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t'•e•-• Mrw_et aping the de.spera-
that and fary of time German attempt,
ce a that its cumulative ef-
tt 4. . ••s- fe less than that of the
earlier streggtes a. Dat:amont and
In the oper::tio .s against Le Mort
}Term:, the spee.d and energy of the
earner ?rise h ns been lacking Not
only leas the artillery fire much less
intense, but the whole battle dragged
ineacu-ably. When the batteries had
done their best to destroy the French
the Second Repulse
e ak:,l ttca;ehes, instead of the
easeeeneey rapid throwing forward of
'antsy, „ there was delay, in which
t ::* Fu:a,;la had ample time to. reoeeu-
,y ;heir line:. Even the successes
thee had been won wire not followed
Observer, see in this weakening'at-
tael• a general exhaustion of the
Crown Prince's army.. •With the ter-
rible slaughter e=:acted during twenty
clays .at Douamont and Vanx, even
the German commanders have resitat-
ed in sacrificing greet masses of men
for significant gains. Infantry at-
tacks have grown constantly fewer
with a consequent toss of vigor and
elan in the troops.
Indeed it would be difieult to de-
scribe the general jubilation in Paris. !
There is no longer any uncertainty
about the fate of the battle. The last ;
doubt, and it can be admitted now that
even in high quarters there were mis-
givings, that the great fortress could
withstand the 42 centimetre Krupps
and the terrible skodas has been swept
aside. The big gun has been met and
conquered by men and other guns.
Markets of the lorld
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Mar. 21. -Manitoba wheat
-New crop, No. 1, Norbhern, $1.09;
No. 2, do., $1.06%; No, 3, do.,
31.04k,a,, in store, Fore William,
Manitoba oats -No, 2 C,W., 42e;
No. 3,. do., 41c; extra No, 1 feed, 41e;
No. 1 feed, 40e, in store, Fort Wile
liana
American corn -No. 3 yellow, 80c,
track Toronto. I
Canadian corn -Feed, 68 to 70e,`
track Toronto. j
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 42 to
43c; commercial, 41 to 42c, according
. to freights outside,
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lot, $1 to $1.02; No. 1 commer-
eial, 98e.to $1; No. 2, do., 96 to 98c;;
•No. 3, do., 93 to 95e; feed wheat, 85
to 88e, according to freights outside.
Peas -No. 2, $1.60; according to
sample, $1 to $1.30, according to •
freights outside.
Barley -Malting; 60 to 62c; feed,
57 to OOe, according to freights out- I
side.
Buckwheat -Nominal, 68 to 69c, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 85 to 86c;
rejected, according to sample, 82 to
84c, according to freights outside.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags. $6.50; second patents, in
jute bags, $6; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $5.80, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, according to
sample, $4.15 to $4.30, track, Toron-
to; $4.15 to $4.25, bulk seaboard,
prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, per ton, $24;
shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per
ton, $26; good feed flour, per bag,
$1.60 to $1.70.
Ar AT WOAD
OAD
.fY A T
Russians in a Virtual Co-operation
With the British at
Kut.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The Russian troops in Persia are now
so far advanced toward the Mesopo-
tamian frontier that they may be
said to be in virtual co-operation with
the Bziteh at Kut -el -Amara, where
General Townsend's forces have been
beseiged for several months, and the
campaign against Bagdad has be-
come two -fold, with the likelihood of
the Russians being as important a
factor in the Mesopotamia operations
as their allies.
Before the Russian penetration
'through the mountain passes of the
Kermanshah region it was generally
held that the chief aim of the Rus-
sian operations on the extreme
southern front was, effectively and
once for all, to • crush German influ-
ence and ambitions in Persia, and
t.nly the most visionary critics here
conceived the possibility of Russia's
successfully traversing the Persian
mountain provinces and assuming an
important role in Mesopotamian af-
fairs.
