HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-07-12, Page 3IN AN IMPERIAL •KITCHEN
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WIEE reVRICATE TASK OE FEEDING
eNN, EMPEROR?
eseinds Toseph is Frequesitly mpiei
to Entertain Two Thu.-
• Oarld, GaeStS,
Froin the do•ys of' Marie Theresa,
liosei splendid entertainmextts amazed
U e eourtse of Europe, the imperial latch -
cps of Vicuna have been regarded as'
Wiling, first place among their isind,'
The. capecity of this culinary* plant
or several plants, is there Is one con-
. 149ted WM Tech, imperial valuer -may
judged from the.fact that one kitchen,
.ecently abandoned and converted into
- a riding scitool, contained copper ware
-aione that weighednearly 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 mo.dp vessels, from
the kitehen to the door of the dining
• Such service is no longer necessary,
as the new kitchens are located im-
Mediately • beneath the state • dining
roorre A system Of electric elevators
transefe'rs food and plate more speedily
and with greater satisfaction than would
be peossIble by hand:-
Mcist interesting,. perhaps, 'of the new
culinary arrangements is the rieundhuche
or taeting Icitcnen, as it might 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-
pedal taetes.
Before each meal is served, a high of-
" natal of the household enters' the kitchen
•and carefully tastes every dish. This is
Intended, not wily 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 oaf been consti-
tute his usual -dinner. It is not uncoil's,
, snore for him• to searcely touch anything
ordering the table clear•ed ahnost as
soon as the meal is served.
To this private kitcnen is attached the
pastry department and the department.
in yvhich 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 the palace,
dainties from those departments were
in demand every day, but of hate the
pastry and confection makers ha{re. not
been kept busy, except upen especial
occasions. -
• The other important apartments are
the, oedinary., palace kitchen, where the
meals are prepared. for the general
household outside the imperial family,
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and the great _plant needed to provide
refreshments upon festival occasions,
g*Sat banquets and balls,- so frequent
art -he Austrian court.
At a court dinner from 200 to 400
,guest's may be present; at the palace
tails supper -is often served to 2000.,So
well ordeeed is the service, however,
that a meal of' almost an size can' be
served at comparatively short notice.
In the roast room of the great festi-
val kitchen the ancient pit is stills, lem-•
ployed. There are six systems of -Ovens.
roue ovens oCcupy part of the pastry
room, in one section of which eight ex-
perts do nothing but make oake.
Here, too, ie what is terrnbel the olio
kitchen, the practical funetion 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 at least eight hours for
its preparation, the extent of the kitchen
• outfit devoted to this soup alone is ap--• ,
parent. s
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
paid.to it, although, the confections and
•rfet pieces manufactured there are still
• Vonders of art., in their way.
• These immense kitchens with their
• cores of chefs, cookseand helpers entail
only apart of the cares that rest upon
the shoulders of the master of the house-
hold -usually an °facial 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 ne-ecarefully
looked after. •,
One large room is set apart for the
storage .pf the „imperial silver, which is
Infinite in variety and incalculable. •in
value. Another apartment holds the
big collection of ram old Vienna porce;.
in and the imperial.' Sarviee of solid
.gold.
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golci servire is among the most
beautiful and elaborate ever designed.
1.! is used only When foreign visitors of
'royal oe princely •rank are the guests
of the Fimperor.
Originally a wee intended to meet the
needs et'. only eighty, dinern. but a few
years ago a hundred additional gold
platee were added. As each plate weighs
something oVer two pounds, the value
of the gorgeoue service may be dmegin-
ed.
Not an item of food from the ittiperial
table is taken back 10 the kitchen er
elorerooms. Whatever' is left he-
eefeee the propet•ly of the servants.
'VAT nflcri Prif 11'0 dishes aro removed un-.
,setieheS; Iserlee of wine ere taken away
uneerhe 1. In ljne way ihe butlers rind
wailer.. riot 11111V IR re as sumptitously
se reysity, lid 'thole families algo "
PLOilltliiil KNOLY FOOD.'
