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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-09-20, Page 6LABOR, AND WAR, Lord Robert Cecil told tio on Shaun (lay who began tho war. It wile not Greet liritain. In ttsigned article the 'tight lion. 0. N. Barnes. M. Pe Who eucceedee Arthur eleudenson in Lloyd GeUrgent ll'er Cabinet, tend why Labor bgl)Polifue7tlae fievernment ia title war, and how it began for Britain. lie eayst "The war for ue began who Germany invaded Belgium and Prance. That le a, tact which (Mould always be ItePt in' Mind, also the further reflec- tion that our turn for invasion would have •come, Such would uncicubtedli have been the sequence of events if (lermery had her ieft to wreak her will. Leber, more than any other (tactical et the community, wt inter- ested in preventing her so wreaking her will, for Labor is More apeciallY concerned with the defenee of the country, Wealth le internation- al; it has no one country; by its greater degree of fluhI- .y it can go anywhere; but Labor re- mains—the beelthone of the nation, re. - fleeting ets characterietice and bound up in it fortunes." Labor has been sound me the Is- €ues of the war. Mr. Barnes points out that stmh trouble as has arinen in the industrial nett) has; in the main, not been oa the issues of the war, but has arisen on, domeetice and economic grounds. Labor was called upon to temporarily give up privileges and righte which had heed fought for and won. It did so In the Interests of the uation, but it has since feltthat its surrender to the nation Met been ex- ploited for private purposes. That is the cause of the recent trouble over the proposal to extend the principle of dilution of private work. Labor had already kuowiedge of inflated probes and experience of Inflated price, It had been irritated by inconsiderate and centralized administration, and some - e hat unnerved by increasing and ex- acting work. The proposal to legielate for the purpose, as it (teemed to work- men, of establisbing new conflate& which might be used for private pro- fit came as added irritation to exist- ing irritability. The issue in. the War, Mr. Barnes reiterates, mains for Labor the same in Aug- ust, :1917, as it was in Auguet, 1914, and he declares: 11Tuch hae recently been written, and (woken about 'peace by •. negotiation. Peace by negotiation, I suppose. meet come some time, Those who talk so Innch of it now have no monopoly of the'desire for peace. Peace, however, when, it comes, must be a peace that will be permanent, and that can only be when there is security against a repetition of the eggroselon of 1914 and reparation for the wrong that was then done. We in Great Britain have stated our pcsition over and over again; there has been no deviation and can be none until Prussian bats been dethroned. The first step towards peace should be taken by the German people. They ehould en- large the boundaries of their own ene ernes, and withdraw their armies from France and Beigitim. Then there could be peace by negotiation. THE NEW SLEEVES. Have Commenced to Bulge, Ex- cept in Suit Coats. One of the most interestieg changes of the over -changing Modes is the eleeve. It remains long and straight only in the suit coats. Even there it often has a big, flaring turned -back cuff sometimes to give it a finished look. In some extreme Parisi sport modes Jj is elbow length. In morning frocks, in afternoon frocks and in evening gowns—looking over the whole gamut of new models— it is easy to see that sleeves have com menced to bulge. In soros sleeves, mere the New York Herald, this fullness Is very slight—a plshop sleeve tightened into a cuff has the part that Mince on the outside of the sleeve left free of gatberings so that it fails in a loop just above the cuff and free from it, the nappy fold making. a sort of angel sleeve effect on the outside of the arm above the cuff. In some sleeves, says the New Yeak Herald, this fullness is Very slight —4 bishop sleeve tightened Otto a cuff has the Dart that comets on the outside of the sleeve left free Of gatherings so that it fails hi a limp just above the cuff and free from it, the ilappy fold Making a Mt of angel sleeve effect an the outside a the arm above the cuff, Then there is a bell-shaped three- quarter sleeve seen on afternoon dress. es, continued over the ;forearm by an under tight sleeve that extends down over the hand a bit. The under part is generally of a difierent material. Even in evening dresees there is a striving to get 'away from tbe redent sleeveless corsages which have no more than shoulder straps holding on a wide girdle. Shoulder draperies of tulle the gown's Color, or draped lat- ticed or petted sleeves that, though they do not come to 'within several in. ehea of the elbow, both point away from the all bare arm which has been to in Vogue for evening gowns. Two Hou.satcnios, The firet Anteritatt wink by 0, eostiie submarine in earfare bore the gatile Inane eel the dlouee,tonle. else the first Americen steamer sunk by a Ger Man etibinatine after the break in dip- lomatic relatiorns occurred. The for - biter veostil wag the United Staten itteamehip Ilousatonie, nunk ih Cher:eaten hatbox' the night of Feb. le, 1804, by the Confederate, submar- ine If, L. entitle:v. Can't pile think Of dos via% to per - /Suede cervahte to Hite away from the eity?" "Only ono," replied 'tir. Croue- lots. ;IA 01jf hi tee eetnittv elel Wee thele le2citinni" r V Aeon:Writ Vet' jig .