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J- r J K Real "Peach Cob- bler" â€" Not a soggy, doughy, inedible combin- ation, but a crisp, tasty, easily- digested dish of whole wheat with peaches and cream. Cover one or more Shredded Wheat Biscuits with sliced peaches and then pour cream over them. Nothing so appetizing and satisfying and nothing so easy to prepare. Made in Canada THE BRITISH MIDSHIPMAN STUDY OF THE "MIDDY" IN PEACE AND WAR. He Is Highly-Trained, Efficient, and Self-Reliant Young Man. Cocky, cheeky, perky, essentially a boy of boys, the British midshipman has proved time and again during the stress and strain of North Sea watch- ing, and the myriad small sea affairs that have happened during the war. that he Is the e<iual of the best and oldest of veterans when the real thing, with all its grisly horror and deliber- ate, machine-made slaughter, comes to the great silent service, writes Admiral G. R. Freemantle In London Answers. Caught young â€" at the age of thir- teen â€" iniitiated into the alphabet of his profession at Osborne, developed In the magnlflcent sea-school at Dart- naountb, he is taught In the training cruiser that his primary duty is to jbey, and to go on obeying. His Varied Joys So when the midshipman conies at !ast into his own, and is Included In i the compliment of a great battleship, ' he is a boy no longer, but a highly- , trained, efficient, and self-reliant young man. The currlculi of his schools are far ilfferent from any found on shore. Instead of Latin, with its boring de- clensions, the mysteries of as>tronomy and navigation have been opened be- fore him ; he has made a bosom pal of the sun, and gets him to tell him the time and the position his ship occu- pies on the wild waste of waters ; he calls the stars by pet names ; guns and ammunition have been Invested with charms peculiarly their own, and Instead of handling shot-guns and pot- ting at rocketing pheasants and grouse, as do the brothers he con- templously terms "shore loafers," he Juggles with gigantic pieces of ord- nance firing half-ton shots, and often with real ships as targets, especially In these days. Boating Is no longer a mere pas- time ; it is a source of delight and of thrills which would stir even the most sluggish blood. And His Dangers. With a cutter under full sail when half a gale of wind is sending every alternate wave crashing over the lee gunwale ; when one man of your six- teen must Incessantly bale ; when men old enough to be his father hang for their very lives on his skill in hand- ling a kicking, bucking tiller, and his accuracy in giving the right orders at precisely the correct seconds â€" then t*e mld»bipman feels that It 1« Indeed good to be an officer ol the "King's Navee." Always smiling, always with a good- natured growl, he sets a good example to those under his command, and yet he must be ever ready to deal with emergencies as they arise. In the turret or the control-top, whp.n the shells are flying thick and fast and good strong men are working at top I pressure, when any second may be his last, the midshipman proves to the ut- most the value of the training he has ; received in his schools, and adds even , more lustre to the name he already in- j herits In the traditions of the sea ser- , vice. Also His Nerve. And his life isn t all work. He plays just as hard as he toils. Gymnastics, Swedish drill, swimming and boating, hockey, footer, cricket and golfâ€" each In their due seasonâ€" give him muscles of steel, nerves like piano-wire, and that proudest and best possession of ail, a clean mind and a healthy body. All that the world has to teach he learns â€" learns in the cleanest and best way from his comrades, his seniors, and his padre. Not long ago, after a certain mid- shipman had been mentioned In des- patches, one of the oldest captains in the North Sea received the following signal : j "Midshipman X to Captain Y â€" it you've got nothing doing about one , o'clock I don't mind if I. float along and take a drop of lunch with you. No pot-luck, mind!" And the captain was so flabbergasted that he could do nothing but signal back "W. .M. P.," , which, being Interpreted, Is "With much pleasure." GUARD BABY'S HEALTH IN THE SUMMER The summer months are the most dangerous to children. The complaints of that season, which are cholera in- fantum, colic, diarrhoea and dysentry, come on so quickly that often a little one is beyond aid before the mother realizes he is ill. The mother must be on her gruard to prevent these troubles, or if they do come on sud- denly to cure them. No other medi- cine is of such aid to mothers during' hot weather as is Baby's Own Tab- lets. They regulate the stomach and bowels and are absolutely safe. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a bo.x from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. TRAPPERS! S end you r RAWFURS LoJOHN HALLAM inos9r tlw wm*d»r the nrr* Mr«r*««lv«d. (!h*r<enaoommlMlgnBâ€" Ml4 â- Â» ftUobargM. We b«v« Mid vak raUllam af AoLUrB to tboo- •»ndi ot tirapMtf IQ C«a«dft wh« MBd ih«lt tar«toqf bM*UMth«>T know tb«r grtawiuMa d«M,«ur«(Mlv« mere moti*|r for thuli tun. YoQWfSaUo. Wel/urmorafurBrroM ir»VP*^« to* oMh tfa«u iutr otn»r flv« flrmit iti CmimI*. llUlilt lUI »miHpoH««n<ftOftUto4u* I lUiU HalUniBawTtir Qod^Uitna UalUn â-  Vu» Myle Boak (83 pA«M) B«at frM cm roquut - Addrvai m foll«w«i JOHN HALLAM Limited Hallam Building, Toronto. GERMANS BURNED BAKER IN AN OVEN Brightens One Up There is something about Grape-Nuts food that brightens one up, infant or adult, both physically and mentally. What is It ? Just its delightful flavor, and the nutriment of whole wheat and barley, including their wonderful body and nerve building mineral ele- ments ! A crisp, ready-to-eat food, with a mild sweetness all its own ; distinctive, deli- cious, satisfying â€" Grape-Nuts "There's a Reason" Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Ltd.. Windsor. Ont. TERRIBLE DEED AT GERBER- VILLERS, FR.VNCE. An Odd Sequel to a Heroic Defence By a Few French Soldiers. This is not primarily a story of murder. It is rather the story of the discovery of that murder, of the amassing of proof against the mur- derer, of the proof of that old aila^e that "murder will out." There is something about blood guiltiness, it seems, that forces confession, writes Herbert Corey from Gerbervillers, Franco. Two years ago the Germans burned Gerbervillers. The world knows the .story. Sixty chausseurs with a pair of machine guns held up a German army at the crossing of the little river that runs through this rural village. The German artillery had not come up, by which the sixty might have been blown away. The river was in flood and could not be forded. No army can charge down a narrow lane toward machine guns while the guns have cartridges and their men have marrow. It cannot be done. So that the Germans burned the town when the sixty chausseurs finally ran .short of cartridges and went quietly away. The Germans also led fifteen old men out into a pasture field and blinded their eyes and shot them down in groups of five. Many other things were done for the policy of terrorization was being tried out. The Germans still believed that war could be made so terrible that France would quit fight- ing â€" being a fresh proof of the Ger- man inability to understand the psy- chology of another people. The towns- people who remained during this reign of terror were hysterical with fright, for the most part. It was only later they began to piece together from each other's story a comprehen- sive idea of what had happened. "But the baker," they asked. "Where is the baker?" The baker had disappeared. No one knew what had become of him. His house had been burned down and had fallen in a mass of calcined brick and stone upon his baking ovens. Somehow, no one knew how â€" the story could not be traced â€" the tale grew that the baker had been thrust ; into one of his ovens and burned | alive by the soldiers. No one had i seen it. i Burned Him Alive. \ No one could be found who had j been told this grisly thing by a Ger- man. But the tale was there. It \ would not be forgotten. 1 "Let us search his oven.s," the vil- ! lagers have asked Si.ster .lulie, that nun who has more courage than an army corps, and who drew her six trembling sister nuns in line behind her to oppose a German army, and who opposed it successfully. Nothing appeals more quickly to the Germans than that sort of courage. But Sis- ter Julie pooh-poohed the idea. "Who heard the story first?" slM asked. "Give me some proof there is truth in this story before wc go dig- ging in a pile of dust ruins. There are more important things to do. Who is to feed my old people and my little ones while you please your- self by idly digging about in dusty ruins?" The story would not die. It had an amazing vitality. Of all the stor- ies of murder in Gerbervillers this one seemed the most enduring and the most fragile. It rested upon not an atom of proof, but every one be- lieved it except hard-headed Sister Julie and her six nuns, who devoutly believe what Sister Julie believes and no more. This week a .soldier whose home is at Gerbervillers came back on permission. It was his first per- mission during the war. For two years he had only known that his home town had been stamped out of existence. "And they say," his townspeople