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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-12-06, Page 3Interior of L-49, only Zeppelin captured intact. The two large • cylinders are emergency gas tanks. B ITISH SELLING TOWN OF CAMBRAI IN NEW OFFENSIVE Infantry Fighting Around Fontaine Ras Ceased Temporarily But Intense Artillery Fire Continues. A despatch from London says; The British are pounding hard along their front in the Cambrai 'sector, and . the town of ,Cambrai is now directly under the fire of the British cannon, The battling of the infantry for the possession of Fontaine Notre Dame, and between Moeuvres and Bourlon has ceased temporarily, but at times the artillery fire is of great intensity in these regions, Near Poeleapelle and in the Arras seater the big guns of both groups of belligerents are main- taining a heavy bombardni'ent. Attacks on the Belgian position met of Merekem by Bavarian storm- ing troops gave the enemy some pris- oners and two machine-guns, but an- other hostile attack on Belgian troops in the neighborhood of Aschhoop was beaten off after a bitter fight. HUNS SURRENDER IN EAST AFRICA 12 Officers and 3,500 Teutons and Natives Yield to British Troops. A despatch from London says: An official statement on the operations in East Africa tells of the unconditional surrender of a German force under Col. Tafel, consisting of 12 German of- ficers, 100 Germans and 3,400 natives. The force had advanced southward from the Mahenge area to Newala, ap- parently in ignorance to the British occupation of Newala. MAY EXPORT SUGAR FOR MILITARY USES. , A despatch from Ottawa says: The Food Controller's office has announced that the Commissioner of Customs had issued the following memorandum to collectors of Customs and others: "It is now ordered that sugar, re- fined and unrefined, including maple sugar, may be exported by parcel post up to regulation weight when consign- ed and intended for militaryancl naval forces overseas, the limit of weight to the United Kingdom being eleven pounds, and for furtherance to France, seven pounds." GERMAN DESTROYER HITS MINE MANY ON BOARD ARE DROWNED A despatch from London says: A 2xerman torpedo-boat destroyer, be- longing to the Zeebrugge flotilla, struck a mine off Westkappelle, Hol- land,' and ol-land,`'atd sank, according to an Ex- / change Telegraph despatch from An- sterdam. Only two of her crew were saved. • CAMPAIGN IN EAST AFRICA TO BE CONCLUDED IN A MONTH. A despatch from London says: The end of the East African campaign be- fore Chrietmas is predicted by the Reuter correspondent at Ndara. He declares that by that time the German commander-in-chief will either be' a prisoner or in exile. Shipping Cold Germs. Sir Ernest Shackleton of antarctic fame stated that the members of his expedition never caught cold until they opened a bale of cotton which had been peeked in England, when they were all affected with catarrhal colds. Those who went but imme- diately in the biting sir lost their colds at once, while those who remain- ed in the hut retained them for days. Other polar explorers 'record similar experiences._, GREAT CANAL FOR SCOTLAND. Will Be Of Strategic and Commercial Value. The British • are talking of digging a large ship canal across Scotland as soon as the war is over. It would con- nect the North $ea and the Atlantic Ocean by a voyage of a little more than sixty miles. The importance at- tached to such a canal is its commer- cial possibilities and strategic value in war. The dangerous passage north of Scotland would be avoided, •as well as the suggested Channel routes on the south. • Distances between important com- mercial ports would be reduced by hundreds of miles. Some of the re- ductions illustrate the advantage gain- ed, such as 485 miles from Glasgow to Leith; 258, Glasgow to London; 400, Liverpool to Leith; 877, Leith to Bel- fast; 288, Liverpool to the Elbe; and 290 between Glasgow and Antwerp. Such construction worn begun imme- diately after the war would help in solving the labor question and furnish occupation„,during the readjustment period. Two routes are discussed, One would folfow''an existing barge canal involving the deepening of the Upper Clyde, the crossing of a plateau with an indifferent water supply, and the construction of six locks on each side, The rival river route starts at Alloa on the Forth and makes directly for Loch Lomond, across land which is never more than -50 feet above sea level. The lake is 22 feet above the Atlantic and only one lock would be necessary at each end of the canal. 