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j fo, patty Bad See frequently . suffering from the want] tp, . terest. in life Such a. on The growin, plenty of sleep. should sleep out-of twenty-four hours. as cusi He should calso ae limited quantities of meat and plenty of vogotabies ang frults, should have plenty of out-ofy door dawcat too much work, nor too long continued. 4, He should have a daily rub-down and a cleansing bath bath or with If they do not] 7 his diet and nurs should be 30: re- about that result. fle chonla bor imeen sted in life, Suilen, duil,or unhappy children are natural interest’ = then an easy task to te hig in- terest until his ia imulate bie attitude changed. 1. Me should be taught simple les- n. | ing Hetowed to wilt. regetables. eggs, cereals, fo: wasted. be borne in mind that they aniums, tulips, np atone a ‘human than » brie- if brighten the ett maing? dull» win- ter dl base sae riot be left to take care of 48) soon fail to, fant their! presence, Welch: experioncS” has showit are. Dest pected him. And the non-commission-| Arm; A goodman Gut slow, the company ser; said of him, He was’ not ear neti of eit: food sod results in spoilage anc en rgee vs ade and vegetables ould be carefully put away eat not. pawns, are content to do their best in their humble sta Properly, I should: have a stirring tale to tell of the Sniper. ‘This ae gentle mee shee at the critical mo- and-fruits should be on time may be included in ee ae fared thinker ment, when the line wavered, dash Im ir © 2 Mis tood: should be plentiful and}~ Cereals should:be kept ir Somers forwind Sao ais pers nutritious. Each child should, have| Covered jars to. prevent thet es achine gun which is'de- least: it i of Pe nbn | ng ont citing wp IRE at cnt such as custard or ice eream,| should be carefully scraped. saad eee dag . twenty men who, like the Sniper, Tae the character and cour- age to. win the Victoria Cross, the fortune of war offérs at most, perhaps, one chance of winnii id 80, if you wil my si T-eannot promise you ey t the finish-of this life shall be mort citing than its tranquil course. As He Lived, So He Di al sa) is Wa: Food should. be carefully cooked, x burned or badly cooked food is Care of House Plants. In caring for house plarits it should are of two rns, palms ete the top.In the arts of it | my battalion’ went over i half-hour hush which precedes ad the era ried lowering plants, such as ger- nets narcissi_and men, must have as much light as pose: 3 or they will eases no concern at the ordeal be- he n= the purpose of fore ed sa ane of his equipment, or bent down to adjust the string of his put- tee. of There those are not a large number ful: house a ‘athe s later I saw him again. Two hou: We were ie the first objective; packed sons \of personal hygiene; the use of demani cer- individual towels, handkarehets, toilet See eeR ey ens this, |tike ‘ardlioh Inve: teqnch: whicli-was ; Rood cate of teeth, nose,)rrict contition velates to the at.|®sbambles. Tt was a question of min- pg pis me ses thig is|utes befor the German batteries 8. He should é to believe would get going on us, and Iwas taug! that to be healthy is one of the finest. possitigemehievements in the eee and most patrleties How Food Can Be Savi Saved at the Table Smaller portions should be se1 Persons at the table should be giv: en an opportunity for choice, so that no ig served unless a person wishes it, ie, wie oes sae at the table. r surplus ee ome te teft 0 vi ne serving plate, so they can be utilized f ing stock or for cooking, Eve: There should be nothing edible left on the plates. far “as possible care should be taken to prepare only the amount of food. “ka by the family Smatlér-amounts of salad dressing should ne seed? How Food brat i betes After the Bits of vegeta | ein be kept for soups, salads, Fruit juice eat P edisadt fruit can be used. for gelatine desserts or to HiGaiONG wheasin peadiogs or to’ re-| sta; place flour in for sucet The latter systems 2bs es Gomis aoaybers “with, the result thet the plant erything