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GRE iy DE,JECTIOF ..MBERli
OVER. T R • VE'RD N ' E.A iii JRE
Io,oao Women Mirch -Through Unter den Linden
Crying "Peace." _
Ades1atch train London on sa
s:
De-
epabches iron Basle quote the Swiss
newspapers as commenting that the
slump on the Frankfort. Bourse, fol-.'
. lowing a week of Feat buoyancy, re-
fleets the fi"enc:ial, opinion of Germany.
regarding the situation at Verdun.
Tho Rotterdam correspondent of the
London Daily Mail telegraphs.
'The German newspapers have cease
ed to be jubilant liver the campaign
against Verdun. . The ICoelnische'
of March 1, under the caption, "The
Drama of Verdun," was content to
give optimistic extracts from the
French papers. The Frankfurter Zei-
tung also confines itself to.replying to
articles in the French and British
press, thereby preparingits, readers
for failure. Practically ,all the Ger-',
n an papers while de
clai
in -that the
French are hiding their fear under op-
theistic reports, print consoling rlc-
Counts from their own cori•espordents,'.
in neutral countries purporting to
show the "excellent effect"' of the Ger-'
man offensive: The latter_ papers ig-
nore Verdun and turn their attention
to conscription in Great Britain and
the German war loan.
The Copenhagen correspondent of
the Daily Mail sayer The reports
reaching Berlin of great' losees at
Verdun; notwithstanding the attempts
of the newspapers to be cheerful, have
ecu sed general dejection, especially
amen„ women. On
the night of
Feb.
r rched
vomer
na
2
9 ten thousand
through Unter den Linden crying
"Bread" and "Peace.". The police dis-
persed the manifestants.
Markets of the Wort
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Mar. 7, ` Manitoba wheat,
new. crop -No. 1 Northern, $1.08%;
No. 2, $1.06; No. 3, 81.04, -in ,store
Fort William.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 CM., 39%c;
No. 3 C.W., 37%; extra No. 1. feed,
37%c; No..I, feed, 36c, i store Fort
William.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, 79c,
o track Toronto. •
Canadian corn -Feed, 71 to 73c, on
track, Toronto.
Ontario oats -No. •3 white, 40 to
41c; commercial, 39 to 40c, according
to freights outside,
Ontario'. wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lot, 97 to 09c; slightly sprouted
and tough, according -to -sample, 93
to 95e; sprouted, smutty and tough,
according to sample, 90 bo 92c;/ feed
wheat, 83 to 85c, according to
freights outside.
Peas -No. 2, $1.50; according to
sample, $1 to $1.25, according to
freights outside.
Barley -Malting barley, 61 to 63e;
feed barley, 55 to 58c, according to
freights outside.
Buckwheat -70 to 71e, according'
to 'freights outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 87 to 88c;
rejected, according to sample, 82 to
84c, according to freights outside.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags, $6.80; second patents, in
jute bags, $6.30; strong bakers', in
jute bags; 36.10, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, according to
sample, $4.30 to $4.40, on track To -
route; 34.25 bo $4.30, bulk seaboard,
prompt shipment.
Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, per ton, $25;
shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, per
ton, $27; good feed flour, per bag,
$1.60 to $1.70.
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 27 to 30e; in-
terior, 28 to 25c; creamery prints, 34
to 36e; solids, 32 to 34c.
Eggs -Storage, 23 to 24c per doz.;
seleots, 20 to 27c; new -laid, 29 to 30e,
case lots.
Honey -Prices, in 10 to 60-11). tins,
12% to 18c. Combs -No. 1, $2.75 to
38; No. 2, $2.25 to, 32.40.
Beans -$4.20 to $4.40.
Poultry -Chickens, 19 to 20c; fowls,
15 to 16e; ducks, 1.7 to 20c; geese, 17
to 20e; turkeys, 23 to 27e.
