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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-3-25, Page 2• FRANCE HAS GREATEST GUNS THE MOST DEADLY WEAPON NOW AN 'PRE FRONT, Fretteh Gunners, Rave Achieved Skill That Is the Deepoir and Terror oe the Germens. 'Seven. is the magic number; thir- teen has world-wide significance, and on this continent the number 28 has re meaning all its own, lo France the figure to -day is 75, It few 'Weeks ago they had a, tag day itt Paris and the larger French siliett 'A huge sum of money was raised for the "work at the iront," and the 'tags fbore only the mystic umnber 75, All France did honor to it, and we. may be sure alive in the future 75 will stand with 7 and 13, and, will be considered the lu-ckiest number in the, world. The 75 in question is the official name of the .g-reat French field gun, "the gun of victory" they 'call it. To this weapon the people in France attribute the fact that the Ger- mans are not now in Paris. It ie one .of the greatest, if not, indeed, , the greatest, weapon ever pro- duced for the purposes of modern Wityritre. Italy is said to have the best of all field guns, but Italy has not yet had an opportunity of prov- ing that it is superior to the great 75 which is the idol of France to -day. By all odds the most popular pie - tare post -card in France is one hearing a picture of the 75 in at - time and the two French officers chiefly responsible •for its develop - anent and adciplion. The Greatest Field Gun. Seventy-frre, being translated, means 75 millimetres, or e5 one - thousandth -.parts of a metre. In other words, it means about three , inehes, and the calibre of this won- der-working French gun is three inches. It is the great gun of the French army, and while it will not batter down fortreeses as have the faiimos German and Austrian siege gene, it is far deadlier to armies in the field than the heavizst ordnance ever tinned out from .Krupps. The 1. gun itself is far from impreesive. It t Imeee like any ordinary cannon: and is -small and grey, and a child e emiel elf:: the projectiles it hurls. a The 'point is that the 7:3 will hurl ire shells /aster and with deadlier f aim than any field gun so far evolve V, eel. It is easy to make, easy to s aine and if ir is put out of aotion d itt chiefly owing to hien thee the French guetners have been able tee ttehieve a skill that is the despair dirii the terror a 'Ow Germans, They 41'0 wonelerfel gunners, whe- ther firing direeely or indireeely, and to them tie much as to the per- fect, weapon teat has been plat:eel ab their disposal ie due the Amazing precision and speed 'with which the ittemotes 75 is operated, The gun watt deseribed several years ago by a French inepeoLor-geeeral as "an illeeennerable mstrumeht, an ele- ment 01 viettivv," in the past six months it has been (hewn that the 'words were not too strong. ANIMALS AND 111ESIC, Most of Them are 'Very Susceptible to 'Melodies. Soakes have always enjoyed the reputation of being music lovers, but the appreciation of rhythm and harmony le by no ,means peculiar to them. According to experiments nearly all animals have a perfect sense of pitch, and in some the sen- sibility to discord is more highly developed than in some helmet be- ings. Of all animals, dogs evince the keenest musical susceptibility. In- deed, it might almost be said that the dog that displays no liking for music is a vicious character. Some interesting experiments performed by Dr. Otto Kalische of Berlin prove that dogs are able not only to recognize melodies, but to iden- tify each individual note of the ella'. tonic scale. The celebrated tenor, Morelli, had a sagacious little dog, which would follow its mastere singing. Perched on the top of the piano, it would throw back its head and in its own way follow its num; tem voice up and clown the seale. The musical a:cuteness of horses is shown by the rapidity with which -cavalry horses learn the sig- nificance of trumpet calls. The elephant is a most exacting critic. He has little liking- for the braes section of the orchestra bu he will listen for hours to the deep toned bassoon. Observation ha shown that the elephant is mos pleased with an andante move raent. Circus men have learne that elephants will not walk peace ably into the arena unless a state y -march is played for them, an hat they will not be on their goo behavior if music of a. frivolou haracter is played during thei et. Tigers are not very suseepeibl o music, but they willesit quietl *en a pleasing melody is played °fay. Leopards will caper with elighe to la, livey tune, and snom ALLIANCES ONLY A FARCE NORMAN ANGELL, SAYS TREY WILL NOT PRESERVF, PEACE, Strange Comeintitions of Powers Dame Been Made and Iltoken European overnments. 