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The Strange Discovery.
The excited crowd at the speedway
sat for more than an hour watching
the flying motors tear around the
track. Lying well back of18" the entry
thegl
was a red car -bearing
number.
The leading car, which was No. 12,
kept its advance position until the
leaders entered the las: lap of the
race.
Then the Jackson motors proved
their merits, Pat let out the last ounce
of power she had held in reserve.
Crossing the finish line an easy win-
ner, No. 18 was acclaimed by the
shouting multitude. But when the
driver's cap was doffed in response to
arose as
' r shout
ch
mi
the cheers, amightier
realized that a l
the crowd girl had hell
g
the wheel.
She had thwarted the conspicacy at
the .Jackson Motor works and by, her
daring ride had won honors for Mary
MacLean.
But she derived the greatest satis-
faction in another defeat of Phil Kelly.
It was a moment of supreme happiness
for her when she reached home after
the races and ordered Kelly and his
men to be liberated from their peril-
ous position in the chamber of death.
The next day Pat received a visit
from Miss MacLean And "with his
tery. They heard a grating noise in
the waleneer them.
A purple mask covered the face.
that appeared when a parcel slid aside
but Kelly 'knew the voice that callet�
to him with a note of triumph in its
tone: ']Stay there until I let you out,
I'm off to get the money from sate
number oim '
There was nothing to be done, save
tc make the most of their situation..
Safe No. 1 was located •in a largo
roomy ollice, brightly lighted by day.
and night.
The safe itself was built into the
wall, its iron front.even with the sur-
face. The political grafters, coni-
gelled to leave the money in the safe
until they could moot to distribute it,
had a watchman in the hall, }seeing up
and down before the door to guard the
ill-gotten treasure.
Pat had been thoroughly informed
on these details and came prepared.
The Apaches climbed in from the
fire -escape, dragging after them a
flat, screen -like arrangement, folded
in several layers. They erected the
screen, before the strong -box in the
wall. Painted to exactly reproduce
the safe and its immediate surround-
ings, the screen served as a shelter be,
hind which Pat went quickly to work.
Within a few moments she had
opened the safe and removed the bag
of money that the politicians had col-
lected. With her men she retired
from the office the same way they had
entered. She had been successful in
her first effort and hurried home to re-
lease Kelly and his men.
(To be continued.)
HEROES OF SAVING.
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Many Deeds of Purest Self -Sacrifice
Are Recorded in Medical Annals.
We applaudwar
:
our heroes
of and
build monuments to their memory. But
war does not furnish the only heroes.
Many a deed of the purest self-sacri-
fice and heroism is recorded in medi-
cal annals, only to pass unnoticed by
the world. Mr. Frederic Rowland
Malvin, in his book, The Excursions
of a Booklover, gives us an instance of
such heroism in the story of Dr. Muel-
ler.
Dr. Franz Mueller of Vienna, who
fell a victim to the bubonic plague
niece came Robert.Jackson to pay his when that disease was first under bac-
respects and compliments to the c ever teriological investigation in 1897, con -
wearer of The Purple Mask.
"You are a wonder, Miss Pat," said
Jackson, "I have found out more
things that I really should know than
I ever imagined were. going on. El-
liott is/ gone from my employ and
Mary, I am glad to say, realizes how
unworthy of her Mr. Drew proved
himself to be."
The pranks she had started abroad
in a' spirit' of mischief (resenting the
snobbish' action of the Sphinx) had
led to the girl devoting herself to any
interest that she might serve,' looking
to the defeat of trickery or conspiracy.
She had become interested in helping
the::oppressed, h'er experience in Du-
frane having inspired her fervent in-
terest in the cause of the people as
against greedy politicians and rulers.
It was consequently a source of
.gratification to the queen of the Amer-
ican Apaches. to learn, at theirnext
meeting, of a- report that there had -
been a great "slush fund" collected to
further the election of certain crafty
politicians just then largely in the
public eye.
When Pat's agent reported the fact
that this money was locked in two
different safes, situated 'in the offices
of the leaders of the gang of political
crooks, she delegated three of her men
to investigate and report back, to her
the next day. According to orders the
Apaches discovered that the rumor of
the money having been collected was
true.
