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The Clinton News Record, 1920-9-2, Page 3PIPING SQUADS AWAIT SOVIET COMMITTEES C1 ' � D BY POLES Poland Easpect4 Renewed Attack by Russia, the Outcome of Which is Uncertain—Conditions in Warsaw Returning to Normal. deapabe'h froel Warsaw says• --- The Soviet committees termed in Pol- ish cities that had been taken by the Reds, and have since been recaptured by the Pales, will be dealt with through field count-martisla. 'Several Members of 'these committees have already been shot by firing squads following convlet1one, General Haller, commanding the Northern Peliarh army, said he believ-, ed Russia would take the offensive again as gee1dy as she can re -group her armies. "The Rede are brlugingup • re- serves," he said, "chiefly from the border of Finland, where a subsban- Val guard was left following the est-raisin:ant oil peace, Further real action by the Reds will be impossible for menthe, but indications are that the Soviet is regrouping_ its armles in the interior of Russia for an 'offen-, eve. The munitions factories in the larger Russian cities are working day and night under the clirectionof Ger- man foremen..;Several German rnund tions experts arrived. in Moscow`re- • centiy to speed up production, I he- awe e-1eve the Red losses in the recent cam- paign are about 100,000. Advices from the South iaddcate that the Reda may try to take Lemberg, Tho efforts to capture that city might be eoneldered more as an attempt to restore a shat- tered morale than as part of a real aggressive movement against the Polish armies." Warsaw is.beconiing normal. Those who fled ere returning by the thou., sands. Food ,is„more and more plenti- ful. Fresh mills ds again an cafe. I'iteeenger trains are runoshig to princes east of the city which only a few days ago were in Russian hands. A despatch from London pays: -- Tho Bunion forces at Bialystok and Gredmo are resleting the advanee of the Polish army, aoeorddug to offiotal advices received hero by Cho Polish Legation The outcome of the clash, it was said, cannot yet bo determined, The Polish news of the fighting is confirmed by n Ruseian communique Which says: "Important rear guard aretiomis ate in progress toward Bialy - Mak and Lonna, In the neighborhood of Lemberg aur forms reached Stryz. On the Crimean front the farces of General Wrangel are being' Pushed southward." A news agency despatch declares that a. portiion of the Red troops that had been fighting the Polish at Mlawa have been broken through and are retreating eastward rapidly. Ossowetz-, the fortress northeast of Bialyabolc, was taken by the . Poles Tuesday afternoon, according to a communication just iesced. There are no details, The communication adds that the. Centre army ds continuing its progress beyond Ostrolenka. The Polish cavalry en the southern front, after a short Band -to -Band fight, wiped out the; 72nd Bolsiievdlt brigade and made prisoners of many of the men, including the brigade chief of stair. ARMY STATISTICAL WORK CONCLUDED Canadian Expeditlor a`ry Force Closes its Glorious Record. A despatch from Ottawa says:—The Canadian Expeditionary Force is no more, The fourteen N.C.O: s who were em- ployed to conclude the statistical work of the army have just writt,in "80" records covering every unit and every record's oavering everyu nit and every Avian who ever donned the Canadian funiform, - Just the number of records kept of every individual mean would come as a surprise to even the soldiers whose records they are. The Militia Depart - anent has originals and duplicates of about twenty-one army forms relating to everyone who served. Asked what was going to be done with the thousands of apparently use- less Books and army forms, a Militia Department official stated that they would be carefully preserved and lock- ed away. - Mrs. Lloyd Gorge Awarded Decoration A despatch from Loddon says.:-- Iy'Irs.-Lloyd. George has been awarded the Order of the Dame Grand -Cross of the British Empire, and 'will now `'be officially desigr,•ated as Dame Lloyd 'George, G.B.E. Mrs, Lloyd George Honored. Wife of Britain's Premier, who heir been awarded the Order of the Dame Grand Cross of the British Em- pire. She will now be officially de- signated as Dania Lloyd George, G,B,E, Mission to Mesopotamia to Form Arab Government A despatch from London says:—In the announcement that laair, Percy Oox is going to Mesopotamia immediately to establish a native Arab Govern- ment, there is evidence that Great Britain, perhaps somewhat .belatedly, is now carrying out the promilse made in 1918 to set up Arabian indepen- dence udder :a ruler of their own choosing. Cox le going out