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The Clinton News Record, 1915-09-30, Page 3:!•7,""I'mml7777(fW;f1.•..'•.. • ••• • ...".••• !••• AEROPLANES BOMBARD PALACE OF THE KING OF WURTTEMBURG Paris Announces Reprisal for German Raids on London and Other Plac?s A , despateh front Paris says: French aviators have bombarded Stuttgart, capital of the Kingdom of Wurttemberg, according to the French official comninnication. They dropped about a hundred shells on the Royal palace and the station. The official report says: • "In retaliation for the bombard- ment's by the Germans of open towns and civilian populations of France and England, a group of aeroplanes set out recently to bombard Stuttgart, About a hundred shells were dropped on the Royal palace and the station. Ouy aeroplanes, which were cannon - SAVED NANCY FROM SHELLING The Leading Markets aded at different points along the line, returned in safety to their base." The point of departere is not named in the eommunique. If this was Nan- cy, the aviators had a straightaway flight of 135 miles to Stuttgart, al- lowing for no detours. The distance from Belfort is a matter of five miles A statement issued before the an - shorter. • nouncement of the attack on Stutt- gart tells of the effective botabard- ment of the reilroad station at Con - Rano, which is in occupied French ter- ritory on the line between Verdun and Metz, by a group of seven French air- men. A French Aviator Single -Handed Pats Six Hostile Air Craft to . Flight. A despatch frern `Paris says: With the exception/of an attack by an enemy patrol in Champagne the fight- ing recently ha'a been largely in the hands of the artillery. Cannonading has broken, ja Belem, according to the French official repthittiVerfnat-ct: alder are, the _distinguishing _mar in this city. Artillery fighting .has ' of the hospital or field'arlibtrIance tent • Breadstuffs. Toronto, Sept. 27:--Manit0ba wheat -New crop, No. 1 Northern, $1.02; No. 2, $1, track lake ports, immediate shipment. American corn -No. 2- yellow, 84c, track lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 81c, track Toronto. Ontario oats -New crop, No. 2 white, 38 to 39e; No. 3 white, 36 to 38c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -New No. 2 Winter, per car lot, 90 to 92c; wheat slightly tough, 80 to 85a; sprouted or smutty, 70 to 85c, according to sarnnle. Peas -No. 2, per car lot, nominal, according to freights outside. Barley -Good malting barley, 52 to 54e; feed barley, 43 to 45c,according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Car lotsnominal, ac- cording to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, nominal, 75 to 78e, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flow -First patents, in; jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in tate bags, $5.25; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.05, Toronto. Ontario flour --New Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $3.80, seaboard or To- ronto freights in bags, prompt ship- ment. IVIillfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, per ton $27; good feed flour, per bag, LAMP LANGUAGE. Different Colors ata Military Camp After Sundown. If perchance you are admitted to a military camp after sundown, you will see lamps of various colors shining and twinkling here and there. To the initiated these lamps have a meaning according to their arrangement and color. Thus, two rediamps suspended ver- tically, one above the other, indicate the position of general headquarters, arid not, as the novice might suppose, the situation of the hospital or ambu- lance Two white lamps, placed side taken place also near Arras, be vee the Somme and Oise, between the Aisne and the Argonne region, and in Lorraine. One French aeroplane carrying Lieut. Daum, as observer' and Sergt. Garnier, as pilot, attackedand defeat- ed a fleet of six German battle aero- planes, it was revealed in a general order. Both French aviators are men- • tioned for conspicuous gallantry. The fight took place over Nancy. The French aviators attacked the German machines one by one, preventing them from bombarding the town. When the French machine landed it was riddled with bullets. General Joffre, the French Com- com- or hut. These are not to be confused with the two lamps of the veterinary hos- pital; these are also white lamps, but are hung one above the other, not side by side. The motor -cyclist or other orderly who arrives at a camp at night with despatches for the officer in command of the line of communication, should know to look out for a green lamp shining beneath a white one. On the other hand, should his errand be to the headquarters of an army, he will look for a red lamp over a white one. Red lamp over green indicates the headquarters of a division, while a solitary red lamp stands for the head- mander-in-Chief, and the allied Nightdress of Mars Worn at the Front , Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 25 to 27c; in- ferior, 22 to 23e; creamery prints, 29 to 30c; do., solids, 27 ut 28%d: Eggs -No. 1;25 to 26e per dozen, in case.lots; extra at 26 to 27c. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 11%c; do., retail, 12% to 15e. Combs (wholesale), per dozen, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2,11.50 to $2. PMIltry-Srtring chickens, 20c; fowl, -16 -to 17c; duckling% 17 to 18c; tur- keys 22 to 24c. quarters of a brigade or administra- menders on this front -Field Marshal tive district. Sir John French and King Albert of Two green lamps hanging side by Belgium -are developing a new plan ' side *ill guide you to the headquar- of campaign that involves the almost continuous use of artillery on a vast scalealong the whole line. ENTRARCE TO BALTIC IS MINED BY GERMANS A despatch from Amsterdam says: A Berlin despatch received here says the Getman Government has announc- ed that a new mine field mill be laid south of the outlet to the Sound and that a pilot service will be established night it is always with divisiona to enable neutral shipping to traverse •S. .t the danger one. The Sound is the channel between the Danish Island of Seeland and Swe- den which connects the Baltic with the Cattegat and the North Sea. The waterway formerly belonged to the Danish sovereigns, who for many years collected tolls from foreign ves- sels using it. In 1857, however, by a treaty with the commercial nations of Europe, the dues were abolished. ters of a post, garrison, in base, while a single green lamp will tell you Nvh ere to find the supply depot. Red lamp on the right, green lamp on the left, mark the location of the ammu- nition column; while the ordnance de- pot hangs out two red, lamps placed side by side. Red lamp on the right, white lamp on the left inform all and sundry that here is the post -office. • A telegraph - office has no lamps of its own, for by deese-Large, 15 to 15%c; twins, 15% to 15%c. Potatoes -The market is quiet, with car lots quoted at 60c per bag on track. Provipions. Bacon, long clear, 14 to 1414e per Ib. in case lots. Hams -Mediums, ' 18% to 19c. do., heavy, 14% to 15c; rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 20' to 23c; backs plain, 23 to 24e; bone- less backs, 25to 25%e. Lard -Tubs, 124 to 1234c; do., pails, 12% to 12%c; compound, tubs, 9% to 10c; dm, pails, 11%c. -- Wholesale Hay Market. MURDERED BY GERMAN. C, easily takes pi e o p . anadian Spared Life of Hun Who scourge are the same -breeds among the sew - • By day lamps are replaced by flags, ranging from the Union Jack of gen- eral headquarters to the diagonally - halved blue -and -yellow flag of the pay -office. Baled hay, new -No. 1, ton, $15 to $16.50; No. 2, ton, $13 to $14; baled straw, ton, $6.50. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Sept. 27. -Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 8'7% to 88c. Oats, extra No. 1 "feed, 43%c; No. 2 local white, 42%c; No. 3 local white, 411/2e. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.85; seconds, $5.35; strong bakers', $5.15; Winter patents, choice, $5.50; straight rollers, $4.80 to $5; do., bags, $2.25 to $2.35. Rolled oatS, barrels, $5.25 to $5.35; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.40 to $2.45. Bran, $25. Shorts, s27. Middlings, $22 to $33. Mouillie, $30 to $34. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $17 to $18. Cheese, finest west- erns, 15 to 15%c; finest easterns, 14% to 141/2c. Butter, choicest creamery, 30 to 304c; seconds, 28% to 29e. Eggs, feesh, 33 to 34c; selected, 30c; No. 1 stock, 27 to 28c; No. 2 stock, 24c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 60c. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $13.75 to $14. Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to $28.50; Canada short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $2'7 to $27.50. Lard, compound, tierces 375 lbs., 100% wood pails, 20 lbs. net, pure, tierces, 375 lbs., u.% to 12c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12% to 13c. U. S. Markets. Minneapolis, Sept. 27. -Wheat - No. 1 hard, $1.06%; No. 1 Northern, $1.00% to $1,05%; No. 2 Northern, 971/2 to $1.021/2; September, 98%c; December, 93c. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 70% to 711/20. Oats -No. 3 white, 32% to 33%c. Flour and bran un- changed. Duluth, Sept. 27. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.03%; No. 1 Northern, $1.02%; No, 2 Northern $1.00%; Montana No. 2, $1.02%; 'September, $1.00%; December, 93%c. Linseed - Cash, $1.67½; September, $1.67%; December, $1.66%. Live Stock Markets. EXIT ENTERIC. Water and s Milk the Two Main Sources of Typhoid. The present war is remarkable for much that is new, but the exit, or, rather, the non -entry, of the enteric •,:••••••VAta..,,,,,T- Vt.liamevol,0 or... rhiS looks like a medieval costume; but it is an "invisible uniform,"I which officers of the European armies don at night and in which walk into the open to inspect trenches, etc. Because of tho • black material of which it is made it can hardly be seen after nighti te.lh PURELY PERSONAL. Interesting Chats About Men Women of the Day. Mr. Ronald McNeill is one of the tallest members in the British House of Commons. It is a toss-up whether he does not beat Mr. Eugene Wason, the giant who represents Clackman- nan. • The Tsar is probably the best whist - player to be found on any throne. When times are normal a game of cards is a constant recreation of his. He plays with cards specially made from linen, with a water -mark of the Imperial Eagle and Crown. Sister Agnei, in charge of the Hos- pital for Officers in Grosvenor Gar- dens, London, is the nurse who at- tended King Edward in his last ill- ness. She has a horror of publicity, and does not remember any paper that, for a ,long time at any rate, has heproduced her photograph. One of the wittiest of the English hostesses is Lady Crewe. At dinner, Lord Rosebery, her father, happened to be sitting between Mrs. Asquith and the late Duchess of Cleveland. "Look at papa!" she exclaimed, "sit- ting between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries!" There is one British M.P. who should be able to set a practical ex- ample in economy. This is Mr. Ar- thur Fell. At the time of the famous Budget he said economy for him was imperative. His wife must have fewer clothes, he must go to fewer theatres and possibly have a suit or two less. Signor D'Annunzio, who has had the exciting experience of a flight in an aeroplane while under fire, asserts that the contempt of women is the vital condition of the modern hero, just as the contempt of men is that of the latter-day heroine. D'Annunzio is, of course, the supreme interpreter of passion. Mr. Bernard Shaw has always had a bee in his bonnet in the shape of Germany. In his sketch 'entitled "Press Cuttings," which the Censor refused to license, he introduced, to quote bis own words, "A wildly im- possible Teutophobe general, whom I christened Mitchener, in order to clear him of all possible suspicion of being a caricature of Lord Roberts." British famous actresses always confess to some disappointment. That of Miss Ellen Terry is that, during the twenty years she has played Por- tia, she has seldom had a Bassiano to her way of thinking. They were us- ually all too genteel. Of one Bas- sani° she has remarked: "In the love - scenes he appeared to be taking or- ders tor furniture." Although Mr. Roosevelt's attitude over Germany's outrages against America has been very militant, it is a mistake to describe him as a fire- eater. There is .a notable saying of his to judge him by: "I have always remembered the battle at Santiago, in which I fought; I have always remem- bered the horror and the sadness of war, and I have said to myself it must end." BRITISH AIR MEN 1.10ING FINE WORK NAVAL AIR SERVICE PATROLS THE NORTH SEA. Military Birdmen Possibly Saved Paris by Keeping General French Informed. British aviators, naval and military, have done fine work during the war. At the very beginning, of the con- flict, when the British fleet Was chief- ly concerned with protecting • the transport of the British expeditionary force across the Channel, naval air- shipS. „kept up a continual patrol be- tween the mouth of the Thames and the mouth of the Scheldt, thus cover- ing any possible attempt of German warships to approach the Straits of Dover. At the same time seaplane patrols guarded the Straits of Dover themselves, constant coast patrols were kept up along the east coast of Great Britain by naval aviators an seaplanes and shore -going aeroplanes, and in the far north a seaplane station was established at Scapa Flow, from which seaplane patrols went out into the North Sea practically to the Nor- wegian coast, on the lookout for any German warships which might- make an attempt to break out into the At- lantic with the intention of damaging British shipping. a The fact that these patrols discov- ered very little in the way of hostile vetsels was not due to any remissness on their part but to the abtence of enemy warships, and though one can- not of course give details of what the aviators did discover, it may be taken that their time was by no means wasted. During this period only two lives were lost at sea --two naval offi- cers disappearing on a seaplane which went out from Scapa. Their fate still