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Money Makes Money ; Or, A Strange Stipulation. Tii^ii lie .>>Uxxl btill itriU lii» wied. • After all." he said. "She went away of her own free will I did not drive her away. Why «hould 1 be judgi-xl and blam- ed.'" Mr. Bryant was iramwliately accepted ae a "(jood sort" by the young •me'inberB <>f ihp diH-ul hoiifle. Tho duke himself took kindly Ui the young man. and »» to Khenaw at once that BOmetMing naa mill- the dm'heiw. nhe frankly <<>nff.-ti<'d that ened to uiwet Ltidv Kllcn, and fhe waei a she was more than half In love with him. She did not tell Lady BUen thai it was ehe who had prevented Colonel Dawney from joining them on Chrietmae Day IHAIMEK XVII. Ladv Ellen went back to Scotland long before the forinight wa« up. She carried with her a quantity o4 luKgage. and when Bhi met the duclu!* the eniiled a raUicr wan little smile. â- I am going to otay with you. Poppy," •he Slid, "Itll you turn me out." "Well, lay dear; there it* plenty of room," her ooiu.in an»were<i gaily. She naw at once that something had hap- littJe more Under in eoii^e<iuen<-« "You have l<wt all your fresh, rosy looks," fhe paid. "I eui>po.>e there waa nothing bni tog in London." "So." said Ladv Ellen: "aB a matter of fact the w«ither wart eicellent. very Hunny and iliuobi warm, not a bit like Christ- niac." â-  Mr Bryai.t will be here just in time, the 4liirlK>> •>b8erve<l. She had iicorted Lady Ellen up to her room, and stirred the lire vigorously as bhe 91 oke. "He arrivon in Liverpool on the twenty- third, and will travel ui> here, eo that we •hall have him for dinner o!i C'hribtmas Kve Af^er Li/iy Ellen 'n return she had thought things out, and the had decided that her couxin should not meet this man again lor some time at least; so she very frankly gave Daiwney a hint - "I believe thing« are working out for Nell's future whioh will altogether bo for her h.tp|)iiKv«. 1 am playing the match- maker, in the most barefaced manner, but I have taken Mr. Bryants measure and I tJiiiik he is Just the man for Nell. I hope you will come up and stay with us in the N.-w Year." After she had sign- I ed her letter, the duchess added a poet- Tell the children to hang out all^ the ,cript. By the way, Nell tells me that largest etockinss t.hey can get." Ellen | the ninger |il>out whom you were interest- Crooner laughed, but as the duoheFS was ' ed is neediin; help; and she said you want leaving her. -he said. "Don't go. I'oppy It i« so nice to be with you again' I won der why 1 went to London. I've got the wl me to take thiB girl up. I want you to knr^w that I ihall be delightod to do any- thing I oa.i. Will you \fl me have thi" In the Wake of tho War's Cyclone. The picture ahows what is left of the once pretty village of Domremy, Department of the Marne, France. most exli iiordinary .lack-in-lhe-box r-ort j young lady's nddretw, and I will write to of feeling with me these days, and it i» her f Wiltshire House can' be at her dls- time I settle*! down, isn't i*? I *m get- ting f.uite old." "Yes. iiuiie old. " said the duchess with »- smile. But didn't you get yourself some new clothei;?" Lady Ellet sh<ok her head. 'No: I had various interviews with Mr. Pleydeil. and he is «â- > very nice to me. and itavo me so much praise for being economical, that 1 "is aciually strong enough to deny the t«0)pl»tion. One thing annovi>d ine. " Lady Ellen said, a little abruptly. I bad a very disagree- able interview with Mr. Tenderten. " "Ah! said the ducheis. "Aad what did that objectionable young man have to sav for hiin»-elf? ' i 'He was rather familiar, " said Lady El- len, and she colored hi/tly. 'But well. it IS so absurd, that re*lly^ one hardly : likes to repeat it. hut he asked me to many him. I'oppy!" ! Well.' said the du*'iu»'. 1 must hor- i row one of my boy*' phrases and say I 'that was cheek!' ' "Yes. wa.-)n'(. it?" said L»<ly Ellen. "He. took inv breath attiay. and then -»eM. he | would ha-re been quite nasty only Mr. I Fleydell h.ippened to come in. and Mr. I Teadeiteii .venl away in a great- hurry, | liul I w sh I had never had anything to i do with him. 1 oan't understand h<'W such { a nice man as Mr. Pleydeil can have him j for a I artner." | I Ix'lieve he' is very clever. " said the duchess. "Did you see anybody else?" Yes. one or two people, .