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ideas orlds Styles. which persistâ€" s seams, is reâ€" eas in the unâ€" ma. Long scalâ€" Hints dand ) no nere the th. hat are if it was in the evening after the genâ€" tlemen had come in from their wal nuts and wine. Lord Lancaster had retired rather sulkily to a corner, and the earl‘s daughter had followed him and sat down near him. She looked very handsome in her dinnerâ€"dress of roseâ€"pink satin drapâ€" ed with creamy lace. Her brilliant black eves searched his face, as she There was a & bushel of falseh "Oh, deart" dismay. She n him on the faut sitting. "Do tel Lord Lancaster; "Then I will t if you care to h there was so st that the earl‘s ¢ ed. She wonde wood He looked at her gravely a minute without replying. She was very handâ€" some, certainlyâ€"a brilliant brunette, very vivacious when it pleased her to be so, and again with a languor and indolence amounting to laziness. She had been in society several seaâ€" sons, and owned to twentyâ€"three years old. She was beautiful, graceâ€" ful, and dignified, and Lancaster felt that she would make a fitting mistress for Lancaster Park; but his pulse did not beat any faster at her bright glance, nor at her sweet, halfâ€"confidenâ€" tial tones. caster! "Yes," she replied. ‘It was Miss Westâ€"De Vere‘s in amorata," he answered. Lady Adela did not speak for a mo ment. She was surprised into silence terd But he looked back at her reassurâ€" ingly as he replied: "I am sorry I looked so black as to inspire you with such an idea, Lady Adela. Of course 1 am not offended with you. You are not answerable for Lady Lancaster‘s peccadilloes. I think, however, that she might have shown more respect to Lieutenant De Vere than to indulge herself in such gossip, more than half of it being false." s "Oh, then he isn‘t going to commit such a folly after all?" she exclaimed, relieved that it was not so, for her patrician pride had been somewhat hurt at the idea of one of her own order descending to a plebian. "You jump so quickly from one conâ€" clusior, to another, Lady Adela, that vyou will not give me time to explain," he said, smiling. "Oh!" she cried, abashed. "Then I shall not say another word, only lisâ€" ten to your story." "There is no storyâ€"only an exâ€" planation," he said. "I should not speak of it, only I think De Vere would thank me for getting him right. Yes, he is in love, Lady Adela, but not with a servant girl, as my aunt inâ€" sinuated. The young lady who has won his heart is a fair, refined young girl, cultured and accomplished, and of respectable although not noble birth. She is an American girl who came over with De Vere and myself from New York to her aunt, who is the housekeeper here. That is the long« and the short of the servantâ€"girl The When she recovered her speecH, sme, said, faintly: #7 % "You said she was staying in the eighborhood for the sketching." ' "That was a small fib, Lady Adela, for which I humbly crave your pn-l lon The truth is that Miss W“t'll @ather, lately dead, has left his daughâ€" ter to Mrs. West‘s care. She is stayâ€" iz at Lancaster because she has no other home." 4 A U "Lord Lancaster, I want to ask you mething," said Lady Adela Eastâ€"| "Â¥You have seen her," he replied, ith that quick flush that showed so early through his fine skin. "Where?" she cried, amazed. "You remember the young lady . we iw sketching among the ruins yes 1v PY. You know her?" cried Lady Adela azed. "Oh, how I would like to . this fascinating girl, admired both Lieutenant De Vere and Lord Lanâ€" ay it th LN ‘ ‘Then she is the housekeepâ€" iece. L presume that is the reas ty Lancaster called her a seryâ€" said the earl‘s daughter, in a hat quite excused the dowager. rave her a quick look which, not an adept at reading expressions, Adela did not understand. f . she is not Mrs. West‘s niece. ither‘s brother was Mrs. West‘s nd. There is all the relationâ€" here is," he said, almost curtly. y Adela gave him a glance that ither haughty, yet half jealous. in see that Lieutenant De Vere zealous champion in you," she Ad t