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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1914-12-17, Page 69� iIlijIij alts 1' iy • le =IF— . Ei tIDm®ma.4 tIDtIDIDaa161➢tai a lm@I A' Irt SDI®®t®® tl ® i�TT m® 1 m mF ai rt s s4 Home -Made Biscuits — and ��>��� BRAND a5'3 d'tl� �lN�DCORN SY Fresh from the oven and piping hot! So light they melt in the mouth! .A. rare treat indeed. But ever so much better served with CROWN BRAND CORN SYRUP. For candy -making you can't beat CROWN BRAND CORN SYRUP. And it makes excellent pudding sauces. THE CANADA STARCH COMPANY, LIMITED. Manufacturers of the Famous Ed- wardsburg Brands. tasmesdrucazsamm Made in Canada, Sold by All Grocers. isglittisummeraffsela THE WINTER'S CAMPAIGN COLD II AS DE('IDED THE FATE OF EMPIRES. Germans Will Feel the Winter Weather More Than the Allies. It will not be long before General January and General February take the field in Europe, and it is quite within the bounds of possibility that they should prove the decisive fac- tors of the campaign. History af- ferds many,inetanoes of the fate of empires being determined by cold t r by storms. We all know that the Armada was defeated primarily because the Spanish vessels encoun- tered a terrific storm. Napoleon led 000,000 men int: Ruesia and penetrated as far as Moscow in the dead of Winter. Of this vast army it is said -that only 20,000 returned to France, the remainder either perishing of cold and hunger, fall- ing prey to hovering Cossacks, or being captured and taken to Rus- sian ussian prisons. In 1107 the pestilen- tial heat of Italy thwarted Freder- ick Barbarosea, the conqueror of Rome, and he was balked again by the rains at Alexandria. Before now Prussian generals have been enabled to win important victories on account of the cold weather. For instance, the Great Elector crossed a river on the ice and was thus in a position to out off. the Swedes from Koenigsburg. In 1741 Frederick the Great won the great victory at M.illwitz because the cold weather enabled him to rapidly advance his troops over a country that was im- passable Until the frost set in. To Eutl Trench Digging. The weather is less apt to affect the war in France than the war in Prussia, for in Northern France and Belgium the average winter tem- perature is about 39 degrees Fah- renheit, with a minimum of aboi.t 6 degrees. So fax the weather has been of almost unprecedented cold- ness, and should the winter months hear out the threat of the fall it will become impoweiblc to dig trenches as rapidly as they have been dug in the past few months. Should one army drive the other out of the trenches it now occupies it may have it "on the run," unless trenches far in the rear of positions now held have been prepared in advance. In the eastern theatre of war the armies that Are facing each other are not dug in. The men are fighting upon alio surface of the earth, and this le this reason why battles in Prussia and Galicia are likely to be much more decisive than battles that result in an equal loss of life in France and Belgium, Will Help llnssian,s. On Germany's eastern frontier the cord weather will be of advan- tage to the Russians rather than bo the defenders. Not only are the Itnesians as a whole used to colder weather than the Germans, but the frost will make it possible for them tri advance in the great lake region, which in milder weather offer's a formidable barrier to an invader. Continued cold weather in Prussia added to a decisive victory in the great battles now proceeding would leave the road to Berlin Almost open, and rni bt bring the war to Montreal, Cardinal, Brantford, Fort William. Send for the Ed- wardsburg Free Re- cipe Book. aggegieleggEalgeggingialli an end with dramatic suddenness. Another distinct advantage to the Allies -that winter will bring, whe- ther it is unusually cold or un- sually temperate, is that the Zeppe- lins will have a poor chance of crossing the English (,channel. Whether it is, warm. or cold the Channel crossing in winter is al- ways very rough, and frequently fogs blot out the view. In these eircamstanees Britain is not likely to have much to fear from the diri- gibles. Aircraft Less Useful. The theory is advanced by a mili- tary expert interviewed by the Washington Star that the Zeppelins are expected to perform a more• im- purtant duty than the dropping of bombs, and especially when the weather is such that the transport of ammunition and supplies is made increasingly difficult by soft Toads. His idea is that with the Zeppelins to carry supplies that could not be conveniently transported over mired roads, the German army will be able to move great messes of foot soldiers far in advance of their bases. However, the chief