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TE ARMORED TRAIN IN INAR,
HAS BEEN .MECII IMPItOVED
SINCE BOER WAR.
And It nos Guns Which Fire nigh-
,
Explosive Shrapnel
Shells.
The armored train is stated to
have been the idea of Lord Fisher,
and it played a prominent part in
the Boer War, where it proved high-
ly ctervioeable in spirited attacks
upon roving parties of the enemy,
and •also in patrol duties. But in
reality it was a somewhat crude
weapon, An engine was combined
witha flat deck truck to form a
single unit, the whole of which was
enclosed in a eteel plate .envelope.
In genera•1 appearance the train re-
sembleel a, steel box, the walls of
which were continued upwards to a
sufficient height to protect the
marksmen when standing upright
upon the deck of the truck. The
whole of the engine was encased eo
as to secure complete protection of
the vital parts, only the top of the
funnel being visible,.
The walls of the train were loop -
holed to facilitate rifle fire, while,
in some instances, provision was
made also for the mounting and
manipulation of machine gems.
These novel weapons of war created
considerable astonishment and pro-
duced derided dis,eomfiture upon
their first appearance among the
unsophisticated Boers.
Locomotive in Centre.
But the armored train of to -day is
a far more formidable and useful
military weapon. In one or two in-
stances, what might be described as
armored railway motor cars, simi-
lar to those which was utilized in
the South -African War, have been
brought into service, but their value
is relatively negligible when ranged
against a foe, which depends vitally
upon its artillery.
It is an armored train in the full-
est interpretation of the term, since
it comprises a number of vehicles
coupled together, with the locomo-
tive placed in the centre. This cen-
tral disposition of the locomotive
is d•eeidedly advantageous and en-
hances the formidable character of
the train. An equal number of
vehicles being attached to either end
of the propelling vehicle and a simi-
lar armament being carried in each
section, the train has complete com-
mand of the country on all sides of
the railway.
This train, however, ie not impro-
vised from existing stock, but is of
special construction. The vehicles
are of the two four.wheel truck
type with substantial steel girder
framing.
The walls are of heavy steel plate
carried from, floor of the truck to
the roof. In some instances the
walls are vertical, but in other eases
they have an inward slope. In the
former instance the vehicle is roof-
less, but in the latter case a roof is
prosided, thus securing protection
against shrapnel fire. The forces
accommodated in the open armored
truck, however, are extended, a
measure of protection, since on
either side of the vehicle. a semi -
roof is fitted, supported by vertical
steel posts rising from the floor of
the•trock. This protection is close-
ly similar to that adopted in the
trenches, and, to a certain degree,
performs the self -same purpose, be-
cause the marksmen are protected
from shell fire while at the loop-
holes with which the walls are
dotted.
A Central Gangway
extends from end to end of the
train, so that the members of the
crew have free movement and are
able to concentrate their efforts at
any desired point, Some idea of
the roominess of the vehicles may
be gathered from the fact that
meals may be cooked and enjoyed
aboard with every comfort. The
outstanding feature of the armored
trains, however, is the artillery
equipment. Light guns, throwing
high -explosive shrapnel shells, are
placed at intervals. The guns are
centrally mounted and provided
with steel shields -for the benefit, of
the gun crew. The walls of the
truck on either side of the guns are
fitted with (loon rot as to facilitate
the transference of ammunition.
The guns are so disposed as to be
trained through a fairly high eleva-
tion, and may also be swung
through a complete circle so as to
be fired upon either aide of the
line.
The installation of guns of such
calibre upon an armored train is
somewhat immune but it enhances
the fighting value of the train to a
very pronounced degree, as experi-
ence has shown. One might won-
der how a train could possibly with-
stend the recoil arising from the
discharge, of 0, weapon, but owing
to the solid and heavy conetruction
of the truolc, and the fact that the
centre of gravity is placed some -
whet low, the whole battery of
guns may be fired simultaneously
over one seek without imperilling
the stability or the safety of the
train in the slightest degree. In
fact, when a broadside is discharg-
ed, the only perceptible effect a
the recoil is a. slight "kick" side-
ways on the part of the train, and
the flying open of the doore on the
depressed side,
Although confined to the rails,
the armored train has come to be
regarded as st substantial force and
difficult factor with which to reckon
in warfare.
