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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-11-04, Page 7„ The Bread 14are on„tho Paris. • When the -actilte Working season en the farm will have A little let,up,. the farraer Jean have A moment to spare to ascertain td what value his hrood ,mareS have be . De will remember, in ths first plate that they have- each given birth this aealiell and have raised to weaning age a nice proniising colt that bids fair tO-40VAlop int0 ergoint• saleable horse ' later on Th - CP ese youngsters are increasing ill Valle and as they. are yearliage now surprise, Ikea Nirylde standing On the tbreehold. . "Mai'Vr• tOY or girl," stild she, °it's 4 Sad errand on 'which Pve eolni3 to ion; and myheart le almost breaking fer you,, I need #ot beet, *bout the bush. It's .i4, letter I've had frOin Tem Alkwaig,,, -4•44! Iroti, v40;Sur--4--sw41 it -.&•,. Aurself,'as it'fi top Painful to 'e' ,! ;,,,-- ."' ,.• ; plaire ' are based noon acte 1 exp ri rice of Thilreulioil slie,,tovered her faee lag cvery401. _toners 0; Ini,etieht.:, tais.„.• •Wilth her handkerchief.and brolse into • sobs. Mary's faee went deathly' and selling eolte. • white . uvery.- tomer. shotild, -if possible; .ajk.'Ecttery" she gasped 0A letter keep one or more goed brood. mares; not . lkolten, vsrinded., • worn out, eitY from Tom to yew" • 'melte, but sound, Well-sliaPed, rwp11- 14eehanically she toolS the letter bred intirnals that pOSSeee individual. from -the other's hand, recognising, os Mei*, and whose progeny will sell she thought, Tom's' somewhat illegible readily when the dealer coMes along: scrawl, and read as follOWst- • - Aar -breeder-. of--experienee knew "-- -°11fy sleat-' Bese,Pin no hand' af well. that alniost as' mach depends on letter -writing but I, can -wait no Ion - the brpod-mare as ell tlIe stallion In. er to tell yet; bow 'Mizell. I love yoga the 4ising of any breed of good. and Want you to be inY wife. I didn't Will hell) to make their living next 11°1.4044know it till 1was out , colts' take their conforniation could see You ..no longer. I Weald • ,> ou the sea, and '- season as two Tear ''014•'• Tbe. brood' fro.' m their , Mother,. espetially, from have tried to wait 0111 saw you, but ' Mares have also clone much farm and • O road work. . • thenshOulders back.. For stanceif first want ta,confeia. a past foolish- , -0 mare has wide,- ragged. • lapa, -her colts are 'mpst* liable to inherit this tondeney,•- \Many colte alho inherit, their 'dispositiens from their dams. , ' Bkeed-maree - should be sound, ,of. cadet disppsition, stronglyand they should be'well. care , " is a severe to the farmer Who Pay& $25 Stud fee, loges two!) er'three months' woric'of niere,, and then loecp a colt :at birth or after'ivard, and,. all. from neglect of Seine sort . " Tho beVoriced *to, a' Week or two before the colt ip drop, ped. fact, She is better off fot the regular exercise, but she should be now capacity will.raiee a bigger and handled by a careful man, 'who will better colt than. a mucli larger ani- not excite horn and she:should have a Mal .whose milk flow is insufficient.. roomy box stall for her sleeping guar - The Practical horse breeder and the ters. farmee.of experience is well aware of Altholigh many May disagree with these facts and one will -often he mer:I am firmly convinced from iiearr Prised to see farmers keep breeding ly ,years' experience on breeding mates that to the uninitiated appear farms, that it is a risky business. pur- to be indifferent specimens. ' chasing 'aged mares, who have spent Say that a farmer hes bought a the best years of their life doing work • mare in January for $150. She is five in the cities, and trying to make hroo0. • years old and he breeds 'her in March. mares of them. ,• The stud fee is $25, but the;money is Even if they are only. eight.or 'ten ▪ not due utiless.the mare plores to be yearg old; it is an 'expensive expert" - fir In foal. .• The colt has cost $25 at birth and at weaning time, four months- later, he should' be "worth, if , a gad indi- vidnal and a good grade say $40. By next spring he should he worth and at twa years old shouldhring $100 to $125. Now he can be put to mares have shmked their colts, and. wfirk! . " • •for this reason they ,have been sent -From then until he is four years old fronA the farms and sold in the cities, where they can -do excellent work. , In choosing brood-mares,alwaye buy young ones, say frOm ine to five years old, then you should able to emint- on al/ of them getting in foal or 'certainly nearly every one, when, -if you pick up a' lot of second hand mares, of uncertain age, your percentage, of colts will he extremely uncertain; • . One good,. sound .young mare, bought item some reliable fernier or breeder, is worth more for breeding • Purposes than half a dozen so-called bargains picked up in the. • city.