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MANY NEW FACTORIES FOR MUNITIONS'
Sixteen- Established and Ten Clore to be Set Up
• in England
A despatch from London says: -
Sixteen national munitions factories
have been established in England,
and, after consultation with the
French Ministry, the British Govern-
ment has decided to set up an addi:
tional.ten large establishments.
This announcement was madesin the
House of Commons by the Minister of
Munitions, David Lloyd George, who
told of the progress made by his de-
partment in overcoming the shortage
in shells that had prevented the army
on the Continent from doing all it
might otherwise have done. These
new factories are being erected in the
vicinity of the arsenals and, the ex-
isting armament establishments, and,
the Government has completed in a
few weeks the developments it is now
• engaged on the supply of shells will
be doubled.
"This," said the Minister, "will not
merely enable us to support our men,
but will enable them to cleave their
Way through to Victory,"
Mr. Lloyd George explained that
until the new factories, are built the
work of the department will be di-
rected to speeding up existing con-
treas. At'first the Government had,
been faced with a grave labor short-
age, and some machines were lying
idle because no one could be found to
work them. One-third of the machines
engaged in Government work at the.
outset were not being utilized at night.
During three months his depart-
tnent had succeeded in adding nearly
40,000 men skilled -to the ranks 'of
the workers connected with arma-
ments, and theywere pouring in fur-
ther supplies. His department had
also enrolled 100,000 volunteers, but
it had been found difficult to reniove
the majority of these from their pre-
sent employment. • However, scores
of thousands of skilled men who had
enlisted had been traced, and, ar-
rangements were 'made with the War
Office for the return of these men to
'the factories..
Markets Of The World
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Aug. 3. ---Manitoba wheat
-No. 1 Northern, $1.38% to $1.39;
No. 2 Northern, 51.35% to $1.36;
No. $ Northern, $1.32, on track lake
- ports.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 62%c;
No. 3 C.W., nominal; extra No. , I
feed, nominal, on track, lake ports.
American corn -No. 2 yellow,
86%c, on track lake ports.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom-
inal, on track Toronto.
Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 58 to
59e; No. 3 white, 57 to 58e, according
to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lots, $1.10 to $1.12; do., new,
$1.02 to $1.04, according to freights
outside.
. Peas -No. 2, per ear lots, nominal,
according to freights outside.
Barley -Good malting barley, nom-
inal; feed barley, 60c,. according to
freights outside.
Buckwheat -Car lots,ndminal, ac-
cording to Treights outside.
Rye -No. 2, nominal, according to
freights outside.
Manitoba flour -First patents,in
jute
bags,
bags, $7; second patents, in
ags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags,
10c more.
Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent.
patents, $4.60, seaboard, or Toronto
i'freights in bags.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, $27 per ton;
shorts, $29 per ton.'middlings, $30
per'.ton; good feed flour; $1.90 per
Country Produce.
Butter -Choice dairy, 22 to 23e;
Inferior, 19 to 20e; creamery prints,
27 to 290; do., solids, 26 to 28e.
Eggs -Straight stock, 21 to 22e per
dozen, in case lots, and selects, 23 to
24c.
Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress-
- ed, 16 to 18c; Spring chickens, 22 to
25c; fowl, 14 to 15c.
Cheese -15%e for large, and at
15%c for twins. Old cheese, 21% to
22c.
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 14%c
per lb, in case lots. Hams -Medium,
18 to 18%c; do., heavy, 14% to 15c;
rolls, 15 to 16e; breakfast bacon, 20
to 23c; backs, plain, 22 to 23c; bone-
lessbacks, 24 to 25c.
Lard -Pure lard, tubs, 11% to
121/4e; do., pails, 12 to 12%c; com-
pound, tubs, 10 to 10%c; do., pails,
10% to 10%c. •
Baled Hay and Straw.
Straw is' quoted at $7 a ton, in car
lots delivered on track here.
Hay -No. 1 hay is quoted at $18
to $19; No. 2 at $15 to $16.
