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2.? 0. " u Live Stock Markets ' Toronto, Aug. 27.-Extra choice henvy steers $1 .50 to 816.25; choice Montreal, Aug. 27.--0atr--Cnna. dial: Western, No. 2, $1.02 to $1.03; extra No. I feed, Mk to $1.00. Flour ---New st-ndnrd grade. 310.95 to ti.06. Rolled "ate-Barr, 90 lbs. .20 to $5.30. Bran, $35.00. Shorts, .00. "willie. $67 .00. Buy.. No. 2. per ton. cu lots, 815.00 to $15.50. Dry Suited Metshr--Lontt clears. in tons, 80e; In cases. not-:0: clear bellies, " to 28%e; fat barks, 25c. Lanb-Ptrre, tierces, 30% to Me; who, 30% to " he: pails. M to 31%e: gum. 32 to 32%c. Shortening. tierces, to Mbv, tubs. 26 'a to 26%e; pit.. 26% to 27e; rm. prints, 27% to Stk. ii)', Smoked Meats-Rolls, 32 to Me; hams, medium. " to '39e; heavy, 30 to ttte: cooked hams, 53 to Me: backs. plain. 44 to 35v: tracks, boneless, 48 to 49e. Breakfast bacon. 40 to 4le. Coyagg rolls, 35 to Me. Grein stuiisuttut of pickle. le less thqn smoked. Bundled Meats-Pickled pork, 348; may pork. $47. Cheese-New, large 23% to 24e; twins. 28% to 24%e; spring-made, In e, 25% to Bk; twins. 20; to M%e. Jeansafnnndian prime, bushel, $6.50 to 87.50. foreign, hand-pick 0d, bushel, $6.75 to " Comb Honey-Choice, 16 OB., $5 to 8550 per down; 12 oz. $3.50 to 84 per dozen; seconds and dark comb. tr" to $2.75. Bulk, 25 to Me per Maple S rtt--hmserittl gullona. 82.25; 5nflon tins, $2.10 per gal- PP, Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to Bytter-teamery. solids, 46e; do., fresh mule. 46 to 47e; choice dairy prints, 4t to 42e; ordinary dairy tee,; 38 to 40e; bakers', 36 to Me. ittsrttarsrntiye (bgst grade). 32 to Me. Ettttr-No. l candied. " to 49e; selected. new-laid. M to ine; cartons. 52 to tue. Millfeeer-A"ar lots, delivered. Mont- veal twig”. bag: included: Bran, Per ton, IV. shorts, $40. Manitoba Flour - War quality, $10.96, Toronto. Ontario Flour, -Winter, in ne bags, you»! shipment. was '/Jl'lil.'ve,%tl'rst antral. prompt shipment. PnFNominnl. Buck 'rhear- Nominal . mr--Trark, Toronto, No. I " to as; mixed. " to an. Maw- 1199. 38 to $8.50. to WIT I Ned, M%e. American Corn -No 3 yellow, kiln dried, nominal. Ontario Wheat -No, 2, 32.22, basis in 'tore. Montreal. Ontario Data -New white, Th. to 79e; No, 1t.ve--Nominat. Barter-New eroo. Markets of the World N "mus a p m:- e . “3314.2 ere retreating from the sum/madnu two points ,hereAlurmtiti. Wen-e hammer- ing a. mati than» um,- threat- ened 'Ci'llfd1l'rA'rllth2hUt'. The town oFAhrere-tmtrNigttgtr-into the hands of the Bri . _ pretiS' ing the enemy 'ttt it!tre. Anon. the ftrras-Aaersoaitw., era-i Milkmen: and'on both sides of it Again a. British have seen victori- ous. The battle north of die Anne raged all day lone, while ton thow. sand yards to the south another British fora. whith crossed the Anew durinmb and opened In art- tuk at di’BWnE, was driven steadily into thww.wnitiona on the high ground V tween Brny-nur-Somme and Alhergmeady captured a A desrarteh from the British Amy in Fume "rs:--There was fieree "hting on Thuqday along n large action of the British front, to the louth of Arms, virtually through to the River Somme. BRITBH ADVANCE Ill NEW DRIVE --- CAPTURING TWIN 0F ALBERT Germans Are Retreating From Section to South of Arms Hard Pressed by Victorious Armies of Field Marshall Haig. Country Ptmhser--Whotenate Pun itrimtss-W holesale Montreal Markus New crop, mailing. 31.03 Breads ml... crop; to Me; ng-made, to 26%e. bushel. Tu' No. 1 to We A despatch from London "rr.--- Austrian losses on the British front in Italy between June 15 and August 15 were 20,000. according to advice: received here. British casualties in the same period totalled 2,600, it is said. "Give me that!" he said. He got whit he dermutded,and put it into his pocket for future emer- gency. Facing tt third, he demanded and received his rations also; then, turning on his heel, he went any to till up on other men's food. 20,000 Acs'rttrariir, his He went to a private and held out his hand. "Give me something bcttery" he aid insolentiy. As a result, he had nothing. A few hours later I saw him again. His hunger was begin- nine to get the better of him. An- other ration was being given to his men, and