with an open:incl, -and is not committed to any foam of govornanent et to any man as ruler, It is believed that it is unliikely that nasal will be chosen_ FRANCE AND ITALY WHEAT CROP POOR Must Depend on North Ameri- ca for Food Supplies. A despatch from Paris says:—Pre- diet:one of experts on the French grain crop this year, based on the first results of the harvest in all parts of France and information from other countries, show that Canada and the United States remain the only salva- tion of France and Europe. The French wheat crop will be one-fourth lees than previously estimated and 78,000,000 'bushels, approximately, less than the 1913 crop. The quality of the grain is below normal, the weight being 3 per cant. less than usual. The yield• per acre is slightly greater than 1913, but the total aver- age is one-third Jess. To meet the normal demand of consumption France will have to import 80,000,000 bushels of wheat. The Italian harvest is also disap- pointing and Italy will have to import virtually the same amount as France England is leaping to snake up the bad crops of Australia and India by the Russian negotiationa and purchases in the United'SStates. There is little hope of wheat from Argentine, as, due to the local shortage its export is pro- hibited, though if the December crop is good the prohibition may be can- celed. The French wheat crop figures are: 1913, a yield of 309,000,000 .bushels; 1919, 109,000,000; 1920 estimate ,231,- 000,000 bushels. For rye the figures are: 1913, 56,- 000,000 bushels; 1919, 30,000,000 bushels; 1920, estimated, 35,000.000, ALLIED MUNITIONS BURNED BY GERMANS Communists Destroy $2,000,- 000 Worth of Confiscated Property. • A despatch from London says:— Munitions and hydro -airplanes valued at clearly $2,000,000, which recently were confiscated by the Entente Com- mission in the Pintsche works en the Spree River, were destroyed Thursday evening by the 3,000 employes of the plant, many of whom are communists, says a Berlin despatch to the London Times. The Reichsivehr was summoned out, but proved powerless to act. The Government is sending representa- tives to the Beene. Again Fails to Swim English Channel A despatch from Dever, Eng., says:—Another attempt by Henry Sullivan of Lowell, Mase,,.to swine the English Channel frown. Dover to Calais, France, has ended in failure. Sullivan started on the swim last night at 8.40 o'clock; end was in the water for 18 hours. Owing to the rough sea- he was forced then to abandon his attempt, when ouily three miles oft' the French coast. In 1913 Sulldvasm swam to within six miles of France, Melting ficin Dover. The direct rotate between Dover and Calais is 20 miles. ensaisaaeoseseavisminvOiala EGYPT'S MOST PICTURESQUE SPOT The most hletoric, peaceful and picturesque spot in Egypt—picture showing the great Pyramids, with ruins of an ancient granite temple alongside, and at the extreme right the famous Sphinx. In the foreground are Egyptian typos with camels and donkeys, living just as their ancestors did in the time of Christ, CANADIAN GRAIN IN LONDON MARKET Denla_nd for Dollar Marks Re- sumption of Open Trading. 'A despatch from London says:— Canediatn grain is beginning to make its appeavaance on the London open market . for the first time after sev- eral years detring which its sale has been controlled. It is not the actual grain itself—for that is being harv- ested—but the , necessary financial preliminaries to its disposal, known as the buying of "forward exchange," According to Charles Gamble, mane ager of the London branch of the Bank of Corn netce, there is a very •bxtisk demand for Canadian dollars on the part of London brokers, which marks the resumption of open trad- ing following adoption by the Can- adian Wheat Board. Asa result a steady rise in the value of the dollar in sterling may be expected. While the pound is being quoted in London to -day at $4.03, exchange for futures is already as low here as $3.96. This demand for dollars comes from the London grain brokers. The Royal Commission on wheat supplies, which in past years hats made its arrangements with. the Can- adian Wheat Board, will now buy through the brokers here who in turn will deal with brokers in Canada. Canadian bankers here expect the Dominion erop will be disposed of at prices at least es good as last year's when wheat was quoted to the Greek Government at over three dollars, Utilize Western Coal For Eastern Industries A despatch from Toronto says:— It is expected that substantial effort will be made to arrange fox the im- portation of large quanbiities of 'West- ern Canadian coal for use in mills and plants of Ontario and Quebec firms. Already the