HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-12-20, Page 7lelle "N'S
LONGINDS uf iliE HEART
The old cOuutry newspapers daily
carry columns oe obitueries ot men eel
killed at the trout. Many of theee are OK
accompanied witversee lamenting
the lose et dear oues, who hale made
the supreme saerifiee and 1:e in un-
known far away graves, These versea
are the voices 0 fathers, niOthers,
daughters, sistene and brothers, and
each toucheea certain chord that set
n* e
the emotioinm
to play. Some are uu.
utterabiy ead, ae if the light of the
world had gone out when the loved
ones "went west." A tew gulled from
the columns of a. Scotch newspapei
will give the reader an idea of what.
the people at home are passing
through:
Somewhere in France he lies at leat
For King and country he did his best;
With ottier coniraaes he played his
part,
And did his duty with a loyal heart,
We little thought las time so sliort
Waen he on furlough came,
When to the front again he went,
Never to .return again.
•••••••••••......"
oeunirY's call he answered --
The call was not in vain;
On Britain's roll of honor
You will find my dear brother's
name.
The cool, dark shades of evening
Fell down on my loved one's faee;
in the morning he was abstnt from
roll -call,
In, heaven he had found a place,
With courage high he bade good.bye
To all he held so dear;
No dread allowed in his ste.adfast eee,
His warm heart held no fear.
In these the words are commonplace
and the sentiment more or lees trite,
but the .note of sOITOW is there. In
the following four -line verse a whole
vermon is preached:
Oh, daddy dear, we think of you,
And Daddy we often call;
But there's nothing left to answer us
But your photo on the wall,
There are many counterparts to
this domestic scene thus pictured to
be found in Canada and in Hamilton
as well. The refrain throughout is
that the dear one passed away far
from. friends and home:
He did his duty nubly,
And like a uero
On, now we M1ZS our loved one
Only we at home can tell.
Ilis King and country called him,
So he only took his chance
To show his grit. He din his bit,
And fell somewhere in France.
• One of tho best that God could lend,
A loving grandson and a faithful
friend;
My days are numbered, my friends are
few,
Oh, Albert, laddie, 1 long for you.
•
Had we but got one last, fond lock
iv.to your loving face,
Or had we only got the chance to
kneel down in that place,
To hold your hand, dear brother, while
your life's blood ebbed away,
• Our hearts would not have felt, so
— much the tears we shed to -day.
Short wae Ow life, deur brother,
'Tie sweet to breathe thy name;
In life I loved you dearly,
In death we do the same.
There are across the sea two soldiers'
graves,
In lands where I may never be;
But perhaps some kind and gentle
hand
Will la.y a flower, though in far-off
land.
WHAT WILL RUSSIA DO ?
The Allied political and. military
loaders now meeting in Paris. have a
,serious matter on hand in the situate,
-
in Russia, to say nothing of Italy.
It la learned -that German officers are
oow Id Petrograd, negotiating with
Lenin's and the other Bolshevik' load-
ers tot only for a separate peace but
with a view to make Russia an ally of
Germany and an active participant in
the war on her side. Were they to
succeed in their efforts it would mean
that a million or so German prlsonees
would be liberated to re-enter the
struggle. It would mean also that
Germany would receive food and other
supplies from Russia, as well As
active assistance in the war. Rau -
mania 'Would be overrun and devastat-
ed and our forees in Mesopotamia and
elsewhere would be endangered.
It may be that the hotter element
in Russia will refuse to be a party to
such traitorous work and that a coun-
ter-revolution of some kind wilt devote
oarp prevent Russia committing such
a -Crime. But the outlook is not very
bright.
•
— •
Liszt rOoled nein.
Wrapped ht his dressing gcwn aria
with feet encaeed in slippers, Franz
Lase, was eittleg emafortably one
evening in his armchair ready fer
work and inviting inspiration, On the
floor above in the, apartment& of a
banker a poles, Meleel soiree was in
progrees. Polonalees hal stleceeded
waltzes and noeturnes had folloWed
polonoeses, when suddenly the door ot
the salon elicited and Liszt entered
stilt wrapped in hie dreesing gown.
The netonishreett of the eerepany may
Ine. imagined, Walt stoW etepe Met
walked tieward the piano, mai the
youhg key pounder who wee Sitting'
at 5t gnickly left his place. Lint sat !
down at the instrument, carelessly
twept his fingers( Over the keys as if I
to prelude, Ana then suddenly lie abut
down the tocer Mid put the key in
his poeket. And immediately, with
the Woe tranquil air with which he
Lad entered, he went out and re:earned
N his roam, where he Mild work et
I. 3ease.
Datncefie totirteev le a Me thing,
bud It Ineltes Matey a Man tired In ho
csilkantir atanding up for his wife.
EL
Sara iiPPeared trudging through the
sand, bareheaded, coatless,
tightltp-
pe. His eyes likewise were fastened
eagerly on the dead goose. Reach-
ing it, he stirred it With his foot,
Dropping to his knees, he smelled of
it So far so good. Presently he dis-
eovered the muse of ite death, a wing
shattered by a bullet,
Seeing no tracks anywhere near,
he concluded that it had faller* wound-
ed from the sky. As ouch it was
treasure. trove. He set to work to
gather bits of driftwood, and started
4 fire. His bright eyes and the cel-
erity of his movements testified to
las hunger.
