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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-06-14, Page 6cgt Theme oho pooh-pooll \that would happen to Canada in ease of a defeat of the Allies might ponder over the statement of U. S. Secretary Lane, that the T..T. S. went into the war because She anew that such a, defeat would Mean that Canada would come under GeraIan control, Chewing guni, like rum, has become nrcessitY at the front. The U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Coma MercelyB that the large 8101m:tents to Prance nnd England bear out this view. In 1912 the States sent only $90,183 worth to England, and in 1916 $203,414 worth, The French trade bas developed from MO in 1912 tO $90,201 in the first five mounts of 1917. Berlin announces that the Allied of- fensive on the West has come to a de- finite conclusion. In other words, that Gens. Haig and Nivelie have failed to overcome the Germans in France. Gen. Hindenburg has offfcially informed the Kaiser to this effect. and the Kaiser in turn informs his people and sings Praises unto the Lord for the victory thus vouchsafed to German arms. "God's aid," he declares. "has guided our incomparable troops to accomplish their excellent acts, and endure suc- cessfully the mightiest battles in the history of the war." The Kaiser ex- claims, "The Lord be praised. Glory tor His help." We have yet to hear from Gens. Haig and NiveIle before we believe that the war is lost by us and won by the Kaiser. Hindenburg made a mistake of this kind once be fore. Prince Kart Friedrich, the German royal atrman, and nephew of the Kai- ser, who Was wounded and captured at the front by the Australians, and who died recently, before his death, in describing to the British chaplain how he wee caught. said: I saw the predicament would be in when I landed, so decided to burn my Machine and run for it. The Austra Hans were too clever for me and gave me a warm time when I took to my heeae. I had a sporting chance, and took it, but. I was not a winner, I felt a twitching sensation in my back, and Tell forward, done for. The Austra. hens, whose prisoner I became, treat ed me with the greatest kindness. They are spoetsmen, and great men. I have a wonderful admiration for them. If I am anything I am a sport. 1 have played tennis with Wilding and other first-claes players. I shall never forget the jolly time I had in England when I.played them all. The kindness which has surrounded me since 1 be. came a prisoner has brought back the memory of those days. The Austra Haas were good to me, the officers and soldiers who attended me coming down the line were very considerate. and tbe whole atmosphere of this hos. pital is kindness. THE LEADER OF THE U. S. TROOPS. Fate robbed Gen. Funston of the op- portunity of commanding the Ameri- can forces that a ill be sent to the front in Prelim. He was the leading spirit of the late Mexican invasion: Gen. Pershing being in immediate command of the troops. Death Gud-. clearly overtook Punston shortly after the withdrawal of the United States troops; from „Mexico. Major-General John Joseph Pershing will lead the U. S. troops when fighting alongside the Mlles. Funstth was a western marl, aa 's Persaing. The former was a native of Ohio, but raised on a Kan• sae farm, tele latter sprang from one of the old families of Linn County, hiissouri. Both achieved brilliant re cords in the Philippines, previous to tre aguinaldo insurrectien and after ward, and paesed through many sani ler cezporiencee. Ahhoygli be had ex tainted eapaeity in the Philippine,: flret oeportun:ty to displae ability in handling a fare commenu in eircuinstatpeot calling .at once fez dash and judgment, came to him when be v.•:!ti lutrusted. with (he expedition- ary forerent into Mexico. It was hie ire etion. Iti'e pursuing the lawless Villa and his banditti, to avoid coin Won either with the Meetican people 0. with the Carranza troops, yet, at the (tame time, to impress bah with the fact that the Unied Statee was prepar- ed to go to any length in order to pro- tect its people aloag the border, froro outrage of any origin. It is an Interesting fact that, tut a lieuteneht, Pershing was, it 1898, re - :commended for a brevet "for personal eallantry, untiring energy and faith fulness itt the Battle of San Juan on July 1," by Lieut. -Col. Beddwin, of the Tenth Cavalry. This wae the engage- ment in which Colonel Roosevelt, and his Rough Itidero dietinguished them selves itt Cuba. Preeideat Roosevelt did not fOrget the association, for 3906 he promoted Captain Pershing to brigadiet generalship. Pershiag is a man of few words.. But be speak e ex. cellent 'French, which will stead him in good Stead over at the frotiti 4.-., What Counts. • There may not be muth in the things that you say -it's the way that you tiay them; Tho kind Of the gamethat you plea. 'dOesit't count; it's the way that YOU PlaY Mem* In Palace Or cottage, in office or diteli or wherever Mere working, 'rho test of your manhood is atswer- Rig this,. Are you triving Or .shirking? `• And 1ifts at the best only gives back Win tO you that whieh yOze gIvo it; $o high life or low life Means nothing eP all ire the it)' that rou s it. ^ Mumtre.smin•welEMEEL.""="1..4711, gleassesesseweseassweawe meseeseue. HER HUMBLE ===LOVER 01.0.10000. 