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CANAD1AES IJEER ARMS
NUMBER ABOUT 2469000
Of 2g6 000 Who Hove Joined the Colors 43,7oo Are
Out of Action Through Casualties or Other Causes.
, A despatch from Ottawa says: Cos-
uhltiee 08 every description among
the Canadian forces .since the ant -
break of war total 22,000, and the
wastage apart from casualties has
• been ,.21,700, This makes a total Of
43,790 "men, out of 290,000 who have
joined 'the colove to date, who cannot
now be ourabered in the effective
fighting force. The Canadian army
,aetually .undor arms at the present
time is therefore abott 240,000 rgen.
Of thee 112.000 are -overseas, either
in Great Britain or at the front, while
in traloing in Canada there are ap-
proximately 134,000, counting those
on guard duty, on Headquarters staff.
These were among the interesting
facts given to the Commems Thurs-
day by Sir Robert Borden in reply to.
a series of questions by Hon. Charles
Mardi. In ,regard to Mr. Mareil's
question as to whether the, Govern -
meet had deckled to enlist 500,000
Canadians for overseas service, after
consulting the British authorities, the
Prime Minister said that the Govern-
ment always took pains to ascertain
the views of the Imperial authorities,
pastieularly the War Office, with re-
gard to these matters before coming
to any decisien. Nothing had hime
poned :since that decision, he added,
to imiace the Goveimment to change
its mind as tothe munber to be en-
listed.
With regatd to the question as to
how long it took the Canadian troops
to be ready for the Trent front the,
date of erdistreents the Premier said
that the period 'varied. -Six menthe
Might be taken as a minim= for in-
fantry, but other arnIS of bhe eerviee
required a longersperiod before they'
were ready to go to the front. •
The total expenditure by Canada
for war purposes ISP to the end of
,Februery, Sir Robert said, has aggre-
gated $187,000,000, hot taking into
aceotint the millions of dollars which
Great Britainhas spent on behalf of
Canada fax 'nitrations ,of redone
kinds supplied to the Canadian forces
at the front through the War Office.,
The accounting for these will not be
made until the war is over.
In reply to Mr. Belsky, the Pre-
mier said that the members of the
Militavy Hospitals Commission served
without salary, but that they were al-
lowed $10 per day and 'railway fare
while engaged on the business of the
Commission.
STRIKERS DELAY
BRITISH GUNS
Lloyd George Makes Sensational
Charge in British House of
Commons.
A despatch from London says: Dur-
ing a discussion of the Clyde strike tluartsrS aye. Getman prisoners
captured near St. Eloi on Saturday
in the House of Commons Thursday
l
night David Lloyd George the Muni- last after we wrecked their trenches
b
tions Minister, declased diet the bigy a series of mine explosions, pared -
ed to -day before being taken down to
guns which the tu.my wanted has been
the base. These men were lucky in
held up through all its stages of
manufacture and thatthe sosiisees their escape from death. The exe
'
plosion of our mines was so terrific
were holding up most important guns
that it shook the ground slit miles
needed by the army. That the Clyde
a
strike caused a ferment out of alt away and its effect upon the German
trenches was volcanic. Tons of earth
proportion to the number of men in -
were flung up hundreds of feet high,
volved is explained by Mr. Lloyd
George's etatement that it WaS re- carrying away trenches, dugouts and
spensible for holding up guns -needed sandbags.
at the 13ritish front.
A Jaeger regiment which was hold -
2 HUN COMPANIES
BLOWN TO PIECES
British Mine Explosions at St. Eloi
Have Terrific Effect on Foe
Trenches.