From her hiding place Bela watched
him with avid eyes. No mask on her
face now, The eyes brooded. over
him; over the fair hair, the bare
throat, the Pale, hard young face
that showed the lassitude following
on violent anger,
Her whole spirit visibly yearned to-
ward him—but she was learning self-
control in a hard school. When ho
began to pluck the goose she set her
teeth hard. and stole silently away up-
stream.
In the Indian village beside Hah-
wah-sepi title, crooked, Musq'oosis
was squatting at the door of his tee-
pee, =king a fish net. This was
work his nimble fingers could still
perform better than any in the tribe.
Meanwhile, he smoked and dwelt on
the serene reminscences of a well -
spent life.
Whiee he Worked and mealitated
nothing in the surrounding scene Oa
caped the glances of his keen, old
eyes, For some time he bad been
aware of a woman's figure hiding be-
hind the willows across the stream,
and he knew it must be Bela, for
there was no canoe on that side, but
he would not glve her any sign.
In Musq'oosis, as in all his race,
there was a coy streak. Let the other
person Blake the first move was his
guiding maxim.
Finally the mournful, idiotic cry of
a loon was raised across the stream.
This was a signal they had used be,
fore. Musq'oosis started with well.
simulated surprise, in case she should
be watching him, and rising, waddled
soberly to his dugout. Nobody in
the village above paid any particular
attention to him. He crossed the
stream, °
Bele stepped into the bow of his
boat. sle‘o greeibing avas xchanged.
Each had tbe air of having parted but
a few minutes before. Bela had
learned Musq'oosis own manner from
him, If he wouldn't ask questions,
neither would she volunteer informs, -
tion, Thus the two friends played
the little comedy out.
Sitting at the door of his teepee,
Bela aside "Let me eat. I have no-
thing since I get up to -day."
He put bread and smoked moose
meat beforeher, and went on knot-
ting his cords with an unconcerned
air.
By and by Bela began to tell her
story with the sullen, self-conscious
air of a child expecting a scolding.
But as she went on she was carried
away by it, and her voice 'became
warm and broken with emedlonle
Musq'oosis working away, gave no
sign, but the still turn of his head
persuaded her be was not missing
anything.
When she came to tell how she had
fallen upon Sam while he slept the
old man was betrayed into a sharp
movement.
"What for you do that?" he de -
blended.
Bela came to a pause and hung her
head. Tears dropped on her hands.
"I don't know," she murmured. "He
look so pretty sleepin' on the sand --
so pretty! Moon shine in his face. I
ain pain in my heart. Don't know
w'at to do, want him so bad. I Oink
I die if I go 'way wit'out him.
tink—I don' know w'at 1 t'ink. Want
him, that's all!"
"Tchal 'White woman!' said Mus-
q'oosis disgustedly.
During the rest of the tale he mut-
tered and frowned and wagged his
head impatiently. "Ndhen she came to
the scene of the hearing in Gagnon's
shack he could no longer contain him-
self.
"Fool!" he cried. "I tell you all
Vat to do. Many titues I tell you not
let a man see you want him. But you
g0 ask him marry you before all the
people! What you come to me tor
now "
Bela hung her head in silence.
"You got white 15/omens sickness!"
cried the old man with quaint scorn.
eTchal Love!"
"Well, I am 'mos' white," muttered
Bele suddenly. "Why you not tell
me 'bout this sickness? Then I look
out,"
"There Is no cure for a fool,"
growled Musq'oosis,
Bela finally raised lier head,
"I am cure of my sickness now,"
she said, scowling. "I bate him!"
"Hate!" said the old man scorn-
fully. "Your face is wet."
She dashed the tears from her
cheeks. "When he ran out of Sohn.-
ny Gagnon's," she weht on, "1 Tun
after. I hold on him. He curse me.
He throw me down. Since then I
hate him. I lak make him hurt lak
me. I want see him hurt bad!"
The old man looked incredulous.
Questioning her sharply, he drew out
the incident of the dead goose. He
laughea scornfully.
"You hate hlm, but you go put
food in his trail."
Bela hung her bead. "/ hate hint!"
she repeated doggedly.
alusq'ooeis filled his pipe, and put-
ted at it meditatively for a while,
"You could get him," he said, at
last.
Bela loelted at hint 'With e, nes'
"But yott got do w'at I tell woe.
Creht* *won't get him, Mak' a dry
face and let on you don't care 'bout
him at all. Ali tam laugh at him.
You ean't do that, I guess, Teo much
tool!"
13014 froWhed gesentfullea "I can
do it," he declared,
right taid Musq'oosis. "Let
him go now. Xeep away front biut
while. Let him forget his mad."
"MI right," agreed Bela.
"NOw g0 see your rnot'er," eon -
Mended Muaq'oosis. "She Caen. for
She is white, too."
Bela, however, utado no move to
0. She Was painstakingly pluelting
blades of grass.
"Well, w'at you waltin' for?" &-
Mended Musq'ooSia,
"Seta Welkin' this way," the said
With an inscrutable face, "Got no
blanket. Be cold tonight, I think."
"War More Molishrtess!" ho
"Let hint shake a little. Curt his hot
Mid MaYbe,"
'dicrlelte Men tet alek with told,"
persisted Bela. "Not lek us. W1 at
good my waitia if he get eick?"
Musq'ooele held p both his hands.
"There is net'ing lak a woman!" he
cried. "Go to your mot'er, I will
paddle by the 'Ake and give him a
rabbit robe."
