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t o l I saw thousands of khakiâ€"clad Engâ€" lishmen covering thousands of square feet of martyred ground with pick and shovel. They were like a crowd of ants, each touching the other; or like a great crowd of feverish gold Off in the distance, beyond the new German line 1 saw Bapaume through my glass; Bapaume, the scene of a Prussian victory in 1871, and soon to be the scene of an English victory of 1917. Its church spire reached up into the gray sky, while before and behind it shells tore the air. as yet given to no other correspondâ€" ent is this war. These two villages are but mutilated effigies of the peaceâ€" ful hamlets of early 1914. But they are part of the great objective of reâ€" deemed France. And the only Boche, the only Hun, within and about them, is a dead one. There were not any shigs around, although a boat would not have been by any means an inappropriate thing in the sea of Somme mud and water, and I did not see any money; but the men were there by the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands, each alert, brightâ€"eyed, vigorous, imâ€" bued to the core with the spirit that counts. I saw in it all sure death to. Hun hopes; for the Boche is always a Hun to the Englishman. ’ Recovered Territory. ’ They have taken in the last seven | days almost 5,000 prisoners and ninety | officers in addition. They have plantâ€" | ed the flag of right over what is left | of the villages of Lignyâ€"Thilloy, Tholâ€" | loy, Le Barque, Warlencourt, Pys, Miraumount, Petitâ€"Miramount, Grandâ€" i court, Puitieuxâ€"auâ€"Mont, Serre, Gom-’ mecourt and some more. They havex advanced upon a front of thirty-uvenl kilometres long and from five to nine deep, changing the German line from a crooked zigâ€"zag that would measure [ thirty miles on a straight line, to the half of an eccentric elipse measuring | less than twelve. They hold every | road to Bapaume (Bapaume has fallâ€" en since this was written) and the railroad from Arras to Peronne is at t the mercy of their heavy guns. The road to Cambrai, twenty kilometres away, is an open book to them, and , t the town with it. Look at the map ; 4 and see what this means. “’ Huns the Only Dead. ,v' I was with their advance as it enâ€" 'c tered two of these villages, a privilege We don‘t want to fight, but, by Jingo, if we do We‘ve got the men, we‘ve got the ships, we‘ve got the money, too. The marve! of it is that they are all trained soldiers; there is absoluteâ€" ly nothing of the recruit about them. While with them I was permitted that rare thing for a correspondent, to adâ€" vance in their corquering company upon territory relinquished by Gerâ€" many. I was deeply impressed by their carnestness, their eagerness; and I could not but think of the doggerel, the slogan if you will: 1 I had spent fortyâ€"eight hours with his command, and I take off my hat to the King‘s army. They are the real goods. They have that which France had in 1914 and now lacksâ€" youth. And every man is in the game heart and soul, not only for the honor of England and the cause of France and right, but as a sporting proposiâ€" tion, full of enthusiasm, grit, gayety. and the stuff that wins. | "Stranger things could happen than that the final blow against these barâ€" barians be delivered by the armed force of the great Englishâ€"speaking nations of the world, two nations with laws and customs of approaching similarity." As I left the British front for Paris early in March, an English officer said to me: An American _ correspondent in }‘ranc_e writes the following article:â€" Troops of King George Come to Resâ€" cue of Noble France, Bled SEES DEATH OF NEW BRITISH ARMY WILL LEAD ALLIES TO VICORY. ONTARIO ARCHIVES o oib lA h ) The temperature of a new electric flatiron can be regulated to four difâ€" ferent degrees. _ _Our books are real friends. It does not make a bit of difference how sick a man may be, if he will have read to him a chapter or two of "Pickwick Papers," he will smile. Read your little one just a page or two of "Little Men" or of "Little Women" and see the rest that will spread over his face, that beautiful expression of soothed pain. Let any one who is in trouble, and who has no friend, gather himself in solitude with a good book. There is much consolation in it. It has that unexplainable source of relief. It is like the tender touch of a woman‘s hand on a parched and fevered brow. It rests the mind, it brings for the time being at least surcease to sorâ€" row. 1 The wife who hopes to develop in the home a perfect atmosphere of conâ€" tent, will study her husband‘s moods. When he is worried; when