Sas Lean Sioa am . os ~ is £ was on June 26; 1794. Ore Atiea tn Are-sur- Aube. Ba ious of an unsuc- ~~ _ITALY'S NAVAL ACHIEVEMENT. rzen-| Early in last. June a thrilling story Laon; residence of the early kings, suffered in the English, religious and wars. Blucher was victorious was told of the successful adventure of Lieutenant Comméader Rizzo of the Italian navy in a small torpedo boat, attac') in the open sea an Austrian equadron attended by ten destroyers. Protected by a few escorting destroy- _ By Chas. M, Bice, Attoraey-at-Law, Denver, Calorad the story of achicvements is worthy of the empire's 'history. e refrcins. from. boastfulness, but is proud of th record, as well he might be. In the closing words of his memor- able speech, are words of warning that the Allies will do well to heed. After four years of bitter struggie, of alternate high hopes and great disap- League here over the Frepch in 1814. Rhetms.--The ancient Gallic town Durocptorum, chief town of the Reni. The ancient. cathedral was the place 3, 1692. . tof coronation of the kings of France. Belle Alliance. --A farm occupied by Clovis was_crowned here in 496. Joan the centro of the French infantry at of Arc crowned Charles VII. here in the battle of Waterlod, June 18, 1845, | 1429. Napoleon defeated the Russians Napoleon 'himself. being stationed im) 2¢4r Rheims on March 13, 1814. the vicinity. By this name the _--o---- sians designate the battle of Waterloo. Ligny--Napoleon beat the sians under Blucher, June 16, 1815, Turnbout.--The Dutch under Maur ice of Nassau defeated the. Secret Jight_in_her, jzanuary 22, 1597. THe Belgians de eyes eated the Austrians on Slowly the hands of the big clock 1989. on. October am The Fight. It was Bobby's very first a A at school, and reaily he didn't te| Miss Archer turned. bs oA know what todo. It seemed to om was very still. "Who was it laugo- it was a very important day; the day, 'ed?" she inquired. ' in fact, when he had definitely started! Tick, tick, went the clock. . desire of his --< of a bird ar in, ms other: oun e there was not a § sis book, | | knot that before he knew W ha ing he had snickered Steenkerke.--The French under Duke of Luxembourg defeated thi lies rang William Ml, of England" August what outright.' ers Rizzo succeeded in forcing his way through the enemy line and sank the leading battleship, also fired one tor- pedo into the second battleship. Pre- viously a story was told of a daring entrance by this same Commander in- to an Austrian harbor at night, where he destroyed a large transport. It was inferred that these were {solated cases, but according to an article by an Italian writer in the North American Review, not less than eleven successful adventures of this kind have been made by these swift Italian torpedo boats, and much dani- age done to the Austrian navy. pointments, the chosen loader of the British nation sees the tide of battle turning definitely, and- we trust per- mapently, toward allied victory. He acknowledges, without any re- servation, the important part that y 4 America has already played in effect- y ing this change of fortune, and pays high tribute to the fighting quality of her soldiers and the superb worth of 'her officers: he predicts that the American army will soon exceed that _ of Gérmuny, and these seem to be the chief factors in his confidence of the military defeat of Germany which is not now merely possible, but certain. a a s heart--being a His curls fet y been cut short; he'd a full-size handkerchief, exactly like his father's, and a brand new cap that didn't in the least resemble a, it was that laughed.' haby cap. -He had, in short, if his! As the silence ne she turn- | own feelings were anything to judge'ed away. ery well," said she, by, stepped clear of babyhood, Even! and. there was no more his mother; when she had kissed ed him' at the gate, had said, "Good-bye, little Little Lad One still miguaeel day you ran to How gold your hair gleaned in the sun And oh, your eyes--so blue,so blue! mgn," and Dad had done even better, crept around toward four. Bobby Rocourt.--The French und. oeeae ca Ling, with sort of an off-hand , head was bent low over his nae Sexe defeated the suatrinnd eel Your head held back to breathe the| 'The activitics of the Italian navy| But lke we in America-he heers ~~ His cheeks were scarlet. He wished autumn have been confined to the penetration |®bout him the voices of those who : their allies on October 11, 1746, Victory Over the Austrians. mapes.