Allied Posen on land th: exaggeration to say that its fulslment averted an irrepar- able disaster. _ More than she did then Britain could not have been expected to do. She had neither fs men nor the muni- _ tions, burden of the fight on the west gh ere, fell on Fran That jotted duty, aed itt Yet is from using Antwerp aval pre Otherwise the case of tne Allies \ beges soon havi di rate. The German hatred of ny is not Nena with a Mean a of the fact that her com- the re its ied in the field. To do that took bbe ere “slackers,” to 3 ther ways were aes saben whe ee a singular lack of patriotism. tal results compel admira- ee, pe leds than years Great Britain has something two million men at the front, well trained and full of area Nor is this ioe ore th ginning e flow youth them- salves OF, the ee: of their country d of freedom. ere are awfal pabghie aes anges those who knew and loved them are ful for such a record of valor nats ae votic The charge that either they or t en all these the full meashre of service is the ietspring of ignorance Ma; neral Maurice has pointed out, there a nothing for them to do but ait. Why, it ask the French left to Pi fare the. ‘arts at Verdun alone? The by.aiet ieee was mi a = of the AL lied campaign porbte nde Bota ‘hig British in reserve until they were needed. If even now the ish advance is slower than the Freach ib is for reason which is no discredit to the British troops. physical fea- tures of the country have to be consid- ered, and Hed the nature of the Ger- man defenses. This part of the Ger- man line is stronger than that in the here. for i to gain ground by the needless sacri- ee Tately San eeraen s that the period of the Di ws highly suggestive of this per- ie so it ‘vill hardly be looking too ahead to. give 4 rome: considera- Pp tle wonder if it should return 08 And there will be little regret, 0, for there is a certain Matalione about the costume of this period ‘iets makes it a favorite among any wi S agemanebchis sketch is 1b ; fi from | be worn is again coming in. ee ie here and there a costume) re ing —¢—— = At | SCIENTIFIC CAUSE OF THUNDER- i STOR ité.and pale blouses are still favored, ‘though ion louse ae in color the suit with which it is to seen. Satin bined for waists that form p: Sees The hey the erally eles and ad the Tenor pen which ca nearest the skirt is of sati Stripec satin is also used for waists combined wate “Georgette, Tt had cape-~ large patteros “maiir BS obtained from your local McCall Dealer or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond Street, Tor- onto, Ontario. By Chas M. Bice, Denver, Colo. Ever since the mythology of reece, which attributed flashes of g|ehtning to the vengeful bolts of 'y Jove, countless explanations of a> poet the put ward various G. Cc. very solves the Dr. y hit upon a simple experiment that sol lowing drops of distilled wa- significant results, that the heeding wibot these arepeae. water was accompanied by the production of both negative and positive electric ion’ i thunderstorm, as is well known, is always characterized by strong up- ward currents of heated air, which eriment has been ply account for the kreaking all rain drops which would otherwise fall through the currents. the summit of the uprising air cur- rent of the storm, within the thunder- positively 7379 Reflecting the Directoire Style many charms, e long tunic part-| ed in front and attached to the rather | short- aes body can be worn to ad vantage by the woman of average pro- Sections ‘nics are site fashionable this! Season and ther y of | but it was ae of the skirt, barely starting from the hips. The dress in question was made was of very fine serge in a matching fice of fire. In no part of the offen- sive on the western front is that con- lated. It is rather by the slow ment the British are non fe full! n share. GERMANS ARE, DAZED BY FIRE. | British Linutivant ie cha They ‘render Willin; sec cond lieutenant pea written as ws from the Somme front to his| palace in| Engl “Since writing we have taken a further active part in the ‘great push,’ | with considerably more success thai take the Boche by surprise, and with- out much difficulty or many