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f > < • iim» . y»!wgggips!»f^»T?rsy?<jy <r?''!*iR'' FISHERS OF THE AIR. An Exciting Sport Peculiar to a Sec- tion of Italy. U i.s noi often that one romes across a little piiLce that lias an ingeuloiis and exciting *port all its own. At Cava del Tlrrenl, In Italy, however, there han for a thousand years existed a peculiar form of plgeou-catching. It was Introduced in 892. says Mr. Her- bert Vivian in Italy at War, and It baa flourished ever since. At the begin- ning of every autumn gi'eat flocks of pigeons migrate from Siberia to Afrl- \ oa and pass over Cava and the Gulf of Salerno. They probably have other route.s. but Cava is the only place where they are waylaid with net.^i and slings. The aeasun Is at its height from the 15th to the 2r)th of October. The pigeon-catcliorj are mostly men of the lower middle class, who club to- gether to form six societies, or "games." A game usually con.slsts of three or four towers iind a clearing where the gets are set up. One tower â- . Is probalby a thousand yards from the • net, and the nearest perhaps seventy ! yards, but the distances vary. The towers are tall and slim, windowless ! and weather-beaten. There are steps : about halfway up the inside, and % j rickety ladder leads to the parapet at ' the top. Each society has also a neat | little clubhouse, usually near the chief j tower. In a merry mood the members take thelv places In the fresh morning air. Most of them are dressed In velveteen l coats, top-boota and pealted capB. Two . meu ascend each tower and the rest I are distributed among the nets. In each of the clearings stands a small \ hou.se from the centre of which rises : lull black mast. To that two huge ces.slon of startling events. • m>J -' - I '> W, " ."'" â-  yr â- """â-  1 OE.\TH IN THK I'LBLIC TUP. K.vi'ii Tlie "Bubble Fountain" u Not Flntirely .Satisfactory. If it were practicable, the public huuith service would have every pub- lic fountain cup inuiie in the shape of a death's head. It would be appro- priate . . .The public cup is a disca <• carrier. Ycu drink from it. But who was the last user? A sn/ferer from dipiitheria or sDine other horrid complaint ? You can't tell . The "'bubble fountain" has been in- troduced to do away with this kind of danger. It is an immense im- provement, but not wholly satisfac- tory. Commonly it happen:? that a drinker brings nis lips into contact with the apparatus, and thus may in- fect it. But, as experiments have proved, the bubble m.iy itself carry germs. They -may literal'y "dance about" on the surface of the bubble for many minutes, and 30 convey disease to the next comer. GIRLS! . WHITEN SKIN WITH LEMON JUICE A British naval gun that has "got" many subs. It is f-he chief weapon of what is kno-wn aa a submarine Make a beauty lotion for a few cents to parent ship. â€" Admiralty Official photograph. Crown Copyright. OPINIONS ON WORLD PROBLEMS By Chas. .11. Bice, Attorney- at-Law, Denver. Colorado. THE GERMAN PEOPLE. questiou of an early spring, a united â€"â€" German army on the western front. This war has ben a continuous sue- and a glorious victory at last. constructed much like eyes, with a lens, a nerve entering at tht back like the optic nerve, and even a muscular amnfmont for turning the lantern this way and that. A species named by the scientists .Vrgyropelecus has more than two- score such lanterns, each of them la . . provided with a brilliant reflector. - ,, , , , The world • , , . They are veritable buUseye lamps, nets are fastened, stretching right and ; "^s been given gasp after gasp, and ] When March came and Geniiuny ^jtj, double-cimvex Ien.ses of crystal- left to clumps of trees and spreading 'ii" surprises never seem to end. It struck, the blow nmde the allies reel, j ^j^^p substance To make each re- uut obliquely to the ground. Inside i^^s witnessed on the one hand the ; the blow falling most severely on the fl^^.