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STRONG ENEMY POSITION TAKEN…
STRONG ENEMY POSITION TAKEN BY LONDON REGIMENT. SIR D. HAIG'S REPORTS. The following dispatches from Sir Douglas Haig have been issued by the Press Bureau:— Saturday, 10.12 a.m. We improved our position slightly during the night east of Westhoek. Yesterday evening a strong party of the enemy attacked the. ground gained by us during the day north-east of St. Julien. The German infantry were caught in our artil- lery barrage as they advanced to the attack, and were dispersed. Hostile artillery continues to show con- siderable activity north of Langemarck. Saturday, 9.25 p.m. A successful local operation was carried out this afternoon by a London regiment north of Inverness Copse. A German strong point was captured, with thirty-six pri- soners and a machine-gun, at little cost to our own troops. This afternoon Durham troops successfully raided the enemy's trenches East of Cherisy and captured twenty-two prisoners. Our casualties were slight. Early this morning a Taid attempted by the enemy in the neighbourhood of Neuve Chapelle was repulsed by Portuguese troops, leaving a number of dead and wounded Ger- mans in our hands. Another hostile raiding party, which endeavoured to enter our lines south of Armentieres, was forced to with- draw, without loss to our troops. On the 14th inst. the cloudy weather con- tinued, with a strong west wind, making artillery observation difficult, and greatly favouring the enemy's machines in combats. Eleven heavy bombs were dropped by us on the railway station north of Charleroi, and eeventy-five bombs on railway stations, billets, and encampments nearer the lines. Three enemy machines were brought down, one falling behind our lines, and six driven down out of control. Four of our machines are missing. RAID ON GERMAN TRENCHES. Sunday, 10.35 a.m. Following on their successful raid yester- day afternoon west 01 Cherisy, our troops raided the enemy's trenches in this neigh- bourhood a second time last night, and pene- trated the German positions as far as the western outskirts of Cherisy. We captured a few more prisoners, with two machine- guns, and our casualties were again slight. In addition to the prisoners taken by us and the enemy's casualties in wounded, over seventy Germans were killed in the course of these two raids, and his dug-outs and de- fences were completely wrecked During the night a hostile party attacked one of our posts north of Lens, but was driven off. Earlv this morning the enemy counter- attacked north of Inverness Copse, and en- deavoured to retake the strong point cap- tured by us yesterday in this area. This attack was also repulsed. Hostile artillery showed increased activity last night east of Ypies. ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. Sunday, 9.9. p.m. During the night the enemy raided our trenches in the neighbourhood of the Ypres- Comines Canal and east of^Messines. A few of our men are missing. This looming the enemy heavily bom- barded our trenches north of Langemarck, and his infantry attempted to advance. Our ,Gounter-barra,e was opened immediately, and no hostile attack developed. There has -been considerable artillery ac- tivity during the day on both sides in the Ypres sector. On the 15th instant there was no improve- ment in the weather, and a strong west wind still rendered difficult the return of our machines from bombing raids and from fighting behind the enemy's lines. Artillery and photographic work was continued, and three tons of bombs were dropped on two hostile aerodromes east of Courtrai, on an aerodrome and an ammunition dump north- east of Cambrai, and on hostile billets and hutments. Six German machines were brought down in air fighting, and two driven down out of control Four of our machines are missing. AIRMAN v. INFANTRY. 9.19 p.m. On the 16th inst. visibility improved, and » good deal of successful artillery work and photography was accomplished. Dur-ing the fine intervals enemy aircraft were active, and were again greatly favoured by the strong west wind. In the course of the morning hostile machines dropped fifty bombs behind 'our lines. Very little damage was done. Our aeroplanes dropped1143 bombs on a German aerodrome and on -» hostile billets, and fired many thousand rounds from their machine-guns at various targets on the ground. In'particular, a body of 2,000 German in- fantry was engaged with machine-gun fire from a height of 100 feet, and scattered. Six German aeroplanes were brought down in combat, and four others were driven down out of control. In addition, one hostile machine was shot down in our lines by anti-aircraft gun fire. Eight of our aeroplanes are missing. SUCCESSFUL RAIDS. Monday, 9.40 a.m. Successful raids were carried out during the night by English and Scottish regiments against the German positions east of Epehy, in the neighbourhood of the Arras-Douai railway, and south-east of Gavrelle. Several prisoners and two machine-guns were cap- tured by us. Many of the enemy were killed, and his dug-outs, trench mortar emplace- ments, and dumps were destroyed with explosives. Hostile artillery showed some activity during the night east of Ypres. Monday, 9.19 p.m. This morning the enemy attempted to raid our trenches south of Lombartzyde under a eovering bombardment. The hostile party was received with heavy fire by our troops, and repulsed with loss before reaching our trenches. Our artillery has been active during the day in the Ypres sector. The enemy's artillery activity has beea somewhat less marked, except in the' aroa south of Less and in the neighbourhood of Nieaport.
(-THE DONKEY'S BRAY.