his mind is a bit distraught and he desires menâ€" tal rest, hevill read. There is a wonâ€" derful amount of consolation in our books. Sometimes he may yield to light literature. At other times he will place his thoughts on more sinâ€" cere and heavy topics. | When a man comes home at night, harassed and hacked with the worries of life, he wants not only rest for the body; he wants rest for his soul, for his heart, for Wis mind. We can commune with them so long as we please, and when we are tired we can shut them up. This is more than we can do with our friends of the human family. In the passing days of our fives, when the fires of passion have been well burned out; when we have come face to face with the vicissitudes of life and find out that we have either won or lost the battle, let our best friends be books. s epemitrmnis o t tunt T cAutv i. in ho ts / Dao trabanti SntosicdlN d en admenatip ue‘ . C ; ney in the opposite direction. 'co:;‘::itc’; a yi:alg‘fi:g:_:n:e;soep:;{l :va! | _ The prisoners I saw, three lots of |parently in the Mother Countey. " In e] them coming in under Tomm‘y "cort’ithe "Tight Little Isles" across. the An _ were not the second and th":d rgte Atlantic, earnest minds were occupied of _ men I had seen on other sections ~ of ith th bl £ feedi h the front. They were from twentyâ€"| *‘ 2 DrDvem of feeding the peoâ€"_ yel | 9 £ ple of Britain, a problem that would byf _two to thirty years old, giants in be a very sober fact in the event of tha stature, and seemingly well fed. One that country being involved in hos. . would say they were the very flowet"tilities with any European power of cou of what is left of the Boche army, the first class. The policy seems to ’;"g and in the shellâ€"torn hell they had!have be y d P hy the vac d only the best type of solâ€" oT ied ‘nt it en to 1ely ter evacuated only ess [Ive: 0 C lu on the power of the British navy to |dier could stand the gaff. Many of| UP a o avy t0 upc | them spoke either French or English. ' keep the seas open for the passage of | ter | As I said at the outset of this story, | Carko vessels, and alsoâ€"to rely UPO" | pro I take off my hat to the King‘s men’l the opening up of vast areas of wheat: x ho h its youth, its| 1ands in suitable localities overseas, in | 4 man who 1 as:i'!;een e 'y faa! t | order that an adequate supply of food vigor, its splendi n}o.ra C 1e & “'!ptoducts be produced to fill the holds Arn pendous amount of aâ€"tillery of all"of the ships for the people of ‘Great calibers, its acres and acres of "mex'!Bx‘itain x’or‘all time'to come ploded shell, and the soldierly quality | Towards the close of the- century P of its officers, can do otherwise. They ! the people in the west began to clamâ€" / 2°tC hold the Boche on their section of the'; or for rail facilities for the vast areas L°t® front, an mcreasn}g section, too; andlwithout railways lying to the north the Fhe ,BO('he knows it. ‘Th‘ey have "**" lof the Canadian Pacific, and therein iPZ in France and more «omimg; 'lny the cause of the origin of the Canâ€" the wommnendtiffcemmmmct o adian Northern Railway system â€" in , bard BOOKS OUR BEST FRIENDS. 1896. Apparently the ability to growia"d se ;wheat of the country it proposed to lg" ea Wonderful Amount of Consolation in open up, and the backing the people | S_C Our Books. | of Manitoba granted the enterprise,{beb“ f i | were sufficient inducements to the men | quit« In the passing days of our lives, directing the surplus gold of Britain, Chri when the fires of passion have been and the funds necessary to complete title well burned out; when we have come the initial construction were readily j by a face to face with the v1c|ss1tudes. of forthcoming. Until the commenceâ€" | soldi life and find out that we have either ment of hostilities in Europe in 1914,| Criti won or lost the battle, let our best' British gold continued steadfast, and mode friends be books. , ‘as the Canadian Northern extended | gand We can commune with them so 1908 its network of lines throughout â€"the tion. is we please, and when we are tired prajr;, Provinces, before reaching out| No ve can shut them up. This is more wip its easy grade lines to the seaâ€" pora: han we can dq with our friends of ports on the east and on the Pacific, a Play he human family. | steadily increasing supply of wheat imita When a man comes home at night) ‘ ya, moved out from the territory culâ€" there arassed and hacked with the worries tivated for the first time by the | vidua f life, he wants not only 'rest for the settlers who had poured in hard upon | Charl ody; he wants r est for his soul, for ip, heels of its construction gangs. | popul