HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-5-2, Page 3ZEEBRUGGE CANAL BLOCKED AND
OSTEND FAIRWAY NARROWED
;itisb Navy's Raid on Fianders Coast is a3ig Blow to Operations
of German Submarines Obsolete Cruisers Laden
With Concrete Sunk to Block Entrance.
A despatch from London says: The
net result of the British navy's raid
on the Flanders coast, according to a
Vigil naval authority, is that the Zee-
brugge Canal entrance is effectually
blocked, a breach 120 feet long has
been made in the viaduct connecting
the Mole with the land and the Os-
tend fairway Iias been inconveniently,
narrowed, but not wholly blocked,
The Zeebrugge Canalis much more
Lniportant to the German navy's oper-
ations in the channel than Ostend, as
it was through Zeebrugge that U-
boats constructed, at Antwerp were
brought to the coast, also munitions
and general supplies for coast defence,
Zeebrugge harbor has been dally
dredged by two dredges. owing to the
perpetual 'shifting of the sand. The
British sunk one of these dredges. The
other was damaged, so that with a
breach in the viaduct and a South-
west or westerly wind the sand shift-
ing has proceeded rapidly, and it will
take the Germans some time to over-
come it.
The removal of the blockships
across the canal's mouth' also is a -
slow and delicate job, because the use
of heavy charges would still further
injure the entrance walls of the can-
als, and the blockships were construct-
ed in a pect7liar manner so as to give
them high resisting power. For a
time the .Germans must use Ostend
instead of Zeebrugge as their chief
refuge, thus bringing them further
down the channel than they like.
The raid was a splendid enter-
prise, ably and ingeniously planned,
magnificently executed and showing
the dauntless plunk of the British
navy with its inspiring moral effect.
GERMAN LOSSES
..,,EXCEED 59000,000
100,000 Killed and Wounded in
Recent Great Offensive.
AUSTRIANS LOSE
IN MACEDONIA
Successful Operations by British.
and Serbian Trodps.
A despatch from London says: Ger- A despatch from Paris says:—The
man losses in killed and wounded in War Office report, referring to
the great offensive amounted to no operations in Macedonia, said:
less than 600,000 men, according to "Late reports confirm the full
reliable information received from success of the reconnoitring opera-
Scandinavian sources. These figures, tion carried out on Wednesday on the
which are, of course, unofficial, come north bank of the Devol River. In
from trustworthy sources. There has the•eourse of their advance our troops
been much discussion as to the mo- established that the enemy had suf-
tive behind the disclosure of Karl fered very serious losses before aban-
Bleibtreu, in Neuve Europa, that the doning the ground. They brought
German losses up to the end of back about 10 Austrian prisoners. On
January this year amounted to April 24, British troops carried out a
4,456,000 men killed, wounded, and successful raid near Barakili, east of
prisoners, excluding the navy and Struma, and the Vetrenik Heights.
colonial troops, auxiliary forces, and The Serbian troops have maintained
deaths due to sickness. Combined their occupation of the work taken
with the figures of the recent battles April 21, repulsing new enemy coun-
Germany's total losses now exceed ter -attacks."
5,000,000. The total given by Bleib- !
treu far exceed anything Germany had CROP CONDITIONS IN WEST
previously' admitted. There is a sug- WERE NEVER BETTER.
gestion that Bleibtreu's article' was
intended to ,minimize proportionately A despatch from Calgary, Alta.,
the recent losses on—the western front, says: Crop reports being received
which are causing serious disturbances from all parts of the province indicate
in Germany. When the enormous cos- that conditions were never better, and
ualties of the battlefield are added to it is estimated that the average in -
the increased rate of mortality of the crease in acreage seeded will be in
civilian population, it is clear Ger- the neighborhood of 20 per cent. Cool
many's losses cannot be recovered in nights have retarded germination
a generation. somewhat, but in many parts of the
South wheat is above the ground.
ONTARIO LED CANADA There are a few complaints of lack of
IN ENLISTMENTS moisture and drying winds blowing
off the top soil, but this happens every
A despatch from Ottawa says:—The Year in Southern Alberta to a greater
following figures of voluntary enlist- or less extent.
neents up to 81st October, 1917, wero
given in the House of Commons: On- CONSCRIPTION PASSES
tario, 191,682; Quebec, 48,934; Nova IN NEWFOUNDLAND.
