HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Dungannon News, 1915-04-15, Page 4WAR.flEL1!FQU(T1NflUSSIA tiglEOF'LE ,ARE rLA G THEIR
PART GENEROUSLY,
litany Gifts Are Sent to the Soldiers
Who are in the Trenches—Help
:$ for the Belgians..
One of the most striking features
of war relief iu Russia is the prac-
t tically universal participation of
.the Gammon people, It is not an
'exaggeration perhaps t4 to say that
'15,000,000 peasant ihous?eholds at
least have given money or. goods to
equip h,pitals, to relieve the suf-
ferings of refugees, or to increase
the comfort of the Men who are
fighting at the front. Nice -tenths
'df these households4de.m n.nnu-
r al budget o only two Or three bun-
'idred dollars, and many of them are
in very 'straightened eir+cumstances,
'but to matter how poor they may
be they alb give something.
Within the last five or six years
there hays been +a great increase in
Russia in the various forms of what
'May be called co-operative activity.
Thousands. 01 Tillages
Plow have co-operative societies,
itredit unions, or consumers'
leagues, and among their memlbers
Op;e the !best and most intelligent
peadiant communes. In lo-
tle$ 'where there were no zem-
(ae as iii many wthere
there were)hese co-operative so-
eieties took the lead in relief work,
and upon heir }initiative or under
theirirection there were collected
*io only considerable sums of money
but' large quantities of grain, cloth-
ing, and homespun cloth. In the
ravines of Orl f or exple, the
easants of a sft?•arri
ge district con-
tributed 1,130 rubles in money and
12,000 yards of homespun linen ;
Nur volosts (cantons) in the Pro-
Vince of Iostroma gave 1,600 yards
of cloth and a large quantity of un-
derwear ; sixteen volosts in the
Province of Riazan contributed 3,-
318 rubles in money, 700 yards of
linen, and several hundred bushels
of grain ; one volost in the Province
of Orlof raised 6,000 rubles for a 40 -
bed hospital, and 19 communes in
the Province of Ekasterinoslav sub-
scribed 31,000 rubles for a. lazaret
to accomodate 200 men.
Many of these communes, can-
tons, and districts specified the Ob-
jects to which they wished to have
their pecuniary contributions de-
voted, and it is a curious and inter-
esting fact that not a, few of the
peasants asked that their money be
The
How a British Submarine Keeps in Touch with the Houle Base.
D2 has a radius of 4,000 miles, while its wireless enables it to eo,mm,unicat•e through space up to approximately 100 miles.
towel. She gave that, and then, af-
ter the collector had left her little
log house, she called to him, hob-
bled after him, and holding out a
copper five -kopeck pieoe (two and a
half cents), said: "Here ! Take this,
too. r was saving it for kerosene,
but I can sit-in the dark!'
AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR.
The Highlanders Storm a German
Position.
Fifty men of the Highland Bri-
gade performed a deed of valor
which has made all France ring
with their praise,
At ten o'clock one morning the
British were fighting near a small
wood. They carried the wood and
drove back the enemy to the out-
lying houses of a neighboring vil-
lage. The Germans took up a
strong position behind ,halter, and
two attempts to drive them out
failed.
The way to the German position
was 'by a farm, behind the walls of
which were sheltered the machine
guns which were wreaking the
heaviest damage.
At nightfall a party of volunteers
were called for. Out of the num-
bers that came forward a section of
the Highland Brigade was chosen.
As they crept towards the farm
.mss. tete- c t�rusitfen . _ ,- he them ads of Teat;Cl, P[ -PC 'CV ,t
planes! and �undrecfs of 'CV
Helping Belgians.
