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The Clinton News Record, 1916-02-17, Page 3OVER 240,000 TROOPS HAV BEEN\ RAISED IN THE DOMINION Figures for January Show an Average of 'One Thous- and Mena Day A deepateh from Ottawa Kaye: Re - crenate ta.-- e -e for January show an average ef practically 1,000 men per day for the fell month.. reeemand- ing oft:more of each division .saisabhat the men are enlisting now at a most .satisfactory rate. The continued keeping up of the flow of men to the colors is- all the more remarkable in view �f the fact that up to the end of last year Canada had already en- listed about 210,000 men, The total number recruited to date, including -officers, is now over the 240,000 mark. To the total number the lst Distriet (London) has contribut- ed a little over 20,000 men, the 2nd District (Toronto) about 54,000 men, the Ord District: (Kingston) a little Markets of the World Breadetuffs. Totantos Feb 15.-2aManitelsa wheat -In store It •FOrt William, No. 1 $t,22; No.' 2, $1.201/4; do., No. 3, $1.18. Manitoba ,oate-In .store At . Fort William, No. 2 C.W., 431/4c; No. 3 C.W., 401/4e; No. 1 extra feed, altte; No. 1 feed, 391/4c. ocivyfeornia2.e5a,0000abnoluent,21:5110e0,4t1hhe t L'ac5t2 Dhs- Canadian noeirein--NFob..ed3, yiellotntv,735n61/ec. . Ontatie whetit,No. 2 winter, per trice; (Quebec) alateut 5,550, the. 6th Provinces) carlot, $1.1.2 to $1,14; slightly Distract (OW:see:ire:. earl' 03,000, the 10thNinthly tiaistriet -TrOntOd and °ugh' ata°'.din ' to (Matithba and $askatehewen) about- sample, i.08 to i'1;127 aPraaate'd 45,500, the llth District (Alberta) arnattY and tough„ according to Baths= about 23,000, and the 13t5 District Pie, al to $1.05; feed wheat, 90 to (Beitish Columbia and the Yukon) 95a* nearly 23,000. t 1 Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 43 to Diming January, the ,Toronto Dis- 44e; commercial oats.; 42 to 4ee. triet recruited over -8,000' men, the Peas -No. 2 nominal, per caelot, Maritime Provinces about 2,0.00, West- 1.•d°; sample- peas; $1.25 to a1.'75, 1 ern Ontario about 4,009, Eastern according to sample. ; Ontario about 3,000, Quebec about 2,000, Maritime Provincee eliout 2,290, Manitoba and Saskatchewan over 5,- p00; Alberta 3,009, and British Col - 1 iimbia nearly 2,000: ON THE VERGE GERMANY BIDS POLES ENLIST. STARVATION 4,000,000 More • Available Men in OFOccupied Districts. ' Indisputable Evidence That the Ger- mans Are Suffering for Want \ of Food. A despatch from London says: While the German newspapers are - telling of the Kaiser and his armies marching on from victory and are re- lating daily new. ex -pleas calculated to stir the people to enthusiasm, the fact that Germany actually is on the verge of starvation is becoming daily - more apparent. This conclusion is not founded on the statements of alleged "nettbrals," whose impressions neces- sarily are biased, but is based on re- ports of the actual conditions as re- lated by the German press. The theory is advanced that the Berlin Government encourages the publication of alerming reports on the food situation 'with a view to mis- leading the aneniy. This is obviously absurd. The German press is filled not only with reports of a most seri- ous food crtsis, but with advertise- ments of substitutes for missing ar- • ticles of diet and the feverish activi- ties of scientiets seeking to discover new foodstuffs. *---e-. RING'S PROCLAMATION GOES TO BACHELORS Machinery for Enforcement of Con- scription Set-in IVIotion. A despatch from London sayst Governmental machinery for the en- forcement of the conscription act was 'set in motion on Wednesday. The Kiog's proclamation calling upon all eligible bachelors between the ages of 20 and 80 years to report for service, beginning March 3, was placed in the mails. In London alone 40,000 copies