Scotia and Prince Edward Island, 28,-
436; New Brunswick, 18,022; Marti- A despatch from S- t. John's, Nfld.,
toba, 52,784; Saskatchewan, 26,111; says: The conscription bill passed its
Alberta, 36,279; British Columbia and second reading without opposition on
,rukon, 42,609. Total, 489,806. The Thursday after Premier Lloyd had
nationalities were given as; Canadian- made a statement regarding the war
born, 197,473; British -born, 215,769; situation at a secret session of the
other nationalities, 25,564. Total, Legislature. Similar action was tak-
489,806. en on a bill to extend the life of the
Colonial Parliament until the close of
the year 1919.
PUBLISH U-BOAT SINKINGS
ONCE A MONTH IN FUTURE.
CaulifIower,
A despatch from London says: The To be able to' dish a cauliflower
Admirala has announced the cess$whole and unbroken is quite a feat.
tion of the weekly return of shipping The oil ittt way of caecof cheeselishing-cloth, it is,
losses and the substitution of a month -
which
boil in a piece of cheese -cloth,'
• ly report on the Thursday morning which allows it to be lifted from the
following the 21st of each Month.
kettle without •detriment to its ap-
pearance.
ENEMY REPULSED IN TRE-
MENDOUS DRIVE FOR AMIENS
British Line Restored South of Somme 'Slight Retirement
Before Furious Attacks
.. uxr`NTeteren-Wytschaete Line.
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patch :from London says: The
reat double German drive in the
Somme and Armentieres sectors,
which began on Wednesday morning,
has developed into a terrific struggle.
The British, having been, forced back
out of Villers-Bretonneux, launched a
counter-attack, re -took the village
and swept the Germans back almost to
the lines which were held before the
present fighting began. The Austra-
lians assisted in the victory. The
French have been driven back out of
Hangard-en-Santerre, but are holding
their positions close by, while on the
line south-west of Ypres, the British
leave been compelled to withdraw
slightly before furious attacks along
the Meteren-Bailleul-Wytschaete liner
Wounded Americans are arriving at
a hospital behind the French line in
the Somme sector, showing that Gen.
Pershing's men are bearing their
share of the burden of the great
battle.
Notwithstanding the frantic pre-
parations made by the Germans for a
continuance of their drive toward
Amiens and the extreme violence of
the fighting, the 'gains thus far in that
region have been trifling. Along the
line from Albert south to Castel ex-
cept at Iiangard-en-Santerre, the Ger-
man assaults have been hurled back
by the allied forces, which are strong-
ly posted on the higher ground to
which '"'they retired during the last
days of the German drive in Picardy.
It is unofficially reported that from
four to six German divisions, or from
48,000 to 72,000 men, have boon hurled
at the British and French lines near
Ypres. The retirement of the British
in this sector must have been small,
for there are no gains reported by
Berlin so far.
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"SPOTS" SUBMARINE
ONE IIINTUOD 'EMPLOYED TO
COMDAT 1.1 -BOAT MENACE.
Trawlers and Destroyers Colne at
Wireless Signal and Blow Up
Underwater Craft,
One of the methods by which, se
the First Sea Lord, Sir Eric Geddes
said reeently, the submarine menace
is being "held" is vividly described by
a writer in the Liverpool Journal of
Commerce,
A seaplane had "spotted" a submar-
ine lying on the seabed. Instantly the
observer's finger commenced to tap a
key and ten miles away a long lean
'destroyers and four squat trawlers de-
tached themselves from a pack of
hounds working a covert and hastened
to the kill, Meanwhile the seaplane
circled around, but when the surface
ships arrived her instructions, deliver-
ed by wireless, were curt and precise.
Acting upon them the trawlers sta-
tioned themselves at the four corners
of a wet quadrangle, while the de-
stroyer kept her guns ready' to talk to
Fritz should he appear above the sur-
face.
Submarine is Doomed.
The trawlers at the corners of the
wet quadrangle got out their sweeps
—long wire hawsers of an incredible
stoutness, with a heavy "kite" in the
centre to keep their bights down on
the seabed—and commenced to steam
toward each other. As the pairs of
vessels,met, their wires simultaneous-
ly engaged themselves under the U-
boat's bow and stern and commenced
to work their sinuous way between her
hull and the sea bottom.
