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uuet No, 2 on Dreeidnotight Biuwnn Up as Re -
Snit
Snit of Niseftee Dila ter:QcsiirsOlf San 'PedsoHIai•bna
During Pacific 'Fleet
''leet anoca,. rec.
'A despatch from San Pedro, Cal„ Upon entering the turret, Ensign
ays :-Three officers and ` forty-one Snails : took with him an air hose,
9iien of the battleship Mississippi were whicli immecliately cause flame, eroml
Swept to death, at 11,45 a.m. on the burning debris to shoo forth,
9,llursday, on the San Clemente fleet After flooding the turret with water,
4r111 grounds, off ,this port, when a Ensign Smith was able to enter, All
;hell in one of tits 14 -inch guns, tur- the men were dead at that time, their
"et No. 2, exploded prematurely, ac- faces swelled and puffed almost be-
eeeding to semi-official 'information yond recognition by the intense heat,
g;ven 'out from the United States Identification :marks on the cloth-
- iFttomsliip Mexico, flagship of the _Di- ing, however, was still discernable.
rteirn Your, of the fleet. • Three-quarters of an hour lapsed
the ire itu"Fret. No. 2 was; ob-
w a injured after fire
� Nearly a score of:men er ni
dry the flare -back that carried the ter- served from the quartermaster's deck
rifle charge through the breach of the before' entrance into the red-hot
gun .instead of out through -the muz- chamber containing the 'charred bood-
les of- the entombed men could'' be
The : un crew were preparing to made by Ensign Smith.
r unit thegreat sea fighter's Had the turret, which was revolt'-
.:..ilia as one g
powerful broadside, when a sailor ing at, the time the explosion on the
called for the electricity to be turned battleship Mississippi occurred, re -
on for the charge: ' meined ha the ,position in which it
The switch was thrown on to ignite was at the time of the explosion, the
the shell before the breech was locked, hang fire from the left gun would
and' in another moment the interior -have ' gone into -the centre of the City
( the turret was littered with dead:of San Pedro, witnesses aboard' the
- a
- shipsaid.'. When the gunner's' hand
avid dying.
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Ensign D., 'Smith from the U.S.S. guiding the cont l xo s ' was wrenched
New• Mexico was the ;Hast man to awayby the explosion,, the guns kept
enter the turret No, 2 °Sollowing:the revolving, and. etoppedas they pointed
•. explosion: - directly aft.- ••
DAWES, NOMINATED
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
Republica,nns Choose Coolidge
fair &-g�rt ident on First '•
Ballot.
A -despatch from "Marietta, ' 0,,,
eaysl—Brig,-Gen. Charles G. Dawes;,
has accepted the nomination for the
Vice -Presidency.
"I accept the nomination by the Re
pub},can party for rho Vice -Presi-
dency," he said in a ;ormal statement
when informed of his nomination. "I
deeply appreciate the honor con-
ferred."
onferred '
A despatch from Convention Hall,
Cleveland, eay5:—Charles G. Dawes of i
Illinois was nominated for the Vice-,
Prosidency by the Republican Na-
tional Convention, after it once had
nominated Frank 0. Lowden, former
Governor' of Illinois, and he had re-
fused toaccept the'place.
In 'a brief and spectacular- fight, in
which William M. Butler, President
Coolidge's campaign manager, had
said to Senator Reed of Pennsylvania,
"It must be Hoover," and Sen. 'Reed
had replied, "It can't be done, it must
be Datives," the Dawes supporters
marshalled their forces and put the
General across for the,nomination.
Earlier in 'the day ,Mr. Butler's
-forces' had 'passed the word that the
'Administration men desired the nom-
, . of ',Theodore E. Button , of
Ohio,- and in- the doting which follow-
ed -The supporters of Frank .0. Lowden
of;Illinois ran awaywith the nomina-
tion for their man, only to have him
decline it. The nomination of Dawes
came as the climax to one of the most
.speetaeulai• ',scenes in Republican
party history, in which the convention,
once having nominated a candidate,
was obliged to undo its work and find
another, •
Calvin Coolidge was nominated for
the Presidency on the first ballot taken
in the Republican "National Con-
vention. -
.Ide received 1,065 of the 1,109,votes.
:Rebt. Marion"La Follette got 8'4-28
of the 29 from Wisconsin and 6 of the
13 from „North Dakota—and Hiram
Johnson got 10 of the 13 votes from
South Dakota. '
As usual,.t, the galleries received
every mention' of La Follette's name,
and the report of the votes cast for
him; with jeeie and hisses, but they
had only laughter for : the name of
Hiram Johnson.
