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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1915-10-21, Page 6NE FOlSfl BY DIE BRITISH TROOPS Fine Batch of Stories of Deeds Done in Danger For Wbieli the D,S.O. Ras Been Awarded Lately, The inest serlea of short stories of the war was isaued officially in the Londontiazette recently. They are the narratives of deeds that have won D. S. keeti and other honors for offi- cers mid men. The following wonder- ful narratives are selected as triiical of the gallantry of our menV;• Pcrhaps the most graphic is the ;le - count, attached to the name of Lame, Corporal P. Harvey and Corporal It. E, Kulglit, ef the 15th Oloneester Ti ritorials. TItey were in o patror re. eennottring a suspected listening post. Thie they eneoun trd. KnIglit at (»tee ehot one ot the enemy and with Harvey rushed the post, phooting two others. Assistance arriving, the t-n- tany tied. Harvey pursued, felling ono of the retreating Germans with a blud- geon. Ile seized him, but finding his revolver empty, and the enemy having (Menet], fire, he was called back by Knight and the prisoner escaped. Three Germans were killed; the patrol had no loss. This was at llebuterne, southweet of Arras, on August 3-4 last. This is the thrilling adventure of Second -Lieutenant Harry Hogg Yuill, J70th Mining Co., R.E. When one cif the leads to a charge in a mine broke close to the charge he at once untamP- ed the top of the charge and crawled into the mine to mend the break, al- though Germans were working so near that he could hear them speak. An- other night the enemy were working within a few feet of our gallery, and It became a race which would fire the mine first. The situation was critical, but owing to his splendid example and energy two of our shafts were sunk hi time and the explosions must have blown in the German gallery and, all the men in it. TWO COOL "SUBS." Two second -lieutenants of the Cam- bridge Territoreals—Xenneth CarlYie Ulla of the 1st Battalion, and Eric Humphrey Hopkinson, of the 2nd Battalion—led a patrol right up to the German trenches and remained on the German parapet for an hour and a half, securing most vaulable Man -- mem There is a curious coincidence about the gallantry of Private R. Allen ana Private H. Butterworth, of the llith Lanett:Mire Fusilier Terrttorials. No- ticing movements in the scrub at KrIthle, "he went boldly 'lute It on his own initiative, under heavy fire, and found a Turkish machine. gun. with an officer. He took the revolver from the officer and brought in the machine gun." This is the official ac- count applied to each of the men. Private R. Casey and Private W. Downton, of the same regiment, but the 7th Battalion, "under an officer eharged and captured a small Turkish redoubt and continued to hold it atter the officer was killed, using Turks' rifles and ammunition when their own was exhausted. NOBLE SELF-SACRIFICE. Among some noble instances a self-- sacrifice is that of lsanasman .W. time - ley, of the 17th \Vest Riding Territor- ials. He dug practically utmoted ter two hours under a heavy shell fire to free a wounded man buried beneatn a parapet. He was successful, and later the same night attended the wounded with the utmoet devotion, although suffering from sickness, while all the other stretcher-bearers were incapacitated. Similarly Pte. G. R. Cutter, of tne 1611h Manchester Ter - Mortals, dug a shelter under very -heavy fire for a dangerously wounded officer, and then rejoined the tiring ..So, too, Gunners (I. G. Minty and A. McKinley, of tlie lst Australian Pield Artillery. Vhen they found one of the wounded left in a trench com- manded by. the enemy's fire they vol- unteered to bring him in, and gal- lantly succeeded. Pte. W. E. G. Smith, of the it Gore dens, wae on patrol duty with an officer and two men one night between ours and the German trenches. The officer was suddenly wounded and unable to move. The other two men went for a. stretcher, but Smith him- self dragged the' offrcer towarl our lines. Reaching the wire with the help of another man, he placed the °Meer in a shell hole, cut a way through the wire, and then carried bim to eafety, all the time under the heaviest rifle fire. , WOUND CONCEALED. Perhaps the best retard of a wOund- ed man is that of Pte. T. Garrity, 0th Argyll and Sutherland Territorials. Wounded in the. head in March, he ecnamanded hits patty till is taste was finished. Wounded in the neck in April he had the wound dressed and immediately rejoined for duty in the trenches. Wounded in May he cons cealed the fact to maintain coolness emong his party, and refused eta go bark for a dressing because an attack was expected. Severely wounded eight days later he refused to be carried back till all the other wounded had. been attended to. Sergt. C. Gibbens and aerate -Major C. Kent, of 'the 2nd Durham Light Infantry, staved eft an untimely with- drawal at 'loose on Aug. 0-10. They rallied and led back some men under shell fire to a vatated trettch. Later, with an °dicer, (Mem ran neress (-goosed ground to head off mot who had begun to withdraw. .A similar oct was that of twice Coml. T. P. !McDowell, of the 3rd X, It. IL C., who ateYpres aa.w a party of another regi- ment retreating in disorder. He ran across the open for half a mile under Ittavy machine-gnn fire, rallied the non, turned them back, rejoined hie oatrol and stopped all further chalice nf dfsorder. lee Is now a lientenant in the eth Battalion of his regimeta. A 'FINISH PIGH-te fetoeheeter Pest 1ore1'os:0 'The statun quo ante will not content tbe Attlee,. and Moored their enemy trek it they weuld simnly he heartened by his Limo of Iveolctiesa t Melt him ep tee, harder. Thio la a fight to the fini1i, tO the extinetion of militarism, to the et. ter overthrow of the philovophy that miehrmnicea rieht and to the emaneipo- tion tho nattered from the danger et! toe...rest:Ion -and the rden of so 'Melt of an they earn ft the meinten- : MN, a tremendous ermtee arel arma- ment • •••••••.00.