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MAW George Vu 'Hailing, the new
uin Chiineelter, was consineree at
the Unie of the retirement or Vele
Ilethmann-tiollweg a nest ilketr ean:
diettte for the poilitton, bet his Pro-
nOuncellIOnt -in favor of peace without
indemnities and las views tuatnt the
C•Value Gr the tiern•an inerchant,marthe
brought forth seen lively. opposition
drom the Prussian 1111115ers is to de -
eat his aPPolutment, Jets le change
h view% or nie the Covernmeu
teletext round? ,
Eiritalit es preparing or the dernobil-
le.ation of the epty as Soon as the war
le over. As soon 'tie peace seems to
be in immediate prOltpect a list of
employer* prepared in advance will be
canvaesed. The men for whom em-
ployment is ready will be discherged
first. Every man returning home 13
to have e months' allowance with full
Pay'''entl allowaneee. Married men
and those with dependents will re-
ceive first "consideration. As long
as any man ti•exhalne out of employs,
nient, through no fault of his own,
he Vile aecording to the Minister of
1-0117er, get an . allowance from the
Goeereneent of at least 10 shillings a
weak and probobly much more.
• ..- .
Some one who has observed the pro-
fireee cventa in the United States,
sin& the, declaration of a state of war
betieen that country and Germany,
hasereaohed a definite coriclusion that
not, a' jingle pro-Crerman negro hes
ben found in" the length and breadth
of See land. It is also stated that in
many of the parishes of Louisiana ev-
ery enegro, eligible under the ternee
ot eneeSelective Draft Law, was not
only willing but eager to go to the
front.. In some. eeetions, when calls
were' made for volunteers,. five times
the "eiumbee- asked crowded the en -
enlistment places. These 'facts form a
chapter in the latore of the American
negro worthy .of being preserved for
reference ween his social and indus-
trial status is dtheussed as a 1:tater:Ma1
preltlein, says the Christion Science
iVfolator.
THE IFSH WORRY.
:Ugly and pecrprexing as it looks, it
may be that the Sinn Fein agitation
in Ireland will turn out to be a good
thing for that unhappy country. We
believe that it Will greatly influence
all moderate -minded people to come
together and establish scene kind of
Home Rule that will be satisfactory to
the majority of the people. Those who
ere oPPosecl to the Sinn Felnera cart -
not help -but see the need of uniting in
taeopno, salon.. to -.Ude era.eeeAtoyement.
• Mt. Asquith% announcement ,in
Parliament lied, eveningthat a' few
monthwould' likely see Gre-teftlee•
meet of the Irish question was good
news to all. lovers ot the Empire.
There te ho denying the fact that
the 'Mph situation Is. serious and even
critical. -taking. advantage•of the war,'
these malcontents are -organizing and
drilling and agitating, all with ac'esiew
to raise a auCeefisful rebellion, 'While
Britain has her hands tied in this pro -
&gems war. The Secret Service is
keeping the Gog.erement postVein thee
state of affairs,' mitten are ^Maiming
enough. It has Warned that fthe Ger-
mans are again inciting the weenie to;
rebellion and premishag them arms
eel aid, Several arrests liade first
been made, etereeew York and Halifax
of men who were engaged in..taiss
Sinn Fein coneptraetee. •
We have hopes that once a proper
Home Rule -Government le formed
this new species of seditiole would
cease- to thrive,`There•is sno future for
Ireland apart from the British Em-
pire. We also'believe. that if the so-
cial eonditien of the Irish people was
Improved much of this preeent
dIS-
satlsfactbn would disappear,
'
A. new organized= is siiggested,
"British Billies -for Greater • Britain,"
to encourage unions between suitable
Englishwomen and men from the.Doe
minians, and it is proposed •thet the
Home and Dominion Goverentents
should co-operate. A lady superintend-
ent of the Y.M.C.A. Inlets says this is
exectly what Would appeel .to mane
Canadian and other overseas men. We
fancy, however, that, now as of old,
"the way or a. nian with a maid" will
wove ter he the winning way: Without
elaberetto new organizations. -London
'Canadian Gazette.
If the British people do eibt want
to throw the proverbial . raohkey
wrench' into the military machinery
that is donserlpting the hundred
thousand men for the front, they will.
deep that scheme to elteet the Cana-
dian girla out of their sweethearts
and prospectleenhuebands. pnce let
the single Wonlen of Canade under-
etand that there Is e. conspiraey afloat
In Great 13ritith to marry off the
young -Canadians to Ienglielt girls,
every untlearried 'Woman in Cenada`
will .beeorne an eanteeenscrIptionist.
They have given their yofing Men to
ben) deetroy the Keiser aed hie Works..
But they rIM not bend them over no
tar, fetiglish girls eo Marry thelleleWea,
expere to eel thela Lick, or as -Malty
eit thee. as !. alive, aftelethe eater is
weer. We would like lee know what Is I
te bore ot the oalerliee yeleng Wo -
a re all to bo
eebbleel up by the we:nen of England.
nee* ewe, pale :sten a
Lt the prosneters -of the "Balt'sh Brides
for Greeter Britein" do n xt want I
will Ceo e I.
anada to drop mit of the war they
drop their sehrne ttimcheat
the eetteadian girls out of their Itue-
b•Itele,
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.Not big Jack no Shand, perhaPs,
but Joe was not to be ertisted. But
eurely they would, see Int; was a pri-
soner1Solnething of the kind must
Imo* been passing through lielaes
mind. Putting down ner paddle for
, a moineet, oho threw back the blank
ets 'and drew out lier gun. It had been
Carefully protected from the water
She liticL It on top convenient toeher
head and resumed,
"Shine a goad pluelty one," thought
Sam, grimly. "As for me, I play
pretty poor part in this affair, which-
ever way You look at it. A kind of
dummy figure, it seems."