That afternoon Phil Kelly received
a mystifying note by mail: "We will
get the boodle the political crooks have
wrung from the people. You cannot
keep us from giving it back to the
poor."
Kelly was known to be conversant
with doing .in the underworld. When
ttre e "White Slave Gang,oached by "
leader kf-
g," as the crook-
ed politicians were called, he was not
surprised.
But the crooks, werethe ones to be
surprised when Kelly showed them the
note he had received. Kelly very
promptly accepted the commission to
protect the "boodle" the crooks had
collected.
Although kelly had discredited the
nate while in conversation with the po-
litical crooks, he was perfectly well as-
sured that it had been sent to him by
Pat. He accepted it as an open chal-
lenge and proceeded accordingly. 1
Heedless of his former experience
when he was detained against his will
in the House of Mystery, Kelly de-
cided to take his men back to Pat's
headquarters and work from the "in-
side."
Leaving one of his men as an out-
side guard', Kelly and his chief assist- type of hellish gas, which is practical -
ant limbed mittedsly through a win- 1 odorless except, as the official warn-
fitteddow that admitted them to a room y p '
up after the manner of a busi- Ing states, for 'slight odor like garlic'
Hess office, Chairs and reel -top desk He projects it with hell fire at un-
tracted the malady from bacilli in cul-
ture tubes. When he became certain
that he was infected, he immediately
locked slim"self in anisolated room and
posted a message on a windowpane:
"I am suffering from the plague.
Please do not send a doctor to me, as
in any event my end will come in four
or five days."
At once a number of his associates,
all of whom were young physicians
with much to live for and with full
knowledge of the -chances to which
they would expose themselves, step-
ped forward and not only offered their
services but in some cases begged to
be sent to Dr. Mueller. The patient
refused to permit it and died alone.
At the end he wrote a farewell let-
ter to his parents and placed it
against the window_so that it could be
copied from the outside, and then
burned the original with his own
hands, lest it might be preserved and
carry out the mysterious and deadly
germ.
And that nameless British surgeon
of whom Mr. Day Allen Willey writes
in The Technical World will remain
unknown to fame in spite of the fact
that no one 'ever took his life in his
hands more courageously, or more un-
selfishly, than he. With others, he
was studying that scourge of Africa,
the dreaded sleeping sickness. While
he was dissecting a rat that had been
bitten with the tsetse fly, his knife
slipped and scratched the skin on his
hand ever so slightly. His comrades
did what they could for him, but with-
in twenty-four hours the deadly mi-
crobes were discovered in his blood;
in six months' he was dead.
He knew and his -associates knew
that researches and experiments such
as they were making might be the
cause of their own death at anytime;
but they did not hesitate. Only by
such perilous work could they learn
anything of the fearful plague that
has literally depopulated parts of
Africa.
Heroes of killing, heroes of saving:
whose is the nobler heroism:?
RUNS USING DEADLY GAS.
Canadian Officer Says Pacifists Might
Be Employed Sniffing It.
A Canadian artillery officer at the
front writing a friend in Ottawa,
says: "The Boche has pa'ocluced is new
completed the furnishings.
Just as Kelly and his men entered
the room the top of the desk rolled,
silently back, and from its mysterious
interior a hand reached out and
grasped the telephone receiver. The
desk then partially rolled down,_leav-
ing a crack through which the watch-
er might observe what was going on
expected times, and you can sniff
yourself into eternity without turning
a hair, However, if you sniff it in
time ,and get your gas mask on it is
ell right, except that it penetrates
through year clothes and raises blis-
ters under your arms or wherever else
in the rain• there happens to be the slightest
At the other end of the wire, Pat in moisture. Hence the sniffing. I wish
another roost, heard the report of {ter welled a lot of those pacifists told
subordinate, who told her Kelly and 'Boche lovers out hove. We would
his man were moving cautodsly put them tin in cages, like canaries,
through the house.,, along the whole front and let them do
Enawing where Kelly's step% would the sniffing for the whole corps. Con-
lead him, because of the arrangement seientiot s objectors would also be very
----"" of the interior of the }.louse of M.ys- useful for the sante purpose, and could
tory, tbe'•leadev of the Apaches hal do great service td the state without
prepared and set the surrounding , of .having to do such a vulgar thing es
a room for the detectives' reception, strike a blow for than country,"
Around a, large table sat ton Apaches, _
closed in purple. with masks and OLIVE OIL CAN DiSPEI, FOG,
hoods covormg their feces and heads.
