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The Clinton News Record, 1918-10-24, Page 3KING . ALBERT ENTERS ERS O TEND AT ,I1EAD OF CONQUERING BELGIANS Vieenkneniral Keyes 1i t(l Pvev;lousl,vLanded and Found PO11 ,eller;l'ed of the Enex113 131'tagen 11411. Brest by Adinenne Oillnsdfe. A deepa};ch from Lender; says; King Ailed or Belgium and •Queen 191irs1 kith gni dlharsday afternoon entered p,rt0nd, •one of $bo principal Gerepan submarine bases on the Belgian coast. e mice.' an tine day a large squadron of the.. Royal Ml Pelee, followed by Admiral Ineyee, 'ot the BFitisia navy, landed ,]n the po't. Clea 30r•,t 11 enentir&'ty sltaternemt reader "Moneber•e-of the Eger -ail Air Porde' Tanned at Ostend Plturaday morning, 'and repelled it clear of the enemy, enese:>aaineiral levee, 'commanding Menu patrol, landed at Ostend on There -nay afternooai at 12.56 o'clock," A form of Belt,*inns, aselet•ed by I'rench cavalry and infantry, its driv- ini t cr•b'rnvard to :strike the bridges on the oast and Also cut tho Ghent Canal. ' Wide possibilities exist in 41:1:1 movement. Jt 6s reported that patrols• have al- • ready entered Bruges, the a'ocosid . ettbmarine base:, bat 'there aro large ,,#se•--*CurnoanTercet) still defending the city, The moray was driven back rapid- ly everywhere on Thursday end the entire front from the sen southward is an Motion, The British have en- tered Lillie The Germans fled •Pro cip'itately :from Ostend anti that me - 'non of 'the I3olgian coast, nisortly before that Begliltn aviators landed in the centra of the city amid • the cereal's of the inhabitants, 112eainehilo the Belgian 'infantry and Peen;eh cavalry ''weeping op to. ward the coast at last reports were rapd'1•y nearing the city and pa;ebably will be in it before daylight. Oetand is reported entirely free now or Gor- mans,- those tat in the city as rear. guards 'raving been 'amounted for. The Germane seem to be in full i flight everywhere eepeeltiley . front ] l spa. % �r. ;aaa sit a:4F• N. •v r u 13,0g,inm, for the nee through. nw2lichl `troi.n,aes of War ---Canadian ;solcllore returning 'from chine returning battle with nim guns and Bene • booty.:takeu :from the enemy. they moat escape between 'the ad- vancing stilled troops and the frott]er of Holland .is conenairely being nar- rowed, and uallesu the enenfy ntovez rapidly large nnznbeen mayfbb caught, A deepaitet :from the Allied Armies in 13'eigium as -ma: -Belgian patron% have entered Bruges and cavalry le operating' on both sides." Belgian guns are now firing from smith of the city. Markets- i a� the World Breadstuffs Toronto, Ort. 22. -Manitoba wheat -Noe 1 Northern $2,24%; No. .`i ,• \ortllrrn, e241%; No. 3 Northerir, 82.17',i; No. 4 wheat, 32.11.1., in store Fort William, not including tax. • Manitoba oats -No, 2 C.W., 81leic; Np 2 C,W., 78%e; extra. No.'1 feed, 78%e; No. 1 feed, 76%c. Amere:an corn -No. 13 yellow -kiln dried, oomiral, No. 4 yellow, kiln dried .oniinal. ei Ohaaxie oats, new - crop -No. '"2 wilthe, 74 to 77e, according to freights entente.' Ontario wloaat-No. 2 Winter, per oat .lot, ;$2.81; No. 3 Spring, $2.22, basis in &tore Montreal. Peas -No. 2, nominal. Bauloy---Malting, new crop, $1. to $1.05, Buckeheat--Nominal. Rye -Na 2, nominal. Manitoba flour --Old crop, wa quality, $11.65, Toronto crop, T I p P neon, $8.00 to $8,50; ilutchers' bails, choice, $10,00 to $10.60; do. medium balls, $9 00 to 9.85• no. rough bulls, $7.25 to $8 26; butchers' cows, choice $10.25 to $10.50; do. good; $9.00 toI $9 50'; do. medium, $7.50 to $8.00; do. common„$0.50 to $7.00; stockers, $13.00 to $10.50; feeders, $10.00 to $11.00; canners and cutters, $5.50 to $6.75; milkers, good to choice, $90.00 to $160.00; do. coir. and med., $65.00 to $75.00; . springers, $90.00 to $160.00; light ewes, 1 t3.00 to $14,00; yearlings, $15.00 to $15.50; spring lambs, ,15.50 to $16.25; calves, good to choice, $14.00 to $17.75; hogs, Lod aaud watered, $18.25; do. weighed of oars, $18.50. - Montreal, Oct. 22.