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Eject OF Eight Hour Day.

The eight hour day and all Saturday
on for department store and factory em-
ployees Saturday off during July and
August), as common in Toronto. now
that the lead has been given to Il by
our biggest merchandising octopus-the
eight hour day for civic employees. even
to the street sweepers, and the wages
and the boiled shirts and collars which
they demand-this eight hour day in
cities and in towns has added almost the
las straw to what a farm hand will
stand and stay on a farm. Think of a
farmer. as In the case OF one know of
near Madoc. Ont, paying $40 a month
and board for a hired man!
The eight hour day in town has forced
up wages In the country away beyond
reason to the average farmer, who will
not (because he cannot) take the risk
with II. Consequently production suffers
and falls on. and the cost of food. fall
ing supply. scars and scars, and you
have scarce and high priced foodstuffs
inpa land where there should be abundant
and cheap food for everybody. :
These problems will not adjust nor
will they solve themselves. 1t is going
to take the best brains OF our country, our
young men and men of vision and courage,
to see them through. Business men, bank
ers and the natural leaders In each rural
community (the preachers, the doctors,
the teachers and all of those who have
had the advantage Of secondary eduoa-
ton In school and college and through
traveD are taking an interest In the
solving of these problems. Movements
are on foot and making progress stead
lily and healthily to link up these natural
leaders and feed and inspire and lead
them on to take part In helping the
people to solve these problems for them
selves--problems that call for education
and capital and means with which to
work, also incentives to work and to
solve the high cost of food supply. AS
B. c. Forbes puts IL: 1.-THE people will
realize that their salvation lies not in
revolutionary uprisings. not In attempts
to nationalise all sorts of industry, not
in forcing up wages to fantastic levels.
but In hard work. reasonably long hours
and the practice Of thrift and economy"
The farmer does not want to. and
eventually will not work longer and
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Mr.. and Mrs. d. Magill Of st. John
New Brunswick. were the guests Of ]. c
Bettinson last Wednesday at the Canad.
ian Club.
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New York Canadian
Personal Notes

The first monthly dinner OF the Can
adam Club for the coming season will
be held in the grand ball room Of the
Hotel Biltmore on Tuesday evening. Oct.
81. At this first function 1t has been
decided to have the ladies attend as
guests. Invitations have been sent to
the Hon. N. w. Rowell. president of the
Privy Council of the Dominion of Cana
da. to Job 70. Hedges of this city and to
a distinguished foreigner now In the
United States. In addition to the ad-
dresses there is to be further inter-
esting and entertaining programme.
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Lieut.. Bob Rice Of Montreal was q
guest Of Lieut.. Gitz-Rice at the Canad-
ian Club last Tuesday.
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Lieut. the Hon. A C. Murray. c. NJ.
c., ID. s. o.. M. p, and Theodore Good
ridge Roberts of Ottawa were guests OF
Lieut.-Col o. F. Brothers at the Canad-
ian Club last Thursday.
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Canada Buys More From United States
Than Do All South American Countries

- VEN under the circumstances. OF
r. buying 40 per cent more from
l. American countries combined
During the seven months ended
States goods 20 the value OF S3S0,94T,
South American countries from the
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Frank Stanley Reid of Gananoque,
Ont, was a guest of T.. Chambers Reid
last Monday at the Canadian Club.
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Consult Us
About
Canadian
Mining
Investments

