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The Exeter Times, 1919-4-10, Page 2x infusion. is worth every cent of its cost, the flavor is Deio'ot nd the strengthth Abundant yond All TeaMost 11 ea Ob`i afllibea.bi Beet oaiea.1 ywherew Hcrd Be-Caw MARGARET BROWN. PART L "Just your magazine to -day, Miss Cornelia." "Not a single leiter, Mr. Demp- ster?" A delicate bleah lose in the thin fa.c 'as the postmaster shook his head. Then the little figure in the gray gown resolutely set ite but straight and with a determ-rte bee cheery Good afternoon, lIr. Demp- ster!" sallied forth into the open sun- shine. The postmaster looked thought- fully after her and addressed lem- self to the empty general d !livery boxes. "That nioee of her oues.ht to write oftener. She cion: n't know what her letters mean to the little old lady," Now Mia:; Cornelia was not exact- ly old. This harvest marked her fifty-first autumn and she was still so young that her spirits were not ling damped by the lack of the lock- ed -for letter. She smiled as a brown squirrel whisked into view, laden with a eample of I:,'s winter store. She stepped care:'...1:y to d tale springing Crickets that Jetted the walk, And when she entered her even garden. she stooped to ga.-:er a tele bright -faced pansies. She put the dowers e e crystal bow; in her sitting roam. arel seated herself to enjey her magozi - he: her - her though._ wandered. Her gave Crave:ed ever garden into the evatere the empty street. The eed around the ins 7tt7,e reemi.,.. sighed involuntarily. She e_ to the dining room suer ani "Mary? Mary. bring peer - ata toes in here to peel." Mary - came obediently, with two ...pans ala'l a paring knife. She was used to these requests.. She seated herself by the open fire. 1`!ss Cornelia watched her for a little then her maze traveled to the empty street again. OId Mary's keen Irish eyes did not, miss the movement and her voice was deep with terdernees when she spoke. "What's in your heart. honey?" Miss Cornelia started guiltily, but answered frankly: "I think I am lonely, Mary. I know it is weak, hut, oh. Mary, if I had only had a little -of life. If only a child had been left to me! Little' feet to patter along the floors—mud- dy Little feet, and burned little fing-' RIZ to tie up with vaseline, and torn' -itt:e clothes to mend—oh, Mary,' Mary!" Her casped hands tightened in her, lap . After a little she went on quiet- ly. "But I am `too old for all of that. • What I want now is a strong young arm to lean upon. And who knows, • • Mary?" Her face lit with a wildly happy thought. "Maybe even right to -day, we might be making wedding clothes!" Mary laughed tenderly and Miss Cornelia raced on with imaginary de- tails, from the dressing of the bride's hair to the color of flowers on the breakfast table. She came back to earth as lightly as a snow -flake, laughing at her own extravagances. "It is all very foolish but it did me goad," and she settled to her magazine with renewed zest, while old Mary's eyes brooded upon the lit- tle gray figure and looked beyond it to a brighter figure, asking, out of the long ago. Miss Cornelia interrupted her thoughts. "It tells here, Mary, about a wo- man who finds mothers for mother - gess sailor boys. She gives a boy and a mother each other's address and they write to one another, and when the boy has leave he visits his adop- ted mother." Mary's face lit suddenly, but she saw that the thought had not entered Miss Cornelia's head. She hesitated a few minutes before she suggested: "There's a chance for you, honey —I think you could be making some sailor boy happier." "But,' Mary, I am not a another.""Ole.. aren't you, though? An' who is it the kiddies are tagging along the. street, and the big boys tipping their hats to so gentlemanly, and the lig girls hurrylin' to catch up with? You've -no born children, honey, but you're all mother." Miss Cornelia's face lighted but she said dubiously, "I am afraid—" "Try it an' see," encouraged Mary. eriee • It was two days Mise ts Ce retia got her courage e up sufficiently to write the woman in Halifax, tell. lin her briefly that she was not a mother but that she wanted to be one I to some orphaned sailor .boy. Beth wenien dreaded and yet long- ed for the reply. 