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TUUVABDAY, DEC. 12. 1901.
STABILL 1'1'.
I'n.rblent Roosevelt's remark.' on
the tariff and reciprocity do nut In
(Beate any change in the fiscal policy
which has been maltitalned by the
t'ultetl States for four decades, He
drlwrcates radical tariff reductions,
last they should disturb the bueiuess
lutereets of the country, though he
cannot be tgpuruut of the fact that
much reductions, brought into opera-
tion by Pitt, by Peel and by Glad-
stone in Great Britain. gave a great
Impetus to Industry and enlarged the
',rade and commerce of that coun-
try. Stability is all right after
&buss have been removed, but people
whu hare to pay taxis of 50 to 100
per cent. on a wide range of com-
,atidittes may be excused for desiring
relief from u portion of the burden.
The kind of reciprocity recommended
by J'reisMeet Roosevelt will not at-
tract much attention in foreign come -
tries, nor produce muck effect upon
trade. He says that "duties court
never be reduced below the paint
that will cover the difference be-
tween the 'abur cont here and
abroad." but "whutterer Is merely
petty and vexatious in the way or
trade reef rictlonrshould be avoided."
Thee he ignores the fact that high
tariff dues not produce or maintain
high wags, ae is demonstrated by
the higher wagee in free trade Bri-
tain than In protected Germany ;
and It le oleo rt fart that many kinds
..f goods are produced at Itis cost
in countries where wages nre high
thorn in couutriew where wages nre
low. t'nited States steel in a case In
whit. The President has conceded a
great deal to the Republican Pro-
tertlunlsts In hie message, but he
draws the line at the. theory that
selling can go on without buying.
"The ciurtomere to wham we dispose
of out rtrplue producer, in the long
run, directly or Indirectly, purchase
those earplug products by giving us
something in return. Their ability to
perchase our products should as far
tog poestbie be secured by so arrang-
ing our tariff nm to enetde us to take
drum them those proxlurts which we
fain use without ltnrmeto our owu In-
t and labor, or thi nee of
which will be of marked benefit to ns"
The act is that the United States
could d bee its trate and vastly In-
crease it wealth, *bile adding to
the coed t of °the maaaes of its
population, reducing its scale of
customs duties to 20 or 25 per cent.
and enlarging 1 free list.
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Cattadlab generally will regret to
leant Of Lord Stratheuna'e illness,
arid. Will. Wish him a speedy recovery.
Well, President Roosevelt might
have wrieten a great deal Irse and
love mail more. Hli message needed
dieing.
Pneumonia kille more people In the
United States grid Canada than any
*/bier malady. Don't fool with a
'eobt on the .hest."
flo Ontario wunfcipnlitiee cannot
tat moneys in deposit In banks in
another province. Tuiation of per -
tensity wives personalty away.
Chinn has decided to abandon the
nee of the flair -and arrow in its
army. One of these days the econo-
mic (lanes., of Canada will cease to
advocate high taxation tie n means
of making the people rich.
I. ley eland has a society for the sup-
1,resgiun of the sale of Italian girls
it. brides. The stile of American girls
err the purchase of titled husbands
se en unchecked.
fb me of nor contemporaries are
eagerly enquiring, "What 1s Chris-
tianity f" Has It not occurred tt.
them that "Christ -likeness" Is pretty
nearly es gnarl a definition an they
will find
Wilbert P. Clark, of Toledo, ended
bis life with laudanum on Sunday. itis
title to glory rested on the claim
that he was the man who wrote the
"linmle Taylor" cocktail Into favor.
elect' he fame.
The Vancouver Province snye ex-
linyor Morrie, of Ottawa, should hare
resigned before his trial for drinking
after hour's. Would it not have
been better *till to hare resigned
bit efore
to brnaktne law and leading
The C. P. R. sales of land this year
are en far in advance of theme of any
previous year that they'suggest the
idea of an early lithe np of the
Northwest country. November snlee
ezeeetd October's, which was a record
month, by 184,998 acre".
Doter opposition to the German
protective tariff bill 1a now being
offered, and It 1. doubtful whether
It will peen the Reichstag. The *of-
fering million', of Germany doubt the
r•lfleary of higher taxntlnn to fill
their stdnnrhn.
Judge Melfngh, of Eeset, ham held
that It eontraet to b.iy or sell it
binding on Moth parties to It. wha-
t her leaner proems or not. Some
people have the Idea that b long
an they pay or receive no money
"to bind the bargwle" they do not
weed to reinsert promises to blty or
well. Tb.y sheath' rid thews/elves of
that netball.
Is this what you call au old-fash-
luned whiter t
A noticeable thing is the gentling
eyntpathy for " tb• dowutroddoie
Boer*" exhibited by some of the Unit-
ed Stater people who are eager to tee
the lust Filipino "lneurgent" wlpod
uft the face of the earth.
Some day a United Stater Presi-
dent will &etre and trauenet to C'on-
gvera u 'assuage Lei a fifth of a col -
emu Ina/toad of fifteen column'., tied
1t will be reed by the people and hie
name will go thundering duwu the
age,.
