HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-05-11, Page 6PERPETUATE OLD DEEDS!were a", spleel o• i car them see bite
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DISTINCTIONS REGIMENTS This t as to cc.mmeinorate the corps'
ARE PROUD OF. gallant defence of Carrickfirgus
_ Castle during the French invasion of
One Corps Sturdily Cherishes the Ireland. when, their bullets being
expended. t he ten loaded their mus -
Right to Wear Shirt
lee with their round brass coat
Collars, but tons.
The officers and men of the 28th The 1st Battalion P0rsetshire 1te•gi-
Cloucestcrs, for instates, aucar their tweet is inordinately proud of a re -
regimental badge. a sphinx, at the nearkalrle silver-hcwded (drum -major's
back of the helmet as well ns at the stick, which was presented to it by
front. This is in commemoration nemoration of the Nawab of Arcot for its gallan-
the desperate stand trade by the try at the battle of 1'laseey.
let Battalion when engaged in the UI(I(IIN t)1' A SILVER WREATH.
front and rear at once in the great ilhenever the colors of the South
battle before Alexandria on March
Wales Borderers (24th Foot) are
21st, 1801. 1t is a privilege pos displayed in public., curiosity is in -
!testae! by nu other regiment in the 1 tunably aroused by the silver
Service. ami the llloucestershire lads' wroath which is borne aloft upon one
are, not unnaturally immensely 0f theta. 1 his is the facsimile of a
P proud of it. magnificent floral trophy which Queen
'rhe officers of the 7th Hussars, F 1
Victoria hung
again, are specially authorized by
hung on the tat treed colors
after the Zulu war, in cotanteuiora-
the 1Cing'r: ltegulutions to wear 'lion of the gallantry of Lieutenants
white shirt culture while in uniform. Melville and Coghill, who gave their
This custom dates from the time of !ices to save the flags from the
the Peninsular war, when the troop -
enemy at Isatohlat'tuun. 'i'o the ori-
ers of the regiment, rowed suddenly sinal wreath was, attached a node -
in the deed of the night, turned out
tory it:s.cription in {ler Majesty 13
minus their shirts to charge and put Ioatn handwriting, and hastily
to rout a strong bot of the enemy 'scribbled postscript directed that a
who made a great attempt to sur -
facsimile of the trophy should "be
prise the sleeping camp. borne on the Queen's Colors of both
1'or a !somewhat :similar act of gal -
battalions of the regiment for ever."
]entry, performed under almost Iden- It is doubtful, however, whether,
Heal circumstances. the 52nd Oxford after a{1, any little dixtinctiin of
Light Infantry claim a like privilege.
the kind indicated in this article has
and frequently exercise it, although given greater pleasure or pride to
the right to do so has not., so far the recipients than did the 'mimes-
es can be rightly ascertaitred, been stun accorded by the Queen to her
ever Irish regiments to clan the Otani -
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED. rock on St. Patrick's clay. Prior
to the issue of the Special Army
Order which sanctioned the usage,
hardly a single anniversary of Erin's
patron saint passed by without trou-
tae arising between hot-headed Irish
privates. who would insist on "wear-
ing the green," and over -zealous of-
ficers who were equally insistent on
their refraining from doing so.
Ily her tactfulness Iter Majesity did
away with this annually recurring
cause of friction, and at the sane
time transformed a custom supposed
to savour somewhat of clisloe-alty in-
to something quite the reverse.-
I'earson's Weekly.
The sergeants of the Surnersetshiro
Light Infantry alone amongst their
fellows It the Set -vice wear their
sashes aerosis their left shoulders, as
officers do, instead of over the right
shoulder as is the rule for other
"non -cams." This curious sartorial
distinction is c•umtnentorative of the
battle of (Culloden, where the twenty-
three regimental sivgeturts performed
prodigies of valor. and by their
coolness. prevented the raw levies
from giving way before the fierce on-
slaught of the wild 'Highland clans-
men. All ranks of this corps, too,
wear a black "worm" round the col-
lar and cuffs of their tunics, its mem-
ory, it is said, of 1'ontcnoy, in
which disastrous fight the regiment
Jost heavily both in officers and men.
