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at "LING oh NS. i ~| Canadian Soldier Re-Visits Scenes Where He Fought--War-Scared Ground Brings Sad But: Proud Memories. ling - 'French peasants are at- fo Sheuas to restore a miserable re- semblance 'to what they formerly lived in, in the war wrecked neighbor- hoods of their country, according to what Major W. M. (Billy) Nickle, M. Cs son of W. F. Nickle, K.C.,, M.P,, of Kingston, says. Major Nickle has just returned from a™visit to the old battle lines in France. Having gone to France as a private fu the Princess Pats, been promoted to the rank of officer, and having been wounded three times whilst bearing that rank, | Major Nickle gives a vivid story of the' country as one who sees it from the view of a veteran. "The thing which impressed me most," says Major Nickle, "in passing through the' areas' familiar to Cana- dians, from Douaf to Vimy, from Lens to Loos; ito 'La. Bassee, Hazebrouck' _and | Passchendaele, was the way the "peasants came back to the shell ghat- tered villages which they left in the dark days of 1914, only to find their homes and surroundings - wrecked and ruined by enet other means of destruction. These are' coming back to such towns as La Bassee, where there is not - one ywall ' of a house standing, brifging with them a pick and shovel and -a few other crude tools, intending to gather together a few whole bricks. bits of wood, etc. left behind by the advancing army, to build a roof over their heads, and once again settle in the district where they were born and raised. "Until you see for yourself the suc- cess that the peasant has in making a new home for himself out of the destruction of war you have no: "con- ception of how well he gets on. Being a soldier myself, and knowing the hardships of the trenches, 1 was able to understand the tremendous hard- ship and sacrifice and discomfort they must go through during the, time they are constructing their: meagre' domi- ciles. "They are a gallant people. In one instance I called to a peasant, "Vive la France." He replied, "Merci Mon- sieur.: Vive la Belle France." = The people. of France indeed love thelr country dearly. - , "The soldier at home, who has not the old line for a great while, is ikely wondering what it looks like now. In the sector around Kemmel and Armentieres there are large num- bers of German prisoners clearing the country, About Passchendaele Chinese laborers are doing the same, =. "Those who know: pill boxes will ap | preciate how difficult it is to remove A : rage. on {ings sate was 8.80 to 8.21 in {in 1018. : renches ' are. r thay Bato bh en in or mot? all | of them have. The DE mouth of'a dugout is oc. casionally to be seen, but even though they were occupied as late as last summer, they are now musty and out- ; "The trenches are i the'wet tricts, like Ploegsteert a the Ypres salliefit, are only ditches now, Down about the chalk country some of them are stand: king the wear of weather fairly well. But on the whole, the old front and reserve lines promise to disappear in a few seasons of the heavy: Flanders ins. "At St. Elof I stood at what was once the lip of No. 2 Crater, and look: ed baek over the country which 80 familiar to us in the Spring of 1916. It" was beyond recognition. Dicke- busch was gone. Its church spire, and even the walls of the church could not bé seen. Reninghelst, where Gen. Mercer and many another Toronto man lies buried, and which nestled so cosily on the plain among the poplars, was barely the skeleton so often seen in the war zone. . Voormezeele, of coursé, was as much obliterated as St. 'Elof, and such familiar points to us as Shelley Farm, White Horse Cellars, Bus House and R6 were washed out as completely as heavy artillery can wash out small parts of the land- scape. "At Vimy the trenches are best pre- served. Teddy Gerard, Billy Burke Vesta Tilley and the other lines in that system, are very slowly decaying. One fall and one winter have placed could be returned to condition as a strong line of resistance." Major Nickle was impressed. with the sadness of many scenes at the front. The flicker of hope seemed to show in the livés of the poor people returning to lands that are of no use, and will not be during their lives. Skeletons haunt every acre, and unex- ploded shells threaten death to the cultivator of every yard of ground. On practically every thousand yard frontage of the old line, or at least on every e front, there 1s a grave- yard, Hundreds "and hundreds of Canadians lie still in their last sentry duty, a peaceful duty at