^m. m„re efficient tliere is behind the house Is a handle ond a cogwheel ; Russian cooyulslon. ending in the des- ; British Hues with very heavy losses, j jj ^ j^yp^ ^^ \i\a<i\i. pigment which lu for raising the weightod nets. The tructlon of monarchic autocracy and lookout place Is a straw hut two or 'he substitution of anarchic autoc- three miles away in the direction from ^^cy. ai]il on the other hand it has which the pigeons are expected. When witnessed the iron autocracy of the watcher Bights a dock of birds he •^^''^^rlsm forged more "firmly than gives a signal on his horn, which ' ever aroura the necks of the German other watchers scattered about the People. It is now witnessing the grad- woods take up. i t"*'- ^^^ certain dissolution of the last The birds travel at a tremendous 1 Teatige of feudalism in Austria-Hun- speed, always with a leader, and in K^ry. flocks of from thirty to one hundred, i 1'^® Romanoffs have gone, the Haps- Everyone takes to cover, for the birds ''^''K'* aâ„¢ SO'ng, but the Hohenzol- and consequent danger to the Channel ports. j Two months later, the French arm- j ies to the south were assailed, and it , is only recently that Paris could be considered as safe from German in- vestment. are easily freightened. The meu on the towers are provided with long slings and whitewashed stones about the size of small hens' eggs. These they discharge with great force. The pigeons, it Is said, mistake the stones for hawks and make frantic efforts to avoid them, so the slingers must fling the stones where they do not lerus are mightier among their people than ever. Verily, Frederick the Great, were he alive to-day, could learu much from his dejceudants. • * « * This of itself. Is startling; but that j • ♦ . . which surpasses all other situations! But thank heaven! the fifth year in the element of surprise Is the fact opens with a clear sky. France. Italy that the world, wise as It Is, wiser as and Britain, politically and militarily, wish the birds to go. yet when they '^ grows, did not know that for forty- 'are stronger than they were a year are Hying high, a stone flung beneath '^^'® years a very considerable portion ago, and more united and delermiued them will bring thorn hurtling down- "' *^* affi'irs had been Intrusted to the to prosecute the war to victjory. The ward. Then, with loud cries, the 'i6cp'"S of a nation absolutely dedi- submarine menace has been met and watchers drive thorn toward the' nets, '^^'•'d to Ideals that had been swept solved, the allied shipping has im- The 6tone-alingin& is the essence of "*''^'' "' Kunnymede. England, during mensely increased. The .-Vtluntic the sport, and It requires strong '215 -did not know that medievalism bridge is effectually maintained, muscles, a quick eye and a steady flourished stronger than ever before, tiim. t But tbo netting is also diflicult. The man at the ropes is white and uer- fact, envelops the whole of the globu- lar-shaped lantern, just as Is the case with a human eye, .\nother species of fish ha.i on either side of its head a double lamp, with reflectors, the two pointing different . ways. That is to sav, one pair of lan- Dunng the war year just ended, the ^grns points ahead, like the lamps of losses from submarine attacks were j ^^ automobile, while the other pair at the highest point, and the Loudon | ,, directed downward to illuminate the Times is authority for ti>e statement, that during the Picardy assault that came so close to a Waterloo for the I bottom over which the fish Is passing. I The lanterns cauied by the abyssal ,. ,, , ; lishes give lights of different colors- rallies, the United Ivnigdom was never ; gn^g^v, golden or greenish. Thev so near the door of starvation, due to | ^^^^ ,p„j ^„ j,^^ ^^.g„g,.y ^j ^^ ^^^^^ I railroad congestion near New York, ' depths a weird and wonderful effect. I etc. I YES! MAGICALLY! CORNS LIFT OUT WITH FINGERS I but under the alluring name of "Kul- tur." Perhaps the very grotesque- uess of the idea disarmed suspicion. vous; everything now depends upon him. If he releases the weight at the right munient, the net comes down Instantly and the birds are bagged. A moment too soon, and the? see the danger and avoid it; a moment too late and they pass in safety. It is a i matter of an instant, and many mora ' flocks escape than are taKcn. ] The birds ,ue gray and somewhat smaller than the domestic pigeon. They cannot be trained or tamed. The sport Is far from being prolUable. for even when they have good luck tho^) pigeon catchers never take enough birds to pay tor the elaborate prepara- tion thay have made. But the moment when the nets whirl down at Cava is a moment of rare excitement. If your car is a new one there is 'some* means prov-ided