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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-05-16, Page 6Mgr . • Wellingteni ad to* lts,Vo alnoat eleveYe fought against great mane Ile declared that "At Salamenea 1 bat 40,e00 eIten., aril the Free h perhapa 45,000. At Vittoria 1 aaa C0.000 nteu Spinet MM. At Waterloo the pro- portion. wea still more agalust me. 1 had 0,004 to 58,000; Napoleon bad Mar 804000. The whole artily in the eteettb, ot France UfldM UIYcca maul wa$ c011atilerably larger than the force QZ Scutt at the battle of Toulouee, but itt nambere itetually employed i» that aattle 1 Lad leea flatten M." But arm- Chalr tritIce would late to kaow how It Is thot the aeliee in France ahow the:zee:yes to be attacked by superior uumbers so often. ele Fifteeu hundre4 adore and actrdss- es crowded the Palace Theatre. in New York cue day thls week. when George ef, Collau asked or volantcers to go to the front to entertaht the Wye. They all wanted to go. Those who have already voluxateered Include John Drew, Elisio Untie; Otis Sinner, Billie fluke, Walter Awes, Donald Brian, Louise Dresser, • Roth Chatterton, Edith Wynne atatthIsell• Chatdee Rawl Keeanedy, Jane Cowl, Joseph Caw- thorn°, Frank Craven, James T. Pow- er -a &ranee's Starr, Willie Collier, Julia Marlowe, Meth, Adams, 'Waiter Damroseb, Lillian Russell and Amelia :Bingham, THE WAR SITUATION The Britian presa have teken alarm al the capture ef:f Kenonel 11111 by the alermans. They fear for the Caitlin 1 'ports, declaring that their possees:on 'by the enemy would make the task on land and seaemore costly aud in- tricate. There ie no. doubt that the capture of this Oman:nal:Wing posit:on by the Germans. Ike wetter of serioua concern. It was dot really captured by a frontal attaek. It was the cir- alma or enveloping movement that 'was the undoing .0:t the -French troop' On the top of the itilLarlefe withdrawal ot the forces ocat :end -.south of the hill leolate,d titi• :Frenchmen theie. The struggle lg. t1ll,golug 'on. The Frauco-British fottcae are striving to 'hold th.e enemyeln•deheek; The French eae' :Seeat,e•e-a.'-'a ae the corner, where Ite could watch the tacee float by. The other Center of the doorway Wtta already oeCOPied by a youth of leis owil age, who threw Itint the half smile of one admitting an equal aMong the (loved Ot the 114- Waeliect, Neil uodeed to alm, and lzed htnz up. Au easily receeentzeble tYPe, ite dee,:ided, the slender, gOod-leolting and Utterly worthlees young Male that every large city produces In tonli num- ben nowacleYs. His well -cut clothes set of Ids. graceful Utilize admirably, and he ilispleyed a Inca taste ft lather- 'dashery, particularly in a cinnamon - colored tie which "went" with his sal- low akin , Hie face, wane vactioue and CHAPTER Vila evidence in the newspaper etoy that sneering, Yet had a boyish comelthese . The net result of Neil's stormy they Were still at sea. Nell's owu which recommendece hint even to. one Keno wita- :rata was to fix 111111 In part in telephoning the pollee Waa aUp- who saiv the 0)11, ao potent is the liar - the resolve to unravel the mystery of preeseci. And although they ltlleW the MOW, ot feattlre, Casper Tolsen's Murder on hie own boy's story was true, they had lead to As hi all men of ids kidney the pre- aceount. Hq did not doubt that the dieeredit it to save their own tam, dominant mite of him was an imntense girl's Warta were clean, though there In the copious diecussiou of the Tole scorn for all the world. was O much to be explained, but he seu case refereuce to Ina funeral was "Ilea!" he stela for Nell's benefit, B felt that being a woman, she very not, overlooked. It Was to be held indicating the passing crowd with A required ta be saved from herthat saute morning. Beek and -forth nod, "tne G. A, R. has eertainly turn - self. At any rate for Um sake et hie In Ills mind Noll played with the idea ed out, Su force today." Peace of mind lie must know the of attendiug It. Of course it wooed be "G. A. R.?" aelted Nell. truTloe, foolhardy fling to do, the crowd' "Grand Array of Rubber-Neeks. Lordt tht.ere was, moreover, the healthy would be larded with detectives; still, what a bunch of worm-eaten nuts!" ti s the most foolhardy -appear• "Well, We're here, too," eaid Neil, good-humoredly. "I got something better to do, I can tell you," returned the other, loftily', "But I got caught in the blame crowd and I can't get out of it." "I eee," eald Neil, "Whet do you think of this ease, anyhow? 1. seppoee you read the paperer "Don't think anything of it. A own. mon kind of crime. A guy croaked for his sparkler and his roll. I don't see why they make suck a fuss about "Well, it's a kind of mystery," sug- gested NO11. "elystern nothing! This fellow Ot. toway did it. all right. I euppose the poor fool will let the pollee nab him directly. These fellowa have no nerve. "Why, anybody eould stall off the po- lice if they put their mind to it." A feeling of resentment stirred Nell against this cook -sure young idler. "Well; what would you do if you were in his place?' he naked, quietly, "Oh. they'd never get hold of me," syligdastlay, eyoutig Man confidently, but "Yes, but what would YOU do?" in- sisted Neil. • "1 wouldn't do anything!" returned the other triampaantly. "That's just where they make a mietake, They run, and naturally somebody takes after them.. I'd stay right here and bluft it out." "Pretty good advice," observed Veil, dryly, "A man pever gets caught till he loses Ins nerve," the young man With the cinnamon tie continued. "When he begius to slink along and look gull- ey tb.e fiest cop that sees bine jut na- turally has to take him in. Look a eop eqUare In the