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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-12-14, Page 3Use Robber To Save Leather —It Is Needed In The War! Rubber Supply Is Araple-4 Leather Is Scarce and Very High Leather is being worn out faster today than ever before in the history of the world, while production is considerably less than a few years ago. "While the consequent shortage is keenly felt by the civilian who has to pay half as much again for his own and his fatnily's shoes, it is even more serious for the Government, which must supply hundreds of thou- sands a soldiers. Rubber,- too, is being used in enormous quanti- ties on account of the war—one British ina.nufacturer, for instance, is working on a rubber boot order for the army which will take 14,000,000 pounds of rubber, fabric and chemicals. But the supply, thanks to the reat rubber plantations in Britatn's tropical Dom - ions, is easily keeping up with the demands, and ra.w rubber, despite a war tax of 734%, is actually cheaper today than before the war. So, though the fabric and chemscals used cost nearly double, rubber footwear has not gone up very much in price. These conditions naturally are leading thoughtful, thrifty, patriotic Canadians to save leather just as much as possible by wearing rubbers, overshoes, high rubber boots and heav farm rubbers. In addition to the very substantial saving in cost, rubber foot- wear has decided advantages for wet or cold weather around the farm or in the woods. The men like its warm, dry coinfort under all conditions, and the women like the way it sheds the dirt instead of bring- ing it in to melt and track around the house. For the children; too, particularly if they are walking a long way to school, rubbers and overshoes mean a great deal in warmth, comfort and protection against colds. "Doing Without" Rubbers or Overshoes Is Simply Thoughtless Extravagance 18 THEY Di VT GO TO HALIFAX A Little Story That Comes From Down by the Sea This story comes from a small town in Nova Scotia. It is true, and it points a moral at tide time when the Canadian Patriotic rued is appealing toethe people of Ontario for six mil- lion dollars to cover the atlas upon the fund that are expected to be made by Ontario In 1917. A public meeting had been beld ixi the town In gu.estionnlad an officer of the Patriotic Fund had explained the °lavas of the fund and the urgeucy of the call it makes on the patriotism, gr erosity, gratitude and :tease of jus- tice of the Canadian peciple, The next day came the Mayor ot the townto ho eaniefter 4J4.jathetLc little his lips: 'here was in the auditinc st night a father and mother whose only sett is due to sail next week. with his regiment. They are not rioli people, and with difficulty they have saved betty dollars for the purpose of going to Halifax to see the last of their boy. They have come to roe to -day to Say that they heard your speech last night, and when they got Rome had a long talk about it, and came to the conelu- Mon that it was their duty to give up their trip and hand neer the forty dol- l= to the Patriotic Fund. Ilere is the money." And so one father and mother bale their son good-bye in their own home town instead of in Halifax, and some- where there is • one more mother and ber children blessing the Patriotic Fund and its supporters. 4 ••••••.1.01111 Poultry World ,gRODUCE MORE EGGS. y F. 0. Elford, Dominion Poultry Husbandman.) Canada wants eggs and more eggs. Never were the prospects for a bigger demand and better prices more pro- mising than right now. a In spite of this, with the -cost of grain high and the prices for poultry meet good, the tendency will be for learners and poultrymen to sell steek that should produce the high-priced eggs this winter. The fear Is that eggs cannot be produced at a profit, but, though a good price can be ob- tattled for the meat at present, and high prices will have to be paid for the feed, eggs will be eorrespondingly high, and egg e can be produced at a profit even with the high prices of grain, if proper conditious are sup- pi:ed. COST TO PRODTICE A DOZEN EGGS. Last winter at the Experimental 'Farm a pen of 100 pullets whose per cent. egg yield by months ranged from ,6 per cent. in November to 60 por cent, in April, an average of 21 per cent. for the six months. produced Pegs at a cost of 24 cents per dozen. IThe percentage of egg yield deter- ainnes more than anything else the cest of production, for instance, wben the egg yield was 20 per cent. the cost was. 21 cents per dozen, and at 40 per cent. yield the cost was only Inta cents per dozen, Tins pen was selected as it v;as thought to be equal in production to an average farm flock. The average dozen