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FIFTH EPISODE
Ablaze in Mid -Air.
The loose planking that had been
carelessly nailed to form the floor that
separated Pat from the room below,
rattled under the •girl's feet as she
hurried to the rescue of Phil Kelly,
who was struggling against odds in
the room below. With feverish haste
the girl grasped the edge of the board,
forcing lief fingers through the wide
cracks that separated the planks, one
from the other. -
She could hear Kelly's wild shouts
for help, coming. to her from thetroom
below. The ominous swish of the tails
of a score of alligators as they strug-
gled in the water to reach their hap-
less victim, added a -note of extreme
terror to the situation.. .
Kelly's hands and fingers were
bleeding from hik mad work,trying
to save himself from felling into the
tank bf water ammag the alligators.
Jabaues, who had followed Pat up
the rickety stairs where she had run
in the hope of finding a means of res-
cuing the Sphinx, added his efforts to
the girPs eager struggles.
"Hold on for you life," Pat called
down to the detective. "Pll not see
you eaten alive if my efforts can pro -
vent it."
While Jacques worked with his
strong hands, Pat scurried about the
room in which she suddenly found
herself, and discovered a piece of rope.
As a gift from the gods she pounced
upon the rope, and by using. short
pieces of planking to .pry -the boards
lonse-Jacques soon made a hole in the
floor large enough to accommodate
Kelly's body.
When they had drawn Kelly ' far
enough to permit him, to help himself
by reaching up to grasp the planks
and rafters, Pat shouted to Jacques:
"You stay and see him out of his
trouble. I'm going to disappear."
It was the next day before Kelly
could reach Pat on the phone -and ask
permission to call upon her. And then
the girl put him off with a series of
excuses that exasperated him.
"I can't understand why ,Srou will
\ not let me call and thank you ior say-
,
ing my life, Miss Pat," Kelly finally
said over the phone.
"The truth is, if you must know, I
don't require any thanks. It was just
the logical action of one human being
toward another in distress," said the
girl.
'But your action puzzles me -a' Kel-
ly started to centinue.
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a clear bright syrup.
"And that's just what I ha/ve set out
to do,". interrupted the girl, "to ,keep
you guessing and make you, prove that
what your admirers say about your
being the greatest detective in all Eu-
rope .is true."
Before Kelly could continue the con-
versation Pat had terminated his op-
portunity by hanging up the receiver.
"I'll make Mr. Kelly regret the day
he snubbed me," she said to herself" as
she lit a cigarette and languidly
dropped upon the divan,
Mrs. Van Nuys interrupted her rev-
erie by entering Para boudoir and an-
nouncing:
"We are invited to the Crosbys to-
night, my dear.. They are giving a
party and wall you and me to attend,"
said Mrs. Van Nuys..,
"The Crosbys are all right Lsuppose
—but I would rattier remain at home,"
said Pat a little wearily. "But if you
would like me to go, auntie, I am per-
fectlwagreaable to the idea," She add-
ed.
And it was finally agreed that they
should be numbered among the Cros-
by's guests at the party. After Mrs.
Van Nuys hadleft the room Pat began
to conjure some method to ring Kelly
into the occasion and further humiliate
him. And in the hour or more she
devoted to the subject, Pat thought
out a way to make the Sphinx still
further regret that he had been rude
to her.
Taking up her pen, Pat wrote a note,
in disguised hand, informing Kelly
that there would be a great display of
jewels at the Crosby fete, and asking
that he attend to protect the valu-
ables. •
"There will be one jewel, almost
priceless, that the Apaches are plan-
ning to get. We hear you are a great
detective and suggest that you take
measures to prevent the robbery."
When the Sphinx received the com-
munication, from the hands of one of
the messengers Jacques sent at Pars
command, the detective wrinkled his
brow, as he contemplated the scrawl.
"This girl is defying me again. Her
conduct is a mystery—but I'll not take
the jibes of a girl and do nothing to
resent them," he muttered 'to him-
self.
