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flute= pocks man. hant, cs to , but mblie pen= ;gain dian when hree â€" her ‘You boat You She an ‘gsf who ind ar} ery his on it= he he of to It. "Negotiations between Germany and Russia for the exchange of inâ€" eapacitated prisoners of war have finally been successful after many fruitless efforts." A despatch from Berlin says: The Overseas News Agency gave out the following: 3 A despatch from Rome says:â€"The Italian _ newspapers _ report from Cairo that a Turkishâ€"German expediâ€" tion has landed in Tripoli with its obâ€" jective Cyrenacia. The newspapers declare that Turkey thus has openly joined the war against Italy, and that it is now Italy‘s business to put an end to "the gang of criminals who are administering Turkey." l A despatch from Pittsburg, Pa., says: For the first time in two years manufacturers report a scarcity of semiâ€"finished steel. Pittsburg proâ€" ducers of openâ€"hearth steel billets and sheet bars have been out of the market, so far as new business is conâ€" cerned, for some time, but the presâ€" sure for delivery on orders booked has been so great that shipments are beâ€" hind. Youngstown steel makers have advanced the price of sheet bars to $23.50, Pittsburg, the highest point in more than two years. A month ago sheet bars were available at $20.50, Pittsburg. ! The Valentine was sent to the botâ€" tom by a German cruiser half a mile off the Island of Mas A Fuera, one of the Juan Fernandez Islands in the Pacific belonging to Chile. France Claimed Germans Sank Boat in Neutral Waters. A despatch from Santiago, Chile, says: The French Government has presented a claim to Chile for the French barque Valentine, which was sunk last November by the Germans within the territorial waters of Chile. Chile has rejected the claim, declarâ€" ing that she had kept her neutrality. Tripoli Invaded by Turkish Troops. CHILE WILL NOT PAY FOR LOSS OF BARQUE. "I am as much of a patriot as any citizen of France," M. Caillaux deâ€" clared, "and nothing could be more fantastic than the declaration printed as coming from me.. I declare cateâ€" gorically that every article representâ€" ing me in the role of negotiator of Eeace between Germany and France groundless." * INTRIGUE FOR PEACE DENIED BY CAILLAUX. A despatch from Paris says: Joseph Caillaux, former Premier, who has been the target of several attacks since the beginning of the war, has made a statement in his own defence. He declared untrue newspaper articles attributing to him the assertion that France should have made peace with Germany _ after the â€" Battle _ of Charleroi. Another paragraph of the Penal Code authorizes prosecution in the ease of such offenses, even when comâ€" mitted abroad, and it is understood that the German courts will proceed against offenders. Subjects Working in Munitions Facâ€" tories in U. S$. Are Guilty of Treaâ€" son, Declares Berlin. Berlin (by Wireless via Sayville): â€"â€"An official declaration is published here calling attention to the fact that "Germans working in factories in neutral countries, particularly in the United States, producing war supâ€" plies for the enemy render themselves liable to prosecution for treason, unâ€" der Paragraph 89 of the Penal Code, penalizing such assistance to an enâ€" emy with a maximum of ten years‘ imprisonment." | Inary nature. Despite fierce Ausâ€" trian ‘attacks the Italians held their gound. and advanced to the neighâ€" rhood of Plava, where they drove the enemy back with heavy loss. _ So far all Austrian attempts to force the Italian enveloping line have failed disastrously, the enemy being pursued in turn and driven from the trenches, with the result â€"that these severe enâ€" gagements have allowed Italians to secure a firm footing on the lower left bank of the Isonzo. . _ _ " _ N€ nas manoeuvred his armies, has been able simultaneously to atâ€" rempt the reduction of Tolmino and Gorizia. _ The fight for Gorizia conâ€" tinues with unabated vigor. The proâ€" gress of the Italians is slow but sure. Heavy Italian artillery is battering to pieces Austrian defences. Throughout the struggle between the two armies ?aa been of a desperate and sanguâ€" C Ee P Reomy NCE CCR countered. A fresh gain of ground recorded in favor of Gen. Cadorna‘s troops who face the heavy artillery fire of the fnemy, and continue to press forward, wrenching the country from the enâ€" emy yard by yard. While Gorizia in the south is being hard pressed by the Italians, Tolmino in the north, hardâ€" ly less important from a stragetic point of view, is practically surroundâ€" ed.. Gen, Cadorna, thanks to the suâ€" perior organization and skill with whit i > x PC ie it cons. a A ie .. .4 situation of Gorizia, practically enâ€" veloped on all sides by Italians, is hourly becoming more precarious. The great turning movement of our allies is simply sweeping all before it with irresistible dash, The Italian troops so far have dAriuan‘ Haa cssy CPF A despatch from To Exchange Wounded. SHELLS FOR ALLIES ‘at Turning Movement Sweeping All Before It With Irresistible Semiâ€"finished Steel. ‘ime dash. _ The Italian troops t have driven the enemy from path wherever he has been enâ€" sh gain of ground recorded in f Gen. Cadorna‘s troops who e heavy artillery fire of the and continue to press forward, feeues atks .72 4 4 Iâ€" says:â€"The | been £25,000,000. A despatch from London says: Speaking for the Government in the House of Lords, Lord Newton said that the number of married men at present in the British army was apâ€" proximately 843,000. The aggregate cost of separation allowances paid to wives and children of these men has War Weariness Strongly Evideat in Wide Circle of Population. A despatch from Stockholm says: A private message to the Stockhoim Tidnijen from Berlin, which curiously enough passed the censor, states that war weariness in Germany is becomâ€" ing strongly evident in wide circles of population and especially among the poorer classes. Great excitement preâ€" vails, and a proclamation of a state of siege is expected. The Dagens Nyheiter comments on this by saying that even if it is exaggerated one thing is certain, that among the whole{ German population longing for peace is strongly felt. ' The Emperor then asked what the sergeant thought of the food supplied to the prisoners. _ "We are given abâ€" solutely uneatable stuff at present," Avelline says the sergeant responded: "Later on I suppose William II. will give us nothing but bricks." LONGING FOR PEACE GROWING IN GERMANY. The Emperor‘s suite, M. Avelline says, was horrified at the remark, but the Emperor, unperturbed, passed on. _A despatch from Paris says:â€"Alâ€" bert Avelline, a member of the Paris Opera Company, has returned from Germany, having been taken prisoner while acting as a stretcherâ€"bearer. He tells of a colloquy which he says ocâ€" curred between Emperor William and a captured French sergeant. Preceivâ€" ing the number of the sergeant‘s regiâ€" ment on his collar, the Emperor praisâ€" ed the regiment, saying: "I know it very well, and I think most highly of it." "Not more than I do," replied the sergeant. "Other girls who used to be availâ€" able for day work are being kept at home to help with the housework and the younger children, as their fathâ€" ers are earning higher wages, and their own earnings are no longer needed. _ The shortage is further acâ€" centuated by the number of servant girls who have married soldiers, and by the fact that very few country girls and still fewer Irish girls are coming to London." "For some months past the numâ€" ber of girls applying to me for situaâ€" tions has decreased by 50 per cent. Many have told me that they felt they ought to be doing some war work and they are now in munition factorâ€" ies or taking men‘s jobs in business establishments. English Girls Now Are More Eager for War Work. The scarcity of domestic servants has become acute in London. _ The owner of one of the largest servants‘ registry offices in South London says: FEW SERVANTS IN LONDON NOW A lesson in cleaning up weeds might be taken from the action of China reâ€" garding the eradication of the poppy plant. _ The following, from a report of the United States commercial atâ€" tache at Nanking, China, indicates the method by which results are seâ€" cured