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Aug. 8.-Corn-Arneri-
can No. 2 yellow, 89 to 90c. Oats -
Canadian Western, No. 3, 62e; extra
No. 1 feed, 62c; No. 2 local white,
61%c; No. 3 local white, 60%c; No.
4 local white, 59%e. Flour, Man.
Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10;
seconds, $6.60; strong' bakers', $6.40;
Winter patents„ choice, $6.25;
straight rollers, $5.60 to $5.80; do„
bags, $2.65 to $2.76. Rolled oats,
barrels, $6.25; do., bags; 90 lbs.,
$2.90 to $3. Bran, $26 to $26.50.'
Shorts? $28. Middlings, $33 to $34.
Menial°, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2, per
on, car lots, $20.50 to $22. Cheese,
finest westerns,14c;finest easterns,
1334c. Butter, choicest creamery,
27% to 27%c; seconds, 26% to 26%c.
Eggs, selected, 26c; No. 1 stock, 23c;
No. 2 stock,' 20%e. Dressed hogs,
abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13.75.
Pork, heavyCanada short mess, bbls.,
35 to 45 pieces, $29; do., shortcut
back Mils., 45 to 55 pieces, $28.50.
Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c;
wood pails, 30 lbs. net, 10%c; pure,
tierces, 375 lbs, 12 to i21/sc; pure,
wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13%c.
Winnipbg Wheat.
NVinnipeg, Aug. 3. -Cash quota-
tions:-Whea.t.-- No. 1 Northern,
51.32%; No. 2 Northern, 51.29%;
No. 3 Northern, $1.2414. Oats -No.
2 C.W., 58c; No. 3 C.W., 55c; extra
No. 1 feed, 55c. Barley -No. 3, 73c;
No. 4, 68%e; feed, 60c. Flax -No. 1
N.W.C., 51.3914; No. 2 C.W., $1.3614.
Minneapolis Wheat.
Minneapolis", Aug. 3. -Wheat --No.
1 hard, $1.53%; No. 1 Northern,
51.40% to $1.50% s No. 2 Northern,
•$1.35% to $1.47%; ,July,"$1.39; Sep-
tember, $1.07%. Corn -No. 3`yellow,
78% to 79c. Oats -No. 3 white, 50
to 51c. Flour and bran unchanged.
• Duluth, Aug. 3.- eat --No.• 1
hard, $1.52; No. 1 Northern, $1.51;
No. 2 Northern, $1.46 to $1.47; July,
51.51; September, $1.10%. , Linseed
-Cash, $1.581/2; July, $1.59; Septem-
ber, $1.60.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Aug. 3. -Best heavy'steers,
$8.25 to $8.75; butchers' cattle,
choice, $7.75 to $8.35; do., good,
$7.35 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.75 to
$7.25; do., common, $5.25 to. $6;
Butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $7.60;*
,do., good bulls, $6 to $6.50; do„
rough hulls, $5.25 to $5.75; butchers'
cows, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do.,
good, $6.50 to $6.75; do., Medium,
$5.25 to 56.25; do., common, $4.50 to
$5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7:50;
stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to
$7.25; canners and Cutters, $4 . to
$5.25; milkers, choice, each, $65 to
$95; do., common and medium, each,
$35 to $50; springers, $50 to $95; light
'ewes, $6 to $6.50; do., bucks, $350
to '$4.50; yearling lambs, $6.50 to
58; spring -Jambs, cwt., $8 to $10.75;
calveS, $4 to $10.50; hogs, off cars, $9
to $9.15; do.,fed and watered, $8.75;
do., f.o.b., $8..40.
Montreal, Aug. 3. --:Sales of the best
steers were made at $8, and the lower
grades sold from that down to $6,
while butchers' cows and bulls
brought from $4.50 to $6.50 per
cwt. Best lambs offered at $9, and
the more common ones at $8., while
sheep sold at $4 to $5.50 per cwt.
