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The Clinton News Record, 1915-11-25, Page 7rtro(kJ e. revuli u e- O� 119 The advanced method for readiness, cleanliness and reliability in writing. One Watermar's Ideal will last for years. Every handwriting can be fitted. Above trademark is your guarantee of satisfaction.. Pricos'$2.50 to $150.00.. Illustrated .1 older mailed on request. At the Best Stores in rriiost Every Town L. E. Wateima Company, Limited, Montreal T KEY THE ®i.e Or "The Adventures of Ledgard." By the Author of "What He Oost Her-" IJ CHAPTER XXVL saved his life went for .nothing. In ILwasTrenthi' elf .who ke t the heat of battle there had been no nus p watch throe h .that last longhour time for thought orcalculation. Trent of moonlit darkness till the wan , ad simply obeyed the .generous in - morning broke. -With' its •faint; grey istinct of a brave man whose blood was warm with the joy of fighting. streaks came the savages of Bekwan- I Now it'was different: Trent was sel- do; -crawling up In a semi -circle dom sentimental, but from the first through' the long, rough grass, then;he had had an uneasy presentiment 'suddenly, .at a signal, bounding up.jconcerning this man who lay now right with , spears poised in then hands—an ugly sight in the ' dim within his power and so near to death. dawn,for men chilled with the moist, ' 1A mutual antipathy seemed to have I been born between them from the first damp air and only' half awake. Butmoment when they had met in the Trent had not been' caught napping. village of Bekwando. As though it His stealthy call to arms had arous- were yesterday, he remembered that ed themin time at least to crawl be- leave-taking, and Francis's threaten - hind some shelterand grip their rifles. ingWords.Trent had always felt The war -cry of the savages was met that the man was his enemy—certain- with a death -like .quiet—there were. ly the power to do him incalculable no signsof confusion or terror. A harm, if not to altogether ruin .him; Kru boy who called opt with fright was his now.. And he would not hesi- was felled t'o the ground by Trent tate about it. Trent knew that, al - with. a blow which would have stag- though broadly speaking he was inno- cent of any .desire to harm or desert Monty, no power on earth would ever convince Francis of that. Appear- ances were, and always must be, over- whelmingly against him. Without interference from any one he had al- ready formulated plans for quietly putting Monty in his rightful position arid • making over to him his share in B the'ekwando Syndicate. But to ar- range this without catastrophe would need skill and tact; interference from .any outside source would be fatal and Francis meant to interfere—nothing would stop him. Trent walked back - gered an 'ox. With their rifles in hand, and every man stretched flat upon the ground, Trent's little party lay waiting. Barely a hundred yards separated them, .yet there was . no sign of life from the camp. The long line of savages advanced a few` steps more, their spears poised above their heads, their half -naked forms show- ing more distinctly as they peered forward . through the grey gloomy savage and ferocious. The white men were surely sleeping still. They were as near now as they could get. There was a signal and then a wild chorus of yells. They threw aside all dis- wards and forwards with knitted guise and darted forward, the still brows, glancing every now and then morning air hideous with the cry of at the unconscious man. Francis: battle. Then, with an awful sudden- would certainly interfere if he were ness, their cry became the cry of allowed to recover. death, for out from the bushes belch- ed a yellow line of fire as the rifles of Trent and his men rang out their CHAPTER XXVII.' welcome. A dozen at least of the men A fortnight afterwards Trent rode of Bekwando looked never again into Attra, -pale, gaunt, and hollow non the faces of their' wives, the rest eyed. The whole history of those days hesitated. Trent, in whom was the would never be known by another love of fighting, made then his first' man! Upon Trent they had left their mistake. He called' for a sally, and mark for ever. Every hour of . , his rushed out, revolver in hand, upon thne in this country he reckoned of thebroken line. Half the blacks Tan great value -yet he had devoted away like rabbits; the remainder, fourteen