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ENCAMJNC AN
ENEMY SU I A INE
C :r'it'1RCOMINCG A MENACE NACE ] OW
4I.i1.I':pIL.I: OP 'i'I'IE, PAST
A T'lasltlight Revelation of the Wa'Y
the I3rItish Navy Dees Things in
Time of War.
' Front Commodore T, to R.M. Des-
troyeh' Sprint;
c'Submtuine reported of I2ookY
Lighthouse, Proceed and, destroy it,
Seaplane in attendance."
The signal is received by the skip-
per With a deep 'Umpht" while a
faint glimmer of delight passes.
across his hardy features. After a
few seconds of hustle and bustle the
ship is ready for sea.
"Let go for'ardl Let go Ott"
shouts the `captain through a mega-
phone' from the compact forebridge,
Immediately the dockers on the quay
slip the heavy steel wires, which
splash into the cloudy waters of the
harbor. .
"All clear aft!" bawls .the sea -sea-
coned bo'sun, who holds up a little
blue flag denoting nothing to foul the
propellers. The skipper strides
across to the other side of the bridge,
glances aft, then orders: "Hard a-
starboard! Slow astern both!"
The Search.
A little vibration comes us the des-
troyer comes under the strain of herr
powerful turbines, and she commences
to glide slowly astern into- the more
open space of the harbor.,. Once clear
of all obstacles the engines are re-
veesed, and we head past the'boom.
defence, then put into the open sea.
The officer of the watch, adjusts
• the ship's„ position, on the chart, dons
his heavy wateriproof garb in antici-
pation of rough weather, then takes
his ;,place alongeide the captain, who,
already attired in such a fashion that
only his deep, penetrating eyes are
visible, stands leisurely scanting the
horizon. Look -outs are now placed
in conspicuous perches round the ship
. to report any ,signs of their prey,
. while torpedo -men are getting 'ready
their various devices to deal the
coup -de -grace,
Dit-dit-dit—dor-dit-slitl comes the
highly -strung tune from the wireless -
house. The "aparker" is in communis
cation with +seaplane ZY-04, who has
just been spotted flying about 2,000
Peet up, executing all manner of bac-
tics in order to discover this lurking
`4Is-' Hun that perchance may be lying on
the sea bottom.
Course is altered at varying inter-
vals to conform with the movements
of our overhead 'scout, We are now
nearing our rendezvous, and speed is
decreased a little to allow both sweeps
to be got out.
What the "Bird" Saw.
A sharp order to the helmsman and
the ship takes a heavy list as we
swing round as though on apivot. The
engine -room telegraphs are jerked 'to
"Full speed ahead both engines."
tL Dense columns of black smoke pour
from the stumpy fuels ds extra fixes
are started down below in the boiler -
rooms. Large, white foams of water
stream out on both sides of the ship
as the gathers full speed. The sweep-
ing wiree tremble and stretch with
• -the intense strain. Guns `and torpedo-
eeibes are manned in readiness to deal
the first blow. • •
Meanwhile, the seaplane has been
flying to tend fro vainly searching the
ocean bed. The submarine had evi-
dently made good }per escape before
our arrival; but, no matter how long
our efforts at capture would take, her
final doom was certainly sealed. After
an hour's futile patrolling over this
particular area, we,received startling
and inspiring news from our "bird."
She reports that, thirty :miles to
seaward, a stibmarine is busy engag-
ing one of Our defenceless merchant
steamers by gunfire. We watch the
seaplane turn in the direction stated,
envying her the first .opportunity.,
A Deposit of "Eggs"
Special word is then sent down to
the engine room, requesting every
possible ounce of steam to be got up.
