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\ The I.atost Cc RETIRING HUNS BRUTAL AS BEFORE TERROKIZKU I HE ^STKASWOLKU CITIZENS TO IHK LAST Alsaliaiu Declare Life Wan Made L iidc-sii'uSiltf Uiiriiig the l-'our Vtars of the War. The foHowitig' I'ough notes of :t four (Jays stay in Strasbourg, in the early part of Uei'ember, have ijoen forwai'ded by a correspondent who signs liimself E. A. j>.: Thf taking o\-er of ilid administra- tion of Strasbourg by the French liiis been completed with remarkable speed and efficiency. The last Her- man soldiers v.ere leiivins: the town as French cavalry entered it. Up to the last the (Germans behaved in the usual Gevmnn way, trying to terror- ize the civilian population V.y the sen.seless discharge of rif.cs and. re- volvers in the air daring the night pi-ecedin^ the occupation. I spoke duiSng my four days' .stay These cute littlo rompers have eon-! in Strasbcurtj \\\\\\ scores of .\Isa- fra.«ting collar, belt and cuffs, which tians. who were unanimous in declar- are suflficieat trimming for the co."*- ing that Uf? in Stra-bour^ v.-as un- tum«. MeCall Pattern No. 8690, beac;ibie during ovir four years of Child's Rompers. In 4 sizes. I to 6 vvw\ Denunciations on the slightest years. Price, 15 csnts. pretext were followed by forcible re- moval to Germany, where most of ihom have remair-ed ever aince. It must be remembered, however, that there is to-day a vevy large purely German population in the town esti- mated by the liJtest returns to be about 65,000. The Alsatians seem to be getting a little of their own Lack on these and their position is not an enviable one. Gy a decree of the French no purely German household, busiTiess prunuscs, or Gcvnan voum was allowed to di'^phiy a tricolor or bunting or any form of decoration, and as all Alsatians vied with one anctiiov i)i their display of patriotic ardor the contrast was very niariieil and !the German inhabitants made vei-v noticeable by his lack of national emblems. -- Alsatians Sing ' Marscllaise."' There was, however, not the slight- est disorder or ill feeling on the part of the .'^l.satians, who san;jr the "Mar- seillaiso" all day with a stiong Ger- man *ecent and were imniouscly am- used at tlw more youthful members of the French army, both officers and men, who v.-alked to tiie Rhine in order to spit just once into it. Thii harmless pastiine seemed to till the .\!salian j,'amin with delight. Xvjt a f>e mad« one of the most attractive single policeman was visible, and the costumes that one could wear, and French military carried out all their this is surely an illustration of such, administrative duties with wonderful McC'all Pattern No. 8713, Ladies', tact and discretion. Waist. In 6 siaes, 34 to 44 bust.! A remarkable sight was that of the Price, 20 cents. No. 8710, Ixulies' French poilus walking about with AI- Four-Piece Skirt. In sizes, 22 to 34 satian soldiers in German uniforms, waist. Piice, 20 cents. Transfer These latter iilleJ the streets and Design No. 883. Price, 10 cents. | were mostly deserters from the Gor- Theso patten;; may be obtained^ man army or r'iid ben allowed to re- from yoi.r local McCiUl a'oaler, or turn over the Rhine, the Germans %u e MoCii The .<eparale skirt and bious* may fiioni the McCal! Co., 70 Bond roroi;t«. Dept. W. o- St, having no moj-c use for them. Hardly any of these youths could speak any- thing but Gorman, but they were do- : terniined on every occasion to show The Use of Lime. It is an old su>-ing, •'Lime miike."