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The surprising thing about the bombardment of Scarboro, HartiepOOl and Whitby is the fact that a German war fleet could cross the North Sea, bombard three towns and return to their base of operations without being deâ€" tected by British.cruisers or without coming into collision with British warâ€" ships of some kiadâ€"as the North Sea is supposed to be full of British . war Inhime C1S. C . :. § ; .> Up until-thfi)fil’bardment, the people of Canada were living in a fool‘s paradise of a beÂ¥ief that the German fleet was bottled up in the Kiel canal and the Straits of Heligoland.â€" This belief being general in Canada, imagine the surprise of the people here when the bombardment took place, but the statement is made now (whether it is authentic or not) that the German fleet is not bottled up in he Kiel canal and the straits of Heligoland, but bottled up in the North Sea. ‘ That is to say, they can get out of the Kiel canal and the Straits of Heligoland but if they were out they could not get out of the North Sea, as it has been mined on the southern and northern exâ€" tremities. Now, if the North Sea has been made the limited area for the action of the German fleet, it must also contain a large portion of the British fleet, in order that the British fleet would be present in sufficient numbers to . deâ€" stroy the German fleet should it come out. London, Dec. 20.â€"Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the Admiraiâ€" ty, in a letter to the Mayor of Scarborough, in which he expresses the symâ€" pathy of himself and of the navy at the losses sustained through the Gerâ€" man bombardment of Scarborough, and disappointment over the escape of the German warships, says: § : "We await with patience the opportunity which will surely come. But, viewed in its larger aspect, the incident is one of the most instructive _ and encouraging that has happened in the war. Nothing proves more plainly the effectiveness of the British naval pressure than the frenzy of hatred aroused against us in the breasts of the enemy. "This hatred has already passed the frontiers of reason. It clouds their vision, it darkens their counsels, and it hampers their movements. We see a nation of military calculators throwing calculations to the winds. "Practically the whole of the fast cruiser force of the German navy, inâ€" cluding some great ships that are vital to their fleet and utterly irreplacable, have been risked for the sake of killing as many English People as possible, irrespective of sex, age Or condition, in the limited time available. â€" "‘To this act of military and political folly they were impelled by violence of feelings which could find no other vent. This is very â€" satisfactory, and should confirm us in our course. Their hate is a measure of their fear; its senseless expression is proof of their impotence and the seal of their disâ€" honor. ‘ "Whatever feats of arms the German navy may hereafter perform, the stigma of babyâ€"killers of Scarborough will brand its officers and men while sailors sail the seas." The theory advanced by the British navy now is "We don‘t want the German fieet to remain bottled up. We want them to come out and fight and we are ready to meet them in open battle.". ® Just so, but the German fleet did come out, bombarded three towns and went back in again. Th German fleet came out without invitation and went back without molestation. To a man three thousand miles away that was a very mysteriâ€" ous affair. With innumerable battleships, cruisers, dreadnoughts, torpedo boats, sub marines and destroyers belonging to the British navy in the North Sea, it was a most phenomenal performance for the German fleet _ to . cross that stretch of water twice without bumping into somebody, but do it they did and it will remain the world‘s wonder in naval affairs, while the world lasts. The subject of mechanical houseâ€" hold equipment has been, until reâ€" cent years, very sadly neglected. This is quite evident when one visits the average farm home where as yet the modern equipment is lacking and the same general line of housework conâ€" veniences which grandmother used are still in service. The average farmer‘s wife uses the same old churn, the same old broom, dust pan, mop, cookstove, and wheezy pump which the grandfolks used. The only marked ‘improvement which one can noté as generally adopted is in the slight changes in types of utensils. Compare this with the general adoption of farm equipment.. What farmer now cradles oats with the old fashioned cradle? Many never saw one. How many farmers are there who still mow the hay with the _ old scythe? In place of equipment used by grandfather there is practically an entire new field of labor saving deâ€" vices. There are available the same line of labor saving devices for the mother in the home; and to the man on the fence it would appear to be poor economy to pass such equipment by, especially . since the commissary department, maintains a position _ of vital importance on the farm. The retired farmer who moves to town does so usually because his wife is worn out and must have