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DEBRIS OF BATTLE
EACH ARMY EQUIPPED WITH A
RECUPERATION DEPOT.
Salvage Labor Saves Millions of Dol-
lars Yearly to' the
Nation.
The Arabian Nights wizard who
turned old lamps into new was the
veriest arnateur compared with the
modern French woman through whose
hands passes the debris of the battle-
field. At the beginning of the war,
partly owing to the rapid movements
of the armies, waste was prevalent
everywhere. The correspondent of
the Associated Press, while marching
with the soldiers, then saw thousands
of garments and articles of equipment
strewn over the fields and along the
roadsides where the troops had fought,
maneuvered, advanced or retreated.
Nobody thought of saving the tens
of thousands of dollars' worth of dis-
carded clothing and arms thrown
aside when rapid movement was ne-
cessary. Overcoats, tunics, shoes,
sweaters, scarfs, cartridge pouches,
haversacks, belts, caps and waterproof
sheets lay about the ground in thou-
sands.
The Spirit of Economy.
Since that time the spirit of econ-
omy—generally present with the
French, people—has reasserted its au-
thority, and now everything that can
be salved is picked up and made use-
ful. Each of the armies has been pro-
vided with what is known as a recu-
peration depot, whose duty it is to ex-
amine and retrieve all that is possible
from the debris found on the field of
battle.
The correspondent visited one of
these depots at Orleans and there
found in operation a scheme of sal-
vage which saves the French nation -
many millions of dollars a year. It is
run under the superintendence of offi-
cers of the army reserve, mobilized at
the opening of hostilities and chosen
for their experience in commercial af-
fairs. Among them are bankers, man-
ufacturers and men drawn from many
trades. They have at their disposal
machines of the latest model, mostly
of American origin, while the workers
are drawn from among the wives,
widows and children of soldiers, Ger-
man prisoners and men of the oldest
classes of the French army.
Some idea of the extent of the work
done in this centre alone may be ga-
thered from the wages paid to the wo-
men and rgirls employed, . which
amounted -in the month of August to
approximately $100,000. There are at
all times stored in the depot articles
of military equipment to the,value of
$10,000,000. Every day in summer an
average of thirty motor wagons full
of debris from the battlefields arrive
and in winter this number is increas-
ed to an average of forty-five wagons.
New Shoes From Old.
"One Meatless Meal
a Day" is a good food
slogan for war time, or any
time—better make it two
heatless meals a day—it
would mean health and
strength for the nation.
But be sure and get the right
substitute for meat in a
digestible form. Shredded
Wheat Biscuit is the ideal
substitute for meat. It is
100 per .cent. whole wheat
prepared in a digestible
form. Two or three of these
little loaves of baked whole
wheat make a nourishing,
satisfying meal at a cost of
only a few cents. Delicious
with milk or cream or fruits
of any kind.
Made in Canada.
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Models :tor
Winter Dresses
Thousands of odd shoes, worn and
muddy and torn, are sorted out into
pairs and then cleaned, repaired and
. made ready to be issued again. Some-
times they are in such a condition that
they cannot be used as soldiers'
marching boots and then the uppers
are detached and refitted to wooden
sold, forming clogs which are much
appreciated by the soldiers during
their service in wet and muddy
trenches. Odd pieces of leather are
stamped out into buttons for the pris-
oners' uniforms.
More than 6,000 women are em-
ployed in this depot alone.
A few figures as to the results ob-
tained in this depot will demonstrate
the economic value of .the system
adopted. Two thousand cartridge
pouches are repaired on an average
every day at a cost of about one cent
each, whereas new ones would cost
eighty cents each. By the repair of
soiled and torn sheepskin jackets a
profit of $1,500 daily is made, The
mending of overcoats saves the Gov-
ernment about $3,000 daily. With
pieces of cloth cut from old uniforms
the Women make 8,000 pairs of cloth
slippers daily, each pair worth forty
cents, while by piecing together old
shoes 500 pairs of new ones are made
every day.
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Shoes For Crossing Desert.
Closely resembling wire baskets are
the new sand shoes devised for the
British troops who crossed the Sinai
desert to fight the Turk in Palestine.
By weaving a stiff network of heavy
wire and attaching it to their shoes,
says the Popular Science Monthly,
they are able to travel over the finest
desert sand without sinking ankle-
deep in it, They adopted the prin-
ciple of the snowshoe. It is said to be
physically impossible for a man to
walk over desert sand for more than
tWo days with ordinary shoes, At the
end of that time the toes and heels be-
come painfully inflamed and the skin
comes off.
