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Author of
"All for a Scrap of Pam." "Dearer Than
Life." ate. Publlshod by Hodder 4
Stoughton. Ifo tied. London and Toronto
CHAPTER .III.--(Cont'd,)
As soon as Toni heard this, he ap-
plled for leave, Auld, the young lieut-
t liavjrrg reported that Tom had
where all vegetation had been worn
away ,,by the tramp of thousands of The a men, who bad been singing
all the way during their munch, be -
behaved ver well since his punish- enme s!lent; the scene was so uttar-
ment, and bad apparently turnd over 1y different from what they ,tad left,
a new leaf, it was granted. That morning they had loft a .grim,
grey, smoky manufacturing town; in
He did not spend much of his time the evening they had entered a clear -
with his father and mother, but as ing siu•rounded by sylvan beauty,
soon as possible made his way to the "I feel as though I could stay here
Thorn and Thistle, He had saved fol, ever,'" said Tom. "But look at
practically all his last four week's yen'," and he pointed to a long low
regimental pity, a great part of which but at the door of which the letters
he spent on a present for Pully Powell. "Y.M.C.A. were painted. "Why,
On the whole he was satisfied with they're here too!"
Polly's reception, although he felt that "Yes," said Penrose, "there's not a
she woenot quite so affectionate to- camp in
the country where you don't
wards him as she had been during the find the Y, , huts for that mat -
days when she was trying to win him ter they aro an the Continent too."
away from Alice Lister. It was dor- But yon' place moat have cost a lot
ing his stay in Branford, tea, that of money," said Tom, "you can't build
Tom gave way to the temptation of shanties like that without a lot of
drink, brass. Where did theyget the brass
"Nay, Tom," said Polly when hes from
said lie would only take a bottle of
ginger ale, "I never heard of a soldier I expect the people who believe in
who was worth his salt but would not religious lolly -pegs gave it to them,"
take his beer like a man." And Tom, repplied Penrose.
who could not hear to be laughed at, It took Tom two or three days be-
yielded to Polly's persuasions. fore he became accustomed to Inc new
"Ay, she's a grand lass," he said surroundings. He found that in this
men
to himself, "and a rare beauty too; camp
anearecyl; methirty
ip ytvtho hada come
she's got eyes like black diamonds, from every corner of the country --
and aface like a June rose." All the Cameromans, Durhams, Devons,
same he remembered some of the Welsh, Duke of Cornwalls, they were
ladies who held come to the Y,M.C.A.' all here. Tom had rather expected
to sing to the soldiers, and he had a that the advent of a new battalion
feeling, which he could not put into would have caused some excitement,
words, that Polly was a little bit loud,;
Her dresses were always highly color-'
ed, while her hats were bedecked with!
big feathers. Of course these things'
suited her to perfection, and although'
he did not raise the slightest objection!
to them there were doubts at the back'
of his mind. Neither did he alto -I
gether like the way in which she
bandied jokes, which were not always!
of the best taste, with the young fel-
lows 'who came to the Thorn and'
Thistle. Altogether it was not an un -I
mixed sorrow to 'him when his leave!
was up and he returned to his regi -I
ment.
He did not see Alice Lister during,
his visit, and if the truth must be told
he was glad of it. Polly Potvell's1 The growth of the human body is
spell was strong upon him, and Ise said likened to that of a tree. In order
repeatedly that Alice Lister was not that we may know just what foods are i
his sort. !necessary for us, we will begin a study'
A week after this Tom's battalion of digestion.
was ordered south, and amidst much Chewing or mastication of food is
excitement the Yen boarded the train' the first act in the process of
ediges-
edthh tools them there. He had hop -'tion; for this operation one should
d they would stay in London for at have good tenth. If the teeth are de -
least one night, but only two hours ea ed
were allowed between the time they, Y or gone the food will not be
reached Euston from the time the thoroughly chewed; if this i. the case,
train was due to leave Waterloo. Dis-I then a large portion of saliva which
ciplme was somewhat relaxed during the mouth secretes will be lost. The
the journey, and when at length Tom' adult with good teeth will secrete
entered the train at Waterloo he notic- about one quart of saliva a day.
ed that many of the men were worse
for drink.
"What blithering fools they are!"
said Penrose to him, as seated in their
carriage they sate many of their com-
panions staggering along the plat-
form. Tom was silent at this, never-
theless he thought a great deal.