of the proclamation were distributed. Simultaneously large posters with final recruiting appeals appeared in Trafalgar Square and other prombieeb places in the city. They read: "Will you march tdo, or wait until March two?" The day was marked $y a lessening of activity among the re- e-saduiting sergeants. The big Strand recruiting offices near Charing Cross were closed at neon. N SKODA ARMS FACTORY SERIOUSLY DAMAGED Publication of News of Disaster Not Permitted in Austria. .A. despatch from Bucharest to the Balkan Agency at Paris, which"was delayed fOr five days, states that the damage of the Skoda armament fac- tory in Bohemia was more serious than at firsb announced. Roumanian offidal circles, the despatch adds, have received confirmation from Vienna of the destruction of all the cannon which were in course of manufacture, as well as all the plans and drawings In the draughting offices. The dead number nearly 300, and several hum. dred were itijured by the explosion which caused the disaster, and which Is said to have been the work of crim- inals, who employed melinite for the purpose. The despatch adds that the Austrian millimy censorship has pro- hibited the publication of news of the disaster in Austria-Hungary. - THE BRITISH MINISTRY REMAINS UNCHANGED deapatch from London says: The 'report that Lord Kitchener is soon to leave the War'Office and is to be sue- • ceedell by Lord Derby was denied in well-informed circles on Wednesday, 11 was stated that no changes in the lnistry are, contemplated. It vvas aloe denied that Kitchener will go to Egypt in the near future. 0-- . Larry: "firealipassifig, it ut? Just wait till we git Home Rule. Peery retinal do as he likes thin -and thim 'that won't be made tot" ' The Polish question is arousing more and more uneasiness in Russia ed, Montreal freights: Bran, $25; and it is reported that Alarm is felt !shorts? $26; middlings, $27; good also in Italy and France as Germany feed flour, bag, $1.76. may find among the 15,000,000 Poles Other unofficial quotations yeere:- 4,000,000 or ' 6,000,000 Young men Spot Manitoba wheat -No. 1 capable of bearing arms. • Germany, with a view to.paelfYing track, lake ports, $1.451/4; No. 2, $1.431/4; No. 3, $1.401/4. Poland, has •restored the Polish Ian- coraumet_yeum Kolb. seeks, in guage in the schools, the •courts and carlots, $2.20; small lots, $2.85 to the municipal and provincial minim- $2 .50. istration. 'Meanwhile Germany is Rolled .oats--Carlots, per bag of constantly pointing out to the Poles ea lbs., $2..60; in smaller lots, $2.60 that if they do not help in fighting to .$2.75. Windsor to Montreal. against Russia Poland ,wall be the Linseed and Oil Cake'Meal-Lin- theatre of war for a third time, and seed meal, No. 1, $4.75 per cwt.; do. will be ruined in the' struggle with- No. 2, $8.'75 f.o.b. mills. Oil cake out having any guaranty of Autonomy meal, $38 per ton. Gluten feed, $80 ,from Russia, or in such an event from per ton. Germany either. This propaganda seems to be having soma influence; ' CALGARY WILL HAVE NO • GERMAN EMPLOYED Big Restaurants Wrecked by Mob of Soldiers . A despateli from Calgary, Alta., says: A. mob' of several hundred sol- diers completely wrecked the White Lunch Resteurant on Eighth Avenue east on Thursday nighft, following up the work of destruction by wrreekiag the premises of the same concern on Ninth Avenue. A rumor that the manager had dismissed returned sol- diers who had been hired as waiters, and had replaced them with Germans was responsible for the attack. The place was owned by the White Lunch Company, and P. IL Naegel is the manager. Mr. Naegel denied that he had dismissed any returned soldiers, or that he had hired any Germans, 16 to 161/4e; breakfast boon, 21 to ebut said that he had occasion to dis- 24e; beaks, plain, 25 to 26c; boneless