BRITISH DEFEAT
NORTHWEST MARKET
REPORTS.
Portland.
Imperial Guard, Led by Crown
Prince, Claimed Annihilated.
General Pau Announce» Victory
Over German» in North
Million in Rattle.
London.—A Boulogne dispute'll to
I he Evening News suys u telegram
has been received from General Pau
announcing a victory by the allied
forces at Precy Hur Oise.
The Imperial Guard, under Crown
Prince Frederick William, la reported
to have been annihilated by the Brit
ish force which opposed them.
The Evening News dispatch says;
"A telegram has been received from
General i’nu announcing a victory by
flic allied forces under Field Marshal
Sir John French, commanding the
British, and Oeneral d'Amude nt
Precy Hur Oise, about 25 miles north
of Paris.
"The allies were drawn acrons (he
northern tin« with the center at Precy.
The English troops were on the left
and the French on th« right. The
former had In front of them the Im
perial Guard under Crown Prime
Frederick William.
"On both wings, It In reported, the
allien were nuccensful. The German
l«ft wan held by the French and re
tired to th« north.
"The Imperial Guard, who were or
d«r«<l to surrender, were annihilated
io th« itritihb
it ix reported tha1
tlie Crown Prince was in their midst.”
The liritlxh official bureau has re
ceived no confirmation of thia mes
sage.
An earlier official statement given
out In I’urln said that a general action
bu<l start«! on the lini' from Nnnteull-
le llardouln to Verdun, u distance of
120 miles. It was then said that,
thanks to the vigorous action of the
French troops, supporteli by the Brit-
ixh, the Germans had "started retir
ing."
Unofficial advices from Berlin also
have Indicated that a buttle of tre
mendous Importance was being fought
in the territory descrllied.
The official bureau says:
"General Joffre's plans are being
steadily carried out. The allied forces,
acting on the offensive, have been
successful In checking and forcing
back tn a northeast direction the Ger
man forces opposed to them."
All ABLE-BODIED BRITONS
ARE SUMMONED TO COLORS
London In the historic Guild hall
of Ixmdon, Premier Asquith Saturday
started the crusade to stimulate enlist-’
merit under the British flag, which he
intends to push through the country.
He is calling on every able-bodied
Brilon of military age to come to the
help of his country in the hour of need.
The premier opened his Guild hall
address with the announcement that up
to the present between 275,000 ami
•300,000 recruits had responded to the
call of I-ord Kitchener, the secretary
of war.
The premier said the empire had en
tered into thia contest of might ver
sus right with clean judgment and a
clean conscience.
Sorority Girl» Are Free.
Stanford University, Cal. — After
detention by German officials at Heid
elberg, three Standford sorority girls,
Miss Carolina Squires, Miss Ruth
Squires and Miss Katherine Sheldon,
of Palo Alto, have cabled their rela
tives that they have secured passage
to America. The young women were
allowed to proceed from Heidelberg to
Rotterdam and thence to Ixjndon. Ao
cording to the cable message the ves-
sei on which the party cross«! the
English Channel narrowly missed hit-
ling a floating mine.
Pope Name» Secretary.
Rome It is officially announc«i that
Pope Benedict XV has appointed Car
dinal Dominico Ferrata to be papal sec
retary of state. Cardinal Ferrata was
lx>rn in 1847 in Montefiascone, Italy.
Hix work ax papal nuncio at Paris and
as prefect of the congregation of bish-
op* in Rome stamped him as a finish
ed diplomat.
Ho presided over the
Eucharist congress held last year at
Malta. In 19111, when the late Car-
dinal Rampolio resigned ax papal secre
tary of state. Cardinal Ferrata wax
mention«! ax a probable candidate for
the office.
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Austrian Steamer Sunk.
London—The sinking of the Aus-
trian steamer Bathori by a British
cruiser In the Bay of Riscay was re
ported Saturday.
The Austrian
steamer refused to heave to until
the cruiser put a shot across her bow.
The warship then took off the crew of
26 and sent the steamer to the bottom.
The prisoners taken includ«! a Ger
man imperial staff officer.
The Bathori was a steamer of 1385
tons. She pli«i between Fiume and
French ports and wax last reported in
Havre roads August 5.
Ulstermen Going to Bar.