( THE DONKEY'S BRAY. At IbUlp8tead Police-court on Monday, Neiiie CVes, a milk carrier, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by cut- ting her throat. A police-sergeant stated that the donkey which had drawn her milk cart had brayed most persistently and pathetically outside the court every morning during the fortnight Coles had been in the infirmary. The woman was discharged on promising not to offend again.
YEAR'S WORK ON SUEZ.
YEAR'S WORK ON SUEZ. The returns of the navigation through the Suez Canal for 1916, which were issued last .night, ?hdw that troops carried through th? Canal numoored ,441, as against 119,812 in 1915. The number of civilian passengers amounted to 45,743, a decrease of nearly 50,000 compared with the preceding year.
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White he was playing near a bonfire in the garden of his home at Alperton, near Har- row, the clothes of Teddie Kennedy, a schoolboy, canght fire, and he died after lingering for two days. Carl Beckman, baker, of 139, High-road, Xilburn, was at Willesden Police-court fined £ 20 for aiding and abetting his assis- tant, Maud Hoobach, who was ordered to pay = £ 1, in selling currant bread. Alderman Lazarus Hart, ex-mayor of Ramsgate, who died on September 7, be- queathed. an acre of ground and jEldjOOO to provide ten havens of rest JPC vermq- of ,.alny. ap and eitkor-em, IT* te -be fer Jews.
CAPT. CHAVASSE AWARDED BAR…
CAPT. CHAVASSE AWARDED BAR TC I DECORATION. The names of eleven V.C.s are published in the "London Gazette." A bar to the V.C. has been awarded to the late Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, V.C., R.A.M.C., son of I the Bishop of Liverpool. The official record of Captain Chavasse's heroism is as follows: Though severely wounded early in the, action, whilst carrying a wounded soldier to the dressing station, Captain Chavasse re fused to leave his post, and for two days not only continued to perform his duties, but, in addition, went out repeatedly under heavy fire to search for and attend to the wounded who were lying out. During these searches, although practically without food during this period, worn with fatigue and faint with his wound, he assisted to carry in a number of badly wounded men over heavy and difficult ground. By his extraordinary energy and inspiring example, he was in-, strumental in rescuing many wounded who would have otherwise undoubtedly suc- cumbed under the bad weather conditions. This devoted and gallant officer subsequently died of his wounds. I DISREGARD OF DANGER. I The King has awarded the Victoria Cross to eleven officers, non-commissioned officers, and men:— Lieut. Colonel (Temporary Brigadier- General) Clifford Coffin, D.S.O., R.E., went forward and made an inspection of his front posts when his command was held up in attack owing to heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. Though under the heaviest fire from both machine-guns and rifles, and in full view of the enemy, he showed an utter dis- regard of personal danger. Lieutenant John Reginald Noble Graham, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, at- tached M.G.C., when in command of a machine-gun section, accompanied his guns across open ground, under very heavy rifle and machine-gun fire, and when his men be- came casualties he assisted in carrying the ammunition. Although twice wounded, he continued during the advance to control his guns, and was able, with one gun, ito open an accurate fire on the enemy, who were massing for a counter-attack. This gun was put out of action by the enemy's rifle fire, and he was again wounded. The advancing enemy forced him to retire, but before doing so he further disabled his gun, rendering it useless. I KILLED BY SXIPER" I Second Lieutenant Denis George Wvldbore Hewitt, late Hampshire Regiment.-Having captured his first objective, reorganised the company and moved forward towards his- ob- jective. While waiting for the barrage to lift he was hit by a piece of shell, which ex- ploded the signal lights in his haversack, and set fire to his equipment and clothes. Having extinguished the flames, in spite of his wound and the severe pain he was suf- fering, he led forward the remains of the company under very heavy machine-gun fire, and captured and consolidated -his objective.. He was subsequently killed by a sniper. Sergeant Edward Cooper, K.R.R.C.