¥ _ @arth. be in the office BusinessCards | hopelessly blind. A few days later, ' however, the surgeon made a re-exam- "performed. The wedding will follow - when the bandages are removed from! ke meee oe Milverton Sun and Monkton Times EVERY THURSDAY MORNINO : The Sun Printing Office Main Street MILVERTON, 'ON Ts 8 aart tion rates:--One year, $1.50; ol Bib bales wold Bac, in advance. Subscribers in a rears will be liable to pay $2.00 per year. Advertising rates on application, ? Advertisements without specific direction will be inserted until forbid and charged act cordingly. } Changes for contract advertisements must by noon Monday, MALCOLM MaAcBETH, Publisher and Proprietor, ae wine Dr. M. C. Tindale, L.D.S: Honor graduate Toronto University. CROWN and BRIDGE WORK a specialty, 'Phone No. 38. Office: Over Bank of Noya Scotia, Medioal. Dr. P. L. Tye Office: PuBLIc Druc STORE, MILVERTON \ \ \ te 4 Hours: 10 to 12 a.m., 2 to 4 p.m, and 7 to 8 p.m. Legal H. B. Morphy, K.C. Solicitor for Bank of Hamilton. LISTOWEL, MILVERTON, ATWOOD, Offices; Listowel; Milverton. Money to Loan, F. R. Blewett, K.C. Solicitor for the Bank of Toronto, parE: Office : Gordon Block STRATFORD, ONTARIO Harding, Owens & Goodwin! Barristers, Solicitors, &c. Gordon Block, - STRATFORD, ONT. Money to Loan. &.T. HARDING W.G,OWENS W.E. aus ta Veterinary. J. W. Barr, V.S. Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, { at 1 Treats all diseases of domesticated animals All calls promptly attended to. Societies. | Milverton Lodge No. 478 A.F. & A.M., G.R.C. Meets every Monday evening on or before full moon every month in their hall in J, BR. Weir's block, Visiting brethren always welcome Geo. J. Coxon, W.ML W. J, Zoexer, Sec. Silver Star Lodge No. 202 1.0.0.7: Meets every Friday night at 7.30 in their hall over Bank of Hamilton, Visiting brethren always welcome W. Henry, W.K.Loth, G. A. Barth, NO, Fin.-Secy. Rec Berry Notary Public. f W. D. Weir, - Notary Public! Auctioneer for the Counties of Perth and Waterloo, Conveyancer, deeds, wills, mortgages Stawe and affidavits made, Village clerk, Office: Weir block, over Bank of Nova Scotia| A. Chalmers, --Notary Public Conveyancer, Issuer of Marriage Licenses J.P. for the County of Perth. Real estate bought and sold. A few choice farms tor immediate sale, MONKTON, ONTARIO Nelson Merrick, - Auctioneer for Waterloo, Wellington and Perth Counties. Estimates given on sales of farms and farm stocks, Office, next to Bank of Nova Scotia, Linwood Hote!s The Queens Hotel Best accommodation for eommercial trar . ellers and others, Two large Sample Rooms. @BRO. F, PAULI, Prop., - Milverton, Omt, Are You Insured HE CANADIAN ORDER OF FORESTERS offers protec. tection for wife and family at minimum cost. Investigate it C.Spencer,C.R. x N. Zimmermann, B.S <a rs ss eee SHELL AIDS WAR ROMANCE. Society Girl Finds Fiance Blind, But He Will Recover. One of the bits of romance on the battle front, whose name is legion, came to light the other day. A_ so- ciety girl quarrelled with her soldier flance and he rushed to the,front, de- termined to throw away his life. She, heartbroken, became a nurse and soon after was sent to France. There she was assigned to care for an_ officer who had been blinded by a fragment of shell. It was her fiance. She did not reveal her identity, but did everything she could to mitigate his suffering. One day he asked her to write a love letter for him at his dic- tation. It proved to be to his ance! in England--herself. She began tak-| ing the dictation, but broke down and revealed herself. A complete reconciliation followed, although it was believed that he was ination and found the soldier's sight could be restored, An operation was his eyes. SES Rer een ay Fiaiuine birds hatch out more quickly than any others; they require | only @en days. -- "Se ae Lightning is the rush of one with another kind, in a cloud or in the steel structure of the greatest canti- ;| out the two great cantilever arms un- '| til they met 150 feet-above the water (CHINA OFFERS | launched a heavy offensive against the : 'the r kindof | electricity from a cloud to