-Ohoice oteers, $11.50 to $12.50; goodenteors, $10.00 to $11,00; poorer quality $9 to $0,50; butchers bulls, $9 to $10; poorer gau1• ty, $7.50 to $8,00; choice but- chers. cods, $9.50 to $10.25; canners, $5.50 to $6.00; -Iambs, $15 per 100 lbs.; sheep from $10 to $11 choice. •select hogs, $18 to 9,10; roughs a.nd -- r heavies, $15. Onta io flour -War on r 1: Wa Montreal and LONDON PAPERS FLEE U r Toronto,- prompt s11i nlent. ►] BEFORE Ill MilN tfeeil-Oar, Iots, delivered Mont real freights, ]bags includod; Bran 1137.25- per ton; eborta;' $42.25 pee ton. Hay -No. 1, $22 oto $23 per ton mixed, $20.00 to $21.50 per )en, 'trace CITY OFE � LILLE L SURRENDERED TO TO T a ��� �'��"�°�� SRI ARMY Douai Also Occupied by I•faig's Troops -Wonderful Sc nessed in the Liberated Towns: 1 " encs {yit- A despatch :noun I,onclozl Lille is is in. possession of the irides. The 5t'h British army encircled and captured the "great branch inanu- facturing town on Thur'sd'ay, Describing the 'surrender e.f the city the coreespondent of the Associ- ated Press nt Brittih headquarters wires: "At 4 o'clock on 'Miura-day lemming the Gorman command at Lille order- ed all the inhabitants to neeemble as promptly as possible. As they nue- elect through the gloom of the streets they observed the g'arri:son marching out,. They were told to go out to the Bri-tielt lints and 711aet their' frienlds. Then came the rhythmic tramp of iui�aptry, which gradually died away. The Germans had de- paatell from Ieillc At dawn a British airman iiyilrg over the city beheld a mast anlnaing sight. The streete wore thronged with civilian, who were fraahtically- 'moring 'handlserclniefs end shawls. Not •a noldieal could be seen. The aviator quickly turned and curried the news back to the Brittsh lines. Patrol'e advanced immediately and entered the city. British drums . were beating through the utree'ts of Lille en Times - clay morning, white the British psltrols advanced mit of the city in conteet with tip% rott'ealing Germans. The evacuation o•f Lille; and the British en- trr into the city was one of 1110 most dramatic events of !the war. British troops entered the town of Douai en Thursday, after ievereom- ing the enemy resistance on the line of the Kauto Deuce O•n al, a.ccbrding to the ,official abatement :from :the War Office on Thur.-da;y- night. BECCi:�,N REFUGEES d - PRAISE CANADIANS Celebrate the Fourth Anniver- sary of Landing of First Straw -Car lots, 30 to'30:50, track • Toronto. • • Country Produce -Wholesale Butter-Dahy, tubs and ro1•is, 38 to 390• pounds, 40 to 41e. ' • E'gge-New laid,. 52 to Fisc, Dressed poultry -Spring dickens, 20 `to 82c; roosters, 23e; fowl, 27 to 30c. ducklings, 27 to 28c• turkeysi 31 to 84a; squabs, dot., 34.50; geese, 25e, Live poultry -Roosters, 18 to 20c; fowl 20 to 24c; duelling's. lb.,. 22e; tn:keyy, 27 to;30c; Sprung chickens, 20 to 28e;•geese1,20r. Wholesalers - are selling to the re• tail trade at the following prices:-• Cheese -.-New, large 2011 to 27e; fwfies, 2611 to 7 -etc' ohs, large, 28 to 28,•e; twin 23% to 20c. Ilutlter---Fresh dairy, choice, 45 to •.lt;c; creamery, prints, 661 to 52c; ereameey, solids, 49 to 50x. Margarine -33 to 34x. Egg,- No. 1 storage, 50 to 51e; selected storage, 52 to 53x; new-l:akl, in cartons, 60 to 02e. Dressed poultry --Spring chickens,. :;8 to 40e; roosters, 25c; fowl, 33 to ;18e; turkeys, 38 to 40e; dncldings, lb.,` ;tee. Squabs, doz., 30.50; geese, 28 to 30c. Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus, 8?; imp., brand -picked, Burma or In- dian, 30; Japan, 37; Lima, 10 to 1814c. 11onoy, new crap -Strained, 00 -ib. tins, '36e; • 1046. tihis, 27e' 54b. tins, 138c. Combs-Doz., $3.711 to 34.50, Provisions -Wholes ale • Smoked mento -Yams, medium, 37 to nee; do., harry, 30 to 32c; cooked, 59 to :54c; rolls, 82 to 33e; •breakfast bacon, 41 to 46e; hacks, plain, 45 to 47c; boneless, 50 to 62e, Cured meati -Long clear bacon, 30 In 81c;• clear bellies, 29 to 30e. Lard --Pure, tierces, 81 to 314i:c;. tubs, 8131 to 82e; pails, 8131 to 8914e; prints., 33 to 33i2c. Compound, tierces 25'ia to 26e; tubs, 20 to 20e1c; 1)1 pails, 2to 203ic; prints, 27% to 28r, Montreal Markets Montreal, Oct 9'0,- pats, extra No, 1 feed, 93c. Flour, new etandard grade, 9,1.:1.60 eo $11.65. Rolled oats, bag� 90 lbs, $5.20 to $u".30. Bran, 337,25, Shores, 342.25, Mou.i]1ie, 368 to X70. 