The Exeter Advocate, 1918-8-8, Page 3"BELGIAN GADFLY"
STINGS GERM ANS
ATTACKS MADE BY NEWSPAPER
INFURIATE TEUTONS,
Searches For Place of Publication
Futile—Editors Unknown—Paper
Appears Regularly.
The forts of'Liege are smashed, but
La Libre Belgique, the "Belgian gad-
fly,"
adfly " remains.
Maternal resistanceeb;nrriers of steel
and concrete, the .;German invader
could crush and pass, But the spirit-
ual, impalpable opppsition which flow-
ers so perfectly in the little secret
newspaper which the -Belgians love
and cherish, the German mind ' is not
_constituted to overcome, And so long
as Iia Libre'Belgique continues to ap-
pear '
Bel un`can never bea wholly
conquered state.
Again and again the German
authorities have announced •the .sup-
pree sign of the paper and the confisca-
tion of the plant. Fines and imprison
meat invariably „follow^ these an-
nouncements. And invariably La
Libre -Belgian a appears once more—
perhaps witii..'new editors and 'an-
other staff, undoubtedly from a fresh-
ly hidden plant tucked away in some
indomitable patriot's clammy cellar or
dust -heaped .garret.
It is still,appearing. To -day it is the.
most popular newspaper in Belgium,.
Compliments of the Editors.
With charming audacity the man-
agers see that the privileges of their
journal,are extended to. the governor-
general. Whenever a new -number is
printedhe always finds two copies,
fresh from press,, upon his desk. No
one knows how they get there—at
least no one with whom the secret is
not safe. And 'no one in the German
organization has yet found a way to
prevent them getting there. A gener-
al'who is exposed to such irritation
long enough would rather lose " an
army corps.
One famous- number, smuggled/as
usual to' the official ,desk, displayed.a
halftone portrait of his excellency,
the Baron von Biasing, ''holding his
"favorite paper." The caption ex-
plained that "the dear Governor Gen-
eral, weary of reading falsehoods in
the censored press, was seeking the'
truth in La Libre Belgique."
'Waelhem and on the Yser, and who
now see for what miserable project of
domination', they were sacrificed to
the Moloch of,.wer under the pretext
of defending their coalntry. i It' is, e.
finally, the voice of all the mothers,
all the widows 'and all the orphans,
whose cries cannot be hushed,' As
the days pass this voiceeiwill ever
grow in volume . and will reach to the
very fontiers.
The tone of the paper is delighf'bl;
It always keeps its security of temper,
and its spirit is irrepressible. The
Belgians enjoy'it, and all the copies
are- carefully treasured. The usual
circulation is about 10,000, but -the
paper proved so popular that the first
five numbers were reprinted three or
hour times after their original publi-'
cation. ,
News From the Sky.
One of the most interesting features
of La Libre Belgique is its monthly
air supplement, giving in Flemish and
French the news of the war. It is
published abroad and scattered in Bel-
gium by aviators. In suppressing this
sort of journalistic enterprise there
is very little that the authorities can
do except- injure or penalize the resi-
dents of districts in which air visits
are made„ -'so after a rain of air sup -
rssa
A BIT OF -AMERICA IN FRANCE.
Dight,railway transporting food to the front.'The mule is the, centre" of
photograph, -U.S. Official Photograph;' `,
he operators as,
welle as of the
e -
soldiers who were slain. at Liege, r
Fashion's
Decrees
Ever since the roar of German guns pleinents was poured - over the pro -
through Belgium and the tramp of ; meanders in some of the Brussels
German armies deafened the world boulevards the citizens were forced to
there has been raging a more silent remain • indoors 'within prescribed
battle for the moral subjugation of the hours witlnolnt lights.
country. The ,'iGm
erans `organized a 1 In Germany there is much talk of
most extensive propaganda as -well as national "morale," of "holding out,"
a vigorous censorship. They issued t of a "will to victory" which, being in
such Germanophile papers as, the' 11- terpreted, means a "will to. conquest."
lustrierte Iiriegs Kurier. They es-
tablished German news .agencies,
exemplified in the Courier Beige and
l'I;Iollande.Beige. And, dually, they
reached out for a denatured pseudo- that might serve to sap their national
Belgian press, of which Le Bruxellois spirit, to blunt the edge of their patri-
was typical. This latter was run by otism, or to blast their sense of Inde
'reptile editors ivilling to betray their pen•dence. Coarseness daily offends.
