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| AUDACITY OF Neither German Artillery Brill P A despatch from London say! (GThe Post correspondent with the Belgian army sends the following : “The success of the Belgian arms has been astonishing. Everywhere along the line of outposts the Ger- man meets with baffling anes Like an angry dog faced by a por cupine the vaunted Vipul army stands puzzled, T do not wish to exaggerate the facts or to pretend that the Bel- gians are winning a series of im- portant battles, Their successes so far Bree all intrinsically small, but they making a habit of success. All dread of the Prissisned is gone, most ‘The audacity UHLAN RAIDS Nor Infantry Has Shown iancy more than the audacity of bewilder- ment, like men gian cavalry the Uhlans show in- feriority. oreover, neither the Fete nor infantry has shown brillian “As an actual fact Ph avubats Bh fhe rmans to-day aln de- fensive ; certainly it is no in any spirited s sense.’ The German Sane: in the Wodnaeday nd The t offensive gagement at Haeler © 3,000 dead an woun Germans apparently sacrificed their men without any scruples. During the fight the Germans were obliged to pass two bridges over the Gethe and Velpe rivers, where they were exposed to a heavy. fire.“ The re tiring dataeok left. pilex) of dead and wounded at these bridges. ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ, pemmaaicer of the German naval forces ——~_e—_ SOCIALIST LESUEE SHor. Refused ws Perform Military Ser- for Germany. 6 Daily ite ri a iat ne story ‘ard “brought to London by a Ger- was an offi- e repay, and was called upon for se: . He shunt to on ax $ 5 & = 5 "|The Post-office Department has is- THE KAISER’S PLANS. Yo Reach St. Petersburg By Way | Finland A despatch from London say: tom a thoroughly reliable source it is learned that the project was in cubated a long time ago, and that it contemplated a rising of the im rge quanti ‘ities of t | “The Russians have dynamited the greater part of Helsingfors an ines south Finnish cities, accord- ing to a private despatch received here. Residents of these cities were sent away enormous masses of troops have been assembled in the expectation of a German attack. It is thought that the rumors of a sea ight near the Aaland Islands ori- ginated from the dynamite explo- sions at Helsing: Helaingtor: THE MAM MAIL SERVICE. Postmasters Not to Accept it For Certain Countries, A despatch from Ottawa says: sued the follow: orandum ; Luxemburg is entirely suspended and that mails for iat ie re be can be receiv as opportunity re pr that all services are irregular uncertain. In pes oLM with this, respon ids, whereupon, according to the story, a detachment of soldiers was sent to his residence. He was taken to maltreated in the army, has been shot, eee TO BE DECORATED, OFFICER hirty Ubtinss lantry in "the war is Second Lieut. 4 ri Bruyant, of the Fifteenth Dragoons. Gi 1 Joffre, the go French commander-in-chief, in con- ferring the Cross of tho Legion of pose on Licut. Bruyant, said the cer, with «oven of his nen, had tiered thirty Uhlans, and that Bruyant had killed the officer ot! the Uhlar* with his own has while the ocher members of the band were routed, ~ —_—s CORNERED BY BRITISH. Germany Far Eastern Squadron So Reported. ‘al Seeniah Ait London says: ong correspondent of the Exchange Gelsecabi' Company says it is reported here that the ee fleet i in the Far East has adds, by the fact’ tl esi slolat -¥ coast is, antag its nor- nal | \ \s “an Ay rel: aoe GOSCHE! ritish Ambassador in eBrlin, tie pa the British declaration of With Seven of His Men Charged si minion wel antil further advised, not acce: jer- rman colonies, Austria- y and Luxemburg for on- me flea by our Canadian oats ‘to the b the "United Kingdom.” SILK FOR ENGLAND. Shipment From New York Will Be Convoyed by Warships. from Chicago says: ed through her tsday for shipment to Engl. The con ignment, which was shipped in land this week, under convoy of two British aAthiba) The silk will be put on a White Star liner and the Warships will pick the me Sean up outside the three- ile ssladie a REFUSE TO FIGHT, The amc Fortes are Said to be eli A ppt wa Ben e says: Per- sons arriving at the Ttalian, capita from Bosnia describe the Austri shot, the regiments appear to be Sidntegration, and that this ac- counts for the inactivity of the Aua- trian army on the Servian frontier during the ast eleven days. —— ON THE NORTH SEA. Merchant Vessels’ Resume Carriage Food, A despateh from London says: ong the passen- gored Seni Copenhagen was Jules Caml e former French. Ambas- —-— +t ___—_ TO REMAIN AT HOME. Kaiser Will Not St call fed ashi Frontier as Int A despatch fro: ‘3 ndon says: A special acapetatn ‘eceived here on Thursday from Rome says that Em- peror Rita, w om i report tended Ghavalte, in he er hootlae: ae ; | The despatch adds Btae German soil morning Geo! =} one as pe reeruitng stations Fe Comment on Events Taba FRENCH, who has been appointed _funaaro General of. the British an THE ken 2,000 French Alsace. A despatch from New York says: he first despatch direct from Ber- lin uncensored by the authorities of the nations sh war with Germany was pera a ines op ichieone the Galddcbintde Company’ 's station at Sea [he message contained th important information that Savi ighting at Muelhausen con- steve over 1,000 French officers and soldiers were taken prisoners y the Germans, who also cantured Pe cannon, while in another fight with the F ays 285 the ‘border id Lorraine, fu the north, the Germans ive ti * 000 prisoners. Claim to Have Prisoners s been cleared of ench troops. WILL British ZE DRUGS. Government Will Prices Down. Keep A despatch from London says: The British Government, havin succesfully eoped! with the attempt the prices of food, “an- nounces that bn ertain dru supply of which is Tite, and the price of which has been raised in some instance ¥ ner cent., by the wedloleagls dealers will be taken posse: seg a if exhorbitant prices are charg ———_*____ GOVERNMENT HELD UP. atid for the Canadian Contin- ay Be Commandeered. A alma from Ottawa says: When the local military authorities attempted to buy horses at Lans- downe Park ae for the local unit to be attac rseas contingent dealers mite ch prices hat the purchasing Jeoninatted threatened to comm. he ri to be fixed by a military veterinary. No horses were bought. The prices asked ranged from $250 to $350 each, —t-___ MEN FROM U.S. LIst. Many Offers From Canadians and British South of the Border, A desp: ae from Ottawa says: Ss Ww. are willing to go to the front with the oe Ginn militia. ¢ Fernie, a resident of Chicago tana a well: nown ad expert an was a nie is a native oe Scotland, Mat ee been tl States for bisopent time. BELL TELEPHONE Co. CO. HELPS. Will Hold Positions Open for Dm- ployes Sent to the Fr A despatch from Ottawa Th receive half- pay aces their ab- sence in the field —, Blobbs—“‘Which’ do you prefer. life in the penny or in the city?” Dobbs—‘‘T’'m not sure, it pple on whether I am.in a mood to yy at tacked by a cow or a motor < ‘The Difference. © in sa tech aad ceetaeee mation n published to the e instantly impress: service, Maile aye Tisble to deflection delay because of military exigencies 60 on. Remarkable Coincidences. pers that have designated n trouble, by a, specific title bl ewe the, "i A this ari judgo it by the 1s 60, Consider Franco! Bendeicn the the popainials eee the Turko- Balian- “10 ‘all of hee. Ono power. desigu ital he n the compound a erate the. ae) tor. a