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Here ie a flas autaly letter, full of
ONE or *Airs 14/11FORTUNBS :, eti the either day in *a Isle of Wieht,
1 newspaper.
GRAPHICALLY TOLD. g Thoueends of Caudal' young Men
theve entered, and are now entering,
6 uron the stern realities of army, life,
A WatertRettle Narrates Some. Ora" '., and thousands of fathers are bidding War SUMP Collectors Can Read li
auk incidents'en Its car . _ etheta goodsby_ with choking theoats. Ite efise.......--ee -see vreneieten the -
. • genii"- help a bit to read this Clean," , 7"e ' ''''
At -the Freet- 1 stroeg-souled youth's it words. lie Pages of Theit Albums
As I lie in the old shell -torn stable• was hihed in action ehortly after ies One change that has resulted troln
I often consider myself a tregedy of ' g e , ' the world war but haa beet]. noticed 'metal -nee and costs lunch
the GreittWar. My one great hour of
Madeadhusetts Judge to his son, a sol -
The busineii of being a father 1
• i 5 by bfew persons except. philteliste is
"The failure Of beedlight bulbs tog
tries "which' wholly or in part . have tasty and tobthsome. Most partment among the Men eaned foe • ' „...e,
dier in the chill war, is being dietrie
three situations which play lead to an 1 tontine ltfe cameo -end found me un- q --t e P
, all the tasks that come tci men, and to e. 1114 ellt,
in t e postage staraps tissue en cane •
ineffective lighting arrangement, any ;burn may be traced to defective bultoseii'w7w1Y. . .
one of yet such a letter as this meet lie to people like the nutty arorna beted by the -United Stetea War Pet
own car may remedy himself. BriellY;efrouncle, in tile lig'hting seltern. ' _ers _t le,, made 4 wen, ellaot 9 t _ 7
cr olCer's
any father a sweet reward, i.
To My Father e—This is a seal whicit generally ite, normal times is
ehaeged Governments. Thepostmarle
f th bak d till •E
wh:ch the Man Who drives hisIrpoor corinectionsser short circulte, , wa
t ern at contrition, -or .neity IS nilue4
e ----e --F.--ea -1 -sPeur . floe to thein:— .; ,
the -hew 1,1.S. National: Arnie) in the . -,
u. her fpirt. ec ed _e belief that if will eerve as an Inspire,.
etated they are:—Headligitte in poorili one light goes. out the bulbs should be ' Il dee bliee,sited • f rt
ineesage for you, to, read adaen I ant not so nappetant tor collectors as 0
e. er etrouble .
interchanged, and tide will indicate, leraut rust her *a_neerulleof., e Some
e later bottles—conscelpts, I ca e
. , e mous .wAt s ice . - , . • ' • •
oncerd, Masse Dec L5, 1.842.
focus, reduced reflection *ad 'failure stamps, is now. sOuglit, aselduousdis illy *hen Served with hot i “c
it dead, There will be so little else—lust
of bulbs to burn.th b 'ef offi ' I tifi t' ',ph • s .eepecially ifeit comes from a ilitotrice • ere. Et r • .
ivai 91. the is in the -bulb or;,"
but fail to illuminate the road it is inwitli. the electric starter working and
the ever thYou ht of a e "Of course a foreign erns)! in oeesPeso fresh fruits.
. . . • opportuhity I had hoped to talk with
il aliced 'mY Dear BOY'-eIrtild not have the
' 'em—are comPesed_of aluminium. I e "1 n° ea "1* e• ec. - that h b ' the h a f " It milk.
retary of State for War rekrets ....'• as been ut , an s o eec '
44It "It beadligata burn brightlye, the wiring. . When lights fail to burn
tiad seen a ear's laard work before I peaces, Danana.s .anci other
the fluky he a belated letter or two, speak! eide several times.
pert), flicused," he *aye, "This mayethe cause in comm.only au open circuits . , .
counYtrees can, g - • tion of a city or territorY has nothieg„ Made • 0.6 ' _o , ' you last evening, and therefore take
Left in the Cold. I the -day• perhaps the tale of a brother
' to distinguish its stamp&from those:1 this. oppoetunitY, when we are sending
ladication that the lamps are not pro -,t the automaticecircuit breaker closed' hag Only of the small happeuings of
officer as to ow I fell; beyond that • in Canada. .