\driufi was n lown lust the day I arrive<l. mid he pro- mised to dine w.:h me. and then threw me over suddenly in fact, rather rudely," said Lady Ellen, laughini,' with an effort. "I am not going to trouble about .\driaii any more; lie Is no Ui-e in a nm-iaJ iiense! He is only 111 for hie tarin and his pigs!" "Well deari*!; I liop<- you are going to have .1 very happy liuie witli us." s.iid the duchess, and she went forward and kissed Lady Elle i affectionately. "I am alway,. nappy with you. Poppy dear " Hut it was generally re<-ogniied that Lady Ellen was restless and out. of cspirits. She t,xik her share in aU the pre.i).irat.ons r< r Chrifititias willingly enough; but her heart did no* swiii to be in the work. She certainly had griwn thinner, though she was n. pretty as ever. The little pathetic note iilxmi tier gavn her in added <-h3Pni; a <'iiarin which wis instantly felt by Jul in llryant wlieii he orrivi-d on Clirslnius Eve. It was lik<' a dream u> hmi to pass in'" the <<ld hall '>t this woriderliil old casll". to -he received as alniosi one of the family. Here at last he might forget for a litlln while! .\nd there was so much he want- ed to lorgjil! His mother was in England bombarding liini with letters, eagerly cicite<l to see him She had iiistalliNl herself in his house in t4/wn. greatly t<i Ins servants' disgust; and .Julian ktitiw tlijl she wouUl he (inite eupahle of trtvelling up to S«-otland. and foisting herself on his present hosts if sh<' only hid an inkling where he was. He had w irni^l Stephens that hs where- abouts were to be kepi a- profound si-ore! ; III fact, no one hii: th;s servant knesT that he was ba'-k from .V.neru-a; not even Bill Ketch had yet been Informed. Like I.ady Ellen. Julian had grown much Ibiniier. But he was. if isissible. hand- •omer than he had be<-n. and In his rough travelling coat a^ he entered the hall his likenSH' to Adrian Dawney was almost painful for Lady Ellen t<i realize. They stood alone for a few s4«;ondg. and they clasped )iaiids, really glad to see one anoth«*r, for there was something which drew them togetlier, although in both their hearts there was a shutter as it were, olosiin^ out ail that was really best • nd truest in both of thoiu. "Wel'oine." said Lady Ellen. "I am so glad to see you. Julian said lutthing. but only clasiied her hand very, very tightly. As 'hey were turning away from the lire he spoke. "I came he«-:iiise you aeked me." he said. "1 hopi^ you won't think m4* a iircsiiinptn- ens irs Lady Ellen, hut I fancied fnmi your letter that you wante<l me to come " Yes, I did want you, and I do want you,' said Lady Mien. "I feci somehow rt If we were great friends, as it we had kiivwn one another a li>ng time, I mean, and one always wants the friends whom one liken at i hrislnius time. Last year," â- die caught her breath with a sharp sigh, ""I was ill in bed 1 <-ouUln't he with Poppy or with anybody else; but it is go- ing to l)« quite dilfeient now." Last t'bristnias! Jiiliun Bryant's e.^cs < iiised for an in- stant, and that si<^keiiiiig sense of shame which every now ami then overwhelmed him like a physical weakness, took |ios- «i«sion of him once more. Where was Enid now? What, sort of Chrislmns was il going to Ise with her? Was she back in t'auada? Surely if she lemaiiHwl in England, she could not have poi al if she wishes to give a ix>ncert in town this sea.^on." Colonel Dawney's reply to the duche«'e letter did not come till after Christmas. He sent a few wribbled good wishes to Lady Ellon, and with it a box c<f violet/s. When ho did write to the ducho e he thanked her warmly for her kind sug- gestion al>out the <'on<'ent. He told her that he feared his protege would be un- .ihle to avail herself of this kindness. "As a matter of fact."" he wrote. "I have only just within the last week or so heard anything of Misu Sinclair, and I regret to say that she is in very bad health, and. what is worse, in very, very poor circum- s>tances. I am doing what little I can, but the position is one which is extremely deli- cate, and I find it practically Impossible for me 1o move a<^ively, in Mistj Sinclair's affairs."' Aoting on Impulse, tho duchess sat down nn4t wrote a chet^iie. She encluse^l it with a lew Jinew to Colonel Dawney. "'! want you," she said, "to use this money how you like for this p<x>r girl. Please don't reruh.e me, and if you would like it when I come south, I will look af- ter her personally. '- She said nothing of this corr<spoiiden<-e to Lady Ellen, for she did not wish to even mention the name of Dawney. Lady Ellen had not confided in her, yet it seecnetl t<i ihe duchess that things were practically settled bolween he.