remains a mystery. ITALIANS SEIZE MOUNTAIN WHICH HAD LONG RESISTED Removal of Austrian Garrison From Monte' Coston Officially Adinitted by Vienna Shot Him itt the Back. The typhoid or enteric germ -the two A despatch from Lethbridge, Alta., age and decayed and decomposing says: That Captain Frank Pett, a lanimal matter. It is the living part - Lethbridge officer, with the Tenth 1 lel% very minute, and has been identi- Battalion, was intentionally murdered 'fled as a low form of Plant life. by a wounded German on the field of 1 Typhoid is medically termed a "filth disease," because dirt, filth, bad battle at Ypres is now established by drains, and the like are the soil in word .from one of the soldiers with which the germ originates, grows Captain Pett at the famous charge. and multiplies. It is transferred to Captain Pett, in the charge, came !us by drinking or inhalation. It is not across a wounded enemy, who asked I "infectious" in the sense that ordinary him to spare his life, which he did. ' contact with a patient will be likely When he turned to go the German I to convey it. Lack of care, imperfect shot him with his own rifle in the disinfection of linen or typhoid Matter _ back. and A despatch from London says: The loss of a mountain position on the Italian front is admitted in the offi- cial statement sent out from Vienna by the Austrian War Office. The gar- rison on Monte Coston, the communi- cation says, evacuated the position as the result of an attack by "forces ten times their number." The mountain for some months had presented an awkward wedge in the Italian front, which now has been straightened.. Winter mows are already falling in the Alps, rendering still more perilous the work of the Italian and Austrian troops who are engaged in warfare in the mountainous region near the bor- 3TATES NOW OPEN TO RUSSIAN EXPORTS A despatch to Washington says: The formal agreement lifting the Rus- sian embargo against exports to the United States has been signed by Secretary Lansing and George Balch- tneteff, the Russian Ambassador, Rus- sian goods will be allowed to come to the United States consigned to the Secretary of Commerce, on condition that the Russian Government is given satisfactory guarantees that the mer- chandise will not reach her enemies. are the causes. Contaminated water or milk -the lalfrer especially, as it is more sus- ceptible of contamination than any- thing else, and is a perfect growing ground of all germs -are the two main sources of typhoid infection. But the germ has to bred in "filth" first. Therefore, perfect sanitation and cleanliness in dustbin, milk -jug, person, etc., makes it impossible for the germ to originate. Extraordinary precautions have been taken at the front, and the re- sult is the exit of enteric. GERMANS DROP BOMBS ON SWISS TERRITORY A despatch from Paris says: Two German aeroplanes flew over Swiss territory' between Couffenay and Por-, retry ancl dropped a bomb near the Gras Dumont farm, injuring a "child, according to newspaper despatches from Berne.. BIPLANES PRESENTED BY CLUBS IN CANADA A despatch from London says: Eight biplanes have been presented to the British Government by over- seas clubs. Three of them are from Montreal, St. Catharines, Ont., and Nova Scotia. • der. A correspondent of the Gazette de Lausanne describes the recent bat- tle for possession of the Austrian stronghold on top of Freikofel moun- tain, 9,000 feet high. The attack was made under most difficult conditions, The Austrians had prepared for an assault from the east. Two battalions of Italian Alpine troops made their way around the mountain and attack- ed the Austrians from the rear. To reach the summit they were compelled. to scale the precipitous side of the mountain, clinging to ropes placed in position by mountaineers. The cor- respondent gates that the Italians cantered 250 Austrians and a large quantity' of munitions. •MMVA•••••1{11.. .1•1••••=.1.*•••••••••••••.• NEW POSMONS ARE FAITORAB A CHERISHED GRIEVANCE. When an Automobile Ran Over Bra- silia Vance's Hen. To cherish a grievance is usually to manifest a sullen or vindictive dispo- sition -a serious fault indeed. There may be, however, exceptions. to tho rule, as Lydia Peters of Hentley rea- lized. When an automobile _ran over her lame hen, she was doubly distressed. "I'm sorry for the hen," she ex- plained, "but I'm sorrier for Brasilia Vance. Whenever she got extra low in her mincband needed chirking up,- she's a kind of half -invalid, you know, theSe last years, and she don't find life any too exciting, --I'd let that hen get through Drusilla's fence. The poor critter couldn't scratch, not to amount to anything, so I knew there'd be no real harm;_but she'd cluck round the garden just about half a minute before