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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-10-25, Page 6This Advertisement may induce you to try the first packet of but we rely absolutely on the inimitable flavours' and quality to make yoa'a peraaanent customer,, We will even offer to give' this first trial five if' you will drop us a postal' to 'Toronto. Is u'3 DUDDJ, x,• eiee ki' �. allVai from rom -tlre Motion z Picture Play of the Sane Nare by the'Ufiversal Film 11,E. Mfg: Co.- , . rrr4+yn14.-_ R� w THIRTEENTH EPISODE was keeping a few jumps ahead of hifn•at eer turn, When Kelly finished his investiga- tion of .the tunnel in Johnson's yard and had started across the lawn on his way back to headquarters, his at- tention tention way attracted by several mem moving about among the trees at the back of the ,lawn. On going to in- vestigate, he ran into a warm recep- tion. -The last of Pat's Apaches were just leaving the scene of their.adveriture and Kelly and his man unwisely tacki.- ed more than they could get away with. Whileg . the' fight was Pgr ht ro ese- . ing, Pat, who had jumped from her automobile, standing nearby, in a side street, ran back to her men and or dered them to break away. Kelly was astonished to see Pat still in the vicinity of Johnson's house, and when, on the second Pat's men with drew from .their combat with him, the Sphinx made a dive as if to capture, bodily, the girl of the purple male. But Pat was too quick for him, She outran him to her machine, and jumped into the tonneau just in time The Leap. r for the machine to move away and Balked in their attempts to leave leave Kelly once more in the lurch., the reedit ire which they were frames- There was a slight delay before an- oned' Phil Kell ' and his assistant,other machine happened to drive alon havin `-•tried, all the windows, attacke the door with ` their shoulders. The. stoutly built panels resisted their e f forts andJS ust as the hinx decided P upon another method the'Johnson re sidence wee shalcen•'as' by a'terrifie explosion. "That's a dynamite jolt," said Kel- ly to his man.. "We must get out of here and.in"vestigate." Drawing his revolver, Kelly, fired several shots into the lock of the door, blowing it away by the force of the bullet$: The detectives jumped into the' drawing -room, and made a hurried search, but there' was no one in sight: the ?street down which Pat had sped in her motor, but making a hasty bar- ain with the taxidriver, lie finall` gw Y came along,Kellyand hs man were soon in hot pursuit. The street led straight from the residence district into the manufacturing section of the town, and there, among the factories, Pat was soon safely beyond Kelly's reach. The detective, ultimately, gave up the chase, admitting his defeat. The next morning one of Pat's in- vestigators reported the prospect of a case that might demand the attention of the Apaches, and their leader at once called a meeting of hermen to Kelly led the 'way upstairs', taking• discuss the case. At this session three' steps at a time, and soon dis- covered Johnson bound, blindfolded and gagged in the chair where Pat and her men had left him. Pinned to Johnson's coat was a card upon whichhad been written, with pencil, in a woman's hand: "Sorry, Mr. ohnson, but the poor need you money more than you do. We wi send back your rightful share of wha Pat's lieutenant made a complete re port of a plot that had -been disclosed, in a purely accidental manner, through which a band of violent anarchists planned the destruction of Wall street, and, if possible the entire financial district of New York. rl Because of the Apaches, and their 11 representatives mingled with all t classes in order that they might be in we have taken." "Teat explosion," said Kelly, when Johnson was free to talk. "What.,:ae the cause of that, do yeti-ssippose?" "There's eii place to look 'first;" re. plied the excited' Johnson; "and that's: -:in the vault. If they blew that up, I am ruined.," • In feverish haste Johnson led the way downstairs: An astonishing sight met their gaze. The vault, so much depended upon 'to defy destruction, was a heap of Crum- pled brick and concrete. Tho•. steel shell was warped acid Misted beyond repair. The water intended to be the last - word in protection for the strong room, was gradually being lowered by seepage into the hole where the vault formerly stood upon its concrete base. "They tunneledfitr froth the 'yard'," said Kelly to.his man. The detectives lingered only a mo- ment in the sidled vault. "There is nothing' we can do," said Ir ues we have and try to elly, xtocapture the culprits. follow the But from what I know, you would not have been the