HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-07-13, Page 3FOE'S FOOD PROBtElE. BIG,
SAYS 'ETR L, ' DIPLOMATIST
The German People
Are Showing Unmistakable evidence of ,
Underfeeding,
A despatch from London says: A
neutral diplomatist stationed in Ger-
,
er-
Snany, who recently visited London,
Informed his colleagues here that it
as impossible to „give an exaggerated
eseription of the depth and breadth
rthe German public's desire for
The food scarcity was becoming
Serious, he said, and the population
eeneraally was unmistakably showing
vidence of underfeeding. In one of
the greatest German cities—not Ber-
lin—at a._hotel whose name is familiar
to thousands of Americans, a neutral
was unable to' arrangefor a dinner.
which be wished 'to igive for a few
friends, though his requirements were
most modest, •
A. Copenhagen despatch says t The
newspaper • Ileind l of 'Schleswig
states German bread is not eatable, as
it contains putridel potatoes. Offal
in the soap being used is causing many
diseases, particularly among children.
CANADA'S GREAT'
BUFFALO HERD
NOW NUMBERS TWO THOUSAND
AND SEVENTY-SEVEN.
•
From a Nucleus of Four Calves In
1873 It Has Steadily
Grown.
The Canadian Government is meet-
( ,Isti with signal success in its efforts
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to 'reserve the buffalo from the swift
extinction which threatened it a few
tears ago. This is shown in the re-
Iyort on the growth of the herd at
Wainwright Buffalo ' Park, Alberta,
lust issued by I. E. Harkin, Dominion
arks Commissioner. t
The report shows that in April,
j:909,•the herd numbered 402. Since
hen it has gradually increased at the
rate of about 200 aryear, until to -day
it numbers $,077.
History of the Herd.
The history of the herd, now the
largest in the world, dates back to.
3$78, when a Pend o'lteille Indian
ddptured four little bison calves
two bulls and two heifers-bycut-
ting them out of a' stampeded herd
on the Flathead Reservation in Mon-
tana. In accordande with a peculiar
characteristic, often noticed by old
Plainsmen, these young creatures
obediently followed the horses of the
hunters who had slain . or driven off
their mothers.
• The Indian in question gave themto
the Mission of St. Ignatius, where
they, were kept as pets and became
as domesticated as ordinary 'cattle.
liThen the heifers were four years old
Bach had a calf. From that time on.
they gradually increased in number,
nue', in 1884, there wore thirteen
ead, and finding the care of them
great a tax the mission decided
o sell them. Ten head were bought
for $250 apiece by C. A. Allard and
Michel Pablo, who were ranchirig on.
- the reservation, and were shrewd
enough to see that specimens of what
was even then almost an ektiuct ani-
mal would eventually become very
valuable.
Made Them a Fortune.
The herd increased under their
careful supervision, and in a few
years it became possible to sell spe-
cimens at 'high prices. Some idea of
the average rate of increase may be
deducted from the observed fact that
half the cows give birthto calves
every year, while twin calves are not
uncommon. As a rule the bison calf
is a +ery hardy creature. 'There are
instances of the Pablo -Allard calves
finding their feet in less than a min-
tite after birth and showing fight
within half an hour.
In 1906 the Hon. Frank Oliver, then
Minister of. the Interior, obtained for
the Dominion Government an option
n the 600 unsold head belonging to
aglo and Allard, and eventually they
Were all bought for $200,000. The
"round -up " lasted two months, end
was carried out by 75cowboys, horse -
teen picked for their ability from Al-
-
and wits accomplished with a
- per cent.-
�1 f less than one
loss o
Since it became the property of the
anadian Government this great herd
as fared well in the new National
Purl. at Wainwright. The park is be -
(kerning a favorite resort of the travel-
tel.
ravel-to . It has an area of 150 square
Miles and is securely enclosedlwith a
high fence of wire,
ONE PLATOON LOST
117 MEN IN ATTACK
4 despatch from London says : A
Qanaciian officer in a London hospital
bates that when he started in the re-
but attack he had one lieutenant and
44 men. When he finished, the.