Cheese -Large, 19c; twins, 1914c.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios
quoted at $1.70 to 31.75, and New
I3runswicks at $1.80. to $1.90 per
bag, on Brack.
Montreal 'Markets.
Montreal, Mar. 7. -Corn -American
j'To. 2 yellow, 82 to 83c. 'Oats -Can-
adian Western, No.' 2,, 48 to 48%c;
do., No. 3 46 to 46%c; extra No. 1
feed, 46 to 46%c; No. 2 local white,
46%c; No. 3 local white, 45%c; No.
4 local white, 441/2c. Barley --Mani-
toba feed, 66c; malting, 76 to 78c,
Buckwheat -No. 2, 80 to 82c. Flour
:-Manitoba Spring wheat patents,
firsts, $6.90; do., seconds, $6,40;
btrong bakers', ,$6.20; Winter patents,
choice, $6.50; straight rollers, $5,,90
to 36; do., in bags, $2.75 to $2.85.
dolled oats -Barrels, $5.25; bag of.
'00 lbs., $2.50. Millfeed-Bran, $23.50
to $24; shorts, 326; middlings, $28 to
.330; mouillie, 331 to $33. Hay -No. ,
2, per ton, car lots, 320 to 320,50-
, Chem-Finest
20,50..:'Cheese-finest westerns, 18% to 19e;
iso., easterns, 18% to 181/2c. Butter -
Choicest creamery, 33% to 3414e; sec -
ends, 31% to 82�c. Eggs -Fresh,
j 82; selected, 26 to 27c; No. 1 stock, 24
tp 25c; No. 2, do., 21 to 22c. Pota-
'toes -Per bag, car lots, $1.80.
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, Mar. 7. -Cash prices:-
',No.
rices --!No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2,do.,
.91 05%; No. 3, do., 81.03%; No. 4,
9%c; No. 6, 91%c. Oats -No. '2
C.W., 39'%o; No. 31,.do., 37%c extra,
No, 1 feed, 3714c; 1 feed 35%c;
"No. 2 do., 34%c. Barley-allo. 2, 60e;
,No. 4, 55c; feed, 50c.- Flax -No. 1
•N: W.C., 32.04; No. 2 C.W., 32.01.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, March 7.--Wheat-
May,
:-Wheat-May, $1.10%; July, 31.10%; No. 1
hard, $1.14%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.11% to "31,13%; No. 2, do.,
$1.07% to 31:10%. Corn -No. 3 yel-
low, 75 to 76c, Oats -No. 3 white,.
39% to 40c. Flour -Fancy patents 15c
higher, quoted •at 30.40; first clears'
15e . higher, quoted at $4.80; other
oracles unchanged; shipments, 68,895
barrels. Bran -$18. to $10.
Duluth, March 7. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, $1.12%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.10% to $1.12%; No. 2, do.,
31:07% to $1.09%, Linseed -Cash,
$2.20; May, $2.29; July, 32.20.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Mar. 7. -Choice heavy
steers, $7.75 to $8.10; butcher steers,
choice, $7.25 to 37.75; do., good, 37
to $7,25; do., medium, 36.90 to $7;
do., common, $5.75 to $6.25; heifers,
good to choice, $7.25 to •$7.50; do.,
medium, $6.50 to $6.75; butcher cows,
choice, $6.50 to, 36.65; do., good,
35.75 to. 36.50; butcher bulls, choice,
$6 bo 37; do., good bulls,- $5.50 to 36;
do., medium, $5 to $5.50; do., rough
bologna, $4.40 to $4.50; feeders, 900
to 1,000 lbs., 36.40 to 36.80; do., bulls,
$4.50 to 35.50; stockers, 700 to 800
lbs., 36 to $6,50; do., medium, 650 to
750 lbs., 35.75 to $6; do., light, 500
to 650 lbs., 35 to $5.50; canners, $3.50
to $4.25; cutters, 34.25 to 34.50;
milkers, choice, each,. $60 to $85;
springers, 360 to $85; calves, veal,
choice, $9 to 311; do., medium, $7 to
$8; da., common, 35.50 to :$6; lambs,
yearlings, $7 to 38; culled Iambs, $7
to 37.25; spring lambs, $10 to 318;
ewes, light, 37.50 to $9; sheep, heavy,
and bucks, $6.50 to $8; hogs, fed and
watered, $9.50; do., f.o.b., 39.15; do.,
I weighed at plant, $9,90.
