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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-7-12, Page 3eee,e.'e IN AN IMPERIAL KITCHEN regoloufntm IfleigehttlytiereSseprevoillelairtNens1". CHARM AND WITCHCRAFT Although no wage is paid them, the pres- tige derived is so great as to be eagerly sought, as it insures profitable employ - FEEDING ment almost anywhere, especitally in the big restauraals and hotels oi the cities, The lives of employers in the royal kitchen are exdbedingly pleasant, Bull THE 11,44111CATE TASK OF AN EMPEROR. •genets Soseph is Frequently Compelled to Entertain Two Thou- sand Guests, Frain: the days of Marie Theresa, whose splendid entertainments amazed tbe coulee of Europe, the imperial kitch- ens of Vienna have been regarded as heading first place among their kind. The capacity of this culinary plant, -or several plants, as there is one con- nected watt reach imperial pelace-may tie judged from tee facl that one kitchen, eneently abaadoned and converted Into •a- riding school, contained copper ware -alone teat weighed nearly a, ton. Until recently at state dinners and court balls a large detachment. of sol- diers would carry the courses of the meal, in specially mule vessels, from the kitehen to the door of the dining ball. Such service is no longer necessary, •ns• the new kitchens are located im- mediately beneath • the state dining rooms. A system Of electric elevators transefers food and plate more speedily end with greater satisfaction than would be possible by hand. Most interesting, perhaps, of the new culinary arrangements is the mundhuche or tasting kitcnen, as it alight be called; -which is directly beneath the Emperor's private dining room. Here the meals of the private family --in fact, of all gatherings of fewer than thirty persons -are prepared. The cooks in this division are supposed to be especially acquainted with the im- perial tastes. • A FOOD 'CENSOR. Before each meal is served, a high of- ficial of the household enters the kitchen end carefully tastes every dish. This is intended, not only to guard against at- tempts of poisoning, but to insure pala- table preparation of the food. ' It is well known •that the aged Emperor pays little attention to table joys. His tastes are simple. A. strong soup, a juicy bit of beef, with a few ordinary vegetables and a glass of beer consti- tute his usuardinner. It is not uncom- mon for him to scarcely touch anything metering the table clearedalmost as soon as the meal is served. To this private kitchen is attached the pastry department and the department in which Ice cream and sherbets are made. When the Emperor's daughter- in-law, widow of the late Crown Prince, and her daughter, the Princess Eliza- beth, made their homes at Lite palace, -dainties from those departments were in demand eareey day, but of late the pastry and confection makers have not been kept busy, except •upon especial occasions. The other important apartments are Ilia ordinary palace kitchen, where the meals are prepared' for the general household outside the imperial family, and the great plant needed lo provide refreshments upon festival occasions, git at bangaiets and balls, so frequent at he Austrian court. At a court dinner from 200 to 400 guests may be present; at the palace e ails supper Is often served to 2,000. So well ordered is the service, however, that a meal of almost any size can be served at comparatively short notice. In the roast room of the great festi- val kitchen the ancient pit is still em- ployed. There are six systems of ovens. I'our ovens occupy part of the pastry room, in one section of which eight ex- perts do nothing but make cake. FIere, too, is what is termed the olio Idtchen, the practical function of which is to prepare THE REFRESHING CONSOMME served in the morning hours of formal balls. • Being made from beef, veal, mutton, hares, chicken,- quail and vegetables, and requiring al least eight hours for its preparation, the extent of the kitchen outfit, devoted to this soup alone is ap- Parent. When the late Empress had personal charge of domestic affairs the candy kitchen was an important adjunct to the culinary industry at the palece; but of late not so much