The "scrap-lron assessment" le
again in question, tbie time at Ot-
tawa, where the aaaessmeet of sev-
eral corporations 1s before a Board
of Judges. The effort to have the
cures .lirpueed of on the strength of
elle Toronto deolelon felled, the
Judges deeiding to deal with each
oasts ou Its merits
Atter all the a[looping made about
Oreat Britain's abnegation In the
Isthmian Ca .1 Treaty matter, the
text of the d lament shows that she
Isar but agree, on terms similar to
these which go ern the nations In
the dues Canal. N.. y In Great Brit-
ain ought to obese to that. But will
the United States _ .. at• accept it ?
Vletorien Sardoa w trained to be
a doctor, but drifted tate plat writing
and had vete' hard earl struggles.
Hie !o new. however, a Ter) rich man,
and resides lu a rummer esddenct-
tluat cunt him $150.000. 1f a Igrew-
tuit theatrics! manager rentu es to
druggist an alteration en one of
deter plays the author roars, "No
line -not a word-uot a syllable
Even the ectr.usee are in hie power
fur he decides the colors of their
drawee.
Sam Hughes says that it Is a very
wimple and very easy Job to round
up and bag the Boer. He says Jots
of other things In his letter, ./itch
will be found In another column, but
that eentenee is his masterpiece.
Why 1. the Brltlell taxpayer forking
out $7,500,000 per week, fur the long
antic weary months during which the
war continues, if It Is simple and
easy to bag the Boer'. Are all the
bralne of the Empire concealed ander
Colonel dam's hat?
a
'The Holy Ghost and Us" id the
reaate of one of the many freak reli-
gice r sects of the. United States. Tete
wonder ie that the name was not
made to read, "We and the Holy
(ihoret." 1t las question which 1s
the more disgusting, the coarse vul-
garity of voile *Inners or the grog
familiarity of some
salute.
The United Stater exclude the
t'hlneee from their shores by a
peeked act and further exclude Chin-
-so goods by their tariff. But If John
'hinaman were to try to exclude
U Intel Staten goods from bar country
the Vetted Stats would resort to
'hips and pine to cantitice him of
11'. folly. That's the Bolden Mule of
the Gulden Calf of Protection which
owe people worship today.
War Is very deplorable, but it in
to make Cite Ontario farmer
thibjt Imo when he sells it horse and
goes botao with $150 in his pocket
as the price of an animal he would
have been glad to sell for $100 a
while ego. ,1 goo l tuany thousand.
of Ontario horses have been sent to
*Kith Africa, but lir. Smith thinks
lie can obtain alx hundred more
within tho next three weeke.
Women to whom Uatlto Nature has
not been over -generous a the mat-
ter of adipose will bless@ Queen Alex-
andra for deciding to grant dispen-
satieas to them, when attending
court "functions," relieving them of
the ordeal of appeareng in the al-
most bodiceleser costume prescribed
by Queen Victoria. like does not
care to have her reception's take the
fern of oeteologicnl exhibition*.
Madame Sparerib" and Mina Meagre
may uow bow to Royalty.
Thome papers which have been bait-
ing and decry,ng that courageous old
soldier, Gen. Beller, have an idea that
he Mtottld not greet his friends or
acknowledge their constancy in the
face of permecettlon. Even the Mont-
real R'itnmet object. to tris presence
at Me demonstrations. Aft*? Mek-
ong and llpusing a DWI, and then de-
grading hint for .peaking In his own
defence. It to merely not very noble
to squeal bee/seine he ackuowledgea
her frac friend@ and !hews his grati.
tele for their Kttpport.
They say we -in nnotfieiefeitT vie=
ter nntll enough rain comes to nil
up talo ewotupn, and If that 1s iso
dere will hart_.to_be some direly
sky -weeping to ensure (Yirlstmar
sleighing in Ilnmllton. Ottawa tine
Montreal end even little Peterbor-
ough have, plenty of snow, and the
people nre cheered with the sound
of merry elelgh-heIts, while Hamil-
ton le et111 wrestling whit the prob-
lem of dusty street.. A foot or two
of gnaw, even In Menne.. of the
swamp -filling, wuttkl lav very wel-
come (here.
A New York broker who Wended no-
gnnlnten ee with J. 1'lerp.nt Morgan
wrote to the mulll-mllhonnlre meting
fox nn Invitation to view the yacht
relent nn %fr. %Ira-gnn's yacht Cor.nlr.
mngnwte arurwera(t regretting
tient he hnnl leaned his yacht to n
friend nd.ling : "1f you think you
mead earn 1,4 go nn the yacht of
either Mr. Carmel, Mew. Goreet, Colonel
Astor or any of the other* that may
he going down. thet hnye 1 will try to
get an tn•Itatlnn for yup end will
entire whoever may take you Ibet
they will have the honor of enter-
taining the eheeklest man 1 ever
hen rel from."