On May 10th, 1811, was fought
the battle of Alhucra, when the
Royal We:9h Fusiliers were practi-
cally annihilated. It is to com-
memorate this unparalleled slaughter
-so regimental tradition asserts--
thnt the officers. warrant officers,
and stmt s•v'eants of the regiment
aro permitted to wear "the flash," a
bow of broad, black, silk ribbon,
with long ends, attached to the back
of the tunic. -collar. All ranks of
this regiment are also
PR1V)L1?GED '1'O WEAR LEEKS
in their caps 011 St. David's day,
and to be preceded, when marching,
by a goat. with shield and garlands
on its horns.
Ileciunee at the battle of Saragossa
the. 8th Hussars took the belie of
the Spanish cavalry, the regiment
was permitted to wear the stetted
belt over the right shoulder, a dis-
tinction which earned for this gal-
lant corps its popular nick -name of
•'7'hr Gross Belts."
Only one British regiment. the 14th
Iiueears, has ever been authorized to
wear a laudatory inscription on its
helmets. It earned the distinction
during the cainpaign in Germany in
1760, when in a single engagement it
captured 2,482 French soldiers, and
177 officers, including the Prince it
Anhalt. The actual wording of the
memorial inscription was aa follows:
"Five battalions of french defeated
and taken by this regiu+ent with
their colors, and nine piece of can-
yon, at I:msdorf, 11th .lulu, 1760."
Later on, as an additional distinc-
tin. it was allowed to wear scarlet
WHEN YOU GO SHOI'I'ING.
And ask for some article which you
wish to buy, why not go a step fur-
ther and ask for one which was trade
in Canada?
1f they have such an (Wide. and
its price and quality are right, buy
it and no other. You will be doing
a good turn to your own country-
men -to the manufacturer whose cap-
ital Is invested, to the workman
whose wages yon help to pay.
If its price is too high, or its
quality too low, act ns you think
hest. You will. at all events, have
shown to the salesman that you pre-
fer Canadian goods, other things be-
ing equal.
The salesman (if you do thus often
enough) will tell his employer; and
the emi:loyer will tell the manufac-
turer; and the manufacturer, if he be
wise, will do his best to menet the
condi' lone.
Generally speaking. the Canadian -
made article will he as good as ally;
all it needs is to be demanded.
ily demanding i1, you will add
your Iota to the building up of a
great horse market.
A great home market mean.; better
opportunities for your sons ani
daughter's in whatever sphere of life
they may be moving. It paves the
wny for a really great and prosper-
ous nation.
Vou help others and you help your-
self.
Ask for Canadian dress goods;
Canadian clot lung; ('nnndinn boots
and shoos; (tanndian foods; ('nnndinn
furniture and stoves; C'anauinn hooks
and papers; Canadian everything.
feathers :n its helnuaq,-
JAPAN'S ANTI -TOBACCO LAW.
The rel hackles In the bonnets of Viscount ltayaslri, lho Japanese
the 12nd highlanders are comnnemor- unbnsr<ador to Lundin. writing to
allot of the gallantry at the new the secretnry of the Scottish Anti -
well -nigh forgotten battle. of Gui1- Tobacco Society, states that utero
dcrrlxtlsen. is a law in .Japan prohibit nig per -
'rhe two crimson feathers nn the sons 1n their minority to sn,ke, The
helmet )hetes of the Duke of Corn- 'points of the stipulation, 11(1(19 11is
wall's 1.ig;hl. Infantry were earnest I•,xctllervy:
by the 211 Battalion (the old 41i(h 1, Persons in minority -that is
Pull i, during the American Tar of under 21) -are prohibited to smoke.
It eleller.,lencee. 1t wile eml.loyed In If they aro found smoking the Police
Itkirnnishing and outpost (tittles, and will confiscate the smoking instru-
showed itself so active In cutting off menu, n9 well as the tobacco.
isatleted posts and pouncing on small 2 if parents or guardinns of
detachments of the enemy, that the youths under their knowledge. allow
American General Wayne became (heir charges to :mike, t hey will be
highly inreneeel, and vowed to hang i,unishrd iry a liar not exceeding one
such of tis units as fell into his yen (about 50 reals.)
hauls N. Tobacco dealers who tinder
WITHOUT F011lf Ot TIUAL. their knowledge sell 141001.1 lig Instru-
7b this: the 46th replied th.it they
were quite rendes for the halter, but
he hall got to catch them first, and
111 token of defiance dyed their (ea-
ihers red as thnt the Colonials might
the more easily distinguish them
from the rest of thy British Ariny.