casualties we got three lines of trenches ani about ninety prisoners. “On the whole it was great fun, and the raiding of t profitable to all of us. e grips with a German pans nt. “Before going over I managed to et all my platoon to nig? ‘Hande ch!’ and it worked admirably, as. i ip Hun was so dazed by a five min- tS bombardment of 75s and field it it was relief for him to rs rae vege “Needless to say, we had casualties, and ese, TaUENed with the ones | July 1, have rendered us temporarily ‘down and out,’ so to speak, so we were ved we are having a quiet time here. We did quite well ie with decorations, Five of my plat- it dd conduct _med- als ce I shade. Collars, high in the back and open in front, on the order of the one in the illustration, are very good style. with dresses and suits, the style aes s well up in the back n= linue to be o, large, though some small ones are A Skirt it Baas Gores. In the matter of separate | the ere is a sti made a strong fale to many women. | This urteen-gored skirt, of which an illustration is shown h | Not even the number of gores has [deterred them from taking a fancy skirts, military cro “Things seem to be moving ie the| direction of finis now. I should fs ‘ine that Rumania joining in auld] tae a arg deal to do with it. When | imme had @ board painted. up telling them of the news, phish they’ probably yee ae ‘However, it ann proceeded to Get all th = ae ei ‘ha some tun” 3 Iti is only the “natural point ee the diamond which will cut sie Fist ree Po J tid will n | tiveness of it _ the snipers who hadn't loopholes were | terials, makin * a, little 168 ger to get a pot oe i e different material Needless to ahd sho aalves'e bit say, in Be the chief beauty of esult that our on the skirt. may me ma- terial in two contrasting colors or New Gored Skirt with Shaple Waist to this skirt, the novelty. and the effec- © 7367-737 3 contrasting materials in the ae shade. These skirés are ote, in two colors of serge, as black a Even in separate collars to be worn| warm riking novelty which has | S¢4 charged rain Sess and free mee har; ions. the positive ions are also pede aiaveaged Be the successive division and coales- cence of the added rain drops. The ienitinele charged drops fall to the earth whenever the upward air current becomes weak enough to per- | mit their passage through — it. eorstirs ions are carried up into the er part of the cloud, where they tsiates with the’ cloud’ particles, and eee ie re ee es into nega- tively ed dro) "These “jtimately tall in the gent- ry rain of the storm. Thus the tricity required to produce lightning and t! ite ler storm may begin at any sass haven ayer of warm air un- derlies a colder one, for fhe lighter air is sure to its through the heavier, an “ats a this rising prot thunder sediecin tienes dederloed. Experience teaches that on Sans at least, thunder t fre they are said to be most Besant a night, and in winter tim well-known thermal | the air abov The ultimate controlling factor casional excess of voleanic dust in the air. It follows that the thunderstorm is not the beautiful simple vortex with horizontal axis pictured in books, In- stead, we have the air floating in from all sides, and the i cooling by expansion ing up the typical Aisa oe moving forward under the control of the prevailing cyclonic wind. Then, as a result of strong connec- tion, rain forms at a considerable al- titude where the air is cool, so cold at times that hail instead of rain is often formed Exvessive’ condensation Cie rere in a thunder cloud produces an excess of electrification and electrical discharge “rain gush” follows, but as sound travels faster than rain falls we hear the thunder before the “rain gush” reaches us. Le a se a ee, eeras DREAM ROSTORES HIS SPEECH. | Welsh Bet itecovare a Power in ndon Hospital | Many ee instances of the | recovery of soldiers of the power” of speech, wounds, have been told. |that of a Welshman, who had his voice restored in a dream. He was injured aeene the battle of the ime, and on recovering con- sciousness found that. he had lost the power of speech. While ina ae i aden she dream: the pera ant hala a shel rhim, He: of his