eggs sold for go cents more than the cost of feed required to produce it. Eath hen gave 99 cents over cost of feed in the six Months, whieb, though not large, shows that oven at the high prtce of feed, eggs can be produced at a profit. The prices paid for grain woe local Ottawa prices, an,c1 were high. The price received fOr the eggs was 4 cents per dozen. This was hot as high as the local niatket and no • higher than many fanners obtained during the tame ante. Bat the farmer addition might ent down cest, for • has table s raps, milk and other that y be used, whieli were here, To make a profit etifi methods- :nag be 'ow suggestions that pullets far este hens for breed- s must be pro- ven as nage this it be advieable ing that does not ullots not matured lfy lu g befoto eerly the hens that are Tare Old, also all an not intended for 3. If the Cockerels later and Well tea, obtained, but bettor Itticer tip %Med re- ly millote• lantse inte, Windt the itabla IIa,vo pleaty of frothAir. Keep all draught e out and be sure it is dry. See that he front of the nouse, from eighteen to twenty inches above the floor, has glass and cotton, onethird glass to two-thirds cotton. Make these windows so that they can be opened up every day it desired. Shut up all holes in every part of the house that might cause a. draught. Double line the north side so as to give the hens greater protection while on roosts. If the house is inclined to be damp, more ventilation helps. It is also a good plan to put in a straw loft, If this cannot be arranged, be- cause of the nature of the roof, tack slats below the rafters, then stuff straw In between. See that the house is perfectly clean and free from mites; then get the pullets In at once. Do not overcrowd. Give an average of five square feet of floor space to each bird ef the heavy varieties, and four to the lighter or Leghorn type. If there are too many pullets for the available space, cull out the poorer ones. Fifty pullets, with sufficient ac- commodation, will give more eggs than sixty in crowded quarters. FEEDING. The question of feed Is the hardest one to solve this year, because prac- tically all feeds are high. It will pay to feed the pullets well from the start, though the hens might be fed more lightly till the middle of January, Where possible, use feeds grown on the farm. Good wheat Ecreeninga, shrunken wheat, barley, oats or buck- wheat, all make suitable feed. Clover and milk cover a multitude of teeds and cut down the cost. It these can be fed, animal foods, such as beefserap, may be curtailed or dispensed With. High-priced mashes may be eliminated and cheaper ground feed, sttch as bra; substittaed. Two or aore of the grains may be mixed in equal proportions for the grain rations. The mash may con- sist of ground barley and oats, or bran may be added, If grain has tribe Purchased, cracked corn is as cheap as anything, and makes a suitable ad- dition to any grain ration. Bran is as cheap a food as one cait buy for the Mash. The mash can be fed in a dry hop- per or Mixed with milk and fed Motet Once a, day. Any table soaps shotild be used In the mash. If milk is not evallable, beet scrap or other Bethnal food should be fed in the mash. itt a good hea,vy litter, feed a miature of the grain ration Morning and night, allowing the hens sufficient grain no that they will always have some in the DRS. SOPER &WHITE SPECIALISTS Piles,Etzema, Asthma, Catarrh. Pimples, OY*PoPsia, Epilepsy, Sheumatiara, Skin, KR& new Meech Nate* and Bladder Oletieses, Call or seed bistro for No advice. Idedicies furnished in tablet form. lesers--10 ctn. to 1 p.m. sund Clo 5 pan. Stardikylr...10 a in. to 1 tub, 4 Conseheine ease tms, sopeft& witesrer Rif Tweeter St., Torsintea OLts Plettee Meitilert latie Pepin litter, but not too miteb VIM th get a crop Mil withota seratehl g tor it. In the Preirie Praittneee thr is coMaderable earlatilten wheat aVal Shruniteu wheat, it it la dry le tiageed a poultry food wiaatit flt tor letilllag PUrtueses. Carte nu be taaen that it is uot tittnip or othervviae spelled. SlirUnhen wheat alone, if there is UO other Main, will anewer for crate. Ele- vator sereenings, free from bleak seeds, make a goo(i feed for either grain or Plash, It alfalfa or clover Can be had, by ail means give the leaves tq the hens, In Central Climate, Ontario and Que. bea grain is scarce 'alai it la likely itotne will nave to be Perelman If there is feed wheat trem the Wait available, it should bo Used. Criecitea on may be purchased MI other fartxt graios may be me haral or purchasea locally, such as buokwheat or barley, may be used. Bran can. be Mad in Mash feed and the good crop ot clover in Ontario and Quebec wili do raucit to out down the