Exeter Advocate, 1908-12-17, Page 3WOMEN IN llO1E AND FARM
Convention of Women's Institutes at
Guelph.
"While nig/tenths of the stu-
dents are Canadians, and eight -
tenths are Ontario boys, the other
tenth wero from other parts of the
world," remarked President G. C.
C'reelmun at the annual convention
of the Women's Institutes of On-
tario, at Guelph, last week. Allud-
ing to the ntanuer in which the Ag-
ricultural College advertised the
pro% ince abroad, many graduates
did not stay on tho farms, but en -
red allied bueinesse:s. Thus the
en -
'
was working for the farm-
ers of Ontario. Ho thought that
the Macdonald Institute was teach-
ing farmers' daughters what they
could not learn at home. In receiv-
ing c'ty and town girls, he thought
the school was doing a work which
it was not intended to do.
President Croelman asked the de-
legates to notify him if they knew
of any girl desiring to take a course
in t4 Macdonald Instituto. He
woallW then aid her with funds pro-
f ided by the legacy of the late W.
II. Massey for that purpose. "When
etcry room in the institution is oc-
cupied by a farmer's daughte• it
will be the happiest day of rho pre-
sident's life," remarked Mr. Creel -
man, who welcomed the delegates.
GREAT FRATERNAL TERNAL SOCIETY.
itirs. W. J. Hunter, of Brampton,
voiced the thanks of the ladies for
the welcome afforded thetn. She
felt that there should be more fann-
ers' daughters in the Macdonald In-
stitute. The women's institutes
should partake of the nature of a
great fraternal society, without se-
crets.
In his review of the year's work,
Mr. G. :1. Putnam, superintendent
of Farmers' Institutes, said that
while the greatest latitude should
be allowed the institutes in their
work. the time had come when they little to stamp out the maladies
(mid undertake some definite which afflicted mankind.
lines of work. He suggested the
study of labor-saving household me-
thods and the application of co-op-
eration to dairy int; and preserving,
etc., water supplies, disposal of
waste and the pure milk question
should be considered. That one in-
stitute had condemned the time-
honored Monday wash day was part
of the information given by Mr.
Putnam.
QU ESTION S 1'OR WOMEN.
"1'roblen a of the People" was
the title of the address of Mr. C. C.
James, Deputy Minister of Agricul-
ture, but ho devoted himself chiefly
to the questions for the considera-
tion of women. A great deal of
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS f 1IE WORLD'S MARKETS
HAPPENINGS FROM AI.L OVER ttl:1'0117S FROM Till: LEADING
THE GLOBE. TRADE CENTRES.
Telegraphic Briefs From Our Ow•u
and Other Countries of
Ifecciit Events.
CA NA DA.
The late James A. Blair, of Lon-
don, Ont., left $100,000 to charit-
able schemes.
The Railway Cotntnission will
meet in Ottawa on January 5th to
deal with express rates.
The governors of the School of
Mines at Kingston will ask the
Provincial Government for a new
building.
hire at Keewatin destroyed John
Allan's bakeshop and the Bay City
Hotel. Andrew Allan was burned
to death in the bakeshop.
President Geo. 1S. Gihbard, ad-
dressing the Ontario College of
energy had been expended in the Pharmacy Council, said the drug
dev'elopinent of the material side habit was spreading among mem-
of life rather than on the develop- bers of the profession.
ment of the people. Even the ex- A Montreal Street Railway con-
periments of the Department of
Agriculture had been carried on
with a view to adding to the pro-
ductiveness of the fields. Many
great questions were dealt with in
the 'aily papers, questions of trans-
portation of the assimilations of the
thousands of people, pouring into
Canada from lands where customs
and language were different ; ques-
tions of Government, Imperialism
and cheap power. These were pri-
marily the problems which concern-
ed the men.
TIIE GREATEST PROBLEM.
First of the problems fur women GENERAL.
came those of the home and its sur-
roundings. Next cause the prob- A lady of fashion in Munich col-
lems of the school, which shared! lapsed in the street because of the
with the parents the responsibility 1 weight of her hat.
for the training of youth. "There Eleven men were killed and twen-
are many school -houses for which ty-six injured in an explosion in a
we should apologize," said Mr. magazine at Calcutta.
James. Questions of health should Mutineers at Salonika fired on a
he considered. The Governmentcompanyof troops of the line, kill -
spent large suers to prevent or era- ing two officers and seven men.
dicate disease among livestock, but Chancellor Von Buolow says Ger-
many has always regarded the re-
striction of naval armaments as ex-
tremely desirable.
