GENERAL News.
Vesuvius Active. Vesuviusisagain in full activity and Professor Malladro, of the Vesavine Observatory, predicts an eruption.
Captain de Bondy R. V. F. Captain de Boady, who was the official representative at Singa- pore for the Russian Volunteer Float, who went home about thres years ago, has resumed active service in the Imperial Russian Navy.
A Manila Arrest.
Choo Fook, a Chinese subject who, with a number of othori Chinese employed on the Mongols, returned to the orient on the steamer Chion recently, has been arrested at Manila. Oboo Fook's arrest was made upon the cabled request of the United States federal authorities, who, it is un- derstood, are investigating alleg- ed irregularities in connection with the immigration law at San Francieos.
Slam and the P.M.S. H.M. Minister at Bogkek, writing in regard to the proposed linking up of the Siamese South- ern railway with the F.M.S.
railway syetem, states that a point
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Dutch Contraband Trade.
a spectacle of which the artist's cartoon is less a caricature than a stody from the life. Each train which comes in with goods wagons-l speak only of what I aaw on one day-seems to contain a greater or smaller number of Amsterdam, October 20. The cases of so-called margarine. frontior between Siam and Amsterdam Telegraaf has publish. The platform is littered with ed one of Mr. Louis Rasmaeker's them, the receiving room for Rinderpest in the Philippines, admirable cartoons dealing with goods parcele is pile up almost The weekly report on the rin-the subject of the smuggling of to the ceiling. Oatside, the derpest situation prepared at the contraband from Halland into station yard is thronged with office of the director of the Philip Germany. It showed an endless vehicles. When I was there I pine Bureau of Agriculture shows train of wagona winding along a
counted 31 carts, five bandearte, that four municipalities and one country road towards the frontier, some carte drawn by dogs, and province were gained during theach wagon loaded with cassa over 30 men with bicycles. The past week in the fight against the labelled "Margarine" and "Soap"; entire troop is commonly referred disease. The Mountain province and the legend underneath the to by the residents of Bergen as is now free, and conditions in picture reade "Fate and oils are "the smugglers." Nueva Ecija and Pangasinan contraband, but margarine' and As rapidly as possible the cases show improvement. The mosp are all right; so here we go." are hustled cat from the station ber of towcs and provinces now At the same time the Teleoraaf on to the earts, and immediately under quarantine in 17 and Bia. pablished a series of articles, the procession starta upon the Roviced figures for the week based on investigations made by road to the frontier. The road to ending November 20, show 22
member of its staff at the fron- the frontier, soon after leaving new oees and 18 deathe,
tier, and theas sufficiently give Bergen, bilarcate, ope point to Mr. Raerraeker's cartoon, going to Potie and the other to Other papers in Holland are eleo Sandaliat, both frontier villages. very outspoken on the subject of
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WAR AND HEADACHES.
Have you noticed that your eyes are much more tired and that you have headaches since the war started? Everyone is reading two or three times as many papers as usual. Their additional reading causes eyestrain in eyes which had been previously capable of doing all the work they were asked to do. If your eyes were perfect, or if you had correctly fitted glasses, you could read all day without tiring your eyes.
Uneatable" Margarina." An authority whom I regard as competent assured me that on an average about 10 000 kilogrammes Scotch Whisky from Java.
