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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-10-18, Page 6.41111111111114111 Britain haa a 'Women's Army Aux- ilittry Corps for serviee both at home and overseas. It differs front all oth.. er organizationa of ite kind in being directly administered by rho War of. floe, wearing the King's uniform, and dolug work which hoe Iiitherte been done by actunl serving soldiers. It la Mit a, fighting body, it doe a uot even enter the danger zone; but it does military duty none the less, and an incre-ase In its strength, inai3rauch as each woman releariee a man for other duties, la a direct increase in the strength • of our fighting forces. It works' behind the lines at the front and does work formerly done by sol- diers, TEE AIR RAIDS. We do not kuow how .long Great Britain will tamely submit to have her towns and cities bombarded from the skies by German airships, raining death and destruction down upon help- less and innocent people. We would think, however, that if the people had DOMC spirit they would compel the au- thorities to take some other means than the present to protect them frOM Etch wanton outrages. It is no long- er Peasible to claim that Germany gaine no military advantage by these raids, because she does. We are told of the enormous number of guns that aro used to throw up a barrage fire against the invaders. By these raids Germany compels Britain to keep all this artillery at home when it might be in France. The air raids also compel Britain to maintain a large air fleet at home for protective purposes, when they Might be helping Haig at . the front. We note that France retaliatewhen an air raid is made upon any of its cities or towns, and the result is that France is not bothered much with such raids. This war cannot be won along sentimental lines. The airships that are used at home to fight the German air- ships would be better employed were they sent into German territory to give the cowardly Germans a taste of their own meditine. THE NEUTRALS' PREDIOA- .11TENT. Both Great Britain and the 'United Statea have put the screws on the reutrala. They have decided that lionand, Sweden and other neutral countries will not be permitted any longer to -supply Germany with the necessaries of life. Tho United States is to ration all these e.ountries. It has embargoed all exports, even to Its, allies, unless these contribute to the successful prosecution of the war. The neutrals must choose, either one side or the other. If they want to continue to feed Germany they 'will get nothing from Britain or the United State. Suppliea are short, and there Is none to spare for the enecny. There- are nearly a bundred Dutch steamers in United States ports, most of them loaded with food for Hol- land, but they canont get away, be- cause the United States refuses to give them bunker coal. The Netherla-nds Government sent over a delegation to the States to inform President Wilson that Holland has got tp give Germany certain supplies or she could get no &eat from that country. But Presi- dent Wileort is obdurate that nothing must got to Germany from America. Outside the relief and succor she has given to the Belgians, Holland has played a somewhat ignoble part in this ware It might have been thought by some that she would have rallied to the help of Belgium. She must have known that a German vic- tory would mean the subjection and humiliation of ,herself. But, instead of helping to defeat the Clematis, she has submitted to all. sorts of indigs 1 -ler ships have been sunk. by German U-boats and she has tied up others to please the Kaiser. 'Ily this time the Dutch people must know that Germany cannot Win. When the war is over, Belgiu:n will be recompensed and rewarded, -while Hol- land will receive scant courtesy. The Scandinavian countrice are in the genie boat with Hcliatici. Had they taken a .decided stand againet Germany at the first, they would not bawl suffered muc'a more than they have and postabIy the war would have been Won by .this titne. Trouble About a Pig. A. attunes:or of the French court of at peels who is also connected with the management of a military hospital, au- thorised the purchase of a suckling •which should be rioutiahed on the kitch- en wastes. The little pig had the run of thehospital yard. He was of a sport- ive disposition and the hospital inmates called hint Little Bacon. One day the director of munielpal hygiene wrote to the celinciler that for sanitary reasons the little porker must he removed. Thr coonctior thereepon offered the pig to the pessiding judge of the local tribunal. Two tioldierii put the idg in a wheel chair to take it to the Judge. Seine days later the eouncilor received from thr office of the military behlth service a letter informing him that he had no right to diepone of the precioue animal, but that ft mind he returned to the hos- pital..• In grat haste, the touriellor went to see his friend. thr president. He was met by a frightful spectacle. Little flecon lay upon the mod in the judge's garde% tho throat cut from ear to ear. The stunting arid squeal- ing of the, pig had disturbed the elumber of the judge and he had decreed Re <teeth, The touncilor wrote immediate- ly to the military health office thAt he could not nroduce the Mg. He received in &newer: "You Wive maned away ei Pit, and 1 hall prosecute Yon." Ile- tweenahe sanitary and the thin authori- Veil what wee he to do? Be decided to obey the Cirdcre of the army. He re. paired to the enen market, beught a sueklitig pig of 4, farmer from Bettuce and led it with great pomp to the hospi- tal. The nuettasor to „Little Damn la et A, sombre and erabbed remote He meeks Iktilittid't* and relaes the meet re/adore; grumbling& The eolaters have herded bite the Crown Printe.