difficulty in the way up to the present has not been the danger of getting too far from a supply base, but of oppos- ing the entrenched Allies. It seems certain that both the Zeppelins and the aeroplanes will be Less useful in cold weather, the one from the tempests that prevail through the winter months, and the other from the extreme mold of the higher alti- tudes. Leas Sickness iu Winter. Nor will artillery or rifle fire be so effective if the soldiers are obliged to use gloves, Freezing weather that prevents the digging of trenches will also make it im- possible to bury the dead, and it will be necessary to ere.mate them. However, en the whole, the prob- lem of sanitation will be easier. The greatest scourge of armies, ty- phus, will disappear with freezing weather, and though pneumonia will be more frequent, the Mortal- ity from sickness and undressed wounds is likely to be greatly re- duced. On the sea the odds will be in favor of the best seamen. In very rough weather the submarines are by no means so easily operated, and mines are apt to be exploded by the action of the huge waves. On the whole, it would appear that the Allies have less reason than the Germans to fear the effect of win- ter weather afloat or ashore. Saved by a Name. An Irish •soldier arriving at camp late one night was challenged— "Who goes there l" Considering a moment, and thinking he might avoid punishment, he answered, "Kitchener 1" He was immediate- ly knocked down by the butt end off a rifle, and as he sat upon the ground ruefully rubbing a lump on his head :the sentry exclaimed, 'Why, it's Callaghan 1 Why did you say it was Kitchener4" "Shure," came the .answer, "when ye would do this to Kitehener, ye'd want poor Callaghan's life, ye spalpeen," His First Pie. Mrs. 1e1sd ride --Oh, John, don't crit your pie with a knife," McBride--EIuh 1 You ought to he thankful that*I don't call for a dan- opener, HOW TU A L Erin 11L. T t-, ivi nn ,1 of ±yie real;^la procures i 1 recent kor tt'vuihrr masa in r44oirt- WHEN TIMES ARE .HARD AND WORK SCARCE, Some of the Sirrttegems Employed 10 (iliac the Welt From. the Door, Many ways of slaking a diving when tfntes are herd have been adopted by live men who refuse to t idle when the factory gates are closed a ninst them While some now practices as a specialist. Dug dootore and poultry specialists, are often amateur fanners who have Profited by experience. Show cards with moveable letters for store windows can be made at Want of capital presents cramping home and bring in u, profit. disabilities, but this handicap has Assisting foreigners in becoming been overcome. by a prodigious use uatura'ized citizens, selling homc- real. St¢icitintr 1,ur,n,c^s for lawyers and 'duo, repairers, er.dlecting mo- ney y debts fir d ictors and re re- keopel'r, • re -polishing furniture, erasing old paint from floors, fix- ing Wini.tqw t1Ft'�eS, wiring wooden chairs that have become loos:e in their quints, have brought grist to the 01111. A Cat Doctor. Hubbies have been turned into coin. A widow, who loved eats, he - came so capable of ten+ling to their needs when they were sick that she of these schemes title over the bad period only, others have had within then the germ. of future fortune: Some methods employed are fakes, cuns'quent1y their run is short, of native talent and stick -ability,' says an American paper. Making ak1ng and selling gravy salt cured a competence fes a tailor. He boiled together quantities of salt, corn -flour, water, pepper and burnt sugar isMil the whole was a thick paste, then, cut into email pieces and wrapped in wax paper, he sold them from door to dour. With her last few dollars a. wo- man purchased nainsuok and flan- nel. She mad.' up a set of swad- dling clothes ,old them, and con- tinued the process. To -day that woman does an international trade. An upholsterer asked a lady if she had any old chairs in the shed, Upon finding that such was the case and that a plush enetain had aleu been discarded, he persuaded the lady to allow him to recover the chair with the old pl ueh, Two house later tho man surprised the lady with the effects of his handiwork. She gave him a dollar. The same man on another occasion made a washable loose cover for .a parlor chair out of an old sheet. This man is earning a good livelihood in this way. A widow made and sold covers for brooms, made from deicing. This device permits the housewife to ceenplete the dusting of the ceiling without changing the duster. Fire -lighters made of sawdust and resin started one man on the way to fortune; fireballs, made from clay and coal oil, another. Dog biscuits made from horse - meat and cheap'flour is a lucrative means of starting business without much capital. A pair