Death of Grand-Daughter of
Robert Burns

The death occurred at Dumfries, late in September, of Mrs. Burns Brown, granddaughter of Robert Burns, the poet, at the age of eighty-five. Jane Emma Burns was the daughter of Robert Burns, the eldest son of the poet, and Emma Bland, and was born in London, where her father held a clerkship in the Stamp Office until 1833, when he retired and removed to Dumfries. His daughter married the late Mr. Thomas Brown, who was foreman carder in the tweed mills in Dumfries. Proceeding to Canada, Mr. Brown followed his occupation at Guelph, Ontario, but the family returned to Dumfries after an absence of eight years. Mrs. Brown had a strong resemblance in feature to her distinguished grandparent. She also possessed a musical voice and sang with fine effect many of his lyrics. Her house was a place of call to admirers of the poet from America and from many other parts of the world. These visitors included Mr. Andrew Carnegie, who took a warm interest in Mrs. Brown and her sole surviving daughter, Miss Jean Armour Burns Brown, in whom the physiognomy of the poet is strongly reproduced. For some years Mrs. Brown and her late husband had charge of the house in Burns Street in which the poet died, and which is under the control of the Town Council, but the infirmity of

age obliged her to give up the duty some eight years ago. An excellent portrait of Mrs. Brown and her daughter is given above.

The House of Commons passed the second reading of the Rhodes Estate bill, October 19th, which would exclude Germans henceforth from enjoying scholarships at Oxford University under the Cecil Rhodes trust fund.

Not the least of the British sacrifices to the war is that of the fine old forests of England, which must be drawn upon to provide timber for trenches, army shelters and other military necessaries. Fifteen hundred Canadian woodsmen recently crossed the Atlantic to cut and prepare the timber.

"We had one Jellicoe last week," says a London registrar of births, "a little girl, curiously, while another baby girl was given the name of Europea. Albert Jellicoe Poincare was an Allied name given recently to a baby boy. We have registered a few Kitcheners, and there was a liking among women a little time ago for names of French towns where their husbands were stationed, but this has fallen off. In North London there is an Horatio Festubert Givenchy Giles, and Arras French Vimy Wills lives in the same district."

During the past thirteen weeks, 13,229 boys and 12,637 girls were born in London. This gives a proportion of 1,047 boys to 1,000 girls, which is seven more boys than the average for England and Wales before the

war.

Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George, Secretary of State for War, gave warning to all neutrals, in a stirring interview on September 28th, that the Allies will not consider any offers of peace at this stage of the war. There has been some disposition to criticise the colloqualism with which he pointed his remarks, but there is no question as to their meaning or their intent in putting an end to the well-meaning but misguided clamor of the pacifist element in various quarters.

General Joffre congratulating General Sir Douglas Haig in a recent dispatch, continues: "I bow before those of your soldiers by whose bravery these successes have been achieved, but who have fallen before the completion of our task, and I ask you to convey, in my name and in the name of the whole French army, to those who stand ready for the battles to come, greeting, comradeship and confidence."

General Haig, in replying, said: "Our brave dead, whose blood has been shed with yours on the soil of your great country, will prove a bond to unite our two peoples long after the combined action of our armies has carried the common cause for which they fought to its ultimate triumph."

Australia's three domestic war loans total $278,562,000. The latest loan of $115,000,000 brought subscriptions from 81,727 people. The interest is at four and one-half per cent.

One of the worst hurricanes in many years struck Bermuda on September 30th. The damage done in Hamilton and other places was greater than in the great gale of 1899.

A convention providing for a two-cent letter rate between the United States and New Zealand was announced by the Postoffice Department, October 16th. New Zealand is approximately 7,000 miles from the eastern coast of the United States.

An Australian inventor, Mr. John Flint, of Sydney, claims to have succeeded in the world's search of synthetic rubber, and to have found a way of producing an efficient substitute for rubber, at a very low cost. The substitute is an entirely Australian product, all the ingredients being obtainable in the commonwealth, and successful experiments in the vulcanizing process have already been carried out with it.

An official report from Petrograd, dated October 12th, accuses German airmen of dropping bombs on Constanza, the principal Rumanian Black Sea port, and also poisoned sweets and garlic infected with cholera bacilli.

Lieutenant Georges Guynemer of the French Flying Corps performed the remarkable feat of bringing down three German aeroplanes in two minutes and thirty sec onds. Incidentally he fell 10,000 feet and escaped unhurt. Previously he was reported as having brought down his eighteenth enemy aeroplane.

The city of Venice has offered to present to Rome the Lion of St. Marks', the symbol of her past greatness, to displace the Hapsburg coat of arms on the facade of the historic Palazzo di Venezia, the former AustroHungarian Embassy. The Palazza di Venezia will be transformed into an Italian national museum.

