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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-1-21, Page 6A Dart By Brietty, Doot tbe injured. tra had emus to tit his own roof, it: She sufferer's r about his secre villa- -"It startled doctor, "to 1). mention- name from your lips Vernon ease puzzled and in studied the ina working over attempted it his arm. To. brain sullerin tear he is lae,von for you" "Then you h °every about hi ''Yes; early quite a lucid sp all a,bout Ins in so be moaned that while he might have say cripple had he 1 doomed. ' "And you th "I fear it. T permanent. T him about hi Hawthorne vilb "And what tl "At first he f revelation. H 'finders were Ire 'rich, rich, ri twinge of pain his dreaded de then grateful fo utter stranger, ray slight seevi tears, and sai all his story." "Dick, yon exclaimed the startled and he "He was it tr Doetor fk IOW estimate night, and, J night that. Gide et Hawthorne vicinity. He sal as he was just door of the ma of food, he s Gideon Vernon aecertaind to it window of bi garden.'' "Oh! that is i ineredulnus Le It seemed so replier had no ineideot th 'Vermin's lite-, of tne lurkin stimulant he b; sought to tome cabinet, s telt might :enure a "The tramp the donor. '`I . evoked, and 1 Mr, Vernon. as he saw him and it royal s notes showed. through the g behind it, to behind a rock. known to the t down the clift the place -the Mr. Vernon re ootild scarcely for weakness. Ite had hidden The tramp sti him return t morning be e intent upon fi he heard of 11 frightened him • oharacter, han ',They might sit "What did h "Pled from -carefully notin of which the been secreted. with the secret in his breast. bad a right to away until he termed it, return, seam which, to his under the hea Jere Le Br this graphic n reasonable it box contain? "The tram again, "then could direct ni me, if be died consenting to money, but I be to secure e complication 1 you. About the tramp fel He cannot s fainting shoo send for you, A,nd the ma "Has lain !since." "With his a "As you kit "Doctor," edly, "you 1n "It may be "Teruporari "I can try "He must Ibex is hidden Doctor Mil case, extract dernaic syriia colorless lige. "Conte," h She man. I of the hiding box of valeta CIIAP TE Noiselessly his ooznpardo :fere, Le Br the outlined the doctor oa its rays plain centered th replier. The face white and lot of hair and s at all corifid survey of his Le 13ritta g eyes. The arm w gthoulder acre ti. . , 's. .or Night's . ' aul Ingelow. bare save for a piece ot almoat invisible gauze saturated with some oily wash, and it looked like a mottled olaeoker- board in its strange, puzzling opearailee. "why 1 Dick!" murmured Le Brittas "that arm"- "Was the injured member. It was in a shape thet no °wintery surgical care could adjust. It was either amputation or a crippled member for life, so I set inYself to 'work to experiment." , «y0u .mean?" , ''Skin grafting." - Le Britta started intelligently. "Yes," continued Doctor Milton, his face kindling with professional pride and confidence "I wanted th save the poor su ering. fellow months of 11 ' Yesterday'' out thro h th I gave ug e town wItat I ti. d 11 1 d intende to o. unaam y an curiosity . . 111 1 alien brougnt me a the peep o needed. From each I took an inch of cuticle, anti. transplanted it in patches on my patient's arm. Tau see how it is covered? I have given him what nature„heavy cannot supply in this instance a new ' cuticle, consieting of one huuclred and forty-two adhesive plasters of other -People's skin -farmers' outiole ministers' - ' ' cuticle, girls' cuticle, boys' cubicle; a mixture, but all necessary. If the man recovers, be will owe his perfeot arm to th kindness f e, o a large number of fellow - beings. If there is a moral as well as a physical transplanting may be he will e . ' assimilate some better qualities in that sa.dly-neglected nature of his." Jere Le Britta did not reply to his friend's half -jocular exordium. He admitted and appreciated his enius and g ' rarteveled at the deftness that admitted of his seieotificallv sunolvine a ;ran - - ' ' 4 denuded uf vital accessories to perfeot cuticle -exudation, with a praoticany now set of pores to hiskin. s He watched sileutly as