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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1915-08-12, Page 6THE GOLDEN KEY Or "The A dventures of Ledgard." By the, Author of "What He Cost Her." • CHAPTER V.--(Cont'd). Monty was sitting up when they reached the hut., but at the sight of Trent's companion he cowered back and affected sleePiness. This time, however, Francis was pot to be de- nied. He walked to Monty's side, and stood incasing down upon him. "1 think," he said gently, "that we have met before." "A mistake," Monty declared. "Never saw you in my life. Just off to sleep." • But Francis had seen the trembling a •the man's lips, and his nervously • slinking hands. "There is nothing ne fear," he sad; 1 wanted to,speak to , you as a friend." - • "Don't know you don't want to epeak to you," Menty declared. Francis stooped down, and whisper- ed a name in the ear of the sullen man. Trent leaned forward but he could not hear it—only he too saw the ehudder and caught the little cry which broke from the white lips of his partner. Monty sat up, white, despairing, with strained, set face and bloodshot eyes. "Look here," he said, "1 may be what you say, and I may not. It's no business of yours, Do you hear? Now be off and leave me alone! Such as I ' am, I am. 1 won't be interfered with. Bute—n" 1VIontr's aimice became a shriek. "Leave me alone!" he cried. "I have I tell you, no past, no future. Let me alone, or by Heaven I'll shoot you!" Francis shrugged his shoulders, and turned away with a sigh, -"A word with you outside," he said to Trent—and Trent followed him out • into the night. The moon was paling —in the east there was a faint shim- mer of -dawn. A breeze was rustling in the trees. The two men stood face th face. • • "Look here, sir," Francis said, "I notice that this concession of yours is granted to you and your partner jointly whilst alive, and to the surviv- or id case of the death of either of you." . "What then?" Trent asked fiercely. "This! It's a beastly unfair ar- rangement, but I suppose it's too late tceupset,it. Your partner is half sodden with drink now. You knew what that means in this climate. You've the wit to keep sober enough• ; yourself. You're a strong man, and i he is weak. You must take care of him. You can if you will." I "Anything else?" Trent asked roughly. The officer looked his man up and , clown. 1 "We're in a pretty rough country,"1 he said, "and a man gets into the habit of having his own way here. But, listen to ine! If anything happens to your partner here or in Buckomari, you'll have me to reckon with. I shall not forget. We are bound to meet! Remember that!" Trent turn& his back upon him. in a it of passion which choked down all speech. Captain Francis lit a cigar- ittte and walked across towards to- wards his camp. CHAPTER VL A sky like flame and amatmosphere of sulphur. No breath of air, not a single ruffle in the great, drooping leaves of the African trees and dense, prickly shrubs. All round the dank, nauseeous odor of poison flowers, the ceaselees dripping of poisonous moist- ure. From the face of the man who stood erect, unvanquished as yet in the struggle for life, the fierce sweat poured like rain—his older companion had sunk to the ground and the spasms of an ugly. death were twitch- ing at his whitening lips. "I'm done, Trent," he gasped faint- ly. "Fight your way on alone. 'You've a chance yet. The way's get- ting a bit easier—I fancy we're on the right track and we've given those 'black devils the slip! Nurse your i strength! You've a chalice! Let me be. It's no use carrying a dead man." Gaunt and wild, with the cold fear s of death before him also, the younger b man broke out into it fit of cursing. "May they rot in the blackest cor- e her of bell, Com Sam and those mis- h arable vermin!" he shouted, "A path b ell the evey, the fever season over,. i the swamps dry! Oh! when I think i of Sam's smooth jargon would give my chance of life, such as it is, to t have him here for one momeat To I think that that beast must live and d we die!" "Prop me up againet this tree, 1. Trent—and listen," Monty whispered. o "Don't fritter away the little strength you have left," Trent did as he was told. He had s • no particular affection for his part- h rier, and the prospect of his death a scarcely troubled him. Yet ter twenty miles and more through fetid swamps h and poisonous jungles he had carried d hinfi twee his shoulder, fighting fierce- w ly for the lives of both of them, while w there remained any chance vshatever