of cycle wheels :and -a email sandy stone Were the means of pro- viding a. living fore a knife grinder. Pulling Wires. Wire has been used in various forme. Making 'a pan holder that can be adapted to many uses was successfully tried by 0 main who was formerly a painter, Flower - baskets, coat -hangers and, tie -drips have also been made and sold by wire -twisters. Speaking of flower and fern baskets reminds us of the country. Gathering ferns and trapping small fur -bearing animals, such as musk -rats, squirrels, etc., may be done on the outskirts of most cities, but the returns from such industry are small. Repairing discardedclocks, mend- ing broken dishes and china with a solution made from celluloid, gush and vinegar, :repairing bolts and looks and making keys have been tried and found useful means of keeping the wolf from the door. Cleaning cellars, beating rugs, cin- dering and. rolling garden paths, cutting kindling wood, repairing fences, sodding lawns, moulding concrete blocks, have proven profit- able as employment when work was scarce and funds low. Key tags are made with the. aid of a mall set of letter dies and blanks that can be purchased at the hardware store. A Montreal man has accumulated property by this means. Rat poison ejected in - made water filters, making dolls and teddy bears, patching leaky pans and kettles with the aid of e •ldering iron and solder have been means of keeping together home. wife, body and soul, when the leek of steady employment has brought the sting of poverty to the man, The virtues of some collar but- tons wenn unknown until men sold them eat the street corners; bat the lack of real novelties causes fakirs to find other means. "Silver and plating fluid," macre from mercury and nitric acid is dan- gerous and useless, but has some- times provided money fes the fakir. "Rontgen rays," made from two pill boxes and a feather, fool•ed-peo- ple and fed a fakir. Paraffin wax and coal oil melted together was sold as a stain re- mover. Shellac and dissolved ben- zine was deelared to be the essence of shine for furniture. These, al- though profitable at first, soon drop- ped from the market. Raising the wind by means of soap purloined from hotels and wrapped in pieces of tinfoil secured from a beneficent tobacconist, was sold as a medicated soap. ¶Phe "demonstrator" used ammonia on his hands while showing off the qualities of his invention. BRITISH OFFICER'S HEROISM. Received Iron Cross for Resetting German Soldier. One of the most dramatic stories of ibattlefield heroism that the war is likely to produce reached Paris the other day, says the Westminster Gazette correspondent. During a recent combat German troops attacked the British trenches but were repulsed. They retired to their own trenches, taking with them their .wounded, but one of the latter was overlooked and left behind. A comrade, observing him, left the German trenches to effect a rescue, but was almost immediate- lv kill•ed,.by the British fire, a score of bullets piercing him, A British officer, however, realiz- ed the situation, and, having given the order '`Cease fire," himself went out unit, the open to pick up the wounded German. He was struck by several German bullets and badly wounded, but the Germans, as soon as they saw what his object was, also ordered the "Cease fire." Thereupon the Brit- ish officer staggered to the fallen man and carried him to the Ger- man lines, A German officer received him with a salute, and, sailing for cheers, panned upon the breast of the British hero an Iron. Cross. Then the Britisher returned to his own trenches. Hewes recommended for the Vic- toria 'Cross for this notable exam- ptie of chivalry, but succumbed to his wounds. It isn't every fellow who can -paint the town red without getting some of it on his nose, THE STRUM IN THE EAST 'I'IIIS AtS'I'RII i SOLI) LERR ARE DISHEARTENED. The Russians, eu the Contrary, As- sent 'Their Lot With ('omplaeeacf, A special correspondent of The London Times at Lwow (Lemberg), writes: I ani more and more im- pressed daily with the complacence with which the Russian soldiers ac- cept their lot. There is no doubt that they have been deeply stirred by this war, and, though they be• moan the misery that it has brought nearly all seem to accept it as some- thing that bad to be. It is certain that they hate the Germans and are fighting willingly. But the case of the Austrians is quite different. I talked a long time with a young Austrian reservist who has with a de- sperate lying now f v or weeks wound through the body. An Austrian Soldier's Story. He was a carpenter living near Prague. On July 28 he was called to the colors without even knowing what the war ,'as about and caring less when