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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1918-08-15, Page 6MIR YEARS OE WAlt Fun., Airga 4 being the fourth anniver- sary of Britain'e entrance into the great war. A.t midnight on August 4. 1914, Britaai declared war ou Germatie after shehaea eleclared war On France and Rusela, and had in- vaded Belgium. This meant that when Britein, was at war Canada Wee M war, Cauada never hesitated, but imniediately threw herself into the struggle with all her reeources ot Caen and meas, Within a few alert wee lee Of. tile declaratIon of war she astonished the world by sending orae thirty thousand troops acroee the Atlantle, the largest Armada at time tirae .tat had ever Bailee front any shore, These were followed by ethers, meta now she Imo some four 1 undred thousand troops in France and Britatn. Thia achievement on the part of Canada has commanded the admiration of the wholealfled and neutral world, and the gallantrY and heroism of her Men .have been an additional matter for pride. . The etress of war •made it impera- tive that the politicel forceof the country ehould be mobilized in the interests of the war, and a lenicn Government was later torme.d witb Sir Robert Borden as Premier. The voluntary ystem of enlistment broke down when Sir Robert called for an- other hundred thousana men and conscription wale brought into, force, with the result that not only were the number of men get, but the right men were secured. Canada's contribution to the carry- ing on of' the war has strengthened the arm of Great Britain , and ber honor loll has ascribed upon it deeds of valor that:will ever live in history. Tbe men -who saved the Channel ports and who captured Vimy Ridge are till• standing on the battle front, strong, alert and full of the spirit of victory ,and Canada is behind them until the last shot is fired. Not only has Canada contributed in men and money to the struggle, but she has been an important factor in providing food and euetenance to the allied armies and peoples. With- out her aesistance in this respect the British people would have fared bad- ly, and the allied armies would have been pfncned with hunger. Not only has. 13116 fed the allies, but ehe hes supplied theni. with a large percen- tage of their munitions, much larger than most people would have thought it .possible. Whatever may be •the sacrifices ef France and Belgium, Great Britain and the British Empire have been the real etrty of the allied struggle. Croat Britain alone has kept the sea lanes open for the anise and neutral na- tions and kept them shut for the ea - my. She has created an army of over seven ane a half million Meal, two million of whoni were raised in her dominicaas and dependencies. Without her assistance the war would liave been lost ere now. Not only is she. fighting in Franee and Flanders and Italy, she is maintaihe Ing war fronts inealesopotarnia and Palestine ,and keeping the Germans out of Greece. • The collapse of Russia has thrown a heaVy burden on the Allied Powers, , but this has been .counter balanced by the entry of the Americans into the struggle: At., the beginning ht the fifth year of the war the situation looks more favorable to Britain teed her allies than it ;ever did. There Is now every promise that the alliee will soon have the plastery over the enemy and that a Victorious war will be eucceeded by a long -looked for peace. God grant that the struggle will be over WI the victory won be- fore another anniversary rolls round, that the Allied Powers will have erushed the German military ma- chine and made it poseible for the world to live at peace, with peoples of all nations and all climes worship- ping under their own vine and fig tree, norie daring; to make them afraid, Fish Coniervation. New fish ere intreduced every year and new fishbig,'Itrounds discoveeed arid surveyed for the, benefit of fisaer- men. Rescue woritearapng the fielies le also undertaken and last year more than 8,000,000 fish, lett stranded in evaporating pools, were saved to grow up to a life of usefulness—that is, big enough to be fit for the table. A skilled investigator has been etudying frog culture, and th6 Alttelca salmon fisheries have, been so guarded atid protected in accordance with fed- eral laws that this eeasent's catch has been oroartaotie, the largest ever made. The Alaska stale conetitute the, most valtutble herd of wild animals ever owned by any government, and the Imreau of fisheries is their custodian. Straw as Food. Both wheat and, barley siraW Wet:, Used by the ancient Hebrews, chiefly ae fodder for the horses, Cattle awl eamels (Genesis 24 :25; T Kings 4 IV; lealah 11 :7; 65 :25), There ie no JA - MMU= that straw was u:3od for lit- ter. CAUTIOUS. (Bolton Transcript) BOrrows—Thanks for the $5, old ch— but what is thle bamphiet you've hand- ed tile? Wyse-- I always give that with a loan —if tells how to etrengthen the meinory. • e -- "RObble, Can't yeti play without Making all that noiee?" "NO. mania, I cen't. YoU /see, we re PlaYin' trite ale, and It etertn haa Mae tip and I'M the thunder!"