Forests. of Quebec Menaced
by 'the Gypsy .ivioth
•
This 'aerial plsoograph shows,H,M.S, hood at her moorings off lCirri-
bttlf Pofnt, close to Fort Deulson, Sydney Harbor.
CANADA. HOLDS ALIEN -
PROPERTY OF VALUE
Custodian Has Met Claims
Totalling Nearly • Five
Million Dollars.
Trusts M.P. and is Invited
to Parliamentary Dinner
Does it pay in these materialistic.
times to play the "Good Samaritan"?
There is a London coffee house stall
keeper 'lvho is of the opinion that it
9 despatch from Ottawa says: does..A feiv'weeks ago, in the early
Alien property worth $9,782,232 is hours of the niornitlg, a well dressed
still in the hands of the Canadian eus- man' ordered a cup of coffee and a
todian, who had paid out claims to- sandwich at his stall; poly to find inter
tailing $11, 727,000 to date. : Figures that he had no .money to pay the
dealing with alien property were tabl- check.
ed in the House of Commons on ani Tho proprietor not duly gave' him a
f r recur . It is shown that second cup of coffee on trust, but also
order o n advanced Trim *Deuce for his fare
Canada received' in cash froii Ger- �
many, Austria-Hungary,and other Home. The generous act \vas reward-
allen countries, $6,216,000. on ac -,.ed the fallowing day by an invitation
cunt of indebtedness to enemy nation: to dinner ht the House of Commons,
Is, Canadian citizens paid into the Tho "broke" stranger turned out to be
custodian $8,897,006. in securities,
J. Toole, M:P. far South Salford. He
real estate, unrealized property, 'and' had been kept Into lu the House of
outer sources; $5,897,451 was realized., Commons and chose this Means of
. Diebursements out of the fund ,are showing his gratitude to the1nan Who
di vided into 'four heads. To Canadian had befriended him.
er ;tors, 250 in number, $709,500 was, rr
ggddclaimantsa total
oaid• to 61..Cnnad}an,
f$1,592,000;''cash releases to 950
people totalled $1,151,000, and $.1,278,-
248 was paid to the central clearing -
office for enemy property.
Of the amount still in the hands
of the custodian.$3,687,786 is in cash
and $200,000 is invested in treasury
notes, $5,460,811 is in securities and
$438,635 represents value of property.
'i'•
Favorable Indications of
Revival of British Trade
Favorable signs all along the line
'have ;renewed confidence and promise
*better business, says a cable .from
London. Tho British Industries fair
and the Empire Exhibition at Wem
eb1ey- are in full swing. The budget
removice the corporation profits tax
and leaves the income and death du-
ties unchanged. The continuedhigl
exchange value of the franc reduces
Continental competition. Resumption
of work in the mines and shipyards
and increased bank clearings` and
relative firmness of prices are other
favorable factors,
•Go'vernnlent Patrol Destroys
Sea Lions Off Vancouver Is.
A despatch atom Vancouver says:—
Twenty-five hundred sea lions have
been destroyed by the Dominion Gov-
ernment. patrol boat '"Givenchy siliring.
the past two weeks, off the north end
of Vasaouver Island.
The sea lion preys upon, the ualmon
and other edible fish, and also destroys
large numbers of them. The boat iosee
machine guns and rifles. The crew
worked along the productive ahnon
areas ie the 'vicinity of the Virgin
Stocks with great suceese,
Dr. J. Fenton Argue
President .of the Ontario Medical As.
sotiation, who attended•pthe Canadian
Medical Association anneal meeting iu
Ottawa.
British Squadron Leaves • " -
Honolulu for Vancouver
A despatch iron. Honolulu says el -
The British naval squadron, headed
by the battle cruiser Hood, which has
been visiting here for the last week,
!steamed cat' of ITonolulu on Thursday
and headed for Vancouver I3,,C.
Calvin Coolidge Brig. -Gen. Chas. 0. Dawes
Republican Candidate Tor President Republican Candidate tor Vice -Free -
of 'United, States. , " dent of United States.
