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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-11-08, Page 3TUN WEl KIA WAR MCTUl • ,f,4 Mme?//6f• ,ryfr ::•iii �i !gss,r Mud in Flanders: Britain's worst foe. An exasperation for these Tommies during the present Battle of Flanders. The horse, after a brave struggle, has dropped down on its haunches in the mud, while the men dis- cuss the best way out of the predicament. SEVEN CANADIANS ESCAPE FROM HUNS Succeeded in Recovering Free- dom and Will Return to Dominion. A despatch from London says: Seven more .Canadians, escaped from Germany have readied England. They are: No. 5147 M. R. Stowe, an origin- al P.0 ,L.I. captured nl member of. the p in May, 1915, and -imprisoned at Sten - dal, Munster and Castroph; 1310 J. Watts, an original member of the Win- _nipeg "Black Devils," whose home is in Port Arthur, and who was captur- ed in April, 1015, at Ypres; 400896'R. Howitt, Mounted Rifles, wounded and captured at Sanctuary, Wood, June, 1916; 503454 A. Blaciclock, tunneler, enlisted at. Calgary, captured at Sane- - tuary Wood; 111047 F. Boyd, Mount- ` ed Rifles, belongs to Fredericton, cap- tured at Sanctuary Wood (these three escaped together); 113295 J. Hockins, Mounted Rifles, captured in Julie, 1916, andwas imprisoned on an is- land in the Baltic, where be worked on a farm, but later was transferred to a camp in Germany, whence he es- caped alone; 10158 A. J. McMullen, Mounted Bifles, captured in Sanctuary Wood, served in several prison camps, and eschped alone. All these have reached England. They all adopted pretty much the same methods to escape, traveling by night and sleeping by day. They look fit, despite their -hardships. They ex - to return to Canada almost im- mediately. BEERSHEBA CITY TAKEN BY BRITISH ITALIANS MAKE STAND ON NEW LINE ALLIES ARRIVE IAV IT. ALX Gen. Cadorna's Army Ready to Check .Foe—Allied Veterans Welcomed by Italians --Teutons Claim 1.80,000 Men and 1,500 Guns. A despatch from London says; The greater potion of General Cadorna's third army apparently has crossed the Tagliamento River to the western bank, and will be in position on a new line of defence to give battle to the Teutonic allies. The advance of the enemy, although t has been remarkably fast, was not quick enough to carry out the pur- lose of the military commanders of enveloping the Italians and putting them out of battle from the Carnie Alps to the head of the Adriatic Sea. The Italians lost heavily in men and guns captured—the latest German of- ficial communication asserting that more than 180,000 men and 1,500 -gime yere taken by the Teutonic al- lios—and also dinte.eu telrlbiy frons hardships due to bad weather anct lack of food as they made their way across the country to Tagliamento, with their rearguards everywhere harassing the. enemy, But General Cadorna declares that with the morale of his men still_splendid the success of the invaders soon will be made nil. On the eastern side of the Taglia- mento the Teutonic allies have cap- tured along the waterway from Piz- ano to Latisana bridgehead, positions Troops Operating in Holy Land Captured Turkish Base. • A despateh.from London says: Tho British force operating,in the- Holy Land has captured the City of Beer- sheba, on the Southern :Palestine boundary, 42 miles from Jerusalem, The Turks put up a desperate resist- ance, but the British -losses were slight in comparison with the results obtained. Over 1,800 Ottomans were taken prisoner, and they lost nine guns. The official report read; "General Allenby (commander of the British forces in Egypt) reports that after a night march our troops attacked Beersheba Wednesday morn- ing. While our infantry attacked the defences covering the town from the west and south-west, mounted troops made a wide turning movement through the desert and approached it from the east. "Beersheba was occupied in the evening in spite of determined resist- ance by the enemy." An additional official statement is- sued Thursday evening says: "In the Beersheba operations we captured 1,800 prisoners and nine guns. Our losses were slight in comparison to the results obtained." LOSSES OF BRITISH IN OCTOBER 82,377. A despatch from London says: British casualties reported during the month of October totalled 82,377. The losses were divided as