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Markets of the Wodd
Breadstulfs.
Toronto, duly 15. ----Man. Wheat
No. 1 Northern, $2.2414; No, 2 North-
• ern, $2.213; No. 3 Northern, $2.171;
No. 4 wheat, $2,111', in store Fort
'William;
.lenerican corn -Nominal.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 83%c;
No: 3 CW, 80%c; Ex, No. 1 feed,
80%c; No, 1 feed, 701,ae; No. 2 feed,
'751/1e.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 77 to 78c,
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Whiter, per
ear lclt, 32.14 to 32.20. No. 2 do, $2,11
to $2.19; No, 3 do, $2.07 to $2.15 f.o.b.,
shipping points, according to freights.:
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Saying, 32.09
to 32.1.7; No. 2 do, 32.00 to : 2.14; No.
3 do, 3S,.02 to $2.l0 f.o.b., shipping,
points a cording to freights
Manitoba barley -No. 8 CW, 31.27;
No. 4 CW, 31.23; rejected, 31.18; feed,
'31.18,
Peas -No. 2 nominal.
Barley -Malting, $1.18 to 31.22,I
nominal. LIST OF GERMANS
Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal.
Rye -No. 'p, nominal.
Manitoba flour --Government stan-
dard, 311, Toronto.
. Ontario flour -Government stan-
dard, $10.50 to $10.75, in jute bags,
Toronto and Montreal, prompt ship-
ment.and Belgians
Millfeed-Car lots delivered Mon-
treal freights, bags included. Bran,
$39 to $42 per ton; shorts, 342 to $44
,per ton; good feed flour, 32.90 per A cleepatc•h from Lindon says: --The
bag, Germans whom the British, French
Hay --No. 1, 321 to 323 per ton; and Belgians wish to put on trial in -
mixed, $18 to 319 per ten, tract, To-
ronto.
o- elude:
real {xa�t --Car lots, $10 t , till per ten, Prince Rupprecht, of Bavaria, for
track, Toronto. deportations from Lille, Roubaix,
weighed off cars, $24; do, f.o.b., $22.75,
1Mlontroal, duly 15. ---Choice lambs,
$18 per ewt; sheep, $8 to 310; milk -
fed calves, $8 to $15; choice steers,
$12; others, $9 to 311; butchers' cat-
tle, 36 to 310 per cwt, for both balls
and cows; canners, $4.50,
PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA
PLEADS FOR EX -KAISER
A despatch from Berlin says: --
Prince Henry of Pru'sia, brother of
the former German Emperor, has now
come to the aid of the dethroned war
lord, and adds his plea to that of the
others for abandonment by the allies
of their project to bring the former
Kaiser to trial for his crimes against
mankind.
Prince Henry, in a telegram to
King George begging hire to desist
in the effort to extradite the former
Monarch, pledges himself to assist the
King. in bringing to light "the truth
regarding the war and its conse-
quences,"
ALLIES WOULD TRY
Submit Names of Those
Thought Guilty of •
Atrocities.
Country Produce-Wholesale.Tureoiut; and outer places.
Batter --Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36
General von Mackc•nsen, for thefts,
to 33e; prints. 33 to 40e; ('raanlery, in e:ld;arism and executions in Ilu-
fre h made solids, 40 to 40e; prints,, mania.
49 to ;l0e. General von Bnelow, for the burning
E •_s -New lair, 40 to 41e. • os Aailehne and sltootiug of 100 people.
I iv e poultry --Spring erre ten :, Juror vein der Danclten, head of the
brn.}crs. 30 to 40e; heavy fowl, 28e; Gor•1nzi:1 volitive' department in Bras -
light rowe. _cic; old roosters. 19e; old .els, who was can.'erned in the nuir-
dlac ; ? r 2 ; lel •
.s, :.'Oc; cr • nk zluu � , • 3: o tier of Lcl.c,l Cavell vied Captain. Fry -
turkeys, 30e, delivered, Toronto. ; att.
ti'heles<ilers are selling, to the re-: Adinir:t] von Bnelow. for the burning
tell trade et the following prices: •
Cheese-\ew, large, 32 to 82 ae;' bust•
y for L'-boet outrages.
twins, 32 to 33c; triplets, 33 to! Lieutenant Wilhelm Wernher, Com -
331 c Stil to 38 to 3.4c. j mender Max Velentiner and Com-
. •laoetter---Fre h dairy. choice. 44 to. maauler von Ferstner, tor•sinking hos-
46c; creamery prints, 52 to 54e. ! pital ships.
