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I 1 Cir 1's, Careless Methods in FROM BONNIE SC
011 ,TM feeding and Marking.
Know what each cow produces
Ventilation a Prost Proteetiou.
Ventilating poultry ileuses is one
of . the mosb d'isootuagim'g things
with which the farmer "r has to con-
tend, With a judicious use of ear -
tains the most of the frost can.
usually be kept out, but coring a
severe winter it is almost impossi-
bivo, The best authorities advise a
combination of curtains anti over
them some kind of an absorbent
straw ceiling with o.. flue, '9.o pre-
vent frost on the wall and ceiling
ib is necessary to keep the walls
waren and not in contact with the
chilly air of the outer wall oe at the
semi temperature as the outer air.
The latter, of course, means .a cold
henhouse, with •the thermometer
around germ If the house is wellplattne4', and you have the neoetsary
number of windows and oiuutains
to provide ventilation, It would be
good plan to put in a flue, but be
sure to snake it large enough so as
to take out .enough air, Be sure
.and arrange it ea you can control
the outlet. A. flue 14 x 14 or 18 x ]8
inohes will helpin reducing the
frost. If the flue in your dairy barn
is too small, you will find it well
to have ab least .one more. You own
.see by observing that less frost eol-
Ieots near the fine. It is better to
have another one, instead of one
flue too large.
Preserving Eggs at Horne.
Many recipes for preserving eggs
have been tried with more or less
.success, but best results ere seeur-
•ec1 with two. Neither of these, how-
ever, ie as good ee cold storage.
Their chief use lies in their appli-
cation to home conditions. They
are applicable where eggs are
.cheap in the spring but rise consid-
erably in price in the fall. Eggs
preserved by them can be used for
.all cuokiug purposes except boiling.
In order to boil them without
-erackirig the shells, a needle hole
or .two.may be made in the shell to
let the air escape. The quality is
good provided the eggs were fresh
alien put down, and especially so if
they are nous fertile,
The prince requisites for somas
in keeping eggs by these recipes
.are, first, strictly fresh or new laid
eggs, and second, a cool, cleric
place. "`Phe eggs may be laid in a,
stone jar ora wooden tub where no
over and above her keep, and
promptly get rid of unprofitable
ones. A 4,000 and 8.000 pound cow
costs about the •same to keep. One
'just pays for her keep, the other
nets a profit of $00 to $00 per an-
num. Ascertain carefully, your
hest market, whetter for whole.
milk or butter tab, Go -operate
and reciprocate with your peigh-
bora; nothing else (pays' quite •so
well as co-operation.
Use Ouly Pure Bred Balls,
Keep and use only • a pure bred
bull, Upon Chia depends the . up-
keep and improvement of the herd,
There is very little difference in the
cost of raising calves of superior
and inferior breeding, bub there is
a great difference in the profits ob-
tainable from superior and inferior
cattle, If necessary, go into debt
fora good bull.
'Peet; Liberally.
Note that albalanced ration of 17
pounds gives as much butter fat as
an unbalanced 21 pound ration, fund
that continuous silage is sometimes
cheaper than pasture. A ton of al-
falfa hay equals in food value 60
bushels of oats. Keep in mind that
only 100 pounds of butter fat yearly
per cow cost the produeer on an av-
erage 35 cents per pound; and that
300 pounds yearly cost 15% cents
about per pound. Thus does it pay
royally bo improve the herd.
Produce the Feed.
It pays .better bo market your hay
and grain in the form of milk, but-
ter fat, steers and hogs. Erectone
or more silos, grow alfalfa, Born,
sorghum, sweet clover,' kaffir corn
and soy beans, Beet tops, siloed
with corn, have made excellent sil-
age. Rotate your :crops. Use sil-
age and thus secure milk -producing
fodder the year around, which will
enable you to keep upyour milk
yield during the entire year. Sil-
age requires one-eighth the storage
some of hay.
Use the Manure. -
Remetnber that $100 worth of hay
(clover) contains $85 worth of plant
food; that when this is fed to the
cow, three-fourths of the plant food
is returned in the manure. $100
worth of cream contains but $1
worth a•f fertility While $100 worth
of butter contains but ten cents
worth of fertility. This makes it
metal IS exposed on the inside. Af- plain that feeding hay to the cow
ter Minuet Calling the receptacle Leaves nearly all its fertilizing con -
with eggs, a solution is poured over stituents in the manure to be re -
until every egg is eomplebely coy turned to the land, while had the
hay been sold, this fertility would
have been a total loss to the soil.