The village skhod (town meet-
ing) of Kholiavinsk in the Province
of 'Cheringof, subscribed 5,000 ru-
bles and asked that it be distribut
ed as follows : dor general Russian a Aust as to come down to quite re- bag," contributed to that wonder- �� c never saw it again. 1t is hard -
relief, 3,000; for the Belgians, 500; was rent by screams and cries, but - which it can convey information to , Such service a�.. this and making ='cent times the flat abomination fug endurance that is .so marked a I.S necessary to add that he sent the
for the �Seribiana 500 • and for the the machine guns continued to genera scouting oibservations have k
' fire. It began to et foggy, and one the watchers on the ground. The proved theprincipalknown as the"Brodrick" cap feature of the fearless sons at "the other
Poles, 1,400. The village skhod of g g gg. gunners havegreat strips white functions ofyoung one down in a differ -
could barely see the roof of the P the aeroplane in the war. The caused street urchins to yell after front."ant fashion.
Yarylovitoh, in the tame Province, material which can be formed' intohim sarcastic phrases •such as "bak- It is very difficult for the older For climbing very tall trees +he
gave 6,000 rubles and masked that farm. Then suddenly the cries died value of the machines in offensive
'awayand the machine guns became Ietters of the alphabet and can be er's bo " women to understand things in nest hunter uses the
3,000 be used for"general war re -tactics is still rather problematical.. 3t spikes. lie
g seen from the airship. In the opinion of manyobservers, History of the "Flash." these days. One •mother could not starts with a • ocketful of spikes
lief," 600 for "the relief of the suf- still. p P p•
>> Then straining eyes saw .some men Codes and Mechanics. the use of aeroplanes in dropping be persuaded that it was no at all and a tomahawk It is amazia to
ring people of Boland, and 440 g 3' P PP g There is one curious little item of g
for "the re-establishment of Bel- returning, all their uniforms in bombs upon fortified places is cal- dress that was once common to all a thing to desire that 'her son's see how few spikes an expert climbs
glum," with a. special request that rags and !bloody. There were not The rest is merely a. matter of uable more for the moral effect than line •regiments alike and which now name should be in the casualty er uses. He drives them in only
"thean of them. The rest were still codes and mechanics. If the letter for the amount of destruction ac- • lists• "He's gone since August," far enough to support his weight,
King of the Belgians be noti 3' "observesurvives in only one, bywhom it is
fled." shied the wall dead or wounded X means for, effect of P jealously Y she reiterated, "and no one ever and as far apart as he can reach.
ut on -the faces of the survivors fire," the airman can convey to the tour lished, j` �y cherished. This is the see'd 'is name in print." Another That is so that he may have no •
But the Russian people did notmarksmen whatever iilformatiou flash, as it is called; a Piece of PY
confine themselves whollyto work was a look that seemed to say showed me a picture in the Daily trouble in Pullin the spikes out
" they may desire. crepe worn on the back of the tu- g P
for the relief of wounded soldiers,"We've done our bit. Now it's up y .first thing, of course, is to THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.
soldiers' families, and destitute reto you•" locate the target. The airship
fngees from the war zones. They With thrilling cheers our men
goes upto a prearranged Alcohol is not required in the in -
remembered also the soldiers fight- rushed the position and drove the - P g d altitude terests of health, and is not an
ins at the front. The various Germans out of the village. Thus and ,scouts about until he finds it. article of diet.—Prof. Hunter Stew -
the official communique was able to When he is directly over it, he
groups, classes, and social organiz-q art.
ietions in Moscow and Petrograd, state that "In Flanders we have Giros, various lights in some under- Aman or a comae v.rio sacrifice
g > > stood nib' ti of Ilurnbers of
colors. The ml them=elves for .,thers may have a
aviator's height, is hard fight for it, but they cannot
known and the distance at which
be unhappy. --Jowett.
the lights are dropped can can be
ployees in the various Government EMIGRANTS AND MONEY. 11e 'r �e e
hearts wished t'hean God-speed.:On
our side all firing had ceased, but
the Germans poured forth a dead-
ly rain of bullets and shrapnel.
The men reached the foot of the
wall, and in the twinkling of an eye
had scaled it. In a second the air
SfGNA1IN6 Of MESSACES
THE
The
AEROPLANES ARE
OF THE GUNS.