- Enemy machine-guns from a concrete block- house, 250 yards away, were holding up the advance of the battalion on his left, and were also causing heavy casualties to his own battalion. Sergeant Ccoper, with four men, immediately rushed towards the block- house, though heavily fired on. About 100 yards distant he ordered his men to, lie down and firo at the blockhouse. Finding this did not silence the machine-guns, he immediately rushed forward straight at them, and fired his revolver into an opening in the blockhouse. The machine-guns ceasei firing and the garrison surrendered. Sergeant Alexander Edwards, Seaforth Hic,hlanders.-I-faving located a hostile machine-gun in a wood, he led some men against it, killed all the team, and captured the gun. Later, when a sniper was causing casualties, he crawled out to stalk him, and although badly wounded, went on and killed him. CLEARED BLOCKHOUSE. I Sergeant (acting C.Q.M.S.) William H. Grimbaldeston, King's Own Scottish Bor- derers.—Noticing that the unit on his left was held up by the enemy machine-gun fire from a blockhouse, though wounded, he collected a small party to fire rifle grenade? on this blockhouse. He then got a volunteer to assist him with rifle fire. In spite of very heavy fire from the blockhouse, he pushed on towards it, and made for the entrance, from which he threatened with a hand- grenade the machine-gun teams inside the blockhouse. These he forced ta surrender one after another. Sergeant Ivor Rees, South Wales Bor- derers.—A hostile machine-gun opened fire at close range, inflicting many casualties. Leading his platoon forward by short rushes, Sergeant Rees gradually worked his way round the right flank to the rear of the gun position. When he was about twenty. yards from the machine-gun he rushed for- ward towards the team, snot one, and bayo- neted another. He then bombed the large concrete emplacement, killing five and cap- turing thirty prisoners, ia addition to an undamaged machine-gun. SIXTY PRISONERS. I Sergeant (acting C.S.M.) John Skinner, King's Own Scottish Borderers.—While his company was attacking, machine-gun fire opened on the left flank, delaying the ad- vance. Although C.S.M. Skinner was wounded in the head, he collected six men, and with great courage and determination worked round the,, left flank of three block- houses from which the machine-gun fire was coming, and succeeded in bombing and tak- ing the Arst blockhouse single-handed; then leading his six men towards the other two blockhouses, he skilfully cleared them, tak- ing sixty prisoners, three machine-guns, and two trench mortars. CHASED THE ENEMY. I Corporal (Lanoe-sergeant) Tom Fletcher Mayson, R. Lancashire Regiment.—When with the leading wave of the attack his platoon was held up by machine-gun fire from a flank, Lance-sergeant Mayson at once made for the gun, which he put out of action with bombs, wounding four of the team. The remaining three of the team fled, pursued by Lance-sergeant Mayson to a dug-out, into which he followed them, and disposed of them wi.th his bayonet. Private Wilfrid Edwards, E.O. Yorkshire Light Infantry.—Having lost all his com- pany officers, without hesitation he dashed forward at great personal risk, bombed through the loopholes, surmoilnted the fort, and waved to his company to advance. Private Arnold Loosemore, West Riding Regiment.—His platoon having been checked by heavy machine-gun fire, he 6rawled through partially cut wire, dragging his Lewis gun with him, and single-handed dealt with a strong party of the enemy.
D.S.O. FOR RESCUING GERMANS.I
D.S.O. FOR RESCUING GERMANS. I Commandant Hubert Henry de Burgh, R.N., has been awarded the D.S.O. for rescuing seven Germans under heavy fire. The official record of his heroic conduct is as follows:— For his services in command of a des- troyer in the action with enemy destroyers off the Belgian coast on June 5, 1917, when one of the enemy's destroyers, S20, was sunk. Commander de Burgh suc- ceeded iR saving seven men of S20's crew while under heavy fire from the shore bat- teries and with three German seaplanes hovering overhead.
I-I POLICEWOMAN AND CABMAN.…
I I POLICEWOMAN AND CABMAN. I Joseph Vials, a taxi-driver, was fined 5s. and 7s. 64. costs for "failing to obey a reasonable direction of a duly authorised officer of the Great Eastern Railway." The officer was a woman constable, Mrs. R. Franklin, who refused to allow the. ca b- man to drive into the station by the exit road. She signalled to him to go the right way, but the man was defiant. Vials said he thought the woman was a hotel porter; he did not know there were any women constables on the railway.
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While playing with other children at Newpbz? ?on.), Mary Wi?more, aged foar, placed her head betw?n ? .heavy 'r and the-,Po" no ,d.watíloøed, and tu «hildcprwr so terribly xxiwhed vt^at.«ha, died OB j&aissioa to fcospitei.