'Day, No. 2, per ton, eat lots, 324 to $25.. Ohmic, finest easterus, 25% to 25e, Butter, Choicest creamery, 41? -to 50e, Eggs, No. '1 stock, 54e. Po• 1atgo'B, per bag cal. lots, 3.1.00. Dress - e4 &logs, abatten: ]tilled, 325.50 to $26,00. Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 1b'e. net, 31r to 30e. ' . Live Stocic Markets Toronto, Oct.22.-Extra. choice 'ieevy aateens, 314.25 to 315.00; choice heavy Steers,$13.50 to $14.00; buts mere cattle,' choice, 31.1.•60 to 3:12.00; .do, good; 310.25 to 10.50; do. 01.0diena 39.00'1.0 39.50; do, 00111. es NekhNS BROM-lel CICU.' M1w'I 555. ALLRIGNY,501' )4 Et'S NOT DING To RUN 1415 No0SSHoLO,°'N0 Poi'" 1181', TNIS PAnni; UNTIL ; 1'v9. FlensRaD WITH rt Canadian Contingent: A despatch from Ottawa, Ont., says London nowapepers, despite the vol ume et news matter arising out of the • German peace proposals,. devote eon siderable space to the •celebration of the fourth anniversary of the land- ing of the first Canadians in England The Morning Poet gives the snag• infieent mooed of the 'work done by the whole arduous experiences of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Which, it says, "forams ono of the proudest chapters in !the doomsday book of the groat war." The second "battle of Ypres," says the Post, "was as1'armfdable an ex- perience as any new troops have ever. known, but the Germans were planed down by Canadian bayonets." Apart from the Pall Mall Gazette, Which devoted two and a 'bale col- umns of hall Cain s splendid appre- ciation of Caned/Pe service -to the Ein- pine, the- Westminster Gazette gave e column to the record of the Ciumelue Expeditionary Force, headed, "Salute to Canada" The rest -of the evening papers all -devote much space and favorable eminent. The Obeerver contained a column special. The Daily News elm makes a fine aclulowledgmant of ''4110 Cana- dian record in the war, and, altogeth- er Canada has seldom received such widespread and glowing praise as has just -been given her by the London Papers, 50(3,000 CASUALTIES WITHIN -39 WEEKS Hundreds of Thousands of In- habitants Pour Into Eastern Sections. . A desliatch from Washington says: Refugees from northern France and ie Belgium, who are fleeing before the - retreating German armies with the hope of making their way into IIo1- • land, may be taken care of in eastern • A despatch tram New York says: Brltislt caaval'ties during the first 39 Weeks of 1918 eggeegato .700,000, no - cording to a cablegrnm received by the British Bureau or Information. This does not include losses in the heavy fighting of the past two weeks. Tho message stated that timing the period between January .1 and October 1 the lowest casualty 1i`st for any single week was 4,126, and the high - eat over 40,000. • OF :HUNGARY BECOMES AN INDEPENDENT RT A'1'1'1 A despatch •iron London says: At a meeting of the Hungarian Parlia- ment a proclamation was read de- el',riug Hungary to be an independent shite.., saysa despatch from Berlin, f rwardecl from Copenhngeo to the Central News Agency here. Hence- forth, the message adds, there 10 to bccnly it personal union.betwoee Aus- ti'1a and Hungary. INDIA'S TO CALL TO ARMS Over Million Men Supplied as Well as Money and i%laterial- A. despatch from Loudon says: Gen, Allenby's great victories ju Palestine and Syria, in which India 'has played a prominent part, make the time op- portune to place on record the answer of India to the call to arms issued by the British Empire. sections or Belgium. Indian troops have borne their "Severe] hundreds of thousands of share of the war in France, Mesopo- 1'rench and Belgians have arrived in tamia, Egypt, the Dardanelles, at the Belgian territory administered by Salonica, least Africa and in Central the German