The American Federation of Labor
peered a resolution of sympathy for
the pour Boer., whose liberty wan
being wrested from them. But It did
tut bare enough sympatb; to spare
any fur the Filipluus who ere being
wiped out by time forcer of the United
State*/ I
These are tete flay* when the small
folks send In their orders to Mr.
Banta Clues, and Santa steams the
tide. la the Times to see where he
can beet fUl teem. If your ad. Is
not there, Mr. Merchant. Yew are
waking a mistake that will show lie
effects in your stook after the hull
Jaye are over.
Will those smart United Stater
!injure that a -e making merry over
tho prolongation of the Boer war
laud joking Julio Bull ou her elowuese
please cast their eyes towards the
Philippines, and read the pessimistic
report of lien. Chaffee, who rays
that no troops can be spared from
there ebb winter 7
!f that story of the Yukon miners
throwing away quantities of plat-
inum nu refuse turns out to be true
there will be it new 'source of wealth
to be developed In our north country.
The supply of platinum haw been run-
ning low, and the price haat gone up
by greet Jumps of lute, And just as
It grow*, *career we find the demand
for It for electrical and pLotpgraph-
teal uses increase". \\
Tho Nicaragua Canal hue not been
dug yet ; the Pauanei (:real 1. well
advanced toward completion, and it
by all odds the better route. But N
Uncle Satu can, by starting another
ditch. bluff the .ensue Company in-
to sacrificing lie property rather
than brook competition ,he le going
o doso.
to Csar 1. much interested in all
im. Temente 1u sltlpa anti he has u
quit tat of models, of the moist fame
tuts r Is oI all kinds which he liken
to mho to hie visitors. HI*, marine
museum tains at present about.
thirty of two IU&NIPis, In copper,
Steel or te . Some cost am much as
$12,000 each.
Elijah Bledsoe,
Burgin, Ky., 1s bel
est man In Amerlc
bo goexl ground for
is over 190 yearn cid.
hare bewwt married tit
+tied denething like half
the children are ecattere
State,
o,lnre.l, lining near
ved to be the old -
There seems to
leviug that he
u is known to
teen Haus.
hundrrtt of
over the
Halifax Board of Trade wa to a
line of last steamers, "equal to any
running out of the port of w
York," and an arrangement and
which the Canadian Pacific abal
matinee the Intercolonial eta?way,
the Government retaining the own-
erehip. The amount of rent to be
pail for the $80,000,000 worth of
reliveay ie not mentioned In the re-
solution.
The British ademblans want the
Canadian Northern road to have Its
terminus at Bute Inlet instead of
Port Simpson. That is getting back
to the 914 Mackenzie route, which
the C. P. R. Company abandoned.
Port Simpson has the advantage of
nearness to Japan, and a branch
from the more northerly road to the
Yukon district would be among the
possibilities.
The Sugweme Court of Iowa ham
fixed the caatt value cif a man'. leg
at $8,000. In a cane tried last week
the Jury gave a verdket of $14,500
fur an amputated deg, but the Court
declared that s® excessive, and fol-
lowed it precedent established a few
years ago, when a verdict of SW, -
(X)0 wets out down to $8,000. This is
now regarded as the standard
value of an Iowa leg.
4
The loneliest missionary In all the
worril le meld to Ion Rev. J. 0. Spring-
er, whore station Is tin Ifer(tchel
Island, near the Mouth of the Milken -
:le diver, well within the Arctic cir-
cle. The Iateet received letter from
tide moist -solitary man 1e dated Oct,
1900, No ship hag been at
Hebei 'eland Leland for two winters, and the
missioanry's white neighbors nre nt
feel River; 250 miles away.
11, an In reported, Bir Christopher
Furness has decided to erect an int.
'white sldplullitng plant at Sault
Seo. Mario In connectide with the
Morgue steel works, Mr. Tarte will
not have to complain of a ecaroity
of (bnadlan bottoms on the lakes'.
Another mach ptnnt at Sydney would
provide the ocean Reamer■ and
make ('11ntuln suite independent n1
foreign 1rnnwportatlon ngeneies.
Tete Country in getting along pretty
well.
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, in
illi epeech at Rath on Nor.:'Oth, re.
p.ldlated the charge that lie wan a
Little Englander, and affirmed 11,
heart's desire to -make our coun
try and our empire great." The wn,v
to do thin, he wall, "le not to cast
hurtful eyes or lay greedy hand.
upon other people* territory, or to
waste our millions In Ill-considered
and reclaims, adventures. ft le to par
stn peace and follow rlghimuane.e,
to devote our main energy to making
our people healthy and comfortable,
moral and learned. and well equip-
ped for their Induetrtal purstlts. Wr
long for the limn when our mind.•
may be free to devote themeelvea to
title tack, which Irwin to c',torten of
higher renown and more looting
Isenefit, and 1s nese certain to eeenre
the Mewing Of Ai,nlghty (end than
the mord brilliant triumphs of war"
Only a rvvneeltnd Sas think. he en-
dereteMl, women.
