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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-6-20, Page 6CONSTIPKAN is the moat commen aliment of the epe, one reseenelble for manic serious and often fatal diabase.- PURGATIVB WATER is the safest, surest acrd most ,000notnical "remedy for its euro. It Hushes the intestines and removes the accumulated weato matter which ander- mines health and endangers life, On Sale everywherot 26 cede the bottle. RiGA PURGATIVE WATER CQ. MONTREAL,. WARTIME ECONOMIES. - One practical way of saving is thor- oughly worth while, but if we can add several to our list of good ideas from time to time, we are not only benefit- ed ourselves, .but our general re- sourcefulness is developed and we are able to pass something helpful on to others. The first saving I am going to give you to -day is in egg whites. With the corning of summer werelish light- er and more dainty food than in the winter, and so desserts with mer- ingues have been accustomed to grace our tables. Eggs continue to be ex- pensive, and are likely to remain so because grain is high and we are urg- ed to conserve it. When you have occasion to make a delicious meringue, and.your recipe calls for two egg whites, take one egg of fair size, break it as nearly in two as possible, separate yolk and white. Fill one-half of the egg sheII with lee water and add to the white, also a pinch of salt and a pinch of cream of tartar. Now beat exactly as you would if you had two egg whites, ;At the proper time sweeten and season, You will find that you have a surpris ing quantity of meringue which will stand up and brown nicely alt the oven without any tendency to separate. Try this. The next economy has to do with package and bulk goods. You will find that many of the goods which come in cans and boxes are somewhat higher in price than bulk supplies. This is to be expected. i A well -made tin can of good quality costs a number of cents. The material, labor, the profits of different people, storage and all that sort of thing have to betaken into consideration. Naturally the cus- tomer pays for this. Sometimes she is satisfied to do so because he feels that; in the case of seine of her gro- ceries strength is retained and sani- tation insured, but if you have to pay ten, twelve or fifteen cents more a pound for coffee, cocoa, etc., than for a very satisfactory bulk grade, you may decide, as I have, that it pays to save my cans, buy in bulk, and fill them up.. If one still prefers to buy in sealed containers, it is cheaper to buy in larger packages so as to pay for few- er containers. With a small family this may not be desirable. Most such foods are thoroughly cooked anyway, and so if bought of reliable sources can be depended upon to be safe for use. It is a good idea to got small quantities or samples of the brands you propose substituting and to test them alongside of the original kinds, to determine excellence, economy in use and so on. One woman who had a family of six or seven kept track for three months of the saving she was able to effect by thoughtful buy- ing, and this amounted to a good many dollars. The third saving also seems like a little, ,one, but it co`u'nts. Purchase soap supplies for months in acfvance, as much as you feel you can afford. Unwrap and spread the cakes and bars out so that at least three of the sides will be exposed to the air. Turn them over every few days. Evapora- tion will take place, the soap will harden, and will last much longer . Food Crank or Slacker. Sooner or later some housewife will tellyou that she cannot give her family oats, corn or rice because these cerealsdo not agree with them. They must have wheat. You may be sure you are right if you brand such people as food cranks or slackers. Oats, corn and rice are as whole- some in every way as wheat, and the complaint. "They don't agree with me, I must have wheat," is usuaIIy a camouflage of our . own selfishness. What we really mean to say is, "I like wheat better. It makes lighter bread than the other cereals and it keeps moist and sweet longer." Now, no one will deny that all these are attributes of wheat bread. It is because of them, in fact, they we want to.send our wheat abroad, so that our soldiers and the Alfie; may have the bread they need, Surely we who are left behind the battlefield should be glad to do anything we can to relieve the burdens of those suffering hard- ships we cannot imagine. If we grant that saving food ie`a military measure, we should consider' ourselves under military orders, and there should be no half -way. means. 