NOTES AND. COMMENTS "= "Much ill-judged eeielein of Bri- tain's part in the war would never hare been uttered had the critics tak- en the pains to acquaint themselves with the facts In the first place,| _ the most obvious sphere of British ac- _ tion at the beginning of the conflict was the sea Her army was small in comparison with the armies of her neighbors; but she had a powerful navy, and it had been fortunately | mobilized in home waters. Thus it was able to shut the German fleet in its own ports, to drive German. com- merce from the ocean and to insure the safe transport of troops. The last-named task was so essential to the suecess. of the Allied operations on land that it is no exaggeration to say that its fulfilment averted an irrepar~ able disaster. . Mets than 'she did then Britain could not have been expected to do. She had neither the men nor the muni- tions. Thus the burden of the fight on the west front inevitably fell on France. That was her allotted duty, and nobly she has performed it! Yet _ it must not be forgotten that the Bri- - tish and Belgian troops, though un- able to clear Belgian soil of. the Germans or to hold the important port of Antwerp against an over- Waelethe. force, nevertheless held the coast from Calais to Nieuport with ~ great valor and checked every effort to flank the French lines. And again the British control of the sea prevent- ed the Germans from using Antwerp as a naval base. Otherwise the case of the Allies would soon have been - desperate. The German hatred of England is not unconnected with a realization of the fact that her com- ing into the war robbed Germany of an easy victory. By her sea power 'she prolonged the struggle. and gave Kitchener the chance to raise, equip and train the army that is at last showing its mettle in the field. To do that took time. There were "slackers," to be sure; there always are. 'There were labor troubles which _ revealed a singular lack of patriotism. Yet the otal results compel admira- tion. After leds than two years Great Britain has something like two million men at the front, well trained and full of enthusiasm. Nor is this all. From the very beginning _ the flower of her youth gave them- selves to the cause of their country and of freedom. There are awful gaps in their ranks now, but those who knew and loved them are grate- ful for such a_ record of valor and de- votion. The charge that either they or those who have been all these months waiting the word to fight fail- ed in the full meashre of service is the offspring of ignorance. As Maj- or General Maurice has pointed out, there was nothing for them to do but wait. Why, it is asked, were the French left to withstand the assaults -at Verdun alone? The answer is easy. It was all a part of the Al- lied strategy. The plan of campaign contemplated holding the British in reserve until they were needed. If even now the British advance is slower than the French, it is for a reason which is no discredit to the British troops. The physical fea- tures of the country have to be consid- ered, and also the nature of the Ger- man defenses. This part of the Ger- man line is stronger than that in the south; the attack had been better pre- pared for there. Nor it is any time to gain ground by the needless sacri- fice of fire. In no part of the offen- sive on the western front is that con- templated. It is rather by the slow, steady, determined pressure of an ir- resistible force that the Germans are to be driven back. In such a move- ment the British are doing their full share, eee GERMANS ARE DAZED BY FIRE. British Lieutenant Writes That They oN Surrender Willingly. A second lieutenant has written as follows from the Somme front to his | relatives in England: "Since writing we have taken a further active part in the 'great push,' with considerably more success than we had on July 1. We went over at night time, 11 p.m., and managed to take the Boche by surprise, and with- out much difficulty or many casualties we got three lines of trenches and about ninety prisoners. "On the whole it was great fun, and the raiding of the dugouts was most profitable to all of us. All the men got helmets (a Tommy's greatest am- bition) and I:managed to come to grips with a German. lieutenant. - "Before going over I:managed to teach all my platoon to" say, 'Hande hoch!' and 'it worked admirably, as the Hun was so dazed by a five min- ute bombardment of 75s and _ field - guns that it was a relief for him to be taken prisoner. "Needless to say, we had suanaltiok: and those, coupled with the ones of July 1, have rendered us temporarily 'down and out,' so to speak, so we) _ were, relieved and we are having a quiet time here. We did quite well with decorations. Five of my plat- oon got distinguished conduct med- | "als and 1 meaneed to