subject for this attack if you got your money in a differen way." Johnson's indignation' almost over- came him. His experience had left i m t i " a h m al os n state of .n ervo is col- lapse, -and to hatle'Kelly'turn against him brought his emotions to a cli- max. "You get these people and I'll prose- ' cute them to the limit!" shouted' John- son. "It's nothing to you or anybody else how I got my money—anyhow, it's•gone, and I'm a ruined mat." Kelly, somehow, could not bring himself to a very sympathetic state, • concerning Johnson. And before leaving, to continue his efforts -to capture the Purple• Mask, r _ Kelly took occasion to let Johnson know that there would be little help extended to him by the authorities in any effort there might be made to prosecute the people who had carried off his ill-gotten •fortune, But when he was alone Johnson sat motionless in his chair, turning over in his mind the excitinevents that had led up to his immediate predicament, jj,"`+- '"'' He was aroused from his reverie by Itl , a knock, at his door. When his house- keeper entered the roam, she placed a bulky package on the table, and. said: "This just came to the door by ries- senger. He said there was no answer," With eager fingers Johnson, when he was alone, unwrapped the paper that covered the package. On the table before him was the message that. had been left pinned to hie coat, when the Purple Mask had left bim helpless. ___ Wier removing the outer wrapper, Johnsen .came to a covering of pur- 'ple tissue paper, and inside of this was bound a huge bundle of green- backs of large denominations. A note fastened to the top of the bills read thus: "Here is one-third of the money tak- en from you by frien'ds of :the poor. The rest will- be devoted to relieving distress and• comforting the needy. Your conduct will; be watched, and you may expect another visit if you do not reform." The note was signed, "Purple Mask." Jainism immediately called up Kele ly's headquarters-by-lihone; The de- formed on every possible topic that might .11e..of-interest to their leader, Pat was promptly advised of the anarchists' plans, and as promptly de- cided to combat them. For reasons best known to their type, the anarch- lets had decided upon an assault by dirigibles, to drop bombs on Wall street and destroy as many buildings as possible. (To be continued.) • NEWEST WAR HORROR. "Flaming Onions" is the Latest Addi tion to Engines of War. In the nomenclature- of Teuton frightfulness the world already ,is familiar with poison gas bombs, with "fianemerderfer," with trench mortar "pigs," "Jack Johnsons" and "Big Berthas." But the latest and most spectacular engine of war which the aerial fighter has to face is the "Flam- ing Onions:" This extraordinary device of Prus- sian diabolical ingenuity was describ- ed recently by, Major W. A. Bishop, of the British Royal Flying Corps, greatest of Canada's air fighters. Ma- jor Bishop, though only twenty-three years old and weighing little more than a hundred pounds, has the dis- tinction of having received in a single day from his sovereign the Victoria Cross, the War Cross and the Die tinguished Service Cider, together with ' his promotion to his present military rank. He is credited with having brought down forty-seven en- emy planes, nine of them within two hours, and two observation balloons. "Tlie Huns have a device now, with which they try to unnerve the British airmen," said Major Bishop. "We call these 'the flaming onions.' The 'onions' are shot, upward from some kind of a mortar, the intention being to direct them immediately into the path of advancing .platoons of aviators. I don't know just how they are made or how they are managed, But if a 'bunch of them is fired at you while you are fiying'over enemy lines the first thing you see is a big cluster of six or eight whirling balls of fire coming at you from below. They rise very rapidly `almost as fast as sheep. "The bomb, on exploding, releases these clusters of fire balls, which in- stantly burst into flame. They all ro- tate rapidly, giving off flames, so that each of the belle seams to have a po- tential diameter of fi-ve or six feet of fire.' They whirl rapidly about a com- mon centre with alateral spinning motion, spreading out apparently by centrifugal -force from some common hub or centre, to which they are held in some way. The whole cluster has an apparent radius 'about as great as the spread of your piano, from tip to tip"The Huns manage to shoot these flaniing onions' to considerable alti- udes, and the Allies' flyers, when they see a bench coming, have to dodge them or duck them as best they can, by side slipping, diving, swerv- ing suddenly, or looping