attention has been eaid to IL, although the confections and eel pieces numufactured there -are still atonders of art in their way. . These imthense kitchens with their corps of chefs, cooks and helps -es entail only a part of the cares Mat rest upon the shoulders ,of the mater of the house- hold -usually an afield of rank who is related to the imperial family. There are great storerooms, vaults. for wines. linen lockers and strong rooms for the valuable china, silver and gold ware. all of which must be carefully looked after. One large room is set apart for the storage of the imperial silver, which is enfinite in variety and incalculable in value. Allot her apa ri meat holds big collection of rare old- Vienna porce- lain and the imperialservice of solid gold, This 'gold service is among the most beautiful end elaborate ever designed... It is used only when foreign visitors of lewd or princely rank are the guests of the F,mperor. Originally it was intended to meet the needs of only eighty diners. but a few yenes ago a bemirecl additional gold plates were added. As each plate weighs semethieee over two pounds, the Vaitte of the gorgeous service may be imagin- ed.. Not an item of fond from the imperiaT lable is tnken beck to the kitchen or elotteroorns. Whatever is left be - It I ,arq. the properly ' of the servents. Vey often entire diehes are removed un- neteleal; melee of wine ere taken away imenrken in this wee the butlers end .seeiten, not rally fere ne stamptuottsly en meetly, Hit ever Families also Isfeetilliall ON KINGLY FOOD. ' • Ono of the inoet exclusive regal estab- *benefits In Europe is that of the Grand Ike (af rotten, at Carisruhe, Germany. , ..eeete Gland Duchess was a sister of the .,:."01.080t11 Emperor's gvand father, and eelter methocle of managetnetet are follow- ei to n greet extent, at the COurts of nth norlin end Vienna, in tide Ititelien, in addition to the aeon mid emits, there are always Mee re- sec rinprontices. WIMS(' term of service in tom. steers, Vim Ore always plenty gets his bottle of wine and his beer a every Meet, "and is otherwise treated wee great consideration. When the family is staying at cane of its .summer homes in the country, the servants are permitted to fish in the preserves, arid le enjoy many other liberties. Even the unsaleried apprentices fare Pretty well in a financed way, as near- MEOLEVAL , SUPERSTITIONS RURAL ENGLAND. OF Cures lor ae Cough -Quaint. Sone at a Chureb Door -Preventive for Fits. 1:11080 ho do not happen to Lave been born in Devonshire or te have spent part of their live,s M tee fair coun- ty all visitors give liberal tips. • Such lee' will no doubt find it hard to believe what a strong hold the extraordinary. bps are deposited with a trusted official of the household, and at the end Of the superstitions enumerated below stilt year the total sum is divided among Possess over the minds of dWellers in Rio employes. 0110 visitor tothe pe- remote parts of the • Western shire, lace of the Grand Duke of .BWWI gave writes a correspondent of the London $1200 to this fund. THE CHEF'S COUNCIL. Chronicle. Even people born and bred in Devonshire towns fail to realize to what an extent weed forms of ceedullty Each afternoon the chief steward con- stal linger in rural parts of the comely. fees' wile the official in charge of the How strongly some of the steange household, and the menus for the next folk -lore and ettperstillous beliefs still day's meals are made up. Early the survive in some of the rural parts ef next morning the steward gives this Devonshire is illustrated by the follow - to the. chef who is on duty for the day, dictu lee I , e m, which took place recently and he at once makes his requisitions foi. supplies. • Only one hour a dee 18 thastoreroom kept open, so that should the chef nog - at and which is lens de- scribed by the rector, Rev, F. G. Scri- vener, On Sunday the pease church a Sue. lot or forgot to provide himself with dombe, a small village between Hots - everything needed during that time, he worthy and Hartland, was the scene oe must supply the deficiency from his own ". It is the duty of thQ chef to see that all required dishee are properly peeper - a revival of an interesting old