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THURSDAY. A('1.l'YT Ie,. 11.115
RUSSIA WILL COME BACK
Since the beginning of pini• greatest
of all wars, it is doubtful if there has
ever beam, appmenUy. w more critical
and anxious period than the present.
From the very'rtart, the enormous re-
aosees of Kowa in men and m•tetial
va ere c,.u.ederod a favorable poiot. As
the German foto,' dreier Through Bel-
gium and rushed for Paris and ('alaie,-
the Rwritn hordes poured through
Poland and Galicia with strong evi-
dence of reaching Berlin at an early
date. Tbe Allier on the western front
were Anted with admiration and elation
at the apparently inesistil le steam-
rolier of Rita■ia. The Attie* in the
west held. in tante to save Pari* Then
tame winter. and the stearal -roller in
the tart was stopped. in the spring.
the AUies in the went still held. but
the threaten!, were able to torn a greet
enough forcagainst Hooses to force
her tack. 130, step. by step, bitterly
w)utosting every step of the retreat
awl keeping all forces intact. the Rom,
Siang gave up all ground they had
taken and have now retreated into
their own empire. yielding \Vsreaw to
the enemy as t be latest 101111. Like %be
rest of the Allies, Russia was unties«
pored for this great war when the
Wow1e11 and had only • ft action of
the supplies she required. Iler enor-
mous numbers. great area. and com-
parative inadequacy of transportation
I (wipplent have made her task of
supply much more difficult than tbat
of bee allies. It is this lack of /imply
I`at has el. 4 *gtc44;y handicapped
1(ussiw in her define,. against Ger-
many end Austria. The great out-
standing feature of this long Russian
retreat is the wonderful strategy of
the (.rand Duke in saving his entire
army in the face of great olds ind, at
the sante Clue. it:flirting enormous
1.sees on the enemy. The Rumian
artily is still ready and in splendid
•hap•• to take the offensive re, *iron as
it (*u het supphew, and it is
much nea-er its base than are the
Germans The capture of Warsaw is
beginning to look very touch like the
mid of a wild gore chase for Ger-
many. They can't keep the Russian
army bark, except 1 y using so large •
force as to dangernurty weaken their
western front. That gine France and
Britain the vee y nppotomit y to force
the western front. Meantime, the
Dardanelles is fast approaching its fall,
with direct aid to I(40ia from that
qu-t ter.
Furthet more, it seems highly prob-
able
able that Bulgstia will soon join the
other Balkan state., in a new league.
In tact, Germany has been and is much
in the position el a regret wild heist.
charging ilnt one side and then the
other of its cage. loosening or bending
• Isar heir or there, hot always thrown
beck more and wore exhausted. Ro.
in that rush to the east. the capture of
\Vareaw mean* no .utstsolirl or per-
manent gain. and it is probable that
before long Ruris will be nn her heels
again and taltng sweet revenge.
One great fart should always Ina borne
in mind : The Allies are acting in coo•
cert and it is a foregone conclusion
that they are not going to permit lbs
de'structionor rriuus crippling of the
armies of writ one of them by the com-
11100 enemyo That, of c •. is just
what Germany itis striven for from
the beginning, --to d..troy the Allies.
one ata time
So, in the present crisis, if such -it
be, we may anon expert to see Russia
reversing the tables, with doable
measure, on her old enemy.
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
Never.
Toronto 1.Igrwn,
(irrmar. will sever triumph while
Nova Retitle has an aged equine to ley
upon the altar of Britain. safety at
about SiTS per lay.
Germany's Cattle Game.
iterMtar Pest Ern nom.
Germany buys sthsitlose of war for
twenty veers, and bavl.g stocked up
attacks titer neighbors. Then ws are
asked No doss our plants, which would
be in effect If not in actuality to enter
the war on the side of the dual alliance.
Happily, hoverer, there tit not tbe re-
motest Iwribil,ty that we .ball do
this
What Russia Is Doug.
HU,ilton Tiuu•.