Calling two of his assistants he in-
structed them to have men enough
'scattered through the Crosby grounds
that evening to cope successfully with
any emergency.
Meanwhile Pat had been in consul-
tation with Jacques and had outlined
her plans for the Crosby affair.
"There is a' man from the -aviation
corps who wants to join our band;"
Jacques informed the girl leader of
the Apaches, "but we have told him he
must first gain your sanction."
Pat thought for a moment, knitting
her beautiful brow as she carefully
considered what Jacques had said.
Finally, as if resolved upon her plans
of action, she said:
"Get him and bring him here before
this evening. I have something for
him to do ruid if he stands the test
we will have a valuable addition to
our forces." Jacques bowed in a si-
lent promise to do as he was bidden. -
Larry De Saint was one of the most
fearless ayiators in the army corps.
His venturesome spirit had led him
to the Apaches. When he visited Pat
and explained his motive, the girl -
leader remarked:
"You wjll find plenty of excitement
with us, and if you wish to join, we
will bet you start this very evening.
Jacques will go into the detail with
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plarrea this eveaing.'? 4re4. theta Pat
turned De 'Saint oVer to Jacques sor
final inatructiona.
The beautiful. eiel had gone cio far
in her strange adveatares, theta he
was now infatuated With the excite-
ment—and, alio was also her
paoraise, to hereelf, thatally. should
he made to suffer hurniliatien, Then,
too, her- aant's charity found needed
constant replenishiag, and the mort-
gage Jakobski held on. the Orphans
Home had not been disposed of,
"You must not insist -en knowing
where I get the money, or how 1 get
it, auntie clear," Pat said te Mrs, Von
Nuys, "I have a method of collecting
that is unusual, 1 will admit, but
a not going ,to divulge the eecret."
Segues drove Pat to the hangar
vat -tore De Saint kept his airplahe that
afternoonand the girl looked over the
ground to familiarize herself with the
situation. She said -to De Saint:
bave come out to get the lay of
the land, so 1 will know how to get
here sonfetime when I'm in a hurry.
Jacques has told you what we expect
of you te-night, and 1 can pram/0e you
plenty of excitement," ahe continued.
"You may depend upon me tp obey
orders, Miss Pat," said the aviator.
"Be in the air above the Crosby
grounda by ten o'clock this ' evening,
.
and await my signals a said the girl
as sheentered her entomebile and
hurried to her home.
5. * *
The Crosby-inansion and estate were
a scene of brilliancy.
Pat's Apaches were well distributed
throughout the grounds, where they
could see and not be seen.
Phil Kelly had sent his own men to
the Crosby grounds, warning them to
be on the lookout for the Apaches and
likewise to be ready for precuac-,
tion in any emergency. The Sphinx
came in his automobileand had the
machine parked where it would be
easy of access in a hurry callw
Mrs', Van Nuys and Pat arrived
some time before the detective, and
when he entered the drawing room
Kelly was fairly entranced by the
vision of beauty the girl .presented.
(To be continued.)
ON OCEAN'S BED.
Life in a Submarine Resting on
Bottom.
The submarine "lay sleeping" on the
bottom like a tired whale enjoying a
siesta, says the London Mail.
When at the surface, she seemed a
gray lump of pugnacity, Crouched o,n
the 'floor of the sea she appeared so
inanimate that the strange aquatic
.breatures which stared at her with
round, unwinking eyes as the ground
currents swirled them past her side
regarded her with suspicion. Some
of the more inquisitive of these dwel-
lers in the deeps halted a moment,
touched Tier with their noses, then
scuttled fearfully away. A creature
that remained so absolutely motion-
less, that headed the oncoming water
yet moved neither gill nor fin, seemed
uncanny to them, and they gave her a
wide -berth. Inside the boat, where
the electric light made a brilliant il-
lumination, the submarine's crew were
whiling away time after the fashion
that seemed best to them, waiting a
chance to he op and off in safety.
