The Wingham Advance, 1917-10-11, Page 6THE NEW U. $, ARMY,
We are indebted to the Clirietien
:Science elonitor or scene figurein
connection with the new American
army. Tae Bret definite stateMeat of
the prospeettve fighting strength of
the new le. S. any, within the next
twelve PlOilthe, Wee made by Searetary
13aker recently, in aeleing for emerg-
eaey appropriations totalling $277,416,-
000, which, he said, would be neees-
BUY to eupply and equip an arrete' of
2,300,000 men. it ie imposeible to Uy
dowu any aard and feet ealimates, and
it ie not an easy matter to compute
the Actual strentli of a force juatify-
Mg the vielon or William Jennings
lerYan, of 4 volunteer army that would
enring be the million fteam the ground,
in ease of a national emergency. Po-
teatially, 10,000,000 soldiers are wean.,
able under the draft call. 'Much luta
been said of the nunaber of exemption
claimed and granted. Little has been
said of the one important fact that, ea
a re-sult of the draft, there is a steady
flow to tee service of all the men for
whom the nation can provide cantonmente, equipment, aud munitions at
this time. The submission of the lat-
eet estimate, as Secretary Baker pot
It, has been made necessary in order to
provide increeeed facilities for the
manufacture, Issue, and storage of ord-
nance material; for the equipment of
an additioaal half -million men, in an
ticipatiou of a cali for that number;
for proeuring additional riflee, an ad-
ditional supply of small arms, atninu-
ilitiori for machine guns, rifle and pis-
tol target practice of au _ army of
2e300,000; for construction work with
which the engineer corps in France
Is charged; and for the equipment of
EiPecial troops operating in the theatre
of war in Ernrope.
The A.merica,n troops, it is under-
stood in Waehington, will be engaged
orainalelY, as are the British and
lerench troops, by the beginning of
next year, possibly beforeeChrietmas;
but it is not expected that. the new
American army will move as a whole,
or undertake an independent "drive"
before the early summer of 1918, when
anywhere between 2,500,000 and 3,000,-
000 men are to be in the 'United Statee
ranks, Within six months the 'United
States has placed an army on the
western front, and to this army large
additions are being made every week.
As silently as flow the strearna from
more than 4,000 concentration points
toward the cantonments, flow also the
atreams of tratned and equipped sol-
diers across the•Atlantic. Every week
fresh continents depart on board
monster transports that glide into the
ocean awakening no more sound than
might be made -by an Indiau canoe.
How many men 'have already crossed
is something for the Government alone
to know e that tbe expeditionary
stream will continue to flow eastward
so long as the democracy of Europe
cells for help is the important thing.
The Monitor else announcee that the
French Government is seeking to have
a pioneer expeditionary force of skill-
ed American workmen assembled in
the rear of the allied armies on the
western front, with as little delay as
possible, It is announced that aee.re-
tary of War Baker will soon issue a
call for 50,000 industrial workers to
constitute this preliminary force. It
will, of course, be a noncombatant
body, its task being to carry on re.
construction work in the wake of Cler-
raanY's devastating retreat. Aside from
everything which the engineering
corps of the Allied armies may do to-
ward restoring communication through
the ruins of villages and to'wns, camd
ever the shell -torn country, a vast
amount of work Will remainto be done
in every square mile of territory
wrested from the enemy, before the
land again becomes habitable and pro-
ductive, The German retreat is mark-
ed by Wilful, wanton disfigurement of
the face of the country. elonuracitts
erected by the patient toil of centuries
and the. hovels of the poorest among
the peasantry stare alike. In the wake
of the destroyers, in the rear of the
retotiquering legions, the American
army of reconstructian is to be employ.
ed. The first 50,000 Ot the expedition
will constitute, 11. 18 underateod, only
a single divisioa of a forte which in
the end Wilt be cornmenettrate with the
task that is Set for It. It will be an
army typical of the country of its ori-
gin. That is, 1.1. will be composed of
erigineere, road bultdera, railroad
Minders, bridge Waders, factory build-
ers, house builders, town builders; of
men skilled 'bee the chemistry of the
soil, in agriculture, horticulture, land•
nape gardening, reclamation, in all
the useful arts.
The Germaii higher eamtuand made
a big Mistake when it forced the Unit-
ed States into the war. It will be a
great factor in deciding the fate of tne
Kaiser and the German tmplre. Like
Great Britain, Amerlea has within It
the resources to enable it to beeorne a
great military power, one able to chat.
lenge the whole of Germany.
,
Concerning ruts.
Their season is year 'round.
Capes are one of the fashionable
uoveltleis.
Fates are very Inucli In vogue -ll
the Varletleo, seetnitiglY,
Muffs are large or stnall-.the barrel
styles and the little Mate are both In
evidence.
Far coats, are many lengllis--
Madatne must wear One short or long
and quite volurnitious, or very etraiglit,
Whieh isser she prefers.
11"BELA"1
"I don't care wliat you think," elle
retorted.
"Tell me one thing," said jack.
"What did you conie here for first
"Yes, I tell you what I came tor,"
the girl said with a direct look. "I
want gee what white men lak, Tfy
fat'er him white man, I never gee
him. Him good man, good to women.
