The Brussels Post, 1916-7-27, Page 2TIIORNEYCROFT'S CURE
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"I don't want to be rude, Jaek, but • morrow. Meantime, feed! You un-
iif yqu don't mind I'd be glad if you derstand? Feed!"
1-le-
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not smoke irnywhere near this And.then Dr. Whiteman "went out,
, house, The smell of tobacco has be- It was two hours later when Jack
come absolutely distasteful to me, Hardy culled. Mr. Thorneycroft had
You'll feel the same about it after a just got over the effects of x decent
few days of rational diet," meal, and was now puffing contentedly
I. • "I dare say," Jack answered, "But at a cigar.
Private John Ilar'dy was feeling don't you think you are carrying the "I've called to apologise," Hardy be-
' very content. Late the assistant diet question too far? I mean, it's' gam
estate agent at Darnalston, but now always better to begin these things "Don't, Jack!" ; Mr. Thorneyeroft
,Private Hardy, he was on his way to slowly,."begged. "I want to apologise, too! It
spend a short six days' leave With The argument began with; that. At was all my fault, of course! But let's
Mabel Thorneycroft, who wore a did- the end of an hour ollie came' to in- forget it—oh? I'm a bit of a crank
iMond ring for whieb Hardy had paid, ter•fere but both her father andher at times,. you know, and— Here, try
The Thorneycrofts lived at Mead- l lover advised her gently to leave thein one of these cigars, and let's be rens-
strand-at-Sea, in a little bungalow, alone, enable. You must really stop here
Mr. William Thorneycroft, who had :,, e * * for the few days you have left,"
retired from his career as a timber The little Aft And Jacic stayed.—London Answers.
merchant with a' fair fortune was art n le rr between the Thorne,-
+ 1 croft and Hardy,",
to become cranky at times, but his two grew following TIB CITY OF TREBIZOND,
day, By the end of the morning their
daughters knew how to manage him, arguments were almost devoid of
as a rule, theory and had become distinctly per- Has An Exceedingly Picturesque and
The two -hours railway journey was senal. ' Beautiful Situation.
all too long for the impatient wooer, Before lunch-time Jack had spoken •
but all iia restlessness vanished as he ' to Mollie; they called Mab, and she Trebizond, the important city on the
saw Mollie waiting for him on the hurrahed the proposal put forward, Black Sea that the Russians have tak-
platform. en, has a very checkered and very in -
But somehow her greeting, enthu- teresting past. Originally a Greek
thiastic though it was, disappointed colony from Sinope, the city has been
Jack. She seemed nervous and irrit-besieged and occupied by the Goths,
able, he thought. the Georgians, the Seljuks, the Turko-
Come on, Mollie! I'm just in form and insisted h vih t mans and the present Ottoman Turks
in turn. It was at Trebizond that
Xenophon rested his army after his
retreat from Persia, and a hill some
few hours' journey inland is still
pointed out as the place where his
tired hosts first -greeted the sea with
the famous cry, "Thalassa! Thalassa!"
The Grand Comnen`i founded an em-
pire here when the Byzantine Empire
fell to pieces at the time of the fourth
crusade, and the ruins of the fortress
and citadel they built are still, in
spite of Turkish vandalism, almost in-
tact. North-Western Canada, and Labrador
The ancient town, strongly walled were .brought over by a French lieu -
and protected on the east and on the tenant who had spent 14 years in
Alaska, says a writer in the London
Times.
From the beginning of the year to
April 21, with a short interval, the
snow in the neighborhood of the
Schlucht Pass was deep enough for
the dogs to be able to render yeo-
man service. They were able to draw
heavy loads over almost inaccessible
country and to supplement to a valu-
able extent the wheeled transport,
which would otherwise have been the
sole means of revictualling the army
town has an exceedingly picturesque of the Vosges. But their utility has
situation. The luxuriant foliage that not ceased with the disappearance of
Whereupon the three set off for town.
Mr. Thorneyeroft did not see them go,
as he was busy in the kitchen,lectur-
ing the only maid at the bung
alow.
But the girl had stood it long enough,
for a two-mile tram "' Jack on a ng er wages o
p said, date, Then she went oil. A man came
after the first exohange of compile for her box later in the day.
mentos. So the head of the household wash -
"And I'm not!" Mollie retorted. ed the greenstuff himself, and laid the
"For goodness' sake, Jack, take me to table. Patiently he waited for an
the best hotel in the town and order hour, but no one appeared. Then he
the biggest meal you can. Pm starving dieted in solitarystate.