--YOnkers StatesMan. . tolkimat ;•114111144141N1, Archie had a passion for malteetp. He came in atter breakfast with a coeturne suitable to his part to -day. He got it at "Joe's," he Bald; hie sources of simply were mystertous, Neil groaned inwardly when be saw him dressed. Archie had a genius for low eomedy, but in atraighter bush ness was somewhat miscast, With his meagre frame encsteed in au ample frock coat, and a black, broad - brimmed Fedora on the foxeloch, lie did not look happy. "What's the matter with it?" he demanded, "The kids will holier after you." "Let 'ern bolter! I wouldn't ask anything better to stall off a cop." "She'll never be taken in," said Neil. "Why don't you go as your, self?" "If lait supposed to be a Kettucke colonel, I got to be one," Archie was stubborn. "What's the metterl They ain't all big tellows. You. wait till I turn on my dialect. Doan. you be ekeered no mot, honey. Cuhnel Med- ders ain't gwine make no mistake in dis year case." "Oh, ray God!" Nell groaned. "You sound like a last year's vaudeville act!" Archie made a feint of throwing off the frock eget. "Do it youreell if you ain't satisfied," he grumbled, testily, "Oh, go ahead!" said Neil. "It won't make any difference if We can get her to anawer the ad, Mind you get her address, that's all." Neil, following Arehle up town after a ten minute interval. found the office he had engaged to be part of quite a pretentious establishment. There was a large waiting room fur- nished in mahogany with a small bat- talion of clerks and stenographers visible in the rear, and a long row of private offices opening off. Though It lacked half an hour of the speci- fied 'time, the advertisement was proving its drawing power. Neil glan- ced in undisguised alarm at the mot- ley array of "well-bred" young women in attendance. Upon being shown into the Colonel he found him wearing an aexious ex- pression, Before Neil could speak Archie said guardedly with a nod toward's the adjoining room: "There's a man in there." Neil thought of the police with a sinking heart. "What man?" he ask- ed. 'From what 3ou told me I think it'e Hartigan." Neil's jaw dropped. "Impossible!" he said weakly. He was waiting for me 'when I got here," Archie Went on. "Big guy with red gills and a steady grouch. • Not very well lighted up on the top flat I should say. Says he read the ad in to -day's paper and as the description exactly fitted a woman he was after, asked me to let him stick around and look over the applicants." "Good heaver'si what a rotten stroke of luck!" cried Neil. "He must- n't see me. We must get him out. And she may be here any minute." "Well, if you ask me, you're wrong both ways," said Archie. "I'd tell him the truth—or some of it." "How? Why?" demanded Nell, "How can 1 explain ray not meeting him?" "Oh, cook up something. In a min- ute I'll think of a proper lie. I know! Tell him the truth nearly. There'll no lieholds water like the near truth. Tell him you had a clue that took you to Albany, and you just got back." "But how will We get him out of here?" "Don't try. He'd only hang around outside. Keep him here under our eye." Neil nodded, and opened the door Into the adjoining room. There in treth he saw tho broad back of Har- tigan. Through a crack in the other door, the ex -policeman was surveying th v, elebrect maidens as they arrived in the waiting room "Hartigan!" cried Neil in accents ef sulolited joy. liaitigan's open countenance offer- ed a etudy in changing emotions. The ree:dium was a kind of infantile sul- lenness. "Oh, it's you, Is It?" he grumbled. "So this scheme Is yours?" "Sere! Isn't it a great one?" "Maybe," said Hartigan, heavily. "Where you beeh all this time?" Neil launched fovth on a highly cir- cumstantial tale accoreing to Archie's auggestion. Archie listened with a slightly jealous expression, for the pupil almost bade fair to excel his master. -Hartigan was only partly mol- lified, "Why didn't you call me up when you got back?" he demanded. "You had my number." "I was ashamed to let on I'd been on a wild goose chase," Neil explain- ed glibly, "I wanted to show re- sults before I called you up." "Looks to me as if you wanted to cop all the credit with the news - gapers," said Hartigan bitterly. "You caul do It. 1 can prove it was me first discovered the girl." . "You get me wrong," said Neil with a pained air. "Me end my friend will be only too glad to have you work with tee Won't we, George?" "Sure thing," agreed Archie. "Police experience is just what we need." Gradually the fat man was smooth- ed down. Archie flattered him inside- ously, in it little While the three Men were discussing ways and means as amicably as possible. "As I understand it, George is going to receive them and give them a con," said Hartigan. "I'll tell you what—I'll Make out I'M his stenographer and be pasting the alphabet hi the cor- ner. "Can you 'wOrk One of thern noodle factories?" asked Archie. "No, but I can give an imitation. 