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The Wingham Advance, 1917-05-17, Page 6WIZ 11.13.QAT 4,44N40.14. ti:e trial.; tentudee tuarttr cr thatrectiveue -8 f the eerman eueniterina. so ena new , 11 alebeleting. 'Lite figueee ape tee eau %mama if it be tousle impoesible to t„ombet tit e menace, St teal only re elate a certain time before Great Bri- tit..n ii comiaettey litoeleadeci. The Cer- tain': are tuellent neer tee suceese of the sualeteeduer bouts. Bet the Brit - all do not -despair of beault: able ih wlatuo..this atoms in some evay.,With the etauldued entitle of t1.0 Allies tend neutrals; us building eltips and fightlag tete eubmisrinee, thee is hope that the German eteuace will tat be overcome. f.ritain will net mile' build, ships, but the will citt down her food rations and otherwiee entre with the evil. eit) ter us Britain liehself is ten- ceeited, eta) could gat alo.ap; (mite eom- t rii lIy f she did not have the emir moue reek 'of eeteate that her :alive era eueehett \telt biota eerie, :steel :tad teh et' things' neenteary Lu the ttnld u14 1.1 Su,. britain coma feed arid (epee liar - tale from the liomIntoss with. Ler own :b./vista. elle has eueugh leeltens la itneort the 10,000)00 toast, ef wheat rue:Atte fepire her Demenions, and ber tampal ataiitaietitat:on is ohiy 6;600,000 tone. -Iiiit.•athe burthes of the ,world trenspetatailhn tette ou British 'Ship- ping, antt-eae look e to alitee• t`ratett• State% to ektileve the situation. BrItistiesieepping at the end of eearch el1aweti421'.1r cent. In naval and nsIlle Lary service. Thirty-four per cent. was ander requisition by the -Government tor the. treneportatien ot atantiticns and Wider eupplies. Twenty two to 21 per cont., was eiteaged in transpertaig grain stud feodetutte. Twenty to 22 per cent. le tail!. free from 'requite:toe, There are now only 200 shires in for- eign service, meeting jute, aubleer, wool end bides from the Far East, Africa and Auetralla to the United .States." From..apa. article in the New York .S•un wo learn that there are now lel Comma and 14 Austrian vessels in porte teethe -United States, excluelve of the Virgin isles, according to the lat. egt count made by the Visited States Bureau of NavigatiOn and tranamitted to the Senate by the Department at .Commerce. Ender the 'terms of the joint resolution adopted by the Sena'e a on Monday, each of these ships which was owned at the Vane it came under American jurisdiction ."In whole Er in part by any corporation, eitizen or. sethject of any nation with whim the United Statee may be at war when tuch vessel ;:as taken," may be eeiked - had 'operated. in the service of the tnited.,Statea. Tito -gross tonnage of this fleet is 662,91.3.- Of this gross ton -rime a all but 67,811 is of undisputed _German ownership. pr, .aalearl lealfeetach, the emperial German • Secretary e.f the Interior, told thillsicastafiaain committee on Saturday that the"'S.ubd marine, campaign of rathlessness. -had.. eent IA00,000 gross tens of shipping to the bouom..in two months. Of the shipen'ew Ina ceietader etttlib Government thirty-one are in New York harbor., The , ethers etre diatrl- buted amoag, parts on the Attantia, Pacifir. and Clulf coast. of continental United States,... le. : Roaalillu..Peate Rico, the Philippine: Islaeds-twentye three vessels; :reusing front the 1e,981. ton Princesta Alice, tlf the Noah 'eler- man Lidted, Co' the '499 ton-Wiegand;•of the Deutsche Sudseepliosphat, . are in -the• lelei1-cpplia4saaaral-.4heakeLeass,,•ane. ether North German Lloyd boat, hav• Ing a tonnage of 6,591, is at Pago.Pago. These ships are of all sizes, drom the - 54,282 ten Vaterland at the Ramberg. American pier In Hoboken, to the Wte- gand at Cebu. Many et them are cargo rarriers, and the .transportation of the passenger ehips into transports' or freighters would not be difficult. When the maehineryt is repaired these vete eels will be used in eat•rying supplies and food 10 Britain; France and Italy, Scotch Breakfasts. Dr. Reagill, in Susan leetrier's "Dtetiny," dwelle on Seoteh break. Note with greto. After .proelaimeng that eeotland in general sa perfect Mast et rubbleh" and the eatikery not f:t for dog*, he wide: "But the break Rusts! That's what redeems the land. Dad every county hag ite own peculiar Excellence. In ArgylIehire von - have the !zebrine herring -fat, =tolls and' delielowe pet out of the water, falling to piecce with Be own richnece, melt- ing away like better In your month. ,aberdeenshire you haeo the fin- nan haddoelt, with a flavor el! lie own, vaatly relishing, had nen .enotigit to be piquant without perchitig you up with thiret. In Perthshire. there is the Tay ealmon, kippered, .criep and jiticY -a very magnIfieent mewl, ln other Placee you have the exmlialte Mutton O the Country Made into hate of a meet deliciouts flavor, , Sport Skirts. Cede. Color. I leave* stilts. Shirred tops. Novel fabl•ie designs, Real or bluff pockete. -e pothpr vvith Mun vs areegated with rear' Wheel metal, emerteney brake bands, and quite 11091 nut bands i•ith wet:Lima' the where drumeetted, tetuee a elated:erotism:a sera - ping pound, The serdpiae ls- not 0/11Y annoying, but. -1.1 'Weats 1)103{4 band, Eitel coesturies pewees To -mire tho deria Eitel remove the trouble rE.move the enieEl and examine. tbe.band, •Very of. ten it Will be found that there Is a bright epet et the eoint cif frietion. Thle point L e out 'or true and anoaldbe temoved. where the boake hand as.friallacithle ft may be etrtiek with a