The demand for calves was good at
prices ranging from $3 to $15 each,
as to size and quality. Hogs steady.
Sales of selected lots were made at
$9 to $9.50 per cwt., weighed off
cars.
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NO MORE GIFTS OF TOBACCO,
French Government Cannot Under-
take to Effect Delivery.
A despatch from New York soya: -
Hereafter the hardships of the French
soldiers at the front will not be light-
ened by the occasional gifts of cigars,
tobacco and cigarettes which have
been sent to them in the past by
kindly -disposed Americans.
The French postal authorities have
informed the authorities here that
they are unable to effect the delivery
of the smokes to the soldiers or the
prisoners of war in France. In conse-
quence it has been found impossible
to collect from the addresses the
Customs charges to which all such
gifts sent from abroad. are' liable in
France at present.
INVISIBLE AEROPLANES
LATEST GERMAN PLAN
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
Germany possesses invisible aero-
planes, according to the Cologne Gaz-
ette. •The wings are made of a clear
transparent material called cellon,
which is the invention of a German
engineer named Knaubel. Cellon,
which is manufactured from cellulose
and acetic acid, is tough, pliable and
non -inflammable, and is used instead
of canvas. A machine covered 'with
cellon is said to be virtually invisible
above an altitude of 3,000 feet. Herr
Knaubel made his first experiments
with the material two years ago.
•
CHECK SPY EXODUS
FROM GREAT BRITAIN
A despatch from London says: -A
closer check on possible spies is in-
dicated in an official fledge published
in England to the effect that travelers
from the United Kingdom to Scan-
dinavian countries will not be permit-
ted to leave this country 'On or after
August 10th without special permit
from the Home Office. This restric-
tion applies to British subjeets ifs well
as neutrals, with the exception of
soldiers and sailors.
KAISER ASKED POPE TO MEDIATE
Holy See Declined Proposal Becalise of Condem.
nation of German Subinarine Warfare
A despatch from Rome says: -It is
learned here that thi Minister of
Prussia accredited to the Holy See,
who recently has been living in Switz-
erland, has conveyed td Pope Benedict
a proposal from the Kaiser suggest-
ing that the Holy See offer to medi-
ate. between Germany and the United
States and promising to abide by the
Pope's decision if mediation should
be accepted.
It is further reported that the.Pope
Teplied that he was unable to offer
mediation because he resides in a
bel-
ligerent country where Germany's
representatives cannot come, and be-
cause of condemnation of submarine
warfare, he could not pass upon a
matter involving its justification.
The Pope called attention to the
fact that as the Holy See was neutral
it could not assume the arduous task
of settling controversies between the
'powers. He suggested, therefore,
that the Kaiser submit the question
to The Hague Tribunal.
HOW EASTLAND VIOLATED RULE
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ONNECTING•
BALIAST' TAN
STABILITY LINE 16INcHES
SHORT o'F GOVERNIMEN
.1'..E.9U I REM EINIT''s
VALVES
Steamship men state that an imaginary line, known as the stablity
line, svhich keeps the steamers upright, was only four' inches deep on
the Eastland. These same men said the Government required this line
to be 20 inches. On the majority of the lake steamers this line is 32
inches. Oh the larger steamers, which. make the Georgian Bay trips, the
line is 42 inches, preventing any possibility of a tipover.
ONLY -REMAINING HOPE OF. THE TURKS
Intimation Any Such Plan •Will be Nipped in Bud
by Surprising Move of Allies
A despatch from Athens says: -
Enver Pasha issued an extraordinary
message to his troops on the Gallipoli
Peninsula before the last big attack.
It ran thus:
"Soldiers, you will fight with all
your strength. At least you will
resist as long as possible,' t for I can
promise you within a month's tittle
I shall be able to send you to your
homes. The life of Serbia cannot
now last longer than a month. With-
in that time the German armies will
crush her and will come to our aid."