Lack of Suaashine Increases
Crime, Says London Doctor
'The fact that the'sun has'been mak-
ing quite a show no England is held
as the true cause of the decrease in
crime lately. Since the opening of
the last 'sessions, at 'the . Old Bailey'
there havebeen only twenty-five cases
(they have been open three Weeks),
against more than a hundred in the
same time at previous sessions
specialist A• prominent. Londonlist is p a
convinced_ that the lack of, sunshine
has a marked effect on certain phases
of crime, and- that" sun -starved per-
sons -are more prone to morbidity than
peoples of sunnier climes. Sun -star-
vation says this medical man, pro-
duces nerve starvation and lowers the
national vitality. Suicides increase in
certain months probably because dull,
dreary days produce depression.
• It may be possible, says this special-
ist, that a combination of good Mous-
ing and sufficient sun will one day
banish serious •erirue, from the world.
He does not, however, •pretend to have
any plan for the forcing 'of` the sun
to shine when it won't, and it gener-
ally won't in England.
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BUBONIC PLAGUE
ALARMS RUSSIANS
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TORONTO.
Man... wheat --No. 1 North., $1,a'r;
No, 3 No th 4!1,1054.
Man, Date No. 3 CW, 44146; No,
1 feed, 41 y c,
Man; barley—Nominal.
All the above, c.i.f., bay ports
Ont, barley --55 to 70c.
American corn—No. 2 yellow, 055.
Ont. ryee-74 to 78c.
Peas -No. 2, $1,40'te $1.45,
leiiilfeed—Del,, Montreal freights,
bags- included:'' Bran, per ton, $23
shorts, per ton, 524; middlings, $30
good feed flour,. 51.85.
Ont, wheat -No. 2 white, $1.15 to
$1:20.
Ont. No. 2 white oats --89 to 41e.
Ont. corn—Nominal,
Ont. flour—Ninety per cent, pat„
in jute Mtge, Montreal, prompt ship-
ment, $5.10; ' Toronto basis, 35.10;
bulk' seaboard, $4.75.
Man.' flour -1st pats., in jute sacks,
$6.65 per bbl,; 2nd pate„ 36.15.
Hay -Extra No,' 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto, 516; No. 2, 316; No.
8, 313 to 514; mixed, .g 11 -to 511.50;
lower grades, 310 to 512.
Straw—Carlots, per ton, 59.50 `to
$10,
fie 1C�n as s o.b. Bay; ports; per tort,16.
Areas q f:Crops,y,
tr®yin Vast > � Cheese—Nevin, ..large,: 18 to 18 rue,
Spread- Disease. twinsa 'is% to '1.91/2e. triplets 19 to
20c. tiltona 21c. Ol ,1 r e 22 to 23c
24c' triplets, 24 to 259
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Outbreaks of theltriby.Lin-2,
DonLivecausing26c;overknown
Plague and Butter`I rnest creamer 35
acres of the best farming land in
Russia.
A micro -biological institute has beet},
opened at',Saratoii' to study means of
combating the plague• and to •train:
personnel for medical expeditions be -1
ing rushed to infected areas.
One of the greatest ,difficulties in
the warfare is the question of trans -1
portation, as the regions affected area
usually without roads and. railroads
and hours' precious in preventing
the spread of the outbreak, The in-
troduction: of the airplane has gone
a long way toward solving this prob-
lem.
The plague appeared early this year
in four steppe pro-tines—Astrakhan,
Uralsk, Bukeieff and the Kalmuitz
district. There were 473 cases, of
which 434 were fatal, before the dis-
ease was got udder control.Since
then it has broken out anew in the
Amu Darya region. - A 'congress of
bacteriologists and epidemiologists at
Kiev late in April, after listening to
a report of Prof. Zabolotny on the
penetratiou of the bubonic plague -in
the Ukraine, decided. that it was nec-
essary to establish a station at Odessa
to light the plague and to wage a war
of .extermination on rats in the Black
en 2 lbs d 0; d kl' g
s , , an. -over c • uc to s,
rovgr'•fi lbs., 22c.
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A despatch from Quebec, says:—
While elation is felt over the fact that
forest fires this year have affeeted an
area set at only 83' acres by an offi-
cial report received from Forest Hang-
ers, another danger is threatening the
Natiohal domain. The Forest Protec-
tion Service without delay has taken
means ,to meet and try' to prevent in-
vasion of the southern forests of the
prot!ince by a fly known as the gypsy s p t �,,"* y l � , Sea ports.
moth.
10 the last five Years the gypsy
moth has, been playing havoc with
tlio"forests•of the 'United States, first
hi the southern sections and in the
last two years toward the northern
sections causing losses which are tet.
at hundreds of millions of dollars in
value by experts.
