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T6 2t pS y w i< t $ ( #5 9 Machine oil stains will disappear if rubbed with soap and cold water. Hot water will set the stain. secretary, Lieut.â€" Col. E. M. Grigg; assistant . secretary, Sir Godfrey Thomas, Bart.; equeries, Capt. Lord Claud Hamilton, and Capt. the Hon. ada during the month of August, and will be present at the Canadian Naâ€" tional Exhibition at Toronto, and at the official opening of the new Can-) adian â€" Parliament buildings. _ The following staff will accompany him onj his Canadian tour: Chief of staff, the Marquis of Salisbury; chief privnto} H ada during the m will be present a from the viewpoint of ties, yet it is sufficien produce a good quality the addition of imnort A despatch from London says :â€" It is announced that the plant breedâ€" ing section of the University _ of Cambridge, which is closely associatâ€" ed with the Board of Agriculture, has succeeded in producing two new varâ€" ieties of wheat, styled Fenman and Yeoman. These were distributed to farmers and it is reported that the result has been to treble the average yield. One crop produced 96 bushels per acre. Milling and baking trials have shown that while the Yeoman variety is not equal to the famous Red Fife from the viewpoint of milling quali-: ties, yet it is sufficiently strong to CGEKT 96 BUSHELS FRoM NEW YARIETY oF RINCE OF WALES vIsIT3 CANADA IN AUGUST tl W. Legh The Royal Commission states that so far as they are concerned. there is no immediate prospect# of a drop in the price of sugar. The Bermondsey Council asks that all enemy aliens should be kept inâ€" terned or licensed until such time as peace is signed. 4 Mrs. Dacre Fox is at the head of a movement in London, having for its object the fighting of German inâ€" fuence in every direction. The death took place recently at Crouch Hill of Rev «lonry Bright, he sightless founder of the North Lonâ€" don Homes for the Blind al Instructions have been issued by the London Fire Brigade Committeo, that firemen are not to be ordered to attend church parades. Lord Ashton has giver £5,000 to St. Anne‘s near Blackpooi, for a peace memorial and £19,000 for an obfect Lord Ashton has given £5,000 to | St. Anne‘s near Blackpool, for a peace | memorial and £19,000 for an objm:tI to be agreed npon between hmm-lt’ ind the council; | W. H. Press has resigned his p(ni-' tion as Director of Marketing, at thel Food Production Department. | Two boys have been christemnod | ‘Foch" recently at the Church of St. ieorge the Martyr, Southwark. Stourbridge Town Station and its ranch line, which bave been closed | ince March, 1915, were opened reâ€" James Perkins, an exâ€"miner and a private ‘in the Queen‘s 16th Lancers, has been decorated with eight medals drring the war. The Council of Douglias has invited the Royal Automobile Club to have road races in the Isle of Man during September. # Henry Joy has been appointed to succeed Sir Henry Davies as controlâ€" ler of the London Post Office Savings Bank. The farmers of West Surr;y are orâ€" ganizing pigeon shoots as the pigeons are doing enormous damage to the crops. UT St. Dunstan‘s are trying to raise : fund this year for the permanent after care of blirmiled soldiers an 1 gailors» Home quired ropean rope. Harold R. d&Cartant, a I«mdon barâ€" rister, was killed by being thrown from a motor car at Rallett. The superintendent of ratcatchers for Hampshire has been voted a salâ€" ary of £200 per annum. Since the signing of the armistice 46,430 officers and 1,783,.27% men have been demobilized. lespatch from Ottawa says:â€"â€" toyal Highness the Prince of is expected to arrive in Canâ€" | £ ealh took place recently at Hill. of Rev. Henry Bright, less founder of the North Lonâ€" ies for thg Blind. Events in England Office permits are no longer by â€" passengers going to _ and countries outside of Fox is at the head of a London, having for its ghting of German inâ€" mported wheat rom London says:â€" that the plant breedâ€" the University â€" of h is closely associatâ€" d of Agriculture, has loaf without WwHEAT { process of reproduction is very rapid. It soon extends over the gills and kills the fish, The