you your mittens arid the envelopes
ea'ailY he remedied he' &ging the car '' due either to a break in the wirintr or
• it generally usee, and in. euch cases 1. ''''''" winch you forgot, to give yeu a few
Is the postmark that glees 'value to FIRE WITHOUT mkrtups from home. - s'
last words of affeetionete counsel
,
the stampsfer the coilectorai_phepoeeeSt e_ _ .
eee _to aidiuttleaga .
diameter ,and the two illuminated "ground,' or short -circuit, is usually weather; it limits ray value so much. son, You have been to me the best peal to the patriotic eitizens of the dieur9wIleilArtnak h Lilt -rot - - -
Cal:radiate phatinaike At ereient Oit-"Metlinaci- Of ObtitheitTi Fire .-Azie-- Cora-
ls slightly more than three feet Ire when the dimming switch is us a campaigns. , QW, can I3ut I waist first to titanic you as your
areas almost touch. The lower edge 'present."
1 For weeks on end I am forced to carer r father a eellow could wish. I want to Dominion to. aid the Govereunent by I Th „ ,
mode Amon; Various Rates • can of per health. The firmer that is
• the better you will be able to do ater
A SON'S 'Jars&
rote Care of Lamps. ;of each asses of light should be *bout
f,eiglateem inches front tbet grouad.
With traffic officials scrutinizing the , eReduced reflection metes chiefly
ligittise systern of every autentobile frora unlinked epee, el dust •on the
these days it is well for the inotoristi
poliehed silver reflecting surfaces. A
to give * little attentien to that part chum& soaked in eicohoi end Agee
of his. car's eleetrical aystem which :dipped
makes night driving possible under in dry, powdered ouge should
r
any conditions. the used for tarnished *Teas. Great
According toe en expert there areswih scratch the reflector.
lean must be taken se thikp no wit
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WAR WIGS
NEW STAMPS
, UNUSUAL POSTMARKS HAVE A
NEW IMPORTANCE.
„eeeeeijaSZ'
Eating for Health and FATHER'S LETTER
Strength cans for
iveg:ei nil; 0 s' tfii ;1k e t, eep la n md:ot :IrY° tt tt: INSPIRING COUNSEL GIVEN ss
;led Vasa Biscuit. it.s YEARS AGO,
100 per tent. whole wheat—
floonthtailungs MI Soldiers Might Read With Profit .
This Advice to a CivirWoir --
flrlthi.-Mothing1711irea;abodwwaasyyte.:;* itiling corporal.
trimeut than meat> eggs Or , This letter, written be an eminent .
TO SOLDIER SON
I fifty feet from the side of a ,a poor connection. in the socket at the Eighteen menthe ago mer soldier nothing. An therefore now, before
handing and adjusting' the headlights back of the headlight. If one light, brought me ant here, and I have, hand, say farewell.
eatR the lertglit put frunt eagle beiteeturne more beightly_than_the _other' thereforo,experienced _ two _winter: . "Them 4,a- etas wed Af _maw words.
A HOT FIGHT IN
to o zuttive M I tbod f makin
the same drop of water, alai never. thank you for the gift of a clean d sabaaribalt a war loan' ilganY servwe or undero any fatigue re-
firees• by rubbing two sticics together. .
once will my owner pet me to his lips strong an vigorous healthy beadily, Past afficaa
d • !The Malays use dor the purpose two d f T
You may not believe, this, but it is
_-, c had. „x . ,___ .straight lirabs and thews that could stamped lettere in a gimilar , y dur-
in the United States
opiecee of bamboo. One is a hollowed
diera of the Guard left their trenchestore Q you. p preserve your
gift of a powerful: intellect mho die. many New stamps :1, convex.. strip laid 'flat side down; the
' other , h k if d / hope you will not try to avoid your
tar and temperate a life as is peSeible,
ealth you must try to lead as regu-
before the botabardment ceasedewhile ..., ..... . true.ing the first Liberty Loan campaign'
. oseeeeleY - A On 0 el 'mem" serve ,England at her need, Poi the - i. e
Slavenic inscription. "Liberty -Equal -
Russia's new stamps 'contain h
tea The sharpie edge is sawed rapidly 'ge full
!across the conv,ex strip until the later. posure where either is neceeeary or
share of labor, danger or et- .
