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<£ °_ = _ . â€" _ Sending of Supplies to Enropean * Neutrals Absolutely ‘a« \!L HOUSES iN TOKIO . __ WRECKED By TYPHOON. A despatch from London says: A Shanghai despatch says that as a reâ€" sult of a typhoon which swept over Tokio on Monday, 100,000 are homeâ€" less, and that 138 are dead and 217 muloadiccs NEW GOVERNOR NaAMED FOR NEWFOUNDLAND. A despatch from â€"St. John‘s NAd., says: The appointment of Sir Chatles Harris to be Governor of Newfoundâ€" land is officially announced. He will suceeed Sir Walter Davidson. A despatch from Zurich, Switzerâ€" land, says: Former King Constantine of Greece issued from his retivrefnent to announce a gift of 1,000 francs to the Jewish refugees from the Salonika fire. EXâ€"KING OF GREECE CGIVES TO JEWISH FUND GERMANS HAVE NEW TANK ARMED WITH 3â€"INCH CANNON. A despatch from the French Front in France says: The Germans are ox-‘ perimenting with a tank armed with a | threeâ€"inch cannon and machine guns. The forward end of the tank is fitted with a spurâ€"like ram, while the upper part bears a superimposed cupola, and the armored plates descend sufiâ€" ciently to protect the caterpillar wheels, which thus are almost inâ€" visible. "There has been great artillery acâ€" tivity on both sides during the day east of Ypres." csmm on pulsed by our infantry. _ Our tions are intact. part artiiery fire, was repulsed either by barrage or by British infantry, acâ€" croding to the report from Field Marshal Haig. All the British posiâ€" tions remained intact. The text . of the statement reads: "Shortly before dawn the enemy heavily bombarded our positions beâ€" tween Tower Hamlate â€" awÂ¥ TLc A despatch from London uys:â€"An‘l attack by the Germans Wednesday | morning between Tower Hamlets lnd‘ Polygon Wood, following a vigorous l artillery fire, was repulsed either by f barrage or by British infantew an. Enemz Attack in Polygon Wood GERMAN ASSAULT REPULSED BY HAIG would ask no more than allied goods nor materia by allied commodities be many by the neutrals. 30c uies 228 s 2 €NITCS here have hesitated as to just how far to" go in demanding cessation of trade between the neutrals and Gerâ€" many. â€" At one time it annanrad thaw The step indicated that have united in a decision neutrals must cut off the of all supplies to Germany can officials and some of + embargo. U American officials inTtiate; the disâ€" cussions, and insisted that the British step be t,_k_en to make sure that there D _ . 0 _j)0 0 _COCS CimoOargo on the â€" exâ€" port of all supplies to the northern European neutral countries, just anâ€" nounced, was declared after every phase of its possible effect was gone over im conferences between American and allied statesmen. 9 I A despatch from Washington says: Great Bri_t_ain's embargo on the exâ€" Region Proves Futile. time it appeared they re than that neither materials supplanted at â€" the allies on ~that the he â€"shipment any. â€" Ameriâ€" of the allies sold in Gerâ€" posiâ€" I planned the sunshine path myself, Its borders and its bowers; I planted little seeds of love, And God sent me the flowers. A sunny path winds past my door, "Tis brightened either side By flowers of peace and happiness, And nooks where songsters hide. | _ The mists of memory dissolve, but; the apple comes every year, bringihgj joy to the hearts of all who love its Lpersomlity even better than its taste.! Whether one knows a Baldwin from a Spitzbergen, a King from a Rnsutâ€"â€"l whether the autumns ‘of boyhood found us answering the bel} on tho[ little red schoolhouse or the summons of some metropolitan hall of lurning,’ they bring to all alike the instinctive | apple hunger, which we must satisfy, as willing vietims of a worthy paasion.’ | _ If Teacher knew her pupilâ€"and | it is surprising to remember how thorâ€" ! oughly she did understand your shy | boy soulâ€"she would detain you on a ,’cuual pretext ‘at recess time. She "never could eat all of it }lerself," but { if you would help her out? Of course, if she put it that way, the magnanimâ€" ous benefactor must comply with the lady‘s request. Which cireumstance may help to explain the daily presâ€" ence thereafter on her desk of a sucâ€" cession of apples; until the grass dried’ up and the frosts came, and one‘s mind turned to other things than wo-, men. e mt Poieipies .0 enc e Nee Ooe C wonrnnae Y| But you saved the ripest treasure, of â€" Destroyersâ€"Read E-! polished with care and dubious sleeve, ' Early ’i;l 1918 9. Happenings in the Emerald Isle o "/for the adornment of Teacher‘s desk. & o â€"Interest to Irishâ€" ~ ; Was it always a bribe, that best, that’ A despatch from Washington says: men * | choicest offering upon the altar of peâ€"‘ â€"Such remarkable progress has been| â€" "\ dagogy? How you‘pined for it in se-fmnde in the quick building of the imâ€" Farmers‘ societies have been form °|cret, longed to bite into its seductive mense flotilla of America destroyers‘ e at Ballycullane, Adamstown . and redness; but only while it lingered | to cope with the submarine cunpnizn! Rathmore, in the county of Wexford. )\ neglected. When the tutelary deityithat the Navy Department now is asâ€"‘ The Cork 1.D.A. Executive have a}’ turned from the blackboard and .ctu-i!“l'ed of much quicker delivery of the ; under conslderqtion the establishing ‘\ally dropped her chalk in her delight, ships than was contemplated at the/0f an aircraft ‘industry in that dis it wasn‘t a bad world after all, and last estimate, which in itself was far ) trict. ~ you wouldn‘t have the prize_back for / ahead of the original time. Progress| _ At @ meeting of the North Dublin ‘a king‘s ransom. How the heart on the ships now building and arrangeâ€"| Union it was decided that all women | warmed and expanded when you per-!ments for others to follow, it is said| WOTkers be given ~four shillings a |mitted it to be nosed about that the at the Navy Department, â€" are uuch}“'eek as a war bonus | mysterious donor of the Biggest Apple |that the American navy will lead the | Sc;me of the Dublin retail tea esâ€" | was none other than yourself. Littlel"world with its destroyers within tablishments had to close }helr doors | did the admiring populace realize how'eighteen months. égn a recent Saturday, owing to the |your avid little soul reached out! It is now certain that ‘all destroyers "C2AVY rush of business. through your proud and haughty de-!now building will be delivered. rendyi The d lslllant:‘a‘nny bridge, _ which meanor to gather up hungrily every for duty in European waters earlyj:p‘;;m hthe Ne F“lf I’romhthere | atom of glory. Inext vear. Manw‘af thaw L.1 ._.‘t0 Duagh. has been swant awaw hw m Each Autumn This Delectable Fruit Has Oldâ€"Time Charm. ® It is not without reason that the rpent chose an apple for the tempâ€" tation of Eve, thereby insufing his | chances of success. In due course, | the race of man falls anew each year when the first shining beauties apâ€" pear. There is something: about an | apple that starts a mighty longing in | the human breast; perhaps a tang of 'the high and farâ€"off times of youth | which never quite fade; days when the ilong grasses, wet with early October[ | dew, reluctantly revealed to the Inte-; |rising sun the treasures hid in their rtangled depths. Days when you ,munched apple after apple on your way to schoolâ€"and how they chilled ’your front teeth!â€"always finishing a’ core in time to hit the tenth fence post |, beyond. [‘ Likewise the Italians are giving the Austrians little respite from acrial incursions, again having dropâ€" ped four tons of projectiles on miliâ€" tary objectives at Pola, the great Austrian naval base on the Adriatic, and bombed other points of military ‘ advantage. { A â€" despatch : from London . says: While British and French airmen conâ€" . tinue their bombing operations against Germany‘s submarine base at Zeeâ€" brugge and points of military importâ€" _ance behind the lines, the French _aviators are keeping up their attacks on German towns and cities, in reâ€" prisal for shelling by German dircraft of the open town of Barâ€"leâ€"Duc. More than 15,000 pounds of explosives are reported to have been dropped on numerous ?erman settlements, among them the famous town of Baden, famed as a health resort. The Sunshine Path. rench.