Our advisory staff COM
prises experienced and COM
|. petent mining men, whose
analyses are keen and
searching and whose opin-
ions are fair and impartial.
Our Information and
Statistical Bureau supplies
detailed information of
stocks and is at your ser
vice at any time. We will
also send you without
charge The Mining Digest
published bi-monthly, and.
maps of the Porcupine and
West Shining Tree gold
areas.
Kindly fill in and mail the
attached coupon, and lit
erature and required infor-
nation will be forwarded to
you promptly.
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Stock Brokers
Members Standard Stock Exchange
IL King Street, e. Toronto, Can.
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Please send me maps of gold
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Frances Foster OF Halifax, Novs
Scotia, was a guest of Vernon Eville a
the Canadian Club last Friday.
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DR.. John r. Mitchell and r. H. Easson
OF Toronto were guests of A. ]. Mitchell
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harder for less money than his brother
| or relative In the city.
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adverse exchange conditions Canada is
the United States than all tho South
are buying from this country.
uly last Canada bought from the United
"a, while the total purchases OF the
United States during the same period
7.1s9.260.
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Everybody IL glad TO know OF N.-col
coopsr's return TO his customary good
health t-
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J. p. Tweddell and d. H. White Of
Toronto and II. L. Orkin and George
Sumner of Montreal were among the
guests registered at the Canadian Club
last week.
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T. e. Menzes OF Toronto ws,s a guest
Of John A. Northway last Sunday at the
Canadian Club.
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W. H. Hunt, auditor Of disbursements
Canadian Pacific Ocean Services. Mon
treal. was In New York on October Z
and 8.
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Mr. AMI Mrs. T. H, Southam and Miss
Margaret Southam of Montreal are stay
ing at the Hotel Belmont. w. Hops Of
Winnipeg and George A. Davidson of
Montreal are also at the Belmont
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Mr.. and Mrs AulviIle p. White OF
Toronto were guests Of Lieut.. Col, John
A. Cooper at the Canadian Club iast
Saturday
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DR.. and Mrs. De Pausier of Montreal
were guests Of John Murray last satur-
day at the Canadian Club.
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c. f. Benjamin. passenger traffic man.
ager of the Canadian Pacific ocean ser
vices, Montreal. was in the city octo-
Der s.
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Among Canadians who have registered
at the Manhattan Hotel during the last
few days are c. E. Davies, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. w. Kerr. Mrs. c. s, MACHINES, To-
ronto; Mr.. and Mrs A J. Middleton, I'd
monitor.
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Mrs. A. Pierce Crockett Of St John,
N. b.. and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gibson
OF Fredericton. N. B.. were entertained
az dinner at the Canadian Club on
Thursday last by Ernest w. Appieby.
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How Popular SONG Was Written.

"The Old Oaken Bucket" was writ
ten early in the nineteenth century in
the summer of 1917. At the time the
composer was living with his family in
New York city. The song was called
forth through the writer's thinking of
the old well on the family homestead
in Massachusetts, where he was born
in 1885. Samuel Woodwork, at the
time Of it's composition, was conduct
ing a New York newspaper. One hot
day he came home from his office and
pouring out a glass of water drained
it eagerly. AS he placed the glass up
on the table he said: "That is refresh
ing, but how much more so would it
be to take a good long draft from the
old oaken bucket 1 left hanging in my
fathers we'll at home"
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er to Metz, however, and Treves be-
came the seat of a powerful religious
empire.
Treves had bishop at a very early
date. Four great saints of the fourth
century are connected with the city.
1t was the scene of the first Danish
ment of st. Athanasius; st. Ambrose
was born there; st. Jerome first be-
came seriously interested in religion
while studying there, and st. Martin of
Tours went there in 3S5 to plead with
the tyrant Maximus for the lives of the
hereto Priscillian and his followers.
The great bishop, st. Nicetius, built
splendid castle for himself at Treves
in the sixth century. The see became
an archbishopric soon after the begin
ming OF the ninth century and it's tenn
poral power was founded in 500, when
Radbod acquired the rights of the
counts of Treves. Throughout the
middle ages the city abounded in re-
Iigious foundations and was a great
seat OF monastic learning.
Changed Hands Many Times.
With the transfer of the Frankish
capital t. Metz began a long era of
changes for Tseves. The city passed
to Lorraine in S43 and to the east
Frankisn kingdom in $40. 1t was sack
ed by the Mortimer in SS1 after it had
become a permanent part of what is
now Prussia. 1t became a free city
toward the close of the sixteenth CEN
tury. The French held it briefly three
times in the seventeenth century and
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Stand Washing.