IS LIFE GROWING LONGER?
Seieutists Say It Has Steadily
Increased.
We often hear of people of former
thews having lived to a great age,
and we have been led to 'believe that
it was w common thing in days one
by to live longer thaw we de. tiow.
There are early hidorical records
of individuals who lived hundreds
of years. The more we advance in
scientific knowledge of past condi-
tions the more reason there appears
to doubt the literal truth •of these
s•tetements.
We must take into consideration
that these dories of long ages tome
clewn to us from a time when men
had no such accurate understand-
ing of the actual passage of long
periods as we have tto-day. They
did not have our -calendar as a ba-
sis for reckoning.
Men who have made a study of
the subject tell us that the people
who are said to have lived to sueh
great nee in the past probably did
not live as long as we know is pos-
sible to -day, as the period then re-
corded as a year was probably much
shonter.
Scientific investigation has given
us reason to believe that the aver-
age duration of life has steadilyin-
creased. More attention is given
new to the care of our bodies. We
have improved living conditions,
made them more sanitary and have
learned to fight, check and eradi-
cate diseases Which formerly were
regarded as necessarily fatal.
Records show that people live
longer ta-day than only a few years
ago, and it is concluded that, the
average length of life is greater now
than at any time in:the world's his-
tory.
RA VE HAD ENOUGH OF 1VAR.
The Gerillfte Soldiers Are "Fed
Up" With It.
Some remark -able instances have
come to light of German soldiers
who are getting riick of the war. A
lance -corporal in the Gordon High-
landers in a, letter to his parents
tells of the interchange of opinions
men of his regiment had on Christ-
mas Day with German soldier. in
the trenches. The Germans, he
writes, are "fed up" with the war,
and will not fire unless the British
soldiers do. They admit that they
have been bluffedeby the Kaiser, and
say they were told the Germans 1900 when commanding the Bar -
heel captured 160 guns from the fleur he Made a most dashing at -
Russians, but knew now that it was .
all lies. One fellow, who was a
teacher in England, when asked
weat he thought of the war. said,
"The war is finished here. We do
not want to shoot." An even more
remarkable incident is vouched for
by a British officer. He says that
one day a. German who bad been
slightly wounded in an attack on
the British was pulled into one of
our trenches. He at once said,
"Give me a rifle. I have lived 27
years out 30 in England, and it is
timo some of those swine over there
were wounded." He fired at the
Germans all day, and was taken to
the rear a prisoner in the evening.
SIR DAVID BEATTY,
hero .of tlie Rig Wetery Over Ger,
many's First Line Ships.
Two pieviotta episodes in the
career of Rear-Adnural Sir David
Beatty, X.O.B., M.V.O'
. DLO.,,
hero of the big naval vietory over
the German fleet, prove him to be
a very brave man. He led a forlorn
hope to try and disable some Chi-
nese guns, ad provoked to the only
daughter of a multi -millionaire.
Though he had e00 bluejackets to
help him he failed to silence the
guns and got wounded in the at-
tempt. With only, one ally to assist
hint he stlenced the millionaire's
objeations and married that ally.
But then ho is a very ha,ndsoane
man. He is such a jolly one, too,
that it is impossible to help liking
him, Even those over whose heads
he has passed swear by him and
bear him aso grudge. It, seems only
natural that he should command—
he is so strong, so fearless, so re-
sourceful. So says a writer in the
London Tatler,
Many good 'things as well as
horses come out of Ireland, and
David Beatty was one of them. He
is the son of a soldier, Captain D.
L. Beatty, of Boredele, County
Wexford, and was born forty-three
years ago. When thirteen he en-
tered the navy, and as midshipman
put in some time on board the royal
yacht, the Victoria and Albert,
-whose first lieutenant at the time
was the Hon. (naw She Stanley
Colville. The two men were des-
tined to meet again.
While serving in the Mediterran-
ean in 1890, Beatty was landed with
the naval brigade as seeond in com-
mand under Colville, and did ex-
cellent work in getting the gun-
boats over the eataracts. Every
one said that he was so :handy and
quick. Indeed, it was just about
this time he got known as a fast
man (not about town), and he has
been getting ,faster ever since. At
Hafir, Colville was wounded and
Beatty took command, and the men
who served with him that day say
that the way he silenced first the
enemy's gunboats and then disabled
their guns in the forts at Dongela
was "a fair treat." At any rate
he got a D.S.O. for his trouble.
