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LIME STORIES
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d their shoee cut ft by the ears
geonei knife before behig brought to
OF THE RED CROSS fer stie
the hospital on. stretcher*, now grown
atrong seal eeite Able to Walk ebout,
but ondegane4 leek of hove
•141,..... . pass the long summer afternoons in
, the (sultry hoepitel everds. Fortunate
BEAUTY. AND TENDERNESS OF enes with enough money bit them -
WORE CARRIED ON. r, eelves some kind af fooNwear 512111-
'Asa to pass the sentry. I remerl.
her a nice old 'mica serving as a
nurse who received me in hie stock-
inged feet, and explained that he bad
dent hi a ehoes' o one of the ellen . so
that lie tould go eut for the first
timo to the eliade by the river.. I
op.mmaxe.
Some Brief but Touching Episodes in
the Experience of a Red Cross
Agent in France.
AVIATORS AD
FOR 80 HOURS
CLUNG TO Tim BOTTOM OF
OYERTURNED SEAPLANE.
British °Weever and American. Pilot
Reecued After Pigeon Took Word
Of Their Plight.
cognitioree eald Moore, 'and nave ehe's
decided to ga back and report:
"But that plane hedn't even %eon
OS,
"Our epirite fell. We had been.
afsaid et two things'. being- picked up
by neutral ships and int,erned or cape
tured by an enemy submarine. Now
we even hoped that the onemy—that
anything—would get us to end it all.
'A ship woeld have to run ue
down before seeing use said.
"Wo sighted a trawler about 6 pan.
on Tuesday. She had just been etas-
ing a submarine and so did net Beene
to take us very seriously at firet. We
-What 'd delightful thing it 'would be should have so much lilted to furnish The isews has reached this contin- wave4 at her for half an 140er before
both too Weak ,tet latand tip and sig-
nal. We. could Orily riee en our
knees. Moore% hands were too swol-
len to hold a -handkerchief, bet I had
faithful agents who dietribute the in- on, leaving the men patient and Stone, of Varguna, describes the hare kept my gloves on and was aide to do
- valuable supplies! Ile- weule see complaining. ,Byt, sae, itis ever rowing experiences of himself and his so.
many. sights that would bring tears Boma littleecrevice or chink left in the companion ad follows:
Too Week to Take Line.
if Who has leen money or shoes to .all thee° poor, imprisoned sent of the rescue a an Arriericaneaa-, she changed her es12Irso- We were.
some more personal gift to the relief hien, but there were none among the val aviator and a British observer
work oe the Red Cross, could me wares had with me; and as available after they had clung for eighty hours
. about -ti-trough the hospitals and feriae or buying them were not .so to the underside a et pontoon of their
' earn s of France with •.one of the ample that year as now, 1 had to pass wrecked machine. The pilot, Eesign
is eyes—eears of 'vitt, and tears path of the great steam roiier o a
of gladness, too; he would feel as he; national admietetratiosethat presents
;cannot now—unless he is a person of oppertunity for our, eeevicese. '
, extraordinary imagination—the `full • Errands of Mercy.
beauty and tenderness of the work!‘i.s"ur task of distributing Red Cress
this great society carries on; and he wares to the little village hospitals is
• would retuen to his home determined, a very •eaSy one. It is just: "Bon
to give generously more this year • soir, Monsieur le Ctirele Here are
' than he (has ever given before for
carrying on and textending the service
that the Rea Cross offers to the un-
fortunate and the suffering. f-33-aF.° bandages, siel sealed mei
sein ,these steriliz-
our readers cannot do that, they .will ed tin boxese No, there is hothing to
be glad ee read a few brief episodes e
rely; thousands of wernen 'have been
in the experience of a Red ' Cross knitting theni for you over in
agent in France; they are taken from A ..4 iea, 4. shousands of miles away.
