HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-4-25, Page 4BRITISH BOLD GROUND'AGAINS'
125,000 ,ENEMY STORM TROOPS
Furious Attacks on British Defences Between G vhy.tlntl St..
Velnant Hulled Back Leaving Thousands of Deli it ,
on the Field,
:t despatch fron7 the British Army
in Franco says; 'Ceti' divisions of Ger-
man troops were driving -on TlaleadaY
furiously against the British defences
between Givenchy-Lez-La Bassee and
St. Velrant in an attempt to effect a
crossing of La l3assee • Canal, The
British were holding well and in-
flicting heavy casualties on the 031
emyt
Coincidentally with this pretentious
assault the Germans surged forward
further north, and again began ham-
mering at the approaches to Ken -
met and the neighboring high ground,
but met with no better success.
British troops l'i'the neighborhood
of Wytschaete on Thursday morning
Were continuing their all-night battle
with the Germans, A, German attack
on Wednesday resulted in pushing a
salient out north-west of the place,
but a subsequent British counter-at-
tack again drew the British line close
abort the town, and at one time a
small body of British infantry pens
trated to the •south-easternsection,
The British lost a very small piece
of territory between Bailleul and
Dranoutro on Wednesday, but the
German attack here must be reeord-
ed as a failure.
Just south of this place, near Mer-
ris, the British by a eotinterstroke
succeeded in pushing their lines for -
wars towards the Western outskirts
of the village:
' The Germans have been bringing up
fresh divisions to the Bailleul sector,
but the most promising sign is that
they are beginning to use a second
time the troops which had such hard
fighting in the early days of ,the of-
fensive, Vol! the past few days the
high command 'appears to have de-
parteetfrom its usual careful methods.
Apparently the tanks, armored
ogre and cavalry have not been in ac-
tion on either side. We are now down
to a sheer contest of man -power -a
swaying, ceaseless attack and rqpulse,
with the vital issue carried in the
anxious problem of 'whether our pow-
ers of endurance can wear down the
repeated bull rushes of vastly super=
for - numbers before a decision is
reached. At the moment the pro-
spect assuredly. justifies confidence in
this respect.
'larkkets of the World
Breaastuffs
Toronto, April 28-rlanitoba wheat -
No„ 1 Northern, 32.2 No, 2, do„
2.203; No. 3,. do„ 32.173; N0. 4 wheat,
2.105; in store Fort William, including
ie tax.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 91301 No.
3 C.W„ SSIc; extra No. 1 feed, 8830;
No. 1 feed, 853a, In store Fort W111ia1m,
American Dorn -No. 3 yellow,
dried, $1.90, nominal.
Ontario oats -No, 2 white, 91 to 920;
No. 8 white, 96' to 91e, according to
freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2, reinter, per oar
lot, 32.32; basis in store Montreal,
Peas -No, 2,-68.60 to 33.70, according
to freights outside,.
:Barley -Malting, $1.64 to 31.66, ac-
cording to freights outside.
13uckwheat-$1.30 to 31,52, according
toRy ee-No ooutside. 2 66, aecorcnng to
freights outside.
Manitoba flour -War quality, $11.10,
new bags, Toronto.
Ontario -flour-War quality, $10.70.
new bags, Toronto and Montreal
freights, prompt shipment.
lifillfeed-Car lots -Dithered Mont-
real freights,: bags included: Bran, per
ton, $85,40; shorts, per ton, 940.40.
Hay -No. -1, per ton, 317 to $18;
mixed 314 -to 510, track Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, 38.50 to $9,
track Toronto.
Country J'roduce-wholesale
i;ggs-New-laid, 39 to 400; selected,
new -laid, 42 to- 48e; cartons, 43 to 440.
Butter -Creamery, solids, 49 to. 600;
prints s1cro 52o; fresh made, 62 to 00a;
Y Prints, 40 to 42e' ordinary
dairy prints, 88 to 9,0c; bakers', 85to 36.
