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" case oi very great interest and L importance recently came be- fore the Exchequer Court .oi' Can- ads. Briefly, the cause of the ac- . tlflh was this: John Cooke, a na- " are. of British Columbia, ‘sometime aoldlei-“oi the Canadian‘ Expedition- !“orce,_ appealed t0 the Govern- T-lfileneral when the Dapartlnent

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oluMilitia disallowed his claim for - @325 alleged to be pay and allow- alites rightfully due to him as a _. soldier of Canada, and wrongfully nltiiheld horn him by.the depart- moot. He said he had been a pris-i oher of war in Germany, at the| , that the department nadhim posted as a deserter. The case came before Mr‘. Justice ‘Audetie upoh the direction of the ‘Governor-General, i with‘ the. cndorsementiipon Cooke's‘ - petition oi right, "Let righthe done." l ‘When the case opened, in Vancou- m, the learned ludge expressed a sympathy with the appellant. but no evidence was heard. 'l‘he con-

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abroad. ostensibly to study the methods by which various activities are carried out in other countries. Usually these tours-many of them. at least-are made in the interests oi the farmers, and on their return the Ministersaglve voluble and learn- ed lectures on ‘what they have seen and heard and learned while abroad.

pense of the country. It is possible that some of them are worth what

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T85 ‘Commonwealth of Australia,

like our own Donllnion, has a Federal Parliament oi two charm- bers. a Senate ,0! 3B members, and a House of Mp. ntntives with ‘i5.

vote. Senators are elected for sis

‘years and Representatives-for three

years. A general election‘ such as]

~ that just held is due. every till-eel

years. 0r sooner if Parliament is dissolved before the expiry of tile three-years term. At each general election l8 Senators and ‘l5 Repre- sentatives are elected. There are silcstates in the Commonwealth.‘ varying in area and Jeoplllation, as-

s State Legislature.

Senate by six members. which num- ber‘ can never be reclucedrbelow five. In the Lower House-reach State is represented in proportion

Thou tours are made at the ex- to its populaugm pa} south-wales .

has 21 members. vlctciia subbeeiiafl“: land 10.‘ South Australia 7. West Australia 5. and Tasmania 5. Mem-

Both Houses are elected for popular .

our Provinces do. each of whiehihas“.

Each Stateii-l represented ‘in the.

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‘ ‘ll/hm you see an individual fall‘ ill a ."fit."or all epileptic attack, you think pehraps that such oases“ are rare. and yet it is estimated that about one in every two hundred individuals are afflicted to some. ek-l tent. It is a most distressing ailment‘ for the individual himself and‘ everybodyabout him. . ‘

Now this ailment has-been known

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for __thousands oi yearsarlrl as yet _thei'8ause is unknown. “ ' ‘ About twenty years ago, mot knowing the cause and therefore‘ the best treatment forepilepsy, but realizing that diet had something to‘ do with it. I washed out the stomach cf a patient. two or three time ‘a week. . - _- “During all the months this was‘ "done he did not have an attack not callers , - He movedbout of the citypneg- lccted to have the stomach washedl

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AS Desi-S are» pests‘ everywhere? and cannot easily be got rid of,‘ we choseior an article for today the‘ sketch ‘above named.‘ The first 0f it relates to ‘ants which _-are very plentiful everywhere and doubly so in‘ Brazil. which is noted for its great variety: We ilearn from the article by T. C. Bri es, in, Cham- ber's Journal, that e‘ ‘great black Ftucandera" measures‘ fr0m~ an inch to an inch and a halt long, and is desperately venomous—down to lit-z tie red ants that look like red -pep-f per and are lust a8; llpt- The '1‘uoen-' ‘darn liveswhfl the dry forests and its Portugese name is Boma. It dif- fers from other ants in the fact that it has a sting in its tail like that of a bee or a wasp» It makes. a conical nest high. Next in point, of the story’ comes theb lack soldier ant. which! travels in columns. like the driven! ant of Africa.

