HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1919-10-23, Page 6BRITISH SAILORS FACE MUTINY
CHARGE AFTER RESCUE AT SEA
Saved From Wrecked Steamer, They "Til Conflicting Story
ies About the Death of. Captain—All Survivors
Are From Newfoundland.
A despatch from Philadelphia, Linder the direct:xon of Chief Officer
says:—Four sailors, saved amici all I Sims and six men, and appro:.ched i
• the perils of a storied at night in mkt -
mendastres ed craft, ao that four:
could jump into the boat. So;
eeeal , are now heli at the immigrant heavy were the yeas that when the;
Station at Glaureeter, N.J., to await r.,tern to the ship was made the boat
s hearing before the British Consul on ° was smashed while efforts were made'
a charge of mutiny. ' to haul it back on the .steamer, but
An air ,of mystery surrounds the; the crew and the rescued men were
cau?ez which led to the d 'atlh of the' .-:tved.
Capteen and the Mate of the scheon-; The fcztr men, all from Nen found-
er Onito, ending with the, dietr.+,as, la el, were Thome: II,::Il.ton, age 29;
signal which summoned the steamship Er r et F izeard, a=ge 19. of Burin,
•Zirkel to their aid. The Zirkel docked' Ne'x ottr d:art?; and Douglas Nichol, •
Thursday afternoon at the Was.hing-! arc^ 24, and Lcrenee Ash, aye of
ton avenue wharf, aiid the Captain, Cchi'''.t1ear, Newftlut:tllard, They t=aid i
Daniel A.Sullivan, of New York city,' that the '.'cat was sinking and that
told a etory that rivaled the fiction of the Canteen. James Braeeta, of. Burr.,
many writers. . and, his breth•:r lernt r the 3Jite,1
eg
On the night at Octeber 8, during; v, -ere Wiled e'.urin , a e It let ',:; of ---the!
e heavy 'storm the officers of the ?fir-; verge of Salt some days previous, and; Part of a great demonstation
lel saw distre:cs flares from some; buried at sea. Profiteers or get out.'
vessel ahead. As they pulled nearer! Capt. Sullivanagave the been tile,
signs of great commotion were, free•iom of the ship and took g:,oc1 F
noticeable on the craft, which ap- care o'f them. but the stories they iWeeklyp j' y P
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in London at which the slogan to the government was "Get after the
peered to be a two -masted schocrer, soon circulated coneernin'; the log=s,
In an effort to circumvent the sehnon- of the. F}•nesi i brothers became e vagi- `
r i preachcloser. th steeling. i rtlict''c•, 1 exciting!
Toronto IIre4�d.tuffs. Irl;>nnrs-C'inadian hand I''1: d, bus., ti"despatch from London says : --In
—No. 1 \<,1 lhern, �,.;.,,tt• \i •' North- .i:i..:ai.a fi4.t5 t � .} . speech at Sheffi d Lloyd
Not the British Habit -
to Insult Bleeding Foe
e and a . rose n e a n•1 * cos line co . n. easily exc an; - „. •e 1
gear of the Zirkel sna ed, and for suer -idylls that all lint{ net been told,;, Oet. :IL—Manitoba wheat y a ' 'a f, :1.75; prime;, $.1.2ra to $4.75 a - n
PP 1'_... ..« ,. � , , recent �1
four hours she wallowed helplessly Ir. :'s :1 remi•t c: ~velli h that' ;very turned ,,.1.,7. , M $ ^ Z o. ; . of 1 t o , 5, imY on e.l .land- I Gecr>re call
ern, e2 , • No. 3 Northern, $2.2,. ieked Burma $4;Limas. 17 to 18e, ui upon the Brita's�l
the trough of a l:ea:'y Sea. over to the lltlmigratitn authorities to Store FoI't 't 'li:ln, ,, in i p �'y— ' L , i t0 : ee that the 'peaee►1i t. a real eaeem
at, , the T t o It to
Lxtrac�od clover, T ,b. fins, („ the British habit he a'
Finally a lifeboat was 1:itlnvlied> :awed. a i:on o. rte ; titish Uansul.' • lenitoba cats—No. 3 Cil'. 7,<• ex- -'1 - 10 1b. tins i'� to 4c '0 lb It is net „
' ,jtsaid,
!tTE1 t:. 1 feed, hoe; N. 1 f :';i ;Sx2e; t!l' •`-'i to 2.4c; bu ktvheat, (0-11� tixhs ! "to nag, harry, insult and trample a
SILVER AND GOLD FORTY MILLION DOL,LA
NUGGETS FOR . ,+ . ; 'TRADE WITH GREECE
Prince Sees `.., �� C .>y Ten Miilion Dollars of
Ontario r io I� ming ; This Sage Finan ed finder
entre an 1 ece1ves i G" vernua�ent Credit.