.an article by an ittinerican. worker, No, there are no thanks due t� us
'Mr. Howard Cepland: . , • from you. It's eel the other. way
There is a new-feegled theory these round; it's we who thank you. for all
lint dew` years about intridetomie i the work you lave been doing for us
energy—unsuspacted forces inside th.e here in France these three years and
. dull lead of the bullet that, if relests- j wren
ed, 'would intiedibly surpass the pal- ° And the old eure, or the rustic yd-
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try force of its speeding flight. Well, lage mayor, looking bewildered as the
something like that emanates frere beautiful flannels,, bed linen and band
theinterior of these. surPrise bag e ages roll out from the automebile,
thee the women of A.merica, have sent drosses himself piously arid . stares
Jo the. wounded soldiers of France --at me in a kind of speechless awe as
more than even the very kindest te 1 were e reessenger straight out of
hearts that sent theme ever put into the sky. Blue -clad men .in bandages
th,em! Iereeall a dying hum in a hos- hobble out of the kitchen, their potato
• vital of the fifteentheRegion a foe
Weeks ego. He just stroked the lit-
tle bag. all clay long as it ley on the
covers - of his bed for three day* be-
fore hie death, taking out all the little
spme warm- woollens for:your wounde
ed men to put on whee they Fe well
(=ugh to be about. Here are some
paring or their dishwashing still in
evidenee; the whole establishment
like one large friendly family, begin
fo press my hand, andl am off across
country toward- another • hospital
de objects and putting them back agent twenty miles away before the won -
over and over, one by ;one. The last derful wares have been even compre-
ewords he "sPehe Were, "II fatit wire st, ,headed. Truly, every one of the little
cette dame" (I must write • to the benevoles hoseitals assures a• gilt -
lade), and he held the card she had edged investment for the American
written close to his cheek as if whise chiller, a dollar that in these cases not,
, 'leering .Weras of love to this person, only epeecis to its mark with all its
the'erst, perhaps, who had shown ten- hilted energy, but, like • those '"ex-
' derness to him since the shattering of Plosivebullets". we hear about, sud-
e his little home he the north of France, denly engenders an unsuspeeted. and
• When he event to the trenches and hie increaeed force when Ridged in the
.evife and daughter were depereteci into bosom of the target
elivety: .• . • . •
Saved His Life.1Elygienic Sinners. • s
., . :. „
Many a shirt or a. dollar's worth of The waitress who carries a napkin
woolen sweater has saved 'a human Under her arm and wipes ofe yew.
life. I recall headieg my motor car plate With it • • ' •
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across country againet a cold, sleety . The -fruit-stand owner who exhales
rain one bitter dar. last winter and on your apple and polishes it on his
Meeting a you -ng soldier, who accept- sleeve.
, .
.ed the proffeeed seat by -my side. He The cook -who tastes from .the pot
•had ;just come from the hospital, and stir* with the tasting spoon.'
where he had been sent in the heat Of i The employer Who does not supply
the preceding, summer, and he had eadeqmiteiefiniitaro. facilitiea,. for his
been trudging now thrmigh the snieh, help. . • •••• , •
with evidently the dame clothes he The street car conductoieveho holds
had worn then'. He was an electric , the transfer slips in his mouth
bellhanger from the part .of France I The restaurant 'toothpick and the
'needed:, He. had been invalided out 'doecutter..
of neilitarieser.vieees, andeladndaskedde—Theroller towel,
that the railway) ticket always given e The milkman who takes the temper
in Such cases shintid he made out for atureof the milk with his finger.: •
,a town Pest behind • us, because • he i The grocer who inoistene Mis finger
. knew .of an ord employer :there. But to lift the tissue paper he Puts over
the • establishment, like many others, ' your butter. ' • • -
had been closed since the beginning :The jailitor Ore- porter whodry-
of the war, and it was ,on a very sweeps the floor. .
faint hope that he was malting his The great common public vvhieh.
way to the next town in search of spits, coughs, and sneezes "atelaege."
needed employment His 'poor WY, • ..
long enfeebled by illness and the . . 'To You in France
• close air of hospital wards, was shak- Last night I dreamed .of you .
