Abergavenny Chronicle

In the house of a suspected spy who has disappeared were discovered supplies of leaflets urging men not to enlist in the British Army. Under contracts entered into before the war British firms, says the Attorney-General, may ship goods to the German or Austrian firms in British possessions or neutral markets for cash paid into British hanks. A court-martial has sentenced the wife of a German forester to death and her husband to twenty years' hard labour for having sawn the neck of a French soldier and lured into ambush a patrol of dragoons, of whom one was killed and two wounded.

OTHER MEN'S MINDS. I f An Empire purged by pain lies 'neath Tlij chastening rod. We fight for the right Of disarming might And if dark our night, Thy Will be done, 0 God! —MR. HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL, in the 'Daily Mail." THE SHADOW OF BISMARCK. I I am convinced in every atom of my lirais that until tho Prussian dream of European domination has been shattered, PC;>Ci' is impossible, and ultimate disaster certaiii to every nation that is unwilling to be dragooned and drilled with a rash and ruinous engine of violence and slaughter. There can ba no peace while tbe shadow of Birtmarek is allowed to blight the growth of all that is best and fairest amongst the Western nationE.-LIR. ROBSRT BLATCH- FORD. PEACE TO BE EARNED. I Lot us thell oourg(Jolill>:J endure the dis. cipline of this righteous war (which has once more made a nation one and indi- visible) and enjoy in anticipation the well- earned peace that must follow. Peace is better than war, but only when it has been cariied.-M.R. E. B. OSBORNE. BRUTALITY'S REIGN OVER. I The reign of brutality, cynicism, and secretive treachery is shattered in Europe. Over the ruins of the Prussian War-Lord- fcliip, reason, public opinion, justice, inter- national good faith and good intentions will be free to come back and rule the destinies of nia,i.-liln. H. G. WELLS. OUR MOTIVE. I The emotion which has inspired the British in their action might be called fear, or suspicion, or a desire for self-preserva- tion but I think it was something far more loftv than any of these—something noble, righteous, and Christian-the whole strength of a mighty nation put forth to shield a small and supposedly weak country which was fighting against a Colossus among military peoples solely for the preservation of her national honour.— CANON WESTLAKE. WHAT WE FIGHT FOR. I are at war fighting for the liberties of Europe and fighting for the indepen- dence of three small nationalities. We are fighting for another principle just as sacred, namely, the maintenance of treaty obligations. German policy seems to be based upon the belief that might is right. We believe in the might of justice and of the plighted word. We are fighting for the maintenance of treaties, the foundation of civilisation, the noblest cause for which a man can unsheatli the sword.-EARL GREY. FOR A LASTING PEACE. I We have not entered into this war merely to hold hack a German invasion of Bel- gium and France. We have entered into it to obtain a lusting peace, which will re- move for ever from our shores and from the frontiers of our Allies the constant dread of sudden invasion, and which will enable us to curtail in a drastic manner the immense sums of money we are yearly obliged to spend on naval and military armaments, which must in the future according to the settled opinion of practically all the leading economists of the age, reduce all the nations of Europe to a state bordering on bankruptcy.—MR. E. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT. ——— A DEVILISH SENTIMENT. If ever there was a righteous war en- gaged in by any country I claim for Britain that the present one is so, for it is not en- tered upon for the aggrandisement of our own power, not to acquire additional pos- sessions, but it is a war to crush that devilish sentiment that has obsessed the ivorld too long, that has obsessed, above all, so-called Christian Europe, that terrible sentiment that might is right.—DUKE OF NORFOLK. NOURISHED ON NIETZSCHE. It is Nietzsche who has, in a very real sense, "created" the Kaiser; Nietzsche's writings have fed and nourished his mind, and they have encouraged and fostered all those prejudices and weaknesses that, from birth, have been an essential part of his character.-MR. GERALD CUMBERLAND. WORLD POSSESSION. The greatest examples of Music and Art are world possessions and unassailable, even by tho prejudices and passions of the hour. —MR. ROBERT NEWMAN. FOR THE GOOD OF TRADE. Certainly this is not the time for diamond tiaras, nor for plover's eggs, five shilling peaches, and vintage wines, for those goods give hardly any employment: not is it the time for golf and bridge, even if we admit the claims of the professionals of these games. But it is certainly the time for free expenditure on ordinary goods. Men and women who decide to forego the new hat, the autumn lounge suit, who make their evening clothes "do until the war's over," are hurrying our trade to its doom. They must buy as many clothes as ever—buy more, if only to give Shoreditch aite the Isle of Harris something to do.