Mention has already been made of
the black worth displayed in the uni-
forms of the Somerset 1.lght in-
fantry. The North Lancashire Regi-
ment is siniilnrly distinguished, but
in its cafe the mnrk of mourning is
worn in honor of Ila gellatit corn -
Anemia., Ge neral Wolfe, who fell at
Quebec. This corps is also the only
regiment in f he lit if ish Army offici-
ally (" ignnted "Lova)."
1'or their gallantry In the Peninsu-
lar war the-cmnmieeioned officers
Anel mien of 1110 20th tont (now the
ist liataiion Worcestershire) were
permitted to wean• a small silver star
on their pouches.
The red-mid•ahite nt her worn by
the Not thumh:•rlairl fusiliers keeps
titer green In rt giinental tradllion
the memory of the desperate light at
fit. Lucia in 1778. when the men of
the corps plucled the hecklett front
flee hats of the trench soldicre. and
dccnr/tel their own with them.
1 vei,y e•.,rious gam oriel tie -tine -
tem WAS that :torted until cnmparn-
1i1•ely recently by the i1Tteera 50(1
own of the 132nd foot snow 1st
leitfa'Icn Wittsehire Regiment), who
meats (ri tobacco to a youth for his
personal use will be punished tt eh h a
fine not exceeding 10 yen (about
$5.)
--+
GOING }'t)R GOOD.
"Well," said Mrs. Peppery, "1
heard that piano next door going
to -day and, for once, I ens really
pleased."
"Indeed!" replied her husband.
"You trust have been treated to
some especially good 1mus1c, 1h.•n."
'It Was sweetest music to nue. 1
heard the installment dealer's men
taking it away
AGE BRINGS SORROWS.
Elie 1 -"Ma, I want some Water to
christen n11' doll."
1•'t h• : \I it--" No, dear, It Is Wrong
you kir.•,:."
labs.- "W ell. then, 1 want conte
twnx to hesitate her. She's old
enough to brine something done to
her.'
NEXT ltd S1'.
•'1 hoq:e yon hate a clenr conscicncc
in this tent ter,"
••\t.II." answered the men who had
been nen( list for graft. "1 have the
next l t thing."
••Nkat i9 that?"
"A good lawyer."
THE SOUTHERN MAMMY
A GREAT CREATION IS THE
OLD NURSE.
Ideal Mother of Her Race Eclipses
the Real -Father Must
Get a Chance.
Scene, a nursery. Two children
siecy,iig ft emelt Letts. Garments
strewn about the room. (:us at full
blaze. Before the tire, with her feet
on the fender, the Ideal Southern
Mammy. in a big, comfortable. rock-
ing (-hair, reading a magazine. Other
►nagaeines. books, papers. ac:attered
around her.
Ideal Southern Mummy. Segos
laik tuh nue 1 kin nios' feel muh
wings sproutin', en sutten I is dat
dyah's it hello 'roue' mull haio-han-
chic(. 1'80 too good full this uth, I
know (Int. De ►naggyzines is full uv
me, de palmitin eurnlinues tuh riz up
e1 call too blessed, en in tuts' uve'.v
book I see dyah's a shinin' 'count
uv muh doin's en sayin's. I 'spect
1'se de mos' poplar lady in 410 book
wort' tuh-clay. 'tee ain't no burro -
wine nal kin draw de !n'trus' uv de
rendah, laik Inc. Whar would de
Souf he widout one. I'd jes laik tub
know? Ain't I nuss de chattel en
brung 'stn up In de way dee should
went? Ain't I been mammy and
daddy tub 'cot bore? Ain't Ilarned
'em de pra'rs, en how tub nein' dee
mannuhs, en eddleated de min's wid
Bruit box en Bruh Ital'bit tales?
Ain't I lent 'cat money attuh de wah
when deo conte honk starved en tnds-
erbul.? Ain't I bin de kindes', well-
dor.e-good-en-fn ithfuless' servent dat
ea'ult war knower uh hewn toll uv?
Yes, bawd, hit's high time T were
sottin' heap reudin' de ro-wands uv
muh labor, whilst dent two little
lint's u' Satan is sleep. (She folds
her armee and rocks complacently
humming to herself. The door opens
softly. Enter the Noglected Southern
Mother.)
ENTER THHE; REAL.
