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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-10-04, Page 6ICAISEM'S PrA04 TER/0 The Kniser walla; peace, bet he 14 not yet ready to accept the terms of the Allied Powers. We ere not sur- prised at that, for *toy point to his elinlittatioe entirely and the over- throw of the German Military orgare ezation. In his reply to His Holiness, the Pope, the Kaiser makes no men- tion et peace proposals of the Allies or of the reply of President Wilson to the pope. Ile has no concrete pro• pones, only a lot of plous-like utter- ances regarding the blessiugs of peace teed his own and his people's desire for peace. He waits of the Material power of arms being super- -ceded by the moral power of right and the substitution of arbitration for in- ternational disputes with definite rules for the limitation of armaments on land and sea -arbitration in the new spirit which would prevail after the war. The Kaiser would support all such proposals compatible with the vital interests of Germany. • Aut the Kaiser will have to go some further than that Ile wili heve to be a little more definite. Ile leaves too much to arbitration and consultation. There are a few things he will have to attend to befOke he can get the Allies into a peace conference. He Twill have to get out of Belgium and France and Serbia and a. tew teher places before the Allies will suggest peace terms, It is even likely that they evil' refuse to discuss peace 01 any terms with him. President Wil- son's note has been acceptel by the Allies as theirs, and that means that the Kaiser "must go" betore, any terms are discussed. Evidently the Kaiser has lost all hope of victory by force a arms. He is anxious to drop the struggle and negotiate. But his negotiations mean schemes to keep what he has got, or as much of it as he can. There will be no negotiations along that line. Germany- must not only disgorge, but make reparation for the damage she has done, This is no ordinary wan All the rules of warfare and of humanity have been broken and outraged. Mur- der has been done, cruel, callous mur- der ot innocent persons, and guilty parties have to be punished, the Kaiser among them. Emperor Char- les' reply to the Pope seems more honest and sincere, although Austria's ultimatum to Serbia can never be taken as an evidence that Austria was then anxious for peace. The war will go on. Gen. Haig must carry on the "negotiations' at the front until the Central Powers are ready to hoist the white flag. CHINESE FARMS SMALL. Hu. dly More Than Gardens, and • tho C altivation is In tensive. It is incorrect to speak of the Chin- eee as tarmers iu tar striet sense of tue word, tor they are gardeners rattier taan fainters. so-called Chinate farm is no larger than what iu Amerma would be called a good- sized -gamete and the methods ot cul- tivation are of the most intensive sort. itenerally speaking, it seems that the greater the prosperity of the agricul- tural family, the larger the number ot cuildren; hence in turn the greater than any other known craft, it can be me number or ntouths to feed. In addition, prosperous conditions al eays bring with tuem greater expenses Incident to family festivities, such as Weddings, which stand out as all Important considerations in the lives of the Chinese. In Manchuria the conditions are somewhat different. for there are vast etrefches of land open to cultivation on a much larger scale than in China proper. These tracts tire generally worked by hired farmers, who come in hundreds of thousands front the more densely populated section of China to epend the short fartnnig season in northern portions, returning again when the cold weather make 3 further labor in the fields impossible. -United States Consular Report. MANNING A CANOE. Bow Paddler Should Be Cool Headed and Skillful. Contrary to the general notion about the relative importance of: those iw a canoe's manning, the bow paddler stands first. Among Indian voyagers he is the captain of the crew: His will is law. No arbitrarily is a captanes power Nested in the bow paddler. It is the autcorne of experienee, and ilia been,' of It is OMR The advantage of a canoe Is this, that, being lighter In draft taken into very shallow water. And just here, atcompaninng this advantage, lies a danger whien the bew rnan must be able by lin skill to 'meet. It Is his business to watch lor and avoid obstacles -snap, "dead- heads," slightly submerged Ire. trunks and shoals -and the last two are some- times very difficult to see before one Is ablest Upon thein. But a bow man must be able to see them. Muh is at stake, life iteelf even. Iespecially in certain Wilda of rapid running It is hie trained eye for navi- gable water and his skilled hend quick to guide the bent itito it on MIMh the safety of the crew dependennOutIng. ,•••• • oo 1/....6.•••••....... A WONDERFUL ABORIGINAL CITY. Nese Legume N. M., may he seen Acme, the "sky city," elaimed to be tho most wonderful aboriginal city In the world. It stands on an isolated rock eminence 400 feet in height. The hity embraces three rows of houses over a thousand feet in length, rising up in torrances four end nye storeys. One lei amazed when he stops to consider that the Material for these 1)11114111gs woe() trabSported long distances mu; up the elate upon the heads arid htte:ca Of these human burden hearers. 'Their gray... yard consurned forty years in bonding by reastm of the necessity of bringing earth from the plain beloW, and their church must have eost the labor of runny rations, for Its wall' are sixty feet high and ton feet thick, and it has tint- Lers forty feet long ari.1, foutteen inchts sci 1..ate.-LLtAtatise. •,•••••vnr...e•••e•tr,"l.,---T ••••••••WOVW".~...""•••••••!••••••"••~ • "BEL esan-es-sesee.