A despatch afro -it British Head-
ing this part of the line suffered
WITH RIGHT LEG GONE, heavy losses. A captured offices. says
that two companies of his battalion
CORPORAL FIGHTS. I were blown to pieces. The earth
I was so disrupted that the cornmuni-
Amazing Act of Courage 00 British, cation trenches were choked up and
'Front-V.C.'s Conferred. there was no possibility of escape for
A despatch from London says :Six;' the men who remained alive in the
new awards of the VictOria Cross. first and second lines of this ector,
were announced on Thursday. The nor for any supports to be sent up to
most amazing act of courage was that , prevent the occupation of the craters
of Corpokal Cotter, of the Sixth East and trendies by the British, who still
Kent Regiment. When his right leg .hold this ground. The Germans sur -
had been blewn off at the knee, and vivors were caught in the trap, and
he also had been 'wounded in both in a dazed condition were taken mis-
time, he made his way unaided for mien easily enough. The exact num-
fifty yards to a mine chster and bar of them is still uncertain, as men
• steadied the men who were holding it. are still being brought down but the
He controlled their fire, issued orders number is about 200 with several of -
and altered the dispositions of his men
to meet a fresh counter-attack by the
enemy. For two hours he held the
position, and allowed his wounds to
be roughly dressed only after the at-
tack had quieted down.
COMMITTEE TO CARE
FOR BRITISH GRAVES
A despatch from London says: A
national committee has been appoint-
ed by the Government for making per-
- manent provision for the mite of
graves ofstaffieers and men in France
and Belgium. The Prince of Wales
is president. It WAS decided that no
permanent memorials will be erected
in any British military cemetery dur-
ing the continuance of hostilities, or
until the military situation should ap-
pear to justify giving the necessary
sanction: All requeets for informa-
tion regarding graves of officers' and
men fallen in France- and Belgium
should Continue to be addressed to
the director of graves registration,
general headquarters.
BIG RUSSIAN VICTORY:
TERRIBLE TURK LOSSES
Desperate Enemy Counter -Attacks in
the Cautasus Region
A deepatch from Petrograd says:
Wednesday's official statement says:
"In the Caucasus, 'on the coast sec-
tor, oor detachments which had oc-
cupied the heights on • the left bank
CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH IN MESOPOTAMIA
-Copyright by Tho London Daily Mali
These are types Of Turkish fighting. men. The group Shown in the picture Was among the
TIlrlie captured by the 'British during recent figbting on the Tiogie
Markets of the World 1HOUR OF BRITISH AT HAND
BUT IT IS NOT YET ARRIVED
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, April 4. -Manitoba
wheat --New crop, No. 1 Northern,
$1.11; No. 2 Northern, $1.0814; No.
Wil-
liam. Northern, $1.06, in store Fort Wil -
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 421/sc;
Sir Nugett T. Everard presided at Experiments.
No. 3 C.W., 401/4e; extra No. 1 feed,
the annual meeting of the Irish In- All this means an enormous amount
40%e; No. 1 feed, 39Ske, in store Fort official communications havnig probably holding something like one-
dustrial Development Association. The of experimenting, for there are so
William. vealed the fact that the British armies :fourth of the entire length of the
track Toronto. previously held by the French," says; broken line from the Yser to the Som- report of the council for the past year and the crippled man wishes, pos-
rnanyshundreds of trades in the world,
American corn -No. 3 yellosv, 81sh.e, have taken over a length of the line; western front,. extending in an un-
Catadian eorn-Feed, 68 to 70e, Reuter's correspondent at the Bsitids I Me.
track Tfironto. headquatters in France, "I am per- "Although the hour of the British
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 43 to mated to make reference to it. army inay be at hand, it is not yet.
44e; commercial, 42 to 43ci according "The new dispositions were carried t Nor is there any reason to believe
to freights outside. out with great skill and secrecy, and that the Germans will succeed by
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, /set the result of them has been the re- , their attacks on Verclumin upsetting
car lot, $1 to $1.02; No. 1 commercial, lease of large French 'forces svho were I the pre -arranged strategy of the great
96 to 98e; No. 2 commercial, 94 to 96c;imanifestly of great value to another , coming offensive.
No. 3 commercial, 91 to 92c; feed
wheat, 85 to 87e, according to freights
outside.
Peas -No. 2, $1.60; peas, according
to sample, $1 to $1,30, according to
freights. outside.
Barley -Malting, 62 to 04e; feed
barley, 69 to 62e, according to freights
outside.
Buckwheat -68 to fi9e, according to
freights outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 86 to 87c;
rejected, according to sample, 83 to
85e, according to freights outside.
