The Wingham Advance, 1917-12-13, Page 8ClIU1101111 AV) VICOTRY
Winston Cherchillt the unsinkable
etatesulan, made 4 tharecterletic
speeeh in leention recently that at-
tracted wide attentien, lie declared
that this, was net a tIMO to talk •of
Peace. If was the Unto to talk of
British will and BrItieh power. There
was no difference whatever between
the Mutt `et peace Mr, Asetutth caned
for and that which President Wilson
demanded, Beth those expositions
were ellphortee by the whole of the
great democracies engaged in the
etruggle against the Germanic Pow-
e, Beth a titem pointed Itarmoni-
etlelYi end ruthlessly, and searchingly
to the sena° couclusIon—the decisive
Overthrow of that yStem which. for
want of better or a worse Immo,
they called Prussian militariem. Both
pointed to that as the supreme aim of
their present exertiOns and as the
solo and indispensible preliminary
to the settlement of Europe on such
a basis of right and freedom, consid-
eratIon for law and nationality, as
should conduce to elle permanent se-
ourity of the civilized world. I3ut they
bed not got there yet.
It would be an Immeasurable crime
to prolong the war for one unueces-
eary day, declared Mr. Churchill, but
to Make peace before the vital objects
were achieved would be an immea-
surable blunder. If the Germans were
defeated decisively so that they lost
faith in their present governtng sy-
stem, if they realized that they had
meandered the Bismarektan inheri-
tance in carrying to excess the.Bis-
rtaarekian tradition, if tlaey seized the
control of their own affairs and of
their ow n Government and became
like the world, as a result of the hard
lessons of the war, then there would
be peace again in the world, and that
peace not a veiled war, not a war
thinly veneered by diplomatic forms
and platitudes, but a real peace and
a chance of healing the injuries in-
flicted in the struggle. • •
If the war ended in an inconclusive
peace England would never rest.
What was true ot them was ale° true
of the great republic across the water.
They would never lay asi4O, this quar-
rel Until a definite deeision one way
or the other was obtained, Who could
doubt that if they had to choose be-
tween a continuance of this war and
the fatal condition which would follow
from an inconclusive peace, their de-
cision muat be directed to a resolute
prosecution of the war? It was a
great mistake to be at ono time unduly
elated and ,et another depressed by
the circumstances of the military sit-
uation. The feature of the last five
or six months had been the checking
of the German submarine campaign.
It had failed to hamper their economic
life or military action, and to cut them
off from the great reinforcements
coming from thio United States.
Mr. Churchill declared that next
year their armies would be stronger
than' ever. le e. said:
They nud not yet realized the won-
derful resources of their wonderful
tslaile. Next year, if the war should I
be. prolonged, tneir armies would let
etrunger euan ever betore., and better
supplied. During the 2e weeks of the
Peesent, deteasi-ye tne tonnage ot shell
40i:a u*; positions was, in
apite ot tue suomarine, denote tia
Loewe& used in the Somme battle.
wile auntie tee last and culminating
verek cae tonnage fired in these opera-
tions waa doable the average ot the
preeedtug 20 weeks. Tlit, task before
teem was surely the Moat grave and
the Inost splendid that had ever faced
a tree ane enlightened people. They
oecupied a .unutue position in the
woriu. Tney stood oetacen the Old
World and the New.. They held the
tort before the reinforcements, moral
and physical, in men and money, in
machinery, itt inventive ingenuity,
which the great republic of the United
States was throwing into the war,
could be made decisively effective
upon the European battlefield. In the
Meantime the burden rested on them,
just as in the early days of the war it
had fallen on their French allies. If
they failed, all failed. If they held, an
prospered. They felt aseured that
tney should not fail, and their confi-
dence was shared by the Germans,
who were not making their desperate
efforts for nothing. They knew where
the vital point in the world struggle
was, that in Great Britain resided the
forces which would frustrate that
great evil and shield the world front
its unmeasured consequences.
This is in line with Mr. Balfouret
declaration in the Imperial Perliament
the other evening He said: "Great
se are the eacrifices already mtiao, see
are ready to tontinue them, and eon-
ttnue them indefinitely, until the, great,
tseeteeseteeeseeeeweettoteseeweee.
Ile was A littlentan, radleting good-. you call lain. Aluell to good for her.
rattler° and fun.. He had round, rutley It's her they ehould punish!"
cheeks, molting as Is the half of an The proceedings 'were opened 1»' a
Apple had been glued to each Side or formal questioning,
his fuse, and a spreading, crinkly "Name?"
brown beard. "Samuel Cladding.' e.
" Blenvenuel Dienvenuel", eried "Age?"
Johnny Gagnon, with sweeping ebelsa "Twenty-four?"
armee. "Nativity?"
"Well, Johnny, have you got a new "American. Dorn in Orange, New
one for me?' asked his lordship, with, Jer.sNeoy..,",
a twinkle.
The riverbank became a Scene of de- "First cattle to Canada?"
lightful confusion; black cassocks, red,
"Febreary 18 taste'
tunics, orange ribbons and blue ostrich "skeePeed, in Caribou Lake?'
feathers ell mingled. The two slender "Citizen of Canada?"
boy priests showed strange hirsute "May 3. Travelling with Mesers.
adornments. One bad a face III& n Skinner, ISlarr, Ilaglaud, and Ieraser,
round white' dolly with brown fringe; in the capacity of -welt."
the other was spotted with hair like During the emirs° of the question -
new grass. Ing the prisoner gradually apprehend -
The agent and the doctor were or- ed that the eentiment of the room was
dinarydooking men. They did not ada against hint, The ausplcion crept into
to the picturesqueness of the scene, but his mind that it might not be so easy
each carried a bag which was charged as he had thouglat to clear himself.
