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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1916-07-27, Page 6- • Sib... • • 4,444 "Silver Gloss" • Tilt CANADA STARCH CO, 1.111,111TSCY • MONThEAL CanotaaL. 111110111FOrle. IEOHT 440..1,1011. • Makcrs cyt "Cro;ot Bial* oat "Lilt WO." Cam .5yrws, at,;:t itena:es JP.Prit, . More Muses. Lingerie and Skirts -more Table Linen •More Sheets Wadi1Iw Cs — more Curtains-- are sterelieds With "Silv4r than any other Starch in Canada, Your greoer has it. aun. goinif let Nothing else will, and 4 dent belien1,-e LONDON' W g the Eteuld fa to "-him. that he could sit a horse for 'Pou"t you worry -about that colt, COCAINE 1),ABIT ii. ribs an be knit Boss. Ile 'ain't used to our rano() yet, but he's mint of good stuff. andi harder nor yen think. Let hins be IT I-,,,, SPREADING AN TUE GREAT and giVe him a fair show. It five 31B,TitivoLis• • to one against his. getting the "deal . anyway. lint you. kin tell the ladies. They aren't the sort to holler." Prastie Action la Expected...Obt. ,"Thank you, At, old friend, I knew we might emits in." • ing Hold on Young , It was Mory Reit herself *ha spoke); Women. , having conie in quietly while the men were talking,•with Ifitty•by her s4o, Lendea's Vompara2tive1y new:. whoso young beauty was woefufl cocaine, whildi until 4 few -ea'4 ago, marred by the strain of the last few days. If any one had had time ta riotiget sub things -then, he might have been, struck by •thecentrect between the tiVQ women.' A Ace b .after all only the. window Which a senI .: looks through, so that 'whereas the pink and', ,white had, kited. from Xitty'S soft cheek the PrettY earls lost their.eoft ominetrY, the dimple become almost a ltellow, and she herself o very worn and wistful sliedow of The ePoiled, dailiag of the ranch; in the other wo-, men the strain ha4 only'ernPlAsiF.ed everY brava. lute in her clear-eut face, made 'firmer the curve of her sweet lips, arid given depth to her fearless Beltkinked at her and * his eyes' was the pride without whlcli hive is not perfect. "Tpu know what we are ging to do Mary, and you. know that 1 ant cut- ting -with the rest?" , 4`Of corse. You could do nething else. I will Cut first ,for yota ,Dick, -Lowest (Teets. ,of course?" She had cast the cards ea the table and noir stood facing the men, a' tell, slight Agure; as calm th all outward seeming as if this were but the be-. ginning et gaMeof bridge., - •(Ta be continued.) .n(lWerfoot's ooin , . ay ClelVE PHILLIPPS 141/01.1 -.EY ' (*Other t',..I "Geld; 001cl in caelboo," Etc.) CHAPTER; XXIVCopt.'d.), • • "Thar* You, Austruther. Will You take his feet? Here, Bolt, strike a We've' ga to elianee their • shooting." ' Bolt struck one, an4. in the •short gleam of it the others saw' Jinx and Anstruther lift the, body from the floor end put it uperi the table where the red Are had been - "That's the first to go," muttered dire, "Always wanted the lead and would have itr. Shot through the head from behind. Scene of the devils -must have- been behind when he lit his fire." „ "I heard no shoot," • "Not likely to with the melee we were making. What's wrong with your neck, Anstrether? Cut it?" "Just touched, I fancy. I got it when they hie Lim:- Shall we take him into the house?" . • • 7 "-Better not and better say nothing about it to them upstairs. We 'can't do any more for hinonowi Boss," and Jim drew a large worked table corer over the (lead man's face and turned to see that the barricades were as, . strong as they could be made. When he was at his pest again he „drew from his 'pocket that which the doctor htia given him. It was a corn- in,on playing -card and On it was writ- ten in pencil a London address, Be- ' neatle this the doctor had written In big letters whiCh wandered uncer- tainly over the blank space: "So long, Jim, See you again, some ay, "So he: I as coining, did ; he?" muse jam, " d/ he took it all back at the 'last, all his tall talk about science andannihilation of matter. 