>Drop . Projectiles on Badenâ€"Italians Attack Ausâ€" trian Naval Base. THE APPLE INSTINCT. The Doings of the Duff3 | _ It is now certain that all destroyers | I’now building will be delivered. rendyi for duty in European waters early | \next year. _ Many of them had not ~been expected until the winter of 1918.| ‘Approximately, ten months had been| \saved. | "Mother, keep back your lad, Though his mates scorn him! Better their jeers than that Your heart should mourn him!" "Ceaseâ€"for his country‘s cause My arms have borne him!" "Pastor, now more and more Men need your preaching! "f How shall they find their souls If you stop teaching?" "Yet, on His battle line God is beseeching!" "Fisherman, mend your nets For the d&y‘s trawling! Cod and menhaden run Thick for the hauling!" ‘"Yes, but beyond the mrists Buglés are calling." "Writer, the world would count You with its sages! Far from the shock of war, Toil for the ages!" "Noâ€"I must write my life On Freedom‘s pages!" "Surgeon, you cannot go! Hear thflick pleading! "Tis not for such as you Bullets are speeding!" s "Hushâ€"for I see in France â€" Liberty bleeding!" " A despatch from Washington says: â€"Such remarkable progress has been made in the quick building of the imâ€" mense flotilla of America destroyers to cope with the submarine campaign that the Navy Department now is asâ€" sured of much quicker delivery of the 5hips than was contemplated at the PROGRESS OF U.S. P BUUDINC Ten Months Gained in Building of â€" Destroyersâ€"Ready Early in 1918. Remarkable Photo Shows Bombing of German Munition Depot THIS remarkable photo was taken inside the German lines from the aeroâ€" ~~ plane of the aviator who made a raid on a‘great Boche ammunition depot. The daring aviator starting out on the apparently reckless adventure of getâ€" ting by the German lines and successfully bombing the Teuton stores of munitions, flew to a point above the depot and dropped quantities of inâ€" cendiary bombs while the Germans kept firing a terfific fusilade at him. Despite that danger he kept at his task and earned his reward when he Baw the nfunition store house burst into flames. The smoke from the burring Hepot can be seen ascending *n the photograph. The aviator returned to his own lines safely but his machine was badly damaged. emmmeteedna c i SOLDIERS ALL. â€"D.; M. Henderson. ONTARIO ARCHIV ' TORONTO nis Club in ad of the British Red Cross Society and St. John Ambulance Association. Aâ€"very successful fete was hgld_on the grounds of the Howth Lawn Tenâ€" The â€" sum ~of £37 was raised at Portadown by the sal@ of flowers in aid of the Cripples‘ Institute and Homes of Rest at.Belfast and Bangor. The allotment holders ‘at Charleâ€" ville passed a vote of thanks to Dr. Robert, of Sanders, for securing a field and providing seed potatoes for the poor. ; The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed J. C. Perry, J.P., Dublin, to be an hononary Aieutenart of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Owing to the great scarcity of milk, the price of butter has increased thirâ€" teen shillings per firkin at the Nénagh butter market. 5 Lady Barrett, wife of Sir W. F; Barâ€" rett, has been made the recipient of the new Order of the Commander of the British Empire. P. Nolan, secretary of a local enterâ€" tainment, was fined £12 at the Por. tarlington Sessions for failure to colâ€" lect the entertainment tax. 1. The Cork LD.A. Executive have !under consideration the establishing “of an aircraft ‘industry in that disâ€" | triet. 