21 BRITISH SHIPS SUNK BY U-BOATS 1N PAST WEEK. A despatch from London says; - Fourteen British merchantmen of 1,600 tone and over and seven of less than 1,600 tons were sunk by mines or submarines in week ending Nov, 28, according to the weekly Admiralty statement issued this evening, This is an increase of four vessels in the larg- er category over the number reported sunk in the previous week's report. 11, Cottage Cheese Hints. When the curds of cottage cheese refuse to bo anything but tough and lumpy after they have been drained through a cheesecloth bag, try run- hang them through the food chopper and see how light and delicate they become. If you want to add piquancy to cottage cheese either purchased at the store dr made at home,•add a few chopped up cherries. Another way of varying the flavor ie to mix in it tiny chopped onione or caraway seed. � Poaitry houses should be disinfected once a month -every two weeks is bet- ter. ' !FAWNS LAUNCH OFFENSIVE AGAINST 'PION .MOUNTAIN POSITIONS 011 the Lower Pi/We EneMy Boats Were Destroyed by the Ar- tillery -Situation on Northern Section •Unchanged. ,A despatch from London sage; ,garian regiments fought until they Alq'ltg the entire Italian front:411e bat, almost exterminated each other, The terms of the oontencling armies ere tight was back of ilsiage during one maintaining a violent bombarchnent, gafnst the Ital- of the main attacks a The German War Office reports that 14The enemy advanced fromvthe two Italian attacks against the Austro- flanks, field toward night a regiment German mountain poeitions on the of Hungarian Czechs became engaged west bank of the Brenta and on Monte with a regiment of Galician Poles, Tomba'fuilecl, both wearing a different uniform and "Heavy artillery fighting .is in pro- speakinga different dialect. The rifle press all along the front, but no fur- ther infantry actions ooeurred," the Italian report states. "On the lower Piave River Italian batteries directed a destructive fire at enemy boats." A despatch from Headquarters of the Italian Army says; Details have been officially received of ,one of the most ,sanguinary fights in the north- ern eons, in which two.Austro-Hun- fire was followed by a bayonet chargo and then hand -to -halm struggle with grenades lasting throughout the night, lentil the two'regiments were disen- tangled after heavy losses, when it be - game known that they belonged to the Baine side, - News From the Front. THE DEAD WHO LIVE FOR EVER. t 9 s . I'I ALY S CRISIS Extract liresin Speech of Mr. Lloyd George in Purl Hee is the tribute paid by the Brit- ish Prime Minister recently to those lament. IS NOW PAST Tho general situation is not mater- who have died in the war: Efforts of Italials Army Succeed "There are hundreds of thousands of In Making Situation Secure. sorrowing men and women in this land. on account of the war. Their anguish A despatch from London says: "It BELOVED SOIL OF ARMENIA,.' Is too deep to he expreesed or to be is now time to say (e finitely that the. tally changed along the northern and Piave fronts q__ Markets of the World 73readetutfs Toronto, Dec 4 -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $2,230; No, 2 do., 52.200; No. 8 d0„ $2.170; No. 4 wheat, $2,100, in store Fort William, including 21e tax, Manitoba .oats -No. 2 C.W., 8130; No, 8 C.W., 782e; No, 1 extra feed. 7800; No. 1 feed, 74c, In store Port William. American corn -No, 8. yellow, nominal. Ontario oats -No. 2 whit0, 74 to 750, nominal; No. 3, do., 73 to '740, nominal, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -New, Nq. 2 Winter„ $2Peas basis, 2, 88.70 'tMontreal, l$9 80 aaccor'ding to freights outside. Barley -Malting, $1.22 to $1.20,aceord- ing to freights outside, Buckwheat $1,4fl to $1.60, according to freights outside. outsRye-No.ide. 2, 51.75, according to freight - - Manitoba flout' -First patents,in Jute bags, 511,60; 2nd do„ $11; strong balc- ers', do., $10.00, Toronto, Ontario flour -hinter. .according to sample, $0.00,' In bags, Montreal; $9:70, Toronto; $0.70 bulk, seaboard, prompt shipment. Mill feed -Cars lots, delivered Montreal freights bags Included -Bran, per ton,. $37; shorts, do., $48; middlings, d0., $46 to 546; good feed flour, per bag, 53,26. Hay -No. 1, new, per ton, 610 to $17; mixed, do„ $13 to 516, track Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per. ton, $8.60 to $0, track, Toronto. i - Country Prod ee-Wllole0ale _. Butter -Creamery, solids, par lb„ 420 to 43c; prints, per lb, 48 to 4330; dairy,, per lb, 80 to 880. Maggs -Fresh gathered eggs, 47 to 430. Potatoes -Wholesalers are Paying growers and country shippers $1.86/ to 51.35 olesr alers first-class selling to b•tlo01r tail trade at the following pl'iocS;- Cheese--New, large. 