â€" Lancaster has been telling strangest story before the en came in. I am going to 1 if it is true." ied to rouse himself to interest The Lady of Lancaster it was not a joke, really," he ibarrassed. "You know what n says about a ‘lie that is halft ‘ Lady Adela. Well, that is case stands. Lady Lancaster ply misrepresented the facts. vas a grain of truth in her of falsehoods." dear‘" cried Lady Adela, in She nestled a little nearer the fauteuil where they were "Do tell me the right of it, ncaster; 1 am all curiosity." : 1 will tel you the right of it, are to hear," he replied; and as «o stern a look on his face : carl‘s daughter was frightenâ€" e wondered if he was angry CHAPTER XXXI bout that handsome Lieutenâ€" ere," she said; "Lady Lanâ€" s been telling us that he is d with a ridiculous creature nt, I think she said, or someâ€" e that. And he is going to o her, and it will most likely ch. Now, you are his friend, icaster. Please tell me if it ered her voice, and glanced : room where Lieufenant De with rather a bored look on trving to become interested : you are not offended with ppeating what Lady Lancasâ€" \ she observed sweetly, givâ€" i demure look out of her n is not," he replied, pulling t the innocent ends of his recovered her speech chatter of the pretty Miss not true* Lady Lanâ€" 11y telling it to tease I fancy. Emma has been ‘p at the leutenant, you ill be vory glad to hear aid, "I know that Lady _ be very interesting," "What is it all about, Or, she West‘s Love. |_"Indeed? But, of course, you have \had a better chance of studying her face than I have, and may be a better ‘judge. I think you are more than halfâ€"way in love with the housekeepâ€" |\er‘s niece yourself," Lady Adela exâ€" | claimed, flashing a reproachful glance \ upon him, for, being well aware â€" of Lady Lancaster‘s scheme, she felt ;that he belonged to her. said, with a tincture of bit her voice. "I do not think he needs a champion," he answered. "No%? And why not?"" she asked. "Surely he must be aware that he will be censured by many for his course in marrying below his own station in life. He will need some one to make excuses for him." "His wife, if he wins her, will be an allâ€"sufficient excuse for him," Lancasâ€" ter said, calmly. "Why?" she asked, rather piqued at his words. "Because Miss West is quite fascinâ€" ating enough to make any man excusâ€" able for his folly, if folly it be," he replied. "You are very complimentary _ to her," Lady Adela said, with her head held high. "I can not see how she could be so fascinating. I did not think she was so very pretty, really. She had quite common, brown hair, and gray eyes, I think, and one of those baby faces that some people admire, but which I never did." ' Meanwhile, Lord Lancaster had | reached the spot where the girl was ‘ standing, with a slightly heightened | coler on her face, but with that quiet |air of selfâ€"possession she habitually t wore. She was not at all overwhelmâ€" ‘ed by the honor Lady Lancaster had thrust upon her, but she was a little liudignant at the dowager, who purâ€" | posely left her standing there alone, Itaking care that De Vere did not see ‘her and go to her rescue. "It is not at all a bab& }a{ée,” he said. "She has a great deal of characâ€" ter and decision in it, I think." "De Vere would not like that much," he said, carelessly, without betraying his inward vexation. She fanned herself rapidly with her pink satin fan for a moment, then said, with a keen glance at him: ly "Lady Lancaster has formed a fine plan for showirg him his folly and breaking off the affair." "Really?" he inquired, sarcasticalâ€" "Yes; she is quite sure that if he| could once see this girl in the comâ€"| pany of real ladies, he would see the | difference and become disenchanted. "Yes?" "It seems as if the girl can play quite well," said Lady Adela, going on | in her low, confidential tones. "And | the ladies are all cusious to see her.