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u`; &%c. v.;;f:;;g.;,,%.,, J,,,`,.,,.. _ u um, "Lu: (J. U15 JJIIDIAII. uLyAu-uG- .`~It was evident from the start that he wasfar speedier than we were. .I tried to climb upward realizing that, when he got over me he would drop a bcmb andwwe would be blown to pieces. But the effort was inevain. The Bristol held me for sped, I could not "get on a level with him. Soon the Bristol was directly over our heads. I was not afraid, but this was afmoment of susbense that took years out of my life. I was sure the`, bomb was coming. ' I ""l`kn t)...'._L..._ 1...: .._.`l.__-.1 1,_,. ,_, , 1 .9`. ` . :. i 2 I 0F_FIRST AIR FIGHT ' their, French supports. `received orders to locatuf the enemy's. forces and to determine their. exact battle lines and, those ol 0 Accompanied by Lieutenant Von Heidsen, who was detailed as expert observer, I went up in my big monoplane and headed directly south from Mons `following a broad and plainly marked road. We passed over the edge of a mag- vnicent `forest in which more than 40,000 inhabitants of the surrounding country had taken refuge. After y ing for more than an hour we passed directly over the English headquar ters and "I was able to locate the positions of the - commandersin-chiei and his staff. We accurately mapped this position and then swept across the French position paying especial attention to the locations of their artillery, muchof which was masked in pieces of wood and behind build- ings and hedges. 0 Opponent Far up in the Sky -Lieutenant Von Heidsen made rough sketches of everything while I iwas intently watching the country when `suddenly the lieutenant pres-I sed my arm and pointed upward. At] that time we were nearly 5,000 feetl in the air. I looked in the direction in which he was pointing. and there fully 1,000 feet higher than we were, and coming at full speed directly to- wards us, was a big Bristol biplane. T4- nvnn ..--:.1;...a. 9-..`... 4.1.... ..L....a. LI...` -1LI.5l.uU-.l1lU _l1Ul'll.l.U. 1ll}U- The men.- who` hoid the reserved sea.ts in the theatre of war, who see \ Werner. the battles as not even the Generals can see them, are the airmen, said. ,u _,,_1___._ L- 1---`- _The"chie'f factor in the first; "act-ual .``Battle in the air,5 Sergeant Werner of the German aviation corps, told-an English war correspond nt hisstory. It is a remarkable tale of a _ venture eclip- sing those of fiction writers. Attack- _ed by a powerful British biplane and Ya: 90~mile an hour" Bleriot, Werner only escaped through a most fortun- tate `combination of circumstances which led him' to pilot his machine insldethe German lines. -' q_-n; 1.1.- _.-.......-...A D ' - '3`: t . _ ';,D1:a'u1 In _the Clouds`; Between Rival - 'A lv`lat9r's" Armed With Automatic Piitola But Without Bombs I r, the well known nrh +1..-r u----j n was -BIIUW IX the; - French I 1...; .I-'-' - VIAVLI I begn 1 sec- 131/jqyides for my- 18:" to tnrefznvr; is the most natural. sbstitqte for:ypuro'w.t'1- hair that na\JAl 1:1 xuva {LL LHU FEE? 31 H2. 1i-'x1iet"M1ss Florence Gwerzdolino 3 Caner. daughter of Sir Charles Cm - -zer. and fell in. love with her. After- an impetuous `wooingthe daughter of one pt`_'Eng1and s wealthiest shirt- "-0W!1eraa cc`epted him and they were .,m9!'1'16d-A `They ` have three lime d8.ll8hteI_'8_,whOru1e the supreme A5- r-'..'!.I11~!_`8-.1.