The Brussels Post, 1921-6-30, Page 2be Kingdom dom o
The Blind
13y E. PHILLIPS OPPEN&IEIM. egetegegegegeg,
(Ceilyri$hted),
SYNOPSIS: is to live, one must at. 'Therefore
-or written i, in 1916, begins' 1. work, Four eons1 hkave and a
The at A -arty nephew away Yonder," he added wan -
o
with Lady AIel, Los luncheon p ing his hand sbnthwards. That is
at the Ritz Hotel, London. Among the
rests are Lord 'Romsey, a Cabinet
Minister; Surgeon -Major Thomsen,
Chief Inspector, of glee! Hospitals' his
fiancee,in
Geraldine Conyers; bed Hospitals;
a naval lieutenant, an
fiancee Olive Moreton; Gaptaleelonald
Granet, nephew of the hostess home
with a wounded army Lieut. hostess,
receives commission on a "myetegy"
ship and Major Thomson decoct
secret message from the battlefield,
Lord Romseyi visitor and the
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Ilia t4 delivery
op 1teyou mime, la PA 1
run of 094114
trees order as purchased, or p4r44w
rice refunded.
11/NQ hooii� theta over, cot k oto tlta
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ttttiii���e any ear to oat re rvaentat;v0 for
Inspection. Very large Stock elwate tttl
iipnd. Breakey',r Lived Car liariket
402 aoaa'e Sttaet, -
to send him back agahv," Thomson
continued;
The General hesitated.
"Well, what are thee'?"
"They aro a little intangible,, sir,"
Thomacn confessed, "but exceedingly
important, Without an ,,.direct evi-
t I di alone. Why do you not dente, I have come to the'C:onclnelon
w1 Y g
send- us morn soldiers, Monsieur that Captain Granet ie a my'ste)'to 1
1«Arvglais 4" a person and needs weteliing; As usual,
"Wait but a little time longer, eve are in trouble with' the civil
Thomson answered cheerfully, authorities, • and, to be !rani: -with
The old man looked sadly at his You, I am trying to etrengteen my
ruined barn, • case,
The Genesial shrugged his should. -
"It is always wait, he muttered, ars.
"and ons grows old and tired. TSon- "Very well," ho deci'ded,."under the
jour, monsieur! and suds crircumetances you have the right to
The car passed on again know what my message meant, W
or receives a
conversation reveals the Co, me denly dropped into a little protected
bt Mncame to a standstill sent Granet back because sus-
iater's secret dealings with GermenoY, Y tiny valley, nThe chateau, in front of widen which may be altogether
hea r un -
'Thomson calls at Granet's apartm before a Justifiable. Tho suspicion was there,
todiscover whether he knows any' which stretched what might once have however, and it was sufficiently
thing about Lord Romsey's Melton
been an ornamental garden, but which strong for me to make up my mind
!Granet denies any knowledge of thewas now torn to pieces by gun car- that I should prefer not to have hien
so-called American chaplain. Gerald- rages, convoy wagons, and every de- back again. Now you shell know the
Ine evades Thomson's plea for an im- scription of vehicle. "rom the top facts very briefly. Granet was taken
mediate marriage. Ile exposculates of the house stretched many wires• prisoner twice. No one saw him
with Conyers for disclosing Admiralty A sentry stood at the iron gates and taken—as a matter of fact both the
plans to the two girls and Granet. passed Major Thomson after a pe . affairs were night attacks, `He seemed
After a walk in the park with Gerald- funetory challenge. An officer with suddenly to disappear—gof too far
Me, Granet returns to his room to fin0 mud -stained boots and wind -tossed ahead of his sten, was his oxplana-
a bottle missing from a cupboard. II hair who looked as though he had ti :Le I can sa ea that be was
Peen out all t stood on o tem. An in
!n about loose in a Bribe
warns his servant that a new hand has be night, to d th stepson,
entered the ame. War Office refuses, the'house and. welcomed Thomson tlucluer than mosto h yth' g
g of a ,wander g h
to allow him to rejoin his regiment. +,Hullo, Major," he called out, ujust!uniform—but there, I won't go on