I learn that great pressure had
been put on the Germans by the
Young Turks to fulfill the promise to
send German armies through the Bal-
kans to the assistance of the Turkish
forces. The Young Turks regard
the achievement of that plan as the
only hope for the Turkish Empire in
Europe. A prominent military expert
who has just completed a tour of the
Balkan States, and who latterly has
Peen in Austria, expresses to me
the belief that such an effort will be
the next great move on the part of
the Austrians and Germans. Should
this cross move be made it will have
immediate and important results in
this corner of Europe. It would ba
unwise to give details which are with-
in my knowledge, but I think,'I inay
be permitted to say that counterbal-
ancing events are moving rapidly and
the enemy's plans may quite possibly
be nipped in the bud by a surprising
move of which the public should hear
at an early date.
HEROINE OF RUSSIAN ARMY.
As Bride Put on Uniform and Went
to Front With Husband.
Some time ago, travelling on the
same train to Warsaw, were a man
and a woman -the man a young un-
dergraduate who had joined the Rus-
sian army as a volunteer, and the wo-
man, the daughter of a princely land
owner in the Caueausus, who bore one
of the neblest names in th'e history of
Grusia. The man, who was an of-
ficer, was going to' join his regiment,
and during the two days' railway jour-
ney the two young people, who had
fallen in love at first sight, became
engaged. On arriving at Warsaw
they went straight to the nearest
Orthodox Greek Church, where a kind-
ly priest married them.
The girl refused to leave her hus-
band, and, managing to obtain a sol-
dier's kit and assuming the name of
Lourenty, followed him to the firing -
line. She soon obtained her baptism
of fire, for the position where she and
her 'husband were stationed was one
of the most critical on the River Raw-
ka and subjected to continual Ger-
man attacks. During one encounter
her husband, who was only a lieuten-
ant, found himself the only officer in
a condition to command four com-
panies, and his wife aeted as lientert-
ant. The Germans were mowing the
Russians down, and the young officer
sent one of .his men to the front line
of trenches to give the order to re-
tire. ..But the front line men, excited
beyond control, refused, owing to an
order given by their late commander.
Twice the husband sent, but the men
refused to,move. , Then the husband
as a last resort, sent his wife. She
tried to persuade them' but without
success. Every Momentthe Germans
were getting roarer, and their fire be-
came hotter, while their coming meant
instant death for every man; so the
girl lifted the butt end of her rifle and
brought it. down on the soldiers of
first one man and then another. Her
,angry voice and forceful action had
the desired effect and the men evacu-
ated the trenches and ran towards
the back line, Laurenty staying till
every man had reached a safer place.
As she stood there a shrapnel shell
hit her right arm. In another ten
minutes not a single man would have
been left alive in that trench.
When Laurenty returned she found
her husband wounded in the leg;
husband and wife were sent to the
same hospital, and the soldier -prin-
cess was soon presented to the com-
mander-in-chief and received the
Cross of St. George, the V.C. of Rus-
sia, for her valor. -
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INTERNED 'GERMAN BOATS
HAVE TURNED AROUND
--
A despatch from New York says: -
The War News Strategy Board of
Brooklyn scented in the shifting of
six German steamships at Pier 33,
South Brooklyn, another attempt of
the detained fleet of the Kaiser to
make a "dash' for the open." The
marine superintendent of the Ham-
burg -American Line said it was trite
that the ships, including the President
Grant, the Hamburg and Koenig
Wilhelm the Second, had turned end
for end in the dock. Some of them
had been nearly a year in dock, and
the metal of the pier had badly de-
flected the compasses. The object of
turning the other sides of the pier
was to readjuet . the compasses to
some extent.
Aliens in French Army. .
More than 30,000 foreigners, Am-
ericans, Poles, Greeks, Spaniards and
evert Turks, have enlisted in the
French army since the beginning of
the hostilities. These 30,000 men
form in themselves an entire army
corps and, still new enlistments are
reported daily. "France will never
forget these heores who fight by the
side of her sons in the defence of
France's honor and humanity's free-
dom from Prussian militarism," is the
recent tribute paid to these voldn-
teens by a prominent French General,
who also declared that these foreign-
ers had performed many acts of
heroism and haVe helped to win sev-
eral battles.