---newesesneneeneneeee, 11* A long wrangle follOwed us to evil° should throw Met. They attain" left It to the dice, and the cliceico fell on Jee. Shand was at his left hand; Husky faced him; Jack was at his right. They held, their breath while the bones rat- tled in the cup. When they rolled out, their eyes burnee holes in the floor. "Ten!" cried Joe, joyfully. "I'm all right! Boat that if you can!" Sara, obliged to wait the result with- out participating, was suffocating with suspense, When the cup passed to nhand he touched the girl. She looked at him inquiringly, None of the other four were paying the least attention to them then. Sam asked her with a sign if she understood the game. He had heard that the natives were luvet- erate gamblers. She nodded. He, then, by an unmis- takeble gesture, let her know that the stake they Played for was -herself. Again she nodded coolly. Sam stared at her dumfounded. In her turn she asked him with a glance of -acorn why he was not in the game, Young Sam blushed and looked away, He woe both abashed and angry. It was impossible for him to convey bis feelings by signs. Moreover, it seemed pretty clear to him now that she was not worth bothering alma. Aad so beautiful! Meanwhile Shand threw seven, and Joe rejoiced again, But when Husky, opposite him, got a beggarly three, the young man's triumph was outrageoue. The evening had left an unsettled score between these two. "You're done for, lobster!" he cried with intolerable laughter. "Take your blankets and go outside!" A vein on Husky's forehead swelled. "You keep a civil tongue in your head, or I'll smash your face, anyhow," he muttered. "You're not man enough, Braky!" taunted Joe. "Well, help him," said Shand, suddenly, "Me, too," added' Jack, "Play tho game like a man and keep your mouth shut!" When the cut went to Jack, Sam caught the girl's eye again. He could not help trying once more. Ile looked significantly toward the door. While the four heads were bent over the floor she could easily have gained it. Once outside, she etas safe. She slightly shook her head. ' Sam ground Ins teeth and doggedly attended to the dishes. A 'surprising angry pain transfixed his breast. What did he care? he asked himself. Let her go! She deserved no better than slue might get! But the pain would not be assuaged by the anger. She was so beautiful! While rage gnawed at Husky's vi- tals, and he tried not to show it, Big Jack shook the cup with •cool confi- dence and tossed the dice on the floor. Strange if he could not beat three! The little cubes rolled, staggered and came to a stop. For a second the four stared incredulously. A pair of ones! An eitraordinary chance took place in Husky. He grunted and blinked. Suddenly he threw bank hie head and roared with laughter. Big Jack steeled. himself, shrugged and rose. Going to the fireplace, he tapped the ashes out of his Pipe and prepared to fill it " 'Taint for meto kick," he said, coolly; "Since I got it up!" lack de- served better at the hands of for- tune. The cu.p tressed to Joe again. He shook it interminably. "Ah, shoot!" growled Shand. Whereupon Joe put down the cup and prepared to engage In another - snarling argument. Only a combined threat from the three to put him out of the game forced him to play. He got five and suddenly became quiet and anxious. Shand threw four, whereupon Joe's little soul rebounded in the air again. Husky got eight. Shand rose without a word and, crossing the room, pro- ceeded to roll up his blankets, "Wait till the came is over," said Big Jack quietly. all go oat together and save trouble." Young Joe, once more in possession of the cup, was unable to get up suffi- cient nerve to make the fateful cast. He shook it as if he meant to wear a hole in the tin. He offered to let Huskj shoot first, and when he retused tried to pick a quarrel with him. Finally Big Jack drew out his watch. "Ten seconds," he said, "or you for- feit. Are you wtth me, Shand?" "Sere!" mutteredthe other. Joe, with a groan of nervous appre- hension, made his cast. He got ten. Another reaction took place in him. "Let me see you beat that!" he cried, offensively. "I'm all right!" Hct leered at the girl. , Husky pioked up the dice and with one hasty shake tossed them out, By this time he had had at much suspense as he could stand. His nervous cast sent the cubes flying wide. One turn- ed up a five between them. The other rolled beyond Joe. They had to crawl on hands and knees to see it. Six black spots were revealed. "Eleven!" roared Husky. "I win!" Joe's self-control gave way alto- gether, Tears were in his voice. "Do it over!" he cried. "You got to do it over! It wits'nt on the tablet You never shook the cup! I won't stand for it!" Husky, having won, blissfully ealtre ed down. ".411, you short sport," he eontemptously retorted, "you deserve to lose;" Joe sprang up with a tearful oath. "I won't stand for it!" he cried. dI said I woUld'nt stand for it by a throw of the dice. YoU've got to fight Mei" Big Jack, expecting something of the kirid, interveried from one side. Shand tretn the other. Jbeni arms were proteptly pinned from behind him, Ile struggled impotently, tears of rage coursing ltis cheek, "You foolt" Said '"We told yOu we'd Bee fair play done. 'What can you do against the three of us? It we had lost We would have tbene the sante tor you. Get your blank- ets and go oUtside, or we'll drag you without blanket." Joe finally etblnitted, They re- letteed him. Still muttering, he gethered up his bed and wene out witheut looking back, "Come on!" said 131g Seek brtisItly to Sam. "Yon heard the contract." Another and unexpected mutiny *Waited them here. Sam Very PeOniptly arose /*rem among his tins and turned on Big Jack. He had be. conte as pale as Shand, but lint eyee were hot enough, His liPs Were ecall- pressed to a thin line. "Ires, I heard it!" he cried. "And a rotten, cowardly frame -Up I call it! I didn't agree to stand by RI I wasn't consulted. So I can, say what I like. I say you're a lot of hulking cowards! Four of you against a girl! She came here for shelter. We never lacked for hospitality from lier people. And Una ie the way you repay it. With youur mouth full of talk about fair play, too. You make me sten!" For an instant they stared at him flabbergasted. For the masters to be bearded by an humble grub -rider was incredible, Husky, the one most con- cerned, was the first to recover him- self. Flushing darkly, he took a step toward Sam with clenched fists, "Shut up, yon cookl" he harshly cried. 'It's none of your put! You stick to dish -washing aid let your betters alone, it you know what's good tor YOu " Sam's pale cheeks flamed and paled again. Instead of failing baek, he took another step toward husky. 