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DEFEAT OF TURKS IF GAZA ANNOUNCED.
AND CAPTURE ON HOLY LAND
Gen.. AllenI y's Forces Take Famous City, -Gen, lVf utde's Troops
Occupy Strongly -Entrenched Position on Tigris.
A despatch from London, says;•
The British have captured the city of
Gaza, in Palestine, the War Office an-
neunces. -
The British have made an advance
o:. nine rags, carrying the whole
Turkish system of defences in this
region and capturing two towns in
addition to 'Gaza.
A later deepateh says: -There are
indications .of a general retirement
northward by the Turiclsh forces in
Palestine.
The British pushed beyond Gaza, on
the right and left, the advance pene-
trating as far as the mouth of the
Wfidi-Hesi, eight miles north of the
examining the German lines in re -won Flanders. original British line. The British cap-
tures of pri oners, guns and. stores
are consideable n volume.
N KY'S GOVERNMENT FORCED General Allenby reports that there
were
considerable captures of prison -
TO CAP:ULA` `E UNDER GU . FIRE
Workinen's and Soldiers' Delegates Are in Control of Petrograd
-Peace With Teutons Demanded.
A despatch • from Petrograd says;
Another revolution has broken out.
Extremists, led by Lenine, have wrest-
ed the reins of power from Premier
Kerensky and the latter is reported
to be fleeing to Moscow.
A Congress of the Workmen's and
Soldiers' Delegates of all Russia has
convened in Petrograd and will dis-
cuss the questions of organization of
power, peace and war, and the for-
mation of a Constituent Assembly. A
delegation has been named by the
Congress to confer witir other revolu-
tionary and demodratic organizations
with a view to initiating peace nego-
tiations for the purpose of "tatting
steps to stop the bloodshed."
Government forces holding the
Winter Palace were compelled to
capitulate early Thursday morning
under the fire of the cruiser Aurora
and the cannon of the St. Peter and
St. Paul Fortress across the Neva. At
2 o'clock Thursday morning, the Wo-
man's Battalion, which had been de-
fending the Winter Palace, surren-
dered,
The Workmen's and Solders' Dele-
gates are in complete control of the
city.
Premier Kerensky was reported
Wednesday night at Luga, 85 miles
southwest of Petrograd.
• Lata Wednesday evening, after the
Government forces had been driven
into the Winter Palace, the palace
was besieged and a lively fire of ma-
chine guns and rifles began. The
ers, guns, ammunition and stores, but
no details are yet available.
A despatch from London says;-
Tekrit, op the Tigris River, in 1Vfese-
potamia, 90 miles north-west of Bag-
dad, was oecepied by the British on
November fi, the War Office an-
noujlced on Thursday,
The text of, the statement reads:
"Following the, successful actiorf
fought near Dup on November 2, our
,troops advanced, further up the Tigris
and on November Oth (attacked the
Turks, who were holding a strongly-
eritrenched position eoverinr• Tekrit.
Under the fire of our artillery our
troops with great gallanty crossed
1,200 ,yards of open country and ,the.
Indian, Sikh ' and rifle regiments,
pressing home the attack, centered
Elio first two lines of the enemy
trenches, inflicting heavy casualties.
These trenches were consolidated,
and a Turkish counter-atta ' proved
unsuccessful.
Markets of the World
Breadstuffs
Toronto, Nov, 13 -Manitoba wheat -
No. 1 Northern, 52.233; No. 2 do,. $2.2033;
No, 3, do, 52.17: No.4 wheat, 52.103, in
store Port William: including 23c tax.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W. 693e; No.
8 C.W., 663c; extra - No. 1 feet{, 665c; No,
1 feed, 643c, in attire Port William.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, nominal.
Ontario oats -No: 2 white. 65 to 660,
nominal; No, 3, do., 04 to 65e, nominal,
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -New, No. 2 Winter,
$2,22;. basis, in store, Montreal,
Peas -No, 3, 53.60 to 53,70, according
to freights outside.
Barley-Maltin6 51.20 to 51.21, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Rye -No. 2, 51.76, according to.
freights outside.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute
bags, 511.60; 2n4, do, $11.00; strong
barters', do., $10.60, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, according to
sample, $0.80, in bags, Montreal; $9,60,
cruiser Aurora, which was moored at j Toronto; moo, bulk, seaboard, prompt
the Nicolai Bridge, moved up within
range, firing shrapnel. Meanwhile
the guns of the St. Peter and. St. Paul
Fortress opened fire. The palace stood
out under the glare of the search-
lights of the cruiser and offered •a
good target fol the guns. The de-
fenders held out for four hours, re-
plying as best they could with ma-
chine guns and rifles.