'Well, 1 guess the Handicapper knew the Doe's' handicap, and will be the beSt, lud„Ke of his running. , "-Aed then as he looked out in the reddened gloom, whilst' his eyes- tried to, pierce through -the fog, his mind tried to peer into that Nat ROOTIZ where the 'doctor now was, ancl• If he failed to place the doctor, he at least managera.to place himself. He saw the triviality of the -things which had so embittered him for the 1 b f days, and even confessed to hiineelf that when it Came to fighting, his rival was not ThliCh of a TilUff after all. If that which had made the scratch on Anstruther's neck had been an inch or two to the left) Jim C "b felt that his naemary of the last fe days would, have been a load for -him to carry all the rest of his life. But the firfrf grey' light bf the niernieg brought „Jim .back from, the Unknown to the present, with a ShOCR. As the mists rolled, away the teraPorary ab- sence of the Indians was explained. They had withdrawn to gather force for their real attack. Whatever an- swers to the fiery cross amongst the red men had been dying around the country in the last two days, and Jim Combe had never known Until that MOM:Mt hew many Indians there were Ip. ehall, want ell handson guard. fee' rngbt if Toina deees not bring kelp be- fore. then. • Horsely and his posse could- hardly get throligh;by 4aYitgbt. if:they ‘carne." - • , - 'Mut made no' reply. "Don't you think that they will.get here te-dayee, In spite of hie courage there was a shake in RoWs• voice Which; he Could net hide.' For himself 'h.e cared lit- tle, but the thought Of. the sweet Ivo - Man who was ,all the Wert& to bim broke the strong man's nerve. , "I's to geed fooling salarselVes, Rolt; any longer. NO. I den' think any of our messengers are alive to -day." The younger Fairclough turned very white, but he pulled; bhnself to- gether, and laughed bravely. "YOU. 4:lan't know me* brother, Couthe. There's no fear that any peek of niggers will wipe him mit." "I lame net. Ile is a good. Man and 1 daresay that you -are right in which case we shall have help before nightfall,. but we 'most not calculate upon that, -We've calculated toe much on 'such things already. We've got to do somethings for ourselves' now, right away." "That's talking,'" assented Al. "and there's Only onethipg we can do." "What is that 7" . "Shoot the women, and die fighting, or save them." It was brutally said but it had the advantage of bringieg. the issue plain- ly• hefere every one: How, een we save thein? "'There's only One way.. The In- ' diens' are all, here' now. - If a man could get ithrongh that ring ,riekt have a .clear course to Sody. There's five horses inthe kitchen." • , . • "But, we can't leave the place un- • gbarded." , "NO, of course •not;'° It's got to be 'one at a time till...We do get,:throUgh, and if no une 'gets , through -well, then, Boss, we'd most Os *en take . turn at praying." For :a moment there was silence, and then someone :askeicle • . "Is it be by, day -light; M. it night?" • • . ; guess it: don't make no odds,' I replied Al. "We sliciuld have had • a ; geed show last mot, but the fog has • all eon% they.; won't do much at- teeking-in bread daylight our people shoot too straight and the Injuns knew it, but they'll, do mighty sleeping at night: I'd leave that to the man as goes. Kiri ;I have that roan, as Jim rode for , a first, shot, Does?' • , • • 1 It was said so quietly. that no one ignorant of the circuinatances,„wouli • have guessed that theroughand grizzled old.tider was offering his life, hut the color came 'to the Boss's 'eyes -as lies ansWered: "The stakes are_ming, Al. and t play them" •• • "Pardon, sir, I think you forget," scattered through the timber of Bri- said, Anstruthei., courteously, "the% tish enenahia„ stakei- are -mit all Yours- V-olusiteere The hog's „back. was dotted with for a forlorn hopes should 'be unmar- their canap Ares and tents.; a line of tied men; The captain's duty' isto - them stretched across the -big Jima_ stay by his ship to the last. Al and dow; another body Of them held the Combe have had their.ture. You will • road to Sella Creek: The ranch wai let me ta," • as regularly invested as if its fees had l' "Nonsense, 'boy, you cOuldrne sita been European troops instead er mere r 'new."' • redsi,zia. with hofiaitely, awit_tan.....i.;, "Nor