The Brussels Post, 1917-2-15, Page 2a arm cop
aeries
Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell.
The object of this department Is to place at the
service of our farm readers the advice of an acknowl-
edged authority on all subjects pretalning to soils and
crops.
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In
care of Tho Wilson Publishing Company, Limited, To-
ronto, and answers will appear In this column In the
order in which they are received. As space Is Ilinited
it Is advisable where immediate reply is necessary that
a stamped and addressed envelope be enclosed with the
question, when the answer will be mailed direct. Henry a. Bell.
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Summer Pasture
F. J. R. -My pastures played out-
just
ut-just when milk was selling best last
summer. Can you suggest any way
of keeping up summer pasture?
Answer :-I would advise your try-
ing the O.A.C,temporary pasture mix-
ture. It ie: --
Oats . , , . . , .51 lbs.
Early Amber Sugar
Cane 30 lbs.
Common Red ('lover 7 lbs.
88 lbs. per Acre.
Prof, Zavitz says to sow this early
in May. The oats and Early Amber
Sugar Cane seed can be drilled in i
through the regular grain drill and the
clover seed through the grass and,
clover seed division of the drill. At
Guelph they found this pasture ready
for cattle pasturage late in June. This'
pasture carried more than one steer to
acre, and in 1911 was successfully
used f•:,r milk cow:.
Potato Yields Low on .Account of
Blight
G, B. ---My potatoes were a failure
last. year. So were those of my
neighbors, to a large extent. They
were planted about the middle of May
•and seemed to come along well till
early July when they seemed to die
down. Some sent up single stalks
which were short and weak, I scarce-
ly got back seed, What was the mat-'
ter, and how can I get Netter crops
next year?
:+.newer: ---Without, seeing the field
or sample of the crop, it is impossible
to say with exactness, what the trou-I
hle was. From your description I!
ani assuming that it was -the deadly;
Late Blight disease of potatoes. This •
disease sometimes sweeps down upon!
what looks to be a healthy field and!
It is hard cash sifting out of the
pocketbook if the liquid manure is not
saved by absorbents, or by being
drained from tight floors to a cistern
outside the stable.
Be sure that the rats are not rob-
bing the cows of their grain.
Keep a good cat in the barn, and
give it warm milk in its own dish -
and keep the dish clean.
Comfort is the key -note to success.
No cow can be comfortable if half
starved and cold.
Cows sometimes get so smart that
they can lift the latch of their
stanchions with one harp. Pretty
good argument for a sawing match.
If you do not re::nrt to that measure,•
fasten the latch down tightly every;
night and tie it.
If a. cow has to be taken any dis-
tance, it is far cheaper in time and in
beef to carry her on a wag. -,n or sled,
using a pair of horses, than to drive
or lead her unwillingly.
The barn should be a4 quiet as a
Quaker meeting. Many' meal ret into
the habit of yelling at the stock with-
out being conscious of it, and keel) the
animals stirred up when they should
be quiet for their own and their own-
er's good, t -
destroys great areas in a short time,
Moist weather is best for the spread
of Late Blight. It is usually indicat-
ed by the development of indistinct,
dark, watery spots on the leaves. As
the disease develops the leaves turn a
sickly brown color and the disease
may extend to the branches of the
plant. The rotting potato tops give
off a characteristic disagreeable odor.
Late Blight is a fungus disease
which winters in the stored potatoes.
It sends its threads up through the in-
side of the potato plant and blossoms
on the surface of the potato leaves,
giving off millions of spores or seeds.
These are easily blown about by the
wind and in damp weather they stick
to moist potato vines and leaves and
attack new plants.
The cure or preventive is to spray
the potato crop with Bordeaux mixture
or some commercial fungicide just as
soon as the first leaves are well'spread
out and continue spraying till the crop
begins to ripen, giving in all 5 to 7
sprayings. Bordeaux mixture is made
of 5 lbs. of copper sulphate, 5 lbs. of
quick -lime and 50 gallons of water.