for warming the inlet manifold, such as casting it Inside the cy'inder block so that it will be warmed by the waterjackets. An )ld engine will have to be fitted with While the world ;:t large â€" the world of civilization and t'lnritual ideas, has been consecrating It elf to the task of freeing mankind fro 11 the bondage of materialism, giving increased expres- sion to the principle of the brother- hood of man, to which even China has aw^akened, we find Germany, hypno- . tized by the N'letzches, Trietsches and Uernhardisâ€" a willing, servile dis- ciple of the doctrine that might makes right, and that the golden rule was never intended to apply as between nations. ! Hence the hatred universally di- rected against Germany Is a hatred of her idols and ideals, and the more bit- ter it is the more it reflects the free- ' doni of Germany's foes. Little wonder then, that the ques- tion is oft repeated: "Are Kaiser- trained Germans flt for civilization, or | citi-ienship in civilized nations?" i Not unless they can be made to seo the tolly of their vassalage and sub- serviency to autocracy, and the utter Only in recent months has Amerl ca's contribution been powerful or ef- fective. A year ago we were unable ' to do aught but grant credits to our ' allies; to-day we are dispatching men • by the hundreds of thousands. The i Foch counter attacks In the Soissons- â-  libeims salleut have staggered the ' Huns, while their retreat from the . Marne is littl^short of a rout. I * • * • I Foch is in his elei:.ent in as-sumlug : the offensive, and he appears to be a great general, far outranking anything Germany has produced. His rScent victory is the most brilliant in the an- i uuls of war. I .â- Vinerlca is building a magnilicent â-  You say to the drag store man. "Give me a small bottle of freezcne." This will cost very little but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or cal- lus from one's feet. A few drops of this new etlier com- pound applied directly upon a tender, aching corn relieves the soreness in- stantly, and soon the entire corn or callus, I'oot and all, dries up and can be lifted off with the flngors. This new way to rid one's feet of corns was Introduced by a Cincinnati man, who says that freezone dries in a moment, and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without Irritating the surrounding skiu. Don't let father die of infection or army In Fiance, and ^he portion of it lockjaw from whittling at his corns now on the tiring line has demonstra- ted Its courage and spirit in a manner that has elicited the highest praise from Military circles. We will have an army of over 4,000.000 men in France by next Spring. Huns, please take notice. but clip this out and make him try it. If your druggist hasn't any freezone tell him to order a small bottle from his wholesale drug house for you. -*- FISH THAT CARRY LANTERNS. a manifold in which inlet and exhaust ^,^^^^y ^f j^e thought of themselves as pass through the same casting, so that ^ -supermen," can anv hope of their re- the exhaust heats the inlet and so formation be entertained warms the gas Great things were accomplished in this war by the German "machine" thnt caught other nations unprepared: unheard of slaughter Is to he' credit, or disgrace, as we may view it, bar- barities that will rise to plague the GeriuHU people for generations to come, destruction on land and sea that Is bound to affect the future at- titude of all nations dealing with her. This record cannot be condoned or forgotten by the rest of the world very soon. But Kaiser Wllhelm, in the face of It all, like Macbeth, con- jures vain hopes and appears to have met the witches on the heath. He will soon be disillusioned, and then what? Time alone can answer. Strange Animals That Inhabit Depths of the Ocean. the Children Like ihe ttitractive ffe- \x)r of th» healihnil cereal drink POSTUM And it^ fli\e for â- them too. for It contains nothlnt} harmful- only the goodness of wheat and pure molasses. POSTUM Is now regu- larly used In place of -tea and coffee In manv or the best of nonilles. "Wholesome econom- ical and healthftil. "Tbere^i a Rfaaon " I Up to within very recent years It was believed that the depths of the sea were uninhabited by any living creatures. But it is now known that the marine abysses have a tauua of their own, consisting of animal species wholly unfamiliar to us. Among these animals are many kinds of flshes, most weird and strange â€" for instance, sharks that In shape resemble huge eels. .