,7 gtonant was dead, he himself was
dly wounded and he had only 27
en left. He said that he was glad
wounded
in the bight rather
efil3'
vied.
ntobes
a P
IVIUNITION WORKERS
POSTPONE (HOLIDAY
Flt says from NewXv s ys :—coording to a news agency despatch
om London on Thursday the
S
cot
.-
mLne1s have agreedto postpone11
their dilly holidaysat the request
of Minister of Munitions Lloyd George
ortunabe is the man who has no
time to take advise because he is too
Inlay selling. it,
MEXICO'S GREAT WEALTH
Mining is the Leading Industry—Oil
Fields Are Rich.
Mexico -:has an area of 767005
square miles. Mining is' the leading
lndustr3 of the country. 'Mineral
wealth is vast and Varied. In addi
tion to gold and silvver are deposits of
Mon, coppet, sine, tin, platinum, lead,
inercurja, manganese and any number
of others. While the silver mines are
numerous and yield enormous returns,
there is little doubt that the coal de-
posits will become of even greater
value in the futuredevelopment of the
country. The oil fields, especially
those of Tamauliva,near Tampico,
and1those in southern Vera Cruz, are
a very Important possession. The oils
produced are not of the highest grades
but are largely used as power fuels
The eigricultrral resources of Mexico
comprise Some of the cereals and other
food products of the temperate zone,
and most of the leading product3of
the tropics. Manufacturing industry
has reached the stage of meeting a
great part of the home demand for
manufactured goods, where the raw
material maybe produced in the coun-
try, cotton manufacture being tht.
most important textile industry. To-
baccois equally so. The chief expotts
of the country in the order of their
value are gold, silver, oil, copper, cof-
fee, henequin or sisal, thistle and ot-
her fibres, cabinet woods, chicle, rub-
ber and other forest products hides
and skins, chiepeas,.tobacco and sugar.
The imports consist largely of railway
material, industrial machinery, tex-
tiles, yarns for national factories,
hardware, furniture, building material,
mining supplies, dregs and c$emicals,
wines and spirits, wheat, Indian corn
paper, and military supplies and
equipment.
The'population of Mexico, which
numbered about 15 000,000 in 1910,
may be classed at whites 20%, Indians
88%, mixed bloods 42%.
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BOUGHT PRODUCTS
'GERMANY IS SEEKING.
British Money Used in Holland and
Sweden to Buy Foodstuffs.
A despatch from London says:
Neutral diplomats express the belief
that the existing orders -in -council will
be superseded by the declaration of
an actual blockade, in pursuance of
Great Britain's avowed intention of
strengthening her legal position. No
evidence of an actual change; in the
administration of the blockade has
been procurable since the announce-
ment of the abondonment of the De-
claration of London. However, the
increased economic ,pressure on Ger-
many which recently has become ap-
parent is due, according to the best
informed neutral diplomats, to the
British campaj!gn in Holland and
Sweden, resulting in the purchase of
products which otherwise probably
would have found their way to Ger-
many.
STROMBOLI IN ERUPTION.
s
People Are Fleeing to Relief Ships for
Ref tile.
A despatch from Rome says : The
eruption of Stromboli has become
serious. The flow of lava is spreading
to the sparse coast settlement, burn-
ing and destroying houses, 'and the
population is fleeing to the sea and
taking refuge on relief ships sent from
Messina. Telephonic communication
with Messina has been interrupted.
There are many signs of seismis dis-
turbances throughout Italy. The heat
has been intense for the past two days.
Earth shocks occurred Wednesday
morning at Ancona, Rimini, Belvedere,
Marettimo and other Adriatic dis-
tricts, lint no loss of life has been re-
ported.
RISING AGAINST
THE AUSTRIANS
A despatch from London says -S --
The. London Times understands that a
rising against the Austrians lies brok-
en
007 7 36 to$7.5°;rn -
n torso o Its leaders 16
a
c $do od
en out in Mon d s
i$,„,8,2°;$;11,6
PRESIDENT QF FRANCE REVIEWS THE RUSSIANS.
One of t e outstanding figures in the present great war, is Fresh ent
Foincare of France. Calm, dignified --the elected head of A great repub lc,
cruelly bled In the great strife, M. Poinetire presents a picture for admirat on
The Russian Ambassador to France, and a` French general are with Po n •
-
pare in the picture.—(Loudon Daily Mliror photo,)
Markets of the World
BRBADSTUPPS.
Toronto Jul'3ft.—Manitoba wheat:
No, 1 Northern, $1,190: No. 2 do., $1.1591
No. 3- do:, $1,143, on track Bay. ports.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 Cair. S1c; No.