wound up their narrative of sack and flames, "that the Germans burn- ed the l)aker alive." "I know all about the baker," was the soldier's surprising answer. "They burned him in his upper oven. He screamed as they thrust him in." Last week on the Somme the French army took many thousand prisoners. This Gerbervillers man was one of those who was set to guard them, with others of the Ger- bervillers company. Germans Confessed. One of the Germans examined his regimental insignia with interest. The German lookeii at it and turned away, and came back and looked at it and turned, and finally came back again. "Your regiment," .said he, "was raised around Gerbervillers?" The French soldier asked some questions. The German said that he and others of the prisoners had been present at the burning of Gerber- villers. "If my officer would let me, I would slip my bayonet through your middle," .said the French soldier, grit- tiuK his teeth. "You would be right," said the Ger- man soldier. "We did awful things there. I die' one of them. I kept my hands cUan. But the others did them. It was an order." They talked off and on for three days. The German seemed to have something on his mind. He would lead up to the subject anil then shy away from it. At last he bolted it. \\f could resist no more. The sen- tence came from him as though he could not close his teeth on it. "We burned the baker in his upper oven," said he. "He shrieke<l as we thrust him in." The French soldier got all the names and all the details from the German. Then he came home to Ger- bervillers on permission, and after everything else had been talked over, this story of the baker came to the front. The French soldier went to Sister Julie with hi;i new evidence, and that capable woman â€" she is Mayor and police force in Gerber- villers now â€" ordered that the debris be cleared away and the ovens be opened. They had never been touched from the day th.' Geinians fii'od the town. In the upper oven wei-e the tliigh liones of a man. OUR KEEN-EYED "KITES." How They Arc Utili/ed With the Brit- ish Army at the Front. "Above the lines, looking towards the German trenches, was a great cluster of kite-balloons," wrote a famous war correspondent, in describ- ing the beginning of the great Brit- ish "push." "They were poised very high, held steady by the air-pockets on the ropes of the baskets where the artillery ob- servers sit. I counted seventeen of them, the largest«Ki"oup that has ever been seen along our front. "Sausages" '.hey call these kite-bal- loons in the Army, the name coming from the odd, sausage-like appear- ance the craft have in the air. They have one great advantage over the ordinary, old-fashioned bal- loon; not only can they be held cap- "Made in Canada' RAINCOATS Best for quality, style and value. Guaranteed for all cli- mates. Ask Your Dealer tive in a stronger wind than an or- dinary balloon, but they are also much steadier in the aii', thus rendering the position of those "up" for purposes of observation, etc., more secure, com- fortable, and effective. Instead of being round in shape, they are elongated, and the part known as the "kite" is a kind of half- open attachment at one end. This acts to the main balloon much as a tail does to a kite, catching the wind and steadying the balloon. A kite- liulloon appears to be reared up on one end, as if the ballonet were weighted and dragging the rest of the vessel almost perpendicular. These observation balloons are held captive by means of a strong wire cable. The cable is held and paid out by an engine stationed on the ground. In a light wind a balloon may even be "anchored" to a motor vehicle. The observers in the basket of the balloon are in telephonic communica- tioji with the "station" below, which in turn is in telephonic touch with the artillery. At a height of six hundred feet the range of vision is twenty-eight miles, and the observers' work comprises both "spotting" the effect of shell fire, and, if necessary, taking photographs and making maps of the ground be- neath them. CHINA'S GRAND CANAL. Efforf Xo Restore Traffic on Interior Water Routes. China is reported to be considering the restoration of the old canal sys- tem, of which there were at one time 60,000 miles within the empire. Cen- turies before the Christian era the great rivers of China were diverted from their natural courses, the wa- ters of one turned into another's bed and the waterways carried along in the direction of desired traffic. The ancient Grand Canal extends from Hangchou to Tientsin, travers- ing the provinces of Chekiang, Kiang- su, Shangtung and Chili, the total length of the canal being about 850 miles, says the