We then follow after our scout,
Further information follows that
i•
thd submarine is again diving; but
t, the seaplane will hover over the torsi -
fled Hun as: a guide to us et her
,position. We evolve over the spot,
and there depdsit two large -size
- "eggs," 'each filled with very high ex-
plosive. At the same time the cap-
-thin supresses the thing -key and ex-
plodes,the sweep. - -
Instantly a mighty report thunders
out,'followed by a tremendous column
of water, oil fuel, and wreckage. An-
other pirate has disappeared for
ever. /
The destroyer steams •otrnd the
spot, with dismal hopes of ever find-
ing any survivore. At last the cap-
tain rings for the wireless operator
,
'who sends the following signal:
"Enemy submarine sighted thirty
miles from Rocky Lighthouse. En-
. gaged, and destroyed it. No survi-.
vors, Am returning to base,"
It is estimated: that the value of
the Irish flax crop amounts to 12 mil-
lion pounds, of which, seven million
pounds will - go to the growers as
net profit,
"It is a good and safe rue to so-
journ in everyplace as if you meant
to spend .your lfe there, never omit-
ting ag.opportunity of dodng a kinds
'near, ac speaking a defile word, os
making try friend:"--R'ulcisfa,
ay ,
•
wHAT S OLDI1E,Ii,.S
' vANTa
A fuggeslion 10 those,
Who'- ire sending gifts lo,
soldiers overseas Coutes
front Lt, -Col. (Canonic
Frederick :George Scott;
Senior .Chaplain of stile
First pivtslon,, In e cable
received by friends ; ill . A
Montreal, Ng says "Tho iti ` a
men' want playing cards • 13p t, Y
and chewing tobacco.' s I
FIRTH OF FORTH A
FINE NAVAL HARBOR
'HERE THE SURRENDERED
HUN SHIPS ARE INTERNED
'
Landlocked Waters Studded With
Beautiful Islands Where Miles of
Ships Can Lie at Anchor.
No more beautiful setting for the
(nighty' Grand ' Fleet could be imag-
ined than the great estuary of the
Firth of Forth, where, under the pro-
tection of the big guns of the fort-
zzess of the "defended port" as the
numerous fortified points are called,
mile after mile of ships don lie at
anchor. The beautiful "Links of
Forth," declared to surpass In value
"an earldom of the north," are ro-
mantically as well as practically the
setting of the greatest naval review..
- The sharp outline of the Castle"
in all time.
Rock of Edinburgh, The Pentland
Hilts, Arthur's Seat and the Colton
hill to pho south, and the great range
of mountains known as the Highland
Barrier beyond the F,ifeshire hills to I
the north, surround the landlocked .
waters which are themselves studded
'with beautiful islands. '1'o the west- I
ward of the fleet towers the huge 1
cantilevers of the Forth Bridge, the
largest cantilever bridge 'in the world,
and to the eastward the open North
Sea. . .
Mile after mile of ships, the might
of the empire displayed, an armada,
the greatest the world has ever seen,
is gathered in Scottish waters. Once
before Great Britain gathered to-
gether the colossal units of her
navies, in these northern seas, and
under the same northern skies the
fleet was gathered before the time of
trial which is now safely and glor-
iously over. Then, as nowt there
was peace on the seven seas, and
then, as now, merriment was the or-
der' of the day.
The old inn, known as the Haws
Inn, of the old borough of South
Queensferry, the southern end of the
great Forth Bridge, is the headquar-
ters of the fleet, officers and,, busy
little steam pinnaces under the com-
mand of alert midshipmen, throng
the old granite pier of the borough.
When the Grand Fleet holds mdster
there is much visiting- from ship to
ship, and the little launches; bright
with brassworlc, -are continually
steaming about, swarming over the
landlocked waters with their small
size malting them look like flies
against the great bulk of the battle-
ships.
A Pear -Shaped Fstuary.
The Firth of Forth is a pear-shaped
estuary, some eight miles. long and
Come people
learn of the
harmful effects
of tea and cof-
fee
of•fee by readinki.
Others find out
throu8h excperi-
ence.In ert,her
case it's a food
idea to adopt.,
MST
TUM
-A delicioµs
drink made
,from the finest
cereals, harm-
less and nour-
ishing.
Qur-
I hip . Made in
the p,lustant
cu �
ly. Saves su5'ar
and fuel.