Manitoba flour --First patents, in
jute bags, $6.50; second patents, in
jute bags, $6; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $5.80, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, according to
sample, $3.95 to $4.05, t'raels Toronto;
$4.1.0 to $4.20, bulk seaboard, prompt)
shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, per ton, $25;
shorts, per ton, $20; middlings, per
ton, $27; good feed flour, per bag,
$1.60 to $1.70.
ficers.
LIFE SAYERS HELP FRANCE.
Give 'Men, Apparatus and Equipment
for Nation's Cause.
From Erin's Green Isle
NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE-
LAND'S SHORES.
Happenings in the ,Emerald Isle of
Interest to Irish.
men.
• The King has directed that the
Earl of. Donoughmore and Viscount
Powerscourt be appointed Knights of
the Order of St. Patrick.
Mr. Redmond was present at
Sir John Ilaig's Forces Now Hold One-fourth of the
• Entire Western Front.
REPAIRING THE -
HUN "WAR WRECKS"
TRADES FOR TIIE, CRIPPLES OF
GERM ANY.
Many Different Kind e Artificial
Liaibs Are Being
- Provided.
An account of how Germany is striv-
recruiting conference presided over ing to patch up soldier victims of the
by the Lord Lieutenatt, held at the Kaiser's wax lust is contained in a
Mansion House, reoentry.
The death has occupied of Mr. Er-
nest Everest, manager of the Avenue
Siete), Belfast, Which took place in a
neseing home in Beltaet after a icing
illa§se. •
' Gee of the largest recruiting meet-
laggt yet held in county Kildare was
Newbridge. Mr, T. O'Rourke,
J,Pe chairman toivn commistiom pro-
eiding
Special Berlin letter from May Itth-
ill'Auley to the Pittsburg ,,"Des-.
Patch."
Even pow, with the war only a
of the "war-,wreeks.," even though
"Stade hi Germany," might be corn-
meeded ,to the attentiori of the Bri-
tish authorities when grappling with
this difficult problem'.
The woad "orisons" is a word that
According to statistics suss issned hurts, the writes, and in Germany
1(005 Irish en:lig-rated 1915, a11-• when the people speak of the Men
proxinintely half the ninliber of the Who have lost, arms, legs, or eeges,
previous year. Only 25 per cont. were
et military age.
At a United Irish League Conven-
tion in Dinidalk, Mr. Patrick J. Whit-
tv, Dublin, Was selected aa the Irian
they say "Kviegsbesehadigte," which
has a softer sound, and means hurt
or damaged by war,
Even now, with are war only a
party's candidate for the vacant eon- year and a half old, sisany plans have
stituency of North Louth. betm canted out for these atfortiat-
, A series of shooting outrages have ate men, and many other plans are
been committed in Lough George des -
died with shots in the townlands ot being made. Skilful doctors and arti-
ficial limb makers are contriving all
trlet. Tom: tamers' homes were rid-
Creggmore, •Coshla and Kiltrigue.
The King in recognition of the valor
of his Irish troops, has placed rooms
in Kensington Palace at the disposal of
the Irish Women's Aesociation, of
which Lady Maccionnell is preeident.
Captain J. J., Kavanagh, 3rd Batta-
lion, Connaught Rangers, son of Mr.
P. S. Kavanagh, has eeen awarded the smith.
Cross of Use French Legion at Honor.
Only last September he was awarded
the Military Ciess.
sorts of ways to make various kinds
of arms and legs that are stated for
all kinds of Work that the crippled
men may wish to do.
A man who wishes to be a carpen-
ter, for instance, 011.1.14 have a differ-
ent kind of a hook on his new arils
to the man who withes to be a black- -
A despatch from London says: The
area. At present the Britieh are
The French Life Savers Associa-
tion, although not affiliated with
chiles arm of the national defence, has
rendered efficient service in the war
both collectively and individually.
Twenty-three of its members have
been killed in action and fifteen
wounded, and in addition many have
been cited for gallantry in the or-
ders of the day.
Some of the association's working
apparatus, parUcularly the cannon,
were requisitioned by the War Mini-
stry recently, and now the organiza-
tion offers in addition a large number
of rockets.
