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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-6-15, Page 6KITCHENER LEST HA MPSHIRE GERMANS CARRY BUT THE LIFEBOAT UPSET BIG WAR VOTE. Two Socialists Oppose New Survivors Too Exhausted To Tell Anything Concerning the Disaster:•. A despatch from London says: jin search, but found no trace of the • Various short reports regarding the Iianapslhire, •nor for some time any loss of Lord Kitchener and his ,staff j bodies. The captain's gig was dash - on the cruiser Hampshire continue to ; ed ashore on the - Orkneys empty. emanate from northern ports; One ! The twelve survivors were flung states that Lord Kitchener and. his ; ashore clinging to a small inflated stair embarked in a small boat and; raft, battered and exhausted. Two or cleared the ship, but that the boat !three told those who helped them that was swamped in the heavy seas, The I Lord Kitchener was aboard, then drop - disaster has now been located ab two ped asleep. Between 70 and 80 bodies. miles from shore, between Marwick i some of them still warm, .were found, Head and the Brough of Piney, on !Several had lost nearly all their fin - the north-west coast of the Island of i ger nails and toe nails trying to clam- Pomona, the largest of the Orkney ber up the cliffs. It is reported that group. The disaster occurred only l some reached shore alive, but died of an hour after Earl Kitchener and ; exhaustion. members of his staff had embarked on A big lifeboat has been washed on the Bruiser, A patrol ship in the ; the rocks near Thurso, on the main - neighborhood aerographed that it had land. Seven feet of the stern of the sighted the warship afire, and then , craft was torn away, and no name that it seemed to blow up, but the gale showed, but apparently the boat had prevented hearing the sound of the been one of those belonging to the explosion. Other ships instantly went Hampshire. Credit of $3,000,000,000 A despatch from Berlin says :- The Budget was passed by the Reich- stag . onWednesdhy, the only opposi- tion being the Socialist votes. 'There was almost complete unanimity in providing the 'new war credit of $3,- 000,000,000, only two Socialists cast- ing their ballots against it. Dr. Helf- ferieh, Minister of Finance, told the Reichstag that the war expenditures from January to May, 1916, were ap- proximately $500,000,000 a month. This, he declared, was extraordinariy small in view of the enormous quan- tity of munitions that has been pro- vided to carry out the Verdun offen- sive. The opposition of the Socialists when the vote was taken on the Bud- get had no bearing upon the war. The Socialists have been agitatintg for years for a new system of taxation to relieve the workingman. They have, without exception, voted against the Budget on these grounds. The new war credit will not be drawn upon, it is estimated, until Sep- tember. Ample funds to carry on the �� operations until then are on hard from TEUTONS" AD800the lana loan in February, when mope. than $..,500,000,000 was obtained. MORE SEA LOSS THE NAVAL FIGHT Ea i t le Cruiser Lutzow and the Rostock Destroyed -New Reports on Fight. A dspatch from London says: There was much satisfaction express- ed ±at the Admiralty on Thursday over the pehlicatien of the admission by the a.;•".•man Naval Department of the lo:=e of t.ho battle crui ler Lutzow of 26,0100 tons and the armored cruiser Ito, t(,; k of 4,900 tins. British reports of the naval battle off Skagerrack ha i :..vaunted fc,r these German ships. ae:aao others, which the Berlin state- ments had steadfastly omitted. The :rdmiseior that the loss of these v >.:::els was withheld "for mili- tary eeeeens" impugns the veracity of the German claim as to the results of the battle generally, in the opinion of utaaches of the Admiralty. Fur- ther admissions confirming the Brit - i, h reports are looked for. COCKSURE OF VERDI: N. Germany Claims She Will Occupy Town on Date Arranged. despatch from Berlin says: The Germ. n General Staff figured that Verdun would fail in five months. German military experts now ex- preee the view that all expectations will be even surpassed. In quarters, where facts, not feelings, acts, not assertions, count, it is confidently pre- dicted that Verdun will be in the hands of the Germans in the first week of July. Total Number of German Sailors Killed is SOO. A despatch from London says :- The eopenhagen correspondent of The Daily Mail