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DRAN. "The Drialt Mosts,."
There is scarcely a regiment or a
rps in the British army that does
it pewee a nickname of some
nd or aiother, •and :some Of these.
e distinctly euvions, while others
e, of teourse, obvious. No one, ,kr
stance, needs to be told why the
cots Guards are celled "the
oats,' or the Life Guards "the tin
ellies."
.
Others, however', are not eo. ob-
Jin. Perhaps the most extra,or
(finery of aill these names is "Pon
ptontlille Pilate's Bodyguard,". to whic
1.1 ranks of the Royal Scots Regi
1 ent eheerfully answer. This regi
exit claims to he the oldest in ou
l eny, a claim, by the way that i
' renuouely resisted by certain
her corps. When. it was serving
;der the King of France in th
venteentth century, a dispute
ose between the men and those o
e Picardy Regiment as to which
the oldest eerps. The Picardy
giment laid claim to having been
duty the night before the Crud -
'on. To this the Royal Scots
raptly retorted : "Had we been
duty then, we .should not have
n found asleep at our posts."
nother nickname that needs ex -
nation, is that of the Norfolk Re-
ent, Which is known through -
t the service as "the Holy Boys."
is arose during the Peninsular
ai- from the fact that their badge
the figure of Britannia. The ig-
rant •Spanish peasantry could not
derstand whom this figure was
tended to represent, and took it
be the Virgin Miley.
"The Pigs and Whistles."
The "Pig and Whistle Light in-
ntry" is not exactly a title of re-
ect, but the Highland Light In -
Vag nfry aeoept it it equanimty.
'He M name, like that of the Norfolk
giment, arises from the badge,
ich is an elephant over a bugle.
other ;similar title ie that of the
est Riding Regiments, known
'nerally as "tthe Monkey -up -a.-
,
,e, tick," their badge being a, 'crest of
P'fb e Duke of Weliington, a rampant
Ln on holding a banner aloft, The se-
ga..,ond 'battalion of this regiment used
1 bolikewise to be known as "the Seven
ig Vied Sixpennies," from its being
1 011ie old 76th Foot, but this has new
died out. ,
1 "The Murdering Thieves" is the
58•rateely complimentary title be -
towed upon the Royal Anmy Medi-
-al Corps, from the feet that when
eis was first formed ats a. regular
111111Mortion of the army, it was • known
the "Medical Train," and all
wagons, equipment, etc., was
sniped accordingly "M.T.." "The
11160e Wallopers," ,and "the Lin-
ed Lancers" are likewise names
at the elwa,ys jocular Tommy has
atowed upon the R.A.M.C.
Some of the nicknames bestowed
A our regiments have a, distinct -
slanderous implication. Thus the
yal Irish Regiment is often
own as "the Drink Mosta," while
Gordon Highlanders have been
bleed "the Whisky Washers."
• "The Dirty Shirts.
ore reflection, too, iti cast upon
Royal Munster Fusiliers, who
mem years past have borne the
ustifiable appellation of "the
ty Shirts," while the Queen's
n Roval West Kent Regiment
bear theie lejelrna,me of the
ilex 1,44.-Hupdred," with corn-
te equapenity, es do the Rifle
gade, who are "the Sweeps" to
entire army,
)f quite a different type is . the
ne renday borpe by the Middle-
egneent? "the Die-hards."
s title they riehly earned at Al -
ren eye ef under sie.hune
a plait realm thee' lest); nearly
r hundred, and heel their colors,'
led iby no fewer tlian thirty but- '
...eie celonei eonstan ly ex -
tat t
vie tc? felie har , fee4,-
Obi) mei Wane/roe ill 'd-
e them ao long as theBritash
MI ARMY N1CKNAMiS
IE O1 DIEM ureEnty DEFY
EXPLANATION. •
rdon• ifighlandere Axe Celled the
'Whiskey Washers," Royal Irish
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a similar on that
Black Watch gained t en: well -
wale ap .fli
we title a "be
Diypoliall.4c.'
tie Duke of Cement l'e leg6.t
f47 "PIM? LaqPite:l119Piillia. '
attee epee Clime prom their
4 PePzar-06,ilnclog , 4 Fq to-
g en Or the eighteenth
uPf:
iere are some eickeitimes in the
y that utterly dely explanation;
nekeey egorts .e ortOe iron
A
tem' ,)e *6I'te the ines-
e 10th Hears fro
4 ev:ide ea "the iChaney
• ktve Piffle, bear the
the Resurrectionists, and the
West Surrey Regiment "the Sleeper
Queene," The 13ecifordshire Regi-
ment has the rather curious nick-
name of "the Peaceinakers,"ow-
ing to the small- number of battle
honors on their eolors, and the feet
that upon several occasions they
bave arriv-ecl at the ;seat of war just
as preliminaries for peace were be-
ing negotiated.