* their love for Fr.ince by glasterins !he father rich and the sou poor." j themselvoB with rod, white ai'.d blue. This Is on account of (ha property of I The most curious and at the same •irac to make som« plant food avail- ' time the most p.-»thctic siarht in Stras- able, thoreby increa^^Ing the loss from hourg was on the Rhine Rridge, which the soil and leaving less for future use. is the dividing line between .Alsace But. in connection with crop rotation ' and Germany. The bridge is ten «nd the use of manure and fertilizers, . minutes drive from the centre of the iinie aid.s hi maintaining the soil at a town. T!;e on\? bank is held bv the 'ligh degree of proauctlvencss. I French and the other by the Gev- • • I mans, and the centre of the bridge is Rumania, it is announsed, has le-'a sort of No Man's Land. Tlu' t^er- f un to show an interest in Canadaian mans allow no one to cro.w to their Holstein cattle and Perchoron horse.s side, and threaten every oftjcor with R-iih prospects of purchases being immediate arrest if ho crosses the they came to the brid>.'e and joine,! the throng of veturniug refugeeH. More than 800 walked in in two days. ,.^^~-. â€" 4 8EATTTY AND THE HUNS. Britith Admiral Hjis Profound Con- tempt For Cowardly Toe. â- Hpgiiest yon wiil roport ou ulnking of U'il,'!. ufl same appeared uvoidable." ••Torpedoes you failed to send *;f'i latest convoy of subniuriaes you will forward by i:ext transi)orr.*' â- â€¢You will Ktop using your wireless till further orders." The above are three wirHlesu r.ios- migi's typical of those that .Vilmlral IJect!y sent 'across iho aeas to Kiel during rae days tbc German lleet was ! surrendering. Few who wt-ro up with the Grand : fleet fur the receut surrender have ! returned without j reverence for the 1 wlioie attitude and bearing of the Uri- , tijh (,'ommaiider-in-t.'hli'f. j l)eprived of his Trafalgar. Bealiy 1 !ui3 bti<'n Sf'nding wireless broad ddo â-  after broadside into ihe IIuus. Said â- â-  a commander at Iliisylii: 'They are ; eaiiug the dirt ihrowu ihom bv i!.;at- I »>••'* i So they have hoen. j Beatty has lived aud dreamt and i pondered the Day for four lon^ yeuis. . Shortly before armistice day be us- I sembled his men in ""Hig Lizzig." j 'Mf n, " he said lu that abrupt, inci- sive way of his, biting his words, â- they'ro cemius out. J u'.waya said I tliey would." \ week lalf>r he rnpoat- ! ed tho same address. On the day of ' the preat surrender ho again uddre.s.s- ed his tars. "Men," he began, "\ -A- .way.'; told you they'd conic out. . . . j Not ou a piece of striu;^, tho'agU;" j ^ The High Seas Fleet on a piecu of , string! Was the thiug ever better o.t- ' pressed'.' In all this wide war no more dramatic day lii.in No'.'c:nber '1\ has p-.issed us by. TiK! spectacular â-  iiidc. great grey ships sti>a.iiiin3 in bat- . tie array, meant nought â€" ordinary ; :nanoeuvres. I It wasn't the ship., ihat mattered, i tiut tile men in them. l<'or people ti'ho lihe to play with human emotions it was an uuroiuniing orgy. The Huns who so arrogantly goosx-btt-ppc-d across the bodies of ouira^ed womenâ€" four i years agoâ€" in the waters of the Firth of Forth, now cringed to iieo! liiio a dog witJi its tail between its legs. "To faink we've wuitod all itiese year^ to light them, " ruaiiiiated a Bri- tish admiral, "and now t;> have to go tiut aiid meet them hy appointment, like meetiiig a. gi;!-o;iIy they'll bo imuctual!" .. Admiral Beatty knew all about that. He is a disgusted, disappointed mac, aud his every jjesturo has oraphasizod the fact. Ho was out to humiliate the Hun, to make him eat worm.