The two "You aro charge(' with having ab -
with romance for the natives.
young as the boy -priests, but bigger ducted this girl, Bela," Coulson. went
Delteemen were almost as
and redder and clean-snaven. Here on, 'and keeping her a prisoner on
Eagle 'stead. It is your rIght to waive
the eyes of ma Gagnon oils Hugered examination, in which case I shall
longest,
The greatest sentation, naturally, send you out to Miwasa Lending for
was created by the blue hat, It was the trial. Do ymt wIsh to proceed?"
last to come ashore. It lingered on flie "Yes," said Sane
gunwale with an appealing turn man- Young Coulson's legal familia
wards until a red arm was offered on mete human s
failed him liere. "Well, what have
one Bide, a black arm on the other, ---- ------- 1.".
you got to say for yourself?" ho asked
coy wag to the right and to the left It As Saui was about to defend lam -
whereupon it hopped ashore with te,
s . self it suddenly rushed over him what
wanot hard to see why the boat-
men had christened ber the "chicadee- a comic figure he would make, accus-
ing a girl of abducting him, He closed
Woman. his mouth and blushed crimson. Big
She face beneath, muttered: "School.- Jack and his pals smiled at each oth-
Young .To, catching a glimpse of
rearm!" impolitely. er meamingly.
The natives, honever, made no such "Well?" demanded Coulson,
"It's not true," mumbled Sam.
distinctions, To them she was just a "Didn't you go with herr'
white woman, only the second they "Yes—but—"•
Irnowing whether they came more "But What?"
had ever seen. They had no means of
beautlful than thia. Miss efackatt. 9 bad to."
booted, hatted, mid corseted in town, "'What do you mean r
was the headliner of the show. There was no help for it.
The experience to one of her life "It wag she carried me off!" Sam
lost in a creel' of women was novel burst out. ,
arid a little intoxicating. The blue hat There was an instant's silence in
waggled and cocked alarmingly, The the room. The white men stared at
wearer, exulting in the consciousness the unexpeeted answer. The red peen -
teat everybody was looking at her, ple hardly untleretood it.
saw nothing of this strange land she "What do you mean?" demanded
was in. Coulson, scowling.
As soon an the general hand-shak- "Just what I said!" cried Sam,
ing was over, Big Jack addressed him- recklessly. "Jumped on me when 1
‘self to Sergeant Coulson. "I've got a was asleep; tied me hand and foot,
prisoner for you, sergeant." and bundled no in her canoe."
Coulson instantly stiffenee into on There was a great burst of derisive
"What charge?" he laughter. The decorum of the court
arm, of the law. ,
esker. . was entirely destroyed." Never bad
"I don't exactly know the legal such an origival defense been heard.
name of it. He carried off a girl Coulson and his clerk laughed with
against her will. This girl!"—point- the rest. Even the bishop had to
leg to Bela. "Regularly tied her up laugh, albeit indignantly. Jack, Shand
arid carried her off in a Canoe, and and Joe fairly doubled up by the door.
kept her prisoner on an island in the Sam stood through it, blushing and
lake." glaeing around at his tormentors.
The policeman was startled under "I believe hilial" cried Miss Mack -
Ins military air. "Is this true?" he all; but nobody heard her.
asked Bela. When order was restored, Coulson
Bela, without saying anything, al- said, with a shake in his throat: "You
lowed blin to suppose that tt was. 'hardly expect us to believe that, do
'We'll bave a hearing at once," said you?"
Coulson-. "Gagnon, can we use your "I doe% care esbether you believe it
shack?" ox not!" returned Sam, hotly. "Let
Could. he use it1 me question her, and I'll show you. I
"Aristide! . Michel! Maria!" guess that's my right, isn't it?"
shrieked Johnny, "Run, you turtles! "Certainly," said Coulson, stiffly.
Carry everting outside. Take down "Stand =tie for a while and let her
tlie stove!" tell her story without interruption.
Bishop Lajeunesse went to Bela You can question her when she Is
with kind eyes. through."
"My poor girl!" he said, in her own All the 'white people except tho
tongue. "Have you had a bad time?" white woman looked at the girl with
"Wait," murmured Bela, deprecat- sympathetic eyes. Bela's face Was.pale
!ugly, "I tell everything in there." . and one hand was pressed to ,her
"Mercy! Abducted!" cried Miss Lreast to control the agitated tenant
Mackall, with an inquisitive stare. there.
"She's bold enough about it. Not a To be obliged to speak out before
trace of shame!" so many white people was a terrible
"I'm afraid this will hardly be suit- ordeal for the girl of the lake. She
able for her to hear," murmured the suspected, too, that there would be
doctor, who had constituted 'himself some difficult questions to answer -
one of Miss Mackaire gallants. "Will and there was no Musq'oosis to advise
you wait in the boat?" her. Alas, if she had. taken hie advice
"A trial! 1 wouldn't miss it for ehe would not have been here at all!
worlds," she retorted. "Which is the 'Go ahead,' said Coulson, aympa-
criminal? One of her own sort, I sup- thetically,
pose. Fancy! carrying her off!" Bela drew a steadying breath and
Within a rew =lutes the Gagnon raised her head: Pointing at Sam
household effects were heaped out of with unconacious dramatic effect, she
doors, and the stage set for the "trial," said clearly: "He speak true. I carry
tt was strange how the sqqatty little him off."
shack, with its crooked *windows and Again there was a silence in the
doors instantly took on the look of a court, while the spettators gaped In
court, pure astonishment The three men by
All the seats were ranged across one the door Scowled in an ugly fashion.
end between the two doors for the po- Sam himself was surprised by her can-
licemen and the guests of honor. Both dor. Tie looked. at her suspiciouelY,
doors were left open to giVe light to wondeeing What she Was preparing for
the proceedings, and a great bar of b.ini.
sunlight fell athwart -the dusty floor. Coulson regretted his sympathy.