-shelf and Julian Bryant. \i leait. when Mr. Bry- ant left for Ix>nd<>n rather abruptly one d.iy. Lady Elien s»'em<xl very depressed and out of spirits. Lite that night when the duchess wont in to have n little conllili- tal chat with her, Lidv Ellen spoke of Julian. "1 like him very much. " she said; "but do you Know. Poppy. J have made one very great dscovery. He is a very un- happy man."" "Is he? " sad Ihe duchcis, why should he he nnh ippy? ' Lady Ellen shriiggrd her shoulders. I don't know, but I am sure I am right, and I w sh I could help him!" ' Nt'll, do you like him? I mean in, the rea.l sense of iln* word?" Lady Ellen wto/wl in front of the fire, a slim. alni(i«t childish figure, lu her long white driH.>ing-gowii. "I like him very, very miK-h." she said slowly. ' I have a serisi* of comfort and picieure when I am with him. hilt I don't love him. Poppy. 1 I d< n t believe 1 ever should.' "Aiul he? Does he <-are for voii?" "He has net s.iid it in s<> m.my wonls," said Lady Eilen. but he <-e;taiiily givee me Ihe idea hi- could care Only If it WBsii i rather slly. Poppy. I should be in- clined ta SUV that he fi-e!:i for me just whit 1 feel for him!" "Well, sympathy is a very giKid thing to work iip<;n. Haul the duchi>ss clieeFily. Th*'n she prolMNl the matter. Nell," she . lid. if .lulian Bryant asks you to marry him. what are you going to sav?" Lady Ellen paused a moment, and then she answered- "If .lul an Hryant asks me to marry him I shall s.iy yes'!" CHAPTEB XVIII. On arriving in London Julian Hryant went to a holed. Hi>. was resolved not to meet his inollier. and further resolved to teach her that ehe c< iild not enter into his life in any way whatever. His hearl had hardened 1.owards her. In the beginning Mis. MariKxk hud told him on tliat ini-miirahle last interview which had taken place between them, .Ju- lian hiid made a whole sacrifice of his life for his mother's sake. He had stood by her most chivalrously He had liurdeiied liimsCIf with her ohligiitionn; he had Ih>- huvMl very generously. But when she had marrinl a Be<-ond time and life had ber-ome easy for her, moreovt\r. when the opportunity had been given her to a<:t generoisly in her turn towards him she had failed miserably; and oddly enough it was his mother's hard words about Kni<( whi^-li made IIm' man so bitter now in hii< thoughts of her. He did not even tell Stephens that he was in london. He had no need of a ser- vant ; in f.ict. he preferred to be quite alone; but he wrote to Mr. Pleydeil lyid begged the l.iwyer to see hinn as soon as po8«1ble. The tiist iiarl of his interview with Mr, Pleydeil was easy enough, for in this Ju- lian dealt entirely with the question of his mother. "I nuthori«. you," he said to the law- yer, "to a<-qunint my mother with the fact that I Hin going to shut up my establieh- ment for some long periwi. and that it Is not my wish that she should iiistal her- self in my house. She hau gone there without any reference to me or my wishes and she must leave immediately. The keiK away from him. He wanted to think i q„e„ii„„ „f the servanls can be left in the that she was in ( anada. although he know \ hands of SlepI with what bitterness and sorrow she must have gone ba<-k to the few with whom she i-oiild claim kith and kin. She had spoken to him so often of her childhood and of her early girlhood, and of al! the hardshi|is that she had had to endure in her aiiiit"s household. He know with whi;> delight ehe had come to Eng- land He woked from his dream witli an effort and thrust reniembran<'e from him almost brutally. "It is over." he said to himself. "It is over and done with!" Yet when he was m) in hil room li-> pacixl the floor nerfoiie- ly. Was k over and done with? Could a man lose his wife lo eo«ily ? Wis there not still a tie? I<el him nsolve to kill re- mombraiK-e let him deaden his heart, and stifle every honorable feeling. Enid was still his wife, even though the magneti' cisin f>f another wom;in was drawing hini «>lmost against his will, and umhiiion iwas shaping a future where happiness might come to him again, Wliat was hie position? How was he to Set? N'>w he regretted, and that a<utely, bit he had not lr.ice<| Enid, followed up j.er mov:r*^''»- "If she loft me so willingly. so-<p.iger1y, he said to himself, although he knew that he was tiadiK'Ing her "well, then then she ought to give me the chance of ob- taining real freedom. How can I have this frLwloni If I do not know where she f'.nl thill he t.Mik a Hecision. 