Souvenirs.
A deepotash fre:n Englehart, Ont., to date C....} i:t has London • h'e: ip
, n ,
says:—(En route with Prince of , ;t1) 00e :vcrtli ' le yes• Greece.
Wales' Special Train.)—"The tewn r- t`e this stun only 4�10 tltb;t 4tee have teen
*ours. Paint it any cc:nr youi' din
like."' ;nce;l t:r'c- the Ca:....an Ge•vPrr.-
This was the text ei! a sign whl(h. hien,'. creelit t,1 thato: . , s• the e -
v r.
greet a the Prince of Welts at Cobaltelaiain:; businese hay ng en done on
on Thursday, and exrreeeed the spirit a zee 'i, eye f�a
'tit .. •fear»,r+.r the -a tea. ... L.•'vl' exrt•"t have range
it:. . weleeme extended eel icere v- e.at to 50- .e'•.' P
,t�iz: ^• ti iv
L esr
ttheryPrin:e Thrreday by the Pcrcrpine, The ht : ;ligan r edit is now practi-
1 t ,� t+ « Royal « with ; e"'_y tenet ';p. Only ar;:tzt half a miI-
At Cc_alt the :hoyal party met ,� 1:{*:1 t„ea .yard`. of 1:tI3i'i:ss has
a welcome wh'h t*•. none the lees ,
c dem: enter the r` "iYih t'I'e::it.
genuine for the fact that nearly every -I n r the French tie 't we have (lane
body stayed at their crk and shote ,,;,t;,•.,.. , :,,' t' f
nt ri" ,1•ly .�eeai:se a.
the Priree how the counter's Bi': t'.' til;'' br'i-J Freee, ..,rt;xes. ThEre
was mixed. Presents of diver neg• -
are tittle ..i:ees in these cont»e^ _
gets at Cehalt send gold nuggets at -thdelh termi„ate there at the end `of
Timmins were showered upon the .he present year. It is considered.
Prix, e with clan e::xressicns of ,doubtful v-hether the Fr neh credit
loyalty from the miners acid their v,•111 be renewed or the Ilei .n credit
families. At Timmins. New Liskeard t.:•haueted, as these "entries appal._ and erne ler towro along the way e^tiy' wish to do all their own work'
brief stops brought out entire com- t;f reeenstreetion.
aneniti 1s to greet the Penes. At,
ea-
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Timmins a viroeous welcome was !
eater ecl t ;, senz asl t eesand people Soldiers I/3 over
assembled for a review of returned , Tenalbs 2,500 'rears Ofd
hien and a public reeoption before
the Prince visited the lIollln ger Geld ; A ties ":itch from Saleni.'a says:
Minos and received the onglaved nug-i Military e: t:avations. trench making...,
gets of precious metal as souvenirs. i etc.. carried or, in the Greek parte of
lgacedonia tiering the war ht the Al -
I lied arr-ies, have 'brought to light a.
Brutal Ila ce r.;zn er of antir;;hities, such a
lte.`•.'3:^.,t fa! urdeI'er t -
� � 'aniL'i�3.• in atT:;,nlc: t 4:1 _e: til gee -
On a et for Surrender ; .metrical deeegn and jewe:lery e' iron,
1 .silvee and geld of. great archaeological
A , I value. Tombs of the fifth and eixth
'dee-patvh from Piers says:—'t'a;3t'urs83 'EiriPe C.IY•• .. eelQ c«1^'0 1120`1]
Among ;,hese whose extradition is c?e-
nianded be i ,. ` ci:_,.;;ver,-d. These antique article:
the Lille court-martial z v" !eh hara -ben taken possession of
a certain Major Evers, who at Le ;1t'; M. Pelekl•ie , director nf. antiqui- t
Catelst condemned five 13ritisii sel- ties, grove that the Wvilizr;tion which
deers to be shot without any jteetifica-i existed at that ancient time in leiace-
tion, making ti:enh carry their ow•n coma was identical with that in tO
coffins to the place of exenution• 1 Greece.