o of escape. Now he knew that it was n in vain, he regretted only his wasted a efforts—he had no sentimental res h 'gets in leaving him. It was his' own a life he wanted—his'own life he meant t to fight for. "I wouldn't swear at Coin Saill too r hard," Monty continued. "Remember c for the last two days he was doing 1, all he could to get us out of the place. s It was those fetish fellows who work- ed the mischief, and he --certainly-- t "It shakes me too much," he said, "and it's only a waste • of strength. You get on, Trent, mid don't you bother about me. You've done your duty by your phrtner and a bit more, You might leave me the einall revolver ,in case those howling sav- ages come up—and Trent!" "The picture—just for a moment. I'd like to have one look at her!" Trent drew it out from his pocket— awkwardly—and with a little shame at the care which had prompted Min to wrap it so tenderly in the oilskin sheet. Monty shaded his face with his -hands, and the picture stole up to his lips. Trent stood a little apart and hated himself for this laet piece of inhumanity. He pretended to be listening for the stealthy approach of their enemies. In reality he was struggling with the 'feeling which prompted him to leave this picture with -the dying man. "I suppose you'd best have it," he said sullenly at last. But Monty shook his head feebly and held out the picture. Trent took it with an odd sense of shame which puzzled him. He was not often subject to anething of the sort. "It belongs to you,Trent, I lost it on the square, and it's the only so- cial law I've never broken—to pay my gambling debts. There's one word wires), "It's about that clause in our agree- ment. I never thought it was quite fail,' you know, Trent!" "Which clause?" "The clause which—at rny death— makes you sole owner of the wbole concession, You see—the odds 'were scarcely even, were they? It wasn't likely anything would happen , to you!" "I planned the thing," Trent said, "and I saw it through! You did no- thing but find a bit of brass. It -was only square that the odds should be in my favor. Besides, you agreed. 'You sighed the thing." "But 1 wasn't quite well at the time," Monty faltered. "1 didn't quite understand. NO, Trent, it's not quite fair. I did a bit of the work at least, and I'm `paying for it with my life!. "What's it matter to you now?" Trent said, with unintentional brutal- ity. "You can't take it with you." Monty raised himself up a littl His eyes, lit -with feverish fire, wer fastened upon the other man. "There's my little girl!" he sal hoarsely. "I'd like to leave her som thing. If the thing turns out Mg, Trent, you can spare a small there. SVfrit4114". must be,used ora perlectly satisfactory infusion. Test Es the acme o delicious tea. B 119 pealection, btirig all pure,„ Black, Mixed (3r Green. "Then why," Da Souza asked, look ing up with twinkling eyes, "do you. want to sell me it share in it?" "Because I haven't a claimed cent to bless myself with," Trent answered curtly. "I've got to have ready moneY I've 'never had my fist on five thous and pounds before—no, nee five thous and pence,. but, as Pm it living man let me have my start and 1,U hold ine own with yoh all." . Da SOUSEL threw himself back is his elixir with• uplifted hands. • "But -my dear friend," he. cried, "my dear young friend, you were not think- ing—do-not say that you were think- ing of asking such a sum as five thousand pcninds for this little piece of papee!"- The amazement, half sorrowful half reproachful, on the man's face svas perfectly done. But Trent only snorted. "That piece of paper, as you call it cost as the heed savings of years, it cost us weeks and months in the bush and amongst the swamps—it cost a tnan's life, not to mention the niggers we lost Come, I'm not here to play skittles. Are you on for is deal or not? if you're doubtful about it I've another market. Say the word and we'll drink and part, but if you want to do business here are my terms. Five thousand for a sixth share!" "Sixth share," the Jew screamed, "sixth share?" Trent nodded, "The thing's worth it million at least," he said. "A. sixth share is a great fortune, Don't waste any time turning up the whites of your eyes at me. I've named my tering and I shan't budge from them. You can lay your bottom dollar on that." Da Souzsi took up the document and glanced it through once Marc. (To be continued.) ALEXANDER OF SERBIA. - in blood, to the thousands of the Do- brudja, Austria-Hungary, at the pre- sent moment, eould not defend Teansylvania, Greece