primary purpose of the slime of the fish is to reduce its friction when in motion through the water, and thereby increase its rate of speed. It also serves as a cushion to the scales, which it thus protects Afrom many inâ€" juries. c One of the important functions of the fish‘s slimy coating is to protect it from the attacks of fungds. a form of plant life found in‘ all waters.. If the fish is so injured that some spot becomes uncovered by slime, a barely visible fungus will be likely to lodge there, and when it is once lodged the Almost every variety of fish is slipâ€" pery and hard to hoid when first caught. This is due to a sort of mucâ€" ous exuded through the scales, and is of the~greatest importance to all slimy creatures. instead »of Rhyl having suffered through the Canadians, the present season has been very prosperous, Mr. Brooks concludes. 1000E MAE CCCE CCeVOt EAMRaAnCEL nad’ Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 CW, 79%4e; | reserved decision as to acceptance. |No, 3 CW, 77%e¢; extra No. 1 feed, ‘ _ The Chamber of Deputies had, by| 77%c; No. 1 feed, 76%4¢; No. 2 feed, ya vote of 59 to 78, rejected Premier| 71%¢, in store Fort William. Orlando‘s motion in_favor of disâ€"| _ Manitoba barleyâ€"No. 3 _ CW, russi h ti f confidence, $1.32%¢; No. 4 CW, $1.30%¢; . reâ€" "“".’"‘“ lated io is e icy dJected, $1.23%e; feed, $1.923%4.c, in which related to the foreign po.hcy,stm'e 'Fort. Willi’am * on Sdithe 'of the Government, in secret session, | American cornâ€"Nominal, [ ‘ Megoncewarifftemsesccmns ‘ Ontario oatsâ€"No. 3 white, 77 to RHYL PAYS TRIBUTE ,808 :cc_ordir;‘x zo l{‘reiglht:v .outtside. | ntario wheatâ€"No. inter, per TO ('Aâ€"NL\DIAN moopsi°"$12°{b321;}‘ %°d$2'2502' g‘,‘,"-t?sdz"i's*?;“‘ to $2.19; No. o 2 o $2. .0. A despatch from London says:â€"| iwig in n 1 John Brooks, Chairman of the Rhyl,}’;eig',f‘t‘,‘f""g e Nee o t o O oik AAte. Council, writes to the press respectâ€"| _ Ontario wheatâ€"No. 1 Spring, $2.09; ing Kinmel Camp. He declares that ) to $2.17; No. 2 do, $2.06 to $2.14; the Canadians have been a dis*inct“ No. 3 do, $2.02 to $2.10, f.0.b. shipâ€"‘ asset to the town, which has organâ€"! ping points according to freights. ized a gala in their honor. The beâ€" Peasâ€"No., 2 nominal. havior of the troops has always been Barleyâ€"Malting, $1.28 _ to $1.32,‘ that of the best class of visitors, and nominal. I instead »of Rhy!l having suffered, Buckwheatâ€"No. 2 1ominal. through the Canadians, the pres‘ednt' fii;i_tg)?\' 2fio':1‘)1'ml'(1}‘:)l;/ernment slan season has been very prosperous, Mr. is e Brooks concludes. ida{d, $11, Toronto. |\ _ Premier Orlando, in announcing his resignation and that of the Cabâ€" | inet, said King Viector Emmanuel had :,reserved decision as to acceptance. nds d 4fi c dn oici is d The Chamber of Deputies had, by a vote of 59 to 78, rejected Premier Orlando‘s motion in_favor of disâ€" cussing the question of confidence, which related to the foreign policy of the Government in smavat snusine A despatch from Rome says:â€"The Italian _ Government resigned _ on Thursday following an adverse vote against it in the Chamber of Deâ€" puties, | _A despatch from Paris says:â€"Gerâ€" | man figures on the number of French | prisoners held in Germany were found |to be incerrect, Leon Abrami, Underâ€" ;Secretary in the Ministry of War, announced in the Chamber on Thursâ€" Jduy. More than 60,000 Freffich prisâ€" oners in excess of the German figures were found in Germany. _ The number of French _ soldiers ImiaSng in action has reached 314,000, the Underâ€"Secretary said. The bodâ€" ies of the majority of the missing, he added, it would be impossible to find. Interâ€"allied missions â€"were scouring Germany to ascertain if any prisonâ€" ers still remained there. ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS b FOLLOWING ADVERSE YOTE ] A despatch from St. Pierre says:â€" , | Recent Government expenditures in / this colony of France are regarded here as virtually disposing of the | suggestion that the islands be ceded to Great Britain and added to the Newfoundland Dominion. It is anâ€" nounced that several million francs | will be spent in the development of *St. Pierre, the centre of France‘s fishing industry in the Western Atâ€" | lantic. A contract had been placed | with a New York company for the | construction of a large refrigerating plant here, and work has already beâ€" gun. A powerful wireless station is also being installed by the Governâ€"! MANY FRENCH SOLDIERS MISSING IN ACTION also ment | of the country to the other seriously fthrenen the industrial life of the naâ€" ‘ tion begun thirtyâ€"nine years ago and ‘ made to prosper almost by a miracle in apite of the utter lack of coal and [ raw materials, all of which must be} imported. been. in so serious a stateâ€"so near ‘uphnul and sabotage as toâ€"day, desâ€" fpitf her victory in the field. l A despatch from Rome says:â€" |Italy is at the parting of the ways. | Never since the war, even before the | Caponetto disaster, has the countryl FRANCE WILL NOT CEDE ISLANDS TO GREAT BRITAIN Strikes, riots, loss of life and the pi.lla_ging of food shops from one end STRIKES AND RIOTS PREV AIL THROUGHOUT ITALY > s motion in. favor of disâ€" the question of confidence, related to the foreign policy Government, in secret session. Slippery Customers nt functions of 4& is to protect fungds. a form all waters.. If that some spot slime, a barely 6e We en oe NPE Te y | Live Poultryâ€"Buying price delivered, Toronto: Hens, 4% lbs., live weight, 30c to 00c; dressed, 30c to 00c; hens, 4% lbs. and over, live weight, 33 to 00c; dressed 33 to 00c; spring chickâ€" ens, live weight 45 to 00c; dressed 50 to 00c; roosters, live weight 23 to 00c, dressed 25 to 00c; ducklings, live weight 35 to 00c, dressed 38 to 00c; turkeys, live weight 30 to 00c; dressâ€" ed 35 to 00c. Honeyâ€"Bulk, clover, 25 to 26¢ per pound; do, buckwheat,j 20 to 21c. Eggsâ€"new laid, cases refur;:;ble, 35 to 36c. Butterâ€"Creamery, solids, 49 to 50¢c; do, prints, 49% to 50%e. Strawâ€"Car lots, $10 to ton, track, Toronto. f Ontario 7fl(;fi;-'â€""(}overnment dard, $10.75, in jute bags, To an;il _Mongrea’!. prompt shipment |__ Toronto, June 24.â€"Man. Wheatâ€" ;No. 1 Northern, $2.24%; No. 2 | Northern, $2.21%; No. 3 Northern, | $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.11%, in store ‘F‘ort William. Markets of the World BRINGING UP PAT HKEEE Country _ Produceâ€"Wholesale. MANDMENT in commun from home we break this that order. Given the sa route is the road to waste in long distance buying. Breadstuffs. only road to REAL jute bags, Toronto ONTARIO ARCHIVES community develop mént. s commandment by oné ;w same conditions, HE can te, overâ€"buying and false $11 per stanâ€" economy is the Brains are like soil, they pay for cultivation.â€"Rev. Dr. John Smith. Montreal, June 24.â€"Hogs. choice selected, $21 per 100 Ibs.; culls, $15; steers, $11 to $13.50; cows, $9 to $11.50; butcher bulls, best, $10; inâ€" ferior quality, $7; lambs, $16; milfâ€" fed calves $8 to $11; sheep, %8 to $12. f Live Stock Markets. l N(')I!"l:l; :‘l:l:lne:::yih(;o{fi‘ster division has Toronto, June 24.â€"Heavy steers, been demobilized with the exception R 1 ‘$13.75 to $14: choice butchers‘ steers, of the 1916 men | $18.25 to $13.50; butchers‘ cattle.] The Udeath ‘of: & N. Richard J.p | choice, $13 to $13.50; do, good, $12 to e death of E. N. Richar son, J.P., $12.50; do, med., $11.25 to $11.50; do,| from an attack of appendicitis, took ‘com.. $9.50 to $10; bulls, choice, $11) place recently at his residence in to $11.50; do, med., $10.25 to $10.75;) Dalkey. | do, rough, $8 to $8.25; butchers‘) A. G. Gardener, subâ€"agent of the ,‘COW;. $?g°513e1': %11%2755 t; $1:a75;g9dt0.l Bank of Ireland at Roscommon, has good, â€" 0 .io; do, med., $ 9/b ted th hi t | $9.50; do. com..‘$7.50 to $8; stockers,; ‘5::t:;:tmo 20 to Meâ€"managershipa $8.75 to $11.75; feeders. $12.50 to $13: q o | canners and c,utters, $4.50 to 36.25;[ William Power & Co., seed merâ€" milkers, good to choice, $90 to 3150;1 chants, of Waterford, recently shlp-j do, com. and med., $65 to $75; spring.‘ ped a large consignment of their seeds ‘_ers, $90 to $160; light ewes, $10 to| to France. ‘ $11: yearlings, $12.50 to $14; spring| The War Office has under consideraâ€" lambs, per ewt., $18.50 to $23); spring| tion the revival of the custom of keep-' ’lambs,'each. $12 to $15; calves, good| ing a battalion of Foot Guards in Dubâ€" to r:hoiice.s 3317 tod$19; ht;'g:i. fffd and ) jip . ‘ watered, $23.50; do. weighed 0 caral 4 $2§;75;. do: f.g,b., $22.50. ) ie ?