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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-03-23, Page 3• •• • • • r4.6.111. • DUTCH' TRAMP A SUB. FEEDER But British, Destroyer Found iler Out, Proc•••••••• Aud Saik Three German U. Boats. Submarines were very DIM *on a Certain trade mete, and the ethnical In charge was very'keen on rooting out their base a suppaies. Eatery niche and opening in the coastline was thor- oughly iiearched, but nothing Wail totted. The commander of the destroyer was In a very unamieble mood, and swore he would net return to the Fleet empty-handed to be gibed at by the admiral, who was evidently, I gather- ed, a man of pungent and profane tongue.. To nil appearancesit look- ed as if they w: -re doomed to cruise about till the day of judgment, But the cherub that site up aloft, and the luck of the British navy, inter- venetl, One morning' a disreputable -looking Well tramp 'love in. sight, wallowing along weseward at the rate of eight knots, and the skipper decided to in, terview her for news. But he learned nothing, and found the slap's papers In perfect order. Still ite besitated to leave her; be had an intuition that something was .wrong, and ordered a party of men to seareh her. The yes - eel was loaded wite barrels of dairy produce; nothing hicriminating was diseovered, and the Datehmaa began to get impatient at the delay, And then the unforeseen happened. In restoring the cargo one of the.bar- s rels slipped, and, assisted by a very heavy lurch of the vessel, rolled . up to a bulkhead' and sihashed. Lo ana bebold! the Innocuous dairy produce proved to be tightly packed and care- fullywrapped—tiue. of petrol! Others barrels were then staved and all the contents were the same— tins and tins of petrol; The eaintnand- er at once eaptuted the: ship. ,"What did the admiral say when you brought her in," the narrator ot ehla story was asked. "Well, we didn't take her in," said the 'sailor, "not' just then. We made the Dutchman produce his secret hi- structions; then we locked all the Dutchies below, dressed ourselves ua- in their tow shipped a .gun from the destroyer, and proceeded. After two days weao reached a certain latitude and iongitude, and ,ertaised about. It was just getting dusk when up popped a submarine --a German one—for pet- rol front her supply ship. "We got her. Next day we got an- other, and the day atter that a third. We waited about for a -week, but no more turned up, so we had evidently got the lot." He Feels Like a YOUild Fellow WHY MANITOBA MAN PRAISES DODD'S. KIDNEY PiLLS. After Experimenting With Other Medicines Max Hanjook -Found in Dodd' s Kidney Pills the Cure That .He Sought. Pleasant Home, Man., March 20.--- (Spec1a1)-sea1r. Baujook, a well- known reekeent of this lance'who, at - ter an extended period of ill -health, is feeling etrong and hearty again, la spreading broadcast the good news thathe found a new lease or youth in 'Dodd's Kidney Pills. "I tried all kinds of other pills, but they didn't .help mevery muca," alas. liaejook says. "I3ut Dodd's Kidney Pills have made me feel like a defter- ent man. I want everybody to know that Dodd's 'Kidney Pills have done tee inc everything ..that hae betel eattmed fais thent." Kidney Pills make men 'anti women feel young again because they spread. gcod health all over the' body. DOW*: Kidney- Pills act directly.on the kidneys.. They make the kidneys strong and healthy and thus put them in condition to strain all impurities, all the eeeds of dieease, out of tne blood. The cleaneed blood•circulating all through the body gives new strength and energy ererywhere. That's wby Dedees Reduce are popular all over Canada. Rice. Here's good food. It is very rich in starch. It has proteld, fat and mineral mat- ter.' East Indian rice contaitis more uie trogenoue matter. Iloillhg robs it of muck starch and mineral matter. It should be steamed, or, if boiled, the water saved for soup. Ape is a valttable starchy food, with four times the nourishment of pota- toes. It requires but one hour for diges- tion and leaveslittle waste. It may be served to advantage with meat, eggs or milk. Well cooked, the rice has swollen to four tittles its otightal size, is stow - white, with no grains sticking to- gether. • In boiling rice, the water must be boiling rapidly, the rice being sprink- led in slowly, in order that the boil- ing may not cease. MInardee Liniment Cures Buena, Eta, 1.101.••••1•••••60•044 .1.••••••.* 1 latter eefie liberal feeding all the- wnY along will pay the hest, It the eau N. to be kept ''" foe breceltitg it will tiny bettee to.leod-libeistily itild upon the right retitle than it ever will to starve the animal so. that 3 nnot make a. natural growth. Silage) aed alfalta, or clover make a goad maintenance ration for the vale designed to become a grown anima. ir tho calf ie intenned tor besf, it will pay ,to add to this ration mute rooSs and a little bit a grain nett oil nieal, U the coat is so well favored that it may be force4 upon the mark at et June, then it will usually pay to tio *hie. After this the itext best market Gram begin in September. Atter title there are tlee Thanitegiving and tho Christmas raarkets se fit for, Yin'; allinlitie, according to their ago, may be fed with ap, eye upon each of then coming periocle tit brisk demand for Cbolee goods. But always the young animal ahoula be kept