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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1914-09-10, Page 6RIFLES 1,1310 IN THE WAR GritmAtiNs::" PRIJSS1.41, 11. Atli:USER. , , . . • Gaps of'Frauce Heavntat:---Dritan 'Soldiers Cairy Short ' ,WeaJions. Tie •modera title with whiCh 'the anales di. the •warld ,have been ex- perimenting for many, years IS O.3s. beibg tried; just aa are the different style,s of 'artillery, In %the armies of ,the countries now at. war four different makes of rifles ape being used. Belgium Germany and Ruia sia, use ;the Mause,r, -as did Spain in • \v her war ita airterica. teratam ; . uses the Lae -Enfield, Prance uses the Lebel atitl Austria, • uses the Maaindiolier. While GennanY) Russia and Belgium use the Mause,r the rifles of these ;three armies WO very different, and Ot is simply the basic prineiple of the, Manger that governs its name, Many, ahang-e:s have been made with rifiee ia retail& years, aad now these magazine 'a•nele fah ,shoot.and kill at 2,000 yap& and ithe bullets will carry much further than that distaace. Generally tale far ,sights on these rifles ii,re set at about 2,000 yards, bet en the GermanMesmer they ,are set for 2,882 ,yards. Per- haps a Geranan soldier can sight, an objeet a mile and a half away when leoking over the sights at the end erhis pieee, but riflemen generally think that 1,000 yaade is the great- est distance to shoot with accuracy. These •six different rifles vary in , weight from. 8 pounds Y2 ounce for the Belgian piece to 9 pounds 3i/2 'ounces for the Freneh rifle. This' is leaving out the long Lee -Enfield rifle, which is used by apart -of the British army. Since 1906 it has been gradually replacedby a. ;short- er weapon, and now the long Lee - Enfield is used by the Territorial soldiers or those of the second line of defence. That title, weighs 9 pounds 4 ounces, and with the bayo- net attached it weighs 10 pounds 3%. ounces, Austrian Gnu the Lightest. With the bayonet attached the Austrian gun is the lightest, weigh- ing a quarter of an ounce lees than 9 pottnels, and the Freneli soldier again has to carry the heaaiest, his piece with bayonet weighing 10 pounds 1%2 ounces. Thesetitles all have magazin;es. • The Fren,eh is a tube through which the ,eartridges pass to the shooting ohamber, a,nel the others have a box or a charger fitted to ',the gun just under the Steely and in iamb of the trigger guard. This charger on the Malecand the Maanlicihar holds five 'caPteidgea, and with one shot in the barrel the soldier has six, bullete ready for nse to be discharged as faet ae he can pull:the:trigger. The French carry in the tube eight cart- , ridges and the British in their magazines carry ten eareridges, An argument made against the tube of the French rifle is that its balanee is changed with each shot fired and that, this has to be taken into aonsideration by the 'man using the gun. It is aleo much harder to load because' the cartridges are placed in and forced through the tube one by one While with the other rifles a.s soon as a charger is emptied it is opened and another clip of cartridges .ineerte;c1, to be opepated in the same, way as the ' first. ' The British argunient against the • magazine was that, the men should recharge their rifles after ea,th shot until an qemergency aro;se, and then they slionId draw on their ten shots Jn ethe magazine. But, in recent years this. order has been changed, and they. work just as do the other ; • Seven Inches Difference. • The British ttee the shortest -rifle.. • It measures 3 feet e5 inches, and is five inches shorter than the rifle used matil after the Boer wax, whith measured 4 feet 1.5 inclees. The next shortest is the Garman rifle, utlach- measures 4 feet 1.4 incheS,. The Anethria,n rille is next; Flaked;• C�rn food the year • round when you have • Fe:est Toasties. • I),elicious bit's of choidest Indian Corn, rolled thin as a leaf and toasted to a golden broWn. • Brought to you fresh, crisp • and sweet, in mois- ture proof packages—al- ways ready for the table. Open the package in a , • jiffy a add crearn or Milk— maybe a little Sugar. Vor breakfast, lunch or,'' s upper— ost Toast es • Ane! —old by grocers. "jiDanallan P,ositim Cereal Co., Lid, Windsor. ant, ,k I.:. 