get a military cross. phiiew seem: to 'Se moving in the | direction of finis now. I should im-. agine that Rumania joining in would | havea great deal to do. with it. When | we had the ne s from the brigade we | immediately had-a 'board painted up. in German, telling them of the news, | which they probably already knew. _ However, it annoyed them, and they _ proceeded to sling all the muck in the district: at: it, from bombs -- inch howitzers, but still the- board stood" firm. However, ms snipers got at it and before long 'it was per- forated with bullet holes. Some of _ the snipe! who hadn't loopholes were eten er to get a pot at : 'and showed themselves a bit to much, with the result that our snip ers had some: huts se om gar gee "It is Say the 'natural point of the 'diamond which will cut oes eae e| Not even the number of gores has 'THE FASHIONS We have lately been hake ing rumors from Paris that the period of the Di- i rectoire is likely to make itself felb again in our dress. Although these rumors have not been confirmed from all sides, here and there a costume 'appears highly suggestive of this per-. iod, so it will hardly be looking too far ahead to give it some considera- tion. Period. styles keep recurring every little while, and for some time we have had no strain of the Direc- toire in our dress, so thére will be lit- tle wonder if it should return very soon. And there will be little regret, too, for there is a certain dignity and stateliness about the costume of this period that makes it a soverive among many women, In the accompariying cueieh is a dress which shows the Directoire in- fluence very markedly. This type of dress strikes the eye at once as being very distinct from other styles. first glance one might easily mistake it for a coat on account of the large collar rising high at the: back of the neck, the equally large revers and the double-brensted effect of the short, fit- ted body. At this season of the year a dress in coat effect is especially desirable, and one of this type has Reflecting the Directoire Style many charms. The long tunic part- short-waisted. vantage by th portions. ody can be worn to ad- woman of average pro- different styles. A novelty seen very recently was in the form of a long tunie reaching to the hem of the skirt, but it was placed only across the back of the skirt, barely starting from the hips. The dress in question was made of soft navy blue silk and the tunic was of very fine serge in a matching shade. 'Collars, high in the back and open in front, on the order of the one in the illustration, are very good style. Even in separate collars to be worn with dresses and suits, the style that goes well up in the *back and almost touches the hair is one of the very newest from Paris. Most collars con- tinue to be very large, though some small ones are seen. A Skirt of Many Gores. In the matter of separate " skirts, there is a striking novelty which has made a strong appeal to many women. This is the fourteen-gored skirt, of which an illustration is shown here. deterred them from taking a fancy to eight |. the task of making it. + | the differen' materials, . obtained by nolenee will not. © Mecatn - 9077373" New Gored Skirt with Siacule Waist to this skirt, the novelty and the effec. tiveness of it having far outweighed The most ef- fective developments are in two ma- terials, making the alternate gores of | Needless to too | Say, in this lies the chief beauty of the skirt. One may use the same ma- terial in two contrasting -- colors or} 2 contrasting materials -- shade. These skirés are often made in two colors of serge, as black and white, or brown and white; or they-are [made in combinations of serge and At) ed in front and attached to the rather | Tunics are quite fashionable this | season and there is a large variety of | in the same| -- feta and serge. Taffeta or corduroy in two colors is very often employed. with good results also. As to Separate Blouses The waists to go with separate skirts and suits are, as a rule, very simple. White and pale flesh-colored blouses are still favored, though the fashion of having the blouse match in color the suit with which it is to be worn is again coming in. © For this reason there are some dark blouses seen. Satin and Georgette are com- bined for waists that form part of the costume. The sleeves and upper part of the waist are generally of Geor- gette and the lower part which comes nearest the skirt is of satin. Striped satin is also used for waists combined with Georgette or chiffon. A charm- ing model for dressy wear was made of blue and white striped satin with white Georgette. It had a large cape-collar, These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall Dealer or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond vine