couldn't find. his way if he did ,ning than even:Cm-11x had given them get through. • See here, Rohl ' It's credit far the hi1rofe1. had a allow- Al or me. for this job; and Are wound- C ed the white meii to return unmoleste ed, so it's me," and Combe turned to dtdrmoss. •ed to theft lair, -only o find themselves leave the room. in a trap from Which there appeared to be no escape unless Tema or Fair - dough had Woe through and eould bring help. Until thie last morning Jim had felt eertitiza that one or other would sue - reed in getting brough; but now, see- ing the methodical way in which the Indians had conducted the campaign, he iiot only do.ibted, he disbelieved it,' - t4. X' t •11 I I t _But Anstruther caught him by the- . • "No, by heaven, ' you don't 'bombe! It is for Mr. Reit to decide. Yon are net master here. What do you say, sir?' Will you Shame me? , Is it not my right? • Conihe wept for me. 'The whole, tropble is, my fault. I can ne- ier hold hp my heed again if you , •don't let the go."• ' •1 • There was such it genuine ring of T111elera-e-;ee.4- eittreateeeinethe_yeang. felloves voice . great wave of pity and reeforse ae. that Reit, looking at hire, wavered-. '-'1 . most Unmanned him. Ile understood that, to a man like Iti his anguish of ittied he tried to Anstruther. there might be worse speak• 0 thie little triend in efie. aid things thim death. , , Way • thab had boeic, eo dem to both of "Couldn't We settle it by drawing there, but his tengue felled It'm, and lots? That's what they always do in , _she,: not realizing that rt was the old• books." -• . • .• • ".1i'fit.1roated-li4m witit-t4ieeoldness4ie-1 'It was Fairclough who APoice, and , _ hic been ak each tretiblo to teach her.1i-n, the impasse to which they-hlitt-corn ----. - he su estion me,t with some favor. , , - 'cif Api-ii7x--i/T.. -'- - --; -4•Ifel-egreeete Mr"-Faireibugh'e, Allgp. . ' gestita," said Rolia seeing that the, . Yeu cannot hide deeth Any more feeling ei tile -meeting was with the ' thanyen etch escape it There is a lase speaker,. "it will only be on the i subtle‘influence which snreads from understanding that ell draW. I will 4 (lea . inan 40 ditit even tlie-ffirnir wafireyyterrt, rst-if-You-vv444--1 he as't.! feet and acknowledge it,. and all agree to that I Otherwise I go." . this atmosphere of horror has 'spread ' , per a„few niinuteS Combe and Ari, - 'through the ranch house in spite •of-struther tried to argue with him, but . gm nion'S, reticeace, ' . .. 4 I ehotigh the easiest -going in Bri- , The *0111011 ICACW, though they ask- tish Cc:tumbla as -a rule, Reit could ed no. clUdetione, Their eyes counted be safficietly ;re:white upon occasion. the ;nen as they gathered for their morning meat; 'teat it the/gale/odd They said nothing. ' . NELSON ON,THE GERMANS: "Thank God, the Superiority of 'the British Navy Rinains. , In a letter dated September 17, 1795, Nelson wrote same Words which tersely sum up the European situation as it stands at the present moment: -"AS fohe Gerraan generals war :is their trade and peace is ridn to thein, therefore we cannot expeet .they have any wish to finish .the war.". .• • e reinarkable series 0 Thlove let- ters written by Nelsonte his 'wife, from Which this extract is taken, is • now saved.. to England. When the Iettets were put up to sell before the war Mr. Edward Dring Inade•• it his patriotic duty to obtain and hold the litters. for- England, and accordingly outbid all comers, at $11,000. • Now Mr. Tiring says that, after aearly two years, an 'enthusiastic patriot has come forward to buy the letters from • "hiin, promising thet they shall te- Main. in England, also hintieg, that some day he May leave them to the nation. . • , At the present time these, gso let- • ters, ha.ve a Vivid, interest, p,articu; laxly theta passages in virhiCh ,the great Admiral writes proudly about the British 'fleet. A 'firer extracts prove the truth.- " "September 11, 1793. -The perse- verance ef our -.fleet has been great, And to that . only can -he attributed 64 unexampled success." "lg4I arch 4, 1794.