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The picture of the attack that will stay with me always is that of the Grande Route north from_ Barâ€"leâ€"Duc, covered with the snow and ice of the last days of February. The road was always filled witk two columns of trucks, one going north and the other coming south. The trucks, loaded with troops, shells and bread, rolled and bobbed back and forth with the unâ€" graceful, uncertain strength of baby elephants. It was almost impossible to steer them on the icy roads. Many of them fell by the wayside, overâ€" turned, burned, and were left apparâ€" ently unnoticed in the ceaseless tide of traffic that never seemed to hurry or ‘o stop. All night and all day it continued. Soon the roads began to wear out. Irucks brought stones from the ruins of the Battle of the Marne and sprinkâ€" ed them in the ruts and holes; solâ€" liers, dodging in and out among the Supplied the French Soldiers With Ammunition and Food. "Our artillery and our automobiles," writes an _ American â€" ambulance driver in the Cornhill _ Magazine, "have saved Verdun," the French ofâ€" ficers and soldiers were continually telling me. And as I look back on two months of ambulance driving, it seems to me that automobiles played a larger part than even the famous "seventyâ€"fives," for without motor transport, there would have been no ammunition and no food. One shell, accurately placed, will put a railway communication out of business for a long time, but automobiles must be‘ picked off one by one ms they come within range. | THE MOTORS OF VERDUN. Both Thrift and Patriotism â€" Point to Rubbers) overshoes are as inexponsive as ever, while le costing several dollars a pair more. 'w ng 1 shoes through this winter to protect these e or rubber farm skees to replace them, is mort thriftâ€"it is grateful gltriofllm. for in thus we make it easter for the g ent to secur necessary supplies of th muly scarc our soldiers. In this foresight and generosity of the British Governâ€" ment es the reason why rubber alone, of all the great stapl has not gone up in priceâ€"why rubber boots, rubbers .:3 overshoes are as i:uxponslvo as evor‘__vh_l_‘lo leather shoes are woubbmte smerswnt AeMssar m sage Lo 2iL i uen uied _ enormous though they are, have been plentifully supâ€" plied, while Germany has been reduced to registered mails and the " Deutschland" in desperate attempts to mitigate her rubber famine. Neutrals have been allowed all the rubber they want, at prices actually lower than before the war, so long as they prevent any of it from reaching the enemy, while Canada and other parts of the Empire have an abundant supply at equally favorable Government regulated prices, Thanks to great rubber plantations established, in the face of criticism and ridicule, many years before in her tropical Dominions, Great Britain at the outâ€" break of war held a firm and tightening grip on the world‘s supply of raw rubberâ€"a grip reinforced by her dominating navy. From 60% in 1914, the production of these plantations has grown this year to 75% of the whole world‘s output, leaving only about half the requirements of the UIr;itcd States alone to come from all other sources. Here in Canada many of us have fallen into the truly Angloâ€"Saxon habit of considering the " Mother of Parliaments " slow and a bit behind the times. The present price of rubber, when its cause is revealed, affords one of the many proofs that such an opinion is away off the mark. British Plantation Rubber Is Saving Canada Millions Gillette Are you taking advantage of ALL the modern methods of saving time and trouble? Are you upâ€"toâ€"date in your shaving as well as in your work? Are you using a Gillette Safety Razor Co. of Canada, Limited In its own way the Gillette is as quick, efficient and convenient as your milker, your binder or your telephone. It compares with other razors as these modern inventions compare with the things T T * | â€" they have replaced || nR 1111 _M ‘Bulldog", "Aristocrat‘ and Standard Cillegte Sets cost $5.