‘he Lord Chancellor has apnointed Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 24.â€"Oatsâ€"Extra No. 1 feed, Q1¢c. Flourâ€"New standard | grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oatsâ€" , Bags, 90 lbs., $4.10 to $4.25. Bran, | $42. Shorts, $44. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ; ton, car lots, $40 to $41. Cheeseâ€" Finest easterns, 2944 c, Butterâ€" ‘Choicest creamery, 52 to 53c. Eggsâ€" Selected, 52¢c; No. 1 stock, 48¢; No. 2 stock, 44 to 45c. Potatoesâ€"Per bag, car lots, $1.50. Dressed hogsâ€"Abatâ€" toir killed, $30 to $30.50. Lardâ€"Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 38c. | â€" Smoked Meatsâ€"Rolls, 34 to 35¢; hams, med., 43 to 45¢; heavy, 33 to 35¢; cooked hams, 60 to 63¢; backs, plain, 48 to 49c; backs, boneless, 55 â€"]to 57¢; breakfast bacon, 47 to 50c. Cottage rolls, "% to 3Tc. # Barrelled Meatsâ€"Pickled pork, ($48; mess pork, $47, 1 ‘ Green Meatsâ€"Out of pickle, 1¢ less | than smoked. Dry Saited Meatsâ€"Long clears, in tons, 28%4c¢; in cases, 29¢; clear belâ€" lies, 28 to 28%e; fat backs, 25c. Lardâ€"-Tierces, 34%e¢ to 35¢; tubs, ,'35 to 35%ec; pails, 35% to 36 %4¢; prints, 36 to 36%c. Compound lard, ‘tierces, 31%e; tubs, 32%%e; pails, |32’;&('; prints, 38¢c. W Economic waste. the road that leads to the Home Whenever we pass up our ow n one stroke of the pen. Give your Provisionsâ€" beat any ou-t-ot-to;v_n house in economy. This cartoon show Wholesale. pass up our ow n community ana °_A f022 PVC Ceaer the CHANCE to fill own house in the country. The Long Distance cartoon shows vividly the ECONOMIC wasTE spring| The War Office has under consideraâ€" sprmz; tion the revival of the custom of keepâ€" "vdgoog{ ing a battalion of Foot Guards in Dubâ€" ,! andiu..) your home dealer the (;H_XN'(EE to When making a cornflour mould mix the cornflour with water instead of milk. It wiil turn out better and also look nicer. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John A. Bredin, of Prospect Ballymaâ€" hon, to be a justice of the peace for the county of Langford. chants, of Waterford, ”1"'ecenuy shipâ€" ped a large consignment of their seeds The death is announced ”a'th'(')rk .of Dr. Higgins, resident physician â€" of North Infirmary. Cork. Field Marshal French, w"lrur)mhas been ill for some time, is recovering, but is yet unable to leave his home. His Majesty the King lias;-;i.'e;corated Sergt. H. Curtis, Royal Dublin Fusiâ€" liers, with the Victoria Cross. The death took place recently at Belfast, of Mrs. Osborne, well known in musical circles in that city. J. Ewing Johnston, 'Belfast, has been appointed a member of the Order of }he British Empire. The death is announced of Sir Rowâ€" land Francis Hanning, at his resiâ€" dence, Roslyn, near Bray. The death is announced at Tralee of Lieut.â€"Col. William Rowan, J.P., at the age of 92 years. Dr. John Foley, FR.S., has been elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. Town. This is the From Erin‘s Green Isle send an order away PIRST COMâ€" "You are, my darling, and it makes me happy to hear you say I am the first man who ever kissed you." "If I am the first, how does it hap. pen you do it so expertly ?" "And if I am the first, how do you know whether I do it expertly or not ?" "Truly kissed ?" The life of a mine cannot be deterâ€"| !mlned by mathematical or other ah-l‘ | struse calculation; while it exists it is a potential destroyer of life und! ! property. i _A system of gratuitios, varying from $5 for each British mine dealt with to $50 for an enemy mine. is almost the sole inducement offered in connection with minesweeping, yet voluntecrs for the hazardous task have never been lacking. The epic of the minesweepers is yet to be written. Suffice it to say that when at length it does appear, there will be given to the world a tale of heroic endeavor such as cannot fail to command the admiration of every single one of us. A recent official announc it clear that only twely ships had hbeen sunk as t collision with mines since of the armistice. But the exists, and is likely to do time to come, since no 0; with any degree of ce every drifting mineâ€"â€"pe greatest menace of allâ€"h fectively disposed of. est part in the war for humanity., In 'a.ddmdn, there are now employed ;many of the M.L.