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I TWO V.C.'s IN ONE FAMILY.…
I TWO V.C.'s IN ONE FAMILY. J A. highly interesting fact concerning the iist is that there are actually three cases of father and 60n.. both with the distinc- tion. Just as in the Boer War young Lieu- tenaut Roberts repeated his fan us parent's heroi.-fm' by gaining the V.C., .so in the pre- sent war the late Major W. La 'louche pon- greve won the V.C., alboutsixtecn yraafter his father, the well-known Army CYrps com- mander, Lieutenant-General Sir W. N. Coa- gv»\e, K.C.B. The third'case is that of the laic General Sir Charles Gough, who won the V.C. for. exploits in India in 1SJ7-"B, and Brigadier-General Sir John Edmond Gough, who received the decoration for conspicuous bravery in Somaliland in 1903, and lost life in the present war in February, "1915, It should be noted that an uncle of Brigadier-. General Gough also won the V.C. in India. three V.C 'a in one family constituting a record.
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Lieliteianf-Colonel the Hon. A. R. C'egg- HIll, D.S.O., half-brother of Viscount Hill, is reported killed. Councillor Carter has been selected Mayor of Windsor for the sixth successive year. Sir W alt-er Runciman has been released from his promise to stand as-Liberal candi- ia-te for Morpeth. Native Salvation Army officers are per- mitted to accompany the Japanese-troops en- gaged in Siberia. Over ,610,000 was '.subscribed -King's Fund for the Disabled at a, meeting ad- :Ire:,t>y -Mr. Hodge at MAchester. i- In a ,vages c!aim at Old-street Mr. Clarke Hull held that under the Defence o't the Kealm, Act munitions include uniforms. Lord Emmbtt has appointed Mr. Gerv;ve Beckett as Assistant Direetnr .of the ,War Tradfe Department-, in place ef of Viscount WolmeT, resigned. Mr. Beckett will repre- sent the department in the Cam- rnons. • Through the faHing' of a biyrcle$o which » gun was attached a'boy was shot iu the irtti at Finglas, Cotinty Dublin, and the had to be amputated
OTHER MEN'S MINDS. I
OTHER MEN'S MINDS. I V It is a very remarkable thing that since we assembled in St. Paul's Cathedral a few months ago to make intercession for victory the APie-s have never had a reveroe. BXSHOP or LONDON. THE DAWN. After four years of fighting for principles I so sacred that it would have been better to; have fowght and lost than never to have fought for them at all, we see the first I streak of dawn.—MQNSIGNOE HOWLETT. I I THE DOCTORS. 1 It is high time that the medical profes- sion took steps to show its importance to the State.-SIR HEXRY MORRIS. £ A GREAT CONSTRUCTIVE WORK. I The Ministry of Munitions has accom, plished the greatest piece of constructive work which the war has produced in any caiiiiti-y.-Mp,. P. G. K ELL AW AT. I I THE LIBERATORS. r' I With the help of our Allies, we have been able to withstand the invader's onslaught for four years, With their help and full confidence and resolution we are pursuing our work of liberation.—MARSHAL F-OCH. NEVER AGAIN. "I There must- never again be a man with his I wife and eight children living in two rooms. — E. COOPEH. I .I A DANGER TO INDUSTRY. I I view with the greatest anxiety thf I danger that bureaucracy will strangle I British i n d ii s t r y. -I- i P. RXCHABD CoorEa, M.P. THE GERMAN COLONIES. I The German Government adheres firmly tp I its demand for the return of our Afxicau I ■L nd Sauth Sea possessions, as well as a fresh partition of Africi.-DR. SOLP. GERMAN CUNNING. I With infinite cunning Germany is trying I to persuad () the people of the earth that she 11 lus repented of her crimes in sackcloth and ashes,-MR. W. M: HUGHES. INSEPARABLES. t Englishmen and Americans have dig- covered each other. Americans have dis- covered in Englishmen a stability, a loyalty, md a persistence which theygTeatly admire, r' ad Englishmen have discovered in Aineri- LHUS an id-ealism, generosity, and self. abandon which they in turn praise. These (i1'< virtues which bear mixing, and are > iii- mixed on the battlefield. The future d the two countries is inseparable, and they will stand together in the great work. of the world's advancement and re-shaping.—DB. C. II, TAYLOR. THE FINANCIAL OFFENSIVFC. 1 T] hear that bank tills are cracking with 1 deposits weary of id leness. Let these, be- vested in cloitiplele- victory, and in the, 46a who are ivinning it.—MB. IALOYD GEOBGK. 