served should -be eaten. ss 0! Conditions bre! plants. ie tw cake ¢rumbs uy Tuice se Feary Set vegetables getting every man to work with his id entrenching: tool to consolidate the Position. But wh I reached the ing and digging away steadily and without haste, working on his) own initiative, because his soldier's experi- ence told him it was the thing to do. Then, with a crash, a salvo of Ger-! eu important factor tering is another ex. Plants» will grow better in houses in they: will here I was standing. I was flung icked myself up. andgot the: either loses leaves by withering or| lying on his face at my feot, Tle never spoke again, leaving the world as silently es he had lived in it, I dare say ~ never knew my names And I have f ome of its to moisture always improve’ the ani The blooms x when’ the atmosphere Kept: hacen ¢ool and moist, The’ ideal tempéraure ranges from about 0 to.70 degrees, Higher tempera-| § tures necessitate more frequent wa-| iro) terings. Some plants need to be wa- tered sally others not more than two or three times a week, A pot which rings hollow wha use with the knuckle needs water- ing is bad for Po bae and only one or somehow the thought Tor he, at least, was a m; ——_5— Thought Too Highly of Both, vo varieties, like the spiroa,... will : iueiosd’ valle hits. Sare" allen On @ road in Belgium a German nd in water. All pots should be| Officer met'a boy leading 2 jackass ppliad with good drunage Hn the and addressed hima in a heavy jovial fashion as: follow should-be.saved for soup bottom o! ¢ pot when the plants hat’s a fine fackass ave, All bread est shone be saved. | are potted. wP, What do you call it? Albert, I lett over muffins, Diset be bread Fresh air. is always beneficial, but | P¢* “Oh, no, officer,” of any kind shoud be saved, made into| not in tho form of direct draughts. 7 the boy replied De aan tet dt ctelioned: dtstina Li temperature of 40 dogrees or r low. quickly. “I think too highly of my baking; x will often seriously affect the ten-| King. No bit of food is too small to be saved! e der house plants. Palms had fachs © German: seowled and returned: ar ¢ the better for sponzing once or) “I Snipe you don’t dare to call him orp ry twice a month. ver water a sick-| William.” How-Food Can Be Saved Before It} ly plant too freely; it more often re-| “Oh, Ae ices I think too highly Reaches the Table. ives’ to ‘be repotted. Most plants| of my j aw will be benefitted by a yearly repott- cap comeeniie That, in the }’ Hea At daybreak on a elev morning | ; an! and te his p en, siper- he, Waseat work alreaily, scrap-J man shells burst right over the trench | beadong Sunil Sougddiont cen wien! in fee cabs my’ eyes saw the Sniper 6° Stand Out as Guilty in a Special Degree. p denon those names which aust pface. the war and yemain forever age yee ‘tay. be = from: German submarine commanders killed or pe by our naval forces which was recently made public. To as perhay German naval officer may desire. Firgt in the cate; d upon sub- nee last that a mine in the North sats an énd to his memories es. ues It now appears that his supreme eed was om of his own SA he wae by. his superiors. suitable nar to carry out a ain e policy. o' Se es is to ae ithetiancen ve! cordii evi- e suceess audible even in Berlin, and upon his Tataen (here ha still himself little —possibly by ode: wens his rew: ferred; it took the.f ot the House of Hohenzollern, pee obscurely; mn the Danish ¢ 38h, ant was blows company with another oat. Ti ew of the second: polio sudden- ly heard an explosion and felt the jar of it in their own vessel. - They tried | with their special signalling ite th et into com: tio failed, and she never Pind ve ase. tf ua basi ‘The officer who sank the” Belgian © Prince on July 31, 1917, collected her crew on the deck of his submarine and ° es then submerged nant U ag er) and. the Hoh with Swords; but a swift retribution was at hand. While returning from @ very-cruisé during) which he sank. the Belgian Prince he encountered a ship which could fight back. A British destroyer saw him on the surface, i speed, and jth submarine was obviously “hit at once, for she failed to uste in time, a the destroyer eee mir acable Rep ut cctanaiat canes ‘for Kap- gee ee a ihe ee in ShLSAR SEReaT 2 p bones an ing. Healthy. plants and plants in oa qin be tate Soiaes "The pe flower require much more water than and meat should be use goup.