the doctor bared the other Finn of the patient ' applied tbe point of the tiny glass instou. ment in his hand, and bypodermioally inieoted a oowerful stimulant into the - - laggard veins. The sufferer on the couch winced, shrank and moaned, Watohed breathless- , .iy• by doctor and photographer, his lips ,_ • • •their began to twitch, Ins eyelids quivered. There was a noticeable dilation of the ' nostrile his pulse quickened, his respire,- " tions grew faster, he sighed, opened his eyes, fixed them on vacancy, then on the doctor, and then an expression of ' ' =tooled boner and concern on his homely features, he gasped out- "I've t to di 1" go e. a Calmly, my friend, calmly!" urged the doctor in gentle tones "You are . - • ' • doing remarkably well." "Yes, but this weigbt on my head- this horrible throlebing! No I no! I am doomed. Doctor, I did_n't tell you"- e Do not concern yourself about any- thing, Think placidly, talk slowly." "Yes, but maybe I have only a fevr minutes to live!" shuddered the tramp. tcNo, yours was the first kind hand lifted to aid me in the long years, the first unselfish act from the heart. You shall • be rich -rich' In the sole of ray left shoe ' --the paper that tells -the secret -the hi - 1 &no place '- .-.t P •to e-unter and fainter sounded the gasp -"Well, t ing voice. nhe inan's eyes closed ,certain di Il Ins b. h h rt d spasmo ea 37, o., teat came s o an labored. "Wait!" murmured Doctor Milton, mandatorily, as Le Britta moved to . leave the room. "Ahl 1 forgob," A ant the sufferer • g g ' d started up, this tlme a piteous. haunte expression on his face. "Doctor! they , . can t' drag nee into the net for iiturder if I didn't do it, can they?" „ Certainly not, 311V poor fellow.' you, to unburden ray "And if I tell. ' coward conscience, and I should happen to live, they can't say it was a lle, and, as I was there, I must have done the murder myself, the murder of that old man, Gideon Vernon?" y what is a s gasped e "Men !11 thi ?" d th startled Le Britta. "No; non' urged the doittor, soothing- " ly "tell me what it is. You saw him killed?" "Yes. I was at the oeranda, watobing. A man stole in at the window, I saw him. Another young man came in to t e o man dying a minute later, find h old but he did not do the deed. He ran after the real murderer, the man dressed as a tramp." "Ah! Ralph Durand!' ejaculated IA Britta. "Do you bear, Dielc? This roacee evidence -would hang Ralph Durand!' "Hang? no, they shan't hang mei Who are you?" shrieked the tramp, lee the first time noticing Le Britta. "Save me, doctor! save me, save-" He sank back. Rigid, lifeless, he lay upon the couch. "is he eying Dick?" breathed Le • ' • Britta, anxiously. "No, but I fear" -began Doctor Milton, 4rateitt "what?, ' . "These fainting shooks weaken him. Ahl I feared it! the fever again." "If he could only be revived to recognize Ralph Durand?" "Impossible.I ill not have him w • disturbed again. His life, his reason • . th balanceI d quiver in , e even now. o not know if I can save him, but I will seen, -terry, try, indeed!" urged the photog- rapher, earnestly. "For his,own sake, Gladys sabre, or e, e for Glad Vernon'sf h h alone kniws the hand that struok down Gideon Vernon!" The doctor watched his patient for some moments. Then he went out into the next apartment, whither Le Britta had preceded him. In his hand he bore one of the shoes whieh belonged to the tramp. , eohl the paper he talked about, the secret document that tells orbere the box of treasure is hidden!" exclaimed Le Britta, interested. "I had ahnost forgot- ten about that, anaid the startling bit- portance of his reference to the murder." Silently Dr, Richard Milton drew out soine wooden pegs from the worn sole of the tramp's shoe. • "Here it Is," he announced, taking out it flat, folded envelope. - . CHAPTER XX. -THE MISSING LINK.', "What is it?" queried Le Britta, pressing 'eagerly forward to the side of his companion. "So far, only a dirty, wrinkled heavy rctanilla envelcipe. ine • e e e ut it has some -in o an enclosure." '- "I shall soon learn,"' Le ,Britta was beginning t getexcited. mg o ge exci That day had held so. many startling s in store , or ma edesperate episode'' f In that It felt