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Exeter Advocate, 1906-2-22, Page 760 ffl lad sr 33 10 tv- la- A 'sh la, ,nd etc e.n, •at. 'Ada mere te. ns. 1n Ens ad. ve lea nie nn - u. r. IMMO Tacna; , select. ids in a.T.r. .tough.. It acre. Unlade. I nicest United nt, and WOOD RIG. morn. he best ST'S buy worth usiness. 3rritor;. first SL, IE BRITISH ELECTIONS SOME HUMOROUS INCIDENTS IN THE GREAT BATTLE. r,Quips and Jests Which 'Varied the Personal and Political Amenities at the Polls.. The Old Country papers to Band by the slatest- mails contain many humorous •incidents, which served to modify the eitpolitical heat with which the great battle Was fought. Herewith are a few +I hem: While Mr. Walter Long was referring, in' a speech at Bristol, to German bread, a member of the audience produced n piece and tossed it to- the platform. where the ox -Chief Secretary for Irelarrl effected a neat catch. • •- "If I had a gun I would shoot you; you are a traitor to Ireland; and a dia- gram to the Icing's uniform," howled an enraged Irishman at a meeting at \v'oot- wish, addresser) by Maier Adams, the Unionist candidate, who is an Irishman. At one of Mr. Lloyd -George's meet- ings in Carnarvon Boroughs, according to the Liverpool Post, a lieckier, with the view of dlspnraging the origin of the President of the Board of Trade, asked him it he remembered that his grand - e,= father drove a clonkey and cart. "You will have to forgive tae, ladies and gentlemen," was the witty reply; "tire cart has guile escaped my memory. 1 see the donkey is still alive." r,. A population greater than that of many. Irish 'towns dwells within the walls of the South Dublin Workhouse. At a meeting of the guardians a mem- ber, calling attention to the fact, sug- gested that the number of the inmates was now large enough to entitle theta to send u representative to the Clouse of Commons. It has been claimed that Sir Charles Dilke's election address was the shortest issued within recent years. This, how- ever, is not the case. It will be remem- bered that Sir Elliott Lees, while in South Africa in 1900, went to the electors on those words—"My address, Pretoria." At a Tariff Reform meeting in East Anglia the candidate was asked by a --e burly smith's striker "I swing a sledge- . 'hammer six clays a week for 17s. Do you call that a fair wage?" "No," an- swered the ctindidate. ,seWill your policy give you a better wage?" "Yes,' was the reply. "Then you'll have to get rid )4,of man as pays me!" that devil in the chair, 'cos he's the , Mr. Herbert Whitely, Liberal .candi= i -dale for Ashton-under-Lyne, was ad- dressing ,a meeting of miners at a pit's. mouth, when one of the men exclaimed, "It's all very fine for you to speak at the pit's mouth, but you dare not go below!" Mr. Whitely at once accepted the chal- lenge; and in a few minutes was in the • workings. Lord Edmund Talbot, Unionist candi- date for Chichester, who was "confined "ito bed by illness, spoke his political cen- victions into a gramophone. Lady Ed - tune then made a motor -car tour of the ns1jtuency and carried the precious record to lite various meetings. One as tanc r tut'""tint �c e c d'date as`ad' r r rather mixed compliment; He was pay- ing a second visit to the house of a doubtful voter. He scarcely expected to win him over, and consequently he was very pleased, though somewhat sur- prised, on hearing from the elector that he would support him. "Glad- to hear at," said the candidate. "I thought yon :were against me." "Shure, 1 was at first," said the free and independent 'voter. "Whin the other day ye called heroand stood by that pig -stye and talked for half an hour, ye didn't budge me an inch; but after ye had gone away, sir, I got to thinking how ye'd reached your hand over the rail and scratched the pig's back till he lay down wid pleasure of it. I made up my mind thin that whin a man was so sociable as that wid a poor fellowcrathur I wasn't the hhoy to vole agin him." Two canvassers in Liverpool have had an amazing, if somewhat grim, exper- ience. Calling at a house on their route. they inquired if they could see Mr. Brown, the good mistress of the house- hold answering, "Yes; comein." On entering the house she struck a light, re- marking, "Follow me, please," and started to mount the stairs. At the