^.',•••?.~.11.1~1.1~1.41"0.0..#4.~~~ ' "To cap all, the ice teeet out tea weeks ahead, and we had to change to wheelie and sink to the bibs in the land trails. Now, by gad, before the tee on the hore is melted., It ill be time for the lake to freeze over again!" "No use grousing about it," mutter- ed Shand. Dia' Jack clampet rile teeth ou his PIPO and len ellent. For a wittle there was no soun,d in the sbaeX but Husky innttering over his game, the licking ot the wood fire, and faint, mournful intimations down the chimney from the pines, The man on the bed shud- dered, Involudtartiee end glanced at hie mates to see if they had noticed it. This Mut, dee Ragland, was consid- erably younger than the other titre°. He was a heavy, =settler youth, with curling black hair end comely features, albeit somewtat marked by wilfulness and Neff -indulgence, Back In the world outside • he had made a Inlet eseay in the prize -ring, not without some succese. He had been driven out, however, by all epi- thet !spontaneously applied by the fra- ternity; "Oryin,g Joe Hagland," The trouble was, he could not con- trol his emotione. "For God's sake, say something!" he cried at the end of a long silence. "This is as cheerful as a funeral!" "Speak a Piece yourself, if you feel the wept of entertainment," retorted Atekwithout looking around. "I wish to God I'd never come up to this forsaken country!" muttered Joe. "I wish I was back this minute in a man's- town, with lights shining and glasses banging on the bar!" This came too cleat to their own thoughts. They angrily silenced him. Joe buried his face in his arms, and another silence succeeded. It was broken by a new sound, a soft sound between a whisper and a hum. It might have come from the pine - trees, which had many strange voices, but it seemed to be right there in the room with. them. It lield a dreadful suggeetion of a human voice. It had an electrical effect on the four men. Each made believe he had heard nothing. Big Jack and Shand stared self-consciously into the fire. Husky's hands helding the cards ohook and his face changed color, Joe lifted a livid white face, and his eyes rolled wildly. He clutched the blankets and bit his lip to keep from crying out. They moved their seats and (thorned their feet to break the hideous silence. Joe leapt to chatter irrelevantly. "A. funeral, that's what it is! You're like a lot of damn mutes. Who's -dead; anyhow? The Irish do it better. Whoop things up! For God's sake, Jack, dig up a bottle, and let's have one good hour!" The other three turned to him; odd- ly grateful for the interruption. Big Jack made no move to get the sug- gested bottle, nor had Joe expected Min to. The liquor was stored with the reot of the outfit in the stable. None desired to have the door opened. at that moment. Young Joe's shaking 'voice rattled on: "I -could drink a quart myself without raking breath. Lord, this is enoush to give a man a thirst! What would you give for an old-fastioned skate, boys? I'd 'welcome a few pink elephants myself, after seeing nothing for days. What's th,e matter with you all? Are you hypnotized? For the lOve of Mike, start something!" The pressure of dread was too great. The hurrying voice petered out, and the shack was silent again. Husky made a bluff of continuing his game. Jack and Shand stared into the fire. Joe lay lietening, every muscle tense. It came again, a sabilant sound, as if out of a throat' through clenched teeth; It had a mocking ring. It was impossible to say whence it came. It filled the room, Young Seen nerves snapped. He leaped up -with a shriek, and opringing across the room, fell beside Shand and clung to him. "Did you hear it?" he cried. "It's out there! It's been following me! It's not human! Don't let it in!" They were too much ehaken them- selves to laugh at his panic terror, Both men by the fire Jumped up and turned around. Husky knocked over his box, and the cards scattered broad- cast. He sidled toward the others, keeping eyes on, the door. "Stop your yelling!" Shand hoarsely eonamanded. , "Did you hear it? Did you. hear it?" Joe continued to ery. "Yes' I heard it," growled Shand, "Me, too," added the othere. Joeie rigid figure relaxed. "Thank Godl" he moaned. "I thought it was inside my head!" "Listen!" commanded Jack. Thee stood close together, all their late animositiesforgotten in a corn - mon fear. There was nothing to be heard but the wind in the tree -tops. "Maybe it was a beast or a bird— onto kind of an owl," sunsested Husky, shakily. "No; like a voice laughing," stam- mered lee. "Right at the door like—trying to get in," added Shand. "Oen the door!" Said big Jack. No ont made a move, nor did he of- fer te As they listened they heard another sowed, like a stick rattling against the logs outelde. "Oh, my God!" muttered .10e. 