Margarine -Sri to 38c. Mayor von Manteuffer, for the burn -
Eggs -New lair}. 44 to 45e; new ing of Louvain.
laid in cartons, 48c. Major von Billow, for the destruc-
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, tion of Aerschot and the execution of
60c; roosters, 25 to 30c; fowl, 45 to civilians.
50c; turkeys, 40c; ducklings, lb.. 40c;
1%0
squabs, doz., $7; geese, 28 to 30e. General Olsen von Cassel, for cruel -
Live poultry --'Spring chieket,s, 40 ties et Doberitz.
to 45e; fowl. 33 to 35c. Licateuaut itudiger, for cruelties at
Potatoes --Ontario, f.o.b., track. To- Ruhleben.
rents), car lots, 31.75; on track out- Major von Goertz, for cruelties at
:'de, 31-05- Magdeburg.
Beans -Canadian, hand -nick., bus., The brothers Niemeyer, the bullies
34.50 to 34.75; primes, $8.75 to $4; of Holsuxi;Iden and Clausthal camps,
Imported hand-picked, Burma or In-
dian, $3; Limas, 131,4 to 14c. who ill treated British prisoners.
Honey -Extracted clover: 5 -ib. tins, General von Tesny, for the summary
to '20e lb.; 10 -Ib. tins, 2411 .to 25c; execution of 112 inhabitants of Arlon.
60 -lb. tine, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, 60- General von Ostrowsky, for the pil-
Ib. tins. 19 to 20e. Comb: 16 -oz., 34.50 loge of Deynze and the massacre of
to 35, doz.; 10 -oz., 33.50 to 34 dozen. 163 civilians.
Maple products -Syrup, per imper- General Limen von Sanders, for
ial gallon, $2.45 to 32..7;0; per 5 imper-
ial gallons, $2.`;5 to $2.40; sugar. 1„b., massacres of Armenians and Syrians.
27c. Two brothers named Rochling, who
were arrested by the French in the
Provisions Wholesale. Saar valley. Vast quantities of stolen
Smoked meats -Flatus, cited., 47 to
machinery, covering nearlytwenty
48e; do. heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 65c; •
acres, were found in their possession.
rolls, 37c; breakfast bacon, 48 to 56c;
hacks. plain, 50 to alp' boneless ane•
clear hollies, 41c.
BRITISH WON WAR,
Cured meats -Lona clear bacon, 321 MARSHAL H AIG SAYS
to 33c; clear Bellies, 31 to 32c. _
Lard -Pure, tierces, 36e; tubs,! A despatch from London says: -
3714,c; pails, 37'ac; prints, 39c. Corn- Field Marshal Haig, receiving the
round tierces, ,1 ?� to 32e; tube, 32 t' f_•eedem of Newcastle, deprecated the
3• .Se; pails, 3.. ,:i to 32'ic; prints, 33 tendency to minimize the British
to 331,1c. :army's achievements in the war.
Montreal Markets. "It is right to speak of our allies,"
Montreal,July 15.-Oate, extra \a h c
t, -. "but it
was
the
British
1 feed. 9e.