'country at a German price and at the their sensitive 'taste; an enslaving
same -time submit even what they frightfulness attacks their passion for
wrote in the interest of Germany to a liberty, and bribery insults their per-
severe censorship, which not only sonal honor. . -'
suppressed what was not approved but Yet in the face of it all there is no
elaborated and garnished what "was, letting 'down, no .moral surrender, no
Publishing Office on Wheels. loosening of the national determine-
All journals from outside the 'coup- tion. There is a quiet and dignified.
try which might carry "matter detri- outward submission which, seeks - to
mental to German interests'were ban- avoid offense, while always ;there is
ned absolutely. Nevertheless these the inner protest of a fine nature
managed to circulate through secret which refuses to be degraded. There
channels, sometimes even 'copied out is real heroism in this steadfast firm -
on typewritten sheets. By and by the ness of spirit, in this will to die rather
Allies learned to drop pamphlets from than lose one's soul. '
airplanes. -Thdugh the Germans de-
.,-- �'�—
vised a shrapnel .shell which broe Twenty -One.
only when near the ground and made When youth is' turning twenty-one
It extremely dangerous for any one
'And boyhood drops the toys.it knew,
to"be its the vicinity, the journals from When there's sharp ' drilling to be
In that -nation every discouraging in-
fluence is carefully avoided,
How vastly different in Belgium!
Among this people no act is omitted
the dries were eagerly searched for
and passed from hand to hand. done o'er it was not long before uncen- To hasten victory o er the Hun,
sored papers, printed in Belgium it- Canada will find' him true—
self, began to appear. Of 'all the clan Her manly pride, her loyal son,
destine journals the most vigorous Dearare the dreams youth leaves be -
and defiant was La Libre Belgique. hind—
No one knows where it is printed. For life begins at twenty-one.
Its habitat is fantastically referred to Out there is honor's badgeto find,
as "une cave automobile,'.' which With courage of ourathet"'s kind.
might perhaps be translated,as a mig-But there's'a man behind�the guns=
ratory cellar,: or cellar on wheels, and And millions more beside him lined.
Its telegraph address is "The Gower-. '
norship, Brussels." 'The price is in- .If it may be -brave France shall keep
definite, varying "from zeroto infini- Our hope gone forth at twenty-one,
ty," and there is no regular time of God„ knows, tho' first our hearts must
,_:issue, but an average of three' or .four ' weep
editions a month has been main- France will walk proudly where they
tamed 1
Not even the carriers know where
the paper is published. If, therefore,.
the police captures a carrier with
these, verboten papers' in his: hands,
they'' may visit the direst penalties up-
on'him, but the printing and distribu-
tion of the paper goes. on ,just the
same.
"` Germans Offer Rewards.
The German authorities, in their
rage at the -defiance . of this plucky.
little, newspaper operating under their
very noses, have made the most sav-
age and elaborate efforts to hunt down
t, w
the offenders. To handle the, paper.
or even to have it„ in possession is
made a serous -offense, and. a huge re-
Ward—originally
e-
-ori inall 25 000' franc_b t later
wtird g Y , . u
raised_ to 75,000—has been offered for
,Information leading to' the' apprehen-
sion of the editors and proprietors.
As for killing La Libr Belgique, the
thing is impossible. It is not to be
grasped, for it is nowhere, It is an
ignis fatuus arising from the graves,.
of Belgian compatriots massacred at
p..ouvain, at Ta'm.ihes, at Dinant. But
dt isr also the will-o'-the-wisp that Is-
IsueS tr rx the tombs of those German
s ,eep.
So ' shall their triumph, nobly won,
Live on, a betterworld to keep.
Yet on some glad, victorious clay,
When right has ,crushed' the mighty
Hun'
They will "return -all those who
may—
Love crowned, anointed of the fray,
'Their' costly right to manhood won
As we had wished, in honor's way.
No vain regret has twenty-one,
Its glad, prophetic dayis here.
:
Lifers great adventure has begun,
No clouds obscure ambition's sun.
March on 0 faith; without a fear,
New world's are wrought at twenty-
one,
f.—_......�„
See that none of the "Irick" is out
of the hay teclder through the loss of
a prong from one or more, of the
forks.' Tending is worth doing well.