Itusri• will be bet•er served with
v over. The
the war is u 1
eailw14 saltr � , t
Maryland steel C pony hes just le-
vetvetl on order 1,,r 4404,(004 taus of
.teal rail. R•io.ta ua• already bought
I•igely rf rail» 141.4 ,-.,Mang riot k in the
Mate... Thr r •p .1 1 that Kuria has
collo octed loo I.4.''$.1' .)sell., ar an
twirl ratite cu -t ill ab.•ul 111:3l,l1UU,41t111, i.
continued Ly the st••.utrot ill the
pteridrnt of •company that has got a
tot of the work, which has been di•
.idrd up among at least five concern.,
one o1 which is the B**Wwlu Locomo-
tive Comp tits-. That dues not look as
if Russia was, prepatiag for peace.
The Western Ultimatum.
\v a.,dseg Fres Pees
Political ptentlits down kart will be
busily magagrd in estimating the effect
of the Manitoba landslide upon future
Dominion politica. let it b. said that
no 1)o uiaiuu tesue entered into the
Man it Ilia campaign except nae: the
proptirty of Mr. Urgers cuntinuisg in
public lite u a repneseslstive in the
1►,mioi m (in,eenmenl ,nf llwsitohs.
The peq•le of the Piaovioed will nut
have phi, matt to rule over thew. If
Sir Bohm t Borden does not take the
plain hint given him on ?rider the
people of Manhole will lithe the mat-
ter in their own hands and wake u
complete jab of it at the first oppor-
tunity.
Peace Oat of the Qestton.
New York Titer.
Insthe present temper of the Ailisng
peace le out of the question For the
lasting good of Germany it might well
be doubted whether a pewee concluded
now would be • boon Toe supreme
tired of Germany is 'to rid herself of
Prussian mililarist, of the imperisl
rule.' There are hopeful urns that
her people. in increasing number=, see
and feel this truth. but an immediate
peace would leave the German people
wearing :all :all their tette 5, to
become more galling than ever
The imperial and wilitwristic
spirit would be intolerable in its
arrogance. ' The thrill would be
unbreakable. and the German .people„
deluded by the exultant feeling of vic-
tory, would b. lees inclined than ever
to *ttrwpt to II. irakit..
How to Get at the Looters.
Toronto ?.t't►rtltyp ltht.
' Thomas Kelly (t Sons were overpaid •'
A million duilars by the late Bonito
Government. This sounds reasonable,
extremely reasonable, evet ything con -
'adored. Tue people of Manitoba can
thank their lucky stabs stat st wee
not ten miltu.ne: The interesting
question is. who got the Money ? it is
only human to petition, 1het there
tam a pretty general division. Whole-
sale thefts of this inrt are not emu-.
nutted fur the sole helmet of • firm'ot•
contractors. Tbose connected directly
and indirectly with the late Itoblin
Government were not so generous es
all that. Possibly it the patrol wagon
were backed up to the resldence of all
suspect., as world he done in the case
of nn ordinary fire -dollar thief, some
interesting evidence might be forth-
coming. Indeed, it is barely possible
That .4 least a portion of the loot
could he rescued an(rrturoed to its
nghtfkit owners, the taxpayers of
Manitoba.
Hollow Pretensions.
oatwttoore eon. .
An it.t-restiug cootr•ovet.y is going
on firer at pi peer t between Tbe St.
Th is .1 on nal on 'I The Stratford
Hetirol over the rel.tit•e merits of 8t.
Thome* and Strattoad as euit:mer re.