â€"Pocket Editions $5 and $£6â€"Combination Sets $6.50 up. result has been that the needs of the Allies, Quickerâ€"Easi More COmfOrtable Prices of Rubbers and Overshoes to Britain‘s Control of Situation You can buy them at Hardware, Drug, Jewelry, Men‘s Wear and General Stores. Without honing, stropping or fussing, the Gillette will give you the easiest and most comfortable shave you ever enjoyed, in five minutes or less! It makes shaving an everyâ€"day pleasure instead of an irk some twiceâ€"aâ€"week job. Office and Factory : have been plentifully supâ€" At night, on the main road, I have watched for hours the dim lights of the trucks, winding away north and south like the coils of some gigantic, luminous "snake that never stopped and never ended. It was impressive evidence of a great organization. Beâ€" hind each light was a unit, the driver, whose momentary negligence might throw the whole line into confusion. Yet there were no fixed rules to save him from using his brain quickly and surely as each crisis presented itself. He must be continually awake to avoid any one of a thousand possible mischances. The holes and ice on the road, his skidding car, the cars passâ€" ing in the same and opposite direcâ€" tions, the cars in front and behind, the cars broken down on the side of the roadâ€"all these and many other things he had to consider before usâ€" ing brake or throttle in making his way along. Often snow and sleet storms were added to make driving more difficult. Steps are to be taken by the Dubâ€" lin Corporation to recover possesâ€" sion of the Metal Bridge. moving cars, broke and packed the stones or sprinkled sand on the iceâ€" covered hillsides. But the traffic was never stopped for any of those things. The continuous supply had its effect on the demand. There were more troops than were needed f6r the trenches, and so they camped along the road or in the fields. Lines of trucks ran off the road and unloaded the reserve of bread; the same thing was done with the meat, which kept well enough in the snow, and the shells, which white tarpaulins effectâ€" ually hid from the enemy airmen. t to secure the a Safety Razg 219 aelfâ€"conceit there‘d be nothing left. ed by provid't‘u for two litters a year, something that seldom happened in former times. The new efficiency de. mands that everything be kept conâ€" stantly moving. We observe that a great many peoâ€" ple who own automobiles still keep their driving horses. One man exâ€" lained the situation by saying that he fikpn to drive something that has inâ€" Pedigree counts in the selection of live stock, but to pedigree must be added performance. A cow of illustriâ€" ous lineage which does not make good at the milkâ€"pail might as well be a Buckwheat cakes and sausage gravy are among the things that make the hog so very popular. The farmer who depends upon the dealer for the replenishment of his dairy goes to a dear market. "A favorite punishment was to make a man lie down flat in the dirtiest part of the courtyard on his face for hours at a time; and, of course, there was also the betterâ€" known one of tying a man up by his hands to a post, and then kicking away the block of wood beneath his feet on which he had been made to stand." It does not pay to carry unprofitable stock through a long winter. â€" Get rid of it now. Too Weak to Eat. "A party who came back in 1916 were in a lamentable state, dragging themselves wearily along. Some could just crawl; others were being helped by comrades scarcely more able to walk than they were. Everyone had to go straight to the hospital. "We collected all the soup powâ€" ders, condensed milk, teaâ€"everything | we could possibly spare out of our | home parcelsâ€"for them. They were plad to get it, poor fellows, though many of them died before they could eat a mouthful. | "When," said another informant, "the Russians who had been driven out of the camp some time before and forced to work in the German firing line, had been literally worked to death, occasionally some were sent back, but only when the Germans found there was nothing more to be got out of them. "Their sleeping _ accommodation, like that of the British and other prisoners, was ‘simply a heap of rotâ€" ten straw on the floor, a blanket, and any amount of lice.