Herbert J. Daly
President et 'the- Home Bank • at the
time of its failure; who died recently
at his home ht Toronto.
You can't travel far on a lame
excuse.
Canada from Cost to Coast
St. John's, Nfld.—Latest reports youngsters are public school boys
fetal the sealing fleet are to the effect 'front all parts of Australia, and :their
that seven vessels operating in -the visit to Toronto will bee made on their
North had Milled; 118,000 seals up -to- way home from the British Empire
date, equalling the catch of the entire Exhibition apt Wembley.
ileot,last year. Most of the seals are Winnipeg, Man.—Tho total value
still on the ice floes, the report said, of the commercial fisheries of the
and. must be picked by the ships whoa Prairie Provinces in 1923 was 31,745, -
they are `able to' force their way '975, comprising 51,020,895 for Mani
through the pack. toba, 5286,645 for Saskatchewan, and
Rentville, N.S.—Reports concern- $436,737 for Alberta. All of the pro-
ing the apple crop in the Annapolis vinces show'lnereased production, the
Valley, show that the entire crop, in- total increase over the previous year
eluding the estimated' local consurnp- for the three provinces amounting to
tion, was 1,810,000 barrels. The grow- 3260,563, or 17 per cent,
ers exported 1,262,725 barrels ,to Eur- Regina, Sask.--•The wheat acreage
opean and other markets, and sent of the province this year is approxi -
the major part of the crop to, the mately the same as last, namely, 12, -
United Kingdon;, although the Can 791,000 acres, according to a crop re-
adiah market absorbed 190,000, bush- port issued by the Provincial Depart -
els. It is estimated that 70,000 apple inent of Agriculture. An appreciable
trees and 3,000 plum trees were set increase in the..aereage sown to flax
out in the valley this spring. is indicated. The oat acreage is placed
St. John, N.B.—A,new sardine can at last year's figure, No damage to
ning factory has'been stetted at West crops in any district is recorded, but
St. John by the Lewis Connors & Sons. two or three points report lack. of
Thq plant has a capacity of :from 100,- moisture.
000 to 150,000 cases of sardines; a year l Ildmonton, Alta.—That oil exisis in
and is expected to operate during the Alberta in commercial quantities and
season which ends at the end -of No- that it is only a matter of discovering
veinber. The company have installed it, was the statement'made'by Prof.
equipment forenakingtheir own cans, I 'John 4. Alien, geologist .of the Mit-
They will hack for the domestic and. versity of Alberta, }Ie said' that oil
export trade, I operations in Alberta were still only
Montreal,'. Qua—The pr•eseet sun;. in the prospecting stage. Altogether
neer promises to: set a - high-water; in this province there were; he stated,
markforthe number of Canadian and about 80,000,000 acres of potential oil
American travellers'°to Europe, sur- territory which had -to be investigated
passing even that of.:pre-war' days oa in order to be proved otherwise. The'
low-pricedpleasnre travel, In nddition`principal fields winch ate being exam -
to the summer tide df tourists, ivhich!'hned now are at Okotoks, Pouee Coupe,
has steadily increased since the close, Grande Prairie, Birch take, and the
of Hostilities, 1924 will witness a large,' Irina, I'abyan and Wainwright dips-
number of special travel movements triet,
to Europe from this port. I Prince Rupert; ,B.C.—It is under-
Toronto Ont.—A.partyof fifty stood ..that American capitalists inter.
y,
Australian boys will be the guests of ested in mine ropeeties" in ,Queen
the Canadian National .Exhibition 1 Charlotte' Islands, are planning con -
from August 30 to September -3: The l stroetiol -of a town on Maesett Ihlet.
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Natural Resources Bulletin.
The Natural Resources `intelligence
Service , the Department of the In-
terior at .Ottawa'' says:
Many of'our most serious forest
fires can be 'directly traced to the
carelessness of:berry-pieking parties.
The season will shortly be at hand
when berry -picking will be popular,
Fires will be used to prepare the
party lunches, and these are the most
active fire menaces at this season. The
camp fire should be ?voided if pos-
sible, but if necessary care should be
taken that a clear spot be selected,
and that all leaves, branches and other
inflammable material be cleared away
from the spot to prevent the fire
spreading. Before leaving every pre-
caution moat be taken that the fire
is extinguished. If water is notavail-
able earth should be thrown on the
fire' to assure that the wind will not
fan the fire into action and scatter
embers into dry material.
