HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-12-30, Page 2FREC- VICTORY IN VOSGES •
REGARDED ASJ P O RTA T' ONE.
Number of Prisoners Captured Lar s'". Since the
Offensive of September Last,
A despatch from London says: The
French success at flartmanns-Weiler-
kopf appears to have been of consid-
erable proportions. The °Medal
French statement gives the number
of prisoners captured at 1,3Q0. A
partfof the positions gained, however,
was lost again after a series of court -
tee -attacks,
-A possible motive actuating the
French in making the violent attack
may be found in reports from Zurich
coming by way of Rome, which says
that Field Marshal von Mackensen,
who led the Austro -German armies to
victory in Poland, and then conquered
Serbia, is to head a new German
offensive in upper Alsace. According ,
to these reports the German; " have
massed 300,000 meta in upper Alsace,
A l F ESEST
• i t itA
'
j +t
till food:4t14e, in the v iQinity have been
requieitiened, and 22 villages have
been evacuated to f u.ilitate the opera.
tions. T1te, e preparations have been
continuing for 15 days, according to
the reports,
The French Fultz., a part of which
has been lost again, were on tate
caeteizt .;lope of the mountain, aecord-
ia.g to the French coxnmunique, .As
desei shed by the German Was. Oslaee
in its offieiol • statement, the ground
woa by the French inciuded the er at -
mit
The
'.Lhe Fren-h ,itcecss resulted from;
careful :artillery preparation and thea
dealing onslaught of the troops. The
Germane, have been forced back some
distanee on the eat tern slopes of the
mountain,
f VON PAPEN SAILS AWAY,
a- 1;'S "I'M INNOCENT"
A de;<pat.h from New York sati
2''' ; Franz von Papen, Germany's recalled
military attache, l'ef't. New York for'
Anglo-French Army of 200,000 Is Rott rdatlt li.t week on the st amchip
Firmly Entrenched at Nor a .m. bearing a safe conduct t;
Salonica. Germany from n the Eetez to belles, f1
;DeraMing he issued a final statement •
.A de p teh from London says: The to the Antes /men people, in which he
• ,Athens correspondent of the Daily lid: t leave e m3 post without any
Mail stye: "The outlook is More saris feeling of bi t tt . nt ee because I !.now
factory.than at any time since the ' too well that when history is once
Macedonian eampa:ign started. Gen. written it .t ill e .tablieh our clean re -1
Sorrell said that he was fully satin- l cordo and calumnies spread broadcast 1
fled. Heavy guns g•uz s have arrived and : at present."
are now in position. The delay ire tie ; Von i'a..pen was appointed military!
enemy's advance has been of the ettaehe of the German Embassy in'
greatest value to the allies." December, 1913. Public attention i
The Salonica correspondent of the was directed to him in September Last,
The
AT .di, " P' GATE 9"Y ..
Y TO THE MEDITERRANEAN
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GI F3 R A LTA R f r'orrt .5;9c9rrtS/7 . 'rioce
censorship ha; -i teitiheld -teas or British operations at the Straits Of Gibraltar, but when the war is
over there will be an interesting story on the precautions taken to keep German submarines nut of
the Medlierr.nemt anti the ruses employed by them to avoid mines and nets prepared by Great Brit-
ain. -,lbote are several views or this important key position, where British guns dominate the pass-
age between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean,
Daily News says: "Assuming that the when a letter which he wrote to hiL' ,eneeme. e,
reports of the disposal of the Gel wife was famed among the papere ` a,' t i .r
manic forces are true, it is poseible , seized by the British Government
that half a million Germans, Turks ; from James F. J. Archibald, .While he!
and Vulgarians are available for an • was carrying them to Europe. In;
attack on Salonica. It is understood 'this letter von Papen alluded to:
that Premier Radosiavotf, of Bul- `Bloedsinnig Yankees," whi::h was
garia, recently hinted that a smash- :translated as "Idiotic. Yankees," Tris 1
ing blew would be struck in January. ':,' recall and that of Capt. Karl Boy-Ed,s.