the loop" Major Bishop said he did not think the Germane had sneceeded in doing much aettia1 execution with this pyre - technic eleviee, "but," he added, "when ydu are well tip and far within the Boche lines, and yeti lee ppne o£ these rearing Motel condageatione mount- ittg fi warn you, spitting fountains of fire tri ti big vert of spiral fifty or sixty feet across, it ie somewhat dis- cotdetfisll. teetive not :having. returned from his adventure Johnson left word with the seevant who answered, that his money ,had been restored, and that Kelly $,,,gpild ezcpegt a letter from Johnson by pile noir post, 1Vlalt�ing good his 'word, Johnson orthwith wrote and caused to be ailed it lettet to Kelly, in which he • aid, a ong other thine: "Tide has wen a lesson to me. With the money • hat has been Y•etutned, I will stark in respectable business, ane are nese 'ateful ,:Rot' What seamed lit first to o a misfortuilll. 1'buneed hot at- enipt to apprehend the pdrso e whew elped thetneelv'ds t my tainted jtoheee for I.sha1t not prosecute thene. ienVhlJ1 eon was writing the let- eeit, however, Dolly was pro seedingn eiotfvo fashion with his attempt to "hepture the Purple Mask—arid Put A ee}v oxalis bulbs planted now will make flonrlahlng clover like plents all winter A HOT FIGHT IN PARADISE WOOD WHERE' THE' GALLANT FRENCH MET 'TIM ENEMY. A French Colonel Describes Episode Near Chemin-des-Dames, or Ladies' Walk. The French colonel, with a few ` of his officers, received lie in a peasant's modest house, a simple house 'of a story and a half, with the typical sloping roof of the French country districts, writes a war correspondent from France.. Here in a scantily fur- nished room he bade us welcome and without ado led es to a fable on which 1 et tonee a mapwasspread, And in u q •he told of a recent eneounter•with the Germans. "We 'stood in the trenches in Para- dise., wood on the Chemin-des-Dames, opposite Courtecon, still in the hands of the enemy. You know the Mamie - des -Dames. It is or was, until toric to pieces' by shellfire, an' ancient Ro- man road' elevated above water level througliea'low section resting upon a height,' rebuilt' in the, Napoleonic eta on the plateau rising north from Sofa - eons and northeast•of Rheims about the village of Craonne. A Veritable Inferno, "It is upon the outlined form of this plateau that the front shapes itself at this section, its edges of spur -shaped land dentiled between little valleys. "Paradise wood•is partially inclosed in one of these valleys. The trenches of our regiment were' in its very cen- ter, first, second and third line with communications. • On the fourth day .after our occupation of this sector, at 8 o'clock in the evening,. a hail of r u Boche shells beganto fall upon our lines. It was averitable inferno, great shells 'sent toward us and burst- ing everywhere about us, destroying small abri and observation, breaking Connection with the -rear. Teat meant the immediate establishment of a relay courier systeih, In which man after man picks up a message • and carries, it undex fire to a given point. It's life-giving business, and to avoid loss of the message in transmission ,I divided the relays intotwo sections, starting from different points and going toward the objective by differ- ent routes. Sometimes both reached home'; sometimes but one. And oftem during that day neither. "They Shall Not Pase 1" "R'e/knew an attack would follow the bombardment.. Probably the attack would begin in close formation im- mediately after the bonhbardnient ceaded. And when this moment should be announced by a lull in the storm of shells' thrown upon us, our men stood td etalce to the open, to leave their deep•shelters and girded to the loins, receive" the Beebe shock. We had only one aim—the aim of Verdun and all the rest of it -'They shall not passe' "But on thie occasion the grena- diers of the Guard left their trenches before the bombardment ceased, while their artillery was still launching shells upon the territory to be as- saulted. "Here and there along the line our defenses were a• wreck. Here and there, too, we had no men living to de- fend them. Here and there finally, we held firm, a little group of heroic men standing' fast in a hell of fire. One of the couriers sent forward with instructions from myself to Major --- saw the enemy's preparation for assault and understood it was -to be something new, an assault with a con- tinuous fire, instead of an assault after fire.' He inimediately abandoned his mission, returned to me and de- liveredthednformation, indicating to me•on this very map the portions, of our line that were destroyed, the por- tions still holding. I sent him back for further