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The Wingham Advance, 1918-07-18, Page 6AN ALLIED PEACE Tr the e'er IS to eud in04 ceMplete eietery for the Allied Powers, and not in a comproratee, those power's will be in a positeen to dletate the terms of liteteee. No one know; what theee terMa will be. They wIll be the moult or negotiations with and consultation emong the allied lumen, and ,then -they will be submitted to the Central Powers, wheit the final uogotiations "Will take place. In the meantirne there are two parties or factions interesting theluegivea in the matter, One faction wants to extort the harshest possible tom, while the other evishea te make the terms such as will not, make the defeated powers resentful afterwards, and thua nurse their wrath until a later and more propitious season for the retrumption f hostilittee—for an- other war. It would certainly be a -calamity were this war so eettled that aeother war would be the rezult, espe clally when the wieh is that this war wIll end an wars, Yet this war has been so aifferznt from any other war that the British people, at any rate, cannot .00k upon Germany as an honorable opponent whIch, when beaten, should, to, tem a figure of speech, march out with all the honora of war. Site has so con ducted herself in title war that she is not even looked upon as buman, 'What has she net done to make hersen a criteinal and an outcast among the nattone? Will the Allied Powers make terrine with the Kaleer? Would these terms be only =other scrap of paper? We believe, that President Wilson will never make peace with the Kaiser. He will not make peace with anyone who has not the complete support of the OcrMan people, Is it possible that the Keeler will find himself in the sante position as the ex -Czar is in to -day? So long as the Kaiser and the, Junkere run) Germeny there will be no security in. Etropee • The Allied Powers have sacrificed too much to risk another war a this kind. If this is to be the last war then the lealeer should not NI left in a position to propure for another war. With him out of the reckoning, the terms might be naade as eaty as pee- sible for the German'people. But there are certain considerations. The sacri- three on the battle field must be bout° with fortitude. They were the for- tunee ot war. But the bombardment of London and other Britisb. places, With the killing and wounding of many helpless 'women and children, the sinking of peaceful ships and the drowning of innocent men, women and ehildren, and the bombing of hospitals and hoinaltal ships • demand special reparation and atonenuant. Whatever the term of peace, the criminals, be thee high or low, who were the guilty instigatere of these crimes, must meet with a- mualshrnent that fits those blackest ot crimes. They must pay 'the penalty. Nor should the wanton destruction of Belgian and French places be overlooked ter the enslave tnont of those peoples. The guilty ehould be punished. Then there is the (Mediae of the German ealoniea to be considered. When we say that Britain should not attempt to extend her boilers by this war we must roneraber that she is not the only ono coocerned. The colo - filets therneolvee have Or be thougllt of. Were the poor devils of Africans handed back to the Germans, what do 'you think would be their fate? There are the german colonies on the Pad.fic. Neither Australia, Japan nor America would care to have Germany as a neighbor there. • Then- South Africa did not figlit and spill her blood for nothing. She will not toler- ate a Corm= dependency as her near neighbor. Germany hag her own peace terms ready, if he wins, tted there is noth- ing easy about theot for the antes. She proposes to hold Belgium it elm can. She proposes to keep as much of France an she eau. She proposes to make Britain mid tile United Statee Pay an indemnity which will pay all the exPenees of her war. She proposee to •enforce wha.teVer economic terms elee desiree. She proposes to make Roumania and Serbia subject to her rule. Di fact, Gertnany, if she wine, proposee to do pretty mucli as she OhOcseo with all of us. Itt view of these circumstances, we will be a lot of chutapt if we try to make it etsy for the Keiser. Itt the mandato get it With the wat, in the imperial , Parliantent on Theradae evening, .the Right Hon. Arthur Balfour, in ifieftiarig tO a pace fist motiont which was negatived with- out a divitnoo, deelered that the Only' peace ternt offered by Germany were poet° effetietves. I1Q seld; What thet Ceetrin oWere aPParentlit watiteel to do is- not to propose- rea-, eon:thief tenets for the entente whole, Int to often imone'tnember 4 the alliattce terms neemittglY tremely favorable, if that Member con. sideree oely its oven intereets and not the interests of the whole entente, - and thereby disintegrate) the memo tiers Of the valiant°, sOn1,0 Of whoiii wOuld . be perfectly ltelpletre taken in Isolation, aed Vote strene only RO long ea they were united. Ile did not blame the Central Powers ter liteltig etich trate but Should blame theee who felt lithe the trap, and Meet et all he Wanted his ilaelfist oritiee, Who at: Peered to think it almost crtmlual nol to (all into the trap. Beauty or 'Ugliness. Speaking of the Perzonal aellearance of Lineoln arid. alter president% a Boston lady who has bad the honor Of an intredtittioli to President Wil - sole explains Why ehe Was