growing. LeISECT PESTS IN CANADA. In, the report of the Dominion liln- tomolegist for the year ending March 31st, 1914, which has ju-t been pub- lished, an account of the aetivites of the Entomological Branch el the Do- minion Department cf Agriculture, in the matter of controlling lusect pests throughout Canada, and all who are interested in this subject will be re- paid by this perusal of a record of a year's work. The department now maintain; nine field laboratories in different parts of the Dominion, at which investigations on various in- sect ante are carried on. This line of work coin:Mutes the chief aspect of the work of the branch. A large amount of work is neeessitated by the administration of the Destructive In- sect and Peet Act, involving the in- spection and fumigation of plants and trees entering Canada. Perhaps one of the most interesting of the activi- ties of the branch is the work car- ried on agdinst the brown -til moth in Eastern Canada, particularly the importation and establishment of the parasites of this insert and the glpsy moth. A map is given showing the places in Canada where the parasites of- the brown -tail and gipsy moths have been dietributed by the depart- ment, Other branches of the. work ;covered by the reports are investiga- tions insects affecting „ cereals and other •field 'crops, incltaling an acs count cf the notorious army -worm outbreak of 1913; insects affecting fruit crops, as the result of which in- vestigation work of great practical value has ensued; insects affecting forest and shade trees, in which an account ,of the ineestigations cf Stan. ley Park, Vancouver, which has been so seriously affected by forest insect Is given; insects affecting domestic animals and man and insect; affect. ing garden and greenhouse. The re- port is a record of marked progress in a braneh of the work of the de- partment of Agriculture which not only affects agriculture, but also for- estry and public prattle Copies of this report may be had free -on apple ca.tion to the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. and requests for the report may be mailed free. All inquiries regarding insect pests ehould be addressed to the Dominion Entomotegist, Depart- ment cf Agriculture, Ottawa, and no poatage is required on such letters. Sunlight and Vegetation. The early rays of the sun exercise a Ittore powerful .effeet in promoting rapid vegetation than the eun's light -during the later houre of the day. The active itttle chlorophyll grainwork faster' and better. in elaborating food for'tne.plane nndai the action of the bine' and ninny nays of the oarly Meriting titan under e the later violet •and blue ray% Practical% gardeeers filiauld make Use of this fealty Lwow- " .40 early protinee aa far as pdeeible in position where the plants will get the full benefit of the morning sem— Loltd0a-1a1n FOR atsittiNO POtTS. otoeheeter 'Mese oeterrite poetry by all means." toll it 'professor of Minnesotit ttniversite to Ide class, "but de not show It to anYbodee' Lxcellent adviee, this, and effete,' at a -very teitsonable time. Even, if at first you do snceeed It Is justu wen to try, try again. A SEASONABLE SUGGESTION. Now that the regular factor patron is getting to think more and more - about cow testing, preparing in many localitiee to take weights and eamples as soon as the first cow freshens, it would ceem opportune for more fac- tory 'ownersto consider this matter seriouely. - It a -larger and better milk and -cream supply is wanted, then talk up vw testing, gst more patrons interestad. If reduced oper- ating expenses are !fought, with a view a larger. outeut of better qual- ity, then reconimend cow - testing to every dairy fanner in :the vicinity. For in the ways above andleated, ani In very many ethers, the factory must benefit. The assistancei frcm the deity divi- mon of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa is just as liberal as in former. years. Where a cow testing asecielation is organized and a thor- oughly competent person will do the testing et milk samplee, from Indi- vidual cowa onee a menthe eupplies of preservative tablete and eulphurle acid will be sent free of charge to - either with the necessary blank forme; beyond this, a paymerit cf five cents per sample tested will be made. Factory owners, cheese and butter makers will do wen to neat these facts and act promptly. A SKIM MILK ISARIET Meet of our deity farmers are see.1 etcustomed to hear of milk "testing" so mach, °Mita high or low, under - eluding thereby that ,it contains a certain 'percentage of fat. What is not quite so clear to the maieritY is the feet that milk variee considerably 171 its test, or content at fat, from day to day, even trom one milking to another on the same day, and from month- to =nine This applies to mixed -herd militeind more particularly to milk from etngle eows. Thus, if milk is valued ateOrtling to its fat content, it Is evidently of extreme importance to every dairy farmer to know what tho milk deco teat; further, he needs to know, whe- Oar scIling crettin or pooling milk, If Spot's milk tests 2.5 at 4.8; it 13Ios- scan% inn tests Al or 5.2 Der wets of fat. In one herd where six eamplet. of milk from each cow were tested each month, it was found that three cows averaged only 1.8, iLe and 2.7 eer tent, of fat for the whole year. - Do yeat 'nesee • gives real milk or only. a slant 1111111 variety?