Over $2,000,000. raids. owas peculiarly “doubt, it was intended to ringham | AL * King’ > while, as man Ee boy, his present ajesty has spent more days in that cheeriest of country houses than hele sav on ‘seer cot ands) ooded ai HOME OF Ue ALE ALEXANDAR {SAR priy GHAM THE FAVORITE = ABODE OF hora AUTY. : ” ¢ 4 fo Was Bomparded ‘By, German Air- ships—It Is Probably Worth ad ‘As by sea, 80 by-air, the Germans seem to fancy the eas coast of Eng- land for their abortive, if annoying, The attack on Sandri N°! place where the ,G was not pale ‘the Tate nd heathery hills. which latter place is arising sea- side resort some five miles west, of Cromer. King’s reat historic interest, special corporate privileges dating has in any house in all his Domin-|town in England, with. the excep- ions. It oe curious how little ae tions of London and Bristol: - Its & public generally seem shipping trade is still considerable.’ eons present writer ge some the most charming hous not A Paap a palace ness, one, ever seen the inside. Sandringham was bought by King Edward, as Prince of Wales, in the epee Mr. Spence: rd Palmerston, fe ably the Boe popular peer year 1861, per, stepson cf the Victorian era. of the estate at that time was out |< until now its extent is about twelve The price the late King paid for ¢ the original property thousand. acres. iy fe spe ishly, in the way of alterations and improv perty ahely ae royal owners rendered wi 08 ia The late Kin estates before. purchase of eye when on w uld Fos fe any geal a. the' i sec cond the anty a ‘Norfolk has en famous alike for ame Shooting passing ee anythin, op which both pheasants and part- ridges flour she rigin: Elizabethan bri ture, and hg largely added to the jatter from ‘time to time. is the huge ‘ballroom n said, he would en- Saas charm of the place, one who has often stayed there, ‘while the racing man t he is not called on to profess a thal ‘ 3 sledge of gardens tor knows have The Yarmouth, another pleee ia Norfolk which was Jae with the attentions of the second larj 3 in that,county; Swomach (where dey make the mustard) being the ar: I: contains about 52,000 p n * droppers, is the est. pie rormally, but is this population is multiplied many mos' tintes, for mouth is tings wi i be landed at tie, one Nor- folk po: b The h a ara industry at Aaeretithe naturally eroplayment for a very large pee Perhaps something like Pas thous- fishermen live in Yarmouth it- self, and another thousand in neigh- boring villages, while several thous- and Scottish, fisherme: down and e. base of operaigns during the au- tumn fishing. “The ¢ rings is a subsidi thich gives employment to “Annually, eke five aRaUe: Scottish | migrate : ands yaemiow in the Base to ‘‘kip-}" Se ee ‘and to turn them into | 9 ters.’? Altogether, i in the a ments can flood Ho @ former i ‘is the most fashionable Jand sieht steely Se aiae the: politi “ering place on pone Past coast, about this favorite Bboy a inoyalty. years ago re ee over Bay royal residence, and he charac- terized it unhesitatingly as sulle or “ot iatell: , for Sandringham is n: “nor does it lay claim to any- thing of the other—of which he has | a5 gham Is. ected countless vi gee First, situate, as forfolk, it was indsor, so that he would not be too mutch under his mother’s | dro although he was approaching the first-rate shot that King George a catiniivat to be 1 King Edward replaced the ith . the garden lover and the art nbent on. them to expatiate whic! one ther futile best to a6: Yarmouth Bloaters. t | increase “popular pe! resort on the-east| due eee .. It has one of the Wi two remarkably £5. s the principal fish- ing port of Norfolk. And its eerine \ fishery is of world-wide fame, one sor as many as 500,000, one | Ambas! ——— INA FRIENDLY WAY. “When a man ain’t Sol a cent, and he’s and heavy rethren, for and upon is’ shoulder in a friendly kind of way. It makes a man’ feel caries and it oO" fluttering round the regions of his Meee an’t look af 2 the eyes; he don’t aes what to say, With your hand old ae pegboulder in a friendly kind of w O, the world’s a curious compound With its honey and its gall, With its cares and little Ale but a good world after all; id a good God must von made: it, leastways that’s what I When your hand is on my ‘ghgulderd in a friendly kind of way. oe CANADA CROPS IN 1914, final Report of the Census and Statistics Office. Census and Statistics Office, Ot- awa, has issued its final report on the yield and value of field erops“in 1914. The report states that, in marked contrast, to 1913, the season e veh | The rench.