Drusilla'd discover her -and then there'd be doings! She'd send out Johnny to shoo poor Limpy out; and of couise Limpy never could find the hole she got in at, -you know \vilt-leng ..e -and she'd squawk, and run, and flutier,-tht,a_ waY and that, with Johnny chasingerd Drusilla at the window as interested! What! Oh, yes, of course! Mad as a hatter, but it did her good. You'd ought to hear her rake me over the coals when I'd drop in to apologize! She wouldn't forget it for a week; kept her eye on the fence, like a cat at a mousehole, and thought up new and cuttinger things to say about my carelessness every time I run over. My, my, I do wish that scooting, toot- ing young idiot had run over any hen but Limpyl Drusilla does so enjoy a good grievance!" Anthony Trollope, the English no- velist, who was for many years a val- ued official of the post office, was once made to realize in an amusing way the occasional blessings of a grievance to the aggrieved. It was a part of his duty to investigate com- plaints, and the department had re- ceived so many and such irate letters from an Irish gentleman in a remote village of County Cavan, that he was at length dispatched to visit the com- plainant. It was midwinter, and Trollope ar- rived at dark, chilled to the bone af- ter a long drive in an open jaunting car through a sleety snowstorm. He at once began to explain his.errand; but the Irishman, observing that he was wet through, hastily sett the but- ler for a hot drink, began peeling off the investigator's coat, and suggested that he should go up to his bedroom before troubling himself about busi- ness. "Bedroom!" exclaimed Trollope. "I wouldn't turn a dog out on such a night as this -and yourself a man and a gentleman," was the reply. On coming downstairs, warmed within and without, and attired in dry borrowed clothing, the novelist tried again -in. vain. Business must not be talked at dinner. After dinner he mast hear the daughter of the house sing After she had sung, his host Patrol North Sea. Shortly. after the outbreak of the war various ships re commissioned as seaplane carriers,r,and several of these have been briefly mentioned 'In Admiralty despatches. Seaplanes car- ried on these ships raided Cuxhaven and the German coast in the vicinity. A considerable amount of information was gathered, and some material dam- age was done, but that is all that has been heard officially of that particu- lar squadron. However, for months on end the same squadron has regu- larly patrolled the North Sea, and in the absence of German shipping, the seaplanes have done quite useful work in spotting mines which would other- wise be invisible to ships on the sur- face, and they have also been engaged in sundry minor operations. Other seaplane carrying ships have done good work at the Dardanelles and have assisted in the operations which destreyed the Konigsberg. Seaplanes have also assisted in con- trolling the fire of warships bombard- ing the Belgian coast towns which are occupied by the Germans and have taken part in various raids against Zeebrugge and Ostend, destroyed a Zeppelin at Dusseldorf, etc. Probably the finest exploit of the naval aviators was the destruction in one day of two Zeppelins. In ont! case two of them dropped bombs on a shed with a Zeppelin inside it, mut in the other an officer who was in search of another shed elsewhere came across a Zeppelin returning from a raid on the British coast and destroyed it while in the air. Possibly Saved Paris. The work of the Royal Flying Corns (the land service) has been undoubt- edly one of the most remarkable fea- tures of the war in that it has in- fluenced the course of operations in a manner very different from that in which it was expected to do. When it was first proved that aeroplanes were of military value it was foretold that they would hasten the end of a war by enabling the different com- manders to watch one another's movements and so to bring about a decisive action. What actually happened was that when the little British expeditionary force found itself first opposed to the German army the Commander -in - Chief was warned by his air scouts that the German forces were so enor- mous that it was impossible for his army to oppose them -with the hope of success. Consequently the masterly retreat to the Marne was carried out. In the absence of aircraft it is more Shan probable that the German forces would have been underestimated and the expeditionary force would have stood and fought till it was practical- ly annihilated. The Germans might have occupied Paris and have established themselves firmly along the whole coast of North- ern France, in which case the position of Great Britain would have been con- siderably more difficult. It is, therefore, quite