General.. Government," Asia. Up to July 31, 1915, India said the message. "Other bands of had contributed no fewer than 1,115, - vertigoes are reported to be on the ISO men to the British army. way, and the National Commission The first Indian war loan reached for assistance and rovictualing is tak- ing measures t0 feed the refugees during their journey and also to dis- tribute them throughout the country. The newspapers repent that they are traveling towards the Dutch frontier, tut they have not yet reached Hol- land. It is not certain that they will be obliged to leave Belgium, where pre- parations have been nude to care for them. "In ease their exodus from Belgium is necessary, the Holland Government gives assurance that they will be re- ceived on its territory. In this case their feeding will be assured by the Commission for Belgian Relief." --C ONE-FOURTH OI' GERMAN GUNS TAKEN B1 Ai..LPES A despatch from Paris says: The ,guns ,captut'ed from the Germans by the .Ptitish, French and Ame)'iams the last three months number 4,- 000. This represents one-fourth of all their artillery. the sunt of £40,000,000 sterling, and the second loan has reached even a greater amount, India has sent to the various thea- tres of war more than 1,500 miles of railroad track, 250 engines and 4,600 cars. HAND 3I1RROR SAVED LIVES OF 50 PERSONS A despatch from London says:- A .woman's hand -mirror wase the means of saving 50 lives from the torpedoed liner Galway Castle. Among the survivors on a .raft Was a woman who 'Look ]rum her handbag a small mirror and suggested nine of the 'rho sailors use it fur making heliographic. signals. The attempt was made, and the signals brought up a destt'oyee at full speed, which took off the survivors from the raft as well as a number of sailors eiinging to wreckage. Vela French emlitd dressing is best with cheese ):;':ads. Taken from The 1! manly --A. liritieh er•.'dier demonstrating a device used by the Germans for generating electricity to operate their wire ens apparatus in the trcne'hoa. L,Pa 13 0)2. ant 9 ifel.l.o-,TOPIN { ot.te 1304 --� SAV ToMMV, 1 POT nue oF `tot) NECKKtes oN ` - 6V MISTAICE - e. L.y'ou Doret MlNR, 4 00 013 03b DoV U SPANISH INFL IENZAt Some Interesting Pacts About Its History, Prevention gn reatnlertt. Influenza, which is now sweepin aver Canada from .ono end to the other, is .a very old disease, It was l(00Wn in ancient bugs, and ns earl ne 151;0 it over -ran the whole civi lized world. Por centuries it has Periodically swept over various parts of the world. Tho last great world epidemic was in 1889.1800 when it evas generally known by the 31100011 name of la grippe, The disease has always travelled from cast to West. Tho symptoms are similar to those of a heavy cold: more or less sclero bendacho, cold in the ]lead and throat, 'fits of snoozing, flushed face, thrills, aches a101 pains in the back and limbs, paleu in the eye -bails and behind the eyes, general physical depression and temperature rising to between 101 and 104 degrees. E' oil of eucalyptus, thymol, oil of m0nn- tair) bine and 4110 like zero also vale - When pr0ven417(35, y When as perso> is stra0k by influ. a cafe, only one mimeo lies open: That is to take to bed with tho West pos. Bible delay, and call a doctor, Rest, warmth and quiet are three sovereign 1emed3es of the primary disease, and the best provontive of its mere deadly complications, of vv1ich pneumonia is the meet frequent. While there 3$ no r,peclfic for influenza, yet there are many drugs which play a useful part in relieving it, such as qulni110, aspirin and various Amnon tulti-neuralgic, antiseptic and heart medicines, to be prescribed by the physician in charge. The dietetic rules which apply to any fever apply equally to influenzae. Lititsid foods et first, solids e, little later on in a gradually ascending seine from lightly boiled fresh oggs to chicken,, roast ;fonds, .etc. Water, :old or trot, may be Nipped or "egg' water" may be given. Thi, excellent dish is prepared by blending with a pint of cold watery