Tho German authorities have re-
quested Yale University to return
a phonographic record of a speech
made by the Kaiser some years
ago.
ducter claims to have been robbed
by three men without the attention
of the motorman on the car being
attracted.
G. W. Hill, an Indian herbalist,
was given damages of $100 against
Detective Rose, acting for the Col-
lege of Physicians, for false arrest
at Brantford.
The Government has relaxed the
provisions of the food inspection
law to allow of shipments of poul-
try and meat, from one Province
into another without inspection.
B03111 WRRI:(itI:D .1 HOUSE.
--
Mare Than a Score. of Persons
Were injured.
A despatch from New York says:
More than a score of persons were
injured, five seriously, early on
Wednesday, when a bomb was hurl-
ed into the airshaft of the tenement
house at 320 East 63rd Street. The
house was badly wrecked. Failure
of the occupants of the house to
comply with demands for money
14 -de .n them by Black Hand con -
f senco men is believed by the po-
lice to have been/0 cause of the
outrage. The house was occupied
exclusively by Italians, and it de-
veloped that threatening letters
had been received by many of them
during the past few months. Prac-
tically all of those injured were
asleep in the bedrooms on the south
side. Plaster and bricks, mixed
with jagged pieces of glass from the
shattered windows. wero hurled in-
to these rooms with frightful force,
and some of those injured were
f• tnd half -buried and unconscious
or the debris piled upon their
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F.11.sE1.1' MARK I fl.
W_1N'1'EU THE PIIEAS.1NT.
.1n Irish Setter Saw It on a Wo-
man's Hat.
A despatch from Sayville, Long
Island, N. 1:., says: Mistaking the
plumage of an English 1,►::asant nn
the hat of Mrs. (;race Felmeler for
a live bird, an Irish setter sprang
at her head on Tuesday and buried
his teeth in her face and forehead.
Screaming from pain and fright,
she tried to beat the dog off. It was
a powerful animal, however, and
was so determined to get the plea-
sant that it returned again and
again to the attack. If bystandel's
had not interfered the setter might
have killed the woman. She was
hurried to a local physician and her
wounds were cauterized.
.t.
JOSEPH B NNET'T KiLLI•:ll:
f ')I 1.i0 feet Froin a Building In
Montreal.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Joseph Bennett was killed and
Fred Sellers had his Irick and leg
broken in a hundred and fifty foot
fall from the new gas tank at the
East -end on Wednesday. Roth men
were at work on the top of the
building, when the scaffolding
broke. An accident to the ambtt-
UNITED STATES.
A French-Canadian sailor has in-
vented a steel brake for steamers
which will prevent collisions at
sea.
Prof. Lowell, the astronomer,
claims to have found a proof that
there is water vapor on the planet
Mars.
Jaynes Sharp. leader of the fan-
atics, who fought the Kansas City
Police a few days ago, has been
arrested.
Annoyed by boys who were snow-
balling him, Adolph Schultz, of
Schenectady. i(.Y., shot and mor-
tally wounded one of the lads.
At the Standard Oil investigation
in New York evidence showed that
the profits of the indiana Company
between 1599 and 1903 were $55,-
000,000 on a capitalization of $1,-
090,000.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The British Government will in-
troduce a bill eliminating from the
coronation oath the clause de -
5011 Ilarrely of Ruffen 1pples Ship- nouncing Roman Catholicism as
ped 10 England. lance necessitated the transfer of idolatrous.
the injured men and the delay prov-
despatch from Ottawa says:ed fatal to Bennett, who died as he
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ills Roy, acting trade commissioner wag being pet in bed. Sellers will
in Birmingham, in a report to the probably din. 1: 111.11.1Y REG ILLATIONS.
Department of Trade, after deal- _
ing out high praise to British Co-
lumbia apples, states that he came 1'O111 1111•t:IITERS.
next to a shipment f of five hundred 111 Born at Once to a Missouri A despatch from Ottawa says:
barrels of apples from a prominent Several orders have been made re -
Ontario shiprr, all of which wore s hoc,! Commissioner.