The 5 lis. of copper sulphate should
be dissolved in 5 gallons of water and
the 5 lbs. of lime should be dissolved
in another 5 gallons of water, then the
two should be dumped into a clean
water -tight barrel and 40 gallons of
water should be added.
The solution of sulphate of copper
and lime is deadly to the scores or
seeds of the Late Blight disease.
If there is a small infection any-
where near your farm, it will spread
very quickly during damp, warm
weather. Late BligLt stops growth
and causes dry rut in the stock that is
dug. The biggest and hest potato
growers on this continent always
spray their potatoes to control this
disease.
Zoecfais
If a horse takes a chill, followed by
colicky pains, shows stiffness and
soreness, stands all the time, groans
lif made to move, is sore if pressed be-
tween the ribs which are fixed, and has
a short, dry, painful cough, he proh-
'ably has pleurisy,
If much pain at first, give colic
,drench, apply mustard to sides, give
nitrate of potassuim in 2 -dram doses
in water 3 times daily. If pulse be-
comes weak, give 2 or 3 oz. doses of
!sweet spirits of nitre in a pint of
water every 3 or 4 hours as indicated.
Horses that have been fed highly on
grain for a long time, and begin to
run down, can and have been toned
up by the molasses and hay treatment.
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The horses should be shed regular-
ly or not at all. Shoes may stay on
longer in Winter than in Summer,
provided the shoes keep in condition
Many a man has become bankrupt!
by thinking be could make his fortune
in horses, when as a matter of fact
there was no horse in him. To sue
ceed with horses a man must love'
horses, he must have a lot of horse i
sense and he must be willing to study;
and learn.
Something wrong when a horse eats!
his own bedding. Leave out the
'straw and 1180 sawdust or some such
thing; then correct the ration. Give
a better, all-round line of feed.
A quiet voice of approval and a
gentle pat occasionally make the horse
more tractable and serviceable,
fine greatreason for boys leaving.
the farm is that Willie's colt grows up.
to be papa's horse. 1
Never strike an animal when you
are angry, nor when he is. If you
du net, you will never strike him.
This advice is as good when applied
to striking a man in anger.
Cold floors can not he covered deep
enough with straw to make the hog
comfortable, He is a great rooter
and will get clear down to the bottom
of his straw bed. So cement or stone
More are not so good as plank.
Old -fashioner) bog -pens had alto-
gether too much light on one side, be -
nig all open to the weather. Then
they went to the other extreme and
were shut up, close and dark. Win-
dows are just as good for the hog's
health and comfort as they are for
yours and thine. Money spent for
window -glass for hog houses is money
well invested. Jusi watch the pork-
ers as they lie where the sunshine
comes in good and warm. Then is
when they are putting on fat.
Salt and .sulphur and rhar•eoal should
be kept in every pig -pen and pig yard
so the pigs can help themselves,
This is a corrective and a preventive
of worms.
Do not conflate the brood sows in a
small dark pen. Give them plenty
of room, and a yard to go out; to every
fine day, I3rood sows must have ex-
ercise to insure strong healthy litters
of pigs,
Whatever snakes th" feed taste bet-
ter increases its value as growth ra»
tion for pigs.
Since new telegraph rabies to Cey-
lon have been opened messages have
been transmitted from London within
half an hour.
Empress Eugenie's Work.
The Empress Eugenie is heart and
soul with the allies, and is showing
her sympathy in a very practical way.'
Every day she is suggesting and
carrying out new schemes in the hos-
pital which she established in a large!
wing of her house at Farnborough
Hill. She has put up revolving huts'
in the park at points where the finest'
views are obtained, and when these'
are occupied by the officer patients'
she likes to see that they are proper-
ly adjusted to catth the most of the
senehine, and the least of the wind if:
it is chilly. There are tennis courts in
the grounds, too, Deepite her great '
age -she was 90 last May ---the Emi
-
press calls at the hospital every f
morning to inquire personally of the!I
patients if they are going on wall. Mei
brings them the latest hooks, and also:
puzzles, the working out of which lel
her own favorite pastime, The wound -1
ed men look for her coming, and she
iles a gratitude behind leaves um and n le ohm 1 her
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when she departs.