•sets. The .lout nal ieeently banned
of haat city Laving Lake Kite eontigu-
uu+ as a safer y valve dui ung July and
August The Beacon replied with the
contention that the temperature of
8tratfutd is leo modified by the high
altitude that it needs no react reale,
to ~ape the heat. The people of
8t. 'Montle ate invited to Mtratfold to
•prod their summer v..catioos and ap-
preciate Me. A• ins usually the case,
the people with the least to my are
doing the moat talking. Now if the
people of Pt Thomas and Stratford
wish to get away front the heat and
settle their differences in c tort,
surrounded by every convenience
wh,ch puns to sae►e Itfe pleasant in
the numIUet time, we invite 11,0111 to
come to Owen Round \\r moot adroit
I bat 1x,1(2 St.Tbuu.a• anti Strait fort' are
tine young pities and have developed
rapidly along indu•h ill tuna They
may alma be floe residential cities,. But
for either city to pose as a tunnwer re-
sort le going • li tie too tri, when
such attractive lake towns •14 Sarnia,
Port ,rt.nley-, Goderict', Kincardine,.
\Viarton, Owen )touted. rte , are with-
in easy reach.
Ci•ihsation's Debt to Woman.
Itocheater 14.4 1.41,re..
in .pite of war and politica, the in-
fluence of woolen is very great in the
civilisation of our d..y. 1n every
family the • iriUul power oI women
is stinngly fell. Woman i. the In-
spniog tunes whereby the wheels of
program are set in motion- Man is
ton often a radical and • revolutionist,
but woman is the conservative element
that Seeps *ociety from going to pieces.
The mother is tiv natural law an un•
crowned queen. Tbe Mewed, of the
world's luul44eta are not concerned
about woman suffrage, as they cannot
waste the,. precious (ter o futile air•
ita•io1.
It woel1 be found on i vesligatinn
that the pair:ion of the public which is
moat •ppresciatrv• of literature and
art is hugely Irsonine.
In the promotion of the *rent ideate
whrth mak• Inc buman perfection
women play a prominent put If
men doMacs the moving force that
maker pima down. t,. use (;arlyle's
favorites) word, comes from woman'5
in eprra*ible enthusiasm Women hew.
been the varietal .natrumentsof human
preen—res. Florence Nightingale saved
the liven+ of tbcwsaeds of wounded
man Harriet Bereher Rtow• helped
mot* Chan as meth to stir op Indigna-
tion against Whinny amens the Ao.ei-
othn people. At the paused moment sew
usoy he sure that feminine ln8u.ere
will he reit 4e retina' for hussnily a
peace .44{544 will be In harmony with
111. freedom demanded by every
human beteg.
•maria.... .
MR. ROWELL'S PROPOSAL.
Support Ostasis Government is sale
setting Pr•hibinee to Vote of People.
Tnrooto, Aug. It. --Mr. N. W.
Rowell, E. C., M P. Y.. leader of the
Liberal Oppusition in the Ontario
Legislature, is home atter an extended
tour of the West. He has had excep-
tional opportunities to study the
developirut nt p•ublic sentiment
against the open l r throughout RbVUt L
be
al roti
t I'•IKrr..tvs
Prairie P tuna and x12
British l'ulumbi.. and spike enthusi-
astically cone-rliopltt iu an inters iew
rot hThe Globe.
Mr. Rowel puts • 'new and demo -
co tic proposal to the Ontario Gow-
n -morel.. lir pledge. bia eu-uprret ion
iu a project. aW Well would enable the
cit;zeus of Uotauo to decide the qur,-
tiuu of tone aholuion for tbeumelve• et
the next municipal voting in donuts y,
Dealing *4th the whole queetiou,
Mr. Howell said :
rhe spirit of interest and concern
which the people of Western Canada
use tn.nifeetwg in the war is bring
u1aq.tested also in a .earcrly I.
u..uked dewier in efforts to curtail
the evil* of the liquor trnfic. They
brltrre that the cunt aurd existence
of the open ter i• impairing both the
offensive and defenMyr power of the
nation. and i. a serio.0 slpciel and
*con • burden wbi:h they cannot
afford to carry during the serioue
days wbieh lie before u•.
Situation is Saskatchewan.
,'1 had the privilege of being is
Saskatchewan wbeu the new Imitate -
tion cause into force abolishing all the
tars of the Province, and of attending
the banquet given in honor of the
Premier, Hon. Walter Scott, cow-'
ntetionatin4 the pacing of this iu-
portant legislation. I found leading
men of the Province, loth Litw•tal and
Coneerrative, as well e,6 the new. -
papers of the Province, united in
:approving of the wiping out of the
bars in Paskatchewau. While there
might be differences as to the. details
of the legislation. the approval of the
principle uppearel to he general.
