The Brussels Post, 1916-8-10, Page 6THE LAPSE
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ENOCH WENTWORTH
By ISABEL GORDON CURTIS,
Author of " The Woman from Wolvertons "
stead by you," she whispered, "Good
I night."
CHAPTER X.
"De you mind if I am atrociously
frank with you 7"
' It was Grant Amalfi who •SPoke.
Bnoeb Wentworth and he sat far back
in the darkened orchestra at the Goth-
am, watching a rehearsal.
Wentworth nodded, but turned 41.
startled glance 'upon the man beide
him.
"Simply because I know how power-
• ful your play is, I want to suggest a
CHAPTER ]L—(Continued). 011 1" cried the girl aghast, "How I touch that will make it stronger,"
you have altered"" "What 7"
" Yes, he told me, only it seemed so
atrange, BO hard to believe after our "I have," Merry spoke in a hoarse
talk that day at the Paint, that seine. whisper. He returned to his chair by
how 1 cannot understand it." the fire and bent to warm his fingers
Merry watched her keenly. He was by the blaze. There was another long
throttling a temptation to tell every. silence. Dorcas was the first to break
thing that had come between him and
the sunshine of existence. Ile felt "Even it it were against your Mali -
sure of the girl's sympathy ; be knew
she would understand. He had begun
to realize his own dependent nature,
First there had been his mother, then
nations, would you do something to
make some one very happy, some one
who believes in you—who cares a
great deal for you and about your fu -
dor years he had leaned upon Enoch's tune ?"
strength and friendship, When he was Merry spoke gently. "Miss Dorcas,
left alone it was outer darkness, Every I'm afraid you are mistaken, There is
fiber of his being longed not so much nobody in the world to care."
SheSh� rosoth foot and, leaning on
the mantel, glanced down at him with
for redress as for understanding and
sympathy.
"Miss Dorcas, I will begin at the )
day when I left you and—" Suddenly suddenly fled.
he realized he could not tell the story "One person cares very much. I
of Enoch's disloyalty to her. „ma, , do. I have set my heart on your suc-
't
work for it ? 13esides, 1 am selt-
ih embarrassment
hall
"Understand, this is not criticism.
If you don't think well 01 11 we'll never
mention it again." Oswald approached
the subject diplomatically. He had
begun to discover a strangely uneven
temper in Enoch. There were days
when he stood upon the heights of
triumphant anticipation, then came
intervals when everything and every-
body were at odds.
"What did you think of changing 9";
The Value of Underdrainage.
What has struck me most of late
is the veal° and importance of tile
drainage ,and how little farmers avail
bliemselvee of the opportunity of im-
proving their land in this mariner. I
will quote a few particular instances
of the effect of tile drainage that I
have come across.
Our farm has a certain amount of
tile -drains where they are most need-
ed, but has by no means a thorough
system. They were put in before my
time at the rate of about one draM a
' year. A field we had in corn last
year was always wet on the south
side when the rest of the field was fib
to woik, and consequently was sel-
dom worked up well, and, on account
of this and its low-lying condition,
never raised more than half a erop.
A fetv years ago a five -inch erain was
put through it, and although this did
not draM it thoroughly, this part of
the field always raises one-third bet-
ter crops, Last year was wet and
we had the field in corn. At one
time, on such a year, there woald
have been practically nothing' on this
strip but the tile did the business, and
ib went 100 bushels to the aero and
the rest of the field about fifty.
It is not c anglng, Osald spoke
thoughtfully, "What I have in mind
is elaboration. You have made 'Cor -
delta' a loyal, tender woman, but the
mother ought to be more of a foil to
her. She is cruel now, vain, selfish
and deceitful but—she is not bad
enough. When it can be done, I be-
lieve M choosing an. actress who has
something in common with the role she
is to play, Character comes out every
time, even in acting. Don't you agree,
with. me ?"
To a certain extent."
