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Cooking "While You Rest."
Many country Housewives do not
have such conveniences as gas and
electricity, so the next best thing in
our home is the fireless cooker. A
fireless cooker eliminates the drnd-
gery of watching the cooking, and at
the same time keeps the kitchen cool.
Nothing ever burns, becomes over-
done -or boils 'dry; on the contrary,
food so cooked is much better flavored
than in the usual way of cooking.
The principle of cooking by this
method is the retention of heat pre-
viously generated. The boiling hot
food is tightly covered and quickly
placed in the cooker where the 're-
tained heat cooks tine food. The dif-
ference in size of the various cookers
now available necessitates the care-
ful following of directions, but with
a little experience one can plan so
that ample time is allowed for the
cooking of the food. Potatoes, beans,
peas, rice, macaroni, etc., require
only a few minutes cooking before
being removed to the fireless cooker.
Oatmeal and other breakfast cer-
eal's put into the -cooker at night are
ready for breakfast the next morn-
ing, giving the fearer womn time to
do many little things around the
house, or feed the chickens before it
is tine to put the meal on the table.
This is quite an item, and is much
appreciated by the housewife, who
can acoomplish More in the early
morning hours -while it is cool, when
otherwise she would bare to cook the
breakfast- over a hot stove.
The following cooked in the "while
you wait" fireless cooker, are a few
easily prepared dishes which never
di_appoint: Boston baked beans, mac-
aroni and cheese, Spanish rice, rice
pudding with dates and raisins, baked
ham, lamb stew,. short ribs of beef
"with -vegetables, beef loaf, vegetable
chowder, •spaghetti Italienne, cream
tapioca pudding, fricassee of chicken
and beef broth with bexiey. Try some
of your favorite recipes with the
cooker, and note the smooth consist-
ency of the food and deLictite blend-
ing of vegetable flavors with the
meat.
While the fireless dooker is par-
ticularly adapted to the preparation
of foods requiring long, steatite cook-
ing, 'it is not in any sensea one -
purpose cook stove. It roasts meat
and bakers pastry and cakes without
attention from the housewife, the
beat radiates over as well as under
the pan distributing the heat evenly
as in the range oven. I hope 'so many
busy housewives like myself will try
this simple device and find it as suc-
cessful as I have. It not only saves
the drudgery of cooking about a hot
stove three times a any, but it also
helps to save fuel, not bhe least im-
portent item.
Your Sewing Equipment.
A sewing kit of some king is a
great help in the kitchen, It should
not be simply a big needle and a
spool of coarse cotton sitting in a
window sill and a pair of scissors
hiding somewhere in a table drawer.
It should be n weld egielpped little box
or bag or case of some sort, always
in a known place, filled with sewing
materials—not to mend aprons and
torn dish towels, but for ase in pre-
paring food.
Incidentally a bag containing a
thimble, a spool of white cotton and
eonie needles and buttons, to use to
mend kitchen towels, dining room
linen, dust cloths and aprons and
cape, might be a good idea.
But the sort of sewing kit that is
a cook's good friend is one that is
furnished with sewing materials for
food.
A convenient sort of kit is made by
covering two squares of pasteboard,
which measure four or five inches
each way, with cretcnne. and then
overhanding the two together, Better
still, seam the two pieces of cretonne
on three sides, turn the seams on
the inside and slip two pieces at
pasteboard he This leaves only one
side to bo overhanded. ' •
Before fastening the pieces of cre-
tonne together fasten a strip of tape
across the face of one. Leave a small
loop at one side just big enough to
hold a thimble. have another flat
loop of tape in which a parer of big
needles can be slipped. Leave. the
tape loose at one enc] and sew an
end of tape three or four inches long
at one side of the square of chintz.
Then tho boards are slipped. in place
and the chintz is sewed together. Put
a paper of neefjles in the flat loop,
en aluminum thimble in its loop and
Slip a big spool of coarse basting
thread, suitable for sowing up poul-
try, over the loose end of the tape,
tying the end of the tape en a se-
cure bow with the other end.
There should ho a good pair , of
steel scissors hanging with this sews
dig Icit. A pair of tiny, ton -sent
scissors might be slipped in another
Little tape loop, and these scissors
Might bo used to snip threads,
But the good pair of steel seissors
�yyuld bo hung on a peg near 'the
ititthe.
n table--fperhwps. »t 2teg in the
erci'
cof the kitchen table.
These soiseors Will 'tome hi for
�dozerte of uses thalee
t any housewife
will think of,
For one thing, when:riaisins•are to
WAFTER IX,—(Cental.)
"Then- we'll call -that settled,"
"I know; but— Of course if you
put.. it that way, why I—"
"Well, I do put it just' that way,"
nodded•$he father lightly, "Now, let's
go !n. I've got some maps and time-
tables I want you to see. I'm plan-
ning a different route fiom the ono
we took with the doetcr,-a better one,
I thank. But let's see what you say.
Come!" And he led the way to the
library. r
Burke's head c
shoulders lost t droop andhis
.me up alertly, His
heir
brow its frown. A new light flamed
into ^hi s - eyes and a new sprin
irk a eusual, matter -of -feet tone 9f
voice qts if ten -thousand -dollar Sheets
and' Alaakan trips wero everyday oc-
currences, ,
tit they weren't. .A, tiiip•like that
did not drop into a man's plate eery
day. Of course he could not take et -,-
bet what a dandy one it would bel
And with dad—.!
For that matter, dad really needed
hire. Dad ought not to go• off like
that .alone, and so Lar, Beadles, dad
-w*ppted• him, How his voice had
trembled when he ilei said, "I don't
think; you know, boy,..how your old
dad has missed you"l As if he didn't,
indeed] As iii he hadn't done some
K missing on ins sWrl -account!
leaped into his step. Always from from And the cheek., Of course he could
the time "seehie the wheels
x -old l'ro had not ]et Helen ecce t that, either, --
hadto the M1vheol3 go round, pp '
had Burke's thief passion and -delight ten thousandera!, Bet how genera
been traveling. As he bent now over ons of dad to offer et and of course
the maps olid time -tables! that hit it would be _good for elen! She
Esther spro-ed before him, 'voice and needed a rent, all right, and she de.bo chopped for cake, flour the sees- hands fairly trembled with eagerness. served one; It would be fine her to go
sons and cut the raisins, This will IThee suddenly a chance word sent back to tar old home town• for
be found far more satisfactory than him to his feet again, the old look oftittle 'while, •and no mistake, Not that.
trying to drop them in a' bowl. despair on his face. she would need to upend the whole ten
When meat is to be cit for a stew' "Dad, I can't," he choked/
be a quitter, You don't want"I can't thousand dollars on that, .of course,
.it can often be most easily cut withme to But even a little slice 'of a sum like
scissors. be!" that would •gave her all the fri'1'is'and.
With a sharp uteri, John Denby, furbelows she wanted for herself and
Lettuce, can be qulcicly shreddedltoo leapedthe' baby. and 'send them ?into the
to his feet, Somethin oY
and so can cabbage with scissors, 'the dogged persistence that Tied won country for the rent of the summer,
Many ether uses will suggest them- for hien wealth and power glowed in besides leq'ving nine -tenths of it Inc a
selves from time to time. his eyes as he went straight to his nest -egg for the future: And what a
The scissors, of course, should al- son and laid both hands on his comfortable feelingit would give her
le oil when she
ways be thoroughly cleaned and dried shoulders, ee —always a ]Int money n wanted it. for an thin i No more of
after each using. Burke, I had i not meant a spy, the hated pinching and starving, for
this,"he began quietly; out perhaps he should tell her bo spend. it and take
it's just as well that I do. Possibly some comfort with. it. That was what think I've been 'blind all these
pest months; but I haven't, I've --seen it was Inc. Besides, when it was gone,
- Keep Milk Without Ice.
