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' up " :uurney The rpulat (it in andho rom woes. of , Ho the tan the ind the mon- mar- gone ought Toad h and long what old se. we of bat ‘eer. and cut- W”. and uni he Mrs in idn’t lath and do? req BO -4r I: A dospatch from Rome says: The tension between Italy and Turkey is declared here to becoming daily more acute. Italy is said to have asked for categorical explanations concerning Turkey's alleged refusal to withdraw troops from the Cyrenaica dia- . in Tripoli, and Turkey is pur- ' - what is described as her usual ”m of procrastination. A despetch from London an: In View of the importance of the awakening of the gold reserves Treasury has instructed the post- ttl end nil public departments mak- _ cash payments to use notes in- thud of gold whenever possible, says i Pro-I Bureau Went. The Dnein's cotton cargo in not in- volved, the French Government hav- lng purchased the cotton through a special appropriation. A despatch from Washington says: The announcement from Paris that I French prize court had eoniirmed the seizure of the American steamer Dacia as a fair prize found the State Department preparing to protest, the decision which carries with it for- feiture of the vessel. It is planned to nuke this a test else of the right of an more] country to grant registry to a belligerent-owned merchant ship. U. S. WILL CONTEST The British steamer Costello, of 891 tons net, has been sunk. The crew, with the exception of one man, who was drowned, has been and. A despatch from London an: The trawler Grimbarian and the steamer Portia (433 tons), of Liver- pool, were sunk on Thursday, pre- sumably by a submarine. Six of the crew of the Grimbarian were drowned and four were rescued. SIX or' CREW DROWNED IN TORPEDOED TRAWLER. The Italian my bus resumed the offensive in the region of Gorilla. A heavy artillery fire was directed on the Ausuian positions on the plateau of Debordo. which was followed by an infantry attack. "At Polazzo eight unack- by the Italians were repulsed, but the ninth attack resulted in the cupture of eev- ervl miles of newly-constructed trenches. The Italians have brought up more heavy guns against Gorizia, the systematic bombardment of which has begun. The Austrians ere reply- ing feebly." - Cars Filled With Austria Troops en Route to Ronni... A despatch from London ssys: Italian srtillery tIre struck a troop train tilud with Austrian soldiers tto- Intt to Rovereto sud completely wrecked it. Five hundred troops were burned to death in the ms, and 15 miles of track were destroyed. In addition eight wagons of ammunition were exploded In the me locality. _ IT hUhlG' GUNS BLOW ll? TRAIN bombarded and the Customs house and part of the tortiheation, destroy- ed. An armored cruiser bombarded the fortifications of the Turkish quar- ter of Seals Nova and a fortified point to the west of that town, while the other vessels of the squadron ahelled A despatch from Paris says: One armored cruiser, two cruisers, torpedo boats, dredgers and an aeroplane ship of the French Beet demonstrated off Sighadjik and Seals Nova, on the coast of Anatolia. Sighadjik was bombarded and the Customs house and part of the fortiheation, destroy- ed. An armored Bruins!- Mink-“1“" French Fleet in! under Field burg, alone the north-east;' the Crttttsed the Via ”a-.- In” blew up tehiniihiiii' all the bridges over the river. V ‘This victory undoubtedlv in _ o - 'IL . _ _. _--.. um successively the Bionic line: and the outer and inner fortune. of the town itself. the Russians only lghting nor-Md actions to allow their main army to make good its escape. According to a despatch from Pet- rotrad, the troops which were cover- ing Warsaw retired without being at- tacked towards the new front assign- ed to them on the east bank of the Vistula. Thaw m-.. --- . .. - A detontett ham loud” n”: The Ger-nus m in ion ot War.. "" “PM of Poland. no the third largest city in the Rum Empire. Kantian troop. eattered the city this Morning, havimr “hi! Incas-inn- tho 'tc-e, .. X“ "m WIPES THE POLISH cum Bavarian deapatch from Notes to Take the Place of Gold f THE DACIA DECISION. Italy's Ultimatum to Turkey the _tarekriiiiir' to he rAystro-turniini, Vistuln to the an.» 