ity-Fraternity." The _number"issued ' is ., called for. Take every proper . gm -
so far has not been large, a&Kerenehe penetrated through, and the du t
andshie followers have been tote busy 1 descent by friction ignites a bit . of
inan., sion for bathing,your Whole * body—
and scrupulously regard your personal
-e, • that falls beneath; rendered
with more important matters,. As i, tinder. ' .. 1 cteanlinese, no matter how much
makeshift the Russian, authorities have 1 trouble it may give you. Have noth.
spirituous liquors of
overprinted the oldi Reeeanoff stamps purpose because its flinty coat fa.voos.
Baraboo is tratura'lly adapted for.the. Mg to do with
with -a device representing a Phrygiant the development' of )ugh 'beat, while any kind, Take your food as regular. *
or Liberty can, with crossed swords ,
in addition se the legend that appears •flanuriable.•
its marrow pith when dryjn very hie' ly as you can get et, and neither eat
immoderately nor go a long tune With -
There is, of 'Course, no
on the latest essue. • .
Vinland's new startles contain - an 1 factory methods of leaking fires with -
I bamboo in France; but eqteally satis- out food, if you can avoid it ERA -
daily be 'careful not to eat to eiceess
trampling on a setre. 'Besides "Fins agreat many Boy Scouts, who practice° after tong fasting. e hope you _will '
never .disgrace yourself be any pro -1
Ohl time armorial design - of a lion out matches are known to -day to A
"Made in GermanY."
land'? they have on them the "native I
name of the country, "Seomi."
-Poland has a new stamp, but it is
._. . them on camping trips, and soldiers
' and sailors are now being taught to all
use them. • .
One of these inethods levolvel_the.
. , where they are practised or allowed.
faneness or obscenity, and will; Avoid
- "Try to preserve a cheerful and.
conversation - end coefpanions
their artillery was still tau= mg of water frozen solid inside me,
PARADISEmop ,hens upon the territory to be as -
"Here and there. along the line our
isaulted.
„, sionally, for pungent and suspicious
, Ids water with something else occa-
Perhaps mY eoldter prefers to raix
- defemies were a wreck. Here a3" licields. have been poured down ' My
WHERE THE GALLANT FRENCH there, toe, we had 'no men living to- d,es protesting neck. Of couree it is a
. MET THE ENEMY. fend them. Here and •there finally
meestanding fast in a hell of 11". good, ----------—— nvr afraid to take
. French ,Colonel Describes Episode
Near Chetain.des-Dainee, .
Ladies" Walk.
The French, colonel, with 4 few ' of
, Itileofficers, received do in a peasant's
Modest Nouse, a simple house of a
story and a half, With the typical
sloping root of the French country
t military crimeeto carry al -tithing ex -
we held -firm, a little group catf, heroic,' cept aqua pure in my family, but
One of the couriers sent forward with:
instrections from myself to Ma3or
saw the enemy's preparation for
assault and understood it was to be
something new, an assault with a cen-
timaius fire, instead . of an assault
aft* fire', He immediately' abandoned
his mission, returned to me and de-
livered the information, indicating to
me on this very map the portions of
district, writes a War correspondent our line that were destroyed, the pors
front France. ..lierefut-a ecentilliefur- thew sti1Lbojdipg. 1 sePtehihe- heel;
— -fleshed -room-he--bade-us -welcome-
without ado -led us to a table ,rar-whith
a map wes spread. And in quiet tones
he told of a ,recent encouoter 'with the
Germans. "
. "We stood- in the trenches in Pars'
dise wood On the Chemin-des-Dames,
opposite Courtecon, still in the hands
of the enemy. You know the Chemin-
des-Parnes. It is or Was, inttil, torn
to pieces by shellfire an Ancient R0-
° man road elevated-ititoye, water level
'through a low section resting upon a
height, rebuilt in the Napoleonic era.
on the plateau rifting north from Sole -
*Ms and northeast of Rheims about
the village, of Craonne.
A Veritable leferno. .