3 O W.,.. Silo extra No- 1 'feed, Sole;
No, 1 feed 60c; No. 2 feed, 490, on truck
Bay ports. American corn—No. 3 yellow, Ssc, on.
track Bay portg; 87c, on track Toronto.
Ontario oats—No, 3 white, 47 to 48c,
according to freights"'outside,.
Ontario wheat—No. 1 commercial, 57
to 98cr.No 2 do., 93 to 96e; No. 3 do„ 87'
to 89o; feCd, 83 -to 85c, nominal, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Peas—No. 2, nominal, $1,70 to $1.80;
according to sample, 01 25 to $1.50, ac-
cordi g to - to, his outside
NEWS FROMENGLAND
NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOliN
BULL AND HIS PEOPLE.
Occurrences in the Land That Reigns
Supremo in the Commer.
dal World.
Piie'LZ,u: tiiiii oses $o l•.oep the
parks open an hour later becay_se of
rr1� gs _ the Summer Time Act, ''
BQ8'lay—Malt ing barley,.. nominal, 66 :German prisoners at. Douglas Camp,
ht are engaged in cu mg
ea o relieve the scarcity of coal.
The English Coal Conciliation Board
for the federated area have granted
an increase o, 3% per cent. in miners'
wages,
Ata meeting of the Essex War
Agricultural_Committee it was stated
that 0,500 women had registered for
farm work.
The death has occurred at the aige
of 94 of the Hon. Mrs. Robt. Dalzell,
grandmother of the present Earl of
Carnwath.,
A bouquet, presented by Lady
Hampden, on opening a British
Farmers" Recl Cross sale at Hitchin
market, sold for $65.
Potatoes are being planted on nearly
all the unoccupied land in the church-
yard at Styal, near Manchester, and
a big crap is confidently anticipated.
In the village of Tatnorth, Somer-
sett, the curious custom of letting a
field by auction during the burning of
an inch of candle has just been per-
formed.
With thte object of encouraging lo-
cal garden lovers to grow special food
products, the Notts Corporation have
decided to let out a number of plots
at GO cents per annum.
The eighteenth centenary of the
death of Mr. W. E. Gladstone occur-
ring,
ccur
ring, celebration of Holy Communion
took place in the Memorial Chapel of
Ilawarden Parish Church.
Mr, Charles Seegers, whoas been
sexton at St. Nicholas Cemetery,
Rochester, for 50 years, has been pre-
sented by the citizens of Rochester
with a handsome cheque.
Moltino disease, a cattle and horse
disease, prevalent in South Africa,
has been traced by the Imperial In-
stitute to a poisonous alkaloid in a
plant eaten by the animals. -
Lieut. Harry Brodrick Chinnery, the
well-known Eton, Surrey and Middle-
sex cricketer, and a popular member
of the Stock Exchange, has been re-
ported killed in action.
The Council of the Yorkshire Miners
Association, at a special meeting, re-
ported that 900 members had fallen. -
during the war and altogether 30,000
men aro with the colors.
The Local Government Committee
of London County Council report that
a tablet commemorative of Miss Edith
Cavell, who was trained at the institu-
tion, be placed in the London Hos-
pital.
Brigadier -General Colquhoun Grant
Morrison, C.M.G., whose death !is re -
Ported in action, formerly belonged to
tine 1st Dragoons, was fifty-six years
of age, and served in the South Afri-•
can War.,
to of feed barley, nominal, 00 to 62c, Isi of VPi ,
aoeorciin to freight, outside: g + 1
13uckw test --Nominal, 70 to 71o,. ac- p
coding o freights. outside.
}F;s•e—No. 1 commercial, 94 to 95c, aa- g • f
con•:(.ing to freights ou sl
Manitoba r—First patents, In jute
bags, $6.50; second pat{.ents,.in.jutebags,
$6.00; strong halters', In lute bake, $5,50,
Toronto,
Ontario flour—'AAinter, accordingto
saTo/Mato, le, $4pr to ompt$4shipment in Ufb$4.00rack
to
$4.10 bulk .Seaboard, prompt shipment.
It iilfeed, ear. lots, delivered. Montreal
freight's, bags included—Bran, per ton,.
$19 to $20; shorts, per ton, $28 to $24;
feed flour, per bag, ,1 55 to $1.60. good
COUNTRY PRODUCE
Buttes-r'reeh dairy, choice, 25 to
27c' i ferlor. 23 to lie; creamery, prints
20 to 31o; inferior, ..8- to Iso.
l0g•gs—New-laid, 28 to '29el -do„ in
cartons,. 30 to 820.