'rmorra Enter City of of the Kaiser Bombards and D:stroys of Spelia the tsoiith"iii' lucceasively , 011m and GWit itself, , rear-tttmed by paying all available gold to the post-office and the banks, and in mnk.. ing payments whenever pouible in ieheek-dnoteainsteadafintrrt1d. The public is earnestly requestodln the interests of the nation to co-oper- nte with the Tteatrurr in this policy the who In official circles here the feeling is held that hostilities on the part of Italy may commence " any moment, as Italy’s last note to Turkey was al- most of the character of an ultima- tum. Two _hundred and fifty thou- sand men in the Provinces of Bari, Fossil, tad Leeee are said to be pro- pared to sail from Brindini on axon} A despatch from Paris says: The Committee of the Chamber of Depu- ties on National Administrative questions has pronounced itself in fa- vor of withdrawing the zone in the interior of the country from the oper- ations of martial law and returning it to the common law basis. The com- mittee has requested the Government to consider the proposal. i TO END MARTIAL LAW IN FRENCH INTERIOR. Many of the skilled workmen dur.. ing the'early part of the troubles re- fused to continue at their machines; some of them entered the army and were sent to the Russian front. Others in the ammunition department were replaced by women. There was no strike among the engineers and draughtsmen. The serious situation, which was admitted even by the, Frankfurter Zeitung, seems now to' have passed. I The German military authoriiiG brought great pressure on the Krupp administration to this end. A despatch from Geneva says: Ad- vices from Essen say that all the de.. mands of the employes of the Krupp works have been granted, and that a serious strike has thus been averted. GRANTED ALL DEMANDS OF KRUPP WORKERS. Count Reventlow points out Rou- mania's refusal to permit exports of grain or to permit ammunition for the 'Turks to pass through its territory, ‘although Russia was permitted to transhlp munitions to Serbia. He sastt had been hoped Roumania wdut fulfil its treaty obligations or reserve at least an upright 'and well- wishing neutrality, but that the con- trary came to pass. Roumania's neu- trality became "malevolent," he as- serts, with a tendency to enter the) eonfliet on the side of German's Ell-l emies. "Those friendly relations with Rou- mania made sacred by tradition and, on the German side, by firm eonli- dence, can hardly longer be considered " existing." ATTITUDE OF ROUMANIA IS WORRYING GERMANY. A despatch from Berlin says: A warning that nothing can be expect- ed from Roumania is conveyed to the readers of the Tages Zeitung in an editorial by Count Ernst Reventlow. His article, which is headed "Row. mania's Falling Quotation," sum- marizes the situation in the following paragraph: ' In the direction of Olti the Turks have been expelled from the Norehine region. Towards Sari Kamysh We occupied after a fight the villages of Alakilissa, Kara and Ardost. In the region of Alschkert there was an ob- stinate engagement. i his retreat. The following Rhsginn Jkigiii com- munication concerning the operations in thg‘Caqqasus says: -e -i_-..Nr.. nu u. ox wuvulcr, u. jt should get there, it will not find -,those positions turned by the Amr- "trans, who have crossed the Butt (south-east of Cholm, and by the Ger- 1mm, under General von Scholz and lhon Gallwitz, who have crossed the Narew. At the north-eastern end of the line the Russian communications are fur- Ither threatened by Gen. von Buelow, (who is advancing toward Dvinsk on 'the Vilna-Petrograd railway. Indeed, ’the Austro-Germans have set three; [traps to catch and destroy the Rus- isian army. None of them was "prune, but one was so near to clos- !ing that the Grand Duke Nicholas ‘waa forced to evacuate Warsaw and inow is flghtine with all his might to (prevent the others from cutting " and destroyed the village of Spelia, supposed to be a supply depot for submar-infs pf France's antagonists. BASE DESTROYED [the city, end the armies of the Atttr- it,“ Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and ‘tho German fleld marshal, Iron Mae- .kensen, which ere advancing north- ward between the Vista]. and Bug Rivers. Even now, although the steadiness of the Russian troops and their fleree counter-attacks have guinea much valuable time for them, it is proble- matical whether the whole Russian army will succeed in reaching the new‘ Positions chosen for it or whether, if “If city, Of Warsaw in Name the Village """'" .