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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-02-21, Page 6COWiVa° TO CUT SCOTLAND IN IWO eertain (Minton di:pit:try has said that therxg1jj Chennel tennel to tnetnee Matt not be built. We won- der if ttio uentlemau e111 huee any tadeetiou to the propoarel to out Scut - Jana In two by amens or the Forth Cletle r.nal. The Chrietiau Sol- emn+ memiter pretenie hrermere with n alai:owe view or tee two prope.4ed routes This but,- peo7Pet. fee e Seething mina' ou a large scent bet taeen POI1q end Cl (to 1ms, iron), time te time, Om brought to public notice over it period of year, bnt no til comparatively recently it was scarcely a prtietical issue. Elaborate reports for alternative routes have been meek by Sir W. U. Armstrong, Weetworth Ite Co., civil engineers of aenclee, :oat have rem been eubmitteil to tlet Pritiett Aduntalty, togeth h mime 4 al a pi -tat -lead bran( twee: leetemen Loett Lomond rota th Clyde. Tao two routes examined and r ported on are the Worth Valley an Loch Lotelond route, Willett would hay a total iength of 71 -le milem end fa whieh the em!lerated Poq itx.1:33,562, 436, equal to *:826.000 per mile aerial; end a ranee route from th Ieetth hy way ed tae valley of tit Bonny alai kelvin eivere hritering tb allele' :tome dietance below (11asgow The latter route would have a tote lentee.« lrae miles, and the eetimate eost 'Mt .262,072,8e6, or et 1,090,e3u per Dealing first with the Loch Lomond mute, tbe report points out that a cenal of much larger dimensions is required for warstips than for mer- chant veseels. As it is believed that the primary purpose of the canal is strategic, it is explained, dimensions suitable for the largest warships have bettn actopted, the minimum width of the nrojectea eanal being 130 ft.; with e depth of teeter of -la it. And it adds, In elate of the ramietainoui xiature ef mutt of the country, a route has been eelected so neatly approach - lug the level that the water is at 23 ft. above ordnance datum the whole way, consequently no intermediate becks are required. As the tides in e 1.orth and Clyde differ, both as regards range end time, a control lock Is in any case required at their end of the canal. The tlimensioes of the jocks, which are greater than these of any canal hitherto built, in- cluding the Panama. Canal, are as to! - lows: Length 3,200 to 1,440 ft., width 130 ft., depth of water 45 ft., lift of locks, (maximum) 33 ft. The canal woeld be entered on the east from the Firth of Forth near Grangemouth, -ania would proceed along the deep de- preesion formed by the valley of. the river, which ales between the Campsie Yells on the south and the Highland mountains on the north, and debouch - Ing into the upper end of Loch Lo- mond. thence by- a cut between Tarbat and. Arrachar into Loch- Long. Of the total length of the canal 30% miles wthild be natural waterway through Loch Lomond and Loch Long; 8684 woald be artifiebil canal, and 4 miles dredged eiternei in the Firth of !aorta.; !Taal 71%, miles. Of the 405!, miler ef eat -Metal waterway 15 miles weele Oe eta in reek and 25et miles cue WI !tett materiel. The Mre'rears prefer the iddirect route, ae it 17 the cheaper, would be sooner built, would deetrey less im- portant country, and would be the more easily made. "The project we are • now propos- ing," lifesers Armstrone, Whitworth ta Co. Mate, "Cart only be justified by the great stragetic purposes which they understand it will serve, and es to whieh, of eourse, we do not yen - tine to ax opinion. .,e thine h lit worth while to point out, however, e thet the iteivantagem.teher than stem tepee.. which the nattier woull aerlye amen the construction of this work w would be- very great, especially In the fi direction oi the development of trade and corn nieces:' Such a canal would Meilitete local traffic In the kingdom, to end gild go f:tr ttestroe the work a of tee slam:alma .in the North Sea. Vteteele teem the Arleen(' taiuld not , mea eo ammt tele, lard te get te , ! d • ge The drone bus do tie work. Thet are the royal consorts. They fortilive the eggs, atter which they ewe dir . . • are killee. The queen, bee littes in the , I VO anti tamer &mark Mere it except y itt eweerniktz celo, ;t she he removed e weole meanr. tellee, her. n' more than (poem bee ie emhd *n the nest they fleet muone ammeelves etil milt one aireiteen eeperior lieenmes tbe riuton of Om mat ne. The t only exception te :1;4 •t‘tice anOriter queen Is grown atet a /law Monte M prepared. On the new geenee appear. 