Dairy farmers who were unable to
in a supply of dee last winter need —a good Ileal. Now re giant you and he would have some for her. What a
putpp y Helen to be happy. I don't want to boon it would be to her that ten
not despair of keeping thin mills sweet! see your Life—or hers'waecked. I be- thousand dollars! Of course, looking
if they have a fairly abundant sup-� Neve there's a cbanee yet for ,you two at it in that light, it was almost his
ply of water reasonably low in tem- people to travel together with some duty to :accept the proposition, and
perature and if they will -take -a feev measure of peace and comfort, and gve'her the chance to have it.
simple precautions to keep drown the I'm trying to give you that chance. (To be continued.)
bacteria count. 'There's just one thing -to do. I believe,
Two conditions or factors largely and haor awl it oe.be awayoth -r a meeacth
determine the length of time milk will; t
keep without souring—the number of
bacteria that gat into the milk at the
time of milking 'end the temperature
at which the milk is held.
The bacteria may be checked, even
if ice is not used, by a little more
care in keeping- the cows clean, -by
keeping the dairy utensils thoroughly
scalded and by using a small -topped
milk pail.
• If these precautions are taken
springs or well producing water of a
low temperature are sufficient to cool
the milk. Under favorable condi-
For weeks I've been planning and
scheming how it could be done. Ilow
do you suppose I happened to ehave
this Alaska trip,all cut and denied even
down to the traits -and boat schedules,
if I hadn't done some thinking? To-
night came my chance.._ So I spoke."
"Brit—to be a quitter!"
"You're not quitting. You're—
stopping to get your breath."
"There's -my work," t
"You've made good, and more then
good there, son, I've been proud of
you—every inch of the way. You're
no quitter there."
"Thanks, dad!" Only the sudden
tions it should be posatible to bring meet in his eyes and the shake in his
the milk to within three •degrees of voice showed how really moved Blithe
the temperature of the water. It will .vas. "But—Helen,' he stammered
' be necessary to have a thermometer
to test both the water and the milk.
IOne of two methods may be used
is cooling.
"Will be better off without you—
for a time."
"Ande.-I ?„
"Will be better off without her—
By the first method the cans are, or the same time. While I—shall be,
placed immediately after milking in! oh, so infinitely better off with you.
a tub or tank contaiieing water run -1 Ah, son, but. I've missed you got" It
Hing directly from the source of sup-
ply and the milk stirred frequently
until the temperature is reduced. A
was the some Ionging cry t at had
gone straight to Burke's heart a few
minutes before, ."You'•Il come?"
There ,was a tense silence. Burke's
constant stream produces best re- face plainly showed the struggle
sults.
(within him, A moment more, -and he
By the second method the milk is spoke.
run over a cooler containing,rt nning, "Dad, I'll have to think it out," .he
water, and this is the mare rapid way, temporized brokenly, "I'll let you
The ordiinary conical cooler is sails- know in the morning."
factory; it usually reduces the' terra "Good!" If John Denby was di•s�ap-
" perature of the water, The night's pointed, he did not show it. "We'll
' milts should then be placed in 'a tank let it o till morning, flesh, NIean-
eh]le, it can do no harm to look at
of cold water. ' these, however," lie smiled, -with a
The cooler ...should not be operated wave of his hand toward- the maps
in the scow stable, but in a room and time -tables.
I where the air is clean anti free from "No, of course not," "acquiesced
odors. Burke promptly, relieved that his fa-
ther agreed so willingly to the delay.
"—" Half an hour Inter he went upstairs
ATHLETICS IN OUR ARMY.
Sport An Important Part of Soldiers'
Life Overseas.
•
Athletics in the Canadian Overseas
Military Forces is referred to in the
report of the Overseas Ministry, as fol-
lows:— ,
"Since its formation the Canadian
General Staff has regarded athletics as
an important branch of military train•
lug. The Canadian army gymnastic
staff was therefore utilized to promote
athletic sports throughout the various
training areas in -England. The policy
followed was to foster these fortes of
sport which enabled the largest num-
her of men to participate, rather than
to encourage those Corms of athletics
Which appealed to the highly trained
and specialized few. It was to further
this end that the Canadian Military
Athletic Association in the British
Isles was established under the direc-
tion of the' General Staff and that
championship contests wore arranged
between the different areas, Those
;ohampionehip meetings, which have
aroused the greatest interest and en-
thusiasm throughout the Canadian
forces in England, and have done so
much to acivanao itlle physical fitness
Of the mon, included Association foot-
ball, boxing, cross-country running,
wrestling, tennis, swimming, athletics,
and baseball.
JUNE 28 DATE_ OF MANY
GREAT EVENTS IN WAR
-Tim world war came to a formal end
five years after the assassination of
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, The
Austrian heir apparent was ]tilled at
Serajevo June 28, 1914,
Oh Ally 28, 1914, one month tater
the death of Francis Ferdinand, Aus-
tria declared war ou Serbia, marking_
the beginning of hostilities, On Aug-
est 1 Gerinany declared war on Russia
and invaded Luxembrtrg, Germane
Sent her ultimatum to Belgium Menet
2 and declared war on Prance August
8, Tito next day Groat Britain de.
Glared War on Germany,
Juste 28 also is the anniyei'sitry of
the renewal of the triple alliance be-
twoen Germany, Mettle and Tally,
which had been broken by the war.
Oh June 28, 1899, the Gorman Belch,
deg adopted a bill treating a. new
Ge•tnan Merle, the organization 01
which is greatly cllrnlltisli'od fn power
by the Gleet,, etgtied.
to his old room to bed.
It was a fine old room. He had
forgotten 'that a bedroom could be so
large—and so convenient, Benton,
plainly, had been thero,'Also, plainly,
his hancl had not lost its cunning, nor
his Brain the memory of how Master
Burke "lilted things."
The arrangement of bhe lights, the
glass of milk by his bed, the turned -
'down spread and sheet, the latest
magazine ready to Lis hand—evert. the
size and number of towels in leis
bathrgoin testified to Benton's loving
hand and good memory.
With a 'sigh that was almost a sob
Burke dropped himself into a chair
and looked about him,
It was all so peaceful, so restful, so
comfortable. And it was so quiet. He
had forgotten that a room could be
80 quiet,
In spite of his weariness, Burke's
preparations were both lengthy and
luxurious—he had forgotten what ab -I
solute content lay in plenty of space,!
towels, and hot water, to. say nothing
of soap that *as in its proper place,1
and did not have to be fished out of
a baby -basket or kitchen sink.
Burke dal not intend to go to sleep
at once. Ile intended fleet to settle;
in hes mind what he would da with
this proposition of hie father's. Ho
would have to refuse it, of course. It!
would net do. Still, he ought to give
it proper consideration for dad's sake.1
That much was due dad.