Oleomargarine-Best.grade, 32 to 83c.
Cheese --New, large, 23 to 2830; twins,
283 to 235c; spring made, large,. 25 to
26a; twins, 255 to 289c.
Beans -Canadian, mime, bushel,
$7.60 to 3$3; foreign, hand-picked, bush„
36.72 to 07.
Comb honey-Choioa, 10 oz„ $3.50 per
dozen; 12 oz., $3 per dozen; seconds and
dark comb, $2.50 to $2.76.
Maple-syrup-Imperlat gallons, 52 to
$2.25.
vieions-Wholesale
Barrelled Bleats -Pickled pork, 349;
mess pork, $97.
Green meats -Out of pickle, la less
than smoked, -.
Smoked 'Meats= -Roils, 32 to -88c;
hams, medium, 36 to 87e; heavy, 30 to
81e; ..cooked hams, 47 to 98o; backs,
plain,48 to 44e; backs, boneless, 46. to -
480; breakfast bacon, .40 to 490; cot-
tage roils; 35 to 26c.
Dry salted meats -Long clears, in
tons, 990; in oases, 2090; clear bellies,
86 to 8030; fat backs, 25c.
213 o 323c;re,. tierces, 81 to .82o; tubs,
pails, 313 to 823e; 1 -ib.
36 tos069o;totubs,o263 'tor 263o; g-pTls,r
263
to 27o; 1-113. prints, 270 to 28c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, April 23--Date-Canadian
Western. No, 8, 51.043; extra No, 1
feed, 91.049. Flour -New standard
Spring wheat graade, 311.10 to 511.20.8
Millfeocl Bran, 336.40; 9shorts,, 340,40;
middlings, $98 to 360; mouillie, 300 to
$62. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, 317,
Winnipeg Grain
:-
Oats
Winnipeg,.'2 OE'W., l91328 -Cash
; No h8, do , 583e;
extra. No. 1 feed, 8830; No. 1. feed,.8690;
No, 2, do„ 819c Barley -No. 8, $1.57;
o, 4, 1.22, 'Flax -No. 1 N. -WO,,-
8,703; - o. 2 C.W„ $3.743; No. 3 d0.,
8,583,,
United States Markets
i eapolls, April 23 -Corn -No. .8
'- - ellow, 31.45 to 31,66. Oats -No. 2
white, 86 to. 870. Flour -Unchanged,
Bran -$33.14,
Duiuth, April 33 -Linseed -93.975 to
64.050; arrive and May, .33.993; July,
03.86 bid; October, 32.573 asked,
Zive Stook Markets
steersont$12.76p to 313,50;Ch good heavy
steers, 512,25 to $12.60; butchers' 'cat-
tle, choice, 512 to 912,40; - 8o,,. good,.
911.60 to 311,76; do., medium, 510.60 to
511; do., common, 39.76 to 310,26;
butchers' bulls, cholas, 310.50 to 311;
do., good bulls, $10 to. $10.26; do„ med.
bulls, 99 to 90,25; do., rough bulls, 36.75
to 37.26; butchers' cows,- choice, $10.60
to 311; do., good, $10 to $10.25; - do„
medium, 39. to 59.60; stockers, $8.50 to
cutter, 0 feeders, to137.25;to $lmilkcanners, od to
choice, 390 to $126; do., Dom, and rated.,
$65 to $80; 'springers, 390 to $126. light
ewes,
alf es, goodtotol choicebs$517
3 60 otoo18316;
!togs, fed and watered, 320; do., weighed
off oars, 320.25; do., r.o.b„ $19.
Montreal April 28-Choloe steers,
:$12,26 to $13; good, $11.60 to $12; med.,.
99.60 to 311,26; choice butchers' cows,
69.80 to 310.50; medium cows, $8 to
30.50; butchers' bulls, 38 to $10.501.
canners and cutters cows, 36.60 to 58;
choice milk -fed calves, from $8 to $13;
sheep, $13 to 315; choice select hogs,
$21' to 921.75; sows, $19 to 520.
