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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1924-4-3, Page 6$t,4 John's, lfld. -Witix the usual and 10,000 horses employed ire .bilsts•'. posy and ceremony, the . Newfound.- operatieas alone in Ontario. ml a, y, land sealing fleet recently cleared Winnipeg;, lean,—Furs to the • value from thisP,art for its annual seal of $400,000 were disposed o£ at the hunt h the. Gulf of St. Lawrence. recent sale of the 'Winnipeg Fur .Que- Qther steamers from Halifax and St. tion Sales Co.Since the company,. John will join the •fleet later` •rn the -commended operations three ..years t, e ° ten ships will ago, approximately. $1,750,000 worth' month and the hu h t i .. In the;three 1 webeen sold. engage in hunt in 1924.' ©f furs. to Halifax, N,S.—The formation of a years of operation the company .bas. province -wide publicity bureau to ad- sold about $4,000,000,worth of frits, vertise Nova Setoia a,s a summer ,.Regina,. Sask -Ovnr nine hundred tourist country was decided upon tit. travelling libraries are in circulaiiion a confer ence of business mien front;, at the present time, according, tq a all parts o f the province, " held here': report of the .Provincial Bureau of recently. The objective is to raise, Publications. In addition to the i • 'subscription, in'travelling libraries, :some 500 books • $10,OOU by popular s b } _ which event the Provincial Govern-' were sent out to districts where the merit will contribute' an equal amount, branch was unable to supply libraries. and to iaurihh'an extensive publicity' Edmonton, Alta, -About 40,000 ca.tima,in: bushels of pure seed grain have al- Sherbrooke;Que-A plant for the' ready been marketed for seed growers t t x ' f .lYyda•�atecl Erne has of the Province through the Provin- nianu ::c zr e A „ cleaning and rad Houseof Commons, Eng., when been ni completely at Co.,of Ridge by the Mg Government g g , A historical episode occurred at the Mg , plant here. ` A good deal of, thisthe e eaker as a member of parliament Dominion lime used Sherbrooke. g Arthur Henderson was introduced to p hasgone to Easternpoints, and there:and sons are shown ii•� iter �i This product rbuilding ds,• gsed purposespoeof loins, quantityEby his two sous, both members of parliament.' Pat dime far builet3ng for<mix- has also been a considerable ' h demand, arriving'at the House: with cement as a waterproof. The sold in the province. The ing company's quarries have a high Taal-, for good seed continues strong.. to the manufacture of hydrate. elevator is practically completed, in- ity of limestone particularly adapted Vancouver, B.C.—The Woodward NEARLY 50MILLIONS f Toronto, Ont.—It is estimated that creasing the grain storage capacityCOST OF HUDSONBA BAY R 408,000,000 feet of timber, 3,176,000 of the port by 2,900,000 bushels. >Ar- railway ties, and '649,700 cords of rangements are now being made to pulpwood will be the output of the load ships with wheat by means of present lumbering season on Crownlighters. If this practice is establish- tands in the Province of Ontario alone.', ed, it will prove another great assis- There are approximately 30,000 men tance to handling of grain. RIVAL CLAIMANTS far the Moroccan and Tunisian aspir- FOR� would pushclaims. POSTOF CALIPH Ousting of .Abdul Medjid' Causes Powers to Seek More Influence Over Moslems. Lo* Losses at Present by Rea- son of Minhnum'of Service. A despatch from Ottawa says: -To complete the Hudson Bay Railway and Port' Nelson ready for .the ship -Canada's foreign trade continues' to ibs.,.o4c; do, 3 to 4 lbs„ 15c; spring do, No. 2 local white, 44 to 44%c; t5 15ts Weedy Bret Repoli TORONTO, i 111% to 12c; 2% -lb, tins, 12%. to 13e; Man, wheat, -•-NO t North., $1.08 4 4o nb honey, per doz.,' No, 1,, 3.75$ 1 o Man. oats ---'No• 3 OW, 41%e; No, $4; No. 2, 33,25 to $8,50. 