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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-08-12, Page 7, rximmoraorowhow“ Ms Darkest llour IlrXii0:%W31.04,4*ZW.N4tr.V340'lli • BO George Trellond, the • fazisous .at silently at hie dean, his h,ead, a little aslant, his glissea:POised :delicately on his finger tips. Opposite to him etoed a young man, white and tense with annieth, Visithig to hear the verdict. - • ' "Well, doctor?" henmnaged to ask hoarsely. , "Well, Mr, --Mr, Cardew," retUrpecl the- •nther„ glancim, at the cord oii.. his dew; 01 suppose you'd prefer that should speak to youcniite ePiMbr MI bluntly?" , '"Oh, please!" begged the • ether, with a tittle shiver or apprehension. "Verywell,' Mr. Cardew. Let me . say at once that you'll have, to .,take care -Very great care, indeed --of kheSe eyes of yours." "You --you don't 11104i1----" stem - meted Cardew. "Surely net se serios as all that?" - "1 mean that if you wish to preserve ' yoar,sight, you •inut take six months' holiday at least. You nAlSt have a T.Core.plete rest, Otherwise, Mr Cat - dew, I e4le.t answer for the conse- quences," • . ' Understand," said Cardew • ,• He' nbtkled his . head and: stared round • the room as though be fOund • the whole cledurusiance fantastic and ,incredible. • • • .•. "You• mean Pin threatened with Windnesa?" heasked sharply, Almost • angrily. "Oh, hut-t-bnt You must be niaking a mistake! Surely .you're • Wrong, quite wrong? Oh, you must forgive .mel" he exclaimed apologetic., ally, his face twisting lip •in a Wry, pathetic little smile. "Your verdict is a bit of a facer, you know. Blind- ness!". ‘PCOme, come!'" urged the •sPecial- ist. "It's not so bad as all that yet. • - 'Six months .of laziness -that's all .I enjoin. That's het such 0,, dreadful request, is it? Go away Seinewhere and do nothing; give your eyes as complete a 'rest as you can for six months, and I give you my word that • you'll have nothing to fear. I suppose you're not -not -financially Unable to 'affercl a holiday?" "It isn't a oueStren of Money," Mut- tered Cardew: "I can manage to keep • myself going for six months longer, • ,if necessary. But just • at this junc- - ' ture my Worlv—,"•.• • "You must put aside all thoughts Of work;" -decreed •the specialist - - "Easier said than done," returned •Cardew ruefully. "You see, I. --I've •• been working out an invention -mak- ing the model for it, you know." "Long hours of fiddling about by artificial light with little -scraps of metal," said Sir. George a trifle lin- • patiently.. "Oh, I know! And then you •wonder—" "Air, but I've all but finished it • new!" brake .in Cardew with enthu- siasm. ",.rove, it's, a beauty! You ought to see it, sir!, And I've as good • .as sold it -I've only got to deliver the model. There's only about three more hours' 'work- to be done to it, -4 ' . "And yotiU have, to' get someone . el se_to le th.ent for.71inte•trItPted „. 7 8 -it George brusquely. "I absolutely -f . 41orbid you .to touch that model! You know the -risk you run." , darenit entrust the work • to anyone 4ise," pleaded Cardew: "It's a secret invention. I -daren't let a soul see it till I've 7Parided it over 'to the purchasers." ' • ' •there's an easy way (int of -that difficulty. Let them -.wait an- - other 'six months for it, till you come back from your holidayou-ean-fin- iih the model then." "NO, I can't do that, either. .You See, I've got -An agreement with therm_ The model has to be finished by to- , inortow morning. I have an appoint- - went then with the purchasers. I must 11 get the thing finished to -night. .1 • •couldn't face it! It'aPlways been the one thing I've dreaded' above all others!" ' This, then, wan his mental condi- tion when he . let hisoself into • WI rooms, , INV a time be skulked. with hie wretehednees in the darkness of his rooms, and then, tee highly strung to faec nnY nYinPatbotio eueriee from hie hetiselieeper, he ,turned On -the- light and to -oh his tea quietly enough. , The homely glow of the lire, the air of !donated inseparable trent the tea - things; did much to -comfort soothe him. He felt better, much bet- ter, atter the meal, and steeled- him- self into fecing the future with resig- nation, if not with equanimity, He rose and wandered into his weric-room. Pot 'a moment he pansed