litmuner eneugheto ermine' the betel 1i0ht1y and remove the hien 'spot. Iteplaee the wheel EutEl etnti 11 to neterenne whether the teouble Las 1,opn if tint testae:um the op. evetlen until theeieref neeitmee the propos.. &here. HER HUMBLE LOVER alio•Fmoyferaurowerrpoippwrimpownorif0.0....FOO elootonealateeentateeasetateafeeerae. "And You're a too" retorts Laura, eepect too much, dear, and let by. turning upon her angrtly, wail° Signe gonea be by -gone" grows pa,le.. "I don't know what you mean." "Pardon, mademeleelle!" manners "Well-- well!" _retorts Laura, Jeennetter penitently. "It eat true. I hastily; "Perhaps I don't weau eny- am, a foolish ante Bat"--anel site thing! At any rate, you have got a shrugs her shoulders *with a fatnt man who le devoted to you, and ---and ainuider, "it did etartle me, truly. to ---be satisfied!" France we say that a stain of blood It is almost the last words she says upon u bridal dress—" ao she aurries her down the stairs, "Waat on earth do we care what yen at the foot of whica the guests are all say In toraneee" retorts Laura Der- Resembled to see the bride off and went, vehemently, atrou ere aa idiot! leta :beta farewell. Everybody, We you hear, everyboeY There are tears in Lady Rookevell's eairsa" stains her wedding dress! Go down. ergisreaisnsillieer ealialutipss. tthe slim, "Don't be augry with her," pleads "Good -be, my dear, :Ind ne heppy. Signe, !auditing, though her face 10 Whates er you do, be happy'," she still pale. "I am not frightened ,1 wItieeerse What's in an omen? pon't send lier "Good bye, Signe!" a stile le away." tsotbing. ' , You won't be one long; -tint Laura is really angry, arid per- I•leetor sant you'll be back' in a month siste. or two," iie Higna's arm clings round "les, she must gu. I call do all you him. want. I hate Preneli women; thev are "1 truat, my d*ar calla etthena-that one mass Of Vanity end superetition, you will be happy." eaes`the rector, After ail hag gone off so well, to*.--- unetuomay. "Heavea blase you!" without rt cloud to dint the sky, or While Aunt Amelia ewiies and cries anythinge ;there! 'you'll say Pin as and tries to look as if her dearest -••Auperstie:tottie as sne is! Never mind child were being torts from her. the stales, you cau leave the dress to At last, ao nicely are the farewells, 2ine. I'll get a breadth or .somethiest Elector has to take the arm of hie In- let it. Have eou cut yourself mucla loved and leadher to the carriage. dear?" • They drive off amid a shower of •,e "Look!" says Signh, holding up her rice and Slippers, and scarcely have datite hand with a laugh. "It's not so they 'disappeared from sight than a deep as a well, or so broad as a horseman comes full pelt' to the gate • church, as Mereutio says -in fact, you and flinging himself 'hada his saddle, csineteee ft! It was only a Berate's, almost fails against Laura, • who is • eine-Hector wrapped my handkerchief standing lookingat the cloud of dust iound it directly,' and she draws tee raised by the pair of Matchless grays handkercaief from het pocket. The "Am 1, -where le she?" he pants. white tend breathless, ',Ape, you? Where Ise who?" de- mands Laura, regarding tbe.dusty fig. are With calm, almost indignant self- possession. "Oh, it is Sii• Frederic Blyte, is,n't it? I beg your pardon, What is it you want?" he"Ipanttwant-Signa--Miss grenviliel" Laura laughs. "flhere is no such ',Person," she says. "Signe, Grenville disappeared this morning, and Signe Ceuntees of Delaware reigns in her stead. "Then - then," he gasps. "I ani too late." -"f late for the eveddiag, do you mean, Sir Frederic?" be says,staxing. "Certainly you are. They have just started. for the honeymoon," • "She and -and this man Lord Dela- 'told me to open It to -day," ansI she mere!" he says, white to the lips. E, tears the envelope- epart quietly, and S. es. Why not? She was mar - moves to the window. ried. this morning. You ought to have been here; we shan't have such Then, she utters an exclamation, and a wedding in Ne:thwell for ages." Laura who has been folding the bridal dress, comes to her side. '"Iato late! 'roo late!" he groans, • "What is it, dear?" • and he strikes his saddle with a "I -I scarcely understand," says clinched fist, and his face grows liv- Signe, pale"andtroubled. "Read it, idwith despair. "Too late! An - dear. It is a deed of some sort, but other hour or two, and I could lutve useless dainty lace Untie -looks rather ghastly with the bleeid-staius, and Laura snatches it from her and flines it out of sight. "It's a good thing it Is -no worse; If you had really tut your hand. badly we should all have had is fit! There, eorget it! I dare.gay he'llatitie it and make it well'!" "Laura!" with •a erimepn flash; but Laura hae effected.her puepose, and got rid of the subject, "Here is your dress, my dear. Lovely, isn't it Just whatea travel- ling dress should be. By rile WaY, found a packet in the dress you took oft last aight--" "Give it to -me!" says Signa, with a etart. It was the packet he bad given her to be mieued on her weddiugaday. "lt is from Hector," she et:patine. "lie • -bet surely it cannot mean what it eaved her!" says!" and she sinks on to the chair Laura Derwent laughrather trent- uluesly, with a perplexed lace. ,• •-• Laura, who is, ape „• only a profes- "What are you talking about, Sir sional beauty, but a keen woman oe ...Frederic? She married Lord. Dela- business beneath her veneer of frivol- mere." eity, runs her eyea. over ale deed; it "Ye°, Yes! 1 know! Heaven help her! Oh, the villain tad es so sheet that .she can do so in a. a *minute or Me; then she utters an And without any furtner explanation exclamation of surprise. "My !Oar, you have warted a Don Quixote -a man whose standard ot honor is 'really fabulousi There were' no marriage gettlernents, were there?" • "No,a. said Signe., flushing. "'Whet should there have been? I was no- bedn, with nothing; and he --he is an earl! Why should there be settle- ments? . It IS enettg,h that he bas given me ainiself alid *lila 'love!" • • "I,,a.gree you, naytedend coun- •••tesse -gage Itattrae-with a touch et :gravity.' in 'her vole. "But see !here are the settletnentii By. this (teed he gives you five thousand a year, and =the,ceritptgae it seems, is not entailed. Sigma does not seem surpritsed, only .thintlyettetualedea...