1 I I. BREAKING POLN 'T. I Perhfifj before the war you have looked, in athletic sports, at a tug-of-war. Yoo have watched two sides apparently almost rqual. with the result to the last moment in hiispense. Suddenly one breaks, and it breaks alto-ethei. "VVe have had our tttg-pt- war for four and a-half years. Is the rtsfelt to be the same? I do not say that. I do not say that what we* see at the pre- sent, moment is the end, but I do say that it is the beginning of the end.-Mit: BOJTAR LAW. A NEW MAP OF EUROPE. if you are going to bring into existence | an international Jnachinery for the seeilring of peace, you must so arrange the map of Europe and the world that grave occasions for wars will happen very seldom.—MB. BALFOUR. DOMESTIC. LIBERTY. j I I The first result of peace to which we mnst I look, and for which we must wgrk, is the I restoration of domestic liberty.-MX. Aa- QUITH. ;• A BLOW AT THE KAISER, I coal situation is a real performs problem, and if every man and boy in the miue when he put,, in an extra stroke with his pick will say, "There is a blow at the Kaiser and Prussianism," the result will be that we shall have enough coal to c-arry tit4 tbroil-II.-SIR ALBERT STANLEY. OUR WAR AIM. F The shortest way to industrial pcaee k tQ satisfy the working class movement that the war aim of Great Britain is veritably and nothing beyond the enthronement of democracy.—ME. J. J. MALLON. "THE SAME OBSTINATE BREED." I The official type of mind thinks that all that has to be done is to threaten the work- men with thepaill8 and .penalties of "Dora," forgetting that the same obstinate bieed that makes the good British soldier is still there.-MR. WILL CKOOKS, M.P. NO SECRET CONFERENCE, 1 NO SECRET CONFEP?ENcE.  Labour is opposed to any secret- coatcr- once. It wants the peace 1ii,Buooî;s in- JJ \'o1vin? the fate of peoples conducted in tbe I lIght of day. Let the people know that as t an alliance of free nations they seek oi!y, I a peace that is consistent with fntcrnationat Ij riglit.-AIIR. A. HEKDEBSON, M.P. I HELPING ITALY. I Forty-five per cent of all the imports of I .It;1.lY are carried to her .in. British .^hi^s by, "Our sailors, who know danger TtTtt" who know not fear. Seventy-five per cent, of the coal which Il^ilv so sorely needs goes to ner I iri British ships.—-MB. AUST-ES CRAMBBU- 11..11:(. M.P. e. r, THE I Kot until she has rna*d e- repal-a'tibti for the ['tfrongs she has committed can Germany be t admitted into the fainily o'f nJitioijs,• as I'ilv other criminal after hp has iiervod his b sentence is again received ink. the com- hnnnitv of the people.—ME. W. M. HCGHKS. "'f' WORK AND' HEALTH. I r Trade unionists would be. wise if they frankly, recognised the lact that it is bad J that a man should' 'not be doing as mucli j work as is ccnsistent with the "preaervatiou ] his health.—MB. G. N. BARES, M.P. i
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CUR SHORT STORY. -— 0 t A HOLIDAY LOVE. -1 BY EADCWFFE MARTIN. Percy Armstead was bound to take a little holiday from the strain of mnnitioa work. He was twenty-five, and absolutely iudis- ■pensabi-?. Th-e secretary of the company 1-iad declared so before the tribunal, and the ta-ibuaal, being obtuse, did not consider that j the secretary would have been honoured wifth. the order of the sack had he mad, i other declaration about the managing- director's onlv son. In fact, the case was j ao. stroag that it seemed if Percy went into t'la Araiy iMitig had better giv-e up the earn- paign ad a bad job. The strain of dictating j <2QT>ortatjt letters—"We arc in receipt of vour favour of yesterday which shall have owr attention "—had told on Percy Arm- st-ead. fie simply had to take a month s holidar or become -a nervous wreck. Natur- ally, he nought a quiet flaco. The seaside are full of wounded soldiers who are fingaUant ■enough sometimes to" raugll at Tiuaiticn badc'cs. Besides, iinpertmsiit people at hotels maSe remarks that.if his business- were .of overwhelming- national importanro he had better be at home attending t-3 it iri-.it cad of purgtiing girls en the promenade. li. selected a little quiet inland village \r 3tisby-on-the-Oitso he could obtain reket from the intolerable strain of the great Jr. Buaby-oa-thfe-Ouse was disappointing in seme respects. The barmaid at the only hosrslry had attained the age of fifty-ii,i, -Lu. age at which maturity of feminine ws- mli-laes up for a certain super- abundance of adipose tissue. The village iiiaidcn-s had all gone off on munitions. Be- yond ii sre-ctacled daughter of tho vicar, vrtio -haxt <le voted herself to good works and the- perpetual hunting of erring rill&gerH, these œm-ed to be no one to flirt with. S• P.rcv had to devote himself to such male a-li he could find at "The BulJ." However, one evening the station-master carte in with tlia eager face cf a man who brings news. kitoct,-e d me.