he was getting nothing. What did he do? _ It was. mess time; they had just started to issue he bully beef and bis- cuit. First they came to one of the officers, who looked like imperial Prussia incarnate. He took his. share readily enough, but when he saw it was the same food that his men were getting, he threw it into the mud. ‘An officer-But Not a Gentleman, I Was This Prussian i' In writing of the battle of Vimy ilttht: Lieut. Andrew M. Naismith) describes an incident that suggests thel sort of autocratic domination that! the military caste of Germany seek to impose upon the world. About two hundred and fifty Germans were captured. he traytr--typieal infantry- men who had been through the usual; Prussian training, and a handful of omcern. When I had a chance I wentl to look them over. I to $10.00; choice butcher cows. $9.00 to $9.50; rgood cows, $8.00 to $9.00; cannon, b5.50 to $6.00; butcher bulls, $8.00 to $9'50, according to quality; canners, ..6.50 to $7.50; milk-fed cal- ves, $12.00 to $15.00; ttrass-fed, $7.00 to $8.50; sheep, $12.00; choice lambs, $18.00 to $19.00 select hogs, off cars, $19.50 to 3-20.60; sows. $17.50 to‘ 39.23; rough: and heavies down toi 6, . "Give me 'heavy steers, 814.50 to $15.00; but.. chers' cattle, choice, $13.25 to $13.75; do., good, $12.00 to $12.50; do. medium, $10.75 to $11.00; do. com- [ mon, $9.00 to $10.00; butchers' bulls, rchoicc, $11.00 to $1l.'2IV, do medium .buhs. $10.25 to $10.60; do. rough hulls, $7.50 to $8.50: butchers' cows, 'choice, $10.25 to $10.50; do. good, "9.25 to $9.50; do. medium, $8.25 to, ‘$8.75; do common, 37.25 to $8.00; stocken, $8.00 to 10.50; feeders, $10.50 to $1b.00; cannerl and cut- ters, $5.50 to $6.50; milkers, good to choice, $90.00 to si25.oo; do. com. and med., $05.00 to $75.00; swingers“ $90.00 to $125.00; light ewes, $12.00l to $15.00; yearlings, $15.00 to $16.00;! wring lambs, 20% to 21%e; calves,i good to choice. $13.50 to $17.25; hogs 1 fed and watered, $19.50; do. weigheJ? oftyars, $19.76. i Montrbd, Au5 27.--Choiee steers, $10.00 to $10. ; good steers, $8.50 is On the northern half of the battle- z'front In British stormed the enemy _',positiorts and captured them, inftieb u‘ ing terrible losses on the many. They ‘then pushed eutward' " vurioul points. They occupied Hamelincwrt tr.eneh, we" to the ‘eut of the em- ib-nkment. and were reaching out Aimilnrlr at other points, " the sane 'time beating down desperate attack; Flaunched by the enemy in an offort to regain his nimble lost positions. ! Albert has been the Rene of some desperate fUrhtlng and in the recent British drive the town was surround- ed on three sides by the armies of Field Marshall Haig, the village f Avuluy on the north and Mcaulte -‘n the south having been reached by them. I fore the war it more than 7,000 Albert is a town in the department of Somme, 18 miles northeast of Amiens. It is situated on the Ancre River and is a railroad centre. Be- hetvy "htins cont/rules officer turned to another man. a me that!" he demanded. soldier obediently passed over A TYPICAL GERN 2.500 BRITISH LOST it had a population of The aoexuxaiiale,E the CEDan.:Elthiar, AN Ctnada's Coal Problem-Fact, about consumption of coal in Canada put into th questhm of distribution be wind? I A despatch from Washington says: --italian soldiers and civilians have ‘succeeded in harvesting the grain on Ithe right bank of the Piave River, I under flee of the enemy, according to iofrieial reports from Rome. ' The entire district was swept, while the harvesters worked, by the enemy's artillery fire. _ I'rMJANs HARVESTED GRAIN UNDER FIRE or THE ENEMY iCatutalties Were 1,435, 45 Per () Cent. of Them Will be Fit f Again in 6 Months. I A despatch from Ottawa says:--" lnet gain to the Canadian Expedition- _ ary Force of 1,116 recruits is shown in gthe recruiting fUurea for the period ibatween August 1 and 16, given out ‘by the Militia Department. The total number of recruits secured in Canada, the United States and England was 4,002, while the total wastage report-i (ed was 2,887. It is estimated that: " per cent. of the casualties will within a period of six months be iii) for general service. i For the period mentioned enlist- menu in Canada numbered 3,144; in the United States 849, and in England 9. The wastage of 2,887 men includ- ed overseas casualties to the number of 1,435. P.E.t. I 4,002 RECRUITS AUGUST 1 IO 15 In not: I “In“. Scot“ arto born At.ttLtLttt.p.' " -, Memo atat h a ' Canal“) 64M - was»: con Il-e., was») - a.