reconnaissance. He never returned. Hand -to -Hand Fighting. "But the information he had given me enabled me to learn that a mitrail- leuse squad was pouring lead with deadly destruction into the Boche, and that two companies had counter -at- tacked with the Beebe attack and broken through, to be immediately surrounded; that Captain —, with one company, had come to the rescue and broken the Boche line. I sent forward a fresh battalion in counter- attack, They went through the en- emy line like a train through a tunnel and took as prisoners Boche troops that had held some of their comrades captive for twelve minutes. "There wES death all about, Hand to hand and body to body, men fought and died and won and lost, amid shell explosion, and bayonet thrust. Later we found two of our machine guns in- tact and every man of each crew dead about them. We fought the fight all night and gave more than we lost. At dawn we held true to the previous ni'ght's• position, save for a few meters here and there, and by 9 in the morn- ing we had regained these. Not a foot of our line was in enemy hands. Not an observation post belonging to us was taken. All our line was ours. Our dead and theirs attested why." Blue Monday "Piano." Who invented the washboard ? One aright imagine that familiar article of household furniture to be of prehistoric origin. It seems as if there must always have been wash- boards. , But not so. The firs$ washboard came into ex- istence in 188,8'; It was in its way an epoch-making invention, and the Chep who took out the patent on thie Yankee hovelty was named Stephen Rust. Put Stick in Knot. When tying a knot in a rope which must Stand much strain, put a stick of eoft wood in the knotlfor it to olese on. When yon avant to unite the tact, break the .stick and r ill out both end's. Your knot can be cariiiy untied, A COURSE IN HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE COMPLETE TWENTY-FIVE LESSONS. Lesson .XIV. Canning fruits. • p an a wire basket or cola'hder and pour fruits lucre easily obtainable then, but remove the earl IN: Part of primitive mans diet. The over it gently plenty of cold water to civilization has destroyed many of Drain well and then pack in into these wild fruits, except in the forest and mountain regions, se that at pr - sent the only' fruits know j to us are all celtivatod with the exception of huckleberries,. Of late years modern' methods have eliminated frgnl the house muchot the drudgeryand work the wore formerly Y t . considered dared most.necosser for the "sue cess of theehoine. Mee, quiekto•krtow the value' of canning, pi'eservinggi pickling and jellymaking;-have absprb: ed this work and made it into a mss - sive business. They handle, the foods directly front the farms, so that the housewife has gradually let this. most important art slip from her. The constant advancing,prices of food supplies have caused the housewife to view the market with Edelen. She may decrease' the expenses materially, if elle is willing to take %he' time and trouble of canning her fruits and vegetables. Economy and thrift are not merely a matter of money, but rather prud- ently conserving materials within our reach, Economy in the home' means not only carefulness and watchfulness, but also: planning, and buying; also using' labor-saving devices combined with skillful handling` of fonder using up-to-date' meth'o`ds and reliable tools and the judgment to: avail ,ode's self quickly of op^ ortenities. Learn. New and Better Methods Gone are -the old antiquated methods ofn o randmoth gr era days. Using g the open kettle is as surely out of date as would v dbeacar drawn byhorses. Large proportions of sugar are also relegated to the. pant. This method produces an oversweet article, which destroys the delicate natural -flavor of the fruits. This is not only un- necessary, but also it has prevented many persons from enjoying,.preserv- ed fruit. The canners realized this, and have for years,' met this objection by using less sugar.. Sugar is not necessary for, the successful keeping of fruits, but it is used to make them palatable. The intelligent use of sugar adds to the appearance and taste of all canned fruits. The many grades on the mar- ket make it necessary for the house- wife to be sure to obtain a pure grade of sugar. It is needless to say that it must bercane sugar. Beet sugar con- tains a larger percentage of acid and does not give the same perfect results. It must be remembered that one cup- ful of absolutely pure sugar will ac- complish the work more successfully than one and a half cupfuls of sugar of a lower redo. How to Start Canningsugar that is ' lot. When planning to can, get the jars also give you a