So I think all white inert good to wo-
men, I think no harm. I corne tore. I
play trick for to mak' fun and be
friends. Now I know ot'er white men
not lak my feet'. Now I look out for
myself,"
Big Jack had the grace to scowl
shamefacedly and look away.
"Say, that's right," he muttered.
"You're dead right, eister. We got
In wrong, I'm sorry. These other
fellows, they're sorry, too. We made
It up toaether to tell you we was sor-
ry, Give us a chance to show you we
ain't plumb rotten,"
The girl dimpled like a white evo•
man. No walled look then.
"All right," she said. "I come to.
Morrow early. I be your friend."
When the next squall swooped
down from the southerly bine, Bela
set oft in her dugout from the mouth
of the creek. Tile wind 'helped carry
her in the direction she want-
ed to go, and the sheets of
raia hid iter from the view of
any one who might be looking out
from the shack,
Her Indian upbringing had taught
her to disregard bodlily comfort.
Streaming like a mermaid, she
crouched in her canoe, paddling with
the regularity of a machine,
In two hourshe had reached the
other shore. By this time it had
cleared, and the late sun was sending
long, golden rays down the lake.
She found a scene if industry in the
'tillage, for the fishing had started in
earnest. The women were splitting
and cleaning the day's catch, and
hanging the fish on racks to cure in
the smoke of the fires. No surprise
was elicited by her arrival. Bela had
always gone and come as she chose.
' Outside Charley's teepee she found
her mother. Loseis' eyes lighted up at
the sight of her, but she eaid notating.
She followed her into the teepee and
unexpectedly seized and kissed her.
They were mutually sembarrassed,
Bela had not learned to kise among
the tribe. Charley came in scowl-
ing.
"The fish are running," he said.
"Every body is working now. If
you not work you get no fish."
"Keep your fish,, " seed Bela .
In that teepee she was mum as to
her adventures. Having changed her
clothes in* her own little bower in
the pines, she sought out Musq'oosis
and told him h'er story,
Musq'oosis was a little sore. He
listened, smoking impassilvely and
tending his share of the fish hanging
in the smoke. Meanwhile the sun
went down in troubled crimson splen-
dor over the pines, presaging more
squalls.
When she came to the end he said
sententiously: "You foolish go alone.
You want a man."
Bela was mum.
"What you want of me nos?" he
asked. -
"Grease for the wound," said
Bela, "2.4 little food for myself."
"All right. I give you. You go-
ing back?"
"To -night."
"I go with you," auggested Musq'-
oosie.
Bela shook her head a little sullen-
ly,
She had good reasons, but it was
difficult to explain them,
"I got go alone," she said,
"All right," replied Nuaffoosis,
hufilily. "Why you want talk to
me?"
Bela glanced at him appealingly,
"You speak Me good words," she said.
"You moch my friend. But I go
alone. I can't tell it good, When
I alone I keep myself much secret lak
you tell me. They not see me
come and go; think I got magic. They
seare,.of Inc."
"An right," repeated Musq'oosis. "I
lak sleep in rny tepee. What you
goin' to do when you go back?"
"When the bishop come 1 goin' mar-
ry the cook," said Beta, calmly.
"Um,' grunted Musq'oosis. "Is he
the bigges'?"
"No," answered Bela. "He At-
tlee'. I watch him. He got stronges'
eye"
"He is a pretty man," she said, sud-
denly lowering her head. "He mak
me want him bad. His eyes lak the
sky at tam wild roses come. Hair
bright like mink -skin. He has kind-
ness for women lak my fat'er got."
"Um -m!" growled Musq'oosis; "you
talk lak white woman."
"Tell me how to get him," said Ba-
la, simply,
Musq'ooseS affected scorn. "We!
All tam ask rne what to do. Then go
do what YOU lak, anyhow."
"You have good words," she put in
meekly.
"I tell yea before," grumbled Musq.
oosis, "Don't let him see you want
him or he never want you."
"I think he not want Me moch,"
aid Bela, dejectedly, "Not lak at 'er
men."
"Wait a while," eneceiraged Musq-
oosis, "Hard wood slow to
Elow to eateh, but burn tenger. I tell
you agin—keep your mouth shut.Don't
let anythin' on. If ot'er men think
you want the cook, they kill him my -
be. White man aometana crazy lak
that. You mus' all sena mak friends
wit' all. Ask nioeit question. Watch
then e Well. When you know their
ways, you knew what to do, Dam
by Maybe yott get yotir man to leave
the °Vers. Then it is eatiy."
"I do all you. tell me," promised
Bela.
"Come home to -Morrow night," he
said.
She rebelled at this, "NO, 1 lak
stay there, I can't be paddling over
every day. Too far,"
"Are you a fool?" asked Malafeoide,
eicaeperated. "Where you goleg stay
at night?" •
"I got little cache by the Creek," she
replied, "They no good in the bush,
Can't gee 1 fool them all
lilt. They never find me."
"Wath youreelf," advised Maass'.
oots "It's a dangerous game,"
"1 got my little gun," she returned,
taping her breast. "They plenty
scare of me noW ".
As soon as it eleared n Yining .The
casually remarked that he goessed
hill Wash his shirt and let it dry be-
fore the fire While he elept ig Seek
and Shand both alloWed that it was a
good idea, and preaently the three ot
'th4iti *ere ittinattlis0 tOgether by the
creek, sousing their garments la the
Iicy water.