Her Opposite.
Nell -Do you believe people should
marry their opposites?
Belle -Yes; my fiancee lives jUst
across the street.
An optimist is a man who smiles at
kicks, and a pessimist is a man who
kicks at tiles.
In the Middle Ages people in Eng-
land wore the beaki, or points of
their shoes so long that they encum-
bered themselves in walking, and
were forced to tie them up to their
knees.
•
Germany May Not Answer U.S. Note
A despatch from Berlin says: -A
careful study of the German attitude
towards the last American note justi-
fies the conclusion that the note, in
all probability, will not bs answered
at all. , caption of the tenor of the American
If an answer' is sent it wil: 'I 15 be to sate to England.
argue any questions of principle, but
to suggest a possible means for ar-
ranging indemnities. .Any steps that
the Government may take depend to
a large extent on the German eon-
PERSONS_OF NOTE.
Anecdotes' and Facts About People
• .. „Whose Names You Know.
On an occasion Lord Fisher may be
seen walking In St. 'James's Park, Lon-
don; with his wife. Very simple in his
habits of dress, he is partial to a dou-
ble-breasted coat and a:flat hal, similar
to that popularized hts Mr. Churchill.
Those warM',,. sunny afternoons he
likes to uncover ,his head, and then
one notices the stiff, white, hair has a
tendency to fall on the forehead in a
Napoleon -like proJeetion,
The late Mr. Joseph Chamberlain
was probably the Statesman who
smoked the most cigars in the 'course
of. a ,day; in lila cats the. damage was
done not by the number he smoked as
by the strength of the leaf of which
they were manufactured. Mr. Fred
Terry, Until he was stopped by his doc-
tor, had a way of going in for chain
Slitiolting-that is to say, he lit one
cigar from the stump of the one before
it, and se on.. '
When the average mat comes
across Sir lildivard Carson, the new
British Attorney -General, with his
trim, erect, sturdilyrbuilt figure, he is
apt'to forget that the great lawyer 'and
Ulster patriot is sixty-one years of age.
Md cerfainly doee not look more than
fifty. This impresehm Is accentuated
by the free -and -easy way he dresees,
for nearly always he comes to the
House of COMMOIIS in,a1 double-breast-
ed lounge shit and bowler hat. .
In retirement Lord Haldane will
probably turn again to literature. He
has written some ef the most notable
dasays on phileSophical criticism of
the day; and, students of philosophy
woifid- welcome further contributions
from him.
Not only has Lord Charles Beresford
offered the Admiralty the benefit of
his advice and experience from time
to.time, but he has been overto the
Front, and narrowly escaped death.
Once having seen the popular„,seaman
with his square figure, it is inipossible
to mistake him, and when the House
is sitting, and he strolls on occasion
Into the Outer Lobby, a 'whisper usual-
ly 20es round the waiting crowd at the
barrier: "That's Charlie Beresford!"
Lord Derby is easily the most popu-
lar peer in the North of England. A
man of great initiative and will; he
says what he means, and telling the
people the truth he finds no difficulty
In evoking a steady response. There
is a curious resemblance in his writing
to that of Sir Edward Grey, but in gen-
eral characteristics a wide gulf sepa-
rates them.
It was commonly anticipated that
Mr. Edwin4fontagu, who is back again
at the British Treasury as Financial
Secretary, would be saved for the
Ministry; if not for the Cabinet. He is
remarkably clever at ,finance, and in
addition he has enjoyed for years the
privilege of the Premier's friendship,
spending many week -ends with him.
Like Mr. Austen Chiunberlain, another
financial expert, he affects the mono-
cle.
Back again in England, Major F. E.
Smith, who takes office for the first
time as British Solicitor -General, will
probably surprise his friends once
more by his insatiablb love of cigars.