1, 407 c. Man, barley ---Nominal, All the above,°ea,f., hay ports. Qataria barley -65 to 70c. American 4oi•n-=No. 2 yellow 08' c• Bueiswheat—No, 2,76 to 80c, Ontario rye. -74 to 78c. Peas—No, 2, $1,45 to $1.50, T11 rll:Ec;cd--�1)el., Montreal freights, b,itegsr'sleu , i t4'd;n Br30an,, permiddliton,ns g 828;$3G i er good feed flour, $2.10. Ontario wheat --.No. 2 white, 98 to prints, 18 to 183s0; shortening tierces, $1.02,; outside. 13% to' 14c; tubs, 18% to 14o; pails, Ontario No. 2 white oats -39 to 41e. 14% to 15e; prints, 16% to i7c. Ontario corn—Nominal. Ontario flour—Ninety per cent, pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, 34.60; Toronto basis, $4,60; $5.75; do, Qom., $4,50 to $4.75; butcher bulk, seaboard, $4.25. heifers, choice, $6,75 to $7,50; do, Manitoba flour ----1st' pats.," in jute med., $5 to $5.75; do, coni., $4.50 to sacks, $G.20 per lib.; 2nd pats., $5.70, $4.75; butcher -cows, choice, $4.75 to Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, $14.50 to $15; No. 2, $14.50; no. 8, $12.50 to $18; mixed, $12.50.: Straw—Carlots, per ton, $9.50. Standard recleaned screenings, f.o, b. bay port's, per ton, $20,50. Cheese—New, large, 18 to 19c; Smoked meats halms, med., 23 to' 24e; cooked has, s, 34"'to 36c; smoked rolls, 17 ,to 18c; cottage rolls, .-19 to 21e; breakfast baeon, 23 to 26e; s e - Bial breakfast bacon, 28• to 30c; beats, boneless, 28 to 380. Cured meats --Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs., 318.50; 70 to 90 lbs., $18; 90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight In barrels, $37; heavy -weight rolls, $32, Lard—Pure tierces,. 14% to 15%c; tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 1Gc; Heavy steers, choice, $"1.50 to $8; butcher steers, choice, ,,$7' to $7.50;' do, good, 36 to $6.50;do, med., $5 to ' twins, 19 to 20e• triplets 20 to 20u c• CANADA'S S FOREI is S`iltos 'a1 to 2c pOld, large 25 tot bucks, $12.50 to' 31.3.50; do, culls $8 $5.50; dog med., $3.50 to $'+4.50; can- ners and cutters, $L50 to 32 do, corn., $2.50 to $3.50; feeding steers„ choice, $5.50 to $6; do, fair, $4 to $5; stockers, choice, 34 to $5; do, fair, 38.50 to 34; milkes and springers, choice 370'to 3100; calves, choice, $10 to $11.50; do; med., 37 to $9; do, com., $5.50 to 36; Iambs, choice ewes, $14 to $15;: do, 27c.; twins, 26 to 28c; triplets, 30c. • to $9; sheep, light awes, $8 to $9; TRADE SHOWS GAIN . Butter—Finest creamery prints, 41,J do, culls, 35 to ,;+5.50; hogs, fed and to 42e No. 1 creamer 40 to 41c • No: watered, $7.75, do, f.o,b 37.25; do,, ' a ' t t $7 2ii do off car 1 rP Twelve Months' Record e 2, 37 to 39c; dairy, 34c. ' country- oin s, 0; , g pcartons, 33 $7.95 to 8.1.5; do, selects, 38 50 notes 1�� Q�'JO,(�S®� in- � Eggs Extras, fresh, in to 34c: extra, loose, 31c; firsts, 28 to' 29c seconds, 24 to ' c, crease in . :poi: ts. l d , 25 Live poultry—Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs„ A despatch from Ottawa says 25c; hens, over 5 lbs., 26c; do, 4 to 5 MONTREAL. Oats, CW., No. 2, ' 61c; do, No ' 3, 49c; do, extra No. 1 feed, 47% to 48c; ping out of grain would bring the Shop a remarkable v ion. I chickens, 4 lbs end over, 25c roosters,flour, Man. spring wheatpats., , •,rthis enterprise expansion. 