By striking its mandibles toge- ther it produces a curious hissing‘ noise. Nothing can stand before its! advancing hosts. " _

The sepi cargadon ant is known. as the umbrella ant. from its cur~i

oi earth two feet. "

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they cost—possible also tha the b"? o‘ both the senate and the observation of a. politician on mat- House must be of m“. we’ duaufléq ters agricultural, will be oi very m vow a natural borwéubkct o‘;

and the smack returned. _ - . In 1921, Dr. H. R. Geyeliri applied fasting treatment to epileptic child-

ious habit of cutting perfectly cir- icular pieces oi leaf and’ carrying lthem to its nest. where it uses them "

little value to a practical farmer. Why. not give the farmers achance to ‘go abroad themselves, and study the methods bf their brethren ‘in other countries? It would cost the country no more, possibly not as mlich. to send, say. a dozen farmers abroad. as it would ‘cost to sand a dozen ‘parliamentarlansp and the chances are thatgvery much more practical benefit would be derived. Many of: our progressive farmers make.- tours of this kind at their

tentlon oi the Crown was that tlieimjh oxpcmy,‘ and h“, country bane,

Court had-no jurisdlctlon- to hear , the case; that there was‘ no con- tractual relation. between o. Carla“ dllln soldier and his country; that ~‘ tlleiilndertaking to pay‘a soldier‘ is ‘fToluntar-y on the part oi Canada;

with himself. y. Mr. Justice Audette thiscontention under advise- meat. with the ‘rpsilltthat he has roam himself obliged to deny the ‘leaving. That apparently, is the

‘fits by the experience they ‘haye ‘gained. ‘Bllt all farmers callno a} cford to do Lilis. “It is not nccéasiniy to go t0Eur0pe to gather new ideas in agriculture; a visit,to the neigh- ‘lsoring ‘Canadian Provinces might be equally beneficial. V Measuring ourselves by ourselves will not‘ make for improvement. We, must learn how others are doing: and while they may be no more pro- gressive than ourselves, their meth- ‘cds oi producing and marketing, whether better or worse than ours,

‘ 0i the law. The ‘decision, it appears. does‘ not imply that John opoire has not the right of appeal because, he is John Cooke. or bel

cease-of anything that John Cooke '*'

{us done‘ or“ not done, but merely y‘ use he is a soldier. It means “ no soldier has» any such right fiction.‘ And it means, says the 'V_‘anc0uvéri"Province," a state of silgirs. ten years since the first Ar- mistice Day,‘ which is an affront to the conscience 0i Canadian citizen- ship. The claimant. by everycon- “_ slderation oi common Justice, ought ‘to. behcard before an impartial tri- bunal; and what we are told in this fiiecision oi the" Exchequer Court is that no such tribunal exists in‘ Can- a‘_da for John Cooke and lfls like. “The “Pl-cvince" continues: "If 501111 COOKB is telling the truth, if he‘ was actually a prisoner oi war when he was posted as a deserter. ' if his wife and children have\been4 deprived of their allowan then * "JOlI-Il Cooke ‘is the victim gradien- 5 strolls injustice. nut-that is notthe injustice, if it is a... fact‘, which is the relevant thingin this decision.‘ The ml injustice. the injustiee about

‘~ which there can be nc- doubt at all, ,

that ‘John Cooke's case can not be tried before an impartial tribun- nlii We dorftyknow where this the-

‘ came fronlfltllbt "a ‘soldier "has

noyjeontzactaiu relation with his

, oelintry for his pay. We know vcry

well that it is an unrighteoua thing.

_ ' if Canada is under no legal obliga-

tion to pay her soldiers, she can be wider no obligation to pay her civil lefyants. she can be and no 0b- liggticn to pay the oillciaislwho say

John Cooke was a ‘

Grin he It!!! he was halal-in ‘\_a_

lshould prove valuable object les- isons.

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OUR HUMORISTS. , .

| THE members of a Toronto literary club recentlyundertook the du-

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abious task of ‘compiling a listhoi -»

icanadiirs‘ most popular humorists.‘ According‘ to yrhe - Globe, “pine se- lectlons from the works oi those listed produced in. the audience three smiles. two giggles, five-laughs and two gallant efforts." Subtracting three laughs ‘and two smiles won by three poems oi B. K. kernighan. "The Khan," this record is not high. One list oi favorites includes “Sam Slick," Stephen Leacock. Peter Mc- Arthur. "greatest and most kindly of rural humorlsts"; BwK. Bandwell,

most epigralmmatic wit in Canada“;