11 serimononeseepwealawlesislielsogielleatlaailLeasiolostaimmaiimemeasies "1 ani sorry," she says, resignedly. "But come into breakfast. In all our wanderings there has never neen crisper ham and whiter cream, and - ah, I am ao huttgrYl" He puts his arm round her waist, careless of any spectators there MaY be, and lasses her. "Is this the same Pale -faced Ythileg lady who used to turn with !natter - ewe from all the delicactes of a Paris- ian chef, and who caused a great doc- tor to look grave?" he Says, with: gentle banter 'Sometimes I think It is not," she Ne, it is the same Simla who munched biscuits and drunk coffee without malt out of e tin cup in the Island of Si. Clare." "Would to heaven we were there now!" he says, unwitingIY- "Without seeing Florence " she ex- claims, innocently. "But do you really? .Why not go beak, *lector? Do you think I should mind? It to all one to me so that you are Int my side. Dear old Northwell! Yes, I could give up Morello without a sigh." "Could you?" he says, almost eager- ly; then he shakes his head and smiles. "No, we must obey the doctor and complete the cure. Let me see, which is our route!" "Here is the map," she says, jump- ing up and unfolding it, and leaning over: his shoulder "It is always a mys- tery to me how you find our way by It. It all looks one mass of lines aud caterpillars. I suppose there are not really so many mountains as they put int". "You think they are thrown in for effect?" he retorts, laughing. "Hem!" and his face grows grave. "What's the matter?" she asks. "Point out the road for me." He takes up a fork and traces the thin, dark line on tbe map. "It's our friend the torrent, again," he says, knitting his brows, "It stop- ped us yesterday, and will hinderens again to -day. We must go round tlIdae, Instead of stra•ight forward, and -1'm afraid we shal find no inn that we could stop at under thirty miles." "011, the poor horses!" At this moment Saunders' heavy British knock is heard at the door. He comes in quietly an drespectfully, but looking rather grave. "Well?" asks Lord Delamere. "I beg your pardon, my lord, but it is a very long journey to -day?" A quick look of apprehension comes into Lord Delamere's eyee. "Yes. Why?" "Then I am afraid the chestnut won't be able to do it, my lord." With an exclamation that sounds strangely in the ears of Signe and the man, with whom Lord Delamere's marked self-posseasion is a matter of course, Hector strikes the table. "We must leave here to -day; it -it is imperative." "Yes, my lord," assents Saunders, quietly; "that I must make some ar- rangements. Can we break the jour- ney, my lord, a matter of twelve or fifteen miles—" "The journey Is twenty-ftve, and must be done in the day," readies Hee- tor, sternly. "If our horses cannot do It, we must get others." Saunders looked rather doubtful. "There is only one horse in the place; not a bad animal, take him all round, but he won't run in double harness. I've tried him already, my lord." Lord Delamere gets up, crushing the map together with his hand, and stands with thoughtful brow. "Surely there are horses to be had; borrow or buy them -anything; but get them." "No, ray lord," says Saunders, re- spectfully, but firmly. "Knowing that' your .lordship wanted to get on, I made inquiries; there is only one horse, atid we must have two for the earriage." "Yes, yes," assents Lord Delamere, Impatiently. "Is there nothing you can suggest? Call the landlord." The landlord comes in wittvan elab- orate bow to milord and miladi, but he does not help the situation much. The One horse is at milord's service; If there were a dozen horses they should be considered milord's, bilt - there is but one; and he stretches out his hand. "How soon can you get a couple?" demands Lord Delathere, curtly. The landlord ponders. The nearest village lies ten miles back. A man could obtain a pair from there -the expense would be great. Lord Delamere makes an impatient gesture, and paces the room for a moment. Alt -wonderingly, Signe looks on. To her this eagerness to leave this prettY little Tuscan village Is inexplicable. Not for a moment does her memory connect its beautiful name with the story in Laura Der- went's letter; the only reason that oc- curs to her for his restless desire to push on is that lie may spare her Zonie trifling inconvenience, and she is about to speak rtad implore him to• remain, when he looks up with att air of relief, "The chestnut?" be says to Saun- ders. "It is nothing serious. You Mast tako her and the pay half -way; it is twelve miles only, they will have nothing to drag, and rest her for an hour or two. Wo could follow With the hired pair and the carriage, and so make Florence to -night." Saunders' face clears and he nods. "I never thought of that, my lord," he says, with selmiratiOn in his tone. "Certainly. Oh, yes, that's all she wants -to go the twelve miles may, and. rest a bit. I'd take her forty miles that way." Hector turns to the landlord promptly, "Dispatelt s. mast for the pair you Soak of without toss of time. 1)o not let WWI conte away Without them -.you understand?" and he puts a tett-potted Bank of England note on the table. "You start at once, &tun - dere, with our own horses; You ren- net mistake the road, It is no straight as a die; ask for Plorenee if you are in deubt, Yoh wilt -arrive at a way- side inn, is small place, not so large aM thie. You know the kind. It is called the Itiagle-eh, landlord?" "Milord