in that country: _ "Some interâ€" est in the restriction of the cultivaâ€" tion of the poppy was aroused locally by the dismissal of the Nanking maâ€" gistrate for having falsely reported his district clear of poppy, and the imposition of fines on a number of other district magistrates for the same reason. The authorities are making a serious effort to have the province cleared at an early date in anticipation of the joint inspection by British and Chinese officials prior to the prohibition of the import or sale of Indian opium." ’ Canada has for years been trying to rid herself of some of her more prolific noxious weeds, but the work has lacked the thorough support of those whose duty it is to help in the eradication of the pests. Concerted and organized action is necessary, and until this is secured the prospects of success are not very bright. _ Public opinion is too apathetic, and weed inâ€" spectors are aware of this. â€" Prosecuâ€" tions for infractions of the Noxious Weeds Act are rare, and consequently the penalty clause of this act has to a great extent lost its effect. More pressure must be put upon those reâ€" sponsible for its enforcement. ‘ Aerial engagements, such as have characterized the operations on the western battle front daily, but apparâ€" ently without important results for either side. Nine German counterâ€"attacks were delivered in one day against the posiâ€" tions seized by the French in the reâ€" gion of the Little Reichackerkopf, but all failed, according to the Paris reâ€" port, and the French troops were able slightly to extend the conquered ground. â€" The Berlin version is to the effect that six French attacks were successfully repulsed by Bavarian troops. summit of Linge Peak, which.liel near the northern branch of the river, and to the north of Muenster, was occupied after an obstinate struggle. South of the summit a foothold was secured in some quarters, which are named in the official report as Schâ€" ratzmannele, and in the wood of Barâ€" renkopf. Germans in the Vosges Gradually Beâ€" ing Driven Back Towards Muenâ€" ster and the Rhine Valley. A despaich from London says:â€"The French forces have made further proâ€" gress on the heights dominating the valley of the Feche, in Alsace. The Informed the Kaiser Food Was Uneatable. 843,000 Benedicts in Army. MORE FECHT PEAKS Noxious Weeds Duluth, July 27.â€"Linseedâ€"Cash, $1.71; July, $1.70%4; September, $1.73. Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.45; Minneapolis, July 7.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard, $1.48; No. 1 Northern, $1.37% to $1.47%; No. 2 Northern, $1.34 to $1.44%; July, $1.34%; September, $1.04%. Cormnâ€"No. 3 yellow, 77% to 78%c. Oatsâ€"No. 8 Tancy‘ patents, $7) first cfeary, $5.00; ancy patents, $7; ears, $5.60; second clears, $4. ‘_Bnl_\._cizl._BO._ s Montreal, July 27.â€"Corn, American | h Mgenc BLF. ~ Pslireate t 02 00 mt o 1No. 2 yellow, S6l4e.. Oats, c"f.fé?22|"°°'° p Western, No. 3, 64%c¢; extra No. 1 At Lemburg nearly all the shops 'feed_ 64%ec; No. 2 local white 4 _ | were open. I talked with many of No. 3 local white, 63%c¢; No. 4 local the shopkeepers, divulging m white, 63¢c. Barley, Man. feed, 75c !tiOnality as an America $ way Flour, Man. Spring wheat pa’tents'-told that the Russi M hepe werl firsts, $7.10; seconds, $6.60; strong, fect ord i gmes, _ The inly bakers‘, _ $6.40; _ Winter ’psbentg f lor‘ 4 heald wae moer is mas ohoice, §6.25; straight rollere, $o eo.lcc‘m'lg aint I‘heard was over the proâ€" to $5.80; do., bags, $2.65 to $2.75 'hlbmon of liquor, which was absolute Rolled oats, barrels, $6.25; do., bags,‘ The villages in which battles occurâ€" 90 lbs., $2.9) to $3. Bran, ggg';red are badly knocked about, but Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to 834‘;there has b&en no wanton dest io: Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2 per Of property either b o Ressign ton, car lots, $20 to $21.50. (.lheé)er'armv or by st line Rustian 2o finest westerns, 134 to 14c; fin::t"di fls C srz\gglm'g. Russian solâ€" easterns, ~12%¢. ) Butter: éhoicest her§. n the Carpathian Mountains creamery,; 2714 to 27%¢. seconds, 26% :t