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Medi:4,116.0o, ;, l3reeli'ville, • REAR -ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY; K.C.B. 4 feet 2 inches, and then comes the Belgian, 4 feet 2;25 inches; ,the Rus- sian; 4 feet 3.875 filchers, and the Pren.oh, 4 feet 3:12 inches. The dif- ference in length between the,sillort 13ritieh and the Freneh arm is al fraction over .seven bathes and the French rifle is an inch and three- quarters longer theun the German. With the ;bayonet attached the French rifle measures afraction an - der 6 feet, or te be exact; 5 feet 1] .84 inthe,s. This may give them an advanta.ge in'olose . fighting. The German rifle 'with bayonet attached measures 5 feet 9.75 inches, or a inaction over two in,ehes shorter than the French weapon. The Rus- sian aim measures 5 :feet 9 inches, She British 5 feet. 1.7 inches, the Belgian 4 feet 11.75 inches and the Austrian 4 feet 11.5 inches. This shows that the French bayonet is the longest, being 20.72 inches, the German 20.61 inch,es, the British and Russian 17.2 inches, th,e Bel- gian 9.5 inches and the Austrian the shortest, 9.2 inches., In length of barrel the Russiane have the .a,deantage, the. le,ngth be- ing 31.5 inches, bat -this is only a very small fraction longer than the French barrel, 31.496. The Bel- gian gun has a banrel of 30.67 inch- es, the long Enfield ot the Britifili is 30.19 sinches, the Austrian 30.12 inches, the 'German 29.05 inches and the modern British a.rna 25.19 inch- es. The barrel of the Prelach rifle is 2.446 inches longer ,tlian the baa rel of the German rifle. In calibre again' there, is mach difference in •these anns. The Rus- sian is the smallest, .3 inoh. Next in ;size is, the Belgian, .301. Then eernes the British; .303, the Get- man, .311, and the French, .315. Although the French rifle is in nearly every detail the largest Of those ueed by the warring European nations, it uses The Sniallesi Cartridge, which measures 2.95 inehe,s. These cartridges are Tirade in two ways, one with a pointed bullet a,nd one with' a round bullet, The round bullet cartridge weighs 447 grains and the pointed bullet cartridge 415 grains. The Germans were the first to use the pointed et Spitzer bullet, as it is called. This was in 1905, and France followed the German example at once. Its advantage is that it flattens the trajectory and increases consequently the danger space. The German cartridge mea- sures 3.22 inches with the • round bullet and 3.18 inches with the pointed bullet, and the weights are 431 and 369.9 grains respectively. The British use a round bullet and thee'cattridae measures 3.05 inches and weighs 415 grains, The Bel- gian-eareridge measures 4.055 inch- es and weighs 441 grains;i the Rus- sian measures 3.025' inthes and weighs 4.94 veins, and the Austrian meastiree 3 in.ches a,nel weighs 455 grains. Austria, Belgium, France and Germany use nitroglycerine as an caplosive ; Britain uses cordite and Russia pyroxilirie. - In the British cartridge there is 5.5 grains of cor- dite; in the Belgian and Attstriaa 19..7 grains • of nitroglycerine. 'Germany and France tese- • 17,75 grains of nitroglycerine, and Russia , 17.41 veins of pyroxiline.' I The muzzle velocity varies con- " siderably. The greatest js that of the *German rifle with the p,ointed ;bullet, which. is 2,882 :feet seeond, and with a found imAlet, 2,093 feet a second. The French rifle has a anuz- • zle velocity of 2,380 feet a s;econd with the pointed ballet and 2,073 feet a second with th,o sound bullet, The :nuzzle velocity of the British rifle is 2,060, oI the Belgian and Atistriam rites 2;034, and,the Rus- • sian 1985,feet a seemed. • • • The Bride tlie Suit. , ; The old 'adage,' "Happy is the bride that' the sun Shines on," is' one that is unknown in eoute lands. A Breton, bride, for instance, takes i (twa a bad sign shottld the 04 :of her wedding- ,deivta bright 'and sunny, Ram u onliaratrat,riage ntayft