Either use the manure daily upon
the farm, •or store it in a shallow
concrete pit, at a reasonable dis-
tance from the barn or milk -house,
and thus save the valuable nitrogen
that the ground, sun and rain
would help eliminate. Keep the
pasture highly fertilized. The ad-
dition of lime phosphates, etc., to
a caw pasture, has meant a large
increase in the yield of milk. Mort-
gage your farm for a manure -
spreader.
• Beep the Cows Comfortable.
-red, preferably half an inch to an
inch cheep with the solution.
ll'aterglass or silicate of soda is
one pre,ervative abet can be ob-
tainecl of most druggists at 70 to 30
cent, n pound. It is a colorless,
heavy liquid which must be diluted
with 10 parte of pure rain water.
Jas in this solution will keep per-
fectly for eight bo twelve months.
Another mixture of lime is tirade
by using the fallowing proportions
of ingredients: To each pound of
fresh stone lime add a half pound
of 'table salt and four quarts of boil-
ing water. The lime is first slaked
with a little of the water so it will
break down in a crumbly mass be.
fore the balance of the water is
added. Miter is added in half cup-
fuls at u time, until the breaking
deten' is camplete ; then the mixture
is stirred until of the consistency of
cream when the balance of water
and salt may be added. Stirring is
continued until the salt is all dis�
solved. This process is done the
evening before the solution is to be
used. In the morning after the
sediment has settled, the clean
liquid is siphoned off and poured
over the eggs,
If it re desired to sell eggs stored
by either of these methods, a price
of about 5 cents lower than the
current market price can usually
be secured.
Charcoal for the Chickens.
Charcoal is a health promoter for
the fowls, If you will . put some
ears of cern in a hot oven and let
thein burn quitc black and feed
when the grain gets old enough
you wild perhaps be astonished to
see how greedily the poultry will
pert -aim of the charred corn. Give
such a feed every two weeks. We
do not nwtrn that the fowls should
loavre to deemed on the charred
grain for the meal, but an oppor-
tunity to eat what they wish from
the cob.
OFFICERS' 111(111 MORTALITY.
l3riifeb Lost Number Equal' to 15
Per Cent. of ThS, Quota.
It may be interesting to Ameri-
cans, especially army °Meets, to
route that in the ten days' figthting
about Neuve Chapelle 700 offieers
weal, killed. This represents 15.3
per cent. ooff 'the ,total number of
commissioned offteers in the United
States army. This fight was pt'ac-
tically bathing move than a skir-
mish as eemp:wed with the great
engagements in Ifeence ;sit the be-
gi11•nil'tg o the War.
l`ltc toi,al casualties among the
British oiftcenw ane estimated at
aver 700 o month, Iib is estimated
Hold if the United States were
plunged into a war on a huge spate You .never can tell, The ocidlege
every sitigla trained officer would student with the broadest shout -
/lave bean ]tilled sot ,the end of eight dors isn't always the one who oar-
ptnnuhs of lighting, ties off :most honors.
Remember that the dairy co* is a
daily revenue producer and is the
most valuable asset on the, farm.
She requires work, and is profit-
able in proportion to the attention
Sheisa source receives. sot ce of im-
mediate iheome, and at the same
time helps keep up the .fertility of
the soil. Also remember that the
dairy cow is a mother, and that
good care, kind and gentle usage.
liberal feeding, and healthful en-
vironment are necessary if she is to
give good profit from her mother-
hood. As you measure to the cow,..
so shall it be measured; to you in
return.
Be Considerate to the Cows.
During milking time use no pro-
fane language. Keep clogs and
strangers out of the barn. Become
acquainted with and know your
cow. It pays. Under no circum-
stances permit a cow to be kicked
or abused ,hy the hired man —. it
never;pays. It is mean' and brutal
as well. There always is some reas-
on fora caw's being restless. Find
the cause and remo% e R.
Provide Shade and Wiud Pt'oti etion
Provide ample wind protection,
shade, salt and clean water. He
who obeys all of these commands
wilt reap .abundant profits, for he
who sets apart the gross product of
a succession of single good cows
regularly fur 50 years. and keeps
the accumulations at 0 per cent,
interest will, at the age of 70, have
to his credit not loss than $30,•
000,00, Note well, that a thrifty
steer may gain 500 pounds in a year
which 500 pounds reduced Flo a dry
food .basis of weight amounts to
but. 60 or 70 pounds. A cow yield-
ing 8,000 pounds of milk ,per annum
will produce 050'pounds of dry food.
matter, lnllk solids. And note that
the dairy coav has increased the to•
bac bank deposits of ono of hlte
weaborti stales three hundred per
cont in ten years, A ;business as-
settassWe.stern home Monthly;
NOTES OP INTEREST' FROM HER
BANKS AND BRAES.