Coulson sat in tho middle with a ta- "What do you mean?" he demanded,
ble before him, and the other police- sharply. "Is this a joker
man at his left with notebook and pen- Bela shook her head. "1 tie lain
ell to take down the evidence. Both up and tak' him away ltik he say."
youngster e as the representatives of "Then what is all this about What
authority 'wore an air. of gravity be- did you do it for?" asked the peace-
yond their years. man. .
Miss Mackall sat at the other side of This was the question '13ela dreacted.
Coulson, ever making play with • the A stubborn look came over her face.
ostrich feathers,
The doctor and tile "He is my friend," she said. "I hear
Indian agent were next her.
those ot'er men say they bate him.
At the other end of the line eat Say they going kill him and nobody
Bishop Lajeunesse. He had sent the •know. I tit* if 1. tell Sarn that, .lio•
boy -priests back to the boat to repack ille'elallghe So t; got tale' him, away.
the baggage. Whatever their feelidgs, neettelf t� One) hint."
they had obeyed wiena'eheerful alt. e Thaiwhite Apeetaters .leant . •"fore
Of all those present only the bishop ward, mystified andebreathiessly tte-
showed any compassion. Bela stood I en aye, Here Wan a 'inteed-new storit
righteous and unselfish objects we near him, and he occasionally leaned which did not fit any of the them -
forward and pattedeher arta:e.g..% ise-ttleobetrg..Mu40°,11,1 411110411114A 4„tli,e,
have iti view are finally secured." There
Is no thought of peace there ntil-
eelved it with an k.,,da 1,,eivjfice. if blelihn leekedtead.eeitectinentetedtfraW
u
grateful and apprehensive), „; re e ' hel We, thakeehe eevelIFLITime,. „. taeke
permanent peace, and British made The body of .tlee'vatte •,wase filletle ShafMraintfOCiftildYir&Vatinttlit):
peak; is assured, Lord Lansdowne is with the natives, inducting the Gag- their angry ekelainations.
Merely a sicico crying in the wilder- , nen family, the boatmen, and the ser- "It's a Ile!" cried Jack. "The cook
TICS& vents, all equattingoon the flopr,. tee- voseriotheins toe% neither oinLwat,p,e
... a.• •• ' fug the table of jtt4t.fle, .7.10hain thOotli.i2M .45,Yse,r,anar ,:,•*0
An Ancient Infernal 1YLaolline, waited for the appearance ofithe pri- thought he etfrisied Itee off, we weFe
sorter they occulfietT 2thenAeiVe, etitth IetdelIntatheettle."'? n r ': z.-.."0-0 :, •. '
Inutss mackaws, gloves tend ' Paratel, "t, 4511e'5 'thee „tteiteg- to ‘ithial(1 line
. the Diary of Samuel Pepteet, ea- and the artificial irotuplets,aplitt gil‘ ',:litttly,,Yoetled:r. Jobr furiOttelyi^: lf "s:
der date of Mareh 14, 1602, he save Me. No sttch grades' lee -these hail ' "W6II, 1 Cant hoill lifite if " elle'
"Horne to dinner. Iti• the afternoon ever been seen before on lattscplattept doeen't want him held," mid Coulson,
came the German Dr. ltetifficr, to die. Sani was led iti with his halide tied -"She told me yesterday peen tinted
worse- with ite about hie 'nge'e to before hint. He held his head high,. iiity niirtititettfitettited,-Stielt:', It'os.,
blow up shire. We doubted net the Jack left him standieg in front uf the JR6)11.fi ,MOIVititt,M eteld Voillstirt. '.trte
Matter of fact, it being tried in Cram. table, and Jack, Shand, and Joe took get to the bottom of this," He turned
weirs time, but (lie minty of tent ing up poeitione by the door across the to Bela 'With a ..pevere air. 'Is ling
nein in ehilett but he do tell re that room from liola.eonitrae".. r4,-!1:1,..soter4t.., ttAr., .t , ...:-..,.•:...•:,.
When be ce to tell the king tits .
reeling their impottatice) in the "Yee, I tell hen that," admitted
secret, fbr none but the kinls gucees- ecellet all looked a little selfeeighte- Bela,
sively, and their heirs; must know it, otts. Occasionally titer relieved their Mliateeledeeel ilea tlint 1011CS,7' 4,:;,*, 7 "
It will Amer to be of no detiler at 4' 4
,ecLugs by spitting outside the doer, "He"—painting 'fa Sant—"ruit‘
all. We eoneledee tiothitne ' • t tliall Sam did not look greatly concerned;
414.ceurse with the Duke of Volt to- Ills eonseience was (neer. True, ho
tnOrroW about it." felt the tlegradatioa of the bound
estates, but.mult, ho not Presently be
A free as of machiese, In the halide tritennhantlje vindicated? He had been.
of reason ,has della all that was twer wafting for thia MOMent alt.:night:,
done in the worldaeetleorge 11..Therti "MereVi Not at alt tOhnt-1, eS
, ne eelktt. if he reeniej 1103v.,„, VM„11..1.10 ed!'" whispered Miss Maeitall to the
De ealitO a coward? tine --,:it i Ir he ,,doctot, "The handsome wreto-to
wattles her,—,rudge. rancyl; earryIng her Oft like 'What do.