'Continuing hie articles in the New York Times,Norecute Angell has some interesting remarks to enzike about European balance of power, and how futile they are to preserve the peace. The idea of a balance of power is for nations that one group is above as strong as an- other, and need nob therefore go in deadly fear of the other group, He points out, however, that no group of nations really wants an even balemoe. Each wanes- its own group to be stronger than the other, and each bends every effort in this di- rection, thus destroying the bal- ance. The balance ol power idea is, in Angell's opinion, nothing more then ,perpetuation upon a. larger scale of the notion that the only way to secure peace is to , be so much stronger than your enemy thee he will not dare be attadk you. This, he points out, is folly. It is plain that two neighbors cannot be stronger than ea -eh other. There can be only one hi this position, and the Stronger this 'neighbor gets the greater is the mentsce to -the weaker one. Foes Turned to Friends. The fact that no -group of nations really desires a balance, but, on the Other hand, desires to have the ibalance tilted in its eavor, has Ibsen responsible for the rearrangements, regroupings and reshufflings in the national alliances which are vividly illustrated in Europe to- day. For example, Italy bas brok- en from a very definite and formal " alliance with Germany and Austria and vow is likely to throw in her lot with the group of nations against which she was formerly a- ci lied. In the .struggles of the eight- _ eerrth and early nineteenth century Britain was almost invariably upon d, the side of Russia. Then for two d generations site was taught, that a any increase of power in the ,part r of Russia,. was a snenaee to Britain,. The last war she fought upon ' the e Continent. of Europe was against y Russia. Now she is Russia's ally, and seems to be prepared to offer Russia as a free gift something that 1 Russia would never have hesitated to purchase at the price of a war if she had appeared to have an even chance of 'success, namely, a free entrance to the Dardanelles. Strange Bed -fellows. there ie no great loss. for the 75 can he turned out of the French armories almost as quickly as bi- ureeek-loa ding Cannon. The Krupps are commonly given credit for inventing the breech- kerb:Tee- eannon, which followed the breech..:loading revolver and rifte, As a matter of fact, it, was a French offieer, Captain Boileau, who in 1842 devisee' a cannon that was loaded from the breech, and ties was used successfully in the campaign of 1859. For some reason not known, but probably on account of a mereprejudice, the invention of Captain Boileau was not appreciated by the French War Office. At any rate, the specifita- eiona ec,ntinued to call for the standard cannon loaded at the mouth. Then in 1868 Kempen turn-, ed cue a satisfactory breech -load- ing, cannon on the principle of the invention of the Frenchman. This Germany employed in the war with France with great effect, while -the besotted Napoleon. III. risked the destiny of his country upon the enitrailleuse, which he had improv- ed himself. The French rapid-fire gun, huwever, was a failure. The German breetheloading field pieee was a success, Italy Seeures a Piize. The Krupps, hotvever, did Let develop all the possibilities of their breece-leading cannon, and a,s re- cently as 1895 Duport, of the Freak ar.ny. wrote to the Chief o Ordnance pointing out that it woul 'solve all the problems of recoil and faulty range. which, at that time, were the chief drawbarks to any field gun en far produced, The Col- onel had plans et, prove his argue orient., but again the French Gov- ernment failed to realize the im- portance of bbs improvemenes he had made. The Italian Govern- ment, however, did not :fail and it is now said hy artillery theorists that the Italians have the deadliest field artillery in the world, In the war with Turkey, of coves°, they did not havo numb opportunity. in the :matter of field artillery, :once the Turks were obviously outelaseed from the 'beginning. 1Vonderfli1 French Gunnere. But even 'when the Beet invenbion had pa,ssed to Italy, the enthusiasts tin the Frenoh army continued their experements. 