voice, and -om wal ipoker? to about it. To his. ai ment he found he was able to are and he has now completely een pee his ams white, or brown and white; or they are made in combinations of Yass Regia ast this morning. Patient—Oh, I sig “opened ay aves duce spray, he Cea these very} Warm & - | will cure fad ae e cords a long ty that “prevail ‘next to the water and in a ou! Crimea Bs air ‘k dogs are eee laid. * Tor Doctor—Well, and how Bld younAfia ical een en kept too. long, 01 not been ony cared for. are generally so terrifying: that the aes is quickly samm is well, for he will be needed. In many cases it is not possible to tell at once just what kind of ‘Poison tain that whatever moved from the is it-mi ices as oe? as emetic, thunderstorms have :hnpeated, but moré or Jess wide ql ini ng Jowed. ruicyy Jae saved many a life. out the stomach, it ‘stimulating eitect, which is an excellent thing, since acute poisoning is often followed by a dan- gerous collapse, For thi can to support the seength of a badly poisoned person. ven after tl h has been sae liel and the toms have subsidel, the) © -y great. ts and hot-water botties are helpful, but it is not of much u: to give stimulants by the mouth un- til the ‘stomach fxs been emptiad, the poison is a i Dip scorch garap. Cantal ve teed: foe fear of further injury to the already lacerated gullet, and tbe enema is the best treatment we can adopt; but in cases of food poleaning We taba tna valuable adjunct to the treatment. © enetaetle x by injecting stry~ brandy or co! yy mouth or by enema, according to the condition of the patient.—Youth’s Companion. Health Notes. Ice water is bad for the stomach nd the complexion. If anybody’s finger is burned dust the burn with powdered charcoal to| ; keep it from cae When a cold se TG: panctoor dchpe pe opicita oP cane hor on a lamp of sugar and allow it ‘0 dissolve a be mouth. This will atten es ude ae ait wile the arms folded. he shoulders cahcallh Ree. the chest be- comes. flat, ing— which is one of the escent tk airy and good looks—is impai Peroxide of hydrogen is a ‘valuable antiseptic to have in the hou: Taken A viekeabe MOON: wank Se remove blood stains very. pace taely, if used before the stain is dry sulphur and water. If very bad add lenin juice and honey. A hot lemon drink taken at bed time will often check a cold. A bit of black sugar A gla berry r or lemon juice and wat- of waa EMI “stay Wiaety. “Safety First” With Firearms. year the shooting seaso list of accidents aie to cairlessness of huntei forest e every preca and keep continually before them the motto “safety. firs Dog Meat Eaten. Among the , Chinese a particular species of dogvis said to be reared for the table. It is a small dog of a grey- flesh of black | idee si that of ain of any ee co on ccount of the greater ami Chief of French Staff. Genéral Duport has been made pit and has exceptional ability; and his id there Iwi "| ally been identified wi The symptoms of acute poisoning b san the is causing the oD Rs ‘but “2 Re Cer ns at reason do everything you) % s to be develop-| Tt| who throat gargle when diluted, and will! not se cure a sore throat aed with) ss of rasp-| takes command, n | erred to} | Lesson V.—The 1:38, = Golden Text— Psa, 8725, © ‘Verse n| phe . Their purpose—To reach re this, it must be admitted, is the only possible ¢ rendering there. "Tb {a just Ee the: hati of Lutcos which has usu- Phoenix, and has produced the s fae interpreta-| oy, tion in the Revived Veutoactseesiard in). 14. Down from it—From Mount Ida st, and aquil it came, accordingly, ‘rom __east-northeast, the called suggests that Luke repeats ie seaman’s are Kings- man’s term; comp: Bpeee ode, “Welcome, wild northeast- ae Face the wind—She would have had to run northward and bee some- what eastward to make ; and run so near ter enough for these necessary pre- cautions. uda: ill called ee We were able—The we implies 11 e a hand in a job which any ee all of them joined in pulling the e by which she was trailing, and 4s is the was, of ee water-log- ook some pulling! The word with “ieaty is ae 's reminiscence of the effort. 17. Voyage—Acts 27.