The Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-08-26, Page 6WCOMER
Vbt %mid keoPing 13111 t Not"
Joapixows got up and hooked Out on the
solatilIng street, BUI had never been
so late liefore. They had been mar-
ried throe montba, aM this wee the
first tips' he had not beeit home to
teL
She looked et .the fish on the stove.
lot had lost ell tract of its forraer
Plurenneee. Now it was -`411 crisp.
nest. she had filled the kettle twice;
and the water liad boiled away, and
still be di4 not come.
•Ned, anything haPpened to him?
That was the thought that /apt com-
ing into her mind, and would not be
• sent away, A sound startled her,
anal she listened. • •'
Someone was coming hp the stein,
▪ Who, waa it? It certainly wee not
Bill, She knew dep as well, aa
she knew his face. •It was a arm,
buoys** step, and.thia One was rather
tottery, end not even. Visiona of ac-
cidents came to her ins flasb, and she
clung,'trembling to the table for aup-
"Boalailea, 1 &met want a nun WIIS
Make.*
*Yon know that's Isol; trim Noire
said Bill indignantly. "I never took a
'drop *Ince I promitaaltill yesterday,.
and yea know it. Can't you, forgive, 0.
-follow °noel" • •
•
He wax, pkatcling .uow\. There wait
something about the bm fi,reas of
her that .friglitafrod him, even a* Ile
WOW foreed to admire .her.
"RoW would I .he are you Would
keep your promise thia timel". .she
said elowly, •
She: had already taken a atop fa -
Ward to him,. but Bill only aaw the
.hiciden sting m her words. ' . •
"So you aren't ever going to trust
me again, .thent' he • said •aagrilYa
"You're one of those god -aort -of wo-
men that,iend a MU to tie bad be -
canoe befell once. Yea- nnich•
Use . to au OXdinarY nLafl, N9116'0'.DO
saint."• • * ... • .
wave of... scarlet -Passed . over
Nance% face i aud, she stepped back
filiarply.. She, would not go to him.
now. .11a had -hurt her, had • sneered
at her. She .heatnever, heard Iiinr.
'speak 20 before, made some qUe.er.
pain sting her, and before she 'bads:.
time to . say A WOO, the .door had
opened, - and hactbangedJagain,
• Bill had goo!
She straightened herself, piad looked
at the door. Whoever it was had not
bothered to Jrnoek. And, then round
the 4ingy door tbere came a Ude* a
foolieh-looking, face. -
a"Bi11," said Nance, in, a whipper.
;#214 Olen, louder -
'
.....Weeks, went Just as the little,
flat had been kerne to thedaYs
of their months of Married -life,
now it was still hoine, peopled in she-
doWY fashion with Nance. „
But Nance in the. :fleah, he 1Werly
"Yes darling!". said Bill, and he
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stumbled across towards her. ona, saw.-•ge had taken the first step, and
•Bill. Pra a bit 1ate. The boSa kept she had refused to trust him.. He was
Mel" r • not going to -eat humble pie any.
. •
"The boas • kept your said Waned,
In a tone full of disgust. , You re And. so " nights* he ma and brood!
drunk, Bili Andievne .• ed Over his empty hearth. A woman,
• t: ' l
w14 Was ribt particular as to cleanli-
"NN.Just a , •. Nancy, MY loves net- &Winess "did ter" him; but Oh, how dif-
But Nance interrupted him with a
looked
a
t itlwtears filimrom. the way had
• gesture. full of scorn.•
playa:• she He had heard- that Nance got
-'‘'You can't even talk
said. "You are drunk, more shto 'ame work again' She .had been a smart
• you, Bill Andrews! And it's a bitter worker in the days before their mar.
riage, but now that she should have
da that ever I saw you, I'm think-
... ever .her head
• done so humiliated him, cut • Bill to
0 a eh tur an. the +Mick.
She. flung herself n
bing unrestrainedly. • Bill watched went, glad to be able to do sonietsling
43088.
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threw her enrols -: sob ,-. When the call Of war :came he
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her with, uindlin expression' .thAtwould Make. him forget`,. but he
a queer, n
in his eyes. Ire was genuinely tren- ;level* "Went near. Nance,. even then.