\ striking liiiny type is the "black swallower." which j spends its time burled in the shelly ooze of the bottom. It Is nearly all j mouth, and gets a living by waiting â-  Sure. " A Fatal Pudding. \ Conversation overheard In a muni- ' lion canteen after a serving of some '. pudding: Alf â€" This 'ere puddln' ain't half 'eavy stuff. Billâ€" That's nothing. My missus I made some one day that we could not eat, so we gave it to our ducks. A few minutes later a little boy knocked at the door, and said: "Missus Jones, yer ducks have sunk " remove tan, freckles, sallowness. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will sup- ply you with three ounces of orchard white for a few- cents. Squeeze the juice of two fresh lemons into a bot- tle, then put In the orchard white and ."hake well. This makes a quarter pint of the very best lemon skin whitener and complexion beautifier known. Massage this fragra.nt, creamy lotion daily into the face, neck, arms and bands and just see how freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and roughness disappear and how smooth, soft and clear the skin becomes. Yes! It Is harmless, and the beautiful results I will surprise vou. i « j Saving the Eyes. ' The eyes were made to use with- out a doubt. So were the hands and feet, a:ul all can be abused and be- come >ources of pain forever. A life time of Just ordinary vision, just see- ing what goes on about us, is about all we can expect from a pair of nor- mal eyes. Added strain like flne sow- ing, too much rauding and poor light will use them up so much sooner. Wage-earners have to sacrifice many things, including eyes, but for absolute waste of vision there is no excuse. I Lachute. Que.. 25th Sept., i:»OS. ; Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. i Gentlemen. Ever since coming home ; from the Boer war I have been bother- ed with running fever sores on my legs. I tried many salves and linl- meuts; also doctored continuously for the blood, but got no permanent relief, till last winter w len my mother got me to try MINAKU'S LINIMENT. The effect of which was almost magi- cal. Two bottles completely cured me and I have worked every working day sines. i Yours gratefully. ! JOHN WALSH. When We Honestly Try Economy Economy is still the word we hear constantly in our ears, and it is to be hoped that suggostio.'is under that head are received in the proper spirit Economy, jiLst a little of it now and in t'ne right place, a little of it by everybody, means an immense saving in the future. Self-^lenial, , taVen as a matter of course, is far ' easier than self-denial grudgingly given and thought over for a long time; also that trite epigram, "He who gives quickly gives twice," Is very truly put. So make up your mind to economize and do it now. Economise in the "way that the gov- ernment has inilicated as most nec- essary, and this does not as a rule j mean save, it means substitute, even if it cost-.s a little more. \ MONEY ORDERS. When ordering goods by mail seud . a Dominion Kxpross Money Order. A Friend Indeed. There is one dug in London, which, were its duties known, we should all join in voting an extra ration, says the London Chronicle. It Is the ears of un entire household. All the human members of the family are deaf and dumb. The dog answers the door, or u ring it conveys the information to That ia to say. when It hears a knoc'. its belters by barks, which are de- tected by the opening and shutting of its mouth, by wagging its tail, and in Uie last resort by gently i>awlng its master or mistress and running to- wa'ds fiont or back dour. â- iBkrd'a Iilitlment Carei Qarrat la Cow* A humorous wriier once said "il you want to bec-iMne a popular con- ductor, take lessons in swimming and carpet-beating." roa BAza WEEKLY .VEWSPAIER FOR SALS IB Ntw Ontario. Oimer iculnc te rranca. Will iell IJ.OOO. Wortb duublt that nmounL Apply J H.. e.'o Wllioa FvbllabiDB Co.. Llmltad. Toronto. rm^Kix EQi;ippBD nkwspai'KH "T anJ lob prlntlnn plant in Eastern Ontario. Inaurance carried 11.600. WUl CO for 11.200 on quick sala. Box (}, j Wil»on PuMl3h!ng Co.. Ltd.. Torontg Pi; I) I <J RE E O KKWl^OCNOI.A.N'D Puppies, thut nobla breed now so nearly exllnct. Wa have some -.