applied for th 16 next, . BE. W, Ward, Picton, No. pola principal of K Mr. and 'Mrs. Brockville for the hotel license, that goes into effect on Sept. \ a followin illness of R. K. Morrell, : George Adams in past two years Salem, Aug. 23---A t even was Spetital the ne ot Bion on Tuesday. Aug. 15th, 'when the people of Salem gathered L hala only 20 , Gup- 1 Parliament, who n for overseas service. good position in the Windsor, and en- listed last. . During the evening was presented with a wrist watch. pleasant feature was the presence Lieut. Bruce Ferguson, a school of Mr. Parliament, who has . The Amelias- 'burg band was in attendance. Some of the farmers in this yiein- ity are just finishing their - hay. has been ap-| Wages have been very high, from $2 to '$3 per day, and labor searce at that, so that women and small OyR have been assisting to store away the record crop. E. Wannamaker and E. Wycott have with their family removed to havg each cut about 150 tons of hay. Three patrols éd their tents at , and purpose week in camp. A. Dafoe was to Miss Lottie May Good- | The man, at Foxboro, on August 14th. along the corn and buckwheat, Both parties were of 'Belleville. James R. Andérson, the Is very strongly in favor of of Almonte Boy Lake | quality, but the lack of rain was a well- known dairyman of Mountain View, the | North Hastings The hot dry weather cured the hay a little too guickly to produce good great help. Grain throughout the township is light, however, a great united in| deal of land never having been sown. help of which, however, there is a small acreage, compared with former years, The writer, in a trip through County last week, rains of yesterday will changes to be brought about by the | found conditions much thé same, a New Ontario Dairy Act. Mrs. Stephen Tufts, one of the very oldest residents of the township | deal still to cut. 'passed away on Monday at | boys in khaki, seen at every station 3 illness, - years. x Al M. Hubly, wife of the res- Sd natar of Emmanuel Church, Bell 9, passed away Monday after- of Tuftsville after a prolonged Rook a an urat d seventy The took. of Daniel Stinson, who fo years had been a citizen of Li Déceased, fifty-three years of sultered a stroke two weeks ago. Mr.and Mrs, J. Albert 'Healey, of several weeks' place om\ Monday many say. age, bumper crop of hay with scarcity of labor, some farmers having a good The help of the in North Hastings, is missed very much at home. + ---- nt OFF TO FRANCE 'Younger Brother of Lieut. Harold Matthews Has Gone to Front. Peterboro, Aug. 24.--T. F. Mat- thews has received a cable from his son, Lieut. Gordon Matthews, to the affect that he is leaving immediately for France. Lieut~~Matthews, who Brockville, announce the engagement | was attached to the 93rd Battalion of their second daughter, Ida May, to [for sume time last winter, went over- 4 cee: B, Beckwith th rilige to take place in Septembe: Mr, and ve of} Mr. and Mrs, eed, died on Monday at the home - > thar: Mrs. | The official report says: "Lieut. Ham- of the child's grandmother, being caught be- 'The little one's 'was broken between the 'knee and y Sullivan, infant daughter Robert Sullivan, | Lachi seas with a draft from the C.AB.C. On hearing that his elder brother, Lieut. Harold Matthews was missing, © éngage- | he immediately applied for a transfer Fito the Field Artillery in order to get to the front. That he has suc- ceeded in his aim is pvident from the 3 Mr. and Mrs. | cable received by hig father. ¥ Gets Milita} Cross. Peterboro, Aug. 24.--A former Peterboro boy, Lieut. Wilbert GG. Hanillton, son of Frank Hamilton, formerly of Peterboro, has ne, been awarded the Military Cross. isa Orr, Belleville, after one week's | ilton rapidly got his own guns and The death: occurred in Peterbo sister of Mrs. o his bombing officer was killed he of Mrs. J. P. Davis, those eaptured into positions and turned them on the enemy. When T.. Milburn, Peterboro, and wife of [Quickly organized a party of hombers the late W. B. Kelley, Bridgeworth. {and led them up a communication The late Mrs. Davis was aged seventy- eight years, Word has been received at Carle- ton Plage from Mies Paquette, that Miss Wilkinson, in London from t, and have been accepted on the staff of the Canadian Army Medical she and her friend, have arrived safely tn -------- Funeral of Late Canon Pakenham, Aug. 24.--The funeral of the late Canon Patrick Corkery, 'priest of Pakenham, was very ' attended on Tuesday after- , Upwards of one hundred ar m enham to Almonte to attend ser- in the Roman Catholic church pay their last tribute to the fa Rev. Canon along with valuable contents. nd followed the cortege nd to "Corkery was rhood. for-many years. STORY Now.Cared For. New York, Aug. 24.--80 heart- a | vietim, 4 oF a she er to get a & 38s in seventy-seco , and had Aad a neigh- Giri-of 19, in Delicate Heaith,| "Turned into the Street-- that 'gle 'was through there IY eye in the court room. [SUimer home. ' tale, vhén the TS, the hat and TE or £ EEy trench." Lieut. Hamilton went ov- erseas with the 73rd Battalion. Lient. Caldwell Coming Home. Lindsay, Aug. 24.--H. A. Reid re- celved a card from Lieut. R. A. Cald- well, formerly of the Seymour Power Co. here. ' Lieut. Caldwell states he has been wounded and in the hospi- tal in England over a month. - He expects to be permitted to come to Canada during September. He went over with the first contingent and was promoted to lieutenant on the field of, battle, Lightning Destroyes Barn. Lindsay, Aug. 24.