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can get some whisky?" asked the * c heay," . renfind _ Tork: "there * ’v" 1 0-, '. whi:iqcrowto’flntun,htthug: a refreshment bar where you can get tea and coffee, and tarts, and sandâ€" can recite champion. And they ‘S:: us a good concert every night. there‘s a room where we can go in and read papers, write letters, or play draughts or bagatelle and all that sort of thing. Then there‘s a good library where you mm‘my book for the asking. _ Ay, religious folks have been kind; they have sent hunâ€" dreds of books for us chaps to read, good books and all. Then there‘s a classâ€"room where you can French." "And will there be a bar where you "Will you tell me about it?" asked the Scotchman. Tomm gave him a full description. "You see," he said, "it‘s not like Sunday School, or anything of that sort. There‘s lots of folks what can sing, and play the piano very well, and "Nay, I have nowt to do wi‘ reâ€" ligion," replied Tom. "I have just listened to the singing and the reâ€" citations, and then when the chap has got up to talk I‘ve gom into the writâ€" ingâ€"room or to the French class." "I suppose the entertainments :ro! sandwiched between the dry bread of| releegion?" replied the Scotchman. I "Nay, I am noan turning religious," replied Tom, "but I tell you, man, the entertainments are fair grard; chamâ€" pion, in fact! _ I am learning French "Where have you been lately, Tom?" asked Alec McPhail when he met him some time later. "I have been to all the publicâ€"houses where we used to meet and have not set my eyes en you." "Nay," replied Tom, "I have been to the Y.M.C.A." ‘ "Nay, Tom, a man like you, with your power of reasoning an‘ a‘, are surely not turning releegious?" "Nav, I am noan turning relivions." "Of course," said Tom to himself as he went to bed, "religious lollyâ€"pops are not fit for a lrovn-ur man, but it wur a grand evening; 1 am sure I eould pick up that French, too. Let‘s see, how did it go? "Je suis â€" I am. l Vous etes _ you are. Nous sommes _ we are. IIs sont _ they are. "Why, it‘s easy _ enough," thought Tom, "I could pick it up, and then when I go over to France I shall be able to speak their lingo." 3 That night at eleven o‘clock, as Tom went back to the house where he had been billeted, he felt that he had indeed made a fool of himself. The Y.M.C.A. rooms had the feeling of home; none of the people there wanted his money, and he was the better, not the worse, for going. \ 1 want to take you into the rooms which are provided for writing letters, and playing games; there are the French classes too, and I should like you to see what they are like." Besides," went on Penrose, l haven‘t shown you over the place yet. _ Tom rose almost reclutantly. _ He was not sure that he didn‘t want to hear what the man had to say. M There are few counties in England where music is more cultivated than in Lancashire, and that night Tom listened almost spellbound. _ Songs that he knew and loved were sung; songs which he had heard Alice Lister ging. Recitations were given in broad‘ Lancashire dialect which gave him I keen enjoyment. _ More than all this there was a feolinx of goodâ€"fellowâ€" ship; the Y.M.C.A. workers wm‘ evidently on the friendliest of '.QPIDI' with the men, while there was no sugâ€" gestion of goodyâ€"goodyism. "This is a special occasion, I supâ€" pose," said Tom to Penrose. "Oh no, they have entertainments like this almost every night. All the' musical people in the district give: their services.‘ * "What for?" asked Tom. "Just to give us soldiers a good time; but we must be going now." "Why ?" asked Tom, "it‘s not late."