'Pleydeil Diiist help me: I'll tell everything to Pley- drill It aho is found I will insist on set^ lling so muvh on her ao that she shall never want, but I mtu»t liaTe my real breed om I' nphens, who will get his orders from n e." After thiw there was a little iincomfort- aible pause, and then Julian said - "I have iiske«l you in come to-<lay, Mr. Pleydeil, thecause 1 want lo consult you upon another matter. Some little time n-go. you will rfmiomlier, I said that I did not wish to Hiieak of my wife. Now I find that I must break the silence I imposed. Can you give mo any news of her? " "None whatever," said Mr. Pleydeil, quietly. "She seems to have disappeared; an a matter of fact, I ha^l a Jettor from the lady to whom she went when she left you asking raa for information about Mrs. Bryant This lady has been travelling, and is greatly oonoerned because she has had no news of any sort aihout your -wife. ' "I «upp<isB she can be found." Julian Bryant askiHl in a low voice. "Well. yes. " said Mr. Pleydeil. 1 dare- say she can he traced if we use profes- sional means." Again there was another pau«.p. and then with a rush of color to hie face. Bryant said "It has beeoine necessary for me to know where she is, beoauec I want to take steips lo havj our freedom made eorapleto." •ycu prOB"^;; •/: iir'^r?? "TZ, Hrynnt? • Mr. r'or«<'"i a«liea In his quietest "way. A curious sensaition shot through Julian Brvant's heart. This time he turned ytry wlilte. "Mfil" he said htirrlodly. "That that is out of the question."" Then ho turned to tho liiwyer. 'Look here." he said, "I sup- pose you know how to deal with these kind of matters? The law is very «l«v«r. if tnvo people want to he put apirt. the 'aw can do it. cant it?'" "TtMTe is one method irhich the law fol- Icsws in Kuoh cases." said Mr. Pleydeil coldly "and if you do not propose to divon-e lire. Bryant Ijien you would have to give Mrs. Bryant cause and reason for divorcing :-<:u. ' Julian Bryant got up and moved about restUssly. "The position is intolerable." he said. "You know, or perhaps you don't knowr, beoaui-e after all, 1 am a stranger to you, but it Is the truth, Pleydeil, that if she hadn't Jeft me I would never have scpa^ rated from her?' "I am glad to hear you say that," Mr. Pleydeil said, and there was real emotion in his voi<'e. "I confitss now that I was very n tich impressed al the time you heard of Mrs. Mariiock's strange bequest by your loyalty to the woman you had married." The younger man did not an- Bwer at once. Mr. PleydeH's words swept him tack into that past he sec-iued to be in touch with once again, and that acutely with all the mental strain which had worked so disastrously against him. "I did nothing extraordinary. " he said in a low voice. "I I was templed, and you krow th.it. but 1 would never have left her. and the last thing I expe<-.ted was that she would leave me; but she did go. and she chavod cruelly, Pleydeil! For it was cruel to leave me as she did, to put me where I am now-never to send me a word or a line to let me know whether she was living or dead. There are things I which are unforgivable! And on her mus>t rest the rei»ponsihi]:ty of all that follows." And so you want to have a complete separation fr.jm Mrs. Bryant, because she laft you imagiir.ng she was doing the .best for you? â-  There was a little touch of irony in Mr. PleydeH's voice. "I won't go into any reasons."' said Ju- lian Bryant very coldly. "I just slate a fuel. I want frewiora. I want to have my lile to myiolf, without any tie, any barrier, iK-oause-- ' "I underv-;and, ' said Mr. Pleydeil, and he got up, "because you have made other plans for the future. Well, I shnil have to go into this matter rather carefully. Divjrce is a little out of my line, Mr. Bryant, I think you would do better to have C4)llsultl^d Teiiderti-ii. He is more up to it than I am, and h? is, if I may say so, less hai2ipered hy certain s<'ruples than I am.' , "I will have nothing to do w th that man," said Julian Kryant. "If you wont act for file In this '»cll, then. III go t<i someone else. " Jlr, Pleydeil 1m wed, "If you will iwrtnit me to tay so. that will be preferal'lo." Julian winced. He was almost hyper- sensitive in llicsp days. "All right," he said tiinsely, "I only thought I had belter bi»ach the matte.