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v w V -- “v“ arouca ma life. he' will come ua vghen the war'a over. and you will not ave any rea- son to be ashamed of him. He is not oarrurur any brass now, and that's right. for he's serving his King and Country, and tpine is duty like a man; but wait Ill] we have halted the, Germans; then Tom will let you know.” "t Jon t deny that he's a shay. capo able Whig”: Gan-u, “a: it: any to see our ice in (one on My“. my. why she 1.1%]? do i' e . mm: son, on any Kramer}. wk: mt Alice to be wife when Tom had let "our Alice is a fool." "Agpen she ia," repli ter, " at iv'" a grand mud ha _ penance to him. His was to make Alice know mhttrned of himself for .2 that he loved her al “An: uni}! Geprtte, l It work, how he Ind how his he, been longing to, Alice’s repeated l very little about when he had rial ttis country; that ,, or..- __-- u..." an "our In! Tom and Alice appeared at Lister’s house. During that til: had told Alice the story of I since he hadamrted from her r of the in uences which ha at work, how he had been led t and how his heart had all th been longing for her. In Fl Alice’s repeated questions he hi very little about his hour of when he had risked his life to LB: country; that seemed of lit, "t vejsit't"hTG"Giil bed Alice. IN," said Tom, "bat I feel so ashamed. I feel as though I have no- thing to olfer you. I am only a poor Tommi with a bob a (lair, but will you wait or me Alice, till the war is w t--and iile"n' ' God spares my life I all work for yo . ht and day, and I will give you good a home " tbsp is inArunford.' _ Kiri. that Tom - .V... . gnu-awn lulu. “Why there was never anybody else but you, Tom." . "Do you mean it, Alice? do you ml], mean it ?" and Tom's voice was hoarse and tremulous. "Can you forgive met I chucked Polly Powell long ago, and I let her know it yester- day when I came home. She met me " the station with the others. and I never knew what a fool I had been till I saw her just as she was. Ay, I last have been mad!" "I heard all about it," replied the girl, "but it didn't need that to tell me that Jou would come back to me "Can't help.' Why 1Beeause-ueciiG1 It was not until a ben and Alice app ,ister’s house. Ihirl irilked 5.. "me seen never was."' "Then is it that "No, Tom; who lug lies t" Lancashire people nonnative -in their in most of their thin Tom was nearlv mum DOVE "What did "That you Briartietd?' silence tion, or perhaps tn she was any say more. "ts it true w is asked, Utes They walked up Liverpool Road to- ther' for some time without speak.. a; a word. On every side the crowd ttrel them. but Tom did not heed, is heart was too full for words. his mind too occupied with wild. turbul- ent fancies. PreyenHy they passed Into a quiet lane where they were up parentty aims-n , "Alice," said Tom at length, "pm tair,p"hamed of myself, I-Pm just trembled in his. A thousand hopes, fancies. and fears flashed through his mind and heart; then Alice shyly lifted her eyes to his. “May I walk home with you, Alice t" he stammered. "Yes, if you will, Tom," and the two wel.hed Iwgv gido ly side. l not rep}: trembled A tho fears (In: heart; ths to Ms. ards Tom wondered at his y; wondered that he should Fir? to speak 90 her " all. But some power which was stronger than himself compelled him to do so. He held out his hand to her. "How are you, Alice?" he said. Alice gave him her hand, hut did not 3.0!:li P.'" that her flneers derent lad could. But the other w--". Alice, I am ashamed of melt. I wns such a fool too.'" Alice did not speak; perhaps she s delighted at Tom's self-condemna- n, or perhaps. which was more like- she was eagerly waiting for him to :1 wndl Ahce _ . on b her aid Swami did m 91"," really c b on en rat " ER XT.