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Author of
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Otoughtan, Limited, London and Toronto
fishness, added to Polly Powell's In-
fluence, kept him at home.
Besides, by this time winter bad
laid its icy grip upon the earth. News
came of soldiers being crippled for
life by frostbite; stories were told of
men standing up to the waist in icy
slush; wounded men came back from
the front telling stories about the ter-
rible power of the Germans; newspa-
pers were obliged to admit that we
seemed to be powerless in the face of
the enemy.
All this made Tom somewhat
afraid; he was not cast in an heroic
mould; the spirit of adventure was
not strong within him.
"I say, Tom," said a man whose
three sons were in the army, "are you
going to stay home like a coward?"
"I'm noan a coward," replied Tom.
"Then what do you mean by not do-
ing your duty?"
"I have my own views," replied
Tom. "Look here, Elijah, I'm not
such a fool as to go over there and get
killed; th' other chaps'll lick the Ger-
mans all right."
"That's the answer of a coward,"
replied Elijah Butterworth; "if every-
body said that, the country would be
robbed from us, and we should have
those German devils ruling over us."
"No fear of that," laugher. Tom, and
yet he felt uncomfortable.
"Aren't you an Englishman?" cried
Elijah, "and don't you care for the
old country?" •
"Ay, I don't know," replied Tom,
"the Germans are just as well off as
we are."
Meanwhile the real facts of the sit-
uation became more apparent. The
Germans were not to be beaten easily.
Russia, in spite of all that had been
said about her power as a great
steam=roller, could make no real head-
way; while France and England com-
bined could not drive the Huns from
the line they occupied. People tried
to explain the situation, but the dread-
ful togic still remained: the country
we had sworn to protect and save was
in the hands of the enemy. The in-
dustrial part of France was held in a
grip of iron; while Russia was pow-
erless against the hosts of Germany.
First there were talks about the
war being over by Christmas, but that
delusion quickly vanished, and when a
member of the Cabinet came to Man -
"As tom y , coming back to Lrun_ chester, and said that it might take
CHAPTER Il.—(Cont'd.)
"But do you mean to say," tried
Torn, "that they will lick us? Why,
think of our Navy; think of—"
Waterman did not wait to hear the
end of Tom's sentence; he crossed the
road and was lost to sight,
One event took place, however,
which somewhat opened th- people's
eyes, and is talked of even to -day. A
young German who had come to Brun -
ford a few years before, and who had
succeeded in amassing a fortune, was
called home by his Government. So.
popular had he become in the town,
and so little had the realities of the
war laidhold of the people, that some
of the leading townsmen decided to
give him a dinner. This dinner was
arranged to take place in the large
dining -room of the Bull and Butcher,
the largest hotel in the town. Al-
though some people were anything
but pleased at the arrangement, so lit-
tle ill -feeling was felt towards the
Germans that a good number of the
townspeople gathered. When the
dinner had been eaten the chairman
rose to propose the toast of the even-
ing. He said that although Mr.
Shweitzer was called upon to fight
against the English people, the town.
had no ill -will against him personally;
-they all knew him as a good fellow, a
goodsportsman, and an honorable
business man. During the time he
had been in Brunford they had open-
ed their doors to him and received him
as an honored guest, and although
the unfortunate war had taken place,
they had nothing but good feeling to-
wards Mr. Shweitzer. That was why
they had invited him as their guest
that night, and he, the chairman, ex-
pressed the hope that the war would
soon be over and that Mr. Shweitzer
would return and take up the position
which he had so long occupied amongst
them. The toast to his health was
heartily cheered; good feeling abound-
ed, and all waited for the response of
the German guest.
As Mr Shweitzer rose to respond he
received quite an ovation; the diners
even went so far as to give liim mus-
ical honors. Mr. Shweitzer's reply
was in fairly good English. He
thanked his friends for their good -fel-
lowship, and for the kind things they
had said about him.
WON VICTORIA
CROSS T\ICE
REMARKABLE EXPLOITS C AN
AUSTRALIAN.
First V.C. Won in Battle Witf
and Second in Leading Cir
Against Germans
•
urks
e
How an Australian has tip ed over
British precedent and won e Vic-
toria t-
in a
twice s vividly tOria Cross y l�d
recent report by' the War Dine The
heroic battler who has earnd this
distinction is Lieut. John Jacka, of
the 14th Anzac Infantry.
Of the remarkable exploits },of Lt.
