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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1916-12-21, Page 6OR those on your Christmas list to whom you wish to give something that com- bines good taste, beauty ° and utility,selectWater- man's Ideal Fountain Pen. It lasts for years, perpetuating the Christ- mas hristmar sentiment, and more and more empha- sizing its value as an article of everyday con- con- venience. ence. Plan or gold and silver mounted in all sizes and styles. Whateveryouwish to pay, h the or mu •h, you can give the genuine Waterman's Ideal, recog- nized the world over as the standard fountain pen. At Heat Stores. sou-rimee,Dp!!'s�otr rocker or 00 tri: eegreOAla'l: Pen points e�ili'ru+oigr napetter Corlateso to m.m.w aterman Oonmeu5. .Liarkted ramitrera h test THE MARK OF THE BEAST. Inability of Germans to Understand Meaning of Humanity. There is something almost pathetic about the van reachings of the Ger- mans for neutral sympathy, says the New York Tribune. They murder neutrals, they sink neutral ships and they violate neutral rights, and then in their desire for neutral approval, they buy newspapers in neutral capi- tals and eagerly reprint the comments • appearing in the purchased columns. Thus it isthat for the latest Belgian outrage. Berlin finds warrant in the comment of Copenhagen and Stock- holm newspapers. And yet the most astonishing '' thing about the whole war is the complete inability of the German to understand the rest of the world. He sent his troops into Belgium; he permitted, he commanded them to murder. burn, rape; under his or- ders children were slain and women violated, cities were destroyed and homes -pined, and then the German produced a hocus-pocus of docu- ments discovered in Brussels to de- fend his course, to justify not merely his offences against Belgian neutral- ity, but his offences in Belgium against all humanity. And from the outset of the war `Artificial Lambs" The Farmer's Wife and the Wounded Soldiers 1 One of the Chief Reasons Why Boys Toronto. Tmauil•de better for a little moorsagement. They're bun= beings, and nobody in his senses can expect them to be lambs, artificial or otherwise." THE RURAL PROBLEM. ten mit t, Miss Cook Avenue Nurses Wanted T2IB) TORONTO 7]'o6PITAri�, Xneurabiee atnlie.tsd with Bdllevue alio Allied Hospitals, New York, offers a Three Yearn' Course to women wishin to enter the Nursing Profession, A.ppl - oatlons will be !received bDthe Supers• d 180 unn ' A leading Toronto daily paper, de- scribing the work of restoring the in- jured soldier's working power, says: "Where necessary, artificial lambs will be furnished." "That's great," says a farmer, who possesses both a sense of humor and a' flock of sheep. "I guess that's the sort of lamb that always knows its own mother from the start, and never has anything the matter with its little inside, and grows into a ewe that has twins or triplets every time. I see Mr. Grisdale is advising returned soldiers to go in for sheep -raising. Artificial lambs will be the very thing for them. "1 guess what that newspaper man meant to say was artificial limbs, And that's all right. A neighbor of mitis lost a hand, monkeying with' a buzz - saw or something, and he thought his farming days were done. But they weren't, not by a long shot. First off, he got a hook fixed on to the stump. It wap great, when he wanted to 'scratch his head, and a few odd chores like that. But some things used to give that hook the hold-up; so he got a special attachment for gripping a hay -fork, and another for clutching the plough -lever, and so on. There's scarcely a thing that a one-armed man can't do nowadays, seems to me. "As for artificial lambs, there have been times when I'd have been thank- ful for one myself, when the real thing lost t its dans and kicked at the bottle. . But I reekon Grisdale's all right. A sheep's a nice and easy thing to handle or drive, compared to a hog, and don't need a lot of grain raised for it," The farmer's wife had sat listening in silence-- because she had come to the heel of a sock -she was knitting for a soldier -boy, and had to count the stitches; by this time the heel was turned, and she could knit and talk both together. "Artificial lambs is what some folks think the soldiers ought to be them- selves," she said, "and it's not reason- able. There's Mrs. Flummery, she that talked so big about all she would do for the poor dear boys, and got up a public reception for the five that came back wounded. And now, be- cause one of them took more than was good for him before the bars were shut up, and another talked a bit can- tankerous, she shut up herself, and won't go near them. "It's not reasonable, I say. They've had a hard time to begin with, and then a long spell of doing nothing, and the two together—well, John, when you were getting over the typhoid you were no lamb. You may not re- member, but I do. "I saw quite a bit of the lads in the convalescent hospital when I was staying with Maggie in town. Some of them came from the