-
!Itis -upon the -outline(' form:of-this'
plateau that the front shapes itself at
this section, its edges of spur-sbaped
lend (teethed between little valleysand died and won and lost, aMid. shell
"Paradise wood is partially inclosed explosion, and bayonet thrusts Later
I
in one of these viilleye, Theni
trenches we found two of our aehiee ries in-
t:if-one regiment were in its- very cen- tact- and every inan of each „ crew
ter,. first, sicked and third line with dead about theme We fought the fight
communiceitiOns, Onethefourth slay- all night and gave 'mere than we lost
esfurthereetonnaissanceialle never -
'returned. - • ,-
., Haild.to-liaud Fighting:
"But the infamation be had given
me enabled me te learn that a Initraile
leuse squad was pouring lead *nth
deadly destruction into the Boche, and
that two companiee had counter -at-
tacked' with the Beebe attack and
brokeh through, to be immediately
surrounded; that Captain —, vrith
one company, had come to the rescue
and broken the Boehe lines sent
forward a fresh „battalion in ,counter-
attack . They went through "the en-
emy line like a trainalirouglt a tunnel
and "took as prisoners Beebe troops
that had heldi some of their comrades
captive for twelve -rainutesess.
"There was death all about Hand
to hand and body to body, Men tought
It is only in Arctic. Weather, how-
ever, that HUI desecrates me With
other liquids.
In the trenches it is no 'simple mat-
ter to get pure water. A Party* of
men are gent behind the line to a well
in a shattered farinhouseaor, prefer-
ably, to the battalion water -cart, to
fill up empty petrel -tins, the water
having first been' chlorinated to make
it 'suitable -for -drinking:- Tbey. tate
baelteretheriereetTch hAled, arid -I an
the. other bottles are-fillei fromethese.
4 Tragedy on the SWIMe.
have a reputation to maintain: I'm•
a waterLbottle." Sometimes I think,an
A.S.Cdriver will be collaring me, in
the belief that I'm • a tin -of petrol:
I was a water -bottle, I shoeld have
Said. All; 1 still imagine / belong to
those happy days, instead of beinga
misterable makeshift candlestick in a
rest -billet ' - •
My tragedy happened _ on the
Somme. Bill's dearest friend was
named Joe They enlisted together,
-end by great good fortune had manag-
ed to stick to each other all through
their service I can tell you, Joe's- boa;
etlessance-I-exehangede-confideneeseerar
many a dusty route march. .
Woffifi Its Weight in Gold.
, Well, our battalion was ordered to
capture a certain wood, whose. name I
must- not -divulge. I fairly shook in
my carrier during the fierce bombard-
ment that preceded our...attack, but my
nerve returneeenmediately dirt&
ceriung nund—thank you. For 'the
king years of self-denial that tnade rer
eductition possible; for the guidance
andteaekma that kept inc atratght in
the days '�f youth; !di the eaunsel and
help ever freely proffered when I ask-
ed; for all nobleethings in your ex-
ample—again and most earnestly,
thantecou,
"Secondly, as tie my death. Inas-
Much aspire be men together, there is
littIe need for words. It is in aegood
cause that I lay down my life, All the,
things that I hold deaP in life 1 will-
ingly give up sineeeitle required of
me. , I gen proud and glad to beone of
those .whom England takes, who iii
their bodies pay theplice of her hon-
or. And though "in. yourheart there
° ••?• • • • - -owl;
and you will not grieve overmucb.
s "All good things be unto, you!: May
the coming years bring wider held of
service, honor, and honorable work,
strength and .evistlone tosperform it
and in the end Peace and contentment
and Viet 'rest! Your. son, a Soldier
of Englanfl, Salutes you.. Farewell!"
THE' OPENeWINDOW HABIT. s •
,LeeiereaDanger of Tuberculosis and
increases Efficiency:
One of the most useful habits to cule
livate is that of sleeping with , year
windows open. eUnd'otibtedly .a great
deal of sickness, low energy and tired
feeling -is -due- to sleeping- with, closed
windows., Not only is the- dittigerof
_tuberculosis much -lessened sleep -
lea With -your windows .vride open, but
your efficiency Will belargely incretis-
ecisandeyou anotber-
son if you get fresh air. -while you
'Most people keep their windows
Weep. .