One man softly touched a mando-
lin and hummed a lively ditty which
he had picked up during his :last visit
to a music hall in port. The second
coxswain sat absorbed in a week-old
copy of Answers, the golden cover 9f
which was tattered by much thumbing
and finger -minted all ever from the
many brawny hands it had been
through during the boat's trip. Some
of the "hands" stretched on the floor
and snoozed as peacefully as if they
had been in bed ashore. Others swap -
pd yarns about things that had no
connection with war or war's effects.
Smoking not being permissible, each
killed time.in his own way. -The skip-
per, sitting by the periscope and talk-
ing with the "sub,"-alisplayed an air of
unconcern, yet one got the impression
that for all his quiet indifference he
was keenly alert, ready for prompt
action.
."Sh-shi Hear that?" said an
prodding the mandolinist's arm. The
music stopped as the thud .of screws
overhead penterated- into the boat.
One of the sleepers on the floor raised
himself on his elbow and listened.
"She' a gone over us,' he remark-
ed casually, then resumer his nap.
Nor did any of the others•pay greater
attention to the incident. From time
to time the beat of more screws came
filtering into the boat, showing that.
vessels which the submarine had no
desire to meet were searching the wa-
ter about her. And while she thus
lay "doggo" to avoid them, never a one
of her erew showed by his demeanor
that he worried about the peril that
encompassed him. Closed within
steel walls from which there could be
no escape if the worst happened, ly-
ing fathoms deep in danger infested
waters, unable to see anything out-
side their prison though hearing much
that was disquieting, these iron nerved
men comforted themselves as uncon-
cernedly as if they had been safe with-
in the cosy shelter of cia"stone frigate"
ashore.
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BIRDS AT EVENING.
When the rocks fly homeward, and. the
gulls ere following high,
Ansi. the grey feet of the silence
with a silver dream are shod,
I mind the of the little wings abroad
ili every sky ..
Who sock their sloop of God.
Wjn the clove is hiddem and the dew
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is white on the corn,
And the dark bee in the heather, andl
the shepherd with the sheep,
mind mo of 'the little wings in the
chn-oalc and the thorn
Who talco,,of Him thole sleep,
When the. baler closes and the iris-
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flovaer is finaad,
And over -the edge of the evening
,the Martin latowa: her nest,
1 mind ma, of the little hearts .abroad
in all the 'world
Wha; find in'Hire their rest
. —Marjorie Pickthall,
• The length of time milk will remain
sweet after being taken from the OW
depends almost altogether upon two
faetarsi first, the eitre catereised In
tooting the funk elealuand, second,
the teninaratima at which the mill( is
kept,
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TIMED., TO SECOND •
BATTLE BEGUN
SPECTACULAR TEAT Imo.;,
GARS DESCRIPTI9N.
Renege Opens Fire As \Britiell
mica Move Forward Steadily
To the Attack,
Viifwed from the hill. near Arras
whore Gen. Sir Edmund Allenby stood
With his staff directing the fighting of
his army, the getaway., eof the new
British offensive was the most dazzl-
irig man-made spectacle ever seen by
mortal eyes, writes a. war correspond: -
mit on May 23rd
Warned that the infantry would "go
OVO.T the top" promptly at, daybreak, I
Was wakened by an orderly at 2 aan,
The early start was wise. The night
was blackened' by an overcast sky and
the roads were encumbered with all
the men and machines it takes to
make a war; all sorts of parapher-
nalia, people and mon killing things
crawling along between the two rows
of poplars bordering the broad high-
way of Artois.
Yes, and there were music and jest-
ing and laughter, It. was hard to
realize that a titanic battle, one of the
gre'dtest battles of the world, was
about to begin and that- these people
and animals and machines were all
part of it, From the shadows of
the roadside came the whistling. of
Highlanders in kilts keeping time with
their bagpipes. • Ahead Of us cannon
flashes were playing on the clouds
exactly like sheet lightning of a sul-
try midsummer night. Now and then
the whoe firmament would turn crim-
son and the clouds became clots in an
inverted sea of blood. This was when
mines were fired, each one a Vesuvius.