- ...• • e "But why -why?" slie.71;- tmands: .- Laara shrugs'- her. shoulders, and 'make down on tee parchment deed, ttBecauseelsa's tit:6.1110st generous's-of men, my dear," she says. "You left --they left everything -to him, and this is how he fulfils his trust! It is really a good settlemene-noblel Ab! tbis iatstrange. lastest, to title: '1 give these'meineys and.thie eeid astate to Signe, Grenville, for her. own abso- lutely, to do with as elie may please. Aud I desire it to be understood that I bestow the gift whether she beeome my wife or do not? That IS strange." "No!" says Signe, with the tears In her' eyes. "Don't you see -ah, how noble he is! Even if -if -he had died, I should have been mistress of North. well Grange." "Laura is silent for a moment, then site thtnks: "This is Elated six weelts back, Signal tOil were anistresli 'of the Grange the ..ntght of the 'ball!My dear,"thielieVer and lutsband-of Yours has a knack. of .doing thing% thattis einsply imperial. An emperor could .not:be more lavish Oita aonsiderate. Uponmy word, you are It lucky girl." Signe, folds the deed, and puts it in her peeked: -To her it simply means' another token of her lovetas eara and regard for her, nolhina more. That • it makes her a wealthy woman, with a vast eetate, she does not tealite. • Laura inducts her charge into aer homage was too pronounced, no travelling dregs, but not before the trouble to onerous. Penitent Jeannette knooks at the door; If she chanced to admire a dress or annoancing that 'retied Lela:More Ia a trinket, the -dress or trinket was 'ready to start. e -"There; my -deare you sues all ready‘a• ettys the Beady, oatting tae stater bracelet she has bet faistened on he eprings into his saddle and -rides away. So ends Signa's wedding day!. CHAPTER XXVI. • "It seems to me that Laura Derwent *would rank rather high as aeprophet," says Hector. "What do you mean?" seas 'Signe, loleing over her shoulder, as eshe stands before her looking -glass ate' ranging • an opera cloak lie the last -fashion. • . -et . . abeeeplies, with a ,sraile, "th.at you r'agging to be a' baitliana- hada' siiceestre" • • ee Th eel are in Paris; it is -the middle of the early •winter seaeon, when the gay city is -perhaps.at IIS ,gayest. They have a little mansion in the Chainps de 'Mrs ----the iciest in the place -and are -enjoying- -t4temselves- tire; ut- most. The honeymoon -which has, strictly speaking, passed, ,seeing that tnirty; dayS have sped by since the wedding,. at •Northwell • Church- has been one Succession of surprises to Signe,. Imagine Aladdin's astonislie merit and stupefaction at the series of marvels worked by the slave of the lamp, and you have some idea of algae's sensation, as the power of wealth. and rank, such as are now hers, make itself evident. The Dela- meres have always been h rich fam- ily, and elector has for years alielit little mare than .half his euorontus intense. Wealth has been to him but an empty syrnI•6,1,'Ineaning little or nothing; but nuw it brings him an added pleasure; he can. lavish it upon his darling.- Nothing is too good or too precious for her, No expense Is too greet, so that it procures for her. h. little additioual ease; he thinks nothing or ordering speeial trains, for instance, _it by so doing he can make jodrtley more quickly than by the ordinary ones. • Sigria has her riding horse, a earriage and pair, and a 'phaeton; with a couple of Match horses that are the envy of all Paris. TO -Signa, the way in which half-sov- ereigne :were treated as sixpence% and sedeiteigas as shillings, was Ma P15 astonishing at first, but sbe seem grew used to it -used to be treated as a princess of the blood, for whom no stire'to 'be sent honie addressed to eetidieme la CoMtesse Delamere, until at last she grew itintest afraid of ad - 'miring anything, even the great lotus-' eignas erni, and throwing her arms tains in the Place de la Concorde, lest around her. "And I'M ttwfullY, afteully Hector should buy them. curry to get rid of you, though to telt. • IIer owtt theme of flee thousand a eou the tenth, you eliciee cut Me nut year was already plaeed, to the ex - Most outrageously, 1 Ineant to be tent of one year, ha the bank,and she •tiountese of liehunere! 'there, the heid a. ellegae-boek, which perplexed truth is out, and you must forgives Mid her inightilYeeati first, but which she -eorgatald"heleedaTerai .f.61.1.in love with soon teethed' te-ase. It wee ea de - awe, the heat day I saw him! hat lightfui t& stabble a 'few words ehd emelt trifike•a better rountese than 1 ftgttres isi. .the oblong book, and to should have done, and Aimee is. smith' 'know tag tap 'eta) .Of Paper- Was aa a thing its fatel„.