is right." "You evill knew it by the painted Win -e -in case there should be no corn there -it is a poor little placetalte a nese bag with you. Wait there till *ea tate. 1 takellite for tWo Una' tett, tor the theestriut," "PleittY, MY lord, plenty," *mid Saunders, cheerfully. The landlord, taking up theanote with a reverent air -you want to travel on the Continent to understand the value of a. Bank of England, note Or an English sovereign-bowaand follows him put, "What a. miudi" he exclaims, ,ele- vating his eyebrows, and jerking MS head backward. - Saunders grins. "What, mY guy'nor? Rather! Yon can put him in a hole that he can't flint hie Way out of, if there Is a Way. I say, landlord, 1! you were to get a few more like him to pass this way, and stop, the Mountain Goat would make a fine thing of it!" "Truly, yes!" assents the landlord, with a 'sigh, as he hurries on. With the same suppressed eagerness Lord Delamere comes out and watches Saunders harness the horses, and even assists with his own hands; and it is not until they have disappeared /ram view that he turns and re-enters the Inn. "Well, we shall have time to do the lions, at any rate," Says Signe, "Let go at once, Hector." And she takes up her hat -a deer- stalker that has proved eminestly serviceable during the trip. Reluctantly, with a forced smile, he puts her light cloak round her, and they go out. The little village street, with its half dozen houses scattered irregular- ly on either side, is bathed In sun- light; a few peasant women, standing gossiping at their doors, cease their musical chatter to stare after the two strangers, and then utter swift words of admiration of the young English miladi. A venerable priest, with white hair and that profound expression of ser- enity and peacefulness peculiar to his class, comes slowly down the street from the chapel on the hill, and with a smle raises his clerical het in pater- nal greeting. Signe, flushes with in- nocent pleasure and bows, and Hector lifte his hat in acknowledgment.. "'What a, beautiful place." she ex- claims, alraost beneath her breath. "1 cannot fancy anyone being unhappy here, and yet I suppose they hear the fluttering of the wings of the angel • of grief sometimes." He does not reply; -with every plop they take he grows more silent -1 moody; and once he stops and takes off his hat, as it to cool his brow. "The place is stifling," he says, with a sign. Signet looks up at him quickly. "Let us go back," she says at WO. "No, no," he says; with an effort. "There is the chapel -you must see that. It will 'be cooler there," and ho quickens his paee. They ascend the green slope aud reach the chapel door; it is wide open -for in Tuscalty, as in ltalY throughout, religion is something more than a one -day -In -the -week af- fair, and the weary peasant or trou- bled housewife can enter the doors at any hour and find peace veal con- solation. With the reverend spirit whielr al- ways falls upon Signa when she enters a house of prayer, she goes in scftly, and stands for a moment looking into the interior, made peacefully sbady by the old painted windows. Coming out of the sun -glare into the dint, religious light, Signa can scarcely dis- cern anything but the dark outlines of the carved pulpit and the great win- dow over the altar. She pauses with bent head -never in her 'life has she been guilty of regarding the cathe- drals and chapels of the continent as show places to be entered noisily and stared at throb.gh an opera -glass; and with the feeling of awe which always possesses her on the threshold of a sacred edifice, she stands silent and ntotionless. Hector looks in thoughtfully, hesi- tates a moment, then sinks on the stone seat in the porch. So they re- main until suddenly, yet not abruptly, the solemn tones of the organ break the intense silence. It is the organist Practising for the waling harvest feetival. With bowed heed and hushed footsteps, Signe, goes further into the chapel, and stands listening reverently, There is something In- finitely sad and 'mournful in the strains of music, and as i3he listens a strange feeling comes over her that makes the tears well into her eyes. She waits until the music has ceased, and then turns to go out, feeling awed and soul -Stirred. As she does so a young girl who, unseen by her, has been close beside her, crosses her path and goes slowly out by a clOcir at the other end of the chapel. As she passes she looks up, without the slightest.traee of curiosity, with the deepest abstraction, at the bright, love- ly face, teed Signe and she exchange glances. The girl's face is a beautiful one; but it Is not the beauty which strikes Signe, it is the sad and acute - what wild eXPreeelon which shines in the dark eyes. For a moment only sho looks at her, then, no reverently and softly as she had catered, she goes etit and rejoins Hector. He looks up and starts as he secs the tears in her eyes. "Well?" he says. She sinks down beside hint "Why did you not conte in, cleat?" she says, and her Voice is like the meet tones Of the crawl, "It is a beautiful little chapel! Oh! I cannot understand how some. of the tourists can stroll around such a olttee in the Cold-hearted,•Irreverellt way they dol. Often and often it has Made me un- happy to see thenn" "They are not angels of goodness like my darling," he says, gently. "Shall we go now? Do you know