- , ,C.M.S. whieh-rIMOW Yeir-Wilrfergive. i;r0.1;ablY I make a rialStAlce cred-. Before. we set Out I thought I was in jting •each mare 'with 0 colt every love with Mary Allen, and told her se. year; eo it' is safer te Say that cdunt- She WUP to give me her ansvver on, . Jug fel,. accidents. a mare should aver,: my- retnrn; her I;,loW. now, She age two colts: every three yeara., . *as "WiSeir.•.'thin Wats 'all - • It would barather hard. matter Mistake. We were just pals; 'that's. • to say. just what product she will. So 'tell her I won't expect to see give,her owner eiteh•yeer �f her werk.: "ing and breeding life. "So. much dehis - ;Imola on her, quality, °and especially Up,on' her -capacity aif. a euye'breeder ,gind lle,11 greed mother. Mares, like cows, differ 'greatly in their flowof milk and many times a the lamp. • She'll' understainl, • • ."Dear Bes ani' •to see you: ,IVIegt me, dearest, at thesti e when my„boat •coMes' Ale:r 'voted lover, Tom 'Morris." • • The . letter slipped from Mary's medium-sized animal with heavy milk- hand and fluttered to the floor, while the girl staggered back and sank al- most •lifeless into the nearest. 'chair, Never did it occur to her simple, in- 11c:tent mind to questibn. the truth o• f. th.e letter. It seemed to.bein Tom's handwriting. They'.were Tom's very words to herself. "I'M no hand La letter -writing," while his yeference ;to -the lamp 'made it all the -more sure. She sat there hi a heap, the picture. of human anguish, and a softer heart thark•Bess Wylde's would ha.ve been moved to 'corripassloa; But the girl's 'heart deemed to he 'Made of flint. ' In truth she was now gloating over the misery of her hated rival. . • ment. The reason is obvious, • 1nthe first place when a mare has arrived at that age, and has never had a colt, her chances Of getting in foal are lessened each year.' , -.Furthermore; it is safe to Sar that a reasonable proportion of these he should earn his feed -say $75 a year -and give a profit of $25 • per • . year, althou,gh $50 would be neater' ' the mark. • •-• . •At four -years of age he should be ,• werth• $200, judging from the way .well-hred; well -broken and -Well -kept •horses arenow selling. We will say that a' breeder Is lucky' enough to have raised a pair of four-• . years -olds, • sound, good lookers, • - hearty, with matt and style, Weighing from. 1200 to 1400 pcninds each, Ai= the pair $400 can easily be had hi any • f the big markets.. - '• .These are not fanciful figures, .but • •, ago fallen madly in love with_ the I young sailor, and had done all in her • • The Lighted Widow - power_to attract him ta herself. She 61,was a large, buxom,' fair-haired girl, .0 Mud in dregs and manner, . • 6W-Mgric-araMisno}Srawalvivcare-44• Silently she had followed them that -Tom Morris, the stalwart young night and played the part of eavee- • Ailorman, leant against the stile, on dropper to hear for herself how far the ton' step Of whicILwas seated a things had gone between the- two, and , witiseniederkeyedlbresie. pow as she stood there trembling. with , passion' dile Swore that they should "And you, won't give me- My answer never wed, but that she should win now, Mary, dear, befere I go?" he in . ssked, as he took her little hand Tem Morris for herself. his own big, brown one For ..Toin, ,. Mary. Allen lived in a little cottage In his own straightforward, manly at the top of the cliff overlooking the waY• had just laid his heart and hand sea, with her aged father, who was at the feet of Mary Allen; arid Meryl now the Wily 'relative' she had in the • had not been. persuaded to give hina whole world, and of whose existence a .definite answer. His boat waa to she was the joy and coni -fort. The • put .out on. the 'morrow, ahd Tom old man was now an entire 'invalid. • would be absent for three months, at Most of Marys time was devoted to the end- of which time his dearest him, and he was dependent on her: " At last Mary rose. 'Bess, you, can guess what .all this Means ti me, but it's not Your -fault. you love him -I -I hotie he happy; and" -as her -voice broke piteously -"oh, _Bess Wylde, be very good to him, for. he is. the:hest man on earth."' Meaniiine out on ,the ocean Tom •Mcirris was dreaining of the girl of his' heart, How those days seemed to drag. But at last they were over, and he was .sailing into port, his °Yes eagerly strained towards Mary's cot- tage ..