—literally starving!"
"But, 1 say—'+ Jack began. "You
don't really mean you're hungry
dear?"
The bare idea ,appalled him. But
Mollie was in dead earnest.
"I'm horribly and atrociously hun-
gry," she asserted solemnly. `You'll father to fury. He poured forth his
When the others did turn up to-
wards six o'clock Mr. Thorneycroft
was suspicious.
"Oh, we've just been for a tramp!"
Hardy explained, in answer to his
questions. "Had our meals out"
Then Mab giggled. That roused her
probably find Mab hanging around 'scorn principally on Jack.
I know perfectly well where you've
been!" he stormed. "Stuffing your-
self at some common lodging -house!
You, who ought to be doing every-
thing in your power to be strong and
well! My daughters were content
enough before you came, and were
growing healthier every day. But
now—"
"I shall be quite happy to leave!"
Hardy interrupted.
A sudden flush had risen to his
face.
"Then go! I certainly won't detain
you! So far as I am concerned, our
friendship is at an end! You have
been guilty of meanness—gross mean-
ness! If Mollie still holds her pro-
mise to you binding, she must not ex-
utside, also hoping to get a big lunch.
is the Sober truth, Jack; we're aim-
' ply dying for food. There isn't a de-
cent restaurant in Meadstrand, and
girls can't walk into an hotel very
Well, unless they've got a nice khaki
thing like you beside them."
"But why on earth—" Jack began
again,
"Didn't I tell you in my last letter ?"
Mollie asked. "Dad's going in for re-
' form food reform. I told you all
about it."
"Yes, I know; but I thought you
meant Tariff Reform, or something
like that," Jack excused himself weak-
ly. "How did he catch this latest
complaint?"
"He went to London to attend one
of his committee meetings a fortnight pest me to recognize it, that's all!
ago, and that began it He heard an Good -night!"
„address on `East less meat,' and now He stamped out of the room. For
he's, taken up with the 'Back to Na- half an hour Jack and Mollie discuss-
ture system. You can't eat anything ed the situation. Then Jack an hour
cooked; you have only to have one later engaged a room at the Royal
`meal of raw vegetables each day, and Hotel.
drink as much cold water as you can.
Nothing more—no tea or coffee or
anything. Hallo, here's Mab!"
The younger sister greeted Jack
II,
"Utterly ridiculous!" Dr. Whiteman
en-thgrowled. "He'll learn sense before dustiies native to the town, and in
latest
t roublelly. "You've hd. the lou t" recent years. the value of the imports
latest trouble?" she asked. "Come Hardy had lost no time in hunting has always exceeded that of the ex -
ion. Where are you going to take us,
Jack?' out the only medical man he knew in ports sorts from the district, the difference
being made up from the profits yield -
A Man's Meal for Five
Cents. Living on mush
makes a mushy man..A Iran
who works with hand or brain
must have a man's food. Two
Shredded Wheat Biscuits
with milk or cream will
supply all the strength -giv-
ing nutriment needed for a
half -day's work or play at
a cost of not over five cents;
Simply crisp a few Shredded
Wheat Biscuits in the oven'
and serite with fresh fruits
and milk or cream.
Made in Canada
WAR DOGS
IN THE VOSGES.
They Come From Alaska, Canada and
Labrador and Do Good Service.
Last year, when the question of
transport through the mountain snow
had become a matter of urgent im-
portance, the French authorities had
the idea of using dog -drawn sleighs
for carrying supplies. Several hun-
dred trained dogs from Alaska,
west by deep ravines, with the only
access to it from the land side alouga
narrow and exposed ridge, is a fine
model of ancient warcraft and natural
strength combined. The outlines of
the old harbor testify to an admirable
scheme both for defence and offence.
The Palace of the Comneni still com-
mands an extensive view of the wood-
ed heights surrounding the town.
Lying on a low plateau on the shore.
of the Black Sea and backed by moun-
tain ranges of imposing height, the
the moist and equable climate of the
region encourages makes the place
beautiful as well.
Before the days of regular sailings
round the Cape of Good Hope, almost
the whole of the Indian and Persian
trade came through Trebizond. But a couple of men, can carry a ton up
after they took Batum the Russians some of the most precipitious slopes
built a railway thence through Kars in the mountains, and I was assured
to the Persian frontier, and this alter,- that two teams of seven dogs each
native route, in spite of its heavy
charges, has robbed Trebizond of much
of the transport trade that the cape
route and the Suez Canal bad left it.