=i. In all his messages yoa will detect a virile 'jndercurreut of cunteinpt. To dis- honor the sea by uiarJer was bad enough; to follow ui) wi'li cowardice â€" only Germans could do that; rank niatoriaiists reasoning: "Is :t going Xi ccrvo any useful purpose if we come out?" and deciding in the negative. Ucaien biijlies wiUi a mora! kink. Heatty Unevv .all ibat aud acted ac- ooidingly. -Icy co\u-tesy. Granite linmiess. Confempt. Safe Paths Over the Sea. "Uritauuia rules the wave- w < lie j boast; â-  Necessity's her plen â-  i Her rule must !'each from > .-.i -. â-  > :â- .'•â-  I thest coast, j Whose paths are on the sea. , i H;id this Brisish boast been an idle * I OLDFK MEN FOtGHT LN V AR â- \>crage K%r Highfr Than in Former Cunflictii â€" l^eneritlH Wvre Old Men. "Old men for counsel and youni; men fur war" is an uduge old as history. Nearly ail wars h»ve been fought by young men. The young men had a gj-oat part in the present '•. ar, althougli the age percentage was higher than in wars of the pwst, l>e- c.uso of the e.'iormous demand for n'cn. But the distinction of this â- was in the fact that most of its generals ui high commaivl were men of mat'are year-i. Scvei'al were taken from the retired list aft.-r the great war began. Most of tlio grreat martial I'.gurcs in history Ijud their marked success while young men. .Alexander died at Ihirty-thrcfl. Ihmnibal crossed the •â- \ips at 'vwenty-nine. Charlemagne bc^an the conquest of Saxony before \ii v.aa -vidrty. Godfrey of ilouillon was njade king of .J-'itisalem at ti:!vty':;pig'!:t. There are only a few- exceptions. Caesar was fifty-one when )i'.» cro.59eii the Rul.icon and Cineinnatus was vi.xty-one -.vhen cal- iec' from the plow. Three of the great litr'ares at Wat- erloo, N'anoieo.i. W'elliiigtoii and Ney. were each forty-six. Wasliingtihr be- came cuiiimander in chief of the Revo- iulionary armies at forty-three. At the beginning of the great war Kitchener was sixty-four. Haig will be tiity-fciirht next June. Petain is sixty- two. De Castelnau is sixty-seven, FoiT was sixty-seven Oct. ;;, while Hi;<.dtiiburg \r.\<. seventy-one on the same day. Pershing is tifty-eiglit. .Maiigin and Li-dendorff I'.re each ii' tiit-ir niidiile fifties. The ItaliHa gen- ei'uls are of iidvunced age. Tho con- ditions of liuh*ing Wt;'e .^ach that line iinu bricade olficers were subjecte<l to the severest e.xamif.ationj to deter- mine their nhysical fitness The atje of retirement was placod 'ow, with the sreuerai in command held person- ally resnonsii>ie for etccon^lons. B'it it is clear that the men who h-ad the r.binning to do were â- .in'..'.sually maVui'e. The iheorv that oliler men wowld be ur.ablc. because of fixed habits of thoiiL'ht. '.o u.'ont their u'aus to the changed conditions of warmakin}^ is completely refuted by resu'ts. It Works! Tiy It Tells how ;o loosen a sore. _ tender corn so it lifts I i " out without pain. The Read and the Bock. \\ ii>^ii I, wHyfirhiR. care no more to l»ai'n What Iii»8 beyond ihe iialh't neit 1 urn - - And vision talies with no responsive thrlU The valley view beyond tUc hil: It win be time for me to <iii!t the road, Th« Jostling crowd. Uio Joyous din ; And I Hhall <:almiy doff tne pilgrim'.- load .And seek the restful wayside inn. When I can say "to-morrow" care- Icsaly. With no deep .sense of mystery ~ Upau that day when I "without regret Cull see the euu of its hope set. The book Of life will reach its logic's end. With "finis" all that's left to write, I'll dedicate it to .-tome faitlifui friend .And fin'! oblivion in the nipht. rea •«.&â-  WELL B<Ji;il'fED .VKWflPAPSK •nil ;cb pt'.iitlna nlaat In Oks'ani Otitarla. Insur&nc* o«rr!«<] tl.ieo Wtfl •o f»r IJ J0» fi« cinlek aalr Bn« %*. Wlltca HuMI«Mri» r.