23 to 230c; twins, 231 to 838c• early cheese, 2664 to 26c; large twin• 26 to 262o. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 410; creamery prints, 45 to' 46c; solids, 44 to 45a. Eggs -New laid, in eart,ms, 58 to 600;, No. 1 storage, 43c; select storage, 47 to 430, Dressed poultry -Spring chickens 26 to'270; fowl, 20 to 220; squabs, per doz., 64 to $4.60; turkeys, 28 to 320; ducks, Spring, 20 to 28c; geese, 18 to 200, Live poultry -Turkeys, 260; Spring chickens, lb., 190; hens, 13 to 19c; ducks, Spring, 18 to 100; goese, 14 to 18c. Honey -Comb -Extra fine, 16 oz., $3.60; 12 oz., $3; No. 2, $2.40 to $2.60. Strained, tine Ws and 6's, 19 to 1000 per lb; 10's, 180c to 10c;- 60'c, 18 to 1880;" Beans -Canadian, nominal; imported hand-picked. $6.80 to $6.76 per bush; Lhnas, per lb, 17 to 1700. Potatoes, on track -Ontario, hag, $2.166 to 82.26. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Dams, median, 80 to 31c; do., heavy. 26 to 270; cooked, 41 to 420; rolls, 27 to He; breakfast. bacon, 28•to 42c; backs, plain, 40 to 410; bone- less, 43 to 440. - Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 270 to 20e lb; clear bellies, 200 to 27c. • Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 23 to 291c; tubs, 282 to 2880; pails, 288 to 200' compound, tierces, 24 to 241c; tubs, 242 to 248c; pails, 242 to 248c. ° Montreal Markets Montreal, Dec. 4 - Ohts-Canadian 'Western, No, 8, 8000; extra Na, 3. feed, 608c' No. 2 local white, 8400. Flour - Manitoba Spring wheat patents, ilrsts, 511,80; seconds, $11.10; strong bakers', $1.0.00; straight rollers, bags 55.20 to 66.35. Rolled oats -Bags, 90 lbs., 04.220 to 54,26. Bran, •536,00. • Shorts, $40 to $41. Middlings, $48 to 550. Mountie, $66 to 568 Nay -No. 2, per ton, car tote, 518.60. Cheese-I9nest Westerns, 210c; finest pasterns, 2110, Butter- Choice5t8areamery, 441 to. 460; seconds, 480 to 440. 77ggs-Fresh, 64 to 55e; selected, 46 t0 47c; No, 1 stock, 42 to 43c; No. 2 stock, 30 to 400. Potatoes - Per bag,. cal' lots, 52,20 to 52.20. 1 - United States Markets Minneapolis, Dec, 4 -Corn -N0. 8 yel- loll', 51.80 to 51.90. Gats -No. 7 white, 709 to 7100. Flour -Unchanged, Drum -635,60 to 500.60._y live Stook Markets Toronto, Dec. 4-19xtra choice 1eat'y steers, 511.60 to 512; do„ good hoary, $10,70 to 511.40; butchers' cattle, choice, $10,60 to $10,76; do,, good, $0.75 to 510; do„ mature $9 to $226; 40., co oll, 57,75 to 58.1 m 25; butchers' bulls, it t,oiee, $$10.60 to $1075; ,., dogoad bulla, $7,06 do,, rough bulls, 56.26 to 50.25; butch- es' cows, choice, 55,76 to $9,26; 400„ good,5; $7,85 ckers 507,26 do., 5860;medium. ed0,88 er S, 60,26 to $10; cannore acct eutce'S. 56.16 to 05.40; mincers, good to Choice, $80 to 014G do., cont. and 01154„ $76 i0 $90; springers• 590 l.0 $130; ligh4 ewes, $11,76 t $13 76; sheep, heavy, 56 10 $7.76; yearlings, $12.25 to $1.8,26; lambs, $16 to $16.26; calves, good to 0110105, 51.3'40 $14; hogs, Pod and taaterad, $78; d0„ off cora, $18.26; do., sacs)," $17. Teach the children to•talce natural sweets as found in raisins, prunes and other sweet fruits. Honey is a whole- some sweet and may be given to chil- dren occasionally with whole wheat - bread. Malt sugar or maltose may be ental freely without injury. If. the child has a well-balanced diet ho is less likely to have an abnormal de- sire.. for sweets. Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, Dec, 4 -Cash prices: -Oats -No. 2 C.W., -811c; No, 3, coo„ 7820; extra No, 1 feed, 780c; No. 1 feed, 740; No. -2, do„ 71c, Sor'1ey-Not quoted, Flax -No, 1 N.-W.C., 53.04; No. 2 C.W., $3.01, comforted by words, but, judging the crisis in Italy bee passed," said Major - Love of Country is Strong in Hearts of mU13itud0s whom I know not by those General F. H. Maurice, Chief Director Homeless Refugees. ere is a camp ator Saido over I do know, there is not a single one of of Military Operations at the War Of - Th Port f them who would recall the valiant. fico, in a recent interview, 6,000 Armenians rescued bythe dead to life at the price of their conn. General Maurice Bahl there had try's dishonor. Tho exarzrpla of these been no important nnoveihene of Ger- French Navy on the shores of Syria brave men who have fallen has enrich,- after suffering untold hardships: in ed the life and exalted the purpose of man troops from the crisis the their efforts to escape fI•om Turkish all. You cannot have four millions of The passing he the