So law were its shores that the ire
take of the river was bititlen from
them until they were almost in it,
Einally it opened up before them, with
its wide reaches of sand etretchiteg
away on either hand, willowe backing
the sand, and a Rine ridge rising be -
land the winders.
Here the wind whistled harmlessly
aver their heads, and the surface of
the water was quiet except for the
eats -paws ilartIng hither and thither.
Before entering the river Bela paused
•again, andhent her head to lieten,
"Tdo late!" she said. "We can't
paes!"
At the same moment the borsea
buret from behind the willows a
quarter of a mile across the sand,
They had the ford!
"We can't pass," Bela repeated,
and then with a gasp, In -which was
more of anger than fear, she added:
"An' they got guns. tool"
CHAPTER XL
Seeing the dugout, the men raised
a shout and bore down upon them
across the sand. Bela was not yet in
the •river. She swiftly brought • the
dugout around and paddled ,down the
lake shore across the river front the
men.
*They, suspecting her of a -design
• to land in this side, pulled up their
horses, and returning to the ford,
plunged across. WhIreupon Bele,
coolly paddled out;into the lake. Be
this nteeleuver sheewas enabled to get
out of range of .their guns before
they got to the water's edge.
Holding her paddle, she turned to
watch therm The sounds of their
curses came down the wind. They
were directed against Sam, not Bela.'
Sam smiled bitterly, "I catch it
-both ways," he muttered.
"You want them catch you?" ask-
ed Bela, with an odd look.
. Sam scowled at her helplessly.
She rested on her paddle, looking
up -and down the shore and out on
tile lake, manifestly debating with
herself what to do. To Sam their
situation seemed hopeless. Finally
Bela took up the paddle with an air
of resolution.
"Now, what the devil are You gain'
to do?' denaanded Sam.
"We go to the island,' she answered
'coolly. •
An /land! Sam's .hear l sank. He
saw his escape indefinitely., postponed.
To be Kept prtsoner en • an island by a
girl! ^Intolerably heinillating prospect!
How weld he ever be able to hold up
hie lieeel fuming men afterward? te
-What the -devil are you up tei, 'any-
how. " he broke out angrily' again.
"le you think this will do you any
good? What do you expect to gain
by IV"
"A eat you wane me dor asked Bela,
sellenly, without looking at him. ••
1 eLandecnd tell them the truth about
whet hepeenedi"
"They leo man," said Bela. "Shoot
Yo 1 before they listen.-- Net believe,
e
aeyway,"
Sam could not deny the reasonable -
flees of this.
-"Ore damn I" he cried, .impotently,
.eiegu've-gotene into a nice mess- :Are
you; trazg; ,rer ,test bad? '• Is it •your
.whole..idea to make aii;nhle 'between
gaen? heardeof- women like-thate-
reneewonld, think You evanted,;-- Say!
I'll be likely to thank eou. for this,
won't I? The sight, of you 18 letteful
toBmeleat'
:m..a
de*lter 'fit; like a'teall end
looked eteadily over.hitt head at her
'course.. There es -no eatisfactton
flinging words against a wall. Sam's
angry evoke dwindled to it -mutter, then
fell silent. •
The island . lay about it, 'billet-ff.
shore .. In a •chaos of loweieng• gray
sky *aid torn white Water, it seemed
to hang like a serene and love*. little
world of itself.
The distant shores of •the lake were
spectral in the whirl of. efie element*,
and the island was the one fixed spot.
was es brilliant as an emerald In'a
setting of lead. A beach of yellow
send encircled it, with a border of nel-
Ipws, and taller trees sucking npenethe
thlddla.
Borne on the shoulders of thegreat
wind, they reached it in a few min-
utes. Bela paddled tulder the fee Ode
and landed in quiet water; San'arose
on his ehilled and stiffened limbs, and
stepping ashore, stood pff, Scowling, at
her blackly,.
There he was! He knew he couldn't
epcape alone in that cranky craft: cer-
tainly not while the wind blew. Nor
codid he hope to swim a mile through
icywater. He wondered bitterly if
ever a newt before hint had been placed
in Buell a gelling position,
IS THIS A PRO -GERMAN
CONSPIRACY ?
Ignoring his black leas, Bele has-
tened to collect dry sticks,
'I mak' fire and dry everything,"
she said,
Sam cursed her and strode off
aroutel the beach.
"Pak' dry matches 12 MI want
fire," Bela called after him.
He would not give any sign that be
heard.
He sat down on the other side of the
island, .as far away es he could get
front her.- Here he was full in the
path of the driving, unwearied wind,
'which furthee irritated his exacerbated.
nerves. '
swore at 13ela.; tie swore at the
cold, at the wind, at the Mathhes whieh
went out one after another. 110 felt
that all things animate and inanimate
were leegued against him.
PhIallyeln the lee of Some willow,
he dfd get a fire going, and erotteheir
Ixi the emoke choking and sneezing, as
angry and Unhappy a specimen of
Young manhood an might have been
found in the world that morning.
Finally he began to dry out, and a
measure of warmth returned to his
limbe. Ire got his pipe going, and telt
little lege like a 111111111st.
Suddenly a new, ugly theeght Made
hlra timing up. Suppose she took ad
Vantage of Ids abeertee to steal away
*lid leave him marooned on the Wand?
AnYthing Might be Xpeeled t tacit a
vromen. t1 heeterted back around the
• eeeeee
beaele
She had,not gone. From a dietanee
he. saw her busy by a great fire, with
the blanket* and all the goods hanging
around to-tlrY.
