The Wingham Advance, 1918-10-31, Page 6IDE TRAIL Of DaTRUCIION
'Sow tleat • the Germans have boon
taiti Wet Mel will aave to make good
tee weuten destructlen that they
Lave ear.Sed. lit Frence and Delgiana
they begin to make excaaes, but QM
th:, work •ot destruction sine pillage
&oast on aa they retreat. NAM' Vii -
!Ages and towns !save been set on fire,
andoeveral ettlea have beeu mined and
eleetriettl devices ueei to blow up the
Ileldings long after they have been
evactiated. Take ilia town of Ham,
for instanee, This town Imo been vis-
ited with deetruction even more Cora
plete and less jestlfiable than that o
Noyon, 'DAM was a place Of little, ove
000 inhabitantbefore the war. In
1917 the Germane crowded lute fiam
the in.hablteette of the surrounding
villeges, which tb.air had destroyed
botuse by house, They blqw up ehe
bridges, mined the two main ramie
leading into Um town from the bridges
and blew the anent casele of Ham
into the tiver, nes year they have
methodically destroyed theetown,
in-
ferzial machines were arratigel in all
the• houses. By the pressing of but
tone miles away, long after the last
Boche eolelers had tressed tea some
brlages, Mee were started whicb
guttea every bouse in. the. town, and
tha buildiage were blowu tato the air
Ham lied not euffered by shell fire
Neither (side had any interest in firing
ou it, and tlui 'only excuse the Germane
could snake -este" that by destroying
theatown they had blocked the roads
agithet the French Pursuit, la Invalid.
Thedestruction of the bridges alone
made It itnposeible for the Prowls to
enter the town until they had betel
replaced'.
When a. selitern of 'eleCtrical control
ha e been installed- the minee-can bq
fired at ay time as long as.the wires
are not cut, but even this emergency
I e 'provided for, By maims of special
deisices,"mines can be enadato explode
as long after the German evacuation
Of the place as is desired, se,veral
weelte if necessary. The 'church at
Neale blew up long after the Germans
had left thee town.
-1.
OUR DEBT TO THE NAVY
Tao great historic Battle 'of Trafal-
gar Was fought between the British
and the French stud Spaniardon the
1:11st of October, 1805, just on.e hun-
dred and thirteess years agei. Menthe
neat ia the anniversary ot th.Is great
vietOry achieved by the British Neet
uatter Lord Nelson. A hundred yearo
age .British sea power conquered
Polehn, •so to -day British sea polyer
has made victory for •the Kalaer im-
possible. Great as has been. the mai-
LAO efforts of the Allied Powers,
they' could not have overcame the
Central Powers without the nid of tbt
British fleet. Withoat the Prilish fleet,
(haat Britain would have been finable
tie ;throw her millions of troops- into
leranee and Belgium or carry on her
manyother war fronts. Witholit the
British fleet to defend it, the German
fleet vitouid have harried- the -coasts
of France . wed landed .ttoops en
French soil. Without tbe British
fleet theAmetican Government weuld
have been unable to tranapOrt its sol-
diers across the 'Atlantic. Without
the British fleet the war Would heve
been over and Germany would have
been the victor,
Without the British merchant mar-
ine, the arrnieeof .France, Britain*and
Belgium could not lis,ve been main-
tained at the fropt. Italy would have
been starved before now. Without the
British merchant marine the people
of Great Britain wcald have been
long ere new famine stricken, and
Prance and Belgium would have been
toodleas. Without the merchant mar-
ine there would not have been m-
esas to transport either men, munis
time drablitipliesse-Britesth sea power
has saved the British isles from in-
vasion mid kept the Gerhian fleet
penned up in the Kiel Cana'. .
On the anniversary of the great
Trafalgar Victory it is right and pro-
per thet we should do honor to the
men Med the day. The British fleete
Cleat preesure •at sea has been worth
Mane* victotioue battles. The battle of
Jutland aad the leseer battles in which
it was victoeloue show that the Brit-
ish navy still rules the seas.
; is IllE WAR NEARLY °NEE ?
Jashe• rapidity with which the Ger-
mane .to retreating from certain sec -
theme of the western front, the swift-
est:3e of tae Allied advance, and the
eecupatioxj of many cities and towns
that. liseve been in the hands -csf the
(mealy iuraost eine() •the beainning, of
tae e'er, leatt many people to imagine
that the war ia aboutoyer. We are be-
teg warned by men like Gin. tdauHee
no to delude oureerves. Tlse Germans
ere retreating, but they are not bea-
ten, and wherei they believe it ne-
CepsarY to make a stand they do not
tight like beaten men. Our men are
engaged he not a few sectors In the
hardest khuI of fighting, and We
have only to look at the) long Hat of
our own honor roll to learn that the
german army is yet capable of doing
numb. mischief.:
Vve are told that Germany hae yet
some four minion men on, the Wes-
tern trona They have troops in
itus-
t41a, 45 the Tisikane and elsewhere that
can yet he put in the battle line- •
they retreat they shorted their battle
front, thus resitUrIng fewer non to
hold it, atid as they retire to Carmai
territory they are nearing defences
that will noun muelt hard flghting
before they are -reduced. The war is
going our way, but it Is not Yet won.
We have hopes tbat the wai s end will
be hastened by the breakdown of the
Clerman home front. The people of
Germany are eick of it, and if they
eee no hope of einning, our belief is
that they Well fOrco the Kaleer or
their representativee to make peaee.