'The other e made ho sound, but the color slowly left their faces. They 'were strong nien and stout-hearted in the tiresence cif any visible danger. It was the supernatural element that turned their breasts to water. dwell!. Seek finally erept toward the "Don't apen it!" eltrieked Joe, - "Blatt MA" growled daek ,They per- ceived that, it was not hie Intention to open it. lie dropped the bar in place. Thee' breathed easier. "Vat out the light!" said Husky, "Don't you do it!" cried Shand, "Ws nothing that eat shoot Mt" Their fleeb, crawled at the 'unholy euggeetion his Wordt cortveYeti, They ttood elbow to elbow, becks to Om fire, waiting for More. For a. long time it was quiet exeept the trees ota- Aide. They began to feel etieler. Sud - dozily something dropped down the ehhetney behind them and Smashed On the hearth, seattering the Misers, The four Men leaped ferward as sone with a contillOti grunt of terror, Facing around, they saw that it was oilly a round stterte melt as the chint- ney ins built Of. But that it might Mee fttlIen titteraIly did net rite trall ateek their derdotelieee Vette, Theit- teeth elzittered, Thee stuck close together, with territied and sheoPish gimes at each other. "Biii God!" inuttered, lag lack, "Iee or no ice, toanorroiv Wo move on from here!" "I never believed in—in nothing of the kine," growled • nand, "Bet thie beats all!" "We never should 'lave stopped here." said Husky, "It looked bad—,a deserted slink, with the root in and ail, aelybe the last man who lived here was mur—done away with!" Young Joe was beyomi epeeeb. White-faced and trembling violently, the big felIeve clung to Shand hike a child. "Oh, itell, sate Big Jack. "Nothing can happen to us if we etick together and keep the fire up!" His tone was Wm confident than the words. "Alt the wood's °entitle," stammer- ed Ruske. "Bum the turulture," suggested Big Sack. Suiting the action to the word, he put his barrel -stave rocker on the em- bers It blazed pp geuerouttlY, filling every corner of the ohmic with light, and giving them more confidence, There were no further untoward sounds. Meanwhile the fifth man had been sleeping quietly in tee corner. The one who goes to bed early in camp must needs learn to sleep through anything, The other men disregarded him. The table and the boxes followed the chair on the tire. The four dis- cussed what had happened in low tones. "I noticed it first yesterday," said Big Jaek. "Me, too," added Husky. "What did You see?" "Didn't me nothing," Jack glanced about him uneasily. "Don't know as it does any good to talk about it," he muttered, "We got to know what to do," said Shand. "Well, it wee in the day time, at that," jack resumed. "I set a. trap for sinners beside the trail over across the oreek, and I went to see it I got anything. J was tvalkin' along not two hundred yards beyond the stable when something mit hit me on the back 01 the head, I vats mad. I spun around to see who had done it There wasn't nobody. I searched that piece of woods good. I'm ewe there wasn't anybody there. At last I thought it was a trick of the senses like. Thought I was a Moue maybe. Until I got to the trap." "What was it hit you?" asked Husky. "I don't know. A lump of sod it felt like. I was too busy looking for who threw it to see," "What about the trap?" asked Shand. "I't comae to that, It was sprung, and there' was e gOOSe'S 411111 stickin' in it. Now, I leave It to you if a wild goose ain't too smart to go in a trap. And if he did, he couldn't get a feather caught by the butt end, could he?" They murmured in astonishment. "Me," began Husky; "yeeterday I was cuttin' woe(' for the fire a, little way back in the bush, and I got het up and took off my sweater, the red one, and laid it on a log. I ;ceded up with an armful of wood and carried It to the pile outside the door here. I wasn't away two minutes, but when I went back to my ax the sweater was gone, "I thought one of you fellows took it. Remember, I asked you? I looked for it near an hour. Then I came in to my dinner. We was all here to- gether, and I was the first to get up from the table. Well, sir, Wen I went back to tny ax, there was the sweeter where I first left it. Can you beat it? It wee so damn queer I didn't like to say nothing," "What about you?" Jack asked of Shand. Shand nodded. "To -day when I walked up the shore ,there was some- thing funny, I had a notion I was followed all the way. Coulden shake it. Half -a -dozen times I turned short and ran into the bush to look. Couldn't see nothing. Just the same I was sure. No noise, you understand, Just pad, pad on the ground that stoped when I stopped." "What do you knotv?" Sack asked in turn ot Joe. "W'—wait till I tell you," stam- mered Joe. "It'a been with ma two days I coiedn't bring myseit to speak of it—thouglit you'd only laugh. I saw It a couple of times, flitteng through the bush lite. Once it laughed—" 'What did it look like?" demanded Jack. "Couldn't tell you; just a shadow. This morning I was shaving outeide. Had my mirror hanging from a branch around by the shore. I was nertioes account 01 this, and I cut myself, See, there's the Inark. I come to the house to get a rag. • "You was ail in plain sight—cookee inside, Jeek and Reeky satin" at the doer tvaitini for breakfast, Shand it the stable-. I could see hiM through the open door. He cOuldn't have got to the