di:tat:Pointe *4 in his letrIcS, She earth "He not hentelY enough to be handeolne and he Isn't harideonte enetigh to be ettrectiVe." A ffaintA13 rarimienne ettce Mid that next to being the Most herettlful *Oman itt Paele, she Weeld prefer to be known as the homeliett. She vvottlti then aeltiote diettnetion in COAT tate. Nell was no match for Archie in an erg:latent. All he could do was to eontinue to shake bis Wad and stub. bornly refuse to join in, "Olt well, let the bulls take yen then," said Archie disgustedly. "rii take my chance," eaid Neel. "It isn't so easy to spot a luau in this exceed. I've been looking for one my- eelf all day," "You're working at random, I Guesse' saki Archie. Its work thrown away unless you get a regular plan, you need some. one with a little horse settee to adyise you, I guese," "Very likely," seed Nell, dejectedly, "What do you•suggeet?" "Pete Tuckett gave me a list of ho- tels in town where the eports hang out mostly. If he's a winner„to-da,y, we'll likely find him spendtng ' it tn one of those. jpints to -night." -"If he 'Wet already weaned." "Oh, cheer op! Maybe he's headed like you are, ana won't take no warning," Archie glanced around him appre. hensively, "You'd better. beat it for town,"., he said, "if you wen't change your ,clothes and stand in with me. This aint a healthy neighborhood. Gee., what a meeting we could get up in the trate! They'd jolly the life out of us, and then foek over to square it! It's like throwing money over -board to raise the chance. 011, well, run along and take this train. `Go in the ,last car and wait for me." On the way back to town Archie's good humor was gradually restored, though he could not help occasionally breaking into lamentatiana over their missed chances, "I had it all doped out," he 'sold. "My elan was for us to make a round of the hotels to- night, and hold meetings. They would'nt mind; it's good for business Then if we thought we saw our man we couldset out to save him, see? '*hat a. chance! And think of the takings! The secret of success in life le to,make what you got to do anyhow, pay!" "Sorry, old man, but I haven't got the histriontc ability," said Neil. "The what?"' "'What you have such a plenty ot," Archie told of his being taken by the police. "They put me through a little.bit of third degree:" he said, "but I stalled 'em by telling elle truth. Told all about our meeting in the sand and all. The only thing I kept bac kwats my knowing who you was. They traced us to Gimp's and ques- tioned the crowd there, including Pete Tuckett.' He was game, of course, burnaome fool who was sitting at the next table when° we were talkin', said he .heard you say you was goire to Baltimore. So they're here. Luckily them two that broke up our show didn't get a sight of you. They've only got a general description." In turn Neil narrated his own ex- periences without reserve, Archie's tesourcefulness and experience were too valuable not to be used in full. Moreover, Neil Was not unaware of the genuine sympathy under his Imrt•. nor's jocular scorn. "They're sure to get hold of him first if they haven't found him al- ready," Neil groaned in conclusion., "The chances are all against me." "Oh, 'I don't know," said the in- domitable Archie. "I don't geese' our blonde friend is very anxious to see the girl. • According to the way we we.dope it, he run away and left her to face the nausic. Maybe he'll see her -first and duck." 'h never thought of that." Neil was encouraged, The train dropped them in Camden station. As they issued oto the street with the crotvd, Neil clutched Archie's arm. "Thera she Is in .that car ahead. Don't let anything on!" CHAPTER Laura and her escort of the after- noon were sitting in an automobile at the curb. Neil and Archie peseta them, feigning to be oblivious. The two in the car were still searching the faces of the race -train crowd. "They haven't met up with him yet," whispered Archie. "Around the corner and _back into the station through the baggage -room. 'We'll watch the watchers through the wait. Ing -room windows." An, hour 'later, the last race -track special having arrived, the man in the cer spolte to hie cheuffeur, and they drove away 'with disappointed expree. stone. . "Chances are still even!" cri,ed Archie, gleetully. Since Neil refused ,to be a sky -pilot with hint, Arehie decided that they mud play the part of sport's. Under his direction Neil bought for both the (plaint, tall-orowned straw hats in vogue et the moment; also haber- dashery of suitable eggreseivenenese. The hats made them look as if they were carrying miniature evater-tanks ttround 011 'their craniume. Nevertheless Archie% exactly W- eenie ,his yOung-old Vivacity, and to Carry out the effeEt he added a earna- tioia as big as a saucer, ahd swung an Imitation malacca stick. The Core trast this made,to the late dernure re- Vivallet tvae striking. Neil Was similarly tarried out. Fer his part -the found it more difficult to Milt his expressioe to his giddy alt- parel, het he tonsoled hiraself with the thought -that in this\era of the de. velopreenC of ealestinteeltie Many et heavy coUntenance Is shaded by pert litedgear. After supper they divided. 