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Scotland Liddell, a well kn jJournalist and writer of books : a former citizen of Lauder, is now officer in the Russian army. Lieut. David Perey Hopeâ€"Johnâ€" stone, a cadet of the family of the Marquis of Linlithgow, has been awarded the Military Cross, Andrew S. Carrie, a native of Arbroath, but latterly a resident of New South Wales, has invented a riflle which fires 17 shots in 17 secâ€" John Strong, M.A., Royal High School, Edinburgh, has been appointâ€" ed president of the Educational Instiâ€" tute of Scotland. The employees of the Caledonian Railway in the Edinburgh district have subscribed nearly £40 to the fund for British soldier prisoners in Germany. On account of the increased cost of living, Dundee municipal committees have decided to grant salary inâ€" creases involving an expenditure of £589. ' iy.| _ the scene was too much even for From the proceeds of a concert givâ€"} en by the Stonefield Parish Church the tb i opothg ts mame o wer choir, the sum of £30 was given to the | t ; ': C e o th ee c:n] ngl?ift::; Limbless Soldiers‘ and Sailors" Fund.| 8" morer bne Te Suryiner. o8 rane Private Alex. MceDougall, Argyll| t;mr:d Cl MXE so:dmrbvwor itish and Sutherland Highlanders, who hu! .‘h C twas r;,-scn y s Bri been awarded the Military Medal, is a; M®*Chant vessel. f son of Mrs. McDougall, Underwood, Aiiiininliahi ul dfperntsee s meony ‘ Road, Paisley. ' From the proceeds of a concert givâ€" en by the Stonefield Parish Church choir._ the sum of £30 was given to the Capt. Alex Reid Prentice, of Greenâ€" ock, who has been awarded the D.S.0., is a wellâ€"known Rugby player, and was viceâ€"captain of the Greenoc‘ Wanderers. The Arbroath Watching Committee have decided to grant an increase of five shillings a week to the acting chief and inspector, and three shilâ€" lings to the men of the police force. The remains of Lieut. C. W. Brown, K.O0.S$.B., who died from wounds received in action, have been interred with military honors in Eastlands Cemetery, Galashiels. Sergeant David Reid, of the Canaâ€" dians, son of G. M. Reid, Alloa, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery on the field. h Colonel Sir Robert Neil Campbell, who has been made a K.C.M.G., is a son of the late Robert Campbell of Elsieshields, Lochmaben. Rev. Dr. J. L. Stuart, a member of the Haddington Parish Council, has been awarded the Military Cross for service in the field. church, who has been at ;.h; Yro-n?i_o; one year and nine months. The Military Cross has been awardâ€" ed to Rev. J. Kirk, of Dunbar Parish Lieut.â€"Col. J. Kennedy, Black Watch, Hawick, who has received the D.S.O0., has been mentioned in dispatches and has also received the D.C.M. and M.C. What is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. FROM OLD SCOTLAND na will win a complete victory over the Austrians on that front. The Italian offensive has won the admiraâ€" tion of military officers in Washingâ€" ton, those of the foreign war missions as well as American officers, and it is Italian military experts here assert | that, with sufficient guns and muniâ€" | tions, the Italian forces under Cadorâ€"| A despatch from Washington says: â€"The Italian Embassy‘s officia‘ adâ€" vices regarding the progress of the Italian offensive against the Austrians indicate that the success of the forces of Generals Cadorna and Capello, in capturing the Bainsizza Plateau, is an importaht military gain that is threatâ€" ening the entire group of Tolmino deâ€" fences. The advices indicate that in this offensive, the Italian Commandâ€" erâ€"inâ€"chief, General Cadorra, in his efforts to baffle and confuse the Ausâ€" trians, has not only routed their forces as the Italians have advanced, but left the Austrians in greatest doubt as to| the Italian objective, whether Trieste or Laibach, or both these important ; points . ' GEN. CADORNA ROUTS AUSTRIANS AND CAPTURES PLATEAU ."me.