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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1916-9-7, Page 6Care of the Tires. In very hot, as well as in extremely i cold weather, the radiator should be given constant attention, Heavy trips on the road during these warm, humid days fregeenbly boil the water used for the cooling of the engine, 1 Never start away on a trip unless you are positive that the radiator is filled to bhe top of the over -flow pipe, and it there is the slightest hissing sound phew the engine to rest, Many peo- ple •'lo not take this latter precaution, but those who are wise enough to practice it, save the motor to no in- oonslderable extent, Should it be necessary, however, to force the car along until the water is steaming, you should make sure to seek the first chance for a stop and after removing the radiator cap, allow the steam to escape, Do not immediately pour in cold water as the reaction is nob good for any kind of metal. Your best policy will be to clean the radiator by running the water off through bhe drain cock. After the engine is cool- ed, you can introduce a new supply. If, however, it is imperative that you sho'''d rush upon your way, refill the radiator with warm water. The cy- linder jackets can always be drained by removing the pipe plugs in the bot- tom, No bad disaster can occur from using soiled or dirty water, but those who have the best interests of their motor at heart, will use clean, soft water on every possible occasion. About once or twice a year it Is well to run a saturated solution of com- mon soda through the radiator. Such a compound will remove all scale and sediment. After this operation, rinse out the radiator carefully with clean water before filling it again for a trip. Summertime brings a certain amount of annoyance through tire troubles. Of course you will realize fleet punctures cannot be prevented.• Sooner or later you will have one, and it is just possible that it may occur at a point on the roe where the sun'. is blazing overtime and the dust fly- ing in clouds. With such a puncture in mind, you will welcome a sugges- tion or two regarding tire mainten- , once. 'You will lessen the liability of accident by keeping plenty of air in your tubes. A tire that is not heavily inflated is more likely to attack a sharp object than a casing which is perfectly round under top load. Never go on a trip without carrying a reliable air -pressure gauge and do not fail to make constant use of it. You may ]tick or rock or examine the point of contactin connection with tires, but this system will not give an accurate idea of the pounds of air con- tained therein. The gauge is the one method to pursue. Whenever a cut or bruise appears on a tire, do not console yourself with the idea that ibis point will never strike a sharp object, Fill the hollow' or abrasion with cement and thus prevent sand, grit and dirt from enlarging the blem- ish. If you discover a large cut, rush the tare to a vulcanizing plant and have it attended to without delay. A "sand boil" is easily recognizable as a lump caused by dirt or sand forcing its way between the rubber tread and fabric, Puncture this swelling im- mediately., cut away all portions of the tread that indicate .year, wash the hole with gasoline, and vulcanize at the earliest possibly moment. It is well in avoiding tire tioubles to know that wheels out of alignment cause tremendous friction on tire treads. The back wheels seldom run out of true but the front wheels are subject to it. Do not fail to check the lat- ter up frequently or otherwise you may find your front casings going bad before their time. If during the holidays you decide to lay up your car, do not fail to remove the tires. They should also be washed with soap and water, and later on wrapped in strips of paper or cloth. A. dark, cool place is proper storage. Figure that by re- versing the positions you can prolong the lives of your carriers. It is also well to change the front and rear tires as the last named carry more than half the weight of the car, and consequently do the bulk of the hard driving. Now -a -days practically every machine has an extra tire for emergency cases. In carrying this fifth casing and tsbe remember that sunlight) has an injurious effect on rubber and that the purchase of a cov- er will amply repay you for the small expense incurred,—"Auto", in Farm- er's Advocate. PETITION ON WOMEN Or ENGLAND SHOPS WHERE SCARCELY A MAN IS TO BE SEEN. { Every Precaution Is Taken by Those, in Charge to Prevent .Accidents. A lady representative of the Press Association writes: Somewhere in the centre of England, where last summer there were poppies in the fields of ripening corn, stands "The Women's Factery." I call it this be- cause when I visited it the other day by permission of the Ministry of Munitions ani under the guidance of an old official, it was the predomin- ance of women that was the first feat- l ure to strike me. In most of the shops there was scarcely a man to be seen;; just lines of the girls at the benches,! young and girlish mot of them, in 1 their khaki or dark blue overalls, with faces smiling and merry, looking up at you from under the quaint mob caps, "This is the factory that