- d oiva ""You could have knocked me-down with a feather when she got out of the train, M'.d Mr. ?impkms. "I'd never seen em ¡ wearing the bre0Chœ affore," The face. ?: ih-a customers turned expectantly to lir.- kirapfkins fcr more light on this soiaewnai •iry.pcie statement. She- got? out cf the train and Walked uJ to n me as bold as brass. "Can you tell me a faraver who v/auts help: s'ne say; dl, siys, yo-ur p,rdo-,i. miss-r-Farmer Bennett's the only one round 'ere Joose wiic don t bests im. Aly ads^ce t<* • try 'im. And orr she gcjM to '3 farm. Well, I teU you that she wore the fcroaehtw as if 3hc'd worn 'em every day. life" Just at this dramatic moment Farmer Bennett cite-,td. "Ah r said, the farmer. "I never thought nowt o" Tinnsca on the land, but I got one to-day tha.t's a fair wonder. When she comes to me and asks for a job I sap to 'er.' Clear out that cow-shed.' Oit she starts on it. Slaps the ole cows on the back as if »110\1 known eul twenty I could do with twenty like "er. She s that -or-i that I ain't going to charge er iu"Yt i'or board and lodging." A <*art^t» went round the room. The ir&g- niiioeat avarice of Farmer Bennett, ama-wd eren his "neighbours who knew him. ? Don't she want wages?" inquired &oma- "Doa't ;?-. e v,;an'. iu q ti i r,-?ti '•I'm no believer in paying wir-imen money," said the farmer. "They've got- no wives to hoop. Besides, they d only go and spend, it "Don't your mi.ssi.s obj. ec' to a«n.u g females in trousis round the i>iace?" inquired the barmaid. "I'm the boss in my own 'o*v=e," replied the farmer. '•'You'll never see me wearing 'em,' said ihe barmaid. "It's lowering, that's what I call it; lowering. Ther's no telling She difference between men- and women nowa- days." "She ain't near as fat as you, and she's all o' thirty year younger," observed the farmer ta,tfuly. "'Aye. she's a uic:- little bit 0'. goods. Well, well, I always was "ft with win;znicn. I oaght to 'ave charged 'er umat for board end take the work more sericPs likp.. WeU. nc.w. "Fve get someone to '£lp me a bit I shall i^ able to look in 'ere of a evening inc-re r< g- iarlike, friends all." "You ain't missed a evening twenty year to my knowledge." said the swgrj barmaid. "I'd be as nreih astonisiud you c?ot bcia' 'ere as I ,?h!)uld 'a?e Cd .ever ?'eu you s<and som?oDe a drink.f Percy Armstead listened to the conversa- tion with deep interest. It seenied that a ■desirable you fig' person had anio to this benighted village. He resolved at the first opj>ortrinity to vww the maiden, and if the pvospcct aseiilcd satisfactory to call on 1" ar- tuer Bennett and offer a little assistance on the farm. There might lie opportunities for flirtution. The next morniag ho was out early in the neighbourhood of Bennett's farm. Half the i-ri)ttlation of the district seemed to have business in the neighbonrhod. i'crcy# d;d not w?h to as?t?ciat? himself wuh the ?? JpIaK ?u-st?s, so he placed himself b?:1 a hed?e, lit a pipe, and waited fur the charmer. Scon he was rewajded. He saw a herd of ,cows being driven back tt) the fields arter milking, Behind them cam a trim figure in khaki. He beamed expectant. Yes, she wore ite breeches-a, nice, slight figure, and quite good-looking- "Delightful day-, said Percy, emerging from behind the hedge. "Very charming," replied the nuuden sweetly. u ,? "Ve? sporting of you to take thta Ttp- I meaai to help 'o ii-;oeultand -,t b!: while I';n dowv. here. Of course. rn.1 on munitions, but the strain has been too gres.t, and I have been compelled to take a holi- day. I only wish the Cfovernmeut w-oald le- are TiTnick munitions and go to the Front." "It's awfully hard when a niaii want* to ■g.