Then the strange thing happened,
Two round,black objects seemed to
detach themselves from her hull and
float surfaceward, to hover a second
and then commence bobbing down the
tide—bobbing down a lane much fre-
quented by those, ships that brought
food, munitions of war, and hundreds
of other things to England's shore.
"Minelayer, eh?" called the sea-
plane's observer.
"That's it, lad," came the telephoned
answer, "but her eggs can wait for a
minute."
The trawlers now crossed their de-
pendent cables end thus held the U-
boat in a kind of wire cat's cradle.
She seemed to suddenly wake to her
danger, for with a bound she tried to
disentangle herself from the meshes
which held her. But it was no use;
the trawlers had been too long at.the
game to leave any loopholes and the
submarine•was doomed.
"Got him," signalled the seaplane.
"Thanks," replied the destroyer.
"We'll give him five minutes to come
up and breathe, but no longer." That
time passed, but Fritz made no fur-
ther move.
Underwater -Explosion.
At a flagged signal from the de-
stroyer the port foremost trawler and
the starboard after one clipped a
small red tin of high explosive to the
bar -taut wire and allowed it to slide
down till it touched the U-boat's hull.
It was the seaplane's turn to wave the
flag and immediately there followed
the crashing of two fists upon two fir-
ing: keys; the uprising of two grey
mounds of water, and a rumbling,
muffled explosion.
"The seaplane circled twice above
the patch of rising oil, ascertained
that Fritz had been destroyed and no-
tified the destroyer of the fact, Then
with her observer slipping a drum of
cartridges into his machine gun, she
aped 'on after those objects bobbing
down tide. A burst of rapid firing—
and the first of the devil's eggs, its
buoyancy chamber punctured, sank
with a gurgle; the second gave a bet-
ter show, for it exploded grandly —
and harmlessly—as the bullets reach-
ed it."
Kaiser Hur*•es To Zeebrugge
Bi..Not To Give Iron Crosses
A despatch from London says:—
The Kaiser visited Zeebrugge per-
sonally on Tuesday, it is officially
admitted from Berlin, and inspected
the damage occasioned by the British
raid.
Wished to be Amiable.
He had never seen the bride before,
but, of course, when he was presented
to her, he tried to do the amiable,
"I hardly feel like a stranger," he
said, "for Jack, during the time he
was courting you, has frequently done
me the honor to read to me extracts
from his dear Nellie's letters,"
The bride glared at him viciously,
and he, seeing that he had somehow
put his foot in it, assumed an expres-
sion of apology.
"I hope you don't mind his having
read your letters to me?" he asked
anxiously.
"My letters!" she ropeated icily. "I
fear there is some mistake. My frame
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New Italian Dirigible.
The Forlenini holds the world's altitude record for dirigibles of 17,000 feet, egaitist 13,000 foot made by the
Zeppelin. This airship has a carrying capacity of 6,000 pounds.
arkets • of the World 5'7.60 bataher5' uows choke . $10.76 to
$11,Ob, do. good, 610.26 to $i0,6o; do„
. medium, 89.26 to .55,75; stockers, $9.50
. to 511; feeders, $10,60 to $11.60; can-
8raadtltuite tiers and nutters, 56,60 to 57.60; milk-
ore, good to clioloe, $50 to 5140; do,
Toronto, April 30—Manitoba wheat-- corn, and mad„ 566 to 580; springers, 599
No, 1 Northern, 32.80 ; No, 2, do,, to 5140; light ewes, 518.60 to $18.00;
$2.203; No. 3, do., 52.17' No. 4 wheat, lambs,. $18 to 520,50• calves, good to
52,108; in store Bort Wlfllam, including choice, 3513.50 to 516.10; hogs, Fed and
2le tax, watered, $20; dc , weighed off cars,
Manitoba oats—No. 2 C,W.. 0120; N0, 820.25; do., f.o.b., 500.00.
8 C,W„ 885o, in store Fort William. Montreal, April 80—Choieo steers 512
American Corn—,,No. 8 allow, kiln to $13; good steers, $11 to $12; medium,
dried, 51.90 nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln 510,60; choice butcher. bulla, 510.00 to
dried, $1.8d, nominal. 611.60; medium, a9 to 50.501 choice
OntarloFoats-No, 2 white, 91 to 92c; butcher cows, 510.60; good cows, 82,50
No. 3 white, 90 to Ole, according to to $10; oannera' cattle, 56 to $6; milk -
freights outside. fed calves $8 to $14' choice select hose,
Ontario wheat—No, 2 Winter, per car off oars, 621 to 521..60; sows, 819 to
lot, $as22No basis
store
70 tae ording 519.60.
to freights outside, :.