Belada eyes flashed a warm loOk on
him. She got up without speaking,
and hasteped away.
About halt pea nine, while it was
still light, Sam found himself walked
out, He built a fire on the pine nee -
diem above the stony beach and sat
down with his back against a tree.
The goose provided him with another
meal. He was two hours' journey
beyond the mouth of alahewah-sepi.
'Wading across the bar of that
stream, lie had guessed his proximity
to the Indian village as described by
Bela, but his pride would not allow
him to apply there for shelter,
Ile had no reason to suppose that
Bela had, already got home, but lie
feared. -she might arrive before he
could get away, Anyhow, he had
plenty to eat, lie told himself; it
would be strange if he couldn't last
night or two without a covering,
He lay down by his iire, but, tired
as he was, he could get no rest.
Wilichever way he lay, a cold chill
from the earth- struck to his marrow,
He fell into a wretched, half -waking
condition, tormented by images he
could not control,
When he edged close enough to the
fire to feel its warmth it was only to
be brought leaping to his feet by
sparke burning through his clothes.
He finally gave it up and sat against
the tree, hardening himself like an In-
dian to wait for dawn. His fagged
nerves cried for tobacco. He had lost
his pipe 'with his coat.
The lake stretched before him still
and steely in the twilight. To -night
the sun had withdrawn himself mod-
estly and expeditiously, and the clear,
cold face of the sky had an ominous
look. The world was .terribly empty.
Sam received a new conception of eon-
tude, and a heavy -hand of discourage-
ment was laid ou his heart.
Suddenly he perceived that he was
not alone, Close under the pine -wall-
ed shore a dugout was swimming to-
ward him. with infinite grace and
smoothness. At the first sight his
breath contracted, for it seemed to
have sprung out of nothingnesd—then
his heart joyfully leaped up. At such
a moment anything human was wel-
come. A squat little figure was hud.
died amidships, swinging a paddle
from side. to side with long, stringy
arinasM
Sperceived that the paddler was
the aged hunchback who had once vis-
ited the camp at Nine -Mile Point
across the lake. "Old Man of the
Lake" they had called him. They
had. not learned his name.
A certain air of mystery enveloped
him. When he stepped out on the
stones with his long hair, his bent
back, and his dingy blanket ca,pote he
looked like a mediaeval grotesque —
yet he had a dignity of his own, too.
"How?" he said, extending his hand.
Sam, dreading the inevitable ques-
tions, received him a little nervously.
"Glad to see you. Sit down by the
fire. "You travel late,"
"1 old," observed Musq'oosie calmly.
"I go when men sleep,"
He made himself comfortable by
the fire. . To Sam's thankfulness he
did not appear to notice the white
tuan's impoverished condition. He
had excellent .manners,
"Are you gding far?" asked Sam.
The old man shrugged "Jus' up
-and down," he replied. "I talc look
about."
He drew out his pipe. To save him-
self Sam could not help glancing en-
viously toward it.
"You got no pipe?" asked tho Ind-
ian.
"Lest it," admitted 'Sam ruefully.
"I got not'er pipe," said Musq'oosis.
From the "fire -bag" hanging Iron
hie weed he produced a red -clay bowl
euch as the natives use, and a bundle
of new reed steno. He fitted a reed
to the bowl, and passed it to Sain,
bag of tobacco followed.
"A gift," he Stated courteously.
"I say," objected Sam, blushing,
"I haven't anything to give in return."
The old man waved his hand,
"Plaintee tam mak' alusq'oosie a gift
some day," he old.
Sam looked up at the name. "So
you're Musq'Ooels?" he asked, hard-
ening a little.
"W'at you know neut me?"
queried the other mildly,
"Oh, nothing!" returned San,.
"Somebody told me about you,"
"I guess it Was Bela," said Mus-
cfoosis, With kindly guile he added:
"w'ere xs tole?"
"You -can search me!" muttered
Sam.
• The tobacco was unexpeetealy fra-
grant. "Ah, good!" exclaimed Sam
with a glance of eurprise,
" Mixture,'" (said Mule-
q'oosis complacently, "1 old. Not
want Mech. So I buy the bedt to-
bacco,"
They settled down for a good talk
by the fire. Musq'oosis continued to
surprise Sam. On his visit to N43-
Mile Paint the old man had ;been ic-
ceived with good-natured banter,
which he returned in kind, Alorie with
Sam, he came out in quite a different
character.
Sam made the discovery that a Man
may have a dark ekin, yet he a piffle
oecipher and a gentleman, aluegteesie
talked of all thine% from tobacco to
the difference& in men.
"White Man lak beaver. All tam
work don' give a damn!' he observed.
"Red. inan lak bear. Him lazy. Fat
in summer, etarve in winter. Got no
senile at all,"
Sam laughed. "You've got eenee."
he said.
Musq'oeels shrugged philosophically.
"I not the same lak °Vet men. I got
crooked back'Weak lege. I got work
eittin" down. So iny bead is busy."
Ho smoked with a reminiecent look.
"When I eo'ng I feel =eh bad for
eaUse I got crooked back. But what
I old 3 thiolt there is good in it. A
strong man is lak a moose. We! So
big and ewift and 'an'elome. All tam
50 busy, got no tam ditilt wit' his head
%Gide. So w'en he got Old his eon put
hint down. He le poor then. But a
weak man he got nottin' to do but
look lak eagle at ev'ryt'ing and re-
member what he tee, So Vert he is
old he rich inside. W'en a man get old
bad tura to good. Me, Wen I was
yo'ag I sore for Cause no woman want
me, Now I glad I got no old wife
beat n drum Wit 'her tongue in my
teepee."