Tbe Vote in Alberta. •
"I was fortunate enough to be in
Alberta during the course of the cam-
paigu and oil the day of polling. The
overwhelming majority of nearly two
to oue which the citizens of Alberta
registered against - the continued ex-
istence of the bar was brought about
by the active co-operation of the lead-
ing business men. agriculturists and
workingmen. assisted by the principal
women's org•giz tt ions of the Province.
The magnificent campaign carried on
by most of the leading newspapers of
the Province in favor of the passage of
the act was oar of the interesting end
eignilic*ntevents of the cinteat. Tbe
overerb,Iwiog wei*ht co newspaper
opium° and iufuence is the Prairie
Pt corlDees pm 44.1.1112.1 the bar.
"The• •ignificaoce of the vote in
its like Calgas y and Edmonton can-
not be uverestionted. Business men
of these cities are evidently cons/inted
Cott the tar Pt not an essential part of
the mod.rn hotel, and that it is a
handicap wbieh the public should not
be called Upon longer to endure.
Nerds Program is Manitoba.
"It was my privilege to b• in the
city of Winnipeg un 'Tuesday last.
when the citizens tender.d a reception
the new Prettier. Mr. Norris, on pis
Fenian to the city after the Lentark-
able victory of last week. Mr. Norris'
'victory at the polls means that an act
completely peobibitiug the retail malt
otdiqunr tbrougbout Manitoba will he
passel at the approacbis>g seesion of
the l.egiel.tnre and submitted to the
elect ore for tippn..m l by a majority
vols. The rrpresentetivee of the so-
cial Senit'a •Council believe that the
Irgielalinn will he passed in time to
permit the trite to he taken at the ap-
proaching municipal elections. One
of the most competent judge* of pub-
lic feeling in Manitoba told me on
Tuesday laid that prohibition would
catry 4n Manitoba by a majority of not
les than two to see. and he believed
it would probably carry by a majority
of three to one. and that the city of
Winnipeg would probably sive
not
Ices than a 3,000 majority in favor of
the hill. This would mean that no
further limners would be issued in the
Piovince of Manitoba, as the law
would come into force. on the expiry
of t hr pretest license year. Within a
year tins this date We may con-
fidently anticipate that there will sot
be • license in force for the retail sale
of liquor in the three' Prairie Prov-
inces. The adoption of the prohibition
plank by the ,enrganized Opposition
in Manitoba te• •ignifcant illustration
of the urea 01 publi.• opinion.
The Movesest to B. C.
"The people of British Columbia are
also deeply interested in this same
question. last spring in the city of
'Vancouver some Ove or six bundled
business turn attended • dinner to
c-onsider the problem. and they list-
ened to addreeers from Mr Stephens,
NI. P.. and Principal McKay. and 1 am
told that this body of businew men
unanimously passed • revolution call-
ing for the doting of all the de inking -
places in British Columbia, and • nom
mtttee of these business men is now
organizing a Provincial convention to
be held in Vancouver the latter part of
the pteeent month to consider the
whole problem of the • wletion of the
liquor traffic in British Columbia
Judged by the expressions of opinion i
beard in different sections of the Prov-
ince, 1 should not he surprised if Brit-
ish ('olumhia within the next year
adopted some very radical Iprislmtion
dealing with the liquor traffic, and
they may portably join the other Prov-
inces of the West in completely wiping
out dm bar
"One of the important factors ef-
fecting the situation in British Col-
ombia is that the territory surround-
ing Itritrmh lblumhia--Alberta on the
matt and the state of Washington o0
the south -have both voted dry, and
these votes bevy bad a marked effect
upon public opinion in British (Jol-
ti Dia.