“ 1mm tn cam " A despatelcfrom Washington gays: " --Czecho-slovak troops in, France /have participated in a successful at- ftack against German positions in the 1Vosg‘ea. according to a despatch re ,eeived on Thursday at the headquar- "ers here of the Czechu-Slovak Na, ]tional Council. . l It the pr.od9stion, importation and concrete form. How can the I A despatch from Ottawa "FIC-- .1 Hon. Martin Harrell, Acting Minister Iof Militia, in a recent statement to [the Canadian Press, referred to, the l recent' Canadian offensive. ‘ I "Since the first of August," said jthe Minister, "the Canadians have i marked their entry into the fifth year ‘of the war, by achievements whichl thrive eonfirmed the reputation of the fCanadian corps as the most 1ortrtl 'able fighting force of its size on thel ’Western battlefront. The recent iadvance made by our men has been! iimportant in its results and brilliant in execution. In the past three 'weeka they have captured 10,000 pris-' oners, 150 guns, and thosuands of machine guns. During this same brief period they have suffered 10,482 casualties in killed, wounded and'; missing, 130 officers and 1,474 men having been killed in action." f l CZECHS IN SUCCESSFUL ATTACK IN THE VOSGES 130 Otfieert, and 1,474 Men Have Been Killed in Action. CANADIANS' SUFFER 10,482 (ljBlJhl,'rllis tity "AmtAhtttS TORONTO Production Seiene I onward nigh, Sustained by trust no doubt ' That all will priceless prove, I know not-yet I know; The future's veil II kindly to my eyes. With joy I hail Whatever Life sends down the to me Because I know so well Both smiles and tears shall be The best, the very best; if sweet If bitter or if hatches prove The Mien I must queff, To-day would lose the light Of its felicity. The stormy sides To-morrow', dawn may If I should know what tears Would blind my eyes, If_i. could read just now If I should know the joy That lies before, If I could open now The future's door And count the treasure waiting 1 for me, How dull, how hard, how long To-day’s get tasks would bet. Since the French offensive of the Marne it has been brought home to 1them that American troops in large ‘numbers have given a very good ac- count of themselves on the battle- field and that thus the U-boat cam- paign has failed. Nevertheless, the physique of prisoner, in oxtrnordin- arily good, It Is their moral resis: tance that is sapped. I. While there is no doqbt that the enemy resist our advance in some parts of the field with great bravery, there is yet a marked depreciation of his morals as compared with that of prisoners captured earlier in the year.‘ The belief seems prevalent bothl among his ofrieers and men that Ger. many cannot win the war. 1 Of these divisions some eighteen have been drawn from German re- serves. The fourth army, with which the Canadian Corps is incor- porated, alone has captured prisoners from twenty-six divUiona. Since August 8, the exact number of enemy divisions identified by the allied armies on the Amiena-Montdid- for front approaches forty with the addition of "milked" battalions from another division. The French advance towarda the roads leading ito Chauny gdds another menace to their line of retirement, and explains the acceleration ot the (Prey? retreat. Bourgignon. St. Paul- aux-Bois and Quincy fell Into the hands ie, the French on Thursday, giving them command of the valley of the lAilette from the region of Coucy-lo- Chateau to the one. Prisoners Captured by Cana- diana, Though of Splendid Physique, Lack Morale. i A despatch from the Canadiun Army in the Field, 'saytc--it is proper to make a brief record of the remark able work being done by the Intelli- gence Branch of the Canadian force. Unremitting and uttfutrring, this great military detective force does its work silently and without any sort of l public recognition; but through exer-‘ tions the Canadians have the iit.:,i,iiti,.id advantage that