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The Brussels Post, 1916-3-23, Page 6New Records Created b The Sun Life of Canada i•ROGRESSIVE business methods, backed by forty- five A3. years of fair -dealing, have achieved for the Sun Life of Canada during 1915 records that are new in the Canadian life assurance field. Assurances of over $34,000,000 issued and paid for in cash; Total Assurances in Force of over $250,000,000; Total Payments to Policy. holders since organization of more than $52,600;000; Assets in excess of $74,000.000; a Cash Income of nearly $16,000,000 and an marks in the annals of Canadian life as Undistributed Net Surplus of over $7,500,000=all are high-water s uranee Their achievement maintains the established • prestige of the Sun Life of Canada as A Leader Among the Life Companies of the Empire The following substantial and uniform increases registered during the past year clearly demonstrate the strength of the Company's position :— Assets as at December 31st. . Cash Income Surplus Distributed to Policyholders Net Surplus as at December 31st. . Total Payments to Policyholders Assurances Issued and Paid for in Cash Assurances in Force . 1915 $74,326,423 15,972,672 985,487 7,545,591 7,129,479 34,873,851 257,404,160 1914 INCREASE $84,187,856 $10,138,767 (15..,0) 15,032,275 920,397 ( 6.1 5) 801,763 123,724 (14.3% 6,503,794 1,041,797 (16 _qs 8,101,287 968,122. .15.7% () 33;167,939 2,706,512 (8.491) 218,299,835 39,104,325 (17.9A) THE COMPANY'S GROWTH YEAR INCOME ASSETS LIFE ASSURANCE 1N FORCE 1572 . . . . , . . . . 1335 1363 100 - 3 43,210.73 3100 7.05 143051.09 531.09 V17,49423 15.972.672.31 5 96,461.95 1,111,e.LJ3 5,333,770.53 21,300,383.3`5 74.326,423.78. 5 1064 433.eo 75130,8784 7 317 h 310 25 - 55,230.831.711915 '257.404..160.42. T. B. MACAULAY, F.1. A., F. A. S., PRESIDENT AND AtANA(. %NC DIRECTOR. S. H. EWING, V10E-PRESIDENT. UN IrE'453 c©_ b 1871 HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL FREDERICK G. COPE SECRETARY. UR 1913 AUSTRALIA TO GROW COTTON. Needed for Shells and Vast Acreage Will Be Planted. Cotton growing in Australia to )help Britain and her allies was de- cided upon recently at a public meet- ing held at Mount Morgan, in nor- thern orthern Queensland. It is recalled that toward the close of the Civil War in the United States, Queensland took to cotton culture to meet the English demand, which was enormous, and had been greatly in- creased by the impoverishment of the South; and in 1871 the cotton exports from Australia amounted to 2,500,000 pound,. When cotton grow- ing recovered in the United States that country produced it in huge quantities and in order to dispose of it, sold it at such low figures that the Queensland growers could not compete with profit at the American price, and the industry finally lan- guished. The present cotton -growing campaign owes itself to an article written for a Rockhampton newspa- per by G. Stephen Hart, F. R. S. In the course of this Mr. Hart said: "For 10,000,000 soldiers, one pound of cotton per man would mean about 4,500 tons. I do not know how many pounds of high explosives made from cotton, each soldier, on the average, uses in one year, but as a guide it may be taken that one pound of cor- dite is required for about 250 rifle cartridges, and 500 pounds of cotton makes one charge for one 15 -inch ' shell for the Queen Elizabeth. That illustrious chemical savant, Sir Wm. Ramsay, has, with others been assert-' ing again and again that no cotton means no shells, and has at last pre- vailed upon the Allies to declare cot-; ton a contraband of war. Cannot we, too, learn the lesson that no cotton means 710 shells, and that unless we have cotton in Australia we are de- fenselessl Shall we grow or import it. Or shall we sit down without it till we see if anybody comes our way. "A number of fitters are to be used in Queensland to make shells. A single lathe, capable of marring 20 shells a day, is gladly accepted. So would a contribution of 1,000 tons, or even 100 tons of cotton. From world statistics it may be taken that five acres of cotton plants yield one ton of cotton. The yield from perennial cotton, where unaffected by frost, is as high as five pounds of bolls or two and one-half pounds of lint. As the nicking necessitates considerable la- hor, it would seem better for many to grow small areas of up to, say, five acres each, rather than for individ- uals to attempt large plantations." HOW MINERS SWEEP TILE SEAS,. I A Shipper Tells of Trouble in the North Sen. A. thrilling story of a remarkable escape from destruction by a sub- marine mine is told by an East Coast skipper who for months past has been engaged in the dangerous work of mine sweeping. Setting sail ;from a port, he says: "Two days