He stretched himself luxuriou l
I s,y on
the bed (he had forgotten that a bed!
could be so soft and so "just right"),
and began to thunk. But the next,
thing he knew -he was waking hp,.
His first feeling was a 'half uncon-
scious but delightful sensation of
physical comfort. His next a dazedj
surprise as his slowly opened eyes en-'
countered teepee and shadows end
arc -light beams on the walls and cell-`
ing melte unlike these in leis Dale
Street bedroom. Then instantly came
a vague poignant impression that
"something diad, happened," followed,
almost as quickly by full realization.
Like a panorama, then, the pre�eed••
Ing evening lay before hunt Helen,'the
crying baby, the trailing ink, the
angry wercls, the fight, dad,
his welcome, the ple'as!siat chat, the
remarkable proposition. Oh, yes! And
it was of the proposition that be was
going to think, He could not accept
it, of. course, but
What a trump dad had been to offer
it! What a trump he 11x11been in the
way ho offered it, tool What a trump
be lead boon all through about it, for
tisk ,matter, Not •a word of reproach,
o a -hint of patrons' e,. Not ev ti a
netp g a9
look that could -,lie construed into thab
hated "I told, yon so," :lust a etraight-
forward offer of thio cheek Inc Helen,
and ,the trip for himself, Mid actually,
WORLD'S GREATEST AIRMAN. '
Remarkable Achievements of Lieut.
Fonck of the French Air Service.
The most polished aerial duelist the
world has even seen is Lieut. Rene
1!onek of the.,.French Air Service, His
third' citation 'reads:
"Pouch (Rene Paul). Adjutant pilot
of Escadrille C. 47. Remarkable pilot,
brave, skillful and alert, having al-
ready taken part In a large number of
aerial battles. August 6, 1916, he re-
solutely attacked two enemy aero-
planes strongly armed. He gave chase
to one and by a series of bold and
skillful manoeuvres compelled "It to
come down intact wtihln our lines.
Ile has already been twice cited in
orders. )"
What the citation does not mention,
writes Mr, Laurence L. Briggs in
Heroes of Aviation, was that there
had- actually been. -no combat at all.
Fonck had. oontinuelly outmanoeuvred
the Germed aeroplaiie, and had kept
it in such a. position that it was unable
to use Its guns—it had to dodge and
descend and dodge and descend until
finally it had to save itself by making
a landing within our lines. All that
occurred although Fonck or Lieut. Thi-
herge, his observer, did not fire a
single shot from their machine guns.
Tho enemy aeroplane was a Rumplor
of one of the latest models. It was
intact and its passengers uninjured.
At halt past ten o'clock in the morn•
big they were prisoners,
The eapturkt observer, an officer,
fumed with impotent rage. IIe had
in his pocket a permission for leave
that afternoon at two o'clock!
The Garman pilot, questioned by
Commander du Polity, could only say:
"I -was outmanoeuvred la such a
way that I could do nothing. 1'Iy ad-
versary pressed me, kept always the
muetery over nee;. no natter what I
he kept me continually at ]lis
mercy. I could do nothing but conte
down"
Everyone will admit that such a vie -
t373,351
the Military Medal.
373,351 GRAVES IDENTIFIED.
There Still Remain 154,823 Graves in
•
France to be Marked.
The number of soldiers' graves now
identified andregistered in France
and Belgium is 379,121.
The nuitbei' of other burials report-
ed is 194,829. In many of these cases
the burfals tools pane undel• such con-
ditions that subsequently the graves
were never found and in others all
Markings have been destroyed by shell
fire. During the last mouth, however,
2125 such graves have been identified
and registered, and it is hoped that n
considerable number more will be
traced.
The staff of photographare was
greatly reduced by demobilisation and,
on this', account as well as owing to
the shortage of motorcars, the work
of photography has been much liam-
pereci: Steps are being taken to' ob-
tain the service 01 additional photo-
graphers, but some considerable time
must necesshrily elapse before all re-
quests for photographs can bo met.
In the forward areas the coecentra-
tion of isolated graves 15 1n progress,
acid while this work is being dote it
is necssseryt to close rho localities.
The work Inas also boon hitidered b*y
difficulties arising tree demobilization
and from the hick of transport, but
special steps have been taken to pro-
vide the necessalry, requirements so
that more rapid progress may be
Made,
Tho present sitea.tlon dopa not per-
rnit of es 59110001 permission Nip;
geese to visit graves, Hitherto per
mite have been given only in very
special oases, as, for instance, when
relatives aro eetuining to Australia 01'
Canada, The difficulties of traveling
iu Franco acid Belgium aro very groat,
and there is little accommodation for
travelers.
When liaraten le taken oil.' the top
of jelly,. etc,, ib should be melted alt
once to free it from the fruit,
CITY OF DINANT STILL
PICTURE OF GERMANS' RUTAUTY-
leayIy 1,,800 arouses And Ail the Ptthlie Buildin. a Ex;eept cite
a'ahtis de rustice Are But Ghastly ,"hells-.— o' of
Fifteen Relates Tales of horror,
' set all the scenes of German atroci-
tlos, eenatnt is the place which, to my
Mind, le today the most impressive to
tine visitor, says'e war correspondent,
Many of the towns and villagese elevae
tatee by the Germans have ahreedy
lost much of the hideousness of the
condition in whish the outrages left
then, y
At Louvain, for instance, it would be
easy for anyone wheeled never seen
the; place before the war, or wiio was
lacking in imagination, to walk through
the town without being violently
shocked, it"le not until one comes to
explore the empty•shell gf the univor
elty.buildings that the sight of the me.
Oriel destruction rece1l'y overwhelms
one, here one is afflicted by a sense
of acute physical pail. One opens
one's mouth to . speak and remains
silent,. choking with sneer.
Moral Iniquity of Germans.
When one- comes to talk to the in-
hebitents one realizes the moral in.
iqulty-of the Germans to the full. The
station -epee apace has been renamed
Place. des; Martyrs in memory of the
slaughter of civilians there, Tho Ger-
mans•lo'oted the houses before burn-
,thern. Many of the buildings were
marked with spalls upon the door—
"This.liouse has been visited; all cor-
rect," The occupants for a moment
lifted up their hearts, imagining the in-
scription to mean that the house was
do be spared. But,--ou the contrary,
what it really meant was: "This house
has been looted of everything worth
taking; go ahead and burn its'
A few Manses have already been re-
built—I regret to say in a style quite
unworthy of the opportunity which
now presents itself for beautifying the
town. The lecture rooms at 'the uni-
versity still exist, and 2,000 students
are said to be at work, despite the fact
that their board and lodging cost three
times what they did before the war,
At Dluant; however, comparatively
little has been done toward starting
life anew. Nearly 1,200 houses, more
than two-thirds of the town, including
all -the •public buildings except the
Palais de Justice, are still but ghastly
shells. The houses facing the ends of
streets running at right angles to the
Meuse are covered with the marks -of
rifle bullets fired by the French dur-
Ing their last stand on the other side
bf the river. But the really humane
interest lies'in the marks of other
and •German. bullets, those fired
through the bodies of harmless civil-
ians, men, women and children. At
one place there is a hole in a stone
window -sill, not much more than two
feet from the ground. I asked a pass-
ing girl aboout it, She said that that
was where, in her own presence, the
son of the local K. C. was shot, at a
distance of five paces. 'Why is the
bullet stark so near the ground?" "Be-
cause he was ill and they shot hint in
a chair."