-eYou need qual- ity an well as quantity. Are. yble - • getting botit? Cow teetleg:ii sa.ry for Voile peace of nittId,Pe:i• le _A collie dog IsTOZ. onst a necessity °a a farm, but put him ender good ewe- trol.- Do not let him term the Nellie', annoying habit of barking nal arm a team every times it MOVeS a:100f ebaejag passing vehielea. A mau wh cannot trate, a dog to obedience has no business having one. Good roads are expensive, but thee are less expensive thee bad made. We PaY far more for the latter in lost time, horsetlesbiwear of vehicles, de- inessed land valtioe and social Meade' vantages than we would have to pa* foi the former in cash. Which shall it be? • Cattle and horses two,' exercise, hut they are not particularly benefited by being out when the weather is bad, If you him a good, warm barn for them in stcrmy weather, you Will fine tney will do much better than to be tuenea eta to exercise) on the hadethess. • The production of wool in the Mated States in 1915 is estimated by the bureau of erops estiumees at 234,777,001 pounds, as compared with 290,102,000 Ir. 1914 and 296,175,000 in 1911. • Some dairymen are elean and sani- tary about their work simply beettuee they think it is right, wholeerene and heeltby for all concerned. Others are clean about • their work bet:ease they regard it as a means fa' droppleg more cote into their parses.. To which class • : do you belong? Minaret's Liniment for sale everywhere The Battle of Chalons. • bl 1 There nave battles it is perhaps impossible to say with absolute certainty Which of theni all was the bloodiest, but the balaitee of the evidence seems to be in favor of the battle of Chalons, France, fought A. D. 451 between the Hans, under Attila, and the Romans, Goths and Franks, finder the command of Aetaus, the most renowned captain of his day. At the head of his 600,000 Savages Attila, was having everything hi$ own way, and -it looked as if. Aryan civilization ws destined to fall before- the Tartar despotism, when suddenly, like a bolt out of the bate, Aetius fell upon the barbaric hoi ee and Europe was saved. It is centime ed that 400,000 of the barbarians were left dead on the field. THE WAY OF THE WORLD. (Rothester Herald) A movie clown gets upward cif half a mielon uullars tor a Year's work. But a man Who wrote a great a ork of a strictly literary charecter woull eat a printed slip et regret from the pUbliShOr. And the public ultieh paya the OIJN., is to blame D'EleDING SIALVES,, - .s livery, , day, that_tt taif livee Gana • ••• eliennes no :gain tee a sitty'a time. and . dare iniiieteda.neta eaten \vestal mid lost. Neither pays. If the plans of the 'owner determine that ..the fan is tee he kept for breeding petremsen, !nen -ten' better the early grosafh aud *do, Nelopluen: are, GM bettor will be the ,re..ent., the calf 113 to be fed end finished rar—lidef, !leen tito 'Impost • gains that •can be made aro tnose that ,ettil for tee .feweet dile of enalittene Mite between the thee of its birth and it aide an a finish:el beef, In the • 0 • You will find relief in Zangiuk I it eases the burning; stinn0 pain, stops bleeding and brings ease. Perseverance, with bin. auk, means cure, Why not prove this 7 414iaregeditsboxand ,Steres.--, No . , eeee. *Goo *ewe e • 'as. ooe:. 1 • THE 1 POULTRY WORLD • • •••••••.•• .4;40 .4000 0.84 .41•4Ar OPERATING THE INCUBATOR. The rnYetery of incubators Is gradually being leaved No longer is there a pos. gibillty of a complete less in lacing the eggs in any of tee aigh-grade, standard machines if the airectipns that came 'with each incubator are faithfully tollowes out. No Incubator, in spite of the great improvetnent over those of former years, is aelf regulating tinter all conditions, but the intsbegrade machine Is so con. etructed that once PeoperlY adjusted, it will hold a. uniform temperature in almost all reasonable cases. Beginaers should follow directions that come with the make uf the incubator they are using. Almotat 511 machlnea aro made to rua in a cellar temseratUre of from 50 de- grees up, but few are suppoaed to keep an even temperature in rooms or cellars that fail to the freezing point or below, and pre draughty. The first essential to best results Is 0, . good up-to-date, 'machine, placed in a cellaa that is so constructed that no great or sudden changes In terePerature will occur, -Although successful hatches can, and haste been rade in living rooms, and even outbuildia.gs, the purer the air and the less chenges in tempera- ture, the bettor the incubator can be 'controlled in regard tu the heating of ,the eg.s .Iirber.s The beginner shoula be made to realize that -the best results from the eggs placed In thie egg chamber will be obtained when the emperature is bold uniform at 303 Segrees for the entire 21 dam rielatelai. ty it is itnrortant to have uniform heat Dforreltleare efeirositintgeuhfdarheetteilmsa esaveehiessdhyTiiise important, the length of qime depending Whoily.on the ago of the 'eggs incubating awl atm. temperature of the cellar or room le avhich the incubator OA operated, Etega, need 'less tanning in winter and early. spring- than litter in stesson,s but to far as known, cooling Is essenttal, The beginner eepecially should ceasecooling after the evening of the eighteenth day nt1 tile , • f• t 1 Two ciasses of incubators tin the market aut to conf moisture, the