••••••mm••••••• on....m.00.••••i.• ' 411111411113111111111///11/111111111111111111/1111101111111VE rtua = Efill E focelites Penance E Ailitsmillisimplifillimillimilitimilkilimila .144.111,.....weerrodow•ea...f....1 eettley differed much from those gal- lantly equipped travelers who bed rid - en SQ gaily to Bradfield that brIght autumn day, some weeks before. Now they moved furtively and painfallY ben, eath tlie Imre branches of the om- elet trees; their clothing torn by the ley twigs of bushes and brambles; anti Peer eocelin, whose eaudais bad grown rotten in the damp air of the Oubliette, now fulfilled the dream, so passionately related in the Abbot's Parlor, for be literally followed her over a briar -strewn, rocky way, 'With torn and bleeding feet. On and on, they pressed. Now a Dare would scarrY across their path. Once a red feat flashed before them like a nettle; here and there the glossy green anti red of a holly bush, et the silvery gleam of mistletoe from some gnarled oale- bough, brightened the Min wood. The day had dawned dull and cold, and a chilling wind wailed through the trees, rattling the bouglis Above them, and piercing them through with its icy breath. The monk and maid spoke Itte tie, for botb were sorely tried by the raped pace at which they had come. When they had walked for some hours, Jocelin beim' to lag, and final- ly sank down upon a bank, calling weakly, "Dear Rohese, stay a while, for I can go no further." Rohese turned, and scanning litin closely -for the first time, was startled by his white cheeks and dark -circled (vete Her heart misge.ve her. Could this poor creature raake the long journey to De Cokefeld? Or raust she go on alone, leaving his body to lie in the woud, uncoffined, unwatched, save by the vultures? She turned hure riedly and , knelt be her companion's side, supporting' his head on her lap, covering him as best she might with the folds of her gown and cloak; al- though her, heart was too heavy for many words of cheer, 'as even her strong young frame was failing under thel sustained strain. But she edited away the tears which would rise to her eyes, as ehe gazed into Jocelin's pinch- ed face, and tried to say cheerfully: "Rest thee, my friend. Why, I am hardly weary yet. Pie, man, by nty Christendom, 'tis but a -pleasant morn- ing walk. Thou art et poor suitor to tire so soon of such goodly company." "Alas sweet lady! At ray best I were but a poor fellow. And now I bid fair never to reach even the highway. Go on, my dear deliverer. Why tarry over so useless a hulk as lies stranded here?" Rohese aid her .hands on his lips to silence aim, for she knew that if she spoke she would burst into tears. Yet, within her heart she was disgust- ed that this man whom she had sur- rounded with a halo of romance should show himself so weak. Conversant With bravery and chivalry,.. she felt that jocelin 'fell far 'below her stand- ard, and the emotion which had stir- red her when he wooed so masterfully now flickered, paled and died out in the light of reality. The dream had departed. The shadow of love reflect- ed In her waiting heart had flown leaving in its stead pity—a pity peril- Ously akin to contempt. Looking anxiously about for a place of concealment, Rohese's face sudden- ly lightened. ' • "Joeelin, come but a few steps fur- thei." And when he had risen, she half led him down the bank on which they had been resting. As. they descended, they seemed suddenly to enter a warm mem, so great was the change of tem- Perature. They had come Into a deep little aeil, well screened bushea and carpeted with fallen leaves. Hero tee chili wind could not reach them, and they felt coat° safe from notice. Warm- ed and •comforted by this assurance, the fugitives were soon asleep. They had not sturabered long when Rohese; being the less weary of the two, and thus the lighter sleeper, awoke with a start for above them she heard the undergeowthrrustle as if some one was passing. So secure did the feel she was about to close her eyes again v;ten a cry of terror arose to her lips. Over the rim of the dell was thrust a shag- gy head and rough muzzle, and the bload-shot eyes of a great stag -hound glared dawn upon them; then the dog withdrew and sent a prolonged bay echoing through the woods like a ‘e • ion call. Reltese clasped her hands eel bent her head in prayer. • Joceiee, being awakened by the sound, sprang staggering to his fad, and seizing broken bough, placed hitimelf in front of Rohese. She, though confident that the monks were upon them, eould scarce restrain a smile at Jocelin's ap- pearanee. A cadaverous, trembling lig- ere, bare of foot, clad in torn black garmehts, brandishing in his weak hand the piece of rotten wood. Then they heard a voice calling the hound, To one of the fugitives at least this voice was familiar, for Rohese sprang up the side of the dell with a grad cry and east her arms about the neck of Bernice of Ely, pressing warm lips to her wrinkled cheek, much to that go -cid dame's disgust, "By elearth's horns, wilt strangle me, thou bramble! Let go, wench. Save thy kisses for thy lover; old. 33ern1ce wants them not." Yet despite her rough repulse, Dame Bernice looked Up into the girl's face with a not unkindly g eath in her eyes. Rohese, tteed to her -brusqueness, was not dIscone certed. "Thatk heaven, mother, thou hast traced us, for my poor eompatittn will not be able to get to De Cokefeld," and in truth Joeelin now leaned against the bank nearly faintiag. "roof, who Stied the