'Taint ;Whin' to beat out a little type. I won't stop to make words. I'll wear on of thent green eye -shades like they do." "Sure, you'd Mike a grand, hettY stenOgra,pher," answered Archie, dry- ly, "but I Might forget myself and bust out laughing." "What are You goin' to do?" asked Hertigan of Neil. Neil Was nOnpIuseed fOr a second. Archie spoke tip "Hear goin' to weteli from tide room atid give me a sign when the right one etenee in." "What's the alga?" eleni the roll -tot desk Shea aiet?" Neil abruptly clapped him 0.11 the bitch. "Archie, you're a good -Old lob. SW!" he said jerkilla "Oh, Ure" meld Archie, drYIY: "Well, what' to be done now?" he reeked after a while* "Hartigan hacl the right idea," Neil inueed. "Mire, A bonehead rings the bell, but he don't know it," agreed Archie. "I lied," said Neil. "I would know her writing amoog ten thelleand let- ters. How woule soneetiting like this do? 'Wanted: An artist in black and wbite, by advertising agency. One ex- perienced in drewitig animals deeired. A-ddrese, with full particulare,' and so forth." "All right," Hartigan agreed, "I'll "All t'1 1.9 nodded Archie. "Neat and bus." be with him, and when she comes I'll inesslike enure her, Jand you telephone for the "If we get her address we can police." watch the place, and maybe land hine Neil and Archie glanced at cult wIthOut bothering her at all." other. "O.K." ;mid Archie. "Hold on!" said Neil, "I got some CHAPTF,R XXI. • • say in this, The girl is only halt our Next day in the middle of tae af. mark. We want the man, and we ternoon Neil rang the bell of au can can only reach him through her. apartment in an old-fashioried house No arrests!" on a side treet off Morningside Park. Hartigan consented, grumbling, He had chosen an hour when lodgers s "Yes, you stay with him," said Ar- would most likely be away from chie. "But no interference, mind. I home, but he had to chance that. The don't want no mob effect. 'You let door was opened by a round little hina watca, Hartigan, and you sit lady, who peered at him timidly baelc for a reserve, see?" through thick glasses, This was accompanied by a flicker "Does Florence Folsom live here?" of an eyelid in Nell's direction. Neil asked Neil, making much of a note got it. The fat man expressed himself he held in his hand. as aatistied, Archie went back into "Yes, sir," said the old lady, begin - the next room, and the diverse pro- ring to tremble at hie businesslike cession began. tone. "But she's not in." The young women ranged in age "Oh," said Neil, affecting to be dis- from sixteen to'sixty. Every school ot appointed. "Is it Miss or Mrs. Fol - breeding from leassaic, New Jersey, awn? She doeen't say in her note." to Brownsville was represented. They "Miss Folsom," were terrifically well-bred: the load "Ohl Is any of her family in?" was almost more than they could "She has no family, at least not carry. They talked the purest news- here," paper English, and generally aimed "Oh!" Neil eigested this piece of to be as languid as Cleopatra, Perox- information with mixed feelings, "elle ide and rice powder were in evidence has applied to my firm for a poeition and many a scented handkerchief and I called to interview ber," he was shaken within reach of the col- went on. ones nose. The landlady bobbed her little They followed each other rapidly, round head. Evidently it did not ac- tor Archie, lacking the sign from Neil cur to her simplicity that this was (whieh was not the sign they had reversing the usual order. told Hartigan), dismissed them cur- "Will sae be in soon?" eerily no matter what their breed- "Not until half eaet seven, etre" Mg. Neil watched through a crack in 41_,;6n.Pielinenetpsyoueinrmda ec.oMay .inte:eafiv 0•nir Bin ?,f the door. Tho chair in which the tip- "I—I suppose so," he faltered. plicants sat was placed in his line of Neil was introduced to a sunny lit - vision. Hartigan sat over by the win- tle sitting -room with faded plush fur- dow. Then Neil saw her, and the heart iwniwiturea bBrriguliseteenIsedcabrype't,tidcieshisn,'a' Tohrnerae. almost jumped out of his body. No anente, twin ca.nariee and a cat Re - different quality in the closing' of the imernberin.g Archie's methods Neil. ap- door _warned him! Though all theee Piled himself to putting the little body preparations had been made with the at her ease before pursuing Ills inves- design of bringing her to that place, eizationce when she came he could scarcely be- That did not prove to be difficult. lieve his eyes. Yet there she sat, his •A compliment to the at, a little en - darling girl, with her proud, appeal- thuslasm for the geraniume on the ing glauce and her inimitable, lady- tire weep°, and the trick was done, like air. ialer tongue once loceed there was no Neil made believe to stumble stopping it again. She was like a little against the door and it went shut. 