--Famous for the decks urge a compromise peace. Lord Lans- ,downe's piping utterances for peace the disregards and summarily dis- misses; but he hears others, too, ad- 'vocating peace parleys and talking in i loose terms of a so called "league of ' natio ons." He wants peace, and be- iHeves in a league of nations, but he don't grant it till Prassianism is for- fever crushed. He sees that there is . Your a flung re round me and your! of harbors with torpedo boats which , have been given the name " lierf of the Sea," bersaglieri being a; title that properly belongs to a class of infantry sharp shooters. Perhaps no more brilliarf® and daring acts than ; these harbor attacks have been made during the war. It is related of an en-; trance into the port of Trieste by two: small torpedo boats under command , 1! an right. 1! kept still." both of them. | seemed to ser "Tel] you what," said Bob, and he he had so often h appeared somehow about an 'inch tal-:""You can tell a tie, ae son, ler as he spoke, "it makes a fellow, by action as by w feel gord when he pitiics he's going} A few -- 'before to be s man." Wardwell came How gene "s this thought of you to . eep, Now that you have left me for awile, =! t | ghey tell me when you climbed that other hi the Republic and was followed by ¢ occupation of Belgium. : Tirlemont.--Taken by Marlboro t at es : Was it for one brief on ago? You held your head th back tO) of R grave danger in seeking peace per- Tom nodded. "Bel t boots," he} With keen eyes he looked search- in 1705, and near it Dumouriez def of Rizzo, that they went in a dense 3 agreihc. OF toeeck "Bet yer get tanto' tigty into the yes boy faces before|ed the Austrians on March 16, 1793. breate the air fog on a very cold night, and the men |™4turely and warns against ft until ou{ Seneffe.--An indicisive battle fought| And your young soldier face was| were obliged to spend two hours cut-) "© 4° assured that it will not be- "bout forty-leven fights before night." him. "I've just time to gree et y "What-tt?" Bobby's eyes widened. as coming men, boys," he said heart-) by the French under Conde and the all aglow. ting eight large wire ropes across the congenial of selfishly am- "Course. If a chap's going to bz ily. "Youtre headed toward the up-,; Dutch under William of Orange on} 4, though you saw, beyond the hill's ; harbor entrance, and to lower the con- |". ia wa / a man he's got to be one," declared grade, and I'hope _yeu'll ail make the August 11, 1674. The French undwy h t, nections of large mines, in order to ob DERDIS Whe Heke ee are Tom ennpatieat lly ' " top without a sing.e break.- But not Marceau defeated the Austrians in Tg sing deep to tell, a sign pass over them safely. Ceclares, "pre still prosecuting sinis- i 3 ' . . Bobby tucked the thought away in many of us Yet if we all stand 1794. Two big dreadnaughts were at the tT "ims. You cannot have peace as As though there waited for you there A greater Jove than mine. + extreme interior of the harbor, their ; ;long as they are predominant in the exact location having been learned , ,councils of our chief enemy." through the day by seaplanes. The | is .* Italians sank-onc of these ships and! We all know it would be folly to threw torpedoes against another. of accept any peace offer, for it would be equal size, but they were unable to dishonest and the motive behind it one learn whether or not the latter sank, because of the necessity of haste in getting away. do. He was | together and pull together we'll get! there in time quite as he had been ta »| The short hand of the clock after all, most likely his mother didn't just a minute Lars four, and suddenly really know, because she was a wo-| Bobby was on sea BAM maybe women shouldn't be He didn't a and why, but he' poleon III, Macmahon and Wimpffen, = to know what men had to knew that unless he told he could) This- defeat led to the fall of the | never face his * other, His face 'French Empire (September 1, 1870), | was very white; a great lump was i n| roi.--The- French under the great Hasselt, capital of Limbourg.--The Dutch under the Prince of Orange de- lacked feated the Belgians. if Sedan.