Beans—$•4.60 to' $6,00, the latter for
hanlltpicked.
Cheese—New, large, 1Se; twins, 1830.
Mable syrup -1,40 to $1.50 per Im-
perial gallon.
Dressed poultry—Chichkens, 26 to
27e1 fowl, 23 to Sea,
Potatoes—Firm; Ontario, in car lots
at` $1.85, and New'Brunswick, at 02,11
per bag; Western. 51,95.
s .. BALED HAY AND STRAW
Baled hay—Best grade, per ton, 16,00
to 117.00; do., low grade, per :ton. $13.00
to $16.00.
Straw—Per ton, $6.00 to $7.00.
PROVISION%
'Bacon—Long„,clear,. 15 to 190..per lb.
Hams—Medium, 239 to 249e; do., heavy,
209 to 21e;. rolls 19 to 103e; breakfast
bacon, 249 to Isle;. backs, plain, 269 to
279e; boneless backs, 299 to 8990,
Lard—Pugs lard, tierces. 17 to 1730,
and pails, 170 to 1790; compound, 11 to
WINNIPEG GRAIN.
Winnipeg, July 11.—Cash quotations:
—Wheat—No, 1 Northern, $1 125; No:
2Northern, $1,108' No. 3 Northern,
$1.075; No. 4, $1.012' No, 5 0690; No, 6,
929c; feed, s79c.. bats—l3'o. 2 C.W.,
449e; No, 8 C.W., 4310; extra No, r feed,
436; No. 1 feed, 4200• No. 2 feed,
413o. Barley—No. 3,, 72c; No. 4, 08c;
rejected, 63c; feed,. 63e. Flax --No, 1
N.W.C., 11.699; No. 2 0.115, $1,569.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, July 11.—Corn--American
No 2 yellow, '82 to 830. Oats—Canadian.
Western, No. 2, 549e; No. 3, 63c; No, 1
feed, 63c; No. 2 local white, 62c;No. 3
local white, 61c; No, 4 local white, 500.
Barley—Malting, 76 to 76c. Flour—
Manitoba spring wheat patents, arsts,
0.00; seconds, $6.10; Strong bakers',
6.90; Winter patents, choice, $6.00 to
gg$6.25; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.00;
do, bags, 2.40 to. $2 05, Rolled oats—
SIiso to 0$2 60,. Bran,do., bags, 0021 00,
$20.00$
Shorts,5.to 521.00 .00 to Melanie Middlings,
t'gi
32.00, Hay—No. 2, per ton,' car lots,
19,60 to $20.00, Cheese—Finest west-
erns, B to —0; iicesti eaeamer, 158 to
103.0. Butter—Choicest creamery, 30 to
809e; seconds, 289 to Isle, Lrggs—
Fresh, 35e; selected, 32c; No. 1 stock,
28c; No, 2 stock, 27c, Potatoes—Per
bag, car lots, $1?80.
UNITED STATES MARKETS
Minneapolis. July 71,—Wheat--July,
01 870; Septenbet', $1,081 'he 61.089; No.
1 hard, $1,155; No, 1 Northern $7.,070
to $1.000; No. 2 Northern, $1..040 to
7890.y�Oats111Ne 8 white,369toe to
870.
Flour --Fancy patents, 10c higher, quot-
ed at $0.10; first clears, -lac higher,
quoted at $4.00, Bran, $17,00 to $18.00
Duluth, July 11.—Wheat—On track,
Na, 1 hard,$1.12; No. 1 Northern, $1.11;
No, 2 Northern, $1,07 to $1,08; No. 1
Northern to arrive, $1.105; No. 8 North-
ern, os ttaok $1.03 to. $1.00 Linseed—
On track, $1,829; to arrive, $1.52; July,
51.82 asked• September, $1,889 asked;
October, $1.829 asked; Novethber, $1,823,
LIVE STOOK MARKETS.
Toro, to, July 11. .—Choice heavy
steers, 110.00 to $10.25; good.heavy
steers, $9.25 to $9.50; butchers' cattle,
choice,$9,25 to 59,50; do , good, $9,00 to
$9.16; do„ medium,$8,85 to $9.00; do,,
common $8.00 to $8.25; butchers' bulls,
choice $8.00 to $5 .26; do„ good bulls,
$7.•16 to $7.6'5; do., rough bulls, .$4.76 to
00.25; butchers' bows, choice, $8 00 to.
to $0 76; Stockers; 700 to 800.