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"Why should they want to hurt
WM?" demanded Coulson.
9 fion't knew," Here oho ivas;aell,
sive again.
"What were you doing in their
camp in the first place?" he asked.
"I lust travelin'," said Bela.
"But you stayed there long enough
to make friends. How long were you
111;71CC e—four dam"
"What did you stay for?"
"Not'ing," said Bela, sallenlY.
"That's no answer.. You must have
known the risks a girl ran in it camp
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care of myself all right."
ants ssd'eir4 11.19Y11 tisilteasytiothile,'I'vhefor,,Isted.
"I not stay in their house," she par -
"Never mind that. 'What did you
stay around there for?"
Bela was cornered. True to her
wild nature, her eyes torned desirous-
ly toware the open door. Tee bishop
laid a hand ou her arm.
"Tell the truth, my daughter," he
said, gently. "No QUO ellen harin
you."
Bela turned to him. "I am 'mos'
white," she explained, as if lie were
the only reasonable person present. "I
lak be wit' white people."
Here a titter eased ever the native
audience at what they constdered her
presumption. Bela's eyes flashed scorn
on them. She forgot her terrors.
"I em not one of these!" eho cried.
"I am white! I want marry a white
man!"
An odd start of surprised laughter
warted the white speetatoes. They
glanced at each other to make sure
they had heard aright.
"Oh!" said Coulson. "Now we're
getting down to it, The prisoner here
was the orie you picked out?"
"Yes'!" answered Bela, defiantly.
"He is the best man."
"Well—" exclaimed Coulon.
Suddenly the•richness of the situe-
then broke on the spectators, and a
gale of laughter swept through the
room,
The bishop laughed, too, though he
patted Bela's arm encouragingly, At
least, she was telling the . truth now.
Ilst.isne•as too extraordinary to be other -
Only the three men by the floor did
not laugh, With eyes full of hate,
they glared at the girl and at the pri-
soner,
I31g Jack, the most astute of tbe
three, was the first to reeover himself.
It occurred to him that unless the
rest of the story were prevented from
coining out, their humiliation would
be eomplete and abject.
With a glance of warning at his
companions, he threw back his need
and laughed louder than any, Shand
and Joe, comprehending, -followed
suit. Their laughter had a bitter
ring, but in a gale of laughter the dif-
formice passed unnoticed.
The prisoner turned white to his
lips. He preserved an unnatural calm-
ness. Only bet wild, pained eyes be-
trayed the, blinding, maddening rage
that was consuming him.
Bela, whose eyes wore only for him,
turned pale to match. "Barn," she
whispered, imploringly. •
"Cut me loose," he said, quickly.
She looked about her. One passee
her a knife, with which she cut his
bonds, all the time searching his face
with her terrified eyes, seeking to dis-
cover what he meant to do.
"I suppose I am free to go," he said,
stiffly, to Coulson,
"Sure!" answered the policeman.
He was kindly now—grateful, indeed,
for the magnificent joke which had
been provided.
"Same Sam!" Bela murmured,
piteously.
The spectators eagerly watched for
the final scene pf this humorous and
original drama. Bela, unconscious of
everybody but one man, made a love-
ly, appealing figure.
"Sam," she whispered, "now you
know I your friend. Don't, go! Wait
little while. Sam—here. is the bishole
Marry me, and let them laugh!"
Sam flung off the timid arm, "Mar-
ry you!" he cried, with a quiet bitter-
ness that burned like lye. "I'd nooner
jump into the river!"
Empty-handed and hatless, he
strode out of the shack.
"Sam, wait!" she cried, despair-
ingly, flying after.
CHAPTER XV.
Into the bay that occupies the
northeasterly corner of Caribou Lake
empties it creek too small to have
a name. To the left of its mouth, as
one faces the lake, ends the long,
pine -clad dune that etretches along the
bottom of the lake from the intake
of Alusquasepi.
To the right as the shore turns
westward the land rises a little and
the forest begins. Back of the beach
the little creek is masked by thickly
springing willows.
An hour after the sun had passed
the meridan the branches of the wil-
lows were softly parted, and Bela's
pale face looked through, her eyes
tense weth anxiety. She searched
the lake shore right and left. The
wide expanse of sunny water and the
bordering sliore were empty,
Reassured, she came from behind
the bushete walking in the creek, and
splashed down to the beach, still keep -
Ing wary eyes about hen She carried
her gun in one hatd, and over the
other shoulder tho carcass of a wild
goose hung limpl.,t.•
Standing ha the creelc, she anxious-
ly •searched the sand of the bettch for
.tracks. Finding none, a breath of
relief .escaped 'her.• She fltmg the
dead goose, in the sand. From this
position she could see down the beach
as far as the intake Of the little river,
two miles or more away. •
Careless tot the icy water flowing
atitder tier tfeete elle stood 'for a 'while,
Stratiting her., keen, anxious. eyes in
thee; dtreetiene enmity she -made out
n tiny dark spat 'moving toward her
on the sand.