13 ponce the old queen leaves the hive, followed by a, part ef her werkers, ••••••••wes•••••••••••"+" +evy• Big Jock went threugh the formal- ity of counting, though it was patent to all that the fighting VMS done, Af- terward he turned to ihtm and shoelt his baud. "I didn't think you had it in you," lee said. That was sweet to Sant. Joe reified himself, sniveling, and comenced to revile Sam. "Ala, shut up!" cried big Jack, with strong disgust. "You're licked!" • Joe got to !tie feet. "Only by trick- ery!" he cried. "fie wouldn't stand up to me! I could have knocked him out any time. Everybody was ea:gnat me! It takes the heart out of a man." Tearo threatened again. General laughter greeted this. "That's all right!" cried Joe, f misty, from the door. "1'11 get yet!" He went out. The others now began to crowd around Sam, congratulating him a lit- ° tle eheeplebly, slapping his back. A meat, eweet calm filled Sam. Thin e.. was tho moment he had dreamed of during his long days on the trail and his lonely !Otte at Crier's Point. o He had made good. I•Ie was a man r among mem They aeknowledged . It was like a :tong amide him, The him wound that Bele lied dealt mm wee heeled. " Ile elaneed over his shoulder at her. a Prom hoc etamee she was geeing at him as at a you.ng hero. Calm filled her bream, too. ice was gouts, aira her ; Secret still tate. Surely After to -night, 4 she thought, there would be no need d of keeping it. They heard Joe climb. into his wagon outside and cuss at the horses, Instead of turning into the road, he drove back to the door and pulled up. Bela turned pale again. Joe shouted through the doorway: "Anyhow, no woman keeps met" "Damn you! What do you mean?" cried Sam. "You owe the clothes you -wear to her, and the gun you carry! The horses you drive are hers!" "You lie!" cried Sam, springing toward the door. Joe whipped up 'his horses, "As her!" he shouted back. Sam whirled about and, seizing th wrist of the shrieking Bela, dragge her out of le* CHAPTER XXIII, The next day, as far as the Settle- ment was cOncerued, Sam Ulatleing had ceased to. be, itrInging the team to Beia'a as he had promised, he left it tied outlaws, anti the eight, lied etvallottea him. At riret it wee supposed he had sturteci to walk out around the north shore, the weer he had COMO; but Indians from below Grieret point reported that /10 white map. had tweed (hta, way, They found likewise that le had not gone toward Teplskow, He could not have croseed the Myer save by BWIIIIMing, an llepOSSible fett; bur dened with a rifle and an axe. Those who came itt front around the bay said he had not been seen over )11,10.11; there, though Joe Haglund had, bar- ricaded himself in las shack in the imputation of a visit. It was fiuully decided that Sam must be hiding in the bush somewhere near, and that he would come in with Ids tail between his legs when he got hungry. There was not much concern one way or the other. Most of the men indulged in the secret hope that Sam would stay away. He was a game kid they were now ready to confess, but altogether too touchy; there was no getting along comfortably with him. Had he not almost put the resteraw out of business? It was as Bela said -if both the hotheads kept out of the way, they might have some peace and comfort there. Sergeant Coulson had compunctions, He proposed getting up a search party for Sam. The idea was laughed down. Nice fools they'd make of themselves, opined Mahooley, setting out to look for a man in good health and in the full possession of his faculties who hadn't committed any crime. There was a good attendance at Bela's dinner, and a full house at night. To their undiscerning eyes Bela seenmd to be her old self That ' to 13 Ii Il • ay, she was not moping over what ad happened. A wise man would ave guessed that she was taking it Ic much too quietly; he would have seen he d gnats in that unnaturally e quick eye. Bela had dropped her usual e air of reserve. To -night she seemed an 1 "Is •It true?" he demanded -"the horses? Answer me before them ad!" She fought for breath enough to lie. He sew it. "If you lie to me again I'll kill you!" he cried. "Answer me! Is it your team that I drive?" His violence overbore her defences "Yes," she said, tremulously. "Wha difference does it make?" The men looked on, full of shame faced curiosity at this unexpected turn. One or two, more delicate -minded went outelde, Sam's ghastly wound was torn wide open again. "What difference?" Ile oiled, white and blazing. "Oh, 1/13 God, it moons you've made a fool of me a second time! It means I'vd nerved myself and trained myself to fight this brute only to find he's able to gire me the laugh after all!" "Sam -you so poor then," she mur- mured. It was like oil on the flames. He flung off her beseeching hand, "I didn't ask your help," he cried, pas- sionately. "I told you to leave me alone! You can't understand a man has his pride_adou're loathsome to me now!" Mahooley interfered with good intent. "Sam, you're foolish. What difference does it make. Nobody blames you!" "Keep your mouth out of this!" Cried Sam, whirling on him. please. She smiled on each man in a way that made him hope. She laughed oftener and louder. It had a conscious, provocative ring that the wise man would have grieved to hear. Competition became keen for her . Men they finished their supper t 1 there were loud calls for her to come I In and sit among them. Bela shrugged • 1 and, picking up a box, stood looking over them. They fell suddenly silent. , wondering 'Which she would choose. She laughed mockingly and, turning tarried her box in front of th fl • To Bela he went on blindly: "The team it at. the point. I'll have it hero In an hour. My credit at the 'store is yours! Your hear that, Mahooley! Turn oyer what's coming to me to her. The gun, the axe, the blankets I'll keep, Ill pay you for them when I earn it I'll make ou a present Of mY labor, driving for you, And I hope to God I'll never see you again!" He' ran out. • Bela stood in an oddly arrested