epee at night in the summer titne but
after our occupation of this sector, at, At dawn we held true to the previoui
ed out of the trench and walked across -
weather 'three •ehillY. This is Where
begin to close, them as soon as the
, 8 o'clock in the evening, a hail of night's position, awe for a few meters
Beebe shells began to fall. 'upon out. here ited-there, and by 9 in the morn- the entervening eight hundred •yards
lines. It 'was a veritable inferno,ing we had regained these ..Not a foot „Though machine-gun Irallets, pinged they make a mistake." It is it this
great shells sent toward ue and bursts of our line was in enemy hands. Not all around es; Billotrelled draw, un
: point where one can easily contract
Ing . everywhere Mist es, destroying an observation post belonging to us harmed. He stopped tie -agile. a cigar- the open: window. habit By adding bed
entail abri and: observation, breaking was taken All our liee'vraTinirs. Our ette, and—aht . covers on the cold nights, in_ a few
connection with the teat: ..That meant dead and theirs attested why." • No roatter, we took the wood. We weeks one Will find that the coldest
the immediateeestablithineet of " a „,.. searched every corner of it; and rout- nights do not mean disetenfort • It is
-relay erairier system, in Which man • FIND;BOtiES OF ST. pEonemt ed Out a large 'number. of Fritzes.
•
. •
then eaey to continue with Pe n
win -
after man picks up a meisage and ' • Then, as my Seidler wag making his dews through the winter
conies it under fire to a given point Remains- Pound in Palestine Under 'way to the northern end, to console.
•
Zs ving business ane to "old me. sfath ceefetil mosaic. date a position, the femiliar :voice of
'
leas 6f the Message in tranSMisSisli
Quick Pro tion. '
• • Joe called out Whim. '
starting from different points end' tray Christian Church hag. been dis- God's sake!" , .' • • water soon discovers it and coulee
a Mexican town had been sitting in the
0110,1%PiVin• PS=-whrh'--1'e--aalcen--u—ie- ofa busy drill, a eireple-contrivence urag
others. Bear hardships without gram -
Place in China have afforded a rich
field for those interested in pbilatelse times B tiles meat •o' d f
that dates back to remete prehietaric
Ming and always 'try to -do -more, xa-
although it bas not been easy to get
held of the stamp issues. In the recent
brief return to the throne of Emperor
Ilsuan Tung said that 'stamps
of the republic were overprinted With
an imperial emblem or inscriptiegi. As
the young man held his place for only
a weekethe overprinted stamps.' should
be valuable..., ,
War e stamp _collectors with , their
'stamps and postmarks canreadoff a
history of the ever by •glanciog
through the pages of their albeuns.
They are coestantly on the alert to add
to their stores, as can be testified to
by importers, exporters, army and
navy officers and- employees of -steam --
ship
ship lines, who are importuned by dili-
gent -philatelists desiring to e "go
through the waste baskets." • War
stamp collecting 'has also "Opened a
. • •
new-sourcerad-revenue to Janitors in
office bindings,. who look out for
stamps and sellthem. '
• - The Sandbag Caves of Venice.
In dther cities, when.aerial " bores
birdreents take.place, the citizens run
for safety WO enclergroettd cellars
and store -places But, as is welleaiown
Venice has no cellars, nor under-
ground places. Around. the houses
there is Niter, One can hardly •edig
few feet below.: the surface. any-
where without coining to water. For
this reason the ground floors of the
houses are made of cement so ;t�as,
be impermeable to water but should
divided the relays into two sections A fine mosaic of the eielyerixth cen- • "Rill!' he cried. "Water, Bile for Foran houlthe'Anierican consni any flaw or emelt appear in them the
• going towardthe objective by differs covered by Britisletfoops In Pelee -tine, ..Ttly soldier 'rushed over to -the spfin., hotel dining room. At lost the pro_ bubbling up throug "Ice thus
my, straps as he ran. . "Pardon, sir," said, With 'a low
•
tete' had to be -found for them. Fee-
, ent Tout -ea- Sonietitnes beth d noitinvest of Beersheba, under' works tered tree ander which he lay, pulling prieter camth substi-