days to . saving the life of greatly outnumbering Trent 'and his Sohn 'Francis. Such delays too -and party, stood firm.' In a moment it ,such ''nights! They had carried him was bland to hand fighting, arid Trent sometimes in a dead stupor, some - was cursing already the 'bravado times a raving madman, along a wild which had brought him out to the ,bush -track across rivers and swamps open. into' the town of Garba, where years For a while it was a doubtful coo- I ago a Congo trader, who had made a bat. Then, with a shout of triumph, fortune, had built a little white -wash - the chief, a swarthy, thick -set . man ed hospital! He was safe now, but of herculean strength, recognized. surely never a man before had walk - Francis and sprang upon him. The • ed; so near the "Valley of the Shadow Now which he aimed would most of Death." A single moment's surely have killed him but that Trent lance relaxed, a blanket displaced, a with the.butt-end of a rifle, broke its dose of brandy forgotten, and Trent force a little. Then, turning round, he might ,have walked this life a multi - blew out the. mans brains as Francis millionaire,, a peer, a little god sank backwards. A dismal' yell from amongst his fellows, freed for ever his followers was the chief's requiem; • from all anxiety. But Francis was then they turned and fled, followed tended as never a ' man was tended by a storm of bullets as Trent's inen' before. Trent himself had done his found -time to reload., More than one' share of the carrying, ever keeping leaped into the air and fell forward' his eyes fixed upon the death -lit face upon their faces. The fight was of their burden, ever ready to fight over, and, when they came ' to look , off the progress of the fever and round, Francis was the only man who' ague, as the twitching lips or shiver- , suffered. ling limbs gave warning of a change. Morning had dawned even whilst For fourteen clays he had not slept; they had been fighting. Little until they had reached Garbo his wreaths of mist were curling upwards , clothes bad never been changed since and the sun shone down with a cloud- they had started upon their perilous less, golden light, every moment more' journey. As he rode into Attra he clear as the vapors melted away. I reeled a little in his saddle, and he Francis was lying upon his face walked into the office of .the Agent groaning heavily;. the ICru boys, to more like a ghost than a man. whom,">hhe was , well known, were I Two men, Cathcart and his assist- ratherred into a little circle 1 baround ant, w no was only a boy, were Young - him. ,Trent brushed their on one side: ing in low chairs. As he entered they and made a brief examination. Then looked up, exchanging quick, start he had him 'carried carefully into one led glances. Then .Cathcart gave vent of the tents while he went for his .to a little exclamation. medicine -chest. "Great Heavens, Trent, what have Preparations for a start were made, you been doing?" but Trent was thoughtful. For thel Trent sank into a chair. "Get me second time within a few hours this some wino," she said. "I am all ri •lit man, in whose power it was to ruin .-'but over -tired." t; him, lay at his mercy. That he had I Cathcart poured champagne into S`U'�'�:-r'u'o'm'� c',.S'�,t �',"'I �U �Ctr�;4:$; i"'3; .•�; ��.'-n, t•�.t.mt.nava.t�i z`<t'y< k GC f! z� t fH t ,�! 1 4 t cY..�y d1,��ti..Iia�San�`I �%l� 21;;:yil�atirylia:�n-'.�'� �ii��ri�;s�:1i�3a„�iLd.v'L.�iti.."�s',>n;�il„'�iU�.3i �j/v i e Tio' 0 1 "Perfect. Seal" Quart Jar. ' • Three Pounds of Syrup. nN : wd Glass Jars , Your grocer has "Crown Brand" Syrup in these new glass jars -or will got it for you. And be sure and save these jars for preserving. "Crown Brand" is'also sold 'int, 6, 10 and 20 pound tins, 143 THE CANADA STARCH CO.; LIMITED, MONTREAL. t. .%i i �. .li . (.,. IVU .J� .J . .G� � •(���f t� l �If l 1.1 f. �/ .riff l I � .l•f d U- l we 4 �/! r l I .,��1,. ,�` � G y ��y,, < ' Ott p�ellyJ...''GSll"�` `I�F f ��'Ci 4 `-rl`tV5'KriG�`�•,I�Cia"'.,`e 4 �" �-. r�A1.'.H1i n. L..ein.. , rin, rinl-rL..z�iln..r iin.liln-LL+.1}L1.1rLr.�Ir` i�A\:i/lr!�..��`�ri IJ a tumbler Trent emptied it at a gulp and asked for biscuits. The man's recuperative powers were won- derful. . on-derful.,. Already, the deathly White- ness was passing from his cheeks. "Where is Da Souza?" he asked.. "Gone back to England," Cathcart answered, looking out of the open casement shaded from the sun by the sloping roof. "Itis steamer started yesterday." Trent was puzzled. 