learns from Kiel that the first unofficial estimate of German losses in the North Sea gives the number of killed at S00, of wounded at 1,400 and of missing at 4,600. A Central News despatch from Cop- enhagen says that the Swedish steam- , er Vanda passed the wreck of a gigan- ' tic warship on Saturday, the nation- ality of which it was unable to aseer- tain. Hundreds of bodies were float ing around the wreck and for three hours the Vanda steamed among dead sailors. Near the spot where the derelict was encountered the wreck of a big sailing vessel, apparently an in- nocent victim of the Jutland battle was sighted. NEWFOUNDLAND TO REPLACE MEN LOST IN NORTH SEA. A despatch from St. Johns, Nfld., says: To help make up for the losses suffered by the British naval forces in the recent North Sea battle, New- Ifoundland authorities began making plans on Friday for a special recruit- ing campaign. An effort will be made to send forward one thousand men as the colony's share. Tramp (entering taxidermist's)- "Do you stuff all kinds of things here ?" Taxidermist -"Why, yes." Tramp -"Well, I wish you'd stuff me with a good dinner." PARALLEL Whole Enemy Line VICTORY BY RUSSIANS WITHOUT A Matters Begin to Look Serious for the in Russia. A despatch from London says: "The victory won by the Russians is with- out a parallel in military history," says a Petrograd despatch to Reu- ter':; Telegram Company. "The Rus- sian; now occupy the whole triangu- lar fortified positions of Kolki, Lutsk and Olyka. "Military writers dwell on the great strategic importance of this tri- angle. which includes some of the best Austrian communication lines, and connects the centre between Poliessie, Volhynia and Poland and the roads to Galicia and Bukowina. "The Russians fought their way to Lutsk, a distance of twenty-five miles, in three days, through forests and marsh lands and over battered de- fences, the invincibility of which the Austro -Germans had been boasting throughout the winter and spring. There is still no response to the Rus- sian thrust, and military writers cle- dare that matters begin to look seri- ous for the whole enemy line in Rus- sia. "Col. Shumsky, the military critic of The Bourse Gazette, declares the junc- tion between the Austrians and. Ger- mans has been cut clean through, thus exposing the right flank of the Ger- mans and the left flank of the Aus- , trians and making them almost de- fenceless to further Russian attacks." Another despatch from Petrograd 'says: The Lutsk victory changes the whole position on the Russian south- western front. Hardly less important is the Russian success in Galicia, where the Austrian positons between Trybuchovce and Jaslovitz, south of Buczacz, have been forced and the Austrians driven beyond the Strypa. In Bukowina again the Austrians were driven back south of Okna, and the head of the railway leading to Czerno vitz is in Russian hands. p�leeem 0 A I lin MAST F HELD DESPITE LOSSES INVOLVED Canadian Authorities Communicated With the British General Staff Concerning Its Abandonment. A despatch from Oita -v ,. mays: In view of the heavy ' losses sustained during the past two week:; by the Can- adian forces in defending the position knoivxt as the Ypres ealient enquiry hae br en madeby the Canadian au. thr,rrties of the British general staff, The information obtained in reeler is that the position is an important. one, and that notwithritanding the r(i'io;13 lose: incurred, it I:4 them:hi rrecceeary to defend it, The German losses in the various attacks, according to the information communicated, have been greater than !those of the Canadians, and at other points on the British line where the Germans have attacked the losses on both sides have been no Iess .serious. No additional details of the fight- ing have been received by- the Militia Departrnent, but an eye -witness ac- count is expected to reach Ottawa from Sir Max Aitken in a few days. The.. losses, according to the latest of - (Hai al statement have 'been over 6,000 of all ranks. BRITISH TRADE GROWS. Imports and Exports Show Equal Increase in May. A despatch from London says The Board of Trade returns for May shows that imports increased £12,- 213,000• The increase was zepresent- ed principally by food products, grain, flour and chemicals). Imports of cotton, however, decreased £2,750,000. Exports increased £13,405,000, the in- crease being chiefly in iron, steel, cot- ton and wool manufactured products. FRENCH