His Escape From Death. •
I was recommended to talk with a
young man who was one of the few
who escaped death by falling under-
neath a heap of corpses. In the
course of a long and perfectly calm
conversation, and subject to my cross-
examination, he told the ,following
story. I should preface it by saying
that the German advance guard
reached Dieant on the evening of
August 21, but, apart from killing or
wounding three men, one woman and
a small cbild, merely set fire to a large
workmen's dwelling and burned a
fancily of four persons and another
man to death. All but 3000 of the
population fled across the river in
b,oats. Nothing much else happened
on the 22nd.
On August 23 the battle (with the
French) began again, • About 3 o'clock
in the afternoon we heard a fearful
row. It was the Germans coming clown
the Rochefort road, smashing doors
and windows, They came into my
uncle's house, where. I was, and asked
Whether we had erns, wire and foot].
We replied that there was not a weap-
on in the house, for, by order of the
burgomaster, all oivtilhns hid to hand
in their arms at the Rotel de Ville,
but any wine and food we hall was at
their disposal. in a moment the house
was thoroughly searched. They found
no arms, but took all the food, drank
a great deal of wine and tried to break
open a sale with a beam. The then
were separated from the women and
taken itlto the street. At first I was
put with the mon, but bowies; I was
only fifteen I wag sent by an' officer,
together with :nmy brother, to Join the
women Ill o kitchen.
Cursefild and Puohed On.
Soon a soldier come to fetch me, IIe
made ane and my brother load a hand-
cart with from my stores fro uncle's teeth -
room, I could -not carry the weights,
Every time I etoppod to tale? breath
th'a soldiers, their hideous feces swol-
len with drink, cursed and pushed ere
along: At leaf I collapsed against a
aisle. A 'soldier took pity on me and
sent me back to my mother In the kit-
chen. The wemen""'were crying and
begging the Germans on their. kueos
ilot to shoot their men. My little site
ter, sick with tear, was lying on two
elusive, My aunt,• sixty-eight years old,
had hidden in a cupboard- on the first
floor. The. Germane found her, and
drove her downstairs with blows of
their butts, They kept on repeating
that they were going to burn all the
houses, and that then everybody would
be
shot,
About 3.30 o'clock we were taken
into the street where the men were,
and an officer told us that we were go -
bug to cross the bridge first, but that
1f her heard a single shot from the
French we should be all shot, The
column of civilians, with cries and
tears, slowly approached the pleas
where the engineers were building the
bridge. There were 100 of us, Wren,
women, children and babies. Just be-
fore reaching the bridge I heard shots
fired. I immediately crouched down.
The Cries of fear of the crowd were
mingled with cries of pain. lily
brother saiel to me; "The Germans are
firing on us; I think I am wounded,
I feel bad."
A Heap of Corpses,
I did not hear tho rest of the sen
tencel for we wore pushed against a
low wall. I saw the soldiers load their
rifles, get in front of us, and take aim.
Instinctively I lay clown, and immedi-
ately afterward there was a fresh
fusillade, much more violent than the
first. I felt the weight of the dead in-
creasing and pressing upon me. The
soldiers uttered cries of rage and
triumph around the heap of corpses.
I kept motionless holding my breath.
I felt the limbs of the dying stiffen. I
heard their death-rattle and their last -
murmured words. Some prayed/others
said good-bye. Ono woman close to
me spoke as she died to the baby dead
in her arms, All the. while I could
hear the heartrending voice of my
brother calling for water,
As the night grew cold, some of the
wounded recovered consciousness and
began to ask for water or to be finish-
ed off, Several shots were fired, then
all was still. About midnight I got
up, together with the few survivors.
A small fat soldier beckoned to us to
approach. We were robbed of our
money, tied two and two together with
our hands behind our backs, and taken
to the bank of the river. We passed
the night lying ou the ground. Sever-
al regiments passed without ill-treat-
ing us; others insulted us, spat in our
faces and gave us kicks..
At dawn the soldiers set fire to the
houses facing the bridge. About 7
o'clock in the morning we were untied
and forced to early the corpses of the
civilians to a pit already dug by tho
engineers. I buried my brother, then.
my sister, whose brains were blown
out, and finally my father, most of
whose head was gone, and my another.
Then an officer nssembed us in the
garden, highly praised the victorious
German army, and told us that all Bel-
gians deserved death for having op-
posed the passage of the German
army, but that the kaiser had pardon-
ed us, and that we should bo prisoners
In Gerneany.
Eighty-three persons , including
twenty-six women and eighteen chil-
dren under fifteen, were shot on this
particular occasion, the oldest being a
woman of eighty-eight, and the young-
est a baby girl of three weeks. The
marks in the wall are very visible.
The accursed dela above related
was performed by the 101st Grenadier
regiment of the Twelfth Saxon Army
Corps, under the command of General
von Ifisa. The officer who carried out
the order for the massacre was Major
Schuck, commanding tits first bat-
talion.
A "Wear -House" of Facts.
An apron Is the first article of cloth-
ing mentioned in history.
Kid gloves, with hand -painted backs,
we•e once a groat craze on the Conti-
nent,
Pins were first used in England in
f543, before which' time the ladies
ttsetl "skewers"! -
Veils were originally worn by Jew•
isle matrons with the idea of covering
up their hair!
Ten goats' fleeces are required to
make a cashmere shawl, which takes
throb men six months to complete.
The red fiat of the cardinal .is said
to cost him of least $2,500; in some
cafes being more than a king pays for
hie crowed
Millinery comes from the word
"Milan,' which city at one time gave
the fashion to .?Europe In all- neuters
of -taste in woman's dress,
Two caro pear ,earrings, "low-necic-
od" blondes, oblong collars of gold, set
with jewels, and false, red hair, were
come of the things Queen ' 0lizabetlt
were in her 07th year,
Sills stockings were first worn by the
French Klee hi 1561, The steel frame
for weaving them was invented by the
Rev. Mr. Lee, 01 Oambrtdgo, In 1539,
and 'Queen Elizabeth was the first per-
son to wear silk and epee -work stock -
Inge in England.
Silk dresses are said 10 act as good
ad any barometer for weather tore,
casting!, They rustle much more loud-
ly in dry weather, bocitttae they aro'
almost devoid of moisture and the
friction between their folds is soft
siclerablo. In damp weatiser, tho silk
Is said to absorb a portion of the mots -
biro and become inoro silent,
Clothes never should be put away
in a soiled conditlion---or stored where
dust or dampness may get to them.
A layer cake may be spread with
jelly and sprinkled with puffed rice
end prepared cocoanut.
Fuller's earth, or starch, if fuller's
oarbh is not at hand, is a safe remover
of spots from delicately colored ma-
terials. Spread a paste of either,
made with a 'little glycerine, upon the
spot and leave Inc several hours then
brush thoroughly with a stile whisk.
Repeat if stain is n'ot,entirely removed.
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WHAT MAKES GEYSER SPOUT?
Long a Mystery, the Problem Har
Recently Seen Solved,
Geysers were long a mystery. Whai
makes, 01d Faithful, of Yellowst000
Parlt, the most famous of all goyserei
spout a column of water and vapoi
hundreds of feet into the air at intern
vale of five minutes or so?