--Le Cif de Parte. fair In lotto arid War, tat it's tit right tit fecal A Mardi. With Sam the cue wee it little dia. fereut. When Bela addresseed him it was with perhaps a heightened arra, ganee, bet fer the moat part Ile man. aged to keep out of tier way, Net that he wee) indifferent; far froui it. This new aspect of her ex. asperated hite mightily. "She needs a nmeter," he thought, The idea of taming her woe delleione, -seductive. "I could do it," he told himeelf, sneer- ing at the obeequiousnese of Big Jack et al, Meanwaile be attended. strictly to his owu duties. Sem, when he choee, had -command of a face cte wooden as Belaet, More than once Bela, when she was unob served, flashed a hurt and angry look at his Indifferent back in the dietance• For several houre during the after., noon Sana diesemeared altogether. During his abeence the other men had an uneasy time at Bela's hands. With all tier eaughty airs she did not relax any of her care of Husky. The others envied him his wound, Hour by hour he wa,s visibly growing better. The fever Jiad left him. Ho had gotten over hie fear of Bela. Now, by a twisted course of reason, Ing, characterietic of him, he adopted a proprietary air toward her. She waS his, he seemed to say, because for - Booth, he had been shot by her. This, it need not be said, was highly offen- sive to the other meta la the middle of the afternoon, Bela desiring a pail of water, Jack and Shand fell into a wrangle over who should get It. The fact that each felt he was making a fool of himself did not lessen the bitterness of the dis- pute. Joe attempted to take advantage of it by sneaking out of the door with another pall. He was intercepted, and the argument took on a three -corner- ed aspect, Another endless, futile jaw- ing -match reeulted. Each was re- etrained from striking a blow by the knowledge that the other two would instantly combine against him. Bela f:nally got the water herself, and ordering the three -of them out - aide, bolted the door after them. The last aound they heard was Hueky'e tri- umphant laugh from the bed, where- upon they patched •up their differencs es, and joined in cursing him, and ex- pressing the hope he might yet die of his wound. They were not allowed inside again until Sam returned and the supper was Sitarted, Their tempers had not im- proved any, and the situation grew eteadily worse, Throughout the meal a sullen silence prevailed. Bela maintained the air of a haughty mistreee of an unruly t3chool, They all deferred to her uneasily, except Sam, Who kept himself strictly to himeelf. His face was as blank of expreseion as a wax -work. As soon as Bela finished eating elel rose. "I go now," she eald, coolly. "Come beak to -morrow." Three of the -faces fell absurdly, Sam did not look up. A tiny flash in Bela's dark eyes showed that she ob- (served the difference. She moved to- ward the door. Involuntarily Young Joe started to rase. "Sit down," snarled jack and Shand simultaneouely. Bele, went. Left to themselves, none of the men were dispoeed to talk except -Husky. Like sick men generally, his fibers were relaxed, and hia tongue loosen. ed. "I feel fine to -night," he announced at large. "A hell of a lot we care!" muttered Joe, "We great to feel your strength coming 'back," Ilueka went on un- abashed, "She's a wonderful fine nurse. Takes care of me like a baby. I'd trust myself to her opener than the highest -priced doctor in the city." "You sung a different tune yeeter- day morning," sneered Joe. "Lord! you're a fool, Husky!" added Shand. "Ahh! you're only jealous!" re- turned Husky, "You wish you was me, I bet. She's got rare good sense, too. You fellowe with your quarrel- ing and ail, you don't know her. This afternoon when she .put you out we had a real good talk. You ought to heard the questions she asked. About the city sued everything. Like a child, but better eenee like. She thinks things out for hersef all right. Me and her', gettin' real good friends." eAhhi shut your silly head!" snarled Joe. "Be thankful you're laid out on your back or you'd get it bust- . ed in far less than that, To liear you talk, one would thiloc you haa a mortgage on the girl just becauee she plugged you! You fool! You got no chance at all. You're already got your turn -down good and •proper!', "You're jealous!" retorted Husky. "Wouldn't you give something to know what pawed between ea when you was looked out. You wait and see." Husky was in no condition to keep up his end With a well man. His voice trailed off into a whine and ceased. Sam nntoncernedly rolled up and went to sleep. The other three salcat- ed and glowered into the fire. No sleep for them. No telling hear near she might be. The heart of each man was outside the shaek. Each knew that atiy attempt to follow it would ohly result In a fresh wratigle. Finally tig Jack retnarked Very t as - unity: "Let's go outeide for a bit." The other tWo tirose With alacrity and they issued celt in a body. The sky Was till bright. They covertly looked about, hoping to discover a sign of her