The Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-12-23, Page 7gas/ I tell you, end let's 'ave a look
44 the boy we're fie rend ofl" •
'Utterly cowed, the old 'wonaan
Struck a match and lit the eingle light
dependent iron* the ceiling. ,The
young man blinked ;tt the; glare, 44114
then gazed, almost wistfully, at the'
Old Illergi vtandiurseatinel in the doer!.
1) ViaY;
• 7:4r•• 0•*,4,0 1.'-'7,."4.r., -
...0* . •,, 1 'M 1 ' ..1 . "My boy...40y boy!" Wailed the mo-'
..•
How to, 1,180 the .Babcock Test. 1 the results difte* it b ther. l'Oh, how couayoU, Jack ? My ,
1 . . .... . r, . Ls. °Ivo lonse cr., 44004 t . • '
The Paheock.test has servo as the rot .in ,tno work and if the daerenee, ,
She went went across to hin'4, arms. wide
necessary etiMulitut to ralae da4Ying is .over *no tenth of on,e per vent!, the '
Irma disliked sideline to 0 prefeS. siert 1 •lian.apling and teating should be re- extended in. tam of Maternal readi,
iness. to forgive, 'andeven condone, on
worthy of the efforts of 'wen -trained' peated in a. more careful manner. •
- men. ' . It has placed. 'dairying on a if If it is necessary to keep the milk:I the ',slighted pretext • .
Ociettille basis., has promoted factory .ilaamples. several hours. or days before , " 'Ere, step *eV" cut in Toinford'.
.. .eificie.ncy • and has stimulated .the• testing, a preservatiVe ShOUltr be add-' " 'E•lin't .yonr lack! '4 used to be,
. breeding pp of productive herd& but 'e ain't now! A ;COMMA thief,
I ed to prevent .curdling and lthe hot, ... Aj m_ • • :
theitleS sheuld hi kept tightly corked. ' !pays . what '4 lei tweaking' in to rob
Ten necessary steps in making
Bailee* test are as follows': Mix ther lriroughlY Mix tho Seraphs. to. be
"T. -I haven't taken anything.'" said
IT evra parentrin the' :dead of night!'"
milk .thoroUghly and take. out a smsdI toted; then draw' the pipette nearly
the young man jerkily:. "N,ot a thing., '..
;Sample. pa not let .the sample evap,,,' bill Of Milk by sucking with the. lips, .,,
pipette before the -Milk runs down'.
RuieltlY Plees the forefinger over the 44 least-_-" ' .. • .
"Well 'ave 4 look When ';the-ptilice
' orate or curdle 'before testing Fill '
the pipette to the. inark with Milk.' come," rePliedLinfOrd.- "I might 'ave
Empty the pipette without loss into. a' the mark: If' the linger is dry, it is,,
Babcock test Mettle. Add" sulphuric • easy, bY m 'nchthe pressere on come to forgive'yeti in time, Jack if
only you'd kept straight •But to come
•: Reid freln the measuring cylinder to the .. end. of the tobe i to let' the !milk .
„the 'test bOttle,.. Xix the ' acid and run down SlowlY.Eandi te,:stop it eeRet,,-, tn. this.," I • .... •• • . .. . ,
ly at the .toark; The tip of the piliette ‘.-.- Waps----liVapeOe was 7nrigry ?" •
suggested. the old woMan"tremblingly;,
I • 1r'
milk thoroughly by shaking the bet, '
--: • tle. . Place baties lie the centrifuge is piaeed: in,:the top of the test bottle
: . held in. an inelined position. and the ."Don't bo• 'arcl on 'in". You. -you
corer. and whirl fin, five minutes, -.Add
....hot 'water and whirl again twice One ' . • • 4 ""'
- • •._ millt•ia allowed. to run . down e 'WOuldn't.. like your even ion to go
.. • minute eaeh..• ,Read: and record' the 'aide of the neck of the bottle, Without: ?I'ingvY1", ', . ' '‘; - • ' • : • - '
"S'poSing 'e.',Was•?" retighly, return -
per cent 'Otiet •in. the neck Of the licit- '411ing the neck -completelY.:. In . thia-!
. „tie; „. TY'. way, .exactly eighteen,' . gomi,.:(1.7.6' ,;ed .I..infOrd. What need need_ wat, there
Empty the test bottles and -
cc.) Of milk are-transfertgd,ta •the,• foe inn kir.gli *gild' • 'Why didn't J!e
- 'thoroughlY,;.., ,. ; .,•• • • , , , . • • - .
test bottle'•withOut•lOss. :'' • • -.•, • •• • . • p with us .--same..as !we'd always
•••Previda•kquart or Moo.. of Milk, 1. ; ola,nned for. ?ha ?,".. , , ,,, ..,.' ...., • .
).• . • . ' • . . • • . •
T4i Beginner . ,:. .. ..
. • i 4 Y
.. „ . , . • ou---yon. wouldn't liSten. to 'tea-.
, , witli, which to :Practice' 'Sampling and 1.: •-.. ' :: • '
. testing. Mix At. thoroughly. by poor- 'should practice .sompling and testing ,sova 'broke' in the yonng.inan. .4!yOu.