Ontario Mining Association has investigated the fear- ibiiity of using western coal for min- ing and milling operations; and it has been fond quite suitable, The next step will be its importation in suffi- cient quantities to ensues an adequate supply for eastern industries. The high cost of American steam coal due to freights, exchange. and other things is one of the factors mili- tating against its continuous import for use du Ontario mills, Around -the -World Fares t Have Doubled in 6 Years • A despatch from Vancouver says:— Steamship companies on the Pacific Coast have raised the first class fare from San Francisco, Seattle and Van,- eouver to Yokohama to $300, and no reduction on round-trip. tickets. Pre- vious to the war, in 1914, a first-class round -the -world ticket, via Suez and return by the Pacific, or vice verso, could be purchased for $625, At pres- ent it maid net be obtained for less than $1,200. It's a Great Life If You Don't Weaken Markets of the World. Wholesale Grain. Toronto, Aug, 31, --Manitoba wheat —No. 1 Northern, $2,74; No. 2 North- ern, $2.714 No. 8 Northern, $2.67; No. 4 Northern, $2,52; No. 5 Northern, $2,42; No. 6 Northern, $2.22, hi store. Man. barley—No. 3 CW, $1.31%; No. 4 CW, $1.26%; rejected, $1.11%; feed, 1.11%, in store Fort William. American corn—No. 3 yellow, $2; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship- ment. Ontario aats.—No. 3 white, 80 to 85c. Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $2.30 to $2,45, shipping points, according to freights. Peas ---No. 2, nominal. Barley—$1.35 to $1.40, according to freights outside. Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal. Rye—No. 3, $1.75, nominal, accord- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flour—Government stand- ard, $14.85, Toronto. Ontario flour—Government stand- ard, $12, noinieaI, New flour—$10.40 to $10.50, bulk seaboard, • • - Mi11f eel—Car lots, delivered, Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $52; shorts, per ton, $61; good feed flour, $3.'75 to $4. Country Produce—Wholesale. Eggs, selects, 63 to 65c; No, 1, 59 to 60e. Butter, creamery prints, 59 to 61c; choice dairy prints, 49 to 510; ordinai;.y dairy plants, 45 to 47c; bak- ers', 35 to 40e; oleomargarine, best grade, 34 to 38c. Cheese, new, large, 281/2 to 291/ac; twins, 29% to 301c; Stilton, old 35% to 361c. Maple syrup, 1 gal. tin, $3,40; 5 gal. tin, per gal., $3.25; maple sugar, 11e., 27 to 30c. Churning cream—Toronto creameries are paying for churning cream, 58 to 60c per pound fait, f.o.b. shipping points, nocninel.. Provisions—Wholesale. Smoked meats—Rolls, 83 to 34c; hams, med., 48 to • 51c; heavy, 41 to 43c; cooked. hams, 65 to GSe; backs, plain, 54 to 57e; backs, boneless, 60 to G5c; breakfast bacon, 49 to 59c; cottage rolls, 39 to 41e. Barrelled meats—]lean pork, $41; short cut or family back, $54; for same back, boneless, $55; pickled rolls, $61 to $66; mess pork, $40. Green meats—Out of pickle, 1c less than smoked. Dry salted meats—Long clears, in tons, 27 to 29c; in cases, 27ea to 29yac; clear bellies, 301/2 to 31%,e; fat backs, 25 to 27c. Lard -Tierces, 261/2 to 27c; tubs, 27% to 2814o; pails, 28 to 291c; prints, 29 to 30c. Shortening, tierces, 221/2 to 23c per 1'b. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Aug, 31,—Oats, Canadian Western, , No. 2, $1.18 to $1.19; Can- adian Western, No. 3, $1.10 to $1,17, Flour, new standard grade, $14.85 to $15.05, Rolled' oats bag 90 lbs„ $5,60 to $5.75. Bran, $54.25, Shorts, $61.25. Hay, No 2, per tan, car lots, $31, Cheese, finest eaeternsc, 24/c. Butter, choicest creamery, 60 to Glc. Eggs, fresh., 68c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Aug, 31.—Chodco heavy steers, $14 to $14.50; • good henry steer 413,50 to $18,75; butchers' cat- tle, c{iorce, $13 to $13,50; do, good, $12 to $1150; do, med,, $10 to $11' do, corn., 87.50 to $9; bulls, choice, $10 to $11• do goody 49 to $9.50; do, rough, 46 to $8; butchers' cows, choice, $10,50 to $11,50; do, good, $9 to $10 do, com,, $6.50 fa, 47.50; stockers, 49 to '$11; feeders, .