Thomson goes to the Front to inter-} serosa, eh,•!with that. He came back each time
view Granet's General. I 'This moment," Thomson assented.ivith information as to what he had
CHAPTER X. `Anything fresh?" seen, Each time we planned an at -
lien,
lertl tok f" the other, f
the strep th o that informa-
r. spec o , tack on g
Surgeon -Major Thomson awoke replie 1. "We've just had a message;
about twelve hours later with a start. in that the French have been giving,
He had been sleeping so heavily that nae 0 knock. We've had a quiet -.—
Ile
Ile was at first unable to remember his tale the last two days. They're brine -I
Whereabouts. His mind moved slug-•, ing up some more Bavarians, wok
ishly aerc3s the brief panorama of think"
Is hurried journey—the special train', "Do you think I could have a few
lien, 1'ceh time that itrformetion
proved to be' misleading and our @t
tack failed, costing no heavy losses,
Of course dispositions might b,awe
teen changed :unto ]rix observations
were made, but there the fact res
mains Furt-her," the General eon-
tinned, filling his pipe slowly and
pressing in the tobacco, "oet the sees
on'd occasion we had four hundred
men thrown forward into the village
of Gssray. They were moved in the
pitch darkness, and silently, It was
impossible for any word• .of the{r
presence in Ossray to have been
known to the Germans, Yet the night
of Granet's capture the village was
shelled, and those who"esoa�ped wore
cut off and made prisoners,_ Follow
me, Major'
"Yes, sir!" Thohteon-aoquleseed'.
"These are pest the frtrts,' the
General cotlelu+desi , "Now on the other
beset, Granet ,-M e nieredled lee men
well, shown great. persenee braver Y,
and has ell the ap esawnse of a keen
soldier, I hate to do him a wrong
even in my thoughts but there were
others ,besides myself to whom these
Coineiderlees seemed amazing. We
simply decided that they'd :better give
Granet a billet et home. ;Chat's the
reason of my message.'
"I am very much obliged' to you,
ah'," .Thomson saki slowly. "You have
given nae exactly the information
v3hlch we desire."
The General was called away for
moment to give.some instructions to
the young officer who was sitting in a
distant corner of the room with a
telephone band around hes head. He
signed to Thomson, however, to re -
reale,
"Now that I have gratified your
curiosity" he said, when he returned',
"perhaps you will gratify mine? Will
you tell .me just how you over in
England have come to have suspicions
of this man?"
(To be continued.) Keep MInard'a Liniment In the house.
MERCHANTS BANK OFFICIALS
EXPRESS TEMPERED OPTIMISM .
REGARDING BUSINESS SITUATION
President and General 1Vlanager Review the Canadian Busl-
ness Situation With Much Hope -Financial; Position of
the Bank an E�sceptionally Strong One—Crop Outlook
Encouraging,.
At iii, annual meeting of the Merchants Bank of Canada the various re•
ports which were liresented showed that this institution =tiptoe a command-
ing position in Canadlan financial again. Tbe• addresses of the President,
S1r blentegla Atlan, and the General II/femmer, Mr. B. 0, 112aoarow, were concise
stat tuentrs of present, day conditions and contained . an optireistio . survey
of C e suture, 1 •
The PresldeCnt's Address.
Sir Montagu Allan in part said.
"Tho general depression In business,
felt to a greater or lesser degree in
every country in the world, has affect-
ed the business of the bank to some
extent, but wet hope the low point 01
depression has been passed, and that
thorn will soon be a change for the
better, The coal strike in England
which will no doubt result in the loss
Of a great deal of trade, and the un•
rest and discontent witch seems to
Prevailinnearly all the countries. of
Europe, give rise to serious-Ilnanclai
problems to be reckoned; with, but no
man in this country who is strong and
healthy can afford to be a pessimist
for any length of time. The known
and undeveloped resources are suf-
ficient to ensure future prosperity.
