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Why does ,a seafaring man—cap-
tain, cook orcabin boy—consid
el it
unlucky to ship with a roan who
aegle.cted to pay his laundry bill
Why does a sailor nearing port
after a lengthy voyage -gather up
old cletdie:s ,and shoes unfit foe fur-
ther use and ceremoniously eornin;it
them to the deep ?
• Why does he like to sail on a ship
which displays a shark's tooth firm-
ly mailed to, the bowsprit or: jib-
looan
Why does he like cats?
Why does he place great 'faith in
the merits.. of a pig as a weather
prophet?
The simplest • answer to these
questions1s—because the average
sailor is superstitious•. He may not
be quite as superstitious,, peahens,
as the eldtimer who. went long voy-
ages in is:ailing vessels, but even
the advent of the four-day Trans
Atla,ntie liner---ekyseraping eteam-
ships and floating hotels which tra-
vel from port to port. on schedule
time in defiance of unfavorable
weather conditions—has not quite
deprived the sailor of his reputation
for superstitiousness.
Some day he may beeome as mat-
ter of fact as an underground rail- CO.OPERATION IN RUSSI:1.
way guard, but there still lingers
around him enoug,h of the romance Great Developnient of Mutual Soei-
and mystery of the sea to make an cries of All Kinds.
interesting study of him and his It is probably beliefs. p Y not generally
known that Russia ranks second
During very rough weather at sea among the countries of the world
it would be hard to convince any with respect to the number of co-
oldtimc sailor that there wasn't a operative societies within its ter -
Jonah aboard. Many captains of ritxory, being surpassed only by
the old wsehool, who ought to know Germany. The co-operative move -
better, are so superstitious in this ment began in Russia in 1865 when
respect that it is not uncommon for the fig st loan and savings society
them to take intense dislike to offi- were founded. But the real devel-
eers who have happened apparently o.pme.nt of the different branches of
to be the harbingers of had weather, eo-operation has taken place only
and- especially fog. It. is quite during the past ten years. In 1913,
usual on board •ship to find mem- there were in Russia no less than
bees of the crest. nicknamed Foggy 12,500 co-operative credit societies
Jones, Heavy Weather Bill ur (of which 3,300 were Schulze -De -
Squally Jack. ]itzsch (rural banks); 7,500 distribu_
Cats on board ship are considered t.ive societies; 4,900 agricultural so -
lucky, and many a stray one ,finds cieties and co-operative agricultur-
a comfortable hone and careful at- al societies; 600 co-operative socie-
,„ tention with Jack for his friend, ties for production; 500 co-operative
although, on the other hand, our granaries and 2,500 dairies. These
d,oinestic friend has at times been figures, it must be added, •refer to
held responsible for the conttinu- Russia, exclusive of Finland, where
• an:ce of very. bad weather, .and had there are mere than 24)00 societies.
to play the part of Jonah to the full with at least 250,000 • members,
extent, About a• thousand of these are eo-
Perhatps the inost amusing super- operative credit societies; nearly
stition of the :sailor is in considering 400 are co-operative dairies; and
it a crime far any Member of the 200 are co-operative societies for
crew to leave port with his washing the use of agricultural machinery,
ball unpaid, as this neglect is gen- etc: Altogether, therefore, there
. erally believed to be the cause of are at the present day in Russia
bad weather being encountered just some 30,500 co-operative societies,
after leaving port•, This very considerable develop -
The ways of invoking the gods of ment is due to a number of causes.
the elements to bestow fair weather There has without doubt been an
and winds are numerous. Among awakening of the working classes,
the best known is that when nearing and especially* of the agricultural
port after a lengthy voyage old classes, to .a consciousness cif their
clothes and •shoes unfit for further common interests and arealization
wear are collected and thrown . of the value of self-help. There are
overboard with much ceremony and in the country districts many people
faith as to the ultimate beneficial of superior intelligence, and it is
results which will carry the ship through their efforts that many dif-
swiftly and safely into harbor. ferent co-operative institutions have
One of the most curious supersti- been founded.