-icont'd.y the service was over, and his way towards the vesti- church. Scores of hands (I out to him, hundreds of were offered to him. Many tulated him on his bravery, t his distinction. t 1uddenlyfFrn's heart ceased " 'ter. elt his tongue cleave to the his mouth. He could not ite Alice seemed almost " ht upon as he. . und as if in expecta- tt Harry Britsrfleld, but -nowhere" present. What nean it, Alice? do you t?" and Tom’s voice was tremulous. "Can you J, thycktd Polly Powell " h His one thought to know that he was elf for leaving her, I her all the time. “We Lister to his hand” left the house, I never really are for that you would come That was ,rhr--' " asked Toni. as never anybody else e tell you?” re engaged to Harry . is nothing,” 1y?" asked Tom. u; oh, you know." fn hogr latqr that replied Mrs. Lis uh ke, "I tidik iiirTiii med of Hit); .yl '5'l'd"i2ltt:uiciif't,, W he girl eagerly " for you," sob- ling mother told me t" at seemed a long it," replied the i that to tell me e baek to me, ung Parson'." tld have told you gate very unde- Author or "Alt for a Dengue! Pmr.” "Dun: Than Lilo." etc. bulb“! " Hodder & Stoughton. “mind. ”all and Toronto th? girl almost lad," ii tTir My, Jive-n"; TQMMYT‘E” "i""] (siamiiiiiii, tit," was Tom's in doing that, But the other - afamed of re him was - -r -___"_ sxoneu l E are quite big and heavy, with perfect- ll importa r ly white ffesh, whiter than halibut, and 1 rest of I flaky and delicious. Thirty years ago "a Young f: Scotch fisherman told me that heffew we] ' had eaten it and it was the best iu?ylbod, of f that swam. No one who has eaten it him to t i' will deny that it is very mot. When ,IGreat quantities of it are a. on Throu Eour coast and thrown am. Ones, UMP“! l when at Clark Harbor, Nom Booth, I youth's _ lsaw a number of them lying on the Ibled to ‘wharf, as they were considered shoo- m, tl .lutely, of no value. They are exceed- "my f, ingly goal fish. In the British market serves, , -cthe most particnhr market in the Surprise world-the wolf-Nh I. now being sold these re with tho head med, and probably order, at ‘is called “very superior cod." - fresh " ed. There are two forms of this tish,) Anarhichas lupus and A. 1atifroUl the latter the more northerly tom! says Dr. E. E. Prince. The tUh run} from-fifteen to fifty pounds in weight,l are long but not exactly eel-like, Mid! are quite biz and bean. with Mano, The wolf-fish or sea-cat that Eanadians as yet have Slowly the train left the statiorK At the carriage windows hundreds of men stood waving their hands, and shout- ing. They were going back to the grim, cold trenches, going to danger, and possible death; but Pg, were going with brave hearts and t e light1 of resolution in their eyes. Amongst them was Tom. He, too, was waving,' his hand, although his lips were: tremuloui. I "God help me to do my bit, and then) take me back to her," he prayed. Will he come back again, or will tel be one of those who give their lives. for the defence of honor and home‘II This I know: he with a great host of] others will tight on. and hold on until, victory is won, the victory which means peace ' "Just a bit rough," replied Tom, "but they are all right. Some of those' very chaps who look rough and com- mon are just heroes, you know; they would face any kind o danger to do a p": " good turn. Perhaps ill' may not think it to look at them. at their) hearts are true as gold. This war hasj made a wonderful difference in them." Alice pressed his arm eonvq1sively. I "You know that book you lent me, the other day," went on Tom, "thatl book of Kiplintr's where there is a' story about a ship that found herself.) It means a lot, does that story. That's! what this war has done for a lot of us! chaps, it's helped us to find oyr,elves."t The guard blew his whistle, and) there wgls a slamming of doors. l "Ay, that I will." said Tom. Crowds of soldiers thronged the platform, while hundreds of their friends who came to see them off made it difficult to move; many Id the Tom- mies were shouting and cheering, while others found their way into the carriages as if tryfoyt tofe qEiet., "Thiiy seen? sigma "tihicivilTiiid Alice, "but some of them are very roggh, .aren.'t. they tl' A "You-you are sure you will take care of yourself, Tom," and Alice’s voice was husky, although she was Evidently making a great effort to be rave. "Don't tid/ Alice," said the lad, "I wi‘llvcome back again all right," I When Tom’s leave was up, George, T Lister said he had business in London.