Jacka, the British Intelligence Office
at London says: ,
"First, there is the account" of how
Jacks won the V.C. the' first tie. At
that time he was a lance-corplc
al of
the 14th Australians . at Anza , com-
manded at that time by Colonel
Courtney. 11:
"On May 18,. after three weeks of
continuous fighting, during. which the
battalion had lost 75 per cent. sofits
effectives, Sanders Pasha made his
great attempt to drive the Anzacs into
the sea. He sent the Turks against
the attenuated Anzac linen ••over-
fury of
on the
gp5y's.
1 'izac
whelming force, and
the attach was con
line from Quinn's
Not a Turk got t
lines.
"But at Courtney' umber got
into a small commun ation trench,
overcoming the two or three men who
held it. The wounded officer managed
to give warning of the danger, and
Lance -Corporal Jacka rushed into the
trench alone with fixed bayonet, and,
sheltering himself behind. the tra-
verse, prevented the Turks from ad-
vancing. Some of his comrades rushed
to his assistance.
Fell on Their Rear
"You keep them here,' said Jacka
to Lieut. Crabbe, 'and I will take them
at the other end of the trench.' Rush-
ing around, he fell on the astonished
Turks from their rear like a lion.
Five he shot down, and two more he
killed with his bayonet. Threes more
were driven out of the trench,,tnto the
hands of the men who were guarding
the entrance, under Lieut. C#abbe.
"That was Jacka''s first' exploit.
Single-handed he attacked. t ' til in
• ,.,-see .-1z,5 1.sese•i,l„••1am- bb YIx....uGW I .r
but 'little loubt that 1 shall return but "f ' "'' -y
when I do, the Kaiser, and not the man
you. now own as king, will rule over
England. For the Germans are go-
ing to lick your country, andWilhelm
II. will be your future king.s
For a few seconds those who had
gathered were so much astonished
that there was a dead silence. Mean-
while the German looked around the
room with a supercilious smile.
Then an Englishman' who had been
sitting close by came up to the Ger-
man.. He was a brawny, stalwart
fellow. "Do you mean that?" he
asked the German.
"Yes, I do," was the reply.
The Englishman without another
word struck him a mighty blow on
the jaw. "That for you and your
Kaiser!" he exclaimed amidst the
shouts of those present.
The blow was so heavy and so well
aimed that the German's jaw was
broken. He was taken to the hospi-
tal, where he remained for sor.ie
months, and he has not yet returned
to Germany.
During the next day Brunford was Our heroes heard the homeland's call
excited beyond measure. The story' And answered on the run;
was told in a hundred mills by thou- , And now they fight, or win or fall,
sands of operatives; it was discussed! gainst the cruel Hun;
in the public places, in every inn and Then, honor those who fight our fight
tavern, and throughout the whole dis-i And laud them to the
trict. It did more to enlighten the skies;
minds of the people as to the real For they must suffer, day and night,
hopes and aims of the Germans than To win for us the prize.
all the newspaper articles which had i
appeared, It revealed to the people, The prize is glorious FREEDOM; won
too, the real character of the Germans. IAt what an awful cost—
Here was one of the best of them who The mother mourns an only son,
had acted like a cad, and who in the The wife a husband lost.
face of good -fellowship had haughtily Then, give a cheer for those who war
flaunted the superiority- of the Ger-
man people, The incident also gave Beyond the spreading sea,
point to the story of the ghastly And spare a tear for those no more—
atrocities which were taking place in 0, take them, Lord, to Thee.
Belgium. People were excited be- By Wilfrid W. Werry, Montreal, Que.
Written at the age of 17 years; en-
listed. and now military physical in-
structor and Acting Company
Sergt,-Major and Acting Quarter-
master Sergeant for the body of
physical instructors at Camp Bor-
den, though still under 20 years.
England is Saving Flour,
A decrease of ten per cent, in the
consumption of flour in England in
June is the claim made by the Nation-
al War Savings Committee as a re-
sult of the "eat less bread" campaign
inaugurated to conserve :food, This
saving, it is stated, isein excess of all
expectations, The success of the edu-
cational campaign in England, it is
stated, is shown by the fact that In
March the saving was but two per
cent., and in April four per cent., as
against ten per cent. for June. The
Ment. More and more men `Vere
asked for, while some of the newspa-
pers began to talk about conscription.
(To be continued.)
FOR FREEDOM AND HOMELAND.
I hear the distant bugle °all,
I hear the cry, "To arms!"
I see, far spread, the war -cloud's pall,
I feel the war's alarms.
From hamlet small and busy town
Forth pour the nation's brave,
The men of apron, sack and gown—
For who would be a slave?