ITALIAN TROOPS
STILL RETREAT
Considerable Fighting in Hills
of Vittorio and at
Northern Points.
A despatch from- New York says:
The Associated Press issued the fol-
lowing on Thursday night:
There has been no cessation in the
retreat of. the Italians across the
Venetian Plains towards the new line
of -defense, on which it is purposed to
stand and face the invading Germans
and Austro -Hungarians. Tho larger
units of the Italians are' falling back
without.molestation, according to the
Rome official. communication, but
considerable fighting has taken place
in the hills of Vittorio_ and at other
points in the north.
The Berlin War Office says that on
the middle Tagliamento River Italian
troops who were still standing ,out
against the invaders were captured.
A General and 17,000 additional Ital-
ian troops are reported to have been
captured, bringing the total prisoners
since the retreat from the Isonzo be-
gan to more than 250,000, according
to Berlin. It is also said that in ex-
cess of 2,300: guns have fallen into
the hands of :the Teutonic allies.
Along the line in France and Bel-
gium only artillery duels and raiding
operations by the French and British
forces are taking place.
SHOUL BE NO RISE
IN PRICES OF SUGAR.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Dealers who have advanced the price
of sughr to their customers during
the past month aro taking an impro-
per advantage of the present tempor-
ary shortage and exacting an unfair
profit. Such is the effect of a state
rent issued by the Fad Controller.
Mr. Manna added that there was no
excuse for retail prices to -day being
' higher than they were a month or
six weeks ago. He pointed out that
• for the month of, September the prices
of sugar in all parts of Canada were
between 10 and 11. cents por'pound.
EXEMPTION CLAIMS -
- AGGREGATE 206,167.
A despatch from Ottawa says;
Claims for exemption filed through-
out the Dominion totalled 206,167
and 16,433 reports for service.
Tatting the whole period since the
issue of the proclamation, Vancouver
has the Highest percentage of reports
for service. The Vancouver percent-
age is 22.71; Kenora is second with
17.95, and Calgary third with 11,49.
NOVELTIES IN FIREWORKS.
Play an Important Part in Modern
Warfare.
In a battle, under modern 'condi-
tions, fireworks play a very important
part, inasmuch as the fighting goes
on at night as well as by day, and the
combatants must see what the enemy
is doing.
Most of the pyrotechnic contrivances
used take the form of bombs and
rockets -mere modifications of fire-
works of the kind long familiar at
Victoria Day celebrations.
One of -the newest devices in this
line is a bomb which when it bursts'
high in the air throws out a number
of "candles" that light up the sur-
rounding country with a vivid glare,
revealing the movements of the en-
emy.
Each candle is provided with a para-
chute, by which it is upheld in the
air, falling .very slowly toward the
earth and burning for a long time
before it reaches the ground.
Another contrivance is a so-called
"parachute rocket," fired from a short
rifle. It has a range of 1600 yards.
When it bursts in the sky it liberates
a parachute that carries a cartridge
filled with a 'chemical which burns
slowly but with great brilliancy.
The cartridge, which burns for forty
seconds, is suspended close beneath
the parachute, the latter serving• as a
reflector to throw the light downward
in the form of a cone. By this means
the intensity of the light is much aug-
mented, so that moving objects on the
ground Are made plainly visible.
BRAZIL WILL CONTROL
ALL GERMAN BANKS.
A despatch from Rio Janeiro says:
The Chamber of Deputies has adopted
all the meaeures recommended to the
Congress by President Braz as .re-
prisals against German agents, as
well as supplementary measures, 'in-
cluding a state of siege. These meas-
ures include the annulment of con-
tracts for nubile works entered into
with Germans; prohibition of new
.land concessions to German subjects
and of the transfer of ownership •of
German properties; • control of Ger-
man banks and German • commercial
firms and the internment of German
suspects.
It -was at de time stated that there
were in Holland at least 9,900 large
windmills, of which the sails ranged
from 80 to 100 feet long. At that
time their yearly cost was reported
to be nearly $10,000,000. The mills
are used for many purposes -for saw-
ing timber, beating hemp, grinding,
but their principal use has always
been to pump water from the lowlands
into the cabals, to protect the little
country from being inundated.