faith cure. A woman in the parish has of late been a sufferer from epileptic flts, ca, and that suitable wines are sent in and at the persuasion from a neighbor, with the courses. There is a master in Who nineteen years ago , had done the Rio wine cellar and ten assistants: These same thing, and had not suffered' from men do nothing but buy wine, bottle, Ms since, she went around the parish label, age and serve it on demand. and geft thirty married men to promise to attend the parish church • While the members of a royal family may be few in number, there are always a great many others who take their meals in the palace. In the palace of the Grand Duke of desired the selected men to pass out Baden, for instance, approximately 120 one be one, aud as they passed through persons are fed every day. In addition there are more than forty men em- the church they found the woman ployed about the stables and grounds seated teere, accompanied by the neigh - who live in their own cottages. bor who had done the same thing nine- • This grand Meal establishment is by teen years ago (as many who were pro- wl means as large as that maintained sent remembered). e. Each man as he by the Emperor Francis Joseph. I passed out put a penny in the woman's m arrangements are lap- but when the thirtieth man (the • Similar dining-roo maintained -by tile Emperor of Austriarector's church warden) came he took end the Grand Duke. The tables of both the twenty-nine pennies and put in half - are served by men who have long worni a crown. A silver ring is •to' be made lthe palace livery and have learned dis-I Out of this half crown, which i le woman crel.ion. . 1 is to wear, and it is to be hoped that the Important matters of State may be result will be as satisfactory in her case discussed In their hearing, but nothing as it was on the previous occasion. Nearly every royal palace is under thel "In a small parish (less than 300 popu- ever leaks out. care of a master of the houee, whose' lation) it was not easy to find thirty title varies at different places. He hug' married men, but all were willing to Rio supervision of allethe servantsand help -farmers, laborers and tradesmen - of every detail of household economy.' and the whole incident passed off very If a carriage is to be sent for a quietly, and all was done with the a- eon he attends to it; should the gardens' most reverence and o-norum. The we - need special attention, he gives the peni man takes her seat m the porch when per direction. When there is to be a the preacher begins his sermon, and great entertainment, or state 'function, from the time she leaves her house until. he seesto the decorations end arrange- she returns she must not speak a word. Inmate. He is a men ef imPortanceitl We have not heard. whether she com- the household rind not infrequently • AT THE MORNING SERVICE. "At the close of the service- the rector bearer of a title. PRISONS MAKE CRIMINALS. tee'l plied with this condition.", The Rev. Roger Granville of Pinhoe, formerly rector of Bideford, also tells an interesting story of Devonshire superstitioa. "On one occasion," he There .is a groeving feeling that our says, "a young farmer from the neigh - system of punishing criminals does borhood of Torrington called on me and more than anything else to promote asked me to -tell him what was con - crime. Dr. Forbes Winslow has made tained in a bag which he had worn, eereful study at the question. "In- round his neck since infancy, and which stee'i of prison," he says. "a kind of a white witcti find given his mother as reroematory should be kept for first of -I w a fenders. Often the very Met, of having. preventive against fits. After cutting open several outer cases, ell worn been in gate]. acts as an impulse to, and 'sweat stained, I come upon the commit crime. An ex -prisoner cannot. original inner one, which contained a throw off the recollection of what has taken place." Most medical men agree that no child under the age of fifteen should be committed to an ordinary pri- son. Make a gaol -bird of him, and he becomes callous and revengeful at once. Merely put him under strict discipline ner, Jesus died for thee' (thrice re- al a good training school, however, and. pealed), 