RIVALS

Two privates in a Highland regiment began arguing in the canteen as to the rival merits of Edinburgh and Glasgow.

"Ay, an' whit is yer Edinburgh?" sneered the Glaswegian, "Naethin' bit a hull wi' a castle, an' ruins on yin side an' a row o' ludgin' hooses on the ither!"

"Bit jis' luik at the fine buildin's we hae in Edinburgh!" protested the man from that city.

"Oo, ay. Ye hae some fine prisons."

"Weel, an we need them wi' sae mony cheap trips frae Glesca!"

"Here, some o' the warld's greatest heroes live in Glesca!" snapped the Glasgow man angrily.

"Heroes!

Humph! Sooner ca' them mar

RESTING THE RAZOR

A razor, either safety or old style, will shave better if the stropping is done sometime before the shave is taken-say about ten minutes. Everyone knows that a razor edge, looked at through a microscope, appears like a saw with many jagged teeth. It has these teeth, no matter how sharp it is. Now, as the razor is stropped some of these teeth are broken off and others are merely bent; so the last stroke of the strop, even though it be an even-numbered one, will bend some of the small teeth to one side. If a little time elapses, however, these will bend back into position.

Another peculiar thing about a razor that is widely known is that if it is given a long rest of two or three months, it will seem to get young again and will put up a good shave. This is probably caused by the teeth on the edge rusting off. No matter how clean you rub a razor after shaving, small particles of water remain between the teeth. As the edges of the teeth are the points exposed to this, they will be the parts to wear away. The reason this does not take place when the razor is in constant use is because the old teeth are worn off by stropping and new ones are formed.

There is another fact that should be mentioned here, which may be the true reason why a razor given a long rest shaves better. There is a "fatigue of metals," which causes a piece of metal in constant use seemingly to become tired and to get out of order. After a rest it regains its strength and virility. Experiments have been tried in giving in succession several million vibrations of the

same character to a new piece of steel-and after a certain number it has flown to pieces.

At a general court-martial held at Grantham, on Friday, says the Rye (England) Chronicle, Lord Edward Seymour, a second lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was charged with insobriety while on active service. He was placed under arrest, and forty-five minutes later was seen by Surgeon-Captain Rowe, of the South Notts Hussars, who in evidence stated that he formed the opinion that Lord Edward Seymour had been taking alchohol in such quantities as to render him unable to perform all his military duties. Witness, in cross-examination, admitted that Lord Edward Seymour was able to repeat correctly "Round the rugged rock a ragged rascal ran" and "Royal Artillery." He was also able to walk did the not turn corners straight, but quickly. The Court found Lord Edward not guilty.

The European War-XVIII

March 16-Great battle around Verdur continues; the French line holding at all points.

March 17-French repulse five great attacks at Vaux and retake trenches at Dead Man's Hill. Russians capture Mamahatan, 60 miles west of Erzerum.

March 18-Dutch steamship Palembang torpedoed off English coast.

March 19-Allied aeroplanes attack Muelhausen, Germany. German seaplanes raid English coast. Russians attack on 70-mile front in Vilna region.

March 20-Allied aeroplanes make great raid on German naval base of Zeebrugge, Belgium.

March 21-British destroyers disperse German destroyers in attack off Belgian coast.

March 22-Russians, in Vilna region, break Von Hindenberg's line at Jacobstadt; capture Ispahan, Persia, from Turks. March 23-Sir Arch. J. Murray succeeds Sir John G. Maxwell as British commander in Egypt.

March 24-Channel steamer Susser torpedoed near Dieppe. Many passengers, including some Americans, killed injured by explosion.

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March 25-Russians continue advance near Dvinsk; repulse German counter attacks near Riga.

March 26-After several days of artillery duel, Germans attack Malancourt in Verdun battie.

March 27-Paris conference of Allies opens. Half-mile of German trenches at St. Eloi captured by British.

March 28-British cruiser rams and sinks a German destroyer in North Sea. March 29-French hold Malancourt and recapture Avocourt redoubt. Twenty killed in German air raid on Saloniki.

March 30-Germans repulsed before Dounaumont. Italians win great forty-hour battle northwest of Goritz.

April 2-Two more air raids on British coast; reach Scotland for first time and kill ten.

April 3-French win in counter attacks on Vaux. Holland masses her troops on German border.

April 4-French drive back another great massed German attack north of Verdun.

April 5-Germans make fifth air raid in six days on British coast. British forces in Mesopotamia take Umm-el-hanna and Felahie.

April 6-Germans take Haucourt.

April 7-French repulse German drive near Haucourt. Russians begin new offensive near Riga.

April 8-King Albert of Belgium's fortyfirst birthday officially celebrated in London and Paris.