tho whipped whites of fr0n1 2 to 4 eggs, flavored wfth salt or cinnamon. Then the ani- mal broths may be given. There are many cases in which even the lightest foods are spurned with loathing, and ei mere sense must be used in adap4- ing diet to the particular case in , Minn. Precautions .Against Influenza (1.) Tho sick shonld be separated fruit the healthy. This is especially important in the case of first attaeke it% the household. (2.) Discharges from the nose and mouth should not be allowed to get dry on a'poeket handkerchief or in- side the house, office or factory. They should at once be collected in paper se clean rags and burned. If this cannot be dote, they shonld be drop ped Into a vessol containing water, (3.) Infected articles and name should he cleansed and disinfected. Use disinfeuteuts everywhere. Wash t1)0 hands :frequently. (4.) Those. attaoked 'should not, on arty account, mingle with other peo- ple for at least a period. -of ten days from the commencement or the at- tack. In severe cases, they should remain away from work for a longer period: (5.) Special attention should be given to cicanl:aless and ventilation, Warm clothing should be worn, the feet should be kept dry and all un- necessary exposure avoided, As it is suet) an old diseas0, dootors have nat111)11y learned a great deal 'about an prevention wind treatment: Tho first 311lneiple of prevention is to keep Away from those inflected, and the...m ond; to lenild up the germ -re- sisting parts of the body by eating nourishing foods, 'Sesehlg comfort- ably, getting lots of sleep, anti by liv- ing in the open air and in bright, well -ventilated rooms as nlucil as possiblejl. 'The mouth, throat and nose ebou1ct be systoniatically and fre- quently disinfected by antiseptic ie- "l:alations, sprays and washes. Such Preparations as chtoretoiie and lister- 1ue are well adapted for this purpose. In fighting previous epidemics, doe - tors found quinine a useful provge- tive. One grain of sulphate of qui- nine mixed with (but' not dissolved in) a wineglassfui of cold water makes an excellent antiseptic gargle, The anti-mierobie properties of quin- ine are well known and its We as des- cribed -above at once relieves the symptoms of sore throat, which re- sult from the strauh of the fight be- tween the white blood coz'pusales and the invading germs in the tonsils - the body's first line of defence, Quinine is also given internally with success as a preventive. In one of the more recent outbreaks iii Europe, en experiment eves tried in which the men of one squadron of a regiment of cavalry were -each given 733) grains of quinine in lei ounce of whiskey daily for 22 days, whilst those of the other squadron were given none. The latter squadrons had from 22 to 4.1 eases each of influenza, whilstthe squadron treated with quinine de- veloped only 4 eases.. Inhalations of LENS IS CITY OF THE DEAD FOItMS A COMPLETE PICTURE OP DESTRUCTION Buildings Are Levelled, Railways :Corn Up, While ]Pater fills the Galleries of the Coal' Mines. A startling- picture of destruction is drawn by an official ".Eye -witness,' who bas visited the neighborhood of Lens since the Germans withdraw from that city, says a Paris despatch. Railways and tramways are torn up and are converted into huge piles of twisted rails. MayoBally of Lens says that the city has been virtually levelled. The Germans blew up en- tire sections of the town to establish their trench system. fhepopelation of 311,000 people is entirely gene and the city is dead. Water tills the gal - tome of the coil nines, which used to turn out 3,000,000 tons of coal. A national committee on twat dam- age tines sums up the devastation: "Despite tho reprobation of the world, the German war practices are constantly' Izeing accentuated and in- tensified. These odious procecdingt leave transformed hostilities into abominable brigandage, seeking above all the ruin of agriculture, in- dustry and commerce in 41136 coup try." Reports show that Itoulera and Thourout have been destroyed by