regiment my boy's in,. and they got to talking as free and open as if I was their own mother, bless 'em. I soon got to see how they didn't want slobbering over, or patting on the back. It felt good to them at first, but a little of it went a long way, as Charlie Green said. They didn't feel much like settling down to business, at first, but when they'd thought it over and talked it over with people that could enter into their feelings, they said they knew it was right. • "One man had a pretty bad leg, so he had a pretty good excuse for tak- ing things easy; and that's what he did, and he was getting no better. He didn't seem to take an interest in the carpentry or the type -writing, or the chicken-raising—it's wonderful how many things they have to interest the lads and help them to make a real good living when they come out. the Belgian episode has endured as .a final damnation of Modern Ger- many. It is one thing about which there is no argument in America. It is one phase of the,war which is settled, not for the duration of the war,- but for the lifetime of men and women now alive. We are numb no use for shorthand; but he buck - with the horrors of this war, we are ed up and wont in for poultry as if deafened with the charges and coon -there wasn't anything else worth Ro- tor -charges, but in the matter of Bel- ing for. He learnt more in a week fixe d our minds remain clear and i than he had in three months before; It is not surprising that the na- ! and the most, astonishing thing was—, Mop. which murdered Belgian wo-;though it's natural enough after all—i Leave the Farm. Mr. W. C. Good, of Paris, Ont., ad- FEAR MAKES dressed the Empire Club of Toropto recently as a practical farmer and also a student of the economic prob- lems underlying agriculture in Can- ada. Fle pointed out that agriculture is not merely an occupation which in- dividuals follow for profit, but it is a great national interest, determining in a dominant way the fortunes of. this nation and the opportunities and character of our population; hence the More German Prisoners in England improving of agriculture affects the Better for the English in status of Canada, its outlook and des- Germany. tiny. He made a comparison between agriculture and manufacturing as to I D. Thomas Curtin contributes an - profits,, showing that if five per cent, other of his articles on his ten were allowed on the capital invest ment of the farmers there would be a deficit in the year's operations of $710.000,000, the value of their an- nual product being estimated at 1,000 millions, The manufacturers bad a surplus of $260,000,000 on their year's business, in addition to the five per cent. on capital invested. Thus is re- vealed one of the chief reasons why boys leave, the farm. Yet agriculture is the most important industry which contributes to man's welfare, besides being the one which supplies leaders in all other lines of life; city life in a few years would become extinct with- out the constant stream from the country. The seed -bag of the whole populationis the rural life—including farming, lumbering and mining—be- causiethase occupations have a mon- opoly opoly of fresh air and sunshine, and GERMANS BEHAVE ARE TAKING BETTER CAME OF • THEIR CAPTIVES. From the Ocean Shore BITS Or NEWS FROM THE MARITIME PROVINCES. Items of Interest From Places Lap- ped By Waves of the Atlantic. A St. Mary's, N,B,, woman was charged with supplying '.,liquor to a squaw. Truro was visited by a $40,000 fire, The Kemp building was totally de- stroyed. An aged man and his two grand- children were burned to death at Port Williams. The Union Depot at St. John has been renovated, and now presents a cleaner appearance. The police of St. John's are obliged to do extra duty at night owing to sod months' stay in Germany to the Lon- many hold-ups being made. don Daily Mail, He writes: - The Fredericton police pulled off Since the Germans began to finny another successful Scott Act raid, se - the war going against them; since curing $100 worth of liquor. in particular the English and French Miss Myrtle Garrison,, of Peggy's made large captures of Prussian Cove, N.S., was fatally injured by an Guards and other corps de elite sol-• auto crena er, at W t , M gas. INERIEng 6`f EgiVRESSZI atm U S A diery, a number of really excellent F. W. Sumner of Moncton has left camps have been arranged, to which for London to resume his duties as , neutral visitors are taken. Agent -General of New Brunswisk• Before describing a visit to one of One thousand dollars has been thej these great towns of prisoners, for response of the New Brunswick chil- that is what they are, I should like dren for the Belgian Children's Fund.' to repeat my conviction that now you . John McCormack, of Maple Glen, a have a balance of German prisoners suspected thief, broke his leg and was here Germany will, for fear of repri- captured, He is now in Newcastle sats, treat your men better than in jail. R The contributions to the British ed the past, u s Cross fund from Halifax and the rest Worst Jobs