atti- tude, tode, as if an icy blast had eongealed' er in full motion, There was no ease inlet. eyes: In acute discomfort, he men stood on one foot, then the ther. Mahooley, as the leader, felt that it as incumbent on him to make the rat move, "Look here, Bela," he began, don't you take on—" The sound of his voice brought her life. She threw back her head with laugh. It had a wretched, mirthless °and; but a laugh is a laugh. They ere glad to be deceived. They ughed with her. "Tale. on?" cried Bela, recklesete, or voice had a tinny ring. "W'at o I care? I glad be gone. I glad both no. I never he;, them come hero tan. Maybe We have some peace ow." Nattually the other men were lighted. The None, "Good for you, Bela!" they cried. mare a game sport, all right! mete eight; they're not worth both - ring about. We'll.stend by you!" She !stemma unimpressed be theli in it tatinent. -lime to go," Ma salt', aliepherdine hem to -ward the door, "Come to- iorrow. I !Isom ver' gatel dinner t tomorrow.' "You bet PR be here!" "Count on e!" "Me, too!" "You're all right, eta!" "Good night!" "Good night!" They filed out. Only MIA ite 1 g e the floor, staring Int the fire. He did ' not turn round as Bela mune back t Dein tom door. "Why don't you, go, too?" she demanded in a harsh, tremulotte voice, "Tank maybe you want tallate me," "Talk!" she cried. "Too moch talk! sick of tellthni" Her voice was breaking, "Go "waY! me bet" He got up. Ho had dropped his innocent affectatioes. "My girl-" hes began simply. "Go 'way!'" cried Ilela. desperately. "Ge quick, or hit you!" He etoruop:ed cue werit out, Bela , slatitmed ilio done after hint and dropped the bav in place, Me tarred e o e.1 doom AIM looked deepairiugly around the disordered (ebbe, and, Meting uncer- (airily to the neareet ba. drepped rom this point alahooley. in the nlidet of the general chaffing, unex- pectedly rue:Yeti a narrow -eyed look ma sto over her shoulder that went to his add bead a little. He promptly arose and B carried hie -box to her side. Mahooley sea was the great( man preset, and the none presumed to challenge him. Bela bridled and smiled. "What for F the you oonie over here " "What for you the come over hare?" ahe demanded, "I ninn not tell you to." "Oh, I took a chance," said the quf trader coolly. At the came time his e wicked, dancing little eyes informed hu her that -he knew very well she had e asked him over. The oanguin '11 bell the IV his own Jest. "Let him be," said Bela, sullenly. "Don't malt' stop," obserfved Muse q'oosis, smiling. "I lak hear what fenny thoughts come in his head." Mahooley glanced at him narrowly, suspectin ga double meaning. "When the rumble or the last wag She laughed painfully and ham "I your good friend," he fulfil. "Go to bed," she returned, vtl..0,o;1 he he her Wit both deore, For an lionr that he eat within the door of his t pee with the flap up, watching road. Nothiug stirrad on it. Bela had obtained Gilbert Beatt permision to keep her team in I company's stable for the preeent, At breakfast next Morning, Without a Mg anything to enybody, Mv,sn'oo Lae and hitehea Sun and oinah to the wagoe. Taking a, tive boy to drive, no disappeared the read, was gone all data 3.3ela wee setting the table for ti Per when he came in. With. au Mat ate aftectation of innocence he we to the tire to Warm handt2. "Where you beta?" she demon frowning. "Who tell you talt the horses?" "Nobody." "Timer: my homes!" she said, stormily, etlueq'dosie shrugged depreeatiugle. `Women go out. Get wicked in stable all tam." "All right," said Bela. "I say when they go out." "W'at'ts the matter?" asked Una- q'oeisis mildly. "Before wed Is min la your ,and yours is mine." "All right. Don't talc' my horsea,, Bela repeated stubbornly. Muluyooele sat down by the fire, Bela. rattled the end to justify her - Self, The old man etole a glance at her, wondering how he could say what to wetted. to say witnota bringing about another explelen. "Poe why Fou mad at me " lie aeked, tinally. anT fair 'Ce, the Ws I the. ter Icy*. sic tbo noup- or- I up- nt dd, cried passionately. "Keep out of my "You mind your bueinees!" Bela buteinese. I know where you been to- day. You been lookin' for Sam. Everybody tank I send you look for Sam. That make me mad, I wouldn't the road!" go to Sam if he was bleed -to death by "Nobody see me," said alutsq'oosits soothingly. "Everytang get kno•wn here," she returned. "The trees tell it." "I know where he ie," Musq'ooeis dishes. murmured with an innocent air. Bela made a, Metter among the After a while he said again: "I know where he ifs," Bela, still affecting deafnces, flounced into the kitchen. She did not come back until the upper guests were arriving. With a glance of defiance toward Met-A:oasis, Dela welcomed Mahooley with a sidelong smile. That, she wished the Indian to know, was her answer. The red-haired trader was de- lighted. To -night the choiceot mita found their way to lila plate. When she was not busy aerving, Bela sat on a• box at alahooley's left and suffered his proprietary airs. Aeterward they sat in front of the fire, whiepering and laughing togeth- er, careless of what anybody might think of it. This was not particularly entertain. Rag to the reot of the crowd, and the party broke up early. "Bela is changed," they said to each other. At, the door Stiffy said, as a matter Of forma -"Coming, Mahooley" Mahooley, glancing obliquely at the Inscrutable Bela, deelded en a bold phty. 