Carelessness with smoking material,
cigarettes, pipe ashes; etc., causes fires
to start. 1-t is not necessary to have
a large fire for ordinary camp pur-
poses. A ' small fire is more easily
controlled; and more readily extirl
guislted,
Nature has provided the. berry
bushes, and the berries, and a little
care on the part of the -berry -pickers
will preserve the bushes for future
crops, as well as obviate the danger
of fire riming lotto the forest growth.
and causing enormous destruction,
If We Remember .
If we remember Wet art }nGod's hands,
W]itre'er the road nlayAlgad,
Wo shah not dread the strangeness of
the lands,
Knowing that all the way:I-Ie under-
stands
Just' hat we travellers need!•
It we remember that a Father's eyes .,
•Scan every vale and hill;
If we a'emomher that a Love all -wins
Choses the 'track which -there before.
110: isles^.
Shall not our Rears be still?
And with a gladness; illlfng all the seal
We'll, trust to Ilion the beauty of the.
soak
cane an: an tc a ac•
primes 6c. •,
Malt roduets—Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.50; per '5=gala tin, 32.40 per
gal. ; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c.
Honey -60 -lb. tins, 11 to 11%c per
Ib.}10-Ib. dila,,, 11 to 12c; 5;1b. tins,
113% to 12c; 23b -lb. tins, 12% to 18c;
Comb looney, per doze No. 1, $8.75 to
34; No. 2, 33.25 to $33.50.
Smoked meats Hams, used., 23 to
24e'; cooked hams, 34 to 86c; smoked
rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage :rolls, 18 to
20e; breakfast bacon, 2.3. to to -25c; spe-
—Lillian Gard.
Dial brand breakfast bacon, 23 to rep`
becks, boneless, 27 to 380.
Cured meat ---Long clear bacon 50
to 10 lbs„ 518.50; 70 to 90 lbs. $18;
90 lbs. and •upp, 317; lightweight Toils,
in barrels,387;1tcavyweight rolls,
Lard--ure tierces, 14 to 15544;,
tubs 16 to 1554c; p�oils 1554 tt,p :169'
prin1ss,;18 to 18540;.shorlening1�, tierce:{,,
14 to'143$c;"tubs, 1454 to ].Ge; pails,
15 to 15,/2c;_ prints, 10% to 17e.'
Export steers, choice, $7,75 to 58;
do, good, $7.50 to $7.75;' export heif-
ers,,$7 25 to ,$7.50; baby beeves, $7,50
to 89; butcher steers choice, 57 to
$7.75; do, good, 816,25 to $6.75; do,
med. $5.75 to :56; do, com,,.54.75 to
$5; Dutcher heifers, choice, 86.75 'to
7.50; do, reed., $5.25,eto $ do, come
'4,75 to $5; butcher cows choice, $5,25
to 4 .25 do,e 5to 54.50;
o e,m d $3. O a ,
butcher bulls, 54.50 i;o 35.25; bolognas,
. 2.50 to 33:50;' canners and .cutters,
to 2 ; feed' steer choice:
.60 5 n s
1
. 4,
feeding
0
50.75; g d far • 4 to , 5 Stock-
ers, choice, $5 to $5.25; do, fair, $4 to
54.25; milkers, springers, choice, $75''
to 90; do, fair, $45 to 580; calves,'
§§1 .50'' do' mad. 57 to
choice . 59 to 0 $
$7.75; do, core., $4.50 to 55.50;- lambs,:
choice ewes, 316.50 to $18; do,'Lucke,
do,Bulls 12 to: 15
$15 to $16.50; $ $ S
spring lambs, per bee-15'to 180; sheep,
light ewes, :55.50 to :37.50; do, culls,
g3.50 to 34,50• hogs fed and watered,
38:to58.25;do, f.o,b„ $7;50 to $7.751
.
do, country points, 57.25 to $7.60; do,
select, 58.80 to 39.05; do, off cars, long
haul, a8.40 to'$8.65.
MONTREAL:
Oats, Can: west., No. 2, 50% to 51c•
do, N. 3, 48? to, 49e; extra Ne, 1 .,
feed, 4754 to 48c; No 2 local white,
44 to 45c. Floor, Man. spring wheat
pate., labs,. 6.65; 2nds, $6.15; 'strong
bakers, 36..95; winter pats., donee,
36.20 to 56.30. Rolled oats, bag, 30
lbs., 32.90 to 3. Bran, $28.25; shorts,
22 per. ton, Mcar lots, 510.50 toB Hay,
No.