--The barn of J. Blackwell was struck by lightning on Tuesday and totally destroyed It was sald to be-the finest barn in the county. The storm this afternoon Was Very severe. DAMAGED BY SEVERE GALE, Fifty Pine Trees Sheltering Camp Uprooted, Ogdensburg, N.Y., Aug. 24. -- A severe gale swept over the St. Law- rence River in the vicinity of Chippe- wa Bay on Tuesday night just before a derrific lightning storm broke over the Thousand Island region. Great damage was caused at Snug Harbor 'where Edward L. Strong, of the George Hall Coal Company, his. a Mr, Strong and his family were at dinner in their cot- tage when the wind arose. Fifty tall, matured pine trees sheltering the camp were uprooted and several fell across the cottage. The trees formed ome of the most beautiful 'groves in that section. At Ebby island the cottage of Ad- dison K. Strong ¢f the Ogdensburg Bank was lifted by the wind and carried sixty feet. /It is now rest- ing partly in the river. The cottage was wrecked and its furnishings smashed. Messrs. Strong went up the river and are attempting to sal- vage the wreckage. br ---------------------- Lieut. H. A. Coon was in the city on Thursday from his summer home on the Rideau River, and left Thurs- (day noon for Toronto where he is in {raining for the Royal Naval Air Ser- oo. Mrs. George ans. Ma S. Bach 7 A (From Our Own OBerespondanty Aug. 24.--The garden party at "Blinkbonnie," the beautiful sum- mer residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Macdonald, Main street, under the management of the lady workers of 'the Patriotic Society, was largely at- tended. The grounds were nicely ted with booths here and there for tlie dispensing of ice cream, 'cake, tea'and coffee. A large dancing plat-y| form was the grounds, and 'the Citizens' Band| orchestra was in attendance from 8 to 11 p. m. During the greater part of the time it was filled to its capac- ity. 'The"proceeds of the affair are al and the Journal Tobacco Fund. The return game Brockville and Gananoque baseball teams was played at the Driving Park yesterday afternoon. At the stood 4 to 3 in favor of the locals, and from that time on to the end of over the plate. The funeral of the late Mrs. Pat- rick Wiley, who passed away at Ho- tel Dieu, Kingston, on Monday, was held from the home of her son, Wil- law Wiley, John street, to St. John's Church yesterday morning. Requiem mass was sung by Rev. Father J. P. Kehoe, and the remains were laid to rest in the Roman Catholic burying ground. The steamer Missisquol was quite well patronized yesterday afternoon on her ramble among the Islands. After the electrical storm of Tues- day evening dense clouds of smoke were blown this way and caused con- siderable apprehension. W. Galloway, Leeds Township, lost a large stack of hay by fire on Tues- day evening. Miss Jennie Elder, Kingston, spending the past week in town wtih friends, has returned home. tanley Moore, Montreal, is holidaying here with his mother, Mrs. J, J. Moore, Charles street. Mrs. R. J. Webster and daughter, | Miss Blanche Webster, Brock street, | and Miss Eva Glover, Pine street, who have been spending a short time at Pontiac, Mich., guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sherby, have return- | ed home. They were accompanied | back by Miss Ruby E. Lasha, who! haa been spending the past month | there. } SUDDEN DEATH Smith Woman Fatally Stricken When Consulting Doctor. Peterboro, Aug. 24.--Suddenly striken ill while waiting to see her doctor concerning her health, Lavina Robert Mahood, Otonabee, and wife of John James Acrison, Smith, died Monday a short while after taking Besides her husband the leaves, six daughters and two sons, Mrs. Jos-| eph Newman, Kingston, being one] After the Bulgarians of them. | | Famous Hockey Player Killed. | Lindsay, Aug. 24 --Mrs. G. w.| Beal received word of the death of] her brother, Pte. Russell McDougall, | of the 109th Battalion, England, | from pneumonia. Pte. MeDougall | was a member of the famous Lindsay | midget hockey team when they won! the junior O.H.A. championship. Lost His Motor Boat. | Cornwall, Aug. 24.--Harry Web-| ster, a young man employed by W. A, | Anderson, had his hands and face burned while attempting to repair 4 leak in the gasoline tank of his motor boat. It was after dark, and he took a lantern into the boathouse to locate the leak. The gasoline ignited and set fire to the boat and boathouse, both being destroyed. REACHED THE PARAPETS OF :BRITISH TRENCHES The Germans Got There But Repelled With Very Heavy Losses. (Special to the Whig.) Londen, Aug. 24 The © Germans made strenuous efforts last night to regain lost ground between Guille- mont Station and the Quarry, and| succeeded in reaching the parapet of British trenches at sdme points, Gen. Halg reported to the War Office this afternoon. They were repelled after- wards, suffering heavy losses. At the Hohenzollern redoubt position, near Hulluch, the Germans shelled the British positions heavily and then attempted a raid. They were stopped before they reached the British trenches, GREEKS EVACUATING _AN_ ANCIENT OITY 'Great Force. (Special to the Whig). London, Aug. 24.