e hint. '
lacking underground cellars, e
ea e
tunately; it possesses many strongly
ar ed passages, an in these the
authorities have proyided what .are
dialed leoghi df xiftedio • (Places of re-
fuge). They are built Of wood and
ags. They have beea coustreeted
m eveTy-- quarter of ciff,:-Signboarda
on every cornea pellet out the way to
them. And ice, when - the 'watchmen
reoun'd the alarm. on their tied/wets,
the people like those ef old,. . flying
from the .avengers of blood, cen etea
into theft refugees and be eel& •
h it V
t. 'hornet; sometimes but one. ,And often recently occupied by the Turks. .It me out of
-- *ming -el -at tlay• neitber bears' a Oraeco-Syriae inscription Tee "Joe, ,pld -chump he said, astopped4 teeeri, Were you waiting fOr -any-
fapy, feeling in .supellaftves to et .Saint a naety onee have ler?' .Chear sine thine?" • -
: "Te-
o
"We l
bey Shan isTot. pun
e' . -
new alh.attack would . follow
. • George, whose ,bones were found be- sonted Here's yer water. r11 get yer "Yes," replied the consul
. •
neath the Moshe& s ' back to our lines all right!" ' terday I told Ferdinand, year head
-----•---e-e-theb6711, , bar(IMPIle"-,11P(tbill tiv"M'•elr, Tins luttce ii"::4 but:41 UUldeWlkat ill- Aild ha Pulled out my ceeleandrelia- 3P._,*-,re-stlai-Lii•auideeeeshbeeesseebeala
1.--cal2alle:'::. -. '' ed eft .reficielt II:Wick' filiggitig--nitu vii iki,az'Zv-,chfrrndet-i-rgkz-tl,aiftii)'x,.“•-or4'.'to2g'z'-:----,It:.'Lg;---geSzracki,Lppfe,_gik?.
ined- latelY aiter the -ttauhatihneut- le- nevertheless, a. -fine spielinin.1 It Then ---then re-hoticed, and he thing hasn't nenteared yet " ' - -
• ceased. And when this niotnent should is for the present etored at a denot in me from hire like a thing acctirsed,
be announced by a hill in, the storm "
oairo where it will remain peniinga
of shells thrown upon lls, our men decision as to its ultimate disposal.
stood to take to ' the open to leave s eseaseeses.---e. , .
their deep shelters and girded to the If you have cut your finger baffler
loins, receive ' the Beebe shock. We and can not stop the bleeding, tie it
had only One aint—the aim of Verdun up in a piece of soft rag that bas been
-- and all the rest of it—'They shah -tot seaked in turpentine. ' This will stop
. pass!' . the bleeding and make the cut heal
"But on this occasioe the grew- quickly.
For when he bad stopped to light his
cigarette a machine-gun bullet bored
eight through m& . And now, wheirmy
water woUldhave been worth more
than liquid gold, I was empty/.
A few oxalis bulbs' planted lloW W111
make flourishieg clover like plants all
wititer4
43
I CAttf Go l'oetlio.
OFFICE "WM WITH
Eit atte TINS
514tPe..
I
og •Ies Yoh CAN -lot)
DROUGHT 114IS witoi.4
AFFAIR. ON -YOUR- •
Sal, 1
1.
eFerdinaed joined" the Army early
to day," said#the.proprietor. "lithe
senor —" •„
"Gone, has he? the scoundrel -
Why didn't he let me know he was go -
"More respect, please, senor,” Pro-
.
tested the Mexican, with dignity.
"Ferdinand has • won steady promo-
tion mad is no* a general."
For duieplings, cook small tea Isle-
cuitssin the evon. Before serving put
these on the platter, and pour the stew
weer them,
stick .is . made to revolve with great
rapidity in a hole -in a piece of Wood.
With elittle good tinder ready, only
two or three minutes are required to
accomplish ignition' • e.
The kw drill is in comMon use by
the Eskimo for Making fire.. Another
method, of Polynesian" origin,the%
of the "Plowing -stick." Th. opera-
tor rube a. The
in it -piece -a soft
weed with the end of a •stick „of hard
wood. .The stick wears off particles
of the soft wood and pushes them
along in a head at the end. of elle
groove. By acceleratin the moire-
ment the tiny heare ro ght to the
-point ---,—
Until recent years .the accomplish-
ment of :Making fire by rubbing two
sticks' together. wits deemed
'beyond
attainment civilized people. But
why?dNobody cOnki: say, hilt Skill
in the art was supposed to be obtain-
able exclusively by • savages:. This
idea has been exploded.. •
The eiyilized Canadian can make
fire in this way* just as well as any
eavagei All-heneede is h little teach-
ing, as many a Boy Scout can testify.