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Ing so that he -could • hardly speak.. A thing so meal—so very tree;
Now, in future years; when all this Your glance your smile, a little *ley.
horrible war shall have come to to be to eou had .
that +epee tipueg musketeer . only a Of humming certain airs when you
blurred retrospect, if he has a proper.; 0. were ead. - ,. •
'sense of propoition there willsernerge , The brave look in your eyes the day
froin it thee memory of a shirt, •a .. you took.niy -hand '
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411
" left our station in a Bestish 0,
to
seaplane as pilot, with, sub -Lieutenant
Erie Moore, of the Royal Naval Air
/Ceti/tee, as observer, at 9 axe Our
'duty was to coevoy patrols.'Whenewo
hours out, having met our ships cem;-
ing from the westward, We thought
we sightdd a periacope. ahead and
turned off in pursuit. ,. We hist Our
course. Our engine dropped' dead at
11.80 o'clock, forcing us to land on
the surface in re rough sea,
"We had no kite nor radio to call
for assistance, so we released our
• two carrier pigeons. We tied a mess-
age.with our positions and the word
;sinkingeon each, The first, the blue -
barred one, flew straight off and
reached home. But the other, which
was white -checked, lit on our machine-
• and would not budge until Moore
threw our navigation clock at him,
which probably upset him sonthat he
failed us. •
, "Heavy seas smashed• our tail-
planes, which kept ,settlings I saw
that they were pulling the machine
A,.. by the rear, turning her over -«' robs and destroyers in thesarea."
The trawler moved warily ,around
us, but finally threw life preservers
at the end .ofete line... i yelled that we
were too weak to grasp it, She en-
elly hove to, lowered a boat and lift --
ed us aboard.
"Then we collapsed,
"I, remember asking for a drink and
getting water, The skipper would let
us take only sips, but he left a bottle
alongside of me and I drained it. He
gave us biscuits, but we couldn't chew
or swallow them. I asked . for
peaches, and it • almost seezneci that
my dreams of them had come tree
when he shoved things between my
lips. We felt n� pain until our
clothing was ripped pff. and blood
rushed into our ewollen legs and
"Moore lost six toes in the hospital.
My feet teemed black. • '
"Every machinefrom -the seaplane - ' .
Handle Top With Care.
base and those from a station on the
French vase had searched continue • "Can anything besdone with an old
ously for aviators after the blue top 'which leaks in rainy weather?"
pigeon had liomed, as did all the pat- asks a reader, who adds that the top
is . rather old and somewhat ragged
in aPpearance.
AMINE IS ALLY
OF THE
EMT!
Profitable Joy -Rides.
I believe that the family autoniobile
can do quite al. little this Bummer in.
helping decrease the price •er food in
Since the top is a consPicieods Part
of a car, a few euggestions concern-
ing its upkeep may be helpful. If
you wish the top to look well and give
the elltY and at the Same tune turn an long service, handle it ae little as pos.
extra, dollar or two for the farmer. eible. Either keep it up or keep it
Last year grapes, apples, and several cloven meet of the time, preferably the
other produces that would have 'heels former. But if it is down and a
wasted 'one our farni found their via,y *term threatens, don't woit until the
to the city markets beefalSe the trip •etorm breaks before raising the top.
could bennacle in a few hours ssi the When putting the top down, fold eagle
automobile, evliere.as it would have eection between the hews =dully.
taken tile beet Part of a. day vet* a it ie The deeinldes and ridgea. that
• &wake later ono• Hasty' handling
team. •
Besides, there was seldom enough et came breaks axel tears.
'a time to ell a wagon, and as -the - Acer owner of inY aceinaintaleee hes
things were perishable they could not
But as we had to go to the city any.: never had the top of his touring car
and it looks pi:entice:11y ilew. Care -
wised ytotna-mvea:ivoinusaunecamesosuitnitesaf, wperodauinee.e. down u:lcil:Itihneg t*too yeaaeirosi:eolvietisrhanha4g .initirl
on hand, and when old this Imo- for
be cowed until a load was gathered.