with' lihr-hand on- the switch' et the - electric „light, as though fearful that the sight tof his beloved model Might probe hie bruised mind too .deeply. The he pressed down the switch, and the big dark rooni Spreng.inte, vivid ' • • Kb went ever. and stood by his model, g,azing at it sadly, and thinking over. the months Which must now elapse before he could complete it. A tiny sdrew, only half driv,en •„home, Caught his attention, and, almost with- out noticipg what he• was about, he tightened it down. There Was a Com- panion screw to. be inserted on the other side of the model, and this he did, too, quite autbinatibally. • ge Pulled hiinself up., sharply when •.he 'found what, be had dOne. • But .the: spell 'of Work was upon Itim "Treilandmay have been making mistake after all," he told hiniself: "And, after all, a few' hours can't make mueh difference." His fingers were itching to continue • their labors. "It'll simplify Matters so if I can get the thing done," he •muttered weakly. Heinserted another tiny screw, toy- ed with some conponent part for a few moments, and then fixed a bolt in place. • "I'll chance it!" he resolved. "My eyes feel quite all right now: And to- morrow -six months' holiday, whe, ther it's necessary or not:" He drew.up a chair and set to Work eagerly... The • time slipped past, min- ute after minute'half-hour after half- hour. His eyes began to smart and but.he noticed nothing, heeded nothing, except the task which en- grossed him. At•last the model w'as finished7-fin- ishe4! Cardew rose with a great sigh of _relief and stretched.Wide•hie He rubbed his sniarting eyes and stood back to survey his completed handi- work, _ And in that second darkness came swiftly upon him.- The blackness ef night enwrapped him about. • , had econ,e! The specialist had been right. He had disregarded Trelland's warning, he had faced the risk, and now here was the penalty. For a long; • long time, „ Cardew stood inert, his brain a slow' -moving_ tangle of incredulity ,and . bewilder: - Presently he began to feel, to real- ize. He put out a hand and -groped his way forward to the wok -table.• His ,'fingers touched the model, and he had almost the,mind to snatch 'the thing up and fling-mit-dewn to -the ground. ' But -17;a model? The model for which, he pad unwiliingly learterecl•his 'sight'? No -that was all that was left to him now. And his hand' slid from the Metallic surfaces and fell limply to his side. • So this -was what_blindness• meant! This utter darkness, this suffocating blackness, this pitiful helpleSsness1 The land; the sky„the sun itself,_31tere. blotted out to him .forever. Hence- forth he. lived in a world apart ---A world where everything was black and hopeless!, ' He was. blind -blind! 'His fingers sought his chair, • and e lowered himself into the blackness vhich seemed to take dim shape be - ore him and taunt -him --with his helP7 essness. "1 'can't face it -I can't face it!" he .groaned. _ Presently he heard fetitsteps draw- ing near thedoor of his work -room. He rose to liis feet and fumbled across the floor. ,• He would have 'found in- been -working very hard at it of -late, • but my eyes' seemed to trouble me - more and more, otherwise I- might have: finished it .days ago.", "I 'see," said ' Sir: George. • "And - then you were rushing to get it finish- • ed to -day, and your eyes smarted and • kurnt, and -became blerr d more and yhu came to me to -day to . see. if I couldn't miraculously care ' them in a flash, so that you might .Poniplete your work unhindered?'" A "That's about the truth of it," con- ,fessed Cardew. ."You, see_hew -•portant it is -how essential it is that..? :X sheeld finish the affair to,day.". • -"yes, 1 underitand," said . Mr George. "But I. can do nothing for. 'you—nothi,ng, Time Mona -cee pat *your e es- ri hts again Yeu He could not discover the doer at Ark, and"this accentuated his help- lessness. He began to sob - the readful tears of a man overwrought: "Are you all right, Mr. Cardew?" tilled his housekeeperra-, Voice- anxr ously from the plasage. ' "Yes, quite all. right;'thank you, Mrs. Dennington," he forced himself. Al right," He was feeling his way round- the sall,-Ectidi10w-lit had come to' 'the doer. 