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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-11-01, Page 7wee Novelized from the Motion Picture Play o ' the Same� y� „Rime by the U>tiversalFilm •M%A: i.0 ysrn`• c,,,any„reer,nri. ,TRIItTEENTII EPISODE—(Ceuta.) Their meeting place,• in cit small of,. fine On the upper floor of a building hi the factory district wail -known, and at the session of the Apaches, held ,to decide what should be done,. Patde- clared she would, herself, undertake an investigation of the murderous plot. Delegating several of her men to accompany her, Pat appointed the time and place where' the Apaches were to assemble for the new adven- tureti Fust as the meeting in the Rouse of Mystery was about to adjourn, ono of Pat's Apaches -entered the room, loading a man who„had been blind- folded, with his hands securely tied behind him. When questioned by the leader, •i,h.a Apache said: I think this is one of Kelly's men. We just found him prowling around the lawn, and thought we would bring him hi.” At a signal from Pat, the scarf that,hadbeen bound over the mar's eyes was removed. "Why are you prowling around my house?" Pat demanded of the stranger. "Because I have an appointment With, one of your mon. I arranged to bring these plane," said the prisoner, as he fished out of his pockets a fold- ed Paper.. At that instant another Apache ea - tired the Teem; ,and eagerly hailed Pat's pnelioner. The explanation that followed disclosed to Pat that the man was telling the truth; that he hadmurade,an appojntlneptto meet the Apache,lvho had lastzentered the room, and that his capture had:prematurely interfered with the appointment:' Investigtittdfi of the 'plans proved that they were charts ethitt the an- arthiats had made,' in' Contemplation of their air-raid on New York. The Apache had made a friend of the an- arehist, and had secured hie promise to deliver the maps. '• Very well satisfied with develop- ment's thus far, Pat ordered the man to be again tlindfolded and led from the room into the open, with liberty to proceed at will. • Just then Pat. was• treated to a surprise. When Pat's men led their. prisoner 'la the roome•aiid descended to the /id by the secret gangway that led `Item the side of the house they neg- yyected to close 'the exit behind them. c,'.oi'hile they were taking their captive Ze across the lawn, Phil Kelly and his 'y.rnen, who had long been watching for ,i just such an, opportunity, suddenly pounced upon the Apaches; and with well-directedeblows, put them out of commission. Disregarding the fate of the blind- folded captive, once the Apaches had been efrectuall.yy disposed of, Kelly and his man. made haste to enter the house. They hurried up the runway and,'dis- appeared inside. As Pat• and her mein were adjourn- ing, Kelly and his assistants suddenly appeared in the doorway leading; from the hall, and covered the Apaches and their leader with revolvers. The sur- prise was complete,. • "Hands mil" Kelly shouted. "We have you covered. Line up along the wall." One by one the Apaches lined theme selves against the wall. While one of Kelly's men searched them for fire- arms, Pat moved -to the fartl:er end of the table. When Kelly started after her, she moved until Kelly'stood at one end of the table, with Pat op- posite. "You men come to this end .of the table,"' Kelly comnaanded'`his assist ants. 'Keep ,the men copiei'ed, while I go 'after thegirl," was his supple- mental . order . when his•: men had reached his side. But before Kelly could move to make good his purpose, .the fiber dropped from under the three detec- tives, and they were once more trapped in the same bole where they had before nearly lost their lives. Pat had pushed a button that let the floor drop from under the detectives. Kelly was wild with rage when be recovered his math, knocked out of his body by the sudden tumble into the cellar. One of his men had fortunate- ly, for the detectives, fallen in such a moaner that his body prevented the sliding sides of the "well" to complete- ly roach the flooring. But for this Piecumstance, Pat would have had Kelly and his men securely trapped. Meanwhile, Pat and her men, secure from any danger that might have threaenecl through the presence of Kelly and his men, proceeded with their plans. The men Pat had dele- gated to assist her proceeded on their various missions, The Apaches spread out and were soon .in communication with the an- archists',' s. Believing in the supposed friendliness of Pat's Hien, the conspire ators gave valuable inforrnatien, all