will not give up Thrace to 'Bulgaria, but England, ' France and Russia have 'Offered corn- _ peneatien elgewhero acce - is Pt , able. It is only. Serbia which is the stumbling block, because it is Mace- donia which. Bulgaria demands first 1 and last,, and for. which . she will not ' be comp,eneated 'elsewhere. , June 24 of last year King Peter a men of. seventy-three .and weak in health, left his 'cae.ital and the Crown Prince was amiointed Regent, ' Alex- ander has coldly rejected every com- promise which included the givitg of a foot of tereitory now held, by Serbia. His father is ensconced at some watering place away from Bel- grade. •• His elder brother, Prince George, has been dancing and dining in the hotels of the Riviera. • FOREST FIRES. Many More Trees Perish By Fire ' Than Are cut By Lumbermen. No man can claim himself it friend of Northern Ontario, who plays fast and loose with the 'interests of the standing tercets. No area in all America, has had greater cause to de- plore the continual depredations of fire. Loss of the forests, as all understarice is due, far more to fire than to cutting. It is hard to conceive what quantity of lumber could have been, developed from the enornious stretches of timber destroyed by the famous Percupine fire. One fact is known, namely, that from six to eight threes as many trees perish by fire every year in Canada, as are cut down by lumbermen. Clearly, then, the first duty of those who want to keep the lumber industry in running condi- tion and the prices 01 lumber, within the consumer's reach, is to block in every way, that forest destruction, which . g. only epaia e loss and danger in its train. No loyal citizen of Northern On- tario will contend that forest fires perform the slightest good service for aey part of the community. The pro- , spector, NVILO deliberately sets fire to 1 a forest so as to uncover the rocks, is acteally forfeiting for himself and his community the biggest gold mine which the country possesses. He is threatening the employment of hen - deeds of men, who in a few years, will look to that particular belt .of timber to provide them with jobs. It is a happy fact, however, that pro- spectors,. surveyors, campers, and all others who have occasion to use the woods, are becoming decidedly more careful of their handling of fire, in dangerous surroundings. , The arrest of several scenes of settlers, Indians, and others in Quebec Province, last year, and the fining of many of them for carelessness in burning their slash, putting out camp fires, etc., lies had a remarkable effect. Every- where, it has become known that the laws of • Ontario, and Quebec, provide penalties for acts of vandalism in the forests and the deterring influence is great, When Ontario gets to the point of following up the law with stiff fines and imprisonment, the view taken of the rights of the forest will ndergo a sharp change. A few years ago a Canadian settler started it fire on his clearing, to pre- pare for about five bushels of pota- toes. He ended up with burning down three million dollars' worth of pine. The amount of forest wealth destroyed by careless settlers in Nor- thern Ontario, would certainly equal the market value of all their farms put together. Acts of this kind can- not longer be countenanced. Public opinion on thevalue ef the forests -Le Northern Ontario, must force ade- quate action. While no one denies the culpability of the railways, it has been proved conelusively, that the bulk of the fires in Northern Ontario and Northern Quebec are due to settlers. In one timber area of about 12,000 square miles last year no less than eighty conflagrations were proved to have re- ceived their start from slash -burning operations of farmers. Some of the guilty -parties had it taste of a. jail ntence as a lesson to themselves apd eightors. The Quebec forest pro- ction service does not ask that it ttler forego his burning operations, erely that he consults a fire ranger to the sefest way to handle his usli. :Usually he was shown how to le it in the easiest anti best way, w to minimize fire eisk by setting ablaze after . nightfall when the surrounding forests are covered with, moisture, and other points of it like order. The, agitation for it similar sYstem in Northern Ontario is becom- ing stronger, particularly since the bulk of the population recognizes the immense money value of standing timber as opposed to miles of chariled wastes, .