pretence, or some indite - tion of the way she had gone. Together 'they loafed down to the cre,ek, and oreasieg by the stepping Stones, walked out On the Want be- eend, Whence they 'could see a long way doWn the &tore, Teward the east the lake Was like a sheet of antler - plate. Behind them the sky was pal- ing froin ember to dear jade. Without confeesing evliat Wits in his Mind, ettch man earched the shore ter a telltale wisp of slnoke. Nothing was to be seen, Each wendered if she Were wetehing him from conceal- ment, %Meting in her sleeve. Ilaturning at last, unsatisfied and Irritable, O. senseless dispete arose at the door as to who should be the last to enter, Shand, losing his temper, gave Joe a puth that sent the youth epreWling 'reticle on his hand* and ktieels. are epratig op livid and in 5n With rage. Jaelt and Shand inetinctively drew together. seeing the Odds againtst hita, tented withottt, a Word toward the Otter of the shalt Where the gabs Vete kept The other tWee ai- ing, riterealred the dietellett back to the deter. But Joe was held Up in raid -career, "They're gone!" he cried, blankly. Foliewing his eyes they saw that the corner was empty. Their thoughte took a sharp turn. They glanced at each other suspiciously. Joe's anger blazed up afresh, "Yen did it, you traitor!" he cried, whirling around on Shantl. "You made away with the guns so you could pick us off one by one! You keep quiet, deet you, and work be- hind our .becks! Jack, are you going to stand tor It? He'll get you, too!" Jack moved a little away from Shand, grim and suspicious, "What grounds have you?" he de - mended of Joe. Joe had no grounds—except his anger. "I see it in his face!" he cried. "It's a damned lie!" said the dark man thickly. "I play fair," Joe renewed and enlarged his no- ausations, Husky, from the bed, merely to be on the stronger side, added his voice, Big Jack's silent anger was more dangerous than either. Once more the little shack was like tt cauldron boiling over with the poisonous broth of hate. Sam sat lu,p in his bed, blinking -- and angry, too, He felt he had been Wakened once too often by their Im- becile quarreling. 'For Heaven's sake, what' the mat- tes now?" he demanded. "Shand stole the guns!" cried Joe. "He didn't," said Sam, "I hid them." All four turned on him in astonish- ment. "What did you do that for?" de- manded Joe, open-mouthed. "I hid them to keep you from ;blow- ing the tops or each other'sheads off before morning," said Sam, coolly. "Turn in and forget it," Joe took a step toward him, "By George, we don't need no cook to tell us what to do!" he eried, "I'll teach 'You fool!" said Sam, scornfully. "It's nothing to me if you want to shoot each other, I'll tell you where they are Only III move ort by your leave. 1 don't want to be mixed up ln any wholesale murders. The guns are all together—they're—" "Stop!" cried Jack in A great voice.. "He's right," he said, turning to the 'others. "Let the guns be till molt- ing. Let every man turn in. Are you with me, Shand?" "Sure!" he muttered. "Me, too," added Husky from the bed, somewhat unnecessarily. "I need - sleep." The storm blew over. Joe went. to his corner, muttering. Jack and Shand lay down between him and Sam. Sam fell asleep calmly, By and by Husky began to snore. The others lay feigning sleep, each ready e to spring op at the slightest move front one of his fellows. Shortly after dawn they arose sim- ultaneously from their wretched beds with muttered curses. They looked at each other blackly. In the uncom- promising light of morning all were alike weary, sore, and dispirited. "Hell!" muttered Big Jack, the wisest and most outspoken of the three, "This can't go on. Inside a week we'll ell be loony or under the ground!" "Well, what are you going to do about it?" snarled, Joe, • "It's no good our fighting over her," said Big Jack, "She'll take the one she wants, anyway. You never can tell about women. Soon as she tomes to -day I'll offer myself to her -straight out and stand by her answer," "Do you think you'll be let do all the talking?" asked Joe. afeh, Shand?" • "Every man is at liberty to speak for himself," replied Jack. "Every Man here is welcome to hear what I say to her," "Jack is right," growled Shand. "I agree." "Well, how about the order?" de- manded Joe. "Who'll speak first?" "Last word is supposed to be best," said Jack. .'We'll give that to you," he added scornfully. "If she's got the sense I credit her with I'm not afraid of you." 'Fat thence you have! Twice her age!" snarled Joe. "I take my chance," returned Big Jack Icalmly. "Already I feel better since I thought of putting it up to her. Whichever man she chooses can draw his share out of the concern and go on with her. Husky speaks first, me second, Sand third, and Joe last --or we can match for chances." "I'm satisfied," said Shand with a sidelong look at Zack. It appeared as if these two felt that the other was the only one to be feared. Joe, suspicious of both, refused to commit himself, 'He's got to be satisfied," declared Big Jack, indifferently. Bela arrived with the sun and peeped in the window. Seeing them up and dressed, she came around to the door. In the mean time Husky had awakened, and Jack had told hint what was planned. It was almost too inuch for Husky,' His objections and entreaties were un- noticed. Fully dressed but somewhat shaky, he was now sitting on the edge of his bed. Sara still