follows: Officers killed or died of wounds, 1,- 445; men, 14,985. Officers wounded or missing, 4,133; men, 61,841. The October losses compare favor- ably -for the British with those re- ported during September, which to- talled 104,598. During October Field - Marshal Haig undertook several re- newalsdrive inFlanders, hewals of the big P n , making notable progress in the 'pro- "cess still under way of driving a wedge into the German lines, which is threatening a wide sector irkBel- glum and Northern France. rt --- 10,816 HAVE REPORTED 105,266 ASK EXEMPTION. A despatch from Ottawa: says: Of- ficial figures showing reports for ser- vice and claims for exemption up to and including October 29 show that 10,816 men of Class One under the Military Service Act have reported, and 105,266 •have applied for exemp- tion. The percentage which the total bears to the estimated male popula- tion between the ages of 20 and, 84, unmar'r'ied or widowers without chil- dren, is 19.94. AN OTHER SUCCESSFUL RAIL CARRIED OUT INTO GERMANY A despatch from London says:— Another successful air raid carried out by twelve British machines has bee made on German munitions.fac- tories in Bavaria, according to an of- ficial communication issued Thursday night. The communication says: "On Thursday another successful raid was carried out into Germany. Munitions factories at Kaiserlauten (Bavaria) were attacked by two groups of six machines each." posgmemo BIG TURK LOSSES CAUSED BY BRITISH, A despatch from London says: An official statement on the operations in Egypt says that with reference to a Turkish communication on Sunday claiming to have inflicted a severe check on the British troops,.the real facts are reported by Gen. Allenby as follows: "On Saturday our line of cavalry posts thrown out in advance of our main positions was attacked by a force of about 8,000 Turks, with twelve guns. Though outnumbered and enveloped on both flanks, detach- ments of the London Yeomanry fought with great gallantry, holding their positions for six hours until as- sistance arrived, and :thereby render- ing great service to their infantry comrades. Repeated charges h ges by the Turkish cavalry resulted in only a slight gain of ground at the expense of heavy losses. Our casualties were under 100," FLOWERS OF NO MAN'S LAND. British Soldier Retains Love of the Beautiful Amid Carnage. That man's love of the beautiful is not killed by carnage has been shown many times on the western front, but perhaps nowhere more strongly than in the case of Lance -Corporal Vernon Rawcliffe of Accrington, England, who made a garden last summer of the motor lorry on which he carries munitions up to the firing line, Rawcliffe built narrow boxes about the sides and back of the truck and in them planted a variety of flowers. A.succession of pansies, forget -me - nets, primroses, daffodils and tulips bloomed, and geraniums and bits of ivy flourished there. The soldier made a rite of his flower tending, working after 'hours when he was half dead with fatigue, and his lorry brought more than shells to the jaded men in the trenches. It brought fragrance and color and beautiful small buds that do not grow out in No Man's Land. Blossoms were sometimes plucked by Rawcliffe and given to wounded men, and he has been known to leave a nosegay or two behind to decorate a dugout, • f1'em which to operate against the Hallam on the other side of the stream, A despatch from Washington says: Anglo-French •reinforcements have reached the Venetian front, where General Cadorna's second and third armies are declared to have retired in good order toward the new line--prob- ably that of the Tagliamento—where the projected stand Is to be made, Official information reaching Wash- ington from Rome on Thursday as- serted that the Italians hod welcomed the British and Federal veterans en- thusiastically, and that the . Anglo- Frsnch Commanders found the per- sonnel and material of the Italian army to be stronger than it , was thought they would be after having sustained so severe a shock as that *hien '„hr mutons delivered through the back -door of the Julian front, Sec- retary Lansing received a cablegrarn on Thursday from the American Am- bassador at Rome confirming inform- ation received at the Italian Embassy that the Italian army is retiring in good order, •that the pressure from the direction of the enemy had les- sened, and that the Government had the unified support of the Italian peo- ple and all political parties. Markets of the World Breadstuffs Toronto Nov. 6—Manitoba wheat— No. heatN0. 