It was now, the beginning of May,
and the Surrey meadows were bedeck-
ed with glory. Tom, who had never
been out of Lancashire before, could
not help being impressed with the
'beauty he saw everywhere. It was
altogther different from the hard bare
hills which he had been accustomed to
in *the manufacturing districts of
Lancashire. The air was sweet and
pure too. Here all nature seemed
generous with her gifts; great trees
abounded, flowers grew everywhere,
while fields were covered with such a
glory of green as he had never seen
before. By and by the train stop-
ped at a little station, and then com-
menced the march to the camp for
which they were bound. Penrose and
Tom walked side by side.
"This is not new to you, I suppose?"
Tom queried.
"No," said Penrose, "I know almost
every inch round here."
but scarcely any notice seamed, to be
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taken; their coming was a ]natter of, B jj L �'
course. Three days before a bat -
100 AEROPLA ES
talion had left for the Front, and they
had come to take their place, that was
all, Instead of being billeted at
various houses, as they had been in
Lamas lie'
they had now to sleep
sixty in u hut. Tom laughed es he, TT! NING THE HEAVENS INTO A
saw the sleeping arrangements. Bods' ° VERITABLE HELL,
were placed close together all around
the building; these beds were of the
most primitive nature, and coneisted
of a sack of straw, a couple of rugs, HairbreadthEEscapes in the Aerial
and what might lie called n pillow.
These sacks of straw were raised some Service Are Matters of Lvery-
;three or four inches from the floor . day Occurrence.
bye means of boarding, and had only
the suggestion of a spring', No priv- An officer of the Royal Canadian
aey was possible, but everything was Flying Corps tells the following
1 Toni got to like it. The weatherwas story:—
beautiful, the country was lovely, and There were one hundred of us—
the air was pure. Tont had a good fifty on a side—but the turned t
appetite in Lancashire, now he felt heavens into a hell, up in the air
ravenous. The work was hard, hard, there, more terrible than ten thbusand
er than he had had in Lancashire, but devils could have made running ram.
he enjoyed it; on the whole, too, he pant in the pit,
could not help noticing that malty of The sit blazed and crackled with
the men seemed of a better type than y
those which made up his own hat- bursting time bombs, and the machine
talion. With the exception of Penrose, gnus spitted out their steel venom,
nearly all his company were drafted while underneath us hung what soda -
from coal pits and cotton mills. Beret ed like a net of fire, where shells from
were numbers of university men, the Archies, vainly trying to reach
us, were bursting.
We had gone out early in the morn.
ing, fifty of us, from the Royal Can-
adian Flying Corps barracgs, back of
softest muslin.
contains from ten to twenty yards the litres, when the sun was low and
s
n, my courage lower, to bomb the Prue -
of the contains
finest andIsian trenches before the infantry
Profits from feeding are greatest should attack.
for the man who does not have to buy I Our machinee were stretched ..out
grain, That is merely another way across a flat tableland. Here and
of saying, "Grow your own feed." I there in little groups the pilots were.
A transfer of pure-bred stock re- receiving instructions from their com-
quires the transfer of pedigrees as I mender and consulting maps and pho-
well as stock. It is unfortunate that tographs.
farmers occasionally neglect to trans- At last we all climbed into our ma-
fer registry papers promptly. chines. All along the lino engines be-
gan to roar and sputter. Here was
public -school men, and the like• Truly
the Army was a great democracy.
(To be continued.) .
•
An Indian turban of the largest
DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT „HOME
Ninth Lesson—The
The purpose of the saliva is two-
fold: first, it lubricates and softens the
food so that it may easily be swallow-
ed, Second, the saliva brings about a
chemical change in the starch contain-
ed in the food, which, when thoroughly
chewed or broken up, is transformed
into a convert sugar called glucose.
The food is then swallowed, and, on
entering the stomach, this process
continues from twenty to thirty min-
utes. If the food is carelessly chew-
ed or hastily swallowed, this action
ceases as soon as the food reaches the
stomach. Starchy indigestion_ is the
result.
Process of Digestion
When starchy foods are chewed
well, the starches have been partly
acted upon by the saliva in the mouth,
and then, when they are transformed
into the glucose state, the action is
continued by acid fluids in the stom-
ach.