The ernnk la not easily tnrn.d from
hit, way of thinking,
A .aft answer may turn away
wrath, Mut never a book agent.
SHOCKED THEIR AUDIENCE.
Amateur Performers Warned
.t) Wear More Clothes.
ROMANCE ALSO DEVELOPS
Springfield, Hare., Det. v. -It it a
Iuug time wince au amateur prudes:
tluu hew wade eueb a stir lu this city
as dW "Bewitched by the Bloom,'
which waw preruuted at Court Sonar.
Theatre last week. The young men
alto attended the performance Tour -
day evening were inure t rwltehed
by the lawn colored llgute worn by
the 'Mang woman than they were
by the moon.
!u fact they were bewitched to such
au extent that Nelly Bain. the lead -
lug women,, was reqemitee by Col. C.
L. Young. a leading lawyer In the
city, who war ohalrwau of the col
mittee eel arraugemeutiee to wear
wore oluthe's at the aeoonkl perforat-
e-nett
erform
w -
oe.
The extravagansa was given under
the auspices of the Knights of Py-
thias fur the benefit of the MtcKln-
ley memorial fund, but owtug to the
.corny weather the attendance was
small atpl expense's were 11,t met,
al
deteral luuurechildren were to thpromotion,pruotion, which aur under the dlr-
e)tluu of Nellie Nan, who receu iy
came to thea city from New York. lice
le a large woman and has her share
of gutxl Woke.
Tian(• covered With testier..
bite filled the role of Queen of Night,
Sts! when ate sweated in tlerh.ugs
the first memoir with thea gauze
LU Cutor them out jualy the
auelleocu was aetouwshed, but
tun ager, air well. Tete: gauze was
tuoanly draped sud war out tau-
tened at aha melee, tour revealing
her eluhpe very clearly. In thefirrt
act the; King of Mime* made love to
the Queen of Night, and when he
tu
Craced her vigurouely a titter
ram thruugn obs audimo;e. At the
More of the act many people left
the theatre.
So many Comments were made that
Col. Young wrote Idea's Baia a letter
in which he requested her to wear
aero clothing at the secures per-
turmanee. She compiled and thus
the young ml's who occupied the
front row Wedneeelay were disap-
pointed for an un.tcrekirt war be-
neath 'the gauze.
itoutasee Also Developed.
Then again there he more trou-
ble over the fact that one of the
little gine to take part failed 10
(.!1100d0 her parent. wleely in real
Rte. Time mothers of the other
little girls therefore are retaking
their heads and tclhag their young
Lepefele not to let the other lit-
tle girls play in their ,Pard..
A romance has aieo developed is
which Mier Bain dr the coutral fig-
ure. It seems that she Dame to
Ms city in search of her husband.
He to emp:oyetl on a local
newspaper, and refuses to acknow-
ledge her as his wife. She says, how-
ever, they were married in New
York and that she intends to s-
tsolCeT
her Oehler..
When elrandm. Was a Little Girl
MID) Ile.
She saki there was a use' leg or -
shard,
Au' everywhere, as far as you could
sea
Just grass en' trees all full et fruit
agrowlo'-
Wheu grandma war a little girl
like we.
Nhe said there was lots of little bum-
mer,
And she told Just ?tow tame tbey
used to be
Eaten' lettuce an' clover from her
ftngerie-
When grnudma was • little girl
like esu
An' pig'', she Bald, em' cat., an' little
chickens,
An' a norful dog 'at barked tre-
wen jouely,
An' a cunning little calf down In the
pg
Whoa grandma war a little girl
like ate.
She had conte grew' big bruvvers an'
a sister,
An' a baby, Net a teeny, tonty
wee,
A little bit d bit o' baby,
'Cause greedier' wasn't a ouly
ctiild-ilk, me.
Ain' 'en she telled us all about 'e
attic
Where all 'e little children lured to
play,
AD' lots/ oo' room to rim around an
holler
When It rained outnlde the whole
long, living day.
It must 'a been just lovely there to
grandma's.;
The city's Just as different as cam
be;
I geese It was a good deal more like
heaven
When grandma war a little girl
like me.---
Matlbew the Hepubileen.
Ila the course of bis sermon lust
Sunday morning one of our Oswego
pastors referred to Matthew, the
publican, describing the duties of
her office and setting forth the WO -
tempt with which he and others (•1
his claim were regarded by the
Jews. -On retoraing home after the
ALF MILLION UNEMPLOYED.
La
leer
tion*
an to t
the vnre
reveal a r
affairs than
mated by the
These invest*
in *bowing that
Nosed In the nre
em against 73,100 e
name trtuloe in the m
1000. Tile working It. are have been
reduced in half of the f. tortes. The
unemployrl in larger to ne amount
to front seven to ten pit cent. of
their poplllatione, and the a: gregate
of unemployed In Germany
se Proportion in Germany Out of
Work.
n, Dee. 9. -Official investigat-
e by the Municipal Council
Dumber of ulmmploye.l In
e induetriee of Gerulauy
ther worse condition of
end already been Intl-
erman prem(.
lone hart resulted
.600 men aro em -
trades to -day,
oyed in these
th of October,
cached
5170,000 or four per cent. of the total
number of artisans in the cou try.