1, would be something to think 1.1c," said Mary. -wistfully. "Anti yet." said Miss Cornelia, t hresting away her embroidery i ane, "do yon know. Mary, soille- terne s I am afraid, 1, just plain afraid! It seem_ n'.rlost like tempting fate. The sea t::;% the best of my life away." • Mary nodded unclerstendingly. '"But it isn't that way, honey. What conies frcm the sea this time v: ill be snaking it up to you." Miss Cornelia looked at her doubt- fully but said no mere. At last the exnected letter arrived and Mies Cornelia carried it home w•rh a wildly beating heart. She laid it before Mary, her throat too :u:1 for word ui_'y drew her sliver rimmed spec- ie tin to her nose and squinted :•es-. The romance tourh- h a too'3s r . C ne in Baker.I 'spose she thinks widely." re a Hiss Cornelia flu hed a little. "And nu I not, Mary? • 'Deed. . yes honey. you are. Let's' it and iind cut." s ire spilled out upon the table 4 s enclosed letter a slip of pa- .. both looked down at it en at each other. It bore the e of a man and the name gf a shin. Mary put her arms around M's Cornelia and a few tears of jay were shed on the ample shoulder. Presently they read the kindly let- ter together, and Miss Cornelia went away to write a reply of gratitude that a little astonished the earnestai eyed woman who helped motherless boys and boyless mothers to find one' another. The first letter froth the good ship: Britannia was a never -to -be -forgot -1 ten event in the life of the little` I white house set in the gay little gar-; I den. Miss Cornelia read and reread.1 it, and then read it aloud to Mary' whose eyes glowed al she listened. 1 I,'18 Dear Monther: ! When I got your letter, I wondered' if here at last was someone who reatly belonged to me. Do you want; us to really and truly belong? It isn't just make believe, is it? I don't think from your letter that it is. I will tell you about myself as you! asked me to do. There isn't really A Drink of Water. "Good morning,' said the old-f.15ii- ion.ed mother, pushing open the door of the young neighbor's house. "Why, what's the natter?" she gasped. "Is the baby sick?" "Sick?" echoed the young mother, "No, indeed Doesn't he loo;;: well ?" "Yee-," answered the elderly neigh- bor, "but what are you giving him medietno for?" "Medicine? 011, this is not medi- cine," the young mother laughed, "I'm Just giving hint a drink of water." "Of water? Well, I neverl Who ever heard of giving a little baby like that water? Doesn't he get wat,r• enough in his milk?" "Of course, he gets a great deal of water that way. But there are times when he is thirsty and nothing but water will satisfy that thirst. You know how it is, I'ni sure. Does milk or any other drink relieve your thirst like a glass of pure, sparkling water?" "No, I can't say that it does. But a baby is different. I never gave my babies water except when they had colic. Then I gave them hot peeper- mint tea." "Yes, I know. Sonny, has had one or two spells of colic, and I have given hi.m a hot drink; I added a few drops of anise to the water. But usually he takes his water cool— boiled and cooled." "Boiled? What new-fangled idea is that?" The visitor was always get- ting surprises at her young neigh- bor's house. . "Nothing new-fangled," the moth- er answered, giving the babe. his last spoonful from the cup. "One can't be too careful with a tiny baby; and water may contain germs very dan- gerous to an infant. Boiling kills them all, and makes tate water safe. I also sterilize his cup and spoon. "How much does he take a day?" "The, quantity varies, but I • see that he takes several ounces. I had to increase the amount 1 wee giving him, for I found that his diapers turned red after exposure to the air and that is a sure indication that his system is not getting enough water." "Is that a fact? I never knew what caused the change in color. It often worried me when my babies 'were small." "Yes," putting the baby in the basket. "Sonny's never change color now. I always give him a few tea- spoonfuls the first thing in the morn- ing, too. Taken before his first feed- ing, the -water helps to flush him out and stimulates his bowels. He's feel- ing refreshed and happy now. Ill have time to finish this dress of his before another feeding time." "He's certainly a healthy, happy boy," said the