Kelly moved cautiously down, the
narrow paseago that led to this room. Prevents Air Conning in Contact With
Drawing his revolver, the Sphinx en- Water ---Then Fog Lifts.
tend, The occupants of the chairs
around the long• With paid no atton- Oil, though long known to be affec-
tion to his tidy -Once. . tavo in calming a sea, has only re -
Kelly 'immediately lined his assist- cently been proved of value in pre-
en beside him 'and than ahontoil: vonting foe, says the. Popular Science
Hands ups Dost't nto'.0 We vo 1
got you all covered'" Monthly. Ah is prevented from con-
Nobody at the table movedp+'every- Insg in direct
r itconan tact veiitbir: water,
aThes Cori doth
one sat metjoailess. Kelly advatteed
to the first chair and then halted Irk action of water vapor is hindered,
astonislimenf;" 'Tell dutfinies stud'8d It has been found that olive oil
with excelsior "word made up to rep- when spread cut over a calm sea will
resent: mon, and in the semidarkness begin immediately to lift the :Cog.
of the room Kelly had been complete- "Grass islands" entirely obscured by
le' ceived,
I$oofod
' a stilts" Felly muttorecl, tho fog bank at only ,a low yards
"Let's get. out of hotel" was.his conte have been checerned as far away as
mat(' to hie ns istant, a mile, in lino with the Blearing made
But thee as the Iwo men. started to by the oil.
exit through the door by which they Wind, of course, tends to connter-
lied eiiteeena down eatlid a heavy stool act the effect of the oil, except in
partition that completely blocked their the direction in which it is blowing.
ppassage, Pat's trap had worked fault,
]sassy,
Gas School, Where Soldiers Wearing Masks' Are Tested.
;PORTUGUESE soldiers waiting their turnat the gas school behind the
rL British lines in France, The troops go Into .the gas house or school
'wearing their masks to see if they can endure the pplaonous gas. If, because
of some: physical disability, the soldier cannot stand the "attack," other work'.
than fighting is found for him, The masks they are shown weisring in the
Thoth are pf anow typy,oly recently nvented The signs on the gas sellout
indicate the danger 4f . , In without the mask.
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STHRIES FROM
THE -FIRING LINE
STIRRING TALES OF HEROISM
AND SACRIFICE.
Modest and Retiring Are Our Brave
Men and Not Prone to Speak- '
of Their Adventures. -
Modest is the hero of the aid raid,
trench attack or of the ambulance,
and details of their adventures must
be almost literally squeezed ,out of
them. Stories get out, sometimes told
to their superior officers, sometimes
lived over again perhaps in a renitnis•
cent way months after. One of the
most pathetic and admirable comrade-
ships of the British "Tommy" was re-
counted by a Canadian officer in medi-
cal service in a letter written home. another runner was_ at once sent out
ee "1 had been ordered forward" he ' with a duplicate of the message. The
writes, "and high explosives were second messenger was killed midway
breaking all arotmd, but this did not`
prevent us from forcing our way past
what 'had been the first line German
trenches. We knew there were ' blown off near the shoulder. His
wounded about, and as the shell fire terrible wound had ben roughly
increased, I was hit. " When I came to dressed in the field, and the mea-
my face was badly tore by flying frag- senior, far spent from loss of blood,
ments and I felt as 1f I had had a bad Thad then staggered on to do his duty.
shave. I crawled into a shell hole and He was removed in a dying condition,
found two wounded men. They had Ibut he carried .his message to its
destination.