Value of Air Machines for
Bomb Dropping Still
Problematical.
"We saw a hostile aeroplane
soaring above our position and habs-
tened to dig in, for we knew what
was going to happen. Sure enough
in a few moments, shells came
plunging in upon us."
These lines are familiar in battle
reports of the European war, be-
cause :the co-operation of the aero-
plane and the big gun has come.
Range finding by aviators is a re-
cognized part of modern warfare,
as carefully worked out as any oth-
er branch of the service.
The big gun's range is estimated
in miles nowadays, instead of in
yards, as formerly. More often
than not, the gunners do not see
the target at which they are aim-
ing, and the men in the target do
not see the spot whence destruction
is being pumped at them. High
hill and broad valleys Probably in-
tervene. But circling about in the
air is the busy aeroplane which is
gun and its objective point.
It is essential, of course, that the
man in the airship and the man at
the gun have a constant system of
communication. Seemingly dif-
ficult, this is a feat that is simpli-
city itself. The airship carries cer-
tain lights or smoke 'bomibs i
EYES
ed largely by weather conditions.
When the sun is shining he tries to
keep from being between his bat-
tery and the sun, because if the gun-
ners have to face the sun to find
him it is hard for them to read the
signals accurately. If the sun is
shining toward the target, the avia-
tor gets '•behind his battery. If the
sun is behind tiie battery, the avia-
tor gets between it and the target.
In the early manoeuvres, when
he is signaling -the line of fire, he
tries t.o fly in a, regular ellipse at a
'stated altitude. When "observing
for range" he flies in an elongated
figure 8. The purpose of this is to
enable him to move toward the tar-
get in his turns, In this way fire
can be observed at every moment.
Ton :Metal to hill a Man.
It is obvious that to insure the
effectiveness of all this, scientific
and mechanical knowledge must be
required. Modern shells are so
constructed that they can be ex-
ploded at any desired height or dis-
tance. A shell that bursts too
soon is practically valueless, while
one t'la;t bursts too late loses much
of its efficacy. An error of a few
feet in the calculation of the aero-
plane's height or in the target's
distance would seriously impair the
BRITISH REGIMENTS' HATS
SOME DECORATIONS MARKING
THEM FAMOUS.
•
Gloucestershire Regiment Alone
Wears Two Helmet Badges—
History of the "Flash."
Whole voiunits might be written
about the various headresses—most
of them eminently satisfactory —
which have been. imposed upon
Tommy Atkins from time to time.
The feather -trimmed felt hats of
the Life Guards, the bear -skin bus-
bies of the Foot Guards, very hot
and uncomfortable, and exceeding-
ly
xceedin -ly expensive, are two notable e -
ample. When the hussar regiments
first came into being officers and
men alike wore broad -leafed hats
bound with silver lace, and orna-
mented with a black cockade and
a white metal hoop, says the New
York Press.
As late as the Crimean days sev-
eral line regiments were served out
as an experiment with wicker hel-
the regiment was permitted to wear
the ss*ord belt oyer the right fhoul-
der, a di:stincticn which earned for
them their aregime itaI nickname ::of
"The Oro€aBelts." Similarly, the
red hackles in the.bonnets of the
Forty-second Highlanders are cofn-
memorative of their gallantry at
the now well-nigh forgotten battle
of Guilde-rmalsen ; while the men of
the Duke of Cornwall's Light Iii-
fantry wear a areall piece of crim-
son cloth 'beneath .their cap' badges
and helmet plates, and a red pug-
garee round their white helmets
when on foreign service, in mem-
ory of an incident in the American
War of Independence, when they
stuck feathers in their shakos in or-
der to show their contempt for Gen-
eral Wayne ("Mad Anthony"), who
had ordered that any men belong-
ing to their corps taken prisoners
were to be summarily executed.
Formerly the men of this corps
wore actual feathers, dyed red, in
their head-dresses. A similar cus-
tom also used to prevail among the
officers and men of the Northum-
berland Fusiliers, the feathers in
their case, however, being parti-
colored, red and white. This was
in memory of a battle fought in Bt.