'forces in order to save thee. Nell took three hotel:eon the list and Archie the .bal. 1030. They arrateged for telephonic cotelnunieatien with., each other at stated heure. Neil fitst visited the New Mortimer On Howard atreet. Nothing happened here. Tha next piece wan the Mount Royal on te.st taltimore street. Here Ito found the Annie kind of Wide, brit - Hardly lighted lobby 111104 with men in con -neat hats and ties like his own, ail thewing cigitrii with strange facial tOntortiotte. A @atter Of talk pressed the feet Walla, Out of witieh aerape•of racing jargon reaehed his ears. He sat down on an ottoman bullt around a pillar to take a preliminary obtierve. tort. By and by one of the straw -halted figures inalie Italeidoseople Mafia need Mien by Addremaing lair:: "Haven't I -ittlett Yeti somewhere Were?" Neil taw a typieal oungIOWA Of the better style, thin, graceful, comely, howbeit of a comelineee net alto- gether to inspire considenee; the eyes shallow and set a little too close, and. the mouth predispoeed to a sneer, The face struck a vague chord in his recol- lection. SOM0Where in the welter of the Past week it bad drifted by. The young man himself fixed the event. "I know." he said; "it was in the crowd at the Tolsen funeral in New York last week. We were standing in a doorway together, and a fat guy, cametby, an ex -cop." . "Oh, yes," said Neil, none too cor- dially. "You were the fellow with the 'cienamen-colored tie," Neil had not beeu fayorably impressed on the former occaelon, and new the inter- ruption distracted hint from the Wet- ness he had in hand. The young man did •nitt seem to be aware of any lack of warmth. He sat down beside Neil, stretched out a Pair of neatly encased Jogs and daintilY plucking up his trousers, "What are you doing down here?" he idly in- geired. "I might ask the same of you," Neil parried, "Me? Oh, 1 go where the sports go. Titers my regular biz. Say, that fat guy was a ecream, eh? The way he, blew .off hth mduth about tee police force! I could have told him a thing tor two, but I happened to see a fellow I had to speak to about something, When 1 came back you were gone." e"We waited for you about 'half an hour," said Neil, dryly, The irony woe apparently lost on the young sport, "Say, the police are regular chunaps!" 1m went on. "They haven't caught that murderer, Neil ()amity, yet." Noll's collar suddenly became tight upon his neck. He clamped his teeth together to keep his tongue tight, and affected to be busy with a cuff -link. "Say, I was looking for somebody ito drink with," the young fellow went on. "Will you join me?" aT11 be damned if I will!" thought Neil. Aloud he said: "No, thanks; I'm waiting for somebody." But the other was not so, easily to be put off. Apparently he wee bored by his own company, "Aw, come 01)," he urged. "I owe you one. You can tome right back, I won a bit On Blackader to -day." • The word had an effect as of ringing a gong inside Neil. He started, and glanced at his companion alertly. It flashed on him that Laure had ques- tioned him about the young men with: the einnamon-colored tie. Was it pos- sible—? -"Oh, well, I don't nelnd 11 11 do," he stammered. • "Come one" •cried the young fellow, jumping up. ."They call me Blockader, you know. So this' ie mi night to celebrate." Neil followed him into the bar with his brain Ni•thirling a little. This Was not the way he bad ' pictured the recognition would be made. "I have time I have him!" he sang inside his breast—yet he tould not quite believe in such goodafortune. Blackader shoved his hat back from his foreheae, planted hia elbows on the mahogany and smirked at his reflection in the mirror. Neil was now assured there could be no mis- take. The mop ot curly yellow hair was revealed; there were the dark eye- brows and eyes, end the sallow, skin to coraplete the description. ' Tho triath was that Neil, with too .close a preoccupation With the verbal description, Wel unconsciously built up a Oat:teem' in his mind, and had not recognized the original 'when it was put before hion. "Thie is notwhat I thought he looked like;' he told himself, surprieed. "Oh, you fool! you never 'Would have found him if he had not Obligingly come and forced Monsen on you! Oh, well, I have him, anyhow!" Neil was as ready to celebrate as the other, . He studied Blackader with strong curiosity. What dark secrets were hid behind that smooth brow, these sin11- ing.lips? It was a curious mouth, thin-lipped, yet slightly protuberant, remotely suggesting a beak. He had a disarming, boyish air, and his rest - lean dark eyes were full of an earthly zest. Nell had to contess that it was an attractive young settruudrel. ' "No good, but everybody falls for hire," he thought. Like every scrim's youth, he resented the light -minded. "Takes what he wants and never Dam", he thought. "Wen, by HeaVen! tree that Ite pttys this shot!" Having 'found hie Man, the next thing was to told him. This promieed not to be easy, for Neil was utiaccus- tented to dealing with 'sports. "Ile didn't know what to talk about. Yet it was eesentlal for him to win Bittek- attire tonfidence. Giving him Up to the police was not to be thought en for the present. HiEl task Was to learn tile truth so that he might sleep, of nights. He meant to exact'a confes. eiOn to hoId against the worst °vete tuality, "If Archie were only here!" he thought. But It was an hour to the time when he had agreed to call up - his partner at the utaw House. However, Blackader proved to be easy to handle, It transpired tired he had ,emernetteed hie Celebration Mete beers before aud was indisposed