-» r.lii Tnffintoi WEEICLT NEWbfAi Bit Full »\\^M m N*w Ontario. Ownsr aolac t« Ti%rf». Will i«Il tt.OO*. Wartb iloaM* ttit •moutit Apply J H u!a Wllaoa rsbllalilirc Co.. LImltad. TorontOk aDICKOLAJTBOCI C'AACia Tt.M'JP.a LLM!'» BTO- iDtarnal aad •xtarnAl. curM wltb- •Bi anla ky •or koai* Iraatmrot W.<ita •• ttfar* Ura lattL Dr. Bcllmui UwUaia Keep Your Health •;-ONIOnT Ti;v j Minard's Lin'msnt! for that Cold and Tired Feeling. Get Well, KecT) Well. Kill Spanish Flu by using the OLD UBLIABLE. -MI.V.VRIVS I.l.VTMKNT CO., Ltd. Yiii'inDulli. N.S. I tili/insi Wheat Straw. One of the scicr.tistH of the l.'iii- versity of Saskatchewan, who has been o.\perimentin(c for some time witli the manufacture of gas from wheat atraw, lias been able, by a gas- bag attaciiment of UOit cubic feet ca- pacity, to run his a'^tomobilo with perfectly satisfactory results. It is estimated, says the Saskatchewan Heraid. that a ton of straw will geu- erat2 11,000 to 12,000 cubic feet of gas, and that 30O feet of gaa in equal to a gallon of gasoline, so Ihat with this hitherto waste product on his hands the farmer will be able hi run his a;itomobile. Klsir.^"* laaUaeat Cor** OUt«np*s> If Ca;iada is t^i rnaintu n a Jai-ge export tiade it will be necessary for every stockman to raaintaia lilt! ma.ximum number of unimais on hi.-; farm and to tiu'sh his atock before marketing it. l'ari.s-to-l huntiel Canal. Construction of a catial to give â-  Paris dirsct eommunicution with the Englisli Channel at Dieppe is receiv- I ing serious consideration. Thee plan ' is by no ;n3ans a new one. It was origi'-.ally suggested in l<'>',)4 and has since been reproposed on severui ocasioiis. The congestion of tralfic on the Seine makes the project one \ of couside-i-abic importance at this i time. .\,"cordine to the plans that have been prepared, the w"atn"W"ay will aconimouate vessels of aboui 1,400-ton cargo capacity. It will be j app'i'oximately 102 miles in length, as ', compared with the Seine's devious route of some 219 miles. Tracks will be lait: parallel with it ao thai liavges inuy !"0 lowed by electric Vcomotivcs, MONEY ORCERS. Uoiuinion Kxpress .Money Ord-.Ts uio ! ou sale in five thousaiii oflUres throughoat Canaila. ASTHMA INSTANTLY R ELIEVED WITH ESIimESS CR l<"JKf.y REFUHO^D. ASK ANY DRUCOIST 0" .1. :e . 'i-^-f.-.S/Ci.. Mcr.tJajl,"??. P: c»S5.-, KNOCKS OUT PALM THE FIRST RODND Comforting relief from pain makeii Sloan's the World's Liniment ' Good news spreads rapid!y and di-iig- : gists hero ar>.' kept busy dlspeusln.t; , trcezoiie. the etlier discovery of a Cin- j cinjittti man, "which is said to loosen aiiycorn so it lifts cut -vvith the fing^"s. .Ask at any pharmacy for a quarter ounce of froezone, which will cost very tittle, but is said to be sufB.-ient to rid (m(;'s fact of every hu"d or sofi. corn â-  or callus. ; You apply just a few <lrups on the tender, aching cum and insi.mtly tho t soreness is relieved, and soon the corn is so shriv'Mod ihat ir iifl-.s out wi'.Ii- oui piiin. It is a sticky substance I which dries when applied and never I intlanics or iven irritates the adjoin- 'â-  ing tissue. â-  'I'liis discovery will pivvcnt thou- j sands of deaths annually from lockjaw I and ir.l'ecc'.an heretofore re.iu!^!ng from j ! the suicidal habit of cutti ng corns. \ The Vindictive. Xo sooner had the German- evacu- ated Osteud iiiid iieebrugije than the British Aumimlty authorities set about cl'^aring the harbors of sunken ships and other mate;-ial iniended to bloc!: up the waterways to the docks. \ watcrv."ay has already been cleared. aliov,"ing vessels carrying about 700 tons of cargo to go light up to tlic deep water quay and discharge. It is proposed short'iy to begin the work of raising the Vindictive, it is not improbable that her ultimate desina- tion will be the Thames. 