Tho problem has been solved, and
that the solution is correct wast saris,
factoriiy proved by a small model of a
geyser exhibited recently, which work-
ed first rate,
Old Faithful—taking it its a sample
geyeer—is, -structurally speaking, a
tube that Leads down to a very hot
place beneath the crust of the Yellow.
stone National Park, Water (derived
from the rocks) 1g -forced up through
the tube in the form of steam. But
the tube, not far from the surface, ex-
pands into a chamber that serves to
hold the water and vapor hack until it
is filled. Then something has got to
"go bust" and out comes the mixture
of fluid and steam with terrific viol-
ence.
In a word, the whole secret of the
intermittent geyser lies in a subter
ranean reservoir, the contents of
which aro forced out by steam ex -i
pension every time it gets filled up.
The Yellowstone Peii•k is a region
which not very long ago was fiercely
volcanic. In that role it luta ceased
to play an alarming part, but locally
the earth's crust is extremely titin. A
very literal hell rages not far beneath
the places frequented by tourists, and
thence is derived the heat that causes
the outbursts of the geysers.
FINGERNAILS OF AN EMPRESS,
Possession of Long Nails Denotes
High Rank Among the Chinese.
Tho late Empress Dowager of China,
whose special fad was the poisoning
of her relatives and other persons
that bored her, is represented in the
National Museum, ateshington, by
a magnificent painted portrait, given
by herself to the U.S. government.
In the picture, she is wearing about
a million dollars worth of pearls. But,
what shows she is a real lady aro her,
fingernails, which aro from four to skc
inches long,
It you were to try to grow such.
nails, it would take you several yoars;j
and in the meantime you could do:
nothing useful with your hands, for
fear of breaking them,
Deprived of nails, our hands would
be comparatively helpless, Disable :i
thumb -nail, and you wall realize that :l
is the most valuable tool with whirl
nature has provided you.
On the other hand, if your nails
were several inches long (as those o'
the high nobility in China connnonlj
aro), they would entirely incapacitate
you for any sort of manual labor.
The possession of such nails by a
high -caste Chinaman - distinguishes -
hint from tho common hord as a per
sou elevated above the neceseity of
physical toll, They are an impo'tanl
marl.. of his social degree, Rad, to lee
son the. danger of breaking them, hs
keeps them covered much of the tints
With long guards 'of leather.
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WAFTER IX,—(Cental.)
"Then- we'll call -that settled,"
"I know; but— Of course if you
put.. it that way, why I—"
"Well, I do put it just' that way,"
nodded•$he father lightly, "Now, let's
go !n. I've got some maps and time-
tables I want you to see. I'm plan-
ning a different route fiom the ono
we took with the doetcr,-a better one,
I thank. But let's see what you say.
Come!" And he led the way to the
library. r
Burke's head c
shoulders lost t droop andhis
.me up alertly, His
heir
brow its frown. A new light flamed
into ^hi s - eyes and a new sprin
irk a eusual, matter -of -feet tone 9f
voice qts if ten -thousand -dollar Sheets
and' Alaakan trips wero everyday oc-
currences, ,
tit they weren't. .A, tiiip•like that
did not drop into a man's plate eery
day. Of course he could not take et -,-
bet what a dandy one it would bel
And with dad—.!
For that matter, dad really needed
hire. Dad ought not to go• off like
that .alone, and so Lar, Beadles, dad
-w*ppted• him, How his voice had
trembled when he ilei said, "I don't
think; you know, boy,..how your old
dad has missed you"l As if he didn't,
indeed] As iii he hadn't done some
K missing on ins sWrl -account!
leaped into his step. Always from from And the cheek., Of course he could
the time "seehie the wheels
x -old l'ro had not ]et Helen ecce t that, either, --
hadto the M1vheol3 go round, pp '
had Burke's thief passion and -delight ten thousandera!, Bet how genera
been traveling. As he bent now over ons of dad to offer et and of course
the maps olid time -tables! that hit it would be _good for elen! She
Esther spro-ed before him, 'voice and needed a rent, all right, and she de.bo chopped for cake, flour the sees- hands fairly trembled with eagerness. served one; It would be fine her to go
sons and cut the raisins, This will IThee suddenly a chance word sent back to tar old home town• for
be found far more satisfactory than him to his feet again, the old look oftittle 'while, •and no mistake, Not that.
trying to drop them in a' bowl. despair on his face. she would need to upend the whole ten
When meat is to be cit for a stew' "Dad, I can't," he choked/
be a quitter, You don't want"I can't thousand dollars on that, .of course,
.it can often be most easily cut withme to But even a little slice 'of a sum like
scissors. be!" that would •gave her all the fri'1'is'and.
With a sharp uteri, John Denby, furbelows she wanted for herself and
Lettuce, can be qulcicly shreddedltoo leapedthe' baby. and 'send them ?into the
to his feet, Somethin oY
and so can cabbage with scissors, 'the dogged persistence that Tied won country for the rent of the summer,
Many ether uses will suggest them- for hien wealth and power glowed in besides leq'ving nine -tenths of it Inc a
selves from time to time. his eyes as he went straight to his nest -egg for the future: And what a
The scissors, of course, should al- son and laid both hands on his comfortable feelingit would give her
le oil when she
ways be thoroughly cleaned and dried shoulders, ee —always a ]Int money n wanted it. for an thin i No more of
after each using. Burke, I had i not meant a spy, the hated pinching and starving, for
this,"he began quietly; out perhaps he should tell her bo spend. it and take
it's just as well that I do. Possibly some comfort with. it. That was what think I've been 'blind all these
pest months; but I haven't, I've --seen it was Inc. Besides, when it was gone,
- Keep Milk Without Ice.
Dairy farmers who were unable to
in a supply of dee last winter need —a good Ileal. Now re giant you and he would have some for her. What a
putpp y Helen to be happy. I don't want to boon it would be to her that ten
not despair of keeping thin mills sweet! see your Life—or hers'waecked. I be- thousand dollars! Of course, looking
if they have a fairly abundant sup-� Neve there's a cbanee yet for ,you two at it in that light, it was almost his
ply of water reasonably low in tem- people to travel together with some duty to :accept the proposition, and
perature and if they will -take -a feev measure of peace and comfort, and gve'her the chance to have it.
simple precautions to keep drown the I'm trying to give you that chance. (To be continued.)
bacteria count. 'There's just one thing -to do. I believe,
Two conditions or factors largely and haor awl it oe.be awayoth -r a meeacth
determine the length of time milk will; t
keep without souring—the number of
bacteria that gat into the milk at the
time of milking 'end the temperature
at which the milk is held.
The bacteria may be checked, even
if ice is not used, by a little more
care in keeping- the cows clean, -by
keeping the dairy utensils thoroughly
scalded and by using a small -topped
milk pail.
• If these precautions are taken
springs or well producing water of a
low temperature are sufficient to cool
the milk. Under favorable condi-
For weeks I've been planning and
scheming how it could be done. Ilow
do you suppose I happened to ehave
this Alaska trip,all cut and denied even
down to the traits -and boat schedules,
if I hadn't done some thinking? To-
night came my chance.._ So I spoke."
"Brit—to be a quitter!"
"You're not quitting. You're—
stopping to get your breath."
"There's -my work," t
"You've made good, and more then
good there, son, I've been proud of
you—every inch of the way. You're
no quitter there."