THE NUMEROUS BEETLE. 1.
Only One Lancl Where They Are Not
To Be Found.
One of the most amazing things in
natural history is the way., in which
beetles have triumphed in the strug-
gle for existence, says the Popular
Science Monthly. Of all creatures.
they are by far the most numerous.
No fewer than one hundred and fifty
thousand distinct species have Been'
identified --three times the number of
back -boned animals.
Beetles are wonderfully adaptable.
They are virtually everywhere—in the
frost -bound tracts of Iceland and in
the hot desert sands of Africa, on the
mountains, under the ground,
mob ground,
and as fossils in the deepest strata,
on land and in the water, on plants,
among stones, and in wood and earth.
and even in the very craters of vol-
canoes.
But there is one place where no
beetle has yet been found—the inhos-
pitable land of Spitzbergen, to the
north of Russia. There are mammals,
birds, fish, mollusks, crustaceans, a
few insects and many spiders there,
but not a beetle. Although other in-
sects have succeeded in some way in
migrating to Spitzbergen from the
mainland, the beetles have apparently
been unable to cross the wide, icy
waters.
Braid bound and trimmed is this
ultra -simple frock, suitable for misses
or small women. McCall Pattern No.
7886, Misses' Simplicity Dress. In 4
sizes, 14 to 20 years. Price, 15 cents.
These patterns may be obtained
from your local McCall dealer, or from
the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto.
Dept. W.
Super -Energy:
Little Jane and Josephine were
busily engaged in helping mother dry
the dinner dishes.
"But, Jane, you didn't get that plate
dry," objected her sister.
"Yes„ I did!" exclaimed Sane eager-
ly. "I dried it so hard that is per-
spired!"
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THANKFUL MOTHERS
Mrs. Willie Theriault, Paoquetviile,
N.B., says:—"I am extremely thankful
that I tried Baby's Own Tablets, for
my baby. Through their use baby
thrived wonderfully and I feel as if I
cannot recommend them too highly."
Baby's Own Tablets break up colds
and simple fevers; cure constipation,
colic and indigestion and make teeth-
ing easy. In fact they cure all the
minor ills of little ones. They are sold
by medicine dealers or by mail at 25
cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
AN EXCELLENT SERVICE
For the last two years the Canadian
Pacific Railway, in connection with the
Pacific steamers of the Canadian Pa-
cific Ocean Services, has carried a
very large proportion of the passen-
gers'from the United States to Russia,
and as these passengers have included
a great many American railroad men, Clearing F
who have been surprised at the excel- etween Aliens2,000 Clland 3aarins.
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lence of the service, a remarkable Germans_and Autrians, •who0enemy
volume of trade is developing, greatly a xis,
to the benefit of Canada itself. Among in e their headquarters at the Gov -
these passengers was the American ernment Detention Camp, are engag-
Railway Advisory Commission, con- ed in clearing the land around Kapus-
sisting of the leading railway experts kasing, 70 miles north of Cochrane.
of the United States, who travelled Here the new Dominion Experimental
from. Chicago to Vancouver, and i Farm and the settlement of the On -
thence to Yokohama via the Empress tario Government for her returned
of Asia. Mr, Henry Miller, vice -chair- soldiers, many of whom are now be -
man of this highly important commis- ing educated in the vocational train -
eon, has written Vice -President G. M. ing centres of the Military Hospitals
Bosworth a letter of deep appreciation, Commission in the arts of tilling the
in which, after referring to many in- soil, will be located.
dividual courtesies along the' route, he
remarks: "You have good reason to 5 inard's Liniment Cures DisteinVer.
be proud of your organization and War g
service, and we take this method of
thanking you heartily for your kind-
ness and courtesy."
Box Sawyers
liAli'Box makers
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Casey ---Is it boastitf ye are or
apologinin' ?
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REV. WM. BROWN.
T' was cured of a bad case or earache
by MINARD'S LINIMENT.
MRS. S. KA.ULBACK.
I was cured of sensitive lungs by
MINARD'S LINIMENT.
MRS. 5; MASTERS.
Mistaken Again.
During one of his campaigns a
candidate for Parliament who prided
himself on his memory -for faces, met
an influential voter Whom he felt sure
he remembered.
Ile shook hands with him very
Cordially, and asked about his father.
"Father is dead," said the voter,
"Why, yes. Yes, of course. I
meant to ask how is your mother?"
"Mother died before father did,"
"Well, well! flow are you ?"
! A short time later the candidate met
the 5Iciung man again. After rack-
ing his brains hcilurted out:
"And how is yeti. father?"