e mhapnt:mts were fraternizing with to 26%C. Eggs, selected, 26¢; No l;the soldiers. _ When I was in Lemâ€" stock, 23¢; No. 2 stock, ,20%c’ Poi | berg the Governorâ€"General, Count toes, per bag, car lois, 50c. f)ress;i Bobrinski, was working, 18 i)our; bogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 to $14 |day looking after the needs of ha Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls.,| POPulation rendered homel $y (the 35 to 45 pieces, $29; Canada f shor'flwar A o oi â€" by the eut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces‘ 'd fny country rr}1ght well be $28.50. Lard, compound, tierces 375"31‘0!! of an army which has conâ€" Tus.. 10¢; woud pails, 26 . ths. " nen l ping heve in canda o_ _ NC 10%c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 Lo | bM29® have in Galicia. ig%%:;lg;z'ce, wood pails, 20 lbs., net, nomnbnpmmmit ifronmmrgune is ProstLam Fan Weatha Go PMastkAl usls } Winnipeg, July 27.â€"Cash quotaâ€" tions:â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.34%; No. 2 Northern, $1.31%; No. 3 Northern, $1.26%. Oatsâ€"No. 2 C.W., 62¢c; No. 3 C.W., 59¢c. Barley â€"No. 3, 71%¢; No. 4, 69%e¢; feed, 60c. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N.W.C., $1.50%; No. 2 C.W., $1.47%. Lardâ€"Tubs, 11% to 12%4c; do., pails, 12 to 12%c; compound, tubs, 10 to 10%c¢; do., pails, 10%4 to 10%e. Baconâ€"Long clear, 14 to 14%¢ per lb. in case lots. Hamsâ€"Medium, 18 to 18%4¢; do., heavy, 14% to 15¢; rolls, 15 to 16¢c; breakfast bacon, 20 to 28¢; backs, plain, 22 to 23¢; boneless backs, 24 to 25c. Cheeseâ€"16¢c for large, and 16%¢ for twins. Old cheese, 22 to 22%c. Poultryâ€"Chickens, yearlings, dressâ€" ed, 16 to 18¢; Spring chickens, 24 to 25¢c; fowl, 14 to 15c. r Eggsâ€"21 to 22¢ per dozen in case lots, and selects, 23 to 24c. Butterâ€"Choice dairy, 22 to 23¢; ferior, 19 to 20¢c; creamery prints, to 29¢; do., solids, 26 to 28c. _ Millfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montâ€" real freightsâ€"Bran, per ton, $27; shorts, $29; middlings, $30; good feed flour, per bag, $1.90. . Ontario flourâ€"Winter, 90 per cent. patehts, $4.75, seaboard, or Toronto freights in bags. hangs en Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, in jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute bags, $6.50; strong bakers‘, in jute bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10c more. Buckwheatâ€"Car lots, nominal, acâ€" cording to freights outside. Ryeâ€"No. 2, nominal, according to freights outside. _ â€" Barleyâ€"Good malting barley, nomâ€" inal; feed barley, 67 to 68¢, according to freights outside. . 5j Peasâ€"No. 2, per car lots, nominal, according to freights outside. Ontario wheatâ€"No.*2 Winter, per car lot, $1.18 to $1.20, according to freights outside. i es Ontario oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 60¢c; No. 3 white, 59¢c, according to freights outside. Canadian cornâ€"No. 2 yellow, nomâ€" inal, track, Toronto. _ _ _ _ _ _American cornâ€"No. 2 yellow, 83%¢, track, lake ports. _ Markets Of The World Breadstulfs. Toronto, July 27.â€"Manitoba wheat â€"â€"No. 1 Northern, $1.42 to $1.42%; No. 2 Northern, $1.39% to $1.40; No. 3 Northern, nominal, track, lake ports. Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 C.W., 66¢; No. 3 C.W., nominal, track, lake ports. _ e Khis is the latest picture of His Majosty King â€"Gcorge, showing his service uniform. Business in Montreal. Winnipeg Wheat. Country Produce. Ts T S. Markets. Provisions. TORONTO THE KING IN KHAKI inâ€" 27 ’ A despatch from Cape Town says: â€"Premier Botha arrived from the ‘campaign which ended on July 9th with the surrender of German Southâ€" west Africa. The Premier received an ovation wherever he appeared. Business was suspended. The city was decorated and the people throngâ€" ed the streets. _ On the arrival of Premier Botha at the Government House 10,000 school children sang the national anthem. \ €| Montreal, July 27.â€"Good _ steers €| at $8.25 to $8.50, fair at $7.50 to 5| $8, medium at $6.75 to $7.25, and common at $6 to $6.50 per ewt. Choice .