Resourcefulness of a Russian
A fine example of bravery and re-
sourcefulness was given by a Russian
private in the same battalion. As
the platoon to which he belonged ap-
proached the chalk pits they came
under machine gun fire. The Russian,
going forward, found the muzzles of
two machine guns sticking out of the
entrance to a dugout. One of them was
in action, sweeping the line of ad-
vance. To get in front of it, the only
way of tackling the crew, meant in-
stant death. A piece of planking lay
nearby. To the Russian it was a
heaven-sent weapon. With it he
struck the protruding gun barrels so
hard a blew that they and their crews
went clattering down to the bottom
officer installed a phonograph.on the of the dugout, whence came cries of
parapet and set it going. Soon Ger- "Kamerad, kamerad." At that mo -
man heads bobbed up along the lino, ment a rifle bullet struck the elbow
only to he met with a sharp fire from
the Canadians"
During the activity at Ypres in the
early part of the war that city received
such punctual bombardment from Ger-
man artillery that classes of new of-
ficers were taken through the ruins
daily or weekly to observe the city
corder fire. They were nicknamed
"Cook's Tourists." Tho Germans
were so systematic that it could be
determined when and where the next
shell would strike. The first shell
would be sent at a spot on the rim of
Ypres, the next two hundred yards
deeper, until all structures in such a
teach her young charges in a cellar
line would be demolished. The guns during' the bombardment of the city,
which still suffers more or less in-
tensely from German shells, was
warmly applauded recently by her fel-
low teachers at a congress in Paris of
friendly societies connected with the
In the early morniug,•jast before the scholastic profession, A moving,re-
daily British bombardment would .be- ference was made tothe large number
gin, Canadian soldiers would write in of schoolmasters who "have fallen
charcoal on a slab of wood "Business gloriously on the field of honor in de -
To -day as .Usual" and fix it on the fence o'f the country."
parapet so the Germans would have Women workers have readily found
something eel expect. employment in France during the war
The British trenches in France are in many departments formerly reserv-
so arranged that dressing or first aid ed to men. Their activity now ex -
stations are situated at regular inter- 1 tonda to the Hotel cls Ville and other
vals a short distance in the rear. An municipal offices contrallecl by M. De -
officer In the medicalservice and In laaney, Prefect of. the Seine, who has
charge of one of these stations tells given clerical posts to 2,000 wives or
the story of the death of his servant, daMaugliiersnyof ofthsoldese, wiers.ho have now be-
wbo insisted on followinyg him from
be -
Canada. to the front J I come widows or orphans, would have
"We hdd worked together," said the • been unable to subsist on their mea -
officer, "from the beginning of the war gee pensions. In the city service
and had learned to frill flat on. Dur face their earnings average six francs
when we heard a shell coming, Be daily, and to this is added a • further
was always by my side. On this par- one franc 60 centimes daily to meet
ticular day we had been ordered for. the increased cost of living, The wo-
ward, and the high explosives were men have given such complete antis -
coming like hail. One largo shell; faction that their positions will be
and permanent even after the war, and
thus their independence is assured,
,"But I lava so Many things to do,"
HEROISM OF A
CANADIAN RUNNER
WITH ARM BLOWN OFF, CARRIED,
MESSAGE TO DESTINATION
Russian PMvate in Same Battalion
Captured Six Germans and
Their Machine Gun '
One of the most heroic deeds put
on record in the Canadian corps since
the war began is that of a runner of
Colonel, Ormonder's Alberta battalion.
The company to which he was attach-
ed was Hotly engaged near the chalk -
pits, and he was given a message to
take back to the battalion headquar-
ters, over ground on which shells were
falling continuously. He had not
gone far when he was seen to fall, and
on his journey; but two hours after-
wards the first one arrived at the bat-
talion headquarters with his left arm
been there four days with nothing to
eat but their emergency rations.
"One of the men was so badly
wounded that he could not move,
while the other was not seriously hurt.
We got them back all right. I asked
the man why he didn't try to save him-
self and he said, pointing to his conn -
rade, 'I couldn't leave 'im, sir.' He
will probably get a medal for that."