of which was reported to Pat in time to be useful. Seine time after Kelly had disap- peared through the 'trap, Pat sent one 0f her men to release the detectives; Her investigator 'reported that the trap was empty, and the smile' that overspread the girl's beautiful face indicated that she was neither sur- prised nor disappointed. Shortly afterward a git'1 left the House of Mystery with a nate ad- dressed to,the Sphinx. When Pat's messenger arrived at Kelly's aerie quarters she was • shown immediately intb his apartment. "You have so cleverly escaped I, congratulate you. Now I challongol you to interfere with my plans to save Wall street, Kelly read aloud from the note, signed "Purple Mask," 'Go back and tell your mistress for me" toed Kelly to Pat's maid; "that ny. business le to protect, and I warn her not to go far with her madness," The girl withdrew, leaving Kelly alone With his chief assistant, "V shetadekes Wall str.et.�tho ria- .Pre Will be full of nes t at's sure Pere w, s. said I el i' c ••• firm C 1 wlr sol of rm reed - elation Y, Idol. brightened hili i~ace, i10 the note was obig deliveracl Melo to •Eeily,. ; the wean o± the Apaeliea Was a eedIbg d'ia5+ in bee itutamobile co pl to itnpot ent details of est Iant t to hwa thea i t .,. Platt . rt narch e. e, op har ertr. e f i va I We o e her too 1 r lY.'4i' 'ork k suburbs where an aviatiott. field was located, .!'here Plat tenaultoci with 011e of her "men, who was employed around the hangars, and arranged, through: himdisposal, to have an airplane placed at bee ,• Pat ,had made Iter err'angemente none •too soon, for that very evening - weird was flashed to her that the an- archists would go aloft, after mid- night, and drop llombs on the financial district in the Mad hope of obliter- ating Wall Street. When she was ready to Jump into her waiting motor, Pat stopped long enough to give play to a prank that was gdestined to cauee her no end of extra trouble. She rang felly on the phone and said; "Como on, and get me, I'm off to save Wall street," Then she hung up the receiver and dashed away in her motor, bound for the aviation field. The airplane she had secured' was ready and waiting for her to arrive, and it took but a few moments to start the engine. When all was in readiness, Pat en- tered the machine arid dashed away into the night, at the precise- moment three dirigibles, manned qtly -the dn- archists, rose from the earth, m eine other suburb of New York, and bead- ed fo the heart of the oitY. (To be continued.), PLAYINGFOR THE "POILUS." Groups of Actors and Singers Cheer Wearied Fighters in France. Scenes from Shakespeare have been successfully played by British sol- diers, but the most notable perform- ances at the front have not been by amateurs, Mrs. Maud ,Radford War- ren recently' enjoyed tiie opportunity of travelling with a little group of French actors' and singers who --like many others—were giving their ser- vices to cheer the wearied fighters just behind the fighting line, whose need for diversion and relaxation is well understood. Their•entertainment, although in :part patriotic or senti- mental, was for the most part gay; but in the players there was a spirit of passionate patriotism and devotion behind the comedy. Here is the de- scription of a typical performance, given in a barn, which the soldiers had cleared out and provided as best they could with.improvised stage, and bur- lap curtains that two "poilus" stood ready to pull_ apart. As we crossed the muddy floor, says the author; a little string orchestra of "poilus" began to play. While the performers went behind the dressing curtain 1 stayed and applauded the piusidians.e.At•the end'of'Mteir piece, when I told them how good their work was; the leader said: • "Ah, madame should have heard us before the attack at Verdun! We hied some members then; but half of us were lost in that first half hour." When. the orchestra began to play again and the ofieers entered, I went behind the curtain. Mme, Dussand was backed against the wall with her lips moving and her beautiful eyes somewhat glazed. "If I didn't know better," I began, "I should think—" "Ah, but I sin nervous,"'she said. "It's not the ordinary ,.stage fright, but something deeper, something near- er my heart. . . Do you know, ma- dame, that the greatest artists in France, or the most indifferent, trem- ble like novices -before the soldiers, al- though they aye always so responsive, so devoted—" Her voice broke and she could not finish. The narrator, too, a little later, grew teary as in the ducky space of the