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) _ INTO CHALDEAN TIMEs3 ND IS TOLD IN TABLETsS, 5 HISTORY .. OF ECLIPSES Longest on Record Objects gends ands of i you M ‘head of us, it we must zh our feet : are dim. anian)â€"â€"I‘m I‘ve forgotâ€" I want. If books you ‘aven . "that ver the land which may etched forth nd there was the land of saw not one hree days." darkness is in the Bible. of Position, and * Seven Deâ€" the all see Nebo (Merâ€" sea, who at i‘s aid with son, _ Mirtaâ€" iky, my son, | grievously 1 in eclipse pse which red years e Persian d its winâ€" ps€ nd Tales Curiosity _ Years. irly astrongâ€" : of Chaldea y, ne tomâ€" could Fodd in the wa ve lor ind to 1e waterg the story lipses. Ig »lying the in many ; the frage on reâ€" Exodus stretch on 13 it the un hamasiy ey had ar. Acâ€" : hasty ust fall en U 1 reco ily body says his 1 at. im it the that LM pl )ve D« it n Sin Th« adâ€" but ven U 10% hi3 M d Discussing the thoroughness of the Hun looting parties, Mr. Worms says each Belgian family was permitted to keep only one bed and only three sheets to use on it. (ne German commander," he conâ€" tinues, "protested against this order. lic thought two sheets would be enough. But he was overruled. The elgians were permitted to keep one mattress for each family. providing it was not stuffed with wool or hair. I beat them. I took my woohmttrouâ€"i it in the garden, ripped them open, pucked the wool in hogsheads and buried it It stayed there four years. the day the 'Q&rfr““ 1 dug up my w?)oqipwnml Mist? | This interesting fact was disclosed recently by 8. Worms, who is a memâ€" ber of the Brusseis Chamber of Comâ€" merce, now on a business trip to America. According to Mr. Worms, there are plenty of ladies‘ silk stockâ€" ings in Belgium, but not much else. "The German army took everything," he declares in a report submitted to the local Chamber of Commerce. "Cotâ€" ton, yes; _ wool, certainlyâ€"but not silk." Robbed Belgians of All Other Articles of Clothingâ€"Even Stole Beds. Ladies‘ silk stockings were the only articlels of wearing apparel exempt | from pillaging by the Germans wheu' their troops settled in Belgium. Everyâ€" | thing was taken for the army, but' even the much lauded military lntel-. ligence of the Hun general staff could not figure how silk hose, especlally: that of the long variety, could be used , by the fighting forces. In many inâ€"! stances Belgian women had their ' wardrobes almost completely lootedâ€" completely looted with the exceptlon' of the silk stockings. | The residents of Portrush have deâ€" cided to erect a permanent memorial to the men who have fallen in the war. of £3,000, A branch of the Royal Bank of Ireâ€" land has been opened at 36 Ranelagh Road, Dublin. A farmers‘ union has been formed at Ballybrittas, with Col. R. Skeffingâ€" ton Smythe as president. The death took place at Granard railway station of Sergt..Major Lawâ€" rence, of the Connaught Rangers. The death took place at Ferndale, Enniskerry. of Dr. Neale, son of the late Dr. Neale of Mountmillick. Fire destroyed the large flax and scutch mill of William Collum, near Colraine, doing damage to the extent The Council of the Royal Dublin Society has decided that the horse show shall be held August 26th to 20th inclusive. Exâ€"Head Constable Martin Mulviâ€" hill, Belfast, has been elevated to the magistracy by the Lord Chancellor. Sergeant F. D. Sproule, Royal Canaâ€" dian Regiment, killed in action, was a son of George Sproule. Eecles St.. Dublin. Private Martin Moffitt, Leinster Reâ€" giment, native of Sligo, has been awarded the Victoria Cross. The Governors of Dr. Stevens‘ Hosâ€" pital, Dublin, have decided to shorten the hours and increase the pay of the nurses. Lieut. R. V. Gorle, who has been awarded the Victoria Cross, is a grandâ€" son of the late Archbishop W. F. Archâ€" dall, Glanmire, Co. Cork. Lieut.â€"Col. Viscount Gort, Grenadier Guards, who has been awarded the Victoria Cross, is the sixth viscount, and was born in 1886. Captain Myers of the Dublin Fire Brigade urges that the time has come for the replacing of horseâ€"drawn apâ€" paratus by motor machines. Lieut. John Neville Armstrong, Irish Guards, has been awarded the V.C. for conspicuous bravery in the attack on the Sambreâ€"Oise Canal. In view of the anticipated shortage arrangements are being made for inâ€" creased supplies of Irish fat cattle for Great Britain. Dr. J. J. Starkie has been reâ€"electâ€" ed president of the Dublin branch of the British Empire Shakespeare Soâ€" Ciety. The powers regulating flax and tow scutching have been transferred from the Board of Trade to the Minister of Munitions. A farm consisting of fourteen Irish acres, near Rathnally, was sold reâ€" cently for nearly $750 an acre. HUNS LEFT SILK STOCKINGS. It has been proposed to register the Roscommon Agricaltural, Horticulturâ€" al and Industrial Society. A cadet in the R.A.F., named Little day, lost his life when his plane caught fire in an ascent from Baldonnell. Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest ‘to All True Irishmen. KEWS BY MAIL FROM IRELAND‘S GREEN SHORES. From Erm‘s Green Isle 130 J 0 "P.’Sj g’tho,l _a A.8 E There is a rhythm that runs right through the world in everything we do, a kind of swing that enables us to keep going when once we have startâ€" ed, so long as we don‘t get out of time. It is the same thing that enâ€" ables a man to go on for sixty years at the office enjoying life, and then when he breaks the swing and retires to what he calls a wellâ€"earned leisure, he promptly dies of a broken rhythm. But as the rosistance of the nerve increases. so do the messages in sharpâ€" ness and clearness, we get too tired to be keenly alert and accurate, we grow too tired even to care overmuch, and this is the state of mind which leads directly to accidents and spoiled work. It actually "doesn‘t pay" to work in this state; it does not prove worth while either to master or man. What is the use of keeping a workman at work beyond his fatigue limit if he only succeeds in spoiling his job, damaging himself, or smashing the machine? All the work inside us is controlled by the nerves, and these are more or less like the insulated wire that is used for electric bells, and the nervous imâ€" pulsc resembles the current that passâ€" es through and does the work. Fatigue increases the resistance of the nerve to the passage of the imâ€" pulse, this being one of the kindly efâ€" forts of Mother Nature to shut out messages from the outside world so that we may rest and sleep, and reâ€" cuperate by getting rid of the poisonâ€" ous products of work. This sounds a counsel of perfection, but it is really only the soundest of commonâ€"sense. Experiment has shown that fatigue is caused by a poison which is generated in the blood by exertion. Everything that we do breaks down "tissue"â€"that is to «ay, it uses up some of the myriad cells which go to make up the body, and these broken down cells are waste matter and have to be eliminated from the body. Take a Rest, of Courseâ€"This Article Tells You Why and How.. When you get tired, take a rest. Do not "make" yourself go on doing someâ€" thing when you really feel that you have had enough. Gillette PoSsTUM The Gilletie Safety Razor Co. of Canada, Limited, Montreal, Canada. 428 WHAT TO DO WHEN TIRED. 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"When I dropped him this morning he didn‘t bounce a bit." Willie seemed deep in thought. A puzzled frown marred his chubby face. "I can‘t make it out!" he muttered. "Make what out?" asked his mother, who had been watching her little son with an amused smile. Made It Plain. At a certain Welsh railway station which rejoices in the name of "Llanâ€" fairpwigwyngyll"â€"a new porter was engaged. He was only an Englishman, but he meant to do his duty. The first train came in. He tackled the name of the station, but failed miserably to pronounce more than about the first inch. _ But he was a man of brains. Running along the platform, he pointâ€" ed to the board which bore the lengthy name and yelled out: If there‘s anyâ€" body there for here this is it!" ‘ CARE OF BARN ROOF. A great many farmers throughout the country allow the chaff and straw blown from threshing machine to barn roof to remain from one season to anâ€" other without removal. They should realize this holds moisture and it is a question of only a short time when the shingles are decayed. When they have to replace the roof the blame is laid on the shingles rather than on their carelessness in not removing the cause of decay. When the body calls for rest it is economy to give it. Flogging the tired horse.. _ merely, stores up more fatigueâ€"poison and makes things much worse in the long run. But we do not allow time for the poison to be eliminated, we store it up and it decreases our nerveâ€"quickâ€" ness, impairs our judgment, and finalâ€" ly results in a breakdown of one kind or another. So, if we keep work and rust going in their proper swing, and if the time of rest is sufficient to get rid of the poisons of fatigue, then we can go on for an indefinite period. Tried It. The tone of communications from Great Britain is warmly in favor of the preference granted to Empireâ€" made goods, says the Canadian Trade "The earl took a Scotch highball, his hat, his departure, no notice of his pursuers. a revolver out of his hip pocket, and finally, his life." The paper was a}ready late in going to press, so there was no alternativeâ€" the story must be condensed to fit the allotted space. Therefore the last few paragraphs were cut down to a single sentence. It read thus: Not long ago the editor of an Engâ€" lish paper ordered a story of a certain length, but when the story arrived he discovered that the author had written several hundred words too many. hesitated. "He took it back to th‘ manager, concluded the witness. ‘"Yes," answered the witness. "Once at work he got half a crown too much for his wage, anâ€"â€"" "Can you mention any occasion on which the prisoner behaved in a manâ€" ner to warrant your statement?" he was asked by the learned counsel. 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At the cost of a small jar of ordinary | wear shoes a size smaller if you like, cold cream one can prepare a full quarâ€" | for corns will never again send electric ter pint of the most wonderful lemon | sparks of pain through you, according skin softener and complexion beautiâ€" to this Cincinnati authority. fier, by sancezing the juice of two| He says that a fe= dbps of a drug fresh lemons into a bottle containing | called freezone, app..ed directly upon three ounces of orchard white. 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