The remainder of theafood is con-
verted into a thick fluid, consisting of
solids and undigested particles, sus-
pended in a yellowish liquid called.
chyme. This is the food now prepar-
ed by the saliva and stomach ferments
for further digestion in the intestinal
canal.
In the intestines this liquid food be-
comes mixed with the bile, pancreatic
fluid and the ferments from the vari-
ous intestinal glands. Each of these
fluids has a part to perform. The
bile emulsifies the fats and prevents
decomposition. The pancreatic fluids
complete the digestion of fats.
The intestinal fluids finish the pro-
cess of digestion for the albumens and
sugars.
Digestion is a complex process, where
any interference from wrong or im-
properly cooked foodscombined with
careless rnastitiation, is very liable to
produce serious results.
Food Adjuncts
Food adjuncts cannot be termed
foods because they do not furnish
nutrition, but rather act as a stimulant
to the digestive organs and thus be-
come an aid to the digestion of true
food.
Food adjuncts are classified as bev-
erages and condiments,
Beverages.—The primary service of
beverages is to quench the thirst.
"I saw you looking out of the train Thirst is nature's call for water. Wa-
at a place we passed what they call ter constitutes the fifth class of food
Godalming; you were looking at a big rind les. It does not produce heat,
building on the top of a hill there. principles.
nd andisincombustible, but be -
What was it?"
"It was my old school," said Pen- cause it has a great many uses in the
rose, "Charterhouse; the best school
in the world."
"Ay, did you go there?" asked Tom.
"Why, it was fair grand. How long
were you there?"
"Five years," said Penrose.
"And to think of your becoming a
Tommy like me!" Tom almost gasped,
body it is an absolute necessity Wa-
ter is the best known of all solvents.
It acts as a carrier to all parts of the
body and assists in regulating the
temperature of the body.
Cottee is the berry or seed of a
tropical tree that bears fruit similar
"You might have been an officer if to our common cherry, It,acts as a
stimulent to the nerves, relieves fati-
gue. The flavor is extracted from
the berry after it has been roasted
you had liked, I suppose?"
Penrose nodded.
"It wus just grand of you."
"Nothing grand at all," said Pen- and ground; then it is boiled, percolat-
rose. "A chap who doesn't do his bit ed or steamed as in drip coffee.
at a time like this is just a skunk,' Tea is valued for its theine, which is
that's all; and I made up my mind a pleasant stimulating constituent of
thatI would learn what a private tea. It also contains tannin, which,
soldier'e life was like before I took
a commission." I if allowed to develop by premitting
"Well, you know now," said Tom„ the tea to stand ceonsidera.ble time
"and you will be an officer soon, I ex-' after brewing, is injurious to the stom-
Peet." 1 ach, The use of fresh boiling water
"My uniform's ordered," said Pen -!when making tea is a necessity. Do
rose. not boil tea,
Tom was silent for some time,
I suppose you won't " be friends Chocolate and cocoa have a re
-
"I cognized food value, whether they are
with me any more, and I shall have to eaten or made into a drink. Cocoa:
salute^you," he remarked presently. I. I
"Discipline is discipline," replied is insoluble, but when added to boiling!
Penrose. "As to friendship, I am not water the starch thickens sufficiently I
given to change."
The battalion, eleven hundred
strong, climbed a steep hill, under
great overshadowing trees. Birds
Were singing gaily; May blossom was
blooming everywhere; the green of
the trees was wonderful to behold,
Presently they came to a great elear-
ing in a pine forest The life of the
to hold the particles in solution.
Condiments—Flavoring extracts,!
seeds, herbs, spices and sauces are!
called condiments. They are used tot
give food a pleaeing flavor and should'
be partaken of moderately. Salt is
classed as a condiment as well as a1
food, Persons living in hot climates
country seemed suddenly to end, and soon learn to like pungent hot spices,
they arrived at a newly improvised which become necessary articles of
:own: There were simply miles of diet. They act directly upon the
;eooden huts; while the sound of men's liver. Vinegar is the fermented juice
of apples, fruit or sour wine, -
Catsup and Pickles
Great care must be taken if you
wish to avoid muddy, soggy pickles,
watery catsup, etc. Do nonuse alum-
inum, copper or tinware in making
catsup or pickling, owing to the action
of the acid in the vinegar.
