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LS . _ kâ€", ty 1 hal t B liron ram tlys w esns rpon the 4 came i. shed W al eP When d the U "I enjoyed your lectura very much _ "Yes," repiied Cumrox. "He‘s one last night," said a man to the lecturer. of those busy bees who can‘t manage "I didn‘t see you there." . . _to gather honey without incidentally "Oh, I waen‘t there." stinging somebody." "Well, what do you mean by tellâ€" <_â€"____â€"$____ Ing me you enjoyed my lscture, and T‘he man who is sure of his own you wore not present?" ability never has to brag abo.ut it. "Oh, I bought tickets for my giri‘s . The British Red Cross Society has father and mother, and they both rcccived a furthes sum of $1,700 from M cotth, 1t the Triâ€"i\ad branch of the society. ;:lon, refused to work with them, and the services of the women were disâ€" pensed with. There are 150 women conductors on the Motropolitan clectric trams and 120 on the London United lines. The London and Northâ€"Western Railway Company are engaging girls ms engine cleaners at their sheds at Conductors on Buses and as Engine Cleaners in England. Between seventy and eighty women conductors appeared recently on the x- run by the London General Omâ€" s Company. This number will be ually increased as the needs of situation demand. e women will be paid at exactly same rates, on a mmqo basis, as male conductors, and will have the e duties and hours. Their employâ€" iant is confined to the period of the war, or to such time as the male conâ€" zc'torn shall return. Women dockers have been introducâ€" ed on the Mersoy. Recently the male lghorers, under the ad\(ic‘_e Lof thei: sult of an offer made by the Canadian Bankers‘ Association, on behalf of the banks, after conferences between himâ€" self and that body which had extendâ€" ed over several weeks. A despatch from Ottawa says: The announcement was made on Wednesâ€" day that since the establishment of the credit of $75,000,000 for the Britâ€" ish Government in Canada by the chartered banks, at the instance of the Government, $80,000,000 worth of orders for munitions and â€" supplies have been placed in the Dominion by the Imperial authorities. Sir Thomas White announced on March 15 last that the credit for the British Govâ€" érument had been provided as a reâ€" Contracts for Munitions and Supplies Reach $80,000,000. LARGE WAR ORDERS Imports into Canada during the fAscal year ended 31st March, 1916: Dutizhls ........... .. . . §8H0,H68,210 FHOG .. ««<euuscrces ««er++ AOMFIOTOIR TOolkE s««««cerris@2a Entered for consumption TutlitBi® â€" .. . «««ca«cik«««ssr FECC ... ...cscasatvccudas Total Exports Domestic . Foreign . A despatch from Ottawa says: A statement of Canadian trade, preparâ€" ed by the Department of Customs, shows a total of $882,872,502 in exâ€" ports for the fiscal year just closed, and $564,480,998 in imports. The reâ€" turns by countries have not yet been cdompiled. The statement follows: TRADE OF CANADA U Boat Which He Commanded Wn; Hundreds Slain in Adr! Not Sunk, as Reported. | stantinople and Sr A despatch from Paris says: Inâ€" _A despatch from 1« formation was received from reliable Wholesale massacres of sources on Wednesday that Emperor | Adrianople, Constantinop William has decorated the commander na are reported in a Salo of the submarine which torpedoed | to the Morning Post. "I the Sussex. It is understood Washâ€" and Demotica, Turks an« ington has been informed of this deâ€"| acting together," says t velopment. The award of a decoraâ€" "killed 400 and wounded tion would make it, perhaps, imposâ€" after pillaging their hou aible for CGermany bo punish him, in Smyrna district several case such a demand were made by lages were raided, 200 p the United States Government | killed and many wounde their progress along the littoral, the Russian warships moved forward for some dislance beyond their objective and sent troops ashore