�• Idillteed-Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights, bags included -Bran, per ton,
535; shorts, do., $92; middlings, do,r546
to 540; good feed flour, per bag, 53.25.
Hay -No. 1, new, per ton, 514.50 to
515,50, track Toronto,
Straw -Car lots, per ton...57 to 57.50,
track Toronto.
Country Prodnee=" Wholesale
Butter -Creamery, solids, per lb„ 423
to 43c;. prints, per lb„ 43 to 423e; dairy,
Per lb., 86 to 88c.
Eggs -Per dos., 42 to 43c. •
Potatoes -Firm; wholesalers are pay-
ing growers and country shippers 51.75
for first-class stock, f.o.b. Toronto.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices'
Cheese -New, large, 23 to 2330; twins,
2344 to 235; old, large. 30c; twins, 3030,
Butter -fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 410•
creamery prints, 45 to 46c; solids, 44
to 45e.
Eggs -New laid. in cartons, GO to 620;
No, 1 storage, 440; select storage, 97
to 400.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, 24
to 26c; fowl. 20 to 220; squabs, per dos„
$4 to $4.50; turkeys, 28- to 220; ducks,
Spring, 23 to 25c; geese, 21 to 22e.
Live poultry -Turkeys.• 25c; Spring
chickens, Ib., 16 to 18e; hens, 17 to 13o:
ducks, Spring, 18 tomlUc; geese, 16 to
150.
Honey -Comb -Extra fine, 16' oz„
03.50; 12 oz., 53; No, 2, 62.40 to $2.50.
Strained -Tins. 23's and 5's, 19 to 1930
per lb; 10's, 133 to 190; CO's, 18 to 1336.
Beans -Canadian, nominal; imported
hand-picked. 56,60 to 56.75 per bush;
Limas, per 1b., 170.
Potatoes, on track -Ontario, bag, 52.
Provisions -Wholesale
Spoked meats --Hams, medium, 80 to
210; do., heavy 26 to 27n; cooked, 41 to
43e; rolls, 27 to 28e; breakfast bacon,
38 to 420; -backs, plain, 40 to 410; bone-
less, 48 to 44e,
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 273
to 280 10; clear bellies, 263 to 27c.-
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 27 to 273e;
tubs, 272 to 275c; pails, 273 to 290;
compPound, tierces, 223 to 230; tubs, 223
to 225c; palls, 223 to 23c.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Nov, 18 -Oats -Canadian
Western, No, 2,- 80e; do., No. 3, 7730;
extra No, 1 feed, 1750; No. 2 local white,
763 to 7630, Barley -Malting, $1,33.
Fleur --Man. Spring wheat patents,
firsts, 911.60; seconds, $1 10; strong
bakers', $10,90; straight t llers, bags,
$0.20 to 56.35. Rolled oa s -Bags, 90
lbs., $4,10 to $4.25. Bran --536, Shorts
$40 to $42. Middlings -548 to $50.
i toullile-355 to 560. Hay -No. 2, per
ton, car lots, 512 to 512.50. Cheese -
finest westerns, 2140; do„ easterns, 211c.
Butter -Choicest creamery, 425 to 440;
seconds. 423 to 430. ]Eggs -Fresh, 53 to
56c; selected, 46 to 470; No, 1 stock, 42
to 43c; No. 2 stock, 89 to 40c. Potatoes
-Per bag, car lots, 91,10 to 52,26..
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, Nov. 1.3 -Cash »,rifles :-
Oats -No, 2 C.W. 008e; No. 3, db., 8730;
extra No, 1 feed, 66$0; No, 1 teed, 641$;
No. 2 do., 6250, Barley -Unchanged.
Flax -No, 1 N: W.C., 53,203; Mo. 2 C.W.,
93,123; No, 3, do„ 53,022.
United' States Markets
Minneapolis, Nov, 12 -Corn -No. 3
yellow, $2.08 to 52.10.Oats-No. 3
white, 570 to 5930. Flax -13.41 to 53.43,
Flour -Unchanged, Bran --581,60 to 532.
Duluth Nov, 18 -Linseed -On track,.