‘ so Alice accompanied him. Truth tof tell, the business which George hadl was only a secondary matter; he sawi that Alice wanted to accompany her; lover as far as she could, and the; business was a pretext. I also made, my way to Waterloo Station to see Tom off: that was only a few days ago. and what I saw and heard is, fresh in my memory. But however” long I may live, I shall never forget) the lock in Tom's eyes as he stood on? the platform with Alice by his side.§ A great light was burning there, the; light of love, and duty, and faith. and) chugtenedjoy. ___ ', "Ay, and she's the finest lass -i’ Brunfoyd, is Alice Lister," said Ezekiel eopteptedly; "and is she will- ing to wait for thee. Tom t" Tom laughed joyfully. [ "Maybe they will make an officer of thee," said Mrs. Pollard. I "No," said Tom, "I shall never be. an officer, I don't belong to that classyI perhaps I will be a sergeant, or some-5 thing like that, but that's as may bet': anxhow. I'll gib_my bit." l, "Tha' néver sea!" and Mrs. Pollard'a voice was very caressing. "That's one for Polly Powell, anyhow. She wur never thy sort, Toni-a lass wi' a mother like that can never be any good." "Wen, nioihG,"Giuii Yom when he reached home, “I have made it up with Alice Lister." As for Alice, she s'obbed for very joy when she went to her room that night. "Oh, thank God, thank God," cried her heart, "and he is coming ea.tl..y. in the momjng Aoql." Upon Situijieg', Lister filled his pipe slowly, and t ere was a look of wish y 1ticeyes., . 7 _ a poor thing, however much brass you may have. 'Appen I can put Toni in the way of getting on when the war's over. Ay, he's a grand lad, as you say, and it was real plucky the way he nabbed that German' 'M, and trot the papers. No wonder" e King thinks sugh a lot of him." happy, qu marriage without love is 'r Utilizing the Wolf-Fish. (The end.) is a fish not utiliz- _ Unless this discipline is imtilled and “instant obedience becomes second na- l, ture, an incident which happened ear- " I lier in the war would be impossible. In r, this case a company retiring before _ overwhelming forces of the enemy 5" lost all its omeers. and non-commis- i,‘sioned oMcers in an effort to hold an 'limportant bridgehead to enable the ‘pest of the army to retire. Suddenly‘ ”a young man sprang up and shouted at ' 1 few words of command and the little libody of _ survivors instantly followed ', him to apparent death. ' When Discipline Sued the Army. I Through a few yards of bullets they riPnr.:f.tuli.nir into a drain which the [ youth's sharp eyes had discovered. En- I shied to get on the flank of the Ger- ms, they poured it last desperate voiley from close range into the re- serves, waiting for the 1inaUastsau1t. Surprised and thrown into confusion, these reserves began to retire in dis- order, and before they could be rallied fresh forces came up to the relief of ', , What the Salute Means. {grow " An American asked me the otheriba.t.i.es l: day why a British officer drew himself The " up so stifrly and looked his brother of- leble l fleer full in the face when he saluted. l islands _ I ‘asked him if he understood whatI'Wll'f‘h Ithe military salute was. He said he l Visits .guessed it was a sort of homage. lit."Sh j explained that he was entirely mistak- _ becaus _en, The military salute is a kind oflmf‘n cs ‘Masonic sign between soldier and sol-1allve a dier and it originated in the Middle eayed, Ages, when only the highest classes .Not.h Iof society were permitted' to bear astonis ( arms. When knights wore armor they fr ictior {rode out with the visors of their hel- such et meta down, covering the face. When pauper!" two knights met it was the custom for! To u the new or strange knight to raise his i to ma.k visor and show his face, the other then I have lr, doing likewise. If you perform this knowle1 motion you will find that it is the Jachieve same as that of the modern militaryWho fie, salute. That is why, in our army, tt l spark t man never salutes unless he has his .was the cap on. It corresponds to the visor!tory of over the face. I: When one thinks of the means of de- 1 VI‘ struction placed at the disposal of the' ' human race one is aghast " the num-l '/ber, size and variety of these imple-r Iments. Not only do we fight, as of" wold, upon the ground. but we have! '; weapons in the air and under the wa-f ‘tgr, and to enable us to eo-orrlinate,i {and bring under the direction of onel fsingle brain this mass of material for [waging war it is absolutely essential) fthat every unit be perfectly diseipliryl led. Whether it be the fitthtintt man in (r lithe trenches, the gunner, the flying ', ‘man, the transport driver or the thou- i, isands of departments nwesgary toe; Ifeed, clothe and supply the mighty! 