&mthehonomverl)nfl-glhtth â€"â€"Tolmino Line Threatened. o ; SAY, IF NouRre wor | â€" {p '[Gome To USE THAT l i'”,.‘}s';j“fi PRAONE 1‘D Liwe To USE IT 2 "~@ ' !% ((h I] eXd [ f <a~Pa “” | : ) o -‘AE“E{: I j â€"-l-_- & WA [Â¥ s f $ ~ “9‘" l '*A’ 4 ':!! ~~A well known | Are Far From â€""Leaden" for Those | Who Cannot Sleep. | _ The apple is such a common fruit that very few persons are familiar with its remarkably efficacious mediâ€" cinal properties. Everybody ought to | know that the very best thing they cani do is to eat apples just before retiring for the night. Persons uninitiated in‘ the mysteries of the fruit are liable to| throw up their hands in horror at the ‘ visions of dyspepsia which such a sugâ€" gestion may summon up, but no harmi can come even to a delicate system | by the eating of a ripe and juicyi apple before going to bed. The apple | is excellent brain food, because it has | more phosphoric acid in easily digestâ€" | ed shape than any other fruits. It ex-,i cites the action of the liver, promotes | sound and healthy sleep, and thor-i‘ | oughly disinfects the mouth. This is |â€" not all: the apple prevents indigestion | > and throat Tiseases. | e ; ’ At this moment one of the drownâ€" [ ing men disappeared with a piercing / scream, and a moment later another : vanished in the same way. It was now clear the horror of the situation ‘had been enhanced by the arrival on | the scene of a school of sharks, and | one by one all the brave men of the Maristonâ€"except oneâ€"suffered a horâ€" ‘ rible death in the jaws of these monâ€" sters. | _ At that moment the submarine, a large craft, painted jet black, came to the surface in the midst of her | struggling and drowning victims. The | latter noticed a trapâ€"door open in the conning tower of the Uâ€"boat, and an | officer stood looking through his binâ€" | oculars for several minutes at the .' struggling: forms in the water. s \ _ The German officer silently igâ€" nored all appeals for assistance, al-‘ ) though there was no other vessel in sight, and the whole of the crew â€" of } the Mariston could easily have been | rescued by the submarine in a few minutes. | The vessel was now sinking rapidly, and the cook, picking up a hatch, jumped overboard. After the ship had disappeared he counted" 17 men clinging to the wreckage. EAT APPLES FOR INSOMNIA. The first explosion awoke the cook, | who found the main deck awash when he got out of his bunk. As he ran toâ€"‘ wards the midship cabins to arouse| the steward a second explosion blew the whole of the midship cabins into the air. } Sub. Watched Crew of SS. Mariston Being Torn Limb From Limb. Details of the torpedoing of the steamer Mariston provide yet anâ€" other instance of the barbarity disâ€" played by German submarine comâ€" manders. The vessel was torpedoed eail_y irl the morning of July 15. ‘ ; "The Bainsizza Plateau is 600 meâ€" {tres between the Isonzo and Chiapoâ€" | vano Valleys. The plateau measures [ 10 by 15 miles. _ It was attacked by |\ the second Italian army, which crosâ€" sed the Isonzo River, using fourteen bridges during the battle. On the | western side of the plateau the Italâ€" ian troops overcome the first line of \the Austrian advance, and then, while a part of the Italian army was fightâ€" ‘ing on the second Austrian line, anâ€" :other part was advancing around the north side to make a flank attack. The result was the fall of the whole sysâ€" tem of defense of the plateau and quick withdrawal of the enemy, folâ€" Jlowed by the Italian army, crossing the Chiapovano Valley. | TORONTO The official despatch reteived by the Italian Embassy, describing the proâ€" gress of the offensive, and particularâ€" ly the battle of Bainsizza, was as folâ€" lows :â€" admitted on all hands that this offenâ€" sive has vastly increased the power and influence of Italy