The latest news, however, of the
euccess of the Russians in working
their way through the passes of the
formidable range which acts as a na-
tural boundary between Persia and
Turkey, shows that the Russians are
in a position to convert their poten-
tial threats against Mesopotamia into
a positive menace.
The Turkish reinforcements which
were sent from Bagdad and Mosul, by
way of Suleimanieh and Sehna, to
threaten the flank of the Russian
forces at Kermanshah and make a
further Russian advance c!angemus,
have been compelled to withdraw on
iceount of British pressure from the
=.oath and Russian activity in the
north, which some time ago resulted
in the capture of Bitlir.. The Rus -
Flans, therefore, are now opposed
only by• frontal resistance, against
:which they have advanced through
111 but one of the difficult passes of
,he mountains separating them from
.fesopotamia.
RIOTS IN HUNGARY;
ALL BAKERIES CLOSED
Disorders Occur on the Roumanian
Frontier.
A despatch from Milan, Italy, says:
Reports from Budapest state that dis-
tress is becoming painfully evident
in many Hungarian.towns. Arad, con-
taining 70,000 inhabitants, was forty -
i wo days without bread or flour. All
bakeries were closed. The Mayor tele-
phoned to Budapest asking for flour
and was told that none could be sup --
plied. It is feared riots will follow.
Disorders have broken out at Talac
on the Roumanian frontier. A mob
broke into the warehouses, smashed
the shop windows and clamored for
bread. Soldiers were called out, to
restore order.
FIVE ASSAULTS
BEATEN ACK
New Attempt to Brent. Through the
Defences North of
Verdun.
A despatch from Paris says: An-
other determined effort was made by
the Germans Thursday night to cap-
ture the fort and village of Vaux, to,
the north of Verdun. Large numbers
of men were used by the attacking
forces, who delivered five separate
assaults against the positions. Each
assault was broken down by the
French fire curtain and machine-gun
fire, with heavy losses to tho attack
• ers.
The new attempt to break through
the French defences at this point was
preceded by a renewal of violent ar-
tillery fire directed against the fort
and the whole system of French de-
fences in this sector. At 8 o'clock
the German infantry debouched from
!its trenches under cover of the ar-
tillery and moved in sections against
the village of Vaux, against the slopes
:leading up to the fort, and against
the French positions contesting a
roadway south-east of the village.
All told, two attacks were made
against the village, two against the
slopes leading to the fort, and one to
gain position of the road. There
were no infantry action in the Verdun'
region on Friday. The artillery fire.
was intense in the Douaumont and
Damloup regions, on the east bank of
the Meuse, and intermittent on the
west bank and in the Woevre. The.
dininution of the fire on the west
bank was noted Thursday night and
reported in Friday afternoon's come I
munique, which said that after the;
costly check suffered by the Germans':
attacking Le Mort Homme no further,;
attack had been made in this sector.
Thursday night a French detach-
ment made a surprise attack on a
salient of the German lines in the
wood of Mort Mare, west of Pont-a-
Mousson, taking some prisoners.
LAUDS "PROUD FLEET"
IN KIEL CANAL
President of Reichtag Pays Tribute to
German Navy.
A despatch from London says: At
the opening of the German Reichtag
on Wednesday, says Reuter's Amster-
dam correspondent, Dr. Johannes
Kaempf, President of the Reichtag,
paid a eulogistic tribute to the abil-
ity of the German leaders and to the
bravery of the German troops "who
are shattering the enemy's front in
the west." "Our thoughts are with
them," Dr. Kaempf is quoted as hav-
ing added, "no less than with our
proud fleet, which by so many deeds
and recently by the gallant achieve-
ments and the happy home -coming of
the Moewe has proved that our sail-
ors are at least the equal of the bold -
est sea fighters in any age or country.
We at home "must prove by making
the newest war loan an unqualified
success, that the financial strength
of Germany is unbroken."
RUSSIAN PURSUIT CONTINUES,
TOWN ON EUPHRATES OCCUPIED
in the Battle Which Preceded Its Fall the Turks
Lost a Provision Convoy and Five Cannon.