93,40 to $$3.47; arrive, 53.40; November,
52.87; December, 53.10 bid; Mays $3,17'3
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Nov, 13--Ilxlra choice heavy
steers, 511,50 to 512; do., good heavy,
$10,76 to $11.26; butchers' cattle, choice,
$10 to $10.25; do.- good, 00.85 to $9:06;
do,,. medium, $8,50 to 5$.75; do., com-
mon, $7,60 to 92; butchers' bulls, choice,
18,30 to 58.70; do.,. good bulls,' 57,40 to,
7.85; do., medium bulls, 56,35 to 57.10;
o„ rough bulls, 55. 10 50; butchers'
Dews, choice, 53.26 to 5$.7$$6; do„ good,
57.60 to
$7d to $`; medium, feeders, 50,75;o
ni kers,angoosand d to choice, s' 90625 tot5160;
do„ coni, and med., 572 to $86; springers,
505 to 5150; light ewes, 511,50 to 318,50;
bucks and culls, 59 to 510,60; sheep,
heavy, 55,75 to 97.50; yearlings, $12 to
513; calves, good to choice, 91.1 to $16;
Spring lambs, $15,75 to $16.05; hogs,
fed and watered, 516,76 to 917;
c6o.,
f.o.b.,docr. 917 to 517.25;
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In saving the child you are saving
the state.
From The ane West
BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI-
TISH COLUMBIA.
Items From Provinces Where Mani
Ontario Boys and Girls Are
Living.
The Saskatchewan Legislature has
been called to meet November 15.
Every street car line in Calgary is
being operated with one-man cars.
By tagging the public Calgary
realized $3,700 for the British Red
Cross.
Southern Alberta has been divided
into 13 districts for a Victory Loan
campaign.
Southern Alberta furnishes more
timothy seed- than any other part of
the Canadian west.
Out of 2,895 registrations in Cal-
gary 467 were reports for service and
2,428 claim exemption.
Dr. Robert Collison, for 20 years
medical practitioner in Edmonton, died
recently, aged 73 years.
The thirty-first annual Congress of
the .Salvation Army of Western Can-
ada is now being held in Edmonton,
402 men were examined in one week
in Winnipeg and out-o£.these only 13
were judged absolutely unfit for ser -
Only one man in eight is willing to
enlist in Winnipeg to date. Out of
6,129 who have reported 5,360 claim
exemption.
Conrad P. Watson, Saskatoon, was
arrested in an Edmonton Hotel, where
he had a truck filled witheleottles of
whiskey for which he was getting
from between $5 and $6 a bottle. He
was fined $100 and costs.
Burglars took $700 worth of goods
from stores at Qu'Appelle,. Indian
Head and Grenfell, Sask„ in a three
nights' raid. No trace of the thieves
has been found,
The 78th Battery, who expected to
remain in Lethbridge, Alta., while in
training, have been moved to Calgary.
Edmonton has only had three con-
scientious objectors to active service
to date.
POWER OF TREE -GROWTH.
Expansive Force of the Roots of a
Tree Splits Rocks Asunder.
The great expansive power of tree -
growth is shown in The Guide to Na-
ture, by H. E. Zimmerman.
Writes Mr.•Ziminernian:
"Accurate experiments have been
made by scientific investigators to
show the remarkable power of grow-
ing plants. It has been found that
comparatively delicate plants have,
in their growth, lifted weights total-
ling hundreds of pounds. Some years
ago a picture was published in Strand
Magazine, showing how a plant had
pushed itself up through a hard pave-
ment constructed, of asphalt, gravel,
etc. The growing power of a tree,
especially after it has attained con-
siderable size, is cor'respondingly
greater. Contrary to what many peo-
ple think, most rocks have 550535 or
cracks of varying definiteness, or
they eventually develop them through
the action of rain, frost and sunshine..
Into these cracks, however . minute,
the rootlets of small plants penetrate,
carrying with them a little humus, to
decay and to be followed by other
'roots, Moisture follows, which freez-
es and crocks off small rock -particles,
when larger roots find their way in,
carrying and deepening througleeethe
course of many years, becomes filled
with drifting' diet, when perhaps a
seed of some tree- blows into it, and
then the real process of rock -splitting
begins on a larger and more rapid
scale. If the rock lies a well-develop-
ed seem the expansive force of the
roods of a tree is likely to split it en
tirely asunder,
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"All is unsettled; the Government is provisional, laws provisional, all
provisional." •
"yes, only the war is permanent." -Novy Satirikon, Petrograd.
NEWS FROM ENGLAND
NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN
BULL AND HIS PEOPLE
Occurrences in the Lend That Reigns
Supreme in the Commer-
cial World.
The Essex Standing Joint Commit-
tee have granted additional war bon-
uses to all the county constabulary.