-OOn't eekeepe-berti; Baulteof Jengland note! wiltinee .er• won% itiee ate train; and -• Meanwhile, ein addition to tter ete•n reiria, Eland, Yon artato. write to analeatiehailegt 'Meter's.. "peeStInte" new*. Anil I' Itegir eeetell inilipeeeleiteelmet, ed actilion her In profuelone suet: pm* rii4tai'dotil1t"P*31tYrareili'lle-l•-'000i14•Yet• 'hasten that at lest she reinonet • stet]. ane going to Isfee.gest now, becautle1 Bat he treated her rem > tstrance rattail 'have a eitatues when you get withaeLeattetle• aaid a Lang& of :arm se4 - tient. . iit8 iiNna, half tearfully "What do os it Matter?". he said, Lem% reneee mid rathet taking her on hie kilee and gentle' -) Pressing her heael Mien 141,4 breast. 4`Wde-44 wz4,-4.401h4b say, diet "You liked them?" "Yes, Matta; but-- bilt"--she heel- tated-"they mute, Iwo oat Sell a great detti of Itiouey." "Not a very great deal," lie answer- ed, eareleaely axid 8111ilitsgl3-, "Not go meth as yeu thillit; and if they did, it would met matter. You see, Signe, ite I metalled te Yoe the other data liave more inoacy then I know witat to ao with; and all three little fancies don't empty the coffers, I isin afraid easan't have the eatisfaction of feel - lag teat I have Milled Myself for you! Yon 90e, nxy dear, I have edit lived iv to, my incenie by one belt, awl this wretched. MOney has, aecemulated year by year until 1 have beetane that mitoses thing, a, millionaire!" The result of such Princely expea- ture soou made itself felt in Paris. It soon got noised abroad that Lord • Delmore, who had createsi no little stir in the,gay city as a bachelor, had retarned, with a young bride, and that a stream of gold wee pouring trout the little hossee in the shaded avenue tillratPtllaeptickets fel the desran, Peratiaa All the great people Booked to do boner to the great lengliell lord, and ehowers of pastebOard, reined on the hall porter. But it was difficult to obtain admission, neither 'lector nor Signe were dispatiecl for much eecieter, eertainly not visit paying; and it was always '.Muc3ni 115 Comtesse le not itt house!" Tale only ;aqua the groat ladiee, and filled them with curloelLY 80 Poiglintlt that at Met they lilt upon the ingenious device of sending the greatest lady in aii Par1, the leader of faehion, the supreme head 'of the elite, lo When Hector, turning over the ear basket one morning la 511 ahnees faehion, came upott the Wilt or Pape bearheg ' the earn% and' title of th lama eed D'Ornisa lie looked ta.»vith smile, half amused, halt -grave; the .duchess hob called?" said, fleching the cited with. Isis fin ger. "Yes," staid Siglia, (mining up fro the other end ot the roomienud lean Ing on his shouleer. "Didn't I tel you? I saw the earriage from one o Ike upper windows -such a beautifu little victoria, with au Englisa coach ntan and footinen-" "And -English horses," he added "Trust her grace for theta -she neve Ehansgilaanhy:ping biretta, if sae east go "Really?" said Signe, "Why, than did she marry a lerenehman?" He shrugged his shoulders. H might have answered, "Because a eer tain Hector Delamere would not hav her," and spoken only the truth, saitrid you were out, of coulee?" h "Out, oiiigoa iregellteird* se; that is, upstairs." Ile smiled, then he shook his head, "What is the matter, Hector? I thought yosecied not wisb me to know any of these people, and I certalely do not wish to for my oaten, part. Oth- erun;pblye oaurresealvbxe, when we flee so He nodded. • • "Yea, but I'm afraid we shall have to hoist down the flag -in •other words, pull down the barrier ahd let them in. To turn one's back upon the duchess would be to insult all Parte." Signe. laughed. 'Really! That is very 'clreadfulld "Dreadful, indeed!" he retorted with a mile. "But it is true, A call from the duchess is like a call front royal- ty; one must acknowledge it or con- fess oneself uncivilized." "But we have • agreed to be perfect- ly' barbaric," said Signe, smoothing the ehort hair with her white hand glistening with diamonds that far out- shone even Lady Rockwell's. "1 (see what you mean, . Hector, of course; but it its a nuisance, isn't it? We were so happy!" • "That's just it!" he replied. "When mortals ar haPpy the gods are envious and always -send a Dechess D'Ornis rttioeicderrttitohnria-b them. We'd better go round e peon; it is one of See n dayf tse. • • 'Accordingly Signa's victoria, Which was if anything a more perfect turn- out than the .duchees', came rowed with the pair of grays, and thee' were drive a ad` the' immense pile of build- ings tehteh the duchess occupied when sbe woe an Paris. There was a string of carriages in the drive, and the vic- toria .joined the line and had to wait Berne nalnutee until it could reach the •entrance, daring which time the crowd etared at the lovely English face so hard that Signa's color rose, and her veil went down, elector, who knew What the result of 'the Visit would be, half smiled and -half veighed as lie leant back. -"Well!" he thought, "I must b3 con- tent! I have had her to myself all these weeks, but now the world wilt insist upon sharing her with me; it is only natural and reascnable, but, ah, the pity of it!" • At last the grayreached the door, and taking her on big arm, he made his way through the hall and up the staircase, crowded with vieitors com• Ing and going. Several stopped to ex- change a bow or word with him, and all looked with the utmost inteeeet at Signe; to some lie just introduced her as he passed on, The saloon was croweed; it was more