'Jo get. hi to the surface, however, will be o:;.- of the stiffest pieces of work v.'liiti the salvage men have Kail cast upoi' thorn. -"This famous reliever of rheumatic aches, soreness, etiflfness, painiul sprains, neuralgic pains, and most ether e-;temal twinges thai humanity suffers from, enjoys its great sales because it practically never tails t'l bn!:g .'ipecdy. comforting reh'ei. Always ready for i:.^e, ii takes lil'^ir to fcnctratc xv'\iho\ki ruhlniii) and pr liuce results. Clean, reireshi!;;?. M.i-'- ia Canada. At all drug stC' > iar^^? bottle ;!?ear;^ e'.^onot??v. 30c., coc si.;;e. Misard'a Ziiaimcat Cures Dtpti')iirl:i. Tade in both lines. THe Popular Choice People of culture, "tasie and refine- ment: are keen for health, simplicity and contrentmenx. Thousands of these people choose the cereal drink INSTANT POSTUM as their table bev- erage in r>lace of tea or coffee. „ Healthful Economical Delicious dividing: )ine; but from the flermaii j side there pours, in one uninterrupted flow, a procession of wretched hum- I anity which can only be comuarod â-  witli the exodus from Belgium duringj ; the early days of the v.'ar. They are j mostly -Msatians who. for various • reasons, have been kept in Germ.tny I for years or months in durance vile j and are now returning to homes, ' which in many eases have been se- ! fjuestrated and sold up b.v the Ger- ; mans. They are mostly women and very young chllilren or old men. Thjy 1 are all poverty stricken and bear on I their hollow faces the traces of end- ! les.< suffering. They carry with them ] all their earthly possessions â€" bicycles I (without rubber tires), pevanibulutors j handcarts, tho childivn grasping some I cherished toy, an aged woman borne ! ou a stretcher â€" and move on in a never-ending stream out of the sha- do'w into the sunlight, from the hor- rors of internment camp into a coun- try which is Franco oneo more, to the aecompanimejit of bands and the waving of dags and with a joy which is Iminenso and demonstrative. Uritish Prisoners Return. Mi.\cd with the motley crowd are .\lsatinii soldiers in German field gray and, saddesi'of all, British sol- diers, singly and in little groups; tome of their old khaki tunics, with German trousers and German caps, I nearly all in rags, and hollow-cheeked I and hungry. There were 20 degrees I of frost, but not one had any over- I coat. I w""as the first British officer i they had sCoit for months or years, ' and they were delighleJ, for it mado I Ihom think that home was near at fcaml. Most of these men had been allowed by the Germans to escape j and I'icy h.ul been simply turned i a.lrift to find their way back, without ' foovl or proivr clothing. In dno couMc toast I Where would our race bo no\^ ' : !'>y Krupp's grim steel "neatli lUo i ^ Kaiser's heel, / j Slaves at the Teuton plough. ! She early sought aud wifh lifo-blood bought j .An Knipire o'or the wave; ; Bv (leets 'twas v,"o'i ami from je.ilous <• Hun Only her Heeis could save. RECEIVED NEWS IN SIX fWINUTES. When the British Empire Learned That War Was Declared. ' To her/ dislaiu and India's Sti'ond Her highflraya are tiie s»a ; ! The race that outbuilds*""" i- I * laud I Holds to hor wealih the iiey. : BritaiHiia's need wit b millions to feed i Is safe paths o'er tho sea; ; Would you have men of the nrltish "" breed .