1 Northern, 92,28/; No. 2 do., $2.209; No. 3 do., 92:179; No. 4 wheat, $2,091, 1n store Fort Willlani, Including 210 tax. Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W,, 6590; No, 8 C.W., 649o; extra No. 1 feed, 0390; Ne. tam. 1 feed, a, in store Fort ' Wi American corn—No. 3 follow,, mourns1 . Ontario oats—No, 2 white, 65 to 660, nominal; No. 8, do., 64 to 65e, nominal. acaorditra to freights outside, Ontario wheat—New, No, 2 'Winter, $2.22; basis in store, Montreal. Poas—No, 6, 53.40 to $3.50, according to freights outside. Barley—Malting, 91.20 to 91,21, ac- cording to freights outside, Rye—N0, 2, 51.75, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour—First patents, in jute bags, 911,50; 2nd, do„ 511; strong bak- er's', do„ 910,30, Toronto. Ontario flour—Winter according to Live Stook Markets Toronto, Nov. 6—Extra choice heavy Steers, 911.50 to 512; do., good heavy, 910,76 to 511.25; butchers' cattle, choice, $10 to 910.25; do., good, 58.36 to 90.65; do. medium, 98.50 to $8,75; do., common, $7.60 to $8; butchers' bulls, choice, $5.30 to $8,75; do„ good bulls, 97,40 to 97.85; do., medium bulls, $6.65 to 97.10; do., rough bulls, $5 to 56; butchers' cows, choice, 5125 to. 58.75; do., good, $7.60 to 98; do., medium, 50,60 Ca 96.76; stock- ers, 97 to 99.26; feeders, 96.50 to 90.25; rnllke s t 956 milkers, cad t and cutters, to o g corn. choice, to 130• � do., good a 905$ $130; lig ewes, es 991 an 13; bu, 9s6 td culls, 09 to $1 0 11 sheep S heavy, 05 4b to $7.60; yearlings, $12 to 513; balves,I lambs, 915,to 80 to 8916.00; hogs, fo grand watered, 916,75 to $16,85; do„ weighed Off cars, $17 to 917.10' do., f,o.b„ 916, Montreal, Npv, 6—Canners' bulls, $6,50 to 90.76; canners' cows, 95,26 to 55.60; good to choice steers, $0.50 to $10.25;. lower grades, 97.76 to 99; cows, $0,25 to 96; bulls; 06.50 to 98.26; On- tario lambs, 915.50 to 916; Quebec Iambs, $14,60 to 915; sheeen, $8.50 to sample, $9.30, hl bags, Montreal; $0.00, $1.1; choice ;11111c -fed calve Toronto; 99.56, bulk, seaboard, prompt grass-fed, 98 to 911; hogs, shipment. Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Montreal. a p►, �/1, lr1 freights, bags included—Bran, per ton, n >ZJrtY tiY�5gl $85; shorts, do., 842; middlings, do„ E $45 to 546; good feed flour, per bag, $3.25. Hay—No. 1, new, per ton, $14,60 to 010,50; mixed, da, $11 to $13, track Toronto. Straw—Car lots, per ton, $7 to $7.50, track Toronto. s, $14 to 915; 510.75 to $17. Country Produce—wholesale Eggs -42 to 42e. Butter—Creamery, solids, 41 to 420; ereamerY prints, 42 to 430; dairy, 30 to 40c. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 17 to 18o; hens, under 4 lbs., 13 to 14c; hens, over 4 lbs., 16 to 170; roosters, 15e; ducklings, 16c; turkeys, 20 to 260; geese, 120. Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 23 to 250; hens, under 4 lbs„ 1Sc; hens, over 4• lbs., 20 to 22q; roosters. 1Sc; ducklings, 20 to 280 ; turkeys, 27c geese, 1Sc. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices ; Eggs—No, 1 storage, 44c; selected storage, 46e; new -laid, carton, 60 to 52c, Butter—Creamery solids, 44 to 45c; creamery prints, fresh -made, 45 to 46e; choice dairy prints, 41 to 420; ordinary dairy prints, S3 to 39c; bakers', 31 to 88c. _ 239 Cheese—New, s2210 a spring made, largoe, twins, 26. to s, 26c; twins, 259 to 2090. Beans—Canadian, prime, bushel, $'7.50 to 98; foreign, hand-picked, bushel, $6.76 to $7. Honey -60 -Ib. tins, 179 to 180; 10-1b, tins, 18 to 181e; 6 -lb tins, 189 to 100; 23 -lb. tins, 19 to 153c. Comb honey—Choice, 16-0z., 93.25 per dozen; comb, 92.25 9250' seconds Provisions—Wholesale Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 30 to 42c, do, heavy, 26 to 27e; cooked, 41 to 420; rolls, 27 to 290; breakfast bacon, 88 to 425; backs. plaint, 40 to 410; bone- less, 42 to 44c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 279 to 28c lb.; clear bellies, 209 to 27e. Lard—Pure- lard, tierces, 22790 t L27;90 tubs, 279 to 279c; palls,. compound, tierces, 22 to 219c; tubs, 229 to 2220; pails 229 to 280, Montreal Markets • Montreal Nov. 8—Oats—Canadian Western 1 o. 2, 779 to 78e; do„ No, 8 76' ,to 7610; extra N0. 