eye and' he.deresn't touch you." , "You mein to know," said Neil, The other fevered him with e sharp , glance, suepectiug ridicule. But Neil's lace was blaad . Their fierth.er talk on the stlbject was interruPted itY a heavy, red-faced man, who struggled out of the crowd and edged batriaelt, between oheru. He turned arminfi and wiped his face with his handkerdhled. Something vaguely faatallier his aspect Made Nell anxious, Naturally he die. not want to see au' •acquaint- aneee just then a Presently the man took of/ his derby hat to mop leis fore- head, and Neil saw with a 'great in- ward stert that it was no other than Officer Hartigan. Civilian vlothes changed him greatly, andbeltedm shaved off the noble us- eache; .but it was he. Neil felt that the e,hghtest untoward movement would instantly have betrayed him. He remained staring; calmly out of his corner, while the alarm belief -clanged deafeningly inside him. . Halligan turned to him. "'Scuse me if I seeraed to..crowd you," he apolo- gized. "1 got to wait here awhile." Sell steeledehimselto This was the .acid test of his diegpise. "Plenty of room," be aped, oethatid. Hartigan turned,.ta, the other.- A silent breath of relief escaped Neil. He had Passed! eittatigan was ingratiate* Ing himself with the Young man with the clummen tie. Neil determined to etay where lie was. Once establish his new clutraeter in Hartigan's mind and the eaager of identification by him "11'311QeYethr -rfeoeof m . the, fell into con- verse about crowds. "Beats me where they all come from!" said Hartigiute."Any little thing% raise 'em any time—a fire, a fight; or guh in a fit. A ,fella 'ud think nobody in. New York never had to work for a livina" "Ahh! they're all bugs!" said the young man with the cinnamon tie, scorritully. "Crazy as wood -ticks, every mother's. son of them!" "I suppose that's what they'd say about us," observed Neil. "Oh, well, sometimes a man's got a purpose in foolin' around." Hartigan was portentoue, (TC) be contlueed.) Instinct of self-preservation, which I nore. Ile had no notion cf allowing ;himself to be led like a lamb to the Sleughter—with the dine figure of , was not, he might as well be arrest. ed soon as late. ,anottier man in the baekground pro.t. .fiting by the sacrifice. It was the chance tOtte he might , made his resolve, the next It something to further his own leaving search that impelled him. lie wee' thing was to debate ways and means not unmindful of the morbid attrection of earrying It lute effect. Ile itcl.xxow- ethe occasion would have for the real ledged frankly to himself that hvas e ! e - . murderer, Since lie Could not work not the ideal detective, though like I upon the terrors of Lattra, And he bad nearly every man he had rather fan- j nothing else to go on, he must Make tiled himself in the role until he was a start somewhere, . called upon to play it. The imprea.! I Ile examined himself iti a tulalength sionable and expansheee nature of the , mirror. The loss of his bold, upstand- ortist, while it may conceive ot a mar- i tog thatch he viewed with a siga; he t elous :detective story in the abstract, I elleriehed . it, Still it made an extra. le not fitted to the relentless, stogie" ! ordinary difference In his appearance. mindeti pursuit ot' the concrete. I His hair had been his leading motive; However, Itis great need would have I people reoiembered him by it. He even a youug man in love may not ig- been prudent. If his disguise was suf. ing act. proves in the outcome to Mitre fi 1 nt to carry hien through; if it to supply this leak in his nature. It ;would. have to supply many another lack as well. The hunted one Is not In the best poeition to hunt cm hie own acecant. Though Neil's head was spmeth could not bet:eve that aey one would be able to identify the careless, too eonventional artist as the smeeth, smug young man -about -town who faced hate elegantly tapping a cigarette on the back of his o hamois.gloved hand, •enougla to pass in a c:rowd, the prates. Neil had Changed los expressioa te Siena! eye of the barber he vis:ted suit his clothes, too, The round shell - next morning Was not deceived, rinazned glasses provided the laet "Who cut yotir hair?" he asked in touch of affectation. -- 'Scorn, ' "I wouldn't know myself, If I didn't . "Fellow tn a little country town," know it was me," he thought: ,said Nell carelessly, "Though I was Besides, tee police were still look. stuck there for a courle of weeks, so log for a olter Neil tie - let lem do it. And this morning the elded to go to the funeral, home wired me to come in." The late Casper Tolsen's address in - "He wasn't; no barber, he was a the east Twenties, a bleck between butcher. he was. It's lucky you come Second and Third Avenues, near Ora - to me. I'll fix .you up good." mercy Park. As he turned the corner The newspapers with their Vomit from Third. Avenue he caught hie crop of rumeos hourly* afforded Neil breath in astonisament. He was pre. more entettainment than information. pared f the grewsome trappings of Ile was beet:464 hardened nom to the woe tin.' h vulgar curiosity; but here liberties they'eheit with his -tthene, This wee a,. crowd of thousands of whfte , amazing figttee -et a Nell Ottoway theh faces,.compeetely filling the street have recapturedelo?' intsedfrom Iocre to had built upW:as like soinebody else. frolel .to wall. A cordon -of pc- deu Clytte a Inthilet *eat of Mount now, a daltantarelation, possibly, bela liee was "required tokeep a lear Northoa the Lys there has not the inviolable"me." o tale . KewxeLon- cernin.g was too wild to be printed. been Were figntlog, •ehe Germans Lacking any real testimony, 'they • meetina with teetiZtY•loSses. Should