bed- room door she stopped and said, "There he is," Imagine the amazement and dis- appointment of the canvassers when they found that the man they had come to canvass was .dead. The canvassers had been mistaken for the undertaker aria his assistant. Mr.. Foote, the candidate for North' Bristol, neatly countered a lieckier who exclaimed, "You haven't a leg to stand on!" with the answer, "Anyway, I've got a Foote!" A Liverpool canvasser had the curious experience of discovering two house- holders, residing side by side, of the names of Whiting and Haddook. But his mirth was scarcely concealed when he' was informed, in reply to his request for, a short inter. view, that "Mr. 1-Iad- dook was at sea." NO Wall, 103. st, snaking d stronger rd, Ont. girl that ves the r cells ars len'e Lung e tiny air would-be h in this y bite?" latic but to f , tail. to cute ask all you a Cure or Dien would any disease 'images. by -. 313 guarantee it. NO, , 7-06 A question was submitted to Mr. Helene at 'Lancaster which had been sent to the meeting by express post -the postage being prepaid—and narked "Urgent!" There was no name, and it was sug gestbd that Mr. Bottomley, the Unionist eleeeion agent,was the author. The question was: "Is Mr. Helnne in favor of ,;,Pancake Tuesday beingheld on Eager Monday—that being Bank Hoit- d tfy.n so that the unemployed may have the.'opporLihiity of .celebrating.the his- ' elm ?" The vast audience shrieked with surprise, and the laughter was tumultuous. Mrs. Ilolme spoke to her husband, evidently suggesting the answer, "No," replied Mr. Heinle; "be- cause 'I am afraid it will interfere with too atony washing days." M .Sunderland an enthusiastic Free Tradet' announced that "Mr. Chamber- lain's red herring is coming' home to roost." A ,mast unusual incident is repelled keen Cambridge. During the University polling Mr. F. 1C. Piele recorded his vote Where; his father, the master of Christ's ,allele, was presiding. officer. Next day lie father, voted in the borough election, vhere Mr. Mete, Jr., was presiding tflicer. seem nnnsual , methods Were cm- dtryY;C iu Sunderland. 'lite "Glory icing" of the Alexander -Torrey mission ,as ueed to howl down Mr. Haggle Y�rtiMonist). M ono' of Professor Stuart's meetings,, some person turned th gas off at the meter, and a panic was narrowly averted. A flowery orator, contesting a county in which his family possessed hereditary acres, implored support on the ground, that he had been "personally connected with the distriet for more, than six con- turies," "Enthusiasm is getting very hot when soine people are actually on fire," said the chairman of an enthusiastic meet- ing in support of the kion, Ivor Guest at Cardiff, when it was discovered that sniolce was issuing from the coat-tail af,; the candidate on. the platform. Are you in favor of the Deceased Wife's Sister I3111?" Sir Theodore Angier waa asked at Gateshead. Sir :Theodore waved his hand towards his wife and lila sister • whowere on theplatform, and a beatific smile flitted across his feee as' he replied, "Certainly," The Conservative candidate at Gates- head claimed •that Shakespeare was a Tariff Reformer, because he wrote, "You take my life tlf you take the means by- which y which .1 live. 'At ono ,of Mr. Henry Norman's meet- ings in South Wolverhampton he was accompanied by his son, not yet nine years of age. In a cleat': voice the boy told an audience of a. :thousand people that he did not know how • to make .t speech, ."hut I think that as my father has been such a good father to me, he would nnalce a very good member of Parliament for you." When Sir A. Conan. Doyle was ad- dres:,ing a meeting in Galashiels he was interrupted in the middle of his argu- ment by a man who rose'4n the, body of the. hall, flourishing a pan loaf on the end of a walking -stick, and cried, amidst laughter and cheers, "Answer this," At a meeting in the Dorset division a speaker said "1 ata pleased to see before me some men who have laid down their lives for their country." Canvassing an artisan district of Sunderland, a lady, after chattering pleasantly with a housewife, turned her attention to the three little ones. "What sweet little • darlings," she .exclaimed, kissing each in turn, and then glancing toward a .man seated by the kitchen fire, she added, "And how like