Later Jack and Joe made 4 dieker
, to cut each other's hair. Shand, hear-
t ing of this, was obliged to part with
' a necktie to get Jack to cut bie, also.
A general shave ended the ablutiorie.
This was remarkable,. for Joe had
shaved only the day befere,
"A fellow hadn't ought to let him-
selt get careless up in the bush," 110
opined.
There WAS a great beating and shak-
ing of elothes, and a combined clean-
ing of the shack. Sam made a broom
Out of willow -branches; Jack cut some
poles, out of which he designed to
make a chair after supper.
"Site's got to have something to sit
In when filie' s watching beside Hus-
ky's bed like," he said,
It did not occur to him that Bela
had probably never before in her life
sat in a chair.
"You are damned lucky to get her
to nurse you after you brought it on
yourself," Joe said to Husky.
Husky was now looking forward to
her return no less than the others. He
had taken a turn for the better, and
no longer thought of dying.
After supper a high degree of arnitY
prevailed in the shack. Joe and
Shand helped with the chair, and then
they all planned to make a table next
day.
"Shand, lend a hand with this piece
while I drive a nail, wilt you?" re-
quested Jack, politely.
"Sure thing! Say, this is going to
be out of eight! You certainly have
a good knack of making things,
Jack."
"Oh, so -go. I ought to have a flat
piece to put on the seat"
"I'll go out to the stable and see if
I ecu find a box -cover."
"You stay here. I'll go," said Joe,
Sam, waithing the dishes, harkened
to this, and smiled a little grimly to
himself, wondering how long it would
last,
They retired early. The bed was
given up to Husky, and the other four
rolled up in their blankets across the
room like a row of mummies, Calm
brooded over the shack throughout
the night.
Sam had not had so much time as
the others to make himself presentable
the night before, so he got up extra
early for that purpose. Issuing out of
the shack with soap, towel, razor, and
glass, the first thing he beheld on
rounding the shack was Bela. She
was kneeling. on a piece of wood to
protect her knees from the wet
ground, tearing and rolling some
Pieces of cotton for bandages.
She was dressed. differently to -day --
all in buckskin.
The newly risen sun was behind her,
shooting misty beams across a lake of
mother-of-pearl. The artist, latent in
every man, arrested Sam, forcing him
to wonder and admire.
Bela looked up calmly. "I waitin'
till me men get up," she remarked.
"I'll call them," he offered, making
a move to turn.
"Let them eleep," commanded Bela.
"It is early."
Sam became uncomfortably conscious
of hie unkempt condition. "You caught
me unawares," he said. "I haven't
washed up yet."
She glanced at him sidewise. Had
he known it, he did not appear alto-
gether at a disadvantage with his fair
hair tousled and his shirt open at the
throat.
"I don't care," she said, with a
child's air of unconcern.
Presently she caught sight of the
razor. "You got hair grew on your
chin, too? That is fonny thing. Ot'er
day I watch the curly head one scrape
Itis face He not see me. What for
you want scrape your face?"
Sam blushed. "Oh, it looks like a
hobo it you don't," he stammered.
She repeated the word with a comi-
cal face. "What is hobo "
"Oh, a tramp, a loafer, a bum."
"I on'erstan'," she said, "We got
hoboes, too. My moteer's 'osban' is a
hobo."
She looked at his chin again, "Bis-
hop Lajeuness not scrape his chin,"
she stated . "Got long hair, so. He is
fine man."
Sam, not knowing exactly what to
say, remained silent. He found it dif-
ficult to accommodate himiself to A
conversational Bela, She was mach
changed in the morning light front,
the inscrutable figure of the fireside,
Ten times more human and charming,
it is true, but on that account the
more disconcerting to a young man
without experience of the sex. More-
over, her beauty took his breath
away. Bela watches his blushes with
interest.
"What mak' your face hot " she
asked, e"There is no fire."
He could not btit believe she wan
making fun of his. "Ahh! cut it out!"
he growled.
"White num fonny," .said Bela, Tell-
ies' her strips of eotton.
"runny!" repeated Satre "How about
You? Hanged if you're not the strang-
est thing I ever came aeross,"
Obviously this did not displease her.
She merely shrugged.
He forgot some of her self-eon-
isciousness in his cerlosity, "Where
do you come from?" he asked, draw.
Ing nearer. "Where do you go tor—
"You wonderful creature!" his tees
added,
"No Magic," she said, calmly. "I
Jest plain girl."
"Why wouldn't you tell them how
You got out night before laet?"
"Maybe I want to get out again."
"Will you tell me?"
She glanced at hirn provokingly
through her laehea. "Will I tell you?
You just go tell Your partners."
'They're no partners of Mine," said
Sam, bitterly "I ehOuld thirik you
eould see that, laa just their cook. I
work for my grub. They don't let vie
forget It, either."
"Why you come to this country?"
asked Bela.
'I Want a piete of land the same tril
they db, But I've got to Work to earn
an outfit before / can settle,"
' Waen you get your land What you
do then?" she asked.
‘nulia a house, raise crops,"
"White man all want lead to dig,"
stiki Bela, Wonderingly.