('onunliy.inn isvuer a Series of New
Others to ('ompntiles.
rotten or hat decayed. The pecu- ,\ despatch from Naive, MO., eerily in the interest of safety by
way
liar thing is that in each case the says: "Four daughters were born the Railtheir tComtnistinn to all lines
ion. barrels were marked "Not to be on Tuesday to Prof. Reuben F. dere (' ttatevery ndeleetric bellt s used
shit ed,'' or "Falsely marked." it Jones, head of tho local echopla at crossings for protection must be
Feer that ties consignors collected and a school commissioner of Stod- inspected yy r
in %adcancP, and that the apples dard county. One baby died,, but ingbythesectionnd tn n ind every
eof
Mere thug sent f.,raard. the others h'.1 fair t . tlsrive.' g y
the track. A penalty of $50 is fixed
for each tiolation. It is ordered
that m nr line car be hauled
,l I I' in t mein line passenger antrain un-
TIIE KAISER DOSP
0 j less the freight car is equipped
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and
Other Dairy Produce at
Howe and Abroad.
L'READSTUFFS.
Toronto, Dec. 15. -Flour --On-
tario wheat 90 pet• cent. patents
quoted at $3.70 to $3.75 in buyers'
sacks outside for export. Manito-
ba flour, first patents, $5.80 on
track, Toronto; second patents,
$5.30, and strong bakers,' $5.10 to
$5.20.
Wheat -Manitoba wheat is easier
at $1.07.4 for No. 1 Northern, at
$1.03 to $1.00 for No. 2 Northern,
and at $1.03 to $1.04 for No. 3
Northern, Georgian Bay ports.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white is
quoted at 91 to 95c outside, and No.
2 red winter at 94 to 95e outside,
and No. 2 mixed at 93 to 94c out-
side.
Oats -Ontario No. 2 white quoted
at 3934 to 40e outside, and at 42 to
42%c on track, Toronto; No. 2
Western Canada oats quoted at 43
to 43%e, lake ports, and No. 1 feed,
41i4c, lake ports.
Rye -No. 2 quoted at 73c outside.
Barley -No. 2 barley quoted at 50
to 57c outside, and No. 3 extra at
55e.
Buckwheat -55'/., to 56c outside.
Peas -No. 2 86% to 87e outside.
Corn -Old No. 2 American yel-
low nominal at 71 to 71Yee on track,
T r nto; new No. 3 yellow quoted
at 68c, Toronto.
Bran -Cars are quoted at $19 in
hulk outside. Shorts quoted at
$22.50 in bulk outside.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -Winter stock $3 to $4 per
barrel for good qualities, and at
$2 to $2.50 for cooking apples.
Beans -Primes, $1.70 to $1.73,
and band -picked, $1.80 to $1.85 per
bush.
Honey-Comhs, $2 to $2.75 per
dozen, and strained, 10 to Ile per
pound.
Hay -No. 1 timothy is quoted at
$10.50 to 811.50 a ton on track
here, and No. 2 at $7 to $8.
Straw -$7 to $8 on track.
Potatoes-Ontarios 00 to 62c per
bag. Delawares, 75 to 80c per bag
on track.
Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 10 to
l lc per pound; fowl, 8 to 9c; ducks,
10 to 11c; geese, 9 to leis per pound ;
turkeys, 12 to 15c per pound.
TI1E. DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter --Pound prints, 25 to 27e;
tubs, 22 to 24e; inferior, 20 to 23e.
Creamery rolls, 29 to 30c, and so-
lids, 28e.
Eggs -Case Tots of storage, 24 to
25c per dozen, and new laid are
quoted at 30 to 35e per dozen.
Cheese -Large cheese, 13%c per
pound, and twins, 13%c.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon -Long clear, 10% to llc
per pound in case lots; tress pork,
$19 to $19.50; abort cut, $22 to
$22 50.
Hams -Light to medium, 13'; to
14c; do., heavy, 12 to 12%c; rolls,
10% to 10%c; shoulders, 10 to 10%c ;
backs, 16% to 17c; breakfast ba-
con, 14% to 15e.
Lard -Tierces, 12%e; c; tubs, 12%e;
pails, 12%c. �^
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Dec. 15. -Grain - Ca-
nadian Western No. 2 white oats
are selling at 464c; No. 3 at 45'4:
extra No. 1 feed oats, 45c; No. 1
feed at 44%c; Ontario No. 2 white,
44'; to 45c; No. 3, 43'; to 44c; No.
4, 43 to 43%c per bush, ex store.
