The Brussels Post, 1918-11-14, Page 3aget
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qtr Erin's Green Isle
NI;H-5 BY MAiC, FROM IRE-
LAND'S llIORES,
liappcn cgs In the Emerald Isle of
Interest to Irish-
men.
the {.'ordtoaGan of I eMeet alts de-
rided to present tht 'freedom of that
,'ity to VI:wonrt Drench,
The Flax Control Committee have
decided to hole a graded flax market
at Dungannon each Saba(lay.
Frank Fisher. a.1?., wars unatiimorts-
ly chosen as vii r.-; ieirman of the
C arlingford
Lovgh Commission.
1Srilliam McLaughife, of Derry,
was fined thirty r4hillino's for selling
sweet milk at eight pence a quart.
The Cloughmills Farmers' Assacia-
tinn luive proteeted to the authorities
again: t the low price of ilea,
Tice Listowel ntaglstrates fined
,Toho Nolan ell for taking fish from
the. River Feele with a shake haul
Catharine IS1eKelvey , was fined
twenty shillings at Whiteabhey for
working a pony suffering from sores.
There is a great shortage of coal in
and around Lisburn, and many
househotdeis aro unable to secure a
supply.
A farm containing Thirty-eight
ncrea of arable land near Newton-
Stewart was 501 recently for £3,600.
Mr. and Mrs, James I3rgok, of
Bissfiroolc, cntertaincd a large party
of soldiers from the Newry Camp
recently.
Robert Symonds was fined five
shillings at Whiteeheg for having
used 1:etrol for a trial trip on his
motorcycle,
M. V. Coen, of Cavan, has been
appointed principal of the joint
teclmieal seltool at Buneravan and
Carndnnagh.
The Urban Council of Portrush
erased a resolution of condolence with
the family of the late Lord •Antrim•
The Lord Chancellor has appointed
•John Colles- Carter, of llfonawee, a
Justice of the Peace for Queen's
County.
The Coal Controller has authorized
an advance of four shillings and six. ;
pence an the price of coal at Newry.;
Iiarland and Wolff, Belfast, have
broken all records by completing a
standard ship in five days after the
launch.
The Omagh doctors havefu
g o s refused
the increase of f40 recently offered
them by the Omagh Board of
Guardians.
The Countess of Kilmorey has un- i
dertaken the maintenance of one pris-
oner of war during the period of his
internment,
Commander F. W. Hanan, D.S.O.,
R.N., jumped from a small boat which
it' was rowing near the Arran Is-
lands and saved the son of a fisher-
man from drowning.
Word has been received of the death
in action of Capt. Tames L. Lees,
Tank Corps, son of ,lames Lees, Dam-
nation, Belfast.
The Distinguished Conduct Medal
has been awarded to Mayne Reid, son
of Joseph Reid, Mourne View, Bally-
roney, Co. Down.
A most successful' concert was
given in Belfast, under the auspices
of the Whitehead Golf Club, in aid of
the Prisoners of War Fund.
Many of the residents of Belfast
learned with regret of the recent
death 'of Patrick Cream, an old and
highly respected citizen.
SUGAR PRICES IN MANY LANDS
HOW the Shortage Has Effected the
Allied Countries.
The total sugar consumption in the
United States for 1917-18 was 8,218,-
682,000 pounds, In Great Britain the
total consumption for 1916 amounted
to 8,131,198,000 pounds. In France
for the saline period it was 1,141,242,-
000pounids, In Itajy, 558,906,000
pounds; while in Canada, for the
year ending March 81, 1917, the total
amount of sugarconsumed was 704,.
400,000 pounds.
l'he wholesale cost of sugar per
hundred pounds on May 1 was $8.07
in Canada, $12,69 in England, $12.28
in I''ranca, $20,80 in Italy, and $7.30
in the States. The average wholesale
cost in the Allied , countries was
$12,52.
In Sweden, sugar is now selling at
14 cents a pound, in Spain at 19
cents, in Brazil at 26 cents, in Portia.
. gal at 21.4 cents and in India at 14
cents,
Ono of Little Faith.
The old farmer had little faith in
physic, but he became so sick that he
was eventually induced to see a doc-
tor. A few days after his visit the
doctor met him and remarked that he
looked better. •
"Yea, stir," said the farmer, "i am
a lot better Than I was."
"So the 111041cine did you some good
after all then?" said the physician.
"7 (Imo, aur, I donne," the farmer
went on. "'Tislike this 'ere, you see.
Soon as I got outside your place, 1
driulced ono -half and throwed away
the other—ha I can't tell which done
me the 100't good."