'girl who eomehow had neglected to This was the real signal agreed on grove up; friendly, loquacious and fla- bbier° they had left home. Neil had tering, full of odd little gasps and the wit to shake his head at Herta giggles. Rocking violently in a patent gan as he turned. rocker, with the thick glasees striking "Clumsy!" whispered the ex -police- sparks, she told Nell all about the Man. eate Mr. Cornflower who was a pro - "I'll open it again as soon as this tescor of penmanship, and whose last one goes out," said Neil. year,3 had been embittered by a series Meanwhile his ears were stretched of bone felono on the index finger of to hear what was gbing on behind his right hand. the frosted glass partition. It did not "What did ybu say the name was?" run all the way to the ceiling. Archie. asked Nell. thinking of Hartigan, pitched his "Cornflower. Yee people always voice low, and Laura's voice was sott, laugh. But it's not spelled the came as etnetway. None but a lover could have the vegetable." heard what passed. Neil heard Archi.e ' Neil gradually worked the conversa- tion back to her lodger. Mrs. Corn- flower on this subject was ocstatic and exclamatory to the point of inco- herence, "A .firni would be lucky to get her! My life and eoul, they would. None of your flounting baggages! No ,sir. She minds her p's and q's. I guess that's what you want in an office, ain't it? What clothes I never saw! Short at both ends! I mean the girls nowadays. Not Miss Folsom. She's old-fashioned. But not -behind the timee. Clever! My landi• Bright as a button. There's no filthy rouge on her bureau—nor hidden in her top drawer, neither. Though of counes I wouldn't look. You should see aome of the others who come here. Mercy me, I'm so eared of every new lodger I don't hardly dust go to the door. I'm natarally a friendly, woman at that. But New York le suck a wick- ed plaee it really confuses me. But Miss Folsom, now, I wasn't scared of her. Soon as I eee her I thanked the Lard for sending me one like that. I 'hope she'll never go. Of course elle ain't been here very long—" "Three days!" thought Neil, "Die- sembler!" "But I love her like a daughter al- ready. She's kind to an old woman. .Don't poke fun at me, or put on any airs. I guess she's had trouble herself —I mean reepectable trouble. My good -4 nees! when I think how I have been imposed on by othere! If Mr, Corn- flower knew what I had been through he would not be resting easy, poor soul! A manly man and a respecter of , women, he wee! All are not like that. -- There was a man took my parlor bed- - room last winter, se nice appearipg a man se aoe'd want to see! But wait till I tell yoti—" "Are you sure Mies Folsom won't be • back before half -past seven?" inter- rupted Neil gently, "Yes, sir, *he's at. work." "Oh, ehe's working. ie she?" . "Yee, sir, every afternoon from four till seven. But she doesn't like it. She's always looking. for semething better." "What does she do?" Mee Cornflower hesitated ."I ain't %ere as Ghee want me to tell." Naturally Nelhe curiosity was fired. "Nonsense! I suppose it's honest work, ain't it?" "Honeet!" said Mra. Cornflower with aeperity. "If you'd ever seen her you wouldn't aek such a question!" "Well, ,then, why tot tell me?" "Weli—ehe dances." "Danees!" eehoed the astonished her to write in, see?" Nell. "But she'd use an assumed name," "Oh, not oti the stager said Mrs, objected Well, "and we don't know Cornflower, horrified. "Not •in short her writing. What good WOuld thee i skirts, or anything! Mercy me, :no! Seciety dances, perfectly genteel and "Never thought of that." Hartigan reepectable." loOked blank, "Where?" Archie went off on the plea of "Maybe she wouldn't want you to _ other business, but Nell had to sub- go there." Mit to be entertained by Ilartigae at _ "That's too bad," ettid Nell cun- a nearby bar before he Mild get rid ningly. "If I can't get in 4:tech with of him, and then only by arranging her this afternoon, I'll have to ela- te Meet him next day. tage somebody else." Reunited at last in their little flat, er deeded. "You soo, there's a lady the partners Were free to ear% their _ servo tee (leery afternoon and thereal say:: "I suppose you have come in an- swer to the advertisement. What is your name, please?" Neil understood that the irrepress- ible Archie had succumbed to her. He