is heart, for Wis mind. [ ul es ong n ie 4 e I saw where three German 240 batâ€" teries had worked. The guns themâ€" selves were still there, intact save for spiking and missing essential parts. Beside them were a quantity of perâ€" fectly good unexploded shells that presently will go upon a death jourâ€" ney in the opposite direction. ary, it had been unconquerable. It rests upon a front of three kilometers deep, a vast and practically demolishâ€" ed fortification, not a single square yard of muddy ground about it beingl free from the pot mark of shell. Its trenches no longer existed, the shelâ€"; ters were crumbling holes, the barbed | wire a mass of tangled nothing. There | was not a living thing about, not even a trench rat. But there wererbt of dead ones, and dead horses, ahd some unburied dead men. | self and is enjoying his cup of tea. I won‘t say how many of these mines I saw vnezrthed. It would take three figures alone in a space 2,000 meters long by 75 deep. Devastation Wrought by Shells.. One sector that the Boche relinâ€" quished was most exceptionally fortiâ€" fied months and months ago. At two occasions during November and Januâ€"| seekers as I remember seeing upon the seashore at Nome. They were mine seeking, indeed, but mines of death. For the Boche is a gentleman who plants little mines to kill the a9. The Doings of the Dufl in Europe. It would be almost imâ€" possible to compute the number of the army of workingmen who have drawn their wages in this direct way from the western wheat bin, and no figures have been compiled to show the exâ€" tent and value of the business providâ€" ed the manufacturers of eastern Canâ€" ada by the opening up of that vast western market. As the prospects of peace become brighter, the expectaâ€" tion that there will be a movement from abroad to the fertile lands of western Canada greater than anyâ€" | _ But the effect of the investment of this British gold in the Canadian Norâ€" thern Railway is not confined to the production of foodâ€"stuffs transported across the Atlantic to feed the warâ€" occupied nations of Europe. Every settler in the vast regions opened up by the lines of the railway has been a customer for the goods produced in the industrial establishments in eastâ€" ern Canada, in the United States and 0 o soo en is e tyce _ _During 1915, when Canada harvestâ€" ed the largest crop in the history of the country, and incidentally the most valuable, the yield alomg the lines of the Canadian Northern in the west was enormovus, and from this terriâ€" tory came the 132,000,000 bushels of grain th«t were handled over the lines of the system during 1916 as outlined in the company‘s annual report. ;|_ "Inasmuch as many of the securityâ€" , |holders invested their funds in‘ the |company‘s undertakings, believing | ,!thnt the heart of the Empire would [ |some day need to draw heavily upon |the wheat fields of the Canadian West, | ‘it is with pride that the directors preâ€" | |sent these figures, illustrating the | extent to which the prairies have been opened up, made productive and the ; produce marketable by the company‘s â€" railways. There were probably few | | who thought that the crucial necessity . would come so soon; but having come, | ; it must be considered fortunate that ) | the Canadian Northern system and , |the country tributary to it were sufâ€" 1 ficiently developed to take an importâ€" ; ant part in supplying the Empire‘s q food requirements." _ k _ This paragraph deals with the handling over the rails of the Canâ€" adian Northern of some 132,000,000 bushels of grain destined chiefly for the feeding of the Allies overseas, and runs: w __ What appears to be new light upon the policies back of the construction of railways in Canada is furnished in a paragraph in the last annual report of the Canadian Northern Railway issued THE EMPIRE‘S FOOD. Achievement of one Canâ€" adian Railway. Huns Piling Coal Up. Piles of coal, covering scores of acres, are being heaped up around the collicries at Charleroi, Liege and \ Mons, where nearly 50,000 Belgians ‘are working in night and day shifts. _Although there is great shortage of coal at places less than a hundred ‘miles away, none of the coal is being ‘moved, as the German authorities reâ€" quire all available means of transport ‘for military purposes. | The Navy, too, is very keen on amaâ€" teur theatricals, and besides giving performances on its own is extremely well catered for by what is known as the "stage ship." This is a ship specially fitted up as a theatre, and possessing a stock company of actors and a stock _ repertoire of plays. It patrols the North Sea, calling at our