their father!" But unfortunately for her, he was the lodger. She left without the promise of a vote. At a Tory meeting in the Spalding division, the chairman, in relating his canvassing experiences; said he called at a house, and saw the voter's -wile. He inquired as to the politics of her husband. "Well," she replied, "when he goes to 'a Liberal meeting he is a Liberal, and when he goes to a Tory meeting he is a Tory" "But," queried the canvasser, "what is he when he s at home?" And the lady gave the un- expected reply, "When he is at home he is a'nuisance." At a Tory meeting at Whitchurch, a speaker, annoyed at a chorus of re joinders shouted from the audience, ex- claimed, "One fool at a timet" "Go on, boss!" was the response from one of the opponents,_ "I doubt Very much whether any mai.. in England ought to have two places to live in at the sl `a, time," declared the Duke of Nort .i'nberland to an Isle- worth audience. Rats were let loosein a hall at Peter- borough er- borough where 'a 'Liberal meeting Was being held. Some tainting people were carne out, several disturbers were lifted bodily over the heads of the audience and expelled them from the hall. Mr. Samuel Chapman, Unionist candi- date for Perth, endured some lively heckling. At, one meeting an old man came forward and, deliberately laying down his coat and stick, handed up several questions. Mr. Chapman replied to the first, but the old Scotsman, ges- ticulating wildly, exclaimed, "I canna hear, I'm deaf." The heckler, pulling an ear trumpet from his pocket, applied `t to his ear, and the candidate shouted nis replies into, the instrument.' AS IT SOUNDED!" Stanley (aged four years): "Mamma, please sing that lovely song called 'The Hash is Cold.'" - Mamma: "I don't know any song about hash 'Stanley." Mamma, a little later, sings from "My Dearest Heart": "The grave is cruel, the grove is cold." Stanley (excitedly): "That's it, mam- ma --that's itt But • I made a mistake It wasn't the hash; it was the- gravy." CHARGED AGAINST SOMEBODY. - Blobbs--What a man says in an after- dinner speech is seldom charged against him. Slobbs—No; but the wine that in;pares it is. 4 HE KICKED STRAIGHT OUT: Tom—Myr. but the old Gotrox was mad when I told him I was going to marry hi., daughter. Dick—leicked like a mule, err? Tom—No, I wish he had. A mule only kicks backward, I believe. STILL IN 'DOUBT. Reporter—Uncle, to what do you at- tribute your long life? Oldest Inhabitant—I don't know yit, young feller. They's several of these patent medicine companies that's •cdick- erin' with me. CORRECT. "Not • till your • party isin power," shouted the rabid, Socialist, "will will this 13e - come truly a free country." "That's "right," cried a voice in the crowd; "it would become truly a freak country then.. + _ At a duel the parties discharged-- their pistols without effeet, whereupon one of the seconds interfered, and proposed that the combatants should shake hands. To This the other second objected as un- necessary. "For," said he, "their hands have been shaking this half hour." "I made these biscuits myself, David," said Mrs, Copperfleld, with honest pride, "They look very nice, Dora," .replied David,, picking one . of them• up and making an effort to split it. "And they are still hot. How long ago did you- aht—cast them?" Capt. Eimer Mikkelsen is organizing an Arctic expedition to discover a new continent, which he declares Iles between een the Parry Islands and Wrangel Island. Since Germany will not recede from her assumption that she has a positiort ,of perfect equality with France in Mor- occo a rupture in the conference appears ixteettablo. INGOG. IN LONDON TOWN ROYAL FOLK DI:LIGIIT TO STROLL ABOUT IIKR STREETS. London `Entertains Mere of Them. Than • Any Other City in Europe. London is not only the biggest thing of its kind on 'earth, but it is the town that the royal folie of continental Europe love to visit in a wholly unofficial capa- city. To these 'royal refugees or truants Leaden is perfectly charming, because of its size, its mixed populationand that excellent habit its natives have of at- tending to their busu ess and letting eccentric persons follow their own sweet will in many things, The. Pope himself could stroll along Regent street without ever having a head turned. The result is that in