. : inA.SeVerat, time- from :.foi-A :;iressel to ..piiik 04011110,1s melt acquainted with. •were so --:so - obhinate," ' • . • .. * '" '
another or by , stirring. vigorously:, every necessary ,stop.. Be should he "Obstinate? 'It was .you that was
• target quantities of milk require able to make several ,tests on the a,.
• eoptiliate!" returned his father.. "I
more stirring, .' Whilkthe milk is still same sample of Milk which do not dif- ***firm-Lei:Ay Atm. And I 'ad a right
in Motion, dip out half a teacupful fer in reading by MOre than one or to be firm, didn't 1?" •
and Our this this at iinCe intoa small,twotenths of:a per cent: . • ' "You -you certainly did all you.
clean, dry bottle. Pill the bottle near- . The milk in the teat bottle.. should could for inc. °.1 wasn't ungrateful,ly full, and stopper. tightly to prevent not he Warmer than 6040 degrees F;P father ..-really; 1 ,. wasn't Ungrateful!
evaporation.' After stirring theminr justbefore theacidis „- added, 'Milk .
- . _ _. Only you -wanted inc to go -into-a pro -
again or a short!. time, take out an- • fresh from the cow must be cooled be..fessi•
oa which didn't appeal to me, and
, other sample, place it in another bet- fere acid is added: Fill the acid meas- I-4 had my own ideas about the Work,
tie,and stepper tightly as before. If ure up to the mark andpourinto the I wanted to do."
. ,the , milk was thoroughly Mixed each test bottle. . Hold the bottle.- in a'
. • • , , "World" scornfully Interjected he
,
.. hang these two samples Will Shaw ex- slanting Pesition Se 'the acid wi4, illn Old man... '`Lot of idea Of working you
' • actly the aline per cent. of:fat by the down the neck and under the milk.- "ad! And you Must • 'ave done 'very,
Babcock test,.piovided the test bottles 'Rotate the bottle slightly. Mix until Well- in the line' you took up. IAA.
,
are ,aecurately matked-On- the -neelc,•--. the. liquid. in is. Of -a-brown .What• it's- brought' you to already! But '
; Label the bottles with the name .. of 'CAW,. Place all th.e_hOttles in. the t-p-Vaps thieving wee the work you 'ad
the •-c-oW or owner. ' .., • . •, ..•,.. "-centrifuge and whirl. for five Minute's. ' in mind?" •
all • ' . • . • : ,
The SmSample •
• • ' • • • Stop the -machine gradually,. Add hot' • • "You've no right to talk to. ma like
. • • • wate,r, to. ,the betties with the pipette that; .father!" hotlycried the •young
.....-_.: taken for the test. must contain ex- until each is, fall to the •base of , the. man, "I'M as., honest . as you are!
rietly the same proportion of fat as neck. Whirl again for two minutes. •I've gotjust ' as much 'pride in. niy
• the entire cooterits of the pail Or can. Add hot . water until each bottle ' is -good name as you • have l'l••
.. If milkstands for' even a few minutes full. within an inch of the lop. Whirl ' "Honest -eh? ..Bit cool to Say that,
. the ere= will begin to rise and the again for One ''minute. ''. The bOttles are 'ain't it?, .I mean, when 1' comes down
top layer of the ecur .. will contain. then taken out of the :AO* .atci the 'ere andfinds you robbing the 4ome-.
• more 'fat than the- r'Opt' Of: the Milk.. Per tent. of fit .is re • tem the neck you' was brought up in -Well, it's a
'If the top part is used for the test, 'it of each bottle while • hot . By the bit late in the day to talkabout geed
will Iriclicate..,a higher per cent. of fat :aid of the :dividers the pet cent' of .,tiaines and honesty,. ain'tit? When I
, ..
••• than is -present in the entire lot .of fit Is read, directly. from the neck of
. . . • -..--.' turned you .out ,of doors ' six 'Months.
#- ,milk, .1t is •incorrect to take a samle the bottle p • . .
• for testing out • of a pail', can or bet...—The-neek7Of -the:standard Milic-atest ,
•.. . • ago : " .. . • , • '. -
-,- - -t-fe-Wit-hout'fitst • - thoroughly ." mixing bottle is. divided into 'ten large divi-
• • •ag. out 'of ,zny own free Will. -I- wasn't a
‘,firou . didn't turn rhe Out! I Went
1 mi y . stn./l_ or. pouring. . it .sions, andeach of the-Iatter•into fiva child- for you•tO bully ancroider about
, ..;oiri one Veasel to another.. When. Small divisions. Each large divisiOn _ .
. .
people get different results. in . is one per cent.' andeach small divi-
• ' ' testing any lot of .milic . it ls usually , sion two tenths' of one per cent.
•• because one or both of them did not If the -butter -fat 'fills •three large
first otir. the milk 'befdre taking the spaces there is three Per cent Of fat,
.. Sample.' In. any case where the..accn- , or three pounds of fattothehundred
•• racy of the resblts must be -pre-o,.._ef „milk' and would be written three
.--_-if- fa IMPOrtant that two ' or f:;',...%; per' cent. if the fat cOlumn covers five
_ separate Samples be taken at differ.,• large and two small- spaces, the read-
•
.. ent Ttimeswhile stirring.. Each . sam-': ing would: be five and 'four - . tenths.,
:. i- file. 'should .then :be tested by itself, If • written' 5.4 per cent.