unite itself e Successful Accomplishm A despatch from Quebec says:--The lever bridge ever designed was com- pleted at 3.28 p.m. on Thursday when the big- central span of the Quebec bridge was-bolted into position. After 11. years of work and two accidents, which cost the lives of 78 men, the bridge is practidally finished, but it will be some months yet before trains can be run across it. It will be about three years before the final touch is put to the structure, which has yet to be painted at a cost of $35,000. The bridge, which is 8,239 feet in length, cost in the neighborhood of $20,000,000 to build, and the total weight of the steel structure is 180,000,000 pounds. Work was begun in 1906, and the en- gineers at that time planned to throw in midstream. In , 1907, -when the CENTRAL SPAN OF QUEBEC ~~" BRIDGE BOLTED INTO south cantilever arm was all but com- pleted it collapsed, precipitating more than 100 men into the river. Of these, 70 lost their lives. The bridge was then redesigned and the engin- eers determined to, avoid the menace of collapse from cantilever arms of such great length by building the-cen- tral span on pontoons} floating it into position and hoisting it to its place. Last year the attempt to hoist the central span ended disastrously, when the lifting apparatus broke. This ac- cident cost the lives of eight more men. The pinning up of the central span to the hangers that are to permanent- ly support it marks the successful ac- complishment of an engineering feat without equal in the annals of canti- lever biidge building, and gives to Canada the credit of possessing a structure the largest of its class in the world. 300,000 SOLDIERS Would Send Troops to France if Desired. A despatch from Pekin says: An- nouncement is made in Government circles that the Chinese Cabinet, pro- TRY PAINTING YOUR SHOES. Black Paint is Said to Preserve Shoe Leather Almost Indefinitely. Big inventions sometimes come by accident, and leather men are to-day experimenting to prove the claims of the employee of a Chicago automo- bile factory that ordinary black paint, properly applied, will preserve shoe leather almost indefinitely. The auto- mobile man, driven by the advancing vided the Entente powers approved, is willing to send 300,000 soldiers to France in compliance with the French, request, United States to aid China, as Entente allied powers were financially, to equip her troops. A despatch from Tokio says: nese troops to Europe and the indica- tions are that Japan will offer no op- position to such action on the part of China. , ~ Commenting on the advocacy abroad of Japan's participation in the land fighting, the semi-official Times declares that as Japan is not directly menaced by Germany no sufficient reason exists to send troops and the allies should be satisfied with Japan's naval and other assistance. 5 acs DOZEN BRITISH SHIPS SAVED BY THE SMOKE-BOX SYSTEM A despatch from London says:-- The Press Association hears on high naval authority that the new defen- sive measures against submerine war- fare are meeting with success, justi- fying the hope of a further reduction in the losses, and says it can be stated on official authority that the results of the methods adopted in the past month give cause for growing confidence. According to an Admiralty state- ment dozens of -higs have been saved | by the smoke-box system, which the Admiralty during the past few months has supplied a majority of British merciantmen. i en es LOTS OF CRUDE OIL FOR U. S. AND ALLIES. A despatch from Atlantic City, N.J., says: There is not the slightest dan- ger of a deficiency in the supply either of crude oil or its products, kerosene and gasoline, for the use of the Unit- ed States or its allies in the war, in the opinion of A. C. Bedford, of New York, President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Mr. Bed- ford expressed that conviction in an address he delivered here before the War Convention of the American Chamber of Commerce. | | An appeal has been made to the) black paint off the soles. | prices of the neighborhood cobbler, was mending the uppers of his