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
IN THE PUBLIC EYE. NEW SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY. Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, who has been appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ad- miralty, is a son of the.late Sir James A. H. Murray, the lexicographer and editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. He entered the Admiralty secretariat in 1897, after a bril- liant career at Oxford. He served as assis- tant private secretary to Lords Goschen and Selborne, and then as private secretary to Mr. Arnold-Forster and Mr. E. G. Prety- man. In the meantime he had been pro- moted to assistant principal clerk, and in 1905 he succeeded Sir Henry Yorke as Direc- tor of Victualling. For his services in the latter post he received the C.B. on the Coronation of King George. In 1911 he be- came Assistant Secretary of the Admiralty, and the X.C.B. was conferred upon him this year. To COMMAND A DIVISION. Brigadier-General J. Duncan, who haa been promoted temporary major-general to command a division, was born in 1872, and i joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1891. Before the present war he had distinguished himself in South Africa, where he saw a food deal of fighting, and won his D.S.O. lIe is a p.is.c. man (says "Truth" ), and after the Boer War was over he went as brigade-major to Malta, and was brought to the War Office on the General Staff when there was a general mop up of the ."old gang" in April, 1904. When war was de- clared he was appointed chief staff officer to Major-General Hammersley, who raised the 11th (Northern) Division, and after seeing much fighting at the Dardanelles, and else- i where, was given a brigade in April of last year. He was promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Scots Fusiliers in July, 1915, and was given a brevet-colonelcv in the New Year Gazette of 1917. ?%I THE RICHEST MAN. The richest man in England, strange to relate (says the "Express") is not a match king or a sugar monarch. He is Sir John Ellerman, Bart., controller of many great shipping lines,. who is said, on a moderate estimate, to be worth £ 35,000,000. Sir John has a house in South Audley-street, another in Eastbourne, %nd a castle in the High- lands, but he spends most of his time in an office advising the Government on the vital matter of sea and ocean shipments-the in- valuable advice of a practical expert. His hobby, according to the New York "Spur," is collecting pictures; and as a man of to- day he prefers the pictures of to-day. "I believe in encouraging the men and women who are painting now," he says. "The Corofcs, Van Dycks, and Rembrandts can take care of themselves." Six HOURS A DAY. Lord Leverhulme, whose advocacy of a six- hour working day for everybody is causing so much discussion, has only been a peer for a few months, and is better known as Sir William Lever. He was born at Bolton, and the Lancashire town is proud of him. He has been at work himself for half a cen.. •• tury, having entered his father's business at Bolton in 1867. He has often worked more than six hours a day. He stood as a Liberal candidate on several occasions unsuc- cessfully before the electors of the Wirral Division returned him in 1906. He repre- sented them until 1910. He was made a baronet in 1911. 0: RUSSIAN ROYALIST PLOT. ffhe Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, who is reported to be implicated in a coun- ter.revolutionary plot, figured in the early, records of the revolution. He is the ex- Tsar 6 brother, and is ten years younger than Nicholas. The original intention in March waa that Nicholas should abdicate in favour of his sen, and Michael be made Regent. Nicholas refused to be separated from -his boy, and said in his manifesto, written at the behest of Gutchkoff: "We bequeath our heritage to our brother, with our blessing for the future of the Throne of the Russian State." But the Grand Duke declined to accept the crown unless it were offered to him by a Constituent Assembly elected by the 'nation by universal ballot. He has lived a good deal in this country, having rented Lord Lytton's house at Kneb- worth. SWEDEN'S GERMAN QUEEN. The case of Sweden affords another example of how royal matrimonial alliances have embarrassed the Allies in this war (says the "Star"). The King of Sweden is the son of a German mother, daughter of Duke William of Nassau, and his Queen is purely German. Her parents were the Grand Duke of Baden and Louise, Princess of Prussia; and she is a cousin of the Kaiser. King Gustav, though a constitu- tional monarch, was well known before the war as an admirer of the Kaiser's notions of monarchical divine right. But the Queen, from the beginning of the war, has been an avowed sympathiser with Germany. "God Protect our dear Fatherland," she wired to the Mayor of Berlin on the outbreak of the war. "My sympathies are with Germany; tell everybody," she was reported by the German press as saying to a gathering of Berlin University students in July, 1915. When her delicate health broke down it was to-her mother's home in Karlsruhe that she went to recuperate. French airmen bombed the town while she was there, and the chateau where she stayed was damaged. I THE SWEDISH MINISTER. Count Herman W rangel has been the Swedish Minister in London since 1906. Born in 1857, he entered the diplomatic ser- vice in 1883, and held successively appoint- ments at the Legations at Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Petrograd, and Madrid. In 1900 he became Minister at Brussels and The Hague, and four years later he was transferred to Petrograd, where he re- mained until his transfer to London. Among other appointments which he has held was that of secretary to the Swedish delegation to the Labour Conference held in Berlin in 1890, and delegate to the Paris Exhibition in 1900. Count Wrangel married a French lady, is a K.C. V.O., and a member of several well-known London clubs.
I IJADE FROM SILESIA.
I JADE FROM SILESIA. The American Museum of Natural History contains the largest piece of jade (nephrite) ever found in situ and the largest ever polished, measuring 7ft. long bv 21ft. wide, and weighing 4,71811m. Dr. George F. Kunz ha.9 bold how he found this piece of jade in a quarry at Jordansmuhl, Silesia. Its dis- covery was especially interesting from an ethnological point of view, because certain authorities had maintained that all the jade objects found in Europe were of Asiatic origin. The finding of this great mass of nephrite, sufficient in itself to furnish material for all jade objects and ornanjenta hitherto found in Europe, proved that it was not necessary .to assume that. prehistoric jade objects were brought frpmtho Orient in con- nection with race migrations.
EAST LONDON GAMING DEN.I
EAST LONDON GAMING DEN. I As a sequel to a raid by the police on a gaming house in Old Montagu-street, White- chapel, Edward Emanuel, aged thirty-seven, fruit salesman, Globe-road, Bethnal Green, who, it was stated, rented the place and de- rived all the benefits, was at Old-street Police-court, on Monday, fined .£300 and ten guineas costs. It was stated by the police that a man of means was in the background, but they had been unable to bring responsibility home to him. Emanuel and five other men were charged with being concerned in the management of the house, and ninety-five others were charged with frequenting. In a large room the police found faro being played. Several of the men were fined sums rang- ing from o£15 to 12, and the rest were bound over.