Tor- onto, Ontario. RD e SCIENTIFIC CAUSE OF THUNDER- STORMS. By Chas M. Bice, Denver, Colo. Ever since the mythology Greece, which attributed flashes of lightning to the vengeful bolts of angry Jove, countless explanations of the phenomena of thunderstorms have appeared, but more or less wide the mark. . Sciénce has put forward various tentative hypotheses to account for the thunderstorm, such as freezing and thawing weather in the upper at- mosphere, air friction and many ether theories which experiment has demonstrated to be worthless. It has been reserved for Dr. G. C. Simpson to finally hit upon a_ very simple experiment that solves the mystery. By allowing drops of distilled wa- ter to fall through a vertical blast of hot air of sufficient strength to pro- duce spray, he obtained these very significant results, viz.: that the breaking up of these drops of water was accompanied by the production of both negative and positive electric ions. : A thunderstorm, as is well known, is always characterized by strong up- ward currents of heated air, which by experiment has been shown to am- ply account for the breaking up of all rain drops which would otherwise fall through the currents. Hence at the summit of the uprising air cur- rent of the storm, within the thunder- cloud, a rapid electrical separation, as in the foregoing experiment, goes on, the first of which is positively charged rain drops, and free negative ions. The charges of the positive ions are also continually increased by the successive division and _ coales- cence of the added rain. drops. The positively charged drops fall to the earth whenever the upward air current becomes weak enough to per- mit their passage through it. The negative ions are carried up into the higher part of the cloud, where they unite with the cloud particles, and facilitate their coalescence into nega- tively charged drops. These ultimately fall in the gent- ler rain of the storm. Thus the same process that produces the giant cumu- lus cloud of the thunder storm, with its violent uprising current of moist air, also gives the separation of elec- tricity required to produce lightning and thunder. A thunder storm may begin at any place where a layer of warm air un- derlies a colder one, for the lighter warm air is sure to force its- way through the heavier cold layers and this rising produces the thunder storm in the manner described. Experience teaches that on land, at least, thunder storms occur most fre- quently in the early afternoon, be- cause the air is warmest at that time, and generally in summer time. At sea they are said to be most frequent at night, and in winter time, because of well-known thermal conditions that prevail next to the water and in the air above. The ultimate controlling factor is temperature, which seems to vary in consonance with the sun-spot period, but with modifications due to an oc- casional excess of volcanic 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 warm air rising, cooling by expansion and thus build- ing up the typical thunder cloud, all 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. Excessive condensation anywhere in of electrification and electrical discharge and a "rain gush" follows, but as_ gush" reaches us." e? LONE Se Je spaabetaes Lenden -Heospitai. recovery of soldiers of the power speech, lost through shell shock 'that of a Welshman, Private Morris, who had his voice restored in a dream. He was injured during the battle of the Somme, and on recovering con- sciousness found that he had lost the "power of speech. While in a hospital in London he dreaméd that he was back in the trenches and that a shell 'burst near him. He shouted at the top of his voice, and on waking was spoken to about it. To his astonish- ment he found he was able to reply, his | fis oer en ~ i : "Not Mislaid. : ~Doctor--Well, and how did you find yourself this morning. ~ Patient--Oh, I just opened my eyes and there I was. _ DREAM RUSTORES HIS SPEECH. | T satin, broadcloth and velvet, or tate [ 'HEAT -- _-. Acute Poisoning. K "When a case of acute poisoning oc- curs it generally has one of three origins. . poison by mistake for a medicine; he has tried to commit suicide, or he has eaten something that for one reason or another is not fit for food. When we hear that a whole family, or an entire community, has suffered from correct one. It may be that the food taken. is inherently poisonous, as in the case of poisonous mushrooms; or it may be that food, originally pure, has suffered chemical changes be- cause it has been kept too long, or has not been properly cared for. are gencrally so terrifying that the doctor is quickly summoned; and that is well, for he will be needed. In many cases it is not possible to tell at once just what kind of poison is causing the. trouble, but it