- But where was the light?. Did she then not love 'him? Surely her' answer Was not '"Ne." His heart wag heaVy stepped from the boat, but he triefi. to tell himself that Mary was only teieing. him: He would go up the cliff path and find her waiting with the answer he longed for on her lips.. , • A -s he 'swung aut: tierohs the beach a' woman stepped in front of him. It was ss Wylde. . • Toth she murmured 'softly. j-iq eyes 'were` !Aiming with •a Strange fire, but she held in her hand a let- ter. • With a murmured word of apology Toni would have hurried on, but she clutched his arm. "Tom, lad: she said, false tears of .sympathy her. aims, ."It's sad ''news IIm bringing you. Mary Allen told me to give you this.letter; she :could 'not find tinneto ceme down herself:" A look of pain crossed Tom's face, 'then taking the letter, he opened it and , ."Dear Tom, -It -was all a inisfidce. We were never, meant for each other I can never marry, you, .for I "do not rocre you. We have always been good 'friends„ but. I have no desire to he or ' • wish on earth was to make Bonny almost •everything. He •had been skipper of the s.s., Gorden in. his day, andhad a nice little•nest-egg laid by, so that now in bis old .age he end his daughter were in fairly comfortable circumstanees. Her mother had died at lyhrry's birth, do she and her father had been all in all to each other since her infancy., One day almost a fortnight after how, of year eating forme like that. Toin's d'eparture her father suddenly 4.11res, Mary," said Tom at Mit . became so rapidly and visibly Weaker when Mary had gently' told him she that Mary, becoming much alarmed, 4 --would -give him his answer:when-he sent -ler Dr. •Adaiiii but if- iiraii7to-o • returned -,"Since • you wish It, I ll late. . Mary was fatherless in a few '- wait--, -Remember, dear, I'll be think-. -ht-cars - _ • - Mg 'af_you• always " out there on the .. . Aiad_ now she was alone --is sad .-rir el me ,,.,..sek,i. OA know you'll. u_a e aY f ' as I no ' tittle A s le; neil li _glare a s.-- crept aboitt 4:2,.' you've ever done, and, please o , het; household duties; in her black when 1-comehOme yeull telkirie that ,goWn. Tile eighbors were kind to her, ve ler si • : Mary -Allen --his-wife. Mary's eyes weralowered, and a blush overspread • the fait contour of her cheeks. • • "Oh, TOM" she; said, and her voice was low and sweet, "you will Wait, lad, won't • you, till . you ' come home again.? For you've taken my breath . . right away. I never thought, some- anyttling more.1 Please do- not •-- --7,4zer 3114', "•]•"7•••• "if W.( WITH MB SHCOND-15IVISI9N An English paper publishes the above -plenty° of Pte. "Tine, Coles. a • memlier oflithe 2nd Canadian, Division. He is the central. figure In the picture, standing between two . of his comrades; who are men of normal 'benrht. Coles is 0 teet 7% Inches higli. BRITAIN'S WAR •INVENTORS BUSY .tti.TAPULTS AND' ARMOR 2 RE- , . ATTENTION. , Weapons. Of ;Other Days to Front, With Submarine Ideas in • Background, -When Wei was thriet upon this PE Ta OP MR frIP.:CHANICS.• , The 'Work ,ReqUirete Steady Xerveat for It /Wins Great -100m The tragic death of 4 .44Val,' air 'mechanic at Hoe aerodrome; In 40.00 -after httug- lifted to 'a height of 'i00 feet by- a trailef,rope bi an eirebip, loot hie grip atomitufeellorngth4ougsrowunodr,knadlabgt.ctegoedn • -04t, by the Men behind the air Ger. • vices. The :safety of the aeroplanes •and *hips used by the RoY4 FlYinS Corpii and the l'shaval Air Smite are 'dependent upon the CO1440100110 • WOrlt of the mechanics. Pilots them- selves have not the time to personall . examine -every strut wire or bolt on their • Oloehines before taking the, over the enemyl; rid Obi , VITWEEN ONTARIO AND ORli 0-01101,1):141A4 Items lF,Mit PrOVIP1300 Where ••• • ontario'BoYs sad Girls Are. Wive Bdmonten's tax rite is jo75 mow. Third Or0i) AtsraWberrieli Were pck :edliea' ,Medielne }lat. Alberta claims it has,Seat one Mail: out of eirerY40 to the war« •-Six members of the Bartlett familyf of Lethbridge have enlisted. • A. swede turnip weighing 18N, lbsJ Moose i/aw,tais rate has been fixed at nv,.. Mille. Last year it WAS 173inilI,1? • Twelve Membera of the Lethbridge Post. offiee, staff are eerving with the colors. . -kettiriling IfenrepiiinTa- 1915:az:, ... rectory, the population ef Calgary is • .07004. • , Regina,' pubne School teachers