There are no manufacturers and no in -
the snow. They are now being har-
nessed to small two -foot -gauge light
railways, which run everywhere be-
hind the front, and they are capable
of drawing the heaviest load up the
steepest gradient. Eleven dogs, with
That question was speedily settled, Meadstrand, and was now unfolding
and over the excellent lunch provided his tale of woe to him, ed, by the transport business. The
by the landlord of the Royal, Jack "Of course. Jack agreed. "But, population in 1913 was estimated at
y ' meantime, it's uncomfortable for the
heard the full and harrowing story of nearly fifty, thousand, et whom the
two girls. I'd like to bring him to most were Turks; the rest were Le -
the hardships through which the two reason quickly. I wonder—" vantine Greeks, Armenians, and a
girls had passed. "Wonder what?" demanded the motley crowd of Persian muleteers,
"Oh, I'll soon talk him round. You
doctor.. porters and passing merchants.
can't feed a soldier that way," Jack "If you could help?" Jack returned Running parallel for some miles
assured them. "We'll go up there at quick! with the Deirmendereh River, is the
once, your father will wonder where After • one and onlyroad into the interior
we are," that they progressed cheer-
fully. Half an hour later Hardy went and Persia. Constructed by European
MH Thorneycroft seemed pleased to out, with a much brighter countenance engineers, this highway is an excel-
see Hardy lent one for the East. It is available
„ than when he entered. right ti to he t. for wagons
"Hallo, hallo!" he cried. "Come in, In the mornin he met Mollie. To m Pof
Jack! Hada good journey? Good! her he g any sort, and only in two laces are
Glorious weather, isn't it? What gave brief explanations, also y p
di you say? Feel hungrya small bottle. the gradients serious and the condi- 2 Ah, I ex- Put half of it in the water- u he tions unfavorable. It is the only road
acct you are! 1 !drew all about that,er. justAnd g' b which supplies It's unnatural, artificial -a craving leave carried to
tolde that `jub severely aalonern dab to
t -day. Edzerum. The lidistance bfrom Treble
caused by your habits of over -feeding. Then, as soon as you think it advis- zond to Erzerum, as measured in the
I've written to the War Office about able, suggest that the doctor be call- East, is twelve to fourteen days by
ed. I'll be near your place somewhere caravan, eight days by carriage and
about six to -night." relays, and three. to four days by the
And Mollie returned to the bungs- Turkish post.
on the; evils of modern foods. His low to carry out the instructions. She
chance remark about hunger had given watched her father closely during the
next seven , hours. Every time he
Mr. Thorneycroft his opening. Li fact,
during' the course of the afternoon drank a glass of water from his own
particular jug she smiled.
.Hardy found it quite impossible to
At last the sign for
touch on any topic which did not lead which she wait-
almost directly to the question of the ed came. Mr. Thorneycroft had strug-
hour the need for food reform. gied against that horrible pain as long
"Wait till you'veas he could, but it was growing worse,
been ; here a "Mollie," he gasped, "I—I don't feel
week!" Mr. Thorneyeroft declared, wen! I think—"
"You'll be a different man, Jack! "I'll fetch a doctor" Mollie answer -
You'll not call your training 'pretty ed. "You look horribly ill, dad. Oh,,
tiff'; you'll think it's child's play. dear! What—"
You're flabby, tired, and listless now;
an overfed mass of unhealthiness-
"I'm not!" Hardy ,interrupted.
"Never felt better in my life!"
it, If they and you adopted a ra-
tional--"
For a quarter of an hour Jack lis-
tened to a brilliant, scathing lecture
SOLDIER OF FIFTEEN.
Gains Battle Record Before Mother
Has Him Discharged.
John Charles ,Bartably, aged fif-
teen years, of London, England, has
a notable war record: He enlisted in
the Seventh East Surrey Regiment
when thirteen years seven months old,
and before he was fourteen he was in
the trenches.