"You've got to have land," ex-
plaiued SAM, eagerly. "You've get to
lave something of YOUr own. Out.
side, a Poor man has no chance nom, -
days but to Mame away his best years
working for a rich man,"
Bela. studied his face, trying to grasp
these Mesta so new to her,
"Ifo wdod you get out of the sitttekt"
SAM asked her again.
"1 tell you," she saki, abruptly. 'X
etimb the chutney.
"By George!" he exclaimed, Minh.-
ingly.
"It Was easy. But 1 get all black. 1
am all day cleaning rnygelf after,"
"Yeu're a wonderi" he eried.
"Travelling about alone and all. Are
all the girls up here like you "
"No," replied Bela, quaintly, "There
Is ,nobody lett me. I am Bela,"
"Where do YOU live?"
She looked at him. again through her
lashes, "Maybe 1 tell you when I know
you better,"
"Tell me now," he pleaded,
She shook her head,
Sant frowned. "There's generallY no
good behind a mystery," he re-
marked.
"Maybe," said Bela, "But I not
goin' tell all 1 know."
There Was something highly eaas-
perating to a young man in her cool,
smiling air. He stood looking at her,
feeling oddly flat and baffled,
Suddenly she turned her head to
listen, "They gettin' up now," she
said quickly. "Go and wash."
"Can't 1 speak to YOU if I am the
cook?" he demanded.
"Go and wash," see repeeted. 'I
don' want no more trouble,"
Sam shrugged and walked stiffly
away, He had plenty to occupy his
mind while he shaved. His sensations
were much mixed. In her subtle way,
the girl allured, mystified and angered
him all at once, Anger had the last
word,
He would like to show her if he was
the cbok that he waen't to be trifled
With. He felt as if the most import-
ant thing in life was to solve the mys-
tery that enshrouded her. However,
the invigoratin touch of cold water
brought about 4 reaction. Violently
scrubbing himself with a towel, he
same to a sudden stop and addressed
himself after this fashion; ,
"Steady, old man! You're heading
in the wrong direction. You've got
to get a toe -hold before you can look
at a girl. She's a sight too good-look-
ing. You can't think about it straight.
Forget it! Anyway, a girl like that,
she'd naturally pick a man lice Big
Jack or Shand, No use storing up
trouble for yourself. Put It out of
mind. Look the other way. Harden
yourself."
Young Joe swung his heavy- Shoul-
ders around the shack. Seeing Bela
alone, he could scarcely credit his
good fortune. He approached her, grin-
ning and fawning in his extreme desire
to please.
"Hello! You're an early bird," he
said.
Bela looked at him in her moat In-
scrutable way.
"How!" elle said, offering him her
ha.nd according to the etiquette of the
country.
Joe fondled it clumsily. "Sayt the
sight of you is good for sore eyes!" he
cried, leering into her face. "Hanged
if YOu ain't better aooking than the
sunrise.
Bela determinedly freed her hand.
"Foolish talk!" she said loftily.
'Wake the ot'er men and let us eat."
"Aw, don't he i5 such a rush,"
pleaded Joe. want to talk to you.
I wont likely get another chance."
"What you want say?" she asked.
"alore foolishnes,s, I think,"
"Aw, give a fellow a chance," begged
Joe, "Be decent to me."
"Well, say it," she commanded.
Joe's feeling was genuine enough.
The conqueror of the sex found himself
at a loss for words.
"The—the sight of you sort' of ties
a man's tongue," he stammered. "I
can't say it rig -ht. You're certainly a
wonder! I never thought there was
anything like you up here. I could stop
here all day just taking you in!"
"I couldn't" said Bela, coolly. "1
too 'colliery. Wake the ot'er men and
go wash."
Joe stared at her, ;scowling, trying
to discover if he was being made game
of.
"Ahh," he growled, "you might give
me a chance to make good"
"I will cook breakfast," said Bela.
"I bring some nice whitefish."
"To tne deuce with breakfast!"
cried Joe, "I epoke you fair, You're
wily trying to put me off!"
"If you don't wake tlre men," said
Bela eoolly, "I will." .
Her eyes were as elear as the lake
waters. Joe's fell before them. He
went sullenly back and shouted in the
door of the shack.
CHAPTER VII.
The day etarted well, •wtth Big
jack, Shand, and Joe all on their good
behavior. But it wace too good to last.
Watching Bela's graceful movements
before the fire, and eating the delici-
ous food she put before them, the
same thoughts passed through each
man's mind,
What a treasure to enrich the cabin
of a lonely pioneer! What would hard
work and diecouragements matter IP
man had that to welcome him home at
the end of the day? How could a man
endure to live alone, having known
auch a woman? How could he hope to
succeed without her help?
Each Geeing the same thoughts re-
vealed in the faces of his eompanions,
realized that two men stood between
him and his desire, and the baleful
fires of jealousy were lighted again.
Each afraid one of the others might
steal a mareh on him, watched his
mates like a detective, The conse-
quence was that hating each other,
they nevertheless stutit together like
bura.
They followed Bela round in corn -
pally like dogs contending for scraps,
ready upon no occasion at all to bare
their teeth and snarl at each other.
Bela, perceiving her poWet, and be-
ing only a human woman, naturally
abused it a little. Thue to see white
Men whom all her life she had rever-
ed, cringing for her favor, went to her
head a little,
She made them fetch and carry for
her like women, she would have said.
Thus the situation was reversed from
that Of her first eppearanee in the
shack.