'It should be our first duty to carry out ,aa orders the suggestions of the food administration. There should be no slacking. And as good soldiers we should strive not only to do our duty, but more than our duty, Be your own commanding officer and keep yourself up to the mark of a good soldier. How Sweet is Syrup? A cup of syrup is not as sweet as a cup of sugar. The following table gives the sweetening value of different amounts of corn syrup: One cup of sugar equals one and three-fifths cup of corn syrup. Three -fourth:; cup of sugar equals one and one-fifth cups of corn syrup. One-half cup sugar equals four- fifths cup corn syrup. One tablespoon sugar equals one and three-fifths tablespoon of cern syrup. Half syrup and half sugar give bet- ter results in cooking than atll syrup. With one cup of syrup use one-fourth cup less liquid. GERMANY'S LOST AFRICAN COLONY IS A COMPARATIVELY YOUNG COUNTRY. History 'of That Portion of East • Africa That Has Passed From the Kaiser's Control, As fat as annals are concerned, German East Africa is a very young country. Until the middle of the nineteenth century only ' the coast land of the territory was known, either to Europeans or to the Arabs, The Arabs, indeed, were the first • people in possession, and when the Portuguese, stretching ottt hands of dominion in all directions, as they (lid during the fifteenth and.. six- teenth conturios, arrived in duo course on the east coast of Africa they found the Arab everywhere in power. The hold of the Portuguese on the coun- try was never firm, never extended Very far over the vast unknown hin- terland to the west, and when they finally took their departure, in the early years of the eighteenth century, the Arabs returned like water to an old watercourse, 411 the coast towns north of Cape Delgado, the present southern limit of German Fast Africa, :Cell under the sway of the Arabs of .Museat, and later on under that of the Sultan of Zanzibar. Now, the Arabs of7anzihar wore apparently more enterprdaing than the Arabs of Muscat. They had a strong penchant for exploration, From about 1880, or even mailer, they began to penetrate inland, end •hy 1850 bad established tharreelkeeOt 1Jjiji, on the eastern Age trrfC'Lalte Tanganyika, a name which hate Agues ed Prominently in the everts) of the last twopar. q I y The Ai,ssbs also pens, bated ne far .es Nyasa to the slutlt, ;it d the remit of all this wa that t p tt n u. Zanrribar began le make vague sialine lei ineludc all thin vasa; rotrntry within his dominions" Ceded to Germany. To those days It et�p, nobody's 114333 (n particuiar,-bitt', oil ail the powers, the Uiitte, n i .* W�een tour set ai i�t $ �AO "'lent iters#tete 307 pendence on India, When, however, the Sultan Bargash, through Sir Wil- liam Mackinnon, offered to lease the whole territory to Great Britain, the offer was declined. Shortly after- ward, largely owing to the explora- tions of Stanley, a movement was set on foot for the partition of Africa among the powers, Germany desired territory on the east coast, but Bri- tish influence was so strong at Zan- zibar that the German Colonization Society determined to accomplish ,its purpose secretly. The result ' was the famous exploit of the three young Germans, Karl Peters, Joachim Count Pfeil and Dr. Juhike. Making their way inland, they got into touch with the chief Usambara and induced him to sign a treaty with them, and to declare his- independence of the Sultan of Zanzibar. Other treaties quickly followed, and early in 1885 the German Emperor granted a char- ter of protection to the Colonization Society. Zanzibar resented the move- ment, but it was acquiesced in by the British Government, and filially, after much' negotiation between,,Germany, the United Kingdom and Prance, the Sultan of Zanzibar ceded absolutely to Germany the mainland territory for 4,000,000 marks. Blackest in History. Meanwhile German companies had begun to exploit the country. In 1888 the German East Africa Com- pany took over the administration 'of the Arabs, and thereafter quickly followed the first of those periodic risinge, whether of the Arabs or the natives, against the Germans, which dogged the steps of German rule' in the country for many years. The story of how some of these risings Will suppressed is one of the black-, eat lit the history of German colonist] administration. • 'Ultimately, after some twenty your' cif struggle, Ger- many made ge4ed her hold on the eeq�. tt�.o licit development wits 310w, and Iii wits o#sIy duetne the eight yeare ea se i, t>iadititeae �,Irececling thii sear tut .. lit eat tete emulate w ,re taken to eve0li ,0 a Yesetu•ces of the i!olony. •• p,Anee91' ,pt Arghanistee has a sa .fll iy t" $120,000 a year from the gee, w in dr'i', sunny piece It ea ,re. ly ser 'tete saga 1arelee, o w" ; -af los, n etc: ' tt air cal, • �. y n i 5 Ain 1 0, � and dart in life healthy, teal"h retail a rtl� growing ' V f war . r p fC g unaway Julietta By Arthur henry Gooden CHAPTER VI.