If the next rejoinder et the Germans
to President Wilton he not uncondi-
tional. surrender, we believe that it
will teal to that, If the people of Ger-
many Make it plain that they have
heel enough. Bulgaria ts ot1t rf ths;
war, Turkey is net good as out, end
keetritt-Ilungary is puttirtg her holm
in Order preparatory to Peace. Ger-
many itt thus left prattlealiy elate
te bee the erittele. How long will she
bee it?
Latin 001121408.
Lat:n lx the language of arelent
Itoine, the language originally errstan
in Latium, and afterwarls ex:ended
over ell the integral parts of the llo-
Man empIre in Lurope. The eouetries
of math America, are inhabited by
recoil ethrtteelly and Iingeisticalle loe
littet to the alleitnt Rename o:
lasts; Iseet..e they 're tolled Letin
attustr:tat
STOLEN JEWELS
CHAPTER VII.
Kittes supper parties were always
delightful, though slightly goatees.
The guests were usually Men and wo-
Mon of the world, connected with art,
literature, and tae drama, so a gen-
• eral tone of brilliancy perineated the
• atmosphere. The hostess herself was
adintrable conversationalist, and
What with the wine, the laughter, and
the influeuce of the midnight hear,
• the excitement sseemed contagious.
Evert one was amueings and witty
stories, caustic remarlts, and sarcastic)
epigrams followed one after the othee
In reckless profusion.
Very pretty the supper-teble looked,
Weigh, it must be confeesed, rather
disorderly. It wae not a very large
table, but accommodated the present
company admirably, and under the
soft light of the tapers, with watch the
room was illuminated, tho silver and
glase sparkled brilliantly. lialf-filled
glasses of champagne and burgundy,
crumbs on the white table -cloth, arse
a general array of disorderly plates,
showed that supper Was over. The
guests had, pushed away their chairs,
and were smoking and chatting, while
a light breeze came in through the
• open French. window, and somewhat
coed the temperature of the room.
The smoky atmosphere, the flaehing
of the light on the bare sboulders of
the women, gay ferninine, laughter,
sod the general air et unconvention-
ality, fascinated Keith as he sat be -
'side bis hostess, listening to the desul-
• tory conversation, and occasionally
joining in. Slingsby wee speaking
about a new book which had eom0
out, and this gave rise to a brilliant
rattle a pungent wit.
"It's galled 'Connie's Grime,' a mix-
ture of blood and atheism."
"Yes, so they say; a hash -up of the
Newgate Calendar and •gueen Mab,
with a dash, et realism to render it
attractive,"
"Awfully bad for the public."
mBahl they read worse in papers.
The Penny Whistle was bewailing the
Prevalence of criminal literature, yet
You can't take up a night's issue with4
out finding a divorce ettse or a murder
-the pot calling the kettle black with
a vengeance."
"Don't suppose either it or shilling
shockers have much to do witla the
morals of the public -we're all going
to -the deuce."
"Pessimistici" 4
-"Oa true. We a game of follow MY
leader, with Father Adam at the
head,"
• "Gad, lie ought to have arrived at
hi a destination by this time!"
."011! we'll all find -that out when
we get there,"
'But you forget we stilt jn thiss new
coliatry with all the old-world civilize-
,
Lion.
"les. and.• all -the old -World vices."
'Which area natural concomitant
Of aforesaid civilization."
I "How abusive you all are," said
• Kitty, shrugging her shouldera; "pea-
pleetre 'not so bad as you snake out."
. they're worse," said Delph
• lightly. "Put , on your diamonds and
• go through Victoria like that young
I• person in Moore's song, `Rich and
I rare *were the gems she wore,* you
! won't be •treated as well, I promise
yqu."
• "I'm afraid I'm very careless of my
diamonds," laughed Kitte; "I cer-
tainly take them home from •the the-
atre every night, but I generally put
the case .safely away in the drawer
pf•eny looking -glass.
very safe pleats," observed Laz-
es approaingly, "for illustration
eee Porna story • of 'The" Purloined
Letter,' "
"All the same, I Wouldn't trust to
fiction for suggestions," said Fenton :
gaily, "some night you'll be. minus
your jewels,"
take the risk," retorted !aitty,
rielnk. "I'm going into the drawing
room. Mr. Lazarus, you come also, I
have got the score of that -new opera-
• boutfe %bits,' and I want you to try
ii."
"Bah! a failure in town," growled
Mortimer.
"That doesn't •necessarily mean a
failure .in Melbourne," replied KittY,
and with this parting shot she went
• away, followed by the ladies and Ezra
Laestres. Keith remained behind,
/ and, lighting a fresh cigarette, lis.
• toned to the conversation, which was
now glighly horsey.' .
• "I know what's going to win the ,
"Never knew a mart who didn't." .
"This is true, 'Devil-may-care,' "
"Au Outsider."
"They generally win, but don't pro-
phesy too soon."
"No, or like Casandra, your pro-
' Pheetett won't be believed,"
•411116 1g Cassandra -another dark i
"No -a woman."
-"Talking abottt Women, I wish you'd
get more chorus girls, Mortimer."
"Got quite enottghar
"Of course -quantity, not quality." ,
"They've been so:ebbing you?" •
Wrong again; they stover snub any
one ether can givethem diamoads."
"Which. yeti °Ann."
• "Nor by Jove. I wish I had some
tnyaerf-say Caprice's."
"Don't grudge them to her, dear .
boy -the savings of years."
Every one grirmed.
aleutowhile Kettle grew tired of this
'ecirdellating talk, and leaving Ezra
rattling away at a gallop in the draw -
Ing roons, • he arose mut Ivent out
into the hall. Glaneing carelessly up
the stairs, he saw a little figure in
*White corning down.
"Why Meg," said Keith, going to the
foot of the stairs to receive her,
"What are you doing at this hour of
the Melt?"
