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The Clinton News Record, 1916-05-18, Page 3G. D. McTAGGIMIT M. D. McTAGGART McTaggart Bros. RA N K ERS A GENERAL BANKING BUSI- NESS TRANSACTED. NOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DE- POSITS. SALE NOTES run. CHA BED - 11. T. RANCE - NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY- ANCER, FINANCIAL, READ ESTATE AND FIRE noun.- ANCID AGENT. REPRESENT- ING 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION COURT CFFICE, CLINTON. W. IIIIVDONE, BARRISTER. SOLICITOR, , NOTARY PUBLIC, ETO. Office- Sloan Block -CLINTON E . G. CAMERON LC. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, CONVEYANCER, ETC. Office on Albert Street oecuped bY Mr. Hooper. In Clinton on every Thursday, and on any day for which ap- pointments are made. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. A good vault in connection with the office. Office open every week.day. Mr. Hooper will make any appointments for Mr. Cameron. CHARLES 11. HALE. Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, Etc. REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Issuer of Marriage Licenses HURON STEEET, - CLINTON ORS. GUNN de GANDIER Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.O.P., L.11. C.S., Edin. Dr, J. C. Gandier, B.A., M.B. Oflice-Ontario St, Clinton. Night tails at residence, Ruttenbury SL, or at Hospital. 011. 3. W. SHAW -OFFICE- RATTENBURY ST. EAST,„ -CLINTON DR. C. W. THOMPSON PHSTICIAN, SURGEON, ETC. Special attention given to dis- eases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Eyes 'carefully examined and suite able glasses prescribed. Office and residence: R doors west of tho Commercial Hotel, Huron St, ^ ^ DR. F. d. - DENTIST Specialist in Crown and Bridge Work. Graduate of C.O.D.S., Chicago, and ILCI.D.13.s To. route. Bayfieldon Monday' from May to ,• ' December. • GEORG It ELLIOTT LIdeoseir AnctIoncer for tho County ' • of 'Huron. Correspondence patemptly answered. immediate arrangements can be made for Sale) Date at The Neva -Record, Clinton, or by sailing Phone 13 on 157. Charges moderate and satisfaction guaranteed The IlicKillop lantaal Fire Insurance Company Head office, Seaforth, Ont. DIRECTOST ON Imre • 3, uebeen, Seaforti, President; J. Con. Soderieh, VIce,Presideut; Thee E, Heye, Seaforth. Bec,Treas. Direotors. D. F. McGregor, Seaforths G. Grieve, Winthrep; Wm. Bain, 303,.. terth; Jdhn ,33enneweis, Dublin; J. Evans, Beechwood; A. BeEwen, Brucefleid; J. II, J. Connelly, Goderiels; .1Iobert Ferris, Harlock. Agehte . Ed. ITinchleY. Seatorth W. aseeney, Egmendville; J. W. Teo. Holmes. yips; Alex I,eitch. Clinton; H. S. Jar. math. Brodbagert.,,"- _Any =midi to be cold In us suY be paid to blemish Clothing Co., Clinton. Or at Cott's Groces7, Onderish. Parties desirous to effect Innorance transact othev benluass will be promptly e .ttended to on application to any of above officers addreeeed to their reepee., • peet.offices. bosses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. , EDI k NW, t2.1;' -TIME TABLE. -- Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODERICH Going East, depart 7.33 Fain e cc a 8.03 p.m, 11 If 44 5.15 pm. Going West, ar. 11.00, dp. 11.07 a.m. " " depart 1.35 p.m. " at 6.82, dp. 6.45 p.m. " departs 11.18 p.m. LONDON, HURON az BRUCE DIV. Going South, ar. '7.83, dp. 8.05 pall. " " departs 4.15 p.m, Going North, ar. 10.30, dp. 11.00 a.m. departs 6,40 p.m. 14 DELAWARE, LACKAWA NA AND WESTERN COAL COMPRNV'S SCRANTON 00AL In all sizes CHESNUT PEA STOVE FURNACE A'S() ITH I NG (... SOFT COAL CANNECOAL COKE Standard Weight, Standard Quality its the. good Coal. Do you need hard wood or slabs 3 We have lots on hand at the right prices. We always keep a good stock or Port- land Cement, and 3, 4, and 5 -inch Tiles. TRY US, M. & M. FORBES. Opposite tho C. T. IL Station. Phone 52.' Fertilizer We carry a Ccanplete Stock of Stone's Natural Fertilizer. No better on the market. UlaY We pay at all seasons the highest market prices tor Ray for baling. Seeds .American Feed Corn, Red Clo- ver, Alsike, Timethy and Alfalfa. FORD es McLEOD CLINTON. w is Your Cutlery Spy? You know that Jewelry Store Cutlery is out of the com- mon clase. At least, OURS is. It carries a distinctivenets- an ear of superiority, that comes from being made with the greatest care and ut- moet skill from the highest, p rked materials. If you can use some ot this Cutlery in your home, you will be proud of it every time you see it on the table. Craven, cased, $3.00 up. Knives' Forks and Spoons, 81.00doe. up. Knives and Forks, steel, white handles, $3.00 doz. up. Lot us show you our Cutlery line. Let us tell you more about why it is the most dessirable that you can put your money into. W. C. COUNTER JEWELED. and ISSUER ot SIAERIAGE LICENSES. KEINS-RECORB'S tEN CLUBBING HES F011 1916 WEEKLIES. 