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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-09-28, Page 6Ae a result of the war -U. t -0 Tribune expecte that tht es al Shaw will get little comfort from the alliee when they form their tariff, But it expects that tide will result in. a large additicn to the, American in- I dustrial concerns now operating in 1 this country, Commiwioner Marsh , might take the hint here and get busy with some of thou ccncerns. Is there au exodus of Canadians to the States? Figures seem to say that there is. From April to Juno, 1910, there came into Canada for settlement 4,217, not American citleens, Nal 28.006 went to the United States of the same class during the same pen sd. There was a balance against ua of 24.583, In the corresponding period of 1515 the figUres against us were 16,330, We ere getting back to the Tory days of exodus. i• o• • s I A man QS years of age has just made the supreme sacrifice at the front. Lieut, Webber, who was known in pre-war days as a man who kept himself physically fit, offered his ser- vices at the very outbreak of hoatia- ties. but was turned down became cf his age. Ho persisted and ma le him- self so nnieh of a nuisance that he was finally allowed to go to the front, where lie rendered splendid service. Ile was one of the most prominent brokers , on the Lon•lon Stock Exchange, Our young men might make a note of this, I 4 e ANOTHER BIZMSH VICTORY. • Kitchener's army, under Sir Douglas Haig, is beginning to make its power felt in the great struggle now going on in France. "The contemptible little army" is now a huge host. It Is not a uniformed mob -as it was sarcas- tically charaeterized by Hindenburg at the beginning of the war -but a high- ly trained fighting machine that has already worsted in the field some of. the Kaiser's best and most eeasoncd soldiers. Yesterday the British force struck another serious blow at the Germans on the Somme front. capturing the greater 'part of the Bouleaux Wood and the whole three villages of Martin- puich, Couroelette and Flers. The ad- vance was on a six -mile front and car- ried them to beyond the Pozieres-Ba- paume road. north of Combles. Sir Douglas reports that over two thou- sand prisoners were captured. includ- ing six battalion commanders. Much credit as given the British aviators for their courageous service. and for hay - ink directed the fire of the men on the ground. The new armored cars, which were put into action for the first time. Proved to be a great acquisition. eu- abling the troops to advance rapidly and with comparative satetY. The capture of Combles and Cam - brat can't now be long delayed. When that is accomplished, the Germans may find it necessary to (mit France . altogether; prepared positions cannot I be made in a day. Some day the Brit. ! ish and French cavalry will be let ! loose among them, and help to hung the exit. It is learned that the Canadians took part in yesterday's attack on the en- emy, behaving with their usual gal- • . The Serbians have captured two towns and many guns from the Bulgar- ians, who are said to be falling back In disorder upon Monastir, pursued bY the Serbians. In the Dobrudja the Kaiser telegraphs his wife. that Von Mackensen has won a decisive victory over the Russo -Roumanian army. But if Mackensen hoped to stem the invasion of Transylvania by the Rou- manians he has failed in his purpose. The deportation of 25,000 Greek troops to Germany should result in the forcible removal of Constantine from the Greek throne. to EAT THE CRUMBS. • German Army Order Coun- sels Care of Foods. Paris, St „It. 1.1. -The Journal says the following is extracted from a eireular intended for distribution among the Ger- man troops and found In the possession of a Captain taken prisoner on the Somme: "England and France are melting a1.. plaeabie efforts to stop our leV1..tua- hng overseas countries and to suave as out. The outy or every mili- tary man, officer or soldier, is Ch.M.... quently to economize and husbanu toe toed and forage. ThuS WO 1% the enemy's eiforts. "Satisfy your hunger, but no in.n-o taan the natural n•-eas. Bat up all to, It is possible to use. You lis.ve a right to a Feta:rens pm -tion of zati,. "et yeti are not obliged to eat it all. There& fore, claim all that you are entitled to. end if you receive other food front home use it to vary your iwals. But do not eat for the sake of eating. . "Itentember that your country IS CV.. prived of a large quantity of raw 1nater- lal, and It is your urgent duty to gather and hand in ell leavings and apparently useless articles, such as tins, leaden I ttbes; old cloth, wornout bags, old clot' es, and odd pieces ot leatlicr, rubber, anti xnetal of ell sortts." GREEK MINISTER UNSGITAI3L.LI. New York, Sept. 10.-A. News Atteney despatch from Athens to -day says: Foreign Minist Catapanoa has reeelv- ed the congratulatory visits of all the eiplomats in Athens. eXeept those of the allies. This is the first despatch t pa tthe Anglo-French censorship et Atli els. showing that tie, :Mfrs are lit -t pleaetd With the new Greek Foreign lkiallvt,r. "I quarreled witlt My veeiar- day and we litivee't spoken einem" "Why deal you make up?" "fin go- ing tO: All I'm worried about now fr4 the indentnity."