$11 to $12.50; carriers and cutters, 44.50 to $5.50; milkers, good to choice, $100 to $165; do, corn. and med., 465 to $75; lambs, yearlings, $9 to $10; do, spring, $14 to $16.25; calves, good to choice, $18 to $20; sheep, $3 to $8; hags, fed and watered, $20,25; do, weighed of ears, $20,50; do, f.o.b., $19.25; do, do, country points, $19. Montreal, Aug. 81—Butcher steers, good, $10 to $17.; mei1; $8.50 to $10; coni,, $6.50 to $8,50; butcher heifers, rned., $8 to $9.25; corn., $5 to $7.75; butcher cows, med., $5.50 to :$8; Can- ners, 43 to $4; cutters, $4 to $5- but- cher bulls, coin., $4.50 to $6; good veal, $13 to $14; riled., $8 to $13; grass, $6.50 to $8; ewes, $5.50 to $7; lambs, good, 413; corn., $8 to $12; hogs, off car weights, selects, 420.50; sows, $15 to $16,50. Alberta Rye Fields -Produce 30 Bush. Per Acre A despatch from Calgary says:— As an instance of the rapid manner in which the 1920 crop in Alberta is being handled, the first car of eye 'arrived in Calgary Wednesday morn- ing from Taber. According to George Hill, Dominion Government inspector, this was an altogether admirable sample and weighs 621/ pounds to the bushel. It is said that the Taber rye would run about thirty bushels to the acre. 2,000 Canadian Cattle Reach Antwerp. A despatch from Ottawa says:— About 2,000 head of Canadian cattle arrived at Antwerp a few clays ago, according to word received here. Tho city of Faris, which is expected to complete a contract for the purchase of wattle in Canada, had two repre- sentatives on hand to examine the quality of the anrinals sent to Bel- giuni, their condition on arrival, and the requirements for receiving such cargo. It is also understood by the Trade and Commerce Department here that within the past few days retail prices of meat have fallen consider- ably in Belgium. King George Puts Balmoral on Rations A despatch from London says:— Owing to the centinuad rise in the price of foodstuffs the Iging is petting the Royal establishment at Balmoral on rations. Even for guests the al- lowance includes e. quartem of a pound 01 sugar and of butter to each and half a pound of jam per week, a quarter of a pound of beef or mutton and an ounce of cheese a day. Persian Forces Capture Red War Material A despatch from Teheran says:— The Persian forces which recaptured Resht, on true Caspian Sea, from the Bolshaviki, took five hundred prison- ers and a number of maehhimo guns, and freed the Province of Ghilan from the 13ela1evilcl. Canada Prom Coast to Coast IVltspionl 13,0,. -eke an tndlieatlon psi the development el the small ;Crq t in dustry in the ptovinee, tduts distrtet can be oaken as an example, Whets fal 1 -'there wei,e 65 aebes of raslyber» ries there are trove 690 acrt'is; 23 'sores of etrawberyy-es awe increased to 4041 aye years ago the fain faobories niado 50 cases o8 jam fron gooseberries, while last year they tarried out 2,000 Gases, •. Raymond, Alta..—James S. Anders eon, a farmer in this +district, recently refused an offer of $150 per acre for land, on which"he is growing alfalfa, Calgary, Alta, --Tho city has sat out 14000 young•trees along its boulevard Mates this spring, making the total number of trees pleated in the thor- oughfares 12,000. The eity has also planted 26 acres of land to potatoes this year and an additional 10 acres to other vagebabies. Oaigery -Gee Co, will spend another hall million dollars in dn;dling for gas in Southern Alberta, Sturgeon- Falls, Ont, --The Spanish River Pulp and Paper Mills bra mak- ing •a u;ew addition to their Inilis here. From 250 to 300 men will be employ- ed at the work atdi summer, and on completion the output of the mill in paper will be doubled, Sherbrooke, P.Q.—Confidence in this city as a business centre is indicated in the ,action of the L. R. Steel Chain Stares Company, which has purchased a property for $200,000. The building will be completely em.odeled as a four - •storey department More. lat. John, N.B.—A sawmill for the manufacture sof long lumber is to be erected at Kennedy Island, Upper St, John River, V. R. -Nason and Son''tvil•1 operate 4Px alis nipnufaoture of Pip sat Oa. baela iso t inker, s W1ltci 6rii it li iV o eomniebee'd wit ,tilts h� nitre sd0ras per -week, Ali, export o about cornu of pulpwood ie exia'tetel from this point neat w*aitgm, The l4at/hwaaic Pulp mid Papel Coq it is stated, arias .a guarantee u t4 four million gallons of water a 21513.fot their pals) Chill et Pleasant l?ofnt, T,ea? Will pay for the first million, gaiionit at the rate of $2,500 pea yeas and in - excess at the sato of one half 41111 p thousand gallons, Idalifax, N.S.