Christian Herald. China is in desperate need of trans- portation, and it has been estimated by engineers that the canal .system can be restored at a less cost than that which would be involved in the building of the necessary railways. With the canals again in operation the railway building can go on at greater leisure. CANADIAN STORAGE BATTERY OO,, LIMITED 117-119 Blmcos St., Toronto. Agents for Willard Storage Batteries. Repalm to all makes of Batteries, Magnetoe, Generators, Cto. In Greece neither bridegroom nor bride will enter the house until prom- ised presents, by the groom's father. BEBS POTATOES SEED POTATOES. IRI»H COB- blera. D^leware. Carman. Order lit once. Supply limited. Write for Quo- tations. H. W, Dawson. Brampton. FASM FOB SAIiE. 1 i\i\ -^t-KK^ GOOD CONDITIO.N. *^''' l.arRo liank Uarn ; Cement Sllililes. Huron Cuiiiy. Apply F. S. .Seoii. ISruK.sel.s. cbucibi.es wahtbo. Minard's Ziinlmont Cnrea Btima, Etc Doomed. Anxious Mother â€" "Young Millyuns seems to be quite friendly with you of late. Do you know what) his in- tentions are?" Pretty Daughter â€" "No, and I don't care; but I know what mine are." g^ OranulatBd eyelids, ^^â- ir«»Eye« inflamed by expo- **-^^'" ^^, are to Sun. Dust and Win* K?-â„¢ w^^^^ quickly relici'ed by Nariae rVV^^ Eye Remedy. No Smarting, ^^4/ ^^*'^ just Eye Comfort. At Your Druggin's 50c per jjotile. Murine Ey« »aI*einTubM25c.ForBoohollheEyefreeaslc Dr.iEgi6tsorMarlneEyetteinc(!yCo..ChtcaBl The One As Bad As The Other ".My daughter is taking singing lesons, and she keeps up such a ter- rific row that I never go home except to eat and ^â- ,leep.'' "You're in luck. My daughter is taking cooking les- sons, and I don't even dare to eat at home." Mlnard'a Uuliuent Believes Nouralffla. DUKE AS AN INDIAN CHIEF. Stony Indian Garb Suits the Fine Figure of His Royal Highness. During the five years of his Gov- ernor-Generalship, nothing has given His Royal Highness the Duke of Con- naught, more pleasure than the cere- mony which made him Chief of the Stony Indians. This ceremony took place at Banfl', where the Duke and Duchess, together with Princess Pat- ricia, spent a delightful holiday this Summer. The Stony Indians, who were once a distinctly warlike Irilie, and some of whose e.Nploits form the back- ground to Ralph Connor's "Sun Dance , Patrol," are now good citizens and hold Annual Sports Day at the great tourist resort in July. The picturesque garb of a Stony Indian Chiff admir- ably suits the fine figure and strong profile of the Duke. Princess Patricia found particular pleasure this Summer in riding her Mounted Police pony "Dandy" alont;' the mountain trails which radiate from Banff through the passe.; and over the precipitous sides of the sur- rounding mountains. The Duke him- self spent much of his time in fish- ing for mountain cut-throat and devil trout, but the largest fish of the sea- son was caught by Miss Yorke, lady in waiting to the Duchess of Con- naught, who landed a monster of no less than nine pounds. The sulphur water swimming pool attached to the C.P.R. hotel was a source of great delight to the Royal party, and many amusing snapshots not for publica- tion, are being taken back to Eng- land. The many visits of the Con- naughts to Banff have resulted in this becoming the chief social centre of the West (luring the summer months. The Americans who have the money to travel have deserted their own National Parks so that they could be nearer to a real Duke. No. .'ill. -N'o. 611. No. T'l. .STATE QfAN- tlty you have for sale. al.so .Maker's nunie and l)est t-asli price. .Vpplv t.'iiited Biii.SK ,Si Lead. I, til.. 2b4 .St. Helens Ave., Toronlo. Dot. ZTBWSFAFEBS F03 SALB PIlOt'lT .MAKING NKW3 A.ND JOB Offices for sale In Kood Ontario towns. The mcst useful and lnteresttn« of nil l>iislne«ses. li'uU irii'ormution on spi'llc.'illen to Wilson Pr.hllBhinK Com- pany. 73 West Adelaide .Street. Toronto. MiscEz.i.AirEoxrs. rflA.M'Kli, 'I'lMi lit.-:. Lf.MrS. ETC.. \^' inteiiial ami exieriiul. rurcU with- out pain tiy our home treatment. Write ii.s lie:ure mo late. Viv. Bellman Medical <•.! . I-.niiieil. C.iilniK'.voocl. unt. FOR THE FARMERS Many At'.raotive Priaa» For Faniifcra Only, at tba Soveutli Axmual Toronto Fat StocU Sho\A/ Union Ctock Yards Oecembtr ath and 9tU, 1916 rri7.e I.l>t "M .\piilir:itliiii (u 111,' .Se 'y Union Stock Yoi-da, Toronto «lS' lltKIK ()>' ^'^m^ DOG DISEASES '^^\^ And How to Feed Aiii?rira's Piontw Ds; Rcneilles .MaiU^ free to nnj .idJress tiy ttl'.; Author H. aAY GLOVER CO., Inc. 118 West 31st Street, New York The Soul of a Piano is the Action, Insist on the •OTTO HIGEL" Piano Action Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. (jents, â€" .