> and can't," said the girl. You don't know how I'm dying to get I at the Hans, but the Government simply won't hoar of it. Can I help you with the v,)ws? It's a heary job for a la(lv." In these times one is glad to do anything fyr the country." «Er-it'3 rather awkward not(b?ing in- troduced, but we have to drop formalities ill these tf imea..My name is Percy Armstead.. Might I ask yours?" "Muriel Dalton," said the ma.iden swiil-, ??y- ? "II think Muriel ia a charming name, ,V scu. Percy; with an ardent glance;:> which signi- Red that the charm extended to its owner. "Now, Mr. Armstead, you mustn't come aad. interfere with my work." "Oh, permit me to assist you." From that day Percy Armstead became a* volunteer cowherd. He told the girl all about his important post at the works, ibout his father's big ownership of shares, and about the huge suma. they would .have to pat in cxcess profits: He flattered him- i»elf that he had made a decided impression', but he had few opportunities of proper love i»nverga. Cows a,re tiie moot i_ nc*>osi!lerate of chapereil-. Th€sy are always getting into ditches. turn Lng np wrong. lanes, be tryi-ig ny munch undesirable things. Beaide-i.. Mi1 Bennett. objected to the youth's presence "I'U 'avo mon? of your sort 'w.nJ .er? cp'?tin.c" Issses'' minds from th?r w:k." ur)wt,t,Ilz lasse,?" mind; from th--il- I joy of seeing Miss Daltpn, alone and nn. r occupied in the farmyard It was the IllYS- tia hour of six-thirty, when churches and .] hostelries open. Mr Bennett was iiot at church. Still, he was not too hard a master, tie often boasted, that after milking time on Sunday evening he never asked 'a labourer of his to do anything. "Good evening," caid Percy. "Wouldn't you like to go up the hill and see the sun- set?" "I don't know what Mr. Bennett would think," replied the maiden. "Oh, bother the old ass. He's in. 'The Ball' anyhow. Come along. Who cares what these. wrekhed rustics think 1" The girl turned into the narrow lane be- Percy Armatead edged cicsrr to her.  ,el, v- on the hills, 1-?e "I?n't the light lovely on the hills," he Mid "I have such a icvc for ail beautiful things. "oo have I," said the girl. "Muriel," said the youth, "ever* since I ikst saw you I have resolved to win you for own. "N'-v, no, Mr. Armstead," said the girl. "Call me Percy," appealed the youth. The girl seemed -conrttlsed with emotion, nn'd replied in a choking voice, No, Percy I. must not listen to you." "Arp you engaged:" "N o." "You can't be married' cried the youth. "No." "'Well, why should you not listen-to IDe ( Tell me, Muriel, that you do not dislike "It isn't that, but there are obstacles in the ivay." I've money enough to get married, and •-he pater wants, me to* get settled. Come, :.HV sweet Muriel, say you will. be mine." "T can't! I ca!l,t"- miirm--irod the girl. For answer Percy threw his arm round ■lev waiit and kissed her. t;Pip-pip!" observed a vulgar and un- VL'mautic rustic from behind a hedge. The observation of the soulkrs clod to upset Muriel. Prom that noo-me-nt she insisted that, he should not walk arm-in- .■ra with her. She would not evetl kiss him nod-uight" when they returned. "I've startled you, clearest," said Percy. You did not know how great a. love was :!P,1r you. Just think over things to-night. iiii-i I'll call for your decision in the morn- ing." < He was down early in the morning- to help in the cow-driving, and was amazed to see a group of people standing in attitudes or .'•stoii-i.hment in the farmyard. In the midst fI, groltp stood Police-conetabic Stuhbs, holding the maiden by. the arm. "Just you unhand that iadv!" cried the mdi?nan? youth, breaking int? the group. "She ain't uo lady," said P'C Stubb?. lie .i;Tl't u? lady, I've took 'er into (,'crmai2 spy. l?v-c too k- er into Beware what you ar?<doin? my mân, cried Percy superbly; "thM.lady is ? engaged to me, and I'H be responsible for her." "Listen to me," said P.C. Stubbs. "I've .ad my suspicions o' this female for some time. I seed 'er vault a gate. And last iiight, seeing a light at" Bennett's farm I looks under the blind and sees 'er shaving.' no spy," said the prisoner. "I'm just r. Conscientious objector. I came down here to dodge the army people," N, large, red-faced rustic writhed Witli de. light and pointed a derisive finger at Percy E's engaged to her. I see iIIl ki,-s'+.?T- wt if," 'im—up the 'ill last night. Tire give a kiss before you goes to gaol. Ain't _• on 'is sweetheart? Stubbs won't mind." Vorc* y Armstead turned on hia heel ami •Kilted. Within five minutes he found thai i.n porta Jit businees demanded his instant de- riartiire from .Busby. It wae the irony oj ►aw. that there was no train out of tlw .i.ui fcr a couple of hour3, and that, al.' penalation. hearing he was waiting al Sktlion, kindly tamed out to sec iiiu off.. Station-master Simpkins waved the crovc as the train came in. His .masterfu: Planner signified that he intended to repre- sent himself as the spokesman for village. Simpkina. comfort you're going back so that th< ^rmv'li be all right" with you at the b:J.d of And when the wedding comes of d u't forget your old friends in Busby. S-enc us a bit of the wedding cake."