'You can't shout me down, you bully," he said, quietly in his face. "You know I'm right, And you all know it, You're playing a cowardly part!" Husky towered over the slight fig- ure,' 'Get out," he mated, "before I stnash you!" "Go ahead!" said Sam, without budging, "T'm not afraid of you!" For the first time the girl seemed really interested. Her nostrils were distended. Her glance flew from face to face. There was a pregnant pause. Husky's great fist was raised. But not having etruck on the instant, he could not strike at all. Under the blaze of the entailer man's eyes, his own glance finally bolted, He turn- ed away with an assumption of face- tiousness. "Take him away," he said to his mates, "before I kill him." An audible breath escapet the girl. She turned back to the fire. Jack and Shand looked disconcerted• by Sarres accusation; nevertheless, obsessed by their fetish of fair play, they had to see the thing through. Jack in particular, having proposed the game and having lost, was bound by his code to assist Husky. They seized Sam between them and started to drag him: toward the door. Sam struggled desperately and vainly in their grasp. Joe, attracted by the raised voices, had run in again. He, for bis own ends, showed a disposition to help Sam. Jack over- awed him with a look. "Bring out the beds," he command. ed, The girl showed no further 'con- cernin the matter. Sam, observing her, suddenly ceased to struggle. What was the 'use, he thought since she seemed resigned to her fate? Outside the door they released him. Jack went back to look after Joe, and to help with the bedding. When the four of them were joined together, they paused for a moment to decide which direction they should take, "That sand -bank at the mouta of the creek," saggested Jack. The sound of a shot rang muffled in the cabin behind them. For an instant they were stupified. A strange joy lightened Sam's breast. Dropping their bundles, they ran back and flinging the door open, stood back warily, half expecting-, to be received with a fuelled°. •• The smell of gunpowder assailed their nostrils. The light of the fire revealed Hefty's burly figure sprawl- ing on his back, with his feet among the tin dishes on the hearth. The girl was not to be seen. They cautiously ventured in, Slue was not behind the door. She could not have gone out by the door with- out their knowing it, for they had been within ten paces.- Both windows were intact. The only place of con- cealment within the shack wa$ the bed. A swift investigation proved that there was nothing in it or under it. Tbe old feeling of awe of the super. natural returned, They avoided each other's eyes. The figure on the floor stirred a little and groaned, A dark, wet stain was spreading on his shirt Jack dropped to his knees beside him. "Through the shoulder," he said to the others. "No vital organ." "Can you hear me?" he asked of the wounded man. "A she -devil!" muttered Husky. "A devil!" "Where did she go?" "I don't know, Everything turned black. A devil -had a gun in her drese! Speaks English, too. Under- stood every word!" None of Husky's mates had any skill in surgery. Like men in the flush of their strength, they refused to harbor the thought of injury or disease, and had come to the wilder- ness ill provided, • Jack, lacking antiseptics or healing medicaments, botmd up the shoulder roughly. They laid Husky ,on the bed and endeavored to forget him, Jack, Shand and JOe eleeted to sleep in the stable to escape the injured man's stertorious breathing and his groans. They took care to bar themselves in against the terrors of the night. Sam was glad to see them go. Their endless and futile discussion of what had happened tried his temper. In the morning Husky was feverish, mates shrugged and left him to Sam. Their altitude toward the in- jured one was as naive as that of children or aninials, Sam had no love for the gross fig- ure oh the bed, who, he felt, had earn- ed what he got. Nevertheless, he did what -offices humanity suggested; washing the wound and redeessing it; bringing ice from the lake shore to Mitigate bis fever. He had to ntile at Husky's changed tone in his hieid 11101rferli5. "Do you think this will eroak me?" he continually asked, "LOrd, I ain't ready to die! I lease it to you, aook, shouldn't a Man have some warning of his end? Lord, it I ever get over this I'll lead 0. different life! I swear I wilt! Lord, think of dying hi a God- forsaken place like this withotft a Parson to cleae, the track for yoUl It Mint fair to catch yea like 'this. Not even a Bible in the oettiti" "I have it Bible," seed Sam, "Get it for nie; there's a good fel- low," begged Husky. Stun did so. "Do you want nie to read it to- you?" lie asked, "No nee," said Husky. "Couldn't never get the hang of it, But let me have it here in bed with inc. Thane something," Ati the day wore on the patient grew worse, aild, the other Men beettrae Morel end more chary of approaching him. However, toward the end Of the after- iteen, a eeld eettell of ralle. drove Unlit indoors in splte of themselyee. They squatted on the floor at the farthest poeeible distance front the bed and half-heartedly dealt the cards for eticitre. Meanwhile Sant Misled him: eelf batting bread, trying to remember what he could 01 the girl' deft tech- nique: He could think of her now with a pleaciant warmth about the heart, She had redeemed her tiex in bis eyes. Careless ot whethe he heard them, the men joked outrageously about Husky's condition. It was their way of hiding their helpless terror. "Well, old Husk is bound for the heavenly shore, I guess," paid, Jack. "We'll give him a bang-up funeral," suggested Joe. "Spill a little booze and carve a board to put at his head. It's the Main we can do Tor a pal." "When Husk gets to the golden gates," Jack went on, "if Peter tries to 1101d him up, hem say. "What is it worth to you, old man?'" This well-known saying of their partner produced it subdued laugh all around, Black Shand remarked in his curt way; "Husky wouldn't get along In heaven. Ain't got no ear for music." "He'd -be in trouble down below, too," said Jack, "He'd undertake to show the Old Boy himself how to build a fire." Outside, the pine branches thrasbed wildly, the gusts of ram were flung against the panes of the little window above the players' heads. Water found its way through more than one place In the sod root a,nd dripped sullenly on the floor. From time to time the game shifted,. seeking a dry spot, On such a day the pioneers were keenly conscious of thetr isolation. 