later we reached the mine field which load been sown in that region. We had not been there five minutes beforewe found a mine and disposed of it. Each clay our work progressed, and we fotltid more ant more, and then the following remarkable incident oo- corred: While still sweeping I thought there must be something wrong with my swooping gear, so I decided to haul the sweep in. We were getting the 'lite' up, when I saw another mine lying right on to I CARE WITH WELL WATER. P of the 'kite,' where it had become en tangled in the gear. It was a mine too, and I shouted to the men to stop I the winch, but before I could do any thing to prevent it the mine gob jam I med between the 'kite' and the ship' I side. A tremendous explosion followe immediately, but luckily, the min was still practically below water. A tremendous column of water rose t la height of 150 feet, and great chunk of the steel mine flew all ways, bu no'one was struck or hurt. A jagged portion weighing 101 pounds came fly- ing through the windows of the wheelhouse, and after missing me by a few inches fell on the floor near my feet. Save for some minor injuries from the shattered glass, I was un- hurt. The greatest excitement was caused by the immense column of water, which simply collapsed on our deck, washing five of the crew over- board. Fortunately, however, my i partner's boat with whom I had been sweeping was able to pick the men up. Oubtvardly ray craft appeared un- damaged, but tons of water had fill- ed. Thinking the ship was sinking, all the hands except myself and the sub -lieutenant hurriedly left in the small boat, which was undamaged. We proceeded to examine the vessel, and, satisfied there was no leakage ab all, signalled to the crew to return, which they did. We were then taken in tow, and reached port next day.. - Drinking Water May Be Polluted Froin Many Sources. Melting snow, carrying with it in solution much of the refuse and de- s caying matter accumulated during the winter, constitutes a serious danger d to the water supply from wells. Many e wells are so -constructed as to allow surface water to find its way around o the tops, while in otl particularly s dug wells, it seeps in through the t brick lining near the top. Where there is any danger of this pollution it is a measure of safety to boil the wa- ter before it is used for human con- sumption. For lining dug wells reinforced con- crete has been successfully used. Con- crete may be made practically im- pervious to water, so that a concrete - lined dug well can be polluted only from the bottom. The water surply on the farm is al- ways an important matter„ and too much care cannot be taken in its lo- cation and protection. The farm well should be placed where the surface drainage from all possible sources of contamination is away from the well. If possible, it is advisable to provide impervious floors with watertight drains for farm buildings and stock pens.' Under the same conditions concrete manure pits might well be provided not only to prevent the liquid manure from 'polluting the neighbor- ing soil but to save the manure. No garbage, manure, or rubbish should be dumped into sinks or basins in the immediate neighborhood, and such basins should be fenced off and kept free from polluting matter. The house should bo provided with some safe method of sewage disposal, while slops and garbage from the kitchen should be deposited in tightly covered garb- age cans and disposed of by burying in the fields, burning, etc. The use of privy vaults and leaching or over- flowing cesspools should also be abso- lutely avoided, as they are likely to be sources of the worst contamina- tion. CONQUER FEAR rN BATTLE, Feeling of Dread That All Experience is Banished. Gerrnsn newspapers print opinions of soldiers .on their sensations when going into battle, especially their ex- periences in regard to fear. They quote from an interiew in the Nou- velle Review, in which a French cap- tain says that every soldier, no mat- ter how brave, is momentarily over- come by a sensation of fear when going into battle, "I know that every time I lead my company into battle fear comes upon me, not only for myself, but also for my men. And, strange to say, in the midst of the battle fear is banished entirely. One thinks of nothing elan then but to vanquish the enemy." A wounded German officer gives his impressions as follows: "There is something we learn in war of which we can have 710 concep- tion in times of peace, and that is the beauty of fear. The beauty of it con- sists in the victory of the soldier over fear, He who experiences this awful fear on going into battle and conquers it alone can know the joy of living. It makes a man richer and nobler; it strengthens his character and develops