Otte of the inoet exolusive regal estate.?
listumuk iti Euretie is that Of the Grand
Ice of 11 iden itt Carisruhe, Germany.
-Low Grand Duchees Was a sister of the
reett in pet ot * end father, and
;gt
tier tnctliods ;of management, art folloWs
01 to ?? !woof extent et the gotirts Of
Itefir end "Vienna. *s"
!hi: (Mellen, in addition to the
end errolo. there are alwayo four
tee ele noprerilleee whose term of eerviee
Ise fOu' t 1110 eare always plenty
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gl? voluntQr[4, for thio serVIIVO frOrn Vaela4
ler s of the highly re5peetaiele families.'i CHARM •.AND WITCHCRAFT
AlthOugh no wage is paid them, U10
lige derived is so great as to be eagerly
sought, as it insures profitabict employ-
ment almost anywhere, especially in tht.
big yes -tam -ants and hotels of the
' The,. lives og Q1111106YerE3 in the royal
I.i.tfte_za.0 aye elc&edingly pleasant. Each
geis 41.9 ,bottio of we and his beer at
every 'meal,. and is, 'otherwise treated'
withL g'real 'consideration. ., the
family, is. staying:, at one, of its isunurier
liorneS in' the conntry. • the Serverits 'are"
permitted to fish • In the preservesS . and
.1:1 enjoy ' Ma ny. pther liberties.
MEDIEVAL SUPERSTITIONS OE
IENGIAND,
Cures for ,a-• Conglire:(10,seaint Svene at n
:church DoOr-Pr.eYenielive
for Ills.
.• Those who do riot 'happen to- have
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•Even the unsalaried apprentsces fare ben'born in Devonshire Jr' to • have
spent part of their
pretty well in a 'financial 'way, as hear- jives in the fair (roma-
ly all visitors -give liberal tiPs. , such try .svill no doubt. find It hard to believe
tips are deposited Nyitit a trusted:Offielal what a strong hold the, extraordinary
or the householdand at the end of the suPPestitions entuneratedbelow still
:Mr the total, seesM, is divided among Possess over the minds of dwellers in
the employes. One visitor to the pa- remote parts , of the ° Western shire,
lace of the Grand Duke of Baden gave writes a correspondent of the London
Chronicle. Even people born and bred
in Devonshire towns fail tp realize to
• What an extent weird forms of credulity
Each afternoon the chief steward con- still linger in rural parts of the county.
fers with the official in charge of the How strongly ,some of the strange
hotieeh.old, and the menus for the next folk -lore and superstitious beliefs still
daYls meals are niade Up. Early the sur is inon1e of the rural parts el
next morning Or steward gives this Devonshire is illustrated by:the follow.
to th,e chef who ts-- on duty for the. day, ing incident, which took place recently
nod he at once makes his requisitiens at , Sutcombe, and which is thus de.
scribed by the rector, Rev. F. G. Scri-
vener,
"On Sunday the parish church of Sut-
$1200 to this fund. ,
THE CHEF'S couNrm.
fin supplies.
Only one hour a day is .the stereroom
kept open, so that should the chef neg-
lect or forgot to provide himself with
combe, a small vtllage between Hols-
everything needed during that time, he
worthy and Hartland, was the scene of
must supply the deficiency from his own
pocket. re
It is the duty of the chef to see that
all requirededishee are properly prepare
a revival of an interesting old faith
cure. A wornan in the parish has of
late been a sufferer from epileptic fits,
cd, 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
the wine cellar and ten assistants. These same thing. and had- not suffered from.
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znen do nothing but buy wine, bottle, ,fas since, she went around the parish
label, age and serve It on demand. and got thirty married men to promise
to. attend the parish churcis
AT THE 111ORNING SERVICE.
"At the clo'se of the service the rector
Wilde the' members of a royal family
may be few in number, there are always
a great many others, who, take thea.
meals in the palace.