-- w y'v "an, yvcl-V u: I .au' annex-s and cutters, “to is.iiiGiih2 Toronto. Au . tk-Best heavy steers, 88.25 to $8.45; butchers' eat.. tle, choice, 87 .75 to $8.25; do. god, {1.35 to $7.60; do., medium, "iii. to 7.15; do., common, $5.26 to tl:llt butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to 6.60; do., good bulls, $6 to $6.50; do.) rough bulls, $5.25 to 85.75; butdlers' cows, choice, 86.76 to " do., good, $6.50 to $6.75; do., medium, 85.25 to 86.25; do., common, $4.50 to $IV, feeders, good, $6.50 to $7.60; stock., s". Too WWW A6.Ar. tt 87-25;! Duluth, Aug. 9.-Wheat---No. 1 hard, $1.49%; No. 1 Northern, 81.44% to $1.48%; No. 2 do., $1.42%; September, 31.04%; De- cember, $1.09%. New York, Aug. 9.--Plour firmly held. Rye flour steady. Hay flrrti. you steady. Hides study. Leather Minneapolis, Aug. 9.---Wheat-No. 1 hard, $1.61%; No. 1 Northern, $1.36 to $1.51; No. 2 do., $1.82 to $1.48; September, $1.08; December, 31.08%. Corn-No. 3 yellow, 78% to 79e. Oats-No. 8 white, 48% to 49e. Flour, fancy patents, $6.95; first clears, $5.70; second clears, " Bryn A $2) . 50. _ Montreal, Aug. 9,---Canadian west- , ern, No. 3, 601ke; extra No. 1 feed, 6014e; No. 2 local white, 69%e; No. F 4 local white, 5814e. Flour-Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.10; l seconds, $6.60; strong bakers', $6.40; I Winter patents, choice, $6.25; 1'ilr'ii)'r'i.t rollers, $5.60 to $5.80; do., wags, $2.65 to $2.75. Rolled oats, ( barrels, $6.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.90 to $3. Bran, $26 to $26.50. [Shorts $28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2, I per ton, car lots, $20.50 to $22. ! Cheese-Finest Westerns, 14 to 14%c; finest easterns, 13%e. Butter, {choicest ereamerya27% to Me; Bee-i onds, 26% to 27c. 1iritsrs-Fretsh, 27, to Me; selected, 26c; No. 1 stock, Me; I No. 2 stock, Me. Dressed hogs,! abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13.75. Porkl ! --Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., MI ' to 45 pieces, $29; short cut back, bbls.,. ir) to 55 pieces, $28.50. LIrd---comii (pound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood) I pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%e; pure, tierces,l 375 lbs., 12 to 12%e; pure, wood pails,’ 20 lbs. net, 13 to 13m. I Winnipeg, Aug. th-Cash wheat--. No. 1 Northern, $1.31; No. 2 do., $1.29; No. 3 do., $1.23; No. 4 do., $1.14; No. 5 do., $1.07; No. 6 do., 98c. "hats-No. 2 C.W., 56c; No. s C.W'., iiiie; extra No. 1 feed, iitie; No. 1 feed, 52c; No. 4, 61e; feed, 56c. Flax Mt 1 N.W.C., $1.38%; No. 2 C.W., l. . l Live Stock Market. Toronto, Aug. tk-Bet Cheese-ttte for large, and at 16%e for twins. Old cheese, 21% to 22e. Pbultry L..." Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 16 to 18c; Spring chicken, 20 to It; fowl, 14 to lik; ducklings. 17 to 1 . Etriril220 ioWridruasVin case lots); splects 2tte. Butter-Choice dairy, 22 to Me; in- ferior, 19 to 21e; creamery prints; 27 to.?8%e;Ao., sgljds, 26 Ao 27c. Millfeed, ear lots, delivered Mont- real freights--Brai, per ton, $27; shorts, per ton, $29; middlings, per tl'.'ig.30; good feed flour, per bag, Ontarid ttour-Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $4.60; new, $4.10, seaboard, or $039M? freight}; inAtyrss. A __ Rye-No. 2, nominal, according to heights outside. Manitoba flour-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. BiickwheaiLLear lots, nominal, ac- cogiing g9 frgights _outside. _ Petir-NCii,"'pG aria; iGiiria, acaorQing t? frfeights outside. ryryfiHioFiGtaTinriGiie'v, nom- inal; feed barley, 60c, according to frgights outside. ontdiid%GiiCNo. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.10, nominal; new, $1 to $1a02, ageprdipg to freights outside. Ontario diUUiii.-ii white, 57 to 58c; No. 3 white, 56 to tne, according to freights outside. Americah G/rr-iii.' 'rydiiow, 86c: on Attack! lake ports: CanadidiGoGLrgo. 2 yellow, nom- intl, pn _track, Torpnto. The Leading Markets Mahitot/a oats --No. 2 C.W., 63c; No. 3 C.W., nominal; extra No. 1 feed, nopina1., on track, l_a_ke ports, BretuUtutrs ' Toronto, Aug. 9.