--German army under Wi liam defeated the French under Na- Versatility. Jones (to Brown, amateur dabbler in chemistry)--Do you do anything with that great invention of yours for annihilating the German army? Brown--No. It wasn't quite strong peace terms, for they will have to do a the two lads reached the schoo!- this to escape defeat, its their last Conde defeated the Spaniards on Mayjenough; but Im bringing it out this en yard gate the master of the building' his throat. The teacher's; face and) : came briskly from the opposite direc-, the master's tall form seemed to /10, 1643, The town was taken by the|year as a slug-killer for allotments. In this quiet manner great dsimexe ae Ger a, nies "em Zac tion and stepped in just ahead of | waver ina mist. "Please, Miss has tena done to sie Auviclen mary, while who made the war" must be dispos- thera Their eyes followed him ap! Archer, I jaughed." the Italian fleet has suffered ' socced of er. The only G the walk "I'd like," said Bob, | Behind him someone tittered. Then THE W LY SERMON scarcely any harm. Commander Riz-| With eit 4 Bae can ies cashed watching the swinging stride, the it was very § zo is.e popular hero in Italy, and has ily, fs a Germany freed from Prussia, broad shoulders, the = alert face, | "to be that sort of a man.' Tom nodded. "Bet yer life," he said, "he can fight." Next instant the gong sounded, and, a moment later school had begun. As the day wore along Bobby's| 0 eyes grew very bright and his cheeks ed teach who, next to Master teen, seem- ed the very embodiment. of wisdom. He liked to watch the little glints, in her eyes, and he wondered once or twice if he was to fight a great fight | some day if she would not be proud of | He felt quite eager to try, and; then and there a sudden resolve came} to on that he would make her proud | of ":m some day. is Pie shone a little brighter at | the mere thought, and then, just as, Miss Archer turned for a moment to the window Tom caught his eye and | twisted his face into such a queer | till. | He sat fen, thinking drearily that he Often he Pea from} said he, er| great. to give up making that great fight after all; that most pro- bably they'd tell him he couldn't come there to school any more. Then, ny clearly, the master's voice went, ® 'd have "There are a great many ways," "of winning & an : a grant Pans aie A has with himself. And whe: en he win -- he = beyond a doubt, mie he's a m Turning, he spoke in low tones with | Miss Archer, and the very next mo-| ment walked down the aisle and stood, ' !hand outstreched, before Bob. ' ind, = a 'man. chums.' 'hand into the big, firm one his e met Miss Archer's, smiling face once more, and full of light. "THE COCKPIT _OF THE WORLD" WHERE MANY FAMOUS BATTLES |¢° WERE FOUGHT. Celgium and Northern France For Nearly Ten Centuries Battle- ground of Europe. France and Belgium have been the battleground of Europe for nearly a | teuttel defeated the Fresch on Nov- | jember 27, 1870. Battles of St. Quentin. St. Quentin.--The army of Philip II. under Philibert Emmanuel defeated -- the French under nee. Mont- inane on August 10, 557. The ans under Von es defeated \the French under Faidherbe in 1871. Agincourt, a village in Pas de Cal- | ais.--The English under Henry V. gained a victory over the French un- der Constable d'Albert on October 25, }1415. The French were said to have | numbered $9,000 and the English only , 15,000. \ | Lille, belonging to the Hose of Haps- «{@ | | rn is pomitie to understand. 'vancement by a closer walk with God. For I reckon that the sufferings this present time are ee ge: be compared with the wi shall be revealed in Als 18. # and inter-relations, and peoples in such rect that foe may appreciate why, it may be necessary that trial and su play a part in the struggle, not only | for the dev elopment but also for the soul of a lations, there follows a conflict in which fea is bound to triumph. t righteousness may overcome the reolatunes of evil it becomes neces- sary, through a period of conflict, to' so adjust and readjust the powers © life as not only to permit but to com- pel an unfolding and development of | the life of the soul. To Save His Soul It is a fact, strange as it may seem, , that it always -has been difficult to make men know and understand them- | selves. They are-slow of Reart to be- lieve, and are often so dense and 