Cucumber Catsup.—Six cucumbers,
four large onions, one cupful of salt.
Peel the onions and cucumbers and
then cut in thin slices. Cover with
salt and then stand aside for twenty-
four hours. Chop fine and place in
a porcelain preserving kettle. Add
one pint. of good cider vinegar and
then boil for thirty minutes. Rub
through a fine sieve and then add: one
tablespoonful of cayenne pepper, one
tablespoonful of mustard,one tea-
spoonful of allspice, one teaspoonful
of cinnamon. Boil gently for ten
minutes, then fill into sterilized bot-
tles and cork. Seal by dipping in
parowax, Store in a cool, dry place.
Cabbage Catsup.—One large'head of
cabbage, three large onions, four
green peppers, four large cucumbers,
Chop very fine and cover well with
salt. Stand aside over night. In
the morning drain well and add en-
ough good cider vinegar to cover.
Place in a porcelain preserving kettle
and cook until soft enough to rub
through a fine sieve, then add: One-
fourth pound of mustard, one table-
spoonful of cinnamon, one tablespoon-
ful of allspice, one tablespoonful of
cloves, one tablespoonful of mace, one
tablespoonful of celery seed, one table-
spoonftrl of cayenne pepper, one cup-
ful of brown sugar. Stir well and then
cook gently for one-half hour. Bottle
into sterilized bottles and cork. Seal
by dipping the tops of the bottles in
melted parowax. Store in a cool dry
place.
Sweet Pickles.—Peaches, pears and
plums may be used. Peel and remove
all the blemishes and then cut into
small pieces. To three - pounds of
mixed and prepared fruit, weighed
after cutting, add: three cupfuls of
brown sugar, two cupfuls of best cider
vinegar, one cupful of seeded raisins.
:Bring to a boil and than stand aside
for twenty-four hours. Repeat this
and then on the third day, add: one
1 tablespoonful of cinnamon, 0110 table-
! spoonful of allspice; one-half table-
spoonful of cloves, ono -half table-
spoonful of ginger one -hale table-
, spoonful of mace, Tic the spices in a
, piece of cheeseolcth and cook until
thick. Then store in glasses and iters.
Seal in the usual manner,
'Miceli, the neighing of horses, and the
tttlliog of wheels were heard on every
fend. These huts, from what Tom
ould see, were nearly all of them
bout two hundred feet long, while
round them were great open spaces
a 800 h.p. Rolls-Royce, with a mighty,
throbbing voice; over there a $10,000
Larone rotary engine vying with the,
others in making a noise, Then there
were the little fellows, humming and
spitting, the "vipers" or "maggots,"
as they are known in the service.
At last the squadron commander
took his place in his machine and rose
with a whirr. The rest of us rose and
circled round, getting our formation.
Over No Man's Lund.
Crack! At the signal from the com-
mander's pistol we darted forward,
going ever higher and higher, while
the cheers of the mechanicians and
riggers grew fainter.
Across our own trenches we sailed
and out over No Man's Land, like a
huge, eyeless, pock -scarred earth face
staring itp at us.
There was another signal from the
commander. Down we swooped. The
bomb racks rattled as hundreds of
bombs were let loose, and a second la-
ter came the crackle of their 'explo-
sions over the heads of the Boches in
their trenches. - -
Lower and lower we flew. We skim-
med the trenches and sprayed bullets
from our machine guns. The crash-
ing of the weapons drowned the roar
of the engines.
I saw ahead of me a column of
flame shoot up from one of our ma-
chines, and I caught a momentary
glance at the -pilot's face. It was
greenish -ash color. His petrol tank
had been hit. I hope the fall killed
him and that he did not burn to
death.
Away in the distance a number of
specks had risen, like vultures scent-
ing the carrion that had already been
made. It was a German squadron.
The Archies had not bothered us
much while we were spraying the
Prussian trenches, but now. we had
that other squadron to take care of.
Our orders were to bomb the trenches.
We could not spare a. bomb or a cart-
ridge from the task of putting the
fear of Britain into the hearts of the
infantry below before our own "Tom-
mies" should start over the top.
A Parting Message.