considerably to the woestward of Trebizond, threatâ€" ening to entrap the Turkish garrison. This move was carried out in conâ€" cert with the advance of the Russian land forces, which, since the capture of the Turkich positions at Kara Dere, had penetrated to within striking disâ€" tance of Trebizond without meeting serious resistance, and was accomâ€" SUSSEX PIRATE IS DECORATED the destruction of the great Turkish shore battcries, landed a considerable number of troops and further threatâ€" ened the surrounded city. Employing the same tactics as they had repcatodly used with success in don th» city, which, with German assistance, they had made every effort to convert into a stronghold impregnâ€" able against Russian attack from the sea or land, are coming in from difâ€" ferent sources. According to the latest despatches, a decisive part in the Russian operations was played by the Black Sea fleet, which, after a severe Lombardment of the city and the destruction of the great Turkish shore battcries, landed a considerable A despatch from Petrograd sayst â€"â€"Details of the surprisingly swift Russian descent upon Trebizond and of the strategy that forced the Turkâ€" Ish dof*nders; precipitately to abonâ€" Troops From Warships Were Landed West of the City. Ottoman Shore Batteries Destroyed. TREBIZOND GARRISON ABANDONED _ GUNS AND OTHER BOOTY wWOMEN IN MANY TRADES Total New Lecture Scheme.; COME TO CANADA. FOR FISCAL YEAR. $882,872,502 $542,043,563 $741,610,953 141,261,549 $564,480,998 $289,332,729 252,710,834 "I am going to teach him French, and some day I mean to ask him to be naturalized. You will see that he will say ‘Yes.‘" "Since that day we are one for life and death. We are as inseparable as the Siamese twins; he never leaves me for a moment, following me like my shadow, when I go out at meals, even on to the battlefield. "He raised his eyes toward me; all their former hate and fury had died away, and now they said, ‘You are good. You have given me these preâ€" cious relics of him who is no more. Do not be afraid. Take off my muzzle. I no longer hate you!‘ "I undid it and gave him some waâ€" ter. The veterinary saw to his leg and put it in splints, A libtle later I brought him a large bow! of soup, which he took with rapture. 1 added some dellcacies that had just come from the station. Would Not Leave His Dead Master Without Force. "We were in the Woevre, in the heart of a forest," writes a French officer in a letter that is translated in the London Spectator. "The enemy had decided to make a bold dash for our mitrailleuses. At eleven o‘clockâ€" the night was pitch darkâ€"thinking to surprise us, they sent forward two companies with fixed bayonets, but, although they moved almost noiseâ€" lessly, the keen ears of my Colonials ; had detected them. "My bedroom is relatively comfortâ€" able, for it has two bedsâ€"two wooden boxes filled with straw! With a hosâ€" pitable wave of my hand I pointed to the vacant bed. He got into it withâ€" out delay. I laid the helmet and sword beside him and passed my hand gently over his head and back. Beâ€" hold! He gratefully wagged his tail! "After the sad task was over I pickâ€" ed up the officer‘s helmet and sword, let my prisoner smell them, and politeâ€" ly asked him to accompany me to my forest home: He consented, no doubt because these things had belonged to his beloved master, and limped along beside me. "I spoke to the dog in a friendly voice; he looked at me sideways, and I heard a most discouraging, deep growl. So I ordered my men to bury the body. The dog threatened to atâ€" tack them, and I had to use a lasso, like a common dog catcher, and muzâ€" zle the animal. "In the morning a German lieuâ€" tenant lay dead; beside him a magniâ€" ficent sheep dog was painfully balancâ€" ing himself on three legs and whining softly; he seemed to have forgotten the pain of his own broken leg, for from time to time he licked the