- to you first. I suvipofe you have no ob- jwtion to dealing with other businetw for me ? ' "None whatever," said Mr, Pleydeil, and I will see to your wishes atniut your mother without delay."" It was not lonif hefoi-e Mr. Tenderten difc»o*ered that h.s partner was In con- etant corre«pondeiico with Julian Bryatit, and to find out Mr Bryants whcr'eabt-uts was an easy matter. He did not approach Julian hy letter, but late one afternoon he presented him- self at Ihe hotel. To be continued.) AMKKICAS |»H(JTi;sr UltKAT BKITAIN. TO Hy Chan. M. lileo, Urnver, Colo. Perhaps no single incident of the great war has awakened more in- terest in the two gtcat English- speaking nation.H than the protest filed by ihe United States against the treatment of American shipping by the British fleet. Tho despatches also indicate tha.t the protest is arou.sing keen inter- est across the waters, as the matter is being widely discussed in the public press. As indicating the deep interest involved, a special meeting of the British Cabinet has been called to consider the protest, and this' iDorning's papers declare the Cal inel near to disruption in the delialc on the subject. In this c<iiintry among a certain class, there is a suspicion that un- fortunately amounts almost to a hope that this prot-est holds a pro- mise of war between the two coun- tries. There is always quite a large class in every nation, who want to see trouble, but these howlers for revenge are generally the la-st to enliftt when the trouble comes. They glory in trouble and contention, but they want somebody else to make it and to suffer the consequences. They are of the mole variety of heroes, ever ready to throw bricks when concealed from danger by the people surrounding them. Happily that class is not very strong In this country. Sober, thoughtful, sensiblo tnen and women do not invite distress and suffering that would be sure to resulfi were this country involved in not influenced by false sentiments the lit V Eu ropean Btruggle. They are of so-called "National honor," and the "rights of American seamen," to the extent of wishing to see this comitry rush into a controversy that nfleaBs great loss oi life and property until, at least, that it has been clearly established that the "national honor" has been inault- ed, or our rights have been need- lessly interfered with by other. On the contrary, America's pro- test to Great Britain wa; made in a spirit of friendship, and affords no basis for war talk, for it had been received in the same spirit. The treatment of neutral ship- ping by belligerent nations is always a very delicate subject, and one re- quiring the best minds, thoroughly trained in the field of internationjtl law and diplomacy, to adjust. It will be recalled that troubles arose over shipping between this country and Great Britain during our great Civil War, and which were not set- tled till long after the war had ceased. Though differing somewhat in character from those cited in the protest to Great Britain this week, they held a genuine threat of war, a true cuusus bellus, for the reason that it was then openly charged that Great Britain was purposely aiding the Confederacy in ite efforts to de- stroy the shipping of the North. There is no such claim or contention involved in the present protest. The old controversy was peacefully settled, and the two countries have ever since remained on the most friendly terms. There is nothing now existing that approaches the seriousness of the Alabama claims and the dispute that arose out of them, I have DO doubt that this country will insist upon full reparation for any real dan>age d«ine to .-Xmerican shipping, caused by any unwarrant- ed interference of the British fleet ; and I am equally certain that Bri- tish justice will gladly rec<iinpense for such damages, when duly es- tablished It is quite inevitable that the fleet should wrongfully detain some shipping in its eagerness to find contraband guodt and prevent them reaching the eiie.m.