is cer- tain that whatever it is it must be re- moved from the body as quickly as possible. There are two ways of re- -moving poison quickly from the stom- ach--either by a stomach pump, whick the doctor will bring and use, or by an emetic. The simple mustard-and- water emetic can do no harm, and you should give it while you are waiting for the doctor. Plain table mustard --a tablespoonful stirred in half a pint of slightly warm water and swal- lowed quickly--has saved many a life. Besides washing out the stomach, it has a slightly stimulating effect, which is an excellent thing, since acute poisoning is often followed by a dan- gerous collapse. For that reason do everything you can to support the strength of a badly poisoned person. Even after the stomach has been emptied and the acute symptoms have subsidel, the danger of collapse may be very great. Warm blankets and hot-water botties are helpful, but it is not of much use to give stimulants by the mouth un- til the stomach has been emptied. When the poison is a strony acid, the stomach pump cannot be used for fear of further injury to the already lacerated gullet, and the enema is the best treatment we can adopt; but in caseS of food. poisoning the tube is a valuable adjunct to the treatment. The collapse may be serious enough to require energetic treatment with stimulants, either by injecting stry- chnine, or by giving brandy or cof- ffee, or both, either by mouth or by means of an enema, according to the condition of the patient.--Youth's Companion. ? Health Notes. Ice water is bad for the stomach and the complexion. If anybody's finger is burned dust the burn with powdered charcoal to keep it from smarting. When a cold seems to be develop- ing, put four drops of spirits of cam- phor on a lump of sugar and allow it to dissolve in'the mouth. This will often break it up. Never stand or sit with the arms folded. By. so doing the shoulders naturally slip forward, the chest be- comes flat, and deep breathing-- which is one of the essentials to health and good looks--is impaired. : Peroxide of hydrogen is a valuable antiseptic to have in the house. It makes a pleasant mouth wash remove blood stains very satisfactorily if used before the stain is dry To cure a sore throat gargle with sulphur and water. If very bad add lemon juice and honey. A hot lemon drink taken at bed time will often check a cold. A bit of black sugar will cure heartburn. A glass of rasp- berry vinegar or lemon juice and wat- er will quickly stop hiccup. "Safety First" With Firearms. Each year the shooting season~ re- cords a long list of accidents due to| carelessness of hunters in the forest and in the use of firearms. A gun Z0-| ing off accidentally and killing the owner, climbing fences with the loaded and cocked, or shooting at a, companion in mistake for an animal | are stereotyped causes. With the firearms, it is surely incumbent upon hunters to exercise every precaution and keep continually before them the motto "safety first." 2 So SSS Aaa Dog Meat Eaten. species of dog is said to be reared for | the table, It is a small dog of a grey- hound shape, with a muzzle much more elongated than in terriers, The flesh of black dogs sound travels faster than rain falls' we hear the thunder before the "rain' | Welsh Soldier Recovers the Power in| Many remarkable mstances of the of | or | wounds, have been told. The latest is_ and he has now sagaennetl yegained : account of the greater amount of nu- triment the black dogs are supposed | (a thunder cloud produces an excess of ! to possess. Chief of French Staff. = Gener! Duport has been' made Chief | of the General Staff- of the French army. The general is a man of energy and has exceptional ability, and his appointment has met with the approv- al & all sie ranks of the French army, 'The man has swallowed the; poison, the third reason will be the} The symptoms of acute poisoning} and ' throat gargle when diluted, and will | gun! knowledge of the danger of handling: Among the Chinese a particular | is preferred to} that of animals of any other color on} 1 thee---God did not alter his | eould follow his axample (verse 36). wreak So rare THE SUNDAY 'TESSON| INTERNATIONAL 'LESSON OCTOBER 29. : a ¢ Voyage--Acts Golden Text.-- Psaz 3%. 5. Lessen V.--tThe 1-38. Verse 13. Their purpose--To reach Phoenix (verse 12). There is a har- bor still called Phineka, which does "look southwest and northwest"--for this, it must be admitted, is the only possible rendering there. I is just at the back of Lutro, which has usu- ally been identified with Phoenix, and has produced the strained interpreta- tion in the Revised Version (see mar- gin). 