last and greatest “I‘§ed" Newman. "It is to laugh." ‘

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wssrlisn sun CLIMATE. ‘

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' fact thatthe weather is mild at the beginning of winter dur- ing a fewiyears in succession does not in any wayindicate that the climate is changing. “We have had mild weather during November and December as far back as meteorolo- gical and‘... records. we have‘ also had winter mearly as the ilrstweek in November, and continuing un- abated for the rest oi the "season. We shall have all ‘these variations again There isno reason to hope - ‘ sic-climate is moderating. or ‘ ‘moderate within the ‘rim thou- sand years. to any appreciable de- sopnatic cycles run into sometimes ‘hundreds oi or years; so we must as they“ ‘come. tllankititfol-‘the ‘pleaasnteet among than. ‘and inulnmmc bestof the

‘Dr. Drummond, A. T. Hunter. "the

J. W.‘ Bengcugh, Sam Hunter and,

the King, or for five years" ai-natur- alized subject. All adultcltlzens, male and female alike. are qualified to vote for members of ‘either of the two Houses of ’ Parliament.“ lndlurti-lal strikes have been very prevalent in ‘ the ‘Common- wealth for years past. followed by great - disorder and lawlessness. which after being somewhat abate ed‘. was‘ again increasing before the recent election. 0n this account Premier Brilce was forccdto base llisappeal to the electorate mainly on onerisslic-lthat 9i law and or- der and against the strike plague which had proved so injurious Iii) the‘ coal milling. shipping and other industries; And on that issue he has won a signal victory iii"the country. but not without some loss oi former support in the Senate.

‘ofiemier Bruce and his colleagues had tried conciliatory‘ measures with the lawless elements ini the minim? districts and along the waterfront. but all in vain. 1t was evident that the strikes were fomented by cor- rupt and ‘communistlc agitators, who constituted a red element in the‘ radical wing of the Labor or- ganizations, and were controlled from ‘Moscow. lmenforclng severer penalties against the lawless strik- ers ‘iust previous to the election the Gbivernment showed its courage and its confidence in the electorate while possibly emhittering the c0n~. ‘test.

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Our Saxon“ ancesto‘ called N0- vember the --wind lvfonth." and this year it has brought storms 0f wind.’ rain, snow and‘ sleet. ‘Olmwed by floods in many lands. fromyneilrf ly_ all of which perils. ills and losses oi life and property, sill‘ "WPY island Provincemas been exempl- Winter'is coming. and not without warning. Householders in Char- lottetown are pl80lfl8'.5t°l‘m 110°“ and windows“on their dwellinss. quite a? heavy snowfall» is repl-‘JYW! from central New Brunswicleat list week-end. and oceaneiiners PM“! tdand from Montreal éiyeimaklns their last trips for season.‘

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Dollar Days are much in vogue in Charlottetown in mercantile life and are well patronizedl And IWW the_ Boston and Maine Railway. tclglng note of the popular‘ desire [or bargains, has applied the dollar day pflnflplfl to the sale of‘ tickets [qr- passengers. The pasbenger names his ‘destination and l8 WOW-led Wm‘ a return, tlogetat the price oi a one-way pasadge plus one dollar. in this way the Boston and Maine pro- poses to make good the whole or a part. of the loss that has wine from the competition by motor car.

‘ The retirement oi lion. PSI. Venlot. pogtmcslcr General, from the Kin! Cabinet ‘is ‘again "rumored. alone with his aubaequcnt ohmic l w the Senate. A considerable section of-mc Liberal party follow. The Globe's lead in demand?“ m‘- W‘ Bu,“ fllgmlggfl], ii he does not vol- untarill! rm"- A‘ “m” “°°’ stand his continuance in his me- gent office la a source of weakness rather than of cti-ensth W "W 0°" eminent Hence the belief that he

will baJiven a 8e

his administration of the Glow”. as mauled»

chip, as Bu- - m“ was after the rascality under _

ren. In most instances the children were free from iarttackslduring the period oi fasting. but the attacks returned sooner or. later after re- suming normal diet. ‘ ' in 1922. Drs. M. G. Peterman and H. “M. Helmholtz, following the sug- gestion 0f Dr. R. M. Wilder, began using c diet rich in fat in cases oi epilepsy. Last year Dr. Helmholtz. reported his Jlndings ufter five years trial of this method. He found that of the children suffering with idiopathic (no known- causel. epilepsy. using this fist diet. 31 percent were free from attacks and 23 percent were definitely im- proved. That is 54 PQYWB" we"? benefitied. The remclnlns 46 JIIBY-l cant were not imDYOVBd althmlgh solnemvere helved m!" a’ umeflm, some of these there seemed t0 be l1 morchntellisent GXPPGSSW“! "- Flmre ncmal and agreeable attitude. mill many patients were lQ-‘Ellmleell! 19*‘ irritable, although _tlley still had at- tacks. _ ‘ In thirty one‘