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I WORLDS LARGEST RIVES. -1 t Tlt-a Amazon.. it.1 South Aroerk, is the largest river on the face of the ^lobe. and is said to be one- liltndred and sixty miles in witith at its month: The distance from the .-ouree of the Amazon in the Andr-s to the Atlantic Ocean is two thousand miles in a ♦ line, but by the course of the river n.|.ii»ly four thousand miles. The Amazon ..vails ait area of 2,500.000 squ'jre ruiks- ten "times the area of France—and in con- nection with the river and its tributaries there" are said to be fifty thousand miles of navigable water, one-half of which is suit. for steam' navigation by large vessels. The number, length, and. vDlnwe of the Amazon's tributaries are in proportion to its ;an More than twenty superb "rivers,, one thousand miles and upwards in length, pour their waters into it, and at reams of less importance are a.mberless. \t the junction of the Yiuayali with the Amazon a line of firtv falruuns does not the bottom, and in brcaiih it is more Uko a sea than a river.
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I I :<. :4:, IN THE POULTRY YARD. i By COCKCROW. SEASONABLE H IN is. Litter for the winter months should be gathered HQW. The leaves of the trees art falling, and these provide a cheap litter foi fowls, ajid besides bein<* cheap are" very gocd for the purpose. Lay in as large a store a. you possibly can. They must be stored in a place where they can be kept perfectly dry. It is best to put them in bags in a waterproof shed. The leaves teem with in- sect life, and when used for litter the birds will busy themselves for hours in it. Into the litter the "grain that is given the birds can be thrown. They will have to scratch for it, and in this way provide themselves with exercise which is so very neeeKsary for them during the winter months. Some people put the grain rationa in a receptacle for the birds. That is an entirely wrong thing to do. for they eat it quickly and then stand and mope about, and most probably catch cold. Take my advice -and gather leaves for litter now-they are cheap and they are good for the purpose required. In nearly every g'arden and on nearly every allotment there is still some vegetable SEED VKGETABLHS. which at the present time la running to seed. A poultry- keeper has Written asking if such things as lettuces and radishes which are running to seed are able for feeding to poultry. I therefor? tafctt the opportunity to write a few words on the subject. Lettuces and radishes that go to seed can be left in the ground and pulled out by the roots as they are .wanted. They r/hould be hung up for the fowls to peek at. In this way the birds" can be kept busy, and a green food of great value is' obtained. Therefore, if you have any vegetables that are running to seed, do not pull them up shd throw them away, but' leava them for feeding to your birds. It is far more difficult to secure a full eg-g basket during the winter than during the W INTER FOOD FOR FOWLS. spring and summer. During the latter seasons nature gives the birds a. helping hand, for the ground is full of worms and insects, and vegetation is much scarcer. When winter (tmùs the. birds are deprived of these things, Find unless they are given something to take their place the birds cannot be expected to' lay as they ought. Thus we must resort to artificial foods. as fish or meat ineal. This must be given to take the place of worms and insects, and where birds are in close confinement give them a3 many cooked vegetabl-ea as you can, but, of eourse. do not overfeed them. Supply the vegetables in liberal quantities by all n'cans, but be careful not to overdo it. During some period of the winter the teBl- r> ■•ratnre is bound to be very low, and to l'mhat this you should give your birds the most nourishing and suitable grain pro- e. Into their soft food add a little n'ustard. for this l helps to keep the birds warm. Usually it is considered that one tea- spoottfiil for every six birds is sufficient. Many birds after a strenuous period of laying lose flesh. When the birds have TTIRDS .1 t,os«a FliSSH. 