tree and back while I Was la the house. When I got back tay little mir- ror was harigini there, but—" "Weil?" demanded Big Jack. "ft Was eraeked elem. Across," ',Oh, My God, a broken mirror!" murmured Husky. "I—I left it hanging," added Joe. Meanwhile the chair, the table, mid the boxes were quickly consumed, tend the fire threatened to die dOwsn, lefty. Mg theta in partial obecuritY, an alerting prospect. The only other movable was the bed. "What% we do?" said nee. ftereduts- ly. "We can't brettk It up Without the axe, and that's outside.' Husky's eye, vainly matching the cabin, was eatIght, by the sleeping figure hi the corner, "Send mekee Out for wood," he said, "Hd MIMI heard nothing." "Sure," tried Joe, brightening. "and if there's anything out there vve'll fled out On hint." "Heel see were berried the stuff up," onjoeted Shand, frowning, "Whet of it?" talked • Big Jaele "He's got to See when he wakes. 31I'ain't tone of his bitstheste tent - hew." "Ho, Semi" tried Husky, The reetiMbent figure finally kilned Mid sat up, blinking "What de you want?" Seen deinanded, eresele. At soon at this young Matt insetted hiS eyes it beettede evideet thet a new elettiett usA entered the There WM it etebtle diffeeettee beteteeit the Cook Vald last nters, easier to eee than to eefine. There 'wee 00 hive leet on either aide. Clearly he wee not One of theta, nor had he ens' wleh to be. eairee eye, hill Of SWOP though they were, were yet guarded Anil ware. There was a euggestien of acorn behind the guard. He looked very ram% alone M the cabin—end 1u:tetra's), Re was ea young es Ate, but laeked perilare thirty pounce, of the other YOuth'e brisieu, Yet Sam wee no weak- ling either, but his elendernees was aeeentnated that burly company. Ills eyes were las outetanding tea. ture. They were Of it deep, bright bine. They were both resolute and prone to twinkle. Ills mouth, that un- erring index, Matched the eyes in suit- geeting a eombinatioin of eheerftelletess and firmnees, It as the Mutt of mouth able to remain cloud at ueed. He had thick, light -brown hair, juet meaning the angina Of red. There Wee something about him -7-- fair-haired, elender, and reeolute — that excited kiednees. There lay the differeuce between him and the other men. "We want wood," said Hueey ar- rogantly. "Goout and get it." An honeet Indignation made the sleepy one etrike fire. "Wood!" tie cried. "What,' e the Matter with yet*? Ine just outside the door. What do Yeti want to wake lne for?". "Ab!" snarled / Husky, "You're the.' cook, ain't you? What do we hire you for?" "You'd think you paid me wages to bear you," retoeted Sam. "I get MY grub, and I earn It," "Yoe do what you're told with leas IM," said Husky threateningly. At tiles point Big Jack, more diplo- matic, ecosiciering that a quarrel might remit in awkward dIsclosuree, intervened. "Shut up," he growled to Husky. To Sam he staid conciliating- ly: "You're right. Hooky hadn't ought to have waked you, lt was a bwiotoodf.,,thoughtleesness. But now you're awake, you might ail well get the "til enOy. hall right," said Sam indiffer- He threw oft his blanket. As they all slid, he slept in moat of his clothes, He pulled on his nitoccasine, The other four watched him with ill -con - coaled excitement The contrast be- tween hie sleepy indifference and their Pstartitkeidnil,ipe and anxious eyee was Sa.m was too eleepy and too irritat- ed to observe at once that the table and chair were neoning. He went to the door rubbing his eyes. He rattled the lath impaitiently and ewore under his breath. Perceiviag the bar at Ind he flung it back. "Were you afraid of robbers up here?" he muttered ecornfulls. "Close the door after s ou," com- manded .Tack. Sam did so, and sirnultaneouelee tete meek dropped from the faces a the men inside, They listened in /strained attitudes with bated breath. They heard Sam go to the wood -pile, and counted each piece of wood as he dropped it witha click in his arm. When he returned they hastily reeum- ed their careless expressions. Sam dropped the wood. on the hearth. "Better get another while you're at it," suggested Jack. Sam, without. comment, went back outdoors, "Well," veld Jack with a foolish look, "nothing doing, I guess. "I thought there was nothing," boasted Husky. "You —" began Jack- indigaatitly, He was arrested by a gaep from Joe, "My God! Listen!" Thew' heard a nharp, low crY of astoniehment from Sam, and the arm - tut of wood came clattering to the ground. They heard Sam run, hut away from the cabin, not toward the door. Eaeh caught his breath' in sus- pense. They heard a thud on the ground, and a confused, scrambling sound. Thee Sam's voice rose quick and clear, "Boys, bring a light! Quick! :tack! - Shand! Quick!" The four wavered in horrible in- decision. Each looked at the other, vvaltiug for him to make a move. There was no terror in the tries, only a wild excitement. Finally Big leek, with an oath, snatched u.p the lantern and threw open the deer. The ethers followed in the order ot their coerage, eoe braising up the rear. A hundred yarde from the' deer the light revealed Sam otrugg'ing with something on, the ground. What it Waa they could not tsee something that panted and made eounde of raga "Boys! Here! Quick!" alai Sam, To their amazeinert fl15 vofce was full of laughter. They hung beek. "What have you got?" creel .Teek. The answer Nan as startling as an explosien: "A giri!" A swift reaction passed „oven the four .They sprang to his aid. "Hold the light up!" Sant cried breathieesly. "Shand, grab her feet. I've got her arms locked, God! Dims like a cat! Carry her in,' Thin end- ed in .a peal of laughter. Between there Shand and Satu car- ried her toward the door, staggering and laughing wildly. Their burden wriggled and plunged like a fish. They had all they could do, for she was bath slippery and strong. They got her inside at last. The others crowd- ed after, and they alerted the door and barred it. Sam, usuallyno .quiet and wary in this ointment,- ',ems transformed by ex- citement. "Now, let's eee what we've got!" he cried, "Put her feet down. Look out or she'll claw you!" They set her on her feet and stood back on guard. But as soon as she was get free her resistence came to an end. She did not fly at either, but coolly turned her back and shalt her- self and smoothed her ',teenage like a ruffled bird, This unexpeoted docility 84ueprr rwleaerdilythein afresh, They watched "A woman!'" they cried in amazed tenet. "Where did she drop from?" They instantly aeeribed all the Supernatural manifeetations to thie human cause. Everything Was Made elear. And iL load of terror lifted from their breasts. The suddenneee of the reaction diz- zied them a little. Each man bleshed and frowned, remembering lee late un- timely terrors. They were amazed, Chagrined, and tickled all at °nee. Ng Sack strode to her Mid held the lantern up to her face. "She's a beauty!" he cried. A' *Aimee eumeeded that Word. Four of the five men pretteet measured hie Mates with sidelong Woke. Seine shrugged and, tesuming his ordinary eircualapeet air, turned away. CHAPTER W. The girl turned an inclitferent, well- ed fate toward the fire, rtsfuoing to leek at aftr ot the Mete Her beauty grew epee,. 4,hem ramtentarily„ Their amazement knew he bOmide thee otto like thie eiteeild have been 'Ted to their door suit Of the night. tlet be eontettitette Good Cooks Must trave Good "Tools" Clean, hygienic utensils mean better, tastier food. OLD DUTCH quickly and thoroughly cuts burnt.in greaft — always insures ,,hygienic cooki9g etty•ves eine ante SEW IN THE OTRiBET, Women Who blend Clothes laglit There While You Wait. Ire many .towns of China one may have his garments mended on the street and "while he waits." Native sewing women are to be seen on low stools, perhaps .on the sidewalks, Mending articles of masculine attire. The accemplishments ot thei;ss street seamstresses are somewhat lim- ited, their efforts with the needle be- ing for the most part confined to "running." Other branches of needle- work are practically unknown to them. As a consequence, their efforts are better appreciated by native work- men than by foreign travelers. They are never short of patrons among tbe former, for these are often naves of other districts and, having come to the city to engage in busi, nese, have no one to mend a rent for home, they are glad to avail them- selves of the services- of the street needlewoman, For this class of cus- tomers the itinerant sewing woman aneWers every purpose. Generally speaking, those womea are wives of boatmen and laborers who live in the houseboats which line the creeks of many Chinese cities and towns, and their needles are a great bele toward the solution of the prob- lem of maintenance in a crowded city dr town. Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Caws, 4 • ENVIRONS OP DUBLIN. , — 'What the Delegates to Convention May Find of Scenic Beauty, In these days of the Irish conven- tions, wheu the delegates who are to settle the future of their country are meeting and separating again day by day in Dublin, making history, it can scarcely fail to be that, when resting from their labors, they will, Irishmen all as they are, renew a graceful ac- quaintance with the gracious country- side which lies around the capital city of Ireland. There will surely be the" run out to Kingstown, in the cool of the late afternoon, -when the wester -t Ing sun is flashing a thousand sparkles! from the white granite roeks and blue; water; "to see the mail come in." There will be the pilgrimage to Mat liney hill, With its great panorama ofl coast line, from Latently to Bray Head and beyond. There will be thee drive out of Howth„ and round by the' 13alley Light, the run through Oldi Fingal, and an evening excursion -1 maybe, when the full moon is rising! Slowly out of the sea—by the coast‘ road to Brae and Greysaones. But they, as has been said, they are) all Irishmen, and they will not needi guidebooks, nor to placethernseives ins the charge of some enterprising cicerone, and it goes .without saying that many of them will depart from the beaten track, beautifut as that track is, and, singly or in groups of twos or threes, no to visit -places sel- dom seen by the official tourist, or, at any rate, never by hint explored. There is one Mich place which is al - meet sure of 'a visit. It is where the white road front Dundurn to Ennis- earry leaves the Country Dublin