like a state reception. .tlian a lady's simple afternoon at-lioine, awl teigne, looked. round tier very much mood and interested, lane/ling to Hector as he pointed out lit a low voice, the various ceiebrities. Sud- denly the crowd elowly parted, and seeing that he might now get a caance of paying it respects to the great personage, Hector, with a mile, said: "Come on, and let lig get it over!" an& led Signe toward the ductless. Her grace wee, seated at a sniall table, surrounded by the most dietinguiehed people In Paris, listening to someone Who was relating the last political scandal, with a half -amused, half - bored exoressiOn on her fade, when. euddealy her eyes, which Wilre, slowly wandering from face to face, fell on Lord Delerneres. A quick flash came into her ejtee and it dash of color alto Der fate, leaving it pale again i31 a tatittent, and with ineffable grace she eoselased extended het' hand. • "Lord.Delarnere!" she said, "this is happletessih At the sound of the title' there fell inementary silence; 111071 they Eaten talking witit polite eagerness, but kept their eyes' fixed on the great English earl arid his wife. "This is really soma!" said the duels» ess, as he bent otter her IttInd. "We teard..that you, were unapproachable." Thert her glance tented to Signe, standing Calm and eelf-poesessed, and the great lady's eolor estate and went again With - gehuine adrairation and stitarige. "Peenait me tO intrOditee tny wife, duchess," said Leal Delainere. . Her gram bestowed a bow upon .Sigatt, then held oitt her lead, At this retnarkable piece of eolideeeere Molt arid affability the ereverl Of Mlle - HOB stared all the harder. ' • (To be corttitilleti.)" STK iterU,g1tV G PO STRAITS OF OTRANTO, Sailed by Many Great History - Making Expeditions. "Aerbos the Straits of Otranto, where an Austleari eridsor 1s rePorted to have% slunk several armored Brinell Patrol Wale recently, have ealled time of the greatest history -making expeditiona of ancient und nieclieVal times," the National Geographle Society, "This fifty -mile expense Of a water, which joins the Adriatic and 0 Ionian, seas, seperates the southeastern r extremity or heel of the Italian penin - e matt front that part of Albania idsleli a - was knowin ancient times as Epirus. "It is sixty miles from Otrante, the e beautifully situated Realms fishing vil- Mae, which gives Its name to the Straits, to Aviona, the nearest part in Albania, Four iniudi•ed miles to the northwest ire Venice and Trieste, at : litteinah:ad of the Adriatic, while no Ionian *sett, is thB e ritish poesession, miles to the eouthwest, beyond the "At the beginning of the war Otranto was a town at ecarcely mare than 2,000 Inhabitants, but of some import ence as an Italian terminus of the cable and telegraph line to Constanti- nople, via AvIona. It also had cable; connection with the Island of Ciarett. The town's historical associations date back to Graeco-Roman times, for it oc- metes the site of the ancient Hydras, and was one of Rome's ports of em- barkation for Apollonia, the famous .centre of culture and city in which the future' emperor, Augustus, Was completing his edacation at the time that he was summoned to the capital following the aastmeination et Julius Caesara "Otranto was one of the Calabrlan towns captured in 1068 by Robert Guts - card (the sly), • that resourceful Nor- man anenturer who, at the high tide of his career, gave promise of duplicat- ing in Southern Rely auct in Greece the 215 1 1 13 Minard's Liniment Co., Limited, Dear Sirs, -This fall I got thrown cri t eence and hurt my chest very bad, so I could not workaand it hula me to breathe. I tried all kinds a Linimente and they did me no good. One bottle of MINARD'S LINI- MENT, warmed ou flannels and ap- plied on my breast, cured me eont- pletelY. C. H. COSSABOOM, Roseway, Digby Co., N. S. triumphs won. by his fellow -country- man, William ehe Colkueror, who dur- ing the same decade was subduing England. Four Winched years later the seaport was again raided, aad this time was completely destroyed by the Turks. From this eetback it never re- covered, Among the points of inteeest "inthe village to -day are the castle, built by Alphonse of Aragon, and the cathedral, which' Elates back to the eleventh century mid in which are to be found sortie of the • columns that once graced tbe temple of Minerva. at San Nicola, near by. No 'South of Otranto is an extremely fertile and populous section ot the Apulian peninsula, which terminates thirty miles below the town in the promontory of Maria di Leuca, with its white limestone cliffs marking the southeastern extreniity of Italy. To the northwest of Otranto, fifty-three miles by rail, is Brindisi, the famous Brun- dusium of the ancichts, which has taken life in recent Years Owing to Ito advantageous position as a gatewate for the freight coming troll's beyond the Alps tlirongh the Ste Gothard and the Mount Cents tennels, destined for the Far East throligh Suez. "Aviona, also called Velem, on the eastern shores of the Otranto Straits, has the best harbor on the Albanian coast, being protected by the Islaud et Saseno and the lofty Cape Glossa. Like Otranto, it suffered pillage at the halide of the Turks in the fifteenth century, but it recovered from this misfortune more readily than its Ital- Ian sister city, for it is now it town of 0,000 people, and enjoys a considerable trade in hides. olives, cottons, cattle and bitumen, while .it is famoue for valonia, made from the acorn