-y seamen are now what -British seamen engirt to be -almost "Ally 1, 1795. -Thank God, the su-- periority of .the British Navy re- mains, and, I.hope, ever. will." . ' • r With these fascinating letters is a .manuscript 'account of the ;battle-. of the Nile, Written by E: • POussielque; the French Controller General. of Ex- penses ih those days. On the Arst leef -of this Nelson wrote' an illumin- ating eomment:-"This gentleman sena to know so Mach more_about the.battle than I de, that I will not Vent/are to contradict him. I. ani satis- fied with.. it, if he is." • Lastly there is ,the eheery note of optimism when he lost his eye, a spirit which animates. so many of England's wounded -heroes to -day: - "You will expect Me to say some- thing aleaut My eye. -It is no blemish, so my beauty is saved." . _ - A bride always' thinks- her husband clever because he married her. d•mitomommadoodutp•OP -L444 &P" wa§ credited with being an American has spread, so far as 0,4411 fOX warning and interference in the pub - lie interest „ . • By .arecent regulation if is an a- Rfeellachaa: lulairto tjciseell ippr eef"attba.: to soldiers or sailers unless it is in- cluded in the; Prescription, of a certi- fied medical man, • It is expected that further drastic action will .he taken° to check the habit, among cwllaans •'• Some weeks ago an individual Who was arrested with twelve email ,pac- kets of cocaine 'in his Possession had to be released because he. could not be proved to have , sold Any, Bat vendors there are in cOnaiderable ninuntodb.er, who progt. by the grewing de- , , • The reputable pharmacist is '11°W wary of the • customer who goes the rounds collecting a little cocaine hire and a -little there for: "tooth- ache." Cocaine imuggline is pro- fitable. ... An Insidious Drug.' - • • Cocaine is more insidious even than morphia. Its effect is to pro- duce a feeling of boundless exalta- tion, energy and confidence. A.- few minutes after takipg cocaine man feels that be 'could conquerthe world. The reaction comes within half an hour Mut drives the cocaine victim to the extremes 0 melancholy and irritability. According • to ' an army authority, "if a soldier takes Leftover Luncheons, isn't! worth -while getting any- thing in just for my lunch," says the housekeeper kWh.* alone all day, and so she takes 'the proverbial CUP of tea.er coffee and any odd "left -overs" that happen be be in the pantry.' It's an unappetising meal and. a hurried one, ,ind„ tlaerefere, nearly- as. bad as no Meal at all, - It is abolish habit likely to lead to headaches, 'weariness and frazzled nerY9S,' and quite. un- necessary, even in these days of high cast of living," for there is no neect.to •" buy anything fresh.. The, left -avers can be transformed, with very little trouble into something savory and terePting. Take that ,,tableSpeonful of cold cereal, for instance. It wouldn't be particularly inviting as a luncheon, 'dish in its lefteVer state, but it could: be: kneaded with enough flour to make a pliahlo Paste, shaped into two thin small cakes„, 'and friecUto a Olden brown or baked on a gridle. • Served oil a very hot plate, with a little but- ter 4rid`reeple or golden syrup, they would be delicious. •s . • , Scallop shells are a boon to the luneb-for-one person. The tiniest. scrap of cold. fish -even &dessert- spoonful --can be mixed with a couple , espoonfuls of nicely seasoned white sauce and baked in a buttered shell. If the top is clotted with biri3r bits 0 margarine or sprinkled with grated cheese, so much the better. Odds and ends. of scold vegetables, uch potatoes,, caulificrivet, sprouts or carrots, can be mixed' with .saoce in the same way, seasoned With a sprinkling 0 cheese and baked to a.; golden brown. Half a baked potato aiery can bp transformed into a tasty In - cocaine he is Useless for the dividual dish. It May riot be very from that very day." For this reason. two persons 'were found guilty of. supplying cocaine to the Canadians at -Folkestone and were sent to prison for six moritha with hard lebore • It was in41911 and 1912. that co- caine first became. a pronounced habit iti• Europe. It -was then that "Pore handed round in snuff boxes became the fashion in the night dabs 0 the Montmartre quarter in