| those which are sicky. Soil should ail ur ami Family 0 € p ‘The fat should be tried out for cook- not be = = ie often that it be- ing, es always cold. Fresh fruit and vegetables Sh Pia with cold feat and a hot head By R, M. Boyle be ypurehased'as needed. Ove soon dies oa - CHAPTER II. Homestead, $150; amascments, $125; without being wounded. Tf he hud had The next afternoon, after the| Clothes, taneous, ie THE SNIPER: the education and the cloquence, we | housework was done, gnes out| We've been young officers who ordered him about |at the back of the house drying herj that system, or scme en Jearnt much from his ex-| hair. 1. thought: “Mother is sure; three years now, TRUE B BRITISHER might have learnt mucl Seas oj | taking Em’s hint to heart!” ‘Turn. tion that we are dressed up in our best! alien ee he ee es conn as ing the thought over in any mind oI my att ecided it was up to me to drive into vate snipeecked on his habitual netl-[tawn atl het & hatred oi hed. in TYPE WHICH IS THE BACKBONE | con, tended doing it in the city. the day be . THE SH ARMY i intelligencé. officer, ‘with the} fore, but had nothad T gota Leb ce ahasiteaias aad snipers under my direction, I was ae a haireut and a shany — yao anak with oe eae Te: Immediately after" supper we went i as Iu him in | Upstaits-to put-on our ‘new clothes Did His Duty’ Without Ostentation and take a start out of the children. and With Care, in Calm, Self- Contained Courage. was"not a young man as men a the Front. ey as he plodded 7) 1] vim I must confess that Agnes took rt ow me. idn’t ever thin Kk she would have the nerve to do it, but there she was—blue ‘silk ress, silk stockings, pumps and all as; tickled ag a girl over her’ first ised to see in the trenches in tha. eae moming at a sniper’s Teoma his keen blue ae puckered up as he scanned the Ger- man -renchee crore piliipus EOE on: zitish steel helmet with my<ple- imple line is very becoming | Party. ftolialy along the ‘ith my Pl with, oy "i Pp) % + ig | te manly f: id the Si er ae me hen we came down-stairs, Em, nm in France, I aie to look at his | to # manly face, an eaenine e is = surprised “Oh, other! just rugged features and grizaled hair, aia arshness of a sys! their juniors. But the Sniper was a Reservist. The mobilization onder had reached him as he was gathering: in the crops Hs the patch ot land on the hillside behind his He had just put on his Tite itt cela aL tee tothe priest, and gone buck tothe old regiment ; without a aren says @ British sol- | dier and w f T is} Sper ae lige that. grum bin he seldom at sk ne was o Wes Sdinizahte- tape of British soldier of whom we heard far too little, though he is in| reality, the backbone of our Army the fleld—the quiet. self respecting | ‘well-behaved family mai ea his duty without atsittation, foe care, an nm in death, ares himeelf as in life. ( Silent Efficiency. The Sniper was a broad- shouldered, | stalwart Trish pe ed none were! their briefness, worth a dozen pa ein “homeste brighter “an his, He kmew his job as | of grammatical English, ee soldier ‘on active service for clos years.. He had Modest computation, a dozen actions | among his comrades, overy inch soldier, fea days T used a 24-magnification Ross |i telescope for observing Tine, sniper was sic at picking up with , | the naked Henever | $Y, in hi - poke ‘him two bits o' timber lanin er wise aane (Bente as he “i's so; there would be a When I ‘frst ae Fin he Sp heat | it the c rug data figeahadow: Uae ths Holecting rim of his mailed cap. We had the eye of a hawk. In those sudden her eyes lighte er’s hair, shining like silver but done in the same’ w: was the one the enemy thing Agnes just couldn't change. but time and time