— Fo nicely Crown Prince, Is Prevent - e. ing a Balkan Agreement. e It is one of the little jokes of fate d, that the young mart, Crown Prince e_ 'Alexander of Serba, who was treated There s a letter here! It's to my lee yers. They'll tell you all about her. Trent held out his hands for th letter. "All right," he said, with sullen un- graciousness. "Pa promise something. I won't say how much! We'll see." "Trent, you'll keep your word," Monty begged. "I'd like her to know that I thought of her." "Oh, very well," Trent declared, thrusting the letter into his pocket. "It's a bit outside our agreement, you know, but I'll see to it anyhow. Any- thing else?" Monty tell back speechless. There was a sudden change in his face Trent, who had seen men die before let go his hand and turned away with- out any visible emotion. Then he drew himself straight, and set his teeth hard together. "Pm going to get out of this," he said to himself slowly and with fierce emphasis. "I'm not for dying, and I won't die,' Tie stumbled on a few steps, a little black snake crept out of its bed of mud, "and looked at him with yellow eyes protruding from its upraised head. He kicked it savagely away— a crumbled, shapeless mass. It was a piece of brutality typical of the man. Ahead he fancied that the air was clearer—the fetid mists less chok- ng—in the deep night -silence a few hours back he had fancied that he had beard the faint thunder of the ea. If this were indeed so, it would e but a short journey. With dull, glazed eyes and clenched hands, he 'eeled on. A sort of stupor had laid old of him, but through it all his rain was working, and he kept stead- ly to a fixed course. Was it the sea O his ears, he wondered, that long, monotonous rolling of sound, and here were lights before his eyes—the ights of Buckornari, or the lights of eathl • They found him an hour or two later mconscious, but alive, on the outskirts the village. * Three days later two men were eater' face to face in a long wooden Ouse, the largest and most import- nt in Buckomari village. Smoking a corn -cob and showing in is face but few marlin of the terrible eye through which he had passed as Scarlett Trent—opposite to him as Hiram Da Souza, the capitalist f the region. The Jew—of Souza's ationality it was imposeible to have ny doubt—was coarse 'and large of is type, he wore soiled linen clothes n was smoking a black cigar. On he little finger of each hand, thickly ncrusted with dirt, was a diamond ing, on his thick, proteuding lips a ornplacent smile, The concession, sli- mly soiled and dog-eared, was pread out before them It was Da Souza who did most of he talking. Trent indeed had the ppearance of a man only indirectly torested in the proceedings. "You see, my dear sir," Da Souza as saying, "this little concession of ours is, after all, a very risky busi- ess. These niggers have absolutely o sense of honor. Do I not know it alas—to my cost?" Trent listened in contemptuous si- nce. Da Souza had made a fortune acting fiery rum on the Congo, and ad probably done more to debauch e niggers he spoke of so bitterly an any man in Africa. "The Demand° people have a bad anse---very bad name. As for any nse Of commercial honor—my dear rent, one meght as well expect clia- onds to epring up like mushrooms rider our feet." The document," Trent said, "is gned by the King and witnessed by siptain Francis, who is Agent -Gen- e.] out here, or something of the sort ✓ the English Government. It was o gift and don't you think it, but a ece of hard bartering. Forty bear- s carried our present to Bekwando 711d it took us three months to get rough. There is enough in it to make us both milhonaires." with such contemptuous condescen- " b h sembled at London in June, 1911, for I the coronation of George V, --that he e prince Alexander, slsould be, in June, 1915, the' arbiter of the immediate destinies of Europe. Bulgaria's entrance into the war on the side of England, France, Rus- sia, and Italy would, it is quite open- ly stated -"-in each of their capitals, help to bring about an early termina-' tion of the war. It would release Rumania, now fearful of a Bulgarian attack on her flank if she flung her- eelf at Austria's throat in Transyl- amnia. It would furnish the allies with a veteran Bulgarian army to march upon Turkey through Thrace,' and it would give the allies the Bun garian port of Dedeagatch, on the ' Aegean Sea, for the lancling,of theie own troops to co-operate with the , allied navies at Constantinople. ' Bulgaria's Demands. Bulgaria makes no secret of her Willingness to be bought for , such assistance. But she has only one