- He as ee ee Prince of Wal-s as His Own Chauffeur at the Front. The heir ges a British throne is to-day at the battlefront in France as an aide here seen driving his own car, with Prince Alexander of Teck, our future Governor-General, -de-camp to Sir John THE NEW RULER OF EGYPT PRINCE HUSSEIN SAID TO BE FOND OF DANCING. Has Played Active Part in Agricul- ees and more especial y © dance for their enter These dancers are held in sae low esteem. This will serve to explain the at- titude of most Orientals at Euro- pean and American balls. ‘They very, very rarely take part in the dancing themselves. Under the circumstances, it is remarkable, and worthy of note. that the new ruler of Egypt, Sultan Hussein, should be passionately fond of dancing. And he'is now in Bs r. is about women, the growth of grain. Persistent ught theowahout the — greater part of ny Northwest provinces re- aan id per acre of the chief cereale lower than in any sea- son since 1 and lower than ‘the average of ihe ate years ended 1913. In Ontario and Quebec, + though the grain crops suffered from a dry sea- , the conditions were not so un- favorable, whilst’ in the Maritime provinces a ae season result- BE ‘or the ae of Canada the area n to field was 35,102,175 ete) as apmnared with 85,375,480 acres in 1913; but owing to the drought the total Bro- ductive area in 1914 was reduced ti 1,280,000 as against 231,717,000 in 118; ‘oats, 313,078,000 against. 404,- 669,000; barley, 36,201,000 against 48,319,000; rye, 2,016,800 against 2,- jeans, 382,500 Sues 15,792,000 ; 175,000 mst 17,539,000; and corn for. basis 13,924,000 against 16;- 768,000 bushels, The yields per acre were in bush- els as follows :—Fall wheat, 21.41 compared with 23.29 in 1913; Phat wheat, 15.07 against 20.81 “fall wheat, 15.67 against 21.04; 81.12 against. 38.78 ; barley, against 29.96; rye,’ 18.12 against ee oa 17.64 against 17.19; whose, 24. ae against 21.99; mixed Gee and corn for are ri Ss against 60.30, mputed at average local market prices the values of these crops’ in 1914-were as follows: Wheat, 8196, = $s 89%, 000 ; beans, $1, 884, 300 biol wheat, $6,213,000; mixed _ grains, 10,759,400; flax, $7,368,000, and ae for ‘ing, $9,808,000. a all field crops, including root an fodder crops, Satie amounts: to 161,300, ‘as com- pared with $552,’ mi SDD in 1918, the 000 being chiefly due to the wee of prices, of grain in drought. In the three Northwest provinces of baat a Saskatchewan and Al- betta the production in. 1914 .of wheat is placed at 140,958,000 bush- 242,413,000 eee and of barley at 19,535,000 bushels compared 31,060,000 bushels. 1914 in Manitoba bushels from 2,616,000 acres ; re eee on 73,494;000 bushels acres, and in Alberta 95,899,000" Sahels from: “1,371,100 acres. —_—_tr___ A Diplomatic Tip. _ aS a time Le at was thought it Germany to get a foot- hold in ‘Holland B Bama. and the 01 Du itch Aml ee ‘stood watching, a eG) < the German army. As aw up Get of men marched past the © Aviostintay ides “Fine Ai de ‘but too short.”’ Then came ¢ Grenadiers, between six and eye feet tall; poe the bassador’s s iP ® xO Bla} _ Your 300, 000; peas, 3,362, 500 against: 3; a4 "The wheat Production of Famuly was~ 38,605, comm peers before : . Rie sae: but tothe his five feet shouldered, ed, small legs slightly bowed, as those of a man who was aceustomed to spend much time in the sad yea’ nine the following recollections of some years ago of Prince Hussei: I found him a most apreeanles in- pci and amusing companion, when he was wont to complain, af the most un-Oriental pakke of the extravagances of conduct and of purse of his one and only wife, Princess, Ain-El-Haat Hanem, daughter of Prince Achmet, and who was quite as Europeanized in cort, . The Khedive’s Wife. It cannot be said that Princess Hussein was a very devoted wife, and for her there was no such thin| talking of a period between ae and thirty-six years ago—had be- come a mere figure of speech, as far as the great ladies of Beypt were concerned, She was most. of the ee away from her husband sojourning in Paris, at’Trouville or at one or She would go gbout entirely unveil- ed, did not hesitate to appear at the opera and at private entertain/ ments in Paris 7 in the most daringly decollete of dre When his father Ismail was de- , Hussein where he spent a considerable por- tion of his boyhood and youth un- dér the particular care of Napoleon] ¢ who made his sorts of stories to his detriment, re- garding him