again eee! Em, , And waved it was. Of course, ee Mother, I wasn’ much of a ‘se and T hada ter- ovement in the vi ith: my gla: uch moments ie Meee ol ‘ccastnally break amistake. many times. as much pa ; ery jand “on, repairing accent, “under | cheds as we ‘O88- Wait. now | how you see him now, sorr,” he would the trinch? t him’ Kot Himself ‘To Himself. ‘Then he onl hitch himself up be- | ind his xifi ing an eye at the small chil- or somethin; ese be broken every ten Aubitae’ which | AS running ite farm, Srey new machin- tmiade’ with staggers on her moth-: h, Mother, let me wave it!” beg-j work, cost but little ioe eit looked much. than, overalls and b ata it was luck, and maybe it mething-else, but the deals we 10 calles cause we more prosperous y didn’t have the nerve to try to ae us down on our price. Out of a Long List of Crimtnals These | pean came to e Cross of the First ua ent. lence which is available, his appalled him ae than otherwise; the world’s outery of horror was] y [itan-Leutnant Rudolf: Schneider, m* the decks of marine met a British patrol ae UE the Irish Sea. It was Christ- plosions tore her delicate mechanism to pieces and forced ee fo. the the sur- pface. patrol-hoat. rammed her amidships and cut her in n half, She g oil and air; ho.survivers the: surface. But Four of Many. officer who torp sex Ze March of fees was ns Oberle nant-zur-See Herbert Pustkuchen, commanding UB-20. He was Boe n the others mentioned above, hav- in brie! 2 g& peared below the surface of the water, A depth-bomb.was dropped and found ri hed-met the doom that she richly deserved. ‘These aro but four in that long list of names that shall endure unforgot- ten as Tan aa the war ris Temeitibered. To them there has-yet to be added cat are lst the names of the sab- marine command 3 he sank. the heesitee ata ie astle and »murder Canadian nurses and the men in the boat—wl sie petrliving’ Por val ee When Lie fame they sought is secure. Ri aks THE USES OF SPHAGNUM MOSS A oot ne Product of Great Value in d Cross Work. These os (for there are eA species of sphagnum) grow best climate aha is moist and only. Be ae ately warm it known as “Muskegs.”"Spha, geen principally in Newfoundland, the | Mari 8, Northeastern Qu ae Stapleton. ehd: the western parts of British Columbia. The sphagnum. plant consists of a stem and branches which are clothed Silt’ dmb nmastout; < orérleppine leaves. They. differ from most other mosses in nee entirely devoid o: rootlets. Another - peculiarity of phan um is that the leaf ae has n or midrib. 2 = siderable part ‘af the leaf is composed of a large » pecial “ab- o_ cells” which are able to take and hold water like a sponge. The absorbed varies ac- anges in to twenty times the weight | ¥' of the ie sphagnum. « Owing’ to the ability of these cells to absorb: the! water reauired by the plant’ for its development the presence of rootlets is on le gion usually gro situation where. the: soil maderhartids pérmanently damp. _Sphagnam or is has been iod nec paint for eieaa OVE its power of retaining moisture, an in eis seful, when ‘ried, as bedding mat- oral for horses. But it’is owing to its use since the el dpeelte a ne war in the form of four are-used for the purpose. When collecting the moss great care should it free from any | admixture of leaves, ae | of other plants which may be growing | in the immediate vicinity. Bach hand- handful should be squeezed gently to vemove excessive moisture, should be taken not to breal™the main Frocess is complete © | very little traffic along the road. cam = nO wi ut ieee iS standing wheel to w! ng | According 2 CAMOUFLAGE A Little Episode on the Western Front Described by Eyewitness. id ran almost due north and es —now on the crest, now just over it, and now out.of sight on the other, side’ —the wire of One night a party of engineers, had come’ to the:road,.driven in a row posts:along: its edgey'and nailed from one to the of cessfully screened the Boche observers in the enemy’s line. So peaceful was this part of the line that for many months the camou- flage