MGR pomB
T CONSPIRACY
• mwfamiwrokktacizamoi waiting afor the intruder to mike Abe.
any more. I left home for good be-
cause you made me feel it wasn't ,my
home any longer." . .
"Left your 'mile' for good, eh?"
sneeredhis father sardonically. "Then
why -did you come back- fo-night? Not
for any good, that's Plain:. No, you
come back to rob me because you
"(night I'd let you go again if I
caught you. You thought,you'd -find
,ine salt' and ready to fotgive. But
You're mistaken. • If You'd written,
saying you repented --,,'P
1 next move. _ .. . • "I, don't repent. - I'm .dorrk-very,
' IN THE HOURS'
. ' ,The..flofarboards creaked. gently un- very' sorry...at the: way - things haye
turned out, but I clOn't repent. Be -
der the 'weight of a stealthily-Advanc-
OF'DARKNESS '
• ing. bedy, Old Linford stiffened to ,sides, it.was: part of the bargain that
I shouldn't %write "home; or have any -
.e-•„,.i'Fie,o,SsliWeaKkeMet.VAVAS•ii-Aikeee thing more to do vyoth either of you."
.. - touched him, and lie.grasped at it. , • "Yes; and cruel hard I found - it;
As methodical M days of stress as '
"Oot, 3*!" _4 crieil triumPhantlY4 tee -M. -said his motherr With -unusual'
•days-of-milet-easevold man Linford --bui- thehand jerked itself \free. boldness. "I was that•werried about
closed his, little shop precisely at
taken an exact half. hour There vvd's no violence, no attack. The yen,: Jack l But father 'ad • made Me
over intruder backed a pace or two, ' -and promise not to 'write oy. See yen,
pper, studied his 'newspaper for jagain the grim :Waiting game was though I thought' of .you, Jack -I
similar•-•period,-.-and,retired-11 pray'ee - ' ' • , thought-of-you.•AMifid you, I sided
.stairs --to bed "-onthe-yery 'stroke of A faint •light flickered suddenly with your father. '4,still think re was
ten. . ' •
froth' :the . landing abeve. Old 'Mrsin the right. But you're' my son, and
13 .
ut . though it was well imst mid- Linford was beginning to deacend pd forgive_ you, „Tack,, whateeer . you
•night -when he was disturbed by the the stairs, -a lighted candle in .her • 4 • - • .
• 4
, in-the-rooni -below, he-ii•A--no an .
. . . .
. • "Lucy I'm „lead ofthe 'eusertheni,"
yet fallen asleep. Awl this wakeful- ."I -F can't stop up there,". She was said the old man. "I believe in things
• ness, too, was practically. a part of saying. "Yon was so quiet,---" as 'em to be: And „though :'e's
his time -table, f,or it. was quite usual_ „ "We was• just. waiting fM a light -
. Myown4on, re goes to• jail for
this
'• • for hhn to fay still for hoursvbrooding down 'ere ''' answered Linford grimly. night's work. It May be the saving of
Over the things "high -had "brought The ot1;:er man, head down, rushed gm. One lesseb like- that may pall
:disappoi and Sourness into his at hint Linford closed Avith hitn, em up for the rest of 'is life." ,
• life. -
• . grappling and swaying with dogged " "If ,'e goes to jail, find me wait.:
Lt tti only the faintest of noises tenacity. • • • ing for 'im when."ecornes out" Stout -
W had caught his vigilant anew: "Shut- that back door'!" he shouted ly averred the mother, "Is way'll be
n, but he almost welconied the in- tertO..hie Wife., "Shut -it lock 'it! tnine, then. k. done- 'my duty by riiPtiiiii-beenate -haaglit teeP °MI0" you all these.years, now it's my 'turn
- • • ,
•
from the burden ,of his thoughts., . Mrs. Linfordobeyed mechanicallY, to do my duty 'by my.son.". •
"lYeat gO 'down. I suPposer granted 'ar14;then stood back,. helpless, Staring -".There, don't you go and get up.
Seir -said-the old man, don't
want tp be too, 'firrLon..!_ixa. P'rlaps..1 gion, dress, enstoms,_Mode of living,
was a bit 'aitY. 'But; thie-this •job civilization and .liviitg'Inostly apart
to -night's been 'a sore- blow to • from One 'another. :
They,age:
Fifty million Great • Russians, or
acinal Russians, or "Mustovites" (the:
inhabitants of the former grand duchy.
of Meskvii),,,,ow Aldine all Russia.'
Twenty million Little Russians, for-
merly. 'a part '6f Poland.
We've million Poles, .
Six million White Russians, former-
47_21:tart of Pathrid.-'
Two. and orie-half Pions:
Two million Lithuanians, fortherfy
part of Poland.