Neglected Southern Mother Mtn -
idly) -Well, Mienuny, are your
charges asleep?
Ideal Southern Mattinny - Who dat
axin me of mull charges is 'sleep?
Noglected Southern Afother-Only I,
Mammy. You nee, (apologetically),
little .Johnny has been coughing all
day, and 1 naturally felt anxious to
know if he was sleeping quietly.
Idea: Southern Mammy - Um -m!
Vou mout jez ez well save yo'se'f de
trouble lit' cumin' in hynh now. lee
Is done fuligot all 'bout you. the
ain't. nobody In de wort' --de book
wort' -dot nleil►b►ths yon enny mo'
en cf you hadn' lived. 1 is It, en
you is nowhar.
Neglected Southern Mother - But
Mammy -
ideal Southern Maminy - Don't
"but" nee, chile. I knows what ise
talkin' 'bout, Look at dere rooks,
leset ntagyrincs, dcse papuhs. Is yo'
name in a one uv 'on? Norm dal
'taint. But mine is I repusents de
souf, I duos. Ihey ain't a 111811,
'omen uh chile In nor$, east alt wen'
dat ain't peflickly farnfliah aid daub
pictuah. Bey knows dat I cradled
de soot in dose hynh ahunee, ilat. I
sung de souf tuh sheep wid mull own
songs, dot I watched ovi:4t de son$ en
ten' tult hit en kcer tub bit en let
'pith own chillun ko tub stranguhs
t till nuss, dot f lei' home en feign':) --
(She breaks off sobbing.)
HEIR FIItS'I' CREATOR.
Neglected Southern Mother - Now,
look here, Mammy, that's going a
little too fur. I'm perfectly willing
to cuter to ,the Imagination of :eolith -
step inauh yo' place, but hooey. do Westmninster Abbey is insured tor a
ole mammy 18 11108' gone. rlvah ain't paltry $.100,000 1he mese of C'on,
Much uv her def' not►•, en day ain't mons for a like amount, and St,
nobody tuft huh place When alta go. Paul's Cut110dtal for $400,000.
You ain't genie glee huh away. ie 'l'llt: 11l(1'l'1till MUSEUM,
you? ,les let huh go duan tuh huh on the other ha..d, is asses -twit for in -
grave trid de praises tie' do tuultichude surunce purposxs at the sable ext
suuualiu' laik u tutklin sytrli,al in huh %qua the three other great eluries
yeah:. All de rt 8' uv life bion$ tuborLwuluu fakeer tu_ethcr-the total
you. You kin got yo' inning when amount for which it is covered
she's gone of yo' wont 'eat, but don' against fire being over *1,250,000.
mek a laughise stock uv huh whilst In the department of marine in -
she's still hynh• surance, the Elder Deurp'(.r Com-
pany is believeel to ho1(1 the most
BIG INSURANCE DEALS valuable policy
record.
'''x' et'for
of this famous line are insured for
the colossal sunt of $1e,000,000, the
MOST HEAVILY COVERED annual premium entuiltd being $750,-
LIVES AND THINGS. 000. The Great Eastern stcaun5hip
-that leviathan fiasco- t,hich made
Insurance Has Taken a Great such a seusyttion in shipping circles
Hold on the People of the s-oine years ago, was insured for
$2,500.000; and battleships are often
United Kingdom. covered on their voyages for sums
A very simple sum in division Hill varying from $2,500,000 to $:1,750,-
show that the average assurance in 000,
force in Creat Britain, ignoring the The biggest insurance transaction
of t
industrial department of the
heist -but, as a lies more in the domain of the bank -
matter of fact, liritish lives arc as- ing company titan in insurance of-
lico-is the, 's4n!cing fu:c! Bully!'" ef-
fected by the l'icadilly Hotel, Lint -
$3,750,000, says London Answers.
The top figure is probably carried
ited. The prospectus deeeribes this
liy our popular Sovereign, King Ed -
replace
"n capital redemptionpoliey to
ward V11., who fitly leads the way replace the amount. of the debenture
in this, as in other practises vitally stock And preference shares. amount -
big together to $5,500,000, at ear,
tion. After his Majesty, Lord oft the expiration of the Crown lease
Rothschild takes rank as the most in 10011." 'This is probably a long
heavily insured individual in the way floe 1)igge;t policy of the kind
country. The great financier pays aver issuedea an insurance cotu-
premiwes amounting to some 1840,- Pany.