‘ butchers‘ cows and bulls sold at from 0| $4.75 to $6.50 per ewt. An active | trade was done in lambs at $8 to $9, ~| and sheep at §4.75 to $5.50 per ewt. i) Calves, $3 to $15 each, as to size and d quality. Hogs, $9.25 to $9.75 per | ewt., weighed off cars. There were a ~| lot.of hea? hogs on the market, for which the demand was slow, and sales _ | of such were made at $8 to $8.75 per‘ , | ewt. Ovation for Botha in Capital Union. At Lemburg nearly all the shops were open. I talked with many of the shopkeepers, divulging my naâ€" tionality as an American, and was told that the Russians had kept perâ€" fect order at all times. The only complaint I heard was over the proâ€" \ An Eyewitness Who Saw No Sign of , Them in Galicia. Since arriving in England I have been greatly surprised at rumors of alleged Russian atrocities in Galicia. I travelled extensively in Galicia durâ€" ing the Russian occupation, going to Lemburg, Przemysl and into the Carâ€" pathian Mountains almost to the Uzâ€" ock Pass, writes Robert McCormick in the London Times. _ I entered Gaâ€" licia in a Russian troop train, which stopped at nearly every station along the line. At each stop Austrian children invariably came to the train to beg, and never failed to receive sugar and cookies, while the officers threw them coppers. _ At one station two little Austrian tots hand in hand went along the train singing the Aus-l trian National Hymn to the delight of the Russian soldiers. Doubtless they[ had done this when the Austrian army l was passing, and had never learnt to distinguish hostile from friendly+ troops. $8.75; butchers‘ cattle, choice, $7.75 to _ $8.35; do., good, $7.35 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.75 to $7.25§ do., common, $5.25 to $6; butchers bulls, choice, $6.75 to $7.50; do., good bulls, $6 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $5.25 to $5.75; butchers‘ cows, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do., good, $6.50 to $6.75; do., medium, $5.25 to $6.25; do., common, $4.50 to $5; feedâ€" ers, good, $6.50 to $7.50; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25; canâ€" ners and cutters, $4 to $5.25; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $90; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $50; springâ€" ers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $6 to $6.50; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $6 to $7.50; spring lambs, cwt., $8 to $10.50; calves, $5. to $10.25; hogs, off cars, $9 to $9.15; gg.,4f)ed and watered, $8.75; do., f.0.b., » . [ | Toronto, July 27.â€"The quotations were:â€"Best heavy steers, $8.25 to No. 1 Northern, $1.43 to $1.45; No. 2 Northern, $1.38 to $1.41; July, $1.43; September, $1.07%. JP Tuk _ New York, July 27.â€"â€"Flour barley steady. Rye flour steady. Hay firm. Hops quiet. Hides steady. Leather "RUSSIAN ATROCITIES." 3 oo Jnoer Live Stock. in AGED BELG/IAN WOMAN s . S FRIENC OoF rHE FRENCN SQiiiERS. The old Belgian lady shown in the picture is m great friend of the French soldiers and is very popular with them,. ‘They flll her La Joconde (the happy, laughing one). Despite the desperate battles which have been waged around her home, which borders on a trench of the Allies‘ first line, the old woman insists on remaining within range of * ~ hells and earâ€" ing, with a motherly care, for the soldiers, "In that case I suppose leave the milk uncovered." The discovery has just been made in the central portion of the French Congo of a race of pygmies hitherto totally unknown. The members of the race are said never to suprass 1.5 metres, about 4 ft. 9 in. in height. Acâ€" cording to "La Revue," they live enâ€" tirely isolated in the territory of Monâ€" gimbo. _ They build huts of hemisâ€" ‘ pherical shape in the forest in groups of from five to thirty. The chief is an old man who exercises absolute and hereditary authority and elects his own successor. _ They follow a curious customs as to food, the woâ€" men subsisting on edible roots, while the men live on the products of the chase. According to a legend among them, the former are descended from a hedgehog and the latter from a toad. _ They have vague notions of good and evii, and have a certninl cult of the dead, whom they inter | with much piety. | "This scientific article says that flies will keep away from everything blue." In 1869 she was the cynosure of all eyes and the most feted person among the numerous royal visitors gathered at Cairo for the opening of the Suez Canal. In 1870, when Gerâ€" many utterly defeated France, she was glad to steal out of Paris in the carriage of the American dentist, Dr. Evans, and, arriving in London, to lose herself in the crowd. Napoleon III. died in England three years after Sedan. ‘ Napoleon III. fell in love with her at a hunting party. He married her and Eugenie became the acknowlâ€" edged empress of fashion; she deâ€" cided the styles of two continents; $20,000 was expended every month upon her own wardrobe and her dresses sparkled with diamonds or shimmered with lace worth $1,000 a yard. Her collection of fans, furs, laces, and jewels was the most magâ€" nificent of any sovereign. She was brilliantly accomplished. _ Her feaâ€" tures were as delicately chiselled as a Greek medallion, her complexion exquisitely fair, and her abundant hair was of the richest auburn. Eugenie was trained for a brilliant marriage by her mother, a young widow in Paris in 18384. With a fortune of $15,000,000, the bulk of it to be dedicated after her death to the restoration of the Bonaâ€" partist regime in France, and a volâ€" uminous biography compiled by a staff of genealogical experts and secâ€" retaries to be published three years after she is gone, Eugenie has arâ€" ranged her own niche in history. The mausoleum in the Benedictine Abbey at Farnsworth, which she built as the last resting place of her husband and son, has long since had an addiâ€" tion constructed after her plans for her own coffin. An old woman, with snowâ€"white hair gathered into a tight little knob at the base of the neck, the eyes shielded by big goggles, and the foreâ€" head by the dfipmg black veil of an antiquated hat, the stout frame enveloped in the shapeless folds of a black woollen ulster and the throat swathed in a black woolen muffler, the former Empress made her apâ€" pearance upon the lawn where the men who were able to be wheeled out in invalid chairs awaited her. In one ’hand grasping the ancient umbrella which has never been opened, to any one‘s knowledge, being: a subterfuge for a crutch, her companion for many years, and in the other the ebony! cane which is frankly an aid to inâ€" firmity, she made her way among the soldiers extending her hand in greeting and receiving their congratuâ€" lations with bowed head. Thus she has held her last court. The tragicâ€"eyed nonagenarian dressâ€" ed in mourning, whose face is furrowâ€" | ed with care and figure bent with sorrow as well as age, bears toâ€"day little trace of the radiant beauty which enraptured the world when she was crowned as the consort of Napoleon III. And the sick soldier boys in their rough khaki uniforms, who smiled gratefully upon her as their benefactor, bore small resembâ€" lance to the courtiers who used to crowd her salons at the Palace of the Tuileries. I Eugenie, once Empress of the French, entered upon her ninetieth year May 4, passing the day at Farnâ€" borough, her country seat in England, in the midst of British soldiers quarâ€" tered in the convalescent hospital she has established in a wing of her house. Now in Her Ninetieth Year With Face f Furrowed With Sorrow.. Nation of Tiny People. It Was That Color. EMPRESS EUGENIE we can "In both sections the enemy‘s arâ€" tillery has been active." "A small redoubt was captured with insignificant loss, and a successful attack was made on part of a comâ€" munication trench held by the enemy. A Turkish machine gun opposite our left was knocked out by the French artillery. _ "In the southern area the Turks made an attack on some newly capâ€" tured trenches in the French section, but were repulsed with ease. "In the British section there has been steady progress daily, consoliâ€" dating and in some cases extending the trenches won. ;Britinh Section â€" Consolidating â€" and _ Extending Trenches Already Won. A despatch from London says:â€" "Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton reports