—(Dont"d) "Vat afraid I would have scone just that,'+ ho admitted slowly. "'But see here! Suppose you don't And oil? So. far ase remember your ads, you've sold stock on prospects, and prospects aren't very tanible things," "I don't care to draw on my worry account," she answered cheerfully. ""It's foolish to get into a turmoil over the future." '"But it's all "ii gamble" he insisted. "You'd feel mighty sick if• all these people who have mobbed the curb market for out• stock should turn on You and raise an almighty holler of fraud.' And those cheap ggamblers are the very ones- who'd do it, "' Julietta cocked her head on one side and surveyed him demurely, "No, my dear Uncle Paul they won't, Every blessed one of them bought stock knowing the risk, and ,every blessed one of them signed a paper admitting that fact. Every share was sold from this office, Originally. No one can. turn on as and cry `fraud.' And don't you think it's been a pretty good eam- pnaign—reallyy, now? As salesman to resident?" Morrow chuckled, "Girl, you're a world-beater'" he averred solemnly. "It's been so per- fectly' managed that .I, from the out- side took- you for a wildcat concern waiting to unload and .clear out." "I can unload in five minutes." Juli- etta fingered a telegram ae she held his gaze upon hers, gravely earnest. "Tho stock sold on the curb for fifty cents at first; now'it's in demand at five dollars—on prospects merely— and no stock to be had at that offer. By to -morrow morning the price will jump to fifty dollars—perhaps double that," Morrow looked hard at her, and his ruddy cheeks went a trifle white. "Julie+tat" he said quietly, "I know you're straight; I'll bank on you till— till Hades freezes over, but for heav- en's sake go slow on this thing! Who's advertising you?" "No one." Into the girl's blue eyes crept 'tenderness -ea merry ten- derness. • "You can't jump this stock to fifty dollars and do it legitimately." "I'11 bet you ten dollars here and now that I can." ' Morrow reached into his pocket and pulled out a gold piece. As he threw it on her desk his hand was trembi. ins "Prove it," he said, his voice hoarse. "You're getting into a hole, all right; but your Uncle Paul has turned up In time thank the Lord! Prove it." Julietta reached for the gold piece and dropped it into a drawer. "5'11 keep that for a memory piece, Uncle Paul. Read this. The chillers struck a gusher at nine this morning." Ile took the telegram from her hand, read it, and looked up for a long moment anent. Then with E. sudden bound he gained his feet, and 'his hands caught hers. Oh, my, gal—my girl!" he cried huskily. "I'm so g1lp for your sake! I'm glad!" He turned away from her and look- ed out through the window. He was conscious that age, failure, defeat, had come upon him almost unseen, and for a moment he did not feel the hand that clutched at his. "Uncle Paul," . Julletta's voice brought' him around facing her again "have you a thousand dollars free?i1 He nodded vaguely. "Well I've reserved ten thousand shares Icor you—at ten cents." }Ie started. Again pallor crept into his face. "No." "Mat?" Julietta's eyes widened. "No." In his gaze was finality, and she read his clear mind like a book. Julietta sat down, knowing that the crucial moment was upon her. She had forsoen it long since, and now she faced it calmly, unafraid. "Sit down, please, Now, Uncle Paul, do you remember that night at the. Alexandria—my birthday when you gave me that lovely pear] neck - ,lane 7,r He nodded and his eyes, a trifle mistily, sought the pearl at her throat. "I told you that night the kind of future I had planned for myself, and you were terribly cut up about it. You said the business world was no place' for a woman." Morrow smiled grimly. "You've knocked my sayings into a cocked hat, girl." "I'm not so sure:" She eyed him gravely. "Uncle Paul, would it please von very, very much if I gave up all this business whirl and lived like oth- er girls—society and s0 0n?" "My dear, if I could make you the girl I ve dreamed, instead of the busi- ness woman I see before me, bowel?