monk Was to go to De Cokefeld? I'll have no phil- landering, wench, I tell thee. How- ever, the wight needs food and drink, end we must hiteteto for thy flight has been -discovered, and the sneaks are buzzing like a hive of bee," Itoheee would fate have questioned the dame, but elle shoved a small vene ison pasty, tvhieh she produced from a sort of wallet elle wore, into the girl's hand, and taking a flag( of wine from the same receptacle, caeried an- other pasty to eocellt, and stood over hint until he had eaten and drutek to her satiefaetion, Theft she whistled to the dog, which tame bounding up. VP - on his Lathwee fastened a bundle, and his mistrees eald to him approv- ingly, as with many groans she knelt to unbuckle it, "Good Dunstan, thou haat tarried well!" Dunstan wagged his tail to show his appreciation of this compliment, And relieved of bls burden, tleaarted geareh of a small- er game then that Lo had just diecov- era. &luting !leveret articles from „ the bundle, Dame Bernice turned to- ward joeelie, end half led, Ina push- ed lane int° the dell, saying to leo- hese, as she disappeared after him, "Turn thyselt into a serving mei, whilst I make a woman of the 'Monk— no hard task lay Ilecate!" By 1114 of the articles left in the bun- dle, Rohese, wtth reties' wit, soon tram - fanned Itereelf into a buxom woman, who front her garments might be some well-to-do Franklin's daughter, but who, with dark face balf laddeo . be- neath wimple and veil . and ruseet braids (the witch's toilet box had been complete), topical little like the lithe and eloerle lady of De Cokefeld. UP from the dell now came the witch, followed by a slender figure somewhat stooped, ind clad in the sombre robee of a widow, with face well muffled by a black veil. Ro- heseet spirits had risen, and she Sprang to this figure'a side, saying, eI Witte thee, Madam, for I think me 1 am thy tirewoman. Set thy coift more erect, I beg, my lady!" • "Dost think pass notice, Ro- hese?" Jocelin asked. "It seelns as it I would burst asunder these woman's trappings at every step. Davie, dame, thou lmet nee so tight incased I can scarcely breathe." Roh,eee laughed—"Nay, nay, thou must suffer for tby looks' sake" Here DEtmo Bernice broke in impatiently: "Come, come; there in not time for foolery. 'We' must be on our way to Ely. There is another private way thither known to me, but 'tie too long and tedious for 'thee. Then, too, I go by the highway that ye shall be seen. .4 man will pass by a jewel on his own dunghill, but spy it in the most unlikely place. We'll bide at Ely to- night; thou my niece, Margaret Greg- ory, and thy tirewoman. Now up, on- ward to the road. Thou, niece Greg- ory, lean upon thy maid's arm; the widowhood sets heavily on thee, poor s er.;n admonishing thein with her staff, the wttch set off, continuing as they followed, "Later in the day we'll come upon Will, me Lord Bishop's fagot -cutter, who by the Abbott's per- miesion, cuts billets for hie master's hearth. And, if I mistake not, we'll drive into Ely at nightfall, instead of riding poor Shank's mare," Then the strangely assorted party moved onward with the great dog in their wake,•now running for ahead to bark at some imaginary enemy, now circling round them as if to assure himself that his charges were safe; and 130, without passing, until they were on the high road, where in a few moments they came upon a cart laden with fagots, driven by a rosy - checked fellow in a leathern smock, whom Dame Bernice hailed as Neill O'Ouse, 'demanding conveyance for herself and companions. "Nay, dame," answered the man, (evilly enough, but evidently much afraid of her; "seest thou not the cart carryeth a goodly load of fagots for • the•bishop?" • Cast out some, if there he not roora," said the witch, coolly. "Dost remember how Robin lost a \vheel from his cart when it grazed. my gar- den wall? Or how Jock's brat cough- ed up bits of rtone, could not say the sacred name, and when it spoke Satan cried, 'This bites, but it maketh me speak it right welt.' 'Twits 'cause his dame lent me not the earthen bowl I craved. Bah, churl! 'Twere ill done to risk broken bones or a spavined horse for a surly 'No' to weary, travel - baited women. Let my niece and her tirewoman mount thy cart, and I will walk - beside so thou'lt get to Ely a good hour earlier than usual." Will, quaking at the witch's implied threats, and relieved that she herself clid not propose ertounting behind him, gave reluctant consent, and Rohese and eocelin, climbing into the cart, sat upon the fagots, while the \vital, good to her word, 'set off at a brisk Pace, with Dunstan following at her side, And, strange to say, the horse, though mending his gait, seemed to , have much to do to keep up with this extraordinary old woman. Ere they had come to Ely, snow was falling: r and when they had crossed the bridge and reached the town at twilight, the houses loomed lilack beneath their peaked coverings of snow, and as they entered the quiet, dusky street, the lofty lantern in, the great octagonal tower of the chureh gleamed Smelt . like a kindly beacon to light there on their way. CHAPTER XXII. The woodman's cart rattled over the stones of Ely, pest a church, round the corner, and drew 'up at a great iron gateway, over which was • a ehield moored in the stone, with three crowns surmounted by a mitre —the arms of Ely's blehopric. "Here I mast enter," said Will, "so alistreesthou hadst best descend - wtth thy tirewoman." locelitt and Rehese descended, -she thanking the man courteously, and he made them a sort of clownish bow as they Ineved off atter the witch, who was fast die- aPPearIng in the snow -wreathed lat- tices, of families grouped around their blazing heard* then past an Itin, whence three worthy