cost of' the ration. Tile clover may be fed dry or steamed ad used in a mash. In the Mealtime Provinces, vatere grain is usually Purchased for the Doultry, the same advice may be given as that for Central Canatla, not forgettting the clover and mita. It small potatoes Can be had for poultry feed they may be boiled end fed in the mash. In every case, grit and shell sbould be before the layers at ail times, In eome localities the grit can be secured from the local gravel pit, and in other cases sufficient lime can be secured to do without the commercial shell. if neither of these is available, they should,be procured, and as much given to the birds as they will eat. It does not pay to stint the layers. If they do not get the feed they will not lay the eggs. As a rule, a laying hen will not get too fat. Therefore, feed the pullets well. If green cut bone is available, and there is no the former may be fed to the pullets at the rate of about half an ounce each per day. The proportion of grain and mash usually eatea is from two to four of grain to one raash, , The Triumph of Germany. When your Parliament'e abolished, and your Legislature's gone, And your old accustomed liberties in Canada have flown; When throughout our wide Dominion there is not a man who dare Express a free, opinion with the cid Can- adian air; 1Vhen a little bunch of tyrants, in breast- plates made of tin, Sit at Ottawa to rule you on Orders from Berlin; When inspeetore poke their noses into everything you do, When you're strictly regulated on a aa - tem through and though; And you've got to eat and sleep and thing as Government dictates, And nothing is the citizen's and all things are the State's; When police officials tell you you can't A.nd to every passing soldier you've got to touch your hat; When civilians; are nonentities, and have to knuckle down To the martineta in uniform who lord it o'er the town; When your wife must step off in the mud with all the common throng When pigeon -breasted officers come swaggering along; When every town and city has it mili- tary caste, And the red -tape cif bureaucracy has tied hard and fast; When your autocratic bosses have three votes to your one. When you have to bear a tax -load that weighs about a ton; When your thoughts about the "War- lord" you musn't dare to squeak, And the gutt-ral Gorman jargon is the language you must speak; When the papers all are censored In the printing of the news, And the editors forbidden to express their honest wives; When your schools are made "efficient" in dishonor, fraud and lies, And, your children are transmogrified to traitors, sneaks and spies— When all these things have come to pass you'll now the War is done, The decision has been rendered—and Germany has won; Great Britain and her allies have lost their gallant tight, And Canada is Germanized, arid henoe- forth Might is Right, How do you like the prospects? By - those glorlotte Flanders graves, Our mothers never reared us to be the Te'uton's slaves! The Day Is here; the hour has struck.; be- hold tbe Hun's mailed fist— Axles), Canadia.ns freemen, enlist. ENLIST, ENLISTi —J. W. Bengough. ' 45* • How Sickly Women May Got Health If they could only be made to see that half their ills are caused by im- pure blood, it wouldn't take long to cure them with Dr. Ramiltan'a Pills. Truly a wonderful medicine that in- vigorates, strengthens, renewe. Every tired, tvorreout woman that tries Dr. Hamiltons' Pills will improve rapidly, will have better color, increased ap- petite and better digestion. No better rebuilding tonic can be found than Dr, Hamilton's Pills, watch are safe, nend and. health giv- ing. For forty years Dr. Hamilton's Pille have been America's most val- ued faintly medicine, 26e per box, at all dealer's. KISSING TICKETS. They Are Sold at All Large Rail- road Stations in England. The guard Waved hie flag; the lover kiased his girl, she jumped aboard, shut the door, put her laughing face out of the wiudow, and juot as the train WM starting he kissed her again. And the coat of thia osculation. Was 1 penny. That was over in England, where they have what are called "kissing tickets." These May be obtainett at any sot the larger railroad stations frera regular slot rattehines at a pentlY apiece, giVing the purthaser the pri- ViIego of going on the platform and being with his friends or—as in the ease ()tanned—Weed up to the hist Moment. That Mutton of issuing platform titkets Caine about by the big railrottd companies reitaillag thee the deley eaueed by Deeple crowding around all the terrine defile saying goodby when the train ought to be 'tinder way Was Costing them money ateounting to many` thousands of petiode in the Comae Of the year. When the cameo