tions is that dealing with the cap- During the .last ten years, also,
Lure of ri, shark. The natural dread the ruling classes have seen clearly
and antipathy with which these the necessity for encouraging the
monsters of the deep are viewed development of the co-operative
cause a capture to be hailed with movement• Recent laws and meet
much rejoicing. All hands, from sures relating to co-operation w=hich
the captain to the cabin boy, take have come into effect are the fol -
a keen interest in the operations, lowing: (a) laws on co-operative
and, having successfully landed the credit of the years 1895, 1904 and
shark on deck—a proceeding that 1910; (h) model rules of the year
cause no little excitement --int is 1907 for distributive societies and
killed and its tail cut off. This for agricultural co-operative sock -
teethe is then nailed etth•er on the ties for purchase and sale; (e) mo -
end of the bowsprit or the jibboom del rules of 1908 for societies for
and is considered a valuable charm, agricultural improvement; (d) the
capable of having the power to laws of 1902 on co-operative socie-
ring the ship fear winds and finest ties for production; (e) model rules
f weather, Int is not uncommon to of 1908 for agricultural co-operative
ee
sailingships lying in port withsocieties.
his peculiar sdgn of tite sailor's .N
uper•stittio•n, but the 'Custom is fast Pleasant
for the Caller.
there birds to be killed by the crew
on account of the belief that the
!tilling would be certa=in of bringing
die,as,trous results,
'j)Iur killing of a pig at .lea is al-
ways an occasion of enuelx impor-
tance, not only for the; reason that
fresh meat is to he enjoyed—a great
luxury on sailing <ship after per-
haps months: of salt .provisions --•bust
also because, what is termed a pig.
breeze or favorable wind may be
'looked union as a, eantiaintty.. Pigs
wheal kept On sailing ,shida are of-
ten let, out of their penis, and their
movements, which are believed to
foretell rhe state of the wind to be
expected, are watched with keen
interest,
Should a pig show signs of le,si-
ncss and merely lie down or wan-
der slowly about the deck, this is
considered asign of calm weather,
with little or no• wind in prospcet,
but any friekine:ss and a great
amount of squealing is hailed as a
sure sign of winds, a very necessary
factor for the navigation of a, sail-
ingship.
Sailing on a Friday is, as many
know, considered unlucky. Sunday
is generally considered a lucky day,
although the superstition as re-
gards the clay of sailing is almost
forgotten and seldom commented
on in these days of rapid travel-
ling.
lying tout with the advent of the Caller—Is where the capture of a Caller—Is your mistress in ?
hark at :sea iso a very rare occur- Maid—Did you see her ab the win-
enee, dow as you- same up the walk,
Another remarkable and weird ina,'am?
elief is that connee+ted with the al- Caller—Ne.
a•tross. These huge birds, m•e•asui•. Maid—Well, she said if you had,
ng fourteen to eighteen feet from n't seen her to say that •sho was
ip to tip of their wings, are only out.
o be seen in ,the etosmy regions of •
he capes of Good Hope and Horn Antarctica Diet,
net the surr'o.u,ndi:n g g latitudes. •
Talking- about the shortage• of
They fo:llpw ship4 for week' at a
The pe�ctrliar belief :of call food at one period daring }ars last
me.
me. 'credit these birds with pea- expedition, Sir Freest Shackleton
es iiia 'the soatls of :a,ncieait marl- tells a story of one of his contpan•1-
:e=rrs,. w'lio 1s e r x,"6'114 marl- one. on his return to lingland his
ave bootm:aker nret• hire and asked :
e•en damned to scour these sternly ' }Iowww did you find the e ,
egicn far eternity. ,,S bot is C
made for you 2 •
During.. cairns tda•ese birds aro "Best I ever" was was the
asily captured by a centrivan•ee of prompt reply...
i•£sailare' awn: invention, whinm,
eing baited, attaches- itself
to the:.
oohed bill on the albatross at- . "Here's <•i farmer writes bo
meting to prooure the bait, and asking how to treat sick bees."
bird is then hauled' on beaatd• E iitor-•--`t ,.better T'c .ell him he'd bc.t,ter •treat
ew . ,aptannr3 of slii,i>s mi11 angst. them with resect."
p
JAM� 'For example, 00e, or$1,00 is to be
UAIII``'" paid ttsuall
DRAINS ��O RES yin advance whether
f , aet.ter
the irrigable land receives water or
not, mid for this, say, one acre-foot
:% N•I) �3'Il,lr. iillltiicsitu`i"6i,t) ue. can be had. This mirrimuni is set at
LiO "1 .i4'ltl„5 the amount which is considered to
' be necessary for the production of
the average 4.;rep cinder or •
din ary
4 r
�l:tll, .t
ti ,rJ.i.til\1 FUR .!i FAR ll :i
l .