his soul, He who once faces death, and survives, lives, so to speak, an entirely new and different life. Worldly and material things lose their fernier value. "It makes a man deeply religious -- not so much in the way of a church- goer, but a firm believer in God and immortality. And after that the sol- dier no longer hits any fear of death, He looks upon death merely 96 an incident in life," Destroy the Early Fly. The bright sunny days of March and April are an inducement for the housefly to appear. An early start in destroying these pests should be made on the first fly seen, and the good work should be consistently and ef- fectively carried on. The destruction of the early fly will mean the saving in of valuable lives, as there is no more,th persistent carrier and distributor of to th TESTING BRITISI QUICK -FIRING GUNS 00 THROUGH HANDS OF HALF .A DOZEN EXPERTS. How Weapons of Warfare Are Tried and Proved Before Acceptance. There is no weapon in use by our forces to -day which has to stand 'so terrible a strain as the quick -firing guu, This fires a projectile weighing b ut eighteen half pounds.It a o g on and a a t has a range of over four mi es, and the shell, on leaving the muzzle, trav- els more than three hundred yards in the first second, says London Answers. In all great gun factories there a special department where this tee ing is carried out. First of all th barrel, from born to muzzle, is accu ately gauged with most delicate • struments, Inside the Barrel. Next, a guttapercha impression taken of the inside of the barrel. Th is kept—filed, you might say—t gether with full particulars and des cription of the gun to which it b longs. 11 all appears correct the gun sent to the proing ground. Here bh testing is most severe, the charge used being considerably heavier tha those employed in actual warfare. I speaks well for modern workmanshi that very few cannon show any sign of damage from this treatment. Guns. that have withstood the test are then returned to the works, wher the gauging process is gone throug all over again, Inside and out, th whole barrel is carefully measured t see if there is any enlargement du to the heavy charges. If the expert pronounces that th gun is satisfactory, off it goes to th grinding -shop, where the bore is lap ped out with lead blocks in order t give a perfect polish and finish. The final process is the "browning," which consists in treating the whol of the outside of the weapon four five times over with a certain acid This enables the metal to resist wea ther in a remarkable fashion. Our field artillery is the finest i is ®. t_ Don't Hold Clothes Pins in Your e Mouth. r- So many accidents have been re m- ported lately due to the 'carelessnes of the housewife that a series of "Don'ts" have been proposed. A co mon habit and a very bad one is it ns 'lusbrated here. Holding clothespins 1s or any other small household article 0" in the mouth spoils its shape. an ruins the teeth. Some of the other 0- don'ts are as follows: I Don't risk your life cleaning win - is dows from tho outside. e' Don't pyramid the furniture to 8 make a perch from which to hang 11 pictures. Get a stepladder and pre - t vent a household calamity. P Don't trip in the house. Be care- s ful in placing rugs on the floor. ! Don't bump your head on open s closet doors. 0 e Don't grope in dark closets. Get a h little electric torch and save your- e self many unpleasant experiences. o Don't leave domestic implements on e the stairs. A dustpan turns the 3 stairway into a toboggan slide for o unwary feet. o Don't try to negotiate the stairway - with arms encumbered. 0' SOLDIERS SLEPT - AS THEY MARCHED SOMNAMBULISTS MAKE RE- TREAT Not a Groan, Not a Motion, Not a From the alit ke . west NOTES OF INTEREST FR05-1 HER BANKS AND BRAES. {that Is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. . Complaint,' Only Medicine Ht's school tax rate this Sleep.year. is 7 mills: Edmonton schools enrolled 10,350 A wonderful new Sidelight is ihiown scholars last year, on the glorious retreat of the Pritieh It is said that 5,000 Wren kine need andand the French from Mons to the ed on Saskatcllewlrn farms. the Di•. Goorgo W. Crile, des-' Arrn River'Rural municipality is to Spend . G00 p on gopher he+• tnnguasliccl Anlye"v. ()()11;.: , ass n p - waso6 Pe raison's Pireelc]y `The inialmutn temperature at In a recently publihed book ho P• alau for January was 60 below zorP. tolls how the French and our orlgmal Tike Institute of Technology and expeditionary forco marelied 180 A• rt will be started in Edmonton this miles in nine days and nights often coming Autumn. fast asleep, conttnuelly fighting „des- A1'm River rural municipality will Aerate rear -guard actions against donate $50 monthly during 1910, to - seemingly overwhelming hordes of the Patriotic Puna. s Germans. It is predicted that. there 1vi11 be "Only rarely were sufficiently long) Sno shortage of farm labor in Sas "Only made for the men to snatch a tacit n this coming spring. m ) In night raids in Edmonton recent few moments of rest," writes Dr • ly 41 were arrested on the charge of Crile. "Food and water were searco Selling liquor without a license. g and were irregularly supplied. About $200,000 is being distributed d The point of paramount interest 1 iiow on the semi-monthly pay days in that retreat is in the sleep pheno- among the Saskatchewan soldiers. mena experienced by these men:' In the second week of May 000 1 "It has been shown that animals merchants will gather in Regina to subjected to the most favorable Can- Merchants' the annual Provincial Retail ditions, kept from exertion or worry, Merchants' Association. supplied .with plenty of food, and in A young half-breed locally known. Hos- good hygienic surroundings, do not as Samson, died in the Cottage Hos survive longer than front five to eight petal at Peace River last week, after gg suffering for ten days with the. hie - days without sleep. coughs. The Men Slept as They Marched. Chinese Laundries in Manitoba will be brought under the Factories act "In this retreat from Mons to the under an amendment to the act Marne we have an extraordinary hu- adopted by the Mw amendments comnnitteo. man experiment, in: which several Botl1 women and men voted in the hundred thousand men obtained little recent municipal elections in Edmon- sleep during nine days, and in addi- ton for the first time in the city's tion, made forced marches and fought history. The women's vote was 28 one of the greatest battles in history. per cent. of the. 7,431 polled. "How did these men survive nine J. W. Cowley, postmaster of Pick - days apparently without opportunity ardville. had his house burned down to sleep? They did an extraordinary last week. Very little was saved of ping—they slept while they march- clothing or furniture, and the post ed. Sheer fatigue slowed down their office fixtures were a total loss. Signs bearing the inscription, "No pace to a rate that would permit them Austrians • or Germans Employed to sleep while walking. Here," have sprung up all over Cal - "The unvaried testimony of the gary, since the raids on the White soldiers was that everyone at times Lunch cafes and the Riverside hotel. slept on the march. They passed through villages asleep. When sleep) A FRENCH HEROINE. deepened and they began to reel they` were wakened by their comrades. I 1, Mademoiselle Moreau Has Been De - They sleep in water, on stones, in' brush,;; or in the middle of the road coruted With the Military Medal as if they had suddenly fallen. in It is well known that since the be - death. No man was safe who fell' out ginning of the war women have been of the ranks, for no matter on what fighting in the European armies. Tho Pretext he fell out, sleep conquered latest and perhaps the most pictur- him, and asleep many were captured.'esque heroine is Mlle. Emllienne Mo - That the artillery men slept on horse- reau, a young French girl only seven - back was evidenced by the fact that teen years old, who received the Mill - every man lost his cap. tar Medal from General de Sail1 at "The complete exhaustion of the• Versailles in recognition of her great men is vividly told by Dr. Gros, of the gallantry under fire. American Ambulance, who, with Mademoiselle Moreau, says the others, went to the battle field of the London Sphere, formerly resided in Marne to collect the wounded. When Loos, the town that was captured by the ambulances arrived at Meaux at the British under Gen. Sir Douglas midnight they found the town in ut- Haig toward the end of -last Septem ter darkness. At last they succeeded bei. , During the German occupation in awaking the Mayor. Packed With Sleeping Wounded. "'Can you tell in what village we shall find the wounded? We were who remained in the town were in her told there were many •here.' charge. Her old father died not long "'My'village is full of wounded. I ago after the Germans occupied the will show you,' the Mayor replied. town. "They threaded their way through When the -great attack was begun dark streets to a dilapidated school Mademoiselle Moreau waited in eager building. Not a sound! There was the suspense for the result. Hidden stillness of death. They rapped loud away in the cellars and in other plates of comparative safety were several families, including old men, women and children. She herself re- fused to remain under shelter when it became evident that the Germans were being driven back. As soon as the British entered. Mademoiselle Moreau sallied out into the streets and "Surgical aid, the prospect of being during the ensuing struggle assisted taken to a good hospital, the thought the wended to places of safety. ' Al - of food and drink, of being removed though not physically strong, her de - from the range of the enemy's guns, termination increased her strength awakened no interest. They 'had tenfold, To those who needed them reached the stage of unconditional ex- she gave drink and stimulants, and haustion, and desired only to bo left sho dressed as best she could the alone. 