'Therefore flee that sin.' At the he retains his self-respect. and probably' man's request these pieces of paper were becotnes a good and useful citizen. Wo-! reinserted in their several bags, end men criminals are a great trial to the: my maid servant sewed them up again, authorities. They do not offend so; and he, replacing the charm round his frequently. but their misdeedare far neck once more, went on his.way re - more diabolical. joicing, being now in a position to tell • a neighbor," whose child had also fits, lain cu In re for them." number of bits of paper, EACH BEARING ONE WORD. "Piecing -them together, I found they formed the following sentences: 'Sin - NOTHING TO LOSE. Mrs. Wilson was particularly fond of reminding her husband that the seater was hers, the furniture was hers, the pianoforte was hers, and so on, until poor Wilson almost wished he hd a married a girl without a penny. During the course of a recent' night, however, Mo. Wilson awoke, to hear strange voices in the lower part of the house, and vigorously punching her husband in the ribs, called : "John, get up! There .are burglars clown below." . "Eh?" inquired Mr. Wilson sleepily. "Burglars downstairs!" shrieked Mrs. Wilson. • "Burglars!" said Wilson, as he turned over. "Well, let 'em burgle! There's nothing of mine Morel" • • 9 HONS".170 -GET MARRIED. Some time agei a Mr. O'Brien. a land agent in the West of Irehand, met a tenant, and, having heard of his mar- riage, saluted him as follow : "Well, my man, $o you have taken to yourself a wife?" 'Vis, yer honor," said the Irishman, touching his hat. "I have." "Well, here am I; I can get no one to take me, • and I feel' verse lonely som e BM es." "I think I can put yer hoeoe in the way," was the anewen "How's that ?" "Do as I do; go 'where you are tiot known." TnoeSt,s. BREWING, Sentimental wife (reading from a nov- el'e-"And clasping the beautiful girl to his heart. the hero pressed his burning lips to her 'snowy brow." practical ,Hueband,-"Yes; and I'll bet o dollar to a hayseed heel be Own with pneumonia in the next chapter" • ANTAGONISTIC FLOWERS. ' A Fteach horthaelturist has discovered that a rose and Mignonette cutlet live telethon He placed a specimen of each flower side by side in a vast, and at the end of half an hour they had both log all their feestateSs arid (Weil true of theft acetate a Icerthany parishes in rural Devon it is believed that if a lady's surname after marriage begins *ith the same letter as her maiden surname she will be very unlucky, and there is an old couplet: Change the name but not the letter Change for the worse tend not the bet- ter. Ladies who are unlucky in this respect are, however, believed to possess com- pensating adyantages iar• that they are able to cure juvenile complaints. Whooping cough -is included in the category, • and when the mothers of Chittlehampton found that dragging their children throggh three parishes in one day did not effect a cure they promptly took them off to be "doctored" by ladies who had not ehanged the first leiter of their name by marriage. It is claimed that wh.aleyer such women give a sick child to eat will cure the com- plaint. Other strange cures for whooping cough are heard of in various parts •of Devonshire. Many thereare who be- lieve that the complaint an be com- pletely eradicated from a child's sys- tem by letting the eittle sufferer wear a longhairy caterpillar in a smell bag aroundthe neck. Others are foolish enough to think that if a hair ie taken from a 'child's head, pet between a slice of bread and butter, and given to 0 dog, Rio chile will recover from its infirmity U the dog colighs, as it very probably will if the hair towhee its throat. Auother extraordinary belief still pre- valentis that a child will recover from whooping cough fr, while the dew is on the ground, it is laid face downward wile:SI:WE; HAS BEEN SLETePING. Sheep are sometimo • driven. Mtn. the farmyards beer night" so that 'the farmers' wives may the more easily try this reputed remedy in the morning. When, as of course frequently hap - Rio little sufferers ere not relieved, it is said that tho parents have not had suflicietit faith. There are eases on record where mo- tbees have , taken their offspring and pieced them for a Jew neaments graves prepoteed Mr the reception Of a body of the oppoeite sex, in the belief that they will thereafter not suffer any mope of the Jullernities that children are heir to. Superetitleets Devenians will, when suffering from a cough, put themselves to considerable inconvenienee in trying to Meet a man driving a white !sorsa. 