various menâ€"ofâ€"war, and Jack Tar is never more delighted than when this travelling theatre draws up alongside of his vessel, announcing that a perâ€"| formance will take place toâ€"night at : eight. I ‘,‘by a rifleman; there has been an allâ€" |soldierâ€"star performance of _ "The | Critic‘; while Shakespeare, revues, ‘modern comedies, and even propaâ€" ganda plays receive their due attenâ€" |tion. Only the war play is banned. | _Not only in the ramshackle, temâ€" porary theatre does Tommy delight to play the actor. He loves to do a little imitation in the trenches, too, and there is a great demand from indiâ€" ‘viduals for Harry Tate moustaches. Charlie Chaplin "bowlers" are also popular, not to mention Crown Prince noses, Tirpitz whiskers, and George Robey eyebrows. If he cannot get anything more lifelike he makes what he can of Guy Fawkes masks, someâ€" times putting these up over the top . of the parapet for the Germans to fire at. | _ Army and Navy Strive to Counteract :i the Horrors of War. | Tommy Atkins is an inveterate ‘actor. Whenever he can manage it he _gets up a show at the Front, making the theatre, writing the play, and actâ€" ing the parts himself. Every day the theatrical costumiers are bomâ€" , barded with requests from â€" officers and men to send them wigs, dresses, | greaseâ€"paints and other paraphernalia. | _ Some of the recent productions just |behind the firingâ€"line have been of quite an elaborate description. This |\ Christmas saw a new pantomime, enâ€" {titled "Cinderella Torn Up," written British goldâ€"and, since the war, American goldâ€"has been the means of facilitating a great deal of the deâ€" velopment in Canada in other ways, but there can scarcely be any doubt that its greatest achievement in this country has consisted in theyfurnishâ€" ing of the funds for the building : of the railways opening up unpeopled territories within the Dominion. For upon the development of those territories hinges a great deal of the prosperity of all the people in Canada. thing the country has yet experienced, is growing into a fixed belief on the part of Canadians generally. Should it develop, this potential development â€"made possible solely because the railways have furnished a network of lines serving the lands which will be developed by the incoming tide of huâ€" manityâ€"will add enormously to the new business of the industries in Onâ€" tario and Quebec, and new armies of workmen will be engaged upon the task of supplying the needs of the western people, _ | TOMMY ATKINS, ACTOR ly. Should|Plan for Assistance and Encourageâ€" l‘:::l:::m:::, ment of Poultry Keepers. network of | ._The present year will see a great ch will be increase in the number of poultry tide of huâ€" keepers. The almost prohibitive sly to the Prices of eggs and poultry during the ries in Onâ€" Past winter have caused many conâ€" armies of Sumers to seriously consider the home upon the Production of these very necessary s of the and useful commodities. It is importâ€" | ant also that any efforts put forth in the wa,"this direction result satisfactorily. the means!, Many difficulties present themselves of the de. in attempting to rear chickens sucâ€". ther ways, cesefully on a small lot. Experience any doubt bas shown that the best way for poulâ€" nt in this try keepers to enter the poultry busiâ€"| @,furnishâ€" ness is by the purchase of pullets in | rilding < of the fall. Wellâ€"matured pullets are unpeopled the most reliable winter egg proâ€" nion. For ducers and if well cared for will not of those Only produce plenty of fresh eggs for ‘al of the the breakfast table but also return a in Canada, reasonable profit on the expenditure entailed. shipping of the pullets. In the general interests of the poulâ€" try industry throughout the Dominion and the urgent need this year for inâ€" creased production of eggs and poulâ€" try and the releasing thereby of a large surplus for export to Great Briâ€" _ In order that greater effectiveness may be given to this proposal, the Dominion Live Stock Branch is preâ€" pared to extend, to all associations qualifying under these provisions, the same assistance that is given to asâ€" | sociations desiring to purchase other kinds of pureâ€"bred live stock, namely, the payment of reasonable travelling expenses, during the time required to conclude the purchase and transport the stock to destination, of representaâ€" tives of associations, in any section of . Canada, desiring to purchase pullets in lots of 300 and more. Should it be| desired, the Live Stock Commissioner | will also nominate a suitable person | who will be directed to accompany! this representative and