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English Society Ladies Join in Tommy's Games.
Lady Charles Bentinck (left) playing dominoes with Lady Kathleen
Hill (right), and some of her soldier -patients in the Mapperley Hall Hos-
pital, Nottingham, of which she is the commandant. Aa h Lady of Grace
of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, she nursed in the South African War,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
FEBRUARY 18.
Lesson VII. Jesus Heals A Noble-
man's Son -John 4. 43-54..
Golden Text -Matt. 8. 13,
Verse 44. He said this about Naz-
areth (Matt. 13. 57; Mark 5. 4; Luke
4. 24), but this Evangelist is applying
it to Judma, the Messiah's true "coun-
try."
45. There is a sharp contrast be-
tween the Galilteans who welcomed
the Lord even because of his drastic
treatment of the traffickers in the
temple and the Judsear.s whom that
action had moved to impotent wrath.
46. King's officer (margin) -The
word thus rendered is common in ver-
nacular documents, especially official,
where it denotes the "royal secretary";
in Roman Egypt he was deputy for
the district commissioner.
47. Was come out of Judma, repeat-
ed in verse 54, takes us back to verse
43L -it is not the mere chronicle of a
journey. Jesus had done a Messianic
act in his royal capital: it bad been
only resented. As a prophet, he was
winning more disciples than even
John; in his "own country," this had
brought him no recognition. So he
solemnly changes the scene of his
ministry, and Galileans jov`uliy claim
him as their own. Jerusalem would
'yet be his capital: there he would be
"erow-rred with glory and honor" and
"reign from the tree."
43. Signs -A technical wu7d-deeds
which are credentials. The temper of
the people, agape for wonders, is sug-
gested by the next word.
49. The intense earnestness of the
father ignores the Lord's sad general-
ization, which he really uttered to
draw out the man's faith: only a very
powerful faith could achieve such a
ell
60. There is a resemblance to the
story of the centurion, which has even
been regarded as an independent ver-
sion of this=a most improbable view.
51. The man seems to have started
at once -like the lepers in Luke 17. 14
-without another word. He had got
on to the hill road that led down from
the highlands to the town on the lake
shore, when his hurrying slaves met
!nim
52. Began to amend is inadequate;
the phrase answers exactly to our "got
better." Seventh hour -This is the
only New Testament book in which
these precise time notices are given:
see note on John 1. 39 (January 21).
The watchers observed then -as we
should put it -a sudden drop of the
temperature to normal, - the patient
falling (we may suppose) into a quiet,
natural sleep.
53. Believed -He "believed" before,
so strongly that he went off to realize
the promise. But faith always lives
on new impulses, and the instantane-
ous result of his first venture lifted
faith on to a yet higher level. Whole
house, as in Acts 10. 16, 31. This
gathering by families is very sug-
gestive and characteristic. (It makes
one think further of the gathering by
villages we are seeing in India to-
day.) A very attractive guess would
recognize the mother of `this grateful
family in Johanna the wife of. Chuza,
Herod's steward.
64. The Evangelist closely connects
the two Cana "signs," which may be
combined under the great word, "I
came that they might have life, and
,night have abundance,"
The hottest place in the world is the
interior of the Great Sahara Desert,
Africa, where the thermometer rises
to 122 degrees.
To have clean nests in the most in-
viting position in the poultry house is
the best cure for the habit soma fowl
(especially pullets) have of laying
their eggs oe the floor. A couple of
pullets took a notion early last month
to deposit their eggs in a corner of the
scratch pen. There were nests in the
inner house, hut, they would not look
at them. "Chen a nest box was placed
near the spot where they were in the
habit of laying. They laid in it the
first clay. When it was later removed
to a more suitable location they im-
mediately located it and continued to
deposittheir eggs in the nest.
Fine wool is more scarce right now
than it has been in, years. It may be
more so a year from now. Stands us.
all in hand to do what we can to meet
the demand.