She retreated up the treek arid
?An:pudica .5ehind the willows. in the'
pose ref 'lifeless stillness. she. bed
.1pr40 , front the red side of the
honk:: The red 'people' In, the first
lettlett learner/ Troln the wild crea-
t-tuheete She tvetebed 'through the
le
a
Ave
cs
o.
ynte tretting with Ilia airy gait
came along the top of the dune, look -
tense *ter elf -considered Atitlee. Ito
equatted On his hauttellee 'a ectUple of
lattnered Yards away, and his tongue
hung out,
To taQ, the dead gooate bolo*, a rich
prize; but he also smv Bela, whom no
human eyes could have discovered.
tte hoed elm might go away. Ile
Wag' prepared to wait unlit. dark
away from me." Here the spectators nee. e..,s841.rY; ,01.1poLeevder,fitgbuereaptipiroanagehtiamt
tinned. "I not strong enough to cteeetel4140131,- •
him. So mak' them catell.liim," t ibts"11-1161111tnilln Pr"entlY e"11)°11cd
;pint to retreat down the other side
mak" them bring hint to th$, Wiest so' • of the, dune, • • -
all Is known. They cannot hurt him 1 (To he Continued.)
lf.afl i, knovi.u,"
4.111t0,49144.1rePeAvawaind-1A41•r*-ne onn•ri--"tild 'You. take anY deanerate nice.
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truths ,And tite; untruths, tor, American.
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Bones of Sixty Monarchs Lie in
the Isle of Iona,
on. the little misty, stormy swept Is-
land of Iona in the Hebrides to the west
of Scotland, Ile the ruins of tho mon-
esterY 'whence came the men who
Christenized the British Isles. The is-
land has, changed but little from 'what it
must have been in those remote times:
The same dense fogs still veil it, rising
from the warm gulf stream, the lame
westerly gales howl over it, and in the
little sheltered grassy hallows the sim-
ple people live and till the soil as they
did in the days of St. Columba, who
founded the monastery. Their imple-
ments may be More modern, but they are
the same silent, kindly Celts.
Tona is the most fertile and beautiful
of the Hebrides, of which there are some
000 scattered about the waters to the
west of Scotland. Only about 100 of
these islands are inhabited at all, and
the greater part of those latter .support
less than a dozen people each. It is a.
region of rain and mist, with rare clear
days that are like the infrequent laugh
of a sad bat. kindly nature -god, The at-
mosphere of the archipelago is made for
dreams and silence. It seems out of
Lite modern world.
Iona has been a sacr«1 spot time out
of, mind. Long before the earliest in's-
slottary c-atne to Britain, It was a place
eonsecrated to tho early Druidic cere-
monies. After St. Columba. founded Ids
co1on3., tho ground was held se holy
hat kings bade their subjects bury them
there. The hones, of sixty monarelis,
Irish, Ereglialf alai Norse, lie under the
sod of Ione. te (lay. Ono spot, ,kriown as
the Tomo of 'he Kings is still marked
by it row of monuments, fenced In by
an lacongruous modern iron railing. It
lies itt a bare plain, Athena surface is
dotted witht other stones and monuments,
half covered with grass, leaning sadly
awry. It is a long time since those
stones Were raised.
In spite of agloorny climate, Iona is
beautiful. 'The soil is so fertile that
for centurics its fertility was regarded
as miraculous. due to the atmosphere
or holineas rather than the soil. Be-
ttina its sea cliffs., the Swiile rises a nd
fans in dimpled green hollows; the
beaches aro white •with shell and sand.
Tho sixty kings have ehosen a fair rest-
ing place.—Exchange.
MInawrhd'esret.,
iniment for sale every -
TIN'S BIG FART.
Very Useful is This Metal in Our
Industries.
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The threatened shortage of tin is a
reminder of the importance of that
metal and of the part it has played
in the conimerce a,nd hidustries of the
world from remote times. In all the
books of history treating of the an-
cient world it is recorded that the
Phoenicians made voyages beyond the
pillars or the gate e of Hercules— the
straits of Gibraltar—and sailed as far
to the north as thet land now caned
England, bringing back among many
other commoditiestin from Cornwall.
Tin was an export of prime import-
ance from the British Islands cen-
turies before the invasion of British
by the legions of Caesar.
Tin is referred to in the Bible, and
scholars have learned that copper
was alloyed with tin by the EgYptiane
at least 1600 years before the coming
of Christ. Pliny has something to
say about tin, and students of his
writings helieve that in his time the
Romans had no very clear under-
standing of the difference between tin
and lead, but they knew there was a
difference, because they called lead
"plumbum nigruin" and tin, "plum-
b= album." The early Greeke called
tin "kassisteros" and the Hebrews
called it ,
It was about the fourth century
that the Romans, having come to
very fair understanding of the proper-
ties of tin, called it "stannum," Wbiett
remains its technical or scientific
name to -day. Its symbol In chemistry
Is "Sn," tat abbreviation of stannum.
At a much earlier period the Greek
alchemists, who long experimented
with tie, called it "hernies."
The tin deposits in the south of
England are the oldest known work-
ings in the world, and perhaps those
that were next discovered and opened
were in Saxony and Bohemia. It is
belleVed that the Manufacture of tin-
plate, or, as it watt begun in Bahemia
early in the 17th 'maitre, that' it
•
altread front there to Buxom', and it
was. Introduced into England in the
latter half of the 17th century.