Trout weighing from five to five
and a half pounds have been caught
recently in Blagdon Lake, Somerset,
Two Getman war prisoners who es-
caped from Ilandforth internment
camp three weeks ago, are still at
large.
The impprtation of grapes from
Spain has been authorized this year,
up to one-half the amount imported
in
T1916,wo German prisoners -of -war who
escaped from Knocicaloe Detention
Camp, Isle of Man, have been re-
arrested.
A colliery worker named Readman
was sentenced to one month's impris-
onment at Nottingham for cruelty to a
pit pony,
An open-air peace meeting which
had been arranged for Stevenson
square, Manchester, was prohibited by
the police.
The committee of management of
the Royal National Lifeboat Institu-
tion, have voted rewards this year
for the saving of 822 lives.
A stained-glass window is to be
placed in Ewahot Church, Hampshire,
in memory of the late A. H. G. Creed,
a naval chaplain.
"Geranium Day" at Wimbledon real-
ized 1200 for the Comforts Fund of
"Wimbledon's Own" Brigade of Artil-
lery.
Private G. Hall, Hampshire Regi-
ment, although on crutches, jumped
into tate river at Leicester and saved
a lady from drowning. •
The crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral
is open to the public for shelter only
after definite police signals of an air
raid have been given.
The school children of Victoria
have sent 680,000 to the Joint War
Committee of the British Red Cross
Society and the Order of St. John.
The Brazilian Minister in London
held a reception for members of that
colony residing in London, on the
ICELAND DECIDES ON REVOLT
UNLESS GRANTED FLAG
A despatch from London says: -
Iceland is threatening to revolt
against Denmark because the island's
demand of a separate flag has not
been granted.
Despatches from Scandinavia say
that all political pas•ties.and virtually
the entire ,people on the island are dis-
posed to declare their independence
unless all their demands are granted.
Recently the people of Iceland ap-
pealed for home rule. This was grant-
ed, but the request for a separate flag
was not acted upon.
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anniversary of the independence of
Brazil. N,
Notwithstanding increases in Sal-
aries and war bonuses, the Rich-
mond Gas Company have been able
to declare the usual dividend of five
per cent.
THE PALACE HOUSEKEEPING.
Staff of Buckingham Palace Consists
Largely of Maid -Servants.
An important, though little heard
of, person at Buckingham Palace is
Mrs. Clerk, the housekeeper, who has
been for over fifteen years in the royal
employ and stands high in the regaad
of Queen Mary.
Mrs. Clerk has now a very large
stats of maid -servants under' her, as
the places of several of the royal
men -servants who have gone iuto the
army have been temporarily filled by
women. Mrs. Clerk engages all the
maid -servants but none can he die;
missed without the consent of the
Queen, As a matter of fact, a servant
is rarely or never dismissed from the
royal service, All the maids in royal
employ are the daughters or near re-
latives of people who have been in
the royal employ for many years,
There have been Churches, Leggets,
and Chandlers in the royal service
for generations,
A spacious reading and writing
room is provided .for the plaids at
Buckingham Palace; they begin work
at 6.30 and most of them go off duty
at 8.30 and have a two -hours' rest
during the day. Their ".outings" con-
sist of one day a week, every second
Sunday, and once a week from 4.30 to
10 p.m. Every maid in the royal ser-
vice is pensioned at sixty.
GERMANS SHOT DOWN
MEN WHO SURRENDERED.
A despatch from London says: The
Reuter correspondent at the British
front says:
About four hundred prisoners were
taken at Passchendaele. A consider-
able number were killed by the fire
of their own guns as they were being
brought back, whether by accident or
design has not been learned, otherwise
the total would have been much
higher. ;
The order attributed to' von Hinden-
burg that if Passchendaele was taken
it must be retaken has not borne fruit.
By nightfall the Canadians were re-
ported well dug in around the half-
moon of captured ground, and plenti-
fully supplied with machine guns,
Sign Anyway.
The Commander (to Paddy Finn,
applying for special leave) --Just sign
the form.
Finn -Above the line or below,
sorr?
"No, on the line."
"Me whole name?
"Yes, your whole name."
"Me Christian names?"
"Yes, your Christian names?"
"And me nicknames?"
"Never mind about your nicknames.
Write down your Christian names and
surname in full,"
"But, sorr, I can't write."
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What le Going On in the -Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
Lieutenant James D, Robertson,
Gordon highlanders, formerly assist-
ant minister of Strethbogie, has been
awarded the Military Cross,
Mrs, Rudolph Polack, Glamis
Ifouse, Dundee, has given 6500 each
to the Dundee Day Nurseries and
Dundee Orphan Institution.