instead of fumlhinsr in the dark, it can walk straight in the! light of day. GERMANS DO wr - EXPECT TO WIN General Mangin's men no approach- ing the Coucy forest and are nearly on the line held in April along the River Anette; They have also widened their hold on the 0156 to Breugny. midway between Noyon and Chauny. A despatch trom the French Army in France tsaytc-Ttte retreat of the Germans before both the Third and Tenth French armies continued on Thursday. with inéreased speed. over a Inge part ot the battlefront. and in some cases in disorder. GERMANS RETREAT RAPIDLY BEFORE THIRD AND TENTH FRENCH ARMH'S General Mangin and General Humbert Capture 'l‘housands of Prisoners and Great Quantities of Trophies. Knowing treasure waiting there usher 'in for etut mar the path A despntch from Paris ti-The Allied armies have. taken more dun 100,000 prisoners since July 18, an Mai-eel Hutin in The Echo de Putin. For the past six months the Rall. wny Department has been operating trains over the bridge. Wedlpld-y's test was regarded, however, In the, severe to which the bridge could hm put. ( 100.000 PRIMNERS A detpeclb from Ottawa ts'a.v6'.-- Severe tests made of the Quebec Bridge on Wednesday are regarded by the Railway Department " very satisfactory. The bridge will be formally taken over by the Goverw ment with in a few days. TAKE OVER QUEBEC BRIDGE WITHIN' A FEW DAYS men were Been in the trenchel he}; pod to the waist throwing hand ttre- nades and working the machine guns. Most of the "htitCiround Las signy was in 1titlieyt weather, and With nothing else to flitht with they grabbed the picks used for dig- gin; trenches 1nd drove back the Germans until the body of the lieu- tenant could be recovered. In the fUrhtine at close quarters, and while the Germans were pressing herd at one point -in superior num- bers, I French lieutenant tell while directing his men. The men were determined not to allow the body of the lieutenant to fall Into tho hands of the enemy. They had exhausted all their rifle and machine gun am- munitions and grenhdes. Thus Lusigny not only had fallen, but its possession by~the French wu made secure by the' encircling of a strong position from which the Ger. mans might have delivered counter- attacks. While the officer eommtutdintr the Chasseure, " the head of his men and with a rifle in his hand, led them to the summit of the height to the cut of Lasaigny and planted the French fue there, an infantry reei-) ment, advancing from Messier-h- Raye, turned the famous Plemont‘ height to the north. Gallantly Stormed Devitte Wood and Drove Out the Enemy. A despatch from the French Army (on the Cine, sayr.-vlhe fall of Las. 'sizny at noon on Wednesday followed (five days of incesunt fighting in the [trenches of the old positions which ‘were abandoned by the Germans in: March, 1917. Grenades, mine-throw- !ers and all other means of trench ‘wurfu'e came aguin into play, end lhand-to-hnnd fitrhtintr took place fre- _quently. The Germans made a stout stand in Devit-te wood, which bristled with ma- chine gum and made on limost im. preznnble position. A battalion of the famous Chanson”, however, stormed the wood and took it yesterw day morning, thereby sealing the fuel of Lassigny. HOW (1lhlrililllls TOOK LASSIGNY contusion General Maugin's troops advanced seven miles during the night Ind this morning were Ntrhitut the enemy's rearward no energetically that the retiring columns were thrown into Several thousand prisoners have been taken since Wednesday evening and trophies In such glen quantities that it has been impossible than hr to count them also have been cap- tured. l General Humbert’s troops also are pressing the enemy titrottrouMr. He'- ing occupied the height of Plemont. just loath of msigny, which they ”wounded on Wednesday, they have captured Thiescourt. which completes the conquest ot the group ot hills known as the Thiescourt Massif. The enemy now have but a precarious hold on the valley of the Divette River, in which the French cavalry in now operating. . SINCE JULY " MY. Vialout Sign. ",l',rtrt.ry.usttsoetohert,- -'tytlF.thtefkir,iii,' '_'theuutiiriorii'eese. rod. Wu-. be: care-worn Nee Or M l." Item on mine? 