-MR. W. L. GEORGE. THE END OF PRUSSIAN EMPIRE. Hitherto the German people have sub- mitted tamely to the oppression of the Jun- kers, because that oppression at least me; lit prestige and power. To-day it means degradation, humiliation, and despair. The same thing will happen in Berlin in 1914 as happened in Paris in 1870 and in St. Peters- burg after the Russo Japanese war. Foreign war will be conquered by civil war, and the rise of the German social democracy will put an end for ever to the dominion of He Prussian Empire.—DR. CHARLES SARO- LEA. I GERMAN SOLDIERS. Foolish people who have never seen Ger- man soldiers picture them unwilling to fight and driven forward by their officers as sheep to the slaughter. We hear also of "frontal attacks," and of troops exposed in "masses." The Germans are brave soldiers, as ready as any to follow their officers; they fail only in readiness to use their heads after their officers have fallen.-LIFUT.-COL. ALSAGER POLLOCK. I BRITAIN'S OPPORTUNITY. The German flag has been swept from the seas with a promptitude which is as in- credible as it is the reverse of complimen- tary to the German Navy. British shipping is almost secure; it will soon be proper to write that it is absolutely secure. British ships should therefore soon be bearing to the three corners of the world the proof that British traders are determined to play their proper part in a mighty contest of men and resources.—MR. L. G. CHIOZZA-MONEY, M.P. I THE BEST BEGINNING. But the important thing is to remember that you may easily curry saving too far at a juncture like this. The great service the ordinary man can render the community is to spend wisely and so maintain employ- ment. And he could not make a better l-e- ginning, than by paying his outstanding bills.—MR- PEMBKR EEEVKS.

"Dreadnought grey" is a new oolour for blouses and for men's neckwear. The Master of Sempili, Lord SempilFs heir, has joined the Royal Flying Corps. The value of two German ve6sel3 and one Austrian vessel seized at Swansea is Y,175,000. The Swedish and Greek Governments have decided to forbid vessels in their waters the use of wireless telegraphy. Owen Owen, aged seventeen, a Territorial sentry, fell into Swansea Harbour and was drowned.

TEA TABLE TALI. I Queen Alexandra, when a girl, had a great ambition to become a popular actress. All her spare time was spent in studying the art of acting and practising it with her two sisters. The Czarina has, from early childhood, J been naturally clever with her pencil, and possesises a rare ability for pictorially por- traying, with just a touch of humorous ex- aggeration, little personal peculiarities of those around her. It is said, though, that none more enjoy an inspection of these caricatures than those who are the subjects of them. The Grand Duchess of Luxemburg takes her duties very seriously, and since she be- came ruler has made an extensive study of international politics and all that concerns the welfare of the miniature State over which she reigns. In spite of her youth, she has gone through a thorough course of political lectures under the guidance of Dr. Eysschen, the veteran State Minister, and those who have had occasion to discuss political matters with her have been amazed at her keen grasp of politics and international affairs. In addition to holding the reins of power in the govern- ment of her tiny kingdom, the Grand Duchess has control of her immense fortune, worth, it is estimated, close upon tern mil- lion pounds, which makes her quite inde- pendent of the Civil List of £ 8,000. The new Lady Ellesmere-her husband, Viscount Brackley, succeeded to the title not long ago—is now mistress of one of the most famous residences in London—Bridge- water House, overlooking St. James' Park, with its splendid library, and pictures of enormous value. Bridgewater House came to the Ellesmeres through the late Duke of Bridgewater, who left it, with great estates and the Bridgwater Canal, to the late Lord Ellesmere's grandfather. A story is Uld of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, that whilst playing with Forbes-Robertson at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, she made a practice of going to rehearsals through the Royal entrance. One day she wore such an enormous hat that its feathers were crushed as she passed through the doorway. In a great state she sought out the manager. "Really, you must have the door- way altered," she complained. "But, my dear Mrs. Campbell, only consider what an expense it would be to heighten the en- trance!" "It must be done. I shall not come to rehearsals until the Royal entrance has been heightened at least a foot." And she kept her word. < Probably no