--T0_f:_the,`wprl:1?s greatest ue! * Anhhhiron*hhsevqruy- l""." "J "W enemy most or me nmo. *3 Well from this, perhaps the narrowest of his escapes. the Ad- miral managed. to pull through and lived to command the Empire's >._'8reatest eet in the greatest war in } history. T A `I II... 191;, . . -Hee-used to say that a good hrshand -can't be a good sailor and vim vex-an. The Admiral changed his mind, however. when in" 1902, at the age of 42, he met Miss Gwendoline I`- _.. 3 Li}: fK1`ntechenex,' Jell-icoe believed tor,a.1ong time that - ` Down to Gehnna or up to the 'I`hronr=. `He travels the fastest who travels -alone"! ....v aavlsun nucuCuLUu. Surrounded on all hands, the Allied troops decided to r treat to Tien-tsin. On the way the: sighted a large "body of cavalry, and mistak- ing them for a relieving force of Cos- ! sacks, they stood out in the open and 1 signalled. They found out their mis- `take whenthe cavalry opened tire. l in the melee that followed Captain Jellicoegcharging at the head of his men,"was shot through the lung. His wound was dangerous enough , but it was made much worse by the next vedhys retreat to Tien-tsin, haras- sed by the enemy most of the time. [`Rf. nunn Gm--u. 41.3- _ I n `In... v v ; g ;au__qL_y Lunscln The Victoria's keel was high in the` air, her twin-screws propellers racing madly. Gradually as the vessel sank. the screws came down lower and lower towards the mass of men strug- gling in the water. At last the great steel anges, still whirling, sank into the waves, and several hundred men lwere literally torn to pieces in the i maelstrom. _ -nnuvnuur \I Commander Jellicoe was,_ to weak 'with fever to` do much to save .him- ;- self, and had it not been for a young ; midshipman, who helped him to strug- `;,g1e away from the sinking ship. it iis unlikely that he would have been amongst the survivors. 11:. 11...: V n vuo lo unto DulVlVU1. U-His "Board of Trade `medal went down with the rest of his property and when he applied for a duplicate .the Board informed him that he would have to pay for it! "Ana-uh-n'1 'r.\n:......v\ . . . . - M u-{uuu ua.v_C LU pd] lUI' IE3 Admiral Je11icoe`\ accompanied Ad- miral. Seymour on his march to re~ lieve the Legations at Peking during the Boxe`r Rebellion. L` ------ -...`I--`| ` .% 'CTanad1an< % " (pf Cbmteice Farmefsevery-I for the `transaction of `tl"neir "bt71sirie*ss,Lv`inclt%m`cli;:ig` ffgcount and collction of sales J notes. V% Blank sales V -notes ' supplied free of charge on application. s 2s'| '5 [ ... :IJJl~Ll-IBUAJ Commander _ Jellicoe stood on the `bridge, the flags in, his hands ready `for signals, when suddenly, with a. wild, plunge, the enormous vessel buried her bow beneath the surface of` the sea. Most of those on deck were thrown into the sea, and then followed a scene that those who saw would willinglfr forget. fhk.-. 1r:......:..v.. 1---: ___, .,. . . .- of the disaster. Commander J_eIlicoe twas down with a sharp attack of fever. startled by the terric crash as the two great ships came together, the invalid struggled from his bunk end staggered up on deck, clad only in pyjamas.- _,, -r 11- . - .- UUul`U. FUIIUU LL16 Wlcbn Ila uaycunou. Fortunately each man had donned a cork jacket before starting, and after a terrible struggleyin the waves all of them were washed ashore more dead than alive. The crew of the stranded ship was -rescued by a. [Spanish shing boat, and the British 3Board of Trade distributed rewards, Lieutenant Jellicoe receiving a medal, which he was destined to lose: ,,,-n_a-__ -2 YYIKQ 17:- VVIIIUII LIC VVGD \-lK?DIal.LI.