'His grasp found' the and he turned it sharply•in the lock: ."Maybe,youlra..husy-r".. suggested' the housekeeper at that. "If so, 1 wonl disturb Yon." - "Yes, I'm busy -very busy," , muttered hearsely. • ' • "Ah, I Wasn't elite whether you had • any 'candles or not," she said. "I was just bringing you sorne in case , you hadn't any. ' A noosance, isn't it? I rwork:inuat-You t� it-I...Disobey if SUPPOS it'sa fuse or,something. Any - _ - g • ought_le have' come to Jam ,days ago, ; first_they began to trouble YOU. • Then I might' have.been able to help yntr:--Il at now- - - ."Then I -I suppose lf,.mitn,a's wel go back again,"' said -Garde*, iii a • dull, strained voice., "I may as well go . back again." • ,• ' .,. • ; . "Net to that model of yours!" ex- • clairned . Sir- George... "You • under- - •':stand ine? I definitely and absolute- ly 'forbid it! .Net another minutes you like, but you know • the , blindnessl• It'll come upon you swift-• ly„ like the turning Pf a key in a lock.• . thleierl"Ve. &included' renisuring,. Patting' CiirditiOSSIMitriler; "Ihnow • weta 'lie:116.foolisltacteignere, my advice."• , ntry not to," 'said' :Cardew • shaking 'hands, ."But ---64,: 7.YOu understand. • It's hard -hard!". • t ?Os, egreed Sir Georg sympath- 'etleally., ""It hard 1" • • Out inthe opeivair dirdew's 'emotions began to comb' theMselVeS iminb, paralysing Serprise arid- .terrer Which lied held his • very soul gradually Merged into less noig- narlt feelings: The'himefulness. 'of 'youth began tb •eome to his. aid,' sus- taining him; and, presenting to him. the less-- clerk lispects of theposition. . : ",ltiter all," be.told '"Itlare • say: I ean arrange with them to defer • . Matters for Mk imnithi. It's only • juat a ease Of exploitation.. And. Six, ; 'Months *pass aWaY , may ' be able to think out sOM0 new idett- • bite never knows. taught to be jolly:, thankful I was Warted in time!" -Arid than suddenly his sentiments veered'imund•again to horror. • "Blditess!" he. whiSpered, • tor life..,•oh, I Ceultitt't faee , how, I've sent post-haste' for someone to come and see to it. "A fuse?" extlaiined •Cardew, and 'reneated -in. louder.; moke' eager 'tones: :"Anfusel." ' "That's what I suppose' it she ifiSviated7 'Either -that, Pitthiifi- Wrong at 'the 'werkS., It must be one -Or the -Othel When the electrinlighti goes out all over the house withoutmement's warning, Mustn't it? Gave me •quite a 'shock, it couldn't think whatever bad la:mile:li- ed: first." -London Answets.„ :Making Misteki, , ., He was an urchin of the streets; but did not lack Wits. One day.he.SEtiV .well-dressed wp- maw with a benevolent face coining along. At once he dropped in a Mis- erable hecip ah the curbstone and be- gan to sob pathetically. . • The ,kind lady paused 'beside hint. , "What are: you crying' fer, boy?" she asked gently. " •, Stifling his sobs with: the youngster looked up ,and replied: . "Dunne. What have yob. gat?" ' • • ..••••••••.•alt, There are it Chinese in the ritish Empire; . °UNSOLVED .MYSTERIES •C.F/111;8 WHICH HATE' NEY,Eit * BEEN ,SOLVED, ••• Casio of 'Peer Ylree Maggie Nally Re - galls criates Never Brought „ Home' • '0•Willei murder against some per- son or persons unknown"is the ver- dict of the jury, and another great crime is put into that Vast pigeon- hole. whitch bolds lift -many of theiLuP.- solved mysteries" of life, says Loll - don answers. The latest crime to be put into that category is the sensational Murder of the poor little girl Maggie Nally„ in a waiting -ream at Aldersgate Street Station. All the help of the Press, all, the following-up of 'clues, all the publieetion of photographs proved futile, and the Spry had no alterna- tive' but to fall back UPen the stereo- typed ve.rdiet.• ' .-This ease hi 'almost an exact. Parellel of another which equallykept.th.e pub, lie upointhe tiptoa of excitement OMI expectation for manic weeks. It was •known ,cts the Starchfield ease, and :again coficernecl the 'brutal matrder of an 'Innocent • .childLis lioy-whose hodY was dband in a traiu pn the North Lendbri ,RalIWay. ' • • Many Points -in Common. , • Altheiigh many clues Were followed; no result- was ever. secured. The znan who was accused of the crime, stood his trial, and was acquitted by • the jury, was the father of the boy. To- day that murder remains an abso- lutely unsolved problem. In -many ways one crime seems- to parallel another, and