last, may it be said, but sad. to the person who stands above their silent séntry post and ponders upon what they yielded up in order to obtain this last "cushy job "Those of us whe remain are in honor bound," says Major. Nickle, &to: | protect fruitsiof victory that the sacrifice of gallant men made it pos- sible for us to obtain. i . Wash black silks in water in which pared potatoes have boiled. Egypt's population. may be taken a ughly, as composed of Egyptians % per cent. and foreigners 1% per cent.; of the total, 92 'per cent of the people are Moslems, 7% per cent. Christians, and % per cent. Jews. Of the Christians 83 83 per. cent. are Copts. The effect of war war conditions upon the marriage rate is apparent from the quarterly: of the Aus- tralian statistics. In 1914 the mar- Je oon cent. of the 1915 it ad- 14, ra ut fell Sutsmaively 16, 6.87 in 1917, and 6. mean popula vanced to po i nh 4g or a Eos Was | XVIIL.--finished his reign with his Loe their mark upon them, but even nowt ganar | 2" | Yp,8 mountain to 4 Reig of nearly a panic-stricken sheep. . ing Sonsieptine is skul Luxemburg and the sister who was al lowed to take her place for a few tir: bulent weeks, Ludwig of Bavaria fs racing "and doubling like a scared rabbit through the forests t Munich. sleeping i a different every night. Fe nand of Bulgaria is said to be hiding under an assumed name, and dis guised, 'in _a vienna slum. The ex- Kaiser 'and his cub are eating out their black hearts in Holland. y And so on through the long list of fugitive and vagrant'Sovereigns whom the world-upheaval has ung. from their thrones. Some Black Lists. : And so it has ever been. Uneasy, indeed, lies the head that wears 3 crown. » In France for the last century and' fade : half of monarchy but one King-- During the last hundred years Russia has seen the abdication of one Tsar-- Constantine--and the dethronement and murder of three others--Paul I, Alexander II, and Nicholas II. Spain has rid herself of five rulers in the same period. Italy (including Sardin- ia) has had two abdications; and every ruler of Serbia has ended hig brief reign in eclipse or tragedy. Napoleon's downfall in 1814 emptied seven thrones, from Warsaw to Spain} and the wave of revolution in 1848 swept eight Sovereigns, including the Pope himself, into exile. It was in that year of cataclysm that a shabby, elderly: couple landed, one bleak March morning, at Newha- ven, from the steamer Express, to re- sume their journey as "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," - They were no other than] Louis Philippe, ex-King of France, and his Queen, come to seek sanctuary on Britain's shores. Twelve years later the Empress Eugenie was flying from Paris for her]. life, in the carriage of her dentist, Dr. Evans, on her way to the'yacht of a friendly Englishman, bound for exiled safety at Chislehurst, Britain's Royal Guests. One September day in 1868 Isabella of Spain was whirled away in a special train from her lost throne and her in- furiated subjects, in company with her feeble consort and her lover, Marforf, strolling player and cook's son. Wjth her round, heavy face swollen from sleeplessness and tears, sur- rounded by a little straw hat with a nodding red feather, with her dress in | Swe disorder, her hands gloyeless, and her skirts distended by a swinging chino- line, "she presented," we are told, "a. spectacle too pitiable for comedy." Wood Norton, a palatial house near Evesham, has been the home of the exiled kings of France of the House of Orleans ever since the Duc d'Eumale made his home there™ seventy years ago. And among other fugitive Sover- eigns for whom England has provided a home, not the léast welcome are, King Manuel. of Portugal and his charming mother, Queen Amelie. Perhaps the most pathetic of all "| court for speeding and r ' , A combination worthy of praise is this figured Georgette and plain. "McCall Pattern No. 8946, Misses' Dress. In 4 sizes, 14 to 20 years. Price, 25 cents. | chauffeur, "it 'was all my fault. Gun er--I'm looking for a copy of 5 arold." I Cl venile books second afsle to Ie. rent § < Worked Fast. "what references have you?" "Thirty, iri. ape all of them excel 2 lent" "Good. And how long have you '} been driving a car?" "Nearly a year now, sir." "Too Much For the Judge. The chauffeur had been haled into ing down "Your; Honor," said the The And a pedestrian. pedestrian was not to blame." the poor judge never recovered. Not So Fast. _ The registrar was filling in the mar riage certificate. "Let me see," he mused, forgetting the date, "This is