times a little over • tbrarhowentopehroads,sisnwe oihslocadhn aif in are
r-ii): 10commonenl p.1 ko ne e Pni na rg-
It didn't occu any more room Extra "Gas" and OiL
is
our gasolifie, our s opping, and some -
than the things we brought back, as it -
was fresh, and sold readily, So we „ ,
fitted° joy -ride. If all farmers would long trip by motor says that the gas
A reader who is contemplating a
had the apparently impossible.., -a pro -
utilize their machines in this may it Utah of his•car holds only,10 gallons,
mobile has ceased to be regarded as a provide for additional gasoline .stor-
aangdc,5 ,.aelce whether it would he well to
would perhaps help to clean up the
farm eurplueeat a profit , The auto- •
euxury, and its use can be extended to Filling stations are so well distris
cheer many of the° little trips that buted over the country that anyone
as
sho travels the regular antoneobile
routes will leave no difficulty as far
are still left to the slower horse-drawn
vehicle. gasoline is concerned. Merely as
a 'precaution carry an extra gallon' in
a• can as reterve supply. But the
matter of oil is somewhat different.
• It is bed policy to mix.various Ulnae
of oil in your crank ease, which you
will frequently beobliged to do when
buying a quart or so at e time as you
go- along. Carredei two -gallon can
filled :with the oil you heve found most
satisfactory. .Use out of, -this can. and
replenish th'e _supply with 'the Sallgt
kind of oil. when you can find ft.
We tore the tail febric to lessen de e
impact of the waves. It wasn't any,
use to stop. The tail fiat was smash-
ed and its box Ailed with Water. This
•increased the downward leverage and
rose her perpendicularly in the air.
A:p 2480 p.m. we capeized, elimbing up
the nose and 'over the top' te the
underside of the pontoons..
. Left Without Food." • .
"Our emeegency ration had been in
the observer's seat at the back, but
• WAR—THE ONE THONGHT.
Among Millions of people, •the wGeirti
Fact is Always Present. •
Night had fallen, and the omnibus
on top of which I was sitting surged
noisily forward through . streets of
strange darkness, says, a writer; in a
London paper. Ae intervals the pave -
.merit at our side became visible, • in
tile form of a vague circle. The foggy
we hadebeen so busy. trying to repair
illumination projected downwards, the motor and save ourselves from
a cone, from a cowled lamp. And
turning over that we didn't remem-
when from time to time we passed a lamp
ber this . until too lated
wherefipm a sharp -cut inscription.
crawled aft for food Moore saw that
and a pointing arrow glimmered: "Air
it was only helping the machine to
'd Sh lt •
capsize. He yelled to me to come back ..
and I did just in time to save myself ' Four years ago what should we.
have thought of such an announce -
From
being carried down with the tail.
- From then on for nearly four days
meThilteire' ahe P;OPle.'w
who 'sae we are
until picked up by a trawler we were !
singularly unaffected by the war.
.continually,eoaked and lashed by seas.
That is hecause the great changes
and with nothing to eat or .drink. We
-had nothing to cling washedte, andersbooartdo wlifheiebhavheaveoembeeesno :vriowoulyghtthautpwone haovure.
eels, r • g
we got upon the siinie pontoon and
hugged. oue- arms about one another's
bodies for the whole time. We sufe
*eel from thirst.- I had a cravmg
lot' mined peanhes. Twiee a drizzle'
cairie on, wetting -the pontoon. • We
urn on ' h 'd lapped-
-
up the moisture, but the paint ,came
off with the salt and nauseated us.
d o o s in the
_distance and vainly waved out hand -.1
kerchiefs. We -had' no signal liglifie'ne
.
watchesstopped
to use a nig ,
and we lost all track of eerie. • Nee
realized how easy it was for a sub-
marine out there to, ' escapee -being'
spotted. . ' •
• ,Rescuere Neale. Thhe'Vadesite
gunday night we lipied a mast-
head light and sheeted, The ship
heard and- began to circle us. We saw
her port light. She headed straight
toward US until within 100 yerds, thee,
'when eheecrew mere visible on :the
deck of the vessel she suddenly mit ,
out her lights and turned away,
'She. thinks we, are "-. said
Moofe. •
"'1 hope she does,' said L 'Thee
they'll send patrolboats out to get us
sweat& and a few other woollen gar- And said "Good -by" and , sailed to .