* charming and beautiful you may be— why, I'd pretty near clo anything on earth!" Julietta's heart warmed to his words, and to the big soul behind them. "I'll resign the presidency of this company," she returned quietly, "pro- vided you will take it in my place. Will you do that for me?" Moi:row's eyes widened, then nar- rowed. "You mean it? Yes. I will." "Good!" Julietta studied the deter- mination of his fitoe for a moment, then added demurely, "Of course, you can't do it unless you're a stockholder in the company. The by -haws rule that the president of the company must hold not less than ten thousand hares," Morrow's face turned n brick -red, "You will help" mo Uncle Paul?" she said sweetly. "Of course, you promised--" "You—you iittle minx!" he broke out half angrily. "Ain I always to be beaten by you? Shall I never, have my way ?" "Always•—fi'em now on l" She laughed, but he did not miss the double entente of that reply, "Now, lplease! I'll riche emend bo a blue imousine and go to matinees and never never dictate It letter or sit an office chair again, cross my heart! ill you do it?" , .. I tempo:m--1' must " • "Oh. Paul, you're se good to me --always! The delighted girl sprang to her feet, her voice rich and loVous. Tho pre atdent-to-he of. the Big Ram Company ppabed her hand tenderly. "Someday,, he warned solemnly, a twinkle his' eyes aoin s dt , ntiseie, 1I1 have m'way with. you—. se P' le 1 dolled But eulietta hardly heard hien, She sat suddenly dreelny-eyed, wondering 11 a eerteiri.pereon named Clay Thorpe would .der ie glad too, For soe reason her heart throbbod corder• the thought, anal sgein she heard that boyish, to - s, ttte volae, "--and thent o, Pieta ,to marirv you, , Ju tta-w . y r ire aaeenea 'CHAPTER VII, In the lasket Chat 'roily held up for Julietta's inspection wore ioil]Y a fogy bundles of tho 9041 white ,grapes, but they woe directly vosponstble for many things, "Nice grape --da musaatl" smiled Tony. `"Taste one lodyl" sits as, know muscats," palmed Jill• A elmotie whiz` of memories had engulfed her, ' She was back in the San Joaquin, a child once more She saw again the grape -laden t:•ays, long rows upon rows of them,, lying be- tween the green vines, "ha lady will buy da nice grape?" The voice of Tony brought lunette back from the past, She started, and fumbling in her bag produced a coin. The basket of muscats in her hand, she turn$d back"to the limousine. Her face was so white that the chauffeur 'ave her a startled glance. •` Sim set- tled back in the luxurious seat, them- ories flooding in upon her like an overwhelming tide. She was com- pletely and terribly homesick—not for the first time, but now for the first time the feeling gripped her that she could go back, The cool white grapes had awakened in her an intense, al- most frantic craving for the San Joaquin. Crushing one of the grapes'between her teeth she felt the tang of it thrill. Yes, she must go back to La Vina—back to the valley under the purple hills! The call was this time irresistible. She stepped from the car and enter- ed into the cool of the house. It was a roomy and comfortable house, with many French windows' opening on to broad galleries, and throughout the past year •its building and furnishing had kept Julietta busy end happy in her new life• idle, she could never be. It had been IYIarrow suggestion that Mrs. Drake share Julietta's home, act- ing as companion, chaperon and friend. The arrangement was a hap- py one, and Mrs.- Drake had long since secured Julietta in an enviable social position. Juliette, the basket of rapes still in her hand, pas -sed threugn into Mrs. Drake's sitting-roomfwhich overlook- ed the barranco. "Aunt Helen," she said abruptly, "I think I'll phone Uncle Paul to come out for dinner to -night. I have a great "big "Piece of news." News? Mrs. Drake glanced up, a sudden pallor about her lips, "News? About—you and Paul, you mean?" Julietta affected not to catch the ob- vious meaning of those, words. Some- thing in the older woman's face struck !through her in a cold sense of realize - tion. She turned and sought her own ;tech, breathless with the surprise of that which she had seen in the eyes of I Mrs, Drake. She was startled, awed, frightened, and a little cngry. Why had Paul Morrow never seen that—that Helen Drake loved him? Why could he not love her instead of loving Julietta—poor Lizzie Dare? During the rest of that day this mithougnd.ht dwelt unshaken in Julietta's That evening, however, as she had quite expected, Morrow heard Juli- etta's announcement of her intentions with his kindly, non -protesting smile. The past year bad developed in him a trait of concealment almost Oriental. "Why, yes," he answered, "I've been expecting it. The longing to go back is certain to conte to all of us, Julietta." "It was those muscats," she said, and laughed. "The sight of . them brought everything to me again—oh, you understand what I mean, Unele Paull" -. "This society business is too easy for yen; that's the trouble. You're beautiful. clever enough to keep your beauty from making enemies, and you've a therm attracts., People like yon from the stare" Paul chuckled; "the men especially.'' (To be continued.) es • FINDS BROTHER AMONG DEAD. U. S. Soldier Acting as Pallbearer Makes Sad Discovery. One of the most pathetic instances of.'the war so far as the United States