'total expenditU_ e on P gals pus their c. aims. to between 840 000 000 and $50 000, - Abdul Medjid lappearsp to have the ra vn from the the exports from the Dominion total-; Dressed poultry—Chickens, 3 ` to 4 $5.55 to SG.6o; rolled oats, bag 90 lbs., 000, is the conclusion d 9< 90;' bzran, $28.2 shoats $30.25 support of important sections of the Railways to led $1 0 ) 2G8 881 an increase of lbs 30c • hens over 5 lbs Z8c• do $�• '; _ ' p}�° P reply of the Minister of R Mohammedan world, Mohammed xned Ali, questions :asked as to the `expenditure chief of the Moslems of `India, has al necessary to melee that port ready ready issued a proclamation declaring to handle export business. In the 15c; ducklings over 5 lbs 19c• do $0.20; do, 2nds,;$5.70; do,, strong baa- _ 12 months ended February,this ti , year, 4 to 5 lbs., l8c. ers, $5.50, do, winter pats., choice, Abdul Medjid the true Caliph andf The Goverzirrieiit has spent on the Paris says:—A on all Indians to give' him' , approximately 338,916, an increase of more than Beans—Can., hand-picked, ib., 67 e; A despatch from,y calling Hudson B1 Rothia anprexi y struggle among the Powers of Europe support.1314,500,000;y and on the terminal 1103,000,000 over the preceding 12 primes, 6c. At resent Abdul Medj•id is busy , a, total of ' 320,- months. Maple products—Syrup; per imp. for the controlling influence over the P about $6,�o0,00Q,, o_The largest commodity increase gal., 32.50; per 5 -gal. tin, 32.40rper r India,with a host of secretaries on prepare-, p bbl mother $5 000 000 g millions of Moslems in Pe 1 t 1 11 determine', was th extras, .32c; do, fresh firsts, 29c; po- tatoes, per bag; car lots, $1.55 to $1.60. Com cows, $3.25 to 33.60; canners, $1.50; med.• quality.calves, 34.75; good weals, 150 to 180 lbs., .38.50 hogs, $8.25 to 38.35; 'selects, 39; sows,'36., Persia more than 3115,000000 over the pre- 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to'4 lbs,, 18c; middlings, $3625; hay No. 2, per'ton,i ceding12 months, and the; imports spring chickens, 4` lbs. and over, 32c; car lots, 316. ' S � roosters,over 5 lbs., 18c;.:`ducklin s, Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, 35% into Canada for the 12 monthstledended over 5:bs., 24c; do,=4 to 5 lbs., 25c; . 36c; do, No, 1 creamery, 347 to 35c; February, this year, totalled 3898, - geese, 22c, do, seconds, 337$'to 34c; eggs, fresh r50,000� ro a ,y , e. extort of wood and paper, gal.; maple sugar, ib., 25c. . would be requi• re carry` res e tions which u time e y will d to tl to 1 to l 0 5G6 in the 12 Honey -60-1b. tins, 11 to 111% per North Africa., E�vpt and "Turkey is l will b P f *thebI 1 th D t which totalled $ 70 346 lb 11 12 " lb ar rico, b. . who e rimae o os ear tidewater, in, the opinion of beginning to manifest itself in two, faith and incidentally, which of the f Railways ter, i and Canals another e ep ib. ; 10-1b. tins, to c 5- . tins, ler $20,- months ended February this year, an leading camps—that of Ring Hussein European and, will benefit by his' 538,000 would be required to make increase of about $48,000,000 over g Pthe preceding 12 months. Another of Hedjaz, who is the British hand- patronage' (the harbor ready for shipping grain. P' g picked candidate for the caliphate, These figures total $46,500,000, and feature is that in those 12 months t Medjid, recently deposed i��-.'�nwM there would certainly be other extras, the United States was by far a great - and Abdul e J , Y P r t er customer of Canada than was the as Caliph by the Turks. ;ft�"1 ;3 f+ The fixed charges on the invest- e v4i ox meat would be at least $2,500,000 a United Kingdom, th imports into Although Abdul Hedjid is a J year, to say nothing of the annual de- Canada. from the United States being nephew of the old Sultan, Mohammed( 'p+ `� fiat' on operating the railway. At $603,729,056, and from the United VI., and was proclaimed Caliph by rte, �v � 1•: 155 3 Kingdom 179,402' while the ex - the Turkish Assembly more than af �k�s� present this is kept down to about g w :� $25,000 a year, but this low figure is ports'to the United States were $426, year ago, he is now m exile at Terri-�} �� �, ,, 148 638=the exports and to the United tet, Switzerland, on the shores of t " �" made possible only through the mini- z fiYa"` 'xa Y Kingdom $355,838,316. Lake Leeni:an,-where so many political ; 1t' `` �:g mum of service. The British Empire's sales to Can - exiles � r ti :? A total expenditure of $20,760,000 h exiles have taken refuge. s� , .t a oda in the 12 months ended ebruary about a . v tip` k to date on the Hudson Bay enterprisecig 94 an The contest, therefore, centres about rC , this year aggregated $197,. 