What Is Going On In the Highlands
and. Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
Altogether 30,000 Scottish minces
have enlisted in the ermysiuoe the
outbreak of the war.
Official :intimation Inas beep . re-
ceived in Glasgow that Lieut, T.
Aitken Grey, 9611 Glasgow High-
landers, is ones/rig.
The death has occurred at tea-
zle, ,of ex -Bailie Robert Crawford; e
"prominent Glasgow citizen, at the
age of 70 years,
Csanbusle,ng Contemplates erect-
ing a new gas holder with a cepa-
Ingenious Jackets
city of 760,000 cubic feet at a cost
for Carrying Shells,
of about $70,000. Dur illustration shows men of thg Royal Artillery-fearingcolvts
The death is announced of Mr. which are supplied for use in special emergencies, for titri-s17.--7,,,
Robert Johnstone, saddles', Market
Place,_ Selkirk," a former standard-
bearer of the town.
Fraserburgh Town Council' have
resolved to impress upon the War
office the advisability of billeting
troops in Fraserburgh.
On the petition of the Glasgow
Corporation, the, recent rise in
house rent in the city is engaging
the attention of the Government.
Mr. a. J. Watson, Ballenard,
Braughty Ferry, has gifted $2,500
each to Dundee Institution for the
blind and Dundee Y,M.O.A,
It has been decided to provide an
institute for Liberton village, to
include reading and recreation
rooms, as well as a miniature rifle
range.
A hall for the Lennie Troop of
Boy Scouts erected at a cost of
$850, has been opened by Mrs.
Wordie, Millensneuk. Provost
Walker presided.
Dundee Town Council have de-
cided that no steps should betalcen,
in connection with the focusing and
town planning scheme until the
close of the war.
An alarming explosion occurred
at Langloan Iionworke, 'Coat-
bridge, when a bogie of hob slag
exploded. Much dannage was done
but no one was injured.
News has just been received at
Ballachnbish of the death in action
in France of Sergeant Verney R.
Campbell of the Argyle and Suth-
erland Highlanders.
The employes of the rtumfermline
Corporation Gas Works, are nego-
tiating for a rise of not less than 4
cents per hour, and the lamplight-
ers for 48 cents weekly.
. Mr. Andrew Stewart, F.E.I-S.,
headmaster of La.irdsland School,
Ochiltree, who has been in the ser -
ice of the Board for a period of 40
years, has resigned.
At, a meeting of the West Kil-
bride School Board, several appli-
cations were submitted, asking that
Children should be exempted to al-
low them to assist in potato plant-
ing.
At a meeting of C'owlairs Ward
Committee, it was stated that ow-
ing to 1,900 men having enlisted, it
was difficult to maintain the present
service of the staroet cars,
The Parks' and Galleries' C'otn-
mittee have agreed to offer the use
of the Art Galleries at Kelvin-
grove to the military authorities for
the housing of wounded soldiers.
A committee of ladies and friends
of ,the Glasgow Highlanders is en-
deavoring to raise a fund to pro-
vide a pipe and drum hand for the
3rd battalion of the ;regiment.
Ab Ayr, Dean of Guild Court,
plans were passed for the erection
of a tuberculosis hospital at Hun-
ter's Avenite, for the Corporation
of Ayr, at an e,stitnated cost of $17,-
400.
Private Wen. Hodge of the Royal
Scots, son of David Hodge, Arb-
roath, is among ;those mentioned in
General French's despatches for
distinguished service tai the field.
Two miners named Brown and
Simpson, both of Bothwellhangh,
were severely injured in a ,fall of
stone in Hamilton Palace Colliery,
belonging to the Bent Colliery Co.
1 t a meeting of the Edinburgh
Town Comical, .a resolution was
passed calling on the Government
to take taction to keep the price of
necessities within the purchasing
power of the people.
Mr. S. M, Murrey, secretary of
the Educational Institute of Scot-
land, and editor of the "Education-
al News," has irtimated his resig-
nation, Ile has been in poor
health for scutue .time.