"Meg Want e IntitalteY," raid the
thild, mating her t rms round his
neck.
"Mtunsey's busy," replied Keith,
lifting her up. "I" take you back to
bed, dear,"
"Don't want fa go to bed," said the
child, though she rould hardly keep,
her eyes open.
Kitty laughed, and roeked her OW -
17 to and fro in his arms for a few
minutes, huMming softly till "Sleg
grew tired,
"Will Meg go to bed now?" he whis-
pered, seeing she 'had closed her eyes,
"Yes! Meg's sleepy."
Keith went upstairs. with the quiet
little tigers la his arm, and seeing an.
open door leading to ft room in which
there was a subdued light, caused by 'h
the teetering of the glut, he went In, h
end finding Moen tot, plaeed her in It,
and tucked her (arettelly in.
"Good -night, clear." he whispered •'
Enhis her.
"Good-uight, mousey; good -night,
God," murmured Meg, thinking oho
was SaYing her prayera and. fell taut
• asle,ep,
'Keith went downstairs, and met
Fent= let the hall.
"ay 1" eacheinted that gentleman,
"where have you been?"
"Patting Meg to bed," replied Stew-
art, laughing. "I found her wander-
ing about, like an unquiet spirit," and
having, no desire for a conversation
with Fenton, he strolled off to the
drawing-roosn, leaving the American
looking after him with, an pngry
frown,
No one was in the drawing -room
but Ezra and the ladies -the former
being seated at the plan.o, pleating
over the Music of "Zona," while Kitty
Marchurst stood beside nim, looking
over his, shoulder. Lazarus had just
finished a vale% vshich was not by
any means original, being ramie out
of reminiscences of other music.
"There's only one decent thing in
the whole opera," sad Kitty impati-
ently'-"this,and. she hummed a few
bars; "It's mired, 'Woman's Deeeit,'"
"Disagreeable title," said Keith, id-
ly.
"But a capital song," retorted Kitta.
"Eblis sings it -that's the principal
character."
"You *seem anxious to play the deo-
11," said Stewart, with a ensile.
"What' do you mean?"
• Keith. shrugged his shoulders.
• ' "Mils is the Oriental name for the
devil."
"Oh, I understand" Kitty's quick
perception seized the idea •kt once.
Yes, there would be some . fun On
• playing such a character."
"Then give myself and Lazarus a
commission to write you a part. I
am anxious to make a start, and .1
think Lazarus should write charming
music. I'll be librettist and of
• course, can write the cligtracter to suit
you."
Kitty glanced critically at hien,
"Can .you compose music'?" she sail-
ed Lazarus.
In answer, he played a charming
gavotte, bright and crisp, with a
quaint rhythm.
"Very pretty," eald Kitty, criticatly,
"but not my style. Play something
with a little more 'g' in It."
"Like this?' He brought his hands
down on the ivory key a with a tre-
•mendous crash, and.pluriged,into a
wild fantastic galop that made every-
body long to dance. Kitty clapped
her hands, and her whole face lighted
ttp with enthusiasm as the brilliancy
end dash of tho melody carried her
away
"Bravo!" she cried, when he fin-
ished. "That's what I want; write
me music like that, and I'll engage to
have it produced. You'll do. Now,
sir," turning to Keith, "what's your
Idea, ?a
•
"Rather a burlesque than opera-
bouffe," he answered, "what would
You say to 'Faust Upset'?"
"Ah, bah! Went had so many bur-
lesques on Faust."
"Not such a one 4,is I propose to
write. I Ostend to twist the whole
legend round; make Miss Faust a Gir-
ton girl who has grown old, and longs
for love, in.vokes the Power of. Evil;
enter Caprice as Miss Menhistophelee,
a female demon, rejuvenates Miss
Faust by paint and powder, takes ler
to see leer -Marguerite, who is a peeing
athlete, and so throughout the -whale
legend; to conclude with Miss Mephis-
topheles falllng in love with Miss
Faust."
"YOU watet gat more. Get away, *or
order my servants to turn you
Out."
'Mien Steggered UP to her.
"Will you, indeed? Who ere you to
• talk to me like We? gO now, but
11). COIlla back, nly beauty! Don't try
your fine airs on me. I'll get money
front you when I want It; If I don't
I'll make you repent it."
Kitty stood looking at blue like le
statue of marble, and pointed to the
open wiudow.
"I spare you for your wife's Wm,It
be eald coldly. "Go!"
Villiers lurelted toward the win-
dow, then, turning round, shell* Ma
fIst at her,
"I've not done with you Yet, My
• tins madam," be said, Meekly. 'you'll
• be sorry tor these fine airs, you -2)
He staggered out without saying the
Vile word, and disappeared in the
• darkness,
A Vile word, and. yet what was that
Mra. Melton said about her child
blushing for her father- God help her,
would Meg live to blush for • her
mether? Kitty Pet out her hands with
•a WA, when a buret of laughtef from
the next room bounded, in her ears'
The momentary fit of tenderness was
• over, and, With a harsh laugh, she
poured out a glass ot ehampagne and
drank it off.
• "Mr world is there," she muttered,
must part 'Meth my child for nor
• oven good, and she will lead that vir-
tuous, hem lite which a miserable
wretch like myself can never hope to
reach."
•
CHAPTER VIII.