is held tti•Sigilify that all her teare. are sliedaaad that she will, !there,' fore,. hays haPpy marri9d, The day before the Wedditg 55 call - Id the "weeping day," . ifet the bride ,and hY friends Weep, as ranch as possible, witia.the idea :of...getting Che mearning over, onlY, .what ,joYlf,iti nittateutaire,In cthe$ ecuirtkes- this 'reaulit j,s'at-. tttined by dreneitin,g the bride with, Water; The. Greeks thialts that ai- l:Wore:ugh dreneibing of (lib • ;bride will ,ihring her listing goodfortitne., -months' :InipplY., of, breadatitfiCS.',, This -be; ifte' Wheat' ; end flottr. Ot ,;pitasage, natl.:due .tel atirivt,:shortfy.• , The panic, prsteliasinirt Of food snsai:e.ip London show lihjwb at, ,ahl the de:eat '',EitereS Ana,.st' the principal prOvjakin 'She& :ithe nt- busb there. h*s,. beena return:tiO senteithing•, likeelnerinat, Ceirielitione; ,and .01., pk5.4, dile...number ofcoaa; ders-repeiVied,by,post atulltelePlione' greatly, diroinielted. Dahlia eestored by the as- stirances that there is no shortage ol loodetaffsactual or pro.epective. 'Moreover, stoe and. shop Managers are now regulating their ,supplies.hy antiting down orders which they consider ,excessive and declining to sell more than reasonable glitionrti- ties over the counter. A number of undeveloped build- ing estates aee being offered rent free to those who will underta,ke to ttse them to grow ,spe,cifie crops in order to increase the national food supply during the war. , Mho Port of London Authority SAILORS WON PRIZE MONEY. Considerable , Fortunes Made Ily • British lack Tilrfi. Dating back to the earliest years of Britain's supremacy at sea, the custom of allowing naval iirizes money recalls some interesting facts about the days when prize money was a great inducement to recruiting for the fleet: "Jack Tar" has shared in little prize money since the days of Nelson, ex- cept When he has beenengaged in the capture of slavers on the , east and west coasts of Africa,' In the days when we sailed the Spanish Main, 'however, considerable •:for- tunes were secured in the way of loot by officers and men. • - The biggest haul of prize money on record, having regard to the in: individual shares, occurred in 1761, when the British frigates Actaeon and Favorite captured a Spanish galleon. On dividing up the loot the shares worked out at follows: Captains, 265,000; lieutenants; 213,000; warrant' officers, :24,336; petty officers, 21,800, and seamen and marines, 2485. 11) 55 recorded that the jolly tees of the 'two frigates had an uproari- ous times in Portsmouth, and put on such airs that they actually formed a club, one rule being' that every sailor should wear a gold - laced hat. Another instance of the capture of treasure ships somewhat ap- proached the level of the ,foregoing. On Oct. 16th, 1799, four British frig- ates -the Naiad, Ethalion, Triton anti Alemene-chaeed and captured the Spanish frigates Thetis and San- ta Brigida. • On overhauling the prizes a veritable Tom Tiddler's ground was brought to light, aaci it required the services of sixty-four artillery wagons te convey the treasure from Plymouth Hoe to the Citadel. The following were the in- dividual shares of the lucky recip- ients: Captains, 240,730; lieuten- ants, 25,091; warrant officers, 22,- 968; petty oficers, 2791; and sea- men and marines, 2182. During these regular operations against the Spaniards, , Drake se- cured for his crews many thousands 61 Pounds in the way of prize money and naturally had no difficulty in getting men for his voyages, a re- mark which also applies to Lord Cochrane, afterwards the Earl of Dundonald, who, when in -command of the thirty -eight -gun frigate Pal- las was the dread of the French and Spanish mercantile marine. He sent hisprizes ieto Plymouth in rapid sueeession, says The Westminster Gazette, and was regarded by the sabre as such a friend in the way of prize money. that he was always inundated with applications from men who wanted to Join his ship, LIRE A "VAPOROUS ALTAR. The 'Ilig Ceremonial Pipe of As African Chief, When Sit Walter Raleigh acted as "the advance agent