Last year a- housekeeper who haat
dons a irreat. deal of canning found
that the' left -overs from the day be -
Ore tasted much 'better itllan the
freshly- opened canned goods, so she
took to opening her soils a day be-
fore and removing the contents, Site
found that even fruits appeared to
(benefit by the abenliral action of
the air upon thein,
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NEW USES F4)R ZINC while leaving port many skippers
would turn hack and delay sailing
May Permanently Take Place of Iron until the next day. It wan an omen
and Steel in Melly Articles"- that one of the crew would he lost
Because of the large supply
of zinc during the trip. This sign, however,
in the United States, and because became discredited, and wily deck -
former uses of zinc have had to be hands, desirous of another day ashore
discontinued on a largo scale because i with their wives and families, con -
of the war, new ways to connnme the tractad the habit of going aloft and
metal have bad to be devised. The . assisting the wind to foretell disaster.
refrigerator manufacturers are turn- To speak of pigs aboard a fishing
ing to zine sheets, and it is well trawler is fatal. Poor catches and
known that zine makes not only a split end torn trawls will be the in-
. much more sanitary lining for 0 re- h' ;liable consequences. Similar Deis-
.frigerator than galvanized iron, but fortunes will result from taking off
a more durable one, and so in the R hatch cover and laying it on the
deck upside down.
To kill a "kitty," as the fishermen
call the smaller kind of seagulls that
This le a field which could be mater- follow in the wake of the trawlers, is
Tally extended, at least so long as a most dangerous act, liable to im-
the scarcity of steel continues. peril the safety of, the ship itself.
Zinc for numerous small articles, e
such as shoe and corset eyelets, lace GROWTH OF BRITAIN'S FLEET
long run a less expensive one. Some
of the States are considering the use
' of zinc for automobile license plates.
tips, show clips and metal buttons, ^"
is in every way as satisfactory as Navy's Tonnage and Its Personnel is
brass and materially less expensive. Nearly 3 Times Peace Footing.
The enamelling of zinc seems to offer Figuresmade public on the growth
no insurmountable difficulty; there oo the British Navy during the war
is good reason to believe that it ran show thee the fleet, including auxili-
le as beautifully and durably finish- aries, increased from 2,500,000 tons
ed as other metals. Cornices, ceil- displacement to .6,500,000 tons, and
ings and athor .fancy sheet a work, the personnel from 146,000 to 406,000.
heretofore made of copper and steel, Since the outbreak of the war 21, -
could as readily be made of 'nine 500,000 soldiers have been transported
with the same advantage as to
cost
bysea, of which 4,391 were lost, For
as in the case of roofing. the requirements of the 13ritish naval
Trench mirrors of polished zinc and military forces more than 861 -
are wartime articles. If zinc can be 000,000 tans of stores were trans -
polished in time of war, why not pole shipped, while more than 24,000,000
tail it in time of peace and turn the tons were taken overseas aor Great
article so made to some advantage? Britain's allies. Transportation also
!Reflectors for -automobile lamps, was provided for 2,000,000 animals.
searchlights, etc., are suggestions The organization of convoys, due
to German submarine warfare, has
been an important part of the work
of the British Navy since March,
1917, from which time there have
been 56,929 sailings, with the losses
numbering only a few bundred ves-
sels.
The Canadian Victory Bond.,
1 guard the green of the forest slope,
And the wealth of the northern
mine,
The precious gold of the prairie wheat
And the tr lasure of tree and vine. cents a pe1t, sold as high as $2.25,witile
a record price of $11 for skunk was
reached. Another fur that sold higher
than ever before was lynx, the record
skin bringing $85. It was later sold
for the benefit of the Red 'Grose and
brought $1,260. Fisher sold as high as
$102 and marten at a top price of $81.
Buyers and brokers say the record
prices made in all but two or three of
the furs may not stand long, Thoy
look for prices to increase rather than
to diminish. The labor situation was
expected to hold prices down a bit, but
evidently manufacturers luttst have
settled the labor question more or less
to their owu satisfaction before com-
ing to St. Louis, for the manufacturers
were well and ably represented by
large and important orders. -•most of
them are far too busy in their fac-
tories at tltie juncture to journey west-
ward, but the local brokers took good
caro of their wants In all respects,
And, incidentally, the rise of the fur
broker is coincident with the rise of
the St Louis market. Whether it were,
the tnS$ct that made the broker, or
vice versa, were negligible. Sufficient
it is ;to know that where the big mar-
ket Is there the big brolters gather
together,
Tito nost sales are announced for
Jan1019.uary 27, April 28 and September 15,
along this line,
Telephone and telegraph wires
made by twisting two strands to-
gether helically—one of iron or steel
to give tensile strength and one of
zinc to give conductivity—may be
used to supplant copper wire.