that you have been itt there over half an licurr "Have I! I.should Mee stayed 'itntli the organ mused, though it bad been an hour. Are you so hot till?" "etch" he says. "Let us go bath." They go back to the inn; the itannen aro still -gossiping at their doors, a grotty of girls are chattering and laughing at the fountain in the middle of the street; it Is tor all the world like a teetto front an opera, mid Siena takes it all in Witli keen enjoyment; but /Teeter jot Alaneet1 aroand him end then lanees into monde telt-eon:- Mut:ion obly half etiteealed. "I have.ttottie letter's to write," seye , Sigua, jt e she throws hier bat 40W11. "1 want to tell Lady Itooltwell (Omit this place, end Jeaura--I wonder where 6he is, by the way? In London, per haps. It I cottld paint,. I ;should like to paint that chapel and the village Street, women and all. But 1 Intlat give thont a word picture." He stands at the table and leolte down at the .bright face with a thoughtful eye. - "Why choose this village out of all we have seen?" he aYs. you get to Florence; you sornething to write about then, Wculcl to beaven that we were there:" Sheppyl.p..aoks up from her writing case, "Why are you in such a burry, Hec- tor? Is it on my account? If so, you need not be; I am perfectly He kisses her, tands for a moment watching her arrange her writing Materials, then takes out ids cigar case and goes to the door, Signa writes a long letter to Lady Rookwell, and a ehorter one to Aunt Podswell, inclosina, an affeetionate note for Archie, and so the morning glides away. Suddenly she hears an exclamation, and looking„up, sees the londlord, all ebrugs and apologetic bows, "Milord, I am sorrow itself! But I am powerless! The horses have been sent two leagues distant and cannot be obtained until to -morrow!" There is a. hasty, impatient retort' from Lord Delaznere, a further parole- getic explanation from the landlord, and Signe, throwing down her pen, goes out to find Hector leaning against the door with his extinattleh- ed cigar in his hand, and bis browe knitted In it dark frown. He turns with a forced laugh as she Wears, and flings the dead cigar into the road. "Pate is against us!" he says, with affected theignation. "The only bore - es In all Tuscany, as it appears, can- not be got, and we are doomed to re- main here another night." "It Is rather a pleasant doom," says Signe. cheerfully. He looks at her, then glances at his Yinarleasant," he echoes, with a laugh that has a bidden bitterness. "Yes," she says. "I must add a postscript, telling Lady Bothwell how the omnipotent Earl of Delamere, iwinhao.ucarried all before him at North - well, was brought to bay at- Casa - He stares at her, then forces a smile. "Yes, do so," he says, grimly; "tell them that not even I mat fight. against Fate." "Fete in the eltape of a. scarcity of horses," she says, with a happy laugh, Her light-heartedness awakens it faint response from him. "It is evident," he says, "that it is easier to get into Casalina than. out of -it," It is the first time fie has. spoken the name of the village since last night, and he hesitates slightly, as if the name were distasteful to him. The landlord glances rrom -one to the other, then disappears, and pre, Bendy a maid eaters to lay the cloth. Signe, coils herself up in a window - seat, and watches her with serene contentment, and, the luncheon hay - Ins made its appearance, is about to call Hector, when the clatter of horses' hoofs breaks, the stillness. A moment after she hears the voice of the landlord in deep dialogue with another voice; Lord Delamere chimes in; and suddenly he enters with • a Piece of paper in his band. His faoe is pale and troubled, and utterly unlike its usual grave- self- possession. "By heavens!" he exclaims, "this Is too much!' "What is, Hector?" she asks, springing up and coming to his Ole. -"Don't be alarmed. my darling," he says, controlling himself. "There has been an accident. It is nothing seri- ous, but Saunders has been thrown - at least, I imagine so -and lies at the. little inn I spoke of, the Eagle, with a broken, or sprained, or strained leg, he does not say which; but he cannot move." "Poor Saunders!" exclaims Signe. "Let me see his note. Poor fellow! And yet he thinks only of our con. venienee and the horses. Id there any. one there to look after him, Hector?" He has put. the question to himself. already, and is afraid of the answer. "I do not 'know. Most probably not. What is to be done?" "You must go to Um," Says •Signa, quietly. "You will, won't you, Hec- tor?" He pauses in his pacing to and fro, an'd looks at her. "And leave you here alone?" he says„ troubled. "Oh, me? Do not think of me," she says, instantly. "We mast think of him only, now. Poor Saunders; so faithful and devoted as he has been. You. must go, Hector!" He stands pale atal hesiating— quite unlike his usual self, "But -but," he says, "1 cantiot leave you here alone!" "Why not?" she says, "It will be only for a few hour. You will come back, or I will follow. Hector, I am not afraid." "Why.should miladi be afraid! Of a Certainty, -no!" pats in the landlord, j'aEd.vitry care shall he taken of ma "Of coUrsel" says Sign% cheerful, ly, "I shall be quite safe -safe! whet Is there to harm me? Don't think of me, dear. That poor fellow may be lying there quite belplees, With no one to undeistattd hint. 011, you must go, Heater!" He