neither hunger nor fatigue He could not • but recognize the strange fatuity of circumstance. Here he bad been delving an is at .Hawthortie villa for . d In it friend, manes distant, had discovered clues that seemingly encompassed the most vital issues of the case in hand. If the outcome' of these revelations te was ample, an as expec d, the . fortunes• of Genet's Vernon would woe be bettered and brightened. Arranging them in order, Jere Le Britta realized that be had three (Janina pants of vantage on winch to base new operations. First, the advertisement for Gladys Vernon, showing conclpsively . that Ralph Durand knew positively a the whereabouts of her act:used, lover, Sydney Vamp. ' ' Second, the evidenne of the dying 'tramp, proving indubitable' . the guilt of Ralph Durand as the assassin of Gideon Vernon. ' Third, the possession of the document or documents secreted in the sole ot the • tramp s shoe, referrinenyttlaout question, • ' • ' • to a • antain non box, contanaing, • k Gideon possiblv, the hut- of dead Vernon s ready-eash fortune. ' *' Documeuts these were, or, rather, ' slips of paper, three in number, From the enevlope, creased and crushed from foot-pressnre, the doctor now drew three belf-sheets of writing paper, The first was a rune sermei, etieeetiy . iodated at the tramp's instigation, Demphered, it read - "I, Dave Wharton, have made a big dtsoovery-a box of gold and jewels. ... kindere keepers, as the owner is dead. I get a man to write this at Dalt 011, b I ' /a f • " Klause nalg t orgee. Dalton was the first. town west of Hawthorne villa. Here the. tramp in his flight from the scene of the murder had evidently induced some stranoar to a scrawl the message. The second piece of paper was. in 0 t t 11 cliff t h 1 *ti I ° 4 Y eren ant we' ng. i loon -- "Go to the villa. I know where, Then down the road to where a path strikes tee raviue. This Is written. at Springford. I don't let anybody know the whole affair except myself, so I get nay secret 31 writteu in sections. "Do you see?" exclaimed Diener Milton looking up. "He was quite clever. Fearing he anight forget the description of the place where be saw the iron box hidden he bad different people write according to bis dictation. The last piece of Paper written at the next towa on his tramp will probably complete the deseription of the hiding- P lace of the treasure. Yes, hero it is." The third strip of paper began:- e -t "You go down the ravine north, tuatil ynia come to a large"-- 1 here the cnroniele stopped, abruptly, definitely. "Go on!" urged the Interested Le Britta. • '"nhore is no more to go on with," replied Doetor• Milton, IINIn ot, "The rest A the writing is ofitterated." Le Britta observed that the pencil marks, in the reminder of the sheet, had become it blur of vagueness. The tramp bad trusted his precious secret to rather an unsafe place of biding. Dampiaess had penetrated the tido solo of his shoe it had, tno, reaohed the inelosure in envelope. "I declare, this is provoking," emu- mented Le Britta. on t free about; It, en led d ' • " joie the doctor, plailosophioally. "It in' -not b 1101 1 b find b i ' • * e so i eu t oy nquily who wrote the lett scrawl of the tratup;• besides you have a pretty fair idea that somewhere in the ravine near Haw- theme villa that treasure box isbidden. ,, "You have no idea of the curves and i a f1, i Iv n ings o that saine ravine, replica Le Britta, "or you would think as soon of hunting for a needle in a hayetacke as for a little iron box among the innuan- erable boulders and ilssures of the . . . " ravine in gnestion. . "Then let us assume that this lasb disfigured scrawl the tramp had written at the third town west of Hawthorne villa. "Well, suppose that?" "When h ' t' h en you ave ime, go t ere. Crossville is a small settlement. You can easily get a trace of the tramp's visit, locate the loan wile wrote the note for him, and get him to repeat its contents." "If he renaembers the same." "He probably will. See here, Le Blittal I imagine we've had enough excitement for one night. We getting Very late. We both need sleep. My whole efforts shall be directed to maklng my patient recover, so that his evidence may convict Ralph Durand of the murder