other Inc moleture ma- chine. Both have their advocates and Loth aro good hatchers. A. great many different plans have been advocated for kees.ing the eir in the egg chamber prop- erly charged with water. The simple plan of placing a pan containing water, con- taining a wet sponge, is as good as any. The amount of moniture required depends iargely on conditions. When the machine Is operated far inland and above the 600 - foot level more moisture is required. on the coast or -war or in any low location less is needed, as there is thou much moisture in the air, awl _cellar, or perhaps thaws room. During the so-called nat. ui 1 hatching season, April and part of May, there is, as a rule, much moisture tied the so-ealled non-moistere incuba- tors hatch wall -in fact, during certain porlods successful hatches are pulled off In any location. It Is during February and Mareh, when the ground is yet frozen and high and dry winds are the rule, that it has been found beneficial. to apply moisture In some form. Thts inust be le t to tho conditions that are found where the nutebines eta lerated. Too much moisture can be nis- i, led as well as too little. If tbe air cell ot. the egg is too laige the egg is apt to be too dry, while if not large enough the egg 11, too moist. ,xpeilence ttat the operator much more about the air :sate than can be written, and little at- tention need be paid to tide unless it unusually too large or too small. fhie air cell gradually increases until the eirsht- eenth day. After once properly regulat- Mg to 103 degrees and the incubator hoIds the; tameerature for 24 hours under a ttettay, fair sized flame the eggs can be safely intrusive to its care, aria the regu- lation can be done by lowering or mating the flame. _Keep the lamps clean end the wick well trimmed. As the hatch heir mom ouisiee e beginner as to e so-called 500 tie4re the elid the teroperatitee orae, tidily rim up. Keep lewering the Value, end whou Oita 4Inem riot it 1,15.1 shet tem. `vittere to 1.03 rive the reateator neligiit tnen, matte the desired_ lista la attained. Any operator can obtein 'good initeh If directione are followed untl the machine' Is a, good one, but Ito experieneed 11 era. ter can get it good hatch from eggs thee are not fertile. Mealy an operator ells placed the blame upon the uniehine, when tbe eggs placed in LIIP altiMbel` 4'0111471,ft have been statebed under the hon. Ilene eggs have fertility but the germsare va,alcened by lack of proper haudling, keeping the egga too long etc. Eggs for hatching must be carefully hanithel to , ',reduce the best resulto. Thee should not be over 10 days old. aua eltoulit be kept in it cool, uniform temperature ot from CAI to CO degrees, without direet draughts hitting them. Best results for the beginner are obteined when the ma. chine rnaintalmi an even temPereture of 103 degrees f n* the al. days. •••••••••••••••••••••••••=1•1•••••••••••. .0.01.0.1.040 ecUterite NOTES. The cold spell, caugat tilt; unpreparce and so eggs resulted., The PuliTtre.aktee(4giiiiitry-iteepee ia waye less pared, anti Lae egg swat keeps up la thu eteee inauner, geou or bust weather, it pays to be 011 the job. learly-htitctiea saucesi are the best, but proper quarters must be prowled ie tee lbsesll'aureerbitese as7eattl0leih'ebetat'ettellitetitiewThaetliTi gyring, anu the teaser .tiaby chicks 11149t, be providhed 14‘203 ISVOct 1101380 U114 it WM coon be time to plant the shade trees the poultry rum. Veach, plum and apple will make good shade, and wilts care will produce good fruit. a'husle one ot the essentlabi taat go toward malt - line SUCCeSS with poultry, and It id Weil to plan now for .the futtlre,. * The kwodder stove /me come to stay. It. was the beet invention, save the incu- bator, that the poultry ismer has ever received, it has marked tho passing of the small hovers that in many cases were more death traps, and to successfully roar chicks in Went required expert knowl- edge. It is true that this year there ttrd email hovers that aro improvements oVer the old, and for the pou4try keeper who rears but it few chicks each year will answer the purpose. But for the poultry raiser with several Itundaeci chicks to raise, the coal -burning stoves aro prac- tical, easy to handle, and cheap to oper. atie;lani grass and clover In the poultry runs, or where the young stock 'will be raised. Plant just aii soon us the grotind is fit. Tile earlier the bettor, that the grass will receiver the benefit of the Spring rains and obtain a good start, bethre the chicks aro ready to go on lt, and the clry duyseof surnmer stunt it. ;several good Poultry grass seeds are now on the market. Tiles° are especially pre - fared, deep-rooted grass and clovers, and make rapid growth. It will pay any poul- try keeper to provide this natural green food for his stock. Grass and clover% are essentials to best success in poultry. Minard's m euralgia n Iv" laevmeepN CARL L ER, It Was the, Very Reverse of Bad, Said His Old lVfaidservant. Carlyle bad tempered? IsSet.o.t all, if we are to place anv belief in the testimony of the maid behind the broom. One of Carlyle's servants, Jessie, who on marrying becameMrs. Broatifoot, has left a very favorable impression et her old master, says the London Standar& "I opend have livea with him all my days," she says, "and It always makes mo angry when I read, as I sometimes do, that he was bad tempered. He was the very reverse, in my opinion. I Aver would have left him when I did if I had not been going to get married. I took great pride in attend - leg on him and studying all his wants and wishes. "It Was one of my duties to rush out and movo on all street organs and things of that kind. Many a time 'in the morning before he arose I used to fill his pipe, tbe short may he used in his bedroom, for him and strike the match to light it. I always cut un his teliacco (he bought et in flat cakes) and kept his tin box regularly sup- plied. He was always so grateful for these little services." So much' for popular belief and the dictin1 of the democratic servant biographer. 