041. Rienaillio and Gen, Be. Claire Deville made len- Proweinenes, and then same Gen. PaqUelt, who pereeoted the shell tame the 75 was to fire., Thought oc did nob add to fete efficiency of bbs *eon,. Gene ?train deserves astram* loredie ne: anY of the inventare for Saxe enthusiasm with veleioh he. tclavel. toed gunnery in the reeenele array, was ooneidered n crank On Cult eubjeot, bere Ite portievered, and it • to slow music. Lions are great mu ic lovers; they will sit reotionles leasure to smoothly -flowing mee- tly. But rapid or broken rhythms ake them pace their cage impae iently, and, a discord evokes rowls of angry protest. The fondness of reptiles for met- e is so well known that it heed -1y eeds mention, The spider is quite s fond of it. The story of Glretry, le composer, and the pet spider at came out every day end sat r hours on his harpsiohord, while retry was composting, is s. musical assic. Mice are similarly affect- , and recent experiments have own that even fish are strongly exacted by musical sounde. Naturally, the world is full of usic lovers. The nightingale, the eetest of all singers, can be so visited by the music of a flute at it will fall to the ground in a oon. Strangely enough pigeone, ich are denied the 'gift of song, e keenly alive to musical im- essions. There is a, well-melte/1- ated story about the pet pigeon1 one Bertoni, a singing master of nice. The bird would sit for urs on its master's piano, preen- iese.lf and swelling out its bo - an in delight, white the singing s going on. Eventually it had be banished during lesson hours, its ear was so true and its ex- essioex- 55510115 of displeasure ,so pro- late(' when a pttpil varied in bhe htest from the key, that I3er- re patrons became overeensi- e in the presence of the feather - critic. • hat ',domestic rattle will stop ing when tilteir. attention is <t - ted by anemic is a sure sign of r love for ib. Even an angry 1 can be made placid, as many ountry fiddler who has been ooned in a tree top can attest, rural communities where oxen yoked eo the plough, the driver uently drones a sort of pro - eel chant to incite the animals work. The inus seeans more caotous than the goad. he cat, the donkey and the hy- are the only animals thab show perste insensibility musical nds. and listen with, every evidence o ;0rio5. si a th fo cl ed sh at m Sle rd. th SW wh ar pr of Ve ho ing so to as Pr not elig tonti, tiv ed eat ver thsi bul 8.0 mar In are freq long to efil enee con sou Der Delightful Inconsistency. Robbie (Irene ehe,depths of abed - 'time clxidie)--aVlother, you 'mem- ber you told me to -day that n.o one Could possibly love dirty, noisy lit- tle boys other --Yes, dear. What tub -out 111 leolbibiee-Then what for are you huggin) one so tight I 11 ase you grave recovered erten tato meardee, Johnny," said the primary eether, "Yesen," re• olio Johnny, "Ine ma says that 514y are still in iny eieteen." In the very war that Britain fought against Russia she had Tur- key for her .ally. Now Turkey ie her enemy. The European war in which Britain engaged before the Crimean War was fought against France, and Prussia was then her ally. For many years Austria was a faithiul ally of Britain's, Russia's lase war was with Japan. In the present struggle Russia and Japan are allies. Nowhere in the world, a's Mr. Angell says, is the yellow peril more dreaded than in Austra- lia,. Yet Australian -and Japanese ships have supported each other in action. Republican France is the ally of autooratie Russia. Catholic Austria is the ally of Protestant Germany and Mthaervinedem Tur- key. Says the writer: "And as to the ineradicable hostility of ranee preventing internation'al co-opera- tion, there are fighting together on the soil of France as I write, Flem• ish, Walloons, and negroes from Senegal, Turoos from Northern, Af- rica, Gurkhas from India, co-oper- ating wibh the advance on the front- ier of 'Cossacks and Russians of all deecriptions. . . There seems ,hardly racial or religious differ- ence that has stood in the way of rapid and effective co-operation in the -common need," Transitory Alliances. What reason is there to believe that the alliances that have Ibsen formed in the .present war will be more permanent than the alliances of the past? Mr. Angell believes that there is no reason at all, and hat in the future no more than he he past can there be a real balance HF 11 tRlin UOSRANDI SEEDS SOW et to Important that you buy the beat needs, the seeds that are Sure to grow. You cannot go wrong when 801.