â- \sk broad on bended knee? Would you have them yield old Nep- tune's shield, i .V Jeaous foe to idense? They kept In the past with broadside j : blast j Real freedom of the seas. Has this rule been just as a sacred trust? Let subject races say. .\l Britannia's call they gave their all, To save tor her "the day." So long as she boasts her "far-fluug'' coasts. And her union of the free. She must make sure that the ties en- dure By safe paths o'er the sea. «>. ^ "Big Bfltrtha ' Left to Rust. Dismembered and with its war-worn parts already beginning to nisi, the big Bertha, which startled the world by its long-range lire on Paris lust Sprhig, has been left to fts fate In an old Ger- man artillery yard in We«t Prussia. Tho famou;s gtin Is lying la the open atr, protected from tha curious l»y a board fence, the Third Army has learned. Other guns of largo callbrQ are wlthhi the yard, a few German sol- diers acting as guard?. IDauA'i AlBlairat 0«r«f Qarfrvt !n Com n required only six minutes io in-' form the British iimpire that I?D.^Iand ' was al war on the night of August 4. ' fJl-1, say.s Lord Harcourt, who was then Colonial Secretary. ''On ibav uiiforgeti.ible night," said to tho Empire Parliamentary .As- sociation, "I was in the cabinet room, . Downing Street, with a few colleagues. Our eye.s were on the clock, our thoughts on one subject only; but there «as a feeble ettort to direct our .onvt^rsution to other matters. We '. ore waiting for a reply, which ^ve | knew full well would never com -. t > our ultimatum to Berlin. "When Big Ben struck 11; 30 mid- night in Berlin- we left the room knowing that the British Knipire was at war. "I crossed to the colonial office to send a war telegram to the whole ot the British Empire. I asked the ofli- clal In charge of that duty Iwvi, long it would tak^. Ho said "about six min- utes.' "I aslced bin! to return to my room when he had done his work. In seven minutes ho was back and before morn- ing I received an acknowledgment of my telegram from every single colonial protectorate, and even ir.lot in the Pa- cific. "So the grim machinery of war be- gan revolving In perfect ordm' and with perfect preparation because, more than two years previously, nu in- dividual wnrbook had been prepared by tho colonial committee of defense for every single pnitectonito and Is- land. 11 was at that monient locked In tho safe of each Oovernment or commissioner and they knew at "onee what to do." A nice way io use stale bread is to lilice and steam it. Then butter' well and pour over tho sl!c«s well- seasoned canned tomatoes.' _ The present Japanese dynasi.. by far tho oldest in the world, i^'. Yoshihito claims to be the one iiu;: ilred and t\ve(ity-third monarch of a unbrokt'U line dating from the seven* century before the Christian era. s1 ACBreiorPSmpIcs ^ "Youdon'tnccd mercury, potash or any other strong mineral to cure pimple* caused bjr poor blood. Take Extric t of Roots â€" I drugs'et calls it "Molbcr Stigtl'S Curative Syrup and your skin wiU clear up as fresh as a baby's. It will sweeten your sto.Tiach and r<5gulate your bowels." Gel tho genuine. 50c. and $ 1 .00 Bottles. At drug stores. Thin Endy Hair orThickandHealtlsy? A scal"p cared fur by Cuticura i!';ually means tbicli, glossy hair. Frcpient shampocs with Cuticura Soap are ex- cellent. Precede shampoos by touches of Cuticura Ointment to sjiots of dan- druff, itching and irritation of the scalp. N'otb.ing belter for the com- plexion, halrvr skin. Sample H«ch Fre« br Miut. Address pos^ card: Culicur*, Drpt.N, Boston. U. S. .\." So:d by dealers thruughuui the woiW. -i.*» â- -•« ATDR Pain? Hirst'9 will stop it! 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