AIR SQUADRON BOMBARDS HOBOKEN. A despatch from London says: An allied air squadron has successfully bombarded the wharves at Hoboken, near Antwerp, according to a despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from 3.1aestricht. The Germans are said to have been building destroyers at Hoboken. The squadron was fired on by German batteries, bub returned to its base safely. MUNITIONS OF WAR ACT APPLIED TO LIVERPOOL. A despatch from Liverpool says: An official announcement given out here on Thursday says the Govern- ment has decided to apply to the Liverpool docks that section of the munitions of war act which provides that no employer may declare a lock- out and that no employee may go on strike, FRANCE HAS ADVANCED CLOCKS ONE HOUR. A despatch from Paris says: Fol- lowing the example of Germany, Eng- land, Italy and the Scandinavian coun- tries, the Senate on Thursday adopted the daylight saving bill, advancing le- gal time by one hour. There's a lot of fun in not having money. You can always sit down and plan what you would do if you had plenty of it. The Late Lord Kitchener entering St. Paul's Cathedral at the recent celebration of "Anzac" Day, in honor of the Australian Colonial troops. WOMEN RUN WAR HOSPITAL. Constitute Whole Staff From Sur- geons to Orderlies. A hospital in which only the pa- tients are men is one of the war time innovations in London. It is in Endell Street near Covent Garden Market, and the entire staff, from cooks to surgeons, are women. The institution is the outgrowth of a movement known as the Women's Hospital Corps. A little body of wo- men left England for France in the early stages of the war to nurse the wounded soldiers, but later they were called back, as they were needed even more urgently to care for the many wounded soldiers brought home to England. From this small beginning the hos- pital, which will accommodate 500 wounded soldiers, sprang. The wounded soldier is considerably sur- prised, if he is well enough to take notice, to be brought to the hospital. and see only women orderlies in the corridors and women surgeons and physicians to attend him. The medical staff consists of eight surgeons under the direction of a chief surgeon, a dental surgeon, an ophthalmic surgeon, a pathologist, an X-ray operator, an arimsgthetist, and a number of physicians. In addition women medical students visit the hos- pital, and the entire administrative supervision of the hospital is in 'wo- men's hands. A woman does her duty because she wants to -a man because he has to. ON CRUISER INDEFATIGABLE Tee picture, is a dt' (: •view or tine Ea naeli eel -user. Sncle.1"rstn i;b:c, wirier was ::stinker 'Phe (;canton ..dm;r«ri;' zeporte teat there were only. two • survivorss 4tn4 that thee,. rvc..: rtrxued by German rTr;irs. RUSSIANS. BLOW BREACH JFROM QLD SCOTLAND IN THF: AUSTRIAN FRONT , NOTi:S O'h' INTER S,T FROM H7G$. Ml Five of the Teuton Armies on the Eve of a General Retreat, It • is Reported. A despatch from London says: Special despatches from Petrograd express the belief' that the Russian successes against the Austrians are far more important than appears from the official announcements, The Daily Telegraph's correspon- dent ventures the assertion on the y au- diorite,' of a• prominent Russian expert that "all five Austrian armies are on the eve of a general retreat, and that Lemberg is in great strategic danger." On the same authority it is asserted that "a strategic breach 100.. miles wide has been blown in the Austrian front, involving the armies of, General Count von. Bothmer and General von Boehm-Ermolli, and part of that of Archduke Joseph Ferdinand. According to other despatches, the Russian success is largely due to the unprecedented use of artillery, sur- passing in intensity any previous ef- forts on either side on the east front. The retreat of many Ahlstrian trench detachments was completely cut oft by a curtain of shrapnel through which it was impossible for any liv-1 ing thing to pass, and the Austrians were thus compelled to surrender en masse. The Times estimates the Austrian tosses at 200,000. The Volhynian fortress of Lutsk, 30 miles from the Galician frontier, fell into Russian hands last Tuesday, the first important capture by the Czar's forces since the great Spring drive on the 250 -mile front from the Pripet to the Roumanian border be- gan. The fall of Lutsk was announced by the Russian War Office on Thursday night. New