I don't know what it was, but sud-
denly, just after my partner had let
go a rack of bombs, there was a ter-
rific explosion just beneath us. My
machine leaped upward, twisted, then
dropped suddenly. Death himself was
trying to wrench the control levers
from my grip, but I clung to them
madly and we righted. A few more
inches and I couldn't have told you
about this. e
There was no longer any chance- to
worry about flying position. There
were too many things occupying my
attention—that line of gray down
there that the were trying to erase and
the Boche squadron thrumming down
on us.
One drum of our ammunition was
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already used up. My partner whirled
around on his stool—a sort of piano
stool, which always made me think
of the tuneless, tin-panny instrument
back in quarters—grabbed another
drum and slamined it into the machine
gun. It was to be a parting message
for the Prussians, for the commander
Was just signalling to retire.
My partner lurched forward. He
was hit. A thin red stream trickled
down his face.
I raced westward, the air whistling
through the bullet holes in the wings
of the machine', and my partner lean-
ing against the empty bomb rack,
silent. --
As we sailed over the foremost
Prussian trench some Scotch were
just leaping into it. The "ladies from
hell" the Germans call them because
-of their kilts.
A Race With Death.
Several machines had landed before
I took the ground. Ambulances were
dashing back and forth across the fly-
ing field.
They lifted my partner out of the
aeroplane, but they did not put him
into an ambulance. He had answered
another recall. I walked to quarters
111-111 at heart, at stomach, at mind.
I'll never know a better pal than was
Tom.
On the way I managed to help with
a machine that had just landed. A big
Rolls-Royce it was, and the radiator
had been hit by a bit of shrapnel. The
pilot and observer were both terribly
scalded.
Just by the aerodrome another bi-
plane fluttered down. The observer
was dead. The pilot was hit in a doz-
en places. Somehow he brought the
machine in, switched off his engine
and slopped forward in his seat, stone
dead. -
' Ten minutes later I was sound
asleep. The next day we were at it
again. _
In battles of this kind it is more or
less a matter of good fortune if you
escape with your life. Flying ability
and trickiness can play but little part.
Itis !n the lone adventure that stunt
flying helps.
An Englishman has invented a grass
trimmer., operated with both hands,
which greatly resembles horse clip-
pers.
IF ALL THE SKIES.
If all the skies were sunshine
Our faces would be fain
To feel once more upon them
The cooling splash of rain,
If all the -world were music
Our hearts would often long
For one sweet strain of si'lente
To -break the endless song.
If life were always merry
Our souls would. seek relief
And rest from weary laughter
In the quiet arms of grief.
—Henry Van Dyke.
For ,Add Stomachs -
Use Magnesia
Quickly Stops sour Bxening Feeling and
Flakes Digestion Painless.
The almost universal use of magnesia
by physicians and epealaliste in the
treatment of stomach troubles, is due to
the fact that it stops food fermentation
and neutralises the acid—the direct
cause of nearly all stomach troubles. Of
the many forms of magnesia such as
oxides, citrates„ carbonates, sulphates,
etc., the most suitable and efficient, and
the one prescribed by leading specialists
is bisurated magnesia, a teaspoonful of
which in a little warm water immediate-
ly after eating will instantly neutralize
the acid stop fermentation, and thus en-
sure painless normal digestion. Care
should be taken to get bisurated magne-
sia, as its action is infinitely more ef-
fective. It is also, by the way, usually
stocked by druggists in convenient corn -I
pressed tablets as well as In the ordin-
ary powder form. Stomach sufferers
and dyspeptics who follow this Plan and I
avoid the use of pepsin, charcoal, soda
mints, drugs and medicines are invari-
ably astonished to find that the stomach,
relieved of the irritating acid and gas, I
soon regains Its normal tone, and can do
Its work alone without, the doubtful aid
of artificial digestants.
See that the climbing roses and ,
other creepers are properly tied up.
Experiments in putting alfalfa and
other leguminous crops in the silo
have not always been satisfactory.
There seems to be no crop that is so I
;universally satisfactory for silage as!
corn.
The breeding of flies in manure
heaps is easily prevented. Use carbo-
sul and water; one part carbo-sul and
twenty parts water. ,. Sprinkle the
heap well and as fresh material is
plied up sprinkle it, and the flies will
be prevented from breeding,
is made in one grade only—the highest. So there is
no danger of getting "seconds" when you buy
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KING sYAiVAES,.. La
TRAVELLED IN 'SUB
FIRST SUBMARINE WAS MADE
ANI) LAUNCHED IN 1620.