Flour- Manitoba Spring wheat pat-
ents, firsts, $6; seconds, $5.30;
winter wheat patents, $5 to 85.25;
straight rollers, 84.00 to $4.70; do.,
in bags, $2.15 to *2.25; extras. $1.-
15 to $1.85. Feed- Manitoba bran,
$21; shorts, 824; Ontario bran, $21
to $21.50; middlings, $24.50 to $23.-
50• shorts. $24.50 to $23 per ton, in-
cluding bags; pure grain mouille,
$30 to $:32; milled grades. $25 to
$28 per ton. Provisions Barrels
short cut mess, $23.50; half -barrels
do., $11.50; clear fat backs, $23;
dry salt long clear backs, Ile; bar-
rels plate beef, $17.50; half -barrels
with air -brakes, steel -tired wheels .' do.. 89; compound lard, 9 to 9!e;
and trucks designed for patient;er 1 pure lard, 12'4 to 13„c : kettle ren -
service. The penalty for violation! d ted. 13 to 133,c; hams, 12'/ to
^' '� '••• is fixed at 830. Tu prevent accident; Ile; breakfast bacon, 15 to 13'./e•
Report inermanbeing caused by mail cranes it is Windsor bacon, lb to )Oe; fresh
ordered that they shall not be plac- killed abattoir dressed hogs, $9.23
ed nearer than ,even feet to the, to $9.50; lite, 36.25 to $6.30 per 100
centre of the track, or be less than pounds. Cheese -Western, 1214 to
ten feet ten inches in height to the 12'• e. Butter -Weaker at 25 to 23!;,c
A despatch from Berlin says: nils manifestations of piety. Until top of the arm. : in round lots. EggsThe market
was difrutered in the act by her
I' Millar mystification regarding the Tuesday, when his Majesty was .4. eas quiet. but the feelitlg re!r.ains hu,bnd, wh, flu nnce summoned
recommended to receive the Min -firm . new laid, 19 to 30 ; releete'd
rife of comparatite seclusion led by ;-t„-- ,� is .. :- _..:.i .► Tlttll:f: II.1NGINt:S IN .1 I).1Y. tuck, 25 to 23'.'e; No. 1 ,tock, 2q medical id.aThere is it chance of
her recovery. Despondency. enured
by continued ill health, is supposed
to hate caused the atte:npted sui-
cide.
Mentally Deranged.
BRITAIN AND GERMANY
Cousin of Cecil Rhcdes Says War will
Come Within Two Years.
A despatch from City of Mexico
says: The following statement was
made on Tuesday by Frederick F.
G. Rhodes, cousin of Cecil Rhodes,
who is in this city in the interest of
the large mine owners. Ito has
just returned from a trip to Eng-
land.
"In any opinion, and in the opin-
ion of some of the men in Great
Britain, war with Germany must
come, and it will come within the
next two years.
"While in England I talked to
some of the best versed mon in pub-
lic, navy and military affairs, and
I found the opinion unanimous that
war with Germany was inevitable,"
continued Mr. Rhodes. "I was in
conversation one day with a high
official of English forces in China
u•everal years ago, and be stated
positively that war with Germany
is inevitable.
"'And,' continued this high na-
val official, 'I um for the immedi-
ate declaration of war. The matter
cannot be put off. It must conte,
and the sooner it comes the better
it will be for England.'
"This is but one of many simi-
lar expressions I heard duriug my
visit in England."
ern, $1.03%; No. 2 Northern, $1.-
07V to $1.07%; No. 3 Northern,
$1.03% to $1.05%. Bran -$19.00 to
$19.25; first patents, $5.50 to $3.75;
second patents, $5.30 to $5.50; first
clears, $4.10 to $4.20; second clears
$2.95 to $3.055.
Milwaukee, Dec. 15. -Wheat -No.
1 Northern, $1.11 ; No. 2 Northern,
$1.10; May, $1.07% bid. Rye -
No. 1, 76% to 77c. Corn -May, 62
to 62%e bid. Barley -Standard,
66e; samples, 60 to 65c; No. 3, 60''
to 62%e. No. 4, 60e.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Toronto, Dec. 15. -Fat holiday
cattle were in evidence at $5 to $5.-
50 per cwt. The prices of good
butchers' cattle in straight loads
were a little higher, the range be-
ing $4.23 to $4.83 per cwt. Medium
animals were sold at $3.60 to $4
per cwt., and common at $3 to $3.-
50. Choice butchers' cows were in
active demand at St and over per
cwt. Medium cows sold at $3.10
to $3.50, and common ones brought
$2 to $3 per cwt. Stockers and
feeders were few. An easier feel-
ing was reported in the market for
milch cows. Lambs held up to $5.-
25 per cwt. on an average. Export
ewes brought $3.25 to $3.60 per
cwt. Dealers report a firmer trend
to the market for hogs. They were
still quoted at $0 per cwt. for se-
lects, fed and watered, off cars, To-
ront .