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The date to which every tubscription is paid ia denoted oa the label Advertieing Rates -- Transient ad vertisernents, 10 centa per non- pareil 1.ino for first insertion and 4 cents per line for each eubse quent insertion, Small advertise, ments not to exceed one inch, such as "Lost," "Strayed," or "Stolen," etc., inserted once for 25 cents, and each subsequent in. tertion 10 cents. Communications intended for pub. lication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be 'accompanied by ths came of the writer. W. J. MITCHELL, Editor and Proprietor. Stop clinches Don't complain about pains in your back when.the remedy lies right to hand. Gin -Pills stop bnokachca, and they do it in an easy nstural way by going right to the,root of the trouble' FORME KIDNEYS Oin Pills act on ihe kidneys and- the bladder. They soothe and heal the inflamed organs, which are causing the suffering. Neglect .your kidneye and Swollen hands and n feet, wsts and ankles, are likely to follow,. A dose of Gin Pills in time savea a world of. pain, • Yon will renlir.e their valtie when you read what Mrs. Y. T. Wedge, of Summerside, wiles: • "Sin Pills arc the greatest of all Kid- ney remedies and a medicine which -is at present doing me a world- of good. They • are worth their- weight in gold to any sufferes..,. • Get GCS' ru.r,s to-driy at your dealer's. 60c, a box. or 6 boxes Inc 82.50. Trial treat- suent Fang if you write 12 National Drug & Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited, Toronto • BRITISH RETAKE SOME LOST TRENCHES Germans Hold Part of Gains Near VermelleS. A despatch from London says: The British official communication issued on Friday evening says: "Thursday evening, after a heavy pteliminary bombardment, the enemy succeeded in capturing about 500 yards of our front trenches northeast of Vermelles. We regained a portion of the ground lost by a counter-at- tack during the night, Friday there has been no further infantry action, but considerable artillery activity has been shown in this neighborhood. "Farther north, opposite Cuinchy, we bombed the enemy's positions. Otherwise there has been nothing but minor artillery duels at various points on the front, principally in the region of Thiepval, Neuville-SL-Vaast, Mas - sines, Voormezeele, St. Eloi and east of Ypres." Czar's Winter Palace. The Czar of Russia's winter palace at Petrograd is probably the most won- derful royal residence In the world. Many of its rooms, of which there are over 100, are of enormous sizs. The valuable collection of china known is also kept in the palace. You should al vsys kocpn bottle of Chamberlain, Stomach and Liver Tablets on the shelf. The little folk so often need a mild and safe cathartic and tiles, do appreciate Chamberlain's instead of nauseous oilsand mixtures. For stomach troubles and constipation, give onehtst before 'going to bed, Ail druggists. 260, or send to CHAMBERLAIN MEDICINE CO., TORONTO 10 There is a Coki Day Coming Why not prepare for It by ordering your winter supply .of Lehigh Valley Coal. None better in the world, o use " Phone 12. Office Phone 40. A. J. HOLLOWAY THE CHILDREN OF TO -DAY lust as they are ---in their in. door play, os- at their outdoor play -they. ate constantly of- fering-teroptatroos for ths KODAK Let it keep them leir yon a' they are now. tet it keep many .other hap penings that are a source of pleasure to you. BROWNIES', $2 TO $13; li 0 I) li S, $7 '1'0 $2. Also full stock of Films and Supplies We do Developioe and Printing. Remember the p lace: ',. THE REXKL S4- INDESCRIBABLE WAR WEARINESS 15 CHARACTERISTIC OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE. In Total Isolation From the Outside ,World, Says a Swedish Professor. "What wee your strongeA impres- sion in Germany?" is the "Auestion which the Stockholni. newspaper Da- gens Nyheter put to prominent SWedes who recently visited Germany. The first to reply. is M. Petri% Hag- lund, professor of medicine. He writes: "With regard to the general. condi- tions, what struck me most of ad, particularly outside Berlin and othd large cities, was the isolation of the country. The people generally know nothing about anything. Those in higher positions appeared to be in some