Paris,•and since the war began "snuff takers" have increased among •a• certain pieesure-leving • get in Lon;. The tragic feature of the craze is the hold it has obtained over youpg substrantial, but, being hot and saVory, it will probably make, the person en - jiving it cat plenty of bread and but- ter, or be ready for a satisfying sec.' ond copra& of bread or biscuits and •eheesee • • •Cold pedatmans or pcstaboes make a splendid basis for a cupful- of hot cream AS04; • • Mash the vegetable, season to taste, add enough , fresh milk to make the amount required and boil for a minute or so. A tea- spoonful 0 cream will add nutrition. ' A slice 0 cold lamb should be cut up very small and cooked' for seven' or eight minutes in half a Cupful of. white sauce (made rather thick), sea- - women. The spuff box not only air-. aoned to taste, .and ° served on. hot 'cute* among women past youthful toast: . in reviles and magma comedies with Cold ineat may be served, up very delightp but among drish young girls disastrous-. and beauty wrecking ef_ teraptingly in jelly, Cut itinto neat fects. . cubes, pour over enough gelatine . to Cocaine Parties. cover well and leave till sit. Turn Cocaine,Parties." are held in the it ,outc'eut into squares, and mix with flats of some of those addicted to the a couple of young lettuce leaves, finely. shredded, or any other salad, • and. -- . ' vice ' and it is said - soldiers have. sprinkle with.sotne mayonnaise sauge w.ith the baleful thing. • or eream salad dressing. To make the jelly, dissolve.,about half a sheet , $. :been invited to some of these ' (gather- ' d' ings and encouraged to ,experiment Young women. Who ad,ope of gelatine in a gill 0 nicely seasoned , become objects of Sympathy to their s stock -or water,. •, , , . fellows They become morose, rest •_. ends can be so resuscitated that the In &thousand ways the odds and less and irresponsible and the end will, stimulate the appetite an is cuosucaailnlye ahanservdoaunsgebrrsea kcifor6"w;-erCen the lonely- "snath'i a pleasant apart frcini its ruinous effects on the nervous System. 'It is fatal to self- discipline, and is therefore a predis- posing cause Of moral as well as phy- sical destruction. , In the woras 0 a high medical au- thority, "Na condemnation can be too strong for this. pereiciops habit, and no step that the authorities, .can take to Suppress it can possibly be too se- vere" . • In bad cases cocaine maniac's have than sliiirionths-:—---- . , FROZEN FISH REVD. , . Problem 0 Shipping Them for Long Distance Solved. • The feat of freezing live fish and reviving 'them seyertkr weeks or months later -has been -achieved by the Swiss scientist, M..rictat. The scientist put twenty-eight live fish in a box that contained water rioli • in • oxygen, in which. several pieces of ice•fioated. • The temperature of the water was thin reclined slowly until it froze. • At the end 'of about two months the cake was gradually thawed,' and the fish, it is said, were fitund alive. In such an experiment, the scientist re- ports, .it is essential:that the water be gradually frozen, ' and • that it ' shall have Centained . pieces of ice for from fifteen to eighteen hours .e the .ndialeanaseelalrozata. The process of thawing must also be stow. Thropgh this process it is believed that Siberian sturgeon and Alaskan salmon an be exported alive to distant markets. ipe Clzorries and "It, ain't eu_Use arofying," said Al, irritably. "Seems to me we had to lerleav the Boss by Antitiott, sdat,pely a word passed he- that blanked Contrary that if every. tween tlfein until the mon gathered one else Wita koepirtg Christmas,, he'd 111 the, long room: after the weal, and put in the day htittlitig gravel. May cven thefi for a while iio one' spoke. as well cut for the deal if to says so." • Though for ,the moment the besieged This settled it, and Reit; turning to word trariusi.eatat, overyono knew that 1 Anstrutliew asked him to get a Pack -.tho ring-Whieh surrounded them was of. eatds from Mrs. Roll). 