He smokes, as a rule, a dozen long
Coronas a day, and one of the impor-
tant duties of his clerk has been to
See that a full case went to the Law
Courts each day for his use -one cigar
to be smoked during the luncheon
hour, and another directly the Court
rose. Thence onward the COionas
went in quick suocession,
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FIRST BORN CHILDREN.
Not So 'Well Endowed As His Young-
er Brother or Sister.
It has been noticed that in many
countries crime and the lack of moral
restraint ;seems increasing, in spite
of the advantages of civilization.
Some students of the subject have
noticed that this seems especially the
case in those countries where small
families are -the rule. '
One theory is that in families of
one child the parents are apt to spoil
their offspring, and give him all he
wants, causing him to grow selfish,
and think tee much of self.
Other observers maintain that the
younger children of a fair-sized
family are more sturdy and usually,
more clever than the first or second.
This only holds good when the family
is of a good average size, as the
younger members of a very large one
are likely to be deficient.
Professor Metchnikoff is one of those
who hold the opinion that the first-
born is not so well endowed as his
younger brother or sister. Statistics
seem to bear this out, and if we
glance at some of the world's famous
men, we shall find they were younger
sons. -
Neither the Earl of Chatham nor
his famous son were first-born. Nel-
son wag a fifth son and Napoleon' had
elder brothers. Wagner was not the
eldest of his family, and, coming to
household names of the last few
years, we find that neither Mr. Glad-
stone'the late Lord Salisbury, nor
Lord ICitchener were first arrivals.
War Campaigns.
• A calculation made years ago
brought out the fact that rather more
than, a third of the period between
1141 and 1815 was spent in wars be-
tween France and the inhabitants of
Britain. In the 23 distinct campaigns,
spread over the 674 years, 188 years
were spent in struggles between
France and England,' and, after the
Union of the Crowns, 64 years were
occupied in wars between France and
Great Britain. The Union thus in-
volved Scotland in 64 years of con-
flict with her former partner in the
"Auld Alliance." These particular
are gathered from a vohnee entitled
"The Progress of Glasgow," publish-
ed several years ago ,by the Glasgow
•Chamber of Commerce.
NO COTTON RESOLD
IN NEUTRAL PORTS
A despatch from London says: -
The Foreign Office denied a statement
published recently that American cot-
ton seized by the British authorities
is being reshipped to be resold in neu-
tral ports.
Weaving Was proctised in China
more than n thousand yesrs before it
was known in Eire: e.
tExpected by Greeks"
To Fulfil Prophecy
'CROWN PRINCE GEORGE'
; • * GREECE.
,The Greeks are looking forward to
f, the fulfillment of an old pro
phecy. When a Royal Constan-
tine 'weds a Princess Sophie,. their
, son shall'reign • inConstanti-,
'lore?! The resent Ring's name'
1 Is Constantine and that of the
I Queen is, Eophie„ The Crown
; Prince is now, 25 yetirs old, and,
• the Ring Is In a very precarious;
state of health. •
A WAR -TIME DINNER.
• -
Pork and Beans With Worcester
Sauce Is Cheap and Nourishing.
Greenwood is one of those intoler-
able men who always rise to an occa-
sion, says a contributor to Punch. .He
is the kind of man who, rushes to sit
on the head of a horse when it is
doWn. I can even picture him sit-
ting on the bonnet of an overturned
motor bus and shouting, "Now all to-
gether!" to the men who are readjust-
ing it.
We were going down to business
when Perkins introduced a new
grievance against the censor.
"-Whatever do 'they allow this rot
about food prices in the paper for?"
he began. "It unsettles women aw-
fully. Now my wife is insisting on
Paving her housekeeping allowance
advanced twenty-five per cent. I tell
you she'd never have known anything
About the -advances if they hadn't
been put before her in flaring type."
The general opinion of the com-
partment seemed to be that the censor
had gravely neglected his duty.