Iti#0 MilI14 Cannella. • , • • •
One and one-half million Letts,. for -
311(13 ly-phrt of Poland,
hula. •
One.. and one-half million Roinn(m.:
.ians.„ • •
Above in the skyscrapers fronting Bette:FY Park in New-York.is the M-
: 'geed lair of the .huge bomb plot conspiracy. Arrows point to (i)
'Austrian consulate with United States customs office .4.n. back-
Ound and (2) to British ,C•0I1S11 IsAp. liciow at the left hi Chief
Ynn. o he secret service; in. the Centre is .former Austrian•pen.
•,0 ,sul Gorton-, ivho exposed the..alteged sny. system or the Teutons and
nt--tlie-eight Is Alexander 'von •Nubee, AnStrian consul ' general, -
charged with being' leader, of the alleged • nation-wide spy system
•and bomb Conspiracy*
•••••• •
"about to -night; Jack?. don't Under-
stand ft. 'What `was *you doing 'ere?"
. 4/3erliaps I was robbing • you, but
don't. think you'd have minded- when
`you founcl..out. There was something
I wanted • very muck and it seemed
to me the only way to get it was to
Slip in here and take it. You see, our
lot may be ordered to the front any
time now, and I wanted' te- take this
with malin---fOr. company, AndLtivell„
you'll understand when r show. you
-what I took:v ' I • •
• He 'pointed. to a photograph' frame
ea. the mantel -shelf. It was empty.
"Why, Where's your mother's. pot-
traitgone ?" demanded old Linford in
surprise. .
"It's here said his son, slipping
his- hand into his- breast-pockeV.and
preducing the faded picture of his
mother. -"Now do you :understand ?"
_ boy -My boy!"eried the old
womanc.opening her arms again, and
.her sort was caught in a glad em
brace.. ,
"Yes, but • where's the phato-frame
that 'ad me in it?" asked the father;
searehing along the mantel -shelf.
dropped it when I heard you
talking upstairs, said the young man
•awkwardly. "It's -it's in the fire-
place." .
it'i•empty, toe-eXclaimed
old Linford, • • . _ '
"Yes; I've got your photo here, too.
I -I -just had to take -it, even though
we _quarrelled se laitterlY. You -you
used to be good toam1.-anc1What-
ever had happened,, you were still my
father, sir." • , n ••••'. •
"Yes," agreed old Linford,-1%skily
"And ygtere still my. ,son -And Jm
proud of • you, Jaelc7-proud enough. to
\ask you to forgive, Me:" They elasped
hands.--7Loodoin Answers. •
-Linforcl 'raising -himself on his et. as •they4--Iireatiec
• • ., , • • and piungeci about inthe. narrow littleHe slipped ,
frOin ids 1;01 vers" quiet: -.,•..Arid then, iniite oneXpectecily, she
fearful .110 yi L; hut let ,:the candle -fall; :and, pitch darkness:
-•-the'4iieeaatraa was sanneeeSSal'Sl•: .had .returned 'again.
"What's • the .matter?":. she askod, • q-,-..-4-don't want tohurt you., mut-,
rather' listlesslYi ered the other man hoarsely., Other-
, "Thought you Was aslee '."
• "No; I was a -wake. I generally
lies\ awake a good bit now," she an-
swered, "You know, 'ever since—"
-"So do 1," he cOnfessed. "But I
never thought
fo ivolre -AIST abrUptly. DoWAi
bd-
low something had fallen into tlm
firePlace with a clatter.
• He managed to shake off the (Ad,
man's , clutch, and stood back, his
breath rising and falling •noisily. The
lust of. battle .was old tinford's
heart, all the OppresSiOn8 :hr0110# by
his thwarted anibitions were Anding
outlet it this fierce, Physical strife:
. you!" he gaspedl-»'j1 get
"'Ear that r!‘.-Saia. --Old • Lillf0fd; • a
ionieene, there! Pm .gobil The click of n lock made itself
down to °'eM You stop 'ete_ont_of-hetitd Ag 'A-a...current of cold night
• 'arm's way" way." • • • ir streanted,inte_the houso,,,„1-%
°"21-S ' lid 'Spoke -lie -Wait draWn'Tg-iiiir a - "I -I've opened the •door, again!"
fo0- -Scatty garment, and no he 'celled out Mrs 'Linforcl'
boldly wont Wont on to the Mae landing “Now's your time to 'get,eWay,1-1
And elesceoded the stairs. A ghat Of see., who you Was. 'The candle.-*-"
'cold wind Met him, 'telligg him that "Neu -you see "oo 'e • was.,?" shout -
the btfek door was standing open, and ed Linford, "And yoit're giving a
• chance to get away. Heavens! •You,
don't Mean to •'
"I -I don't mean to Say anything!"
she quaveredin distressed belie% "1
telling fot. semi movement 0» the Z- made a mistake., that flus
other's part to guide him. Linford tered I lordly know `What Ilm saying."
had no lack trf .courage,cand there 'Was "Thought it odd 'e didn't try, to hitt
• VtIll strength in his deur old-frame:7- ino," observed the old nian. "And le's
'Oei there?" he/demanded; ."I've- cense' °ere; 'aft '6? Well, 'e don't leaVe
got a pistol 'eke,: and-.----" 'ere again, except with a pOliceiiian.