A despatch from Petrograd says:' "We have occupied the town of
The Russians advancing from Erzer-1Zamakhuatan, on the Euphrates* ar-
um have occupied the Turkish, town I ter a battle 00 'verstsG0 mile west
( ,s�
of Maznalchuatan, on the Euphrates of tr'erum, capturing in the course
River,: after a battle, in the course of o! the operation five cannon -maul
ma-
nhiex,the Lurks veaodefeated, chine guns and a provisions convoy;
a number of, guns and prisoners, Thel and making pilsofers of 44 allxders
official report ;says; and 77 .Aslcars."
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 31e; in-
ferior, 23 to 250; creamery prints, 34
to 36c; solids, 32 to 34c.
Eggs -New -laid, 29 to 30c; do., in
cartons, 31 to 32c.
Beans -$4.10 to 34.40, the latter
for hand-picked.
Poultry -Chickens, 19 to 20c; fowls,
15 bo 1Gc; ducks, 17 to 20c; geese,
18 to 20c; turkeys, 23 to 25c.
Cheese -Large, 19c; twins 1911%.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios
quoted at $1.70 to $1.75, and New
Brunswicks at $1.80 to 31.90 per bag,
on track.
Seed Prices Steady.
Wholesalers are selling to the coun-
try trade: -No. 1 red clover, cwt., $26
to $28; No. 2 do:, $24.50 to 325.50;
No. 3 do., $24; No. 1 alsike, cwt., $21
to 322; No. 2 do., 318 to 319; No. 3
do., 316; No. 1 alfalfa, cwt., 325 to
$28; No. 2 do., 322; No. 3 do., $19;
No. 1 timothy, cwt., $12 to $14; No.
2 do., 310 to 311; No. 3 do., 39.50 to
310.
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, Mar. 21. -Cash -Wheat
No. 1 Northern, 31.08%; No. 2, do.,
$1.05%; No. 3, do., $1.03%; No.
4, $1.00y2,; No. 5,91%c; No. 6,84%e.
Oats -No. 2 C.W., 41%c; No. 3, do.,
39%c; extra No. 1 feed, 39%c; No. 1
feed, 38'hsc; No. 2, do., 37%c. Bar-
ley -No. 3, 60c; No. 4, 55c; rejected,
51c; feed, 51c. Flax -No. 1 N: W.C.,
$2.0231; No. 2 C.W.,
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Mar. 31. -Oats -Canad-
ian Western, No. 2, 501 to 51c; do.,
No. 3, 48', to 49c; extra No. 1 feed,
48M to 49c; No. 2 local white, 47%
to 48e; No. 3 local white, 46% to 47c;
No. 4 local white, 45% to 46c. Barley
-Man. feed, 66c; malting, 75 to 77c.
Flour -Man. spring wheat patents,
firsts, 36.60; seconds, 36.10; strong.
bakers', 35.90; winter patents, choice,
$6.30; straight rollers, $5.70 to
35.80; do., bags, $2.65 to 32.75. Roll-
ed oats -Barrels, $5.05; do., bags, 90
pounds, $2.35. 13ran-$23.50 to $24.
Shorts -Middlings, 328 to 330. Moul-
lie-$31 to 333. Hay -No. 2 per ton,
car lots, $20 to 320.50.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Mar. 31. -Wheat -
May -$1.11%; July, $1.11%; No. 1
hard, $1.16%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.12% to $1.14%; No. 2 Northern,
$1.08% to $1.11%. Corn -No. 3 yel-
low, 75 to 76c. Oats -No. 3 white, 42
to 4214c.• Flour unchanged; ship-
ments, 74,062 bbls. Bran, $18.25 to
$18.75.