\ customer of ours cured a very bad case of distemper in a valuable horse by the use of MIN- ARD'S LINIMENT. Yours truly, VILANDIE FRERES. Mighty Near It. "Do you. Mr. Stacks, vhink that a rich man cr.n K" through the eye of a needle?" "I don't know. I will, however, ad- mit that my lawyers ha\e dragged me through some very small loop- holes." Kiuard's Iiinlnient Cures BandratT. S^EVvv ^, PILLS 4 Why Mothers Sing to Babies. Psychologists who have carefully studieil the characteristics of instinct in woman have discovered just why mothers sing their babies to sleep. It is not merely inspired by the expect- ation of better .sleep in their children, but it is the primeval call of the fem- inine nature. It is a maternal prompt- ing which occurs naturally to each mother. Savage mothers who are never known to sing upon other occa- sions invariably hum and croon to their children at night, and upon one other in.stance, when they arc plant- ing seed. It is a peculiarity of the Zuni native women and one which has been but recently understood. The theory of primitive people is that there is some mysterious connection between the sound of a woman's voice and growing things. Uinard'B Iiinlmant for sale everywhere. - â€" .J. - - - PAY FOR SOLDIERS' WIVES. Canadian Women in London Can Care for Themselves. Willi rclercncc lo the statement of a Canadian soldier's wife, that she was stranded in England, a Canadian soldier writes to the London Daily .Mali that she was either exaggerat- ing or it was entirely her own fault. "In nearly every case where a soldier's wife arrives In England," he says, "she gets into touch wiili the Canadian Piiy and Record Ollice. Iiu- mediately her letter is received a let- ter is written to Ottawa r»'qiieKiing tliem to transfer her account, and in all cases where it is found that the dependents are urgently in need of funds a calileBrain is sent to facilitate the continuance of paynicnis from ibis end. "Only yeftf^rdny I was talking to an otiicer of the .Soldiers' and Siiilcrs" Families Associations, wlio nuntloned the case of a woman who had told him she WHS stranded. He rang up the Canadian luad(|uarters and was In- formed that a cablegram would be sent at once. A reply was received within three days and on the fourth day a cheque was sent to the woman." ly Rosemary used formerly to be car- ried at weddings, dipped previously in scented water. WANTED MEN Between the ages of 18 and I'S ALSO GIRLS â- fo learn Rubber Shoe .Making, (iood wages paid while learn- iiig. Ap;ily the MepeiiiiGiitRiil)li8rCo..Lt(l. MERRITTON. ONT. '-:^> ..j^ 03 ^aitsd The Right Breed, A British sentry had considerable trouble with a batch of German pri- soners who behaved in a high-handed and insolent manner. On being re- primanded one of t)he latter drawing himself to his full height, exclaimed â€" "Don't you know I vos a Pomeran- ian?" "It disna matter if ye were a Newfoundlanr;," v.as "Tommy's" an- swer, "ye'vc got tae gie in ta« the British bulldog." AS eOHS when people cannot afford to accept anything but the very best for their money. Z.iin-Buk has been proved by thousanda to be the best oint- ment obtainable for skin ailments and Injuries, because It cures whoa other treatments fall, and because Its cures are permanent. You take no chanceg when you buy Zam-Duk. Only the really good things are Imitated! Proof of Zam-Buk's su- periority Is provided by tho great number of Imitations and substi- tutes which have been put on tho market. Don't be deceived, how- ever, by anything represented as "Just as good." There Is nothing " Just as good " as Zam-Buk. All druggists, 50c. box, 3 for |1.25, or direct from Zain-Buk Co., Toronto. Send Ic. stamp for postage on free trial box. ^ilMBVK I'edlgfeeil Clj-flestiiilo Mjires. I'^lllieS and StiilUonH. .Must liuvu fi<ioil iitiiillty 11 nil thloli. made up to a fair size. .Mares 3 ti) 6 vpiir.s <ilil. Fillies 1 year old up, .StiiUloiis :; to r> yeurs <dd. .\I1 .stulllons o\er 2 years old muHl have proven them- .H.'lves VeH.soMulily .lura. When wrllln* .state County. iieurpHt railway station, i; T.it. or C.r It., and tel.'phdne i>.tehange, al.«ii iiuiite prices. .\nyono with KOod pedigreed clydesrtales lor wale should cunimiiiilentt) at once. W. J. MeC.\LL.UM, Importer lirani|itou. Ont. Bank â€" Merchants' Hank. Brampton. Dnt. HciOlilaefiJor Sale Wheclock Engine, 150 [I. P.. 18x42, with double main driving belt 24 ins. widc,4ind Dynamo 30K.W. b:It driven. Ail in first class C':m litlou. Would be sold together or separate- ly ; also a lot of shafting at a very great bargain as room is required immedi- ately. S. Frank Wilson & Sons 73 Adelaide Street West, Toronto. J::D. 4. ISSUE 40â€" *lft.