"The one successful food control-
ler in the history of the world is
the One'""who made 'five loaves and
-two fishes feed a multitude," declared
the British Prime Minister, So grin
and 'don't grumble, "/
,,For ' the slender young girl there
comes this charming design. McCall
Pattern No. 8426, Misses' Semi -
Fitted Dress. In 4 sizes, 14 to 20
years. Price, 20 cents:
o
The drapery of the skirt is repeated
on the collar of this charming dress.
McCall •Pattern No. 8429, Ladies''
Dress. ` In 6 sizes, 34" to 44 bust.
Price, 20 cents.
'These patterns may be obtained
from your local McCall -dealer, or
from the McCall Co-, 7or Bond St.,
Toronto, Dept. W.
Save Your Cabbage.
It is about this time that the flies of
the cabbage -maggot are most active,
large numbers of eggs being deposited
against the stems of young cabbage
acid cauliflower plants. The best pre-
ventative where these pests are con-
cerned is the felt disk.^placed around
the plant as soon as it is set, But
for those who did not take this pre-
caution earlier in the season cure
rather than 'apreventative is now nec-
essary. A good remedy is to dust the
infected plants with fresh pyrethrum
insect powder and air -slaked lime or
other dry diluent, one part of the.
former in four of the latter. After
being thoroughly nixed together the
powder and lime should be kept in a
tight vessel for 24 hours before using.
The mixture should be applied from a
ssoldseed men or from a
duster, s
by ,
cheesecloth bag tied on the end of a
short stick, the operator •holding the
bag over the Plants • and tapping the
stick with a cane held in the other
hand. A mixture of. Paris green and
dry arsenate 'Of lead `may be safely
used as a spray for cabbage until the
heads are half formed, but not after-
wards.
ED. 7. ISSUE 81—'18•
A Prayer for Those Who Watch.
We cannot see lie and the flame the
t Y ,
black sniolcers smother;
Weonly lrnow theystrive t
here,
each
beside the other,
Our son and soldier, lover, husband,
brother, .
'We "cannot hear the battle clash, the
roaring of the guns;
We only know 'among them are the
well -beloved ones,
Those who made the world for us,
lovers, husbands, sons.
"Ours!" the heart within us cries.
Nay, but these are more
Even, men-at-arms of God who wage
a holy war
In the cause His soldier -saints fought
and conquered for!
Lord, for us the waiting ones, watch-
ers in the night,
Change our selfish fears to
us see aright,
The honor of the Service, the glory of
the Fight!
pride, let
'Give us faith to know Thy sword was
never bared in vain,
Given us vision to' behold, ;above the
field.; of pain; -
The splendor of the sacrifice that
saves the' world again!
0—o-0--0-0 —0- 0-0 O 0 0 Q p
' LIFT YOUR CORNS
OFF WITH FINGERS
How to loosen a tender corn or
callus- so it lifts out
without pain.
'.p 1-••0--0 ' o o--o-o-o--0-o --0-u
Let folks step on your feet here-
after; wear shoes a size smaller if you
like; for -corns will never again' send
electric sparks of pain through you,
according to this Cincinnati authority.
He says that a few drops of a drug
called freezone, applied directly upon
a tender, aching corn, instantly re-
lieves soreness, and soon the entire
corn, root and all, lifts right out.
This drug dries at once and simply
shrivels up the corn or callus without
even irritating the surrounding tissue.
A small bottle of freezone obtained
at anydrug store will cost very little
but will positively;. remove every hard
or soft corn or callus from one's foot.
If your druggist hasn't stocked this
new drug yet, tell him to get a small.
bottle of freezone for you from his
wholesale drug house.
NOT SO BAD.
This story of an experience that be-
fell a story -writer is attributed by an
illustrated Sunday magazine to a well-
known story -writer:
The author was giving a lecture one
evening on the characteristics and
surroundings of the class of people
with -whom -he had dealt in one of his
recent books. An old Scotchman, who
sat near the front, watched the man
with a disapproving manner. At the
close of the lecture the Scotchman
made himself known to the writer.
"Sir," he •said slowly, after he had
shaken the author's hand solemnly,
"I have read all your books up to now
and like them fairly well. Man, you
wouldna gie up writin' and tak to
speakinn' to get your livin', would ye?"