('andectcyd . on the model of the
(`anadiant Irrrlu$try,
A writer in the London Time's
tells how Russia, which has •long
nage Undertaking11 t)pete: "tlil. con,dutians, but it is not encau rh. to '•
been the richest fur country in the,
)yi result in water -logging the" ° , world, .has now followed Canada's
!kin i44 i'es et Waste Prairie in thetan,seg .g, s�axl, and lead,
e a r ark, i, eluent demand for drain A: number e 1'
x el. g For all quantities in excess of f iva uable 'v r ties
this minimum •an_ a sensing the most valuable 'varieties
The construction of the -huge 'Bas additional, eharge 8
:it tirade, were brought e o Siberia last au-
lana dam'. across' the famous ,Bow The result tumn, They are
liiver in the, Vicinity sult is that the irrigator, y now living comfort-'
the .,y oaf"Calgary by. ''being called ably •ata well-equipped .far
C.XII.. has beee 'all but' Com upon ' bo pay out his thirtymilesm within
pleted. Asa result of. its o � e a, nttney when he demrands more water of St. Ithe sbtirg, and
p. g . than the minimum, considers very are multiplying. nAllthe pens, box-
mil:lion acres of prairie land`.prevr- .carefully as to whether he
o•usly loalred item p as eat little or no nee z really and :netting,tmand of ethere ing, i follow
use for agriicultural • pur set is de it, Exp•eriraents have shown methods experience
follow
. ,.:. that the largest erop yields are .oh- the niodele that experience bass es -
now placed under irrigation and tamed with the manianuan amount of tablished among the fox farmers of
will peeve as productive as any water applied, eon;sistent with sunt- Prince sables,
Island.
othThe er partti nacof the
Dominhich ic s en, ;able plant growth, and that while But sables, which are found only
tailed tare ie en,di,tiir 'many craps are tolerant of eorsside r in the farm.
are the special featur
tailed
of dollars has been scute e 1 :able amounts of water, yet the yield of the, farm. They are,.rof course,
out underodollars hasn of carri d,iu reduced in quantity and quality kept in separate pens, fenced s
Dennis, assistant to the prr. J: S. by such excessive application, The: with fine wire netting, The pens
and of the Department of Na- plans already made and largely exe- tare filled with fir trees and hollow
aural a head of the D A'boi'ut three' cutecl for the main drainage, lin,ss• trunks, in order to resemble the
years.has been spent in this work; appear to make ample provision for. natural habitat of the sables as.
it is probable that the remainder future contingencies,much ,as p•osseble. The writer,.on
can be boatththe �< visiting time establishment, found
during year 1914, the sables and other animals in ex -
The greater part of the earthwork.: 0('C1°l:'.i`I`I011T, PAWNERS. cell:
for the atter s a ent health. One -a the brown
aggregating 20 mil-'' silver foxes was so tame that he
gram cubic yards, has been eau_ London Police Court Case Reveals whined for the visitors to come to
pleted and operations well ad- a Unique Profession. his pen, and at once began to romp
vanoed on the principal )sttruetteres: with them. Ali the varblue,us foxes,
Drains 5,000 Square Mlles. ll Landon police court case has black silver, brown silver, and
q •
called attention to the existence of
al -
The nater supply is derived frown an avocation which is not known to
Be* are well represented, and Bowv Riw er. The e quantities; ` ate exist anywhere else in the world, most all have become `very: twine,
shown by the records of the Domain- It is that of pawner, a profession The Croaks who inhabit the.
ion Government; are notably large, given over entirely to women who, northern spurs of the Uray range
the river receiving the drainage in the poorer districts of London, have bectome more or less proficient
from over 5,000 square miles above undertake, fora small compensa- in the art of breeding sables, They
Bassano. It has a, heavy spring time to carry the goods of their catch the animals when very young,
flow, the highest stages being reach- necessitous but sensitive neighbors and keep them either in their own
ed between June 15 and August 15,- to the pawnshops. Moat of this huts or in an adjoining shed. The
and thus furnishing an ample sup- work of pawning is done for women sables are very useful in ridding the
ply well through the crop season. who are ashamed to be seen enter- premises of rats and other vermin.