---Mhnitoba wheat --No. 1 Northern, $1.87%; No. 2, 51.35%; No. 3, $1.29%, on track, Iakyt pprtg. OPENING OF FINE LOCK AT PORT SEVERN MARKS EPOCH IN GEORGIAN BAYS HISTORY Business in Montreal Winnipeg Wheat. U. B. Markets. Country Produce. '. w. Bennett, M.P., performs the opening ceremony of the new h Georgian Bar and Trent River. Canal, at Port Severn. The Port direction or the linking up or the Georgian Bay :nd Lake Elmo is of reinforced concrete, cost $150,000, and took two years to h tram surrounding points in motor boats and yachts for um urn- I IVRCD LI " "Our sailors destroy Turkish ves/u','20, h sels because they carry coal and pet- E parades jol, materials of war, but take every!fooc. l :measure to save the crews. The ves-l jects m sels are cannonaded only when they’duce af Hail to halt after they are signaled”I When {In those cases where sailors preferlras we; to regain shore by swimming in order I some tin Ito avoid capture they never are shot. l, imbedde 'All who surrender are taken aboardffrom th, I warships and transported to Sebasto- land the I'poL" warm I: The man who knows when to quit ttikintr also know: when not to be.. A despatch from mri lt, ye: The number of cases of Agent}? cholera in the Austrian Empire on Aug. 1 to- talled 629, according to an oeieiat an- nouncement made in Vienna. Among those who luccumbed to the disease was Gen. von Ziegler, the commander of an army corps, who was the only ottieer of the entire stair who refused; to be inoculated taint cholera. l AN AUSTRIAN GENERAL SUCCUMBS TO PLAGUE. A despatch from Petrograd says: A statement issued by the Admiralty relative to operations in the Black Sea says: ALL ARE GIVEN CHANCE TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. i A. despatch from Berlin says: The Emperor, it is officially announced, has received a despatch from Dr. Seitz, Governor-General of German South-west Africa, explaining his sur- render to Gen. Louis Botha, early in July. Dr. Seitz says further success- ful resistance was impossible, as the German colonial force was surround- ed by enemies greatly superior in; numbers and cut off from the base of supplies. The condition of the horses, for which no oats were available for several months, he adds, rendered it hopeless to attempt to break through the enemy lines. r The new Giant Midway, with its army of spielers, never presented a [more diversified list of attractions, [while the Hippodrome and Circus in .front of the Grand Stand will be a [triumph in the amusement line. The lFair this year in all departments pro- "nises to excel any previous one ever (held at Toronto. The Directors are looking forward to a repetition of the "Million Year" and are planning their programme on a Beale to fit this immense attendance. EXPLAINS TO KAISER WHY HE SURRENDERED, The big war spectacle in front of the Grand Stand will be quite the most elaborate pageant ever present- ed by the Fair, while the Model Mili- tary Camp, aeroplane flights and the mining and torpedoing of ships in the harbor, supplemented by the war trophies, will be a revelation. Directors Planning Programme on Scale Commensurate with a Record Attendance. There was never a time in the thirty-seven years of its history when the Canadian National Exhibition promised more real instruction and entertainment than this year. In ad- dition to the marvelous proofs of the manner in which the patriot at home is taking care of his responsibilities in the way of increased production that the patriot at the front may have the wherewithal to keep his place in the battleline, there will be special features of patriotic and historic sig- nifieanee. TORONTO FAIR BEST ON RECORD . ' fl "r,'""'", we-..“ mum at $8.50 to $9. Sheep' brought from $5.25 to $6 per 100 lbs. Good to choice calves were scarce, for which there was considerable enquiry, and sales were made at 8%. to 9% per 1b., and the lower grades at from " to 7%e per lb. Hogs, selected, $9 to $9.60 per 100 Ibs.,_ weighed " cars. Montreal, Aug. ik-Good steers, $8 to $8.25; fair stock, $7.50 to $7.75; medium, $7 to $7.25; common, $6.25 to $6.75; and inferior from $4.50 to $5.50; butcher cows, $5 to $7, and bulls, $4.75 to $6.75 per 100 lbs.; milch cows, $40 to $85 each. Ontario [tyntsu,t9,.imLto t?. .50; _Quebe_c stock ers, choice, each, $65 to $95; do., com- mon and medium, each, $35 to $50; Springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $5.75 to $6.50; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $6.50 to $7.50; Spring lambs, ewt., $7.25 to $9.50; calves, $4 to $10.50; hogs, off cars, $9 to $9.10; do., fed and watered, 58:75; do., f.p.b.,ii.40, _ ,,,__ V..