animal-lover was ever more passionately devoted to dogs than Ouida, the famous novelist. Her greatest grief at the idea of death was that she must leave her "dear dogs." "Their lives," she wrote to Sir Squire Bancroft, shortly before her death in 1908, "are too short in comparison to their devotion." In the corner of her garden at the Villa Farinola, in Italy, Ouida had a dogs' cemetery, with costly monuments in marble and granite to her departed pets. It was so like a real grave- yard that the Italians were shocked. They considered it irreligious and wasteful, says her biographer, Miss Elizabeth Lee. < < Weddings have taken place in many curious places and amongst them the strangest perhaps is the lion's cage, which has been the scene of wedding ceremonies on more than one occasion. The first time this was done is said to have been witnessed by 4,000 people at Boston. A lion tamer and his bride were the parties, and the besii man accompanied them into the cage con- taining two ferocious lions. It is hardly surprising that the reverend gentleman who read the service elected to do so from the safer side of the bars. All went well, and the bride was no more nervous than brides usually are. Another couple conceived the strange idea of being married inside the hollow head of the Goddess of Liberty, the colossal statue in New York Harbour. Official permission being given, the wedding look place, the bridal party having to mount three hundred feet of narrow stairs in order to reach the "altar." Mrs. John Burns onoo received a letter from a well-known Society hostess, regret- ting that as Grosvenor-square was such a long way from Battersea she had not been able to call on the wife of the President of the Local Government Board; she hoped, however, that Mrs. Burns would come to her party. Mrs. Burns, in reply, regrett-ed that she was "obliged to decline the kind invitation, as, unfortunately, Battersea is just as far from Grosvenor-square as Gros. venor-square is from Battersea." In the United States practically every man's calling is open to women, excepting the Army, Navy, and Police. And a not- able characteristic of the American woman is that she will resolutely try any number of vocations in turn. One lady, now a well- known authoress, first earned her living by cooking for sixteen farm "hands" on a ranch, then taught in a country school, sang on concert platforms, became matron in a lar"-e teltt factory, then superintendent of a sweetmeat factory. After that she became secretary to the Street Cleaning Depart- ment. took up reporting work, and finally became editor of a newspaper. Ladv Bosville MacDonald, of The Isles, came "into the title some years ago, at the expiration, of a long trial which took place in Scotland. It was then proved that the then Mr. Alexander Bosville was the true heir to the Scotch estates in Skye, and en- titled to take the title of MacDonald. i.mi also The Isles. Lady MacDonald has a grown-up £ -on and daughter; the latter is very musical and gave sorao valuable assist- ance in the amateur orchestra which accom- panied the Amateur Operatic Society in Bridlington some years ago, when her father was conductor. Bosville Hall, Bridlington, is a favourite residence, and when there, Lady MacDonald always takes a deep inte- res in all functions which take place in the town. There are in Europe sixty lady colonels, five of them having been created by King George in the last list of birthday honours. Nearly all the German princesses hold the rank of colonel, and actually appear at the head of their regiments at the annual parades of the Prussian army. Her Majesty Queen Olga cf Greece, however, is the only lady admiral. The duties of lady colonels are" not very responsible, but nevertheless include the signing of certain papers, and at least occasionally the public appearance at the head of the regiment. » Isal>ella, Marchioness of Exeter, has served in the capacity of churchwarden for over nine years. She ia one of the three ladies who at one time have borne or who are bearing that title at the same time, one being the Dowager Lady Exeter, an aunt of the Earl of Longford, and the other the reigning biSon ess. Still another lady churchwarden is Lady Middlcton at Peper Harrow, and then there is Lady Kinloss, who held the office for years at Stowe, the village adjoining the historic seat in Bucks, which she inherited from her father, the third and last Duke of Buckingham and Chsndes. The first lady churchwarden was Lady Hindlip. while she was holding the minority for her son. Miss Fiances Stringer was another early one. < Had:-me Melba was when a girl, strongly discouraged by her father from embarking on a career as a vocalist. Her first appear- ance in pnbVc she planned secretly, but the affair coming to the ears of her father, be, much enraged, begged his friends to have -nothing to do with the venture, the result.5 being that only two perse is attended the performance.