slept in the con nen Frotn •the character Of the silence that greeted her, Bela instantly appre. liIeinncid.ed that something- was in the Wind "What for you get up so eerly?" she demanded. "Bela, we got something to Say to you," Big Jack began portentiottsly. "More talk?" asked Bela. "Thla Is serious," "Well, say it." "Let's go outside," said Joe, hervt ously, "We suffocating in here." Filing out of the shack, they stood against the wall in a row—alig jack, Black Saand, elueky Mid Young Joe. Dela etood off a little way, Watching theca aeray It bad a meat neat the look of a spelling bee With a teacher WhO Meant to stand nci nensenee. But each Of the Men Was takirtg it Very serious- ly, Each was pale, tight-lipped, and bright-eyed With exeitereent, exeePt• Husky, whose eyes Were heraseed, and whose Mouth kept °pelting and shut- ting. "Tain't fair! 'Tain't fair!" he kept Inlittering. "Look at rile, the state I'm in, and all!" "Well, what you want say?" de- tnahded Bela. Big Jack steed up straight and brought his heels together, HO had been a 'soldier In his time. He felt that it watt a great moment. An heilett hientileiat gave him dignity. "I got to Open We Metter," he said, "befere each man speake tor himself," He &need at his companions. "If any Malt here thinks he Can eapleill it better, let hint ePeak "Ah, go ahead, alld ellt in short!" Muttered Shand. "Yeeterclay," Jack resumed, "it Mae' have seemed as if We acted like a parcel Of unlicked Sehoolbere I Own am sorry for my part in it. 13ut I don't see how I could have (lone dif- ferent, A man can't let Another man get ahead of bin) when there's woman in the case. It can't go On With the four of us here, and nobody know- ing where he stands. So I proposed that we end it this morning by putting it up to you." The other men were moving innate tiently, "Ah, cut out the prelinsineries!" growled Joe, Jack was direct enough -when he got ready to be, "Are you married?" lie asked Bela, pointblank Bela was a stranger to the tremors and blushes imposed upen civilized women at such a crisis. "No," she Bald, with her inscrutable face. . "Do you Want to bar She shrugged with fine carelessnese. 'I suppose I got get 'osban' some toafniseal* take your pic Said Jack, "I Ain't sayin' k of the four we're prize specimens, mind you. Bet you'll hardly do better at that Up here. Anyhew, look us over." She proceeded to do ea. Under her glance each man bore himself accord - Ing to his nature. Her eyes showed no change as they moved along the line. None of them could tell what thoughts lay behind that direct, calm glance. Having inspected each one, her eyes returned to Jack as if inviting him to speak further, "Husky speaks first, according to arrangement," said Jack, waving hi lid.e Husky's speech was incest, inco- herent and plaintive. "They fixed this up when I was asleep," he stuttered. "Sprung it on me unawares. Me just out of a sick- bed, not shave(' nor slicked up nor nothine 'Tain't fair! I ain't had no chance to think of anything to say. Made me speak first, too. How do I know what they're going to say after me? 'Tain't fair! I'm as good as any man here when I got ray strength. Don't you listen to anything they say. Take it from me, I'm your friend. You know me. I'm a loving man. A woman can do anything with me if she handles me right. I won you from them fair, and now they want to go back on it. That shows you what they are, Don't you listen to them. You and me, we had our scrap, and now it's all right, ain't it? Look at what I Buffered for you!" There was a lot more of this. The other men became impatient. Finally Jack stepped forward. "Time!" he said. "You're begin- ning all over. It's my turn now." Husky subsided. "Now I speak for myself," said Jack. It was the voice of what men call a good sport—cheerful, deter- mined, wary, not unduly confident. "I am the oldest man here, but not an old meneyet by a long shot. I am boss 'of tins outfit. I got It up," Joe angrily interrupted him. "Hold on there! You ain't proved the best man yet.' "Shut your head!" growled Shand. "Your turn Is coming." "Forty per cent. of this outfit be- longs to me," Jack went on. "That is, I got twice as much property as any man here. I can make. a good home for you. A girl has got to think of that. But that ain't all of it, neither. You got to take me with it, ain't yell? Well, I'm old enough to realize how lucky I'd be if I got you. I'd treat you good. Wherever you come from, you're a wonderful woman. You taught us a lesson, man enough to own it. I say I take off my hat to you. Will you have me?" • Bela's face never changed. She turned to Shand. "What you got say?" she asked. Shand's dead white face made a striking contrast with his raven hair. His heavy head was thrust forward, his big hands clenched. He spoke in an oddly curt, dryvoice, which, how- ever, did not hide the feeling that made his breast tight. "I am no talker," he said. "I'm at a disadvantage. But I got to do the best I can. I want you as much as him, though I can't tell you so good. I'm five years younger. That's something. I'm the strongest man here. That's something, too, in a land where you get right down to tacks. But that ain't what 1 want to say. If you come to me, you'll be the biggest thing in my life. I ain't had much. I'll work for you as long as I draw breath. All that a man can do for a woman I will do for you!" The three others scowled at Shand, astonished