the incidents, o both these child murders are remark,' able in their resemblance'not the least of which is that a railway was used as the place for hiding the body. When ono gees back over other un- solved mysteries which Scotland Yard had failed to penetrate there are many 'which come to the mind ef the stu- dent of criminology, •. , Perhaps no greater sensation• was ever. caused • than by the series of what were known a "Jack -the -Riper" crimes in the neighborhood of White- chapel, and the newspapers were con- stantly -coming. out ;with placards • •of "Another Ripper Murder.". Thede crimes took their name from the hor- rible -way in --which the bodies' -of the victims were' mutilated, an& many as- serted-, that they were the work of a Smithfield butcher. It is said also that the clue to the Man was 'Once in the possession of the authorities, and • that they just Missed getting him. The generally accepted' theory of 'these unsolved mysteries wad that the man was an escaped lunatic with homicidal mania. - • Guilty or Innocent? • This seemed to be borne out to some extent by the fact tliat there was a long..series of these murders -- indeed, two happened in one evening-, thea they ceased,-ardi after an al there was another outbreak.. Then they eeased altogether, and the crim- inal was never cagght. - It seems very probable that they were the. Work of an escaped luna- tic,. 4Perhaps front a private .asyluin, who was rearrested, and then escaped again, and was then either secured for good,or, as some say, committed suicide.• .What was known aa,the_.Clapham Common murder remains in the minds of the public -and indeed a great 'many who were present, like the -Writer, at the trial at the .01d, Bailey =as an unsolved mystery. It was a case where a. man -named ?Stinie Morrison was, accused of the Murder of -an- old mair,- with whom he Was acquainted,' by striking, him. ?ver the head with a bar of iron. The V••• • • , - defence was _sensational and clever, asking for acquittal on, the grounds of ptitelyieireumetancial evidence; 'but the jury held a different view, and brought in a vercliet of guilty, with the result that the prisoner wini sen- tenced to death. ' The'4ere Not Satiated, The au 04*s, however, must have had somin-dep0 in their minds as to the exact proving of the ease, for, al. thee0h they did not release the- Man, the sentence was cenorinited to penal Servitude Or life. ., "It is argued that this moat he an unsolved mystery, because, had the Ilethe Office. beca sa,tisOect,as to the OM of the man, then, no one would have More deserved hanging. One of these days this 'mystery may be solved, as May the other one in _the, same district of London, where at man was found SliOt on the steps : leading tlik to. his own flat and there appeared to be no realmn for the committal Of the crime, and there was certainly no trace' of the aseallant, 2, , • Among other remarkable unsolved mysteries was the murder of the poor girl -Miss Camp, again iu a railway - train, whose head was battered, in, it was alleged', with a. heavy 'stone pestle; but no trace of 'the murderer was ever discovered. • But perhaps the greatest of all sendations in connection with Murder faystetied is •what is ltn,own '''as!' the Peasenhall cringe, which resulted in a Mon '1;)eilli twice tried fer.his life at the -ttssizei. In each case the trial lasted a numberof, days; and neither jury could -make up its mind'to ir Ver.. (,* After Two * - The min, who was the 'master of the. servant -girl who 'wad. found mur- dered in the house, With her clothing deliberately set on fire by paraffin, wile'kept in prison -for softie little time longer, and there was talk of a third...trial, But the Crown, deciding that its evidence against him- was not ufficient, dropped the case, and the man was liberated: - To -day that mystery is as great as it was then. • In the Births Marriage's, and Deaths column of the newspapers there appears every year an "In Me- moriam" notice, referring to the death of a young man who was 'feund merdered in some weeds in Scotland. It was a complete mystery who had brought him to his untimely dem, and, although strong suspicion point- -ed in one direction, no conviction was ever secured. That memoriam notice ends with the quotation: ."'Veligeance is Min; I will repay, saith the Lord.'