‘ "But there‘s a fellow just going to . speak, and as you object to being . preached to we had better go." | Instinctively felt that Penrose meant to be My. "Come with me to the Y.M.C.A. hall toâ€"night," urged Penrose. "Ay, and be preached to," said Tom, yielding rapidly to the other. ‘ "I promise you there will be nol :vv{ing," said Penrose, with a ugh, "unless you like to wait for it. _ Come now." "All right, then," said Tom still sulkily, but glad that he had yielded. A few minutes later they entered a‘ large hail where perhaps six or seven‘ hundred soldiers had gathered. | ‘or nothing ?" s s D.A .cs AB ns / bivdffhooadicncss 1 it," replied Tom . or _ His anger was all gone now, for he blooming whiteâ€"livered hypocrite." "And do you think I‘m a whiteâ€"liverâ€" ed hypocrite?" "A sort of plaster saint, anyhow," retorted Tom. "Anything but that, Tom," replied Penrose; "all the same I‘ve taken a liking to you." i w .000 [C0UZ 2000, _ SHT0 PCREOBC, wh3 almost repented of having spoken so sharply, "it is not too late to turn over a new leaf, and you have the makâ€" ings of a fine fellow in you." _ _ "I‘d rather be kicked out of the Army as a straight chap than to be a Author of L%Lfi.!":uzm;ufihu ‘by Hodder OI&I Stoughton, Limited, London and Toronto CHAPTER IILâ€"(Cont‘d.) ;than you can buy it at any shop. From Again Tom was wounded de?ly.‘:::tpl.;“}, hear they sell it at just "Kicked out of tie Army! he, Ton °5t Price.". Pollard, who had won pr’izu at the’ A"d.i." said the Seotcil:nup, "do ’t:: Mechanics‘ Institute, and who had *2", Tom, that you will give up the ing ?" asked the Scotchâ€" for nothing, but cheaper have a nice way of showing ONTARIO Head of the i:’md States navy. Adâ€" miral Berson before attaining his high rank was recognized as one of the most efficient men in the navy. He was appointed ranking officer and president of the General Board of the Navy at the death of Admiral George Dewey. He also retains his former duties as chief of naval operations, It is to be hoped that no apples will be allowed to rot under the trees this year. Call in the neighbors and pare and dry them and share with the workers or make the apples into cider and feed the poorest to the hogs in limited quantities. If England died toâ€"night. â€"J. Levering Jones, in Philadelphia Ledger. Think of the panic andâ€"the fears, The brutal deaths, the endless tears, The world fall back a thousand years, ‘ If Englahd died toâ€"night. h Why, if our England Were to die toâ€"night, Her children true would meet the test And, gathering from the east and For _fr;e-don;, they would If England died toâ€"night. f w What of the little peoples then? What of their liberties and when ? Where would we find the conquering men, s If England died toâ€"night. _ What of the aims of German peace? When would the horrors of war cease ? When from the vic_t':o(s come release, fate? & i uies * And we, alas, prepared so late? Where_gogld you find a saviour State Brave Democracy, where would it be? Tossed on a wild, unguarded sea The sport of evil destiny, way From Kiél to Colon and Bombay, And darkness enshroud the dawning day, The Kaiser‘s sword would hack Toâ€"morrow they would slaver here. The Bulgar, Turk send forth a cheer If England died toâ€"night. What if old England Were to die toâ€"night? The wolves would gather round heard Rearâ€"Admiral Berson If England died toâ€"night. If England died toâ€"night. If England died toâ€"night. F{ance and Allies, what their HAIL BRITANNIA! (To be continued.) give their her earning power éan ever be a useful public servant, nor can any â€" road bought by a Government for more than its worth ever be anything but a continuous drain on the tax payer, â€" The Canadian Norther:. Railway was built as a private speculation. its No agreement or obligation to purâ€" chase is produced. _ In fact, nothing has transpired except verbally and en between members of the Gc:overn-‘1 ment not named and persons whosei names are not disclosed. In fact what is to be paid, who is to get paid for it, what the' cost and the at-; tendant obligations are, no one knows. The smallest transaction in common | life could not be concluded in such al way, and any attempt to do it by: trustees responsible to a court would | unquestionably be a breach of trust,‘ and this is the largest and most onâ€" erous undertaking ever contamphtedlt by any Canadian Government, and the most risky. It is safe to m“ ’and able to perform their duties as public servants. The only examination so far had into the affairs of the Canadian Northern has resulted in the opinion of two out of three railway experts that the stock proposed to be purâ€" chased was worth nothing. This‘ means that whatever its nominal‘ value may be, the unsecured debts are | more than enough to prevent its bo-l