Of course, in cases of downright
Dorcas, I need your help—terribly, I0058.
you
"I am ready to help you in any V, WV'
isb." Her eyes shone with eagerness.
ltnew he was nerviug himself to a eon -1 I want to play Cordoba. Mr. Os -J
I can," she answered quietly. She
I weld has offered rae the part. I have
ss on , and she un erst ood w at an geni I dig us t is wM
ent. There is Merry, I Another field was in oats last yea
e
' ,
studied it. I could play it to -morrow if
If we accept tragedy, I believe he and seeded down to alfalfa. Thee -
ordeal it was to the man. She crossed ,
5
1 ou would bo my teacher." I
• could portray any character from gay- are several drains running across th
the room and laid a paper before him,
pointing to the bold headlines i 111e. 0 rry. aimed with a quick gesture
est comedy to intense emotion. I pre- field, but at quite a distance apart
stretched across the top of the page.I as 1 r I push temptation away from
diet for your sister's 'Cordelia' a sue- When I mowed the field I received a
The wards fairly leaped at Merry, , him." "Don't 1" he cried. "Ah, Miss
cess that will stir New York to enthu- object lesson. A few rods on eac
TREelENDOUS SURPRISE Dorcas, don't go into stage life 1" '
"I shall go into it sooner or later.„' siasm, but she could never play any- side of the tile drains there was
months will show their appreciation
in an increased milk flow.—"Dair'SN
man" in Farm and Diary.
To Prevent Overheating.
Horsemen will soon need to be on
their guard against overheating.
Most cases of overheating can be pre-
vented by keeping a few simple things
in mind.
Give at least a pailful of water to
each horse about 10 o'clock, and again
at 3 or 4 o'clock on a hot day.
Be very careful with a horse that is
a little out of health, if you are work-
ing him on a hot day.
Look out for a horse that after
sweating freely suddenly stops sweat-
ing. Put such 'a horse in the shade
as soon as possible and give a moder-
ate drink.
Do not put a horse not in good con-
dition for hard work, in the centerof
a four -horse team in hot weather.
Work carefully on a hot day when
the atmosphere is moist and heavy.
A horse can hardly get too hot to
water, but one must regulate the
amount by the temperature of the wa-
ter.
In case of an attack of overheating
the horse should be taken to the
r shade as BOOB as possible. A treat-
ment of the surface of the body, parti-
e cularly of the head, with cold water
. should be given until the temperature
n is within a degree or two of normal.
h Stimulants, such as whiskey or
a: brandy, well dilated, should be given
e as early as possible.
d In most eases it is better to plan bo
Enoch Wentworth the Coming Drama- She spoke with a quiet determination.' thing but a sweet, true -hearted woman. fine, thick crop, but farther away, th
"I feel sure I can play 'Cordelia ; ' be-
tist, No matter how hard she tried, she alfalfa was badly winter -killed an
1
ou al n e parto a raise, un- hardly worth cutting. • If the fie
He read on dawn through the col.: sides, it would be so much easier to
scrupulous adventuress. Do you see had been thoroughly under -drained i
umn. Fellow journalists had banded make a beginning with Enoch and Mr.
what / am driving at ?"
duction. Merry's name was not men- Merry rose and paced for a few 1 •• per acre. As it was it barely went a
together to give Enoch a royal intro- Oswald and you." would easily have yielded two loads
"I think I do " •
"When you read your play to me
tioned, though there was frequent ref- minutes about the room, then turnedload to the acre and almost all of that
erence to a famous star, who had the to the windowand 'Sohn Esterbrook's' wife took
and gazed out at the came from over the tile drains.
leading part in consideration.shape before my eyes, Zilla Paget
Oswald deserted city. The sleet of midnight We intended to put two fields in
to my memory. I asked you then
was referred to as a newcomer in the had changed to a raging storm. The came oats this year. There were both goo
ranks of New York managers. Hfl
is wind drove the snow in sudden ur-to reserve the part for her, because,
' fields and of similar soil. One is
if I can judge human nature, she is
lavish production of Wentworth's ries, piling it in drifts across the ' well undeielrained, the other has no
the woman's prototype."
d drains in it. The drained field was
fit early, worked up nicely, and was
one of the first sown in the vicinity.
The other field was wet and stayed
t
proacbing prodigality. Merry read it "Miss Dorcas," he said, "come here." „Whyo nate if 'Mrs. Esterbrook' is not bad "Miss Paget must be a fiend !near -
through to the last sentence, then the The girl crossed the room.
paper fell to the floor and he buried she cried, "it is a fearful night !" I
enough for her."