) Flour has been reduced in price at Hull by half a crown per 20 stone sack. Owing to the war it has been found neces- sary to postpone indefinitely the Worcester Mu •deal Festival, the opening of which had been fixed for September 6.. The little Lutheran church in the German colony in London is without its pastor, and the German Hospital, adjoining, is denuded of half its staff or doctors and several of its nurses.

IN THE POULTRY YARD. I aT OOCKCBOW. I USEFUL GREEN FOOD. I Gref n food should certainly be given as a regular food to all fowls, but care should be taken that it is of the proper kind and given in a proper way. If the fowls do not get green food they are missing one of the greatest of health producers. Without it birds are apt to be subject to diarrhoea, liver trouble, and a general debility of the system, liable to lead to more serious things. Of course, poultry-keepers in the heart of towns and suburbs may be hard put to it to get the greenstuff, but many have it at their service and fail to use it. But even for the town poultry-keeper there is no reason why his stock should be kept short. The best and most beneficial green- stuff to give the fowls is dandelion, and who cannot obtain dandelions? They grow anywhere and everywhere; they may even be seen growing along the pavements. Dandelion tea is a well-known medicine amongst human beings. It is claimed for it that it clears the blood A GOOD AX'J CHEAP FOOD. of all impurities and stren g thens the liver. When giving dandelions to I poultry do not throw them into the run, because the birds are unable to pick off suitable pieces for eating. The best way is to tie the dandelions up by the stalks and hang them about fifteen inches from the ground. Another way is to cut them up into small pieces and give them to the fowls with their morning meal. When the dandelions are stale or hang in a limp condition, do not give them as food, but as with other green food, only give them when fresh. Another good greenstuff is the nettle. But in these the only parts to be used are the leaves and the tender tops, and remember before giving the nettles as food to let them lie for a while in boiling water. This will make them tender, and having lost their poisonous substance they can easily be cut up into small pieces. If these are mixed with their soft foods whenever possible their health will be good. Some birds have a habit of feather-eating, but a judicious admixture of nettles with their diet will cure this bad habit, and the uettles will act as a good cooling medicine. If you give fowls grass, be careful that it does not exceed half an inch in length, and then only use it when fresh. USE GRASS CAREFULLY. Do not put the grass with their food, but lay it thinly I over their run and let them pic kit up themselves, otherwise birds inclined to be greedy with green food will swallow the whole lot before they leave off, and consequently indigestion or crop-binding is the result. Grass should only be given if it is young, and it is im- perative that it should be cut up into very small pieces. Another greenstuff given to fowls, probably more than any other, is the cabbage. This is probably the worst used of all greenstuffs, for most people imagine that a few dry outside leaves are "quite good enough for the fowls." But the dry outside leaves are the very worst to give them, especially in summer when they are tough. They can be made good by taking the trouble to boil and mince them, but don't just throw them in. If not boiling the leaves give them fresh ones and secure them bv the stalk. But all said and done, to give" the birds the whole cabbage is by far the more economical way, for if the cab- bage is young and fresh it will keep for several days. Even February pullets have been known to commence laying in August, but of course the egls have been EARLY BIRDS. small, and the one draw- I back to these early: layers ) is that they begin to moult about September, and as moulting takes rather a long time there is no possible chance of any more eggs for at least two months, so that it pays a man, when think- ing of keeping pullets, to look into the future. Two