'The emptiness of the land seeraed to press upon their breasts, hindering free breathing. Moreover, their nerves were etill jingling as a result of the night's events. Such was their situation when, without warning, the latch of the door clicked, They froze in their card-pIaYing at- titudes, turning horrified eyes in the direction of the sound. The deer opened inward, and a ghastly moment passed before they could see what was behind it. Then each man's breath escaped, with a little sound of timaze- Molt and awe. It was Bela. CHAPTER VI. Rain -drops sparkled like diamonds in Beads dark hair and upon her glowing cheeks. She was, as ever, composed and inscrutable. In one $wiTt glance around she took in the whole scene -the card players under the windew. Sam arrested at hi pan 01 dough, and the injured man breathing hard upon the bed. She went toward the latter with a noiseless, gliding motion: "Mak' hot water," she said, coolly, over her shoulder to Sam. "Get clean rag foe bandage." Jack and his mates, nearing the English speech, glanced at each other meaningly. Nevertheless, speech hu- manized her, and they 'relaxed. There was no 'leaping up of the un- holy fires of the night before. They regarded her with great, new respect. They remained sitting motionleee, ab- sorbed in her every move, like the spectsieors of a play. At the sound of her voice the in- jured man onened his eyes with a grunt. Seeing her, he rolled away as far as he could get on the bed, crying out in mingled pain and terror; "Keep her away! Keep her away! Don't let her y,et me!" Bela fell back with a scornful smile. "Tell him I not hurt him," she said to Sam, who had gone to her. "Tell him I Wine to mak' him well." Sam sought in vain to reassure Husky. "I won't let her touch me!" the in- jured man cried. "She's a witch!" "Let me," she said to Sam, shrug- ging. "I tell you w'at to do." Under her direction Sam cut away his own rude bandage from Husky's shoulder and washed the wound. The bullet had gone cleanly throu,gh. Meanwhile Bela was mascerating some leaves she had brought. She showed Sam how to apply the mass to the wound before rebandaging it, Husky strained away. "Poison! Poleon!" he cried. "Keep away from me!" "You crazy!" said Bela, impatient- ly. "Look at me!" She chewed some of the poultice and ,swal,lowed it before Husky's eyes. "Are you afraid, too?" she asked San, He shook ris head, smiling, and ate one of the leaves. But Husky, notwithstanding the evi- dence of his eyes, continued to cry out and to resist their ministrations. "All right," eald Bela, at last. "I can't do noteng. He got die, I guess." She started for the,door. A swift reaction passed over Husky. All in the same breath with his pro- tests be began to beg her not to desert bit. She came bitek, and he made no further objections to having her dress and bind his wound. When it was all done, she made for the door again as coolly as she had come. Sam experienced ,a sudden sink- ing of the heart. "Are you going?" he cried, Invol- untarily. Big Jack jumped up at the same me- mest, "Don't go yet," he begged. Jack and the others had recovered Sufficiently from the shock of their surprise to diseuss ift whispers what they shOuld say to her. "I come 'back, to -morrow," • 'said Bela. "I go home now to get medi- cine." "Where do you live?" "I not tell yoU," she ensevered, coolly. The sound of a snicker behind him brought a scowl to Jack's face. "I could easily find out," he muttered, "If you follow we, I not come Lack," she announced. "No offense," said Jack, hastily. "But it's darned funhy. I leave it to you. Your coMing and going nke this, How did you get mit. last night?" "I not tell yeti," she said again. "Tairin ne Wonder Husky's a bit teary of you. We all think—" "What you thitat'?" she asked, mockingly, " "Well, we think inn funny," ilnek repeated, lamely. (To be continued.) Books of Youth. The books thee -charmed us in youth recall the delight over afterwards; we are herdly persuaded there are line thern arty deserving equally Our aire'c- Forturiate if the best boOks fall Iri our way during thie susceptible and forming .period Of our lives,-Aleott. 4 • • You Miner can tell. Many a Mah is flushed With victory when hie color filmed& be due to the blush of shame. nen Seems a very large number of cups „caul,' to get from a pound of tea. Btit milmommums that proves the nne quality of Red Rose Tea, which goes further and tastes better because it consists chiefly of rich, strong ter grown in the famous district of Assafn in Northern India. • A pound of Red Rose gives 250 cups. Kept Good by the Sealed Package 041 Caustic Criticism. A young New York man, a. member of one of the first familiee as far as wealth is concerned, had been In the habit of writing poems, which, unable to dlepose of, he managed to get printed, In certain publications by Paying theretor at advertising rates. He attended a social gathering at which a cynical old fellow named Timble, who deepised the would-be poet, knowing of his manner of obtaining publicity, ehanc- ed to be present, The rich young man lost no chance ot referring to his "works," and finally remarked, tee- tentatiously, that he was born on the same day that Washington Irving died. "Both of which occurrences," snap- ped old Timble, "have had a very de - Pressing effect upon American 'item ture." Mlnard's Liniment Cures Distemper. 4'-. They Simply Won't Be Married. Several young men were recently asked by a writer in the Wohean's Home Companion why they refused to be married. Their answers throw considerable light on what Is becom- ing a national problem. One said that girls are too clever for the men nowadays -that he wanted "just a wife," and the girl he had been en- gaged to marry was maning more money than he was and refused to give up her work. Another complained of the expensive tastes of the modern young woman, another that he had set out to accomplish certain things before marrying. Still another refused to be sentenced to hard labor for life, and oen omplained that the local girls were 'a' bit narrow." 