of Ma loss of mon- ey Wm distovered it Was At first sug- gested that no person who was not an tually travelling by the train shOuld be alloWed on the platforin at all. But even ralletay directors have Marta though theta man to be settee people who doubt it, arid this ar- rengenteat eercled altogether too true', Finelly the idea of cleargieg Penny for edit:110310h to the platfOtat WO hit tipen and adopted. lit .audta tOry parlance of the day "It's a grand. suttees," thotigh the fielteine *Madan Wert( here, 'trouble isn't eitactly Wit Rive, but kt. the same tines it hates tO be laugh. gd at, magic "Nerviline" Oures Toothache, Earache IT RZLIEVES KVERY EXTERNAL PA I N. OUres Cod,Coughe Sore Throat, Tight Chest and Hoareenees. WS wattle tacknesa comes at night, White you US tar from the alaggIst Or the doctor, that's When 'BM neea Nervillae met Experiorteed mothers aro never wlthout it. One ot the Chil- dren, *nay twere toothache. Without Nerviline—a sleepless night tor the °Mire household. With Nervitine the pain is rolievea quickie". It May be earache, perhaps a LAM meek, or one of 'nee kiddies, coughing with a bad Wiest cold. Nothing can gine quicker reoults than vigorous rubbing with that old-time family remedy, Nerviline is too Werra, too valuable to bo Without, For lumbago, lame Dacia itelatica4 or neuralgia there is no liniment with half of Nervilino's power to Penetrate and ease the aaln. As a family eateguard, as some- thing to ward off eicitaess and to cure tbo minor ills that will occun in every family, to cure pain anywhere, you can find nothing to comma with old- time Nerviline, which for forty years lax been the most widely wad family remedy in the Dominion. 25o per bottle. All dealers sell Nerviline. Was It the Guardian Andel? (By F. A. MitChel,) Percival and Arnold Stewart, broth- ers, enlisted when the pan-European war broke out in a regiment of in- fantry and crosed the channel into Belgium. That was when the Ger- mans were driving the Allies aouth- Ward, and it was expected that they would drive right through Paris. Ono evening, when the Germans were pushing the Allies toward Lille, the regiment with which the Stewart brothers served made a stand. The Stewarts were in the same company and fought shoulder to, shoulder. Per - civet was two years older than Arnold and 'kept an eye on his brother, dread- ing -every instant to Bee hira fall to the ground. Presently, true enough, what he feared, came to pass. Ar- nold. fell, literally torn to pieces by a bursting shell. Maddeued at the sight, Percival pushed forward, but the stand of the aritisa was only a temporary one, and tb.e order was given to fall back. The young soldier, exasperated at not be- ing permltted to wreak his vengeance on those who had killed his brother, refused to retreat and, remaining be- hind, continued to fire at the enemy. But presently Bohn blood on one of his hands, he knew that he had been hit and followed his comrades. By tais time darkness had fallen, and Stewart saw the retreating Brit- ish line through the gloaming. They were to make a lengthy retreat this time. fol. the French were being push- ed back rapidly, and the British, who were on their elank, bad a*greater dis- tance than they to go to keep the 'alignment. Percival was marching SOME) 500 yards. behind them. The ene- my on that part of the field had .thrown forward skirmishers to liar - rasa their retreat. Percival trudged along, following the men almad of him, at dines trying to catch up with them. He had been shot in the arm, but fortunately the artery had not been cut, for in this case he would have bled to death. His mind was on the brother he had lost, and.neither his conditions nor his sur- roundings engaged his attention. Stragglers were hurrying past him, and he was passing stragglers. The former were in better condition than lee, and the latter were mostly severe- ly wounded. But there was one who neither seemed to gain nor lose • on Percival. He was in Percivers rear and 0, coupe of yards behind lihn. How -Percival became' conscious of the man's presence he did not lateen for he heard no sound coming from his follower. He was simply et:Amiens that some one was behind him, Turn- ing, be saw through the darkness what appeared to be a person. Wheth- er he was old or young, soldier or eit- izeti, Stewart could not tell. He only ynew that same one was there, The soldier trudged on, or rather, staggered on, for by this time be was very weak from loss of blood. Now and again a bullet whistled past him, sent by some skirmisher, but none came dangerously near him. Twice during the retreat ae looked back and both times saw his shadoWer in the same relative position as before. Once when he turned a flash