'stupid that they will not liye in the enjoyment of the heritage which is theirs as the children of God. | problem of human happiness would be Saint Paul was able to draw tial 5 Visio rid ¢| sent to crush the soul of man but to is soul of that whcih is de stroying his life and to save -his soul 'solved if men would only relate their lives to the programme of human ad- JA New and Better World ibe. pericitied to fil! ihe earth wi sath | but sorrow, sadness a Ss. accept such a conclusion, but rather makes very clear that the world this struggle is being led out of that | condition of thinking and living which made the conflict possible. The fight ing, which is with weapons of stcel nd which is strewing the e:rth with Great Britain's record in the war is te bodies of men, is 'nothing Icss'told in his usual felicitous way and than a soul struggle. ' lost itself in the confusion of Egyptian i darkness, where wore the yoke of bondage. They will find themselves only when they reach the land of promise and stand face to face with God in the recogni- tion that they are His children. pathway from Egypt to the land of, bird, the ibis. promise lies through the wilderness, of testing, of trail, of discipline and, it may even be, of suffering. It is @ long way from slavery freedom. imaginary struggle. be fierce and the price demanded may | be high, yet it is a contest from which, devaies its most important energies | no self-respecting nation or individuni | to pushing about a little ball of ma-' all would dare withdraw until victory had crowned its efforts. God grant to us the faith and con- secration of Him "who for che joy, 1 for the glory of God and his own -eternal Our faith forbids us es in; Mankind had! as strangers they The to It is a real and not an The battle may: been honored by the government most fittingly for his heroism, He is not the only officer who has engaged in these raids, but has been the most successful. Lieutenant-Commander Pellegimi en- tered the port of Pola and torpedoed a large ship, but signalled "We are sinking our boat." He and cg crew. : e hear bi ine = 'Yealian, ith rata and accomplishments, as they are seldom spectacular, Italy is justly proud of her navy, and erxtols these wonderful acts of bravery and daring laisplayed by her heroic seamen. LLOYD GEORGE'S WARNING. i The premier's recent review of and this severance is not likely to take place until Prussian Militarism is crushed . s No league of nations can include Germeny until Kaiserism is dethroned and disarmed. A league of nations that excluded peed would league ' 4 | for establisht . But if Ger should\wen.as,_z while Prussia is still the dominant wer, as the premier states, "Every time you came to a decision the Prus- sian sword would clank on the Coun- cil table." That sword must be brok- en, and is the work yet to be done by Foch, Haig and Pershing, and the less we say or do'to hinder it, the sconer the hour will come when a real peace may be made and the league of na- tions formed for keeping it. EGYPTIAN SCARABS. Effigies of the Beetle, the Sacred In-| sect of the Ancient Nile Country. The anicent Egyr! Lis . The: a " Likewise a reptile, the crocodile. worship. From our. heretic point of view, there is scarce housing and incubation of its egg's. a sacred creature. () us made the cat. built is an insect common enough ailarly deified a the Egypt of to-day. And, not to leave out the fourth branch of the animal kingdom, | they adopted a beetle as an object of account. che modern naturalist as a "scara- baeus.' It is a tribe that has many pecies, but the one that achieved | celebrity before the Pyramids were in It is about an inch long, and has thirty "toes," one for each day in jhe month. Ostensibly, the insect was of no ie Viewed with the eye of re- | ligious imagination, it signified un- , Speakable things. The soldier wore any humbler insect it to make him brave; the married than the common dung-beetle, which | woman to bring her children. Effigies of the beetle were made in sorts of materials--amethyst, | terial that is meant to serve for the onyx, agate, lapis lazuli, jasper and, | in humbler substances, even clay. | But to the Egyptian of old it was' They were supposed to possess the is imagina' same miraculous \that was set before Him endured the, tion, the ball typified the world, and! vertiable insects. attributes as the burg, was taken by Louis XIV. in When they will not do this they be- thousand years. The course of Bu 1667 It was anekct ome beseiged | Come entangled in endless difficulties | cross, by ged the shame, and is set the beetle that pushed it about was a' The oldest of such scarabs date tory has been altered many many lny the Adstriens i, 178%. and are made to suffer. Let us re-| down t t the right hand of the throne, living emblem of immortality. i; back to 3900 B .C., and are of clay, times in. Use centuries past DF rea Bouvigny.