be- hind it, and runs on into the County Wicklow. The way has been climbing for some time, the gentle sweep of the Dublin mountains has been the ever- changing view to right and left for miles, and then, suddenly, straight ahead, the road leaps up and meets the isky ; whilst above it. on either' aide, rise steep walls or rocks and: pine. It is the Scalp pass, or just thei Scalia as every one calls RI The or-' dinary tourist -passes through It witta ,Just a glance about him, but the Irish - !man who visits Dublin, as Words.. .worth revisited Yarrow, will not bet icotitent with so hurried a view. He •will, almost ae a matter of course, ;leave his Motor, or 'maybe, cren still, !Ms outside car, by the roadside, and ;make the rocky _climb to the sumtnit tot the hill to the right. There is a wonderful proepect from ithe top, and perhaps the most Joyful tithing about it is the near view which one gains of' the familiar outllue of iminigammatokamomapionio*alormiaomairat the Great Sugar Loaf: The man who knows Dublin has seeae this mountain lit the dietaries frome many different poInts ; from the ise , far off on the western, horizon, as t crosses the Channel from Eng1and from the heights of Howth; and ery now and again, from the, ehoreetroad out to Kingstown. Now, front the top ot the Scalp, It is as\ though heieuddenitt sae/ it through a telescope. Th7 tender blue -gray of the distance out lne bee come out into rock and treeetankeoft green grass, but it is still the same familiar mountain, with the siniling valley of the Vartry spreadeout at its feet. And ail' around it are other mountains, the tittle Sugar 'Loaf away to the left, whilst, farther off to the south, the gray form of Doure lifts its 2,300 feet into theleky, Immediately beneath where theotraveler Stands, the white road winds sharply -downhill towards Enniskerrei and so ou, over the Dargie towardsIthe wonders tof the Vale of ClareandAvonmore.—eChris- tian Seience Monitor," The Clever !Brahman. -,,s Speaking Of the great eicateer the 13rahmans in\ India possess tn localiz- ing thought, a prominfat Brahman ence saiti: "We would 'consider game of deem as playedein this coun- try mere child's play. .An ordinary Brahman \chess player would carry on three meifour games ata time with- out inconeetnce. The. usual game Played by the Brahmares consists in checkmating Tone paiwn designat- ed when the ply begins.. I have seen a man perform 1(long erdblem in mul- tiplication and ivision, .at the same time noting the .various sounds and discussions goington about) him In the rootn. I have seen a man...compose a triple acrostic in Sanskrit in a given meter, at the seine time hawing three well versed mete trying to overthrow him in his argments on religion." 'Spanking !Doesn't/ Cure! Don'tIthinit children can be cured of bed-wetting by spanking them. The trouble ois constitutional, the child can- FREEnot help It. I will send lolly mother my suecessful ome treatmEsit,'with full instructions. If our children trouble you in this way, W -end no money, but write me to -day. My treatmtnt is highly recommended to adults .troubled with urine dIfficultiessfby day oil night. Address. Mrs. M. Summers, BOX 8 WINPSOR, Ontario. Scandinavian Politeness, wo pointe which , attract the attezel tion oftravellers io Sweden are the punctilious honesty and truthfulness of the inhabitants. When asking for places at a theatte. for Instance, the ticket clerk Dever fails to inform the applicant if owing to 'a crowded 'state -of the leenise a better position would be securiel with a cheaper ticket than the one asked for, Again, when par- cels are ettaken by steamer from Stock- holm tot country places in the neigh: borhood they are just placed on to the qua, where thee frequently remain half .a day without being claimed. It nove# seems to occur to any one that they -could be possibly taken by any- bodyeeut their rightful owners. On a ca.eal \trip of any leugth a little boole. lies in ehe saloon of the steamer, in which Melt passenger keeps his own account eof the number of meals,, cof- fees, eta: ho takes during the journey. i Minard's Liniment cures Diphtheria. 4 # Point/of the Cape of Good Hope. Cape point, which terminates the mighty headland known as the Cape of Goods Hope, earnests of a towering promontory tor sandstone, which riseal from the oeit to an altitude of 840 feet. At theibase of this stands a big sclitary column .which is known as Vasco da Gunna,s pillar. The /tett- house which here illuminates the. ..meeting place on the Atlantic and In- dian Oceans is oneof the most im- portant and, most useful of its kind. It is enaletfroni a, distance of thirty- six miles. The cliff scenery is wild and sublime, and rocks are magnifi- cent, and the far-reaching flea, with the fierce end beating on the iron- bound coast, is impreseive. In the water -clireetly beneath the cliff sharks are abundant. "Old age is the eVening Of life," eitiOted the Wise Gut'. "Then 1 tips pest attend thiltiltood Mutt be the t reOrtien after," stingetted theBinlDie Mita, If. Olitiett co.or tANDA tifee fitatitttba. mos. MOWITAIX 014MBIN0. Care Should Be Taken to Mini- mize the Danger of Azoidente, At, imeit thretefoUrthe of the acct - dent e that