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bled, but. 'cOuld.r not explain, just et 'And' before, he expected, he was sent'
.the moment, that he Was sorr to the Front. Here Here he had tithe • deep
She did not
r And 'then Nance got to her feet in . the
:twrilltenc:rientiict sludge and mire of the
tiei room which 370.410Perh,vir, arthvgt:n‘tiseitteo !lel
!hrt°C.:11ongithidterha_tthliliggar...dr.._gageg_ hinal
let twantall a Matter part, him from
She game out at once with her shawl ids wife..
round her head. ,
• "What are you --going ,to After'ill, had he gone to her: hum -
Nance?" and willing to be forbearing,.
NaBnielle,?e"ven in the 'muddled' state of Nance '‘Ould have •CtInie' blie/r: Re'
had sneered at her, .and there never
his wits, knew,that something was go-
ing on that °meant disaster. •had been a -glans good as Nance Was.
"Going?" Nance said , quietly. If only he Was spared! Somehow,
"Why, where should :,be•going? out here•facing•-cleath at every turn,
Didn't I tell you, when we wereTvvalk- he 'knew that lif.e was immeasurably
Ing out, that the. first time I found bigger . than he had 'realized before.
you drunk, I'd go away, and never, Love was more than pride. No, he
never come back to you? I Meant it. :Would never be such a font again,-as-
BillAndrews!"' to risk love as he had done. .
, . •• •
Her yqice rose, passionately
Bill was discharged from.tho hospi- •
(atm -going homer, tel. He walked With a lunp, • and
- Bill'got imateadily to L'hitt feet; He wouild never be any -good fte a soldier
had always • got round Nance by a
caress. She . could never Withstand
him when he meant to get round, her,
but when he got to the,table, he stood
there swaying und. clutching at the
• cloth. He could not reach her.
Nancy watched him, with. eyes that
held all the bitterness of death. This •
. • was her Bill, "and, he had promised her.
4ks age turned and fled do•anr the Pniee he couldn't account for drew
MART &MIMS- FOR THE
YOUNG,' GIRL. -1
• The plaited skirt - for 'the -young
girl is proving a 'great success, if we
may take the great nmnber seen, at
the aumme,r resorts as a criterion.
When the whole dress, shirtwaist and
skirt, is made in plaited effect, the re-
sult is very -Pleasing indeed.This
dress, Ladies' Home:Touring Pattern
No. .8988, has • `a., raised Waistline,'
and, conaists a a waist opening in
front with yoke finished with a turn-
down, collar, full-length *eves with
open cuffs, and a' fitted lining, a seven
gore skirt, perforated for deep hein
facing, The pattern cuts in size 14,
16, 18 and 20 years, requiring in size
16, 11%'yards 36 -inch material
ARD
KEY TO THE WAR
ITS PTURE WILL UNLOCK TOE
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GATES OF DESTINY.
\,
Success in That Quarter Can Counter,
act the•Lintseo; of the Russians '
in .the North. \
.1 L. Garvin, editor of the Pall lidall.
Gazette, London ,says:
Whatever may happen a terward in
' tilanclers1 and the keenest appetite'for
events is yet to be fully satisfied in
that quarter, the way to rang's?* ltuat-
sia, neutralize the effect•of the folrof
Warsaw, destroy, all the lopes of the
whole., war :IS for the western 'allies,
Gernian in the east and speed the
Britain above all, to eOncentrate their
fult energy and strength Upon the
Dardanelles expedition and upon the
'whole:4).41mo problem; • .
,.
At Gates of Destiny. •
. ...
: There lies the sure key that will un-
lock.the .gates of. destiny. Success in
this quarter would be the Salvation
. "Qf the ormieS of the allies; Failure
• diplonmeY. , " - • ''. . '. '• '
:331•12 • some- who are respoasible Or WO
would be: naforgiVeahle on the Part ,U
•
•
There has been a, lamentable loss
,
‘°tIfia‘'e'tP rwe eel:boundI: t ot hbi:e7nhia i reluctanceticlablein
• to it4ee Sooner tne necessity for steps,
. the end, . ' • t
8980 is a Ladies' and Misses' Peplum I
•Pattern , . _ struction has been de red away and
we are getting' at thik• real meaning
A good deal of i competent; ob.-
:Ladle's.' -Home. Journal O. ' N
Waist,o
A,iratrQuaker collar,opekningirtfdiii
front with br
tprnoglleol.i.ef terms, -•-•-
NO one pretelideto regard the-Dar,-
shOrter sleeves, and a circular peplum. danellqi expedition any longer as a
The pattern ell -Win size 82 to 44 inch; secondary lAnciettahhiff- We must re -
es
4 bid suasrt measure.a6nct1 n Sizeater i aal .0.: irequires gardlti however, not only as a major_
s
1 ' operation, but second' in importance.