A cloth of plain weave shows soil
quickly, but if it is firmly woven it
stands rubbing we'll and the dirt is
easily removed by washing. On the
other hand, loosely woven plain cloth
must not be rubbed hard and must be
carefully handled in drying so that
the threads will not be pulled out OF
place.
A twilIed cloth does not show soil as
readily as plain, but it seems to hold
the dirt more tenaciously. Materials
of satin weaves do not stand friction
as we'll as those of plain weave.
Fancy, part gauze and part solid
goods of the so-called leno weave not
only stand very little friction, but
when washed must be carefully pulled
and stretched while drying to have the
goods keep it's original shape and size.
Loosely woven materials of all kinds
have greater absorption powers than
the closely woven varieties this means
less bluing for the loosely woven goods.
These are suggestions made by home
economics experts in the department
Of agriculture.
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Carl w. Alderman, the German. ex-
pert, met in Switzerland a neutral
who had spent four years in Hun
land.
One Of the neutral's anecdotes con-
cerned the geological garden restau-
rant in Berlin. A gaunt Hun at this
restaurant beckoned a waiter and
said:
"Look here, there's a fly in my
coffee"
The waiter studied the coffee. He
ffshed out a small, dark object. Then
he said
"Fly? That's no fly, sir. It's pig
nut worm. And that amt coffee you're
drinking, neither. It's ersats or pig
nut coca, made out Of first quality
Black forest pig-nuts."
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UT is an odd coincidence that the
most modern occurrence in PruS-
sia-its occupation by American
troOps-should begin with it's old
est city, observes writer in the Kan
sas City Times. Treyes, or Trier, as
the Germans call it, into which the
Yanks marched recently, is older than
history, which begins for it half cen
fury before the birth of Christ. Then,
as the capital of the Celtic Treviri,
one of the most powerful Belgian
tribes, it was captured by the Romans
under julius Caesar. 1t was made
Roman colony under the name of Au-
gusta Trevirorum and was strongly
fortified. By Il 3. c.. it had become
the most important northern outpost
of the Roman empire. 1t was an i'm
perial residence early in the Christian
era and the administrative center from
which Gaul, Britain and Spain were
ruled. The poet Ausonius described it
as "ROme beyond the Alps" COnstan-
tine the Great lived there about TWEEN
ty-five years. He and his successors
beautified it with public works and
magnificent p9iyate villas dotted the
hillside all around. Some of the finest
Roman relics north of the Alps re-
main to this day in Treves.
From the earliest times Treves, be-
cause of its strategic position and the
rich country surrounding it, was an
object of warfare. The Franks par
ticularly desired it and they made
many expeditions against it. They
continued their attacks after the Ro-
man occupation. Three times they
sacked it and held it for short periods.
About the middle of the fifth century
they gained permanent possession and
made it their capital. The Frankish
kings gradually transferred their pow
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her marriage vows lightly? Of course
decorous, as became her mothers
daughter.
Then the postman came. It was a
little, uninteresting looking package
that he delivered into her hands from
her great aunt back in old Chester.
Mechanically she opened it; ring a
thin, plain gold band, dropped out. She
examined It. Inside were two almost
obliterated inscriptions. One said, "R.
to A., 1885," the other, of later date,
was easier to read; it said, 'R to v,
81" She slipped it on her finger and
began to read the letter:
''This was Rob's ring, dear, his last
gift to the girl he left behind him. I
was that girl. I'm sending you the
ring because you are named for me,
Virginia Patterson Leigh. I've always
liked the name. / hope you do, out
not too much to change it little if
there should be a Rob who has asked
you tO-even though like my Rob of
auld lang syne, he should be going to
war, as mine did, never to return. I
wonder if you knew, that your old
great aunt carried a war romance
around with herr"
Then, in her sweet, old-fashioned
way, In her wavering, old-fashioned,
prim handwriting, she told the story
of Rob's ring. 1t was his dead moth
er's wedding ring. The first inscrip-
ton was from Rob, his father, to Alice,
his mother; the second was from Rob
himself to Virginia, now Aunt Vir-
ginia. He had placed it on his sweet
hearts finger when he marched away
In 81.
Aunt Virginia, knowing that her
years were few, did not want the ring
to be buried with her, she wanted it
to be worn till it would hold together
no longer, for was it not symbol of
undying love and of undying patriot
ism also?
She told some stories of the days of
61, of the hardships, the heartaches
and the work of herself and other
young girls, who, as Virginia and her
friends were doing today, tried to up
hold the hands of the boys who were
fighting for the cause Of liberty.
''Oh, OH" breathed the girl. ''Pm
afraid I'm not worthy, auntie dear, to
wear your precious ring. But what
coincidence, have Rob, too" But
had she a Rob? What if he should not
return.
She ran sobbing with the letter and
the ring to her mother. While she was
confessing that she would not allow
her Rob to give her ring because
she did not want to be tied down and
deprived of all her good times, the
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Got the Wrong Leg.