14. Down from it--From Mount Ida in Crete. Tempestuous--The original is the word from which we get our typhoon, The wind that sweeps down from Ida is described as coming "in heavy squalls and' eddies. Called Euraquilo--A combination of Eurus-- east, and aquilo--northeast; it came, accordingly, from east-northeast. The called suggests that Luke repeats the seaman's term; compare Kings- ley's ode, 'Welcome, wild northeast- er!" 15. Face the wind--She would have had to run northward and then some- what eastward to make Phineka; and in such a gale it was impossible to run so near the wind. 16. Under the lee--So as to get shel- ter enough for these necessary pre- cautions. Cauda--Still called Goudo. We were able--The we implies that Luke lent a hand in a job which any willing 'landlubber" could tackle. In the next verse we have operations that demanded the skill of sailors. Pre- sumably all of them joined in pulling the rope by which she was trailing, and as she was, of course, water-log- ged, it took some pulling! The word with difficulty is Luke's reminiscence of the effort. 17. Undergirding--Passing thick cables under the keel and fastening them tightly on deck amidships, to prevent the timbers' starting with the tremendous strain of the mast. This operation, technically known as frap- ping, is naturally unfamiliar in our time, when shipbuilders have learned how to forestall such dangers, Syrtis --The dangerous sandbank to the southwest. The gear--Almost cer- tainly the mainsail, leaving one or two small sails set to keep the ship steady. It seems that the ship was turned as near the wind as possible; and while pointing nearly north, she thus drifted a little north of west. This is exactly the direction of Malta. Furniture (margin)--The word is general; they collected all the equip- ment. that could possibly be spared | and pitched it over. The addition of} with their own hands is intended to} suggest what a desperate Sacrifice it was. 20. In the absence of sun and stars they could, of course, have no know- ledge where they were drifting. Tak- en away--More exactly, "was being stripped off'; one hope after another | vanishes. 21. Without food--Not absolutely; the word describes "loss of appetite" in the medical literature with which Luke has so much in common. Paul ots Why the Stars Shoot. Freddy had played all day long, and at evening he lay on the grass in the back yard and watched the stars. Suddenly a shooting star lighted up the heavens with a.stream of dazzl- ing light. The next instant, before Freddy had time to make a wish, everything was dark again. He wait ed a long while, hoping to see anoth- = shooting star, but nothing happen- ed, For almost ten minutes he waited patiently; then he began to count the stars. He had counted nearly one hundred of the brightest ones, when, his eyelids closed and he fell asleep. At once his body became very light and he felt himself lifted in the air. Up, up he went, until he found him- self 'among the stars. Wherever he looked he could see nothing but stars, large and small, bright and dim; and all of them seemed to be whispering about something. There was a very bright one, which Freddy knew was the Dog Star. He waited until it had finished talking with another; then he asked, 'Please, Mr. Dog Star, what is "Well," growled the Dod Stgr, "it's every one whispering about?' like this: we haven't sent a shooting star across the sky in almost half an hour, and that's too long a time to wait! We're trying to decide who is to go. Do you see?" "Yes, sir," answered Freddy polite- ly, "but what are shooting stars for? And why is half an hour too long?" The Dod Star solemnly winked his left eye and wagged one of his points, | "You're very curious for your size," scl said, "but I'll tell you. Shootin: stars are to confuse people, so that they won't be able to count us." That sounded very giian.! and Freddy nodded his head. : "So," continued the Dog Star, wi ing very rapidly, "once in a while wa send a shooting star across the sky in order to startle people and make -- have counted. There! They have de- cided to let Urskule go. lative of Neptune, the star you seq straight ahead that doesn't twinkle." The stars had stopped whispering -- and were watching Urskule. Freddy -- held his breath and waited. Sudden--- ly there was a loud hissing noise and Urskule started downward, becoming brighter ag she went. : "How pretty it is!" exclaimed Freddy. But what if Urskule should fall on some house below? What if she should fall on his house? He ~ turned toward the Dog Star to ask if -- there was much danger, but lost his balance and began to fall. Faster an faster he fell, until he could hardly catch his breath. Then, out of the | darkness, he heard his mother's voice, __ "Freddy" she said, "you should have been,in bed an hour ago instead of ly- ing out here on the damp grass and going to sleep." Freddy rubbed his eyes and went in- to the house As he lay in bed, he tried to understand why the stars did not wish to be counted Then he fell asleep, while outside his bedroom window a large bright star with many points winked and winked all night.