price. The Crown Prince of Serbia. Regent in his country, can alone pay it in full. This he persistently re- fuses to do. Bulgaria demands, above all else, that part of Macedonia which is in- varnoa 05 1511 Ile . e took tie a safely -to Bekwando and he worked the in oracle with the King!" "Yes, and afterwards sneaked off w with Francis," Trent broke in bitter- y ly," 'and took every bearer with him is --after we'd paid them for the return n, journey too. Sent us out here to be — trapped and butchered like rats. If we'd only had a gelid° we should have le b t B 51' w." tr "He was right about the gold," h_ Monty faltered. "It's there for the th • picking up. If only we could have th got back we were.rich for life. If you eecape—you need never do another n stroke of work as loeg as you live." se Trent stood upright, wiped the dank T sweat from his forehead- and gazed m around him fiercely, and upwards at u that lurid little patch of blue sky. "If I escape!" he muttered. "I'll si get out of this if I die walking. "I'm C sorry you're done, Monty," he eon_ es tinned slowly. "Say the word and I'll fo have one more spell at carrying you! n You're not a heavy weight and I'm pi rested now.' er But Monty, in whose veins was the a chill of death arid who sought only th for rest; shook his head. PrinCe illexancler of. Serbia Se te se as habitecl by Bulgarians and which is br in the possession of Serbia. To re- pi. claim aim Macedonia from Tueltesr, and ho in pursuance of the ideal of pational- it ety. Czar Ferdinand began the first Balkan War, fortined by a solemn agreement with Greece and Serbia that, in the spoils, Macedonia was to go to Bulgaria. The blood of thous - Prince Alexander of Serbia. ands a Bulgarian patriots was ehed in the victorious campaigns of Ferd- inand. Greece and Serbia became fearful of erdmand's ambitions to dominate in the Balkans. They pre- ferred to entrap and betray him. Alexander, the twenty -four-year- old commander-in-chief of the Serbian army, captured 1VIonastir from Tur- key, ,thus bringing about the fall of the whole of Macedonia, and from Monastir the Bulgarians were bar- red by the sword as from Salonika. Prince Stands Firm, Rumania Is to -day feverishly eager to restore the Dobrudja if thereby she can quiet the doge of war upon her flank and resh her force of a mile lion men into Transylvania, it cam - Took No Chances. .Oitl Waiter—So, sir, you went after the job 1 thought you b,elieved that the office sholeld seek the man? Olcl .Patron -1 do,- but this is a fat job and I thought it might get winded before it reached rnel Culture. "My brother is going away to study culture," said the boastful boy. "Agri -culture on a farm, I sup- pose," remarked the giggly girl. The word "Whig" means a pack - Prises thousands of acres of territory saddle thief; the word "Tory" a band and millions of inhabitants Rumanian of robbers. About the llousehold Recipes for Dainty Dishes. Syrup Scones.—One pound of self- raising flour, add tour ounces of but- ter or dripping, two ounces of sugar, an ounce of sultanas, one-half pint of milk and a tablespoonful of golden syrup: MIX all. together thoroughly, cufhito shapes and bake in a hot oven for 2,6 ininutei. These are called scones. ' • Saucer Potatoes. --Take cold boiled potatoes, mash thorn with milk and a little dripping and pepper and salt and a little minced parsley., Pill saucers with this mixture, allowing one for each person; sprinkle the top of each with brown bread crumbs and a little grated elteese. Bake in quick oven till browned. . Potato leritters.-713611 half a dozen potatoes, beat them and mix with three well -beaten eggs, a gill of milk, a little oiled butter. Mix well to- gether and drop 'bite boiling dripping. Fey a light brown, dish up and sprinkle with sugar. Serve hot. Vanilla Cake.—eat a quaeter of a pound of butter to a cream, add half a pound of sugar, the yolks of three eggs beaten up with a little milk, and a few drops Of vanilla essence. Sift in half a pound of self-raising flour, beat the white of 411e eggs to a stiff froth, and add thein to the mi-x- ture, stirring all together for five minutes. Bake in a hot oven. Raisin Bread. ---Half cup butter, 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, I, teaspoon salt, 7 cups white flour, Ye cup sugar, 1 yeast cake; 1 cup boiling water, 1 cup chop- ped seeded raisins. Scald milk and add water. 