"Bring Me sewing," ehe said. "I
not laic do Ooteng."
A variety of damaged garMentts Vote
premed upon her,
"I sew one for each Malt," she Wild.
Having made Husky comfortable,
she Wok her work out ihto the sun.
shine, Jack, Shand and Joe lounged
in front of her einoking, Watching her
covertly; Melt privately making up his
Mind to secure that tharming sewing -
machine for his own hdusehold, what
-
ver the cost,,
"Ain't you got honing te do?"
asked, Bela eoolly.
"This is a holiday," replied Slack.
"The stable is dirty," she pereleted.
"That's Shatid'e job," Mid Joe.
"Well, I ain't goin' to leave you two
here," growled Shand, "There's
plenty of other work, if it cOmea to
that.'
"AII go clean the stable," comnaiind-
ed Bela, "I laic a clean ,stable."
"Now go cut plenty wood, So / tan
nook geed," she ordered When they
came back. "I want pine or birch.
No pOplar."
(To be cOnthilled.)
l'he eternal MUM of things sn't
restricted to the dreinnualter.
11
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Tea is an Every -day Luxury
STEADFASTLY FLE,FUSE •isie
SUBSTITUTES
Black, Mixed or Natural dreen.
B203
Schemes Fail
to Beat Draft
Will Rogere, in the "Folliea,"
belle an unitising etory of a young
man who, wishing to be exempt frain
Military draft, went to the dentist and
had all hie teeth extracted, only to
have the examining physicians reject
him beeause ot flat feet,
Rogers' story of course serves ite
purpose; it makes the Audience laugh
and that as why it was origiaated, but
there have been oumerous instances
during the recent examination of the
drafted men where subterfuge has
been used la an effort to cheat Uncle
Sam. These 'Stories are juat beginning
to gain circulation and they give an
in.eight into the difficulties with which
the examining physicians he.d to con-
tend before the full quota was made
up. Some of the sehemee employed
were crude, no doubt,. but still the
physicianwere kept on the elert.
Take the case of the young man
who feigned deafness in order td
"beat" the draft, It happened in Har-
lem, dnd the schemer came near get-
ting away with it, too, but in his
anxiety to be up and away he exposed
Itis hand.
"Do you claim exemption?" inquir-
ed one of the physicians of the man
being examined. The latter pretended
not to hear, and the physician re-
peated it in a louder tone.
"Sure, l'in deaf, replied the
schemer.
"Been, ths t way long?" inquired the
physician.
Again the young man pretendee!
not to hear and the physician repeated
the question, only louder.
"All my life, I guess," answered
the schemer.
Noting the schemer appeared
anxious to get away the physician
grew suspicious, so he decided to take
the schemer by surprise, figuring that
unless the esehemer really was deaf lie
would be deceived by the ruse.
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W. A. HUTCHINSON.
"Oh, well, if you are deaf you won't
make a good soldier. Get your hat,
you're exempt," eaid the physician in
a low tone that only a man with good
hearing could understand.
These were welcome words to the
schemer, who, forgetting all about
the subterfuge he was employing,
grabbed for his hat and was about to
go when the physician said; "I don't
think your hearing is eo badly ine
paired after all. I guess we can Pass
you." . And he was passed.
"Somewhere on the East Side" a
drafted man tried to cheat his way
out by pretending that his eyesight
was poor. He had the physicians fool-
ed, too, for a time. Maybe he would
have beaten the draft if he had kept
his wits, but he didn't and he is go-
ing to serve his country when hie
time comes.
The examining phyalcians weren't
able to tell by the usuel methods
whether this man was deceiving them
or not, so they hatched up a little
echeme which proved hie undoing.
While one monopolized the attention
of the schemer the other physician
tossed a marked $5 bill on the floor in
a corner where the schemer would see
it if his eyesight was just fair. Thea
they lett the room,
It is easy to surmiee what hap-
pened, for when they returned the $6
bill had vanished, The schemer wee
caught; his greed for money had over-
come kis cunning, It required some
pressing by the physicians to con-
vince the schemer that the bill had
been placed there for his undoing.
"I suppose you're very anxioue tO
become a soldier and fight for yout
country?" said a physietan on the
West Side to a robust young man who
mate before him for examination.
"You look good and I'll pass you. Do
YOu claim exemption?"
"Well, I should say I do," replied
the Tobuat young man, in an injured
tone, "I wouldn't make a good fight-
er; I'm sick, I am."
"You're sick?" inquired the physi-
cian, "You surprise me, What's the
trouble?"
"I'm nervous, doctor," replied the
young man.
• "You're hervOuS? Whetai your 00-
cupation?"
a prizefighter."
"Well, go over and win a few
prizes knocking mit the enemy and I
think your elervotienesa will wear off.
Paased,"—New York Sun,
7111,ADE BRIEFS.
A full equipment for the manufacture
of carbonic acid vet le needed by a flan
et aerate°, Coate, Ulm
There is a. market for cotton, worsted,
artificial snit and building materials ti.t
Lyons, France.