'Dona wait for me," he said, "I'll p and talk to Bela for a while. ofeciosits will play propriety," he led with a laugh. ela made no remark, and the ek emptied except for the three of m. Mary Otter had gone to can at mission, or a while Afahooley passed the e in idly teasing Musq'ocois after own style. Mtleq'uooleis, they tell me you were m41.oraedrluyn. So," said the old man good- ner in your young days." Yes, fellow said whim the dinner. rang in camp, you beat the dog to table!" fahooloy supplied th elugahtr to riooley was no celibate, and he cared not who knew it. "You think 'cause you the trader yen do w'at you like," 'mid Bela, mockingly. "Any man can do pretty near whet he wants if he ha e the will." "What is "Oh -determination." "You got plenty 'termination, I suppoee." This with a teasing smile. erahooley looked t 1 rp "Look here, what are you gettin at?" he demanded. (f I g. )1 "I'm no hand to 'bandy words. I'm plain spoken. I go direct to a thing." Bela shrugged. "You can't play with me, you Mime'. Is there anything you want?" No, card Bela with a prOvokin A4 Mahooley studied her, lookin Into, the fire, a novel softness con feed him. His astuteness was slippin *out him, even while he bragged o it. "Damned if you're not the hand oomest thing in this part of th world!" he said suddenly. It was aur prised out of him. His first maxim was: "A man must never let auythin on with these girls," "Pooh! Wiat you care about 'an some?" jeered Bela. "Girls all th same to you." This flecked Mahooley on the raw' A deep flush crept into his face• "AI tome•••••orom.,,,,,,,,....",„"mle•••••••••%1 SUCCESSFUL • PATRIOTIC SONGS The Union Jack our Empire'a Flag They Heard the Call of the Mother- land, There'e corner of the Flag for you to hold. On to Victory. We're all for .Johnny Eull. Till you return (a song for mothers, wives. and sweethearts), Canada for Me. Memories of Home (Rev, .1. D. Morrow's new song for the ,boys at the front) not forget you, soldier boy. Words and Muele complete, 'Isc each, or 7 for 1.00, posapaid. ANGLO CANADIAN WSW CO. 140 VICTORIA ST,, TORONTO . JA.PANESE KNOTS, • Rave ft Language of Their Own, WW1 'Waking is Itri Art. Tho Japanese have no use for but- tons, buckles or hooks and eyes. Cord serves every purpose of fastening and fornishes artistic poesibilities seem- ingly without end, The Japanese have hundreds of knots, made necesseam by the orna- mentel use of cord, Some ere as old as the time when history was recorded by a series of knots, just as it was in China and Pero before writing was In- vented. There are dozens of knots in common and ceremonial usage, and these every child can tie. In one educational museum of Ja- pan is a great frame of the most beau- tiful knots, tied in silken and gold thread. This, has formed a part of Japan's exhibit at a certain worldet fair. For six months this wonderful collection had hung Minn the wall and only two visitors had noticed and in- quired about it. Even these thought the knots must be industrial samples intended for dress trimmings. No one offered to buy the unique exhibit, no museum begged for it, and the wonderful knots were taken home There is an appeal to the imagina- tion even mit the knots intended for common use. There are plum Nos - sum, cherry blossom, iris, chrysan- themum and pine tree knots. There are fujiyama knots, turtle and stork knots, the "614 man's," which is easy to tie, and the "old woman's" also. There is only one way of knotting a cord when sending a New Year's or birthday gift and another for doing up funeral offering. There is one way to tie the limeade bag of the tea jar when it is full and another when it is empty, A sword bag, a flag or spear bag, a dispatch bag, or (ho box con. taming some precious piece of por- celain or lacquer, must each be tied In a certain way. The bred person classes him- self with' the foreigner by ignoring such niceties of custom, and an ob- ject tied in a slovenly manner may not only bear witness to the sender's Ignorance, but it may carry with it a deadly insult.-Pearson's Weekly. Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows. -• • RHINE IN GER1VIARY. It is There the River Reaches Its Highest Beauty. The Rhine has always played a. pro- mthent part in the political history of the Western European nations. There seenis to be no doubt that in prehis- toric» times the whole valley of the great river was peopled with various Celtic tribes, for the' have left many traces of themselves, amongst others the names of various cities; such as Mainz and Worms: When the curtain first lifts on history, however, the cia Celts are seen retreating steadily westward before the oncoming of the Teuton hordes from the wilds of Cen- tral Europe, This movement ermobably began somewhere about the fourth century B. C., and it was not help up for any length of time until the ad- vent of the Romans. Julius Caesar, however, stemmed the tide, and Augus- tus, who followed Caesar in Ids great conquest lu Gaul, 'quickly law the strategic importance of the Rhine, and devoted himself, as did all his successors, to its fortification to the utmost extent. The result