Zinc of certain physical character-
istics can be spun -for ornamentation
and fixture work. In this age of the
automobile and the tractor, this field
could be made to require a big ton-
nage of zinc.
SAILORS' SUPERSTITIONS
Signs and Omens Influenced Old-
Time Fishermen.
All seafaring men are superstitious,
but none is so completely under this
influence as the old deep-sea fisher-
men He believes in '"signs" and
omens of all kinds. Nothing would
induce a fltippor of the old school
to sail on a Friday. One intrepid un-
believer who dared to leave the 'docks
at Grimsby on Good Friday was hoot-
ed through the lock -gates by the
scandalized populace.
If a man's hat blew overboard
brin6s cheer
and comfort
o m a. ny tC�l
person who
vvan-b his tea,
or coffee but
doesn't' drink
i because
he knows
Mese drinks
hur+ him.
There. Rsssssont,
for
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WORLD'S PAGER
• FUR AUCTION
IN SIX DAYS THE TOTAL SALES
WERE 36,004,000.
3,600,000 Pelts Bring Record Prices
With Buyers From Twenty-
seven Countries.
What buyers who attended say was
the largest fur sale the world has ever
known, both as to quantity 0f furs sold
and the financial results has just end-
ed at the International Fur Exchange,
116 South.Seeond Street, St. Louis.
In the six days It lasted sales totaled
$6,004,000, or an average of more than
$1,000,000 daily.
The week also saw the purchase by
the fur men of Liberty bonds to the
amount of $2,500,000, and generous
donations to the Red Cross, Knights
of Columbus, Jewish Welfare and
other war relief funds. In addition,
transactions among the buyers totaled
more than $2,000,000 and It is esti-
mated that more than $10,000,000 was
involved in the week's trading.
Sixty-four kinds of fur, known to
dealers from every part of the world,
were listed In the 860 -page catalogue
of the sale. They comprised more than
2,600,000 pelts, divided into 110,000
lots for the convenience of buyers.
Every state in the Union, every pro-
vince in Canada, and twenty-five
foreign countries contributed to the
catalogue. gue. kaeh pelt had to he check-
ed,
hec -ed, entered, graded and catalogued.
St. Louis gradings and lotting" are
quoted and accepted as standard
wherever furs are bought and sold.
All Furs in Demand.
The demand for all kinds of furs was
unprecedented during,tho entire week,
a demand that was voiced by dealers
from all parts of the world and from
every class of trade and many varie-
ties sold for record prices. Muskrat, a
fur that sold a few years ago for a few
I guard the dream of the pioneer,
That he dreamed in the wilderness,
I guard his helpmeet's toil and care,
And her courage and faithfulness.
C inn the strength of the workman's
arm,
And the force of the scholar's brain,
I am the mother's broken prayer,
As she weeps for her gallant slain.
i and the speed of the aeroplane,
As it darts through the star -lit
night,
And I am the roar of the mighty guns
As they guard the men who fight.
I am the light of the scarlet cross,
As it gleams o'er the blood-stained
sod,
And I. am the soldier's glittering steel
That is keen with the wrath of God.
•
I ant Canadian faith and truth,
The word pf her loyal eons.
Who holds meback is a dastard born,
In league with the Christless Huns.
Difficulties Airmen Have to Face.
The statement on behalf of the Bri-
tish Air Ministry that aviators are
forbidden to fly lower than 1,000 feet
it(love towns suggests that the margin
of safety is perilously small in the
event of engine trouble. In such nn
event the airman must cone to earth
inside it circle the diameter of which
is ten times the height of the ata -
chine, and an Altitude of 1,000 feet
gives him a choice over an area of
barely three square miles, or a heel-
zontaI distance from the point verti-
cally beneath where his engine failed
of less than 0 mile.
At 2,000 feet'the area is increased
to rather more than 12 miles—none
too much in the case of towns of any
importance. 'Thele is always the risk
of making it bad landing in cloudy
weather, especially when, as often
happens, the clouds are less than
8,000 feet above the ground. At that
altitude an airman forced to lend
would leave a choice over about 70
square mileswhich is considered
about the minimum for safety.