"Thanks, dad!" Only the sudden
tions it should be posatible to bring meet in his eyes and the shake in his
the milk to within three •degrees of voice showed how really moved Blithe
the temperature of the water. It will .vas. "But—Helen,' he stammered
' be necessary to have a thermometer
to test both the water and the milk.
IOne of two methods may be used
is cooling.
"Will be better off without you—
for a time."
"Ande.-I ?„
"Will be better off without her—
By the first method the cans are, or the same time. While I—shall be,
placed immediately after milking in! oh, so infinitely better off with you.
a tub or tank contaiieing water run -1 Ah, son, but. I've missed you got" It
Hing directly from the source of sup-
ply and the milk stirred frequently
until the temperature is reduced. A
was the some Ionging cry t at had
gone straight to Burke's heart a few
minutes before, ."You'•Il come?"
There ,was a tense silence. Burke's
constant stream produces best re- face plainly showed the struggle
sults.
(within him, A moment more, -and he
By the second method the milk is spoke.
run over a cooler containing,rt nning, "Dad, I'll have to think it out," .he
water, and this is the mare rapid way, temporized brokenly, "I'll let you
The ordiinary conical cooler is sails- know in the morning."
factory; it usually reduces the' terra "Good!" If John Denby was di•s�ap-
" perature of the water, The night's pointed, he did not show it. "We'll
' milts should then be placed in 'a tank let it o till morning, flesh, NIean-
eh]le, it can do no harm to look at
of cold water. ' these, however," lie smiled, -with a
The cooler ...should not be operated wave of his hand toward- the maps
in the scow stable, but in a room and time -tables.
I where the air is clean anti free from "No, of course not," "acquiesced
odors. Burke promptly, relieved that his fa-
ther agreed so willingly to the delay.
"—" Half an hour Inter he went upstairs
ATHLETICS IN OUR ARMY.
Sport An Important Part of Soldiers'
Life Overseas.
•
Athletics in the Canadian Overseas
Military Forces is referred to in the
report of the Overseas Ministry, as fol-
lows:— ,
"Since its formation the Canadian
General Staff has regarded athletics as
an important branch of military train•
lug. The Canadian army gymnastic
staff was therefore utilized to promote
athletic sports throughout the various
training areas in -England. The policy
followed was to foster these fortes of
sport which enabled the largest num-
her of men to participate, rather than
to encourage those Corms of athletics
Which appealed to the highly trained
and specialized few. It was to further
this end that the Canadian Military
Athletic Association in the British
Isles was established under the direc-
tion of the' General Staff and that
championship contests wore arranged
between the different areas, Those
;ohampionehip meetings, which have
aroused the greatest interest and en-
thusiasm throughout the Canadian
forces in England, and have done so
much to acivanao itlle physical fitness
Of the mon, included Association foot-
ball, boxing, cross-country running,
wrestling, tennis, swimming, athletics,
and baseball.
JUNE 28 DATE_ OF MANY
GREAT EVENTS IN WAR
-Tim world war came to a formal end
five years after the assassination of
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, The
Austrian heir apparent was ]tilled at
Serajevo June 28, 1914,
Oh Ally 28, 1914, one month tater
the death of Francis Ferdinand, Aus-
tria declared war ou Serbia, marking_
the beginning of hostilities, On Aug-
est 1 Gerinany declared war on Russia
and invaded Luxembrtrg, Germane
Sent her ultimatum to Belgium Menet
2 and declared war on Prance August
8, Tito next day Groat Britain de.
Glared War on Germany,
Juste 28 also is the anniyei'sitry of
the renewal of the triple alliance be-
twoen Germany, Mettle and Tally,
which had been broken by the war.
Oh June 28, 1899, the Gorman Belch,
deg adopted a bill treating a. new
Ge•tnan Merle, the organization 01
which is greatly cllrnlltisli'od fn power
by the Gleet,, etgtied.
to his old room to bed.
It was a fine old room. He had
forgotten 'that a bedroom could be so
large—and so convenient, Benton,
plainly, had been thero,'Also, plainly,
his hancl had not lost its cunning, nor
his Brain the memory of how Master
Burke "lilted things."
The arrangement of bhe lights, the
glass of milk by his bed, the turned -
'down spread and sheet, the latest
magazine ready to Lis hand—evert. the
size and number of towels in leis
bathrgoin testified to Benton's loving
hand and good memory.
With a 'sigh that was almost a sob
Burke dropped himself into a chair
and looked about him,
It was all so peaceful, so restful, so
comfortable. And it was so quiet. He
had forgotten that a room could be
80 quiet,
In spite of his weariness, Burke's
preparations were both lengthy and
luxurious—he had forgotten what ab -I
solute content lay in plenty of space,!
towels, and hot water, to. say nothing
of soap that *as in its proper place,1
and did not have to be fished out of
a baby -basket or kitchen sink.
Burke dal not intend to go to sleep
at once. Ile intended fleet to settle;
in hes mind what he would da with
this proposition of hie father's. Ho
would have to refuse it, of course. It!
would net do. Still, he ought to give
it proper consideration for dad's sake.1
That much was due dad.
He stretched himself luxuriou l
I s,y on
the bed (he had forgotten that a bed!
could be so soft and so "just right"),
and began to thunk. But the next,
thing he knew -he was waking hp,.
His first feeling was a 'half uncon-
scious but delightful sensation of
physical comfort. His next a dazedj
surprise as his slowly opened eyes en-'
countered teepee and shadows end
arc -light beams on the walls and cell-`
ing melte unlike these in leis Dale
Street bedroom. Then instantly came
a vague poignant impression that
"something diad, happened," followed,
almost as quickly by full realization.
Like a panorama, then, the pre�eed••
Ing evening lay before hunt Helen,'the
crying baby, the trailing ink, the
angry wercls, the fight, dad,
his welcome, the ple'as!siat chat, the
remarkable proposition. Oh, yes! And
it was of the proposition that be was
going to think, He could not accept
it, of. course, but
What a trump dad had been to offer
it! What a trump he 11x11been in the
way ho offered it, tool What a trump
be lead boon all through about it, for
tisk ,matter, Not •a word of reproach,
o a -hint of patrons' e,. Not ev ti a
netp g a9
look that could -,lie construed into thab
hated "I told, yon so," :lust a etraight-
forward offer of thio cheek Inc Helen,
and ,the trip for himself, Mid actually,
WORLD'S GREATEST AIRMAN. '
Remarkable Achievements of Lieut.
Fonck of the French Air Service.
The most polished aerial duelist the
world has even seen is Lieut. Rene
1!onek of the.,.French Air Service, His
third' citation 'reads:
"Pouch (Rene Paul). Adjutant pilot
of Escadrille C. 47. Remarkable pilot,
brave, skillful and alert, having al-
ready taken part In a large number of
aerial battles. August 6, 1916, he re-
solutely attacked two enemy aero-
planes strongly armed. He gave chase
to one and by a series of bold and
skillful manoeuvres compelled "It to
come down intact wtihln our lines.
Ile has already been twice cited in
orders. )"
What the citation does not mention,
writes Mr, Laurence L. Briggs in
Heroes of Aviation, was that there
had- actually been. -no combat at all.