'Diss'olve yeast in half of this lukewarm mixture. To the re- maining milk and watee add four cups of flour and make it batter. Beat thoroughly, then add the yeast. Let stand until light. Cream butter and sugar and add eggs one at a time. Now add egg and sugar mixture to the ,sponge together with raisins and remaining 'flour. Place in a buttered bowl and Id rise until light. Form into loaves, place in buttered pan, let rise again and bake 40 minutes. Stale Bread Fritters.—Cut the bread in slices, about a third of an inch thick, fry m fat, from which a faint bluish smoke is rising, and when each piece if fried on one side, turn it over and spread the browned side with marmalade or jam. When cooked, lift out and sprinkle with caster sugar mixed with a little cinnamon. high Potato Cakes. — Take one pound .of flour, a teaspoonful of bak- ing powder and three ounces of drip- ping with a pinch of salt. Work these together, then add one pound of- cook- ed mealy potatoes and mix to a stiff paste with a little lukewarm milk or water. Flour it board and roll out, cutting into net squares one inch thick. Place on a greased tin and bake for 10 or 15 minutes, Split open, butter and serve hot. Fish and Rice Crequettes.—Put a ' quarter of a pound of rice into a saucepan with an ounce of butter andi a pint of milk, simmer slowly for an ! hour and a half, by which time the rice will have absorbed all the rnilk,! and do not stir it 'while it cooks. When cooked, add a seasoning of salt and stir in the yolk of an egg. Turn on a plate to cool. Have ready some cold cooked fish, mixed with a little thick white sauce (previously season- ed). Take portions of the rice, roll into balls make it hole in the centrel fill with 'the fish mixture, close up the hole and brush over with the white of the egg. Roll the balls in One bread -crumbs and fry in hot fat. Drain and serve with sauce. Fritters.—Hard boil two ego for half an hour, then shell and mash to a fine paste. .Mix with an equal quantity of boiled chopped ham and pounded to a paste, add a high sea- soning of salt and pepper and the beaten yolk of a raw egg. Cut stale bread in thin slices, put together in sandwiches with a thick filling of the paste, then trim off crustsoand cut in pieces two by four inches in size. Beat together two raw eggs and mix with a quarter of a cupful of milk, a pinch of salt and sufficient sifted flour to make a thin batter. Dip each pieee in this, then deep in a deep smoking c hot fat and fry golden brown. Drain # for a moment on soft paper and serve spread on a dish; do not heap on one t Sugar needs a dry, cool place; so dogs jam. Cake tins should be Soalcieci out The good housewife utilizes every scrap of food, To soften fruit can rubbers, add a little ammonia to the Water. • Greenpepper shells, stuffed .witl torn siedleaked,emake a dainty lunch eon dish. . To keep eggs—To a pint of sal add one pint. of fresh lime and fem. gallons of water. A piece of sandpaper is of 15 greatest help in removing' stains an food from cooking utenSils. To remove a rusty appearance di black suede shoes, use a mixture o olive oil and ink in equal parts. Clothes that have been sprinkle( not mildew for days, even is summer, if kept away from the fire If curtains axe allowed to cley thus oughly before being starched, it wil be found that they will last clean ere To lean 'ribbon, sponge with alco hol and rub over the epot with clean white soap, holding' the ribbon straight. 'Use Wash pillows whenever pos- sible for living rooms and dens They are more hygienic and more sanArnitaryo.st effectiv.e way to clean linoleum is to wash first with a little water and then polish by ap- plying milk.' To remove ink spots from colored goods, dip the stain in pure melted tallow: Wash out the tallow and ink goes, with -it. A teaspoonful of boracic acid add- ed to a cup of boiling water and allow- ed to cool is excellent for inflamed, weak eyes. It is said that a rag soaked in ,a cayenne pepper solution and stuffed in a rat hole will set them all scam- pering off the place. Stains on flannel may be removed with yolk of an egg and glycerine in e ual uantiie 1, it an hour, then wash out If cream evill not whip add the wlsite o an egg. Let both become thoroughly chilled before whipping. ICeep cold until ready to serve. An excellent way to prepare a new iron kettle for use is to fill with c lcl water and one cupful of rye meal. Keep at boiling point several hours. Keep a supply of old plates and saucers on which cold meats, eeraps, etc., can be put away. Avoid leaving anything on the dish it has been sem- ed on. • Embroidered garments should al- ways be ironed on the wrong side upon several thicknesses ot