4,9 :� -:xe. x,, r� ;; looks quite large when it .is remem , h ch the r : a a.. „ a 1. s q 00 000 over the ultimate leadership v a � � increase of more than $20'0 accord to one of the aspiring ' '''�- Moslems p � ' >,..,,��.>;i,•.`� �' _,�,.� � bared' that. the. expenditure on the 4tU ,� harbor of Montreal to the end of the preceding 12 months, and the Em - princes of the faith. The intention ` iire's urchas•s from Canada. in the os both Ring Hussein and Abdul Med s:�ti 3 1922 is given as $31,000,000. p P ?'y former period,were $431,917,952, a de-: jid to call a great Moslem conference , �� ?£ �� ...>M � crease of over.. $7,000,000. : the attention of all Eur- 1 �, x r ;r -'c ` Army Responsible for Exports to Australia'` in tile =ear has drawn r . �,•, 3X ,+n �, .'�� `Tipperary" P 3 opean Powers who have colonies and , } \cis � � ,a ' Fatne of Tipperary ended February last were 320,401,275, mandatory rights over Moslem . sub ti , h r>} k\ ra ,•, an increase of over 33,000,000. Ex- jects.•,�'�• , , .-r,: A despatch from London says:"- ports to Belgium increased from 312,- In France there is.an apparent ,''s� ° tr ? 3r "'a` The recent death of one of its com 651,705 to 316,132,035, and exports to ,.,;. •.i?r sem' :C,r rar�.;•STM" tendency to support the claim of Ab- r�oli • : posers, henry. James Williams, has Germany totalled 315,682;625, an in- dol' Medjid; who since the beginning - disclosed the 'fact that the, war song crease of nearly 100 per cent. Exports of his caliphate has shown himself ° Sir William. Duff Reid P "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" toItaly increased from $11,898,606 to eminently' sympathetic toward the Builder of the Newfoundland Railway, was hawked about from publisher to j. 318,170,924, and exports to Japan in - French. However, the first consid-1 who died art his home•In Montreal o26 901 -. Pxench. w publisher before a man ` was finally' creased from 315,375,157 to $ , eration of the French is for the" march 12, in his fifty-sixth year. LL _ __ found who saw any possibilities in'it. =473, or nearly 100 per cent. Exports French possessions, Morocco and ` _ The music hall singers at first to Norway nearly doubled, the total Tunis,where there already are other1'illtyernse Costs turned it down flat. It was Miss for the year ended February last be- isspirirg Caliphs such as the present Canada $1.46 Per Capita. Florrie Fordo who on' July 24s 1914 ing $4,922,192, and exports to Switz-� Bey of Tunis- and the Sultan of Mor- I gave it a trial, singing it in"The erland nearly doubled. occo. France, therefore, is to -day; A despatch from Ottawa says:— Isle of Man." From them on itbegani • Butter imports decreased 4,812,035 hesitating between its friends, Abdul Hon. E. M. Macdonald, Minister of to gain some measure of popularity, i lbs. to 2,693,824 lbs., and butter ex- Medjid, and its natural political allies,' Defence, furnished the House with but it was men of the British expe- ports dropped from 21,812,295 lbs. in in Morocco and Tunis. comparative per capita figures of ex-' ditionary force who landed at Bou- the 12 months ended February; 1923, the contra- f enditure on military. defence in the logne in August, 