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3 7% be In the vicinity, the journals from tv LN very noses, have made the most sav- i age aad dbotate efforts to hunt down of X i ; printed he always . battle for the moral subjugation of the A 'sountry. The Germans- organized a most extensive propaganda as well as ~ ind passed from hand to hand. _ raised to 75,000--has been offered for information leading to the apprehen- most popular newspa; Compliments of the Editors, . With charming audacity the man- agers see that the privileges of their journal are extended to the governor- general. Whenever a new number is finds two copies, fresh from press, upon his desk. No one knows how they get there--at least no one with whom the secret is not safe; And no one in the German organization bas yet found a way to prevent them getting there. A gener al who is exposed to such irritations long, enough would rather lose an Army Corps. One famous number, smuggled as usual to the official desk, displayed a halftone . portrait of his excellency, the Baron von Bissing, holding his "favorite paper." The caption ex- plained that "the dear Governor Gen- sral, weary of reading falsehoods in the censored press, was seeking the truth in La Libre Belgique." . Ever since the roar of German guns through™ Belgium and the tramp of German armies deafened the world there has been raging a& more silent » vigorous censorship. They issued much Germanophile papers as the II- justrierte Kriegs Kirier. They ese :ablished German news agencies, wxemplified in the Courier Belge and PHollande Belge. And, finally, they reached out for a denatured pseudo- Belgian press, of which Le Bruxellois was typical. This latter was run by reptile editors willing to betray their sountry, at a German price and at the ame time submit even what they yrote in the interest of Germany to a jevere censorship, which not only juppressed what was not approved but Naborated and garnished what was. ! Publishing Office on Wheels. All journals from outside the coun- ry which might carry matter detri- nental to German interests were ban- wed absolutely. Nevertheless these nanaged to circulate through secret shannels, sometimes even copied out )n typewritten sheets. By and by the Allies learned to drop pamphlets from \rplanes. Though the Germans de- rised a shrapnel shell which broke mly when near the ground and made t extremely dangerous for any ome the skies were eagerly searched for And it was not long before uncen- Jored papers, printed in Belgium it jelf, began to appear. Of all the clan- lestine journals the most vigorous 1nd defiant was La Libre Belgique. No one knows where it is Dp! F: its habitat is fantastically refei to 1s '"dne cave automobile," which might perhaps be translated as a mig- ratory cellar or cellar on wheels, and Its telegraph address is "The Gover- norship, Brussels." The price is in- fefinite, varying "from zero to infini- ly," and there is no regular time of Jssue, but an average of three or four pditions a month has been main. tained. . Not even the carriers know where they may visit the direst penalties u on him, but the printing, and distribu- tion of the paper goes on just the same, | Germans Offer Rewards. es The® German authorities, in their rage at the deflance of this plucky little newspaper operating under their "the offenders. To handle pr even to haveq it in possession is | - made a serous offense, and a huge re- 25,000 franc but later soldiers who were slain at Liege, Waelhem and on the Yser, and who now see for what miserable project of domination they were sacrificed to the Moloch of war under the pretext of defending thelr country. It is, finally, the voice of all the mothers, all the widows and all the orphans, whose cries cannot be hushed. As the days pass this voice will ever grow in volume and will reach to the very fontiers. The tone of the paper is delightful. It always keeps its security of temper, and fits spirit is irrépmessible. The Belgians enjoy it, and all the copies are carefully treasured. The usual circulation is about 10,000, but the paper proved so popular that the first five numbers were reprinted three or four times after their original publi- cation. * News From the Sky. One of the most interesting features of La Libre Belgique is its monthly air supplement, giving in Flemish and French the news of the war, It is published abroad and scattered in Bel- glum by aviators. In suppressing this sort of journalistic enterprise there is very little that the authorities can do except injure or penalize the resi- dents of districts in which air visits "are made; so after a rain'of air sup- plements was poured over the pro- menaders in some of the Brussels boulevards the citizens were forced to remain indoors within prescribed hours without lights. In Germany there is much talk of national "morale," of "holding out," of a "will to victory" which, being in- terpreted, means a "will to conquest." In that nation every discouraging in- fluence is carefully avbided. How vastly different in Belgium! Among this people no act is omitted that might serve to-sap their national spirit, to blunt the edge of their patri- ofisin, or to blast their sense of inde- pendence) Coarseness daily offends their sensitive taste; an enslaving frightfulness attacks their passion for liberty, and hribery Insults their per- sonal honor. Yet in the face of it all there is no letting down, no moral surrender, no loosening of the national determina- tion. 