New Issue of Stock.
"As mentioned in last year's report
a further issue of $2,100,000 of new
stock was made, making the paid-up
capital of the bank 910,500,000, and by
the transfer of the premium on the
new stock to the rest account, the rest
now stands at 99,450,000.
"The shareholders of the bank now
number 2,997, as against 2,022 In 1920,
being an increase of 875 during the
year,"
Current loans and discounts stand nt
n9109,183,000, as against $113,193,000
frons Victoria to Folkestone; the des -swords with the General? Major i. (, 4 �-�' ut! t \ last year. It will be seen therefore,
troyer that had brought hers and a: Thomson asked, r, ® +u ��t, :`I ,�j l 4 , that Gila bank continues to extend its
nel ! "Corse in and have some coffee.
few other soldiers across the Chan..,,,.y yF .. `{ t}tyy� ample share of assistance to the in -
ll see u of course. He isYtu
black with darkness, at a pace which Yes, he s you, dustries of the country.
made even the promenade deck impos-'i in his own room with two of the fly- of credit now ha evidence is continuing
sible; the landing at Boulogne, a hive ing men just for the moment. I'll House Insect Pests. P General Manager Is Optimistic. to develop further. talc. The cooling box is partially Ine
of industry notwithstanding the dark-' let you know when you, can go in." Insect pests naay descend •en any k 1. Following the president's conciae Altogether, and in a word, it is not mersed in a stream et running water,
ness; the clanking of waggons, the; They passed into an apartment household and their visitation need g yet comprehensive review of the situa- diflioult to be an optimist as -to' the The chips are reaotvod every twenty
ehrtekin of locomotives, the jostling which had once been the dining -room not necessarily ,bring a blush of shame tklem a tion, as reflected In the year's state-. future of "Canada Unlimited," to tor- four hours and en ry Eighth day on so
g
of crowds, the occasional flashing of � of the chateau, and in which a. long to the cheeks of the perfect house- B menta,. said Mr. Macarow, there is row the apt expression recently used the ire is extinguished and tho Gaya-
an electric torch. And then the 'ride table was laid. One or twolittle left for me to add beyond, per- by an eminent Canadian. tale scraped off from the sides and
yin the great automobile through the cers greeted Thomson, and the man keener- ms haps, a word or two by way of moll The Board of Directors was re -elect -
misty night. He rubbed his eyes and who had brought him in attended to Flies and mosquitoes are the most deatiou. ed, with Sir H. Montagu Allan as bott,,m of the cry:'tallization box,
dangerous to health of the insect e " +
leaked around him. A grey morning his wants. pests; fleas, bedbugs and cockroaches out food. One to five eggs a day are It will be observed that in compari- President and F. Iloward Wilson as No wlrlte pigments have ossa found
was breaking. The car had mire to a' "The General had his breakfast an gason with last year's figures our total Vice -President.
etand:.''ili before a white gate, in front hear ago," the latter observed.' should be regarded with suspicion as laid over a period of two months er in feathers, and tit+whit° sees of white
of which wets stall :sect a British ol- "We're pretty well forward here and possible carriers of disease; moths are mere. These eggs batch in ten days teatbers is escribed to total reflection
idler, with drawn bayonet. Surgeon- we have to keep on the qui vive. We the most destructive. and the bug is matured in seven weeks nests can be found under the flooring, is made by boiling cne.pour-d of sugar, of light from their exposed surfaces:
Major Thomson pulled himself tageth- got some shells yesterday dropped Clothes moths are of immediate M.. or more, depending mien conditions in other woodevork or in the masonry one quirt of water and 125 grains of Some have supposed the reflection to
er and anewered the challenge. within a quarter of a mile of us. I of temperature and load of the house -foundation by following arsenate of node. This is strained, be from air :paces, or bubbles in the
"A friend." he answered, --"Sur- think were going to try and give tercet to housekeepers during the
goon -Major Thomson, on his Majesty's them a push hack on the left flank, spring months for it is then that the The usual housekeepers method of the ants track to the point of their cooled and used • for moistening feather structure, but one -authority
service. I'll go in and see about you, Thom- little yellow or buff moths which dally inspection of beds and bedding, die/emerancc, and such place; trout- spo :ges. This should not be used tin- contends that tiro white effort le He leaned from the ear for a mo- son." measure only one-half to three-fourths particularly the seams and tufting of ed by squirting . a.. little kerosene or less every precaution is taken to pre- ;man-
ly leper.+.est, as in the roar of r -now
meat and held out something in the "Good fellow! You might tell them of an inch, when their wings are mattresses and of all crevices, liberal gasoline ditto the opening from an ail vont poisoning animals and human or powdered glass, upon the small size
hollow of his hand. The man saluted to give my chauffeur something. The ,spread, lay their tiny eggs. Small.