Whenever there is destruction of
property thrift must replace it. Waste
is waste, and 'cannot be recovered,
nerved smtflowei's .before tine seeds
aro fully rips. Place 1110 beads lI(
a loft to dry. ,
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The ta'lrl0 scraps that feed loamy 0
worthies,% dog would feed a dozen
chicken. Then liens would produce
eggs end meat. The dog produces
nothing.
Minartl's Liniment Ca„ limited.
Gentlemen,—I have used MiNARD'S
LINIMENT on my vessel and in my
family for years, and for the every day
Ills and accidents of life I consider it
has no equal,
I would not start on a voyage with-
out It 1f it oast a dollar a bottle,
CAPT. 7', 11. D1t0SJARDIN,
Sebe. "Storke," St. Andre, Italuouraeka
Cornmeal emelt needs very thor'
duttlt cooking.
"Harmony of atm, not identity of
conclusion, as 'the teerot of elle eym•
pathetic life," : John Morley.
hard'. Xdltt,neitt 0%ulca aelatempei'.
For Autumn
1)ays
If it were jest to have this belt slip-
ping through in this novel fashion, one
would make this simple attractive
ta,,4,20it70 41;101
f : ipxc Ao-
Fitts been Canada's favorite yeast for over A
quarter of A century; Broad baked with Royal
Yeast w1« hoop fresh and moist longer than that
ramie with any .ether, so that a flub wook's supply
eon assay Ire made at ono baking, and the tet
leaf will he just As good as the fleet.
MADE IN CANADA
T liJ GILI.I.3T ' C.aM17.r" NY LIMITED
Nanint'pnr, 'rOssclN'ro, oro T. morrrnena,
Broke the Silence.
O: a i-matlly it hen been known,
wit hie .t thousand or 1 .r, th'n'eaud
to,::u of the front, in the early Lours
of the morning, for romple`.e sikn ee
to supervene for u few minute::.
01 such all never -eon the veteran of_
Mons was entoying the change when
1':1s companion; while reaching for mat-
ches, inadvertently knoll ell dawn his
lite -:s -tits. The clatter was immediate-
ly followed by a buret of artillery
fire.
The r c t rn n disappointed at having
the I'- arable silence cut short, ex-
elrimed, "There you ere, clumsy, you-
've gone and started the whale Weenie
bee war a,'jain!"
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LEMONS MAKE SKIN
WHITE, SOFT, CLEAR
Make thio beauty lotion for a few
cents and zee for yourself.
dress. McCall Pattern No. 8561, Whet girl or woman hasn't heard of
Ladies' Dress. In 6 sizes, 21 to 44 lemon juice to remove complexion
bust. Price, 2+5 cents, blemishes: to whiten the ;Attu and to
bring nutt the roses, the freshness and
the hidden beauty? But limon juice
alone is acid, therefore irritating, and
should be mixed with orchard white
this way. Strain through a fine cloth
the juice of two fresh lemons into a
bottle containing about three ouuces
of orchard white, then shake welt and
you have a whole quarter pint of skin
and Complexion lotion at about the
cost ono usually pays for a small jar
of ordinary cold cream. Be sure to
strain the lemon juice so no pulp gets
into the bottle, then this lotion will re-
main pure and fresh for months.
When applied daily to the face, neck,
arms and hands 1t should help to
bleach, clear, smoothen and beautify
the skin.
Any druggist will supply three
ounces of orchard white at very little
cost and the grocer has the lemons.
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Absent Hearts.
There are absent hearts more lonely
Than this aching heart of thine;
There are struggling souls more
storm -tossed
Than this questioning soul of thine.
There are kindly people near thee,'
Who crave a friendly smile;
Go, give thyself, and thus forget
Thine own small griefs awhile.
Wearers Liniment Corea Colds, &o.
"Bonnie Alutie Laurie."
Annie Laurie was no myth. Over
200 years ago Sir Robert Laurie of
Dumfriesllire, wrote these quaint
words in his family register: "At the
pleasure of Almighty God, my daugh-
ter, Annie Laurie, was born on the
16th day of December, 1682," Mr.
William Douglas, who wrote the song
to celebrate the wondrous beauty of
this maid, wooed, but did not win the
far-famed. Annie. Instead, she pre-
ferred a richer suitor, Mr. Alexander
Ferguson. Annie died in 1764, but
her name, no doubt, will be passed
down to many more ages, by means
of the immortal ballad by Douglas.
MONEY ORDERS.
Dominion Express Money Orders are
on sale in five thousand ofitces through-
out Canada.
p 1dcC5rs
The vest effect, together with the
unique braid trimming, makes this a
charming and desirable frock. Mc-
Call Pattern No. 8624, Ladies' Coat
Dress. In 6 sizes, 34 to 44 bust.