In the palace of the Grand puke of, desired • the selected, men to pass out
Baden, for instance, approximately 120 one by one, and as they passed through
pErsons are fed every day. In addition the church they e found the woman
there are more than forty m.en em -
seated there, accompenied--by the neigh -
who live in their own .cottages. _ , bor who had One the same thing nine-
•' This grand focal establishment is by teen years ago (as many who were pro.
no means as large as. that •maintained seta remembered). "s Each man as he
py. the Emperor Francis Joseph: I passed out put a penny 'in the wornan's
Similar dining -room arrangements are lap, but -whenethe thirtieth Man (the
Maintained by the Emperor of Austria' reetor's chtu•ch warden) came.. he took
and the Grind Duke - The tables of both -tile twenty-nine pennies and_put, in half
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are served by mei who have long worn' a crown. .A .silver ring is to he made
the palace' livery and have learned dis-1 out of thie half crown, which the woman
tretion.. S. ' is to wear, and it is to be hoped that the
Iniportad matters of State may be result will be as satisfactory in her ease
discussed In their hearingo but nothing as it was on the. previous occasion,.
Ns ,
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ever leaks out.
Nearly every royal palace is under the "In a smallep.arish (less than 300 popu-
eare ofa master of the houeewehhas osemarried mention) it was not easy to find thirty
title varies at different places.but all were wilting m
the supervision 6! allsthe servantshelp-farmers; laborers and tradesmen -
and and the whole incident passed off very
If a carriage is to be sent for a visi
of every detail of household economy.il quietly, and all was done with the tit:
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tor, he attends to it; should the gardens' taloa reverence and il-enrum.. The wo-
need special attention, he gives the pro.' man takes her seat fn the porch when
per direction. When there is to be a the preacher .begins his sermon, and
from the time she leaves her house until
she returns she must not speak a word.
ments. He is a man or importance in 1 We have not heard whether she com-
the household and not infrequently the plied with this condition."
The Rev. Roger Granville of Pinhoe,
formerly rector of Bideford', also 'tells
• an interesting • -story of Devonshire
superstition. "On one occasion," he
great entert•ainrnent- or state ,function,
he sees -to the decerations end arrange -
bearer of a title.
. PRISONS MAKE CRIMINALS.
There is a growing 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 fell him what was con -
crime. Dr. Forbes 'Winslow has made: tained in a bag which he had worn
(-Ireful study ot the question. "In-! round his neck since infancy, and which
sosel -of prison," he says "a kind
rerermatory should be kept for first of -I a
of a white witch tied given his mother as
knders.. preventive against fits: After cutting
Often the very fact of having
been in gaol , acts as an imPulse, to. open several outer cases, well worn
commit crane. An' ex -prisoner cannot! and 'sweat stained, I come upon the
original sinner 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
shouln be committed to an ordinary pri-
son. Make a gaol-birdof him, and he
becomes callous and revengeful at oncp.
number of bits of paper,
EACH BEARING ONE WORD- .
"Piecing 'them together, I foundethey
formed the following sentences: 'Sin -
Merely put him under strict discipline ner, Jesus died, for thee' (thrice fe-
ta a good training school, howeverand pealed), 'Therefore flee that sin.' At the
he retains his self-respet, and probably man's request these pieces of paper were
becomes a good and Useful citizen. Wo-! reinserted in their several bags, end
men criminals are a geeat trial to the; my maid,§ervant sewed them up again,
authorities. • They do not offend so: and he, replacing the charm round his
frequentlybut their misdeeds are far
More diabolical. • neck once more went on his. way re-
joicing, being now in a position to tell
*a neighbor,' whose ehild had also fits
NOTHING TO LOSE. •
a certain cure for them."
in many parishes in rued. Devon it is
Mrs. Wilson was particularly fond of believed that if a lady's -surname after
reminding her husband that the silver marriage begins *ith the same letter as
was •liees, the furniture was hers, the her maiden surname she will be very
pianoforte was hers. and so on, until unlucky, and there is an old couplet:
poor Wilson almost wished he had
married a girl without a penny. •
During the course of a recent night,
however, Mrs. Wilson awoke, to hear
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strange' voices in the lower part of the
house, and vigorously punching her
husband in the ribs, called:
"John, • get up 1 There are burglars
down below."
"Eh?" inquired Mr. Wilson sleepily.
