rt Events In England Js Since the signing of the armistice 46,430 officers and 1,783,278 men hay been demobilized. : The superintendent of ratcatchers for Hampshire has been voted a sal- ary of £200 per annum. . Harold R, deCarteret, a London bar- rister, was killed by being thtown \ from a motor car at Radlett, St. Dunstan's are trying to raise a fund this year for the permanent after- care of blinded soldiers and sailors. The farmers of West Surrey are or- ganizing pigeon shoots as the pigeons are. doing enormous damage to the Crops. Henry Joy has been appointed to succeed Sir Henry Davies as control- ler of the London Post Office Savings Bank. The Council of Douglas has invited the Royal Automobile Club to have road races in the Isle of Man during September. James Perkins, an ex-miner and a _ private in the Queen's 16th Lancers, has been decorated with eight medals uring the war.' 'Instructions have been issued by he London Fire Brigade Committee, firemen are not to be ordered to: end church parades, ord Ashton has given £5,000 to St. Anne's near Blackpool, for a peace memorial and £10,000 for an object o be agreed upon between himself and the council. ORIGIN OF CAP AND GOWN. At Oxford and Cambridge Same Type Has Been Worn For 1,300 Years. To trace the evolution of the acade- mic gown and hood commonly worn at our Canadian Universities, we cross the ocean and visit the old cathedral schools which were established in the 7th century, and were the precursors of those early universities founded in the 12th century to meet the increased demand for instruction in the higher branches of knowledge. In the early days of the University of Paris, the chancellor of the cathe- dral on the Ile de la Cite issued the licenses to teach, and when the stu- dent entered upon the performance of his duties as a duly licensed teacher, his emancipation from the bachelor- hood was symbolized by placing on his head a cap or biretta, which ceremony was performed by his former instrut- or. The present day custom of giving a hood when an hononary degree is conferred, is. therefore, but an out- growth of this medieval ceremony. It wos but natural that the early uni- versities should preserve as their academic 'dress an adaptation of the monk's robe with its cowl or hood. 'Such gowns were at first a mark of profound learning, and were worn by doctors of divinity and graduates, but later undergraduates were entitled to wer them, At Oxford and Cambridge, where the order of things does not change with each succeeding generation, the same type of gowns have been worn since the beginning of the 7th cen- tury. ' : a . H. Press has reigned his posiy} STRIKES AND RIOTS tion as Director of Marketing, at the ood Production Department. Two boys have been christened "Foch" recently at the Church of St.) - George the Martyr, Southwark. Stourbridge Town Station and its branch line, which have been closed since March, 1915, é ntly. Home Office permits are no longer required -by passengers going. to and countries outside of no immediate prospect of a drop in - the price of sugar. all enemy aliens should be kept in- terned or licensed until Such time as. peuce is signed. _ Mrs. Dacre Fox is at the head of a movement in London, having for its object the fighting of German in- fluence in every direction. The death took place recently at were opened re-. PREVAIL THROUGHOUT ITALY t A despatch from Rome says:-- Italy is at the parting of the ways. Never since the war, even before the Caponetto disaster, has the country been in so serious a state---so near upheaval and sabotage as to-day, des- pite her victory in the field. Strikes, riots, loss of life and the pillaging of food shops from one end of the country to the other seriously threaten the industrial life of the na- tion begun thirty-nine years ago and made to prosper almost by a miracle in spite of the utter lack of coal and raw materials, all of which must be imported. : a FRANCE WILL NOT CEDE ISLANDS TO GREAT BRITAIN A despatch:from St. Pierre says:-- ~Recent Government expenditures in this colony of France are regarded here as virtually disposing of the that order. in long distance buying. ! HAD TO GET IFTY POUNDS, !COULONT GET IT AT THAT PRICE UNLESS J} OROERED A QUANTITY DRINK FOR | SAY| THE NEXT | Six MONTHS, | ECONOMIC WASTE. The only road to REAL economy is the road that leads to the Home Town MANDMENT in community development. from home we break this commandment by one stroke of the pen. Give your home dealer the Whenever we' pass up our ow THIS AS Fae PUNKEST COFFEE \; 'EVER DRANK }\ ms x 2 OK DID WE GET OF IT, MA} This is the FIRST COM- n community and send an order away CHANCE to fill ; ithe the same conditions, HE can beat any out-of-town house in the country. The Long Distance route is the road to waste, over-buying and false economy. This cartoon shows vividly the ECONOMIC WASTE Breadstuffs. No. 1 Northern, $2.24%; No. Markets of the World Toronto, June 24,--Man. bce Fe Montreal Markets. Montreal, June Bags, 90 lbs., $4.10 to $4.25, $42. Shorts, $44. ton, car lots, $40 to $41. 