winayeach to figureThis the coswillt. ready and see that the lids are in per- Keep a book to record all your work, fect condition. By this, I mean that the number of jars, the cost, etc. they should fit securely, andhave flow to Make the Label everything absolutely clean. Provide shaking the jar eo that yep can fill in as many berries as possible without crushing. Pill the jar with hot syrup, put on the rubber and lid, tight enartl p y then put in hot water beth and process for eighteen minutes' after boiling' te ' s s r d Rmo' ha ta Remove and tightentightee the lids as tight lie Possr l . Invert and; pgrmit the, jar to pool.' Be sure there are no looks, and then store in a dark, cool place. To Make• -the• Syrup One cupful; of sugar to every two nod ' orie;helf ceepfuls. of wale}.. , Put'; in saucepan and, stir until dissolved. Then bring to boil and " cook for five minutes. If the sugar, he pure you will have no brown scnr to remove. Use as directed. The Water Beth- A boiler, for -this purpose can be purchased which hae a removable tray. This boiler wilt last many years if it is used carefully and kept for this `purl pose alone. . Use only the best grade of jar rubbers. Do not try -to do up. large lots; You will findthat two' or three hours' work at one time:will be ap `much'as yotl cansuccessfully ac- complish, A few 'hits.8one'carefielly two or three tiined a week will• prove'a far ;greater .success' than canninga crate of berries, unless there is plenty of help. This method will; can straw- berries' raspberries` blaekberriees, huckleberries =ants, cherries and rhubarb. ab Remem bar that bacteria .and wild yeast cells pleat in the air; and soil, and therefore in all animaland vege- table substances; The cells' are so small that it is impossible to see them with the naked eye. They multiply very rapidly: and thus set up a'decom- position, which spoils the article of food. To successfully conserve food for future use it is most necessary to cone, pietely'destroy these germ cells. This can only he done by the application of heat in the form, of a water bath or boiling; So be positive that the water is actually boiling befdre counting the time. When once the boiling starts it must be continuous for the length of time given. Do not plunge the jars into the boil- ing water, but rather have the water hot, say at a temperature of 126 or 140 degrees' Fahrenheit, then ...bring rapidly to a boil. Label and Date For future knowledge label and, date your jars and also on each put a num- ber so that you will know just how many jars, the• amount` of fruit and plenty of cloths for Wiping the jars; a funnel to fill with, and a tray large enough to hold jars intended to be filled: There is an appliance sold in stores that costs twenty -live cent's, for lifting jars; and will save fingers from being burnt and many times its cost in pre- serving hot jars from slipping or drop- ing: Before starting on the fruits or vegetables have a vessel large enough to hold jars intended to be used. Put the jars and the tops into the recept- acle and cover with cold water. Bring to the boiling point and then remove as wanted, drain and fill with the art- icle to be canned. Pour boiling water over the jars rubbers just before using. This not only sterilizes them, but also makes them pliable and easy to slip on the jars. ' The Actual Method Sort the fruit in separate dishes. Put all bruised and soft berries in one. Grade the berries by keeping all large and small ones in separate dishes. This is not only necessary for the succes of the fi`uit itelf, but also for the appearance of the fruit. Small clips can be bought for five cents to hull..berries with, saving both the appearance of the hands and of the berries. Put the hulled fruit in STRAWBERRIES June 10 • Nu. 42 --Lot 3 To Make a Fruit Juice To each quart of fruit add one cup- ful of water and one cupful of sugar, then put in a kettle and mix •well. Bring to a boil and cook for ten min- utes. Mash' well and then strain. When •cool fill into sterilized bottles. Put the bottles in a water bath and bring to boil.. Process for ten min- utes. Remove from bath and cork, and when cold cover the top by dip= ping in melted' paraffin. Finally, the success of all canning and preserving depends alone upon absolute sterilization. Werk with care, doing only what can be done without hurry in a clean and cool kitchen, with a supply of good ma- terials and utensils. Many jars are lost each year by the false economy of using defective jars and lids or old rubbers. • Always examine each jar before starting to store to see that it is in perfect condition. Fruits can- ned by this method will cost one-quar- ter of the price of