neighbor. "But he ought to be with all the care you take of him. Boiled water, sterilized cup and spoon! Regular feedings! Yet I guess it's about as my husband says, `These modern mothers spend a heap of time sterilizing and systematizing their babies, but they don't spend half the time you mothers used to, walk- ing the floor night and day, rocking by the hour and constantly dosing sick babies.' " "Yes, you happy little fellow," putting two fingers out for the baby to grasp, "you're worth every bit of trouble, and stronger for it, too." Now is the time for the best bar- gains, Buy now and save money. We have hundreds of good bicycles at prices ranging from $14 to $21. Write for particulars. R. G. McLeod, 170 fling Street Wefit, Toronto. much to tell. My parents both died in a fire in Halifax eighteen years ago when I� was only a few months old. I was found and put into an orphan asylum, where I grew up. From the time I! was a little fellow, I have always had a hankering for the sea. There was: a teacher in the orphans' home that' was good to me and helped me out,+: and after a good many ups and i downs, I got into the navy. It isn't just what you would call an easy life but it is an interesting one. We learn a lot and we see a lot but it f gets awfully lonesome sometimes.1 There's a pretty good share of us' haven't any home at ,all. A fellow let me read a letter from his mother? once and I cried like a baby over it.1 I'm five feet, ten and a half, mo -1 ther. How tall are you? I've just' kind of got an idea that you're little! and sort of dainty and move quick, i and your laugh—I can almost hear! your laugh. That's funny, isn't it? 1 I will send you my picture as soon as I can find one, and will you send me yours? I want to know just how you look and not do too much guess- ing. And I'd like to know just a little bit about your life. I have kind of an idea that you are a widow. • You will write again soon, won't you? Your Ioving son, Ray Durkan. This letter also was addressed to Mrs. Cornelia Baker. When she had finished reading it to old Mary, sl:e sat•looking thought- fully at the envelope. "I must tell him the truth, Mary. There must be no deceit between me and my sen!" She dwelt lovingly on the word, with a dreamy smile in her eyes,then she tucked the letter into the osom of her dress and went out to cut great bowls of cosmos and chrysanthemum to. set about . the house. (To be continued.) Why It Was Dear. "How much for a 'Kaiser Bill' uni- form?" demanded a young officer of a London. costumier. He was arrang' ing the hire of costumes for a fare- well concert in camp. "Three guineas," replied the ,,costumier with implacable finality. "Every soldier show wants it, and it always comes back like a rag -bag!" The highest telephone system in the world is installed in Sonata, Bol- ivia. 15,500 feet above the sea level, Deseerts From Home -Canned Fruits. When the family begins to tire of canned fruit, or when a company des- sert is desired, -trerecombining with other materials some of the fruit you put up last year. A simple and inexpensive substitute for whipped cream to serve with desserts may be made by whipping the white of an egg until stiff, adding one table- spoonful of powdered sugar, and folding ,in the mashed pulp of a ban- ana. Do not prepare this until just before serving, as it turns dark if allowed to stand too long. Peaches and Cream—Place upon each serving plate a round piece of sponge eake or any plain cake. Lay on each slice half a canned peach, hole side up. Whip a cup of cream, flavor with vanilla, and sweeten. Cover each peach with the cream, and garnish with a hit of currant jelly. Blackberry Loaf—Bring a quart of canned blackberries to the boiling point. Place squares of /fresh cake in a square granite pan. Cover with generous spoonfuls of the hot black.. berries and juice; add another layer of cake, packing it in well, then more EAGLE M4lorM mow`` }STYLE {I: write to. aa' Co se To r btri r1R.IME CATALOGUX showing our fall lines of Bicycles for Ment and Women, Boys and Girls. • %'JiOTOR CYCLES MOTOR ATTACHMENTS l@ ENTS Tires, Coaster Brakes, Wheels, Ismer Tubes, i,amps, Be11s, Cyelomr-ters, Saddles, Iignip+ anent and Parts of Bicycles. iron c"un buy your supplies from us at wholesale prices. T. W. BOYD & SON, 27 Notre Demo Street Wept, 11'lontreal's fruit, Alternate until the dish is full, using plenty of berries, as the cake will absorb a • 'quantity of the juice, Cover with a plate, and place a weight upon it. Let it stand sev- eral hours. When cold, turn it out of the mold, and slice evenly. Serve with cream, Steamed Cherry Pudding—To one pint of sifted flour add two heaping teaspoons baking powder, half a tea- spoon salt, one and heaping in • table- spoon sugar; rub in one healiing tablespoon fat, and add enough milk to make a stiff batter. Grease cups and into each one put a layer of batter, then one of canned cherries drained of their juice, and so on until the cups are three-fourths full Steam for thirty minutes. Serve with a cherry sauce made with one cup cherry juice, one-fourth cup sugar, one-half cup water, and one heaping teaspoon cornstarch, Raspberry Foam—Cook two heap- ing teaspoons prepared tapdoca in one pint raspberry juice until tapi- oca is clear; add a pinch of salt, and sugar if needed; remove from fire, and while hot fold in the stiffly beaten white of an egg. Serve cold with cream. Pineapple Whip—Mix together one cup canned pineapple cut into small pieces, one cup cold boiled rice, and one-half cup sugar. Whip one cup cream, and fold in lightly. Serve in sherbet glasses, and garnish with a preserved. cherry. The Coming of Spring. Spring cane to us; we put away winter wear and dressed ourselves for new work and a new gladness. Spring came to our kitchen: we forestalled the 'first fly and greeted the warm sunshine with screens and paint and fresh shelf -paper. Spring came to our dining room: we moved the table nearer the win- dows and set our table with the light- er, crisper food for which spring ap- petites clamor. We dressed our Electric Light at Horne 82.00 IN CANADA The latest electric light discovery. No batteries to buy, or electric bills to pay. Thousands of homes and farms have installed this elec- tric light years ago and are still using it daily. Guaranteed to be safe, simple and inexpensive; any- one can install, it. 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Cranwell Company Yonge St. Arcade Building m - R YZTO ONT. _ O 6,3 china, closet anew and made spring meal :times glad meeting times, Spring cane*, to our bedrooln we renewed bedding and covers;; added dainty touches of gaiety' and color to dresser and washstand', for we mean to awaken blithely to the call .of the new days, Spring came to our living room: we put away the heavy rugs;, used a lot of paint, oil and varnish; gave dusty books' and magazines a beat- ing;'hardened our hearts to east out winter's useless accumulations; re- potted our piants. Spring danced all around outside the house: we put up new trellises for old vines and set out new vines for old trellises. The dingy walls laughed in new tints and the buzzing flies bumped in vain against uiewly repaired and painted screens. o• Sprtnb danced on the lawn: we seeded bare spots, raked untidy spots, repaired the fences, reining the gates. Spring hid in the bower garden: we uncovered the perennials and set out the 'annuals and kissed the baby buds on the "laylock" bush. Spring beckoned to us from the •All, grades. Write for prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS G, J. OLIFF - - TORONTO arwiegnawamccravivmeennathworxwm vegetable garden: we sowed and set and raked and m:ide.rows, casting up accounts meanwhile,. for Spring, the maiden, soon is Autumn, the matron,. and there'll be cans to fill and cash to count, if we )Hake our garden ace cording to Maiden Spring's best orders. Spring came with a rush to barn and stable, coop, corral and pen: we welcomed and housed and cherished every new young life and— Before 1 1 we fully knew Spring's glad face, tan-cheeked Summer was upon uS. A field marshal of the British army never retires,`but remains on the active list and draws full pay until the day of his death. SEND IT TO s' �v HE i 5' �. . Parker's can clean or dye carpets, curtains, laces, draperies, gowns, etc., a.nd make thein look like nev. Send your faded or spotted clothing or household goods, and MIKE E will renew then. We pay carriage charges one way and guarantee satisfactory work. Our booklet on household helps that save money will be sent free on request to PARKER'S DYE WORKS, Limited Cleaners and Dyers .791 Yonge St. - - - Toronto `rte' . > . •`...;,"4 4. • SP1 yrr- `h. ,1''id R' 'r' during 1 13 c .