and a little dismayed that the dumb One should prove so elo- quent. Young .Toe plunged into the silence. A particular confidence animated him, 'With his curly hair, his smooth face, and his herculean young body, he had a kind of reason for it. He showed off his charms before her as naively as a cock grouse. But somo. how the fire of his eyes and voice was a lighter, flashier blaze than that of the men who had last spoken. "Sure, they'd be hicky to get you!" he Bald. "Any of them. Jade is twenty years older than you, Shand and Husky fifteen, anyhow. I guess yY1 oti? you want a young husband, on How about roe? I'm twenty-four. We're your* together. They've had ohsuShe dsnept ni; se their day. Girls have their own way of picking out What they want. Jack says look us over. I stend by that, Look us over good, and say which one wee unbearable to them. erately did as he bid her, "You've heard us all. now," Said Sack, "What do you say?" Bela was the picture of incliffereace. "There's anot'er man hete," she said, jack stared. "Another? Who Oh, the took! He ain't one of us. He ain't got nothieg but the shirt on his back!" Bela shrugged. "You Say you Want trail' all fair. Let me hear what he get say," Pere was an tineepected turn to the sttuation, They glower at her With increasing stispicion and anger, Was it possible there was a dark horse le the erfyade01 "l 1 want him, 1 geese you tea gay BO right out, can't you?" growled "'eek Btossed her head. "T not Want him," She said. quickly. "1 jets' Waet hear evbat he got say." It Was difficult for them to think of the despised grub -rider in the light ef a rival, so they 'decided it Was just freak of coquettisintese itt Belt, (To he eiehteltued) til right to steal a march, All'ff fair itt lovo and vvar, WS AM -13 Purely iterbst—lis palitissOos coloring Antiseptic—Stops tiligni-psisse SastIdag—Eads pale aad smsdies, eta Pure—sI lot lisby's risks, Heels all sores. 50e. box. An Droggiob and Mora 4eSde-teetesee, e I Trench Fever I Still Mystery • +444-40+44-•÷11-4-4+44-4-•-•-•-•••••-0-** Col, Sir W. P. Herringhani, CB, M.D., a consulting physician of the British army, gives a graphic descrip- tion In the BrIttsh ltieeicel Journal of the ailment known at the front as trencli fever. The syznptorns are des- cribed in detail. It is a painful and Prostrating malady, but Is not tatal. Sometimes it is mistaken for influen- za or some other disease marked by a rise of temperature. Apparently this ailment only oc- curs at the front or in hospitals to which patients who have developed it at teh front have been removed for treatment. Front Colonel Herring - ham's description of trench fever, it must still be regarded as one of the medical mysteries, for its origin has not been discovered. While the symp- toms point to a disease caused by a ,germ or bled parasite, no specific germ has been identified in connec- tion with it. It is significant, how- ever, that if the blood of a patient is injecte diato a healthy man, the dis- ease Is communicated to him. Colonel Herringliam writes under the caption, "Trench Fever and Its Allies." Here is las account: "In the first winter of the war there were teary cases of stiffness and pain in various parts, especially hte muscles of the back and shoul- ders, with some fever, and there were also a few cases' which were thought to be influenza, but the ?spring of e915 our attention was drawn to the frequency of a form of fever, which struck everyone as novel. The men were often seized suddenly, perhaps when performing a duty, with a ver- tigo or faintness so severe as to drop them in their tracks. A. severe headache, especially hi the back of the eyes, and a pain in the back, al - IUntie ill for Malty weeks. • "Sueh charts as these, with a sharp and eudden rise, separated by regular and afebrile (no feVer) per1e(10, Were strongly saggeeStive of the life-eycle Of Some blood peraeite and every *nettled was followed Which, gaY0 hope of its diecovery. Up eto the present no such body has been Nand, but it has been ehown that the fever can be cornmuni• caked by the bleed from a patient if Injected into a aealthy man and, fur. ther, thet the virus Is oonneeted with the red blood cella and not with, the Berlint. It ha e been a conttnon opinion that whatever the virus may be it is convoyed by the louse and there are a few facts to eupport this. "No cats° proved fatal and the great majority made a speedy recovery, but some were left with irregularity of the heart, which persieted for a long time. Cases of recurrence after latervale of good healta were zun unknown; it was evident that one attac kdid not produce immunity, "Many drugs—sineluding the salyeie ic acid compounds, and quinine by the mouth, and Salvarean, and sentiment' by injections—were tried. None had any effect on the course of the fever. In a few calm aspirin, and in many more morphine, relieved the pain tem- porarily, "Along with this relapsing form, which was called trench fever, there were others which showed no relapae, though the symptoms were the same. Some of them had a hogbaeked curve, the highest points lying toward the middle of the curve, which fell to non mal about the tenth•day, Others had a low pyrexia (fever), never rising much above. 