It is no joke to say that there is
more clean money in a pure-bred sheep
than in a scrub. The why and the
wherefore. are not half so important
to know as the actual fact.
See to it that you have the pay as
soon as the meat man has the sheep
or lambs. He gets his pay down-
town the moment the goods are de-
1livered. He should not ask you to,
wait. Many have done that and are
waiting yet. '
Be sure the sheep quarters are dry
and cheery.
A cold, dark, clamp place for sheep
is death to them.
The sheep barn should be bottle
tight with the proper ventilation, with
big doors opening to the south.
These doors should be open on
pleasant days, so the sheep can exer-
cise in a sheltered yard.
Sheep do not mind cold when there
is no draft, and the fold is dry and
tight.
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Do Insects Migrate?
One of the unexplained phenomena
of animal life is the annual migration
of birds, though the lines of their
great flights have now been accurately
mapped in both hemispheres. Mr.'
Howard J. Shannon, in an article in
the Scientific Monthly, entitled Insect
Migrations as Related to Those of ,
Birds, maintains that marry insects as
well as birds mal:e annual migrations
southward in the autumn, following
well-defined routes that correspond to
those taken by the birds of the same
regions. The insects include certain
North American species of Diptera,
butterflies and and dragon flies. Mr.I
Shannon believes that there may be a
return migration in the Spring, hut!
he is not sure whether Auch migrants
are the same individuals that flew
south in the fall or a new generation,
bred in the southern winter quarters.,
Spme idea of the magnitude of the mi-
grations may be gathered from the'
statements of the author in regard to,
the monarch butterflies (Danais ar-
chippus), which "in mingled myriads)
move forward in swarms, forming a
veritable crimson cloud miles in
width, and streaming backward for
equal distances, casting below them
.as they go perceptible shadows."
Had A Tongue Like A Woman.
The bell of a Scottish church was
giving out a very poor tore, and a
committee was appointed to inquire i
as to what was wrong and to report.
an the best means of putting it right.
After an examination the members
were divided in '.heir opinion, and the
kirk officer, who was in attendance
with the keys, was asked his view.
"Fine -A ken what's wrang wi' the
bell,' he remarked; "it's a she yin". -
meaning thatit was of the feminine
gender. Pressed to explain, he added,
"It's tongue's owre tang -it's needin'
to be clippit!", And this turnel out to -
be really the fault•, The tongue had
become loosened to the extent of an
inch or so, and was overlapping the
eurve at the rim, and therefore not
striking truly.
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If paint and grease can be mala to
take the place of buildings without ex-
tra expense, then the only construe -
tion needed will be that of a fence to
keep farm animals from doing dam-
age to the machines left outdoors. In
the long run there might be a loss of
time in greasing n machine every
time 11 has to he left idle, compared
with the easier method of running it
under s shed, but a careful man is
likely to great° all parts that aro lia-
ble to rust in any case, so if money
can be saved by foregoing building,
why not? The chief trouble is that
one man, as a rule, usea beth means
of protection and another uses ncith-
or.
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Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially invited to write to this
department. Initiate only will be published with' each question and its
answer as a means of identification but full name and address must be
given In each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be
malted direct 11 stamped and addressed: envelope Is enclosed.. •-
Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law, 25
Castle Frank Road, Toronto." -
Mrs. G. H, :-May I ask three ques-
tions? 1. How can I open a fruit
sealer that refuses to unscrew? 2.
What will prevent mustard from dry
ing up? ,._.•3. Is it possible to make a
fireless cooker at home? •
1. Set the Jar upside down in suf-
ficient hot water to cover the metal
rim andin-a, minute or two it will un-
screw with ease 2. Mix with vine-
gar, add a little salt, and it will keep
fresh for several days. 3., Take a
packing:4ex with well -fitted cover on
hinges. Fill box with hay well
packed down, leaving hole inethe centre
for saucepan, fill a sack with hay and
place on top of saucepan, and close
lid. A granite pail with a close -fit-
ting lid and a handle is the.best cooking
utensil for use in a fireless cooker,
Miss Polly: -1. When a girl intro-
duces a man to a married couple whose
name should be mentioned first? 2.