miss a man who had a long time been backs, 28c. - a soldier, hut was not now with the Lard -The market is unchanged; overseas forces. pure lard, tierces, 13% to 14c; pails, 141/4c; compound, 121/4 to 12e.te. NEW STYLE HELMET • SAVES MANY LIVES Montreal Markets. Barley -Malting, outside, 64 to 66e; do. No. 2 feed, 57 to 60c. - Buckwheat --Nominal, '76 to 77e. - Rye -No. 1 commercial, 92 to 94e; rejected, a3 to 85c, according to sample. - Manitoba flour-la'aet patents, in ,jute bags, $7.20; do., seconds, $6.70; strong bakeesa $6.50, in jute bags. Ontario flour -New, winter, $4.80 to $5, according to sample, seaboard or Toronto freights, in bags. Millfeed-Carlots, per ton, deliver - • Country Produce. Butter -Fresh dairy, 27 to 30e; in- ferior, 23 to 25c; creamery prints, 34 to 36c; solids, 32 to 34c. Eggsa-Storage, 28 to 29e per doz.; selects, 31 to 32c; new -laid, 83, to 36c, teem, 810.2e; do., weighed off cars, case lots. $10.25 to $10.60; do., f.o.b., $9.90 to Honey -Prices, in 10 to 60 -lb. tins, $995. 12 to 121/4e; cemb, No. 1, $3; No, 2, Montreal, Feb, 15, -Butcher steers, $2.40. • - $7 to $7.50; good, $6.50 to $7; fagir, Beane -84.20 to $4.40.• eo a $6 to $6.50; medium, $5.75 to $6; Poultry -Spring chickens, nsi "I rough, $5:50; butcher bulls 'best $6 to $6.50; medium, $6.50 to $6; can- ning bullet $4.25 to $5.50; cow's, best, $6.50; good, $6; fair, 85.50; Z rough, $4.50 to $5,25; canners, 1:75 to $1.80, and new Brunswicks $3.25 to $4; 1nalking cows, 860 to A despatch from Washington says: at•$1.90 to $2 per bag, on track. $80. Sheen, 5 to 7c lb.; lembe, 8 to Germany and Austria have formally 91/4e lb. Hogs, selected, $10.25 to notified the United States that begin - Provisions. Baconedong clear, 161/4 to 13v2c 00.75; roughs anlung m d mixed lots, $8,50 ng March 1 commanders of the per lb, in case lots. Hams -Medium, i to m $10.15; common, $9.25; sows, subniarines will consider armed Ma- 19 to 20e; do., heavy, 15 to 17c; tolls, ,.75 to ;..$8 ,per cwt. Calves, milk- chant ships of the Entente allies to fed, 8 th u1/40 per lb.; grass led, 41/4 be warships, and will treat them ac - to 51/4e per lb. cordingly. Under such instructions Comeau - MAORIS' NEVER SURRENDER. ders would be at liberty to sink with- . • ., DRIT1S11 AND RUSSIANS MAY JOIN FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA 650 • RZERtiti • itCi`eilt(BeAtkte-. taati;t6ERP , VAN a*" , .1% BAGOAO aaattile Bit(40. eaeata"--- iateee tiao theveitAit• • -Y-y It AM6DAti AlARMANSHAtt teat ea Ra \"t'- '5. \ 'NJ to op lomm I Sea& er Nifes. 8Assogm The map Shows how the Busslan army which has met with such Marked success in the Ornwasas and has been working its way 801ith and west, may join with the British force invested at .lint -et -Amara, and also with the British relief .vcredition. The armies are not fax apart. but the conotry Intervening is of a mountain nature which Iso make operations diffiquat. 18c; fowls, 13 to 14e; ducks, 17 to Ific; geese, 15 to 19c; turkeys, 23 to 26e. Cheese -Large, 19e; twins, 191/4c. Potatoes -Car, lots of Ontario, ARMED VESSELS ARE WARSHIPS U -Boat -Conunanders Are Notified to "Treat Them Ac- cordingly." A despatch ham London says: Lieut. P. W. Bird,- of the 29th Van- couver battalion recently wounded, is Montreal, Feb. 15. --Corn, _Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 85 to 86c, Oats No. 2 local white, 51e; No. 3 local White, 50c; No. 4 local white, 49e. Barley, in the Empire Hospital, Westannuster. Man. feed, 62 to 63c; malting, 70 to While on his way to the trenches one 72e. Buckwheat, No, 2, 80 to 82e. evening he was hit on the top of the Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, head by shrapnel, which has also af-, firsts, 87.30; seconds, 86.80; strong fecbed his arm. He was not wearing bakerea $6.60; Winter patents, a helmet at he