Will. give three hedftti SaiikatCh'eWan teICLI • hosp,ital unit . • ' .Enrekti,. Alberta,- Pennell spent •$2,, • ' 500 'in destroying weeds cluring the Paat season. ;„ • :pertant task is left to the "A. M.'s,". was grown neer Neditine Hat s they are termed. The werk of the • air Mechanic requites steady nerves, •for. it entails daily risks. ' When ,airships start. on voyages the • 'mechanics, by means of • numerous trailer ropes, hold the swaying vessel tozearth:tintif--ther signal ---is le -given-to let go. In a wind -a lighter -than -air mhehine is difficult monster to man- age. It plunges and rears to the air With the,unexPeetedneee Of a broncho, .444 the nieelmaiee are continually be- ing lifted off'their feet.as the airship wrenches. at the,: trailer,. ropes. Woe betide the inifettnilate Mechanic' Who' beep:flea' entangled, In 4. rope as the airship rises the• air, •Ile is likely to .be lifted to a height' of Several 'hundred feet, and to sate his •neeklie Must' cling ' to the rope for tin' Or fifteen'''minutes While the airship. is maneuvered back to earth. • • Starting up the powerful aeroplane engines used in militaiy inachines is an important task of the air m,echanic. He has to swing the 8 -foot propeller 0, _problem which the authorities' have learnt item experience. • , That our •inveatore- have Been any- thing but idle during the fight is at once made apparent hy a perusal of the Patent Office records. They have, if resiilts,,are any indication, paid .greatly .mereaseds, attention to war- like matters: Itiventions Increase 150 Per 'Cent.' • • • Durihg, the first six•menths ofliis year the number of inventions accept- ed dealing with guns and projectiles -is greaterthan that for .4the corre- sponding period of last year, when Vire were at peace; by about 150• per cent. The figures fat the same perk& for •country more than a year age 'Pig inventions: dealing with .infantry and .fa•st thetight et those in Power. was.te trenches are 80 per cent higher. The proceed with thaprepatitiee and. the greatest increase comes • ander, the expansion ,of those . military neces- heading of periscope, and it is I in - shies which ,would at once yield re- teresting to note that the numher, of sults, says the Liverpool Journal, of inventione coming under' the heading Commerce. Aa 'army had to be pro- of bombs and periscopes totals ' near- vided, •and that army, had to be sup- ly 150, against two for laSt year.; 'plied with guns and munitions. r Another interesting detail is that. The many -accessories, and the more the ideas patented concerning' air - Or less. untried amdliaries were, for ships, aeroplanes, warships, and sub - a time, neglected. The authorities marines. }Ave Shown a marked dimi- wisely. devoted their 'energies, to the nution in numbers: The weapons of preparation of the obvious, ratherether days, catapiilts and slings, and .than to those things which would re- armo.r Protection kir the soldier 'have quire a certain indefinite amount of also ,receiged'particular attentiOp. research in order to prodUce results ApproximatelY, the warlike inVen- which Might or might not suit the Hens for the first six months of this military requirernents-Of the ''situa- year number 1,000; against 400 • for Akin: -.- - • - 7' - : - - - - ----)-- -- the santepetied of thepreerding year. •; Nevertheless, those --countries which . The stolidity of the German is a had; in...timed' �f ;peace, &ICC:waged hYr•viord, and he makes up fett-that their inventors to devote considerable defect by increased applicatien.. In.. -this cowl* we have always 'found attention to the perfection of inptru- men brilliant eminglt •to ..pull us mentA-of war gained such a marked through without -making it necessary ascendency in 1 the early stages, as a direct .reshlt of new inventions; that to order .a general application to the other less fortunate countries were 'task in .hand; The stupendous char- torced to turn, quickly to their stiee- aCter of the present- war, calls for tists and experimenters.' The superi- ority of the German and . Austrian__ 10).ornilelieanntiramticeinn.., waned intsatls;ot caallloliw . thore armies was to no small extent due to brains of the country tofailin their their possession of new devices. . , share through lack of Opportunit3r to ! apply their aid in the best possible ' HOwitzers' Deadly .Work. measure, The • great dash on Paris, which was ' . nly breught to a standstill by the Al- RUSSIA FAR FROM "DRY." lied forces- at theiates of the -capital • • --- - --- • - itself, was made