Were free to endow him with a splen - epees around the hearse. Moreoyer, every stoop and window, was fall, 'bodies clung precariously* to every PrOjecting ledge and every rall, the Gertnans be; itleeeato hold Mount did luridpasea .All the unsolved mur- and heads stuck over the edge of the Keturael tho *Wit hold on Ypree ders of ten ytters past were ascribed roofs. h to liim. Evideotly.be had commenced "This Is fame!" thought Neil. "Lorde what a yell would go up if 1 were ex- hibeted to them!" He' shivered, and for a moment was ineltned to beat a retreat. However, as his startled nerves quieted, it sug- gested itself as the safest place In the world for him. He smiled, remember- ing hie confident hope of picking Out the real offender. To mix with such a crowd wiped personal identity- out clean. It was the tail end of a fashionable street, over the dead line of Irving Place. Old-fashioned middle -crass dwellings lined .each side; there' was but the one design of house in the en. tire black. Hideous respectability was the keynote. The decorative horrors when he learned that they were thole- OfthirtyywealtrhsinagtohewperaerigillivillliadloawelaY. ready well informed as to Neil seized every opportunity that movements Of Neil Ottoway, he re- offered' to edge himself unobtrusively torweed. A waiting crowd is passive; none opposed him. Faces flashed on Ids consetoustese and faded. out; fresh and wrinkled, hairy and shaven, rosy. and sallow, clean and dirty. Here the differeines -ended; for individuality had beeu suaendered to the crowd It was one huge Series, and •If that were- the case we and shadowed him to the empty house ehuold have this dine to znake• further on Dickson street. There the boy, Etc. 'hearse, Nis emotion was suageoted eave a, primitive g:upreloesiet7r:teing on the Provislonlor thel summer and auttona cording to his ownstorY, attempted to 4 will be ratherapreaarious, and a tut- ui . sigtpeArasoifoscirlamaue in knickerbockers. liter withdrawal` iheieithin the probe,- cern, with the morn- tillties. The fact that almoet every Ing editions was to learn what had be - day we aro, told- that some portion of come of his Young friend. One tic - the allied forme -had to withdraw in cogs ran sleuths on the trail' f Neil Ott the face of superior numbers lead to way last night liberated °a boy whoo. the belief that 'the allies are either said that the 'desperate young 001n- el:tort: of men, et; Gen. Foch is holdiug Inal had imprisoned him in an mum - ;bade hie az mya oe. manoeuvre for a cwuhpeled he on Dickson street, :more Opportune time, •Still the lose of his rneamiee awsaSladmintotyThseixbteoeyragaivioe Kenimel Hill is serious. If there, be home. He was :discovered tied hand a real shortage of men, the wonder Is and foot in a vacant room filled with debris, and overrun- with rats. that the British Governinent Me net For a long the. -the police could get been lerougbt to:task in Parliament. • e nothing out of hire. Apparently he Speakbag of reinforehdg the Britiede had been terrified into silence. But at tile front, Sir AuAland Geddidde Minister ,of National Service, said the other day: luctantly told his story. Our reservqs were calculated on a It appears that young Doty a.spires basis that enabled us to meet the ini- to be a detective. Reeding in a news-. tial atages ot the great German °Hsu- i paper of how Neil Ottoway had se - sive -If it oceurred and Wel: direeeed ' cured a die -guise as a stoker he stet:e- a:6,11m us. They know now that thq i cd out to find him on his own account. blows which we had had to meet we,e Tiy a xemaritable coincidence he did only the first of what would be a long actually run into him on West street, months; That Is what wq are doing now: The dimenstona of the prepara- tion which we have to make are eery great. We are going to require a vast number Of men—I wish I could tell you the figureo. 1 ant not going to Manta:or any figure -with regard to the Suppilee 0/ man -power which will leo Iequired, but the figure is very large, Indeed. We have already this *year raised a, eousidarable number of nten; It is giviog nothing away when I tell you thee we ran,thto six figureit -matte a long time ago la the preparation for this year's fighting." The trout ofeeemieno preaents a ottnewhat brighter picture. There the allied forces have street( back nod gained tonelderable ot tbe ground pre- eriously Iota. Toeday's bullet:nit ten tea that east of Area:me the a11103 leave gained further advantageon the ran- gard-Villerzettretonneux seeter. rLc rapture of the latter ptoce by the Dritis'i helpel the French to counaer- attack, with the requite that they nzpa Dave a hotel on Itataard. KIN O or THE =r1)FtES1'. 'rue mahogany tree well deserver, the "lent of the forest." became of its greet wood %alma end Its beauty and etatelleese. It does not always develop a trunk as large as soma of ite tropical neighbors, but often it reaches it greater height. One huridred feet is not unuse- at. The Weet Indls, Mallet>, Latin Ant- ( -flea, aorta of Sautaern Florida and the Bahamas me its riatiVe haunte. For many yeas the atiteply of mahogany eeemed tdlilcnt Inexhaustible, but now thete ie wave dangeraot the Output be - tooling lets end less beceatee of the atrareity of mature, treea. Other 'weals are bettor eubstituted few real mahogany. A tree th Pe feet in diameter te probab- ly not lees thee lat) years old, indicatirta the slow tiewlai of the tipeeles.--Ex- chars e, Vit13 Buly Enough, "Itere'e a real joke," writes a core reqiondent of the Army and Novo Jourual. "A conreeript soldier of the nOtIonal arniy at a 'Western camp -- one of the billion that sprarig to *trine overnight—was sitting on a lumber» pito in the cattohment whittling mit a 'rifle,' TM Whole tenni:01y Wee turitiarly employed, by .order. One ef b1 o1d home neighbors Item an. Other eteMpany caine up, looked him And how do you like your new Job?