shoes at home one evening. When he was done he scraped an accumulation of He was as- the tonished to find that the leather un- helped, | derneath the paint showed no signs of wear. Constant walking over the be- , The) smeared drying-room floor, he found, Chinese Government has sounded Jap- | had worked the paint clear through an on the proposed despatch of Chi-' the soles. Numerous tests since have appar- ently demonstrated that when ordin- ary black paint (hard finish), such as may be had from any local dealer, is take place. The first coat soaks into the fibers, or pores. This process requires at least two days. Then a second liberally laid on and allowed to remain the same length of time forms a thick jelly. A third coat gums the surface, and a final one will harden perfectly in four days. The cost of this initial treatment does not exceed 25 cents, and the shoes, whether. new or old, it of soles. The hot sidewalks of sum- mer will only bake the preparation on still harder. If the paint is thorough- ly dried it cannot come off on rugs or carpets. The secret of the treatment seems to lie in the thorough drying of each layer. Sauter, Geematest LENS GARRISON EAGER TO EVACUATE THE CITY. A despatch from Canadian Army Headquarters in France says: Pres- sure upon the defences of Lens is un- relenting. Posts have pushed out into "No Man's Land" in the.region south-east of St. Laurent. The Germans are being literally squeezed out of Lens, and prisoners declare the garrison would welcome the order to evacuate. Enemy orders are still to hold on at all costs; but there is reason to believe the cost is becoming too great, since the occupa- tion by us of the northern suburbs permits the projection of gas into the town from the north as well as from the south and west. A despatch from the British Armies in France and Belgium says: The British at daybreak on Thursday German defences about the Ypres sa- lient along an extended front, which has its centre around Inverness Copse, and astride the Ypres-Menin road, a little south-east of Hooge. From the first moment of going over the top the assault proceeded with marked success, especially in the cru- cial sector between the Ypres-Roulers railway and Hollebeke, where the Bxi- tish early in the day had forced their way forward over marshy ground and through woods filled with machine- guns to a considerable depth, and were continuing the bitter fight in the neighborhood of the famous Inverness Copse, Nun's Wood and Glencorse Wood, where much blood has _ been GEN. HAIG'S NEW OFFENSIVE IS BIGGEST IN RECENT MONTHS arked Success Attended Advance of British Troops in Crucial Sector Between Ypres-Roulers Railway and Hollebeke. shed since the allies began the Battie of Flanders on July 31. Thursday's attack was another fine success for British arms. Our troops penetrated to a depth of a mile, which is a wonderful achievement, consider- ing the ground advanced over. The troops reached the Sennebeke-Ghelu- velt line, and also advanced beyond the central parallel of Polygon Wood. We are now bombarding the Germans, who are massed for a counter-attack. It is believed that the number of prisoners will reach four figures. Every shell-hole yielded/about a dozen prisoners, sometimes surrendering without resistance and sometimes fighting stubbornly. In one instance the inmates of a semi-concealed cra- ter held up our troops for some time by bombing. In other instances the enemy came out with fixed bayonets, as the barrage crept towards them: ent of Vast Engineering Feat : Gives | Canada Largest Structure of its Class in the World. _ applied to sole leather certain changes | is claimed, have a well-prepared pair} again been' Joffre, hero of the Marne; and Lloyd Gen. Sir Douglas Haig Telling Lloyd George of Progress. This remarkable group photographed on the front in France shows several of the mightiest men of Great Britain and France. are from left to right: Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions; Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, operating in: France, and the man who is directing the great drive in