Ile squatted behind a clump of wile
lows, Where he could watch her, hien-
gale unseen. Her attitude suggested
that she was cooking something. and
at the sight hunger struck threttglt
hint IMO a lculfe, Not for world's
would he nave naked her for rthything
to eat.
Dy and by she arose with the frying
Pan in her bend, and looked up and
deoattv11:, the beach.
"Oh, Sam!" she called, "Come and
He laid low, sneering miserably;'
bent on cutting off las nose to epite
his thee. He wondered if there were
any berries on the island. No, it was -
too early in «the season 20r berries.
Edible roots, maybe, But he wouldn't
have known an edible root from any
other kind.
After calling a while, Bela sat down
in the sand and proceeded to Batiste
her own appetite. Fresli pangs ak
tacked. Sam,
"Selfish creature!" he muttered.
'That woman is bad through and
through!"
She arose and, filling another Plate,
started toward him, carrying it, Her
eyes were following his tracks in the
sand. Sam instinctively sprang up and
took to his heels,
Hid eheeke !funned at the realization
that she wetted presently discover that
he had been sitting there watching
per. He had not thought of tee tell-
talweelid. Wherever he Might seek to
bide,. it 'would betray him.
He made a complete circuit of the
little Wand, Bela presumably followin,g
him. The circumferenee of the beach
Was about half a mile. Ile ran as hard
as he toad, and presently discovered.
her ahead of him. lie had almost over-
taken her.
Thereafter he followed More slowly,
keeping her in sight from the cover of
the bushes. The secret consciousness
that he was acting like a wilful chtel
did not make him any happier.
Wb.en. Ire **came eround to ela's fire
agaln, seeing the dug -out drawn up on
th9 sane, his heart leaped at the
chaace of escape.If he could push off
in it, without caPsizing, surely, even
with his lack crt skill, he could drive
before the wind. -Or even if he could
keep it floating under the lee of the
island, he could dictate terms.
He waited, hidden until she passed
out of sight ahead, ten ran to it. But
even as he put his liana on the bow,
she reappeared, running back. He fled
in the other direction.
The chase went on reversed. Ile no
lon•ger heard her coming behind him.
Now -he weld noetell whether -she was
In. front or 'behind. Ile passed the
dugout and the camP fire again. NO
sign of her there. Rounding the point'
beyond, he EaMe to the place where ne
had made his own fire.
Trying to -keep eyes in every side Of
*his bead at onee, lie evalkea around
a bush and ;tiniest eollided with her.
There she stood with dimpled face, like
a child:behind the door.
She burst out laughing. Sam turned
beet color, and, scowling like a pirate,
tried to earry it off with dignity,
"DOn't.be ma1 at me," she begged,
.struggling wihli her laughter. "You
so fenny, run away. Here's Your break.
fast. It's cold now. You can bring•it
to the fire."
Tleeeet wae breed .and smoked 'fall
on the alto she wis offering. Sam,
though his stomach cried out, turned
nis bac* on her.
"You got eat," said Bela. "Tak'
it."
, "Not from you," he returned, bit-
terlte
There was a silence. He could not
eee how she took it. Presently he eeard
lid Tat the plate -down on the -sand
and walk off. Her Steps died atay
•aito'find the point. e
• Sene eyed the 'toed ,ravenously and
'beget% to argee with himself. In the
endeof codrem, hte.ate• it, but it went
down hard.
.4r40 day wore on. It continued to
blow great guns -.Sam wandered up
andelown his side of the Island, medi-•
Wing fine but extpractical sehelees
of *eiscape and revenge. -* '
He might. get *aawy on a raft,; he
tbought, if 'the wind changed mut
irlew in a direction favorable to carry
him. ashore. The trouble was the
ngihts were so short Ile might builil
his raft one nigllt, end .escape dn it
the next. How to keep her from
eldinding it in the meantime offered. a
problem. •
• He began to look, about in dm an-
terior of the island for suitable pleees
of diet timber: 'He •coula use a blanket
for a sail, he thought.• This reminded
him that his blankets were at least
his own, axlehe determined to go and
get them. . • ,
Rounding the Point, Ile saw her rlit-
- ting in the sand, making something
with her hands. 'Though she dust
have heard him coming, she did toot
look up until he addressed her. Senn
In hie detire to assert his manheod.,
swaggered a bit as he came up.
She raised a face as bland as • ge
baby's. Sam was disconcerted. Dail.-
ing to pick a •quarrel, he roughly 'de-
trAanded his blankets, Bela nodded**
ward where they hung and wenion.
with Ile). work. She was makin 3.
trolling spoon.
So much for their second encoun-
ter. Sam retired from it, feeling that
he had come off no better than front
the first.
Later, back on his own side, bored
and irritated beyond endurance, he
rolled up in his blankets and sought
sleep In an escape froni his own cone:
party.
Ho slept and droalued. The roar-
ing of the wind and the beating of the
waves evoee themselves into his fait -
ries. He dreamed he wits engulfed in
a Murky ternpest. ' 110 was leetting
wildly in a ellen of a boat, without
parts or sail. Sometimes green lent
smiling fields appeared Close at hand,
only to be swallowed up in the murk
again.
The noise was deafening. Whets he
endeavored to shout' for aid, hie
tongue was clemped to his Jaw. Be-
hind hint was a terror worse than the
storm, and he dared not -look around.
It seemed to him that be struggled for
an infinity of time, a &melees, heart-
breaking struggle ageing increasing
Oa&
Suddenly the sun broke thrOiltth,
tittering las heart. it was a ettn that
(line clown else tr him, warmreS
•
Ihint through and through. It was not
a sun. It Was a faeo--a weenan's race.
At drat it Was a fare he the not
siolowe but beautiful. Then it was Ile,
la's LW, 'and be was glad.