and drew back. The ear went on along destroyer that brought me aver is caterpillars Match from these eggs and
is rough read which led across a. great waiting at Boulogne, and I want to foal on woolens, carpets furs and
stretch of pastureland. On the ridge be in London to -night." feathers. From these fabrics they
of the hills on his right, little groups One of the officers fom the other make cases in which they.rest until
of men were at work unlimbering side of the table smiled queerly,
guns. Once or twice with a queer; "London! My God!" he muttered. they emerge three weeks dater as
assets show a seriue:ago 01 about
91,000,000, or, roughly, 34 Per .cent•,
which, In view of all the eurrounding
circumstances, must be regarded 50 5
satisfactory showing, the liquid. posi-
tion 'being; well maintained the while.
The trend of our 'interest-bearing
deposits for the same period has been
steadily upward, an. increase in that
department of about 97,000,000 being
shown, but this gain lies been more
than offset by the decline in the total
ordinary deposits. A year ago, how,
ever, under the heading Ot demand de-
posits, a sum of about $8,000,000 stood
to the credit of the Government in
connection with Victory Loau pay-
ments, This amount, which, of course,
was of a purely temporary nature, was
withdrawn during the year so that,
after making allowance for it, the total
deposits cad total assets about held
their own, a satisfactory achievement
we have no doubt you will agree.
Crop Reports Are Promising.
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NATURE STORIES .
Trouesal't, of the Paris Museum o
Natural History, has pointed out tea
the dog, whose respirations In repose
number only twenty -live or thirty a
minute, may in running itoquh'o a rate
of aespiration as high as 850 a minute.
The effect of alts acceleration' aware
the disaipatton of animal heat by swap,
engem from the pulmonary vesicles -r
The dog perspires very little or not
at all by the skin, pulmonpry taking
the place of cutaneous'transplratiou,
It is this fans: that enables the dog' to
Pursue its game so long and persist«
ently. Animals of the cat family, on`
the other head, do not possess this
Peculiarity, and for that reason tigers,
panthers and lions lie in watt for their'
grey, but ,do not pursue it over long'
distances, , The bird possesses put,
moneey transpiration in a very high •
degree. '
0 * *
•. The camphor output of Formosa,
combined with that of Sapan, tenets-
tutes the bulk of the world's supple of
this valuable gum, The most valuable
of the camphor forests, It appears, are
Within savage territory. An American
consular officer who visited a Formosa
camphor forest has made an interest, ,
ing report on the subject,
'After Climbing a steep aid slippery
hillside he Came upon a large " stunn
Men, tree lying felled across the path,
It was about four feet In diameter and
had been sawed longitudinally in two
portions. Two men were `engaged in
Paring off with a kind of gouge shaped
adz chips measuring some six inches
in length and about the thickness of
one'.: 'little finger, The whole air was
pervaded by a stroitg odor of camphor.