And yet there was no sound; the high
wind was blowing it the other wd.
Begins on the Second.
Minute by minute the flashes from
the guns and the shell bursts became
„more vivid. A thin dizzle, mixed
with snow and sleet, began to fall. It
was icy, cold. -
The show was due to begin at 5,30
a.m. I reached the crest of the hill at
5.15, during a sudden lull of the bom-
bardment, a hush that made the
breath come fax more rapidly than
any amount of wise. Gen. Allenby,
lithe and soldierly, was already there,
with his staff about him, his great
field binoculars and telescopes fixed
on their tripods. Night was fading,
but the thick clouds let no sunrise col-
ors filter through. Instead of the
pitch blackness a dead -gray light cov-
ered the wet and soggy fields.
Suddenly, at 5.30 a.m. to the second,
the gray world seemed to take fire
then explode with a renting, tearing
sound, a sound tliat kept on and on.'
BelOw us to the north and south for
many miles up and as many down
long, vicious flames leaPed eastward,
and a few seconds later the whole
German line along at least ' fifteen
miles of front became one continuous
geyser of flame. It gave the horizon
the aspect of a saw of fire with teeth
of flame, alive and deadly.
Lines Moved Forward.
The British barrage had begun. The
offensive was on. In the dawn's lead-
en .light rows of trees, contours of
and,`church towers, haystacks and
ruined villages were vividly outlined
by the blaze of war and the glare of
t -was on the clouds. Had there
been a sunrise it would have been dim-
med to nothing beside this gigantic
fireworks. Golden ram and green
kyrockets , bursting all along the
ine added to the spectacular show as
he Germans in frontic haste sent out
heir pyrotechnic S. 0. S's.",
For several minutes I saw no living
oul, though I knew that tens of thou -
ands of men must he followipg that
arrage against the German posi-
ions—at least twelve miles of men
n continuous waves. Then as the
ight grew better saw a thin khaki
Inc take the crest of a long ridge
new to be a thousand yards behind
he first Prussian trenches. Shrap-
-el was bursting over them and shells
bout them, but they walked on— at-
ackers seldom run in real war—quite
s if this were a carnival and the
hrapnel were confetti tossed MI6
heir faces. Another line followed
he first, and another and another
nitil I had counted five, then after a
rne I saw groups coming back.
erne Of these were walking wound -
d and the rest, hundreds upon hun-
eds of them, were prisoners—Ham-
urghers, Wuertembergors c and Ba-
arians,
',The first objective has boon reach -
d all along the line," a staff officer
aid emerging fram the signal dugout.
en. Allenby then left the hill. The
ixture of snow and sleet and rain
egan to fall again and through this
set off to meet the wounded 1 had
en coming back over the ridge (
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The Times' medical correspondent
-vvrites: "A discovery of importance is
deseribedln the .Joarnal of the Royal
Army Meciical Service by
Wenyon add Capt. T. W. O'Connor, of
the Royal Army Medical Corps. It is
to the effect that cysts of amoebicdysehtery,
clysehtery, the great scourge of the
armies are -carried about by. house
flies, One has only to remember a
description of the fly plague of Gelli-
polt to unclbrstancl how the dysentery
outbreak there was propagated, The
authors conolude that by an efficient
system the fly sewage, or the prevent-
ing of flits getting sewage at all there
is every reason to believe amoebic dy-
sentery, as well as many other intact-
tinal disordere would be systematical-
ly redueod if hot. entirely oraclicated,"
Spray with the wind (or when there
is no wiad), When the wind ehanges,
spray the other side of the trees, Don't
attempt 40 spray against the winch
When you have so much work to do
that you "don't know which way to
turn," bettor Alai: „sit cl-own tor a, fewminutes,
minutes, tiraw soma long breaths, and
then tackle the job that /lea neareet,
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tanning lthuheria
Rhubarb may bg suceessfully canned
without 000king. Peel the •stennaand
elice es usual, filling the jar and Placa
ing it under the w.atoe faucet, allow
the cold writer to run over the rhuherb,
which is packed math every crevice is
filled. The jar is then sealed 'and
stored in ,a cool, dark place, It must
not be moved or disturbed until it is
opened, The rhubarb is sweetened
when the jar is opened for use.