The Arboiter Markt, which tb-
Ileher the foregoing report of ' , e
Municipal Connell. says, eonimentln
thereon, that one -twentieth of the
whole number of laborers in tho em-
pire are forced to remain Idle, bot
optindnttcally remarks: "Although
We number- fa terribly large, the
unemployed PAn be ta.btn care of un-
til prow/verity return,."
PICTURE FOR BRIDEGROOM.
Mewls Farmer, Tak- en bit ca.fuursey
Married by Proxy.
Binglinmton, N. Y., Dec. l0 -To save
an estate it peculiar wedding was
solemnized at Terga, Pa.. yesterday,
when Mies Minn Herrin was married
by proxy to Carleton Welle, a young
farmer of DeKalb, 111.. a picture be-
ing used to represent the bridegroom.
The young people were engnged to
be married Chrietmae, tett recently
an uncia of the bride died, and it wee
found that he had left a inrge pnrt
of the estate to biles Herrin on the
eendltlon that she marry Welts with -
111 ttdrty days. Weil* was taken 111
with pneumonln on hie way east. An
the thirty ()nye expired to -day It wan
arranged thnt Willis Johnson, n
friend of the groom, should act nm
proz7.
The bride hod n large photograph
of the groom on n table In front of
which the ceremony was performer?,
beslde which 'fond .7ohnann, who an-
swered the question,, addressed to
the phntngraph. At the errnelnabn of
the ceremony Rev. Mr. Clemente pro-
nounced Mina ifarris and Carleton
Weals, repreeente.l by the phot(-
grraph, husband and wife.
MARRIAGE A F4ILURE.
Why a Bride of Fero - Months Sues for
Keparelloe.
Freeport, L.I., Dec. 10. -lire. Louise
flerglnr. 19 years old, a bride of two
montha, began *alt to -day for separ-
ation againet her hnaband, Joseph
Bergler, 24 year. old, a well-to-do
merchant of Raldwlns.
The date of the wedding wee Oct.
7 Inst, and the rumple went to homes -
keeping In Rnldwlne, but ,yesterday
the bride reternM to her home and
her attorney drew up papers In the
eeparatlon proceedings. In her com-
plaint llfrn. Bernier nommen her ling/ -
band of cruel and Inhuman treatment,
She ewenrn that he abound her and
once pointed a pistol at her head.
Her mother-in-law, Mrs. I..1. Berg -
ler, way bortwl on Monday, and while
at the funeral she alleges that her
hnrbaad choked her.
The Laocet this week publishes a
long article by Dr. Jame. Braino
'vette. advancing the theory that
awes, of salt In one'. diet 1s one
of four rectors whleh originate
mincer.
service a bright eight -year -std bay
who was la the audience mild very
seriously to his father:
"'Papa, ! know now that Mr. Sar-
"is a Democrat."
What makes you think sof" ask-
ed the father.
"Why, papa, didn't yet,. bear tho
raking he gave Matthew, the Her
publican, this morning?"
1/4, Vise 7.1x• ter of Ilimeelf.
Total wets a unique way In which
Mr. Smith. a merchant of an East-
er. city. In want of a boy, Is said
to have tested the young applicants
situ name 1.0 him. Ile put a sign In
him window : "Wonted, a Boy ; Wages
$4 ; $6 to the Right One."
As each applicant appeared tics
merchant asked, "I7an you read?"
Then he took the bog Leto a quiet
room, gave bleu an open book and
bade lean read without a break until
toll to stop.
V. hen the rending bad been going
on for a few minute., Mr. eolith drop-
ped a book to the floor and then
rose and moved certain articles about
the room. This was sufficient to
Mime the curiosity of some of the
candidates They looked up, lost
heir place on the page, blundered,
the merchant said
You may stop, 1 shell not need
ne • you at present. I want a boy
WOO V charter of himself."
If the router was undleturbed by
Mr. Smith's movements, n lot of
roguish pimpled was tumbled nut of a
basket and encouraged to frolic about
the floor. Thea proved too much for
most. of the boys. They looked, hesi-
tated, and were dismissed.
Boy after boy underwent the same
treatment until over 30 hart been
tried and had !alle.t to eontrol their
curiosity. At length, one morning, a
boy read steadily on without mani-
tfestttng a desire to look at the pup -
r.
"litop !" *gild the merchant, fin-
ally. "Dict you see diose puppies?'
"No, sir," replied the boy, "I Gould
not see them and read. too."
"You knew they were there?"
"Yes, sir."
"Are you fond of doge ?"
"Yes, sir."
"All right. i think yon will melt
me," said the merchant. "Come to-
morrow. Your wage. will start at
$4, and if you prove mater of your-
self, as I think you will, you shell
WITS $6, perhaps more."