| So Lady Lancaster is going to have her in to play for us, just for a preâ€"| text, you know; and then Lieutenant | De Vere can not help seeing the dlfâ€"i ference between her and the women : of his own set. Perhaps it will cure| him of his fancy." | "Perhaps," said Lancaster, dryly; 1°Vf" oi i in o t t 9k ) x but his heart began to beat. Woula|, ; Have I done well?" It is because Lady Lancaster really bring Leonora (I have a passion fcr"music. and have into the drawingâ€"room? Something | 8!v@n my soul to it. assured him that if she did it would | (To be continued.) only be to humiliate and snub her.| vom m mm mmcetfra...e...w. .o He read this intuitively in Lady| Real News. C Adela‘s supercilious expression. His| "I notice that you publish a verse heart swelled with hot resentment. : from the Bible every day," said the He rose ttxlurriedlyA C . _ | caller to the editor of the newspaper, NC# ,SheLs ?.l_l. ll(ft_.,s_m,‘.,‘__L?":A!_le:;m“,ifg“Do your subscribers ever read it?" "She shall not send for her," he said; but the earl‘s daughter answerâ€" ed, with illâ€"concealed malice: "She has already done so." "Then she shall not come. I will myself forbid it," he exclaimed; but even as the words left his lips, he paused and stood for a moment speechless. The drawingâ€"room . door had just opened then, and Leonora West stood just inside of it, hesitatâ€" ing on the threshold. d w al. "I am not. here . On equal terms, please remember _ that," she said, turning around and sitting down on the pianoâ€"stool. "It is my lady‘s orâ€" ders that I shall amuse the comâ€" pany." Ta! Froug n pp ce ult Sucamee swnmt i. imny ders that I shall amuse the pany." "Then I shall turn your musi¢ 1?" he entreated." "Oh, Miss West, how glad 1 am to meet you, and looking as charming as ever, too!" in an audible zside, while his face beamed with delight. Leoâ€" nora drew her hand rather â€" hastily away. . sHd 0X mats »dpncmng: "Oh, Lord Lancaster, you are too late! She is come now!" cried Lady Adela, for her glance, too, had fallen on the graceful, hesitating figure. She saw with inexpressible chagrin that Leonora was in simple but faultless costume. Her dress, of some . soft, shining, thin, black material, was . of stylish and fashionable make, and her white shoulders and arms â€" gleamed marbleâ€"like through the thin folds. She had arranged all her rich tresses of chestnut hair in loose puffs and waves on the top of her head, and fasâ€" tened a single spray of starry white jasmine flowers at the side. Some of the same sweet, fragrant blossoms fastened the full ruff of white crepe lisse at the round, white throat, and constituted her only adorning. Her white arms and dimpled wrist, left bare by the elbowâ€"sleeves of her dress, were more beautiful in their shapely grace than Lady Adela‘s tenâ€" button gloves and diamond bracelets. "She has had the impertinence to get herself up in full evening dress, the minx!" the earl‘s daughter mutterâ€" ed, almost audibly; and then she utâ€" tered a suppressed exclamation of anâ€" noyance, for Lord Lancaster had startâ€" ed for her side, and was making his way rapidly across the room to the door. C .nB i a ECV PPB B C o But she forgot her nephew sitting in full view across the room, or she thought that he would not forsake the side of Lady Adelaide. What was her amazement when she saw him standâ€" ing by the girl‘s side, saw the fair face lifted to his with a grateful smile. "Lady Lancester: has commanded your humble servant to appear before your highness and execute divers pieces of music," she was saying, misâ€" chievously, when the dowager pountâ€" ed down upon them like a hawk, and, with an angry aside to her nephew, bore Leonora off to the piano. The next minute De Vere came forâ€" ward gladly. By this time every one was Innking. vet he was in nowise inâ€" The next minute ward gladly. By t was looking, yet h timidated. _ _ “l*ie has left me for her!" was her jealous, angry thought, and a sudden hatred for Leonora _ent_ered her heart. CHAPTER XXXIHII tincture of bitterness in how glad I am to or desires â€"may | She placed the music befere her, 1and struck the first notes. The hum \ot voices in the room grew instantly still. No one spoke while that grand ‘torrent of