Montreal, Mar: 7. -Butcher steers,
best, $7 to $7.50; good, $6.50 to $7;
air, $6 -to 36 50; medium, 35.75 to
$6; butcher bulls, best;'$5,75 to $6.25;
medium, 35.25 to $5.75; canners, $4;
butcher cows, best, $6.25; good, $6;
fair, 35.75; rough, 34.25 to 35.50;
canners, $3 to $3.50. Sheep, 5 to 7e;
I lambs, 8 to 91/4c. Hogs, selects, 310
'to $10.75; roughs and mixed lots,
$9.25 to 39.90; common, $9; sows,
$7.60 to 37.75. Carves, milk fed, 8
to 9%c; grass fed, 4%' to 5%o,
GERMAN ASSUMPTION
MERE DESIRE TO I€ILL
Sir Edward Grey Points Out That
Teutons Are Wholly Unjustified.
• A despatch from London says: Sir
Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, authorizes for publication the
following -statement: "The assumption
apparently made by the German Go-
vernment that all British merchant
ships are armed is entirely incorrect,
Practically all British merchant ships
employed in trade between the United
States of America and the United
Kingdom have hitherto been .unarmed
I The claim, therefore, made by the
German Government to sink all Brit-
ish merchant ships at sight because of
their armament is one which cannot
possibly be justified. This is clearly
proved by the statement issued on
Tuesday night giving a list of Brit-
ish and neutral unarmed merchant
shipswhich have been torpedoed by
German submarines without warn-
ing."
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RETURNEDSOLDIERS
S
IN CIVIL SERVICE
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Some 279 returned soldiers have so
far been given employment in the vac
nous branches of the civil service dur-
ing the last fiscal year, Of these 260
have been employed in the Militia
Department and 19 in other depart-
ments.
MAJOR -GENERAL GORRINGE
WOUNDED AT THE FRONT.
A despatch from London says:. Ma-
jor -Gen. George Gorringe is mention-
ed in a casualty list just made publie
here as having been wounded in the
fighting in Mesopotamia.
CANADA CAN EASILY PROVIDE
FULLY 1,000,00,0 RECRUITS
62 Per 'Cent. of Males From 19 to 40 Will Remain
After 500,000 Have Been Raised.
A despatch from Ottawa save: Sir
George Foster told Mr, Ethter, neem-
ler for Two Mounteins, in the ]:Ioueo
�pf Commons,' on Wednesday that the
'population of the Dominien was 7,-
1106,643; Male
,$06,643;':male population was 3, 821,-
'k)95; the male population from 10 L.
19 years inclusive, 705,1,55; the m !°
population from 20 •'to 29 years, in-
clusive 756,349; •from 30 to 39 years,
inclusive, 568,214.
According to these statistics, said
Sir Ge4'ge, 62 per cent. of the male
population from 19 to 40 years of age
would remain in the country after
the reern:ting of. 500,000 risen of that
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THE WHEN'S DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WAR.