The Rev. George Edward Mac-
kenzie, Iel.A., B.D., the senior as-
sistant of Glasgow cathedral, has
been gazetted a lieutenant in the
Seaford; Highlanders, and has join-
ed his battalion at Bedford,
Phe -chief constables of Scotland
by a majority, have adopted a re-
solution in favor of the appoint-
ment of: female constables, and ap-
plication will be made to the Secre-
tary of Scotland for authority to
appoint thein.,
1
Two men were talking of hard
tithes. "Does your wife ever grieve
because ,the threw over a •wealbhy
man, itt order to marry you?" quer-
ied Hall. "Well, she started to
once," was the reply,''bttt I cured
her of that without delay" "I wish
you wnuld tell me how,'' said Hall.
"I started grieving with het." re-
plied the other: 'rind I brieved The IC ing of Spam was curt at the
harder then she did:" jolliest monarchs wa•. ever had at
ammunition on the pereou directly to .the gene in eiroumstances
where it is impossible to get ammunition up to the firing-liae
otherwise, or for use in ruoltin.g up supplies to a battery running
short to save time when other methods are rendered impracticable.
The jackets have deep poekebs and supporting otraps and handles.
The weight of the. British field artillery shells is 18 lbs. each. Modern
field artillery ammunition is made in one piece, the cartridge and
detonator and the shell being all enclosed and attached in a single
copper ease, exactly in 'appearance like the ordinary rifle bullet.
Thus its porterage, as shown, presents no difficulty.
Nf WAITED UPON ROYALTY
MNG OF SPAIN THE JOLLIEST
OP ALL MONARCHS.
An Ex -Servant of the British Royal
Household Talks of the Kaiser
and Others,
When I was in the Royal service
it was part of my' duty to be in
attendance in the apartments at
Windsor Castle or Buckingham
Palace set aside for the reception
of foreign Royalties who were visit-
ing the British Court, In the per-
formance of this duty I have at-
tended on almost every crowned
head in Europe, says a writer in
London Answers.
Perhaps the most kindly and
courteous foreign monarch I ever
waited on was the King of Italy,
who lest visited, this country in
1905 as the guest of the late King.
The King of Italy is a very early
riser, and the night he arrived at
Windsor his Majesty asked me to
have the fire lighted in the writing -
room adjoining his bed -room by
seven on the following morning,
and a cupful -oaf chocolate ready for
hien at the sante hour. He told his
aide-de-camp to apologize to me for
giving me this trouble. Every
morning 11e was at Windsor his
Majesty rose at 0.30, and would
read and write in bit room until
his breakfast was served at'9 a.m..
Consigned to the Basement.
The most bumptious King I
ever attended was certainly the
Kaiser. It was his 'habit to criti-
cize the various objects of art about
the rooms allotted to him, and point
out to his attendants their defects,
comparing them unfavorably with
soma of his own possessions.
The one work of art at Windsor
Casbie with which his Majesty had
no fault to find was a head and
shoulder best af Gunself, w1ie
h e
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had given to King Idwaad shortly
after the letter's accession.
The Court happened to be at
Windsor Castle the day it arrived,
and when King Edward saw it he
said, with a length, to the Jobe Sir
Arthur Ellis, who was standing by,
and who was the Comptroller of the
Royal Household:
";fell, Arthur, we must not for-
get to have this bast put in a
prominent place when the Emperor
comes here, but in the meantime
let it be kept in the Armory."
The Armory was the name given
to a room on the basement floor,
where a number of indifferent pie -
three, busts, and valueless pie
of old armor were stored, to wiotib
the bust of the Kaiser was added.
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natter of Tart.
A couple of year's later the Kai-
ser tame to Windsor. The night
before he arrived the late King
caano down to Windsor to .have .a.
look round, and to see that all the
necessary preparations for hiss
guest had been properly made.
After he had made an inspection
of the rooms with Sir Arthur Ellis,
his Majesty suddenly stopped and
asked:
"Where on earth is the bust of
the. Emperor?"
a"In the Armory, I believe, sir,"
replied Sir Arthur,
"Well, then," said his Majesty,
"for mercy's snke get it brought.
up and pet in the'mest conspiouous
plaoe you eon, or you will have the
Emperor Clearing out o.f this to-
morrow in a huff, and goodness
knows what complications will fel-
low I"
The IC•aiser's bust was according-
ly put in a nnost conspicuous place
in the Blue Drawing Boom, wilticll
was used then as the chief mop -
tion -room at Windsor. The Kai-
ser wits delighted when he saw it,
and declared that it wits the hest
piece of work the artist who, had
made it had et'er executed.
Alfonso's Mistake,.