We couldn't be worse pie if we were
meets, which will assume. monument- "No Man's Land."
al proportions. Fel: if he haesurviv- • • Germans.' ;
ed that day; I inn sute it was those I w•oke with tears of longing, thee e I "Reit no "Peelle ealne. - •
huti4do :pt./flea:4 that staved big thonght,---.....- ` "din lifenday afternoon la seaplane
appeared freest the east. It was fly -
_tee t e
I recall a French', tovni With ample • tears . , sible that •she cotildn t sight us, fol.
iive'Yon• up, perliapithroueli all the air was perfectly clear. But she
paeki, and shade trees by a stream. n
. where for some reason there had been the veers passed straight -above without making
an ebsteele to the aertial of shoes for efee may -be cod' will listen 'to me When any signal, flees two . miles batten ,
I pray to bring you safely back again and came back on her courses , !
the men ire hospital, and it was strid-
e ly forbidden that those not properly • . "'Her observer Inuit be iencling
• shod' should go, 'out Of the building. • gvery 'man :is the ..ardnitect of Ms Wireless about use onsereen. - •
-Here were adores of Men who had own4ortune.-e-Sallust. ' • 'Yes, that is why. we get no. re -
not noticed their fulness nor envisage
ed their grotesquerie. -But to glance
back at the London °flour years ago
is to percexve how we have ed. records had beee allotted their ward
Teiveal things are the symptome of owing to midi a limited supply?
She wer's. ethereality. _ • This is ,just one instance.: of the
On that amnibus I paid my fare to many that occur in our military- hos-
e Woman, not to a. man; and because pietas and rest homes, throughout the
of this eircuinstance obtained my coimety, where thousands .of return -
ticket before Triibififtecl to the top: ed e soldiers are tiehig eared. for and
Waitresses had served me, Ft din-
reatetheeelebeandosereedest leas
as well as emir four -years -ago we -A-
erie if no better. .A girl worked the cords or player rolls. Can you not
lift in. the Tube. Girl -porters were on start to day looking through your
the station.pletferin. A poet -Woman
delivered my morning letters. A lite.
tle telegraph girl brought me a tele.
grain. While out wallcing this morn-
ing I saw a .brace a girl window-'
cleaners in trousers : in an illustrate
ed paper were pheeographs of girls
en the • land, in knickerbocker suits.
And every here and there in town I
saw girlsein khaki. • -•
Nothing can surprise. us new, ie
seems. We eat food at which four
years ago we should bade turnedup
Qui. noses. Lo! it •is good food, and, "Tis sweet to live Where, love dotei
though•there•is little of it, we find we reign, • . .
remain healthy on that little, We . All he is holy, peaceful, •
pay for things with ,baeknotes, and Our hearts -are strong and "tis
•
• Such a top can be patched, and. with
some care it will perhaps last the"rest
of the season, but the best thing to do
is to a new one.
"Record, Record, Who' i Got a
Record?"
elehe hospital, ward was big and
bare, 'jest a huget figure in :officer's
khaki on his daily inspection, or per-
haps a nurse bending aver some help-.
less form, broke the uniform same -
nese of the roves' and rows of whete,
cots. In the centre of the roont within
earshot of ,a11; a taking machine had.
been placed. Toethese wounded sol-
,dierS this was a •gift from the skies,
for music will soothe the, sick, cheer
the lonely and heighten the lives og
ail its hearers... On this particular
morning "Silver Threads Amend the
Gold'd had• been played twice, -"Annie
Laurie" had been encored three times,
while "Casey Jones," being the favor-
ite, was played on the moving diel'
over eve , Can you blame the
soldiers for not receiving much in-
spiration and cheer when .just three.
,
who have 'some sound •repredecing
Sitarrld be Beit-4cr thee:nearest- fire
ranger, railroad agent Or municipal
reachineeoe Playee-pianeehat-a very
pOor and eneagee assortment of re-,
s
MAKING FORESTS' FIREPROOF.