The Penny. Whistle auss a purely
eeneatiOliat newspaper, and all those
waoliked sgicy -articles and exagger,
ateci details purchased it, in order
• to ratify their tastes. Its circulation
was enormous, and its sale increased
still more when the folkoving article
appeared in its columns on the Tues.
day after Kitty's supper party:-
"Ba/ItGLA,RY AT THE HOUSE OF
A WELL-KNOWN" ACTRESS. •
• We often hear acepunts of great
jewel robbetles leaving taken place in
London, but nothing of the kind, at
'least in any nottceable degree, has
been perpetrated in the colontee until
•last Sunday night, or, to speak- more
exactly, 'Monday morning, when the
house of Caprice, the well known act-
ress, 'wag entered, and jewels to the
amoant of 45000 were stolen. The
Nesse Its queraton is stituated in Too -
rake almost irantediately en Use hanks
• a the Yarra-Yarra, and, as far aa
we an learn the following are the
circumstances conneeted with the af-
•tair:-
"On Suaday night Caprice en'eetain
e t a number of, friends at a super
:part', ape the servants alltring
dowastairs attending to the guests, the
upper part of the house was left en-
tirely uninhabited. It is at this time,
probably between twelve and one
o'clock JAM the burglary is sup -
passed' to have been perpetrated. The
• eompany departed about three o'clock
.and en going- up to her room, Caprice
Wind the iv/1100w wide open. Know-
ing that it had been closed, she sue-
r/acted searnething was wrong, awl
went to the place where she kept her
• diamonds,only to find them gone.
8h� sent at once for her servants, and
an examination Was made. It was
found that tho house bad evidently
bean ent0ed from the outside, as tho
• wilidow was not very far from the
ground, and some ivy growing on the
Wall made, a kind of natural ladder.
which an3T- man of ordinary agility
could scale. Curiously enough Ca-
• price's child, aged seven; was asleep in
the room, but appears to have heard
netting Next thoraing another ex-
Maination ate; made, and it was found
teat the ivy was Weaken in several
places, showing clearly the mode of
entrance. The window had not been
labelled, so no chance of a burglary
Was appeehendect, the house always
having:been looked upon as remark-
ably safe one. The diamonds Were
11411011y ,.kept in a small safe, but on
• returnihg from the theatre on
igaturday niglet they had been
"Ha! Ha!" laughted Kitty, "what a •
placed In the drawer of the looking -
capital idea. It will be new, at all _ rims where they were judged to be
tehvengs.; but won't decide till I see — ' --
safe, as it was not thought likely any
st act 1 ; if ' • thief would look in- so unlikely a place
as it promises, I'll get Mortimer tO
•or valuable jewelry.
stage it after 'Prince Carnival'," •The drawing -room and dining -room,
Keith was delighted, as now he, in- both of which the guests are as -
seemed to have obtained a chance a seiribled, are in the front of the house,
seeing what he could do. Ezra smiled, so that the most likely thing is that
and nodded to Stewart, • • the•butglar or burglars entered the
"I told YOU she'd be a good friend," -
he Bald. •
grounds by the gate, or alang the
banks of the river, and climbed up
The gentlemen all came into Use into the house by the window
room, and in a short time there was a - "The thief mast have known that
perfect babel of Voices talking about the diamonds were in the bedroom,
everything and everyone. Suddenly and that a number ofaeople would
Fenton, with a half -smoked cigar In - be present oa Sariday night, therefem
his hand, entered the room and cross- be chose a time when he would be
ed over to Kitty. Most likely to escape detection. We
"There's a rough -looking man out.. believe, that a detectiae hoe gone doilia
sgiudieetlahoy. 0 wauts to see yoe," he said• to -Toorak to make inquiries, mid we
have no doubt that the.thief a.a. soon
"What's hi* same?" be secured, as it would be impossible
"Villiers." • - for each valuable jewels to be dis-
Kitty turned a little pale. •leased of in Melbourne or other coloa-
"Tb.e husbaad of Madage Mida%" .lal ities 'Without arousing suspicion."
she said, in an annoyed tone. "Where • It was tentoia Who insisted upon a
is he?" detectiVe tieing employed to investi-
"Walking up and down in front Of gate the robbery, as for some Wan -
the dining-roone." - ordinary reason, Kitty seemed unwill-
"Remain here; I'll see him," she lag to allow the matter to be inquired
said, in a decided tone, and, without WO.
being noticed, left the room.
The detective who accompanied
Fenton to Kitty's house was best
y
On entering the dloing-room, she the . naine of
found Mr. Villiers seated at the Oen-
1!1111,aisclu on 'the retiremNab-
ent of
per -table drinking ehampagne from tonsils •had taken his •place. lie
a half-erapty bottle, having enteredwas y 01 e age o rty, but re
-
through the windOw. • xnarkably elever,and had already dis-
"What do you want'?" she asked, tingulahed himself in several difficult
coming down to him. _ cases. Detective wOrk Vas a post -
Mr, Villiere was in his usual MI- tive Mania with him, and he was never
Ndviottir Of intoxication, and began to happ
•cult clute-it had for him the same fits -
so y as when engaged on a diffi-
"It's Xitty, dear little Kitty," he said, eination as an abstruse nsatheniatical
in a maudlin tone, "the friend of rttY. problem would have for an. enthtes-
dear wife."• ••'leak student. TO KIWI) beleriged
"Your dear 'wife," said Kitty soorn.
the proad honor Of leaving diseovered
fully; "the woman you detelved 8° this genius, end it seemed as though.
shamefully; •she was well (Mite of "11 the pupil would soon surpass the sijies.
when elle went to lave in England."
ter in his wonderful institect for un -
Villiers, filliag his glass again, and ban wits art
"She left int to die alone," wept ravelling criminal puzzles. Mr. lea-
•
ordinaryelooking young
only lets me have a hundred Pound% man, Ieho always dressed fashionably,
a year, and site's rolling be money." and had very little to Say for himself,
"Quite enough for you to get drunk
so that. few guessed the keen astute
on," retorted Kitty. "What do you
braiu that was nitiden wider this
want?
somewhat foppish exterior, He 'Wen -
"Money."
ed. to everytlaing said to him, and
"Von shan't. get a panty."
about morarely ventured an opinion, but the
"Yes, I shall. talk
treating my wifeYou Welly; what about wathlee`vnatToth:tTeloltyllasswtehlelykoZied
yNa-
ot -eh?"
altd her handball, wtta on their track, there was
Kitty cleees.