- ltig Porgueon% Pino Qua1tt8 Space, Scut Postpaid; BBET; Parguaon'n Selected Globe. rkt, 10c., oz. 40e. CABBAGIM Perguson'a Copen- hagen Market, Pkt. 10c., half -on. 36o, 1 On 60o., LETTUClili: Perguson'a Way. ahead. Pict. I00., Oz. 800, ONION: Ferguson's' Azoelator, Pkt. else, PIM; Porguson'a 'World neeore. PIct, 100,, hold -lb, 80o., 1 lb, 606, TOMATO; Perguattn's O.K. Pa 16o„ half.os, 76o, wg11,1''Alir 4')InitrICI alteilP 15Drere' Si PratOUSOM, ( , 34 Jacque:I Metier eq., Montreal, oe power, thab ie to say, two groups each eo evenly balanced as to make war very remote. He believes, moreover, that if it were leo:sable 'eo oo arrange the powers of Europe the situation created ;would be, mese favorable to war, for one tgroup net being eletenifeeely inferior to the other would nob be ieolined to yield to the other, Each 'been* as good as the other, le would feel in "honor" bound to make no eon- eeseiens. f 8, power quite obvious- ly superior to a rival imakee con- eessions the world may give 11 ere - die for magnanimity lby yislding hut otherwise it would etways be in the position of 'being hound to vin - diorite ite 'courage. The Paradox of Civilization, These- arguments lead up to bhe familiar ,,suggestion of an intierna- tional police force. Angell says -that individuals being confronted with the problem which now 'con- fronts nations have solved it by determining that no individual or group shall exercise physical power or predominance oven another. When one member oe conmntnity is .attaelred, the community through its law facers aubomatieally op- poses the assailant. Nor ef it is told that the personbeing attacked was really the original aggressor, it does not permit the struggle to go on till he is finished off. It stops the fight at once. At -the basis of all civilized society is this paradox; force between men has but one use, to see thee the force settles' no dif- ference bet -ween them. Until na- tions solve the proble-m in the same way there will 'be wars despite al- liances and illusive balances of power. Austria's N'ew Premier. Baron Burian, the 'new Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has, a he'any load to cope wibh in ,its new capacity. It is 'claimed that hie ap- pomement was caused by. the ill - feeling in Hungary ,e,gaanst the, Austrian conduct of the war. RUSSIA. DRINKING TEA. Both German and Russian Troops Are 'Using It. Elimination of the vodka frora Russia has evidently started that immense nation tea -drinking.. Ac- cording to The New York -Journal of Commerce, heavy buying by Russia of India and Ceylon teas has caused abnormal prices for these teas, the quotations being from 8 to 10 cents a pound higher than if year ago. From reports in the trade the Russians are buying all the India-Ceylons available, and there is a likelihood of prices going still higher. Not only is the Russian army using Me in enormous quantities now, but the 'Kaiser long ago or- dered it for his troops. Unusually large buying by these two nations and their entrance into new mar- kets as competitors' have place,d the tea market in a tight position. It has been previously pointed out in these columns thee Britain is turning more . to tea -drinking. United States drinks 90,000,000 pounds a year, To these factors the Canadian tea trade is sensitive, and advances in market values are not unlikely. Not lextraortlinary. The following story is attributed by London Tit -Bits to a famous Scots colonel; A young subaltern of his own na- tionality was one day on guard with another officer at Gibraltar; when the latter fell over the rook and was killed. The subaltern, however, made no mention of the 'accident in his guard report, but left the ad- dendum, "Nothing extraordinary sines guard mouneing," standing without oualifioation. Soniut hops after -ward the ,general came to de - mated explanations, "You say, sir, in your report, 'Nothing extraordinary since gutted mouubing,' when your fellOw of- ficer has :fallen down a rooky pre- eipice lour hundrta feet deep and has Ibsen killed," "Well general," replied Liu' tenant Samely, slowly, "1 dinna think 'therees anything extraordin- ary in that. If the hut faun 40011 precipice, four hundred fete deep and not been killed, I should ha ehoohe it extraordinary, and put is doom in ma reeport," The Standard Le or Canada. Has inanu Imitations but no equal CLEANS AND DISINFECTS 100 %PURE FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HELI BANKS AND BRAES. What Is Going On le tee Righlande - and Lowlands of Auld • &mita. About 100 men a the ard Bab lion 8th Royal Scots are now bill ed in Peebles. At the annual ,meeting of Fife A ricultural So-ciety at Thornton, was decided to hold the Summ Show as esual. In the county -of Stirlingshire, the close of 1914 the nuneber persons employed in and abo mines was 10,747. • The last of Turiffs' Crime veterans has passed away in t peeson of Mr. .George 'Still at t