reasonable to claim that the four squadrons of the Royal ]lying Corps which went to France at the beginning of the war, about the 20th of August, actually saved the bulk of the original expedi. tionary force, and very possibly saved Paris. INVALID PRISONERS GO TO SWITZERLAND CONSPIRACY TO CALL STRIKE OF AUSTRIANS Russians Have Formed Firm Front After Retreat Front Vilna. A despatch from Petrograd says: Experts with the staff say that the Russians in the course of the fighting during the succestful retreat from the Vilna region inflicted terrible loss- es on the enemy, estimates of German casualties in this region running as high as 250,000. The new position on the front is altogether favorable. It extend a from Oshmiani south-west- ward along the River Gawla and crosses the line from Molodechno-Lida near the station Gawla, 80 miles east- ward of Lida, which is in the enemy's hands. Further it extends southward 15 miles and westward from Novo Grodok to Milovida and eastward to the Oginski Canal. The Russians are preventing the enemy from turning the Rivers Oljan- ka, Beresina and Dubowka, which at raissitt, are serious obstacles' in the direction The Russian suc- cesses at Mo1odechno,*9-ve Wilersk and Lebebevo show that. they c--178-611 tirely free to devolop offensive opera- tions between the upper Vilna and Eastern Dvina along the railway from .Molodechno to Polotzk. Russian officers admit that the new front in the Vilna region is warped and interrupted in places. The region to the east of Lida and south of Moladechno is intersected by a multitude of rivulets. These aro embarrassing the Gorman advance, necessitating a detour northward, and consequently co-operation between the German group in the vicinity of Vilna and that near Lida will be difficult. The Russians expect that the Germans contemplate a' race for crossings of the Beresina River, particularly at Borissov, 38 miles north-east of Minsk, where Napoleon came to grief in 1812. The Red Cross hospitals evacuated Vilna in good order. Two local hospi- tals, with 350 wounded, remained in the city, it being impossible to Move them. It is now clear, thanks to the skilful counter-attacks of Russian cavalry, that the Germans not only failed to envelop the Vilna troops, but have been compelled to break their line and un- dertake separate unconnected engage- ments. At present the Russian dis- position and locations between tha railway from Vilna to Baranowitchi, Novo Wilesk and Minsk will evidently compel the enemy to change its move- ment from eastward to northwest- ward. Toronto, Sept. 27. -The quotations were: -Best heavy steers, 57.75 to $8; butchers' cattle, choice, $7.50 to $7.65; do., good, $7 to $7.40; do., medium, $6.25 to $6.75; do., coinmon, $5 to $5.25; butchers' bulls, choice, 56.25 to $6.75; do., good bulls, $5.75 to $6; do., rough bulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice,.$6.45 to 56.50; do., good, $5.25 to $6; do., medium, $5 to $5.75; do., common, $4.50.- to $5; feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.25; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7; canners and cutters, $3.75 to $5; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $100; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $50; Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $5 to $6; sheep, heavy, $4.25 to $4.75; do,., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, cwt., $7.75 to $8.60; calves, medium to choice, $7 to $10.50; hogs, off cars, $9.65 to $10; do., fed and watered, $9.50 to $9.60; do., f.o.b., $9.15 to $9.25. Montreal, Sept. 27. -Sales Of good steers were made at $7.25 to $7.50; fair at $6.25 to $7; and common at $4.75 • to $5.75. Butchers' cows, $4.75 to 56.75; and bulls from $4.75 to $6.50 per cwt. Canning stock, bulls, $4.25 to $4.35, and cows at $3.25 te. $3.50 per cwt. Lambs, On- tario stock, $7.75 to $8, and Quebec at $7 to $7.25 per cwt. Sheep brought from $4.50 to $5.50 per cwt. Calves, $5 to $20 each, as to size and quality. Hogs, choice selected lots, $9.65 to $9,.75, and rougher lots, $9.25 to $9.50 per cwt., weighed off cars. QUEEN'S HOSPITAL, ' ' BEST SENT TO EGYPT A despatch from Wheeling, W. Va., says: A movement to have all Austro - Hungarians quit the plants where they are employed making war muni- tions for the enemies of Austria was inaugurated here, and it was announc- ed that a speaker representing a Cleveland society would address such workmen at Bridgeport, Ohio. Mill managers, fearing the men would walk out, arranged to have their places taken by workmen of other nationalities. Important contracts for shells are being filled by factories in the Wheeling district. ' A boy isn't half as conspicuous in his first pair of long trousers as a man thinks he is in his first silk