"Burglars downstairs !" _shrieked -Mrs.
Wilson. -
Change the name but not•the letter,
-Change for the worse and not the bet-
ter.
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Ladies who are unlucky in- this respect
are, however, believed to possess com-
pensating advantages hi that they . are
able * to cure juvenile complaints.
Whooping coughis included in .the
category, • and • when the mothers. -Of
Chittlehampton found that dragging
their diadem through three parishes in
"Burglars!" saiWilson";as he turned one, clay did , -not . effect a cure they
d
over. "Well, let 'em burgle! There.s promptly took them off to be "doctored"
nothing of nein° there !"
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HOW TO GET MARRIED.
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Sortie time ago a Mr. O'Brien, a land
agent in the \Nest of Ireland, met a
tenant, and, having heard of his mar-
riage, saluted him as follows:
"Well, my man, so you have taken to
,yourself a es, fie?"
"Yie, yer honor," said -the, Irishman,
touching his hate "I have."
"Well, here am I; I can get no one
to take me, and Pfeer very lonely
sometimes?'
"I think 'I can put yer honor in the
was the lanewer.
"Hoev's that ?"
"Do as I do; go 'where yon are hot
known." ,
by ladies who had not .changed the first
letter of their name by marriage. It IS
clamed that whatever such *Omen 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 there are who be
lieve. that the complaint gnn be eoii
pletely eracyeate.d_ fromea sorrenee eye.
tem by letting the, little sufferer wear a
long. hairy caterpillar in a shiall bag
around the neck. Others are foolish
enough to think that if a hair is taken
from a child's head, put between a slice
of bread and butter, and given to a dog,•
the child will reeover from its infirmity
if the dog coughs. as it very probably
will, if the hair towhee ite throat,:
At extraordinary belief still pre-
valent 13 11101 rt,' child will ',mover from
whooping (bough if, while the, dew is on
TROUBLE reliEWINGe .
the ground, it • is laid Mee downeeare
Sentitnental wife(readbeautifuling from a nose weeee .
els--"Ated• clitsping the girl" 10
P BEEN SLEEPING
hie heart. the liero pressed his- burning - A SIIEE IIA
lips to her snowy "brow," SheeP are sometimes driven into_ the'
. Practical, Mena iiii---"Ye„q; and I'll het farmyards ovee. night so that the
a do tar to a hayseed he'll be down far iers' Wives may the ,thore easily try
tine rt puled remedy in the,morning.
Wil n, °se of eoutse frequently hap-
pens, the littleleufferero iire not relieved,
it le sIt11l that the parents have not had
euffici nt faith.
There are,easeo on reCOrd Where mo-
thetse liavo taken ,IIAL OffS Whiff and
grave5 prepared' for the rime; tion Of a
placed I them for a few su nnenis its
body uf the opposite eex, inlo belie/
with /pneumonia iti the next chapter."
ANTAGONISTI' i'LOWCW4
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A French hortieult eist has discovered
that, a rose and Mit;nonette cannot live
together. He pfaeed a epecimen Of eadi
floweV bY side a vase, and at the
end of half, an bone they had both lost
all their feeshness and every, traee Of
their teeent. '
e.
Ilisi th?reafter rz9 [suffer any
more of the intirnaiLes that children aro,
11°Aciipt9er*slitious Devonians will, when
Alforing from a cough, rout themselves
to 4, ons'derable, imonvenionce in trying
to met, a man driving a white home'.
iRavug encountered 3 person thus en-
gagel, they as!: him what he thinks will
cure, them, believing that if 1hy carry
tout his rePorrimendations they will soon
be all- right again. •
To insure that -a wound eaiised by a
thozt doe,s not frtn tone sons of
Devon will eat the thorn. In oder1,
maze 'assurance- donbly sure; some- 're.
peat these wordg after eating it : "In the
name of thil Felber, and :rd. the Self and
.ihe Holy Gh0;,,t, the prick 01 1110 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-
fans to possess remarkably curative
properties. Persons suffering from sores
of any kind are recornmended to, wear
the corresponding part of a toad tied'up
In a little bag, or otherwise attached to
the person. As a, cure for warts there
is, accoleling to some people, nothing
like a fat slug which has to be placed
on the pasts affected. To cure an adder's
bite the victim has to catch an adder,
fry it, and put it on the spot where he
;Waapbltt en!,
Some
o
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 s(roked' with
A -WJDOW'S WEDDING mg,
As is only nalural, 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 than cure."