- A chair scraped back, Softly in the, Now I know loo Pe •
little living-toom, and tinford, fa- • "You -you'd never:. 'five' "Irit locked
Millar 'with every turn and twist in up?" she cried,..ineredulous. • "Your
the ItonSel", steliPed. into the doorway. .own son!" . • • ,
. ,
'44You 'don't get out- 'ere!" he ." tui.' Son et -taid
promised grintlY,, "if iO3 a waiting Lioford. , eeasedto be that • six
game, , t.eah•-play it as :well as arlymonths ago. 'Ere, Strikea Match, and
tino- . light the gait There's no need, for
.Antl so, fr a few mdtmentS, 1i 'lin to go on trusting to the dark hoW
.„ •
stood itiert..in the pit& darkness, it 'know '00 'e is. GO ori.4ight the
that he was eutting off the intruder's
'retreat. '
It waa' quite dark below, and for 'it
MOreent the 'old- Man stood; tense, lis
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• r,
ALLABOU R‘,iT
SSIA.
Population Consists of 140 Different
• peoples.
• The large population of Russia iv
more varied than the -popOlation of-
ariy country in the World. :The popel
lation consists & Mote than 140 dif::
ferent peoples, nationalities, ,fiations,'
rakes -'-differing language, reli-
•
delft see things can ever. bit qu
tha sante 'again for inc. S'pose I was
to send you•to -Canada; or somewhere,
jack?" ' , , •
couldift ge.""
"Witat's you .'ete? Got a
reglar job?
"Yes, I'vegot a regular job." ,
"Well, that makes it MI the more.
sharnefal--What you -done tonight.
040. bemuch of a, job; anyway."
."It'a;aliout the best' job a man can
have." •• . • . • , •
sortofa job's that ?•llIisked
ills father, caught by sOinethiegin
hie ietitc--:' • .
-Vighting,fer
cdsix weelth ago." . .
"You did? And you never told us!
You knew 'ow proud,ge'd be, and you
never told ual". • - '
•• "I „didn't want you to know any-
thing about it till I'd a *ince of do-
ing .My duty -One Way or the other:
witoted to do something that would
makeyou proud of Me and simply
Milling to let. bygones be bygones
for And you said you didn't ear°
whit became dine; didn't you?"
"I-/ may 'aye said so, Jack. •
ferKet-at least, I Want to, forget- it.
want YOule'forget it, toe. You're a
soldier, are -you, jack? Proud' of you?
• x should Nit about think 1 ani!
/lye been an old fool, Jack -an obsti-
nate ' •
you mean, father?' coivect-
ed the son, with a smile. • • '
"An obstinate . old fool!" stoutly'
maintained Linford: might' lave..
known you'd go straight ahead .with'
thin& • and •' PrOVe- 'Yourself iny eon!
putrabiltk.Lhis brow 'clouded
1
,
•Five million Jews. • •
Sixty million of '120 other different
nations- and races, As, Tattars,••Kurds,
Bashkits, Sain6yedes, Xrighized,, Ital.
inticks, Turks, Bulgars, Greelca,..Per-
shins, gypsies -and 120 others. Most
all of these live in groups and,telans
on their ancieht territOrY, ,
it 'Would- take..;ethituries
these 140 different flattens 'of different
rates with 140 different. Ilingliages,
and almost as many diftetent
gions--into one Solid Russian nation.
In the meantime; scorei of ;them
hope to becOnte free and independent
countriea anetbus preserve' their
ari-
ekuit homes, nationalityrlang.nage,
ligiorvand 1L. • •
Going Some, ;
THE WIND. •
By Isabel Ecclestone .111dekay.
Onowee, ..the Whare-veice,_, -
• Singing through the. heather.
Purple is the line that blends • *
Sky and earth together,'
•- Onowee,. a sprite is he, •
•Playing In the heather',
Onowee, the Wind's voice,.
• Whisp'ring: to .the flowers• ...
On a lover's art depends-
• All .a lover's powers.
• Onowee-, a wooer, he
When among the flowers.
Onowee, the Wind's voice,
' Calling through -Swspacei• -;
Shari) with salt and wet With spray,
Buffeting onr" faces!' • ; -
0.2103v.e; e tyrant he,•• -1;::-.-{• -
-Lord of. great seazsPacee.•
. •
•
Onowee,- :thlyekWind's voice; • •
-7-7-
' Sighing; 'sighing, sighing.
Is • it for a flower dead;• -
; Or ..a •summer -dying?
Onowee, a :child is he,
• .Crying, crying,. crying.
.-From The Canadian' Magazinefor
Deeeinber. • , •
• ';
'StARCE .,VEGETABLE SEED.