lie did learn, I left my wife and children week ago, he said, without any warning. They had no money. Since then I have net beard a word from then and have no idea what has happen• ed to them or bow they are manag- ing to live at all without me. Why is it t I ani a blameless man. I have no dislike of the Russians. They are a very friendly people. Yet we are all called away from our famil- ies and sent over here to attack men we have nothing whatever against, All the men in my regi- ment who carne as reservists feel as I do about it—that is, all that are left, Many have been killed. We were sent forward after being told by our officers that we were marching against a thousand Rua sians, and we found fifteen -thous- and instead of one. I was shot through the back as we were with- drawing. After I fell into the Russians everything was easy for me. I am quite satisfied. They are very kind and the nurses very good to 06. But always and always I am worrying about my wife and my children. Not a word sines. I left. How can they live with nothing 'r'lronsauds of Cases. And as he spoke his brown eyes filled with tears. In Austria to -day there are thousands of such cases and every one of the 42 hospitals here is filled with them. The longer I remain in this town the more impressed I am with the order and peace that prevails. Every one is -within doors by 10. The bulk of the population seem perfectly indifferent to their change of masters. Even the Austrians are not particularly hostile to Russia, and one of the anomalies of the sit- uation is that the new regime has maintained A.ustrian policemen to preserve order in the town, pend- ing the arrival of officials that will eventually come from Russia to take their places. -'1' Russian. Soldier's Delight. Dancing, singing and a hut bath every Saturday are Ithe main de- lights of the Russian soldier. Drink- ing vodka used to be numbered among his chief amusements in life, bat of late the games' field—par- ticularly the football field—has been made a, bigger attraction than the dram shop by the authorities, Inside Informatiotr. Madge—You shouldn't say he's a confirmed bachelor unless you know. Marjorie—Bub I do know ; I con- firmed him, A'0•7/000l OGalLpp{H a 7IUSt71:0011 000 IMS 101 [' :l.Ti0H51M510t 0� Nth` ly Innen t' poti1sf0 woG1LETTCOMPANYLIMITED TORONTO ONT. ry0• te_ FOR MAKING SO toFTENI NG , TER DISQN�NF CT0 , CLOSE GpS.HSAI `S SINKS, 9 .,l ericrepffel TIPPING OLD AS FEUDALISM. Everybody Lived en the Bounty of Their Lords Then. Tipping is plainly a survival of the feudal relation, long before the humbler men had risen from the condition of status to that of con- tract. When fixed pay in the ordi- nary sense was unknown, and where the relation between servant and master was one ostensible vol- untary service for life, and in its best aspect was a relation of mu- tual dependence and kindness. Then the spasmodic payment was, as tips are now, essential to the upper man's dignity, and very especially to the dignity of his visitor. -This feudal relation survives in England to -day to such an extent that poor mon refrain from visiting their rich relatives because of the tips. In the great country houses the tips are expected to be in gold. And in England and out of it, Don Caesar's bestowal of his last shilling on the man who had served him still thrills the audience, at least the tipped part of it, N—___ EGGS GONE UP 1N ('NINA. Housewife Gids Geis 300 for $1, Instead of 900. Fifteen years ago the pries of eggs in the province of Shantung, China, was 01 for 000 eggs. Now the price has risen to $1 for 300. Twenty-seven million eggs were ex- ported from this province in 1913, most of which went to England. Few Chinese poultry raisers pos- sess more than a dozen or sir hens. They hatch most of their chickens in earthenware incubators, which are heated by the fire which warms the living rooms and the beds --thus all the heat is saved. , Wo have the word of our consul at Crefoo that olds women frequently incubate eggs by carrying them strapped about their waists under their outer gar- ments. This is carrying economy 1A .the limit, it would seem, Most Chinese families are too poor to eat eggs even at the low prices mentioned, and therefore the entire product. except that portion used for hatcihing, is sold, On the average ten Chinese eggs weigh a pound.