turns out the best fuses and has the most rapid output in the country," said the offi- cer in charge of our party as we entered the shop. "And it is because the workers are so well looked after. We have been running six months and we have not yet had a single fuse or anything turned out in the factory rejected. "We employ fifteen hundred wom- en to -day, and when extensions are complete we are going to have twelve thousand. were small, each occunied by only three or four girls•—this to localize any explosion—and each room had doors open to the fresh air at either end, so that the atmosphere should not become poisoned by the chemicals. The Safety -Gig. Indeed, every possible precaution one could think of to eliminate clan- ger was taken; for the processes, such as the screwing up of the fin- ished fuse, where the chance of an explosion must be risked a machine called a safety. -gig invented by one of the owners of the factory is in use. It is a globe of hardened metal, into which the fuse is inserted for tighten - Ing, so that if any explosion takes place it is inside the globe, which is strong enough to reaist It, and the operator also goes unharmed. To mention all the processes performed in these workshops would involve an- necessary detail, but they range from ;the "breaking down" and examining of every separate part of a single fuse to the filling of the detonator, that hollowed tube no longer than the first joint of the little finger, which, when filled with four grains of ful- minate of mercury, and four and a half grains of pistol powder, can fire a shell of practically any size. In the Danger Zone• Fuse making and filling is the chief branch of munition work here, and the women are engaged in all the processes of filling the 100 "graze" fuse, and in many of those for mak- ing the 18 "time" fuse. Presumably because women excel in branches of work that require great accuracy and delicate deftness of touch, the filling of the fuses and the making of the detonators has been left in their hands entirely, This work entails the handling of high explosives, though if one had not to leave all handbags and umbrellas outside these Shops and slip on goloshes, one would hardly realize it. The girls handle without a trace of nervousness the deadly T. N. T., and the even more deadly fulminate of mercury, dis- playing a steadiness of hand and smoothness of Movement that showed how each one realized the vital im- portance ofw.the full concentration of every sense upon the operation in hand. Tho shops I saw where these $arportant processes were carried on The Output is Very High. A standard of high efficiency both in speed and accuracy is maintained hi these shops. One girl charging de- tonators declared that recently, in her corridor—there are on average about fifteen rooms to a corridor—they were turning nut 4,000 a day. An- other girl, whose work required the utmost care, for the dropping of a grain or two of the chemical would mean a dangerous explosion, said she filled as a regular thing between fif- teen and sixteen hundred detonators a day, while a third, whose work was to measure the length of powder pel- lets, claimed fifteen hundred a day as her average output. Working With T.N.T. One interesting process to watch was the making of the tetriol (T.N. TO powder into pellets, One girl carefully wipes and polishes the mould, a second measures the powder and pours it in, and the third, the girl on the press, completes the process. All the workers engaged in handling explosives wear masks and shields i for the eyes, and their hands and faces are stained with yellow, but not to a marked extent, owing to the precautions taken, "We axe going to try and adapt the gas helmet used in the trenches for, the use of the girls," { STRANGE SEIZURES BY ' SRERIFFS TRAINS CHAINED TO THE RAILS WORKHOUSES "HELD UP." To Satisfy Judgments of the Courts Some Strange Means Are Adopted. Sheriff's officers in this country oc casionally make strange seizures, as evidenced by their once taking posses- sion of a railway -engine at Preston. But only in America would they go the length of holding up a whole train. This happened in Norman County, Oklahoma, where the Atchi- son Railroad Company refused to pay taxes claimed by the local authorities, says London Answers. The Gentle Tax -Gatherer. At the head of an armed company of police, the sheriff stopped a pas- senger and two freight trains, and placed them under arrest. He chain- ed the locomotive to the rails, and intimated•that no traffic would be al- lowed to pass until his demand had been met. This was a slim of $7,000, alleged to be due for school taxes, liability for which the railroad company din•- puted. In the result the matter was compromised, the drastic action of the sheriff speedily bringing the dis- pute to a head. In much the same manner, a work- house -ambulance, with its horse and driver, was seized by the sheriff at liilrush, in Ireland. The vehicle had left the institution to call for a pa- tient, when it was pounced on by the sheriff's officer and his merry men, and horse, driver, and all were eon- veyed to the local pound. There it was detained until an of- ficial from the workhouse arrived on the scene and by payment of $50 re- leased