Jumped Over 395 Reads.
Two years later he was at Atbara
and Khartoum, when he was men-
tioned in despatches, got a medal
as well as the 4th Class Meeljidie,
was made a commander, and did a
record in the way of jumping, i.e.,
over 395 men'selee,ade. He was only
twenty-seven. It was about then
that the navy began to discover
that they really had got hold of an
infant prodigy and that he was get-
ting fairly into his stride for in
WHEN YOU CAN'T SLEEP.
Watching Breathing Will Soon Lull
3:on to Slumber.
If you are troubled with insomnia
let your breathing mesmerize you.
The abjection to repeating the al-
phabet over and over, or counting
up to thousands, or counting ern-
aginaoy sheep jumping over a stile,
is that you must keep your mind
awake to keep on doing them. As
soon as the mind drowses the pro-
cess ie apt to stop, and this stop-
ping is apt to jerk the would-be
sleeper back from the very edge of
sleep. That is why these plans so
often fail.
But watching the breathing needs
no mental effort. It goes on whe-
ther you think of ib or not, and the
soothing regularity of it is apt to
hill the mind speedily to slumfber.
It will fill the mind, too, and pre-
vent, .stil other thoughts from enter-
ing, getting the louder as sleep
comes nearer.
The plan is not to think of the
breath as coming from the rising
and falling of your chest, for this
makes you think of ohe,sts, then of
colds, and ao on, till your mind is
distracted with scattered thoughts
again. The correct way is to keep
your eyes, in imagination, looking
at the breath as it comes from the
nostrils.
On the. Itoak11
"Has he reformed1"
"Not exactly. He is just flirting
with conscience."
First Countryman—We're dein'
fine at the war, Jorge, Second
Ociunersmano-Yes, Jahn ; and se be
they lerenehieg. First. Countryman
—Ay, and sr) be they Belgians and
Rooshians. Second Q.ioun toyege,n _—
Ay, an' so be the Allies, I do 'be
oncerboin where they some from,
,Tahn, but they be devils for fight -
in'.
Rea r -A dilated Sir David Beatty
tempt to silence two Chinese guns
at Tientsin during the Boxer Re-
bellion. Even though twice wound-
edhe still gallantly advanced with
the 200 bluejackets in the storming
party attempting an impossible task.
He proved, however, that he pos-
sessed just that quality which used
to make Marshal Soult so angry.
"These English," Soult used teeny,
"know nothing about war, they ne-
ver know when they are beaten,"
For this exploit David Beatty was
made a captain—a captain at
twenty-nine. Great Nelson's ghost,
something was wrong! Grey-haired
men shook their heads and feared
that the service was going to the
devil. But Beatty, quite unabashed
by their prophecies, proceeded the
next year to snake another oonquest
and married Ethel, the only daugh-
ter of Marshall Field, the American
multi -millionaire. Rumor had two
remarks to make concerning the
marriage, the one that every 'even-
ing after dinner Admiral Beatty
drank to his wife's beautiful eyes—
ond this not merely a5 an excuse to
have an extra, peg, The other that
Mrs. Beatty would not allow her
husband to take a title, However,
now that lie has :beet mads a K.
0. B,, Pais wife becomes Lady Beat-
ty, doubtless very much against her
Hew Americans are maligned.
He has a splendid town house, a
Ons shooting and eahing at Inver-
eauld, Where he has entertained
royalty, and a beautiful place in the
,shires, Wee their ever a, mom
luecy man? Pub oto no bit of
bate luck be Etas had, Some Aare
ago thieves broke into his residence,
Brooksby Hall, Melton Mowbray,
and robbed him and his wife of
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thousands of pounds' worth, of jew-
calory and valuables, They did the
thing quite in motiou picture style,
with a motor ear, shaded lamps,
etc., and they got off safe with the
swag. None Of the ii0QtY was ever
recovered save Beatty? medals and
decorations, which in their haste
they dropped in the grouude.
RearvA.diniral at 39.