winter the streets of this orawded but orderly city may hold many pesonages who wear crowns and, coro- nets. and high titles when they are at home, • In winter they flock to London because then the British royal family and most of the fashionable folk are away from town, but the streets are full. of life, the Shops full of desirable things for pur-- chase and ,the theatres full of excellent plays. Sometimes Scotland Yard is` informed and keeps an eye on the royal visitor who is in disguise, but it only keeps an eye out, it does not tell the newspapers of its knowledge. For instance when Emperor William is going to drop over to 'London for a few days incognito leis„ whereabouts are revealed to Scotland Yard, which, howeeer, takes precautions. that in no wise interfere with the abso- lute freedom of A CERTAIN HERR BLANK, who poses, at a small hotel, as a Ger- man councillor sojourning in the Bri- tish capital nn accqunt of Itis. legal in- terests. Of late years he has coftie nearly every winter for a couple of days at least to London. On one occasion he went all through the offices and plant of the London rimes without being recognized. 1•Ie brought a card of intro- duction from a newspaper editor cif great influence in Berlin and in the capa- city of a master mechanic he was shown by a courteous member of the pressroom staff all over the premises of the Thun- derer. The police of London can boast that their town entertains unknowingly mare royal folk than any other in Europe and without an accident befalling any of them. Once, upon a time a Germany Princess _did sprain her ankle as she name down from the top of a 'bus, but that is the most serious casualty that ever betel a personage visiting the town unofficially. There is really some surprise to be felt over this because one and all the holi- day making princes ride on the tops cf omnibuses and find those two -horse arks the most delightful chariots in the world. There is a well-known Grand Docness of North German origin who declares 'that the.top of a. London omni- bus is the proudest and most comfort- able position she ever occupied in all her exalted life. Several great ladies of cher class have rented srimall flats in London where they can live when they visit the capital in- cognito, and THE QUEEN OF ROUMANIA has even tested the London boarding house. She explains the fancy of her class for making these experiments by saying that many a crowned head con- fesses to the possession of a very bohe- mian heart and.:that London is the only spot. on earth where a royal personage can feel at once free and safe. The Ductless d'Aosta, before her marriage the Pnipcess Helene of Orleans, grew up in England and speaks English like a nn- tive, and she comes every year to Lon- don as plain Mrs. John Brown, to put up 'at a nice little exclusive little hotttt and shop. She and one companion, an English woman, stroll about the streets, looking in Windows and picking up bar- gains in a way. that would not be tol- erated in a princess in Italy. Thecold, foggy air of an English win- ter braces her up for the more relaxing climate of Italy, and her sister, the Queen of Portugal, strays into London for almost the same purpose. It was an American womarr who saw them together one day on toff of an om nibus that jogged along the Bayswater road. One was dressed plainly in brown, the other in blue and their cheeks wore like roses, but the American woman had seen them bolt at great public functions and `sat agape with surprise. - '"ALARMED HIM. "Will you,” he asked, in trembling, hopehrl tones, "be mine?" "Hardly," she responded, in a rich, bass voice. "You have given me hope that you would," he pleaded. "How?" "By almost promising that you would not reject me. "That is another thing," she said, in a softer 'tone. •- It gave him great hope. "Ah, then you will be my wife?" he exclaimed with a brighter light in his face. "Hardly that, 1 think," she toldhim, with the chill again in her voice. This made him almost desperate. "Why "What you treat me so?". he im- plored. What would you have me do?" She drew herself up proudly, almost defiantly. "Do?" she exclaimed. "Do? Ask me if you may be my husband." '<-And he loved her so that he obeyed her, and he obeyed her ever and ever after. POPULATION OF KOREA. EA.. Korea ltas a population of 60,000,000. Seoul, the capital, has 22,000, and 's constantly increasing.. Already 50,000 Japanese live in the kingdom. No less than $8,000,000 this been:: spent on rail- ways. 