24.--Oats--Extra | No. 1 feed, 91¢. Flour--New standard grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats--; Bran, | Hay--No. 2, per} Cheese--' From Erin's Green [sle | { | MANY } "TO BE FARMERS 12,594 Get Qualification Certifi- cates For Land Settlement. . A despatch from Ottawa says:-- Mr. W. J. Black, chairman of the Sol- dier Settlement Board, has returned from a visit of inspection to the Wes- tern Provinces. Speaking to the press, he stated that he found intense in- 'terest being taken in land settlement by returned soldiers. ; Already throughout the Dominion there have been 17,109 applications for qualification certificates, and of these 12,594 have been passed as qualified to. participate in the bene- fits of the Act. ; "The heaviest rush of applicants is in the Western Provinces," said Mr, Black. "In one day alone, 1,035 returned men visited the Ed- and the usual run at present there is from 700 to 800 men a day. The organization of the Board is being heavily taxed to provide the required service to meet this situation." The majority of those settled to date, according to Mr, Black, are farmers' sons, or men from the Old Land, who have worked on farms in this country. "J had the opportunity," said Mr. Black, "of meeting a few of those, who have already been settled. They expressed the greatest satisfaction with the treatment received." ~ rey --o----_---- PLEBEAN NAMES OF NOBLES. "9 Some of Peers of Great Britain Have. Common Family Cognomens. When one glances casually at the roll of British peers and sees such high-sounding names as De Montmor- ency and Cholmondeley, Grosvenor and Howard de Walden one is im- pressed by a sense of the grandeur and proud descent of our nobility, says an English writer. But a closer examination dispels this illusion; for, rubbing shoulders with such splendid patronymics, suggesting long centuries of blue-blooded ancestry, you will find scores of surnames such as Smith and Robinson, Hogg and Gardner. Two of our marquesses have for sur- names Browne and Hay, in common with many a farm laborer, while Lord Headfort is a Taylour, like his re- nfote forafather, who probably earned his bread by his scissors. Among the wearers of earls' coronets, Lord Ennis- kilen is a Cole, and his lordship of m Scotland ii | Tidings Fro Lieut, R. Liddell. R.F.A., son of the Rey. Mr. ,Liddell, Advie Manse, has been awatied the Military Cross. The Military Cross has been award- ed to Lieut. D. 8S. Watson, son of Mrs. Watson, Summerfield, Elgin. * The Croix de Guerre has been awarded by the French Government on Sergt. H. Ross, Royal Scots, son of M. Ross, Nairn, j A. D. Cumming, Callander, a native of the Braes, Castle Grant, has been elected a member of the Inverness- Gaelic Society, i Corporal Stewart, Canadians, who won the D,.C.M. for conspicuous bray- ery, is @ son of Charles Stewart, of Calrossie Mains, Nigg. Among the few golden weddings which have been celebrated at Lossie- mouth lately the most recent is that cf Mr. and Mrs. John Stephen. : Gen. Lord Esme CG, G. Lennox, Scots Guards. second son of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, has been made a Companion of the Order of St, Mich- ael and St. George. The death has taken place at 43 Queen's road, Aberdeen, of Lieut,-Col. Robert Gray, at the age of 85 years. A service was held in Dalkeith West Parish Church in memory of © soldiers and sailors who have fallen in the war, The death is announced at Dum- fries of Archibald Kerr, a prominent farmer and doyen of the Dumfries- shire Foxhunt. Mr. and Mrs. William Ewing, of Portsoy, receitly celebrated their ruby wedding, having been married 65 years ago. . The Military Medal has been won by Corporal J. Little, H.L.L, son of the late Robert Little, Bankend, Castle Douglas. A London syndicate has begun operations at the antimony mines at Glendinning, about twelve miles north of Langholm. The death has taken place at Stran- raer, of Captain Latta, a well-known master mariner, on the west coast of Scotland. The death has taken place at Auch- enmaig Farm, Glenluce, of Mrs. Mc- Culloch, who had reached the age of ninety-four years. John J. Forster, of Stratford House, Moffat, has been appointed to the rank of O.B.E. for services rendered during the war. ' -- Northern, $2.214%; No. 8 Northern,' Finest easterns, 29% Butter--! $2.17%6 ; No. 4 wheat, $2.11%4, in stoye Choicest creamery, 52 to 53c. Eges--| Fort William. é | Selected, 52c; No. 1 stock, 48c; No.