practicable by -tht Substitutes for Vodka Said to Be Mighty Austrian howitzers • Which ,• Plentiful and Harmful. - smashed their way past all obstacles which the gallant Belgians put in.. In intrciducing, its drastic prohibi-. ia the front or „rear of an aeroplane and larap to safety hefore it gets inta its stride. - The '-elightest 'slip would At Rostliern, Sapi:,' Mayot Miami , .enlisted, and 'tile council gave him. .a,' ' wrist.watch7 : . -, : , . • :,,,, . The Prince ".Albert Linnlier Com- pany . will employ 1,690, Men in its veteratrof the IndianMutiny, tried to camps this winter. - ' ' • , 'William Vdater, 74 years old, and a • Mrs. Matthew; Logan Of Stafford, vine, Alberta, grew a beet Weighing- • 9% lbs. .There ware 46 eases of typhoM fe- mean disaster, for the large blades of '‘i'''er in Saskatd;ewan- in tw° weeks, . from Sept. 13 to 27 an Aeroplane propellet turn st.a, speech He.....ry- Holmes, of. • Raymond, Alta., of over a thousand revolutions:a nun- gre;a•croli of wheat which averaged. ute and they will cut through any oh-' 66 bushels to the acre. atruction with the ease that a razor The G.N.P. bridge at Olio, Mau., seters a bar. of soap. which was blown., down -by a tycloner• ' • ....__,i. -In the large type of - Military Or was rebuilt in 27 days. - naval aeroplanea, which .weigh over Regina people believe there id a • . a • ton, air mechanies 'often have to chance for a big' Hildaori'a, Bay store ascend with the,Pilot to tend. the en - established there. - , , gine. If the latter proves refractor Y -bewhigimi. a descent is made and the "A M," has. September were 99,704, the 'hest .-re:.• iPeg's custom'S receipts for to get to work,:with Jlis, Weds, often corded for rainy mOliths, . , -•" , '• ' within range .- Of Abe. ,enemy's guns4 H., A. Levi, Of Lumley, Sask., grew - The air meehanie, as 'many May imii- ' three ' heads of oats froth a single seed. - One -heall..contained 458 .seeds, In. the rear.' of the firing -line. -There-- are times, when they haye to ,make venturesome dasliesk en a motor • re- pair lorry to assist an. aviator who has landed close to the enemy's lines. If the aeroplane on such oteasions is beyond repair; the mechanics have to pull itto pieces and Pack it on a• Forty, dodging • as best they . can uthe shells directed •at -them from hostile gine, does not keep eut of danger Well . . • . 'Mist naval air in.echanies ate ac- complished mirimmers, and possess . a coastitution.of iron. When the navy's great seaplanes are hianched the ine- chanics generally haye to wads up to their necks into the water to maneuv- er the machine_frem the shore: To plungelnto icy,ccild water ni the halt As the result of a card game at . • Bannermaa, Man., twolrieri were ed and, another toinmitted aucide On • Oct 4th the G.T.P. inaugurated • the through -train serVite between Winnipeg and Calgary via Camrose. •• Justice Winter,at Olds, Sask., gave a pleintiff who had been sold poor ; seed -damages of -$325---against- the --- seller. 4eventh Day Adventists, of Sas', katchewan; will open a college in • the 'fall of 1916 which will care for- 150 •students. Liquor men of Alberta will consult the best lawyers in the British Em- pire as to the legality of the Govern- ment's- Tecent -lit:pier • ..lighteLdaliet_a__Pleasenflask, Scott of Minnapore„ Alta., • yet it is one which the sailor mechtin- -L-ziiewea .five-ged potatoes from the 'les have to earry•put almost daily. • In -rough -seas the waves break over , their heads; and the• seaplane they are maneuvering is -tossed. about .Govetnment, He planted them and in the fall du/ int *258' Pounds �fpd-' .tiktoes, , . Thomas Groves, of Roland, Man,i lik,e a cork. Yet in true naval spirit who is • looked • upon as ' Manitoba's the mechanics ,of the Nat's' Serv- ice carry tint, their hazardous duties eheerfully, happy in the knowledge that they are. doing their bit toward crushing •out . the might of the Ger-: •-. INCRE.ASE IN USE OF'SHELLS. • Germans Fired' 817,000 in 1810, FienCh 100;000 ina Day. • Interesting statistics.- concerniag • munitions of war. are given by.,a•wri- ter in the Lokal Anzeiger ofBerlin. "cattle king," . predicts cheaper beet this Winter on account of high rates which exist on the Atlantic; - /.sqorthwest .Commercial travellers , will petition the Grevernment asking •-• that henceforth all • holidays , 'except . Christmas, New Year's arid:Good FI'V. :day be fixed for Menday. • ' „ Edmonton claims to have, with pne exception, •Baskatoon;:.the .lowest, rate for ip'hones 41 any ',City in the West, • Private residence phones post $24 per , -... • year.