! "I'm not as merciless as that "
his face in his hands. "Yes.I It's a fearful night for the. Let until it got too late for oats so
t 11 hIdh
While Dorcas watched, her heart
ached for him. It was hard to hold in
cheek the soothing touch she would
have given to a woman or to a child.
"Olt 1" she said in a piteous whisper,
"it was such a mistake."
He did not answer or lift his head
from his hands, o n. o this instance
"I pleaded with Enoch. I told him the Bowery missions are open ; onlylacko tile drainage meant the loss
was making a name for herself when
an idiotia manager cast her as a sweet,
it was all wrong, terribly wrong, fort before one can make up his mind to
him as well as for you ; that when you seek a lodging there, they are filled to I refined, home -loving woman. I never
many similar personal experiences in
of a crop. These are just a few of
sat through such a pitiful failure. She
suflication."
played it for two nights, then she was this line.
Dorcas shivered.
thrown aside. She had a long run of
"If I had known during these weeks
hard luck. Managers forgot how re -
that anybody cared—or believed in '
markably she had played bad woman.
me—perhaps I should not have gone
The failure as a good woman was laid
so far down the hill. I did not dare
up against her."
even to hope that you thought of me
"1 thought she had a tremendous
again."
succes last winter."
"Andrew," said the girl, "I care so
(To Be Continued).
much that I cannot tell you. Some
queer strain in my nature makes me
happiest when I have some one to care HOW COINS WEAR OUT.
for. Girls at the convent used to
come to me in all sorts of difficulties ; Loss of Weight That Occurs Is Doubt -
the ones I loved best were the ones less Caused by Abrasion.
who needed me most. They called me
In the latest report of the British
'Little Mother.' "
mint, Sir Thomas K. Rose, a well -
"Miss Dorcas," he did not turn to "'Little Mother,'" repeated Merry ;
look at her, "what was the -worst, then he laughed huskily. If the girl known metallurgical expert, calls tention to the effect of grease derived
at -
thought you had of me when Enoch , had known men she would have seen
absolute famine for love, for sympathy fromt f fingers,
or from
other sources, in accelerating the wear
and human understanding in the eyes
of coins, which is usually attributed
that were bent upon her
homeless. Do you know where I we decided to plow it and plant, it in
son after season she was cast in Lon -
might have found shelter to -night if it' corn. The weather suddenly changed
don companies for women of the lower
had not been for you ? Perhaps ' to the other extreme and became hot
type or of bad morals. Sometimes she
there's a hallway somewhere that I, and dry. We were finishing anoth-
could bare slipped into, and for an! was a cold-blooded, scheming e.civen-
er corn field and by the time we were
hour or two the police would have left' turess, or a creature so cruel, so heart -
ready 10 plow this field it was too
less and unwomanly that she seemed
me undisturbed. 0 might have found mb hard and remained so until it was too
• b 1 ' IT b t or—! a defamation of the sex. Miss Paget
returned he must set thing straight.
I told him it was not even collabora-
tion; it was wholly and distinctly
your play,yours alone—"
"Collaboraion 7" repeated Merry,
perplexedly, raising her eyes,
"He told me everything," cried the
girl hurriedly. She was trying to save
him the full confession of his down-
fall. She did not wish to listen to it.
"Everything "" repeated Merry 1 -
credulously.
"Yes, everything. Oh" If you had
come back only two or tree days ago
things would have been differest."
Ile rose abruptly and crossed to the
window.
told you—what happened 9"
The girl paused for a minute before
she answered, "I thought you were—
k."
