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Kaiser's People Now Under. the Peril of Their Position "Have Become Mourn- 'writing to fhe London Standard m Copenbagen, under date of Sth, Count Rudolf Ehrenberg, "hive just returged from a trip pugh Berlin, Leipaie, Dresden, jover, Hamburg and other large cities. In spite of the diffi- of transportation and the 5 pus reception of foreigners, I 3 "able closely to observe the con- : of the country and the state . people. "AL the outset during the period of mobilization the whole coun- ty' repembled an armed camp. Sol- ors were everywhere and ordinary ; traffic was suspended to al- r trains to pass. There was bustle and activity and un- ed optimism prevailed. The went singing. to the front. No gh but of speedy victory enter- "minds of the great mass of e German middle classes, FN ow. Germany is a land of univer- wal foutning, Black is the predom- t color. I walked down Freder- hstrasse, in. Berlin, and counted in sedtion sixteen women wearing mourning out of nineteen wo- whom I saw there. The train 'h conveyed me from the capital Hamberg was full of weeping wo- en in black. Women in Germany either desolate or racked by the : ure of suspense. Each knock at rik front. door causes a panic in ev- ory household. for it may be the dreadful official message announcing death or mutildtion . of a' hus- , Or son or brother. ermany has called In hér 'last of reserves and every household t is directly"toncerned in the . In some families all the male bers are at the front, The los- 'ses have been colessal, and the sup- pression of public lists by the au- Raorities has net concealed the ex t of toll ia human lives,. which @rmany is forced to pay for the | Bole Flees Sorpedo Gals Tre Bunter ZaSsers' SIGNALS AND SIGNALLERS OF THE BRITISH NAVY. | More one-year notes may be sold be- FINANCIAL WATTERS] MATURITIES NEXT YEAR WILL BE VERY HEAVY. American Railroads Must Arrange $550,000,000 Financing by End of Next Year, New York, Sept. 9.--It has been calculated that railroad securities, exclusive of equipment trust issues, maturing in 1915, and aggregate $453,600,000. This compares with $380,000,000 similar' maturities this year and with a still smaller amount in 1913. If maturing equip- ment securities are added for next year the total is close to the half billion mark. 'Total maturities be- tween the present time and the end of 1915 are over $560,000,000. fore the end of this year, and this in- creases the total maturities for next year. Railroad maturities to he met be- fore the end of the current year to- tal over $37,000,000. Over half of these maturities, about $19,000, 000, are of the New York Central system. Next year, by May 15, New York Central system has $76,000, 000 more short-term notes maturing. This makes a total of $96,000,000 ngtes of thaj system maturing in the]. next nine months. Maturities of the New: York Central are the lar- gest of the American railroads, Next in order comes the Pennsyl- vania railroad, ox Company Pays Big Dividend. Montreal, 'Sept. 9~--The announce- ment 1s made by the R. J. MeNeil Black and Silver Fox company that the season's profits warrants a divi-{ dend payable Sept. 15th next of one bundred per cent.,, ample proof of | statement of Gu SE IPG xg the profits to be realized and' illus- | trates the island's slogan: "P. E. I. i per capita. is the richest island in {the world." A Good Statement, Montreal, Sept. - 9,--The annual the Laurentide Co., limited, presented at the annual meeting showed for the year ended June 30th last, net profits: available fcr dividend of $730,774. That com- pares with $758,085 for the previous 1873 TAD BANK - OF CANADA EAD OFFice TORONTO of business man who has customers in various parts a aw find the services of this bank of invaluable assistance in calect- ing drafts, etc. -~ KINGSTON H. E. 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We have had thirty-two years experience ang now have under administration Estates, etc, year, a decrease of $27,311, but in view of the general business depres- sion the directors regarded the re- sults as "most satisfactory." r's policy. For loeal lists are published and bad, news travels it, 50 that a fairly accurate, thougl probably gtill incomplete, idea 0} Dumber of casualities exists. ¥ believe 'T will bg" within thi "mark in stating that plore than 100, 0 German soldiers) already have] '---- killed in various battles on the | To keep the fleet together in that machine-like order for which the British navy is famous, the signal staff of every ship must consist of highly skilled men who may not know the word "mistake." The flag- wagger" usually taked up his position on a_ high quarter of the superstructure, and there, by rapid waving from side to side at various angles, can quickly cominunicate with his brother signallers on other vessels. The flags showri are amongst those which are frequently in use. Theyvary in color and design according to the class of vessels on which they are' used, and according to thé light and weather conditions. i ~---- before that a club composed of men 50 Per Cent. Dividend. z rea 9.