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The Wingham Advance, 1917-05-10, Page 3yrommooMmxt mem, om'asal TuE APP1411 ORORAIRO. The British embara0 placee upon apple$ and ventied traits containing 1,44r May be a aerious blow to oar Onterio growers, tine that will have to be put up 'with tor the sake ot the rennire, growing has alWaya been looked Upon tee the most epeculative branch of the :agriculture with returns propertiollate tO tee testis. Home the great war started bus beeu more than (Wee „trele. aline the export trade in Oaten° Bette tee net tape hease, it bas nevertheless eeeorbed much of tile surplue ergo that mould telltale:se eauee gluts in our lime markets, production now following so Giese upon the aemand. Of numo 'Maur^ teuee to the apple grower, the thiropean markt; take all Of Nova, Scotia.% croo tinder nortnal conditions and also the aurplue boxed apples frOm the United atatee. It this pear a. geed average crop hervested in all Parts of the eon, tiz eat as appears reasonable to expect, our local merkets will have to dispeee of all of the fruit that ordinarily goes over. eetie. A. vigorous aavertiaing seherne will be neceesary to again Introduce our quality fruit to the Canadian eonsurnee, who has not been very well looked af- ter since 1914. lf, As we all devoutly* hope, the ern- baigo is rernoved before our crop, is reedy, the altuation will be relieved to some extent, though with high cmean rates, congestion of freight traffie, eta. low greclee and poor varietiee are bound to be at a decided discount that fall, Virowers will be taking more than ordine ary ehancee In 1917, but remember the old saying': "If you never speculate, you tiever win." This year when help la nearly lemma - allele to get, the orchardist may be tempt- ed to give his orchard very attic) atten- tion. On account ot the great prove"- ence of emit ot 1915, it would be poor economy to leave all the spraylag out, but the pruning might be done away with th:s season. Suckers should. If " possible, be cut out, a sharp, mew being the hest 'tool, In fact the only tool that does satisfactory work. Cut cloee to the Manch as 'possible,: so that no en- largement will be there after the wound is healed. Many cuts are made leav- ing a Nery short. stub, and next season there are generally mall suckers etart- ed from that enlargement. Many treea are so high that it is almost impossible to thoroughly spray them. it would not take long to cut several feet oft the leele of such trees, leaving the thinning out to future seasons. Where the trees have bean fairly well pruned In the past, they would not stiffer if they got no thinning in the branch tills year, -when lebor is so eearce. 4 Several years ago It was cOnsidered that three sprays would keep apples free front scab, and in a normal sea - eon this still applies. Those sprays would tte the dormant. the blossom and after the blossom had fallen. If the grower of neeessity has to cut down labor, and ems no San Jose Scale or very few Oy- ater Shell Bark Lice, the dormant would • be the best apray to leave out, but If there are any San Jose Scale, he should ' surely Put on the dormant spray. Last year In part of our Wellington orchard where the dormant spray was omitted for experiment, there were 20 Per cent. more apples with scab, though this was contrary to the opinion formerly held hY many authorities. The second spray should be put on when blossoms are showing pink, Thia is an Important spray for scab and Bud Moth. The low. or part of the blossoms la the beginning of the apple and the stalk is then as long as it ever is. If a scab starts on the small apple or stalk, it can never be killed with any. arnotint of spray. If on the latter (the stalk), It is more than nicely tie make it 'too brittle. When the apple glows tne first wind will break the injury stein. For this snrale Prates - ear Caesar recommende 1 gallon lime and eulplitir (commercial) to 3045 gallons of water, and from 2-3 a-nous:co of lead to 40 gallons, The third spray ehould be 11.90 'when 90 per cent. of the blesserns have .For this spray the same. authority recommends 1 gallon commercial. lime anti sulphur to 33-40 gallons or water and 2 lbs. arsenate of lead to 40 gallons. If a. ecascin follows with cool, damp weath- er, a spray 1301110 aa the last without the arsenate of lead should be put on two weeks after the bloesom application. Have the tower high enough, so the tops of the trees can be easily reached, Spraying la often not thoroughly done, part of the tree missed, and in many CAS - es not enough matte ial. used. Sometimes at the picking time areples on a, branch or part of one are covered with scab, •while the other pert of the tree is clean, This certainly he ca.used by missing that part of the tree at one of the sprays. To spray thoetniably one should have a system. Benin at the KUM .part of each tree and finish la the same plan being followed throughent tbe row. The aprayer oa the ground is more Mole' to tIci teireuart work by his epray noz- zle up and down and walking tvvo or three eters after pach up and down movement. If Mere is sufficient *Ind to carry the spray, it is not necessary ,to hava the nozzle close to the part to be sprayee. Better be four feet or more front Mena% being; treated. Large trees, bete high raid wide, reauire for the dor- mant spray teboat seven ,gallons of ma- terial, eeetom ea:ay eight gallons and third nine gallons to thorottghly wet the .teee. Some_ growers are .inelined to re- turn to Doreemet mixture, claiming they can grow cleaner apples with this mater- ial tnan with limo aria :sulphur. We do not believe eny material can grow ap- ples with teever Scabs than lime and sul- phur preperly npplied. Bordeaux mix- ture hau onmeedvaatage, where part of the tatto hae been miesed, it Is at once dietectea tend aels "tOuched up." if the and