1 -Ie scarcely un- derstood this move ' "D id he give ane ieison?" Cathcart smoked for a moment in silence. After all though 1 . would be unpleasant, it was inevit- able and as well now as any thne. "I think," Cathcart said, "that he has gone to try and sell his shares in the Bekwando concessions." "Gone—to-sell — his — shares!" Trent -repeated slowly. "You mean to say that he has gone straight from hereto put a hundred thousand Bek- wando shares upon the inarket?" Cathcart nodded. "He Said so!" "And why? Did he tell you that?" "He has come to the .conclusion," Cathcart said, "that the scheme is impracticable altogether and the- con- cessions worthless. He is going to get what he can for his share's while he has the chance." • Trent drained his tumbler and lit a cigar. "So much for Da Souza;' he said. "And now I should like to know, Mr. Stanley Cathcart, swbat the deuce you and your assistant are doing shacking herein the cool of the day when you are the servants of the Bekwando Company and there's work to be done of the utmost importance? The whole place seems to f be asleep. Where's your labor? There's not a soul at work. We planned exactly when to start the road. ' What the mischief do you mean by wasting a fortnight?" Cathcart coughed and was obvious- ly ill -at -ease, but he answered with some show of dignity. "I have come to the conclusion, Mr. Trent, that the making of the road is impracticable and useless. There is insufficient labor and poor tools, no satisfactory method of draining the swampy country, and further, I don't think any one would work with the constant fear of an attack from those savages." "So that's your opinion, is it?" Trent said grimly. "That is my opinion," Cathcart an- swered. . "I have embodied it in a report which I despatched to the sec- retary of the company by Mr: Da Sourt " Trent rose and -opened the door which swung into the little room. "Out you go!" he said fiercely. Cathcart looked at him in blank as- tonishment. "What do you mean?" he exclaimed. "These are my quarters'!" "They're nothing of the sort, Trent' answered. "They are the headi quarters in this country of the Bek- wando Company, with which you have nothing to, do! Out you go!" "Don't talk rubbish!" Cathcart :...id angrily. "I'm: the authorized and properly appointed surveyor here!" "You're a liar!" Trent answered,. -you've no connection at all with the company! you're dismissed, sir, for incompetence and cowardice, and if you're not off the 1 : emises in three minutes it'll be the worse for you!" "You—you—haven't the power to do this," Cathcart stuttered. - Trent laughed. "We'll sed about that," he said. "I never had much faith in you, sir, and I guess you only got the job by a rig. But out you go now, sharp. If there's anything owing you, you can claim it in London. "There are all my. clothes—" Cathcart began. Trent laid his hands upon his shoulders and threw hien softly .out- side., "I'll send your clothes to the hotel," he said. "Take my advice, young man, and keep out of my sight till you can find a steamer to take you where they'll pay you for doing noth- ing. You're the sort of man who ir- ritates me, and it's a nasty climate. for getting angry in!" Cathcart picked himself up. "Well, I should like to know who's going to make your road," he said, spitefully. "I'll make it myself," Trent roared. "Don't 'you think a little thing like some stupid laws of science will stand in my way, or the way of a man who knows his own mind. I tell you I'll level that road from the tree there which we marked as the starting - point to the very centre of, Bekwan- do." He slammed the door and re-entered the room. The boy was there, sitting upon the 'office stool hard at work with' a pair of compasses. "What the devil are you doing there?" Trent asked. "Out you go with your master!" The boy looked up. Ide had a fair, smooth face, but lips like • Trent's own. "I',m-just thinking about that first bend, by Burro corner, sir," he said, "I'm not sure about the level." Trent's face relaxed. He held out his hand. "My boy," he said, "I'll make your fortune as sure as my name is Scarlett Trent!" "We'll make that road, anyway," the boy* answered, with a smile. After a rest Trent climbed the hill to the Basle Mission House. There was no sign