Is concerned occurred in a little ceme- tery to the rear of the Picardy front recently when an American soldier acting, as a pallbearer at the funeral of several Americans discovered his own brother, Joseph Ash, among the deed. The brothel's, members of dif- ferent companies, had met only the day before at the front. Joseph re- mained there and was mortally wounded,, dying soon afterward. His brother was ordered to the rear lines with+a Harty of woocichoppers. The woodchoppers were working near the cemetery at the tune of the funeral and the chaplain asked them to be pallbearers. In the midst of the service the chaplain read the name of Joseph Ash. The brother, who stood with bared head in the small group of soldier mourners, reel- ed forward, his eyes filled with tears, and exclaimed: "My brother! Oh, my brother!" The chaplain, not understanding, stepped up and placed his arm 'wound the young man's shoulder, saying: "We nee all brothers, my boy." The soldier looked at the coffin and shook his head, "The Germans will pay for your blood, Joe," ho said, and then it was that the chaplain and the others around him understood and they led him away. Economic Value of Vegetables. A writer in the Royal llortioult cal Society Journal Bets out the economic value of vegetables on the following atat-thirds : (p) Food value in calories, (b) Digestibility and absorbabijity. (c) Cost of production in seed but. lay, land requirement and plant food. Based ori a. formula derived franc the shove, the chief" vegetables are thus arranged in order of economic value; (1) Potato , 25 pointe (2) Carrot . . . . . . .. . .... 19, poiY,ts (8) Beet , 18 polies (4) Parsnip .. , , , , . . , , 16 points (5) Frenc(t. bonne ,..,...r 10 (mints (6) Onion. , 0 points (7) Broad beans ,,.., 6 pointe (8) Pests . , . , , , , 4 points Paas, though of high :food °value stand low oft the fiat owing to the small crop per acro and the length of time it takes to mature, Cablrngos and grams are omitted, but they have an imputed dietetic value, CANADIAN WHEAT CROP, Estibliates of 'Yieltllit Provioue Years Ilavo Been/Below- the Mark, Early'ancl premature opinion Place8. th'e wheat crop of the Canadian prhiries,,,st 300,000,000 bushels, Plant- ing has barely been Marched, Darlene tial data lacking, we may await re- ports with the reassuring knowledge that estimates of acreage are not over the matk. They never' have been, Re, vision upward has been the rule both as to acreage and yield, It has been shown time and again that close study of hidden subsoil eon- Miens in the Spring wheat belt is Scarcely of less importance than to mooed precipitation and atmospheric changes, There have been seasons of long superficial drought when yield in quantity and quality was beyond all expectation, Results have also been the reverse. Some day the agri- cultural colleges may unearth some important discoveries below the fam-. lhar content -of moisture a few feet' deep. It will never be known ,just how many bushels of wheat were produced In' Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al- berta in 1915. That crop was being hauled to market for nearly two years. Wheat specialists from Minne- apolis, Chicago, Liverpool and Glas- gow were unable to calculate yield, even when the threshers were on the ground. Nor has there yet been sat- isfactory explanation of the marvel- ous multiplication and size of the wheat kernel, even on wild lands and in the dry areas of Southern Saskat- chewan, And far up in the Peace river country. It is doubtful if any single agency, either public or private, has in any season completely surveyed the en- tire growing area of the prairies. It stretches far out from railroad branch extensions. Motoring is difficult or impossible. Growth is so rapid that when an inspection of one district is completed, wheat has developed to a much more advanced stage elsewhere. Neither the Canadian Government icor such private associations as the Northwest Grain Dealers' have shown disposition to overestimate results. In the present circumstances of mo- mentous consequence it is well that reliance can be placed on these esti- mates as not likely to go beyond the fact. There has been at least found- ation laid for a yield second in size only to the 1915 crop, when every process of nature co-operated in fe- cundity. Perhaps the last battle of the war may be a victory for the Can- adian wheat crop. May it be so. 