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seven at its widest part, apd the the Forth, the 1 ifeslrire co.tst . with
defended zone commences at a line its many wooded •hares, is ne beenti-
drewt, frons the port of Leigh to the ful as the south, Donnybris'th Bay
Island of Metkeith to Kirrghorn, Burnteislancl, Abet -dour and the pie -
about eight miles below the Forth , turesque old Kinghorn, that hone of
Bridge, whieh is itself a mile or so early shipbuilding, oneo '.lighted by
eget of the naval base.atRosyth, ;the searchlights, each fishing hamlet
Surrounded by hills, the basin of and village standing out in, strong'
the Furth 1s• studded with islets, many -relief. .
of them fortified, which command j A sail through the Grand Fleet by
the deep water channels of the water- night is an experience not to be far -
way. Tho tide race is swift, and the gotten, Each of the floatingfortresses
great shops are anchored with a • appear to he a little town in itself
single cable, on which they swing with music and dancing, good humor
with the ;tide, beading eastward as and good cheer, more so than over
the tide conies Via and westward Os now, when the order of the King
it goes out,. There is good anchorage flashed out in August, 1914, "Capture
everywhere in the estuary, the waters cv destroy the enemy," has been
of which are deep enough for the obeyed and the enemy shipe lie with
heaviest ships of the line. , their stings drativn in British waters.
The place par excellence for a I ._______,,-___••`
view of the fleet is the floor of the
Forth Bridge, which is some 200 feet i THE RED FLAG
above the sea level, and from this .
-tentage point the entire fleet can be Once the Emblem of Royalty and of
viewed. I the Church Militant.
By day and by night the great The actual defenders of the red
ships can be seen talking to each flag do not know or have forgotten
other by slag signals., bridge semi- that red was formerly the color of
phores and mast lights, and the the church ntilitanb, and also of roy-
inter-fleet communications go err ally until -the epoch when Henry VL,
endlessly. The dei ex naachina of this King of England, took the title of
silent news service are the yeomen of King of France. Then red came to
the signals, and in spite of the wire- be considered as an inimical ,color in
less, this visual signalling is appar- Franca and was replaced by white,
eptly rade use of by choice. I which in its turn was given up by
-As darkness comes on, the ordin- the English. The red flag was die -
wry mast headlights commence, and played by the Roman Catholic troops
the imagination of the beholder is of Charles IX, and Henry III,, while
piqued in wondering what all the the flags of the Protestants were
silent talk is.about. Part of it is in- white. During the 'French Iievolu-.
telligible without actually reading tion the rod 'flog was hoisted under
the messages. One great shin starts. peculiar circumstances. In conse-
winking, and the ship ..number two garner of the disorders that took
down, the line answers. Almost ion- place in Paris in 1789 and the re-
mediately a boat is called away to opening of the National Assembly in
steam from one ship to another. i the capital martial law was pro -
The Might of Britain. l claimed on October 21, which, among
The clearing house for signals is' others, contained the following
the flag ship, which is easily-recog- artocles: '
nized because of the admiral's flag. 1 "Article IL—This declaration shall
During the day endless strings of be mane while displaying a red flag in
bunting are floating from her signal • Hall p nd ca Aiyizig, window
of 1flags(he City
through
yards, and as a new string is flown, the streets.
the answering, pennant is flown by
sent. 1 "Article III.—At the mete signal
the' ships to whicliethe message is�of the ted flag all riotous assemblies,
.Great, ugly steel fortresses are the I with or without arms, will become
super dreadnaughts. There is little force.
criminal and shall be dispersed by
_of 'beauty, but much o:f strength an -„Article 'SII.—After Capin is re-
established the municipal officers will
by a decree abolish the martial law
and the red flag will be withdrawn
probably just above the bridge, is a for a week ad be replaced by a
large ship, which is markedly differ- white flag.” e
ent from the others. This ship carries Thus the red flag, after being the
the white ensign of the navy, emblem of Roman Catholicism ' and
and is manned by bltiejacicets, but royalty, became under the republic
carries in addition the red cross flag. the emblem of der', destined to safe-
guard the life and tranquility of the
of Geneva. This is the fleet hospital,
citizens. Opinion changed, however,
during the Second Republic. In a
circular of the French Government -
to the prefects we read the follow-
ing: "The tri -colored flag and cock-
ade are the only national lsignia
around which the citizens rally; the
republic does not recognize any
others. The red flag is .an appeal, to
insurrection; recalling memories of
their lines -bare of deck; with the
mighty canno.a bidding defiance in
all directions.