He went to France after three
She. disappeared without finishing months' training in England, and
the sentence or waiting for her fa- was in the trenches nine months.
ther's protest, A short way down the Then he was wounded by shrapnel and
lane a man in khaki was waiting. taken to a hospital. It was discover
"You think so," Mr, Thorneycroft "All's well! Go ahead!" she cried. ed that he was under military age, and
laughed, in a superior manner that, In someidring under an hour Dr. when he recovered he was sent to his
j irritated his future son-in-law; "but Whiteman was entering the bungalow. home by the authorities,
come and try your first rational meal." By this time Me, Thorneycroft would Soon afterward he ran away and
Hardy struggled hard to eat the have seen anyone in the world, Be enlisted again, this time in the Third
first course. Two or three dishes of sides the pain he felt something had Beet Surrey Regiment. By the time
greenstuff and a plate of nuts corn. gone'wronwith his eyes' the whole. his mother discovered where lie was
prised the full menu, and salt or room was swimming round him. he had nearly finished another spell
other condiment was strictly forbid- The doctor made a rapid i e rami ina of training. A letter from her
den. tion. reached the military 'authorities at
"That's the only meal we have," the "What's the matter with nee' 'doc- Dover just as the lad was starting
Thorneyeroft host remarked at the end, "but I think toree asked Thorn cr preaontly, again for the front in Prance, and you'll admit we all Iook well on it: +`Matter!" Dr. Whiteman jerked, "1 he wa(clischarged a second time.
Mabel—" don't know. .Seems to me a case for 4.—
"Is starving!" his young daughter good food. Sheer lack of nourishment Better' Face Surgery.
interrupted, though you don't look like a man ho ' g great
• "Don't be foolish!" her father told starved himself, elf who Surgery is the w, . W. advances
irritably: "You know you ate in "I h s I've Whateen you eat? dela result president the war, W. H. Deto
„ Oh,. been Experiment• more,; of the British Dental
much' better health— ing!" Therneycroft stammered, "Try- Association told his fellow members
"I'm not!" she answered unduti- Mg a rational diet, you know." at the annual mooting that one of
fully' at
The doctor al- the lessone the war will teach' will
Mr. Thorneycroft rose and left the most exploded: "Dc You dell it ex -in
method of treating
table. In a short time Jack followed perimenting to try and kill yourself't in the correct and P oto-
ernekrn a injuries of the jaw face. h
lrrm, g pipe. Tobacco, at Now, then, young lady" --he turned graphs exhibited showed remark -
least, was horbiferous, sharply to Mollie—"just go and make ably successful results in healing gun -
The head of the household looked at your father some beef -tea, and, make shot fractures of the jaw, with a
rim pityingly. it strong! l'll call and see you .401 minimum of disfigurement.
The Cure of a Car.
The care of a car is largely amat-
ter of commonsense, and We feel sure'
that every farmer can exercise this
faculty to far better advantage than
lbs city brother because of his ac-
quaintance with machinery and its
needs. After you have driven your
car Home, make arrangements for a
wash rack. This should be located
in a shed or barn, but if such a build-
ing is not available, any shady spot
will do. Make sure, however, that
the place selected is not reached by
the sun, as the cleaning of an auto-
mobile in the bright rays of Oki Sol
would soon dull the varnish and kill
the lustre If you have a satisfactory
building, see that there is a vent in
the middle of the floor in order that
the water may be run off to some
place where bhe earth can absorb it,
Sloping down to this vent you; should
haco slatted boards in order that the
dirt may be carried away without
necsessary trouble. The big es-
sential for preserving the appearance
of your car is water. This can be
arranged. for by a pipe from a wind-
mill or a pump. These sources of
supply not being handy, the water
should be brought up in barrels, as
an unlimited quantity is absolutely
necessary. The preliminaryar-
rangements having been made and the
car placed upon your rack, cover the
engine with thick oil cloth or other
water resisting material. You are
now ready to proceed. Throw the
water, either with a hose or a bucket,
all over the car from end to end and
side to side., If a largo quantity of
dirt has adhered be any part, give
separate treatment, but do not in any
event ilub the earth except in a flow
of water, as fine particles of grit are
sure to scratch the paint mei enamel.
When all the dirt has been removed,
give another aplication of water and
follow the spray along with a sponge.
Having been completely assured that
all foreign matter is removed, rub
down the car with chamois leather,
and when it is dry, move it out into
the sun, but under no circumstances
allow any hot rays to strike the mach-
ine until every drop of water has been
rubbed off. If this system is follow-
ed with regularity, your automobile
s hould present a spick and span ap-
pearance years and years after the
date of its purchase, but neglect will
rapilily throw your investment into
quick depreciation. As long as .into
engine is covered, no possible darn -
age can come to any part of the motor,
and tires are built to withstand water
under every condition.
could do the work of five horses in ,
this difficult country, with a very
great economy of men.