Proposal to ()Maris Government
'•it Is new clearly up to the Govern-
ment
:overtment of this Province. if they will so(
rise all drinklns plats by direct
legislative act. as the fiovernment of
ttaskietchewan has done. at least to
give the people en opportunity to
close them themselves, as the dowers -
meat of Alberta has already:dews teed
the Government of Manitoba is *bout
to do,
la answer to queeinna am to
whether • vote might be takes Is
Ostarb •t the nest municipal election,
Mr. Rowell said it oould be done by
oaths( a sesiot: of the House to
November ; the Goverausent could
pass the necessary I.Rist•tloa so as to
permit Nle vote being takes at the
ensuing mualcipal elections. as it le
uoduretood will be dome in Manitoba.
The House could then adjourn and
restents the normal work of the tension
in the new year. "This is one of the
real contributions which the Govern-
ment and t of u
the. people *tarso can
w t
mak nwae'd• aiding the cause of
(creat Britain and her •lues, and of
preparing the way fur the better ad-
)winwrml mid settlement of the grave
b. clad and economic problems which
will undouh•edly follow the Hoe* of
the war. It the Government will teal
with the question tither by direct
legislative act or Ly submitting the
question to • majority vote of the
people they will have nay cordial sup-
port.'
BUSINESS PRINCIPLES.
To taw Kditor of Th, nomad.
DttAR SIR. -Writing lettere for pub-
lication it not very often indulged in
by business wen and possibly we snake
a mistake in not doing it more fre-
quently. At the present time tbe
chief topic of conversation is the
weather, and most of us are inclined
to grumble because it is not to our
liking : but all the time the weather :s
the Lwt for all. and it would he better
if we could smile and see the beautiful
and good in each day as it comes in-
stead of trying to wake ourselves be -
41111:e • • could improve the weather if
wr had the opportunity of Making it.
Business men. laborers. farmers. cit•
lien. and ell d,uo take courage.
Prices are gooi for practically all
(arm produce. Every man in town
who teeny want. ,lrork has a fair
amount of it to d o. Puisibly the pay -
sheet is not as large as at some former
time. but because of extitiug circum-
stances economic -1 have been worked,
out w bicb are tu:•liog for us Netter
cundt•toea. We all need to economize.
for even yet large amtx4nu of money,
time and food ale wasted.
What we all neer: is 1 . pull together
more and more. There has been •
sort of mistaken feeling of independ-
ence amongst us, bat after all we are
really very_ much dependent one upon'
grottier. No mereheot in these days
can afford to take *chance of over -
shaming for his war'e..'as. whether in
town or in the city. he is up against it
for the overhead expense. Tbe larger
the city the gteat.r the overhead
expense. Some ear they can buy
more cheaply in the larger places.
Yee. they do iu some, cases. and to -
othere they don t. City rent. city
taxes and city help are enurntnus
expenses compared with those of the
merchant in the smaller places. and
we find on good authority tbe large6t
city busines,.s figure the overhead
expenses do:dile-those of the average
town business. The curtotner, of
course, pave these expenses when he
buys goods from these stoles. Some
•rti.Ie. pay a larger proportion of
profit than Others. Thee is an •Mo- Montreal man who nett a the
lute netersiry, as merchant bit `qte for
to tell bundled* of dollar: worth of 111044.04j0 to the Ctusd1aa . Goyim.
goods each .?-ear at an actual low. meat to provide 11 Naxla gaits far
Some who feed this may doubt the w.:. with Lhe.cxprtdkjcnary (crce.
statement, but I nave bad a good
m+ny years' experience in business and
know it tob•to.
What we lack in node' ich it co op-
eration Nn one particular Meson is
I STORIES OF BARON FISHER
When Lord ream 'Ana mitered 1140
n avy there were few more yope..r
youngsters to the *arvtcs. -There
sever was such a plucky little beg
gar" remarked as old shipmate. re
ferries to those early days. "He was
• a quick as a monkey, keen as a
needle, hard as nails. would do any-
thing. or go anywhere. didn't know
what tear was. or that there was such
• word In the language as 'can't.'"