Flanders; Marshal' the directing genius of the British Empire in the war. las Haig is shown telling Lloyd George of the progress of the war, and) from the expression on his face and h's gesture it can be gained that he is speaking most optimistically. Marshal Joffre is ready to affirm any of the British General's assertions, for Joffre is perhaps better acquainted than any of the French and British officers with the strategic moves planned and being carried out at the present moment. ; In the group 4No. 1°-Northern, $2.21; |No. 3, do., $2.18; No." - |store, Fort W | track Toronto. | bags, |ereamery prints, 42 to 43c; George, the British Premier, who is) General Sir Doug-, BIG INCREASE IN CANADA'S TRADE Total For First Five Months of Fiscal Year $1,128,274,119 A despatch from Ottawa says: Trade figures for August and the first | five months of the present fiscal year, made public by Hon. J. D. Reid, show that. Canada's great trade expansion continues unabated. Last fiscal year Canada's trade aggregated two billion dollars, but at the present rate the trade for the present fiscal year should be at least five hundred mil- lion more than last year's great re- cord. For the first 5 months of the pre- vious fiscal year our total trade was $768,635,214, while for the corre- sponding period this year it is $1,- | 128,274,119. The trade balance in our favor for the first five months of the present fiscal year is $180,000,000. The total imports for August amounted to $91,931,000, as against $72,331,014 for August last . year. For the five months of the present fiscal year, ending with August, our total imports were valued at $474,- 031,859, and for the same _ period last year $322,198,881. With this | increase in our import trade has come a corresponding increase in revenue for August of $3,075,000, and for the five months, $17,540,000. The export trade shows a_ corre- sponding increase of from $96,832,- 161 in August last year to $152,563,- _845 during the corresponding month .this year. For five months our ex- | port trade totalled $672,022,649, an jincrease of $217,291,385 over the ! same period last year. Fisheries show lan increase for the month of $200,- , 000 in export, animals and the _ pro- jduce $8,000,000, agricultural pro- | duets $25,000,000 and manufactures | $27,000,000. There was a slight de- lerease in exports of minerals, and ; $2,000,000 decrease in products of . the forests. -------$ RUSSIAN SUCCESS ON RIGA FRONT A despatch from Petrograd says:-- The Russians on Wednesday on the Riga front repulsed an attack by the Germans with great losses to the in- vaders, according to the statement is- sued by the Russian War Office. The Rumanians were compelled to abandon enemy positions that they had _ oc- cupied in the region of Ocna. . os 4,900 BRITISH KILLED " IN ONE WEEK. '! A despatch from London says:; Casualties in the British ranks re- ported for the week ending Sept. 18 follows: : Killed or died of wounds, 185 offi- cers and 4,755 men; officers wounded or missing, 431, and men wounded or missing, 21,843. The copper. mines of Cyprus, in ancient times the richest in the world, are to be re-opened by American capi- tal. During the course of a trial in Chicago a witness by thé name of Francis Dooley was asked concerning the defendant: "Are you related to Thomas Dooley?" 'Very distantly," said Francis. "I was me mother's MUCH CANADIAN FOOD NEEDED Britain Wants 10,000,000 Tons From Canada and U.S. A despatch from London says: In- auguration of a new food economy campaign in Great Britain was an- nounced on Thursday by Baron Rhondda, the Food Controller. voluntary measures fail," he said, "I shall have no compunction in putting Tt) ; the nation on compulsory rations." Baron Rhondda added that the danger of the in the submarine peril, but in the world's shortage of cereals, meats and fats. Baron Rhondda made this state- ;ment to correspondents, after telling 'them that the minimum food stuff re- quirements from Canada and _ the than ex- twelve months would be more 10,000,000 tons, representing an penditure of £250,000,000. 