IV was not many weeks before the
wages were $5, and promotions fol-
lowed. Now the young man fills a
high position In the store. -From the
World's Events.
A Ito)•
Out In Cleveland, 0., Id n boy who
la proving himself to be it remarkable
clectrlclan for one NO young. He In
onfy fourteen '..are old, bat his
knowledge of electrical matters In far
beyond that of most men who follow
the Mtdne,s or profusion of pie ore
clan. Ile hearse the unromantic name
of Stldd, in the attic of this boy's
home there In a room of mystery. He
fixed It np at odd tildes, when him
parents thought he was up there
playing.
Tne other day Mrs. St1d1.1 went to
the attic, which had not been used
by her for a long time. Sin found
It $rensfnrmed Into a enbinet of
wonder*. There were hatterinn, elect -
Irk brit., push button., and other
elmetrlenl devioee, which the boy had
rigged np.
Where ditl yon learn anything
about electricity t' Raymond's mother
a*ed Trim.
Atwayn knew it," wen the enig-
matloal reap onse.
Neighbors of the Stilt' fatuity ac-
cept the tioy'n anvwer ar the tretll,
for, they my, he seems to be n
natornl born eiertrtrlen. Mnee ht*
nr,nm(tllehmenfi breame known lee
has been In deman-i In the nelglrhor-
hood. sand he le already earning
nenney n@ en eirefrfera expert. He
hay recently pit in meta of elietrie
belt, In several Mllidlnga, and a few
day. ago cnnfonndM en eleetrical
worker who le drawing $180 a 'booth.
The latter war rent to repair a tele-
tawne, which laid Luken a sudden
spell, and could nut make It work.
hay sound titItkI aypeeiredd en the
scene, repaired u wire leading to the
transmitter, and the dumb iuetrumopt
(mood 11.. tongue.
Raymond tuts recently put lu elec-
tric wirer uuuueotiug Ids fathers
Lucre with the barn iu such a man-
ner that it tt uuld t)•1 itnpuselble for
euybexly to break lu at ulght without
arou eor the hwrultehd. Thera dire
few ?woke on electricity that the boy
liar not read, and his advance W that
line has awakett,d general iuteroet
tumung publiehtrs, and many of them
are sending ttlm books op his laterite
subject as fart se they aro Issued.
A tttory of the tsar.
Frederic Febvre, of the Comedie-
Frattoala', narrates in the Paris Gane -
ole au aneodote, which war told to
ado lu Arcuoia, flueela, during a pro-
fessional tour, ton year.' ego. It Ir
reprinted lu the Courtier des Etats-
Mee and it am follow.:
A Frou hstta . visiting a faeb-
touatde eoucert garden, stuppo! a
pasting ituenti a offfwer. and asked
for a light dor his cigar, which had
gone out. The officer, alter a utu-
moot'n ccrltatlou, handed his own
cigar to the Frenchu stn, and looked
en with a smile of rertgattteou at
flue latter'. (retitle effort. to get
s ULgbt.
lou are French. I believe 7" id
the officer. oQF-ro mkt
"Not only Freech., but from Tou-
louse!"
Ir this your first visit to Russia'?"
,Yom"
"Ah! now 1 understand why you did
not salute the tall gentleman in
uniform who wan with me whoa ,you
asked iso for a light."
"Tho (alt gentiensut' I did not 11A -
tie. him Who was he 7"
"Tete Emperor." replied the officer,
et last regalneng possession of till
cigar.
"Are you sure?"
"Perfectly. He happen. to be my
father." -Translation made for "The
Literary Dieted."
Alt 110). should Learn
'Bo run.
To swim.
To carve.
To be neat.
To make a fire.
To be punctual.
To cut kindling.
To do an errand.
To help their mother.
To dig, tt they enn.
TD hang up their hats
To respect their teacher.
'ib boll their heads erect.
To sew on their own button..
1b read aloud when requested.
I- u1 temper.
To wlpo their boots on the n It
To speak pleasantly to an oke per-
son.
To put every garment In its itro-
per place.
To remove their /Into upon enter-
ing a Itoetso.-Ex.
Toronto eareetersr Market.
Dec. 9. -There was a fairly good
market on Saturday, with primes
generally firm. Wheat htgher for
the beet mantles; 500 bushels of
wldle trot at 67 to 700, 1; -Jif W -ti -
eta of rel at 61 to TTc. 1,0110 Ia1eh-
.•Ir of goose at Otte to 67c, An! 100
Isabela of entice; itt 690. Worley
Measly. with splen of'.2,000 bushel.
at 53 j to 6'S•. O.it■ continue firm,
Macre- bein,'t Nile* of 1.:,110 bushels
.it 4,8 to 49•. Rye nocleange.I, 100
hetehrla melting at SK.. and peas
wte.tdy at 78c for 100 Irusl,el*,
tiny it trifle firmer, with sales
•'f 25 loads tit $1D to 811.50 for
timothy, aril $7 to $8.50 per ton
for clover. Straw unehauge-t, four
Lode Wally nt 111 to $10 per load.