April

9-French

abandon Bethincourt, west of the Meuse. Horrors of German prison camps exposed.

April 10-Germans repulsed in great new attack at Verdun.

April 11-Turkish armies in Armenis. reinforced to double strength, fail to check Russian advance.

April 12-French repulse another great attack at Vaux and Dead Man's Hill. German note denying attack on Sussex made public by United States Government.

April 13-Several German subjects on interned ships at Hoboken, N. J., arrested in plot to burn ships carrying supplies to the Allies.

April 14-Turks cut banks of Tigris, but fail to stop British advance. Russians take offensive in Galicia.

April 15-French take offensive at several points at Verdun; British attack successfully near St. Eloi.

At

The author was a successful Montreal business man who later went to Britain and became a member of Parliament and a force in the financial affairs of the Empire. the beginning of the war he went to the front, in admiration for his former friends and fellow-citizens, and sent out the brilliant accounts of the exploits of the Canadian forces in Flanders that have placed him in the front rank as a writer on war. Every American, especially every American having Scottish or British blood in his veins, will want to read this book of the triumph of these North Americans who have added everlasting glory to themselves and to the Empire.

In the North American Review for April, the editor discussed "Preparedness as a Political Issue" in his usual frank manner. Other articles are: "India and the War," "Frightfulness VS. Christianity," "Henry James" (several appreciations) and many other timely and interesting articles.

The American Review of Reviews for April contains several educational articles of importance which will be of interest to teachers and parents; also much interesting matter on the Mexican situation, the European War and the far Eastern situation.

The Scottish Review (quarterly), spring, 1916, is now described as a journal "devoted to the cause of the independence of Scotland." The contents are timely, dealing in most part with current questions and issues growing out of the war. In the translation of Coinneach Macleod's fine essay, "The Spell of the Sea," the editor has done a real service for those who are not able to read this fine writer in the original Gaelic.

We are pleased to note that the February, 1916, issue of The Celtic Monthly, Glasgow, contains an appreciation and an excellent portrait by Dr. George Fraser Black, for twenty years in the New York Public Library.

Harper's for May begins the publication of "The Mysterious Stranger," the only unpublished romance by Mark Twain. The number includes many articles and stories of unusual interest and is replete with fine illustrations. Harper & Bros., after a full century at their present location in Franklin Square, New York, have announced their early removal to the up-town publishing district.

Obituaries

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Recent notable deaths in Britain are: Charles Brownlow, the oldest British Field Marshal, April 5th, at Bracknell, Berks, in his eighty-fifth year; Charles Alfred Cooper, for thirty years editor of The Edinburgh Scotsman, April 14th, at Bournemouth, in his eighty-eighth year; David Douglas, the Edinburgh publisher, April 4th, in his ninety-third year; Sir John E. Gorst, Cabinet Minister and M. P., former rector of Glasgow University, April 4th, in London, in his eighty-fourth year; Sir S. A. Lowther, diplomat, Secretary United States Embassy, 1899-1901, April 5th, in London, in his fiftyeighth year; Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff, the noted authority on irrigation, April 6th, in London, in his eighty-first year; Alex. Russell Simpson, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Edinburgh University, April 6th, in Edinburgh, in his eighty-first year, and J. L. Strachan-Davidson, master of Balliol College, March 28th, in Oxford.

Other notable people who have passed away are: President-Emeritus James Burrill Angell, thirty-eight years President of the University of Michigan, April 1st, in Ann Arbor, Mich., in his eighty-seventh year; Richard Harding Davis, author and war correspondent, April 11th, at Mount

Kisco, N. Y., in his fifty-first year; Edward M. Knox, the famous hatter, March 28th, in New York city, in his seventy-fifth year; Rev. Thomas Lamont, April 7th, in New York city, in his eighty-fourth year; Colin Mackenzie, Amazon explorer and merchant, a native of Glasgow, April 8th, in New York city, in his eightieth year, and George W. Smalley, the famous newspaper correspond ent, April 4th, in London, in his eighty-third year.

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912, OF CALEDONIAN, PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT NEW YORK, N. Y., FOR APRIL 1, 1916. State of New York. County of New York, ss.: Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Donald MacDougall, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the Editor of the Caledonian and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership. management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption. required by the Act of August 24, 1912. embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to wit:

1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business

John R. Bremmer, 680 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.

James Thomson, Islip, L. I., N. Y.

3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent. or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None.

4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any ininterest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. DONALD MACDOUGALL, Editor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of April, 1916,

A. MEYERHOFF,
Notary Public,

New York and Bronx Counties.
New York Register 7089.

(My Commission expires March 31, 1917). Form 3526.-Ed: 1916.