stands motionless another Inca ment, then muttering; "Fate, fate!" he goes out. He and the landlord between them saddle the one horse in CaSalina, then he comes back to Signa. < "I shall ride back on one of nut own 'horses, darling," he says, hold. Ing her in his arms, "and ehall not be long -at leant, I hope not! Sonia evil gentue 'has taken poesiession of as, By beaven, for half a wOrd 1 would not leave aOtt evert now." "/ shall not speak that hillf word, dear," she Whispers. "1 ant not afraid to be left alone a little while, Why ehould I be? We ehould never forgive ourselves if we left poor Saunders for a moment longer than WO could help! It ivould be desertion. Think, if we were in lazt plight, how he Wottld fly to us." "Saunders! Smolders! It is et You T at thlkningl" be says, with wild bitterness, "And I haVe no thought but ter Yon Yetv-and him," she says, gently, "Do I not know how you Would feel if you did not go? Geed bye, I -letter, My own darling!" He straies her to hint, almost wild- ly, then, with a suppreseed gtOntts flings hiniself lista the /saddle and genet% up the Street. (To be et:slab:tied./ Of tlesa Git hoose the one that isn't matte inCiertomy. Clean, and—om ••••Porree from Dust Sealed Packets Only . • Never in Bulk ISlack—Mixed—Pktural Green 1212 BAHIA. Is ("entre a Art and Religion in Itepublic of Brazil, mii,••••••VMMIM,MMIN.011. Bahia, once the Capital of Brazil, le atilt in many ways the centre of art and religion in that largeet of South American republics. She is the oldest of Brazilian cities, and those of her present inhabitants who are descend- ed from a long line of natives of thb place -as znany of them are -look down on Rio arid Sao Paulo as up- starts and parvenus among municipal- ities, After the puzzlins cutout of several Brazilian cities, the nallle of Gallia le really not Bahia at all. The same thing is tree of Para, for instance, known to its inhabitants as Bernet. Bahia is really Sao Salvador, The bay of Sao Salvador is called Bahia de Todos Santos -Bay of All Saints, The state of Bahia was named after the bey, and foreignsrs transferred the name of thefaate to the principal city, and Sao Salvador lost out, even on the atlas, Bahia, or Sao Salvador, wbichever you prefer, is a city chiefly notable for the number of its public buildings and monuments. Some of them date back to Portuguese colonial days; others are very modern. The menu - Meats include numbers of very fine bronzes. After the South American fashion, there are monuments to the principal rivers of Brazil, as well as to the gloalous events in Braziliau hiGtory. Also after the puzzling South American fashion, these monuments are not.labeled in outspoken fashion with the name of the event they com- Inemorate. If a monument eommemo- rates the victory of Brazil over Para- guay, it is not labeled "To the ineMer31 of those who fell in that glorious con- flict, etc." It is simply labeled "The 11th of November," or "The 29t11 of June." You have to be well posted on local history to appreciate Brazil- ian monuments. At Bahia you get a glimpse of the tremendous atrearn ot tropical prod- ucts that pours out of the rick mysteta boas interior intothe maw of a hungry world. Cocoa and coffee, rubber and cotton, Tare woods, diamonds, strange bird -skins, nuts and sugar, precious metals --all these and a hundred oth- ers flow in to the holds of waiting hips. The docks of Bahia are some- thing half -way between a page from tropical romance and a wholesale gro- cery warehouse. • T ET a woman ease your suffering. I want "rove to write, and let me telt you of my simple method of home treatment, , send you ten days' free trial. post- ' IA Paid, and put you in touch with Sa women in Canada who will ak. gladly tell what my method has done for them. alikr If youare troubled with weak. tired . ft tions, bled - feelings. lis a d- A4074.1 ache, bear- der weakness, ache, b a it k- ing down c.4 oensa• constipation ca. of If; 15;; . tarrhal conditions. inrsereo.,,li pain in the sides, regu- Co:jet of internal or- It4,5 m ibs pl oil aaactrilen:g gans, nervousness, desire to cry, lpalpitation, hot flanhes, dark ring, ?ender the eyes, or a loss of interest i in Ste, write to me to -day. Address:1 I . Mrs. M. Summers, Sex 8 Windsor, Ont. BIRDS LEAVE WAR ZONE. Curious, Ominous Change On Europe's Battlefields. There are queer changes In the bird life of Europe. The birds seem to be all upset. It Is the awftil racket of the war which frieghtens them? There are in- explicable facts on a large scale. On the firing line it has become notor- ious that the birds in mass were habit- uated to trench .war early in 1915. For two they fluttered nonchalantly in the no -man's land between the hostile trench- es, They •ehirped in blasted trees be- tween shells. The contradictions are extraordinary.; and they began almost with the war. In the autumn of 1914, around Dijon, in Burgundy, far from the war, the regular passage of migrating birds became dif- ferent than it h.ad been from time The flocqs of mi- gratorS, Wild geese, and ducks, thrushes, larks; finches, were visible less numerous than usual and more seem to stop more than a few days in all Burgundy. 