--elloston Tranecript, Meeker -Didn't I always g:ye you my salary Cheque the firet of every Mali? Mrs, Meeker -Yes, but you never told me that you got paid on the ist and 15th, you embezzler! - Judge. HER HUMBLE LOVER 1 The conversation is to match, Sig- na's affairs, past, present and future, are avoidea with nervous particular- ity, and beyond remarking that the trains are faster now than they tren to be, and asking if she lilted coming express, the rector and his wife treat her as if they had been accustomed to sitting at dinner with her for months. Signe is a strange girl; the laughter and. the tears are never very far apart in her, and at times, as sho listen e to the mournful twaddle which these two people talk, and reflects that they are her uncle and aunt, and that she will probably spend the re- mainder of her life with them, a sense of the grotesque and the ridicu- lous take possession of her, and "ie feels a wild desire to look up from her plate and laugh aloud, a reckless laugh of despair. But she does not; she sits, that won- deriul look of calm self-possession hich Mrs. Poclswell "doesn't like" on tier lovely face, and replies as best mho can to the various questions which her aunt puts to her now and again, aiways in the thin, mserulous voice cf mournful resignation. The dinner drags its weary length to a close, and Mrs. Podswell rises, elowly and solemnly. "You will not be long, Joseph?" she remarks, gravely. "No -no, my dear," assents the rector, nervously. "I will join you in a minute," and he drinks his one soli - tory glass of port with more than his usual timidity, and glides in after them almost before the drawing -room door has closed. The "martyr" goes to the sofa as a matter of course, and Sigua, as the tea comes in, says, in her quiet, musi- cal voice: "Shall I pour out the tea for yon- auntier She pauses a little before the tenn of relationship rather doubtfully; but Mrs. Podswell inclines her head graci- cusly, and Signe seats herself at the gypsy table. The old rector takes up his cup and goes to the fireplace, fronting the rest as if he were in the pulpit, then he clears his throat, and says, in his clerical voice: "You may go, Mary." Signe, looks up; she feels instinc- tively that her melancholy uncle is about to address her, and waits patiently. The rector clears his throat, and assumes the blandly severe expression which is always so effective in the aulPit, and begins. "I have chosen the earliest oppor- tunity which presents itself, my dear Signe., to addreas a few remarks to you," he says. The martyr sighs heavily. "Ahem, I need scarcely say that both your aunt and myself are sin- cerely glad to see you, and to welcome v.nder our humble yea the daughter of —" a faint moan from the vista pulls him up in time, and with a little cough he changes it to "our niece." The dark grey eyes raise themselves to his face with a patient yet calm attention, which slightly embarrasses "You are very kind," she says, Wetly. "No, my dear, no," he respond; waving his hand. "it is our duty simply, and I trust that we do not shrink -I mean, that we shall dis- charge it cheerfully." A. pause for a moment, then the low, clear voice says: "That is _weg4e-eeefeeetateeeeeeeeeee -• Vet:s quite right - quite," assents the rector, a little touched. perhaps, by the sudden clouding of the dark eyes at the mention of the dearly loved name. "Quite right! Indeed, where should you go but here? But though we are sincerely glad to have YOU, I feel that it is right we should aeser-er-come to some understand- ing. I will ask you, my dear, if you have-er-any views respecting your future?" "Any views?" doubtfully, with a faint knitting of the darkly -penciled brows. "You have none, sec. It is ecarcely to be expected that you would have - you are too young. BY the way, how old are you, my dear Signe?". • CHAPTER. II. "I am twenty-one," she replies. "Twenty-one!" echoes the thin voice of the martyr; "I thought you were much older." Signa shakes her head. "Well, if not too young at any rate, Your loss is so recent that you can scarcely have made any plans. It is My duty to tell you, my dear Signe., that you are your own mistress." A faint smile crosses the pale face. Her own mistress, and steam in the world! "Yoe can choose your own path in life; you are-er-not altogether de- pendent; in fact, if I am rightly in- formed, you have a small but not alto- gether insufficient income." He pauses,. as If expecting a, reply, and Signs. looks up. "Dave I?" she says. "I did not know. Mr. Brown and the lawyer told me immething about it, but I did pot pay much attention. I -I was thinking of --of comething else." The rector nods sympathetleally. "Just so; when the heart is over- whelmed with sorry, the head is not (eligible of comprehending businese. ALem, where was 1? Virstly-1 mean, to continue -a" he correct himself. "I merely remind you of your inch:pond. ent position, so that you may under- stand that you are free to accept or refuse the home which your aunt and mest cheerfully Offer you, my dear," and he sighs heavily, by way of cm- hasizing his cheerfelness. "I don't know whether you would care to remain with us?" says the Noire from the sofa, solemnly. The