Fleur, new standard veiny that \von the war; it was Bri-
gradle. 311 to 311.10. Polled oats, tarn that bore the brunt of the fight -
bag 90 lbs.. 31.25 to 34.10. Brcr $43 ing in the last two years.
to 3.13.50. Shorts, 345.50 to 8.40. �fiay, .I hope everyone will realize that
No. 2, per ton, car lots. 330. Cheese,
fact and stick by the fellows who
finest ea.sterrs. 29e. Butter, choicest fought and suffered and their depend -
creamery, 54c. Eggs, selected, eee; ents,"
No. 1 stock, 48e; No. 2 stock, 42 to i '� =-•t'
44e. Dressed hogs, abattoir kille.c},' MONSTER PEACE I'P.00ESSIO:N
331.50 to 332. Lard, pure, wood pails,; IN THE EMPIRE'S CAPITAL
20 lbs. net, 38:c. i �•
Live Stock Markets A despatch from London says: -
Toronto, .7uly 1.5. --Choice heavy' The peace proeeseion on July 1.9 will
eteers, 314 to 314.75; good heavy; be the greatest in London's history.
stcere. 311.50 to $133.75; butchers' cat-! It will be seven miles long, and, from
Ue. choice, 31".25 to 313.50: do, good,; the route arranged e'er it to pass, two
$12?5 to 313; do, reed., 311.50 to 312;; millionle eo will be enabled to see
do, coin. $9.75 to $10.` bulls, choice P P'
$11.25 to $'11.75;$'11.75; do, 5 • med.. $10.25 to ! it from the buildings and the streets,
310.75; do, rough, 38 to. 38.25; hutch- as against even hundred thousand
ers' cows, choice. 311 to 311.75; do,'. who saw Ring George's coronation
good, 310,25 to 310.50; do. mel., $9 ; parade,
to $9.25; do. eom.. 37.50 to .38; stock -1 ---
ers, 38.75 to 311.75; feeders. 312.50 to PEACE CELEBRATION DAY
$1.3; canners and cutters, 3.4.50 to IS SATURDAY, JULY 19
6,25; nflikers, good to choice, 390 to'
$140; do., corn. and med., $65 to 375;1 A despatch from Ottawa says:--'
snringers. 590 to 3160; light awes, 310 j Saturday. July 19 has been officially]
to $11; yearlings, $13.50 to 315; spring, fixed as a public holiday for the cele -j
lambs, per cwt., $19.50 to $21.50; 1 bration of peace. The date coincides I
calves, good to choice, 318 to 321.50; r with Peace Day throughout the Enid
hogs, fed and watered, $23.75; do, I pire.
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KEEP THE TOWN SPIRIT ALIVE.
Is our town on the DOWN grade? Are things slackening up? Are the weeds commencing to grow on our
plain thoroughfares? Do people slutn our community? Maybe it isn't as bad as all that. And yet we feel that all
is not right. The hustle and bustle of business is wanting, We don't get TOGETHER as often as we used to.
Each man is keeping too close to himself. If this is so, our town needs a TONIC. We must GET AFTER our-
selves. We must start a campaign in the interests of HOME TRADE. We must keep our town ALIVE at ail
costs. Even if it DOES cost money to keep the town spirit alive, it is surely money well spent. There's no use
in waiting. We must make things H UM now.
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t * location for our people," commented
the Doukhobor leader, speaking at
Grand Forks.
Major John Ley Retallack, the ap-
pointee to the position of commis-
sioner of public utilities for British
Columbia, is clearing decks for ac-
tion.
For the first thne since the start of
the war, Seattle and Victoria golfers
will meet on the Oak Bay links in com-
petition for the Biggerstaff Wilson
trophy.
Another Link in the chain of provin-
cial labor bureaus, British Columbia,
was recently established at Kamloops
by J. D. McNiven, Deputy Minister of
Labor.
Captain Harry Black, of Vancouver,
who won the 11i1itary Cross overseas,
was given a warm welcome upon his
return to his native city.
A great reception was given at Van-
couver to the famous 7th Battalion,
1st B.C. Regiment, upon their return
from the front,.