'The elinunitton of the flocks and their evident burry was more remarkable still in 1915; and in 1916, except for instep fowl, .whIch teemed to increase, the migrators prac- tically disappeared. Not it single floctt ot !erica; and in an entire afternoon across the fields ono Could not scare° up a dozen, solitary or in eouples. Not a thrush In this land of vineyards, where, habitually, when the grapes aro ripe, the ehildren have to be mobilized to fight off the flocks of thrushes. In vintage of 1915 they came One by one; but last autumn Tehan Voguet, evho is a character of the Coto d'Or, saw exaetly three threshes in hia vines, Where he had habitually shot them by the htuidreds. It Is the same with the birds of preY. No more buzzarda, no more sparrow hawks, and few hawks. Of course, It may be argued that th birds of prey have quite the land because there are sie natio birds, nothing but mice, for them to prey on; but, wny then, have the Mere% acted in the same manner—crowa never attack a living bird, They eat anything, yet never touch mouse, rat rabbit or man unless wounded or dead. Why have they gone? Intelligent farmers, hunters, learned men, even who have attulted the Matter on all sides, de- clare they do not know. It is a naystery. The peasants, 'who have a reason for everything, say it Is the war. "It frightens the birds," they say, "It's na.rtuutr,l;Mt: Why should the war matte birds quit aiand so far from the war as Burgundy? 1111; hir ohy4tevr thteheiyanietinbebeanbitsueaer. nfligyirnag: tion. There is no war in Ilonand, or in Norway, or in the Far North. It is a fact that In the zone of the armies, where the cannonade never ceases, the birda were not frightened away. For two year of war they remained as num- as usual and nee/nett to MO, no attention to the smashing and the carn- age, The whole thing Is inexplicable aind ominous.—Eansas City Star, Mlnard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc. Africa Will Lead in Railways. Africa, already has the fouudation for one of the completest and most evenly distributed railway systems Of all of the great continents of the world. Save Europe, the railways of all the other great geographical divi- sions are largely located itt certain highly developed areas -as in the United States and aouthern Canada in North America, while other regions are left blank ,and promise to remain so indefinitely. In Africa, a vigorous pushing of any considerable propor- tion of the projects that were in con- templation before the war will give that continent • a decade hence, not only a fairly even network of lines over the greater part of its area, but also more ranscontinental lines -both latitudinal and longitudinat-than either South America or Asia will be able to boaGt at the same date. Also in the imminent completion of the tion which will be considerably an - 1 bought it horse with a supposedly incurable ringbone for $30.00. Curea him with $1.00 worth of MINARD'S LINIMENT, and zeta him for $85:00. Profit on Liniment, $54. =SE DEROSCE. Hotelkeeper at St. Phillippe, Que. ^ - • - Cape-to:Cairo project -a consum- mation which will be considerably ac- celerated by certain work done during the war -it will have a line traversing its entire length from north to south long before any continent but Europe can lay claim to such a railway. The Cape -to -Cairo -with metals all the way and steamer transport on ' Nile and the lakes eliminated -might eas- ily. bring Capetown within ten or twelve days of London and Park:, and. a day or two could certainly be cut from even. this schedule by a line the French plan to run from Tangier -op- posite Gibraltar -across the Sahara, via Lake Tchad and the Belgian Con- -, to northern Ithodesia.-World tattlook, Minard's Liniment Curea Distemper, VINEGAR USE$-. Ilot vinegar will remove paint froin windows. Vinegar will remove shoe -blacking that has been spilled on clothing. Vinegar rubbed on diecoloved steel- work quickly makes it clean. Vinegar used In the riming water on wash day will prevent the hands from becoming rough and chanricd• Vinegar win clean wails and wood- work soiled tY smoke and dirt, and if added to the scrubbing water will loosen greese. Vinegar and salt will clean brass and gIe.ss bottle's. A tablespoonful of vinegar in 0 kettle of taffy is 111 prevent its turning batik to anger, and a. very small amount will net similarly with icing. Vinegar will eaten hardened glue, and if un old paint brush is allowed to sim- mer in hot vinegot and washed in strong soapsuds it Will 1)S like new. Soak new gas mantles in vinegar, then burn off, and the mantles will last much longer, Vinegar added to the Hush% water will retlegfad 'dC°iTun fnbcres. an excellent pet:glee for aches and bruises. A towel dipped in vinegar and hot WA - Or, wrung out and waved about the room will clear the air of smoke. Vinegar, diluted and ti;..pliest to fur- niture before pollehing insures a bril- liaTrihtellItilnisichness that eomes from stecnu- our exercise will disappear if it teacupful of vinegar is added to a warm bath and the remedy promptly tried. If it stove is rubbed over with vinegar before polishints the grease will be re- moved and the blacking will not burn off so milady. Vinegar mixed with the Llacking !unites it spread more smooth- ly. A. roast or fowl is made more tender by rubbing nith vinegar, and a teaspoon of vinegar added to boiled potatoes juot betore draining makes them white and flaky. e 'When Opportunity knocks at the door ite is no respecter of business hours, ••••••••••••••••••••••04.01.................1M.0•1•011..