How They Got Even. •
The Canadians hate snipers. Se-
cluded perhaps' half a mile from the
trenches, where they could not be
seen, the snipers would pick off the
men. The only way the score could be
evened up: was by retaliation. This
they accomplished in rather a novel
way. The trenches then were only
thirty-five yards apart, and a Canadian
of the Russian and deprived him of
the use of one arm. Holding his rifle
with its fixed bayonet, at the charge,
in one hand, he ordered the Germans
to come up. They came, an officer and
five men, who were duly turned in
with their machine guns.
APPLAUD HEROIC TEACHER.
Who Conducted School in Bombard-
ed Rheims Cellar.
Mlle. Fourcaux, the heroic school
mistress of Rheims, who continued to
would then be shifted and the adjoin,
Ing buildings torn to pieces, and so on
until the whole city was thoroughly
raked:
"Greater Love }lath No Man."
came screaming in our direction
we were impelled to drop. It explod-
ed with tremendous force, and for an
instant I thought it was all Diet'. I of is the usual excuse for procrastina-
got. hp, and there at my feat he lay, a :Lien'n,
torn mass of humanity, Tho whole In order to keep
t ices paint brush clean
itnlhtot the flying shill struolk'hint when it is not lire a wire tulip has
got.
Ile had saved loco." been invented which holds the brush
e, --
out of the parotin aDan.
Wooden forks for picnickers that 'ro disinfect a sink, pour down a
are settled 111 sanitary paper envelopes gallon of 1, 111 water• mixed with
are 0 :novelty. two tablespoonfuls of soda and a ton -
A tree has been discovered in Aug. spoonful of ammonia. Ties will dis-
A COURSE IN IIOUSEIIOLD SCIENCE Cb1VYl'LETE IN
TWENr1 Y,I� Iy'E LESSONS,
Lesson IX. Tho Process of Digestion
The first net in. the process of di- soon as the food reacbes)he stomach.
gestipre is• the chewing or mastication Starchy indigestion is the result,
of the fbod. For this operation good When foods are chewed will, the
starehes have been partly acted upon
teeth are necessary. If the teeth are by the saliva in the mouth; and then,
decayed or gone, the food' will not be when they .are transformed into the
thoroughlychewecl, ancl. in that case a glucose state, the process of digestion
large.portiort of the saliva well be lost. is continued by the stomach fluids,
The adult with good teeth will'secrete
The remainder off the food is conver$-
about one quart of saliva a day. ed into a thick fluid, consisting of
T nr ose of the saliva is love- solids ands yell wis particles, sus -
P B pended in a yellowish liquid called
fol First, it lubricates and softens chyme. This is the state into which
the food so that it may easily be swal- the food has been converted by the
lowed. Second, the saliva brings mouth and stomach fluids. It is now
about a chemical change in the starch ready for further digestion in the in -
contained in the food,which,when thor- testinal'canal,
oughly chewed or broken up, is trans- In the intestinet, the.food is acted
formed into a convert sugar, called upon by various fluids, each having its
glucose, The food isthen swallowed,and• own part to, perform, The •bile
the process 'continues in the stomaoh emulsifies the fats and the pancreatic
from twenty to thirty minutes. If fluids completes their digestion. The
the food is carelessly chewed or haat- intestinal fluids finish the process of
ily swallowed, this action ceases as digestion for the albumens and sugars.
Food Adjuncts,slices. Crit the cucumbers in one -inch
Beverages and condiments are the blocks and add the onions end weigh;
u f" of
or every ound it one c ul
f v ow
two classes of food .ad accts The p
Y a n
i p
Y
•n brown sugar. Place the cucumbers
cannot be termed foods as they dor not g
furnish nutrition. But they stimulate and onions in a porcelain kettle. Cov-
the digestive organs and thus serve er with cold water. Bring to a boil,
a useful purpose. then drain and add the lemon, and one
Water is the commonest 'beverage ounce of cloves, one ounce of whole
and it also forms the fifth class of allspice, one 'ounce of blade mace,
food principles. It does not produce throe ounces of mustard seed, one -
heat, but it acts as a carrier to, all half grated nutmeg, four sticks of cin-
parts of the body, and aasistsin re namon, one small red pepper, cut in
gulating the temperature of the body. tiny pieces. Place in a preserving
Coffee is the berry or seed of a kettle and pour on vinegar until it
tropical tree. The berry is roasted comes to one inch of the top of the
and ground; then it is boiled,, or per- contents of the kettle. Add the sugar
colated. Coffee acts as a stimulant and bring to a boil, slowly for one-half
to the nerves and relieves fatigue. It hour. Stir frequently, talking care
has no food value. • not to break the cucumbers,. Seal in
Tea, the leaves of a plant, contains wide-mouthed bottles or all -glass jars.