A little apart from the main fleet,
and with so many thousand sailors
gathered together, with such com-
plicated machinery as that_ of the
.modern ship, there ale always pa -
"Cents. The personnel of the hospital
ship differs from a shore hospital
in that the nurses are men. The'
might of the Empire is never more
apparent than when such a fleet is
gathering for a review. The officers
of the British Navy; unlike those of
any other navy in the world, navi-
gate their ships into all poets -them-
selves, without taking. on board
pilots, and through the mazes of the
channels of the Firth of Forth the
ships wend their way.
Seamanship Required Here.
.. Some idea of the seamanship
which is required is understood when
it is remembered that, a line -of -battle
ship, even with reversed engines, re-
quires a mile to stop when steaming.
ahead, and when coming to ."anchor,
musts -steam slowly away from the
anchor after it has touched bottom,
for the mass of weight would snap
any cable ever constructed it any
sudden relaxation of tension were
pormitted. •
On approaching territorial waters,
British 'natigating officers board
ships belonging to any other navies
and bring them into port:
At night the warleNvaters of • the
whole estuary assume the appearance
of a great city, The ships seem to
completely fill up the water, and
their many lights, unshaded again,
now war is over, light up the swirl-
ing waters, while overhead the great.
searchlights .light up the shores on
per side, turnip night ,tnt..Qpday
for the whole_flrt'a1id estuary'. Efelt
islet,ieyey'y beach and' !welkin
tancs out in picturesque detail, one
at]]ie tnost beautiful sights beipg
I3enibogle Ray and Castle, and VA
suougaln smuggler's hatints of Cram-
K110Ad Tele qnd the mouth of the Al -
Mond It Vet,. On •the north side of
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Here is one of the very newest
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and the 'lower edge is very narrow.
McCall. Pattern No. 8668. Misses'
Dress, In 3 •sizes, 16 to 20 years.
Price, 26 cents.
These patterns may :he obtained
from your local McCa41 dealer, or
from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St.,
Toronto, Dept. W.
NEW TRAVELLING REGULATIONS.
Persons Embarking at U.S. Seaports
' Must Procure Permission Before
Leaving Canada.
Under an order issued by the Secre-
tary of State, Washington, ` effective
November 11th(1918, all persons ,going
from Canada to foreign destinations by
way of United' States seaports Mast
procure permission for embarkation
before leaving: Canada. '
s Such permissfon must he arranged
fdr either hy.exeeuting declaration and
procuring Vise on passport before one
of the American Consuls in Cagada,. or
by making formal application :berore.„,
any of the United States immigration
officers located in Canada upon forms
furnished by the said officers.
In order to allow sufficient time for
bloodshed and in -burning. To- hoist Investigation, transmission of papers
this emblem means to excite to dos- to Washington, etc„ applications should
obedience of the law and acts of be filed either with the Consul 'or the
lmmigration Officer at 'least 17 days
prior to the date of proposed Clepar-
ture,
The Stale Department invites spe-
cial attention of prospective travellers
to the fact that unless they have ob-
tained vise by an American Consul, the
said Department met decide whether
qr not departure from an American
port will be allowed, such decision be-
ing based upon the application sub-
mitted through the immigration of-
ficers. Passengers are accordingly
warned not to proceed to the port of
embarkation until they are in posses-
sion of either thea Consular viae, or
proper certificate from the U.S. Immi-
gration authorities showing that per-
mit ford departure ttu•e has been granted.
The foiegoiug applies to all.persous
not citizens of the United States, and
it is effective o•egarding all destina-
tions, including Mexico, U.S. Insular
possessions, cite., but not including
Bermuda,
United States citizens seeking to
proceed to foreign points are required
to have passports issued by the State
Department, applications for same
f le h0 2t boil,obtainable, front the Various
violence. From which follows that
according , to the epoch opinion
changes with ,regard to the significa-
tion of one and the same color.
MONEY ORDERS.
Send a Dominion Express Money
Order. They are payable 'everywhere.
Ott the March.
A writer calls attention Ito ((lies
fact that although the wllr was large-
ly a war ofpositien in which trenches
played a leading pant, marching oc-
cupied much more of the soldiers'
time than combat. For that reason
it was of prime importance that the
soldier should be able to march web.