great barn she peered out from behind the curtains on the blue, dim mass of uniforms and those patient, brave, standing men, who had been through such horrors, and who' were waiting so gratefully for the artists who were going to bring them a little gayety! "Ah, madame," said M. Boyer at my elbow, "do not drive the tears back. They are worthy of it, these soldiers of France. In our hearts, all of us artists weep whenever ,we play for them." In the same spirit, although with more fire, the singer, Mme. Nina May, a Frenchwoman from New Orleans, flashed out indignantly when she learned that the crabbed caretaker of a provincial town hall had scolded a soldier audience for tracking mud over the floors. "Track mud over your floorsl" cried the sweet -voiced, gentle, blue-eyed, blonde lady,dY, with crushing indigna- tion. na- tion, "They could track mud over my heart if they wanted to!" AWFUL HEAT IN EAST. A Chaplain Tells How British Suffer in Mesopotamia. A- Canadian chaplain with the Me- sopotamia expedition, -in a letter dated July 19th, to his father in• Toronto, tells something of the temperatures the British force has to contend with in the advance up the valley. At Bas - rah, he says, the Shamal or north wind continued to blow up to June, thee. came the heat. It had been running into three;figures, but the ten _days just passed'•had exceeded records when the lowest shade maximum bad been 114. For Taus:s it did not go be- low 120, and twice reached 121.6. His thermometer in tete sun had reached 101. In the humidity of Basrah the heat was terrible, he says. "Tho men have been going down like nine -pins with heat stroke. The hos- pitals, empty so far as, wounded men are concerned, have beeli crowded out, the. staffs distracted, ' "Yesterday I asked an officer who has been taking great care of his men and using every precaution to safeguard their health, how the heat was a>,;'ecting them and he an- swered, 'It's ghastly, we have been burying them at the rate of one a day. Nearly a hundred have 'been sent to hospital in four weeks! "Last night I heard that nearly twenty-five of the clerical staff oT general Headquarters had been emit to hospital, The day before:yesterday there Wee a fatigue party etiark in a ceYYepp' keen four o'eloelsn the morning ill, sullclown working in Vee la. din- - rigteees. Port -one -erre hurled at offind,. w. iallAI is riot a Cheerful letter, but aught✓ you would like to know i the sttiri r hihere iii t ' w rn8 the tie Toon nr c�a'tden o,; 7pden. PROBLEM OF RE- TURNED SOLDIER WITH TRADE TRAINING HERO HOBOES ARE UNKNOWN- • M.H,C, Trade S4hoolp Are Canada's Safeguard, Says Authority On Sociology, Hoboes aremadeynot born. The alarmist who deelares that a thread of vagrancy lies deep in every man, and sees the war turning back into Can- ada streams of - veterans who will never settle down again into the in- dustrial scheme of life is absolutely. unsupported by the findings of socio- logical research, according to Dr. Franklin Johnson, the director of the Department of Social Service in the University of Toronto, and .one of •the foremost authorities in his ling in Canada. "Lack of vocational training," de- clared Dr. Johnson, "was the chief contributing .factor in the scourge of vagrancy which claimed 50,000 men in Canada before the war began, and the action of the government through the Military- Ilospitals • Commission in of- fering vocational ' training to every, man who returns incapacitated for his former livelihood, is not only a safeguard against new recruits being made by that army of shirkers, but boon to all of Canada, Product of Competition. "No man wants to be a bum. They are made chiefly through the grind of competition upon the -mass of unskill- ed laborers. Once a man finds his place in life there's a certain adhe- siveness in association which holds him in his place. "Giving the returned man a chance to learn trades, and allowing them to make their own choice, as the Com- mission is doing, will not only benefit the man and his family but the whole Dominion. Trade Develops Responsibility. "The man who is merely a filler in the industrial scheme, with no special part to play rarely develops a sense of responsibility. Give him a trade in which he can become adept and feel his work is of importance, and he be- comes not only interested but a re- sponsible member of society." The Military Hospitals Commission is training every returned man, who by reason of his disabilities is unable to resume his former occupation, for a new trade which he is allowed to choose. Experts who