Should a letter of introduction be seal-
ed and how should it be delivered?
1. You should introduce a man to
your married friends in this wise:
"Mrs. Blank, may I present Mr.
Brown", and "Mr. Blank, this is Mr.
Brown". 2, It should be unsealed.
If a letter of introdii'ebion is written
for a woman who is moving to another
city she, on her arrival, mails it, to-
-gether with her card containing her
new address, to the person to whom it
is addressed, who thereupon calls on
the new comer. If a man has : let-
ter of introduction to a woman he may
call and deliver it in person.
Mrs. W. J. M. What is the best'
way to treat a kitchen floor? 2. What
color scheme wogld you advise for a
girl's bedroom with a large south win-
dow? .
1., Cover it with a plain dark -color-
ed linoleum and give a coat of polish
once a month, 2. Blue is the best
color for a sunny room. Combined
with ivory it would be ideal for .a
girl's apartment. In the shops are
many lovely chintzs in blues which
could be used for over -curtains and
cushions with charming effect.
School Girl: -I have to write an
essay on Thrift, could you please give
mea good definition?
Thrift is care and prudence in the
management of one's resources, fore-
sight, getting true value for what one
spends, personal efficiency, looking out
that nothing is wasted, proportioning
expense to income. True saving is
only. a bettor form of spending. To
save is not to hoard, which is one of
the worst and meanest forms of waste:
To save is to lend our resources to
those who can make more profitable
use of them. If we lend to the Gov-
ernment it can use these resources for
national ends. 1.1 we lend to the
banks, they do nut hoard the money,
they makes it serve, they invest it in
trade and enterprise of all kinds. It
is capital and capital means factories
and mines and cultivated lands,, the
means of further •production;" the
source of future wealth.
Stenographer; Can you tell me the
correct use of the comma, that is to
say, which of these sentepces is cor-
rect, "Toni, Johs and Henry are com-
ing," or, "Tom, John, and Henry are
coming.'
It depends on what meaning you
wish to convey. In the first sentence,
Tom's attention is called to the fact
that John and Henry are coming;; in
the second, it is stated that Tom, John,
and Henry are all three coming.
ODD FACTS.
Damage by hailstones to crops
throughout the world is said to aver-
age $200,000,000 a year.
The orifice. of the whale's ear is
scarcely perceptible„yet it is said that
the whale's hearing is so acute that a
ship crossing its track half •a mile dis-
tant will cause it to dive instantly.
An addition to the flora of the Brit-
ish Islands has been found the mont-
breia-a ,near relative of the iris and
a native of South Africa -which re-
cently was seen in bloom between the
stones of the beach at Cobb, near
Lyme Regis, in Dorsetshire.
Once a year the hillsides of the Ma-
labar coast of India are the scenes of
great commercial activity when the
lemon grass harvest is under way. Oil
extracted from the grass is employed
in the manufacture of artificial per-
fumes. The hillsides are burned over
to destroy the old and useless grass.
Six months later the efresh erop is
ready to be cut, and at once the coun-
tryside is dotted with furnaces end
stills.
The Starvation Point.
To the -question, "If there were a
siege, how long do you think the sol-
diers and civilians could live after the
food supplies gave out?" an English
paper answers: Science tells us that,
if he can get drinking water, an ordin-
ary man can exist for thirty clays
without food. At the end of that
time, the machinery of the body will
not be spoiled, and can be brought
back to its former strength by careful
feeding. About a quarter of our body
weight is fat, and it is mostly this fat
that is absorbed as food during the
period of starvation. We can absorb
and burn-up our muscles until sixty
per cent: of their weight is gone. We
can do the same with from thirty to'
forty per cent. of our livers and do -i
gestive organs, and twenty per cent.
of our hags. Our hearts can lose;
ten per cent, and our brains and Wer-!
vous systems can lose five per cent.