Therefore the period of calm here may ;.the German Naval Attache. 'was re -
be short. Gen. de Castrinao arrived • quested by Secretary Lansing Dec, 2,,
here unexpectedly- recently. He had '.Mr. Lansing described their offences':
lona conferences with General Sarrail as cumulative, but gave no partieu-
and General Mallon, and visited the ears.
v
SFO Mira
'WHAT THE GERMAN ADMIRAL
SAID A FEW YEARS AGO.
Professed Great Friendship for Bri-
Freneh acid Britieh fronts. The pope- It is reported that Capt. Boy -Ed;
Wain at That Time at a Peace
lation of Salonica is quiet, reassured will leave here for Rotterdam on the' Banquet.
by Gen.Sar_"ail's statement that the :.steamer Rotterdam. etct,lay I had what housewives
.ity is not in danger."
I:sosna t:..es fror�h Greece tot POVERTY "yDSQUALOR
tall "a clearing up," and in the pro -
Lf•"
meawa
lath tdcu, 3 � FROM ., .4res aanr �
S t llA S A FALU G
Before Aid Can Come Thousands of Nom=Com-
batants in the interior Are Doonied to Death
.A despatch from Rome says: The +. In addition to the food shortage the
number of Serbians seeking refuge ; refugees are constantly exposed to tit-
in Albania is daily increasing. In the !tack from Albanian tribesmen, who
interior of Serbia conditions are said are shooting down men, women and
to be hopeless. The mortality from i children at every opportunity.
starvation and exhaustion is appal -1 At the coast towns, food, especially
Markets ofthe World
Breadstuff's.
Toronto, Dee. 28,—Manitoba wheat
New crop—No. 1 Northern, $1,28%;
o. 2 Northern; $1,25%; No., 3
No.
$1.23, all rail..
Manitoba oats—No, 2 C.W., 49x/ c;
No. 8 C.W„ 47%c; extra No. 1 feed,
47%e; No, 1 feed, 46r/ce, all rail.
American corn—No. 3 yellow, new,
77x/te, on Track Toronto,
Canadian corn—No. 2 yellow, old,
77c, nominal, Toronto.
Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 87 to
38c; commercial oats, 35 to 87c, etc -
cording to freights outside.
Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, per
SOCIAL HUMBUG
ON THE DECLINE
ENGLISH PEOPLE LIVING AS
TIIIIT CAN .AFFORD.
Small Dinners Now Take the Place of
the ;Awful, Affairs of Before
the War.
Now that as a nation we . pay.,
ing through the nose there is no harm
car lot, $1.05 to $1.07; wheat slight in making the lost of what we are
ly sprouted, $1 to $1,04, and Laugh getting for our money. Prominent
according to sample; wheat sprouted, g Y•
smutty, and tough, according to sane- among the gains is freedom, from sold
pre; feed wheat, 75 to 80c. j cial humbug, writes a London corres-
Peas—No. 2, nominal, per car lots, .pondent, We ,ought, of course, our-
$1.90; sample peas, according to sant- selves to have- freed ourselves from
plot $1.50 to $1.75, according to social humbug without the help of the
freights outside. Germans; but the release, now it has
Barley—Malting7
5 to GOc;
feed barley, 50 to 53c, according to coma, 1$ grateful. There is no longer
freights outside. any need to pretend to be richer than
Buckwheat -.-Nominal, car lots, 76 we are; Everyone is desperately poor
to 77c, according to freights outside. or, for his country's sake, must spend
Rye—No. 2 nominal, 86 to 87c; rye, as little on himself as.if he was des-
rre3eated, 70 to 80c, according to nam- perately poor. And, with a jolly
Manitoba flour—First patents, in shamelessness, we all admit our con -
jute bags, $6.60; second patents in' dition. Fifteen months ago there were
jute bags, $6.10; strong bakers', in circles in which tho man or woman
jute bags, $5.90, Toronto. who said "I can't afford it" was stared
Ontario flour—New Winter, $4.60 at. Only bad manners or stinginess
to $4.80, according to sample, sea- could caprate the use of such a
board, or Toronto freights in bags, phrase; while to say, "I'm hard tip,"
prompt shipment.
Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Mont- meant simply, "I have been spending
real freights. Bran, $24 per ton; too much upon my pleasures or my
shorts, $25 per ton; middlings, $26 vices," and amounted almost • to a
per ton; good feed flour, $1.60 per double entendre. Now everybody says
bag. it, and there is no more point for any
Country Produce. of us in pretending to means that we
Butter—Fresh dairy, 28 to 30c;in- have not got than there is for the
Y, Indian civilian, whose salary is
ferior, 22 to 24c; creamery prints, 33 known to a rupee byall his felloves` .
to 35c• solids 31€, to 32c. p
Egg's—Storage, 30 to 32c per doz.; and his fellows' wives.
selects, 35 to 36c ; new -laid, 55 to In entertaining, too, there is a bless
-
selects,
Oc caseof from In m u . Looking
6 It b
C
s.
g
Beans—$4.15 to $4.25. I back, one recalls. with something like
Poultry—Chickens, 15 to 1Gc; fowls,' shame, the awful dinners given by
12 to 13c; ducks, 15 to 17c; geese, 15 people who could not afford to give
to 17c; turkeys, 25 to 27c.
Cheese—Large, 18%e• twins, 19c. elaborate dinners and would not give
Potatoes—Car lots of Ontario quote ' simple ones. Those dishes, that wine,
ed at $1.35, and New Brunswicks at and the dismal making of converse-
ed
per bag, on track. tion by people who had never express-
Honey—Prices, in tins, lbs., 10 to ed any desire to meet each other! If
11c; combs, No. 1, $2,40; No. 2, $2. we dine out to -day, the party is
• Provisions.
Cured meats are quoted as follows:
•—Bacon, long clear, 16 to 10%c per
lb., in case lots. Hams—Medium, 17%
to 18e; do., heavy, 141/ to •15c; rolls,
16 to 163,c; breakfast bacon, 21 to
23c; backs, plain, 24 to 25c; boneless
backs, 26 to 27c.
Lard—The market is steady; pure
lard, 136'4, to 14c; compound, 12 to
121/2e.
Business in.Montreal.
ale Loll- ` ` cess stumbled ttrnbled ^ct a CD*tIe notes I Montreal, Des 23 Corn Amer*
I t fl but 11
don 'morning :^Hers avid to the m s- Nd;) "tl£)RE IN EAST END c - ing. The remnants of the army are ; our, is available, u itis impossible e can No. 2 yeilo v, 80 to 81c.Oats--•
ter cttri'oitndin the next move yof made . fent wears este of ar, interview stll�si:;ting on horseflesh, and the non- ± to convey it into the interior because 1 No. 2 local white, 45c• No. 3 do., 44c;
Y ' A elespntrh From London says: I had with Admire] von Tiepin, writes combatants, unable to find means of ' of the hostility of the natives. Re -.I No. 4 dot, 43e, Barley—Man. feed,
the Central al l a legs. i l:n11e ro'.ldent' `Silas Ii. liockizi in the London News. ,. and' r e ' GOc malting Glc. Buckwheat—No. 2
lz , 1-roiaws`
no part c.f Groot Britain ha. transportation, especially Z. omen , ports say that before aid can come , g,,
of the Tlril ot'n in Salonica ane. in .
been mere :radicall • affected e The occasion was a banquet given ill children art often absolutely without ' thousands of non-combatant Serbians! 82c. Flour --Man. Spring wheat pat-
, M P y rt by th y
A tlr4n,'I .t,r, ••• orl�..t _ opt or _ mere e cn n Berii�l by Count Douglas to the mem- ; food. I are doomed to death byents, firsts, $6.70; seconds, '$6.20;
cell -nein i ` s. •Yst treat elle 13arl�,=ar_ . v r than the coat of London. Aso- - starvation. strop•b k $6 W t stents
t ?,S ..111 be in the vanguard of the'tail rr 10; in "t", aleairirg in d€;ys gene Fere of a Peace d..ie ration represent
? •.. • in--' the British churcllef
g a ors , ,•.•in er p ,
choice, $6.20; straight. rollers, $5.50
to $5.60; do., bags, $2.60 to $2.70.
Rolled oats, barrels, $5.20 to $5,25
'do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.45 to $2.50. Bran
$24. Shorts, $26. Middlings, $28 to
$30. Mouillie, $31 to. $33. Hay—No.
2, per ton, car lots, $19 to $19,50.