that in the northern section of operations a raiding party rushed a trench on the front of our line. _ All the enemy fled except one, who was killed. "An antiâ€"aircraft gun was located and hit with the second round from one of our guns. The fifth round blew it into the air. STEADY ADVANCE AT DARDANELLES | _ â€"Mr. William Jackson, an engineer and inventor, who died in Aberdeen {recently, has left the residue of his ‘estate to found a chair of engineerâ€" | ing in Aberdeen University. The Committee on War Organizaâ€" tion in the distributing trades in Scotland has issued an appeal to shoppers to shop early and make alâ€" lowances for the reduction of staff due to enlistments. A bronze tablet has been unveiled in Troquet parish church to the memâ€" ory of Pte. J. Mackenzie, Maxwellâ€" town, of the Scots Guards, who was awarded the V.C. for saving the lives of comrades. The magnificent sum of $15,000 has been contributed to the various war relief funds by the workmen emâ€" ployed by Scott‘s Shipbuilding â€" and Engineering Company, Greenock. §'150,0QO damage wfis done by a serious fire that completely gutted the furniture warehouse of Messrs. Patersonâ€"Smith in Edinburgh. Two fir:‘linen were seriously injured. The death of Mr. A. Bryson, of Glasgow, at the age of 76, is reportâ€" ed. He was known all over the world as the editor and publisher of the "Draughts World." The scarcity of shop assistants due to enlistments has given impetus to a movement in Selkork towards the closing of the ghops between the hours of one anz two o‘clock. By a disastrous fire that broke out at Carson Sawmills, Aberlour, nearly 6,000 feet of wood, the proâ€" perty of Frank Syms, of Beauly, was totally destroyed. A committee of Kidkintilloch Town Council by running a picture show at the Town Hall, has been enabled to hand over a sum of $550 to the Common Good Fund. Private P. Tolland, First Battalion, Black Watch, who won the D.C.M. for conspicuous bravery, has been killed by falling from a railway train. Archibald _ Thomson, Clydebank, R.N.R., has been recommended for the D.C.M. for conspicuous bravery at the Dardanelles. Inverness School Board have reâ€" quisitioned for $48,500 to meet their deficiency, being exactly the same amount as last year. The Glasgow Town Council agreed to allow soldiers and sailors in uniâ€" form to travel on the tram cars at half price. Dunbar Town Council isflt;ofium'ow $9,000 to meet the cost of the new wall along the south of the Castle Park. Falkirk foundries have received large Government _ contracts for stoves and_nnze! for the army. A work part yhas been formed by a number of women in Walkerburn for mending soldiers‘ clothing. Inverness Trades Council has gone on record as being strongly opposed to compulsory military service. It has been decided to abandon the Kelso games this year owing to the war. ‘ FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. WhthGoinIhthelli(ihlb and Lowlands of Auld * is doing it, A woman can usually manage & man if she doesn‘t let him know she Indiaâ€"Ceylons mvailable, The price has been advancing ever since, Elimination of vodka from Russia has evidently started that immense nation teaâ€"drinking. In February last the New York "Journal of Comâ€" merce" stated that the quotations were 8c to 10c a pound higher than they were a year previously, and that the Russians were buying all the "And twice around yer waist, once around de city hall," added a rude youngster. A school teacher of more than genâ€" erous proportions was giving her class of boys a certain informal rule of measurement. She began: "Twice around my thumb, once around my wrist; twice around my wrist, once around my neck; twice around my neck, once around my waistâ€"" Rehabilitation of the German merâ€" cantile marine, within the lifetime of any but her younger citizens, is imâ€" probable toâ€"day, and will be an imâ€" possibility if the war continues for another year. And he forgets that the concession of favorable rates on the German railroads came out of the German taxpayers‘ pocket. With the terrific burden of the war cost, how can anyâ€" thing more be laid upon the shoulders of the