"Weneili You're right there!" cried
Sam, explotively, "They're no good.
They're sitvageel Wotnen confutes and
Weaken a ree.ii; Spoil him for a inan'a
work. I'm done With thenii"
A.alow utle lighted Mtleg'Ooaliii
ugly old face, 'W'ea, Oleo teak %It
net." Ile rellierked, "1 Oak pretty
eoon econe weinan Pio' got him sure,"
"Never!' eried Sara. "Not met"'
"I Vizi% (}0," pereleted alusq'ooale.
"Man eay woman bad, all bad. Come
a woman smile so sweet, he eurprisel
he say this oue differeot trent the
ot'ers."
"Oh, I know how it is With meet
fellows!" Admitted Sam. "Not wee
me. I've had My leeeori."
"Maybe," agreed. alueq'ooeis, polite-
ly allowng the matter to drop.
By and by the old man Yawned, "P
Vink I sleep little 'while,' he eaid,
"Can I eleep by your fire?"
"Sure!" returned Sane. "Make
YOUrself at home."
alusq'oosis 'brought his blanketi from
the dugout, "You goio' eleop, 'too?"
lie asked.
"In a nit," replied Sam uneasily,
"Where your blanket?"
"Oh, I lost that, tee," confeesed
Sam, blushing.
"I got a rabbit-iikin robe," said Mute.
q'oosie.
Retuning to his boat, he brought
Sam one of the soft, light coverings
peculiar to tlice country, The founda.
tion wee a witle-meehed net of cord,
to which bad been tied hundreds of
the fragile, downy vette. Stine could
stick his finger anywhere through the
intersticee, yet it was, warmer than a
a blanket, doable ite weight.
"But this is valuable," protested
San. "I can't take it."
"You goin' to the head of the lake,"
eald alusq'oosie. "I want trade It at
French outfit Gtore, Talc it to Mah-
woolee, the trader, Say to him. Mug-
q'oosis send it for. trade."
"Aren't you afraid. I might steal
ttr- asked -Sam, curiously.
"Steal?" said the old man, sur-
prieed, "Nobody steal here. What's
the me? Everything le known. If a
nian eteal everybody know it. Where
he goin' to go then?"
,Sam omitinuecl to protest against
tieing the robe, but Mueq'ooshe, way-
ing his objections aside, calmly` lay
down in his blanket and closed his
eyes. Sam preseetly followed atilt,
The rabbit -shin robe aeted like a
charm. A delicious warmth crept into
hie weary bones, and sleep overmas-
terecl his senees like a delicious per-
faline7lien he awoke the sun was high
gone,
tAhe,balagIcpet, taonbaacelousnq,u'ooslyisingliaind
hie place,
At this era the "settlement" at the
head of Caribou Lake consisted of the
"French outfit," the "company post,"
the French Miesion, the Englieli Mis-
sion, and the police barracks, which
Met housed as many as three troo'ders.
These various eetabliehments were
strung around the shore of Beaver
Bay for a distance of several miles.
A few native shacks were attached to
each. The principal group of build-
ings was comprised in the company
peat, which etood on a hill overlooking
the bay, and still wore a military atr,
.though the palieades had been torn
dowa these many years.
The French outfit, the rival con-
cern, was a much humbler affair. It
stood halfway on the short stream
which connects Beaver Bay with the
lake proper, and was the first estab-
lielunent reached by the traveler from
outside. It consisted or two little
houses built of lumber from the mis-
sion sawmill; the first house contain-
ed the Gtore, the other across the road
was known as the "Kitchen."
iMahooley pointed to them with
Pride ae the only houses north of the
landing built of boards, but they had
a sad and awkward look there in the
wilderness. notwithstanding.
Within the store of the French out-
fit, Stiffy, the trader, was audibly to-
ting up his accounte in his little box at
the rear, while Mahooley, his associ-
ate, sat with his chair tipped back and
his heels on the cold stove. Their
Proper names were 'Henry Stift and
John Mahool, but as Stiffy and Ma-
hooley they were known from taliweera
Landing to Fort Ochre.
The sheIveci of the store were sadly
depleted; never was a store open for
busineee with so little in it. A few
canned goods of ancient vintages and
a bolt or two of colored cotton were
ali that could be seen. Nevertheless,
the French outfit was a factor to be
reckoned with.
There was no fur going now, and the
astute Stiffy and Mahooley were con-
tent to let cuotom paee their door.
Later on they would reach out for it.
Olahocley was bored and queruloue.
This was the dullest of dull seaelone,
for the natives were off pitching on
their Conner grounds, and travel
Iran the outaide world had not yet
etarted.
Stilly and Mahooley were a pair of
"good hard guys," but here the re-
semblance ended. Stiffy was dry,
scanty-haered, mercantile; Mahooley
NIvearsntrentiay: red-faced, of a fleshly tem
Ia-
and a wag, according to hi
lights, e
"I'd give a dollar for a new news-
paper," growled Mahooley.
"That's you, always grousin' for
nothin' to do!' said his partner, "Why
dont you keep busy like me?"
"Say, if I was like you I'd walk
down to the river here ahd I'd get In
the sow and I'd push Off} and when I
got in the middle I'd say, 'Lord, crack
this nut if you can! It's too much for
me!' and I'd step off."