of tobacca," though gifted wilih a magnificent imagination, he ;surely had no hint of its future that would set the world's milions to smoking, even hate the far away dark epots of the globe., Ware Sir Walter living to- day he would amtionbtedly be one of the most accomplished cigarette consumers in the royal smart set; and yet, still mossessing• an appre- ciation of the bizarre ,and the -ex- otic, he would experience ,joy in the ownership of the in,rel recently found, of a British East African It, is more ornate than the calu- met of the American Indian, which, in early history, was ornamented with wings, like a Mercury cap, a, graceful design, but simple- withal.. The African creation is a 'ceremon- ial pipe about tyo feet in height, and the design would go far to sus- tain Pile- ,asserpion that in the re- ligion ,and superstition of the na- tives of the Dark .Continent there are no beautiful ,creatures --the good and the terribly evil are alike ;monstrous in their aglineas. ; , At the Seat of the big pipe are • two smaller ones, and an autlhoritY an such matters points out that the Modelling of the horseman shows European influence in a surprising degree. When 'the Ceremonial pipe is being put ta its utmost with its am,Ple tholdirg eaPaOtY, 5 57,11S13 isp- pear like, a vapos'onsaitet 1± was,. for this reason that the chief who owned it was 'called the "big • On Gl!ard. • ,Blerchant (to new boy) -Has the bookkeeper told you what to do in the afternoon Youth,-,-i-Yes, sir, I'm, to wake him .up when 1 set you coming. minarcia uniniont Reilevils Neuralgia. hat he ,so well merited and he was • Tn•, airi`rlit'de:fi:4t11,..17/3• :1.3:71:/folfn.vr"imi.'6:":61.1ik:lt:G4lb-ehb.pale:afaoll';11):h.ii:-' liseaa7re' etiblbli,e3r.wionalBei,eall)aaaTei",c:a'ilalY"thielpreei; .Tiapjt-' Fine' Sallie g6nyiont6h t.;iclo''is;IX11:4111h?'0'1F;:ail:',e04',UF. It'.6tclYt,i°tnittOr'iti's'itf!'; , .,111kM44,34r011g,-'FlIghtftlit - t16,- -J andv,e' iy, ,PotnuSts ,f0,1,*, dsPhinica,lin:Lcu,ryel. i41wwikty; . eake'Of.',Ctrtioura Soap and Box, (it COtiotira'O'intraest.CUEOCI: t;it''. • ' . ',IYe. t''''''.''Pit'% P.Idi'3,l'ild.'11:4 .gre'P.4.1,r'llice'd ;U;;;;;;‘Plii'eLt:...1;.1:S.Lec'' ''''' .....4'.'t:''Sr'ati-•va;..,a'fle":1P,an.°'el.;g:;s:Wliel.i,ee'ailei'le;Yll6w411,a1IPPilaler,aeici ,,,,t1,‘.ivzne,11:aeal7ethhai,e: Vile tiffiblib'hbflY,',Was u,shlidiraskandat.'the thought ma' en,iat.iid,r'gs",,, :priett:6; lald,Ca aq.,,01151.1611:01;:fraotilahl., ..dtioieuia.:.• e,rt;e:htti;slatirple ,f :of ar,whImo,..1,„...t:2:3,e . ni..,n, -The 'weaketib pcidnt.of ithe,Rusalan .. itheliad 'beer! Scalded. It military ha a ;always been its ,gerier-,, .r:ecaughy, ina.:verieiidiYorri:shualro*ndi.nfiigni!t9eorTa:s Ohiby.' . ivevrsee", ci', e.ji: 13,, i:,e,aiclitd'eiibniii"pG, bl• 'iteirali:o's:;:ea,.ri',:iii5..e.:tilloi5eee. eit'itt.Trieuy:::- . ' Tte 'ekl!I on 'every 'finger 'sent down on. ttlioetovaz e.-laituebaibtoltriney, .:v0vbeerdel6lenitill,edie.• 4rpna-g hioiro'Out- in little Y low ,p1mples amt. -a o . 'bottom °eh's feet did the same and lie woidd• Isay he gould not Walk, that there' iverepins eli.,linteciemzi,ocuyiltko miaacIck:higThoultyheiirid,cleilbvidsoutti_l , ' Cti Yellow luP•liter in .themt . they didll':t Itildw onoligth 50 feela each sid and looltedlike attain°. His totr sticking In his feet: . - ' . ' .,.is,altwhi,rosreptivitehdilf2tt.110°4';Ipneogicas scilianor. !soldier: tvete so stupid that death les's ithan he does brio offieers, coi7otehofnaggrovniyghOtifu littel.floansao,te:trenhlanae:ibeier . If is just this deisst cheth mskss would scratch the skin right off and matte a the salceees of Russian arms abso- sore, but to prevent that 1 made mittens for hini ont of cotton. • Every .night from ' lately dependent on -the quality of swear° o'clock nata tiiree in the Morning - Russian generals, The Russo-Ja4pa- he would have td be taken up out or bed nese war failed& disclose any effeo- and rocked, hiseufferings were so bad. tive eammand,e : d f "w''" "° Pernlanenb'eM In 6jgbb I. got known, n,o'ne .r'haasin .'si'xithes's aaaraii'ssenl! the 'outicura Soap and