! The curious thing which is almost an unsolved m-ystery-nr itself,' is the peculiar aberration Of mind which as- sails certain individuals in connection 'with crime, and _particularly enutders. _ , What is' Their Motive? It must be some inflated idea of shining in the limelight of notoriety for a few brief moments that maks men give themselves up, self-con- feesed of spme of these diabolical crimes, when it is 'clearly proved that it was utterly impossible for them to have been anywhere in the neighbor- hood.' • ' Such happened in -t e very last mys- tery of the, Akleragafe Street inUrdet_ Were ii- Soldier gavehtinself up to the police authorities in the province. ' Hurt HisFeelings Lytway,the butcher; had been very busy for a few moments with a well- known dictionary. Suddenly ° he closed it with a Snap, and glowered at hjs wife in the cash desk. "That Mrs.. Smarte is getting- too clever," he growled. • - "What's thamatter?"- -asked- ;the - good lady,• surprised at this criticism -of a good customer. - "When she crime in just now she told me I ought to renamemy scales thp Ambuscade brand." "Well; why—"• "I've just looked up the word," went on .the: infaicited the dictionary says that ambuscade ' means 'to lie in weight!" MARVELOUS MOUNTAIN CRABS THEY ARE POtl.ND ON' THE ISLAND- OF JAMAICA,' Mahe an Annu•al rilgrimage $trOng Prom: the Mille to . • the Sea• • Bryan pchvarcis, the Iiietoriati of tit Weal; -Indies, pronounces the Moi; tain crab of Jamaica, One b the Choieeskeatables that natUre licsoyhiiSt D101_±.Ter.Wterms_then. supply of manna in thewilde nese, equalled only by'the mitacalou iteMity :of PrOVitielnee to the childre of Israel when wandering in the d sort," They are a reeetirce,- he' een Unties, to . which the natives of th island belie at all times resortedn fe when all other previsions are scare this never fails them. . '• The;mountain or hutch, grab Sur viles in the larger of the West In din Islands.' Its history is 30 won derful that it cannot fail to interes These animals live not only in thei retreats in ' the mountains but regit larly once a year March down.to -th . . seaside in a body of some Milliond, a a tin* , As they 'multiply in grea numbers,- they..choose the Months :o April Or May to, begin their expect' tions to the •watera‘pr the: ,cleen; an sally out 'en • the stUnipe- holro trees, , From the Clefts of Rocks, and from the'. holes where they exca vete for themselves undeinthe surfae of the earth. At that time the whol ground is covered with these hand of adventurers. The sea is their des tination and to that -they direct thei march with ' right -lined precision •Th.eY tarn neither to the right' no to the left Whatever obstacles inter vene, and even if they come across a house their' will attempt to sale th walls to keep the unbroken tenor o their way, The procession sets for ward from the mounthiris with the regularity of an ariny -ender the guid ance of aii experienced comniandbi• The night is their chief tinie Of WO ceeding; but if it rains by day they nof fail to profit by the • occasion and they continue to move forward in a slow .uniforrn manner. When the sun shines and it is hot upon the surfaet of the -groued,• theY til the coollof the evening. If some, thing happens to terrify theini they Inarcli.' back in- a canfitsed disorder- ly manner,. holding Up their nippers, with :Which they sometimes tear off pieces of Skin. • , : • . •When, atter a fatiguing marth, and escaping a thoUsand •.rangers -for they are soinetimes three. months in reaching ' the sea shote -and they have, arrived at • their destined port, they. prepare to east their spawn. For this purpose the crab , has fie 'sooner reached -the shore than it eagerly -goes to. the edge of the water and lets the waves wash over its body two, or three times to. wash off the spawii. The eggs'are hatched under the sand; illut-some--,-days-after; ' - Millions at a Time • of the new-born crabs are seen quit- ting the sea 'and cloWly trnvtliing uj the niountains...; The old Crabs' hay' hig disburdened. theinseked; as relat ed above, -• generally regain their mountain fortresses by the latter end of June. In .August they begin to. fatten and prepare for moulting, fill- ing up -their 'burrows with dry grass and. leav.es. ;When- the proper- period - genies