rector nods and smilee blandly. "Do you think you would like t� 'hare our Immo, my dear?" For a moment Signet is silent. Truth, welling up in her heart, teuches her lips, . and nearly forces its way Out, exclahninp; "I certainly should not!" but die stops Truth In time, and says instead, "You are very kind and ant *Very grateful, will stay if you will have me. My father Wished that I ehould Come to YOU. He eald"-a penile for a Moment, but ahOugh the dark eye e fill, the heart , ••••- 146.. struggles bravely, and the voice falters a very little only -"he said that though you and he had not met for years, you were great friends as boys, and that there was no one closer to him, and that you would take care of me for -for his sake." The rector, hen-pecked and thin- souled, had some heart left, and his head droops a little as the words, "poor Jack," form on his lips inaud- ibly. "He was quite right, my dear, quite right," he says, rather falteringly. "We will look after you. I am glad you have made your choice. You will find us very quiet people—" "Very quiet," echoes the voice from behind, solemnly. "Quiet, but I trust not unhappy or discontented." "A useful life is never an unhappy or a discontented one," remarks the solemn voice of Aunt Podswell, who never does a stroke of work of any kind whatever. "I am sure I shall be very happy. and I shall be very glad to be useful," "My tether," -even now she cannot speak the word without wincing - "used to say that I was useful to him, but -but that was his goodness." "What -111d you do for him, my dear?" asked the rector, for the sake of saying something. It is an unlucky question. Signe summons up all her fortitude as she looks back upon days that are no more; the happy days when she and he wandered, hand in hand, as it were, through the valley of life, both loving hearts attuned in harmony, with a hindred spirit beating in each bosom; all in all to each other, father and daughter, brother and sister, al- most lover and mistress. "What did I do?" she asks tremu- lously; "ah, it was very little, now I think of it! very little! I tuned his violin: do you remember his famous violin, uncle?" The tears well up, and the dimly-lit room fades and. van- ishes as the vision rises of that be- loved head bent over the i•are instru- ment, of the thin, white hand calling up the divine melodies which even now ring in her ears. "I tuned his violin, and dusted his books, and cleaned his palette sometimes." Aunt Podswell groans. Tuning fid- dles and cleaning palettes! and this Is the sort of child's play that the girl has been used to. The rector coughs apologetically. "I am afraid our ideas of usefulness are rather different, my dear. But do not be discouraged. I am sure that You will find pleasant accupation in tending the sick, and-er-assisting Your aunt looking after the parish." Assuredly it Signa's work is limited to assisting her aunt in everything, she will not be overworked; Mrs. Podswell's superintendence of the parish consisting chiefly of rid- ing through it once a week, If the weather be fine, in a basket chaise, and stopping to scold some bedridden old woman for absence from church. "I will no anything you like," says Signe., cheerfully, "only let me do something." "That's right," Bays the rector, rub- bing his chin: "the spirit is willing; evidently, my dear. We will talk aboqt It to -morrow." Signe' rises; she looks pale and worn; strangely beautiful in the faint light of the few wax candles. "I think I will go to bed if I may," she says. "1 ana rather tired, I think," and she -gees -across to 'Wer 'arid Tending over her, touches the fore- head with her lips. The rector shakes her hand with nervous effusion that is really meant to be kindly, and she goes out. Wearily she triage her way up the broad stairs, and to her own room, and with a sense of relief sinks down on to the bed and feels that she is alone. Does the reader, I wonder, consider me too severe, or charge me in hie mind with untruthful exaggeration? If I have erred ' at all in describing Northwell's Rectory and its master and mistress, it is an error on the side of moderation. Believe me, the place is ten -fold more grim and dreary than I have painted it, for I have spared the reader from a feeling of sympathy and mercy. Realize for a moment how it struck upon the heart of the young girl, as she sat in her silent room thinking of all she had lost and reflecting that her future was cast in this abode Of boredom. She sat thinking it over, 'wondering how on earth people managed to exist under such conditions as those that ruled the lives of her uncle and taint, and with a shudder she prepared for rest, devoutly hoping that she should not dream of, the rector's sombre countenance or the martyr's gloomy voice. "Perhaps in time," she murmured, viewing her face in the glass, wreath- ed in the silken hair that flowed over her shoulders -"perhaps in time I, too, shall talk like that. Who knows? The dropping or water will wear away a stone, and -ah, dear me! I am not a stone. I know, now, why he sighed when he said, 'Poor Signal' But there is no one else -no one else; ana as there is not, I am deemed to North - well Rectory, and must melte the beet of it," The best of it