- leve THE year 1918 was for the business of life assurance a year of supr -tie achievement. Owing to the combined effect of the war and the influenza epidemic, death claims were unusually high. The payment of these claims enabled. the Companies to render an unprecedented measure of public service, and to fulfill to a more noteworthy degree than ever previously the beneficent purpose for which they were founded. The record achieved during 1918 by the Sun Life of Canada was ono of particularly striking success. For the first time in the Company's history new assurances paid for exceeded Fifty Million Dollars. The growth in size, strength and prosperity accentuates the Company's position as not merely the leader among Canadian Life offices, but one of the great insurance corporations of the world. The Company's financial -power is emphasized by its large Assets, Income and Surplus. During the year $7,460,000 was added to the Assets, which at December 31st, had reached the huge total of $97,620,000. The Incorrie is now $21,651,000, while the undivided Surplus is $8,027,000. THE RESULTS FOR 1918 ASSETS Assets as at 31st December, 1918 Increase over 1917 INCOME Cash Income from Premiums, Interest, Rents, etc,, in 1918 - +. Increase over 1017 PROFITS PAID OR ALLOTTED Profits Paid or Allotted to Policyholders in 1918 - - - - SURPLUS Total Surplus 31st December, 1918, over all liabilities and capital (According to the Company's Standard which le more severe than that laid down by the Insurance Act.) TOTAL PAYMENTS TO •POLICYHOLDERS Death Claims, Matured Endowments, Profits, etc. during, 1018 - I'aynients to Policyholders since organization . - ' - AS;SURANCI;S ISSUED DURING 1018 Assurances issued and paid for its cash during 1018 - 1ncrease over 1917 BUSINESS IN FACE Life Assurance in force Slat -December, 1918 - 7nerease over 1917 THE COMPANY'S GROWTH • $97,620,878,85 7,480,204.81 21,651,099,69 • 2,362,102.01 1,548,607.16 8,027,378,55 9,768,561.28 78,862,881,15 51,591,39.4,04 8,779,824 58 340,809,656.18 28,933,710.42 Cowman 1871 \SS sIPMes 5"e HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL T. B. MACAULAY, President 1919 THE ?.MALL -EST POI1,IJs.. French War flogs Were Often Mese- ' tinned In Despatches, In the French Military kennelsyou will find dogs from "every Walk ixl li(e," of every silo and of all colors and all breeds. They are pioe.little fellows, these canine lioilus, says a writer, as peace loving and as care- free as their plaster comrades in arms. The terrifying fuss they make when you approach their konthel is nothing more than an invitation to pet them. That had to bo explained to me the first time I visited a cantonment, for as 1 was led to where some forty were chained the racket with which they greeted me made me doubt their in- tentiolil;. Now I understand their French better, ' .. I)ui•ing the trench Warfare, when the men were living in dirt and filth much of the time, rats not only en- dangered their health but also des. troyed their stores, Nearly every coniptatty had its rat Catcher --•a dog that was an expert in dispatching the troublesome rodents: anti then, of course, tll8'i'e were the Red Cross dogs that could find wounded men, trot hack with some article of clothing, and guide help to the disabled soldier. Sentinel and liaison dogs were of the greatest valule, The former went into advance posts with his master, andwas trained to 'give the alarm g lby a low growl when anyone approached,. His ability to hear an advancing man at four hundred metres was of groat value at night. The Raison dog car-• tied messages from one of his two toasters to the other, It took about three months to train clogs to travel as 'far as three kilometers in this work. Many dogs could be relied up. on to carry messages in both direc- tions. A liaison team consisted of two dogs and two trainers who always worked together. Real poilus they were, too; no eine busques among them! They shared all the hardships and the clangers of the front liue. and they shared, too,. the military honors. When their re- giment got the croi:c cle guerre, so did they; and often they were mentioned in despatches. One clay I visited a small, fuzzy -- haired, dirty -yellow -and -black, tailless dog called Douce. Three times he had been cited for his services. The last. citation was received in a day of heavy action, when all telephone wires had been destroyed and Bouee was the only means of communication between. 