Barley—Malting. $1.52 to 53.53, ac-
cording to freights outside. COAL FAMINE IN ITALY.
Buokwheat-61,84 to $1.86, according
to freights outside. ---
Rye—No. 2, 52.86, according to freights May Halt Armies Unless Problem Can
outside.
Manitoba flour—War pualltY, $11.10, Be Solved.
new bags, To5•onto, '
Ontario flour—War quality, 510.30. The coal problem in Italyis equally
new bags, Toronto. and Montreal
freights, prompt shipment. as serious as that relating to food
Mlnfeed—Car lots—Delivered Mont- shortage, but. its solution is even
realfreights, bags included: Bran, per more difficult, says ton, 536,40; shorts, per ton, $40.40, s a Rome corre-
Hay—No. 1, per ton,. 517 to 518; mixed, spondent. Before the war Italy im-
514 to $16, track Toronto.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, 58,50 to $9, ported 950,000 tons of coal every
freak Toronto. , month.. Despite the fact that the re-
-
qulrements for coal have considerably
Ooitntry Produce—Wiioleeale
30qR•s—New laid, 80 to 40o; selected,
increased since the war, its imports -
new -lard, 42 to 490; cartons, 43 to 44c. tion continued to fall off until last
Butter—Creamery, solids, 49 to 60o; ear, when on an
do., prints. 61 to 62; do., fresh made, 62 Y average only 524,000
to 63o; choice dairy prints 42 to 43o; tone were imported every month. The
36dtoa38'edalry prints 28 to 40o; bakers', coal shortage became 50 acute that
Oleomargarine (beet gr.) -32 to 33e. all available stocks were exhausted,
Cheese—New, large, 23 to 2350; twins, and in order not to diminish the out-
23}•to 235o; spring made, large, 26 to
28e; twins. 261 to 263c, put of munition factories and other
Beans—Canadian, prime, bushel, $7.60 war industries the railway service
to 68; Foreign, hand-picked, bushel,
58.75 to 57, was utterly paralyzed. As fast train
Comb honey—Choice, 16 oz., $3.60 per could not be run byburningwood in-
doaen; 12 oz., $2 pet• dozen; seconds
and dark comb, $2.50 to. $2.76. stead of coal it was decided to stop
Maple eYrup—Imperial gallons, 52.26; thein.
6 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gallon; maple
sugar, per pound, 24 to 260, Fortunately, England and France
Provletons—Whoiesa]s came to Italy's rescue and the latter
Smoked meats—llama, Medium, 36 to placed 240,000 tons of coal at Italy's
38c; do., heavy, 30 to 320; cooked, 47 disposal, while the 'former guaran-
i() 49c; rolls, 31 to 32c; breakfast bacon, teed to send 690,000 tons a month in
iesso B to backs,
`a, plain, 44 to 400; bone- future. Three-fourths of all the coal
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 29 to used in Italy is consumed by munition
300; clear bellies, 29 to 800.
Lard—Pure, tierces, 319 to 92c; tubs,
315 to 821c; palls, 32 to 825o; prints,
98 to 885o. Compound tierces, 26 to
26;o; tubs, 265 to 268e; pails, 265 Lo
27c; prints, 273 to 28c.
Montreal Markete
Montreal, April 30—Oats.—Canadian
western. No. 2 51.02; extra No. 1 feed,
61.02; No. 3 local white, $1, Flour—
New standard Spring wheat grade
510.96 to 611.06. Rolled oats—Bags, 9d
lbs., 56.60 to 65.80. Bran, $36.40.
Shorts. 40.4,0. Middlings, 648.60. Moutl-
lie, 500 to 562. Flay, No. 2, per ton, tar
Iota, 517. _r
Winnipeg Grata
Winnipeg, April 30—Cash prices:—
Oats—No. 2 C.V., 915o; No, 0 do., 885c;
extra No. 1 feed, 88c; No. 1 feed, 8630;
No. 2, do., 6160 Barley—No. 8, 51.51;
No. 4, 61.46; rejected, 51.20• feed, 61.17.
lrlax—No. 1 N: W.C., 2.87},: No. 2 C.