1.141110 CATARRN•01411114.0SK ONLY RELLEVE-Nitill CURE They ga direet to Vie titeptaeli, igeVe Very little effeet ott tise ileum et the. IMO MO threat, and enthely tail to Imre. Only by eleaueleg the vie we. eagete by relieving i Ii inflammatem and lalliug the prints Is cure pentane No combination oS alltiseptice is so ceeentica as Catarrhozene. In breath - Jug it, you send the richest eine bal- e:tune right io the seat or the disease. Irritating phlegm is Neared out, boareeness, coughing and hacking, aro cured. For a permanent cure Lor cidarrb. nothing (vitae Catarrhozone, Get it toelay, but beware of dengeroue substitutes meant to -deceive you tor genuine Catarrhozone. A.11 dealers seit Caturrhozone, large tin, containing two months' treatment, costs $1.00; email size 50e; sample size 25c. An Interesting Explanation of How This Dreaded Condition is Brought About. - You take out the garden hose in the spring, turn onthe water;and if the rubber has got hard and brittle the tubing bursts and water SprtatS Out in all directions. The arteries of the human body may be likened to small rubber pipes, which go everywhere through the body and carry blood to the hands and feet, as well as to the • nerves, museles and -.vital organs. They carry all.the blood in the human system, and if this blood is burdened with the poisons left over when e"4. etsa, • the liver and kidneys are not properly performing their AN,pe filtering work, these poisons form a deposit on the inside walls of the arteries. The deposit thus formed gradua• lly thickens and hardens the walls of the arteries. The tiny blood vessels , of the liver. are affected, .and thence conies that fatal. 'disease—cirrhosis orthe liver. The cells of the kidneys 'become starved for want of blood, and Bright's disease gets its start. In health the arteries have the elasticity - of rubber, and expand, contract or • elon- gate, as required by the demands of the blood pressure. Hardened, the arteries are like no much brittle rubber tubing. The blood pressure comes on, the tubing bursts, and the resulting blood dot on the brain causes apoplexy. It will be plainly se• en that the • cause of trouble is in the ineffieient condition of the liver and kidneys. When these filtering organs are kept healthy and active, and the bowels regular in the removal of waste matter, there is no chance' for such dreadful conditions as hardening of the arteries bring . -about. As in all forms of serious dis- ease), prevention is the only wise eourse to fol- low. Ton ean positively depend on Dr. Chase's Xidney-Liver Pills to awaken the action of liver and kidneys, and also ensure the regularity. of movement of the bowels, n is only by the ac. tivity of these organs that the blookl eau be kept eentR. 16tiWoittr.M.Yrom. urie , acid and other sub- „11Vitkiv-0141:44n. d 1.aeposits in the arteries and , ttzfigointston the hinnan system, causing 1,14 Nilo, ,sufferint OM serious disease. ” ".• of the scores of eommon :.,:.411st'fixelvas colds; indigestien,..biliousrless, head - rag tu3libsibackhelles, ete., which atise from a torpid • '• condition of these, organs, yea will better under- stand the reason why Dr. Chase's Itidney-Liver Pills are the favorite family medieirte itt Many thousands of homes. By keeping the live; kid. keys and bowels active they -cure the common ins of life, and prevent serious disease. One pill It dose. 25 cents a box, all dealers, or Pallnan. eon, Bates a Co., Ltd., Toronto, Chae 1teeJpe,Book 1,000 seleeted recipes, sent free, if yett erttitlext this Depete it Verdun • 44401-teseteeseteteeletetetelelet.lee.; . New York Tribune.) The tiouselieeper Selesore are excellent to shred let- tuce; Ulu aro much More convenient then uaiug tLlimire, Cialblants--Three tablespoonfuls of teleeetaine, one tebleepoonful Of table salt. Mix together and rub in Otor- OUghlY. Silk tioutaelie bread is an excellent substitute for ribbon drawetrings in the clothes of children, as ait is very strong. One teaspeoetta of anunonia and on Of terPentine In one pint of warrn water is fine for tleaning black slIk. • Dainty little cheese bans for tuna - eon may be matte by pressing any soft citeese betweeu tbe two halves ot walnut sheltie Ices and ice cream will freeze more quickly if a clipper Of 'water Is poured peer the ice. and just before the turn- ing process begins. To make an excellent dressing for linoleum, take equal pales of linseen oil and cider vInegar and mix them thoroughly together. uhriet fit itir tool What is the motive behin31 the Ger- man attack on Verdun? Is, it a Inn, Rau operation utielertalteir with it purely milltarY purpoee? Or is it it demonstration intended Primarily to Influence opinion outeside