occer 10 mountaineerorg are the refeilte of toolhardineee. More than half of the entire number of accidents happen to peroone eithele ing evithOUt guides, some to climbers attempting a daegerouts or impoiesible mete with guides, arid there fire still other forms of folly, One may caro- leesly engage an incompetent guide or an overbold one, who will wader - take ate ascent tinder unfavorable con- ditions. lillimivating these contingencies. there remain certain risks which must be taken by every climber who ascends difficult mountatns, However fine the weather, there is the possibility that a sudden stern) n1aY render the descent perilous, though even then the chances are ten IQ oue that a skillful climber with fIreticialis guides will return iu (safety. Furthernlore, on certain Ineuntains there are places where a party is exported to danger from avalanches or falling stones, The riek may otten be reduced to the minimum by waiting for the best of weather or by making a very early start,—All Outdoors, •• A Marvellous Medicine for Little Ones Mrs. Delvine, Pelletier, Ste. Perpetue, Que., writest "I have much pleasure In Writing that Baby's Own Tablets have been a marvellous medicine In the case of my baby. I have been us- ing the Tablets for four years' and don't think there is entailing to equal them." In using the Tablets the mother has the guarantee of a Govern- ment analyst that they do not contain one particle of opiates or other harnie ful drugs—they eannot possibly do harm—they always do good. The Tab- lets are sold by medicine dealers or be mail at 25 cents a 'box from The .Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, RISE OF THE EIVI$WY. At First Ambaseadors Were Rated as "Honorable Spies." It was not until the close of the fif- teenth century that the permanent em- bassy became at all common, and not until the end of the sixteenth that it became a generally recognized institu- tion. Spain led the way in the matter. ,In 1487 Dr. Roderigo Geedesalvi do-. Puebla was appointed permanent Spanish ambaesador to England, and ,as he was still in London in 1500, the Spanish Embasey in the' British capi- tal must be regarded as ^ the oldest rmong the permenent embassies of the world. Spain was followed by Venice. In I1496 the Venetian republic, owing to the fact that "the way to the British Isles is very long and very danger - eels," appointed two merchants resi- dent in London as subambasciatores 'Or the republic, but in the summer of into same year Andrea Trevisano ar- irived in London as permanent ambas- oador at the court of Henry VII. It was about this period that there .began to be evolved that !deal of diplo- macy -which Machiavelli expounds ewith such thoroughness in "The :Prince" ahd "The Discourses on Livy," fan ideal best, indicated; perhaps, in ,Sir Henry Wotton's famous definition, "An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his men- itry." So universally was this ideal ac- •teepted and elaborated that the cone- rleat ambassador" of the old school never expected to be believed. In the sixteenth and seventeenth ecenturies the position of ambassadors was anything but comfortable. Sover- deigns thought it wie.er to keep them int a safe' distance. Henry VII of Eng - :and forbade his subJects to hold any ;intercourse with them, while Francis :.T. of France adopted the policy of .keeping them away from court. They were maintained purely on the basis ;of the balance of advantage. Each •:sovereign reckoned that the -advantage accruing to him for being able to have "honorable spies" In the shape of am- :bassadiers at foreign courts more than. compensated for the losses which came his way from having around him the /s"eitio:orable .spies" or other powers: So ,the system gradually consolidated it - It wa.8 not. however, until the con- gresses of Vienna and Aix -lo -Chapelle, , in 1815 and 1818, respectively,' that di - watt cured of Rheumatic Gout by MINARD'S LINIMENT. Halifax. ANDREW ICING, was cured of Acute Bronchitis by IMINIARD.'S LINIMENT. Lt. -al. C. -CREWE READ. Somas:. I was cured of Acute Rheumatism by AIINARD'S LINIMENT. Markham Ont. C, S. BILLING, Lakefield, Que., Oct, 9, 1907. plomacy„ as a uniform syeterre based mom generally recogniv,ed rules and dIreeted by tt, diplomatic hierarchy hate ung a fixed international status, was firmly established. It was, moreover, only in quite reeent times that the sys- tem was extended beYand Europe to the great nations of the east -e -Argo - nein, Holes hi Everything, . It is held by more than one 11411 au- thority that matter is neither continue ona nor !heterogeneous, ThOmeon sholved by en experiment that hydro- gen tail be'pasesed itito a vacttuit tube elieough ami incandeecent platinum window. In a serener way sodium paaase through .glarts, and this lo useful fact in the nianufaeture of vacuum tubes, because tiodiure tan be posited into the tube to rthserb the re. eidual oxygen. Senate the Italian physieist, lute showe that hydtogen can pees through eold iron, Matter may therefore be generally regarded es full Of holes. "My wife never told Irle- she was, lohesorne," eonemented the professor as he read the last doe:ardent of hie wife Who coneilitted etlichle. The SSUB NO, ni 1917 HELP WANTED. eATANTED 111.013ATION4Re TO ee train for /tunas. APply. Weilendre Hospital, St. catbarinee, one WANTFJ) 3141,r FOR GENERAL. 