•••••••••....mod. Olukna of Praliova. Na traveler who lige visited Bon. mania returns without praising the wonders of Prahova. Here, after one has posed the heights of Predeal, Is a charming valley In the midet of for. este, of great rocks and Spouting wa- ters. The landscape evokes recollec- tions of Switzerland, with architec- ture that recalls lite orient, Azuga, Bustena, aro eeated oxi the bank of a tumultuous river. Farther away is Stull, The court and khe Roumanian aristocracy have bUlit in this delight- ful valley their sunliner homes. There are no large hotel. All that made life at Bukharest is taken by aurerner sojourners to the shadows oftered by Prahova and its aweet freohness. Near Slants- the valley widens and Campine, appears, the thief city of the coal lands and. of the ',telt mines. An- imals that are at liberty assemble about a block of salt to lick it, for salt, like petroleunt, ie everywilaere. HAIR GOODS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Mailed at lowest possible prices, consistent with high-grade work, Our Natural Wavy 3 -Strand Switehes atS5.00, 57.00 and $9.00 in all shades are leaders with us. Just send on your sample, or write for anything In our line. GENTLEMEN'S TOUPF,ES at 126.00 and $.15.00, that defy detec- tion 'when worn. MINTZ'S BAIR GOODS EMPORIUM 62 KING ST, W, HAMILTON, ONT, (Formerly Mdme, L Mintz). CMIVIEMMINC.11111.1111/0•11•MMOI .11.11•H=1.11•110.1M.1••••••• .10.1••••••••••••• Home Sports. "1 didn't know your business allow ed von much time for sports," said the visitor, as he glancd around at the visitor, as be' glanced around at on the walls of his friend's den, "ft doesn't -much," replied the mid- dle aged business man. "Wizen I get achIAA ce I sneak off to a gymnasium or to the country club, enost of my exercising I do right here in this room," "Surely you don't use the basket ball or the ice skates or that rifle here," said his friend with a smile. "You're wrong. I do," said • the busy mau, -briskly. "See that hook in the ceiling? 1 string the basket ball up, put on that pair of old kid gloves and bang it around for ten minutes every other morning or so. Best...punching bag I ever tried. "Those ice skates are just the right weight to use as dumbbells in some very quick exercises. e4iy one of those golf sticks makes a wand such as they use in gymnasiums to take the quirks out. of the muscles 0! the arms, chest and beck. "Those tennis balls are invaluable for strengthening the grip of the hands and the cords of tIte forearm. Take one in each hand and squeeze it about fifty times as hard' as you can ev'elrilr'itdhs3t%hat hunting rifle I haven't used in four years T go through the same stunts, including the manual ot arms that -Uncle Sam has worked out to keep his soldiers in good trim, 1 must admit that the tennis racket has puzzled me. I can't think of a thing to do with it except practise stroke with one of the bells against that clear part of the Wall." • Mlnard,s Liniment Cures Diphtheria. Causes of Worry. . Things to Worry About -That the coal supply can't last more than two or three centuries longer. That eternity is just as long in the nether regions of the next world as in the more exalted portions where the climatic and other conditions are more generous. That there Is getting to be so muclt prosperity in the country thet even the farmers and the wage wnrkers are trying to get hold nf some of it. That if the hair cut off each day in the barber shops of New York City were placed end to end, it would reach from New York to San Francisco, with a ten days' stopover at Grand Can- yon. That the market price of dinosan- rnses has risen eighteen thousand per cent. since the paleozoic period. - Judge. - A PERFECT MEDICINE FOR LITTLE ONES ••••••••••6••• Ba.by'ss Own Tablets is the ideal med- icine for little ones. They 'regulate the bowels and stomach; break up coda; cure constipatien and indiges- tion; expel worms, -and make- teething they. They are guaranteed to be ab- solutely free from injurious drugs and may be given to the youngest child With perfect eafety. Concerning them, Mrs. T. M. Forknall, ;Miss City, 13, C.. writes: "I have used Baby's Own Tab- lets for my three little Ones and have found them the best medicine a mother can give her -children." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by snail at 25 eents a box from The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Air -Driven Motor Cars. Automobile trucks with propeller like an aeroplane are now ekimming lightly over the sands of the Moroe- can desert trammorting troops, food and anomunition supplies for the 1%n:inch army. lit addition to the lla- ma rearewheel drive of meter trucks. the transports have an eight -foot pro. palter, which makes LON -revolutions it minute, at the rear of the Car. The propeller is driven by the same. Maitre that operates the rear wheels. The aeroplane propeller enables the car to travel lightly at a speed of from forty to fifty miles an hour over soft mewed and sand la which it heavily - loaded array transport, dependent up- on the Tearavheel drive would sink into the ground up to the hubs and get stuck. When the aereauto hits a hill or bump it gialee through the nit, it few inellga &Iwo the ground. The new machine Is not only a reat saver Sri time awl wear and tear oft the Wahine, but aleo it travels 80 lightly over had soma in the military reit& that it does- not learn them cor- rugated with ruts end impaesable for infitntry...