for English, of the province amounted to 42 - $ , It is common knowledge thrau L - g g 921.31. out the German Empire that the most A 14 -year-old Glenville, N ,, lad the farm affords the very best oppor- loathsome tasks of the war in connec- Iwas killed whilst hunting. He attempt- tunity for an abundant supply of good tion with every camp or cage are gips j ed to climb a tree, when his gun ex - food. In the life of the growing gen- en to the English.n loded. eration these three things are of su-I Conversations that I have had here A large steam roller crashed into preme importance. Again, agricul- in London about your prisoners give the Maritime Rug Works, St. John, ture as an industry might be called me the impression that the British and several people narrowly escaped' domestic—the entire family co-operat- public does not exactly pprehend death. ing in carrying on the work; little what a prisoner stands for in German Locomotives worth $1,000,000 were children having opportunity to assist eyes. !Parents, and through these operations Firstly, he is a hostage. If he be learning how to do things and how to an officer, his exact social value is think, thus establishing right habits estimated by the authorities in Ber- of life. In these respects farming con- lin, who have a complete card index treats sharply with city life. Again, of all their officer prisoners, showing farm work is seasonal, and the farm- to what British families they belong, er must work with Nature, and be and whether they have social or po governed largely by weather condi- litical connections in England. Thus tions, hence his work is very varied, when someone in England mistaken - and calls for an unusual degree of ly, and before you had sufficient Ger- adaptability, initiative and resource- man prisoners in your hands, treated fulness. It thus contrasts with rou- certain submarine marauders differ - tine work in the city. Country life ently from other prisoners, the Ger- t is also quiet, and promotes continuity man Government speedily referred of thought and strength of character. to this card index, picked out a num- Man needs, for his highest welfare, to ber of officers with connections in get away to the mountain -top and the House of Lords and House of there commune with his Maker. Last- Commons, and treated them as con- ly, the continuance of democracy is victs. largely dependent on agriculture. The 1 Fear Reprisals. perpetuation of a sturdy and inch -i Now 'that you have in your hands pendent yeomanry is one of the best •a great number of officers, some of guarantees we have for the perpetua- them of distinguished German Jami - tion of democracy, which is the only lies, and also with royal and political thing that is destined to last; it may influence, you can get better terms have its faults, but it is the only syr- for your officer prisoners by the ap- tem of government which contains plication of ordinary common sense within itself a continuity of life. From in dealing with the German authori- that point of view, the maintenance of ties. an independent and intelligent class in The other German view of the the rural districts is of vital import- prisoner is his cash value as a labor- ance to any country. Canada especial- er. I invite my readers to realize ly needs strong agricultural interests the enormous pecuniary worth of the in order to maintain its financial ere- two million prisoner slaves now re- dit and progress. Mr. Good quoted claiming swamps, tilling the soil, from Sir George Paish, the financial building roads Hind r•ailways, and expert, showing that the burden of working in factories for their Ger- There is much speculation in Syd- interest on the enormous cost of rail -man taskmasters. ' ney Mines as to the attitude the min - ways in Canada, which are sufficient Some of your military writers leave ers will take as regards the Work - to deal with at least twice, if not these prisoners out of their calcula- men's Compensation Act, which be-' three times, the present output, will tions whop estimating Germany's comes effective early next year, be enormous until the productive man -power. If you had two million power of the country is greatlyin- prisoners you would probably be able TRAINED TO RESIST GAS. creased. The welfare of the Cana - ,to release two millions of your own — dian people, individually and collect -people for military service. j British Fighting Men Take Gas and ively, depends absolutely on the rapid h most numerous bodyof Tian-- Tear Shell Courses. oral output, hence land must be tilled Thcynnre to be seen everywhere. The The war has developed many insti- y tutions, but none more indispensable "Well, at last something seemed to strike him. It was a piece he read, about a blind soldier doing wonders at type -writing, and even doing short- hand with acme new machine they've got. He didn't believe it at first, but when he found it was true he was sort' of ashamed. He wasn't blind, and he'd that his health got r Men and children is now enslaving . bene ,and even Belgian,' men. It