\.4\.A u v n v u v. He was commander of H.M.S. Vic- toria when she was rammed in 1893 by the Camperdown. At the time us Lu a.u.cu . The .Monarch had-9 left `Gibraltar : for target practice and. had left all her boats but one small. one behind. Seeing `the almost hopeless position of the Ettrickdale s crew, the com- mander of the battleship called for volunteers,_ and Lieutenant Jellicoe and seven seamen got into the small "boat and pulled for all they were worth. The boat could not live in the heavy seas, however, and before they could reach the wreck it capsized. ---I_ ...-_ 1....) A.........l in` the North Sea has had exciting` times in his "life. When a. lieutenant on H,M.S. Monarch, a'Gla.sgw steam- er stranded of.Eu1-opa Point, on the Spanish Coast, about three miles from Gibraltar. 1 I__.I 1-1L l1.lI._-IL__. [1ELuco's' CAREER [ FULL or ADVENWRE Tvlce Escaped Death by` `Nan-owest `j lV!argin--_-How H'e_ Won and Lost a Medal \. '.[HImsDAY,` JIA-N. Sn; John Jel1icoe,tBritain s admiral Pembcr, \u_r}[19;_ 3-`$1,! You advice fxf.e_ of cha_1`ge._ SIR JOHN JELLICOE LA1915. `I113 If you hm a ny~`S,1p Trouble; _c_all L-`ma see Prof.` VESP-RA OOUNGIL F OR BALD MEN Hs ever *bn pjoduced. BARRIE BRANQH L FRlDAY,JAN;15, 1915 `XYILL LL- (.2--- 1- Iran.` With the nines: display or HAIR ' GOODS on the Americm Convvtuinent for Ladies Transfdrmations, .. Pomp- adoiars, Bangs; Waves, Switches, "finest European Hair. VA -.-Etc., are perfcctlv made from the Barrie, avtw Hotel` of the well_know_n Hair Goods Store Toronto. will be in PROF. PEMBER4 Mnzer. I Put an bld pa-ir of I gloves 3'11 the {shoe box to keep the hands clean! _~_]qo,.. .-r\t\11.a1-\:v.n- .-.L ~'-~ i Mr. ami Mrs. H. Davidson of lA`llirsrton, received ta few days ago a fletter from their son, _Dou.gIas, who -isjn the far north of the `Canad- ian wilds with a .survey.ing' party [engaged[ in` 1-unnIin~g the [second Emeridian. He left Allist-on on [November `144th and traveled. by ra ;to L'a,P'a's on. the Hwdsron B-ay. From there the party under `A. H. Hvaiwkinrs, D.iL.S., yset out with a dog team and traveled '.onV snow shoes for eight days tothe ~C:',hu-reh- ill river, where theymade camp and proceeded to work. On December 11th, when the letter `was written, they were at work. - It was 9.30 in the m-orninrg before the light per- !'mittedvthem to use their instru- ! meats `and at 4 o clock d-arkness had jgathered and they had to tramp tbqack to camp. ` i *\/Inuvbay, vvvJ.x.\. U11. szwucx, q).1..UU, \J. `S. Burton, Floss Mun. Telephone} assessment, $22.00; Jas; M-cLaugh-. lin, sheep killed by" dogs, $8.00 A. B. Coutts, re deed Cole to.Tp. 1 of -Vewra, $4-.30;_ J ohn; R.` Wilson,` re- fund error in ` assessment, $1.45;i Jas. Binnie, .wire fence `.bonus,] - $1.20; . Jas. Chegwin, wire fence| bonus and removing stumps, $18.00;! .$7.40; James Byrne, wire fence Wbonus, $12.00; A. B. Coutts, post-a I Board of Health, $42.00; Geo. Thos. Minnikin, wire fence bonus,l' I age, stationery, reporting -and; -Sec. Hart, refund `error in dog tax,,: _ $3.00; Geo. wCrawford, ' valuing; `sheep, $3.00; M .R-obertson, valuing sheep, $4.00; W. C. Webb, putting in dam, con. 14. (1911), $27.00; J. `M. Sneath, ,c-aretak-er Town Hall,` `tax, $2.00; J. M. Sneath, .1; share.` $7.00; R. -P-arr, refund error in dogf in; telephone for use of ,counci1,|i $6.71; L. Ciarson, fence :alongsideI gravel p-it, $25.00; D. Luck, guard! rail on hill opp. lot8, con. 8, $11.00;? Thurs-a Bishop, wire fence bonus,i $6.00; Con. McLaughlin, fence. alongside gravel pit, $2.40; Sar-I jeant Co., cement- pipe, $16.45; : Thos." Harrison, work o-n C-on. 10,! $9.00; A. Ferguson, hauling cul-: vert Hull:*bert s road. $1.50; W. L. Harris, work on Sunn. Road, $6.00; W. C. Hewitt," refund error in dog ` tax, $2.00; J as. A. Mather, .treas., ' Sunnidale, Vesp-ra s share -`work on `workorpp. 