Germany and to strengthen the logia of Ger- Man arguments in favor of an early peace? From the strictly military point ot view the capture of Verdun would materially improve the German posi- tion on the western front, It would break the great French saline which has etretehed since September, 1914, to the northeast, east and Southeast about Verdun—ruuning in the form of a half circle from Drabant, on the Moues north . of the French fortress, to St, i.LiIiIel, on the Meuse south of It. The most easterly point of this semicircle is almost within artillerY range of Metz, the chief German base In Lorraine, So long as this French Ealient is held the safety of Metz is compromised. At St. Millet the Germans drove late in 1914, a long, thin wedge into the French line. At the tipof this wedge they hold the batiks of ,the Meuse. But they .are cramped into an uncomtortably mama, space by the Frencli force p holding the south- ern curve of the Verdun salient and other French forces -stretching east from below St. elihiel to a point di- retcly south of Metz. Pressure on this Germaa wedge would be relieved and the German line would be advan- tageously straightened and shortened if the French should be obliged to retire. from Verdunand take up new positions to the westward a the line of the A -ire. - Perhaps as an offeneive-defensive operation the capture of Verdun or its particular reduction, would repay' .the esacrificee made by the Crown Prince's armies to clear ,this section of the Meuse. The British made Jost as heavy sacrifices, relatively, for gains much less important, at Neuve Chapelle. The French*. and British had to submit to tomesjust as severe In their offensive last fall about Lens, In proportion to thb-nurribere en- gaged. But Germanydoes not need to fol- low—she can hardly afford to follow —the policy of "nibbling" on the western front. She is playing- the Allies' game in engaging in a war ot attrition. She helds both French and Belgian territory, and for fifteen months' past nee been satisfied mere- ly to attack on the Russian and Bal- kan fronts eeonoraizing her strength by remaining on the defensive in the west. It is not probable that she would have undertaken a taste so cost- ly in lives as the capture of Verdun if she has bad no other object than the local successes involved. In a straightening of her long line along the Meuse. She mutt have had in mind the moral and political effect at this juncture. of a victory on the west front and have been wilting to gamble on that Victory, however lim- ited in values its strictly military consequences might be, SPRING IMPURITIES IN THE BLOOD A Tonic Medicine is a Necessity at This Season, Dr, Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are an all year round tonic, blood -builder and nerve -restorer. But they are especially valuable in ale spring, when the system is loaded with. impurities as a result of tho in,door life of the Winter months. There 10 no other season when the blood isso muck in need et purifying and enrich- ing, and. every dose of these Pills holpa to make now, rich, red blood. In the Bering one feels weak and tired—Dr, Williams' Pink Pills give strength. In the spring the aupetlte is often poor— Dr. Williams' Pink Pills develop the appetite, tone the stomach and aid weak digestion. It is in the spring that poisons in the blood find an out- let i11 disfiguring pim.ples, eruptions, and boils—Dr. Williams' Pink Pills speedily clear the skin because they go to the root of ,the trouble in the blood, -. In the spring anaemia, rheu- matism, indigestion, neuralgia, erysi- pelas anti many other troubles aro most persistent because of .poor, 'weak blood, and It Is at this time when all nature takes on new life that the blood meet seriously needs attention. Some people dose themselves with purga- tives at this season, but these only further weaken themselves. A parga- tive merely gallops through the sys- tem, emptying the bowels, but it does not cure anything. On the other hand, Dr. Williams' Pink Pille actually make new blood, which reaches every nerve and organ in the body e bringing new strength, new. health and vigor to weak, easily tired men, women and children. Try Dr.•Williaro.s' Pink Pills this spring—they will not disappoint you.' You can get these health -renewing Pills through any medielne dealer or by mail post paid at 60 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 from. The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., 'Brockville, Ont. The operations about Verdun. seem to be therefore to have had a politi- cal rather than a military motive. They are a, protest ou Germany's part against the theory that she has been reduced ayfalling numbers to a per- manent defensive on the western the-. atre., She must be'eager to show the Military strength has not beeft be - paired to that extent. She wishes both neutral nations and her enemies to think that she is still capable of pushing her invasion of France—of again breaking through the French defence and threatening Paris. • She has no longer the superiority in men and guns , wleich she had when • her armies made their first dive for the French capital. But if the attack on Verdun means anything it means that she is again trying to strike terror into the hearts of the French—to convince them that her power is not yet exhausted and that they may have to do over again