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Dunstan Times, Issue 3132, 28 August 1922, Page 8

hour Ihomiighlired. r;iee stallions and ( iv'o marcs have been shipped from England hy the Prince of Wades do his rancii near Hijjrli River, Alberta, which lie purchased when he visited Canada in 15)11). One of the stallions was purchased in England recently hy the Prince lor C 10,000. The other animale are said to represent some of the h<et racing lines, in the' British, Ts-lCs. I he consignment of horses arrived in charge of a special staff sent, over from one ol the Prince's English farms. The animals will he used for breeding purposes. Sergeant Jan Krasinski. a Pole, who claims that he fought at the battle of Borodino 110 years ago. and that ho is Hie sole survivor of Napoleon's armies, and one of (lie oldest men in the world, has just returned to Poland. He savs that he was twenty-two at the time i Borodino was fought. in Napoleon's Moscow campaign, which makes him 102 now. He is still fiMI of life and vigor, and locks like a sturdy octogenarian. He was captured hy tlx l Russians at Borodino. has served the greater part ol the past century in the Russian army, and fought iii many wars. He now proposes settling down iiuielly for the rest of his life in the district ol Posen, where land is provided hy the Polish (tovernment for war veterans, dan's “’young” wife, as he cnlls here, died lasi year in Rnssiji. She had only reached the age of ninety-eight. I he lt;ilia.n engineer ol (lenoa, who recently invented ; t wonderful telescope, (apatite of spying through solid nuilfer. is stated to have perlecled his instrument. Con tide-ill hopes are maintained' that it will shortly he possible' to plm-e (his remarkable invention on the- market. Siiu-e Asniodens carried Cicalas through the air. and showed him the inside ot houses, (here has been nothing, like tins telescope in tact or lie!ion. Its appejiraneo in modern life seems likely to provide fruitful matter for a free light, Wluil would you do if yon knew I hal .Mr dunes next door possessed one ?

Mr Junes iicnl door possessed oik 1 ? Pile chief use would seem lo he With Scotland Yard men. who could creel such :i telescope and sp\ on evil doers who imagined Iheinselve* sale vvillim lour walls. Such an invention seems

to destroy once and lor all the socreey of a locked' door. Till now walls have been frequently suspected' of oars; (he clever engineer of Genoa has, apparently, given iliejn eyes.