Rangers Appeal to Public to Xeep
• Lookout for Small Conflagrations.
• i
Several forest fires have alreedy
Occurred in various .parts of Canada
this
this year.' practieally. every case
-the cause' was traced to human
bands—a tossed -away cigarette, e
• neglected campfire, or similar att
that at the moment appeared trifling.
Settlers anxious to been their
"slash" in the hottest' weathet with-
out obeying Government regulations
are a prolific cause,- of forests fire
evere year. • • '
Theerangers ofthis province • are
asking the' co-operation of every man,
woman and child this year so, as to
keep, the forest losses down a
minimuin ite a matter of -decent pat-
riotism. Special efforts are being
made •to provide fire fighting equip-
ment but the main task is to prevent
fires from starting. This is a Qom-
parativelye simple - matter if every
camper' puts out his campfire, every
smoker extingueshes his eigarette
• and Match before. tossing away,.every
•seteree gitards his clearing fire. When
a bush fire, is seen, instant word
cabinets and sort out the records that
no longer interest you and have be-
come useless.
Think what it. will mean to these
various Soldier Homes and -Hospitals
to receive the selection of records that
you have sent them, in care of. your
local branch of the Red Cross. So
let's make this the record campaign
for nue country's heroes. ,
matches. 'We otirselvee he - That sorrow' strives -to do us bernie
taxed at the, doors of theatres. and For "Leve le etre-nes-as deatiee,,,theye
• eThe eictory. mese he stein, though
_g, only 800 fee y rhead earning',
-dee esnesseeneed:.- seieeneee-seseeed,--eineee.nendesse ft
And must smile and hide my hitter .thYdndldlediliiel• dreilqi-eldid:C.**13dee
• ,t
cinemas. We are charged a double. say,
price, fen a, smaller newanenef,sesied , _And brave e :what _nothing Ala can
---eretrigit if it werequad- bear. • .
rupled in pride and still further.. ree In greatest trouble love will stay • :
duced in size, And eve think a year's And bring us comfoet, -soothe out
new takes of .g114,006,000 "not bad," : r ' care:
, And all t eetime, every minute .of Oh, lifel what pleasure could • there
the day, one thought occiieies the ' be •
back pf Der' minds—one thought in .. Inthee, if life were dim, forgot?
forty million -liquids! For heeiee joy, it seems to me,
• Could be where love abiciethenot.
FOOTIMOOJAT Olkoirh
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7.1.7 it la
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DOe.5 Tee Keen
WANT 3ome
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17/1TH :It:a:CP*114N AI TS
IOW Ate I GOING•en
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301coilxismes,
CONDITIONS IN FOE LANDS BE-
COMING WORSE.
4
Prisonere Tell of Searlity of Food
. and Prospect of Starvation Be-
fore Harvest Arrives.
"I feel ponfident that the time is at
hand when famine—stark, mediaeval
famine—will join the Entente as a
poliacal and military ally against
Germany and Austria:: the gone-
spondent of The Daily Mail tele-
graphs from Annemassie in peace,
•near the Swiss border line.
The correspendent says he draws
this •conclusiore frota oral statements
by an authentic witness whose oh-
seivations extended up to the end ot
April. The great masses of the Ger-
man and Austrian peoples, this in-
forenant declares, are more than. sick
of the war. They think and talk of
nothing. but bread,dand their morale
is so loW that the*Goveiriments are
feat•gul of Bolishevik movesnents.
.A.rnong the incidents given in sup-
port of the story terrible want
is the case of two prisoners of war
entployed in the gas works in Vi-
enna, who, lee declares, ?Nee mur-
dered by fellow -workers, who ate pert
of their bodies. The Arbeiter zet-
tupg a Vienna demanded an inves-
tigatien, and the entire issue was
confiscated in consequence. The af-
fair was hushed up be the Vienna
press. • ,.
Worst Months Ahead.