Was Propelled by 'Oars, But S.eciet of
Obtaining Pure Air Died With
the Inventor,
The submarine is much olcler than
the German Empire, and the credit
of being the first sovereign to make
a trip in one is given to James L of
England, a Monarch who has gener-
ally been represented as a .man of
more than ordinary timidity. Doubt
has been cast on the story, bqt
whether it is true or net, that James
actually made a trip in a submarine,
it is interesting t0 recall that one :se
James' friends did undoubtedly con-
struct the first practical submersible
boat recorded in history. -
At Siege of Tyre,
Alexander the Great is said to have
employed diving bells at the siege
of Tyre, 882 B,C. All Arabian histor-
ian named Bohaddin, who lived about
1150 A,D., relates that a diver entered
Ptomlemais during a siege by means
of a submarine apparatus. An inven-
tion for descending into the sea was
heard of at Toledo in 1538', and
Charles V, is said to have interested
himself in it', Forty-two years later
an Englishman, William Boone, was
credited with inventing a "plunging
apparatus" similar to a device pro-
duced nearly 200 years later by one
Syphons, whieh was galley shaped
with a dome -like roof, but differing in
the manner of submersion. Boone's
plunger was submerged by contrac-
tion of the hull through the instru-
mentality of hand vises, which re-
duced its volume, while Symons made
use of leather bottles, -which he filled
with water. ,Magnus Pegelius in
1605 made a similar: device which was
regarded as a marvel of its time.
Van Drebel's Device.
Aecording to Allan H. Burgoyne,
31,R.G.S., "the honor of having con-
structed the first submarine boat un-
doubtedly belongs to Cornelius van
Drebel, a Aitch physician. Slis first
submarine was made in 1620, when
he built and launched a navigable
submersible boat, and so successful
did it prove that he had two othere.
constructed on the same plans, in the
larger of which James I., of whom
van Drebel was an intimate friend,
made a lengthy trip, Those early
craft were built of wood and render-
ed watertight by stretching greased
leather all over the hull, The follow-
ing is from a description of the' larg-
est. She carried twelve rowers, be-
sides passengers, and macre a journey
of several hours at a depth of from
twelve to fifteen feet, The holes for
the oars were made to hold water by
leather ,joints, Van Drebel accounted
his chief secret to be the composition
of a liquid that would speedily restore
to the troubled air such a proportion
of vital parts as would make it again
for a good while fit for respiration.
The composition of this liquid for en-
abling air to be used again was never
made public. Van Drebel died in 1634
without having completed his experi-
ments, leaving no document relative
to his work on the subject.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Last March the Fate of Democracy
Trembled in the Balance.
Now that it is all over we are free
to tell each other in what peril every
free nation stood during the March
days when we could get no news from
Russia," says the London Independent.
"The Duma --has triumphed, and, whe-
ther Russia meets victory or defeat in'
the remaining months of the war, or
even whether an attempt is made to
restore Czardom, matters compara-
tively little since the critical moment
has been safely passed.
Suppose that the Imperial Court
had triumphed over the Russian peo-
ple. This would probably have meant
a speedy peace with the Central P.ow-
ors and a withdrawal of Russia from
the Entente. The nations of Western
Europe albne would probably be a
match for the Central Powers, but
they could hardly hope for decisive
victory with all the troops in the East-
ern theatre of war thrown into tare
scale against them.
When we see how nearly equal are
Germany. and Austria to all the forces
which the rest of the world has yet
been able to send against them, we
can imagine what a menace they
would be with the aid of hundreds of
millions of Russians organized by
Prussian system and dominated by
Prussian diplomacy. Neither the Ro-
nia0 Caesars nor Napoleon at`the
height of his power could so subject
the nations to their will as the rulers
whose domains would stretch from
the Arctic to the Pereian Gulf and
from Belgium to the Pacific.
That this should not be was deter-
mined by God and Man when the red
flag was raised above the palaces of
Petrograd.
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In 1013, South Africa imported 21,-
263,000 eggs. This year 'it will be
found that -over 2,000,000 have been
expected, after Local requirements had
been filled. -
Tlre raising of cattle in Rhodesia, bop
now reached the stage where meat -
canning plants must bo provided to
care for the excess output.