1ot9, con. 9, $5.00; Geo. W.T.L. and cleaning Elliott award". d-itch, $30.00; R/. W. MePhaden,. -M. Coutts, services as Councillor, _ $23.00: Grant Knupp, services Vast Councillor, $29.40; Chas. Harris,l services as" ` Councillor, $32.00;]; Alex. Wilson, services as Deputy- l Reeve, $31.00; A. B. C-outts, hralf year s salary as clerk I and trea`s.,, $275.00; Thos. S-pence, part salary is as - collector, $70.00; D. j Quinlan,! ` .-ruvo uuA nu AUG}! U116 when -polishing shoes. J.-Jv uu,_v U1 _1.'UU-., .Lv`.71i). . Knupp-Cou17ts--T`ha.t thls coun- [Ac1l do now a-d_`l'O1lI`l1 sine die. I . -r\ /\.l-\_-...-._...._ -- `SURVEYING IN .~-avu. 4.vAL \/u.71x\., 7 v I | A by-lam authorizing and em- gpowering the Reeve and_ Treasurer! Ito borrow suicient money to mefet [current exlpenses , of the _townsh1p iwas` given its three readings : and ,passed. ' j rnL. .- n 7 - ` ` r ~~~~ -- . L . I The tlme for return1ng.the col-`l `1_ector s roll was extended to the 191: day of Feb.. 1915. I Tf`____A__ y , TINI . VVAI.\J 'j_\zl..I.'\J\'J uuuua, p|.UU. 7 it A `by.-law appointing. the _polling ',o:icers was given` its `three reading` and passed: A Div. No. 1, J. Wilson 'D.R.O., A. Ddbenhsam Poll Clerk; Div. No._ 2, ' R. '"Montieth_ D.R.mO., A C0chrane_'Pol1 Clerk; Div. No. 3, M. Robertson D.R.O., C-`has. Na`sh P011 Clerk; Div.'No. A4, Oh-as | ! Parker D.R.-O.-, J no.. . AM-clKin1eyl `Poll Clerk; Div. N0. 5, Robt. Muir ln]]g.R.-0., Thos. -Walton Poll Clerk; 1v. No. 6, Jas. Graham 'D.~R.`O., A. Gilchrist Poll Clerk; Div. -No. 7, Jas. _Birn'ie .D.-R.-O.,- -Leo. Mc- !Lau-ghlin Poll Clerk; Div. No. 3, nAlbert Martin D.R.-0., Jas. John-. iston Poll Clerk.` I V... ---""`_",> -\I\._runA.|.vJ J.IlCl.'UUU_ !p':'.,0'I`,`to' l76;-.A.*`B. Ooutts, Treas., telephone! system on account , levy, $600.00;{ A,1e`x.sOoutts, interest on Telephone loan, $60.90;-S. Gordon, `interest onl Telephone -loan -and $100.80 p1=in.,' ( itelephone loan, $60260; w. J. Doizgherty, interest on telephone loan, $30,30;."-?Fred Har is, interest `on -telephone` 1oan,~~ $3 ;30; Geo. Richardson, interest on `telephone loan, $96.40; Ga-ptajn E. E. T. Bird, `interest on telephone loan, -$12.05; Stephen Pratt, ' interest. on tele- phone loan, $18.00; L. Cameron, wire fence `bonus, $7 .50. A Lrv 1.`..- ......._I__L! *7 A 1 ` 11- $173.70; Ellen Cuameron, interest on ` Co. -Tr`e'as., .*Gounty Ra-tes`,' $4,244.: "IR 0 '12 (`L-.4-4-n 'T`ono\4-spa Lg` -..`L -__ - -. _ -- V--- A733. c:oUTf,' 01erk.[ THE FAR NORTH ' ian Surwge A-ss"ocia.ti?on, request`- " ~_Co1Tnm1iTnic.'ations were read from! `Margaret Gordon,` President Canad-' ing .the municipal ,.council to take a referendum upon the ` question . of Municipal votes for married women. Jos. Goodfellow offering` some suggestions re Nottawasagal `River Tpre1i_min'ary survey. ' I 711.1- _ n- 11 .... III Ilyii `III f\\IU`l'!a _ The populatiqn of Augtria esmbrgcea 9'. greatr nymber 9; ra.c`es{;{ diatint -in -origin-and _language. _than that or any ma, rue Sla1_r s _:V1r)3"t11`e4`xi1A'c'>'st"nuxT11ei`:' pus. ralce. .amoux;ting' to `near! . .. . x : 2...... " ` Cent.` Of fh 'w.hn1n~ `linlk-`Ia.'-I`..A. ---~' -__ -.....,,V......,..,.4.. u5_:.u_V gearzy 42 per them back. `Have another"-I-aslzuix-3 cent.` of t11e;wh_o1e Vpopulatibn. They says. That s tlfe sort at ' _ man Kit-! a!'e._.h0WYer.v8D'1it up into a numbex chener. is."` _ . ` := ' ,oFf`.pec-pIes- or `tribes, differing greatly -*------ ` 1"!