Bata and prices on a Portland cement
plant of a two hundred barrel daily ca-
pacity are requested by a firm at ger-
mcsillo, Sonora, Mexico,
Catalogue of American construction ma-
terfahs have been asked for by a firin In
Santo Domingo.
incYcles and accessories, varnished
leather, Gondenaed milk, talking ma-
chinee, glass phial, sewing machines and
stoves are in demand at Caleutta., India,
A. firm at Athena, Greece, desirea to
represent American manufacterers of
bottles, brushes, canned goods, candles,
clocks, copper and many other lines of
goods.
Paper, printing presses, watches, hard-
ware, paints, eoap, perfumery and glass-
ware are needed at Karachi, India.
Brazilian coal deposits In the Poixe
'kilter valley are to be exploited by the
Gov errunent and a railroad company.
Amerieari railway supplies and construc-
tion materials will be needed.
There is a market for fans that could
be operated without electricity at Aden,
Arabia. 11, S. Consul A. E. Southard
suggests that !ane using burning spirits,
or kerosene for power would make large
sale. Catalogue are needed.
Port Elizabeth, South Africa, presents
a good market for American confection-
ery, To Ineuro the best results capable
representation of the manufacturer
should be established.
Light agricultural impleinents that can
be worked by hand are needed badly In
China. Small hydraulic presses suit-
able for vegetable oils are especiallY
wanted. It Is not at present possible
to Introduce heavy machinery into thlt7
market.
4',
Minard's Liniment Cures Garget In
Cows.
.s.
PRESERVING PEARS.
Here is an Excellent Old -Time
Pennsylvania Recipe.
One and one-half pound of pears to
one pound Of sugar.
Pare the pears, cut theni in half.
Put enough water on the sugar to
cover it and boil it for 15 minutes.
Then put in the pears and boil them
for three hours.
About an hour before they are cook-
ed cut up lemoas in thin slices and
add in the proportion of two lemons
to nine pounds of pears. Put no in
air -tight jars.
This Is an eXcellent method of using
up the many rather tasteless pears
that abound in the fall,
BAKED PEARS,
Peel ripe pears, Cut in half. Pack
in layers in a stoneware jar, Strew
each layer with sugar, adding new and
then a mere pinch of grated nutmeg.
In the bottom of the jar Place a
small cup of water to prevent burning.
Fit on a close cover and sit in a mod-
erate oven and bake three hours. Leave
unopened in the oven over night. Very
good eaten cold withecream.
TO PRESERVE PEACHES WHOLE.
Make a syrup of five pounds of sugar
and five cups of water and bring it to
the boil. When boiling put In ten or
twelve pounds of •peaches—not pared.
Boll slowly for 20 minutes. Fill the
jar e with the fruit and then pour over
them the boiling hot syrup. Overflow
the jars, close quickly.
4.
4,1 !nerd's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc.
0-11.
A Sheaf of Maxims.
The end of reading (as of everything
else we do) should be self-improve-
ment.
Though you think all the world's a
stage, learn to act wen your part.
Education which doenot promote
conduct bears within it a mortal
stain.
It takes time and pains to learn what
11. 19 most profitable to do,
The spirit and love of dogmatism
characterize the imperfectly edu-
cated,
Live thy religion; then, shalt theu
not need argue or dispute about it.
We begin with studying how to learn
and lead with learning how to study.
Principle is more than knowledge; a
loving heart is better than much gold.
If to be just like others is Your alt,
you are predestined to be inferior.
To do our work Well, we must be-
lieve in the -worth of the aassk we
are to do.
Our self-respect is largely due to the
love we get in childhood and youth.
In the best of poetry is found the
richest expression of deepeat thought,
—Archbishop Spalding.
• 110
Cool Fashion's,
Foulards,
Tub silks.
Transparent hats.
Sleeveless bathing suits,
••• •
The Meat agreeable person in the
world is the fellow who never has
any opinions of his own.
It is hard to break the
chain S of habit. It WO&
one man six months to stop
saying4,!_`; Gee Whiz.",
Perhaps habit has kept you
ordering !‘ the Same tda as before when you
had intended to buy Red Rose.
'this' will be a reminder. So next time you
will order Red Rose.
You will be pleased, we
are sure.
Kept Good by the
Sealed Package
aubstitUte for Alcah.ol.
The ;teed of wale atimultui tau4 Ise
far been a pereistent force in the des
roC3raesiat
i°aPmoenit0ifor iaacmmnpl
letiaiandtohe ierceo
tillct
ff
meeting ender exhilarating conditioria
is a part of man's nature. Alcohol
drink, and the public bowie have
proved to be wily acceesible meane
to meet theee ends. Where these so-
eccialorrtiunlet.gelineeetnet:, 4tialeveeblerileeltiveenr°0kfa
prohibitory laws against the ealoon
lidauticed.
been extreinelY difficult. Where
teey have been met or subettintially
ministered to by other agencies alco-
holic excessee have been materially re -
It has long Educe been noticed that
Cone as tea, coffee or cocoa baVe been
eOuntrlse tleing liberally such infu-
able to combat roore succesefully the
excessive use of alcoholic Millers, It
Ss, therefore, aignificant that the the
recent meeting of the National Coffee
Roasters' emaciation announcement
Wale made that the eonsumption of Ca^
tee had largely increased in thoee
etates which have in recent years gone
Into the prohibition column. The as-
sociation coneidered the aavieability
More thiekly populated cities of the
country in competition with the ea,-
:f)oneasabliehing coffee houses in the
t,
The development of tea, coffee and
Cocoa houses, in connection with
which might be found other acceseor-
les of social hatercouree, would satisfy
reasonably well some of these human
cravings which operate powerfully in
society and. are not met by the moving
picture shows, the recreational centres,
the open forum, etc.—Independent.