Cheese—Finest westerns, 17% to 18c;
finest eastertis, 17% to 17%c. Butter
—Choicest creamery, 84l . to 35%c;
seconds, 323f, to 33c. Eggs—Fresh, 48
to 53c; selected, 33e; No. 1 stock, 30c;
No. 2' stock, 28c. Potatoes, per bag,'
car lots, $1.30 to $1.35. Dressed
hogs, abattoir killed, $13.50 to
$13.75; do., country, $12 to $12.25.
Pork—Hcavy Canada short mess, bbls,
35 to 45 pieces, $29 to $29.50; 'short
cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces,' $28 •to
$28.50. Lard—Compound, tierces, 375
Than 116t c; wood pails,, 20 lbs. net,
12%e; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 141/ec;
pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 15c.
i
enton le eSi. ;.i,_., toward Salouica. d t r li w„',,y ..t d q 1
c,>” a a .,,;+,:, ,,.i.., .x•,- ' tai.ir ae:.t� .:. :terms, naturally turned j How it came about that my zeal
l p.. •,t .. ez'•,,, l Ge n..+ 1 " : to the Feet « n.' kno-tr ig that tiv:re was at the host's table and next to
t' ea, says tate, 7,t f orniw 6 t. }•
t i, A h 'nS :ie tt'Ubiail fi. ' 'e1tII in fttii nvu ' e Von T*Pipit''. I dO:ft !:naw. Scarcely
t•o res .n on.; 'a, `Ar' r •;i:- t2- a.�„ '"
1. z .a o-r:av the l?;a:-t rim has been were we seated when i he turned and,
t2zt.':?SiP%1 to •i.l?:' (si'U.•.. j}LC.. r�,l'';
r• +1 r ort: ;a. If ,rowcity has not been s?}olio to 'no.
ion. to take the I.1.r `r�i' CIUe•i: a8 al'.iii: ;,'4 ..r .t _a, , `';s * mune is Thpitz," " he said,and
e ..t, l i < ,. oi.. ] v e^ii-ts due to tate war' 3 i
3^rrr"` } e . lac+ handed me his card.
The to_. _ ^s°;1,1e•t:• adds that there ,t 1> ;. 1 ,,,nr1 c ,;rearad, and toiling
"From one in your position," I said,
"such sentiments are peculiarly grati-
• fying. What we in England fail to
understand is your vast and feverish
prcp,•rrticins for..war."
• oat and feverish preparations?"
ale t uc.tio ted, with a gentle and dis-
al` ring smile.
1Alt that .1 was infor itnow, so1
sad quite bluntly: "There seems to
us nothing in the present condition of
Europe to lead you to amass and
ecaip such a vast- army as you are
doing. Moreover, we frankly do not
uaderatand :why you have accelerated
they building of your warships. Who
are you building against?"
Ile looked at my card, which he had
placed on the table in front of him,
and smiled.
"I can assure you, Mr. Hocking, on
niy cord of horror," he said, "that
there is nothing in this so-called ac-
celeration. Our 'ships are built by
contract, and are to be delivered at a.
certain date. If in the meanwhile la-
ln':' t•c•-1'*'' a: i'1Jt 1 t; a (t.' ee of pros -
Germane
a riori.:nt� the name conveyed
it a Inn-n.or . i circulation that th.
'isr•,C' *t? le a;; b 'i' 1;, i ' n'ot'hing to r% e. I 1 ' not f:.::111i:tr at
(=,Si'xx=:t1t"^ aY"' rte"` ; 1'• t0 clothe the i y c . e 'e neva G3;.larte.,
t there �I Far aI long time. past every pile time w, ith tits 1. m'es of Gearaan
aluigurinns in Gcrrlan uniforms so i y
alele-bodiCi man bad L•.er. .orlon g' naval or mil'itar'y of leers, Professors
that fzrerr.•e c�.tnnot object, to their working .:`
entry.
VON EM MIC. I'I DEAD,
LED tTTAC1a�'3'.'h' LII.7. •tE
deapatch frer.i Berlin s .~ : The
c.c.eth its fi .bower of General von Em-
nlie'lh, the -conqueror of Liege, is n-
ro./acca b3 the Overscas Nowa
Agency.