to be Onitt let Nell listen and OM- pulthize without stint, and he wail ready to hail hiM as the fineat fellow in the. world, end vow eternal frieltde ship. ellaekader was well along in the find, or boastful, stage of drunken - nese. "They say the talent is busted an e tomtit of the meet so far. They tell yen not -a horse is running true to forte Theta you believe Itl You al- ways hear thet kind of talk, Of oars° the amateurs get pinched. That's what they're for -to provide piekings for us guys who aro ih the know. You don't hear me .complain. I'm ahead of the giallo, all right. It isirt luck, tither, but good judgment. There's damn little luck in rating. Rut of course you have to be in wIth the right men, like "1 expect it takes a dool head," maid Neil, feigning deferenee. /t earrik hard. 115 would nittelt have preferred: to smash the smirking face. Rut he flat* tered hint, and silently added another mark to hie score, Meeks/der continued to boast, and to teke pleasure from the reflection in the mirror. Neil suggested that OW find a table in the reetaerant where they Weld be eterafertable, He desired to take his companien away from the distractionot the bee, where he might pernp him a little. When they had Owned theriMelvee Blackader asked: "What's yew name, Ire?" "Porter WiIlletou," field NeU, at a venture, "What' e Yours?" "Otif sall Me 13140itader," watt the Carelees antiWer. "Tat' e my sporting Menniker." "Were YOU raised aeound here?" Nell coked with an elle air. "Around tere? Lord, no! I wae raised in—Whet do you want teknow for?" he dentanded etialticiontilYt thefNithtlinragolat(11=g111.' Y" "et 114" "Among eporte yon don't aolt about a teethe beginnings. le 101 Elate," OX. piained Blackador "MY totstaltee eaid Neil. Neverthelees Bleeltader beeatne hmtereeielef.tad thole:he BetounruniCativo about m tu general tome. "I'm tWenttettiree, Lord! many an old rellow dies without having eeen ma much lite as I have already. Things seem to happen around where,I an. Ran away fromhim when I wee thir, teen. and been on MY own ever alum" "What do you do?" naked Noll. "Wait do you mean. do? .Work?" Blackader laughed. "Never did an rhoponseitodLy'swworohit rrin ray life. Let the "Oh, I've heard that before." said Neil, deeigning to draw him. "Gen. orally Ithe fellow turned out to be a bard -working elerk at eix per." Blachader's vanity was touahed. ewear I never earned a cent" protested warmly. "I don't have to. I've got a head on me." "You've got money. then?" a "Not a sou." "How do you work it`?" "Oh. I don't know. I live well. There' e alwegeetatnebody to give me a handout. I look like sontebodyet whlte-haired choirboy, you know. Turn on a =Ile and the rest 13 eaSY." Neil smiled admiringly. To himself itietnr "Oh, you precious eOh, I'm a bad lot," said 131acka,der cheerfully. "Whatt'a the odds? I did't xnake myeelf, I take things as I find them. It's other peopleet fault if rm a crook. They make me one. Fall all over themselves doing things for me — don't wit them to—and then turn en me. . People makia Joie sick, anyhow. Won't let you alone. "That's why I'm so crazy about hoteres. I was introduced to Hike Rohrty yesterday. He% Blaeltader's trainer, He took m.e into the ol1 boy's stall. Say, I was as excited as a kid going to see his girl the firet itme ony girls never excited me, The beate, Lei He don't worry about right er wrong. All he's got to do is to run like hell. Say, rra looney about that home. He took to me, too. Rohrty :mid it Wan unusual. He let me put an arm around hie neck, and. robbed his nese and he whinnied, o:mellow we understand each other. He rook nie as he found me, eee? "Say, if women were only tike that we could get crazy about.them, eh? Women are the plague of my life. Ale ways tryihg to make you different front what you are, and crying and carrying -on and pulling at you!" • Sueh was Blackader's naive confes- sion of faith. To Neil it was un- speakable thereey. Natarally, when 131ackader said "women" Neil thought of Laura'and his heart •bounded. He kept hie eyes dietereetly lowered, and his clenched hands un- der the table. • "1 eupecee if the truth were known,' there was a woman- at the bottona of tho Tolson ease." "Not necessarily," vas the unex- pected anewer. "Women aren't in ev- • • ereyling "1 wond•er. what it's like to have a Murderi.h." on your, conscience." mused N • "Oh, that's all rot, that about con- fidence," said Blockader calmly. "If You. don't like to think about a thing, you. don't have to, do you? Thank God I've got a firat-elass forgettore." "But a coldeblhoded, premeditated murder," insisted Neil. The earelees one was slightly touch- ed. The dark eyes bolted. "How do You know it wae cold-blooded?" he sold. "Didn't the mhrderer call Tolson down there by telephone?" t "Whet of it? Maybe he just wanted to levy a Ilittle tribute, Tolsen was known to eftery a fat roll and a lump of white -coal on hie finger. May- be Ottoway heldohim up, and Tolson showed. fight." "I never thought of Viet," said Neil. comehi t wlrhe do you suppose the girl "What girl?" queetioned Blackader ir "Why, I -read 'somewhere that it Wis a*.girl called Tolsen up." "I don't know •anything about that," eald Blackader, sullenly. "I Mimeo Ottoway had a girl like everybody weuldn't like to /be him," a1d Nell. "Ret he's a fool if he let's it spoil his sleep," grunted Blackader. "Every day is a new day ,and the world