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he hig syâ€" ty= mg@ g&o ert ited He asy at~ ful ced 1d ot ha any he the all, TG light, they sent us out on an earlier day than originally set." "Funny," said the officer. \"I didn‘t get any report of it." Traitors in the Ports. This is an astounding example of m intelligence system employed by Pruss‘ans in their war against "I know," replied the second mate; "but they finished our repairs ahead of time, and, as we were to travel "The Southland," replied the second mate, "from Liverpool to New York." "Huh ?" asked the German. "The Southland ? Are you sure ? ‘ "Yes," said the steamship officer. ‘"That‘s odd," replied the German. "You weren‘t due to leave Liverpool for ancther week." "What ship vos dot ?" asked the gubmarine commander when his craft came up with the boat. Kicking up a spray five feet in the air, the submarine made her way to one of the lifeboatsâ€"that which conâ€" tained the second mate and twenty of the crow of the steamship. But their muse did not last long. Before the whirlpool caused by the slnking vessel had become caim again there appeared on the scene about a thousand yards away a periscopeâ€"unâ€" doubtedly the same that had bobbed up at the beginning of the action. An Eyeâ€"Opening Conversation. The periscope was stationary for a momentâ€"no doubt while the comâ€" mander was observing the destruction he had wroughtâ€"and then it came up further, finally revealing the outline of a Prussian submarine. The sea washed over her as she came to the surface. A little higher and a hatch leading to the interior of the craft was opened to allow a German head to‘ look into the open air. _ Out of thei hole, then, came half a dozen of a crew and an officer. ] The great ship was sinking rapidly. There was another shudder and a lurch, and then, as the lifeboats got about two hudnred yards away, the vessel was swallowed up by the water; first her decks, then her funâ€" nels and then the tops of the towerâ€" ing masts. The crew, glad to be alive, but wondering what would become of them, watched silently. All over the steamship the crew were adjusting life preservers; engiâ€" neers and stokers, some dressed only in shoes and trousers, were pouring out of the hold to a place of safety; gble seamen and stewards were lowerâ€" ing the lifeboats from the starboard side. _ The gunners, when the subâ€" marine submerged, leaving them without a target, saw a chance to get away with their lives. They dashed to the side, crawled over and slid down the ropes, burning their hands frightfully, but landing safely in the lifeboats, which already had been launched. With a great hole in her side, both above and below the water line, the Southland began to settle by the bow, and in four minutes was down sutâ€" ficiently to pull the still whirling proâ€" pellers out of the water, with a deafenâ€" ing noise. The Uâ€"Boat Submerges. In the hasty turning and the shock of being hit the gunners lost sight of the periscope for a minute, and the rain of shots fired went far from the mark. Seeing that the second torpedo had done its work, the submarine subâ€" merged in order to get out of the way of the gunfire. Then there was another white streak in the waterâ€"the wake of anâ€" other torpedo, which did not miss. There was an explosion at the water line on the port quarter, ripping a great hole in the side. The great vesâ€" sel gave a shudder and then lurched forward. Cet. Astern By this time the submarine‘s dareâ€" devil commander got the bearings and let go a torpedo at the steamship. Quickly the vessel swung round, with its nose toward the submarine, in orâ€" der to minimize the size of the tarâ€" get. The torpedo missed twenty feet wl it mtne c iss ihins Socciincs a closer to the periscope, but still missâ€" ing. of the gun crewywere at their posts beside the pnu{r' ammunition on the deck, shells and powder charges, and ready to fight to the last. "Bangâ€"gâ€"g" roared the gun. But the shot missed, bounding and rebounding along on the water beyond the target. Periscopes in the most favorable circumstances are hard to hit. In an instant the naval gun pointers aboard the steamship, which was runâ€" ning at full speed through