ing sold to any reasonably prudent | purchaser. In view of the fact that no money was paid to the company’| for the stock and that the company‘ has never been able to earn nnything‘ upon it, there was and is no reason | to expect any other result from ex-j amination. can ascertain them and place them before those interested in an accurate and clear statement. Systems quite as large, notably the Union Pacific, the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the Rock Island, have in the United States been through this process and have emerged from it with capital written down to correspond to the actual values, in a solvent condition} _ No other railway company nor any other group of business men would consider such an acquisition except after elaborate examination and reâ€" ports from accountants and appraisâ€" ers on the assets and liabilities, and then only subject to a solvent iguarâ€" antee that all supposed assets would be delivered and that no undisclosed debts or obligations would appear, To‘ ies, lumber companies and hotel comâ€" panies, but no one knows how far it owns them, what their assets or liaâ€" bilities are, nor to what extent the railway company is responsible for their liabilities. The railway has bonds outstanding and debts unpaid; so have its subâ€" sidiaries. There are guarantees given by it to other companies, unpaid balâ€" ances on contracts and upon acâ€" counts, but to what extent is unknown. What its assets are is equally unâ€" known. It operates and is interested in railway companies, land companies,‘ telegraph companies, tunnel companâ€"| The purchase of a defined piece of railway property is one thing. The buying of stock in a company with unascertained assets and unknown liabilities is another. Once the Govâ€" ernment becomes the principal owner of the common stock, it must provide out of loans or taxes for all the dobtl‘ of the railway due or to become due and for all future losses in operating. The estimates of expenditure still necessary to be made run into enorâ€" mous figures. No one knows what the real extent of its obligations are.' The following criticism of the policy of the Government in respect of the Canadian Northern Railway is made: The Government bill to authorize the purchase by it of the capital stock of the Canadian Northern Railway is halfâ€"way through the House of Comâ€" mons and will shortly be in the Senâ€" ate. If it becomes law, it will impose on Canada, at a time when the counâ€" try is under an unprec¢edented strain, a burden of unknown magnitude. One certainly greater than any ever beâ€" fore imposed upon this country, with the exception of the war debt. RAILWAY POLICY thern Imposes Burden of Unknown Magnitude. capitalized above â€"its sequences of all busines: One thing is certain; . th should not be saddled with able liability. The.debt cre war is already large, and increasing. New sources . have to be tapped. The ou no means bright in respe Dominion finances ‘and t additional obligation of ta the Canadian Northern Rail curred, it is necessary at ahnua Lq¢ â€"1_ > _i t MUEDE~ over. and above existing guarantees, t%e public may not unreasonably ask why. The railway is a fine property with exâ€" cellent prospects, but after all is said, it is a business venture which should be allow?d to face the conâ€" |\ To Government ownership we are ‘opposed. A reorganization of the capâ€" |ital liabilities, through the medium . of receivership, is the other recourse, \The liability of Canada in either event remains, the Government and | the provinces having guaranteed the great sum of $211,000,000 of bonds of the company. _ It is, however, necesâ€" sary to learn the extent of the lia-‘ bility taken over by Canada in the bill now before Parliament . What asâ€". sets are acquired? What obligations incurred? If there be a margin on the debit side of the account, if Canâ€" | ada is assuming a debt over and , above existing guarantees, tZe public | may not unreasonably ask why. 