Tinplate consists of iron or steel
rolled into very thin sheets which
aro then coated with a eoMpeeltion
Of tin awl leach lead eonetiteting from
76 to 90 per cent, of the composition.
There haves, 'been processes and Im-
provements in, those processes for
coating the iron, sheets with the tine
lead mixture and these proeesses of
"tinning" are very interesting. The
nee min production of tinplate baste
enormously exteuded witle recent
years, 110t only because of the re-
markable growth of the canning bust -
netts, but becaelse of the popularity
of tinplate for making containers of
many shapes and sizes for a great
variety of articles,
Tin is found in ores with many otbe
er metals and minerals and lu lunma
and grains in alluvial gravels. It is
found in Siberia, Australia., Guiana,
and, in fact, moot parte of the world,
but the notable workings, those whic,t
furnish the great part of the supple
which the world constunes, are in
Bolivia, and the Straits Settleruents.
large amount of tin is consumed
in the manufacture of tin foil, tone of
whieh are used annuetly in the tobac-
co trade, and another extensive use
for tin is in. "silvering" the backs of
mirrors. In being used in this way it
IS mixed with copper. Tin is also used
in the making of bronze, brass and
pewten—Washiugton Star.
Minard's Liniment cures Burns, etc.
$35,000 of Ambergris in a Lump.
A. prize lump et ambergris secured
by the whaling brig Viola is reported
by Oapt, John A. Cook, of Proviuce-
ton, owner of the vessel. The chunk
of ambergris taken from a sperm
whale captured just south of Cape Hat-
teras, weighed 121 pounds, and was
valued at $35,000. Each man of a crew
01 sixteen will have a share in the prize,
Another old Whaling barque of the
New Bedford fleet returned to port
recently after it four -years' cruise.
This was the Wanderer, built at Mat-
tapoisett in 1878 and still apparently
as sound as the day she was launcb.ed.
The Wanderer had pretty gootl luck
on ber return cruise. In all she took
6,200 barrels of sperm all, valued at
$160,009.
Most of this was sent home via the
Azores and Barbadoes. Capt. Antoine
Edwards, conuriander of the vessel, fig-
ured that an average catch of $40,000
a year was not so bad these days,
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We have been using WINARD'S
LINIaltNT in our home for it num-
ber of years and use no other Lin-
iment but IterNIARDS, and we can
recommend it highly for sprains,
Wellies, nettle or tightness of the
chest, soreness of the throat, head-
ache or anything of that sort. 'We
will not be without it mee single
day, for we get a new bottle be-
fore the other is all used. I caii
recommend it highly to anyone.
JOHN WAiLKFIELD,
Lel-rave /stands, Lunenburg 'Co., N. 8,
HBLIGOLAND,
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Once Fashionable Watering Place
is "Bristling Fortress."
••••••••••••111•111.1011b
Some places, like some people, have
greatness thrust upon them, and much
greatness has, especially of late, been
thrust upon the little island of Heligo-
land, which TiSpEi abruptly out of the
the North Sea scene thirty-four miles
northwest of Cuxhaven. The Ger-
mans, since the eession of the island
to Germany by the United Kingdom
in 1892, have .spent vast sums of
ruoney on it, in the effort to make it
an effective naval base. • They have
built a sea wall of steel, granite and
concrete, twenty-five feet high all
round itt they have construoted
harbor for submarines at groat ex-
pense; they have honeycombed the
rock of its mighty cliffs two hundred
feet high, with galleries; in fact, they
have done everything that could be
done to transform the island into a
"bristling fortress." What they have
done, however, is as nothing com-
pared with what they have been cred-
ited with doing, by those who, with a
sorry knowledge of the facts insist on
regarding Heligoland as Bette less
than the key to the naval and mili-
tary strength of Germany. Germany
has, of course, done muck to the is-
land since the outbreak oi war; but
how much is a queation which could
never, probably, be Answered to every-
body's satisfaction, because nobody,
except the German authorities, knows,
The Heligoland, however, of the
days before the war was open enough
for anybody to see. Many visitors in
the eummer months of each year
wont to seek at its shelving beach of
white sand, and indulge in sea bath-
ing, in climbing tho high ,red cliffs
and in walking about on the gyeen
Oberland. 'And the first thing that
struck tho now visitgy must surely
have been the smallaes of the place,
it little triangular piece of land, jest a
mile long, and barely it third of a mile
oncleyntounref;fsifatiegoo, fhoawseqvuearr,effimeillie.
iaricratTl8.1
goland was at least five, times its pre -
emit size, and a place of no little im-
portance. Like so many islands, it
had a peculiar attraction for the
peoples of the surrounding mainlands.
They stood In awe of it, and mythol-
ogy early claimed it for its own. Here
the Vorseti, the god of justice, had a
temple, as had also, according to an-
other tradition, the goddess HOtha, a
special object of veneration tunongst
the Angles of the mainland, Later on
it was the realm of the pagan king,
Raelbod, atel it was hither that Sit
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Old Tea Looks All Right
sonsglisisssawswompsno
,Old tea and fresh tea, poor tea and good
tea, all look alike. No wonder a woman
often gets a bulk tea she doesn't like.
Red Rose Tea in
the sealed package is
always fresh, always
good, always worth
the price on the labeI.
Kept Good by the
Wed. Patkage
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444
FOR SALE
Book and Stationery
Business. •
IN 'HAMILTON
Established 12 years In good
central location.
Will be (told at a sacrifice,
Good ref1001111 or selling.