isis on the , Italian front, said, was due en- tirely to the efforts of the Italian army, adding: ' "Anglo-French troops are now avail- able in sufficient quantities to satisfy us that the situation is secure." General Maurice pointed out that German inability to exploit the Ital- butchery. men in any land who voluntarily secrl- • In The World's Work for Novem- floe everything the world can offer bee a French contributor, Madame them in obedience to a higher call Helene Valentin, describes how . the without ennobling the country from British Army in Egypt supplies pro- which they sprang• visions for this camp, and how its in- "Tho Tallest, whilst they have illu- terior organization` and -administra- mined with a fresh lustre the glory of tion have been wonderfully carried out their native land, have touched with tali disaster could be regarded as by Mrs. Helgood, the wife of a British a new dignity the household which sig- nificant of Austro -German weakness. officer, they left for the battlefield, There The Italians continue to hold tena- What love of their (teary will be ml!Iions who will come back ciously to their northern front be - refugees preserve in their hearts! Led and live to tell children now unborn tv,,een the Brenta and Piave Rivers by Mrs. Reload, we came to a group how a generation before in England, against the Austro -German forces, of tents in the midst of which is a Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and in who have been unable in repeated at - TOW of little gardens carefully culti- vated. "Oh! don't look at that!" says Mos. Helgood with an indignant grimace and a note of -British humor. "That iet not interesting. Those are the ri4h!" "The rich, these unfortunates who no longer, possess anything in the world but tents pitched on the sands of Arabia!" "Yes, the rich. They have trans - the ends of the earth, the men of our race were willing to leave ease and comfort, to face privation, torture, and death, to win protection for the weak and justice for the oppressed. "There are hundreds of thousands who will never come back. For them there will be for ages to conte, sacred memories in a myriad of horses of brave, chivalrous sten who gave up their young lives for justice, for right, for freedom in peril, ported there, pail by pail, arable land "This resolution means that the for which they went to Port Said. It greatest. Empire on earth through this is solely for the sake of seeing -wheat house thanks the living for the readi- end maize grow that they have taken so much trouble. "In that village is a grandmother who did not want to.loee the whole of the soil which gave her birth. Before leaving her village she hurriedly, fill- The Empire owes you gratitude for ed a sack with earth from her field. your share of the sacrifice as• well as And she did not abandon this sack, in for theirs, partakes its your pride for the midst of the worst dangers, the their valor and in your grief for their worst fatigues. She dragged it with loss." her; and slept with her head resting) on it. "She filially brought it safely here; I THE ANCIENT CITY OF JAIL FA, and as she had also brought a few --' handfuls of wheat and maize she had Recently Captured by Gen. Allenby's no rest until they' had accumulated on Forces is Port of Jerusalem. the and sand some fat soil. When Joppa, or Jaffa, as it is now called, guns with a steady nonchalance that that was done she untied the sack fill - with a population of 10,000, is a laby- lends confidence and faith to the flght- ed with Armenian dust, covered the rifftit of blind alleys and dilapidated lag men who depend so touch upon mould with it, and sowed the grain she lanes and streets. It is the port of him, lad gathered. Thus it is a little of Jerusalem and regular lines of steam -A most magnificent creature," 10- everyone's property which grows fn. era ply between Jaffa and Turkish and plied a British brigadier, when the the hind of exile. And you uncles- i European ports. Tradition gives to stand that they are indeed rich who Jaffa an antediluvian existence. have thus saved some crumbs of their ,Among the maritime towns allotted to native soil, and are able to enjoy it the tribe of Dan we find the name of while the others httve.nothtng, -, ! Japh0. Jonah embarked thence for And Mrs, Helgood, , who, British Tarshish when he attempted to run like, does hot wish it to be seen that away from God's command, x1140 it was she is moved, says very quickly -too the point at which the cedar and pine quickly: "Now let us go and see the from Lebanon for the building of the workshops! 