Closer and -closer to his own face it
. dreweand he. did not tiraw.awny, Fi-
nally she touclied bis lips with here,
ans. a eontierful Sweetness permded
his ideate flame. lie awoke.
. Volt a element he lay Welting, still
wrapped in the dream. At. any rate,
the. storm a as real. The bushes still
Un•aelled, arid the Waves beat, Before
heat stmt.( lied tile .stune wide waste of
pia' eater eplashed with white.
The' sight of the water brought full
etecolicetiou back. Ife had been look-
ing at it, allday, and he hated It. it
_wan a fine thtug a man should have
no bitter cantrot over his entotioun
while he slept.
Beside him on the sand lay another
'tin plate, with bread and fish. Fresh
rip this time, half a pink salmon
trout lately pulled front the water.
Touching the plate, be found it warm.
Was It possible -
Looking in the sand Imelda where
he had lain be saw the rounded de-
pression made by two knees, on tee
other side of eini was a hand -print.
Sam scowled and violently erubbed
las lips with the back of his hand,
E(vleti.
s
ein o, , he wonld not admit to him-
self that the hateful thing had hap-
rNevertheless he ato the fish.
"I've. got to keep my strength up if
I'm going to help myself," he excus-
ed it.
The sun was hidden, but he knew
by that instinct which serves us when
we give up mechanical bontrivaneea,
that it was no more than noon. Half
of this hideous day remained to be
gotten over.
He sat dwelling on his grievances
Until the top ef his head seemed abeett
to fly off. Then he set to work to
search for and collect dry logs and
'stow them under the willows, and in
so doing managed to tire hinthelf out.
It was duele.yrhicii is te say nearly
10 o'clock, when be awoke from an-
other nap. A 'silence, astonishing
after the day -long uproar, greeted nis
ears. The wind had gone down witli
the sun, and the world was infolded
in a delicious peace,
The lake was like a polished floor.
Above the tree -tops behind him the
sky was still brigfit, weille over across
the water sat Night in robes, awaiting"'
her cue. On the lathed tbere was not
. a theep nor a flutter to break the
speisle.
a
ni wondered idly what had
aroused him. He saw with a Proven
thatethere was food beeide him as be-
fore: But it had been there some time.
It was cold, and sand had drifted into
the plate.
. At last he heard the sound which
had awakened him. It was a strain of
ntusic which came stealing as gently
On the air -as the -first breath of
indaiwisn.Sam's breast was like wax to
it).
Without thinking v.'lfat he.was do-
ing, he kicked himself free of the
blankets,and arose to go closer, It
was like a lovely incantation, drawing
him irrespective of his will.
He did not enstantly recograze the
source of the music, Jt might have
been the song of a twilight bird, a
thrush, a mocking -bird. He forgot
foe the moment that there was no
song -birds so far north.
Presently he know it for the voice
of a woman einging softly, and a
mod ways off -Bela! Still he did not
stop. r.
"I guess I can listen to her sing
without giving anything away," he
told himself: But his breast was clan-
derottsly seduced by- the eweetness ot
the sound.
.As he drew closer the detachett
notes associated themselves into a re-
gular air, It had nothing in common
with the rude, strident chants of the
Indians that he had neard*Mr.the.riv-
ere. It was both familiar and ciusive,
It Was like an air heknew, lia With
a wild, trreghthe - quality different
-fienn our airs. It was .mournful,
sweet, and artless, and it made .the
heart swell in bis breast. '
As he progressed around the beach
he saw her fire. It was (leek enough
now for the elaze.ee shine. Drawing
still closer he saw her beside it; and
frowned, remembering his injuries -
but the song drew him still. :
He began to Ilse= for the words.
Suddenly he recognized it -one of Olt
loveliest' of old English songs. Evi-
dently it had been transmitted from
ear to ear until it had acquired the
character of a new race of singers.
He progressed from 'bush to bush.
He wasn't going to bag% anything to•
do -with her, he would have said, but
shcould sing. He came to a final
stop only EC few yards away, -an4.
watched her through the leavee with
burning eyes. She Was in her favorite
attitude, sitting on her heels, ber
strong young back 'curving in t� her
*wiying waist. -
•Her hair all abound, fell around;
her in shifting inaeses like smoked
While t she sang .she combed it with
long strokes, holding her head . now
on this side, now on that and ever re-
vealing a lovelier ptiae of her roiled
arms.; The half light lent her an-utt-
eat-tidy. beatIty. ••
'The eight was no less affecting
than the seen& A groat pain filled
Sam's breast, and the old limed
struggle dragged hint back and forth.
She was at once so desirable and so
hateful in his eyes. It was the cry of
bewildered youth: "What right has
anything so bad to be beautiful!"
eNo doubt- of her ba,dbessoeeurred
to hen. Had- she nof - ruined his
chances lit that country? The old an-
tagentele,,tetts there, the readiness to
believe in of the other sox that is bent
sat mettitil fear. Site had become the
immemorial siren in S'ani'e eyes, and
he was fighting, to.save his soul. But
she was licautifiti.enatigireto neake a
man wisk to be damned.
She tame to the end of her song,
atid presently started another, a more
rollieking' air, but still canfrged with
wietfulneee. Who had taught her
these huelied, ehrinitig tones? SaM
reeOgnized this air, too, and thought
'of the mother who had sung it to him.
Ytiaraaago.
lttee"Twiekenitaen Perry." WilY
that of all songs? he wondered rebel.
liouely. It was not fair that she -should
Warmed thus tit seek out the '"weekeet
jointh in hie Minot.
The desire to stop the Pete with ble
cam mouth became more than he could
bear. The stroggle Wai attest over
when she paused and bent her head to
listen,' and leaked up and down the
beach.