'l'hel railway is a fine Dronertv with _‘ *i76 Danadian Northern must be| carried on as an operating road. It‘ serves a great territory and a large community of people whose welfare is dependent upon the operation of . this railway, but having exhausted its financial resources the alternative of ; Government ownership by acquisition | of the commonâ€"stock, or through the | medium of a receivership, is the only . one presented. ® § To Government ownership we are ’ We print in another column a proâ€" | test against the purchase of the Canâ€" , adian Northern Railway signed by | many of the leading capitalists of | Montreal, and this protest is not | lightly to be disregarded. The point at issue is this, is the country to take ’over a burden that other shoulders | should bear? Will the ownership of the Canadian Northern impose upon the people a .financial obligation avoidable without danger to national interests? If the Governthent was di-! vorced from the enterprise, the anâ€" swer is easy. Like any other busi-| ness undertaking the property should ‘ stew in its own juice, and undergo the course of liquidation through re-' ceivership, emerging therefrom in | stronger condition in respect of liaâ€"| bilities both of current and of capiâ€" tal account. That appears to be the‘ view of the financiers whose stateâ€"| ment we print, and there is force in the view. | lows h‘ â€".‘Wirthimaio AWaraiastn ces Abctisabiinta ies isxirid ul 3 A. Guy Ross, Joseph Ainey, C. Mereâ€" dith, C. 8. Campbell}» W. R. Miller, George Caverhill, Wm. McMaster, H. W. Blackwell, Andrew J. Dawes, Robert Ham son, George R. Hooper, Georze W. &*r, sW. W. Hutchison, Wm. C. Finley, F. H. Wilson, G. F. ‘|and charges were 1% per cent. He | was speaking of a twoâ€"year 5 per cent. ‘| loan. _ The cost would be 8 per cent. ‘|if the 1% per cent. comes out of the |$96,250,000, but not otherwise. Its | future credit may depend entirely on | the belief of foreign bankers that good money will not be sent after bad, and that speculative enterprises will be allowed to find the financial level called© for by their intrinsic merits. I The undersigned, all of whom as inâ€" vestors have a stake in the prosperâ€" ity of this country, desire to call the attention of their fellowâ€"countrymen to the grave risk they all are runâ€" ning of having their own earnings diâ€" verted for the purpose of securing profits to bondholders and stockholdâ€" ers of a concern, the equity in whose enterprise has been declared by the only people at all in a position to| form an opinion to be of no value. It] is also urged that the strongest posâ€"| sible protests be made before it is too . late to all senators and members of!1 Parliament, l , Montreal, August 20, 1917. j F. W. Molson, James Law, H. R., Drummond, Geo. E. Drummond, Arâ€" , mand â€" Chaput, Ferd. Prudhomme, | , Zeph. Hebert, A. J. Brown, C. 8. , ?ar‘land,“H. A: Eko:rs,A Chas. Chaput,j, ’ The credit of the country abroad is less than it has ever been. The last loan of $100,000,000 at 6 per cent. for two years netted only $96,111,111. In other words, the country is borrowing money at a charge of more than 8 per cent. per annum. â€"Note.â€"Accordâ€" ing to the Monetary Times of August 17th, Sir Thomas White stated the net proceeds to be $96,250,000, not ‘ $96,111,111, and that the commissions war increase every day nnd!‘even now are so great that it is difficult to say from what source they can ‘be paid without an economic strain never hitherto â€"undergone and a cutting down of expenses not yet even beâ€" would justify the taxing of other citizens of this country for the purâ€" pose of giving fictitious value to these bonds and stocks. The interest and other charges on Canada due to the ‘It- bonds were sold to fimciorh:t a discount. <â€" No money was received into its treasury for its stock.= Nothâ€" Canadian Northern must lances ‘and before the igation of taking over Northern Railway is in. necessary at the least certain; . the cofi;t;; saddled with any avoidâ€" The.debt created by the. y yo Joda L ‘"HSimess venture which wed to face the conâ€" all businega ventures; Farliament.