--The expenditure n4» ()weary to maintain the vaniene public worke of Noma Scotia hive inoregsetl, by 100 per cent, during the last telt years, and educe Confederation, 47.0 provincial govei]iment bas spent the sum of $57,000,000 in maintenance alone. The deposits of •salt recently dus- covered at Malagaah, Cumberland county, have been estimated to cone tain at least 500 million torp, Tho nmaunt'to be spent on the roads of Nova Scotia during the next five years is greater by $4,000,000 than the total elan expended on provincial high- ways einee Confederation. Of the 60 per cent. of Nova Seotia'g area fit for cultivation and grazing, only 38 per cent. is oeoupded by farm. e$'s. The province bas more than one million acres of well Watered peatutee and its commercial fruit belt covers an area of ar,,e thousand ulnare fnlf�es, Statistics show that during the yeah 1919 there were 26,009 fur elciaa ebb - ped out of Nova Seotla, tii,e majoaifty being bear, ekunlc and raocoen, The yearly output el the Dominion Coal Co. is now 42 pea' oat of the to- tal coal production of the Dominion,. The Presence of a Man. The force of personality still is superior to the power of machinery; it is, in fact, eerbh's primal energy, Never will the creature of man's hand enable us wholly to dispense with a man's presence. We still go from bucldings and we desert .woad and stone and renounce the tyranny of things for the glow •and"the thrill of a personal ,contact. "He led his :soul, his cause, his clan A little from the ruck of things." Could a higher tribute be paid to man -power than these words of Rud. yard Kipling an praise of Joseph Chamberlain ? Till the man comes, ea army is but a headless horde; a nation is a mere assembly of states or clans or fac- tions; a business'de but an aimless assortment of purposes and aross- pnrposes. The co-ordinating hand is needed. There must be some one who sees from top to bottom 'mei from. end to end.; some one who can plan and imagine, accept acid discard, reed human nature and choose wisely the subordinate factors, Sometimes the striker, caught up in the hectic hour. •of communicative impulse, forgets that the business of which he was a part did not run of itself and did not automatically bring in the money that he received in bis pay envelope. It was a success be- cause a man higher up, a man making the bard choices, taking the knocks .and facing the responsibilities, framed and followed a wise policy. Large in- dusteial dealings are forever looking for a genuine directing ability, be- cause great sums of invested 'capital are isnperiled by executive decisions. The cheap 115811 in a place he is in- competent to 1111 may be disastrously expensive, for his plan is not feasible and the money that he spends on the scheme is money wasted. In every walls of life or wotic of human beings people count and per- sonality prevails, It is not necessary that a man should be heard for his much speaking. His silent presence may be most effectual. His written word may reach a vast audience of readers, invisible, afar. But the power of the man is felt in all his acts and ,in his language, and to see him is to feel that here is one in whom we can place our trust, for he es fearless .and unselfish, as he is groat and good. The Science of Roads. At a road conference in Paris it Was decided that the proper spread-' ing of tar on macadamised roads is an effective moans of preventing dust. The method is largely used in France, About ono -third of a gallon of tar Is used fol• each square yard of surface. The roads last longer and the cost of maintenance is reduced. In Canada oil is employed to a con- siderable extent to prevent dust and preserve tho surface of roads, The Oil is spread Froin carts during the making of the road to the amount of bile or two gallene a square yard, The French road engineers reeom= mend the planting of trees along roadsides, as a means of preventing dust, in Franco all roads not less than thirty -throe feet wide are re- quired to have a single line of trees on each side, at distances apart vary- ing from sixteen to thirty-two feet. By Jack Rabbit Sati is Abolished by State in India. A despatch from ICetmandu, inde- pendent State of Nepal, India, Says that after a fight lasting half a cen- tury a lave has at last been passed there abolishing sats, or the suicide of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre. Safi is now an offence under the law of Nepal, and inciting to it and abetting in it are punishable. of- fences. The practice of sati is as old as the Shastree, the sacred writings of the I3indus, Close on three centuries passed in India before attempts by Ak- bar, the famous Mogul Emperor, re- sulted in any steps effectively limit- ing it, Finally, In the time of Lord William Bentinck, nearly half a cen- tury ago, the right of a woman to take her life on her husband's funeral pyre was limited to wives of certain age,. Later this law 'was amended and sats was forbidden where a wife was about to become a mother or in the event she had minor children, Thus the wall of ancient custom and re- ligious usage was broken down, until at last the right of a wife to take her own life at the death of her husband is• denied. The present Prime Minister, Ntaita- raja Chandra ahem Shere Jung, is responsible for the new law, During his term of office he has put a ban