It broke the arMIL
"Sheet Juet trying to britig you te
herl" Sant told bine/elf, aghaet.
"That% •why her bath is •deWrt end AIL
And Yotere fatting for It, y04'16010
bileeletutt,reted. and fled baek arounclethe
(To be eentinUed.)
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CANADA.
RBROIO OZECMO-SLOVAKS,
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Centuries of Oppression Home
Failed to Break Their Spirit.
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The liberation of the czecliceSlov-
aka from Austria-Hungary being one
of the declared perposes of the Exf-
tente Allies, a. communication to the
IL S. National geographic society oft
the Czechs, by Ales Hrdlicita, the not-
ed anthropologist, Is of timely inter -
eat, A portion of Professor Hrdlicka's
communication is issued by the gee -
°graphical society as the following war
geography bulletin:
"The determinatIon of the entente
Allies to liberate the 'Czech:5 from Awe
tria-aiungary has introduced an the 'in-
ternational forum a most interesting
new factor, of whick relatively little
has been heard during the war and
which th consequence has largely es-
caped, in this country at least, the
attention which it deserves.
"A 1,000 -year-old life -and -death
struggle with the race which sur-
rounds them from the north, west and
south, with a near -burial within the
Austrian empire for the last three cen
tuyies, has failed to destroy or break
the spirit of the little nation of
Czechs. or Bohemians.
"The Czechs are now more numer-
ous, more accomplished, mort patriot-
ic than ever before, and • the day is
inevitably approaching when. the
„shackles, will fall and the,natiou take
its place again at the council of free
,nations.
"The Czechs are the westernmost
breach of the Slays, their names be-
ing derived, according to tradition,
from that of a noted ancestral chief.
The term 13ohemia was. applied ' to
the country probably during the Ro-
man times and was derived, like that
of Bavarie, frene the Mil, who for
setae time before the Chriatian era
occupied or claimed parts of these re.
gions.
"Nature has favoted. Bohemia, per-
haps- more than any other part of
Europe. Its sod is so fertile ana cle
mate so favorable that more than
half of the country is cultivated and
produces richly. In its mountains al-
most every useful metal and mineral,
except salt, is to be found. It is the
gallon
The Nova Scotia "Lumber King,"
says:
"I consider alTNARD'S LINIMENT
the best LtNIMENT in use. I got' my
foot badly Jalumed lately. I bathed it
wen with MINARD'S LINeMENT
and it was as well as ever next day.
Yours yery truly,
T. G. eeleMULLE'N.
•
0.1M1...•••••110•011••••••••••••••11•1110.11•111.1111•11•1111.4111
Geographical centre of the. Eerlipean
emainent, egetally distant Men the
Baltic, Adriatic andreNorth Seas, and
though inclosed by mountains, Is so
easily .accessible,, because of the val-
helnian and Slovak, volunteer* are
tighting enthusiastically under the
bennere Of France and Great Britais.
and there are whole regiment* of
them attached to the Ruesian army.
"Here in the Unitea States the very
word Autaria sounds strange and un-
natural. to the Bohemian. They have
found here their permanent home- and
while hoping and even working for
the eventful freedom of 13ohemia, and
proud of their 'descent from the Czech
people, they are citizens, or if -not yet
citizens, all loyal .Alnericans."
Blind Dogs awl Rats.
Canines born blind or that become
blind by accident aro able to smell
and paw their Way into the most thac-
eeseible and mit- of the way places. It
Is practically. tmpossible to starve
then; lose elope or keep them Fur-
thermore, blind dOgil littin as quickly
as those that see. 'Loss Of eight in no
way, interferes with their ability to
itreirrrtacaulre habits or find
Ratee as a matter of fact, if theY
use their eyes at all -a doubtful mat-
. ter --can see little or nothing of the
world. The retina of deem!, creatures
has.no Peint of perfect vision such as
is found in the higeter tattletale and
man; hence their noses, muscles,
touch and hearing give them informa-
tion about the world they live in.
FIFTEEN" WARS' USE Of
BABY'S OWN TABLETS
•
Thousands of mothers keep a box of
Baby's -Own Tablets in the houlee as
long as there are little ones about.
Among them is Mrs, Marcel D. Le
Blanc, Meinramcook Wiest, N. B., who
sayst-"For the past fifteen years I
have never been without Baby's Own
Tablets. Whenever any of my child-
ren are ailing the Tabletpromptly
relieve them. I have such faith in
them that I never hesitate in mom -
mending them to any of my, friends
who have little ones in the home."
The Tablets are sold by medicine
dealers or by mall at 25 cents a box
from The Dr, Williams :Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont.
"YOU ARE OLD, KAISER WILLIAM"
(With appropriate apologies to the late
e 141,'"Il:
safglrroll6
"Ybu ar01tillant," the
(Volta Prince said,
"And for years have done =thing but
fl gh t.
Yet now you Incessantly prate about
peace, -
Will the world 'understand tile thing
right?"
"When I ritarted this war," he replied to
bis son,
"I thought we IrOl'o eertain to win,
But the terrible bloonter you made at
'Verdun
Has encouraged the allies like sin."
"You are reold, said the youth," as X men -
Aar In-oct(li'vbebet°lo.ea'sted of conquest ter
"fet now thai: you've gotten the 'world
u
You °fttratisl.l.t.r pts
elaer ;vith a voice full of
"At the start," Kaiser William replied
to the lad,
"Our good ohLsteam roller sure rolled'.
But we'd better let go, now that things
are so had,
And endeavor to get a tiew hold."
"You are old," said the vouth, "and
have wallowed In .tteath.
And you haven't had nearly enough.