141144 " work:, trevleue experience not eentlal. ilood openings and advance- ment 10 steady men. Vor full particle, apply "islingshy Itife. Co., Ltd., Brentford, Ont." feelteltte ORDERS, p Y awn Orli-OF-TOWN Ate- eotidettto.ieha„ ounttlysy 1:sitienion, Exnrees moray mos cage three cents, A CHOICE DASInet MUM IN TITS i% County of Brant. Buildings No. 1, with plenty of water. Full partieulars. AMY' to V. Barber, Kelvin, Ont. SAL-ESMEN WANTED. ANTIM SPECTArerr SALESIKAier In every city and town, to sell 4 fast eeuflrig. 28 cent to eaele articles; competition in these articles. An et - tractive and big money maker for agents for whole or spare time. No selling ex- nerience necessary. Write to -day for. ruit inforteation, Tim Britannia SPee- laity Ca., Box BB fromilten, Ont, blather and Son, • sh,0 hati presented white feathers to consumptive young men in civillert clothes; she had bothered wounded soldiers with her effervescent autiat Linty; she had suspected every sol- dier's wife she met of secret drinking; she had pried the private affairs ot munition workers; and now she was busy teaching young mother how to bring up their children. One morning she saw e smelt boy Mending at a street corner, looking very disconsolate and not very well nourished. "Haven't you any home, little boy?" "Yessurn!" "Father and mother?" "'Course I have!" "Do your parents look after yoe properly." "Dad does." "Well, look here, little man, you bring your mother along to the Cen- tral Hall to -morrow to hear my lee- ture on the upbringing of cbildren, win you? By the way, what is your name?" "Oh, stop talking nonsense, motit- er!" exclaimed the boy. "Surely you know your own child!"—Pittsburgh Chronicle. Minard's LinTment cures Colds, etc. • • * Now She Hates Her. Now she hates one of ber oldest, friends. Yesterday she was downtown with this friend, and just before noon she said to the other lady, "Well, I am going over here and catch my car." Then the other said to her: "Well, I am going home, too; go over on Main and cath mine. 1 ani awfully glad I eau across you, and want you to come to see me real soon." Martha said she would, and the two parted. A few minutes later Martha went into a lace to get a bite of something to eat, and what do you think? Yes, there sae was—eating hunch. "1 didn't want her to ask me to go to lunch with her," Martha ex- plained to us after she returned from town, "but e don't see why she want - et to slip away. I don't see why she wanted to pretend that site was going home. I am pure I am able to buy my own lunch, but 1 want her to re- turn those patterns she borrowed; and I never expect to sot foot in her house again."—Clande Callan in Fort Worth Star -Telegraph. ,Tust a Suggestion. Before a man is hired to -work at certain munitions plants he M requir- ed to give a complete account of him- self and to an,swer a series of prleted questions on a regular form. The meet important question of ail appears at the head of each pedigres form. It is printed in bold faced We and inquires, "Where shall we ship your remainel" alany a prospective workman gete "Cold feet" when this eignificant in- quiry greets his eyes:I.—New York Sun. • 1 • Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. Cleaning Shiny Serge. If anybody could invent a process to reinove the shine fro( worn suit his or her fortune would'oe assured. The shine cannot be permanently removed from, any material, but it can be so -treated that it will keep its shiny face in the background for a little eihile, First ot all brush the garment well. Then purchase a lump of =monist from a drug stOre and dissolve it in one pint Of boiling water. With an old stoeking—this is better than any other cloth --dipped in ammonia solu- tion rub the shiny part backward and ferward. Wash off the ammonia with a brush and clean hot water. Hang the suit up ta dry in the shade. When pressing the garment wet it with hot (not boiling- water) insteite of cold. Lay the cloth on the suit and press with a hot iron. until dry. Then wet the cloth again and iron lightly, but not enoiegh to dry the cloth, It is this latter treatment that gives the material the dun new finish to take the pine° of the old shine. •ie "Yes, plants have their ailmeats." "To be sere," mid the meet saunter boarder. "I have heard of haY foyer, and I am not eurprieed the hay PIA feverish out in that hot field."—leart- eas City Journal. ••••••••••••6••••0••••• How Much Whole Wheat do you eat? You have never thought much about food. You have eaten what you liked regardless of food value—and you may contintie to eat what you like but you are certain to like the foods that nourish and strengthen if they are pre- pared hi an appetizing way. Thousands now eat Shred- ded Wheat Biscuit as a substitute for meat, eggs and potatoes and they have learned many palatable ways in which to serve it. It is 100 per cent4 whole wheat. !For any meal with milk or cream, sliced poaches or tolling might have interrupted a beetle Other fruits. or Mauro, or solnethirig eise pessible. —Hiltstuket Nowt. made in c anada.