'Having encountered a. person thus, esn gaged, they ask him what be Willits will cure them, believing that it they °any out his recommendations they will soon be all right again, To insure that a wound caused by a thorn does not fester., true sons of Devon will eat the thorn. In order to make assurance doubly sure, some re- peat these words after eating it : "In the name of Me Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, the prick of the thorn I do defy, and with the bjessing of God it shall not ache or smart or give pain." Toads are' supposed by many Devon - i11118 , to possess remarkably curative properties. Persons suffering from sores of any kind ere recommended to wear Rio corresponding part of a toad lied up in a little bag, or otherwise attached to the person. As a cure for warts there is, accoeding to some people, nothing like a fat slug, which has to be placed on the pasts (tffected. To cure an ndder's bite the viellm has to catch an adder, fry it, and put it on the spot where he was bitten, • • Seme of the cures recommended for minor ailments are more curious still, Many people believe that a stye in the eye will speedily disappear if a cat's tail is drawn across the inflamed part, •or if the stye is stroked with A WMOW'S WEDDING RING, As, is only natural, many of the medi- cal superstitions associated with Devon- shire are in conformity with the idea. laid down in the old proverb which says that °Prevention is better tha.n cure." Thus people carry about with them (When they can get -them) double Bar- celona nuts as ei preventive for .tooth- ache ; and a small potato or a lump of sulphur to keep them free from rheu- matietn. To a limited extent this latter course is practised in the Midlands.. The number of Devonshire suPerstie lions regarding cats is extraordinarily large. If a cat sleeps on his brain It's a sure sign of rain. And if puss sits with her back to the fire it is a sign that there will be cold -weather. The coming of a stranger Indy be expected if a cat, when washing her face, puts her paw above either of her ears. Many Devonian housewives will not on any account allow a kitten to be in the house at the same time as a baby, fearing that in.such 'a case harm Would come to the infant. In other households kittens born M May are always killed. The reason assigned for this harsh pro- ceeding is teat "May kittens bring home the vermin." Being interpreted, this means that when they grow up they .will not be content with killing rats and mice, but capture and carry home all sorts of unpleasant creeping things. The onlytime when kittens are re- •garded as being absolutely •essential in a Devonshire household is when thirteen persons are expected to sit down to dinner. In such a case a kitten has to take a'place an one of the guest's knees at the. table. This makes thirteen at table lucky instead of unlucky. It is regarded as being extremely un- hecIty for wild daffodils to be taken into a house. Farmers' wives believe that if this is done they will lose a lot of their chickens. On the other hand, when sell- ing poultry in the market, they believe they will have a good day if they spit on the first coin they take, "for luck." Between sueerslition and witchcraft there Is not a very wide gulf; but al- though reputed witches are not nearly to numerous in Devonshire as they were even a dozen years ago, there are a good many modern practitioners of black art in the county. FISHING FOR BIRDS. Caught With Rod ,and Line in Many Parts of the World. The pastinie,is declared to be al- most as fascinating as listable. Gulls in Newfoundland are caught in this way in large quantities. In New England fishing for gulls and petrels is an ins- poatant industry. • The method of bird -fishing is mete Galley the same as that of ordinary fish - Two men go out M a dory and