of the Roman occupation was that the left bank, or the Roman beak, developed. enormously in its civilization, and to this day the traces of the _Romans may be found every- where thereabouts, in their wonderful roads, bridges and aqueducts, and the varioatother remains, as those to be found, for instance, at Trier. Cita y. died away in the distance, Mahooley g said carelessly: "Well, Musq'oosie you know the old saying: 'Two is company, three is none.'" Musq'oosis appeared not to have understood, "In other words, your room is pre- ferred to your company." Musq'oosis did not budge from the g nosition of the squatting idol: His face likewise was as bland and bleak as an image's. - "Or, in Plain English, get!" said Mahooley. t "Go te your tepee," added Bela, e shortly. IVIusq'oosis sat fast. Mahooley jumped up in a rage. g "This is a bib too thick! Get out be- fore I throw you out!" Musq'oosts, with the extraordinary e impassivity of the red race con- tinued to stare before him. Ofahoolee with an oath, seized him by the cella and jerked him to his feet. This wo too much for Bela. Her hard air brok up. Jumping to het feet, sho com mewed to belabor Mahooney's bac! with her 'nets. "Let hint go! Let him grit" sh commanded, lefahooiley dropped the old man and turned around astonished. "What's the 'matter with you? You told him yourself to go." "I don't care," said Bela, "Now I Want him stay." "What do you think I am?" cried Mahooley, "I don't Want tic third party present 'when I call on a girl." ,She shrugged indifferently. "It tVouldial do Yeti good to put hlin out, / got not'ing for you, Not to- night." Mahooley seized her whist. "My gad, if you think you're going to play fatt,and loose--" Bela smiled -scornfully, unafraid, pro'voking. "Vat you tank?" she said, "I ntet Same halt those girls down by your place, hey come noon you whistle. I Come when I ready, Maybe I hover Come," There Was a battle between their eyes. "Volt need a Master!" Cried Maltooleg. ner eyes glowed with as strong a fire as his, -"You can't get -me easy as thein," Bald Bola, Mahoofey laughed and dropped her *riot. "Oh, you Wafit a bit of 'woo, ingl" be cried. "All right. Yetert worth it," Bela changed her titetiee agelri. She smiled at hint titteklingly, "Go. now COMO to-Moine:W." (To be tontitmed.) it man leads a auan'a life," he groveled. "That ain't to say he don't appreciate something good if it comes hie way," -They say you treat girls pretty bad," said Bela, "I treat 'em as they deserve," re - Plied Mahooley sullenly, "If a I don't get any of the good out of me, that's up to her," It Was the first time one of these girls had been able to put him out of counienan9e, "Poor guatti" mum t d Ith looked at her sharply again, The idea that a native 'girl might laugh at am, the treeter, was a dieconcerting me. "Sometime when the gang' ain't Around I'll 0110W YOU I ain't all bad," he said ardently, Bela shrugged. MutiqMotila Was in the slink again o -night, Ile eat on the Wirer in th utter beyond the fireplace, Neither Bela, nor Mahooley paid any attention him, but ho nileeed nothing of their (tilt. and by the group around the table moved to break up, "I'll go with them and come bank after," whispered Mahooley. "No you don't," ',laid Bela quickly, ."W'en they go I lock the door, Both door." "Sure! But it could be unlocked for a friend." "Not for no man!" said Bela, "Not to -night any'ow." she added with a sidelong look. • 1 - Pleteleari CAKE. Twe toepoonfole butter, two Mio- fele statam two pegs-, one end "110 -half ellpft112 /MIR, thre=1: Stda, one teaspoatiful baking powder, three and one-half cupfuls flour, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one-half tea- spoonful nutmeg, two cupfuls cooked prunes, out fine. Put together as you would any rake, rairring ia prunest Met • It will make twe, tele 1,tree. 'armee and a. mach better anon e: intea Md. meteeeeet- • hire. Wittemet Ohl 'M- ame that . been urea. mg my eourage on to for a loteg time. k,140 that nalow .ionoq a call Lavo owed for moeth,,. Wiewav - ear: .ev Oar. V leda tht 'gr. Pules out I've enced Suet lig too: • ••to "You &MB" he growled. "Don't on foot yourself you can play With a an like me, A door has got to be Ither open Or shut," "Well, it will be shut -tonight," she said, with a Smile dangerous and altering. 'When they had gene she Rent Mile. "De, teettble fadit-finclina said ay. roronto utfort it, and vreaditig her arms on the cd table, it her head fall between them. . itig113.• afar. eaM and vert 0,,whito :tvonten„ r ' mately of course, when the empire bte e gall to decline and the strength of tho n Roman position on their frontiers was so reduced that they steadily yielded 'C at various points to pressure front without, -the Rhine laud was quickly Invaded by the Teutone, who, pressing downward on Gaul, overran the whole country, The river thus became a German river, and its valley, along with the reet of Gaul, sank into a con- dition of semabarbaristn, until its cls - :41 ilization was revived in the eighth century by Charlemagne, who had Ith seat of government at Aix-lasChaPene- In the next reign, Charlemagne's do- Millen:I wore divided, and the Rhine at first formed the boundary between Germany .and (ho Middle Kingdom. of Liatharingia. This condltien of things