theine, which is a stimulant.' When These can be used in three ways and
tea is allowed to stand after brewing, are most delicious.
it develops tannin, which is a poison. Sour Pickles.—Fifteen cucumbers
Fresh boiling water should be poured from the brine, cut in one -inch blocks,
over tealeaves, then the liquid poured
into the tea pot. Tea should not be
boiled. It has no food value.
Chocolate and cocoa, whether eaten
or made into a drink, have a decided
food value. When used in beverage
form, they should be cooked for ten
minutes and served very hot.
Condiment is the name given to
herbs, spices, sauces, flavoring ex-
tracts and seeds. They give food
a pleasant flavor and should be used
in moderation. Vinegar is the fer-
mented juice of sour wine, or apples.
Reliable Recipes for Pickles.
Gherkins.—Prepare small cucumbers
or gherkins by pickling them in a
strong salt brine for four days. Make
a brine that will float an egg. Bring
to a boil and then cool. Pour it over
the pickles. Weight them to keep
them covered by the brine.
Sweet Pickles. -Twenty cucumbers
from the brine, fifteen tiny White
onions, one lemon, cut in one-half
lengthwise, then cut in very thin
one dozen small white onions, one red nears the submarine broadside on. A
pepper, cut in pieces. Cover with cold heavy contact bomb is' quickly lowers
water and boil for three minutes.
Drain and add: One ounce of celery @d to the proper depth in the water by
and mustard seed; one ii,ablespoonful a spring -controlled mechanism.
of whole cloves and allspice, qne table -1 How the Mechanism Works
spoonful of blade mace. Cover with This mechanism is an entirely new
vinegar and bring to a belle Cook device which' received its inception
slowly for one-half hour, then= seal with the development of 'this plan of
in wide-mouth bottles and jars. attack. It is very sensitive, for at
Store in a Gaol dry place. the slightest reduction in the tension,
Pickled Onions.—Use the tiny white of the spring the bomb responds by
pickling onion. Pour boiling water sinking.
to loosen the skins. Peel and then The air pilot lets -the bomb sink un-
til it is just below what he gages the
submarine's depth to be. The bomb
thus drags along while the airplane
approaches its prey nearer.ancl nearer.
Soon the airplane passes over the
submarine. The wire dragging. be-
hind hits before long against the sub-!
marine hull. The bomb continues ori
and swings toward the hull, the air-
plane drags it the short distance up
ward, and the bomb strikes the sub-'
marine. The percussion explodes the
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soak for 'twenty-four hours in salt
brine that will float an egg. Now
wash in plenty of cold water and place
in a preserving kettle. Cover with
one part skimmed milk and two parts
water. Boil gently for ten minutes.
Drain and wash in cold water and then
fill into bottles. Fill with hot, spiced
vinegar. Seal in the usual manner
for catsup and pickles.
Note—Cooking in milk and water
prevents the onions discoloring. Use
graniteware in making pickles.
DEEDS OF THE
BRITISH AIRMEN
RIVAL FEATS OF CRUSADERS
OF THE OLDEN DAYS
Perform Miracles of Daring Over
German Lines, Fighting
Single -Handed
"One of our men went out to attack
an enemy airdrome," writes a war cor-
respondent. "He found the machine
just about to rise, so he dived and his
fire wrecked it. He then circled
round and continued to shatter the
wreckage. He made a tour of the
airdrome, firing into the sheds from
the level roof. He went away and
found a German battery in action. He
stopped and fired along the line of
guns, silencing the lot. Then he sat
on the battery five minutes, lest they
should recommence firing. He used
the remainder of his ammunition on
the enemy trenches.