them pieces of cod-liver on the water. when large quantities of birds have been attracted to the spot more cod-liver is thrown out on a hook. This the birds greedily swallow, and thus fall easy victims. Albatrosses are fished for in the same way off Cape of Good Hope. eA piece of pork is aliened to a long line and thrown •overboard. The bird will eye it for a long time, gradually and eauuious- ui towards it. Suddenly he will seize at and hold 11 10 his beak. When he discovers that he is. caught he will sit on the. water and vigorously nap his wings. However, he will be drawn into the beat and made a captive. Albatross fishing is good sport, since the birds require careful handliteee So oene es he pulls against, the line i(1s easy enough. The moment, however, he swims forward the hook will drop from his beak, unless it is skillfully manipu- lated, and the bird will find himself free. A POWERFUL CLEANSER. When any one suggested -to Mrs. Hen Ithy that the extreme whiteness of the 010111e14 wbich she washed was due to enything beside- her exertions, Mrs. lir'"rlitl'silYthie°°akviiritir;(11t aol. °Ittice iel'unads and me arenas and me elbows that does it 1" she cried, indignantly. "I use ell me NS:rtallk1101. ails calonidth.lesntuais) an' weter Is ell J take, 10 'ern, herein' Rio Mete littM bit of a lovely avashing- powcler Mat just puts the lest tclueli to 'eritilA.'aie. ye sure it's only 0 little bit, you're using?" asked the prying neighbor In a duti,ebrAiliollhlayisTlflsothan4Ine. e1ec,i, eon:011111c .vo,12.1khof n,hwItrsiy: wouldn't, I be sure Whin if 1 aged nhit more it'd ale the. nails right off me fin - gets I" eonmenn wOltKING 'WHITE,' COAL. Tbanks to It, Italy Is No Longer an InduetrIal Rack Number, Northern Rely is prospering beyond. all record,- The product of the silk Ira dustry leas doubled in the last eight years ; one-third of the silk thread tised in•the world 18 noarepreduced in Italy. The cotton mills, seemly in existence a decade ago, now have an annual Oule put worth more than $80,000,000, -Ac- cording to The World To -clay, textiles have advanced, almost as rapidly. The 0,000 workmen eine:toyed in WP11 and steel foundries in 1881 have become 90,000 and Italy to -clay is exporting steel instead of importing it , Muffle blanche., as the tsreneli call It, or white coal, has been'the chief agent in the transformation. White coal is simply hydraulic rower. Strictly speak- ing, it applies only to the powee derived from glacier streams rising in the Alps. The analogous term, hotline verte, or green coal, has been adopted to desig- nate the energy provided by streams 'of humbler source, Call it what you please, this newly harnessed power is revolutionizing European industry. It is more than a coincidence that thegreat manufactur- ing countries to -day are those which are rich in coal -the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Belgium, Now the tables are turned.. By an al- mosi providential compensation those nations which are poorest in black pod are richest in white. Austria is muott better .supplied with hydraulic power than Germany, France than England, Switzerland than Belgium, Canada than Rio United States. When it is further considered that the white coal is subject to neither exhaustion nor Interruption by strikesthe fall eiclmess of the pro- mise it offers begins tenbe realized.. Italy is one of the best endowed .cf European nationsin this regard. The available power her rivers hold is esti- mated at between nine and ten million horse -power, an amount equal to the total steam power of the world to -day, exclusive of that used on railways and steamships.. Although only a beginning has been made in utilizing this great heritage, more power leas been developed than in any other country in Europe. Some of the Alpine lakes, twenty-five miles long and a thousand feet deep, at varying elevations above the sea, form ideal reservoirs of energy. Wholesale emigration, again, is re- ducing the pressure of population; every year half a million of. Italy's children leave her shores. In some sec- tions, it is true, the drain has been so enormous as to be a danger rather than a, relief. When Signor Zanardelli, the Into Premier, was making an