'The foreign • trade was worth $26,616,487 last year. o f LOOKING NO O FOR . IT, "See here, when are you going to :a Inc that money you owe 1110?" pay "Mydent' f'llnw, how ' ` ' r.r t,ari. 1 toll! Ito net borrowing trouble. • WHEN ALL ARE FEARLESS INSTANCES OF THE LAST h1OMEN7'S 01+ FAMOUS MEN:' What They Said While on Their Death- bed -- Do Men Think 01 the Beyond. . As Sir Walter Scott lay dying, he sum- moved his great friend to his side by a motion of his hand, and whispered; "Lockhart, I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good tnah —be ` virtuous; be religious—be a good Man. Nothing else .will give you any comfort when you come' to lie here." Nelson, in the midst of his grateftrl- ness for- having died victoriously for England, thought for a flashing moment of his earthly record in its relation to tile• life after death. "Doctor," he said to the surgeon, "I have not been a great sinner." On the other hand, .there are innum- erable instances in the records of bio- graphy pointing to the fact that men die without a thought of the world, beyond. Charles II. died thinking of "Poor Nell." Sir .Richard Grenville died with his mouths full of oaths, cursing the "trai- tors and dogs" who had surrendered .as little Revenge to the Spaniards. History Ls full -of such instances. "Indeed, it is a memorable subject for consideration," says Stevenson, "with what unconcern and gaiety mankind pricks on.along the valley of the ehadow c' death. The whole way is one wilder- ness of snares, and the end of it, air those who fear the last pinch, is irrevo- cable ruin, And yet we go .spinning through it all, like a party for the. Derby.' A doctor tells, that,, in a very long hospital experience, he has never lcnown of A SENSATIONAL DEATIIBED, The approach of death is, as a rule, doubted, and up to the last moment of consciousness the passing soul retains it. conviction in the endurance of earth- ly things. Soldiers toll the same story. To die jesting seems the last act of courage possible to a fighting man, and he makes the most of it. Endless are the stories of soldiers dying in action with a shout of humor on their lips. Even more wonderful is the cold- bloodedness of men going to the scaf- fold. To fee the edge of the axe was something of a jest fn old days; and there is the story of the felon, going to Tyburn, who blew the froth from his last mug of beer because it always gave him indigestion! .. And yet, when we think of death for a moment, we must surely be staggered re its tinned. • In the flrst place it is such an appalling lonely thing. It is the one fact in a man's life wherein Le i; absolutely individual. The thronging company of life .drifts suddenly away from him. He is alone with the univer- sal. He may have unwavering faith in the world to be, or he may have abso- lute faith that death ends everything; in each case it is the same—the dread- ful loneliness with which the pinch" must be endured smites the battling soul with its icy blasts. And yet it is only in brief moments that the true horror of death sweeps over the soul. We, do not think about it. We put it away from us. Human- ity has made up its mind . not to be frightened. Death, indeed, is even PREFERRED BEFORE LIFE. A hopeless infatuation for a painted doll will drive Fortunatus to. suicide. Money troubles will fling a man under a passing express, and dyspepsia bas loaded many a revolver. Life may be unendurable, but death is. not to be fear- ed. Into the unthinkable mysteries of the universe a soul casts itself in o petulance, and the waters of death close over it without 'a sound. What has become of that soul? Where is that consciousness gone—that person- ality, that individual force which differ- ed the man from every other man who ever lived? But the mob who watch the poor drenched and bloated and horrible body. wheeled -away to' the mortuary turn eway without any realization of death. They go to their taverns and their mer- chandise, take .up the ol.d greasy and hell -worn threads of their existence, and getting of food monopolizes all their thoughts. Fear death? They fear nothing in the