-ml.arngu'aitge, re1_isi0z1,.'cu1tu`re.'and`mm Warships iakxhg ref1.ige,1_n'a, ; eu;',,1_) i..,1;c_`ef,zs,~A .:s9_;ith .a 1513i?'3m1 3ST3_`nI`eirJp::-` Agar; `are..1iable :to. be; disfa1*u:L_ed"'g`f(g;- T " 9 Are you imagining correctly the appearance ofthe trenches which the allies use in ghting the Germans? They are not nice, straight open ditches. The modern entrenchment is 9;. great furrow that twists and zig- 'zais across _the- hillside with contus- 1ng irregularity. Every available , bush or -hollow or turn is __ taken ad- ; vantage` at for concealment. `Often `the trench is practically a tunnel. ! where extensiv_e_lcverhead shelter has ?'been_ constructed for -pro't`ecticn: trom- l shrapnel.` c ! Linked up With War` | Until peace is declared, we must ' accept warfare, as a. part of the daily inevitable`. Business cannot afford to 1, skulk. It must go upon its way, even ` though_ it -has to ._ take cir-cuitous '.paths. The knowledge that war is 'the companion of business will have _its effect upon trade, commerce, the common round and the daily task i throughout Canada. That effect need `not be intensied by idle hands_ and 1 brains. The sooner the country gets back to routine work, the better will It be -for the country.- Great Britain has set an excellent example, having settled down, to business to the ex- tent w_a_r, will allow. War news is "now part of. the morning's mail, and hould be treated` accordingly.- " onetary Times. V ~ I I i The field gun now adopted for use} In all of the principal armies of the world is the product of the past fteen years only. It is radically different in design from all of its predecessors. It has been tried out in only one war, _the Balkan War,-butt reliable accounts of its performance there are limited Ind incomplete. Much has been writ- ten concerning the probable manner of its use in` combat, such articles appearing in `the various military pub- } lications, but so far no connected ac- 1 count of its proved_ powers or of its theoretical possibilities which is read- ily intelligible to other than profes- sional artillerymen has made its ap- pearance in military literature. The. result isthat, there is considerable lack of information regarding theeld artillery arm on the part of the oi-. cers or other armsof the service. I IV sh: Sir Francis Jeune took a less nar- row`view. In one case he decided that a volunteer, having ~- been ac- cepted for service in South Africa and sent into barracks at Colchester un- tier orders tojembark, was already on an expedition; in another he held that a soldier in India whose will was containedin a letter written to a friend after his regiment. had been ordered to mobilize for active ser. vice` in South Africa, but before it had moved from the place where it was stationed, was already in expeditione." I What is actual military service?" I This `question ' was raised" several lv times in the English courts after the ?Boer War. "It had` previously been ;decided, on the analogy, of the R0 lman law, that a soldier was not on "actual service unless he .was on an expedition, and that he was not on an expedition because he was under or- ders to leave the barracks where he had been quartered to take part in 9. war. _, i . v,---.. V- uvua nuu Lvgcuu auu. 1'0` tnance. Ruined castles crown the rug ged and fantastic crags that hem in `its channel. The Rhine is to the German `race. What the Thames is mg the English people. It_is a means 0 livelihood, too, for. it carries more than 2,000,000 tons of freightage eaehb rear. nanny, Ll-ll.l.l.llJGl. UL ILLGAILLI euua . Lv7v3E1d deliver only, 360 bullets "in the` same time; 'and,thei1f Tgrbeatestsfrange ` is _.some A2.9'0'0 Yards. ' ' ! 'l.