Thi e article from. ,a newspaper of
_Gothenburg, -Sweden, be of inter-
est to growers of .vegetable seeds, as
it, refers to the Board of Directors of
the .Agrichltural :College of .,AInarp,
Sweden, asking for a..Goveenment
grant for the encouragement of vege
table Seed -growing: • ""The, Boar
pointe out • that the. *ar, has mos
clearly emphasized the importande
.for theceuntry, of home preductiOn o
vegetable seed. • Owing to. the mos
THE RUSH; U own,
ow tool Derby's Plan oIteinfi%,
lug the .Arnly' WO/10g. MU
Lord 'Derby's canvassers have not FM". •
got to work- yet in many places, but
most of the Ulan C04011404 'have re-
ceived his lotter, says a writer in the
Manchester' Guardian. r learn to- ite* -
nightthat the effect of the lotto
alone on recruiting has been extra-
ordinary: As it WAS pit JO ine by
'
one who is in immediate touch with,
• •the• recruiting organization,- there has
peen a great rush Of recruiting, and
the difficulty is to hold •people back
who are not wanted -that is, 'who eau
serve the nation better by Sticking to
their lobo, To-taloso---o* or. two indi-
• vidual cases, the director of a certain
ban]; filUIS hintSelf threatened with the
16ssesfu9lfnesi
the whole
Whn•Qtlaaen'9.0fthrone csatsaeff afirm
of 13,
and, after all, banks, have a certain
11
Which happens to be engagedinlmak-
ing khaki cloth somewhere in Scot-
land find s that so many .of its workers
.want to enlist that it is in a panic lest
it should be unable to carry out its
army contracts. •
The friends of the'voluntarY system
for sometime been axpreSsing
thcrtleitlilugsPiwara ithattelle4(Itiekee1-:iwileirnianese;
the partrof tho heads of the organ-
ization,
'a7nitetdhaetasteheiorcieoterwiplion.ts)
This suspicion Wag:17'9*d and answer.:
ed at the labor conference with lord
'Kitchener ad. Mr. Asquith. I have
•fia d.oubt .it*SWas Unjust, but at all
events what is certain is that there
is a. committees have is lest the canvas-
sersgthreoatboom
aTId oniyanixni.reteycrutihtiengjust now,
who „still have their work to di)
should beinclined to think that when
Men are coming in like this. their task
is .superfluous ' and • May do it half-
heartedly. • That impression would be
mistaken, And it will be impressed on
the canvassers that though so many
reciuits are already pouring. in, all
and more are needed. .
•
'nEWS FROM al*
*OM PROVINORS,
beVenreti:e'rt:iwnerlleic.tave.1111:4th.' "144
offlce
di:11'n4A4'vl ttePeefir: v. irg rC 0:fms;gr Pati toeY:OpPi aid cl:t1147:
vol
warpil-sitirinQeetcateeivv4edwfdr°1aniarsillwiese:aekn7dva.
1Yri Spiddell of DotchestMer,
t.ahv:nraigaestoyfe1a5r;per, cent! mot,
Nova Scotia 1ealtVar de'rtit
cL
Prospects are that there; Will
John
ny River.
of: .z.iavigation..on the"., - •
'ofArririn.cn9rdrankffsrlathnedr,i'noaW re711 e0 ,
Bos-
ton, has been left 20,000 by a former
employe. . •
New Brunswick papers published a
, , ,
notice requesting t40. public to report
Ay case Of 'deeertiop ernong..Vie sok.;
• A Nevi. toile inlyer is
oo saidoquintals
have spfurfieshhasuetd•r15a,0,0qOuintotare-
• terAo:egeYdY.ittu2c115.g yearsulanAoladm, ewd ja °hal shot. 1*84211(1.
instantly killed at Forest Glen; near •
o A serious Are occurred 'recently at
Canoe 'Cave, 'when the store- and home -
to
of tMher:grWoiolnlidam McKayWere burned.
The infant death toll 'ef' John, .
N.B., was 246 last year under 5 years
of age out of alotal death rate of •
'r
Halifax seiners have received front, •
GENIUS IN THE ASy.LIJ111; .03 to.49.504erhogShead for _
. 0. Company of ;the 104th New
Brunswick Battalion has arrived, in
Fredericton to take • up winter 'guar- _
handling. winterpore traffic • will be ' =
area, more extensive yard
teiN's.e•ly's--,h- ea .
room, and improved facilities or
ready for, use next hiMitit at West St •
me of Schumann and Donizetti was 9 9' • "
compos.ettvomist Mad • • - ••• A- newrIumber--inill-at---ilewsactle;
N.B., will saw ft...3m 1.2,00,000 -,to 15, -
Quite lately there has been brought
000,000 feet If:lumber a year. :
Dr.- Minor, an Anierican'savant, Who •
to the notice of the world the case of
Mrs. Tappan .4.,dney; WeeditOck,
NA, who argued a case before the
whilst; an inmate of a brimin4 hinatiC.
Supreme court recently,' said she had:
asylum, assisted Dr. Murray Art the -
cases already aceumulated.
most brilliant manner hi, the' corripila
Many Painters, Poets altd Musicians
.Have Become Insane.
•The great painter Haydon died inad,
and Turner was deranged ia his later
years; Cowper had intermittent fits of
madness; Handel and Mozart both
died ihsane; and, pinch of the best mu -
Eric Warburton, son of 'Mr. Jas.....
tion of his great and inonuinental dic- "
Warburton, -mayor ..of Charlottetown,
tionary:: ,
Lately, at Nantes, a doctor in the P.E.I.; has been awarded the Distite;
guished Conduct Medal for brave* at
lunatic asylum discovered a lightning
the GalliPoli Peniasula. ' • •
calculator. Asked- how many -seconds,
As a result of a Scott Act raid b$
there are in thirty-nind years,. three
local police, eleven Convietions were •
mentiis, and twelve hours, he gave the
Secured in the IVIoncton .police court.%
correct answer in thirty:414,e .se-Condb.