---The French under Philip flect a moment:--The suffering is not| of God. --Rev. H. Percy Silver. The beetle in question is known to covered with a green glaze. In all struggles that have occurred in the territory that is embraced now in the western front. Our boys literally are fighting in the "cockpit of the world." A glance over the map will show, nmong hundreds of others, these bat- tles which have had direct influence on the fate of nations and peoples: -- Catalaunian Fields.--A plain near Claons-sur-Marne, France, famous for the victory of Aetius and the Gothic King Sg over Attila and his Huns--451 A. Oudenarde. as Allies under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eu- gene defeated the French under Ven- dome and the Duke of Burgundy--July 11, 1708. Courtrai, West Flanders, the Anc- fent Cortoriacum--Twenty thousand Flemings defeated forty-seven thous- and French under Robert of Artois in the "Battle of the Spurs," July 11, Anes defeated the army of Otto! - , Germans, Flemings and English, | on "July 27, 1214. Otto's loss was 30,- 00. | | Landrecies, Department of the Nord | | te from the French by Charles . in 1543. It passed from Spain to Preuoe and back several times and was besieged and taken by the Allies in 1794 and by the Prussians in 1815. Crecy, a village on the Sommé.-- The English under Edward IIL. defeat- ed the French under, Philip VI. on August 26, 1346. The French lost 30,000 in the engagement. Waterloo.--The Allies under Wel- lington gained a decisive victory over |/Wapoleon.on June 18, 1815. Lens, Pas-de-Calais.-- The French under Conde galned a decisive victory over the Spaniards under Archduke Leopold William en August 20, 1648, the ancient centuries they were worn in finger-rings, {n necklaces, and as amulets. They were commonly put into coffins with mummies to express a faith in resurrection. As many as 3000 of them have been found in one tomb. People nowadays often wear -- ent Egyptian scarabs' as "charm | But 'their authenticity is hot ate "al beyond doubt. In- recent years, to supply the great demand, machine- made scarabs have been turned out hy millions in Cairo, for sale to the rulli- ble. In workmanship they are sup- erior to the "te article. Wonien: On the ] Farin I am now converted to the practi- cal usefulness of women on the farm." Dr. G. C. Greelman, Minister of Agri- culture for Ontario and President of the Ontario Agricultural Coilege, 1302. The Fleming revolt began on Fortunes of Lorraine. May 19 and was led at Bruges by} At Nancy, the ancient capital of Guelph. Philip de Conyac, master of the cloth | Lorraine, Charles the Bold, Duke of pane? e weavers, and John Beydel, master of | Burgundy, was defeated and slain by Flammerwerfer: 'literally '"flame- Belgium.--The French under Marshal Saxe defeated the al- lied English, Dutch, Hanovériand and Austrians under the Duke of Cumber- |» land, losses on both sides being aid great--May 11, 1745. +e Roulers, 27 miles weatpenthwint of it Ghent.--The French under Pich and MacDonald defeated the Austrian' under Clerfayt on July 13, 1794. Amiens.--The Germans under Man-| the Swiss on January 5, 1477. It wi taken by the Frefch in 1633, restore in 1631 and passed again to the French in 1766.. Wavre,--The Prussians under Thiel- mann ked thé French under reyen them from igter- Blu er, who was thus yt, eng to arrive at Waterloo in time. llies.--The Allies under Marl- e French an borough defeated Bayarlans, whigh le fo the capture hurler") is a device used by the Ger- mans for throwing fire at their foes. Getting money is not all a man's to cultivate kindness is ed from the early frosts will look well in the fine weather that usually fol- lows. Newspapers spread over the plants and tied or weighted with stones will ;rotect them.