Price, 26 cents. Transfer Design No.
926. Price, 20 cents,
These patterns niay be obtained
from your local McCall dealer, or
from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St.,
Toronto, Dept. W.
LIFT YOUR CORNS
OFF WITH FINGERS
-..How to loosen a tender porn or
callus so It lifts out
without pain.
Let folks step on your feet here-
after; wear shoes a size smaller 1f you
litre, 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 onto and simply
shrivels up the corn or callus without
even irritating the surrounding tissue.
A small bottle of freezone obtained
at any drug 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 freezoue for you from his
wholesale drug douse,
Combatting the Cut Worm.
`"The destructiveness of the cut
worm has not been so evident for
years," eletlares Mr. F. Abraham,
Chairman of the .Hoene Gardens and
Vacant Lot Section of the Canada
Food Board. "An early season to
some extent minimized the loss from
this post. If after all eggs are laid,
the ground is well broken up or
ploughed, 95 per cent, of the larvae
will be destroyed, " I strongly ad-
vise," he added, "that every available
foot of town land be ploughed this
f all."
Afanatd'z 0,81111nent coos Diantuaria.
"Nurse," moaned the convalescent,
"can't I leave something to eat? I'm
starving." "Yes, you start taking
solids to -day, but you must begin
slowly," she said, Then sho held out
a teaspoonful of tapioca. Ito sucked
the spoon dry and begged for a sec -
and spoonful, but she sliool, her head.
Presently lie summoned her again,
"Nurse," he gasped, "bring me 11 pos-
tage stardp "I want to read,"
ISSUE No
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Germany- must become a modern
democratic state if peace is to reign
in the world.
The Ontario Government is invest-
ing half a million dollars in feed con-
centrates to tide the farmers over the
winter months when transportation
will be monopolized by coal and grain.
Standard feed will be manufactured
and sold through millers at 356.50 per
ton for dairy feed and $57 for hog
feed, in car Iots.
City laurkers help.
Shortage of farm labor in the Este-
van diatriet of Sasimtehewan -led to
The forrnatiun of tin eneriretie mine
neittee to look r,frer the enmity of
Iaber necessary to save the crops,
Applications for assistance were re-
rci,ved and owners of cars who had
volunteered for the purpose organized
and drove out gangs of men to the
fields. War -c,, wee.: set at 30 cents
and hour.
Minard's Liniment 0ures Gorget tri Cows
Where there is no thrift there eon
be no laiaing greatusss, No man
ever beeontee e really great man un-
less he 13 thrifty. No nation can
beech e p•ieat or sustain its greatness
unless" at the very foundation lies .The
thrift, of tries people,
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that amount. Apply 7. I1„ 4eo W'ileotn
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A Cure for
Bad Breath
'Bad breath is a sign of decoyed
o ncle
teeth, foul stema-h r u ars
bowoI. " If your teeth a e good,
look to your digestive organs at
once. Get Seigei's Carative Syrap
, lit druggists. 15 to 30 drops
after meals, clean up your food
passage and atop the bad breath
( odor. Hoc. and 31.00 Bottles.
Do not buy substitutes. Get
the genuine 6
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SATISFYING RLI
FROM LUMBAGO
Sloan's Liniment has the
punch that relieves
rheumatic twinges
This warmth -giving, congestion-
scattering circulation -stimulating rem- '
edy penetrates u'ithorli rubbing right
to the aching spot and brings quick
relief, surely, cleanly. A wonderful
help for external pains, sprains,
strains, stiffness, headache, lumbago,
bruises.
Get your bottle today—costs little,
means much. Ask your druggist for ..
it by name. Keep it handy for the ;
whole family. blade in Canada. The
big bottle is economy.
Forme
The Soap to Cleanse and Puzify
The Ointment to Soothe and Heal
These fragrant, super -creamy emol-
lients stop Itching, clear the skin of
pimples, blotches, redness and rough-
ness, the scalpof ltching:Ind dandruff,
and the hands 0f chaps and sores. In,
purity, delicate medication, refresh
mg fragrance, convenience and econe
omy, Cuticura Soap and Ointment
meet with the approval of the most
discriminating. ideal for everyday
toilet uses.
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ero.ouahoucttio worll.e,
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sprains, mato tbtoat and other painful ailments. For over. 40 won a
family Mond, Deal ex eemen—buynixe'e•.alwatsaavoe 655513 in
the douse Hae a hundred usee.
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