'They slept on, while their wounds of others. When the British wounds were being dressed, surgeons entered the town they "After deep sleep for two or three found her pending tenderly over her days, during which they wanted neith- chlu'ges• or food nor drink,. they began to be As. the British reinforcements 3nov conscious of their surroundings; they ed up, she heard them singing "God asked questions, the experienced pain, Save the Ring" with true British vi - they had discomforts and wants—ger, When they had finished, Made - they had returned from the abysmal moiselle. Moreau dashed forward and gblivion of sleep." began to sing the "Marseillaisc." Tho soldiers surrounded her and ,joined i3 with a will, singing Rouget de Lisle's undying lines with the greatest en- thusiasm. A few days later this 1•reaeh army order was issued: "Mlle,.Emilienne Moreau, aged 17% very great depths. The lowest level yeat's, living at Loos (North 'Prance). is almost a mile below the surface, On September 25,, at the taking of the and still deeper levels are building. in village of Looe by the Br!tah troops a recent report the superintendent she organized a first-aid station in says that were it not for the rapidly her house and was employed the whole increasing : temperature, the mines day and night do caring for the wcund- could be worked profitably to "hors-' ed. ' With no regard for herself sho son" twenty-six (7,620 feet deep ),.-• placed all her resources nt their dbs- and oven to a greater depth,—that is, !pose). without the slightest reward. of course, if the lode continued of the She went forth amongst them armed same size and richness, The temper -11 only with revolvers, and, with the aid ature chart show± that the tempera-. i of it few British soldiers, disabled mad tura of the rock at such a depthcapturedtwo of the enmy, who, hid - would be no less than 126 degrees at den in a neighboring house, were fie - the moment of opening it, As the ingoh the first-aid station." engineers see Ito way to increase the I Following the presentation of the Volume of ventilating air, they plan Military Medal, Mademoiselle Moreau to cool and dry the air before sending was presented to. Monsieur Poincaro it to the lower levels. In that way by Senator Jean Dupuy, they think they can without discom- fort follow the lodes to the depth of If you would outshine ,your tieiglt- nearly a mile and a half below the hors get a good •reliutatieti and then surfaoo of the earth, +keep it polished. . T KING CHATS WITH H SKIPPER. e _ or Informal Visit to Oneof the' North Sea Craft. The King's sailor experience en - n ables him to appreciate the work of the world, not even excepting the Ger man. It is also fairly modern. It wa mine sweeping and submarine hunt- s ing performed by the skippers and d crews of the small craft that scour the. waters of the North Sea, and re - ✓ Gently he paid a'visit to a boat which had the good fortune to do a piece of work that probably saved a'transport _ . from attack, says a London despatch. "When we gob back into harbor," the skipper relates, "I got 'to know the King was coming, so we made the boat look a bit smart, and presently who should come along but his Ma- jesty and Prince Albert, a lord and an admiral, and some more. I was all- of a shake when they came along h side the quay, and the admiral said: 'Your "Majesty, this is the ship, and that is the skipper.' "Then the King stepped aboard. 'Skipper,' says he, quite nice and friendly, 'I am very pleased to meet 'you. I am very proud of you. You are a brave man, and so are all your crew.' Then he shook hands. ff "I 'majestied' him at first, but when he called me skipper I just 'stirred' him, and he seemed pleased. He put his hand on my shoulder and walked with me forward, congratulating the crew, and having a look around. j "'Now, °skipper; said his Majesty, 'I should like to see where you sleep; and down we went into the cabin. . "'It's a very nice little. place,' said the King, and then he says to Yue, `Which' is your bunk, skipper'?' 