seemed so poor that she laughed faintly, tvith a sense of the grotesque; but suddenly the laugh fell short on her lips, as she heard a soft tapping at the door. Thinking it might be the servant -possibly cora. Ing to tell her the breakfast hour - she Went' to the door, end opening it a little, staked the usual qUestion. For answer the door was Duelled softly open, and, to her -amazement, a diminutive figure in a night shirt tame through the opening, afid stood staring up at her with selemn, childish eyes. The apparition was So sudden and so unexpeeted, that Signa etana, with the door in her hand, staring down at the solemn eyee, with eyee almost as grave, Then she recovers herself, and closing the door, burets tato low. mreical laugh. "What are you" 'She` SaYs; "an an- gel -or what?' and .she, pute her thin vthite hand under hie ehlre IPA „terne Up the faeal for exe,thingtioni etepretty fete, for all ttg. t Dieting %net 4feiriecee. times gravity, end: wjtTt the large, dark eyes that goes stfaig'ht to Signe'e tender heart, tor the ter cuanges to a heaVehlY geof tarnish. esuipathYi Auld, draWing him to aer, site asks again: 'Who are you dear? Where did you coine fon? Wl;at do you wantr "I want to see you," lte alleWeror WiStlilgu6t:41daYliggnaezetind Sweeps isim a courtesy In her long dreesingegown. "I am much, flattered, my dear; that's as pretty a speech as I have heard for -oh, for a long time, But you told me where you come from," "I sleep at the end of the passage, by myself," he says. Tho pity epringe up in Signe% bos- om, and she bends her head and. kitties him. "You are a brave little fellow to sleep by yourself," "Am I?" he says. "I don't likeit▪ ; but mamma saye I muet. She says that I am a coward, Does a coward always' dream big drearne?" "No; little ones generally," says Signe, caressing the lair hair pitifully. "But never Mind, a time will come When you won't mind dreaming -oh., not at all," "I don't believe that," he says, calm- ly. "Oh, yes, it will. But you haven't told. rue your name yet, you know." "Archie," he says. "What is yours?" "Archie," says Sigma "And you are the little boy of the lady I eaw down- stairs'?" "You mean mamma -yes. TOU hav- en't told me your name yet, you know." Signe laughs softly. "My name Is not such a pretty one as yours," she says. "It is Signe." "Signe. It Is a funny one, but I think It is a prettier Cele than mine. Signa. Yes, I like it. If I have a puppy," with a sigh, "but I shan't have, Mamma doesn't like animale." "I can believe that -I mean," says. Signe, hastily, go on. If you had a Puppy?" "I should call it Signe." ,"That's another pretty speech," laughs Signa. "And pray what made you come to my room? How did you know I was here?" "I saw you through the banisters," replies the child. ,"I often creep out quietly, and sit on the stairs while they are at dinner; no one finds me. AYrocuhitev.o.n't tell mamma?" "No, oh, no; I never tell tales, "I saw you come in, or I shouldn't have known you had come. Nobody tells Inc anything." Signa draws him nearer to her, too full of pity for speech. "What have you come for?" he de- mands, fingering her dressing -gown with a quaint thoughtfulness. Signe laughs again. really don't know. Yes" -with midden gravity -"because I was told." "Told! Who told you? It Must have bfuelengraavvfetry. yfoolish person," with aw- "You mustn't say that, dear," says Signe, gently, "because I loved that person, oh, so dearly." "Why didn't he come with you?" he asks, hie dark eyes fixed cn her face. "Because—" "Never mind," he says, "don't tell me if you don't like; and you don't like, I know. Are you going to cry?" "No," she says, bravely, and with a little laugh even -"no, I am not, be-- cauee little boys don't like to see peo- ple cry." Silence for a moment, then he looks Up, "How long are you going to stay here, Signe?" "Oh a long time; forever and a day," she answers, as lightly as she can. He stares at her, then his eyes drop. "I am sorry for you," he says, with slow emphasis, "but I am glad for myself." "Why are you sorry?" she asks, get- ting absorbed in the elfish ways of the child. "Because you will be sure to be un- happy. Everybody is. I don't know why. Are you'going to learn lessons? I suppose not. You are grown up, aren't you? I say!" "Well'?" inquires Signe, smiling af the sudden exclamation, made with -tam air of _oaptabout toecemmunicate • most important scientific fact. mWell?" "You are very pretty -you are beau- tiful!' Signa laughs and leans against the back of the bed to enjoy this strange child at her ease. "Thank you again, Archie, but though I accept the compliment, al- low me tc? remark—" "Now you are talking like papa," he breaks in, thoughtfully, and laughing for the first time at her laughter. "Am I? Then I won't. It must 17.4e catching, I suppose. I must be very careful. But, Archie, you mast not get into the habit of expressing your opinion of a person's looks to their faces; behind their backs is another thing." He is puzzled for a moment, then his face clears. "I see. I beg your pardon. I'm glad you told me, because I was going to say, if you hadn't told me, what love- ly hair this is," and with the deepest gravity he takes up a thick lock in his tiny hand and eyes it