.petttrp No: 8981 is a Misses' One- to no enterprise whateyer in any of
Piece Skirt,' gathered .to a tliree-piece the fields.' of war. • , • .
Yoke, with slightly raised waistline. arrloc.cyllevsantatti;inirtre, .0111411: foIhtihche
Suitable for, fit:rending: -"The4ettern
cuts in sizes 14,16, 18 and 20.. Years. true tried to delude. us with 1 Parrot
Size 16 requires 3%- yards •36 -inch
168Ft:tit:L. s':, li 'cents, each; ca -‘n be pur-
chased at your ideal Ladies'. Home
Journal Pattern dealer, or from The,
Home Pattern Company, 183-A George
Street, Toronto. *! • - . " ,
"EYES of' •R FISH.
tts Optic Is Three Times' the Size of:
a. Man's.,
- In the •elfort to,disiOver :Why fishes`
are so near-sighted, sefentists have
been making some rentaikable experi-
mental studies of ',their 'eyes. , One of
the Many -interesting', facts,. ,which
COW Testing Associations.
The. cow testing aSraociations o
Platt of co-operation among dairymen
for the purpose of regularly cold
economically testing?their „Cows for
productiOn7of 4-nd butter fat. A
usual estimate places the - average
ProdnctiOn, Of cows at 175 pounds of
butter per vow pea-year,•-ln-- th, ea
days • people who are familiar with
dairying' think in terms of ,butter fat,
and if the above average be translat-
ed to fat/it iftalme about 100 pounds.
At 80 cents a pound, whichhasbeen
the .aVerage.Trice for the last three
Pare, the annual income per cow is
...If the above Apra& are taken as A
foundation; it is very ,apparent . that
there aratmany cows which are . not
paying the vest of their keeping. The
use of the Scales and the Babcock test
has discovered. almost.' every her
tested Seine coWethat do not Day the
cost of keeping. If dairying is .to be
.made as profitable a business as- it
Ought to • be and at. it has ft right,' to
be under prsiper management, these,
robber cows" must he,apprehended...
.There is,no.means of knowing whet
a . cow is 'producing, without weighing
and 'testing her inilk at regular inter -
vela.' A ciairyntan selling milk by col-
ume may not be.concerned'inithe'but-
ter fat content farther than is neces-
sary to keep up to legal standard, but
one Who is selling, butter fat is vitally
concerned in the amount each COW -pro,
duces. Each dairyman- may test his.
OWir cows, but facing the condition
squarely it is known that very few do.
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At a recent dairprien'a vacating thia,
Point/was raised -that a tooting aSso,
elation was not noceesary, because
each man could test his • own COWS. The
questiOn was thell aekedt."Ilow Many
Mutant bawl- Babcock's testers?"'
Twelve out of a gathering ef 50 an-
swered in the affirmative. In roplY-
v, the_.-calgstion, "How many of you
who have testers use tbera,7"r-onlY-21`
One answered in the affirmative,
The .object covr testing associa-
tions is to make the use of scales and
Babcock machine a coMmunity affair
-to unite dairymen into a partner-
ship"for the purpose of employing a
trained man to visit each. herd at reg-
ular monthly intervals and weigh and
test the milk of each cow.. At the end
of the. year, this man gives each dairy-. •:
Man A record of the individuals in his .
herd with little work or trouble to
him and, at the cost -.of about .$1
cow., • • ' •
The tester weighs and jiiimples the
:milk of each cow at the evening and .
morning, milking and tests the .cozyt-;.,
blued saiitplefor butter fat. Before,
leaving, he makes calculations to that
,he may leave with the dairyman the -
record of each cow to, date.' ,
yln European countries . and some of '
the states in this country, one of the '
duties of a tester is to Weigh and keep
a record of hod consumed by the
cows. The cost to the dairyman for
complete testing varies' from 80 cents
to $1,50 a-. year for each cow: This
variation is due to • •the number- of. - •
cows in the associations and to the
size of individual. herds.