of "margarine Java spirit, bottled and labell-
the frontier from Bergen-op- ed in Calcults so as to represent Germany's Noed of Fats. Zoom alone evory day, en well an Bootch whisky and brandy, is. The Cologne Gazette recently 1000 kilogrammes of возр. alleged to have been imported in pablished an article in which it These figures also reem to be to Barms, but, although the spoke of the problem of procuring accepted as scourate by the Datoh Chamber of Commerce called at- rufficient quantities of grease or newspapera. It is commonly tention to the matter, the Excise lard for the German table us being asportad and believed that the no- Commissioner declined to act, a "heavy nightmare." It ex called "Roap" is quite useless for while the Financial Commissioner plained that a certain amount of washing, being understood to bo said the case submitted was not fat was necessary to human but a composition of linseed oil one which action could nourishment, und that, now that (which is strictly contraband) suitably be taken by the Excise importation was impossible, the which is easily reduciblo again Commissioner. Another re home supplies were "far from be-into its component elements. An presentation by the Chamber re-ing enough to satisfy even the official of the Customs near Ber- garding liquor produced in most urgent necessities." It ex-gen told me that he had himself Egypt being sold as cognac met plained the scheme of "grease tasted the "margarine" And, with better success, importers tickets," by which, as with braad quite uselessly, reported it as on- being asked by the Excise Com-tickets, the stock is to be econ-tirely uneatable. It is not of the easiest point for the fugitives to evaded. What is much more im- missioner to discontinue the sale omised, tickets being issued comestible kind. It also is said reach, it is now the easiest point portent is that the existing re-
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grammes of fat-stuffs a day. The do not know either meant to be goods from. And Bergen to day quate.
artiole makes variona suggestions, employed for lubrication or to be is resping the reward for the be esten is not "margarine," and At the meeting of the Legislative for increasing the domestic supply. resolved into its elements and warm-heartedness with which it a linseed oil composition with Council on Friday the Treasurer i suggests, for instance, that:- partly used as food.
then received and fed the fugi which, they say, nothing can be moved that the Council approved The dead bodies of horees will] In any case the mere fact is that tives. After the bitter has come washed, should not be exportable of a vote of $68,628 to meat furnish some soap and grease for every day in broad daylight, with the west; and Bergen to-day, to Germany as " soap.” —Times, irrecoverable expenditure on ser-industrial use, and even, provided a publicity, which is almost tumal-out of the enormus profits of the vices connected with the war dar-that the sanitary authorities certi tuous, great quantities of essen export trade to Germany, in grow- ing thecurrent year. The Christian fy that the animals have not died tially contraband material, of ing rich as it never did before. Marriage (Amendment) Bill, the of communicable diseases, come which Germany, by the confee- It would be easy to mention
No Ullcake from Russia. · Voluntary Conveyances Bill, the comestible margarine,
Petrograd. October 16-Á sion of her own Press, atende other places on the Datch fron Municipal Ordinance (Amend-
Without stopping to inquire urgently in need, pour daily over tier which look sa if they would Council of Miniature has decided ment) Bill, and the Christien Bro how far the suggestions in the the Dutch frontier under, a dis-bear watching a good deal more to prohibit the further export of there Schools Visitor Incorpora- articles are serions, the interesting guise which, so far from deceiving alosely than is now the case. oiloake to Sweden. The quantity tion Bill were read a third time point in that the writer evidently anybody, ia 8 common jest There is a point where the Rhine already exported to that country and the Trading with the Enemy recognises two varietes of mar throughout the neighbourhood, passes from Chormszy into Hol-exceeds by 100,000 to 150,000 (Amendment) Bill and the Volungarine-the comestible and the Bergen-op-Zoom is not the only land, where for some distance the pounds, the figure authorised. teer Ordinance (Amendment) Bill non-comestible. Non-comestible town in Holland near the frontier, frontier race down the middle of The Potato Supply in Germany. Amsterdam, October 16.-Tho were introduced.
margarine, like soap which aan- though, from ita necessibility the stream. Here, again, just be- not be used for washing, is a from Antwerp, it is an extremely fore the frontier, the river bifur Verwaerts again arges the con recent creation of the contraband convenient point of export. It cales most conveniently, just like fiscation of the supplies.
was on Bergen just a year ago the high road to Sandsvlier, and potators in Germany, pointing F you have lost your appetite
As Mr. Raemaekers says, the (October 8-10, 1914) that the ter- an inconspicuona brauch lenda out that similar motion has taken one of the big variety of
place in Poland. Drastic measures dainty dishes at the ALEXAN-xport of margarine from Holland rible burden of that awful influx peacefully to German territory.
Bat it is useless to cavil about against diphtheria, have been DRA CAFE is sure to tempt is not forbidden, and any man of refugees from, Antwerp fell
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