"Ali, shut up! You've made me lose
a whole column!"
T"Ghiol stotialelybc
ellc'
kered endlessly to pass
the time.
Suddenly the door opened and a
stranger entered, a white man. As a
rule, the slightest disturbmice of their
routine was heralded in advance by
"moccasia telegraph." and this was
like a bolt trent the blue. Mahooley's
chair came to the floor with a thump,
"Well, I'm damned!". he said,
staring.
Stiffy came quickly out of his little
box to see what was Up.
"How are you?" began the stranger
youth, diffidently.
"Wine the hen are YOU?" asked
Mahooley.
"Sam Giadding,"
"Ie the york boat in? Nobody told
Mee"
"No, 3 walked around tho lake."
Mahooley looked hire over !rem his
wornout mocetisina to his bare head,
"Well, you didn't bring ranch With
you," he observed,
daill frowned to hide his risiag
blushes. He offered the rabbit -skin
robe to create a diversion,
"Musq'oosis gent it, eli?" said Ma.
holey. "Put, it on the eeinter."
Sane eame back to the red-faced
man. "Can you give nao a job?" he
asked, ftrmly,
growled Ma110010y,
"Leek What's aeltint for a
Stiffy laughed heartily, Thula he
propitiated his irritable partner. It
didn't coat anything. Sam, blushing,
set his jaw and stood it eta.
Me be eontinued.)
It's all right to speak well of the
dead, brit many a tombstone instrip.
tion is a OMNI error.
Othr
"The House of Plenty"
atkrr
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Paris, end asIdiere are not made like pottere' veeeels in a minute; celtiVate
union or your empire will be like a coloclua of goll fallen on the earth, brok-
en in plecee, and the prey et rorelgn and domestic Saracens, If you are wise
your replublic will be permanent; und, perhaps, Washington will be balled as
the founder of a glorious and happy empire -when the name of Bonaparte shall
be obscured by auoceeding revolutions." (Copyrighted).
Our advice to the Canadian people is to see that our political institutiona
are audit, that the, party in zlowor will provide 4ur1lcient men for the ne.ces-
sary relief to our boys at the Front, and that they will Mtn to keep titer great
heritage intact, until our Boys come Home again. The Politician and not the
Autecrat guides the destinies of our Nation. Therefore, it is our duty to see
that the c/aea of men whom we elect al Politiciane, are the °lees of men who
will hold eaered above all other things their duty to the flotver ,of our manhood,
who are nOW fighting the battles of dernoeracy In the trenches of Flanders,
GEORGE WRIGHT
E. M. OATtROLL .} Proprietors,
imerisslemswIliwweisseskerMiresimawiame
TENERIFFE.
Spanish Possession Has Interest-
ing History,
The most striking feature of Tent,.
riffe is, of course, its famous peak. It
Is one of the great landmarks in these
seas, and the traveller who approaches
the island from.Madeira some 300
miles ,away to the north is not long
out of runehial before he catches
sight or the great mountain rising
slowly out of the water, And so it
may continue to rise all day, if the
weather is clear, over gathering to
itself more detail, until, as his boat
casts anchor off the mole at Santa
Cruz, the peak towers above him, more
than 12,000 feet. It gives one the im-
pression that all of the island must
be mountain, and the impression is
not far astray, for, with its supports
and spurs, the Pico de Teigle, as the
Spaniards caildit, does, indeed, occupy
nearly two-thirds of Teneritfe, Its
summit, on a clear day, is one of the
great vantage grounds of the world.
All the islands of the archipelago
are visible from it, and the horizon is
140 miles away.
The island, of eourse, belongs to
Spain, and, like most other Spanish
possessions, has a long and interest-
ing history. The story of Tentriffe
Is concerned largely With tales of
high adventure on the high seas; of
great enterprises, carried out by great
adventurers, and afterwards "regular-
ized" by the intervention of princes.
Thus, although its existence was
known for many centuries before his
time, the island was officially discov-
ered early in the fourteenth century
by Jean de Bethencourt, a Normem,
who gave up his title to the King of
Spain. The Spaniards, however, held
their title loosely, and evidently
thought little of their poesession, for
Mioard's Liniment Co., Limited.
Gentlemen,—My daughter, 13 years
old, was thrown from a sleigh and
injured her elbow so badly it remain-
ed stiff and very painful for three
years. Four bottles of MINARD'S
LINIMENT completely cured her and
she has not been troubled for two
years, •
Yours truly, .
J, 13, LIVESQUE.
St. Joseph, P. 0., 18th Aug., 1900.
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when next Teneriffe came beto prom-
inence it was in the possessiou of
Henry the Navigator of Portugal, who
made it and the adjoining islands a
kind of base for his explorations in
all directions. In the year 1478, how-
ever, the Spaniards determined to re.
gain their lost possessions, and by the
end of the century they had succeeded
In completely conquering the original
inhabitants, and were masters of' the
whole archipelago. They have re-
mained in possession of it ever since,
and, to -day, the islands form one of
the most enlightened provinces of
Spain. This is eepeclally true, per-
haps of Teneriffe, which, only the
other day, registered its views on the
war in no uncertain way, when an
immenee mass meeting at Santa Cruz
passed a resolution sympathizing
with the Allies, and demanding that
Spain should place herself on the side
of the Entente powers.