the ambulance, horse, and driver. For this amount a decree had been obtained in the local court, but the unprecedented seizure amazed the whole town. But even that performance was eclipsed on one occasion at Kenmure, where the sheriff's men actually seiz- ed the workhouse itself. A judgment for $447.06 and $e8.38 costs had been obtained against the guardians by a ' Belfast firm of seed merchants. A Confiscated Chapel. ' This not having been satisfied, the sheriff's men entered into possession of the workhouse and the premises thereunto belonging. There they re- mained until the matter was arrang- ed, the townspeople meanwhile being much amused at the workhouse be ing in possession of bailiffs. A chapel bas shared the same fate. Some time ago the warrant officer of the Wandsworth County Court was called on to take possession of such a place in his district. This was at the instance of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, to whom a debt was owing. To satisfy the judgment they car- ried off the contents of the building,', which were sold by auction in due course. Included were the pews, forms, preacher's platform, Bibles, hymn -books, Communion -plate, tea - services used for tea -meetings, and a number of banners bearing more or less interesting pictures. Then there was the sheriff's officer who seized a balloon. The owner was much chagrined at this action, for he was relying on the balloon to lift him' beyond the reach of the sheriff's offi- cers and court bailiffs. As the bal- loon was worth a•good deal more than the amount for which it had been seized, the debtor raised enough money among his friends to meet the claim. If a wise man is too tired to think, his talk is apt to sound foolish. Polish is not necessary to enable a man bo shine in society—if he has the coin. eae CONTAINS' NO ALUM - MADE IN CANADA Zara:;^'' elieeteti eice+ 7, eteelmitaevel .gale;, errra rmsel !ogee , headquarters was $78,095, and lire rent Tim THE PRESIDENTIAL amounted to another $8,626 for some 20,000 square feet of apace, ELECTO I The "spell -binder" is the principal li I speaker at all sorts of meetings, and if he is master of all the platform de- vices with which the American politi- cians enliven an appeal to the coun- try, he is not unlikely to receive as high a fee as $1,0001 • TOO MUCH FOR "JIM" HILL. How the Section Boss "Got By" the Rahway Magnate. The late James J. Hill, like other men of unusual personality, was the source of unending anecdote. According to a writer in the New York Sun, who describes the interest- ing characteristics of the man, one of his aversions was a looked desk. He thought that men who worked for him had no right to bring their secrets to his office. One morning he had oc- casion to look for a report in the desk of an o'f oral of bis company, and found the desk locked. When the official ar- rived be found the top of the desk wrenched off. A sign upon the wreck- age called the attention of the office force to the rule about locked desks, and that desk remained on exhibition. as a mute object lesson: He watched the Great Northern Railway with microscopic care. Woe to the section hand who allowed any- thing to lie round his right of way, or to the station master who showed care- lessness about his station. Once, in making an inspection, 111r. Hill found a perfectly good railway spikelying by the side oe the track. He sought out the section boss with fire in his eyes and showed him the spike, The section boss had a quick wit, however, and before the rebuke broke upon him he exclaimed : "My godness, Mr. Hill, I'm glad you found that spike 1 I've been looking for It for nearly three weeks," It is said that he "got by" without the expected "blowing up," and that even the "old man" had to smile. BOYS' FARMS IN ITALY. Government Provides for Future Till- ing of Country's Soil. Boys' farm colonies, as one means of providing for the future cultiva- tion of Italy's soil, and for the em- ployment of the orphans of farmer - soldiers killed in war, are being es- tablished throughout the country dis- tricts of Italy. The colonies are being organized by a society founded especially for this purpose under a plan drawn up by the I"rational Institution of Agricul- tural. Mutual Insurance. No fewer that twelve such colonies• are now being founded. Boys from the ages of 7 to 16 years care being taken into these schools, ; where they :will be kept at an an- ,nual expenditure each of $100, the- : funds to be furnished in part by the districts where the farms are main- tained. The plan is to keep the boys on the farms until 21 years of age. They will be taught cattle raising, breed- ing of silk worms, rotation of crops, treatment of the soil, and use of mod- ern agricultural machinery of the American type. After the age of 21, it is planned to set up the boys as independent farmers by the sale of lands and IT , IS AN EXTREMELY COSTLY BUSINESS. Expenses Run Into the Millions—All Contributions Are Voluntary. Tho United States Presidential Election is in. full blast, and till poll- ing day in November the mighty dol- lar will be talking," and so will the American "spell -binders," as the pro- 1fessional orators are called, says !London Answers. A Presidential election