"I take back what I said a few min-. entirely to abrasion. Sir Thomas says
wea
that the fatty acids of the grease have
"Weak " The man repeated the utes ago, Miss Dorcas, about the stage
a corrosive action upon the metal.
wird as if trying to comprehend its being no place for you, Women like
Copper in particular, even if present
meaning. 1 you are needed there."
only M small quantity as an alloy for
"You should not have allowed Enoch I "Thank you," she said with a happy
gold or silver, is converted into an
to stand as the author of your play, smile, "Won't you come back? Such
oleate, stearate, or other salt. Haagen
no matter what the circumstances an opportunity is waiting for you,
Smit of the Utrecht mint, found by
were. He is not happy over it to-day,Ileesides, I could never play 'Cordelia
analysis that the dirt on a bronze coin
Ills nature seems to have changed with anyone but you, and you must be
contained thirty-six per cent. of cop -
He is not easy to live with even. 011,1ny teacher,"
per in the form of powdered coin -
I wish it had never happened," 1 Merry did not answer immediately.
pounds of the fatty acids. When the
Merry waited M silence. , Dorcas had grown accustomed to the
coin is handled the dirt is hi part de -
"Things must come right, even if long pauses in their conversation and
tached, and the coin undergoes' a loss
this lie has been told." She pointed at' waited quietly. When he looked up
of weight. Gold or silver is not read -
the paper which lay at her feet. their eyes met—his pleaded with her
ily converted into salts, but removing
"There Is one way. You can play the *during one speechless moment for all
the copper leaves the less easily at-
. convict so wonderfully that people' his shortcomings, for shirked respon-
tacked metals in a spongy form that
muat realize that you yourself created Slbiiitia and failures.
offers little resistance to abrasion. In
the part," 1 "Mis Dorcas," he said, "when a man new coins the rapid loss of weight that
"I shall never play the convict." has lost hope, ambition, his faith in
occurs is doubtless caused at first by
laferry's voice was slow and resolute. 1 human nature and everything that
abrasion, but when the rough edges
"Oh 1" cried Tierces, "who can 1, makes life worth while, if he has gone
have been removed, chemical action
Why, 1 thought your heart was set, down into the depths and still has the
may prove to be of the first import -
on the character." desire eome to take up life again, is ance in the succeeding deterioration.
"It was—once," there any quality left that will help
"I cannot understend," him?"
—e..--
Tbe man did not attempt an explana- I "Yes," Dorcas moved as if by sud- Oriental Courtesy.
tion.
1 den impulse and laid her fingers upon A year or twoago,.says Pearson's
ing through the stables. The pre, -
"Andrew Merry," she hesitated as if the man's arra; "be has !mama So Weekly, a distinguished European veiling wind in this country is from
i
etarching for words which would not, long as one is a man of honor, there diplomat paid an official visit to the west to east. In order to catch the
wrong her brother, "did Enoch do you1is no end of a chance." Sultan of Morocco. most of this bhe stable should lie
1
She waited for an answer during an the words his face paled suddenly, it noticed with some surprise that not "A man of honor" As he repeated During the audience the diplomat
the eclat and west side. This ae-
any--any injustice ?" . north and south. with the windows in
infinitely long silence, so rt seemed to' was the same attribute which Enoch one of the three clocks in the audi- rangement agrees with bhe winter de -
her. Then the actor spoke abruptly. 1 had accorded to him. ence chamber was going, Very delic- mands for lots of sunshine, The
"No As I look back en it now, t Dorcas watched him intently, her cately he mentioned bo the Sultan.that windows should he entirely removable.
Went into it with my eyes open, t gm. ayes full of eager anticipation. She his clocks had all atePPedw and hinted Ventilating shafts and feed shutes
that he woni ce to present him ' shrould be made so that they will
with one that would he more reliable. , carry off a /maximum amount of warm
The Sulban thanked him. I air, The stable fixteres should be
"But my clocks are etcellent time- 'such as to offer the minimum ob-
keepers," he added with a smile.1struation to the free cirdelation of air
"They were all going until just be.; This is 0110 of the thief advantages
fore you CAM; but Iliad them all I see in metal stable fixtuiews At
Now, I may be wrong in making
such a general assertion, but from
my personal experiences tile -drain-
age means at least one-third better
crops, or an increase in production of
33 per cent. Now by a recent law in
Ontario a farmer without sufficient
funds can, I believe, borrow up to
$1,000 from the township for the pur-
pose of tile drainage, and be charged
interest on it in his assessment, to-
gether wibh his other drainage taxes,
at the rate of 6 ,per cent. If he can
invest this money at a profit of 83
per cent., and only pay 6 per cent.
for it what better investment could he
desire? Why is he so slow to avail
himself of this golden opportunity ?—
Reginald Jukes, in Farmer's Advocate.