‘" "It was in this same camp that, moved with pity for the Russian prisâ€" oners who were suffering â€" terribly, each British prisoner, as soon as his parcels from home began to arrive, took one Russian under his protecâ€" tion. "It was in. another camp where conditions were pretty similar that I heard of a starving Russian solâ€" dier who parted with his military medal, his one treasure, the compenâ€" sation for all he had endured, for a piece of bread. "Many of us still bear the scars of bayonet wounds inflicted in the prison camps, sometimes for stealing a piece of bread, but as often for no reason at all. "The afternoon was spent much as the morning had been, and in watchâ€" ing for the bread cart, in the hope of being able to steal a loaf, for we were simply starving men, ready to risk our lives for bread. "But we never knew when the cook, instead of pouring a little in, would turn the hoseâ€"pipe on the next man â€"his German way of showing there was no more to be had. "When we had emptied our halfâ€" filled dish of this stuff, we used to line up at the cookâ€"house door to see if there was some left over, each man in turn holding up his little dish. "At 11.30 came the next meal, conâ€" sisting of potatoes and water or carâ€" rots or turnips and water, a very small quantity for each man, and no meat, of course. "An odd potato was a great find. We used to hunt round for scraps of wood, too, in case we got a chance to light a little fire. "Qutside in the prison yard we passed our time trying to dig up stray potatoes, for the yard had formerly been a potato field. Profitable hog raising is best attain "One man had no shirt for. months except a potato sack he had managed to procure. the sleet and rain, for the Germans had stolen all our coats, waterâ€" proofs, woollen jerseys, etc., when we were captured. "It was very cold in winter. We used to be soaked throguh often with "We got up at 6 a.m.," said the informant, "and were given our cup of ‘war‘ coffeeâ€"mostly breadcrumbs and bad chickoryâ€"no milk, of course, and just a slice of black bread. We were forced then to stay outside until 11.30; MSERIES OF THE The following details of life in the prison .camps of Xâ€"â€" and Zâ€"â€" reached me, writes a correspondent to the London Daily Sketch, from very sure sources. This was the daily routine: In spite of all the efforts of the Germans, revelations of the life in Germat. prison camps occasionally leak out. HORRIBLE CRUELTIES INFLICTâ€" ED ON PRISONERS. Ready to Risk Lives for Loaf of Breadâ€"Forced to Live in Filth. Bayoneted For No Reason. Hunting for Potatoes. Pity for Russians. Farm Notes, 4* were camp â€" where | similar â€"that‘ Russian solâ€" his military | lose But closing the eyes does not banish the danger, and it is certain that neither drugs nor medicines Yoness the power to destrov the harmful excessive acid in the stomach, which is the underlying cause of most forms of indigestion and dyspepsia. They may give temporary peitef, but ever increasing quantities ;‘nust be taken, and all the time the acid |Femains in the stomach as dangerous | as ever. . j Physicilans know this and that is why their advice so often to sufferers from digestive and stomach trouble is "Just get about an ounce of pure bisurated magnesia from your druggist and take a teaspoonful in a little water immediâ€" ately after every meal. This will inâ€" stantly neutralize all the harmful acid in the stomach and stop all food ferâ€" mentation, thus enabling you to enjoy hearty meals without experiencing the least pain or unpleasantness afterward. Try a Little Magnesia Instead. Some people instinctively shut their eyes to d._nger, and it may be that instinct, or custom or habit causes dysâ€" peptics to take drugs, patent foods and medicines, artificlal digestents, etc. __ The King William statue in Boyle, the head of which was stolen some time ago, has again been attacked. Someone chalked across it, "Up with the Sinn Fein. Down with Engâ€" land. Remember ‘98." The Executive of the Association of Irish Postâ€"office Clerks passed a resolution expression dissatisfaction with the action of the Government in their action regarding the demand for increased wages. For the purpose of deciding the best methods to obtain reserves for the Irish regiments at the front, a conferâ€" ence of representatives of all Irish poâ€" litical and religious opinions is to be stmmoned. Dyspeptics Should Avoid Drugs And Medicines Dublin gas workers recently notiâ€" fied the company that if their wages are not increased they will cease work, in which case the city will be without gas in a week‘s time. While some workmen were digging on the lands of C. H. Moore, Mooreâ€" town, Ardee, they discovered an old cemetery