| tl in such a gale if sae Gatsasible to asl ioc Under tHe lesser ania get shale erything ete. aie. earn me a shooting star, but nothing b happete | most ten Bren patiently, then he began to es the and he felt himself lifted in p, up te eae until he found ‘him | self am¢ tars. erever he looked hae could see nothing but si Jarge and small, bright and dim; ll of seemed to about something. There was a very bright one, which Freddy knew was every one whispering about?” like this: we haven’t: sent a shooting it star across the sky in almost half ‘an hour, and that’s too long a time to wait! We're ara? to decide who is to. is and ly, zee sen —_ shooting stars for an hour too ia sar solemnly winked his left eyé and wagged one of his points, Yous ‘re very curious for your size,” he aoe a ing | sh t nama Freddy. polite- “So,” continued the Dog oe Sorte a le er" “Freddy” she ci, ye should} tee ieee t in bed an hou of ly ing out _ on the a anak grass and going Freddy rubbed his eyes and went in- bed, he asleep, while outside his bedroom window a large bright star with. manny 5) points winked and winked all nig] Youth’s Companion. cables under the keel Sei Serene them tightly on deck amidships, to prevent the timbers’ starting par the tremendous strain of ast. hse ee technically known as oe t. ge vine inly the mainsail, leaving one or stea e and while pointing nearly n ia thus drifted of west. This is exactly the direction of Malta. Fu Was (margin). ord is er, with their own hands is intended to sui st what a desperate sacrifice it was. 20. i the absence of sun and stars | they ld, of course, no. kno ing stripped off”; one hope after another vanishes, 21, Without food—Not tolataly, the word describes “loss f appetite” in the medical literature Feit wile Luke has so much in common, Paul stood forth—Commentators well com- pare the splendid ode in which Horace describes the “just man, unshakable,” ins amid the sors: ot ae Hadrea.” It does ea men ac- peed Pauls costar mn ing point Deon RSIS Spent where, having exhausted all pos- It is at least pape! tive that at that soley spe virtually | tw , rayed for o whleh no -arappeariautitats instead sent them a mai ten—Literally, gained. irony in it—it was the minus quantity. j often dace oriainal nasal a |the person, a combination of insult ‘and injury. 22. And now—Emphatic: he recalls | his previous neglected counsel, which justified, only to induc now. 23. To the pagans whom| Paul was earreitie the eo ronal simply mean a ee ee e God e ihren ‘or his now it is enough to identify him as the God to whom his ‘own life and service were given we eee of the Greek is “of the God | a messenger.” | |The eae cee stress is laid on the God; aot toca the FGeeek imipitee that: yon Saul vou spirit was not untouched by the fear-| ul peril. fi | phlegmatic tool who can despise dang- © ie little word that de-| t alter his s the life or death see Cusestany hifucred en because Paul ask- life as a “favor” 16), the unco aetupoi dhe Suandhe apldlt, whtek Thawary sence ef the trucst What, ray 5 i sue Chin, inet aent in achievin; 0 save them, Had not the cantaPipeeund thelaetdlers cut away that -| work in Boundary roa ia fw ean ie sre coantry; it = FROM SUNSET COAST «2 for WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Progress of the Great West Told in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. The question of a Greater Vancou- ‘Twenty-two mineral’ claims vere te corded at Nanaimo during Septemb Fish again arriving in ae plentiful quantities at Prince Rupert. Whale-hunting soe are still busy on the west. ‘A shipment of 150 pe to Chi- cago, from Lethbridge, brought over $13,000 to the shippers. Straw bailing is in progress in many parts of the selling at 25 cents per bale, More than 1,500 Indians were em: ployed this past season in hop- picking, in the Chilliwack and nearby sections. Il fe _ Dag salmon, Which used to se tal bringing in $4,057.26, which was ap- 2 Vancouv: proximately $1,000 more than the be Se Vanni Be sent 1,800 men | Charges against the land sold, ‘There outbreak of barr families or to ee ne since these, 862 indstorm which caught "be steveston fi hing fleet one day re- cently cause ed the loss of four Japan- ‘A