made no attempt to play the absurd Colonel Medders,,, His voice had a de - deferential quality, Laura did not immediately answer kis question, and he asked it retain. "May I ask you a question or two?" she countered in the voice that knock- ed on Neil's heart. "Certainly, Miss." "Do you wish somebody to come by the day to teach your children, or to live in your house?" "To live with ate," said Archie. "The children want a mother." "Oh, 'the fool!" groaned Neil in- wardly. "Where do you live?" she asked. "Er—West Seventy-second Street. Close to the Park." "May I ask why you specified a Southern woman?" "Why naturally because I am from the South originally." "May I ask your name, please?" -'Colonel Greenleaf of Kentucky. George W. Greenleaf." "Oh!" The monosyllable expressed volumes. The eavesdroper understood that the iaterview was at an end— and he was powerlesa to move! "Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" sa,ld Archie, excitedly. Evidently Laura had risen. "I could not take the position," she said softly. • "Don't be so hasty!" said poor Ar- chie. "Just give me your name and address. I would expect to give you references, of ceurse, just as I'd ask for them. Your name and address, please" "Good morning," she said, and the door closed after her. So they had failed! But how flue she had been! In a topsy-turvy way Nell was glad she had got the better of them,. He felt no love tot the ex - policeman at 'that moment. If Harti- gan had not been there he could have gone after her. The worst of it was they were obliged to keep up the solemn farce for Hartigan's benefit at least for a while. Archie came into them at last. "That's all of them," he Said de- jectedly, "And the time's up. We have fallen down!" "She's afraid to show her face, I geese," Hartigan opleed, "Maybe we could catch her with an ad telling Fresh and Fia$rant An Everyday Delicious Bev_erage, 11 Black, Green 1 or Mixed • Too Many Interruptions. Vincent Astor recently described an attelliPt that he had made to intro- duce orieket on one of Ills estates. "Of course, cricket," he aid, "is a more leisurely game than baseball— a more leisurely and formal and lux- urious game. We played it iu the riglit _English manner, and my teen seemed very well pleased. "One of the men —his name is Jethro—seemed particularly pleased. Jethro did full justice before the game to the lunch serve4 in the striped mar- quee on tho lawn, ale eajoyed up to the limit the meat tea that pleasantly in, terruptod the afternoon's play..At cacti call of time he was on band when the cigars and iced drinks and eand- wicaos were passed round. "-At the open-air dinner that wound up the first day's play I turned to Jethro during the chicken course and said: 'Well, old man, how do you like cricket?" "'Mr. Vincent,' said Jethro, and be twirled the stem of hia ohampagn glass reflectively, 'cricket would be a fine game, sir, if it wasn't for all this here fieldin' and rennin' about between meals.' "---,Exchange, Minard's Linlmentepures Burns, Etc1.. _ Germans Salute BrItish. breasts by cursing the r itc . - "Well—I'll risk it, alto, Colliflovie "Kick nie for a fool!" invited Ar- dancing which is so faehionable nova ehie, "1 lost my nerve. / acted like a and she engagea some young ladled mutt and a boob betore her.",., and gentlemen who ate extra good "Oh, it wasn't your fault," 883(1 daneers to dance with the others, .All Neil, "It was A fool pleat front the be- (Mite proper and genteel, I aseuee you. ginning. I can see that elearly noW." But 'Mies Folsom says it'a too easy te "By the Lord Harry, What a. woman" be honest. Site's funny. I guess she tried Archie. "Why didn't you tell doh% get Mttch, Anyhow elle ttaYe me What to expecte" elle's looking tor real Work." "I did!" cried Neil. (To be coittinued.f "She drew the heart right Out of nly breast!" said Archie eoftly, "So You mist use twlee tile quentIty �t . plucky and so pitiful! 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Pending the receipt of a motor lic- ense the police of Portland, Ore., issue a temporary license. To save breakage a new tretk dumps a load of bricks in an orderly pile just as if they had been' piled by hand. A pocket adding machine, Which weighs but two ounces, and May be carried in the vest pocket, fits itt the palm of .the hand when calneatione are being made. Fifteen million tons of coal are used annually in operating American arti- ficial ice factories and refrigerating plants. r Cheapest of All Oils—Considering the curative qualities of Dr. Thomas' Eclectric 011 it is the cheapest of sej preparations offered to the pub- lic. It to be found in every drug store in Canada from coast to coast and all country merchants keep it for sale. So, being easily procurable and extremely moderate in price, no one should be without a battle of