4n4twit destruetion htit- -a J Whin Anstruther. had gone 'to get •411et4„ 04 0 hour. • - • , in. plhe cards', itolt turned to Combo; , men had hotter i IA ArlY. nooci horsing thio it.oni dur:ntthe day, "'rue • n the 1urides:1 They might prevent hiS4. antic u arr make .delicious and econoMied preservea Order 'ANTIC SUGAR ty name...in original packages 2 and 54b Cartons. - 10 and 204b Bags rittstavola 141341.8 yod tiltitht:det nitbni ..irtoic tor book n1 54 piitittd Atlantic Sugar Refineries Ltd. • Power tug, arontreal 40 „ . Mitny -'Serious'----Fires-irracea-ble -to • , Such Accumelationse- ,. RUBBISH HEAPS. honee-made eazirly will prevent it from being ,stiehlb_. Preserve :eberrieS and blanehed -mends aro eaSightful ,addition tO -the fruit salad. Use fresh green grape 1441T013 to • 511,11441ATION Ali3IT 3,000,009. Rendredf* -Problems .,Solved •Great Britain. • 'Frederick 'George XellasViy,n0oher 0. Parliament :for Bedford Borough:0, and peeretary tO,Ghristopher Addison, • spleen (00p ateceiotebt; platys 211 Froeks in, Parliamentary Under-Seeretary for • e.nlYILItic, tbhoetntlethaeayhOwUaldsubeea4:11y11.0. N4vitb .4311VIT,r4.0.Pilice-t-1:wi air: 42cir hegollirdeidatninottl3erebcelestitillTn! Cold, water the instant the milk is tak- .46" Te4entl „ 0011 dtheatatilasnytofhiGprgeat Britain's war hustle. that Germany had geir-fthYa:wIli; tlber:ari:thai'vCr ';r" tall•m* trial organization in the past year, , ever. stand, your iron wiil renirda'hot Ion; done equalled Great Britain'e indn0.4. Grapefruit seeds will • grow MO ,f,Grvat Britain,,, tio, said, oho been btn lerg1(1 le a 'aull I ft quartti:a etti3at al: lebeot ilftl w°1°111 I f:4411eurallite- n:1:1"4 1 n. washyourI ant:. le ri : tCatilicetit!..Ille.e/441;i:Flitlireic;Inal:trah°4yrrotaceSnPaNanri:dfliGsCa°111rivi418. t:luienenlirt; • - A little powdered alum rubbed "'Weekly (admit of cartridges is greater.. brushed well will restore the. bright. fore the war. A certain typo of raa- , brushes in it. Never put Soap en a huilt Or a apted. - The country's hairbrush.; on hy, Millions than the animal output be - gilt braid or lace,,.after it has been Chine gun which never -bad been made.. *less. 'Mum -should be left on;for a' in Great Britain -prior. to 1915 is now few hours, thea brushed off. , Often the yoke of an. egg will re - Move stains' from. wash,geods, The egg should be applied before pottitig into, the wash. - Left7over- macaroni can be, recook- ed by putting in a dish with oream sauce and a little minced green' and red peppers, and baked with .bread crumbs and cheese sprinkled over.the top. SHORTAGE OF. DOCTORS. Medical Corps Has Taken 11000 and Wants 4,000 More. . The British Government is calling. ter- more (teeters for the army, Sur- geon -General Sir Alfred Keogh has appealed te the medical profession to "mobilize". •voluntarily, other wise, it is suggested 'recourse Will have to be had to medical conscription. , A Lin- dell coddespondent of the Associated Press says Many of the doctors .in private practice at home - object to mobilizing, even Voluntarily. Many memberd of the British Medical As- .sociatian-maintain that the army has already all the &eters it requires; if it Would only learn how to: employ them to the best adVantage. - Some of them ,even suggest that the War Office, should learn how to de it from the enemy. • One authority. says: , produced by the.hundred weekly. Vri output 0 gulls mid howitzers has been increaSecl several hundred per cent. " "We are not yet at the full flood 0 our utpUt 0 guns and shells. If tlio Germans cannot be driven home other- wise, our army shall have. sucha sup- ply of guns that their 'limbers shall .' touch each other in a continuous tine from the Somme to the sea, France, Russia, and Italy have been supplied by or through Great Britain with Inani 0 the Most important muni- tions; Many thousands of tons 0 • steel lave been and are being gent to -France." 4 The labor situation, Mr. Kellaway said, had been Saved largely by wo- men. Ile said that I.:84,000 women were •einployed in war industries in . 