Belfast, Ireland — Within an hour
after the opening of the recruiting
office for Ulster volunteers, 700 men
of the North Belfast regiment had en
roll«! for foreign service. Sir Edward
Carson, leader of the Ulster Unionists,
addressed a battalion of volunteers,
assuring the men that “sufficient vol
unteers will remain in Ulster to pro
tect it from invasion. It will keep ax
a province for you until you return.”
NEW POPE LS CHOSEN Bï
I
1 ITALIAN FLEET
COLLEGE OF CARDIU ls '
TO AID ALLIES
Portland All cereals arc advancing
in price, with wheat leading the pro
cession. At the Merchants’ Exchange
sessions bills of $1.12, an advance of 2
cents, were rnaile for bluestem, with
sellers asking $1.13 and $1.14.
Club
was bid up to 934 cents, red Russian
was half a cunt higher at 93 cents and
rod fife a cent higher at 934 cents.
Buyers and sellers could not get to
gether, and no business was transacted
at the session.
The interior wheat markets were
very strong, with country millers com-
¡M-ting sharply against Coast buyers
and farmers, as a rule, holding for
still higher prices.
For two days
farmers in the Big Bend section have
been receiving $1 net for their blue
stem, while at Walla Walla a sale wax
made at $1.07, Club wheat sold on
the Sound at 954 cents.
California is in the market for wheat
of al) kinds and full prices are being
offered. During the past month ship
mate south have been large, amount
ing to 471,305 bushels from Portland.
Flour shipments from here to Califor
nia in August were 40,171 barrels, and
the Sound sent 76,955 barrels down.
Barley prices were quoted unchanged
on call at $24.50 for feed and $25 for
brewing. The San Francisco barley
market advanced sharply, December
closing at $1.254, against $1.22 on
Saturday, and the May option at
$1.824, as com;iared with $1.28 Satur
day.
Eastern demand for Oregon and
Washington barley is report«! here.
A $6 rate on barley is announced from
Portland to New York via the Canal.
Mi life«! Spot prices: Bran, $256/1
26.50 per ton; shorts, $28.50; rolled
barley, $23.506(24.60.
Corn Whole, $37 per ton; crack«!,
$38.
Hay Old timothy, Eastern Oregon,
$l5/al6; new crop timothy, valley,
$12.5(Ka 13; grain hay. fHc/10; alfal
fa, $lDul2.
Eggs — Fresh Oregon ranch, case
count, 28c; candled, 30c.
Poultry — Hens. 14bfl44c; springs,
15m 16c; turkeys, 22c; dress«!, choice,
25c; ducks, 10ml5c; geese, 10c.
Butter — Creamery prints, extras,
35c per pound; cubes, 31c; storage,
2«m.28jc.
Pork—Block, 12|c per pound.
Veal—Fancy, 13(0.14c per pound.
Vegetables — Cucumbers, 50c [»er
box; eggplant, 8c per pound; peppers,
6m7Jc per pound; artichokes, *1 per
dozen; tomatoes, 25m 50c per crate;
cabbage, l|<u.2c [>er pound; [»eax, 5<«i)
6c; beans, 46/6c; corn, $1(<Z1.25 per
sack; celery, 50m85c per dozen.
Onions--Yellow, $1.25 perjsack.
Green Fruits — Apples, new, 75c(fr,
$1.75 per box; cantalou[»es, 25cm $1.25
per crate; peaches, 20m75c per box;
plums, 50cm.$l; watermelons, 80(<i90c
per cwt.; casabas, $1.50m2 per dozen;
pears. 50cm $1 per box; grapes, 75c(<£
$1.50 per crate.
Potatoes—Oregon, $1.35 per sack.
Receipts at the Portland Union
Stockyards in August were unusually
heavy, the total run being 4855 head
greater than in the same month last
year.
The largest gain, as has been
the case every month this year, was
in the hog division, where the increase
was 4013 head.
Cattle — Prime steers, $6.75(a.7;
choice, $6.50(n6.75; medium, $6.256/
6.50; choice cows, $5.75m6; medium,
$5.25 tn 5.75; heifers, $5.50 (a; 6.50;
calves, $66/8.50; bulls, $3m.4; stags,
$4.506/5.75.
Hogs Light, $961,9.25; heavy, $8m
8.25.
Sheep — Wethers, $461.5.25; ewes,
$3.506/4.35; lambs, $5m6.
Seattle.