4 The Islandanny © bridge, which spanned the River Feale from there to Duagh, has been swept away by unâ€" usually heavy floods. s At a meeting of the North Dubln Union it was decided that all women workers â€" be gl_ven four shillings a Rappenings in the Emerald Isle of â€"Interest to Irishâ€" A men Farmers‘ societies have been formâ€" ed at Ballycullane, Adamstown . and Rathmore,Ain the county of Wexford. From Erin‘s Green Isle No Advance Payments. Lies fortune‘s chance Life never pays Us in advance. You‘ll never make * A single sou By any deed You‘re> going to do. On what you‘ve done BY MAIL FROM ~IRER LAND‘S SHORES. C o ts & Plough early in the autumn and then disk the land thoroughly where corn is to be planted next year in order to combat the corn root aphis. Calla lillies should be started now from the dry roots. Calla aethiopica is the old Zavorite white calla and the l Godfrey everblooming is an improved bybird, somewhat dwarf but a very free bloomer. _ Little Gem is a good house plant about 12 inches high, flowering freely. selected hogs, $18.25 to $18.175 Montreal, Oct. 9.â€"Choice steers, $10:25 to $10.50; good, $9.75 â€"«to $10; | lower grades, $8 to $9; butchers‘ cows,.$6.50 to $8.25; bulls, $7 to $8.50; â€" canners bulls, $6.40 to $6.50; canners, cow{s. $5 to $5.25; Ontario lambs, $14.50 to $ 4.16, Quebec lambs, $13.50 to $14; sheep, $8 to $9.50; milkâ€"fed calves, $10 to $11; 22. °C #14°. Co., com. and med., $75 to ;85; Springers, $90 to $125; light ewes, !9.60 to $11.50; sheep, heuvg'. $5.15 to 7.50; _ yearlings, $11 to $12%; â€" calves, good, to choice, $15 to $15.50; Spring lambs, $16 to $17; hogs, fed and waterâ€" ed, $18.75; do., weighed off cars, $19; do. flo.b., §17.15. . â€" _ l Live Stock Markets _ Toronto, Oct. 9.â€"Extra choice heavy steers, $11.75 to $12.50; do., good heavy, *ll to~$11.50; butchers‘ cattle, choice, 10,.10 to $10.60; do., good,~ $9.50 to $9.85; do., medium, $8.50 to $8.175; do., common. $6.75 to $7.40; butchers‘ bulls, choice, "$8.30 to $8.75; do., good bulls $7.40 to $7.85; do., medium bulls, $6.85 to $7.10; do., rough bulls, $5 to $6; butchers‘ cows, choice, #8.25 to $8.75; do.. good, $7.50 to $7.75% do., medium. $6.60 to $6.75; stockers, $7.50 to $8.175; feeders, $8.50 to $9.2%5; canners and cutâ€" ters, $5 to $5.50; milkers, good to choice, $90 to $125; do.. com. and med., $75 to ___Winnipeg, _ Oct. 9.â€"Cash prices:â€" Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, $2.21; No. 2, do., $2.18; No. 3, do., $2.15; No, 4, $1.94; No. 5, $1.85; feed, $1.73." Oatsâ€"â€"No. 2 C.W., 68ic; No. 3, do., 65%¢; extra No. 1 feed, 65ic; No. 1 feed, 64%c; No. 2, do., 63%c. Barleyâ€"No. 3 C.W., $1.22;‘ No. 4, do.,.:$1.18; _ rejected and feed, $1.11. Flaxâ€"No. 1 N.â€"W.C., $3.10; No. 2 lA $3.04; No. 3, do., $2.93. Per bag, car lots, $1.60. e wade 2 dn e ntnet : ba feed, $1.29; maZting, $1.31 to $1.32. Flourâ€"Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $11.60; seconds, $11.10; strong bakers‘, $10.90; Winter patents, cholee, $12.00; straight rollers, $11.50 to"$11.80; do., bnfu. $5.60 to $5.75. Rolled oatsâ€" Bbis., $8.50; do., bags, 90 lbs., $4.00. Bran, $35.00. Shorts, $40.00.. Middlings, 48.00 to $50.00. Mouillie, . $55.00 to 60.00. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car lots, 11.50 to $12.00. %’;eeaeâ€"?lnest Wostâ€" erns, 21%¢c; finest Easterns, 21%¢c. â€"Butâ€" terâ€"Cholcest creamer;. 45 to 4bi¢; seconds, 444c. Eggsâ€"Fresh, 53 to 54c; selected, 47 to 48¢; No. 1 stock, 43 to 44c; No. 2 stock, 40 to 41c. Potatoesâ€" Montreal Markets Montreal, Oct. _ 9.â€" Oatsâ€"Canadian Western, No. 2, T7%c; No. 3, 16¢; extra No. 1 feed, 76¢c; No. 2 local white,~7%c; No. 3 local white, T1c. Barleyâ€"Manitoâ€" t SA 7 onl Tc mess ut resny lt hi M Li ~ Lardâ€"Pure lard, tlerce;. 264 to 27¢; tubs, 264 to 274¢; ails, 27 to 27ic; corgg?und. gerces. 2lf to 22¢; tubs, 21‘ Poâ€" FraePt hsV / ies * e to 22ic; pails, 22 to 22%c Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, medium, 30 to 31¢c; do., heayy, 26 to 27¢; cooked, 41 to 42%¢; rolls, 27 to 28¢; breakfast bacon, 86 to 40c; backs, plain, 39 to 40¢; boneâ€" loss, 43 to 44c. 4 Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 274 to 28¢ lb; clear beilies, 264 to 27c. i ud Wc d o esd | _ Cheeseâ€"New, large, 23 to 23%¢; twins, 23i to 23%¢; triplets, 234 to 24¢c; old, large, 30¢; twins, 30%c; triplets, 30%c. Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 41¢; 2;eamery prh{ts. 44 to 45¢; solids, 43 to E‘gsâ€"New laid, in camsons>~61 to 53¢; out of cartons, 45¢. Dressed poultryâ€"Spring chickens, 26 to 30¢; fowl, 20 to 22¢; squabs, per doz., gl to $4.50; turkeys, 28 to $2¢; ducks, pring, 22c. = Live poultryâ€"Turkeys, 22c; / Spring chickens, lb., 22%c; hens, 20 to 22¢; ducks, Spring, 20c. . Honeyâ€"Combâ€"Extra fine. 16 oz. :3.25; 12 oz., $2.15; No. 2, $2.40 to 2.50; Strained, tins, 2Q'n and 5‘s, 18c per lb; 10‘s, 17 to 17%0; 460‘s, 164 to 17¢. Beansâ€"No Canadian beans on market #m last of October; imported, handâ€" cked, $7.75 per bush; Limas, per 1b., 15 to 16e. â€" _ Potatoes, on trackâ€"Ontario, bag, $1.35 to $1.45. C | Butterâ€"Creamery solids, per lb.. 414 to 42¢; grlnts. ger Ib., 42 to 42%¢; dairy, per lb., 35 to 36c. Eggsâ€"Per doz., $9¢. Wholesalers are seling to the retail tra’g‘_e at the following prices: â€" " Millfeedâ€"Car lotsâ€"Delivered Montâ€" real freights, 8 includedâ€"Bran, per ton, $35; shorts, do., $42; middlings, do., :;525‘0 $46; good feed flour, per bag, Hayâ€"No. 1, new, per ton, $12 to $13; mixed, do., $9 to $11, track Toronto. Strawâ€"Car lots, per ton, $7 to $7.50 track Toronto. * Ontario . flourâ€"Winter â€" according _ to sample, $9.80, in bags, Montreal; $9.60, Toronto, prompt shipment. ~« _ ~~ Rye â€" No. 2, +$1.15, according to freights outside. Manitoba flourâ€"First #!entl. in jute bnfs. $11.50; 2nd, do., $11.00; _ strong bakers‘, do., $10.60, Toronto. _\ Toronto, ~Oct. 9.â€"Manitoba wheatâ€" No. 1 Northern, $2.23; No. 2, do., $2.20; luo'l 8. fh:’cnfi. in store Fort William, nclucing 2¢â€"tax. c "ohs Manitobsa oatsâ€"No. 2 C.W., 681c, in stote Fort William:; t & T 6!!:er!lcan cornâ€"NNoi 3 {auo" u;.,noménd. ntario oatsâ€"No. 2 w c, nomiâ€" nal; No. z‘:%o., ‘61c; nomna:l accord% to freights outside. 554 Ontario wheatâ€"New, No. 2 ‘Winter, $2.22 basis, in~store, Montreal. . Peasâ€"No. 2, nominal. a Barleyâ€"Malting, new, $1.18 to $1.20, according to freights outside. Markets of the World Country Produceâ€"Wholesalé Provisionsâ€"Wholesale Winnipeg Grain PP ECE I WIUN & j The fishpole is held in such a way as ,’ They ac to allow the bit of cork to come gently | fect of !into contact with your skin. â€" If you | Willies,‘ don‘t feel it, trial is made with a bigâ€"| Bangs," ger piece of cork. (It is really the‘ tear she weight of the cork that tells the story,IOther fr and the smallest piece you are able to | able Bo feel registers the degree of delicacy of : wearines your touchâ€"sense, * orery Up Lal e C TCB , Pue | if the question is physical ‘merely, how | delicate is your "feelâ€"sense"â€"in other | words, your sense of touch ? C | A simple contrivance used by the ’piyeho-phylicist »to determine this point is a little stick with a threadâ€" a fishpole and line in miniature. On the end of the thread (in lieu of a‘ hook) is a bit of cork. ts | ‘ Testing Sense of Touch. » 1 There are feelings and feelings. |Some folks have very sensitive feelâ€" jingi; others are morally tougher, But per cent. fewer cars are l'ui;l;p, 'n_n:l'; decrease in daily expenditures of 8,000 roubles is secured. RUSSIAN FUEL â€" GROWING SCARCE For rescuing two of the crew, of a British shipwrecked vessel, Hans Jerâ€" genson, a Swedish captain, was preâ€" sented with a piece of plate by the British Board of Trade. ~W. Courtald, of Essex, has given £2,000 to the Braintree School, as scholarships,â€"on condition that no son of a German parent shall ever benefit by them. â€" ‘ ~ At an education conference at Bedâ€" ford, Lady Betty Balfour stated that it took her children nine years to learnâ€"to write and nine more to learn to spell. An Army Council order has directed the release of a certain quantity of sole leather for civilian use. Of eight new magistrates appointed for Dudley, Worcestershire, three of, them represent labor. A memorial to the Southend air raid victims is being erected in the grounds of Prittlewell Priory. Owing to the shortage lof paper the new London telephone directory will not be published before January next. Col. H. B. 0. Savile, one of the oldâ€" est officers in the Royal Artlllery. was buried with military honors