General von Bmniieh was com-
mander of the tenth army corps. Ile
figured prominently in the earl;,
events of the war, being in command
of German troops which invaded i.;el-
altar. He it was who issued an ap-
peal to the Belgian people not to re -
the Getrn:Ma
The heavy loss of life of the Ger-
mansat Liege was said to have shat-
tered the confidence of the General,
and a report that he had committed
4tttdcae rained wide currency .in An -
gust of last year.
to t S lktlAN DIPLOMAT
ARRESTED AS A SPY.
A despatch from Geneva., says:
The secretary of the Austrian Con-
s:1TIii.te here, Herr Taussig has been
arrested on a charge of espionage.
Tho charge, it is said, grows out of his
alleged denunciation of Mm. Merrick
Hildebrandt, of Louisville, Ky., recent-
ly expelled front. Germany after her
arrest e st and imprisonment on a charge
whieh she said vas not made known
to her, and who carne to Geneva and
caused a strong protest to be for-
warded to Wash ngton against what
she declared to be the unwarranted
treatment accorded her by the Ger-
man authorities.
and seven days <: ? i'c'::, and ali wo- . and p :tor;• had Ecce In oro 1n any
•
they want. ! riehly ,leeoi geed with gold braid, give
—<; ane• a cite. I adju;,ted my spectacles
»
r ir .% R I' OR STA I Ey and read hie, full name, "Admired von
Ai.c,OWEO :a"i FRANCE Tir•pitz."
ic-i ," nd lei's clip gt:t all the Sr'o k - 1;,;;: Then
112:1 rcrp e?kidirlt unrfarnl,
A Peace -Loving People.
A c c i :.trli from Paris ays: Upon i "I axe glad of the opportunity of
the advice of Alexandre Ili?}ot, illinis-' talking to an Englishman," he said.
ter of FiIn1_nyt', the Government hasstir e
(To be strictly accurate, h.. used the
te„ eizlcled the decree prohiettilg the - term '`representative Englishman.")
e rent tion to the United States of • "I 1' I tl E
United States am ex
y anxious >at ng -
e1 'e tartar and Its by-products,' lieh and Germans should understand
v hith are need to a large extent 111 each other better. I have a great ad -
America fcr l rebel -ricin In ordi- ,.
g'- ntrr;. t ;n for you English. I admire
nary yc016 thrall articles are export- your customs and institutions. Two
• ed to the t'nit:al States to the value' of m;; daughters are at present in an
of al,out ;9,1ILlt`,000 francs. E gin„iz ;h school at Cheltenham. Eng -
.The t:arty:^ codes from ,le meits in lar:d and Germany have so much in
wine casks. Its exportction was Pro- r;Unimon. der commercial interests
Ili'•;*ted because it was believed to be' are almost identical. We are one in
an element employed in f'..e manufac- literature and one in religion. There
tare of certain explosives. and it was ought never to be enmity between us.
suspected the ultimate di:stinat:ion of I welcome your visit to Germany. 1
the tartar was Cerinany. hope it will do good—I believe it will.
We are a peace -loving people. Our
GERMANY IIAS SECURED !greatest desire is to live in the friend-
ItOUMANIAN GRAIN liest rotations with the whole world.
Particularly we are desirous of living
Arrangements Perfected for Exllorta- ; in peace with England. I fear some -
tion of 50,000 Carloads. tines you do not quite understand us."
A despatch from Berlin says: Ace I looked at him while he was talk--
cording to a Bucharest despatch, the ' ing—forgetting to eat—and I am free
exportation of 50,000 carloads of to confess that I was immensely im-
grain of various sorts has been finally • pressed both by his manner and his
arranged, a satisskaetor•y agreement on appearance. He spoke flut:ntly, and in
the method of payment having been quite correct English. His voice Was
reached between the German and Roue pleasant and carefully modulated and
the impression he conveyed was one of
nlanian negotiators.
l,row€i "It must be terrible for a
absolute sincerity.,
I should describe him as of rather
singer to know she ;has lost her handsome appearance ---tall and well
voice." "'Yes," said R°bin:. on, "but it built, though inclined to rotundity. Ile
is: more terrible• when she doesn't had a long blond beard only slightly
know it."