obtained Until 870, when the Rhine Valley became 'entirely Gorman ter. ritom the frontier of the German dominions being pushed on westward beyond the river. Thereafter, the Rhine Valley remained a German pos. seesion for over 800 years, and it was not until Louis XVI.'s famous coup in 1681, when he captured the city of Strasburg, 'that the French again gain- ed a footing in the Valley. By the pouted layswick, In 1657, the whole of the Releheland wits ceded to Prance, and the Rhine once more be- came the frontier between the two countries, This idea, of a France which •colutided -with. the Gaul of Caesar, having the Rhine as its from ties, was One very dear to the heart of the Frenchmen, and in 1801 its de- limitation was thus confirmed. In 181$, howeyer, the lower part of the Rhine Valley was -ceded to Germany, alansonvIlle, Mine 27, '13, allevard's Liniment 'Co., Limited. Yarmouth, N.S'. -Gentlemen,-It affords me great pleasure and must be gratifying to you to know that after using 36 -bot- tles of your Liniment on a case of par - hinds which my father wee afflicted with, I was able to restore him. to nor- mal condition. Hoping other suffer- ers may' be benefitted by the use of your Liniment, I am, Sincerely yours. GEO, II. HOLMES. • and, as all the world knows, after •the war of 1870-71, by the annexation by Germany of Alsace-Lorraine, the Rhine became once again "a -German ri and not a German frontier," As a matter of fact, of course, the Rhine chases its nationality with three countries, namely, Switzerland, Ger- many, and Holland, Indeed, for no less than 233 miles or its total length of 8§0 miles, the river flows through Swiss territory, winding its way in and out of -the Swiss valleys until it. reaches that famous •eharp turn to the right by the frontier town Of Basal, It is, however, the German Rhine which is most famous for the beauty of Its scenery, for when the river finally •debouches into Dutch. ter- ritory, it rapidly degenerates. Its banke are low and by the time it ap- proaches the coast it becomes an un- important river, ultimately finding its way into the North Sea through a modernly constructed aerial. Still, though the name Rhine, at last, at- tttches to a very insignificant stream, the entire district between the Waal on the one aide and the Yssel on the other, which was, of course, the In- sula Batavorum of Comae in reality belongs to the delta of the fa•morm riven -Christian Science Monitor, MInard's Liniment cures Distempter. Ten Health Commandments. I. -Honor thy city and keep its sani- tary laws. II. -Remember thy cleaning day, arta keep it wholly. III. ---Thou Shalt love thy childre and provide for them decent horn and playgrounds. AGrNTS WANTIeD I ISSUE NO. 7 1.918 Cell phonograph* be their Weight Anil Liberia vommiselon, eend for ful pert. "."1"""*"" -- Melees othee ranee at Ellek301Ate factory Flees. HE -P WANTEPi OSBORNE PHONOGRAPH CO, 739 1sroadvkw Ave, Toronto, Ont 4••••••••*• . ":1ir -a. hi T it D -- PROI3ATIO.NleRti TO mete:tot. et. wationnea, tint, , train ere nitreol. Apply, Wellanara ...._ .• ee 1 itIllf:NP a l'Z'gtf1;31),;ifiiitglii3fca. 4i. !isoc,a 'Wages; iMinediateQor early oliglial" WANV,D Von WEAVE noom-MAeN wait some experience in weaving ne. 1 fen,tiLt,i,t.teln6..irdglyr,byetisaitftgn.g Caog.,e,Ltettx.I;etireAttirt.• ' . t1ON EY ORDERS. •ViONNA",,,,,,,..I.".44""ef,""1,"""""".."..".""o. . b IVO' ( lGDominionil.14coiltr4xtriii(:•44,: en' 'i °I "1 ' .1.,,T Il," A. I*WAYS SAFE TO SEND., Ot- t" -------"--"------7.'"------- R,;(s7,.:Leu'''''3c,133:viitilfl!bu.egireA081:14§6yoaArtit4,4ezat17Ein.1)Itsatzrcen.::\a:vi bargain. m•Pnvr. 1.0.4., STAGGERS IN HORSES Cauried bY the Eating of Dried Braelteri. ExPeriMeats detAiled in Bulletin No. 26, Salentine Series of Health of Ant - hauls ranch, Department of Agricul- ture, Ottawa, which can be had. free on. addressing the Publicatilen Branch of the Department, indicate that the cause of staggers In horses is due to the tngeation of dried bracken over a. cortaM period and under certain con- ditions. No. tic properties can be Attributed to the hay, as an animal fed on hay out of which the fern has been picked remained absolutely nor- mal. Of for animals that developed the disease, one showed symptoms on the 24th day and was dying on the 30th day, whoa it was put out of its misery. The second horse did- not show marked symptoms until the 38th dal', and was dying on the 46th day, when tit was killed. The length of time it took the second horse to de- velop symptoms as compared with the first, was no doubt duo to the fact that for- about twelve days properly dried bracken could nit be procured, and also 'to the mistaken kindness of an attendant who gave the animal green clover. The third horse, which had served as control in the two preceding experiments, Was fed on hay that caar- t ried 28 per cent, bracken, and th caused the de th f th a o e animal in 36 days. The fourth experiment was somewhat different to the others; this animal was fed 4.4 pounds of fern per • day for three weeks, elle was then re- I (limed to 2.4 pounds per day for a fur- (her•three weeks, with no apparent Ill resulting. 