Duluth, Mar. 31. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, $1.13%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.11% to $1.13%; No. 2 Northern,
$1.06% to $1.10%. Linseed-Cloes:
-Cash, May and July, $2.26%.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Mar. 21. --Choice Ifeavy
steers, $8.10 to $8.50; butchers cattle,
choice, 37.75 to $8.10; do., good,
$7.35 to $7.60; do., medium, $6.75 to
$7; do., common, $6.30 to $6.60;
butchers' hulls, choice, $6.50 to 37.50;
do., good" bulls, $5.85 to 36,25; do.,
rough bells, $4.65 to 35.15; butchers'
cows, choice, $6.40,'td $7; do., good,
$5.85 to $6.25; do., medium, $5.50 to
$5.75; do., common, $5 to $5.45; feed-
ers, good, $6.25 to $7; stockers, 700
to 900 Ibe., •$6.10 to $6'.75; canners
and cutters, • 33.75 to $4.50; milkers,
cahoice, each,$75,to $1,00; do., common
and medium, each, 385''to 360; spring -
'era; $60 to $100flight'ewes, $8.50 to
;$9.50; sheetil'heatrgs, 14m-4 • $7.50;'
bucks and'eulta, $8.50 to $4.50; yearl-
ing leriibe,'$7• tis"$'7`176 ';Ititi1•fdjrutielco,
$11"to413•; dalVed, ine1110n414o relidice,
• $7.50" to '$12; "circ:{ ` 6sfitinokf,'x°, t ^" to.
$5 Go; holes, fed and't#abili'bdln$ ft' 50,
to $1.0155; do., weighedi s ears,
fi rcdr,-r
AT WAR CONFERENCE.
Sir Douglas Haig.
CoI. Pachitch.
ere
General Joffre.
A war conference is reported to be
in progress on the Western front at
French Army Headquarters. Great
Britain is represented by Sir Douglas
Haig, ,commander -in chief of the
British forces in France; Russia by
Gen. Gilinsky, aide-de-camp to the
Russian Emperor; Belgium by the
chief of the general staff, and Serbia
by Premier Pachitch.
'SUGARS ARE BUTCHERING
THE CONQUERED SERBIANS
They Are Official`. Accused or' Massacres Thoroll'.
out the invaded Rei;ioti. •
A despatch from Paris 'says: Tho
Serbian Press Bureau las issued a re-
port of atrocities committed by But-
gars on the Serbian population in the
frontier districts. • The reporb,snys:
"The. invaders, especially the Buie.
gars, are doing their utmost to ex:
terminate the remnants of the 'con-
quered people:. There is a veritable
reign of terror in all Macdonia.
"Refugees say that life in Serbia
under the heel of the conqueror is
hopeless. For instance, the town of
'Skoplie was wiped out through pure
•
PORTUGAL GRATIFIED. AT
• WAR WITH GERMANY
Teuton Interests at Lisbon Will Be
Looked After by Spain,
vandalism: The houses were wanton-
ly destroyed to make bonfires for the
ribald soldiery, who also prey on the
population, znassacking them by
scorns. At Bitolji the majority of the
population, particularly the priests
and intellectuals, Were esse.nbled and
ordered bo march under guard to
Sofia. `
"They never arrived at their o`r,ten-
sible destination. ..They were massa-
cred to the last man en route. The
Bulgarians theznaelves admit that an.
order to go to Sofia is tantamount to
a death warrant."
ATTACK TREBLED
&e,7I riff.
A despatch from Paris says: The --.
interests of Austria in Portugal have o
been confided to the Spanish Minister Russian Reinfore means Landedat Lisbon. A Havas despatch from Under Cover of the
Lisbon says bands paraded the streets
of the city• all Wednesday night, play- Fleet.
ing the Mar;seillaise and the Porta-
guese hymn, accompanied by cheer-
ing crowds. Otherwise calm prevail-
ed throughout Portugal. Duke Mi -
geed of Braganca, has left the Aus-
trian Red Cross and his sons have
abandoned 'the armies of the central
empires. Prince Alphonse of Bra-
ganca and Savoy has offered his ser-
vices to the Portuguese Government.