wound that had killed his master. "It did not last long; in two or three minutes my guns had sent them such a deluge of bullets that they faded away like a dream. GREEKS MASSACRED IN BIG TURK CITIES stantinople and Smyrna. A despatch from London says: Wholesale massacres of Greeks at Adrianople, Constantinople and Smyrâ€" na are reported in a Saloniki despatch to the Morning Post. "In Adrianople and Demotica, Turks and Bulgarians acting together," says the despatch, "killed 400 and wounded 300 Greeks after pillaging their houses. In the Smyrna district several Greek vilâ€" lages were raided, 200 persons being killed and many wounded. Constanâ€" tinople was likewise the scene of serious massacres, no figures pertainâ€" ing to which," adds the correspondâ€" ent, "are available. All the masâ€" sacres occurred on April 11." » Trebizond never before surrendered to Russians arms, although it was threatened from Baiburt in 1829, and the moral effect of the victory, it is considered here, will be enormous. For centuries Trebizond has been the chief trading centre for Asia Minor with the important caravan routes into the interior of Turkey and Persia. "That getâ€"richâ€"quick man is as busy a large number of the latest type Gerâ€" man heavy guns, was left behind, for since the fall of Erzerum, Trebizond has been the chief base and provisionâ€" ing centre for the Turks operating in this theatre. With the fall of Trebizond the Turks lost the second of their two principal fortified points in Asia Minor, and will in the future have to depend solely upon improvised deâ€" fences and the natural difficulties of the country to prevent the westward sweep of the Russian Caucasian armies. panied ky a steady bombardment from the sea. As soon as the Turks witnessed the Russians preparations to land beyond Trebizond they gave up all resistance and scattered pell mell in the two diâ€" rections open to themâ€"one, the route along the coast, and the other, the road southâ€"west toward Erzingan. Trebizond contained a garrison of between 50,000 and 60,000. A considâ€" erable amount of war booty, including A DOG IN THE TRENCHES. Ever Meet One? anople, Conâ€" \to $1.19%. Cornâ€"No. 8 yellow, 77 \ to 78c. Oatsâ€"No. 83 whits, 43c. to 43%e¢. _ Flourâ€"Unchanged. â€" Branâ€" |$18.75 to $19. Duluth, April 25.â€"Wheatâ€"N>. 1 northern, $1.15% to $1.17%; lio. 2 northern, $1.125% to $1.145%. Winnipeg, April 25.â€"Cash pricesâ€" Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.15%; No. 2, do., $1.11%; No. 3, do., $1.07%; No. 4. $1.05%; No. 5, 96%c¢; No. 6, 885%c¢; feed, 83%c. Oatsâ€"No. 2 C,. W., 46% ; No. 8, do., 44%4¢; extra No. 1 feed, 44%4¢; No. 1 feed, 42%c; No. 3, do., 42¢c. Barleyâ€"No. 3, 68¢; No. 4, 58e; rejected, 55¢; feed, 55¢c. Flaxâ€" No. 1 N.â€"W.C., $1.87%; No. 2, C.W., $1.84% i Montreal, April 25.â€"Cornâ€"Ameriâ€" can No. 2 yellow, 86 to 87¢c. Oatsâ€" Canadian Western, No. 2, 54l4e; No.‘ 3, 5b8c; extra No.1 feed, 58¢; No. 2 local white, 50% to b51c; No. 8 local white, 49% to 50¢c; No. 4 local white,| 48%4 to 49c¢c. _ Barleyâ€"â€"Manitoba feed,’ 68 to 71¢c; malting, 75 to 77c. Flour[ â€"â€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.60; seconds, $6.10; strong bakers‘, $5.90; Winter patents, choice,| $6.00; straight rollers, $5.30 to $5.40;| do. bags, $2.45 to $2.50. Rolled oats‘ â€"Bbis, $5.10 to $5.20; do bags, 90 lbs., | $2.40 to $2.45. Bran, $24. Shorts,| $26. Middlings, $28 to $30. Mouillie, $30. to $85. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car| lots, $20.50 to $21. Cheesoâ€"Finest westerns, 18% to 18%c¢; finest eastâ€"‘ erns, 17% to 18¢. _ Butterâ€"Choicest creamery, 33 to 38%4c; seconds, 30 to 31%4e. Eggsâ€"Fresh, 25 to 26¢c. Poâ€" tatoesâ€"Per bag, car lots, $1.75 to $1.80 . | Potatoesâ€"Car lots of Ontario $1.65 to $1.70, and New â€" Brunswicks at $1.80 to $1.85 per bag, on track. Poultryâ€"Chickens, 21 to 22¢; fowls, 18 to 20¢; ducks, 24 to 25¢; turkeys, 25¢c. Beansâ€"$4. to $4.40, the latter for handâ€"picked. Cheeseâ€"Large, 19¢; twins, 19%¢c. Maple syrupâ€"$1.40 per Imperial gallon. Je Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, 29 to 33¢; inferior, 25¢; creamery prints, 35 to 36¢; solids, 33 to 34c. Honeyâ€"Prices in 10 to 60â€"lb. tins, 13% to 14¢c. Combsâ€"No. 1, $2.75 to $3; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40. Eggsâ€"New laid, 24¢; do., in carâ€" tons, 25 to 26c. Manitoba flourâ€"First patents, jute bags, $6.50; second patents, jute bags, $6.00; strong bakers‘, jute bags, $5.80, Toronto. Millfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montâ€" real freightsâ€"Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per ton, $26; good feed flour, per bag, $1.60 to $1.70. Ontario flourâ€"Winter, according to sample, $4.15 to $4.25, track Toronto; $4.30 to $4.40, bulk seaboard, prompt shipment. Ryeâ€"No. 1 commercial, 90 to 91¢; rejected, according to sample, 86 to 88c, according to freights outside. Barleyâ€"Malting, 62 to 63¢; feed, 59 to 62¢., according to freights outside. Buckwheatâ€"69 to 70c¢. according to freights outside. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 1 commercial, $1.00 to $1.02; No. 2 commercial, 98c. to $1.00; No. 8 commercial, 95 to 97¢; feed wheat, 86 to 88c¢, according to freights outside. Breadstuffs. Toronto, April 25.â€"Manitoba wheat â€"No. 1 Northern, $1.13%; No 2 Northern, $1.12%; No. 3 Northern, $1.08%, in store Fort William. Filling the Dinner Pail of a Machine Gun. A machine gun to do effective w ork must be well fed. Therefore it is necessary to see to it that its dinner pail be well filled when it goes into action. The men in the photo have t he task of seeing that the "dinner pails," cartridge belts, are Alled with shells. Note the size of the belt. Markets of the World 0; United States Markets. Montreal Markets Winnipeg â€" Grain Country â€" Produce. in in in The good impression at the start had much to do with the later developâ€" ments, and the diplomatic obseryers concluded that the Russians had sucâ€" ceeded in renewing some of the war amenities of the Middle Ages, when the victorious â€" generals tfi:tributed presents along their way to dissipate fears and assure a welcome, _ With the greetings concluded, the| commanderâ€"inâ€"chief ordered the motorâ€" | vans to enter the royal court, and as | the Shah looked on he saw the vans| bring forth a.great assemblage of | Russian dancers, male and female, but | chiefly female, in gay dresses and | spangles, all in the picturesque garb | of the East. These, the commanderâ€" inâ€"chief made known, were a present to the Persian ruler, to be incorporâ€" ated into the royal seraglio. It was a novel and welcome present, "thbe dancers soon displayed their charms, and every one, from the ruler down to the plain people, was enthusiastle over the coming of the Russians, The next Russians were headed by the commanderâ€"inâ€"chief of the Russian forces operating in that section. He was a typical Cossack, born on the steppes north of the Caspian; a huge man in furs with a bearskin hat. Back of his automobile was a line of huge autovans. These vans excited the wonder and fears of the populace, as likely to let loose some new device of Russian terror. The commanderâ€" inâ€"chief proceeded direct to the palace of the Shah, where an audience was given amid doubts and apprehensions. The first Russians to arrive at. Teâ€" heran were a large party of ofiicers on their way further forward to the front. They were in fine automobiles, strikâ€" ingly dressed and well equipped. They went to the best hotels, spent money freely, paid in full and a little extra for their elaborate demands, and then proceeded, leaving the people to think that the coming of the Russians might not be so bad for the drooping finances of Teheran. The Persians were greatly exercised when they first heard the Russians