as a dangerous foe. 2 Clear of Intrigues. In this way Hussein was abl e all intrigues in connection wi Arabi insurrection, that brought about the bombardment of Alexan- so many members of the Khedival y. Randolph ‘Churchill repeatedly in- sisted in the House of Commons at» Westminster on his deposition. Not until Abbas Pasha succeeded to the' throne on ee death did his extensive estates in Uppe: tural Development of Lower Egypt. He ane ae Egypt residency of the Khedivial Society ee of Agriculture, which has f 8 Orientals asa rule disdain’ to} object. t couragement of the dance. They are content to employ | ®doption of more enlightened and diplomat woMigaiites 2 appearance and manner as her es- w S| Press has come to Se stupendous endeavor to place» res- | ponsibility anywhere, so: lon an-|ing nations unfavorably, the right 1-4 is as old as. his powers to} Sle Points SE Priction froth the ria and \England’s military’ occu-| eff pation of Egypt—intrigues in which | Abbas, of the Nationalists, of the foreign opponents to English views in Egypt, as well as the requests of Sultan Abdul Hamid, that he would, adopt a political role On the Banks of the Nile: Instead he devoted himself entire- ly to the promotion of agriculture, | ¢ and especially to the cep rep S of and es ea ge of the cultivation | f land. His activities in this con-| close touch with Sir William Will- cocks, Sir Wi fear Garstin, and the other organizers of the new system of irrigation in the Lan: the Nile, and*so much mutual confid- that Hussein may be said to have been working for the past eighteen 8 twi enty years in close unison with | § em to increase the fertile areas o a her powers of agricultu- ral eadatlig newer aetecaiion ot Baeliah officials in Egypt learned to trast him, and by his refusal to associate himself with Khedive Abbas in the S v. ainst ! ra erate Tittueell iiitcely: atl wholly Worthe fostering of agriculture he succeeded in ie Meena Eere Gene enen while the latter was British Plenipotentiary in Egypt. A WAR QUESTION. Is Great Britain Justified in Fight- ing for Belgian Neutrality? _Posterity is sure to hold the ma- nth esponsible for this, d most devastating r this reason, mainly, that the eermian asiante have issued their special. plea on behalf of the Kaiser, and that her ir air im a as Sey, and her war lord are ex- mpted. , Neutrality as applied to nations, means the refusal of a thind power halt of either 2 tee talteesael ae and tho always looke n by hard ee The Napoleonic wars broke aD very many of the small states of Europe ; and when that war-ended the five great aaeees that suecess- fully emerged from: it a combine for the future government of a new scheme surviving ? smal tant as strategic their geographical sf loca tion; woney, called ita ueuetiel néu- ralization,”” the signatory powers consisting ‘of Russia, Prussia, Aus- France and England, entered Hi a treaty that certain designat- ed countries show mn ia nat emburg, Switzerland, ete., coming in Be Bok? dates ray on. eat significance of these aches is that they iacoste a defi- nite es eS the. 3a o! as great arena ol pe Belgian treaty was sue r one, date ii 1839, Saad al were in full force ala agreements. was sibility of any one nation gaining an advantage over its neighbor by de- stroying or annexing a region in Which other powers were intensely interested, and not. so much to ect the weak nation from tion. ia Hussein fee to euinb ihe éee Bie system of neutralization was tascen stunned by the fall, he man: the second | aged to it way through the occupancy greats Conference in. 1907,” etch sess oe fhe its which threatened to im and, reach the surface utral Powers,” first, signature to this was fees b ny years of foreign exile, and realizing that English were in 0 he determined ie refrain from antagonizing them any way. ieee oer that it was eae in the pow ‘omer +o end him ue Poff the country at vatity four ‘hours’ notice if he showed himself in any way inimical resence British, or to the British. methods of adminis- tration. So.le made up his mind to refrain in ressing of al ot t a See Government. nations me this tlades “Great B Seine and ib oe cor the other power: aceaad vio- late the neues of one ‘of the states enumerated in be treaty in of war. Each €€) “hands off” enti so that. the others does shave 2 ext Teese or tions, the right of any state to. pen neutral - ever been reo ieee ies and to ri PD invitations of “hie ‘evhew, Khedive ! n: nection datureily brought him into. 0 | to ence Bar respect