1.,••••••••=imommilmomommo- of manufactured products is 4.0t1roci by an itaItoke Om IA Milan, .A.n agricultural society 1* being plan- ned in Greece with a view to Web. 11014 more Intensive farming tu that country. American, agricultural Ma* chinery valued At sumo heet been or- dered, Ann tiny men Will go from the States to demonstrate the several Inas cables. Canoes and rowboats fitted With ne- Meltable Motors WIll be needed in Cel- t:Table, South Anterica, at -the close of the wen Lumber is needed let Tunis. There is also a Inarnet for Wine Milt ataVes. Knitting eeedles are Wanted In lipain. Waste Not—Want Not. Food waste in war time is it crime. Peoplo in Europe are starving for food, Belgium is devastated and the 'crusts Canada throws away would be picked out of the dirt and eaten by the starv- ing Belgians, Serbs, Poles and other unfortunatea of the war zone. Canada wastes an enormous amount of good food every year. The Food Controller gives $50,000,000 as a con- servative eettenete Expressed in wheat at e2 a bushel, this would be n5,000,000 bushels, whereas we are asked to save but 12,000,000 this year out of normal consumption. Expressed in, meat at say 40 cents a pound it would be 125,000,000 pyunds, or enough to supply a Canadian army of 500,000 men for 200 days. The boues thrown into the garbage pails every day eonta.in the essence of Itundreds of plates ot soup. The bread. thrown there every day is a waste of thousands of loaves. No bones should leave the kitchen until every scrap of marrow has been boiled out of it; no scrap of bread should ever be thrown away. The woman who wastes a crust, astes the war effort of the farmer, the miller, the storekeeper and the transportation and delteery men, This is a time when every man's work Is valuable to the country to supplement the invaluable work of our soldiers. Watch everything. Watch against waste in the kitchen and in the pan- try. Watch against waste in the cel- lar and in the dining -room. As much food is wasted in the eating as in the cooking. You never can tell. A man man. be as deaf as a post and still have sound judgment. A "2 in 1 Shoe Polish" is made for every use. For Black Shoes, "2 in 1 Black" (paste) and "2 in 1 Black Combination" (pasteand liquid); for White Shoes, "2 in 1 White Cake (cake) and "2 in 1 White Liquid" (liquid); for Tan Shoes. "2 in 1 Tee (paste) and "2 in 1. Tan Combination" (paste and liquid). 10c Black—White—Tan 10c F. F. DALLEY CO. OF CANADA LTD., • Hamilton, Can. ...•=11•••••=.•••••••IM The Use of Candy.' Pure candy is good for children. Pure sugar is good for grown people. Of course there are exceptions to every rule. If the doctor prescribes a diet and orders a patient to refrain from sweets the patient is bound to obey his adviser. What is the use of calling a physician and paying him for suggestions if the latter are treated with indifference? People in ordinary health need not be afraid to gratify an appetite which craves sweets. Those the march hold out better if they have been telling us lately that soldiers on the marho hold out better if they have rations of sugar than if their food omits this useful commodity. A fond- ness for sugar is often a defense against the temptation to use alcoholic stimulants. The inebriate does not care very much about pure sweets. 4 • 0 MInard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc. 41-4 0 Counting the Salmon. The Wood river in Alaeka hen been closed to fishing fer many years and is resorted to for breeding purposes by red salmon escaping the nets in Nush- agak bay. The counting of the salmou wan Met undertaken in 1908, and has been continued annually since that time, except in 1914. The counting is made possible by throwing a rack across the stream and compelling the fent to pass through e narrow gate, where they are easily visible to persona immediately above. Agents of the fisheries bureau in re- lays are kept on duty day and night for the entire period of the run, and the tally is kept by an automatfc counting device manipulated 'by hand. The higheet count for any one day in recent years was 25,554. -New York Sun, TRADE BRIEFS Due to war conditions, Norway's ens tire 1910 fish catch of 84,839,839 pounds was disposed of at high prices, At Stavanger, the centre of the fish can- neries, eighteen new factories were built to hande the trade American canning materials are greatly in de- mand. Competent representation and vigor. oue advertising campaigns will be needed to develop a demand for Am- erloal goods in Russia at the end of the war. Merchandise from this coun- try is popular in Odessa. Shoes are badly needed at the present time. Six training schools for mine work- ers are to be provided in the Johannes- burg, South Africa, consular district. One school has been established and accommodates sixty apprentices. The course extends through two years, and the students are self-supporting. Cuba's sugar production this year will amount to 3.000,000 tons, which figure equals last year's record pro- duction. This is considered exception- al, because of the poor quality of the cane and the losses due to the revolus tion. Canned goods are in demand in Italy. One thousand tone of binder twine are needed in Tunis. Correepondenct should be in French. Brass and copper wire On spools is In demand in British East Africa. Yarn suitable for knitting stockings is needed by a firm in Mexico City, Mexico, A Portuguese firm in Lisbon is in tho market fOr electrical supplies, gasoline Motors, gasoline, oil and tin, plate. Representation ot American makers Selenium is Sensitive, By substituting a iielenhun cell for the human eye at the teleeeePe Ttle Fournie dtAlbe believes it would be POsslible to detect Stars f tee Magni- tudes fainter than any now obeervable, them enormously increaeing the pow- ers of the greateet instruments. The- oretically a Went= cell of sixteen square Inches would register the light of a twenty-eighth magnitude star, but this would require tenger exposure -several days -than would be practi- cable. BABY'S OWN TABLETS PRIZED BY MOTHERS ,Mra. Heny Vanreader, Rodney, Ont,, writes: "I have used Baby's Own Tab- lets for the past five years and prize them very mueh. They have proved of such value to me that I always keep them in the house." Once a mother has used Baby's Own Tablets she would use nothing else. They are thorough but mild in action and never fail to make the sickly baby well. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Willie= Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. * • • Oil On the Troubled Waters. Waves in mid -ocean are caused en- tirely by the action of the wind, The adhesion between the rapidly moving particles of air which compose the wind and the surface particles of the water causes the water's surface to be dragged along with the air. Small ripples are immediately formed. These ripples soon overtake others near them. They unite, says Popular Science Monthly, and, due to the fric- tion between the water particles, each succeeding ripple piles up on the top of previous ones. Just as soon as oil le spread upon the water, however, the size of the waves is reduced like magic. The reason for this is interesting. Oil, un- like water, has very little internal friction between its particles, The ripples of oil formed by the wind, therefore, cannot pile upon each other to any considerable height. Hence, water waves cannot grow in an area of oil placed about a steamer. They begin to fall down instead. By the time these waves reach the boat they will have lost their 'formative ripples and the result Is e perfectly calm sur- face over the portion ot the sea through which the boat is making its way. Millard's Liniment Cures Garget In Cows, Spoiling Old Friendships. So far as men are concerned, the warmest friendship is that which exists between two fellows whose wives have never met. A friend that we have known and liked for years has drifted away from us, and we suppose be feels that we have drifted away from him. We liked each other so well that we wanted our wives to meet and be good friends. Finally they met, and, as might have been ex- pected, 'they cared nothing in the world for each other. In fact, one 01 them said she couldn't see what 011 earth anybody could find in her to ad- mire, and we suppose the other said about the same thing. We felt that our friend knew what our wife thought of his wife, and we were a little ashamed to be in his compeny. Probably he felt the same. At any rate, we haven't had much of any- thing to do with each other since. We speak, but no one would ever guest' that we once were bosom friends. - Claude Callan in Fort Worth Star. Telegram. RELIEF AT LAST I want to help you if you are suffer- ing from bleeding, itching, blind or protruding Piles. I can tell you how, In your own horde and without any- onets assistance, you can apply the best of all treatments. piLEsTREATM AT HOME I promise to send you a FREE trial of the new absorption treatment, and references from your own locality if you will but write and ask. I assure you of immediate relief, Send ne money, but tell others of this offer. Address MRS, M. SUMMERS, Box 8, Windsor, Ont. .•••••••••••• Worth Knowing. If your cake goes down in the Middle, the dough was too rich, prob- ably from top much sugar or butter. Too ranch baking powder in cake causes large holes as soon as the dough is subjected to the heat of the oven, 1SS1.113 NO. 40, 1917 12,%=$,===tesmoimao HELP WANTED. WANTED PROBATIONERS TO we train tor nureee. APPIY, Welleenh'n Hoopital, et. Catharines, one WANTED mEN roil GENERAL Agate • se 'work; Previewexperience not es* ; sentlal. Good opeaings and advance- ment to steady inert, For lull particle, tare, apply "tiliageby Mfg, co,, 145, Brantford, Ont." A few pieces of gunt camphor kept in the boxee in whfch silver is packed will keep the silver from turning dark. To stiffen hair brushes after wash- ing, dip them in a, mixture of equal parts of water and Milk and then dry before the fire, For cleaning painted walls, dissolve twe- ounces of borax in two quarts or Water, and one teaspoonful Ammonia, and use half this arnottnt to a pail of water, using no soap. Cold mashed potatoes from yester- day's dinrier make very niee eroquettee by the adding of eine egg. Shape them, roll them in crumbe, and fry in fat. "Dad," said little Reginald, "What Is it bucketshop?" "A bucketelt0p, reet ton," meld the tether, feelingly, "a bucketshop fit e, modern cooperage es- tablishMent to which a ntati takes a barrel and brings back the bunghole." GPANenet CUTTERS AND LETTER.. era wanted; fare iv:Wei-teed. Writes! Geo. 31, Paul, Sarnia, Ont, FOR SALE. I, ORD eiTREAMLIaTie nooDs-Coy- . ers the brass radiator,* eliminates the bunty appearance; write for circular. Burrowefi Mfg. Co., Toronto. MONEY ORDERS. A DOMINION EXPRESS MONDY: a Order for five dollars costs three cents, SALESMEN WANTED. WANTED SPECIALTY SALESMAN " In every city and town, to sell 0 fast aelling, 26 cent to 03,40 articles; no competition In these articles. An at- tractive and big money maker for agents Lor whole or sparo time. No selling ex- perience necessary. Write to -day for full Information, The Xiritannia Spec - laity Co., Bo,t 102, Hamilton, Out. The Superannuated Officer. They commissioned him a trawler with a high and raking bow, Black and workmanlike as any pirate craft, With crew of steady seamen very handy in a row. A.nd a brace of little barkers fore and an; And he blessed the Lord, his Maker, when he faced the North Sea sprays. And exceedingly extolled his lucky star That had given Ins youth renewal in the evening of his days (With the rank of Captain Dugout, R. N. R.) He is as Jolly as a sandboy, he is hap- pier than a king, And his trawler 15 the darling of his heart (With her cuduy like a cupboard where a kitten couldn't swing, And a. smell of fish that simply -won't depart); had found upon occasion sundry tar- gets for his gun; . He could tell you tales of mine and sub. marine; Oh, tho holes he's in and out of and the glorious risks he runs Turn his son -who's In a Super -Dread, nought -green, He is flt as any fiddler; he Is hearty, hale and tanned: He is proof against the coldest gales that blow; He has never felt so lively since he got his first command. (Which is rather more than forty years ago); And of all the joyful picnics of his wild and wandering youth - Little dust-ups from Taku to Zanzi- bar -. There was none to match the picnic, he declares in sober sooth. That he has as Captain Dugout, 11. N. R. -London "Dunch". alinard's Lieiment Co., Limited. Sire, -I have used your MIN- ARD'S LINIMENT for the pest 25 years and whilst I have occasion- ally esed other linimento I can safely say that I have never used any equal to yours. • It rubbed between the halide and inhaled frequently, it will never fail to cure- cold In the head in 24 houre. It is also the nest for bruisee, spraine, etc. -MUM truly, J. G. LESLIE, Dartmouth, 1.10.1101•1•11111.