~The Ross Reiilty Co., Limited, sales agent for the Midland Park Land Co.; on Sept. Montreal, Sept. by the bombastic utterances of 1 rn frontier, the western fron and in Belgium and in France wviest of all have been the casu in continuous fighting betw- ide Mons and Charleroi line an« "the present positions of the force: ving on Paris. have passed through Berlin pzie, Dresden, Hanover, Ham and Cologne, ahd everywhere profoundly impressed by the ab Of the usual noise of great ci It sometimes seenied to me like stillness of a vast cemeotery be- 'of the little traffic pets. A Famine Threatens, Horses and motor cars have beer andeered for military service front. Cabmen dnd drivers ar . thelr regiments, There are fa a. to. deliver, for trade it "branches Is at 'a standstill ya and -omnibuges continu. at reduced services in all the n towns, but the great major the conductors are women, taxicab drivers have ap aldo ther--towns.- wi ooking clerks, signal men ig watchmen, guards and tic "have all been replace: men. The postoffices are con almost exclusively by wome: if too old to go to the fron pllecto 2 fhsusee in patroiling the rail ow guarding tunnels an Fa and performing other simil ry: duties on the lines o gation. Many of these wo nen , busy as they are, cannot con _ teal their reddened eyes and teat . stained cheeks. - Women conduct most of the retai larg and many of the factorie workshops, are. still runnin Woon doctors and women dentist Me greatly in. demand. ' Jn some towns women are acting as scanven and night watchmen. Nearly al Hit throughout the country an delivered by women. far as the ordinary life of the munity is comcerned, German 'Almost denuded of men, youn: | bld, Trains are running muci 'Wual on most of the lines, bu | ire no sleeping ears and no: |g cars, and trade depression i indreds of factories have ceas work and thousands of shop Flosed. Those which remain ope : doing one-tenth of thé nor il business. The number of uncm is rapidly growing. In al ercial and industrial centre: is a shortage of foods, 'anc ¢ official measures have beer 0 in some districts to husband Kupplies. from the gloom cast ove ny by the loss of her 'men spectre of famine and of com ¢ economic disaster looms up be the people. Thousands upol of German merchants are and will have to start life penniless after the war. ree the wath and other classe: eS nph of Ger in the § kaiser and by the officially in- and now they are begin something of the ne pired press, Ang to realize ruth, When they know all this war will each them, I predict that they will )¢ in the forefront of the revolu- onary forces lhat surely will me- Jace imperial' autoeracy after peace restored. Socialist workingmen, arough their newspapers, reveal trong undereurrent of criticism md apparently patriotic protesta- tions. ; The socialist journalists of Ger- many are experts in implying sedi- ion in cleverly writing articles, nich, nevertheless, keep within the imits of the law. In the last four veeks many of them have been writ- ag anti-militarisni articles under he guise of patriotic appeals. Their omments reveal a differentiation ©tween Germany's war against Rus- ia and Germany's war against Bel: ium, France and England, Their dvice to the working man to defend ig country zealously against the tussians rings true, but there is op- Losition to attacks on the western ountries. Upheaval' Prophesied. When the German soldiers re- urn home and tell the story of the sar and compare notes with omrades there will be' g terrific up- eaval against the theory of "kano enfutter," which really is the foun atiop of the whole military systen { the copntry. Experts of the Ger ag general staff regard the com 10it soldier as fodder for enemy' annon, as the phrase goes, The lif: f the faithful' German private onl; xisis to be rathlessly sacrificed t ndering into' practice the theor f the military leaders. This ha: wen clear spouggh in all the battle: { this campaign and the Germat roops themselves must fully realize by this time. The survivors will be blood-thirsty avolutionists when they reach home gain, and many of us, who know iat 'latent strength of the Germar ocialist movement, will not be sur riged if the kaiger and his principa dvisers are hanged on the lamp osts of Unter. Den Linden at the ad of the campaign. It is only in the