"I did treat her badly," she eald, • very little chance of estape frontpun-.
pented it ofOn
with a Cryten enough /Once« "God help Mo, ." l'iro re- leheneat, this day when they were on their
"You Were a nice girl till yott met Way to Toorak, Fenton as excited
Van•deloup," said Villiers. "Ah, that • over the matter, and ventured • all
eonfounded Prenehmen, how he made Wade of theories on the subjebt, while
Ine sufferl"• Yir. Naball smoked a cigarette, and ad -
"Leave Vandeloup alone; he's dead, mired the fit of Ms &MC
and it will do no good you reviling • "Do' yeti think the thief will trY
him now. M all events, he was a and dispose of them in Melbourne?"
matt, net a drunkard." be asked.
"Elbe lOves him still, blow mei" "Possibly," returned Naha% "If ile'e
lecoughed Mr. Villiers rising -"loves a born feel."
151 "Here's a mreign," Pahl Kitty, (To be contluted.)
Still." •
hrusting some money into his hand. You Dever can tell. When a V1702)21th
"New, witt ra0
r g:itW44.,, gt ea " nal " no use talking," alai war
really MOM it.
bittsr rna(le
Cosa,!,,ea:
,se •
PANTING TREE DEAD.
Reported to live Prostrated It.
• self When Temple Bells Rang.
The praying Paint tree of Farldputa
ahead which Certain interesting facts
Were Published, is dead.
So announced his excellency, Lord
Itonaldsluty, the governor of Bengal, to
a .dtstingurshed audience which gathered
at the Bplie Institute the other day to
hear the famous scientist, Sir J. C, Bose,
• explain the mystery of the praying palm
tree.
It riutY be retnernbered that this tree
used to protate itselS in the evening
while the temple belie rang, calling the
people to prayer, and it ereeted it head
in the morning. This process was re-
peated every day, to the bewilderment
Of thousands of Hindus, who naturally
came to tools upon It as the abode of
some "dente." (god), Hundreds offered
nniahe to the unknown "delude," which
all went to fill the pockets of the owner
of the tree.-Mliaculous cures were re-
ported as a result of Plijah offerings.
The curious phenomenon attracted the
attention of Sir J. C. Bose, who, after
much difficulty, obtained permission of
the owner of the tree to investigate the
Matter, He devised special instruments -
all of swadeshi manufacture -and began
to take records. He found that the palm
tree fell with the rise of temperature
and rose with its fall. Records obtained
With other trees brought out the hither-
to unsuspected fact that all trees were
moving, such movernente being in re-
opens° to changes in their environment.
Sir j. C. Bose holds the °Didion that
"th whole of the vegetable world, in-
ducting rigid trees, perceive the change
in their environment, • and respond to
them by unmistakable signals. They thrill
under light andbecome depressed bY
darkness; the warmth' of summer and
frpst of Aviator, drought and rain, these
and many other happenings leave a sub -
tie impression on the life of tile plant."
Dr, Soso, it may be Addeds, propose
to show In the course of his forthcom-
ing lectures how the life of plants 15
a, mere reflection of our own... He 'will
show how shocks and wounds affect
them as they effect animals. Hie re -
gently invented crexograph magnifies
growth "a millionfold and records ultra-
miscroscopic movements stnaller than a
single wave length of light."
With the death of the paha tree the
strange phenomenon has ceasad, for the
tree is now lying flat, and *its owner,
as xnay be imagined, is =awning its
death.-.' Ohlo State Journal."
i • .
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and far years it was sup-
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescrib-
ed local remedies, aim by constantly fall-
ing to cure with local treatment, pros
nouuced It uncarable. Catarrh is a local.
disease, greatly influenced by constitu-
tional conditions and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Medicine, manufactured by F. .r. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Sur -
facet) of the System, One Hundred Dols
lars rewana is offesed Mr any case that
Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Hall's reality Pills for constipation.
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1V0 Ilinnber a Crowd.
"It is remarkable how the- average
civilian overestimates the nimber of
persons in a big proceseion. Take,
for example, a recent demonstration
In London, It was said that there
were about 15,000 men in line, and
some enthusiasts put it even at
20,000. But it is easy to estimate
such numbers approximately. Here
is the rule as laid down in the field
service regalations of the United
States army:
"The strength of a body of troops
may be estimated from the length of
time it takes to pass a given point.
" ?Assuming that, infantry •in
column of four occupies half a yard
Per man, cavalry one yard per trooper
and artillery in single column per
gun of .calson, a given point would be
passed in one nsinute by about 375
infantry, 110 'cavalry at a• week, 200
cavalry at a trot and five guns or
caissons.'
"Allowing for spacing between com-
panies, battalions and regiments, all
of whica is according to mathemati-
cal rule, it takes a regiment of 1,000
teen divided into battalions just tett
minutes to pass, or at the rate of 6,000
an. hour. And this 'supposes no breaks
In the line.
"These rules* it must be remember-
ed, are for trained soldiern used to a
long *step and to keeping up without
steaggling. No civilian, oven mili-
tant ;suffragette% ever have Or could
keep up this pace." -London "Tit -
Bits."
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'Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere
• The Pyramids.