of Monty on the potato patch, and the woman who opened the door started when she saw him. "How is he?" Trent asked quickly. "Why, he's gone, sir --gone with the Jewish gentleman who said that you had sent him." "Where to?" Trent asked quickly. "Why, to England in „tire Ophirl" the woman answered. Then Trent began to feel that, after all, the struggle of his 'life was only beginning. (To be continsu?d.) SOME ARMY TERMS. An Army Corps, Division, Brigade and Squadron. , An Army Corps is, on a small scale, a complete army in itself. The strength varies from 31,00.0 to '51,000 men. A division is' a body of horse, foot, and artillery of from 15,000 to 20,000 men. \A. brigade is a force of infantry or cavalry. An infantry -brigade is from 4,000 to 7,000 strong, and a cav airy, brigade. from 1,000 to 2,000 strong. ' An infantry regiment is firom 2,000 to 4,000 strong. A cavalry regiment from 500 to 1,00.0, strong, ' S uadrons of cavalry consist of 150 to 200 men. In the British and French Armies a battery of artillery has six guns and. about 200, men. y e Oceived some day day an : imiitat an of Bit4 and poseOly you will not detect this imitation until the tteaa ;pot reveals it. Demand always the ge1nuine n`sa,ladat" ho tbp Waled 'abstasi tur;:l, packet, -and set it9. lc Rrz a tori itt.is you want that unique flavou o[ s +rs ia, ?Mean Leaves properly prepared and packed. About the llousehold .Dainty Dishes. For Spiced Pears.—Cut in half and pare 7 pounds of the best,' Winter pears—those commencing to soften are the best. Pour a, pint and a half of a good cider vinegar over 3 pounds of granulated sugar. Put the vinegar and -sugar in a preserving kettle, add 1 ounce of whole cloves, one-half ounce of mace and half a dozen.pieces of ginger root.Boil and skim well: When clear, puqt' in the fruit and cook. slowly for `tw6 -hears•' when cold put in jars and seal air -tight. Vegetable • Soup is very good when' properly made. Vile when slammed together: . Cook one-half cup of cel- ery, one-half cup cabbage and one- third oup of carrot, each cut small pieces, and two onions thinly sliced in one-third cup of butter, 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Addthree- fourths cup stale bread crumbs and one quart boiling water, and cook until vegetables are soft. Add one pint of hot milk and two tablespoons finely chopped. parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Real Irish Stew. — Four pounds mutton neck; five large onions, two pounds 'potatoes, one tablespoonful chopped parsley; salt and pepper to taste; water to cover. Cut meat into neat pieces, put into a large -casse- role, 'add onions sliced and enough water to cover. Simmer two hours, season. with salt and pepper. Add potatoes sliced thinly. Cover closely and simmer another hour. Sprinkle in parsley just before serving. Potato. Omelet is Delicious.—Take a large, freshly baked potato and scoop out the inside. Beat this until smooth' and mix with it half a saltspoonful of paprika or white pepper, one-half tea- spoonful of salt, a dessertspoonful of lemon juice and the yolks of ' four eggs. A minute or two before the omelet is fried fold in the whites of the eggs, beaten to a froth. Fry, in a well -greased, very hot pan and serve in a hot dish. Date Bread inay be something new. A cup of chopped dates, two cups of scalded milk, a third of • a cup of sugar, or half a cup of molasses, quarter of a yeast cake, quarter of a cup of lukewarm water, one and one- half teaspoons of salt, five cups of sifted entire wheat; mix milk ani su- gar or molasses and salt. When lukewarm add dissolved yeast and flour. Beat well, let rise in buttered bread pan in a moderately hot oven, or bake in gem pans 20 minutes. Oyster Pie. -Line a deep pie plate with puff paste, fill the interior with bead crust (to be removed later) and fit it on a top crust, buttered around the edge on the under side that it may be easily taken off. Stew a quart of oysters for five minutes, stir in very slowly a cupful of thick white•sauce and the beaten yolks of two eggs. When the paste is done take off the top, remove the bread crusts, fill the centre with the cream- ed oysters, replace the top crust, and set in the oven for five minutes be- fore sending to the table. Beans and Tomatoes in Combine- tion.