* 'Don't say a word, 11111. rzl migl.ty Med 1 ra n t in the artil- lery!' " arrest the fugitive with a rusty re- volverabut was overpowered and tied up as described. Thus, if the tale ie true, the plans of the pollee who have Nell Ottoway under surveillance, narrowly escaped being frustrated by the amateur', There is a strong tuspleion, however that the whole thing' naay be the product of an imagination overheated by dime novels and a course of seneationaI motion pictures.' 'This suspicion is lent additional color by the feet that the bay would not or could not earry hie tale any further. No AMOUnt of questioning would induct him to tell what went on in the empty house during the time that he says he ,speut there with the fugitive. He temed to take the Peso that the police were his rivals, and made 'believe that he intended to use whatever evidence he had secured to further his owa game. The police were tnoch amused by the youthful would-be sleuth. . At a late hour last ntght his father called for him ut police headquarters, and it trausplred that his name was really' Percy Randall, eon of Havi. land Randall, of atelgs, Thorley dall, lawyers with offices in Nassau street. Neil, who had a vital interest in the matter, studied tu self-defence to show a face as blank es the others. Occa- sionally he identified a deteotive by his size or air of officialdozn. Neil finally succeeded in worming himself into the first rank but one of the spectators. He did not care to „show himself quite in front. Appar- ently this crowd was prepared to wait all day. At lutervais the police with tt coneerted effort forced the eneroach. iug circle back. In the Midst of the Pushileg aud shoving them was -much good-natured banter. There wes nothing to indicate that the occasion of the gathering was the funeral of a man foully murdered, The black -clad driver of the hearse lolled on his Beat w1t1 bus elbnw supported On his creased lames, and looked down from his point of vantztoe with g eneer, Couscious of his inlportance 14 the Scene like a free citizen he showed his contempt for it, The hones slept, Nell wondered behind tvhich stolid foe In the front rank lay guilty knowledge, Nothing snewed on the surface. — After an ittterminable wait the door of the house opened, and e stir Paused through the crowd. The- bustling un- dertaker appeared, ushering the earth borite by six scald husbands and lath - The boy was given into the custody ers, perspiring and oppressed by eat- er his father, who undertook to pro. coneciousuesa. Nell had a vivid men, duce hInt in court any tittle his col- tal picture of what lay Within the long,* dence might be required, but, it is uot black box. It was thruet in the hearse, supposed that young Percy will he the pallbearera ineariwaile gnu -team asked to figure in the limelight again. over their shoulders with much the It may be hazarded that a somewhat sante uneasy suspicion that royalty has of the Mob-, Next aPPearea a long procession of floral offerings borne by the under. taker's brisk, evell-fed young Midst. ants, There- were ermes, anchors, wreaths, an open book, a brolten e61- umn, All thee were placed in proud array in an opeo canine precedihg the bearee. The cottege moved ou few steps at a time to glve place to carriage tor the monrners. A etrollger thrill Tweed through the crowd as the shrouded widow appeared' on the to stele supported by her rela; Wes. This.wris the note. of human' interest that for the crowd gay° relish' to the show. Nell regarded her 'with compassionate interest. Whatever, the truth or this Confused matter, here 'at least waa an innocent sufferer. ' 'This was the climax of the scene. Pretty soon the crowd began to stjr and nregit up. A large number re. itIzycl gsotatrsiasgfiteedly thshonee as the c euhtle Motional sate isfaetiell out of it Stone fece, Neil was not quite readY to leaVe the spot. Ife found a refuge out of the prele itt s strcet-levei doorelly hear painful interview took place In the Randall domieile last night which may have the effect of discouraging the detective ambitions of young tune- ful. Neil smiled upon reading this. "Good old Mil Doty!" he thought. "True blue" All the lottespapers eapreseml the satue Confidence on the part of the polite, They were still promising to arrest Neil Ottoway within att hour or two. 'The inference was that they Could put their hands on him at any Moment, and were waiting only until they bad scented a certain raystep ions piece of evidence, Neil felt outowlita tineriey. Was it possible that the police were really cognizant Of every Metre hh tade? Ilerlooked uncomfortably around the lobitY of the big hotel, where he tat. A moment's reflection reassured him that It wa.s simply that time- honored expedient of a baffled tagonist, a bluff. Ile remembered other cases that he bad followed. TheY Would arrest him fast eueUgh --if they *mild. Moreover. theta WAS internal Anotralie. Prepares for Soldiers, Auetralia has, from th. Ara, grap- pled with the question of providing for her soldiers after the war with commendable energy and forethought. For some menthe the ,AUstralian pat- riatieu fund has been devoting itself to the consideration and devel0Datent of various plane whilst Many practi- cal steps have been taken by indivIdue ale and communities toward the for- mation of definite settlement schemes, says A correspondent. The atate goverument of New Sout'h"q ales has set aside special areas for culti- vatiou by returned eoldiers. These ef- forts were supplemented by the gen- erosity of one landowner who gave a tract of land au:mullein to thousands of acres for that purpose. Australia's first need Is population and the com- monwealth will aave an opportunity, after the war, not only to $upply her own need but also to do a great sere vice to the labor market by affording that "room for adiustment," which it will toed. The federal government has already promised ;10,000,000 for the work and has pledged itself to raise an additional $150,000,000 In the future. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, Etc. Human 14anka. No belligerent has laown more re- sourcefuluess than. the Italiari in sea- vising novel meana of offence and de - team, The Italian army was the 'dil- ly one to enter the war with a trench helmet and a steel chest-protecton, and it is now provided with a more efticient body ehield than is possess- ed by any other of the warring na- tions. Early he the war it was dis- covered by the atallans that Many lives could be saved in skirmishing at close quarters It the soldiers carried or pushed baga of sand in front ot them, and the present body shield, has This is to eertify that fourteen years ago I got the cords of my left wrist nearly severed and was for about nine months that I had no use eat ray hand, and tried other Lini- ments, also doctors, and was receiv- ing no benefit, By persuasion from a friend I got afeleTARD'S LINIMENT and used one bottle, which complete. ly cured me, and have been using MINARD'S LINIIYIENT in my family ever since and find' it the sante as when I first used it, and would never be without It. ISAAC B.' MANN. Metapedia, P. Q. Aug. 31st, 1908. ileim•••••••••. been an .outgrowth of that idea. They are made in the one-man and two - Man type. The former are worn by 'infantry advancing in the open, ate tached to the shoulders by a pair 'of light steel arms, and are long euough to protect the head and vital organs of a man standing erect. Lying at :full length, or even crouched, it ecta- lers him completely. Each shield is 'pierced with a small, round ey3hole land an oblong loopbole for firing from 'both of which may be closed by a eliding door when not in use. The two-raan shield is principally used in 'wire cutting. It Is carried on the book 'of one wan, who may oleo work his etifle from a loophole in the top, whtle a second man works a long wire.cut- ter through, a hole at the bottom. It held up by short legs if the first 'man desires to move independently.— "Wide World Magazine." Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. NO MILK FROM COW. Bossy a the Flowery Niugdoni Yields Only to Offspring. .Americans who travel through the interior ot 'China greatly miss "Cow'a Milk and Her Butter," as a Japanese sign puts it. The people of the Orient use little of either. Mares' nellk is sold to Invalids at a higb price, be- came the Chinese believe that It is A source of great bodily strength, says the Youth's Companion. But the natives use 00We aolely fci draft purposes and, having earned her living for years in this manner, bossy eteuds upon aer dignity when, Antera can's demand mita of her. To her off- spring ske will give it, but not to man it by any possibility she can avoid it. in Japau there are now a few Am- ericen-bred cattle, owned by foreign- ers, that make the native cows look like goats. Otto of these cows was imported into Korea by a missionary, but he had difficulty in getting his coolie to tend the beast. The ser. vant was fresh from itis country horao, where he had heard little and seen lees. Ito took the how for an elephant and fled before Ver. In Korea the little native cow is a Petted darling that has been indulged to euch an extent that, incredible as it seems, she eetmos to eat grass un- less it has been boiled. It le not unusual in, Very cold wea- ther to see a pet cow elothetl In a thick, warm blanket, while the chil- dren of the family shiver in their cot- ton garmeuts—and often very few of them. Luminous Eyes. Cats among animals and owls am- ong birds, says W. I-1. Hudson in his book, "Idle Days in Patagonia," are the most highly favored of any crea- tures in the matter of luminous eyes. "The feline eyes, as of a puma or a wildcat, blazipg with wrath, some- times effect one like an electric shock. but for intense brilliance the yellow globes of the owl are uteparalleled" Mr, Hudson, asserts that nature has done comparatively little for the hu- man eye either iu these terrifying splendors or in beauty. He says that in Brazil he was greatly impressed with the magnificent appearance of many of the negro women, but that if they had only possessed the "gold- en irides" of certairi intensely- black tropical birds their "unique loveli- ness" Would have been complete. CHILDHOOD COHST1PATION Minard's Ointment Cures Garget in Cows. ANYWHERE BUT THE FATHER- LAND. Comedy does not even desert the Ruts- /1Jan tragedy. We hear much of the Ger- man and Austrian prisoners. FaneY paints them as a kind or reserve arm of maneuver, mysteriously disposable for some fell German and Bolshevik eeeign, Their real condition was painted by a re- turned traveler in rather quieter celor- Mg. When the Bolsheviks came in, they merely opened the prison doors on the In- terned enernp prisoners. Thenceforth they were free to crane awl go as they pleased. The interned at once decided to go anywhere but to the fatherland. So with German thoroughness they came to the assistance of those Russian friends of man whose devotion to the race at large appears to exclude any meaner terms of personal service. In a country where no one was working they began to Work. They valeta. the