,
respects. more .diffieult and dangervs
than any regionthe Germans yet have
penetrated, but they are confident in
their • transports, their _engineering_
corps and technical resources of every
criesta-a:out -.bFlanders - brkenin: atil7theatre
Iamicli in- overwhelming 'mass
-Prulel- kind; and in their cavalry, which they
Pal theatre. - No one locality, 'east or • hope to
we an e ep p
War throughout Europe is one war.
We have. to laph for the best, line of
solution. • , •
• The hest line pf Solution for the
allies i the first instance runs into
.-Flha'nfo er-vninerable of -central em---
• DIED I3RAVELY IN BAtTCE. litriezt:romd the hy -the
Jitack by Con -
'captain if S. Smart Regains cap' a-tantizi-O;Ile-itiid-ile Balkans
taincy by Heroic '11-ceatli., ' • Truth About Flanders,
• How- captain of the British arMY. --.4•Blanders, On the contrary, is the
,
in indiaieft•his regiment- there and, We' of most resistance; where any
under. an assumed -name, joined the given expenditure of effort on our
British expeditionary force in France part is. lilsely to have the least effect
as a„private, and as a private died until the Whole German, plan for War
these studies revealed Was that fishes bravely in battle, is the strange .inci- on two fronts is fatally' beaten. by a
eyes, compared With human eyes, •are dont related in an: official statement. fall and deliberate development of the
relatively. large. The--Iength. of the given out by the `British initiative of war_ on three_
eye of • a fish is ordinarily about One- ream , , , , , . fronts. :„ ' - • '
twentieth' of • its length, whila. the The captain was H. S. Smart, of the .But, that is not enough either for Mi.
lengtb of the eyeball of a man is from 53rd Sjkhs. OU June Ath his removal or the allies.. Com.mon Purpose de-
g sixtieth to a seventieth of his from -Ai service was chronicled in the mends for its decisive hive a larger
again,but 41 -man onceniore„, Official Gazette, it bet* for his unex- plait and direct attack, •which shall
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and the stir -4,6/04. rot. went; Now Tlia"eyel-al- fishes, are in constant Plained----ahsence from .India. The - unite all -the-forces of the allies -in
for :Nance. ; 'Phi What a pity it wds use except ' when they are . 'asleep. statement - issued saYs:_ War on.threefronts, and. after diepos-:
that the little home theyboth had Most fishes have no eyelids,
their "Snipe then, it has been astertained ing of Turkey assail Austria -Hun -
loved
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*loved so would be empty!jt...4iiiitit:,eyta-:ioixikkrptectedironiNury-by a that lura.Aetion..Wara :due to his strong gary from the south.
have been,glorieuS to have gone liOine shiny material,orby a thy* trans- desiretothe force in Frenem---He IE-tackluig
to find Nance there. But before going
parent skin. • The ' Puffer, or came to England and enlisted asTho with fidl -means and resolution we
,along to Nance''s mother's househe shall, be laying the foundation ;, tone
turned in at the tiny flat. Some im= 'for an immense -edifice. We shall not
only be establishing a military power
and a grand alliance upon the middle
riga, whence the Germans' position
in both east and west ought to be
compromised, but shall 'enable--Lthe
concerted action of all the allies to
move Upon one vast continuous line
stretching from England to Flanders,
threugh France, Italy and . the • pel-
icans into Russit. ,
. That conception ISMighty, but also
fis which habitually burrows in sand inas Hardy in the Royal West Surrey
at the bottom of the water, has eye- regiment and, serving as a private,
lids, will& cover the eyeliallS when was killed in action Mat 17, at Festu-
closed, the lower eyelid being larger bert, where he displayed such ,gallan-
than the upper.- • trY that he.'would have been granted
In the experimental work -the eyes the, Medal or distinguished,: conduct'
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of norinal fishes weri-flick. examined had he stirviVed."'