Lucia in 1778, when the gallant Fus-
iliers plucked the red and white
hackles from the hats of their foes
and stuck them in their own.
The Gloucestershire Regiment is
the only corps in the British -army
that is entitled to wear two helmet
badges, one in front and the other
behind, whence their popular nick-
name of the "Fore and Afts." The
distinction dates from a battle
fought outside the walls of Alexan-
dria on May 21, 1801, when they
found themselves unexpectedly at-
tacked in rear while engaged in a
stiff handeto-hand fight in front.
Their colonel, however, merely or-
dered the rear rank to face about,
and thus succeeded in repuleingthe
enemy in both directions at one
and the same time.
4.
COMIC SIDE OF WAR RELIEF.
Lady Working in London's East
End Tells Some Stories.
A lady relief worker in London
tells the following little stories, i
which throw interesting light on f
the humorous side of the war situ-
ation
When giving a hand, in however
small .a degree, to help our sailors'
and soldiers' families, there is al-
ways one sustaining thought, and t
ry
r
The- Bea
Owing too the great height
eine that the' eucalyptua"trles
fain in Atl l;ril iia, 'bird's=nesH
often ayhaz us' urstut, art_.•
Youths ., C ankon con.tri`b' itt
st.of the eucalypts are
hu ricclrecu feet high-'; s'raany of em'
are one hundtcd and fifty -or ' t
hundred -feet,: 'high, a- d a f - i'
up to & nezg it ` of thr e'` Etndred ]
feet and. more. It is nod uncotorQidi
rto find the first hrandi tor• y; -` or
fiftyfeet. from the,,.•>
g'rourid ;- and h
'boles of the trees are so`thiek th
a man cannot grasp them. It is.inl
these high, massive trees that most
of the Australian.+ birds-' nest.
The commonest cage birds in
Australia are the great sulphuryl
crested cockatoo and the rosella.
parrot.
The cockatoo is a superb b1rd. i
His plumage is a snowy;white, iavitk
a crest that, when raised in anger`
or alarm, discloses a -Accession' -of
lovely yellow feathers. He is a tfi e'
talker and become exceedingly •
tame. There are plenty of cooka41
tons, I have seen !flocks that have
contained at least ten thousand
birds,—llrut afmost.always.they ,
in a very tall eucalypt.
The nest is either in a hollow
branch or in a hollow of the oie
and it is usually ,from forty to- ta
hundred feet from t'he gro•upd. The'
usual number of nestlings is t�441
There is no outward sign of the
nest, and so -the hunter has to'
watch the old birds. T`hat.. requi
a good deal of drill;, for the c • ;: ► .
toos, although usually very noi�s•,
leave their nests in absolute silence..t
One common trick of the. nest hudto
ters is to strike the bole of a pro•
mising tree with an axe, when tl1e '
alarmed old birds will often fly out,
Most nest hunters carry a lotto,
strong rope., a toma'h'awk, and soigne
spikes. Two usually work togethe,,j4
They take the young birds from .the
nests in December just before thy,
C and
L08 1 a Parrot. a -
are able to fly. If the nest is t
very far up, they throw the rope
deftly over the lowest �b'ranah.'
Then they make a loop at one end,
into which the climber puts ogle
oot. His mate then hauls on to
other end of the rope until e
reaches the branch. Once on +the
branch, the climber .discards the '
rope and uses his tomahawk. He
may have to cut steps to get up te
he nest; and often the nest is so
effectiveness of the fire. It is for mets that resembled nothing SO one which distinguishes this sort of far down in the hollowethat he has
this reason that observers have de- much as invert -ed waste -paper bas- visiting from all others. It is that, to fnake a second opening. •
Glared that "it takes a ton of metal kets. Tommy liked them as little however mean or dull the street I saw a c1im!ber spend three hours
to kill a roan." Practice is en-
It- as he did :the "old shako,"beloved may look, every individual one one day in cutting his way into 4
p.l,t;.,,,• }1�, ,•», -,p. ;; •x•v�trtclown .lint ulu%i"+a- - ig,writers, but which, . goes .-L.,..%ee has a• living, intimate,,;, -nest. When he got the two young .