``\t\'1-o1Inau.~-.;.`I _L-11 .1- - I__n-._ -L_-I The hi:-oll::;i1"1-g` v.a.c`cw-ounts were passed : S. C.--Campbbe11;.wire~fence Jbonus, $2.90`; J. Holmes, _V_es- , fpr_a s share ditch on S.`T.L., $4.00;', J as. Keast, 'wire fence bonus, $11.90; John Brown, culvert s.r. 35' and 36, Con. 1,_ $8.50; A. B..Coutts, J udge s Court exp-enses, `$8.83; -W. J. Holmes, Innisl s- share ditch on S.T.L., $4.00; John `Parr, putting in culverts con. 2, $4.50; Wm! Grant, work on `grader, $1.00; C. Q 12 1 -T ~ 11-nrr\vu 1:`].;.-. ]f_',_. r"_1~-- A ............ ucu, _a.uu -uuly |.U nxuue ll a._t Subject` for a national song. It: banks were the sceneof many of the fierce battles for supremacy which took place between the Teutonic hosts and `.he Romans, whose strong est bulwark it was; it was there that Gau`l and Teuton struggled for su remacy in the generations that fol- owed; i `Flowing through a. land clothed with `vineyards, that yield a Wine. which is famed the world over for its "exquisite bouquet and dry,` piquanj spirit, of song and legend and ro- fl`I9I1l\l) DII"`\l\p: A-an-.1-1-.. -...._-_ LL` -- A- ..._,..vu..y.;_ yanun. V ~ [ The jshrapnel shell is. a hollow steel case containing a `nest of bullets and `a -bursting charge of an ounce and a quagter of ne po1;vde_r. _i For generations past the Rhinehaa V served to inspire the spirit of patriot- ism among, his German children, who love to call hirii Father Rhine. Wacht am Rhein was the great national song which was sung with `an extraordinary fervor by the Ger- man soldiers alike in the hour` or defeat and victory in` the Franco German War, _and -truly the Rhine is I "'~GII"\'inr|f~ `nu on -nab!`-`-1 ----- 1fe7~ in " In den --wa'r? . Th`*`.`J;a'a;l,, ? 9r"shrpnel shdweri . ~Tile rafale, xgiven L a fair chance,*' y`vo1il d` more `men in *-less time than any; other known device for mass- murder,_not excluding even the maxim. A a-I- .'...'I..-I.`....z.._J- -49 LL`. -n._u.:_1_ -._ VGerman_s Dv6te_d, Vto' the Famous : River of Legend and Song` 'l`````` `'`V.`'! ` U-VP VA,Ul_-_|ll._lI.lJ.5 UVULI. L116 l.l-la-A1111. "-,A.siriglejrigade of the British ar- tillery; containing 16 guns, is able so 5D.1`8aY 0% given area up to 6,000 yards, with 4;284 bullets in two.secpnds. The same, number of maxim guns urnnhl 3.514..-- .-...1.. men I...n..4... ':.. u_- M3"Y %R.a_c_e"s` _lh nan:-1-58;; _j n`. Zlg -za Trenches l_Jsed REM?-MBERTHEDATE ` .~`:`-3 saanpnzx vs; mm The Fiel cu: musk Rams ` Military Servie `N:oR;i`H%E`RNf ADVAISICEV liv form` of ~ '1`. er] --1--- Since the `appointment of Lord Kitchener to the War Oice many little personalities are being told of him. One messengefs story. follows: Well, after I'd handed in my de- epatches, I goes into a bar and pays 9, shilling for a bottle of Bass--tl1e rst I'd had for weeks, and cheap at the price. The place was full of young oicers, gandtthey was all pfetty n'1`e4r_r$', when, looking around,_' weasel .a; big chap stgnding in the 1 doorway; it was Kitchener, (and-,, betoiev you `COUIH .i..`Smoke` I viii the 6nl3' let:-_-3us1:_met and him`. 'W!io _gr- you-2' he `C&I'I'ViTI2 nnnn'.9;'d. L-. .~_.A : .q..,--_;uuu. me. anu mm. `W210 _9,i`e' you? . he says; `Carrying despatches and r aittng for replies. I ,says- `Show rzvzvie your papers, he says, and I shows` him. He looks at them ~ and hands] '%%cAPmL $15,000,000 nsEnvr_una,s13,5on,uun u.u;. lU LVUAB Illa `Ham. `them back. another Basg, .- says. [That of maxi. E c/hener. is.'