N. ,
/tam. doz.; 10 or.., $3.50 to $4.00 doz. conforms to the •condi t'.ons we have
' Manitoha, her et',- e 3 CW, :;1:35;'-1'IS1I'e Tissot;;: u --.,fay rued, per imper- laid cio;vn we must give her a clear
;0.4 c ,c $/,27; neje tea, 51.15?i; lel gallon,
.16; per flex imperial gal-� chance to lead a decent, peaeee+ble and
'feed, X1.1;t1
!honorable .e ese once. This in the in-
terests not merely of Germany, but of
0. 2 feed, 75'5,, in .tore Fort \'4i1- 78 to 20e; Comb, 16 -oz., $1.50 to ;5.00 hlee:;;ng foe. So Iong as Germany
• , .b., 27 to 28c. ! hon b' t
Ame ican corn—No. 3 yclionehicon.' . Provisions -Wholesale.
heel, No. 4 yellow, nominal. 1 Smoked meats—f=lame, vied, 43 t
Ontario Oats --4 o. $ white. 84 to 44e; do, heavy, 3(i to i?:+;`; t'eeked, 56
tSee, ai'cerding to freights ,':IL lde. , to 59c;� rolls, 33 to 35e; breakfast
Ontario why: t—No. i i; -inter, per bacon, _i. to 50c; backs, plain 46 to
Great Britain and the whole world.”
4R,; tameless, 51 t
o 53e.
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National Dealt of Britain• car _et, �2 to dt'3 n„. ;a n do.,81.47 to
03Na3 • o., 6.03 to 51.Jie f.o.b. Cured meats—Long -clear bee on, 32.Ntc orv; dear lell`cs, ul t. ,2o. earl Eight Billion P
t@mdssupping:ants, aeeording to freight.Ontariohart--No. 1�'Siring, S2.12 Lard -Pure tierces., °0 to 301,c; I nee_
' to $2.08, No.' Spring, '1.9
to $2.05; tubs, •30ee to 31c: pnils, ?0- . to 211 • e• A. despatch from London says:—In
No. o. 3 Spring; $1.145 to $2,01, feeb?„Ints, '111', to 32e; Compound , I a recent 'spy y n
o 'no • �+• � -•+� , cl (Phe, s,, 'speech lira Lloyd George 111ig•-
-11^ping points: aecc'rt:ing to frciehte. .,:,;.. to 28et tube, 28 to 28? cc; pails, I ed the 1m.Aerative reed of greater ro-
sB hley—Malting. $1.28 to 51.3^, a•�- 20 .a. to 283ic; printe, 29?� to 30c. ! ductivity on the :art of the nation. f
car.?drag to iced,: h*: outside. Montreal Markeet. ! He pointed out that the natio = l t
'Backwhr'nt—:� sinal. , I a. debt
12ont
+ , real Oct.Or- wA
- �_._. 0... � was _
extra nearly e..
a . I. -,
I � o. h
R '\ eight c
c E billion n ou. d
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a H
e
P
1 feed, 911 c flour rcw standard � said wages had doubled the •I.:ours.of t
Mc:*',to?;a flour—Gt)varnmehtt .tared •glade, $11 to'$fl10 roiled ,eats, l,ag'.voi curtailed, and the'standard liv-
ard. $11, Tcrchnti�. ; 00 lbs. ,4.44 to $5; )axion, S.:• s t
Ontario ileal'—Government stand-• $5b. hay, o . ); hosts, ing ;;as higl'cr than ever, but that
',ord. entreat. $9.2 t +' •! « y' Cheese: eel- tan, ear let?, k22
.. 0 ,,. i l; TOYL'.`=uC,, to �:'3. Chasse, finest a'a� t2i'I1S, "5c; that standflrCd valid net 1)e preserved h
$9:05 to $1 ,o, in jute bage, " emipt butter, choi..e: b; a cense ae of tribuila
sr .,.R. t creamers, rp to Glc. is or the de- p
Some Early Attempts.
at Aviation..