advanced age of 89 years. Negotiatione are now proceedi with a view to. acquiring Uni Mill, Montrose, as a military dep for a Scobbish regiment. Iretimetion has been received Galashiels of the death of Priva James Hay of the .Scottish )3orde ars, who' was killed in action. Glasgow school board have agreed to sanction the establish- ment of a. junior division of the Of- ficers' Training Corps in connec- tion with ,Allan Glen's :school. While preaching at the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Greenolitle, Rev. J. Te -Struthers, theminister, suddenly collapsed in the, pulpit and died shortly afterwards. Twenty-five wounded soldiers haws arrived a Aberdour. Pare.of them are located in the Fleming Hospital ,and the remainder at •the Red Cross Hospital at the Orphan-, age. Fife's shipyard, Farlie, is now working at full pressure, there be- ing a large amount. of admiralty work on hand, .whioh is being rush- ed with all possible epeed. As a result of "Navy Day" in Glasgo-w a, SUM of $12,740 was, col- lected for 'the purpose of supplying the anen Of ths fleet with comforts. Previous donations total $3,000, Mr. James McWilliam Kirk - Oman, died at the age of 88 years. lee was the inspector of Poor . for Kirkeevean, parish for 30 years, and was presidenb of Wegtownshire Poorlaw A'ssociation, Tevo violent .explosions recently took place in the chemical works of Robert Binny, Custora Hall, near Denny, supposed hawe been dons maliciously by someone who laid down charges of gelatine.. Under the Murray Bequest is being diseributed amongst the deserving poor in Dunbar. Fourteen Belgian nuns have ar- rived at Bothwell Castle, as guests of the Earl and Countess of Ifome. By means of a flag day, Witham dislriob raised close on $1,000 ' on behalf (ef the French Rad Cross Fund. The death rate in Hawick for the past year was 13.92 per 1,000 com- pared with 14.86 for the previous year. A public hall and reading room has been meted in Southdean near Hawick, on a .8/be -granted by 'the Earl ol Home. - The' new school which has been erected ab Fathead, by the Kirke ealdV and Dysart ISIchool Board we a cost of about $45,000, has been opened, Lieut, James leenee'dy, Bleak Wattle, son of ex -Bailie ICennedy, Hawick, has been awarded the Die. ta- e 1- 6' it er alt of ut ate he he ng on of at te r - anguished ,Oooduct Medal at the front. The death has oeourred b Dum- fries of Mr, William Smith, one of the few remaining survivors of the Crimean caanpaigu. Es was 82 years of age; 114 DEFEATED DEPRESSION. Newspaper Advertising Campaign Swelled Firm's Orders. The results of a $200,000 cam- paign of newspaper advertising that brought, in the midst of th: business paralysis following th outbreak of the Eutopean•war, maximum gain in business of 70 per cent, over the flourishing trade of the sante period a year before were annotumed by George M. Brown, president of a roofing company, with its parent manufacturing cen- tre in East Sb. Louis, Missouri. 'While other manuseceurers were bemoaning the depression, Mr. Brown's concern broadened 'its scope initil, completely outsbrip- ping even the record of its most prosperous era„ it is exhibiting for January and February lase a series of colossal gains. For these two months, Mr, Brown says, the maid - mum gain in business was 70 per cent. in some de.partments, and the minimum gain en any department was 19 per cent, over the corres- ponding period in 1914, when con- cloitrmai. iensgenerally were at or above n Not one of the concern's 1,600 employee has been laid off a min- ute since the newspaper advertis- ing eampaegn was started, and all have received their regular sala- ries or weges. Three shifts were kept atework daily all fall and win- ter, LIMIT OF DRITISR GUNS. Monster Navy Weapons Can Only Fire Se.yeaty-flve Rounds. Gunnery experts in New York are keenly interested in the work of the allies' fleet in the Dardanelles, particularly in those 15-inoh guns on the Queen Elizabeth that, have a raege of 16 miles. These are. sub- jected bo a 'heavy strain, and it is recognized that probably every British :ship in action will have to be re-batteried 11 the bombardment continues any length of time. For this purpose the British hold- re- serve guns for all its ships of war. The British have, found that their 67 -ton guns had a life of 120 rounds, and the 111 -ton guns a life of 76 rounds. The 67 -ton guns can fire 100 half charges, -and the III -ton guns -250 half charges or 125 three- quarter tharges. The British wire wound system is strong and reliable. The guns will stand heavy pressure, but what they owill nob stand is