Dressed hogs nre firm. reeling at
,7.75 to $8.15 per cwt.
Ireadlnt Wne■t tlarkets.
Yellowing are the eIos'ag quota-
tions. at important ceatree to-
day
Caen- May.
867.8
Chx•n 82 5 8
'Menlo_. ... ... 855 8 877-8
Duluth, No' 1 North-
ern... . 7d3- L 79 7-8
Duluth, No. 1 herd.., ?93-4 -
Kegplsh Live stock Market
Liverpool, Dee. 7 -tattle are un-
changed at hd to 1,3c rer lb. (dress -
lid weight); refrlgerutor beef le 9ife
per ib.
Toronto Lire Stook \11•!kete,
export rattle. chole, per cm. >♦,l (a fo
domedlnre .0 le
do cow* per co t. r 1p te
Butcher.' cattle Diked lee le
do choice
do fair
de amnion
do cow,
do India
leaders, short kser '
de. medium
as to
3tie to
t xi to
2 St u
aMt.•te.k•rs.1,U J to 1t.a lits.... t.olht 2M toY11�o16 On
t
de, books..,..... 2 fin to
de evils. . o.,�,.r...wen. fel te
Lair M, per cwt 140 le
hass . l•ee, per h'rl.. r 2 to to
.gs: obolnw, put cwt a 121 1•
tat, per ew•.,,grre.Trri F ger to
Vega, light, per owe S bit to
Bradslreel's on Trade.
'Thee has been moth lty In whole-
sale trace circles et Montreal tote
week. Stocktaking- hers shown gond
rebult., and the whelesaL' trade seam
well satisfied. Trade at Hamilton, It
le learned by Hradetrret *, In very
good. The holiday demand from the
Jubsere le large. A feature le the
demand for expensive article., and
the volume of trade for the last
month of this year p.roml.s% to show
a large erpen*utn In tunny depart-
ment*. There have been few line.
to Job, and theta to a feeling of con-
fidence In the future. The fine cold
weather bag helped trade in whole-
sale way at Toronto the pest week.
•sssonable liner are moving eat well
now, It being meceensry for retailers
to Sart stocks In order to merit the
therms/leg demand stimulated
winter temperature, The hr,tlday
bu.tneam 1. very active new, and that
is swelling tke rolums of trade. Trade
at the Pacific enact title* 1e tante
eiders inswing to the demand for holt.
day goods. ft la expected that th4
teade will ire very heavy this yeal.,
Trude nt WlnMpeg has baspt
1116%peat week M bright weathers
wholesale trade Is fele?? settee.
ON& t. • good douse for r11da
Pamperer !trawl, Joseph of Luc.
tele was huntlug reueotly, and at
ulghtfull fount biutsulf at a mooed-
eruhte dlwtulwe from the cattle in
wilcit be was stay rapp• He was v( r‘
tired, and war wondering how h,
could gmt fhoute, when suddeuty
pea.ntlt'r wagon appeared. Belttte
the driver, the Emperor larked if he
aright ride. nod the peasant bluntly
told hips to got W. 'Dieu the !UtIoit.
lug cotirureatltn occurred:
"Do you know who I am?" 'tete!
the Emperor.
"Upon spy faith, I haven't il,,.
feast Idea," answered the peasant
"1 nm oho Emperor of Ateetri.t,
saki Fennel,' Joseph.
Convinced that hie companion was
trylug to play a Juke ou him, the
ponsaut answered with superb in-
difference:
"And do you know who I am 7"
"No, I liatou't that honor," replied
lite Emperor.
"Well, I'm the Binh of PerNtt.'
said the peaeaut, and the he urged
the oke horse to it trot, and tic ,
kmporor got tach u rhuklug that
Ito u1u10 no further attempt tocor
verso with hie imperial brother the
peasant.
11e Knewlletter.
At at evhiool lu Kont tho hispeetur
was examining a class of clihWren
In arithmetic, whim the Inspector
tek..l the following uuertion :
"Now, John, support, I give yu'e
two rabbits, and another kind
friend go VP you one more, how
tunny would you have?"
John -Four, ale.
Iusprctor-No, m7 boy, two and
one don't mike tour.
John (Quickly) -Please, sir, 1'..
got an old lop-eared 'un at hems'._
Loudon Spare Momenta
The Signal
Id TOivaaaD
MIRY THURSDAY MORN1N9
MY D. McOILLICI(DDT. -j
Terme et sebeerl.Y...