The low water surface, in Bow River ing a pawnshop, but some of it is a wild life,
they lose all desire for
is raised approximately 40 feet by dune for other women who are too a wild life, although now and again
the Beeson()dam, located 83 miles busy to attend to the formality. avo ,to pursue the
east of Calgary,. In certain districts these pawners squirrel, the favorite food of the
they are tears
It is a composite structure, the are known as runners. They live on sable tribe, in the neighboring for -
meal notable portion being the con- this work, charging from one to two est.
erete spillway 720' feet in length. cents for each journey, according to The usual way of capturing the
This is built with regard to economy the means of their clients. In one sable is as follows : As soon as the
of material and the so-called "Am- of the meanest streets of the East first snow falls, the trapper seri•
Bunsen type," with heavy flooring • End, which has a pawnshop at each out, generally mounted on hardy
on tiie bed of the stream. The con- end, two women ply a busy trade as .
Siberian pony and attended by his
erete portion of the data is- prolong- pawners. One of these women is a faithful dog, and pioeee ti to the
ed westerly within the Horseshoe widow, known and trusted in this haunt of the sable. Sometimes the
Bend by an earthen dyke, with work, and she has built up a, big trapper knows beforehand where
Maximum height of 45 feet :arid connection in the neighborhood, the animals are to be found but as
g eet, containing
-She uses a.perambulator anda rule, he is guided _ ' "
st
b t is fee -
„along g e•d by the tracks of
jttently sten passing along the the-squirrel.mThe -squirrel, it very
street with a load. of miscellaneous bi reniembet•ed, undertakes very
articles destined for the hungry wide journeys in search er its favo
maw of the pawnshop. Monday rite cedar nuts and other %god, vac;
morning is her busy time, as hurt -
table
occasionally there is a yeti
--
morning
of ill -paid casual laborers de- table migration of squirrels, and
pend. many times for their week's the sables follow them. The trap -
maintenance by pawning something per is immediately warned of the
on that day. On Saturday, when presence of sable by his dog, who
ilia head of the family brings home barks therm rip a tree, After he
Itis anoney, the pawner is called has seen the aa.fine, the trapper
iipon to redeem the goods which she ah] round ds to sett tree fine horsehair net
carried away on the previous Mon. all t+he at a distance of
day, and Usually the next Monday Mon-
twenty
rite instinctive yards. . He knows
the first journey is repeated. curiosity of the
et_.. animal will soon bring him into the
FRT:G1lT jid.�l) i TON.net. The trapper and his dog then
_withdraw to a little distance ; the
sable dessenda.to see what has been
Hey be Reduction in Prices at Tiers- done, and quickly becomes ent• --
•l l Island in the horsehair net. Small
length . of 7,000. f • .
about t 1,000,000 cubic y,ala, .,Ex,
tending easterly from the dam 'is
the nraiii canal five miles in length.,
partly in a deep cut of 70 feet bot-
tom width. Being mado.in earth of
somewhat trealhcerous character, it
has given considerable trouble.
Beyond th•e eastern end of this
cut, the main canal, the capacity of
which is 3,800 cubic feet per second,
divides the smaller portion with bed
width of 30 feet and capacity of 800
cubic feet per second, turning to-
ward the north, while the • larger
branch with Capacity of 2,200 sec-
ond -feet, continues • towards the
east..
.holster Aqueduct.
The most notable of the canal
structures is the Brooks Aqueduct. Lie sl rnd l lies Tear g}ed th h h '
10,000 feet in length, with capacity
of 900 second -feet crossing a broad. Whoever feels rnclinecl to e m- belts are attached to the top of the
design u f this
pp r
low depression. The desi Plain about rice high freight rates in net, and as soon as the trapper
aqueduct is novel, but evidently the Last' and West, where there is hears the ringing of these bells he
based on careful study With a view a network of railways may take con- knows that the sable has been
to permanence and economy of ma• solatiarrr out of the fact that there caught. The adult animal is quite
tenial, Practically all o£ the larger tar fla,laces where the rates are a liuseless for domesticating purposes;
structures in the eastern scare li gher. For example : the rate is near relative, the marten,
havehave been, or are beim, built of per ton on' freight from Athabasca it is a very fierce and almost untam-
tP• The drops in the canal Landing, in the Peace River conn- able beast. When taken very
are re substantial design, are of try, to Herschel Island, in the Arc- young, however, especially if it has
concrete; and • embody features
tic Ocean,' at the head of the Mac-
soon
yet left the parental nest or
foundfound- to be necessary for their per_ kenzie River, a distance of about preyed on live food, it is very soon
There are numeraiu's high 1,.600, miles, is . $480 per ton, and domesticated. culture and lrisheiies.