When thirty-nine years of age he
was made reer-admiral, .enti as be-
came an infant prodigy, was by far
the youngest admiral in the service,
Even Nelson was a year older be-
fore, he got flag rank. Years ago,
however, Rodney, who was thirty-
one, and Koppel, who was thirty-
seven when made admirals, heat
him in the race, for promotion. Still
he has not had much to complain of
from fortune, for in .addition to the
trifles already 'mentioned he was
made an A.D.C. to the King, one of
whose •elhipmates he formerly was,
and on Mr. Churchill coming into
office he could not retied a mars of
such dash and courage as B.eatty,
and made him Secretary to ehe First
Lord of the Admirety. "Ho is un-
doubtedly a man of ability, but
don't you think he is rather too in-
clined to run risks " said a, col-
league to Winston. "There is only
one thing he would rather run and
that is a horse," replied Churchill.
And Beatty is fond of :horses; was
there ever an Irishman who was
not? Became it runs in the family,
his brother, Major Charles Beatty,
is one of the most successful train-
ers at Newmarket.
History -Raking 1)ays.
History has filled pages rapidly of
late. In 1913 AcknirelBeatty hoist-
ed his flag on, the battle -cruiser
Lion as reareadmiral of the battle -
cruiser squadron. In June Of last
year he an.d, his ships were enter-
tained by the Russians at Revel and
Kronstadt .stred immediately deer -
wards in the Kiel Canal by the.Kai-
ser. What Englishman could have
pierced the fog of Germen deceit
and treachery, and known that even
when feasting -tame' the Kaiser had
decided on ever—that "the day"
was at hand? On July 20 the King
called Admiral Beatty on board the
Victoria, and Abert and personally
invested him with the Order of K.
C. B. By this time the mutterings
of the coming dorm were
How it broke all of us know.
Vice -Admiral Beatty's luck is, of
eourse, phenomenal. Ever since he
was a middy he has always happen-
ed to be in the right place at the
right moment, and by the same to-
ken he has always been able to take
full advantage of the opportunities
that have offered. As a writer of
despatches he is by no means a
dulard, as his despatch on the Bight
of Heligoland affair shows. What a
vivid pen -picture of the power of
the battle -cruiser Lion we have in
the following words; "At 12.56
p.msighted and engaged a two -
funnelled eruiser ahead. Lion fired
two salvos at her which took effect,
and she disappeared into the mist
burning fiercely and in a sinking
condition."
At the time thee two salvos were
fired the enemy cruiser was steam-
ing at high .speed at right angles to
the Lion, who was herself steaming
at 28 knots! Then : "She was sight-
ed again at 1.25 .p.M. steamingS.
E., and with coleys stileflying,
Lion opened fire with two turrets,
and at 1.35 pen., after receiving
two saves, she sank'—a foretaste of
what will be later!
A GUARANTEED IYIEDICINE
FOR LITTLE ONES
Baby's Own Tablets are a good
medicine for little ones, They are
guaranteed by a Government ana-
lyst to be. absolutely free from the
opiates and narcoti•es found in so-
called "soothing" mixtures. They
cannot possibly do herrn—they al-
ways do good. Once a -mother has
given them to her little ones she
will use no other medicine. Con-
cerning there Mrs. Jos. Dearosiere,
St. Alphonse, Que., says "Baby's
Own Ttablets saved my little one's
life when he was suffering from
worms, and I would not bo without
them." The, Tablets are sold by
medicine dealers or by mail at 25
cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont.
Guard the Tongue.
You would net think of taking
your neighbor's life or wounding
hien with any physical weapon. But
you perhaps" do not realize that
when you say an evil thingabout
him you are wounding him more
grievously than you could possibly
wound him with gun or dagger. You
may be killing his reputation, which
may be a worse calamity to him
than killing his body. It is strange
indeed that this terrible item of
wrongdoing is se easy and so wide-
spread. It is hard to understand
the peculiar pleasure which many
people seem to feel in saying un-
kind things about others. B.a,r1 as
it is .simply a.s a, breach of good
neighborliness and good oitizenahip,
it is unspeakablybad from the
40,114point of Christianity and the
teachings of .Christia,nittesis launder.