Cheese'', Sanest Westerns, 1654. to
16%e; finest Easterns, 163 to' 16%c.`
Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 33se; No.
1 creamery, 82%c; seconds, 31%c.
Eggs, • fresh specials, 8c; fresh ex-
tras, 29e• $resh firsts, 2 to 25c. Po-
tatoes, per bag, ear lots, 31.40 to $1.45.
Cont. dairy bulls, 53 to •33.50;. thin
cows, $2 to 53.50; calves, good veils,
56.25 to $7; do, coni. suckers, 55.50 to
'56; pail -fed calves, $4.50 to $4,75;
spring lambs, per ]b., 15 to 17c; sheep,
$6; good quality butcher hogs, mixes(
hots, 58.60 to 58.76; sows, 55 to $5.501
select bacon hogs, $9.
With the shores of Canada in sight these Russken immigrants are la
,high spli'its,and one lady taltes. a drink to celebrate it.
His Majesty Averts Mishap'
by Good Horsemanship
A despatch from Aldershot, Eng.,
says:—The excellent horsemanship of
King George got him out of a tight
place and saved him from a poseible
serious mishap.' As the Ring .•was.
leaving the parade grounds on his
charger, after reviewing' the troops,
the horse became frightened at the
cheering crowd. The animal "bucked"
and .nearly collided with a horse rid-
den by the Duke of Connaught, beside
,
The Ring made a second attempt to
force his horse toaccompany the pro-
cession, but the animal, terrified,
plunged until its royal rider was
forced to turn back' and ride home
along a quiet route.
1'
' pr. J. Franklyn Kidd, C.M.G.
President of the Canadian Medical As
sociation, which Moet in Ottawa, ,Tune
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Weather Batters "Restaon'an't-
Wagon" of Armistice Renown
A. certain "wagon -restaurant,"
wherein a part of history -the armis-
tice—was once inscribed, is now re-
posing in the court of .the Invaliales,
says 11 Paris despatch. It is going
to, pieces so fast that nobody, no even
Marshal Foch, could at first recognize
it. The roof on whichthe rains and
eons of five years have beaten has
great holes in it, the wheels have gone
askew and tine interior, with its tables
and chairs and lamps, is unrecogniz-
able for the dust. •
The plenipotentiaries who five years
ago recorded for all time the fact that
the Germans had been beaten' in the-
World
heWorld War, would to -day find no need
, for paper and ink to sign the terms
of an armistice; it could be snore sine.
ply done in those layers of dust. The
few sightseer's who have, had the
hardihood to climb into the ear have
proved that in their usual manner by
scrawling names all over the inside,
and even the outside,•where the words
".Dining Car" still remain visible as a
reminder of the armistice car's one
humble identity; an identity which was
perhaps not as humble es it now..
There has been some: protest over
the government's allowing the "wagon
restaurant" gradually to crumb•
away as it is now doing.- Action ma
be taken by. the authorities as as resod
of newspaper publicity.
Pocket Sundials.
It was not uncommon in the day
of Queen Elizabeth for men to carry
pocket sttndtais . lot the purpose o
thnetelling,
Dials of all kinds were common then
though previous to that time they h
been little used in this country. On
of the oldest, erected about the tum
of Edward the Confessor, is still to 1,
seen over the south door of Ktirkc'lal
Church, in Yorkshire. It bears the ix
ecrlptlon: "This le the eines marker a
every hour,. and Hayward made in
and Brand the priest"
The fasbl*n for Weis began
spread ninth the whole eountrysid
particularly in the North and in Sco
land, was dotted with then;, We Ods
them to -day in interesting furans a
,,St,' Andrews, Melville nouns, 1i31
rood Castle, and many other place
which ax:epopular resorts • of Sigh
9eera,
The Iegenale eegaaved on, some
those old dlais are very ctuafnt. +,on
,rumble in ttrt opinion of.Veen and mai
hind, announces: "Shadows we ar
!Me shadows so'o depart."
In chin . mud Japan serail dla
made of boxwood are still carried a
consulted by Their,owners.
A Large Order.
"Dora" asked tllo lady of the boli
of the greet;' girl just entered into h
employ; "did you ikrder„a leg of Ian
from. the butcher?"
"111'o butcher woos out of legii,
latah mum," was the response, "b
I told bite to send You n, leg of be
instcwd."