1 ceased to lay it is a good plan to overhaul them, foi in ti)i« way -it is easy to ascertain those that' are losing flesh.. Those that are j 6,0 -placed in a pen ttwa y from the rest of the liock and put on 'loc- und put -on a diet which will build them up,* Often the !ving impairs the digestive organs of tlli: hirds. and those so affected usually show it in their outward 'aplk-aranck-. ";Ometimei, they suffer from leg weakness, or' appeal paie 'in the face. Birds losing ftesh show a greater liking for grain than for soft food. When the disease is advanced, the droppings cf the birds are tinged. with gxeeu or yellow. In such cases you may be almost sure that the liver is affected,- and if neg- lect,ed acute liver di.ea.,e will develop. If this happens the results are almost bound tc fatal- If you take the disease in hand in the early stages put the birds on a "generous diet. Give them pleat7 of green- st-,iff ,iiicll ag I v I stuff, such as dandelion leaves, boiled nettles, and onion tops. As a medicine, a little turkey rhubarb about twice a week w-ill help to N tone up the system. As much as will lie- on a halfpenny is sufficient for foiu bird*?'. la critical caac-s-a teaspoonful of cod- ;iver pil may be adininstered every day Plenty of pure fresh air in the roosting house and .strict hygienic conditions gener- ally are essential. It is very rare indeed that a p<fultry- kceper thinks of giving his hens turnips, yet Tu rt,, i r- FDR POULTRY. as an occasional change 1 from grass and other green- stuff they answer v-cry well indeed (says a writer in the j "Smallholder"). The usual objection advanced' against feeding "•ternips to fowls by those who have never tried tho experiment is that they have a tendency to flavour tht\ eggs. We have, used turnips, however, throughout the winter, and have never found the egg3 any the worse from this cause. Of course, they should be fed strictly in moderation. Turnips may be boiled, and mixed with thL-. niorni.nit mash j but they art, best fed raw to birds ^iiTsfciali runs. In this state they are cut across and hung up* for the fowls to peck at, thIN; pro- viding 'them with healthy exercise. Ducks hfso -b-enefit .fron1 all occasional feed of tur- nips. For them the turnips are best cut up into small pieces by dropping them on J a clean patch of ground, and chopping at them a few times with the, edge of a spade. Special care should be taken with birds during moult (says the "Poultry World."). DURING MOULT. Kiras should be encouraged < but not forced to shed their feathers before the eoid. weather sets in. An iron ionic is "advisable th rougnont the moult, j Flowers of sulphur, say, a teaspoonful for j six birds every other day. mixed with soft. food. or, if available, malt dust is a good substitute. Have your bird;" in good. con- dition previous to moulting. Keep them in: the pink of health. Give QUO ,teaspoonful of cattle. or glaubcr salts to every six birds once a week add it to the soft. mash. Give plenty of grit and green food. ANSWERS' TO CORRESPONDENTS. D; M—*I*o not fee (I your birds so fre- ] qtientlv. Three times daily for birds is ton- fiwement is sufficient.. If ?fed too often they will suffetf from indigestien. Feed early mofrning, again at midday, and then a short tim'e before the bird, -o to roost. Let the time before the birds go to roost. Let the feeding-times be regular.. €}, E..—Y(yur miy be kept confined' with perfect safety during the- severe j .weather providing you allow them plenty Qf exercise. Let them scratch in litter.
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There are now 2,500 women studying rncdi- I Ch;H' in this country, or nearly three times more than i>ef'.>re the war
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1, FUN AND FANCY. "Tabe this egg away and wring its neck I" Mr. Oldboy: "Marry me, and I could dia happy." Miss Hadbeen: "Yes, you could. but would you?" Rich Old Aunt: "Robert, I am going to mako-my will. I think I shall leave you-—" (pause). Nephew (eagerly): "Yes, aunt." Aunt: "Before long." Peek: -"Are you sure it was a marriage. lie-eflco you gave me 1a.st month?" Registrar "Certainly, sir." Peck: "Vi ell, I've lad a dog's life ever since." Landlady: "I'm sorry you think the chicken soup isn't good. I told the cook how to make it. Perhaps she didn't catch the idea." Boarder: "No; I think it was the chicken she didn't catch "All men who gvJt married are not fools." some are merely unfortunate." Bertie (passionately): "My love, Geral- dilio, is like the rose in your hair. It is-" Geraldine: "Artificial 1" s "Eh, "jut this war is a big 'un," said the philosopher, expansively. "The whole .world. .is full of war and fighting and munition- ■ making for