CAT SAVED SOLDIER'S LIFE.
Story of a French Private in the
Crimean War.
During the Crimean war a French
soldier was leaving his native village
with his corps, when a little cat came
running after him. It would not go
back, so he put it on his knapsack
-and carried it along. Day by day,
writes Arthur Broadley in the Evan;
gelical Messenger, she was perched
up thus, and every night slept by his
side.
One day a great battle Was to be
fought, so the soldier left pussy be-
hind with a sick comrade. After he
had gone about a mile on the way the
cat came running up to him, so he
tools it on his back again. Musket and
cannon balls were now flying around.
The soldier fell twice, but at last a
dreadful wound laid him bleeding on
the field.
The cat, instead of running' away,
jumped to the place where the blood
was flowing and began to lick the
wound. The army. doctor came, and
the lad was carried to the hospital
tent.
When he recovered consciousness
he asked whether he would live or
not, and the doctor said: "Yes, thanks
to your kind pussy; she has used her
tongue well and has stopped the flow
of blood, otherwise you would have
died,"
Pussy was then mubch petted and
was allowed to stay with her mas-
tr-
ELEPHANTS REPLACE HORSES
IN. THE BERLIN STREETS.
A despatch from Rome says: -
Zurich reports that Germany is suf-
fering from railway difficulties ow-
ing to a shortage of rolling stock, and
the bad state of the roads. Elephants
replaced horses in Berlin's streets for
the transport of caul during a recent
heavy 'snowstorm, and, failing these,
thousands of Russian prisoners were
made to deliver coal to the Berlin
homes,
POTATOES- MAY BE USED FOR -
MAKING OF BREAD IN BRITAIN
Farmers and Potato Dealers Ordered to Return Full Details of
Ail Stocks• By End of Month.,,
A despatch from, London says: The situation in regard to bread prospects
excessive consumption of breadstuffs
is causing the Ministry of ,Food to
consider drastic steps to deal with the
sale of bread and breadstuffs. It is
stated that rationing of bread will
come into effect early next month.
Farmers and potato dealers have been
ordered toreturn full details of all
potato stocks to the Food Department
by the end of the month.
Sir Charles Bathurst, speaking at a
Meeting of agriculturists, put the
for the next year in the forefront of
his remarks. He said if England is to
be fed sufficiently the next 12 months
we must concentrate our attention to
the potato more. I will be surprised,
with my knowledge of the food posi-
tion, If I do not find in 12, months that
bread will be composed largely of po-
tatoes, either in the form of flour or
meal, or if we do not' have to .forego
cereal loaves altogether and substitute
potatoes for them.
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DAtICED *iTN MRS,
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Women of England Help Build Tanks.
British women have been pictured at.., work in practically every in-
dustry that will help win the war. This photograph is the first one receiv-
ed here showing women engaged in the construction of the. wonderful
British tanks,
PUT 22 BATTERIES
OUT OF ACTION
Canadian Gunners Do Effective
Worts Against Enemy
Positions.
A despatchtofrom Canadian Army
Headquarters, says: -All night long
on Wednesday Canadian guns have
Veen active against. the enemy
positions, shelling hostile batteries,
routes, railways and dumps, while
time after time hostile infantry posi-
tions, assembly areasand communica-
tions have been swept with a harass-
ing -fire. Indeed, since the last cable,
artillery activity has been the main
feature on the ,Canadian front. There
have been constant duels between• our
own and enemy batteries. A consid-
erable amount of gas has been used.
Early Thursday morning we carried
out a small projector gas bombardment
against the enemy positions, to which
the. Boehe replied with gas shelling,
but neither operations approached the
magnitude of our heavy gas shell
bombardment reported in eable of
April 8, in which over 9,000 shells
were fired on` hostile artillery posi-
tions. :That gas bombardment was
as successful as it was extensive, 22
out of 82 batteries engaged having
been out of action ever since.