admiringly. "Well, we will suppose that you haven't said it, Archie," says Signe, keeping her comitenance. "And now,, hadn't you better go back to bed?" He puts the sheaf of hair carefully on the white coverlet, and looks up with a sigh. "I suppose I had. Though nobody will know. You are not angry with Inc for coming, are you?" "No, no, dear," she answers, kiss- ing him. "I am seldom, very seldom, angry." "You will be it you Rae here, though," he says, with an air of con- viction. "Everybody is." "Then I will be the exception, Archie," she says. "And now, will you go back to bed? Yen, are not afraid, are you? I will hold the light until you are at the end of the pas- sage." "I am not afraid," he says; "not now. For now 1 shall dream of prin- cesses, if I dream any big dreams. Oh, I wanted to tell you! When I saw you through the banisters, I thought you were a princess!" "Yes?" says Signe,. "What do you know about princesses, Arehle?" "I read about them," he answers, nodding, his eyes fixed dreamily on the open window through which the memilight is pouritig, "I read about them in a book in the library. There are lets Of books there; not Many good ones, though; meetly sermons and that sort of thing. DO yoU laseW any' good stories about knights in armor, and ladies shut Up in ceetlee, and fighte With dragons?1 know titete are no dragons near, but that deeSn't • "1'jot In "!e,II1i try and ternember,seniediter.. the least," says Siglitie his by to-teerrow." ,."And OW here and lint _you t II thene" he tape "I often cbteee'' Do you 'know Why?' ;# No Prohibition on the purest and most refreshing beverage of all—. LA TEA The gently stimulating effect' of good Tea are of great benefit to all! The price of comfort and satisfaction is extraordinarily small when you can get genuine"SALADA" at less than 01246 fifth of II cent a cup. • AT ALL GROCERY STORES aminnosommipme "Like a Royal Procession." "You would think It was a royal procession," writes an English corres- pondent to the Military Hospitale Commission'in Ottawa, describing the arrival of wounded men 'from France. "For nearly an hour before a Red Cross train is expected in London," the writer says, "the yard of Charing Cross station is lined with people waiting to "throw flowers into the am- bulances as the men come out." Whether we throw flowers into their ambulances or not, we Canadians are full of grateful sympathy for the men who have suffered in defending out cause. and we show our feelings in practical ways. At least, some of the way are prac- tical. The treatment of the soldiers In the convalescent hospitals and the sanatoria of the Military Hospitals Commission is extremely practical. The classes and exercises and oc- cupations provided during convales- cence are intended, first of all, to help the man's recovery; but they are carefully chosen so as to have another effect also, to fit him better for the battle of life when he is well enough to be discharged. Al ready there are me nwho have left these hospitals so much improved In education and technical skill that they hold better positions and earn higher pay than they ever did before they went to the war. • That is the sort of "royal proces- sion" we want to see -a steady stream of our brave men coming back to the ranks of independent manhood; not unscathed, it is true, but undaunted, and resolved to act a man's part with all the strength that has been restored to them. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OVMCOMIE BY SAFE METHOD BUGGESTIONS GIVEN WHEREBY INSOMNIA CAN BE SAFELY AND QUICKLY CURED. Worry, overwork, overstucly and in- digestion cause insomnia. Healthy, natural sleep can't be pro- duced by drugs. First, the blood Circulation must be improved. Congestion of blood in the head must be removed. Irritation in the brain must be relieved. It's because Ferrozonc equalizes circulation, because it enothes the irri- tation, because it removes congestion that it does cure insomnia. For building blood,. atel-anereeee Ter- , instilling force 'and' life into over- worked organs, for establishing. strength and vitality, where. can you find anything so efficient as Fe/re- mise? Remember, sleep is just as import- ant as food. You must sleep, or break down, but 11 you'll use Ferrozone end thereby remove the conditions which new keep you from sleep, you'll get well quickly. Ferrozone is not a narcotic, not a dope; it is a health -giving tonic that any child or delicate woinan can use Absolutely safe is Ferrozone. Take it for a monte--talte it for a year -no harm, but inumsaserable good will result. To sleep well, look well, feel werl; to be free from depression, nervous- ness or blues -use Ferrozone. It's a food tonic, a healer to the weak and wretched, a boon to the helpless - layers, with a filling of whipped cream, makes a delicious dessert. Gingerbread- Cream together ono cup 01 sugar and one-nalf cup of butter with a pinch of salt. Teissolve three- quarters of a teaspoonful of Leda in two tablespoonfuls of molasses, and add to sugar with a half cup of milk and a scant teaspoonful of ginger. Mix well with two cups of flour, and bake In a greased tin a moderate oven. Ginger Snaps -Boil two cups of mo - buses and add one tablespoonful of soda, one cup