cups gathered in adjacent oak groves. This 'flour,' Which 'derives Its name from the town, ie used extensively in the timing Industry. "It was across the Straits of Otranto that the valiant Pyrrhus, cousin of Alexander the Cheat, and professed de- scendent of Pyrrhus, son of AchilIee, sailed in the third century before the Christian era. EsPellsing the illness Of the people of Tataistutu, lie Mean those desperate battles siguinet Item waieli gave rise to the familiar pliraete. "a pyrrhic vietorY," slued to -lay to de. i seribe i coutliet the suceeesful issue of which is so eostly te tile victory as tile ilillatelY to prove MS094'0118, it. WWI after Ileraelea, where tor the Ursa time in history areeitS anti R011ialla were the opposing forees, that Perdue% eur- veying the field where thoesands of his bravest troops lay dead, excialmea: 'Another mutat victory ana I must re- turn to Epirus alone? It was on tee same oecasion that, Observing the wounds of all the Runtimes killed in action to be in front, he inneed, 'Had such uoldiere 1 Simla seon be mas- ter of the world' " Mlnardat Liniment Cures Distemper. Why Lightning Rods Are Pointed. The reason a lightning rod has a eharp point le because i tine Point offers no reeistence to the discharge or electricity and in order that a cloud may be emptied of it noiselessay and harmlessly, The degree of resistance is in proportion to tlie surface of the object. If the rod were surmounted by a knob, fax instante, the discharge would be violent. But many a ligia- ning rod has received an electrical die. cliarge when the people in tlie build- ing below were calmly unconscious of the fact. Noncorrosive metal is used for the point ot the rod, for carrot:don Inaires reidstance. The difference be- tween a point and a hall Is sbown in discharging a battery. The full entree from it large battery would be re- ceived quietly on a metal point, while a moderate charge from a small one would explode violently on. a hall. It Is Bald that a full eller& may be aassea harmlessly througit a person's body 11 received on 'the point of a needle, whereas the same charge re-. eeived on a discliarger, with a ball or knob on the end, would mean instant death. THANKFUL MOTHERS .'MallerS who have once, wed liaby'e Own Tablete for their little meet are alwaya strong in tileir praise of tide medteine, Among them is Mae Mar- cella Boudreau, efizonette, N. 13., who writes: "Baby'a Own Tablets are the beet mealeine 1 know of for little °nee. I am very thankful for what thee have dcue for my children." The Tab- lets regulate the boweis and etarriaca; cure cenetipetion and indigestion; break rat colde and simple fevero; in feet they cure all the minor Pee of lltflo 011ee, They are sold by medicine de,alere ler by mail at 25 ciente a box from Tbe eledivine Co., Brockville, Ont. THE WALRUS. Grotesque Creature Has Strongly Developed Maternal Instincts. • The walruses or "sea horses" of the old navigators ate the strangest and most .grotesque of all sea anhnals, says Nation- al tleorgraphic Magazine. Their laree rugged heads, armed with two long ivoi'y tusks, and their huge swollen bodies, cov. ered with hairless, wrinkled and skin, give theta a formidable appearance unlike that of any other anitnal. They are much larger than most souls, the old males weighing front 200o to 3060 yiouncis and the fetealea about two-thirds as much. 'Walruses have a strongly developed maternal instinct and show great devo- tion and disregard of their OWII SafetY 'in defending the young. The F,sltimos at Ca, peVancouver-Bearing Sea, hunt them in ft•all skinicovered ityaks, using ivory or bone -pointed spears and seal- skin floats. Several hunters told Inc ut exciting and dangerous encounters they had experienced with mother walruses. 3 the young are attacked, or even approa- ched, mother does not hesitate to charge furiously. The hunters conia•ss that on such occasion there is no option but to paddle for one's life. Occasionally an old walrus is unusually vindictive and, after forcing a, hunter to take refuge on the ice, wil remain patrolling the vicinity fur a long time, roaring am5 menacing the object of hei• anger. _ _ Mineral's Liniment Cure Diphtheria. SCIENTIFIC JOTTINGS, The United States Government pur- chases 3,250,000 electric lamps every year. Cholera kids $50,000.000 worth of hogs. per year in the United States. The corncob pipe manufacturing in- dustry represents a valuation of $500.- 000 a year. New York State =mimes 370,550,- 000 feet of lamber annually in making Packing boxes and crates. A special form of electric fan is made use of in merkets to IWO!) the flies from goods on displae. . Since the beginning of the war about 82,000 trucks have been shipped Irani the United States to countries of I4europe. It is sonietinies curioue that the places of the hat•heat and the )(tweet humidity in the 'United States are both in Texas. There are two and one halt Iranians .of freiglit cars in the 'United States, and their average life he somewhere about 20 years. Fresno County, Cat, tried to get alonet without speed cops by putting the automobiliete on their honor, but ft was not workable. Motor trueke to the value of $90e n00;000 have ueen exportel Amera can ananufaeturers since the outbreak of the European war. A sanitary •engineer of Pasadena, Cal., made a tour of inspeetion of the city sewers, recently, seated ot the rear of a motorcycle. A rallroaa gateman at San Berner. dino, Cate makee nee of a periscope CHHILDREN'S. SOtS F.F.DALLgY