small degree acquainted with what was going on outside, but the people in the shops, in the streets, in the restaurants knew nothing. They showed the most amazing ignorance about all one told them'and When I met old or newly -made friends ,quiet- ly, they thoroughly drained me of "This isolation, the mental isola- tion, is naturally caused by the cen- sorship, which evitantly is very clever in keeping all' in ignorance of every- thing that might ,give rise to incon- venient reflections. That the intel- lectual means of communication be- tween people can really be stopped like that is certainly imposing from the point of view of organizing capa- city. One would loudly think it pos- sible nowadays. "Anything more meagre than the German press I cannot imagine. Be- sides the official war news there was hardly anything" but propaganda ar- ticles, and, just at that time, numbers of paragraphs about the administra- tion of mw in Belgium, which perhaps were read with satisfaction by the Germans, but which gave anybody with an ordinary sense of justice lit- tle more than a feeling of discomfort. And what kind of propaganda articles! At to railway statidn I bought the Frangfurter Neueste Nachrichten, to judge from its size and extensive sale by no means a small local newspaper. The whole of the first page was occu- pied by an article with the beading, in giant letters, 'Assassination in War.' In .this article was put before an astonished world circumstantial evidence that 10 Or more Englishmen, prominent for their pro -German sym- pathies, who had died lately, had been done away with by the British Gov- ernment. Appalling Ignorance. "This is only one instance. With such a press the ignorance of the people must, of course, be appalling. Thus a doctor expressed the greatest amazeinent when I told him that we only paid so and $o much for the Ger- man milt in Sweden, and he was quite dumfounded when, in reply to his question why we did anything so mad, I answered that we considered the mark not worth more. Even of- ficers and doetors who had been to the fronts were absolutely ignorant of everything that had not happened in their immediate circle of action. "Berlin gives one an indescribable impression of war weariness. It is not only among the civilian popula- tion that this is evident; tile soldiers, wounded or unwounded, have the ap- pearance.of being mentally and physi- cally fatigued. "On the other hand, the position of the women seems to have undergone a change. Before the war the Ger- man women, with all their incontest- able excellence, always appeared to me eomewhat ridiculous in the way they 'looked up' to every member of the stronger sex, even the most in- significant. NOW they have all air of fearlessness and of conscious self- control. They give an impression of having realized what they now have to perform, of their new position in a community where in so many dir- ections they are taking the place of men. BLOW TO GERMAN PRESTIGE - King Alfonso's Marriage Showed the Trend of Europe. It is probable that the trend of Belgium .away from Germany and towards friendship with Eranee and EngliMel datedfrom the Algeciras conference, 1906, says Arthur ,Bal- lard in "Diplomacy and the Great 7allilI" But more tangible sylnidoiik o:1' the new state. of things in Emma, was given -by the' international comedy Of the Spanish marriage. For a long tithe European princes had, been in the habit of marrying. Gentian prin- cesses. Young Alfonso had been feted from 'one MI of the empire •to the other, ho had passed in review the royal Grg72hens of :all the courts of the Deutschland: And when he • re- turned to Madrid and wrote his bread-and-blitter thiniks for till their lavish hospitality be announced his engagement to a 'niece a King 'Ed- ward. A Mince 'of tire house of 11 burg'Preferred no English girl! Ger- man woinen are among the things list- ed as "tiber canes" in the famous, song. Not long afterwatde . a Noinvegian• prince 'followed the at -Sample of Alfon- so ;led chose en English bride. (1<n'- 01011 peeetige Was f0Iling. 100,000,000 Stars In Map of Sky. 4A map of the vieible univeese, upon which the -ustronorriers of the world! have been. werkina for twenty-five years, is ahnost cdmpleto. It will C0/1711141 every star which can be fooval by the inost power:fair toleicope. The ttrimber will 1107 1)0 leSs than 100,000.