6 I, Ic r'
War Minister,upon whose 11X:16.75 Lo 7 ? c o e (cede s, de-
aWln$
formerp
head the Austrians set a high price.ctaoann ds 99504 curie 00 last, $7,25r oo, 1n10-
The Montenegrins who have risen ers, choice. each, $76,00 to. $05,00; do,
have taken to the wootlgl pasts of the tom sand met, each $40,00 to $00,00;
s ringers, $60,00 eo $ioo:oo; ught ewes.
country. The rising is prompted by 5.60 to $10.60; sheep, hcdv, $0.26 eco
the destitution in which the inhabit -7 60; spring iambs, per 1b.`-,114 to 160;
calves, good to choice. $0,50 to $12,00;
ants have been left by Austria. do,, medium, $7,H to $3 60; hogs, fed
—
Montreal, Jule 11.—BO and watered, $11,•10 to $11.50; do weigh -
UPON SIR EDWARD GREY steers,
good, $0.60 to $10.00; medium $7:75 to
$8 76; cenrem $7.26 to $5.15I; fair to
good. $0,60 tb $7.00; cow, good $.0.50
A despatch from London says : The to $7.G fair, H; tit $0,50; cenmon,
King' has decided to con'Cer a peerage 5'4.50 to $5.00; bulls, good, $7.00 to $3.50;
•e' oreign Affairs, according to the Daily to $6$ F
Chronicle. 4°
" balls, good to common, $6,00 to, 0,60'
upon Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of sheep, $7.00 to $7.50 sp^ing lambs, $6,64
0.6 each;
LL,D D GEORGE, EARS OF 'DERBY
NEW BRITISH WAR SECRETARIES
)irect.nss of Munitions and Recruiting Respectively to Conduct
the Campaign.
A dleapatye f,mmm l,19lbfl..eil easrea -
avid Lloyd of ' •l s'hger4 appoint -
:ed
�� ligg,,�, 0 i?
;ed Secr•eter;y fnz'' Wax.
The Earl of Derby, clirectoi of re-
cruiting;has been appointed Un•lor
l p ,
Secretary for War.
calves choice. ,7.00 to
10 001 common, $5.00 to $6.00; hogs
l'eleets, $11,75 to $12.20; roughs and
'mixed, $10.00 to 511,00; sows, $0.60 to
$10,00.
50,000 Germans Deafened.
According to official estimates, more
than 50,000 Gentian soldiers have lost
their hearing •in the battles of this
war. To enable these unfortuli:atos
to earn their bread after the war a
nfn,ber of schools have been estab-
lished with the aid of the Government.
A witty girl May be a drug on the
Matrimonial market.
NTE ESTI.' C
WAR RELICS.
DTA ,B OF SOLDIERS BETRAY
GERMANY
All Charges Made Against the Huns
Established By. These
Books.
Arthur Gleason, a well -renown
American -newspaperman, has been
permitted to inspect the most interest-
ing collection of relics gathered since
the war began—the notebooks and
diaries of German soldiers, found on
their, dead bodies or taken from pris-
pliers by the French. These books
have been preserved by the French
Government, and later on will..form
the foundation for charges of cruelty
and bestiality made against the Ger-
man army in France and Flanders.
The evidence contained in these books
will ' establish all ' charges made a-
gainst the Germans it will make
ridiealous the excuses and denials of
Germans when the time comes for
them to disavow the acts that marked
their invasion of Belgium and their
emanation of a part of France. No
official statements by German his-
torians in the future will be able to.
refute the damning evidence supplied
by these little books in which German
soldiers and officers describe what
they saw and what they did.
TRT. HON. D. LLOYD GEORGE ,
who has been appointed Minister of
Ware, succeeding the late Earl Kitch-
ener.
The Neighbor's Boy.
Willie (to Mrs, Bayberry, who lives
noxi 'door) --Where did you get your
tongue? .•-
Mrs. Bayhol'i•y--'What do you want
to know for?
Willie—TV was mother who wanted
to know.
Germany Condemns Herself.