is a costly • event, which, however, happens only once in four years. It runs into mil- lions, but the exact figure is never known, except by -the party managers and one or two others. One of the great parties once spent five million dollars, and that is probably not far off the average. At the 1900 elections the Republicans were credited with having disbursed the huge sum of $15,165,000; that may be regarded as the high-water mark of electioneer- ing extravagance. Hanna, the Hustler. The only source of revenue are the voluntary contributions from persons and corporations interested in the success of the one party or the other. A shrewd campaign manager can al- ways put his hand on the dollars. Sixteen years ago Mr. Hanna— perhaps the ablest campaigner America has ever had—said the men who had property or who represented property must pay to have Mr. Bryan beaten, just as they would pay to save the nation from plague or war, or their city from pillage or conflagra- tion. So he started a golden stream flow- ing lowing into the coffers. He made out lists of what this corporation and that, and firms, and banks, and rail- roads should pay, and sent men 'round to gather in the cheques. In a great many cases the "assessment" was met without a word of demur. Single contributions as high as $60,000 were common; the largest, which came from from an insurance company, was a cheque for $200,000. Hanna made "no bones" about his methods; but while he spent money lavishly, he did it with good judg- ment. He always wanted something to show for it. He put nearly a million dollars into the treasury of the Palmer - Buckner party in 1898. He spent an- other million for printing, for that was the greatest educational cam- paign on record. The postage bill of the Republican Committee that year was close to $400,000. Raking in the Silver Bullets. In the first Bryan campaign the Democrats had about 51,750,000, or one-fourth as much as their enemy. Most of this came from silver -mine owners in the West and from other men in that part of the country. One mine -owner gave $60,000,and another half as much. That -year the Democrats appealed to the newspapers to beg small sub- scriptions from the people, and dur- ing the last thirty days of the battle the Democrat machine was oiled sole- ly by the stream of dollar, half -dollar andquarter-dollar offerings that poured in from the admirers of Bryan. Take the election of Dr, Woodrow Wilson as the latest example of the enormous labor and expense entailed upon thea Democrat Party. The dif- ferent bureaux necessary for carry- ing on the strenuous election work included finance, organization, ' pub- licity, special, foreign, negro, labor, and tariff exhibits, and business men's i leagues, with various sub -divisions of each. The expenses were mot by the con- tribution of $1,100,000 by over 100,000 persons; while 2(3,000,000 pamphlets were issued from the New York rheadquarters alone -1,202,000 in Ital- !ran, 1,700,000 in German, 40,000 in Greek, 65,000 in Spanish, and 452,000 in Hebrew, Buttons bearing ;0 !traits of Dr. Wilson were distributed ito the number of 6,378,950, at a cost • of 57,800. $1,000 for a Speech. The correspondence required 2,- 600,000 letterheads and envelopes, dealt with by 160 typists, and 19,900 telegrams were sent out and as many received by eleven telegraph opera- tors employed at headquarters. About 1,500 lithographs of Dr. Wilson and- his runtling mate were also distribut- ed The pay -roll of the New York All About a Stick. There was an amusing sequel to a no less amusing seizure at Wood Green. A bailiff was summoned for detaining a walking -stick under the following circumstances: For several days he had been endeavoring to en- ter . the complainant's house, but found it too well barricaded. The besieged debtor amused himself by climbing out through an upper window and laughing defiance at the baffled officer. It was during one such incident that the stick was cap- tured, on hearing which the masis- trates dismissed the case. A deputy sheriff at Fall River, Mass., amongst the goods and chat- i tels of an undertaker, took possession of a coffin containing the remains of a baby, entrusted to the undertaker for internment. Six days had elapsed when the mo- ther succeeded in tracing the coffin to an auction sale room. After the internment she commenced proceed- ings against the deputy -sheriff to re-, COVET 510,000 for illegal seizure. Conditional Forgiveness. Harry and .lames, brothers, were in their playroom for a little recreabion after supper. Harry hit James, and in the midst of the quarrel the nurse happened in with the news Nhat 11 was time for them to retire, lames was put to bed first. The nurse said: "You must forgive your brother be- fore you go bo bed. 