But, alas! The things we want to
do are usually the things we
The automobile has it on the
horse in ono respect. It doesn't
shod its hair in the spring,
ENGLISH SPARROW A PEST
OAS BECOME VIM TROUBLR',
SOWN IN ..otraucAt
Spread All Over the Country in the
Space of Sixty
Ilene%
The English sparrow was intro-
duced into Amer -toe, about 00 yeeee
ago, and is now distributed over
nearly all of the United States arid
Southern Canada This rapid dis-
eemination is e result of the bird's
hardiness, extraordinary fecundity,
diversity of food,. agre.ssive (Re-
position, a,nd niftiest complete im-
munity from natural enemies, says
the New York Sun.
Ned Deariborn, biologist ol the
Department of Agriculture, is' se-
vere on the English aparrow, He
says they are cunning, destructive
and filthy, although admitting that
sparrows consume quantities of
eneseed•s0ed and in summer nuentro.ue
ivete
During an investigation of birds
that destroy alfalfa weevil in north-
ern Utah English sparrows were
found to he feeding their nestlings
largely on weevil larvae and cut-
worms, both very injurious to alfal.
fe. Wherever this birds proves use-
ful it is entitled to protection and
encouragement.
Under normal conditions its
ohoice of insects may be unfavor-
able Out of 522 English spari'ow
stomachs examined by the biological
department of the .A,grioultural De-
partment, 47 contained noxious in -
seats, 80 held beneficial insects, and
31 contained insects of practically
no importance. The Agricultural
Department does not sae, what was
found to the credit or discredit of
the other 394 specimens ex,aanined.
A report on only one quarter ofethe
apecimens examined can hardly be
considered satisfactory to earned
people enquiring into this subject.
Destroys Fruits.
The English sparrow is condemn -
,ed for its destruction of cherries,
grapes, pears, peadhe,s, buds and
flowers of cultivated trees, sprouts
and vines. In the garden, the scien-
tists say, sparrows at seeds as they
ripen, nip off tender young vege-
tables, especially peas and lettuce,
as they appear above ground. We
have never experienced this trouble
although sparrows are abundant
about the garden. They are a nuis- Many years ago, before' most of
the motors of to -day were thought
possible, man used the horse to turn
the wheels of his machinery by
means of a tread -mill. In this way
the horse came to stand for a unit
of power according to the size of the
machine he could work effeotively.
When engines began to displace
horses, ,because they could develop
several times the motive power, it
was natural to refer to their capa-
city on the basis of a, horsepower
unit, by speaking of an engine as
being able to do the work of two,
three, four, five or more horses.
And so the custom was established
of making use of the term as de-
scriptive of power.
The fact is that a "horsepower"
—or simply hop. as it is generally
fsgurss in engineering' descriptions
—really means a greater power
than is expected of a horse and
greater than he is capable of. It
means the power to lift 30,000
pounds one foot in one minutest.
The continued use of the old term
to indicate this modern unit of
power for an engine or motor illes-
trates how, for want of a suitable
substitute, custom will keep /dive a
term that has lost its apparent sig-
nificance.
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Why Lead 1; So Heavy.
frightened by the discharge of the
gun at ;the first floek.
Traps Are Beet,
In many places traps must be em-
ployed where a gun cannot be used
or where it is not desirable. Besides
being safe, properly designed traps
have other adventagee. Native
birds 'caught in the traps can be lib-
erated 'unharmed and trapped spar-
rOWS can be kept alive for food like
poultry, In Europe sparrows have
been utilized for food for centuries.
In captivity the birds must he kept
clean, supplied with fresh, clean
waterdaiiy, A variety of food is re-
quired to keep them in good condi-
tion; bread, oats, wheat, corn -meal
mash, lettuce and cabbage will be
relished.
To mercifully kill as trapped spar -
Tow place the thumb pail at the
base of the 'skull and dislocate the.
;Tea by hard and quick pressure.
To dress .sparrows out off the legs,
the wings at the outer point and the
neck elose to the body ; strip off the
skin, beginning at the neck; make a
cut through the body 'wall extend-
ing from the 'neck along the back-
bone till the ribs are severed, then
around ;between the legs to the tail,
and remove the Vieera.
Sparrows may be cooked by any
of the 'methods employed for reed -
binds or quail, and compare favor-
ably with the 'best kinds of small
game,
We rarely appreciate gams for
the food itself, but more often for
the name. 'Several yearn ago a
party of duck hunters arrived tired
and hungry at a tavern near the
shooting grounds, and where they
were to put op for the night. The
host hare the reputation of setting a
splendid_ table, the . food usually
consisting of fish or game.