'This one, sir,' and there was a nice coun- terpane and pillow -case. The King felt ib and said, 'Very nice and corn- fortable, too; you can sleep welll there.' Then he asked me how we lived, and I said, 'Champion in the Navy.' The King shook hands with us again on dock, and then left." only ten years ago that we re -armee all our batteries. We built eleven hun dred new guns, which cost rather eve 1600 apiece. At the Okehampton range on Dartmoor one of these guns established a'record by firing twenty nine rounds within one minute. From Solid Steel. As in a cannon, so in a rifle, the bore is the -all-important part. While cannon are built up, the barrel of a rifle is made by boring out a, solid rod of steel. These rods are fixed in a lathe, and bored out by drills, whit enter at opposite ends and almost meet in the centre. The first testing of the bored -out barrel M most ingenious. The breech end is: sealed and made airtight. Then at the muzzle end is inserted a gauge which exactly corresponds to the cor- rect bore. If the diameter be absolutely true the air compressed in the barrel will suprtrt the weight of the gauge. If there is anything wrong the gauge. drops. After passing this best satisfactor- ily, the barrel goes to a man termed a "viewer," who places it on a stand so arranged that light from a mirror is reflected down the barrel. The viewer notes whether any of the rings of light reflected on the polished inner surface are irregular. Passing the Viewer. If they are, he marks the barrel ac- cordingly, and st.,,ds it along to an- other man who makes the required al- teration. His tools are so delicate that he can work to within the thous- andth of an inch. Back goes the barrel to another viewer, who, by means of magnifying glasses, is able to judge as to its per- fect straightness to within the ten thousandth part of an inch. Watch one of these mein at work, and what strikes you most forcibly is not so much that he is able to gauge the barrel with such marvellous accu- racy, but that he seems to discover by magic the exact spot where there is any departure from the straight. He wastes no time about" it, and, with a couple of sharp blows with a hammer, will instantly rectify a small error. Every rifle goes through the hands of half a dozen experts before leav- g the factory, and afterwards is put rough severe firing tests, not only make certain of the soundness of e barrel; but also to ensure that the sighting is as perfect as workmanship can make ib. Too Bad! "I'm sorry you don't admire Mr. Grumpins," said the tactful woman, "His ancestors were very distinguish. ed and estimable people. - "Yesf' replied Miss" Cayenne. "What a misfortune for his family that so many of them died," 3' The Worm Turns. "How much are your $4 shoes?" asked the smart one. "Two dollars a foot," replied the lesman, wearily: disease than the housefly. Proved His Secrecy. Astounded Mother -Why, Tottie, you never told me you had invited so Many children to this party! Srtiall Hostess—That's 'cause you said that I could never keep a secret. Not to be Missed. Wife—We must surely go to Egypt this year. Husband—Why Egypt? Wife—On account of those P a - odds. I see by this magazine hat they aro slowly wasting away. It MAW hardly do to Mies fent.. ea VALUABLE HINTS. A Few Spring Fire Prevention Suggestions. Keep basements, attics and closets free from rubbish. Many fires orig- inate in the rubbish heap. Stovepipes which enter chimneys in attics, or other unused rooms are ex- tremely dangerous. Such arrange- ment should be avoided. - Beware 'of the defective flue or chimney. Take down stovepipes and have them thoroughly . cleaned, and have chimneys carefully examin- ed at the same time. Keep oily rags and floor polishing mops in metal boxes or cans, as they are liable to cause fires from spon- taneous combustion. Use care in the handling of matches. Keep them in metal receptacles and teach children how to use them. In' putting away clothes remove all matches from pockets. Bonfires have been the cause of much property damage, If one le ne- cessary have it well removed front buildings and wooden fences, and be- fore leaving it make sure it is thor- oughly extinguished. The safest, placebe use gasoline or other dry-cleaning compounds is out of doors, where the dangerous gases formed may be dissipated in the . at- mosphere, True fortune tellers, of course, only tell us what we want to hear, of the town Mademoiselle Moreau lived there with her aged father and mother and her brother. As she was a school -teacher, the children of Loos er; there was no response. "Pushing open the door they found the building packed with wounded— more than 500. Some were dying - every one was in a deep -sleep. Bleed- ing, yet asleep; legs shattered, yet asleep. Not a groan, not a motion, not a complaint—only sleep. A• wonderful story --and a true one! 4,--.--.. Depths of Mines; The /mines of the St. John Del Rey Company in Brazil have now reached •