sulphur would show more on the foliage, the missed spot could also be gono over, .Those who have not re- ceived the teeener Calendar for 191?, ean get it from the Diatrict Representative or front My offjce. If the orci!orct was.rall plowed or has a cover crop to plow under this spring and the aueor teethes to save labor, he might .sow red. clover as soon as land can b4 cultivated. Mow that crop in August and leave on the land. This method would take little from the Iand for a senzon or more. If it Is possible to cultivate Partially, try a sod strip three feet wide on each side of the bear- ing trat Thle la the moet difficult part te Cultivete. When 00 cultivation is dome rind the land is poor, the apples aro likely to he mall, but again they' will ae better colored. :t is well knewn that epys incresering ea 'itches, bright red, wilt ming memo money to the grower than Spy eel, inehea poorly colored, -on. tario Department of Agriculture Fruit Branch Circular, NeraIeS. A. testawas reatIe tn Monmouth tounty. New Jereey, 'o determine the relative value at eyes itom different parts of the potato. The yield from the blossom end averaged le ;mends, from the middle. 16 pounds, oal front the stem end, 10 patinas, blare lag ea per cent. greater pro. ouctivenees from the geed end than from the stem one The writer can remote- ber seeing tee neighbors chip off the bleesoni end when they were cutting their eeed. The Wm. demonetrator, Mr. Duryee, has obtained the following re- state from nine farina where salt wee used to test plots. alight of thein re« Dort a decrease and one a slight increase. Three hunared and 600 polinds of stilt were applied In the row with the fertil- izer, accordlng. to the eireetions of the Salt compa.ny whieh gave the salt. It. theeked germination, and during the growing season the salt plots cotild be easily ple.ked out because the foliage was dwarfed and had a Wight yeitowieh east. These results are not conclusive. Possibly 150 pounds broadcast gist be. fore the Dotatoes come up would not int - par germination and might help the yves. noises that have been idle for some thne should have a liberal allowunce of grain fur a few weeks before they are called upon to take part in very hard wore. One ot the best thinges to totighen lunse's ehouldere is to bathe them 'with warm salt water every morning, noon nini night. en nearly an eases mashes ebould aunt an important item in the dietary of a eick hoiee; hut in the ease of 'scouring, their Use mast be bailed or at least re - tinted to a minimum. Poll evil alai fistule are Mought on try lautoes. Low stables or any obstrue- -bone that a horse ettn Lump againat e ariefittee. endidlamiLl• laeding enould be done With a view to the outtlityaas W011 -1113 1(1 the qUantitY re the finished prodnet. An dirty man- eere or feeding trousite, musty- feed end streng-teented feed have a More or lees tea orket upon the milk and butter, too much tare tannot be taker', to eliminete ell Ottelt tioinditions troro the feeding ot co we. alto NMI, the how tied the hen are treater fectorti tor profitable farming then maw 'without theM, The Mate Who eeeendo unen crops WIthotil. animal* Will hteiti trouble marketing ale °rope till hie land gets so neer there will be nothihg to merket. With cowe, begs azd hens tiope wilt Yield Mors and tn. Oat of inergetleg enn, 3.140. GREASE IS GREASE It may be any old kind but MICA IS AXLE GREASE 'eta. el THE TIVIPERIAL 011. COMPANy Limited BlIANCHH,S TBROUGROUT CANADA FAMOUS PASSAGE. Straits of IVIessins Identified Scylla and Charybdis. The Straits of Messina, throng which the German warshipb Goebe and Breslau are supposed to have .sli ped, eluding the eagerly pursuin British Mediterranean fleet tit outbreak of the Europeaa war, "nay again found A place in European de patches as the scene of a. naval inisha in which warships belonging to En land and hely mistook each other fo enemies alter a collision in a fog an proceeded to shell one another. Co cerning this narrow lane of sea b tween the roeky passes ot Sicilly the "toe" of the Italian peninsula, th National Geographic Society's recen war geography bulletin says: "The Sicilian and Italian bank which border the Straits of Messin for nearly twenty-five miles to tit net and west are among the mos luxuriant to be found in a cruise of th Mediterranean. Magnificent golde groves of lemon and orange an orchards of ponlegrautes with thel brilliant red fruit contrast wonderfull with the flowers of the almond tree which perfume the 'whole region. "The straits are entered from th Tyrrhenian Sea on the north at _tit narrowest point, the distance betwee Punta del Faro on the Sicilian shor and the mainland lighthouse on Punt Pezzo being not more than two miles The whole of the Calabrian coast I thickly sown With villages, some cling ing to the beach, while others elambe up the sides of well-wooned hills ethic culminate in the towering Moiltalta rising to an elevation ot more than mile above the -sea. Beyond the strait to the southwest looms ever -threaten ing Etna, the highest volcano i Europe. "The most important city situate on the straits is the once magnificen seaport ot Messina, which boasted Population of 160,000 inhabitant before the world's most cruel earth quake of Dec. 28, 1908, tossed nearl 100,000 lives away. "The harbor of Messina is the larg est and safest in the kingdom of nab with a depth of more than 30. fathoms Before the great calamity it wa visited annually by more than 5,00 vessels, which brought cargoes o wheat, cotton, wool and hardware, 3,n took away. in exchange lemons, or anges, almonds, wines, olive Vil ant silks. Much of its commerce was ant still is carried on with the mainian tot the kingdom by means .of a ferr line to Villa San Giovanni, only fou and a half milea away, while Reggio the chief seaport. on the Italian sid of the