gocd breeds to keep are White Leghorns and Buff Orpingtons. White Leg- horns mature in about six months, -and Buff Orpingtons in about seven. Do not try to get them to lay too soon. If the Orping- tons start laying by the end of October or tbe beginning of November, by the end of the year they should average about twenty- five eefgs each. Supposing these eggs are sold for twopence or twopence halfpenny each. there is rather a good margin of profit in them, and the keeper can congratulate himself. There are some people who consider that chickens hatched in April make good birds, but best of all are the THE BEST BIRDS. March chickens, for "I' I have good time to mature I for laying in the autumn I and winter. Even June and July chickens have been known to start lay- ing about the end of the year. and should the weather in February be pleasant they soon get fit for good laying, and by March should bring good profit to the keeper. These Jure and July birds ought to keep laying until late summer, and moult late, whereas the early chickens which began lay- 'll,, i about November moult early. March chickens are certainly the most profitable, but by no means have all the pullets I hatched in March. It is impossible for the ordinarv keeper to sell all his eggs at the same time, and so an advantage is reaped by having them at various ages. That is the one great point in poultry-keeping, to have hatchings frequently, and yet at the iight time. Remember that good feeding and careful looking after can never make up for lost time. and for keepers who are look- ing round for good pullets which will be profitable for the autumn and winter, no better are obtainable than the March or April hatched chickens. All stock, and more especially the old birds, should be overhauled occasionally for lice. The best time to LOOKING OVER THE STOCK. look them over is whilst I they are moulting, but it should be done at other I times as well. As the e!!R of lice are i, generally laid in the cap of poultry, it is always best to look in their poiiltrv, it a l v, heads flrst. For the head a lotion is better than powders, and should be rubbed well in with a soft brush. Powders may be used for the body, but do not use too much, as it is liable to start an irritation worse than the lice themselves. Better than rubbing powders into the birds is to provide them with a dust-heap, and let them keep them- j selves clean. Another reason why poultry should be looked over occasionally is that an eye should be kept on the growth of the young stock. There is always the danger of a fowl going light, or even becoming con- sumptive. and the only teRt, is in the hand- ling. The bird may not show its lightness outwardly, but it does not require much judgment when handling a bird to know if it is lighter than it ought to be. If light birds are found, do not keep them amongst the other stock, as they are most probably consumptive, and consumption will soon claim all the other birds. The best thing to do with these birds is to destroy them and bury them in quicklime, for no profit can be made from consumptive birds in fllct. the keeper is likely to find he is keep- ing them at a loss.

Disappointed because he was rejecte d Disappointed becaus he was l'ejech:ù when he went up with some ten of his friends to join the colours, a working- man named Ernest Garner purchased some salts of lemon and took the poison in a glass of beer. He was charged at the London Guildhall with attempting suicide. He told the Court he wanted to fight for his country. So disguised by deep blue paint that the company's officials did not at first recognise her, the Canadian Northern liner Royal Ed- ward arrived at Avonmouth, Bristol, from Canada, with 170 French reservists, carrying miniature tricolours and Union Jack, lining the deck rails. Mrs. Lloyd George, in opening a bazaar at Criecieth in aid of the War Relief Fund and the Red Cross Society, said it would be an in- spiration and a comfort to our brave soldiers and sailors to know that those at home were looking after the dear ones they had left be- hind, and were doing all they could to soothe and help their wounded comrades.