4i, a commandant and his force. It read: "Bouee No. 'elle. 1375A. "Liaison dog of the first order; ful- filling his duties in a perfect manner.. During a very violent bombardment, at each shell the animal crouched to the ground and immediately after- wards continued his way to his desti- nation. Remarkable for his regularity and his quickness; nor does he allow anything•to distract him when he is given Itis duty." But with all his .military honors Bouee was modesty itself, As T sketched his portrait he seemed actually bored.. • WI'IEN TOWNS TOBOGGAN Landslides That Have Caused Danh- age to Life and Property. Three mountains are moving in Wales, and especially at Victoria Village, near Ebbed Vale, the damage is terrible. Houses collapsed by the dozen, waterways were blocked, and floods filled the lower ground. Ill Victoria alone sixty houses were de- molished. Many people are under the impres- sion that 'the trouble is caused by earthquake. It is nothing of the sort. Rain is at the bottom of it. This is a very wet district; the rain sinks into the ground and lodges in the different strata or layers of rock until at last one layer gets so spongy and soft that it begins to flatten out and everything on top of it slides forward. All around the British coasts you can see samples of the same sortof thing on a smaller scale. Only the other day there was a big slide on the North Devon coast, between Lyn - mouth and Ilfracombe. Part of the main road fell into the Bristol Chan- nel. At Lynne Regis a strip of ,cliff, three-quarters of a mile long,. 240 feet broad, and 150 feet high, went crashing into the sea. The two worst landslides .in mod- ern times were the fall of the, Ross - berg in Switzerland and the great landslide at Naimi Tal, a well known Indian health resort. The Rossberg is made of sandstone and "conglom- erate." The whole thing went sud- denly, filled a large valley. and in- stantly buried three villages and 900 people. At Naimi Tal they had. 25 inches of rain .in forty hours before the big fall. Now, 25 inches of rain is about as much as falls in the East of Eng- land in a whole year. The steep hillside above the lake melted like treacle, and went roaring into the lake, carrying hundreds of victims to their death. e2' -- The Commonplace House. I thought it dull and commonplace, The little ].house beside the way, Alth.oltgh its windows faced the dawn. Its door stood open to the day. On countless morns and eves 1 passed, And never thought It bright or fair, Nor saw I anything at all To catch or hold my fancy there. Indeed, I never might have known How near to ITeaven a house may be, But on one ttnforgotten morn Across the hedge you looked at in9. YEARS INCOME As551a i.ir::ASSURANCES IN Roses 1372 1883 1303 1903 2048 1818 , , . • , , . , , - . • . $ 43,210.73 274,80540 1,840,483.12 8,388.169.60 18,998,401.64 21,881,038.69 9 90,461.93 785,910,10 4,001 770.90 16,506,776.48 66 ,2a 84, 12 97.620.378 05 9 1,084,350,00 8,779,566.00 27.709,767 00 75 681,139.00 202 303.500.00 _340.809,850.00 1,548,607.16 8,027,378,55 9,768,561.28 78,862,881,15 51,591,39.4,04 8,779,824 58 340,809,656.18 28,933,710.42 Cowman 1871 \SS sIPMes 5"e HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL T. B. MACAULAY, President 1919 THE ?.MALL -EST POI1,IJs.. French War flogs Were Often Mese- ' tinned In Despatches, In the French Military kennelsyou will find dogs from "every Walk ixl li(e," of every silo and of all colors and all breeds. They are pioe.little fellows, these canine lioilus, says a writer, as peace loving and as care- free as their plaster comrades in arms. The terrifying fuss they make when you approach their konthel is nothing more than an invitation to pet them. That had to bo explained to me the first time I visited a cantonment, for as 1 was led to where some forty were chained the racket with which they greeted me made me doubt their in- tentiolil;. Now I understand their French better, ' .. I)ui•ing the