Still you talk ahout peace with. a pal-
:It:7;r breath, -
Do you think that theY'71 fall for the
"At the start," said his father, "it look-
ed like a,
And victory certain for us.
But now that WO'l'e Waling ourselves in A
• pinch,
Tho reople are making a fuse"
"rosz ,are old," said the youth, "and yOu
speak about clod,
And. you treat Him almost as a friend.
"Don't you think Ile should heed your im-
perial nod
And bring this affair to en e.ne.,?"
n your ."
leYs -of the Dentthe and the Elbe; riv- .'I've annwered three questio.ds'r be off
ers, that it served as an avenue for o•war
many armies. Said, his father,- restraining a sob;
You'Le .ouly lost fourteen .dto-
Ivistens
"Besides Bohemia the Czechs oc-
cupy etiorivia Nei a-djacent territory - "TheAl think that you're 'Attit"ting the
in Silesia. e The 'Slovaks, who *show
--1.job." 'or
rrthrely dialect differences front the later Emerson 13m2wn.c. Of The Vigi-
ntes.
'Czechs, extend froth Moravia east-
ward over most of northern Hungary. •Minarcits Liniment CureseGarget in
"The -Ceech. isCows.-kind find with a -stock .
of native humor. IIe is musical, lakes
songs, poet, art, nature,fellowsiolp.
the other, sex. He is an intent think-
er Jod..repeeese ,eeeker eoketruth, ot
learning, but not opt schemer. He is
ambitious and covetous of freedom. in
the broadest sense •butetandeneles to
domineering, opreesion, power 17
forceenver others, are fereign to ,bis The old -dine capital or Coate/1,1s a
nature. Ho ardently searches for God city rich with the meal picturesque -
ane Isinelfiled,to eleenle- religides, nese of the East, and having two or
but is inipetient et clegene,,as of all three unusual points about It as well.
other Inutile vestraint:-Ile; may be hi"Kahdy* you will find the Redeya
epinionated, stubborn, but Is happy to caste oiig of_ the NW .Fladdhiet, castes
accept fads' dialereengnize•true super- whose •origili is a• Matter -Of history.
tority, IlgjA caelly elute -and does mete leen-dee tom.econtains.'..the.mcist'sacred
forget the injury; will 'Mlle but is -object. in the Orient,' no less a relic
not lastingly revengeful or vicious. 'He. 'than it. Watt- of Bedelne. 'These two
Is not cold, calculating, thin-lipped;' ,featitregeare Ramey's •prirtelpal..elanna
or again as inthatunabie.as. the Pole, -to. fame mad- interest. • •
or the eetitheen-SlitaehtlreyMpathetth •ise:Wrftteh. :f;•jaV "the Itodaya• hal
and full of trust and througu thie
. 7 xii110411.1rive.e.d.,11)gyhi... .an'llzOitki-QthnFeel.) tkeil4e, . (Z.
oTsHniso
Peenndutraanicnelii:nsidti?birLavery -le war', ezhargee ."00.e11.••111a, table
lfvoerrett hvoesd-f4sttlesh bf. deeie 'For : Ulla • ci•ixtee-lieemade
vcreouseerbieavilt,icaho ‘lvteas hattissoahpipsro. with- 'lee-, flesh' of • Iiigg'instealt- tit the
nitallty itt peace,
jaweet.o
"He is often Welly &palette in lane. +their lot. has mat been •.ne happy': one.'
tha. :.t; sts;. and
,
guages, ocience, literary and techni-
:There. are 'Tel:nape flVe hundred of
cal edtteation, and Is inventive as welledeheetweleft•tonleree they etexy beriseen.
daily around the outskirts ef- Eandy.'
They hre•noiallowed to live in hones,
but inhabit miserable lean toes. They
have no tacourse to native bourts of
justice, although -under tho English
law they &elect discrinibtalcde against.
They May pett 'use a bridge, but have
to swim. • all stream. -e They . must.
:dulcet when acideesslieg ' higher.
caites: When the shadow of • erne of
in
the.faih4 upon toOd; the food ;cannot
be eaten. ••
atetleya maniter of •objec-
famierettons Ude organized out-
'eastery have nafuraIly enough arivee
tha
tfottableehablitt
1..Tlier,are. •not niee
• • 't •• •
• -
••••••••••••4,411,•••••••••••••••;...
• , KANDY,
014:1 -Time Capital .of . Ceylon. is
Picturesque.
as industriel, but hot commercial. Dn.
aginative, artistic, creative, rather
than really frigidly practical. Inclinea
at all. Duthie (0 melancholy, breetineg;
pessimism, Ile is yet deep at heart for.
'ever buoyant, optimistic, hopeeule-
hopeful not of possessioestg hotetneene
but of .1tutean happinese, and et tee,
freedom and future golden. age of n'er
merely their' Own, but all. people. -•
"The Czeths and Sl0vak/1s In Ant::
trip:Hungary fight only melee 'cow.:
pulsion; their torivilling regiments
were decimated; their political and
nationel leaders till the Austrian ant
Hungarian prisons. Tbduatends of Bo-
•. ••
• e - • te,'
'
n Seems a irery large nunriber'ef cups
to get from a pound of tea. But
allosoluimon that prover. the fine quality of
Red Rose Tea, which goes further and tastes
better because it consists chiefly of rich, strong
teas grown in the famous district c)f Assam in
Northern Xndia.
A pound of Red Rose
gives 250 cups.
'Kept. ood by the
Sealed Package
ele
REDROE:
Sit
Peale Nedaleelle esiseisie slurl
Astisepilas--Sties ItIted-psisen
gelikiel-fede psli ssd eigattlee, 111
Puts--Isstfu hilnes mast,
Heels ell sots*.