'You might die in the night.' After a few minutes elapsed James replied: "Well, I'll forgive him to -night, but if I don't, die he'd better look out in the taerniagw," • equipment to them on favorable terms. AMERICANS WITH THE COLORS They Have Lavishly Assisted the Al- lies' With Men and Money. The interest of Americans in the tear is deepen.: and more iptimate than many people realize. Their contri- butions to. war charities have been lavish. Up to the present the amount subscribed exceeds fifty mil- lion dollars, of which by far the larg- est share has goo to Belgium, Pol- and, Armenia and the Alhes. Splen- did as this is it by no means com- pletes the debt of the Allies to Amer- ica. Tour thousand Americans are fighting or training with the caned - tans, and 10,000 are with the French Army, in addition to many hundreds 1 of doctors, nurses and hospital as- sistants who are doing heroic work under the Red Cross. The figures were quoted by Mr. James Pe. Beck, i former Assistant Attorney -General of the United, States, at a luncheon given in his honor by the Pilgrims' Society in London recently. Mr. Beck wrote one of the most damag- ing indictments of Germany yet pub- lished, "The Evidence in the .Case." In appreciation of his services m 4 n y eminent people including Viscount Bryce, Lord Robert Cecil, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Wm, Robertson, Mr, Lewis Iiarcourf and Mr. Joseph Pease attended the luncheon. A Modern; Test. "Are they influential?" "Hardly. Their automobile is last year's model." E FOR ESE OF MOUNTED TROOPS FRENCH HORSEMEN ON WEST- ERN FRONT. General de Lacroix Points he Advan- tages of Employing Cavalry. "The hour for the cavalry will come one of these days in France, as it has Dome on the backs of the Pruth and the Stripa," declared General de Lacroix, a military critic, in the Paris Temps. "I am revealing no secret," he adds, "in saying that measures recently have been taken to provide for the use of French cavalry on the western front. The units of foot soldiers destined to serve as support for our troops on horseback have been reinforced, brought up to full strength and power- fully armed—forming, in fact, a select corps fitted for the most daring ex- peditions. The proportion of mitrail- leuses and automatic guns has been very largely increased, and our horse- men are to -day broken to the use of these weapons, from which they are drawing additional strength and con. fidence." Capture Prisoners, It is to the action of cavalry that General de Lacroix attributes the large number of drlsoners captured on the Russian front. He thinks it con- tributed to tho lightning•lilce rapidity of General Brpsiloff's operations and to the extent of the results achieved. If the Russian offensive had been re- stricted to the use of the other arms of the service the pursuit of the Teu- tons and the complete accomplishment P P of a victory would be necessarily limited. At such times the attacking infantry, exhausted by the effort it has made, must call upon fresh troops, necessarily remote from the positions won. Artillery cannot be thrust for- ward without being supported by other troops, and, although modern guns of long range can pursue with their fire a retreating enemy for a long time, they are, on the other hand, much slower to be moved to new positions when the foe is out of range. Put Finishing Touch. "Cavalry then, together with bomb - dropping air craft," says General de LaeroLx, "constitute the indespensable element for putting the finishing touches to a victory. Alone, it may be need to follow up the enemy, to dog his heels and to increase the depres- sion of his spirit and the disorganiza- Hon of his equipment. A retreating body knows that the opposing infant- ry is marching no faster than itselr and that it will soon be out of reach of artillery attacks. But when its ranks are invaded and its men sabred and dispersed by a cloud of horsemen des - tending with the enthusiasm of vic- tory it knows that is hopelessly lost and that it cannot escape disaster." Imitate Russian Tactics. To the objection that the nature of the ground in France differs from that in Russia, being more broken and on fering less facility for cavalry raids than the- Galician plains, General de Lacroix replies that the network of roads is much better in France than in Russia, and that batteries, mitrals leases and automobile tions can be moved much more easily, adding the power of gun fire to that of cold steel. These aide, he says, are becoming more and more important in such operations, and it is essential that each oavalry unit be provided with them, "Infantry units tre essported in auto- mobiles, perfectly trained and familiar with their duties," he declares, "ought to aid with their offensive along The principal routes of approach, break down obstacles and attack rear -guards at close quarters, while' cavalry squad- rons, turning around impediments in order to reach the vital parts of the enemy, would dash into the midst 01 the disorganized troops, causing dis- order and pante." GRAINS OF GOLD. A man can't be boo careful in the choice of his enemies.—Wilde. The. great principle of Intmo satis- faction is engagement,—Paley. We have now become almost hard- ened to grief by constant deeds of horror.—Lord Rosebery, Life is not service. Life is strug- gle alone, struggle together, Life is war.