The German offensive in the neighborhood of Verdun developed during the past ten days into a determined
drive toward the fortress. • Reckless of the cost in men, a large German force was thrown repeatedly against the
French positilns and succeeded in occupying a number of villages and considerable terrain, although at terrific
loss. The French withdrew from their advanced positions to prepared positions of greater strength, in so do-
, ing inflicting enormous losses upon their opponents. The German drive, directed originally against the French
positions almost directly north of Verdun, shifted to the east where further advances were made. Here, again,
however, the.French checked the enemy's drive toward the fortress, and, despite some withdrawals, occupy
positions of great strength. •
The German offensive at Verdun is taker as the first move in an attempt to secure a favorable decision
on the, Western front before the British and French coinplete preparations for their Spring campaign. Appar•-
wetly the Teutons are risking everything upon the outcome of the contest in the west. There is a feeling now
that other theatres of war are of only minor. importance, Events of tremendous importance are impending on
the Western Front. These may be accompanied by enemy naval. activity and air operations on a scale hitherto
unattempted. News from other fronts has been meagre. The Italians have completed their evacuation of Du-
razzo and the town is now probably in Bulgarian hands.
A NATION IN FLIGHT.
Pathetic Scenes When the Serbian
People Fled.
A correspondent of the Ldndon
Times who was in Serbia when the
!unhappy nation fled before the ad-
vancing armies of Germany, Austria
1 and Bulgaria, writes vividly of the
scenes that he saw' along the road that
leads from Kraljevo back into • the
ontend
Mgrin mountains.
Before we left Kraljevo I went out
into the streets. Every gutter was
i lined with bullock carts filled with
refugees. I had to step Over ex-
hausted Serbians lying fast asleep on
the pavements.' Sir Ralph Paget at
last procured us ten springless carts.
We were a party of thirteen, and six.
others were to accompany us as far
as Rashka.
We groaned out of Kraljevo; our
light carts were too heavily'"laden,
and only downhill could we exceed a
walking pace. We plunged- into a
regiment of boys, children rather,
from fourteen to seventeen years of
age -hundreds. They looked white
and tired. As we were moving
through them, one came alongside my
wagon. He said he had had no bread
to eat for three days. I searched my
pockets and foend two biscuits, which
I gave him. Ile did not eat them, but
stumbled on, looking at them; and
members of the party ab the extreme'
tail of our convoy said that they saw
this boy dragging along with the bis-
cuits still uneaten, one in each hand.
The whole road was a living snake
with heads for scales; it coiled across
the plain, zigzagged up the mountain,
and writhed down again into the val-
ley: It was a strange sight, that val-
ley, with the slow, muddy river, flow-
ing down and the human stream flow-
ing up; floating logs disturbed the
even current of the river; motor cars,
lurching frantically in the deep mud,
ploughed through the human flood.
There- were bullock carts, too.
There was not room in -the carriages
for the whole party; so some of us
camped on water -proof sheets on a
small shoulder of earth jutting from
the road. It was pitch. dark. , We
could see nothing except the dim fig-
ures of the ever -passing crowds.
We reached Tutin quite exhausted .
-the horses could not have moved a
step farther. We had by now become
hopeless brigands, and all along the
road from Kraljevo had been forced
to loot the haystacks to get fodder at
all. 'Once only did the owner object
and our corporal said;
horses.' Eventually they got us five`
miserable specimens.
We reached Rojas in the dark and
received a warm welcome from the
authorities, who promised to do every-
thing in their power for us, mittwe
slept on the floor of the 'cafe.
We got twenty eggs the next day,
• a great rarity, and while we were not
looking the professor ate fourof then.
That day we were guarded by four
Policemen; we slept in an Albanian
cottage that well earned its pseudo-
' nem of the "flea pit,' but where the
owners would ask no 'payment.
LOANS TO FARMERS.
Commons Banking Committe Reports
Favorably on Bill. '
A despatch from Ottawa says: TheBanking and•Commeree Committee of
the House of Commons on Wednesday
morning reported on Sir Thomas
White's bill extending 'to the banks
the power to loan money to farmers
on the security of live stock, and con-
tinuing to force the existing powers
of the banks in reference to loans on
the security of grain. The bill now
goes back to the Houso for the formal
third reading. The discussion in com-
mittee was of a technical character.