in Entente war councils. CAST VICTIMS TO SHARKS The Doings . The statement says that the enemy continued to advance all Tuesday on the southern Rumanian front, reachâ€" ing the line Trechtyâ€"Deusâ€"Varnitzaâ€" Fitioneshtiâ€"Chyolianitchi. In â€" the night Russian positions in the region of Varnitza were penetrated. | ‘RUSS DIVISION 1; _ A despatch from London says: Lord Rhondda, the Food Controller, has decided to take over gradually control of the entire provision trade in the British Isles. The vital conâ€" sideration in the regulation of prices of provisions is control of imports, and Lord Rhondda is in constant touch with the American Food Control Deâ€" partment on this subject. It is stated that the two Governments are work-’ ing in entire harmony to secure a reâ€"| {duction in the prices of commodities | coming from the United States. ' A despatch from Petrograd says: A Russian division on Tuesday abanâ€" doned its positions in the region of Fokshani on the Rumanian front and fled in disorder, the War Office anâ€" nounces. | A despatch from an Atlantic port |says: A British schooner, in command i'of a skipper 97 years old, and with a ‘crew composed of youngsters under ‘the military draft age, is on her way to this port. The skipper, Captain | James Moore, of Parrsboro‘, N.S., reâ€" tired from active sea service some | years ago, but because of the pressing demand for mariners, he recently notiâ€" ified the owners of the vessel that he | was ready to take her out. A captain ]was needed, so he went to sea again,' ‘probably the oldest master of a ship | on active duty toâ€"day. , TO CONTROL | _ A despatch from C ‘awa says: Of !the boys whom Canada has sent to the front 8,840 are now enrolled in the , Canadian military hospitals for treatâ€" , ment and reâ€"education, according to the last report of the Military Hosâ€" pitals Commission, dated August 15. )Of these 7,046 are in convalescent homes and 1,115 are tuberculosis cases in the sanitario provided by the Miliâ€" jtary Hospitals Commission for their ; treatment. The remaining 679 are| chic@Ay in general hospitals. The in-! [crease in the total population of the . various hospitals over last week is only 29. t NONAGENARIAN HEADS A CREW OF BOYS. The latest returns from the Director of Medical Services in London indiâ€" cates that on August 18 the Canadian soldiers being cared for in the hosâ€" pitals and sanitaria in the United Kingdom were 17,813. 26,653 CANADIANS ARE A recent photograph of His Maâ€" jesty when reviewing infantry â€"regiâ€" ments leaving for France. PROVISIONS IN BRITAIN. King George. QUITS TRENCHES. NOW IN HOSPITAL. l' A despatch from London says: An increase in the number of British vesâ€" sels sunk last week by mines or subâ€" marines is shown by the weekly Adâ€" miralty statement issued Wednesday night. Eighteen vessels of more than 1,600 tons were sent to the bottom, as compared with fifteen the previous week, and five vessels of less than 1,600 tons, as against«<three the pre-’ vious week. No fishing vessels were sunk. I Montreal, Sept. 4â€"Good steers, $9.75 to $10; fair, $8.75 to $9.50; common, $8 to _’&50; butcher‘s cows, $6 to $8; bulls, | $6.75 to $8.75; canning stock, $5 to $6.25; Ontario lambs, $14.25 to $14.50; Quebec lambs, $13 to $18.50; sheep, $8 to $9; choice milkâ€"fed calves, $12 to $13; grassâ€" fed stock, $7 to $9; hogs, $17 to $17.50. Toronto, Sept. 4â€"Extra choice heavy steers, $11.50 to $12.60; choice heavy steers, $10.60 to $11; butchers‘ cattle, choice, $10 to $10.35; do., good, $9.40 to ; $9.60; do., medium, $8.25 to $8.40; do., + common, $7 to $7.35; butchers‘ bulls, icholce. $8.35 to $8.75; do., good bulls, $7.60 to $8; do., medium bulls, $7 to , $7.25; ro., rough bulls, $5 to $6; butchâ€" ‘ ers‘ cows, choice, $8 to $8:50; do., good, $7.25 to $7.75; ‘do.. medium, $6.65 to ;6.85: stockers, $6.75 to $8.50; feeders, ‘$8 to $9.25; canners and cutters, $5.25 !to $6.25; milkers, good to choice, $80 , to $125; do., com. and med., $40 to $50; springers, $80 to $125; light ewes, $9 to | |:11; sheep, heavy, $6 to $7.50; yearlings , $10 to $11; calves, good to choice, $14 to $15.25; Spring lambs, $15 to $15.50; ,hoTs, fed and watered, $17.25; â€" do., A;vl%’tsued off cars, $17.50; do., f.0.b., BRITISH LOSSES es sw L S id 2 PSE WBP RETTC tber, $2.154; cash, No. 1 Northerp, $2.30 | to $2.85; No. 2 Northern, $2.25 to $2.30. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, 89 to 90c. _ Oatsâ€" | No. 3 white. 52 to 534¢c. Flour unchangâ€" [ ed. Branâ€"$27.75 to $28.25. Duluth, Sept. 4â€"Wheatâ€"No 1»Northâ€" ern._ $2.30, nominal; No. 2 Northern, $2.25, nominal. Linseed, $3.45; Sepâ€" tember, $3.45 asked; October, $3.39 bid; November, $3.30; December, $3.34. | _ _Montreal, _ Sept. 4~â€"Oats, Canadian | Western, No. 2, 74 to 75¢c; do., No. 3, 138 to T4c; extra No. 1 feed, 13 to 74c. _ Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, |$13.00; seconds, $12.50; strong bakers‘, | $12.30; Winter patents, choice, $12.50; straight rollers, $12.00 to $12.30; do., ‘ bags, $5.80 to $5.95. Rolled oats, barrels : $8.85 to $9.00; do.. bags, 90 lbs., $4.30 to $4.40. _ Bran, $35. _ Shorts, $40. _ Midâ€" i dlings, $48 to $50. Mouillie, $60 to $61. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 59.50 to , $10. Cheese, finest westerns, 21%¢; do., |finest easterns, 21%c. Butter, choicest ;creamery. 414 to 42¢; seconds, 41 to 413c. Eggs, fresh, 52 to 53¢; selected, 48¢; | No. 1 stock, 44¢c; No. 2 stock, 38 to 40¢c. !?zmz%w“' per bag, car lots, $2.15 to‘ . $2.25. $3.2%; No. 3 C.W., $4.1% Winnipeg, Sept. 4â€"Cash prices closed: Wheat, No. 1 Northern, $2.40; No. 2 Northern, $2.87; No. 8 Northern, 82‘33,: No. 4, $2.22; No. 5, $1.97; No. 6, $1.71; feed, $1.50. Oats, No. 2 C.W., 63%c; No. 3 C.W., 62c; extra No. 1 feed, 60c; No. 2 feed, 57c. Barley, No. 8, $1.18; No. 4, $1.14; _ rejected, _ $1.10; feed, $1.10. Flax, No. 1 N.W.C. $3.31; No. 2 C.W., |‘ Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, medium, 30 to 31lc; do., heavy, 26 to 27¢; coffied. 41 to 42%¢; rolls, 27 to 28%¢; breakfast bacon, | 36 to 40¢;‘ backs, plain, 37 to 38¢; boneâ€" | less, 40 to 42%c. : Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 27 to 27’(: lg.: clear bellies, 264 to 27c. Â¥ 3 C SCs DOPDIOTY PVR TV £10. Lardâ€"Pure lard, tierces, 254 to 26¢; tubs, 25% to 26%c; pails, 26 to 26%c; compound, tierces, 204% to 21¢c; tubs, 20‘ to 21ic; pails, 21 to 21ic. Beansâ€"No Canadian beans on market until last of October; Imported handâ€" flcked. $8.50 per..bush; Limas, per lb., 5 to 16¢. Potatoes, on trackâ€"Ontario, bag, $2.15. run oc ue P en L T0 Dressed poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 25 to 30¢c; fowl, 20¢; aquabs.sger doz., $4 to f4.5o; turkeys, 25 to 80c; ducks, Spring, 22c. Live poultryâ€"Spring chickens. lb., 20 i?l 22c¢; hens, 18 to 20c; ducks, Spring, C. Honeyâ€"Combâ€"Extra fine and heavy weight, per doz., $2.75; select, $2.50 to $2.175;_ No. 2, $2 to $2.25; tins, 2%‘s and f"" 15¢ per Ib; 10‘s, 14%¢; 60‘s, 134 to Minneapolis, Sept. 4â€"Wheatâ€"Septemâ€" 14c < 9000 Driilhe, . opinPuent t /uh dus BP3 L 40 M i t 12 Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, 39 to 40¢; sgeamery prints, 48 to 44¢c; solids, 42 to im 220 0mY C mame PUUCSI Cheeseâ€"New, large, 224 to 23¢; twins, 224 to 234c; triplets, 23 to 23%c¢;~ old, large, 30¢c; twins, 30%c; triplets, 30%c. Tnskse â€" amucar ns S E9e 22 2L UHEDr Country Produceâ€"Wholesale Butterâ€"Creamery, solids, per 1t to 39%¢c; prints, per Ib., 39% to dairy, per lb., 33 to 34c. agglâ€"l”er doz., 39 to 40c. holesalers are selling to the : trade at the following prices:â€" to $2.80." /° ~ LC NC CCC S ho Te ce Ne 480 A dupatch from London~says :â€" ’ nier io oatsâ€"No quotations. Details have been received by the garleyNâ€"M-;lltlln'l. new, $1.20 to $1.22. â€"|London Times from its correspondent yeâ€"Nominal. £ Manitoba flourâ€"First patents,.in jute | on the Rumanian front of the magniâ€" b?f w alllz.l?o;s‘ :fgond rtaarin t Aigst 6 fficent fight of the reconstructed Ruâ€" strong bakers‘, 6 t Ontario flourâ€"Winter, new, track. Toâ€" | i Gen. Mackense ronto‘. m:;l;:g(t) shipments, according to ;:ll:i,::l:';:vr:y.f:f:;n.t}le eapitl:l and lll‘l' sample, . 20, > * Millfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Montreal Moldavia Foreign Minister Camâ€" freights : _ Short , $43; bran. $36; midâ€" / i R gllnx;.s 32455 to 34'6; £ood Teed flour, per ibon, of Frldnce, llilocllred that the v:c; Tar c ps tory reminded him in a measure 0: yâ€"T . Samlk s â€" to, t No. 2, 8 a $11.50 to ‘r%' mix:";m;aoto ‘i’fo."‘ that of the Marne. Since August 19 . Strawâ€"Car lots, y%i to $7.50. until Thursday the Germans made no serious effort to resume the offensive. Country Produceâ€"Wholesale o Butterâ€"Creamery, solids, per ib.. 39 | The l.t.ory follows: 7 to 39%¢c; prints, "per lb.. 394 to 40c; "With the Rumanian Army on ""é;'}',',."_"pi‘;"d’oi gArIG 40¢. Maresechti Front, Aug 21.â€"The story i \;’holtestager; fix:e &emnfi to the retail | of the past 15â€" days will remain golden ri & ollow prices:â€" A s 4 Checse _ New. large, 224 to 23¢; twins, |letters in the history of this country. l 224 to: 234c; triplets, 23 to 23%c;~ old, The defence of the Maresechti front large, 30¢c; twins, 30ic; triplets. 30%c. TN Inininiininade h anith inss n nmainins ces w en coomemenniprmni ) Cocigra a «â€" Marketsâ€"ofâ€"the World; ‘S BRILHANT VICTORY ==â€"==â€" ’ Toronto. Sept. 4â€"Manitoba wheatâ€"In % store. Fort William, nominal:; No. 1 wernrnmnmmnmmmmeneme m ND VDZV D/ | Northern, $2.40; No. 2 Northern, $2.37; NOo. & Nawma2 NKA CC Toronto, S%t_ 4â€"Manitoba â€"wheatâ€"In lnore. Fort William, nominal; _ No. 1 Northern, $2.40; No. 2 Northern, $2.37; ‘r;ohs Northern, $2.334: No. 4 wheat, Manitoba Oatsâ€"No. 2 C.W., 63%c, in store, Fort William. American cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, nominal, Ontario wheatâ€"New crop, No. 2, $2.15 to $2.20, Ontario oatsâ€"No quotations. Peasâ€"Nominal. Barleyâ€"Maltlng, new, $1.20 to $1.22. Ryeâ€"Nominal. Manitoba flourâ€"First patents,.in jute bags, $12.90; _ second patents, â€" $12.40; strong bakers‘, $12. United States Markets Live Stock Markets Provisionsâ€"Wholesale Montreal Markets SHOW INCREASE. No. 4 wheat, 52 to 54c; If your canned fruits or vegetables are not a success do not give up this year of all others, for Government ppublications _ will teach you best scientific methods so that the bacteria which causes them to spoil will all be destroyed by proper sterilization. A despatch from London says: Earl Grey, former Governorâ€"General of Canada, died at six o‘clock on ‘ Wednesday morning at Howick House, Northumberland, after a long illness. The funeral took place at Howick on Saturday, when a memorial service was held in London. ‘ FORMER GOVERNORâ€" Captain Laureami used a new Sia machine. He left Turin at 10.07 a.m., reached Naples, flew over that city, and was back in Turin at 8.40 p.m. _ _A despatch from Paris says: Capâ€" tain Guilio Laureami, an aviator in the Italian army, has established a new world‘s longâ€"distance «flying reâ€" cord by filying more than 900 miles without stopping, according to a deâ€" spatch to The Temps from Milan. The Italian flew from Turin to Naples and return, a distance of about 920 miles as the crow flies. | }on Tue..ay by giving it as his opinion that the coal crisis had become a vital question for Austriaâ€"Hungary, accordâ€" ing to Vienna advices. The situation, declared the Minister, was one which must be faced without optimism and with the utmost seriousness. In an effort to remedy matters, continued the Minister, 12,600 miners have been brought back to the mines from the front. 