TIIE KING IN NO DANGER.
His Majesty's ilealth Improving -
Suffered from Slight Cold.
A despatch from London says:
In view of the disquieting rumors
abroad, The Lancet is authorized
to state that the health of his Ma-
jesty the King gives no cause fur
anxiety. The King contracted a
slight cold, an ! subsequently show-
ed symptoms of influenza and neu-
ralgia, but he improved un 'er
treatment, and he has derived de-
cided benefit from the change of air
at Brighton.
$50,000 GIFT/'1'0 MeGILL.
To be Devoted to Raising Profes-
sors' Salaries.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Announcement was made on Thurs-
day that Mr. Robert Retort!, of
Montreal, had giten $50,000 in se-
curities to McGill University in or-
der to increase the salaries of tho
professors. In a letter to Princi-
pal Peterson, Mr. Reford state)
that the necessity of such increases
roust be recognized and dealt with,
if McGill is to retain her standing
and obtain the best then available.
4.
.Ilt1 (1r; G!'.1111) WITil HAMMER
lnnu;tie of lloekwood Asylum Ins
flirts Set•ious Injuries.
A despatch from Kingston sa..s
At Rockwood Asylum on Tuesdus
afternoon it patient struck Samuel
Stevenson, a guard, on the head
with a hammer while he was adjust-
ing a blind in the room. Stesensor
tell unconscious, and is in the hes-
pital now suffering from concussion
of the brain.
AGED WOMAN ('l'T 1'IIROAT.
Was Discovered by Ilmshanit. 1% hi
Summoned Doctors.
.1 despateh from Jfuntstille, Ont.,
says: Mrs. F. F. Letcher, an aged
resident of this town, trade an at-
tempt on Tuesday night to end her
life by cutti•,g her throat. She
the Kaiser since his historic inter -Empress, the Crown Prince, and (•
hinfltnan and 'fon Negroes Will, cto l„rYn' and No. 2 stock, 17!c pct
view with Chancellor Von liuclow the Crown Princess were practical-,
Stiffer in lett 1S'c. eIrolcr.
on November 17 has not been di- 1) the only reruns he had seen or --�
mini•hed by a statement published conversed with since November 21. .1 despatch from Ottawasa)•s: UNITED STATES M.1Ri;F.T9.
in The Dresden Nachrichten. This He shut himself off completely (torn let. .%esteminster, B. ('., will have l 11 ffalo, f )cc. )s. - Wheat String S11.1 1.Li'OS iN Ll 11 11E11(' 1.N 1'S.
Journal takes the responsibility for the activities which usually oe %tpy the unique cxperie':ce of three steady ; No. 1 Northern, carloads.-
assertint that persons in very close hire at this sea'on of the year. One hangings on the one (lay. These tore, $1.1:?,;. 11-intcr, ste.td:.: rorty -set -en Cases is Netth of Pets
touch ttith the Ernper..r receited report says the Emperor made is cseeutio.is arise out of the trial of No. 3 extra red, 81.07':. torn--erbonrnrth Comity.the impression that the Emperor deliberate attempt at the relebra- three murder cases 'rise e.,nde•t,n- Lower: No. 3 vell,w. Ole: No. -1 tel
is Fufferi.ig from an attack of tren-
tal (tepiession. The Nachriehtcn
adds th.tt the Entperor is said to
past se' ;'ra1 hours a (!a}- in hid.
althou¢h he is in good physical
health His ;faje.ty's tinsel. the
10111 nal Nether says. is said to find
esprc •n in tines:tallt c.'n',;.,•'.i-
tion in the town hall on Notemher eel leen are a 1 ` iii t'r'ap nor.:•••1 1 e„ t„ t, r.::'..c•; N - .: corn. 03 to c;I'. .1 de,nit^h from Peterhor.•uvh
21 to r('gein his popularity. but s t:, ('haus. nils tt'. to a. Corn, 0,21 to Ole: No. 3 white." r rstr, : Thor., are 47 cases of s;ratt-
so overwhelmed with disappoint- :t.•hn 1' t,,'le. ? .t.c : - • t; ,..' _e. Oat.- Firmer. No. 2 t.i,ite, l>:,� i ► the Ian:ber ramps in the
ment at his failure that he has si'►-eTh' l t' t 1•^- r: .• i t''e :,, N,,. 3 wie:te, At t•, 5t!:,•. Par- n••rth ,.f Peterhoisoigh Comity and
been a prey to despondency. Se'`.i- • et ids , + • es '; 1 < ars 1.'e - Fed t-• natli'mg_ 63 to 1 re tilt' rtept I,7ve heel takes to
otA:iat denials of The Na,hrSette•i'•• t • G r •:s f ru'i- L'innc'ir •lis. 1i�• 15 --Wheat -- stan'p out the disease. The milady
inft.rinat;, - were pi.t►lel,ed 4n i .:, T'• , •'• ' ';' 1%`.'.. *1.00.: 1111. Al. t ,: e.'&, (1 of a mild type and no seat:,: M�'gttles--- No: i (flet the owner on
Itedr.e-iay afternoon. Int:r..•: . ea c:`e 1-11..1 test. ,1N,►. 1 bird, fil.10';; Nu. 1 Nort:i-shave resulted. �t,• 'tie:t and h: rec.Ignite] it.