‘s, those sturdy little ships of war whose work in a vastly different sphere of, operation is, of course, well known. These tiny craftâ€"veritable battleâ€" ships in miniatureâ€"navigated â€" and manned entirely by officers and men of the RN.VR., play the part of "spotâ€" ters," or "eyes." for the mines weepâ€" ing craft, By reason of their shallowl draught they are able to approach the | danger zone with less rick than can | the bigger craft. I Needless to say, the bulk of the work falls on the grey, bluntâ€"bowed mines weeping trawlers, ships that have played by no means the smallâ€" The work of sweeping the high seas free of minesâ€"‘"tin eggs," as Jack calls themâ€"is one of the most formidable tasks that confront our navy toâ€"day. and although some scores of mines are recovered or otherâ€" wise disposed of in the course of every week, it is certain that many months must elapse before the work is finally completed., Periis of Deep Did Not Stop When Armistice Came. Despite the fact that active operaâ€" tions agfinst the enemy ceased six months ago, there are still grave perils to be faced â€"by those who go down to the sea in ships, apart from storms and tempests and suchlike dangers that ordinarily beset the life of the sailor, says a London paper. a "I had the opportunity," said Mr. Black, "of meeting a few of those, who have already been settled. They expressed the greatest satisfaction with the treatment received." is from 700 to 800 men a day. The organization of the Board is being heavily taxed to provide the required service to meet this gituation." The majority of those settled to date, according to Mr. Black, are farmers‘ sons, or men from the Old Land, who have worked on farms in] this country. ‘"The heaviest rush of applicants is in the Western Provinces," said Mr. Black. *"In . one day. alone, 1,035 returned men visited the Edâ€" and . the, usual run at present there Already throughout the Dominion ther® have been 17,109 applications for qualification certificates, and of these 12,594 have been passed as qualified to participate in the beneâ€" fits of the Act. dier Settlement Board, has returned â€" The Military Cross has been award from a visit of inspection to the Wesâ€"‘ ed to Lieut. D. 8. Watson, son of Nrs tern Provinces. Speaking to the press,! Watson, Summerfield, Elgin he stated that he found intense inâ€"‘ eum. terest being taken in land settlement! The Croix de Guerre has heen by returned soldiers. . 3 | awarded by the French Government A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" Mr. W. J. Black, chairman of the Solâ€" dier Settlement Board, has returned from a visit of inspection to the Wesâ€" 12594 Get Qualification Certifiâ€" cates For Land Settlement. MINEâ€"SWEEPING GOES ON. Comparing Notes. am I the first girl you TO BE FARMERS suflice it to say that it does appear, there the world a tale of such as cannot fail to only twelve merchant announcement made ink as the result of es since the signing But the danger still y to do so for some ce no one can aver of certainty that mine-â€"perhaps the f allâ€"has been efâ€" | At Oxford and Cambridge Same Tyge i(rlfo:fi! Has Been Worn For 1,300 Years. t the" To trace the evolution of the acadeâ€" ectinn!mic gown and hood commonly worn tecers | at our Canadian Universities, we cross mever‘the ocean and visit the old cathedral | schools which were established in the s yet ! Tth century, and were the precursors that | of those early universities founded in there ! the 12th century to meet the increaso4 le of| demand for instruction in tho high cr il to | branches of knowledge. > very | In the early days of the University ,ot Paris, the chancellor of the caths | dral on the He de la Cite issued th0 [ licenses to teach, and wheon the s : over | dent entered upon the performance of his duties as a duly licensed teacher, akes | his emancipation