Ratified ed t e
h Peace
Treaty
to
Save Germany from Anarchy
A despatch from Weimar says: -In
the debate on the ratification of the
treaty in the German National Assem-
Horse resident to 'Vancouver.. bly, Dr. Peter Spahn, leader of the
By the appointment of Captain Catholic Centre party, said: "We
Charles Tennant and Captain James agreed to the treaty under hard com-
Falkner, M.C., 'as travelling inspectors• pulsion, to save ourselves from an -
of the B.C. Provincial Governmentarchy and to preserve the Fatherland
Labor Bureau Department, the: or- from internal ruin."
of that branch has been Herr Kreizig, Socialist; Prof. Schu-
ganizationecking, Democratr Dr. Traub, Nation-
completed. al Party, and Herr Kahl, People's
No:•:non DeGraves, a lacrosse en- Party, P all spoke, violently p
, y protesting
From the Sunset Coast
Capt. Alfred Carpenter. V.C., R.N.,
presented $375 to the Chidren's Aid
Society of Victoria.
Preliminary plans have been formed
at Victoria for the Interstate Realty
Association convention, to be held in
July.
Jack McGillivray, formerly of the
Klondike, a brother of Lady McBride,
of Victoria, succumbed to an acute 111-
nees at Vancouver.
The New Era League at Vancouver
decided to send a letter to the Chief
of Police expressing their appreciation
of the work the police women are do-
ing.
A municipal delegation waited upon
Hon. T. D. Pattullo, Minister of Lands,
stating that the city of Victoria is not
anxious to go ahead with the National
I3ouuing Scheme.
News of a rich gold strike in the
Atlin district of British Columbia,
surface dirt paying from 30 to 50 cents
a pan, has been brought by a 'White
tllusi: st at Vancouver, has returned the injust;ee of the treaty, the i.,,- ,-
from France after several years over- sibility of its Cnlfilment, and declar-
seas and is again assisting in bringing ing that the day of Germany's libera-
the national game back in Vancouver. tion would serge,
The management of the Provincial
Exhibition plan to spend 373,000 at
New Westminster in order to put the
grounds and buildings into shape and
provide a prize list for the autumn
I fair.
"In selling our land for returned
soldiers' settlement we would like the
Government to give us sufficient time
to send a representative to Australia
and South Africa to prepare a new
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BRITISH COLUMBFA LANDS
A despatch from London says: -
Lord Cowdray and others have ob-
tained control of the Cold Stream
estate of 13,000 acres and the White
Valley Irrigation System near Vernon,
B.C., with the intention of selling or
developing the estate.
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HOW BRIM ARMY
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Rhine Forces Total 206,000 -
France and Flanders 214,000-:-
Large
17:,000=Large Units in India
and Egypt.
A despatch from London says: -
Reuter learns, in regard to British
forces overseas, that the army on the
Rhine numbers 206,000, and the army
in France and Flanders 214,000, the
latter mainly for salvage work and
also to supply the line of communica-
tion for the Rhine army, of which it
is to act as reserve in the event of
further hostilities.
There are 11,000 British troops in
Italy, including troops for clearing -up
purposes, and also a battalion forming
part of the international nternational
garrison of
Fiume.
There are in India 44,000 British
troops, besides Indian troops, includ-
ing 22,000 in the Caucasus, with the
object of keeping order pending the
establishment of peace conditions.
The recent troubles in Egypt and the
unsettlement in Asia Minor necessi-
tate the presence of 96,000 111211, in -
eluding 10,000 Anzacs in Egypt and
Palestine.
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WOULD LEAVE KAISER
TO WORLD'S CONTEMPT
A despatch from London says: -In
the long list of prominent Britishers
opposed to the trial of the ex
-Kaiser
Kaisec
is Lord Beresford, who says:
"It would revive support for him
in his own country. At the present
moment the whole world regards him
as a discredited and contemptible cow-
and who deserted his troops in the
face of the enemy when the critical
moment arrived. The trial would land
us in countless difficulties, with the
chance that the ex -Kaiser might suf-
fer no adequate punishment."
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Gratnpain Saved By Prompt Ac
tion of Her Captain.
A despatch from St. ,Tohn's, Nfld,
says: ---•Two igen were killed and tw
injured when the Allan liner Gram
pian, Montreal for Liverpool, collide
with an iceberg oft Cape Race on Wed -
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Giant Britlsh Dirigible Recently Com-
pleted Trans -Atlantic Flight From
R-34 WONDERFUL
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WAR RIACEINE
RIVALS IN SIZE'. ALL BUT VERY
LARGEST OCEAN LINERS.
nesclay night. Sootland to Long Island,
The killed and injured were, mem-
bers of the crew, who were asleep
in the bow of the ship when she
,struck. Virtually all the passengers
were awake, but although there were
more than 500 women and children
aboard, there was little excitement
'and no panic.