BRISK% RECRUITING
OVER DOMINION
Department Deluged With Applica-
tions for Official Positions.
A despatch from Ottawa says: It
is announced by the Militia Depart- .
ment that. recruiting is going on
briskly throughout the country and!
the different units are being filled up
in the regular way, by applying to
the commanding officers of each bat-
talion. The department, however, is
deluged with direct application for
positions of paymaster, chaplain or
quartermaster in the Canadian expedi-
tionary 'forces: The number of ap-
plications is already far in excess of
vacancies..
RUSSIA TO ARRAIGN
FORMER WAR MINISTER
A despatch from London says: Em-
peror Nicholas has approved the de-
cision of the commission of inquiry
to bring evidence of alleged illegal
acts of former Minister of War Gen,
Soukhomlanoff before the judicial de-
partment of the Imperial Council
with a view to . the arraignment on a
Marge of being responsible. for the
A despatch from Rome says: Ac-
cording to information received here
from a diplomatic source in Petro-
grad the Russians are attacking the
outskirts of Trebizond, the Turkish
stronghold on the Bleck Sea. The as-
sault is being made on three sides,
from the north by sea with the guns
of the Russian fleet, and' from the
east and south by land. Large .Rus-
sian reinforcements are continuing to
land east of Trcbizond under the'pro-
tection of the fleet. Trebizond . is
practically the only place of import-
ance left to the Turks on the Black
Sea. tIs fall is declared to be immin-
ent, and indeed it has been expected
that the place would be surrendered
with only a show of defence.
HIGHER TAX FOR GERMANS.
As Much as Thirty Per Cent. of In-
come Taken in Saxony.
A desnateh from Dresden, Saxony
says: The Finance Committee of the
Second Chamber of Parliament on.
Friday voted unanimously to revise
the income tax schedules upward, so
that persons receiving 2,200 marks
annually shall pay ten, per cent, and
those receiving 50,000 marks or more
shall contribute thirty per cent. of
their incomes to the State. Fathers
suppolting three or more children and
having incomes less than 5,000 marks
are exempted' from the increase and
will pay at the old rate.
$10.90 to $11; do., f.o.b., $1.15 .. to
310.20.
Montreal, Mar. 21. -Choice steers
at 38 to 38.25; good at $7.50 to
37.75, fair at $6.50 to $7, and com-
mon at $5.50 to $6, while butchers'
cows sold at from 35.25 to $7, and
bulls from $5.50 to 37.25 per 100
lbs. Hogs, $11.10 to 311.35 per
cwt. weighed off cars. Sheep, $7.50
to. $8.50, and lambs 311.75 to $12
per cwt. Calves, 8 to 10c per Ib. for
milkfed stock, and at •4% to 51/s for
other grades.
NEWFOUNDLAND WILL
INCREASE CONTINGENT
A pespatch from St. John's, Nfld.,
says: Governor Davidson, in open-
ing the Colonial Legislature on Thurs-
day announced his intention to en-
force strictly the newly enacted pro-
hibition law which goes into effect at
the end of the present. year. The
speech from the throne praised the
record of the colony's naval. and mili-
tary contingents and announced that
both forces would be increased.
OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL
DISMISSES ALL GER11iiANS
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Water Works Committe of the Ottawa
City Council has voted to dismiss all
alien 'citizens of German nationality
from its employ. The motion carried
by a vote of 6 to 2. There are a ,same
1 er of Germans in the pay ,of the
canimittee,
NO POP ,CAN TAKE
• SALONICA, GREEK SAYS
A despatch from Athens says: Gen.
i4oschopoulos, commanding the Greek
forces in Macedonia, declared to King
Cbnstantine on Friday afternoon that
Itis -opinion $aloelea, which he had
• .,
to iFny
ens ecteci was • sola 1
'just a p a>a y
iiregntable.
c
shortage of munitions for the Russian
army, says Reuter's Petrograd cor-
respondent.