fire. Premier Glemenceau has written an' 4tingeig commentary on German practises '1n a letter to Deputy Mar - gain of the Marne Department. Ile says: "All international conventions which maintained in armed conflicts traditions of loyally and nobility have been cynically swept aside by Ger- many when alio thought herself strongest and with hypocritical tears wile -11.010 :telt the shudder of defeat. C;erman rage attacks not only human beings, but tletows its blight on our ernes, our firesides, our sacred monu- ments, our art and history, and even upon the trees of our :fair land. The drama of Chalons, where a German airplane boniiarded the principal hos- pitals, killing 54 persons and wound - :ng 40, Manifested again the enemy's rage and savagery,,. "Taken by the throat and driven 1'„m ea 'd, h0 still soelcs to vent his I Irate upon tho country from which r our soldiers drive him foot by foot. But the blood, ruin and incendiarism whi,•1) he is leaving bebin3 will have retribution, of which he will soon feel the weight." The area of the United Kingdon] is 121,000 Square 1)1310, ADVANCE SOUTH OF LE CATEAI1 Many Villages Captured and 3,000 Prisoner, Taken by Anglo- Americans---1"rench Take Village of Ta.hna. .A despatch from London says: This was a black day :for the German arils. While from Lille to the sea a wond- ci ful crop of brilliant successes was being garnered, the British nth armee with m1 American) division, attacked on a :front -of nine miles north-east of Botmin mid south-east of Canibral, where heavy fighting lute taken place all day. The British carried the line of the Sclle River on the whole Trout south of Le Catoau, eetablishing themselves on .the railway beyond the than Seven German divisions were hurled back after determined counter- attacks and 3.000 prisoners captured. Tine new thrust was made at a point where t110 enemy was trying to effect ]tis plain retreat. A despatch from the French Forms In Vance says: Progress continued to be made by the allied :fo'cea on w ' '1a.., '. Ira, I'M n01115 OUi FOR A51'1(01 el . `font eine- -re LI. ),I 51.5N TOTOHAVE. •. DINNER • AT ,rix Ptt Ass• ,r' Thursday on the eastern wing of the battlefront in the face of stout oppo- sition. The German reeistanee wee especially determined west or Grand Pre, in the A.1'gonne, where the Ger- Mans still hold Telma 1' atm in a small salient. Gen, Clouraud's Wren have taken 11111 222 and the village of Telma, 1,000 yards to the north, and Little Telma, about the 511111e disttulce.south of the hill from where the Hue bends around the American positions north FROM OLD SCOTLAND ,.,r,., SOT= Oy 11N7.'+1:i EST .110111 ILEA RANKS AN0 DRABS.. Kiat is Going On in the ilighisads and Lowlands of Ail¢ ' Scotia, • 1). 1t.. Seath, recently appointed sliera of Prince Albert, Saskatch. Divan, Canada, is a Stirling man'and went to Canada in 1903, When Lord Morels, for nine years Prentice, of :Newfoundland, visited Aberdeen, be wee entertained at Ash- ley' Lodge b)• Si, James Taggart, Lord Provost, Captain William Milne, formerly 4iaesieal master in 130'110ss Acautemy, 1.1 reported a prisoner in Cicrmany. Private Robert Lockhart, Gordons, an old Aberlolzr Orphanage boy, has Won the Military Medal for hrevery. Major William Milne, M.G.C., eon of Mrs, Milne, Claremont Place, Aberdeen, has been reported missing. . The death took place recently. 1(1 Turret of George Aloxendee, 'post- master, and a highly respected citi- zen The death is• announced o1 James 11owie, T.I'., Woollen manufacturer, Aucihlevefb Premnay, in his 911rd year. Lieut, Tom Russell, who has been awarded the 1tlflitary Cross, is 0 son of Mrs...Russell, Rockville, Melrose. Captain H. S. Mimeo, Seaforths, only son of Sir Hector Munro, of Poulin, has been awarded the Mili- tary Cross. The death is announced in Cape Town of Ian A. llossock, fourth son of the late 0. Hossock, sheriff -clerk of Banffshire. L4obert Melville. o1. Dundee, has purchased the Elderton estate, Ross and G'romarty, at the upset price of £20,000. Elgin district is the