CO. ,Chted1:174144.1 ON , 0 Adst. HAIR GOODS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN Matted at iowest poeeible prices, consistent with Miele -grade work, Our Natural Wavy agtitrarel Switches atKee, _$7.00 end $0.00 $4 all realties are leadere with VS. .1 Wit Bend On your sample, or write for enytbina In our line. EsaNTLEMEN'S TOUPEES at Moe aud taace„ that defy detec- tion when went. MINTZ'S HAIR poops EMPORIUM 62 KING ST, W. HAMILTON, ONT, (Formerly Mame. 1, Xlnt;), 1.10deonp4011111.11111114101•011111 0,1INIVomilt•el 41611,11.111•11.P.11•111.10•001111.00ININFIMIIMMONIO 1 mounted on top of Ilis -cabin to get a clear view of the curved roanway at that point. If the hills and Mountains of the °Rah were suddenly leveled anti the earth take the alive ot a billiard bell it would have a covering of water 8,- 532 feet deep. About 75 per cant, of the populetion of New York Stet° le urban. The State has 49 elties in Wed' live uvar 6,800,• 000 of the total population of wine 0,• b00,000. Cott age 11=03 for married teaeltere are being provided by the school au- thorities of Waelangton State, with the hope ofmaking the life of the rim - al teacher more attractive, • Prunes etored in a California, ware- house after a few months become welded Into a solid mass, which is at- tacked with pick end shovel when it ha desired to remove them for ship - 31)0121. • Minard's Liniment Cures Gargee in taken front the junk heaps, zervee Cows. Perfectly well for flooring and mate, 4 • 11,,•and other articles where resilieney 13 not teeded. For many years the beist rubber wee that which came from the bursas )f tbe Amazon. The people of that a court - 1 •• issup No: 2a. 1917 HELP, WANTED, aseeteseaeeeneeee,.......e..eseteeseeaseaaaeeteet WANTED -- PROBATioesiene train fOr tatrA•ti• o ' llog It - Al I le, Vi•• itandre P , kat. Littliarints. • WANTED To Do al,Aite. • ea tight &Ming at home; whole or altar, Mlle; good pay; %o,1: rent any distauee; charge playafil. Send stamp for very tieulare, National eianumeturing Co efortreal, Que. - - leitleTTED--CARD 11.00e1 IiEL,P Viet, V Wookn Mill Plea/tors and 'Pettifog e for day and Hight work, loor partieu. Mrs, apply to the Slinasity Mae. Ooni. party, Limited, Tirantforil, Ont. W ANTE D-W001,LE MILT.14 11111A4' " NaPP• r Lender, tete ammo:mei te Geesner letepeers on teem() and th'I.V Ino.nitets and heevy clothe. For fidi • teerticuiere, (witty to Slingsby Mfg. , eeEl., Brantford, Ont. MONEY ORDERS. MEANT .00-1111:VION! X P FISH ee. 'Money Order. 31 lost or etelen, roil tret your .money hack. • Ica sometitnee used it as ballast, tak- ing their chances of selling it for what they coald get in some American port. With the discovery of the vulcanize - tion process, rubber took on a new value, and the tropics were steareheti Ir It everywhere. It was l'IM11,4 in the vines of Africa, and gutta percha, it sort or first eotesin to rubber, wise found in Borneo, And a few Years agi) a largo volume of rubber was found itt the titteyule ehrubs in Mexico. As rubber grew in value the talon- ists fell to work and devised ways of recovering it from old shoes and hoes, and other articles into whites it en- tered and thus "reclaimed rubber" •soon came to equal the um rubber in volume; and all these varietlee found same legitimate use. Elutta perelia makes unapproarhable insulation for ocean cables, Relate, width Carn.la from the Guianas, is remota; for belt, Ing, and even "reclaimed • rubber, - ANTICS OF PURE GLYCERIN, This Queer Substance is Endowed With, Pee -anal. Vroperties, One of the great advantages of glyc- erin in Its chemical employment is the fact that it neither freezes nor evap- (mates under any ordinary' tempera- ture No perceptible lass by evaporation Sas been detected at a temperature less than 2,000 degrees Id, but it heat- ed intensely it decomposed with a entell that few perhaps find themselves able to endure, It burns with a pale flame, similar to that from alcohol, of heated to about 300 degrees and then ignited. Its non -evaporative qualities make the compound of much use as a vehicle for holding pigments and colors, as in stamping and typewriter ribbons, car- bon papere and the like. if the pure glyceriu be exposed for a .long time to a freezing, temperature it crystallizes with the appearance of sugar candy, but these erystals begin once Melted it Is almost an impossi- bility to get them again into the con- gealed state. If a little water be added to •the gly- cerin no erystalization will take place, tlicitigh under a suffieient degree of cold the water will separate and form crystals, amid which the glycerin will remain in its natural state of fluidity. If suddenly subjected to intense cold. P5110 glycerin will form a gummy mass which cannot be entirely hardened or crystallized. Altogether it is quite a peculiar sub- stance. 4 t There is a Message In This Lady's Story SHE TELLS WHAT DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS DO FOR WOMEN. She Was Troubled With Weakness And Her Daughter Had Nervous Trouble. Dodd's Kidney Pills Prov- ect the Remedy They Both Needed, Hamilton, Ont„ May 17. -(Special.) __The (story told by leine. H. Dickens, of 70 Tom street, this city, carries a "mettaage of hope to every Guttering woraan in Canada. "After my baby wee born," Mrs. Dickens Estates, "I used to suffer with my back and had no heart to do my work around the home. But I read about Dodd's Kidney Pita and what they haveione for others, so I thought 1 would get a box aud gee what they would do for me. "I am pleaeed to oay that after take lng two boxes I found mai great re. lief I would not be without them in the home. "My daughter, too, had been very seek on anti off for a long time, Her nerveragot so bad we were afraid we would soe her in the hospital. But 1 ant pleasea to eay he ie better through taking Doache Kidney Pills. "I never thought Dodd'a 'Kidney Pale could lave done such good work and I am teldng all my friende about them" Women's troubles, or nearly all of them, come from sick kidneys. The enre tor them Its the old established remedy for Leek kidneye, ney Pills. 