Scattered about Egypt, the only one
of the seven wonders of the world
whieh are still standing as sentinels of
the very detentt past, are the pyre -
Snide, severity in number, and, as
Thames Fuller deseribed them, "do-
ting With age, 'save forgotten the
nanies of their founders.
To fully appreciate the wonderful
work required in their construction a
historian has reokoned that it re-
quired 100,000 men ten years to build
the pyramid Of Gizeh, and to build
the great pyramid it required et least
twenty years more and consumed a
Maas a steno Weighing, it is calculat-
ed, not less than 6,860,000 tons, -Ex-
change.
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"So you're gielti' to work," saw
Meandering Make. "You bet I am,' re.
Plied Plodding Peter. "The I. W. W.
has took all the dignity out o' loathe,"
-Washington Star.
Oft -
Beauty Culture, !
Look at your eyebrows,
In a mirror, of course. • *
And note the shape of 'em,
They may be "level" or "arched".
Both kinds have beauty pesilbilities.
But this -are they scraggy, bristly
and untrained?
Do little stray hairs break the
smooth curving line of theta?
Do they come too close together at
the noso bridge; are they too wide?
If all or any of these unaightly
things are descriptive of your eyee
brows, get busy.
Eyebrows; should receive aa mach
care as the hair upon Your head, my
dears. •
The smart and well-groomed woman
piens out the little ouperfluous hairs
with a pair of tweezers.
When, every time she washes her
face she pinchea each brow together
between ber fingers, to get tbe little
hairs in alignment, smooths each to
ward each ear with a soft little tip of
her finger, and. behold! her brows are
marks of beauty, After the stray
hairs are once pulled, a, little attention
• about once a week will keep the browe
free of them.
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GUARD THE BABY
AGAINST COLDS
To guard the baby 'against colds
nothing can equal Baby's Own. Tablets.
The Tablets are a mild laxative that
will keep the little QUO'S stomach and
bowels working regularly. It is a
recognized fact that where the stom-
ach and bowels are in good order that
the little ono will be geed and that he
• will thrive and be happy. The Tab-
lets are sold by medicine dealers or by
Mail at 25 cent e a box from The Dr.
Williamee Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
. e THE CORRESPONDENT,
"Battlex," the poetic correspondent at
Brent for the Henderson, Web., Tribune
wwerceilt:. Ihilesre"sittulfsf;" in rhyme again tills
This old town is on the bum;
eow's in Kingdom Come;
She fell down and broke her neck,
N'o more bawling nights'by heck!
Lizzie Bakers quit Bd. Howe,
Says she'll get another beau;
Lizzie sent hime baca his ring;
It was Just a cheap brass thing,
Lizzie tound him full of beer,
• Singing "Hall, the gang's all nere".
&lie says he's a drunken sot;
Bd. is nearly always "shot",
Hiram johnson, old fat H.
Choked last night on pumpkin pie;
Rolled around upon the floor,
Heaven nothing: When Hi dies,
Vowed he was near heaven's door,
He'll go down and never rise,
Martin Walker and his Wife
Seems to have all sorts of strife -
First he'll soak her on the nose,
Then she'll land a few good blows,
Sometimes they fight in the street,
And their scrape are hard to beat,
Take her and her rolling pin
And we'll bet ehe'll whip Jim Flynn,
Olcl Gus Hooker wants to lick
Its for saying his brain's thick;
Let hime come, we'll crack his block -
Bet your life we'll fix his clock,
'Well, there's not much doing here,
• So please don't get on your ear
Just 'cause news this column lacks.
So -long, Bill, Yours,
• BATTLEAX
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Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff.
Carlyle
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Carlyle an Intemporate Smoker.
For about seventy of his eighty-slx
years Carlyle smoked and made most
of his contemporaries emoke. The
trouble with him was that he was too
fond of emoking a rank pipe on an
empty stomach. That gave him pains
and his contemporaries particular
pains, for "puir meld Carlyle" was as
savage as a meat house dog ail the
time. •
He really cared for but two men in
the world. Tennyson and Dickens. All
the rest pere "pule, feckless, reekless;
interperate bladders and gas bags,"
and all because Tim did not know
how to clews his pipe and keep it
clean and would emoke before break-
fast. -Exchange.
Marion. Bridge, C. B., May 30, '01
I have handled MINARD'S LINIMENT
during the past year. It 13 always the
.first Liniment asked for here, and un-
questionably the best seller of all the
different kinds of Liniments I handle.
: NEIL PEI:tor:sox.
Ornaments' for the Nook.
The adornment of the neck is one
of the fashionable phases of the mo-
rdent. There Is quite a vogue, for the
flat bead necklacea made by the
wounded soldiers. Probably a good
deal of sentiment is connected with
the wearing of them, but they have a
distinctly decorative value, too, and
make vivid splashes of color on our
dark gowns. We are beginning to
realize the importance of neck- adorn-
ments -their seope and their limita--
tions-in the domain of dress, Smart-
ness may be achieved or alienated by
the little flnishing touch at the throat.
There ss nothing, after all, more bee
coming than the time-honored string
of peak's, which, hackneyed theugh it
is, hardly Over acme to look amiss
and seems suitable at practically any
aga. Only in the heyday of youth are
brilliantly colored beats appropriate.
After forty they /should be absolutely
taboo, supplanted by the soft fold of
*cretin or fiesh-oolored tulle. or, better
still, the black velvet bane with a
diamond clasp. jade le, of course, the
moat popular of all stonesandcolon
for necklaees at present, though corals,
• moonstones set in silver and 'opals in-
terrningled with crystal run them close
and are (somewhat less expensive.