"The Cherry -Pickers."
• The 13th Hussars were called
"Prince Aabert's Own," because
they formed his moil in 1840 when
he journeyed from Dover to Canter-
bury toette married to the Queen.
They were afterwards nicknamed
"The Cherry Pickers." This was
because some men were taken pris-
oners while on outpost duty in a
fruit garden in filpain.
"The Nanny Goats" is atitle
conferred upon the Royal Welsh
Fusiliers. It is their custom to
have a goat with shields and gar-
lands on its horns, Lied at the head
of the drum. An unfortunate drum-
mer (boy who got astride the goat
was flung upon the mess table and
killed by the -animal, which ran
amuck. It is sine qua non at the
ceremony of distributing leeks on
St. David's night that everyone pre-
sent at the mess shall eat it, stand-
ing on his chair, one•foot on the
table, white a, drummer beats be-
hind him, and the memory of Tony
Purcell, who was major of the regi-
ment at its inception and was kill-
ed at the battle •of the Boyne, is
drunk with the honors.
NEWS OF DIE MIDDLE WEST
BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI.
TISH COLUMBIA.
Items Prom 'Provinces Where Kane
Ontario Boys and Girls Are
"Making Good."
Joe Broadhuest, formerly of Win-
nipeg, was lot on H.M.S. Ha,wiree.
The license fee for clubs hasbeen
increased in Alberta from $800 to
$1,500.
A new hotel, to be called the
Peerless, will be erected in Portage
La Prairie.
A. A. Leach, a Calgary *entree -
tor, has been left $125,000 by a rela-
tive who died in New York.
F. H. Blackwood, a farmer, at
Coronation, Alta., secured $4,000
'worth of oats from 80 acresof
Although only 250 men ean be
taken from Regina with the ,second
contingent, 1,000 have volunteered.
Thomas G. Cook was acquitted,
at Calgary, of the murder of Wil-
liam B. Orewford, at Wainwright
on May 14,
Four thousand citizens) of 1Nieni-
peg have signed a. petition request-
ing Mayor Deacon Ito stand for elec-
tion again.
The two-year-old son of Frank
F,a.yree 1546 Rae Street, Regin,a,
toddled in front of the wheels of a
coal 'wagon and was killed.
Mia. Wilfred G. Ferrey, wife of
the pose -neater at Ghost Pine
Creek, Alta, hs given birth to
three five -pound triplets, two girls
and one boy.
Members of the Saskatchewan
Grain Growers' Assoeiation are eat -
ting aside one acre each to grow
wheat upon next year, for the pa-
ttriotic fund.
A young Englishwoma,n 'who ad-
vertised "with. view to matrimony"
in a. Calgary paper has sixteen ap-
plicants for her hand already, and,
more are coming.
D. M. Herron, a farm,er, living
12 miles meth of Calgary, raised a
radish which weighed over four
pounds and measured 20 inches in
eirouniferenee.
H. Seised, of Calgary, was bru-
tally murdered in Lansford, North
Dakota,by robbers. He and a
companion were killed with rocks
by ewo men, who have confessed.
Mrs. Joseph. Prost, 328 McDer-
mott Avenue, Winnipeg, the young
English wife of 'aei Italia.n, attempt-
ed 'suicide with poison, but will re-
cover. She is s, native of Ply -
me -11th, Eng.
Isaao, the eleven -year-old eon of
jac' oh Gerezen was killed when his
arm caught in ?the belt of a gasoliee
engine' fly -wheel en his fa,ther'e
rm, Ttwelve miles eceetla of Mov-
en, Man.
Two professoes of the University
of Saskateheesan, Re J. Bateman,
.A., and Lenis Bre,hasete 'M.A.,
Sc., as well as the bursar, T.
Baden Reaney, have enlieted els pri-
vates in the second eontingerite
Jainesifempel, eight clerk in the
Avenue Wineopeg; •weeileter-
teri murdered by g treat* who article
na over head web a piece of
lead pipe when refused permiesien
Tbo eleeP in the cellar. •
et teree.,Hille, Ake, whildrunk
e
,4ted. Me.Cliliivray, ieleeksieith,
in unlearned in the lootel jeil, set
tlie 4t9'IF TV114i hye,se to
It
wee tome
rine ilielrnarne of up by the flames,
yeetee he whole leualdinre was eaten
REFUGEES AT OSTEND HUDDLED ON T BE QUAY.