II•1••••
50e,10. All arrest* and Stoma
about their bill of fare, nor over-
Particuler about the ten command.
Monts. The men are au unlovely
crew, but the womem strangely
enough, are among the cement* in
Ceylon. alen and women, they are
incurable wanderers aand vagabonds:
The Redeye, are a pretty clear case
of people who have been made what
they are by persecution. There Is
something ironical in their worship
outside the great temple -they are not
aelnlitted within -for it stands for the
vetoer' that cast them down. The
temple shields whet is believed to be
a tootle of the Buddha, himself. The
fact that the tooth In question Is two
inches long and an inch in diameter
casts a certain amount of doubt 'upon
the authenticity of this belief.
Ode to the Slacher
What will you say, young man of to -day.
'When your son elambers up on your
knee,
And with eyes all ashino, awe "Daddy of
In thnolindetiya when the world was made
free.
Oit, what was your part in that wonder-
.,
ful mart,
WhisisTine:47Lae pdr.i,c,e that men paid was to
What DID you do, Dad?" "I did Num--
is TH.A.T what you'll ho.ve to reply?
What will you my, young man of to -day,
...When all this grim carnage is dello.
If OTHERS have fought your tight and
have bought
Your peace from the murderous trun7
Will you brazenly dare to nek for a
chare
In whet they have anguished to buy?
.Or itofytoolcoyt:ld sink to such &Pills,
can yen think
You are called on to weight, young man
Ceinparatirlessee andIs stc'ppaj,- et hreft1, as ghastly as dath
gains.
In that wendorfel earth that is cornito•
to bthirotrhe,
The roil will be ealiell by and bY.
And ettelt man must declare his right to
WHAT. 'MTV, WILL YOU HAVE TO
RI:13LY?
-A.MA.,'in New York Herald.
Minard's Liniment Cures Dipbtheria.
MBE TALK.
About nine million acres out of a
total •of 210 million acres in Quebec
Province are under agricultural de-
velopment. The chief crop of the re-
maing 200 million acres is and will
always bo timber, for the reason that
the soil is unfitted for tillage.
More than two-thirds of the techni-
cal foresters in Canada in 1911 have
seen military service at the front. The
enlistment of threat rangers has like-
wise been heavy.
The use of hy—dro--aeropianes for de-
teetion of forest fires is being eon-
sidered by certain governmental and
private interests in Canada.
In order to gave for the Indians of
Canada their large tinxber 11r:tidings
against loss of forest fires, the Indian
Department at Ottawa is obliging lie
censees to pile end burn their 'slash'
after taking the logs out of the woods.
The Precaution will save numerous
bad fires.
•
While Can ada-7—pend s about four
minions yearly in studying agrieultur-
al problems, only a trifling sum hats
been spent thus far on the study of,
forest problems. More than two-thirds
of the whole of Canada is better
adapted for tree growing than any- •
thing else, and will pay profits ae-
Nulling to the seientifie earc bestowed
on it.
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 hotne and without any-
one's assistance, you can apply the
best of all treatments,
• '
, PU rc 'TREATED AT
DOME
I
I promise to send you a FREIE trial
01 the new absorption treatment, and
references from your awn locality it
you will but write and ask. I assure
you oreimmediate relief. Send no
money, but tell others of this offer.
Address
MRS. M. iSndsPMorr, oRnSt, Sox 3,
w
Pig apd Pickle.
Irt:vtialtshtlealosfr:rie001310.gi lbeatozi,.levecenetrrutipneresovterrit:
high,
Then t»e farmer sold Inc at eighteen
and before 'bolted
landeeelflit'sin3TioltoutlittIO,
TheyagittIntdal• Up in Plecet, and stuck me
And though / have no tummy, I'm really
The.,1) say'telly know me, I've
ip.tri t‘.:11frit 3g.obtrf.:11,ilI lee:11:3
taken on sueh weight. .
And lets of It's just waterwhich will
But letitat,Pitutin7tiltLtlit,in,))Ze sold me; when in
That's wheat you'll see me tearful; l'll
11 thsselt:Its:cltanip):::0(11,teint lolit;a.elallt:be briny a under-
..
I guess they will pied cure 3110, 73y (1)"
Ing that, theY say,
111 Itneleyp, (1)%1‘1 .0' All'eett,g el ti? g la over, excentr
If that's all I will suffer, I will be will
Tbeyea°0110:netn. ()ugh tne,'for I
But, Ittilartoy,l‘r.:f:lartirliiiags, y'iu will ntl.r: it With
They say I'm now worth fifty ifood soil].
rrngaltt$ i.tililep0untliC
Inclukle which into MS
thee VI ArOttl1d.
So, Mon% think When you tat me,
where they 20 gaily croaked,
'mat I 4011 not the only one 'who's getting
EUteir t°/.,
31caTtillf, in Toronto Star.
Mittard's Liniment cure e Cold, Etc.
•••
Sow—These, .
wlottleveek velours with a blatk eheel:, al-
most invisible, running through the
veds-11.!xagon meshes with bor.
dern. 01)(11110 dots and flower patterns.
• Military overcoats for Inen-eoata with
high etraIght ehoulder .1, flare skirts and
belts that button in front.
Soft crown velvet hats with U1)1111'1%10
of Week braid end Imitable thesela,
Autumn silk nottitlats of red, purple,
rose, blue, araY t•I` //teen tatesta or Jer-
sey elik With finely pleated nottnern.
It IA prehhitly ti 1 n it nem le on
hes uppere that lus feele be ean't vett
hie sole hie own.
iSSUP -Hi, 1917
*see et
SITUATIONS VACANT.
you CAN 'MANE $25 TO ra
4" weekly, weitiug show cards at
home. Easily learnea by our simple
method. No canvassing or aolielting.