berghers issued uomeward after a Merry hour in the ion kitchen over tt pot of mead. They greeted the- travellere roughly, but kindly, tb.ough ono (a boisteropa wight) propelled that they kiss the wenches oro they let-thent passe bin his more prudent corepanione re- strained hint, and the monk and maid passed unnaoleeted. As they Walked the houees were fewer and farther apart, and at last they turned front the one long street, on which the prluciptel part of tly lay, into a 'wind-. Mg lane following the river. After making Many turaings, Ber- nice suddenlydleappeared over the rivor bank, railing them to tolletw, and to Mind the bank, for it was both slippery and steep, So they_ deeeend- ed eautiously almost loaf -Way to the water, where Bernice Meted the nar- row door of a hut, and by the time tho two stepped over the threshold she had raked the embers( together ort the hearth, throwing on fagotti trail the room Waa soon bright and warM. Whoa the door was fast ohut on the snowy darkness, Dante Bernice said td ,locelin, "Now, sir monk, off whir thy Widow's garb, for hero thou art oaf% But thou, maid, haat best retain thy swarthy akin, though thy dark 100ke will tome away with thy isoiff, NOW sit thee here end 'warm, Whilst / SOO what manlier •of provender the witch'e euoboard contains, Wouldet Uk • 114 4r. marrow of a fat Young sueUe aPpeaSe ett'e eye, Ilevet'a 'tido!, or Will OA thy ?" She went chuckling to a Miler elle- board, leaaing the girl to look won- deringly about her. The low, heavy- rafterea mem was hung with bundle?, of herbs and bonea 'the latter, the townefolk whispered, attg by the witch from the churchyard on dark and etoreny nights, though they looked more like the bones Of animals than of human beings). Aloag one side of the room ran A rude shelf, whero were piled flasks, platters and. panel - alights, one or two great wood covered books, secured eat brass fastenings, and an alembic (the Witch dabbled. in alchemy aa well as sorcery); along with many other strange objects un- familiar to leoliese. Jocelin, dtvestece of female attire, sat on a low stool before the fire, his race Blinded by bis hand, lookieg mournfully into the flames. lie was like a shipwrecked man, who, having lost all Save life in the angry waves, had been thrown destitute on a for- eign shore, What was he to ilu? His world wan in chaos. Rehosts could flee to De Cokefeld, where tihe would find friends and. safety. What work —what place was there in the world for a renegade monk? Dame Bernice, busied with her cooking, bustled to and fro, mumbling to a great black cat. which . followed her, purring about the room. Finally, Rohese broke the silence. "aocelin, dost take thy freedom so 111? Thy sighs tread upon one an- other like enultuary choir boys in a Processional. Why to downcast?" "I was but wondering, lady, where In all this fair Enlaud I could find a livelihood, I am too old for a page; too sad for a minstrel; untrained for an esquireshIp. I cannot 'attach ray - self to any scliool, or join the friars, for soon the Church in all the realm will know ray wretched story." Rohese flushed, paled, and with a half sob, covered her face with her hands. His words pierced her like a sword, for too well she knew how Infamously her own name would ale - pear in that story. Jocelin, ignorant of what had saved him from torture, wondered at her emotion, and after much questiooing, drew from, her the steel' of her self -disgrace. He pat very still for a moment as one stunned by a blow; then lie knelt at her feet, and kissed her gar- ment's hem. Bending there with the -fitful firelight on his wan cheek, his eyes fixed on the tear -stained face above him, like some travel -worn pil- grim adoring at the shrine of a saint. Rohese motioning lam to rise, he stood looking down on hor with the light of a solemn resolve in his dark eyes-. "Rohese, wit)* hest thou done this thing for one for v,thom torture was all too fair an end? 'Greater love With none,' the gospels, read, 'than he who -giveth life for another.' A. woman's fair name is more than life to her, and thou, sweet saint, hast offered thine up in all innocence and goodnese. It hath not been in vain, Itohese, for though I'll not accept thy sacrifice, the knowledge of it has given in a work to do; an aira in life for sucha time as my poor life shall endare. I'll to the Abbot to deny thy sweet, un- truthful words, and he, in that I've given up my life to so attest thine le- nocence, will know its truth, and right thee with the world. For thy forgive- ness and aid, I can never thank thee, dear, but whether I go to the rack, or back to the Oubliette, from whtch thybravery rescued me, Rohese, my love, my tears, my prayers are all for thee—farewell!" and turning away; Jocelin had stepped toward the door, when he was confronted by the men- acing form of Dame Bernice. "Itoity, toity: mlowl and spew! What 'tis thou pretest. of, cell -bred - ling? Thou It move no step hence to - tight. Look at thy garb; the snow fal- leth heavily, and in it 'Were impos- sible to retrace thy steps to Bradfield over the long, dark way. What good Will thy frozen bode do in vindication Of m,ald's honor? By Hecate, fool, spring upon thy back and stick fast there like a.burr, if thou attemptest to move ono step. Nay, try if thou likest. Try thou to open the door of Bernice of Ely," and she laid a skinny hand upon the oaken stab.