All the earliest ideas of human high
were naturally based upon the obso
vation of birds and demanded that til
maxi should work his own artificia
wings, for there were no engines, an
possibly if there had been their us
would haver been considered "no
cricket." In the notebooks of Leona
do da Vinci, the painter and universe
genius, are many sketches of wings t
be fitted to arms and legs and more
than one disastrous attempt was made
to ily .',ritlh such devices.
Thus at the beginning of the sf
tenth century an Italian alchemist
promised to fly from the walls of Shir
Castle to Prance, and actually
tried to do so. Natlnrally, he failed;
by luck lie only broke a leg. He at-
tributed his failure to the fact that he
had used for his wings the feathers
of fowls, which had an "affinity" for
the dunghill. He does not appear,
however, to.have made a second trial
with eagles' feathers, which should
hare solved tlio difficulty,
A more successful, if more modest
attempt was made recently at Long -
champs by a' French professional
cyclist. Poulain, who with a man -
driven aeroplane actually flew, not to
Stirling Castle, but a distance of thir-
teen yards. It is understood that a
prize of 10,000 fra>,Jes awaits hint if
he shall repeat the feat under speci-
fied conditions.
As it requires a professional cyclist
to ily a few yards, pile yard frond the
ground, it is likely to be some time
before the air is full of aircyclists go-
ing for a spin. It is rash to prophesy,
but the general opinion is that while
Poulain's experiments may give rise
to a new sport, something like jumping
on skis, they are unlikely to be the
Preliminaries to long flights on matt
driven machines.
t
r< i a Oaring grace. kf it were) thar4
e • would. not be over Ave par out. o$ tlx
1 ' inhabitants of the CYnited Stated arta
cY probably an .equally large pereenta'
e of Canadiazgn who are dependent.uputi
t" public charity. During the past f1
r. - years practically all eominodlty .pri'e9>i
1
haverisensteadily; yet vast Ounis IIi
o the aggregate are neer being spent, f'iilj
goods that the purchasers could vert
well do without. The production bl`
luxuries requires the labor of thous-
x- , ands of men and the use of capital and
materials that could be turned to bet.
r- } ter accounht ih1 ptoduoiug and distribu-
I ting necessaries. It is surely obviou
that such needless expenditures in -
1 fluenco in a marked degree the trend
- of prices in general.
No right-thinkinh nation or individ-
ual desires to become a pauper, but to
avoid such a fate thrift is a prime es-
sential. At no other time in the his.
tory of Canada has thriftiness been
more imperative. At no other time
has prodigality been so much the rule.
It may bo only a reaction following the
enforced frugality of the later war
years, It may be due to the surplus
currency which war industries brought
into being. But in auy case, tlto
general result is baneful and tends to-
ward pauperism. If the discount ell
Canadian currency abroad is to ho
wiped out and the prices of necessaries
reduced, national and personal thrift
is a precept which must be put into
practice.
Need For Thrift is
bxaperative.
Saving is not always looked upon a>,M
The Unpunctual Procession.
Marshal Foch, in common with near-
ly all great organizers, likes punctuali-
ty, and delivered an unpleasant shock
the other day to the inhabitants oft
Morlaix, in Brittany. It was the train;
that carried him there, as a hatter of
act, that provided the shock. Tho
ownsfolk had arranged a brass band,
flags, and a procession to meet him at
he station and give him a rousing
N and they arranged to reach
he station, not at the time the train;
was clue, but at the time it actually
acl arrived every day for months
est. They trooped to the stamen to ! t
find that—probably in recognition of t
its distinguished passenger—the train t t
had actually come in on tiiue, and 1
Marshal Foch had alighted a quarter s
of an hour ago! 1
Needless to say, he had not waited, I
and the dejected procession straggled w
off to look for him! t
l�ii ifeed—Ca lots, e:iver:�tl Mont -g- s, frcell, 69e; eggs, ceIectc'd, 62 to ; clshons of labor c(nferences.