Ointment. ' 'Pho Russia ,eati put an army of 4,000,000 th•st night the child slept the whole night • through, the first night for four months. I man into the field. Efficiently led, tun thankful to Bay the euro 1V0,S complete each a force as this would be well - and I just got one cako olCuticuraSoap and nigt 1.rresso 1 ,E). Under tale eir- One box of Concurs. Ointment." (signed> - cumetances it is no exaggeration Mrs. Samuel Higgins, May 17,1913. Outicura Soap and Ointment sold every- tO say that the .action of the Napo - where. For liberal free sample of each, with leor; of tile Balkans in offering his 32-p. book, send post -card to Potter Drug services te Russia. may be CRe. of & Chem. Corp., Dept. p, Boston, 17. S. A. the deteamining facto.re of the -war. • .1. • GENERAL RAOKO DIMITRIEFF has arraeged in lcanference with the Painful Swellings Reduced Board.of Trade to give all possible - facilities for drawing food ;supplies m -th froe various' docks in the poet. AiVarehouses in which foodstuffs are stored will be kept open 'on week- days a euffleient time to ensure de- lives:y.0n the same day of all fooda in respect of which • notice of ap- plication is received before 4 olelock in the afteenoon% Also; where tweessary, sim;a ilar rrange- ments will be made in regard to Sunda,ys. Deatl! kearly Claimed New Brunswick lady - Was Restored to Her Anxious Fem. Hy When Hope Had Gone. _ • St. John, WB., Dec. 15th, -At one time it was feared that Mrs, J. Grant, of 3 White St., would succumb to the deadly ravages of advanced kidney . ,bl troue. "My first attacks of back- ache and kidney trouble began years ago. For six years that dull gnawing pain has been present. When I ex- erted myself,it was terribly intensified. If I caught cold the pain was unen- durable. I used most everything, but nothing gave that certain grateful re- lief that came from Dr. Hamilton's pills of 'Mandrake and Butternut. In- stead of being bowed down with pain, to.day I am strong, enjoy splendid appetite, sleep soundly. Lost proper- ties have been instilled into my blood -cheek( •aro rosy with -color, and 1 thank that, day that I heard of so grand a mD medicine as r. Hamilton's Pills." BVery woman should use these pills regularly becauSe good health pays, and it's good, vigorous health that comes to all who use Dr. Hamilton's Mandrake and Butternut Pills. tit A. ,Snggestioit. "Waiteig this knife is blunt and the steak is like leather." - "Oly'el it do to strop the knife on the stea.k, sir The Fortunate Captain. "I .supaose you sat at the Cap- tain's table'?" "The ;Captain sat at our table," res,poncleci IV.Irs. Neuriteli LOW COLONIST RATES TO PACIFIC COAST VIA CHICAGO, UNION PACIFIC AND NORTH WESTERN LINE. Tickets on sale daily from Sept. 24th to October 8th, from Chicago to Salt Lake City, Ogden, -Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Victoria, Koot. 01101 -'District 'and Canadian Northwest. Correspondingly low rates Erma Canad. ian points. Through Wallet ,sleepere and free reclining chair care from Chicago. Variable scenic routes. Liberal stop - F avers. or full particulars .as to rates, routes and literature, write or call on 5. neopett, General Agent, 46 Yonge St., Toronto, Ont. Even the fool rem.arks of a mil- ' lionaire can passe for wisdom. stinsrd's Liniment CUrea Dandruff. (Piet'. Spelling. "You have your fjords," said the Peruvian. "Queer spelling.'' "Well," said the Norwegian, "you have your llamas." MInard's Liniment Ctires Borns, Etc, A. Famous, 11118115.• "Yes, we,have a large stock o pens." 'Got' the Trenchant brand I" "I don't seeint to know it."w , "You ought to kneit. 