Seattle — Predicting that Elberta
;>eaches will sell down to 25c per box
next week, the street is preparing to
meet the heaviest volume of this fruit
since the opening of the season. Not
withstanding that the stock has been
[muring in all week, jobbers have bat
tled to get the best price possible for
the grower, but to little purpose. Do
mestic canning operations, which sank
to a minimum since sugar began to
mount upward, has paralzyed profits to
the producer. With the main avenues
of consumption closed, the surplus has
been thrown back into the local trade,
and demoralization was inevitable.
Should there lie another season like
this, many growers declare they will
cut dojvn their trees.
Eggs — Select ranch, 35ef 36c per
dozen.
Poultry—Live hens, 106/) 15c per
pound; old roosters, 9c; 1914 broilers,
14(d)15c; ducklings, 10(</!12e; geese,
10c; guinea fowl, $9 per dozen.
Dressed Pork 86i 10c per pound.
Dress«! veal — Small 12 60 134c
pound; large, 8(d) 12c.
Ranch butter—16c per pound.
Apples -New cooking, 50(d85c box;
new eating, $ 1.25(<i. 1.50; Gravensteins,
$1(81.25.
Blackberries—$1 crate.
Cantaloupes — Ponies, 50c crate;
standards, 75c.
Crabapples—50c(<i$1.25 box.
Grapes- Malaga, $1.10 crate; To
kay, $1.50; Concords, 30c.
Huckleberries 7«./ 8c pound.
Pears Bartlett, 75c(</fl.25 box.
Peaches—306('40c crate.
Dressed beef—Prime beef steers, 12
6(124c [mund; cows, 114<</12c; heif
ers, 12c.
Dressed Hogs — Whole, packing
house, 13c pound.
Dressed spring lamb—126/, 13c lb.
Dress«l mutton— 94m 10|c pound.
Beets—New, $1.25 sack.
Cabbage—Local, $1 sack.
Corn—Green, $1.25(0)1.50 sack.
Carrots—Local, $1 sack.
Cauliflower—I.ocal, $l(r£1.25 dozen.
Cucumbers—Hothouse, 35(d,75c dos.
Rome - The sacred college of (Ordi
nals Thursday elected Cardial Giacomo
Deila Chiexa, archbishop of Bologna,
supreme [x/ntiff to succeed the late
Pope Pius X. His coronation ax Bene
dict XV took place September 6.
Immediately after his election the
pontiff said he could not imagine how
bench Fleet In Mediterranean to his frail being wax capable of enduring
I the enormous weight of responsibility
lie Shifted to North St a
' thrown upon his shoulders, especially
to Aid Itritinh Navy.
at a moment when all the countries of
Europe were stained with blood; when
the wounds inflicted upon humanity
Washington, D. C.~ That an agree also were inflicted on the church, and
ment exists between the Triple En when countless victims of the war
tente, made up of Great Britain, were being cut down.
France and Russia, and Italy, is estab
The war, he said, had arm«! faith
lished to the satisfaction of diplomats ' ful against faithful, priest against
here by information they have re priest. while each of the bishops
ceived.
i offer«! prayers for the success of the
Great Britain has given Italy 40,000 army of his own nation.
I‘_. victory
But
tons of coal for the use of the Italian 1 for one side meant slaughter to the
fleet. Additional supplies are to be other, the destruction of children
provid«l as needed.
The result will equally dear to the heart of the po.n-
be that Italy will be able, when the ftiff.
moment for her action comes, to use i The conclave of the sacred college
her fleet against the Austrian and had been in session since the evening
Turkish navies. The French fleet in of AugUBt 31, and the final vote was
the Mediterranean thus will be re- not taken until the morning of Sep-
lieved of the necessity of bottling up I (ember 3. When the name of Cardinal
the Austrian men of war and can be Della Chiexa was cried out by the Car-
shifted to the North Sea.
dinal scrutineers as having received
The union of the British and French the prescribed two-thirds vote there
navies will mean that tremendous was much excitement among the mem
force will be station«! off the German bers of the conclave,
coast and enable offensive operations
Then followed the traditional form-
against the harbors within which the uia, the cardinal being asked as to
German navy is lying ready for action, whether he accepted the election.
The exact moment when Italy is to Amid breathless silence he answered
throw in her fortunes with the Entente in the affirmative, but his reply, out of
— 1
*.....
- profound emotion, was scarcely audi
ble. Immediately all the cardinals re-
• moved the canopies from above their
chairs, this being the tangible sign
' that the leadership of the church had
j passed from them to the newly elected
Pope.