For honor and for liberty
And justice we will fight;
For home and Christianity—
The triumph of the right;
So, far away on foreign soil
Beside the gallant French, •
Our sons and brothers nobly toil
And fight from hill and trench.
yond measure; the War was becoming
real to them.
All this , had its effect upon Tom.
Not that even yet he realised the full
significance of what was taking place.
Hundreds of young fellows were en -
bfisting, but Tom held back. Septem-
er, October, November passed away,
and. still Tom failed to respond to his
country's call. He quite agreed with
his friends, and said that of course
England must lick the Germans; but
to never admitted that the War had
anything to do with him,
"I am earning good brass," said
Tom, " and if I hold on I
shall make more still. Let those as
wants to fight the Germans fight em,
I'm n•oan going to get killed." This
he said to Polly Powell one night as
he °sat in the private sitting -room of
the Thorn and Thistle,
"And quite right too, Tcin," said
Polly—"Tha'art too good a lad to be
killed by the Germans, Besides, c
ough'll l;o without thee, If th' other' committee says that it expects an even
chw) like to be fools, let 'ern." r eater increase • in the future, and
Still Toni did not feel altogether g
CO/1., ..ratable. At the back of his' gives much of the credit to the Intel-
r he:1 was the v.:rue thought that he ligent co-operation of women in their
teeeeht to do his bit, but his natural set.. homes,
i h y;
cognition of his astonishing-
and
stonn
s 1 g-''�,
and of the great service he had ren-
dered, he was awarded a lieutenancy
and the first V.C. wan at Anzac.
"Now comes the second story, and
a part of this can be told in Jacka's.
own language. The incident 'happen-
ed in France. On the night of. Aug. 5,
Lieut. Jacka, with forty-four men of
the Fourteenth Battalion, was sent
to relieve the Anzacs (who werehold-
ing an advanced trench to the north-
east of the village of Pozieres. .
"Went Right Over Us."
"'It was not so )much, of a trench,
says the lieutenant, 'as a number of
shell holes joined by some shallow ex-
cavation.'
"Before they had been there half
an hour the Germans began a sort of
bombardment which precedes ,a taun-
ter -attack; but they kept it up for
hours. Of the forty-four men, seven
were killed and four were wounded.
"Then, in the first dusk of early
ntorning, the enemy rushed to the at-
tack. 'A good lot of them; there may
have been 600'. The Anzacs: stood up
and fought to stop their rush; fought
with all the fury of men hark, beset.
'But they went right over uit..' .They
left behind them only seven sound
men in addition to the lieuteiant. He
was wounded.
'They halted behind u6,' the tale
goes an, 'and formed up ink groups.'
'In this moment the lieutenant con-
trived to send a S.O.S. bark for help.
In the fight going on beheld him the
greater numbers prevailed, •:and the
Germans took a considerabl number
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of Anzac prisoners. Then they began
to make their way back.
Charge of the Eight.
"The lieutenant ordered his seven
men ,to fix bayonets, and followed suit,
himself tyith t.11e rite laf. ne of his
..da.F. •'S,.Y
e. ex 1 1 4 . '� .
bcuneto capture us; lr p.
I would sooner bedeadthan a prison-
er. ` The . supports cannot be long in
coming' up; lets go for them. His
seven- stalwarts were willing, and at
his word of command they leaped for-
ward to attack the .hundreds of the
enemy, firing their rifles from the hip
as they ran.
"Some of the amazed Germans at
once threw up their hands, but others
were made of sterner stuff and began
to fire at very close range.
"Not One Got Away."
"'I have only an impression of a
crowd gathering about us,' says Lt,
Jacka, in describing this crisis. 'The
cheering thing was that I could see
some of the Germans with their hands
up and others already running away,
Also our men who had been taken
prisoner were quick to take their cue,
and, unarmed as they were, seemed to
be setting about their captors.'
'"At this critical moment the shouts
of the supports rang clear and loud.
More of the Germans fled, others sur-
rendered incontinently. None got
away.
"The net result was that not one
man of Smoke's platoon was on the
effective list seven hours after they
took possession of the trench. But
they had held the fort against twenty
times as many Germans, killing or
capturing them all."
Plenty of silage and good legume
hay will help keep the high feed bills
away.
WAR,
From hill to hill he harried me;
He - stalked me day and night,
He neither knew nor hated me;
Nor his nor mine the fight.
k. :L
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For such they made his law;
Then foot by foot I fought to him,
Who neither knew nor saw.
I trained my rifle on his heart,
He leaped up in the air,
The screaming ball tore through his
heart
And lay embedded there.