is not surprising his leg didn't give half the trouble it had. Hetold me he was goingto put that the nation which is responsible for what was. done, not merely in i every ounce of brains he'd got, and Logyain, Mit' in all the villages from anything else he could lay his hands the frontier to Dinant, through which j on, into chickens and turkeys and 1 the troops passed, should now be in_ ducks and geese, and make every bird yoking the methods of African slave 1 so much better than ordinary that he yi:ratters in the conquered regions. could get the top price even when The true meaning of this Belgian markets were bad for common grades.. `episode is that there can be no ; He'll do well, that lad, if he sticks to , •peace while the spirit thick is re- sponsib'le for it il6minates Germany, "But there's one thing I' will say is Europe, cannot make peace with wanted. If a sensible woman or such statesmanship of murder as I couple (only they're harder to find) -rules in Berlin. To do this would ; that want to help wounded soldiers,' would m k. 'be to recognize the .spirit itself. A I a e friends with just one men native village might as well make t and stay his friend after he quits hos-' pital, rind d ]neo track of biro, ,terms •wit a man -satin tiger hick ; n n im, and just h g g w by night pnieyed upon its children as help to boost him along quictly-well, .could • T'raiice; for exampin, make 1 both they and he would be the better ';peace with a neighboring Germany in for it, and I don't know which would ;its present mood. gain the most, "The; Government gives them pen- sions, and limbs if they've lost any, but a Government can't be the rano Tooth powder isexcellent it for nclean- as a ri nn o vat friend. It p s. up to all of Ing jewelry. Rub it on with a nail us, 1; reckon, to see that the lads do brush and then rinse off wtth, scalding well when Government's done with Neter, . ('em, They want to do well, but any in danger when fire destroyed the in- terior of the "Old Brick Shop" at Moncton. A delegation ivaited upon the Pre- mier in North Sydney, requesting en- forcement of the Temperance Act in Cape Breton County. Owing to the great demand for coal and lumber in and around Malplaquet it is stated that a company is about to be formed there A C.P.R. official visited the New Brunswick Apple Exhibition at St. John, and stated they were the best apples he ever saw. The Bathurst Lumber Co. is willing to start a shipbuilding yard to build wooden vessels if the Dominion Gov- ernment will give a bonus. A Chinaman.,,, of Moncton testified that a woman sold him opium at three dollars a can, and that five hundred more tins were expected from her. The liabilities of the Thomas B. Calhoun Lumber Co., of St. John are $10,000 more than the assets. In- spectors will dispose of the property. The steamer "Helen W. Montague," which was driven ashore on a mud bank near Queenstown, during_ a heavy gale, was a regular trader to St, John. Tho Fredericton Lodge, Knights of Pythias, have received word that the motor ambular. •n •Isnated by the Mari- time Lodge, Knights of Pythias, is being' used in France, 9 . The P increase of the\agricultural and miners Germany are the Russians to capacity. TIIIEVES' INSURANCE. London Sternberg of Underworld Or- ganize Fund to Pay Fines. have greater freedom than any other than the big training camp in France, prisoners, and travel unguarded in which perfects the British fighting many cases by rail or tramway to man in the warfare he engages in. and from their work.once he goes to the fighting line, says ' Hate Propaganda. 1 J. W. Grigg, in the New 'York World. The English, of course, are much I have visited this vast school, where Recently there has been brought the smallest number in Germany, but thousands at a time of the men who to light in London a widespread form much the most highly prized for hate of insurance against police court .propaganda purposes. fines inflicted on thieves. The scheme "More difficult to manage," said was discovered by Mr, Cecil Chap- one unter-ofiizier to me, "than the man, the Tower Bridge magistrate,, whole of the rest of our two million." svho -told a London Daily Mail repre- It is, indeed, a fact that your thirty sentative that "it all arises from the thousand prisoners, though the worst prosperity which had been apparent treated, are the gayest, most out - on the surface during the last year spoken, and rebellious against tyran- or so prompting a great many pre-' ny of the whole collection. viously honest people to pilfer. Mr, Curtin says the great prison "Seeing plenty, they have succumb- camp at S oltau, with h t ts 31,000 M- ed to the temptation to take some for mates, Is the best conducted in Ger- themselves. At some docks, ware-, many. The physical comfort of the houses, and other places the volume prieoners is well looked after in the of pilfering has increased threefold, !neat and perfectly clean dormitories. This has led to what can only be de- The only complaints are of food scribed as thieves' insurance