official tour through the Basilicate, he wasasur- prised on entering a certain villege to find no arches of welcome, no effusive deputations, only the Mayor with his pessimistic greeting. "I welcome you iii the name of our eight thousand inhabitants, of whom three thousand have just left for Amer- ica,• and the other five are preparing -to follow." e On the whole the emigration has been. beneficial. A new Italy has sprung up on the Platte and in Brazil, furnishing an immense outlet for Italitin exports, while the remittances sent home from Italians resident in the two Americas are estimated.at $75,000,000 a year. Nor are all the emigrants lost forever. The offi- cial returns put the proportion of tem- porary emigration at fifty-five per cent. , SENTENCE SERMONS. Time amends a great many prayers. Upright walking is the strongest talk- ing. A deaf heart soon makes a dead con- Seieinit Vis none the. worse for a few vorie vouchers. The ruddy eyes do not get the rosiest oultileoaorktsoenfg life.od do not come by setting the Nle lalra heart ot ns d. o civilized until he has learn- ellteolivaett'sn 'with r tgemself. 'ele w house 01 happiness arehbelliittroubles0fswe meet Tleet are as nothing compared to those we manufacture. The road that cuts through right to riohes has a clown grade extension to ruin. Don't counttoo much on the virtue of owning up when you know you're on the veirnge the bekihniggdfoornund01 darkness might makes right; M the kingdom of light might but adds to responsibility. It's no use talking abolit the way you hear the cross if you'rs unduly anxious to get hole of the littleend of the Mg. . CORRECTING HIM. Just,. wbere the lad came from is not apparent, but he was rather a crisp - looking noungster of fourteen, email for 1 his age. He entered the office of a wholesale hernse and approached the head of the establishment, who _was in a bad humor about something. "Do you want a boy here, sir ?" asked the applicant, for position. "No, we don't want a boy here," re- sponded the .merchant, in the ordinary manner of a man ifl a bad bumor. "Are you sure, sir ?" "Of course. I am. Don't I know ray bt1Gmetsiltinsiltingin11Lr; CM the stool over i. asked the scalier very Politely, and without being al all distuebed by his eeception. "He's our office boy," replied the mer- chant', rather taken aback. "Von want him here, don't you?" AS!' course." ' "He's e boy, int he?" ayes:, "Well, then, sir, you aro mistaken when' you say you don't want a bey here. What you roily intended saying was thill yon didn't need me hetes Good naming, sir" ; and beret° the mer- chant could pull nimself together thie remarkable youth liad rushed out, and eves lest in the crowd in Ihe street. IN MELTING MOOD THEN. "Wonder why !hoe are so marls, mote ongagetnents in summer than in winter!" "Well, 1 Suppose, if yoti say 10 a girl Wilt -thou? in the bet Weather, she'S IABABINLI 111)killiETS BREADSTUFF/S. Toronto, July 10,-Floer--Exporter5 hid $3,40 -fer 90 per °eat, pa,tenia, buy - ere' bags, for export; millers ask $3.25. Maaitobe-First patents $4,40 to $4.60; seconds, $1 to $4.10; tailors', $$ to $4. leran-$15,60 to $16 °Weide. Wheet-Ontario-Steady; No. 8red arid. white, 8IMe to 82c; spriag, 80c; goose, 75o, Wheat - Manitoba - Quotations are Xos lower; No. 1 northern, 86Xc, lake ports; No. 2, 84Xe, and No. 3, nominee at 81Xc. Oats -No, .2 white, .38c to 38•Xc, west, and 39e east. Peas --Nominal at 82c: Corti -No. 2 yellow, 59%c to 60e; No. 3 yellovv, 59c, Toronto. Bye -Nominal, at 02c, outside, Berley-leforeinal, at 50c to 52e tot No. white. COUNTRY E'llODUCE. Butter -All kinds are corning forward freely, and there appears lo be no ap- preciable clectetase in the make. Creamery, pvids 20c to 210 do solids ... . .. 19c to 20c Dairy prints 16c te-17c Rolls , . to 16e Tubs ...... , . .. . .. 