great deal of tile• ei-aste of material. lie co 'pia1ne - _ice- ;"- ' t,;,�Y gl•e„�� „ veITlent t'hatke d.a.toos, lie. examined them and
The captive balloon is u ed for ter and made the head ache in sum is enveloping us all. ;,ailed out, `They are strong enough :
similar observation purposes, but• mer. Tne cap that superseded it— In the East End there is often a to fly a little, iso ,I'll let them drop !
it is not nearly so valuable as the a perfectly round, pear�less one — good deal of sound common sense, Look out!"+He launched one bird
aeroplane because of the latter's suggested ludicrous comparisons - and possibly the mother who re- into the air. To his astonishment
greater mobility incl its ability to with pork pies and pill boxes until proached her son for his over soft and disgust it 'spread its wings,
get right over the target and then the life of the soldier while walking views of life by .saving, "You can't flapped them vigorously, and flew
asset ga a ascan rn a away into. east of the forest. -
abroad became a burden to him;t tot
get away again.'and-theh
etch as the teac'1•�is, the authors, progressed slightly.
the newspaper men, the actors, the
scientific societies, and the em -
departments, took turns in devot-
ing a day, or_a term of days, to per-
sonal solicitation and collection of
money in the streets and tens • of
thousands of rubies were obtained
in this way for the purchase of sup-
plies needed at the front, particu-
larly towels, handkerchiefs, under-
clothing, and tobacco.
As winter came on there was an
urgent demand for more warm
clothing in all the Russian armies
from the Baltic to the Carpathians,
and immediately a myriad of col-
lectors took the field in cities,
towns, and villages, carrying flags
or riding in vehicles which bore
the inscription:
"It is Cold in the Trenches!"
1n the late fall and early winter
there was hardly a human being in
the Empire who did not hear 4r
_read these words every week, if not
pry day, The peasants eine tie
' lia.get appoinf d 1i•ar collleclors"
(voennye. sborscliiki), who went
from be�99use to house eolleeting
elieepskin§ and warm outer cloth-
ing for the soldiers, and tie quart -
City obtained was so great that it
nearly swamped the Government's
!acilities for 'reception, transporta-
• Rion, and djstributjon. Tho ;peas-
. aiit
eas-
BtitS s&ffietimes amost stripped
Pp
themselved in order tp send warm
rclothing to the "cold trenclie s."
n cue vii a e_ pf iz ini ll'ovo-
ted a peasant san w'
poor da � a t o-
e�
i� Po .. r} g P
. p who was living alone had no- boots, together with a knife, for
%thing that Axe could give exoegt a j and spoon,
One of the queerest sights is to
see how different emigrants carry
their money.
Most English emigrants carry
their coin in a -small case attached
to a chain, which they keep in a
pocket as they would a watch.
Irishmen always have a little
canvas bag, in which notes and
coins are crammed together.
Irish girls, on the other hand,
generally have -their money sewed
on the inside of their dresses.
Germans carry their money in a
belt around their waist, and the
belt is usually an elaborate and
costly affair, no matter how poor
the emigrant may be,
The French mostly carry a small
brass tube, in which they can place
forty or fifty franc pieces, which
can be removed very rapidly, one
ata time. v
There are few Italians who do
not carry a large tin tube, in
which they keep paper money or
silver coins, and his tube is hung
arottn the neck � • small � ^ii
y a chain
Or cord.
Swedes and Norwegians are sure
to have an immense pocket -book,
that has generally been used by
their fathers and grandfathers be-
fore them, and (which has in it
enough leather to make a pair of
boot,
The iSlavonians and Hungarians
carry their money in their long
k
rt i d j• T} t �, manner of preparing
asce ane by instruments. The
distance then between the :gun and for the last moment is to spend all
the target s the others well, and ever +to ex -
One become., a simple pro-
- �- 4
pest that last one.—r enelon.
blem of triangu idea.