-- Youth's Companion. FROM SUNSET COAST WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. A roll of honor containing more lam municipality who have enlisted' for active service is being prepared. -- Salmon fishing along the. Alberni Canal has been at its height during the past few weeks, and good hauls are being made by the boats that are Progress of the Great West Told | in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. The question of a Greater Vancou- | ver is being revived in that city. New Westminster has completed its work in Boundary road, Lulu Island. Twenty-two mineral claims were re- corded at Nanaimo during September. Fish are again arriving in more} | plentiful quantities at Prince Rupert. | Whale-hunting steamers are still busy on the west coast. A shipment of 150 steers to Chi- | cago, from Lethbridge, brought over | $13,000 to the shippers. | Straw bailing is in progress in many | parts of the Fraser Valley. Straw is, 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. Dog salmon, which used to sell for j stood forth--Commentators well com-| pare the splendid ode in which Horace describes the "just man, unshakable," | who remains unmoved amid _ the storms of "restless Hadrea." It does not seem that the despairing men ac- cepted Paul's comfort yet. | The turn- ing point apparently comes after verse 29, where, having exhausted all pos- sible action, the men take to prayer; see margin, and note on Acts 26. 29 | (October 22). It is at least sugges- tive that at that point Paul virtually takes command, They "prayed for the day," which no prayer would hast- | Vancouver. 'seven feet from tip to tip, attacked 5 cents each, are now 25 cents in South Vancouver has sent 1,300 men to the colors since the outbreak of war. Of these, 862 left families or dependents. A heavy windstorm which caught the Steveston fishing fleet one day re- cently caused the loss of four Japan- ese fishermen. A panther, which measured nearly two children at Cowichan Lake, and was shot. Logging operations of considerable | ' en, and God instead sent them a man with his wits about him. Have got-) ten--Literally, gained. The word has | irony in it--it was the "gain" of a| minus quantity. Injury--A word) 'often denoting a criminal assault on; | the person, a combination of insult'! 'and injury. | 22. And now--Emphatic: he recalls | his previous neglected counsel, which | 'events had justified, only to induce! them to listen now. 23. An angel--To the pagans whom | Paul was addressing the word would | simply mean a messenger. The ¢ God | --Note Paul's delicate consideration ! for the men's religious susceptibilities. | Another day he would plead for his | God as the one God; now it is enough | to identify him as the God to whom, | his own life and service were given; The order of the Greek is "of the God | whose I am a messenger." | The whole stress is laid on the God; the messenger is nobhing. 24. F€ar not--The form of the ; Greek implies that even Paul's stout spirit was not untouched by the fear- | ful peril. _ He had "spent a night and 'a day in the deep," and he was not a : phlegmatic fool who can despise dang- ier. Must--The little werd thatd de-: ; termined all Pauls action is to de- ; termine his human destiny, , Granted will as to _the life or death of these two hundred and seventy-six men because Paul ask-' ed him fer their life°as a "favor" to Lass elt, Tis prayer was .an "in- ts gpeks ation" (so read James 6. 16), the: unc cious reacticn of the a e- upon as human spirit, which = the very essence of the truest pray- as Ys prayer 7, it' was 470d's instrument \in achieving his purpose to save them. | Had not the centurion and the soldiers cut away that hardly recovered boat (verse 31) at Paul's instance, they would not have been saved after all. -God saved them by the ascendancy which that man won over his ship- /mates--and his prayer. won it. - 25, 1 believe God--And therefore "am of good cheer,' exactly as in Acts 16. 84. They needed a further and stronger appeal before they ne . 