Minard's Liniment •Relieves •Neuralgla
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P,OMan Glass Makers,
Rome ia supposed to have entered
upon glam making only SODA 800 or
400 years before the ftristiati era.
She brought It into the empire along
with her other eonqueste. Alexander
Servus, 220 It C., levied a tax upon
its manufacture Within the Iraperial
eity, and in the reign of Tiberius the
glass makers had an entire street to
theinselvett in the Porto, Capella.
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Not every QUO Icnitesia that flour act
be made frona bananas, but uatiV03 Of
tropical countries where the banana
grows-jamalca, Cauary Islands, the
Malay Archipelago and Africa -have
matte flour from ,the fruit. And large
Quantities of banana tioUr have from
time to time been ehipped from this
country to England and France.
Stanley found the natives of Africa
Making It by drying bananas over
wooden gratings and grinding them to
powder. He found the flour whole-
some and easily digested. Once, wben
attacked by dysentery, he took a Min
gruel made 'from it for a day, during
which he abstained from other food
and obtained prompt relief.
The South American Indians make a
flour of paste from banana, and so
the banana in that pert of the world,
as in Africa and the East Indie% takes
the place of cereals. Tho flour can be
easily carried about, and, as needed,
made into cakea or fried, or mixed
With water and drunk.
' The banana, so long as Its skin is
unbroken, is microbe -proof, but it
should not be eaten until it lias lost
its green eater. If the skin is intact, it
may be eaten after it has turned black
• Banana flour contains one-third as
much protein matter, one-fourth as
much fat and a little more starch than
wheat flour. It is considerably richer
in Mineral matter.
As to 'the food acreage of this edible
trait, the banana produces 240,000
.pounds of food per acre, as compared
with 8,000 pounds of potatoes and 1,-
200:pounds of wheat.
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Relief for the Depressed -Physics)
and mental depressien usually- have
their origin in a disordered state of
the stomach and liver, as when these
organs are .derangee in their action
the whole system is affected. Try
Parmalee's Vegetable Pills. They re -
vivo -the ,digestive processes, act bene-
ficially on the nerves and restore the
spirits as no other pits will. They
are cheap, simple and sure, and the
effects are lasting.
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• TIIVIELY RECIPES.
BANANA PUDDING
Grease pudding dish, put in layer of
bread crumbs that have been soaked in
a pint of water to which has been added '
Salm of 600 orange and half a cup of •
sugar. Sprinkle these crumbs with bits
of 'butter, Put over them thick layer of '
sliced bananas; sminkle with sugar. Now;
isesa more crumbs and more bananas;
proceed in this manner untildish is full. I
Sprinkle top of pudding with dry bread
crumbs dotted with bits of butter, Bake, •
covered, for half an hour; uncover and
bake ten minutes longer. Serve with
sugar and cream.
FRIED BASS WITH BACON.
a, Carefully clean the required number of
-base, seasop well with pepper and salt,
roll in flour, alien drop into a pan of Very
hot lard end' fry a golden brown. In a
separate an fry some slices of bacon
Lay the crisp alices of bacon on the por-
fibrin of the fish and garnish with pars-
ley-.
• SIUTTONETTES.
.Purchase mutton cut fret» the leg in
alices about half an inch thick. On each
slice lay a large tablespoonful of stuffing
made with bread crumbs, a beaten egg,
butters salt, pepper, sage and a, summer
savorY. Roll .up the slices, pinning with
small wooden rarewers to keep the dress-
ing in. Put a little butter and water in
the baking pan svith the mutton and
cook in a hot oven three-quarters of an .
hour. Baste often and when done thick-
en gravy, pour over the meat, garnieh
with pareley, put on a hot platter and
serve.
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ISSUE .NO. 44. 1018
WANTED.
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, Reid TAMS., IaRthWell, Ont.
HELP WANTED -MALE
IRST-CLASS CARPENTERS WANT
-
ed tor Inside and outside work; else
shop work; winter's work for evaneetent
meths/maw. eipply W. J. rotersti
• contratoe, Wetland.
PIG TAPIOCA.
Soak two tablespoonfuls of tapioca over
night. In the morning add one pint of
milk, one-half cup sugar, the yolks of
two eggs and flavering to suit. Boil until
It thirftens. Soak about a quarter -pound
of figs uhtil they are soft, chop fMe and
cook down in stigar and water, Beat
this into the tapioca until the two are
well misted, then beat in whipped cream.
Serve with whipped cream and a half
pecan meat on top of each serving.
a PRUNE -CAKES.
Mix one tableSpoonful of butter, one
cupful sugar creamed, with above, ono
cupful cooked prunes •(stoneless), two
eggs, scant half teaspoonful of cinnamon,
two-thirds cupful sour milk And one and
one-half teaspoonfuls of soda. Sift in one
and onc-half cupfuls of flour. Bake in
three layers and use whipped cream
for frosting.
No Girl Need Have
A [latched Face
Whether it' be in capturing the
heart of man, or making her way
through tho world by the toll of her
hands, a charming and pretty face
gives any girl a big advantage. Poor
complexion and rough sallow ekin are
ceased by blood disorders. The cure
is ample.' just use Dr. Hamilton's
Pills -a reliable family remedy that
has for years been the foremost blood
remedy in America. That soft glow
will return to the cbeeks, the eyes
will brighten, appetite will improve,
strength and endurance will come be-
cause sound health has been establish-
ed. telet a 25e box of Dr. Hamilton's
Pills to -day. Sold everywhere.
