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Other parts of my diocese, which I "I bave not had time to visit, have in like manner been laid waste. Churches chools, asylums, hospitals, convents in great numbers are in ruins, Entire llages have all but disappeared. At erchter:Wackerzeel, for instance,out of 38) homes 130 remain. At Tre: .jmeloo two-thirds of the village are € 'foverthrown. houses 20 are standin 3. | have been burned. In this dear City of Louvain, per- } |p tually in' my thoughts, 'the magnifi- ent Church of St. Peter will never cover its * former splendor. The ient College of St' Ives, the ere ehools of the university. the old going to assume this large loss". ark our. rich library with its stead of selling to the merchants in ns, its unique and unpublished: Uxbridge, agents have 'portraits af illustrious rectors 'seven German soldiers came to the farm, and demanded bread, coffee. and | milk, threatening to shoot if their wants were not supplied. The girl |. did the best she could and set food ore the soldiers, " the fase of its. foundation, which alike a noble tradition and were an! i nepenient in' their studies, all this' se Samulation of intellectual, of historic | of artistic riches, the fruit of the of five centuries--all are i er big Thousands of Belgian. citizens have ke manner been deported fo. the ns of Germany, to Munsterlagen, elle, to Magdeburg. At Miinster- brother in the cellar at the i of the enemy, for fear he would be { killed. So, apparently, the girl was alone i in the house. he soldiers slept | on the floor. of to kitchen, except one that was told, off for guard duty... Near: morning | this soldier tried to assault the girl. In her terror she-shouted t to her bro. ther. 'That, of cour, brother, and he Te mn: pica and mortal torments of their © long martyrdom, J, Hundieds of innocent. men were I-possess no complete necrology ! know there were ninety-one 'shot | "fat inches and that there, under pain' ust of death, their fellow citizens were led to dig their graves In the 'group of communes 176 : bat and § jcklings, rich and paor, i in health ss, were shot or burned, | rode, "suffered, I 'believe, a regular | Masham. ; At Bueken, out of 100 At Schaffen, «| 183 out of 200 are destroyed; 11 still stand. At Louvain the third part of "I the buildings are down; | 074 dwell- "{ings have. disappea ed. On the town land and in the suburbs 1823 houses, ce re professors, dating 'from preserved for masters and stubents ¢ alone, 3,100 civil prisoners were. ered. "History will tell of the' i bership for the sum of ten dollars, or forty cents each. He then sells each membership for two dollats, thus making $1.60 on each. Ths buyer of the two-dollar membership, pre- 'sumably a merchant, is supposed then to be abie to buy his goods at cut rate prices from Co-operative Union of Windsor offers 100 lbs. of Redpath"s best granulated sugar at four cents per lb. I'bis offer cannot be' fitted, The price of four cents per 1b. is under that paid by the jobber to the manu: facturer, The same union also pre- tends to sell a two and a half pound box of Christie'i biscuits 'at fifteen cents. This is also a wild dream, and cannot be doue unless the union | hooker to make a large loss. A box of this size of Christie's biscuits form- erly cost the reailer 25 cen's, At present the price to the retailer is 263 cents It is safe to assume that the The Mudlark's Song Published by Request [During the training of the Canadian troops at: Salisbury Plains, heavy rains have caused an unusual amount of mud to settle in the vicinity, ] We have left the land of sunshine, We have left the land of snow, Yes! we came to fight for England And lay the Kaiszr low; Yet we miss the pine tree swaying And the maple tree in bud. But still we have one comfort, 'Tis the dear old "Salisbury Mud." We hear the Robins singing. (As they do in Nursery Rhyme), But the skies are dull and heavy, And it's raining most the time; But we're going to "Tipperary" And, of course, 'tis via "Berlin," But what will Kaiser Billy say To the muddy state we're in? In* 1¢ sticks to us like chewing gum On the seat of a tramway ca It has the "Trail" beat hollow With the thunder storms afar; In Canada we often "kicked" | "About the stieky loam, But Lord protect your little feet If to Salist ury you roam! Foi MrcR, Bechley lef: on. Wednesday | We find it an the table, of last week for the West, in charge of| As well as on the form, 1a car load of stock, for his employer [And a trooper found some in his soup Mr. W. F, Hodgson. As sure as you were born; To drive on the roads these days We're in it a "Reveille" reminds one of the Bumpy Bumps at We wade it to "Lights Out," Scarboro Beach, You'd laugh to see the awkward squad t try to "T' An Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Kent was in Just sty to Turn about the the city recently. been sold It's nice to keep a-smiling And prepare for things to come, t "By Gosh" we need some patience When across the Plains we run; or the mud gets in our ear-holes And we're covered thick and fast, But I.tell you 'tis a pleasure, When the boys are 'Marching Past., The oyster supper which was held Bu on Tuesday of last week was a decided success. After supplying the wants F of the 'inner Man, the crowd ascended , to the body of the church. where a (splendid programme was rendered. | The members of the Ladies' Aid are to be congratulated upon the effort] But I guess we must not grumble . put forth to make this entertainment | When we fall an awful thud, @ such a success. : For "tis splendid training for the Boys When sliding in the mud, ut when we meet the Germans They'll be the bays to slide, And the quicker they can do it, Dairymen and Storekeepers are + They'll save their "dared old hide" having their summers supply stored away this week.' Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Downey and B child of Oshawa, spent the week end with the former's parents. of ciee py rin Salisbury mud we're covered Our hearts are brave within, And a-beating for the dear old flag, We're out to die or win; Sa its "Canada forever" «As the mud we're wading thro' i. And we'll show you in the trenches J: What Canadians can do! © fi GEORGE GILMORE f * Canadian Overseas Force: ere called upon to provide the whole. we g to the non-arrival al; 'District and General J Myers' mill dam, south of Utica, was destroyed by floods last week. - The North Ontario Loyal Association will celebrate the 12th of o July i in Stoutville. Rag 1 "The Oyster Supper, and. Concert held vnder the auspices of the C. O. F at Raglan on Friday, was a great! success. The concert given by the Artists from Port Perry who