â€" What asâ€" ed? :What obligations there be a margin â€"en of the account, if Canâ€" [ge, and constantly sources of taxation The outlook is by in respect of the : we die," is their motto. , Japan at the present moment has | more than 2,500,000 trained soldiersâ€" l all of this caliberâ€"ready on the trigâ€" | ger for action. They have 300 transâ€" ‘ports ready to hurry forward their |army wherever duty calls. Her norâ€" i(mal peace strength is an army of a ‘million and a half soldiers, and she jhas an unorganized available force of imore than eight million men. Every man in the Land of the Mikado is a potential soldier, drilled and schooled 'in athletics and military maneuvers from youth, lithe and wiry little chlps! of the jujutsu brand seen in our | vaudeville theatres. | °/ Surrender and the White Flag Have 0’ No Place in Army and Navy. "{ The Japanese soldier never surrenâ€" "/ders. ~"Die with the castle for your _| pillow" is a literal translation of the "| precept kept constantly before the °i Mikado‘s little fighting men, While ~ ; the beligerent nations of Europe toâ€" “| day have about four million prisoners , of war distributed among â€"them, the E!Japunese prides himself on the fact , that in the war with China in 1894 ‘not a single Jap was taken prisoner. ; In the war with Russia about 1000 ; Japs were taken prisoners by. the + Muscovites, but they were mostly |eivilians. â€" The Jap soldier or sailor | who surrenders and later returns from | captivity has no further place in the |society of Nippon. He is an outcast, | forever condemned to shame and isolaâ€" j | tion in his own country. In a siegul | the Jap garrison hangs on until every | ‘last man is killed or wounded. The | | spirit that dominates the Jap annyf ‘and navy is that of contempt for: [ death. â€" "United we stand: tocathar! | that we should know precisely what is being purchased in the way of asâ€" set, and what is being incurred in the | way of liability, ;: . Wash the rice well through one or »,two cold waters, then sprinkle it into a kettle of slightly salted boiling waâ€" lter which should not stop boiling at jall for twenty minutes. No two grains should adhere together, and ,each ought to be swollen to twice its | natural size. When it is soft turn out ‘into a colander, shake it up lightly | and set in the oven a moment to dry. ‘Stewed tomatoes added to the water iin which the rice was boiled will, if properly seasoned, make a delicious ; soup. Cold boiled rice added to scramâ€" !bled eggs will piece out that dish sol Rice should be more appreciated than it is, for it can be served in so many ways. â€" Polished rice is of less value as a food than that which is unâ€" polished, because in the polishing the vitamines, which are an essential life principle, are ground off. _ The latter also has the advantage of being less expensive. Rice cooked thus should look like a mound of snow. ‘ College Reopens Under the Ontario \(eterlnfi[_y_C_ollege Food experts are urging a wider use of cereals, and suggest that they may appear in some form at every meal. With a high food value and no waste, the housewife should learn how to cook them properly and serve them so that their use does not become monotonous. The protein of fish is similar in character to that of meat. It differs in structure and_composition. Fish may be cooked by boiling, broiling, tain milk, When combining milk with acid fruits or vegetables, if a quarter teaspoonful of baking soda is added to the fruit or vegetable to neutralize the acid, the milk will not separate. This amount is for one pint of milk, or you may blend one tablespoonful butter, one tablespoonâ€" ful flour, two cupfuls milk. â€" Cook until boiling is reached. â€" Now slowly add the fruit or vegetable. Bring to the scealding point and use. When: cooking puddings and custards alâ€" ways stgnd the dish or pan containing the mixture in a larger pan containâ€" ing hot water, then bake in a moderâ€" ate oven. Milk may be heated to the scalding point, using a double boiler. Slow cooking at a temperature just below the boiling point will give better reâ€" sults when cooking foods that conâ€" M Eighth Lesson (Continued).