time, but says that choice, $6.70; straight rollers, $6 to these helmets, which are chiefly re- $6.10; straight rollers, bags, $2.85 served for sentinels' would undoubt- to $2.95. Rolled oats, barrels, $5.25; edly have preventedmany casualties do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.50. Bran, $24. if generally used. When he left, the Shorts, $26. Middlings, $28 to $80. men of the battalion were in good Mouillie, $31 to $33. Hay, No. 2, per condition and ecxellent spirits! GERMANY IS NOW FEARFUL • OF GENERAL PEACE MEETING A despatch from Amsterdam says: The Koelnische Volks Zeitung, dis- cussing peace possibilities, asserts s • that Germany will never consent to Winnipeg Grain. enter a general peace conference, but Winnipeg, Feb. 15. -Cash •quota - will only consent to negotiate with tions: -Wheat -No. 1 Northern, each individual enemy. Germany 1. 02- ; ea No. a Northern $1.201/4; aTa' 3 Nor bakes the ground the paper adds, that laethern, $1„re, ; a general conference would give Great •""'' a Cs No. 4, $1.13%; No. 5, $1.08%*'No, 6, $1.001/4; feed, 931/4e. Oars -No. 2 C.W., 421/4c; No. 3 C.W., 401/4c; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 401/4e; No. 1 feed ton, ear lots, $20 to $20.50. Cheese, finest westerns, 181/4 to 181/4c; finest easterns, 18 to 181/4e. Butter, choicest creamery, 34 to 841/4e; seconds, 321/4 to 83e. Eggs, fresh, 37c; selected, 29 to 30e; No. 1 stock, 27e; No. 2 stock, 24 to 25c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.85 to $1.90. . Britain the upper hand. 1V1013ILIZE BRITISH 'WOMEN TO WORK ON THE LAND 391/4e; No. 2 feed, 381/4c. Barley - No, 3, 681/4c; No. 4, 66e; rejected, A despatcli from London says: It ia 57c; feed, 57c. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C., officially announced that the Board a2.041/4; No. 2 C.W., 52.011/4. of Trade, in conjunction with the Board of Agriculture, is taking steps to mobolize a sufficient number of wo. men to work the land in order to meet the shortage of agricultural labor dee to tht shortage due to the enlistment of men. • MAY USE PRISONERS - ON ROAD CONSTRUCTION ' • A despatch from Quebec says: It was learned on Thursday on good authority aii the PaYliament that ne- gotiations. are .going on to employ alien enemies, interned in Canada on the improvements to the reacts, lead- ing to the_Valeartier camp. 7 Serbian Army Numbers 76,000 A deepatch from London says: The Athens correalsondent of the Daily ts1ah1 repeats that the Serbian Lege- /Oen has 'received an official telegram :stating that there are 64,090 Serbian troops at Caine and 3,800 at Salonica The statement says that the Senn.= army totals 76,000 men newly equip- ped and armed. Transportation of man from Albania still continuee end there will shortly be 80e900 Serbians at Corfu. Britain to Feed Cameroon Refugees A despatch 'from Paris says: The ,knanish Gevermrient is sending a re - ',invent of marines to Spanish Guinea tAo guard Ow a(a) Oermans mid 14,000 German eoloial trOops Who tOok refuge there when, ariven out of the Gennep colony of Cameroon by the Brltlsh pursuit, acconling, to a Hants, des- patch front Cadiz on Wednesday. The Germans will be brought- to Spain. The Britieh' steamer Cataluna is tak- ing on board a cargo of food for the hungry fugitives. . United States Markets. - Minneapolis, Feb. 16. -Wheat, May, 51.2611, to $1 . 261/4 ; July, . 51 . 241/4 ; No. 1 hard, $1.331/4; No. 1 Northern, 81..271/4 to' $1.;.30 1/4 ; No. 2• Northern, $1.23 to $1.271/4. Corn, No. 3 yel- low, 76 to 77e. • Oats, No. $ White, 46 to 451/4c. Flour unchanged, Bran, $19 to $26. Duluth, Feb. 15. -Wheat, No. 1 hard, '51.27%; No. 1 Northern; a1.26%; No. 2 do., $1.23% to $1.24181,; No. 2 Montana, $%1.23%; May, $1.26%; July, $1.25%. Lin - 'seed, cash, $2.29;. May, $2.301/4; July, 52.31. Live Stock -Markets. Totbnto, Feb. 15.