The fines and costs -totalled $632.75.;- -
• On another occasion,; after he had
Offers have 'recently been given
given the number of seconds in thirty
years, he .was asked to explain hi dealers for .•black-foic---pelts,at--
mental: propess. He said: •. '$1,000 $1,500 per pelt' The animala '
are, however, 'sear& .
' "it know by heart AMA !there are
-thirty-one millions, tho hundred and 'Premier Murray promised a delegst- -
thirty-six thousand seconds in a year.' tion of clergymenandlaymen that his- •
Governnient would 'give serious I multiply thirty millions by thirty,
which gives me nine hundred millions _their _rawest.- that- the,. „
Nova Scotia Temperance Act be
Then I multifoly One million, frve hun-
amended . to provide prohibition. for .
dred thousand by thirty, and. get
Halifax City.
forty-five. millions; thirty thousand by
Piefen Academy will shortly cele -
thirty', which ..gives nine • hundred
brate its 100th anniversary. During
thousand; and six thousand by thirt
he century -it has Ifeeli in ..operatiOn
,giving One 'hundred -tin& eighty thou -
about 'eight thousand students have
sand. add these, and get nine hen.:
received instruction within' its wall;
dred and forty-six million and eighty
and of this number over three hundred
.
thousand secondi in, thirty years."
'To most people the --explanatien-is
haVe_hecome--preachers of the gospel. •,- - -
W01 Se the- problem. Yet this •-• "
SPEIAAL MAR STAMpS.
man could scarcely .read, and could
not write at all'
Some: Issues Have Already
- • Bm.. A u.STR A LiAN CRUISER.. • ••'.- '• Valuable.
• 'Stamps tlia
•
d • ' , . • ; • _......f:_ •2. , •' .
t. • First of. Type Constructed Entirely. by diofenh.v..q.d3r, ilit
f :_•_._ ..
,. '• .•
B --t -h.-, Colony. • • •.1 alteratio
t •••" The cruiser Brisbane, the \latest unit ! indeed_
. ,
in the • 'Australian navy, which-' was I. the. pre
launched- sticcessfidly at the Cockatoo l• Amo
I'sla-nd Naval Yard; gydney., ., last ' ing 'col
Month, is the largest vessel Of • any [den ' A
type. yet 'launched: under the .Unicei 'number
Jack in the .southeim.lieraisphere_....:The.faasued fro
-Brisbane...is of 6;400 ,tons, and is AIM t in Morocco,
first cruiser to be constructed • earn, :,Etelii•eslaanni ,hfiagourneost. 1
Pletely 1.iy any ,of •the•oversea British'
dominions. • ' , - ' •: ; ,- • : , , -, 1 war 'Stamps Whatevth
by Mrs. Fislier::tha*ife Orthe'.Prifne
tbe-latioching slir• -wag' 'christened f'.il..eattti:Yogit.'tsOta.0iilbpS•6:„Vei•ntliiebe
MiniSter, who Is from_ Queensland._ , It i Milli: -Z;eron'y ef• Togo?...
is .aft-erzthe---enpital of th 'J.." -at i•M1 ilia t • - AO: Rotate- stamPs- at-anY-deSerl
:the...eruiser ia named. : ...1- ' '.... .' ..- • ' 1 thIn.:',".0'(' tal•iad ill *Lame"-aftet-it--lia
commission next • Auglist.
• It is' hoped to:place the. B, ,is•ii..? Ilse thoi .i tbi(;7.1.1e.:..d•ti td•iioaastteldoiy. , bficly;:ontilit;, emhi:dGedererhioilaitislahm.feplises:: .
0 followed on the stocks by another • --
vesSel. Of the. smile type., .1.'6*- be called i worc tclyills.eioi‘itiarnoodt•ILur aviitaxg e. ,a sunk itihi 4tr
the Adelaide, in honor of' the. eepital : (16", ''
.,... ; : .1 were ,Oveinprinteds some . with French
of Sootli.,,Australia. :
• . •.: . .and Mlle %Vali EnglishWorde for pr •
- •-------,----AinMil -tev--..BilLID I_ • ' ' ..,--,.'
)- IIOW liNE V.Cv WAS .WON- .! I e'r wer6 •;---teited ;114 al-iv:;.1%-.411ilvd tlit- .- ----
'Lance-Sergeant Led Party of ll'ol'ilhers..,'ItalielinoilNi..1.,:ri It.11'ro.:t:-.kiNifoni.111.rh°111.. ttrien,,,ilsc,t1;_e.!-Tit„...
4-- .,
..
' .. and.Took Treoch. . ., _ • inous.;,that the priae h s. already -i•iseri"
...,--...... . _
. •
Al: .444 r .1,1 ;.-:„i) • 'clIlskitteiiiblY.