last few day: hat Germany understood anything f the peril of her position. Previous ¢ German official communications 'ere the only source of news of the ar and there was universal jubila- jon, but when the refugees from last Prussia began to arrive and pread the mews of the invaders' ad: ance in the east, and since the cruth.about the casualtie§ in Bel ium wod Prante began to filter ecome gloomy and braggards be dome mourners. The stillness of Hamburg and fremen is most impressive. Those uge ports are almost idle. Their mormous oversea trade is crippled 'hese ports show more than any vhere the financial results of the Jar, as it aftects, the prosperity of he Germans. re is more catarrh in this sec. pot the country than all other dis. a put together, and until the las was supposed to be incur 5: Por a great many years doctors wonounced } it A Joga and. pre. 5 Th cure wit ' SIAL ares, suck: [ jonal disease anstitngonal treatment. manufactured by Er & Co, Toledo, Ohio. ts the ont : n Abe market. I by) acts direotly or EW of ths their; irough faces that 'were bright have one. itjdred dot } > Sena! NOTHING ON 115 MIND ', said door "I am E80 aod shou dere about Jonas' Mrs, HendevSon to her pext neighbor, Mrs. Collins. 'Why, what's the malter with bbw? 1 thought he was looking un- ug tually well. Doesn't he eat or sleep well? | #olicitously asked her friend. "Oh, yes; there's nothing the mat- ter with his eating or sleeping," re- piled his wife; "but somehow he aoes npt look right at me, and he is that quiet that I feel as though there hud béen a funeral in the house.' Do you think he has anything on his. mind?' dropping her voice mys teriously 'Why should be have anything on his 'mind? asked Mrs. Henderson sharply, and sure enough, when fhe properly snubbed Mrs Collins thought ii. over, there were few peo- ple who should have as little cause tor worry as Jonas Henderson. The Henderson farm was by all odds the Jet In that community of prosper: farms. Mrs. Henderson was a Soy Smart woman and the best cook thai a4 mai could have to put-tempt fog viands béfore him three times =z day; the Henderson children were \odels 6 well-dressed well-manner 4 Canadian children, and the Hen: arson heme was a well-furnishec Jeefy place, Matters did not Improve in the Xt"lew days and Jonas spent more @e than usual in the city, alway: turing hig wife when she made axions inquiries. that everything a4 "all right." Then came the Saturday before je firet of April, and Jonas mad« cady for his usual trip to the city € dressed himself with unusual are, and polished. the wagon unti shone in the bright spring sus. ght. He waved goodbye to his wife $ 'she stood in the doorway, and hen turmed again ana waved once «ofe before a bend in the road. "1 almost wish I had gone with aim. He doesn't act right," and ali tories if men who had mysterions< ¥ disappeared = from their homes hed into Mrs. Henderson's mind, At 4 o'clock she left her sewing to prepare an especially good supper At a quarter past 5 she took up wor station agein at the sitting room window to watch for Jonag, At 6 she eatd the familiar rattle of the cai- iage over the covered bridge, and i 'ew seconds later it came into view. Jonas was listlessly holding the aint and had the "don't care" look M. a man who had failed in sow.e- hing. When he saw = his wife _he miled a sickly smile, 'and waved his wand, then drove to the barn. Pretty soon her husband lo the room. She covid stand it no longer, ani oing over to him she put her arms bout Wis neck and drew his face {own to hers. Jonas, 1 know that something is he matter. You never acted £0 _trange. before in all the years we wave Been married. If you don't tell 'ne what Is bothéring you I shall ne- €r know another peaceful minute." "Well, mother," he said, as he sat town Shs time with a most sheepish 7 un burned face. "fF Aen you know what an old t00 you've gof.for a husband that 00 won't care whether anything bo- ers me or not. I made up my mind '0 tell you anyway what a chump 've been - far. the last few weeks, 'what you - wam came n.uch younger than himself and he Lid heard a good deal about the dacing parties they attended and the general good times they had, and the wild idea entered his head that he kad been cheated out of a good deal of pleasure in his younger days, and] [E> would make up for it then. Being blessed with a pretty gqod imagination. Mrs. Henderson could figure out what sort of a time her husband had had learning ar trying to learn, the new dance steps at thd private dancing school he had gone to in the eity. Also, beigg blessed with a 'strong sense of humor she let Jonas off much easier than some wives might have dome. ~ When he had finished his explanation he was | astonished to fined his wife laughing | se hard that the tears rolled down her plump cheeks. 