-"Thotelt do more than locksmith or blacksmith could e'er compass," and sure enough the door, though seemingly but latched, held fast, despite all Jocelin's efforts to open i. So he gave up all idea 'ot returning to the Abbey that night; though steadily refusing to resign his purpose of seeking the Abbot on the morrow. Even when Rohese entreated him to go with her to De Cokefeld, and thence to Normandy, he remained firm, and the Witch signed. her to cease her has portunittes. They presently sat down• to a supper of savory broth and oeten cakes. When this was ended, Dame Bernice partially filled a goblet with wine for Rohese, When site had fine tithed drinking, the beldame went back ' to her cupboard for more, lingering somewhat over the fillleg of the cup. This she handed Jocelin, who, when he had drunk about half, set it beside him on the table, saying: "By my. troth, Mother, thy wine bit- eth, cart drink Ito more." "Vaught -Thou bath monkish taste, indeed, if thou canst not stoneacit ray rare green -Center, Rohese complain- ed not:" "Nay, it seemed most mild and good to my tasting," So Joeelin finished his portion, and the witch carried the clip aWay with the supper Hauge. The She breught out her dlstaff and drew close to the hearth, with Jocelin ert cite side upon a long settle, and Rohese at her knee, on the stool the monk had vacated. Dame Bernice croned a Welrd song as site twirled Iter distaff, and the wind wailing ovor the treat chimney played actoreemiti- ext "When the moon le hid, And the fog looms (ant, And the night raok black hangs low; Through the murky dark, Whilet the ban -dogs bark, Tct the•dank Ohara yard We go, Hell elol To the dank chureh yard we go. "Tittle, with Ileditte'it brood, . We will eeill the blood, Midst the shades intiOng the totabe; Whilst the phantenia troop, In a ghastly group, And the brazen rhomb low Morns; Hot Ho! And the brazen rhomb low bombs, "Theo the graves OM Wide, And from every side, The rettening oorpses gleam; And the fireof Hell, Light our bationet Till night fades like a dreatto 1101 Ho! Till night fade's like a dreent," .A0 the teat etrain died away, Boy hese Olutfiderod and turned to epealt ter heelin, but ito lay on the settee in a deep oleo% and the witch, folloWing het glance, fetid grimlYi ('lo be Continued,) ..nobeargrOln,W.PIP•rripw ,„,nr grprpon,,,, '1,3414 "t$44IST WAX .440 VItliieh to Do a liandful tU Iting5, 1.ru aeceeeetully and easily clean a* eolteti motheaten% wrap it aroutot 1141/bin/h4 and thoroughly iscruo 'NAM SOapS1.148. cieen raincoats, sponge with 11 znixture of alcoeol and ether, to which la added a tablettiMonful o eameentia te a pint of ttle Delete, 1.4.4.1•••••••••, Tiank et the °raillery advantages an all -metal cutlbOard bite over its wooden predeceseore. Mice canaot gnaw tato ita oentliartmeuts, AMNIA 'Inge cannot get lato the flour, ecru- etarch and, cereals, nor hide in the creeks (there ere no creeks), and the metal ie easily cleaned. No one ean deny that the metal 18 more sanitary to so easily etearted awl quite non- absorbent, Many of thee° cabineta have glass shelves and surfacee on which to prepare pastry, meata and vegetables for cooking. Evert the ;not modest of teem have a porta.ble flour bin, a bread box, glass contain* for sugar, tea, coffee and spices, and a glass rolling„pin and metal moulding board. The board is fitted in a, slot, se that it can be drawn oet When wanted, and shoved Out of siglat when not in use, Tt has a finish that is ruet-proof, Ask Your odor . . About this food formulse, It's Dr. Ja.claion's Roman Meal. 30 per. cent. whole torriee of whetit. 25 per cent. whole berries of rye; both 'granulated not °rushed, 25 per cent, deodorized and tasteless flaxseed and. 10 per cent. wheat bran, It realms delightful nut- brown porridge, pancakes, bread, and all baked products, It nourishes bet- ter than meat, prevents indigestion and positively relieves constipation or "money back." At all grocers, 10 (Ante and 25 cents. Highland Mary, - Small as is the number of statues of women in Britain, there are two of one woman, conceruing whom- very little is actually known save that she was a humble origin and was associ- ated with the life of Scotland's great- est poet. Passengers by the Clyde steamboats are familiar with the istati\ e of Mary Campbell, whom Burns immortalized as Highland Mary, which overlooks the pler of Dunoon. These was a good deal of controversy about the memorial at tbe time if its erec- tion, and the late Mr Henley referred to it in his famous "EesaY on Burns" as a "fantasy in bronze." Liverpool, with which Mary Campbell had no as- sociation wliatsoover, has also chosen to cowimemorate her, aud a marble Statue stands in the palm house of Sefton park, encircled with choicest l‘bilaoloims all the year. round.—London Minterd's Liniment Co,, Limited. Gentleinen—I have used MINAII.D'S LINIMENT on my vessel and in my family for years, and for the every- day ills and accidents of life I consid- er it has no equal. I would not start on a voyage with- out it If it cost a dollar a bottle. CAPT., P. R. DESTARDIN, •Schr. "Storke,"St. Andre, Xa•mou- raske.. • • Lost Votes. A parliamentary candidate lost quite a. number of votes by making a gen- erous promise to his oesn wife. He promised his better hair that if he were successful at the poll he would buy a new sealelcitt coat and hat to match. His wife was so pleased with thie. kindly offer that she. at once went and told all her lady friends about it. Every lady to whom this piece of news was imparted, of course, said to the candidate's wife at once, I "Oh, how very nice, dear!" but equal- ly, of course, immediately went off home to her husband and said: "Take care YOU don't vote for Mr. A., dear. aney that stuck up Mrs, A. in a new sealskin while my old ate is so shab- by!"