- It is a municipal utility. .• R. E.' Townsley, IJ.S. citizen and Philippine ' veteran, tr 'yelled • all the • LLL _Law frem. San •Francleck, to Calgary - their path. - - • tion law the Russian Government has an article in which the great -outcry why te see ine. I' would 'rather not see you•tlier less jiietifiable, but neVerthe- t solTed-ffrial. ly the".greaf problem ler. more munitions lif:Efielh-ffe:Wrid in •to enlist. There. are now 20 PhiliP- again. -7 -Mary. Allen." less effective exPedients which •Ger_. ofdiin Russia,. According to the France is denounced as bei • ng. lam- pine veterans in the raiikt Of the 82n4 Tom crushed the letter in his hand; man scientists prepared for the use Novae Weniya of Petrograd, illicyt cot and -caused chiefly-bY a• desire to Regiment • . . ' - • all the hope had gone from his face, of their armies resulted in our ,army. drinking,is §tiii going on througliout explain and leeuse the failure of the Russia. - • - and only a -dull look filled his eyes. eaffering considerably -on account of .,. , 'who claims to haye killed 42 Indians J. M. Wallace, a Western pioneer, • I3ess ' Wylde Watched him with unexpected gas attacks at Ypres, and ' In rural districts the peasants get the offensive:. -. Allies every ' time they have assumed : .• in.the old days, volunteered fer'ser- : gleaMing eyes, Was her task to be recently the enemy have been making frequently •drenk on various vodka The writer attempts to prove -that .vice at Calgary.. Ili was too old to suctessfid ..WOuld Tom belietre Mary use of liqtricl .fire., The above are :substitutes, in the manufacture. ef heavy 'artillery has het, in ,Spite of •enlist,. hut will de What he 'gait in the_:. -• had written that letter? • . . some of the more . obvious ways iti. which with most primitive means 'Jo- thkprevailing•opinion to the contrarYi . . • Without another word Tom turned. which the' I • h h e f ' cal amateur distillers she* great in.; taken the place of the individual sol-: way Regireent of getting recruits for the 50th • .• . . , . on his heel, leaying,Bess WyYde once " morevictorious, and .inade his way. to his own lonely 'cottage, kir, lie, 'too,' was air. orphan. There Pw-wiiii sleep for -Tam that night, as there had been • none -for Mary sliice the diiy on-Whieli .she had- received -the cruel' -blevi, ' A" Week 'passed thus, and • in three* ,day_sltilhe -Tont: Aims to leave. his 'na- tiye village, never to return, When one _evening he received bv anecial ere= Sengena letter in A -strange hand,' ,,It was written by a nurse in the. hospital . at-Walltord at the dictation of Begs - Wylde..• The unhapPy girl had met with a terrible aceident- which . had cat -her lier ;life... She had 'teen caught in some of the machinery. At the mill ia Which he worked,- and so. -badly mangled that she only gained ' • • • •;,!..-.4 • • .1 • • 4 • 1 . - : • 7 yontaelf .to me:" . tude; but Mary was by- natinit-iletitz: ' "Three months isn't long, Tom, 1_°- Ing; and although she appreciated . -plied the girl, "and I'll • be en the their effotu on her behalf she did beach fa meet yea when the boat make .friends readily. When she was - Comes hollia." ot grieving 'over the lussLef her fa- - ' Tom looked' thoughtfulTand •th n. ;the'. her thoughts Were 'ever turned .said---, . • - . • • -I to TOM, -dear, beavei-;-..true-heatted "No,_Marif •lessr.donl. tome to m,ect Toir4: Who're -gm; knew- now.- that- Vie- . ance to the enemy, but 'it would • be quite an easy matter t� compile an extensive list of ideas which the en- emy -have perfected-and--put-into--nse for the purpose 'Of • gaining the ad vantage. . So far aa We are concerned , our .chief reply t� the enemy came froin the skill anti ingenuity of oiir _fighting Men, who had to face the new dan- gers. Self-preservation rendered the iniptovising. of retaliatory ma -Sates a stern necessity.. •. , . After many Months of war the Gov - 1 geiiiiity, • Our vocabulary, says. the dier in inotlern warfare: -He quotes i .. Two- ariabers journal, is already enriched by A in auppert:of -this argimient ,the boill- ',school hoard- had- a- cliff-ertnee of aptil- of Odell, Sask., . sicilta" ("lierne made"), • "brashlta" (general Staff ori Mareh 10,•when the .... 4 cite.), etc.., all • of ' which denote four -hours -61 -a-.