the war zone, had found the target. The rest Prussian Agents Are Keeping _Uâ€" Boat Commanders Advised of Shipping Movements. Up came the periscope out of the choppy, roling sea, to take a look A&round. The thing was painted white, to resemble the top of a wave and to conceal itself in the mist that hung heavily over the ocean. But the trained "spotters," stationed on the bridge and all over the decks of the Southland, were quick enough to see the periscope when it appeared. "Submarine! Port quarter !" called the captain on the bridge. "Fire !" commanded the chief of the gun crew. SPY SYSTEM OF A REMARKABLE ILLUSTRATION OF ITS WORKING. k "Bangâ€"bang !" went the gun again, a charm to the appearance. choice handkerchiefs, etc. _ It gives a soft and dainty stiffness which adds Water in which rice has been boiled may be used for starching old lace, | _ Longest flights over water, across lMeduemnun and Baltic Seas and American Great Lakes. ' Longest oneâ€"day trip, Berlin to Paris _ There were 6,000 licensed aviators in Europe, of which France had 2,000 and England 700, with 7,000 students in military aviation schools. The preâ€" paredness of France in aviation in years to come will be regarded equally as important in turning back the Hun in the memorable "Onâ€"toâ€"Paris" dash of 1914 as the quick mobilization of French artillery and infantry bo-‘ fore Von Kluck‘s right wing. The advance from 1908 to 1913â€"half the decade in which the airplane has made its wonderful advanceâ€"brought out some of the following records: Speed, 125 miles an hour. Endurance, fourteen noâ€"stop hours. Altitude, 21,000 feet. Longest tours, Paris to Petrograd and back, and Paris to Cairo. Crossâ€"country flying was being popuâ€" larized just before the war broke out. Some of the flights in 1913 included trips between Petrograd and Paris, many flights between Paris and Lonâ€" don, a dozen fiights across the Sahara Desort. France was carrying mail by airpianes. It was estimated that some 200,000 passengers were carried in flights monthly. Beforeâ€"theâ€"War Progress in Aviation Made by European Nations. Right from the beginning the aerial ’adenmts perceived the value of the airplane as a war asset. Five years ago, when the nations were not dreamâ€" ing of the proximity of the World Warâ€"with the exception of Germany â€"the nations began equipping themâ€" selves with the aircraft for military: purposes. In 1913 the nations of Europe and Asia were stocking up, while the United States looked on. France had something like 800 airâ€" planes and two dozen dirigibles. It ranged on down the line to Japan, with fifty airplanes and half a dozen dirigibles. But now we have the German solâ€" diers generally called "Boches," or ‘"Boneheads," and certainly not as a term of endearment. The appellation "Hun," which one sees in print freâ€" quently, also is a term of reproach and means that the German‘s presâ€" ent warfare and tactics savor of the barbarity of the Huns, who under Attila, came near overrunning Europe and destroying civilization. There were many of the Huns left in the reâ€" gion that has since become Germany, but the German people, as a people, are not descendants of the Huns. The British are called "Tommies" because of a ficitious popular British soldier made immortal in verse and given the name "Tommy Atkins." During the American Civil War the Union troops were called "Yanks," as an abbreviation of the word Yankee," and the Confederates were called "Johnny Reds," from "rebel." But never was there bitterness or sarcasm in the terms. As a general rule, nicknames given to soldiers are not unkindly. The French soldier is called "poilu," which means hairy, because in the early French wars the soldiers had no opâ€" portunity to shave, or have their hair cut, and when they returned from the army, they had a rough, hairy, unâ€" couth appearance. But there was nothing unkindly in calling them "poilu." in playing ten pins.' But jusit‘l_w; 'l; came to be applied to the German solâ€" diers we do not know. Why the Term "Hun" is Frequently Applied to the Germans. The term "Boche," as applied to the German soldiers, isn‘t a complimenâ€" tary one, nor anything new. It is an old term in France, and