war—in every place from A to Z—from 'Ammersmith to Zeeorugge." Percy: "Ai'm awfully glad the waw's ovali in Fwanco." Doris; "What, are you talking about 1 The war isn't even beginning to end." Pcrcy: Ai didn't say it was. Ai merely said Ai was glad it was ovah in Fwauce. Captain: "Do you see that German cap- tain on the bridge five miles away?" Jack: "Aye, aye, sir." Captain: "Then let -him have one of those twelve-inch fhells in the eye." Jack: "Aye, aye, sir; which eye, sir?" Smith and Brown bega:i quarrelling about their strength. Said' Smith: "Do you see that muscle? I could stop-'a tram with my right arm." Brown "Then, you must bo a professional athlete." Smith: "No; I'm all engine-driver. "I don't like that house you sold me," said the purchaser. "Why not asked- the agent. "Why, there's water in tho eellar." "Heaven: s rnän! Don't you "waut to take a bath occasionally?" Not on Strike: "But we must work or fight." Striker: "Yes, I know that—so I got married yesterday." Edith (conceited) "I suppose • a lot of men will be miserable when I marrv." Mary: "Why, how many men are you going to marry?" "You must be crazy, Isabel! "I've asked you repeatedly to be economical, and yet you go' and. order the most expensive fur coat In the shop." "Well, I dont' mind being economical, but I do object to looking economical. I "How M it," said the curious one to the scrgeanti "that so many men need glasses in. the Aripy,who did them before i" Tlif,- need them to eoa the war through," replied, the sergeant promptly. t "I think, Harry," said Mrs. Barton, "I'll ask those new people next door to come to dinner with us to-night." "What for?" asked her husband. "Well, t111 butcher left their meat here by mistake, and I think it .seems only fair." Friend: "How perfectly devoted you at to yaur husband." Wife:' "Yes. I'm trying to spoil him, so that if I die and he marries again no other woman could live with him." "Mixer has rotten manners, hasn't he?" "Qa the contrary, I have always found him to be a perfect gentleman." "Oh, well, you may be riwht., I have seen him only with his own family." Yes," said the millionaire, "I not only matie hay while the sun shone, but I taade it from grass that grew under other people's feet." "It is indeed hard," said the melancholy gentleman, "to lose one's relatives." "Hard," sriortisd the gentleman of wealth— hard! It is impossible!" "Willie," sha, said to the young fellow jiolding her haftci, "I love you better than anything in England." He was in raptures. "Are you sure?" he asked, in joyous mood. "Yes," she reiterated; "sure, Charlie is in Scotland, Frank is in- Ireland, and Jack and Harold left for France yesterday." "Wouldn't you like to got to Lapland, Ma.b-el?" "Oh, Henry, I'm afraid I'll ba too heavy." "By Jove, T left my, purse under my pil- low well, your servant is honest, isn't she?" "That's just it. She'l] take it to my wiie" Jessie: "I thought you hated Jack, and -if-L you have accepted him!" 'Bessie: "I did hat? him; but he proposed nndN an umbrella, and. said if I refused, him he would let the rain drip on my new hat." Sandy f.pn departure of Pacifist, who had been holding forth: "Eh, man, he's a queer card that. Think ye he's a' there, Donald?" Donald: "Weel, Sandy, if what's no' there is like what is there, it's ust as weel he's no' a' there." Mamma: "I don't see what you and Alger- non find to talk about, at tfie gate every evening when he's prepared to go." Daugh- ter "Well, he stands., on on side of the gate and I'm on the other, and'-t-here Is lots to be. said on both sidea." The-chaplaii-k of a certain camp was chal- lenged by a sentry with, "Halt! Who goes. there?" The minister answered. Chap- lain." "Advance, Charlie," ordered the sen- try, "and be. rccognised," For which he was banished to the guardroom. "I, see you have .a new cook." "Y ou say sootli." "Is she experienced?" "I surmise RO. She started the first- day by coming late, and then asking for the afternoon off." "Whp's the guy that's holding Iaiogene's hand asked a waitress in a rapid-fire res- tauxant. "Feller that wants to marry her," replied another waitress. "Ho! Some meu Fill do anything to get out of giving tips." A yoTiny lady in quest of a particular piece of masi<i wenlf. ltltoa. sh'n in Scotland the other day, and said to the shopman: Juat a Little Kiss,' please." "No' the noo," was the unexpected answer: "combe back at five, when the boss is oot."