flannel. gnu iitsa inb oalidcley. s the pattern stand out One pint of tar and two quarts of water in an earthen vessel will keep red ants away. Keep this in your pahtry or cellar and you will never see one. Next time yea make a mayon- naise, or other salad dressing, try peanut oil instead of olive oil. It is just as good to the taste and half the price of olive oil. A Mouorail Ride. Buttinsky, who heard some travel- ling men talking about the monorafl, padipoepdtein. cihis usual tactics. "I rode on one of those once," he "Rode on what?" "A. single rail." ll bet you did," replied one of the drummers; "and I'll also bet there , was a man carrying each end of the ' rail." COTTON AND WARFARE. • . Not a *Shot Fired Which Cotton Ras Not. Propelled. 3V, S. ilopkins, Secretary of the British conference of Chemists and Engineers, advances the following arcing views: t When a shell, whether high explo- . sive or shrapnel, is manufactured, tvso soperate and entirely different ehariecs are used. 'One is the charge necessary to send the shell from the gen and launch it over the trendies, ! and the other is to bit it and scat- ter the shot and shell over our men after it has reached the spot chosen. 1 / Now take away or capture the propel- ling charge and the gunner will have to throw his shell or use hand-gren- • sales, which ate impracticable for long 1 distances. This country has failed in its duty , by allowing the raw mateeial to go I freely to the enemy foe the manrifac- . ture of further supplies, , This material is cotton, one of the 1 few materials which the Germans , cannot do without. Not a shell is. fired that is not propelled 51' cotton, and not a machine-gun or rifle bullet , which has killed and wounded our !brave men that has not been sent on ite way by cottom Mn. Lloyd George stated in the House, recently, that one of the surprises of this war has been the extraordinary amount of ammunition used, and that "during !the fortnight of 'fighting in and • aroundNeiveChtlelealmost as 000:om7aitioawsapeotbourhai,tiely8durincewhole of the Boelwa2. A moderate computation of 800,000 shots fired by the Germans, Austri- ans, and Turks from their ordinary 1 8 -inch field guns every twenty-four hours necessitates a consumption of 600 tons of cotton. .If one-tenth of , the soomq shots is fired by, say 6 -in. guns the expenditure of cotton is 900 tons every twenty-four hours. Add to this 100 tons a day for the enormous expenditure of ammunition Lan machine guns. and for the millions of rifles in use, we get a total of 1,000 tons of cotton consumed a day. 'Yet, although these facts must have been known a few weeks after the outbreak of war our enemies have been allowed to import freely. THE LINEMAN IN THE TROPICS. It is a criminal offence in Britain to make use of profane oaths. The following penalties may be imposed: rn the case of a day laborer, common seedier, or seaman, is.; any other person under the degree of gentle- man, 2s.; any person above the degree of gentleman, 5s. According to Chinese history, the ustom of small feet among the fe-. males df China originated several cen- uries back, when a large body of wo- men rose against the government and Tied to overthrow it. To prevent the ecurrence of such an event the use of wooden shoes so small as to disable them from ma,kieg any effective Ilse f their feet was enforced on all fe- male infants. another. . Household Hints. A cupful of anything means a half- o The Animals of East Africa Have No Respect for the Wires. The lite of a telegraph -or telephone lineman in the trepics is not easy, for a service that uses overhead wires is subject to con.stant damage both from wild animals and from wia,c1 mem The animal culprits are of all sizes, from elephants and giraMes down to white ants and spiders. The giraffes 01 East Africa, when they find their progress checked by it telegraph line, do not' know enough to draw back cr "duck" their heads, but push on and carry the vales with them, and sometimes the Poles, too, Teak is the only wood thee certain kinas of ante respect, so instru- ment casee bave to be made oE that or of metal Bees make nests in tele- phone instruments, and spiders, attach their webs, to the porcelain insulators, When the webs become coated with, dew, the insulanen is for Ube time be. ing deatroyed. In Argentina., spiders limed in millions in the pampas, grase. As soon no the egg hatches, the young epider spins a eingle web, which the wind carries across the country. 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