were sweeping down from the North. The terror of the Cossacks spread ahead of them, and the people looked forward to having their throats cut in a general era of massacre. The coming of the Russians was awaited with gravest apprchension. Bring Dancers Instead of Knouts to the People. The French Minister at Teheran, Persia, has written a letter just reâ€" ceived in diplomatic quarters in Lonâ€" don, which throws a sidelight on some of the novel phases of warfare at that remote scene of action. The Minister has the reputation of being a wit, and he sees the humorous as well as the serious side of the scene about him. Montreal, April 25.â€"Choice steers $9 to $9.25; good at $8.50 to $8.75, and the lower grades from that down to $7.25, while butchers‘ cows brought from $6.25 to $8, and bulls from $6.50 to $8.50 per 100 lbs. Yearling and spring lambs, $11.70 to $12 per 100 lbs. and the latter at $5 to $12 each,‘ as to size and quality. _ Sheep $7.50| to $8.50 per 100 lbs. _ Calves 8c. to 9c per lb., and the lower grades at 4%4c. to 5%&e. _ Hogs selected, $12 to $12.25 per 100 lbs., weighed off cars. ' THE RUSSIANS IN PERSIA. Live Stock Markets. must be filling their nnd?q:: to strengthen their parapets agains> shell fire, * "Then my heart gives a sudd:= terâ€" rilfle Jump! For here‘come a varty of * Germans right tov@rd m+. o~ their way back fror petroling No Man‘s Land! ’ "Darkness again, and the wind sighing over our heads. Quickly one 'realizes how deceptive the eyes can be for night work. Nerves are at the "highelb tension. You see wooden posts move and bend. Some men will even hear them whispering in German! ‘ Dead Lie Thick. "After a time I press forward, on through the kneeâ€"high grass of No Man‘s Land. It is a thrilling experiâ€" ence, this exploring of ground where battles have been fought for many a long month and where the dead lie thick. I fell forward three times over the bodies of slain comrades! Though the soaring star shells light up the scene brilliantly, lying flat like this, I am not out of sight of the enemy. "Now § can l;‘elr the G ns digâ€" gnctly. am close to their t:encl\u. ome one is calling out names ravnidly â€"probably a sergeant distributing the mails. Some one is playins # mouthorgan. The ring of spade: ang the thud! thud! of pickaxes come from behind the trench. The c my | _ "Crouching low in our shell hole, | we strain our eyes to pierce the darkâ€" ‘ness. Suddenly my arm is gripped |tight.ly. I overcome the desire to shout, but cold perspiration breaks out on my forehead. No need to fear \â€"it only Johnson, my companion, and ‘See that figure in front," he whispers. "Tightly I grip my riflie, ready to club the suspect, and in tense expectâ€" ancy we await his approach. For surely he has seen us? Then a flare goes up, and in its horrible greenish light a post is revealed, to which reâ€" mains of barbed wire, shattered by shells, still cling. Only that, and noâ€" thing more! "I strain my eyes again. Yes, there‘s a dark, motionless shape only a few yards ahead! close to dawn. The Germans are not unlikely to attack, and our business is to see that they do not take us by surprise. We do not expect to use our rifles. We have to use our eyes and ears, especially our ears, to detect any movement of the enemy. If we see him advancing, we must report to our comrades in the trenches without a second‘s delay. j "Going out to the ‘listening post‘ is I passes, Now we can see each other‘s the next best adventure to a charge," faces, pale in the cold light of mornâ€" ‘a cheery corporal informed me toâ€"day. s ing. Trailing our arms and bending "I shall never forget one night of it l0w,» h\t & ‘"l(;’ l:'“'h'“'e are over our I had! A wisp of moon was glimâ€" Parapetsâ€"and home! mering in a veil of mist when three of | "The long night is over and duty ‘us set out. The Germans had begun at the ‘listening post‘ is done. their nightâ€"long display