had stood unmolested, save for ich had tor 3a few. shell- replinters: wi holes here and‘ there, and save for a pped dozen gas-shells which had pl through on the road on oné pavtioular a AS a matter of fact there had been Now and then a moss-cart bringing up: a case of whiskey to battalion head- juarters, once or twice a week a G.S. wagon filled with wire and sandbags, tad: once a lorry which had brought up ‘a load of material and a party of men to build an 0.P. One’ day, as the camouflage was eginaing to sag rot, @ trio of senior officers walked along the peered cautiously — Heaven knows hy igh the rents in the cam- ouflage, jotted down things in their notebooks and went away again, The the ouflage set uneasily in ind. eek Jater there was a feverish activity behind the camouflage. Mi an men and many horses arrived, with the horses came something ott se. ie wind howled round the posts, and the camouflage auivered iy ex- citement. Karly: next morning, about five past six, a man went to each ‘pos! st, rooted’ it, and stood by holding it in few minutes later | whistle blew faintly, Each'men threw = GERMAN down t and jumped ia out of the way. was a beautiful dawn; there ‘was absolute stillnéss along the whole front, such: as ther had been for months and months. A Boche observer from his post in the enemy's litie saw the screen ae fall, and st hee had time to wonder what it A are of 4 minute knew. Therd-was:e:terrifc aaa nearly a quarter of-a mile in lergtl There! leafening roar, for ne guns, | heel and naked ; to the bag had spoken as though fired“by one man. North and south, [ees piles | arose the same stupendous [“n later ~he “The battle had Seid SEA ions Obtained From . Deposits Along the! South Coast of Australia, es Material. for cloth-making. ts now | to being obtained fro sea- bottom | along we motiehtedet- of Australia. It} is fibre derived from a plant that | One ane naturally infer that the plant w d of. some id. | But it tent ae | When the:plants die the.roft tissue F is “retted o seade of a fresh crop petouts is has been goin, vas deposits of localities are more than seven thie After stripping off the top or grow- ing layer, the underlying material is dredged up, sifted and washed for re- | sat Tr i fibre is about si pounds per cubic yard. Workable ea posits cover 240 square miles, The fibre is ie brown. to and w i of it is delicate on 3 ha ed (mix wi ne) for carpets a upholstery, for backing ofleloths and | Tinoleums and for mattresses, |THE PULSES ris THE WEATHER Tnfldence of Atmospheric Pressure at, Certain Parts of the Globe: |e ist in the earth's tions and make it possible to foretell the character of the weather long in advance, One of the most important of all Ginaa’ canter fe! that about Teal as the Ainosvhere, aptet fe cosneliow, ra ee ae efully ae sorted, after which | sure there is high or low, n or} § tae ‘done ys ne rfl moss may be packed eae winters result in vanteal ore etd alk Mags or light boxes for despatch to | ope, and there are those who contend ‘Agnes. and Fi have dressed up our Bis ae whore it is required, ‘The | that thi sintijenioes ta a felt on the ‘grammar, the whole family has) dress- North American contin 6d up its manners: the h been The North’ Cape is rena similar dressed stde_and out. . George| tho e: perts of centre, and between these foci a kind has lot of leas about of Sars of action often exists, marketing that have worked out well. We’ nded chureh oftener and| t peel aS pu eetaomae Be fenivas Gee tae warm mina at the North Cape or- | ant visited more than we ever used & Best of all is the change that. has | isa; pear quicl n Sniper they couldn’t help it—there was so, come uy oe relations with our neigh- would pull back his bolt oe relapse | much birie-a-brac about, «To her no- pores we more friends and are into hie customary lene just as -old-| hay sommenn than we ever dream- F Shiner had a wife back Home ft in| fashioned a wore. audsetosavnrt tack on of having before has a i iscovere at our atti- el Reet i easy T was c esas ree and Twent