30 DEATHS IN BELGRADE
FROM ASIATIC CHOLERA
A despatch from London says: As-
iatic cholera has broken out at Be' -
grade, according to an Athens des-
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company. Fifty eases have been re-
ported daily and thirty deaths have
occurred. The people of. Belgrade
are suffering from a shortage of pro-
visions, and sanitary conditions are
bad.
.7-
A CENT A 1VIILE.
Canadian Railways Have Agreed on
Rate for 17.5. Farm Laborers.
IA despatch from Montreal says: It
is understood in transportation circle;;
here that the Canadian railways have
agreed to the request of the Canadian
Government to grant the rate of a
cent a mile in Canada for American
farm laborers, who are expected to
come to Canada in large numbers
owing to the active campaign now be-
ing carried on in the United States
by the Department of the Interior.
FRENCH PARLIAMENT
APPROVES PORTUGAL
A despatch from Paris says: The
Chamber of Deputies has unanimous -
sympathy for and consideration of
Portugal, "which has joined the allies
in the defence of the cause of right
and liberty." The President of the
Chamber, Paul Deschanel, will trans-
mit the resolution to the Portuguese
Parliament.
THREE BRITISH AIRMEN
FALL TO DEATH ly passed a resolution expressin
A despatch from London says:
Three British airmen, Lieuts. John-
stone, Beaumont and Laidlaw, were
killed on Friday in accidents while on
experimental flights. Lieuts. John-
stone and Beaumont were killed on
the east coast of Scotland, and Lieut.
Laidlaw at the Hendon Aerodrome.
YOUTHS OF 18 CALLED
TO AUSTRIAN COLORS
A despatch from Vienna says: An
Imperial decree just published calls
into service all those aged eighteen
who. are fit for military duty. They
well be added to the Landsturm Cate-
gory. The decree applies to Austria
and Hungary.
KAISER WILL SELL
CASTLES FOR CASH
A. despatch from Rome says: Press
despatches received _ from Switzerland
say that the Kaiser has ordered the
sale of several of his castles in order
to contribute the proceeds to the new
German war loan.
KING -OF BULGARIA
OBJECTS TO BOMBERS
•
A despatch from London says: A
nunilser of bombs have been discover-
ed under the Bulgarian Royal Palace
at Sofia, according to wireless des-
patches from Rome on Friday. Sev-
,eral arrests are reported to have been
made.
ESCAPED PRISONERS ARE
TO, BE COMPENSATED
A despatch from Paris says: ' The
Minister of War has announced that
French soldiers, taken prisoners 'by
the enemy, and, who have subsequent-
ly escaped shall bo recompensed in
the largest measure possible for their
courage and . attaehment to their
country,
KAISER RETIRES VON TIRPITZ •
DEMANDS FLEET MAKE • DASH
Thursday, March 16.-A despatch
to the Exchange Telegraph' Conn any,
London, from Copenhagen, says, the
Wolff Bureau, the German setii-of-
news agency, annoutkce's that
t
>r g Yr
'Admiral . .
Admkral Alfred von. Trr atr, • German
P ,
=Minister of the Navy, has retired, and
that Admiral von Capelle, director of
the administration department of the
Admiralty has been appointed his
successor. The resignation of von
Tirpitz is said to be due to a break
The with elle Raiser. 'T 1 e E m e
p not and
Prince Henry object to the fleet's
in-
activity.
AMUSING EX.I'.l+l' +NCBS.
Australian Troops, Are Short on
•1 iscilkllne.
The znilit�nry authoritios are having
an increasingly difficult bask in pre-
serving, discipline among the Austra-
lian recruits, There have been a num-
ber of outbreaks by soldiers, resulting
in the burning of tents, the stoning of
Greek fruit shops and oyster saloons'
in Sydney and Neweastle, and refusal'
among soldiers en masse to pay their
fares on tale State-owned railroads.