Belgians ChaSed to the Last Little Corner el Territory.
The picture was taken at Ostend when the Germans were at, hand, and shows refugees stranded because
every boat »had already been crowded with their teompatriot&
LONDON'S NEW LORD MAYOR :cidaypsrioyfilegev%racisttbeey were in
A STEADFAST BLEIEVER IN
CANADA'S FUTURE.
Sir Charles Johnston Has Man
Friends In This
Country.
With the selection a abort 'tine
ago of Sir Charles Johnston, of th
well-known shipping firm of 'Win
gate anal Johnston, for the positio
of Lord Mayor of London, Caned
lane niay be assured that withinth
metropolis of the Empire the affair
of their country and the importan
part the Dominion is playing in th
greats Imperial movement will fin
the most attentive and friendly in
terest.
• •Sie .0har1es winfiir tJ»ieItic
of Lord Mayor with gfeatelistinc
tion. He is an ardent, admirer o
Canada :and a eteadfasb believer. i
its future, and eo he may be boated
to assist the development tha
friendly feeling that has, grown up
between Canadians and London
business and professional men,
many of whom have played an Ma-,
portant part in obtaining those
large loans which the Dominion hes
been so successful in floating on the
London market.
Father a Shipowner.
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The position for which Sir
Charles has been selected dates
back to the portreeveships of Nei-
man times. The traditions that
surround it and its intrinsic import-
ance places the occupant in a. sin-
gularly influential position through-
out the British Isles, where the
name of Wingate and Johnston is
very well knotwn. The father of Sir
Charles was a. shipowner of Liver-
pool, and the present head of the
family has • played no unimportant
part in maintaining and developing
the comenenceOf Britain upon the
seas.
In 1907 Sir Charles became an
alderman of Aldersgate and in 1910
and 1011 he was Sheriff of the City
of Landon, In 1911 he was made a
knight, and he has always followed
the trend of colonial and imperial
affairs with keen interest. The Gov-
ernment of the city of London, of
which he is now •head, is not like
the ,governerceset o Canadian cities,,
for the yeas that many things
about it have an origin dating back
hundreds of years. .
In Rosuan Times.
- -
London was a. place of import-
ance ender the Benueee and was
famed for its vast conflux of traders and its celeundapt commerce
even in the first century ef the
Christian era. From the Roseatie,
it is said, it received municipal ip-
stitutione, which have endured iq
ther rna,n features 4,o the prese
day, In Saitoe times it way m
itea. smell' nedepeedent state, aped
its burgeesee reamtaareed their in-
depenclenee even after. the 13ettle
of Hastiess. •
Wiliiaari tie °111144 Pally gained
possession of tb‘eit tette 'by means o
a treaty with thein, and about eight
f
years after he granted a clestetell
`,1..?1•1 is etjp. Preserved. It is ed -
reseed, to William the 13iehop, God•
fey Pale Portreeve, and all the
leurgeses, and 'promisee that they P
shall be "law worthy," i.e., posses- a
Norman Title of Bailiff.
The Portreeve, however, received
the Norman title of 'bailiff, which in
1191 was ehanged to Mayor, the
first holder under the .new name be-
ll,* Henry Fitzalwyn, who filled the
office for 24 years. On his death a
new charter was granted by King
John in 1214. which direoted the
Mayor to be chosen annually,
vehidh has ever Gime been done,
though in early times the :same in-
dividual often !held the office more
than once.
Thrice Lord Mayor. -
A !miller instance is that of
"Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor
of London" (in reality, four times,
1397, 1398, 1406, 1419), and modern.
oases • occur with Alderman Wood,
1615e 1816; Sir John Key, 1830,
Alderman Oulaitt 1880, 186/,
entrAldeeman Sir R. N. eFowler,
An; 18,85 'The title of Lord Mayor
is said to' haere been first bestowed
in 1354 on ir Thomas Legge, by
Edward III.
Aldermen were first appointed
by a charter of Henry III. in 1242,
and .were elected annually between
1377 and 1394, when a dharter . of
Richard 11. directed them to be
-chosen for life. The Common Coun-
cil was at an early date situated by
a pilar assembly ealled the Folk -
mote.., At first only two representa-
tives were sent from each ward, but
the nuoatber has since been greatly
increased, some wards having as
many as 16 members and none less
than four.