A. little further up the' hill he tound
the stills themselves, nituated by the
side' of a mountain stream, ainid the
most luxuriant vegetatlo:r,
The process by •which the camphor
Is extracted from the wood is simple
and Inexpensive. the chips are placed
in an iron retort and heated by a slaw
lire. The cant: for vapor givon off
from the chips 1 asses along a bamboo
Lube into a cooling box, where It con -
'lenses in tho form of snowtike crys-
Crop condition throughout. the
country are at the present moment er-
ceptioually promising. If I may say a
word as to general conditions it will
be one of tempered optimism, baying
a due comprehension of the many dif-
ficulties which require to be met but
having, at the sane time, a proper ap-
preciation of the actual and potential
There are indications that the mone-
tary pcsitfan, broadly speaking, is less
stringent and that the general liquidity
occupants have Pelt. Under usual cir-
cumstances, bedbugs work only et
night when it ie dark, concealing
themselves in cracks of bedsteads, be-
hind wainscoting,under loose wall-
paper or in other crevices In the day
time- Bedbugshave been known to
lives long as a year, however, with
d t hell like a little "There is still a London, I suppose? moths, '
Savoy end Carlton going still? Pall
Mall where it was?"
"And very much as it was," Thom -
assured 'him "London's wonder-
screocnmg sown , s
pull of white smoke, passed high over
the car and fell somewhere m the
grey valley below. In the distance he
could see the movements of a body
of troops through the trees, soldiers
on the way to relieve their comrades
in the trenches, As the morning broke,
the trenches themselves came into
view—long, zig-zag lines, silent, and
with no sign of the men who crawled
about inside like ants. He passed a
great brewery transformed into a can-
teen, from which a line of wagons,
Moths will not lay their eggs on gar-
ments kept in light, well. -aired, used
Thom-
son closets, nor on garments stored with
fully unchanged. Ynu been out long?" moth belle, tobacco or camphor, in
"September the second," was the 'tarred paper sacks or in cedar chests
cheerful reply. "I keep on tgetting new enough so the odor is pronounced
promised a week but I can't bring it But id the eggs have already been
off." laid on garments before they are
"He's such a nut with the tele- stored; as is often the case if such
phones," the man by his aide explain- garments are not stored until May,
ed, helping himself to marmalade. none of these precautions will prevent
"The General positively can't spare the ravages of the moth larvae
going and returning, were passing all elm.
the time baekwards and forwards into "Oh, chuck it." the other exclaimed Always before garments are stored
the valley. Every now and then in disgust. "What about you?—dbe they should be thoroughly sunned,
through the stillness came the Sharp only man with an eye to a Heaven- aired, beaten and brushed to dislodge
crack of a rifle from the snipers lying ordained gun position. as old Wattles and destroy the eggs which are so
hidden in the little stretches of wood- declared one day We're all living minute they can hardly be seem. Alter
land and marshland away on the right, wonders, Major," he went on, turn- this is done the proper storage of the
A motor -omnibus, with its advertise- ing to Thomson, "but if I don't get a garments trill keep them- safely from
meet signs still displayed but a great Sole Colbert and a grill at the Savoy,
tiding "eaten"
red erose floating above it, came rock- and a front seat at the Alhambra, be- C t beetles or buffalo moths
ing down the road on its way to the fore many weeks have passed, I shall sips
field hospital in the distance. As yet, get stale—+that's what'll happen to bother only those housekeepers who
however, the business of fighting me." have their floors covered with nailed,-
seemed scarcely to have commenced. "Hope youT2 have your hair cut be- down carpets, This insect is a broad
They passed several small houses fore you go back," a man from the oval beetle, ••three -sixteenths of ars inch
and farms, in front of each of which other end of the table remarked. los black in color with a red stripe
was stationed a sentry. Once, from. "Your own mother wouldn't know you down the middle but covered with
' the hills behind, a great white -winged like that—much less your sweet -
aeroplane glided over his bead on its heart."
way to slake a reconnaissance. Queer- The young man fingered his locks
est sight of all here and there were reflectively.
+ peasants at work in the fields, One "Chap who was going to mif m'it for
old man loaned upon his spade and me got shot yesterday," be grumbled.
watched as tbs car passed. Not a "Anything doing as you came over
dozen yards from him was a great the
ridge,ge,
Major?"