- -. - - .ourod maid the - otnierwont-to- jail oT .., - i front of eleVeh-kiloi - -41z- - ' it • • . ' - .r.1A,t,-Anndisoell 41-1Pus7searll.fl Thlirie latter in Naivrs 'ainn-iT,' --. ("brewery"), "Iilianzha". ("hypo. Allies esed no,o0o shells . in twenty- :. ' ' drinks more harmful than the original meters. The. Cost Of this hombafd-• , vodka. In towns arid•citiesjaveterate ment is:eetithated at $1,620,000. three menths. ."" • • . • ' drinkers: -Manage . to 'get spirits from la the !Franao4Gbrinan - Ny'ari'!. ,li'P ! I Judge, IlcOuIre, . of Prince Albert,. - dispensing -chemists en. the-• itrength 'eaks, "a Gernian 'battery fired er? an ---'i.Sasit.:, adveeptea the-APPOintment of .0.1 of ..a, doctor's prescriptiOn; A_result alierage ?OP shells from eh gem', In•I _ public: conciliator to act between dig, just broaglit On themselves. the pea- already risen to twice that figure.- , trial; the • ; p t td vith a view to settling ac: I • e • the ate. brim ht to : .0 an 1‘ •-• - - e.g nchurien war the average had alty of the law 'in the shape of -fined Theie : totals • are ' far exceeded ' bylams-ua .-0t. utigaticir, object being to reduce the VarYing ' froin $1.00 to $350 for en-: those cif- the present war. In • the ' T •he ei.... f •Salcatchewan at n. re- ; string *,?f•tievir words, suety ".samo- barclment annOuncect,bk. the GerMan. ion 'whieli'culminated in an assault' •4. ernment at M• ei came to the conclu- . coinging their patiehts to drink by whale of the war of 1870-71 the Ger- . cent conferente, passed a resolutiOn .. sion that the inventor at home could means of suitable prescriptions, • In, man artillery fired S17,000 ghells. Of I asking:'."that every child M Canada ;be- -parttediarly itsefel. -to -the fighting -Many cities and tevis -Meal anthort- these -470;000 were -thed in -the sieges tile', taught ta apeak, man, and two 'separate boards were ties forbid apothecaries, keeping, any •of - French fortresses and 388,000 on ' the -English language; a copy a thig - read aad write constituted to: consider -,1014. .4..epo.rt -spirits. ' .. ' - • - I' +the -field,- Ot-the- Miler total-J.0....per t.ti-ijo- --sewtoslitenfier Scott, Preiniet-, • -upon ntventiaTis- submitted- for . them -the boat this -time - leve _see You- -loved as -she never' batl -arid -never t ----- • . Both the „public and:the authorities ' cent, was fired Off itrthe 'tattle. of -,St. . . in Russia are beginning to realize': Prisrat alone; 1.n.. the Russo-Japanese Berden Litia the Dominion Educational' - A'ssociatIon.'" • • • , • - i uSnSiu iment y to e a . e -aPPI . if' * 1 b bl 'cival, ' . . . . - . - , g e me but this time .I ..6 t I/ - there to re t • uld Love any 53 her being in a the Affi f to make . con ession --clon't-Want-theterojittii--see-ourrinoot-rworld:---TShe•-thought--of all- his:- ten- tiiiti.t-o tisk. li-aric-F-itid gars, cp her.. These boards consist. • of the mere ttY and imminent Professors and sett atigts _itliat prohibition .alone,_ withtsit 1,„,,ccry.„ war 'the total was: Of54,Pli0.” pgn o'Dormell. was -ben drinking v• •• ing. want to be all a'lonel„.just You , dernes-, and Of hts forgive her'if they coultl find it In of the country, and insofar. ae_', they willingness tb dear. i foe hetanswer-whea-td1-the-thne their liearts.- /orrn p.chrirt of appeal, to which in- cierit to cone with the.. great:, evil of. •.01!8 for . I in IlaniarY.'-.* . rarnr-tirtailie'-re-rn An - an ties -for healthy-reereationi. insuffi- -7 infraction of the riew Saskatehev, responding 'effort to inerelTee • liqaor from a flask in t•Fe Th'Itrii•On Ste- '• r . _ • 'Yes' just put a lighted lamp in yonr., his heart was yearning to hear her WindoW the night of 'Our retutit,1 give it then. had she net known Trim's horror and' consternation ,Ventors • 11141" go with the certain drink. SdCli an eftort is' already being • .The Paris Figal.o 'quotes the Buda--:?.. Liquor' law: He Was fined $25 and knew -tie ballads,. • •• • ' . . 'knowledge that they will at . least inado in many pierce, but bwing • to ; Pest 6i i'( -of the., Frankfur• see it 'lieforo we land and come her' own heart and told him that she • • . lace' 'of the cliff •to the • little white, 'Step in ,tho,right .restricfedcosts.. lie. not,pay,aud:went , Quickly he .rnade,' his way up the. 'obtain a hearing„ this represents a , , • the.cxigencies of the war it is ni,res- ter Zeitung as- fohoWS: The official , 'straight teyou. You will come down toyed /din?. ,Biit.thP timaewould_pass. ji111 f.C. :30. -days. • • • • •• extent of land devoted to ;the euttiNa.• •• • ,. the 'dpath to fneet nie iota. You ?"-.1 somehmv, she thought, and then -ab, c Mary promised, and as Tom's time then 1 She had the Mani which was cottage . . . ' • • ore Practical Men Needed' • • - 4.