—Londen Express. That Pr. Chase's 0Intment actually anyee even the worst casco of Itching, bleeding end protruding piles we. now for a certainty, becouso of- expert -- once with Otousionle of case& To prove this to aou eve shell send you a oaMple box free, if you enclose it 14VO-vent Stan3P to pay postage; and mention this paper. Edmanson, Hates 4 Co,, IJimited, Toronto, DIDN'T GET A JOB. But She Should Have Lauded It If Nerve Was a Reeoramendation. ne'r'Iv've,„efieen a let Of Coal ones in rtiY time,' but belleVe me' 1' caught one the other day that. had 'em all skinned for ',Me speaker, a detective in one of tbe Mr/ildowntown department stores was e g againtthe rail In B Cotatwaithbe eaedur for her case to . " "I spotted a woman 'whose action didn't Just milt me. I trailed her for about ten minutes, and then, eiresto, she gobbled on to a bar of five cent Neap, That 'wasn' thardly enough it itself to hang a case on, so I kept my mouth shut and my eyes open as she made her way, to- ward the elevator. When she got into the cage I was right behind her, and I onhar e toward aklttthe f assohe- taitrnacinststeppedseeialone th "Apparently, as if in search of work. I played with it slip as she told tho hctai 111:9r. TIT; and voted you believe me, she s job. Stiles =I, to get a place the soap pa n saying that she had been a demonstrator for a large soap eoncern; that she was tired of outdoor work and offered the bar of scan she had just Stolen as evi- dence of the fact that she was an ex- perienced saleswoman, fil)euldhitg sttiglije ralstged gulsrilifitnefidnesntI to 'can her'. Can you beat that for nerve?"—Detroit Saturday Night. A WOMAN'S MESSAGE TO WOMEN rt you are troubled with weak, tired feelings, headache, backache, bearing down sensations, bladder weakness, cons-. tipation, catarrhal conditions, pain in the sides regularly or irregularly, bloating or unnaturel enlargements, sense of fall- ing or misplacement of internal organs, nervousness, -desire to cry. palpitation, hot flashes, dark rings under the eyes, or a loss a interest in lite, I invite you to write and ask for my temple method of home treatment with ten days' trial en- tirely free and postpaid, also references to Canadian ladies who- g.la.dly tell bow they have regained health, strength, and happiness by this method.. Write to -day, Address: Mrs. M. Summers, I3ox 8, Wind- sor Ont. o•e• Empty Compliments. Fifty years or more ago Sir Harry Smitla, after whose wife Ladysmith was named, was gevetaier of Cape Col- ony, and led a number of campaigns againet the Kaffirs Returning from it particularly lively one, he held a re - ?low of his troops, who were in A Moat dilapidate condition—barefoot- ed, ragged and half starving. When the time came for him to say a few words he lavished praise upon them, dwelling upon their bravery, en- durance and even upon their soldier - like appearance. . This last'complement was tOo Much for the patience of the old color -ser- geant, etepped forward—tattered and unkempt—saluted most respectfill_ .1Y:'aBnedggtilinegn said: pardon, Sir 'Arree we don't want no gammon; we want bootie" This outspoken criticism was for- tunatele • taken in good part and shortly afterward the men got their hoots.—Londoo Scraps 5* 1141naecPs Liniment Cures Diphtheria. INTERRUPTED ARGUMENT. Extravagance and Econemy mot. "I wander," seed Extra-Yap:tee, who • had a broad-mitided odlook on rife, o • st Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper, 0. COME YE NA HAME? Conte ye no. Mune, my '1:shiny lad? Come hamo na roan, to me? Erg •wi, weary eigh, maul. gang , Maun gang to rcst awee. WI' Olin. wha sleep in yon' dear spot; sm Whe.nse ile I aince 1 dsee; An' oh! my mither-heart criee out; Came home! Came hame to me! Come YO na hamo, MY gallant lad? Came hame it canna be, For the *chill o' death has taen him, Teen my bravo son frae me! 'Mid the cannons thund'ring rattle He, died, my. sodger boy; An' was it My heart wr sorrow, An' reft 0' every joy. Come ye na Immo to me, laddie? Alas. it mItine ‚bet Intale haine to ye. —David Frame In Philadelphia Ledger, Glasgow, Scotland. Food for Punsters. "e don't see how Pussieigh geth any enjovneent OUt of his ±o d. od. lieee diet- ing, you kno." • Text, "re uses this new nuntbealatical masitteatory* system." "Gotel gtactouo, what's that? Bo many chows to tho mouthful!" N "o, lie eats beans by the dozen, rico by the grain, fish by the vetch, nor spaghetti by tho yerd" "Dees he seem better?" "Mettusurably zo."—Oltveland Main Dealer, • ”wheilit-r there is any way that we Oan get together?" "I am afrold not," said lileeuptiiy, naturally eloseenouthcd. "I am willing to try," said leetrava- gum*. "I have long been curious to meet you. Now thet 1 have a good view, you seem to me to be it eurious- ly ignoble -looking creature.' "Posuittly. But alt the loge; is on my side." "And Nature ie on mlne. Tbe .un, for mounple, is one of my votarles, Think of how the aim wastes. He Is a terrible spendthrift, in rays. Whet makes you believe that all the logic is on yam- side?" "Well, thing of all the terrible min - takes people have made fallowing you. But tobodg ever made a mat - take following me." y ear r end, how eah you make retch an aesertIon? All the big things have been done through me. I have absolute eintinand of courage and vision. What yeu acquire is clone by cautiott and narrowness." • How lorg their argument \Mild hay e lasted nobody knows, but at this reorneUt they Wore interrulteed by it cheerful strange/. Ile stalled -upon. than both so pleaeatitly that they stopped Elea. "Venire both wrong," Vela the stranger. "Ali the big things DaVe been doitoby both of You. You've efte en Weeilted together, only you itaven% seen °itch other. I know, because I've been, there.' Ts‘hvehoittur ra:3v gertogr,,inned. "My name le Happy TAM 4 oreneisesistentaksetr 11. $20„oo uttiLIVERSO At 1NC* nein TOWN COMBINATION COOKER io HEATER The meat affloiont and conotnicet Stove made. Will burn 4103111 Wood, col 5, corn cob a or anythino biltnebole. Pitied with WV.