2% 5 RUMANIAN SOLDIERS' WOUNDS DRESSED WITH SAWDUST. A despatch from Washington says: Rumania is so short of medical sup- plies that wounds of her soldiers are; being dressed with sawdust, says a eablegram received here from the American Red Cross Commission to Rumania, The cablegram adds that the Rumanian railroad system is bad-' ly crippled, and that there is urgent need for ambulance transport, with; drivers and mechanics. ------4 REFUSE SAFE CONDUCT FOR GERMAN DIPLOMAT. A despatch from London says: It is : j Mouillie, $55.00 to $60.00. ituati id not lie} situation did' n | --Finest Westerns, 21%c; United States during the forthcoming | 'do., $2.15; learned that Great Britain-does not at! present intend to approve any applica- tion for a safe conduct for Count von Luxburg, the German Minister to Ar- gentina, whose passports have been handed to him by the Argentine Gov- | ernment. | ARGENTINA VOTES TO SEVER RELATIONS WITH GERMANY. A despatch from Buenos Ayres says: The Argentine Senate by a vote of 23 to 1 declared for the breaking off of relations with Germany. The resolution now goes to the Chamber of Deputies. There is strong public feeling in favor of its final passage. z KORNILOFF TO BE TRIED BY JURY AT THE FRONT. A despatch from Petrograd says: Gen. Korniloff, leader of the recent re- volt, it has been decided definitely, will be tried by court-martial with a jury. At the instance of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates the Government has agreed that the trial shall be held at the front instead of in Petrograd. % Je. Agriculture is the science of the labor of man aided by sunshine and rain of the heavens. | When we waste bread we waste the efforts of heroes who have died for us. first child; Thomas was the tinth.' 'lambs, $14.75 to $15.25; There is nothing truer than that. SoA AN 'Brendstuffa : Toronto, Sept: 25--Manitoba No. 2, raat 4 "wheat-- $2.18; 10, in anitoba oats--No. 2 C.W., 67, in store, Fort William. | i American corn--No. 8 yellow, 2 white, 60c, nomi- o., 59c, nominal, according Ontarfo oats--No, nal; No. 38, 4 to freights outside, -- "i Ontario wheat--New, No. 2, $2.17 to $2.20, according to freights outside. eas--Nominal. os : ey--Malting, new, $1.18 to $1.20, | to freights outside. Rye--No. 2, $1.70, according to freights outsid : Manitoba. flour--First patents, in jute $11.50 Qnd do., $11.00; strong bakers', do., $10.60, Toronto. Ontario flour--Wintes according to pac hear) aos sa bags, track Toronto, rompt shipment. ; : ei Millfeed--Car lots--Delivered Mont- real freights, bags included--Bran, per ton, $35; shorts, do. $42; middlings, do., f 5 to $46; good feed flour, per bag, 3.26. Hay--No. 1, new, per ton; $11.00 to Ants ; mixed, do, $8 to $9.50, track oronto. Straw--Car lots, per ton, $7 to $7.50, track Toronto. . n, os Country Produce--Wholesale Butter--Creamery, solids, per Ib. to 88ko; rints, per lb 894 to dairy, per 1b., 88 to $4e. Eges--Per doz., 40 to 4l1c. ; holesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices :-- Cheese--New, large, 23 to 284c; twins, 234 to 28%c; triplets, 234 to 24c; ol large, 30c; twins, 80%c; triplets, 80ke. Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 89 to 40c¢; solids, 414 to _42c, ' Eggs--New laid; in cartons, 52 to B4c; out of cartons, 46 to 47c. Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, 25 to 80c; fowl, 20 to 22c; squabs, per doz.,: $4 to $4.50; turkeys, 25 to 30c; ducks, Spring, 22c. Live -poultry--Spring , 89 400; Honey---Comb--Extra fine, 1 7 $3.25; 12 02., $2.75; No. 2, $2.40 to $2.50 Strained--Tins, 24's and 6's, 17c per lb 10's, 164c; 60's, 154 to 16c. Beans--No Canadian beans on market until last of October; imported hand- picked, $7.75 per bush; Limas, per ib., 15 to 16c, Potatoes, on trac $1.80 to $1.85. k--Ontarlo, per bag, Provisions--Wholesale ; Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 30 to 831c; do., heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to 42c; rolls, 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 86 to 40c; backs, plain, 38 to 39c; bone- less, 42 to 43¢. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 27 to aigs Ib; clear bellies, 264 to 27c. uard--Pure lard, tierces, 26 to 26%c; tubs, 264 to 26%c; pails, 264 to 27c; compound, tierces, 20 to 204c; tubs, 203 | to 20%c; pails, 204 to 21c. Montreal Markets Montreal, Sept. 25--Oats--Canadian Western, No. 2, 774c; No. 8, 764c; extra No. 1 feed, 764c; No, 2 local white, 70c; No. 38 local white, 69c. -Barley----Mani- toba feed, $1.29; malting, $1.33. Flour-- Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 11.60; seconds, $11.10; strong bakers', 10.90; Winter patents, choice, $12.00; straight rollers, $11.50 to $11.80; do., bags, $5.60 to $5.75. Rolled oats--Bbls., $8.70 to $9.00; do., bags, 90 Ibs., $4.20 to 4.40. Bran, $34.00 to $35.00. Shorts, $40.00. Middlings, $48.00 to $650.00. Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, $10.50 to $11. Cheese finest Wast- Butter--Choicest creamery, seconds, 414 to 42c, Eggs-- Fresh, 53 to §4c; selected, 47 to 48c; No. 1 stock, 43 to 44c¢; No. 2 stock, 40 to dlc. Potatoes--Per bag, car lots, $1.55 to $1.60. erns, 21§c. 42% to 43c; Winnipeg Grain Sept. 25--Cash_ prices-- Northern, $2.18; No. 3, NOs 4,5 3.2.303- Ne. S3- $4853 6, $1.81; feed, $1.70. Oats--No. 2 C.W., 67c; No. 3, do., 65c; extra No. 1 feed, 65c; No. 1 feed, 64c; No. 2, do., 634c. Barley--No. 3, $1.20; No. 4, $1.16; rejected, $1.12; feed, $1.12, Flax---No. 1 N.-W.C., $3.27; No. 2 C.W., $8.21; No. 3, do., $3.10. Winnipeg, Wheat--No. 2 No. United States Markets Minneapolis, Sept. 25---Corn--No. 3 yellow, $2.06 to $2.08. Oats--No. 3 white, 58 to 594e. Wlour--Unchanged: s3ran--$30.60 to $32. Duluth, Sept. 25 -- Linseed--$3.44%; September, $3.44% bid; October, $3,443 bid; November, $3.434 bid; December, $3.90% bid. Live Stock Markets Toronto, Sept. 25--Extra choice heavy steers, $11.10 to $12; do., good heavy, $10.26 to $10.75; butchers' cattle, choice, $9.75 to $10.25; do., good, $9 to $9.40; do., medium, $8.25 to $8.65; do., common, $6.75 to $7.40; butchers' bulls, choice, $8.80 to $8.65; do., good bulls, $7.40 to $7.85; do., medium bulls, $6.85 to $7.10; do., rough bulls, $6 to $6; butchers' cows, choice, $8 to $8.25; do., good, 7.85 to $7.60; do., medium, $6.60 to 6.75; stockers, $7.50 to $9.25; feeders, 8 to $9; canners and cutters, 6.60; milkers, good to choice, ; 135; do., com. and med., $75 to $85; | Springers, $90 to $135; Nght ewes, $9.50 o $11.50; sheep, heavy, $5.75 to $7.50; yearlings, $11 to $12; calves, good to choice, $14.50 to $15.25; Spring lambs, 15.75; hogs, fed and watered, $17.50 to 18; do. off cars, $17.75; a0,; f.0.b,4 16.50. Montreal, Sept. 25--Choice steers, $10.50; good, $9.75 to $10; lower grades, $8; butchers' cows, $6.50 to $8.60; to $9.00; canning bulls, cows, $6 to $5.25; Ontario Quebec lambs, $13.50 to $14.50; sheep, $8.50 to $10; choice milk-fed calves, $14 to $15; lower sae $9 to $138; selected hogs, $17.50 to $18, -8e- BLOCKADE MEASURES WILL BE MORE RIGID. A despatch~ from London says: Lord Robert Cecil, British Minister of Blockade, and Albert Metin, under- secretary of the French Foreign Of- fice in charge of blockade matters, | had a conference here with the object | of gaining closer co-operation from' the United States in a policy which aims at exercising more rigid pres- sure on the enemy. This policy will be carried out without interference with the economic condition of neu- tral countries. Re FURTHER LOANS MADE BY U. S. GOVERNMENT. A despatch from Washington says: Loans of $50,000,000 to England and $20,000,000 to France made by the United States Government, bring the total thus far advanced to the allies up to $2,891,400,000. ! | nominal, = | sent as a conviet into penal servit eran chickens, 1b ne fi 22c; hens, 20 to 22c; ducks, Spring, cay , 'from their rank. é 'Military and Naval Leade Have Showed "White Fea and Paid Extreme Penal The leadership of an army, place of responsibility in the -earries with it grave risks as w high honors. ' ' = General Socecu, one of the leadit Rumanian soldiers, was trie court-martial for 'something -- went wrong" at the battle of Arge owing to which the Rumanian had to retire, whilst Falkenhayn and Mackensen ravaged the fertile p of Rumania, and finally