The association hns also made lib-
eral gifts of warm clothing for mar-
iners in active service on the Franco.
Belgian front or in the Near East.
The value of its gifts alone exceeds
$6,000, anti it is a small organization.
PUBLIC CELEBRATION
OF BATTLE OF YPRES.
Private Citizens Asked to Fly Flags
on Anniversary of Great Struggle.
A despatch from Ottawa says : The
anniversary of the Battle of Ypres,
the famous struggle of April 22, 1915,
When the Canadian fought a great and
Dere sustained gallant, and successfin fight against
of the River Oghen
the Huts, will be celebrated officially
during Monday night a .series of des -
in Canada by the hoisting of flags on
all public buildings.
RUSSIA HAS ORDERED
MUNITIONS ENQUIRY
' perate enemy counter-attacks. All
of them were repulsed, and the Turks,
having suffered terrible losses, beat a
retreat, leaving. behind prisoners and
asgun. We also took prisoners 111 the
direction of Erzendjan."
WOMEN WORK ON DOCKS
AT BRITISH PORTS.
A despatch froth Liverpood says :
Women are now being employed at
the Liverpool docks, handling cotton
imports and other bagged goods. At
:the Leyland Line docks nearly 100
women are now woiking. Fears were
entertained that the Dockers' Union
would raise difficulties, but these have
been smoothed over and the women
are receiving the same rate of pay as
the men..:
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TIGHTEN ANOTHER LINK
IN BRITISH BLOCKADE.
A cleepatch from London says:
Great 13ritp"pis has pub in effect an or-
der-in-doOticii under which neither a
vessel not her cargo is immune from
capture, for a breach of the bloelsade
en the sole round that the vessel at
the montent is on her way to a non -
blockaded port ,
• When a small boY gets his fingers
caught in the pantry door it iin't the
jam he Le looking for.
Country Produce,
Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 31c; in..
'
ferior, 23 to 25c• creamery prints,
34 to 36e; solids, 32 to 34e.
Eggs -New -laid, 25 to 26c; do, in
mirtons, 27 to 29e.
Honey -Prices in 10 to 60 -lb. tins,
13 to 14c. Combs --No. 1, $2.75 to
$3; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40.
Beans -$4.10 to $4.40, the latter to $7; rough, $6 to Vi 'Butcher
for hand-picked. bulls, $6,25 to $0.75; medium, $0 to
Poultry-Chiekens, 21,to 22e; fowls, $6.75; common, $5.25; canners, $4
38 to 19e; ducks, 20 to 22e; geese, 18 to $5. Hogs --Selects, $11 to $11.50;
rough and mixed lots, $10.25 to
$10.75; eommot, $10; sows, $7.75 to
$8. Sheep, $6 to $8; lambs, $9 to $12.
Calves, milk fed, $5.50 to $8.50.
'la ---
SUMS IN BANK UNCLAIMED..
Bacon, long cleat, 1014 to 161/2c per Bank of England Alone Has Millions
lb. in case lots. Hams -Medium, 20 of Pounds.
to 21c; do„ heavy, 15 to 17c; rolls, 17
In England alone there are scores
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The Council of the Empite, recogniz-
ing the neessity 'Of investigating the
roeent insufficiency of munitione at
the Russian front, has ordered the
opening of a preliminary inquiry into
accusations against Gen Soulchonglin-
off, formerly Minister of War, aud
ageing Gen, Koozmina-Korovvaieff,
Chief of the Artillery Department
$6.35; fitst and second clears un-
changed. Shipments, 61,270 barrels.
Bran, $18 to $18.50.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, April 4. -Choice heavy
steers, $8.35 to $8.75; butchers' cat-
tle eh'oice, $8 to $8.25; do., good,
QUARTER BILLION
was a seeped ot much valuable work
clone tor Irish industries.