Cow Comfort in Summer.
How stables have been generallyile-
signed with the object of keeping
cows comfortable in winter only. This
may have been all right in the past,
but conditions are rapidly changing
in the dairy industry, and it is becom-
ing quite as necessary to proide for
stable comfort in summer as in waiter.
The practice of milking in the barn is
now common, and will become more so
as the use of the milking machine in-
creases. Instead of throwing green
feed over the pasture fence to the
cows we now have the summer silo
and teed them in the stable. As
dairy methods improve the fly nuis-
ance claims mere attention, and every
one knows that flies bother the -cows
less in a cool, dark place than in the
open sunlight. On most good dairy
farms the cows are kept in for at least
a part of the day in the warm months,
and this should not be lost sighb of
when stables are built or remodelled.
The chief consideration in provid
ing for summer comfort is to have a
continuous stream of fresh air pass -
ply learned that there is no way to could Bee him undergo some strange
Again there was silence. Dorcas her, his face had changed, Instead of
gauge Inenen nature." mental struggle. When 1m looked at
was trying to understand, trying to he! apathy there were lines of grim doter -
loyal to her brother, even while her; urination about his mouth,
heart, aching with unspoken sympathy,' "Mise Dorcas," he said slewle,
turned to Merry," "make 'Cordele' the W MLLE you are
"Why don't you want to play 'John' Yourself. I am weak and broken now, stopped, as I did not desire, during ' night when the cows art out everyaleterbrook ?'" she asked quietly, las 'John • Eaterbrook' was ; still a Your Excelleecy's all loo brief visib, thing should be kept open so as to
"I don't stielwese 1 have a decant meta chance came to me at the end. I will to be remindel of the flight of timel" provide for a complete chreege of air
een, .except that when I—gave up the' do the best 1 ean—if you stand by me."
Iplay I lost ell interest in 11, 'John Dorcas steeped for a. seeend. With Marriage is indeed 1,11,15.,,., when lowing day. Cows kept in a cool,
ibefdre they are put, in again the fel-
Dsterbroolc' is no more to me ,to -day a, caressing. touch she swept the lock love growe ctel before the bride gets well venbilated stable eoe a few houre
than 'Silas Dana" from hia forehead. Prinni" to all the rico Gtlt of her hair. eacb dey duririg the hot suramee
avoid over -heating than to plan to
treat the horse for it. —M. H. Rey-
nolds, University Farm, St. Paul.
GUNS ON SNOWCLAD PEAKS
Difficulties of War Preparations in
Mountain Regions.
A description of the difficulties
which have been overcome by the Ital-
ians on that part of the front .inere
the fighting takes place on mountain
peaks coated with eternal snow is
given by a correspondent of the Lon-
don Daily Mail.
The villages in the lower ground be-
hind the front hate been aroused from
their accustomed appearance of sleepy
comfort, In their streets are swarms
of soldiers on their way to the front
or back from it for a holiday. Thous-,
ands are camping out in the neigh-
borhood of the villages or billeted on
the inhabitants. Constant streams
of motor vehicles rumble through the
villages on their way up the steep
road, bearing ammunition, food and
supplies of all sorts to the batberies,
trenches and dugouts on the peaks.
The road over which these vehicles
travel was before the war a mere hill
path—now bhe military engineers
have transformed it into a modern
road "graded, metalled and carried by
cunningly devised spirals and turns
three-quarters of the way up the
mountains."
The correspondent says:
"It is a notable piece of military
engineering, but it is not merely that.
It will serve as an artery of com-
merce when it is no longer needed for
the passage of guns and army service
wagons. There is nothing tempor-
ary or makeshift about it. Rocks
have been blasted to leave a passage
for it and solid bridges of stone and
steel thrown across rivers.
"Because the Austrians started
with the weather gauge in their fav-
or, being on the 'upper side of the
great ridges, it was necessary for the
Italians to get their guns as high as
they could. • The means by which
they accomplished these tasks were
described to me. They would seem
incredible if one had not ocular de-
monstration of the actual presence of
the cannon among tlidee inaccessible
crags.