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with the retinoscope then by electri- /3ecause of • theie , Circumstances,
cal stimulation the focus Was changed, Smart, though dead, has been restored,
to his captaincy, . .
stairs, Bill' lurched forward,. and then him up -the. staira.
fell over the plates and *Cups on the ' Walking up, he shivered The idea
table. .* • of that dirty dusty,'empty flat came
to him with poignant remebranse.
Why had he' spelled his homecoming
Whea he awoke thenext morning,
I k t s
•
rha"-felt StrangeTy-linebirifertable.- -He • ' ..r.,. 1- '
opened th door. Then soMer fic'm distant to riear objects. -
mew afncl Aran' 'e vio, • iin...: ft was fourid thtt, contrary to
was_ sprawled across the. table, and .,,,:.`le -.L-,---.---
Nan& was' newhereto be seen. • ''''"Pg "": - . - • • g , ... , etaterriezits sometimes made, the eyea
- - • pressed itself on his• mui . . . , . .. . , . , _ ..
....1,,,T -Te., AM-••• •i1.0..i. .-Ag. to rie.all___the,_..,___ • • - - - • of_fisheawbten_zw.noming were pens- ,
Thafra Nt-'----vat not-diTtre-itwas-mearr. .,:, .-.
Someone had tidie at np. gr ed for sustant vision.. i „ s a e
Fihe r able "I understand that Mr. Pinchpenny practicable. It TS. magnificent;hiit-1
._
d ' The ate
Wei newly blackleaded. A....,snrell as to foeus their eyea -on near objects-- has been ' °Omitted .on for aPpendi. is also war. ' . . •
ae dose as four inchek.---bY the adtion citi ,s" remarked Miis Cayenne. , ' Von Hindenburg evidently is Work -
of something saVory iooliing,invaded
of the ' superior . and mferior 'oblique "Yea, it's t'he .first time • any . one ing• might and main to bring off the
the place( How liengry be was! •
'muscles' they have no Ciliary muscles. 'Was known to get anything out of huge Coup of. his drewhich hith-
'• .
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• A Tightwad.
events of the night before.. Slowly
it all came back. - Nance .had gone
lainie. Ile got to his feet-, and then
' held his Bead. , Itow it •achedr And:
Nance was not there. • That was stung! Nance, whose respect he had what.
And then he heard a apund. It was
so cherished, had seen hun drunkand .
• a queer, rustling sound, and it came
• liffd left hi , ; •front-the-corner—Scarcely darin
himself some move; he tiptoed across the room.
,Ife set abont getting There, in a tiny. Cradle, lay a black -
breakfast, and 'then went off ta Work.
haired babY. It moved reatlesely,
Nance would come back for dinner.
it
She would .never let him clin6. home and a little cry came froni
Was it -..--could it bel And he .had
to, a dirty" house and to nn dinner, Of
that he felt quite convinced . never known .
With • clurnay arras he: lifted the
But -when he got home there Was no
• sign- of Note. She had not been imny- up and held - • ,
Then the door opened, and Nance,
down to see how he had -got on, had
in her shawl, as he had Seen her so 1,641,569and of losses for the Ba- Marked crabs show that if these
It was /mind possible to make the fish lum, . •
near-sighted, far -Sighted, or astigniaL• "A.ndroven then they had to chloro,
form innito g
1 C.
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German Losses 2,178,683.
German' losses to date total' 2,178,-
60, according ,to the Berne corrds7
pondent of The London Mornin Post,.
Whose despatches were printed :jut
recently. The latest casualty lists
give' the total of Prussian losses at
erto always hams, as failed? '
Tarn
a .
,1e hopee to turn inner line Of Nie-
men on the Bug a; eornpletplv as he
• Considerate Maid. now has turned theNouter line on the
Mistress2--I shall be very lonely, Vistula.' He 'undoubtedly is throwing
Bridget, if you leave me. , _ every 'man he --can Muster - into -the
Bridget -L. -Don't worry, Mum. • I'll Baltic provinces far above the Polish
notgo until ye have, a- houseful of triangle, and, means to strike' heavily
coMpany. • at the Grand ,Dukeastral--the main
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railWay.connectione with Petrograd.