s fal age we will « Rething’ move “tuau cher whiel Rea 9h a matte aphical 0 titty th th 6 tor he titles o| the ex ret it is a moet able coincidence tha by ‘tho voluntary and. uncoréclous rangement of 4 compound nam the mill. tary history of orld ghould be Dro: phesied. A Great Disoovery, Oxygen, wae. discovered 14), young ago. Priest! i tained the re niting mere oxygen he thug produced ho called “dephloneticated had often erions composition of up io that time n so r Priestly etal eiecovery of the oxygen brewery near nd to. com he a Dx: is tho only cially. veupportit Tespiration, and is. 36. ithe sick chamber to pull Helmets equ ith oxygen attach: ments enable the diver to lepths, the aviator fied air, the firema Mled mines, its uses that some ‘GNiG Metron tein eam ave » bottled ink United States every year. fn Sex Haters. Over in Germany the women have or anised en “ngsoclation tq. cpmubat , the nizations.” That isn't bad, sonai venture, but when, i its eit has ned lige vom stan, min," whose ol ject ie to tet man, Malone to himself and not to have onything to do with him, it hae entered eSaareh, “Et will mover flour sitter uy isl ‘We have heard of woman-haters and man-haters, us airet 9 ail mesmo. Since the Yast mai poor Keep thom apart: Ard ‘something. 18 Wreone, OF ‘at least gomething ix the matter with Metehe” by. ahi Haman’ ee ‘would commit pol glow Shabby Signboards, A citizen in another town, waiting, to the focal paper in the incanede of up" Yo ue “ bread vai ithe old the ice. indication vot a ptaok ote enterpriee and ec: cous in old wea athon Thea 8 business to ha same aten ego tung. ore me 2 0! ss for many years pas! ‘oan a tradeing “alowly mone t in the old beaten tracks that he has rT notice to 1 Ober That to the meesage of every, old, dingy, anably sien. y who owns it’ doe ahough for himsalt «9 renew it; he should for the town where his lot is’ unhappily at, Germany's Handicap. writer in ‘The London A that financially ‘Germany’ i rious war, azine whol, mt ho Troney.in tho pubic, troagul a business abroad has” been n sondueted on det make upon them calla of their deposito whole situation up by Several parts of it azo in an everlasting tate of unotled friction with tho other,” Events liked mserate, ¥ feo how alah foubiaciOn there ie ee thig criticism. A Russian “Airbus. 6 invented by I ah ourried sixteen lok on & short. Aight, fe-cabin that a Hnsated by gas, and "Bach motor can (‘4 to A de: The King hh started independently of the others, and all are controlled from the driver's seat y compreesed alr. ‘he great epread of the wings increases the lifting power of the machino, »'The airbus, empty, weigha ie: “airbus” now fallo across her flight. It] 5 ff commonplace and worse than the ruéh®) ing Dreadnoughte. oi ta 4. 1 monnoemedt. ‘son consis lodging them the Russian cavalry pursue. and a viaduct. were ground by the Russian troopa be- on the attacking force, RUSSIANS CAPTURE TOWNS Austrian Garrisons Were Routed and Sustainde Heavy Casualities ie despatch from St. Petersburg Hai force has taken he naves % Sokal, Austrian Gali- inflicting heavy; The Austrian garri- 1 ted of two infantry bat- lions, a regimen’ ed the Austrians across the River Bug and blew up two bridges Several houses in Sokal, eee is 5 miles north-east Tf), set on fire and tira to the had fired from them and A ee instrum day at the"R The Russians captured some mili- tary building Het a ca ns ery tenth. inhabitant of “Kalisa will bo pe Ae the event of further. resis- et ae was celebrated on Thurs- Russian Ministry of Fi- ann in memory of Nok. © City Treasurer of Kalisz, said e ais ave been shot by ae German troops while at his The Grand Duke Constantine yitch has given the famous marble SRY in St. Petersburg as a hos- tal, t