The general public has a mistaken
idea of the. length of a heavy march,
the tendency being to place the esti-
mate altogether too high. A fair
day's march for any army is twelve
miles. Fifteen, miles is a good day's
march, and twenty is a :forced march,
Quick, time for the English armies
consists of about one hundred and
twenty,theee-melt steps a minute,
which gives one hundred yards a
lilimite Fr.9� t:vq and
Alit aii'rf"o`tip oou A•nlerlcan Lonsul
g r Jung s.
but the IItr?er the marc ring force the
more slowly it moves, A brigade
takes six hours to march fifteen inil s,
jlltt a ivision needs eight hours for
the $alti66 (distance,
Stinara'e Ziniauent antes Gaa'ket in CowO
Mainard'5 Ziniarient Puling 90ida, he.
House plants need more water in
yery warm weather than when the
toniiierature 19 either moderate or
cold.
The Gallant iLads of Canada,
The gallant lath of Canada,
Who bravely went to' war,
Have writ her name on hist'ry's page
And spread her fame afar.
For ages past' the world has known
The Wideness of our land,
But now slte knows Canadian men
,,And that for Eight they stand,
F'rorr faron and village forth they
came,
Fawn city great or small,
The gallant 0000 of Canada
Answered to I reedonr's call,
'Twits said that peace had made us
weak,
We'd sold our• soul for gold:
To that base Ile make this reply,
And make it proud and bold:
At Ypres and famed St. Julien,
At St, Elul, at Loos, '
Al Passchendaele, at River Somme,
At Vimy Ridge, at Hoge,
The gallant eons of Canada
There met the brutish Hun--
Flietr'y's page for many an age
Shall praise our vict'ries won,
1 was cared of terrible lumbago by
MuNARD'S LINIMENT.
PLV. WM. BROWN.
S was cured of a bpd case of. earache
by IVIINARD'S LINIMENT.
MRS. S. KAULBACK.
1 was cured of sensitive lungs by
1VIINARD'S L1fI1NEN'C.
MRS, S. MASTERS.
A roll of adhesive tape can be used
for many things about the 'house—to
bind up -a cut, to faeten•a dressing in
place over a barn, to .mend a cracked
umbrella handle, to put under a torn
place in the raincoat, 'tb put in the
back of children's rubbers with tho
(sines or initials thereon, and for ever
so ms'lny other•uses, such as unending
gloves or torn places in a roller shade.
Minard's Liniatent Cures. Diphtheria,
1;., "Face difficulties as they arise;
don't make a sum of them and say
they are intolerable,"—E. F. Benson.
Nothing short of an iron plow, held
by an expert, will do as good work in
old alfalfa sod as will a fairly heavy
gang Plow, tractor -drawn.
,e eRheumaticPahise
• Are relieved in a few days by C
o) taking 30 drone of Mother Scigiel's i�e)
Ce Syrup afterrneals and on retiring. C
m) It dissolves the lime and acid e
e accumulation in the muscles and c�o
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ocontainanodopenorotheretrong e
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O rheumatism or lumbago, it re- o)
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Sloan's Liniment scatters
the congestion and
relieves pails
A little, applied taitkout rubfring,
will penetrate inunedia.tely ,and rest
and soothe the nerves.
Sloan's Liniment is very effective
in allaying external pains, strains,
bruises, aches, stiff joints, sore mus-
cles, lumbago, neuritis, sciatica, rheu-
matic twinges.
Keep a big bottle always on hand
for family use. Made in Canada.
Druggists everywhere.
30c., GOC., $1.20.
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Pe) epltouiug to Moving Traitor. -
A successful test of telephone.
communication between a train dis-
patcher's office told a moving train
has been made by the Canadian Gov-
ernment. The .device, embodiesfea-
tures that are said to make it usable
in a practical' `way. The track '10
used as a conductor, and the electrical
current reaches the moving train
through its wheels. The tot was
made between Moncton and Humph.
rev's Station, New Brunswick, on the
Intercolonial Railway.
Stinar'a's Liniment Cares Distemper.
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