000 for assurances totalling $1,250,-♦,_�
000, and 'here Is hardly a life office
of standing in the 'United Kingdom MR. KINSBITTER'S NEW SUIT.
which does not count him amongst
its biggest policy -holders.
The Far of Du.11ey is another
nobleman whose life is covered by
policies in it )urge number of home
life. offices. Ile 19 insured for some-
thing like $750.000. The Marquis of
Londonderry. the Fart of Shrews-
bury, and the Alarquis of TWeeddale
are other aristocratic patrons of life
assurance, al: owning large policies.
Nor are distinguished ladies miss-
ing from the ranks of the heavily in-
sured. The Countess of Warwick
was insured in several offices some
years ago, each office being invited
to retain $50,000 00 the risk; while
only last July, Immediately before
her durtgerous illness, Lady Curzon
was insured for no less than $500,-
000.
LARGE ASSURANCES.
But for sone of the most remark-
able insurance policies on record one
trust go to the chrontctcn of other
nations. No one will be surprised
to hear that it is nn American - a
citizen of Chicago -who owns the
largest single life assurance policy
now in existence, and the three
biggest companies doing life assur-
ance business in Great Britain hail
from the land of Columbus. Mr.
Colgate, of Chicago, who heads the
list of private insurance plungers. is
covered for the tidy mum of $1,500,-
000; but Mr. George Vanderbilt runs
hint pretty close, with policies for
an aggregate of it million dollars.
American millionaires, in fact, are
only outvied try leuropean monarchs
in the magnitude of their invest-
ments in this particular channel of
finance.
It is general:y stated that the
heaviest life assurance on record was
that held Ity the late King if+m-
bert of Italy. 'lite unfortunate mon-
arch was insured in a large num-
ber of offices, and the total amount
paid at his untimely death was not
far short of $7,500,000, though the
ern writers and those who write secrecy which envelops the private
about the south. I know you are financial agates of a Sovereign pre
-
a picturetalue figure and that Rsvents an exact computation of the
good policy to mention you on every insurance. moneys actually paid
occasion, even to the eetettt of put- over. We can speak with more cer-
ting your mistress wholly in the trinity of the insusamen effected) on
background, but 1'te put upavitlt the life of the' present King of
your nfTectations shout as long ns 1 Italy; they amount to a round total
can stand them, and yeti aro going of g;t.:,00,1100.
ng,
to hear some plain truths frome. 01 liviI1Iropenti Sovereigns, the
What do you mean by not tieing German KIi1llrrir is the, largest tem -
when 1 enter the room? have you tributor to the pre ' revenues of
forgotten the "utnnnuhs" you taught the lite assurance companies. His
the south? (Shimmy gets up hnsally 1i u•t•irtl Madcsty-who, by the Way,
wiping her (-eyes with the corner of is n very much better life now that
her bandanna.) Now, just nnswer he was whin the hulk of the policiee
ole a few plain questions. Who took were token out -is insured for just a
you from "tile quarters," where you million sterling. I he 'Tsar is nn -
worked in Ihce folds with the ulher monarch as ho has Always
"hntrlx" nml gave you the adaal't- strongly supported the princlole of
ages of n house education? Rho life assurnn(y, How much exactly is
taught you to cut out, and haste and at risk on tin life of Nicholas 11.
sew, to cook everything from the cannot possibly be known, on sue
crusty loaf to the t delicate in- count of the. large number of tem -
valid dishes, to sweep, to clean the pornry Insurance which are always
silver and brasses. to reed and write
being token nn his life al Lloyds and
and 10 care for Ilse children? Who
elsewhere I;panic lrlckan Ilttesiaet
taught you tidiness rind godlinestt stockhv uldcrit and others.
and quiet 1)4)111' iur:' To whom (lo N(1 GRAND DUKl:.'t 1\'ANTf D.
you owe all that you have been ane
all that you ore ,,nil all that you But the known ineuranres effected
and yours will ever be? Justlet on the 'I'sfa''s life amount to $•1,000, -
those magazines alone and answer o01; toad that he himself ie a firth
tee. believer 111 111.' aesurnnce may be
Iden: Southern Mummy -- But de- gathered from the fact that all him
ma gee ein. s--S('z- children are heavily insured in Bus -
Neglected Southern Sloth r --Never sine. British and French companies
mind who, they say. You have not --the eldest dnnghter, the Grand
gotten n so far beyond your early 'inichesq Olga, for ns much ns 42, -
training thni you do not know how 500, 000. The 'I'sarilsa Is ut�o tn-
1i tell the truth. Answer one. :aired fin. 0 large anwwl1-for $1,-
1(1001 Southern Mnnimy - I.awdy, 250,(0(1.