straits, and also the chief earth quake sufferer next to Messina, is ten miles to the southeast. Ferry boat ply between these points, too. Scala Fare, .Catona, Pellaro, Scallita and Gallati are minor towns on the ehore of the straits. "The historical records of Messina and the neighboring settlements con taiu many accounts of bombardments raids and piraeical descents during th Punic and Roman wars, and ravaging expeditions by Goths, Normans and Saracens, while earthqua:ses prior to the latest tragedy lett their indelible scare froln time to time, particularly in 1783. Nor has the plague spared this region. In 1740 Messina alone lost 40,000 of her population by dis ease, while 114 years later cholera removed 16,000. "Homer did .not accord a definite habitation for his terrible sea crea- tures Scylla and Charybdis, but mar- lners fax,niliar with the perils of the rocks on the Italian side of the straits and with the etreng eddies neat the harbor of Messina taw in the mythical monsters an explanation ot such dangers, Scylla, was supposed to be a horrible erettture witli six heads and a, dozen feet, who barked like a nog. She dwelt in a toffy eava from Which she rushed whenever a ship tried to pass beneath, and. she would Snatch the unlucky seamen from the rigging or as they Stood at the helm endeavoring to guide their vessels through the perilous passages, Cha• rylidis dwelt under a rock only a bow - shot away from the opposite shore. The second creature sucked in and blew out eeawater three times a day, and woe to the ship caught in the maelstrom of Its mouth! Poeta who came after the great Greek bard embrOidered the legend to suit their fancy. Ovid, tor example, deticribed Scylla as a beaetiful daugh- ter of a sea -god who Incurred the jealousy of one of the inImertals and was changed into a sea monster. A seeond transforination made her. a reek perilous to na,vigators. Soule poets described Charybdis as an Old woman who seized and devoured cattle of Hercules, and in punishment for this aet the demigod's father, all- powerful Zeus, east her leto the sea, where her appetite persisted, but her taste elkanged from eattle to ships and seamen. No Celestial Explorer. "DM you ever take any Interest in astrology?" "No," replied the matter -of -feet man. "1 tan aceount for all but the hard lutit and teteperamental peculiarities tare' to by Conditions right here on this ettrili"--Washington Star. Virtue IS its oWn reward. The wicked .are punished in the hereafter, the good generally get it In the neck herei , HOUSE 0 APSBORG. Por Osaturies Doroinaut Psotor in Europoaa history, Ot the greotness of the House or Hapsburg, from a historical point ov low, there is no end of. Hapsburgs bare been flukes and arclidukee of '.A.ustria since 3282, kings of Hungary and Holkereia since 1520, and enteerors of Austria since 1804. They have aim) been, Roman emperors, kings of Spain, arid German Ringo, and in the reign ot the Emperor Charles V., when the lionse reached the summit of its great- neos, the Hapsburg dominione spread themeelves over some of tae greatest. and weelthiest states Pt Europe. The history of thti HOttee of aIttlai- hers is contemplated to the last de greet any just Consideration ot it ,would luVolve the writing of a very large part of 'European eistory. Nev- ertheless, complicated as it is, Perhalte no other royal house presents sueh merited characteristics, or has pre- served, through the eenturlee a gen- eral policy so unchanged and unclean - ging. In the early days of their Wa- tery the Hausburge 'were famous for the way in which they increased their possessions by judicams marriages, and they have been famous for this ever lance. It was thus that they first obtained •poosession of Bohemia, lied it was thus also that they first ob- tained possession of Hungary., It was through Mg marriage with Mary, the daughter and heiress of Charles the Bold of Burgundy, in the fifteenth century, that Maximiliau obtaitteci poseesion cif the Netherlands and other rich lends belongiug to the famous duke; and in many other directions, by the same means and by other means, they added steadily to their inheritances. Tbe name Hapsburg, which is a var iant of the older name Habiehtsburg, or Hawk's Castle, was taken from the Castle of Hapsburg, built on the banks of the Aar, not far from its junction with the Rhine. by the bishop of Strasburg in 1020. The Hapsburgs, however, do not begin to come cer- tainly into history until the closing years of the twelfth century. About that time we fina one Albert styling himself Count of Hapsburg, end in- creasing the area ot the Hapsburg lauds with all the characteristic Haps- burg astuteness. Some seventy years later, a Hapsburg in. the person of Rudolph, was seated on the German throne, and thence onwards they wete foremost figures in European history, Amongst the.' notable reverses In. cidental to their history in the Middle Ages must be mentioned the revolt of the Swiss. Tbe Swiss people had chafed for many long years under the rale of the Hapsburgs, and the open struggle continued for nearly two cen. turies. Duke Leopold t, WitS defeated at Morfarten in 1315, and eLopold Ill, at Sempach in 1380, and so it went on, until the signing of the "Perpetual Peace," in 1874, ended the rule of the Hapsburgs in Switzerland, It was, however, within a compare- tively short time of this. reverse that 'the House of Hapsburg had reached the height of its power, Charles V. Was Emperor. He had succeeded to all the bereditary lands to the Hapsburgs, and to the power and preatige which flowed to him as bead of the Holy Roman Empire was added the wealth and commerce of the Netherlands, of Spain, and of the Spanish colonies in A.merica. ln Italy, he ruled over Sardinea, Naples, Sicily and the duchy of Milan, whilst to large inherited 1308 - Sessions in the Netherlands he added