"No,• indeed," replied the young man.
"You think i would be unwise, I take
"It -would be sae great: a mistake
that I felt I must tell ye ilia thought as
an honest man," said the Scot, with,
great earnestness, "I thought to my-
sal'; 'He may need just a word to set
him right, and I'll not deny it to him.'
There was one o' your books I found
a bit dull, but as I listened to ye to-,
night I said to mysel', "Twas na sae
dull as it might ha' been, that book,
after all." ,
mss.'
NO EXPERIENCE.
t lin
kindergarten eschar was el
At g'
the children in her department about
sparrows; concerning their ways and
habits. Among other things sale said;:
"The sparrows eat up the worms. Now
children,* which would you rather
have, worms or sparrows?"
"I've`never had sparrows," piped up
a tiny boy near the front,
I Insrd's Ltuimete harms 7Diiphther%
"LUSI-rANIAl"
(As the Americans charged `with'
fixed bayannets at tine :'battle of !- am
tlnoy raised tate cry'`"l:usitauia-"'�
They tharged, and high above tlie.�
fight ..
Pealed, out their btittlef'cry--,,
Above' the thunder' and the flame
echoes of that fateful tame
Were echoed from the sky:.
Their bayonets onets of flashing steel
Grew dark as Weiner). fell.
Uncheckable they cut their path, and
of the crimson aftermath
Few, few were left to tell.
And they who heard that cry' ring out
Shall hear it yet again,
And as its accents strike their ears
shall know, remelt tip lied, the
fears
Of little children slain,
Aye; let it be your battle call
To consecrate the sword
And bring to many a shell -swept field,.
slow but: inexorably sealed,
L rd.
an of the Le
rd.
vengeance
c
GIRLS! LEMON JUICE
IS SKIN WHITENER.
How to make a creamy 'beauty lotion
for a few cents.
The juice of two ,fresh lemons strain-
ed into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes a
whole quarter pint of the most re-
marlcable lemon skin beautifier at
about the cost one : must pay for a
small jar of the ordinary cold creams.
Care should be taken to strain the'
lemon'' juice through a fine cloth so
na lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
will keep fresh for months.. Every
woman knows that lemon juice is used
to bleach and remove such blemishes
as freckles, sallowness and tan and is
the ideal skin softener, whitener and
beautifier. „
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug stare and
two lemons from the grocer and make
-up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag-
rant lemon `' lotion and massage it
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands:
BOOT LINES DRAWN CLOSE.
In Germany Birth Certificates Must
Be` Produced to Obtain Them.
Protests,bre being made against the
latest bureaucratic freak in Germany
—persons attempting to secure boots
on permit -cards must henceforth pro-
duce birth -certificates, and (if mar-
ried) their marriage lines. This reg-
ulaton is enforced to prevent' un-
authorized persons from obtaining
boots, says a London correspondent.
As an extra inducement to men to
hand in old clothes to the State, Ber-
lin authorities announce that in addi-
tion to the regular price allowed for'
suits everybody who surrenders one
will receive a one-half pound jar of
honey.
To raise money for the Ludendorff
Fund for Crippled Soldiers an aircraft
works at Travemude, on the Baltic,
will this summer give seaside visitors
rides in airplanes, either overland or
sea flights, at £2 10s. a trip.
Sinard'e Linment Cures Distemper.
REPLACING THE HORSE.
Mrs. Overwate had a deadly gleam
in her eyes as she entered her
butcher's and said in a withering
voice:
"Mr. Aichboan, how do you account
for the fact that •there was a piece of•
rubber tire in the sausage I bought
here yesterday?"
"Ali, my dear madam," responded
the butcher, rising to the occasion,
"that just serves as an illustration of
how the motor car . is replacing the
horse everywhere nowadays,"
Drying Vegetables in Fireless Cooker.
To dry vegetables in a fireless.,cook
er heat the stones, put the wire rack
in position, cover with a sheetof
paper, spread vegetables evenly over
the paper; reheat the stones at in-
tervals of three hours until the vege-
tables are done dry. Care must be
taken not to have 'the stones too hot,
Peas, corn, string beans and limas
may done in this way.