were euneugeied * Te states which were _capecially impor. cuse ‘on! But, en my ague Co) ed thro ‘oughout | Wisory “ seshai has a right to be treated as neutral ‘simply because a is in fact neutral. Switze: rland has succeeded in main- taining ' her Sn hese of the peculiar Sas of surface, and Ww Bel pum’ 's neu- tralization has been eet Sev- po since ecause the pea eaatly invaded on ‘profeck Belgium from the Duteh, and_ still more, to pro rs in 1831 signed a treaty oe ee “pela shall for an independent and perpe nate neutral stat a “ond shalt be bound observe neutrality towards all states. t serious r to Belgium neutrality came Tenis the annexation and other German states by Prus- sia in 1866, but the storm blew over, mi gian neutrality was only strengther firmed by the eroue sta taken by the Glad-| d: ne Government at the time, and to which the other great powers, in- cluding. Germany, gracefully ac- Things remained in. statu quo, as the lawyers phrase it, until on the 4th of August; 1914, Ger h out any Wee as her Chan ssed ff invaded well knowing that France, depend- ing upon the aforesaid treaty, had her possessions: Se the Belgian frontier, at that invasion of France the etter reat German Lord Chancellor, are of no more importance than serene of waste paper, and thus phorically tore up the neutrality papers RUSSIANS SAY “WICH:VO!” -| NURSE WRITES OF THEIR IN- sn ‘They will stand oubhns and ping Without DIFFERENCE TO PAIN. Incidents on the Battlefields and in the Hosbitals Among the Wounded. - Sister Martin. Nicholson, we has -| just returned to costes after nurs- ing aera soldiers in Warsaw, ee as follows? Be eas If I had gone to Russia knowing nothing of the language this is the word te aa uld have most gay pick It San be difficult to find an equivalent in English. In @rench it would be best translated by the e Gn the Farm = ST REBe: ; -Plan the Dairy Barn Carefull, Experience has shown that elab- orate and costly barns are not ne- cessary for pane sanitation, comfort of eo i i the production” of Money invested in elaborate barns i seldom recovered when the farm sold. Some of the most expen: sive barns have been the most i that they were plan: ene knowing little ae no. hing of the operations necessa: band: es ling ots and* milk, Te such barns, display and fancy ‘ap: Frenchman’s expressive, shrug of| pearance are often the first con- the shoulder. Nichevo expresses | sideration. perfect indifference, and ea ‘Ordinarily the building of a barn” the word first on ithe lips of a Rus-|is an event which occurs very sel- sian soldier in the first Red Cross|dom in the life of a farmer and hospital at w. The < T | thi on a great deal of thought les sess him that it was] and study should be given before ne y to take off his hand.) beginning the project. By careful Nishaw | replied the soldier, | planning, the labor of caring for poe head was pyaied swith: Duna ii0 come enagibensdueed one Halt dages. - Many mistakes may be made ij The word was constantly on the lipasot hatihedhens baoaeh imag. Thad previously seen m terrible cases at the King’s Palate in Eisele ae ue ‘condition Ree Russian Idi the was atic worse. The reason was explained to me by g ise our men Our sol- in the ae more difficult to ial. peli are the hardiest T was incliried to peas him. Let me take the case of a d by a w in his hurry—for all the time he was Ruleted under fates fire—tied the bandage 1 | far too tig! ‘he ae soldier. ee on the battlefield for eight days in the bitter col bandage ‘eutting hard into his wound. After a’ few days there was the added aco of}, gangrene. How he lived was a mir- acle to me. I do not think any sol- diex but a Beaten fou have en- dured the 4 the laws of nature ie SNC have Bees dead ve to pay rent on the stall which she _ long as ‘Siberians Hardiest. The moment he was brought into. || the hospital “he was told that ‘the leg would have to be amputated. ‘There was no murmur of regret, no outward expression of the . great pain tie must have been suffering. ig the whole under pain. chop- they have a cigarette, and I believe | ™ if a surgeon had cut a finger by mistake the only comment woul rbe the inevitable nichevo. ed them te the four winds of es The foregoing officia announce- 1d historic dates should set- My 0) igium, was guilty of ae acts justifying German invasion. CHAS. M. BICE. Denver, Jan. 18, 1915. : is COMMANDER SAMSON. Kaiser Offers $5,000 for Him, Deaf or Alive,” “A flying Captain Kettle,” is the o Commander ward to anyone who will bring him