Sheriff's Saxon Officers.
Sheriffs (as well as aldermen)
were Saxon officers, who usually
had charge of a large distriot. The
time of their appointment for Lon-
don is uncertain, but they appear
in ancient. records as early as A.D.
1130. , At first they were only the
officers of the Crown, and were
named by the Barons of the Ex-
cheqeer, but King John gave them
in the fleet year of his reign per-
mission to choose their own sher-
iffs.
The oitzens, however, lost this
rivilege,..as far as the election of
heriffoE Middlesex is concerned,
by the Local Government Act, 1888,
but they continue as heretofore to
choose the sheriffs of the city of
London.
Lord Mayor's ,Show,
They are appointed on Midsum-
mer Day, and enter on office at
Michaelmas on which day the Lord
Mayor is elected. He is sworn into
office'oe November O. and on the
following day presented to the Lord el
Obiel,'justice tbe Royal Courts bof Justice, to take the final declar-
ation' of office—the pa,geent, con-
ducted with some degree of civic
etate, being popelarly known as ihe
Lord Meyoe's Skew,
•
TIIE CZAR AND THE TAILOR.
This Good Fortune of 'Chaim KIR-
lehkepra Beads Like Fairy Tale.
An amusing account of the cir-
cumstances that attended the order-
ing of a military uniform by the
Czar of Russia. from a little Jewish
tailor in the Crimea, as given in the
Argus. The Ozer wished to wear
the uniform of the Crimean Dra-
goons at a fete, but did not have
one with him. He noticed, however,
that the colonel of the regiment
wore a uniform that fitted beauti-
fully, and learned that the name
kofese histtailor was Khairn Kurich-
There was still emote have a uni-
form made, and the Czar command-
ed that the tailor be brought to him.
When a handeoncie motor car step-
ped outside the Kurie,hkess door,
there was •surprise and alarm in
the hoasehold, which consisted of
father fund mother and nine chil-
dren., A eloaked eftleer descended,-
and Said etaeca,to eentene,es to
the dusneounded tailor:
"You must come with me 1 Don't
be frightened! You'Jl know. later
where I'm taking you! You'll be
away for several days! 'I can't
leave without you • we've lest much
time already I Getdreseed
ly!"
Kurichkess obeyed. He was dri-
ven to a house where a general of
gendarmerie, who showed a sur-
prieing knowledge of his antece-
dents, cross-examined him as to his
identity. He was assured that he
need not be alarmed; he would be
provided with a lodging, and the
next day he would be told what be
had to do. He must not try to es-
cape for he would be wate,lied.
The following morning a colonel
ha:
entered his room and addressed him
b
-Great good fortune has fallen
upon you ! His Majesty the Emper-
or wishes you to rn.ake for hien a
uniform of the Crimean Dragoons.
hope you won't ;make a mess of
a.. I well take you at once to the
palace, where you will be admitted
te the Czar's study to see his Ma-
jesty's figure."
When the excited tailor waa ush-
ered into the royal ,study, the Czar
looked up from a document he was
reading, and said:
"Oh, you are here ,alreta,dy You
are Khaim Kurichkess, the tailor.
want you to make me a uniform
of the Cromean Dregeons. Do your
best, and see that it, is a. good fit."
When his work was finished and
the Czar was plea,sed with the fit,
Kuriehkess refused to accept any-
thing paymenrt, but the 'colonel
insisted that. according to law, he
was obliged to receive fifty rubles
or his expenses. Moreover, the
blister of the court was aware
hat, Kurichkess was in debt, and
had ,ordered the officer to give the
tailor an envelope containing three
huud,red rubles.
Kurichkese was driven. home in a
meter, and some clays later an
perial messenger brought. to is
shop a oase containing a gold watqi
and chain. The double eagle eyee
engraved on the watch, .which else
bore the inseription, "To game
Kurichkes*, for zeed."
Billy, 'while being reprimeieled
hr his teaCher for some misdemetee-
or, salt deleyn, leaving her standipg.
She reminded him that po gentle -
Man aleSetti seat himself while the
lady with .whom he is conversing re-
mains etanding. 40116 this is a lec-
ture,'" replied Biir, "and I am t.he,
audience."
ffe e a perfect duck of a, doe-
or.'et heaven'e sake )titeIl
&telt so. ' UWhy pot 1" r -
,11y, they'll think hos a qneck."
No Improvement.