which contained a large collection of human bones encased in stone slabs. At a meeting of the Privy Council the Right Hon. Mr. Justice Wylie was sworn in Lord Justice for the Governâ€" ment of Ireland during the absence of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. By cultivating garden plots in their spare time, Belfast workmen have during the past year added over $60,000 worth of vegetables to the food supply of the city. The Royal Ulster Yacht Club has decided to hand over its club preâ€" mises at Bangor to the Ulster Volunâ€" teer Force Hospital Committee for use as an auxiliary hospital. At the annual meeting of the Conâ€" vocation of Queen‘s University in Belfast, a portrait of the late Right Hon. Thomas Sinclair was unveiled by his widow. Owing to a shortage of flax, the Ulster Flax Spinners‘ Association have received a notice that the outâ€" put will be reduced to twoâ€"thirds of the normal. Mr. Denis Stanislaus Henry, K.C., of Draperstown, Co. Londonderry, has been appointed a deputy lieutenâ€" ant of the county of Londonderry. The grave diggers at Glasnevin Cemetery have asked the Catholic Cemetery Board for an increase in their wages. At the Londonderry Corporation meeting a resolotion was passed proâ€" testing against the threatened closâ€" ing of Londonderry prison. At Athlone, owing to recent rains, the Shannon in its upper reaches is now several feet above normal level and considerable land is flooded. has been reported at Eaillieborough, County Cavan. The Carlow Urban Council have increased the pay of their permanent workmen by 25 per cent. f Lister Silos, Ensilage Cutters, 1{ s ioccst: | ectric elotte i Cream Sapnratzfi. ( i 3 ¢ ' THE usmt *fli‘” Y 0 GRINDER OW K w te for price t ? 4 use _ . 2 ?M‘ 1J 1 ; % Ofy V;'.‘ > 7 and a d ?1{}!:' " / 0 m '; Write for aralo‘wb C ‘. RALISTER & Co.imited i TORONTO K m iLb mt L. .8 ic D *~ j l M . From Erin‘s Green Isle Happeniings in the Emerald Islo of An outbreak of infantile paralysis TORONTO mpire, down to us. This man commanded a fleet which went out to conquer some Saxon pirates who were ravaging the English coast, and he was successful. S:cfix was his power that he later reâ€" belled against the rule of the Romans in Britain and proclaimed himself emâ€" peror. Thus the few remaining timâ€" bers of the Roman barge, which may be seen at the London museum, are reâ€" lics of a great man, who has someâ€" times been called England‘s first adâ€" Just as Grant‘s soldiers, the Grand Army of the Republic, dominated the elections in the United States for a quarter of a century, so will the men I have seen in the trenches and the ambulances come home and demand by their votes the reward of a very changed Englandâ€"an England they will fachion and share; an England that is likely to be as much a surâ€" prise to the present owners of capital and leaders of labor as it may be to the owners of the land. As I watched the swift ship and saw her speeding away to England at well over twenty knots, I wondered if people and politicians at home are beginning to understand that the bravery and camaraderie of the offiâ€" cers and men in the field have broken down all class feeling; that our milâ€" lions of men abroad are changed communities of whose thoughts and aims we know but little. I remember a similar conversation a year ago close to Ypres, when a young sergeant, who had been gameâ€" keeper at home and a workingman Conservative, observed: Owners, Not Tenants. "The men in the dugouts talk of a good many subjects, but there is one on which they are all agreed. That is the land question. They are not going back as laborers or as tenants, but as owners. Lots of them have used their eyes and learned much about small farming here." \ Those of the wounded who can be ‘made well quickly enoughâ€"and they are, of course, the immense majority â€"go back to their war duties at the front, some eagerly, all without murâ€" \ muring. As they lie there in these wonderful huts, in which every proâ€" vision for speedy convalescence, for happiness and reasonable amusement "Many will go to Canada; some to Australia, I dare say," said one man; "but I am one of those who mean to have a little bit of ‘Blighty‘ for myâ€" self. We see enough in France to know that a man and his family can manage a bit of land for themselves and live well on it." Once on