over the! tude toward the Bi a was al-| come across his lotters ‘he » it poet we found that our income had} com: eon everyday Rah etters home, i mee ae somewhat after this fa- pean the joy ean of te sist they \nyhow, | ten and worse spelt, but iethine | shion running the house, $590;! can a they kno’ a yot sone have to live beyond your income for all | ery, $250; stodk, $46 d, $25; oe. $455 $165 mngcelaneoss, $50. er and decided the way those cee fat ahs. “this is, is ee 80¢8, | figures ought to stand: he WEY running the fe $700; run- the farm, $785; new machinery, | t! stock, 160; Gugepiapite fe ean ‘0 have no close ‘friends seonsiderable —_ influence and they all res- {3 300; the old Sige says ee ane feat ers don’t m: fine ie. bese: toniosis_simply—-dres il (The ssing up, End.) 3 Her song rings out anew across the For over, stormy seas and fields of Exultantly her banner floats un- furled. Her rebirth, left a heritage to you, Who live the hour of fay, the yenrs Te From pang whose hearts were brave, and courage true, to| responds to a cold sinter: in To Pea Behold! ape ore a once | That silent army of anongoered 6 the corks in boili dead, pee celand, | and is followed by cold winds i in cei t reservoir of cold for the Northern Hemisphere, | One- crak cupful of sugar ‘to one! qart ‘of liquid: is quite as good a| proportion 3 the old-time one cup-| After corks have ales used a while! they sometimes become so com press. | ed that the contents of the bottle leak) out. This may be ites by. put-| ig water and ving them sess the water’ cools, | grows in shallow water. | ure: MAN SPIES IN UNITED STATES GAVE WARNING OF THE WAR * ON JULY 10, 1914 Widespread Campaign to Secure In-+ formation and Transmit it to German Consuls Everyyhere. Operations of the German propa- ganda system in the United States, through which valuable information for transmission to ered at. the rm loctrines were spread over the coun- try, have been. laid bare by Captai G. B. Delle of the ay iataliiganes service, in testimony before the Sen- cousuatPWeR: ives gate Gace eal German propaganda, says a despatch from Washington. Most of the evi- dence related to activity of Teuton agents hee the United States en- tered the Captain SHentoneaalite wh aananiell informant, now interned, told him Berlin Government on July 10, one nearly a month before the war staxted, LSalled: into ‘corfereicens a ed and eduegted. German. propagand ‘at and sent themto all fart sof the with instructions to prepare for ce world war, which they were told was about to be precipitated. Thirty-one of these landed in the formation of all kinds and reported it rman consuls ena agents in hun- bees of communiti Hale Head. of. Oe: - William Bayard Hale, a ‘writer for the. Hearst newspapers aad fosterly confidential. representative of Presi- dent pb in Mexico, svéutullly be- came of the publicity branch of the creation thus built up, Cap- ae bee offlear uied ‘testified that news- saat and writers were influenced to of De and. Mexico, a Wash- ene newspaperman was hired to re- eet Govertaane oe Ba als ia mn headquarters, write : to Germany to send back disputes | praising the German “golden book” was relate Serie out Le United States tures of American cient sans pro-German sympath: Dickinson, a week to report on confi- jal aiecana with oe to Germ hi ‘k, he .wai | Saeco Jeal to the German tain Dester also told how ths German agents tried to stir up revolt among Sncrican negroes to serve German purposes. Es Sse ea jo Mineral Output. The Sanat of the Departin Min tines is far exceeding that of year, despite adverse con’ fat @ | to the war, molybdenite, lead ae copper ate produced the first nine ‘eents 1918 amounted to. "Bei 875,766; co en eds with $6,754,585 in period for’ 1917. Silver production has ‘ept well up to the mark, and though we quantity “was slightly less, ihe ‘alue was some half a million dollars es Of the iron_ore, of 164, ee some $4, ‘io points, ihe ‘ovines, tons ship- 2 shipped to and the rest outside gone Grand Fi hy roe and ¢) of sag SHIRTS: & Aroas