of lard, one tablespoon- ful of ginger, one teaspoonful each of cinnamon ad cloves. When cool stir in enough flour to make a stiff batter, Roll out very tnin and bake in a hot oven. Ginger Drops -One large teaspoon- ful of soda diesolved in two-thirds of a cup of molasses. Add one beaten egg, one cup of brown sugar, one tablespoonful of ginger, pinch of salt, and one-half cup of cold water. Mix with flour to a stiff batter, and drop by teaspoonfuls on greased pan. Bake in moderate oven. Cheap Fruit Cake -This ir ay be made in a loaf or in email cakes. One cup of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of molasses, one cup of milk, one cup of raisins, one cup of currants, one well -beaten egg, three teaspoonfuls of spices, and four cups of flour with a teaspoonful of salt. Dissolve the soda in the molasses and sift the fruit in the flour. One-half of, this recipe will answer for a small family. 5 Seconds Corn S Applied in Sore, blistering feet tireC from . corn -pinched iPnut2n4amh'os - toes can be cured by ursExtr,apetuotr. Qu icknam's" soothes away that drawing pain, eases instantly, makes the feet feel good at once. Get a: 25c bottle of "Putnam's" to -day. n Hindenburd Military men the world over will not share the popular emotion excited by the promotion of Fiell Marshall Hin- denburg to replace Falkenhayn as chief of the great general staff of Germany. The truth la that Hinden- burg is one of the familiar but thor- °uglily dangerous men about whom there grows up a legend. In fact, he fulfils M, Clemenceau's definition of a symbol, "a man about whom the People still believe what was never No one will deny the greatness of llindenburg's first victory, and only In Germany has the vaPae of Tannen- Lurg been accurately appraised. Had Hindenburg tailed. where he succeeded, Germany in the second week of Sep- tember, 1914, would have been faced with a wholly desperate situation. The deteat of the Marne, the .rout- af the Aestrians Lemisterg, followed by the temporary collapeseeeteettie military establishment;, the brilliant victory of the Serbs at the Jedar, together with a lost battle at Tannenburg, would have presented a problem that would have taxed a Napoleon. It was the victory of Tannenberg that enabled the Germans to continue their campaign in the west, to make their second great bid for a decision at Ypres and Yser and, defeated in this, to dig in and holl the lines that they have held ever since. Had Hin- denburg failed, the German retreat sold in 50c. boxes, six for $2.50, at all from the Marne ,would not have stop - dealers, or direct from The Catarrh- ped at the Aisne or the Meuse, and it ozone Co., Kingston, Ont, • -* MOLASSES GOODIES As Made Successfully by Our Forebears. The following recipes for molasses breads and cakes are well tried, and ccme down from the tinie of the grandmothers with certifieates of char- ueSteetton Brown Bread -To one cup molasses, add one teaspoonful of soda, one of ealt, two 'and one-half cups of milk, ono epp Of floure.one cup of rye flour an'd two:Cups of Indian meal. Steam three hours. This; Make's a moist ahd delicionS' bread. English Bream Bread --Dissolve half a cake of yeast ,in tWo Cups Of water, and make a sponge with two cups of graliani flour. Add one tablespoonful of molassee; clue of lard, and one tea- spoonful of salt; 'Stir- in- tie° cups of rye flour, and knead slightlY, .Bake„in small lows, In a moderate oven 'far enRyhoou ler.retiel-Dissolve mie-half take of yeast In ft .eup of which has been scalded and copied. To One cup- ful hdt 'Water add twd;tablespdOna fuls of lard, twO of niolagees nnd •one ot segala' Was teaspoonfids'of salt, 'one cap of flout. Pour ie. the; yeaSt, 'beat Well, and lvt rise until light. Add .rye meal until stiff etihngle te ifiVad,Veffer kneading well form into loancie and let riiie tigaln arid' iliake'lliert niodeeate St.aft MOlatises Cake -To 0110 tint Of ''Oire 'Sedated Oil filVdf ablta and two a cream of tartar, with one *ell beaten egg; ihalf seen �l milk, One tableepoonftil of ginger, One tee: ,4titionfiti of dwelt/not; one tablespoon. ful of litraW. and 'tut and. een*Call rieneiviwk Mil. flothe !Ilene yetill, !and • '4,Ice for ,Otte. (To' bd tentintled.) en • , Ntt, 1110191,4660 calco, belted in two # e". - • eee • • would have been necessary at once to send many corps to the east to rave the Prussian frontier. But, despite hie second success at the Masurian Lakes, Hindenburg never realized the promise that his first successes held out. His :taming to take Warsaw were dismal failures, meting enormous losses, and ending In complete deadlock on the Bzura- li awe lines. Nor was his effort to Penetrate the Bobr-Narew Niemen line north of Warsaw more successful. At Lodz, his third great victory, he came within an ace of a terrible disaster, and was saved by the supreme cour- age, devotion and discipline of German troops rather than by any skill of a cemmander-in-chief. The real military reputation of the eastern front is that of Mackensen. Me was the first and seccessful thrust In the opening phase of Lodz. He won the battle of Dunajec, and it was his first operation that finally turned the Itessians out of Warsaw more than tett menthe after Hindenburg had begun his camnaignd