'There ig a quiet and dignified outward submission which seeks to avold offense, while always there is the inner protest of a fine nature which refuses to be degraded. There is real heroism in this steadfast firm- ness of spirit, in this will to die rather than lose one's soul. : Twenty-One. When youth is turning twenty-one And boyhood drops the toys it knew, When there's sharp drilling to be done : To hasten victory o'er the Hun, Canada will find him true-- Her manly pride, her loyal son. Dear are the dreams youth leaves be- hind-- For life begins at twenty-one. Out there is honor's badge to find, With courage ofsour father's kind. . But there's a man behind the gun-- And millions more beside him lined. If it may be brave-France shall keep Our hope gone forth at twenty-one, God knows, tho' first our hearts must 'weep : France will walk proudly where they sleep. So shall their triumph, nobly weg, Live on, a better world to keep. Yet on some glad, victorious day, When right has crushed the mighty Hun They will return--all those who may-- - Love crowned, auointed of the fray, Their costly right to manhood won As we had , in honor's way. No vain regrét has twenty-one, Its glad, prophetic day is here. grea A BIT OF AMERICA IN FRANCE. Light raflway transporting food to the front. The mule is the centre of the operalon as well as of the photograph.--U.S. Official Photograph. * -- Fashion's ' For the slender young girl there! comes this charming design. McCall Pattern No. 8426, Misses' Semi- Fitted Dress. In 4 sizes, 14 to 20 years. Price, 20 cents. ' The drapery of the skirt is repeated on the collar of this charming dress. McCall Pattern No. 8429, Ladies' Dress. In 6 sizes, 34 to 44 bust. Price, 20 cents. These patterns may bé obtained rom your local McCall dealer, or om the McCall Co, 70 Bond St. Toronto, Dept. W. --_------ Save Your Cabbage. : It is about this time that the flies of the cabbage-maggot are most active, large numbers of eggs being deposited against the stems of young cabbage and cauliflower plants. The best pre- ventative where these pests are con-|. cerned is the felt disk placed around the plant as soon, as it is set. But for those who did not take this pre- caution earlier in the season cure rather than a preventative is now nec- essary. A good remedy is to dust the infected plants with fresh pyrethrum insect powder 'and air-slaked lime or other dry diluent, one part of the former in four of the latter. After being thoroughly mixed together the powder and lime should be kept in a tight vessel for 24 hours before using. | The mixture should be applied from a duster, sold by seedsmen, or from a cheesecloth bag tied on the end of a stick, the operator holding the bag over the plants and tapping the with a cane held in the other A Prayer for Those Who Watch. We cannot see beyond the flame, the black smoke's smother; ° We only know they strive there, each beside the other, Our son #@nd soldier, lover, husband, brother. We cannot hear the battle clash, the roaring of the guns; We only know among them are the well-beloved ones, Those who made the world for us, lovers, husbands, sofs. "Ours!" the heart within us Nay, but these are more Even, men-at-arms of God who wage a holy war In the cause His soldier-saints fought and conquered for! cries. Lord, for us the waiting ones, watch- ers in the night, Change our selfish fears to pride, let us see aright The honor of the Service, the glory of the Fight! Give us faith to know Thy sword was never bared in vain, Given us vision to behold, above the fields of pain, The splendor of the sacrifice that saves the world again! lp LIFT YOUR CORNS OFF WITH FINGERS How to loosen a tender corn or callus so It lifts out without pajn. OPO Or OQ =e Y= O00 O00 Let folks step on your feet here after; wear shoes a size smaller if you like, for corns will never again send electric sparks of pain through you, according to this Cincinnati authority. He says phat a few drops of a drug called freezone, applied directly upon a tender, aching corn, instantly re- lleves soreness, and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. This" drug dries at once and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without even irritating the surrounding tissue. A small bottle of freezone obtained at any drug store will cost very little but will positively remove every hard oF soft corn or callus from one's foot. If your druggist hasn't stocked this new drug yet, tell him to get a small bottle of freezone for you from his wholesale drug house. EL RAR NOT 80 BAD. This story of an experience that be- tell a story-writer is attributed