long sustain- ed firing under conditions which ob- tain in the use of smokeless pow- der. This abatement applies to all services, only it seems to be recog- nize(' thee the cordite oe bhe Brit. isle navy is more deleterious action on bone of guns than the powder .of other nations' -certainly more so than the• powder <A the American navy. Bat ,with all its disadvantages and wearing down of bores, cordite probably is the eat, est powder afloat in its ability to withstand climatic nhengee, and by this is anettne that climatic changes do not tend to bring about chemical eltanges in the. mixture aad ehere• tors render it unstable. • There is one good point about big troubles-et•hey eat, up little ones, :SMOTHERING OF ASTHMA STOPS QUICK THOUSANDS CURED BY IATARRHOZONE" Count `ren -:-Then Relief Comes From Chronic Asthma. 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The motley will be well spent because your immediate lin. prevenient in health will surpass your fondest expectatione. Don't wait --to- day is the time to use Calarrhaeone. FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISU NEWS ny NAIL PROM 1118. LAND'S SHORES. 1;, RappenInge to the Emerald lelo of Interest to Web. men. A great deed of damage to pro - putty was done by a fierce gale elute raged en Neleeiry and disertiot, re- cenely. Lord Coglebon, who has large esbales near Maryland, Queen's County. has been killed in ambiort in Flanders. ' Polley members of the itcgul Irish Coneltabulary whet have joined bbe Irish Guards have arrived" at Cliae• ham from Dublin. Speaking at Knocken, Co. Lem: &rick, Ake Joyce, Mile., said 8.1 00 time was there greater need for unityamong Irishmen than naw, A number of consignenenes of ems and ammunition for guu- smiths in Dublin have been heed trp at the Hall wharf by the Britishato alert:ties. Corn Nationalise Volunteers have now taken over the duty oi guard- ing railway bridges in the city, which have, hitherto been clone by ehe mill eery. One blnts:end employes in the shipbuilding works of le'orkman, Clark &Do. ,Belfast, have respond- ed to the call, .and 200 are already at the front. Messrs. Harland & Wolff now finds a place, for the first time, on ebe list of the British Adiniralev, having received an order for a large vessel. An old -age pensioner named 'Catherine , McKinley of Dreen, Ra,sharkin, near Ballyinena, was 'drowned in -a well two -feet deep a few yards From her home. An outlbreak of fire occurred in an oil store at Sampsoi» Lane, Dublin, and burning petroleum flowed down the lane, and enden- gered a whole new of ships. Hr. W. Wilson. of Hill street, Lurgan, has received a letter con- taining the King's congra tut a ti one on amount of his haring four sons serving in the fore's. The commissioner of Publie Works refused to grant a loan of $4,500 applied for by the, New Ross Urban Council for the purpose of erecting working-class lodging houses. etee° CANA DA.'S PLAIN "il ui, r. Britain Looks to This Country for a Great Portion of Supplies. All sorts of prophesies are hein,g- made of the likely duration ef the war. Lord Kitchener originally said three years. So far as news- paper reports are concerned there, es no reason to believe ee has changed his opinion. All that he is known to have subsequently re- marked is that he didn't keow when, the war would and, hitt tutt be did know when it woulcl begi.i --in May, This, of course, wa' taken as indicating that the .reni offensive campaign of the Allies would then start. Meantime, be- yond sending over eontingenis, the plain duty remains to Canada of being prepared for arty centingen- ey. This country is the nearest of the large overseas Dominiune, red to• this country- Britain will natur- ally look for a great portion of. her suppliea. That the is doing E I already is 'abundantly proven by the fact thee the iia -de rehires foe the five months of the war that clanged in 191,1 :show a eleeidedle marked increase. For the teal quarter of the yeav, tempered with ilio same period in 1913, that in-, erellal Watt nn ICES than eine and a half million dollars., principally in ehe value of foodstuffs. There is surely groundwork for thought in suoh a statement, hinettela hue proudly claimed to he the granary of the Empire. It is now up to her to fulfill the boast, and not only in the matter of cereal', but alee as regards beef, mutton, pork, bit. con and vegetablee, in cultiva- tion id the last -men tinned . the 'cities and towns can bele) by uti- lizieg tho at present, waste land either ink their added: or in the sum rounding territory. 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