Great Britain Supplies Coal for
Operations of Warships.
h
BATTLE OF AEROPLANES
IS FOl’GHT OVER PARIS
SLANG Æ.
—
The New Fable of the Juvenile Who
Studied Mankind and Laid His
Plane Accordingly.
Once there was a Kid who wore a
Uniform that fit him too Soon and a
Cap on one Ear. His Job was to an-
swer the Buzzer and take Orders
from any one who could show 25
Cents.
In the Morning he might be acting
as Pack Pony for some Old Lady on a
Shopping Spree and in the Afternoon
be would be delivering a Ton cf
Coal.
He had been waved aside by ButlerB
and ordered about by Blonde Stenog
raphers and joshed by Traveling Sales
men until his Child-Nature was as
bard and flinty as that of the She-
Purser in a swell Tavern who lately
has cashed one that proved to be
Phoney.
In answering the Call of Duty he
bad gone to the Dressing Room and
taken a private Fash at the Maga
zine Beauty before she began to at
tach the Hair or spread the Enamel.
He had stood in the private Lair cf
the Sure-Thlngers when they were
cooking up some new Method of col-1
lecting much income without moving
out cf their Chairs.
He had stood by while Husbands,
with the Scotch standing high in the
Gague, collaborated on the Lie which
was to pacify little Katisha, waiting in
the Flat.
Before delivering this Masterpiece
of Fiction he would have to do a lit
tle Sherlocking and finally locate
Katisha In one of those places where
they serve it in Tea-Cups.
In the Homes of the Rich and Great
where he delivered Orchids and Invi
tations and perfumed Regrets he
would overhear Candid Expressions
which indicated that every Social
Pans—A fight in the air over Paris
“ ’' . Three German air
1 took place Friday.
men hovered over the capita) and im
mediately two French machines were
j sent up to engage them.
Meanwhile rifles and machine guns
, mounted on public buildings kept up a |
constant fire.
By this means one of
■ the German machines became sepa-
. rated from the others and the French
| aviators flew swiftly in its direction.
1 The Germans opened fire, to which the
I Frenchmen replied vigorously.
The battle Beemed to turn to the
disadvantage of the German, who
mounted speedily to a higher level,
King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, “n<l- holding this position, , was saved
He finally dis-
whose fleet may join the Triple En ' from further attack.
I appeared in a northwest direction over
tente.
Fort RomainviPe, after a vain pursuit.
The other German aeroplanes also
is not known, but it is predicted that
it will be soon.
There is not the escaped the fire of the guns and after
slightest doubt either in official or circling about for a consid erable time,
diplomatic circles that Italy will join disappeared from view.
in the conflict. Similarly there is no
question that Turkey and Bulgaria Japan Charged With Vio-
will operate with Germany and Aus
fating Chinese Neutrality
tria. Turkey’s entrance into the strug
gle will be the signal for action by
Pekin — The German legation has
Greece. Self-defense will compel Rou- l protested to the foreign office against
mania to participate, and her alliance i an infringement of China’s neutrality
with Russia and Italy is undoubted.
I by Japan. The protest followed the
i landing of a Japanese division at the
I newly opened Chinese port of Lung
! Kow, 100 miles north of Tsing Tau.
New. of the Japanese landing caused I
With a Comrade In Misery.
j no surprise here, as the Japanese lega-
Paris—A proclamation has been is- tion several days ago requested the Leader was trying to slip Knock-Out
sued by the government announcing foreign office to remove the limit of Drops into somebody else’s Claret
that the government
..
. departments — will
-q the jo
50 kilometers
kilometers (about
(about 30
30 miles)
miles) ra-
ra- Cup.
be transferred temporarily to Bor- dius prescribed by the Chinese as the
Around the Haunts of Business he
deaux.
,
- - -
-
—
fighting
area around - —
Tsing
Tau.
would stand on one Foot while the
The proclamation was issued by the ; The foreign office did not comply Boss Carefully worded the Message
minister of the interior, who said the with
wlvu the
vllv request, but ,»
„„„ under- which was to read like a Contract
it was
decision had been taken solely upon stood that the Chinese troops would be j while leaving a Loop-Hole about the
the orders of the military, because the instructed not to oppose the Japanese, size of the Hudson Tunnel.
fortified places of Paris, while not The Chinese officials are described as
One night the Kid was returning
necessarily likely to be attacked, I incensed, but afraid of doing anything homeward with a Comrade in Misery.
would become the pivot of the field that
.......................