• 1-Ane_0-.5.€1.geant.„ Y."`.1 -q -o* "I'":. ''-'-''''''-'-- - --liennrirk-althoir Ir• not yet-involVort-
'etroaiii-'ti.iiiitaiii-s been aivaritea the • . `, • •
rtlYrita' Cr"'.1.3-161.' .t6ti°1-(11Vil-4 .4itt.,'1)0;t1v(4'.o.'-i:*.ii:::(1utlutpprzlid-rt :et,ciii:1-13' ^ovaoll'''' .
T'7 -"ear .'14)(').$'911 CietQber- 8` '• ''''; and inilitarY. forecs. Which.- haVc- been
A strong party' of the. enemy; .,11 a r •• •
mobilized. It IIS the ordinary five. Ore
-
ing •oept-tired 20 yards ,of trenches, postcard' that has.. been' - overprinted .
't ance-Sergeani Olivei• on' 'his ' OWn '
Wall the !naafis, m black , lettering. . . .....
ipitiative led a party of 'bombers in . • • .. • •
• " S.. :timWh kb signifies. Soldater-Btev.:•
the Most deterniined manner and euc.
evedcd in regathing pessi.sSton" of .in
,,.0 liqrt, ."*oldierft..postort1";•.one 'Card a
, • _ ., ;week is headed out, frse to each ,gol-
loSt grotind: • • • -. , • . •
Th,„,,,,..„, .,r,t,„: ,,N, (1...._,._ • , .., • dier.and sailor. • - . .
Midst' Of a hail of beams from: the' i. .: -,_
isplayeo ny , .• a a. . a,., a a.„ a
this non.commissioned °Ili evr, in '. I..' tiji'l'e.,. :1.43. 4:1,1171-'13('.0, Li`I'lthiii7 17uoLf,.iii,tvw'ili'sliti.,‘ 'Vilillitit"T .
' 1`. '''''"."!' ' '
of' Samoa, which was overprinted 'hi
'German's, was of the very .iirst. order,. the N•ew Zealand postal authorities
And the coniplete `success attained in With .'ti local sureharge.' One_shight
a -Very• dangereus undertaking, waq-en. Sheet "cOntitining 100 stamps' ;hes a.
thelydue to his obsolote fearlessness, pec,uliar error, and as Only forty of. -
presenee of IMO& and promptitude, , ,0105,7„ stomps "e availatts diroads,, tho.,
The no, Vk. N'il0 '1$01.4;nt WO, and price paid foi- them has' i..eacheil . kln '
Was ii miner. b6fore.; lici 'joined • tho eacs.• . • - . ... ••• -- n . ,,,„, ,
ArinY.ko .•
• • • .• ,
important vegetable 'seed -producing
countries having:proliibited the export
of such seed, the prices of at 1M:eat..
number •of importantivegetable geeds
hav 'risen 'enorniously. And, still
worse, . some seedS .Can hardly be
• obtained at any price.. It is reported,
from(h••'well:Inferited source,. that
yee ...lid growing in, the e,outi-
trieS -- • - in the warvbas. been
largely negleited•during the :past
summer, and that for this,reasonjur-
tiler advances in Prices can be expect-
___Repoits-fromZermany state. that
•the supply of peed . of :spinach; car-
rots, •mostrliindsof cabbage.; onions, -
cucumbers mid as ig Utterly small.
.Furthermore, ermany • as pro !t-
ett the export of vegetable seeds to
the .ead of the, War. • There is, there-
-fore,. 'every . reason Jo fear that we
have to.face the possibility of a -very
-Serlinis-shortage- ef,tet tain-veget-ahl
seeds." -Seed Branch, Ottawa.' •
•• •HOME,TRUTHS1
iCjdej gets SOUr witli age --just like
Soine'-o - "'"•
, „You can alwayssely o a• fo61 to tell
the truth --at the wrong tinie!
• About .the hardest work in the
'world is "trying to rub along without
any.
k' luxury jt setotthing the other
fellow thinks- we dealt know he can't
•
afford.• , ' • .
It is just ag well to let one leg
kutTlyved:that • your , other leg is being
p • •
• Any schoolboy *ill tell you that the
hardisehranch of learning -ivrows on
4-•-birch.tree. - - • - -
Old Father •Timo hands eacli of us
a *Wrinkle every now Mid then to ;re-
mind us, probably, that we haveli't
been forgotten. '
It is no uncommon thing for ti Mau
Who eannot speak liven ono language
cOrrectlY to be able to hwear.luently
throe or our,. . •
Vinanoial stress s hrought ohent•br
_pepaintio,....ts he prespermis steeeSsfully underestlinatitv and
Optlinistt4s leT, Why • he owes overfestireatitigaccording tt 1he-
twice What be °woe, ,thog you ate,buying or Oiling.
—
. • • - • -••
x Pia e d.
Make 'rein. Owit Selectiok outiialighier 11111,.5. 0, we
"Could yet.) reachniterid it. good robust pleces."1 ' •
physician t" " ' ."She's got a beau in the
'I'm sorry; but there itie 'two, per- growled pa, "and that 'loud _moll 44
Ong that 1 nolonger, recommend - is to drovn'the 'amnia of her moth
dodos and' soryant °Wa51iino t1ie.dishes.„0