rest which is made possible by the conâ€" venience of public utilities such as water, gas, electric lights, sewage dis posal, good roads, etc. How much better off he would be at home if he Value of Mechanical Equipment for Household By G. R. Bascom, Municipal and Sanitary Engineer, Extension Division, _ University of Wisconsin. produce it Along this line I have read nothing that was more Cl tic than the letter of Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord to the Mayor of Scarboro, which covers the point so well t] But the three towns on t this category, consequently, t only a breach of international murder and it will surely be he wrath. It is a recognized rule in war that unIforUun1ed C citizens should never be fired upon. The only excuse a town is when it is clearly of strategical importance to the one making the assault. i Ee e f The people of Great Britain have found another name 1Or | They now call them the "Baby Killers." we ue se ow k k The bombardment of Scarboro, Whitby and Hartlepool on t] of England, by five or six German warships is, without a doubt, breach of international warfare. THE INDEPENDENT Facts and Fancies 0.â€"Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralâ€" ie Mayor of Scarborough, in which he expresses the symâ€" nd of the navy at the losses sustained through the Gerâ€" of Scarborough, and disappointment over the escape of the x # % * *# R caleys slc% o _fi _ towns on the east coast of England did not come under | If Vinol fails to benefit we return your sequently, their bombardment by the German fleet is not | MO"CY" iternational war law, but is nothing more. or less than W. M. Stewart Drug Co. Limited, surely be held up against the Germans against their day Ofl Grimsby, Ont. C OO _ rovmmmmmmmmanmmmarare By Frank Fairborn in war that unfortified towns or 1 unon. The only excuse there is could be induced to install these conâ€" véniences on the farm and join hands with the neighbors in promoting such improvement as tend to keep men on the farm. The work of the farmer‘s wife can be changed from drudgery â€" to real pleasure by adopting upâ€"toâ€"date equip ment, and savings can be effected which will more than pay for the enâ€" tire cost. It is estimated by govern ment experts that the average farmâ€" er‘s wife lifts more than a ton â€" of water per day! The most conservaâ€" tive figures will show that the cost of this wasted energy would pay for a complete system in less than five years and carry the interest on the investment. The installation of a safe system of sewage disposal will in many cases be paid for directly in reduced docâ€" tors‘ bills and loss of time on â€" acâ€" count of illness. A good heating sysâ€" tem will heat the average house at a cost which is less than oneâ€"half the cost of heating with stoves. A little sprinkling in the garden at the right\time may easily save a hundred dollars‘ loss, and a garden hose with only a fair water pressure available will usually save losses which would pay for the water works system many times over. Further, the water works system can very easily be designed so as to permit the installation _ of an _ automatic sprinkler system which will practical ly eliminate fires! This one feature of fire prevention is alone of suffiâ€" cient economic importance to warâ€" Wednesday Editor and Proprietor. I, News Editor. per year in advance. In United was more cutting and sarcasâ€" 1 First Lord of the Admiralty, éo well that I herewith reâ€" Scarboro, Hartlepool name for the Germans wns or nonâ€"combatant here is for firing upon either to the enemy or Established 1885 the east coast t.~" a .: Ldirect As conditions in some of the counâ€" tries which supply Canada with vesâ€" etable seeds are not â€" likely to be favorable for the production of seed next year and as there was. no doubt, iess seed produced this year in those parts of Europe which ‘â€" the war has affected it would seem desirable that Canadians should make an «effort this year to save sgmre home growin seed ‘AliiMiizn csiatitesn JZTOWw Ssome _ Do anie There are other â€" considerations which prove the economic importance of household equipment, among them the following: Time saved in the house could be profitably spent in the garden or with poultry or bees, and would introduce the much . needed change of interest and fresh air needâ€" ed to bring chealth and recreation to the tired mother. The servant girl rant the adoption of the equipment needed to avoid such losses. Lamps, lanterns, candles, etc., are the cause of most country fires. These could be practically eliminatâ€" ed. by the installation of a small coâ€" operative electric lighting system in the neighborhoodâ€"and light made available at a rate cheaper than by using kerosene lamps. and to "plan ssm Xxt yUâ€"ar. Not only would it ensure having _ a supply but it would ibe found a very interesting occupation in the past from using bhome grown seed â€" have been very good in many Cases. It is a simple matter to save seed of â€" vegetables which have only _ an annual growth such as beans, corn, peas, peppers, tomatoes, cucumibers, melons, squash, pumpkins, _ radish, lettuce