—Soak white beans over :night in cold water, and in the morning put over the fire in boiling water, slight- ly salted. Cook until tender. Drain with tomato sauce, made by cooking together a tablespoonful each cf but; ter and flour until they bubble and then pouring upon then a cupful of strained tomato liquor. Season to taste and rather highly, unless you have previously added salt and pep- per to the beans. Stir the sauce in with these and bake, closely covered,, for two hours. Oyster Shortcake.—For the filling: One quart oysters, two tablespoons butter, two tablespoons flour, ono scant cup milk, salt, pepper and 'cel- ery salt. For biscuit . dough: Two cups flour, two tablespoons bakin powder, one-half teaspoon salt, one- fourth cup lard, butter or drippings, and three-fourths cup milk. Divide dough into two portions, roll out thin, lay one part over the other,! with dots of butter between and bake.' Or cut into individual biscuit rounds and bake. Make sauce with butter, flour and milk, add oysters cooked in enough of their: liquid to make sauce or consistency of thin cream. Season, and when cakes are baked, put portion between layers and sane over top. Household 'Hints.. Salt and hot water will thaw a frozenclrainpipe Fowls should never be turned out in snow and wet. The warmest clothing is that which le both light and loose. Vinegar, riot, will remove paint marks from glass. Salt will remove tea stains from delicate china cups. Gooch pumpkin pie depends on the generous use of eggs. When making a brown betty, add a :few raisins, to the. mixture; it is very good. . Be sure that all the plants - you take, indoors for the winter will get plenty of fresh air. If yea want to fatten a chicken, feed it can; if you want it to lay, feed it wheat - Vinegar, diluted, applied to furni ture before polishing, ensures a bril- liant polish. To restore shabby black crepe, mix some skimmed milk and water with a small piece of glue. Make this very hot and it is ready for use. Wax candles which -have become dusty can be made perfectly white by rubbing them with a clean piece of flannel dipped in spirits of wine. When doing a little home paper- hanging, the amateur will find the pager much easier to hang if the paste is applied to the' wall instead of to the paper. Practice . real economy by using half flour when making the starch each week. It answers the purpose just as well, and the saving in cost is considerable. i... Molassesaddedto the baked beans just before they are taken from the oven gives them a rich flavor. Use about a tablespoonful to two quarts of beans. I Paint marks can be removed by soaking them for short time in benzine or turpentine, then rubbing them with emery paper or a little pulverized pumice stone. A teaspoonful of camphor added to a quart of soft water will kill earthworm in house plants. The plants should be •quite ready for water when` it is applied. To clarify chipping that comes from the meat, put it into a pan and pour on sufficient boiling water to ' cover. Stir thoroughly and leave to cool, when the clear white drip- ping will form a solid lump on the top. There is no reason for wasting any of the celery root. The inner stalks can be eaten raw, the outer stalks can be stewed and the leaves can be used to flavor soup. Even the root itself is good if the outside is pared off. DRAPED ONE-PIECE DRESSES IMMENSELY POPULAR. From the large number of one-piece dresses which are being worn at par- ties and other social occasions, as well as in the home, it is apparent that milady's wardrobe will not be com- plete this winter without one or more of these garments. The winning fea- ture of the one-piece model are that every taste from the extreme to the austere may be satisfied and the ease with which these dresses may be made. For example, observe the smart, pleasing effect of the Ladies' Home Journal Pattern No. 0191, ''illustrated herewith. The dress consists of a foundation waist with kimono sleeves and a removable chemisette. Here also is shown the natty effect obtain- ed by the sleeveless overblouse in handkerchief effect and a bib -girdle, forming postillions at the back. The skirt is a five -gore gathered model, and may be made with or without the cascade overskirt. 