3 ITALIAN MAKES A despatch from Basel, Switzerland ' Beirlooms, says:â€"Herr Von Hamann, the Aus-;brilliant, trian Minister of Public Works, startâ€" £2,000. led the ‘strian Chamber of Deputiel, By a rc AUSTRIA FACED [Commander-in-Chief of the United States army, has been in the service for 41 years, and during that time has had a most varied career. He has served in almost every branch of military life. Upon his shoulders falls the immense task of getting the United States army ready for the happenings that are glimmering in the future. \ in via Molda An % and Y Jass Nmd Forces. teen Days Ssn C ag Much Superior Fight of F“!”of ic _ Hero General Hugh L. Scott GENERAL IS DEAD. NEW AIR RECORD. BY COAL CRISIS 1 allys 0 00 o0 Goe PAmeady s To discover whether coffee is pure, sprinkle a few graings=on the surface of a tumblerful of water. If pure they will float, but if adulterated they will sink to the bottom. # hikis: . _ , | ‘ie Jemple of Bubastis, the "fairest in ’ The second exhibition of Canndu.n‘ all Egypt," the sacred cats were clad |war photographs at the Grafton Galâ€" ) ;, costly robes, and their necks >nd |leries was visited â€" by the Princes8! cars were hung with jewels and goldâ€" |Beatrice, Princess Patricia, and L°'d|on ornaments. Great cat cemeteries Derby. { o ! George Maberly was sent to prison | f;,‘:::h?if:c::?;‘::a“ been dug for one month at Oxted, Surrey, £9T | _ ‘There is nothing so cruel as reliâ€" wearing a Victoria Cross without S0yigious superstition, and it is hardly right, and falsely claiming to have surprising to lenn'l that in those days 'work.eq in the navy. G |cats were publicly burned in Lent. L Wllha:ln Chnllgner, zaconfectxonerof In England they were roasted alive in |Liverpool, was fined for using suâ€" ; .; s ( P fog ntating fam. aliiooeh he was brct,erege goe fom af plows o |not a fruit growér. |by hundreds in bonfires, and in Flanâ€" _ Some purely agricultural land in ders they were hurled from high towâ€" jthe parish of Finchingfield, which was | ersâ€"a custom that survived in Y sold recently by auction, brought ,, late as 1868 vived in Ypres [nearly mflfi__ j | Now the cat is coming into its own Thinfg'tae us&ally come to the man who ;:t“?t rilvtall: ::e ;z:“:; u:‘; °""‘;;P:’,°od' goes after them. ion A new phonograph cabinet is mount-!b“u:{?d upon itâ€"though it is inâ€" ed upon two legs and two wheels; this | CAPable of entertaining real affection ennbling it to be moved more readily. ! f;:r any human bemg We have cat To discover whether coffaee is n« | CUbS, Cat MARRAZin@S ont hamas uj The Committee on Production has again increased the wages of enginâ€" eers, shipbuilders and repairers, three shillings a week, or a total increase of fifteen shillings. A new army order states that reâ€" tired officers are not to be employed after they have passed the age of sixtyâ€"five years. Arrangements have been made for the setting up of 211 areas throughout the country for the training of disâ€" abled soldiers. The citizens of Old Tonbridge are raising the sum of £30,000 for the purpose of building a war memorial school. 5 By a royal proclamation the period of service of the officers and men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Service is extended to five years. heirlooms, and containing an oblong brilliant, was sold at Christie‘s for _Red Cross delegates have been perâ€" mitted to visit all British camps where Turkish prisoners are interned. , _A brooch belonging to the Hope W. Castello, chairman of Cheshunt Tribunal, at the age of fiftyâ€"six has joined the Army Ordnance Corps. At the sale of the Hope heirlooms at Christie‘s, Messrs. Dunveen bought a porcglain ewer for £3,780. The King has sent his annual subâ€" scription of £10 to the Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association. The railway employees of Leeds are asking for double