for the Polish capital. But there Is no Maekensen • legend, and Ilindertherg, the mho of Lea ierussia, ae Ibo ectually eels, he - yenta itt the eyes of the German polite a soldier net loss suceeeetel than Napoleon the Great, and not lees gifted es a staff director than the elder Moltke. The retirement of the younger and Weser Moltke, who Was chief of the great general staff when the war opened, eves inevitable when the deci- sion, of the Marne had. been made °bee - lute by the battles of Menden and the whole original conception of a quick, terrible,"decisive thrust at France had been parried, He had failed, he tad failed in the greatest crisis of the wbo7-. war, and his faller° had resulted in the collapse of the Plain strategy by which Germany had for forty years expected to win her next war against France, We shall probably find hereafter that Falkenhayn's retirement was the direct result of the failure at Verdun. This was the second and only less ambitiouct effort to abolish the deci- sion of the Marne and put France out of the war. But it seems certain that history will do full credit to the very great achievements of the man who now gives way to the victor of Tan- nenberg. When he took the reins the Germansituation, without being des- perate, was certainly unpromising. In Icss than six months be had organized forces and prepared plans that led* to tho amazing cycle of victories which carried German lines from the East Prussiaa frontier and the Austrian provinces of the east to the Dwina, the Beresina, the Styr and to Conetan- tinople. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen, -I have used. MIN- ARD'S LINIMENT on my vessel and (in my family for years, and for the every day ills and accidents of Ate. I consider it has no equal. I would not start on a voyage with - oat it, if it cost a dollar a bottle. CAPT. F. R. DESJARDIN, Schr. "Storke," St. Andre, Kamm raska. SCIENTIFIC ODDS AND ENDS. Nebraska was once the floor of the sea. A new calendar covers 20 centuries front 100 to 2,100. The Australians are the greatest sugar consumers. In its per capita consumption of sugar the 'United States ranks fourth in the countries of the world. The industrial accidents of New York State are more than 600 per day. It is proposed to standarize shipbuild- ing parts so as to facilitate repairs. In France all medical prescriptions; are written in the language of the coun- try. An elephant's trunk contains 90,000 mus- cles, where as a man's body has only 527. Billiard tables are being introduced in- to Chicago school with the idea of eheeking the pool room evil. Indian ink was first brought from China. It is now made In this country with lampblack and glue. Brazilian cocoanut palms are, believed to live from 600 to 700 years, and the date from 200 to 300 years. Compressed air is used for cleaning dy- namos and other delicate and comet!. cated machinery. The results are super- ior to hand worlc. California wine .grow- ers have been ad- vised to go after the Indian market, were the supply of wine has been cut oft by the war in Europe. Quartz glass, for which we were once dependent on German -y, is now made in the United States. The sand of Nebras- ka is best suited for the purpose. During the past year there were 1,306 fires caused by cigars and cigarettes carelessly thrown away In New York atone. The average loss per fire Is about 1309. ,,roa.gttette -ere the mountaina . of Porto Rico that they attract surveyors' plumblines, and it has been found that some old surveys are incorrect by half a mile or more. In their annual poultry bill, the resi- dents of New York State are overcharg- ed 07,000,000 for the gravel and other use- less materials contained in the craw s of the birds. More than 27,000 tones of honey are pro- duced by the American bee annually. In 40 years the sugar per capita of the United States has Increased from 18 to SO pounds. The art of candy -making originated with the Chinese long, long ago. Tho world's normal - vield of the slx great cerceals ranges "from sixteen to nineteenbillion bushels. About 100,000 persons are engaged in the meat -packing Industry of the United States. GUARD BABY'S HEALTH IN THE SUMMER The summer months are the most dangerous to children. The com- plaints of that season, which are cholera infantum, colic, diarrhoea and dysentry, come on so quickly that often a little one is beyond aid before the mother realizes he is ill. The mother must be on her guard to pre- vent these troubles, or if they do come on suddenly to cure them. No other niedicine is of such aid to moth- ers during hot weather as is Baby's Own Tablets. They regulate the stomach and bowels and are absolute- ly safe. Sold by medicine dealers or by ma.11 at 25 cents a box from The Dr. WilliarnS'. Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont. ' When Will the Empire Fall? When tho last Scot has looked his last On Scotia's heathered hills; When the lea tar oh England's ship Unto hi�. death -call thrills; When the last Celt in Erin's Isle Lies prone on Erin's sed: And Canibria's last bravo hIllman hails The ititsatiotts'"of- hfs God; - • When Canada's last Stalwart soli 1)Lieefslastiteapi-.1a.t tTa‘Ittiletdr ,tho;: 'anowal 1Vhen irrend. Sikh has hurled •Wheit the-grent Sales have given • eager, last recruit. 