"He's still dead," said the voter.
a''inare's Linimont Cures Diphtheria.
There
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Tare .,00,000 beekeepers in the
United States, and an annual produc-
tion of honey to the value at $15,000,-
000.
Quite So.
Miss Jones flung herself into an
easy chair with a dejected air.
"I don't wonder that Professor Kidd
is unpopular!" she remarked. "He
has no tact!",
•"How so, dear?" inquired her friend
sympathetically.
"He asked me," replied the other
acidly, "to buy a ticket for his lecture
on 'Fools,' and when -I bought it, the
ticket was marked `Admit One' .!". -
Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows
Are you going to do a kindly deed?
It is never too soon to begin;
Make haste, make haste, for the mo-
ments speed,
Arid the world, my dear one, has press-
ing need
Of your tender thought and your
kindly deed.
It is never too soon to begin!
—Jean Blewett.
, '. Granulated Eyelids,
• Sore Eyes, Eyes Inflamed by
iF I Sun, ash and 1F/tnd quickly
geueved
by Murine. Try it in
our Eyes and in Baby's Eyes.
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THE COST OF WAR IN BLOOD.
Twelve Hundred Million Victims Dur-
ing Thirty Centuries.
In the wars of the last thirty cen-
turies about twelve hundred million
persons have lost their lives.
The blood of these victims of human
folly would f111 a tank 780 feet high
and covering ;four city blocks.
Beneath .the Pont Neuf, at Paris,
the River Seine flows at a rate of 100
cubic yards per second. If the stream
were blood instead of water, fifty
hours would be required for the pass-
ing of the quantity lost in the war-
fare of the last 3000 years.
Much of this blood—indeed, a very
large part of it—has been shed in
quarrels over religion. But mainly
it has been poured out to dye the
royal purple of the occupants of
thrones. Silly Billy, the Crown Prince,
told United States Ambassador Ger-
ard that if war did not arrive before
his father's death he meant to start
one when he carne to the throne, "just
for the fun of it."
Battles in ancient times, when men
fought with primitive weapons, seem
to have been no less destructive of life
than those of modern days. When the
Germans of 2000 years ago (Teutones
and Cimbri) were defeated by the
Roman general Marius, 200,000 dead
were left on the field.
Since then an average of 18,000,000
to 20,000,000 fighting men (not count-
ing noncombatants) have been killed
in European wars during every cen-
tury.
This kind of foolishness has .been
going on long enough. The most im-
portant object that the Allies have in
view to -day is to put a stop to it.
Plowing an acre of Land in four mi-
nutes seems' like a dream, but it has
been done with three tractors hitch-
ed to 54 plows.
ought never to be accepted un-
til it is forced upon us by the hand of
necessity. -'Sir Philip Sidney.
[i Cue Phipes
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"Youdov need reun,ws.�
or any other strong miner.) to
pimples caused by poor
Wood. TakeExirnctof8aote—
don't need mercury,potash
any mineral to
cure pimples caused poor
Extract of Roots—
druggist calla it "Mother Seigel's
Curative Syrup -and your akin
will clear up as fresh as a baby's.
It will sweeten your stomach and
regulate your bowels." Get the
genuine. 50c. and $1.00 Bottles.
1) At drug stores. 5
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frames rind everything at lowest pprices;
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finished portraits, convex or fiat; frames,
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lr beans, honey, onions wanted. High-
est prices given. J. D. Arsenault, 1195
St. Catharine East, Montreal.
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world beyond and the life after death
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The Soul of a Piano is the
Action. Insist on the
OTTO HIGEL3'
PIANO ACTION
Tarring and featllerng was once a
legal punishment for theft. It is to
be fold in the statutes of both Eng-
land and" France about the time cf the
Crusades,
MONEY ORDERS
Dominion Express Foreign (1l:eques
are accepted by Field Cashiers and
Paymasters in France for their full
face value. There is no better way
to send money to the bays in the
trenches.
Give hens plenty of lime and char-
coal
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Kinard's Liniment Cures Colds. no.
LEMONS WHITEN AND
BEAUTIFY THE SKIN
Make this beauty lotion cheaply for
your face, neck, arms and hands. %
At the cast of a small jar of ordinary
cold cream one can prepare a full
quarter pint of the most wonderful
lemon skin softener and complexion
beautifier, by 'squeezing the juice of
two fresh lemons into a bottle con-
taining three ounces of orchard white.