The kennels, which I visited, lie
just below the crest of a certain
mountain in the Vosges. It would be
hard to conceive more amiable creat-
ures than the 250 dogs who welcomed
our visit, Of them all, there was only
one who was passed by with the warn-
ing, "He bites!"
Three breeds are in service—the
Alaskan, the Labrador, and the Can-
adian—and the best of these is the
Alaskan, as his courage never fails,
and he will work until he drops,
though he is perhaps the weakest of
them. They are all shaggy dogs,
with prick ears and bushy tails, their
color ranging from black to white, be-
tween -grays and browns. Their chest
development, so necessary for' haul-
ing, is remarkable. They are mainly
fed on rice, horseflesh (of which there
is abundance), and waste military bis-
cuits, and this fare appearsto suit
them admirably, as they are always
in splendid condition and disease is
practically unknown. .
A team of seven dogs was harnessed
to a makeshift truck, formed of am-
munition cases, to take us along one
of the two -foot -gauge railways. The
harness consists of a chest strap and
a wooden bar 'behind, which takes the
place of a horse's kicking strap. It is
extremely simple, and can be put on
or taken off in a minute. No whip was
used, and order was maintained sim-
ply by commands shouted in English.
As soon as they were hitched to the
truck the whole team gave tongue and
began to pull with obvious delight.
They soon got up speed, and in a few
minutes we were jolting along over
the rails with seven bushy tails wav-
ing vigorously in front of us.
TIJo experiment of transporting
these dogs to France has shown that
they can be of real service in moun-
tainous country, and represent a real
economy.
Homesickness
The recruit walked into the bar-
rack -room and inadvertently left the
door open. An old soldier immediate-
ly yelled, "Shut the door, you fool',
Where were you born—in a barn 7"
The youngster closed the door, then,
dropping down ,on his cot, buried his
face in his hands and began to weep.
The old soldier looked somewhat un-
comfortable, and, rising, finally walked
over to the weeper and tapped him
on the shoulder.
"Look here, boy," he said, "I didn't
intend to hurt your feelings. I just
wanted the door closed,"
The weeper raised his head and
grinned, "Comrade," he said, "I'm
not crying because you hurt my feel -
lags, but because you asked me if I
Was born in a barn, and every time
I hoar an ass bray it makes me feel
home -sick."
The calves should be sprayed with
bin M•, repellant also,
Use Plenty of Oil.
Automobiles requires liberal . yuan-
tfties of oil and grease. The agent
from whom you buy your car, will
advise you the level for the oil in the
crank case. Do not exceed the point
he indicates beeause then there will be
a large amount of burnt oil exhausted
from the back of the ear and yom
driving will become a" source of in-
convenience. Perhaps you have no:
biced upon many occasions. The
great vol+aane of smoke that is thrown
out on the roali' by a passing mach-
ine. This is always due to an excess
of oil. You should also have your
agent advise you regarding the grease
cups which necessity demands should
be burned down at regular intervals
in order that the lubricant they con-
tain may be allowed to work to the
best advantage. If upon looking
under the hood you find that there is
not a place provieeed for an oil can,.
buy or build a little bracket yourself
in order that the oiling of the engine
I may be brought constantly to yams at-
tention. Naturally, any piece of'
machinery constantly becomes cover-
ed with the products necessary for its'
easy operation, but an oily, greasy
mechanism of any kind never Looks
attractive, so ilo not hesitate to use
large quantities of rags or waste in
wiping down the engine. If you
make visits to city or town garages,
it might be well to aslc for a coal oil
or gas spray. Shoot the mixtures in-
to all the external parts of the motor,
and by subsequently rubbing it down;
the power plant can be kept bright
and shiny. Do not, however, start
your engine until the gas and coal oil
have been wiped off as there is some-
times an element of danger. There
are many ways of keeping the leather,
in first-class shape, but it seems use-
less to waste any words of advice
upon farmers in this respect as their
vocation has always caller]: for skilled
service in the maintenance of harness
and kindred products. When the top
of your car is down, make sane that
the envelope has been pulled over it
snugly in order that the dust may not
fill the creases, and never under any
circumstances, operate your auboino-
bile if this envelop has been removed,
Should you do so, your top, when next
erected, will present an inferior ap-
pearance that will not impress your
guests. Upon filling a car with gas-
oline, it is always advisable to cease
smolcing, ane under no circumstances
allow the presence of a naked light,
as abreath of wind may blow the vap-
or in the direction of the flame and
cause instant trouble of the most
serious character.—"Auto" in Farm-
er's Advocate.