The location and distance being The only happiness a brave man
kno e .i, as well as the prones duet.- , •
evertroubled himself with asking
i � 1 r mucrr aeout was happiness enough
tion, the a; Tutor seas t�l� signal: ,,.
"Observe for line of fire." A s'_:e.11 to get sir work done.—Carlyle.
or so is thrown in the general dir_ \� e live by admiration, hope and
love, and even as these are -ell
ection of the target. .:..y �scon a:= and
, widely fixed, in dignity of be -
the correct line is found• theaviat-
or gives the proper signal and fisc.,
ing, we a::ccnd.—�C�oleridee.
gets the signal to, ``observe for ~atire is a sort of ;gill•:;, wherein
range." The first shell falls short, 'behcluc1 cl gs. erall,,- disco; er
The second, perhaps, reaches its everybody's face but their otvrl,
which i the -chief reason for that
mark. The � aviators signal
"range," and the reel bom'oard-
kind reception it meets -with in -the
ment is on.
world.—Swift.
if the gunner wishes -to know If I could hope drat anything I
whether his shells are timed to e1- could say would reach German ears
plode at the right place, he signals I should remark that ,the longer
to file aviator, "observe for fuse." the war lasts the worse it will be
•
If he wishes to learn the effect of for Germany, ecouemically .as well
the cannonade, he signal; "observe as politically. -Prof. W. J. Ashley.
for effect of fire." In this way a
complete check of all that is going
on is obtained.
ll�tiel lit;t., A 'Scot went to Loudon fora holi-
u, W ik. one tl
Cautious!
Barely, except on ;the preliminary
scouting expedition, does the aviat-
or attempt- to fl over the enemy's
positi: gin. Once he has located the
target, that, part of his week- i'�
„ ,
done. It is naturally the r�,...
Dart, for ?sic appearance is C _-t:
to make him the target mer
sive aeroplane l.)€;.t >r:e,c and
bably for a duel with �t hosti'_ _ aero-
plane. r` he flies eek into a saLr
zone.
decid-
;r
a� . =� -ing along n at ie
streets he noticed a bald-headed
chemist at his shop dcor, and in-
quired if he had any hair restorer.
it'
Yes, ,� ,' said the chemist ;
"step in`_itlteThere's an
article 'I can highly recommend.
Tasha:•'_ el from g -lea len e- to
have „ sal it makes hair grow in 2.1
.: -1vi eel said the S .o} [C. .
- ._a.L.t.__...t-,, to cart
the t :.r o' your held a Lit rub
w i' P. tend 11.1 look back the L101,-0
^.r.l til if ye'.re t, ilia the truth.
nic, depending centrally from the
collar, and which constitutes a por-
tion of the full-dress uniform of the
Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ask any
member of this gallant corps the
reason for it, and he Twill answer
that it is a mark of mourning for
the four hundred -odd officers and
men of the +battalion who fell at the
terrible Battle of Albuhera. This,
however, is in the nature of a regi-
mental tradition. It is quite true
that their loss at Albuhera--NTa-
pier's glorious field of grief"—was
•as stated. But, then, 'other corps
lost, as heavily. As a matter of fact.
the "flash" is merely a glorified
survival of the little length of broad
black ribbon which was universally
used be -
the soldiers of Maribor-
ough'stime in order to keep their
greased and powdered pigtails from
soiling their tunics.
Some other •similar sartorial sur-
vivals are, however, capable of a
less prosaic interpretation. For
instance, the narrow black "worm"
which is worn round the collars
and cuffs of their tunics by the of-
ficers and men of the Loyal Fourth
Lancashire Regiment commemor-
ates the death on the Heights of
Abraham of their commander, Gen-
eral Wolfe ; while the similar one
worn by -the Somerset Light Infan-
try is a mark of mourning fo'r Fon-
tenot'. the battle at which the regi-
ment was well nigh ciit to pieces.