know his physi- cal limitations, his abilities and the labor market guide him in his deci- sion, and thus he is insured against learning a trade in which he might not be able to continue long, or one for which there is insufficient demand, M.H.C. Records. The records show that many men who were laborers, teamsters, well - diggers, unskilled helpers lir factories, etc., have been so trained during their convalescence as to go back into civilian life as skilled mechanics, of- fice men and artisans. Illiterate men have learned to react and write; and scores have been re- turned to industrial Life to earn sal- aries larger than they ever enjoyed before. MOSQUITOES IN WAR As Well As in Times of Peace They Are Instruments of Torture When the Persians under King Sepors were besieging the city of Nisibus, mosquitoes in vast multitudes fell upon them, attacking not only the fighting men, but also elephants elephants and pack animals. Thele wee. nothing to do but to quit, and the Beisians did it, the city being thereby saved from capture and sack. Evidently, then, mosquitoes may play en important part in war. Moses, apparently, did not think to inflict •.a plague of'mosquitoes on the Egyp- tians, but this may have been because they hall •plenty of it already. In ancient days (according to Herodotus)• the rich folk of, Egypt, to get away from mosquitoes, were driven ep the expedient of buildin • tall ll tower p g 4 s, on the tops of which they could sleep in peace. The mosquito is not a high flyer, She—for it is the female that does the biting—does not rise in flight above the third story of an ordinary home. One might imagine, then, that the oc- cupant of a bed on the fourth floor would be safe. And this idea would be correct if it were not for the stair's. Once indoors, the mosquito can and does ascend from :floor to floor as readily as you or I. Thus it happens that in apartment houses mosquitoes may climb to the twelfth or the sixteenth story. Eleva- tors help them; they get aboard in company with human passengers, atria in this way obtain transportation. Some of those that arrive at the top story fly out of the windows and lay their eggs in puddles in clogged roof - gutters. Such puddles are a prolific sourde of mosquito supply for flat houses. Others, o1 reaching various floors, whether by the stairs or by the con- venience of the elevator, fly over the transoms of apartments deserted by tenants for the suinmer, and lay their eggs in the bathroom tanks. The water in suet tanks, remaining undis- turbed for many weeks, may be count- ed upon under such eke:instances to yield an enormous crop of mosquitoes ---indeed, a continuous and inexhausti- ble supply for the torture of the etey- at-homes in the warm 5e0500, Springs Not Always Safe. Don't assume that any spring is pure, That is one of the greatest mistakes you can - make. If the spring is welling out from deep sandy soil, the probability is that itis safe, but if it is coring out of a rock or near the surface, it is probably net, Drink by preference out of the open Iate,wherethe dangerousarena e,o n which May be preent will h Weil scattered, and where you are not like- ly to et etch a lar re -u Y they a represent.sn tuber of filen elft yes • A .COURSE NIN HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE 'COMPLETE IN TWENTY-FIVE LESSONS. Lesson: XV. Canning Vegetables, It absolutely •necessary that we Blanch and cold dip. !n luae vegetables in our daily diet, Place a silver knife in the jar when The purchasing of cheap or low-grade pouring in the boiling water. canned goods for home consumption is Be positive that the jars, rubbers Poor economy. Aside -from the danger and lids are sterilized and in good con of sielcness, an inferior article melees dition before using. it impossible to have good results To successfully can vegetables, and when cooking. in jot all food products, these foods Vegetables, pertioulariy the ;,'sue- must be completely sterilized, All culent ones, are reasonable 'priced dur-accessories such as jars,lids and rub- ing the warm weather, and- owing to ber, must Pisa come ner this rule, their well-known perishable qualities Vegetable Structure they do not. keep for any length of •The cellulose structure of vege- time in their natural state. tables is tough and fibrous in char - An assortment of home -canned actor, and because bf this the vege vegetables will prove a most welcome tables require a long time—from three addition to the pantry during the win- to five hours—to be completely ter season, besides saving many times