Mrs, Lennox Beattie, commandant
of the Edinburgh V.A.D: s, has sent a
further sum of £110 to the Edinburgh
Lord Provost's Fund,
Miss Mclntosh's free gift sale at
the Getty marine laboratory realized
6157 for the blinded and crippled sol-
diers and sailors,.
The Ministry of Pensions have ap-
pointed Lady Baxter, of Dundee, ,re-
presentative for Scotland on the
joint disablement committee,
There arehraw eighty-seven associa-
tions in connection with the City of
Aberdeen War , Savings Committee
with a total membership of 8,518.
Lieut. A. Hope Kinnear, of the
Camerons, recently killed in action,
was a son of W. Kinnear, formerly
schoolmaster at Kilbuddb, Forfar.
Sir Alexander McRobeet, of Cawn-
pore, has made over to the Sm'ith's
Convalescent Home, Newhills, securi-
ties which will produce 6280 yearly.
Tho Dundee Town Council have
requested Lord Provost Don to ac-
cept the office for another three
years, and he has accepted.
' Rev. John Mansie, Tay Square
U,F. Church, Dundee, who wont to
the front with the Y,M.C.A„ is now
in a base hospital suffering from
gas poisoning.
A memorial window has been erect-
ed in St: Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh,
by the Highland Society to Lord
Archibald Campbell, father of the
Duke of Argyll.
As a result of the sports, pageant,
and flag day held by the Glasgow
wholesale meat trade, 61,050 was col-
lected for the Princess' Louise Scot-
tish Hospital.
Sergeant James Esslemount, Royal
Scots, son of James Esslemount
Buckie, has been awarded the Military
Medal.
Allan Garrett Anderson, who has
been appointed Controller of the Navy
is a cousin of the first Lord of the
Admiralty,
Lieutenant William Kale, Argylls,
whose mother resides at Ormedale
avenue, Glasgow, has been awarded
the Military Cross.
On a gala day held at Peterhead, the
sum of £1,000 was raised to provide
comforts for the Gordon Highlanders
and Buchan soldiers.
THE HAND -SHAKE.
How Men Came to Shake Hands to
Show Friendship.
In the days of very long ago, when
all men were prepared to fight at any
and all times because one could not
know whether another approaching
was a friend or an enemy, all men
went armed. This was before the day
of guns when the sword was the great
weapon of defense.
Upon •occasion, when one man ap-
proached another, each had to decide
whether the other came on a peace-
ful mission or not.
People in those days were mostly
rigihthandecl, as they are now, and
when fighting carried their swords in
their right hands.
If, then, a man wished to speak with
a stranger, or, as might easily be ne-
cessary, to one who may even be
known to be unfriendly, he put out
his right hand upon approaching to
show that he had no deadly or dan-
gerous weapon in it, says the "Book
of Wonders." The other man could
see this, and knew from the extended
open hand that no harm was in-
tended and that theapproach was
peaceful.
If, then, he was willing to meet the
other, he also extended his right arm
with the hand open, to show him who
was approaching that his fighting
hand was empty also, and when they
met each would grasp the hand of
the other, so that neither one could
change his hind and assume a fight-
ing attitude without the other haw
ins an equal warning.
Do You Carve This Wray?
A famous French chef lays down
the following laws f01' calving 1'oaet
chicken:
Lay the chicken on its side,
Stick your fork into the leg and
lift it up, meanwhilecholding down
firmly the rest of the chicken.
Cut through the joint on the back;
pressing the joint between the leg and,
second joint, cut through,
Stick your fork into the wing so as
not to interfere with the knife; cut
through the joint and loosen Lhe heat
surrounding it; pull down with the;
fork and press firmly on the Carcass
with the knife,
Do all this ciirofully and you can
pull all the meat from the breast with
the wing.
Now cut each breast crosswise in
half,
Turn the chicken over and carve the
other side.
SILVER BULLET.
Soldier husliaiia, father/ son,
I can not send -I have none; '
Silver bullet, be the one,
•
I eat neither shoot nor dein,
Halt the foe, llor snake him run;
Silver bullet, take the gun.
Where his web of steel Is spun,
Search 11100 out where 1io would slum(
Silver bullet, find the Ilun, ,
Blot the Talton from the sun,
End the was with triumph won;
;Silver bullet, get it done!
-1VIchandburgh 'theft, '