* Orator Hot Sleet 'rube and 6.0rOW • gitengent, Will held fire over night, Caok, boil and bake equal ta the lergget range. Hag a tine oWirl Of hesvY ateel *hoot* olosely rivet- ed ttliother. Cady of potithed steel. If your doaiar Ma not A iemple for your Moped. tion, Send dleitot to HAMILTON STOVE & HEATED 00,1 LIMITED sgotototottoo Ito mutullirost, ONT., THE Guitie 10;001101 Caottita's Oho Slots Maiors ItrozrENT OP WAIL General Hugo and Ifis Meeting With a Wounded Moor, General Hugo, father of that literary gentile, Vector Hugo, was a daring sol- dier and officer. fie verve(' brilliantly in both Italy and Spain and especially distinguished himoelf in putties down 'bandits and guerrillas. That he -was a maa as magnanimous as Ile was bravo la attested by a little incident of his career that his son narrated. General Hugo, aecompanied he a (angle trusted hussar orderly, had oecosion, at the close of a (lay of fIghtitig, to ride across a portie of ette battlefield tttt dusk was beginneng to fall. "Ile beard a feeble sountl in lite 'shad- ows," wrote Victor Hap. "It was a soldier of the %Aids)it army, who drag- gea himself nlong tba roadwaY, Pale, bleeding, gimping and who, cried, 'A drink, it drink, in the name of pltyli "10 father, touched, handed hio can-' teen to his faithful hussar, and seed, 'Here, give a drink to that 'poor, wounded fellow.' Suddenly, as the husear, stooping, leaned.over bftre the man, a Moor of some sort, snatehed the pistol be carried, and fired at MY father's head, crying, 'Carambal" The bullet passed -so ciose that the bat fell, and the Charger reared wildly baokevard. "'Give Ulm the drink all the same,' said my father."—Youtles CeraPanione b• HEALTHY CHILDRfN •••••••••••••••••••••••• A child's health depends ulna the etate of hes ,storeache and bowels, If they are kept regular and sweet the little one is sure to be healthy. Babe's Own Tablets are the mother's best friend in keeping her little ones well. They act as a gentle laxative; are absolutely safe and pleasant to take Ooneerning them Mrs. David Label, Ste, Perpetue, Que., writes:—"My thirty was so troubled with constipa- tion that he could not sleep day or night. I gave him Baby's Own Tab- lets and now he is a big healthy boy." The Tablet() are eold by medicine dealers or by' mail at 26 cents a box from Tha Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont: INVENTIONS 1,VE NEED. Plenty of Opportunities for Would be and Could be Edieons. The world is full of would be bldisons, and the point we want to bring out is that quite a lot at them are qould itkilsons. • •;J 4thJi A man invented the stoolcing4frame ter weaving sok stockings. lie tot the Wm While he sat watehims, his wife wortc. But surely he 'wasn't the (hat insa who sat and -watched his wife work. There Is it huge fortune for the man who eau commercialize weede. The raw material is inexhaustible, for it -le- pews itself automotically every year. It might pay a reader in the paper making trade to follow up this idea: Then we want a paint that will last as long as the material upon which it is Placed and an iron that won't rust. We want something that will counteract the wearing effect of the atmosphere. It's going to be invented some claY, and it may as well be done now, and you who read this may its well be the person to do it. In some remote corner of the earth to -day a would-be Edison may be experi- menting with the possibilities of cities on the sea, .Thefe are millions of square miles of water that are more or less wasted, and sooner or later, as the laud are of the earth becomes crowded, neople will Inevitablaetake to cities on the sea. Above all, keep your eyes on- Nature, who is continually making inventions which she -never protects with Detente.— Stray Stories. see: "a• tae 13:1 - You will find relief in Zam-Buk I It eases the burning, stinging pain, stops bleeding and brigs ease. Perseverance, with Zorn - BO, means cure. Why not prove this 7 All Drugggotsoaog.d Storm-. ---c&te53W • Beauty of Victoria Falls. Tho Victoria, Pails,. the native name for which ie Mosi-oa-Tounya, or the gelltunder Sounding Smoke, have right- ly beencalled the most beautiful gem in the whole of the earth's scenety. No pen picture or photograph eau give the faintest idea. of the marvellous grandeur and beauty of the scale. The majesty and mystery of the gigantic gorges, the ffialning torrents, the won- derful atmospheric effects— alt come upon one' with a force and power as though nothin,g had ever before been, read or heard in connection with them. The falls by moonlight are a truly faettnatiug spectacle. The roaring eloude f'spray, the sombre rain forest, the stream of the Zambesf shtmmering far above the trerabling earth, tbe lunar rainbow, combine to make an inimitable picture. Minardts Liniment Cures Garget in : Cows. Bolivia's Electrical Storms. Owing to the peculiar topographical formatiou of Bolivia, electric and otb- er Phenomena aro of constant °Mir- enee, the principal zone where such disturbaace tako place being the Alti- planicie, or grand plateau. As the at- InOsphere Is heavily charged with elec- tricity both eln summer end winter, try or electric storms are of frequent oteurrence both on -the plateau and itt the valleys. Before the rainy Beam sets in electrical accumulation be- comes considerable on the plateau re- gion, its most violent manifestations taking place toward the eastern two - Hon of the tablelands. An eleetrical storm in- these regions is always a Most imposing spectacle, as the tre- tnendous force of the wind, almost equal to a hurricane*, and the heavy eleetrIcal aecuMulation ite the clouds produce terrible tame:4)1101e exPlo- eloas and violent detonations, while the stirfaeo of the ground sparkles and crackle, e An Early I,egal Blunder. ' Dyeing, or, at any rate, the madder root need in it, wits the subject of ono of the oddest of Iiingland's legislative blunders. Irt the reign of Charles 111,. It was found necessary to regulate the trade in madder, and accordingly an not was passed for that purpoec, Tests of Its purity were ordained, find vari- -Ms regulations spread the length of the act to over sixty sectione. But When it was finally passed into law it was found that madder Was not Otto mentioned by attme in It, In feet, thetto Called upon to adminteter it had . zio offloial knowledge of what the not was talking about.