W. 63.33.
United States Markets
Minneapolis, April 80—Corn—No. 8
yellow, 51.65 to 51.65, Oats—No. 3
white, 06 tq 87o. Flour—Unchanged.
13ran-532.14.
Duluth, Minn„ April 90—Linseed-
64.075'to 54.185; arrive and May and
July, 54.071; October, $3.67 bid.
Live Stook Markets
Toronto, April 30—Nxtra choice heavy
steers, 510.76 to $15; choice heavy
actors, 612,76 to 613.00; good heavy
steers, $12.26 to $12.60; butchers' cat-
tle, choice, $12.60 to 512.79; do., good,
511.75 to $12; do, medium $11 to 511,50;
do., common, 51d to $10.60; butchers'
bulls, choice, $10.76 to $11.261 do„ good
bulls, 510 to $10.60; do., medium hulls,
BRUTALITIES OF
GERMAN CAPTORS
EXPOSED NAKED EIGHT HOURS
IN SNOWSTORM.
Unspeakable Cruelties Exercised on
British Prisoners in Hun
Prison Camps,
British wounded officers and men
who have just arrived in Rotterdam
from Germany to board hospital shipe
for England after tw8 or three years'
captivity, tell of terrible cruelties in-
flicted by the Germans, especially
upon soldiers and sailors who have
been taken unwounded, says a war
correspondent.
I have names which cannot be pub-
lished because the Germans have a
system of vicarious punishment. These
men have been warned before leaving
camp in Germany that if they give
out any details of their treatment it
will mean more severe punishment for
those left behind.
Drastic Punishment.
One story told me was of a man to
whom Ambassador Gerard spoke on
his first visit to Doberlitz in Decem-
ber, 1914, Ile was standing outside
in the snow cleaning vermin off the
only shirt he possessed. When ques-
tioned by Mr. Gerard Ito said it was
his only shirt, The man was exposed
on a hill naked in a snowstorm for
eight hours for having told this to
Mr. Gerard, whom he did not know.
A certain Lieutenant was taken
prisoner -with a bullet wo,und in the
ankle and was sent to a hospital. The
first dressing was left on the wound
factories and war industries, while the l twenty-two days, when gangrene set
remaining foVli is consumed by thein and the leg was amputated four
railroads. Efforts are now being made I times until it was cut off almost to
to increase the quantity of coal as- the hip.
Men sent to work in salt mines re-
signed to Italy by the Allies and a I
conference for this purpose will be turn after a few months like skeletons,
held shortly in London. with incurable running sores and
From its results Italy's life and brain power gone.
the conduct of the war will depend," Dutch business nien returning to
said the Food Commissioner recently, Denmark from Berlin say Germany is
implying that the coal problein, un- short of anaesthetics and operations
less it is satisfactorily solved with- are 'being performed without them,
out further delay, is apt•to prevent the soldiers suffering horrible tor -
Italy from continuing the war. tures, and many succumb,
BULGARIANS FIGHTING WITH
GERMANS AROUND AMIENS.
A despatch from Paris says: The
presence of Bulgarian troops on the
western front is now confirmed, It
is not known here how large a force
is there or what troops are represent-
ed, but among the officers is the son
of the Bulgarian Minister in Vienna,
Toscheff.
In addition to the large force of
German troops novo attacking the al-
lied line east of Amiens, concentra-
tions are reported further north, op-
posite Arras, as far as Ypres.
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with the flat side a£ a pair of pincers
bend this fringe down at right angles,
place the patch in position and push
the bent fringe through. Bend it in
toward the centre and fasten it firm_'
ly by putting a small board against
it and tapping it on the other side
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()apt, Thomas Rees Griffith, son of
3, E. Griffith, Deputy Minister of
Public Works, Victoria, has been de -
coveted with the Military Cross for
conspieuous bravery,
fi. D, Edwards, who lost both hands
as the result of wounds at the front,
has been' appointed officer' -in -com-
mand of Reethaven military conval-
oecent hospital, Victoria.
Lieut, 3, B. McLachlin, of Victoria,
who left with the 16th Brigade, G.F.
A„ has been awarded the Military
Cross for devotion to duty during the
operations before Passchendaele,
Tho Police Commissions -1'$ of Vic-
toria forwarded to the Attorney -Gen-
eral for his fiat for prosecution a
number of names of those who are al•
leged to have violated the Lord's Day
Act.