- 000. Borne 0( 71)55 Ap.s.Nyhich will be :represented- bey° -never been seen by the cr.: of mao and probably never wal be seen, They arc caught and recorded by the pli.otograatiic plate, whscsh ib more sensitive to light thou the retina of the Mimeo eye. .. - Giving Their Lives to Blinded Soldiers George A. Kessler, a Lusitania sur- vivor, has -decided to give up his busi- mess to direct the handling of the fund for the blinded soldiers of France, Belgium and Great Britain. He is an officer and founder of the Permanent Blind Relief 'War Fund. Mrs. Kessler will also aid the cause, not only by giving money but by personal efforts. Already a large number of influential and wealthy people of the United States have become interested -in this movement, and Mr. Kessler is hope- ful that millions will be contributed. Jules Bois, the noted French author who addressed a gathering for the purpose of receiving contributions, said, "The American people should consider the blinded of Belgium, France and. Great Britain as their own blind, because these allied blinded soldiers and sailors have giv- en their eyesight fer humanity and for the thieve of America." • 'GERMANS TURN ON. KAISER. and Military Show Signs of Dissatisfaction. no London Chronicle's Amsterdam correspondent DellfIS 021 account of a visit to Germany and Belgium just made by an educated neutral, who sa:d1 '1NM in Qermany about three months ago . when hope was high; Verdun had not brought its disillu- sionment. But, now, I never could' believe an entire national spirit could, have changed $o completely. There' ALL FOR THE CHILD, My folks an' me are going to see The circus this here week, My ,Paw lio'll go, an' my Aunt Flo, ' An' Maw an' 'Uncle Zeice, My Paw last night allowed he might 'Peke me to see the show. "It's on'y hitt," see he; "we mu -t Amuse the child, ye know.' Of course, I've got an awful lot 0' work on hand," scs he, "But I suppose I'll fix it so's 'Won% interfere with Ina" 'alien Maw sem: "Jake, for goodneest sake! Are you expectin' rne To sot home while you take that chile Where all them wild things be? Why, I'd jiet net an' fret, an' fret, Lest somethin' might go wrong; So if you go Pll have ye know That Pin a-goin' along." Then Uncle Zeke, who come last week, Along 04 my Aunt Flo To board with Paw an' mo an' Maw, Allowed that they. would go. "I'm sure," sez h "that Flo an' me Would feel sick loneliness, Left here alone when you were gone, We'd best- go, too, I guese." Now, ain't my Paw an' clear old Maw As lend as they kin be To plan so much, providin' such A splendid treat fur me? EMULATES NAPOLEON. -- Enver Pasha Aspires to Regenerate His Country. Any one who reads Turkish history for the last eight years -the Young Turk movement the deposition of Abdul Harald, the Turkish revolution and the Balkan wars -constantly meets the name of Enver Pasha, rays World's Work. This statement has one ruling idea -that he is a man of destiny, a man almost divinely ap- pointed to regenerate his country. In his working room he sits with a large picture of Napoleon on one side and one of Frederick the Great on the other. These men are Ifs heroes, and What Napoleon did for France and Frederick for Prussia Enver aspires to do for Turkey. There is, Mcleod, something • in common between his career and that of the Corsican. Like Napoleon, Enver came into power on the crest of a revolution. rite Napoleon, he succeeded in turn- ing this revolution into a personal as- set. Both men became powerful firsk as military men. Enver, no less than Napoleon, has had youth on his side. Napoleon, at the age of 80, became the dictator of France; Enver, who is now one of the two masters of Tur- key, is only 34. And in the fact that Turkey defeated the EngPsh at the Dardanelles and forced their with- drawal Enver seea a military triumph thnt is almost Napoleonic in its pro- portions. BRIDE FOR PRINCE OF WALES. She Will Probably Be of Russian imperial Family. has been a veritable revolution IIIj The matrimonial respects of tha. feeling and opm :on. What listen-. Prince of Wales are again much dis- ithed Me more than anythinge-1 se • cusrecl in society. Despite the :o- wes the ootbreak of feeling fl i + the Kaiser. I could never hatvgen-bn:: , ter eet in the subject, hotvever, it is lieved such a change possible -to thel' certain that there will be no announce - shows itself among the officers. The only thelment of his engagement until the end German people. And not people -the same spiria of revolt' of the war. The Prince is now serv- Kaiser, of course, has his bands of auPPortenr, both in the army and among the people, and in thts fact I sometimes thought I saw the begin- ning of civil strife, which is more and more certainly threatening