means "thickâ€" headed." It is about equivalent to the American term "boneâ€"head." In fact, the word comes from the Italian "boccia," and means a round ballrotrexceptlonally hard wood used There is no way of learning definiteâ€" ly, but it is a thousand to one bet that the British Secret Service already is at work on the case to locate the perâ€" son who obtained the information and the method by which it was conveyed to the enemy. Evidently the Prussians had someâ€" body in the portâ€"somebody trusted by the owners of the vesselâ€"who made every effort to conceal her movementsâ€"who reported in some underground way her intended clearâ€" ance. Such a person must be someâ€" body whose record is outwardly spotâ€" less, for the news about the moveâ€" movements of ships is guarded like diamonds and gold. the morchfnt shipping of the worldâ€" that the steamship he had sunk, the Southland, which was one of the best known of the Red Star line, had been laid up for repairs. He knew she would clear soonâ€"he even know the date originally set. But he had not reâ€" ceived a "report" of her steaming. Something apparently went wrong with the Kaiser‘s intelligence system for the instant. not only that of the allied countries, but of the neutrals as well, those which are daring enough to continue to trade with the enemies of Prusâ€" slianism. ‘The commander of the luâ€"‘- marine in some mysterious way knew WHAT "BOCHE" MEANS AIR PREPAREDNESS. A West county yeomanry contingent was adopted in the thick of a fight near Fortuin in May by a black cat, which survived a bombardment that killed many men, and has since lived sumptuously in billets with an identiâ€" fication disc around its neck. There have been instances of lost dogs and cats actually venturing into the British trenches during an enâ€" gagement. Some of them lived in cotâ€" tages near the firing lineâ€"long since destroyedâ€"and clung to the remnants of their homes; others strayed a long distance. A nondescript dog, with an Armentieres address on his collar, turned up near Wytchaete early one morning, spent the day with a Terriâ€" torial battalion, disappeared at dusk and was never seen again. . Cats do not care whether they are shelled or "machined" as long as they have a dry corner and food when they are hungry. Pampered Regimental Mascots Live on the Fat of the Land. Bombardments affect different aniâ€" mals in different ways. Dogs, as a rule, show great distress when shells burst near them and howl piteously. On the other hand, they have been known to dash along the front of a trench during infantry fire, barking and apparently enjoying the noise. i Merchant shipping destroyed by mines or torped Retained or captured by the enemy........ ... s Interned vessels seized by the United States . . Interned vessels elsewhere a percentage of wh DCCH SOURCOL .+ i4..rr.ss.crinastyl=s ca bt I 1 Regimental mascots appear to have Neutrals . .. 59 Dreadnoughts . ...... Battlegshlps . ......... Battle cruisers ....... Armored cruisers .... CEUISCOKS . .i«i....s: .. Destroyers . ......... Torpedo boats ....... The total approximate cost to date .. Every day the war costs ........... Every hour the war costs ........... Every minute the war costs ......... Every secoond the war costs ........ British daily war expense ........... German daily war expense .......... U.S. daily war expense (first 100 days FFBNCB : . rxr1skrrÂ¥%sÂ¥1a‘s us 8,250 The Human Side. Number of men slain or died of wounds and disease Number of men wounded Chrrkrisintsss%s‘s tal% e u‘ga‘s Number of men. incapacitated for further service .. Number of prisoners taken ....,...... ... . w4 1# 4 Number of men now engaged in warfare . § +tÂ¥ xsY Number of nations in arms .............. ) «iy6. § Number of men available for service. , . . . s + 1+ ahy d The Financial Side. Russls ....... Serbia . ...... Belgium . .... Albanin . ....+ France . ...«.. German East Afroca .... German Southwest Africa Camercons. ..:.......1; German Pacific Colonies . Turkey :. Â¥i.....«ii.l1s.. Togolandâ€".:; . ... .« .. ... Galitl® :s« ..1}...1~.cÂ¥3. Bukowing‘,.;;,.;.;. cav Countries ‘ Chink ......¢+... Panama . .;......, Costa Rica ...... Brazit . ;:0...%,... United States .. Cuba . «.41 .