The sergeants of this latter dis-
tinguished corps also posse.ss the
privilege of wearing their sashes
across their left shoulders, as of-
ficers do, instead of over the right
shau'der, as is customarywith ser-
geants i., all other regiments. This
distinction was conferled by the
Duke of Cumberland '.iter Cullo-
Graphic of her boy in hospital, and as he comes down. If the tree ie
appeared greatly consoled -by it, green, the climber sometimes goes
even for the loss of one of his limbs, up by means of notches that he cuts
more especially as she told me in the ark. Here again he man.
proudly he was "in all the Graphics ages wfi a minimum of effort. He
that day." climbs in his socks; and as he uses
Often these people, who describe only his 'big toe, he can get along
themselves as "no scholars," un- with very small notches. The best
consciously stumble on to -acknowl- climbers are very sure-footed. I
edged truths, and the old woman know one who, when well up a tree,
who folded her large red hands on walks along the branches -without
her lap and said to me, "Now I any support, even at aheight of
ha -jt >iothio to do but wait for the sixty or eighty feet from the
War•:Office," struck, I felt, a chord ground• t
not unknown to others. When, Parrots, especially the brilliant -
lir lig-Ie
Atly touching on the ly colored red -breasted rosella, are
suffrage c uestion, one of the mo- very popular cage 'birds. In the
tilers laid it clown as her opinion country districts of Australia, at
that "only gentlemen -should be in least every third house has either a -
Parliament," I felt the sentiment cockatoo or a •rosella for a pet. The
sounded slightly utopian• rosella nests in the hollows of trees,
Sometimes one is so fortunate as but as a rule the nest is , low and
to come across the soldier of the easily got at. I have often see -n
family in person, either, up en them in the hollows of small trees
short leave from where he is train- close enough to the ground to be .
ing, or possibly as a tired -out or reached from the -back of a; horse.
wounded hero from the war itself. The rosella -'ears prolific families;
One realizes then once more that six and seven are usual, and eight •
Antwerp and "Wypers," as it call- Iand nine are not uncommon.
ed here, are hardly more than a 'la
day's journey from home. Gold Not Most Precieus Metal.•
T. Gold is generally looked upon as
Diet of the Ancient Athletes. the last word in costliness, but, as
o
The actual diet used by the ancient
Greek athletes consisted of a certain
kind of cheese, especially prepared
from goats' milk, says the Strand. Lat-
er oil a flesh diet was introduced. The
Roman, in the early stages of training,
utilized a vegetarian form of diet, con-
sisting of dried figs, new cheese and
boiled g; ain. Later on, again, meat
was added to the list, but only one sort
of flesh was thought suitable, and that,
curiously enough, was pork, an edible
absolutely banned by most modern
trainers. Galen most firmly maintain-
ed that pork contains far more nutri-
ment than any other Mesh food. It
den. certainly is a very significant fact
that the ancient athletes complained
The Cross Belts•
that if they were forced, when in train -
Again, because at the Tattle of 7
- -o>• •'-�, 1 ")" ing, to live upon anything else but porgy
car a �oF,E;a, th0 Eiaiith Hussars took for any one meal mental and physical -
+the belts f1om the::S,panish cavalry, forces alike were seriously impaired.
41,
a. matterf fact, there are mere
metals dearer than gold than there
are cheaper. Iridium, for instauGe,
of which a big find was made re-
cently in Austria, is three times ak
expensive as gold. ' Gold is wort
nearly $‘-‘re an ounce. Iridium k
worth some $62, though the Picts
will probably come dol now. Z _
mium is another metal that '
is worth,
$50 an ounce. It is by far 9
heaviest of all known substancesi,
being more than twenty time :,A
heavy as water. If pennies well
made of osmium it would tax ane}
strength to car the cane of ha
a dollar. Thia hie -Sal has the' pecu-
liar property of being table to sternct
the most intense heat known with.
`out melting.
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