-Caoice heavy steers, $7.75 to $8,25; Butchers' cat- tle, choice, 57.50 to $7.75; do., good, att_to $7.50; do., medium, $6.15 to 56.75; do., common, $5 to a5.65; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.50 to $7; do„, good bulls, $5.15 to 56.10; do., rough bulls, 54.50 to $5; butchers' cows, choice'$6.75 to 86,85; do„ good, 55.76 to $6; clo. medium; $5 to $5.40; do., common, $1 to $4.60; feed- ers: good, 56.25 to $6.85; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., 50.10 to $6.75; can- ners and cuttere, 53.25 to 54.60; milkers, choice, each, $75 th $100; do.; common and meditun, each, $36 to $60; springers, 50 to $100; light -eWee, $7.25 to $8.25; sheep, heavy, $5.25 to 55;do., bucks, $8.50 to $4`.'50 yearliag lambs, $7 to 57.75; Maths, Mot., $10 to $12.50; calves, medium to choice, 57 to $11; do., com- mon, $4 to 54.50; hogs, aed and wa. Always Keen to Meet the Foe -Fear eat paseenger or freight carrying. No Danger. The notifications were presented orally to Secretary Lensing by Count When the history of the war le von Bernsforff, the Gennen Ambassa- written the deeds of the Maori con- clor, and Baron Erich Zwiedinek, tingent of the New Zealand ExPedi- charge of the Austro-Hunganan Em- tionary Force in Gallipoli win send a bossy here. Notes from their Gov - thrill of pride throughout the Empive. ernments are to follow. A few of those big-lhnbed dusky, :14 and handsome warriors are now in "WHEN I AM KING." London on leave; others are scat- tered about in hospitals from Ply- mouth to Dundee; many have heroes' - 6 The Prino of WLaawiess, and .1415 Three graves' in Gallipoli. They started 500 strong, and to -day only rather Same interesting Stories are given more than a hundred remain ft to by Mr. David Williamson in his bio- graphy et the Prince oe Wales, which fight again. has been published. One of these is They went to the trenches.at An- to the effect that the young Prince, zac a few days after their arrival at once declared: • the Dardanelles at the end of June, When I am King I shall make three and for a time their patience was limo sorely tried while pveparations for No one shall cut the tails of the the advance were being made. little dogs; "They could not understand why There shall be no more fishing with. they were not permitted to go right ; on, with the business," said an offl- No one sball use bearingweins to cer in the New Zealand Regiment to hurt the horses. He was, in fact, uncommonly fond a reverter recently. "They wanted to get at the Turks. 'Why should we Imp their heads down?' they asked their officers. 'When are we going to get on with the fighting?' "Some '05 them fretful at the delay, stood on the top pf the trenches and defied the Turks. ' "At length the order to advance came, and the Maoris were in the very hottest of the enemy fireMa- chine guns mowed them down, but the men were undaunted. They went on and on, fighting with reckless gal- lantry the whole .way, shouting their fampus war cries, and never des- pairing or In the least shaken by the tremendous shower of Bhell ancl bul- ilk.eetesthat met them at every step they "It was a terrific encounter'and the slaughter was appalling, but the eurvivors are eager for more fight- ing. Maoris never' surrender. To them surrender means 'death, and their famOus war-ery is founded oh this mentiment," ' EXPECTS BIG INFLUX ..OF AMERICAN SETTLERS Persiddk Scott Confident of Success in Combating Anti -Immigration. A despatch from Ottawa says: Hon. Walter Scott, Pronto: of Saskatche- wan, was in Ottawa on .Thursday en route to Regina, after attending a conference of Canadian Immigration agents at Chicago, Premier Scott says that the measures taken to coin - bat the recent publicity campaign in the States egainst immigration to Canada on acceunt of fearti of