'thirtitutuiArGiriiia,, Whenever I look in her kind eye. I think of tho wide It!!! sky, “4.. A - . A- __ And Trail: Illll .eities lumar, Whoa all” in one with Freedom and her name. The armies of the night devise thee wrong, But on thy helm-the star of Truth in clear. __ -"'-' an - - thunder- stun, Hex-elem the ftetde, that cannon plow. Triumph Indium, 0 beautiful, Ind A-__I us than! (strength is thine beyond th noted now. And put dominion of the Lance brow Immortal be the lilies thou I Eternal be thy station in the Tint shines not on a snlem To [stance o dguzhter of the mom there may Ippeu to vouch for us, The plead for Heaven's rest, A few of those time-honored friend, Who seem to know In best. Those Who Know " Brat The world may publish all our foul And magnify the some. May gloat o'er all our failures. And villfy our name; While any virtue we may have Will prove I stranger guest. Except to those few golden hearts, Who seem to know us best. How sad is I” the worldly strife. Men fume and honor clash; When purest principles are mad. subservient to cash: And what I struggle life would be By evil tongues possessed. Were not for a few true friends Who seem to know ur- beet. When ill the ups and downs of life Are histories of the past, And we are culled before the Bar . or tInst Great Judge at last, 1 m. last might seem to be for the blind an impoaaible kind of work.But it is accomplished by the help of an ingenious little machine that takes down the Braille raised-point script in a contracted form at a speed com- parable to that of an ordinarily clever stenottrapher. Blinded soldiers ac- quire the art with really remarkabla rapidity, soon attaining a speed of more than 100 words a minute. For those blinded ttoidiers who are of the highest intelligence and beat leducated, three occupations are pre- 'terred. One of them in mas-ago work (greatly in demand at the military hoapitala). at which they prove ar- tually more emcient than "ttighted" operatives. The second is telephone operating. The third is shorthand and typewriting. " Poultry {arm has proved tturprltsintrly successful Is a pursuit for the blind. Sixhtless soldiers are taught the business on pracdcnl and up-to-date lines. ' The most important problem in to enable the blinded soldier to earn a livelihood. He lahora under a very serious handicap. but it may be over- come. Most of the men thus "lieted are taught cobbling. They do very well at it. In six or seven months: blinded man can learn to lole and heel a pair of shoes as well as anybody. Other employment: usefully avail- able for the blind are basket making. rue and carpet weaving, chnirtttnkintt, bruahmaking and Joinery. They are not taught to be all-around ioiners, but to make small furniture, corner cupboards, teatraye, ornamental ta. bles and the like. ' Learning is greatly accelerated by the employment of blind tenehers.The more intelligent and apt of the blind pupila are retained in the military achools as instructors; and it is easy to imagine how stimulating it must be to a newly blinded man to find his first fumbling ed'orts directed by a teacher who himself was blinded on the uttleiUid a few months pre- viously. night is 'trokii tt ll important to give the blinded soldier In many points of contact with his fellow being as possible. As for the typewriter, one should remember that the imminent was originally in- vented to enable per-on: blind from infancy to write-n art which would otherwise be imp‘ossihle for them to acquire. to Communicate idea through a me- dium other than speech. The hand- writing of I blind nun rapidly dete- Aorutes--aa, of course. might be ex- They Ire Wilt trpenrritimr---not u an oeeupatioet, but to enable them Surprisingly Nun-on Are the Oct.- puhls M Cam Be bun-d Recent when In - that men blinded on the We“ liter. ally have to learn to live their live; now. I - . my," Gf HELPING THE WAR BLIND loud: are 'tih'ne by. conquer, tho' thy stand, n battle morning! on thy i. tho' now tho m m the gun. I splendor such thou hast won! shed toe our faults, the ar- lih and “any mm: H Artificial H: ht Mace: view of that wit will In whieh I them term“ GO morning happenh "tt K th th tice winds Mow It! In Her ther Among th rom