4•4.A. And"Boer and 13riton from the Veldt •. pe rlgid, niattgled, mute: , When; Columbia's • flag No•inore at Freedom'h oall' Thek net till then, knOW foe, or friend, Shill Britain's Empire fall! •. „4.,• dellnard'a Liniment Cures Garget in Cows. 0 • • • . 4"iticCess generallg 4)01iends bn itere ' serial magnetism," said the W160 Oily. • •. • 1.1. I .. !'That's 'etighe," -ligrettP the' Sitnete "A man dan't eyen be, is.aCe Cessful photographer or a dog catch. 4:tupfdriritterlli? °43tik414-1191.KleCtree,01.0. elq t19, 1016 irtElei° WANTED. IATANTBD-GIII,LS TO WOW< ON Ty knit underwear -scorner* and fin- ished stitcher* preferred. We also teach learnerth any Ial with good knewledg* of plain sewing; good wages; ideal fao- tory conditions. Zimmerman Manufoo- Luring co., Ltd., Aberdeen a 1 Garth streets, lie/ninon, Oat. 'WANTED 110USSMAIDS AND I waitresses. Previous experience not necessary. Apply, "The 'Welland'', St. Catharines. Ontario, MISCELLANEOUS. WANTEID--GIRLS or 4400D hin APIS • BDUOti tto train fer purse A. C a Hospital, Rt atharines, on LADIES WANTED. T° DO PLAIN AND LIGHT STOW - lag at home, 'whole or spare time; good pay; work sent any distance; charg- es paid. Send stamp for partieulare. National Manufacturing Company. Mon., treat, GIRLS WANTED Exeerleneed knitters and loop. ere, also young girls to learn. Clean work and highest wages. CHIPMAN-HOLTON KNITTING CO., LIMITED, HA . -",TON, ONTARIO. CONVALESCENT CHILDREN. Saw to Amuse a Child Doomed to the Bed Awhile. A child recovering from an illness is apt to be fretful and peevish, demand- ing any amount of patience on the part of a mother or an attendant. If the child is a boy modelling in clay will be found entertaining, and by helping him form different animals and houses many an irksome hour will be whiled away. If a girl, try paper flowers or paper dolls. Children also enjoy making scrapbooks. Cut attrac- tive pictures from old colored maga- eanes, for it should. always -be remem- bered children like bright colors. Young children can eat if they ate not competent to paste. ' Never let a child who is recovering front an illness sew, for it will prove tiring, the work being- too intent, whereas paper clothes for dolly are Euro to be enjoyed without fatigue. A pair of toy scales and supplies, in the shape of rice, sugar, raisins and salt, to keep shop, will please a small child, and mother, of course, will do the buying. Expensive toys are not necessary to make a. child happy, for nine oat e'f teli will prefer some simple homemade affair or an amusement they create for themselves. A WOMAN'S MESSAGE If you are troubled with weak, tired feelings, headache, backache, bear- ing -down sensations, bladder weak- ness, constipation, catarrhal condi- tions, pain in the sides regularly or irregularly, bloating or unnatural en- largements, sense of falling or mis- placement of internal organs, ner- vousness, desire to cry, palpitation, hot flashes, dark rings under the eyes, or a loss of interest in life, I invite you to write and ask for my simple method of home treatment with ten days' trial entirely free and postpaid also references to Canadian ladies who gladly tell how they have regain- ed health, strength and happiness by this method. Write to -day. Address, Mrs. M. Summers, Box 8, Windsor, Ontario. • _ • THE REASON. (Houston. Post) "Three times now my wife has sent for the money to come home from her Sum- mer trip on." "Three times! And she hasn't -come home yet? Changes het - mind and spends the money, I presume?" "Oh, no, she wouldn't do that." "Then why hasn't she come home?" "1 hav- en't sent it to her yet." • * Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. COSTLY LEARNING. (Washington Star) "Has your boy josh learned much at school?" "I should say so," replied Farmer Corntossel. "He knows so much about runnin' the farm that Inc an' the hired men git so interested listenin' that nobody does any work.' 4 .• Minard's Liniment Cures Ciphtheria. JUDGING BY EXPERIENCE. • (To -day) Lady Visitor -Well, 1VIrs. Johnson, what do you think of your husband getting the 1). C. 11.7 "It's the first I've heard of it, ma'am, but I ain't a bit surprised. Suppose it's his nasty temper that's been the cause of it." :00itls her to a Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc. LUCKY. s- (New York World) 'lily cousin Is to be married on the "On the thirteenth? I should think thirteenth of next month." she would be afraid of such an unlucky 0.,rEe date would be a lucky daY 1 iven'i.deltAtliYiy You have never seen my et married." "How much does it cost you to run' this yacht, old chap?" "If I knew, r wouldn't do it." -Life. ••••••••111 "Meat Prices. Will Not ,Corne Down" is the cheerful news from the Department of Agriculture. Meat prices will not Wooly the man or weinart who knows that, „a 'stihoty"' 4 more real, body-bui1hig,, nutriment than beghtpflkior eggs and -at much less cost. Shredded Wheat reipains Ole , price,.: the )sami,.yigh quality, supplying fill'. the _nutriment a man needs for a half-da's wOrk: Two shrbdded.wheat biscuits with? lik paths and matt or other fruits, make.0 complete,‘ nourishing meal, at a Copt of :?• ; f Nlade ,cpriacla ,• A4*. t