Thus people cnrry about with them
when they can get them) double Bar-
celona nuts as a preventive for tooth-
ache ; and a small notate or a lump of
sulphur to keep them free from rheu-
rnatisin. To a limited extent this latter
course is practised in the Midlands.
The number of Devonshire subersti-
lions regarding cats is extraordinarily
large,
If a cat sleeps on his brain
its 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. 'fhe coming of a stranger may
ebae's.,
ex.peeted if 4 cat, when- washing her
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face, puts her paw above either of her
r
Many Devonian housewives will not
on any account allow it kitten to be in
ethe house at the same time as a baby,
fearing that in such a ease harm would
come. to the infant. In other households
kittens born in May are always killed.
The .reason assigned for this harsh pro-
ceeding .is that "May kittens bring home
the verinin." Being interpreted, this
means that when they grow up they
not be content with killing rats and
mice, but capture and carry hofne all
'sorts of Unpleasant creepingsthings.
The 'only* time when kittens are re-
garded as, being absolutely essential in
,a Devonshire household is when iffirteen
persons are expected to sit down to
dinner. In such a case a kitten. has to
take a'place on 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 -
lefty for wild daffodils to he taken into
,a house. Farmers' wives believe that if
this is done they will lose a lot 61 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 sueerslitiori and witchcraft
there is not a, very wide gulf ; but al-
though reputed witches are not nearly
so numerous in Devonshire as they were
even, a dozen yeal's ago, there are a
good', many modern practitioners c,f
blark art in the county.
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FISHING FOR BIRDS.
Caught With Rod, and Line in Many
Parts of the World.
The pastime• is. declared to be al-
most as fascinating as fishing. Gulls
in NeCoundland are caught in this way
in large quantities. In New England
fishing for gulls. and petrels is an ime
j3(I'Them
arilielldo.udstr'Y.1 bird -fishing is peach -
(allay the same ,as that of ordinary fish -
Two men go out in a dory and
throw pieces of cod-liver on the water.
when Inrge 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
vicArbast.rosses are fished for in the same
way orf cape of Good Hope. eA piece of
pork is attached to •a Sang line an(1
thrown overboard. The bird will eye it
n long time, gradually and cautious -
making towards it.- Suddenly he
will seize it and _hold it in his beak.
When he disceseers that he is caught he
will it on the water' • and vigorously
flap his wings. However, lie will be
drawn into the boat and madei eaptive.
Albalroee fishing Is good sport, since the
birds require careful handling'. So long
es ee pills againstthe line it is easy
),,Artorigh. The moment, however.- lie
swiins forward the hook will drop froin.
his beak. unless itis ekillfully maniipt-
Wed. rind, the bird willetindlliiinsell
free.
A POWERFUL CLEANSER.
When any one suggested -to Mr. Her
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Ian/ that the extren9e>whitenesg of the
eloltioq which she &netted' was due to
anything besideher exertions, Mrs.
Herlihy took fire at onee.
"We the Walt 0%,111P bands and me
erring and me ' °Ohms that does a r
(Tied indignantly. "I use all nte
Stren'th on thimeelothee, Auld line ae
wake ne a rag whin they're done. Soap
an' Water Le all 1 take to aen. herein' the'
lne'sede
tee;li'fnttitjatpu
bit of
nts laTely
pnel,touoh to
'el.'141,Le ye sure it's only' a limo bit You'i*e
wing 2,, asked the prying neighbor in a
dulki(tr Ilst11;.?" and the wrath lofltftee
,
Herlihy ilOmC4t again. "An' why,
wpuldn't I be, aure whin if I used a bit
tri4e it'd ate the Mile right off me fin -I
gers 1"
WONDER WORKING WHITE -COAL,
Tikag*9 to keg V*/ Is N9 li/ooler au
Industrial Dark Number.