HUMOUR OF THE WEEK. I TEMPERATE AND REGTTLAB. I "He was very temperate; he only got drunk once a week," remarked a witness to I the Liverpool coroner. THE OTHER WAY ABOUT. I "I took some whisky to knock the oold out, and it knocked me out instead," 'was the explanation of a man at Grimsby, who was fined for drunkenness. SPEAK FOB YOURSELF. I "We all make fools of ourselves at times, your worship," said a man who was charged at the Lambeth Police-court with insulting behaviour. "You can only speak for yourself," re- tort.ed Mr. Biron. HER NAME. I "Mary Darling, do you plead guilty or not ?" was the question put to a prisoner by the Hon. John de Grey at Lambeth. Officials looked up in surprise, and were relieved to find that the magistrate was only addressing the prisoner by name. AN APPROPRIATE ADDRESS. I When a woman was charged with drunkenness at Bradford the stipendiary magistrate remarked: "I see that she lives in Temperance- street. The nearer the church the farther from grace." SHOWING HIS TEETH. I The temper of the Territorials on mobi- lisation may be illustrated by the following incident, which took place in a Midland city. On presenting himself to the doctor one of the rank and file was rejected on the ground of defective teeth. He had, in fact, hardly a tooth in his jaws. But he was not cast down. For he went to the nearest dentist, ordered a set of teeth, which cost him i;3 15s. out of his £ 5 bounty on mobili- sation, and returned the following day. Showing his teeth proudly to the doctor, he remarked, "I wouldn't miss this do for any- thing," and the doctor had not the heart to reject him again. NOT OUT OF THE WOODS. I A few hours before the general mobilisa- tioa in France (says the "Telegraph"), the Berlin express left Paris filled with howling Germans. The express that day did not go further than Jeumont on the French side of the Belgian frontier. The travellers had to leave their train and cross the Sambre by the bridge, to the Belgian station of Erquilines. They gave their hand luggage to French porters to carry. No sooner had the Germans crossed the bridge than, believ- ing, quite wrongly—for the frontier line is sixty yards further on—that they were no longer on French soil, they began to shout "Vive TAllemauge! A bas la France!" whereupon their French porters, as if acting in concert, heaved all the luggage into the Sambre and went for the Germans vigor- ouslv with their fists. The Germans scuttled off ignominously into what was then, but was not long to remain by their own fault, neutral ground. NOT VERY FILLING. I The cake of soap. The printer's pi. The critic's roast. The feast of reason. The spice of a joke. The glass of fashion. The morsels of gossip. The reply that's tart. The toast of the town. The salt of the earth. The meat of a question. The wine of exultation. The food for reflection. The fruits of repentance. The spirit of an occasion. I The taste of one's quality. rlhe milk of human kindness. The water of a precious stone. "Town Topics," New York. WHOSE PLUMS? I Tn>o schoolboys named Smitii and Bryant Were charged at Acton with being in the supposed unlawful possession of a quantity of plums. A constable said he had tried to find the owner for the plums, but had been unable to trace him. Colonel Shipway (magistrate): I was won- dering-they might be some of mine. Mr. A. B. Ward (magistrate): They might be mine. JUST COINCIDENCE. I o: course, it was purely coincidental that a New Jersey man named Henn was selected to lay the cornerstone of a public building in his home town reeen tly. Philadelphia —— —— QUIPS FROM "LONDON OPINION." I Germany want a place in the Sun. Per- haps she will get ,01100 when It leaves off reigning. Northumberland miners having offered to get up the corn in the district, Yarmouth fishers have volunteered to get up the mines. The practice of giving babies war-names, such as Liege, has already commenced. The unchristened may be pardoned for hoping there will be no memorable sieges of Polish towns. Cheese is one of the articles of food that may not during the war leave the country. So you may hoot without warning any ripe gorgonzola that you may observe sneaking off in the direction of a sea-port. off in the dir(Ttion of t sea-port. PICKINGS FROM "PUNCH." I THE JOURNALISTIC MANNER. I "Every inch of Belgium will be fought for foot by foot."—"Daily Telegraph." In the present restriction of Sport we sympathise with that section of the Press which makes it a speciality. However, there are outlets; and one of our Sporting contemporaries has burst forth into history, as follows:— "Once again England is faced with a crisis. There has been nothing like it since Alexander the Great burned his boats and crossed the Rubicon." Medical Officer: "Sorry I must reject you on account of your teeth." Would-be Recruit: "Man, you're making a gran' mistake. I'm no wanting to bite tho Germans, I'm wanting to shoot 'em." "The price of bread has just been fixed by the authorities at 32 centimes the kilo- metre."—"Globe." So you can get a couple of yards of French roll for about half-a-farthing. Not bad for war-time. Even war has its humours. "In the midst of perfect peace the enemy surprises us," is a sentence from a proclamation not by the King of the Belgians but by the German Kaiser. 6 Brick-box, the Irish Guards' pet terrier, has been sent for the present to a dogs' home. In the event of their going abroad the Irish Guards hope to bring back with them a certain other dog who seems to have gone mad. The British Isles have been defeated at lawn tennis, but we really shan't mind so long as we win the war.