"� r d ' F;
real freights, hags included. Bran, + eggs. 1\0. 1 stock, r sic e gs
i11CttI flR, per 2 k. ) 15 to , eggs,1 ---_-'>,
teal =5; snort per tole, o. stock. 5- to 5-.c; potato, pee I
t :;55; god beg, Car logs. $1.30 to $1.33; t $ et p
feed flour. per bag, $3.50. hogs, a kills coy „`''e: sed i for gall Calf;
n
Hay --.No. 1 per ton. $24 to 5:'S abattoir d, L _o to $ ,c;; lard, 1,
mixed pert +h, 4'3 to '91, track, Ta- pure, woad jails, :0 lbe. net. 3tl to y�e'' for .mont. -ol Heifer
rent c•. I .. a c. ( _---
Steav—Cyr bin, Iger ton, $10 to $11,1Live Stock. Markets., A d _.:stch from London says:—A
triris , 1Ira
oto.. , Tor21—C.a onto, G,.t I • world record in price- for cattl•e
atter , .12.75 to $13; good heavy' e:tablislle(1 at a sale of Shorthorns at
Better—Dairy, (•.Pars ca.tle, the Abeieleenehire 'Show. The first
h Dai y, jabs and dolls, 38 to cin, ee, 511.:.5 to 411.75; do, good, brill calf to enter the rin • was knocked:
40c; p::nt , 46 , 2e. Creamer;-, fresh $10.50 t $ do r:� ; € sr
rh=�$e soIic.: 53?� - do, 0 11^ , - .., 49.54 to 410; dawn For e52,201. The �;
to 540 • ri c ' t � �,• _ .,- ) �= e •c., f was bred.
$11.i) bulls, v ^Ice
to$10. J; do. re ,59.54to$9."r5. •
• t)iee neavy c e was
•n
Ceuntry Produce--Wholesal=:.
s= .era. $12 to 12.'tl I1 t t r{
!e ; print's, o4 to can.., . , ,, Loc ,. b.,llc h,
a --...by the famous Shorthorn king, Wil-!
Egge--55 to 51.3c. + er cows, is ,
Dressed poultry—cprirg 'chickens,' choice, $10 to $10.50• da, X001 $9 to the highest pulse ever paid for a
25 to .enc• renegers. t.5e; fowl, 20 to 89.25; do, med., $Q,;.o to $9• do com.: bull calf. another world's record was
t0 Y.lyducklings, 25 to 30c; turkeys, i $7 _to $7.F.,0; rtecl:cr; , $7.50 to $14; • established by James Durno, of Upper- i
a ' ; squabs, doz., $4.50. ; feeders, ers, e1 f, to 81i 25; canners and mill who ebt 'wed k2100
I' ($8788jfor
L ..ry'•'e po et'
; do, roug'n $7 50 to "8• bu«ch ' ham Duthie, of Collynie. Thie figure!
chiek:nee 22, cutters, $5 to $6.25.; milkersgood to a •seven -m a. i
to 25c; rcr:e tcrs, 20c; fowl, 18 to 5c; e-heeee, L 110 1c•, anth-old heifer calf.
' 2r � toS "0; do., com and
ducklings, 20c; turkeys, 25c. '! ree.t 805 to $75• springers, $90 to
tv , .,iiia o ,; s lain Iambs, per cwt.,
80a; Stilton, 32 to 33c. .:12.75 to 413.60; calve:, good to choice, To Furnish House Now
C''ees•e--Ncw. large, 281a to 29c; ; :,1f)0' 1' it ewes, $8 $` s, ti
Yes, 29 to 291 c; triplets 291..., to ing c cg t 410 o $9.50; y c'al'1- Costs Four Times as Much
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice 48 to $16 to to
, hogs, feel and watered
50e; creamery prints, 57 to 59c, $18.25 to $1i .50; do, weighed off cars, A despatch from London says:—It
Margarine -33 to 38c. , 318.50
d, f.o.b., 417.25; do, do, to costs a nevrly-harried couple to -day
rs �1"
Eggs—No. 1, 58 to 59c; selects, 01; farmers, ,.