"
• u e s II hadThomson shook
hi bead.
hole in the ground wlvex a he s
burst, and a little further away a "One aeroplane and is few shells."
barn in ruins. The car was forced "That would be Johnny Oates go -
to stop hese to let a cavalcade of ing out in his Bleriot,"some ono re -
ammunition wagons pass by. Surgeon- marked, "He'll be back here before the aides and at the end's thin on the
Major Thomson leaned from his seat long with a report." back. This beetle will not be a Inds -
and spalee to the old man. 1 The officer who had met Thomson ansa on bare floors covered with mat -
tinge or rugs. Getting rid of this
pest, of carpets are nailed down, re-
quires long continued effort and great
Cara The carpets must be taken iep,
thoroughly beaten, sprayed out of
doors with benzine and allowed to air
several hours. The floors must be
thoroughly swept, washed with hot
water, the cracks oarefnlly cleaned
out and kerosene or benzine poured
into these and *rayed under the baso
boards. If there aro wide cracks i
the fleeting, these should bo Ailed with
liquid piaster of Paris. s Before relay
ing the carpot, tarred loafing should
be laid all ever the floor.
I3ed'bugs may be brought Into bit
house in trunks or suit cases, in bas
kets of laundry or they may even mi
grate :From Sim infested house 'is -hos
use of kerosene, corrosive sublimate can or small syringe, there will be beings. Avoid all danger to children. of the structural elements. These
(a very dangerous poison), or of boil- some, hope of getting rid of these per-
-- -e have a large number of surfaces se
ing water (where this does no harm sistent pests. 1n using kerosene or Not Born at Ail. placed for any position of the eye
to the furniture) are effective in the gasoline, of course, care must be In a suburban school recently alit- that there is a maxmtum reflection 10
case of slight or recent invasions, taken not to have any flame near. IF tie Swede presented himself for in- the eye, and almost no absorption by
When a,house or room Cs badly the nests• cannot be found, care in struction. the uapiganented feather substance.
infested, a simple method is to build storing all food supplies in. ant -proof c .,What Is your name;" the teacher t
sufficient fire to raise the temperature metal containers or in ice boxes, and asked. Man 'Who Sank Dover C� Btlt3
to 113 dog. and to shut up the house prompt attention to cleaning up all „young Olson," lee said.
or room for •a day. Temperature be- crumbs on tale floor or tables will How old are you?"
Set Free.
low 60 deg, causes the feeding and keep dawn the ant
nuisance, but will "Ay not knew how old Ay baso." Entente officials who expected the
developing activity of the bedbug to not eradicate them if such pia au- "Wen, when were you born?" German submarine policy in the tear
cease temporarily so that sleeping in tions are not continued. "Ay bane not born at all: Ay got a to be passed upon In its broader as -
cold rooms will afford some relief, but
the eggs are destroyed only: by freez-
ing temperature continued for not less
than fifteen days and they may not be
destroyed until thirty days at freezing
temperature have passed. Where it i`s
not feasible to apply extreme heat, the
most efficient remedy for the bedbug not to have such a table touch a wail
is to fumigate with hydrocyanic -acid or another -piece- of furniture: Oc-
casionally the legs of the refrigerator
meet be placed in water.
Baits made of sponges moistened
with sugar syrup or sugar syrup mix-
ed with borax, to catch ants so they
may be drowned, are of doubtful
value. A poison which is en efficient
remedy is arsenate of aoda- The ants
coney this to their nests and then
many ants are poisoned. The syrup
scales which give et a marbled' bleak -
and -white appearance. When disturb-
ed it pretends to be dead. The larvae
of this beetle feed upon carpets and
woolen materials. They work from
the under -surface makingirregular
8'u
leor cuttinglong slits in the car-
holes
'g
pet, The larva is brown, one-fourth
of tin inch keg, and oovered with stiff
brown hairs that ere longer around
"You aro not afraid of the German in the garden, re-entered the room,
agile, then?" he asked. "General says he'll, see you at once,"
"Monsieur" the old man answered, he announced.