Apply to
THOS. FRENCH
90 JAMES &mom NORTH
HAMILTON, ONT,
Willibrod came, in the seventh Cell'
turn Preaching Christianity, But all
the while the ownership of Heligoland
rwoevee nt odre
i pPoustsee. s 0Sne Sea re otvhe: ifsoi tatit Is, en!
til at last it became a fief of the
dukes of Schleswig -Holston. Evert
then, however, it had little rest, tor,
whenever the dukes of Schleswig-liol-
stein found themselves In need of
ready money, they had a way of hypo-
thecating Heligoland for loans ads
vaneed in the free city of Hamburg,
Ceded to England in 1814, the island
was, as already noted, transferred to
Germany in 1892, and the Heligoland,
ern did not WOICOMe the change, They
aro not, as ono writer clearly points
out, Germans in any modern sense;
neither have they, by race or lan-
guage, any affinity with tb.e Innen
Frieslander. They are, indeed, gen.
orally supposed to be survivals of
the Sexons who remained bebind
when Hengist and Horse and his fon.
lawers set sail for England, But one
may be forgiven the paradox, for, ac-
cording to all reports, the civil popu-
lation of the island was removed
within forty-eight hours of the out-
break of the war.—Christian Science
Monitor.
MInard's liniment Relieves Neuralgia
Ohtna, and the Tartars.
The Manchu Tartars, who compered
the early Chinese, have left the im-
Drees of their former manner of life
upon many styles seen to -day in
Chinese fashions of clothing. For in-
stance, the official coats, as seen in
China -at the present time, are made
with very peculiar sleeves, shaped like
a horse's leg and ending in what is
an uninistaltable hoof, completely cov-
ering the hand. These are known ass
horseshoe sleeves. This is owing to
the Intense love of the early Tartars
for horses, from whom they were
practically inseparable during their
generations of wIld wandering before
settling down in China proper. The
old queue is also said to have been
worn in imitation of the horse's tall
and also as a useful halter to tie
about the horse when the Tartar curl-
ed up beside his beloved dunth friend
for a sleep.
New—These.
331aelt velours with a Waal: check, al-
most invisible, running through elle
weave.
Bogue( veils—hexagon meshes with bor-
ders, chenille dots and 'lower patterns.
Military overcoats for men—eoa.ts with
high straight shoulders, Ottre skirts and
belts that button in front.
Soft crown velvet hats with trimmings
of black braid and hanging tassels.
Autumn silk petticoats ot red, purple,
rose, blue, gray Gr green taffeta or Jer-
sey silk with finely pleated flounces.
SERIOUS ILLNESS AVOWED
Many a serious illnees has been
avoided by the prompt use of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills. These pills
actually enrich and purify the blood,
and In this way build up the system,
tone and strengthen the nerves and
invigorate the vital organs.
Serious diseases generally come
from some simple disorder that has
been neglected. Therefore any thin-
ning rZ the blood should be looked
upon as a warning sign, and more
serious illness should be avoided by
the use of Dr. 1171111a,ms' Pink Pine.
In the case of young girls and women
the blood is peculiarly liable to get:
out of order—to become thin ante
watery—and to lead to a general
breakdown in health. Thia can bd
avoided by theoccasional use of Dr.
'Williams 'Pink Pills, which are suit-
able for the most, delicate constitu-
tion. These pills will give you a
new appetite, improve your digestion,
tone and etrengthen weakened nerves,
banish depreesion and lack of energy,
clear the complexion of pimples ace
'blotches, cure pain In the back and
general weakness, cause- the disap-
pearance or headaches, dizziness and
heart fulttering. Give these pills a
fair trial and you will soon note a
wonderful change in your condition.
Your spirits will brighten, good health
and strength will return, and you will
feel like a new person. You can con-
firm these statements by enquiring
among your Mends almost anywhere,
as thousands and thousands .of hope-
less sufferers have been restored to
new health and energy by using Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills.
You can get these Dills through rine
medicine dealer or by mail at tit)
cents a box or six boxes for pm front
The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co„
Broekville, Ont,
ETRE XAfSA
And How the Sicilian Kept the
. Promise Re Made to the Xing.
A Sicilian laborer told us thee story,
He says his mother tokl it to him
when lea, was a child. It sounds like
one of Grimna's tales and Is Undoubt-
edly eery 014 folk lore:
'eery Mother told me that once there
was tt king who saw a peasant Work-
ing In a field and asked hint how
much 110 earned. And the peasant
said, 'Pour (Arlini a day,' What do
yon do with your 4 earileir asked the
king. 'One 1 eat, the secohd 1 put at
interest, the third I return, and the
fourth 1 throw away.' This puzzled
the king, and he asked the peasant
What he meant. And the peasant
said:
" buy my toed with one. I feed
my children 'with the second, and that
is putting money out at interest. T
reed my old father with the third, and
that is /vim; beet( what has ham
given, me. I give the fottrth to my
wife; and giving her money le throw-
itig it away,'
'"Thitt'a 4 good riddle,' said the
king, 'and 1 must tell it to my
friends. Promise ma that you won't
tell atty.ono the answer till you have
soon my face R hundred So the
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SITUATIONS VACANT.
you c4N MAKE $20 TO /10
- woody, .writing Elbow car4.$ .4tt
borne. gasay learned by our MVO*
method. No OallYaSeing or solleitIndr
We sell your work. Write or particu-
lug.