etc. All that is necessary is to clean the seed as soon as posible after the vegetables are ripe, dry it rapidly and then keep it dry until it is needed for sowing. Raising seed for Biennials such as beets, carrots, parsmips, onions, cabbage,, Cauliâ€" flowers and celery is a little more difficult, ‘but it is these which are imported mainly from other counâ€" tries and it is hoped that a large number of persons will â€"try raisinig seed for them. To raise geed of beets, carrots and parsnips, good medium sized shapely specimens are selected at digging time, the tops are cut off to within about two inches of the end of â€" the specimen â€" thus leaving the centre shoot. Cutting back close to the root will remove this centre shoot which is not desirable. Store the roots in a cool fairly dry cellar or they may be pitted outside, but if this is done care should be taken not to cover them with much soil until really cool weather sets in so to avoid danger of heating. Early in the spring plant the roots out in good, well drained soil planting the roots about two feet apart in rows three feet apart. When planting it is desirable to have the top of the beets, ‘carrots or parsnips slightly below the surface of the ground. Cultivate the ground reguâ€" larly and the reward is likely to be a fine crop of seed. The stalks are cut when the seed is beginning to ripen and allowed to dry thoroughly after which the seed may be threshâ€" ed out and put away in a dry place until it is needed in spring. To grow cabbage seed, plants having the best heads should be selected and the whole plant dug. Half formed heads or even the stumps after the _ head has been removed will produce seed,| but it is recommended to use plants | with good heads. | During the winter the plants should be kept in as cool a place as possiâ€" ble without freezing and if freezing cannot be prevented they should be kept where they will thaw out graduâ€" ally. The best plan is to store them outside. A trench is opened where water will not lie, wide enough for three or four cabbages side by side. They are set in this in a slightly slop ing position with the roots down. The tops are then covered with straw at first or a light covering of earth to keep out light frosts, and later covâ€" ered with sufficient soil â€" to ‘ prevent freezing. It is important not to put the soil on until it is necessary to prevent frost as‘ there is danger of the cabbage heating. Cabbage can be successfully stored in any cool celâ€" lar if it is not very dry or very wet. In the spring the cabbages are taken out and planted when severe "frosts are over about three feet apart each way, putting all the root and stalk below ground and leaving the head above. When solid heads are used Such disinterested and reliable testiâ€" mony should convince everyone of the merits of Vinol, our delicious cod liver and iron tonic to build up health and strength for all weakened and nervous conditions, whether caused from overâ€" work, worry orchronic coughs and colds. Rosary Hill Home, Hawthorne, N. Y â€"*‘I have been at work among the sick and poor for nearly ei%hteen years, and whenever I have used Vinol for runâ€" down, weak or emaciated patients, they have been visibly benefited by it. One patient, a young woman, was So weak and ill she could hardly creep to my door for aid, and was leaning on a friend‘s arm. I supplied Vinol to her liberally and in a month when she returned to thank me I hardly recognized her. She was strong, her color charming and her cheeks rounded out. These words are uttered from my heart, in order that more people may know about Vinol, as there is nothing makes me happier in the world than to relieve the sick.""â€" Mother M. ALPHONSA LATHROP, 0. S. D., Hawthorne, N.Y. .!~su_~â€".__â€"..0 ; HOW T0 GROW ONFS OWN VEGETABLE SEEDS Tells MOTHER SUPERIOR ROSARY HILL HOME IIs How Vinol _ Restores Strength and Vitality to the Weak, Wornâ€"Out Ones in Her Charge. THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBY, xt Vear. l slits "should be made crosswise on the top of the head when planting, which wili make it easier for the seed stalk te force its way out. Seed stalks will Boon be thrown up and each plant will produce a large ‘quantity of seed. Banking the earth against the stalks will help support them. When part f the seed pods have ‘become brown he stalks should be cut _ and hung and threshed when y and the ca BBRA _ aémy until /“ ;ir.e;, gt‘(c:’ _At the same time, note the saving on doctors‘ bills. The result of such an investigation would be as revolutionary as has ‘been the adopâ€" tion of the modern farm implemenits, This, in view of the fact that many Wisconsin farmers are paying for their farms in seven to eight years, allows no excuse for not furnishing the farm home with the more modern conveniences. The man who is not convinced of this fact should â€" trade places with his wife for six months, and keep accurate account of the time lost in carrying water, cleaning lamps throwing out slops, building stove If we estimate the cost of such imâ€" provements as plumbing, heating plant, water supply and sewage disâ€" posal system at the average of $1,000, we must show that the value of these improvements based on interest of six per cent must be at least $60 anâ€" nually to justify their adoption, when considered simply on the dollars and cents basis. This certainly is true of most farm homes. The farmer who can thus save $5 per month by install ing these improvements is justified in going into debt for them. The bankâ€" er who is in business to â€" help the farming community can as well afford to lend money on such equipment as on farm implements, and should enâ€" courage such loans. Farmers, nNa@â€" tionally, carry a debt of only 15 per cent of the value of the farms, and can borrow money on at least 40 per cent of the value of the property. on farms, when forced to live in unâ€". comfortable homes and work with poor equipment. Few girls were ever lured away from the city by pictures of a weekâ€"end bath in a wash tub. In some cases the power equipment needed for milking machines, cream separators, feed grinders and other farm machinery can be used in the supply of power for the household and thus serve a double duty. In fact, it should be understood by the farmer that a comprehensive plan of the entire mechanical equipment should be worked out for each farm so that wasteful duplications and expensive changes may be avoided. These are problems which call for the services of an engineer. The farmer cannot afford to economize by designing his own power plant and sanitary equipment. A farmer can no more be expected to be an expert on farm machinery than can a mechaniâ€" cal engineer be expected to judge live cal e stock problem is very materially bettered if not altogether solved. There is little wonder girls won‘t go to work It is rather difficult to grow celery seed in this country Where celery seed is grown in quantity the plants are left outside and protected from frost if it should be sufficiently seâ€" vere. In most places in Canada it will be necessary to store the plants unless they can be protected sufficiâ€" ently in the rows they are growing in to keep out frost. This may be done with care but there is danger of the plants heating in the spring unless some provision is made for ventilaâ€" tion. This can be effected by nailing two boards together in the shape of a trough and then inverting this and putting it over the plants after they have been well moulded up, supâ€" porting and raising it enough for air to readily pass through. When there is danger of the plants being injured by frost they should be banked up ‘well, the inverted troughs put in iplace and then some straw put over. ‘As soon as severe frosts come and |there is no danger of the plants heatâ€" |ing more soil should be put on and |the plants protected suffifficiently to ‘keep out frost. Towards the close of winter the ends should be opened to Ilet the air pass through. Celery }may be stored for seed purposes in |the cellar, but it is very diffficult, unâ€" |less conditions are very good, to preâ€" ‘vent it from rotting before the plants lcan be set outside in the spring. [When severe frosts are over in the lspring the plants are set out about a foot apart, in rows three feet apart |and the land kept cultivated. It will not be long before seed stalks . are ;’thrown up. The seed is gathered |when about ripe, dried and cleaned ‘and put away until needed. kep geded. * Cauliâ€"| wers are treated milch the same as cabbage but are mltch more diffiâ€" cult to bring through" the winter. Where the season is long, plants from early spring seeding might riâ€" pen seed the same season. \ In growing onion seed the first step is to select medium sized, . well shaped and well ripened bulbs and then store them in a cool, dry place. Early in the spring they should be planted out about six inches apart in rows three feet apart. â€"If the onions have sprouted the sprout should be cut off when being planted as they will then throw up straighter stalks. The upper side of the bulbs should be an inch or two below the surface . of the ground after being planted. This will protect them from spring frosts. The ground is then kept cultivated. When the plants have grown sufficiâ€" ently they should be banked up about six inches, to help support the plants when the tops become heavy with flowers and seed. When the seed stalks show yellow near the ground the seed balls are cut off with about two inches of the stalk attached, it being necessary to go over the planâ€" tation several times as they do not all ripen at once. They are then spread out to dry and when dried are threshed and the seed is cleaned and put in a dry place until needed. It is ‘important to dry the seed as rapidly as possible. The methods which have been sugâ€" gested for obtaining home grown seed may not in all cases be such as fre adopted by large commercial seed growers, the object now is rather to tell how the average householder can grow his own seed. Office over J C. Farrells Shoe Store Phone 215 Electrical Equipment GRIMSBY ONT OFFICE HOURSâ€"9.30 a.m. to 4 GRIMSBY, oONnT Or. 3. A. fimik!g PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Main St., Cor. 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