â€"Proteins. Methods ‘of epoking milk, fish, ) baking, sauteing or cereals, peas, beans and lentils are even heat is requird given this week. The prot:in of milk |of twenty minutes is in the form of casein, which preâ€" cookicg starts ma cipitates when acid_is added to the fair time allowance milk, as in the combination of tomaâ€"|licate texture of fis toes and milk. fish in a piece of cl When milk becomes sour the sugar| Tse a doubleâ€"fold content of the milk changes to acid. broiling; also lay This acid will also cause the milk to wire rack when bak precipitate. _ Casein is also clotted by easy removal from ferments or digestive juices which are and makes the app present in the stomach. muah hatkin arhuan". navy is one of theâ€"strongest in | JAPAN AS A FIGHTER. Rice a Valuable Food. 110 University Avenue, control of ‘t?o Departme Affiliated with the Univ we stand; together DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT HOME Oct. 1, 1917. ity Avenue, Toronto, Canada o o Department of Agriculture of Ontario R"h the University of Toronto. o 917. Calendar Sent on Application V.8., M.Sc., Pflpflw _ Plant freesias in August and Sepâ€" tember in pots for winter flowering. [The bulbs are inexpensive and the flowers are delightfully fragrant. Pot three bulbs in a five inch pot. The soil should be leaf mould and loam with a little sharp sand. Such soil as florists use from a compost heap is the best. Set the pots in a sheltered place in the garden and cover the tops with spaghnum moss until the foliuei appears. _ Plant every two week for| a succession of bloom. ! the world.. Japan ranks among the first four nations in this respect, standing up with Great Britain, the United States and Germany. And while the English and German fleets have been suffering losses during the three years of the world war, Japan has been vying with the United States in rushing to completion a vast naval shipbuilding program. As with the Jap army man, so the navy man never runs up the white flag, but fights unâ€" til his ship is sunk or victorious. l Whmmlm.‘m . . . 5 vreiy Canadian, safe, sound and econs ._ Ifthere is no local lodee of Chosen Friends A fraternal and fnsurance society $ ioi in w adl Oneâ€"half cupful of shortening, one cupful of sugar, one cupful of water, oneâ€"half cupful of raisins, chopped fine. _ Place in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook for two minutes and then add: Threeâ€"quarters teaspoonful of baking soda, oneâ€"half teaspoonful of cinnamon, oneâ€"quarter teaspoonful of cloves, oneâ€"quarter teaspoonful of mace, two tablespoonfuls of cocoa, two cupfuls of flour. Beat well unâ€". til cool and then add two teupoonfulsl of baking powder . Pour into a greasâ€" ; ed and floured pan. Smooth the top of the cake with a knife dipped in water. Cover the top of the cake with the following mixture: Four tablespoonâ€" fuls of sugar,; eight tablespoonfuls of flour, four tablespoonfuls of shortenâ€" ing, one teaspoonful of cinnunon.{ Work the mixture between the hands| until it is fine and crumbly. Spread ; smoothly over the cake and then bake | for forty minutes in a moderats oven. | This delicious cake is just the thing to send to the men in the trenches as it keeps indefinitely. | may be added to many dishes, inâ€" creasing their bulk and reducing their that two eggs will serve several peoâ€" ple. The housewife will find that rice Dried peas, beans and lentils should be soaked first in plenty of cold waâ€" ter for twelve ‘hours. They should then be steamed until tender. They may also be boiled gently. Lentils are very nutritious, easy to digest and are considered a valuable article of diet in Europe. j become mussy. Use barely enough water to cover. in boiling water, boiling gently, so that the vegetable will not break or tinuous cooking is the proper method for cooking all cereals. The length of time required for cooking cereals depends entirely upon the amount of cellulose the cereals contain. Steelâ€"cut oatmeal will reâ€" quire much longer time than the flakâ€" ed oats, which are first crushed and then steamed. baking, sauteing or frying. A steady, even heat is required and an allowance of twenty minutes to the pound after cookicg starts may be~considered a fair time allowance. Owing to the deâ€" licate texture of fish, always wrap the fish in a piece of cheese cloth to broil. Use a doubleâ€"fold wire broiler when broiling; also lay the fish on a fine: wire rack when baking. This permiu‘ easy removal from the pot, fire or pln‘ and makes the appearance of the fllh) much better when served. Hominy will require