- LONG-LIVED SEEDS. I
LONG-LIVED SEEDS. I There are few questions more argued upon by gardeners than the life of seeds. Some people say that wheat and pea seeds taken from mummy cases thousands of years old have germinated. On the other hand, scientific farmers will assure you that the seed of wheat loses its life within, at most, ten years. A good deal of evidence un- doubtedly exists to support the theory that many seeds are exceedingly long-lived. Some years ago a grass lawn at Culmstock, in bevonshire, was broken up and turned into a rosery. The following spring the whole of the ground was covered with most exqui- site pansies! This lawn had not been dis- turbed for fully a century, and no pansy seed had been sown anywhere near. In any case, the pansies that have come up did not resemble those in any neighbouring garden. The only possible solution seems to be that the seed had lain buried in the ground, awaiting its chance lo germinate. The longest known survival of any seed is that of a certain Egyptian lily. A dried seed- pod kept in the South Kensington Museum containe d seed which was tested and found to grow after a period of ninety-five years. Melon seed has grown after being kept for forty years. Turnips will last eight or ten years. It is asserted that haricot beans have germinated after lying by for a century.
WITHOUT IRREVERENCE. I
WITHOUT IRREVERENCE. I Smoking in church is a Dutch custom. Dutchmen are such inveterate smokers that rarely is pne of them seen without his pipe. He finds himself unable to deprive himself of the indulgence, even for the short period of a church service. A similar practice exists in several churches in South America. Smoking in churches in Great Britain is said to have been prevalent at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century. At one time smoking was carried to such an excess in Seville Cathedral that the chapter applied to the Pope for power to repress the abuse. Urban VIII., yielding to their wish, issued a bull, which was promulgated January 30, 1643. In Wales smoking in church was indulged in as late as 1850. In one church the com- munion table stood in the aisle, and the farmers were in the habit of putting their hats upon it, and when the service began they lighted.* their pipes and smoked, with- out any thought of irreverence in r the act.
DR. J. HUNTER DEAD.
DR. J. HUNTER DEAD. The Rev. Dr. John Hunter has died at Hampstead in his sixty-ninth year. He was a notable figure in the Con,gregatioaial Church. He began his ministry at York in 1871. Eleven years .later he went to Hull, and in 1877 took over the pastorate of Trinity Church, Glasgow. He officiated there until 1902, when he became associated with the King's Weigh House Church in London. He remained in the metropolis two years, and then returned to Trinity Church, Glas- gow, where he remained until 1913, when he resigned owing to ill-health.
IN THE POULTRY YARD. :-I
IN THE POULTRY YARD. I Br COCKCROW. I AUTUMN AILMENTS. I JJnring the season of autumn fowls art liable to many complaints and diseases. Many poultry-keepers when they have a bird fall ill are at a loss to know the treat- ment necessary for a sure recovery. Thia often results in a bird of value dying or being killed, whereas if the treatment neces- sary had been known the opposite would have been the result. Of the illnesses to which fowls are liable at this season of the year catarrh Is the most common. When you have a bird suffering from this com- plaint take great care of it, for catarrh very often leads to roup. Really catarrh is a i is in th o contagious form 01 cold, and i1 is in the interests of your birds and yourself to check the complaint at the beginning. Much letter to take it in hand in its infancy than to let it get a grip and then take steps to ?.nove it. Half-?rown chickens are the most frequent sufferers from catarrh. The cause is very often overcrowding. A num- ber of the complaints from which birds suffer are the result very often of overcrowding. This evil has always been pointed out in this column, but advice very often falls on. deaf ears, and tho evil go,-& on. For good- ness' sake don't overcrowd your birds at night in stuffy houses. Directly catarrh puts in an appearance give the birds more 8pace. and a much freer ventilation with- out a through draught. In their morning soft food give them a seasoning of mustard, and in the drinking water dissolve a pinch of rmangauate of potash. Don't add much of this latter—only just enough to turn the water a claret red. In this way the birds get their nostrils disinfected, also their mouths. The spread of the disease is also very often prevented if this is done. The usual symptoms of roup are a mnning at the nose and sneezing. The birds look depressed, miserable, and altogether "out of sorts." The dangerous complaint of roup some- times springs from a simple cold. It is Roup IS DANGEROUS. therefore at once proved how very important it is to take a cold in hand directly it puts in an appearance. Usually, however, roup comes as the result of living amid dirty unhygienic surround- ings. Want of light, air and green food, combined with bad ventilation, are prompters of this dreaded disease. Neglect may therefore be said to be the cause of roup. Thus this disease can be prevented if you take proper care of your birds. If you have a bird that is suffering with catarrh, and the discharge that is emitted from the nostrils becomes offensive and the eyes look puffed, you should at once remove that bird from the rest of the flock, for you can. be sure that it has developed a mild form of roup. A good treatment is to sponge the face and nostrils several times a day with warm w.ater, in which a few grains of permanganate of potash should be dis- solved. The parts that are bathed must be wiped perfectly