train a distant cannon slightly increased his vision, and he saw the person behind him a trifle taore clearly. For an instant there was a flash et joy in his heart, for from the glimpse he got of the person's race it seemed to be that of his brother, Arnold. But he had seen his brother blown to at- oms, and he knew this could nbt be hita. • Nevertheless, from the time of this instantateeus view he became !repressed that there was some con- nection betwien the figure and Ar- nold. Presently, when the skirmish line 'was passing so near the.13ritish line as to harass them with ecattered shots, Englishmen sent back a small force to drive back' their followers. Thie lino Peened Percival, dashed In eationg the German skirmishers and drove theta back upon their own main force. Pereival, who was now safe 'with hin own corarades, leaked for the tnan who had been trudging behiod him. ale had vanishe& On reaehleg the British lines Stew- art Mind himaelf. ardeng thorn) arhe had been near aim on the retreat. "Who Waft that felitiev behind rex?" •••4 aelted aMan who had traVoled ;tear bite. "Directly in My reel'?" Yee." "Did yeti see any Meer "I did, end lie get between YOU and and a German lust la time to RPM you trent, a bullet. The Clean= Was Just about to fire, but. lowertl hie piece There wawa much light, wed 1 udged that be Was Mald oe killing one of hia OWn Men," atewart asked no More •queetioath What he thought was the regUlt Of feeling rather Unto reason. It was far stronger than reason. Indeed, tut one could perfolade hine that the MAIM et hie brother had not fellowed him an protected bint from death. During the past loaf century the be- lief in the guardian angel has greatly deteriorated. This is siteply because there has been so much, ot the marvel- ous he eraienee that it Ilea OVereleade owed all that le inexplicable by nite ture's laws. But our knowleage of these laws is infinitesimal, There are those who are looking for some scientifie connection with Mate who have passed into the great =known. CHRISTMAS MESSAGE The Hospital for Sick Children cou..Ece sz, TORONTO. ' Dear Mr. Editor:— Thanks for the privilege of APPean• ing through your columns ole behalf of the Hospital for sick. Children the great Provincial Claarity. Our need of money is measured by the children's need of help, and YOU can judge how great that need must be when last year 3,046 sick little ones Were treated as in -patients, and as WIll 'be seen from the 1916 flatware 692 patients were admitted from 242 places outside Termite. Last year.271 in -patients were treat- ed for deformities, each as club feet, bow-legs, knock-anees, Potts disease of the spine, lateral curvature of the spine, dislocations, infantile paralysis, tubertalar disease of knee, hip, ankle. Is the Hospital for Sick Children to take dollars out of your pocket, or is death to take babies out of their cradles? That is the question, One gift more in. the Hospital's trea- sury means one coffin less in the LITTLE WHITE HEARSE. The Hotpital must be digging up help tor little children from the soil of human kindness, or sextons will be digging graves for little children it, the soil of many a cemetery. The Hospital or Sick Children can only volunteer its mercy in so far as you friends of little children *volunteer your money for service in the Hos- pital's never-ending battle for the lives of the little ones. Let your money fight in the trenches of some mother's trouble and rescue some little child from the dugout of pain, disease and death. • Can the Hospital leave children to die because the -fathers of those chil- dren have left home to light for lib- erty on the British battle line, and can the Hospital help the childreneof Can- ada's. soldiers with its care unless you help the Hospital withyour cash? You have money enough to help every other war fund without keeping back a dollar from the Hospital's war fund—the fund that helps the Hospital save the lives of little children, includ• ing the soldiers' little children. Do not let the little children pay, in the loss of the Hospital's care, the con- tribution that ahoula be given and must be given to the war funds. Your money can send a message•of cheer to some father iii the trenches— yes, send that message from the cot where the Hospital nurses some little child. back to life, the child of the father who is fighting your battle in the trenches. Every dollar kept from the Hos- Marl's power to serve the little chil- dren is a weight added to the burdeus and a grief added to the sorrows of this war. Yon can bear to liave year, pocket emptied of a little money- easier than some mother can bear to .have her home emptiedof a little child. Will you send a dollar, or more if