Immediately following her declaration of war against Austria, Rumania adopted the policy of Russia with regard to the liquor traffic. Dispatches from Bucharest state that "the police commissioners have forbidden the sale and consumption of alcoholic liquors in all establishments throughout Rumania under penalty of severe punishment."

Fifteen motor ambulances for the Russian

field hospital, presented by a group of Americans, have been formally accepted by Czarina Alexandra and Grand Duchess Tatiana. The presentation was made by Captain Philip Lydig and Dr. Philip Newton. The new cars will be known as "the American Ambulance of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicolaievna." They will be sent to the front under the command of Dr. Newton.

In order to secure fresh eggs, both British and French soldiers working on barges plying on the canals of Northern France keep fowls in "runs" on the decks.

Lieutenant-General Count Seiki Terauchi. former Minister of War in the Japanese cabinet and also formerly Resident-General in Korea, succeeded Marquis Okuma, October 4th, as Premier of Japan.

Emperor Lidj Jeassu of Abyssinia has been deposed at Addis Ababa. Lidj Jeassu. who is twenty-two years old, is a grandson of Emperor Menelik, whom he succeeded in 1913. He has been succeeded by OuizeroZeoditu, daughter of King Menelik, who has been proclaimed "Empress of Ethiopia.” Germany's output of steel in August was 1,412,326 tons, compared with 1,365,641 tons in July.

A serious flood disaster was caused by the breaking of Taunwald dam, near Reichenberg, Bohemia, early in October. In addition to 250 known dead, it is believed that scores of others were caught in houses and washed away. The property damage was

great.

European War Diary-XXIII

September 22-British take two lines of trenches between Flers and Martinpuich, Russians attack on 400-mile front in Vol hynia.

September 23-British advance north, French south of Combles, between Peronne and Bapaume.

September 24-Two Zeppelins brought down near London; the crew of one, twentytwo men, captured alive. Revolutionists seize Crete with little resistance.

September 25-Venizelos joins revolutionists in Crete. Zeppelin raids, almost daily, kill many in coast and midland counties of England.

September 26-British and French, in fierce two-days' battle, take the strongly fortified village of Combles; British also take Thiepval and Gudecourt.

September 27-Serbs and Allies cross the Macedonian frontier near Florina. British at Thiepval take many prisoners.

September 28-British capture the huge redoubt north of Thiepval dominating the Ancre valley. Reichstag opens. Lloyd George and von Bethman-Hollweg both deprecate peace efforts at the present time. September 29-Serbs drive back Bulgars near Monastir.

September 30--German forces under General von Falkenhyn retake Hermannstadt and force retirement of Rumanians in Transylvania.

October 1-British break Bulgar lines on the Struma. Fourth Zeppelin brought down in raid north of London.

October 2-Rumanians cross the Danube near Tetrakan and threaten Teuton-Bulgar

communications in Dobruja. German submarines sink three Norwegian ships in the Arctic Ocean.

October 3-Italians, in the Trentino, capture two high peaks.

October 4-British take Faucourt l'Abbaye village, near Bapaume.

October 5--Former Cunarder Franconia, British transport, torpedoed in the Mediterranean. Bulgars fall back, readjusting whole Macedonian front.

October 6--Rumanians, reinforced by Russians, resume offensive in Transylvania and Dobruja.

October 7-British take Le Sars and with the French advance over a front of ten miles between Peronne and Bapaume. German war submarine U-53 arrives at Newport, R. I. October 8-German submarine, presumably U-53, sinks five ships off Nantucket lightship: Strathdene (British), West Point (British). Stephano (British-Newfoundland), Bloomersdijk (Dutch) and Christian Knud

son (Norwegian).

October 9-United States destroyers bring survivors of torpedoed steamers to Newport. French transport Gallia torpedoed and sunk in Mediterranean.

October 10-British take eight towns from Bulgars on Struma front. French advance on three-mile front in Chalneswood, taking many prisoners. Ambassador Gerard arrives in New York from Berlin.

October 11-Italians advancing toward Triest break Austrian lines and take 7,000 prisoners. Allies seize Greek Navy.

October 12-British and French aeroplanes bring down six German planes and drop bombs on the Mauser gunworks, Oberndorf,

October 13-Italians continue advance in Carso region.

October 14-Allies reply to American note on delay of neutral mails is published. French take Genermont.

October 15-Serbs defeat Bulgars at Cerna. Allies cut railway south of Seres.

October 16-Allies recognize Venizelos's provisional cabinet. French gain part of Sailly-Sallisel and at other points south of the Somme. Rumanians drive Bulgars back to Dobric in Dobruja.