sterilized. Many successful canners their original cost. • t • use the old sectioned time method, that Bacteria cells cover all vegetables, is, to heat it to the boiling point and and unless they are completely steriliz- meek emote hour, then seal. Repeat ed this bacteria will cause fermenting this process for three s ccessive days. action to take place in the jar, and This is a troublesome method which then the contents -will be a total loss. requires considerable time: for handl- To Can Asparagus ing and cooking. Newer and more Select perfeeEly fresh and young modern methods have, eliminated all asparagus, Wash it carefully to re- this, move the sand. Peel the stalks•eare- The Cold -Pack Method fully and trim away all the hard and This method is now in general use in pithy portions, Let • it lay in cold all the large canneries, and is much water until all the asparagus is pre- preferred because it gives a beautiful pared. Then tie it in convenient appearance to the vegetables. It can bundles for easy handling while be successfully accomplished with the blanching and cold dipping, same results in less time than by other Blanching—Have alarge pot of wee methods. ter boiling. Place the asparagus in In using this method, the vegetable' this water when it starts boiling and are blanched, cold dipped and then boil for ten minutes. Remove and packed ill sterilized jars, the rubbers cold dip by dropping into a pan of adjusted and the lids partially tighten very cold water. ed and than processed. Pack into the jars, the tip end down, Cold Dip as closely as possible. Put a silver Cold dipping of blanched vegetables knife in the jar to prevent cracking is necessary to make them firm enough while filling with boiling water. Re- to handle after being nartially cooked move the knife and put the rubber and and also to set the co -Loring matter so lid in position. Partially tighten and that it will' not easily dissolve during then processin hot-water bath for two the rest of the process. hours after the boiling has started. Be positive that the water is boil - Remove and tighten the lid securely as ing rapidly after the jars have been possible then invert to cool. When placed in the water bath before count - cold, store .the jars in a cool dry place. ing the time for the process. Poi.its to remember for successful Remember that no food will spoil results: that is absolutely sterilized, that bac- .asparagus must be young and teria, spores and germs are exceed - fresh. ingly hard to kill and that only long Wash carefully to remove any sand. and careful cooking will accomplish Peel and remove the pithy parts. this. Meatless Days. The dinners suggested below will be helpful in following the advice given by the government on the con- servation of food. By studying variety in the use of cereals, using plenty of milk and fruit and an occasional egg dish, the other two meals can be made inviting and nutritious. Vegetable soup Baked macaroni and cheese Celery Graham bread Chocolate cornstarch pudding, custard sauce Cream of celery soup- with croutons Dried lima beans Buttered carrots Brown Betty Split pea soup French fried potatoes, mashed turnips Sliced oranges, bananas, pineapple. Cookies Cream of tomato soup, cratkers Baked potatoes, spinach Prune jelly, thin cream Salted peanuts Rice and nut croquettes Scalloped tomatoes, brown bread, Ripe olives Floating island Nuts, raisins Potatoes O'Brien Peas Nut bread Celery and apple salad, mayonnaise dressing Hot soft gingerbread, whipped cream Cream of spinach soup Caramel sweet potatoes, . Stewer corn, Rolls 'Apple pie Cheese Graham bread: One cupful of flour; two cupfuls of graham flour, half tea- cupful of sugar, half teaspoonful of • salt, two cupfuls of buttermilk, one round teaspoonful of soda. Sift the flour into a bowl; add the graham flour, sugar and salt. Stir the soda in the buttermilk until it foams, then pour among the dry ingredientse Beat well, pour into a buttered pan about seven inches by nine inches, afid bake for one hour in a moderate oven:- Prune vensPrune jelly: One pound of prunes, half cupful of sugar, half box of gela- tine,'haif pint of cold water, half pint of boiling water. Wash the prunes, cover with water and soak ever night; bring to boiling point, then break open, remove the stones and press the pulp through a colander. Soak the gela- tine in cold water for half an hour, pour over it the boiling- water, then. add it and the sugar to the prunes, pour the mixture into a mold and stand aside to harden. Serve with cream. "Potatoes O'Brien"; Six