'temple of Solomon were landed. Peter One of the first cares of the camp m quainted and have formed a sort of the Apostle resided here in the house entente. cordiale, the two have the ut- admihesetion was to organize work•, of "Simon the tanner," and had the entst respect for each other, and for these unhappy people, with the `wondrous vision which was fraught 'carry on' at the front with complete double motive of saving then from with such momentous meaning to all understanding and effectiveness, idleness and wooing them from the-, the world. Here he Saw the sheet , pitiful memories which obsessed their The mule had his supreme test on let down from heaven which contain- this front in the battles of the Somme. minds. ; ed all manner of four -footed beasts, There were days and nights of tan- while -at the same time came the tom- ceasing labor and short rations. The Vt'O 41EN'S ROYAL mand, "Rise, Peter, ]till and eat." But strain was constant and terrific. 111 NAVAL SERVICE. Peter demurred, saying, "Not so, Lord, ratio to the number employed, six ness with which they supported its be- hest. It"also means that this great Empire, through this House, enters each hone of the heroic dead, grasps the bereaved by the hand, and says: tacks to gain additional terrain, From a staff officer of the 4th army, on the line between the Brenta and Piave Rivers, it was learned also that the enemy had asked for an are mistice to bury his dead, the request being refused by the Italians because of the Austrian attitude on a similar request a few months ago. The Aus- trians had then proposed that during the armistice the. Italian guards should be unarmed and the Austrian guards armed,• TEL ARMY LE. Has Proved of Immense Value in Battle -Rent Flanders. The American mule, now. doing his "bit," and doing it well, in battle -rent Flanders, has won appreciation and praise from Tommy Atkins and Tom- my's superiors. A correspondent of the New York Sun, writing from the British front, describes him in the fol- lowing manner: In warm winter coat, with long, in- quisitive ears flopping back and forth, he marches up among the roaring correspondent asked his opinion of the American mule. "And he has a much better character than is generally giv- en him. He is somewhat line a camel, but, once you get to know him, he is much to be admired. The mule has some ways with him that the British Tommy didn't' quite appreciate at. first; but now that they aro better ac - for I have never eaten anything com- A despatch from London says; It mon or unclean." was announced officially on Thursday Then came the significant command night that the Admiralty' approved of which wrought such a wondrous the employment of women at ven'ious change in the heart of the narrow, duties on shore hitherto performed by conventional Jew, and which made him naval ratings, and have decided to es- the broad-mi,tded, generous apostle tablish a Women's Royal Naval Sev- whom all ages delight to honor, broken heart. Not so the mule. lie vice for this purpose. Members of The bumble house still stands in has no imagination alai not much of an the service will wear distinctive 11111- which was proclaimed to Peter and outlook on life, He calmly and philo- sophically forms, and the service will be coffin_ through Peter to the world the mo- sophically lies in the shell hole until ed to women employed fir definite mentons lesson that the Fatherhood some ono comes along and• hauls him ditties directly connected with the of God involves the Brotherhood oe out," Royal Navy. Mat, Because he is generally civil and Dame/Catherine Furse has accept- C t l N l l" ed the Iiosition of Director' of the Wo- men's Royal Navy Service, and will be responsible under,theSecond Sea Lord for its administration and orgiittiza- tion. horses succumbed where a single mule gave way. "The horse, of course, is of finer fibre and is :Car more sensitive. If he stumbles into a shell hole filled with water he will strive and struggle to got out until he actually. dies of a Old -Fashioned Mutton Stew. -Use one `pound of neck of mutton. Have the butcher crack for stewing. ` Wipe with a damp cloth and cover with boil- ing water. Cook until tender, adding four large potatoes, four small. onions, Season with salt and pepper. Thick- en the grey with cornstarch. Serve on a large platter and garnish with minced green peppers. 