- ”u“: .v "Ill boats and yacms_ to; the own. nu: new lock at the western terminus of the [ The Port Severn Lock is the first step In tho Lake Slmcoe waters by a navigable route. " year to build. Thousands of people came In Ir ' n my"... ngw lock at the It takes about six hours to finish dressing an eleirhant's feet, and it is laid to be one of the hardest bits of work that the men have to do. The principal ingredient in 1 good time is I vivid imagination. I Pallas apparently suffered great pain, but seemed to know that the loperstion would give relief. He held the foot high and quietly of his own 990 g til all wen: finished then gangsta! yhis trim} in expression at his sincere rt,,hg"t'i-i; A. -arcue2 After 'rnirfntr t i foot each toe-mil is cut between end then filed down, giving each foot I white, clean look, with its settings of polished mils. l, I Shavings of horn six inches by ifour and a quarter of an inch thick Iare rapidly cut, the edges of the foot ’being carefully trimmed. Often gpieces of glass, wire nails, etc., which ghave been picked up during street :parades, are found imbedded in the ifoot. Sometimes these irritating ob- }jects work up into the leg and pro- Vieira festering sore. When the feet of the elephant Pal- las were trimmed, at Bridgeport, some time ago, a large nail was found imbedded in the foot over three inches from the bottom. It was pulled out, and the wound was syringed with warm water and covered with tar. _ When the work of trimming is undertaken the elephant stands upon three legs and places the foot to be operated upon across a big tub. Two men hold the leg down and one stands at the animal’s head to prevent him from turning. Then the chief opera- tor, wi a two-foot drawing knife, 'pro'd'ldtt,a, shave off great pieces of horn from the sole of the foot. m Takes About Six Hours to Mani- l cure Jumbo's Nails. The operation of trimming the feet of circus elephants has to be perform- ed three times a year-once on the road, once in the fall and again in the spring. The sole of the elephant's foot is heavily covered with a thick, horny substance of material similar to the three-nails upon each foot, and as it grows thicker and thicker it tends to contract and crack, often laming the animal. l Douglas Lawson, 14 years, 179 Dowling Avenue, Toronto. John Clarke, the chauffeur. The party, which consisted of Mr. Henry R. Alley and his son, Fred Alley; Miss Elizabeth M. Lawson and her two nephews, Douglas and Angus 'lawsson, and the two sons of Mr. Charles Swabey, of Toronto, and Beverley and Harold Swabey, were all guests at the Cliff House, Port Syd- ney. They set out in an automobile owned and driven by John Clarke, of Utterson, to make a trip in the coun- try. The lake just west of Utterson is crossed by a floating bridge about 200 yards long, and a driving rain- storm had Just come up Just as the automobile was crossing it. The car when nearing the shore apparently skidded to one side and crashed through the railing, plunging into 30 feet of water. Clarke and the two older boys, Harold Swabey and Doug- las Lawson, managed to free them- selves and reach the bridge, but the other five were trapped in the car and sank to the bottom of the lake. TRIMMING ELEPHANTS' FEET Beverley Swabey, 7 years, 61 Ad- miral Road, Toronto. The Sued. Harold Swabey, 61 Admiral Road, Toronto. Elizabeth M. Lawson, 179 Bowling Avenue, Toronto. Angus Lawson, 12 years, 179 Dowl- ing Avenue, Toronto. Henry R. Alley, 16 Foxbar Road, Toronto. Fred Alley, 9 years, 16 Foxbar Road, Toronto. Automobile Fell Into Lake and Pin- ned Down Occupants. A despatch from Huntsville says: A terrible drowning accident occurred at a small lake one mile west of Ut- terson, in the Muskoka district, last week, when five Toronto people lost their lives and three others, two of whom were boys, and a third, the chauffeur, narrowly escaped. The Drowned. FIVE DROWNED TRAPPED IN CAR A dental: from Amsterdam an: Aeror1ii1ttrtotheBthoBituiw all of Guava: Busing, the 0mm Gonna: Belgium, ho_been do- eided on by. Emma: minus. " and 3 My, though aivuted of it. he. edging. __ ’ Piccadilly, in London, was so culled from Piccadilly jail, the chief depot of tt certain sort of luce much in vogue, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The he: w“ called Picudllly hoe troys. ttl p It points, 1 diminu- (pit-i,?, '/ltd5 {eplke or' wear. In A despatch from Amsterdam says: According to the Berlin newspapers. Major-Gen. von Buelow, brother of the commander of the Niemen "my, was buried at Berlin. He had been mortally wounded in battle recently. I The most remarkable headdress known to man is that of the Zulu chief. It consists of mud, bones, feathers and any other material that the ingenuity or pride of the wearer :can dictate. It may rear itself for three feet above the head of its owner-sometimes even higher. The basis for the headdress is a soft clay, which is molded upon the top of the head and into which the tutieles, used for ornamentation, are inserted.