October 17-Riots in Athens. Allied sailors occupy important points in the city. October 18-Greek King Constantine confers with Allied ministers. French win all of Sailly-Sallisel and surrounding hills and first German line west of Peronne.

October 19-British steamer Alaunia sunk by a mine.

October 20-Serbs and French advance near Monastir.

October 21-Count Stuergkh, Austrian Premier, assassinated.

October 22-British advance at Le Sars. October 23-General von Mackensen captures Constanza, Rumanian seaport in Dobruja.

October 24-French, in great surprise attack, retake many Verdun positions, with 5,000 prisoners.

October 25-Mackensen and Falkenhayn both drive back Rumanians.

October 26-Rumanians destroy great Cernavoda Bridge.

October 27-German fleet defeated in raid on British-French transport line.

The war still drags on its weary pace. Reports come every now and then of the distinguished conduct of our Scottish soldiers; such extracts as the following are to be met with in the newspapers: "The men went in with the resolve to break through the enemy's third line without counting the cost, to smash down any opposition they might meet. and to go forward until they could get the enemy on the run. A body of Scotsmen went up to the battle lines to the tune of 'Stop Your Tickling. Jock.' but there was a grim meaning in the music. and it was no love song."

Another newspaper. speaking of the anniversary of the battle of Loos. says: "Well, what do we think of Loos now? It is a sad and glorious memory. Scotland lost thousands of her brave sons in that battle. Lochiel's men from the mainland and the islands were annihilated. Douglas-Hamilton died at the head of a remnant of the Sixth Camerons. What daring deeds, what sacri

fices will always be recalled to our minds in Scotland when we see in the history books the names of the Double Crassier, the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Fosse 8 and the Tower Bridge of Loos."

One of the most noteworthy events in the country is the introduction of the heavy armoured cars. now popularly known as "Tanks." Notwithstanding Mr. Lloyd George's attempt to give Mr. Winston Churchill the credit of this great invention, the Morning Post says that the idea of the "Tanks" in the form in which they now are was entirely the work of Lieutenant-Colonel E. D. Swinton. D. S. O., probably one of the great Border Swintons of Berwickshire.

A remarkable instance of the recovery of the power of speech occurred in the case of Private Macdonald of the Seaforths. For three weeks he was dumb, but as he lay in bed smoking he accidentally swallowed the smouldering end of his cigarette, which caused him to start up suddenly and cry out.

From that moment his speech was restored. A serious breach of faith on the part of the Red Cross Society and the War Office has arisen between them and the Highland Association. This association handed over to the Red Cross Society £1,000, to be expended on a ward for Highland soldiers, staffed by Gaelic speaking nurses, and they had failed to carry out their promise. The question is now, whether or not they shall be compelled to refund the money,

It has been proposed to set up a Scottish National Committee to act independently of the National Committee in London for the providing of work for and the care of wounded Scottish soldiers. There are at present fifty-two local committees in Scotland, and it is proposed to call a meeting of representatives of these to deal with the

matter.

An old Scotswoman, aged seventy-five years, who has never been out of Scotland, visited London the other day in order to see her three wounded sons, who are in different hospitals. Mrs. M'Allister has been a widow for more than twenty years, and she was very much concerned about her three sons going to war, but her duty came first, and that is the spirit in which most of us are acting at this time.

Sir James Sivewright, of Tulliallan, Kincardine-on-Forth, died September 10th. He belonged to Fochabers, where he began life as the son of a stone mason, and had afterwards a distinguished career in South Africa, as manager of the telegraphs and Commissioner of Crown Lands. He left £5,000 to Milne's Institution, Fochabers, and £10,000 to Aberdeen University to provide bursaries for Moray students, preference to be given to those who are sons of stone

masons.

A writer in a Scottish newspaper says: "That the English and Scots are a distinctly different people is, I think, nowhere more emphatically shown than in the 'Agony Columns' of London papers. To-day I read in one of them that a 'Lady would be most grateful if lady in good social position would occasionally entertain and introduce her daughter doing war work in London; remuneration.' Also, 'Young officer, who had to relinquish commission on account of illhealth, seeks employment on a farm with possibility of fishing and horse-riding in spare time.' You cannot imagine such quaint appeals in a Scottish newspaper, can you? On the other hand, our 'poetical' In Memoriam notices seem peculiar to ourselves."

The Young Men's Christian Association in Glasgow, as elsewhere, has been the means of doing much good and useful work in the years that have passed, and the necessities of the war among young men has evidently brought out their best form of usefulness in equipping tents and local centres, both at home and abroad for the young men of the country. This wave of good work has resulted in a proposal to erect new buildings in Glasgow, better adapted to modern

requirements than their present headquarters. A large and conspicuous site in the city, presently occupied as a theatre, has been placed at their disposal. A sum of £80,000 is required, and of that sum, over £40,000 has been promised.