4,T AIMPI.511,12.4,DiMr-I, 'intik es liatezdhalLew 6-** VIA e) ap •urec by apo eon in a a , goes to sleep sometimes just abaft Of. when a large part of the garrison was atJa howling nine -inch' gun, it mile not massacred at his afftd, the French be supposed that the American mule suffered terribly at Jaffa .from an at- has lost all his old craft and mulish cunning. At one of the hospitals there is a sulphur "dip," or bath. Most of the horses will plunge in over their heads and swim through, getting the 'frill benefit of the disinfec- tion. But Mir. Mule is too suspicious to take such chances. He is drawn in with great reluctance and holds his head high above the yellow liquid. One old mule went through six times one day, but not once dict he get his head we until the soldiers resorted to the war debt of Great Britain,' sponges'. 'w,..,:-nb„M ..,.+•.int-.�usrx,or.�,�x,�.m _ -._ _. .... .... .. ...a9 tack of the plague. In 1866 a small colony of Americans attempted to es- tablish a settlement there, but failed on account of internal discord, and most of them returned home. They ware succeeded by a German colony which has -increased from year to year, Jamaica Doing Her Bile Jamaica is to, pay $300,000 a year for forty years fron the termination of the war toward the reduction of icesee 4,11TGITTPULNEiS" BY BRITON, Ripe Tomato Bombardment Routed .• "Strafe" Couple. The latest tale of frightfijlnets comes from Lausanne, Switzerland In one of the most fashionable re staurants recently all the tablee wen occupied exempt two small ones not far from each other, when a man ane a woman, unmistakably Gevman, en• tared, au Woman wore a light wrap but when she had seated herself at one of the tables she removed it and 11 was seen that she wore on her expan' sive bosom an enormous brooch with the inscription in brilliants, "Gots Strafe England." A few moments later an English• man, accompanied by a countrywoman seated himself at the other table, The inscription on the brooch immediate- ly attracted -their attention and indig- nation. Sending for the bead waiter, the Englishman said to him that such "a violation of good taste in a neutral country was an insult that could not be borne, He told the waiter to in- form the German that the ordinary civilities would suggest that the brooch worn by his companion should be taken off. The head waiter had little stomach for such a job and feebly demurred, whereupon the Englishman.rose and in excellent French addressed the Ger- mans. In a clear voice he repeated what he had said to the head waiter, but, except for a supercilious shrug of the shoulders, the Germans gave no evidence that they had heard his re- marks, although every one else in the restaurant understood what he had said and looked their sympathy. The Englishman, without showing any signs of anger, reseated himself, picked up a menu and gave his order to the waiter. When the soup was served the waiter also brought on s platter a dozen large ripe tomatoes, which were placed on the table. The Englishman and his companion, after finishing their soup, deliberately pick- ed up the tomatoes and rained upor the two Germans the ripe vegetables, splattering their faces and breasts with the soft, juicy contents. The applause and laughter of the other diners apprised the objects of this novel form of reprisal that they could find no support or sympathy and they fled from the restaurant in great precipitation. "Let them go," announc- ed the Englishman, "I will pay - their bili. " A WAR -TIME TOYSHOP. Shattered Shop at Arras Furnishes Many Souvenirs. The merchant in the town that is beset by war has a very definite last moment of peace. There comes a time when he has made his last sale, when his customers flee; and when, even were he to remain, he would find little benefit in doing so. Into the toyshop, into the • sweets shop, the children will come no more, for their little feet are struggling miles away over un- comfortably rounded cobblestones. He might as well get his last moment over with as quickly as possible, put up the shutters, lock the doors and depart, says Mr. William G. Shepherd in ' Harper's Magazine. And Iittle good his shutters and locks will do if the big shells come his way. The toyshop keeper at Arras, who returned to his shop when the shelling - had slackened, found it open to the skies; he had rto need to seek for his door key. Who would ever have thought that he would one day sell out almost his entire stock in spite of the ruinous shelling? And yet his topshop, after he returned, became the vogue among British officers who came to Arras. It was their kindly joke, and it pleased their sense of gentle humor, to go to the ruins where the old man held forth and purchase toys that he selected front among