-Amerleart Boy, "1 ant eonvitteed that Tentipkies is beginaitig to make a lot of itiOreiza." "Why do you think Ito?" "He's been going around lately betteting how math happier a Mt ist when heat 18SUB NO, 24, 1917 HELP WANTED, wANTIeD PROBATIONERS TO ee train for nurses. Apply, Wellandra Hoepttel, St. Catharine% Ont. MONEY ORDERS. R 'CY lova orT-or-Towx Setae A. plies with Dominion Express- Money Orders. Five dollars costs three yenta, mareorawomorriammemmirre•••••••••••.....onve.....00...gwooms AT STOCK SHOW "Better than usual" is the slogan cr the Toronto Fat Stock Show directore, who announce their eighth annual ex- hibition in this leen% to be bald at the ITninn Stock Yards, on December lilt and 8th- next, Our readers will re- member the record prices paid at the auction Bale at last year's show, the grand thamplon being bought by the te, Oaten, Company at 50c per pound, live weight. Premium lists will be out in a few &ate and will -contain all the old and several new classes, • 6 Explosives, The whole power of any explosion;; whether it be a burning of a detention, which is a sudden flying of certain chemicals into gas all at once every- where throughout the mass regardless of heat, is caused by nature's total re- fusal to permit two bodies to occupy the same place at the sante time. Gunpowder occupies a hole drilled in a rock deep enoegli toaccommodate a pint. A fuse -explodes it. During the time it tattoo that pint of , gunpowder to change to a gas it grows so that there are 401. pints of gas occupying the hole -or trying to. it the bole is strong enough they might. But it isn't. They push the rock apart and make room for themselves. If it was a ;tint of good dynamite there would be a volume of 743 pints of gas trying to occupy that pint hole. And if it was blasting gelatine 1,386 pints! -Scientific Am ericau, DRS. SOPER a WHITE SPECIALISTS Piles, Eczema, Asthma, Catarrh, Pimples, Dyspepsia. Epilepsy, Ilheumatism. Skim nay, Blood. Nerve and Wladder Diseases. Call or send history fer bee advice. Medieine furnished in tablet form, 'ouis--10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. Sundays -30 ant, to 1p.m. f• Consultation FCC& DRS, SOPER & mem!. 25 Toronto St., Torento,Ont. • j Please Mention This Paper. Gary's Recipes for Success. Judge Gary gives his recipe .fer sucesse. Ile says about a young man; First ---He should be honest, truth- ful, zilicere and serious. "Second -He should belleve,in and preach and sraetice the Golden Rule. "I hird-He should be strong and healthy, pbyaieally and morally. "Fourth -Ms habits and mode of tiring should be temperate and clean and his companions selected with re- gard to their character and reputa- tion. "Fifth -He should poseess good nat- ural ability and a determination son. stoutly to improve his mind and mem- ory. "Sixth -He should possess a good. edneatiOn, including particularly the fundamentals euch as methematics, grammar, spelling, 'writing, geography and history; and also a technical edu- cation concereing the lines he pro- poses' to follow. "Seventh -4!e should be studious and thoughtfel, keeping his mind upon a subject until it is mastered. "Eighth -lie should be =men- tions, modest, but courageous, persist- ent, energetic. even tempered, econom- ical, faithful and loyal to his friends and the interests he represents." - American Magazine. Minard's Liniment Cures Garget In Cows. Making Amends. A poor Turkieli slater of Constantinople, le-ing at work upon the roof of a house, lost his footing and fell into the narrow street upon a man. The pedeetrian was killed by th., conciteelon, while the slater eecepcd without material injury. A son of the deceased caused the slater to be arrested. The cadi listened attentively and in the ths nd asked the slater what Is had to say in his defense. "Disponser of justice," answered the accused, "it is even. as this man says, but heaven forbid that there should be evil in my heart. I am a poor man and know not how to make attends. The snn (If the inan who had been thereupen demanded that condign pun. ishment sh mkt be inflieted en tise RMS.. ed. The cad' meditated n. fair 1110111eStS and filially said, "It shall be so." Then to the glater Po maid. "Thou shalt stand in the street where the father cs this younti man stood when thou didst tall on hen. And to the accuser he added: "Thou el nit, if it please thee, ga UI). on thr roof and fall upoo the culprit even as he fell upon thy father. Allah be praised:" • When the bills come in the first of the month it isn't always pleasant to renew old acquaintances. "Love laughs at locksruithe," quot- ed the Wise Guy. 'Which proves that love ion' t a serious metter, otter all," snickered the Simple Mug. Rani to D:cot: Meat? All depends on eat as a substitute. It :3 a good time to study "food value," Vou may be eating fie wrong foods, the foods that cost most and give the least nutriment,. Shredded Wheat giscuit containi more real, body-building nutriment, pound for pound, than meat, eggs or pottztoes and costs much less. 'two of these isetlits with milk and a little fruit mako nourishing meal at a cost of a few cents. Make Shredded Wheat your "meat." A said*. fying breakfast on which to start the day's work. It is ready -cooked and ready -to. eat. 1V/Ade n Canada, ,