++ Turkey .:....... Liberi® ..;....«. Russia . ... Germany . . Italy . ..»«......... . against. Rur_gnlr_)i! 1 +..........Against. France . ... Italy ...:...". Great Britain Serbia . ...... San Marino .. pAustria:. .. ...; Germany . ...... Germany . ...... Great Britain .... Ausifie . ....... Montenegro . ... Serbia . ..;>..... France . ........ Great Britain .... Montenegro . ... . Tapan .‘ss«s>4.. .. AKustrin .. :: ..: .. Ausitrin . ........ Russinâ€"...;...;., FrANCG ... .«+«««.. Great Britain .... TtRIY . . +1 r.re«r% ~THREE YEARS OF WORLD® Statistics Concerning the War to End of Third Yearâ€"Counting the Cost of the International Holocaust in Human _ Lives and Dollars and Cents. ANIMALS UNDER FIRE. Total : .;... [FO . s .‘.‘s id tadw ......%. EO : .. e ihoults .. +« .« cil NCc + +s.%%+r 0d isers .... 16 7 Mine layers ......... 5 CÂ¥ se +xx c« M 24 Monitors . .....:..... 1 i1++srse~s Cl 30 â€"â€"â€" S +:+1‘x+ 20 19 198 Losses in Merchant Shipping Feb. 18, 1914 Aug. 1,1915, Aug. 1, 1916, to to * to July 1, 1915 July 31, 1916 July 1, 1917 _ Total Ships Tons Ships Tons Ships Tons Ships l o r@im c 0 d 9cV uies 9 $ Sn 77. OOURiptres Aniiiiipere s es CA tes.......against..........Germuny 4 ...........against..........Germany 4 c++........against..........United States 4 +++«......Against.......... Germany E ..........aglinst.......-..Germany « ntries That Have Broken With Germany and Her 4 «+++++...... Mch. 14, 1917 Bolivia . .............4 ««««...+....Ap‘l 7, 1917 Gautemala . .........4 v+++*«+sssspPI °4; 1917 _Chile . ........... . ‘A «++«+..+...Ap‘l 10, 1917 Enemy Country Occupied by Opposing Belligerents Entente Powers and Their Allies. Area in sq. miles ........ . Against. in .......against. «+.........Against. ....... . .Against,. ........ .Against. «........ Against. «........Against. .......Against,. ...... .Against. ...... . against. «.......against. ...... . against. .......Against. .......Against, .......Against. .. ... .. @gainst, ...... . Against. ...... . against. ...... . Against. ...... . against. ...... . Against, ...... . Against. ...... . against. ...... . against. .......against.. 896,000 Entente Central Allies Powers 15 10 518 777,000 2,364 3,183,500 3,146 German Shipping Losses. iÂ¥a‘ 7,700 Â¥i% 4,050 Germany and Her Allies. ... 101,700 Montenegr «.. _ 88,700 Rumania . + ++ +$1,100 WARRING NATIONS. First Year. Third Year. Second Year. «++++.. Turkey «++++. . Bulgaria «*+*++,. . Bulgaria «*+++,. . Bulgaria +++.+. . Bulgaria +++++,. . Bulgaria *k 4+ +. .Portugsl _tes," replied the _ storekeeper, pleasantly . 4 } "White ones ?" "Yes!" "Very well; I will take one pound, if you please." To that the storekeeper replied that his SONS WAEFB HOF fnm ambs "w.g C Mmis sons were not for sale, and tainly not by the pound. _ 7" »BAnish word for sons is hijos, and for figs, higos. â€" One can, thereâ€" fore, readily understand how the folâ€" Icwing conversation might have easily tuken place. _A lady went into a grocery‘ store in Porto Rico to buy, figs. The conversation translated inâ€" to English was as follows: "Have you any sons ?" "Yes.*> rabliul the > Sexiaell .. The Spanish word for sons is and for figs, higos. â€" One can, fore, readily underatand haw 41 Although the attempts of alien stuâ€" dents to thread the labyrinths of Engâ€" lish are sometimes adventures indeed, nevertheless it is the mistakes of Engâ€" lishâ€"speaking people who attempt to express themselves prematurely in other lmguu:ol that most amuse us. Gunboats . ...... Submarines . ... Auxiliaries . . ... Mine layers .... Monitors . ...... T upineiiirin s Arinafiicndc ic 2 live on the fat of the land and are made much of by the local inhabiâ€" tants. ‘The pampered terrier of a cerâ€" tain famous regiment of foot guards sat on the top of a transport wagon at the tail of the battalion and barked at all the civilian dogs he passed. the best time, for e of which have _ rikka‘ss a **«+«+:1+ 990 . .Germany Aug .. Central Powers Aug .. Germany Ap‘l .. Germany Ap‘l .. United States Ap‘l .. Germany Maj .. Germany July With Germany and Her Alli Bolivia ... â€".. 1;â€"... . +. &pI Gautemala . .........Ap‘l Phile . ... s««:... . ~MaYy Montenegro . ....... Rumanisa . ....... ... Land .. :.c.:ar«.. PISHCE .: . + : Lia‘s s + + xx Kiao Chau ......... Albanin. ..:., :+ :. Tyrol and Austrian torpedoes ..... 