world. They are not even afraid of themselves. THE DUTY• OF OFFICERS WIIAT TIJFI ,!BRITISH GOVEl1N141ENT EXPECTS TIIot 10 DO. They Must Act ae Cooks, .Tailors, Butchers, Grocers, Beer Experts, and Executioners. By a recent Army Order a certain number of officers were to be sent from every battalion and unit, in the army to take lessons in the Army School r: f Cookery, Aldershot. Of course, the ob- ject of this training is not :to teach offi- cers cook forthemselves, althou it ce s Co .! , consideringthe many curious and un - warlike dties the 'moder'n Array officer has to perform, the vision of a subaltern In the uniform of a French chef anxe busty preparing some tempting dish on the excellence of which he hopes to ex- tract len days' leave from his colonel, ie not beyond the, bounds of possibility. The real object of the new order, how- ever, is to give oi1{cers such a know- ledge of the "culinary art" as will en- able them in the future mare Intelligent- ly to supervise the all-important mal - ter of the good, vet economical, feed - LEADING NARKETS • I3READS'r UFFS. Toronto, Feb. 20..-Witettt---Ontario No. 2 white 700 to 79*, red 783ao 10 790. Mixed 78c to 78 ,c, goose and spring 74e to 75c, at outside points. Wheat--Manitoba--No. 1 hard 89c, No. 1 northern 86%0, ` NO. 2 aorthorn 84s, No. 3 northern 823 c, at lake ports; all - rail quotations 3%c more than these '1 Flour—Ontario--Exporters bid $3.15, M bu .ens' bags, at outside points; high at s , ata t$3.17'5o;ron90toper bagscent. inpatentstuedeti, quoted en $3.60; Manitoba flrst patents, .44;30 to $4.50; second patents, $4.10, bakers', $4. Miflfeed - Bran,. in bags, outside, $16.50; shoats, 316.50 to $17.50. Oats 35c to 360, , outside. Barley—No. 2 49 ee, No. 3 extra. 48e to 46eec, No. 3 43e to 43eee, Peas -79c, outside. Rye 70c, outside. Corn .- Canadian, 43c, Chatham freights; American, No. 3 yellow, 49c 10 49eec; mixed, 68%c to 49e, at Toronto. Buckwheat -51%c to 52c, outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter :The :market for ,choie stock M of their risen whose diet by the continues fairly aetice and steady. way, has been greatly improved of late. Twenty years ago .lommys,„ break- fast and tea consisted of tea of cone (such teal such coffee!) and bread, whilst. his dinner, five days out of the seven, was a heavy chunk of roast of boiled Led. A BREAD -AND -MEAT COURSE. But now fish,: butter, bacon, and to- matoes figure in his breakfast menus, whilst dinner is diversified by the in- troduction of soups, curries stews, and all kinds of puddings, and' this without costing him a penny more than it did formerly, which shows what a wastage there was in the bad old days. The modern officer has to perforin many duties which sit oddly on a fight- ing man, To begin with, he must have a fair knowledge of the tailoring trade. tic has to sit on boards, and report ,^n the quality of the clothing supplied. ty the Government to his men. He has to declare when articles arts outworn, and, most imaortant of all, he is immediately responsible for the fit of his men's clothes. Then every year each regiment sends a certain number of officers through a "bread -and -meat cour'se." That is, they are taught. and very carefully 'taught, how to judge the quality of the rations supplied to the troops. And not only are they taught this, but the actuni ex- ercise of the butcher's art—how a car- case. may he most economically cut up, which are the prime cuts, which are not. TIIE OFFICE11 AS A GROCER. Of all the incroguous and distasteful duties an officer has to perform,' how- ever, perhaps first place should be given tothe keeping of a grocer's shop. which, to ell .intents and purposes, is what the canteen president and his com- mittee do, save where the "tenant" sys- 1 tem is in vogue. Under this system yslem the tenant pays a ' certain sum for the privilege of "run- ning" the canteen, and the committee's duties are .limited to seeing that he fit- ; fills the conditions of his contract. But, JOKE COST A LIFLZ. Trick on Swiss Professor Recoils on a Student. A student of the university died at Geneva as the result of his own prac- tical joke or grudge. The young man tried to take revenge upon Professor Chodat in a remark- able manner. On Thursday a procession of tradesmen's carts began to arrive at