earth fills built in place of flumes. consequently needles sell at 30 cents It is a matter of some surprise' Mite scheme for the erection in tic
The smaller structures for di•stribu apiece, gasoline at $12 per gallon that the Siberian tribes have never west end of Grr.emak of cottages it
ting water to the farms or groups and • other things at proportionate been known -to domesticate the sig- garden city fa5hi,,+n for the convert -
ting
'of farms, numbering over a thou- prices .at Herschel. These prices, ver or any 'other kind of fox. This ience of workmen employed in the
sand, have not yet been pu,t in prevail at the Hudson Bay posts in is themore curious because all Si- torpedo factory, is reported to haveplace.
that distriet. • berian trappers appear to take a fallen through.
The area for which water is •be- There may be •a reduction •in the special pride in capturing foxes At a dance of the ct;,n,gregation of
ing provided in general, undulating
priees of these Comni.U•dities later on, alive. It :seems to he an article of Clun:e Park k Unitad free Church et
and with notable slopes towards for"tire Hudson Bay Company is go- superstiticnts belief among -them that Port Glasgow, w Meir 1 0 people were
aBownd and lied Deer ravers, There . ing to send a steamer loaded with to •gest a d•e,ad fox in a trap will de- p1esennt, the pr cead:in s opened
sir lies from Victoria .13.C. to prive therm of stupe hidden vir•t•ue prayer by the minister and
traversiare several distinct drainage lines f pp , , � with a i
the Herschel this .surnrriei by way of the that resides in the living animal. the singing of the 100th Psalm.'
graphs, nos conptar ctly aiwit i 'that
North Pacific and Behring Straits. More often than not they dig the ' _
i It w ll.be the first time the corm an silver fox out of his "earth." a
most of the plains region is favor-: p y
able for a relatively r,a. cal rtin-vf- i has sent in a boat by that route. task t:,f considerable difficulty, eines, tothing Very Serious,
of excess water. The main drainage ; Iiei•etgfore, supplie•
s have been sent he often lies up between the rocks 3
>; an b•y rail and 'team tet Athabasca on a h%llsicl.�, Mrs. Casey -06, Pat, whin the
system has been presided in hart be ! dochter told yez ye grad something
system
nature and in part by 'ai,rtifricial t Landing -and from there • tci: hers- Ianat it also seems to he an article wid a Latin nonce to it .a trr-r,i.
means. The first problen'i under. the ! clxel via Lake A.tliabasea, Great of •faith among these Siberian tribes lon • didn't it scare S
prevailing climatic ooncliti ns, is Slave Lake; Slate .li•rvet and the that the lino fox must be promptly , � two yedi
VlaCkertzie Rover along, lra:Garclous out to death. p Casey Shute an'it 1 n e ararh.
induct the, farmer to exercise fore-; •1That is invariably But whin e
'''''''''ler. by can+ac and :sfealiier, a done withgreat solemnity,1i only died arae <hai-
thought and to nos• water ,at the 'tenet,t,,, after the lair for it,{)i 1-newv1
right .time
; the •second, and even ' Senable part of which has to be performance of special rites intend- it d akar t ,iniuunt
portaged,. to mach,
moremore difficult, n to; get +him to ap p ed to gratify the trapper's pet --
e the danger; of'ttsin ton 'tilting ,bite ,all -water route deity. and to cause the man toae- --_,, 1'
g . from. Victoria to Herschel t
much Water, bei the freig+h,t giaia e the particular virtues of the
31r:'lieric nt r,.