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:(,=. NOTES ON NEWS. I In these days of groat victories of .th Allied Armies we arc apt to grow. some- what unmindful of what THANKS' TO the Navy is doing. It is THE NAVY. just as well, therefore, that we should bere. minded that without the Navy and the control of the seas that it exercises th land victories would have been impossible. But for the unceasing work and vigilance ot the Navy there would have been no vic- tories in. Paleetine and the Balkans. The j Serbian Army could not have been rescued and made once more into a splendid fight- ing force, the Allies could not have been maintained at Salonica, Greece would have been on the side of the enemy, and Bul. garia would still- have been in the war., Most important of all. the American? could not have crossed the Atlantic, and Marshal Fesh* would not have had .the man-power necessary for 'driving the Ger- mans out of France and Belgium, as he is doing so magnificently. Th6 bringing over of the Americans is indeed triwmpb of which the Navy may well be proud. In spite of U-boats, which were to have pre- vented America counting in the war. there are new over a million and three-quarters; of United States soldiers in Europe. Most' of them were brought across the Atlantic in British ships, and the British Navy pro- vided seventy per cent. of the protecting- ships. Oari any one doubt that the Bri- I tish Navy has been "all along, and is still the biggest thing in ,the war ? I The shipbuilding returns for September are the best we have had since Mar. 'fhe I SHIPBUILDING I OUTPUT. tonnage produced ex- ceeded that of August by 20,000, and that of Sep- tember last year by 80,000. This is satisfactory so far as it t goes, but the total of I44,v72 tons for the month, when multiplied by twelve, does n.ot c-ai-r-v us much beyond half the 3,000,000 tons which 'was said months ago t" be well within our capacity It is a serious matter that even with this im- proved output our building for the month- was 30,000 tons below our losses. We can- I not afford to congratulate ouiaelves upon our shipbuilding fintil our new construc- I tion figures cxcoed month by month those. f of our losses. "Not after t.he war but i now," says Lord Pirrie, the Director, of Shipbuilding, "we should be laying foun- dations for the means of beating the Ger- mats." He did. not think it shoukt be difficult if employers dealt with the work- men in a proper manner., Coming from such a source that is a statement which should receive serious consideration. Lord Pirrie expressed himself in favour qf shorter working hours, and made the in- teresting suggestion that there should be a test to plove whether shorter hours. would not produce more work with less wasted time. It seems that the housing problem is m a fair way of being tackled after the war. HOUSES FOR WORRERS. Air. Haves I< lshei an- nounces that he ti a ,t already promises from local authorities to build 240,000 houses. That such a number cau bl! built in one year is hardly likely, be- cause'of di/fieufti-es with labour and mate- rial, but it is hoped' the authorities, will" build as iiiany they can, and it looks anyhow as though the building tcachf. 'wil-l. be pretty fully occupied for a. considerable", time after peace has been proclaimed. There is still the old difficulty of, providing good"housel to let at a rental which will provide a fair-return for the capital outlay and at the same time will not press too heavily upon the workers. That trouble does not seem likely to be solved just yet, and it appears that reasonable centals Nyilt- only* be made possible by a kind of Gov- ernment subsidy, the Government provid- ing local authorities with 75 per cent, of the cost by loans at a low rate of interest for fifty.years, while the local authorities w ill find the remaining 25 per cent. That s, stem is not altogether satisfactory It means that the difference between tho rental charged and an economic rental will liave to be paid by the taxpayer. How- ever, as Mr. Hayes Fisher says, wo must have the houses. ParUaraehtarisalSon is a wonderful word. Its equivalent in German, ,whik -the TfU: "CHANCE "IX GERMANY. Kaiser has been per- suaded by Marshal Foch's victories to pronounce, must be more wqjvderful still. The All-Highest has. promised the German people that they are at last to have some voice in the Govern- ment of their country. The new Govern- ment, we are informed, is to include real representatives of the people. No longer I is the Gefmaa nation to be composed of so mauv dumb, driven cattle; it is to exer- cise some measure of control over its own destiny. Well, we shall see. Present in- dications do not seem' to be in the direc- tion of purely democratic government. It is to be noted that the most important office of all' still remains in the gift of the Kaiser and not of the Itoiclistag. Who is the new democratic Chancellor, the man of the people, the shining figure who is to lead the German' people into the pro- mised land of democracy P A Prince! N» less. The heir to a Grand Dticliy' A future ruler by right divine! From the point of view of the German people it doe not. seem a very promising start- On fears they will come to the conclusion that the more tilings change the more they are the same thing. I ■ the There will be general' surprise at the aiitaiion of the bakers lor an increase in THE PBICE OF BREAI), the price- of th. loaf. II Ninepence, they say, does not yield tli(-ii a suffi- cient margin of profit. l Wilel the price to the consumer was fixed at uiaapence the public understood that any loss entailed upon bakers and millers and flour merchants would be: made up by a subsidy from the Exchequer. That sub- sidy runs to a good many milions a year, and is, of course, paid by the. taxpayer. Apparently the case of the bakers is that the subsidy is not sufficient, and that, faciot-s besides the price of flour should be taken iuto account. The price of flour is fixed, but there Has been no at- tempt, they say, to fix the "pt'ice. of. other materials they Jiave to use, or the wa-es they have to pay their workpeople. And these expenses have materíaHy. advahced, tlie increaaed cost, it is claimed, amount- ing- to neatly a pennv on the 41b, loaf. What tho bakers ask is that the loaf should be tenpeuee and the price of flout increased by two ..shilli'ijgr} "» s&ek"-
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Sea-goitig pilots wiii be eligible i'or the sweial medal to be granted to the Mercan- tile Marine for services ia the danger isone WA,