STOPS THAT COUNT.
Even the Comma May Be the Cause
of Laughter—and Tears.
The unconventional "sky pilot" who
was made to say, "I will wear no
clothes, to distinguish me from my fel-
low -Christians," only meant t say
he objected to a clerical collar and
vest; but it was a little embarrassing
to find a comma in such an odd place.
But perhaps he had less cause for
complaint than the Scottish divine
whose sermons were eagerly listened
to in Glasgow, even though he preach-
ed temperance.
This good man was made to say in
the morning paper:
"Only last Sabbath, my dear friends,
a young woman died within a stone's
throw of this very church with awful
suddenness, while I was endeavoring
to preach the Word in a state of beast-
ly intoxication."
At a - well-known "fashion and
fancy" publishing -office, the nursery
expert nearly got "fired" the other
week for letting her eagle eye fail to
observe the absence of a very neces-
sary comma. One of her master-
pieces of domestic chat ended up:
"When the baby has done drinking it
must be unscrewed,"
But even this was not quite as bad
as the classical example: "If the baby
refuses cold milk boil it,"
A well-known writer about country
rambles was made to say recently;
"The good farmer having finished
milking, his cow offered to show me
the way across the fields."
As the writer is a lady, it is perhaps
safe to say she would not relish her
escort,
A leader of New York Society came
an awful cropper in the papers lately
through no fault of her own; and it
is so difficult to get a verdict for libel
against a misplaced or superfluous
punctuation mark.
This fashionable dame had gone to
a great reception at the palace of a
multi -millionaire in a dress more re-
markable for taste than show, and one
of the disappointed frock fanciers pre-
sent on behalf of her paper wrote
afterwards: "Mrs, Castor wore noth-
ing in the nature of dross that was
remarkable,"
That was all right until the com-
positor spoiled it, He made it read,
for all America to `laugh at: "Mrs,
Castor wore nothing in the nature of
dress. .That was rernarkable."
Advertisements often err in this
Way, There are the classic examples:
"Wanted a piano, by a young lady
with nicely turned legs," and "Want-
ed a boy to open oysters with a refer-
ence." Examples of the comma that
wasn't there. .
But perhaps this instance may be
news to most of our readers: "Want-
ed a boy; to attend to pigs with a reli-
gious turn of mind."
Talking of dashes, a student in one
of our colleges was asked by the Eng-
lish professor how he would punctuate
the sentence: "I saw a beautiful girl
as I was passing along the street."
The student replied, with lunch
good sense: "I should make a dash
after the beautiful 'girt, sir." -London
Answers.
VALIANT WOMEN.
Many Have Been Decorated for Their
Heroism in War.
Since Napoleon founded the Cross
of the Legion of Honor on May 10th,
1802, France has publicly recognized
the heroism of some twenty women.
Napoleon himself decorated at least
seven women, for distinguished con-
duct In warfare, the chief of these be-
ing Anne Bigot, a Sister of Mercy,
who earned the Cross of the Legion of
honor for her devotion to the sick and
wounded, for whom' she constantly
risked her life.
Another Frenchwoman who earned
the Cross was Mlle. Dodu, a postmis-
tress of Pithviers, a village which had
fallen into the German's hands. She
destroyed a message which the had
been ordered to transmit, and was, of
Bourse, court-martialled and condemn-
ed to death. On the arrival of Prince
Frederick, however, she was released,
the Prince himself commending her
for her heroism.
There was a Russian woman named
Kirtshays, who joined a rnountedregi-
men.t as a man to fight ag`lainat the
Japanese. She took an active part in
an engagement with the Chimeo, res-
cued several wounded comrades under
fire, and defended them till the end
of the battle. For this magnificent
heroism the received the Military Or-
der of the Fourth Degree.
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BOLL AND HIS' PEOPLE'.
Ueeorrencea"irt the Land That Rclgns
6upremo iia the Commer.
Bial World.