Groningen, Gelterland and the bishop- rics of 'Utrecht. At tne eame time his brother Perainand was ruler over the Austrian archduchies and Tyrol. Bo- hemia, with her dependent provinees, and a considerable part of Hungary, Thus the House of Hapsbure had really only one rival in Europe, and that was the House of Valois France, and R was the Valois that the Halts- burgts measured swords so grimly, some two hundred years later, during the war of the Spanish Succession. The Austrian Hapsburgs fought long and bitterly with Louis ealat. of France for the Spanish. possessions of the house, but the Grand Monargee was too strong for them, and, by the peace of Raetaat, Spain, passed from the Hapsburgs to the Bourbons. The next great landmark in the his- tory of the Hapsburgs is, perhaps, af- forded by the reason of Maria Theme ill the eighteenth century. The story of how her father, Charles VL tried to secure her possessions; how he is- sued the famous Pragmatic Sanction, which declared that the Hapsburg monarchy was indivisable„ and that, in default of male heirs, a. female could succeed to it; how he spared 110 ingetaulty in securing the assent of all the powers to the arrangement; how, immediately on his daughter's succession, many of these powers threw it aside, and clamored to pos- Sess themselves of Hapsburg lands, and how Maria Theresa finally trium- phed, make up otie of the great stories of history. And SG, by way of the treaties of Paris and Vienna after the Napoleonic wars, treaties which were bighly fav- orable to the Hapsburgs, we come to the year 1848 and the accession. of Praimis aoseph. The rest is the store' of yesterday. -Christian Science Moni- tor. The Misguided Friend. De Chappie-If there's any otat nuis- ance I hate More than another Ws a fellow who is alwaYs going around in- troducieg people. There's Goodheart, for instance, Ilouttown-What's been doing? De Chapple -The idiot! The other day he introduced 1110 tO man I owed money to, end I'd been owing it so long he'd forgotten all 'boa me. Now I'll have to pay up or be suetL-Lontion Telegraph. THE BEST MEDICINf fOR Witt OM Baby%) Own Tablets are the best medicine a mother can gise her little enee. They are it Londe laxative-- bUt thoroueh aetion-and are gUaranteed by a government analyst to be absolutely free from ()Plates mitt Wier injurious drugs. Concerning them, Mrs. Auguste, tit. Sash., writes: "Enclused find twentytive vents for allOther holt of Baby'e Own Tablets. I find them tlle very best medicine a mother can et e her little ones," The Tablets aro sold by medi- cine dealers or by' mail at 25 centre a box from The 1)r. Medieine Co., Brockville, Ont. QUALITY IN CHICKEN MEAT (Experimental. Farn3s Note.) Crate feeding on milk malice will do more to put quality in chicken Meat than any other practice. The small portion. of the consuming pub- lic that have eaten crate, ratik-fed Poultry have no desire to purolume the range and tard-fattened birds, as there le Ouch a great difterenee in the quality of the meat of the hirde ItlearTed under the two different eye - (Vete feeding on milk nutehee is a, eimple process that may be practieed on few or many birds. At the Experi- mental Station for Vancouver Island, Qat crates to acecoannotlate eighty birds were prepared, and five birds of an average weight of three and one - hall pounds were confined in each eection. Theee birds were fed for a Period of eourteen days, and made en average gain of two pounde per bird, The meal mixture used was 60 per cent, wheat middlings and 40 per cont.. corn'meae. To tale meal mix - lure was added three ounces of salt foj each 100 pounds ;used. The birds were starved Yor tweetyofour hours and given a mild dose of Epeam salts before feeding commeneed. They were fed eaariugly the first day, and the quantity of feed increased at each meal until they were on full feed at the end of the third day. The allotted quantity of meal for each feed, was mixed with sour skim milk to the coueistency of porridge. Three feeds were given each day at Intervale of six hours. Grit was sup,plied once each week, and chopped green SIViets cleard Was given daily at noon. The quantity of the meal mixture arid skint milk required for a pound of gain was but one pound, ehirteen and a halt ounces of meal and three • pounds Your Ounctri of ekine tank. Valuing the meal at three eents per pound and the skim milk at fifty I cents per hunared pound% the cost I of each emund a gain was even and a halt cents.. Starting with three and a half ' pound thin birds aud incretteing them to five aed a half mauls high quality birds at a. coat of fifteen cents each, the five and a half pounds of first quality chicken meat wa,s Bold for twenty-seven cente per pound, which was an advane,e of nine cents over the ruling price for the net epecially feel butts. Thin three and a half pound birds were Gelling at eighteen Cents per eaund or sixty-three cents per evird. The added fattening weight brought them up to the five. and. a half pound weight, and inereacted the quality, and value of the original three and a half pounde so they wer,e sold for one dollar and. forty-eight cents per bird. In other worde, a eixty-three cent chicken wee, by the crate milk feediag method, at a ccat of tifteen cents, e.onverted into a tiret- quality chieken that eold readily at one dollar and torty-eight tents. Quality in table poultry will sell it. Quality in teble poultry will lift the induetry to the level attained by oth- er competing food producte. Cull poul- try will alwatte jeet as hard eto sell. as cull apples. Try crate milk feeding a few birde for your own table, eat them and you will not want any other kind, Quality will, count with YOu ever afterwards. NOVELTIES IN FASHION LINES Some Charming Ideas in the Latest Out . As Seen in Shops Where Women Delight. This is one of the delightful