Lay hot embedded there, and yet,
Hissed home o'er hill and sea
Straight to the aching- heart of me
Who'd wronged not mine or me.
—Arthur Stringer.
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has never been offered as "just as good" as some
more famous . brand ; for Sixty Years it has itself
been that more famous brand—'and deservedly.
"Let Redpath Sweeten it." 13
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80, 20, 50 and 10J'lb.lOM% 31 A G. tie 'G�bl' lY
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FUEL AS A
FARM PRODUCT
WHEN THE PRESENT SUPPLY Or
FUEL FAILS.
Crops Can be Grown Which Will Prm6
duce Substitutes for Coal
and Gasoline.
Row and whence shall we get our
motor fuel when there is no more gaso.
line ?
Every gallon of petroleum taken out
of the earth diminishes by just that
much the total available supply which
is not replaced. When it is all gone--
experts say that it cannot last very
long at the present rate of consump-
tion—there will never be any more.
Where, then, shall we find the fuel
to run automobiles, motorboats and
the multitudinous flying machines of
the not distant future?
The answer is that we shall grow it,
just as we grow potatoes and cord.
Our farms will produce crops converti-
ble (by means already well under-
stood) into alcohol, which will take the
place of gasoline. To burn alcohol
only a slight modification of the en-
gine is required.
Much anxiety has been expressed as
to how mankind will get along when
the coal "1s all used up. It is not
merely a question of keeping warm in
winter. Modern civilization is- the
daughter of coal. Deprived of its
parent, how can it continue or de-
velop?
Coal is fossil solar energy. Mankind
in future generations will utilize in-
stead the live solar energy that is be-
ing stored every day in growing
plants .
Grow Fuel on the Farm. •
More than one hundred million tons
of corn -stalks, leaves and cobs, -are
produced annually in Canada and the
United States, and nearly all of this
vast quantity of vegetable material is
allowed -Co go to waste. It could btu
pressed into water -free blocks (after
drying in the sun) and in this form
would last almost indefinitely, - serv-
ing as fuel.
Here we have merely a suggestion
of the possibilities of crop-productio
for fuel. One acre of land will yiel,
from ten to fifteen tons of sorghum
dry weight. With the help of -a cheap
press, resembling the machine tha
turnsout cylindrical cotton balas,
it f.►
could be convcrteto sooTir o_s
feet long; and eight inches in diameter,
suitable for burning. On an area of
very moderate size the farmer could
grow all the fuel he -needed.
In attacking the problem on a great
scale, for the production of market
supplies of coal substitute, plants will
be selected with reference to yield and
fuel value. It seems not unlikely
that, for this purpose, certain regions
will be chosen, preferably, perhaps, in
the tropics, where powerful sunshine
and heavy rainfall encourage rapid
and luxuriant growth.
The late Dr. Edward Atkinson, a
recognized authority in such matters,
said that eucalyptus trees, planted on
mountain slopes in hot latitudes, would.
produce annually twenty tons of wood
per acre in perpetuity—the plantation
maintaining itself without further ex-
pense. This means (he asserted) a
yield equivalent to twenty tons of coal
per annum, inasmuch as eucalyptutr
logs, dry, are heavier than coal and
have an equal heating power, bulk for
bulk.
HUMAN WASTE.
Does Not Receive the Attention it
Merits in Modern Industry.
Elimination of waste in productive
enterprises is one of the first import•
ance in the development of Canadien .
industries. Human wastage in mode
ern industry exceeds all other forms
of waste, and yet it has not received
one-tenth of the attention given by
employers to other forms of Wastage,
efficiency systems have been installed,
by manufacturers without number, but
very few have established any system,
to develop human efficiency, The pel^.
tentage of waste in any industry will
always depend upon the average unit
of intelligence in the force of men eine
dToyed. The man upon whom you can
epend to earry out your system 41
always more important than your eselle
tem. A good man, nine times out 4
ten, will make a poor system woe
well, but no ntunber of poor men, evj
ever make arty good system work Well
In Modern iudustr the hu >,
f>%ctQr Trac nqt 'been even attebtlq
Waste in macliinei•y asd mater'1alk�
been carefully checked by moat 41,
dustrial firms, but },urian waste l#q
not been eeeellrited for In most
'big systtirrit�, 'dot thcost
scQuire klurt n ser' p ,reap is greegtor tit
acahQu:manavbjaA otyisoar gmreaatteerri:am
en
to t1} deVel{lpment ora modern inde
aryl Along linos prQ.ltabie to the natio
In pozipa iti,en with foreign countrie
than any other form of waste.
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