.The chief junctions aimed at are
Vilna and Dvinsk., His forces are -not
yet 'within sixty miles of -either. -The
country is shaggy and sodden and in -
• not cared enotigh ..abont him, he
, 'thought, with a rising seriae Of resent- often in tl,ie days gone__ by, stood varier'Saxon and Wurterriburg •shellfish are'taken_from their own lo-
there- HOW • pale--rimi• minions She- treoros, 587,1141; - 7- cality, their instinct. -is- to -,- -return;
- Ment. •
, And when she hada t returned at
bl _broken by river
• roun a rid. hft,;_and_compe - '44 guns" =spells the same b.oth_baclr4 turnecL to -their awn,coastif-. a ,distance.. lnkea:and...everY kind _Qt:ruptib3g..an
;AO -come hack,' Ilis-.worst instincts "MIT°. A51i;• wards and forwards. 1 of over forty miles. • standing ...water, so that it is ,in eeme
, Were aroiised. *gd felt she' had not thank God! I'm sorry, Bill! Oh, my ' •
• looked - He'd- she. WO'fried .about hirti7
* Crabs taken-fron=Yorkshird and set.
-teede- With_a, _bound _she., was; across- the, . '"Snug is -raw was I ere 1:--eaw war -,free -near_Skegness,_ LincelnShire, re- termma Y_
-iflfl room.• •
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lxearettlihn. fait , adrbaw Aori:y am,Lwaehard_and
be brought to her senses. . • cruel you, tut, 1 didn't understand
• Forgive,me; Bill, my 'darling,"
TrUctilently, he showed liiiriself" at then.
the little 'house from which he had Bill stood there, dated. Nance
courted Nance.. If he had gone the w,,rilited.forgiving. His Nance wanted
right way to work, he might have per- """• •
,Taitaded ,Nance to return, for she had He 'looked' at the baby in his arms,
found her yeleame.at bpnie but Nance 'misunderstoodhis action.
tervent. ' • - She had forgotten that he cottid,riot-
Her monther had told her plainly held 'both. • ,
enough that one couid'not leave one's "Bill, I'll net let you go, even if
hashausi for 1110,11.47.4,gl000 of you don't forgive mel" she • Said
..nek• lather lato,,beert 6ereelY: carne'here
en more puun • ' and nearly
'her' ' - • • =. 'broker -my -heart- The, baby, came-- and•-
\ "You Married him for better, for
worse, my girl. You can't play fast
and loose- WitlfWthartilin'thia' 'GO
• home to him; and he'llbe sorry
enough, no doubt." .
But Nance would, net. 'make the firef.
advance. . However," When she saw
Bill's burly form in the door, a spasm
of thankfulness cattle over her. After
all he was. het,""ralti," and he must
. keep by him Whatever he had done..
But that' feeling . quickly 'passed.
,• • Bill was looking at her queerly. Just
• as if he had bought her, body- and
• Soul,- because he had paid for her keep
for three months.
get to come :hottnie with roe,
. •111Y,laser he add grimly. "I'm your
• lawful lord and Master, .and yea pro-
trtiaechto ()bey me. r stay,' you've got
• totonte home with inc." • .
• Nance looked , at hint, and her
txtetttli twitched, She did loita him,
•
I felt,I didn't want to live; then I de-
termined. to get better, and tell You
E was Sorry, yotell-stay-wit
baby, and: me? You'll not go and
leave Us?" •, •
Bill took three Steps the cradle.
Nancy watched' him with *piteously
eager eye. . •
• "Lie there, young nipper," he said,
oad there was d Proud:cat& :in his
VPice. ' •
' Then he turned and • opened • his
arnte. , •
And, with a little cry, Nance tan iyi
and he dosed them raw' her.-Lort-
don .AtisWerS. •
Whatever It, Is. •
dotA see how they can •• afford
te do Won his salary"
.
"Do you know What his salary is?"