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but lasting a fortnight or three weeks. In -the summer of 1916 a number of cases of Short fever were seen in which the spleen was enlarged. These cases were occasionally observed at other times. They were probably a special form, "Some thought that they could dis- tinguish a special type which they called shin fever, but this could not, on wider investigation, be established. It should be added that pain in the shins was not peculiar to any fever. It wa s seen in typical cases of eccen- tric, intestinal fevers. "Some bacteriologtsts found various infeetions in the blood of thee° cases, but their results were not confirmed, "The chief diseases from which these fevers had to be distinguished were one of the enteric fevers and in- fluenza. It was not until repeated ex- aminations, extending over some hun- dreds of cases, had been made that we felt justified in excluding the fon mer. Influenza is so protean a dis- order that its exclusion was still more difficult. There were in these fevers, however, no catarrhal symptoms, the /menus Influenzae was never found in the blood and the cases occurred only Assatn teas are the strongest and richest grown. It is of these teas that Red Rose Tea chiefly consists. That is why it yields the very large number of 250 cups to the pound—at the cost of about a cent for five cups, and every cup rich, strong, delicious tea. Kept Good by the Sealed Package 1441111411•411111111111, AMINIIIIIIMMI11114141k, most at once, Occasionally there was pain in •the left hypochondrium (up- per, side region of the abdomen). When the men reached the clearing station they cOmplained of much pain in the legs, especially down the shins and many could not bear the press- ure of the bedclothes. In some the Pain was rather in the muscles of the calf. Along With these symptoms the tongue was furred, the appetite bad, nausea was not infrequent and the bowels were constipated. There was no cough, and the lungs were un affected. The pulse was from 70 to 80 and the heart was natural. The psieen was not enlarged mid there was no albuminuria. "The temperature rose quickly, reaching 102 degrees Fahrenheit or more on the second day. Occasionally lite temperature rose to 105 degrees Fahrenheit and was accompanied by stupor, It fell on the third and fourth to normal and then in mane" cases . rose again on the fifth or sixth day, to fall again on the ninth or tenth. This saddle -backed the curve resem- bled that of the phlebotomous fever (caused by bloed-sucking flies) ot the Mediterranean and the symptom ever nOt ilIssimilar, thoug limiledr, but there was no phlebotomous fever in this country. "As further •cases were observed, it was discovered that the relapse might take place at different intervals, even after ten days at a normal tempera- ture, but that for ea.ch patient the eycle was regular. Thus in one patient the eycle might be seven days, in another ten, and in another even 1.8 days, The periods of normal tena perature lasted five, eight ahd eleven days, respectively, and were inter- rupted by a sudden fever, which might rise to 104 degrees Fahreaheit and as quickly disappear. As the disease continued the fever rose each time to a gradually lower level tina the in. terve:Is might beeome longer, . "In a large ntimber of cases there was only one bout of fever. Many had only one relapse, but if there was more than one there were frequently many, arid such a patient might cox). - et the front or among the personnel of hospitals where the eases were treated. It was not a general epidemic as influenza usually is." When Seed Germinate. The average time, under normal conditions, for .seed to germinate Is bean, five to ten days; beet, seven to ten: cabbage, five to ten; carrot, twelve to eighteen; cauliflower, five to ten; celery, ten to twenty; corn, five to eight; cucumber, five to ten; endive, five to ten; lettuce, six to eight; onion, Seven to ten; pear, six to ten; parsnip, ten to twenty; pep- per, nine to fourteen; radish, three to six; salsify, seven to twelve; to- mato, six to twelve, and turnip, four to eight, -.-,.-_- Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria, CURING TIRED FEET, Thie is the age of tired feet. It Is also the age of pavements. And tired feet are largely the result of walking on hard pavements. "let, curiously enough, pavements were inventd pri- marily to nettle man to move about on his feet more comfortably. The outer side or the foot is of stronger construction than the inner and Will relnalti so even with prolong- ed usage on hard pavements if the foot he kept In a proper position while walking .But the out toeing position takes the etrain off the outer portions of the foot, and thus the muedles are weakened eventeally through lack ot natural exercise. The best way to cor- rect this and at the same time correct the tendency to failing arches is by cultivating the habit of walking and standing with the feet held parallel. Thin le particularly helpful to per- sons who are obliged to stand for prolonged periode at their work, In addition there are two siniple ex- ercises Whin will strengthen the foot muscles and ward off the tendency to fatigee if practieed for a few Moments each day. One of theft consists in toe - 'Ing in se mech as poseible—evalking inmnommIns••••••••=4•14•4114•4114 , %ler as'" ,ate,/,',Ze" a7e/aa enrerefeaeeste-ea =-P-9.27Vn.4--e7•0 eoe , ; /teas/ , e eeeeeeat iseseseseRee,./ / , a ela-,/,neeazegr' 'V Grapes green vipe, in jolly, spicod conscrvics, or simply preserved syrup, 3mako a delicious and mexpensivc addition to yOUr wintcr aupplie$. "Aire and lincolootre Is the ideal sugar for all preserving, because of its VINE Granulation. 