at Bristol. The Royal Humane Society‘s cerâ€" tificate has been awarded to Marie Sharrat of Windsor, for jumping into the Thames and rescuing a child. The British Government haveâ€"had 437 aeroplanes and seaplanes given as gifts from different parts of the Emâ€" pire since the beginning of the war. _ M. _ C, Luschene, F.S.1., of Faraham Common, has been appointed honorâ€" ary secretary of ‘the Royal English Arboricultural Society. Krgapt. F. Hurley, who was photoâ€" pher to Sir E. Shackleton‘s* Antareâ€" tic.Expedition, . has been appointed photographer to the Australia forces. The Board of Agriculture says that children under twelve years Of age should not be released from school atâ€" tendance. x Lord Roundway has become presiâ€" dent of the Association of Wiltshireâ€" men in Londgn,~in succession to the late Sir R. Burbidge. Occurrences in‘ the Lund That Reigns A Supreme in the Commerâ€" cial Worlg. _ _ Lodgers in England who buy their own food, will be allowed to get their own ‘sugar cards. e * The Parkinson Stove Co., of Birmâ€" ingham,;â€"were fined £112 for improperâ€" ly using copper in the manufacture of, water heaters. o | NEWS BYâ€" MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE n l â€"â€" T * Denefit can only be surmised. N \When. making breed alcays w., . *_| the basing always P ' L much jighte ""*â€" The bread will I aGeprrplitnetths, .. e, of wbiéi;_.:igfi.: €90,000 Pomn;:. exported. â€" Of . the tmm of Holland but. , ter \ the _ exportations ;lllounu to 92,593,200 pounds. How , greatly these exports were to Gerâ€" 'Mly’l benefit can uly be surmised. | 005. 4N _ | | pounds of uy gh. CCOCCCoEdecued InC f, weariness, the hunger and thirst, ~the dust, the mud, and all the squalor and | filthy discomfort of war, \’*‘ snn a ol;leulnl.' Exports to Germany . the total of animal fats used in 1916 in Denmark for the manufacture of margarine, 90.9 per cent. were imâ€" ported from the Hztited States. The total Danish production of margarine ,in 1916 was 124,781,620 pounds,~ acâ€" gording to data received by the United ’ tates Fo; Administrator. ‘The subâ€" | stitution of this margarine for butter "nllowd the exportation of all the butâ€" | ter ptzncod, except 8.6 â€" per cent., | much t%l exportation "going into i . Ho! also a â€" m , Siolland, also a dairy cophâ€" s TY iptrran iths, srade TR | tear shells, gas shells, and all the Iother frightfulnesses of the unspeakâ€" ;cble Boche. They counteracted the weariness, the hunger and thirst, ~the | dug, 33 / C e hunger ar L y o. 9 2eR Of He TIGICU They acted as an antidote to the fect of the "Jack Johnsons," "w Willies," "Silent Busies," «y Bangs," "Sausages,4 "Rum J fnst oX on . ance /~ To help to conceal the destination |of the tanks at the stage when any | allusion to their purpose was precludâ€" ed, they were painted© with the inâ€" {scription: "With care; to Petrograd" ‘ in large Russian characters. This, of course, was merely following up the line suggested by the snowplough ficâ€" tion. It is true that certain people who are not soldiers have played a very large and valuable part in creating the tank. It is also true that others who are soldiers have not done so. But the first to appreciate the necesâ€" sity for it, to urge its provision, and to insist on the feasibility of its conâ€" struction, were, in fact, soldiers, So far as.the writer is aware, the first definite proposal for a fighting machine on the lines of the existing hnkvudu.tothelppuunce of the Hornsbyâ€"Ackroyd caterpillar tracâ€" fi. yhich was tested for military The machines were yet otherwise miscalled. During* the summer of 1916 an enemy agent, trying to tap theâ€"wires in England, might have been mystified to pick up some such messages as: "Twelve Willies reach you toâ€"day," or "Send tails for six females." | Those German Nicknames. _ _ One good point common to both the German homeâ€"made equivalent terms of "tank" is that they do not lend themselves to the making of lyrics, for neither "Panzerkraftwagen" nor " Schutzengrabenvernichtungsautomoâ€" bil" is likely to be used as the refrain