board, and yet another stage nearer "Blighty" and the beâ€" loved ones, all are contentment itâ€" self. Some of the lesser injured men were on deck singing moerrily. Others of the wounded on deck were discusâ€" sing a newspaper article outlining a project for the settling of soldiers on land in the dominions after the war. 1 went on board one of the white hospital ships marked against subâ€" marines on each side with a huge red cross, to see them going home. Arriving on the quay in the British Red Cross and St. John ambulances, and gently carried, with the peculiar slightly swaying walk of the trained stretcher bearer, they pass on to the ship and descend in lifts to the parâ€" ticular deck on which is their cot or bed. There can be nothing of the kind in the world better than these speedy, perfectly lighted and ventilâ€" ated vessels. is afforded, tended as they are by the best surgeons and physicians of the Englishâ€"speaking world and by ladies simply and gently born, they all tell you the same storyâ€"they would like to get a glimpse of "Blighty" before going back again to fight. One day I saw the arrival of a train carrying wounded soldiers at one of those hospitals which look out on the sea and are situated on the northern French coast, which long before the war was recognized as a great healâ€" ing place. The medical journals tell their readers in their own language of these wonderful hospitalsâ€"converted casinos and hotels and miles of perâ€" fectly equipped huts. Our hospitals in France are a world of their own. I do not know how many women and men they employ, but I should say more than one hundred thousand. In the Etaples district alone there are thirtyâ€"five thousand beds. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundâ€" land, India and the whole of the emâ€" pire have given with both hands. Lord Northcliffe, the outstanding figure in British journalism, is & prophet himself. Of broad vision, he sees what a majority of his fellow Englishmen only feel, and his foreâ€" cast is of a new social order,. Writâ€" ing to his newspaper, the London Times, from France, he says: There are prophets who predict that England will fall back in the rank of nations, and that some other European power will take precedence over it; perhaps France, perhaps Rusâ€" sia, which is the land of possibilities. Throughout the length and breadth of the British Empire there is A vague and uneasy feeling that after the great war things will be differâ€" entâ€"tha a new order will arise. _ Class Feeling Has Been Broken Down on the Field of GREAT CHANGES ARE COMING AFTER THE WAR. RULE THE EMPRE All Look to the Land. The sperm whale has no whaleâ€" bone, but is armed with a set of sharpâ€"pointed teeth with which it atâ€" tacks the other ocean monsters, such as giant squids or devilâ€"fish. The whalebone is a horny growth in the upper jaw of the whale, and is set close like the teeth of a comb. The whale cannot always get the larger fish of the ocean, and has to be content with smaller titâ€"bits. When he is feeling hungry he swims with his mouth wide open, and now and again he closes his jaws and expels the water. The whalebone is really a huge sieve, and when the water is ejected through it the tiny fish which abound on the surface of the sea are left behind and cannot escape. It is thought that these "ways" were used in ancient times to enable persons to cross over the downland ridges without being seen. They were formerly taken to be defensive lines, but against this theory is the fact that the ditch is banked on both sides. _ It has been proved that the "covered ways" of the South Downs are decidâ€" edly older than the Roman occupation. Uses It For the Purpose of Catching His Dinner. "Covered Ways" in England Older Than Roman Occupation. The discovery of a "covered way" across Willington Hill, near Eastâ€" bourne, has recently been made by H. S. Toms, of Brighton, announces The London Times,. A "covered way" consists of a ditch with a bank on either side which runs across exposâ€" ed brows of the downs, generally conâ€" necting the head of one valley with that on the other side of the hill. He investigated him. To begin with, he bought him the best artificial leg that money could buy, and he purâ€" chased bigger legs as the boy grew. He put him through preparatory school and college. He figured that