It will be seen that the more vital or-,
gars -brain and heart -yield least of
their valuable substance for the life
of the body, while the less essential
substances ---fat, muscle fibre and so
forth ---are consumed first.
A weather -tight shed offers the ad-
vantage of some comfort to the owner;
in repairing or refitting his farm ma-
chines, and if forethought is used in
the erection of the building space can
be provided for a great number with
the use of a comparatively small
amount of building material. Provi-
sion should be`made for hoisting some
of the lighter parts, such as hay
racks, wagon boxes, etc., while floor-
ing that is high enough to avoid all
danger from water should be arrang-
ed for the placing of heavy gear
thereon. The machine shed may be
floored above the rafters, so as to
make is placer for the storing of bas
trete or other lightweight natter and
if a workroom is needed fnr malting
up crates or mitting handles on bas
kets, styli cur upper storey can be
divided and a portion made comfort-
able for working hi on roll days by the
use of at small heater,
'From The Middle West
BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI-
TISH COLUMBIA. -
Items From Provinces Where Many
Ontario Boys and Girls Are
Living.
Alberta farmers ,net in convention
in Edmonton, Jan. 23rd.
One thousand hogs were sold in Cal-
gary for $12.65 each recently.
Prince Albert, Sask., made one hun-
dred per cent. registration response.
Edmonton has sent forty-seven re-
cruits to the Royal Canadian Naval.
Service.
Calgary Y.W.C.A..have largely at-
tended classes in English for the for -1
eign-born.
Thirty-nine men from Regina have.
joined the Royal Canadian Naval
volunteers;
John Crawford has been re-elected
president of the Board of Trade of;
Moose jaw.
A large quantity of wood has been I
cut from the forest reserves near
Prince Albert, Alta.
W. .T. Vancise was recently elected''
to the Saskatchewan Legislature
from Lumsden district.
A. junior branch of the Red Cross;
Society has been organized in the•
High school at Yorkton, Sask.
The Municipal Council of Forty -Mile:
Municipality is considering levying a
land tax for patriotic purposes,.
The Women's Auxiliary of the
Crain Growers' Association held a
Calgary military headquarters are
calling for thirty nursing sisters for
Queen Alexandra .Imperial Nursing
Service,
A committee of representative citi-
zens has been appointed at Moose -
Jaw to investigate the subject of
civic taxation.
Charles H. Wheeler, for the past
twentsefive years dramatic and musie
critic of the Winnipeg Tribune, is
clend, aged 79,
The Doukhobor corninunity near
Yorkton, Sask., has promised a month-
ly payment of $250 to the Red Crosa
Society.
Lieut, -Col. PHnt•wood, of Edmonton,
has been appointed president of the
board to inquire into the administra-
tion of Taplow Hospital.
About 200 farmers attended the
opening meeting of the Manitoba
Cattle Br'eedere' Association held at
Breeden, Manitoba, recently.
Col. J. Stewart, M P,P , for Leth-
bridge, commanding. an artillery bri-
gade at the front, has received the
Distinguished Service Order,
Charles Thongs, whose four ibil-
ilren were left motherless as the re-
sult of a street car accident. at Win-
nipeg, is suing the street raiivay
for $25,000.
Bank clearings for the week ending
Jun, 18 in principal western cities
wore ns follows: Brandon, $433,098;
Edmo,ton, $2,232,968; Winnipeg, $$2,-
387,ti711, for the��c,erresponcling week
last year $32,463;106, and in 1015
421,810,708; Moose ,law, $1,085,713;
Regina, Sask„ $2,651,785,
GERMAN DUGOUTS
OPEN THEIR THEIR TOMBS
BRITISII TROOPS TRAP MEN IN
THEIR SHELTERS, '
Fourteen Soldiers of Kaiser Dead in
One Bole At'Beai-
mout-Hamel. .
The dugouts of the German lines,
some of which have been marvels of
underground construction,; aro beeom-
ing more and more frequently death'
traps or tombs for their hapless oc-
cupant.,The trench raids which ,go
on nightlfrom one end of the British
lines to the other are conducted large-
ly for the purpose of bombing these
subterranean chambers. No esti-
mate is possible of the number of -the
enemy killed in this manner.