"There are some of them on the ice
ledges of the Ortler nearly 10,000 feet
above the sea level, in places which
it is by way of an achievement for the
amateur climber to reach with guides
and ropes and porters and nothing to
take care of but his own skin. But
here the Alpini and Frontier Guides
had two bring up the heavy pieces,
hauling them over the snow elopes
and swinging them in midair across
chasms and up knife edged precipices,
by ropes passed over timbers wedged
soneehow into the rocks. 1 was shown
a photograph of a party of these
pioneers working in these snowy soli-
tudes lash winter. They might have
been a group of Scott's or Shackle -
ton's men tailing in the Antartic wild-
erness."
By means of a sugpension railway
made of wire rope with sliding bas-
kets strebched =Mils chasms of
great depth, oil, meat, bread and wine
are Rent up, for the soldier must not
only be fed, but must be fed with
particular food to keep the blood air-
ctlating in hie body in the ecild air and
ahilhiog breezes -o1 the snowdad peaks,
Kerosene stoves in great numbers
have been sent doff) to make the life
of the mountaineer soldiers mere
comfortable,
The cost of living Can /lever go
so high that it won't seem worth it
bo most Of us.
The Secret, of
Flaky Pie Crust
It's In our Recipe Book—with a lot
of other recipes for making good Pies,
But—mere going to teE you right
here how always to have the ton
crustTine and flaky—and how to have
the under crust Just right, even when
uelng fresh frutt,
Just use, part
From the Middle West
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Get a packaBe of BENSON'S at your
grocer's, and write to our Montreal
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A NOTED ECCENTRIC.
Earl of Sandwich Believed He Pos-
sessed Psychic Healing Power.
The death of the Earl of Sandwich
has removed an interesting figure in
English life. Tho Earl, who was
nearing his seventy-eeventh birthday,
was known for his eccentrieities. He
believed he possessed psychic healing
powers and had been able to cure
many mental and physical illnesses.
After the South African war he
had some sixty wounded officers
brought to his home, -where he, serv-
ed in the capacity of both nurse and
physician, and announced that he was
gratified at the success he obbained.
His patients ranged from dwellers in
palaces to those in the lowliest walks
of life and included a Hindu monk,
who was treated in his monastery; a
Mohammedan, who was treated in the
mosque he served, and a Hindu
princess, who was brought 600 miles
by her husband to Lord Sandwich.
He announced the possession of
healing powers before the University
College of London two years ago. Aft
the time he said he had never failed
in his treatment of sufferers. He said
he could not explain his power, but
knew the results and expressed the
belief that many persons possess the
same gift without being aware of it.
The Earl was fourth in descent'
from the peer, who, by ordering a
writer to place a piece of meat be-
tween two slices of bread and bring
it to him as he sat at cards, gave the
sandwich to the world.
He was for long an ardent admir-
er of Mme Melba, and it has been said
that the singer could have been the
Countess of Sandwich if she had so
desired. The Earl never married.
Some years ago in protest against the
custom among women of wearing
their hats at luncheon he ordered his
servants to wear their hats while
serving the meal.
With the death of the Earl an Len-
erican woman, formerly Miss Alberta
Sturges, daughter of the late William
Sturges,
becomes Countesg of Sand-
wich. Her husband, the new Earl, is
George Charles Montagu, a nephew
of the late holder of the title.
The cynic cynic is a man who thinks
everything he doesn't approve can't
possibly be worth while.
For many years past the populo-
don of Germany has been increaeing
at the rate of about 900,000 a year.
In 1871 the population was 41 mil-
lions, and by 1910 it had risen to al-
most 65 millions.
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Items From ProvinceWhere Many
Ontario Boys and Girls Aro
Living.
Two deaths from infantile paraly-
sis aro reported in Winnipeg.
A contract for 75,000 shells for the
Allies has been placed with Winni-
peg firms,
Two Gladstone, Manitoba, girls
went for a swim in White Mud River
and were drowned.