Santa Cruz, indeed, has had some
notable connection with the world's
wars. It was bombarded by the Brit-
ish fleet in 1657, on the memorable
occasion when Admiral Blake attack
ed the Plate fleet in the harbor of
Santa Cruz, and demolished all the
land defences in his "incredible at-
tack." It was bombarded again by
Nola:in in 1707, and, although the town
is defended by modern forts, the an.
°lent batteries still reraain. Santa
Cruz is, indeed, in many ways, Tensile.
iacent ot a hundred yeare Ago, It has
taken creditable advantage ot
"modern improvements," but aityone
who visits; Saute, Cruz, with its low,
fiat -roofed houses and its plastered
red -tiled churches, is surely rentinded,
it he has been to Southern Califoritia,
of the relics of Spain in that eountry,
dating as they do front mech the
same period, In Califortia, however,
Spain is a thing of the past. The
Spanieh missions speak of something
that has been left high and dry and
has tio longet any vital connection
with the present. In Santa Cruz de
Teneriffe, however, Spain is all very
much astir, and very much a matter
of every day.—Christian Science Mon-
itor.
Painting a Battleship.
One hundred tons of paint, costing
approximately $25,000, represents the
initial color requirenenta for a new
battleship. The annual upkeep cost
may exceed this sum, since it Is the
custom to repaint the different parts
of a modern war vessel every three or
six months. This would indicate an
annual paint protection outlay of
nearly $1,000,000 for the navy, If to
this sum is added the cost of painting
the thousands of lake boats. freight-
ers, river steamers and pleasure craft
some conception may be had of the
Importance of marine painting.
Among the most important naval
paints are those which are applied to
protect the submerged parts of the
hulls from corrosion or fouling by
barnacles. The word barnacle is the
popular name for that form of mar-
ine crustacea which consists of a
clam -like body lodged in a shell that
is often formed in a series of rings or
plates. They adhere with great ten-
acity. Without anti -fouling plants
the speed of veesela would be greatly'
retarded by the piling up of a thick
incrustation 61 barnacles and attach-
ed sea grass.—Boston
tilinard's Liniment for sale every-
where.
SASH WINDOWS.
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Probably a Dutch Invention of the
Seventeenth Century.
The history of sash windows is
somewhat obscure, but the probability
is that they were a Dutch invention
and that they were introduced into
England soon after the revolution of
1683. The derivation of the word
"sash" in this sense is the Dutch
a sluice—old English "sasse"
In Queen Anne's reign they were yet
so comparatively uncommon as to be
mentioned as a special feature of
houses that *were advertised as "to
let." In the 'Fatima for instance, May
27-30, 1710, there is this advertise-
ment:
'To be let, in Devonshire Square,
near Bishopsgate, a very good Brick
House of 3 Rooms of a Floor, and a
good Hall, with very good light and
dark closets, the whole house being
well wainscotted and sashed with 30
Sash Lights."
Prom England they passed into
France, where the first to put them
up was Marshal de Lorge, at his new
house at Montmartre. Speaking of
this, Lister, in 1699, writes in his
"Journey to Paris": "We had the
good fortune here to find the marshal
himself. He showed us his great sash
windows, how easily they might be
lifted up and down and stood at any
height, which contrivance, he said, he
had out of England,"—London Stand-
ard.
Minard's liniment Relieves Neuralgia
CARE OF YOUR WATCH,
Caution Should Be Expected in
1Viethod and Time of Winding.
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Do you knew how to care for your
watch properly? Of course you know
that you can't expect it to keep time
or even to run if you drop it on a ce-
ment sidewalk or tumble out of a
canoe with Your watch in your poc-
ket,
1301 here are many finer details of
care necessary if you are going to get
the best results from your chronome-
ter, says the Brooklyn Eagle, Uncle
Sam, through his bureau of standards,
has investigated the matter atid has
prepared a bulletin of Instructions for
the benefit of watch owners. Ile is-
sues the ordinary warnings, advising
you never to open the back of the
watch, exposing the movement, un-
less it is absolutely necessary; not to
let your watch become magnetized by
proximity to electrical apparatus; to
replace broken crystalat once, etc.
In regard to the importanee of
winding your watch regularly, the bul-
letin says
"Even the delay of ao hour in the
gine Cif Winding may cause consider-
able variation in the rate in some in-
stances. The winding should not be
einem
Plir Worth Protecting
A good article is worthy of a good. package.
A rich, strong, delicious tea like Red Rose is
worth putting into a sealed package to keep it
fresh and good.
A cheap, common
tea is hardly worth
taking care of find is
usually sold in bulk.
Red Rose is always
told hi the sealed
Dgekagoi whitth keeps
it geed.
done jerkily, but steadily, and 110 too
rapidly, and Ito eonvluslon ehould be,
approaehed Carefully W avoid InInrY
$.0 the oPring or winding mechanism
"It is generally regarded aa elightlY
better to wind the watch in the morn -
Mg than at night, as the large Yaria-
Elena at the balance under the tight
spring will perhaps give more uniform
results with the moxementa and lar of
the Watch during the day than if the
balance wheel were subjected to the
leaser tension twelve hours after wind-
ing. The difference is, however, not 50
important as the regular winding of
the watch; aud if eircunastances are
each that one is Mom apt to forget to
Wind it in the morning than in the
evening, the latter time of winding
sliould be adopted,
"If one has an opportunity to com-
pare his watch daily at a certain time
With some source of standard time—
as with the time sent out bY telee
graph or by wireless signal e or by reg-
ular comparison with some accurate
clock, as one daily pasees a jeweler's
store, tor inatance—it would be well
to establish the habit or winding time
watch at that time, as it is better to
have such daily comparisons made at
the time the watck is wound, and
more regular winding will usually
ensue.