of star lhells,! somemmmutedfpreys mss lighting up the scene in silvery radiâ€"<| BULLET IN HEART FOR YEAR. ance. Their rifles uttered vicious | bomlatw :WhiP'CNCkB continually. We heard French Sergeant, Wounded in Battle ‘the whizz of a bullet overhead, or the of the Marne, Recovers. angry hum of a spinning â€"ricochet. # e With a friendly leg up to the parapet, .. After carrying a tenâ€"gram, oneâ€" we scrambled over as fast as we|third ounce shrapnel bullet in his could. It would not do to be seen in;he"" for a year, a French sergeant the light of a flare, for German snip. WAs Operated on, and toâ€"day is in ers miss few good targets. good health,. The case was reported . \to the Academy of Science. The Wait in Hole. | sergeant was wounded in the battle " ‘Crackâ€"crackâ€"crackâ€"crack!‘ in a of the Marne and lay unconscious on breathless stutter from a machinne the battlefield for 24 hours. He finalâ€" gun. The bullets whisblg and hit the ly was sent to a hospital in Nimes, parapet behind us with a mighty;and apparently recovered from 'hlu \%'ha?k! flHn\}"e htihe Germ;ns :fien :s? 'wound. Later manifesting ab(}ommul e lie flat, holding our breath. ‘Are troubles he was operated on for apâ€" you two all right?‘ I whisper to the | pendicitis. men behind. |\ _ Grave heart trouble developed, and "Slowly we creep forward another a radio examination revealed a proâ€" 20 yards to a hole torn by a shell. jectile lodged in the ';ight ventricle. This is to be our listening post till| The bullet was extracted successfully Troops Brought From Gaillipoli Annihilated â€" Hundreds of Ottoman Dead Left on Fleld. sian army advancing from Erzerum gained an important victory. In the region of Aschkala, west of Erzerum, the Russian troops by a night assault carried a chain of high hills which had been strongly organized. _ They captured four Turkish officers and more than 120 men. _ The enemy left DANGERS OF THE LISTENING POST A despatch from Petrograd says : | hundreds of dead â€"While the northern armies of the enemy elements Grand Duke were completing the conâ€" | cg:?llytb‘;‘wgh‘:_lf ® quest of Trebizond the other R\;s-ff':ml‘:.e..."\:.‘: e "For wits that go wool gathering meet with disaster. And enemy snipâ€" ers are ever watching and waiting for them. It means a risk of being ambushed and killed silently with cold steel. On the other hand, it may mean capâ€" turing a reconnoitring enemy and bringing him in triumphantly, with a possible reward in the form of a week‘s home leave or the much covetâ€" ed D. C. M. Though occasionally we hear of the staleness and monotony of trench life, there is nothing in the least monotonous in the work of the night outpost. If he regards it as merely monotonous and lets his wits grow drowsy at the job, then, as some Tommy or other aptly puts it, he‘s liable to "get the wooden cross." Snipers Are Always on the Alert Against Guards Who Watch Enemy. Perhaps no strain is greater on the average soldier than when he takes his turn, under cover of night, ab the "listening post." For he must clamâ€" ber over the parapet of the fire trench into the hidden dangers of No Man‘s Land, and creep cautiously in snake fashion among long grass and deathâ€" smelling shell holes, where enemy snipâ€" ers and enemy scouts are sure to be lurking, writes Ellen Adair from Lonâ€" don in the Philadelphia Ledger. NEXT TO A CHARGE CONTAINS GREATEST DANGERS. ARMENIAN CHAIN OF HLS CAPTURED BY THE RUSSIANS "In the hotels there are only two days in a week upon which a la carte dishes may be had. . The restaurants and hotels there are always crowded, however." "There is an evidence of commerâ€" cial depression everywhere in Gerâ€" many. There is such a lack of men for one reason. Here is some of the iron money they are making in the form of the former small silver. It is forbidgdcn to bring the iron money out of the country, but those five and ten pfennig pieces were mixed