A bird pie was served for dinner
and all agreed that it was delicious,
the :best quail pie they had ever
tasted.
In England sparrows are trapped
with a sieve, one end held up by a
short stake to which a long string is
tied. The trap is baited with bread
crumbs, oats or wheat. The birds
are permitted to eat the bait until
a number have gathered under the
sieve, when the cord is pulled, re-
moving the stake and allowing the
trap to fall over the birds gathered
under the sieve.
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• HORSE P 0 WEB.
HOW and Why the Term Came tobe
Used.
ance with their muss, buildieg nets
in troublesome places, in the gut-
ters on the roof, causing the -water
to overflow and littering itp the
building generally, but this is the
worst charge we are able to bring
against the English sparrow.
Mr. Dearborn says the English
sparrow reduces the number of
some ef our most useful and attrac-
tive native birds, such as bluebirds,
house wrens, purple martins, tree
swallows, cliff swallows and barn
swallows, by destroying their eggs
and young and by usurping nesting
places. It attacks the robin, wren,
redeyed vireo, catbird and mocking
bird, causing them todesert parka
and shady streets of towns. Unlike
our native birds, whose place ib
usurps, it has no song, but is noisy
and vituperative. It defiles build-
ings and ornamental trees, shrubs
and vines with its excrement and
with its bulky nests.
No where is the English sparrow
included among .the birds protected
by law, and as individuals and
flocks have an extremely narrow
range, each flock occupying one lo-
cality to which its activities are
chiefly eonfined, they are easily ex-
terminated. When aplaee has once
been cleared of sparrows it will be
some time before it is reoccupied.
English sparrows are good to eat,
and their use as a food is recom-
mended because of their nutritive
value and as a means of reducing
their number. Sparrows feed in
close flocks, and when thus assemb-
led a large number may be killed by
a. charge of shot from a small bore,
12, 16 or 20 gauge Parker shotgun.
Sparrows can be baited by scatter-
ing grain about, shooting the birds
and then rebaiting the places. The
baiting places should he far enough
apart so the birds at the second and
third feeding places will not be
Although lead is the softest metal
in general use it is very dense. That
is, its particles are very eompactiy
united, and there is no room for air
to circulate in between these parti-
cles. Most apparently solid sub-
atances are penetrated by more or
less air, and this, of course, affects
the weight in proportion to the
hulk. A piece of wood is lighter
than apiece of lead of exactly equal
bulk because the little partieles
which make up the piece of wood
are not very close together, and it
contains a, lot of air.
DONTIAG, SPIT, SNEEZE,
CURE YOURSELF I BREATHE HCATARRHOZONE" 1
Gives Instant Reliefs, Clears
Out Nose, Throat and all
Breathing Organs
In this fickle climate, repeated colds
very easily drift into Catarrh.
The natural tendency of Catarrh is to
extend through the system in every
direction,
Exposure to cold or dampness inten-
sifies the trouble and nasal catarrh ie
the remit.
'Unless a complete cure Is effected,
Inflammation Passes rapidly to the
throat, bronchial tubes and then to
the hinge,
You Can't snake new hings—henee
Conetumption Is practically incurable.
Ilut Catarrh can be cured, except in
its final and always fatal stage.
Catarrh sufferers, meaning those
with colds, sore throats, bronchial
trouble, etc., can all be cured right at
home by inhaling "Catarrhozone,"
In using Catarrhozone you don't
take medicine into the stomach—you
just breathe a healing piney vapor dlr.
eot to the lunge and air passages.
The purest balsams and the greatest
antiseptics ere thus sent to every spot
where catarrhal trouble exists, germs
are killed, foul secretions are clesteoy.
ed nature is given a chance and euro
comes quickly.
Colds. Aid throat troubles opal last
11 the pure healing vapor of Catarrh -
ozone is breathed,—meezing and
ooughlua cease et once, because irre
Wien 11 retrieved.
Use Catarrhosone to prevent—use
it to cure your winter ilia It's pleas-
ant, Bil10 and guaranteed in every
ease. Complete outfit $1,00, Smaller
sire 60a, at alledealers.