music rose and fell on the icharmed air, as those slim white finâ€" lgers of Leonora swept the echoing | keys. They forgot the performer for \a little, even as she forgot them. Her | cheeks glowed, her eyes sparkled. | While she played she remembered noâ€" |thing but the harmonies that were | shed from her subtle fingerâ€"touches. |\ The art of the grand composer charmâ€" / ed her, and when she paused at last, lit was with a low sigh of blended \pain and pleasure. f Silver Gloss "Perhaps you will select something to play," she said; and seeing, withâ€" out turning her head, that Lancaster had gone back to his seat by the earl‘s daughter. She gave a careless ~assent, looked at the great pile of music "He is afraid she will be jealous of me," the girl said to herself, with the least little curl of her yed lip. * "Can you play quired, placing a before her. "Yes; but I do not want a song, please. Give me something by Moâ€" zart or Rossiniâ€"something brilliant. I am on exhibition, you see," saucily. "Can you really piay Mozart?" he whispered to her as he searched for the music. "Oh, yes; and Beethoven, too. Iam fond of music, so I have studied it a great deal. I can play almost anyâ€" thing," she said, carelessly, as she took the piece he handed herâ€"an exâ€" ceedingly brilliant and difficult piece by Mozart, and ran her quick eyes over it. "Brava!" said De Vere, bending over her, and she smiled. "HMave I done well?" It is because I have a passion for music, and have given my soul to it." "Should say they do," replied the editor. "Why, it is news to most of them." Looney With Love. "Miss Butey is not at home, sir Wil you leave your name?" it ?" LAUNDRY STARCHâ€" The "point gown" is what a designâ€" er of smart summer wear showed me the other day when I asked to see some of the new things, for summerâ€" some of the models that may be acâ€" The sketch, made from a gown deâ€" signed by Mme. Hillquist of the Fashâ€" ion Art League, is made of novelty organdie, with sleeves of net, and side panels of net in the little coatee. The threeâ€"tier ruffle is pointed, the sleeves, the collar, the jabot effect at the neck, all give "point" to the general effect of points and angles. Embroidered batiste is used as a foundation for the skirt, and salmon color chenille rosebuds ornament the upper ruffle of the tier. The girdle is crushed apple green si_lk knotted Li" cepted days. And the point of the fashion news she gave me is that the gowns we‘ll be wearing in the dogâ€"days will be just as cool and bewitching as the Dolly Vardens worn by our grandâ€" mothers. the T here‘s "Point" to T he Point Gown Reminders. "Cuttem, the tailor, reminds me of clergyman." "He doesn‘t me; he reminds me of bill I owe him." "Do you think she would take means perfect starching, whether used for sheer ‘front-;;;i' ;l_th a big bow at the as correct for midâ€"summer this?" De Vere inâ€" simple little song @ Linens. "Silver Gloss" has been the favorite in the homeformore than 50 years AT GROCERS The Canada Starch and Baked Rhubarb.â€"Wash and wipe: dry the rhubarb. Cut into inch! lengths without peelin;.“ Arrange a) layer of the rhubarb in the bottom of | a buttered earthen baking dish, covâ€"| ering with sugar, repeat this process! until a sufficient quantity has been‘ used. Cover lightly; do not add water.| Bake for one hour and serve eold. Rhubarb Puffs.â€"Cream ~together one cup of sugar and two tablespoons of butter, add two well beaten eggs, oneâ€"fourth of a cup of milk, one teaâ€" spoon of baking powder and flour enough to make a stiff batter; then stir in one cup of finely chopped rhubarb; half fill well buttered molds with the mixture and steam for half an hour. Serve with any preferred pudding sauce. ® i Often a good table cover gets torn | at the corners through having been | carefully pegged out on a windy day. ‘ This spoils the appearance, even if | the rent can be darned. If the tear is a very bad one the only thing to Jlo is to round off each of the four : corners to match, hemming them very neatly. Rhubarb Dumplings.