1914; ;now 'there were 666,000. The total number 'of war workers in 1914. was 1,138,000; it is' now 3,500,000. • "French women," he 'continued, . "are doing wonders at monition mak- ing, but British women. . beat the world. The best business brains , of the country have been placed at the 'nation's disposal. in industrial reor- ganikation. Same- of these' have, : abandened huge, incomes Mid work dike slaves without reward. "One of a hundred problems solved involved an important discovery. For a long time the anti-aircraft gunners had been crying for . an improved height finder for Zeppelins, the ex- Isting finders being too slow and "Already the Royal, Army Medical clura,sy and the margin of error beipg Corps -has-taken 11,000 dociToYs freen private practice and they • are asking for another 4,000, making in, all 15,- \000. This 15,000 medical 'Officers in the permanent service giyes: a total •of 16.500 to attend to Mi army , of about 4,000,000.• ThoGermans, for an army of 10,000,000, have 14,000 medical. officers. "The position at home LP serious, as there are only -30,00,0 medical men and women in practice. •With 15,000 tak- en away, po• lucre than 15000 are left to attend to a Population of 44000,00d amen, women and ehildren. How ave. the Position is may be suggest:, by recalling- that more than 500,000 ustria casu,alties occur in this • cou every year, which is hugely e e meal. in . , heavier..than , the casualties. • at the How To Wash ,Woollen Goods: , British 'front in a year of thepresent To wash woollen goods successfully -War."' • the lwater shOuldfrbe soft and warm, It is maintained that the whole pro - not hot, and 0, unifetin temperature blem could- be solved without with - throughout' the operetion. - Only the diawing, any mare doctors by a 'nor-. mildei.soaps shoeld be ASO and these ganizetiOn of the Royal Army Medical not applied :(BrectlY The fabric If Corps.• Among the reforms they much dirt is present, it volatile alkali such ad ammonium carbonate may lie added to' the' *ash rater. The scrubbing to Which fabric'is subjected shoul,d, be. g.e.n..ble, • anc,I. ,the Wringing through ;loosely eet. wring - Once witehed; the goodS"should not be 'allowed to lie AbOut wet; • but should be immediately hung up te dry preferably out of 'doors; if :the air' is `dry and the tempereture above freez- ing. • • ing. . . . The reason •fet this 'careful treat- ment is faund in 'the 'peculiar natuee• hendreds of feet. Three men set to work on the problem and in- two raenths produced a height Ander which gave rapidly the exact height of the Zeppelin." . • . • - HEROIC MAJOR DECORATED. Surrounded By Germans on Dead Man Fights ,Way Back. • The battle 0 Vender). has -been ' pro- lific 0 heroic deeds.- One of the meet - drastic •episodes thefighting round Dead Man Hill occurred to the' west:. -- thairpOsitiOn, where e French regi- ment.Was face to fitee .with a Poen, • .erania btigade. • Miring • the. hottestr'' Moment, a major. eemmanding ' the • Third Battalion of e. Frepch regiment • disappeared.' • • , -• • Suddeply they heard e• well -known • ,voice sheeting, ."Braveo; boys!, . Give them', beans!" and the • majOr came' , • to view, his unifomm in shreds; • his•' ' face eoVereti-- with 'blood and. his left - iirgeicifer Sebstitutien.7-0-the array: arm -hinginglimplie had beentut for the division- as the medical WI% nocloctore..behig; thus kept be- cause - their divisiori .is not in ,action. Adoption 0 a new systeimof boapitals at theiffront--and-abeiitionfoffield-nin,;": bulanceS, -It • is eStithated that the latter change alone Would save 1,50.0. doctors in .an. army of 1;000,000 'men. Relesae 0 doctors. •••for. home work off -With &handful -a men and at their head fought his way thriagh the • • • enemy ranks until he was sent> to the ., ground. with • 'a -terrible blow from a., 7 .rifieo-buttitich-Mriashed-Als -loft - shoulder.. 'Dragging himself on hia •• hands; - and knees' for a Mile,. 'he had , eventlially rejoined • hip Men, -erid...his fitse thougrt was to lead them once hen there no wqrk.for them to do' more into action. The French were at . the bate Under • modern • Successful in driving .. the .Gernians conditions • it . is al-svays known when back, bat the gallant niajor. received' • an. attack is imminent, and the- staff' 'a second dangerous wOund.. .So ex- ., cruciating. Was the -pain -he. suffered , while, being. operated on that aroid. 