152 orkk is e s 5i4 5s +â€" $QJ 08 .++. rr1sr+« O1 Austria . Germany Austria Austria Germany Germany Japan Belgium Turkey Turkey Turkey Austria Austria 1,586 2,096,000 2,237 T78 1,087,590 909 Serbia Russia France Germany service syisi.rs%%.. The Pound of Flesh. evirerrsss 6 : KxÂ¥s ... 86 «s kkkk... 52 resirse@. 1 they stay in billets, To July 1, 1917. Ships _ Tonnage Entente Central Allies â€" Powers Tw . . 16 . 26 45 TORONTO Coast July 22, Allies. Ap‘l 14, Ap‘l 28, Aug. 27, Aug. 27, Ap‘l 6, Ap‘l 7 Ap‘l 19, May 9, Mch. Aug. 25, Aug. 28, Oct. 80, Nov. 5, Nov. 5, May, 24, May 24, Aug. Oct. Oct. Oct. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. of War July 28, 1$ Aug. 120,000,000 38,760,000 25,000,000 80,000,000 8,600,000 1,745,227 Declaration 5,000,000 12,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 24,000,000 4,856,590 Tonnage 8,072,500 1,284,090 452,000 807,000 595,773 1,200,910 Area in sq. miles Total 173,950 15, 16, 16, 19, 19, 194 10, 12 12. 1,072 5,100 1917 1917 1917 1916 1916 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1916 300 200 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1915 1915 calves" of beef breeds. Better agriculture, clean, tested seed, proper drainage and fertilizaâ€" tion were never so essential as at preâ€" sent. Every available acre should be There was an appreciative and perâ€" haps an envious silence, and then a voice from the back of the amphiâ€" theatre spoke. "Doctor," it asked, "how much do you charge a fellow for passing you. on the street ?" | "The best rewards,‘ he declared, "come of course to the established specialist. _ For instance, I charge twentyâ€"five dollars for a call at the residence, ten dollars for an office cunsultation, and five dollars for a t«lephone consultation." J In a confidential talk to a group of medical students, an eminent physiâ€" cian took up the extremely important matter of the maximum fee. ‘ When he landed his machine was literally shot to pieces. He received the D.S.0. for this and, I believe, has since been decorated again. On one of his flights over the Prusâ€" sian lines he encountered five maâ€" chines, one of which he disposed of. He got away from the rest, and, comâ€" ing on toward the Somme, ran into another group of Boches. Two of these he put out of business with a witherâ€" ing fire from his Lewis gun and then he executed a loop and started earthâ€" ward. His engine gave out, but he was just high enough to glide back over their lines and then to a point of safety near our lines. 4 curacy that the Prussirnxi‘;t:'un'-â€"l;:r;l‘y_ escaped annihilation. _ _In the Royal Naval Air Service! there is a young lieutenant, Murnyi Galbraith by name, with whom 0) once trained at the school at Dayton,f Ohio. Murray is a great big fellow who gave up a splendid future â€" his | father is one of the Canadian silver | kingsâ€"to go into the flying urvice.' He was sent to Dunkirk to do patrol | work for one of the monitors lying off the coast. Over at Ostend the Ptus-L sians had made their staff headquarâ€" ters in a certain hotel. Galbraith ' spotted this hotel and directed the | shellfire of the monitor with such ac-;' Exploits of Members of the Royal Canadian Flying Corps. 4 One of the most thrilling encounters I can recall is that of Captain Wood-’ house, who, accompanied by. another pilot, was out over the Prussian lines, says an officer of the Royal Canadian Flying Corps. One of the Prussians gave chase and opened fire. Wood-: house made believe that he had been hit, and his companion brought the machine down in a field. Immediately the Prussian, in one of the latest type | ’battle planes, made his h&h\‘ and went over to the other machine withâ€" out bothering to cover the pilot with‘ his revolver, Woodhouse meanwhile| lying as if dead. Suddenly he leaped up, jammed his revolve? under the‘ Boche‘s nose and marched him over to the big battle plane, got in after him‘ and with the gun against his ribs took | him back to our lines, a prisoner. | Later he returned and got the Pnu-{ sian machine.. Besides the machine ; there were some valuable papers