The,,'f,iverpool camp, 25 .miles from
Sydney, being much the largest and
most important one in the State, is
chiefly affected. There may be seen
the inept!tudes; short-eomings k�
abases which spt'ing from an unpzc:
pared nation being suddenly called
upon, to cope with the mobilization,
care and preparation of ,volunteer
tunnies.
Seores of instances of the demo
cratie spirit of the recruits at Liver-
pool, especially those .from the "hush,"
could be given to illustrate Che prob-
lems facing the military powers high
and low in Australia. A strapping
"rookie" wishing to ask a question of
an officer who was about 100 yards
ahead of him, whistled lousily in tyni-
cal country fashion and then yelled
"Hey!" The officer naturally believ-
ed that he was wanted on seine im-
portant business, walked rapidly back
to the man who had hailed him.
"I say, old chap," the recruit began,
' propping himself against a post, "I
say"-
, "You shouldn't slouch that way
when you address an, officer," the
officer gently reproved him. "Per-
haps you haven't been taught' yet, but
always remember in the future that
before speaking to an• officer you
should stand at attention."
The recruit eyed the officer critical-
ly and then turning on his heel, re-
marked: "Well, if that's the way
you're going to take it I won't bother
asking you any questions."
Another raw recruit digging a
trench was accosted by an officer who
happened not to have his sword belt
on. "Hard at it?" the officer asked.
"My oath, mate," was the man's re-
ply. "But while you're hare, sergeant,
can you tell a chap the difference be-
tween all these officers I see knock-
ing around. I don't know one bloke
from another?"
"Well, to start with," said the of-
ficer, "I'm not a sergeant."
"No?"
"No!"
"Well, I don't know what you call
yourself, but they call me a 'marma-
Iade,' " was the response, "Marna- i'
lade being the cant word, on account
of the frequency of that ration, ap-
plied to the privates at the camp by
the privates themselves.
Stiff -Necked Rapture.
The youthful orator came down
from the platform at the close of his
address, and many people pressed
forward to shake him by the hands.
Re accepted their congratulations
with a smiling face, but his eyes were
on a certain man who lingered in his
seat. The young lecturer pressed
through the throng about him and'ex-
tendecl his hand to the waiting man.
"I want to thank you," he said to that
gentleman, "for the close attention
you gave to my remarks. Your up-
turned face was an inspiration to me.
I am sure you never changed your
earnest attitude during my lecture."
"No," said the man; "but don't flat-
ter yourself on the account; I have a
stiff neck!"
Very Strange. :^
Little Willie would at times ac-
quire an absorbing thirst for infor-
mation, and on such occasions would
give his parents uneasy quarters of
an hour. "Pa," he said, one evening,
holding up a' seed, "if I plant this will
it grow into an apple tree?" "Of
course it will," replied the father.
"That is one of the most interesting.
. things in nature. You see, my son,
• the apple is just a covering for the
seed, and-" "And would it grow
into a big apple -tree, papa?" went
on the bright little fellow. "Of course,''
returned his parent, somewhat snap-
pishly. "That is what I am telling
you about." "Well, it's very strange,
pa," Willie continued, "for,you see,
this is the seed of a pear!"
KEEP DOWN DISEASE ON
THE BRITISH FRONT
A despatch front London says: The
Government informed United States
Ambassador Page on Wednesday that
four surgeons from the American
army service list would be permitted
to inspect the medical corps of the
British army at the front, particular-
ly with a'View to observing the suc-
cess of the British in keeping clown
disease. •
FRENCH WAR MINISTER
COMPELLED TO RESIGN
A despatch froin Paris says; Gen.
eral Joseph Simeon Gallieni, Minister.
of War, has resigned because of ill -
health, and General. Charles Roque
has been appointed to succeed him.
No Truck With Germany.
A despatch from. Manchester, Beg -
land, says: The election of directors
of the Manchester Chamber of Com-
merce on Wednesday resulted in the
return of 1.$ out of 22 directors who
•are definitely committed to the policy
of no free trade with Germany aftete
the war.