with other change and overlooked. "In Berlin it is pitiful to see the poor, brokenâ€"down horses used to draw the cabs. ‘French Sergeant, Wounded in Battle of the Marne, Recovers. |\ _ After carrying a tenâ€"gram, oneâ€" ‘third ounce shrapnel bullet in his ‘heart for a year, a French sergeant | was operated on, and toâ€"day is in |good health. The case was reported ‘to the Academy of Science. The !serceant was wounded in the battle of the Marne and lay unconscious on the battlefield for 24 hours. He finalâ€" ly was sent to a hospital in Nimes, “and apparently recovered from his iwound. Later manifesting abdominal troubles he was operated on for apâ€" pendicitis. Grave heart trouble developed, and ‘"When I crossed the border into Germany they searched me most thoroughly," he said. "All the Ameriâ€" cans I met said their talks with others going in and out of Germany showed that Americans are searched more rigidly at the border than anyâ€" one else. "Then comes a blessed silence, save \for the mewing of those cats. Time 'pnsses. Now we can see each other‘s |faces, pale in the cold light of mornâ€" !ing. Trailing our arms and bending low, in a wild rush we are over our | parapetsâ€"and home! American Traveller Says Lack of Men is Everywhere Evident. W. H. Brown is in New York after a trip through Germany. In January, 1915, the same military surgeon, Dr. Beaussenot, removed a grenade splinter from another solâ€" dier‘s heart. in September, 1915, and a year after the battle of the Marne, and the heart was sutured or sewed together. hundreds of dead on the field. Some enemy elements which had been reâ€" cently brought from Gallipoli were anâ€" nihilated, while the other Turkish troops which participated in the fight sustained heavy losses through the Russian fire and bayonet charges. In the Black Sea a Russian subâ€"} marine, although aitacked by an enâ€"| emy airman, succeeded in sinking a| steamer and a sailing ship near the SoLD BY ALL . entrance of the Bosphorus under a | w heavy fire from the Turk batteries. | "As in a dream I hear their reâ€" treating footsteps, and I am alone againâ€"saved! Cold sweat breaks out all over me. Quickly I am off to join my two companions at the rear. They, too, are shivering, but with cold, not fear. "The night wind whistles as the steps grow nearer, nearer. Yes, they have seen me. I must wait till a bayonet pins me to the ground, or till I am seized and made prisoner. No escape now! Resistance would be absurd. The whole course of my past life runs past me in a panorama of quiet events. How soon will I feel the sting of cold steel through me? How soon ? "‘What an unpleasant odor!‘ says the foremost German. ‘Where‘s the corpse, d‘ye think?‘ "‘Here‘s the body,‘ says another, half bending over me. *‘Wonder if he‘s really killed *‘ "I am nervous and excited, but not afraid. My death seems a fantastic, impossible thing. "‘Come onâ€"leave the corpse alone,‘ says the first. ‘I‘m dead tired, and want to get back to the dugâ€"out.‘ "A sudden terrific fire from German machine guns warns us to lie flat again. We‘re near the trenches now â€"yet this may be the end. Over our heads the wild blast goesâ€"the star shells shoot up rapidly. "For fifteen minutes the firing goes on without pause. Apparently the enemy fear we shall creep over to atâ€" tack them at the hour of dawn. "Far off a cat is mewing dismally. Perhaps the poor creature is woundâ€" ed? Hundreds of such, gone wild, haunt this dreary No Man‘s Land, livâ€" ing on field mice, and, distrustful of cruel humanity, refuse to come near. vigour is a tew doses of a rclable FOR THE digestive tonic and stomachic remâ€" STOMACH AND LIVER | «3y such as Mother Seigel‘s Syrup, Take it after each meal for a few gays and note how beneficial is its action upon the stomach, liver and bowelsâ€" how it restorcnnionc and healthy activity to these important organs, and by so doing enables you to gain new