trench Warfare, when the men were living in dirt and filth much of the time, rats not only en- dangered their health but also des. troyed their stores, Nearly every coniptatty had its rat Catcher --•a dog that was an expert in dispatching the troublesome rodents: anti then, of course, tll8'i'e were the Red Cross dogs that could find wounded men, trot hack with some article of clothing, and guide help to the disabled soldier. Sentinel and liaison dogs were of the greatest valule, The former went into advance posts with his master, andwas trained to 'give the alarm g lby a low growl when anyone approached,. His ability to hear an advancing man at four hundred metres was of groat value at night. The Raison dog car-• tied messages from one of his two toasters to the other, It took about three months to train clogs to travel as 'far as three kilometers in this work. Many dogs could be relied up. on to carry messages in both direc- tions. A liaison team consisted of two dogs and two trainers who always worked together. Real poilus they were, too; no eine busques among them! They shared all the hardships and the clangers of the front liue. and they shared, too,. the military honors. When their re- giment got the croi:c cle guerre, so did they; and often they were mentioned in despatches. One clay I visited a small, fuzzy -- haired, dirty -yellow -and -black, tailless dog called Douce. Three times he had been cited for his services. The last. citation was received in a day of heavy action, when all telephone wires had been destroyed and Bouee was the only means of communication between. 4i, a commandant and his force. It read: "Bouee No. 'elle. 1375A. "Liaison dog of the first order; ful- filling his duties in a perfect manner.. During a very violent bombardment, at each shell the animal crouched to the ground and immediately after- wards continued his way to his desti- nation. Remarkable for his regularity and his quickness; nor does he allow anything•to distract him when he is given Itis duty." But with all his .military honors Bouee was modesty itself, As T sketched his portrait he seemed actually bored.. • WI'IEN TOWNS TOBOGGAN Landslides That Have Caused Danh- age to Life and Property. Three mountains are moving in Wales, and especially at Victoria Village, near Ebbed Vale, the damage is terrible. Houses collapsed by the dozen, waterways were blocked, and floods filled the lower ground. Ill Victoria alone sixty houses were de- molished. Many people are under the impres- sion that 'the trouble is caused by earthquake. It is nothing of the sort. Rain is at the bottom of it. This is a very wet district; the rain sinks into the ground and lodges in the different strata or layers of rock until at last one layer gets so spongy and soft that it begins to flatten out and everything on top of it slides forward. All around the British coasts you can see samples of the same sortof thing on a smaller scale. Only the other day there was a big slide on the North Devon coast, between Lyn - mouth and Ilfracombe. Part of the main road fell into the Bristol Chan- nel. At Lynne Regis a strip of ,cliff, three-quarters of a mile long,. 240 feet broad, and 150 feet high, went crashing into the sea. The two worst landslides .in mod- ern times were the fall of the, Ross - berg in Switzerland and the great landslide at Naimi Tal, a well known Indian health resort. The Rossberg is made of sandstone and "conglom- erate." The whole thing went sud- denly, filled a large valley. and in- stantly buried three villages and 900 people. At Naimi Tal they had. 25 inches of rain .in forty hours before the big fall. Now, 25 inches of rain is about as much as falls in the East of Eng- land in a whole year. The steep hillside above the lake melted like treacle, and went roaring into the lake, carrying hundreds of victims to their death. e2' -- The Commonplace House. I thought it dull and commonplace, The little ].house beside the way, Alth.oltgh its windows faced the dawn. Its door stood open to the day. On countless morns and eves 1 passed, And never thought It bright or fair, Nor saw I anything at all To catch or hold my fancy there. Indeed, I never might have known How near to ITeaven a house may be, But on one ttnforgotten morn Across the hedge you looked at in9.