seasons in shopland-things new and novel crowd the cases and racks, and one is able to discover no end of novelties for her own wardrobe or the furnish- ing of her home. NEW FRENCH BLOUSES. Somehow or other the Canadian wo- man never wears so many colored blouses as the liarisienne. The French woman perhaps has mere of an eye (and liking) for Color, and 50 she wears the Most fascinating waists hi many different hues. Some new Per - is blouseS, lately arrived, show this tendency. They are eaquisite little affaire, of sheer voiles, or fine be- tides or linens, in solid colors, in pretty stripers and the most pleasing figured effects. And to Make therd More bewitching ?and the styles, theugh eimplee are latelea they have net frills and A BRACELIST pARASOL. ID lila what ite implieit. Mi- lady lutes it ae a etinehade, and When not thie mission weare it ae bravelet. Pares°le, like umbrellas, are eborter this year. Thie new palette): late a Short, rather thick ferret% ettroUgh which is elipped an vaamelatke ring in color to. match or heartionize with the ()ever. By thts ring tile Memel IS Ranted tupside down, to be filiret OVer the wrist, The handles are of shining woode and usually straight. Covers are quite gay, tted of bright flowered, etriped or plain silks. NEW SKIRTa. And separate eitirts are very much the faehion just now -ore of the pret- tiest silks imaginable, and as gay or demure as mademoiselle wishee. One lovely skirt was of eilk tricotine in an exquisite changeable violet sliade,Pon-. gee with satin teepee made anotner ekirt, which had a pointed eitie Yeke ending in pleats, and a straight front and back, And. among the other newt Jaesses the Poiret blouse skirt is not to be overlooked -it comes in varione, Colors and has an overblouse of the aurae materlal as the skirt. NEW SHOES. • There is a handsome new high -laced boot of deep brown glazed kideltin wlth a kidskin top in chempagne col- or. It has the proper Louis heel and blina eyelets and is uncommonly good- looking. Black and White footwear continuo in vogue and there are attractive but- ton shoes -of black kidskin with white kidskin tops and comparaticely low heels, which oorabine conunon sense and, fashion at the same time. New sports shoes are of dull black calfekin in laced style, With white kidskin tops, and the low, broad heels which this etyle demands. 14:e enormous and far frotn conser- vative. Colored stones, especially jade and amethyst, are particularly popular just now. Some have huge drops, others large hoops in addition to the stone at the top. And many stones are covered with dainty gold tracery to make them more elaborate. NEW HANDBAGS, With frames for those who are tired of the much -used drawstring style, are of the softest, loveliest Moeha. leath- er. They come in pretty greens., soft tans and grays, and in new shapes, and ,will harmonize with spring gowns and suits. - 7 he New •11.11, -111. British Army I (New York Tribune.) On :July 1, 3916, the British army had reached th.e strength in numbers neces- sary for its'task. it had the artillery and the ammunition, bue it lacked tho treinng, and the bloody struggle from July 1 to January 1 on the Somme cost the British nearly 600,000 in killed, wounded or captured. On euly 1 of last year 50,000 fell. New guns, new gun - tiers, new officers, all had yet eq trained, and the training was measur- ed in the casualty list of the Somme. Here was the real training ethool British armies. Here at 'LIU England was to have her lesson, paid for in Wood, and out at the furnace hes coat)! the army whieh ten days ago won the al‘ilitorsnt:onsiderable vietory on the West - front since the battle of the Pixley we cannot measure the ex- ttett of the Britleb victory. it has al- ready eurpassed any 13ritish or French achievement in trench warfare. At Loos the British eaptured some 10,000 prisoners in a few,days, twenty -odd guns and six or eight Square miles of French territory. fn the Champagee the lerencb captured 25,000 pre -toners and upwards of 125 guns, but it air ex- treme advance was barely two milee, anti they w6re held at the second line of tae Germans, before which they still stand. ln eix months at the Somme the British and the Frenca to- gether took, at least 75,000 prlsoners and upward of 150 equare miles ter- ritory, but this was the harvest ot half ageerTilagr., won at a price that was stag- • But ha the battle of Arras, in the first week, the British have advanced an average ot four miles on a front or 12, and in the centre at least six miles in six days, tie contraated with six tulles in six months at the Soinme. 'they have taken nearly 200 guns, Many of them heavy, which is the real measure of the German disaster. TheY have taken not less than 15,000 priaon- ers, and they have Inflicted loss.es whech Will be found without a doutot th be far in excess of their own. Above all, they have shown a complete SII- dpaesrilio.rity over the Germans, in artil- lery, in organization and in the semi - open warfare that followe.d the first • Going back to the German tateick upon Verdun, it will be eeen that ;Nom February' 21 ta the Middle ot August the Germans advancea about six miles at the extreme point, where their trenches touched the -ditch of Fort du Snaffle. The British before Arras, and in the face ot not less complete defenees, .110eve covered an equal' die- tance be six clays. At no timentifter the first week at Verdun was there any chance that. the Germans could Werra the French lino, but to -day the ealva- !ion of the whole German front before At•ras depends upon the supplementary defense lines the Germans may have tonstructed prior to the present battle and far behind their earlier pcattions. What the Germans sought to do at 2 and 5 lb. Catkin**. 