\, and to this end no doubt the war fleet has been in- structed to detain and search ves- sels suspected of having contraband articles aboar<i, nr conditional con- traband intended for the enemy. It looks as though the real ques- tion at issue is, regarding the treat- ment of conditional contraband goods. That this should be treated exactly as absolute contraband and seized and conveyed to British ports for disposition, works a very great hardship upon shippers. But even so, I have no doubt that Great Britain is willing to co operate with this country, and with every other country, in living strictly up to the laws of nations in their treatment of neutral shipping. The protest is only a business precedure between two friends, who have been fore- most in preserving the peace of the world. That they should forget their friendship and undertake to settle their business differences by the sword is too ridiculous for consid- eration. The period that has elapsed since the treaty of Ghent was signed 100 years ago on Christmas eve, has not been without acute crises in the re- lations of England and the United States. Had England pursued a policy of callous greed, she mi^ht easily have made the preservation of the Union impossible in 1861-65 by intervention on behalf of the Confederacy ; and again in 1898 she might have -formed a coalition with Spain. That these things were not done shows the strength of the bond between the two nations. Many have been the explanations of the vast volumes of American sympathy with England in the present great struggle, but the utxdying truth is that this sympathy is rooted in the organic life of the two great Eng- lish-fiipeaking nationn, and by itself affoids a unique and surpassing celebration of the Century of peace just closed between these nations. America kaows that the indepen- dence of the ivew world is due to the very conditions that made England an arbiter of Europe's destinies, and instinctively she knows that England's downfall would expose this entire hemiaphere to devastat- ing wars from which it might never recover. Why should the over-sea demo- cracies hate England when every true democracy on the earth finds in England its prototype, its pa- tron and its strength ! And in turn, it may be said with equal truth that England's strength would not he what it is to-day ha<l she not the sympathy and moral support of every true democracy on earth. That the rounding out of the con tury of peace between England and the United States finds the two countries nearer together in politi- cal aspirations and common sympa- thy is a tremendous fact, and por- tends the glory and triumph of both nations. CHAS. M. BICE. Denver, Colo., Dec. 31, 1914. A ZOUAVE HERO. He Sacrificed His Life France. for Beloved A rare and stirring Incident of per- sonal heroism Is that recorded in a semlofncial notice given out in Paris on the afternoon of November 23rd. 'The other day In Belgium, a Ger- man column was r.dvaDcing to attacic a position In the forest of Brie, de- tendefi by a detachment of Zouaves. Our men noticed that before them the Germans forced a Zouave prisoner, and at the same time they heard cries of 'Stop firing!' For an Instant our riflemen and the men in charge of our machine guns hesitated. Then from the German ranlcs they heard the voice of the Zouave prisoner, who cal- led to them 'shoot comrades'.' "There then flashed out from the ranlts of the Zouaves a general dis- charge of rifles aui. machine guns. The Are laid low the assailants of the Zouaves, and with them fell the heroic soldier whose devotion made It possi- ble for his countrymen to checkmate the ruse of the »nemy. "If the name of the brave man is unknown to tb^ world, at least his regiment will retain forever the re- membrance of his sacrifice, which is equal to any of the most famous in- stances of personal heroism recorded In our glorious history," I *- I "Wouldn't you like," his mother • asked a little boy, "wouldn't you like to give your toy boat to that ' poor orphan who hasn't any father?" The little boy looked at his toy boat and frowned, "Could we not give him father instead?" he asked. A well-known naval dignitary has a beautiful daughter. A young ensign, with no resources but his salary, fell in love with her, and asked the