| Dr. John Foley, F.R.S., has been Manitoba oats--No. 2 CW, 79%4t; 2 stock, 44 to 45c. Potatoes--Per bag,| elected a Fellow of Trinity College, No. 3 CW, 77%4c; extra No. 1 feed, ! car lots, $1.50. Dressed hogs--Abat-| Dubi: 7T%c; No. 1 feed, 76%c; No. 2 feed, ; ete ; ' toir killed, $30 to $30.56. Lard-- e Tha daath-4 a7ne r 71% c. in store Fort William. aod pails, 20 Ibs. ae 380. Pure, fhe death is annasnced at Tralee | Crouch Hill. of Rev. Henry Bright, the sightless founder of the North Lon- don Homes for the Blind. ~ ; ; ig a ee trees - GET 96 BUSHELS FROM P NEW VARIETY OF Leicester signs himself Coke. The Earl of Dartmouth is a Legge; Lord Desart, a Cuffe, and Lord Dudley bears the name of his ancestor, the gold- smith's apprentice -- "Ward," with 'Humble" before it. We have an The Miitary Medal has been award- ed to Private McWilliam, Canadians, son of Alexander McWilliam, Orroland Lodge, Dundrennan. The Distinguished Service Order has been awarded to Major J. A. H, of suggestion that the islands be ceded to Great Britain and added to the Newfoundland Dominion. It is an- nounced that several million francs will be spent in the development of WHEAT) St, Pierre, the tentre of France's A despatch from London says:-- It is announced that the plant breed- ing section of the University of Cambridge, which is closely associat- ed with the Board of Agriculture, has succeeded in producing two new var- jeties of wheat, styled Fenman and _ Yeoman. These were distributed to farmers and it is reported that the result has been to treble the average yield. One crop produced 96 bushels per acre. Milling and baking = trials have fishing industry in the Western At- lantic. A contract had been placed with a New' York company for the construction of a large refrigerating plant here, and work has already be- gun. A powerful wireless station is also being installed by the Govern- ment. ees eS MANY FRENCH SOLDIERS MISSING IN ACTION A despatch from Paris says:--Ger- man figures on the number of French Manitoba barley--No. 3 $1.8256c; No. 4 CW, $1.30%c; jected, $1.235¢c; feed, store Fort William. American corn--Nominal. 80c, according to freights outside. b. shipping points, freights. ping points according to freights. CW, re- $1.23%c, in Ontario oats--No. 3 white, 77 to! Ontario wheat--No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2.14 to $2.20. No. 2 do, $2.11 to $2.19; No. 8 do, $2.07 to $2.15 f.o. according to Ontario wheat--No. 1-Spring, $2.09 Live Stock Markets. $13.25 to $13.50; butchers' do, rough, $8 to $8.25; Toronto, June 24.--Heavy steers, $13.75 to $14; choice butchers' steers, . cattle, choice, $13 to $13.50; do, good, $12 to $12.50; do, med., $11.25 to $11.50; do, com., $9.50 to $10; bulls, choice, $11 to $11.50; do, med., $10.25 to $10.75; butchers' ; cows, choice, $11.25 to $11.75; do, oe atop to ret & do, med., $9 to -50; do, com., $7.50 to $8; stockers, to $2.17; No. 2 qo, $2.06 to $2.14; $8.75'to $11.75; feeders, $1250 to S13, No. 3 do, $2.02 to $2.10, f.o.b. ship-'canners and cutters, $4.50 to $6.25: milkers, good to choice, $90 to $150; the age of 92 years. The death is announced of Sir Row- land Francis Hanning, at his resi- dence, Roslyn, near Bray. J. Ewing Johnston, Belfast, has of the British Empire. The death took place recently at Belfast, of Mrs. Osborne, well known in musical circles in that city. His Majesty the King has decorated Sergt. H. Curtis, Royal Dublin Fust- liers, with the Victoria Cross. Field Marshal French, who has been of Lieut.-Col. William Rowan, ~.?., at | earl who is Hardy* been appointed a member of the Order' one is a Boyle; ira others are "Hay." There are also a Browne and a Scott, a Harris and a Hare. es In the group of viscouute figure a Ward and a Flower, a Gage aua' o> O'Grady, a Smith and a Gully, first made famous by an old-time prize fighter. Among the barons are Luke White, Lord Annaly and Ajgernon Strutt, Baron Belper. Lord Clontery is "Lawless" by name, though not by nature; Baron Glentawe calls himself Jenkins, and Lord Dynever is a Rice. Howard de Walden is a title of which Church, grandson of the late James Church, Park House, Canobie. The freedom of the burgh of Peebles has been conferred upon the Right Hon. Sir Donald Maclean, M.P., and 'TY ieut.