AUSTRALIA TO SETTLE
SOLDIERS ON THE LAND
A despatch from Sydney, N.S.W.,
says: The New South Wales Govern-
ment has aproved a comprehensive
schen'ie for settling returned soldiers
, on the land. Steps already have been
taken to survey suitable crown lands
{ and proposals have been made to
make advances to each settler up, to
£500 sterling, for improvements anti
the purchase of stock and farming
i Ifltell Clll Cll°S.
"We are the State. This is war; it
is of no use for you to preach."
There was no bread, but the mayor
kindly allowed us to sleep in his of-
fice. We rested the next day while
the police scoured the district for
GRAIN FROM ROUMANIA
, EN ROUTE TQ GERMANY
A despatch from Copenhagen says:
The transport of grain from Ro..mania
to Austria. and Germany has eom-
menced, according to a Berlin des-
patch.. Seven thousand freight . cars
were sent to 'Roumania from Austria
and Germany, of which six thousand
are already loaded. The total pur-
chase aggregated 50,000 carloads.
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ANITTING FOR SOLDIERS
AT AGE OF EIGHTY-FIVE
A despatch from Brantford says:
Although 85 years of age, Mrs. John
Lyle, of Darling Street, mother of two
boys now at the ti•ont, has knitted 108
pairs of socks for soldiers and made
5 quilts for Belgians, and she is still
working.
BROTHER JONATHAN.
By Charles Alexander Richmond.
Dr. Richmond is well known as the
President of Union College, at Schen-
, ectady, New York. The following
verses, written in the Nein of James
!Russell Lowell's "Bigelow Papers,"
I were read by Dr. Richmond with tell-
ing effect at the recent dinner of the
!Real Estate Board of New York. City
1 -The Editors of The New York Out-
look.
L
Brother Jonathan sat by the kitchen
fire,
Nursin' his foot on his knee.
It's a turrible fight they're havin'
out there,
But they can't git over to me,"
And Jonathan jingled the coins in his
han'
An' thanked the good God for the sea.
II.
"They'll be wantin' my cattle and hogs
and corn
An' powder and guns mebbe,
But they'll pay on the nail,! cash
down, by gum!
For all they git from me."
An' he smiled kinder slow and jingled
the coins,
"It's good for business," sez 'ee.
III.
"They're killin''cm off like flies they
say.
They can't blaim it onto nye.
It ain't my war, Yet I do feel bad
For them poor Belgiums," sez 'ee.
And he took a few dollars out of his
jeans
And sent it across the sea.
• IV.
Then he heard they'd drowned a thous-
and men,
And some from Anerikee.
So he said right out, "If you do that
ag'in
You'll git me mad," sez 'ee.
An' he kep 'on jinglin' the coins in
his han'
An' thankin' God for the sea.
V.
They did it ag'in and then ag'in,
"You quit that now," sez 'ee.
"I'll give you fellers a piece o' my
• mind
If I git ]col' o' ye,"
)An' he winks one eye with his
tongue in his cheek,
"I'm to proud to fight," sez 'ee.
VL
Then they got in plottin' and blowin'
up things,
An' he sez: "You let me be.
I won't stand these fucsin' tricks o'
yourn
In this stere Ian' o' the free."
And it got old Jonathanall het up,
An' he tools his foot from his knee.
VII..
An' he got to thinkin' and thinlcin'
hard.
Worryin' how it would be.
An' wonderin' what in Sam Hill he'd
THE FRENCH "CURFEW."
' The bell of e village church is put to a new use by the French soldiers:
an case of an, attack by poison gas, the sentry tolls it and gtvca t'he,alarna
Ito his comrades to don the respirators.
If some pesky enemy
With all them dreadnoughts and sub,
marines
Come a-rippin' across the sea.
VIII.
An' he thought of the army he wished
he bad.
An' he reckoned up his navy..
"I guess ,I've set here long enough,.
I'll have to get busy," sez 'ee.