to rend Germany in twain. "Very soon, unless I completely misread the signs, it will be only pro -Kaiser and anti -Keiser, and one ing in the British army in Egypt. Although, the bride of the heir to the throne has not been selected, it is practically certain that she tvill be a Russian princess. The wax has com- pletely disrupted the privately settled arrangement of an alliance w:th a princess of the euling house of Roum- ania. The final choice of a beide for the Prince, it is believed in social excles in London, is between the niece of the side or the other will be driven out Cm., who has been with Queen Alex - of power. At precent, owing to the andra so much that in opinions and unwillingness of the great majority tavtes she is virtually an English girl, to show than: feelings openly, it op- and bee cousin, the Czar's aeconcl pears the pro -Kaiser party is the daughter, the Grand Duchess Tatiana. stronger, 'hut once there is an oPen The Grand Duchess has been the breach I believe the other's will prove guest of King George and Queen IVIary immeasurably more numerous and in- on several occasions, and speaks Eng- fluential. If the universal and deep lieh perfectly. She is perhaps strong - desire of the entire people has nny er 131 character than her cousin. She power to make itself felt in the coun- cils of Germany, then peace ought not to be far away. "As for the conditam of ,Belgium what strikes one there is the dreadful scarcity af food. For three months is also a skilled horsewoman and is an exceedingly graceful dancer. A Remedy Against Bores. The mayor of a Western town hit the people of Bruesels have scarcely upon a, novel scheme to rid himself of seen a potato. I often wondered ° h°re who .1110. had Pestered him for what was happeping to the stores some 1 which the United States is sending The mayor's doorkeeper was a good - for the Belgians. I did hear a story natured, obliging chap, and he could which gave me some idea of What is never find it in his heart to turn the going on. It is the custom fox the bore away. ;rust as sure as the 'boagomasters of the smaller Belgian 1110301? WaS in, the bore was ceetain to towns to send in a 570575100117 of the be admitted. One day the mayor insgent requirements to ho,adetmeters determieed to end the persecution. So he aid to his doorkeeper : :','itveBdIllisnset)18e- e WolhaecnesthtehesSu4ePptivicrer s, 'o;. eourse, a tremendoue demand from the population, bet I was assured that before the distribution to the public: took place the officers de the German force there, firsts had their pick. , Wlicn they had fin' 110d there often i wae not much left for the famished ' people.' "Henry, do you know why Smith continues to come here so regularly?" "No, sir, I 'can't say that 3 "Well, Henry, I don't mind telling you 111 confidence that he's after your "From that day," says the mayor, "I saiv no MOTO Of the bore." -- The Great Moral Question. SCHOOLS. FOR HORSES. Teeeher--Children, bow ean we dis- • -- tinguith right from wrong/ Methods Adopted ny Instructorad-or -.. Pettit -If we enjoy doing a thing the British Army. - lit.'s wrong, The Method el educaiing a horse is rather a lengthy proeess, and that 701- KAISER ORDERS RESI lowed by the horee instructors of the ' ISritirh army has ainateted snlendidiy. ;7 Mese ie lliot taiight to lie down at OF GER a glYbli signal. Then is he taught to trot around a field: then to ;luny intedles., He is always rewarded- for ---__ doing - %yell.' , • British Itittekade is Pinching t ' Gradually he is accusteinea tcavart. ouS pieces of letroess, until, when the. Shortage time comes for him to be mounted by YOE IIEE) A TON (19 Flood's Sarsaparilla, as a Spring ililedicine• is the Best. Spring, sickness comes in some degree Jo every /nen, woman and (11111(2 111 onr climate. It is that run- down condition of the system that results from iropuee, iinpovetisbed, ,levitalized blood. It is inarIceel by loss of appetite and that Lived feel- ing, and in many 03065 by 'some form of ereption. The beSt way to treat epring, side - nets is to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Ask your druggist for this old Tell- able family medicine. It pueilles, enriches and revitalizes the blood. le is an all -the -year-round tater- alive aud tonic, aucl is absolutely the best Spring medicine. Get your blood in good condli,ion at on0e-110W. Delay may be dan- gerous. Be SUIT to get Hood 'e separilla, nothing else can take 119 111000. _ GERMAN THREAT A BOOMERANG Washington Authorities Think That Faith is Not Being Kept. A despatch from Washington say0:a4.