a. me measured nearly seven feet from tip to tip, attacked children at Covichan takoyaii ‘ogging operations of considerable dimensions are being conducted by |! he B. C, Manufacturing Company of ; in | st. |e aeeatoe ewe sisiers, and the ous illness of twelve Trails electrolytic ite refinery | which has in operation for ort! shipment of setroltie copper. aser Valley. Straw is FS e seri- Da begin the ¢ roll of honor containing more hee “100 names of men from Coquit- lam municipality who have eee Alberni Canal has been at its height during hae Bia few weeks, and good hauls ing made by the boats that are Drapery equipp production for the mines eB British Columbia this year of from $45}000,000 to $50,000,000 is the prediction made by Hon. Lorne A. Cam ‘inister of 1 Mines. A total of $322,000 has been added to the funds of the City of West- minster as a result of tax oie up ‘o the end of September, eit conclu- | sion. of ‘the first discount p bile Taisociation Auto Club Southern California in regard to hav- ing uniform direction posts at all the eee crossroads from Mexico to Alas! At pare the board of works e will be examen 8 on Hastings street at, and Barnet r e Mat pas tae sale this year chit even’ barcelocof land were nold, were 124 parcels of land which passed into the hands of the municipality. Danish Germany Suffers More. A Danish-American who visiting "the country of his vir See? ummer and spent. several wee! | the districts along the Danish- Ged | front. ermans have sent the regiments consisting of ym northern Schleswig to the most exposed positions and the number of nish- speaking men who have lost | their lives is mtneny, larger bet the total number of Danes who in the war ‘against Prussia and Astin es 1864, THE BUILDER Strength and Beauty of Chara We Put In “Building up ER NaS on your ' most holy faith.” —Jude, i A gentleman from the Nh once ed the poet, Walt Whitm in the course of the conversation he ‘broke out in an pe aeete description of his mense resources, incal- culable Ricca e ealth, the wonderful fertility of its soil, the rapid growth € ite cities. When his description had the poet said, “Yes, yes; it is wonderful But, pray, what sort of en do you grow?” his is the erucial test of civiliza- tion, of governments, of schools, of churches and of hom We know yous Vaachalbe Chee wilt ‘of the plough the soil, sow the seed, reap the harvest, thresh the wheat, grind the the sea, dash cover the eatin earry your message: or without wires. | Ruskin said, with beh aBiow, thst all the cities the | 9 PY ery, “they ‘manufactured everything but) m Man Is AMhags a Builder. This is world is a huge manufactory. Manhood is its chief pices ue in’ character is its intended ou school, town, city, sate Ess rah * Your li and stronger appe: rahe Mey He scat (verse 80). certain island—Quite finite; the name Fad Melita was no part of the revelation “aed in the Greek cee have senate “has met with the approv- aa the ranks, of the French army, their heads shaved quite gallery, muse! univer- sity are all at work” Satane char- inde- ES ey mit is the Yanttinony’ of the Bil ible faa 7s to the righteous nation, it) shall be well witl He eae ene Fractious, hard an OF CHARACTER cter Depend Upon the Materials — to abi Life. acter is the goal of earthly existence | both for pndinicaale m8 for nations. ood character Ail a reba Aves a_ buildi is al ras ways builder. His means show tout ts and purpose. het! mud hut, or the house of a “att awellee, a palace, a pyramid, or a parthenon, read therein men’s souls, Whatever else man may have been—er uel, tyran- nous, vindietive—his i | always have referen They bespeak a avis eta it seen au to the i on. paces of Al, i his “Seven Lamps of Architecture” ‘ha th the slew ct oa * ‘tecture are mo these laws to be encrifes; aes. me ‘ inciple ‘to which “polity ene ai agen Lal Prep ean! ion i a the bid eer ant ree we 3. Seren pers: which stand pre-emi- of A a “Marcus A\ t Socrates, lius, Savonarola, Wil ‘ohn Knit a 1 ra er and the practice of righteousness by so much do we Peoare ‘fine stones d| in the mple which our race el people. pee Periihy Char spi jal ter is rearing. Sie Witham H Moreen