To a gloo'ny young man who sought his advice at Marylebone, Mr. Cancellor, the new magistrate, said that the best cure for his troubles was to obtain some military service and help to defend his country in order that his thoughts might be taken off himself. Major Archer Shee, M.P., has been ap- pointed recruiting officer (unpaid) in the Southern Command. The French Government have issued 5fr. (4s.) notes with a warning printed twice on each note that any person convicted of forg- ing them is liab'c to penal servitude for life.

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF. Ten dustbins were bought by a panic- stricken resident of Richmond in which to- store provisions till the food famine. Bandsman Blake, the well-known boxerr bas enlisted. The Eastbourne magistrates have recom- mended licensed victuallers to close all their premises at 10 nightly instead of 11. A young woman, Miss Buckthorpe, of Clacton, has offered her services, which have- been accepted, as a motor-cycle military despatch rider. The Revs. Neville Talbot and E. Talbot,. sons of the Bishop of Winchester, have offered their services as chaplains to the troops on active service. The first-named was formerly an Army officer, and served in. the South African War. The son of a peer is serving as a private- in the ranks a.t Tynemouth. The Earl of Derby has associated himself with the task of raising a new battalion, to- be known as K Battalion, the King's Liver- pool Regiment, in connection with Earl Kitchener's new Army appeal. Nearly 300- recruits have already joined. The Central (Unemployed) Body for Lon- don has been called upon by the Local Government Board to prepare and submit to them schemes of relief work on an exten- sive scale, which could be carried out to alleviate distress from unemployment. Believing that the present prices will not continue when Colonial crops arrive, many farmers are rushing their corn to market, and a field of wheat, near Bishop's Stort- ford, was harvested, thrashed, ground, and sent to London as flour in a single day. Military motor-cyclists in London are now provided with a card attached to the handle-bars of their machines, on which i& printed in bold lettering O.H.M.S." This is found to secure them almost uninter- rupted passage, even in the most crowded parts of the City. A large number of officers, staff-sergeants,, and past members of the Boys' Brigade are serving their country in the Army, Navy, or Territorials. The Brigade executive have offered the services of boys of the Brigade to the Government in any capacity suited to their age. No. 5 District of the St. John Ambulance- Brigade, under the direction of Deputy- Commissioner Wardell, of Alfreton, has- raised 1,500 men and 400 nurses for active' service. The district comprises Derbyshire,. Notts, Lincolnshire. West Riding of York- shire, and a part of Staffordshire. A Berlin message says that Germany "has supplies to last at least a yar." From M. Lomovitzky. Lord Mayor of' Tomsk, Siberia, the Lord Mayor of London has received a telegram of greeting "wishing brilliant victories over our com- mon enemy. The Government has accepted an offer of" 350,000 tons of coal to be delivered in. London in the autumn and winter, at 24s.. and 25s. a ton by Rickett, Smith and Co., G. J. Cockerell and Co.. and Sir À. Mark- ham, M.P. The lace trade of Nottingham has been', thrown into a condition of unparalleled chaos by the war, and special distress- measures are being hurriedly devised to aid-, the thousands of workers who are now idle. Hunting having been stopped by the war,, some of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds*. and the Exmoor Foxhounds have been des- troyed. One of the pastrycooks at Buckingham- Palace has been called to the eolours h* France. He has left his bicycle behind him with instructions that it is to be sold for the National Relief Fund. The War Risks Insurance Office announces; that the rate for cargo insurances has now been fixed at three guineas per cent. in lieu. of four guineas per cent. Mr. J. K. L. Ross, the Montreal million- aire, has given £100,000 to be expended by the Canadian Government in connection with