by an {Illustrated Sunday magazine to-a well- known story-writer: The author was giving a lecture one evening on the characteristics and surroundings of the class of people with whom he had dealt in one of his recent books. An old Scotchman, who sat near the front, watched the man with a disapproving manner. At the close of the lecture the Scotchman made himself known to the writer. . "Sir," he said slowly, after he had shaken the author's hand solemnly, "I have read all your books up to now and like them fairly well. Man, you wouldna gle up writin' ppeakin' to get your livin', would ye?" "No, indeed," replied the young man. "You think 1 would be unwise, 1 take it." "It would be sae great a mistake that I felt I must tell ye ma thought as an honest man," sald the Scot, with great earnestness." "I thought to _my- sel', 'He mdy need just a word to'set him right, and Ill not deny it to him.' There was one o' your books I found a bit dull, but as I Hstened to ye to- night I said to mysel', "Twas na sae dull as it might ha' been, that book, after all." AY me Minard's Liniment Oures Diphtheria. L-- '| they raised the cry "Lusitanial") = and tak to Fx : "LUSITANIAI" | ; ; (As fhe Americans charged with' fixed bayonets at the battle of Hamel They charged, and high above the fight Pealed out their battle cry-- echoes of that fateful name Were echoed from the sky. Their bayonets of flashing steel Grew dark as foemen fell. Uncheckable they cut their path, and .,. of the crimson aftermath Few, few were left to tell. And they who heard that cry ring out Shall hear it yet again, And as its accents strike their ears shall know, remultiplied, the . fears Of little children slain. Aye, let it be your battle call To consecrate the sword And bring to many a shell.swept, field, glow but inexorably sealed, The vengeance of the Lord. a------ pe -- LEMON JUICE 18 SKIN WHITENER GIRLS! --t-- How to make a creamy beauty lotion for a few cents. The juice of two fresh lemons strain- ed into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes & whole quarter pint of the most re- markable lemon skin beautifier at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, whitener and beautifier. - Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag- rant lemon lotion and massage fit daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. BOOT LINES DRAWN CLOSE. In Germany Birth Certificates Must Be Produced to Obtain Them. Protests are being made against the latest bureaucratic freak in Germany --persons attempting to secure boots | on permit-cards must henceforth pro- duce birth-certificates, and (if mar- Above the thunder and 'the flame the Earth is Enough. Of Paradise--we havé enough! We need no other stones to build The stairs into the Unfulfilled-- No other ivory for the doors-- No other marble for the floors-- No other cedar for the beam And dome of man's immortal dreams Here on the paths of pery days Here on the common h way Is all the stuff the gods would take To build a Heaven, to mold and make New Edens. Ours the stuff sublime To build Eternity in Time! - Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows Fallure to Plenty. One estimate places the wheat crop of the West at all the way from nothe ing to 26 bushels per acre. No West- ern Province has a good crop in all sections; in no one is there a com- plete failure. Manitoba runs from 4 bushels at Souris to 22 at Dauphin and Teulon; Alberta, from practically none "over a radius of 100 miles around Medicine Hat to good in the north country, and Saskatchewan trom two bushels at Prelate to 26 at Foam Lake and Wadena. MONEY ORDERS. The safe way to send money by mail fs by Dominion Express Money Order. Corn starch may always be used for thickening where wheat flour is ordinarily called for. If a fruit grower wants wood growth in a young orchard or in young shade trees he will get it most quick- ly by doing his pruning in early spring; whereas if he wants merely to promote the formation of fruit ried) their marriage lines. This reg- ulation is enforced to prevent un-| authorized persons from obtaining | boots, says a London correspondent. | As an extra inducement to men to! hand in old clothes to the State, Ber- | lin authorities announce that in addi- | tion to the regular price allowed for | suits everybody who surrenders one | will receive a one-hdlf pound jar of honey. | To raise money for the Ludendorff | Fund for Crippled Soldiers an aireraft | works at Travemude, on the Baltic, { will this summer give seaside visitors { rides in airplanes, either overland or buds, he will find that June pruning is best. There are two "best times" to prune trees--depending upon the object sought, the age of the trees and convenience in doing the work. Gen= erally speaking, only light pruning should be done in June; all heavy trim ming should be in the early spring. FOR ad WW EEELY NEWSPAPER FOR SALB in New Ontario. Owner going to Will sell $2,000. Worth double Apply J. H., c/o Wilson Publishing Co.. Limited. 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