Five hundred and fifty women me
naw registered for farm work 1r,
Northumberland:
Tho Devonshire apple crop has
been greatly reduced in many die-
tenets by blight,
'Eighteen old boys of the Imperial
Service College at Windsor have
gained the Military Cross
Birmingham Watch Committee de-
eided to license women as taxicab
! drivers, being the first city to do so.
Tho King, a patron of the Y.M.
C.A,, has congratulated the 'assoeia-
timi on the successful results of its
war work.
Last year 1,884 persons were killed
and 9,268 injured on railways, com-
pared with 1,115 killed and 7,850 in-
jured in 1914.
London and South -Western Rail-
way has suspended the service of
trains between Addison Road, Ken-
sington and Richmond..
Owing to the worrying of their
sheep by dogs, farmers in certain
districts of the Isle of Wight have
suffered considerable loss.
Liverpool school children have col-
lected in savings boxes issued by the
Lord Mayor, $2,720 in aid of the fund
for war widows. and orphans.
The dead body of Mr. G. R, Oakes,
a Nottinghamshire magistrate, and a
member of the County Council, has
been found in a wood near Riddings.
- The death. has occurred at his resi-
dence in Putney, of Mr. Walter
Joyce, a veteran of the stage, whose
fame was obtained close upon half a
Century ago.
The Hammersmith Council are pro-
posing to grant free bathing facilities
at the swimming bath to wounded
soldiers receiving treatment at the
local military hospital.
A notice posted at Emmanuel
Church, Camberwell Road, invites
soldiers and sailors who have been
wounded to rest in the gardens at
the back of the church.
The Leeds City Council has decid-
ed to make a special grant of $10,-
000 for the provision of arms and
equipment for the Leeds Battalion of
the Volunteer Training Corps.
The color of the ribbon suspending
the Long Service Good Conduct Medal,
and the Meritorious Service Medal is
to be changed from crimson to crim-
son with white edges. -
Mr. Joseph Daveen has placed $50,-
000 at the disposal of Lord and Lacly
Esher for the purpose of helping the
wounded and stricken Territorial sol-
diers of the County of London.
Mr. George Robey, the well-known
Canadian, acted as auctioneer at
Smithfield Market, in aid of the
Meat Trades Red Cross Fund, where
a donkey fetched the sum of $1,050.
Seventeen persons were injured in
a tramway collision at Nottingham,
caused by a car running the points
and so running into a single line sec-
tion on which another car was travel-
ling.
Owing to the increase of juvenile
crime in Middlesex, all the boys' re-
mand homes are full and the Willes-
den magistrates have been compelled
to send boy offenders to the work-
house.
•
'WEEDS NOT ALL PESTS.
Many Are Useful and Some Are Very
Beautiful.
Most of our troublesome weeds have
come to us from the old countries.
One may truthfully go further and
say that most of the troublesome
weeds are universal. Before the days
of steamships and railroadt our weeds
Were our owl, but the constant inter-
change between countries in all parts
of the globe of grains, minerals and
goods of various kinds has spread the
weeds into alien lands.
That the weeds have lived and
thriven is due to the very quality
which makes them weeds. Their
hardihood and ability to flourish and
reproduce under adverse circumstances
make them a pest tinder favorable
conditions. A wild carrot seed shak-
en from a passing train and falling
upon the stone ballast of the railroad
track germinates and matures and
spreads its seeds far and wide, where
a primrose seed would die, If the wild
carrot seed can fulfill its mission in
life, which is to reproduce its kind, in
the barren, rock -ballasted railroad
track, it can easily bo seen why it is
a pest in the farmer's rich acres.
Many of the weeds are useful
plants, in spite of their terrific hardi-
hood and fertility. The dandelion,
nightshade, jimson weed, and many
others aro used medicinally. The vari-
ous clovers, including even the rank
sweet clovers, are valuable not only
as forage crops but as soil renova-
tors, for they draw nitrogen. into the
ground, Many of the weeds are
edible--narrow-leaved dock, 'chicory,
corn salad, dandelions, and sortie of
the mustards when used as greena.
Last, but riot least, the aesthetic value
of .weeds should not be overlooked: •
Every season brings its change of
gay and fla'unting weeds which cover
rubbish heaps and Waste places with
verdure and blood. Wild carrots,
mustards, sweet clovers, fleabanes,
daisies, mlllcwoecls, asters, and gold-
enrods furnish a beauty to the land-
seape whieh cannot be overloolcpt1,