While our guns have been active,
our infantry have had a comparative-
ly quiet time, save for constant
clashes between patrols. In one vig-
orous encounter with •a hostile raid-
ing party, 20 strong, one of our pa-
trols drove the raiders baclf in dis-
order, killing six, capturing two and
wounding 10 at least. We suffered
only three slight casualties:.
MAKE OF FINLAND
ANOTHER BELGIUM
'Ruthless Campaign of Massacre
Carried Out by Germans
and White Guards.
A despatdih from New York says:
"Germany is turning Finland into an-
other Belgium, another Armenia," de-
clared Santer' Nuorteva, representa-
tive in this country of the "Reds" or
Provisional Government of the Peo-
ple's Republic of Finland.
Asserting that "in their lust for
world -empire the German `junkers'
have reached a stage where wholesale
murder is a commonplace of their
plans," Nuorteva said also that "latest
reports from Finland tell of Horrible
butcheries undertaken by the so-called
'White Guard,' in conjunction with
their Prussian allies."
The White Guards, according to
Nugrteva, comprise the army of that
class in Finland which called upon the
Germans to protect their "feudal
privileges, me laced by the highly or-
ganized working class.'
He said that thou§ands of men and
women, first' of all those of promin-)
encs in the Labor movement, have 1
been shot. He further stated that
the Finnish "feudal class" furnishes
the German invaders with lists of its
political opponents, and the proscrib-
ed persons are ruthlessly murdered.
Stiff.
An English paper prints this good -
Matured 'joke at the expense of -the
Irish recruit: "The little Irishman
was being examined for admission to
the army, II° seemed all right in
every way except one, The doctor
said: ''You're a little stili'.' Quickly
the Irish blood mounted as the applic-
ant retorted: 'And you're a big stiff!'"
Prune and tie up all v.nes incl
ereepere.
FROM SUNSET COAST
WHAT THE WESTERN .PEOPLE
ARE DOING.
Progress of the Great Weal Told
in a Few Pointed
Paragraphs -
Mrs. A. Mclvor-Campbell McGregor
died recently at Victoria in her
eightieth year, after living thirty-
three years in the city, 3
Ex -Councillor Thomas Mayne, of
Burnaby, died recently at Vancouver
General Hospital. Ile originated
Burnaby's water system.
A military police force has .been
organized in Vancouver by Registrar
Lennie to assist in the enforcement
of the Military Service Act,
All the Vancouver police ratings
up to and including first class con-
stables are.to receive an increase in
wages of $10 per month, dating from
January 1 last,
Leading coal mine operators of Vic-
toria in protesting against -the eight-
hour day for miners declare that coal
is going to advance to $10 or $10.50 a
ton, irrespective of the act,
Major-General Leckie, the G,O,C.,
has announced that nothing will be
done at the present time in regard to
the purported removal of the military
headquarters offices from Victoria to
the mainland. ,
Samples of ore of high milling
grade containing a good percentage
of grey copper have just been dis-
covered on the Spicier claim of the
Multiplex Mining and Milling Com-
pany's property at Camborne.
The Vancouver and district joint
sewerage and drainage board has
prepared the 1918 allotments. Out of
a total allotment of $115,286.93 for
the city and districts, Vancouver's
1918 allotment totals $72,408.55.
A grant this year of $2,000 and an
annual grant thereafter of $15,000 to
permit of the re-establishment of the
New Westminster exhibition was
asked of the B. C. Government,
Many cod fishermen near New
Westminster are transferring .their
attention to other varieties, and some
are quitting the fishing industry al-
together;, many retailers are refusing
to handle codfish,
Victoria City Council has adopted
the principal of conscripting vacant
unfenced property within the munici-
pality for six months 'of the year for
production purposes, The legislature
will be asked to give the necessary
powers to municipalities.