to Berlin ive or Commander Samson cleverest naval is one of our papered resting” in a Bicew hole at. the Admiralty. That was little over a year th rvice is a solid and its foes. Gommander mson' hi ich te lo with this rapid growth. In ‘addi. tons being a. clever organizer and commander of men, this fam n is_a born flyer, and few men can bade the great 120 hi On jomander Samson, through the reflection of the waves, | misjudged the drop to-water and div- ed Suuleeaet it. The force-of hitting the water at high Sheed. oraatiead him seal fie engine “at! his back, “but, 2 Sa tran ing as a <sailor has resulted. tt the commander developing into a typical “Handy man.” In early day: war he forsook his flying for a short while and took com- mand d motor-car.. It 8. ich succeeded in wai is vehicle wl annihilating a brigade of German cay-| fis. by dashing into them ata zt eed, mowing many down with tl ae itself, whilst the gunners behind shot-proof walls lege for the riaithough bearded, Commander Sam- aviator, for the recklessness of you m his case fs leavene by the per ears. © | battle BS usual | care to meet. troops are the ‘atten ‘of the a twas brought: in- to the ho: seen ae ea legs and one of his broken by shrapnel. it pis 8 necessary to am- 3 et all'these limbs. A little af- tion “I spok t “Give me back two legs, one. arm will do, and I will go b: the fight for the Little Father,’” he id. I could give many other in- be cklents of the Russians tdiffer age to pain, but iets reading, Russian soldier, with all. his |hardiness, has the heart of a child. his same man, wl ed great hey would make agony without ictitiomeaedaiie saa) ‘dev ater when shown some little | ne ness. Tears’ come to the men very easily, but never as.a tesult pain. Their tears are the result of n | deep emotion—and this ees of Hardness and deep feeling is surely one of the most extraordi- id nary traits in the Russian charac- ter The wounded found on the field ot lying on thei r faces turned to hei At first I wal ‘of Belgian’ wounded prisoners, sand later sent to the King’s Pal ‘hich _ had been ieee into a foepieal ‘to look after the German wounded, wi th wounded Russian, and the two hos- | pitals presented a vivid ae The German breaks down very easi- ly and is restless when su gd erman soldier is easier jen boogie a pitiable object. é Detective Vision. She was of a Esomenint haughty nature, and, being on a shopping expedition. ek, a friend, happened to. eee: a eee acquaiit- e did no wish to recognize. ae Us go thie way past the ae counter, I just saw someone I don’t ee They finished their shopping a hi fo eee at the same point where one of them he had seen her stisestspable acquaint- eesThere she. is asain, Why, I believe she’s been here all te ‘time,””. she an pointing to the per- estio} n? Goodne eae Sotnset fei see in the ence of y wale worse | 10) time I was at] 7: @ murmur—provided | °™ y ess sakes, building a barn these are not di | too late to correct them. Mistakes in arrangement may compel a great many unnecessary steps and require work to.be e at a great disad- vantage, day after day, year in and year out, istakes may be made in the location of the silo, in the plac ways and alleys, and the location of posts. These details should al] be considered belapelipad and such masta es are i pay at leas’ This is necessary to cover interest, dey epreciation, taxes, insurance, ete. soupy’ good business farmer seldom ie more than $50 per cow in Good substantial barns are. often built for mucl ess. Wealthy men somenees built barng in q year’s tim Stormy Days Made Useful. Instead of spending the stormy day in lounging about and napping at intervals, the farmer x may fi dit. ery that need attention. nese needs oiling, some sick may need doctoring. Coe is an apportunity for this work. ‘know a man who has built teotkntine for stormy d v Here he mends harness, makes n new parts for machinery, manufactures ore e Hedi stormy HAS give him. —_—_—_t____ TOWN IS SAVED BY RABBI, Salomon Bamberger, of Luen- heim, a small town near the frontier more traitors, threatened to burn the own, ‘ Ks i abanday, ahs cruel. intention, at the- sam e- refusing ASN accept. the rabbi's tomer hostage for the” townspeople’ good conduct, eae S When a bit of Bae vis ye, After passing of ~ to up and fling it At a soul that’s feeling blue, —~ For the minute that you fling it Ttsa UOOMST NG to you.» said Glad; habitants becamie so terror . Promised German General That People Would Be Good: at “You ee that you love: me,’?, >