the boy was worth a substantial start in life, and reports are that the young man is turning out as the veteran exâ€" pected. Moreover, Mr. Hill hunted up the boy‘s father. He was a disâ€" couraged struggler. Mr. Hill started him in business, encouraged him, and now he is prospering. "I think this youngster is worth inâ€" vestigating," replied the "trail blazâ€" er." "Less one leg," he was told. "Of course, he‘s only a boy. That may account for it." Hill asked. "Is he human? "Oh, that‘s all right," replied the boy. "You see, I hadn‘t any business to be on the car. I‘d run away from home, and I stole the ride on the railâ€" road, and I just got what was comin‘ to meâ€"that‘s all." The adjuster, marvelling, went away. He told the story at the ofâ€" fice, and in time it reached Jim Hill. "Someone who admits that a railâ€" road doesn‘t owe him anything?" Mr. Some years ago a twelveâ€"yearâ€"old boy, stealing a ride on one of the Great Northern trains, fell under the wheels and had a leg cut off. Soon after, an adjuster of the Great Northâ€" ern interviewed the boy. He asked the little fellow what he thought the Great Northern owed him. Under his gruff and domineering exterior, mays a writer in the New York Sun, the late James J. Hill, presidnet of the Great Northern Railâ€" way, had a generous heart. He never megaphoned his good deeds, however. Here is a story that came under my notice. It shows the soft side of Jim An Incident in the Life of the Great we are Headquarters for WHALE CARRIES A SIEVE Canadian Toboggan 413 ONTARIO st. MYSTERIOUS DITCHES We shall be pleased to Railroad Man. " HILL STORY. Toboggans and Snowshoes 9# : Manufacturing Company . EAST, MONTREAL, que. TOBGC ANS, Cushions, Snowâ€" shoes, Snowshce 2s Mocassins and har ness, Skis, Ski har ness, etc. mail our catalogue on requesi. ' Keep on Plugging. Do! don‘t say it can‘t be done; Be doing while there shines a sun, While stars shall gleam and in a pall The world is wrap‘t, or lost seems all. Do! and having done, go on, The next job is half begun ; If you but say you‘ve done the last And seek another, harder task, !And keep aâ€"plugging, on the run, ‘They all seem easy whon they‘re done. \Very Few Lights Allowed on Streeta | at Night. \ _ In Great Britain the streets are 'pnctically dark at night. The only | | lights are those of an occasional | street lamp, which wears what they ‘call a "war bonnet." This is a tin { He gave an interesting forecast, | which was that as Great Britain was |providing extensions of steel works ‘at a probable saving of something ‘like $30,000,000 a year, Great Britain | would, providing the programme war | satisfactorily developed, be entirely ‘independent of foreign steel supplies |\by next March. Even the houses are black, not a line of light frames the windows. In the hotel bedrooms signs are posted in red, "All blinds must be securely drawn before the lights are turned on. If a window is desired open at night, it must be opened after the light is turned _ down. Neglect to carry out these precauâ€" tions will bring guests within scope of the ‘Defence of the Realm Reguâ€" lations.‘" / ary, but there are more filled shells in ‘France toâ€"day than there were at the beginning of the war. | With special reference to the steel | supply, Dr. Addison said: | "The more Great Britain was deâ€" |\ pendent upon a neutral country the ‘more was she waging war at a disâ€" | advantage. One of the advantages ; of making things at home was to save Street cars and buses glide through the prevailing gloom with small bullsâ€"eyes of orange, blue or green to indicate their route; taxis have no headlights, and a small oil lamp serves to show their tarif® meter. hood covering the top and extending down over the sides of the lamps, and below this the lamp itself is painted black and casts only a faint glow on the sidewalk directly beâ€" neath it. ;;l-i-.lâ€";lm-l of money apart altogether from what was lost on exchange." ;v:: mbout ten times the weekly rate on what it was in the mggth_ of Januâ€" Independent of Foreign Supplies Next March. Dr. Addison, one of the chief offiâ€" cials of the Ministry of Munitions, told a party of journalists visiti Woolwich Arsenal that he ulcuhm Great Britain would be entirely inde pendent of foreign steel supplies by next March. 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