dry after each operation. Don't give the sufferer hard grain until it has recovered, but feed it on soft food that contains much nourishment. Into this soft food sprinkle a little roup powder (only those roup powders that have an estab- lished good reputation should be used). Give the sufferer a sulphate of quinine pill (two- grain) once daily. Carbolic disinfectant should be scattered about the place. Keep the patient warm, but not hot, nor allow- ing it to get into any draughts. If tkis treatment is followed for a few days your bird will most likely completely recover, but if you neglect it, then you may as well give up all, hope of the bird recovering: and even if it does recover it is probable that it will be of very little use for anything. Now that the bad, damp, and cold weather is likely to set in, watch vour fowls, for DIARRHCBA AXD DYSENTERY. when the bad weather comes they are liable to suffer from an attack of diarrhoea. Some poultry-keepers pay little or no attention to birds that suffer with diarrhoea, but they should, for very often this complaint has very serious results. Should the dropping, be of the usual colour, but appear to betwatery, a pinch of Epsom salts to each pint of drink- ing water for one day often sets matters right. The soft food for a few days should he mixed rather dryer than usual, and grain that is binding, such as rice, should be used. Add a little ground ginger to the soft food. Should any of your birds suffer with a severe attack of diarrhoea, then other steps must be taken to effect a cure. With more obstinate attacks the droppings arc highly coloured, and often tinged with blood. In such cases give the sufferers some cooked soft food mixed with milk. If you are unable to afford or obtain this latter, water may be used. Fat of some kind or other should be added. In place of the Epsom salts which were advised for use of mild casea of diarrhoea you should use chlorodyne. To each pint of drinking water three or four drops of this should be added, mixing, it in thoroughly. Individual cases may be treated. with a pill made of rhubarb and chalk 5grs. each, and cayenne 3grs., given twice a day. The complaints dealt with in our notes this week are those most common to poultsy at this time of the year, and undoubtedly they will be of use to those who before were ignorant, or nearly so, of the treatment necessary for recovery of the good health of the birds. I A very frequent cause of pooij laying and unhealthiness is the lack of exercise (&ays LAZY BIRDS. "The Smallholder"). Lazy birds are never so healthy as those which are active. Sometimes laziness merely results in reduced egg-producing powers or failure to fertilise the eggs properly. Very frequently, how- ever, it is a direct cause of disease. Fowls should be encouraged in every possible way, therefore, to take plenty of exercise. This applies to young chickens as well as to adults. There are many ways of encouraging exereise, even among those birds which are kept in strict confinement. Burying the grain in chaff or straw; suspending a cab- bage or half-root to (pithin a foot or so of the ground; and burying a piece of meat a few inches below the surface, all afford capital exercise and assist in keeping the fowls healthy and strong. I A.NSWER§ TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. M. A. G.—I am sorry I have not answered your query before re your bird that is purged, etc. The treatment you have described seems a very good one, but if I were you I should drop the Turkey rhubarb pellets. Apologies for delay. W. P.—I know it is really remarkable how birds and animals chum up. It is quite com- mon for birds and a cat to live peaceably together. One of the strangest things I ever read of bird life, however, was in an Ameri- can paper quite recently. A turkey gobbler owned by Miss Mabel Rush, of Buffalo, "mothered" eight young guinea chicks. He hatched them out after the mother had left the nest in a secluded corner of a wheat field. The old gobbler &at on the eggs eight days, and when they had hatched out tobk up his duties as "mother."
I ABOUT GLASS EYES.
I ABOUT GLASS EYES. The one drawback to. the glaes eye is that its only use is ornament; but when one re- members the disfiguring influence of a lost optic, that is even more a. virtue than a fault. The fact remains, however. The arti- ficial hand can do the most wonderful things, from picking up a pin to working a lathe. The artificial leg soon becomes so efficient that the wearer can play a good game of lawn tennis, and has to inform his opponent which leg is the game" one. The artificial nose can still smell, but the most exquisitely- wrought and artistically-finished artificial eye cannot see! That is beyond the skill of man. Birmingham is the headquarters of the glass-eye trade, and that wonderful Midland city has brought its manufacture of this particular article to great per- fection. Eyes are sent tk- all parts of the world. The moat important firm will always liave at eyes ready for 'dis- patoh "îind selection, add canma any eye lit any bead!
ENEMY SHIPPING BOMBED.I
ENEMY SHIPPING BOMBED. I LARGE DESTROYER HIT: TRAWLERS I SUNK. Admiralty, Monday. Naval aircraft carried out a bombing raid on the 15th of September on enemy shipping between Ostend and Blankenbergne. Bombs were dropped on destroyers and trawlers or drifters. One large destroyer was hit amid- ships, and one, probably two, out of a group of four trawlers, was sunk. In the evening, during a late patrol, one of our seaplanes was attacked by two sea- planes, which were engaged by our escort- ing airplanes, and one was shot down in flames, the other being chased" towards some enemy destroyers. At about ten a.m. yesterday (Sunday) a patrol engaged a formation of enemy air- craft, destroying one and probably a second.