The late Joseph Mayo, ' ho passed
away at North Vancouver in his
101st year, is said to have erected
the first building in Fort Langley
and was himself born there some
years before the Hudson's Bay Cem-
pany established a post at that
point. ,
The wife of R. B. Sparkman, sta-
tion agent at Lillooet, fell off the
Fraser railway bridge and was drown-
ed Mrs. Sparkman was assisting her
husband in taking the water measure-
ment, but lost her balance by tripping
over a dog,4and fell into the river 90
feet below.
BRITISi't RED CROSS
FUND REACHES- 350,000,000.
qr
A despatch from London says: The
British Red Cross Fund has reached
$10,000,000. The. King has written to
the Lpndon Times, which raised the.
fund, expressing his congratulations.
In the course of the letter he says:
"I air 'especially proud of the
noble generosity displayed by Britons
overseas. Nor can I forget the muni-
.licence with which the American Red
Cross has supported the work of the
British Red Cross, cementing still
:further the ties which unite the two
countries.
YES -1 DANCED Till
LAST ONS WITH IITR
11-4 (413
\(PS sN>'S PRETTY,
bwr 5}lg DoaSN'T
L..- \3 AR WELL
LOSS ,OF SIIIPS
BY U-BOATS
MOMS S GW'YEN OUT BY TIDY
BRITISH ADMIRALTY. , ,
FRENCH B'FGIN OFFENSIF IN SEVERAL
SECTORS, CAPTURING TERRAIN
Successful Attacks Beilu t in Taking of 1pater Part of Seneca
Weed -French Masters in Air righting,
A despatch fron Paris says; -Bast
Value of Vessels lost by Great of Amiens, along the' Avre River, the
French have mado aneeeeeful attacks
against the Germans on several sec-^
tors, capturing the greater part of the
Senecat Wood and also advancing
their line east and west of the stream.
Brit'adn is Approximately
$832,949,000,
tele wouldn a e losthard dtu to it toesti- The Germans in the Aisne region at-
mate the tonnage lost during 4he'wpr g'
from the submarine campaign and tacked the French near Cerbeny and
other causes if it were not for the also in the Champagne, but in each in -
figures reeentiy'given out by the Brit- stance were repulsed, while the French
ish authorities. The British' Admiral- in Lorraine cprried out a successful
ty experts figure that 11,880,962 tons 'manoeuvre against the enemy in
Were lost up to the end of 1917. Ofwhich prisoners were taken.
this amount 7,079,492 tons were Brit- I If ever anyone doubted the Fr'enoh
ieb ()hips and 4,807,470 were ships of l mastery of the
air the recent ole -
other nations, including t11e United struetlon of the Friedrichshafen works
States. - ought to convince these persons that
As the eurve of submarine losses the French' are masters in air fight-
has been slowly descending it can bei ing. Not only on bombing expedi-
estimated that in the seven months of tions are the French masters, but also
the present year, up to -August 1, al-
lowing fora substantial decrease tion" RUSSIAN AIRMEN
ed on the most optimistic suggestion E+
of the decreasing number of singings,
the loss would be 1,750,000. Of this i � RIVE IN CANADA
probably 1,250,000 might be classed as
British losses, according to the pre-
ceding figures, and 500,000 tons might
be !Sassed as other losses, including
American.
That would give a total of 13,677, -
in fighting air battles. I
Ever since the Battle of the Somme
started, French machines have kept
in constant liaison with the infantry
and artillery units. The escadrilles
operating at ]ow altitudes have cause
ed the'Ger'mans frightful losses.
