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Conditional Surrender. "I'm willing to young woman the money the demande," said the millionaire defendant in a breach of promise sait, "but only on one condition." "What is that?" asked the plaintiff's lawyer. "I want her to promise that when she gets the $100,000 she won't turn right around and marry some fellow who claims he was her childhood weetheart and has waited for her faithfully all these years.”

Democratic Days.

The spectacle of a titled lady, duly ostalogued in Debrett, the Book of British Peerage, drawing ber weekly 12s. 6d. at a country post office, on socount of his lordship's fighting value to the Blate, is one of the latest portente of democracy, observes the Day Chronicle. There is an element of sacrifice about it, too, for had her ladyship remained in London she would have been entitled to an extra eighteenpenuce.

At 86 Takes Bride of 18." James H. Hart, 86 years of age, and Miss Kate Wolf, 18 years of age, were married in the Brooklyn Borough Hall by Deputy City Clerk James V. Soalley. Mr. Hart, & retired jeweler, was in business for many years at Falton and Jobaron Streets, Brooklyn. He lives at I, Bouth Elliott Place. The bride, who was accompanied to the Borough Hell by her mother, esid that she lived at 388A, Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, and that she was a manicurist.

Clergy Exemption.

In the course of the Military Servios Bill in the Lords the Archbishop of Canterbury repa. diated any suggestion that the dropping of the proposal affecting olergy and ministers was due to a conspiracy among the clergy. As a matter of fact, when the Bill was introduced, he wrote to the Prime Minister promising whole- : hearted support, and now that the proposal was dropped widespread disappointment was expressed among the clergy. He was arranging immediately a meeting

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Sir Conan Doyle's Five Questions.

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The Parton's Swear Word."

Tommy's invective about the Pte. C. E. V. Macdonald was Churches was hair-raising in ite lying on the ground, atunned by simplicity; it was worse thao the fall of his horse, which had bombing," said the Rev. J. E.

**Can anyone explain why our' been shot ander him, when the Roberts, of Manchester, in an hospital ships continue to make enemy came up and commenced address at Bloomsbury Chapel Eating targets of themselves by to kiok him. He feigned death, sa the new president of the carrying rows of lights when they was able to note the hostile Baptist Union, Soldiers who know that the enemy ie lying in pceitions, and orsaled in after considered that being a Christian wait for them? Munition workers at George- dark with very valuable informe meant not smoking could not have And can saycne explain why Ita membera are: Sir Francistown, Renfrewshire, have pretio. Bia name appears in a list much opinion of the Christianity we have cot twenty German Barker, representing the Fed-eanted a battle plane to the Royal of D.M.C. swards issued in a of parsons. If they think," said officere in each abip on eration of British Industries; Sir Air Force. Since they spontane Gazette supplement; Algernon F. Firth, representing ously decided to raise the fand the Association of Chambers of they have each contributed-sama Commerce; Hr. W. H. N. varying from 2. 61, to Ts. 6d. a Goschen, Mr. W. L. Hitchens, week, and organised a fancy fair, Lord Inchospe, Mr. Walter Leaf, concerts, cinema, entertainments Mr. Kenneth Lee, Mr. G. A. and a fancy dress ball. Mcore, Mr. J. W. Marray, Bir George A. Riddell, Mr. C. 7. Sale, Captain Albert Smith, M. P., and Colonel Frank H. Wedg.

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Mr. Roberta, "it means not diatioet onderstanding that is swearing, they can't have play case of accident they ehall be the Klag and a Boy Soldier. Whiles a party of wounded ed golf with Church members. last to leave ber?

with the prominent Castle they met the King and desoon who. every time he ship retorning screea the Atlantic "And can anyone say why every were walking round Windsor unless Queen, who stopped and spoke "roczled' the ball, or got banker dose not take a fall human cargo

whispered to one of them, Private Clayton, ed,

energetically of the interned Germans so that of the Soffalk Regiment, who was "Assous, Assous, becauer, as these neelees mouths may be fed Ap average of about 500 beds being wheeled in a bath chair. he confessed afterwards, Assonan

over yooder? per week can be provided by the They were told that Clayton, who was the biggest 'dam' he knew on Sanatoriam Benefs Sub-Commit is only 18, has been in the Army earth. Swearing is, undoubtedly the policy of putting pickets of tee of the County of London three years, was wounded in the ao an-Christian habitat any German prisoners all over London The malarial mosquito bar now Ipeurance Committee with the advance on Cambrai laat Novem rate, off the links." Mr. Roberts on raid nights is only now being become a serious menace in many £50,000 Available this year. Of ber, and had his left arm amput socused the Churches of failure discussed, when it has been per

with regard to the war, in not festly obvious ever since the perta of the United Kingdom, and these 165 are reserved for femala ated as the result.

having restrained the war spirit. Germana put our prisoners in Editor's Sudden Death. especially in the Thames Estuary, patients. If discharged Service

£1,000,000 Bequest.