valetless. They courlered the courierless. They van mes- sages, engaged rooms at the hotels, took the travelers' tips and lied on them. They show not the elightest Inclination to leave Russia, Doubtless they will never leave It so long as the war taste. Quite cer- tainly they will never fight anybody any more—The London "Nation," Constipation is one of the most com- mon ailinente of little ones and un- less relieved may become chronic and baby's health for all time become ime paired. Nothtng can equal Baby's Own Tablets in regulating tne boihels. They are a mild, sate laxative, easY to administer and never failto be et. teethe, Concerning them mrs. Emile LaChapelle, Terrebonne, Que., writes; "I have used Buby's Own Tablete for My baby Who has badly constipated, Rad they quickly relieved aim. All mothers should keep a box of these Tablets in the house," The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at '25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' 'Medicine Co., Iiroelkille, Ont, THE BRIER* MY brier that antelleet sWeet. When gentle springli first heat, 0 WM through thy quiet veins; • Thou that couldst injure none, Bet wouldst be left alone Alone thou leavest me, anti naught ot Of thine remaine. What! liath it° poet's lyre O'er thee, street -breathing brier, Hong fondly, 111 or went'. And yet. niettanks, With thee A poet's eymprithy, Whether In weal or Woe, in life or death, :Meta dweil, • Mat, usage.both must bear, leew hands your youth W111 rear, Ved boaoms cherish yetu. • Your tender prime must bleed uro you are sweet; but, freed Vroni life, von then are eetaged; thee . prieed are POOtH, too. —welter saVago Lawlor. - Tommy—Plop, what is a =railed'? TOMMY% Poo—A moralist, tny 13011, 1B A pereou who le always digging up thintet get sbockea about. e - • 4,11, 1 ISS19, 9 UE HELP WANTIM. Neso.rwrovronovn,romookew.",~",^0.4•00.0,"..."0"" "WANTIOD-. (.4.141.1,444riagrAC.);_ii Sitertsly avprk,1 that* 'Yeageal MR% wora, W. 11, 7:04d, fitotiffyllie, Oat, W Ti*Xr.-^ KIOBATioxsas Fro .., train for mines, Apply, Wollaaera eteePital. Oathatinve, Oat, WAN, FOR DItA.V1411. &ono; also atria to /earn weaving: good wages woe stew employsnent. Oanadlan Cotton", Linnted, Iguilat> Street north, UarnIlteri, Oot, WAWrIAD— •84W4fi1,x; MON AND xeoe, handy carpenters for repair week. ApPlY C. Beck Mrlet Co. , Linelted• Penetangulehene. • Arum w.A.N110.) TO DO PLAIN AND ee'1iit sewtnee at horae; whole or spare time; good pay; work tient any distance, charges paid. 3end stamp for partteulate, National lettoufaeturing Company, aeon - tree). However that may be, it hart certainly a Well-deserved reautation for beauty. It stands on the left bank of the Adige where that river, on ite way to Verona, Is Joined by the Fereinet, and, When aPe PrOaehea front the north, its embattled towers and walls, "filling the whole breadth of the valley." and the Waisted rocky eitatlel of Doss Trento teeing some $00 feet above the city, all go to maim up a memorial picture. Trent, more- over, Is not, like Bo anapy oitleis well fa- vored at a distance, a aleappointment on closer aoquaintance. It ie, indeed, beau- tiful within anti without, an Italian town, and that of a high order. It has many Places, substantial houses, broad streeta, and spacious equares, and everywhere one ,goes one sees Hallett names, hears the Italian laaguage, end in many other ways Is made to realize that one Is at the centre of Italia Irredenta, Tho Ina habitants, indeed, neteer let an oppor- tunity go by of einabasizing their ate dissoluble connection with Italy. Thus a tradition that Dante had once visited the country was suificient reason for erecting the present beautiful stetae of the poet. which stands opposite the rail- wal station. As has Deen said, Trent subsists large- ly on itti history, and, in fact, at every tern are memorials of the pest, Inclua- ing the great cathedral church or Domini, built in tour installmente, between the Eleventh ani_.....laifteeith int.urles; and Perhaps most notable of all just to the I3uo Censiglio, foe centuties the reeldence, east of the 4.1ty. tile famous Castello del of the prince bleaops who long ruled the Trentina.—"Christian- Science Monitor." Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. Then the sound of growing in the air Rose G to dah;l7ealheid:::71.4:bsye'llinotstmehrare An April Adoration. Sang the sunrise on one amber morn—, "Earth, be glad: ,A.n April day is lave, "Winter's done, and April's in the shies. Earth, look up with laughter in your eyes:" Putting o a of snow, Earth bade n grow., prayer; „ Andra:1:1o. thronged succession of the days Uttered up to God a psalm of praise. Ifaughed the running sap In every vein, Laughed the running flurries ot warm Laugliati the llfe in every wandering root, Laughed the tingling cells of bun and itt all the concord of their mirth Heard the _aa_orn%tio: of_ Earth. .....—Cha.rles (I. 1). Roberts. HOW'S THIS? We offer $100.00 for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. HALL'S CA'rARRII MEDICINE is tak- en internally and acts through the Blood ou the Mucous Surface of the system. Sola by druggists for over forty years. Price 75c. Testimonials tree. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. LATE NOTES OF FASHION, PUTNAM'S FINE FOR CORNS THAT ACHE • Even a drop or twcoof Putnain's Ex- tractor takes the sting out of sore corns, Mighty slick work Putuam's does on a crusty old corn. You see Putnam's shrivels the corn up quickly transforms it to a bunch of dead skin, loosahs it from the toe so you can Pick if off, roots said branches, with your fingers. Its painless—that's why you should take a quarter to the drug store to -day and get a bottle of Putnam's Extractor. TRENTINO r01.K. They Regard Themselves Italians Though Living 'Under Austria. The people who inhabit the Trentlno, as the southern portion of the .Austrian province ot Tyrol is called, differ very mucIi from their neIghbors in the rest of tho province, The Tyroleans proper speak German, fur the most !tart, and are epeolally remarkable for their fervent loyalty to the housie of Hapsburg. The people of the Trentlno speak Italian, Ail their sympathies are with Italy, and, ever slate the final settlenterit which followed Italy's wars of liberation, a Set. tiemeot which excluded the Tie -Mine from the new kingdom of united Italy, they have regarded their land as a part of lt.aelrYunroleirelunnti. ellieand 4:tve waited and worked f The dual race problem in Tyrol is. In. deed, a very aucient one, liy far the greater part of the countra was inhabit- ed, when it first made its tiapearanee In history, by the Raetlans, held by some to have been a. Celtic race. They were conquered by the Romans under Drusus 'and Tiberius In the second century 13. C„ and the land was later organized into the Roman province of Rautia. Then, in the firth century, after the fall of the Roman empire in the \VOSt: the northern part of' the country was overrun by the Ostrogoths, but the Teutonic Langogoths, but the Teutonic Langobeadi, who pressed up from Venetia and the plains of Lom- bardy became Romanlzed themselves, antl ttalibensdhuea(1.raee question was firmly es - The next important epoch 10 the his. tory of the TrentIno was in the tenth century, when Emperor. Conrad II. in- trusted all ternporal pm, er in the district to tlie bishops of Trent, at the sante time detaching the country from Hale, to which it had earaettcally always belong- ed, These bishops, in their turn, exer. eised their temporal 'Dewey through lay vassals, And so, by devious ways, Tyrol Paseed, in the thlateetith century, to the house of Hapsberg, and has remained e POssessiofl of that house ever since. From that titne onwards, till 1005, the governing of Tyrol was generally intrtisted to cadet Of the .A.tietrian aoese, who ruled first at Meran, and, from 1420, at /nits- bruck, as a nearly Independent prince, but elnee Ka the provInce has been gov- erlateide fereonitnveVieetnngartt, vity of the Trentino is, of course, the capital- the ancient city of Trent, a city which lives as one writer has remarked "rather on its his- torical souvenirs Utah on its induetriee." *in.!. sit PE oFtEsismo. . LIQUlDindCAKL- Forr Men's Women's and:Chiictrert'oShOt* r,0 FARMS OOR BAI,E. THREE SNAPS POO. SAT.A1,- • 100-aore farm for 45,000.40; 1-00oler• rarra for $6,600.00; earm tor e$, - teem. Alt within three rnitoa _of, eta* lin. ,Theoba atoore, tortletne, um, fefinFARMS IN ONTAIII0 FOR SAUD— uktugood buildings; trill exchange tor City property: most will grow alfalfa: catalogue free on anDlIcation: establish., cd, years; autornablio service. Pell 133)000 134 Thomas myerecough. 215) parlIng street, /IrAntfo.d. While day rigs are zmart and plain and ametrently simple, evening dress may be as lively as one likes. One silver cloth affair designed in Paris for an actresa shows the oddest drapery. It is pulled up back and front under pearl -beaded and tasseled panels. The right side clangs around the ankle, the length con- tinues In a train. Train oddities are many, indeed. A White velvet bridal gown shown a long train Dena the shoulders in the back; at the sides two panels (or sashes, as they are called) hang over the girdle and rest on the floor about 20 Inches. However, at this time of year evening dress is not of the greatest impertance, the evening gowns of late Spring and summer being more of the simpler sort. Especially is that true in suremer, where It is often so WarM that any save lingerie effects are unbearable. Already the vel- vet evening dress of the winter has been replaced by the dress of tulle or net Or lace, paves are much In evidence, and pleated ones on ,deep yokes are very good, the large collars roll over and all but cover the yoke. The collars are cut to follow the yoke line exactly. Other eases are tor afternoon wear and are of satin or heavy silks, and have vests of contrasting materials at the froonitn Se of these are up to evening wear, though there are yet others which are only possible for evening, One ie of blue chiffon velvet, lined with delicate rose satin. flowered in orchid shades. Chinese art forms the besie for many ideas in costumes, and et number of fa- mous Parts &signet's feature Oriental ef- tects as to line and embroideries, for either Chinese or Japaneee costumes would be nothing without embroidery, 20-e/tE FARM, Witrit BUILDTNOS— o with I 1-2 miles of seven factories; Peterboroa • G.T.R. through same: $5,000 for quick sale; part -cash, T. Wal- ker & 377 Park streetaPeterborea FOR SALE. p on SALE: STORE A.ND DWELL - • Mg with fixtures, elect* light and conveniences, Price 51000.00, also stock mat:eating of tobacco elgarsa,canelles and mall wares at invoice lerice; good living trade. Owner going West, Apply Mead., hue & Kneel, Woodstock, Ontario. • soosorroicemal.nweari.P.O.....1 •SITVATIONS VACANT. a (erl AN MAKE 520 TO $75 WEEKLY, • writing ehow cards at horne. Ease Ily learned by our .simple• method. No canvassing or soliciting. We .401 your woile Write for perticulars, - AMERICAN SHOW CARD SCHOOL, „Sill Yonge Street, Toronto. Worn -Out Tires. The world discarded 183,000 tons of automobile tires during the year 1910. Adding to this the large number of•bie cycles tires thrown away every year bar their owners, it appears that the world spends every year 'at least $600,e 000,000 for pneumatic tires alone. Dur. Ing the last Automobile Exposition in New Yorlt it was pointed out that nearly 5,000,000 automobiles are now in use in the United States. To sup- ply these with tires nearly 80,000 tone. of India rubber are needed every year, and the American automobile' owriers pay every year as much as $200,000,- 000 for their tire bill, Be [MIMI Well, Street, Restore Yoothfel Looks Wordfflogmir MISEELLANEOUS.' tl,eARED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS L' for hatching.", *.Also Gorden plants tor sale. Write for cataipgue. Chas. Barnard, Leamington, Ont. • -pAy ratin., OUT -01 TOWN 'AC- ... counts by Dominion Express Money Orders. Five Dollars costs three eetas. 