you can, to Douglas Davidson, Secre- tary -Treasurer, or . J. ROSS ROBERTSON, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The New Army On the Somme """"""•"h" """ " uickeroREasier MoreCondottable Are yott taking advantage of ALL. the modern Methods of saving time and trouble? Are you tqi-to-date in your shaving as well as In youvark? Are you using a va-anatanan-a-aneet-S-e-e-aeoreenoan++ It was given to me to complete 22 months' service at the front by taking part in tho Somme' offensive. What 'impressed me mostly was the wonder- ful organization and preparation for the advance, which seemed to mark a new chapter in our conduct of the war. From the making of roads to the laying down of water supplies every- thing seemed to have been thoust out and what is more important still at the crucial moment, to work without a hitch—a marked improvement on anything that had been witnessed be- fore. Of the Britisheoldier himself I can- not speak too highly, He clearly prov- ed in the present offensive that once at grips with the °Orden he le the better eoldier. If it had not been for the German machine guns I think we should have broken right through the line long ago, Considering their period of training, the new armies have ac- quitted themselves beyond expectation and have Splendidly niaratelhed our traditions. I shall never forget the way the sole diem ot the new arrates. went through barrages of hostile shell fire in amen• ner wcIrthy ot the beat disciplined troOpe. The ,spirit of our. me n.• vas stoma by the fact thet there was no straggling, On one day after ten days of the offeasive -in the division to which 1 belonged only ohe man report- ed to the doctor sick, and he belonged. to a n41-oOmbattult part of the Serv- ice:I—a very remarkable thing, for it would not be abitorital In a division in • one day to have 200 men reportilig sick for slight or serious ailment. Here it teeitimeny wet° needed to the Mettle of our eoldiere we have it — their own desire is to get at the Gar- ment. 011e Of my battalions going through a barrage whieh tteemed Int- poreible to• penetrate, without the slighted hatitatiOn or dieOrganization. But for the very high irttlividUal standard of Intelligente I do not think the great fighting qualities of the hew make could have bee tide. VeloPed in so ehOrt a epee°, of time. alndeubtedly, the officers of the no arntiee have proved a greet ace - teat; to Use a Miner altpreeeimi, the Ulna 'Me justified ROIL Nothitg can tatted( their bravery, unhappily PrOVed by tite proportion of carnal. ties among aur officers, who de lead and are first in any assault. Whett it is remembered that the /n ett Safety' Razor In Its owb way the Gillette is as quick, efficient awl convenient as your Inliker, your binder er your telephone. It compares with other razors as these modern inventlens compare with the things they have replaced. Without honing;stropping or fussing, the Qillette will gtvo you the easiest and most comfortable shave you even entoyed, in five tranutea or -less i It makes shaving an every -day pleasure instead of an irk- some twice --week Job. "Bulldog", "Aristocrat" and Standard Gillette Sets cot $5.—Pocket Editions and $6—Combination Sets $6.50 up. You can buy them at Hardware, Dru', Jewelry, • Men's Wear and General Stores.• Gillette Safety Razor Co. of Canada, Limited 219 .1 Office er.a Factory Gillette Building; MONTREAL. --e-teca•er .. 1 ...... training of the new artinery has obliterated trench an Australian was discovered with a serious wound Milts left hand; two of his fingers had been blown off by a Geemati bombe' When. asked. why •le had not gone to •• *tea dressing station- he replied that he was quite capable of hurling bombs with his other hand. When the Anzacs first arrived in France rumor has it that they asked the Canadians whether they had -teen any real fighting:or had been. in Flan- ders; I believe since then the Anzacs have modified their estimate of the fighting on the western front. Greatly as eve admired the Anzacs who fought tor seven days with us, an Australian colonel who saw my men taking the same trench remarked "I thought my men were fine, but there are a dozen in your Durhams I have never seen equalled." Just before daybreak one morning went round the line to see how the night battle had progressed, and in the dim light I saw a considerable crowd of men coming over the hor- izon towards the windmill, and as the eviiidmill was the objective of the Australians during the night I as- sumed that what I saw was a German counter-attack until I suddenly ob- served what I thought was the attack- ing ibie lie down and fire in the di- rection of the enemy. Then, with the help of glasses I discpvered these