26. .A_ certain island--Quite inde- finite; the name of Melita was no part 6 the revelation. ae Priesta in the Greek Church have ; their heads shaved quite bald. _ wonderful. men do you grow?" dimensions are being conducted by| the B. C. Manufacturing Company of ; Lulu Island, in Glen Valley. An outbreak of typhoid fever in St. Ann's Convent, Victoria, caused , the death of two sisters, and the seri- | ous illness of twelve others. Trail's electrolytic copper refinery | | which has now been in operation for a few weeks, will shortly begin the aS of ee ee copper. to the funds of the Ci properly equipped. An aggregate production for the mines of British Columbia this year of from $45,000,000 to $50,000,000 is 'the prediction made by Hon, Lorne | A. Campbell, Minister of Mines. A total of $322,000 has been added of New West- minster as a result of tax receipts up 'to the end of September, the conclu- sion of the first discount period. Victoria Automobile Association 'eonferred with the Auto Club of Southern California in regard to hav- ing uniform direction posts at all the important crossroads from Mexico to laska. At Burnaby the board of works adopted estimates for work to be fee in the various wards amounting o $20,990, about $12,000 of which ES be expended on Hastings street east and Barnet road. At the Matsqui tax sale this year thirty-seven parcels of land were sold, bringing in $4,057.26, which was ap- proximately $1,000 more than the charges against the land sold. There were 124 parcels of land which passed 'into the hands of the municipality. * --t"% Danish Germany Suffers More. A Danish-American who has been visiting the country of his birth this summer and spent several weeks in i the districts along the Danish-German border, writes to a friend in London | that practically everybody there, on | both sides of the frontier, is in mourn- ing, for all these people have relatives or friends fighting in the German front. The Germans have sent the 'regiments consisting of young men from northern Schleswig to the most ' exposed positions and the number of Danish-speaking men who have one their lives is already larger than th- total number of Danes who fell in the war against Prussia and Austria he in 1864. THE BUILDER OF CHARACTER Strength and Beauty of Character Depend Upon the Materials We Put Into Our Life. "Building up yourselves most holy faith."--Jude, i,, 20. on your! A gentleman from the West once' visited the poet, Walt Whitman. In! the course of the conversation he broke | out in an eloquent description of his cointry; its immense resources, incal-| culable mineral wealth, the wonderful fertility of its soil, the rapid growth. of its cities. When 'his description had : ended the poet said, "Yes, yes; it is| But, pray, what sort of This is the crucial test of civiliza- tion, of governments, of schools, of churches and of homes. i We know your machines. They will plough the soil, sow the seed, reap the harvest, thresh the wheat, grind the | flour, make the bread and bring it to | your door. --They-wiltegreer through= the clouds, descend into the depths of | 'the sea, dash over the land, carry your messages with or without wires. Ruskin said, with keen sorrow, that he heard rising from all the cities the ery, "they manufactured everything but men,' Man fs Always a Builder. This world is a huge manufactory. Manhood is its chief product. Good character is its intended output. Home, school, town, city, church, press, art gallery, museum, library and univer- sity are ail sa work producing char-| acter! This is the Wetinaty of the Bible:-- "Say ye to the righteous nation, it shall be well with it, but woe to the wicked," selfish, fractious, hard and cruel people. It shall perish. Char- acter is the goal of earthly existence 'both for individuals and for nations. Good character is growth, a develop-~ ment, a building. Man is always a builder. His buildings show thought © 'and purpose. Whether it be a mud hut, or the house of a cliff dweller, a palace, a pyramid, or a parthenon, we read therein men's souls. Whatever | else man may have been--cruel, tyran- nous, vindictive--his noblest buildings -- | always have reference to religion. | They bespeak a vivid sense of the Un- | seen and of his relation to the Unseen. - The Crowning Grace of All. Ruskin tells us in his "Seven Lamps of Architecture" that the laws of arch- itecture are moral laws. He finds these laws to be sacrifice, truth, pow- er, beauty, life, memory, and, as the © lcrowning grace of all, that principle to which "polity owes. its stability, life its happiness, faith its acceptance, 'creation its continuance, Obedience.' In the building of character we ees the sdme great laws. =What v we sein er and how we 'govern. The characters which stand pre-emi- nent are those which are the expres- ture. John Knox and Wesley. Your life and mine are wofth all the © good they embody and express in con- -- duct. No more. No tess. By as much as we build ourselves up in faith, -- in the spirit of holiness, through pray- er and the practice of righteousness, by so much do we become living stone in the spiritual temple which. our race is rearing. --Rev. 'William H. howe t them forget how many of us they _ She's a re- than 100 names of men from Coquitsyse. ; sion of the Seven Lamps of Architec- _ Socrates, Plato, Marcus Aure- _ lius, Savonarola, Willian of Orange,