Care should be taken to strain the
juice through a fine cloth so no lemon
pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep
fresh for months. Every woman
knows that lemon juice is used to
bleach and remove such blemishes as
freckles, sallowness and tan and is the
ideal skin softener, whitener and
beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly
fragrant lemon lotion and massage it
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands. It isemarvelous to smoothen
rough, red hands.
YES! MAGICALLY!
CORNS LIFT OUT
WITH FINGERS
-- o—•o—o—o—o—o--o—o—o—o—o—o—
You say to the drug store man, "Give
me a small bottle of freezone." This
will cost very little but will positively
remove every hard or soft corn or cal-
lus from one's feet.
A few drops of this new ether com-
pound applied directly upon a tender,
aching corn relieves the soreness in-
stantly, and soon the entire corn or
callus, root and all, dries up and can
by lifted off with the fingers.
This new way to rid one's feet of
corns alas introduced by a Cincinnati
man, who says that freezone dries in
a moment, and simply shrivels up the
corn or callus without irritating the
surrounding skin.
Don't let father die of infection or
lockjaw from whittling at his corns,
but clip this out and make him try it.
If your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to order a small bottle from
his wholesale drug house for you.
ieeE syTo et: `.'isof as
Gently rub spots of dandruff scales,
itching and irritation with Cuticura
Ointment. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. This treat-
ment every two weeks is usually suf•
tient to keepthe scalp clean and healthy.
Sample ls"'ach 1 ce by lViail. Address post.
Bard; Cuticura MIA. N. Boston. V.S.A."
Sold tbrouehout the wand.
ED. 7.
ISSUE 49—'17.
1'elleves Stiff Neck
When you wake up with a stiff
neck or sore muscles, strains or
sprains, use Sloan's Liniment. No
need to rub; it quickly penetrates to
the seat of pain and removes it.
Cleaner than mussy plasters or oint-
ments. It does not stain the skin or
clog the pores. Always have a bottle
handy for rheumatic aches, neuralgia
soreness, bruises and lame back. In
fact, all external pain.
Generous sized bottles at your
druggist, 25c., 50c., $1.00.
THE
Unita) iter Sick Children
College St , Toronto
ITS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Dear Mr. Editor: --
Thanks for your kindness in allowing
me the privilege of appealing to your
readers this Christmas time on behalf
of the Hospital for Sick Children, the
"Sweetest of all Charities," which has
as its mission the care of the helpless,
the sick, the crippled and the deformed.
There never was a year in the his-
tory of the Hospital when funds to
carry on the work were more needed
than now.
Your purse is the Hospital's Hope.
Your money lights the candles of
mercy on the Christmas trees of ,
Health that the Hospital plants along
the troubled roadway of many a little
life.
So I am asking you for aid, for the
open purse of the Hospital's friend is
the hope of the Hospital at Christmas,
ital's
mercyst sthe
open
door
of the isthehope of the li tle children
throughout the year.
Calls on generous hearts are many
in these times. Calls on the Hospital
are many at all times, and especially
when food and fuel and drugs and ser•
vice costs are soaring high. YOU
know the high cost of living. Do you
know the high cost of healing --of
helping the helpless to happiness?
What you do to assist is the best in.
vestment you will ever make.
Do you realize what this charity is
doing for sick children, not only of
Toronto, but for all Ontario, for out of
a total of 8,740 in -patients last year
646 came from 254 places outside of
Toronto. The field of the Hospital's
service covers the entire Province—
from the Ottawa to the far-off Kenora
—from the borders of the Great Lakes
to the farthest northerly district.
The Hospital is doing a marvellous
work, If you could see the children
with crippled limbs, club feet, and
other deformities, who have left the
Hospital with straightened limbs and
perfect correction, your response to
our appeal would be iurtant. In the
Orthopedic Departments last year a
total of 880 in -patients were treated;
nd in the Out -Patient Department
there were 1.946 attendances.
1 Let your money andthe Hospital's
luerey lift the burden of misery that
curses the lives, cripples the limbs
end saddens the mothers of the suf-
fering little children.
Money mobilizes the powers of help
and healing for the Hospital's drive
day and night against the trenches
where disease and pain and death
assail the lives of the little ones.
Remember that every dollar given
to the Hospital is a dollar subscribed
to the Liberty Loan Haat opens the
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prisons of pain and the Bastilles of
d':sease, and sets little children free
to breathe the pure air, and to rejoice
in the mercy of God's sunlight,
Will you send a dollar, or more if
you can, to Douglas Davidson, Secre•
tary.l'reasurel', or
3. ROSS ROBERTSON,
Chairman of the 13oard of Trusteopo,