old gentleman for her hand. The father at once taxed him with the fact that he had only his salaryâ€" hardly enough to keep him in white gloves and to burnish his brass buttons. "Well, Admiral, what you say is true. But when you married you were only a midship man, with even a smaller salary than mine. How did you get along?" asked the ensign, who thought he had made a most diplo matic defence. But not so. The crafty old seadog thundered forth : "I lived on my father-in-law fur the first ten year.s, but I'll be hang ed if you ive going to do it !" FROM MERRyjLD ENGLAD NEWS BY MAIL ABOCT J0H:» BULL ANU HIS FKOPLE. Occiirronrcs In (he Land Thai r.cifns Kiiprcme In (bo Com* Bicrcial World. Thousands of acres of land io Carlisle have been flooded ae a re» suit of the recert heavy rains. Owing to the depletion of staff caused by the war, the General Post. Offices at Rochester and Chatham are closing earlier now. At Sheffield the sale of intoxicat- ing litjuor is prohibited after 9.30 p.m. on week nights, and 9 p.m. on Sundays in all licensed premises. The authorities have decided to increase the establishment of the 7th Battalion of the Devon Regi- ment, by the addition of 96 cyclists. The skipper of the Fleetwood trawler Belmont, reports the find- ing of an ivory-mounted set of bag- pipes in his trawl when fishing 2» miles off Barralfead. Lieut. Louis Van Esten, of the Belgian Artillery, who died from wounds at Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, was buried with full military honors at Aldershot. Mr. "Thomas Kidney, a well known Leeds steeplejack, has ju«t died at the ago of 82. He was the oldest steeplejack in England and had a world's record in having felled 168 chimneys. Mr. F. Sanford Thomas, deputy coroner for the city of Lond<in, has been appointed to command a com- pany in the 7th Battalion if the City of London Regiment, and has been gazetted a captai.r. Serious damage was caused by fire at the Manor House, Srdgley, Staffs, an ancient English resi- dence. The owner, Mr. G. E. Brown, and the servants removed all the valuable furniture to . fhe lawn. Mr. George Cronheim. a German merchant and principal of a firm of lace manufacturers at Nottingham, was found dead a week ago at !iis residence at Nottingham with * bullet wound in his head. The Cemetery Committee of the Deptford Borough Council have re- commended that a portion of the ground on the local cemetery be reserved for the burial of sailors and soldiers who were residents of the borough. There is great dissatisfaction aitiong the miners of County Our-, ham at the action of the coal own- ers in reducing the wages of meu 3% per cent, at a time when many have enlisted and others are work ing short time. Owing to the large number <,if local coal miners who have joined the colors, there is a scarcity of laborers in some of the coal mines in the Manchester district, and many Belgian refugee colliery workers are being engaged. At SouthaiHpton Charles Bowden, cartage contractor of Eastleigh, was fined $-2(iO or three months' impris- onment for having purchased from soldiers a number of army blank- ets, rugs and waterproof sheets, the pronerty of the King. The coal, cotton and engineering industrie-: in the Manchester dis- tricts are now prospering so much that the -j'tv council have been asked to pass plans for extension of over ,a score of local works to which additions are necessary ow- ing to improved trade. Owing to the number of men on war service, the London Fire bri- gade Committee is experienciiio; difficulty at the present time in ob- taining recruits for the brigaxle. It is proposed that 10s. (.S2.30) b? paid to each metiilier of the bri- gade who intr<.iduces a suitable re- cruit during the next three months. WORMS ''Wormy,' that'« ,vh;U'B tho ma-ttfr of ri... Sto:-.i.",<-h and L^^H^tt^ '»„»;:i./i?' I^'k bad are b.id. IVvi't pliv, 'c 'oti ^n/,> ''• »?»""» 9"" will remove th* worn s, iiLpiv.Te the appetite, and tone em up aJl round, and do it "physio " and^ol!. h^M' .rn** '•'*** â„¢' '^^^'o:,s w;,;j, e.-^ch battle, aim eoUl by all drU(fgi(tts. 8P0HN MEDICAL CO.. Chemists. Coahcn, ind., ij.S.A. $500 FOR A NAME Thie is the beautitul now Dor'unn-'. mudo ni Canada, oiidoreed and used exolueivoly by -^Idi- I'aulino Donalda. tho fajnouB Canadian Prim* Donna. 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