a Count Moltke, Jount Von rere the chief of the wand general staff of ‘ man arn Yon are Russia, Hol- duc jenseneninioe Marshal Von Moltke and rejoices in the Christian name BE TGURES Tht the baths hey Tid “Mavatay -yagvosleerated for his taciturnity, so is his nephew his gloomy general as his Chief of Staff. SHADOWING - BA ANK CLERKS. Mr. Nosey Parker Keeps Tab on Their Doings. man’s home life and private Pacinban not generally inquired] } into by his employers, The excep- tion is in the ease of bank clerks. Most banks make a point of know- ing all about their clerks’ life after business hours. Many make them Il up a return at regular intervals, ae ng whether they are marri ingle, where jet live, at fan they pay, and a fey of other details which would be resented by. employees in other pro ctearei. Tn some cases this information is ob- tained by means of the bank’s sil vate detective, Mr. No osey’ Parl Parker, who comes from gt head office, and is, of course, un- known to the clerks in the pre cial offices, shadows Mr. Smith, the new clerk. Whén Mr. Smith i is so gaily haying a “hundred up, ig quietly vehi an ee ata Wentsior of f the gam The ba isn’t chieet to a quiet game of Milaels, but it does to its employees betting and drinking; so Mr. Smith gets a black against his name. spatch from London has appointed Low erts Colonel-in-Chief of such over- says: Rob- “T woke up last night with she y | feeling that: my new’ gold waten was x} gone. The impression was go Slt that I got up to look.”’ ‘Well, was ne’ “No, but it was going’ | O& off the oriental ships in robbed of 800 of these eailora an name of n tonal home, part of thelr oamings. the nigaution Chinese: Merchant Guild. the in ane Bngtie uy Lake Sh gor = that it would ‘ cy weak t lor and successor as Chief of the Gen-| $i, trom 4 eral Staff, renowned for nev Ge smil-| versity of London for foreigners to py ing. He always has a arance, ac waisl tak Kes: Wate aieeee iy merely of profound ge but reeuly. soe ‘elge to fear dn Bro: even of downright misery, impress-| nouneing Enelish, Profees of noma Shaw on his fay cooutianaives 8 Porcige ee nae one ae eee ma that the Kaiser ae s him | the seca summer gourwe of lectures ar- es Gi Ae Tuliu Gloomy | “ithe beginner. in Enutinly yauatly ots a is, for jal “master has| no closer to "a Little than lel proved a Be) man to satisfy, The ip lect. bid pen ho does Kaiser himself has assumed cu- reme command of the forces, with ieee kere, nin with Whites gommittes on the subject of smoking will be recalled. ona a Hoan at shisha, pe sword and is a" i bearing rue hugh etter i piipues of the Afteontiy contiry rath mark more esha in offeot the tapestt Se n great Soe Hae simplicity. Few colors wed, four or, ive at mont, th “tho hadi ie Lord Roberts Chiet. broad and expressive, "iho deeign tray fn the Mall, « seas forces as may come over to] bronze three cornered lint with hie, pack to En, gla: nd. the Admiralt, azing satan don County Counc il 9 x ‘ota Hite at kind of a book is| gt ‘Who's Who,'” dad? Crabshaw— | Conmausi eusgested, sev Bec eee It’s a work, my boy, in which others sition to hols tena ronda eoee ioe see US as we see ourselves, onlay foe Jod, ae American paper oup threate to ch You're very young to be jet in| speedo England, eid with: We the Rese urge of a chemist’s shop. Have plato ‘and tumbler, A speaker at the Black- ‘ou any diploma?!” “Er—no—sir, | pool saniuary, conierence sonnded a warn ‘ ng. agains! I'm afraid Rot, but we've got a pre-| "fhe ‘boat wnghod "dish, he sada, retains paration of our own that’s just as | ome good,” th ares only well with the necessities of resent hey Bonke kate es re gount, ‘much Our English be Letéor Opium Hell Found in London. Raids on the opium dens in London's