Chie night when her grandmethev
vette pitteing _her to bed three-year-
ofc. dime said: "Gra,ndlna, every
night, when 1 go bo bed I ask the
rafed to make brother Fred a, good
boy."/ "That Is Tight," said her ,Stranger--;e4Tr far is 't.fvf4m, hove
grandmother. "But He • hasn't to Farmer Browlitvs —
ne it yet,' seed (nave, soberly. Ten patent raedieme
utioveolvvIrouivlykkewsv4,4406.4.40
ACTIVITIES Or WOIIEN ,
Siam haa no *44 maids.
In the lest ten yeare womep law- •
yees have increrated 33 per eent.
Women new excel :in swimming
riding and gere eleakieg•
, Iertdoe inettittettene are askire
that women be appointed as, eonstre
Over 4,000 women are enrolled es
students in Germany's 21 universie
Pennsylvania has 0,869 women
farm:tent and 6,095 females employed
as fermi laborese.
Mrs. T.' H. Bailey of Atehison,
Kan., has completed 50 years a*
washerwoman for one gamily. •
Turkish rugs are largely made by
women and eltildren, who are paid
from five to 25 teepee e, day.
Chamin'ads, the fankme
French composer,
has been elected
president of thee Seale* of Women
Musicians.
For special devotion and eempe-
tency, Miss 'gleaner S. Kelly hail
been honored with the British Roy-
al Red Oross.
Women engaged in the cocoa,
chocolate and sugar eonfeetionery
work in Greet Britain earn On a+13
average of $2.75 a. week.
Women have octlela in their h.
mush less frequently awe men '
cense they are not aecitseemee'
heavy coverings.
So as to prevent. their eke
eligible girls of New Cletir.ea
compelled to sleep in treete and tie
ladders remoyed after they retire
Wages of To:tom operatives in the
silk milts of China are learly ar,
the vanishing point, aa they receive
only five *ante a, dee.
San Fru:wise*, is to have a Ile
paper, owned, managed and eirett
lated by women. It is to he run ir
the interests of the Derneeratic per
ty, and Miss Marry Fairbrother v11:
be the managing editor.
Some of the occupations rhy..v oper
to women are laundry- 4,vers.eer,
landscape gardener, diettleinn .
tie] secretaries, fawn neanagere. in.
te Her deeo rakers, p tobog ra ph er s
chemists wad leacterieloeleiee.
Mrs, Oha.rlotte Hunt of Celifor
nia is the oldest known blind wo.
man able .to read from emhosse.cl
type. She is now 91 years old and
learned bo readhy the embossed
method when she was 99 yaare
• A USTRI TMND1.
Vienna Pull et Vi'ottectect
vasion of Cholera, aced Dysentery.
When Ausbela, so ter rug a n tly
made her clernando upon Servite,
late in July, the world regarded bee
as a great Power wrongfuny
tempting to coeroe a weaker nation.
She was eoeficlene, of cuuree, oi
her ability to elemitel tacervia to hoe
way of ehinking, Jrreknootive of tins
rights of the emcee Sho thought she
could repeat the coupty whit% ahe
obtained peermation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, a tele, years before.
Now she is stricken to the poi
of exhaustion. .A eorreepteadent a4
Rome sends a graphic detacriptioe
of the disaster Viet bee overtaken
her. Vienna is literally a greet
hospital. Barracks, aeletet home
theatres, offieece, the entiaeuen and
the rotunde of the famous Prater
Park are ell in 1.18e for the care of
the wounded. Ohelera, and desen-
tery, the forener in mild but the 10 t -
ter in fatal form, have invaded the
city. The pub le je begi n n in g Understand the failure of Vite ea]
paign. There are no evidences • '
"patriotic tplateion, empathy t
enthusiasm." rhe empire is
the ragged edge nf catastrophe. Its
dissolution would be rt:te natural
outcome of its labeet and met Cie -
estrous military ceperiment.
The Vital qt/euann.
Examiner --Now, William. if ok
man can do oreefourth of a, piece cif
work in two dayahow long will he
take to finish it?
William—le it a contrac' job te ie
he v,-orkin' by the. day 7
Another Yietitn.
"Poor Maud is a victim of the
stock tinarket."
"Yo p don't mean to foie she'
beep epeceilattgt"
"Nee it,)4.11-terlanoe 'has, and the
engagement is.b.'iol<en."'
Tittle Johnriy—Mrs. rital,keU pyo
oTher-Pisbe rg4t-41 .h
ea You elig, etenaphigarrly 4 tee' ef:
ere'.s n dealeng that *pap
sense. What oilo 00Li
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