-ery flna . ones. R. A. Olllgsplw. .Vlibotsford. Que. 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Parmer: "Why. the off un, to be for prey jaws. to walk luto its coveruous Land-worker: "I'm awfully sorry, but 1 don't know anything about Another species Is able literally to hoi-ses, so I can't tell which one of swallow fishes ten times as big as It- .them is »n orphan! " sell, its jaws being enormously dis- ! A year ago France was suffering from the Aisne disaster, and the iBorale of the arniy was lower than It had been since the war started. The Russian situation was rapidly growing worse, and It the allied cen- ters did not know It, Berlin did, that Russia as a factor in the war would soon be nonexistent. tensible. so that It climbs around the victim, so to speak, and envelops It, In general, the flshes of the ocean depths are black, and either blind or else provided w-ith huge eyes to catch every ray of light j Live Fish In a Mine. Live fish have been found in the bottom of Transvaal gold mine, In a vertical shaft 3,800 feet deep. They i were barbel, from B in. to 12 In. long, land up to t'lroe-qunrtois of a pound In weight, and must have been merely spawn when they fell. In exceptional- ly dry weather small bull-fr-jgs have ' been seen to distend tliemselves and ' deliberately jump down tlie shaft, ap- ; pareutly lu search of water. How they ever reached the bottom alive isf a mystery. : miiard'a xaoiment Cnraa Oolda. St<^ ABSORBINE Rc!>ii--s Strained, Puffy Anklci. LjmphanEitis. Poll Evil. Flstulf,' Bells, Swellings; Slops Lampncsi and .illays pain. Heals Sor^s, Cuts, Bruises, Boot Clinics. It ts a SAFE ANTiSEPTIG m 6£nMIGiDE Does not blister or remove tho tiafrand horse can be worked. Pleasant to uie. 12.30 a bottle, delivered. DcHribe your can for special instnictions and Dock 5 R free. ABSORBINE. JR., x.Uicplk llnlmrnl lot mankmci.r* duco* Strain*. Painlul. Kn(>ned. Swollen Vrlna- Con««. <rairU â€" only a for iticri rrgiiirrd at in application. Prka Jl 2*t per lx>;tle at Jealcra or dclircM. W. F.YOUNG. P. D.F..516L.iii:iitlll{.,MGntreal,CM| •baoiii.itf t&A AliiDioii^e. Jf.. ua aids la Cu^b IRSTV KliiarA'a Unlmant Coma Sipbtbarlib Pneumatic balls help the springs to support a new bicycle saddle . Greek capitalists plan to e.xploit That ScareiJ A geniienian made total and absolute darkness. But this , darkness is Illuminated by the phos- i phorescent torches which the flshes I and other creatures carry. Even the , . , .. .. , ., IJellytlshes are luminescent, and at Later in the year the son zo dlsas- ; „,„derate depths the bottom Is oov- t«r came tjpcm the allies without ^ed over wide areas with sea fans and warning, and Italy seemed to be near- ^ „th«,. a„,^^, .^^^,„ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ing the chasm over which Russia and , siting plants, bear their own lights, Rumania had disappeared Qne understands, then, why the The enem.v was scarcely to b «„,« j^^t^-flshes (when not wholly blind) If It decreed ast autumn that Italy as ! „„,^ ^^.^ great eyes. Some of them an an agonist need not be counted, j ,„3„ ^.^„, ,„„t,.rns, seemingly deslgn- The winter months gave t^rmanypos- led ^^ help them In looking for prey The marine absses are a region of ^^ famous petroleum springs of that country, which have been resrartled as furiosities of nature for more tlian 2,- 800 years. <â- ,._._ . _ ,j__ -- â- - session of what she retjulred In Rus- 1 -phese lanterns, sia, and relieved her of holding an' army «»- 'he eastern front. It was a ' ED. 7 in some species, are Em, a rockery in front nf his house In which he planted some beautiful ferns, and, having put up the following notice, found It more efficient and less expensive than spring Kuns and man traps. The fear- inspiring Inscription was: "Baggars, beware. Scolopendriuma and Poly- j dlums are set here." ' ^PAIN Exlerniiator The Good Old Family Friend ' Foi ovc( 40 r«>rk HtTkl'a Pain E^lcimioiilar fita barn takin£ the pain out ol iheumatism, lomblco. lame back, neuiilc'a. aprama. toothacbe and kimilar complalma. Bo» â-  boule, read the dire^'ioni on ihe circular in the patkitc. Al dtjlr". w »ritc u>. HIRST REMEDY COMPANV UamiltOQ. Canada HIMM Pamilf 8>l»r. WOl). f^^^^ mltST'J frcMrai trrap oiHo.a. _'-''~^ jiid and EKcampaoe. (j}il BOTTLE SSMOKi itucKinis _ CUT