is wide and full ot suckere. Let's have another drink," As the drinks sucteeded each other it beeame over harder to fix Blackader's attention. The restleee dark eyes were all over the room, the light mind was fatigued by the elightest ef- fort to ,in it down. Neil -returned to the charge again and agate, buE catr- tiouslyeHe eeuld not long keep away froraheatrheofmatter that it tortured hint to "YOU eeem to have hada lot of trouble with women," he suggested (T6 be contlinterlo THE 'ARISE Wir clothes your 15 ihtfeed s civgeeas ualgetsiiee .Aid s And makes your words sOund sane and true? (WhIeh is far more than you can do), Who takes your compliments and jibes With equal grace -just ttn-the stribes. Who hastens at the be* and call To hear a would-be nage enthrall, Or bore an audiento at/length, When weakness is imagined Strength. Who doth,all majesty ascribe, And saves your skin? --0, ;hint the .scribe. Who knOwn your motive from the inert: Also yOur rottenens of heart? Who holds your future in his paim, And oftitnes smoothes your foul with balm Of flattery? You might ascribe This mercitulfiens to tho scribe. Sometimes the neribes may go astrity In quoting what you meant to rfaZ, Why swear at them 'till you are ill?' Like you, they're not 'infallible.' Come down from off your high entatel The Acribe can make YOU email or groat. -G. IV% WWII. • Tiny Larks. Investigation has ruined the lark's 1 reputation for early rising, That much te,lebrated bird is nuite a sluggard, as it does not rise until long after char. finches, linnets and a number of hedge- row birds have been up and about fOt sm. UM. Greatest Libor Saving Invention of th• e; Age r°I;III:traViTa:nd it. but 1 4 an aboolute voeithett provable eact just thit Thia "Wiondertel Automatio Churn rashes pertect but, !erten ft. rn one to three minutes. 'You naay not believe "ntoseeeaszitary churn In the world. Nothing but glass toreclure ille cream. No fiefdom, paddle -wheels, etc. Self. Ci, i of b Wm -making'. i, ng, in le seeentlit. No cornet% cracks or crevices to nom :Operates 'with af. olight presnure of finger. NO Om th or power neoulred-vibration of steel springs teree the cola A chile van operate this churn successfully. main •ciltirning a 'ploaeuro. Takes 411 the drudgery out 1 trouble one laboromencer churn. Write to.day Xsou should investigate this marvellous time. Flik,E loot:. pforoeteefea dNeoevri. tive literature. Porn wait* . i THE eHAMILTCeN AUTOMATIC CHURN Ot-MPANY One Minute 44 klnlo William: Street Hamilton, Ont. Iiiiiiii1Will1101.1111111113111111111011111 emenotoseesessemseeeeneenes.eteeeteeetteteetete teteepetemontemaseeetolesomeeouth Eye ocf the Gun., • vita is called the telemilter;. arid is used hz.alldettitillerYists In 1$0110)aliapa or cam The telemeter fis ;really a tube with two telescopic levees, orwon each end. The "objective4.0 of 'the two lenses the placed inakhe the in- strument and toward that end or the tube, Prisms with five Aces act as reflectors, so that the persole. !looking In has mechanically spread. Ws Tees to the two ends of the tube, with',u, tre, mendous ,range of vision. Of course the ends are so, turranged that they may be directed at t single • object at the same time, thus '..making it possible for the. observer :to -see what wouldotherwise he beyond the power of the htmeali eye and to loeow by the anglei at which it is viewed.the distance away. It requirest a little practice to use, this wondered instrument, but in ht few days the Operator acertabas holer easily he cara' determine the prectee distanceette is efrom the object he Is looking at, pact, by a quick ceaculattion he directs theapointing of the gun. so that it cannottfail to strike at the.de- sired spot.--Penrson's Weekly. ea e Minard's Liniment Gores Burns, Etc. Most Iteirilnus Trade, , . It Is uot theineepeze performers, the steeple -jack or, the old-time sailor who faces thetagreettest peril in his work, but the E ip's rigger, who com- bines all three en these callings. Dur- ing the presen\t war, with the reap- pearance of settling vessels in our ports, the anctemt profession of ship's rigger has been isudd:enly revived. The seaports have been scored to discover old riggers, for tetele service to -day is invaluable. Theltskill and daring of Amerlean shine Atggers was once as famous as that et (the Yankee skippers, sayletshBenoyas' sLatiflie.ng ;:.'vessel comes Into port in need of repnirs the ship's rig- ger is the first team aloft. It may be impoesible to tell df her rigging will support a man's weight. The ropes may be covered with ice. The rigger must judge the atrongth of the rollers with his eye and risk his life upon them. A trapeze trot -former in Inc circus must trust his weight to ropes ltlgh in air, but he it sum that they are strong -and will baar 'weight. The ship's rigger must swing- himself in quite as perilous posttions and re. main there -for hours. 4ti le the O. ard- e,st kind of work. The sailing of the ship usually -wafts upon the reptile he maltea, and the expense of matatalning the crew and delaying the I rip makes it necessary for bit to wore with feverlth haste deg and night. Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. WINNING AFRICA FOR THE ALLIES (New 'York Sun.) - • A. despatch from London says thee two railways have been built during the war in allied territory in cen- tral Afeica. The two roads referred to are evidently the line cennecting Kambove with Butt:onit on the Congo and that joining '<abate on the Congo with Albertville on the west shore of Lake Tanganyika. These names mean Jane to the outside world; yet the roads joining these Wins in the vast area of tropical Africa, when conside ered with the possibilities offered by the .allied conquest of German terri- tory in that region, will be strong factors in deciding the future of Africa. These two railways, by opening up many routes in Central and Eastern Africa, have' afforded the white man an easy Means of exploring a praeti- catty unknown land and ot developing ono of the richeet tropical regions of the earth. They have made it pos- sible to cross the once "Dark Contin- eht" at the equator by railway and steamboat front the Indian Owen to the Atlantic. By stages this route is from Dar-eseSalaam on the, German East African coast, by the acquired German Central Railway to Ujiji, ati Lake Tanganyika, across the lake be steamer to Albertville, then by the recently constructed road to Kabalo, thence by raii and steamboat down tht; Congo to the Atlantic coast. This yqute either passes through or has tributary to it territory of Great Bri. tin, Belgium, Portugal and Fromm Besides furnishing this east and west line across Africa, the railroad builders have completed links in the Cape to Cairo hoe. The railway from Karabove to Bultama, is really an extension, of this protect northward front Elisabethville. I3y the use of this road, the Congo steamer and the railway frora 'Cabal° tho traveller can reach Lake Tanganyika. The continu- ation of the British occupation of Cerra= East Africa after the war vill solve a puzilIng part of the pro- jected line, the link between Lake Albert and the existing coeval and South African system ot railways, There are note three posetble routes by which former German territory and former German railways can be made available. Any one of these will more quickly realize the Cape to Cairo pro- ject titan previous plans, and also at much leas expense. At the same time these new plans provide for connect- ing lines to ports on both the eastern and western coasts of Africa. It is now asserted that a through com- munication from South Africa -to the Mediterranean and with connecting east and wen lines will be established in less than ten years. With the completIon of these means of communication the real develop- ment of the tropical resources of Oen- trill Africa will begin, It -will be, an entirely different development from that which the Germans coneemplated. They had not looked upon their Afri- can posseSsions as possible homes for icy whommeamommovrow This is to certify that I have used ,MINARD'S LINIMENT in my faintly Toe years, and consider it the best lini- ment on the market. I have found it excellent for horse flesh. (Signed) W. S. PINS). , "Woodlands," Middleton, N, 5, settlers, but as fields for the procluc- tion of materials for Gentian mante firctories through native labor. What the people of South Africa, England and other allied nations of Europe with African colonial posseseions ask is that the men who have fought for ...heir cause may have the, land for ironies, end that they may reap the ttdvantages that will result from its -development. This is the practical working Out of Cecil Rhodes project for the forma. ilion of a reiteration of Africa State.; -united by a common intereat But even Ite, great empire builders as he was, , erould never have 'conceived of the 1 Toreee that eventually were to carry I. tis masterful ideas to success. IlMinard's Liniment for sale everywhere -o -* l• A- Turkish Serpent Superstition, The people or all serpent ridden ecountrles have many marine, spells and incantations which tlaey repeat or eeerform for the purpose or exorcising :mole obnoxious visitors. InTurkey ev- etrybody from the sultan to the gamin appeals to the serpent king, Mali -MI- , MTh When they come in contact with ' P. serpent, the first exclamation le "In i.h e name of Chah-Miran, go away and : tilde thyself." Or Course ChaleMiran 71as been dead for centuries, but the Turk argues that the serpents de not know this. If they knew that they were no longer untZer his influeece, they Would destroy the whole numan ...race. : •:*4 The average man is content to strike while the iron is hot, but the baseball player often takes three strikes. Fill up your pipe with T& B—rich, mellowed, sun -ripened Virginia. This genuine Southern -grown leaf has a flavor and, aroma all its own. Full bodied, yet soothing, Mother Nature's best. No pipe smokershould go through & B. Week". without a package. No word is necessary to old T & B smokers. They smoke it always. But you—if you have never -tried it, smoke T 8t B this week and realize the satisfaction of using a genuine Virginia tobacco. Fill up your pipe with ‘4T & 119, OPORT4 GLOTHZO. ISSUE NO, 27, • 9 The Latest in Thu Line for the Ladies, The clothes for sport weer have changed a good cleat In their eeneral tendon0lee and eueramer during the /ant year, Once overy available idea in thia direction had to do with a mac - online inopiration, but now the feeling is decidedly for sporting things entlrely nurroundod by feminine therm, Laving nothing at all to do with Mingo mas- melee. There are, for instance, the new swee.t4 era. They have nothing whatever to do with the soldier variety, and It /a ev- en hard to tell