"At night, or when the watch is not
in Use, it is desirable to leave the
watch in the same position as during
the day, and preferably In some place
where it will not be subject to any
great temperature change. If it is de-
sirable to leave the watch in a, hori-
zontal Position during the night for
the sake of compensating any_tonsid-
erotic) gaining or losing of the watch
in the pendant up position during the
day, the isame precaution to avoid
marked temperature cnanges should
be observed, and the regularity with
which ouch a change of position is
carried out may be as important as
regularity of winding."
Minard'ee-peOment Cures Burns, Etc.
Household: Hints.
Turpentine will soften hardened
shoe polish.
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The perfect preserve closet is cool
and dark.
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Cold beefsteak makes a, very good
hash on toast.
Pastry that has been. standing in
the ice box will be soggy.
Raisins added to the nut salad will
make it taste better.
Soiled candies can be cleaned with
a cloth dipped in spirits of wine.
' Bone meal is an excellent fertilizer
for the taps of flower pots.
Baked apples stuffed with raisine
are good. Take out the core and fill
the hole with raisins.
Spinach should be cooked so tender
that a fork will not hold it.
Always let the boiled ham cool in
the liquor in which it was boiled.
Cold fried ham minced and creamed
is very good served on toast.
A. coating of pure linseed all will
lengthen the life of willow furniture,
Chopped English walnuts add a
delicious flavor to vanilla ice cream.
Never put vegetables to cook In cold
water. They lose their flavor.
The kitchen should be well aired.
No one can do good work in a room
poorly ventilated.—Exchange.
*
T ET a woman ease your 511ff erIng. I want
you to write, and let me tell you of
me, *Maple method of home treatment,
'end you ten days' free trial, post- 0 \
paid, and put you to touch with *
women in Canada who will Ao,
gladly tell whs.t my method
has done for them. Agr
If you are troubled sensa•
with weak, tired Cons, Mad.
feelings, h ea d- ..„ 40 der weakness,
ache, b a c k. constipation, ca-
liche, bear. Sios tarrhal conditions,
V
Mg down e_1§4, pain in the sides, regu-
larly or i r re g u 1 a r I y,
bloating, sense of falling or
Misplacemeut of internal or-
gans, nervousness, desire to cry,
It' palpitation, hot flashes, dark rings
under the eyes. or a loss of Interest
In life, write to me to -day. Address;
Mrs, Id. Summers, gel 8 Wisher, got
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Worth Knowing.
Tomato catsup, a correspendent
sitys, must be eaten hot to get iis
real flavor." Nobody knows how good
that is who pours it out cold from a
bottle. Heat a small quantity and
serve it in a small syrup pitcher."
When thin tumblers stick together
and there is danger of breaking them,
do not try to pull them apart, but put
them into a pan of warm suds. In
a short time they can be eaelly sep-
arated.
.
if housewives enb dislike to find
worms when cutting apples would
first put the fruit in cold water they
would find that the worms would leave
the apples and come to the surface
of the water.
A. teaspoonful of vinegar beaten
into boiled frosting when the flavor-
ing le added will keep it from being
brittle and breaking when cut, and
11 will be as moist in a win;I: as She
day it was made. Also, a teaspoon-
ful of vinegar added to each pint of
home-made syrup will prevent it from
candyitg atter it stands.
M rd's Liniment cures Dandruff.
SCOURING SOAPS.
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tome Handy ReCipes for the
Housewife.
A good semtrieg soap can be made
at home at practically no cOst at all,
while it will be found far euperior to
many of the scotiring soaps sold In the
(stores.
Save all the ends of soap left in
kitchen, laundry and bathroom until
a fair quantity 'is accumulated. Melt
these in hot water to the consistency
of a soft jelly and than add an equal
quantity of fine, clean sand or pow-
dered pumice stone. Pour off into any-
thing tonvenient to harden. This Soap
may be used for the usual himsehold
scouring, but should not be applied to
paint, because it may seratch or other-
wise destroy it. This does not apply to
painted ' floors, It is exeollent for
kitchen tables and floors, where sets
elf grease aro apt Zo fall.
Bits of soap melted into a jelly and
Mixed with fuller': earth makes a
Mild scouring soap for removlhg stains
froin light eolored garments and car -
rota.
wolf****pot*Iik
ISSUE NO. 51. 1917
SITUATIONS VACANT,
VW CAN 14AK10 25 ro;74
weekly, writing show carda at
bome, Eaally learned by our eiMPle
method. No tanvasaing or e011eitlnit.
We sell your work. Write Mr pram.
Lira.
AMERICAN SHOW CARO &CHOW.,
801 Yongo Street, Toronto.
HELP WANTED,
WTD PROBATIONEARS TO
trein for name*. Apply, Wellandro
Hospital, St, Catharines, Ont,
l,'ANTDD—LOOM rix4rt ON 00OMP"
" ton and Knowlee Looms, 'weaving
heevy blanket a and clothe. For tlill
Particulars. apply The Slingaby Marine,
facturitia' Co., Ltd., Brantford, Ontario.