_" - .4 The Order of the_Legion of Honor, which is the reward in France`, was instituted by the great Napoleon, and , he decreed that every soldier who was decorated with that honor should` have the additional distinction of be-- ing entitled" to receive a military salute from officers, ~non-commissioned oicers, and grivate soldiers. Humofous Stbry of the Wa - t_ary's Human SldeV I ed by the famous Empress Catherine| ii. in the year 1769, and, while the Victoria Cross is of bronze, and the_ , iron Cross, as its nameimplies, on iron (which is edged with silver), ihe_ Russian Order is of. gold, with a -beautiful medallion of St. George kill- mg the dragon. In Austria, again, the cross is of gold, and was institut- Led in the year 1757 by the Empress Marie Theresa soon after "her succes- sion to the throne. It bears the same inscription as the _British Victoria 7Cross, ours having in English "Fsr Va1or, and theirs in Latin the word ,Fortitudini. ? _ . _ _ - 1 __--_.... - urn gnu nu:u.na.u Cross, on theother hghd, is the oldest. ' A similar reward in Germany is the iIron Cross, instituted by the. Em- peror FrederickiWilliam III. of Prus- sia. in the year 1813. Russia gives as a decoration to its heroic soldiers the. Cross of St. George, which was found-E The Victoria Cross and its Equivalent T eUnder Other Flags . --1- All the Great Powers of} Europe have some reward for conspicuous jvalor and bravery on`the eld of battle, and although the plain bronze Victoria Cross` is the youngesteot such decorations, only `dating back to the Crimean War in 1856, it is the `most valued possession in many a Briton s home today. `The Austrian on_ the other hand, oldest. I guano Iv!-IJIWJDDQ - Submarine and Submersible.-The former is the general name for a tor- pedo boat which is capable oi! navi- gating. entirely under water. The latter is the name for the `particular ,type of submarine which can traveli L for distances of several hundred miles ` on the surface, under steam or gaso- line, and then dive below when it is time to go into action, -electric motors `being used. The submarine proper is usually, a smaller craft, with electric motor only, and hence with a small range of action and useful chiey on -the defense. The sub- mersible is equally valuable in oi!en- sive action. v ` I vvrnivin nuauyo Ayvu. LI: ID II--' uauuxwwunp .more heavily armored than ever, car- rying, as a rule, big gun batteries only. ' With the exception of small guns for repelling torpedo" boat at- tacks, and it is capable of making very high speed. The superstructure is much shorter than on the battle- ships of fteen years e.g`o._ .A_ dis- tinctive feature of the dreadnought, to 9. =1aytnan s eye, "is the, long, low stem, the entire half of the main deck being clear of- everything but. gun turrets. l V__I__,_ I - A. - .- - --- vvwl` vuvynul D . In a. modern `naval conlct the cruisers `are especially valuable to turn or hold the enemy until the slower battleships can come up. "'``-|)\ A-..._.I.._--..I..;_ .1- 1.1.- ._.'-_J. _.-.1 ...-..u-. ug_nuu:wwuAyn Lau \..uu.u: uy. Tl}e_ dreadnought is. the most mod- ern type of battleship. It has been evolvea since 1905. It is abattleship Tnnrn `luv...-"ll... .._....-..-_1 LL . _ . . . .... --_ R V The Couneil inet `en the 15th| inst, according -to statute; all the` members were present`, the Reeve "in the` chair, . /u i T Battleship... and Crii1_i`s ,e[r._-->The Acruis-! e;" is less heavi1y,.`g'_rm(5red._than the battleshlp_and carries fewer guns. "It is built primarily for speed and for keeping the sea a;_ longer time than the battleship. Hence it has `greater coal, capacity. In .. .......I...._. ._-.._1 _-._ax..a. a.1.- K|T`cHENER S TREAT THE VICTORIA CROSS NAVALJVDXCHONARY 'roR VALOR -..