four5 furnish a
o 6°e• I Montreal, Oct. 21.—Choice steers about
time as much to f 1
Dressed poultry—Spring chicken:,, ! per cwt. $5.50 to $11; choice bull' house as their Barents • had to pay,
30 to 35c; roosters, 23 to 25c; fowl, 30; cows, $8 to $10• canners' cattle from 2IDespite the Profiteering Act and pub -
to 32o; turkeys, SO to fisc; ducklings, $5 to $7 per vista; eine l• $7,50'to q lis outcry .against the scandal of high
Per vitt., Iamb $11 to S13 per cwt. prices, the cost of living In this caun-
Live poultry—Spring chickens, 22 to I milk -fed calves, $12 to $15 rte: cwt.; try continues to increase, and eve -
` 26e; fowl, 23 to 25c; ducks, 22 to 25•c.' select hogs, off cars, $17.60 to $18. where . t '
�� N TART SU R DERa
to 3oc• squabs doz. 36.00. • 1
BRITISH •
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Shows Consideration
FALL a� HAND For Needs of Transport®.el Mennonites t®
General Yuder itch Continue s Victorious March, Nearing
Russian Capital—Reds Refuse to Defend City.
A despatch from London says:—
Kronstadt is reported to have sur-
rendered to the British fleet.
General Yudent'tch, Commander of
the Russian Northwestern Army, has
:Captured Gatclrina and is victoriously
vdvaneing toward Krasnoye 'Sedco and
Tsarskoye Selo, eighteen and fifteen
miles from Petrograd.
Reports from Revel and Helsingfors
say that Yude nitch is mesting with
feeble resistance, although Gatchina
was .strongly fortified. Reports frons i
aviators show that the few barricades'
' on the road to Petrograd and trenches
and entanglements outside of the
i Capital are eat form'dab
,It is also announced that the Bol-
eiheviki are evacuating Petrograd ow-
,
ing to a mutiny among the Red troops.
Reports from_Rossi
generally
chronicle successes for the anti, -Bol -
j Shevlk forces in all sections of the
country, but, with the exception of
the Eastern front, where Admiral
K'olciiak maintains that he is Advanc-
ing along the whole of the Iine, the
Reds are putting up reoistance.
A despatch front London says:—
Out of consideration for the special
transport needs, King George and
Queen Mary did not use, as js their
wont, a special train from London to
Sandringham, whither their Court hes
I gone.
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Darkest Day of the War.
Official figures given out recently in
London show that the darkest diary of
the war for England was on July 1,
1916, when casualties in killed and
wounded numbered 170,000. It was
the opening day of the first battle of
the Somme.
Obey School Law
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A despatch from Regina says:—
The Great War Veterans? Association
of Swift Current has passed a resolu-
tion endorsing the action of the Sas-
katchewan Department of Education
in enforcing compulsory school ,at-
tendanee upon the Mennonites in that
district. "We pledge ourselves to sup-
port to •the fullest degree the Depart- y
ment of Education in its efforts to fl
:educate all children inethe Province, Vi
ass they should be, in the English Lan- 'b
guage," .says the resolution, after re- in
citing the fact that "there are groups
of people who resist education as pro-
vided by the legislation of this 1
Province!'
u
ser2ous unres 1s manef st.
Many of the necessaries of life.have
risen by 300 per cent. since 1914, the
working classes being the .greatest
soda: erers:
Telling Epigrams
by Tiger of France
A despatch from Paris says:—
Premier Clemenceau',s recent speech
p11 the Peace Treaty contained two
epigrams. One was':
"Lf France gives up large families
ou may put into your treaties the
nest articles you 'lake, you will do in
ain whatever you try. France will
e Moat because there won't be any
ore Feencihmen."
The..seoond was:
"Tho future of the German Empire
s not on water, as it used to be, but
nder the water." --
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Lizards' Eggs As Food.
The water monitor affords one of tlhe
food standbys of the natives of India,
Ceylon, and the Malay Peninsula. The
eggs of this lizard are more highly
prized than hens' eggs, according to a
writer in The Scientific American,
The monitor is equipped with a long,
forked tongue, extending from a
sheath -like a snake's, It is one of the
Iargest of existing Ileserds,'reaching a
length of seven feet, although its near-
est relative, the gigantic Australian
monitor, grows from twelve to: thirty
feet long, The monitor lays tetenty
or more white soft-shelled eggs 1 , gs in
hollow trees, and in Burma these bring
a much higher price than heas' eggs.