THE LORD MAYOR'S POSITION.
Surrounded With the Most Elabor-
ate Ceremonies.
Perhaps no office to which a man
is elected by the people has more
attendant glories than that of Lord
Mayor of London. It is also sur-
rounded with the most elaborate
formalities. He has gowns of scar-
let, violet and black for various oc-
casions, and a train bearer. The
Lady Mayoress Iles maids of honor
and her train is borne by pages in
costume. In the city the Mayor
takes precedence immediately after
the sovcroign. A quaint feudal
ceremony, which was strictly ob-
served in the late Queen's Jubilee
in 1897, is that of handing the
sword of state to the sovereign at,
the Temple Bar. Tho Lord Mayor
has a choice of four swords -the
sword of state, for supremo occa-
sions; tial y clad sword, for cer-
emonial occasions, and the black
sword, carried when there is death
in the royal family anis when at-
tending funeral ceremonies. Tho
fourth sword is held above the Lord
Mayor's chair in the Criminal
Court. Then there are other em-
blems of office -the diamond scep-
tre, the seal ; the purse and the
mace. They play an important
part in the inaugural ceremonies of
the Mayor. The City Chamberlain,
with three obeissances, presents the
sceptre to the retiring Mayor. He,
in turn, delivers it to his successor,
who lays it on the table in front of
him. Tho chamberlain retires with
three more bows, to return with a
seal -and three more reverences.
The purse is similarly presented.
Further ceremonies follow from the
sword bearer, who renders up the
sword. The mace bearer also gives
up the mace in a similar way. Tho
retiring Lord Mayor then surrend-
ers the keys of the coffer in which
the seal is kept. There aro three
keys; of the other two ono is held
by the Chamberlain, the second by
the chairman of the Lands Com-
mittee. To unlock the coffer all
three must be produced. This cere-
monial has great historic interest,
It implies the sovereign power and
authority in ancient times of the
chief magistrate of the city. The
sceptre, sword and mace are ctn-
blcros of royalty. The Lord Mayor
was a merchant prince in fact as
well as in name. Ile is still, by
virtue of his office, admiral of the
port of London, guager of wine and
oil and other gaugable articles;
"meter" of coal, grain, salt and
fruit, and inspector of hops and put-
ter, soap, cheese and other articles
coming into the port of London. Of
course, these duties are performed
by deputy. Other dignified offices
whirl. he holds are governor of font.
hospitals, trustee of St. Paul's
Cathedral and magistrate in sev-
eral places.
1'i' ('11(11' I\ 1'I NJ.111.
Labor 't arse. h111 Reaping )1 as I►in•
cry is Reins Inrp•,rled.
.1 despatch from 1.,.r,dea says:
There is the prospect of an enorm-
ous wheat crop in the Punjab where
there is a great scarcity of labor.
The Government is importing la-
bor-saving reaping machines from
England.
-sus----
LIKiI) THE REAL THING.
fly hard work and careful ha-
bits he had got together a little
fortune.. The time had arrived fot
him when w•niking was no longer
s pleasure, and so he decided that
he was at last justified in ordering
a family carriage.
Off he went one morning to a ear-
t•iap;e-builder's, and described in
detail the kind of vehicle lie wished
to buy.
"Of a nsrs", you'll want robber
tyres'" said the carriage builder.
"No. sir," replied the old man
in t••nes or resentment. "My folks
ain't that kind. Whets they're rid-
ing they want to know it "
HOW IT 11.\i'i'I:NED.
11iggle; -1 l'st a tsn d•,ltar um-
bre:'.i t his mc.r ning.
Wiggles -`n 1 Le ve it et q sr?