Ultimate Cone e o
A dc:;patcb from Iondon $aye The
repeat;; of the Reichstag discussions
have aroused'soine interest in the I':rt.-
tante capitals, where the Socialist atti-
tale is being closely followed, many
ala lir vlu; that some section of, the
Socialist gr TIP hi Germany may
eon
tinged with gray, frank blue eyes and
a square forehead. His full beard hid
his mouth and thin.
Preparations for War.
t<I hope you have been pleased w*•th
your welcome?" he went on
;prove - to be the ultimate channel of "Vez'y.plcasccl, indeed."
peace negotiations.: A Copenhagen "1 ate glad. I hope after this visit
!despatch declaims that the Socialist you will: under stand us better, Eng -
!party in Germany i;: noiv completely land and Germany ought to be close
divided, 31 members having seceelcd Mende. Standing shoulder to shall -
and formed a new party with an la- errs me, could preserve the/peace of
1.dependent organi,aticin the world."
bor or materials should happen to be
cheap, we do not interfere with the
ec,ntractors taking advantage of the
cheapness; but the ships will not be
taken over by the Government until
the time specified."
Unfriendly Nations.
"But why do yea need a big navy at
all? You Have not a long coast -line
to defend."
"But we have a considerable mer-
cantile marine," he smiled. "Also we
import fifty million pounds' worth of
foodstuffs every year—that must be
protected."
"Against whom?"
"Against any possible contingency.
We have enemies. France . is not
friendly, Russia is uncertain,"
"But neither France nor Russia will
attack you from the sea, and your
army is ,sufficient to defend your land
frontiers.
"Every great nation in these days
MUM: have a sufficient navy," he re-
plied gently. •
"But yours is out of all proportion
to the coast you have to defend. Ex-
cuse me speaking quite frankly. We
in England do not understand it.
There are many aznongat us who re-
gard it as 0 direct menace to our na-
val suliremacy," "x
"1 am sorry 11 they Henk. so," he
replied.; "We have no de-'re,.believe
me, to rival your fleet. Vii, could not
do so if we tried. Let e repeat
::gain that we arcs anxious t ' hove all
things to live in :eacc wit •i1bigland,
Why, a war with lnglancl"--" e added
earnestly--"would111 us_ . F` a gene
eration."
VEGETABLE NOTES.
Vegetables should not be given to
young puppies.
One coffee -tree yieltla about a
pound of beans each season.
Seaweed is sotnetitnes used for
making the handles of knives.
Bananastake the place of bread in
many of the countries in which they
grow.,
To save firewood, dry your potato
peelings in the oven and use then for
lighting fires.
Overgrown cabbage -stalks from the
Charnel Islands are used for making
nlling-sticks.
The word "clove" comes from the
Latin "clavus," meaning a nail, cloves
being very like nails in appearance,
In Russia the tea used is not sold
in loose packets, but in small or large
tablets that look like pieces . of wood
or stone.
Gooseberry -hussies were originally
called gorseberry-bushes, from the
plants having prickles similar to those
of the gorse shrub.
The sneezewood tree of Cape Colony
is so called because the dust, which
arises from it when it is being Sawn,
is of such an irritating nature that it
causes sneezing.
Cinnamon hark will be found a
simple and useful remedy for the
odor of tobacco. The mouth should be
washed' out -with water in which some 1
of the bark has previously been boiled.
Datri grow at the top of such tall,
slender trees that, in order to gather
them, men have to swing themselves
up the trunk by degrees by•lneans of
a rope, one end of which they fasten
round their bodies, whilst they loop
the other end so that it will catch on
to the notches in the trunk of the .
tree.
It is possible to detect thep resenco
of chicory in ground coffee by allow-
ing a few grains of the suspected mix-
ture to fall into a glass of cold Water.
If it is pure, almost all the grains
will continue hard and float on the
water, imparting very little color; but
if chicory ie 'present, the grains Nvill
be quite soft, and sink to the bottom
of the glass, coloring the water
brown,
300 GERMAN Ol�IEN
KILL W�'1) II�i niptosION
United States Markets. I
! Minneapolis, `Dec, 28.—Wheat—No.
1 hard, $1.20%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.17% to $1..18?'s; No. 2 Northern,
$1.13% to $1.15%; December,
$1.17%1:; May, $1.18%. Corn -No. 3
yellow, 73 to 74c. Oats—No. 3 white, ° THE STRAIN OF BATTLE.