1#1.
Spanking Doesn't Cure!
Don't think cbildren can ba cured of
bed-wetting by spanking them. The
trouble Is constitutional, the child can-
!TEEnot help It. I will send to any
mother my suecessful home
treatment, with full instructions. If your
nehmo10113croer:eyt,robuubtiewyroltue In e thitso.Ndvaayy. send
adults troubled with urine difficulties by
day or night. Address,
treatment is highly recommended to
Mrs. M. Summers,
WilelPSOR, Ontario,
A Fresh. Water Manatee.
The New York Zoological society
now has on exhibition at the aquar-
ium In New York eity the first fresh-
water manatee af the Upper Amazon
that has ever been shown in this coun-
try. The specimen is only five feet
long, and therefore is coneederably
smaller' than the thouesead-pound
brackish -water manatees from Florida
tuat were brought to the aquarium
several years ago. Two other charac-
teristice that distinguieh it from other
species are the nailless flippers and
the white breast. Like other manateee
It turna on its back when the pool is
drawn off for 'cleaning until the water
agafn becomes deep enough to float it.
The manatee le often called the ma
cow because of its fondness for grass,
at any rate the sort of gram that
grows in the water, Its principal diet
at the aquarium is eel-graee and a loaf
or bread,. a day. The Amazon manatee
is much more active than its Florida
coueins, and often swims rapidly
round its pool. It le also very (sociable
and will come to the edge of the pool
any time to have its back rubbed.—
Youth's Companion."
MInard'a Liniment Cures Distemper.
Worth Knowing.
To make nicely -flavored butter with
the buttermilk well worked out, add
a tablespoonful of clear honey to every
three pounds of butter. The presence
of the honey cannot be recognized, yet
the taste of the butter is improved by
it.
To prevent ants getting into a refrig-
erator or on a table, set the legs of
such pieces of furniture on small
squares of eticky fly paper.
To keep the fingernails clean when
polishing the stove put lard under-
neath the edge and around the nails,
and the blacking will not disfigure
them.
To dry a one-piece frock and have it
keep its shape, slip it on a wooden
coat hanger that you have first cover-
ed with a couple of folds of old mils.:
lin.
To remove marks on paint made by
scratching matches thereon, rub them
with a cut lemon.
* •
Guest Dessert.
All in an ice-cold sherbet glass—
Halved marshmallewa.
Diced fruit.
Chopped nuts.
Grape juice.
WhIPPed cream.
Cherry,
• 0
A PERFECT MEDICINE
FOR LITTLE ONES
Baby's Own Tablets are a perfect
medicine for little ones. They regulate
the bowels, sweeten the stomach, taus
drive out constipation, indigestion,
break up colds and simple fevers, mid
make teething easy. Concerning them
Mrs, John Babiteau, Brest, N. 13.,
writes: "I have used Baby's Own
Tablets and have found them a perfect
medicine for little ones." The Tablets
are sold by medicine dealers or by mail
at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wil-
liams Medicine CO., Brockville, Ont.
40 II
SUMMERY PRETTIN'ESS,
Real Lace Aprons and Hats Mass-
ed With Floral Prettiness.
The loVeliest of summer frocks have
Breton or Mitch aprons of real Chantil-
ly, point de Venise, Brustels. Wet or
V ftrle
There
sm
i e Is
es
h
demand as usual, for more
or less dressy- /lath to wear with lingerie
froolcs. The milliners are showing quaint
hats of straw, Georgette or organdie,
ite"orgPlantigdibellhns:v.
He draped
weriotv,taillegoraotterneftivelhelFdr
treamers of black velvet.
Picturesque bonnets, suggestive of the
D.Biroernetnoeirye,, hpaetisload,re ()oft, LoVgilidve-rob,rilitenniteod
or Milan straw, with trimmings of Prenen
floWers, ribbons with picot edges, or rib.
on velvet. Streamers that tie beneath
the chin or hang from a small bow at
one side of tne under -brim are very much
in evidence. A single rose or it com-
pact bunch of tiny flowers sometimes
trim the very ends of the streamers.
In feet, It is it ease of "flowers, flowers,
everywhere" In the real of suMnier foes,.
Jena,
4
Tate and Teriverature,
The 11(11113e of tante resides In little flask
*hoped pockets inibedded in the spin of
the surface of the tengue fins in the up-
per part of the throat. Eaeli of these
blubs hes it fibrii et a nerve eenneeting
it with a larger nerve of its region, Any.
thing to be tasted must be in it dissolved
or gaseous etniclitIOSI $6 as to reach the
Interior of the bulbs, and dIfferetat in
taste depend uper the varyitig Inteesity
With whiels the ittiptession 18 transmitted
thteugh the nerves. IL is net surprie.
ing, thee, that test° 1 Muck Influenced
by temeereture end ine,y teniteirally be
mopped altogether by extreme heat or
cold, The tenee of teste is, It &paws,
istrongee at 4 temperature between se alai
tS) degroai
ISSUR Ka 41, 1917
T'Si--
HELP WANTED.
saVAISTE'D PROBATXONDRS TO
• train for nurnee, Apply, Wellaneee,
Mona!, et, Cetharinee,
t
ofze:Aurt.rriza7t:r1:180nAt.ND LETTElte
`,-* ere wanted: fare advanced, Write,
MLN WANTED FOR TANNERIES AT
4.4 Acton, On Grand Trunk, 36 miles
from Toionto, mechanical and laboring
work at good wage e; healthy thriving
P ANDY MEN- WANTED,' .A.aatieiTOet-
town; excellent eehool; cheap housenitraoe;.