A part of the outfit of every Ger-
man soldier is a notebook of the sort
that women frequently use for house-
hold accounts. A rule of the German
army insists that soldiers record"in
these little books their own ex-
periences, for, as the regulation says,
"by bringing together the various re-
ports of active fighting, they are the
basis for the later definite histories
of the campaign. They should be
kept daily." It appears that among
the soldiers the keeping of the books
is merely encoureiged ; among the
officers it is a law which may not be
disregarded. The French are in pos-
session of tens of thousands of these
books, the entries of the officers being
made in ink, those of the private sol-
dier in pencil. Each book contains
the name and regiment of the author.
Many of them are splashed in blood,
and stained by mud and water. Some
show that one of the last acts of the
wounded soldier was to make an entry,
Together they form the real record of
the war, so far as the acts of officers
and mon are concerned,
•
Some Germans- Revolt. •
In face of their testimony it use-
less for Germany to deny the barbar-
ism and cruelty of her invasion. Her
own soldiers betray her. Often the
soldiers narrate deeds of cruelty in
the most commonplace language .; oc-
casionally one will express his horror
and disgust at the sights he has wit-
nessed, at the deeds he has been ob-
liged to take pant in. A Saxon officer,
for instance, mentions that a certain
village was given to the flames be-
cause a German cyclist in falling from
his machine accidently discharged his
rifle. He was fired at by someone in
the village, which consequently was
burned to the ground. The male in-
habitants were cast into the flames.
" Such atrocities," writes this officer,
"are not to happen again, one hopes."
Inflaming the Soldiers
Another writer whose name is sup-
pressed for fear that his people in
Germany might be punished for his
humanity, expresses his profound
disgust'at the practices of the army
in •France. He speaks of the whole-
sale pillage of a town, and asks him-
self how complaint can be made of
the Russians when the Germans be-
have so much worse. He feels that in
the end this system of making war
will not succeed, and quotes the old
saying to the effect that "the mills of
the 'gode grind slowly, but they grind
exceeding small." He speaks of the
efforts of the officers to rouse the fury
of the men. They tried by whatever
means in their power to inflame the
passions of the soldiers so that they
would obey without question the most
atrocious orders that might be issued.
They were told about the Russians
ravaging Prussia, and were taught
that after all it was the greatest kind-
ness they could do'to the Belgian and
French prisoners to kill them off.
The 'Prussian Infection.
But these men who displayed real
humanity were the exception. The
average diary, the diary of an aver-
age man, probably spoke of deeds of
cruelty with the greatest philosophy.
It was war. If women and children
were murdered, this; too, was war, If
on one occasion a captain summoned
his '(hen, told them that a fortress to
be attacked was held by British sol-
diers, and said that no prisoners were
;
to be taken, this, too, was war the
British were their worst enemies. In
some of the diaries, Mr. Gleason says
in his article in the New- Yory Tri-
bune, was to be detected the common Dream, this continual bombard- stream is •very strongly marked in a
Prussian delusion that the have
beenensi small catfish,called argon, which
are supermen, that they have ncmt, wbLcli shakes the ground, g ,
crushes mon, and throws others on `forces its way up the torrential
sent on earth for a Divine purpose, the earth, their faces down. streams -of the Andes, gripping with
namely, to exterminathless worthy And in that dream what clearness its mouth.and usini; a toothed ventral
l,hcirpeople and establish themselves in: of thought l This you must do, just plate as a lever. It can climb up
their stead. They seem to regard
k
this and nothing else. No he ation.. w
many feet of smooth, water -worn rock,
their enemies as so many dangerous Responsibility, far from hindering the '
animals that must be destroyed so
officer, sustains him. raise; him up.
TENONS losg 500,000 SEN
IN T.IIEIISSIAN QPAIGN
German and Austrian Soldiers Captured, 230,000—Officers, 4,500
--Wounded 200,000 to 220,000.
A deepatch from Petrograd says:—
Nearly half a million Austrians and
Germans have been put out of com-
mission since General Brusiloff began
his great arvance a month ago. The
grand total of prisoners to date is in
round numbers 235,000, of which 4,500
are officers.
The War Office announced the fur-
ther capture of more than 10,000 Ten-
tonybf wlibm 1,000 were taken on the
Dniester front.
Without the actual figures re-
garding the dead and wounded, care-
ful estimates by military experts, bas-
ed on the best information, place the
latter at 200,000 to 220,000. The Aus-
trians predominate overwhelmingly'
among the prisoners, but among the
dead and wounded it is said that 'a
fairly large percentage are Germans.