each retires; to his .or her -hole, shuts up • the eatranee,,mid remains, inactive until it • ,gets • rid of its -old shell and is fully provided with a new one. HOW long they remain- in this state', is uncertain, but the shell is first �b7 ..vedtto-burst at the 'haeirdTSid'O to give ,a passage to ' the, body,. and the animals extract: their' limbs froth 11 other parts of their old shells grad- ually afterwards. At this time the flesh is inthe richest state, and. cover-, ed only by a inembraneOus skin, dish c lo ed v iilt,,thisjuitdenalg • dually, and Soon becomes a perfect shell, like the, one •recently cast. It is,.hoWever, remarkable that during this change, there are Stony -secretions always found in the bag, which waste nd,..diasolve ,e.S -the--create •fOrma and perfects its new shell.-• • ' . • ..." A Graceful Hostesg. • , There akre- iiiitracfoit4 Persons, ,. vhom a certain Mrs, .Gomer onet enemy has, the effect of Axing many of his men to the sk_i and of kedping•-therii- eaitariely • mit'Or threat • of an attack. if sucli--'attatk take's; place, it can only be crowned •• With complete success after making breeches, by the ,destruction . of ' the accessory defences, and the silencing of thc. flanking fire. These .results may be ,aehieved. by heavy' artillery. fire, and even by .the prolonged use of machine guns; it has 'beeri found thet With 1:0,000, cartridges a .gap of some twenty. yards- can be made.•But these methods' Ate. noisy, and nitIA, to remain effective, inimediately pre- :reder•-the---attack. Hence -their use, warns the -enemy -that iitls-Voillet-O take place. He is then .0n his guard, alytake: flying positions, the. breaches made are'immediately swept by a linking -fire, Slid the suceess of the attack is all a matter of chance. ' • Listeners at Work. The prehlem was hew to find. the IlleStS of making 'o breaeh , in • the enemy lines and abruptly destroying his flanking dispositions at the very moment the troops leave for the at- tack. The solution has,. been, solved 'by mine wiirfare. Mine chambers, placed..under the accessory defences or under the machine guns of the en- emy ;take the broaches,. The difficulty is to place the chambers tilt vital points. The enmity knows their iMpottande and' protects their' by a systein of emihter-kititi cliarged as soot, as the ur,§All,§ l'te attackers indicate, e resort to n locate • these, listen it fire plo,ced the .end of 'tich branc e of the , counter -mine, Wbon the Arid noises 'are repotted, sui ble meitinies are taken. Mine warfare thell beg* * catilePtt Qoaittigt k4LX01P, / ; ; . • Prevent Soil 'Brosion, , One Of the gravvet Problems et the frMera Of t0414i who are living on y ands is how to prevent soil ero- PiPM kWh Of the Washing of farm Jadertetipa, seoransbetpormevaekneteda sbuybteprrIp4winvieang reservoir for the storage ef precipita- tion. l'he water- penetrates readilY •through the loose soil and_its_move en t througi; the underlying soil is very. much slower than over the sur- face.. ,Frequent props 6f• Clover Or grasa which are Awed under make the Surface •801 spongy with hurnus aawndayr.etard the washing of the sell. Ali of the careless .farmer from washing hilly lands liable to wash shOuld have warranty deed will not- keep the soil a 'cover ere') during the winter. , 42 * •f••••••.•41,•,••••••• . • Oat Hay: If, for any reas6a,"yoa will be short of hay. this season or a wind has osamtattshae7d1 the, oats dOWIt SQ :Nrgli -can', t bind them, why not make them into 'Cut who in the -early Milk stake, of thetgrain Ind, cure aa. you ,;1!rould flhAerttohnhoyf coraotph. ay contains 86 pounds of digestible protein and a ton of red favor of the clover, so you see this clover 133 pounds -only .50 pounds, in makes a very good hay for growing ether *1/, Barley ilia, rye, can 156' used in. the sante wity't$ heli out ' a' stock or flaky cows.. . • .....,,,„. . • Feeding Geese. • • Geese require plenty of green food, which they pluck from the • growing plants and plenty of water as a swim- ming pool during the summer. When they, have this, the . old geese and ducklings, that are ,past four weeks old, will not need to be fed 'during the summer. A feed of •moistendd meal once a -day, hastens -their growth, 'but where there' is plenty of herbage_ green 'and fresh, from- which theYean pluck their food, it will .not be neces- sary to feed them, providing there is plenty -of water for them to Swim in. OUT. Bird Friends: ' Nothing has a more potent u.ttrae-,ly on insects and worms. . 