-Col, John Buchan, wajor George R. E. Gray Mackay, awarded the. Italian bronze medal, is he only son of the Jate George Mac- kay, Hermitage Drive, Edinburgh. A-memorial tablet ic to be erected in Keith parish church, inscribed with the names of the members of the con- gregation who have fallen in the war. Word has been received of the shown that while the Yeoman by adn is not equal to the famous Red Fife! from the viewpoint of milling quali- ties, yet it is sufficiently strong to, produce a good quality loaf without) the addition of imported wheat. fechas eS Peas--No. 2 nominal, Barley--Malting, $1.28 to $1.32, nominal. | Buckwheat--No. 2 i.ominal. Rye--No. 2 nominal. Manitoba flour--Government stan-, dard, $11, Toronto. do, com. and med., $65 to $75; spring- ers, $90 to $160; light ewes, $10 to $11; yearlings, $12.50 to $14; spring lambs, per cwt., $18.50 to $23; spring lambs, each, $12 to $15; calves, good to choice, $17 to $19; hogs, fed and watered, $23.50; do, weighed off cars, $23.75; do, f.o.b., $22.50. Montreal, June 24.--Hogs, choice selected, $21 per 100 lbs.; culls, $15; steers, $11 to $13.50; cows, $9 to | $11.50; butcher bulls, best, $10; in- ferior quality, $7; lambs, $16; miif- fed calves $8 to $11; sheep, $8 to $12. 4 ill for some time, is recovering, but is yet unable to leave his home. The death is announced at Cork ,of Dr. Higgins, resident physician of North Infirmary. Cork. The whole of the Ulster division has | been demobilized with the exception of the 1916 men. The death of E. N. Richardson, J.P., from an attack of appendicitis, took place recently at his residence in Dalkey. A. G. Gardener, sub-agent of the prisoners held in Germany were found ito be incorrect, Leon Abrami, Under- Secretary in the Ministry of War, announced in the Chamber on Thurs- day. More than 60,000 French pris- oners in excess of the German figures were found in Germany. Ontario flour--Government -- stan- The number of French soldiers dard, $10.75, in jute bags, Toronto missing in action has reached 314,000, , and Montreal, prompt shipment. : : Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mon- the Under-Secretary said. The bod-! teal freights, bags included. Bran, ies of the majority of the missing, he $49 per ton; shorts, $44 per ton: good added, it would be impossible to find. | feed flour, $2.80 to $2.90 per bag. Inter-allied missions were scouring; Hay--No. 1, $32 to $35 per ton; its tronymic, Ellis, and Lord Inverclyde is really plain "James Burns." We have a baron who was cradled a "Graves;" another whose father, like himself, was dubbed Hogg, and a third, who, if he were not a peer, would be simply James Hozier, a name probably derived from an ancestor who sold stockings. --o------_--- The Autograph Fiend. *pearer is prouder than of his pa-| death in Damascus of Dr. Frank Ir- vine Mackinnon, for 30 years repre- sentative of the Edinburgh Medical . Missionary Society in that city. PM SS PRINCE OF WALES VISITS CANADA IN: AUGUSTi MINE-SWEEPING GOES ON. Perils of Deep Did Not Stop When Armistice Came. A despatch from Ottawa says:-- His Royal Highness. the Prince of _ Wales is expected to. arrive in Can-) da duri h th of A t d Despite the fact that active opera- ada during the month 0 ugust, an 3 will be present at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition at Toronto, and at the official opening of the new Can-) The, ~ following staff will accompany him on his Canadian tour: Chief of staff, the Marquis of Salishury; chief private adian Parliament buildings. secretary, Lieut.