The losses in stopping the Russian ad-
vance
dvance on hovel and in counter-attacks
mad in solid ranks were enormous.
The booty captured reaches incal
culable figures. It ,is judged that
250 guns of yarious sizes and upwards
of '700 machine guns would be a con-
servative estimate. In addition, large
quantities, qI munitions, supplies and
telephones have fallen into the hands
of the Russians,
SOLDIERS
FIGHT
FI HT
AS IN A DREAD
TAKE
A NEW SOUL FOR THE
TIME BEING.
Officers Psychological Analysis of
Combatants' Feelings When
Armies Clash.
The regiments of the French army
have their newspapers, edited by of-
ficers and soldiers. One of these, "La
Revue Franco hlacedonienae," of the
Oriental army, ' contains an unusual
article, called " The Soul of the Com-
batant" signed by an officer. It reads
in part I
"Hotta are' we to describe the soul
of the combatant during the /attack
in the battle ? The minutes are so
intense the preoccupation of the aim
to attain so b'bsorbipg, that even the duced 4,000,000,000 bushels of w teat
abandons all thought for action.
man most inclined to self-analysis last yeas, an increase of 800,000,000
''The bushels front the year before.
atmosphere Is so exceptional that Experts connected with the govern -
even Immediately after some difficult hent of India are considering the use
phases one does not recover his soul. of submarine boats from which men
/This is why there are so few can be released to gather pearl simile
books of war 'giving a faithful irni.- from the bottom of the ocean.
pression of this transient psychology. A submerged oak forest covering
Yet I shall try it and take my ex- i several square miles from which logs
amples from the participation of my
regiment in the last Champagne of-
fensive.
and sleep well; "the task has been ac,
bomplished. One thought of the fall-
en comrade, then the total oblivion of
sleep!"
STRANGE FACTS OF SCIENCE.
The world's highest powered motor -
ship lies been built in Italy for the
Brazilian navy, its oil motors develop-
ing 6,400 home power.
Thi Spanish government is plan-
ning o buil an nt
electric railroad fro
Madrid o the French frontier to con-
nect wit French lines;
To enable migratory fish to rise
over waterfalls, dams and other.' ob-
structions ih eti:eams, a Canadian
fisheries official has invented an auto-
matic elevatof'.
The coal, in one of the largest new
mines in china lies so neat the sur-
face of the ground that it will le
mined with steam shovels after tie
covering sell is removed.
Figures compiled by the Italian gov-
ernlnent show that the world ro-
" I shall perhaps never see again
such a prodigious moral spectacle as
the one given by our bivouacs during
the three days preceeding the attack
of September 25.
" In the orders given since long
weeks the mysterious day of the at-
tack was designated by the letter Iv*.
On September 22 we learned suddenly
that this was the day, N-3. Everybody
prepared himself. Letters to the
loved ones, letters of business and dif-
ferent interests filled the bags of the
postmen.
Sleep the Comforter
When, at 10 o'clock in the evening
of the 24th, we started forward to-
ward the furnace, we left behind in
the bivouacs, with the ashes of the
letters burned before our departure,
our old soul, made of troubles, hope,
fear, and love, and we put on at the
same time as our equipment our soul
of combat.
"From that moment on we do not
live in the present. The probability
of death eclipses the past and forbids
the future. Such a state, lasting days
and days, would be inconceivable and
also unbearable if the circumstances
did not make it easier by lessening
greatly the sensibility.
" First, there is the noise. Then af-
ter the noise the fatigue which breaks
our limbs, the hunger, time•thirst, the
want of warm food which provokes a
kind of contraction of the stomach,
really painful. But above all, that
which enables a man to remain in the
fight without being demoralized by
more than 100 fee • In length have
been taken, was discovered by Rus-
sian engineers while dredging a river.
Economy of fuel 'Consumption hi
steamships often repulses the mixing
of two 01 mote kinds of coal and an
Englishman has invented a coaling
barge that mixes ceal as It delivers it
into a bunker.
After a long investigation a French
scientist has declared that tuber-
culosis can be transmitted by the per-
spiration of a person afflicted with
the disease, the germs passing through
the pores.
Without stopping his train an en-
gineer can move a lever in his cab and
open a recently patented switch to
enable him to enter a siding, the
switch closing when the last car has
passed over it.
