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Show DOGS TO AID SOLDIERS. Proposed Addition to the British Military Service. A dog ambulance is likely to be established es-tablished soon in connection with, the British military service. The dogs of ( the war ambulance are intended, when trained, to find the casualties on a widely-scattered battlefield, and so x shorten delays in search work. Recent trials with trained dogs proved how certain breeds can be taught to find the wounded when hidden in rocks, wood or grass, even where the scent was crossed by water, and to guide the bearers by continuous barking. In South Africa there was often difficulty in recovering wounded owing to the wide extent of front, and when night fell before the work could be accomplished, accom-plished, as in the case of big actions, some wounded were not recovered before be-fore dawn. The best dogs for the purpose are St. Bernards ,cross-bred setters and collies, especially those of deer-tracking stock. GOES TO SUPREME COURT. Judge Day Accepts the Post Offered Him by President Roosevelt. Judge William R. Day, who ha3 accepted ac-cepted the offer to him by President Roosevelt of the seat on the Supreme court vacated by the retirement of Justice Jus-tice SMras, was one of the most prom- inent lawyers in Ohio when President McKinley in 1897 introduced him into world politics by appointing" himas- t sistant secretary of state. Since that time the judge has made a world-wide reputation as a jurist, statesman and diplomat. His father was formerly chief justice of the Supreme court of Ohio, and Judge Day at presenc oc-enpies oc-enpies a seat on the federal bench, to which he was appointed on his retirement retire-ment from the secretaryship of state, in which he succeeded the late John Sherman. REGENT TO DO OSCAR'S WORK. Crown Prince Gustaf Assumes Duties of Monarch of Two Kingdoms. ' At a joint meeting of the Swedish-Norwegian Swedish-Norwegian council, held at Stockholm, Crown Prince Gustaf assumed the duties du-ties of the regency of the two kingdoms. king-doms. He is now at Christiana. King Oscar is said to be seriously 111 and has become greatly weakened There has been no official statement of his illness issued from the palace, but the fact that all his engagements have been canceled le,ads to the belief be-lief that he is in a dangerous condition. condi-tion. V |