â€"Wash â€"and cut the rhubarb into inch pieces and stew with a little more than half its weight in sugar, adding a very little water. Make a batter by using a scant cup of sweet mik, a pint of flour into which has been sifted two teaspoons of baking powder, and a little salt. Drop this batter by spoonâ€" fuls into the boiling ‘rhubarb, and cook for ten minutes.* The result is a delicious pudding, which should be served hot, with or without cream. Rhubarb Snowballs.â€"Boil half a ther at the Front): "John says a cup of rice until soft; wring small bullet went right through his hat pudding cloths out of hot water, and: without touching him." Oid Auntie: spread the cooked rice about half an: "What a blessing he had his hat on, inch thick over the centre of the! dear." cloths. Spread about half a cup of| _A clumsy carver once sent a goose chopped rhubarb on each, sweeten into a lady‘s lap. His apology was well, tie up the cloths closely, and better than his carving. "Ah, maâ€" steam for 20 minutes. Then turn out‘dam, how potent your charms are; of the cloths carefully and serve they attract not only the living but with rich cream. |also the dead." Rhubarb Fritters. â€" Peel youngl Mrs. Ryan: "They do be afther rhubarb and cut into threeâ€"inch sayin‘ that old man Kelly has got lengths. Make a batter of two well jlocomothor ataxy." Mrs. Murphy: beaten eggs, one pint of milk, a litâ€" «well, he‘s got the money to run tle salt, and six large tablespoons Of wan ay thim if he wants ter, but I‘d flour, beating until smooth. Dip each‘ Fayther have « good horse a;n day." piece of rhubarb in the batter andi "When my wife starts talk)t o'n fry to a golden brown. Serve very| + b. . biect 1 ":g hot, piled high on a napkin lined,ah C z‘arf"gs?‘llr:g suDjeo AlMay® plate, and well powdered with sugar.i‘c":fgf‘"'f‘ £ __mte_tf“"_d‘ thfi_:”'fi“l_:':y Rhubarb Custard.â€"Make a custard by using the yolks of two eggs, a pint of sweet milk, and two tableâ€" spoons of sugar. Line a deep pudâ€" ding dish with pastry, and cover the bottom with a layer of chopped rhuâ€" barb which has been rolled in sugar. Pour this over the custard and bake. Make a meringue of the whites of the eggs, spread over the baked custard, and set in the oven to brown. Rhubarb â€" Souffle.â€"Put the rhuâ€" barb, cut fine, into a double boiler with plenty of sugar to sweeten, and steam â€" until tender; _ then press through a sieve. To three cups of this sauce add the wellâ€"beaten yolks of three eggs, then fold in the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs, and bake in a well buttered dish until it begins to crack open on top. Serve hot. After the dust is wiped off a mirror a little camphor on a cloth will brighten it. f % Rhubarb Pie.â€"One cup of finely chopped rhubarb, oneâ€"half cup of sugar, one heaping teaspoon of flour, the yolk of one egg, a small lump of butter, and a drop or two of lemon juice. Bake with one crust, and cover with a meringue made of the white of an egg, beaten stiffly, and to which has been added one large tablespoon _ of granulated sugar. Brown in a warm oven, and serve hot. To place ferns upon the window sill means their death, as the plants cannot stand a cold draught. It is better to clean meat by wipâ€" ing it with a wet cloth than to let waâ€" ter run over it. o Every housekeeper should possess a wooden spoon for stirring all fruits or soups containing any ag:id. % To sharpen scissors take a bottle and cut with the scissors as if you had to cut the neck off the bottle. This is effective. To clean a mincer after using grind stale crusts of bread through it. The bread collects all the fat, grease and skin from the small teeth. To keep out moths whole cloves sprinkled among furs and woollens will be found as effective as the illâ€" smelling moth preparations. The castors on large and heavy picces of furniture should have a drop or two of oil applied to them once or twice a year to keep them running smoothly. When making milk puddings use half milk and half water for mixing them. This is more economical, and the pudding will taste almost as well as if made with all milk. It