the pay they were receiving before the war. The Food Production Department are erecting a station for pulping jam fruit at Maidstone, Kent. _ The London Committee of the French Red Cross have received £100 from Queen Alexandra. The Board of Inland Revenue states that food plots profits will not have to pay an income tax. ¢ The number of Turkish prisoners now in the hands of the British auâ€" thorities is $4,000. Occurrences In the Land _ That Reigns Supreme in the Comâ€" f mercial World ous deed of arms ever accomplished by the Rumanian army. The heroic fight of these peasant soldiers, who had to | face much superior German forces, has been unexcelled by either the Belâ€" gians or Serbians,. The main objecâ€" tive of the enemy had been to reach the bridge of Costestia, across the ‘River Sereth. The intention of the enemy was clear from the letter I saw found on the corpse of a Prussian ofâ€" ficer, dated August 6th, as follows: ‘We are going to give a decisive blow here very soon. If we cross the Sereth, which T hope will not be difâ€" ficult, Jassy and the whole of Moldavinl will be ours. If we succeed I beâ€", lieve we are going to be sent to Flandâ€" ers, where things seem hot again.‘" NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE north of Focshani was the most glori iigmccal 20. 0 ~="%", . wnehâ€" The Welsh Guards were added to th; army a few years Ag", approved o the Red Dragon beinz emblazoned on the King‘s color of that regiment. ~enemiendlifinss>>>; ns k Lawn clippings are useful in mulch. ing growing crops. \ Henry VII., the first of the Tudor monarchs, introduced the Red Dragon of Wales into the Royal Standard after the Battle of Bosworth., Queen Mary had it removed, and Queen Elizabeth replaced it; but it was flnflly,gphced as one of the quarterings James 1. in favor of the unicorn, and has never â€" since m. accorded a fl::e. on ~the monâ€" s personal ho ie -5!_!3 George, however, when the ‘"Wanted, by a lady= of rank, for adequate remuneration, a few | wellâ€" behaved and respectably dressed chilâ€" dren, to amuse a cat in delicate health, Sb ontie Wds w B C100 oo . C ® cat shows. N;ivlio;l;; l;;, newspaper printed the | These wild pussies prey upon all "‘ kinds of small game, such as squirrels / and rabbits. ‘They carry off the farmâ€" " er‘s chickens. | The cat is presumably of African origin. It" was first domesticated in E Egypt, where the city of Bubastis (beâ€" , tween the arms of the Nile) was dediâ€" | cated to cats and cat worship. When |a cat died all the members of the famâ€" |ily that owned it shaved their eyeâ€" â€"brows, and the sacred animal was emâ€" balmed and buried with ceremony. In | the Temple of Bubastis, the "fairest in all Egypt," the sacred cats were clad | in costly robes, and their necks >nd | ears were hung with jewels and goldâ€" en ornaments. Great cat cemeteries THE RED DRAGON OF waALES. \able bird hunters. They kill for mere {sport. Fledglings in the nest are their helpless and accustomed prey. ‘But in the rural districts there are hundreds of thousands of cats that, having reverted to the wild state, hunt for a living. Trappers in the |New England States catch them in large numbers for the fur market, their pelts fetching from fifty cents | to $2 apiece. * nually. ‘Wlut Shall We Do in Defence of Our ‘ Feathered Friends? It is asserted on good authority that the average cat kills fifty birds per annum. The cat has indeed become a very serious economic menace by reason of its activities as a wholesale destroyer of the birds that eat the inâ€" sect enemies of the crops. In this inâ€" direct way cats operate to diminish our production of foodstuffs by hunâ€" dreds of millions of dollars‘ worth anâ€" Royal Standard by Henry VII A southern Manitoba farmer has employed Bessie Lutckow, a Ruthenâ€" ian woman whose forearm is twenty inches in circumference. The woman asked to do