Northern' Italy 13 prewiugbryenJ„
all record. The praduf.* of the silZs:
flit-
dustry has ambled. in tit'e last' eight
years; one-MitA of the. thread, trcl
in the world 1$ nc446' P7037Z.C1)1 in It5ly„
The' eoltcpn mills, ,°500c,ly in enif-tenee,
a decade ao now have an annual oul
put worth more, than 6)D,(150,400.
cording to .Tbe World To -day, tentile3
have arivoneNt almost -as rapidly.
The 0,0tirt wikkinen emplo3,:•4 111 riEnn
and stefA foundries in 15ghave b...nconie
511 (1111) and Italy' to day isV:Portillt.1
steel in.sltiad Of importing ft.
Mufflehblance, as the French call if,
or white coal; has beeWthe chief agent
in the transformation. White 'coal is
simply hydraulic rower. "Strictly speak-
ing, it applies only ti; iheTower derived
from glacier streams rising in the Alps.
The analogous, term, hotline verte, or
green coal, has been &tabled 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 the great manufactur-
ing countries to -day are those which are
rich in ooal--the United States, Great
Britain, Germany and Belgium,
Now the tables are turned . 13y an al-
most providential compensation those
nations which are poorest in black coal
are richest in white. Austria is much
better supplied with hydraulic power
than Germany, France than England,
Switzerland than Belgium, Canada than
the United States: ' When it is further
considered that the white coal IS subject
to neither exhaustion nor interruption
by strikes the full richness of the pro-
mise it offers begins' to be realized.
Italy is one of the best endowed el
European nations in 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 has been developed than in
any other country in Europe. Some of
the Alpine lakes, twenty-five mile,s long
and a thousand feet deeia, at varying
elevations', above tire • sea, form ideal
reservoirs of energy. .
Wholesale emigration, again, is re-
ducing the pressure of population ;
every year hall. a million qf 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
late Premier, was making an official
tour through the Basilicate, he was sur-
prised on entering a certain village to
find no arches of 'welconie;- no effusive
deputations, only the Mayor with his
pessimistic greeting.
"I welcome Yeti hi 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." -
'On the whole the emigration' has been
beneficial. A -new Italy has sprung up
on the Platte end in Brazil, furnishing
an immense outlet for Italian exports..
while the remittances sent home from
Italians reS'ident in the two Americas are
estimated at $75,900,000 a year. Nor are
all the emigrants lost forever. The offi-
cial returns putelhe proportion of tem-
porary emigratioF at fifty-five per cent.
• 4
SENTE E ERMONS.
,Time amend(a great many prayers.
Upright walking is the strongest talk-
ing. ir
dear4heart soon makes a dead, Con -
..science.
Virtue is none the . worse for a few
vouchers.
The ruddy eyes do not get the rosiest
outlook on life;
Hearts of gold do not come by setting
the heart •on ,gold.
No man is eiyilieed until he has learn-
ed to live with himself.
The" walls of ihe house of happiness
are built of sacrifice. ,
The troubles, we meet are .as nothing
compared to those we manufacture.
The road that cuts through right to
riches has a (kiwis gradesextension to
ruin.
Don't count too much on the virtue of
owning up •when you know you're on the
virge of being _found out. •
In the kingdom .of darkness might
makes tight; in the 'kingdom of light
might but adds to responsibility. -
It's no use talking abont the way you
bear the cross if you're unduly anxious
to get hold of the little end 'of the log.
•
• CORRECTING HIM,
Just where the lad came from is not
apparent, but he was rather a crisp -
looking Nloungster of fourteen, small for
his -age. He entered the office of a,
wholesale house. and approached the
•headeof the establishmentewho was in
a. bad humor about .something.
"Do 'you want a boy here) sir?" asked
the applicant for position. '
"No, ,we don't ward a boy here," re-
sponded the merchant, in the ordinary
manner of a man in a bad humor.
