
The 'Value of Schelarships.
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rballatxffses cog it
4g1; WArtVgf
eAN'T axe
Tilts ".50t)P!
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cl4ANat
IT FoR lop
3'REoUWU
'FIND 'IAA
e• rkuAllres.
(. 9 0,, Warta, come.
fjAcK Item- icANY,
r.Ar rots spot) Emel?,t
'‘11111M14.
-• Waxes liMlbutze
.
$1R, lou akm.Y. OAT
At4V,or WIZ s ouPs c
,
ut ft would be an,'excellent tbing*,ii •
the student .bodies , would debate
-amohg themselvlat as -to which rnen
among -them were `best fitted to go end •
stay ci- 1111111 A write the tine e
NAVe NO
3PooN,
to
A.swaXaMOMPP5ages-- :140111 Ofe..3Int.
:
A sprinn harness has been patent- '
ed, which, attached to the shouldere
end hips, aids- in suppdetreg the spines
of Men who -are obliged to stoop in
their Werk,
On most Ontario farms there aro
thomany fatted. • On all toe, many
tnere. are found fencee out of repair,
and in Refit a condition as to be eine,
Ply temptations or livd stock to get
over ihto the, ruljoiningellelds -
envy erolni--ard Mire trouble.
4.