" Japanese a cause . As the Trolley carried them toward
might afford ‘ the
operations of the two arimes.
for territorial or other exactions.
j that portion of the City where Chil-
The building of supplementary de
Whether British forces will cross i dren are sUll in Vogue, they fell to
fensive works is proceeding vigorous- Shan Tung with the Japanese is not
talking of the Future and what it
ly. Several of the gates of Paris divulged, but the point is much dis
might have in Store for a Bright Boy
were closed to traffic.
cussed here.
who could keep on the Trot all day
and sustain himself by eating Cocoa-
Russians Admit Defeat
Capital Edict Honored.
•Nut Pie.
at Hands of Germans Petrograd (St. Petersburg) — The The Comrade hoped to be a Vaude
Ixindon- Advices have been received name St- Petersburg does not appear ville Actor, but the Kid said, after
here from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) |in
Russian newspaper now Thus
------ 1 some Meditation: “During the past
that the Russian general staff frankly has been observed the imperial edict Two Years I have mingled in all
confesses to disaster to two army changing the name of the Russian Grades of Society, and I have decided
corps, including the loss of three gen capital from St. Petersburg to Petro to round out my Career by being a
grad, on account of the German form I Deep-Sea Diver.”
erals.
MORAL—A little learning Is ft
Telegraphing from Petrograd the of the name under which the city has
correspondent of the Times declares been known since its foundation. Other dangerous thing and a good deal of it
that the war reports given out by the cities in Russia with German names, is Suffocating.
headquarters staff in the ~
Russian capi- such as Schlussburg, have asked that
tai are generally rather meager, but their appellations be Russianized. The New Fable of the Cousin Who Be
Mourning dresses are increasing in
came Cognizant of Our Short
are generally true.
comings.
That the headquarters will stick to number on the streets of the Russian
On the deck of a Trans-Atlantic
this plan also when the news is bad is capital.
Skiff a certain Old Traveler, who
proved by the announcement made
American-French to Aid.
owed allegiance to George and Mary,
here.
The wording of the announcement
Washington, D. C.—A French relief reclined on his Cervical Vertebrae
indicates that other Vistula fortresses, fund is being formed to assist sick and with a Plaid Shawl around him and
besides*Graudenz and Thorn have re wounded refugees, not only French, but roasted Our Native Land.
ceived 'reinforcements. The n^'s ar also Belgian, English and other nation
He told the American In the next
rived Thursday night and the people of alities now swarming into Paris and Steamer Chair that he had been un-
Petrograd received it with firmness. other cities.
Reports reaching here able to get his Tea at the usual Hour
Their faith in a final Russian victory from Paris ami other places in France and out in that place called Mlnnie-
remains wholly unshaken.
tell of the misery, particularly among Apples the stupid Walter never had
the poorer classes, following in the heard of Bloaters for Breakfast.
Liner Reported Captured.
train of»the war.
An announcement Furthermore, he had not seen his
New York — Reports were current will be made later of the details of the Boots again after placing them cut-
here that British cruisers had succeed organization of the French fund, which side the Door In Chicago.
The Houses were overheated and
ed in. capturing the Kron Prinz Wil will be centralized and administered the Railway Carriages were not like
helm, the German liner which had been by the French embassy.
those at Home and the Reporters were
roaming the seas since her sudden de
Forward Chaps and Ice should not be
Spanish B or Veteran» Elect.
parture from this port a day or so be
added with the Soda, because It was
fore war was declared between Ger
Louisville—Major C. F. Cramer, of
not being Done.
many and England.
Sir Courtenay Columbus, Ohio, was elected com-
He was glad to escape from the
Bennett, the British consul here, had mander-in-chief, and Scranton, Pa., Wretched Hole and get back to his
heard the rumor and made inquires was chosen for the 1915 convention, by own Ixidglngs, where he could go into
during the day, but said that he had the United Spanish War Veterans in
Cold Storage and have a Joint of Mut
been unable to confirm it from any re 11th annual convention here. Omaha
ton and Brussels Sprouts as often as
liable source. The Kron Prinz Wil and San Francisco had wanted next
desired.
year's
convention.
helm was a North German Lloyd liner.