'Of course, mother," I meant for yc to learn, too, as soon as I had learned, and then we could go around | ard have some goed times to make] 1p for what we couldn' t have when | %¢ were younger.' Further information supplied his wife with a vision of herself, a short, plump little figure beside her tall, rangy husband, whirling around in a waltz, or gleefully doing a brish two- step, or perhaps trying the fascinat- fog tango, and the thought overcome her again. When she finally got her breath she gave her astonished hus- band a smacking kiss and assured him if he had nething worse to con- seal she would forgive him "this once. 'Say, mother, but you're a 'good sport', all right, and I brought you home a little trinket." and he plac- ed in her hand a little jeweler's box. When she opened it a very pretty pendant met her view. She accepted ihe peace offering, and then they sar down to the bountiful meal. Jonas ae with a relish and a happy face that showed there wae indeed noth- ing on his mind and that the thirst for dancing knowledge had left him for good. ~--Peterborough Evening Examiner. ONTARIO FALL FAIRS Dates of Fairs Held in Eastern On: | taro. Bancroft. . . . Bowmanville. Brockville, Aug. 30. Sept2 {Whitty is ill ten Centreville, (Addington County) Cobourg .. Kemptville. . . Kingston. .... A : 10-1 1, 17-18. 1 12-18. 'ar Lyndhurst Niaberly. Nanny ot vans Merrickville ws ve + ua SBopt. 29-30 Siira ued ut . "hana 1 Sept. 17-18 8 4 -16 | Newington... .. Odessa teers aan aang oe aw BN Contra Guin Sept. 1 yCowdy is at Elmer 'enham high | Wilkins, 3 worth. { BE. Hughes'. y London (Western F! £). Sept. 11-19! avn a 5's vaveSept. 15-164 Mi 3 Bieswarth and little Miss Phyllis rs | oc Ashley. paid a dividend of fifty per cent, for the quarter ending , August ' 31st. This makes a total of 138 per cent. in dividends paid by this = company since Jan. lst. ; Public Utilities' Gain, New York, Sept. 9.--Returns ceived by the Electrical World seventy-three central station com- panies for June, operating ip, the Atlantic states, . show an income growth of 5.8 per cent. during June, 19M, over June, 1913. The fifteen New York state companies showed an inorease in gross of 2.6 per cent. for June over 1913. All showed increased earnings and but one com- pany showed decréhsed output. re- from War Hits Canada Cement. Montreal, Sept. %.----Although op- erations at the mills of the Canada Cement company have not been cur- tailed, it was stated by F. P. Jones, the general managed, that a sharp falling off in orders had been no- ticed since the declaration of waf. Mr. Jones sald that it was the man- agoment's intention to keep the op- erations of thé plants at their pre- sent eapacity as long as possible but he also stated that the present out- nat 'was more than there was call fcr and that. a surplus production was being stored at all warehous-| es. Just as soon as the warehouses were filled it would be impossible to continue operations at the present rate, when stepus would be taken to shorten the working hours, Western business was described hv Mr. Jones as being very poor. No big orders were in sight venr's showing was falling behind 1918. Asked if he thought the year's showing would compare favorably with last year, Mr. Jones stated that it wes impossible to say owing to the unprecedented prevailing con- ditions. . At Pleasant Valley Peasant Valley, Sept. 7.----Sechool has re-opened with Miss Gallagher; Portland, in command. Mrs. Edward Misses Orlene and Hel- Kerr .visited at Thomas Brad- ford's. Mrs. Horton, Bowmanville, Mrs, Walker Deseronto and Mrs. Keir, Petworth; visited their sister, Mrs. Stanley Sigsworth. » Messrs. James 'Manson, Goldie Whitty and Silas Boyee are attending Syden- ham high school. Mr. and Mrs. George Barr paid a visit to friends at Burridge and Fermoy. Mrs. M. Hughes. Miss Irene Whitty has returned from visiting friends at Hartington. Miss Viclet Sigsworth i= attending Syd- school. Miss mie graduate nurse, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. H. B. Sigs Mr. and Mrs. Earle Bews at Mr. George Barr and' Miss Barr at E. Townsend's, Har- | rowsmith; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sny- der. Wilton, Toronto, visiting Mrs, 8. Sigsworth: Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hughes. at Odessa; Miss Lillian Bl- lerbeck spent a few days with Yar-| { ker friends: Mr. and Mrs, John nore at E. Whitty's; Mrs, D. B. "with Verona friends. Mr. antl Mrs. "Arthur Robinson, Sudbury and Mrs.{ §i E. Townsend at G. Barr's: en] Miss Flo King and brother, Corneil, Toronto, the guests of Miss. 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