German taxpayer without drivâ€" ing him to abandon the country in deâ€" spair, even as the Eastern Roman Empire depopulated itself in similar cireumstances ? He does not realize that those favâ€" orable trade treaties extorted by Gerâ€" many have been abrogated, that she has incurred the enmity of the whole world. _ This is bound to make itself felt in just such discrimination as Germany exercises against her own competitors in her colonial ports, in spite of the freedom and equal treatâ€" ment she was allowed in every port of the British Empire. _ "The loss and destroyed ships must be replaced as soon as possible. Our shipbuilders will have enough emâ€" ployment for all their hands, for we shall be very unwilling to allow any of our ships to be built at English yards. _ There is every prospect thut after the war there will be more ships sailing under the German flag than ever before. It may certainly be expected that the community of interâ€" est agreement entered into between the Norddeutscher Lloyd and the Hamburgâ€"American Line will become closer than ever after the war. That the pool will again be brought to life is hardly probable." _ _But Dr. Stein assumes a sweeping victory for Germany, including the destruction of the allied fleet, which is the only thing that could restore the German merchant marine. _ It is a task that would take years to acâ€" complish, and would leave a world se exhausted that compensation would be hopelessly out of the question, while the vessels laid up would be largely worthless. _ But the Herr Doctor‘s optimism is incurable: Not to say that German vesselg have been captured and sunk, and others are eating their heads off in neutral or German ports. _ The real loss is apalling. â€" Doctor Stein thinks that it will all come back, and that it will be made up by compensation and indemnities. _ The prospect for indemnity for anybody, in any event, grows more improbable with every day of war. "It would not be excessive to place this amount as high as 1,000,000,000 marks. _ The two largest German shipping companies, the Norddeutsâ€" cher Lloyd and the Hamburgâ€"Ameriâ€" can Line, have between them a workâ€" ing capital of 400,000,000 marks. In addition to these, there are the Gerâ€" Epn Ert Africa Line, the Woermann ine, the Hansa and many other comâ€" panies l?d private owners, both large and small. "Since the beginning of the war all these have lain idle." German Shipping Cannot Recover From the War for a Generation. As an extraordinary instance of the triumph of hope over experience, two extracts from an article by Dr. W. Stein, a German shipping expert, in The Hamburg Fremdenblatt, on "The Future of German Shipping," may be submitted, says the Wall street Jourâ€" nal. Here is his estimate of the capiâ€" talization of the German maritime trade, which is probably below the mark: Bit by bit large bodies of troops are being concentrated in and around Atâ€" hens. _ The struggle between Parliaâ€" ment and the army may lead to grave incidents in Nationalist and Demoâ€" cratic circles. Great anxiety preâ€" vails. _ The interventionists, includâ€" ing Venizelos, do not conceal their discouragement as the long delays and hesitation of the Gu::r.h Coll‘n: have greatly compromised chances success if Greece intervenes in the war. _ At the same time, the delay in the meeting of Parliament is not alâ€" together unfavorable to the Venizelos party, as it gives it time to agitate and reorganize its forees. Staff is also taking measures to supe press any interventionist manifestaâ€" tions which might influence Parliaâ€" ment. critical daily. ~ The great majority of the people favor intervention the side of the Allies, but the Iflz Court and General Staff are more proâ€"German than ever. Their inâ€" fluence has succeeded in getting the meeting of Parliament postponed unâ€" til August 16th, the last delay allow» ed by the Constitution. The General A despatch from Milan says:â€"Theé situation in Greece is becoming morg Majority of People Favor Intervenâ€" tion on Side of Allies, But King and Staf Obdurate. DEVELOPS NGREECE _ The Substitute for Vodka. The Rule Applied A VAIN HOPE. ho 3 *4