'e,',ttit,-ctlt,t, first necessity to the ‘1 smooth working of this gieantie ma-h chine is personal discipline of theit humblest man. i .- I Fighting men must submit them- :selves in the same way to Spartan itraining to meet the conditions of .‘modern war-conditions far more se- ‘vere than obtained in any war ever fought. If necessary to the ancient Greeks, if the. Romans, whose legions conquered the world, needed it, it is infinitely more necessary to-day when millions instead of thousands are tak-, ing the field and when arms have de-1 veloped and increased from the simple,' sword and spear to the thousand and! one complicated means of destruction: which make up the modern battle. l -i If we hare learned anything in this (war it is that discipline and efficiency ", are the same thing. If Germany had, '; not had iron discipline we should long l" ago have been in Berlin, and the reas- ~on we are now able to drive back the fGermans and capture ground, guns, {and prisoners at any time, anywhere ,on the western front, whereas Ger- :many has not gained a y d of ground 'or won one military sue s in a year, is the fact that our sys . of discip- line is better than theirs. F l i The Anglo-Saxon Di6Sine. f _ Compulsion is purely German, 1whereas the discipline of the British--.' or rather of the Anglo-Saxon-is that, of free will. It is absolutely volun-: tary. I can only liken it to the discip- ; line of the football field, where every, man submits himself willingly to hard discipline to win the match, and plays not for himself but for the team, obeying instructions, whether he, agrees that they are right or not. _ / Italy is another éxample of the vital importance . of discipline. , The most necessary thing to win the war is discipline, says Licut.-Colonel :W. Applins, DS.O., of the British army. It hardly requires any explan- ‘ation that discipline is the first and last word of modern war. Look at Russia. Comparatively unprepared in 1914, she was able to defy Germany and enter East Prussia, thus giving us valuable time to prepare. Yet the moment sh? lost her discipline she was unable to prevent an inferior force from over-; running the country. ,' At this stage of the war no one can deny that the British have borne a heavy weight in the war, not only the little army of 100,000 that saved the world at Mons but the big British army now standing Fctween the world and the Huns of Attila. The qraining of a Soldier Means That He Will Instantly Obey Orders. SALUTE AS IT ORIGINATED IN THE MIDDLE AGES. i)? DISCIPLINE To keep lemons have some dry clean sawdust in a box ind bury them in it and they will keep for weiU, ‘I’oisonous Gases Released by Earth. quake Shock. For the eighth time since 1844 fish have been killed along the west coast of Florida in an area of poisoned water. Not only the water, but the air has been charged with a suffo- eating gas, odorless but irritating to the air-passages. The last mortality was reported in October and Novem- ber of 1916. The Bureau of Fieheriel‘ sent experts to the spot, but they were‘ ‘obliged to admit, after a careful in- iestiration, that the cause of the strange ocumence in a myetery. One explanation advanced in that earth- quake ahoclu. possibly due to Welt Indian hurrieanes, releued poisonous gases from the see bottom. 