In travail and strength what they were enabled to at the Marne in September, 1914, only by a supreme effort of self -devotion and heroism. According to the Germati view the Allies are unreasonable to see that prudence Counsels them to accept the terms of peace which Gertna,ny is now willing to offer. ,The Itaiser's arm- ies have won victories on every front. They hold tees of thousands of square muleg oe every territory. The German government is -naturally willing to maim any settlement which will en- able it to cash a respectable share of its winninge. But the Mlles Will not coefess theinselves beaten. . They still eliag to the theory that members Must tell In the end and that German tesourcee must fail before their own begin to fail. That is an argument which Verna despises. It can be met in only one way—by Vielent effortlii tan field, to prove that Germany eau Still defy the Allied overweight Ixi numbers. GerMany's first rejoinder to the arithrnetleal argulnent Was the Gal - 1 cian-Polish Her Seam, Was tile Odbillkign 1 ri the Mittens. Her third is the late& on Verdun. She may make a tourth or even fifth re- joinder. But an the time the ititiOnt that 8 plus 3 cannot equal 2 phis n confronts her. She inay lavish her strength on many fronts and she maY win Many victories which 'MAY still leave final Victory 'beyond her Veep, As a guarantor of tho vittory Which she must baste to Win the war—to got the peace Whieh she desires—even the ettpture of Veriltin would prove illus. ore', It Would probably turn Out to be as barren, in the large atrategle Mid political Settee, ete Wes the owl - mum. of Poland of the overrethilete of Sahli. BLUNDERS OF AUTHORS. Some Queer Things of Which Fic- tion Characters Are Guilty. . For many years a, favorite pastime of the literary diletante has been to ferret out mistakes made by cele- brated authors. Writers of the high- est standing have been guilty of ab- surd "bloomers," such as Flaubert's assertion that "the two adversaries were placed. at an equal distance from each other." Mistakes of this sort have been excused on the ground that the authora were working under pres- sure of inspiration aud were there- fore likely at any time to make min- or errors. Stories of to -day do not, as a. rule, appear to be written under tha stress of teenperamental excitement. Yet, in spite Of their seemingly cool sophisti- cation, they are not lacking in curious mistakes. A short list of these er- rors has been. compiled by a writer. I screamed in silent rage. A girl. tore her eyes from tho stage, but her ears still lingered. "I will never speak to you again as long as I live," hissed Dolly. (Just try to hiss it.) Her feet were swollen from stand- ing in wet, salty water. Like Adele, he had dark brown hair, with enormous black eyebrows, a moustache and a short beard. What, therefore, was our surprise to find Tish sitting by the fire In her bath robes and slippers with a cup of tea in her lap and her feet in a tub of water. SAW "SAFETY FIRST" FILM C.P.R. Officials Viewed Silent Drama to Stimulate Movement,. A realistie moving plane° nine in the interests of the Safety First Move- ment was reeently displayed in it spec- ially -fitted Car at Windsor station be- fore Vice -President But, and 0. num- ber of C.P.R. otficials. The filet was produee4 by' Mr. Mar- cus A. Dow general satety agent, New York Central Lines, and ten' tho story of a railroad man, Jack Foster, whose careleseness endangered the happiness ot Ms wife andshome until his friend, Jim Stevens, a booster for the Safety First, cenvinees him bY demonetratieg awful examples that it Is Worst to gatteble for life than to gainble in any other Way. One man loses his leg, and other ateidents are realistically portrayed in an eXhibl- tion at the Safety itally to evhicit Jint Stevens takes Jack alcsster—such as the shomatan who loses an eye through not 'Wearing goggles, the 'Carpenter losing a finger while -waking at a, buzz saw witheut the guard, the brakeman being run oVet withlo run- ning between melting earn, the engine - mint being killed while boarding the footboard Of an engine In teiotion. Particularly Impressive is the picture or a collision duo to Slowness in flag- ging, In order to protnote the Sear Fitst alevement in Canada, Mr. Bun* has Wilted a -copy of the fiim, which Will be offered to moving pleteres hotteet at divisional and other import- -ant railroad points along tho lino of tho ‘Canadian Patine Itallwat .renss DURY CV/Ng. Of New York, whose engagement is announcei to Mr. Fal de Saint Phalle, son of a French Count, The bridegroom to be, though French bdrn, end just returned invalided from several months service in the trenchee, is a member of the New York Stock Exchange. Rd. -*•* CITING A POSSIBILITY. (Pittsburg Clazette-Tlines) It would be a pity to spill SO good a etory AS that of the daring dash of the German sea raider Moewe into her home Port, deep -laden with her seoils of VIC- tOrY, nor iii this an attenmt to do so. But there are certain things in connection with the thrilling tale of her exploita that suggest the existence of sundry possibili- ties of the "just for inetancie character that aro Interesting to contemplate,. If notning more. leer instance, there is nothing contained in the story issuing from German sources that could not hava been ascertained by the Teutons without the vessel coming into her home