1 feed, 76 to 7650; No. 2 local white, 720; No. 3 local white, 71c. Barley—Man, feed, 51.26; do., malting, 91,31. Flour—Man, Spring wheat patents, firsts, 911,60• seconds, $11.10; strong bakers', $10.00; Winter patents, choice, 911.25; straight rollers, 510.70 to 511; do., bags, 98.20 to 96:35. Roiled Oats—Barrels, 48.80 to 95.50; do., bags, 00 lbs., $4.10 to $4.25, Bran -535. Shorts -940 to 942. Middlings—$48 to $60. Moulllie—$66 to $00. Hay -No. 2 pet' tor, car lots, 512 to 312.50. Cheese- Finest westerns, 2120; do., easterne, 212c, Butter—Choicest creamery, 4.89 to 440; seconds, 430. Eggs—fresh, 63 to 65c; selected, 46 to 470;, No. 1 stook, 42 to bag, car lots fl0to 30 to 9125.Pota- toes—Per Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Nov, 6—Cash quotations :— Manitoba wheat—In store, Fort William, nominal (including 290 lax); No, 1 Northern, 92,238. nomt»al; No, 2 North- ' ern, 92.209; No. 3 Northern, $2.172; o, 4,wheat, 52,009, Oats—No. 2 C.W,, 50901 No. 8 C.W., 6430; extra No, 1 feed, 6336; No. 1 foo, 0; No. 2 feed, 0090 Bar- l.06No, 2 C.W„F9Z p2 No 3 CW., 92.06; No, 2 92,81. 'trotted States Markets Minneapolis, Nov, 0—Corn—No, 8 yellow, 2,00 to $2.08. Oats—No. 8 white, 67. to 559c, Flax—$8.14 to 95.10. 1,60 to 981.60, Flour—Un- changed.Bran—SS $ Duluth, ,�Ngov. 6—Linseed—On track, $8.14 to Noiemberl5812 ask October;De- cember, $3,008 bid; May, 98.02. P SOUTH AFRICA THJ BET CARTOON Or THE WHET Austria finds the Italian boot pinches tightly. Numero, Turin, This Italian cartoon, which has just reached this country, contains what was a pardonable boast; General Cadorna's brilliant .offensive had not then been temporarily eclipsed by the Teutonic invasion, BRITISH TOOK 9,125GGERMANS Good Record of Captures During October on the West Front. A despatch from London ' says:— The following official communication 1 was issued here Thursday evening: "The hostile artillery has shown considerable activity during the day east and north of Ypres, Our own artillery has carried out a number of concentrated bombardments of enemy positions in the battle area.,There .is nothing further of special iterest , to report. Eight Inches of Rainfall Within "The number of German prisoners captured by the British armies in Twenty-four Hours. France during October is 9,125, in - A despatch from London says: chiding 242 officers. We also have Four months of abnormal rain in Na- taken during the same period fifteen tal, South Africa, culminated Satur- guns, 431 machine guns and 42 trench day and Sunday in a storm in which mortars.” more than eight inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours, as a result of HOW TROUT CHANGES COLOR. which 'widespread destruction is re- ---- ported, says a;Lieuter despatch from Action of the Light Rays on the Skin Durban,, Natal. Pigment. The Ungeni River, deeply swollen Anglers are familiar with the fact by. the storm, swept suddenly down that trout change color, chameleon - upon Durham submerging the thickly like, in conformity with the character populated district on the Springfield of the bottom over which they exist, Flats. Many persons were swops If the fish frequents a part of a away and drowned. Renter's cone - stream where . the water flows over spondent adds that the mortality is •believed to be great among the Indian white sand, it becomes nearly white; the reverse is true if it frequents a population, while much damage was done to railroads by many washouts. Part where the bottom is of dark clay According to a Central News de- or moss. spatch from Johannesburg the num- A fervent follower of Izaak Walton htg the last quarter the enemy had ber of British Indiane natives drowned who had long been curious to learn how lost as many submarines as during is believed to have reached 1,000. rapidly this transformation takes the whole of 1916. place, captured a small trout last sum- Thar and placed it in a white porcelain A USE FOR HORSE -CHESTNUTS. tray through which he caused a stream EAST VALUES B.C. WOOD. of clear r oflow. In a few ay s water t d Report Says [ficial R t O Investigators Have Found Various the fish began •to grow lighter in col- British Columbiap Ways of Utilizing Them. or, and before the week ended was a Sales Are Increasing. The lack of