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Battle Against Dry Rot,
Dry rot is a wood disease that is
glaing serious trouble in some locali-
ties and engineens are prescribing pre-
vetitive and curative remediea. It is
espeeittily urged that every trace ot
the infection be removed froin timber
fOr building. The infeeted spote are
to be oiled to retails the spOres and are -
then to be completely removed and
burned. The diseased wood Is to be
kept from contact with other build-
ing material, while saw -s used in cut-
ting to are to be afterward sterilized.
Tkil Gospel of 'Work,
Work is the glory anti delight of
life, and the ouly acceptable muse
for being in this world, and tite tab-
led. of all practleal luvestigatione Of
the principle of fatigue and recovery
s to find out, not what is the loaet
poesible amount of wOrk that a, hu-
man being an get along on, but what
is the greatest amount that. he an do
without deereaming his working capac-
ity. Such is the gospel of work, which
those who *10 not if the flet may
regard. as hard entente.
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.' der. FiVe dollars eosts three cents
OR SALE COKE SCREENINGS IN"
s car lots. Selling eheap, Apply Thos.
MYleie BOnS) Hamilton, Ont.
r1'1f.R.A.S.1-1XMI OUTFIT IN ringlet
4 class running Shape; now earning
123 per day; eonsisting at 'Waterloo ens
gine, 18 x 20 h.p.; Waterloo eeperetor,
cylinder, 42 body; "Victor Clover
'water tank, drive belt; new LII. 0. cern
cutter; vomplete outfit, twenty-five hun-
dred; worth three thousand; terms Al"
ranged, Apply Frees Gatild. Ringwood
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FARMS FOR SALE.
112 ACRES - Td01113 OR LESS -LOT
Cenceosion. 2, Braaten, near
SPeedside, for sale; on the Premises is 41'
gcmd :stone house, up -to- date bank bent/
itrood stables, with water; closedin sheds
elle, piggery; hennery, :sheep pen, neVor
failing wet', windmill, good orclutrd;
ferns in good state or cultivation well
fenced, well watered; five miles' from
verges, tett from Guelph; school -house
and kw° churches close by. APPly CA
premises, Mrs. Lena Leybourne, •Kook*
wood, R. R. No. 3, Ont..
BUSINESS CHANCES WANTED.
'WANTED -TO BUY A GENERs4,L
sl kora lu a live Ontario town of at
least 5,000 poaulation ; must be a good
live business. Address rt. S. Brown, $t.
Chrysosteme, 'Province Quebec.
• FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
•
n RICK STORE SUITED FOR GENER-
e-e al merchant, In village of Morres-
tots 9 miles from Guelph, 1 mile front
Puslinch station, C.P. Railways' easY
• terms; immediate possession can be givs
on. Apply M. W. Miklos', Drumbo.
STOW,/ WINDOWS FOR SALE
CET OUR PRICE I,IST SHOWING
,ss cost of windows glazed complete, anY
size. Halliday Company, Box A. al, Ham-
ilton.
Tre• asures a poiam.d.
' It 15 not generally known that many
of the ancient and valuable- treasures
of Poland are stored away in a special
museum in Switzerland. This perma-
nent memorial of the heroic struggle
of Poland for its national liberty exists
in the old castle of Rapperswill, an en-
chanting spot on the southern end of
the lake of Zurich.. It was founded .
by Count 13roel-Plater in the year 1870,
wben he ahd some patriotic represen-
tatives of the country leased the tot-
tering'stronghold of the former Counts
of Rapperswill tor a period of ninety-
nine years. When the. museum was
inaugurated in 1870 a museum was
signed by all the' Poles present stating
that the collection was national pro-
perty, • that it '.vas meant to be a per-
manent reminder that the Polish race
could not be wiped out., and that the
relics were to remain in the castle of.
Rapperswill as long as they were ban-
ished from native Foil, or as long as
they could not be kept safely in Pol-
and.. The document also expressed
the belief that the museum would fur-
ther the Polish cause; as the collection
would be a means of affording better
understanding and appreciation ot Pol-
and's past and future in the field of
history, literature, science and art. -
Family Herald.
Many claildren die froin the a.ssdults
01 worms, and the first care of .rnoth-
ers should be to s'ed that their infants
are free from thess' pests. A vermi-
fuge that can be depended on is Mile
era Worm Powders. They will not
only ',expel worms from the system,
but act as a health -giving medicine
and a remedy for many of the all-
ments that beset infants, enfeebling
them and endangering their lives.
The Bio`tre3t Game.
-"I'm )s,tOruonr.gg,,Father asVillstitabnt.11,0" and ,,Aned-Ountrgymatnodcr;edi,
And ywetroIngc.a,n't go for a short auto
ride,
Becaall the folks say its
•
"I only have one holiday 1r tede week,
WhiJoy-riding, you know, is a pleaeure I
seeeh . liketo devolg to my car--
But I can't, 'cause the coantryie at
"Now, why, leather Bill, sbould 1 work
Till ereiernY, sdnooN
Ithing pains through the
b
WhenmIancaygn'tugaydseon Sunday, 'cause
• There,'s a shortage of good gaso•
line?
"e cannot play baseball, 1 eannot Way
pool,
Gosh! it surely sloce make a man
To bemadeoldfwi
miadeetayat'home 'cause come
Says, 'Conserve, for the coentryet
"If yowautrillivciatirr.mav'irn'eopilfooarr sport," leather
"Is ttieoutugreeeat, you heve nlevaye the
To enlist. and your want will be Boon
s artains fcieed
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Prom Oossiptowr.
There'S allus tongues eratsirtg;
nothing you can lay hold en, Yoe
know, but theas no 1101p. 1'4 rather
somebody say I'd aVI0oCan leg
straight out than go hinting tetra Was
something funny Shout Me figare.--J .
E. Beekrote.
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