Blunt to • degree. Lord Fisher Is
somewhat of a Kitchener in his meth-
ods. A few years ago "Jacky." as
they call him In the nary. wanted a
ship- under his command to go to •
certain place on • certain date. Her
caplalu pleaded that it was Impossible
to get ready. -Tell — that If h. U
not ready to leave for — op the day
n amed, I w111 have him towed there,"
was Admiral Fishers reply. Needless
to say, It did not prove necessary to
carry out his threat.
lie has • satirical way of rebuking
naval mon who are not as smart e,.4
they- should be. It is particularly
effective. On one occasion. laving
cause to be dtsaatlafled with the con-
duct 'of- a certain_ ship. be wrote ee
fellows: •'1 bsve t advise the officers
of the — that t�ey are expetpted to
study navigation occasional). "
The best story told of Lord Fisher
is that concerning an oacasion when
• cartaln French admiral was aout to
pay a visit to .Portsmouth. wEen he
was Admiral Superintendent at the
dockyard. Cjuc: n Vittoria requested
him to b- cure and "be rep- nice"
to the visitor. With a face as im-
passive as • Chinese mandarin. the
Admiral replied. "I'M kiss him if you
wish It. ma'am."
Made Princely Donation
10 )hone. as nlmo41 dl -merchant.,
laodlnrds, tenants• workers, farmers -
go sbe,W w ithnot stopping to think
and eek thewsrl.es what chance non 1
giving my ueigbbor ti, fill nay putchmd-
ing rrgatreenente et a price that hr
can afford to sell at He must have
that overhead expense and a legiH-
spate profit If • mon sells soy partic-
ular line of goods at actual cost. in
order to boost himself with his ewe-
, tomer with a view to selling bio ether
► impression ore
• n the I profit. R
gotxl at a p P
aft that the dealer who asks • legiti-
mate profit is over charging. It we
would all purchase at home and in
the regular channels, the poportion of
overhead expenee to be charged on
each article would n•turalty he reduced.
Everybody in h.siness, no matter is
what line• must make soneething over
bare expenses if hi is to bye : em-
ployees must have • living wage and
in return must give service which
earns this. We must make due al-
lowance with one another for these
things Thus we shall be helping
Ourselves in the long run, we shall be
helping our tows and this grand old
county of Huron we live in. ani, last
but ofd least• we shall feel hater in
doing it. Let •'Buy at home' be our
motto hereafter.
Thanking you. Mr. Editor. for space
for this rambling epistle.
Manes er.
Women's Work at Fall Fairs.
Tomato atm.•
A reader a•Ls u• to expose the prac-
tice of women in Toronto sending out
to fall fain all over the Province ex•
hibitsof tvomen's wort which are not
n ew, but which have been making the
fall (air circuits for years and taking
the prizes.
We do not know whether this is tie-
ing done to ouch an extent im to mak•
it an abuse, but we maims that the
object of • fail fair in offering prises
for women's lane• wort is to encour-
age fu simnel pr'nductinn• not
merely to ensure • view annually of
the same samples.
If ' prof.ssionaf' exhibits are Mang
widely shown year after year Once
wbo manage district fall fairs are
probably well aware of it, but
they know that If they do not ac-
cept what is offend ander some
classin:• sen nothi.R at all say Ir ex-
hibited -or nothing that will .ati•fy
the critical InepertinN of visitor,. SO
they let matters take their roue*,
Those who manage a tall fair usually
feel that they must have u many wed
as widest swage of exhibits as the fain
with which it competes. But the goes -
ties Is worth ressidering, w bet her it
would out he hefts If each meal ex-
hibition centred its efforts nett spent
ite mosey on an trahlNl that wr•iaId
e siet almost eadusive-ly of the hest
products of its ewe territory. Nweh a
display woukl bare pen -ties! hewNlta.
Hut would the local pn(wel .ti .n be se
interested In it se they now see! t t is
a point on whir*, after all. may three
experienced is managing tame s,e t•
CGS vswtsre tr awewer.