1914,who made it to $12,960,715 in the 12 months ended Still another element' in P gn g versy comes from Italy, where there different parts of the Empire. The famous, as they sang it marching February last. Cheese imports total - ere strong political influences eman- ating from Tripoli. It appears that Italy has given refuge on one of its Islands to the deposed Sultan, -Mo- aammed VI., who, although a help- less and feeble Prince, is nevertheless considered by millions of Moslems as the true father and Caliph of all Mo- hammedans. Whether Italy will ad- vance the claim of Mohaniined is an unknown element in the question, but ft is of enough importance to cause French apprehensions. Accordingly, it has been suggested that France offer Abdul Medjid' a French island off Morocco . or Tunis es a place of refuge,' where lie might ba surrounded by Moslem subjects and eventually succeed to the spiritual leadership of the faihtful of all lands. It is not doubted that Abdul Medjid would thus acquire dominance over 60,000,000 Moslems under the French Willing to Se One. flag. However, the question of the He—''Man is descended from the local Caliphs is a delicate one and the monkey." present effort of the French Govern- She—"And he doesn't appear to be Intent is to seek to determine just how ashamed of his ancestors." figures were: through the town. After that it was led in value $569,047, an increase of Canada, 31.46 per head; New Zea- taken •up and the words were trans-' 100 per cent. and cheese exports to land,. 32.33; South Afrioa, 32.92; Ails- -re listed into alrnast every European' tailed .$23,371,038, an increase ;of tralia, 33.30; Great Britain, 315.32. " language, even into German, and also ahout 32,000,000, Hard coal imports into Hindustani, Japanese and Chi -`increased from $27,003,354 to 344, nese. 814,115, and soft coal imports totalled t►•— $45,277,286, an increase of over 32, - Three and a half million dollars, or 500,000, while coal exports dropped nearly 20 per cent. of • the whole from $12,247,302 to 39,190,396. Raw revenue of the province, is the esti- cotton imports increased by about 33, - mated direct gain from the timber 000,000. Metal imports totalled 3216, - resources of British Columbia during'085,239, an increase of nearly 350, the coming fiscal year. Timber licens- 000,000, and metal exports increased es are expected to produce 31,250,000, from 389,451,573 to 3128,167,755, or royalties $1,600,000, timber scales nearly $40,000,000. Wool imports to - $350,000, and timber leases $100,000. tailed 3357,556,550, an . increase of Alberta has maintained an average yield of spring wheat of 1914 bushels per acre over a period of 26 years, according to a chart prepared by the Dept. of Agriculture. In addition, winter wheat has averaged, over the same period, -20.19 bushels; oats, 35.79 bushels; barley, 26.10 bushels; rye, 18.84 bushels, and , flax, 8.71 bushels. COME' ON , DUMMY 11 M e `Tb GO To 6Ye LO LAN t) over $7,000,000. Automobile exports aggregated 336,571,450, an increase of about 38,000,000, and' automobile im- ports were 330,266,920, an increase of over 31,000,000. Forty-nine different countries im- ported Canadian flour last year, ac- cording to the president of the Do- minion Millers' Association. IN RAiBI'I'RORO.._. MA' L1_ GIVC- `tOU A LIL ROCK AN'. SING 'YOU To :SLEEP r -.) �" 60 TS.1.1. PUNT RopENT Tt-4 — OLD cRAY GOOSE L IS DEAD 1! " r s i ilt,00\c/ Catherine Ereshkovsky "Little grandmother of the Russian revolution," who, on her 80th birthday, just passed, ands plenty of time to direct the week in the different schools she has founded -in Csecho-Slovakia. Song of English Nightingale to be Broadcasted WATERSPOUTS WRECK ITALIAN _DISTRICT Hundred red Dead, Over