matown, & distriet nebr tho. dock, nave hrown new light on this 90 ich was dite Bales dens and gamblin ng. houses, Chipess eae ort have been There are about “cabin boye in port their earnin, are now organizing thie Giebniol a Rotel oe) institute, with <lnseos Arrangsmante “by whieh the saslors, may ia the ne eae vm it English Aa Hirao “a litte bit’ is so enay sie 2 persons make ‘a ety, it has beon picked Tongue tplatate fessor, Walter Rippmann ooh, the Unk Bacholors’ Club Anolent. {The Bachelorw’ Club, of which ihe Prince of Wales hse become’ au how fas 0 and ehowld they en- ter into matrimony a ptand the aasaty of the ballot am sane rele, awootntion ‘of royalty with.” club: and has not always Beet tno Wy ie ie whe en George IV. ‘wae an fi z to. vaiat tine and wae Frecolve of When Dite’s eave & bail the Prince command: od hie friends not to go to it and vent his own toler and that of tho “bn * pao lation din shia life, for in ic he went to ne for the nights forced ihrand aun e everyting in a waiter, helteving them, to. be , camo ander. “about Phe Duke ed. "Ring Bawarde dittorones iene ye Not ‘Lost, Fapestry plays only a small part in the Rens of the modern’ tome, but uns & lost one, Morris the art four virtues, isdom, Fortitude, the i ante it repsewenter 8 orate ‘methods of the: Gobolins Though wonderfully. umptuous reat distineti Capt. Cook's Statue Doesn't Cook, now oyested ‘Tho statue of Capt Wwigator in ows the nat Foul, tho saulplor, it pian is cleaner and ‘oa vice after ach ‘mea ‘coungel equal dob jodern i mistreee Oat, King's Club Is Plain, The Jockey Club roome in Newmarket rae me persuaded not to make the ney. of this ve: BATTLESHIP ON WHICH PRINCE ALBERT IS SERVING Situ ecuowtiat i é = This is an actial photogy ae of H.M.S8. TT a ERT on which the second son of ‘the King is seeing active sasi’s pari iu she confict ond of her safety will be eagerly awaited. ‘The vessel ig shown at target practice in this. picture eryice, News mh furnished. hi sporting prints, while the smo has the pla ‘00d chi ‘this dop: va i. ugributed 10 to th stem of speeding up whic iniroduoed tuto the ‘tole Eraphio vervice, The committee Pf inquiry found that diseasd ie he cei consequence of m: gropher multe ison the i ure untlewn completly from the hand Grand Duke Nicolas Nlekolovitéh, the isi emerge in-Chief of the ussian armies. LARGEST COIN IN THE WORLD Swedish Copper Weighs Thirty-one Por Weighing 31 pounds, a single eop- Swedish crown: cen a) name of hare Just produced ove ot | has been acquired fh the American ‘ork, tho des sn 9 whi n one i iety. i Dernatd, Parvidpe's eee au | Numismatic Society. Th ee oon. represents eight ‘“‘daler,”’ equiva In the tapestry the King is 1 ted in Ame 5 gtanding on a aia” wecolving “hom tke flcene €0 85:20 in Amotionn si land by 13 inches, nd Tt ah 23% in form is a yee tangular in the These iin hes der to prevent a Patan iy in by clipping. © col was struck at Avesta, St in 1659, and is a type which w. continu- iat for 110 esha phone the eight-daler plates were issued only short time and are now quite eign of Obristina, the daughter of Ganiean Adolphus. The object form. a 31 outlet for the pro- ducts of the yastete copper mines without depreciating the value of th PATRICIA’S REGIMENT. Men of a tae Class are Enrolling in Montreal. A des] , from Montreal says: eo opening of a recruiting station oy the Princess! Patricia’s Light Infantry Regiment at 596 St. Cath- erine west, was followed by a large influx of recruits, and those that many ha 4 cause of bad eyesight, ete, 3 : ‘The Sizo of the Waves . The most pereusnoey sons of the fo i sca’ are ‘apt ave Very exagger- ated ideas Sh ane size of towering ‘acific waves of Bue oo than Bote an ante’ and it is v Foret feet, wave in the Mediterranea