Lhe university, bringing all kinds cf goods for which orders had been re- ceived. The goods were all - addressed to the professor, and included a motor car, 1,- 000 visiting cards, dozens of boxes cf , cigars and cigarettes (tete professor does not smoke), a valuable painting, :two chests of Madeira, several gold watches, twelve umbrellas, ten legs of mutton; six hams and a case of corsets. A lunch for 500 persons had also been ordered - in honor of the baptism of Pro- fessor Chodat's baby. The professor's youngest child was nine years Old -- All All day long the professor was busy explaining to irate tradesmen that ht' had not ordered -the -goods. He placed` Me matter in the hands of the police, who arrested one of the students. The culprit had a weak heart, and was so much overcome by what had been done that he .had several attacks, to one Of which he Succumbed. The student was extremely populer with his compades, who showed their sympathy by placing dozens of wreaths on his,,.bier, • INHERITED. ' Pa," said Willie,: looking up from )lis book, "what is a linear foot?" "Why-er—a linear foot," stammered his father, "why--fir-'-it's ,eno that's hereditary, of course. Didn't yeti never hear tell of a linear descendant?" otherwise, the canteen president becomes o retail grocer. 1 -Ie must carefully watch the fluctuations of the markets so cs to buy in, the cheapest. He must show a certain profit. oi' he will be asked to "draw a map, and explain his reasons." He must take stock once a month, Ile has to keep a complicated set of act cou-ls. and he is fareevery way directly responsible for the commercial success ar the canteen. Then, in regard to the "wet" as op- posed to the "dry" canteen, the presi- dent has to have an expert knowledge. of "beer, glorious beer," as somebody used to sing. When the contract for the suppliy of beer for the year is about to be given out, tenders are invited from the brewers, and the canteen commit- tee, assisted by a willing subordinate hoard of non-commissioned officers as- semble. to taste and test samples sub- mitted. 1t is a funny and never -to -he -forgot- ten sight to see a "livery" old mnior, with a fastidious taste in wine, disgust- edly swallowing glass after glass rf "swines"; but the whole business is no laughing matter, for on a proper selec- tion large sums of money may depend, and woe betide the board which makes a bad device. THE WORST DUTY OF ALL... Turning to some' minor duties, every day an officer has to visit the infant- school nfantschool and see that the tiny scholars are "all present and correct." Once a week an officer of each company visits the married quarters of his unit and assures himself that they are clean. It requires a very bold man to 'tell Mrs. Tommy to her -face that they are not. Then officers have to play the doctor ti the extent o.f silting on hospital courts of inquiry, and reporting how patients received their injuries, and they oaten have to sit on examination boards. Fin- ally, to come to the most, awful dull, that an officer maybe called upon to Perform, he may be regeircd to act its hangman. In time of war, officers known as pro- vost -marshals are appointed to preserve order and clikcipline among the. troops. These pfficers have very wide powers, being ruble to arrest anyone. no matter how superior in rank he may be to them, and they are responsible for the carrying nut of all punishments inflict- ed. Should an offender 1'e sentenced :o be shot or hanged. it would be the pro- vost -marshal's duty to make all . range- ments for the execution, and, if neces- sary, actually to execute the man him- self.--Pearsores Weekly. VOTING BY COMPULSION. Compulsion in the discharge of oleo- torn duties has hitherto been nothing more than a theory regarded as Utopian, 'Switzerland. however, in lis chosen role as the school of social and political ex- peritnent, has.eleetcd :to translate 11 in- to practice. A bill just introduced into the Federal Legislature make;: it -penal for any registered Outer to fain to re- cord his vote. either at n cttntonaior e ;erleral election, except under ciretmt- Sl&.ttCeS Wit{alt cart be shown to he 'be- yond- itis contra), • Creamery ..,., ......, .. 24c to 25o do solids 23c to 24e Dairy le rolls, good to choice21c to 22c do large rolls... 