14c to 16e Cheese--Firrn in tone and unchanged at 120 to 12Xo per lb. for job lots here. Eggs -Prices are quoted unchanged at 180 to 183o per dozen, Potatoes -Ontario, $1.05 to $1.10; east- ern Delawares, .81.25 to $1.30; Quebec, $1.10 to $1.15. Baied Hay -Unchanged, with an easy tone, at $9.50 to $10 per ton. for No. 1 timothy, and $7.50 for mixed. or clover. Baled Straw-Unchangect at $5.50 to 86 per ton, . BUSINESS ,AT MONTREAL. Montreal, July 10 Greemeen-3110 de- rnand from over the cable or Manitoba \acted was limited, and liesiness was quiet. Cables are now X te Xc per bushel out of line, There was practi- cally no change he the market for' oats; prices unchanged at •43Xe, in store for No. 2 oats, 43c for No. 3, and 42Xc for No. 4. Flour -No change in prices is an- ticipated; Manitoba spring wheat, $1.60 to $4.70; strong bakers', ,84.10 to $4.20; Winter wheat patents, $4.30 to $4.40; straight rollers, $3.90 to $4.10; do -in bags, $1.85 to $1.90; extras, $1.40 to 1.- at. Feed -A fair business continues to be done in shorts and mouille at steady, prices, but the demand for bran is quiet; Manitoba, M bags, 818; shorts, $20 to 821 per ton; Ontario bran in bags, $16.- 50 to $17; .sb.orts, $20.50 to $21; milled mouille, $21 Le $25 per ton, and straight grain, $28 to $29, Provisions ---Barrels heavy Canada short cut pork, $23; light short cut, $4.50; barrels .clear fat back., $22.50; compound lard,- 7% to 8c; Cana- dian pure lard, 11eec to 12c; kettle ren- dered, 12Xc to 13c; hams, 14 to 15X,C; breakfast bacon, 11 to 180; .Windsor ba- con, 17e; -frese killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10.50 to $1.0.15; alive, $7.75 per 100 tbs. ' Eggs -Straight receipts, 153. tc• 163c; straight candled, 17c. -Butter-- Choicest salted creamery, 20 to 21c; un- salted, 21 to 21Xe. Cheene-e-Ontatios, 11% to 11X1c; Quebec, llysc. • UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis. July 10 - Wheat --- July, 79e; September, 79Xc; December, 79X to 79Xc; May, 82Xt; No. 1 hard, 83c; No. 1 Northern, 880; No. 2 Northern, 8034c. • Flour -First netents, $435 to $4.35; second patents, $4.20 to $4.30; fleet clears. $3.50 to $3.60; second cleats, $2.45 to $2:.55. Bran -In bulk; $15.25 to $15.50. Detroit, July •10 - Wheat - No. I White, cash. 82eee; No. 2 red, cash, 82eec; July, 80Xce September, 81.,Xe; De- cember, 82Xc. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, July 10.-A draggy tone pre- vailed in medium and inferior butchers' cattle at the Western Market to -day, but the better class of butchers' and export- ers' Were steady at the levels reached Tuesday. The number of exporters offered was limited, and trade was somewhat fea- tureless. Several fair loads sold at $4 - 85 to • $9.05 per cwt., and for extra choiceanimals higher figures evould have 'been obtainable. Owing to the time of the year, largo supplies of grass-fed and inferior ballets- ers' are expected to be marketed. Cheile $4.50 to $4.85; medium, $4.25 to $4.40; COWS, $3.25 to $4; bulls, $3.25 to $3.75, canners, $1.75 to $2 per cwt. A moderately active demand was sing for feeders and stockers. Shari -- keeps, $4.60 to $4.85; feeders, 1,050 ,o 1.150 tbs., at $4.50 to 84.65; choice stock- ers. 600 to 800 lbs.., $3.60 to $3.85; stock calves, 400 to 600 tbs., $2.75 to $3.25 per cwt. Export eevee m.d lambs sold at $4.25 to $4.40 per cwt. Spring lambs sold at lo $6.50 each. and export bucks wend worth $3 to $3.50, and culls, $2.75 to tee.50per cwt. Mitch cows were in moderate demand, $30 M $60 nth. CallVCS were dull at $4 to $0.50 pet. cwt. "Hogs wore un 10e. Selects sold at $7.60; lighte, and fats, $7,35 per cwt. TOMMe.' ATKINS'S "FEELERS." Since the days of Me Boer War, the British Intelligence Department has been vastly improved. It is managed by a body of officers whose exceptional_ mil - teary experiende entitles them to rank ne experts to the art of strl,egy. The British expert military staff is acquaint - el with every important road, line of railway and suitable battletield in Eu- rope. It knows exactly how long it eveuld take for tiny given number of troops to acme, Say, the Rhine, at any particular point. It knows the precise positions of all Cootinenlal defence works, thole strength, and their strate- gic importance. IL even goes 80 Inc as In keep a record ot the average reinfalt in different peels of Europe, for in cer- Ilan di:deices tnin 18 nearly elways ling, and heavy Mien ca Ours°, very colleiderably affects the plans for a campaign, Mise: Blitak-"Do you use cOndeneed milk?" Mts. Slink -"I think it Met be eendensed. 'there is never wire Ulm*, ix Dint ond a heal in a quart."