it. t Science Brevities. The Gallician oil fields are espec- ially rich in parahfin. Metallie, sodium hardens lead with- out changing its color. Two per cent, of sodium will harden lead so that it will ring when struck: a larger amount causes it to become brittle. It is possible that licorice, which now comes from the Mediterranean, may at no distant time be grown In New Jercey. Extieriments are now under way with the imported plauts. Eighty per cent, ot the•European output of oil is produced in Russia, and if at the end of the war she lute acquired Galicia, Russia will produce no less than 90 per cent. An aviator's suit with a current of warm air circulating through it has been devised. The air Is heated elec- trically. Leder* Three root Long. In theie day or war breed, when not on)), the mutiny but the qUentity is strictly watched, bread by the yard le an alluring idea, *aye tho London Tit- bits. But one ittia to ge te Vrane end Italy to find the reat thing. The pipe bread of Italy im Often made In loavem three feet long, while the rolls of Jermuce are ea long as a Britian grena- dier, and, in the absence of wood, conid alinoet be used as pit -props or eceffole pole& It is no unusual thine for Parisian bounewivem to find their loaves( propoed up against the aoor of their flat, while those mlio debouch on the street find the staff of life leaning againat tho front door when they take down the shutters. Women are the baker's distributors. They start about 6.30, and before they leave the bakehouse therm potteive de pain brush all, their loaves lest env of the grit or grime Of the fire titanic] spoil Its whiteness. Country bread in England is alwaYa bigger than town bread. Ind one has to get a W„el,sh loaf 4) realize what a ble loaf reany Means. It ia nO Uncommon thing for a Welsh wife to put all fier baking into one loaf, and very sweet and wholesome it tastes.—Exehange. Miller's Worm Powders, being in demand everywhere, cart be got at any chemist's or drug shop, at very smell cost. They are a etandard route. dy for worm troubles arid can be fully relied upon to expel wornas front the system and abate the aufterhies that worms cause. There are many moth - era that rejoice that they found avail- able a remedy for tae roliet of their children. ; FIRST CONCRETE SHIP, • Of barnyard fowl, ducks end geese live longest. There is sat dto be in Scotlarid a gander that is now 68 years old. Intended for war and ordinary em- ergency purposes ae well as for the use of the surgeon when performing eertain operations, is a tourniquet ' that may be arselied to the neck as well as other parts of the bo'dY. CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is it local disease, greatly in- YlueiVed "'by "cltntitutional tiion.dittons, and in order to euro it you must take an internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medi- cine 1.s taken internally and acts through the blood on the mucous surf9.ces of the system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was ,rrescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years. It is com- posed of some of the best tonics known combined with tome of the best blood Purifiers. The perfect combination of the Ingredients in Hall's Catarrh Medicine is what produces snail wonderful results in catarrhal conditions. Send for testi- monials free. P. J. CHENEY er CO., Props., 'Toledo, 0. All Druggists, Wc. Hall's Family Pills for constipation: - PANCAKE RECIPES. WHOLE WHEAT PANCAKES. To each pint sweet milk (of milk and water mixed) use one egg, two teaspoonfuls baking powder (rounded), one-half teaspoonful salt and flour to thicken. BUTTERMILK PANCAKES. Three cupfuls buttermilk, one .egg, one teaspoonful ealt, ono teaspoonful baking powder, one teaspoonful soda, two and one -hell cupfuls flour, two tablespoonfuls cornmeal. Sift flour, soda, salt, baking powder and corn- meal. Beat egg good and add but- termilk and egg with the other in- gredients; beat good -tor about three minutes. 'Serve witmaple syrup. CHOICE PANCAKE RECIPE, To one pint of sweet milk add ono teaspoonful sugar, one teaspoonful salt, two cups flour, two heaping teaspoon - fats baking powder mixed in flour Do not beat the batter. Stir just enough to mix in the flour. Put a spoonful of meat fryinga on a good hot gridele: bake quickly. BREADCRUMBS GRIDDLE CAKES, One egg, two cupfuls sour Milk, one and one -halt cupfuls breadcrumbs, one cepful flour on teaspoonftil salt, one teaspoonful soda. Mix in order given, beat Well. Have griddle hot and well greased, drop by spoonful; cook until a rich brown. Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. You never can tell. The fellow who sets the pace ddestet always win in ' the long rine Trial of Full Powered Vessel a New Type of Good Omen, The Namsenfjords recently ran het trial trip, She is the Out re -enforced concrete full -powered vessel to be com- pleted, shEt hati a length of eighty- four feet by twenty teet by eleven feet six inches draught, on which she car- ries 200 tons Of cargo, and with bier eighty horsepower Bolinder engine de- velops a speed of about seven and One- half knots. It was found on trial that vibration was practically notaexistent, whIch speaks well for the method and material of construction. While on trial the vessel's sea -going qualities were thoroughly tested and she be- haved excellently, A large hold le arranged for, and a medium/I-sized hatch will facilitate the loading and discharging of bulky packages, The cargo will be dealt with by a powerful motor winch. The crew's quarters are forward, and the captain, mate and engineers will be berthed aft on deck. Re -enforced concrete vessels should prove valuable assets to those coun- tries which have lost vessels during the war. If steel and wood were plen- tiful and could be released for com- mercial work, there is every prob- ability- that concrete construction for Marine purposes would not have been studied to the extent that it has be,en. This development *will no -doubt prove to be one of the benefits the allies will gain through the war. There is a limit to the output of steel and pro- Miriard's Liniment Co., Limited. Dear Sirs—I can recommend MI- NARD'S LINIMENT for Rheumatism and Sprains, as I have used It for both with excellet results. Yours trnly, T. B. LAVERS St. .Tohn ISSUE NO, 8$, 1918 WANTED. eweeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.a. 110EMAKER WITH TO040---XlirEY work and mitering. eerie Brom., Bothwell, one MitiCE41,-ANEOUe. -4 THE eAleel WAY TO SENO 14011EV by mail is by PO:Widen IIXPreala Monty Order. 1101011 SHAVBR BIACK BREEDINg No foxes. Reid Bros. Bothwell, Qnt., perly seasoned timber, but practically none to the production of cement, There are, of corse,, -drawbacks to every new industry, but, so far as can be determined, advocates of the re - enforced concrete vessels believe they have only one, viz., heavier hulls than if steel or timber were employed. But against thin, it is pointed out, there are advantages, such as increased cubic capacity, cost of upkeep practi- cally nil, and reduced cost of repairs in the -event of damage. For quite a considerable period tug owners have been anxious to employ tugs fitted with oll engines in prefer- ence to steam eeginee on account of the reduced cost ot running, but so far there has been a slight drawback—the reduced weight of machinery. With a cargo vessel this reduced 'rate is naturally of considerable benefit to owners, but with a tug weight is essen- tial. A re -enforced concrete tug, fitted with an oil engine would have a some- what similiar displacement to a steel I/easel fitted with steam machinery:As a consequence, previded the expert-. mental vessels now under construction in this country prove a success, tug owners may be expected to consider the oil -engine contreste tug proposition on really serious lines.—London Ship- ping World. I There may be other corn cures, but Holloway's Corn Cure stands at the heed of the list so far as results are concerned. Industry and Science. A company making Portland cement at Durham, Ont., is said to be now turning out as a by-product from the feldepar 12 to 16 tons of potash daily. Feldspar reek Is added to the limestone as a raw material for cement and a process has been evolve ee for collecting the potash. Many nervous as well as other dis- eases are eaueed by incorrect illum- ination. The eye Is a subject of prime cousideration in connection with our health and happiness. Eye fatigue spoils the disposition; as that is one of the eonditions given for inefficient work, we find here again a reduc- tion in efficiency and a cause for more loss of the workman's time. The first loss was mechanical, the seeond is physical; both, when re- duced to a dollar -and -cents basis, show a large percentage over the coot of the lighting that would be re- quired to eliminate them. A judgment is dependeut dpon perception, and perception upon the sight, then the laborer, to be efficient must be able to see fine details and small objects at close range with sharpness and distinction, to distinguish Objects at FARMS FOR SALE. F OR SALE --LOT 20; CONCESSION a Townehip of Vaughan; one hundred/ acres; large briers house; earn, /5 ft. VY ft,, atone foundation; win accomodate IA belie of cattle; also stable for 6 bermes: pig pen, hen house; 11/2acres orchard; tore fence; fifteen nines Met Toronto. T. /I. Steele, Nashville, Ont. , clioxcE FARM—ADJOINING GRIMS- BY town, consisting of one hundred and eighty acres; mulit be sold at once to close up an estate. Apply to P. B. Calbick, Winona, Ont, aWO-ILUNDRED-ACRE eLEATtmi) WM for sale—County Durham; good soil, fair buildings; convenient to . railway station and village; four thous-. and will buy; easy terms; possession after harvest. Ci. P. 15feKaY, 44 Victoria street, Toronto, AGENTS WANTED. 