Thous- and :injured -Lenon and Orange Farms Ruihed. A despatch from Rome says:— Waterspouts, pouring millions of tons of water out .of leaden skies, swept houses, fruit groves and people out of existence in the region around Amalfi, the southern Italian city, fa- mous for its exportation of ' lemons and oranges to North America. There have been a hundred dead washed up onto the beaches and pick - A despatch from London says:— The British Broadcasting Company is planning an attempt this spring to radio the song of the nightingale in its native haunts. A microphone and small transmit- ting ransmitting set will be placed in a grove fre- quented by the - feathered songsters, and the bird notes amplified and re broadcasted by the London station. Japan Co-operates in World- Flight of U.S. Airmen A despatch frame;' Tokio ; says:— Japanese officials are co-operating to the fullest degree to aid in the success of the American round -the -world fliers, who are expected here late in April. Lieutenant Clifford Nutt, in arranging the flight across Japanese territory, received the greatest con- sideration at the hands of officers here. The principal depot in Japan ed out of the sea, and more than 1,000 people have suffered injuries. What were beautiful lemon farms Thursday morning are now mere torrents of water, which is mercilessly killing alI before it. The deadly phenomenon came after twenty-four hours of torrential rain, a series of the waterspouts finally formingto sweep the region with wind and water.- 'Vast funnels of water whirled over sea and villages, traveling onto the mountains inland and leaving a devastated trail or ruin. The consternation is unspeakable, for the- survivors are frantically seeking wives, husbands and children under the flail -like descent of shots of water. At times the water -spouts, driven by the winds, left one portion of the country, going in, an oblique direction which brought death and ruin to districts miles off the original route of the spout. Sometimes •tile upper and lower parts were seen to move at different speeds, making the parts separate and thus multiplying the disaster. Gusts of terrific winds are sweeping the southern shore for miles around. The old inhabitants declare the waterspouts must be followed by . an eruption of Mount Stromboli, the nearest island., Rome is also . a prey to terrific rains, almost'unknown at this season. Civil engineers have been rushed to the scene of. the disaster an the de- stroyer Pontiere, and steamers are sailing to Amalfi to take the refugees to Naples. It` is -estimated that 50,000 tons of herring have been shipped from Van - is the Iasumigaura military flying couver Island waters to Oriental station. markets during the past season, GEE. Wl11� ; WOULD'T Tr YOU unk- DUMM�{ WOULD HAVE 5E -N 5E ENoucri To PRE.TFNt HE. VJA5 Pi LEE..? 1A !t Natural Resources Bulletin . The Natural Resources Intel- ligence $orvice of the ° Dept, of the Interior at Ottawa says: y : Witlis time corning of spxi ? r probably no natural resource velopnzent° stands out, mo kprcrninently,e th a.,,,,dce.e, maple :Y s40•3•:' TOalcineg.,-t.Ni esesliec•zes,of, maple occur in Canada, but four of these are of a dwarf nature. iie More important species, with their ranges and commer- cial value of the wood, are as follows: Sugar Maple (Acer saccher- uixz),, also known as hard maple, has the: best wend and is also vazltiable as the source of maple sugar and syrup. Its range co- incides with that of yellow birch, with which it is usually associ- ated, extending from the Mari- time • Provinces to Lake Super - for and front Fort William to the Lake of the Woods. Mature trees are ttsually from 80 to 90 feet 'high and .2 to 3 feet in diameter, but sometimes