is said that stains on blankets and other woolen goods can be removâ€" ed by using a mixture of equal parts of glycerine and yolk of an egg. Spread it on the stain, leave it for half an hour, and then wash. To remove shabby leather chairs take one pint of linseed oil, boil it, and let it stand till nearly cold, Then stir into it half a pint of vinegar. When the two are perfectly amalgaâ€" mated bottle, and it is ready for use. Shake the bottle well before using the mixture. Pour a little on a soft cloth, rub it well into the leather, turning the flannel as it gets dirty, then rub with a soft duster till the polish is restored. This polish softâ€" ens the leather and prevents it from cracking. xE Paint Brush Helpâ€"When whiteâ€" washing or painting a ceiling, the liquid is apt to run down your hand or arm and is very annoying. To eliminate this trouble, use a large paint brush and a large rubber ball. Cut the ball in half, make a hole in the centre of oneâ€"half and push the handle through with the cup side toâ€" ward the brush. If care is taken not to splash this will catch the liquid, About the.â€"Househeold Serving Rhubarb. Useful Hints. (om | . Rankin: "Have you ever been to ‘the Trosachs?" Phyle: "Yes; but I | want to go again some day and see | the scenery. The first time I went ‘I was on my honeymoon." I "When my wife starts talking on ‘an embarrassing subject I always | change it.‘"" "I‘ve tried that with my ‘wife, but it was no go. She simply | exhausted the new subject, and then ltook up the old one where she left | off." Double Boiler Substitute.â€"To cook oatmeal and other breakfast foods without a double boiler, take a twoâ€" quart lard or other tin pail which has a tight fitting cover. Into this put the breakfast food mixed up with boiling water. Then cover the pail and place it in a common iron kettle, in which there is about two quarts ot boiling water. Cover the kettle and let it boil 15 minutes. Less time is required than a regular double boiler, for thesiron kettle sets in the: stove. If the kette is needed for potatoes the pail of oatmeal may be placed in first and the potatoes put around it. which can be emptied from time to time into the can. Mrs. Ryan: "They do be afther sayin‘ that old man Kelly has got locomothor ataxy." Mrs. Murphy: "Well, he‘s got the money to run wan av thim if he wants ter, but I‘d rayther have a good horse any day." Hubby: "My dear, if all that I hear about you is trueâ€"â€"" Wife: "I asâ€" sure you it is. I started the scandal myself. You don‘t suppose I went into society to be buried alive, do Two Irishmen were philosophizing. Said Pat to Mike: ‘Did you ever stop to think that wan half of the world don‘t know how the other half gets along?" "You‘re right," says Mike; "and neither does the other half." you Madge (reading letter from broâ€" ther at the Front): "John says a bullet went right through his hat without touching him." Oid Auntie: "What a blessing he had his hat on, dear." "Many a damsel who is a kitten with men is a cat with women," says Mr. Gelett Burgess. "The custody of the child used to keep discordant married couples together, but now," says a cynic, "it is the automobile." Prophecy of Vast Series of Struggles For Existence. Professor Ridgeway, speaking at a meeting of the Eugenic Society in London, said that the nation had been brought into the present struggle by a combination of millionaires who were frequently alien in origin, and their dupes the masges, while the same forces were exercising a baneâ€" ful influence on the prosecution of the war. Agent: "I came to deliver your book on ‘How to Play the Piano.‘" Lady: "But I didn‘t order any." Agent: "Haven‘t you a next door neighbor named Brown?" _ Lady: "Why, yes; is it for her?" Agent: "No, she ordered it for you." "I don‘t think I‘ll go to school toâ€" day, mother." _ "Why, Eddie! 