We sell your work. Write for particu-
lars.
AMERICAN 'SHOW. CARP SCHOOL,
801 `forme Street, Toronto,
HELP WANTED,
W• ANTED -- PIIODATIONINIS To
te• train for nnraes.,f,, Awly, Wellandrsa
Ifospttal, St. Catharines, (int.
. •-4604-4,442•,-'
'WANTED -W.04 14',I111,4TOES. WAX:
1" thread, union ' snecial 'and 44-11 ma-
chines, Tho Craig, Cowan et)" Ltd.
134 Pearl St, Toronto Ont.
, AMIN WANTED TO DO- PLAIN
and lista sowing at lionl3!, whole
le • soar° time; geed. Pay; Work Nit anY
dista.nce, Charges paid, Semi stamp
for particulars. National MattlIfeetur.
lug C.o., .1‘fantreal.
MONEY' ORDERS.
T TS ALWAYS SAVE.' TO SEND S.
• Dolltinion Express Money Order*
••••••••'
Five dollars cost .three cents.•
FOR SALE.
A -1. TOBA.CCO 'BUSINESS: STEADY
4--a• trade; rent Moderate; splendid' living
apartments; price, two thousand dollars:
owner leavisIg city, eherrier, us Jaws
street north, jIamilton, Ont.
FARMS FOR SALE.
F CHOICE DAIRY FARM:
Sand loant,„ A photo' eau be had of
the buildleg.• " TO' John 3,1eCoe-
mink, ICelvin,••Ont. ""," •
DRS. SOPER a WHITE
SPECIALISTS
Piles, Eczema, Asthma. Catarrh. Mali's,,
Dyspepsia, Epilepsy, Rheumatism, akin, RIB.
ney, Bioodi Nerve. and Bladder Diseases.
Cali or semi bistory tor tier advice. MOW**
tomisi ett 1 tabItt Inc. 1 'ourr.-10 on. to
and 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday -1U a.m. to I pin. 4'
Gemination Free
DRS, SOF'Ele di WHITE
26 Toronto St., Taint's), Ont.
Please Mention This Paper.
'.•••••••••••
One Man's Prayer.
Ont in Kansa' there is e man
named limner McKee. Ile wrote a
'prayer, and it war, printed in tho State
Board of Health Bulletin. The Bul-
letin fails to identify Mr. McKee. fur-
ther than to publisb his name. Which
is enough in a 'Way, for the prayer
speaks for the man. Here it is:
Teach me that sixty minutes -make
an hour. sixteen ounces one pound,
and 100 cents el.
Help- me to live that I can liadown
at night with a clear conscience, with-
out a gun under my pillow, and un -
haunted by the farms of those to whom
I have brought pane..
Grant. T beseeeh thee, that I may
earn my meal ticket on the square,
and in doing thereof the` 1 may not
stick the gaffewhere -it does not In -
long.
Blind me to the' faints of the Other
fellow. but reveal to lite my own.
Keep me young •eneligh, to laugh •
with the chlidren, Nand to lose Myself
in their play.
And then, when comee.the smell of
flowers, and the tread '.of „soft steps,
andthe crushing 62 e hearse's
wheelth
s in the gravel *Mit in front of
my place, make.' the -•ceeetuony short
andthe epitaph ,simple,
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
• 6 06
°THE -DpADLIEST romoN.
•••••••••••• •••••••
eeTt
a,o,tel:mnake
Curare. Whose Secret is Known
Only to the AbOra of India/.
- ,.• .,
The cranks who not so tong ago
conspired to murder premier Ieloyet
George were going to 'eMploy purare,
the kind made by the Aboy triliesmen
of India, which is thn• cleanest poison
known to man. '
It is believed in London, wliere cu-
rare has been extensively studiedehat
its chid ingre.dients aro snake venom
and certain. distillations from decayed
corpses. It is asserted that die .4..boe
tribesmen test the strength of .eltrare
by Injecting a little Into a vigorous
tree. If all the leaves of the tree do
not fall off within 'twenty-four hours
the poison is considered inefficacious.
The Abors use : curer° in a simple,
primitive way. _, They dim their ar-
row tips in the fresh' "poison. Them
slightest scratch from, one 'such arrow
tfp means rertain and immediate
e
, practical habutais from: Japan
-
blouses, lingerie auce: ether
gatMente
rwgiairmzerelanntsdr4tlagre4tare. warm,
Igi ear‘rvirnoeuitdsse.
or anion sulth, of, merlineeepert ;401c or
'allTr tria".1-ale.'s.t...n'ellq4e.:4
s•14'?neekvt'-ear-e:bleni.
sitNeecm.olflatirest alartede.serteosthathasitf;otwe Pratt/ion.
abet toilers and euffe, front` China.
Ilostess--Voesn't if ceent a ohmic,
Mr. .Tones, that this poor littl•O lamb
should three to die for us? Miereonee
ii-leLy.es, indeed. It Is rather"teugh,
e e
Man's Staff -0 41,,i(e is
the Wilde Wheat gram -i -not
the wliitcv starchy' centre' of
the wheat—make no anis-
take -about that—but be,. sire
you get- ifie whOf$ wheat'
grain in It digestible form.
Shredded Wheat Biscuit
contains all the tissue -build-
ing, energy -creating material
in the whole wheat, steam -
cooked, shredded and baked.
A perfect food for 'the
nourislmient of the human
body. A. better balanced
ration than meat, or eggs,
or starchy' vegetables,, sup-
plying the greatest amount
of body-building nutriment
at lowest cost. For break-
fast with milk ctr crearr4 or
for any meal with fiful4.
1Vlade inConada,
. ;
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