"Another airman took Che first
enemy airdrome, then a battery, then
a train and finally the infantry
trenches at Polygon Wood. Another
had the luck to find a large body of
troops ready. IIe went along above
them, firing into hidden ditches and a
wood road which was dotted wdead.
Silenced Batteries
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Another spent some time in alti-
tudes o£ from fifty to 100 feet and
found three enemy machines getting
ready to start from their airdrome,
so he wrecked them all. Then lie
found a wagon and horses on the road.
He shot both horses. He next -visit-
ed ' ;ixvay station Shot the guard
phhtx and is man were once Veal. has , been barred from the teethe the lettves 0f which yield an oil solve all greasy matter in both sink
The Sl
Moro prisoners°in the Rause of Mys- tables of leele l;c in the United States, Froin which camphor"'can be made. and pipe,
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on duty and finished up by attacking
and stampeding a column of horse
transport.
"Another airman flew up and down
the mainstreet of Zonneboke at a
height of 600 feet, firing on the troops
which covered the street till they had
all taken to cover. Then he visited the
train and railway siding. Then find-
ing a battery firing he silenced that
and dived on, and raided trenches on
the way home. Another started by
visiting an airdrome, where he bomb-
ed a group of machines in the ground.
He fired into the sheds, went off and
found a railway siding full of troops
waiting for a train. He scattered
them and returned to the airdrome.
One machine was just rising, so he at-
tacked it and crashed it to the ground.
A second rose, but he attacked that
also. When only twenty feet up it
sideslipped likewise and crashed 'down.
As he left a machine gun opened fire
on him, so he went for that and silenc-
ed it."
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Buy perishable food and eat plenty
of it—but don't waste it.
Place shallow dishes, such as open
vegetable dishes, about the garden and
keep them filled withfresh water,
changing the water daily. Birds suf-
fer severely in hot, dry weather for
water, and these dishes kept filled will
prove a great attraction to our feath-
ered friends.
Many maladies hitherto uncommon
in Belgium have been caused by the
lack of food and other distressing con-
ditions in that country. There are
many cases of a morbid depression
which was before infrequent. Apart
from the -alarming increase of tuber-
cular trouble there are many cases of
scurvy, tumors, skin diseases and di-
gestive troubles, due chiefly to the un-
changing diet of bean soups. Mortal-
ity has trebled and the number of
births has decreased by one-half.
out danger to the plane.
Even should the bomb miss the sub-;
marine it could be exploded from 'the
airplane. The operator simply re
leases' the. brake foron instant, then
presses'down hard on the brake lever)
The jerk will fire the emergency de-
vice within the bomb, and if the suli-
marine is anywhere near the explosion'
will at. least disable the submarine.
SOLDIERS' TINY STOVE.
Carried in the Pocket it Defies Frost
For Hours,
The tiny Japanese stove known as
kwairo, designed for the pocket or for
bed use, is said to have done much to
lessen the'Winter sufferings of Rus-
sian soldiers since the war began. It
is described as resembling a metal
cigar case. Its fuel, invented about a
third of a century ago and variously
improved, is made in bard or soft
sausage -like rolls, one of which burns
for three hours, giving sufficient heat
to relieve freezing or benumbed parts
of the body. The fuel is made from
such substances as hemp stalks, mul-
berry, nut rinds, or corncobs, mixed
withaa vegetable oil. The best is pre-
pared from fibre -freed hemp stalks,
reduced to charcoal ..in a covered pit,
ground, mixed in paste with a kind of
tree leaf, molded, dried in the sun and
enelosed in a special paper.
No chestnut tree in all Switzerland
may be cut down without a special
permit, and such permits are not
easily obtained, reports the Berner
Bund. The Federal 00110011 issued
this order, effective on March 1, in
connection with its campaign for the
development of every possible native
source of food supply in view of the
desperate situation due to the limita-
tions of imports by the German sub-'
marine warfare and other manses con'
nected with the 11m1100
8and 5 lb. Co"stone—
O, 20,11'.) anti IGO ib. )legs,
is made in one grade only—the highest. ,So there is
rno danger of getting "seconds" when you buy
Redpath in the original Cartons or Bags.
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