—Loadon atietrardl, The tOlICAV who trice to get throttgla life on hie fate naturally bas bard oheolt, ISSUE NO, 42, 1915 HLP lAfAiii4P—FAMALlit ADIOS TO DO PLAIN AND =Gan .11 Sell/1"g at home; witole or hipare time; good Par; work sent any diettkoss4 chargee paid; tenel stamp ter 1)ertleut- are, National Manufacturing Company, 'Montreal. Mitii0ELLANB0US. A N A 1 OPENING) roil, 000p MON- ix. try blacksmith; Posseasion a mem Apply to J. Xi. Calder, Glanford tattoo, ENTERTAINER PBTE WIIITNDY, singing oomodi alb introducing clean, clever comedy, Spec. MI rates for all patriotic affairs. Ad- dress. 507 I3ank of Iiatnilton chambers, or Phone 4388. Hamilton, Ont. AN EMPTY STO1YIAOH. Its Effect Upon the System and Why It graves Food. During our waking -nom% tile atom - is rarely, It ever, completely eulte ty; and appareatly there is a very 1:004 .P4Y04010giCal etteson wh n linenid ant, be, Thus tbe univereal teletem ot tettelag meats alacut five five heurs apart, ea that tho eentents et lite stomach are repleasitet1 pefore the organ is completely enlptied, itt dependent upon a physical melee, Mee Meet foods are not asaimtlated by the syeteros dtrectly from the 00111- iteli, and as food rema.bis in the etem- - tech several hours after belug ewitl- •the well-known tact that eating relieves fatigue almoat ilemediately has long Well puzztlag. Bat recent studied of the atilt, mysetrlous action of the gastric juice offer a rational ex- planation. Whoa the titintlfteh is emp- ty this digestive fluid draws directly upon the blood, thus depleting the anteunt of nourishment necessary to the intaSeles and producing iatiglit.. But lite depleting action ceases) imme- diately when food enters the stomach; hence the feeling of refreshment that folio kie ltmefLl, The amount Of litatia and salt in the food also influences the aetion of &as - trio juice. When Waller a these is defieleni in enentity the amount of gastric juice is redueed. As a result tlxt food is not properly digestgl, is hurried throuRb the stomach aril is likely to prudueo intestinal disturbance es. Hare work with. profuse sweating redtiees the flutes ana salt in the body. This °elevens the craving of fluids And salty footle, which is exe perieaced by persons take* prolonged reuecular ego else and way it is that when these substances aro Tutting in- testinal troubledevelop.—Los Angeles Times. 5. GREAT SALE- or ORGANS AND PIANOS Ye Olde leirnae of Heintzman & Co., corner King and John streets, Hamil- ton, Ont, are offering 50 organs at a great reduction in price. Instruments bearing the names.ole eechetvell-kreatattae- makers as Ball, Doherty, learn, Do- minion. and Uxbridge are being sold as low as $15 to $30. • Good practice pianos from $60 to $100. Write for complete list of prices and terms. A. Shan :Distinction. A merited x:etcrt is not aiways a re- tort courteone. The rebuke that was administered to a party of intruding tourists by the old watchman who was set to guard the ruins. of College Hall at 'Wellesley not long after the great fire conveyed a keen but subtle re- proach. "Ye've got to keep out," he ordered gruffly when • he caught them trying to slip under the mites that surround- ed the crumbling walls. The inquisitive visitors paused. and eyed first the ruins and then their de- termined guardian. "See here," a callow youth accosted him; "we're willing to risk it, and we'll take care ot all the responsibil- ity. What do you care if we lose our lives?" "Ye've got to keep out. I ain't thinkin' of your lives; I'm thinieln' of me job'—Youth'it Companion. -II Minaret's Liniment Cures Colds, &c. Spain's Arbitration Court. "The ntost unique and interesting institution for the settlement of civil suits in Spain," writee Thomas W. Palmer, jun., in Case and Comment, 'is the arbitration court. All conten- tions or disputes before or after the ecimmencement of litigation, nd enattor hod far advanced, can be submitted to an arbitration tribunal by agreement of All tho interested partleS. The ex- ceptions to this are those suits in- volving political and elvtl rights, etc., or those matter.) in which Os stat) is especially concerned. The arbitrators, Please number must not exceed flve, are lawyers ot twonty-five or more years of age and in full enjoyment of civil rights. lu some instances the ar- bitrators may be laymen (amigables mernponedoree.) Appeal is Made f rom the arbitration direct to the ter:latr- ine appeal court. Thls method cf de- ciding claims has proved successful and is onployed coasiderably," Drink Plenty of Water. A Roumanian sclontist claims that any one can live to be 100 years old, barring accidents, if he drinks enough water. He declares he has discovered that old age is due to a decrease in the alaount of water in the system, and. that Father Time may be check- mated hY systematie water drinking during thiddte age, An Effort to Define. "Father" said the small boy. "what's the differenee between a. pat- riot and a Jingo?" "A patriot, my son, is willing to fight on printiple; u. Jingo vette some- body -,,else to fight on general Prinete ples. --Weshington Star, Youth is Al bitMder; Manhood is a struggle; Old Age is a regreti---Die- raell, •