10, 20, SO arid 100 lb. Beg& was a favorite name among the long•forgotten food products of half a century ago, just as it is among the live ones of to -day. Only exceptional quality can explain such permanent Popularity. "Let Redpath Sweeten it," 2 Made in one grade only the highest 611,110Errs mro fl‘ApE. ,IN CANADA "`" For melting soap. For *often+ Mg meter. For removing paint. For disinfecting refrigerator*, einkeL ollosete, Orsini min for 500 Other purpose.. emu , eel:eta:tee ^ -• Verdun the British bave accomplielled in a Measure before Arras. Here is a Weis for reckoning the techaieal pro. ficieney of the Britielt army in the new warfare. The blow etruck at AT- ras is already more considerable! than the German blow fet Verdun. if tee British are now stopped as were the Germans they will have aethieved more with the kleiV army than the Gentians were able to accomplish with tb.e plek of their veteran army .14 montha ago, But we must recognize that the pre- sent outlook points rattier towel% an Immense expaneion of the British sue• cease We ea,n see that it has already surpassed the -old trenen battles of Loos, Champagne and the Somme on the Allied side. 'Po•day the comport - son must be with the operation of )3ru Blinn a year ago in Galicia,..which opened a breach in Austrian positions and Compelled a material ehortaning of the Austrien lines. There Waa a time when it seemed as it this victory might compel a general withdrawal along the entire Eastern Mint, The Central Powers were thrown off their lialance, aad for weeks thelr tines swayed backwaed and forward, as the German line is swaying now in France. Had Brusilatt been able to follow up his .victory the Germans and Austrians might have been compelled to leave. jGprgalincel: and Poland, "as the Germans may be compelled now to leave For a certain number of days, "and I/Ramps weeks, the eitUation before Arras must be considered in the light of last year's Galician campaign. There the (3ermans were able finally to bring Brusileff to a dead bait .without 'hav- ing .to ehange their main front from :Riga to the Pinsk Marshes.. Conceiv- ably, Hindenburg will now be able to istop.Haig somewhere between Arras and Douai without drawing in his armies to the north or to the south. Bat it is equally possible that he will fail in his effort, and the whole line in France will go. This suggests the other parallel, that of Mackensen in -Galicia. Two years ago this month, after a very long pre- paration, Mackeusen struck the .141s -- sten line along the Dunapert River, pierced all the Russian lines, aud threw the Russian armies oft their balance. The result was along Ma- slen retreat, in places over 200 miles, the evacuation of Galicia, the loss of Polahd, and the final stand between the Pinsk Marshes aud the Gulf of Riga. Unless Hindenburg shall now be able to check IIalg we may see at no distant time a repetieion of the, in- cident of the Galician. campaign of 1915. Any coneiderable farther Brit- ish advanee-beyond Douai, tor exam- ple, which is only ten miles from the present British front -will mean that the Germans will have to retire on their whole front from the North Sea to the elettee River. It will mean that they will have to retire under pressure, That they will have to retire rapidly, and that they will be exposed to all the perils of a forced retreat. We shall not know for some daysi whether this is to happen or not, but it is no longer ebsurd to view this as a pose bility. th. sum, the battle of Arras ha$ al- ready become the biggest incident on the offensive side of the western Allies sinee the Battle of the Marne, It may prove the •itecisive battle of the war. It may easily prove the battle which liberates France, and it has un- mistakably disclosed weakness in Ger- man morale and difficulty German organization hitherto believed to be impossible: Two years and a half after their great initial defeats the British have won the greatest victory in their mai- levy history, unaided and purely ;to a result of their succees in training new armies and in making new guns. The whole aspect of tile western front has c.hanged, and bearing in mind that the Germans are still strong in numbers, in guns and In munitions, it is no less true than they 'have ehoevn tiaemselves weaker in the defence of one of the strongest positions in Europe than they have shown themselves in de- fending many weaker positions earlier in the war. We may not yet say that German morale has fallen to a point which makes defeat certain and near, but no one can read the account of what has happened in the last ten days without finding therein cause for real optim, ism, both as to the result and duration of the war. The Germans attacked. Prance through. Belgium because they belteved.that even if Britain made this a reason for entering the war they could dotroy the French armies be- fore England could bring up forees strong enough to be a real peril. The battle of Arras is the final refutation of this theory. Front the battle of the Marne until after the battle of Verdun the lereneli held the line its the Gertnans believed they could not, With the battle of the Somme the British army began to arrive, With the bat- tle of Arras its work is well in hand. We are entering the British period of the war. The world will never forget what Preece has done in the last three years, but the final victory has alwaYs depended upon the ability of British armies to supply the deeisive blow, At Arras the answer would setee to have been written. • eleeetteateseateseere•-e**4-aeleo I Over Hanland 1 + I In Aeroplane ,z, taeltieeaeeletheteeleeet 41** -4-4..-1„.4**. 4 - "Ilan Ai:elites! The thrill of isonlie dronpittiri A aerap With HMI fliers! Aa engine that pegged out over the enelnY'S lines: Then, a tragedy awl flight through a Imitator= with a Maul Obeerver: 4%. belated retina of the anateinge and fleetly Blighty: Such the aulletinleed account of a tierce "eport" in the. Britieb. Flyain Corpe which has recently reachea the writer. • And the adventerielovive youngster. watt cheracterized it a." "eport-e, bit tragic. though It's tee le the day's. worit"--le a squeal.