'WANTED—SLASHER TENDER VOR
sa,eo-leowell Cylinder Slasher, Grey
and White wraps for union Blanket*.
For particulars, apply to Slingeby Mtg.,
Co., Ltd., Brantferd, Ont.
NINON,
MOM,
tIONEY ORDERS.
TIOMINION ExpnEss ronEtors
cheques are accepted by slew Ceeh-
tors and Paymasters In France for their
tull face value, Th,ere is no better Way
03 send money to the boys in the trench-
es,
MISCELLANEOUS.
RMV FURS 1VANTED—ALSO BUMF
hides, tallow, wool, sheepskins, horse
hidee, calfskins; reference, the I3ank of
Montreal; I have bought furs since 1895;
ships me yours. Heory O'Brien, °enema.
Y.M.C.A., Third Street Collingwood, Ont.
FARMS FOR SALE.
150 ACRES—PARTS OF LOTS 25 AND
2s, in third coneesslon, township
of Haldimand, County of Northumber-
land, 214 miles from Grafton, 9 miles
from Cobourg; large brick houee, 10
rooms; large barns and poultry hoesee;
20 acres in apples, 10 in cherries; two
wells and cistern; also running water
In pasture; rural mail delivery and tele-
phone; price 97,500; immediate peseenalon;
owner overseas. Douglas Penton, 10
King street east, Toronto.
A T A SACRIFICE -4,000 ACRES LUM-
4-1" ber, ties and ranch; 3,000 acres turn,
bre and fiult lands; in Buckley and
Lakelse Valleys. ,A.ddreae, Box 789, Prince
Rupert, IL C.
gm ACRES $4,000—TWELVE MILES
I."' from London on a. gravel road; two
storey- brick house; bank barn; halt a.
mile to school; two allies to station;
great bargain. 15 aores of wheat looking
well. Choice warm and loarn. T. A..
Faulds, 39 Victor Street, London, Ont.
r ARM FOR SALE—WATERLOO
county; four miles west of Galt; 158
acres excellent wheat land; two-storey
frame house; good bank barn. George
P. Moore, Galt, Ontario, Executor of S.
D. 11.ioore Estate,
POULTRY WANTED.
A A. POULTRY WANTED OF ALC
kinds. We pay highest price.
Write for complete price list, Waller'.,
61/0 Spadina Ave., Toronto.
WO 11A.VE THE BEST MARKET IN'
"11 Western Ontario for good live or
dressed poultry. We euerly crates an
remit promptly. • Get our prices before
eellIng. C. A. Mann & Co., London,
Ont.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
'UST TWELVE SALES EARN $11
J premium and $38 in cash. Oppor-
tunity to rraCte several hundred dollars
monthly. Write quick for detalle. FOB*
ter Phonograph Co., Foster, Que. ,
FOR SALE.
za LA.CICSINIITil SHOP FOIL SALE 011
LA rent. Ar.ply, to C. 0. Putman, St
Aring, rt. 11. No. 1, Ont. ,
IMMONM10.01•0.
Any odd piece of soap—even a small
quantity—would make a cake that
wculd come in very handy. Cleansers
are usually needed in a. hurry and it
is very nice to have them on hand.
For removing stains from dark col,
ors, soap bark is excellent. Five cents",
worth put into a vessel containing one
quart of cold water and see over the
fire to simmer for a couple of hours
or longer will make a strong solution.
i'When cold, bottle for use, and when
required sponge first with the soap
bark liquid, rinsing off with clear
warm water.
Soft soap is easily made at home
and any scraps of kitchen fat Or drip»
pings can be used in the Making. An.
authority on soap making gives this
simple recipe: Take one pound of fat
to one gallon of water and three-
quarters of a pound of potash, Put the
fat in a vessel and add the potash, dis-
solved in a little boiling water. Add
the rest of the water boiling hot, one
quart at a time every 24 hours, stir-
ring vigorously with a stick. The soap
will be ripe for use in about 10 days.
It should be of the consistency of
jelly.
There is a process of soft soap-tnake
ing by boiling, but I am assured the
method described is just as good,
while the trouble is lessened.
Little bits of fat can be preserved
until a sufficient quantity for soap+
making is obtained by trying them out
and steaming through a coarse cloth.
When ready to use the entire fat can
be purified by putting into vessel cone
taining a cupful of water and a tea-
spoonful of salt. Boil for a few min-
utes and potir out into a large bowl
or any convenient vessel.
The fat will rise to the top in a
thick cake, which is easily removed.
The particles found on the bottom,
should be scraped off with a knife1
leaving the cake perfectly clean.
Hard soap can be bought so cheaply
nowadays that there is practically ne
economy in making them at home,
since the materials must be bought.
When something that would othert
wise be thrown away Can be utilized,
and if the result will justify the tline
passed, then this is true econonlY.
The Real "War
Bread" inust contain the
entire wheat grain—not the
white flour center but
every particle of gluten and
mineral salts—also the outer
bran coat that is so useful in
keeping the bowels healthy
and attive. Shredded
Wheat Bistult is the real
"war bread" because it is
100 per cent. whole wheat
prepared in a digestible form.
Contains no yeast, baking
powder, seasoning, or chemi-
cals of any kind. Food ton -
servation begins with Shred-
ded Wheat )3iscult for break-
fast and ends with Shredded
Wheat Biscuit for *supper.
Delielous with sliced bananas,
• berries, or other fruits.
tirade Canada* •