CURIOUS LEGACIES. I
CURIOUS LEGACIES. I A gentleman left "the large oaken walk- ing-stick, with silver head bearing verses alluding to it having been a sapling grown from an acorn planted on my gfeat-grand. father's wedding day," to his nephew, and to his sister "the damask tablecloth with figures and armorial bearings commemora- ting the marriage of Louis IV. of France." A Liverpool lady left to her nephew- nephews seem to be specially favoured—her doormats, except parlour mats and the oil- cloth in the hall. The will of an eccentric lady contained the following clause: "As to my sisters, nieces, nephew, brother-in-law, cousin, nothing shall come from me to them but a bag of sand to rub themselves with. None deserve even a good-bye. I do not recognise a single one of them." Meanest of all. however, was the man who left his wife a farthing, with directions that it should be forwarded to her in an unst im ped envelope'
FRUIT FOR BAD BREATH. I
FRUIT FOR BAD BREATH. I A diet* exclusively of wheat, bran, and fruit, preferably apples and oranges, con- tinued for three or four days is advocated by a professor for clearing the tongue and sweetening the breath in ordinary cases. Half a pound of sterilised bran should be eaten daily, and apples may be eaten as many as desired if causing no inconvenience. Twelve to sixteen apples taken at four meals will suffice. They must be eaten raw, and should be well masticated. The apples may also be eaten whenever there is a craving for food. It is further affirmed that since fruit lays no tax upon the digestive tract, berries, grapes, oranges, etc., may be added to the diet if desired. The greater the bulk and the less the actual food value repre- sented in the food the better. The bran is necessary for the reason that the tender cellulose of fruit is often almost completely digested and so furnishes little residue.
A JAPANESE WIFE. I
A JAPANESE WIFE. I The Japanese wife holds a very poor place As a housekeeper in her husband 's estima- tion. In Japan there is no idea of a part- nership in marriage, and the chief thing that is impressed upon a girl in Japan is that as soon as she is married sho must be strictly obedient to her husband. In fact, she must tnore or less be hit slave. This is a brief outline of a Japauese wife's position: Should a woman's husband act unreason- ably, she must compose her countenance and soften her voice to remonstrate with him, and if he be angry and will not listen to her remonstrance, she must wait over a season and then expostulate with him when his heart is softened. A wife must never on any account harden her features, or, as we should say, make a face at her husband, or talk iu a boisterous voice. The above is cer- tainly very sound and practical, and will be heartily endorsed by godly wives. But the following is not so acceptable. It is a Japanese woman's duty never to shrink from attending to everything herself, and she must wait on her lord and master hand and foot. If he strikes her, she- must not repine or complain. She must be excellently dis- posed towards her parents-in-law, never minding how unreasonable they may be, and she must on no pretext whatever go out un- less it is on some really necessary household errand.
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Maria Kellage, a German tailoress, who had de8'ù herself as Dutch, was at Marl- borougii-»R. JCC Police-court sent to prison for ten weeks and ordered to be deported for not notifying her change of address and travelling more than five miles without a permit A soldier charged with being an absentee was allowed by the North Lohdon magistrate to go to his home, where a new baby had arrived, on giving his word of honour that he would be there when the escort came for him. \fylise M. C- Jeana, ofNotingha, has for the' ?%tth?tizne the, ? yarda .women's amateur swimming' championsAiip of tha anis?teiir ?wimMing ."c AMPIO ■ -at"Àam.