Invasion From North. The capture of Lutsk threatens the Austrians with a new invasion of Ga licia from, the north. Vienna ' de- snatches express the fear that the. abandonment of Dubno, the apex of the Volhynian fortress triangle, will become automaticallynecessary, and bhe fall of that stronghold would com- pel the Austro -Hungarians to retire within the Galician border. The Russians, according to Petro- grad, scored another notable success in the last 24 hours. Pushing forward in maesed formation, with an unpre- cedented outpour of artillery, they pressed the Austro-Hungar'1(en troops defending the "doors of the Buko- wine" to the River Strypa, taking strong positions on the Tribuchowice- Jaslowice front. Both places lie a few miles from one another west of . the Stripa and south of the important, city of Buczaz. This success, if fol- lowed up by further progress, men- aces the Bukowina crown land with invasion and the whole Austro-Htm- garian army defending it -estimated at from 250,000 to 300,000 -with be- ing cut off. The Russian official 'report asserts that the total number of prisoners taken in the new offensive has been brought up to 54,000. Markets ®f the World Breadstuffs. Toronto, June 13. -Manitoba wheat- No. heatNo. 1 Northern 1.163; No. 2, do., $1.152; No. 3, do., $1,113; on track, Bay ports. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W„ 53c; No, 3, do., 519e; extra No. 1 feed, 511c; No. 1 feed, 501c, on track, Bay ports. American corn -No. 3 yelow, 75c, on track, Ba.y ports; 78c. track, Toronto. Ontario outs -No. 3 white, 47 to 49c, outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial, $1 to $1.01; No. 2, do., 98 to 99c; No. 3, do., 94 to 95c; feed wheat, 88 to 90c, nor - Ina, according to freightsl outside. Peas -No. 2, $1.70; according to sam- ple, $1.26 to $1.50, according to freights ou tside. Barley -Malting, 65 to 66c; feet' 62 to 63c. according to freights outside. Buckwheat -70 to 71c, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 1 commercial, nominal, 94 to 95c, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $6.70; second patents, in jute bags, $6,20: strong bakers', in jute bags, $6, Toronto Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample, $4.25 to $4.35 in bulk seaboard, prompt shipment. 1m1feed-Car lots, delivered Montreal freights -Bran, per ton, 923; shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per ton. $25 to 926; good feed flour, per bag, 91.70 to 91.75. Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 24 to 27c; inferior. 23 to 240; creamery prints, 29 to 31c; inferior, 28 to 29c. Eggs -New -laid, 25 to 26c; do., in car- tons, 26 to 27c. Beaus -$4 to 94,50, the latter for handpicked. Cheese -New, large, 1Sc: twins, 189c. Maple syrup -Prices are steady at 91.40 to 91.50 per Imperial gallon. Honey -Combs -No. 1, $2.75 to 93; No, 2, 92 to 92.40. Dressed poultry-Chichens, 25 to 27c; fowl. 22 to 24c. Potatoes-Ontarios 'quoted at 91.55' and New Brunswicks at $2.10 per bag. Provisions. 'Bacon, long clear, 1S3c per lb. hams -Medium, 233 to 243c; do„ heavy, 203 to 213a; rolls, 19 to 193c; 'breakfast bacon, 243 to 263c; backs, plain, 263 to 273c; boneless backs, 293 to 303c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 17c. and pails, 173e;. compound, 14 to 143e, Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 1.3. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 7.9 to 81e. Oats -Canadian 'Western, No. 2, 64c; dn., No. 3, 523c; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 523c; No. 2 local white, 62c; No. 3, do., 51c; No. 4, do., 50c. Bar- ley -Manitoba feed, 68 to 70c; matting. 75 to 76c. Flour-Manitoba'Spring wheat patents, firsts, 96.80: do.. seconds, 96.30; strong bakers', $6.10; Winter patents, ch.olce, $6 to $9.25; straight rollers. 55.10 to 95.60; do., in bags, 92,40 to 52.65, Rolled oats -Barrels, $5.05 to 95.55; bag• of 90 lbs., 52.40 to 92.65. Mill - feed -Bran, $23 to $24; shorts, $26; middlings; 928 to $30; moutlite, $30 to $35, Hay -No. 2. per ton, car lots, 920.60 to $21.60. Cheese -Finest west- erns, 173c; do., easterns, 153c. Butter -Choicest creamery. 30 to 313o: sec- ond.s, 29 to 293e I4ggs-Fresh. 26 "to 26c; selected, 29•to 30c; No. 1 stock, 26 to. 27c; No. • 2, do., 24c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, 51.95. • Winnipeg farain. Winnipeg, June 13. -Cash quotations: -Wheat-No. 1 Northern, $1.103; No. 2. Northern, 51.093; No. 3 Northern, 91.059; No. 4, $1,003; No. 5, 943e; No. 6. 