military and naval service*. A Territorial attached to the 1st Here- fordshire Regiment has been found gagged and bound at the side of a road in Here- fordshire. No trace has been discovered of his assailant, who is declared to be a* German. Carrying several thousand of dollars each- in gold, a large number of American war correspondents have arrived in England. They include Mr. J. T. McCutcheon, the- foremost cartoonist in the United States. Disregard of a sentry's challenge led to the wounding of a market gardener named Davy near Grimsby. Davy was driving home in a wagon and was challenged by a sentry. He failed to stop and was shot through the thigh. A letter written by a German officer-now taken prisoner—to his wife, states: "We advanced as if we were at imperial manoeu- vres, and not at war. That cost lives; it has already cost us many, and will cost us an enormous number." The Belgian Minister of War announces that all tradespeople who since August 1 have sold provisions at higher prices than those officially fixed will have to reimburse the difference to their customers. If they fail to do so they will be prosecuted. Mr. E. Aylmer Digby, the prospective Liberal candidate for the Harwich Division, who is a former naval officer, has offered his services to the Admiralty. He has been appointed to H.M.S. Excellent, which is the Admiralty's name for the gunnery school at Whale Island. Five hundred Salvationists have offered- themselves to the British military authori- ties for Red Cross work "anywhere." Brigadier Mary Murray, who will be in' charge of the corps, is an able Red Cross organiser. She distinguished herself in this- capacity during the South African war. Two carriage-cleaners going to their work on Monday morning on the Great Western Railway failed to answer the challenge of the military sentries at Old Oak Common,. near Willesden, and were fired upon. A bullet injured the ear of one of the men,, and the other escaped unhurt. He states- that he heard a bullet fly past his head. The Austrian steamer Izrada, 3,500 tons, with maize from the Black Sea, was cap- tured off Land's d and brought into. Mount's Bay by a British gunboat. Monsignor Carton de Wiart, of West- minster Cathedral, has arrived at Brussels with Dr. Gardner and a numbeT of nurses from the Londo l hospitals of Dollis Hill and SS. John and Elizabeth. Among the 50,000 people who are unable to become soldiers but who have offered to take part in the work of the Voluntary Social Service Bureau, was a girl who. wrote that she was willing to cut her hair off and "go as a soldier 0 to fight against the Germans." The English residents in Hamburg have- handed over their church to the German. Red Cross Society after having completely fitted It out as a hospital. The expense has been defrayed by five English banks, established there. This act is a grateful recognition of the hospitality always ex- tended to the English colony in Hamburg. It is estimated that the British war loan: of i; 100,000,000 will affect taxpayers at, rates which vary from .£3 7s. 6d. on an in- come of i200 to „t63 6s. lid. on. an income of £750. Morpeth ^Northumberland) Town Council, have decided that all tenants of corporation houses who have been called to. the front be excused the payment of rent during the- time they arc on active service. Worried at being unable to help in the war, \.apta:n il. F. Daubeney, who was invalided from the Navy twenty years ago, was found shot in his bedroom at Parkstone, Dorset. The Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch of" Russia, brother of the Czar, who had leased^. Knebworth House from Lord Lytton, has left -London for St. Petersburg to joi n hia regi- ment. Allowances of various kinds are payable- to dependants of men with the colotirs and. where the amount is inadequate for neces- sities help may be obtained from local: branches of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Fami- lies Association or the local committees now formed, without application to boards of guardians. The Royal Colonial Institute has ap- pointed a special committee to help over- sea troops and other citizens of the Empire- in England.