char gess are reduced to •$60 per ton animal,
1rri atioq Meal lay. he has caught. The tempt- 1 e, when was you first, mos-
g The Hudson Bay Steamer will leave ing prices that have recently been tied ?” Mike asked
In order. to. prew•ent the occasion ;:oma tirne this Month. and amongst i
for these lenge " c s enditure: fur its cargo g offered to the Siberian trappers for "At nineteen •iyears rift.; ww es '' ;t? tt
r . p s , Y ga will be supplie, and mail live ۥoxer grave, however, i '
drainage arising in the future, ax- for Stefa.risseen andhisnduecd replied, `•itnal lie,ang ; I <l net,
pat•tv,, who theins to forego these Practices, Two marry again s> y.ittrt _ ,
rangements are. made ort .many c,f ark 'nowt. gLiartered •• at (rulbinson remarkably handsome Week e live toF3 c S Meti
the new irrigation systems to de- aorut, near i3ersclael :[clonal wait- tivera lis e be the age of 'yietl
liver water an a rn.cash retl basis,.. a. ingPe for the ice to- wire shown at the Moscow Exhibi _.-
break befome they tion of Sports .held in 1912.
certain minimum quantity beitxt oh -curt out 011 another lapof la and an S na,ll Eva--1-ltaw ---H
the join•:- equip; fine "collection has been as- ? w ..
old
twined at a flat charge assessed ou near to rice unexplored grandma am
Grandmas -Ho
p ?tory Isis se:mblcd at the •farm above man, you think .I arra'' -Small Fa
all irrigable laa'tds, ing sennewhere:near. the North Pole. tinned neap St..I'@t r'sbttrg• you don't long: tiwEully nee
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d1
What
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It:tNus Aivf) BRA tiS.
is Going en in the $itighlaiub
acid Lowlands of Auld •
Scotia,
Fishing in the Dean:th n sextet.
the Teitth, Mr. D. 11'LeKC•tnzie
Donne, ea -tight a fine salmon weigh
ing 25 lbs.
An official statement shows tha
therecruiting fortnight in Glasgo
has added 656 men to the territoria
force.
It is probable that the old infirm:
ary buildings in Perth will be con-
verted into offices for military pu•r-
poses. •
A very fine specimen of the otter
was killed on the Glasgow and .
W. Ry., near .Cutemext.
trees. (Annan:).
The m:embei's sof the Hawick Rug-
by Club have decided to erect a new
pavilion at Mansfield Park at a cast
of about $3,000,
By the death of Mr. John Montt
gomery Drumgian, Cray, the gide dt
tenant farmer in Gartshore estate
has passed away.
The important natter cif a pure
water ;supply was again under dais-
cuseion at a meeting of Z)albea,tti
Town Council recently,
Ford Rosebery ia now at Pal-
atally, where he will remain for
some time. He has recovered frons
his resent indisposition,
Captain K. M. Laird, 2nd Argyle
and Sutherland Highlanders, has
been appointed brigade major of
the Black Watch Infantry at Dun-
dee.
Telegraphic eoanniunication is now
restored between Orkney and *lin
mainland, as well as Shetland,
where the cables had broken clown.
The magistrate of Arbroath re-
conim•ends that the King's birthday
be observed on the 31•a of June as
holiday instead of Victoria Day as
formerly, • 4
The Mansion House of Midfield.
Lanwvade, belonging to Mr. James
Archibald Hood, has been destroyed
by fire. The damage is estimated •
at $40,000.
sea
Substantial progress -hats been
made with_ the.:building of 'the.:iddi-
tiotn to the General P•o,at'. OIl e,.
Glasgow. The scheme is estimated •
:Co'.cast about $500;000.
Sir Hugh Shaw Stewart has Pre -
seated the extensive park wveat •: f
Fort Matilda to the coatannunity .rf
Greenock to be held for all time as
an ,open space by the corporation.
The proposal of the. Glasgow Cor-
poration to submerge Rob Roy's
county in Perthshire for the pur-
pose of seater storage, is meeting
with indignant opposition in Scrat•
-
land.
At Greenock, Dean of Guild
Court, a week ago plans were pees -
ed for the erection of the Corpora-
tion Gas Works at Inehgreen, of a
vertical retort house, 70 feet in
length.
Three bombs were recently ex-
ploded by militant suffragettes in
an attempt to blow up 13elniont
Church, Glasgow, Fortunately
only slight damage was done to the
building.
A:s a result of the outbreak of
swine fever in Aberdeen, nearly 30
pigs belonging to Mr. Barrie, Iloe:s-
hill House, Aberdeen, were slaugh-
tered by order of the Board of Agri -