A sensational case has just been
0011Oluded at Caldr, county Tipperary,
when District Inspector Potter, R. I. C„ for these eases there have been map -
having sent a letter to Lady Id -a ess'Y
I
ped out fifty-one new tradea which are
was comontted for trial OA a charge of , _
cant1 OA by nieit without
Massy, threatening to kill her. arms or legs. The Government else
• .*e c
Rev. Canon II. A. McClean, formerly hag schools whore these trades eat be
rector of Rathkettle, Co. Limerick, now learned without charge. These are
sible, to follow the SATTA0 trade he had
before the war. Of course, in many
cases it is not possible to do this, and
temporary chaplain to the forces, is not merely occupations fax the labom
one et those whose services General ing man, but also for the man of
Sir Ian Hamilton has brougat to the education, and a man may study art,
notice of the War Chico in commotion . • , .
\VAR APPROPRIATION I-ig a7reerpaotrTIgStilleldtigeDeifstieelette,ellemsa.
11- etur to was, but settle down. te
music and litesatuie there.
Most of the crippled men do isot
ner in which the Irish Committee for 1 n
A desptach ftom ttawa says : Sir gas
Ithe Supply of Vegetables to the Fleet Peaceful labors. One soldier, a shoe.
- s
Robert Borden has given notice of a shown. Over 200 tons of fresh fruits, make just as good shoes with one
graPPled with the situation is maker by trade, found that he could
97.15 to $7.85; do., medium, $7.15 to resolution providing for a war aPPro-I vegetables and meeerves have 5een leg as with two. Another case was
97,50; ao., common, 96.60 to $6.75; priation of $250,000,000 for the corn- I sent to tite North Sea Fleet during the that of a soldier who had lost both
butchers! bulls, Oleic°, $7.25 to $7.50; ing fiscal year. The resolution 0011- past A past ten mouths. his legs at Liege. He was an enge-
do., good bulls, $6.85 to $7; clo., rough tains the same provisions as last year further outrage has been pens& 1 trated at Bryanstord, County Down, neer by trade, and un
now he is run -
bulls, $4.65 to $5.15; butchers' cows, as to the objects for which the
aapres.
the windows ot the church having been ning the fast train between Cologne
choice, $6.75 to $7,25; do., good, priations may be expended. This in- and Brussels. A tailoi. had Loth his
$6.25 to $6,50; do., medium, $5.85 to eludes the defence and security of
Canada, and promoting the continua
$6.10; do., common, $6.26 to 95.75,
stockers, 700 to 850 lbs., $0.60 to once of trade, industry and business
97.25; choice feeders, dehorned, 950
to 1,000 lbs,, $7.15 to $7.50; canners
and eutters, $3.75 to $4.50; milkers,
choice, each, $75 to $100; do., common
and medium, each, $40 to $60; spring-
ers, $50 to $100; light ewes, $8.50 to
$9.50. sheep, heavy, $6 to $7.50;
yearlings, $10.50 to $12; buck.% and
culls, $3.50 to $4.50; lambs, choice,
communications, whether by means
of insurance or indemnity against war
risk or otherwise, It is further pro-
vided that the money may be raised
by way of loan, temporary or other-
wise.
FRENCH BOY yE'TERAN.
$11 to $12.50; spring lambs, $7 to Distinguished Himself in a Night
$10.50; calves, good to choice, $8.50 Reconnaissance.
to $10.25; do., medium, $7 to $8.50;
hogs, fed and wateaed, $10,85; des, The youngest veteran of the arm-
weigheil off nes, $11.25; do., f.o.b., ies of France has just received sim-
$10.50. ultaneously the Order of the Croix
Montreal, April 4.---Butehers' steers, de Guerre and his first leave of ab -
best, 97 .to $8; good, $7.40 to $7,65; seisms from the front in over a year:
fair, $7.05 to 97.25; medium, 90.50 With eeveral bearded comrades in
arms the youngest turned up in Paris
to see the.sights and to call upon his
"marraine," or wartime godmother.
Ile is one of the few "poilus" whose
marmite is -molly older than he, for
nowadays marraines are more of the
age of sweethearts than of god-
mothers.
Emile Martin, the youngest veteran,
was just fourteen when news of tho
war reached the little village in tho
Vosges which is the Martin family's
home: Emile's father was promptly
mobilised. When he appeared at his
regimental depot his son was at his
side. Emile refused to leave his fa-
ther, ancl the commander of the regi-
ment finally decided thab the best way
out oS the difficulty would be to en -
soil the boy in the, ranks.