"Are you sure, sir ?" • •
•"01 course I am. Don't° I know my
bliSiness? Get otifT'ssee-
"Whet's, that sitting on the le
pat over
there?" 'asked the ".6 alter very, politely.
an(1 without being at all disturbed bY his
reception. •
"Ile's our orfiee boy," replied the tiler.
donde rather taken abaek. ,
"You want him here, don't you?"
"Of com•se."
"He's e boy, isn't he?"
"Well, • Alen, .You are niistaken
when you say you don't want a boy
here. What you really intended saying
wna that• You didn't neod here.
flood morning, sir" ; and m
berore the er-
ebant eould leimeelf together this
remyouth hod youhad rushed out and
was lost in the crowd in the street.
yr•.,
• IN MELTING MOOD THEN
"Wonder why, there ri1ee.,0 Many
more enSsarecitis in rAinaner than in
winterr
•ewelie 1 (Appose, it pin my to a
irl Vilt-lhOUr in the hot, eveistiter,
LEADING- MARKETS
`1['ronthio 4uily
Ntl $3.15 fw pr buy.
eNp1)14 inailcvs [1(.14
vatialc5, tO
1 911.6i1f3,,$1
Dran--$15.54 to $1.5
Whelt-I.,Dntaria--Steady; *INTL roi
anti, 01.c to 1.Os, sprig*, 600;
1Wani10ha QUotatiOns aro
e lower; D,I4. 1- norihern; 813-.4o, lake.
ports; No. 2,,t;„.13e,. and No. 3, no2niriall
at V41R;e.
Oats -No. 2. vrbite, 8e tO 333e, west.
and 3Po east'.
at
tlorn.4--No.,2 yellow, 59)6.4 to '60c; No.
3 yellow, 59c, Toronto,
liye-Nominal, at 1520, outside.
Barley -Nominal, at 50o to tat. itir ND.
vithite.
COUNTRY PIIODUC.,13.
Butter -All kinds are coming forward
freely, and there appears to be no ap-
preciable decrease iui the make.
Creamery, prints 20c to eo
do solids 190 to 200
Dairy prints .. 16c to. -170
Rolls tic to 160
Tubs ...... ..... - 14c to 160 ,
Cheese--Firra in tone and unchanged
at 12c to 123e per lb. for job lots here.
Eggs --Prices are quoted unchanged at.
180 to 18Xo per dozen. ' •
Potatoes -Ontario, $1.05 to $1.10:,east
ern Delawares, .$1.25 to $1.30; Quebec,
$1.10 to $L15.
Baled Hay-Unehanged, with an easy
tone, at $9.50 to $10 per ton for No. 1.
timothy, and $7,50 for mixed or clover.
• Baled Straw ---Unchanged at $5.50 to
$6 per ton.
BUSINESS .AT MONTREAL.
Montreal,July 10 - The do-
enand from over the cable Ifur Manitoba
Vvneat- was limited, and business was
quiet. Cables are noW. X te %lc .per
bushel out of line. There was peed:t-
eeny no change in the market for oats;
prices' unchanged at 43X0 in store for
No. 2 oats, 430 for No. 3, and 42%c for
No..4. Flour -No change in prices is an.
ticipated; Manitoba' spring wheat, $4.69
te $4.70; strong bakers', .$4.10 to $4.20;
Winter wheat patents, $4.30 to $4.40;
straight rollers, $3.90 to $4.10; do in.
bags, 111.85 to $1.90; extras, $1.40 to $1.-
4), Feed -A fair business continues to
o done in shorts, and mouilie at steady,
prices, but the demand for bran is quiet;
Manitoba, in bags, .$18; shorts, :.$20 to ,
$21 per ton; Ontario bran in bags, -$18.-
50 to $17; shorts, $20.50 to $21; milled
mouiilc,•$21. t..9 $25 per ton, and straight
grain, $23 to $29.. Provisionse-Barrels
heavy Canada short cut pork, $23; light
short cut, $2L50; barrels ,clear fat backee •
$22.50; 'compound lard, 7% to Be; Canas
dian pure lard, 11%e to 12c; -kettle
ren-
dered. 1230 to 130; hams, 14 to 15%c;
breakfast bacon.,4.17 to 113c; Windsor ba-
con, 17c; -fresa killed abattoir 'dressed
hogs, $10.50 to $10.75; alive, $7.75. per
100, tbs. Eggs, -Straight receipts, 1.5g
tc- 16Xcs straight Candled, 17c. 'Butter -
Choicest salted creamery, §0 to 21c; un-
salted, 21. to • 21.%c. Cheese-:-Ontarios,
11% to 1.1%e; Quebec, 11%c. _
UNITED STATES MAIIKETS.