1 To use fire is one thing; to be able to make it quite another. Ages must have intervened between the earliest knowledge of the dormer and the achievement of the latter. The man who first discovered how to produce a spark by rubbing two sticks together was the greatest inventor in the his-, tory of the world. i Nothing introduced by the whites astonished the pygmies so much as friction matches. To produce fire with such ease offhand struck them as a supernatural accomplishment. I These people are black pygmics. The [men average no more than four feet ten inches in stature, and the womm "hree inches shorter. An odd thing inbout them. is that they never seem to {grow up; they look like pot-bellied ibabies all their lives. The Andamans are. a very consider- lable archipelago, comprising many islands, large and small, on one or, which is the volcano aforementionedw Visits to the burning mountain, to get fresh fire, were not often necessary,j because the "little niggers" (as sailor-', men call them) knew how to keep Ire; alive almost indefinitely in logs of de-l cayed wood. Man, originally, did not make fire; he found it. And having found it, he may soon have discovered uses for it. But it is an incontestable fact that the natives of the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, depended until very recent years for their supplies of fire upon an active volcano. » Perhaps he did; there is no telling. But one should remember that man was originally a forest dweller, and that forests are often set on fire by lightning. There is plenty tf burning Wond at hand on such occasions. Natives of Bay of Bengal Islands De. . pended “than". It has been argued that primitive man must first hyve obtained fire from volcanoes __ But the Titanotheres failed to sur- vive somehow. Perhaps they were wiped out by bear-cats and other big carnivores. Whatever the reason, they ceased entirely to exist, being re- placed by other herbivorous mammals better adapted to the American envi- ronment. _ f In those do.vs there was a land- ibridge across Bering Strait, and ani- mals migrated to and fro between Asia and North America. Our buffalo came from Asia (say the naturalists) by that path; and it was .by the same route that the Old World obtained, from this continent the horse and the) camel. l ingly numerous in the plains region of the West), bear-like,cats and giant dogs four times the weight of a St. Bernard. They were contemporary, in this country, with horses the size of mod.. ern foxes, tapirs not much bigger, camels no larger than cottontail rab- bits (which seem to have been exceed- ingly numerous in the plains region of the West), bear-like can: and "a“. The Museum of Natural History, in New York, has made great collections of their osseous remains; and many of the skeletons it has secured are so nearly complete that its experts are able to make good "restorations" of the creatures, showing what they looked like in life. They passed out of existence a mil- lion or more years ago, and such knowledge as we have of them to-day is derived from their bones, dug out of the rocks in the western pare of North America. They were of many sports, and undoubtedly in their time were very numerous. i'l‘hat'Did Not SurviVe Because Not i Adapted to Environment. Na.ture seems to have made a whole lot of experiments that were not very successful. There were the Titano- theres (meaning "huge beasts") for example. Some of them were nearly as big as elephants; but no human be- ing: ever saw one alive. The best, and nothing but the best, will win success in this war. and the best begins with voluntary discipline by every officer and soldier and also by every man, woman and child in the nation. HOW WAS FIRE OBTAINED? The lesson of this incident is, not the valor of the drummer boy, but the mattnifieent discipline of the men which enabled them instantly to obey the order without hesitation or ques- tion, although they knew it might mean death. the heroic little band. When the man who had saved the army was called for he proved to be a drummer boy, and he afterward received the Victoria Cross from the hands of the King. QUEER BEASTS 0F LONG AGO A POISONED SEA. TORONTO Bran Oatmeal Cookies (6070 calor- ies)--2 cups each rolled oats and whole wheat flour, 1% cups bran, 1% cups brown sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls molasses, 2 eggs, 1 cup melted short- ening, 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoon each salt and cinnamon, li teaspoon each sods and auspice, lk teaspoon each cloves and nutmeg, % mp sweet milk. Spice Tea Cakes (3773 etuories)--. 