'Cuts hi sizes 14, 16, 18 and 20 years. Size 18 requires 6% yards of 36 -inch material with. 2% yards 30 -inch contrasting mater- ial, and % yards 27 -inch silk., Patterns, f5 cents each, may be se- cured at your. own Ladies' Hone Jour- nal Pattern dealer, or from The Home Pattern Company, 183 George Street, Toronto, Ontario. Indian Prince in France. Early in the war when the expedi- tionary forces were being mobilized and equipped, sir Pertrabl. Singh, a seventy - year - old veteran : Indian Prince, who had seen active service in the past, ,mgaizcd and equipped at his own expense almost an ^ army corps of his subjects, and offered both himself and his 'nen to his' 11lajesty King George. The moral effect of this action and the acceptance of the volunteers by the King of England has tended to cement the feeling of: loyalty existing between the Indian colonies and England. Sir Pertrabl Singh has distinguished himself with his command with the British forces in France. MAXIMUM RESULTS WITH SPACE AND STOCK. By A. P. Marshall. In almost everything that people" do there usually is some standard to follow in a large",measure that 'will mean the most profitable return, and while this is not always such that the same rules will prove best in every case, everything being equal, the same results can practically be expected when they are followed in a similar manner. So- often we find when chickens aro kept that the person who is taking up the subject -tries to crani in all the' birds the quarters will stand that are available and with stobk of every size and• shape, with little or no care but to throw a little feed to them occasionally or the in, clination suggests to them that the birds might be better for a little attention. No doubt it is the ultimate wish of those who take up any work . with poultry to secure:a big return for the trouble they go to. The difficulty with a great many- seems to be that they expect the birds to do most of the work from their side of the game. But it soon proves that this will be the case only in so far as the owner gives the proper attention to the needs of the birds, and supplies what they want to make them happy, and in the condition that invites them to shell out some of the product for which they are kept. Very often, if a person would rea- lize that a-bird:is ,much more of an outside creature than the human be- ing, so many would not ' be housed where, inside, abundant fresh air ne- ver penetrates, but instead all ars rangements would be made to give the greatest amount of fresh air and clean bright, sunny quarters be pro- vided, having the same particular at- tention given in the matter of clean- liness that the good housewife does in the home, relatively speaking. Not long ago we were in the coops of a very successful 'small breeder, and one of the remarks he made was that he could not feel contented if his hen houses were in theleast dirty. With that spirithe could hardly help but have the best results, for that simply typified his attitude in all respects to the flock, and meant that in every particular they 'secured regularly what he considered would give the most comfort and give then that singing condition which means the habit of shelling out well formed fresh eggs of high quality. The first thing then in considering the amount of space available, is what is the limit beyond which I must pot go• regarding the matter of num- bers to keep? Every fowl should have at least thirty cubic feet of air space in a house, and this, therefore, in a house 12 feet by 12 feet, with a roof average of 61/.s feet, is Targe enough for thirty hens. Over and above that number is crowding, and good results cannot be expected, while frequently a few loss will be found to do better workthan when the capacity is taxed. If you wish to get the most from your hens, do not have more than thirty birds in a coop 12 feet by 21 feet, and a few less may be better. By culling clown to a suitable number the best can he saved and the poorer ones killed or disposed of, making the average results much higher. We have heard so much of the open - front house, that one without experi- ence might be inclined to think that any sort of a covered building would answer for a poultry house, so long as there was plenty of fresh air. This is not the ease,. and unless the build- ing is well put up lt.will be a losing proposition. The walls must be tight and capable of keeping out, the worst winds and cold. Such a house with open front will be much warmer to the feelings than a draughty house that is built up on all sides, but there are times when we like to be able to close up completely and