'Upon increasing the daily feed of fern to 6.9 pounds, definite symptoms of the disease were noticed en the 29th glee' (after this Increase) and the animal was killed on the 35th eay. The seriousness of the damage is shown by the fact that, in a cer- tain locality on the Pacific slope, of 24 horses attacked belonging to 11 far- mers, no fewer than 16 died, Minaret's Liniment Cures Diphtheria, 1 • 1.- Worth Knowing, When starching holland platifores put a little tea into the starch. It will help them to keep their color. To heat dishcd. quickly don't put them into a hot oven, but let them lie for e minute or two in hot water, To prevent patent leather ehoee from ; cracking, warm them before putting I them on. ' Warmth renders the leather soft and pitable. To remove hot-water marks on Japanned trays, use sweet oll. Rub it • In well ttll all marks disappear, theu. polisb the tray with dry flour and soft Meths, Secteched fireproof dishes :should be Soaked in strong borax water till the unsightly browsn mark.; aeon them can its itibacil• off witl a Moth. ej PEELS OITA COPN WIIIIOUT ANY PAIN IV.--Thott shalt keep fresh air in th house day 'and night. V. -Thou shalt not keep hi desorde thy alley, thy backyard, thy tat and stairwaee. VI. -Thy shalt not kill thine own no thy neighbor's bodies with poison ous air and dimmeet breading flill VIL-Thou shalt not let the filthy II . live. VIII. --Thou shalt not steal thy child rens happiness from them by neg luting. their health. IX. -Thou shalt. not bear filthy, de eayed teeth in -thy moitth nor tol orate them in the -mouths of those xa-briduatattiaschlie. It not spit on the side walitsr nor on the fluor, nor in the street car, nor in -any patine plaeo Whatsoever,---Micargen Board of Health Bulletin. BUSINESS CHANCES. p ORTRAIT e.oneerre WANTING GOOD e prints; finishing a specialty; fearrtee and everything at lowest prices; lailett service. 'United Art Co., 4 taunswiett As emu., Toronto. ES WANTED. eprIng delivery. Most be free from cll.?. ease. The Root Canadian lien0, ;a cC in ii;-rifiTtro.i.AnItnroBthE1-1.4rees'NfFir* MISCELLANEOUS, - WE PAY enut ItIcauesT PRICES FOZt 1 1 all lands of poultry. Writ..! for quotations to the Harris A.ba.v.oll Limited, St. Lawrence Market, Toronto. I Anins. WANTED -To .1,0 PLAIN' 54 and light sawing at home, whole or =roe. tin(4114.t woarg annys Manufacturin3 eyOU CAN MAKE sin To se3 WEIETCLV. ;• writing Show cart's at home. Efts. y learned by oor k,Implo method. "So canvassing or eliciting, We sell your work Write to .t1 AMERICAN SHOW CARO SCHOOL, 801 Yonoe Street, Toronto. MIMS WANTED FOR GASH Old jewellet5', Plato. Silver, CuriOs, Minlattu.es, Pictures, Needlework, Lace Old China, Cut Glass, Ornaments, Watch- es, Itiroo, 'fable Ware. Write or send by Express, to . B. M. & T. JENKINS, LIMITED ANTIQUE CiaLe,EMES. 2E1 and 30 College Street Toronto, Ont, AMERICAN OPINION The "'Wall Street Journal" pub- lishes a leading editorial on what is described as a "Aare -up in Western Canada over the agitation for govern- ment ownership of all the railways, including the Canadie.n Pacific." "Not ell of the come:prattle) social- ists, advocates of state socialism and proponeuts of what is called cora- l:run/any, from all the farmers, mem until° ar d, lumber associations um- bined, could transfer the Canadian Patine Railroad to the Government, even were the Got et•nment itself will- ing," the editorial insists.. "They vould eat it up, but they maid not hold it a. single instant, as it is known to -day and at its value to them to -day, after they got it. . , Canadians teed not -go one step beyond their own border to decide whether a gem ernmont-owned road can maintain Re nut valuable aeset. It is just be- •ause it cannot be done that part of he prairie press has for some months ast wished to make up the deficits f the government-owned roads by ex- emprlating the Canadian Peciftc's urreut profits. The idea is a chimera, here would be no profits to divide itemagic, no, scientific -a won- , derail combination discovered that will shrivel up the toughest Mit corn ( you ei er saw, The name of this rem- t cde• is Putuam's Corn Extractor, p a a corker the way it loosens a corn; 0 y makes it peel right off in a solid Mum , without the slightest pain. Reeuls - teak. Putnam's gives results and COStit u a quarter. mad everywhere. WINTER HARD ON BABY The winter season is a hard one on the baby. ale is more or lesa con- fined to stuffy, bad -ventilated rooms. It is so often sternly that the mother does not get hint out in the fresh air as often as she should. He catches colds which rack his little system; his stomach slid bowels get out of order and he becomes peevish and cross. To guard against this, the mother should keep a box or Baby's Own Tablets in the house. They regulate the stomach and bowels and break up colds. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 .cents a box from The Dr. 