1 was reading 'the other day that Kipling wei las 'With trenchant pen." . itssbn, 377'14: IIAS OFFERED HIS „SERVICES ' TO uussu... - Napoleon of the Balkans May De Oue of the Octennially* Foe - tors of the 'War. In the press of news from the front the significance of the brief statement in recent papers that General Radlco ,Dimitrieff, cam,- mander of the Third Bulgarian Army during the Balkan War, ha,s telegraphed his resignation in order that he might join- the Russian Army, has escaped general notice. The remarkable career of • this Vito of the Balkans is sketehed by Lieutenant Wagner in "With the Victorious Bulgarians, ' and this famous book an the Balkan Powers and their war against Turkey, new bakes on fresh interest and impo,r- lance as a graphic accoant of the gener.alship of a man who may easily beoornee a dominant factor in the present war, "Since the day of Kirk Kilisse," Lieutenant Wagner wrote, "a name has become generally known throughOut the world, which bad long enjoyed popular fame through- out Bulgaria itself -the name of General Radices Dimitrieff, the vic- tor of Kirk Kiliese, and the com- mander of the Thi.rcl Bulgarian "The officers and • soldiers eall him Napoleon 'tseheito, not only on account of the likeness of his pro- file and his general build to that of Napoleon, but also because he is the hero of Kirk Kilisse, Lule Bur-' gas and Ohorlu. Sueeessful Student. . "Whence came Radko Dimitrieff What was the past, career of this 'hero undoubtedly the most popu- lar leader of his time in 13ulgaaia? He was born in the little town of Gradez on September 24, 1859, and after a succe,ssful course at the Mili- tary School of Sofia, passed out es lieutenant on May 10, 1879. He them distinguished himeelf as a student at the Academy of the General Staff at Saint Petersburg. "When the annexation of Eastern Roan -Lelia Was pro,claimed by Prince Alexander at Philippopolis, he was sent with most of tihe Budganlan Army to the Turkish frontier, for naturally the general idea was that Bulgana would be attacked by Tur- key. But the foresight and the ex-. peetations of Natschovitsch, who was then ams baeador at Bucharest, were justified, anti ib was, not the Turks but the Servian brothers of Bulgaria, tvho were the inOders. "It is well known how difficult it then was, on a,ocoupt of the want of railwa,ys,, transfer Bulgarian troops trout the -south to the north- west of the cpuntry. Batik° Dimi- tfieff took part as a, captain in this eperiution. Mewl -ring his men at headlong speed, he was in time ,to be presenb,. at the decisive battle of Slivnitza, as onth e of e famous left wing. But then 00.1150 the un fOrtu- nate dethroning of Prince Alexan- der'the result ef canepiracy or- ganieetl by Paissian • Pan-Slievists among the officers who had studied It Saint Petersburg and were en- thusiasts far the Ozer, the Libera- tor from the Turkish yoke. • This, af- fair inVola..ed the otherwise amiable and astute Ratileo Dirnierieff. poli- ties. He had to leave the amino and go away to Russia, where he was again emploYecl as an offteeV, this time' in is foreign army, "He distinguished Ihinisiolf 17l1.24- eas ways in his werk apt s eaaia , • , and ;Soon reoeiv.ed preenibtion. • at 'homesieloness gietv upon him, aad he often regretted that& he had, al- . , Muscular Strains Ended Such Troubles Now Quickly Rubbed Away by Powerful Remedy. If you have' any muscles that are strained and weak, that are frequently subject to rheumatic pains; if you have any painful swellings that re- fuse to go away -get busy with, Ner- Viline. This is the very soh of trou- ble that Nerviline is noted for curing quickly. "I have proved Nervillne simply a wonder in reducing a hard, painful swelling. It followed an in. Jury. I received in my left leg and caused me great pain and discomfort. The muscles were strained and sore, and no other remedy gave the ease and comfort 5 gat from rubbing on Nerviline. There is a soothing, pain' relieving power about Netviline that touched the root of my trouble. Ner- 'saline reduced the swelling, it destroy- ed the pain, it brought my limb back to perfect condition." The experience of Mr. Bowen, whose home is. in Mid- dlesex, is not unusual. Thousands are proving' every day that muscular pains of every kind, chronic rheumatism, lumbago, neuralgia and sciatica will yield to Nerviline .when nothing' else can possibly cure. Nerviline is an old-time family pain remedy, used nearly forty years with great success. The large family size bottle costs 50c., trial size 258. at all dealers. 