Karlerabe? The death occurred suddenly, Many home going soldiers carry men were given preference over

Lorde Justices Swinfen Esdy

"There may be rome resson- Baye a London contemporary to the germs of malaria in their civilians the whole of the avail. systeme. To cope with the danger able accommodation would go hand, of Mr. John Grennings man and Bankes and Mr. Justice able answers to all these questions, formidable preventive measures them. The committee recom- have been adopted after prolonged mend that they should be limited aging editor of the Central News, Neville in the Court of Appeal but to the bystander thes

Mr, Getnings, who was 62 years of recently, in the case of Weraber absolately unintelligible. investigations and conferences to 100 beds, the others being age, was engaged in his daties v. Beit sad another, dismissed between the medical experts of reserved for civilians.

almost ap to the day of his death. the appeal of the trustees of the the War Office and those of the France in the Far East. He became associated with the will of the late Sir Jalia: Oberlee Local Government Board. Dr. It seems likely (says the Central News in 1883, and assum. Wernher, Bart, from a judgment Bachenas, the Local Govern Scottish correspondent or the N. ed the management 11 years ago. of Mr. Justice Younger. A sum-

PARTICULARS AND CON-, ment Board expert, reports that a C. Daily News) that France will In his earlier journalistic career mone had been issued by the large number of malarial cases, be able to find in the United he was connected with Renter's exscators of the will of Sir Jalias DITIONS of the letting by Public

Lieut.

Auction Sale, to be held on especially in the lower stretches States some of the capital re- Agency and with varioua nawe Weraber's third eon,

1918, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Thames and other river quired, hat which she cannot pspere, including the Manchester Alexander Pizott Wernher, who? Monday, the 8th day of July," WE beg to notify the Public that validye, bad been traced to the afford, for the development of her Courier and the Melbourne Argus. was killed in France in Septem of the Public Works Department, ber, 1916, for the purpose of by Order of His Excellency the presence of a mosquito.

German Nobility's Lasses. An American "Wealthy Wastrels,"

engineer has recently visited Amsterdam, Hay 15.-The obtaining a decision on the ques Governor, of One Lot of Crown Lo a claim at the Italian Indo-China as a special com ravages made by the war in the tion whether the will made Land at Happy Valley, in the Tribanal by & Grade IIL waiter missioost of the Ministry of rsaks of the German nobility are by, Lient Ueraber when he was Colony of Hongkong for a term at a West End restaurant the Washington, and according to emphasized in the current isene en infant was a valid exercise of of 75 years, with the option of Chairman (Mr. Bettesworth Pig French advices, he was favourably of the German Adelsblatt, a the general power of appointment renewal at a Crown Ront to be gott) remarked: "A great many impressed by what he saw, One periodical devoted to generalogi- over a fund of £1,000,000 be fixed by the Surveyor of His of theas high-olaes restaurants of the first fruits of the mission cal research. It enumerates queathed to him by the will of Majesty the King, for one further are frequented by wealthy was will be, it is expected, the among the killed 270 counts, of his father. Lord Jastice Swinfer term of 75 years. trela and moneyed munition establishment of a steemship ser whom seven belonged to the Eady said it was not now reces workers. It would be very much vice between Tanking and the house of Dalma and seven others sary to better that men employed as United States, and it is hoped to to the house of Finck von Fine-expressed by Mr. Justice Younger waiters in these gilded gelleries secure American co-operation in kenstein, and 633 barone, of se to whether wille made by should be taken away and sent to connection, with the construction whom thirtesu wers of the house infant doWork of national importance." of railwaye and the establishment of Wangenheim. In addition to validity, as Section 1 of the 8licitor. They are coach frequent of new industries. Reference is the foregoing, the old nobility, atstate dealing with soldiers' and ed by others. The Chairman: made to s Franco-American eyndi as it is known, has lost 843 sailors' wille passed since the date Well, let them go to places where cate for the erection of iron worke members, while what is oleared of his lordship's judgment had men are not employed to wait on and rolling mills in Tonking, and as the later nobility has offered removed all doubts on that quest them. It they did that restaurant a similar syndicate is mentioned 836 losses, the largest being ion, and it followed, therefore, proprietors would soon employ for the purpose of enltivating those of the family of you Wedel, that the will of Lieut. Wernher women. The men was given arabb r and fee in Cochin twenty-two members, and von was valid and there w36" 20 month to find work of national China.

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