Fonck had. oontinuelly outmanoeuvred
the Germed aeroplaiie, and had kept
it in such a. position that it was unable
to use Its guns—it had to dodge and
descend and dodge and descend until
finally it had to save itself by making
a landing within our lines. All that
occurred although Fonck or Lieut. Thi-
herge, his observer, did not fire a
single shot from their machine guns.
Tho enemy aeroplane was a Rumplor
of one of the latest models. It was
intact and its passengers uninjured.
At halt past ten o'clock in the morn•
big they were prisoners,
The eapturkt observer, an officer,
fumed with impotent rage. IIe had
in his pocket a permission for leave
that afternoon at two o'clock!
The Garman pilot, questioned by
Commander du Polity, could only say:
"I -was outmanoeuvred la such a
way that I could do nothing. 1'Iy ad-
versary pressed me, kept always the
muetery over nee;. no natter what I
he kept me continually at ]lis
mercy. I could do nothing but conte
down"
Everyone will admit that such a vie -
t373,351
the Military Medal.
373,351 GRAVES IDENTIFIED.
There Still Remain 154,823 Graves in
•
France to be Marked.
The number of soldiers' graves now
identified andregistered in France
and Belgium is 379,121.
The nuitbei' of other burials report-
ed is 194,829. In many of these cases
the burfals tools pane undel• such con-
ditions that subsequently the graves
were never found and in others all
Markings have been destroyed by shell
fire. During the last mouth, however,
2125 such graves have been identified
and registered, and it is hoped that n
considerable number more will be
traced.
The staff of photographare was
greatly reduced by demobilisation and,
on this', account as well as owing to
the shortage of motorcars, the work
of photography has been much liam-
pereci: Steps are being taken to' ob-
tain the service 01 additional photo-
graphers, but some considerable time
must necesshrily elapse before all re-
quests for photographs can bo met.
In the forward areas the coecentra-
tion of isolated graves 15 1n progress,
acid while this work is being dote it
is necssseryt to close rho localities.
The work Inas also boon hitidered b*y
difficulties arising tree demobilization
and from the hick of transport, but
special steps have been taken to pro-
vide the necessalry, requirements so
that more rapid progress may be
Made,
Tho present sitea.tlon dopa not per-
rnit of es 59110001 permission Nip;
geese to visit graves, Hitherto per
mite have been given only in very
special oases, as, for instance, when
relatives aro eetuining to Australia 01'
Canada, The difficulties of traveling
iu Franco acid Belgium aro very groat,
and there is little accommodation for
travelers.
When liaraten le taken oil.' the top
of jelly,. etc,, ib should be melted alt
once to free it from the fruit,
CITY OF DINANT STILL
PICTURE OF GERMANS' RUTAUTY-
leayIy 1,,800 arouses And Ail the Ptthlie Buildin. a Ex;eept cite
a'ahtis de rustice Are But Ghastly ,"hells-.— o' of
Fifteen Relates Tales of horror,
' set all the scenes of German atroci-
tlos, eenatnt is the place which, to my
Mind, le today the most impressive to
tine visitor, says'e war correspondent,
Many of the towns and villagese elevae
tatee by the Germans have ahreedy
lost much of the hideousness of the
condition in whish the outrages left
then, y
At Louvain, for instance, it would be
easy for anyone wheeled never seen
the; place before the war, or wiio was
lacking in imagination, to walk through
the town without being violently
shocked, it"le not until one comes to
explore the empty•shell gf the univor
elty.buildings that the sight of the me.
Oriel destruction rece1l'y overwhelms
one, here one is afflicted by a sense
of acute physical pail. One opens
one's mouth to . speak and remains
silent,. choking with sneer.
Moral Iniquity of Germans.
When one- comes to talk to the in-
hebitents one realizes the moral in.
iqulty-of the Germans to the full. The
station -epee apace has been renamed
Place. des; Martyrs in memory of the
slaughter of civilians there, Tho Ger-
mans•lo'oted the houses before burn-
,thern. Many of the buildings were
marked with spalls upon the door—
"This.liouse has been visited; all cor-
rect," The occupants for a moment
lifted up their hearts, imagining the in-
scription to mean that the house was
do be spared. But,--ou the contrary,
what it really meant was: "This house
has been looted of everything worth
taking; go ahead and burn its'
A few Manses have already been re-
built—I regret to say in a style quite
unworthy of the opportunity which
now presents itself for beautifying the
town. The lecture rooms at 'the uni-
versity still exist, and 2,000 students
are said to be at work, despite the fact
that their board and lodging cost three
times what they did before the war,
At Dluant; however, comparatively
little has been done toward starting
life anew. Nearly 1,200 houses, more
than two-thirds of the town, including
all -the •public buildings except the
Palais de Justice, are still but ghastly
shells. The houses facing the ends of
streets running at right angles to the
Meuse are covered with the marks -of
rifle bullets fired by the French dur-
Ing their last stand on the other side
bf the river. But the really humane
interest lies'in the marks of other
and •German. bullets, those fired
through the bodies of harmless civil-
ians, men, women and children. At
one place there is a hole in a stone
window -sill, not much more than two
feet from the ground. I asked a pass-
ing girl aboout it, She said that that
was where, in her own presence, the
son of the local K. C. was shot, at a
distance of five paces. 'Why is the
bullet stark so near the ground?" "Be-
cause he was ill and they shot hint in
a chair."
His Escape From Death. •
I was recommended to talk with a
young man who was one of the few
who escaped death by falling under-
neath a heap of corpses. In the
course of a long and perfectly calm
conversation, and subject to my cross-
examination, he told the ,following
story. I should preface it by saying
that the German advance guard
reached Dieant on the evening of
August 21, but, apart from killing or
wounding three men, one woman and
a small cbild, merely set fire to a large
workmen's dwelling and burned a
fancily of four persons and another
man to death. All but 3000 of the
population fled across the river in
b,oats. Nothing much else happened
on the 22nd.
On August 23 the battle (with the
French) began again, • About 3 o'clock
in the afternoon we heard a fearful
row. It was the Germans coming clown
the Rochefort road, smashing doors
and windows, They came into my
uncle's house, where. I was, and asked
Whether we had erns, wire and foot].
We replied that there was not a weap-
on in the house, for, by order of the
burgomaster, all oivtilhns hid to hand
in their arms at the Rotel de Ville,
but any wine and food we hall was at
their disposal. in a moment the house
was thoroughly searched. They found
no arms, but took all the food, drank
a great deal of wine and tried to break
open a sale with a beam. The then
were separated from the women and
taken itlto the street. At first I was
put with the mon, but bowies; I was
only fifteen I wag sent by an' officer,
together with :nmy brother, to Join the
women Ill o kitchen.
Cursefild and Puohed On.
Soon a soldier come to fetch me, IIe
made ane and my brother load a hand-
cart with from my stores fro uncle's teeth -
room, I could -not carry the weights,
Every time I etoppod to tale? breath
th'a soldiers, their hideous feces swol-
len with drink, cursed and pushed ere
along: At leaf I collapsed against a
aisle. A 'soldier took pity on me and
sent me back to my mother In the kit-
chen. The wemen""'were crying and
begging the Germans on their. kueos
ilot to shoot their men. My little site
ter, sick with tear, was lying on two
elusive, My aunt,• sixty-eight years old,
had hidden in a cupboard- on the first
floor. The. Germane found her, and
drove her downstairs with blows of
their butts, They kept on repeating
that they were going to burn all the
houses, and that then everybody would
be
shot,
About 3.30 o'clock we were taken
into the street where the men were,
and an officer told us that we were go -
bug to cross the bridge first, but that
1f her heard a single shot from the
French we should be all shot, The
column of civilians, with cries and
tears, slowly approached the pleas
where the engineers were building the
bridge. There were 100 of us, Wren,
women, children and babies. Just be-
fore reaching the bridge I heard shots
fired. I immediately crouched down.