canned goods pur- chased during the winter. Note—Water in boiler should reach two-thirds of depth of jars. FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES Methods of Obtaining Fire Are Com- mon Among Various Races • The' native Malay method of making fire is by rubbing two sticks together. The Malays use for the purpose two pieces of bamboo. One is a hollowed convex strip laid flat side down; the other is sharpened to a knife edge. The sharpe edge is sawed rapidly across the convex strip until the liter is penetrated through, and the du t that falls beneath, rendered inean= descent by friction, ignites a bit of tinder. Bamboo is naturally adapted for the purpose because its flinty coat favors the development of high heat, while its marrowy pith when dry is very in- flammable. There is, of course, no bamboo in France; but egt.ally satis- factory methods of making fires with- out matchee are known to -day to a greet many Boy Scouts, who practice them on camping trips, and soldiers and sailors are now being taught to use them. . One of these methods involves the use of a bow drill, a simple contrivance that dates back to remote prehistoric times. By this means one end of a stick is made to .revolve with great rapidity in a hole in a piece of wood. With a little good tinder ready, only two or three minutes are required to accomplish ignition. The bow drill is in common use by the Eskimo for malting fire. Another method, of Polynesian origin, is that of the "plowing stick," The opera- tor rubs a groove in a. piece of soft wood with the end of a stick of hard wood. The stick wenn off particles of the soft wood and pushes thein alotrg in a head at the end of the groove, By accelerating tho move- ment the tiny heap is brought to the point of ignition. Until recent years the accomplish- inent or malting fire by rubbing two. sticks together was deemed beyond ::ttainmcnt by civilized people, But why? Nobody could say, but skill in the art was supposed to bo obtain- able exclusively by savages. This idea has been exploded. The civilized Canadian can make fire in this way just as well as any savage. All he needs is a little teach- ing, as many a Boy 'Scout can testify. Doubtless some day he will learn how to use the "fire syringe," which may fairly be regarded as the most scientific of all aboriginal firemaking processes. Its place of origin is the island of Borneo. The instrument is a cylinder of buffalo horn, with a sort of piston closely fitting. A scrap of tinder is placed in the mouth of the cylinder and a sharp, strong blow is struck upon the knob of the piston, Com- pressed air gives up heat under re- duction of volume and thus the tinder catches fire. 1.— It doesn't require the forecast of a fortune-teller to tell what will event- ually become of the man who habit- ually skins his land, Ka} boat 'Oengda'i fa,V►Ite, ".l'eapt for oder tweeter of a century;. areal baited with. Royal Yokel wlb keep fresh and moist Iopla;er t an` -that J mpdp,witla any other, so that afii(I week's supaly' ran orally be made 'at ono bilking, and the (East " Isiii'F .fail"be Just as good as the fired. MADE IN CANADA EWGILLETT COMPANY UMrrED W✓INNMEO 'TOisor rro. ONT. MONTREAL. WAR PRESEN T1VTALD „Y WAR MORE IMPORTANT A FACTOR THAN EVER BEFORE. Sick and Wounded Aninfals Receive as Careful Treatment As Do. the Fighting Men. One doesn't hear much of the horse in war now. The brilliantly swooping airplane, the lumbering but efficient' tank, the 'bitter.ru-hes of infantry and the roaring" of giant guns have. made the thrilling"hell for leather" cavalry dashes of former wars which' artists deligted to paint merely a memory., But occasionallyin a meagre'report or a letter from some one at the front one finds a passingreference to rdads ciliated with dead hdreee and an allu- sion'to a brief cavalry ectibn'which is buried in the •'greater battle. And dimly one wonders what part the horse is playing in this struggle of the nations. That this four -footed servant of man' is playing his part in the fight, t r a part important beyond the concep- tion of any one but a trained soldier, is evident if one takes the pains to in- quire about the hilmble beast who does his work and gets killed without the chance of honor or a war cross. On a food supply sometimes too scanty to keep him in conditionthe horse incon- spicuously breaks his heart in the mud of Flanders toiling at the 'heavy guns which make the-yictories of the British and French possible. For despite theoverwhelming im- pression that this war is one of me- chanics'and machines, no way to dis- pense with the services of the horse and•the army mule has been found. They can go through streams that would