But the last •I saw he was-a-settin'
there yit
An' etcolcin' his long goatee.
• 'IX.
It ain't no time to be settin' round;
I kin tell ye -no sirree.
He better be gittin' up out o'• that
cheer
An' gib outdoors and see.
An' do his chores an' fix things up
The way they ought to be.
He might be helpin' them cousins o'
hisni.
To fight fer liberty.
An' he might git in a few 1ic1:s Ma-
ssif.
iia-sell' •
Jes' for humanity.
Anyhow. I wieb he'd q+.nil: jinglin'
them coins
An' thankin.' God fur the sea.
BRITISH DRIVE, LACK ENEMY
AND TAKE MANY PRISONERS
Lost Trenches at the Bluff of -the. Ypres.Cornines
Canal Recaptured.
A des
from
parch f London says; The
British have a Won an important victory
in Flanders. Not only have "the half -
mile of trenches lost a„fortnight ago
been recaptured, but a salient of the
German lino was also seized and con-
solidated, a counterattack launched
some hours later proving futile. Near-
ly 200 prisoners were taken by the
British, including four officers.
The official statement reads: "We
captured the trenches at the bluff`, of
the Ypres -Coniines Canal, which were
lost Feb. 14, and also captured. a email
salient inthe -e lite. coon -
ter -attack
C, Haan ]i1 A t
tetattack launched by the enemy
some hours later was repulsed, Ger-
man mine galleries in the captured
trenches were destroyed. We have
taken 180 prisoners, including four
officers There has been much artil-
lery activity, on both sides" from
Vierstraat to Boesingho."-
The capture of 800 yar'ds of British
poni'tions south-east of. Ypres, after
heavy artillery benlberdments, was
claimed in the Germain official state-
ment of Feb. 15.
NEW ENEMY DECALOGUE.
DestroyPower
of England and Wile
Out Russia.
Ten commandments regulating the
life 'and conduct of all good Germans,
which are said to have had the approv-
al of the Kaiser, nee being published
broadcast in Germany. They -are:
1. Germany, Austria, Turkey and
Bulgaria' •must contract a pact of
fidelity before conclusion of peace.
2. With reference to foreign policy,
the object of the fidelity paeb would
be to build up an enclosed and iso-
lated .portion of Europe and Asia
Minor in the economical epd political
sense. With regard to internal pol-
icy, the autonomy of each state bo
be maintained.
3. No German has the right to
purchase abread what he can buy
within the borders of the Alliance. A
community of customs duties and com-
mercial agreements, must be conclud-
ed. •
4. Shako off all foreign influence;
to this end raise your own sheep,
refine your own petrol and plant
your own cotton. •
5. Don't snake health or pleasure
trig netsidc the borders of the
Alliance.
e,earn thoroughly all about the
countries of the Alliance. You will
be astonished at the resources they
off7er.
. Keep your Kultur centres pure.
Exclude foreigners from your univer-
sities and academies.
8. Destroy European Russia so
that Europe may enjoy a durable
peace.
9. Destroy the power of England;
only at this price can an honorable
peace be obtained.
10. Be hard and pitiless whenthe
terms of peace conie to be discussed.
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.
The more powerful an obstacle the
more glory we have in overcoming
it.-Moliere.
The power of concentration is one
of the most valuable of intellectual
attainments. -Mann.
He that wants money, means and
content is without three good friends.
--Shakespeare.
'Let us work the time that is ap-
pointed us, and after that we shall
rest in peace. -Cromwell.
It is all a question of proportion in
war time. The shoe i:; bound to pinch.
-M'Ifinnon Wood.
Fortitude is the marshall of
thought, the armor of the will, and
the fort of reason. -Lord Bacon.
War expenditure must necessarily
be wasteful, but there is a degree be-
yond which ib need not go. -Lord
Rosebery.
It is not by diplomatic acts but by
mutual feelings of sympathy, friend-
ship and confidence, and by community
of interests, that true and lasting al-
liances are made. -Sir George Bu-
chanan.