This little story without claimant
has come up from Florida:
An elderly Hoosier who has been
spending some time in Florida has
been giving his leisure to fishing. There
is fine lake near where he has been
sojourning, and every day he was seen
in silent meditation, for he is a think
er, casting his line into the clear wa
ter, apparently with success. This
Hoosier is known for his kindness
and consideration of the feelings of
others.
One day while absorbed in his fish
ing an alligator slipped up to him,
snapped off one of his legs, and was
making off with it. ''Here!' cried the
fisherman, 'come back. You've made
mistake. You've taken the wrong
Leg"
And so he had. The fisherman wore
an artificial leg, and this it was that
the alligator had taken.-Indianarolis
News.
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in 1894 captured it again and abolished
the archbishOpric. The congress OF
Vienna in 1814-1815 gave it back to
Prussia. It figured several times in
the war just closed, being bombarded
by allied aerial forces.
The modern city of Treves occupies
almost the exact site of the ancient
town. It nestles picturesquely in the
valley of the Moselle river and is sur
rounded by hills covered with the vine
yards from which comes the famous
Moselle wine. The newer section con-
tainS broad streets and modern build
ingS. The streets in the old part are
narrow and crooked. The Porta Nj
gra, an enormous fortified gateway,
was built by the Romans. In the
southeastern part of the city is the
palace of the Roman kings, now pic
turesQue mass Of ruins. In the south
western section are the Roman baths,
a vast and impressive ruin, and a short
distance away is a Roman amphithea-
ter built in Emperor Trajan's time.
Famous Church and Relics.
One of the most interesting buildings
is the cathedral, one of the oldest
churches in Europe. 1t stands on the
site of a church used in the time Of
Constantine. 1t bears the marks Of
repeated reservations as the result Of
wars and the rayages of time. Among
the holy relics it contains are an al
legged nail from the cross and the ia
nous seamless "Holy Coat" said to
have been worn by the Savior. Both
are held in great veneration and are
declared to have figured in many mi
raculous healings. A provincial mu-
scum contains many antiquities and
number of rare books are in the mu-
nicipal library, including the illuminate
ed Codex Egberti, dating from the close
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Rob's Ring
@<0
BY BARBARA KERR
BY BARBARA K


Somehow the morning work dragged.
Virginia'S mind was not on her bust
ness. She swept intermittently and
busted listlessly. She was wondering
vaguely whether she had done the
right thing to send Rob away unfet-
tered, as she had tried to explain TO
him, for his own good. She had not
explained that she was going to be a
motor messenger and drive in the mo-
tor corps, and that in the back of her
fun-loving brain she was almost plan
ming to have some really interesting
little flirtations.
She was too high-minded to descend
to the practice of some of the girls who
were not wearing their engagement
rings SO that the visiting soldiers
would not know that they had fiances
at the front. And her contempt for
the young matrons who had entered
canteen service, had taken off their
wedding rings and were posing as I'M
married and carrying on their clan
destine fiirtations with the officers was
unbounded.
She was very decided about any
thing Of that sort. 1t was not a mat
ter of Mrs. Grundy either; it was a
deep and settled principle with Vir-
ginia that once she had decided to
marry man it was absolutely ''for
better, for worse and It'll death do US
part"
For did she not belong to a race of
women among whom there had never
been a divorce, nor one who had taken
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Without His Coat.

They were standing near a pair OF
free scales in front Of downtown shoe
store, arguing the question Of which
weighed the more.
One climbed on the scales and trf-
umphantly announced "a hundred and
forty"
Then the other stepped on the plat
form without having removed his over
coat.
''Hey, take off that coat" said the
first.
placed it over his arm and examined
the arrow of the scales.
"See?" he said. "a hundred and
forty-two."
The other wore a downcast look.
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FEEDING Fowls in Winter.