societies, ; shortage, but parcels fronj England in which both honest and dishonest are allowed to come through un- man club together to form a fund , touched. from which the fines inflicted on those convicted of thieving are paid. "They appoint an official called 'the banker,' 'who collects the money, and it is Itis duty to attend the court ; known metallurgical expert, calls at- andpay the fines,tt n s few' a l one ease a yde- ftest theet1'ee • of tease d -option to t ,, g days ago a Doth caught stealin had . . Y g y g g ntved from rho sweat of the Lingers, on him a card showing subscriptions oi' from, other scurcos, in accelerat- to the amount of £2 for use in paying ing the wear of coins, which is usual - the fines of friends found guilty of ly attributed entirely to abrasion. Sir thieving, An oven' stranger case was Thorns says that the fatty acids of that of a person charged with stealing' the grease have a corrosive action 7s. 6d. He had heeir entrusted with upon the metal, Copper, in portico - 5s, 1, :bed 1 y fr i t of a i ie tt s to a the y r pay lar, even i4 present only In small fine of a pilferer. The fine was poly quantity as an alloy for gold or silver, 'is. 6t1., and the 'banker' kept the is converted into an oleate atearate or balance," , `other salt.. are to meet the Germans in sanguin- ary combats are given their final period of training, The officer ,in charge is an alert man of much re- sources, His staff of instructors is not entirely a permanent one, for with each new innovation which is in- troduced at the front some adept be comes a member of the teachingforce !in this big outdoor war academ. The men here, as is the case with the French in their counterpart of this institution, are put through gas as well as lachrymatory or tear -shell courses. Injustice. Colonel South was under the pain- ful necessity of administering a sound thrashing to his son, Samuel. After he had completed his labors he said Sweet Wears Ottt Coin. sternly to his suffering victim: In the latest report of the British "Now, tell me why I punished you." mint, Sir Thomas K. Rose, a well- "'That's it,"sobbed Sammy, "You nearly pounded the life out of me and nownu don't even know why you did Y Y it." A An Irish vicar, having advertised for an organist, received the follow- ing roply: "Dear Sir, I notice you have a vacancy for an organist and music teacher, either lady or geniteman. Having been both for several years, I beg to otter you my services," mitten= FillaMENSM E.W.GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO. ONr, INl,rP60. _ Mo"T,9e AL W THE SUN NOT A BALL OF FIRE. Scientist Modifies Conception or Source of Su>l, Heat, In a paper on "The Utilization of Solar Energy," in the Smithsonian Annual Report, A. S. E. Ackerman of England says that the sun is no longer regarded as a monstrous ball of fire, at n temperature of several hundred thousand degrees centi- grade, ent i- grader for, great as isits mass, it would be comparatively rapidly con- sumed n- sumed if such combustion were tak- ing place. The temperature of the surface of the min has been deter- I mined as about 6,000 C., far too high'to permit the formation of most chemical compounds, without which the production of heat by combustion is impossible. Such a temperature' decomposes nearly all compounds into their elements and prevents their reuniting and the consequent produc- tion of heat. Mr. Ackerman says that scientists 1 are by no means certain how the sun's heat is produced; one theory ' being that it 1g due to radio -activity, and another that the energy to keep up the radiation could be suppliedby; a relatively microscopic contraption I of its volume, but this theory is not a complete success, as it implies that the sun is only about 17,000,000 years old, or less than the ago of the earth. As to the structure of the sun there is also doubt, but the inner por- tion may be spoken of popularly as . the nucleus and the outer portion as the atmosphere. When the outer layers of the atmosphere get rela- tively cooler they sink to a lower level, their place being taken hy hot- ter layers, thus actuating a continual circulation of the sun's atmosphere. The author states that the weight of an average cubic foot of the sun is; only one-quarter of. that of an aver- age cubic foot of the earth. The density ofthe sun being so small, it has been -concluded that it can still continue to contract, getting hotter all the time instead of :cooler, as is . popularly supposed, making it a hope- , ful future for utilizers of solar energy. The great glowing surface which . the sun presents to us, even consid-, ered as a fiat disk, has the enormous area of 585,760,000,000 square miles, ' each square foot of which emits the tremendous amount of about 12,500 horse -power, and the radiant energy received on the surface of the earth at noon on a clear dayis about 5,000 horse -power per acre. r }>ft�.r`.�.ti0s41f1=ie-*Al i -t JLISTER1 .Ze name thatstrrndc for jJ lit �ify,rrz Ferr iMarbinery 4, LISTER ENGINES ARE BRITISH BUILT �r 3 reI ll' ik Have La salele In llrttlshmpirctt , 14, iL if2,,3,5 ,7, &91.1.0, On Sltlds or Truck, 1 74t&th Fshsion hlogheto l ttitEor� Automatic Lubrica 1o,v. 