captured B charest. The sentence of the ¢ was that General Socecu should graded, stripped of his unifor a for five years. : : It has since transnired that was a naturalized German. Thi fa is very significant, in the ligh' events to-day. But. the whole : reminds us that the severe punishm« it end even the execution of noted gen--- "tis who have failed their country | ld is no uncommon thing. ?Fate of Admiral Byng. : "The mst famous case is that of Ad- wivel Byng, who was shot by order o x court-martial for having failed to do his best at a naval action off Min- orca. It was, however, certain that his failure had nothing to do with either dishonor or cowardice. He was shot on board the Monarch at Spi head, as a great French writer pun- gently put it, "to encourage the others." one Then, too, there was General White- locke, who, in command of an army of England against the enemy at Buen Aires, showed the'white feather," a fairly funked the risk and danger -- fighting. For this crime he was brought in due course before a court- martial, ordered to be degraded, turn ed out of the Army, and sentenced prison, as "being unfit to serve 'His Britannic Majesty in any capacit whatever." ies Some of us can remember the ex- citement and tense feeling in many lands when the ill-fated Marshal Ba zaine was in 1873 tried in France, and sentenced to be shot, for not having defended Metz to the utmost, nor even to the best of his ability, during th Franco-German War of 1870-1. This sentence was later commuted to one 0. twenty years' imprisonment. But the | following year Bazaine escaped from his prison and made his way safely to Madrid, where he died in 1888. : There is also in our memories the lease of General Stoessel, at Port Ar- |thur, during the Russo-Japanese War. It will be recalled that Stoessel, after -- defending the town for nearly a year, 7% 'finally surrendered it on January 1st, 1905, to the Japanese generals and ad- 'mirals investing it. For this he was afterwards brought to trial by the Russian military authorities, and sen- tenced to death. This sentence, how- ever, provoked such protest, not only from Russians, but from other lands that had watched with interest and sympathy the struggle at Port Arthur, that the Czar commuted it to impris- onment in a fortress for ten years. The brave, but unfortunate Stoessel, died lonely and broken-hearted a few years later. : The Shame of Yorktown. It was, perhaps, as much as any=--- thing, the shameful surrender of. the English garrison of 10,000 officers and -- men at Yorktown which decided the struggle between England and_ her American colonies,-by which the Unit-_ ed States became a separate and inde- pendent nation. For that surrender several of the leading officers were tried later, and various sentences were inflicted on them, with degradation Indeed, it was only high influence and powerful backing which saved one or two of them bein. shot, so angry and outraged was the British public at what had happened in Yorktown on that occasion. ee Destroying Poison Ivy. Poison ivy will not be killed by. single cutting, as new shoots or suc ers are persistently sent up from th root stocks. The root stocks must be > exhausted by destroying the foliage as ,fast as it appears, either by repeated mowing or by spraying with a stro: salt brine made at the rate of th pounds of common salt per gallon 0: water. If the weed it cut or spray: in June and the treatment repeat about three times at intervals of te days or two weeks the root stocks become exhausted and die, Arseni soda (a violent poison), one-q pound per gallon of water, or cru oil may be substituted for the | spray. Spraying does not affect roots directly, but is simply e lent to cutting. However, there is advantage that one need not come i actual contact with the plant, -- The Woings ws of the Duffs, DIDNOU MAIL MY LETTER THIS' MORNING, TOM ? | TOM, YouRe STUPID! ITER THAT STRING ON YOUR ANGER SO NOV WOULDN'T FORGET IT { STILL HAVE E STRING 1 +h \ { ON MY FINGER: "THEN WHY | ) THoucnT OF IT A HALF DOZEN J N THE WoRLD | DIDN'T You « MAIL IT 21 gs BECADSE You Sal To GWE IT To ME!