eosa. seripion, etc, would undoubtedly be succesafut, He was confident that next spring would see a big influx of the most desirable class of Amer - icon settlers to the Canadian west, Iniproving All the 'lime, "Before we were married you used to send around it dozen roses every week," said elle, moos are easy," Velgtea "This week I'm goinglia send around Iwo tons of coal and gsib aeastP , of auimals-and continues to be, whlea is an excellent trait. At one time the Prince was being nursed through a ehildish ailment, and was told by his nurse of e. little girl pe - tient who had shown great courage. Tbe Prince listened attentively, then said: . "1 would like to send that little girl something, because she., has. been so patient. ' * "0 Take her my little Wanda of Lord Roberts." • The statuette, which WIt$ one of the Prince's greatest treasures, was dilly sent, -Once a, cadet asked Min whether It was not a great responsibility to be the aon 61 a' Prince of Wales. The answer was: . "Pre never thought about it in that way. 513 afways seemea to me great leek to be emu the eldest, eon, be- cause when you're • the eldest you haven't got to wear any or your trotter's old clothes." . - AMBULANC RECEIVED FROM ILLINOIS SOCIETY A despatch fvom Ottawa says: A large, well apointed ambulance given by the British Empire Association of Illinois to the 'British Red Cress So- ciety reached Ottawa, on Wednesday, and at noon on Thursday'wasform- ally handed over to the society, re- presented by, H. It. H. the Duke all Connaught. The presentatioewas made on behalf of the Illinois awe - :Won by John Crum, of Chicago. BRITAIN HAS THE WORLD'S GREATEST HOSPITAL SHIP •••••••••••• A tlestiattli from London says: Bri- tain has the biggest hospital ship in the' world. She is the new 48,090 -ton liner Britannic, which Was built at Belfast for the White Star Line, Aa peon as completed She was taken over by the Admiralty, towed to Liverpool and •convertecl into ft hospital ship. The Mauretania Ind Aquitard4, pro also.treing used for hospital, servte'd^, Evevy t117g.--1-;71tavti. (tea day, 'VA the nightis 'certaInly', belong to Rio eats, • GEEMANY WILL:WAGE WAR WITHOUT MERCY OR QUARTER1 Prinrval State of Civilization Will be Restored,! Man Will Face Man With Wolflike Ferocity A despatch from London says: Ger- man newspapers which reached here Wednesday publish long extracts from the speech made by Maximilian Harden, editor of the &Laurin, at a peblic meeting in Berlin on February 5. He is quoted as saying: "We are' yet unconvinced that we are fighting with our backs to the wall. As soon as we reach this con-' elusion, there will be war without mercy or 'quarter. The primeval eagle of civilization will be restored., man aaaan ---1,44„ca man with wolf -like ferocity, • • the world insists upon deaPIS-' ing the Germans, then the word 'Europe' will lose all its sense end recarting. Europe can Stihl be rescued, It is only the attidutie of our enemies , which conjures up the menace of de- struction. If the rescue, however, is, attempted at the expense of the Ger'- inan empire, then lett the world not: deceive itself for a moment into think- ing there will be any matins whatever, aeelet the world think whet it pleases -which the German people' will not joyfully turn against: its' fees. THE TURK AS SEEN BY WESTERN:EYES HE IS A BEGGAR AND IDLER BY INSTINCT. At the Same Time •the Cleanest' and Dirtiest Man in Europe. Whether or not the Turk is as "un- speakable" as he is pictured, he is certainly the most amusing bundle of contradictions in Europe, an uncon- scious humorist in spite of his grave anodneyear beedainicse.y be begging mins in the street, receiving them with the air of a prince who confers favors; the next you may se him holding some high Government post, with his hand behind his back for the backeheesh