2 cups each brown sugar and whole wheat flour, lh cup shortening, 3 eggs, % cup milk, 2 teaspoons baking pow- der, 1 teaspoon each ground cloves and ground cinnamon, % teaspoon nutmeg. Sift the dry ingredients to-, gether before mixing. Bake in amalli muffin pans. I Maple or Brown Sugar Drop Doodles. (3789 calories)--" cup whole wheat flour, 1% cups flour, 1 egg, beaten light, % cup each shortening and sour cream, % cup each dark brown or maple sugar and chopped raisins, li cup light brown sugar. 14 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix ingredients and drop by dessert- spoonfuls on a greased pan and bake in a hot oven about ten minutes. } Whole-Wheat Meal Cookiea.-0 cups 'tine whole-wheat meal, 2 cups bread flour, 1 cup each brown sugar, short- ening and warm water, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, lh tee- spoon vanilla. Mix dry ingredients all together. Then rub in the shark“ ening and add enough warm water and flavoring to make a stiff dough. iii'iil one-quarter of an inch thick. Cut in desired shapes and bake in a,quick oven. g’ In making the weekly supply the ‘men at the front should not be for- fbotten for they [welcome cookies all ithe year round, just as much as they gdid when they were youngsters at home with insatiable appetities. A [good scheme is to send the cookies overseas in old baking powder tins If I ’well sealed they arrive at their des-i Itimition in excellent shape and if the) “kinds that mother makes" are good i ',at home how much better they are in. l the trencheg! i Wholesome, economical and palat- l able-these are the requisites for war- time eookiea whether they go overseas or whether they grace the family table this winter. are children there must be wholesome,' Stir in melted shorten! nourishing and delicious cookies to, beaten eggs and molasse cheer their young hearts and please well buttered pans. Ba their palates. . fately hot oven until bro Cookies loom large on the house- wife's horizon just at present for win- ter is near at hand and wherever there Children from three to six years of age may have cereals, milk, eggs, fine- ly chopped meats, iitsh boiled and bak.. ed, fresh vegetables and fruits. Corn, beans, tomatoes, cabbage and cucum- a laxative nature. The small child from one to three years may have the pulp of a baked apple and prunes in additio., to the orange juice. i For growth protein is necessary. This is found in milk, eggs and cereals for the small child; and in meat, fish, peas, beans and lentils, in addition to the above mentioned foods, for older children. Baby receives his energy from cereals, bread and butter and milk. The fats in the milk, butter, and yolk of egg also act as energy- 2iving foods. The juice of an orange may be given in small amounts to the child under one year of age, with beneficial results. The value of orange juice in the child's diet is of The baby approaching one year old must begin to eat solid foods. It is at this period that the mother must ye care and fore-thought. The de- licate digestive organs are easily dis- turbed. It must be realized that the child should be furnishe; with 'oods that will provide growth of bone, mus- cles and tissues and also furnish it Lit sufficient energy to exercise its, o y. That this bab may thrive” the mother should Ld the physieian prescribe a formula that will agrge with the child. Cleanliness is s b_lg factor. It is impossible to keep 13t- tle bodies, clothing and the utensils in which food is made, too clean. Re- member that surgical cleanliness is the price of freedom from much of baby iilgesses. I Flies: I sanitary l ehildhoird Twenty-Fourth 'tst-close; The baby who must depend upon bore have nu the. bottle to supply nutriment to die. inaItqtain life needs good care and at-l, good harp en Ion, .._. - - Hotel Dcl Coronado tsn iroadiih, BAY AND SURF BAMNG, FISHING AND BOATING, I8-Holo Golf Course Hood is