the debris, `"Can yeti find me a doll?" the visit- or would ask. Stumbling over the wreckage to that corner of the shop where he had kepi his dolls, the old toy seller would seek, among the broken bricks and timbers, the article that his customer desired. He would always look for the price mark, and would never charge more than it indicated. "Most of my things are broken," he would say, "but these Englishmen buy them anyhow -as souvenirs, you see," In more than one place along the British Imes there are billets in which the most highly prized souvenir is not "that piece -of shell that almost hit the captain," or "titan shrapnel ball that fell on our table during dinner," but a brolcell toy from the ruins of the shattered little topshop at Arras, FOOLING', A U-BOAT. Clever Device of a Steamship Captain To Avert Disaster. A profitable hoax was played upon a German submarine off the coast of Breland by the captain of the steam- ship Director, Suspecting that at any moment the Director might be in the clanger zone, he instructed the ship's carpenter to sow a big spare spa' into three pieces, which the crew painted black. These pieces of wood were then mounted ns 11' they were guns. When a. submarine approached the skipper of the Director pointed the Quaker guns at 'the U-boat, which Promptly decided to go down again without waiting to fire a torpedo, The Director, with its false guns, fled at top speed and got away safely. The Cultivation of Flax, ':i 111 the report of the proceedings of the convention of Canadian Flax ;Crewel's held in the spring at London, !Ont., just published, full information' is famished as to rho present sltua- (tion regarding the seal ivatfii y ai.a Il parat•ibit 112141 090 of flax. Valnan10 I pal ort by authorities oe the subject aro' iven, as well as a full report of! Idiscussion s thet took place and at ;winch much of valuable import was( I elicited, The publication, which makes la work of 54 pages, can be had free on application to the Publications, llraicii, Department of Agriculture, at Ottawa. ...L0 EVaRVgOD I ( JI I ' ! 1�� ,. '. I SAID )1 EI.LO I Ili' 1., • / R/ f -O y„y ot3 1 1a',t \, r a,• r i o 1 4 I 1ilRZ Ott fp° Ii , f If 01 �✓ 1 L r /"t�,, r,5 N , / (I x sj k, d°. „' 01 it ../1) you ...,&...), - .--s, II . " ff��►- w, l llfll111i11f li. '- �a;!a 1Ilhif6: -; .... OOP v nw { .. . 'M'.,M. ,M,•r"W�A�+,e�+Mww...6wY..,.._y...� �.....,. ap •urec by apo eon in a a , goes to sleep sometimes just abaft Of. when a large part of the garrison was atJa howling nine -inch' gun, it mile not massacred at his afftd, the French be supposed that the American mule suffered terribly at Jaffa .from an at- has lost all his old craft and mulish cunning. At one of the hospitals there is a sulphur "dip," or bath. Most of the horses will plunge in over their heads and swim through, getting the 'frill benefit of the disinfec- tion. But Mir. Mule is too suspicious to take such chances. He is drawn in with great reluctance and holds his head high above the yellow liquid. One old mule went through six times one day, but not once dict he get his head we until the soldiers resorted to the war debt of Great Britain,' sponges'. 'w,..,:-nb„M ..,.+•.int-.�usrx,or.�,�x,�.m _ -._ _. .... .... .. ...a9 tack of the plague. In 1866 a small colony of Americans attempted to es- tablish a settlement there, but failed on account of internal discord, and most of them returned home. They ware succeeded by a German colony which has -increased from year to year, Jamaica Doing Her Bile Jamaica is to, pay $300,000 a year for forty years fron the termination of the war toward the reduction of icesee 4,11TGITTPULNEiS" BY BRITON, Ripe Tomato Bombardment Routed .• "Strafe" Couple. The latest tale of frightfijlnets comes from Lausanne, Switzerland In one of the most fashionable re staurants recently all the tablee wen occupied exempt two small ones not far from each other, when a man ane a woman, unmistakably Gevman, en• tared, au Woman wore a light wrap but when she had seated herself at one of the tables she removed it and 11 was seen that she wore on her expan' sive bosom an enormous brooch with the inscription in brilliants, "Gots Strafe England." A few moments later an English• man, accompanied by a countrywoman seated himself at the other table, The inscription on the brooch immediate- ly attracted -their attention and indig- nation. Sending for the bead waiter, the Englishman said to him that such "a violation of good taste in a neutral country was an insult that could not be borne, He told the waiter to in- form the German