The citation in the order of the
'clay which gave him the Cross of War
speaks ot him as follows: "Despite
hie youth and the warnings of his of -
I
to 20e; turkeys, 29c.
Cheese -Large 19e; twins, 193/4e.
Potatoes --,Car lots of Ontario, $1.80
to $1.85, and New Brunswicks at
$1.90 to $1.95 per bag, on traok.
Provisions.
to 11 he, s as, co ,
backs, plain, 25 to 26e; boneless backs,
28 to 29e.
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 1334 to
14c, and pails, 141, -ac; compound, 13
to 14e.
Montreal Matkets.
Montreal., Apsil 4.--Corn-Ameri-
can No, 2 yellow, 84 to 85e. ' Oats -
Canadian Western, No. 2, 52c; No. 3,
50e; extra No. 1 feed, 50e; No. 2 local
white, 48%e; No. 3 local white, 47%c;
No. 4 local white, 461/2c. Barley ---1
Manitoba feed, 66 to 67e; malting, 75
to 77e. Flour -Manitoba Spving wheat
patents, firsts, $6,60; seconds, $6,10;
strong bakers', $5.90; Winter patents,
choice 96 .10; straight rollers, $5.50
to 95:60; do., bags, $2.55 to $2.60.
Rolled oats-33b1s., $5 to $5.05; do. '
bags, 90 lbs., $2.35. Bran, $24'.
shoru, $26. Middlings, $28 to $30.
Mouillie, $30 to $33. Hay -No, 2, per
ton, car lots, $20 to $20.50. Cheese --
Finest westerns, 183Ye to 19e; freest
eastsems, 1814 to 181/2. }Ritter-
(330hotioce3s2tee,veaBinge07_, v33retsoh,34.2c7;c.f5 OOPO,oltdt.S1-,
Potts -
toes -Per intg, ear lots, $1 . 75 to
FILF,NCII GENERAL
KILLED AT VERDUN
A despatch :from Paris says: Gen.
eral Largeau, .one of the youtgest
French brigaclieve, has been killed in-
action at Verdun. He distinguished
himself in Africa where he served with
the Marchand expeditiom
SOLDIER SETTLERS
OFFERED FREE LAND
A despatch from London says: The
British South Africa Company has an-
nouteed a grant of 500,000 acmes a
free hunt to soldier -settlers from over-
seas after the war. The company
agrees to provide expert advice and
supervi,eion, toaid them in getting a
geed start in their new homes.
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, April 4. -Cash quotations I
--Wheat-No. 1 Northern, 91.1091;
No. 2 Northern, $1.0834; No. 3 Nor-
thern, $1.0591; No. 4,91.0291; 910. 5,
937/sc• No. 6, 85%e; feed, 80%e. Oats
-No. 2 C.W., 417/sel No. 8 C.W.,
39%c; extra No. 1 feed, 39%e; No.
1 feed, 38%e; No. 2 feed, 37%e. Bar-
ley -No, 3, 59e; No, 4, 541/2c; rejected,
51c• feed 51e. Flax -No. 1 N.W,0„
$1 .9.7,14 ; No, 2 CM., 938991 .
Minneapolis Wheat
SvlinneapOlis, Alien 4.--Wheat--
May, $1.1414 to $1 .14% ;
911434; No. 1 hard, $1.1991; No. 1
Northern, $1.1491 to 91.174S; No. 2
Northeen, $1.11 sis to 51.1 lir, Itt
-No. 3 yellow, '73 to 74c. Oate--No.
8 white, 41 to 4ISSe. Flous--Faney
patents, ten cents high., quotsil at
of. milhons of poands that; have 710
one to claim them, There is scarcely
a bank or a company of any descrip-
tion that has not in its • books long
lists of SUTne which, year after year,
nobody claims, oe, in many cases, is
at all likely to ask for.
At the Bank of England there are
eighty fat volumes bristling with fig,
ures amounting in the aggregate to finers, insieted on joining a patio
all broken. A series of outrages have
been committed in the neighborhood
involving damage (it 96,350.