native place of A. 0. Jeans, managing director of the Liverpool Post, who wars 7:e0011t1y knighted. Lieut. Henry Morton Baguet, Kings Royal Rifles, son oe Alex. Barnet, (Kirkcaldy, has died from wounds re- ceived in action. Sir Douglas Haig has mentioned in despatches recently Lieut. -Colonel Rose of Kilvarlock and Major P. Cram, Bairn. A postcard posted at Neilston Renfrewshire, in 1909, hag just been delivered in the }rale of Leven, Dumbartonshire. Lieut. William Simpson. Loasio- moutir, who has four brothers serving jn the army or navy, has been award- ed the Military Cross. Lieut. Thomas Shanks, of Heads - wood, Denny, has receival a bar to his Military Cross. The Cameron band led the service of praise„on the occasion of the an- niversary of Bothwell Brig. Lieut. McQuade, Reyul Scots Fusiliers, Overtown, js wounded and as Weimer of war in Germany. The death has taken place at Cal- lender of Donald McDougall, coal nlen:hindt and Gaelic enthusiast, Lieut. Norman Ramsay Mitchell. recently killed in an aeroplane ac- cident, was the eldest son of Mrs. Mitchell, Blackford' avenue, Edin- burgh. The Military Medal bus been award- ed to Captain Malcolm Smith, Royal Scots, Leith. Scent. John Robcn•tso11 woe pre- sented by the Duke of Montrose with a number of handsome gifts in recog- nition of his having won the D.C.M. Lieutenant 1'1'. Cochrane, Auchen- hay, Colveed, bus wort a bar to his Military Cross. Robert McCall, son of W. M. Mc - Cell. ICirkcudbgight, hue been mado an official in the Ministry of National Service. Melee W. F., Webster, it.A.N.C., son or 1)r. A. D. Webster, Edinburgh, has been awarded the Croix 4.e Guerra. The Military Medal has )mea awarded to Corporal Hugh Brown, son of Mrs. Brown, George Place. Peebles. Alter forty-four years of service, Robert Hunter has retired from the headmastership of Bluirhi I school. Habit of Saving. The habit of saving can cattily tin made of positive irritant, in Tact, a clanger, by overdoing it. There are people -and we all know then] -upon whom the habit of saving has become so fixed that it bas become ah positive disease. 1'ltc 1110) 101(0 saves his money to the detriment of his fam- ily's actual and highest and best needs is just as much of a danger to hire funnily and it nuisance to his :friends and community as the 111511 111110 13 profligate and doesn't save at all. When the habit of saving becomes a disease it is equally ars had -as ire entire absence. The prime purpose of life is not Lo ave money or' to acquire this world's oode, but to let money make it}les- ible for es to live a full life. Tins 1011115 the development of character nit the progress of the individual. 'Ile saving 011110110y cannot possibly eke the plaice of character, end jt y 170 means spells happiness or even entente:met. Of all 11ill3e that make i1e• really worth while, wealth is the east, and not the greato:lt. -.�-4 ,001(,000 IBRITISH LIVES 8,1CI211 ICED .A despatch from London says: leo to the present nearly 1,000,000 British lives leave been sacrificed in the war, ; ,too dices t0 infollnabl011 received l.y Reel tees, Lr mt;u iter Difficulty. Bessie was telling rather c~;citl'dly I about S. - 1i)i ill' 11100 }1111011 504110211) iy 5110 stuttered, gulped 'and stopper] e',Alma completing the matinee. 'I "Why, child, 'what's the minter her mallet' asked. • 0 "I. swallowed a ward," answc"'c.t B'wsie wild a rule( smile. •I e.,. 41 •ro .. Well )late1n'd. A. farm0r, when asked i his 'soros were well matched replied: Yes, flay pre loltelied farst•rttr. 0110 of them is 'willing to Ito all the wall• anti the otr r 18 14111113 110 • shcynld."..nom r°_� 'of Grand Pre. The 61.1.1 French army, s under (len, (iuillaumat, former AIM -AIM- i n tart' Governor of Paris, nut with I a velem 0p33051110n on Wodaosday, but I r ! gained A Looting 1,t elle point in the t enemy's positithls, Along the Oise ]liver the Germans c continu0`3ilo resist stubbornly., counter- 1 attatcl:hlg net:cis id the w:liag0 of 1 Choigny, ' O}d, CEC 11.4, i PINK r. 0 ',~ ��i,f • ,.!s. a 11.