Feed grain in a deep litter on the
floor and make the hens exercise for
it. The mash may be fed either wet
or dry, and should be SO regulated
that the fowls will get about equal
parts of mash and of the scratch
grains. 1t is necessary to give the
fowls plenty to eat to get good results,
but the birds should always be eager
for each feed. In cold weather feed
about one-third of the scratch grains
in the morning and two-thirds at
night. In this way the hens are forced
to exercise more than If they receive
all the grain they desire at the morn
ing feed. Scratch grains, mash or
ground grains, animal protein, green
feed, grit and shell should be supplied
in the winter. A good scratch mixture
may be made of equal parts, by
weight, Of cracked corn, wheat. and
oats; and a mash may be made OF
two parts cornmeal and one part
each Of wheat bran, wheat middlingS
and beef scrap. Green feed, such as
cabbages, mangel wurZel beets, cut
alfalfa, or sprouted oats, should be
supplied-to replace the green feed
which the fowls have been securing
in the fields; and beef or fish scrap,
skim milk, cut green bone, or some
similar feed is needed to replace the
bugs which the fowls have been get
ting on the range. Beef scrap or feed
of this nature is very essential in Sc
curing good supply of eggs during the
winter months.
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Allowed

good way to serve them is to chop
them fine, cook them in a little water,
and make a soup by adding lem to
hot milk. Lettuce finely chopped can
be mixed with butter to make a sand
witch filling.
The daily allowance given above in
sures plenty of protein, vitamins, lime,
iron and other mineral substances, and
also enough fuel for the average child.
If more is desired, it can safely be
furnished in the form of bread or other
cereal food, which is often the cheap
est item on the bill of fare.
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bell rang and some one asked for Miss
Virginia
"Oh, you will have to go, mother.
Look at me-Pm a fright / won't
see anyOnei"
But deep voice in the hall pro-
claimed the identity of the caller, and
Virginia. her eyes red, her hair tous-
led, and herself clad in a bungalow
apron, sped down the stairs and threw
herself into his arms-a most extraor-
binary thing, for the maiden had USE
ally held him at arms length.
But a soldier is taught never to miss
an opportunity to surround the enemy
and cut off retreat; also Bob forgot
nothing of his manual of arms.
Presently, by way of retaliation,
with a careful finger he touched her
wet lashes, then the tip of his tongue.
and asked with much solicitation !:
Are you sure those salty tears will
not spot my best uniform?'
Virginia laughed. She remembered
the new georgette crepe blouse that
mustn't be mussed at their last meet
ing. She held out to him Rob's ring
and the letter While he was read
ing it she surreptitiously powdered
her nose and tucked up her hair.
When he had finished a very small
and penitent voice said: "Tll let you
put Rob's ring on my finger tiff
you want to-"
'Want to! What was that fuss
about"
lie didn't get a chance to finish that
sentence for some reason or other
something a bit like strangulation.
But after several attempts, in which
he was not allowed to bark back to
any past unpleasantness, he said:
'That is pretty thin for a wedding
ring. My idea now in regard to such
pieces of jewelry is that they should
be big and solid, something like the
tire of a cart wheel, for instance, for
I want you to wear it as long as that
other darling Virginia, our great-aunt,
wore her Rob's ring.
$50 I'll get a new one and take
Rob's around to the jeweler and have
this solitaire that I've been carrying
around with me set in 1t as a head
light to warn the other fellows that
I have the right Of way-and that this
Rob is coming back y
And Virginia, smiling happily, as
sented to it all, and If there was a
little sigh at the giving up of her
cherished freedom it was contented
little sigh after all, for she reasoned
that it was all fDr the cause of larg-
err liberty for which her soldier was
going to fight.
So she merely remarked that she
thought that the jeweler ought to be
able to squeeze in one more inscrip-
ton, for it would only need to be the
year 1918.
SO when Rob- marched away he left
the heavy band wedding ring in place,
guarded by the other Rob's ring with
it's flaming headlight. And there was
beautiful, entertaining young mar
ried woman who found that her car
was just as much in demand as any
other in the motor corps, even if 1t
did carry along with it's other service
legends a one-starred service flag in
a most conspicuous place.