equipped Wheat with Automatic dirt. impure milk and in- 'eonditioris are the enemies of l, MOTORIN G, Coronado Boach, California; JOHN DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT HOME AMERICAN PLAN g, HERMAN, u COOKIES FOR WAR-TIME. Near San Diego =. . Jaw)“ =55! "ou “W“ m" - 'e Comparison between the natural in- Areditnts. Use enough whole wheat crease or decrease of the populations :flour P. make a st.iir dough. Roll out showed that whereas the population of iv"? thin, .CUt m small shapes and the United Kingdom was now some- i put on. a baking an- Bake for about what greater than at the beginning of It?" minutes In quick oven. (the war, in spite of all losses of life in Hermit Cookie- (4626 ealories)-8 the army and navy. A_ustria-Rt- eggs, 1% cups each flour and brown and Germany had each suffered a de.. (s',i','.i'i"r, 1 cup each whole wheat flour/crease of some 600,000, in addition to raisins and English walnut meats, %Ilosses in the field outside of those cup butter, 1 teaspoon soda, % teVeountries---perhaps a total decrease of spoon each of cinnamon and nutmeg. at least four millions. Cream the butter and sugar and add: ------9------ the eggs well beaten. Sift the soda: “ARES AND RABBITS. in the flour. Add the raisins and - nute well floured. Roll medium thin. More Species of Hares in North Cut in any shape desired and bake inl America Than in Europe. quick oven. i _ i Fruit Cookies (5003 ealories)--1% icups each shortening and light brown ,sugar, li, cup whole wheat flour, 1 ‘teaspoon each salt, cream of tartar and vanilla, lh teaspoon baking soda, 1 cup seedless raisins, 2 eggs beaten until light. Cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs and then the other in- gredients. Use enough whole wheat flour to make a stiff dough. Roll out very thin. Cut in small shapes and put on a baking pan. Bake for about ten minutes in quick oven. 3 _ . ”v - V, -.u\.n, :aunucr, -- ""‘“"" iu"iiriGu'i'i'ii'tain'a1'x genera and species. and from the hm figmwwrfifih": {tex- two the scientific or technical "tlt. la1i1;"oW'iflilfff'i','iii ;nnmes are cheson. Thus our mm- U' 1'.1hxt,,"gg, - CANADA (mon molly cottontail belongs to the Igenus (plural genera) Lepus (tncan- ------------ l ing hare), to which all hares and rtth- "m..:.-..--.-..-,., ___ u well buttered pans. Bake in ladder- ately hot oven until brown. Mix flour, bran, rolled oats, “It, spices and sugar. Then stir in the raisins and add soda dissolved in milk. Stir in melted shortening and add _Plenty of cool drinking water should be given to the children, even the smallest baby may be given a tea- spoonful of water three or four timns during the day. Do not give small chil- dren ice water; for safcty's sake the water should be boiled and cooled. Do not give small children candy. Large quantities of sugar overheat the blood stream and upset the diges- tion, It is possitively criminal to give pennies to the children and allow them to buy cheap candies of unknown origin. If candy is necessary, make it at home and be assured of its purity. _ - - - _ Always wash, if possible, under running water, the top of the milk bottle 0: jar. before opening it. When once the bottle is open turn I chEy glass down upon the top of the bot- tle. This forms a sanitary covering that can quickly be_remoyed. l Know the source of your milk sup- ‘ply and also the conditions under which it is cared for before it reaches you. Upon receiving milk, if it " not Ilrendy pasteurized, then paste- urize it at once, then cool and store in a place where it will be free from all contamination. Remember that milk will spoil very quickly if it is kept in a careless or dirty manner, or if it is permitted to stand in a he, t- ed kitchen. Physicans will tell you that thousands of babies die each year because of the careless manner in wh_i(_-h milk fed fo them is handled. the ,.fiirir,'iihriiidi1iioirTr"iii'ii."o7 the grain contains valuable material for bone and feeth structure. T ttry have nhuee in the small child's Mann.” W Drop on loan. The roof is supported by rot .. ertul central columns and the side wall. bear no weight whatsoever but an "upended from the eaves by mean a of unwant- beams. On one side of the building. the w." is made fast to mate. Win: with, anchor bolts. One of the queerest structures in the world is an electric-station build- ing pt gnaw! in the Mm: Canal __ ,,,_- _..