from the bachelor the | hood was symbolized by placing on his hoad a cap Or biretta, which ceremony hap. | was performed by his former dastratâ€" or. The present day custom of giving youja hood when an hononary degree is ot?" | conferred, is. therefore, but an outâ€" a®e | growth of this medicval ceremony. It was but natural that the early uniâ€" versities should presorve as their academic dress an adaptation of the monk‘s robe with its cowl or hood SBuch gowns were at first a mark â€"of profound learning, and woere worn by doctors of divinity and graduates, but later undergraduates were entitled to wens them., A* Oxford and Cambridge, whore the order of. things does not change with each succocding generation, the same type of gowns have been worn since the beginning of the 7th cenâ€" Wt .Cn e * Usts: in Ts ces d 1 111 mother who has not done all those things has completely fallen short of mm at harh as 4 tol tury _ VC wWas symsolzed by placing on his hoad a cap Or biretta, which ceremony was performed by his former dastrat. or. The present day custom of giving a hood when an hononary degree is conferred, is. therefore, but an outâ€" growth of this medicval ceremony. It was but natural that the early uniâ€" versities should presorve as their academic dress an adaptation of the monk‘s robe with its cowl or hoad Word,. has been re®eived of the death in Damascus of Dr. Frank Ir vine Mackinnon, for 30 years repreâ€" sentative of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society in that city. A memorial: tablet is to be crected in Keith parish church, inscribed with the names of the members of the conâ€" gregation who have fallen in the wa» Major George R. E. Gray Mackay awarded the Italian bronze medal, is the only son of the late Goorge Mac kay, Hermitage Drive, Edinburgh. The Miitary Medal has been award ed to Private McWilliam, Canadians, son of Alexander McWilliam, OQrroland Lodge, Dundrennan. John J. Forster, of Stratford House, Moffat, has been appointed to the rank of OQ.B.E. for services rendered during the war. The death has taken place at Auch enmaig Farm, Glenluce, of Mrs. Mc Culloch, who hadâ€"reached the age ot ninetyâ€"four years. The death has taken place raer, of Captain Latta, a w master mariner, on the west Scotland. A London syndicate has hbegun operations at the antimony mines at Glendinning, about twelve miles north of Lnngbolg:. Mr. and Mrs. William Ewing, of Portsoy, recently celebrated their ruby wedding, baving been married 6 years ago. The Military Medal has been won by Corporal J. Little, HLA., son of the late lllflbort Little, Bankend, Castle Douglas., The death is announced at Dum fries of Archibald Kerr, a prominont farmer and doyon of the Dumfrics shire Foxhunt. . .A D. Cumming, Callander, a native of the Braes, Castle Grant, has heen "elected a member of the Invernoss loullc Society. Corporal Stewart, Canadians, who won the D,C.M. for conspicuous bravâ€" ’cry, is a son of Charles Stowart, of ]Calroule Mains, Nigg. A service was held in Dalkeitn West Parish Church in memory oft soldiers and sailors who have fallen in the war. ‘ _ ‘The Croix de Guerre has heen | awarded by the French Government on Sergt. H. Ross, Royal Scots, son of M. Ross, Nairn. The death has taken place at 43 Queen‘s road, Aberdeen, of Lieut.Col Robert Gray, at the age of 85 years Gen. Lord Esme C. G. Leonnox, Scots Guards. second son of the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, has been mado a Companion of the Order of 5t, Mich ael and St. George. ORIGIN OF CAP aAnp Gown. | Lieut. R. Liddell. R.F.A., son of the ‘R.'. Mr. L“d.“. Advie Manse, has been awarded the Military Cross Among the few golden woeddings which have been celebrated at Lossic mouth lately the most recent is (hat cf Mr. and Mrs. John Stephen Tidings From Scotland ‘Suevai ceremony, It that the early uniâ€" â€" presorve as thoir an adaptation of the ith its cowl or hood e at first a mark of g, and were worn by ty and graduates, but ates were entitled to at Str liâ€"kno ast 18 of Thae do m wi y« t An th qi dest Ark. T aver Thi log ny 1\ SIXTYâ€"E1GH TY Comnmission. The end vends About Worn With U y the Rus Arab sary Ho O# SILE D1 i oo