1 thought you liked to go to school." "I do, mother; but, you see, some of the boys in my class are not so far adavnced as I am, and I thought it would be kind of nice if I stayed away and gave them a chance to catch up." Far from this being the last war, the hard facts pointed rather to its being the first of a vast series of struggles different from those yet known. The earth‘s waste spaces were now getting filled up and the struggle for existance, not merely kingly ambitions, was the great stake for which Germans and British were now _ fighting. Henceforward each new struggle would be more desperâ€" ate. The only way to live in this age and get any pleasure out of life is always to take more time than you need for every job you tackle. You‘ll see strength enough in the people some day. The trouble with all your big men at the top is that they‘re trying to do for the crowd what the crowd wants to do for itself. The age we live in is changing so much faster than any age before it that a man, if he‘s to be vital at all, must give up the idea of â€"any fixed creed, in his office, his church or his home. If he holds himself open to change, and nows that change is his very life, then he can get a serenity which is as much better than that of the monk as living is better than dyâ€" ing. Were we sent by our rulers to die only in order that they in their scramâ€" ble might take more of the earth for themselves ? M Hallâ€"Blythe is a pretty optimisâ€" tic character, I hear. Wallâ€"I should say so. If he failâ€" ed in business, he‘@ thank Heaven he had his health; if he failed in health, he‘d thank Heaven he had his busiâ€" ness, and if he failed in both he‘d say there was no use having one without the other. Girl (reading letter from brother at the front)â€""John says a bullet went right through his hat without touching him." Old Ladyâ€""What a blessing he had his hat on, dear." Â¥ MORE WARS TO FOLLOW. 99 Expert in Silver Linings. GOLDEN SENTENCES WIT AND WISDOM. Fortunes of War. ‘FRERCH MV A GRenadr Fumes From®" These Missles Which are Charged With Chemicals Mave Overpowering Effect. The widespread use of trenches in the prosent war, writes a corresâ€" pondent with the French army, has brought the opposing armies into closer proximity than ever had been considered possible since theâ€"â€"development of firearms, and the result has been that new methâ€" ods have had to be devised to deal with unexpected conditions. "At first,"‘ says the correspondâ€" ent, ‘"the Germans were probably better prepared for this kind of warfare. Their ‘minenwerfen‘ are excellently made and well designâ€" ed, as I have been able to assure myself by the examination of some of those captured on the Chamâ€" pagne front. There is no suggesâ€" tion of improvisation about them. On the contrary, they are, if anyâ€" thing, overâ€"complicated. Experiâ€" ence has shown that they are far too heavy. The largest of them, indeed, are cemented into the trenches, so that they cannot be removed, and none of them is nearâ€" ly so effective as the simple weapâ€" ons that the proverbial ingenuity of the French has invented under the pressure of cireumstances. ALSO GOOD BOMB THROWERS AT SMALL EXPENSE. "‘The Germans have been scoring to a certain extent by the use of asphyxiating bombs in utter deâ€" fance of the obligations they had accepted under The Hague Conâ€" vention. The French have not been long in finding a reply to these weapons. If the Germans mean to use poisonous gases in warfare, the French are ready to retaliate with a weapon that should prove very effective, though it in no way conâ€" travenes the regulations accepted by all civilized nations except Gerâ€" many. ‘"This weapon consists of a hand grenade filled with certain chemicâ€" als which when released produce gas that has no deadly effects but is quite powerful enough to paraâ€" lyze a man for several minutes. As an experiment two of these grenâ€" ades were thrown into a narrow lane between two walls that might fairly be taken to represent a trench. When the gases had been released a company of infantry was ordered to advance up the lane, and 1 accompanied them. we "When the first ranks came withâ€" in the zone of the fumes they stopâ€" ped suddenly and beat a hasty reâ€" treat, fighting their way through the men behind, absolutely blinded