• "No, but don't 'nee heat they can
wit terribir arid 6113 ahort Doting affo•rd things, just the eamb."
ad elioitort ,clier how, dear le was to
4:4•1.64141•164.1
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her, 'bat Vfrai not 'going at child of 8 feet should. Weigh '
coMmattc1 ib, and up to. 4 feet, MO more for
arm not going to one or your ort each inch 'of height. ,Thenoe tite
•
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u1et
4 Bill Andrew,
s ° IStittiqt pal& q4 Crease IsIWIN. •
its
•-•
• rent Deniand or Artificial Litribe in German.
tititr,,semr, irt photograph .deploto how, In GO tmany, the nianufadtul of attlfteitit flnibs hasgrown
the lak,,v ate liztatty conatilicte4' ..
• ••‘'.• , 14%17. :40 Many of the Italoees *nett h:ttve lost arm% logs, bOtil• that it Was a, eetiOtte• nuater
to trol •-t; lot attlflolf1.1 Ihrths. tho limbo aro an advande tlie00" Which aava been manufactured In
ano spee .
EASY TO MAKE CHLORINE GAS,
'
Enough ,Can BeMade in a Day to
„.
Whether we,,v kistified in copying
the German example in regard to the
use of-asPlikiiiiting gales amatter
on which the British army will soon
From Erin's Green Isle
-NEWS BY MAIL FROM II*LAND'S.
GREEN SHORES.
limmenings in the Emerald Isle of
Interest to .All True Irish-
men. •
Ireland was the only. European
country that suffered dePoptilation
last century, -- , • • _
• The ' Dublin corporation voted '—
give an answer to .the Huns in the against a motion to raise the Home
field! It is interesting_ to note that Rule questioni • •
- •
there is no difficulty about producing Lord Justice Moriarty, Lord Jus
chlorine gas -which is that mainly
employed' by , the Germans -and dis-
charging.it at the enemy's trenches
when the wind , is favorable.. Any
British manufacturing chemist could
preduce,enough chlorine in a day- or
two to suffocate the whole German
army from the Yser to the Vistula,
for •chlorine is familiar to English
chemical manufacturers i whe, until a
few years ago, were the only 'makers
of this chemical. ,
Chlorine is a greenish -Yellow gas
'wit)i a peculiarly unpleasant and suf-
focating smell,'und With these terri-
ble efteere on the lungs, tlirolit-W
mernbranes of its victim s which have
been described by Pr.. Haldane and
• Sir John French. "_ •
• The cost of suffecating our troops
by the Germans is not heavy. - Livid
chlorine costs about $125 a ton,. con-
• taining 170 gallons,_and this will pro-
-duce large voluine-of deadly
It is- interesting to note that the
idea of "gassing" an enemy was sug-
gested nearly half 'a century ago by
four Frenchmen, bat at that time it
was thought that thejavention was
too horrible to be allowed in , field
operatiOns, although if ' was agreed
that it might be 'used by small storm-
ing .parties at close quarters; When
the gates might be compressed in
shell, and flung by ' catabult. Accord-
ing to "Truth," however, the. inven-.
ti n came to nothin •
ASQUITH NpARLy 63 YEARS OLD
Born in the Little Town of Morley in
;Yorkshire:.
•
, .
.Unlike other distinguished
there has never been any argument
•regarding-Preinier -AsqUith'eT \birth.;
place. He is a hard-headed, York-
shireman from Morley -the busy
-Attie tawnTfive. miles from -Leeds;
and eight from • Bradfer-d----- •
where -hewarbern at the 'Cr.oft Hoase
63- years -ago -on September -12, It is Dungarvart,____has_ just . die
tice of Appeal of. Ireland., , left per-
sonal .estate valued .at $72,430.
• The Dublin Corporation have just
'acquired at a. coit of $3,500 a motor
street watering wagon, to hold 1,000.
gallons.: •
Mr. F. H. H. Hill, estate inspeCtori.,
Irish Land CoMmission, has been ap•
pointed a regimental transport of-
ficer with t rank of lieutenant.
_ghe an I summer 'show, in Len-
denderry • er:the- auspices' of
• North-West of Ireland Agricultural
Society was held recently and . was
most successful. _ • _
-- 'A:Serb:Ms outbreak Of4P1ius 'fever
has occurred in the- Dungloe district,
County Donegal, and a number of
patients have teen admitted, to the
Glenties Fever .Hospital.