that the ordinary civilities would suggest that the brooch worn by his companion should be taken off. The head waiter had little stomach for such a job and feebly demurred, whereupon the Englishman.rose and in excellent French addressed the Ger- mans. In a clear voice he repeated what he had said to the head waiter, but, except for a supercilious shrug of the shoulders, the Germans gave no evidence that they had heard his re- marks, although every one else in the restaurant understood what he had said and looked their sympathy. The Englishman, without showing any signs of anger, reseated himself, picked up a menu and gave his order to the waiter. When the soup was served the waiter also brought on s platter a dozen large ripe tomatoes, which were placed on the table. The Englishman and his companion, after finishing their soup, deliberately pick- ed up the tomatoes and rained upor the two Germans the ripe vegetables, splattering their faces and breasts with the soft, juicy contents. The applause and laughter of the other diners apprised the objects of this novel form of reprisal that they could find no support or sympathy and they fled from the restaurant in great precipitation. "Let them go," announc- ed the Englishman, "I will pay - their bili. " A WAR -TIME TOYSHOP. Shattered Shop at Arras Furnishes Many Souvenirs. The merchant in the town that is beset by war has a very definite last moment of peace. There comes a time when he has made his last sale, when his customers flee; and when, even were he to remain, he would find little benefit in doing so. Into the toyshop, into the • sweets shop, the children will come no more, for their little feet are struggling miles away over un- comfortably rounded cobblestones. He might as well get his last moment over with as quickly as possible, put up the shutters, lock the doors and depart, says Mr. William G. Shepherd in ' Harper's Magazine. And Iittle good his shutters and locks will do if the big shells come his way. The toyshop keeper at Arras, who returned to his shop when the shelling - had slackened, found it open to the skies; he had rto need to seek for his door key. Who would ever have thought that he would one day sell out almost his entire stock in spite of the ruinous shelling? And yet his topshop, after he returned, became the vogue among British officers who came to Arras. It was their kindly joke, and it pleased their sense of gentle humor, to go to the ruins where the old man held forth and purchase toys that he selected front among the debris, `"Can yeti find me a doll?" the visit- or would ask. Stumbling over the wreckage to that corner of the shop where he had kepi his dolls, the old toy seller would seek, among the broken bricks and timbers, the article that his customer desired. He would always look for the price mark, and would never charge more than it indicated. "Most of my things are broken," he would say, "but these Englishmen buy them anyhow -as souvenirs, you see," In more than one place along the British Imes there are billets in which the most highly prized souvenir is not "that piece -of shell that almost hit the captain," or "titan shrapnel ball that fell on our table during dinner," but a brolcell toy from the ruins of the shattered little topshop at Arras, FOOLING', A U-BOAT. Clever Device of a Steamship Captain To Avert Disaster. A profitable hoax was played upon a German submarine off the coast of Breland by the captain of the steam- ship Director, Suspecting that at any moment the Director might be in the clanger zone, he instructed the ship's carpenter to sow a big spare spa' into three pieces, which the crew painted black. These pieces of wood were then mounted ns 11' they were guns. When a. submarine approached the skipper of the Director pointed the Quaker guns at 'the U-boat, which Promptly decided to go down again without waiting to fire a torpedo, The Director, with its false guns, fled at top speed and got away safely. The Cultivation of Flax, ':i 111 the report of the proceedings of the convention of Canadian Flax ;Crewel's held in the spring at London, !Ont., just published, full information' is famished as to rho present sltua- (tion regarding the seal ivatfii y ai.a Il parat•ibit 112141 090 of flax. Valnan10 I pal ort by authorities oe the subject aro' iven, as well as a full report of! Idiscussion s thet took place and at ;winch much of valuable import was( I elicited, The publication, which makes la work of 54 pages, can be had free on application to the Publications, llraicii, Department of Agriculture, at Ottawa.