11 OW LONG WILL MAR 'ASV; Major -Gen. Turner Says It Caanot Last Many Illouths. How long will 'the war lasti HOW many men will be engaged before the end of this month'? What will the war coat daily 1 are questions that were asked of Major-Geaeral. Sir Alfred Turner, late Inspector - General, when the niobiliza,tion was complete.. "Great Britain has 161,000 men in the first line," paid General Turner, "with 148,000 in Deserve, 'while, with the territorials, her total etrength will be easily 500,000 men. This ex- cludes 78,000 while troops in Intlia :and Earl Kitehetter's latest call for half a million. 'Trance has am active army of 300,000 men, the total with the Gee- ond line being, 1,000,000 m.en, Rus- sia, has 1,500,000 in the frost line, and when her reserves 0.55 mobi- lized, about A.ugust, 25, Sale will have 4,500,000 men available. "Servia, cam turn oat mote Ciao 200,000 splendid fig,heing men, not- withstanding her terrible losses in the late, wars. "Belgium has available more than 250,000 men, including the reserves,. "Germany has 350,000 men in the first line, of whom oely 150,000 ate on the Russian frontier. With the se,00nd line sha can mobilize more than 3000,000 men. "Austria hes a standing army of 240,000 men, anti can mobilize snore than 1,000,000, but Austria has the most hetexogenecas force in the world, and it is doubtful Iv -heeler the Slays in Austria can be depend- ed upon. "I don't. .suppose anybody on earth can answer the question as to the probable daily east of the war to each incliviel trial power. Our South African war cost $1,250,000,- 000, although' it was eelimated that it,...would only east $75,000,000. It depends upoa the management, the waste, and an enormous variety of eirearnstanees. Ih South Africa create was responsible for the huge ultimate total, "If the Boer Webr COM; England above $1,500,000,a day, Sundays in - eluded, as it did, what will this war cost England, France, Gesanany, The child's delight. The• picniciter's choicti Everybody's favorite ,POTTED Eull IVIEATS - Bavered and per,feedy cooked `make 'delicious sandwiches., • • ' rallatISPo SALE, ' H.*. ISA W3025, Ninety Colborne Street, TOronto, 1F jot. 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"The pay pf the Englishsokliera is much mere than any other na- tion, because the army is -a volun- tary one, and privates receive one sihihllng amd twoPence daily. Prance is paying the wife of each volunteer PA francs daily, with half 'a franc added for each dependent child un- der 16. Belgium pays the neat higheat daily wage 40 its soldiers. English territorials, while they are in the ranks receive th,e ,seme pay as volunteers, and now that they hiaviivearbmeeyp,y. n cao,Bed upon will receive i "The duration of the presentewara_e_ is very cliffieult bo .judge' • but it Stee/TIS 60 me that with tthe forth- coming pressure of the enormous Russian armies on Germany it can- not possibly kat many menthe. I should be .serry to .see the noble German people erushed ,and humili- ated, but fier this they have t0 thank their ruler, who iovoked God to his aesistanee, and claims the di- vine right of kings. The only good that any one cam hope for from hisis terrible war is that it will make war a thing of the past." Men Swear—Women Complain Xuat, booe,use their 'corns -ache-ea.:sot to cure them with Putmuit's Corn Extractor, it acts painlessly in tWenty-four hours.. POT corns, warts and callouses the poly thing is "Butnttin's" try fta 2551 itl dealers. r - A. Natural Mistake. Seedy -Boarder-"Haw , You - haw -may riot believe it don't yoti know, Polly, but I Was born with is .sp•ooe in my mouth," fancy An' . inethee 'thought you spoke like that on purpose." blinard's Liniment Co.. Limited. Dear stra,-I had a Bleeding .5.'i1inor,•o5 my face for a long trete and tried num. bar of remedies without any good vomits. I was advised to to, ,MINAti,D's mow, 'Etn8 alter using several bottles it made it eomploie eine, and it healed itt up and disappeared altogether. DAVID HENDERSON. Belleisle Station. Kings CQ,, N.B., Sept. 17, 1954 Two snit Thoughts. 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