The. narrator said he and bis fame
ily had lived for, weeks almote
en-
tirely en mushrooms gathered in
forest outside the. town in which he •
dwelt.. .•
••eleeople often faint in the streets
fromehunger," he continued. "The
health of many it such that they can
hardly stand, to say nothing of work,
and „things are getting Worse everY
day. Even the soldiers do not have
gufficient food. They are not Only
sick of nar, but thoroughly epithe-
tic. regareing it It is a common
sight to see soldiers begging.fot food.,
Everybody' is convinced that the ex-
pected feed relief from Ielcraiee is a
mirage -• 'Only another Prussian
sySindlee, they say. •
"The three worst months—June, •
July and Auguet—are yet . to . con*.
Last year there was almost
. to eat in those • months but 'cucum-
bers and fruit .• Typhus and dysen-
tery became epidemic. The people
are slmedering at the prospects Of
these three months now." • " •
As faze as they dare, the* despatch
coritinues, the peoplejeer at the -talk
of semehing the British and French
and at tine subrnarene the
only result of which they tiee has
been to add .America to their ene-
titles. Everyone made fun of Petiole
dene 'Wilson at -first as a p,eilant, ;the
coriespondent adds, but the • people
art now changing their tune and are
_greed that AMerecasisdo earnest_
Why He Was Rejected. •
The examining physician found the,
young man sound as a dollar, but that
he had. flat feet.
• "I'm: sorry," said the physician,
"but rn. have to *turn . you down.
You've got flat feet," -
, The man looked . eorrowful. "No
wen-
quaiere•dfe. r- me to git ?..." .
• "I guess' net. eWith those flat feet
s
a yoOrs, you Wouldn't be able to
march even five miles," . •
The south studied a moment Ile -
ally, Ise said: "I'll tell yen why I hate
-this so darned bad. You see, I walk-
ed nigh on to sine hundred- and fifteen
-miles to git here; arid ;ash, :hire 1.
halm to walk beck!"
One thought—the Waif
c•f -tia..13 J min.1117fA .
The Ownership.
•
Visitor (in public gardens, interest-
ed in botany)—Do you ,happen • to
know to what While that pant be-
longs?' • ' • ,
Old 'Gardener -1 happens to, know
it • don't .helong to no. family. That
plant belongs to .the park.
. .
Serbia. .
Whee the heroic deeds that 'mark our
time • ' • ' •
Shall, in, fee days to come, eiseorded
Men, much forgetting, shall rememe
• ber thee, . •
Thou central' martyr of the Moester=
. Crime,
Who kept thy soul elear of the caie •
• and slime-- • •
T*r? quicksands . of deceit and per-
jury-- .
.• A living thing, unconquered still
and free, • .
Through superhuman .sacrifice sub. .
lime:
•
0 Serbia! amid thy ruins great,
Love is immortal; there's an. end- to
hate, . _
Always there will be .dawn, thoegh
• dark the night
Look up, thotie', tragic Glory! ,Eeezi.
. new, • • '
The thorny :round that _bladedthy
• bleeding blow
is as e! crown- irradiating -light!.
•
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Firet 'Fiction Knoven.
The oldest work of fiction extant is
thought to be the "Tale 4 Two Bro-
thers," Written ,e,200 years ago. .1see'
the Theban scribe Ennana,' librarian
ot the palace a Xing Menepthah, the
supposed Pharaoh of the Exodus.
The tale, it appears, wee Writienfor
the. entertainment of the Crown i•
Prince, who stileseqeently reigned
•Seti II. His pante appears. In two
plate; de -the eniantiscript,--proliahly
the telly EirViving• autograph signa-
ture of an Egepeian king. ,
This piece of antique fiction, writ-
ten oh nineteen _sheets of pepyrtis
a bold hieratie hand, was purchased in.
Italy by Muteel'Orbiney, who sold it
•in 186/ to the authorities of the Brit.
leh Museum, where it is now ImeWit
as the D'Orhiney papyips.
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enjoyment. Every cider is satisfying
by itself if it is kept pure and if it it
not disturbed by an inharinonhees
environtreent. However, the value ef
any color may be ineteased to indny
times ite intrinsie value by snertserid-
ing it with other colors of the Tight
quality end riglities arranged.
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