port. There aro other secluded nooks where the drydoelting and scrapingof a small vessel would be . easily possible. The Germans are not shut off from obtaining information of what is going on in the maritime world and might readily compile such a list of conquests and booty as was given out. The further -details of the joy in the Vatherlancl and the decoration of the heroic commander and crew would be the natural sequence of the exploit and not requiring any active exercise ot the imagination. Then while the Ger- man populace is shouting peens of ex- ultation and the British navy is gnashing its teeth in impotent rage tho Moewo might, for instance, no sarety ensconced in some snug harbor, docking and scrap- insr to her heart's content. In due Unlit when she had made her reappearance on the high seas and hurled fresh terror among the merchant shipping of her fees the announcement would. ecno across the waves that she had again run the gaunt- let of the British blockade. Now wbile this Is purely speculative dallying with the subject and in no sense a reflection upon the veracity of the Teu- tons, It must be admitted that It would. be good strategy. The escape and the re- turn of the Itioewe are well calculated to shake ta its very foundations the con- fidence of the British people in the ef- fectiveness of the blockade and arouse feelings of the deepest chagrin in tho bosoms of the British tars who are maintaining the same. And by all the signs of the compass that part of the statement which say,s that the doughty little terror is soon to put to se11 again in search of further conquest will be tak- en by many Britons as confirmation of their belief that she Is far from her home port rightnow. TRUTHS FOR AMERICANS. (Cleveland Leader) 'The young. men who are attending George Washington university in tho eity ot Washington nwt a short time ago to organize a, coast artillery company. 'LI:1:y1. were acelressed by the aseistant secretary of war and he told thm m esoe wholesome truw ths which 80(11) to ha.ve been lost sight of by a good many Amen-, , It was probably a shock to meet of them to be told that the United States did not achieve any such viesory over England in the war of 1812 as they had taught to believe. It WAS humiliating to them to learn that 5,000 tvell trained troops along the Canadian border held in check about 10,000 American militiameTh and volunteer soldiers during the two years and a half that the conflict con- tinued. Their ideas concerning the bril- liant naval battles whieh their country* won during that struggle underwent a change when they learned that by the end GI: the war the British navy had driven aractically every American -warship to cover, The true explanation of the mu- nition -of affairs in Europe which enabled - this country to emerge from that war undefeated was not very gratifying to American vanity. Yet that is the lesson which all Ante -d- eans need to learn. Routed the Enemy. In some ot the London courts there are private dining rooms reserved for the exclusive use of the legal frater- nity. Inta one of these rooms one day there bustled a gaunt female, who on being courteously approached bY a junior counsel flatly declined to leave. Thereupon an unblushing Q. C. looked the lady in the face and expressed his mind. Still sale did not budge. -Counselor Lockwood then Interven- ed. "I do net think there is anything unseeraingly In this lady's presence," he remarked, "Site wears a gown, azide -yes, I'm pretty sure that she also ivears a wig." The lady svelte—London Tatter. - • ZEP, KILLING VS. ACCIDENTS. (Weetininster (iazette) en. London alone nearly throe times as many nesnee wore killed by street acci- dents in 1914 as have been killed by Zep- pelin throughout the couutry since the war began. It seeme somehow more ter- rible to he killed by a bomb tumbling from the sky on your roof than to be Pen over In the streets or laid low by tY- phold fever. Bid this is Merely bee:Luse the unfaittillaf danger strikes the Nag ination as the familiar does not; and af- ter eighteen months of this war, it stipule not require a great effort in self-eontrel to adjust ourselves to tho unfamiliar, far its the pubtie are concerned, wo. have no doubts. They are angry et them, vieltatioins but not frighiended intimidated. • AIR RAIDS, (Philudelphia Record) The latest eXploit of leeppellas In killing several women mid children and destroy. Ing sena, shops and dwelling Resifts can - Ninny compeneate the Germans for their lack Of Si1COOP8 at "Verdun. livery such said intenelfien the British determination to earl.) the 'war through to the bitter end and thus makes tho prospects of peace tuore remote.One would suppose that by tide time the German General Staff would 1111112e this fact and desist frain such wanton killing of igin-eombittantg. It Is no more possible to frighten the English mph* by melt atones than it would be peseade to terrerize the people at the rnited States. The raids att. e0.113111)4pleixsletlinthIll:tittg (1.3t'f241ihniiilfirettruy value, but POOTING THE BILL,. (Christian Register) V?. NPWM0.11 laid jest recoveted from an °illation and WAS talking to a, friettd. "The axle:seen," he remarked, "said he'd have we on my feet again in three "Well, he dla it, -Mara len"' amkett the "1 1eat te. indeed," responded etr. leew oi- Ian.te to Poll mm y op tereer to ay Nfl111;.:1.., hie hill."