on the use of opium in Nepal and is con- ducting a strong campaign against the use of intoxicating drinks. Self -Government for Egypt. Lord Milner, upon whose report on the condition of Egypt, and recom- mendation, Great Britain is consider- ing the advisability of granting local autonomy to Cho land of Pharaoh. Inventions by Negroes. In the practical application of scam - Clic principles as embodied in useful invonttons the negro has long held an important plane. The publications of Henry E. Baker, of the United States Patent Office, set forth a record altogether and compar- ably favorable. These inveztipue run the whole gamut, from Banhelpar's clock in 1754 to Forten's invention of apparatus for managing sails, includ- ing Lewis's invention of a reaohiue for picking calami Henry Blair's entente on w corn harvester; Williamy P, Per - Detente on electric railways, a fountain pen, magnetic ear, balanatng devise, etc,; Dickinson's patent for playing the 'Mato; Ferrell's patents for the improvement in valves' of steam engines; Benjamin Be Jackson's invention of different improvements in heating and lighting devices and a con- troller for a trolley wheal; Charles 'V. Rieckey's inventions, including a de- vice for registering the call on a tele. Phone and detecting the unauthorised atee of that lnStrunient; G1'anvillo Wood's invetrtions the Elijah McCoy inventions end the inventlons of John - Benest Niatzelf$erfi, including the first machine that performed eutomatioab ly the 6pe it7ea ilirilVed tft attuarn sp� as to wee. aea a `l }e'1 there aro 'the latter day and war foo inventions, including war bofnb,s, machine and aircraft guns, ex. pre bullets, submarines and diving air ,n - 0 Don't Criticize pout neighbors bea him au example, Asilent, l:eylese clock, which con,.gr tarns only fear wheels and no sprin has recently boon patentrd, ;, FELLOW votes p,BoJT coil i' I@ Liege's JUST o01f A1,PNE� .. Al _ . 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The practice of sati is as old as the Shastree, the sacred writings of the I3indus, Close on three centuries passed in India before attempts by Ak- bar, the famous Mogul Emperor, re- sulted in any steps effectively limit- ing it, Finally, In the time of Lord William Bentinck, nearly half a cen- tury ago, the right of a woman to take her life on her husband's funeral pyre was limited to wives of certain age,. Later this law 'was amended and sats was forbidden where a wife was about to become a mother or in the event she had minor children, Thus the wall of ancient custom and re- ligious usage was broken down, until at last the right of a wife to take her own life at the death of her husband is• denied. The present Prime Minister, Ntaita- raja Chandra ahem Shere Jung, is responsible for the new law, During his term of office he has put a ban on the use of opium in Nepal and is con- ducting a strong campaign against the use of intoxicating drinks. Self -Government for Egypt. Lord Milner, upon whose report on the condition of Egypt, and recom- mendation, Great Britain is consider- ing the advisability of granting local autonomy to Cho land of Pharaoh. Inventions by Negroes. In the practical application of scam - Clic principles as embodied in useful invonttons the negro has long held an important plane. The publications of Henry E. Baker, of the United States Patent Office, set forth a record altogether and compar- ably favorable. These inveztipue run the whole gamut, from Banhelpar's clock in 1754 to Forten's invention of apparatus for managing sails, includ- ing Lewis's invention of a reaohiue for picking calami Henry Blair's entente on w corn harvester; Williamy P, Per - Detente on electric railways, a fountain pen, magnetic ear, balanatng devise, etc,; Dickinson's patent for playing the 'Mato; Ferrell's patents for the improvement in valves' of steam engines; Benjamin Be Jackson's invention of different improvements in heating and lighting devices and a con- troller for a trolley wheal; Charles 'V. Rieckey's inventions, including a de- vice for registering the call on a tele. Phone and detecting the unauthorised atee of that lnStrunient; G1'anvillo Wood's invetrtions the Elijah McCoy inventions end the inventlons of John - Benest Niatzelf$erfi, including the first machine that performed eutomatioab ly the 6pe it7ea ilirilVed tft attuarn sp� as to wee. aea a `l }e'1 there aro 'the latter day and war foo inventions, including war bofnb,s, machine and aircraft guns, ex. pre bullets, submarines and diving air ,n - 0 Don't Criticize pout neighbors bea him au example, Asilent, l:eylese clock, which con,.gr tarns only fear wheels and no sprin has recently boon patentrd, ;,