• After twenty-fivq,years in the em-
ployment of the Great Northern Bail-
-wciiaiVePfmi)thaenY •:.0.1Y1ooxiti4ewpaairtclm-entilliPll-
at
Lurgan has retired. , •
• For killing a man whom they took
to be a German spy, but who was on - •
his way to join the Connaught Ran-
gers at Galway, • tics other Con-
aughtRangeranamed Rabiaitt---and,
O'Neil; Were sentenced to 'd year's r
imprisonment• at 'Westmeath Assizes, , •
The death has occurred after • a
lingering illness of Hr. J., B. Deegan,'
for many Years . Well-known in ' pub -
lie iif�in Athy and South Kildare,
'd-One-time4chairmaii-ef-4he-urhan
council.
• A meeting representative of the '.
shipbuilding, engineering, . and teg-
tile trades of Ulster, held in Belfast, -
d,ecided, to • organize a scheme for
joint production of munitions and.
• other raw material. •
_ EIrciting scenes were witnessed -at
Limavady, when a, young bull . ran
amuck whilst • being driven through
_the_ street. It 'tosSed_n donkey _into, ,
the air rind chased several people ' -
before it was eventually haltered• ..
Ex -Sergeant 1Vlic1iae1-,Glieson
ecorded that Mr. Asquith's ancestors- after a long illneas. Deceased ha
reached his sixtieth year, ndha -
been close .ori a quarter of a century
n e force m County Galway.' . .
lived in' the town for 'over .400' years.
an
Itight be Mentioned, bythe way,
eliciP whiph Agit •
-was born is till a,,place of
equal interest being the Rehoboth
Chapel, which he attended as a boy.
`Some time ago Mr. Asquith, when re-
ferring to this period of his life,
stated. that he recalled as a tinall boy
taking. part in the•Sunday-School Pro-
cessions and earryinra-hanner on the
occasion of the rejoicings at the, de-
claration Of peace in the'Crimea.
• Mr. Asquith lived at Morley until
Years:old,:
'Ile deatit has taken place of a
prominent merchant and leading
citizen of Newry in the person of Mr.
Robert Sands, ownerof tthe Clanrye
grain mills, and proprietor • ofthe h
"Newry Reporter" newspaper and
printing -works. -.. ,
. Lace making and sprigging, which ,
prior--to-the-'war was a live inchistry
in Fermanagh, has been severeirhit
whark-•••'11m. the lace 'industrY threpurls a n
ere 'has been a •
father, who was a Manufacturer, died.
falling off of 60 per. cent. and in the
needlework 30 per cent.
Mrs. Asquith then moved to; Hudders-'
held, where ,the future •Premier •was
Ifelit-tn-thelteWrgranunnr-relliitr
Subs44uently Herbert Asquith
and his brether William attended the
City of London school, and the for-
mer, having obtained two scholar-
ships, went to Oxford.
Worth a Nickel.
A guest was expected for dinner
and • Bobby had received' 5 cents as
1
. Employment for the Idle...
"Satan always finds work for idle
hands." . • •
• -"Yes," rePlied the man who • dis-
approves of dancing, "and for idle
feet too." -
•
Good Fortune.
"I found a- four-leaf clover on MY
nitheearip,ricuti eofwhaiss asallecinueicei dausriangrri;outhsee
lawn to -day," said Mr.. Crosslots,
until, discovering that hio favorite 1
.
"I suppose you think thatla lucky?"
dessert Wag . being served, he could "I doI'm lucky to And anything in
to longer curb' his enthusiasm, ne that lawn -extent -dandelionand rag•
d "
. •
drew the com from fat pocket, and,
rolling it across the table, exclaimed,
"Ilere'e yoar nickel, mamma,' I'd
rather talk.'! 4 •
.1.1111..11.16.1.10.111.
'Hie Way.'
The greatest ntiraber of ccanhatant
Britielt soldiers att. the Crimea at any
one tittle was 70,000.. °
Mr. Hen/vile& (Peevistory)-Whert biggest holl la not Dig Boo,
you tell me to do a thing, like a tool ie.t t Paul, wirtielt hangs in St.
I go and do it. . , , i!! ghedral. , /t weighs nearly
Mese Ilennypeck-No; you go and tOttA,„ and is rung by the'.
do it like it fool. , , Ahabined Worts' of foMi men. "
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