Missis, beney, die ain't no use full Nithirfg is known as to the (river
me tett lit sw•uh you. You knots 1 or disfavor with width the uncles of
didn't 'mount tuft a rote uv goulurh- the Tsar look upon life astsuran'r,
mart Iwel you tuk ase en 'gun tub but recent events will certainly have
tench the ev)•'ythin; 1 knows 'en all the effect of snaking offices reluctant
1 done fuhgit, fon. to insure Russinn (Grand !hiker; at
Neglected Southern Sloth, r -- And env ( rice, In this ronnection, we
was it t1'14! that vim took the whole may recall n 1rnneac(ion by a Royal
care of my children? Where ens 1, personage of comparatively recent.
whet tins 1 doing while eon were dat,', which is probnt ly iinbpre in
rocking them to sleep and lynching the history of life n'surance. '!'his
them their prayers ane nursittee them was a policy for $750,1)1)0 "against
in sickness and in healthe the risk of nss:nssin.st on" taken out
ideal Southern Mammy, (reluctant- 1►v Prince henry of Pt ii'•sin prior to
ly)-Ifliht at my !mei(' 1lissas, win his metent11hle mission in the Chin-
boAe eyes pinned ontuh it Leel 1 ('d ego seas to prunideate the policy of
feel 'on th'ntigh mill skin. 1 )c9 fol- the "mailed flet.•'
:eh out de roles 'en ;Erection.; lay Of can+rsr• it is not otn:y in life
down by you. dot's nil 1 did. 1 know assurance that policies run into big
yon is de i rime that uh sniff of Ma- fiquTies. !'ire and murine insurance
.ran and !nick's. but con toe 1 don,' are both responsible for Dome huge
fent se 'euslirn.ai tuff ficin' tnatke muiertekinee Some of our public
11111111 nt• by nil d.•m ',Minh% 'en buildings are very heavily insure)
thlingsttkaher fnhuite full mention moons, bre, though in none (Asea
yin, (1 i rerk'n Ise sn'ill. mot' duh the disparity between the ineerattce
def, dad's (Ian d•8 own trufe, anti the va)'a• of the possession to
(lewd k wt 1 ain't nes oh tn.-,1st duh the nation 1s only too manifest. Thus
He Did Not Relish His Wife's
Criticism of It.
Once in a while woman wakes to a
realization of her pewee, and pro-
ceeds to use it tyrannically. Mr.
Kinsbitter drew the chevulglass in
his bedroom over to the light, and
then tried on his new suit. It was; a
business suit of gray tweed -rather
a neat thing, Kinsbitter had consid-
ered it. It looked eell on hint, too.
He had not been quite sure of it at
the last fitting. But the trousers
were a good et -just the right break
over the instep -and the coat had
just the right degree of looseness,
and the lit over the shoulders was
beyond question.
Well satisfied, Kinsbitter took up
his brushes and smoothed his hair.
'!'hen he went down to the living -
room and Mrs. Kinsbitter. His wife
was reclining in a wicker rocker with
her feet on a tabouret, reading a
novel.
"Mv new suit!" ho announced.
His wife raised her eyebrows in n
queer sort of way. "What, another?"
she asked, without looking up.
"Well," he said, after a patient
pause, "what do you think of it?"
"Eh?" said Mrs. Kinsbitter.
"I say, what do you think of
'1111)?"
"01 what?"
"Oh, put down that book! My
clothes -what do you think of my
clot hes?"
"Oh," said Mrs. Kinsbitter, with a
perfunctory glance, "1 suppose:
they're all right." '!'hen she resumed
her book.
"A II right!" echoed Kinsliltter.
rather impatiently. "I think you
might take a little more interest in
them than that. All right! Now lay
that, trash clown and let me have
your attention. Look at the fit of
thele."
Mrs. Kinsbitter put her book down
with n sigh, and turned her eyes on
her husband.