40% to 401,S c. Flour • unchanged. I —
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
According to advices to the treie-
grant, a powder ;factory and several.
ammunition depots were blown up at
Muenster, Westphalia. "01 the 6001
women employed in the .xatill, 8001
w.vere killed. i
scarcely ever more than four. We go
because we want to see our friends
and they want to see us. We eat
plain dishes, drink little or no wine,
and go home early and happy after a
good talk or a quiet game.
I Genuine Hospitality.
The pleasant custom of "taking pot.
luck" leads to genuine hospitality.
fFriends ' "drop in," acquaintances
"drop out" ofa sight, or turn into
friends. We can be, at last, our. ves.
There is no more scrambling about
from house to house, chattering to a
score of people and i';,1? i , + . ,....., •
there are no ntore weary rounds of
"calling." Between our spells at the
hospital, the recreation tetit,-the refu-
gee establishment, ill our leisure mo-
ments betv.een the daily task and our
special constable's duty, our Volunteer
Reserve drill, or our little private war
jobs, we see the people that we want
to see; and we have no time for caress-
leg up and pounding round after peb-
pie that we do not want to see.
In a hundred little ways we are
more honest and more free than we
were; and we may as well lake the
most of them. We need not auy more
pretend to like hooks or plays or mu-
sic that bore or offend us. We may
wear ---yes and in Bond Street itself-
exactly the clothes that we find best
suited to our work and our persons.
Humbug will come back, no doubt.
Perhaps it will take the dangerous
form of pretending that we were
much more subtle and sinful before
the war than we really were—of be -
nig ashaYned of ourselves for having
enjoyed the gay days and nights of
the old' world.
Bran, $18 to $16.50.
Duluth, Dec, 18..• -Wheat --No. 1
hard, $1.17 • No. 1 Northern,!
$1.10%; No. 2 Northern, $1.12% to
$1.13%; Montana, No. 2 hard, $1,12%
to $1.1.4%; December, 81.10%; May,
$1.18%. Linseed, cash, $2.11 to
$2.11%; December, $2.09%; ; May,
$2.15.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Dee. 28, --Etchers' cattle,
choice, $7.60 to $7.00; do., good,
$7,25 to $7.50; <1o., medium, $6.25 to
$7; do., common, $5.60 to $6; butch-
ers' bulls, choice, $0.50 to $6.75; do.,
good bulls, $5.75 to $6,25; do., rough
hulls, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' cows,
choice, 86.35 to $6.75; do., good, $G
to $6.25; do., medium, $5.25 to $5.75;
do., common, $4 to $4.50; feeders,
good, $6.50 to $9.75; stockers, 700 to
900 lbs., $0 to $0.60; canners and
cutters, '$3 to 414 507 milkers, choice,
Granite is the lowest rock in the
earth's 'crust,
•
Observer Describes Looks of Horror
on Soldiers' .Faces.,
Prof. Ludwig .Sclileich, one of Ger-
many's ,proininent medical mon, has
just published a report of his obser-
vations after several months' work at
the front and in. militery hospital's hi
various parts of Germany. He dwells
particularly on the psychologimil c:f-
feet of the strain of modern battle on
the private soldier.
"Th.ere feequently," he observes,
"a strange, almost awful, look in the
faces of those who have been in battle.
They are still willing soldier.% eome
of them etsger to get bock to the
trenches, but the more highly civi-
lized a man ie, the deeper hie feelings,
the memo does he bear that indelible
something in his face, the sign that Ite•
has seen terrible things.
"Physically these soldiers may lie*"
hard as iron,' says Professor Schleich,
"but psychically they are not intact.
The cfficcx:s nearly always develop an
uncanny, marble, staring look, as
though they had grown accustomed
to look unshudderingly at the terrors
and desolating orgies of destruction,
and finally felt that their eyes had
become a mirror of the horrible. It
is as though the claws of a demon had
seized their faces and made their eyes
eink deeper into their hollows, They
are all changed, they haVo seen the
head of the Gorgon in the Region of
Salt put in .,..,ater which surrounds
the ordinary' glue -pot causes a hotter
glue to ho obtainqd than where simple
Water is usede-' r'