When a khaki raiding party pounces
lover the parapet of a German trench,,..
- in the dead of night the first alarm
'of their presence sends the defend-
ing soldiers impulsively in the . direc-
tion of their dugouts. Once inside,
however, their doom is "sealed.. There
•is a call for surrdndcr•, a reasonable
wait and then down goes a bomb, and
as many more as may be necessary
to completely wreck the place and set
it on fire. There have been cases
;where dugoutsliEve been connected up
by4,'tunnel and Germans have escaped
s e p
through these, but generally speaking
the dugouts stand alone. Crouching
in the far recesses of a gallery in one
of those the enemy soldiers very often
will not surrender when the first bomb
is tossed in, but later they are glad
to get put alive. Sometimes they
have to be dug out by their captors.
"Kamerad ! "
The story is told of 0 French Cana-
dian who was in a "mop up" -Section of
the raiders one night. Approaching
a dugout which looked entirely desert.
ed he stuck his head in the doorway
and called out:
"Any- person down there?"
• No response.
I say., is any persists down there?
Last call for any person down there."
Again no reply. So the Canadian
tore the safety pint out of a grenade
and sent it hurtling into the dark. The
echo of the explosion had not died
away when he heard sepulchral cries
from below:, "Komerad, Kamerad` 1"
Twenty-two Clemens were later lifted
out of the debris at the entrance to
that cave.
In some of their recent fighting, as
at .Beaumont -Hamel, the British have
had to face two distinct battles, one
overland and one underground. They
have advanced to a point where they
suddenly realize there are almost as
many of the enemy behind them as in -
front, Then comes the work of clear-
ing out theedugouts, the cellars and
the tunnels. At Beaumont -Hamel
these underground works yielded
thousands of prisoners,
At Beaumont -Hamel
In one of the Beaumont -Hamel dug-
outs the English found fourteen Ger-
mans dead. ,lust how they had died
no one knew. It may have been con-
cussion or asphyxiation. There was
little time for speculation, Their
identity arises were taken off, to be
sent ultimately to Berlin, and then the
dugout was filled in and sealed up -a
ready made valut for the men who had
depended upon its shelter.
There is a well defined opinion in
the BrilAsh array that dugouts .on the
Germanplan are not conducive to the
best morals of the Wren, In fact
many prisoners taken have frankly
said that after two or three weeks or
months in the comfort of a dugout
they had no stomach fm• ening
nam,:
into the trenches. They `were only
too glad to get ender cover at the
first sign of a bombardment, and there
many of then, were 'trapped and sur-
rendered,
The British do not go in very much •
for the dugout idea. There are dug-
outs for advanced headcivarters, b»o
the men and officers generally stick to
the life of the trenches.'
Hisao poin ting.
The mails free home had just been
received by a cer•iunn regiment. Not
only were there letters, but many
parccle from relatives and friends at
home for lucky soldiers, • One of the
A
lommies received
n ]urge box ad-
dressed to himself, and with :n tri-
umphant yell he rushed off to his
company's lines and gathered them
round hint to share in the eagerly
anticipated contents of his lox,
"Smokes, lads," he cried, ns he un-
did the wrapping, "From the old
mime I know .it An' Ihere's sure to
be a bottle or two of Scotch,"
lie opened the box, gave one look at
the contents, and collapsed in alreap.
"Whatis it?" cried .his comrades,
pressing round.
"It's, from Auntie 'May," groaned
the disappointed wai:rio', "Band-
ages an' ointment an' embrocation an'
splints un' a book on''Ow to Be Your
Own Surrgin'I"
Cure for 'I'etanns.
'l'etainus Or lockjaw, a grcat scrturge
during warhes, been virtually ehmin-
sted in the great cur• in Eirolre by
the use of an'[vntitoein, As every
wound is virtually an infected wound
Arid every eine may develop lockjaw,
every wounded soldier is given a full
preventive dose of antitoxin.