895c; feed, 839o. Oats -No. 2 C.'4v., 473c; No. 3 C.W., 463c: extr, N( 1 feed, 463c; No. 1 feed, 447,e; No 2 feed, 433c. Bar- ley -No. 3, 68c; No. 4, 61c; rejected 56c; feed, 56c. Flax -No. 1 N.1V,C, 91.693; No. 2 (,1�'., 91.563. United States Markets. Minneapolis, June 13. -Wheat -July 91.102; September, 91.103; No, 1 hard 91.173; No. 1. Northern. $1,109 to $1,139; No. 2 do„ 91,073 to $1.119. Corn -No, 3 yellow, 72 to 73c. Oats -No, 3 white 3S to 383e. Flour unchanged; shipments, 29,451 bbls. Bran, 918.00 to $10,00. Duluth. June 13. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, 91,13; No. 1 Northern, $1.12; No. 2 Nor- thern, 91.063 to 91.099. Linseed, 91.823; July, $1.939 asked; Sel,tember, 91.823 asked, Xive Stock Markets. Toronto, June 13 -Choice heavy steers 99.60 to 99.00; butchers' cattle, choice, 59.15 to 59,35; do„ good, $S.S5, to $9.00; do„ medium. 98.40 to 98.60; do„ common, 97.75 to $3.00: butchers' bulls, choice, $5,On to 98.50; do., good bulls, 57.50 'to 97,75; do„ rough bulls. $4,75 to $6.25: butchers' cows, choice 58.00 to $S.25; do., good $7,50 to $7.75; do., coronion, 15.25 to 45.75; stockers, 700 to 850 lbs., $6.76 to $7,75: choice feeders, clehorned, 950 to 1,000 lbs. 58.25 to 8.85; canners choice, each 976.00 to 5100.00.• doconn and cutters, . 94.00 to $5.00; mincers, „ , and fried:, each, $40,00 to $60.00; spring- ers, 950.00 to 5100A0: light ew<s. $ to 910,00; sheep. heavy. $6.00 tc $8,005,50; lambs, per lb.. 150. to 173c; spring lambs $6.00 to 510.50: calves. good to choice, m $9.60 to 212.60; do., me Inn $ 7.25 to 8.50: hogs, fed and watered, $10.60: do., weigh- ed off cars $10.85 to 910,90: do., f.o.b., 919.00 to 910,10. Montreal, June 13. -Butchers' steers, choice, 99 to 99.10; medium. 99.30 to 58.50; common, 97.30 to 97.90; bulls, choice. $ 7 to $8.10: fair to good, 50.65 to 97; medtum, $5.66 to 56.40: cows, choice, $7 to 97.75; fair to gond, $5.66 to 90,40; capers and cutters $3.76 to 54.76. Sheep. light, 97 to 98; soring lambs. $5 to $3 each, Calves, choice, $9 to 910: inedium, $7 to $S. Wogs, selects $11.25 to $11,50; heavy and sows, $9.25 to 59.50. GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY RESTRICTS LIQUOR TRAFFIC A despatch from Christiania says: -On account of the general strike, the Government has passed a law pro- hibiting the sale or importation of strong liquors, wines and beer and the shipment of liquors throughout the country. The police also have been ordehed to prevent the serving of wine and beer in restaurants. GERMAN DESTROYER SUNK BY MINE A despatch from Amsterdam ,says: -The Telegraaf says that a German destroyer struck a mine anti went down off Zeebrugge on May 31. BRITAIN NOW TAKES OVER THE WOOL SUPPLY OF 1916: A despatch from London says: An army order issued on Thursday pro= hibits the purchase or sale of Bribish or Irish wool of the 1910 season. Traveller "It seems wonderful that Japanese dentists can take out teeth with their fingers," 'Little Jack - "Auntie can take out hers with her fingers --every one of 'em." GREAT PROGRESS MADE BANKS AND BRAES. What Is Going On In the Highland$ and Lowlands or Auld Awing to an outbreak of fire that occurred .in the Abernethy school, damage estimated at $5,000 was caused, Owing to bhe lighting restrictions, Wishaw Town Council has decided that there shall be no Summer Fair this year. According to the report su omitted by the sanitary inspector, there have been five cases of diphtheria during the past month in Linlithgow parish. The death has occurred at Castle - Douglas of Mr. George Hunter, for 40 years headrnaster of Ringford steno', midway between Castle -Douglas _and Kirkcudbright. A comfortable and well-equipped soldiers' rest room erected by* the Glasgow Council of the Church of Scotland has been finally. opened at St. Enoch Station. • Mr, Andrew C. Telfer, who was the first artisan representative returned to Edinburgh Town Council and a former magistrate,. has ,just died at the age of 7.1 Years, With a view to giving a warning to the public in the event of an air raid by reducing bhe pressure of gas, an experiment is to be carried out i Edinburgh and Leith. As a memorial to the late W. G.. C. Gladstone, M.P., for Kilmarnock Burghs, an ophthalmic theatre and twe+ wards have been opened by Viscount Bryce at Chester Royal Infirmary., At a meeting of Saltcoats Town Council it was intimated that a letter had been received from the