'TO SOLVE FUEL PROBLEM. Labor Situation Must be Considered -- What U. S. is Doing. The severe labor shortage renders it inadvisable to undertake a vigorous campaign for the increased production of wood fuel at this particular time, in view of the imperative need for in- creased agricultural production. At the same time, sight should not be lost of the fact that the output of coal in the United States has fallen seriously behind expectations, and that the bulls of the opal supplies for eastern Canada must come from that country. A vigorous campaign has been con- eistently carried on by the United States. Fuel adminiistrators,oboth through the head office at Washington and the Fuel Administrators for the respective states, urging that all pos- sible measures of fuel conservation be adopted, and that full use be made of all possible substitutes for coal, in- cluding wood. The movement for the increased production of wood fuel in the United States has been thorough- ly organized, through the assignment of a, Iarge number of men to this par- ticular activity. Warnings have been officially issued that the situation pro- mises to b'e even more serious next winter than last. e In Canada, provisioh has now been made for a comprehensive organiza- tion to handle the whole fuel situa- tion. The regulations of the Fuel Controller, approved by Order in Council under date of March 21, pro- -Gide for the appointment by each pro- vince of a Provincial Fuel Adminis- trator, with Local Fuel Commission- ers to be selected by the respective municipalities, In addition to super- vising the distribution of coal and other fuel imported into or made available within the respective pro- vinces, the Fuel Administrators are charged specially with the duty of developing the demand for and sup- ply of wood end other coal substi- tutes to the greatest possible ex- tent, as well as the collection and compilation of statistics dealing with the production and consumption of fuel of all kinds within the province. The full execution of this programme will unquestionably go very far to- ward relieving possible distress and economic dislocation next winter. So far as wood fuel is concerned, experience has shown that, in many cases, the establishment of municipal wood yards offers the Most practic- able solution of the problem to sup- plement the efforts of the regular dealers. This has already been done by a number of the municipalities of eastern Canada, but the situation ,jus- tifies the further extension 'Of this movement. ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE. British Outclass Germans in Seaplane Service. Britain's caval airmen are piling up a wonderful record of successes. Day after day they encounter the enemy's seaplane patrols along the North Sea coast from Dunkirk right up to the water's of the Bight, and hardly ever return without having destroyed two or three hostile machines. Their own casualties are tmaz1ngly light, German seaplanes are quite out- classed, and their pilots seem very inferior to the German military air- men. It is quite a common occurt'enee for group of 'enemy seaplanes to tura tell at :full speed on eiglttiiig a much sfnaller flight of Mil.' otvrr, and only rarely will they accept :t conthee .The list, of 1t,N,A,S, "Hees" is now n very long ono. OFFICIAL STORY OF NAVY MID A' • FIGHTING • EXPLOIT OF THE HIGHEST CHARACTER, Brilliant Attack on Zeebrugge .and Ostend Carry on Pest Traditions Of the British Navy. 'Fewexploits during the war have gratified the British public so much as Vice -Admiral Keyes' raid on Zees bruggo and Ostend on the 23rd of April last; and though popular ins 'tinct often goes wrong on military and naval matters, on this occasion we think that it was right, says a London newspaper, The plan was to block the entrance to the harbors of Zeebrugge and Os- tend, a project which involved hazards of the most extraordinary kind. Even In daylight, and without the fear of shorefire, to navigate such waters to- day without striking a mine or run- ning aground can be no easy feat. At night-time the difficulties may be dimly appreciated by anyone who has Vice -Admiral Sir Roger Keyes who commanded the British ships in the Zeebrugge -Ostend raid. entered a British port at night. Imagine all lights out and no sigpels of any sort. Add to this the com- parative novelty of these porta after three years of, German labor on them, and we may form some idea of the Navy's exploit. A Task Well Done. The official report runs thus: • "Lieut. Stuart Bonham -Carter, commanding the Intrepid, placed the nose of his ship nearly on the mud of the western bank, ordered his crew away, and blew up his ship by the switches in the chart room. Fed dull bumps was all that could be heard; and immediately afterwards there arrived on deck the engineer, who had. been in the engine -room dur- ing the explosion, and reported that all was as it should be. "Lieut. E. W. Billyard-Leake, com- manding Iphigenia, beached hew- 130 - cording to arrangement on the east- ern side, blew her up, saw her drop nicely across the canal, and