outside work. The Rotary Club of Winnipeg raised $200 at a luncheon, which will be used to defray expenses for a picâ€" nic for war widows and children. E. M. Clegg and his wife and son were suffocated from fumes in a gas well near Moose Jaw recently. Two small children survive. for selling liquor. The wheat yield in the St,. Pierre district will amount to between 30 and 34 bushels per acre. The Children‘s Aid Society of Winâ€" nipeg want a civic grant of $3,500 inâ€" creased to meet rising costs. A plan is on foot in Calgary whereâ€" by the school children will be dismissâ€" ed on certain days to dig potatoes. I.nnud fair recently. The seventh annual fall fair was 'Iuld at Wilkie, Sask. Capt. F. Bradburn,~ of Edmonton, has won the Military Cross. Sir James Aitkin laid the corner stone of the new Y.M.C.A. building in Brandon. I The Calgary police patrol wagon carried a two hundredâ€"pound porker to the pound. " A number of Moose Jaw business men are working two hours each evening on farms. $400 and costs at Portage la Prairie Pet pussies are chronic and incurâ€" Items: From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys ond Girls Are Yorkton, s“k'g‘ three hours every day." PUSSY AND THE BIRDS. magazines. cat homes ago, in Berlin, a hip. When of the famâ€" their eyeâ€" ial was emâ€" ‘remony. In : "fairest in s were clad necks >nd following y# NU Ac tw You wake up in the night pain and grope in the medic for the jamaicaâ€"ginger bot! yes, that it is; you recopnize shape. You go to pull the ¢ rf fingers are severely es, it is painful. But by « you know that the bottle y :N‘ of is a bottle of pois r a pricked finger than a e It is simple enoug?} the bottle, with a me in the shaps of a cros through it and project sharpâ€"pointed at the t arms are sharpâ€"point« Why indulge in suc New Jersey woman, invented a bottle sto; efhicient, for precaut :» all the poison la! ivery now an« himself to a dos what he imagin« bottle. Nearly & in the dark. N less the doctor h to arrive in tim weapons templat« And yet, 1 make warfar miracles ma; another cent ments of wa ably will. with t car, the boat, sigh conquer . New Invention W Modern ; at Liege ar short work The French might Prussian trap at Se scouting airplanes tc ing wall of steel an« This contin« mained the } Baxon race i Heights of A *"flares" that i battiefieclds at proach of Wo! ope had G mandeer s Joffre use Paris! BEW ARE THI Wellington the timely ar Napoleon migt Nelson co ships at Tra and Spanis} him through submarine! Napoleon mip} retreat from M motor lorries to munitions! The galley of Ben H into the dreadnought gixteenâ€"inch guns. Th charged "into the valley Balaklava has become t eavairy of the twentiet} ing corps. The batt] French revolution has be ed into the "white arm bayonet of the Tomn Poilus. Consider the leat} brook pebble with â€" the giant Goliath, a tion through the cen man 45 centimeter . 45 guns that carry ing tons for mar space! Remember the woode which Ulysses hoisted his the walls of Troy, and n tractor "tanks" that cra battlefields, freighted awi munitions, not at all un! horse of the ancients! Then and Noy Think of the huge st down upon Leonidas ar m band in the mou at Thermopylae; and the the highâ€"explosive bom from modern trenches. We may the will it all end? Three years of terri tween the leading nati the nations that have highest _ pinnacle through the continual scientific research, have gigantic weapons of dreamedâ€"of things that two ago would have bee of the world court as the of fools and the follies o We may the layman War breeds inve the maelstrom of flictâ€"men and na annihilation of me human brain respo: of massive death= on a scale hardly « the scientific endea jods . Having Conquered E Water, Science Sig Worlds to Co IN THE EVOLUTIO: DEALING MA Marvels of Toâ€"D n at in il Mistake ike POISON B BE invention d flesh AJ comnt nd deali iT