FRENCH MOVE CAPITAL
TO CITY OF BORDEAUX
ttenmrrf atotut »OO
The Yankee cringed under the At
tack and then fully agreed with the
Son of ambitious Albion. He said we
were a new and crude People who did
not know how to wear Evening Clothes
or eat Stilton Cheese and our Politi
cians were corrupt and Murderers
went unpunished, while the Average
Citizen was a dyspeptic Skate afflict
ed with Moral Strabismus.
Then he retired to his State Room to
weep over the Situation and the Brit
ish Subject said: “The American is a
Poltroon, for he will not defend his
own Hearth and Fireside.”
A Cook’s Tourist from Emporia,
Kansas, dropped Into the Vacant
Chair. When the Delegate from The
Rookery, Wormwood Sc.ubs, laling, 8.
E., resumed his scorching Arraign
ment of the U. S. A., be got an aw
ful Rise out of the Boy from the. Corn
Belt.
The Emporia Man said there were
more Bath Tubs to the Square Mile
out in bis Burg than you could find in
the West End of London and more
Paupers and Beggars in one Square
Mile of the East End of London than
you could find in the whole State of
Kansas. He said there were fewer
Murders in England because Good Op
portunities were being overlooked.
He said he could Tip any one in
England except, possibly, the Arch
bishop of Canterbury.
It was his unbiased Opinion that
London consisted of a vast Swarm of
melancholy Members of the Middle
and Lower Classes of the Animal
Kingdom who ate Sponge Cake with
Seeds in it, drank Tea, Smoked Pipes
and rode on Busses, and thought they
were Living.
Standing beneath the rippling folds
of Old Glory the proud Citizen of the
Great Republic declared that we could
wallop Great Britain in any Game
from Polo np to Prize-Fighting and
if we cut down on the Food Supplies
the whole blamed Runt of an under
sized Island would starve to death in
a Week.
With quivering Nostrils, he heaped
Scorn and Contumely upon any Race
that would call a Pie a Tart. In con
clusion he expressed Pity for those
who never tasted Corn on the Cob.
After he had gone up to the Bridge
Deck to play Shuffle-Board, the Rep
resentative of the Tightest little Island
on the Map took out his Note-Book and
made the following entry: "Every
Beggar living in the States is a
Bounder and a Braggart.”
That evening in the Smoke Room he
began to pull his favorite Specialty of
ragging the Yanks on a New Varker,
who interrupted him by saying: "Real
ly I know nothing about my own Coun
try. I spend the Winter in Egypt, the
Spring in London, the Summer in
Carlsbad, and the Autumn in Pares.”
So the Traveler afterward reported
to a Learned Society that the Typical
American had become a denatured Ex
patriate.
MORAL—No Chance.
The New Fable of the Two Brothers,
The Even Start and the Con
trasting Termini.
In a Flag Station the Job of Tele
graph Operator is about the Limit
of Earthly Ambition.
Therefore two Boys living in a
weedy Hamlet began to haug around
the Depot and learn the Morse Alpha-
bet
In due time each became a regular
Railroad Man with Calico Sleeves and
a Tooth-Brush in his upper Vest
Pocket.
They were transferred to the Junc
tion and began to have dealings with
the Old Man himself and cuss when
No. 6 balled up the Schedule.
Being quick on the Trigger and
good at sizing up Men, they got into
the Operating Department and each
had a Card-Case full of Annuals.
One accepted an Offer Io go up Into
Canada and crack the Whip over a
Line being projected by British Capi
talists who were too well-bred to get
out in their Old Clothes and prod the
Help.
The other remained In the Land of
his Birth to push an Extension Into
the Northwest.
Each delivered the Goods In his
own Bailiwick—spanning the turbu
lent Streams, fillfi'g^the deep Hollows,
boring through the Hills and bring
ing a new Empire out of the lone
some Wilderness.
W’hen the Gauk who had been trans
formed into a Canuck cleaned up on
the big Assignment, the Directors
gave him a Dinner and the King sent
for him to come up to the House
and kneel on one Knee and be dubbed
the Earl of Saskatchewan.
The Brother wanted to attend the
ceremony, but he had to send his Re
grets as he was in Jail at the time.
Moral: Only a few receive Title#
but many are Indicted.
Floor-Walkers.
Bacon—I see a reasonably active
man walks about 297,200 miles in 84
years, just walking about his house
and place of business.
Egbert—Of course, that doesn’t in>
elude men who have had to care for
restless children at night