Lucy Volezliuk, wife of a Stone-
wall settler, ie accused of stealing a
stack of hay worth $80.
The town of Avordea, Sask., was
badly damaged by fire last week, over
$125,000 damage being done.
John Kingscott, a pioneer of Win-
nipeg, is dead. Ile was buried in the
casket he made for himself.
Over 800 students enrolled the first
clay of the summer school classes at
the University of Alberta in Edmon-
ton.,
Silas H. Carpenter, magistrate of
Banff, and formerly a detective at
Montreal, hall in Calgary, at the age
of 62.
The $600,000 contract for the new
C.N.R. depot at Vancouver lies been
let to Cartes-Hallo-Aldinger Co., of
Winnipeg.
One of the largest funerals ever
seen in Saskatoon took place last
week, when the late Jesse D. Ketchum
was buried.
A cloud burst at Rush Lake, Sask.,
last week tore out a piece of the
C.P.R. main line and held up traffic
for some time.
It has been decided by the United
States court judge that P. Eisenhardt,
former clerk of court at Weyburn,
Sask., be extradited.
Two masked men entered the cash-
ier's office at the Edmonton street car
barns and covering the cashier with
guns made off with 3700.
Joseph Coutre, St. Boniface, was
severely burned and his automobile cle-
stroYad when the gasoline tank of the
car exploded. He is recovering.
Mrs. Lilian George, wife of Arnold
F. George, Dominion immigration in-
spector, drowned 'herself in the Red
River near Winnipeg while temporar-
ily insane.
The West Canadian Collieries, Belle-
vue, Alta„ has sent a contribution of
$193.35 to the Canadian Patriotic
Fund, donation for the two weeks end-
ing May 81.
W. IL Dutton & Co., of Winnipeg,
have been awarded a contract by the
C.P.R. for the completion of the As-
siniboia, Sask., branch from Vantage
to Aasiniboia.
Five people were badly hurt, an
auto was twisted into a shapeless
mass, a wagon was smashed and a
horse damaged, when all came into
collision recently at Winnipeg.
Capt. E. J. Clevin is dead and
Lieut. -Col. Fonesca and Sergt. 3.
Kennedy are in the hospital at Port-
age La Prairie, suffering from injuries
received in an automobile accident.
The Clydesdale stallion, Gartly
Bonus, owned by Wm. Barnsley, Aber-
nethy, Saskatchewan, died recently,
the cause of death being acute indi-
gestion. This horse was considered
one of the best in Canada.
DIVIDE ENEMY'S FORCES.
Russian General Says Constant Pres-
• sure is Necessary.
The London Daily Mail correspond-
ent al, Petrograd eends the following
despatch:
Gen. Russki, who retired from the
Russian northern command through
serious ill -health, has just passed
through Petrograd on his way to
spend the rest of the summer in Fin-
land. In the course of conversation
the famous soldier spoke of the pres-
ent state of affairs with the greatest
satisfaction.
"Continued pressure is necessary
now," he said, "pressure at a number
of points, so that the enemy's forces
may be divided. If this is kept up
steadily, and if all the allied armies
avoid the mistake of pushing on more
quickly than is prudent, then the end
may come in sight a good deal sooner
than seemed likely a few months ago.
"The Germans are making their
last effort They have been forced
to change their plans, and no longer
possess the initiative. Their strength
in munitions is still very great, and
the task before the allies is not an
easy one anywhere.
"The allies superiority in numbers
has now deprived the enemy of the
advantage of operating upon interior
lines. Even now Germany will make
a desperate effort to snatch victory by
bold tactics and the employment of all
her resources, but let the allies stand
firm and successes cannot be long cle-
layed."
One-sixth of the land surface of the
globe is occuphol by the Russian Em-
pire.
Europe boasts of 500 varieties ee
birds, but in Aestralia there tme no
fewer than 650 different species.
age, "chilled" eggs have arrived in
Although seven weeks on the voye
London from New Zealand in excel-
lent condition.
Every year between forty'. and fifty
foreign eggs are consumed by each
! man, woman, and child in the British
Isles, and before the war eggs to the
value a eights and a (punter millions
were imported annually into Great
Britain from the continent of &vol.)°,
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