AMERICAN SHOW CARO '00110014
40.1 Yonge Street, Toronto,
Hat,p wANTgo,
w4usprm — PROBATIONERS eV
_Tr train for nurses. &ROY, Wellandra
eleseltel. St. Catharines, Ont. ,
WANTED—L0014 FIXER ON 0110e11' -
ton and Knottleta Looms, weaVinal
lietwy betnitete and clothe. Ver f1,111
Particulars. apply The Slingsby Tdanu.
factUring' CO., Ltd., Brantford, Ontario.
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MONEY ORDERS,
1-1011INI0N EXPRESS FOREIGN
Cheques are accepted bY Field Cashi.
iers and PaYmaatern bi Prance for tbeie
tell face yams, There is no better way
to send nioney to the boys in the trench..
MISGELLANEOUS.
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obet, Mamwe
use yaihi eas
av
tsopiuntg se
your ret Ihtiero.
cl
Street
hard Torrfonntoo. dealer in town,"tohrri!I
u
der from Reliable Churn Co., 141 ging
RAW 1-l'Es WANTED—ALSO T/Er-l9'
hides, tallow, woo!, sheepskins, horse
:1/..;h110dei otts41. r%enellael fysfokliturrts84, eHrite;ttn)t)ti:gyElnee, the Bank i r0td::
T.1%I.a.A.„ Third Street, Collingwood, Ont.
FARMS FOR SALE.
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147ROF
DS—PATS LOTS 25 AND
1. 5
in third concession. township
forfol:alcdoinbiottunrd,Ecelt.aurrgsteb
y orflouNtherotuti:s,tnbet3;
land, 214 miles from Grafton; 9 miles
rooms: large barns and poultry houses:
20 acres in apples, 13 in cherries; two
wells and cistern; also running water
in pasture; rural tititil delivery and tele -
Phone; price $7,500; immediate P0FaeaRion;
owner overseas. Douglas Ponton, 11
Xing Street east, Toronto.
A T A SACRIFICE -400 ACRES L1711.{-
ben ties and ranch; 3,090 acres luni-
bre and fluit lends; in Buckley arid
Rx..attkpecirst? v13a. 0.
Adrirty, Box 789, Prince
g gAeriE3 $4,;h5 --TWELVE MILES
N•I'r from London on a gravel road; two
storey brick house; bank barn; halt a,
mile to school; two nines to station;
great hergain, 35 acres of wheat looking
well. Choice v,arrit sand loam. '1'. A..
FaUlds, 80 Victor Street, London, Ont.
-
I, ARM FOR. SALE—WATERLOO
county; four miles west of Galt; 111
acres excellent wheat land; two-storey
frame house; gond bank barn. (;eorso.
113)., 113\1000°1T AloataltieOntaelo, Exeentar of J.
POULTRY WANTED.
A A. POULTR.Y WANTED OF ALL
ca kinds. We pay !highest price..
Write for complute price Iist. Waikr's,
099 Spotlit's, Ave., Toronto,
9.11111 BEST MARKET L';
Int Western °Marie foe good live or
dres:,...!d poultry. 'We ut.pply crates aud
roma promptly. (Ict oor prices before
spill:AA.. C. A, 'Mann & Cu., London,
ont.
BUS.I.NESS CHANCES.
ir T1WELVE SALES EARN P11
premium and 53 in cash; opportun.
ity to elem. several hundred before.
Christmas; write quiek for dell:111s, Fos-
ter Phonwnsolt Company, Foster, Q
peasant promised, and the kinebwent
back to his palace and asked them the
riddle. Nobody could anewer, but one
remembered seeing the king talk to a
peasant and asked him about Be But
the peasant said: e can't tell you. I
promised the king I wouldn't telt the
anewer till I had seen hia face it hun-
dred times.' 'Oh, that's easy!' said
the king's friend, and be took a hun-
dred lire out of his pocket and every
piece of money had the king's face
stamped on it.
"So the peasant told the king's
friend the answer to the riddle, and
the king's friend went back to the pal-
ace and said to the king, 'I can guesti
your riddle now,' and be did. Then
the king became angry and said: 'You
couldn't have guessed it. That peas.
ant bee broken hls promise!' So the
friend had to tell the king how he had
fooled the peasant.
(sealant's Liniment Cures Dandruff.
Arms of Washington.
The arms which Washington used
are heraictically described as follows:
Argent (silver). two bars gules (reel),
in chief three mullets (stars) of the
second, gules (red). The crest: A
raven with wings addorsed, sable
(black), issuing out of a ducal coronet,
or (gold).
Although these arms were used by
Washington, the arms of the family in
Yorkshtre are materially different,
bearing a lion, and being surmounted
by a crest with an eagle, not a raven,
The Yorkshire arms were the original
arms, according to Albert Welles,
whose "Pedigree and History of the
Washington Family" gives with edlte-
ing detail the descent of the leather of
His Country from Odin, fire king el
Scam dinavia. Flfty-fiee generations
were required to evolve George Miele
ington from Odin.
Guest Dessert.
All in an Ice -Cold sherbet elvar, —
Halved marelimullows.
Diced fruit,
Chopped mite,
Grape Juice- •
Whipped cream.
Cherry.
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In These W ar Times
you want real food* that
contains tile greatest
amount of body - building
material nt lowest cost. The
whole wheat grain is all food.
Shredded Wheat Biscuit
is the whole wheat in r
digestible form. Two dr
three of these little loaves of
baked whole wheat with milk
arid a little fruitpake a nour.
ishing, strengthening meal. 1
IVItade Canathl.
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