takâ€" en, which proved very useful later. | tell you they are dross Beside the Final Honor of a simple Wooden Cross. â€"E. W. Hornung, in the London Times. Army‘s diadem Are the V.C. and the D.S.0., M.C., and D.C.M. But those who live to wear them will The tenants of the churchyard where the singing thrushes build Were not, perhaps, all paragons of promise well fulfilled: Some failedâ€"through Love, or Liquor â€"while the parish looked askance. Butâ€"you cannot die a Failure if you win a Cross in France! ‘ The brightest gems of Valor in the For them the Broken Columnâ€"in its â€" plot of unkempt grass; The tawdry tinsel garland safeguardâ€" ed under glass; And the Squire‘s emblazoned virtues, that would overweight a Saint, On the vault empaled in ironâ€"scaling red for want of paint. C C EC Moom NCE PTVMTY o EEERCC. Upstanding at attention they facethe| The truth of this statement was cannonade, â€" visibly demonstrated in a special in In appleâ€"pie alinement like Guardsmen terview which Sir Arthur gave to a on parade; |Dany Express representative, London, But Tombstones are Civilians who loll at St. Dunstan‘s Hostel for blinded or sprawl or sway | soldiers, of which he is the Head, on At every crazy angle and stage of bis return from the British battle line. slow decay. |For the first time a blind man has 'been able to give his impressions of For them the Broken Columnâ€"in its Actual warfare. A thrush sings in an oak tree, and from the old square tower . A chime as sweet and mellow salutes the idle hour; Stone crosses take no noticeâ€"but the little wooden ones Are thrilling every minute to the muâ€" sic of the guns! i Lo live the wide world overâ€"but when you come to die, A quiet English churchyard is the only place to lie!"â€" I held it half a lifetime, until through war‘s mischance "BUT YOU CANNOT DIE A FAILâ€" URE IFâ€"*» "Go live w the wpoden crosses that fret the fields of France. TWO AERIAL HEROES. The Scale. _ 7", 02 Conts, New DFunswick 5o conts;' Bpaghetti a flu' Quebec 34 cents; Ontario 83 cents; ths| tive. qualities prairie provinces 31 cents. Iu use them ‘I â€"The total production â€"of creamery|"}"" °; 3 SORg m Puint afmitl by :\ butter in Canada ‘f“t;”m li' returnod]Tone wellâ€"directed shot from the skies. |as 82,564,130 1b., of the value of $26,â€"| & {966,357, as compAred with 83,824,176 | {‘ Ib. of the value hof $24,368,636 in Dairying in Canada. 1915. Comparing the relative producâ€"‘ “‘tion of the provinces the production | hTh. t:t'l number of creameries and ’in 1916 is highest in Quebec with 84,â€" ©D°CS® i‘"“"” operating in Canada 328,275 lb. of the value of su,sw.us,gis" 1110 s reported by the Census and as compared with 24,680,109 lb., of the | tatistics Office as 3,446, including 998 value of $8,031,998 in Ontario. These, creameries, 1,813 cheese factories, 624 | two provinces together produce about| COmPined factories (cheese and butâ€" | 70 per cent. of the total creamery but. ter) and 16 condensed milk factories. ‘ter of Canada. Of the other proâ€" The total number of patrons contriâ€" 'vinces the production and value of buting to creameries and cheese facâ€" creamery butter in 1916 were in reln-!t“i“ during the year 1916 was 221,â€" |tive order as follows: Alberta 8,521,â€" 192, the deliveries of milk amounting ‘784 Ib., value $2,619,248; Manitoba 6,â€"| to 2,600,542,087 Ib. and of cream â€" to 574,510 lb., value $2,038,109; Saskatâ€" 157,620,636 ib. The two chief dairying ‘chewan 4,310,669, value $1,888.180;| provinces of the Dominion are Ontario Nova Scotia 1,586,679 lb., value $505,â€" and _ Quebec. _ Both manufacture 000; British Columbia 1,243,292, value Cheese and butter: in Ontario more $497,816; New Brunswick 709,032â€"1b., cheese is made than butter; in Queâ€" value $236,194; and Prince Edward Is. bec more butter is made than cheese. land 618,880 1b., value $184,164. ‘The In Ontario the total number of estabâ€" average price per !b. of creamery butâ€"| lishments operating in 1916 was 1,165 ter for all Canada works out to 33 "M the patrons numbered £7,825, cents in 1916 as compared with 30| Whilst in Quebec the establishments cents in 1915. By provinces in 1916 numbered 1,084 and the patrons 79,â€" the highest price was in British Col-‘ 145; so that the average number of umbia 42 cents and the lowest in Patrons per establishment was 75 in Prince Edward hlu:. 