left her with her engines still going to hold her in position till she should have bedded well down on the bottom. "According to latest reports from air observation, the two old ships, with their bolds full of concrete, are lying across the canal in a V position; and it is probable that the work they set out to clo has been accomplished and the canal blocked" Credit to Vice -Admiral Keyes. The credit belongs in the first place to Sir Roger Keyes, who, as was re- called by Sir Ian Hamilton at the Gal- lipoli Day celebration at Bristol, was Naval Chief of the Staff of that ex- pedition, and who there, by the run- ning ashore of the River Clyde at the original landing -place, directed a ruse of war which gave a foretaste of the Flandors enterprise. But every man and every lad had a share of the gloly. To ensure even a measure of success, the operation had to be conducted "at night, and yet not late at night, at high water and in the right wind, and with a calm sea for the light craft." The apparition of the British flotil- la emerging from its smoke clouds; the landing from the swinging gang - boys under a storm of shot and shell; the stark fight on the Mole bead; the blowing up of the submarine which shattered the wooden jetty between the Mole and the land; the sinking of the blockshipa either full in the fairway, as at Zeebrugge, or near it, as at Ostend; the return of the batter. ed and riddled ships In their glory ---- every stroke to this story is as dis- tinct a narrative of Thucydidee and surpasses all legend. Peeling l'omatoos. Prick some 'toles in the bottom of the tomatoes with e fork and hold them over the five for tin instant, This will crack trite skin and make them easier to peel. 11 costs 11 good deal to keep a rooster until nese breeding season, seal he is worse. than useless to the flock at prese:It. MAKING PHOTO- GRAPHS INTO MAPS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE. ARTILLERY. How the French Gunners Are Able to Do Such Execution—Large Staff Of Map -Makers. - Accuracy and efficiency have been made possible for the French artillery' by the invention of an instrument that! enables French map -makers to locate' almost exactly an object within the' enemy lines which has been photo graphed from an airplane. In trans- ferring to a map the photographed object, such, say, as an enemy bat- tery or munition dump, the margin oe error is limited to less than five yards' This permits the French artillery, to pour its shells with almost certain aim on to German gun emplacements, trench positions, cross-roads, canton- ments, railroad lines, aviation camps and other enemy organizations. It is unnecessary for the gunner to have even a distant view of the object he Is firing at. Transfer Photos. To take a photograph of the enemy lines from a French airplane is an easy matter, but to transfer the ob- jects photographed to their exact lo- cation on a map was for a time ex- tremely difficult. This was due to the varying heights and angles from which the airplane observers made their photographs. By the invention of one of the officers attached to thele geographical section this difficulty has been almost eliminated. Not only the aerial observation ser- vice but other methods of spotting German positions—more especially cannon and machine gun einplace- ments—are utilized as aids to the' work of the military map -maker. The flashes of guns as they are fired from the German side form one valuable adjunct to his work, but the most im- portant of all is the calculation of the speed of .the sound of the firing charge of the German shells. This has been brought to a basis of such perfection that the guns can now be located with almost absolute accu- racy. In fact in recent operations it has proved that the system of observ- ation by sound 'has given successful results in over 80 per cent. of in- stances. In every army there is a branch of the Geographical Section and each is furnished with a complete lithogra- phic and zinographic printing plant and skilled workers, photographers and 'mathematicians. In a very few hours after the receipt of the day's observations from all over the vari- ous sources, dozens of copies of the corrected maps are ready for' issue to all the staffs of corps, divisions and brigades comprised within the army concerned. r ele Nothing Escapes Camera. Nothing is omitted from the maps —church, house, chimney, mill, bridge road, railroad, group of trees Is marked as well as every turn and twist of an enemy trench or system of barbed wire entanglement, every stream, ditch, bridge, ford, every path used by supply parties, every point of resistance, organized shell crater, lookout post is shown on the map. 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