NEWS OF THE MINIS'. litIEST'
BETWEEN ONTARIO 1,NO BM—
TISH COLU611111A.
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Items Prom Provinces Where 3I0n)"
Ontario BOYS and Girls tiro
Living.
Alberta will vote on prohibitions
an Wednesday, July 21,
On Dec, 31, Edmonton had $2,-
500,000 unpaid taxes on ite books. .
In the last five years, organized.
territory in Alberta has doubled.
Winnipeg building permits for libs.
past five years totalled $813,748,700.
William Graham, Brandou, Man.,„
has a ,Stradivarius violin made in.
1720.
Dr. Mack, of Gilbert 'Plains,
kan., sold his section and a quarter
for $28,000.
In a suburb of Winnipeg 69 homes.
were built last season at a cost of
$'750,000
The Olympia, Hotel has jest been.
finihed at Winnipeg at a oost of
$400,000.
Edmonton district exported near-
ly $2,000,000 worth of goods to the-
tJ.5, last year.
Most of the creeks are dry round,
Spruce Creek, Man., and many
farmers are sinking wells,
At Sifton, Man., women are
afraid to hang out theii. washing for
fear the cattle will eat it.
More cordwood is being shipped,
out of the bush in Manitoba than.
for many winters past.
There is said to be more demand
for earm land in Saskatchewan now
than there has been for years.
Colonization officials predict that,
Alberta. land will sell for big prices.
inside of the next 12 months.
To date farmers in the vicinity of
Morden Man., have •contributed
'770 sacks of flour to Belgian relief.
Hog cholera bas broken 'out o0.
the farm of W. Moston, of Fairlight,
Man., Several i farms are quaran-
tined.
At Portage la Prairie. Man., sixty
ladies have agreed to meet regular-
ly to make clothing for the Queen
Mary Needlework guild.
The Knight Sugar Co., which has
beeo operating in Raymond, Al-
berta, will move its plant to Lay-
ton, Utah, unless it is purchased by
Alberta parties.
Alberta farmers are being urged
to breed horses, as it is estimated
that horse flesh will he high fur 10
years after the war is over.
At Winnipeg, the C.P.B. is ina,k-
ing improvements to its terminals
and the Royal Alexandra. Hotel
which will cost a milltun and a helf.
When projected improvements to
Winnipeg schools are completed,
they will total, between buildiees
and sites, o value of 86.000,000.
At West Kildonan, Man., bur-
glars broke into the house of A. \V.
Collinson while the family were at
church, and ransacked the whole
place.
Al Russell, Man.: the C.N.R. has
purchased a large tract of land and
will make that town the first divi-
sional point west of Winnipeg on
its short line to Edmonton.
MORE ABOUT It ULTUlt.
Belgian Women and Children Used
as Screens for Germans.
Women and little children Were
forced to spend a night on bridges
by the German troops that invaded
Belgium, to prevent the French
from destroying the structure, it
was asserted in the first report of
the special Anglo -Belgian commit-
tee appointed to question Belgian
refugees, made public recently.
!Belgian nuns and priests suffered
the same treatment, regardless to
climatic conditions. From the first
moment of invasion, the Germans
used old men, women and children
as screens to protect their advanc-
ing troops. Tho fact that not only
the emallest .patrols, but entire
armies employed the same means
led the Belgians to believe thee this
use of non-combatants in war has
been drilled into. the Germane as
part af their army tactics.
The Germans inflicted the most
cruel treatment upon Belgian civil-
ians taken prisoners, and trene-
ported to G.ernaany. They were
styled "Fra,notireurs," herded in
filthy cattle trucks tend lodged in
most unsanitary quarters, it was
oharged. In some instances they
were insulted by mobs, and often
left without food.
Belgian military prisoners were
fairly ,well treated, but were given
no clothing ea. step, and were not
provided with sanitary co•even-
knees.
B1'11.81108
The wealth of the United King-
dom. in 1814 was computed at about
$12,500,000,000, while e con:sena-
ties estimate would place it now ltb
about 886,000,000,000, an increase
of 580 per 'amt., while population ,
has grown 1130 per cene. The income
of the British people in tide period
has increased 700 per eent,--from
$1,500,000,000 to $12,000,000,000.
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Many s married man wonders
just how small &portion of hie eV logs he is really entitled to,