Perhaps the greatest day the
French aviators have had was April
12, when Dight German machines
where shot clown, damaged, within
the German lines, five .captive galleons
were shot down in flames and five oth.
ars were pierced through by French
bullets. During the same day, and
the following night, the French drop-
ped 48 tons of bombs on enemy depots
end munition dumps. American
aviators attached to the lerenob esca-
drilles participated in the bombing and
air fighting expeditions,
Will Offer Their Services to the
Royal Flying Corps,
572 tons of shipping lost in four years. A despatch from a Canadian Pacific
In estimating the value of this lost Port says: Five Russian aviators, of -
tonnage one has to take into account facers of the Russian Flying Corps,
the varying prices ships bring at the have arrived here on atrans-Pacific
present day according to whether they liner to offer their services to the
sail under ,.neutral or a belligerent British Royal Flying Corps.
4Iag. It will be found that although
and They amanhave efronts rved on all have
Aus Austrian
the British loss in tonnage is nearly been decorated for , bravery, Col,
twice that of other nations the value Duklan, who heads the party, has
of the tonnage lost by other nations
is nearly twice that' of England. Tho been wounded three times.
reasons for this are the much higher When Russia'lapsed into anarchy,
price obtainable for a ship that has a the aviators said, they resolved to
'Prey practically
chance of escaping a torpedo because
of her neutrality and the much higher fought their way out of the country,they asserted, and after weeks of
hardships reached Japan where Brit-
ish Consular officers arranged their'
passage overseas.
American ships which before the In addition to Col, Duklan . the
war brought `from $75 to $80 a ton party is composed of Capt. Rosma-
now bring $200 a ton, while ships of hof, and Lieuts. Katlarssfski, Pet -
other nations, now neutral, which rank' and Astakof.
brought 340 a ton now bring $800 a
ton. As the proportion of neutral and His Clothes Came Home From Camp
American ships lost may be said, for To -day.
purposes of approximate calculation, His clothes came home from the camp
to have been about the same, one can to -day,
strike a mean'valbation of $260 a ton The clothes he had on when he went
for ships not flying the British flag, away,
which would give a valuation to the The jacket and trousers the schoolboy
tonnage lost, outside of England's, of wore,
$1,812,020,000, Estimating the value Things that the soldier boy needs no
of English ships at $100 a ton, the mor°,
value of those lost to England may be His mother tool' them and nut them
fixed at $882,949,200, or a total of $2,- away
l
144,989,200.'
This loss has been to some extent In the room upstairs where he used
to stay.
His clothes came home from the camp
to -day,
The cap that he waved when he went
away,
The coat that was snagged and mend-
ed with care,
The bright -colored scarf that he liked
best to wear.
She held them close to her heart to-
day
As she knelt alone in his room to pray.
cost of ,production of ships in the
United States.
Increased Value of Tonnage.
offset by the largely increased ship
production, which, however, is far be-
low the optimistic predictions made a
few months ago. The primary reason
for making public the figures was to
awaken the public to the crying need
for ships.
The horse is coining back. Men
who have watched the ups and downs
of the horse breeding business are
looking for the greatest demand for
heavy draft horses that Canada has
ever known. o
, "It is not by regretting what is ir-
reparable that true work' is done, but
by making the best of what We are. It
is not by complaining that we have
not the right tools, but by using well
the tools we have." -Ruskin.
Strawberries that have been cover-
ed should be relieved around the
plants. Leave the straw between
the rows. It will keep the berries
clean and acts as a mulch to keep the
ground moist.
His clothes came home from the camp
to -day,
The shoes where the prints of his feet
still stay;
His mother, seeing then' through her
tears,
Thought of the baby boots kept
through the years;
And, with the relics of yesterday,
She put her soldier boy's clothes away.
Cyclamen should never be allowed
to want for water when in bloom.
Scene of the Greatest Battle in the War.
Map shows Ne pe Eglise, which was taken and retaken several times
by the British, Mel''eines, Wytschaete, Bailleul Mid Hazebrouck, which is
the main objective 01 the enemy.
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FROM OLD SCOTLAND
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER
BANKS AND BRAES.
Meat Is Going On In the highlands
And Lowlands of' Auld
Scotia.