The life of every man is a diary in
which he seems to write one story
and lives another; and his humblest
hour is when he compares the volume
as it is with what he vowed to make
it. -J. 111. Barrie.
ITALY WILL DEFY
,S.rERMANY'S MENACE.
A despatch from Rome says: The
Italian A.m.)assador at Washington,
It a
Count Maechi, has been instructed to
notify the American Government that,'
notwithstanding the German and Aus-
trian decrees regarding the sinking'
of armed merchantmen, Italian mer-
chantmen will continue to carry arma-
ment. The Ambassador also has been
instructed to say that Italian mer-
chantmen will use their artillery only
for defensive purposes.
GERMANY THREATENS
THE PORTUGUESE
A despatch from London says: Ger-
many has sent an ultimatum to Por-
tugal demanding the restoration with-
in 48 hours of the German ships re-
cently seized by that country, accord-
ing to a despatch from Madrid to Reu-
ter's Telegram Co.
FROM OLD SCOTLAND
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER
BANGS AND BRAES.
What Is .Going On in the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
Another contingent of Greenock
Howitzers have been put under orders
for the front recently.
Greenock Corporation have under
consideration the question of the
employment of disabled soldiers.
Tlie vital statistics for the parish of
Cutter, Aberdeenshire, during the past
12 months show 07 births, 9 mar-
riages and 50 deaths.
Tho sum of $35,030 is the total
amount raised by sales of gifts in
Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, in aid
of the Scottish Branch of the Red
Cross Society.
Owing to the war, the scarcity of
pithead laborers has been so mach
felt at Prestongrange colliery that
it bas been found necessary to em-
ploy women for the work.
At a meeting of Irvine and District
Water Board it was stated that good
progress has been made with the
work of providing a new water sup-
ply for the camps at Gailes.
At a meeting of the District Comt
mittee of the Forfarshire County
Council, it was stated that a case of
enteric fever had been notified as
baying occurred in the parish.
At a meeting of the Galashiels
branch of the Independent Labor
Party, resolutions opposing con-
scription were sent to the Prime Min-
ister, and the local Members of Par-
liament.
The Cleaning and Lighting Com-
mittee of Edinburgh Town Council at
their last meeting, decided to recom-
mend increases in the wages of a
number of the employes under the
committee.
In the village of Fettercairn every
eligible unmarried man is with the
Army and Navy, or attested or regis-
tered under the Derby scheme. There
are only two or three married men
still to come in.
In many parts of the Highlands
there have been remarkable floodings,
The rainfall was the heaviest in re-
collection, and the glens have been
cut off from communication with the
low lands.
The roof of the Sunday School
building, Dunkeld, used for many
years by the Cathedral Church and
erected by the late Duchess -Dowager
of Athol', recently fell in with a
crash, Fortunately no one was in-
jured.
At a special meeting of Dunoon
Town Council it was decided to in-
timate to the employes in the
Health and Roads Department who
are on strike, that the Council could
not grant their demand for an in-
crease in wages.
MAID UNDER ARREST
FOR "DOPING" COFFEE.
A despatch from Quebec says: Mu-
riel Goudreau, of this city, 18 years of
age, a maid at Mr. Romeo Faguy's
here, was arrested on Thursday charg-
ed with attempting to poison the
whole family by doping the coffee
with tincture of iodine. She pleads
not guilty.
GOVERNMENT WILL BUY
NO MORE HORSES.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Government does not intend purchas-
ing any more horses for military pur-,
poses in Canada during the summer.
This was stated in the House on
Thursday in reply to an Opposition
question. There are 1,769 on hand in
the various divisional areas.
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Mrs, Williams -"Eliza, those bane
isters seem. always dusty. I was at
Mrs. Simpson's to -day, and her stair
rails erre as clean and smooth as
glass." Eliza -"Yes, mum. She has
three small boys."
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