whence tame :the Inspi- ration for the ;omen, for they are made of heavy silks and velvets. And their make-up In sometimes loose and boxy, just close enough to the linen of the figure to keep thein from being' sloppy, Indeed, they might Ord as well have been inopIrefl by the smocie but evident- ly they have not been. Manly woolen sweaters for the feminine gender are en- tirely a thing of the pant, and now wo- men are allowed all sorts of latltudo in the fanhionIng of their own sport coats, Another type of sporting coat that has but lately come Into the spotlight is the pony jacket. That. as its nameAmplies, lin o, and it in roost attractive whe» madeIf\nade on perfectly ntraight and boxy of plain material and accompanied by a striped or plaid skirt and a waist- coat. This given to one sporting GOS. tume the variety of three material -if, and there is a note of economy in that idea, • BABY'S BATTLES FOR HEALTH 'Mothers you can win tile 'battle for the health of your little ones it you will fight it with 'Baby's Own Tablets —the ideal elailclhoocl medicine, The .Tablets are a mild ?but thorough lax- ative which - never fail to banish con- stipation; Indigestion; worms; colds or simple fevers or any other of tee minor file of little one, 'Concerning them Mrs.eJ. P. Hypell, Causapscal, • Que.. writes: "Baby's Own Tablets are a great medicine for children. Thee quickly cured my baby of constipa- tion and 1. can highly recommend them to other mothers." The Tablets are sold by medichae dealers or In, mail. at 25 cents a box from The Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. 4 • HANDY WITH THEIR FEET. Many Animals Use Them Cleverly in Taking Their Food. Kangaroos use their hands very readily to hold food in and to put It into their mouths. As their forelegs are so short that they have to browse in a stooping position, they seem to be pleased 'When able to secure a large bunch of cabbage or other vegetable provender and ta hold It in their hands to eat. Sometimes the young kangaroo, looking out of its mother's pouch, catches one or two of the leaves which the old one drops, and the pair may be seen each nibbling at the salad held in their hands, one, so to speak, "one floor" above the other. The slow, deliberate clasping ,and unclasping of a chameleon'feet look like the movements which the. hands ot a sleeewalker might make were he trying' to creep downstairs The chameleon's' are almost deformed hands, yet they have a superficial re- semblance to the feet of parrots, which, more than other birds, use their feet for many of the purposes of a hand when feeding. To see many of the smaller rodents—ground soubi- rels, prairie dogs and marmots—hold food, usually in both paws, is to learn a lesson in the extremely dexterous USO of hands without tthumbs. Nothing more readily suggests the momentary impression that a pretty little monkey is "a man and a broth- er". than when he stretches out his neat little palm, ,fingers and thumb, and, with all the movements proper to the civilized mode of greeting, Insists on shaking hands.—London Graphic.' Had a, 'Slim Chance. Being then frleuds, Marie's two lovers decided that one must end hie courtship to help the other. When Alex suggested "heads or tails" no coin wait at hand. He agreed to the Use of Sandy's pocketknife, but was ill PrePare,4 for his friend's words as the knife skit upward: "If the knife stays UJ) you win!" State of Ohio, City of Tol'olo, Lucas County -ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath th,..t he is senior partner of the firm of F. Chen- ey & Co., doing business In the City of Toledo, County: and State aforeraid, and. that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the rse of HALL'S CATARRH 'MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, thin gth day of December, A. D, 1886. (Seal) A. 'W. Gleason, Notary Public. HALL'S CATARRT-1 'MEDICINE is tak- en internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Stulacesof the System. Druggists 76c Testlifontals free. Ir. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, _Ohio. 4 a • COAST EROMON. Ceaseless Warfare Waged by the Sea Against the Land. All over the world, in Amerlea as well as in the eastern hemisphere, is the see waging a ceaseless warfere against the land. So serious is the (imager of cease ceroalons round the 33ritish isles that people are asking whether England is not slowly but surely disappearing. Lowestoft has been (sorely hit by the Merciless waves which are steadily ad- vancing. Within the last few .years the east coast town has spent consider- ably more than 400,000 in combating the sea, wbich means a new Demme- ade groynes, breakwaters, piles and huge cetnent structures. Only a few yeare since tremeedous damage WO caused to these then new structures by a series of gales whieh wrecked part of the promenade, tore down the Piles and breakwaters end made a scrapheap of the comehted parts. Cromer; too, has suftered terrible front the sea's ativancetnent. Not so long ago it cost this aelightfel east coast town. More than 445,000 to make good the damage. During less than fifty years it Is roughly computed that tngland must heve lost more than 50,000 acres of land by sea ineurelons. The battle against nature still goes on. But it must be remembered that, while in some places the Waters are advateing in other sPots the see, is retiring. But the balance is eald to be not altogeth- er in. favor Of the letter, and new me- thods may have te be devised to meet and fight the parte—London Mail. Malting Bulgarian, 1Willt. Tee milk ef the Bulgarians, well known all over the World for it nuperior tuttri. Itivo dttallty, Is made by exp0,4rtig it to the Sun, the rapid' development Of the Kornis Under the action of the ultra violet rays being siteli that when it becomes dry they ere in bigbly concentrated term. ....................1.