foodstuffs in Europe very light yellow, with stripes and 1916 witnessed a remarkable in - has brought many hitherto neglected ' spots only slightly darker. crease in consumption of B.C. lumber materials into use. Thus, both in His next experiment was to place a , in eastern Canada, the quantity sold in England and in Germany ways have thin sheet of hard, black rubber on the the east in 1916 being almost double been found to use horse -chestnuts„ bottom of the tray. In less than a that of previous years—a most satis- which, though bitter and unpalatable, week the trout had become a dark factory showing in a competitive mar - slate, ;ready black, with the markings ket such as this where native and im- BRITISH NAVY'S WAR ON SUBS Chief of Admiralty Gives In- teresting Figures. A despatch from London says:— In ays:In defending the British navy in the House of Commons on Thursday night Sir Eric' Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty, reviewed its accomplish- ments in this war, declaring that, un- like the enemy forces, its role was an offensive one. "During a recent month," he con- tinued, "the mileage steamed by our battleships, crui•ers, and destroyers alone amounted to one million ship's miles in home waters. In addition to this, the naval auxiliary forces patrol- led more than six million miles in the same period and territory. The dis- placement of the navy is 71 per cent. greater than in 1914, when it was 2,400,000 tons, At the outbreak of the war we had eighteen mine -sweep- ers and auxiliary patrols, to -day there are 8,366. The personnel of the fleet before the war was 146,000, to -day it is 390,000." Sir Eric Geddes's declaration that between forty and fifty per cent. of the German submarines operating in the North Sea, the Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans had been sunk was not the least' interesting of his announce- ments, and there was an indication of the unceasing war the British and American patrols are making on the st_bmarine in his statement that dur- contain a large amount of nutritive matter. In England the chestnuts are being collected this year for some purpose not specified, but they will replace large quantities of corn. It is esti- mated that a ton of chestnuts will be equivalent to half a ton of corn. As the crop of nuts this year promises to be very large, it is hoped that several l thousand tons of nuts a week can be collected. A single large tree will bear on an average 'from three thou- sand to four thousand nuts,,the aggre- gate weight of which is from sixty to eighty pounds. Even before the war, investigators had found various uses for horse- chestnuts. Flom the shells, which are rich in tannin, an extract for tanning leather is made. The kernel contains a small quantity of oil similar to al- mond oil, and also aaeculic acid, a sa- ponaceous substance that bas excellent lathering and cleansinig properties. The residue, almost half of the kernel, can be converted into white starch. After the nuts have been boiled Tha, several changes of water and the dried kernels have been ground, almost all animals will eat the meal, almost indistinguishable, In his third experiment he changed the fish to a dark olive green merely ported woods are readily available. Energetic educational work has been carried on by the B.C. Forest by covering the bottom of the tray Branch in Eastern Canada for the with moss. This change took place past 18 months, resulting in a wider more rapidly than had the others, ow- knowledge and appreciation of the- ing, doubtless, to the fact that the fish excellencies of British Columbia was already dark.dark.� woods and e_better understanding by The fisherman theft restored the tray i of the to its original color—white—and per our mills of the requirements oeastern market, This market should mitted thetrout to fade to a lemon I show substantial increases from year yellow. He then sprinkled a layer of to year and be of great value to our industry. With the return of normal shipping conditions it is hoped to es- tablish a cargo trade from British Columbia to eastern Canadian ports via the Panama Canal. -•1' "Isn't it dreadful for the price of bread to go up?" "Well, if bread is any good at all, it is bound to rise," Except for planting narrow strips, borders and terraces, seeding gives