--Greek troops around the ancient city of Seres are evacuating their positions. and retir- ing southward under orders from the Greek Government, said an Athens despatch this afternoon. The retire- ment was ordered after the Greek positiens had been heavily bombard- a bY the Bulgarians for several 8, 1 g iid i i & 5 PISS? 4 : Hi f s g a * erected near the front of|-- for the benefit of the Secours Nation- | kes between the end of the third innings the scorel, the game neither téam put a man! Jnto springs up at once a desire to under- | help and guidance they may turn to {a selfish disregard of the duties en- | tatled : by privilege or take refuge in Maud. Mahood, fourth daughter of ing {rain fell between the beginning of -------- 0 Bare the i i ity ubmissior, though not ithout suffering. To recognize that a of things is deplorable is in india by uo means the same thing as 0 try to alter it, as education makes its way "lives of Indian girls, there stand. the cause and cure of the mis- eres of women. The inevitable un- Serminiug ot ndu belief removes e_ traditional that they are na for the sins of a previous, Incarnation. Nothing 1s irther from the intention of their tehchers than to foster discontent; but just as cation arouses in men Qquestionings to political liberty, 80 it arouses in women a desire for social freedom; and though the bur- dens of tradition and custom lie per- haps more heavily on Indian wemen than on gny other human beings, yet individuals among the students are slowly rising to their feet and look- ing round on an undiscovered coun-. try. These young student women are of the utniost importance. They are watched with wistful admiration by the thousands of illiterate and ignor- ant women who, in some strange way, are troubled with a vague rest- lessness and a dim sense of hope in some change to be wrought in them. They are themselves only half con- scious of their immense influence and of the problems which lie before them. They repYesent a power which, if misdirected, may bring disaster, but 'which may prove to be the re- generation of India. If left without & cynical despair. So far the Pp who have done most to welcome and tester the new spirit of independence and to give it. sweetness and dignity, are the Christian women misisonar- ies. Though they are far from be- "feminists," their influence and éxample inevitably tend to create a new ideal 'of self-respect and moral strength for the girls of their schools. They possess as no others possess the confidence and affection of these young women, and having a standard of comparison they are bet- ter judges of their powers and weak- mess than amy of their own nation can be. The unconscious assumption of every woman missionary that the value of freedom lies in the power to do service is what has made the first beginning of the Woman's Movement in 'India take the direction of phil- anthropic effort rather than political agitation, v Worst Summers on Record. Most of thé 'people of England have been too busy to pay much at- tention to the cold, wet spell that came in with the official beginning of summer; but farmers have every reason to indulge in their usual grumble, However, so far things have not beeni so bad asin 1912, the summer of the Norwich flood. The awful summer of recent years in Britain was 1903, when 16in, of June and*end of August, some parts of the country. having more. In June it once rained in London for three days without stopping, and Ireland had a red of thirty-five consecutive wet days. The seventies provided a nice. run of wet weather, 1878 and 1879 being the 'worst. The former rejoices in : piled from the most /| So above the average mt of Agriculture -- . (Special to the Whig. Toronto, Auk. 24.--The Ontaria da Unusual weather Tage up well this afficia Department of Agriculture as com- reliatle Govern- ment correspondents province. Fall wheat is the 'best cereal crop this year and although rather short of last year is above the yearly Average. Spring wheat is al- in yield r acre, though oats, barley and. are below the year is, of course, a bumper crop of hay and elover running at two point five tons per acre, : ---- They're Still Friends, A clergyman tells the following tale, showing his wife's wonderful tact and quickness of wit: One day he noticed a 'woman whom he much disliked coming up the front steps. Taking refuge in his study, he left his wife to enter- tain the visitor. Half an hour later he emerged from his retreat, listen- ing carefully at the landing, and, hearing nothing below, called down to his wife: * "Has that horrible old bore gone?" The objectionable woman was still in the drawing-room, but the minis- ter's wife proved equal to the oc- casion, "Yes, dear," she called back. "She went long ago! Mrs. Parker is here now!" Age of the Ocean. Geologists are tr ing to estimate the ages of the oceans 'by comparing the amount of sedinm they contain with the amount they receive annual- ly by washings from the continents. 330--Saturday Night--335c. Moonlight excursion on palace steamer Thousand Islander, leaving at 7.46. Sir Adam Beck announces that the fea in developing the tra from Dundas to Toronto. J. A. Davis, Winnipeg, aged eighty- one years, is dead. He was a promi- nent contractor. 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