he expects in return for his patronage. In both roles alike he is the beggar, but a beggar with the respect of a potentate. He thinks nothing of beating bis. wife if she displeases him; he may even, if she goes too far, drop her into the Bosphorous, tied up in a sack, on a dent night; but he tvould no more chraasn 05 dOvgertivitVdorfigdelrit:riirltalio.'s; existence. Even for the parieh dogs which swarm in the streets of every town, the Turk provides keneels to shelter in and food to eat; although he, will look on indifferently while.a relative starves without a roof to covet. him.- ' Ma -in-law Comes First. . However devoted he may be to 'any one of his wives he always insists on her playing second 'fiddle to. her ff may be a perfect dragon for domestic tyranny. His mother is -autocrat of his home; and woe to the wife who disputes her sway. The Turk is also.. -at the same time the cleanest and the dirtiest man in Europe. His daily ablutions are as much a part of his religion as his prayers, and yet he allows himself 'to be surrounded by dirt. He stops from his dem into a street often ankle-deep in mud or dust, and strewn with in- describable filth, through which he walks sublimely indifferent. Although he is one of the bravest soldiers in Europe, a born fighter, he is also the champion shirker, seldom. submitting to military training if he can pay atother to take bis place; and although he is constantly voting millions for the newest and most pow- erful -warships, they are either promptly sold or never built, and he Is content to possess a•navy which is worth little more than scrap -iron. Lazy and Happy -go -Lucky. He is in fact the laziest and most happy-go-luelcy man inthe world, trusting to Allah to take care of hire while he indulges his love of ease and luxury, and getting others to de his work -Greeks to act as bankers, Jews and Armenians as merchants -while he skims their profits for his own ex- chequer. His laws eve a inoclel to other na..i -dons, but he only makes them to break them. He plans wonderful' schemes for the good of his country - raising large sums of money for such laudable Iblecte as railway extension' and education, but till that happene Shat the gold finds its way into the pockets of countless boys and pashas. And although his country, in spite of its potential wealth, is always drift- ing to bankruptcy, he never allows the knowledge to give him a moment's worry, so long as his own purse le comfortably lined. And this, whieli is all that matters, he sees to. • A. Dream Which Has Vanished.. The aristocratic caste M. Germany enteted the war expecting as easy a victory as they obtained over France in 1870. They thought that theiv pre- paredness exceeded that of the *thee countries, as much as their prepared- ness•in 1870 exceeded that of France. Reasoning from that basis, theti would have had France subjogated, England humiliated, Russia on her knees aria Belgium annexed -all in- side a year, Now, this dream has vanished, and the only hope that still sustains the aristocrats is that there will be some breach of the Allies, which will enable them to vetire from the war with credit. Every evidence of temper among the latter is against' this hope. I5 does not seem likely to- day that the Allies will consent to a, peace that does not involve the emelt- I Won and compensation of Belgium and Serbia, and at least, autonomyI for Aimee -Lorraine. • ' • A Man does meaner things than he says, and g woman says meaner dtriroe:ly leads 5 lonely life because as all men are egotists they do.