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adult cuss WW‘?- ed with the hish fat diet seven "ggf. cured or controlled. l-Well’? We“? are‘ finitely improved. and thirteen W

not helped.

Although all treatment “lanai diet rich in fat should be done a physician's supervision. m“ m_ less 1i a, patient could E0 l9 ‘m iect stitution for a few weeks. and sub himself to the treatment. he 00 Se, i»; there was any improvement. if :0. he could then continue m merit at home faithful y. _ enthusiasm.

The diet means trait lggdvgfi cuts down onvegehis l? using but- “nd make up ‘or “ yll and cod m; bacon, cream, olive o .

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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do nor say, "she busy so could not g0." Bay, "and so." .

OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: al- legiance. ru ‘ 5's as in "alt." e as "he" accent sec- ond syilabie. . . _

OFTEN whisky;

referred to sly.‘ _ BYNONYMB: unable, unqualified inoalpabel, disqualified, inefficient.‘ WORD‘ STUDY: "Use a word tiaeethneadzldltiayouraflhetila increase our vocabulary by master- ingone- word each day. Todd's word: RWOLUNTAIIJI: not pm- ceeding from the will. "It was an ' gesture oi moon-

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rice al-le-jarls. both '

to make hot beds in which grow the! fungi on which it feeds.’ It exlstsi

lin countless myriads and is ruinousl '

to plantations. Some ci the nests? are forty yards and about two feet high. -It does] not do to camp anywhere near haunts of the Sepi. for. besides vio-f lent nlps from its sharp jaws, itl leaves, clothing. hammocks and ar-i’ ticles of leather in shreds.‘ In thcl damp forests the- palo sullto, or_ “fire ant" ls everywhere found. It‘

make its homein rotting wood and] '

has an ilnpleasant habit oi’ di-op-' ping its showers upon passersby. Its bite is abominably painful.

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Tllere is also an abundance-of snakes ready -for action down there. Wasps are equally plentiful ill all pal-ts of the dry forest and there are many different kinds, and they all have a habit of stinging.

Other specimens of pest liie in the .-South might be referred to but .we must confine ‘our; catalogud to alimitcd number. For example t e

Mosquitos which are found everywhere. Also the ticks. the taballas, fly, the razor, the Buckmaster. the cobra; to i5 ft. in length with ‘their tail coiled around the bowsprit of a ship and. their nose dipping into the tide. full .20 it-long-Tnot desirable acquaint-l ances on a bright daylight morning when the “tars" come on deck. i W at, if there should be a few oi ‘ah ‘se wrapped in the rigging or hid e stfictors ‘basking. in the sunshine. The green ‘Snake is there too, so full 0i poison as to defy all the

certainly is all ugly-tempered brute and sometimes attacks on sight. A Col. Fawcétlflwho once was caught unawares could ‘tell all‘ about this. Many other poisonous types of the kind are. ever ready for an intro- duction to’ a helpless visitor. And dogs. too often get . foul of them “board ship" and on shore, after which they quickly die. Its poison fangs are long and it has the 7 un- pleasant hablt of jumping at a vic- tim. ' .

One morning‘ the, Indians lunched on the premises of an anaconda at least 65 feet in length.

This glimpse of the serpent life of thefsouth is. we know, very defic- ient, but we may run foul of it again. Up here in the North this slight ‘changeoi literary diet may be relished once in a while.‘ Very few of the frightful tribes now some to these‘ parts. A swans whale. a dcgfish‘ or-a seal are about the only rara avls we are called upon to eli- iertain incur waters. Even the young seal appears to have forsak- en its local haunts here of late. 1r this apparent slight should contin- ue some person should see Brazil about it! ' .

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