MOSQUITO FLEET BASE
Harwich Pi_ys Imp►ta-t Pert. in
Britain's Naval Veer Circe.
T»--».:• %-;lin know Ratwl:h •as the
port ofdcwrur.i for the H;dt of Ifol-
land world hardly rrepgalze the fam-
cu i harbor 1'.•esc days.. e'er rr:cre the
packet b,;ats of t::c Great Eastern and
Belgian state railways are usually
moored are now stationed low-lying,
tigerish-lookir.g t*rpcdo boats and dee-
troyttre ready to lnesi out under cover
of darkness and raid the enemy's fleet
either while at sea Or aachor. Amu
farther up the River Stcnr, bob count-
less submarines, with their gasoline
tanks tilled to the brim, and torpedoes
in their tubes. ready to attack "from
the depths below." unseen and unsus-
pected.
This is the base for the British "mos-
quito fleet." and the eight of the low.
sinister -looking destroyers, torpedo
!oats and submarines, moored in rows
as straight aa a billiard cue, is about
ss entertaining as .he tospee:Ion .r(
• surgeon's table of Instruments!
The naval strategists In Whitehall
have huge charts of the North Se•,
and. by means of models, know where
every vessel is, at any given moment,
from the superdreadnought to the
smallest submarine. They decide up-
on an attack by the "mosquitoes" and
the orders are wlrelessed from the
roof of the London government build-
ings to Harwich. and a bell tolls. call-
ing the cellon aboard. The rest 1s bot
known until the newspapers announce
1 naval tattle.
The very latest "destroyers of des-
troyers" of the "L" class are stationed
at Harwich. These boats of nearly a
thousand tons each. oil tired and tur-
bine driven. can jump off from the
post half an hour after the order to
raise steam is given and can, In any
reasonable weather. continue at 27
knots until all their fuel is expended.
Young men. very young men. are Is
charge of these bests of the "rnos-
qulto fleet." Diaelpline Is not. or
rather cannot be, formal or ceremoa-
Ious oo these small Boating masses of
machinery The lieutenant in com-
ma gad she engineer °facer are never
out Of stgbt. tosck or hearing of the
Ines whom they command.
The part t'.irwtc' 1s playing la the
great war game Deterrent t the British
and German Meets ht largely • flank -
lag one. At the Greg sign 0f danger
she Is expected to shoot out her fast
set destroyers sad torpedo beats and
black say et the war craft cis Admiral
eon Tlrptlts that might attempt to pees
Sown the North Sea tato tie MultiW
Mensal.
Whin Rags.. Pall Out
pewee. Avg. 1v --Tho Frankfort
ikasette states that die—cry sad Aa.
Wla are set 1e, seemed rev rdlas elks
Meadow of FVdasd. Ger
weeid eswstituteaatPIMA
Yll� wfdls Attstrl& MIN tM
Abed b eAmanita
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August Sale of
HOSIERY
Children's black rib cotton Hose, every size 6
to lo, regular 18c, on sale at 2 pairs for 25C
"Royal Rib" cotton Hose, "Wearwell"—every
pair contains a guarantee of wear pinned to
the stocking from the maker, sizes 6 to 10,
best 25c quality - - - - - 20C
Women's "Pen Angle •' plain black cashmere
Hose, August sale, per pair - - 25C
DRESS SILKS SALE
140 yards black duchess pailette, 36 inches
wide, at per yard - - - - - 75c
Y.6o yards black satin duchess, 36 inches wide,
at per yard - - - - - Si.00
go yards black silk poplin, 36 inches wide,
handsome and very rich, at per yard - 85c
Cottons
34 -in. fine heavy unbleached Cotton, per yd.
36 -inch extra heavy plain Sheeting, at per
yard - - - - 9c
65 -inch and 72 -inch bleached Sheeting on sale
at - - - - - 22c
8 -oz. white Duck for tents, sails, etc. 18c
36 -inch English Cambric and Long Cloths 2?,C
42 -inch Nainsooks, regular 25c, on sale- at 15c
7c
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