Buckingham Palace. A funny
thing happened the first time he
visited London, in 1905—that was
before his marriage. King Alfon-
sost . was given the usual suite of
rooms set apart for reigning mon-
archs on the left wing, which was
on the same floor as the private
rooms of King Edward.
When the Spanish King went up
to get ready for dinner on the night
of hies arrival he entered Ring Ed-
ward's apartments by mistake. His
Majesty ways in hie dressing -room
putting on his shirt when his guest
suddenly entered. King Alfonso,
of course, apologized profoundly
for his mistake, which the late tsov-
ereign took in the utmost good
humor. He asked King Alfonso . to
remain in lois rooms till he had fin-
ished dressing, and then escorted
him to his own rooms.
Most of the reigning Sovereigns
when guests of our King, break-
fast in their private apartments,
and it was part of my duty to look
after the serving of their morning
meal.
Kings have a variety of tastes iu
the kind of things they like for
breakfast.
The late King of Denmark, in his
later years, never had any break-
fast, but at noon would take a
mutton -chop served on a piece of
buttered toast.
The King of Spain generally
breakfacts entirely on chocolate, of
which he drinks three large cup-
fuls. After the first he lights a
cigar, and !smokes it while he
drinks two more cups of his favor-
ite beverage.
Some Royal Menus.
The Kaiser had by far tion 'hearti-
est appetite of any; reigning mon-
arch I ever met.
For breakfast he would have, in
addition, to eggs and° bacon, fish
and a large helping of game, and
oonclude with a plate of fruit, He
drank a small cup of bla:ek coffee ab
the end of the meal, ' and' then
smokeda veryStrong,
and enor-
mously
mously .long cigar.
The late Ring of Portugal was
another monarch who had a fairly
good appetite. He hod, an extra-
ordinary liking for eggs, and would
eat as many as four or five at
breakfast. A favorite dish of his
was a couple of eggs, very hard
boiled inside a couple of lemons, a
method of cooking that gave them a
must peculiar flavor.
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The Tsars breakfast used to con-
sist of the strongest black coffee
and a few piooes of dry teen. Ths
ui..•;r„,7. _ . tut n %ti,itu•e for -.nos
Majesty by his own veAtet, who was,
by the way, One of the most re-
markable mea I ever met. He
spoke English, French, German,
and Italian aheolutely perfectly,
and toad travelled all over the
world. He was very fond of going
to the theatre, and went every
night during his suaster's stay in
London. He had written several
plays himself which had been :sue-
cessluily prwdueed is Russia.
Unwise Modes of Punishment.
Years ago, a little girl, wearing
an old plaid shawl folded corner -
wise over her shoulders and a Qua-
ker bonnet with a green silk cape,
left her home, one rainy Sunday
morning, for Sunday -school.
Choking sobs and a tear -stained
face marked her as a very unhappy
child. Her appearance M Sunday -
school in this unusual rig had been
chosen by her oonsoientaous mo-
ther as the most effectual mode of
punishment at her command for
some, to her mind, grievous offenee,
of her little da•nghter. Nellie was
an extremely sensitive child, and
her mother reasoned that' her dread
of ridicule would cause this wearing
of her oldest clothes on Sunday to
be a punishment which she wosokl
not soon forget. And herein her
mother's judgment did not err; for
years afterwards the memory of
that day of torture to her sensitive
spirit would always stand out in all
its unjust o
] proportions whenever
she caw a child being compelled to
undergo the same harsh mode of
pun.isltment.
It is toot necessary to mortify a
child to make it aware of a featl•t.
A few ,judiciously chosen words, or
if morestringent inethode are
deemed advisable, a withholding
from it of some 'anticipated enjoy-
ment, may often have the serine
salutary results without the atten-
dent mortification of this harsher
mode of punishment.
There is a certain dignity to
which every young person is en-
titled, and which it is often very
difficult for an oversensitive boy or
girl to acquire. One such instance
as that cited in the opening sen-
tence of this article may be the
means of robbing such a boy or
girl of a self-possession and ease
of manner very desirable to one of
a naturally self-oonseitetts tempera-
ment.
In, the instance just narrated,
wlticlt is an actual occurenee,4noth-
ing was gained by the over-zealotts
motiles save the stirring up of a
rebellious feeling towards herself in
the heart of that little girl, coupled
with a certain self-abasement which
in after years was sure to return in
all its stinging force whenever
memory rehearsed the scene.
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ky, but it won't take Whisky lung
to age ;you.