Aend living. Apply Wedmore 84 Co., 37
rrent street east, Toronto.
t —t.
"wageesa. AlmillyllantdioUngGe.8Stel,4a4nYdallrd'orSka`
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T 1-1
by SmAarnE i WAYsbyrotosivEiNonD MONEY4xpre:
the buntyt5hafeirmgebtireitetosns,,ceTr;:wdrolz:itttpoer:tori'llemirlenuittier3.
Order. NEY ORDERS.
AGENTS WANTED,
A GENTS WANTED EVERTIVIIElal
" to sell one of the best selling ar-
tieles on the market; memetning new:
write at once. Donland Specialty Co.
Toronto, Ont,
41.00•1=1,
GIRL ON THE FAR,M,
Why Not Give Her Some Atten-
tion- as Well as the Boy?
In recent years the problem of keep -
Ing the boy on the farm has beeri
thought serious enough to arouse eon-
siderabie dlecussiou.
The farmer has been told that 10 peeieve.
ought to provide -the most modern ag-
ricultural machinery in order to ob-
viate the hard labor of farming and
of ecientific agricultural, that he
should send his boys to a good school
keep the boys interester; that he
should set aside a certain portion of
the farm for the boy and permit him
to keep the profit from hie operation,
and lie has been told many other
things, in all of whiclathe importance
of the boy to the farm was emphasized
and plane suggested to ntake his lot
a little easier and more promising.
The county agent has interested him-
self in the problem by organizing
boys' corn growing and other agricul-
tural contests,
But how about keeping the girl on
the farrn? The girl does not ordinarily
do the heavy field work, but her ser-
vices in homekeeping, cooking and
mending as well as in buttermating,
milking, caring for garden and cli!ck-
ens, which taelte usually fall to her
lot, are surely valuable enough to
warrant the greateet consideration,
And yet diecuenion of the problem of
keeping the girl on the farm Is in-
frequent.—Indianapolis News.
The Larger Vote.
Last election nighe the leading bon -
vivant of a certain town proceeded joy-
ously and faithfully to go in for
strong drink on a larger scale than
was for his own boot interests. His aa-
vels then took him to tee headquarters
of the republican country committee,
where he sat and listened to the elec-
tion returns. All night long he heard
the precinct figures counted off—so
many for Hank !leeks and so veiny for
Bill Jones for the; or that otriee.
Then he staetcd homeward, steering
his course along a street that was
rough, as it teemed to lkim, like a sea.
As one great billow pushed him
against the plategiesa front ot a res-
taurant, he glanced in at .the signs
that gave the prieces of various food
dishes offered In that caravansary.
He read:
"Pork and apple sauce, 25. Ham
and eggs, 35,"
"Hurrah for ham and eggs." he
shouted, as he continued on ills way,
—Everybody's Magazine.,
Minard's Liniment cureDiphtheria.
•
Surprises in Chinese.
"Some people," said an America%
consul to China, "live as long as twen-
ty years in China and never leant
more than a dozen Chinese expres-
sions. But not so, my little girl. She
used to meet me each evening with
some new Chinese expression which
she had learned during the day. Now,
the Chinese language, like the Jap-
anese, is full of honorifics, and I
fondly imagined one evening, when my
little girl greeted me with some en-
tirely new expressions, that she was
saying something. like this, "Hera
comes the honorable personage, my
father,"
"To verify my guess I asked a lit-
tle Chinese boy to translate. At first
he WEIS rather backward, but I urged
him until he finally said:
"Your excellency, your daughter
says, "Here comes the old wooden
headed bottle." Yes, there are soma
Surprises in Chineee."
• *
Proper Physical Education.
The purpose of physical education
Is, of course, not mesa' to build uP
the bodiesof boys to -day, but to put
into the lives of boys tbat thing, what-
ever it is, that wilt Make the boy stay
strong and ablebodied when he reach-
es matahood. Such Men—lovers of
fresh tar, of hiking in the wild, of
sleeping out under the sky—men who
can both Otijoy and endure, are tins
men who will Make up a strong na-
tion and net a tiatIOft of weaklings. --
Scouting.
Eatingior Health and
S
getnrte , sceailel f
cs ioonr. intelli-
gent
I 1i is -
easy:, to- keep in top-notch
vigor or mind and body at
low cost if you know Shred-
ded Wheat Biscuit. It is
100 per cent. whole wheat—
nothing wasted, nothing
thrown away — contains
more real body-building nu-
triment than meat, eggs or
potatoes and costs much
less: Pull of nutriment,
tatty and toothsome. Most
people like the nutty aroma
of the baked wheat, especi-
ally when served with hot
milk. Delicious with sliced
peaches* bananas and other
fresh fruits.
Made In Canada,