| Sometimes this clay, permitted to dry', as hard as brick, remains on the head I for weeks or months. Strangelyl‘ enough, the hair is not killed through] this treatment. Many wearers of thel strange headdress can boast of much} thicker and more abundant hair than. the women who make daily visits to. beauty shops in the more civilised I countries. f m MAl..GEN. VON BUELOW IS KILLED IN BATTLE. _ Medical authorities assert that the ‘soap nut may be used internally in cases of saiivntion and u an expec- torant. The needs, pounded with water, are said to arrest a paroxysm of epilepsey. This fruit is also recom- mended by native practitioners for the cure of chlorosis. As a meal for poultry and other animals the expressed product is ex- cellent. The leaves of the soap nut tree supply a fodder of unequalled value. The seed has a kernel which con- tains a fixed oil in every respect pref- erable to the best imported olive oil. The yield in oil of that kernel is twice the yield of the olive fruit, and when the production reaches an importance necessitating the use of the proper machinery the oil will be produced as cheaply if not more cheaply than cot- tonseed oil. For a solid shortening the delicious flavor of that oil will surpass anything ever produced. l The hull can also be made into a powder and the powder into a cake, so as to make the use of it easier. It can also be made into a liquid for hair wash, dentifrice and various other preparations, and these articles can be made by such simple processes that in every household the commo- dity will become a source of economy, of recreation and of pleasure. I The average crop of a full grown tree is about 200 pounds of fruit. The Itverture income from a tree is from I310 to $20 a year. The composition o- the fruit consists in a nut shaped hull in which is a seed. In the hull exists the saponaceous matter in the proportion of 30 to 40 per cent. of the 'bulk of the hull. The saponaceous principle is set free by the shredding 10f the hull and using it with water just as if it were a piece of soap. A beautiful lather is the result and the cleansing qualities are such that there is no soap made by human process that can compare with them. It is equally good for toilet purposes. No human skill can produce that marvel- lous product of nature. l Used for a Great Many Dlirerent Purposes. The Algerian soap tree originated (from China and has been propagated by seeds imported from that country. The name is given as Sapindus utilis. The tree is ornamental and reaches a height of fifty feet. It begins to bear fruit when six years old. The wood is close grained. takes a good polish and is admirably suitable for" furniture. 1 The Meaning of "meendmr.l Geat.WaBU+teeatied. This table was prepared for publication early in June, but because the French authorities feared the enormity of the have a bad moral effect on the people. A despatch from Paris 81, as compiled by the F or: and a dozen" gin}; Ti thousand tons each. Most of sels were, of course, small _ A despatch from Petrogred an: Russian destroyers in the Bisck Bea continue their devastating work upon the iiotilIn carrying supplies for Con- stantinople. Altogether over 900 en- emy vessels have been burnt or sunk since the beginning of the war, among the number being seyersl large stem- THE SOAP NUT TREE SEEDS. - Among the Number Lost Steamers and a m This table was a 4E Nations. France . . England . Belgium . Russia . . Germany . Austria . Turkey . Peculiar Helddress. Totals . had (lffidal Estimate of kr/ii-iii; W” rr-TKT:",.";',', '= P.e' a. v'v'rs. M”... ?aireyr ship! div. Paris says: The losses of Europe in the w" up to In! the French Ministry of War, are " follows: 5,290,000 Killed. 