hat. How the Submarines Get Victims A despatch to the London Daily Telegraph from Copenhagen says the Danish steamer Frode, which was sunk in the North Sea September 5, was sent to the bottom by a German submarine after a German sailor who boarded the steamer at Buenos Ayres by mean$ of alleged false papers of Norwegian citizenship had been taken off by the submarine. This testimony, the correspondent says, was adduced by the Danish mar- ine court at an enquiry into the sink- ing of the Frocle. When the steamer was halted by the submarine, accord- ing to the testimony, the sailor imme- diately declared himself a German and was transferred to the submarine. Later the Fred° was torpedoed and two men were killed by the explesion. A despatch from Kingston, Ont., says: Dean` J. a Connell has issued a statement regarding the work of Queen's Stationary Hospital at Cairo, Egypt. The °Pinion was expressed by the authorities in Egypt that Queen's Hospital was the best equipped that had/arrived. It is the only hospital there with a laboratory and expert pathologist. The wards have been named after prominent Kingston and Queen's donors. There are 480 beds in the hospital, which is situated in the Abbaesia cavalry barracks, built •by Kitchener. -- CONSCRIPTION AHEAD FOR BRITISH DO crous. A despatch from T/onclon says: "There will be no course open but to apply to the United States to fill up the neecssary complements of medical men if this country . cannot produce the requisite doctors," writes Sir 'Tames Barr, vice-president of the Bri- tish Medical Association, and a lieu- tenant -colonel in the • Royal Army Medical Corps, in appealing for doc- tors for the armies going abroad. "Two thousand five hundred of them are required," declares Sir James, who adds: "Conscription is coming." Crown Prince in Boy Scout Garb was too sleepy f 00 affairs. The next morning breakfast must not be spoiled by a discussion; and when, after breakfast, Trollope insisted that they really must discuss things, the genial host "wrung his hands in disgust, al- most in despair." "But what am I to say in my re- port?" persisted the representative of the post office. "Anything you please!" cried the Irishman gayly. "Don't spare me if you want an excuse for yourself. Here I sit all day -and I like writing letters." That was all there was to it. Trel- lope reported his hospitable enter- tainer as "now quite satisfied with the postal arrangements of his district," but with a distinct sense of ingrati- tude in robbing him of his grievance. STEAMSHIP BLOWN UP AND ONE MAN KILLED THREE BELGIANS TO DIE , FOR SMUGGLING MAIL A despatch from Amsterdam says: or smuggling letters into Holland; amen codrt-martiat at Antwerp has sentenced three Belgian citizene death and thirty-three others to herd labor in prison for terms ranging from fifteen months to ten years, ac- cording to the Echo Beige. A despatch from Geneva says: Consumptive prisoners to the, number of 2,500 will shortly arrive from belli- gerent countries for asyltira aad treatment in "Switzerland under an agreement recently reached between She Swiss Government and those of belligerent nations providing fpr the care of invalid prisoners iinder114WisS guard at the expense of the belhger- ents. The British section of the sieluiri- soners will be sent to varions Places in Oberland, the French to Leyein and the German to St. Moritz. God governs in the affairs of, men; and if a sparrow cannot fall to ,,the ground without His notice nether can a kingdom rise without Ins aid. - Benjamin Franklin. A despatch from London says: The British steamship Groningen, 988 tons gross, has been blown up One -mem- ber of the crew lost his life and sev- eral others were wounded. The Dutch steamer Koningen Emma, of 9,000 tons, which struck a mine as she was on her way to Am- sterdam from Batavia, Java, capsized and sank in the Thames. The 250 passengers had been previously taken off the Koningen Emma, which was being towed up the river when she sank. a The Difference. Little Clarence -"Pa, what is an optimist?" Mr. Callipers -"An optimist, my son, is a person who doesn't care what happens if it doesn't happen to him." Looking-glaSses are commonly to bp seen hanging outside Dutch dwel- lings. These are so arranged that persons sittinkinside can, without be- ing seen, enjoy a reflection of all that Is going elf in the street. Alarm) Is shown Crown Prince Ilum: bert of Italy in his IIICIV unifetni as a Boy Scout. WELL REPRESENTED TO COUNTRY'S SERVICE A despatch from Guelph says: Mrs. Scott, of Hewitt Street, has a son and six brothers, fourteen cousins and seven nephews serving their King and country. "Poverty, my dear, is no disgrace." "I know that; but, on the other band, you know, it's nothing to brag about, either!"