'j{7 )j( Lis.terSilos, EnsilEage Cutters, 11 11 Threshers, Sp -sewers, Milkers, U Electric Light Plonts,,.Melotte Cream Separators. � ir,•,in E Li5TER IITIi GRINDER,,' t ++ Write for rico . r p 3 r a vs of ou f c (1'! •.nut !. r! der V ii ca "loini 'li iinn�pp { 4 1 , � rr ' ae,' a 4��' L`�sler 1l•'� Uriivder, 1eelere' manses;epos t �) i�:A•L1 S TF.Ia. Cs Co.Litnited Versatile Musician. TALK OF CONQUEST IS AT AN END "STICK IT OUT" IS NOW TEE GERMAN MOTTO,. The Possibility of Women Fighting is • Being Seriously _ 4 Discussed. Herbert Bayard Swope, special staff obsetn er for the • New York world, recently returned from Ger- many, publishes the following observ- ations in the World: Seventy million people with their backs against the wall. Seventy mil- lion people fighting as one, Seventy million people and not a quitter among them. That is one of the deep impressions I brought back with me from my visit to Germany. That is the reaction the German spirit produced in mc. And that is why I think that if peace is dependent upottva forthright German defeat, then peace is still remote, for. a nation unified by such a spirit as I saw in the empire is still far from be- ing humbled. But beneath all these attributes there is to be seen and felt a certain, though subtle, change in the fabric of the German spirit. Dreams of Conquest Over. When I was in Germany at the out- break of the war, the word in every- one's mouth was "siegen" (conquer). When I the country, revisited after r Y, two years, another word was being used—"durchharten" (stick it out). I think the second motto is spoken with more heart than the first, for there were many in the empire who opposed a war of conquest, but now that con- quest has been abandoned•for exist- ence, and the life of the nation is at stake, all feel the need of endurance heavy -upon them. Their work lies plain before them, and they do not count the costs. for they feel that no price is too high to pay for national entity, and that is what the Germans believe they are fighting for. That is why their strength is renewed after each reverse; that is why there is no thought of temporizing; that is why, I was told by many, that before. Ger- many, the nation, died, every woman would have to b killed. In entire seriousness, I believe that if the worst came to the worst the German women would arm themselves and go into the trenches before they would sec the victorious armies of the allies march into Berlin. And such a prospect is no impossibility—for the German spirit stops at nothing, and I heard such a plan seriously discussed. Ask an Accounting. With the Gorman spirit `so ob- sessed by one idea, there is scant room for others, but' nevertheless there is a subsurface movement of vast political portent. Her people seemingly have time and inclination only for the fight they are in. Their ,. Government, their mode of life, their rules of conduct, they aro con- tent at this time to leave to the few who rule. Later an accounting will be asked, but now they are content to do as they are told to do, not as they tell themselves they ought to do. But in the very unity of the nation, engaged upon the struggle for self-preservation, can be found the certain evidence that when the time shall 'come, this unity shall be. used for their own purposes for the establishment of a truly liberal Gov- ernment in which each shall govern as well as, be governed. The Germans have met the test of - their right to self-government which Bismarck eared to grant be- cause of his belief that they were not ready for it. And the Kaiserhimself has ap- proved, Perhaps ho has read ,.the signs of the times; perhaps he is act- uated by a finer motive, but whatever the impulse, I was told in Berlin by one of the general staff that the Em- peror had said: "My people have shown that nothing is beyond them and they shall have as large a share as they desire in the affairs of their Government." Proper Care of Cows. The family cow should be a constant source of cheap, pure and delicious millt Such may be the ease it it Pew precautions are taken, It IS fre- quently observed, ll'osvever, that under the conditions surrounding the family cow only dirty, diseased milk can be produced. A cow may be suffering from tuber- citlosis, the worst disease to which, she is bubjeet,•and still show ito signs ofit to the proud owner, says Percy Wer ner, 31',, of. the Missouri College of Agriculture. For the sake of the children who drink the milk a quali- fied veterinarian should be called tints to lnspeet and test each cow every year, With the assurance su nee of a healthy cow, she ahbuld be housed in in clean, well -lighted shed and provided With a clean yard in which to exercise, The milk should be drawn into a clean, emilk small -topped d 7 ilk pail and kept cool until consumed. p . have h Whales v a no teeth, 'When the gossips are busiest the conversation usually is idlest,