'Williams' Medicine Co., Brockviele, Ont. THE MILITARY AVIATOR. He Must Be a SoLdier, a Mechanic and Absolutely Fearless. It takes nine months to make a mili- tary aviator. The profusion makes e severest possible demand upon the sources of the individual. It re- ires a combluation of physique, of urage, of nerve poise, to make the expert flier, while to do the work of an aviator in war involves technical skill that can hardly -be chaeacterized asTsbletormtiloitfarsyclefini(tlirf iien.tiet be a soldier, a mechanic and a daredevil. Besides sailing his craft and fighting -his ene- mies, he must be mathematician enough to nin,ke his observations, art- ist enough to take photographs, tele - grainier enough to operate his wife- less, navigator enough to /kit hie way by Means of Map aud -empties over rinfamitiar landscapes and re- sourceful enough to contend with fog, With eloud and with the thonsand and Oite coatingenbiee which' the hezards of the air involve.' Farthermore, life most difficult technical duties must be I performed while that ettibnt Of the death. constant with which he alWittes 'idea `is augmented by the nasty rattle of aerial machine guns around and I above' hint and the yap of burst antl. aircraft shells which pursue him from below NO man with the effeets of 'dissipation Vitiating his blood and mm. settling his nerve can be trusted evith the Issues of the air, ---Peter Clark Macfarlane la, W'eekly, th re = ir there was just one = co SNOW 1. WALXERHOUSt "Lt..' In each town where Igo, f, My troubles = then would E last like that E-7, Proverbial = - ball of snow. = - Of which I have no doubt at all = But you have oft' heard tell. E.... I mean the one which people day E. ,... Was located down fit -Weill .... II It doesn't matter 'bout that snow Fel, s ball, = Which could never last,' E What int,tests you and me is re Having comforts to us passed, = ri Anal know PEACE end JOY and Ei E HAPPINESS 'Af. To me would liow, E there was -just One 'WALXIIR E. HOUSE Zn each town Where I go, see IMO telt ONO = • Th Rouse of Plot* The Walker House PM* Mists aloe. 'Uncle then "is dat n mart Is 11 bl to Z • "get want talk," htt Wilted Wlgto legard It as an accOmpliahment itu3t1 oi Gem Wright ck Co., Proprietors - I1, of 4, 11 bit " 17'.. it POW FOOD VALUES. u Caloric Content of Various it Articles Calory is n word 80 much used now by physicians ond writers upon diet - that there 1,, no excuse for anyone not 11 underetandine what it meane. The de. hi finition of the word calory in the g Standard Dictionary is: "One of two . m reeognized rnite of heat, of which the a 'greater calory' or 'kilogram calory' is id the amouut cif heat nue:al-try to ratte one kilogram of water one degree C.; w the 'lesser calory' or ',small calory' eh being the amount or heat necesary to raise one gram of water one te degrittryC,%"• then, is a measure of heat. of The human body may be likened' to a 40 furnace, and the food that goes into ze etxa.cotlythlevhafuteiht atsist, suinpptiaiel, the Witib both' With what. p. "Less than one-sixth of the coin. any's stock is caned by Canadians; ms than one-seventh of the share - elders are Canadians, Canadians are 0th honorable and capable in busa us matters, Certainly they would cit disturb that one security which as contributed most to the country's rowth, and has by it stability and exits lifted Canadian investments to position of great repute and strength the financial markets of the world, ithout at least consenting these arch ceders. "If they die, no one would suffer ore than the great farming classes the west whose exports would no neer receive price stimulation from growing foreign investment market !eh constantly rectifies tile inequal- es of adveree Canadian ti -ado bet- ties. 'Weetern Canada's deadliest emy has been the ghost of single x. It has successfullydeerithstood at temptation to reaction and decay. grounds of both good faith and PediencY, it will not aarane-contli ntalize' the Canadian Paelfic." . • cup up an its heat. So the heat -giving (matinee of our food are meaeured in calories. - ;- Oa Eugene Lyman Mk, medical di- (a rector of the. Life Extension Institute, th undertook to make a physical demon- On stration of calories, showing just what ex quantities of some of the Cent/I/Ones! tic Mode contained 100 calories. Here are his figures; There are 100 calories in 22 ounces of lettuce (throe good-sized firm heads); in one ounee of oatmeal; in one ounce of white flour; in one ripe banaha; in ono. mama of beans; in two table51)00111'We of brown sugar; in one and a half ounces of beefsteak; in half a good. sized potato; in one orange; in five ounces (about three-qtlariers of a tumblerful) of milk; in One ounce or butte! or nut -margarine; in a pieee of mince pie Mt inch wide fa the thick end; in a Mice three•quartere of an inch thick from a five -cent loaf of whole wheat- tread. An average man. weighleg 354 pounds, leading a sedentary lite, nude. ebout 2 600 calorlos per date The same man tieing moderate physical work needs 3,00a caloriem deingestrenuous outdoor work .he heeds 3,500; resting in bed or twinging all day in a chair 2,000 Will tuffie, Of theee a, certain amount ffitlai be, protein, Opinions differ so widely on what perceetage should be protein and the many kinds of protein differ so widely in their digestibility, their essimilability, their value as tiesue buildere and their Palatability that it is imeessibleto o into that Matter here, it mile' be -mid rouiebly that from 9(1 to 100 ;dams- sny three and a bell' ouneetta-of pro - lain should be taken every dey,-- Denver News, Nthi e CeS I. I n bYfri + elitog elotalt, oto, • rds o a feather flock together be you see a lot of Dien in Wallow Is better to receive thou to do a w ails. 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