O.. month, In &dosses
1 tree m,ontb•,
Bis months, a,
One year,
1 N
1 y
Ad•ertl•1 ng Rates,
Labial al aid other emo set M ',art'•.m.nu. 10,,,
per loose for nark law -rte ,, an 1 x tootle per Int.
for each s,b.sm.Mt Isa.raun. ►(eaa;ir.J •r
• nonperson orals
111,1111,.1111.1 e.r4141.lx lines and under. $4 per
year
A d•wet Worsen ta of best, rush, oat rayed,
elru.tlon• V.orot, *iw.,le.. Wt,aa,tMi ••4
8,14.100. (AMMO Wanted not exdeelteg 1
lin.. nonpareil, 11 per menta
Mame a on life and t'atea• a Flet.. root to
*awed a lines. II for newt +s4
eepuen1 en,nte. larger
A.r epeol+tl ■ntYee. tic. + n
fountote the rerun tory *w.�f.'.wdt:Yi'%1wn
oer a nnretttnr, t• he n
✓ ent and onareel icenrotw tr. - e - - __-
L.wal oche. in nn Ikea (i -p. one soot err
Wont e0 a0lle. ler Lp uta .
Zooid mottoes 1. cnftna
sante per wart. No nod,* to 1. • ytp�Oa Tin.
tura
Nuhn.. ler err re►ae .e4 .*her si{dfI"m and
bis•rol.at toatitraro.u, ran rat*.
6utteerpbers she lad! le .serf r• Tyre tttsn.t
regularly by nail .Ill r,onfer • fi4V0v ,u.
Qualm Ung ea et the fait at as early a date al
° beta nen, .1 Slant. Is desired. pore
lassie Me new eddremeelalld. b.glr.a
Tobn•hrr'• coiner.
J. Qi. 1.. Tencel of Oodertelo. has born apt
p.lneed Lanai Travelling Agent 1',r the 'town-
ships of Ooderlck, whom*. AskIild and
uta waetowb.
Groat tees -mestere over tb• dytriot ere a�1JNss
e mpowered to receive '.•beertpllons to '!b
e le.a_
♦ll seeruteat'ens most to
D. MoU114.1Gt1DflY.
Tweeeasee Call 10.
THURSDAY, De)r:, 12, 1901.
TRATELLIRO OVID&
ORAIfD TRUAY RAILWAY.
Sisal
.11 and repress.
Meed
Mall and [:par
DBfaIIT.
It.M as
}1� Ira
I> µd.
I..t
frau end Expr..w, 7.13 &&.rn.
!fait end I(rprra..
iffeeA
D RN1RITRY.
.s
NICHOLSON, 1, D.S..
1 • RRoa+a�mm��n�u...PA . eonsaoa,
Gold t%r.rri dr eg Wirk a
tp.csee*r.Fllfl.ef,
111 Years' Zsperlesew
LWI MAR[R tThp,tL
. its aw restLo.
fee all dental opelr•.t a Pre.emarres of nos
*Wont teeth • op.datl . (lee: 1 -or. W.-,
BR a,la aqualen "Ai*
l 1.ttaec ea N'••.
Telethon. e& Nt, 10.
M. TT'RNBULIn.n.a, L .ntef
riP • ta1 Porten*. `liAtMM1 .rt•*
Liv. Dixon. of Monte*" Onld and ppoorr+N1 a+a
arttIcl.t teeth mounted on gold or a(t,e,tnus,
ba'... 14peeign .U.atl•n tee. to t(tore.en
♦.ties of the n&santl Worth. UNoe Ion M+
Lis.'..ew bleed. >t zpr
[JGAI.
ECAWPTON. Qat-BAH[Iff9Tsold
. alter. Nevem, be. Mese otter Mahon/
Rall, Square. Onderleh.
G. JOIN*TON-ttttokI;Tli.tL -.to1
.lI • alter, Conntp■A.t4pke , kr, Mop.) e
keep. OMws
e: (leen Hamilton end aa. AMiro AI
streets, 00.la!et, Ont.
1 . tin
aollgtt
Merritt
door 'intim. 0
lowest
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on Hnmfeontnn Weld epp(*
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Tate dl
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sots. e•"ihe4. per seek
r O. WAMitring
.4* roust r ter se
r•xxnisumnee coif heft. a
trona, d.p naltiona Of .olee,n
eeno•rnint any ,erten, •elf
the idyll P.•urt of J0.M•.,
for Ontario, or la any
Court. All to.vaetloet• M
e xecuted. Reside..* sad
genas, Ont.
LOAN5 Ass 1oureis sea
;To.r,y rn i�? 4D-- i1 t.A
1[.l of Mvu limas t
es rates set .see... oe
raiE
Ani te Garvow a oltrNw,
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AUCTi0NRRRIf•O.
NO]tAR GVWDRY, ATTCT'iANARR AN at
Vilnaroe, (eaeertnh. Ont. 051.. airrs4,'e
10111 any part of the *Pope),
G HN pica.GCNz, �L°NJand Ad vallusion, ()Mw .Ges,H.
r
Ing hoed sae fdwrwhi. •ip.rlOw$ in use m"o
ttone•rlag tr.de. hes 1. da a pper•i1tion 1n de•
charge wile tbnro,tgh 'attain/Ilse all raw►
leakrse atal to hire. Orders let ••
•tion'. EFMwrn.tt or sent try Vail tab('War1*'
of week .0., eaewfnllp attended tn. yo11•)
te(IZ, fbentr Aeel baser. ties" 'I
III AH1tt101 IJCL• ekll.
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