The monitor often startles huntez'se
by crashing through tine jungle, mak-
ing as much noise as large game. It
climbs trees for squirrels, birds, and
heir eggs. At abler tildes it may be
ound digging along stream banks for
he eggs of the crocodile: •of which it
s most fond. Eicher in running or
wituming, it can leave its enemies far
)ehind. If surprised when up a tree,
t drops into the 'water, sw imruing
•ith powerful strokes of its fia:teneii
ail, which acts as oars and rudder.
When captured it fights with teeth,
claws and'tail.
Towns ns Visited in
Balance of H.R.-.'u Tour
Tlie itinerary of the Prince of
Wales' tour through Ontario was as
follows:
Cobalt and Timmins, 1Gth; Hamil-
ton, 17th and 18th; Niagara Falls
18th and 20th; Brantford, afternoon
of 20th; 'Guelph and Stratford,
21st; Woodstock and Chatham, 22nd;
London, afternoon of 22nd to after-
noon of 23rd; Windsor, 23rd and 24th;
Galt, 24th; Kingston, 25th to 27th
Montreal, 27th to November 2nd; To
rollto, Nov. 2nd to 5th.
Thence to Ottawa, where the Prince
will address the Canadian Club, Satur-
day, Nov. 8. One hour's stop will be
node at Brookville, Oct. 27, and some
side trips out of Montreal are being
arranged for. The Prince will visit
the eastern townships, Oct. 29, includ-
ing Sherbrooke and' St. Anne'•s, Nov. 2,
Still 77,000 German
Prisoners in Britain
A despatch from London ways:—
There
ays:There are 77,000 German poisoners sof
war still in England, Repatriation
has been delayed owing to lack of
transport,
Water from the melting snag Hying
on the rye in the early spring tie very
;injurious to the crop, acrd if the water
lies on the land for any length of time
eonsecierable Killing out results. .ow
•spots in the field liable to hold 'water
should be drained in the fain before
freeze-up by running furrows to form,
channels for the water from the low
places to some outlet *let will drain
it away. e.
OH: IF i S?nitge
HAD nit 3' ftiwii
TO t9 M Tent:0Cli'-
Good Ploughing.
Ploughing matches in years gone by
were ,common and vory interesting
events. They became less popular Its
two -furrow and power ploughs 001:19
into use, until j)loughing threatened to
become a decadent art. The aim seem-
ed to be to plough the greatest pos-
sible area regardless of how the work
was performed. Efforts aro now being
made to revive interest in better
prougbing. Junior Farmers' competi-
tions and local matches were held in
many places title autumn and an In-
terprovincial Ploughing Match olid
Tractor and Machinery Donionstratien
was held at Ottawa on October 1.4t11,
15th and 18th. Classes were open to .
boys, young anon and mature plough.
men. This was an educational event,
intended to stimulate interest in bet-
ter ploughing end better farni9ug.
Gelid ploughing nearly always means
better farming throughout. Attention
should and can bo paid to the quality
ins eye1l as to the quantity of the work
done.
Slot Machines 200 B.C.
Automatic machines were first used
in Egypt,'ud in the old temples of the
past devices were employed for auto-
matically dispensing the purifying
water,
A small coin (five drachmae) had
to be dropped into a slot to set the
ineohanism in motion. and secure a
small quantity of water. Heron, of
Alexandria, who lived two hundred
years before the Christian era, had Ea
machine of this kind constructed for
This own personal use.
The "penny -in -the -slot" machine, as
we know it to -day, was invented. by a
Mr. Percy Everitt, of New York. Since
he placed his invention on the market
many thousands of patents in connec-
tion with slot machines have been
taken out In Great Britaineaud foreign
countries,
Record -Catch Skeen(,
On the Skeeno, Baiter, which enters
the Pacific Just below the city of
Prince Pupert, the salmon run is the
greatest in the history of the salmon
ilsherles, For some drays the average
tae of Aeh on the Slconna was AP.
proxienate1' 140,000 to 150,000, about
evenly divided between the sockeye
and the bund shttols,
Tho ouzlztorios and cold storage
ptants are fllnfiit ! it clilficult to take
ppaxP aY tlt�► la#l. I'n'icle;s PRM tine
ttak;erxnan aro the lxi, lle0t aver Xci�pwu
and with th,9 inoretio0 In 'nu) o tt of
coo it in a•l?;)Aren3 th0.t 04110 . aa1•
num will usogsoitrily w*U t h, high
Aggro.
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