The Canadian Pacific Railway has
instituted a daily service over the line
down the Okanagan Valley south of
Sicamous, replacing the trl-weekly
service that had been operated for
some time.
It is estimated that the deficit for
the fiscal year ending March 81, 1918,
at Victoria, will be about a million
dollars, as compared with a deficit of
approximately two millions in the fis-
cal year ending March 31, 1917.
The Fraser River has been at war
with the settlers along its banks in
the Cariboo county, and cleaned out
every ice bridge in the vicinity of
Big Bar, leaving Ice from twelve to
thirty feet high along its banks.
Lieutenant Gordon' Carmichael, of
New .Westminster has been awarded
the Military Cross for bravery at
Passchendaele.
A big pump with a capacity of 20,-
000 gallons per minute is to be instal-
led for drainage at Delta.
Not a particle of ice has formed on
the Arrow lakes, near Nakusp, B.O.
The lowest temperature so far this
winter has been one above zero.
A severe penalty was imposed on
a New Westminster fisherman who
was caught fishing with a set net at
the month of the Sumas river.
Vital statistics covering British Co-
lumbia for the year 1917 show a start-
ling decrease in births and marriages,
as against an increase in mortality.
Since the G.T.P. Railway has been
completed through Francois and
Uncha Lake district, near Prince Ru-
pert, four hundred people have settled
there.
The Royal Northwest Mounted Po.
lice expedition which left the first of
the year for Fort McPherson, on the
Arctic coast, is expected back lit Daw-
son soon.
With the appointment of Captain
Stanley Smith to a'shore berth in
Yokohama the last Occidental captain
has gone from the bridge of Japanese
steamships.
A. Stanovich, a Croatian by birth,
but a naturalized Canadian, has been
granted exemption at New Westmin-
ster on the grounds of his occupation
as fisherman.
FEATS OF AIRMEN.
Heroes Mentioned in the Royal Gaz-
ette as Winning Decorations.
Among the raiders mentioned in the
Royal Gazette recently is Lieutenant
R. H. Ayre, R.F.C., who during one
of his "many successful raids" bomb-
ed an enemy airship shod, and on an-
other occasion bombed a railway sta-
tion from a height of 500 feet. He
also derailed part of a train and pour-
ed machine gun fire on its occupants.
The Military Cross is awarded to
him.
Flying at the extremely low altitude
of 450 feet, Lieutenant R. B. Ashcroft,
M.C„ Notts and Derby, attacked en
emy troops who were holding up our
infantry. A similar feat was accom-
plished by Lieutenant A. C. Goudale,`
M.C., R.F.C. Both these officers gain
a bar to their Military Cross.
Captain G. H. Bowman, M.C,, led
twenty-five offensive patrols and shot
down five enemy aircraft Captain J.
Byford McCudden, M.C., took part in
thv:ty patrols, destroying five enemy
machines and driving down three
others out of control. Meeting five
enemy air scouts, Lieutenant A. E.
McKeever, M.C., attacked and drove
down two..\)ti another occasion he
attacked nine scouts, destroyed' two,
drove down one and dispersed the re-
mainder. Each of these officers ob,
tains a bar to the Military Cross.
Of bravery on land the act of Ma-
jor the Hon. R. M. P. Preston, D,S.O.,
brother of Viscount Gormanston, well
Darned him a bar to his decoration,
When the Major was restiring with
his patrol before a superior number
of hostile cavalry, the horse of one of
his troopers fell. He immediately
rode back, placed the trooper on itis
own horse and carried him one and a
Half miles to safety, being pursued
the whole way. At the moment of his
rescue the enemy were less than ono
hundred yards away.
.;
Verbiage,
I asked a pretty Adjective
To go with me to town.
She said, "I really cannot, sir,
I'm promised to the Noun."
f saw then sitting side by side,
And neither one had stirred.
"What keeps you now?" I asked, Thal
said,
"We're waiting for the Verb."
But when the verb Came dashing up
There was no more delays;
Ile took them up into his dab
And whisked them both si vey !
So Adjectives etre pretty Maicta,
And Nouns are Lovers frauiti
And Verbs are "Cabbies" brill. ..1.i
hold.
Now isn't this romantic?
Now welis up from the sodden .
The eeper's chorus strong,
An orchestra of froglet throats,
Like bubble, tilled with 'song,