-'Col. E. M. Grigg; assistant secretary, Sir Thomas, Bart.; equeries, Capt.. Lord Claud Hamilton, and Capt. the Hon. T. W. Legh. io, Slippery Customers. * Almost every variety of fish is slip- -pery and hard to hold when first 'caught. This is due to a sort & muc- ous exuded through the scales, and is of the greatest importance to all slimy creatures. One of the important functions of 'the fish's slimy coating is to protect it from the attacks of fungus. a form of plant life found in. all -waters. If the fish is so injured that some spot becomes uncovered by slime, a barely 'visible fungus will be likely to lodge there, and when it is once lodged the process of reproduction is very rapid. It soon extends over the gills and kills the fish. of the when in motion through the water, and+that of the best class of visitors, and: The primary purpose of the slime fish is to reduce its friction thereby increase its rate of speed. It also serves as a cushion to the 'scales, which it thus protects from many in- -- juries. { Germany to ascertain if any prison- ers still remained there. Pin sane ae Godfrey ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS - FOLLOWING ADVERSE VOTE A despatch from Rome says:--The Italian Government resigned on Thursday following an adverse vote against it in the Chamber of. De- puties, Premier Orlando, in announcing his resignation and that of the Cab- inet, said King Victor Emmanuel had reserved decision as to acceptance. The Chamber of Deputies had, by a vote of 59 to 78, rejected Premier Orlando's motion in favor of dis- cussing the question of confidence, which related to the foreign policy of the Government, in secret session. o-----_-- RHYL PAYS TRIBUTE TO CANADIAN TROOPS A despatch from London says:-- John Brooks, Chairman of the Rhyl Council, writes to the press respect- ing Kinmel Camp. He declares that the Canadians have been a distinct asset to the town, which has organ- ized a gala in their honor. The be- havior of the troops has always been instead of Rhyl having suffered through the Canadians, the present 'mixed, $22 to $2 ronto, ° ton, track, Toronto. Country Produce--W holesale. Eggs--new laid, eases returnable 35 to 36c. Butter--Creamery, solids 49 to 50c; do, prints, 49% to 50%4c Live Poultry--Buying price delivered Toronto: Hens, 4% lIbs., live weight dressed 25 to 00c; ed 35 to 00c. 20 to 21c. : Provisions--W holesale. Smoked Meats--Rolls, 34 to 35c; hams, med., 43 to 45¢; heavy, 33 to 35c; cooked hams, 60 to 63c; backs, plain, 48 to 49c; backs, boneless, 55 to 57c; breakfast bacon, 47 to 50c. Cottage rolls, 36 to 37c. Barrelled Meats--Pickled $48; mess pork, $47. pork, than smoked. Dry Salted Meats--Long clears, in lies, 28 to 28%c; fat backs, 25c. Lard--Tierces, 34%c to 35c; tubs, 85 to 35%c; pails, 35% to 36%¢; prints, 36 to 36%4c. Compound lard, tierces; 31%4c; tubs, 32%c; pails, season has been very prosperous, Mr. 32%4c; prints, 33c. 4 per ton, track, To- Straw--Car lots,"$10 to $11 per 30c to 00c; dressed, 30c to 00c; Hens, 4% lbs. and over, live weight, 33 to 00c; dressed 33 to 00c; spring chick- ens, live weight 45 to 00c; dressed 50 to 00c; roosters, live weight 23 to 00c, ducklings, live weight 35 to 00c, dressed 38 to 00c; turkeys, live weight 30 to 00c; dress- Honey--Bulk, clover, 25 to 26c per pound; do, buckwheat, Green Meats--Out of pickle; le less! tons, 28%c; in cases, 29c; clear bel-| LARGEST WATER WHEEL. Isle of Man Possesses the World's Biggest Overshot. The largest water wheel in the »| world is in Laxey, a small mining town » of the Isle of Man, and it is used to pump the drainage water from the deep mines. of. the vicinity. These mines have been worked for almost two centuries and are now over four- teen hundred feet deep. The wheel is an overshot wheel, and the water for driving it is conducted from a reservoir on a hill near by and ascends inside the round masonry column at the left of the wheel. The wheel has a diameter of seven- ty-two feet and six inches and is six feet broad. It exerts two hundred horse power and is capable of pump- ing two hundred and fifty gallons per minute from a depth of twelve hund- red feet. Its-crank stroke is ten feet. The wheel forms one of the princi- pal attractions of the island, both be- eause of its mechanical interest and because of the fine view that can be had from the platform at the top. It is said by the natives that on a clear | day it is possible to see the ocean on | all sides of the island, although I have never been able to do so. RD Milk and leafy vegetables are more necessary fog health than even a per- fectly varied diet. Bank of Ireland at Roscommon, has been promoted to the managership at Westport. William Power & Co., seed mer- chants, of Waterford, recently ship- ped a large consignment of their seeds to France. The War Office has under considera- tion the revival of the custom of keep- ing a battalion of Foot Guards in Dub- lin. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John A. Bredin, of Prospect Ballyma- the county of Langford. -- Comparing Notes. "Truly, am I the first girl you ever kissed?" "You are, my darling, and it makes me happy to hear you say I am the first man who ever kissed you." "If Iam the first, how does it hap- pen you do it so expertly?" _ "And if Iam the first, how do you know whether I do. it expertly or not?" --~- ---- 2 Brains are like soil, they pay for cultivation.--Rev. Dr. John Smith, ' There is a saying that the woman who has never loved, hugged, kissed, played with, listened to, told stories to, or thoroughly spanked a child has missed the cardinal joys of life. It could be amended to read that the motherhood. hon, to be a justice of the peace for'| General Smuts tells with gusto this story against himself: "IT was once at a social gathering with my distinguished friend and col- league, General Botha," he says, "when two pretty flappers of sixteen or so came up and asked me for my autograph. "T haven't got a fountain pen,' I said, much flattered. 'Will pencil do?' "'yes, said the other flapper, and s0 I took out my pencil and signed my name in the daintily-bound little book that she had given me. "The flapper studied the signature with a frown. Then she looked up and said: "*ayen't you General Botha?' "No, I said. I'm General Smuts.' "The flapper turned to her friend with a shrug of disgust. "end me your Indta-rubber, May,' she said," is est EO * NaS RE e Machine oil stains will disappear if rubbed with soap and cold water. Hot water will set the stain, When making a cornflour mould mix the cornflour with water instead of milk. It will turn out better and also look nicer. "Why do herrings have so many more illnesses than other fish?" asked mother who has not done all these | things has completely fallen short of the girl, "Who says they do?" quer- ied the father. 'Why, this book says that thousands and thousands of them are cured every year." Qa oo Brooks concludes. a , BRIN GING UP FATHER yiccs- OPEN THISS YOU SAID | YOUR, WIFE WUZ OUT? SHE WOUZ- BOT ! GUESS SHE CAME BACK TO 4IT SOME 59 BRA ASS : VaR QUICK! ILL SAVE YOUR LIFE \F | HAVE TOS) NOR= "F N | : SWORN THAT THERE WUZ 0 : SOME ONE wy WHADDA YOU GONNA DO. WHERELL | MIDE ee ELSE IN SN | COULD HAVE THIS ROOM: © "pe YOU HEARD ME TALKIN' YOMESELE- My, %s ?} mm) fF py 0 WHEN SHE GOES - | HOPE 115 DON'T FOR): *S00T ME 4 tions against the enemy ceased six months ago, there are still grave perils to be faced by those who go down to the sea in ships, apart from storms and tempests and suchlike dangers that ordinarily beset the life of the sailor, says a London paper. The work of sweeping the high seas free of mines--'tin eggs," as Jack calls them--is one of the most formidable tasks that confront our navy to-day. and although some scores of mines are recovered or other- wise disposed of in the course of every week, it is certain that many months must elapse before the work is finally completed, Needless to say, the bulk of the work falls on the grey, blunt-bowed minesweeping trawlers, ships that have played by no means the small- est part in the war for humanity, In _ addition, there are now employed > many of the M.L.'s, those sturdy little ships of war whose work in a vastly different sphere of operation is, of course, well known, These tiny craft--veritable battle- ships in miniature--navigated and manned entirely by officers and men of the R.N.V,R., play the part of "spot. ters," or "eyes," for the minesweepy ing craft, By reason of their shallow draught they are able to approach the danger zone -with less rick than can the bigger craft, : A recent official anuouncement made it clear that only twelve merchant ships had been sunk as the result of | collision with mines since the signing of the armistice, But the danger still exists, and is likely to do so for some time to come, since no one can aver | with any degree of certainty that every drifting mine--perhaps the - greatest menace of all---has been ef. fectively disposed of, < The life of a, mine cannot be deters mined by mathematical or other aby struse calculation; while it exists it is a potential destroyer of life and property, Rese A system of gratuities, yarying from $5 for each British mine dealt with to -- $50 for an enemy mine, is almost the sole inducement offered in connection with minesweeping, yet volunteers for the hagardous task have never been lacking, ' . The epic of the minesweepers is yet to be written, Suffice it to say that when at length it does appear, there will be giyen to the world a tale of command the admiration of every ~ 2 { : (rs HI 2-ay single one of us, heroic endeavor such as cannot fail to