larger. • -The wood is heavy, hard% and even -grained and is used for fioorhig, furniture, agricultural implements,, and interior wood- work. It is also one of the best woods :for fuel' and distillation. - Red Maple (Acer rubruin) occurs throughout the same. range as sugar maple but ex- tends slightly farther north. The wood is softer and not of . such good quality as sugar maple, but is used for the same' - purposes. Silver Maple (Acer saccharin um) is more liniiteti' in its dis- tribution, being confined to the southern portions of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. The wood of this species is also inferior to sugar maple. Manitoba Maple (Acer Na- gundo) is a native of the great plains. It is a small tree with soft, coarse-grained wood of little value, but owing to its hardiness and quick growth it is valuable for the planting of wind -breaks on the prairies. Broad -Leaved Maple (Acer mtacrophylluni) occurs in moist bottom -lands in the Coast Belt in British Columbia.' It is not of much commercial importance but is used for ornamental planting. e� Chef of Czar Small Paris Baker. Back of the Hotel de Ville, amidst the worst slums of Paris, there is a small bakery which boasts an unusual clientele. " Not only do the workers of se the quarter ga there for their bread,£ but one of the regular customers is a •r princess wild; '.sable -clad, arrives in a limousine. Others there are who are now living , upon money realized from the sale of their last jewel. The proprietor of the pastry shop was once chief cook to the late Czar of Russia. How he obtained the -,post •is his favorite story. "Before going to the palace I was chef of ,the Restaurant de 1'Ours in St. Petersburg," he 'tells those who ex- press curiosity as to his past. "Each day we placed a beautiful fish in ur'- window. But one,day the fish did n arrive. •" So I made large, bouquets of: sugar violets and placed them in the, window, for it •;would not have -been, well to have left it empty. .. - "The Czar patsSe4, stopped and look- ed at the violets—they were his favor- ite Blower. A week later he sent one of his chamberlains, who sunun'oned, me to the palace, where I' was made chief chef. Five years I worked. there' unless' I happened to be on the im- perial yacht. "But now all is change d. I make llttile cakos and bread for my French customers and cheese` tarts for the Russian refugees." Curzon's First Choice. If Lord Curzon had eat: been a poli- tician, he would have become an archin teat. The former Secretary for 'For- eign Affairs revealed this unsatisfied ambition in th'e course of some rather caustic remarks on the subject of mod- ern British• architecture recently. • "It is " really impossible for good country houses to be built now," he declared, "since people, with "taste are deficient in money, while those with money have no ta:.s'te,": ' Lord Curzon: inquired also whether any one could explain "wiry cottager; built 400 years • <ago, -at a cosi, next to nothing, are among the most beautiful things in creation whtie modern build- ingsreplacing them are abominations."< Daily Diet of Oxygen New exercises for French soldiers� have been Introduced at training tluar' tars for recruits, including a deity diet of oxygen. The young warriors will spend five' minutes r. day in a simecial ly built oxygen tank, 1)1 a.thing and absorbing as much of lite life-giving'' gas as they Can, This 'i7 designed to keep the troops fl and iii' r<a,5eiv, ir chestexpansiotr.. Not So Passionate. Cu leer (passionately) -•--'•My :lave is like the deep, deep sea, The Loved One- ".ante f take it with the' corresponding amount of salt." Hope is the dream of man awake. 4 irry have got into the habit of be- ing dissatisfied.--:.incoln.