raw-- pota- toes, one pint of milk, two tablespoon- fuls of flour, butter the size of an egg, one teaspoonful of salt, one-quarter teaspoonful of pepper, one chopped green pepper, half cupful of grated cheese. Peel and cut the potatoes into dice, mix them with the chopped green pepper and put them into a greased fireproof dish, Add the milk gradual- ly to the flour, then add the salt, pep- per end butter and pour over the pota- toes.. Sprinkle the cheese over the top. Balce in a moderate oven for one hour. Serve hot. Caramel sweet potatoes: Boil, with- out paring, six sweet potatoes, until pieces one-third of an inch thick. Lay tender. Peel, slice lengthwise in in a buttered baking -dish, sprinlcling each layer with 'melted butter and brown or white sugar. Scatter one dozen cloves through the dish. Balce slowly until well browned on top. If inclined to brown or stick' too much on the bottom, add a dash of hot water. A DOG'S AMBUSCADE. Hoty He Outwitted the Coyote With the Aid of an Ally. Y In an account ofsagacity the of his clog, Scotch, Mr. Enos A, Mille tells his readers in his book Wild Life in the Rockies that the dog objected to the coyotes that lived on a rocicef slope near the author's cabin, Into the tangled forest of pines tho coyotes al- ways retreated • when Scotch gave chase, and into this retreat he dared not pursue them. So long as the Coyotes sunned themselves, kept quiet and played, Scotch merely watched them contentedly from afar; but the instant they began to howl and yelp, he raced over and chased them into the woods. . One day, when Scotch was busy driving the pack into the woods, a coyote that trotted lame with the right foreleg emerged from a rocky crag at the edge of the open, ran to the rear of Scotch and set up a chorus of yells and howls, to the great annoy- ance of the collie, evho at once raced back and chased the noisy taunter into the woods. But Scotch no sooner turned to the rest of the pack than the cunning coyote came out again anti defied, him, Once more Scotch had to chasethe coyote into the tines and y pines, c a few moments later he had to repdat the manoeuvre. He carne back from this chase pantiiag and tired and ob-, viously worried. The incident seemed to prey upon him to such an extent, says Mr, Mills, that I became a little anxious about him. One day when I went for the maim, I allowed Scotch to go with inc, At the post office he paid little atten- tion to the dogs that, with their mes- tere, were assembled there, and hold himself aloof from them squatting h on the ground with head erect and almost an air of contempt for their; but it was evident that .Ire WAS watching their every move, When 1 started homeward he showed; great satisfac- tion byleaping and barking:'Phar; night wile wild and stormy, 1, end T c, nt i 1 to'o out and enjoy r.1 Y the stern-, wind-swept ernes. Seetcl i -'tepee; ,' hen 'I called him; and so I'went alone. Not until the next morning slid the dog come home, and then he was accompanied by a collie that belonged to a rancher who livedout n ab iiftee miles away.I e remembered seeing the dog at the post office the day before. • In the afternoon I heard the varied voices of the coyote pack and went out with my glass to watch proceed- ings, wondering' what part the visit- ing collie would play, There went Scotch, as I supposed, racing for the yelping pack, but the visiting collie was not to be seen. The pack beat the usual retreat, and while the dog that I supposed to bo Scotch Wet chasing them into the woods out came the limping coyote, harrying to- ward the willow clump from behind which he was accustomed to yelp tri- umphantly in Scotch's rear. The lame coyote came round the willow Clump as usual and threw up his head as if to bay. Then the un- expected happened. On the instant a collie that I now recognized as Scotch leaped out of the 'willow clumii and carne clown upon the coyote's back. 