I bought a horse with a supposedly
incurable:riegbone for $30.00. Cured
him with $1.00 worth of MINARD'S
LINIMENT and sold him for $85:00,
Profit on Linimifent, $54,
MOISE DEROSCE.
Hotel Beeper, St. Phillippe, Que.
Cultivators of the earth are the
most valuable citizens.They are
the most vigorous, the most independ-
ent, the most, virtuous, and they are
tied to their country and wedded tp
its liberty and interests by the most
lasting bonds. -Thomas Jefferson.
Minard'u Liniment Care" Colds, Eta
h hens'the chicks s'
Shade fon, the and n.
too, means more summer eggs and a
more rapid growth of chicks.'
If a cellar has a damp smell, Wand-
cannot be, thoroughly ventilated, a
few trays of charcoal set on the floor,
shelves and ledges will help to make
the sir pure and sweet
CLEANS—DIS(NFFCTS • USED FOR
SOFTENING WATERT--FOR MAKING
'HARD ANDSOFT SOAP . IFULL
DIRECTIONS'WITH EA,CI¢ CAN,
Earth is Enough.,
We men of earth have here the stuff
Of Paradise -we have enough!
We need no other stones to build
The stairs into the. Unfulfilled
No other ivory for the doors—
Nt
• o
doors—
No ermarblefo
for
No other cedar for the beam
And, dome of man's immortal dream.
Here' on ,the paths, of every'day-
Here on the common human way
Is all the stuff 'the gods would take
To build a I -leaven to mold, and make
New Edens. Ours the stuff sublime`
To build Eternity in Time!
tainard'a Liniment Cures Gargot in Co tcs
•
Failure to Plenty.
One estimate places the wheat crop
of the West at all the way from noth-
ing to 25 bushels per acre: No West-
ern Province has a'good crop in all
sections; in no one Is there a com-
plete failure. Manitoba runs from . 4
bushels at Souris to 22 at Dauphin and
Teulon; Alberta, from practically
none over a radius of 100 miles
around MedicinenHat to good in the
north country, and Saskatchewan
from two bushels at Prelate to 25 at
Foam Lake and Wadena,
MONEY ORDERS.
The safe way tosend money by mail
is by' Dominion Express Money Order.
Corn starch may always be used for
thickening where wheat flour is
ordinarily called for,
If a fruit grower wants wood
growth in a youngorchard or in young
shade trees he will get it most quick-
ly by doing his pruning in early
spring; whereas if he wants' merely
to promote the formation of fruit,
buds, he will find that June pruning is
best. There are two "best times"
to' prune trees—depending upon the
object sought, the age of the trees and
convenience in doing the work. Gen-
erally speaking, only light, pruning.
should be done in June; all heavy' trim-
ming should be in the early spring.
Chrysanthemums growing in the
garden will not thrive; in sour soil;,
they must be kept free from aphis.
If the plants seem backward scatter a
little hydrated lime over 'the surface •
of the soil about lathe plants and mix
it with the top soil with a rake. Spray
the plants once a week with pyrox and
nicotine sulphate and use sheep ma-
nue about the plants, giving the soil
a light sprinkling every two or three
weeks, working it in as with the
lime, and the plants will thrive and
produce good sized flowers abund-
antly.
"Our opinions are always tinged by
our ,experience; and the more recent
the experience the deeper the tinge,"
—Ellen Thorneycroft"Fowler.
POE SALE
% r TEiKLNOEWSP.A
APER
FOR iSnALo
France: Will sell $2,000. Worth double
that amount Apply J. H.,. e/o Wilson
Publishing Co.. Limited. Toronto.
WELL EQUIPPED NEWSPAPER
t T and Job printing plant in Eastern
Ontario. Insurance carried $1,600. Will
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Wilson Publishing Co., 'Ltd.. Toronto.
AGENTS WANTED
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can make it in your county with our
fast selling' Combination Cooker. 'One
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Another agent sells 20 in two hours.
Others cleaning up $10 daily. No capi-
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men on time. Territory going fast.
'Write quick to secure your field. Com-
bination Products Co., Thomas Bldg.,
Foster, Que.
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Toronto.
CANCER, TUMORS, 'LUMPS, ETC., internal and external, cured with-
out pain by our home treatment, Write
us before too late. Dr. Bellman Medical
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references required. For forms of ap- '
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Fairley, Lady Superintendent.
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