4 4 4. HISTORY OF RUBBER, Indians Used Balls Many Years Ago—Vuleanizing Process, The average man believes that rub-. ber Is rubber, just as enter is silver, and Ivory is ivory, but as a matter of fact, the Indianapolis News, the dlf. feeent lands of rubber run into the hundreds. Origirially all rubber came from the valley of the Amazon, When It was discovered no one knows. At any i•Este when the fleet white men visited South Ameriea they found the Indians plating with balls made from the exudation of the bark of a cer- tain tree, and these balls differed from any the Europeans liad ever seen, for they bounded and reboot:idea and were bull of life. 'the Indians smeared this milk of the tree on their blanketto Inalre them waterproof. 1 wo hundrea ;ears ana more weut by, and While many Wiae Melt believed this elastic!, e011esive, impermeable substanee ought to be fail of useful. bass, t.:*!•11Ody found way way te Use it tb advantage. It was so brittle in cold weather and ea disposed to get eoft in het weather, llut in the full. 11089 of tilna li Counecticut Yankee started to puezle 11 mil, It took him the better part of tea years, but he did It, a»d in 1833 gave the world hie visa eanizatton procese-whieh is in use to. that day. l'p to that time rtibber was se elle* that fillips from &Mit Amer- tarrhatrhtteeseig°d:el T ET a woman ease your suff ering. r want • -`,161you to write, and let cue tell you of my simple method of home treatment, • _, send you ten days' free trial, post- • ksi, paid, and put you in touch with -.. 4 women in Cana4a who will _ •kcc',/114o gladly tellwhat mymethod has done for the m. If you ate troubled sensa. fweeitihingrahice,atdird , blad • 4.4%Ntions aucchhee:bbeaarc.k- • i,att.lre.E.:, der weakness, constipation, ca - lug down $ea' biZtripiLin,°srieninse of failing or 1C9• misplacement of internal or. gene, nervousness, desire to cry, It. palpitation, hot Bashes, dark rings under the eyes, or a loss of Interest In life, write to nie• to -day. Address. Mrs. M. dimmers. lior g Windsor. MIL 1/1000•••••••MIOM11011•1•11.0111=1. 2_1-7 try enjoyed a practical monopoly and determined to keep it. Not a rubber seed would they let go out of the country under heavy penalties. But in 1870, by means of generous presents, here and Deere, a venturesome Eng- lishman sailed out of the Amazon with 70,000 rubber seeds, and that was the start of the great rubber plantation of Ceylon and the Malay peninsula. It was 29 years after these seeds lett the Amazon, before the first plantation rubber was ready for the market and then the total was only 145 tons. That was in 1905..Last year it was close to 100,000 tons. Those who attended the internation- al rubber exhibition held in New York in the fall of 1912 will remember the difference in appearance between the itnazon rubber and the plantation pro- duct. The first, cured In the forest over smoldering palm nuts, was smoke colored; while much of the plantation rubber from the eastern plantations, cured by the scientific application of acetic acia, was as clear as amber. Liberator of Roumania, • "Michael the Brave," before whose statue of Bucharest the Romanian* are displaying their war trophies, is the national hero of our brave allies, Born in 1558, the Son of a Wallach- la.n chieftaia, he became Divati of the provinee hs '593, partly thrbugh the influence of the English ambas- sador at C013§"tantinople, Edward Barton., but quickie: rebelled against the Sultan, and, after two over- whelming. victories in 1595 and 1597, freed the Roumanian people for a while from the Turkish yoke. 'Hie ambition 'led tu assaults on nelglx boring provinces,, which brought the whole Roumanian race eeder one rule for the lira and only time 135 modern history, but hie career was ended by an assassin's blade in Sep- tember, 1601. Minard's Liniment Cures Coale, Etc. By Special Delivery. The burglar had just begun his terns and was assigned to work in the broom factora. Near bins was an oldish man 'who studied hint intently and seemed to be awaiting an opportunity to say something. et was while the overseer was at the ice tank, "How long aro yue In 'for?" he whis- pered., "Twelve years," replied the tsew• miner. The veteran looked' around nervous- ly and thrust a letter In the burglar's "I'm in for life," be total. "Mail this when you get out.' Whole Wheat and Miik--the two most perfect foods given to man. /Dietetic experts may quarrel about everything else, but they are agreed on this. The proper combination is Shredded Wheat Bistuit with milk --the greatest amount of protein (the element that builds muscular tissue) for the least money. Two or three of these Biscuits with milk make a nourishing breakfast on which to start the day's work and they cost only a few cents. A boon to the housewife be. cause they are ready -cooked and ready -to -cat. Delicious with berries or other fruits. Made in Canada.