80 cents. In| Ontatio and 40 in the other provinces the price per 1b, : i ‘ for 1916 was as follows: Nova Scotia > 82 cents; New Brunswick 83 cents;| Spaghetti and macaroni have ns#it_ ;! ‘"Whenever there is a serious bomâ€" | bardment trenches. .ceaÂ¥ge to exist; | there are only shell holes and a few ;i dugouts. Vimy Ridge, which I visitâ€" $ ed, is a succession of shell holesâ€" lgsome large enough to put goodâ€"sized { houses in and lose them, others large ’»enough to make comfortable graves | for half a dozen horses. There is not another sight like it in the world. iThe subâ€"soil is churned up. j, When Boche Gets "Hell" "The night before I came away I | heard what is called drum fire in the idirection of Lens. It was a weird exâ€" perience. First of all you hear one. | gun, then two or three, then a few‘ | more, and then, quite suddenly, you . | hear a very quick tatâ€"tatâ€"tatâ€"tatâ€"tatâ€" ! tatâ€"tat, like a Maxium gun, except that \instead of the crackle of rifles you | hear the banging of big guns. Huns Know They‘re Beaten "The Germans know they are beatâ€" en, and they say so quite candidly. The prisoners we take are well beâ€" haved. I saw many of them making roads, and they worked very well inâ€" deed. I asked the camp commandant if any of them had attempted to esâ€" cape. ‘Escape!‘ he said. ‘Why, you couldn‘t drive them away." / "Everybody at the front is exâ€" tremely optimistic and thoroughly conâ€" vinced that we have the upper hand in every way. "‘Then this terrific ratâ€"tatâ€"tat mergâ€" ed in one indescribable roar. _ That meant that Brother Boche was just getting hell. | *"*To talk about going through ruined villages does not convey any impression because they are simply places where villages used to be. The land is scarred and covered here and there with wild poppies and mustard /n.nd scarlet pimpernels. , A Profound Respect | __"I have come back with a very good |impression of the warâ€"how it all | goes, and the organization, which is | wonderful. I have also a profound !roupect for the British armyâ€"not ‘ merely as a fighting force, but as a : business which is amazingly well conâ€" \ ducted. \ "I saw commanders of armies and many other important people, and saw hundreds of wonderful things. I inâ€" spected a German prison camp and had a good look at a ‘tankydrome‘â€" a marvellous placeâ€"a sniping school â€"most interestingâ€"a school of inâ€" struction for a really wonderful sysâ€" tem of locating guns by sound, and I visited ruined villages. When I reached France I found a mesi@ge from General Headquarters stating that I was to see everything I wanted to see, so in four crowded days I was able to go anywhere, see what I wanted and ask as many questions as I liked. "I know now the difference between a whizzâ€"bang and a bangâ€"whizz," said Sir Arthur, smiling. "When the bang comes first and the whizz afterwards you know it‘s your own shell. When the whizz comes first, then it‘s "the other fellow‘s. I had personal exâ€" perience of both. The truth of this statement was visibly demonstrated in a special inâ€" terview which Sir Arthur gave to a Daily Express representative, London, at St. Dunstan‘s Hostel for blinded soldiers, of which he is the Head, on Sir Arthur Pearson, Head of St. Dunâ€" stan‘s Hostel For Blinded Soidiers, Gives impressions of War. "Blind people learn to perceive withâ€" out seeing," said Sir Arthur Pearson, the redoubtable and resolute blind leader of the blind before leaving for a visit to the British front in France. A BLIND MAN â€" VISITS THE FRONT DESCRIBES THINGS HE * ON BATTLEFIELDS Production of Butter. Saw Wonderful Things he| In Ontario the total number of estabâ€" it | lishments operating in 1916 was 1,165 33| and the patrons numbered $7,825, 30| whilst in Quebec the establishments 16 numbered 1,084 and the patrons 70,â€" ,1-' 145; so that the average number of in | patrons per establishment was 75 in In | Ontario and 40 in o. | PC 1. _ tive. qualities equal. to flour. l“ use them in various ways. |\ _ The total number of creameries and | cheese factories