better satisfaction in establishing a lawn than does sod. Plant not only tulips in your spring flower beds but also hyancinths, nar- cissus, erocus, snowdrops, scillas, iris, peonies, spiraes, etc. From The Middle Wed BETWEEN ONTARIO AND IMP '1'IS10 COLUMBIA. !toms Prom Provinces Whore Many, Ontario Boys and Girls Aro Living. A Kentish Fair, held in Winnipeg recently, realized $2,756.13 for pat. riotic purposes. Winnipeg creameries report losing 388,000 bottles last year at an esti- mated cost of 922,280. It is estimated that not one-third of exemptions desired in Moose Jaw, Sask., will be allowed, Capt, Archie Brown, of Winnipeg has been promoted to the rank of major, according to recent despatches, Winnipeg business men aro protest: ing strongly against the proposed ad, mice in all rail rates between eastern and western Canada, Policing Winnipeg this year re• quires an outlay of $2.23 for every man, woman and child, or a total of $422,962,70 for a population of 1880 848. Three hundred and fifty working leagues of the Manitoba Rod Cross So'cioty will congregate in Winnipeg for their annual meeting at the end of the month, Recent reports state that there are 2,600 sheep for sale in Manitoba. The Minister of Agriculture will endeavor to see that people anxious to raise sheep secure these animals. Manitoba's total potato crop fox 1917 will not exceed 6,600,000 bush. els, which is 27.31 per cent. less thio year than in 1916, although the acre- age was greater by more than five per cent. The total yield in 1916 was 9,080,602 bushels on 62,581 acres, an average of 146.1 bushels an acre, Frank Irwin, formerly secretary of Saskatchewan Boy Scouts, has left for India. The 1917 grain crop of Western Canada will net the farmers more than 9600,000,000. Moose Jaw has the largest number of cadets in the R.F.C. than any other city in Saskatchewan, The Province of Manitoba will be divided into ten districts for the second Victory War Loan. Lieut. Guy F. Shackle, of Calgary, has been promoted to captain and received the Military Cross. A convention of all Army and Navy Veterans' branches in Canada will be held at Winnipeg in the near future. Western farmers are anxious abed next year's help and an effort is be- ing made in Winnipeg to secure farm labor now for next season. Two thousand five hundred and sev- enty more students are enrolling at the Manitoba Agricultural College this year than in previous years. Receipts for the month of Septem- ber at the Winnipeg Stock Yards broke all previous records, total re- ceipts of cattle numbering 45,576 or 20,395 more than September, 1916. brick dust over the bottom, and the fish very promptly turned to a decid- edly reddish hue. His last experi- ment was to cover the bottom with mica sand, which wrought the most rapid change: in three days the fish became a light straw color. • To determine the cause for this col- or variation, the angler repeated the entire series of experiments in a dark- ened room. Here it required three times as long for the various changes to take place -La difference that seems to indicate that the changes are pro- duced by the action of the light rays on the skin pigment, and not by any conscious effort upon the part of the trout. Mniuito 313 Coixii. Si or ibli6 "pilaff CAUGHT IN AN AVALANCHE. A Winter Drive Among the Peaks of Alpine Mountains. In popular imagination the Alpine roads and meadows continually ring with the cheerful yodels of the herds- men, but that is not so, for in many places the natives are so fearful of jarring the air and thus causing an avalanche that they do not even dare to put bells on tine horses' harnesses in winter. The fear of avalanches is not an idle one, says Mr. Robert Shackleton in'Unvisited Places of Old Europe, in describing a winter drive among the mountains above the Saint Gothard Tunnel. At one place a long stone shed is built across the road for ava- lanche protection, and at other places the driver stops and watches and lis- tens warily. My driver, says the au- thor, had a second hovse, which fol- lowed us, trotting along unguided, drawing a sledge loaded with pro- visions for a garrison. It usually lag- ged some score of yards, or even more, behind, as if to eccent its independ- ence; but at one spot it came hurrying up, and overtook us, and actually laid its head across