Minneapolis, July Ill-- Wheat --
79%c; September, 79*; December, 79%;
to 79%c; May, 82%e; No. 1 hard, 83e;
NO. 1 Northern, Re; No. Northern,
80gc. Flour -First peetente, $4.35 to
$4.15; second patents, $4.20 to $4:30;
firgt clears, $3.50 to $3.60; second clears,
$2.45 to $2.55. Brat -4n bulk, 1115.2510
$15.50. .
Detroit, July 10 - Wheat No.
white, cash, 823e; No. 2 red, cash,
8234c; Jilly, 80%ce September, 81,,t(sc; De-
cember, 82%c. .
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Toronto,, July ,10.-A draggy bone pre-
vailed in _medium and inferior butchers'
cattle at the Western Market to -day, but,
the •better class of butchers' and export-
erswere steady at the levels reached
Tuesday., • . •
The number of exporters -offered wee
limited, and trade was somewhat fea-
tureless. ..Several fair loads sold at $4,
85 to - $9.05 per cwt., and for extra
• choice' animals higher figures would
;have been obtainable. •
• Owing to ihe' time of the !seen large, -•
supplies of grass-fed and inferior billet-
ers' are expected to be marketed. Cheise
$4.50 to $1.85; medium, $4.25 to $4.40;
cows, $3.25 to $1; bulls, $3.25 to $3.75,
canners.' $1.75 to $2 tier cwt.
= A moderately active demand was pis-
sing for feeders and stockers.
Shrt-
keeps, $1,00 to $4.85;" feeders, 1,050 to
1,150 lbs. at $4.50 to •$4.65; chokee etock-
ere. 600 fo 800 lbs,., $3.60 to $3.85; stock
calves, 4-00 to 600 lbs., $2.75 to $3.25 per •
cwt. ' •
Export ewes and lambs sold at $4.25
to $4,40 per cwt. Spring Iambs seld at
$4 to $6.50 each. and export bucks weee
worth $3 to $3.50, -find eulls, $2.75 to
$3.50 pee 'cwt.
Mitch, cows Were in nioderete demand,
$- 0in'altyoesSaw(le
.eierililiill at $4 to $6.50 poe
eNlf
iogs were wo lOe. Soleets send at
$7.60; lights and fulls, $7.351' per cwt.
TOMMY ATKINS'S "FEELERS."'
• Since the days or the Boer War, the
.J •
British Intelligence Department has .
Veen vastly improved. It is managed by
a body of Alleers whose excetitional mil-
itery expefienee entitles t1iei to rank •
os exPerts its the art of etrtegy. The
lleeriteisSrithiexityeerrtYrninillipllOirrYianstthiriolasd,acitioll
aiott'
trTapiloevitry, iitt,o,it:.snoNivisitabeixetwbialyttleflheol‘tvl bionngEu-
tt'
Nvonid..iaee for any given number of
tteinpe to cross, say, the Mane, at
particular point. Pe knows the preeiste
Ntiv(11)srill:0s.,115theiorf starleln,aclthrinetaiinwenttaiiimrdsetrreartr6o.,'
p;o importaneelt.even peg 30 far 03
In keep a record of the overage matfett
in different parts Of Europe, for in eke
distrietn rain lie nearly elveriM fals
eliotligis'idaellratttilly7avayffe• ellsin till 6p(11.11sfiel fovrertaY
eiimpaigri.
Mm. Blinis---"Do you w' condeneed
1
ntilk?" • Mrs. Slirittesel th'nli it must hs .
contlenseil. There in neeer Mere thals
A ,pint and a half in a quart,‘