—Farm and Fireside. Where Some of the Hardest higbtilig of the, War 'Ina :'skew Pirtre. Fite!, photorra rh of the flooded canal at Ypres, on the banks of which the allies and tlhie Germaais lease been fighting 'foe some weeks, 1 b f .,,, •i eel the canal as .t stream o,f blood, and ono account of a. battle stated that the Germans crossed the canal Some epi int, s 'lents have ole,. r b -s l ` which filled the channel from bank to bank, From the shelters on the banks at on•e, posit, stepping on the: beerier of. their fellow ..o.dicrs, v fi etl the allies poured a devastating fire into the ranks of the fleeing Germans. Nom UNE SCGTLAll NOTES :71' INTEREST FROM HER DANES ANI) BRAES. What. Is Going Oa in the Ilighlautis• and Lowlands of Auld Scotia, Fifty -free Belgian refugees-- men, won ihunbartun. men and elrildren—hat'e arrived A'llthshu i householders at Cocken- zie have been warned to have no lights showing towards the sea at. night•. Great activity continues in the tweed factories in Selkirkshire in. the prothtcticri of vcu•icans Isisalci clothes. Stirling has 4,000 troops quarter- ed in and around it, and intimation has been made that another +1,000• is expected. Stirling has 'been threatened with 'Water Com- missioners ire and ih water • fame a atw.t i are taking' steps to aug- ment the supply. The unskilled workers, who num- ber about 2.000, employed at No- bel's Explosive factory, Arden, are. agitating for higher wages. In conr.plianec with military in- struetions, all duck lights at Iiurnt- island are to be put out, and load- ing operations stopped at night. An outbreak of scarlet fever has occurred in Glasgow, and its pre- valence throughout the city makes the outbreak exceptional in recent • years, Recruiting meetings have been held at various centres in Peebles - shire, the principal speakers being: Sir Henry Ballantyne laid Captain Miller Cunningham. Arbroath is to proceed with fire erection of an hospital for the treat- ment of tuberculosis cases. aucl to. Prepare plans for the erection of a smallpox honpital. The ool'apse, of a tunnel under- neath the Caledonian ilaiiw'ay line at Shirling resulted in the entomb- ment of two men, one of whom, Geo. Symon, died shortly .after. Leith Dock Commission are to' proceed with the erection of aa. new. shed at Edinburgh Dock. It will be 340 feet long anti fitted with the - latest appliances for the handling• of goods. The Lord Provost has been in- formed that owing to the accommo- dation in England being overtaxed. between 9,000 and 3,000 Belgian re- fugees are to be sent on to Glasgow' immediately. 1' HERO PRISONERS. French Soldiers Hpnercd by lett' Germans. This war, like all others, is fertile in inetancee of pluck and ell rte courage. At 51. Benoit au :la ielat• eel Press eorrc:•punclent saw a pasty' of some three hundred F'remrr .i pris- uuera, They were aril fret. 34..ng fel owe,, in striking contrast to the elderly reservist type that pred.nninates in the German prison camps, Tit.,y were evidently elite troops of ro' line, and were treated almost wi deference by their guards a de- tachment of hoarded T.a,ids hr n:n from south German,. They :were the survivors of the grrr•::e•. 1 ef • In Roman's Camp fort, neat' St Mi- hiel, who had nut up such a d. s1 r'.. ate and spirited defence ax to ,vin the whole. -hearted -admiration and respec, of the German officers a,c.l men. Their armored turrets and cemented ,h.astllins, although con- structed after the' best rules of for- tifications of a few years ago, had been battered about their ear's in an unexpectedly short time by Ger- man ,and Austrian siege artillery. Their gime had !been silenced, asci an overwhelming force of pioneers anti. infantry pushed trenches up within five yards of their works be- fore they could ibe made to retreat from the adlvanced iutrenchmcnts to Ole caseinates of •t'he fort, Hci'e they maintained a stout resistance and refitsea every summons to sur'• render. Hand grenades were brought np, hound to a backing bf boards, and exploded againet tare opmings of the- caseinates, which were filled with *bowers of :nteel splinters, Pioneers, creeping up to the cle•asi angle oaf. casemate,s where the fire of the defenders cunld nut reach then, directed smoke tubes anti stinkpots into the e'eadal, and filledcl the ro0011 with suffocating emoice and gases. ave you ''hart enough 1" the Germans cried, -after the fine treats meat. '` o !" was bhe de lanb .an s',vcr. The treatment was eepcatcd e see, end and a third tune, the response to the demand for surrender each time growing weaker, unt.i1 finally the defenders were no longer able• to raise, their rifles, .and the foil, was taken, When the sua'uvors of the plucky garrison were able to march out,revived by the fresh a: r, they found their late oppemen•ts presenting arms before theta in re: cognition of their salient awed, 'rimy were granted the meet honor: Ale terms off surrender, their of liters were allowed to retain their swoNis, and on Oheir• .march toward an honei!tt!ble captivity they- were everywhere greeted with expree, cions of respect and .admiration. ,I