That the Grampian did not suffer
the fate of the Titanic, with consider-}
able loss of life, is believed to have
been due to the decision of the Captain'
to strike the ,iceberg bow on instead
of taking a glancing blow on the side..
The 'berg, which was very large, was
encountered 45 miles off Cape Race)l
in the early evening. When it was ".
sighted through the fog it was too;
late to clear it, although the ship was'
The Captain said that he realized'
proceeding slowly.
that a glancing :blow which would
tear through the ship's side would
sink her, The course was ehangedi
and the Grampian struck the ice'
mountain squarely head on. • The en -I
tire forepart of the ship was smash -I
ed in above the water line, the stem'
being driven back nearly 40 feet. The
vessel.. was undamaged @;,low the;
water lane, however, as the portion 1
of .the 'berg which she struck proved'
to be an overhanging shelf.
The two men killed were stewards..
Their bodies were meet 'in the
nia.ss of wreckage of the bow and'
had not been recovered when the;
Grampian came here. The steward
and stoker who were injured by
pieces of wood torn loose in the col-
lision vbere not seriously hurt.
• The 1i-34, which recently guide a
trans Atlantic flight from Scotland to
..Long Island, U.S,A., and her sister air-
. ship. the R-38, are the world's greatest •
dirigibles. The war brought them in-
to being, for they originally were cie s lee
signed to out -Zeppelin Germany's
Zeppelins, and bring death and des-
tructlien to German cities. When they
were building it was reported that
they would be the flagships of . a gi-
gantic fleet or air -craft that would bo
launched on a tremendous itirrod on
Berlin, For this prpose• they were
equipped with openings through wlticlt
four $00 -pound bombs and sixteen of
120 pounds could be dropped, while
on the -upper structure emplacements
were built for batteries of eight guns.
The sudden enol of the world's weir
put a stop to the plans for a raid on
Berlin, arta the architects of the dirig-
ible turned their attention to remodel-
ing their craft for peaceful purposes.
But their plans were again inter-
rupted in June when the war clouds
gathered again as reports gained
strength that Germany would refuse
to accept the Allied peace terns. The
11-34 was swiftly put on a war basis
and started on a cruise of 2.000 miles
over the Baltic and the German coast
region. She carried no bombs, but
equipped with rapid -firing guns, swept
over the enemy's territory at a low al-
titude, her enormous shadow giving a
grins promise of the possibilities of
the, future.
Rivals Ocean Liners,
The R -34's birthplace was Inehin•
uan, a little village near Glasgow. In
size she rivals all but the very largest
ocean liners. Iler length is 640 feet,
her beam 79 feet, and from the bot-
tom of the lowest gondola to the top
of the gas hag, measures 79 feet, Her
measurements are very closely those
f the liner Adriatic, and if she wile
toed on end she would overtop the fiM
amous Singer building in New York
y 27 feet. Two million cubic feet zit
as are imprisoned in the balloon,
whose resemblance to a monstrous
sh is heightened by ,the fact that it
s painted silver colored, proved by
xperinient to be the most successful
Or resisting the action of the sun in
xpanding the gas bag.
The driving power of the airship is
applied by five Sunbeam motors with
a total of 1,000 horsepower, sufficient
to give a speed of close to 70 miles in
favorable weather. To feed these mo-
tors the airship carries between 7,500
and 8,000 gallons of gasoline, weigh-
ing sixteen tons, and giving her a
cruising radius of 4.900 nautical miles
32,000 CANADIANS
STILL OVERSEAS
A despatch from London says:-
With the sailing of the Calmania on
Saturday. with 2,495 troops and the
sailing of the Tunisian on the same 0
day with 268 troops, 255,413 Cana- s
diens have been repatriated since the f
date of the armistice. b
The number of Canadians overseas, g
both in the British Isles and France,
is now approximately 32,000. This, of ii
course, includes hospital staffs, pa-
tients, working parties in France and
permanent cadres and headquarters e
here. Shipping has been secured for
the return of the remaining Canadian 0
troops as fast as they are available.