The Cries of fear of the crowd were
mingled with cries of pain. lily
brother saiel to me; "The Germans are
firing on us; I think I am wounded,
I feel bad."
A Heap of Corpses,
I did not hear tho rest of the sen
tencel for we wore pushed against a
low wall. I saw the soldiers load their
rifles, get in front of us, and take aim.
Instinctively I lay clown, and immedi-
ately afterward there was a fresh
fusillade, much more violent than the
first. I felt the weight of the dead in-
creasing and pressing upon me. The
soldiers uttered cries of rage and
triumph around the heap of corpses.
I kept motionless holding my breath.
I felt the limbs of the dying stiffen. I
heard their death-rattle and their last -
murmured words. Some prayed/others
said good-bye. Ono woman close to
me spoke as she died to the baby dead
in her arms, All the. while I could
hear the heartrending voice of my
brother calling for water,
As the night grew cold, some of the
wounded recovered consciousness and
began to ask for water or to be finish-
ed off, Several shots were fired, then
all was still. About midnight I got
up, together with the few survivors.
A small fat soldier beckoned to us to
approach. We were robbed of our
money, tied two and two together with
our hands behind our backs, and taken
to the bank of the river. We passed
the night lying ou the ground. Sever-
al regiments passed without ill-treat-
ing us; others insulted us, spat in our
faces and gave us kicks..
At dawn the soldiers set fire to the
houses facing the bridge. About 7
o'clock in the morning we were untied
and forced to early the corpses of the
civilians to a pit already dug by tho
engineers. I buried my brother, then.
my sister, whose brains were blown
out, and finally my father, most of
whose head was gone, and my another.
Then an officer nssembed us in the
garden, highly praised the victorious
German army, and told us that all Bel-
gians deserved death for having op-
posed the passage of the German
army, but that the kaiser had pardon-
ed us, and that we should bo prisoners
In Gerneany.
Eighty-three persons , including
twenty-six women and eighteen chil-
dren under fifteen, were shot on this
particular occasion, the oldest being a
woman of eighty-eight, and the young-
est a baby girl of three weeks. The
marks in the wall are very visible.
The accursed dela above related
was performed by the 101st Grenadier
regiment of the Twelfth Saxon Army
Corps, under the command of General
von Ifisa. The officer who carried out
the order for the massacre was Major
Schuck, commanding tits first bat-
talion.
A "Wear -House" of Facts.
An apron Is the first article of cloth-
ing mentioned in history.
Kid gloves, with hand -painted backs,
we•e once a groat craze on the Conti-
nent,
Pins were first used in England in
f543, before which' time the ladies
ttsetl "skewers"! -
Veils were originally worn by Jew•
isle matrons with the idea of covering
up their hair!
Ten goats' fleeces are required to
make a cashmere shawl, which takes
throb men six months to complete.
The red fiat of the cardinal .is said
to cost him of least $2,500; in some
cafes being more than a king pays for
hie crowed
Millinery comes from the word
"Milan,' which city at one time gave
the fashion to .?Europe In all- neuters
of -taste in woman's dress,
Two caro pear ,earrings, "low-necic-
od" blondes, oblong collars of gold, set
with jewels, and false, red hair, were
come of the things Queen ' 0lizabetlt
were in her 07th year,
Sills stockings were first worn by the
French Klee hi 1561, The steel frame
for weaving them was invented by the
Rev. Mr. Lee, 01 Oambrtdgo, In 1539,
and 'Queen Elizabeth was the first per-
son to wear silk and epee -work stock -
Inge in England.
Silk dresses are said 10 act as good
ad any barometer for weather tore,
casting!, They rustle much more loud-
ly in dry weather, bocitttae they aro'
almost devoid of moisture and the
friction between their folds is soft
siclerablo. In damp weatiser, tho silk
Is said to absorb a portion of the mots -
biro and become inoro silent,
Clothes never should be put away
in a soiled conditlion---or stored where
dust or dampness may get to them.
A layer cake may be spread with
jelly and sprinkled with puffed rice
end prepared cocoanut.
Fuller's earth, or starch, if fuller's
oarbh is not at hand, is a safe remover
of spots from delicately colored ma-
terials. Spread a paste of either,
made with a 'little glycerine, upon the
spot and leave Inc several hours then
brush thoroughly with a stile whisk.
Repeat if stain is n'ot,entirely removed.
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Long a Mystery, the Problem Har
Recently Seen Solved,
Geysers were long a mystery. Whai
makes, 01d Faithful, of Yellowst000
Parlt, the most famous of all goyserei
spout a column of water and vapoi
hundreds of feet into the air at intern
vale of five minutes or so?
Tho problem has been solved, and
that the solution is correct wast saris,
factoriiy proved by a small model of a
geyser exhibited recently, which work-
ed first rate,
Old Faithful—taking it its a sample
geyeer—is, -structurally speaking, a
tube that Leads down to a very hot
place beneath the crust of the Yellow.
stone National Park, Water (derived
from the rocks) 1g -forced up through
the tube in the form of steam. But
the tube, not far from the surface, ex-
pands into a chamber that serves to
hold the water and vapor hack until it
is filled. Then something has got to
"go bust" and out comes the mixture
of fluid and steam with terrific viol-
ence.
In a word, the whole secret of the
intermittent geyser lies in a subter
ranean reservoir, the contents of
which aro forced out by steam ex -i
pension every time it gets filled up.
The Yellowstone Peii•k is a region
which not very long ago was fiercely
volcanic. In that role it luta ceased
to play an alarming part, but locally
the earth's crust is extremely titin. A
very literal hell rages not far beneath
the places frequented by tourists, and
thence is derived the heat that causes
the outbursts of the geysers.
FINGERNAILS OF AN EMPRESS,
Possession of Long Nails Denotes
High Rank Among the Chinese.
Tho late Empress Dowager of China,
whose special fad was the poisoning
of her relatives and other persons
that bored her, is represented in the
National Museum, ateshington, by
a magnificent painted portrait, given
by herself to the U.S. government.
In the picture, she is wearing about
a million dollars worth of pearls. But,
what shows she is a real lady aro her,
fingernails, which aro from four to skc
inches long,
It you were to try to grow such.
nails, it would take you several yoars;j
and in the meantime you could do:
nothing useful with your hands, for
fear of breaking them,
Deprived of nails, our hands would
be comparatively helpless, Disable :i
thumb -nail, and you wall realize that :l
is the most valuable tool with whirl
nature has provided you.
On the other hand, if your nails
were several inches long (as those o'
the high nobility in China connnonlj
aro), they would entirely incapacitate
you for any sort of manual labor.
The possession of such nails by a
high -caste Chinaman - distinguishes -
hint from tho common hord as a per
sou elevated above the neceseity of
physical toll, They are an impo'tanl
marl.. of his social degree, Rad, to lee
son the. danger of breaking them, hs
keeps them covered much of the tints
With long guards 'of leather.
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