••• "Tom,'" .11fary. said when. he eiltered,• • M • • 4. • " , ! organ -of the .'eenti•til .".• • - • 13ihar.kenszteAer ,where• • 'alt. „•- ••• • Ife,r " I Ob, dar: . If tit • ' • Th • idt.y•Pirst slaughter hous'e;.; states that in the'. • •was growing short they oace.2111ore to burn for hint already looked out"Ton,'is it real y yott? any el en may -be pass- • • e ha elueven • kissed and parted. .., . and he would 800 it 'and lie glad, and , As soon as they were. out of ear-, come straight to her,: This was her : ishot the &rill of a woman emerged Consolation and cheer in those sad • ' train the bushes elee. by the „stile, days after her father's death. I She ,was shaking from -head. to feet Meantime Bess Wylde's brain had With an overwhelniiiig passion, and not been cidle. No thought of pity • her fade, as She , looked after the softened 'her heart towards' Mary „ girl he loved vanishing in the gather-. -one determination -was still. to sepa- • forms, of the young sailor and the i when she heard of her aortOw, Her .' ing.thisk, was livid with hatred and rate -her from the marl who kited her, •.. • - and at last she hit upon a plan -a intilite, 'Weyer!" she gasped. "Never shell plan such as 'only a woman of , her he be hews. That lamp slititli. not 'Apt nature teuld devise. • on 'the night the boats clone horn°. It •It Wail new but two days from the • Wear it It shall pet "he, even if 1 night of the .eXpected homecoming of die ter it: "• the herring fleet, When ohe. evening . Psetis wyide, a- girl from the .adiiii Mary heard a lteock at het cottage ... _ „ emit teurn ef Wallford, had some time door, and On Opening it fond to her . ....... . 1 a • ling! • •• • And then suddenly ,she remembered', and struggled to frbe 'herself from his embrace, but his sti:ong.arms oily held her the closer. r ' . • Then he told her very gently of what had happened, and togetho they read the letter. Though shocked and horrified IVIalry'a-tears limired freely' when •she heard, of the poor giriPe • dreadful end, but she wait gtithered• closely in the sheltering embrace which alone could coinfort her. "Little sweethiart," said Toin, awill you give Me My answer now V.! and sti11 shyly,' but with a loOk of 'love and trust she whispered, "Oh, Tom, lade yes?' ed on ;their Constitution it• is. that it •"Brown -is. a very careful 'Critic the 'Italian residents 'of Hungary are Now Y°°." " ' lig exclaimed eothusiastleally. "These would appear very desirable to inz corporate more .outside practical men. That is, more men of phiatical ex- perierice.who are not connected direct- ly with the fighting services. It is rtaken for granted that any in- ventor submitting an idea showing liMe promise is not only entourage& te perfect ,his idea, but -is -also pro- vided' With every possible tissiStanae. Every inventor not eorinected with the army or navy is .'ivorking under considerable disability, and if under. these conditions he produces an lidea likely to be etvalue he should, at once be put into touch with all the prat - tical considerations goveriiing the • 16, isn't he?" ,„.. "In what way?" •. • "110 always Manages to take the sting out of his unfavorable, emu-, Meat." . • • ' • "For itistance• t" • • "Els bride iiiade him a 'short -take the other clay, and when she asked him how he liked it he replied: ,'It isn't as good as your •in'other used.ito • MN She Felt. "2ou are surelrafraid. of Aosta?'" "'Well, no, not afraid; I just" don't• ' like their. appearance." .11 interned, a gteat nunibet Of cats are killed and dressed daily. • The demand has boon tiUdh that the .Prit �t 'cats. mato a prohibitive figure, hence the 1001 mittioritie,s stepped in 4and "fixed the maxinuirri price, at three crowns - the kilo." (About 25 •cent s a pound). are exactly like. the cakesmother,' used to make. I/ovr did you ,do it?"' giVel you the recipe,". roOlied • • the mite coldly; "I. uSed Margarine • instead of biker, eggs,a week old, 1, put Alain ih the flour, . and added plenty of writer to the milk." • Indemnity for Ode Crime._ • 'Ddring a recent year the•Xiiiteil An indemnity et $60,000 has bven States produced 34,000,000 • tonset paid by the German ,•GOvernmerit, through its ambassador in Madrid, for tliaseven Spaniards shot tit Liege In August, 1914, says the Paris Fig- 000,000 tone; and".0i1liciii and Elitist tiros correeptindent lIendaye, • on hiditi each slightly (*or i,000,opo •the Spanish ' 'toils. , . . . • petroleum -oil; tussle, 9,000,0(10 tons; . Mexico, 9,000,009 tops; Sumatra mai liornee, 2,000000 tbnq, Rumania, ,2,. • , • :• •.' 4 vs.