4401. tion. for birds. 'during weather i• than firinhin.g 'and. bathing plum.' The. • • .0, . ..s water supply 511011M -1w a- pool not more than ,a, few inches 'deep, tho - 'hattom sloping graduallY tOWard the Both .botteM and edge .sliou14 be rough, so AS, to afford A safe foot., • ing, A .giant pottery nonce; is Omelet* device or the poel. MaY be made_ of concrete =wen . surface13 roug. ended, • -The bird bath may be elevated or an . . eti7hee ground if 1: et nienit tin voineanoispale7. preach too near. . A water :suPPlit .,,zeprr,epiated in winte.r a.a 71! AS Stitt . 4 A -Good Side Line, , A profitable side line of farMingie. to raise a few nice sheep,„every year ' for men *Ito are willing to pay a bit extra for the salm'of improving their stock,. To- do. this one, should have good stock and, go'od :-..pastures and good barns, as well as a good man to care for them. • • • In -disposing otsuo stock, he fair about It. A reh'sena,hle profit is 'an:• right. If you try -to (wade the matter you will'break down,, and .bet, driven out of 'the business. s Cause of Bad Habits. Feather eating and feather pulling are caused by confining the fowls and leaving them idle. To prevent their getting titexice or to cure thein When -they have acquired the habit, give them plenty of 'great:10d Ineineat Seraps' and. give them plenty of exer- • else by making them work, for their .. food. ICeep them busy. Rub the fowls, , that have:been plucked with carboiated vaserine. . • Protect the Birds. The birds eat millions of 'Insects that, if left, aleneiyoidd_ destrey liens of dollars' worth of fruits and . grain, Of -course,•sinne kinds of birds are pests, lint you need not -have niany Of those kinds on ,your farni.if yoh will. spend a little time studying birdStudy their habits ef feeding and nesting. Prepare homes f9r:only,t10 kindk. the ones that feed chief - MINE WARF E NEW PROB , . WHEN THE .T,REI4tHES COME • CLOSE TOGETHER. "'Listeners" Guard Against Explasion • Oft the Enemy by • 4 .! Countermining_ Trench 'warfare .has gractuliy and -by •force of circumstances •led to /rune warfare. The firs ine of trenches in the: fighting zone consti:- tutes tin advance& defence of points of support ivillages, woods, chateaux, farms, deep roads, etc.); and serves to establish communication between them. So long as the two adversaries are net in 'complete touch with one another and remain separated by dis, twice Of -.POO to 690 yards, this ad- vancedeline is not tontinuous, being simply occupied by sentries :and pick= ets Wh b I p and. then by sapping; the advanced lines are brought sufficiently close to make all progres'S impossible without heavy_losSes.__ from -bombs- and. --gren- ades mine-;wartare commences. - In this new phase the distance be tween the French and German .trenches varies from about 25 to 50 yards. By. a rapid'. and Unexpected rush it would seem easy to throw one- self into the enemy positions. riving laps, ' But while. the works of the. attack- ing party. advance, the enemy in his turn has linked up the elementsof his advanced line, flanked. them with nu- merous machine gans,eqnipped theta with bomb -throwers, 'arid Minenwer- • fer, and thrown front of the parapets network of iron Wire, acces- sory defences ef all kinds, ' • Thus the Simple fact- of -driving - Is saps and parallels clese`up to. the • a , • " t..titt • !tt. •Y!!!".! 1:ttt 1:T1 ..:VtrAntik451: DRITISli ARMORED eRUISEP. f ESSEK oFt. suFroLK CLASS. AS seen Por -r .1'Ht SAME; WARSI-hP SEIti-FOO BRITISH Cli.i.TISEB DOES' m STA OPD SIDE,. LIGHTNING CHANGE ACT • The British armored cruised of the Suffolk and Essex elms which follow- ed .the America's Cup yachts appeared off Ambrose Channel, Light Vessel recently and it was noticed that she iss 'equipped to do lightning chenge on the high sena, . Her port side is the same as it was originally, painted a (hill, dark gray. , But on her starboard side her tmv has been painted out with sfl, vet* white color that is not discern- ible at a distance. . This todd Paint is &tried in a line along her 'topside and down around her start,. making her appea6itce Mall, and