The number of visitors to Burns' Monument for the year ended September 30th were 47,581, an increase of 9,451 over the previous year. The greatest number on one day was 1,702 on August 21st. Burns' Cottage was visited by 44,002, being 6,599 more than the previous year. The greatest number in one week was Glasgow Fair week, 6,767, and in one day, 1,772.

If there is much Scottish money invested in Government Loans it will be a wonder, as many well founded complaints are being heard from all quarters, as to the way Scottish investors are being treated by the Bank of England. There is no reason why the Bank of Scotland should not have facilities for paying interest and transferring bonds, but everything seems to be vested in the Bank of England and cannot be done through Scottish banks. Messrs. Horne & Mackinnon, of Aberdeen, have written some very strong letters to the Glasgow Herald on the subject, and Mr. G. W. Currie, M. P., has put questions in Parliament, but Mr. M'Kenna does not seem able or inclined to solve the difficulty. In addition to that, Scottish bank notes, which are quite as good as any of the Bank of England, are not accepted even in the post-,office in England, where they have been presented by Scottish soldiers. The only reply the Home Secretary could give on the matter was that "there are difficulties in the way"; surely difficulties are only there to be overcome.

It is becoming a burning question why conscription has not been extended to Ireland, where it is said there are 800,000 eligible men, and the Irish regiments are at present being filled with Englishmen for want of their own countrymen. A good many Irish laborers have offered themselves to Lothian farmers for the approaching harvest, but without exception their services have been declined. The farm servants declined to work alongside of men who are attempting to fill the places of farm hands now serving in the army.

For the second time within the period of the war, the Glasgow licensing court has decided not to permit the employment of women behind drinking bars. It is to be hoped this decision will always remain in force. Meetings are still being held all over the country advocating prohibition during the war, but the Government will not move. The Rev. H. Alexander Cupar, in supporting one of the resolutions, said he had walked about the Central Station in Glasgow as the south train was getting ready to depart, and no man that had seen the sights that were common there almost every night would have any doubt as to the great advisability of passing the resolution. JOHN WILSON. Glasgow, Scotland, October 8th, 1916.

Clan Badges:

Boxwood (Bocsa) or Red Whortleberry (Lus nam braoileag). The Septs and Dependents entitled to use the Mackintosh Tartan are: Clark, Crerar, Elder, Gillespie, Gow, Macandrew, Macbean, MacCombie, Macgillivray, Macintyre, MacKilliean, Maconey, MacPhail, MacRitchie, Noble, Shaw.

The war-cry is "Loch na Moidh" (Loch Moy) a lake near the seat of the Chief.

The arms of the clan is: a shield quarterly: 1. Gold, a red lion rampant; 2, Silver, a red hand holding a red heart; 3. Blue, a gold boar's head; 4. Gold, a black galley; Crest, a wildcat salient gardant proper; supporters, two wildcats; motto, "Touch not the cat bot a glove."

Two main authorities support different versions of the origin of this famous clan. Skene in his Highlanders of Scotland and in his later Celtic Scotland, founding on a manuscript of 1467, takes the clan to be the oldest branch of the original Clan Chattan, descended from Ferchar fada, son of Fearadach, of the tribe of Lorne, King of Dalriada, who died in the year 697. The historian of the clan, on the other hand, Mr. A. M. Mackintosh, founding on the history of the family written. about 1679 by Lachlan Mackintosh of Kinrara, brother of the eighteenth chief, favors the statement that the clan is descended from Shaw, second son of Duncan, third Earl of Fife, which Shaw is stated to have proceeded with King Malcolm IV to suppress a rebellion of the men of Moray in 1163, and, as a reward for his services, to have been made keeper of the Royal Castle of Inverness and possessor of the lands of Petty and Breachley, in the north-east corner of Inverness-shire, with the forest of Strathdearn on the upper Findhorn. These, in any case, are the districts found in occupation of the family in the fifteenth century, when authentic records become available. The early chiefs are said to have resided in Inverness Castle, and, possibly as a result, the connection of the family with that town has always been most friendly

Shaw's youngest son, Duncan, was killed

CHIEF OF THE CLAN

The Mackintosh of Mackintosh

Shaw, was appointed Toisach, or factor, for the Crown in his district, and died in 1210. His eldest son, Ferquhard, appeared in an agreement between the Chapter of Moray and Alexander de Stryveline in 1234 as "Seneschalle de Badenach." His nephew and successor, Shaw, acquired the lands of Meikle Geddes and the lands and castle of Rait on the Nairn. He also obtained from the Bishop of Moray a lease of the lands of Rothiemarcus, which was

terwards converted into a feu in 1464. He married the daughter of the Thane of