of a topical sorig in concert halls. |~ Various rumors about the new maâ€" chines were current amongst those Iwbo got wind of them. One was that they were intended to carry waâ€" ter for the troops across the deserts of Egypt and Mesopotamia. A second hinted at snowploughs for use on the Russian front. ,'“llndship.", But it is a military platiâ€" ‘tude that the "element of surfprise"â€" \ as it is alwaysâ€"called in the textâ€"books ‘â€"has immense value in war; and it was naturally realized that the greatâ€" est results to be expected from the employment of this hew weapon would be attained if it could be launched unâ€" expectedly, so that the enemy might be caught unprepared to meet it. | «s "Why ‘tank‘?" Why should a fightâ€" ing automobile have been so inapproâ€" priately. named? (The reply can be given in two wordsâ€"for secrecy. In its experimental stage â€" the machine was known as a "land cruiser" or an article on the "tanks" in the Strand Magazine by Col. E. D. Swinâ€" ton, their instructor: Col. E. D. Swinton Tells of Origin in Caterpillar Tractor a Decade w HOW THIS INGENIOUS DEVICE GOT ITS NAME. _ THE STORY OF. _ THE "TANKSs" The following® Are extracts from "Petrograd, With Care." and all the squalor and Jars," The cost of silo filling is greatly @uced if several farmers use a â€" eutter coâ€"operatively . Chinese and Japanese bells are cl w and never are swung, th being produced by striking th with wooden mallets. eare for your ills or sorrows. 1 to do something for others every This is no time for idle hands." 'lqrn to laugh. A good laug than medicine. Learn to : A wellâ€"told story is as e as a sunbeam in a sick r Learn to keep your own trouble: yourself. The world is too busy Then, standing by the cap «ed his crew around him ar the money amongst them Even then men who impatient of the ways of in offices and procrastina had small liking for law; resulted in some curious done. One bluff old ca captured a valuable Spar clared that he did not m time fooling about with A lays, he was too busy. S ship and cargo into Bata them to the Dutch for ov« We have all heard of drear led to fortune. Here is one . most curious, yet a wellâ€"auther instance of such a happening. the Alcemene was at sea, wil luck dead out Not a doubl prizeâ€"money, not even the plea m fight, had come her way, a crew were almost mutinous wi appointment, when the captain mightly to dream that someon into his cabin and implored northward, Dighby, go northwar impressed did he become by th at last he decided he would "go ward," though his officers pro But on the evening of the first a@altered course Captain Dighy 1 ‘with, a Spanish ship, from whi took a huge booty. Settled Out of Court, In the gallant West Country the maritime counties generally, a family was founded and the n of many a snug estate acqui prizeâ€"money won at sea,. The = fact, was the place whereon our fathers in these parts were for ; ations taught that they must lo« fortune. They did so, and found often that every encouragement given for the quest to proceed. Were the Sum the Navy Some Hund Years Ago. wagons, which 1 procession to 1. there disposed « ized by the sal« $324,360, each $64,870, and eac Remunerative PDré Much more fortunate w men of the Favorite and which in the same year . tremendously valuable pr she was unloaded the merc ure there taken ca eral present recei\ poor Jack had to i mot enough for a | tion. From the lowe: the worst featur« was the unfair sy For example, who ed Havana in 17 slo: & result of that ton‘s captain p her seamen re mere trifle cor tain‘s share, bu nevertholess. Â¥ aA FEW HUXp AWARDED To H. a â€". Wastly different @red odd years apo eruise made men ; a be won in a &.flt,his, but a » A notable case of Of the Triton, friga the Spanish Santa 1 â€"meney, the oldes tes, has dwindle uninspiring seem t} ds now awarded to H. ing the enemy in the great, big, glitt our sailors in the t« ' and boardingâ€"pi from the enemy‘ found Learn to 1799 t h ion and Laugh tra n ter A WV oarding enemy nt was Ke im ayr al m th mer he $4 shir That U with fhg it WiI @4 ne