"1 suppose they lit well, though it
seems to Inc that they're u trifle
baggy•
"lit,ggy.?"
"Yes. I suppose it's the style, but
I should think you could get them
cut more becomingly, even if they
weren't in the height std extrctne of
style. What did you get then for,
anyway, Eddie?"
"Just for you to exercise your
critical faculties on. As for extreme
of style -well, if you ever noticed the
extreme, dressers yon wou(du't con-
sider these baggy. Ithat diel I get
tltent for? I gut thein because 1
wanted theta."
"Ynu've got two gond grey suits."
"If you'll shote rue min docent suit
-gray ur any other color -1 should
bre obliged to you."
"How •h did it 00111. you?"
"Forty dollar's."
"1 SAW n ntuc:h pre] f icr suit that
that in Yardley's shop -window for
fifteen dollars."
"I (dare soy."
"And it's so Tight! Vou Won't
have 11 a week before it tri1) len too
h soiled to wear. 11 you would
get something p111011cal I wouldn't
say a word. 1f the truth's known, I
expect your friend, Mr. Jamieson,
has been busing a new snit, and you
couldn't be satisfied till you out-
elione hips."
"Vou simply don't. knnw a thing
about it. Jamieson paid sixty dol-
lars for the suit, he bought. But 1
(Iau1't care if he didn't pay more than
len dollars. Why, what's got into
you, Aiaui? You never talked like
this► before or acted so about nn} -
thing' I bought. Why, when you
bought that. last dimer dress-"
Mrs. Kinsbitter took her feet down
from the 1abouret.
"When I bought that dinner
dress!" she repented. "1'es, when i
put it on and carne down to shote
you how nice 1 looked, what did you
say and hoW did you act? Now, hoW
(lo y011 like it yourself'?"
liModel ter spilled In spito of him-
self. •'Oh, if that's what you're
driving nt!" ho said.
Airs. Kinsbitter laughed, and tak-
ing by the arm, turned 1111)
round. "It's very sire," .she said,
"end suits yin perfcectly'. And how
stunning that black cravat is with
it! Eddie. du you know, you're rath-
er good-looking when you're well
dressed?"
"You're A little trend!" retorted
Mr. Kin:Mitler, grinning; sheepishly.
Cttti.l•ne eln.sll'1 )ort 1h. (Average
Man lo .cense he knows he is right.
LEADING MARKETS
IIIIieADSTt'E'i•'s,
'I'orinto, May 0. -Whet -Ontario
Sides are being made at tote outsiclty
with ttoldeis generally risking *1 for
No. 2 red and white; spring: and
goose nominal, 02c to tee: for spring
wad a5( to M,ic for goose. Mainz ens
-!'rices itt lake ports, tt toll tic extra
for grinding in transit, are le high-
er; No. 1 northern, *oble; Nee 2
northern, 1)24e; No. 3, 86c.
Flour -Ontario, UO per orcin. Pa-
tents, $4.35 to 84.45 buyers' sacks,
east and west, 15e to 20c higher for
choice. Manitoba, $5.50 fur first pa-
tents, $5.20 for second patents, and
15 to $5.10 for bakers'.
Millfeed-Ontario itran, $16.50;
shorts, $.18.50. Muttitubu, $18 (Jr
bran and $20 for shorts, al Toronto
and equal points.
Barley -15e fur No. 2, 43c for No.
3 extra. and 41e for No. 1 malting
outside, '1'oront o freight s.
Rye--No►nitutl; 60c to 70c fur No.
2 f.o.b. outside.
Corn-Canatliai nominal nt 47c for
yellow and 46c fur mixed, f.o.b.
Chatham freights. American -Firm-
er; yellow, kiln -dried, 58e, with No.
3 yellow, 5(ie, told mixed, 56e, on
track 'Toronto.
Oats -No. '2 white, 40c to 41c west
and 414e to 42e east.
Rolled Oats -$4.35 for cars of hags
and• $4.60 for barrels on track here;
25e more for broken lots here and
40c outside.
Pens --68e to 60e for No. 2 west
and east. and 70c for milling.
Buckwhcut-69c to 60e cast and
west ,
COUNTRY PROilUCE.
Butter -Receipts continue to hi -
crease, and the market is quoted
11(10(11 lc lower.