By treating young chickens with
high frequency, high voltage currents
"of electricity, a London experimenter
has made them grow more rapidly
than those of the same age reared
without the treatment,
The railroad connecting Chile and
Bolivia, which crossed the Andes 14-
106 feet above sea level, provides
oxygen chambers, in which passengers
can get relief from the rarefied air
in the high altitudes.
FISH REALLY CLIMBS TREES.
Has An Extra Breathing Organ for
Using Dry. Air.
A fish out of water usually is.re-
garded as the most helpless thing in
the world. And it is not generally
known that there are fishes that de -
the losses, by certain sights, it is liberately make excursions on shore.
sleep ; in the first hours there is no One of the most famous cases of a
rest, and an immense expense of
physical and . especially moral
strength ; then, after a certain time,
all disappears before an irresistible
need of sleep. Every minute of quiet,
under the rain, in a hole, 3n an open
field, under a violent bombardment,
we lie clown and sleep.
"Forced 'to wake up, you continue
your dream, and from now on the
reality appears only through your
dream and you see' yourself act.
There is 'a kind of duality in you--
the
ou—the physical person who creeps, falls
in the mud, lies down under the fire
of the mit•aiilensos, sneaks from one
tree to another, and the moral person
who observes these strange proceed-
ings, orders them and enjoys an as-
tonishing lucidness.
As in a Dream
fish out of water is the climbing
perch, found in estuaries and fresh
waters of India, Ceylon, Burmah and
the Malayan region, which can spend
many hours on land, sometimes -among
thick vegg etationl and has, like some
similar habit,'
other fishes of an extra
breathing organ suited for using dry
air. It seems to push itself along in
! a wriggling fashion with the help of
strong spines on its gill cover and its
central fin.
One of the early observers of the
climbing perch said that he saw it
five feet up a paten tree, and a good
deal of discredit has been thrown on
the story. But it teems to be possible
that the early observer was quite ac-
curate.
In recent years it has been recorded
that in heavy downpours of rain the
climbing perch sometimes ascends the
Dream and lucidness here are the dripping stems of palmyra trees grow -
two words which seem to me to ex- ! ires beside the pools. In all likelihood
press best the soul of the combatant. ; the climbing of trees by the fish is
the in -
by
half accidental,
" Dm e•lnt this small wood, chopped 'very rare a
the fire,and through which, in a' stmct of the perch being to go against
hellish noise, pale men glide, creeping currents,
on .their knees and elbows. I This tendency to go against the
that civilieatt.on, German holtun, may
flourish. n.,
TEUTONS' LOSSES
IN MONTH 500,000
" Ono idea alone haunts the brain,
where it tinkles lilte a hell. You ' Long Way Down to Z.
must advance I You must advance I I Mr. Capron and his wife strug,gied
It imposes itself not as a duty, but as .i valiantly to teach their little
an evidence. And we advance, and Edith to repeat the letter a" , Try
we fell. The gaol is that Tree over ! as they 'night, the little girl refu$ed
A despatch from Paris says : Ger- there, or that lump of earth, I do I to pre nou.nee tho first 'Letter of the
man and Austro-Hungarion losses c ',' not see anything beyond ; I must alphabet, and after several vain of-
liii,nothing., nothing, noth- I forts Mr, Ca.n•on retired from the
rho past month total half a nt reach it, and g, g, Cap
eon
according to figures presented i ing shall keep me away from that struggle discouraged.
Wednesday by the Matin. It stat • ; tree or that lump. ; Mrs, Capron called the child to her
that the Rnesians have taken 232,n 1 " All fighting has an end ; at night and, in an affectionate manner, ask -
unwounded prisoners, the Plaint. • : it 'Cakes down ; sileltco and shadow ed:
4,700, and the. Anglo-French ler' 11 shroud and still everything. The ' "Edith,/ dear, tell moaner why you
14,200. IMultiplyigg the total of
soners by -two, to estimate theism'
of killed and wounded, is Rats au
greg•aate of sl ,htly Mor. than 600,1
or more than twelve army carps
wounded, the dead are taken up ; on won't learn to say'a>"
the conquered ground, guarded by a , "Will, mother, explahnc;t hO;lith,
few " sentinels, every oho sleeps ---a ".It's beenure lust as 500in ac I say 'a'
sleep w ith o ut dream ; tit: soldiers I you anti father will want mo to, say
wo
have the immobility ,of corpses. Sleep 'b."