by the tears running down their choeks. The smell of the fumes is not unpleasant. | It is suggestive of pear drops combined with very strong ammonia, and it produces such violent smarting of the eyes and nose that it would be hopsless to try and use a weapon while unâ€" der its influence. These bombs have not yet been used, and will only be employed if the Germans make any further use as asphyxâ€" iating gas French Hand Grenades. "Besidcs the newly invented gas bomb the French have various forms of bombs and bomb throwers for use in the trenches. The hand grenades are of two kinds. The larger kind, which looks like a rocket with a stick sawn off short and a very large head, contains more than a pound of explosives. These explosives are contained in a black steel case closed by a woodâ€" en cap, with a fuse at the bottom end. The man who is to throw the grenade breaks off the seal which covers this fuse and sets light to it with a match or cigarette. When the fuse begins to splutter he thas five seconds before the exâ€" plosion, and with a good swing can ONTARIO ARCHIVES ' TORONTO in Sealed Cartons and Cloth Bags 2â€"4b. and 54b. 10, 20, 50 and 100 Ib. "Canada‘s Favorite Sugar for three Generations" CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL Extra Granulated Sugar throw it twentyâ€"five to thirty yards. Men of all arms are being trained to use this weapon, and the experiâ€" ments which I have been permitâ€" ted to witness were carried out by a number of infantrymen just back from the front. Its effects ane very deadly, as it will sweep an area of fifteen yards, and though we were fifty yards away from the point where one of them exploded it was advisable to take cover beâ€" hind a tree, as several splinters reached us. ‘‘This large grenade is used for defensive purposes. It is thrown from the trenches when the enemy is attacking. For offensive work a lighter and more handy bomb is required. â€" This grenade contains about thalf a pound of explosives, and a soldier can easily carry half a dozen of them in a bag when he leaves ‘his trench for the charge. ‘‘When the trenches are 250 to 300 yards apart the range is too> great for hand grenades. For this work a bomb thrower called the ‘crapauillot‘ has been devised. Its name is derived from the crapand, a toad. It is a squat, toadlike thing, paint:d gray and consisting of a wooden stand mounted on it. The German shrapnel cases have only to be shortened and to have a touch hole bored in them. A charge of powder is placed in them, and above it a bomb containing three pounds of explosives. Incexpensive Bomb Throwers. "‘Two salvoes of six ‘crapauilâ€" lots‘ were fired in one hour. Six sausageâ€"like bombs were thrown into the air and exploded with treâ€" mendous violence when they reachâ€" ed the ground 250 yards away, hurling mitraille in every direcâ€" tion. A piecs of mitraille, like a heavy, roughly made nail, came hurtling through the branches of the tree behind which I was shelâ€" tering and fell at my feet, while another piece was driven deep ints the trunk of the same tree. One bomb fell into a stream and threw up a column of water some fifteen feet into the air. The Germans, when they capture a trench, have an ingenious way of describing these bombâ€"throwers, which cost about a dollar each, as guns, to impress the readers of their comâ€" muniques., C "We also witnessed the test of some smoke bombs from these enâ€" gines. They produced a curtain of smoke which was quite sufficient to maskâ€"an advance, and their sueâ€" cons was the more remarkable as there was a strong wind blowing. The output of these bombs and bombâ€"throwers is practically unâ€" limited. The energy and method with which the men, who, of course, are mobilized under military law, were working was quite â€"remarkâ€" able. The factory has been comâ€" mandeered by the State, which pays a rent for its use to its proâ€" prietor."‘ Fortunate is the man who rea deserves his own good opinion himself. Most of us who attempt to wear the mantle of greatmness are disâ€" appointed in the ft. 128 & c P â€" % 4