-.. u. u, a.s\l.LI."\4\ILIJI-IJ tha War Secre- Georges Carpentier, the kn -boxer, is srving with Fr: l.,...>tqyr xA:_es as _a. volunteer. and has I r :_j`1V_*x':a1l.0;,r1 L111.-}.. one`-V of? the aviqztlon `tiona ` appeared below us. They -began `fir- ing at t,he enemy. and the`Blerio_t and the Bristol,. pally exhausting their ammunition, sailed on to the south _unha1_`x;1ed. 4 We then landed with our -zijepfortg, which were especially valu- ... uuu Jan xuu . " Suddenly, however, German troops, c '90 svuutz aaxuu. ' Werney is _an enthusiastic student! of aviation, and is a. typical German soldier. He entered the army after` 1 II`H"\7nI|n{vv .._.I LI. tmcg agid ca,1p,are sea ling; scars. red with duel- _.............. Lu; 5; uawr Luau me bristol.! . But the Blerlot also failed to have[ bombs, and was forced to depend on ;pistols.` Swooping up and down,` en- circling us. and all thetime ring at us. the Bleriot kept on. Minutes seemed like hours to me. It was certain there could be only one end `to theght, although the Lieutenant Ikept ring in return, as calmly as mt" the rifle range. ' V Qnihhn.I.. `I'_-- ---~- V "" --_ -_.--- --v vv uuuru l.LlU cuu was 111 as nearly all of the French aviators `carry bombs -and the speed of the newcomer far greater than the Bristol. , k B1111 than. Rlnrinf ah... a..:1...1 ;- 1., - Uhl ... L116 want` 01 our propeller. l There was a feeling of- utter help- lessness so far as we were concern- ed. Our machine was far slower than! theirs. I kept guring on when the; next bullet would strike, as with their; greater speed, they seemed certain nally to get us. While this thought was passing through my mind the. lieutenant again touched me and pointed thousands of feet higher- Third Aeroplane in Fight V There coming at tremendous speed [was a small Bleriot monoplane. It looked -for all the world like an eagle `coming to join the attack. `I felt lcertainnow that `the end was in sight as all aviators --v- v v unto I ``All` this time we `were headed northward again toward the German! lines. The plunging of the aeroplane `made accurate shooting diicult, a1~g though" one shot struck my plane. It; was very evident that the Englishmenj were shooting to disable our motor ,and we were doing the same thing. on our part. The noise of the dis-I icharge of the automatics was drown-1 ed in the whirr of our propeller. ""I`hm-no Tune: 1: fanlinn. nu ..a.a..... I.-~I, ' -.... ._.....uuu.;ou ucuu LUUII prupeuer d in front and so they could not shoot fron1 that position. It was now cer- tain they carried no bombs as they veered off some 300 feet to the side at the same timekeeping .150 feeti above us. V I `(LII A` ........., ......., \,uu.u.g,. I ` _{The Bristol had reduced her speed; [until she was keeping pace with us.` , she was also slowly coming down.- Swoopixzg lower and lower, the Bris-1 H to} came. At last I knew how a bird! feels when an eagle or a hawk is` sweeping down upon it. I thought every minute was to be our last. I .was certain that what the; Britishi were trying to do was to get so close` that their bomb could not miss. My, ; nerves were entirely unstruug and it` [was all that I could do to keep my! 1 l monoplane on an even keel. ` Opened Firevwith Pistols I ; Suddenly I saw a ash alongside! ; of me. For a moment I thought `that: the expected bomb had struck. Then[ I realized that the Lieutenant was" shooting with his automatic pistol. The Englishmen had their propeller in frnnf an!` an 1-}. . . . . A ..1.a ....4. -I.-_A The .PemberT I.i\ghtwcVig.ht` Ventilated _ `Toupee. or Wig