= com- mander at the tender age of 48, A year ago he Was grinding gerunde iu high school. The change that aait ei1. en him tite fearful joys Of yOttrie Icarus is obvious in these lines, wbich are here eat down In the terse, breezy Byertitpitiohign,tailtrtdanlharriu.r, 4 of the mettleecitue It all came about like this. We had been ha,viug a number of 'duct' daye and were all grumblingly coil - tented to settle down. to the winter. Along came A filth morning. All, Neve bustle and aviation. "A bomb raid was organized and die patened almost beneedlately. Ten Ot us t set off -8.15 a. m. Bombs were Orop I. poyeetir aitiuln0i.aan0.d . 1.,erteh ewueLear biov 111q55ential leo.tr Archies (anti aircraft shelle), but all Iof the 15,000 feet up, so nothing tie think about. Turned eouth to leek for some Huns. None seemed forthcone ing, so we doeicied after some babble on- the wireleee et elect! easily for home, . "Hun Archie eadeenly stopped. Out came 13 Hun in:whines, We had a fine old stackup serap. in the eecite- meat 1 eaw 0., my greatest trine. go dowe, Crashed In flames, on top of a forest. Also two other fellows, "We sank five Hung, '1"he others drew oft and went down. We eontiatied for home. .Ats we were just crossine tite:trenches I. noticed aalien actually tryleg to masa our line , Of eourse i tient for, him thinking thee the others were following me. It. turned out later 1 was on nay own. Why? i can't tell. . "The Hun, 1 tialuk, -was strafed by me. I followed him over Huniand and was enjoying ban go. down in clouds of smoke, wben-splutter! splutter! kicia-bang! aly engine had Pe'grigIeottolugtIol back 1 clone. anow. Ties I do know, E. H., my observer, was standing up facing . me and smiling, when -cramp -an Archie shell took the back of his skull clean off. ele simply collapsed In the bottoin of the nacelle. Luckily, the machipe was not badly hit. I landed in a Plowed :leid near --. "1 obtained more petrel and new poor fi. to the aerodrome in a bail. storm. Arrived wet throbali in a 11117.• ed condition. Of course, awfully glae to see me, My name had been sent. tip as 'missing' one and a half heurs be ' fore. I came down at 3 p an., lunched, felt rotten and went to bed. "Next day being 'dud,' I deeidel te stay in bed. Major came in afterncon and was a bit delirious... Said, aralii remonstrations from me, he'd send an M. 0. (medical officer) up. Jack vie lied me next day. It appears he Ma my show the day before, "The M. 0. came, toolt my temp,, 104.5. In five Minutes I was on. t stretcher, tearing away to the Caetialty Clearing Hospital. Next day, temp. be- ing same, I found myself on hosiiltel train en route for beet,. Arrive?! nee: moraing with shivering fit, temp. 10e. "Five days later I was on beard hos pital ship. Calais! Dover! Blighty! How cheerful: Got into Charing Caves 5.15 p. m. At the gates were genie thousand people. I couldn't breethe for flowers and. folks trying to shake my hand. This Is truth, amazing as it must seem. Wired home sa.me night, "There are three Ot Its in the ward here. A Canadian artitlery catIcer end it Northumberland Fusilier -both tole ping chaps, I expect to -be able to get up to-raorrow for a short time. Foci more or lees fit, but a bit dizett. M. 0. sa.ys, Pyrexia, uultnown erten.' Ant going to do my best to get none for the New Year." ' What is a 0111tietiiital? 'What is a Chrietian? lie Whet does his best To Make that Warring World love's dwelling place; Who rende the veils of greed and SW- . Whilleintrrilate his brothers from their leather's fat e; Who, stumbling oft, yet up the sleepit doth plod And helps wayfarero toward Cbrist'e shining goal service to hie fellowmen till God Stakes hie abode within his (strug- gling soul; Who beare aloft his toreh, though tears and Mare Obecure it oft and Alm with doubre dissent; rnwarpod by Wee, though battle scarred by yeare Of toil for peate and linkman bettor - The Alreitisteratt greeta life's (meet un- dismayed And dying, meets life% Waster un- afraid. -New York Sun. Early Is the ateret-eteeteeemetted provIdent fear retethtsr of 41afety.-Edmund Burke. A SPLENDID RECORD ntt rhaoalit: No department of the C. P. R. 'has teel recie.arhoeawnedosirt nstogh oomufguhbeathgdgoearvgoeiti,ei sfdo rgt ootohiteit temper and comfort to the knowledge that his trunks aro handled carefully and delivered on time. The amount of baggage handled on so large a system Is phenomenal -no less titan 7,800,65e individual pieces being forwarded dur- ing the year 1916. There must have been quite a number of families on the move, for thealist includes 23,301 baby carriages. Milk cans form impoetant element In the wovit of the baggage department, as in' circler to ensure the rapid delivery of mill: front the farm to the city dweller passenger trains are used. The total number of milk cans torWarded durine the year 1910 was 1,162,472. •The most convincing proof of the care with -which baggage is }melted on, the C. P. R. is given in the figures of claims paid on lose, damage, pil- ferage. Out ot. liearly eight Million pieces of baggage handled, the amount paid on lose was may 41,701 70; on damage only $1,669.08, and en pilferage only $571.07. the cost to the company in these respect beiug cnly rive cents per hundred parcels, This Is a recolea of whieh Mr. I. 0. AM, the popular general hum:, agent of the Clanaditth Patine Rail way, May well be proud, and ls stiff!. dent to show that Ilse so-called "baggage smasher" lute been entirels eliminated, if indeed lie ever (vitiated between Digby, N. Se and Virtoria: 13. C. Millinery Whim Smart new eheapeaus are extremely simple and trimmed with gresgraiit ribbon bows. Leghorn, creamy