stores of vigour, vitality and health, When your head is dull and heavy, your tongue furred doneâ€"up and good for nothing, without knowing what matter with you, probably all that is needed to restore you AN â€"1DEAL TONIC SEIGCGEL‘S SYRUP DEPRESSION IN The new 1.00 size contains ihree times as much as the trial size GERMANY ONTARIO ARCHIVES sold at 50c per bottle MoOoOTHER The advertising columns of the big , daily newspapers, however, show little falling off in the mumbers of persons t seeking this gate of entry into matriâ€" mony, and no diminution of the inâ€" | delicacy employed in describing their , wants. In the Berliner Tageblatt of last Sunday three or four columns , were occupled with those advertiseâ€" , ments. Here is one of these: "Bertha | Grunberg seeks marriage for a count. + The count is a widower, 44 years, Protestant, of very respectable um‘ ’hnndsomo appearance, and owner of large entailed estates. Also for & ‘count. Rhenish Prussian, 27 years, very rich,. Also for a professor, a ; manufacturer, bank directors and : merchants. In all cases the ladies | must be the possesssors of correspondâ€" | ing fortunes." From the published statistics of various large towns in Germany it is seen the war has very unfavorably influenced the marriage rate, In Berâ€" lin, between March and December, 1915, the number of marriages was over 20 per cent. below the number for the corresponding period of 1914, and 25 per cent. below that of 1913. In Frankfurt 1915 fell behind 1014 by 80 per cent.; in Hamburg, 82 per cent.; in Dresden, 32 per cent.; in Breslau and Leipzig, 85 per cent. Munich seems to have the lowest rate, namely, 45 per cent. below the figures for 1914. In Munich in 1915 Weddings Were 45 Per Cent. Below 1914. Mr. Edward Coryton Englebach, lessee of the Lyric Theater, was found dead in his chair in his study at his residence in St. John‘s Woood. Mr. Henry James Cape, M. A., has been apointed headmaster of the Royal Grammar School at Colchester from nearly 100 candidates, In order to encourage economy smoking is now prohbited in the police stations in the Metropolitan areas. Nearly 400 past and present memâ€" bers of University College, Reading, are serving with the naval and miliâ€" tary forces. The London and Northâ€"Western Railway Company are engaging girls as engine cleaners at their sheds at Crewe. The Severn has been restocked in the past year with 40,000 general fish, turned down principally in the Worâ€" cester district. The British Industries Fair is to be continued as an annual event, under the auspices of the Board of Trade. Sir Arthur W. Chapman has been reâ€"elected chairman and Mr. C. B. Edgar viceâ€"chairman of Surrey County Council. Eight cases of smallpox have been notified in the Manchester and Salâ€" ford districts, two of which have proved fatal. The Great Northern station at Holloway, which was closed to the public last September, is now being pulled down. NEWS FROM ENGLAND Lord Newton has assumed control of the Publicity Department and the department relating to the Prisoners of War. Mr. Edward Wright, town clerk of Lewisham, has resigned dwing to illâ€" health, after more than 40 years pubâ€" lic service. The Thames Conservancy is to pay the income tax of its clerks and deâ€" duct it by monlthly instalments from their salaries. After 37 years‘ service, the Rev. F. W. Matthews has retired from the post of secretary to the British and Foreign Sailors‘ Society. Sir Alfred H. Keogh, Directorâ€"Genâ€" eral of the Army Medical service, has been admitted to the freedom of the city of London. It is stated that the canvas of woâ€" men for agricultural work in the West Lancashire villages is yielding a poor response. Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Commerâ€" clal World. NEWSs BY MAIL ABOUT 10OH®N BULL AND HIS PEOPLE MARRIAGE RITE IN GERMANY. SqLD BY ALL SHOFE DEALERS wnfiflua‘m[{m and you is really to health Al t