my shoulder as it trot- ted in pace with our horse, "Ile is frightened," said the driver. "He comes up for the protection of man. A year ago I was driving him, here and an avalanche caught us; it came rushing from far, far above there, and struck us and swept us from the road and carried us down," He pointed. to a spot far down at the foot of the terrible reeks and then up to a grint height where a steep stretch of savage smoothness show- ed where the avalanche had scraped a passage. clear. "We went down! down! down! There was a great roaring and turmoil. I knew nothing except that I was held and crushed, and that there was a great falling—and then came quiet. I was almost smothered, but I tried to get out, I struggled and panted and tore at the snow. Finally I got out. The horse was struggling, too, and I helped him out. And it was strange, but he was not hurt. But lie was so frightened, that ever at this point in the road he fears. You have seen! As for me, one cheek was crushed in, and as long as I live I shall have this great scar." ,Raid on London Defeated. A despatch from London says; Thursday morning's air raid was am patently the most elaborate attempt to "lay London in ruins" ever made by the Germans. That it was a failure was due to the new air dofencea which, 'with the gunfire of the aero• plaices, harassed tate enemy and blok4 up his squadrons so that at most throe Machines were able to cross the mot• ropolls, where they droppod a fom bombs. Food the cult potatoes to the hogs Cook thoroughly and mix with cent' Meal, shorts or bran. Skim milk is 1 food addition. .ta,44,. i.k. AM ELAPSE or 'THIRTY! till Hillis BEfwEl TWO AND Tom, i5 THAT `lot)? 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In popular imagination the Alpine roads and meadows continually ring with the cheerful yodels of the herds- men, but that is not so, for in many places the natives are so fearful of jarring the air and thus causing an avalanche that they do not even dare to put bells on tine horses' harnesses in winter. The fear of avalanches is not an idle one, says Mr. Robert Shackleton in'Unvisited Places of Old Europe, in describing a winter drive among the mountains above the Saint Gothard Tunnel. At one place a long stone shed is built across the road for ava- lanche protection, and at other places the driver stops and watches and lis- tens warily. My driver, says the au- thor, had a second hovse, which fol- lowed us, trotting along unguided, drawing a sledge loaded with pro- visions for a garrison. It usually lag- ged some score of yards, or even more, behind, as if to eccent its independ- ence; but at one spot it came hurrying up, and overtook us, and actually laid its head across my shoulder as it trot- ted in pace with our horse, "Ile is frightened," said the driver. "He comes up for the protection of man. A year ago I was driving him, here and an avalanche caught us; it came rushing from far, far above there, and struck us and swept us from the road and carried us down," He pointed. to a spot far down at the foot of the terrible reeks and then up to a grint height where a steep stretch of savage smoothness show- ed where the avalanche had scraped a passage. clear. "We went down! down! down! There was a great roaring and turmoil. I knew nothing except that I was held and crushed, and that there was a great falling—and then came quiet. I was almost smothered, but I tried to get out, I struggled and panted and tore at the snow. Finally I got out. The horse was struggling, too, and I helped him out. And it was strange, but he was not hurt. But lie was so frightened, that ever at this point in the road he fears. You have seen! As for me, one cheek was crushed in, and as long as I live I shall have this great scar." ,Raid on London Defeated. A despatch from London says; Thursday morning's air raid was am patently the most elaborate attempt to "lay London in ruins" ever made by the Germans. That it was a failure was due to the new air dofencea which, 'with the gunfire of the aero• plaices, harassed tate enemy and blok4 up his squadrons so that at most throe Machines were able to cross the mot• ropolls, where they droppod a fom bombs. Food the cult potatoes to the hogs Cook thoroughly and mix with cent' Meal, shorts or bran. Skim milk is 1 food addition. .ta,44,. i.k.