at the bow the painting•it carkied out in a 'curve giving :her the appearance of having an old clip- per stern. Painted revolving • screws • also have !seen, placed, Above two of her three funnels, the fore and aft ones, The SereCil8 have. the disappearing paint on one side only. • • To identify. hereelf to a friendly flag she has only to show her • port side. If in doubt of a vessel she falls in with or of she. wishes to disguise 'herself she need only 'show her star- board Side. Then she can.' appear as elipper 'hulled vessel with either one, two or three funnels; • 'ale-. cannot,. de Anitthing for them -1 -selves or „anyone else without magni- rig_•the.difficultfeb of• the task. If IVO: Gamer,. baked a cake „or pre- "Pared-ra &Pedal- --tlish"see',AiUraYe marked at the table; "Land sakes., it ought to be good! It was a tiirrible job! I neatly roasted myself overthe stove baking it!" ' •.. If she sat up' with a sick: neighbor she Spent .the :evening telling Wyo.% what ii, "turrible mess"..she •had left • her house in, and how difficult* was .,tor her -to- get AwaY, and hew hard 'she :wont& have, to- Work. the next :day to Make up 'for It One afternoon while Mrs, Curtis, her next -doer neighbor, was .away, het 'sister unexbdotddly ar ved-frem-anether-city. . •Genier; 'N-Isitur and her grips oii the. Curtis front patch, ittt/rltnOwitrilw r-fittIS 7' WPTIS-6---Z WS' U their locked, invited her to come over to her boost. and utdit. for her sister's retUre. That evening, when both families Vete on their front, P 0 tell eS, Mrs ..Cur. OS called actoss,: :• Mrs: Goiter, 1 intiSt thank'yon for taking iny slstek She says. you on•tertained her all. the' afternoon." ."Yes,"-replled Mrs. (lamor; "and. it Was a 'terrible job; too." • . • • .---515 Lisps. • • Father -What did yeti and JOhn talk 'aboilt last might dear? . • • Daughter -Oh, we talked about our -kith and kin: , Small .Brother-Yetli, imp, heard 'em -he seth, `Mit I hey a kith? an: she Sets) A"Yith tau' kin!" Easy Money.' Stnde (trying to pick : her up) - The fellows: het me a dollar I didn't dare to speak to you.% You don't mind, do you'? Beautiful Girl -Not at all Bun along IIOW and get your dollar. by listening. is established. Some - Hines the entangleinent of .galleries and branches is stick that An enerflY gallery isarrivedat Or even a chain-, ber discovered; ;thereupon the feses_,,... are iininediately cit. ' - • Don't Suffer Themselves. Mr. Andrew ,Carnegle, apropes-of the “rePrisale, Which Make ,tlie wprId-war more horrible, said ht a. leneheou:-. "Has- it occurred tO . you that the Gernia,ns who ordered thege cruel prisals are old, fait, Oft fellows, seated • - on• leather , cushions In luxurious offloes?_ They-__xlituft...sufferAhaniselveS•-•7 so much .as a Ma prick_ They rather remind me of the mother who broight . hevlittle boy le sph_ool and said, 'This little boy of minteachsr,__is_mer cate.• So we:mustn't whip him. if he. , does anYthing,bad-and I knew he •will -just whip the boy nSxt.to him. That will give him a good spare. and bring him round, maybe,'" • Fickle Youth. Al Ge ge came to our houie- every evening for 'three•months. • •• • don't knovi. whether he got • tired of my company or just wanted to hear all our ' inusic Machine re- cor s. • • Men are Brave; and all that, put, when one of them, is sick he grunts _ twice as much as a sick woman. •;.• • 83 -33, ------- OVERBLOUSES .4,',AXID BOLEROS , THE VOGUE POit C30.t.LS. There is nothing, perhaps, that har- monizes better .with the young girl's figure than overblouses. And boleros, Those have been exceedingly popular this' season, due in no small measure,. not alone to their good looks'but to their practicability. - A very delight- ful dress with an overblouse is Ladies' Home Journal Pattern No. SOO, shown above. The underwiiist opens ' in front and has a roll collar, Ipli : length plaits at the hipe.„, The etilli. 1 Mouse slips on over the lead iind is I held in place by a belt. Thelattern I cuts in sizes 14; 16, 17 an, la years, I reTirpi i',..eize Ajv yiv,r40 of, Sq. ocA, 9ria Ith UV yaXcli. 0 , ma dial o thhiletili tA;.-... ,, l'.14`• Pattern 1t coits 00,N, ArAti oo.... I chased at In4 lodal Ladies' HOMO. ''' 1 otirnal. Pattern, dealer, or from The flonto Pattern, '. CompanA 14-A0* George §toet,lotonto Outololi, f!4