1.8c to 19e do medium 18c to 10e do tubs ,. ,....... 20c to 21c do inferior 17e to 18c Cheese—Unchanged at 13%a for large and1.3%e for twins, Eggs—Are quoted lower at 21c to 220. Storage are easier, in sympathy at 15e to 16c. Poultry—Fat chickens, 10c to 1.1c, titin 7c to Sc; fat hens 7eec, to Seas; thin 6c to 7c; ducks 12c to 13c, thin Gc to 8c; geese 100 to 11c; turkeys 14c to 15c, for choice small lots. . Baled Hay—No. 1 is worth $8 per ton in cur lots on track here, and No. 2 is weak at see Baled Straw—$6 per ton for car lots on track here. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Feb. 14.--Grain—The de- mand by cable for Manitoba spring wheat was very limited and trade was quiet. Oats—No. 2, 41c; No. 3, 40c; No. 4, 39c. Peas -79e f.o.b. per bushel. Barley—Manitoba No. 3, 48%o; No. -d, 47c to 47%c. Corn—American mixed, 52%o; No. 3 yellow, 53c ex -track. Flour—Manitoba spring wheat patents, $4.60 to $4.70; strong bakers', $4.20; win- ter wheat patents, $4.25 to $4.50; straight rollers, $4 to 34.10; do in bags, $1.85 to $1.95; extras, $1.65 to $1.75. `citilfeed—Manitoba bran in bags, $19; shorts, $19 to $20 per ton; Ontario bran in built, $1.4.50 to 315; shorts, $?0; milled mouille, 221 to $!'4; straight grain mounle, $25 to $27 per ton.' Rolled Oals—Per bag, $1.90 to $1.95; cornmeal, $1.30 to $1.40. per bag. Hay—No. 1, $8 to 38.50; No. 2, $7 to $7.50;_ clover, mixed, $6 to $6.50, and pure -clover, $5.0- to $6 per -ton in car lots. Provisions—Heavy Canadian still,'cur pork, $21; light short cut 320; American short cut, $20; American cut clear fat back, $19 to 320; compound lard, 6%c to 7%c; Canadian pure lard, 113ec to 12c• kettle rendered, 123ac to 13c• hams, 12c to 1330, according to size; bacon, 14%c; fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10; country dressed, $8.75 to $9.50; alive, $7.25, selects and mixed lots. Eggs -New laid, 23c to, 24c; selects, 20c to 21c; No. 2 candled, 15c Id' 17o per dozen. Butler—Choicest creamery, 22%c; un- dergrades, 21%c; dairy, 190 to 20c. • Cheese—Ontario, 13c to -13%c; Quebec, 12%c. Ashes—First pots, $5.25; seconds, 34.70; thirds, $3.75; first pearls, $7. BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, Feb, 20.-Flour—Firm. Wheat —Spring unsettled; No. 1 Northern, 90%e, carloads; Winter, nothing done. Corn—Barely steady; No. 2 yellow, 46%.c; 2 No. corn, 45eec. Oats --Steady; No.:,, white,' 34%c; No. 2 mixed, 33c. Barley-. Western ' in store quoted at 45 to 52e. Rye—Dull; No. 2 in store, 71,3e to 72c asked. ' NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. New York, Feb. 20.—Wheat—Spot steady; No. 2 red, 88%c elevator; No. 2 red, 92%c f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 Northern, Duluth, 04%o f.o.b. afloat • CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, Feb. 20. — Business opened steady at the Western Market to -day. Buyers stated that the bulk of the ex- porters' brought forward•were little bet- ter than short -keeps. Dealars did not care to pay more than $4.75 for ex- porters', save in casese where the ani- mals were of superior quality, The nominal range to -day was $4.40 to $4.- 90 per cwt. Quite a number of mixed loads of ex- porters' and butchers' were received. The stiles of these were readily made. One lot brought 44.10 per cwt. For 8traight butchers' heifers, stall. fed and equal in quality to exporters', fancy prices were paid. But thesecat. Ale easily rank above any others in the butchers' tike. Some small select leis sold. at $4.50 to $1.75 per cwt. Orme butchers', in loads, said at $4 to *1.115..' Cows were in demand to -day, and their ealues were firm. Good ones barcugiit $3.50 to $1.00; common $2.50 to $al, and canners. $1.50 to $e per cwt. ' The run of short -keep feeders • woe' larger than usual to -day. Buying in them was active and vn.luw; ,mare steady,, the top figures reachiog ni,11 per cwt. Lines are now rtuoted at $6:r5 pet cwt: for Meets. anti $050 for lighla nn,,• fa Is, The deliveries were 'small, ndd the pacicineheuses are ;keenly compet- ing for supplies. The elections to the National Assem- bly in Russian are fixed for April 7. The opening session will take place on April 28. German newspapers have adopted a somewhat altered tone respcct;sltl the Moroccan eonfercnce. Germany a desire to avoid a rupture with trance saenmS imdenfabte.