longer to cook Trench Cake. ne meets, of what food he eats, and the time and manner of serving throughout the entire day. Attention is paid to whether the cocks crow in time, whether dogs bark much, if frogs croak, or the wind blows, _ Again, special notice is taken of the [exact time at which rain falls, the duration of thunder, how steys shine, |if the moon has a haio, if it shines i $ !thmch a .dwq. and many such ; Peasants Live in Dread of "Evil Eye" ; | â€"Vivid Belief in Witches. lf The Montenegrin peasant is a / singularly superstitious mortal who *ilivel in awe of the "Evil Eye," which |is considered accountable for disease and death. It is the belief of the |inhabitants of the Black Mountain that for each malady God has given a remedy. _ He believes that for each pain there is a healing herb, and that one only dies when the wrath of the "“E\'ril Eye" has been incurred. â€" He also believes in witches and beautiful |young maidens who come forth from Ithedewnndmmrhhed in a mys» terious mountain. They meet in the branches of trees, and are most dangâ€" erous at supper time. Winter flowering begonias should have their shift into the final mots for His daily life is full of superstiâ€" tion. He is superstitious about the manner in which he rises in the mornâ€" ing, about what first meets his sight, how he dresses and washes and whom | SIMPLE MONTENEGRINS,. the madman in one‘s eye. Yet one presses along in close order, not darâ€" ing to look about, trying not to listen. Andifashellnukanredgapintho column . . . one strides across it. For the regiment must arrive at all costs. journey one has despair and the savor of dutl! on one‘s lips, the wildness of However re-ol;laei; -ti-e- ;i;;i.:.set on pu-ing lvgffly_ along the difficult rah, as one gazes at this pitiable spot, | which knows not silence, either by day ‘or night, whose sky is always overâ€" cast by the dense network of fatal |‘trajectories, and whose depths the ‘thunderbolt: lay open twenty times a \ minute with cataclysmic uproar and disintegration. It is impossible to follow the tracks, which are constantly modified by exâ€" plosions, without one skilful guide by day, and two by night; to lose one‘s way is to court death in the morass; before last December, it was also to run the risk of falling unwittingly into the enemy‘s lines, which were quite close and not very clearly deâ€" fined. One skirts crevasses, â€" one stumbles against corpses b=ried waistâ€" deep in the mud, struck by some shell at the moment when their mouths, still gaping wide, were calling desperâ€" ately for help; other corpses, longer dead, have been so often buried and disinterred by successive explosions, that they look like the empty casings of dolls from which all the bran has run out. The mud is full of these. | sites_of the annihilated â€"villages of |Dogaumont and Fleury all unconâ€" | sciously; not a fragment of wall has been left standing. Not a single reguâ€" lar geometric line stands out, sugâ€" gesting from a distance some kind of |fortification _ amidst . the _ ravaged curves of this chaotic immensity. It is on a higher wave of the soil that one divines the presence of the Fort of Douaumont, and far beyond, on the lhorimn. that of Vaux. + Over this vast field of death "no bird sings." The traditional visitants of places of slaughter, the crows themselves, refuse to feast in this abode of horror, broken by enormous ditches and stagnant pools encroachâ€" ing one upon the other and gorged with corpses. Yet the atmosphere is strangely vital, vibrating incessantly to the beat of whistling, sibilant wings, the mysterious flight of dark angels, the fiercely modulated how!s of a whole diabolical fauna. Horrors Beyond Description. One thinks that the fire from Heavâ€" en was merciful to Sodom and Gomorâ€" counters nothing that is not shapeâ€" Jless and hideous. A flower, a bush, even a ruin would be a relief. But there is mothing, nothing, not even one of those charred.stumps which elsewhere mark the site of destroyed fetid, viscous mud, a dark sea whose waves, lashed by the tempest, were suddenly solidified, and retain their violent contours, silent and petrified. As far as the eye can reach, it enâ€" Evcymmpbor‘ubeene-u ed