Creamery, prints 20c to 21c
(lo solids ......20o 2lc
Dairy lb. rolls, good to
choice iRe tOe
......... 17c 18c
du large tall:
do medium ............150 1Cc
Cheese -Fall is quoted at 12c for
large and 121c fur twins. New
cheese is selling at. 11ec to 12c.
Eggs -Sales here aro generally
made at 14c, although some are on a
131c busis.
Potatoes -Ontario, 60e on track
and 65c to 70c out of store; eastern
60c to 65c on track and 70c to 75c
out of store.
Baled 1Iay-Prices are unchanged
at. $8 per ton for No. 1 tiinothy and
87 for mixed or clover in car lots
on track here.
Baled Straw -Car lots on track
here are quoted uncharged at $ 0 per
ton.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, May 0.-Wheat-1Tlic de-
mand
o-maned was not quite 80 brisk for
Manitoba wheat, butthere was some
gond business in American corn. in-
creased business in efenitoha wheat
is looked for.
Flour -Manitoba spring wheat pa-
tents, $5.40 to $550: strong bakers,
$5.20 to $530; winter wheat T•a-
tente, $5.50 to 8560; stright rollers,
$5.15 to $5.25, and in bags, $2.15
to $2.55.
Milifced-Manitoba bran in baton
$19: shorts, *21 per ton: Ontario
winter wheat bran. in bulk, $18.50
to $19; shorts, $20 to 821; irouille,
824 to 828 per ton, its to quality.
Oats -'('here was no charms in roll-
ed oats. for which demand is rtill
limited of $2.20 to $2.22 per bite.
Cornmenl-'['hr. inarket for corn-
meal is also quiet at $1.35 to 81.15
per bog.
'lay -Mixed. $7 to $7.50; No. 1.
$9 to $9.50; No. '2, $8 to $8.50;
clover and pure clover, $6.50 to $6.-
75 per ton in car lots.
Beans -Choice primes, 81.70 to
$1.75 per bushel, $1.50 to $1.60 in
car lots.
1'rovi:,lues-heavy Canadian short
cut pork, $16.50 to $17.50; light
short cut, 810.50 to $17; American
cot clear (at back, $20; compound
lard, 6;c to 7c; Canadian lard, Mc
to 71c; kettle rendered, 81c 91r, ac-
cording tu•quulity hams, 12c to 13c•,
bacon, 1,:(c.; fresh killed abattoir
hogs. $11.75 to $10; mixed, $ti.:i%)
to $6.75; select, $7 to $7.85 oil
curs.
Eggs -Straight stock, 14c to 15c:
No. 1, 13tc to 131c; No. 2, 12c to
1'2 c.
Rutter -Choice creamery, 181e to
194e; undergrudes, 17c to 18c; dairy,
15c to 17e; rolls, l,ic to 17r.
Cheese --Ontario full, 12c to 12)c;
fodder, 11c to ll1c.
CATTLE M. RK ET.
Toronto, May O. -Among the cattle
offerings there was a •e than its -
lewdly heavy proportion of light
stocker cattle and lutetium to 0010 -
mon butchers' entitle. The following
are the range of quotations:
Export, heavy ,..$5.25 to $5.90
do Cows 4.00 4.25
Bulls, export ... 4.00 4.25
Butchers' picked ...... ,4.50 5.50
do good to choice
fonds , ...4.20 4.30
di fair to good 4.00 4.10
du mixed lots, med-
ium 3.00 3.25
do good cows 3.50 4.1.0
00 Cows :1.5I) :3 75
do common and rough 3. n0 3.50
Hatchets' lulls ... 2 7,11 3.50
di medium) 2 fur 2.50
do light 1.'25 1.7r.
Feeders, short -keep 4.25 5.00
do good 4.00
Stockers, good ...:1.25 4.00
sitockers, light. '2.00 3.0(1
Milk cows. each 20.00 40.00
Export ewes ...... 4.7(1 5.511
Bucks 3.75 4.25
Lambs. per Cwt 7.00 7.50
Spring boobs, each 3.00 6.00
Culls. cneh 3.50 4.25
Calves, per Ib. 3l tit
do each 2.00 12 6'0
flogs, selects 6.751 7.(+1)
do fate 6.50 6.76
A woman (lore '$ lot a wan it
she wonders why sh.• docs.
snicker -•••Didn't the dueler build
yotl up'1'' (locker -"Yet; but he seem*
to think he built a hnnki"