30, ge end 16016iiial Solo 2 mid 5.,yousa Carload Three lieef Cook Dooke tent frto for Rea DallTrsdessarla ATVINTICSITOAlt nernegates 'Anna, Matted 113 DRS. SOPER 4S(WIRITE* SPEOiALISTS Piles, eczema Asthms. Oaterrh, Pimples, Calleeesiat lifileasy, Rheumatism, Shin, Kid, raw, elope' orvaiond ifiledeor Disaasss, Call Or Had blowy kr hoe advice. Medic* funneled in Walt lone, Hoerc--10 azti. to 1 p" sod Sto tip.to, Sundays...40cm, to CIFAS•11111•• 1,80 DRO. SOPER dk tvfirre 115 Tomato I., Tomato, Oat, Mole Maio* This Paps?. 11•1011•0 club footed—and walking about the room for one minute 'several times each day. Thee position puts the strain on the =soles of lone outside of the foot, thtu3 toning them up and streng- thening them. The strain will be ap. pareut to any one the Met "time he 'tries this exaggerated form of pigeon toed locomotion. But the ultimate res milt will be a pronounced strengthen- ing and straightening of the feet, 'with a itendency to assume uncon- sciously a natural position in walking and standing. The second exereise consists in throwing the weight of the body on to the outside of the feet by standing with the lege croeeed and the feet held parallel. This position should be assumed for several minutes each day and is often totted very reetful to persons obliged to stand in cramped quarters. By bending the kneee and walking about the room with the feet still in this position, alternating with fleet one foot and then the other in the lead, the outside foot muscles may be strengthened very rapidly, If either one or both of these exer- cises are 'practiced for one minute perlode three or four times each day the foot muscles will be toned up to resist fatigue and the tendency to faSlittg archee that follows almost in- variably.— Los Angeles Times. •••• •Mlnard's Liniment Cures Garget In Cows. ••• OTHERS' AFFAIRS. Unless You Have Real Tact Don't Try to Be Third Party. Have you a reputation of being a third party where two persons are vainly trying to manage their own af- fairs? It is only the most tactful sort of persons who can SUCcesSfully play the role of third party without doing more harm than good. Don't try to fix things up between quarreling lovers unless you are abso- lutely sure that you can trust your tact and intuition to do the right and only thing. Don't intervene in the affairs of a newly -established household. Let the young people work things out for themselves. Don't try to bring up other people's children. They won't thank you. Nobody thanks the med- dler, no matter how well intentioned she may he, Now, to the humane soul who hates -to see things go wrong when a word or two will apparently set them right, this withholding of interest seems most selfish. Put it really isn't. It is the most considerate thing you can do sometimes to shut your eyes and let things take their natural course. They will right themselves in time, and you will not jeopardize your friendship by good-natured meddling. It is better to stand aside than to get tnixed up as a third party in other people's troubles. Nobody loves a med- dler.—Pittsburg Press. Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. -4 ale How War Ganes. The precedent of history show thee the great majority of the world's con- flicts have been begun before formal declarations of war were neade. Ac- cording to authorities on international law, a condition of war arises in three ways: First—Declaration of war. Second—A proclamation or mani- festo declaring that a state of war exists. Third—Through the commiseion of hostile acts of force. One authority on international law, describing ways in which hostilities may begin without formal declaration, says, "Acts of force by way of reprisals or during a pacific blockade or during an intervention might be forcibly re- sisted, * w hostilities breaking out in this way."—New York World. WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT BABY'S OWN TABLETS Mrs, A. C. Smith, Goodwood, Ont., writes: "I have used Baby's Own Tablets for the past two years and have found them the best medicine a mother can give her little ones and I would not be without them." The Tablets never fall to banish the sim- ple ailments of childhood, They reg- ulate the bowels, sweeten the stomach and Make the cross, sickly baby bright, healthy and happy. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 23 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Public Makes the Market, The public Makes the stook market. The impression that a few operators can advance or lower pricee as they pleaile is a sadly Mietaken One, If thie tould be done by a dozen men, or by a hundred, or a thousand, there would be no need of a stock market, for these gentlemen could eombitie and enrich thernseIves beyond the dreams of avarice. No; the etoek Market is Made by the public, When the publie is scared and refuting to buy the merket langulehee, bilsiness halts, and uncertainty pre - vane, When the public is badly sear- ed it heeomes panic stricken and un- loads by wholesale, and all Must take their losses, big .atid little operators Alike. I do not mean to say that /arge op- erators are riot able to influenee the market to a certaili degree and under favorable eonditions, but Ow eatinet do this to the extent that most per- sons intagine. They Make their mon- ey by operating okilltully on the elde that they thihk will Win, whether the bull or the bear Mlle.