'ClaleAM—WEHA'VE THE VERY BEaT market 19r churning oream, Write for particulars, Toronto Creamery, -.'S Church, street, Torento. S.V.TCHING EGGS—BABY CHICKS. " Utility laying strains, Egga sisse per setting. Barred Rocks, Rhode Is- land Reds, White Leghorne, White Wy- andottes, Golden Wyandottes. White Roca., Non -Bearded Golden Polish. Write for pre:a list. Satiefaction guaranteed, Tay Poultry Farm, Perth, Ont. AVANTE,D TO BUY—CARPET RAGS IN al balls. Any quantity. Art Rug Mfg. Co., Hamilton, Ont, ••••••• VEGETABLE PLANTS Cabbage, Jersey Wakefield, Copenhagen Merket, per hundred a . $1.50 Cauliflower, Snowball arid Erfurt, per hundred 52;00 Celery, Parte Golden and 'White laltarte Per hundred.. . '. $1.0o Sweet Peppers, Ituoy and larg ben per hUrldred . OA) Flower, Verbal/ALS, .A,sters, Pansies, :snap- dragon and Salvia plants, per hundred -- if assorted*2:00 ,Fer One Dollar will send sixty of the ' above assorted for , 31.00 Tomatoes, ready to ship, May 10, Kale., Sohn Bear, Benny Best, Earliannia, Chalks Jetael, Early Detroit and rer hundred (transplanted) , gee transplanted twice, per hundred *3-00 50 at 100 rates, all orders filled In tura Ten cent packet seeds with each order. Cash with order please, prices quoted on large quantities. D. A. LEITH. RIDGETOW.N, ONT. AboveAnalSrsis. Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty or good, or well bred, or graceful, or Intelligent, but because they 'are themselves. All analysis seems to them to imply a loss of con- sideration, a subordination ot their Personality to something which dom- inates and measures it. They- will have none of it, and their instinct is just. As soon as we, can giye a reason for a feeling we are not longer under the spell of it; we weigh, We appreci- ate, we are free, at least,. in .principle. Love just always re,maios 5 Usenet. ton, a witchery, if the empire of woman is to endure. Love must always seem to us unadvisable, insoluble. superior to all analysis, if It is to preserve that appearance of infinity, ot aomething supernatural and miracu. lous which =keel its ehiet beatify.— Anael. Lot your fight for better health be- gin new! 13efOre you feel anti warn- ing of physical collapse, cleanse, and strengthen and build up your system. The One remedy for that tired droopy teeling is Dr, Ilamiltoe's Pills,the acknowledged king of all tonic inedie eines, Thousands of men and :Women in the late years of life retain their youthful looks and feeling simply ' eause they regulate their system with this old reliable family remedy. Noth- ing so good ,for the bowels, ettnnach or kidneys. Cures headaches, a pre- vents billioosness, stops aching pains In. the back and limbs. got. a 25e box of Dr. Hamilton's Pills to -day, Boys Drovirned, Oat Esoal)ed. The tables were ,turned in a tragic Manner at Port Elizabeth, .8°41 At- riea, recently, when two youog boys who attempted' to drown a cattaat the retletest of the .oninial's otener—were themseleas drowned iriia small bay aboot three nines from the'city. 'The eat straggled when the lade Vied to hoid its hehd Under the 'waves -and be.' fore the lova, realized their clanger they. Were swept out to. sea ley the outgolug tiO. The cat escaped ham the water and r:eturneti to its old home. -FOREHANDED, es „f (1'4441) 'Yon SN?, tlu. ,ttlaaAv cti,o,pt pal that Vs aniio tile "Wit's done?„' - .• "Well. 'e went tistay ter; !work Att"vi tuulia tiy(irtPs 8 stia.e one lentil the steileeteeature.at get fr.1k4 Novelty Notes. Brilliant red Jewelry Is one cir the fads Of tile montent. Flowers for hats in' some easea are Innde of sawdust. Taupe trimmed with flame makes a good combination for a gown. For evening, sleeves are slashed oyer the top, showing the arm through. Mandarin ekirts are being introduCed fosp rasrPopnrte'fflev:tilsr.are In vogue, some made of satin, either hand -embroidered or de- signs beaded. Small, close -fitting bands banked with flowers, the eutire crown being covered: Tussah and satin are ased for makittg 00agaillg1aa 714 slliaL9ti Seau capes feature traits which form surplice bodies: . Lapin and navralue dontinue to be 'elm favorite shades of blue, Unbelted tailor-made suits - era Itieing' alltsti)alajtedenad9 NAVhflettlettellheeel'te'd 4suitis at a in demand amome the populerepriced suits. C'hartneuse Ana sena ere used, for hoe matte coats, in gray, dark blue0 -.taupe, khmajhclitaendsalt)irnowolli.. t)004) vests ars aa • wain In many o/ the stilts ant cepa. ACCOROING TO KIND. • arou pap(Itc)fosrt"1.1110,r,palrectiryiPt)you tol% its land:" d°,".1te,:ytio, tute:C.otitlifft nto (1 mane blank verse of bane laef weesa" giveat'lie gentleman a Manx e 0. Manua 1•60,....orammt......o. yid& • it 4. • UNIVEEASITY KINGSTON ‘,, ONTARIO • • MEDIGINga AtotICAtION, APPLito'sCiENCE , Mintier, Chemical. Civil, altetaltileitl and Electricel nugiatexiAg• HOIVIK.STIAW— . Attu Coutse bpcorro.,spotatetice., iet wifiNiteyeat'settendthee or four •oisoigewr sou:long, Si;161110*Iiia tit n lily an Anima •*0',Deentlier toii.or0 19 Y. tflOWN, Ritartitto • V •