assist him as: far as possible in the selection and shipping of the pullets. | The association could then make such arrangements as might be necesâ€" sary with nearby coâ€"operative associaâ€" tions, farmers aand breeders for the growing of the pullets, a minimum price to be decided upon for the difâ€" ferent breeds and varieties. In the fall these could be assembled at some central depot in each locality and the distribution made in time to permit of the proper housing of the stock in permanent winter quarters before the severe weather set in, say by the last of October. | be overcome, and, incidentally, serve as a means of increasing interest in the poultry _ industry. Practically every large town and city has its local poultry association. It is suggested that each association give some pub-% licity to . the suitability of thrifty, wellâ€"matured pullets for profitable winter egg production and advertise the fact that the assocfation is preparâ€"| ed to constitute itself a medium to arrange for the hatching and rearing of pullets this spring and for their delivery in the fall. It could be anâ€"| nounced that orders would be taken during the month of April and the first part of May. All those desiring pullets in this way could be required . to join the association and make a small deposit covering the number reâ€"‘ quired. I, Ordinarily, _ wellâ€"matured pullets are rather scarce and difficult to obâ€" tain in the fall of the year. It is beâ€" lieved, however, if the matter were taken up systematically bY*"poultry Associations that the difficulty could 2 O OP ARRARRETTT® ;ants, who forwarded them for payâ€" ment to the company. Doubtless some fond parents wonder when they see , the drafts how so much money can be spent in a German prison camp. : Money remittances have also been transferred from Germany to Gerâ€" | man prisoners of war in England, and through the same agency the efâ€" fects of German prisoners of war de-l ceased have been returned to Gerâ€" The needle of a comp point true north. _ The metic pole doss not coinc north pole, d GP P PE Ebels Miss Bright (to her small brother) : "Willie, put Mr. Boreleigh‘s hat down, you might damage it,. Besides, he will want it in a fow minuka, s . If any orchard vplanting is to done this year it is now time that ders for trees should be placed. ato mele e l n e t | _ Money remittances to British priâ€" soners through the Red Cross trebled within the last six months. It has lately been arranged by the American |Express that British officers internec ; in Germany may have their cheques or drafts up to a limited amount cashed by the German camp commandâ€" many. _ Recovery from the Royal Palace of , Potsdam of presents, the property of foreign ladies who had been attachâ€" ed to the German court prior to th» | war. Location of a missing Scotch farmer believed to be in a German hospital about to undergo an operation for apâ€" pendicitis, and whose signature to cerâ€" tain documents was necessary to seâ€" cure the lease of a Highland farm. Surely, indeed, a diversity of comâ€" missions. Yet these are some of the activities of the Red Cross. ‘ Personal escort t;“ér-lgl:r'\-d of a young English lady from a convent in Mons. Saving of the stocks and shops of British subjects in Germany, whose property was about to be seized by the Huns for outstanding taxes. Distribution of illimitableâ€"quantities of biscuit to hordes of hungry captive Russians. Payment of interest on pawn tickâ€" |ets for goods in the hands of broâ€" kers in Germany and Belgium. Negotiations for the -_;'emov1l of two children of disputed nationality from a convent in Strasburg to Engâ€" land. Funds sent to Jerusalem for the upâ€" keep of tombs and for the Eveline Ro‘t.hschi}d Charity Schools. Collection of a court tailor‘s bills and release of his household furniâ€" ture upon which the Kaiser‘s emissarâ€" ies had already set the deadly tax seals. Renewal of life and fire policies in Belgium. Activities Not Confined to Caring for _ _ Wounded and Prisoners of War. Help in the location of Brigadierâ€" General Victor Williams, formerly of Toronto, in a German hospital after the "June show" along the Canadian front. Upkeep of a grave at Cologne. Search for the whereabouts of the late Lieut. John Galt of Winnipeg, also a prisoner in Germany. tain, it is hoped that as many associaâ€" tions as possible will take advantaege of this proposition. All associations desiring to become active in this direcâ€" tion are requested to write the Live Stock Commissioner, Ottawa, at onec» for further advice and instruction in the matter. ODD MISSIONS OF RED CROSS. in a few minutes." a compass does â€"20Pass does not The north magâ€" coincide with the orâ€" ET â€" " "VSH put up with it as long as he could, . th O i, would mind puttin‘ the cork in thut ‘ote mtle?