"ens must live 0r die --it does not Thomson followed his guide into a
matter which. For the rest, if one small back room. An officer was seat-
ed before a desk, writing, another was
shouting down a telephone, and a
third was making some measurements
upon a large Ordnance map nailed
upon one of the walls, The General
was standing with his !back to the
fire and a pipe in his mouth, He -nod-
ded cheerily to,Thomson,
"When did you leave London?" he
asked.
"Nine o'clock last evening, sir,"
Thneson replied. "Rather a record
trip. We had a special down and a
destroyer over."
"And • I'm to tell you what you want
to know," the. General continued,
glancing at a document in ;hie hand.
"Wolf Close the door, H:arowood, put
with at?"
"It's about Captain Granet of Iiar,
rigr,
began.
abs s .staff Thomson
Th.e General frowned' and knocked
the ashes. from his pipe.
"Well," he ,asked, "what Is it1"
"W�e"vo reasons of our own for
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'b,P.ONYb,GANA0A
ISt`JE No. 25—'21,
Ants seldom travel on a cold stove
so that food can be stored saccess-
fully in the oven 00 01) top of an un-
used stove. Food may also bo kept
on a,.table if each leg of'the table is
placed in a email bowl or pan of
'water. Care must be taken, however,
gas. The use of this gas requires
care, as it is deadly poisonous.
Cockroaches eat' and sail foodstuffs,
eat !toles in woolen and leather and
may damage even the cloth and leath-
er bindings of books. Roaches leave
behind them an offensive odor which
taints all food. from which they have
eaten, and imparts to fresh food,
which is served ori. dishes kept in a
pantry where roaches. !rave been, a
n
h
peculiar disgusting flavor and odor.
They may be brought into the house
on food supplies oi.•'-a small army of
them may migrate from old quarters
to new. They oatmeal themselves int
the daytime behind baseboards,
shelves, window casings or furniture1
and tome out only in the dark. They
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kitchens and prefer
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shored le bin cane or other insect -
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if tables, stoves, sink, floor and cup-
boards are kept absolutely dealt and
free from crumbs and 'bits of food.
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'St
atepmutter." pects by the High Court in session
here for the trial of persons charged
Minerd's Liniment used by Physicians with war crimes were bitterly disap-
pointed when it dealt with the case of
Lieut. Karl Neumann, charged with
Parting of the Parts. the sinking of the hospital ship Dover
You never realize how many parts Castle by the German. submartne.he
an auto has until it lifts a telegraph commanded, says a despatch, dated
pole. Sone 4, from LelpeI°, Germany.
Lieut. Neumann was acquitted after
a hearing of his case before the court,
and through the manner is which the
issue was handltld by the judibial body
the only point at issue was' whether
he carried out his orders.
I Proof was brought to the court's
ehtisfactlon that the Lieutenant had
acted Clearly- within the instructions
given him by his superiors and be was
"egeggete speedly exonerated from criminalihs
under this construction of the case.
Whether Emperor William, Admiral
von Tirpllz or other German officials
who had a hand in inaugurating the
ruthless submarine policy were trim•
inatly responsible was not toucbod
upon.
As the submarine commanders who
sank
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th Lusitani
a and hundreds d
s of
s e
other. Entente ships can probably
shield themselves a8 Neumann did be-
hind their orders, it was cemmentetl
ie Entente quarters here to -day there
is apparently slight chance of• secur-
ing the infliction of punishment inion
these submarine oft cars.
To -day's trial closed the British
cases so tares they are ready forpre.
zentment. These Oases proved disap-
pointing to most of the Entente qb•
servers, whose criticism has been that
thecases wore poorly selected and
badly supported by evidence. Entente
citizens who attended the trials have
generally expressed themselves as ro-
gardieg the German court as a (Beale
fled and reasonable body.
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