end yellow in tone, makes some of the smartest sports hats. Pictureeque And beautiful Are the large, floppy hats Of itertliehalr enJ tribileed with roses. Flyaway wings trim some of the quite stunning sailor hats, Par daytinte Wear many hate of black lisere straw have Wings of Georgette crepe in color. First Bueinees ManseSettator Skin- uutn, prontised to lend his !Ulu - emelt to our plan, Second finainesa Matt -Yes but when Senator Skillman lende his influence he genotally thargeo a pretty high rate of latereet. "Do their lives blend well?" "Very. She hes the gray matter and he has the long green." ---The WO. • ef r••e PART OF IT ANYWAY. .11 GrOdee). • eatandshat you Illee 10 have bier singine t.,,s;(1(• 1.011 111 lite wliderneee?' "Welt, I'm la favor of the svititerneem, i a tellatat cere to be there. AN OPSNING FOR HIM. tiatitittiore American, "air, have you tin opening ±0r. a Miler! 1" teeeet, tie younte man like znyetite' "Oerialnie. 'fieeree, the tom jnet Lava yea ' A ptscovgsty, I Nit mhos/tam Ave -13M teld.)„ "I aet rf.vn' !eggs, (lie fartunie ora- te:geese ie teed to hrtle (11`1.01'00411 1.111t 111.2ell b111.1ell 0111111. oualit to be proUii lam." ee,11, lee. lett phe watild probably epee (gene reepeet for hie ability es .00 1',1•10110' %,1)s iiidu't have to pea his 1112 foe hiol tieriely mere' time he leavee 1.1e. melee," A GREAT REASONER. (Wasitinatonetitar.) -mu must "Omit that Diltegitie le a 01r111. rensoner." "Yes." reviled Senate?, Sorghum, "haa it wondereul reasoner, Ile can eeelde on v hat conelusion 10 favorable to his in- ane 111011 Teliti011 11, propoeition nut teatev.ely. every time." A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. 1. t..La tc .1: a n) "Are your married daughtere and their a:lot timeere bean, cm ale." SONNY KNEW, (Detroit( ia4lrfre.e) Preps) r.:111:,0(.11:1111a0t. -a, 'Meister is an attempt te tallt a plan "1 see, You married IMO 0110, (111111.1 you, pa'?" STARTING A LIBRARY. elle Newlywed Poorrnan-What do 7011 LietTisle te,bitotut: nerultdteil. jleupdtgotii)awtoetoat-igrohatti‘sanseuity tor books? '11 he able to borrow that many. A DREADFUI. FLOOD. Plorre-Dal yeti vesit venice when. roau? "Yes, indeed. But they were haying a dreadful need when we were there, anti Fverylmity had to go around In boatel" +4 • (JOS!: ATI;a1";;Neript) French Maid (to inquirinie friend/ - WI, madame is lie but ze doetaire hut .Nedt,eriynositinnettentl. it something vela* trifling, Tericntl-Oh, 1 arn so relieved. tor I was rentlY an:dotes about her. What dere ate doctor :my the trouble Is? Piano Malta -Let me think! It Wee eome thing Beetle. Ala 1 baf it now. Ze, doetatre zat madame tate ze pea, 4 • * IGNORANT, (Boston Tranecript) 'Mee Anteele has been preyina far ft t.trniatzoilofoodrie;%:Trd nod now got PorcY op:eq(),,h,peArviielalp, o won't know the differ - HIS OWN OPINIONS. man Is entitled to his own opiro (Washington Stai) 4 4- 111;eiti: true," rejoined Miss Cayennet "and in many cases they don't appear ta be of the elightest use to anybody hut 1.17. owner." —0_ MISPLACED KINDNESS. (Birminghain Age-Heraid) "Why are you in prison, my weal matt? asked the sympathetic visitor. "1 uanted to do a deed, of kindness, mum, hut de taw didn't see itedat Way." "No?" "1 11'11Z' told dat certain millionaire's money waz hurden to, him tut' 1 trled to lighten his burdens.' A SPECIALIST. (I3oston Transcript) "Pa, what's a specialist?" "A mien who has discovered which of his talents will bring him. the most moncy, sm." - INDUCEMENTS. (Washington Star) "Volt always speak kindly of the ab- sent?" "res," replied leliss Cayenne; "some tiresome peopie's absence is so desirable that I am willing to offer inducements." SARCASTIC. Lady-Condt(tePtItlielr-t,)why did the train stop, before we came to the station? Conduetor-Itan over a pig, ma'am. Old Lady -What! Wes. on the track? t hte!°ellincjibicatn°kr-mNenot-. oh, nn; we ehased it tip FREPAREO. (Boston Transcript.) Mother -Tom, dear, you'd better not go to the dunce tine wet night; your rubbers leak. Tone -That's all right, rnother; I've got Pumps` ins:de of 'em. • • PARTY LINES. (Buffalo lexpres.) Ha (with a political bug) --The flea was waged on aarty lines. eelle--1 wouldn't quarrel on a, party line. We had one once, and people were al- waye listening in. •••• • THE DESERVING POOR. The Sldnflint-No gar; I reariond only to the appeals of(Pthu:idLe)servIng poor. The Solicitor -And who are the deserv- ing poor? The Skinflint -Those who never ask for 11 001stal1Ce. HER SHARE. (Boston Transcript) The laiweer-Don't yott think $40 a weeli alimony is a little too muoh to demene when lites only making $50? The Lady -No. I don't. Theta what I used to make 111m gimme while I were with him. SLIGGINS' ERROR. (Washington Star) "Bliggins afroOtS to be a regtdar cave- men." "Yes," replied Mies Citacatee. "But he doesn't. mew out the idea, etie (*lathes are salieletaly out of etYle to be anneying, without. being; twohietorie " THE CAUSE OF IT. Milkers Statesman) "What's the matter, little ethe?" "Two boys were cittlitine and I. got struck with a stone.' '"rhat's it; the ihhoeent bystander al- ways geta hatt." "But 1 don't knew 0-8 1 WAS Innneebt tystauder. waa %that they wits fight - in' About." • *C* eir Size, Lawyer (to deer witness) ---Do yen know the plge? Witnesse-th? Lawyer raising his voleeI-rlo - you -know -plaintiff's migs? Witness ---Yes. Lawyer -Mow long have you Itnewn them? Witnessa-Eh? Lawyer (louder etill)--How long have you knowe them? Witness -red 'em all last spring. Lawyer -Were they oll about a size? Witness-Eb1 Lawyer (thats en hie feet petellataly and ehaktee his forefinger' et the ,con - Caution of vaeh word at the witnees) We- they-all----ofeeitteize? Witness -Some ov wor, and some OV'fnit worn't-Exthange. *** 'n all right to be prepared for the. work, bat don't be disappointed if you don't got it.