HOW THE NAVY IS DEALING WITH…
HOW THE NAVY IS DEALING WITH THE PIRATES. I Thrilling stories of fights by our naval forces with enemy submarines are told in the following communication from the Ad- miralty :— From one of our auxiliary naval forces a torpedo was seen approaching the starboard beam. It jumped out of the water when 100 yards off, and struck the engine-room near the water-line, making a large rent and flooding several compartments. The star- board lifeboat was blown into the air, pieces of it landing on the wireless aerial. Soon afterwards a periscope was observed just be- fore the port beam. It turned and made for the ship, but quickly disappeared as the enemy further submerged. Again it ap- peared, to be followed this time by a con- ning tower. Fire was opened, and the first shot hit the base of the conning tower and removed the two periscopes. Many hits were obtained, and the submarine quickly assumed a list to port, and several men came out of the hatch abaft the conning tower. The enemy wallowed along for a space, with his stern almost submerged and with oil squirting from his side, and the crew came on deck and waved their hands. At this sign of surrender Cease fire" was ordered, whereat the U-boat started to make off at a fair speed, evidently hoping to disappear in the misty weather. Fire was again opened. A loud explosion took place forward, and. falling over on his side, the enemy sank, the last thing seen being the sharp bow, end up, slowly disappearing beneath the water. Two survivors were picked up. Our ship arrived safely in harbour. SUBMARINE TORPEDOES SUBMARINE. A British submarine sighted an enemy Submarine q. points on the starboard bow, 90 dived, but after seeing him through the periscope for a few minutes lost sight of him. Our boat came to the surface again, and about three hours later we per- ceived the enemy on the starboard beam from two to three miles away. Our boat dived to attack, but the enemy altered course, and was again lost to view. His apparent objective being conjectured, course was altered "-in the hope of cutting him off, and eventually he was a.gain detected on the port bow, steering as had been surmised. Course was altered as necessary, and when as favourable a position as was thought pos- sible was obtained, a torpedo was fired. A splash was observed in line with and close to his stern, and a few seconds after the enemy was seen with his stern out of water, smoke hanging round it, and the conning tower half-submerged. A minute or two later he disappeared. One of our small craft sighted an enemy submarine at a distance of 10.000 yards. She maintained her course, and five minutes later the enemy stopped and then pro- ceeded towards her. Suddenly he sub- merged, and shortly afterwards his peri- scope appeared close by on the starboard bow for a few seconds, and then disappeared. Helm was ported, and when over the posi- tion where the periscope had been seen, an explosive charge was dropped. The ship then circled round, and when in position once more dropped another charge. The øx- plosion of this was followed after two or three seconds by another and much more violent explosion, which shook the vessel from stem to stern. The water became black over a very large area, and a consider- able quantity of thick oil and flotsam came to the surface. SEAPLANE'S FEAT. A seaplane proceeded to attack an enemy submarine which she had observed manoeuvring, apparently, into position to fire a torpedo at a passing merchant ship. Before the seaplane arrived over the sub- marine the latter submerged, but three bombs were dropped on the position where he had disappeared from sight. In five minutes' time a large upheaval was noticed where the bombs had been dropped. This could best be compared to a huge bubble, rising some distance above the level of the sea and distinctly visible for a minute or more. There was no further sign of the submarine. OIL AND BUBBLES. A patrol vessel noticed a wake with a considerable amount of foam travelling almost parallel to her course on the bow a short distance away. She crossed this wake and dropped an explosive over it. Almost immediately a second charge was dropped, and after it had exploded another explosion took place. Oil and bubbles were coming ,to the surface, and on this spot a further charge was exploded. Two more patrcd craft arrived on the scene and discharged their charges. The oil, which was still rising after an interval of twelve hours, was of a heavy brown nature with a smell like petrol. One of our naval forces, hearing gunfire, steered for the position and soon sighted an enemy submarine on the bow. Fire was opened, and a hit obtained. A large explo- sion resulted, but the effects quickly dis- persed to reveal no sign of the enemy, whose hull and conning tower were distinctly visible before. Two submarines attacked a defensively armed merchant vessel. The first submarine fired a torpedo at close range, which missed, and the ship sank her by gunfire. The second submarine then attacked the ship by gunfire, but was damaged and driven off. A defensively armed merchant vessel en- countered a submarine which endeavoured to attack at close range. The ship opened fire, hitting the submarine twice, and caus- ing her to disappear vertically, the sea ap- pearing to boil for a considerable time trfter.
* BOYS "COME TO TOWN."
BOYS "COME TO TOWN." Ernest Albert Meadows, aged twelve, waa ordered to a remand home at Chatham on Saturday for stealing money. The boy said he entered a house through an unfastened window while the tenant was temporarily absent, and stole a pound note and half-a- crown in silver. Another boy stated that Meadows invited him to "come to town." They went together, and after the pound note had been changed at a ccokshop, Meadows bought some cakes, some choco- lates, fried fish and chips, biscuits, apples, bananas, damsolis,' an electric flash-light, fout packets of cigarettes, some toffee, matches, five bottles of "ginger pop," a loaf of bread, a tin of salmon, and a quarter of a pound of butter.
TROOP TRAIN DISASTER.
TROOP TRAIN DISASTER. An accident of a remarkable nature occurred to a, troop train on a camp railway in Yorkshire on Saturday. Three soldiers were killed and forty-seven others injured. The train, which consisted of ten coaches and contained several hundred men, was standing in the station awaiting an engine, when it began to run away down a steep gradient. It travelled safely for three miles, but at this point all the carriages but one, left the rails. Some of them turned com- pletely over, and one was smashed to frag- ments, the men being hurled in all direc- tions. The leading carriage continued on its journey akme at a great pace, finally crash- ing into the buffers of a station two miles further down the line. Its occupants, how- ever, all escaped without. injury.
A SAD HOME-COMING.
A SAD HOME-COMING. 01\ returning to her home at Kew from Eastbourno, Mrs. Clery found in a bedroom the dea/I bodies of her husband, Patrick, and her daughter, Doris, aged..thirteen.' They hart apparently died from gas poisoning, the room being full of gas fumes.