^not want to listen to the other 011(1-Vt • •• -"' • ACROSS' 11-11E,BORDER itt WHAT IS GOING ON OVER IN THE STATES. , • Latest Happenings in Rig Republic Condensed for Busy Readers, Four youths ia daylight robbery of a bank in Chicago, got $15,000 and esea,ped. The Ford automobile plant in De- troit will be doubled in size at a cost of $2,000,000. Melvin E. Baldwin, Surrogate 01 Otsego County, shot And 1d1Md him- self at Oneonta N.Y. Major General Leonard Wood before the House Military Committee urged a standing army of 220,000. ' Nathan Pullman, who killed ble wife and daughter, ended his life by leap- ing from a New York hotel -window*. Keeper John Toomey, of the Reptile BronX Zoo, New York, was bitten by a six-foot rattle -snake. Fearing the approach of blindnese, Eugene Van Selmick, lawyer and member of an old Now York faintly, killed himself. More than thirty persons were iti. Aired, five seriously, at Bluefield, W. Va., when a ear loaded with black powder blew. up. Two persons were killed and two others badly injured when a Penn- sylvania express train bound foe. Long Branch, mashed leto an auto- mobile. After suffering from paralysis for twenty years as ^a result of a gun. shot wound he received when six ' years old, John ICarns, ot Philadel- phia Is dead, The Odd Fellows' Temple In Al. . hany, and part of the 'Milburn Wagon Company building, were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $250,- 000. Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, the authoress, is ea inmate of the Homeo- pathic Hospital Pittsburg, where she San Just undergone an operatioa for appendicitis. Ale& Azarwice, a blind inan, reSted in front of the Crescent Atli- letie Club, Broklyn, for begging, owns seven houses in Penneylvaaia, tua dimities declared. The Jews of the United States have given $2,000,050 for the relief of thele war-etricken brothers abroad, accord- ing to the estimate of those who had charge a the campaign, All salaried employee br the Had. son Coal Company, Wilkes.Barre, Pa., have received notice that any seen entering ar leavieg a saloon will not he retained in the. service or the company. Establishment oE a military ads,. demy in each State of the Union, at which students should be wider • strict discipline and military in- struction, Is suggested by Captala Joseph M. Locke, U.S.A., retired, et Washington. Word reached Lexington, Xy., that Edward Noland, who recently Mid been awarded $11,000 for damages sus, tattled in a vaiiroad aceideut, had been robbed of almost tin, entire amount at his home near lilubanks, Ky. An advance in the price of wool- len goads* was announced .by Pres': dent William 54, Wood, of this Ain- erican Wollen Company, Boston.. Every other wool manufacturiug con. cern in the couutry had been forced te take similar action, he said. Almond Vadeboacoeur, 28, ie dead, and Henry Oessavent, 30, seriously ill at Me home la Wcioneocket, Ri., as a reselt ot eatieg cream puffs Sent through the mail to Casse.vent, The .package containing the cream puffs was addreSed in a womane: handy ri ling. RUSSIAN VICTORIES IN , CAUCASUS AND PERSIA A despatch from Petrograd sayer ln ea official report on Thursday 11 Is stated that in the Caucasus and hi Persia the fighting eontieues, with success for the Czar'e force, A number of prisoners and two guni were taken in one section on the Cali, casus front. "In Persia, south of - Hamadan," says the report, "we de, feated large enemy forces which were holding positione near Nehovend." Big Success. Mabel -Wes your bazaar a euccesst Gladys -Yes, indeed; the ministin will have cause to be grateful. Mabel -How much were the pro., 'AtsGladys-Nothitig. The expenses were more than the veceipts. But to of us got engaged, ansi the minister Is in for a good thing in wadding fees." Legal Advice. Lawyer -I have my opinion of yon,1 sir. Victim -Well, you can keep 15.^, The last opinion I had from youl coot me $50. The Rule. "You must never forget, my boy) that about one-third' of all atiocess ls pure luck. ' "13u5 how can you make sure ofi this luck?" "Why, by being successful." ^^.