The customary method of canning
rhubarb is to pack it as tightly as pos-
sible into a jar.. Fill the jar to oyer -
flowing witha hot heavy syrup made
of twice as much sugar as water and
cooked until the syrup forms a thread
when dropped from a spoon. Adjust
the rubber and lid, but do not seal the
jar. Sterilize the jar for fifteen mi-'
utes, set on a rack in covered pan of
boiling' water. . The water inathepiln
should come to within an inch of the
top, of the jar. Seal the jar, re-
move it from the water, inveft on a
cloth and allow it to cool.
Another plan is to place a layer of
sugar half an inch deep in a pint jar,
then a layer of rhubarb of equal depth,
alternating in this way until the jar is
filled, having. a layer of sugar on top.
Adjust the rubber and the lid, and
sterilize the jar in. boiling water, as
previously directed,. for twenty-five
minutes. Seal the jar remove it
from the water, invert it and allow it
to cool. This makes a richer sauce
tharfthe previous method deseribed.
Notes an Preserving Cherries.
All jars and glasses used to store
fruirgind vegetables, in for future use
must be sterilized.
To sterilize place the jets and
glasses in a barge boiler and cover with,
cold water. Bring to a boil. Boil
for three minutes, then drain and use
at once. Plenty of clean dish cloths
are needed while preserving.
Sterilize the rubbers by pouring
boiling water over thein. This will
enable them to stick on the jar easily.
Sterilize the lids with the jars.
To use the soft and bruised fruit,
stem and stone the cherries, removing
all blemishes then wash well, to re-
move all dust and dirt, Place in a
preserving kettle and cover with cold
-water. Bring to a boil and cook
slowly until very soft, Strain, then
bottle in sterilized bottles. Place in
hot water bath and process for fifteen
minutes after the boiling starts.
Seal with corks and then dip the
tops of the bottles into parowaxe. Su-
gar may be added or this juice may be
sweetened when used. It may be
used in place of grape juice on -mince
meat and for puddings, or for making
jelly when needed during the winter.
Spiced Cherries:—One pound brown
sugar, four pounds cherries, one-half
cupful vinegar, one cupful water, -one
stick cinnamon, one teaspoonful blade
mace, one-fourth teaspoonful whole
cloves, oneLhalf teaspoonful whole all-
spice, one bay leaf.
Place in Cheesecloth bag. Pour the
cherries into sterilized jars; place the
rubber and lid in position and then
process in hot water bath for ten min-
utes after the boiling starts. Remove
and then seal and store.
Teat to use to Try 'Janie:P-44ft
some of the jelly on a spoon, and then
pour hack to the kettle eloWly; if 11 18
cooked sufficiently it will flake from
lite spoon. ' Then 'rove iivia 'the
fire, pear into sterilized glessea tied
cover with parovaax. Store in the
usual mailing, .
. Preserving Eggs.
A five gallon jar will hold 'fifteen
dozer'' eggs, This is a good size to
use An preeerving eggs in water glass
Preserve only absolutely fresh eggs;
s'tale eggs will not keep. Eggs that
sink when placed lix fresh water are
sufficiently fresh.
.Do not preserveairty eggs or eggs
that have been washed. Washed eggs
will not keep, because the protective
lelantinous coating has been remoped
by the washing, and dirty eggs will be-
come tainted in flavor.
Do not leave the eggs In the pre-
servative longer than one year.