- vwv opvctu'-, of western jack rabbits or giant hares. Yet we have not successfully dom- tinfoil one of these forms, though this mick“ done us a matter of profit in the action of meat. Phil uninuo All of the domestic varieties of rah. -hits, except the Belgian hare, are de- scendant: of the burrowing rabbits of the Old World, and the big European hare, almost as large as our western jack rabbit. is the ancestor of the so- called Belgian form, which is now quite popular as a domestic animal of pmtlt and is becoming more ao. In the Northern Hemisphere of the New World we have many more species of hares than the Old World can bout of, as the eottontail, the southern swamp hare, the Arctic hare or amahoe rabbit and two species " _.-..-__ 2- " . . .. _ 1 The term rabbit was formerly more properly applied to the burrowing species of the Old World, Lepus cuni- cull“ (manning to burrow), though by common usage our molly cotton- tail bu no long been termed a rabbit that the name will now stand. as will dint of jack rabbit for the big west- ern lure of the prairies and Paurihe cont. bits beioitk, and iid, Geairiii7it'ici'," (meaning of the woods). Thus we hale "woodland hare." America Than in Europe. There is a technical difference lac- tween rabbits and hares that is a spe- eifie difference. All animals and plants are classified as belonging to kingdoms, classes, orders, families, _ Some curious results Were noted. An "alteration in the sex ratio of birth ap- peared to be established by the figures of the United Kingdom, especially by those of England. the proportion of male births having noticeably increu-' ed. Contrary to expectation, the w" had produced no effect upon the thrures of illegitimate births. Decline in sul- cides was another interesting feature. E The [on of potential lives to the . belligerent countries by the decrease I in the number of children born was, ' perhaps, the most imporaant effect produced by the war on vital statis- ties. In births the United Kingdom had suffered for less than Germany and Hungary. the United Kingdom having lost 10,000 per million of the population, Germany 40,000 per mil- lion and Hungary 70,000 per million. " regards infant mortality, the rate during 1914-1916 had been lower both in the United Kingdom And in Ger- many than in any previous period of like duration, but the summer mortal- ity in 1917 appeared to have been ex- traordinarily high in several German cities. and the German rate " through remained at some fifty per cent. higher than in this country. 1912 was 434,103 1nd in 1914 919,2.453, a decrease of 41,050, or nearly ten per cent., in spite of a great outburst of wnr marriages during the first month of the "I. _ Referring to the marriage statis- tica in enemy countries, in Hungary the elect of the war had been that more than 600,000 persons who in the ordinary course would have mark-d had not done so. In Prussia, Hanna, Saxony, Hesse, Hamburg and Is'r, men, six State. containing more than eighty per cent. of the German porultn'on, the total number of marriuyz-~ in 1912 was 434,103 1nd in 1914 72103.453. - __ "ee Vquâ€"nâ€"w- ~v\-~~;. uLKUlulllK [0 the [nation Daily Chronicle, the war hid resulted in 200,00o persons in the United Kingdom being married be- tween August, 1914. and June, 1917, who in the ordinary course would not have married. The marriage rate for 1915 m the highest recorded-PA --the previous maximum bang In 1853, which was 17.9. Ger-any and Austria. Ihmrxer, f a Marked Decrease in Births and Weddings. IN GREAT BRITAIN AS OF THE WAR. GAIN iF 100,000 Suspended Walla. Mutt-notion was adopad Minimum {rm settling u; angle should an earth- n‘n’t tho Manon. species. and from the int: The Birth Rate 'een termed a rabbit ll now stand. as will 'it for the big west- prairies and Paciile MARRIAGE _ It " ULT Show tl Ir OI [7553! ---.- Adar"! c ot The q Dunn HIGH 'Cl dd". the 1 can Ot