An Edinburgh gentleman who died
recently, left a quarter of -a million
pounds to be devoted to combating
cancer,
Mrs. Mowat, Balmaghie Manse, has
received the Royal Red Cross from
the King at Buckingham Palace.
The D.C.M. has been awarded to,
Corporal John Rankine, S,R., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rankine, of Birnock. s
Harry Hopkins Govan has been ap-
pointed Glasgow district secretary of
the Amalgamated Society of Engin-
eers.
The Y,M.C.A. are erecting a build-
ing in Shandwick Place, Edinburgh,
for the purpose of a hostel for ser -
vide men.
Lieut. George Lugton, formerly on
the reporting staff of the Scotsman,
is reported killed in action.
Mary, Duchess of Hamilton, and
mother of Lady Graham, has been
"mentioned" for hospital work.
Mrs. Lang, wife of Provost Lang,
recently opened the new Y.M.C.A.
rooms on High Street, Johnstone.
Sergeant James Dunn, a well
known footballer in Glasgow, Perth-
shire and Particle, is reported as kill-
ed in action.
The annual report of the Paisley
Penny Savings Bank shows an in-
crease in deposits In 1917 of £140,176
over 1916,
Sir Thomas Oliver of Ayr has been
appointed a deputy lieutenant for
Northumberland.
The Military Medal has been award-
ed to Private Thomas Meechan, of
Craigneuk. 1
The Military Medal has been award-
ed to Corporal George Methvan, of
Alexandria.
Bailie Bernard Connoly, Dumfries,
hh's been appointed a justice of the
peace for the county.
The Military Medal has been award-
ed • to Private John Banks, son of
Mrs. Banks, 10 Castle Terrace, Dum-
barton.
Tho death took place recently at
Denny Park, Prestwick, of John
Steele, headmaster of Glenburn
School.
The Military Medal has been award-
ed to Sergt. D.'J. Warwick, Canadians,
son of J. Warwick, Charlesfleld, An-
nan.
•
CULTIVATING WILD FLOWERS.
Development From Natural State to
Hugh Degree of Perfection.
The once -despised daisy has become
a fashionable flower within recent
years, and is now grown in great
quantities for market in greenhouses,
Likewise, the dandelion is being im-
proved by cultivation, and may yet be
developed into a really magnificent
flower, golden yellow, five or six
inches in diameter and with/petals
multiplied in number.
The original chrysanthemum, from
which all the superb varieties we
know to -clay are descended, was, in its.
wild state, no bigger or handsomer
than a dandelion. It is found that the
latter grows with astonishing rapidity
and luxuriance of bloom under cheese-
cloth shade.
Buttercups of several varieties and
superior size (the plants being multi-
plied by di3iding the roots) are now
grown in hothouses; likewise yellow
and red violets. 3n late winter there
is a cultivated demand for cultivated
spring wild flowers, ahead of the sea•
son; also for pansies, which them.
selves were wild flowers and unknown
to gardens up to 1810.
In that year a little girl named
Mary Bonnet, a daughter of the Earl
of Tankerville, undertook to' plant
her garden at Walton -on -Thames
every variety of pansy site could find.
Before long pansy culture became the
rage, and even to the present day it
is a popular fad4 Europe.
Hitherto it has not been found prac-
ticable to tame the wild mayflower or
trailing arbutus, but discovery has
recently beer. mado of the fact that
it will grow luxuriantly in pots if
supplied with soil composed of half -
rotted oak leaves mixed with 10 per
cent. of sand and a liberal quantity of
stall, broken bits of old flowerpot3
for drainage.
Now that this has boa ascertained,
it is prom:amble that e, ?nueh-alt
mired arbutus will be grown before'
long in quantities under glass for the
late reinter market. In the wild state
it is already rare, owing larger* to
the eager persistence with which in
springtime people seek and pluck the
blossoms, or even dig up the plants,
thus depriving them of an opporturnity
to produce seeds and keep the species
going,