Eggs that are in good condition
when removed from the water glass
solution will usually remain good. for
two weeks.
Eggs preserved in water glass can
be kept a year and these eggs are as
good for all cooking purposes as fresh
eggs. •
Cover the eggs with frill two inches
of water glass. Be sure that the wa-
ter glass is fully two inches above the
top layer of eggs. Cover the jars to
prevent evaporation.
Keep the jars where they will be un-
disturbed. '
Use nine parts of boiled water, after
it has cooled, to one part of wail -
glass, One quart of liquid glass
will cover fifteen dozen eggs.
To Improve Your Kitchen.
Fut casters on your work -table and
move it about wherever it is inpst,
convenient.
Have plenty of hooks in various
convenient places; also a memoran-
dum -pad to jot things down. •
A mixture of kerosene and soap ap-
plied once a week will keep a porcelain
sink bright.
Linoleum is very popular for a
wood floor covering. Coat it with a
good varnish or paint and renew once
a year. Never wash it with soap..
Use an oiled mop or wipe it with wa-
ter and oil to keep it from cracking.
A yard oa picture -moulding nailed to
the Wall near the stove, with two
lengths of picture -wire, four or five
incha'a apart, parallel with the mould-
ing, will hold pot lids. On the nails
at the end hang hot dish -lifters or
holders.
If your kitchen table has a shelf,
cut an eight -inch hole in one end and
stand a pail underneath on,the shelf;
when you are preparing vegetables, all
peelings and refuse may go through
the hole into the pail.
Have a high stool for work and a
rooking-chair/for rest.
Note: A course in Domestic Science
will commence next week in this De-
partment.- It will consist of twenty-
five lessons, and it would be anaexcel-
lent plan to paste thrill in a scrap-
book for future use,
LONDON BEGS FOR OLD RAGS.
Material Needed to Make Up Short
age in Army Supplies.
London is now having a series of
rag days. Wagons decked with
Milan Jacks are parading each dis
trict or borough in search of rags
Leading the horses that draws the
wagon is a man attired in white, look-
ing much like the "white wings," or
street cleaners„ of Canadian cities
who shakes a bell and entreats people
to bring out their rags. The rags are
wanted to make up for the shortage of
woollen and cotton raw material for
army clothing, blankets, etc.
Every one of the twenty-eight bor-
oughs in the metropolitan atea is to
be canvassed before the summer is
over. This means that the search
for rags will be carried on in every
nook and corner of the 700 squaro
miles which comprises, Greater Lon-.
don and that it is planned to make
personal visits to at least hall of the
600,000 buildings in the metropolitan
area. one who has not been in
London long enough to realize what
a .great pile it is can form an ade-
quate conception of what a vast task
lays before these new-found ragpick-
ers.
To meet this conapaition the pri
vete ragpicker has a new line of bar-
ter that is quite unique. He now
offers one 6r two pounds of potatoes
for about eight pounds of rags. The
housekeeper, who perhaps has not
seen a potato for weeks, eagerly ac-
cepts this offer, forgetting that the
market value of the potatoes is but
seven cents a pound, while her rags
are worth about 25 cents a pound at
present
aprisa
plicae.
Thed gilothes collected by
the official ragpickers are all torn in-
to shreds, sterilized and redressed be-
fore use, They will be welcomed by
the army authorities, who are vary -
short of raw materials, for the Illat11.1-
facture ()Wield and army blankets.
FISHING BY KITE,
Some Modern Uses of One cif the Old-
.
cat Toys in the World,
The kite is one of the oldest toys in
the world, It appears to have had its
origin in China, where for „thousands
of years kite flying has been the fay-
gwite amusement not only of children,
but of grown porcine, too. From
japam Burnie, the Malay Peninsula,
and other Eastern lands kite fiyhig,
has long ago made. its way t0
other pints of the W,orld. •
Young people of the Far East would
consider it Very poor spina; to fly
kites as plait and whale an thole
which Canadian boys fly, The hitea
are of Many shapes and siaoa. *Most
of them represent a bird, or a fish, or
a dragon, or some other curious im-
aginary monster. The frame -work
is commonly made of bamboo, and the
covering is colored paper, or, in case
of the best onesasilk. Often the kites
have tails of great length.