to express this vision‘ of horror. {thu been compared to the dreary and rugâ€" ged volcanic surface of the moon; to the sea or the desert, but a desert of It seems that no description can do justice to the horrors of devastation around Verdun and its scarred fortâ€" ress. In a recent number of The World‘s Work there‘is a vivid account of a visit to the fort of Douaumont. Language Fails to Give Any Adequate Description of This Tragic Desert of France. at perstitious about the he rises in the mornâ€" first meets his sight, nd washes and whom at food he eats, and manner of serving There is not rauch hopc who is all the time shift» breed to another,. Get a ; stick *to it like a dog to a and digs; the female the "sgings" and laysâ€"are bird good health; from such c= ed healthy chicks . As a summary, birds th aetive, with keen appotit« red comb, smooth pluma; â€"â€"the male that crows, * and digs; the female th and wattles are bright red in The droppings, too, are more 0: hard, of a darkâ€"brown color and ped with white. . Other indica Of good health are a bright ~ good uppetite and arm active gail Poultry are naturally of a ture. It is mainly on accou neglect that they become di smooth plumage is noticeab possessing good health, an Give teaspoonful castor oil; k the crop. If this fails to give r an operation could be performed breathing Improper feeding impairing d tion, or too much dry feed will « hens to become crop bound, whi indicated by loss of appetite and tended crop followed by dif I would advise inoculating th but not by mixing it with clover Write to Prof, D. H. Jones of th teriological Department of O Agricultural College, Guelph, ar tain a culture for clover seed him. _ This bottle of material tains the pure line of bacteria that lives on the roots of the « seed. Apply this as directed an your seeding about 25« Answer:â€"After the corn harvested, deeply fall plow and in the spring apply a ton and a half of ground lime mcre. _ Work this in with a disking and harrowing. _ In mixture of clover and tim can profitably use 10 lbs. of cl 4 lbs, of alsike to the acre, as 5 or 6 lbs. of timothy seed. M that you get good vital seed . have your seed purchased by spring. _ Count out a couple dred seed as an average Place these between two dam ters. Keep the blotters mediu but not soaked. _ Place them plate and keep the seed near source of warmth. . In a week days the seed should have s sufficiently to ascertain the pe good strong seed. If only 7 fertility, having been coverd manure in the last two years. ‘N &A M crop of corn « I want to get this field seeded er, no clover h\lll‘ been gro for the last six years â€" Ho you advise sowing the clove; sure a catch? _ Would you i the seed? _ I have clover ch about 25 loads of clover seed . this be used to inoculate by sp on the field after it is plow worked in the soil with a har Questionâ€"HM.:â€"J have ; acre field which I want to so in the spring. This piece o me same as was the lime a1 into the soil by a light harr previous to the time the 4 alfalfa seed is sown. This should carry from 2 to 4; and from 8 to 12% availa phoric acid. _ It would be w have 1 or 2% potash, if it , able . Answer:â€"When the harvested have the deeply . As soon as the soi ough to work next spri dressing of ground limest rate of at least a ton per a« this into the soil by diskin rowing. . About two weeks .bulheltoabushelnnduh l" as a nurse crop at the. seeding with 20 to 25 poun alfalfa seed per acre. _ In q sure a good catch of alfalf, mdvise the addition of 2( pounds of fertilizer per a, can be drilled in at the sam seed is sown, if the seed dr fertilizer distributing attach not, the fertilizer can be br last year, Plowed last fa planted this spring wit Shows a good stand of soil needs lime, _ Wi}} y me the best way to start also when and how to li Questionâ€"A.F . ;. fheld with good which I want to # year. 1t was well ago, and sowed to last year, Plowed s“‘" A wanal chas ©CCC anoud nave spi y to ascertain the perc ng seed. If only 75 germinates strong, in Cast 2 ton per a« e soil by diskin ibout two week: a bushel and a i and in a fair A.F.:â€"I hav good natur to get into _ well manu & Star Squest care . rento erder1 servi «dged cropa the Ir