“ Ip u, : " j T ve Ned A cer. tain railway. Its charms are not for the nose, and therefore a lady often carried with her a bottle of lavender salts. _ One morning an o) man took the seat beside her. As the train neared the factory, the lady opened her bottle of saits . Soon the whole car was filled with the horrible odor. The man put up with it as lone ae i. __"P. P4C _ British army officers ~have. been recruiting laborers at Weiâ€"Haiâ€"Wei for some time. ~Barracks have bsen erected there for the accommodation of the laborers, and that port wi]] also be used as a point from â€" which the Chinese coolies will embar}; for England. Manufacturing Plants. British consuls in Shantung proâ€" vince, in China, have been instructed to recruit ten thousand Chinese laborâ€" ers at Tsingtau, Chefoo and other ports in their province within the next three months, These laborers ar> to be sent to England to work in manuâ€" facturing plants, They are to be paid a monthly wage of twelve dollars sil. ver, together with a monthly | allow. ance of ten dollars gilver for thoir families, Passage money will be 4. frayed by the British Covernment, and the term of service is to be three years, HIRING CHINEsSFE LABOR Ten Thocsand Coolies fsâ€" u. be set upo cessible to antiquity. satished, is the parent of intelligence and comprehension. A conception of the laws which govern alike the ocâ€" currences of daily life and the whole order of the universe will invest the trivial things with a new sipgn‘ficance, and will present them in their true relations to mankind and to each other. The mind which has been inâ€" structed to this extent will be lifted above the blindness of th» ignorant and the pettiness of daily life, and wil} wommbes + A glue tific principles, of the constitution of the universe, of the operations of the great forms of physical force, and of the reasons of underlying phenomena of daily occurrence which are apt to pass unheeded by reason of their familiarity. A boy who is able to exâ€" plain why a wet patch on a towel looks darker than the dry surface by reflected, and lighter by transmitted light, or how a rainbow is formed, or what is implied in the fact that difer. ent surfaces are of different colors, will have had his mind open for the admission of many new ideas, and will look upon the world with new interest. His curiosity will be awakened, and curiosity, wisely guided and adequately satisfied, is the parent of intell wonsa I cannot think that, for general purposes, any attempt to impart high proficiency in science is necessary or even desirable, says a famous writer. It is not necessary to be a skilled physician in order to appreciate the value of public health. But, just as every educated man has some know!â€" edge of the benefits conferred by medicine and surgery, so he should, I t!aink, have some knowledge of scienâ€" Everyone Should Have Some Knowlâ€" edge of Scientific Principles. Major J. H. Parks, of St. John, a veteran of the Boer War and an ofâ€" ficer of the Canadian Engineers, has been decorated with the Order of the White Eagle by the King of Serbia. According to the latest bulletin of the Marine and Fisheries Departâ€" ment the rough, cold weather of January interfered greatly with the New Brunswick fishories. A Digby, N.S., man found a fuse bomb plugged in a hole in one of the chairs of the ss. Matatua, which was sunk in St. John harbor over a year Mr. H. V. Cann, a Cape Breton man, formerly of North Sydney, has been appointed assistant general manager of the Bank of Ottawa. The third annual convention of the New Brunswick branch of the Retail Merchants‘ Association of Canada was held in St. John last week. SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. by the British 7‘-Cr';'\'crnm'_~n-t. term of service is to be three @7C MUINGness ol the ignorant pettiness of daily life, and wil} upon a place which was inacâ€" Fixing the Blame, ‘m” .t‘.ndl near the greatest thinkers of for British w t Be: ed it so n the best ps #o know th #a a mean tric Yeouth‘s Compa: B him *W R line the the F they and h the s most we)' I side : Stand that f while, Rav ( H« usc remove the ice he had lay M\y! H He ha first bite den tugy pulled it 'l!p thro to the s When he up a stout shore, and out on the raised the down the e the ice unt ough to fis} "Very well think that is hungry for a he careful! thin, you kn« "Oh, I w promised R away to fin m‘c on &(' the fields, Ra; that he want the ice. One ‘.y, w nearly over a; of spring in : Ray h«