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Occurrences la The Land That
Reigns Supreme in the Cow-
wercial World.
One of the largest Dutch makers
of margarine is to build works itt
Englatnd.
Two of the biggest hos/albeit( in
the Midlands are new entirely
staffed by women doctors.
•Aoeordting to ofsicbsl estimates
there are now 900,000 married men
serving the colors.
Last year 937 lives were saved by
lifeboats stationed on the coasts of
the United Kingdom.
Girl telegraph mesest/agars have
been talo; on lei w,any Liverpoq.
nirp,urAan post telfleee.
In many of the cities of England
the trade meet seriously affected by
the veer is that of tailors.
Officers in uniform are now pro-
hibited from entering cleating or
other night clubs in London.
A German flag riddled with bul-
let holes now rests at the headquar-
ters of the London Rifle Brigade
%n Bnnhild aces,
Damage estimated tat $50,000 was
casused by a fire at the premises of
the Castle Stearn Trawling Co.,
South Dock, Swansea.
The King axil Queen visited the
Hunter's Show at the Agricultural
Hall, Islington, and his Majesty
presented the prizes.
The death has occurred at Shop -
ton Mallet of Me. Albert Byrt, ar.,
who established the Shepton Mal-
let Journal sixty-two years ago.
Some of the Yorkshire farmers
are employing female labor in
pulling and topping turnips, and
also forking sheaves to the thresh-
er.
The Board of Trade have con-
firmed an order (authorizing the
construction of a light railway in
Huntstltire from Dysertlt to New-
market.
A number of Brighton fiehenmlen,
whose industry has been affected by
the war, have been given employ-
ment in transport work at New-
haven harbor.
The Latest disease to be success-
fully combatted by serum -therapy
is malignant gangrene, for which
hitherto amputatutn has been the
only cure.
Two hundred laborers, who went
on strike at the aemy food base,
Northampton, have been dis-
charged. Territorials are doing
the strikers' work.
The King has seat a congratula-
tory letter to C'ulor-Sergeant A.
Mortimer, of Berridge Road, Not-
tingham, who has six sons serving
with the colors.
Depressed because people called
(rima coward for not joining the
army, a youth named William Lit-
tle of We;;tminster, has committed
suicide.
King Edward's Hospital Fund
has received $2,500 from Sir Jebel
}Merman, Sart., as an annual sub-
scription to be terminated a year
or two after the war.
Three French bank Hetes for 100
francs emit have been received by
the Prince ,f Wales' fund. The
money was the proceeds of a village
sale held at betitivz.
Probate lin:, new been granted in
London of lite wiii of an Irish peer,
w'
titch has remained unprc,yed for
one hundred }cars. The property
disposed of by vill is only saluted at
$,125.
Queen Alexandra has sent walk-
ing sticks, silver mounted and cit•
graved with her Majesty's mono-
gram, to each of the wounded sol-
diers in the West London Hospital,
1= Lasnme.rsmitlt.
Large supplies of games are meow
being sent by the 1s'ai• Office to rho
t•t'oops a.t the front as well as these
training at home. They include
chess, draughts, dnmintes, back-
gammon, cards enol .sail quoits.
The Duke of Portland has writ-
ten to ford Kitchener, supp+,rting
tin a.jlpl cation tuade by the Mnats.
field 'lawn teemed for some pierce
of German aaattun ca;,titrod in the
war, to he placed in a public perk,
More than 7.onn wonte•n re•pru-
s•enting all r' tssc s of society til.
ready haat- rc , t:titl d to the Gov-
ernment's appeal for female work.
ties to take the place of mem fat ur-
der that more recruits may be pro
vidaad for Loral Kiat heis't's
army.
Leeds Watch C ntnnittee have ar
embed the resignation of Sergi.
Major J. H. ilTe luiro who itis been
for 30 years police deill instructor,
and placed on retard their appal -
dation of his long and faitihfal ewe -
Sadly Mimed.
Tummy's tl:Iatntna--1 ht'ar little
1t'isiie Green hes moved away. De
Yolt mise him, my dear 1
Tommy - Yeu bet1 do! He :vie
he only kid .111the blot*1 could
;elks
`f'ite Dei; floosit'1 Know ;tttq' Better.
"De only time some mon ever
commands any reapectfni atter-
, tion," said 'Undo Eben, "is when
trey •.vhistdo to de dog,"
Lieut. -Col, Lyndhurst Wedmore,
who died ill B•C''. was at one time.
contntandantel the R.C].ti in Hall -
tax, S.S.