460,000 181,000 49,000 1,250,000 1,680,000 1,610,000 110,000 of we ves- ll coasting the British Hun. of Commons. Qua View In": ottfof the principtl our porters of the Boyd Sadat} for tho Prevention of Cruelty to_AnimA, and Martin, of the County of (Hwy. In 1822 Myth tredyee4 a bill lt tho pfeehntiott cruelty to uninh- In 9,t 'n'tiA. "e tf fartrrytetr. Que- it [Ev-penal; Potatoes. The Germans are great potato pro- Vducern. Some yen-a ago they din-ov- ered that 80 per cent. of the potatg C,2'd'i'i' of water and so instead , "rwtaportine potatoes u they no grown and paying tarrying charge: lon water, they adopted the policy of :evnponting them. Since that time I[the output of potatoes has increqu 10 per cent., while the amount of wu- ter in the potatoes now for ale ha beenreduced fromepereent.to " '/tiitti'ty,'i)t,o2;,,?,et The first legislation h be -ed: for the "rttoction -of. flu!) Ml per cent. In Cumin Ind the Uniud States, when there are long hunk, a similar policy would be productive at good results . Lost Have Been Seven a Dozen Sailing Ships l Those who have the privilege of coming into contsct with Queen Alexandra express themselves delight- ed at the high ever-see of health n-Lfn- tained by her Msjesty, who s to the fore in all war clarity activities. The small family luncheon parties are s pleasant institution " Marlborough House, and give the opportunity for family reunions at which letter], some Russian royalty has invariably been present. For some reason the Bishop of Lon- don is regarded by the public " an austere, severe dignitary of the 'Church, who is never known to smile. As a matter of fact, when out of the pulpit he is very entertaining, cheery company. and the other evening he was to be met demonstrating the lighter side of hia nature to a number of clerical friends, who laughed heart. ily " his remarks. One of the most fascinating talks on the war was delivered by the Dean of St. Paul's not so long since. This address was a revelation, inasmuch as Dean Inge, who is known as "the gloomy dean," showed that he has a delicious vein of humor in his nature. It is his manner, perhaps, more than his Words. which has caused him to be labelled " melancholy. Wampamgaai One of the most fearless speakers in the House of Commons is Sir Ar- thur Markham, the Liberal M.P. for Mansfle1d. He is always tilting a lance at the Government, and appear. to have a boundless reservoir of data on which to base his sssertions. Much of it comes to him in the shupe of letters from constituents and other members of the public. Mr. Pike Pelse, the assistant Brit. ish Postmnster-Genoral, used to be (the "bete noir" of the Radical: in 'the old days because of his success in organizing snap divisions. The result was that he was the most carefully watched man in the House. A great believer in physical culture, he is on. of the strongest legislators that we have-tall, broad-shouldered, and very muscular. l There is a street in Winstcrminster, London, which seems to be developing into tt stuff-tte quarter, for most of the houses are occupied by adherents of the cause. Amongst them is that picturesque figure, "General" Drum- mond, who used to ride a horse at the head of the suffragette Embankment proeeaaiona, and who has more recent- ly devoted her energies to recruiting. 6,478,000 I The mildest-mannered man in the world to talk to, Mr. Handel Booth, who'hu been rebuking the talkers in the House, on be most incisive and vitriolic when he likes. He gained his reputation during the debates on the Insurance Bill, when he showed on extraordinary knowledge of the sub- Ject. Wounded. Prisonen. Total. 660,000 1tr0,000 1,800,000 220,000 90.000 471.000 49,000 15,000 113,000 1,6M,000 850.000 8,780,000 1,380,000 490,000 4,000,000 1 365.000 910,000 4,335,000 144,000 95.000 349.000 ’lnteresting Facts Concerning Well- Known Men and Women. There was an idea, it is understood. of publishing as a recruiting poster an inspiring message from Lord Er. hei, who is now at the Front. The design was actually got out, but wu not proceeded with. It is found the pictorial poster answers much better than that confined to letter-press (eraft: Which counted on their Instr. Giiiadi to - thymine. own .h..__:A_, _ _ _ __ -- - - -..u-uu- on. u- ) Russia: scout been. Some were sunk 1tetmtthernaioettvGG%Ta- " anchor or within my reach of shore. Care bu been taken also to destroy all boat building yum .10 the cont so that this small wag trade upon which Constantinople ll largely dependent for the necessarie- of life may safely be regarded u having been extinguished. Cruelty to Alli-lb. PEOPLE iir NOTE. 2,030,000 15,000 850,000 490,000 910,000 95,000 he. but was withheld of the figures might 1 4,898,000 349,000 2'] up ' L1