—Dr. John IL Finley. We shall fight, and fight, and fight until we have established that truth is right, and thhb great, nations have got to deal justly with nations less powerful than . themselves; Mr. M'Kenna, We are afraid of responsibility, afraid of what people will say of Us, afraid of being along in doing right; in short, Christian courage, tie it may be called—is in all ages and among all people one of the rawest posses• AVIATORS TAKE rr i PKKOTOS FROM AIS ENLARGED TO SEVEN TIMES ITS ORIGINAL SiZE, Frenoh Can 'fell What Goes On Be- hind and In the Enemy's Linea. Philip Kerby, writing in ,the New York 'Tribune, on the photographic) worst of the French air scouts, says i Standing in the centre of a human dovecote, 1 watched 000 after another depart. Hardly' a breath of air was stirring, The silence was rudely shattered by a, few slgecato orders, followed by a crash and a roar, gradually diminish= ing until it became no louder thee the hum of a bigebottle fly, Then silence again, Another human bird had been diepatched on its dangerous mission, While my officer frlenq was explain. ing the map, in rushed an orderly bearing some wet photographic prints, Hardly five minutes before I he'd Beard the reenele of a machine landing in s distant field, These prints were the result of that afternoon's reconnais- sance over the enemy's lines. The moment an aviator lands he hand& old ease of oxpoeed plates to a waiting messenger, who lorries them at top speed to the "dark room on wheels"— always situated in alone proxmiuity td the field aerodrome—where they are developed withal possible rapidity. What does one see in these Me- an -es To the uninitiated `they appeal° only as ,a child's rude scretchings: Across the centre are two zlg-zog lines; closely paralleling each other and 1•e= sembling rho tortuous windings of a dragon. From each side are smaller tendrils, apparently wandering aim- lessly, until they disappear in 'the vague distance. At irregular Intervale along these tendrils may be seen tiuy, wart -like blotches, What Scout Sees. The "dragon represents the trench lines of the opposing forces, while the gossamer -like tendrils are the cone' municating trenches leading from the rear to the front line. When either Ode brings up troops to the trenches from the rear they appear to the human bird overhead as small blotches or warts in the winding communication alleys. My officer friend broke off abruptly while we Were both looking at these pictures and turned to the telephone. Catling up the field headquarters of his sector, he said : "I have the honor to inform you that the enemy at half - past five this afternoon was being sup- plied by a train of approxhnately twenty automobiles coming along Route No. 5, leading from Base fI to the distributing point immediately be- hind Hill No. 220. Do you wish me to send you first proofs, or shall I wait and send proofs and enlargemente to- gether. The answer evidently came to send the proofs immediately, as without more ado an orderly was summoned and the proofs despatched by a wait- ing. motorcyclist, "How did you know that tho enemy were bringing up munitions ?" I in - 'Mitred. "Perhaps you did not notice the dark worm at the upper right hand of the picture 7" the officer answered. Learning Enemy's Positions. I replied that it had escaped my notice, but when a moment later sever- al enlargements, together with the original photographs, were brought in, I could clearly see a long, winding dis- coloration, which in every successive picture had moved farther toward the centre. - "Will that train of automobiles be shelled," I asked, pointing to the map, "as they pass that gap between these two bills ?" His answer was a sign for silence, and two or three miles away from us we heard the heavy guns break forth. "There's pour an- swer 1" cried the officer. A scant quarter of an hem load elapsed be - twee>} the landing of the aviator and the time the guns opened fire, "If you can see the necessary details on the original protographe," I Woad, "of what use are the enlargements ?" "'Each, photograph is enlarged to six or seven Nimes its original size, Tbese enlargements are then cut into several strips or sections, and the commander, of the corresponding section of our trenches is given the part which shows the enemy's ground immediately Pac- ing him. Before an attack Is made the commander is thus enabled to explain to his men all the peculiarities of the enemy,'s position, gun emplacements to be avoided, broken ground, traps of all kinds, and the thousand and ono hazards which each side is continually preparing for the destruction of the other. Playing Safe. O'Toole—Phwat's the matter that Ye didn't spake to Mulligan just now? Have ye quarrelled? O'Brien—Thab we have rot. That's the insurance av our friendship. O'Toole—Phwat do ye mane? O'Brien --Sere, it's this way. Mulli- gan an' I are that devoted to wan an- other that we can't bear the idea of a gjlarrol; • an' as we are both moighty quick-tempered we've resolved riot to epake to wan another at all, for fear we break the friendship, - Can Fire 18,830 Shots. The number 01 shots that can be fired from one of the French three. inch gene before it is worn out hoe, in at least one instance, been found to be as high as 18,830, according to the actual count kept by a young petit= leryman, who bas sent these figures in from the front. While the three. lecher was khown to be a robust can. non, the theoretical estimate before the war was that a thousand shots Weald probably be the limit of Its of cions• --Sir Arthur helps. flcien6y, '0'