the fifth isn't 1t?" "No, indeed, sir,". responded the bride, , blushing Turiously, "only the third. + Poor Prospects. "Propinguity is what brings about marriages," declared the father of three single daughters in didactic mood. "Yes?" murmured his wife. "It works this way. From among the men who call most frequently at a house the daughters of the house naturally selest husbands." "In that case," said the mother sad- ly, "I fear our girls are doomed to marry bill-collectors." Explaining the Story. A visitor to a Sunday school was asked to address a few remarks to the children. -He took the familiar theme of the children who mocked Eligha on his journey to Bethel--how the young ones taunted the prophet, and how they were punished when two bears came out' of the woods and ate forty On cool summer evenings one needs' some sort of a wrap. This blouse coat would serve that purpose most admirably. McCall Pattern No. 8960, Ladies' Blouse-Coat Suit. In 8 sizes, 84 to 48 bust. Price, 26 cents, These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Joronto, Dept. W. Minard's Liniment Co., Ltd. Gents,--I have used your Min- ard's Liniment in my family and also in my stables for years and consider it the best medicine ob- tainable, Yours truly, ALFRED ROCHAV, Proprietor Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables. these exiled rulers was Ranavolo, Queen of Madagascar, who, when she lost her crown, was taken to Paris to spend a sordid life "in a mean apart- ment in a third-rate hotel." "I am a beggar," she once sadly re- marked to a friend; "but one that re- ceives no sympathy. Instead of a throne I am given a dinner, and in- stead of the allegiance of my people the ridicule of my conquerors." a_i. 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"A young man referred to one mem- |, ber ot the sex he eulogised as "a de- lectable dear; so sweet that honey | 'would blush in' her presence, and treacle stand appalled." Mtnara's Tinment Lumberman's Friend. Fourteen | per cent. of the soldiers farmer fui te 8 ak e ce 28 gr tare a Sh rin 3 5 of the cost" . | Be sure Era and two of them. "And now, children," said he, "what does this story show?" "Please, sir," came from a little girl in the front row, "it shows how many children two bears can hold." In Vain. He had fairly puzzled the good vil lage folk, had that clever ventrilo- quist, and now he was going to per- form his last and greatest feat. "Ladies and gentlemen," he an- nounced, with a grand bow, "I will proceed to sing that famous ballad, 'Good-bye,' "in a lady's voice, which will appear to proceed from the empty alr above your heads." The minutes passed. Looks of strain and agony, doubt and anger, chased one another across the per- former's face; but there was no song. Then a voice certainly broke the silence. "'Tain't no good, guv'nor," "I've bin an' lost needle." it said. the gramophone lei iain Conservation for Consideration. It is a fact admitted by thinking farmers that through negligence or misplaced frugality in not providing covering for implements of agricul- ture, when not in use, they get about half the years of service from them they. should. The logs from exposure is greater than the deterioration that follows through legitimate use. We will assume that the necessary equipment required to work a farm costs $1,000 and that with care the equipment may be used for ten years. Without care these.implements. would be scrapped in five years, - The de- duction to be made from these figures is that an implement shed built and in use in five years is equal to $500. It does not 'cost half that sum to build a good implement shed, but how many farmers, otherwise up to date and progressive, fail to provide pro- per care for the tools with which they work ? Ask for Minard's and take no other. msn Victory is not an achievement of the intelligence but of the will. The battle is gained when one refuses to admit defeat--Foch, LEMONS MAKE SKIN WHITE, SOFT, CLEAR Make this beauty ty lotion for & few cents and see for yourself. What girl or woman hasn't heard Juice to remove complexion ; to Bice the skin and to e rose 1h Lroahiness and refers tating 1d 'mix reer rite; way: Strain through a fine e juice of two fresh lemons bottle containing about three le. quarter shin and Finn for ays small far of ordinary ol e bottle, then this y o kin" yo. three oe pu Dy Viti "the grocer has the lemons, But Jepon juice |" e mon ic d fresh 208 7 othe io : EQU. Wa re ; uson AER Lid. Soronte MISCELLANEOUS. .. h¥ TUMORS. 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