"I agreed with my wife," said Blair,
wlio is a shrewn Scotchman, "and
told her that she must have an extra
two pounds a month. Now a twenty-
five per cent, advance would have
meant five pounds a month. Luckily
providence fashioned women without
an idea of arithmetic."
Most of us looked as if we wished
we had thought of this admirable
idea.
"My wife drew my attention to the
paper," said Greenwood loftily. "I
did not argue the point with her. Fin-
ance is not woman's strong point.
I rang for the cook at once."
• Everyone -looked admiringly at the
hero who had dared to face his cook.
"I said to her," continued Green-
wood, "'Cook, get the store's price list
for to -day and serve for dinner pre-
cisely the things that have not ad-
vanced. You understand? That
will do.' So you see the matter was
settled." -
"Er, what did your wife say?" ask-
ed Perkins.
"Say! What could she say? Here
was the obvious solution. And I have
noticed that women always lose their
heads in an emergency. They never
rise to the occasion."
The next morning r met Green-
wood again.
"By the way," I asked, "did you
have a good dinner yesterday?"
Greenwood -looked me straight in
the eyes. There is a saying that a
liar cannot look you straight in the
eyes. Discredit it. "That dinner -
was excellent," he replied. "I wish
you had been there to try it. And
every single thing at per -war prices."
But that night I came across Mrs.
Greenwood as she emerged from a
Red Cross working party loaded with
muffler's and mittens.
"Glad to hear these hard times
don't affect your household," I began
diplomatically.
Mrs. Greenwood smiled. "What
has Oswald been telling you?"
"Nothing except that he had an ex-
cellent dinner yesterday,"
"I wasn't there," said Mrs. Green-
wood. "I went to my mother's. You
see, cook conscientiously followed Os-
wald's instructions. Ile had sardines,
Worcester sauce, macaroni, and tin-
ned pork and beans. I can't make
out quite which of the two was the
first to give notice afterward. Only,
unless Oswald sliouted, 'Take a
month's notice!' when Inc heard the
cook's step in the hall, I am inclined
to think the cools got there first."
Now in the train I recommended
tinned pork and beans with Worcester
sauce as a cheap and nourishing food
in war time.
Greenwood says nothing, but glares
at me. For once in his life he can-
not rise to the occasion.
• Stray Thoughts.
The worst kind of fool is the one
who doesn't want to learn.
Courage is the yeast that causes a
man to rise to. the occasion.
There is a new way of doing almost
everything except lovemaking.
A healthy loafer can easily ensure
his life for more than it is worth.
Apparently some men Only use their
heads when they want to butt into
other people's affairs.
About the only thing some people
pat off till to -morrow are the un-
pleasant things they can say to -day.
If, when you are at the office you
wish to make the time pass more
quickly, all you need do is to get be-
hindhaml with your werk, '
From the Ocean Shore
BITS OF NEWS .FROM THE
MARITIME PROVINCES.
I ins of Interest From Places
Lapped By Waves of the
Atlantic.
Annapolis Valley bears promise of
a record apple crop this year.
The new post office at St. John
will likely be ready for occupation in
two weeks.
Fredericton has taken,, a dog can -
ma's, and recbrded 350 canines and
only 100 licenses.
The Sons of England band at St.
John has contributed fourteen re-
cruits for war service. ,
A New York firm is enquiring at
Halifax and St. Jelin for dried and
baled seaweed for packing purposes,
The third party of British petters
has arrived in New Brunswick this
season under the province's guidance.
The ,Public Works Department is
building a wharf at Renforth, N.B., on
the Kennebecasis for landing cord-
wood.
For swearing on the street and re-
sisting arrest, Harry Neal, at St.
John, was fined $104 or sixteen.
months in jail.
Some one cut the long tresses from
the head of ten-year-eld Helen,Wat-
ters as she slept at her home in In-
diantown, St. John.
Heavy rains have saved New
Brunswiek the usual influx of brown
tail moths from the south, according
to official exterminators.