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STEELS HEART FOR NATION.
legs cut off. The new feet that were -
made foe. hitt were very large, and
now he can treadle his sewing. ma,
chine as well as before.
The loss of an arm is much more
French Commander Refuses Doctor for sesious than the loss of is leg, and
Ole Dying Son. all sorts of hooks and screws must
A. pathetic incident ot the battle of be provided so that the filen can do
Verdun has Just been reported in more than one thing. In the sad
Paris, It begius with the following cases a both arms being gone, im.
telephone conversation at midnight : Plements have been invented for
'Hello ! Who is speaking 2' holding spoons, knives, forks, cigars,
"This is the post commander." ' cups, and, indeed, everything, so that,
"How many men have yoa there ?" the man wiU not be helpless.
"Fifteen.
"Leave your senior sergeant in
charge of the redoubt, Take eight
nsen and cut off it strong German
patrol which has just entered the
wood.- Report to me immediately on
your return."
An hour later the German patrol trades they can missile, of things they
had been annihilated and the picket can make if they prefer to stay at
retUrned to the redoubt, carrying a home, and where they can sell what:
lieutenant mortally wounded. The they make.
post commander sprang to the tele- The Kaiser and Kaiserin are going'
"Hello ! The coup succeeded, but to build a home for blind soldievss
phone.
Lieutenant X---- is aying. min n where they will not only be cared
send a doctor ?" -sr Yu's for, but taught occupations as well)
There was a pause. Then an im- The German Government has also
"Never mind sthe doctor. Doubio draarn up plans to build houses for
the men. Sites have already been
passivo voice answered :
quick to the dugouts. The Germans selected and plans completed. The a
are about to attack. I am sending,. houses are to be built ,near factories
you reinforcements."
Af ter another pause tLe same voice ain cwribpipelled"mi.
le.anweilalnbeiloc.arried on that
' .
rseumed in broken tones :
"Hello ! Have the men gone ? All Some 08 the homes are single
.
right, then kiss Lieutenant X- good- houses, little cottages effects with a
bye tor me. Ile is my son." slanting roof and a little garden,
Then there will be a number of
BIDS TEDToNS REBEL. larger apartment houses, atd, last of
all, there will be one very large house
Letters Found on Prisoners Tell of in each community, like a hotel,
Frantic Spirlt in Germany. where the uumarried men can live
d be eared for.
Homes For Cripples. -
Every province in Germany, contin-
ues the writer, new issues each week
O little pamphlet to help the crippled
men. These pamphlets tell them of '
A number of extracts from letter
found on 1 200 German prisoners naps. The rental of these houses is to
aix
Isa be almost astonishing, low. For n.
millions of pounds, ail of which re- sent out oa night teem:tams:ince and , tured at Hartmannsweilorkopt na e
5 Yee stance, a room for the bachelor in the
ers are not forthcoming. concerning the emplacement of an en-
''bee'gn'g N'ililf to the :lett? veese8aQiiinilyi, l'av0n1-1(16
present dividends for -which the own- brought back valuable infosmation ;3s,Stlistalblisehethtlwii•Rd Paris. laimygeeash,ouasnedw,tihiliseoisrateifuroames $12ig5htto a9n4d5,
s...._____se ____. They come from many differeat towns, An apartment of three or four rooms.
half to two regiments of reserves, heat, and in some cases furniture)
Many of them have died without einv battery of '77 -millimetre guns."
leaving a record of tilde stock hold -
Everything is three times dearer and bath in the large apartment house
ings; °there have left the country
the dividends have been over- There are no means of getting milk will cost from $75 to $100 per year,
with light and heat. The singla.
and cannot be. traced, and in other HABITS FIXED AT TWENTY.. than before (Violsen, November 14.)
-
to (Mink. (Hamburg, December 12 ;
houses will, of course, be more ex-'
looked or forgotten altogethos. Invisible Law Governs Him Year
Mannheim, Novels-11)es 29.)