=•••••••11=.• Mapping the United States. Beginning nearly forty years ago to construct accurate topographic and geologic maps of both the knov n and the unexplored regions of the United States, the United States geologival survey has speedily progressed with this part of its work until topographic maps of 40 per cent. of tho country aro now published, besides mapfor large areas In Ataska and Hawaii. Exten- sive areas have aleo been covered by geologic maps, and all the work from the beginning of the field survey to the printing of the finished map is done by this government bureau. Oth- er activities of the savoy • are the classification of public lands, the an collection of mineral statistics of the United States and investigations cf the nation's water re3ourcee, all in- volving the publication of scientific and technical reports containing over 20,000 pages annually. During the last thirty years over P.5,000,000 has been spent by the teuo- logical survey in geologic: and topo- graphic surveys in the -United States. ••••••••.-41 tiVs.----- Mlnard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. How Roots Penetrate Hard Ground. The extreme tips of a delicate root are protected by a sheath set with minute scales, which as it is worn away by friction against the eon is as constantly replaced, so that it acts an a wedge and the root thread is car- rled down uninjured. Another aid to penetration lies in the provision whereby the root as it pushes down- ward in search of nourishment exer- cisee a slightly spiral, screwlike mo- tion which worms its tip into the ground. Another important agent IS the acid cell sap, which exudes on to and diesolves to Some extent the rock or hard soil. This may be tested by placing a small piece of panelled mar- ble in a pot in which a plant is set and covering it with earth, After eonie weeks the marble will be found to have been corroded by the continuous action of this acid, Eat Less Meat—Eat More Whole Wheat— that is the way to save money, save strength, save health and save food. Cut out the expensive indiges- tible foods. The whole wheat is the most perfect food given to man. But be sure you get the whole wheat grain in a digestible fortn. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is 100 per cent. whole wheat and is made digestible by steam cooking, shredding and baking. It contains more real body-building nutriment than meat, and costs much less. Delicious for any meal with milk or cream, cid fruits. I Made. itt' CanAda. INCRLASF Finished TORONTO Than PREMIUM' HOW Animals UNION By of Putting Finish , , BETTER FAT LIST I CAN WE PRODUCTION That Extra 100 Lbs, on a Beef Steer, Will Bring BIG PRICES STOCK STOCK YARDS 7th AN 8th, ON APPLICATION at the SHOW 1917 Selenium is Sensitive, By substituting a iielenhun cell for the human eye at the teleeeePe Ttle Fournie dtAlbe believes it would be POsslible to detect Stars f tee Magni- tudes fainter than any now obeervable, them enormously increaeing the pow- ers of the greateet instruments. The- oretically a Went= cell of sixteen square Inches would register the light of a twenty-eighth magnitude star, but this would require tenger exposure -several days -than would be practi- cable. BABY'S OWN TABLETS PRIZED BY MOTHERS ,Mra. Heny Vanreader, Rodney, Ont,, writes: "I have used Baby's Own Tab- lets for the past five years and prize them very mueh. They have proved of such value to me that I always keep them in the house." Once a mother has used Baby's Own Tablets she would use nothing else. They are thorough but mild in action and never fail to make the sickly baby well. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Willie= Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. * • • Oil On the Troubled Waters. Waves in mid -ocean are caused en- tirely by the action of the wind, The adhesion between the rapidly moving particles of air which compose the wind and the surface particles of the water causes the water's surface to be dragged along with the air. Small ripples are immediately formed. These ripples soon overtake others near them. They unite, says Popular Science Monthly, and, due to the fric- tion between the water particles, each succeeding ripple piles up on the top of previous ones. Just as soon as oil le spread upon the water, however, the size of the waves is reduced like magic. The reason for this is interesting. Oil, un- like water, has very little internal friction between its particles, The ripples of oil formed by the wind, therefore, cannot pile upon each other to any considerable height. Hence, water waves cannot grow in an area of oil placed about a steamer. They begin to fall down instead. By the time these waves reach the boat they will have lost their 'formative ripples and the result Is e perfectly calm sur- face over the portion ot the sea through which the boat is making its way. Millard's Liniment Cures Garget In Cows, Spoiling Old Friendships. So far as men are concerned, the warmest friendship is that which exists between two fellows whose wives have never met. A friend that we have known and liked for years has drifted away from us, and we suppose be feels that we have drifted away from him. We liked each other so well that we wanted our wives to meet and be good friends. Finally they met, and, as might have been ex- pected, 'they cared nothing in the world for each other. In fact, one 01 them said she couldn't see what 011 earth anybody could find in her to ad- mire, and we suppose the other said about the same thing. We felt that our friend knew what our wife thought of his wife, and we were a little ashamed to be in his compeny. Probably he felt the same. At any rate, we haven't had much of any- thing to do with each other since. We speak, but no one would ever guest' that we once were bosom friends. - Claude Callan in Fort Worth Star. Telegram. RELIEF AT LAST I want to help you if you are suffer- ing from bleeding, itching, blind or protruding Piles. I can tell you how, In your own horde and without any- onets assistance, you can apply the best of all treatments. piLEsTREATM AT HOME I promise to send you a FREE trial of the new absorption treatment, and references from your own locality if you will but write and ask. I assure you of immediate relief, Send ne money, but tell others of this offer. Address MRS, M. SUMMERS, Box 8, Windsor, Ont. .