Oxford Circus House, a supplement- s
ary office to Argyll House, was
closed Saturday.
KING GEORGE SENDS MESSAGE
BY AIRSHIP R-34
A despatch from Ottawa says: -
The first British airship to cross the
Atlantic brought a message of good or considerably more than the dis-
tance between Europe awl America
wishes from the King to the people and return. Her lifting capacity is
of Canada. The message was address- 59 tons, of which 21y, tolls is dis-
ed to His Excellency the Governor-
General, and reads as follows:
Buckingham Palace, June 28, 1919.
chargeable weight, or weight which
can be disposed of from the ship.
To HisEhens$ the Duke of Five goudolas are swung from the
gasbag, connected by a 600 -foot plat-
Devonsllire, • K.G., G.C.M.G., G.C. form, In these cars there are com-
mander-in-chief
Governor-General and Corn- fortable accommodations for the crew
slander -in -chief of Canada. of thirty, with sleeping quarters for
Itake h'
this xopportunity
of se
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half that number. r. R a
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bythe first s British airship ge of the motors supply them with hot water
to cross the Atlantic a message and electric stoves assure them of het
good wishes to the people of Canada meals. Communication. with another
from the Old Country. earth is provided for by a wireless
(Signed) GEORGE, R.I. equipment with a radius of 1,500 rlrilee.
CRUISERS TO
A despatch
Reuter learns
nown, escorted
probably take
to Canada.
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ESCORT
PRINCE ON VISIT -
from London says: -
that the warship Re -
by two cruisers, -will
the Prince of Wales
INVITE EY -KAISER TO
RETURN TO GERMANY
A despatch from Berlin says: -The
central office of the "League o'f Ger-
man men and women for the
pratec-
tion of the personal life and freedom
of Wilhelm the Second" a.t Gorlitz has
addressed an open letter to the ex -
Kaiser inviting hien to return to Ger-
many.
Blake invented the stone -crusher in
1858, and Lenaine the steam -roller in
1859.
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MEET ME - LUCKlL`t•
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HAVE PEEN STAND IN4
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FOR YOU ;
The Brighter Side.
The statolueut was rete:;tly'mad
in a London newspaper that men bear-
ing, the scars of battle were. usually
long-lived, and an arra; t ng state-
ment glade the other day by Lieut.-
Colonel
ieut:Colonel T. E. Openshaw beers out this
tiled y. According' to this stetemen t,
a plan who has lost a leg is more like-
ly to attain old age than Il igen who
has not, whereas if lie Iles leet beth
eyes his chances of leaf; lite ere still
further increased.
The reason is simple to follow. The
heart carries the blood to the c t,1e'
I11ities, and its ,work is r.'dneee and
term of activity inereiteea by tb.e ab-
sence of limbs. Ou:• lame heroes wilt
find it hard to believe tree error:ere
final assertion. Ho declared that it
was absolutely and clenlenetrebly true
theta mar who had lost both his legs
could be a better swimmer than before
his loss.
The Art of Talking.
Tho art of talking is rare, but if one
has the least spark of talent it m'ly
be improved. Time, thought, and con-
stant practice are necessary to flea
velop any faculty. We cannot hope to
learn music, painting or tennis with-
out practice, and so it is with conver-
sation. We cannot expect to talk well
in society if wo are dull, silent tacti-
turn at henna. We must react the best
books to learn the fluent use of lang-
uage; we must learn to think and to
remember, to observe easefully; wo
must keep 311 touch with the event$ of
the day, not merely within a narrow
circle, but in the widb world. General
knowledge is necessary. Books, news-
papers and magazines are within the
reach of everyone. An ideal eonver-
satioh.allst is a conscientious listener,
the first to see inerit, the last to con
sure faults,
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