—Jasper lit Les- lie*. Tliero is soMething wrong With the German efficieney that tears tho braes door of a poor woMan'S Cook stove and squanders ten or twelve thousand dollars on an ineffectual torpedo Washington Star, ISSUil NO. 42, 2917 HELP WANTED, wANTOD PROPA1ION47t8 To " train far nurses, Apply, Wellanden hospital, St.- Vatherinee, tent, GriANITI4 CUTTERS AND rzyrenn. era wanted; fare advanced. wolf), oeo. M. Vett!, gentle, Ont. MN WANTED -FOR TANNERIES AT " a Acton, on Grand Trunk, 36 Mies from 'repent% mechanical and laborite; work at good weave; healthy threelme town;, excellent eehool; cheapaouee rent and living. Apply Beadmore & Co., 37 Front atreet mat, Toronto. 1 tIANDY MEN WANTED, ACcus•roAt. A A ee to grinding. Steady work, good wages, Apply at once. Standard Saratery Mfg, Co., Limited, Royce and Lanes downe avenue", Toronto, Ont. WIEST CLASS WATCHMAKER Iv wanted. Highest wages. Steady employment, Smiths, Jewelers, Nap- anee, Ont, WANTED 13Y J.W. IIIIWETSON SII0Ie tY Co., Brampton, Ont. men experienc- ed in manufactering ahem good open- ing, will guarantee steady emplo,yment and highest wages to Shoe Cutters and experienced operators on Coneoltdated Lasting Machine, wANT0D-GLOITE OPERATORS, WAX "1 thread, union soecial and 0-11 ma- chines, The Craig, Cowan Co., Ltd. 154 Pearl St. Toronto Ont. FOR SALE, p ORD STREAMLINE HOODS—COV- ers the brass radiator; eliminates the bunty appearance; write for circular. Burrowes Zslfg, Co., Toronto, MONEY ORDERS. p REMIT ON DOMINION EXPRES4 Money order, If lost or stolen, you get your money back. Mlialmm.1•MININION•liMina•••••••• AGENTS -WANTED. A GENTS WANTED EvERYWHERE " to sell one of the best selling ar- ticles on the) market; something new; write at once. Donland Specialty Co., Toronto, Ont. FARMS FOR SALE. g* OR SALE—TWO ONE -HUNDRED a- acre farms, Wellington county, Peri township; no better soll; .good buildings and shade trocs; flowing spring on each lot; If you want a farm look this one over; will stand inilpection; immediate possession given; prire and terms right; will rin,et you at trIladstone or Draytin station; phone in hom-e; rural man at gate. Walter Barkwill, 11, 11, No. Drayton, Ont. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen,—Theodore Dorais, a cus- tomer of mins, was completely cured of rheumatism after five years of ea- fering, by the judicious use of MIN- ARD'S LINIMENT. The above facts can be verified by writing to him, to tho parish priest or any of his neighbors. A. COTE, Merchant, St. Isidere, Que., May 12th, 98, 2.0.••••••••••••••••11.• 11•011110 Is Lacquer Ware Doomed? The ancient Japaneso art or lacquer- ing is in danger of extinction, for the eupply of lacquer le threatening to give out, Lacquer is made from the juice Of the lacquer tree or varnish tree, It forms a very hard eurface and stands heat to such an extent that the Japanese use lacquered vessels for hot drinks. They consume about 1,- 000 tons of lacquer every year for all sorts of articles, both for export and home use—work boxes, tables, fire —"elleereee'l acreene, trays, bread baskets, car- riages and musical instruniente. 'Three-fourths of the lacquer comes from China, but so much has been used of late years that the demand ea- ceede the supply. The lacquer tree la something like an ash and takes a good time to grow to maturity. The method by which the sap 16 handled le wasteful, it costs a great deal to get the varnish to a market and the native exporters have the monopoly of it. These causes to- gether account for the shortage of the supply.—London Standard. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc. 4 • 4• OUR UNPAID LABORERS. Birds Do Great Work, Yet We Do Not Properly Protect Them. One form of national waste whicb ie far more serious than the .American people realize is a result of the deplor- able neglect to- conserve bird life in this heediets and ungrateful counery. Ornithologists and other intelligent observers of nature who have made a study of the subject say with the sane - tion of crop experts that insects de- stroy one-tenth Of the product e of ag- riculture iu the United States. Morse than 100,000 kinds of insects have been enumerated in the fields, orch- ards, meadows, pasturee, vineyards, gardens and wood; ot thie elite ag- ricultural country of the world. A very large proportion of thew, insects are injurioue to crops. Bird e are the in- cecte' went enemies. Nearly all birds destroy insect life, The federal department of agriculture has examined the stomachs a forty' kinds ot birds to determine accurately what they •consume. It. was found that among the birds which Most effective- ly aid the farinere art phoebes, king- birds, catbirds, swallows, brown thrashers, rose breasted grosbeaks, liouee wrens, viroere native sparrows, cuckoos, oriolee, warblers, shore larks, loggerhead crow, and the crow black- bird, which have rested under suspi- cion so long, do more good than harm to the fartuers.—Chicago New, You Can Do Your Bit in preventing waste by de- manding the whole wheat in breakfast foods and bread. Shredded Wheat Biscuit is 100 per cent whole wheat grain prepared in a digestible form—contains more real nu- triment than meat or eggs or potatoes and costs much less. Serve with milk or cream, sliced peaches, bananas or other fruits. Made in C nad0.4