Whed, a good many years ago, m, It takes- three or Sour hours wait-
Gosehen introduced his conversion After year 1
it was found that the un- In the period between ing before a creamery to get a Mier -
20 and 30 is
.
claimed consols almost reached the the critical one in the formation of tor of a pound of butter(Berlin,
._Denr 14.)
ry bread
stupendous total ee 28,000,00G -in. intellectual and professional habits
, cembeand potatoes won't keep
eluding fatty holdings exceediege 210,- the period below 20 is more imD
portant up anybody's strength. (November 7.)
000 eaeli, end. one fortune of 2187,598 still for the fixing of personal habits, . The mobilizedare also complai I
n ng over eight-day clock. '
foo
ll, fd. You know I have to Magistrate -I award the cloelc to
-for not a penny of which a claimc
ant PraPerlY 1O-alled,, such as vocalize,- of th.
weld be found. And this enormoue tion and pronounmation, geature, mo- send parcels to ,Tohann. They have an the plaintiff.
sum of derelict gold is only about one- tion and address, says William James, most nothing to eat. (December 9.) Defendant -Then what do I get?
Magistrate -I'll give you the eight,
third of the aggregate sum deposited the senownecl psychologist.
pensive, and will cost about $1.50 a'
year.
Fair Division.
Scene: Police court (luring dispute
and lost sight et Efiglieh banks "Hardly ever is a language le:rimed
alone to -day. after 20 spoken without a foreign
custody of the Comm os maneeey ferred to the society of his letters
accent; "hardly ever Cana youth trans -
Another "buried treasure" is the
• • . s t -t unlearn the nasality and other vices
awailing 1.51050
mant Chancery funds, of speech bred in him by the 0550-
' Fabulous tales are told of these dor- much longer, the misery wotiti
and the hum:, ciations of his gtowing years. Hard- indescribable. (Treece, Decenther
• • • ly ever, indeed, no mattes how much You ought lust simpy to revolt -
It is said that men a? the Land -
%term will be called up to 53 years, It • days.
is not possible that things ean last ---
like this. ( December 9.) Her Reward.
At Platen alone 5,000 men are miss-
ing, ( Deceit) ber 6.) . . Mrs. A -I met Mrs. Swelton, the
This abominable wer cannot hist presidefit of the Home for the, AgedSi
'posed to represent. As
of asnosmatete'81.,00oof 1
sober fact they barely exceed £1,000,- iramoin,iejtoth.teLessbeinicne his sgepneteikentmeabnolta,
(1 e es mole 1 ns ).• , .
,000, and are made up "The ineeehants otSer their wares to
!SUMS) not onein twenty of which is him as to the veriest swell, bet he
• • . simply cannot buy the rig ir, thini-Ss•
An invisible law, as strong as gravita-
tion, keeps bine within his orbit, ar-
rayed this yew. as he was the- ast ;
litsband (testily) -Oh, if -if -if 1 and how his better -bred acciliamtanees
You remind nso of what the fellow contrive to get the things they We=
who got lost in the woods said to his will be a mystery to him 01 his dy-
ing day. -
seam noc cling 111,000.
That Balldng Word.
companion,
Wife -Well, what did he sny7
IT:mho/id-He. said: "Now if we
had seine ham we'd have. some ham The true secret er feminine Sestity
and eggs, if we had some eggs." is to be born plat ty.
That would be better than allowing
yourself to be killed or mutilated,
(Mannheim, November 26,)
All of us here expect peace S0011. 31
Is time for it. Discontent caused by
deaxness of food le increasing. Add
tit that the want Of work. The moram
would make its. anger burst, (i3erlin,
November 3,)
A Disciple of Edison.
Mrs. pepeore_I, was tending svhere
Mr. Edison says that four hours sleep
is enough fon any man,
Popson-That seems to be the bis.
by's idea, too.
to -clay and gave her $10 Soy it which
I coislcIn't well afford.
Mr. B. -Heaven will reward yon.
Mrs, A. -It hae already. She ite,
vited me to lulu:hoot,
Woman's Way.
"I want a pair of pants tor giyk
sick husband," exclaimed the woman;)
"What sipo?" aslsod the clerk, '
"I darn hpow, but I think be weere)
o 141/2 collar,"
High hi best altainod by tecadlogot
A,
"4' musn rtssty be' a good tallcor out
still have serious impediments in hi!.$
thoughts.