The grown-up people have kite fly-
• ing festivals in which all the people
of ,the village join. On, such occa-
sions some of the kites are of great
size and most elaborate. Nor are
k the people content with kite flying
simply as a pastime. They have
contests that rouse great interest —
contests in which one person tries to
keep his kite in the air longer than
his rival can, or contests in which one
person tries to make his kite bring
down or destroy the kite of the Other.
In our times•the kite has become a
very useful tool of science. -Men use
it to study the conditions that prevail
in the air far above the earth; thus
it helps them in building airships, in i
taking pictures, in signaling, and in'
life saving on the coast, The Chinese
have long used kites to tow boats,
and to drop their fishhooks well out
to sea while they themselves stand on
the shore.
MADE IN CANADI,
A WARNING. TO RUSSIA.
Figures Which Show the Menace That
Threatens the New Democracy.
Monsieur Andre Cheraclame has
addressed to the Extreme Wing of
Russian Revolutionists a very striking
warning in figures, which the Now
Europe translate a from L'Information.
He points out that peace on the mili-
tary basis of this inoment, so far from
satisfying the now democracy of Rus-
sia, would set up a new, German men -
ewe on their borders in the shape of a
German power whose political, econo-
mic, and military ascendancy over the
eastern half of Eurbpe would be com-
plete. The point is driven home in the
following table:—
Pan -Germanism in 1917.
Population.
1.—THE MASTERS,
German . 73,000,000
2.—THE VASSALS,
'Magyar . 10,000,000
Bulger . 5,000,000
Turk . 6,000,0Q0
21,000,000
3.—THE SLAVE/S.
French a 3,000,000
Belgian. . 7,500,000
Alsace-Lorraine, 1,500,000
Danes . 200,000 -
Poles . 22,000,000 -
Ruthenes . 4,500,000
Czech . 8,600,000
Jugoslav . 12,000,000
Rumanian, Italian 8,000,000
Greek . . 2,000,000
Armenian . 2,000,000
Levantine , ...... 2,000,000
Arab 8,000,000
81,000,000
Total .., 175,000,000
•
ELECTRIC PLANTS FOR FARM.
Small Equipments Save Much Labor,
on the Farm and in Home.
One of the recognized,pecessities in
connection with our increased agricul-
tural production is better and more
attractive conditions on the farm, and
among the many suggestions the use
of electricity should be tonsidered.
Electric power is a great convenience
in the farm home, and saves much
time to the farm help. The farm or
country home situated within the area
of an electric system of transmission
or distribution is fortunate, but the
vast majority must look to the small
isolated plant.
This alternative, howe'ver, is now
much more promising than a few
years ago.. Many factories manufac-
ture this type of equipment, the oper-
ation of the plants has been simplified
told cost has been much reduced.
These small plants may be advant-
ageously used for many domestic pur-
poses in miclition to lighting, such as
ironing, washing, toasting, pumping
water, etc.; and also for the very im-
portant use of charging storage bat-
teries.
There are a number of.these small
plants now on the Canadian market,
ranging in size froin 175 watts, and
costing from 3300 upward. Six dif-
ferent typos were described in a re-
cent electrical magamine, some using
storage batteries in conjunction, and
generally using a gasolene engine as
a prime mover. They aro usually
operated at a very low voltage. These
small plants are perfectly eafe, so far
as the handling of the eleefric energy
s concerned. , •
4••
. -
The youil' idea is being taught to
plant as well as to shoot,
• Drilled corn has given higher yields
than that planted in hills, the same
amount of seed being need per acre,
in experiements conducted at the Ohio
Experiment Station For corn plant-
ed in hills three pleats per hill has
been most satisfactory„
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