'They rolled about for some time be- fore the coyote shook himself free and started for the woods, only to be grabbed again by the visiting collie. For a time both dogs fought the coyote fiercely; but he at last tore himself free and escaped . into the pines, badly wounded and bleeding. I never enw him again. That night the visiting collie went home, As Scotch was missing for a time, I think he inay have accompanied his ally at least a part of the way. Instead of waiting until Johnny's trousers are worn out at the knees, baste a equate underneath while new, Tito knee will then wear es long as any part, But when they strike the sur:h ce of the earth, their energy is trnnaform- ad into heat, by which the ground i s warmed, Air isivarmed r 1. cot • et ,v to with the wii'm ground; and tho warm- ing of the lower air gives rise to air currenisi that distrlhute the 'heat: through the atmosphere, From Erin's Green Isle NEWS l37 !HAIL FROM 1!U LAND'S SHORES. Reppeniilgs In the Emerald We of Interei Irish• -, t to men. Large .quantities of hay have been destroyed 'along the banks' of the Shannon River owing to the abnormal height of the water, For gallantry and the securing 'of valuable information, Lieut. C. E. Plowrnan, an Athy man, has boon awarded the Military Cross, A young Cahir soldier named 1tia- loney helped to save the life .of an English officer by allowing some of his blood -to be infused into the other's veins. Word has been received from the front that Lieut. N. Allwyn-Smyth, In- niakillings, nephew of the Protestant Primate of Ireland, has been wound- ed a second time. Martin Downes, Dublin Fusiliers, and formerly well-known in Ireland as a footballer, has stfeeumbed to wounds received in action at the front. For stealing a wrench from a har- vesting machine at Wexford - Station, James Spencer was sentenced to one month's imprisonment: • P. Hession, Annagh ITouse, Bally- macward, has purchaseda farm of 160 Irish acres at Ballydonelan, near Loughrea, for ±1,210. Patrick Mulldowney, Marysborotigh, has been elected secretary of the Queen's County Insurance Society A Jew, named. Sidney Bastin, was fined £2 for selling matches at the Tipperary Agricultural Show without a license. The Athlone Guardians have pro- vided a young man with an artificial leg to 'enable him to continue his em- ployment. The New Ross Urban -Council have reduced the cost of lighting the town by dispensing with twenty-three of the public lamps. Chairman Horgan of the Public Health and Dwellings Committee of Cork Corporation, says that the hous- ing conditions of the poor in Cork were deplorable. Private William Rutledge, Royal Irish Fusiliers, a native of Manor- hamilton, and who recently was awarded the Military Medal, has been killed in action. Owing to the demand for Shannon River fresh water fish in England, the price in the local market is six times greater than formerly. Michael Hunt,"Milltown, Castlerea, has been officially notified of the death, in action, of his son, Private Michael Hunt, Irish Guards: Private Patrick Curtin, R.A,M.C., Midieton, has been awarded the Mili- tary Medal for conspicuous bravery in the recent fighting at Arras. Greenland's interior is estimated to be covered by a shield -shaped cap of snow and ice not less than 6,000 feet or one mile in thickness. Ah, Aclam was a gardener, and God who made hint sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees; So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray For the Glory of the Garden that it may not pass away! And the Giory of the Garden it shall never pass away. —Kipling. e•—•' j Mpt7E IN CANADA`' For making soap, For Wotton". Ing water, For removing point. For disinfecting rofrigoretors, sinks, closets, dralnennd for 800 other purposes. Amon suooraturaa ,D AUTUMN CO)ORS The Falling Leaf Has Yielded Its Chloraphell to the Parent Stein. The leaves whieh are now falling off and carpeting the lanes, and coppiees are veritable ohemistes, After a sunny summer day, if you take a leaf and dip it in a solution of iodine, abs green alters, as if by magic into an indigo tinge, The reason is that the leaf was filled with starch,, and the idoine has revealed its pre- - sense by a slight chemical change. Leaves make starch for their plants . out of the air we breathe, and oat of the rain, and out of a few "salts" But while the leaf contains starchee, proteids, and sugar necessary for the plant's life, it also contains a sub- stance known to the chemist as chloro- phyll green. Chlorophyll gives to the leaf its emerald tint, and on the pre- sence of this tint, in the summer fields, the life of a rnan depends, Chlorophyll green is the only sub- stance which can break up rocks and stones, converting them into starches and sugars. This is where autumn begins its extraordinary work. If the chloro- phyll contained in the plants were to perish with the "fall of the leaf," there would be an end to the vegetable kingdom, and "man the biped" would also disappear! Long before the leaf falls the chloro- phyll is yielded up to the parent stem, also the starch and the proteids, and the denuded foliage gives us our au- tumn tints, CROP WORTH $030 AN ACRE. eeee Broom Corn. 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