were Anzacs bringing back some Ger- man prisoners. When I asked the Australian com- manding officer what they were up to he said, "Oh, that is simply a huntitig partyl"—Brigadier-General Henry P, Croft, M. P„ in the London Dispatch. e* been compressed into one quarver of the time it es supposedto be neeee- sary to turn out an efficient gunner, the results so. far attained must be censidered eminently Satisfactory. Our infantry have been able to at- tack right up under ,the barrage, so well timed has been the .11,1 ring of the guns. • , The heavy guns of -intact" we die- pcee must have been a great surprise to the Germans, both in weight of metal and in accuracy. But it is well to bear in mind that bbeervers cannot be trained in a day, and everything should be done to encour- age this branch of instruction. The great justification of any ser- vice is its euccesti. In the Somme offensive the Royal Flying corps have been simply reagnifitent. For the first twenty days we hardly saw a Gernien machine, while our Menai in very large numbareewere • carrying out their various functions at alti- tudes whkh would appear to be courting death. Ono could not help seeing that title air ascendancy met confer an enormous advantage on our artillery and be.; of the greatest pee - table assietan.cta,to the staff. I have been • 'greatly struck in the months of war I have experienced la' the utiity• of the British race as ex- emplified by the men that all parts of the empire have sent to the trenches. In the heavy fighting at Festubert it was an inspiring spectacle to me to see the Canadians totaling up in relief and I had the same feeling on the Somme, when the Australians, after we had had about a fortraiahas hard fighting, coma up to take our place, marching through a poisonous gas area and through a heavy barrage be- fore they reached, our lines. No one could fell to be impressed by their splendid.* bearing .and mag- nificent physique. A few days later we found ouaseives fighting next to the Australians and eate them for three or four days, hold their line un- der as terrific o. shell fire as has been experienced in France. The Artzacsbowed • good Omuta,' and when we arrived on the scene they were boxing a bloody bomb fight ill a trench part of which was after- wards captured by my brigade. The Anzacs wore to be relieved at 9 o'clock at night, but they could not be persuaded to relinquish the fight, and as the trench was a very narrow one It was impossible to force them to o orae out.. Not until 11 o'clock the next morning were my bombers able to take over. A fine sense of fellowship sprang up. between my north -countrymen and the Anzacs. The Australian is a little unconven- tional at times and sometimes came over for what he described as a rest in our trenches, the most unrestful place I hese evetaknown. In our half - AN IDEAL STATION It has been said by officials of other roade that the Windeor street staticn is the best kept of any they have seen, and tbie is due to tIte efforts of Mr. Bell, W410 is the genial euperintendent of the building. Cer- tainly, the station proper, he yards, the platform, the tracks, the concourse, the waiting rooms—all bear testimcny to the scrupulous care with which they are treated.There is not a scrap o? paper to be seen anywhere. The motor trucks have their entrances arta exiete; but they never trouble the pas- sengers. The coneourse has latterly been entirety re -painted with a color which , gives the tight all the necessary- en- couragement. The whole administra- tion of the station and offices is like clock work for precision and Order and neatness. The higher officials are much interested in seeing that all is In apple pie order in a station which speaks the work of advance and pro- vides for the future. We all agree that love is blind when our girl falls in love with some other fellow. Ay,* 1 NS ...vi I WANTED FOR THE sz A Ri AL NAVY . IV Two thousand Canadians are wantett for tho Royal Naval Itti.,- rt.OiarsVoltuateer Reserve townie& Manning the new ships of the Imperial Royal Navy.. immediate- overseas service. Only men 0 ef rood character and good Opaque accepted, Pay 0164 Minimum por day—Free Kit ‘01 $20.00 per Meath Separation Allowance ', Apply to the nearest Naval ti it:4. Recruiting Station, or to the 0 ept. of Naval Ser. , ifte - vice, OTTAWA. ti.