—....— Milierdet Llnittlent Relieves NS/04141k flOsimM IoN EXPRESS ONEY 01.1,- "^o' ders are on sale in five thOuSand offices throughout Canada. 131,1I5IN8S CHANCES. F•OR sArx-sTAIIPAIto T4/o-IN i.oarVergst,F44,:.'"414 Pachoo,r7lutnkl - $4,000 IJTAVni4ovelg machinery; onlY run e. few years; situa. tea In a good belt of hemlock and here - wood timber; good reasons for only those who Mean busIneils need tete ply. For partleulacs ariPlY to 4304 Parry Sound, Ont, I, IMetteDIATI.1 SALE 14B ACUEO F wol timbered with maple, beech, birch, basswood and hemlock; frontage on Loon Lake, county of Peterborough; toga can be floated below Purdy`a 141I11, and 8aNY luniber shipped via 0. N. Rai: - wee, Coe ffl, or would veil the timber only. 11. John on, Co Hill. • FARMS FOR SALE. — ASKATCMIWAX Wwwr LANDs- in famous Goone Lake district. Com- intinicate with W. M. Roberts, 50 College rtreet, Toronto, or Zealandia, Sank, Only a Dad, (Detrott Free Press). Only, a clad, with a tired face. Coming home from the daily race, Bringing little of gold or fame To show how well he has played the game, But glad in his heart that his own re- joice To see him come and hear his voice, Only a clay, of a brood of four, One Of ten million men or more, Plodding along in the daily strife. Bearing the whips end scorns of life With never a whimper of pain or hate For the sake of those elm at home await. Only a clad, neither rich nor proud, Merely one of the surging crowd, Toiling, striving, from day to day, Facing whatever may fence his way; ' Silent, whenever the harsh condemn, e.ci bearing it all for the love of them. Only a dad, but he gives his all To smooth the way for his children Doing, with courage stern and g -rim, The deeds that his father did for him, This is the line that for him 1 pen Only a dad, but the best of mom LVER FEEL "MY" AFTER MILS ? A.t times we all feel dull and heave. Just ono thing to do—relax the bow- els and cleanse the system with Dr. Hamilton's Pills. 'Unclean' matter is flushed out, the liver is toned, blood is purified, and at once you feel be - ter. Good health and joviat spirits are quickly found in this celebrated medicine. Enormous benefits follow the use of Dr. .11amiltan's Pills in every case; they are very mild, very prompt, and guaranteed by the nmeers. Insist on getting Dr. Hamil- ton's Pins, 25cper box everywhere. SCIENTIFIC JOTTINGS. • Tho Yukon is—sai—d to be about 200 Miles longer than tile Mississippi. American dolls are now equal to the best imported ones. One-half the gasoline product is used for pleasure riding. Italians take the lead in 'human hair traffic, the main source of their sup- ply being obtained front the peasant women of Italy, Dalmatia and •Switz-- erland. Out of a total world production in 1915 ot 150,000,000 tons of rubber contrIbuted 85,000 tons, or about 23 per cent. - Dogwood root -is said to be the source of the "Indian Red" which the original Americans used for dyeing their feathers and plumes. 11 10 said that/the Philippines could supply 100,000 soldiers, ' The hansom cab, now almost ex- tinct, was invented by John Aloysius Hanson, who was born in York, Eng., in 1803, and died In London, in 1882. The invention was called "patent safe- ty cab." • The origin of the tankard took place many years ago, when the water used in the city of London was carried in • by men who made use of ironbound buckets of wood holding three gal - Ions. The kangaroo Is not naturally fighter, but he is not defenseless. The long hoof of his free bind leg is hie weapon; and with this—having by good fortune trapped an unwary an- tagonist to his breast with his sharp? clawed forelegs—he deals a terrible fashion of death. The rate of growth ot the nails de- pends directly on the length of the finger; thug the nails on the two mid- dle fingers of men grow more rapidly than 'those it the first and third fin- gers, respectively, and these in turn are more speedy in growth than those of the little fingers. "BEST MEDICINE FOR WOMEN" What Lydia E. Pinkhamss Vegetable Compound Did For Ohio Woman. Portsmouth, Ohio.—" I suffered from irregularities, pains in my side and was so weak at times could hardly get around to do my work, and as 1 had four in my family and three boarders it made it very hard for me. Lydia E. Pinkharres Ve g table compound was recommended to inc. I took it and it has restored my health. It is certainly the best medicine for woman's ailments 1 over SAna, Sam R. No. 1, Portsmouth, Ohio. Mrs. Shaw voved the merit of this medicine and Wrote this letter in order that other suffering vonlen tool find relief as she did. Women who are suffering as eta was should net drag along from day to da' without giving this famous root an herb remedy, Lydia E. Ilinkharreht Vege- table Compound, a trial. For special advite in regard to such ailmenta write to Lydieti. isinkh tun Medicine Co.,Lynn, Mass. The result of its forty year* experience INst your service. c _ _