Corporal Geo. F. Craft, of St. John,
is sending' home friim the war a Bible
which saved his life in battle, in which'
a bullet lodged.
Rosa Magyllo, arrested at St. John
for vagrancy, was found to speak
seven languages, and used as an in-
terpreter at the Police Court.
Sydney, N.S., refused the offer of
the residence of the late J. K. L.
Ross for use as a city hospital which
would have saved nearly $70,000.
Moncton district farmers are angry
because they canna carry their bas-
kets of eggs and butter into the pas-
senger cars on the way to market.
Captain Ellis, of the stranded Plant
liner, A. W. Perry, at Halifax, had
his certificate suspended for six
months by the wreck commissioners.
Under the Nova Scotia Temperance
Act fifty-six convictions and eight '
dismissals were made in the year's
second quarter and one man went to
jail.
A tablet was unveiled' in the old
Loyalist Church, Kingston, to John
Beardsley, pioneer missionary in
New Brunswick and first Grand Mas-
ter of the Masons there.
A Prince Edward Island bridal pair
were stopped from honeymooning to
the United States at St. John be-
cause they had not the required funds
to enter the States.
The new double tracked ferry boat
to run from New Brunswick to
Prince Edward Island with the Inter -
colonial railway, cars has arrived at
Halifax from England.
New s,Brunswick government will
arrange that their London office shall
keep in touch with the sons of the
province at the battlefront and give
them news from home.
Two Nova Scotia boys at the front
now,,,had a great-grandfather, at Wa-
terloo, Peter Alders, the first settler
in Aldersville, Lunenburg. The boys
are Clifton and Herald Hilts, of
Kingsport.
Captain John Elliott, of Quoddy,
Charlotte County, N.B. is 103 years
old and has 100 grandchildren. He
made his first trip to St. John ninety
years ago, when Indians were seen
on the streets.
THE FARM.
-
Too Many Corn Growers Take a Risk
'With Cheap Seed Corn.
Bad germination in seed corn, corn--
bined with prolonged cold weather at
time of planting, has been the cause
of much disappointment this season
to ensilage growers. The seed corn
growers of south-western Ontario
were almost equally disappointed
through being unable to find a market
for their thoroughly -dried corn of
strong vitality. Many samples were
taken by seed inspectors and the in-
vestigations made indicate clearly
that at least 75 per cent, of the cause
for a poor stand can be traced to the
ensilage growers buying low priced
seed.
Unfortunately high 'priced seed is
not always a guarantee of high qual-
ity, but low priced seed is possible
only with corn that has had no special
care in curing for seed. The farmer
who gots $1.50 per bus. of 70 lbs. on
the car for corn taken out of his. corn
crib in the spring has more profit
than the farmer who receives 52.50 a
bus. of 70 lbs. on the ear for corn that
has been kiln -dried or rack -dried in
special corn -drying buildings.
If harvested in dry weather and
kept in narrow cribs through the
winter, the &tap corn may give a
fairly satisfactory stand of plants
with thick seeding and good soil and
weather conditions. But too, many
farmers have learned to their sorrow
the very serious risk they take in
using corn wintered in this way. It
is always advisable for growers to
procure seed corn on the ear as dur-
ing moist weather shelled corn in
transportation or storage will absorb
moisture and mold within a very few
days, Vies destroying its vitality. -
Seed Branch, Otawa. .
, .1 -
"God Bless the Wearer."
A gallant Tommy, having received
from -England an anonymous gift of
socks, entered them at once, for he ,
was about to undertake a heavy
march. Ile was soon a prey to th'
i
most excrutiating agony, and when
mere cripple, he drew off his footgea ,i
at the end of a terrible day, he discovtd
ered inside the toe of the stock wham',
once had been a piece of stiff writ-
ing paper, now reduced to pulp, and
on it appeared in a bold, feminine hand
the almost illegible benediction -"God
bless the wearer of this pair of !
socks!"