-„,: - atInearan " en* wear. --eenneeelareaear A MARKED MAN. (Ufa) 'Perkins Is down and out, Isla "Oh, yes—be told me the other Was paying carat for everything." • $HE WAITRO. (Itultre) 4ir.1 YOU slap the Impudent tellow'a face and not let hint lass you? ,goosie. I let him kiss me ioat NOT WHAT HZ MEANT, (neeton Transcript) !me (at masquerade ball) --In, yoo, think nay costume becoming4 He—yee, indeed; but you Would be love- ly in any diusuise. FOR OTHERS' HAPPINESS. (Judge) "We should an do something to ;mace. other Pculdu huiree." said the muscle, inessious porton. "Yes, even if It Is only to let them alone," adt.ed the uuregenerate on. USELESS, (130StCra Transcript) Wife—Do come over to Mrs. Parlor's with rue, John. She'll make you feel just Uri If you were at home, Ilub—Then zylutt.on earth is the eerie° of going there? • PATRIOTIC SENATOR. (Washington star) "Do you fear for thefuture of your country?" -04 course," replied Senator Sorghum, "Aly country hag alwaye to face the ehance of tny landing in the minority or even being retired to private lLfe."- AN EXCEPTION. • . (Lite) "She's fond of every kind of animal. Isn't she?" "I don't think she cares much for her husband," BAD JOINTS. (Judge) "I've zeen some pretty bad joints in ti my me,'•. "What are you—a, reformed crook?f' "Not exactly -1'm a PleMberl" NOT IN'HIS (Judge) Flubdttb—Do you know the total num- ber of tea drialtere In A.meriett? • Guzaler—X do not. • X am no tea totel- er. , • • or • A PITY. (Baltimore Anierican) "A loving word can medicine most ills." "What a pity, then, that loving,words arc not drugs in the market." UNCLE REMEMBERED... (Boston Transcript) . "Did Your uncle remember you In hla "Oh yes. He 'left the thousand dol- lars I owed him to the Inebriates' Home." WARNING FREDDIE. . (Louisville Courier Journal.) "Freddy," • "Yeas?' "Why don't you marry that charming girl?" "Bah Jove; X have half a mind." • "Let her find that out afterwards." - EASY. (Life.) et don't see how you got that boy to take the castor oil." “Easy enough. I told him to try sotne first and see how he liked it, ard if he didn't like it he needn't take It.' AN EXCEPTION. (Washington Star.) "A. man can always change his °Pin- ion." "Not always. 'Whea 1 had voted one may in the morning ther wouldn't lot Me go back and vote the other way in the afternoon." .. ALWAYS BILLS.: (Boston Transcript.) "I wish to inform you," bald her law- yer, "that your wife has filed a bill for divorce," "Oh, at course," responded the busy banker, "It's nothing but bills, bills, bills. How much is tide one?" SCIENTIFIC AND PRETTY. (Louisville Courier.Journal) "Professor Wombat, what areyou go- ing to name your little girl?" "X wanted to call her Radio Tellurium, but My wife objects to that. Still, I should like to give her a scientific name." "You can give her a scientific. ramie and one that will be pretty, too. Why not call her Violet Xtay?" IN THESE DEAR DAYS. (Washington Star) "You like -stories of sVendor and ex- travagance?" "Yes, 1 oven enjoy reading an old coeds book and seeing how lavishly people used to toss butter and eggs and .eream around." QUALIFIED, •-• (Baltimore American) • "Hero's a' man- ‚writs to join Me. lift literary club who 'Intairt-done any- thing more belpfRI to the eommunity than raising pigs. "He'll pass on that. He's making his living by Iris pen." SHRINES IN CHINA. 11.•••••••••4a•••••.,**.• One On Mount Omei Often Lures an Enthusiast to Death. On the climbing hill roads in yesa ern China, on the lower sloies 'of Omei, the sacred mountain, may be men now and then a motley proces- sion of Chinese of all ranks wearing strings of "aesh" around their necks and carrying yellow bags, bound. for the presence of the many altrinen The strings of eash are for the Mend - cants, inseparable conmitant of wor- ship in the orient. The road leads upward through &tr- eats of ash and pine, pleasantly cool after the heat ot the eastern Dialog. Some ot• the wealthier are carried on uncomfortable little wooden saddles, strapped to the backs of coolies, but the majority see salvation on feet. As olio pante higher and higher one comes to the first of the monasteriea, a "Iltie structure, low arta cool. Al - moat alt the monasteries are new. Mount Omei is uncomfortably dose te heeven itt sortie ways. Lightning bolts striks the buildings froptentlY, and the whole top has been Willed over paint gad again. Nevertheleila More than 2,000 monks dwell here, ad to fulfil all their duty the pioue thtiat bent tapers before sixty-two shrines. There is the Itali et the Tranquil Heart arid the (late ot Heaven, throttgli which you Ora° to the Mona astery of Everlasting aoy. • The Moot bdautifulepOt ob. lioupt Omei is a jutting lenge abbe° aIt al- most bettomiees precipice. The spOt in called the Rejection of the Many Myetic, intoxleated by endlese distance and dizzying height, hits [leaved here all the problems or relig- ion by a single ate') over the brinkaa Argontatt. If, before placing eity butter itt the frying pan, YOU run a ittyer Of olive oil over the bottom, you will MVO no trouble. -about burnimx fried Mod.