` It is becoming more and more appa- rent that President Wilson is deter- mined to maintain a firm and uncom- promising attitude toward Germany until he is fully satisfied that the Im- perial Government has actually re- moved the submarine menace to non- combatants from the high seas. Ber- lin's view that the submarine issue be- tween the two Governments is settled is not shared by the President or Sec- retary Lansing. The price which Germany must pay before reaching an arnicable understanding with the United States is a strict arid continu- ing observance of its pledge to effect a change in its present method of sub- marine warfare. Until there has been a sufficient lapse of time to demonstrate that Ger- many has really effected this pledge, the attitude of the 'United States will remain about as it has been the past month toward the Imperial Govern- ment. Apparently no effort is going to be made to placate the German gov- ernment or to re-establish a mutual feeling of confidence and good will. This was the policy adopted by Mr. Bryan after the Lusitania disaster, it is explained, and its result proved far from satisfactory. Secretary Lan- sing therefore is resolved to have Ger- many prove as well as declare its good faith before he changes his present policy. GERMANY'S CROPS WILL BE FAILURE. Reason for Peace Ventures Made Through United States. A despatch from London says: The Daily Telegraph's Rotterdam corre- spondent says according to reliable information he has received, Ger- many's next harvest is bound to be a Were. "It is this hopeless prospect for the future," he says, "that has impelled the German Government to a desper- ate peace venture through the medium of negotiations with the United States. "The failure of the harvest is due entirely to the blockade. Gorman crops will be poor because the ground is impoverished and the British navy has cut off from Germany all its overseas supplies, first of cattle -feed- ing stuffs, secondly of artificial fertil- izers. In all parts of the empire harm- ers have reported that then! land will not this year bear its full yiel:l. •"With this fact now beforci it, the Government knows that even if etaved off in the meantime famine next win- ter is inevitable." TWO MORE REBELS SHOT IN DUBLIN. James Connolly, the Commander -in - Chief, Pays the Penalty. A despatch from Dublin says: James Connolly, leader of the Irish rebel army, and S. MeDiarmica one of the signers of the proclamation estab- lishing an Irish republic, were exeeut- ed on Friday morning, it was official- ly announced. The execution of Mc- Diarmid leaves only Eamon Ccaunt, of tho seven signers of the xepublican proclamation, still alive, the others having been shot. ' A G-reat Loss. "So your car was stolen?" idy es.Ps "I wouldn't worry; perhaps it will be recovered." "I'm not worrying about the car; that was insured. But I had six gal- lons of gasoline in the tank and I can't afford to stand that loss." uNATION MAN FOOD META he Teutons-Report8 Tell of the of Supplies. a man teed of plunging' about and having to -be -threshed. into submin- Mon, he eees at lestwhat the whole thing 'is 11130117, and thoroughly enters into the spirit of it. Therehe is trained to charge at dum- my Ogures, tied he is always coaxed and camthed.if ,frightened, and' soon leerns that the_ "do -not harm hipt;.entl after. that he is taught to knock them over, A. course of noises of gvaducilly inereesing violenee teaches him td keep: hislmad, and he is finally put to chargieg iiguree stuf- fed with fireworks" A despatch from London says: Sev- eral of the Friday morning news - Papers print long reports from tea- tral and Gorman Socialist sources of an Acadia .Cood shortage and conse- quent discontept 311 Germany and &m- ade. The economic pinch, according to these reports, has Nome intole-- ably SOs1'1-0, owing to the British blockade, and twee rich people are suffering greatly. The diplomatists of other natione T3evlin aim getting su ppl ies from a he oad A despatch from Amsteedam says: "Emperor William aod Chancellor Yen Bethmenn-Holtweg have decided that Clemens Delbrueek, German Minister of the Interior and Vice-Chaecellor, must resign, says a Berlin despatch to the Frankfurter Zeitung, Minister Delbeueck has been reported 311 chir. ill; the past few days, bat the real trouble, the despatch says, is diesatis- faction with Germany's food sup- plies. Count George von Hertling, the Savariau Prime Minister, le re- garded as the probable successor to Minister Delbrueck." ed.