Deubtless some day he will learn
how to use the "fire syringe," which
May fairly be regarded as the most
scientific of all aboriginal firenfaking
peoceeses. • •
Its plate of (origin is the island of
Borneo. The instrument' is a cylinder
Of buffalo horn, with a sort of piston
closely fitting: A .scrap. of 'tinder is
placed in the mouth of the cylinder
and a- sharp, etrongeeepzje . struck
upon theknobof the 'Phitone • Coni -
pressed 'air gives up heat under re-
daction of volume and thus the tinder
catches fire. , • • '
• Planned War, in 1909. ,
'Germany's military preparation was
lozown to -the -Ruselan Vox Ministry,
dett _alto . wase -neewreatleateGeleare fly
coltemplated a declaration ef 'war,
d in
1900; anagain in 1918, aceording to
testimony given by General Michels -
son, at the trial of General 'Setilchom-
liftoff, Cornier: minister ot war, for
high treason. • The Wit/lose eiras the
military, attache of the Ruesiaite *rare
batisy in Berlin from 1906 to 1911. Ite
swore that he'had reported Germany's
military activity to the Russian War
Office; _
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will have occasion - to be patient Meat.
oftener than to be brave. •
'The -duty Of a soldier is unques- •
'Honing obedience—but, beyond ethis,
I have you will 'cultivate eekind, re-
spectful and considerate *epee to-
ward Your Officers, '
"I hope you are going With a love------
for your country and_your caose end _
with a determination to be faithful to -
every 'duty you have undertaken; My •
boy, you bear the name of one who, to
the ,end of his honored life, never
shrank from s a duty; hewever-paiefuls
nor al
from aanger th Which duty call-
edehim.- .13e -sere thateyou -doeno -die-see
credit to Itl Neither by eowardice'by
falsehood, by impueieies, ItYalevtty nor'
by selfishness. • •
"Remember always your home and
your-friends—those-howillwelcome--
your return with pride ind•joylf„yoa •
shall come back in ivirtee • and honor,
•who will cherish 3wOr' memory if,
faithful and true, you haye given Up
,your Hate but to whom your disgrace -
would Mae _ a . pang sherpee,than
death. Remember your obligations to
duty and to God. , And. may these
thoughts keep you front temptation.
and -encourage andestrengthen yoe in ;
danger or sickhess. -
"And now, my clear boy, I commend
you to God—and to the power of His
grace. May God bless and :keep you. .
Think of Vier Heavenly 'Father in •
heelth and in sickness, in joy and in
sorrow, Go to Him for strength and
guidance. You etre very cleat•to one
lwarts—ande your absence. leaves- sise.--
geeat place vacant in our home. If it
be according t� His 'will, May you
come each to us in safety and honor,
-but' Whatever is before us, may His
/Mews:and love be ever with you end
His grace be,suffielent for you.
"With deep affection, yeer father
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Blue, Monday "Plano." -
Who invented the washboard
One..might imigine that familier
.article of household furniture toatel -
of prehistoric drigin. It seems as if
there inest" always have been . wash-
boards. -
Bid ricitsee- _ _ _
• The -first ivishboard caine int° eX.• •
ietence in AN, a •
It was in its way an ePOch-makint .•
invention, ahd the chapwhp took intf-e
the petent on. this Yatikee novelty was
tamed Stephen -Rest. '
We Met Uncle Jim Plettearalthe
oth-
et day. We alWasre leave him with a
feeling_ of tejuvetiatioft. Hit alsvays "
has a ready sinile anti a cheery word— •
-never too busy to stop and chat for a
minute. We seed mere of Uncle Jilyee
kind in this world:v.' , !
Hallowe'en festivitiesette incomplete
without pop-corn."Before poppieg, put
'the coin in a colander and 'things it
Int a. pan of Water; then &aim The
corn will be whiter and better ,wlten
popped, if this plan is followed; :When
making pop -corn into balls, have a Pan
of dry torn and add it to the cowbells
as they are 'being termed, They will '
look better and form Inueh more
-ratethey aee not so sticky 'to
work,
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