block any machine man has de- vised, can struggle through the chok- ing muck that would stall the best tractor ever built, and can tear through storms of shell fire which daze the imagination. Horse Hospitals of France. On them in great part depends the continuous supply of ammunition and food to the front line trenches. Auto- mobiles•are often impossible to use in the torn up condition -of the battle- field, and where trains and motors are helpless without tracks and fair roads the horse will struggle on. So valuable are they that special units have been formed in France'and Italy for the rescue and care of wounded and sick horses, and hospit- als have been built where they are treated, operated on and brought back to health with all the considera- tion the nations give to their wounded men. Thousands of horses, broken down under the terrific strain or wounded in battle, are constantly re- claimed in this way. A visit to a horse hospital is one of the interesting eights in France. It makes it somewhat ' easier to realize the part horses are playing in this war when one learns that the British army needs from 900,000 to 1,000,000 horses constantly, and when one recalls that the time a horse lasts under modern battle conditions is only a few weeks the call for horses and yet more horses becomes more under- standable. They are trained as care- fully as the men, and a good team of artillery horses in action is a de- light to the eye. They have arrested the attention of the war artists, and the English mag- azines sometimes have several pages devoted to picture of eager eyed, low running animals tearing down roads with spots facetiously termed "Suicide Corner," "Shrapnel Alley," or some other name which denotes the sudden death which lurks there for anything which may attempt to pass. Great shells that rip roads out of semblance to what they were intended to. be and gas shells which spread subtle death over the land, clo not stop them, for the explosives merely make them gal-, lop faster, and they wear masks like the men to protect them from the gas. Indeed, a team of wildly galloping horses, animals and lashing drivers wearing the grotesque masks, look like a team out of hell itself, Invaluable in Moving Artillery. The men who work with them and are dependent upon them for their ammunition and food speak of the horses with undisguised admiration. The horses, seem to catch the denier-, ate energies of the men and strain at their harness when dragging the guns the mud i throughn a way that would be heartbreaking if it were not sone- cessary, It is very common. for a ... horse' literally to break his heart at his' work and drop da from thea er- n ad m ea u.% tion of moving forward, always for - Ward:. The rapid advances of the English artillery would' be impossible without their aid, for nothing can"move .guns so rapidly. The more artillery is used in the battles in which the massing of guns has gone beyond anything im- agineq by soldiers before the war the more the horses eee needed, and when the Americen.forces get into action with the groat parks of artillery which they .will need the demand for horses will be greater than it - ever was before, - It is no wonder that they are - con- tinually breaking down under the strain, and when a -horse falls it is necessary' to fill the gap • immediately. The seek,horses are turned over to the Army Veterinary Corps to be nursed back into effective fighting animals. 3o effective has been the work of these writs that the losses amount to only 18' per cent, of the total aminal strength at the present time.he s ase t T P mules are much hardier, their rugged constitutions enabling them to stand trials that would kill a horse. When a horse or mule becomes i11 or is wounded no one at the front can be spared to attend to him, but word is sent .to the nearest veterinary sta- tion and a man is detailed to get him and to take down a fresh horse to fill the gap. These transfers are matte at night. Advances in Veterinary Science. When the horse reaches the hospital his injuries are diagnosed and treat• ment is prescribed. Operations, often of a delicate nature, are made, wounded are treated as carefully as the wounds of a roan, hoofs are fixed up, and when the periodrof convales- cense is over the horse is as useful as ever. The effect of battle upon the horse is as interesting as upon men, for the savagery of warfare seems to fill the animal with all the viciousness of his wild ancestors. The mules are partic- ularly fractious patients, but their trouble making ability lies in a consti- tutional aversion to doing what they are told, not in viciousness. 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