let the birds retain sill the heat they have in their bpclies and they can expel within the coop, especially at night in extremely cold weather. Warmth and comfort favor the tendency to breeding, which among fowls, signifies increased egg produc- tion. By hygienic housing we aim to get warmth and comfort while re- taining the pure air and the cleanli- ness of roosting in trees, Each and every building shotild be so construct- ed that it will be easy to remove all of its: furnishings and thoroughly PERFUMED CLEANS AND DISINFECTS I00%PUPE MADE IN f�•rod CANADA amens c hiliil850M \aur' clean its interior. Inconvenient ar- rangements tempt the poultryman to neglect the neces`saryy` cleaning. A situation for the poultry :house should be selected which will give it the most favorable position possible in relation to the natural advantages for which the location was chosen. If there are unfavorable 'conditions the building should be placed whers the conditions can be remedied most easily. Without going minutely into the matter of feeding, it may not be out of place to point out thatit is better to find out or determine what is the best balance to have for the conditions and the time ,of year, and having ob. tainecl'that, to select the foods that will give it, buying them in spite of some slight 'inconvenience it may cause to get some of them. If it is what the birds should have, that is what the breeder should get and use, even if itis easier to, get along some liow without and with less results. All the little details that most of us know should never be forgotten or ne- glected.. Try putting into practice all the things you know would positively help, and we feel certain the results willmake you realize that the birds. will respond to right treatment every time. FINDS FOUR KINDS OF BOMBS. Magazine Describes the Hair Brush and Others. There are no other articles on the subject of the war that can compare with those to be found month by month in Blackwood's Magazine. Even the censor has been unable to take the life and spirit out of them, andperhaps because they see the light so long after the events they de- scribe have occurred they contain valuable and interesting information not to be found elsewhere. A writer in the current num- ber gives an interesting account of the various bombs that ' are being used in the trenches. He says: "The hair brush is very like the ordinary hair brush except that the bristles are replaced by a solid block of high explosive. The policeman's truncheon has gay streamers of tape tied to its tail toinsure that it falls to the ground nose downward. Both these bombs explode on impact, and it is inadvisable to knock them against anything, say the back of the trench, when throwing them. "The cricket ball works by a time fuse. The . removal of a certain pin releases a spring which ' lights an internal fuse timed to explode , the bomb in five seconds. You take the bomb in your right hand, remove the pin and cast the thing madly from from you. The jam tin variety ap peals`moreparticularly to the sports- man, as the element of chance enters largely into its successful use. It is timed to explode about ten seconds after the lighting of the fuse." WANTED LETTER; GOT 3,000., Appeal of "Lonely Soldier" Brings a Surfeit." The story of the "lonely soldier" at the front, published .in a London newspaper, describing how he shrank away "shamefaced and empty handed when the postal lorries rumbled in and eager hands shot up far letters and parcels from dear ones at home,'. C has had in amusing sequel, Within three days there arrived ninety huge parcels for the lonely ono, six bags of smaller parcels, and 3,000 letters! Again, a Manchester paper printed a letter from a corporal in the Second South Lancashires, saying he .was probably unique as a man who had not received a single communication from the home laud since Alm war. began.. That corporal's next letter to the pa- per wee very brief: I've receival 320 letters and papers, and I'm steadily Working through the replies." XEIDSO4 OrE0200 I% W.- ^�$ 0 o Why ti; se : f n1 1 Here is a testimonial unsolicited "If 1 had my will it would Nit be advertised on every' street corner. The man or woman that has rheumatism and fails to keep and use Sloan's•Lini- ment is like a drowning man refusing -n rope."—!i. J. Van Dyke, Lakewood, N. J. an s Linilnent 11 �IIIIIII11Ji�11��� 0