•••••••••••• Worth Knowing. If your cake goes down in the Middle, the dough was too rich, prob- ably from top much sugar or butter. Too ranch baking powder in cake causes large holes as soon as the dough is subjected to the heat of the oven, 1SS1.113 NO. 40, 1917 12,%=$,===tesmoimao HELP WANTED. WANTED PROBATIONERS TO we train tor nureee. APPIY, Welleenh'n Hoopital, et. Catharines, one WANTED mEN roil GENERAL Agate • se 'work; Previewexperience not es* ; sentlal. Good opeaings and advance- ment to steady inert, For lull particle, tare, apply "tiliageby Mfg, co,, 145, Brantford, Ont." A few pieces of gunt camphor kept in the boxee in whfch silver is packed will keep the silver from turning dark. To stiffen hair brushes after wash- ing, dip them in a, mixture of equal parts of water and Milk and then dry before the fire, For cleaning painted walls, dissolve twe- ounces of borax in two quarts or Water, and one teaspoonful Ammonia, and use half this arnottnt to a pail of water, using no soap. Cold mashed potatoes from yester- day's dinrier make very niee eroquettee by the adding of eine egg. Shape them, roll them in crumbe, and fry in fat. "Dad," said little Reginald, "What Is it bucketshop?" "A bucketelt0p, reet ton," meld the tether, feelingly, "a bucketshop fit e, modern cooperage es- tablishMent to which a ntati takes a barrel and brings back the bunghole." GPANenet CUTTERS AND LETTER.. era wanted; fare iv:Wei-teed. Writes! Geo. 31, Paul, Sarnia, Ont, FOR SALE. I, ORD eiTREAMLIaTie nooDs-Coy- . ers the brass radiator,* eliminates the bunty appearance; write for circular. Burrowefi Mfg. Co., Toronto. MONEY ORDERS. A DOMINION EXPRESS MONDY: a Order for five dollars costs three cents, SALESMEN WANTED. WANTED SPECIALTY SALESMAN " In every city and town, to sell 0 fast aelling, 26 cent to 03,40 articles; no competition In these articles. An at- tractive and big money maker for agents Lor whole or sparo time. No selling ex- perience necessary. Write to -day for full Information, The Xiritannia Spec - laity Co., Bo,t 102, Hamilton, Out. The Superannuated Officer. They commissioned him a trawler with a high and raking bow, Black and workmanlike as any pirate craft, With crew of steady seamen very handy in a row. A.nd a brace of little barkers fore and an; And he blessed the Lord, his Maker, when he faced the North Sea sprays. And exceedingly extolled his lucky star That had given Ins youth renewal in the evening of his days (With the rank of Captain Dugout, R. N. R.) He is as Jolly as a sandboy, he is hap- pier than a king, And his trawler 15 the darling of his heart (With her cuduy like a cupboard where a kitten couldn't swing, And a. smell of fish that simply -won't depart); had found upon occasion sundry tar- gets for his gun; . He could tell you tales of mine and sub. marine; Oh, tho holes he's in and out of and the glorious risks he runs Turn his son -who's In a Super -Dread, nought -green, He is flt as any fiddler; he Is hearty, hale and tanned: He is proof against the coldest gales that blow; He has never felt so lively since he got his first command. (Which is rather more than forty years ago); And of all the joyful picnics of his wild and wandering youth - Little dust-ups from Taku to Zanzi- bar -. There was none to match the picnic, he declares in sober sooth. That he has as Captain Dugout, 11. N. R. -London "Dunch". alinard's Lieiment Co., Limited. Sire, -I have used your MIN- ARD'S LINIMENT for the pest 25 years and whilst I have occasion- ally esed other linimento I can safely say that I have never used any equal to yours. • It rubbed between the halide and inhaled frequently, it will never fail to cure- cold In the head in 24 houre. It is also the nest for bruisee, spraine, etc. -MUM truly, J. G. LESLIE, Dartmouth, 1.10.1101•1•11111.=•••••••11=.• Mapping the United States. Beginning nearly forty years ago to construct accurate topographic and geologic maps of both the knov n and the unexplored regions of the United States, the United States geologival survey has speedily progressed with this part of its work until topographic maps of 40 per cent. of tho country aro now published, besides mapfor large areas In Ataska and Hawaii. Exten- sive areas have aleo been covered by geologic maps, and all the work from the beginning of the field survey to the printing of the finished map is done by this government bureau. Oth- er activities of the savoy • are the classification of public lands, the an collection of mineral statistics of the United States and investigations cf the nation's water re3ourcee, all in- volving the publication of scientific and technical reports containing over 20,000 pages annually. During the last thirty years over P.5,000,000 has been spent by the teuo- logical survey in geologic: and topo- graphic surveys in the -United States. ••••••••.-41 tiVs.----- Mlnard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. How Roots Penetrate Hard Ground. The extreme tips of a delicate root are protected by a sheath set with minute scales, which as it is worn away by friction against the eon is as constantly replaced, so that it acts an a wedge and the root thread is car- rled down uninjured. Another aid to penetration lies in the provision whereby the root as it pushes down- ward in search of nourishment exer- cisee a slightly spiral, screwlike mo- tion which worms its tip into the ground. Another important agent IS the acid cell sap, which exudes on to and diesolves to Some extent the rock or hard soil. This may be tested by placing a small piece of panelled mar- ble in a pot in which a plant is set and covering it with earth, After eonie weeks the marble will be found to have been corroded by the continuous action of this acid, Eat Less Meat—Eat More Whole Wheat— that is the way to save money, save strength, save health and save food. Cut out the expensive indiges- tible foods. The whole wheat is the most perfect food given to man. But be sure you get the whole wheat grain in a digestible fortn. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is 100 per cent. whole wheat and is made digestible by steam cooking, shredding and baking. It contains more real body-building nutriment than meat, and costs much less. Delicious for any meal with milk or cream, cid fruits. I Made. itt' CanAda.