Secretary f Scotland enclosin an order for th o g e eloping of the old parish churchyard. Although the gross income of the United Free Church for 1915 shows a decrease of $755,475 as compared with 1914, the financial committee explains that in the latter year there were ale - normal legacies. Information has been received by his relatives in Girvan that Sergt, !Fergus McCallum, 43rd Trench Mor- tar Battery, has been awarded the D.C.M. for distinguished conduct in action in France. Sentence of three years' penal servi- tude has been passed in the High Courts of Justiciary on John Maclean, the Glasgow Socialist, who was Lep- victed of charges under the Defeleee of the Realm Regulations. a, - KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. Chances of Fame and Fortune Missed by the Unobservant. How many times in the days of our childhood were we told that we should keep our eyes open, and how often do we miss golden opportunities by fail- ing to use them? How many of us, for instance, can, at a moment's notice, describe bhe pie - tures in the various rooms of our own homes, or tell the position in which they are hung? And yet, through ob- servation of little things, fame and E° fortune have been won. There is an old story told, for in- stance, of Watt, who, sitting in his mother's kitchen when a boy, noticed that the lid of the kettle jumped about when the water boiled, and, in finding out the reason, he learnt the poorer of steam -knowledge that he afterv. s applied to the making and perfecting of steam -driven engines. Sir Isaac Newton, while reading un- der an apple -tree, was struck on the head by a falling' apple. Noticing the force of the blow in comparison to the exceeding smallness of the fruit, his curiosity was aroused as to the reason, and he eventually evolved the wonderful theory of gravitation. And to the observation of men whose names are unfamiliar to us we owe many of the common things which surround us to -day. A French bread -maker of the name of Jaquin, once observed that water in which certain small fish, called ables, were washed was covered with fine, silver -colored particles. Allow- ing the sediment in this water to set- tle, he obtained from it a most beau- tiful powder which had. the lustre of, -ile- a pearl. This gave him an idea, and, after many experiments, he coated the inside of small glass globules with the powder, and thus manufactured the artificial pearls which are•aarnop- ular at the present day. Glass, it is said, was first discov- (...IliMAN EAST AFRICA ered by a party of merchants who British Columns Pursued the • Enemy As Far As the Vicinity of Neu-Etengule. A despacth from London says The following official statement was issued on Wednesday: - "General North • reports that the British columns which crossed Nyassa- lancl into the German East Africa frontier on May 25 pursued the enemy in the direction of Iringa as 'far es the vicinity, of Neu-Etengule. A num- ber of prisoners, some ammunition and a quantity of stores and suppliea were captured. y 1 "Colonel, Murray, conilnt,ndiing the Rhodesian column which is investing Namoma, reports that the garrison at that place broke out of the town on .the night of June 2, suffering heavy casualties, and leaving behind several of their number, who were made pri- soners, Among those was the Ger- man Commandant, who had been 'wounded by our fire. "The German natives levies and car- riers are demoralized, and are desert- ing, while the population in the areas traversed are welcoming the British troops, "Om' Iosees in, the .course of the operations have been small.,' once camped near a river wrich risco me, in Mount Carmel. Having no stones at hand on which to rest their kettle, they used some pieces of. nitre. They noticed . bhat the heat of the fire grad- . y, ually dissolved the nitre, which, mix- ing with the sand, caused a transpar- ent substance to flow, -which was noth- ing more or lees than glass. Felt -of which hats are made -was discovered by a man who, to keep his feet warm, once put wool in his shoes, After some little time be noticed that the moisture which the wool contraet- eel and the action to which it had been subjected between the sole of the foot and the boot, combined with the natur- al heat of his body, had caused the fleecy substance to consolidate into 1 rough 'kind of cloth, which suggested to lifm the idea of making that partio- . lar kind of woollen fabric" known as felt.