operating in Canada in 1916 is reported by the Census and | Statistics Office as 8,446, including 998 | creameries, 1,813 cheese factories, 624 !cot’nbinod factories (cheese and butâ€" ter) and 16 condensed milk factories. bec more butter is made than cheese. In Ontario the total number of estabâ€" lishments operating in 1916 was 1,165 and the patrons numbered 8$7,825, In war it is not probable that the airplane eventually will compel uniâ€" versal peace. When you contemplate the development "of high explosives and of aviation you can well figure on the poss!bilities of bombs and airâ€" planes that when mixed together in deathâ€"dealing proportions will make it possible to destroy whole armies by one wellâ€"directed shot from the skies. r Nellie Bly‘s trip round the world in sixty days sounds like the journey of the snail in comparison with this Lonâ€" don prophecy. Yet, hatched in war time, when the science of aviation is directed solely to the maneuvers over the battlefields and incursions into the enemy‘s domain, this "dream" is not at all far fetched when paralleled with the achievements of aviation from its inception down to the present day. Spaghetti and macaroni have nutriâ€" It will take him to Bagdad in a day and a half and New York in two days. Constantinople will be reached in twentyâ€"four hours, Ceylon in two and threeâ€"quarter days, Tokio four and a half days, Sydney five days, Cape Town three and a half days and Vanâ€" couver three days." Cross Atlantic in Two Days. "A special airplane will enable the business man to leave London in the morning," said Mr. Thomas, "transâ€" act his business in Paris and be back in London again in time for dinner. We shall probably see, and very shortly after peace is declared, a realiâ€" zation of the prophecy of G. Holt Thomas, the English expert, who in an address a few weeks ago before the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain forecast a transatlantic line between New York and London making the trip in fortyâ€"eight hours at a total cost of about $1 a mile. ’ Nobody with any sense scoffs at what Orville Wright tells us toâ€"day. The European war has converted the profoundest skeptic and put the staunchest Doubting Thomas to rout. It seems not at all improbable, in view of the wonderful exploits of the "daredevils of the air" above the European battlefields, that these same men and boys, after the shouting and tumult of the mad conflict die, will have become so infatuated with the glories of the heavens they will cling to their biplanes and monoplanes and carry the rest of the world along to a new era of universal aviation. Toâ€"day the fate of the civilized world â€"the destiny of the democratic nations of the earth pitted against the autocratic powers of Prussian imâ€" perialismâ€"is bound up in the purr of the motor and the eagle wings of canâ€" vas that the Wright brothers first put together and propelled through the air ten years ago. make first appropriations for aerial experiments. than a decade ago, when Orville Wright and his lamented brother Wilâ€" burâ€"the men who gave wings to manâ€" kindâ€"said the conquest of the air was just at hand, their utterances were met with a good deal of skepticism and in some corners of the earth with scorn. It was a herculean task to get the Congress of the United States to He ought to know what he is talking about; and what he says ought to be taken as a solemn prediction of what may truly happen when Mars has asâ€" suaged his savage thirsts. Little more ’ Orville Wright, the American who made the first successful air ship, tells us that after the war fying will be the great sport of the world. He declares that after the treatios of peace have been signed and the fAying corps of the belligerents have draped their wings in repose again the thousands of men who have engaged in aviation during the war will continue in peaceful purâ€" suits to climb the skies and pierce the clouds. Airplanes will be as comâ€" mon as automobiles and as easily manipulated as roller skates. After the War Will Come a Realizaâ€" tion of the Prophecy of Aviaâ€" FLYING WILL BE THE COMMON ; PASTIME OF MANKIND. THE COMING SPORT x â€"OF THE WORLD P Universal Aviation. sal s atee. #h