'groaning he ;sing the' "Marseillaise" ,at the top of his voice,- A few..min- Utes later the general commanding his' unit arrived. at the, hospital, and •tak-' and opened up' by hot ,water aed by only in flesh, hut, rnake.s,.bone at the ; fpgthe Cross of' the Legion of Boner such alkalis -.Aware • found in .the. same rate, and in .order, to make this from his own uniforin pinned it • on would • have,. 24 hoirrs. return - .to of th.e wool fihre. . Its outer or epi- their. base. dermal • layer is Made up .of Minute ' • •-, . . . ,..-----...#0-------. -. . serrittioria Whieh are arranged in • ,. some such in/tin-lei-ea -the edges On i. ;. •• Chicks Must lime ,Ash.• •• , ,. 'fish. 'New.these scales are softened. • A eaPidly gowing cluck gains not harsher soaps. In this softened con- necessary. bone growth a large anioutit ditien • the pressure- dud': to hard of ash is rewired in the form of lime scrubbing is sufficient cause the apd Ohospatea. Some 0 this is fur, serrated edges of bhe fibres- to inter. nished from vegetable juices, but it leek or felt • Felted fibres are &suit-, thust also be furnished from animal ly, herd and brittle. This is beeaaaa• and mineral sources. Shell and grit the alkali which has helped in fea. are the -.two most gammon miner:. tering; preceie has retrieved from the ' Sofircee, while' beef scrap and granu. cells Zeitain`,TattiMal3staricel--whittr;lotcd---bone aro-ties-anost„.coMmen44- serve to Make the able 'soft arid .6mealf.e.sdeuirnce:k.cess13,e.seof bones critp sehtohuledinnoost able. ' • _ , . reliable Fiburce from which to obtain Fabrics which have •beccerie hard eted telt have •nob only „lost their the. Milk, reradrement. attractiveness, but -arse rabst °i I if kou must pubsTiL:--liem in pasture - their Usefulness as a Protect1oh froin pleape don't put then' in a pig pasture the cold. This latter quality is due -t-o--the-air bhualcet"...whiell forms . in the spaces between the Abres, . for -31-ore-fires-- Originate- in .-tubliish-,,,qeiet air is, AS We know, --a vete ; heaps thafi ftom any -other source. To poor conductor ' rola am- --aut permit. rubbish to renaain in the Wild-IV/heti the fibres have, bedome felted ing not' only invites •a fire_ visit . these air spaces are hist and cerise - 1 your home or place of business and euently the fabric is .40 'longer able. 1, tudei eyourefirmily-temporariar4eme to • materially aid the body retain less •or cripple your business at a, its heat. • ' tinie when you can least afford it, but ! also endangers thelives your fain- ' 'Useful Hints. ily or eniploy,ees. In addition to de- stroying an average of $23,000,000 in property•aralue in Canada each year, 1,fire' caused the death 0 141 persons. , The home is built to protect our loved ones, and we want to do. every- thing to insure absolute protection to Ithose who live in it. • That rubbish heap in the attic, stereroom or baseinent is 4 414/1144 to your household, becatise there is.' al- ways a possibility of ilre starting in It, and it may Start when least PeCctoicileltdo What:might happen, and I then, without delay, ellMinate the menae of the 'rubbish he* N.g ...dd. the breast of the brave offieer. ° •:•• Kaiser Pensions Seven Generals. . A despatch. from Rotterdam says; According to The :Berliner Tageblatt, - the Kaiser has.decided to pension sev- .en.„:Peiresian-Geaeratta.---Five---et -the Generals, namely, von Bredow, von ' Wienatkoivsky, Glokke, Cramer, and Heuer, will leave the arni-y,* while Generals yen Kleist and ICralener will be given garrison commands. No reitson's for the dismissels of the Gen- erals have' bee' made public. • • Always, use ice water when mixing 'piecruit. When broiling thiekense lay theta skin side. up. Carrots and peas put together and • eetisoned are a very , good semmer dish,. All bacon is improved by having boiling water peityed -over It. before frying. A deliciotis and ecoranniVal dessert is etewed figs and boiled rice served together. 'lien jelly can be made in the same way AS toffee jelly, And it is plea- sant change, ' • ' A tetuipoonful of vinegar put into LIISHIES 4,v6.10 -rt .00.11 SHOES NEAT cid. Or 0AnAbA, 1,tiktAiipToi4i Oeuebe - • '