1. AGENTS WANTED Yap CAN " make itt ur county, with our test selling Comb rnation. Coeker, One pales. man banks ;328,55 the first Menai. An. Other agent sells 20 in two hours, Others cleaning up ;10 daily, No capital nec- essary. Goods shipped to reliable Inert On time. Territory going fast. Write qui* to secure ypur iielU. Combination Products Co., 111. Main street, Fester, Que, • EXECUTOR'S SALE SAV . Thomas,ANDOe aPePpIpNi aGg uLIL 11; a7in 1)leteOUT l:Mseysateemre r°orllejr7, ds;teet‘lvolalamteilegsn north corn shelter, elevators, etc; sawmill has 56" inserted tooth circular saw, also butting or slab saw with shafting, belts, etc.: engine Is Fairbanka-Morse oil or gasoline; rate 32 h. p.; this mill has maim. money; building is frame and could "be moVed; also good 50 -acre farm with barns and brick house, about one-half mile from mill. Each property will be sTohldomeahs,ea1::intt.oclose an estate. Address Sanders & Ingram, Barristers, etc,, $t. BUSINESS CHANCES. POR SALE -50 -BARREL PLAN $/F - ter mill, in Markdale; good water- power. W, Ford, Markdale. OR SALE, AT WALLA.CEB'URG—AN evaporator plant, well equipped; was operated last year; adjoins railway arid convenient for shipping; also conven- ient to ship by water; about two acme of land in connection. Communicate with JOhn Si Fraser, Barrister, Wallaceburg, Ont. a distance with accuracy, and to have clear perception of all objects in the intermediate space. Light is known ,to bay° an injure louse effect on bacteria; hence it it an important hygienic in water. Steel tempered in phenol has more hardness ancleelisticlty than when it has been tempered in Water. _ Fish Carries Liquid Clouds. The squid is a craftly little denizen of the deep. This cuttlefish isn't much of a fighter, as fighters go, so he has been forced Lc, provide some means of protecting himself from fhb myriads of voracious fish that hamlet the deep sea where he lives. There is a small pouch on which he carries an intensely black fluid. On the ap- proach of an enemy he squirts out some of this liquid and surrounds hiniself with a black cloud, in which he hides from his pursuing enemy. Because of the nature of the fluid he excretes, he is sometimes termed the inkfish. M !nerd's Liflirnefle for sale everywhere - SHOT A BUTTERFLY. , Gigantic Species Discovered by a Naturalist in New Guinea. The largest butterfly known., says the Wide World Magazine, is, feud only in British New Guinea and spec- imens are worth anything from $100 upward.. The male measures eight inches across the wings and the fe- male not less than eleven inches, a wing spread exceeding that of many small birds. The story of the Bret discovery of this gigantic butterfly is a curious one. A naturalist saw a specimea perched on the top of a tree, and fall- ing to capture it by any other means, 'finally shot it. From the fragments he decided that the species was entirely unknown to science, and he accordingly fitted out an expedition; at it cost of' many thousands of dollars, to go in search of the insects. Two members ot the party fell vic- tims to the Papuan ceentbals, and an- other was rescued only 113 the nick ot time. In spite of this inauspicious commencement to his enterprise, how- ever, the naturalist persevered end ul- timately succeeded. in obtaining per- fect specimens. CtIORRA INFANTUM Cholera infantum is one of the rem ailme,nts of childhood. lt ia e trouble that comes on suddenly, during the Bummer months, and tem prompt action is takee. Inc little ona may soon be beyond aid. Baby's Own Tablets are an ideal medicine in ward- ing oft this trouble. They regulaoe the bowels and a weeten the stomace, and thus prevent all the dreaded stea- mer emnplaints. Coucerning them Mrs, Fred Rose. 8001 Bay, Ont., Faye: "I feel 13aby o Own Tablets saved the lite of our baby when she had cholera Infantum, aud I would net be without them." The Tehlste ere sold by medicine (lesion* or by noel at 25 ce,nte it box front The Dr, Wil- bianie eledicine CO., Broekville, Out, • Her Present Veda. Slip-on blouses; ettee It cool white voile. Fiches, (plaint ana oltadashleted looking, but most femiatue turd glue- gether delightful on summer teocke. Gingham dresses, in trio timelier checks, preferably, with fine white colars and cuffs of organdie or team, and sashes willed tie In the bask: Yringe-trimmed dreasesb—the smart one-piece serge or silt lreeees have silk fringes ornamenting their pan. els, sashes and ar,mellnita fteeke. Large mushroonte-bvireired Ws of blue Georgette, with taeinge ct cool and snoWy white. About the only late it Man ad- vances by going backward is when he Is rowing a boat, 1