of Gideon Vernon. Your impetu- ous nature will probably not allow you to rest until you have found this my- terious hidden box. You cannot do any- thing more to -night. Go home and we will have another talk over the affair in the morning." "Good advice, Dick! I'm off. You've made a great discovery, old friend, and Irealized begin to see the light at the end of .all this plot and mystery at last, thanks . to you!" "Thanks to the tramp, you mean, Jera." "As you like, only the facts are there all the same." a oo or s Le Britta started nr bh d t ' rooms. He peered sharply down the I' ht a •d • he fancied he - un ig a corn er, as heard a rustling sound at its farther end. Then bidding Doctor Milton good -night, he started for the street. "I declare! some one was lurking in edat th hall!" he ejaculated, as he saw a stealthy form steal . from the lower doorway, and disappear in the darkness and gloom of the night. • • He ascribed his fears to fancy, the identity of the linker, if there really had been such, to some honteless tramp, is he pro:elected homeward. BeHe never imagined that Ralph Durand, as shrewd as his antagonists,• rnight yet have a slay to watch his move- ments. , If such was, indeed, the case, and that spy had overheard all the conversation in he doctor's office, he must know of the witness to the crime, and the precious treasurabox hidden in the winding ravine of Hawthorne villa! ------ CHAPTER XXI, - ART PII010- GRAPHIC. , Morning brought more mature reflect • tion to Jere Le Britta. A placid sleep, an honr spent with the children at the late breakfast table, cheered. and reviyi- fled his fagged faculties like a corclial. He had an abundance to think over, and in the light of recent revelations, he ; . saw less occasion for a speedy return to Hawthorne villa than the ,day previous. Then, with no clues , it sight, only a writing muddle, be was driven to the , expedient of single-handed laidnag lace of i t t • ' ' seek -ng o learn be , p . Gladys Vernon, the wherea,bouts of her missing lover, Sydney Vence, t Now, all his thoughts were centered upon Ralph Durand. He was Master of the situation at present. Depose him,and subordinate details would harmoniously , . n djust themselves. The evidence of the tramp, Dave Wharton, would conviet , Ralph Puran,d. Pli'llela:I' luinelaina(b•etnheee esetfabiL4Idlinuegy olrf atnilaee'°°:nnd- that in turn, would enable ' Gladys Vernon to return home, without the dread of having o einIster foe as a gimed- ning her lov, by tier tali or condemer ()endemics , (To ON CONTISUBD,) THE BENIN MASSA(' RE ''f---- . LATEST IWLAMT ' n CAPT. BOISSAGON AND MR, LOCKE en ESCAPE. . rK LITE sToo312 Toronto, ran. 17. -We loads ,oxt sale this morn: wee brisk; as all the eett 'before noon. The soon) lambs was ample, as bett i h de /a ' n ne ein od were ere. 1,500 hogs, and moreWat Export Cattle -The de and prices steady at ft and occasionally 4.0 for el l'Sitittleelsyl4Jeceenbtmeianke'. and Butchers' Cattle -All t cantle was bought to -day the stuff left for the local rule poor, and prices ordinary cattle from 2) paid; in a fevr eases, for lots, Be and 3 1-13c was stuff sold at 20; but early. Good cattle will for next market day,and in tayino that prospects 1 e trade pest week. Bulls and Milkers - ()hanged; it few choice In • Sheep and Lanabs-T but trade was brisk; shn at Pc and 8e4e per pot 2teee, and lambs at from an occasional sale of oxtr .A. few really good ea and will find a ready sab $6 each. Hogs -more hogs we prices were steady at trot pound for choice hogs; t from $3,50 to $3.60 per n 3c per pound, and stags All grades are in dema hogs. BREADSTUFF: Wbeat-The scarcity 0 via Portlaud has causecl , demand for wheat. Thit tone in Chicago, Las re: prices. what lower • Thm red or white wheat, 50 fi west, at 82o. Holders more. It was reported miller bought 20 cars to - brokers here say they oc 80 't they u sales a ...c i ley . CO wheat. Manitobas are G ' d' • transit stuff ran mg, in. is of No. 1 hard, g. i. ea 1' ll at 96e, no. a at 94c, 00c. Flour -The easier to da t t y gave an easy one o raig ro en market. St • ht 11 • n - offered at $4, bob it coin for export at thatflgure. Oatnaeal-Car lots of bags,op. track here, are per 1b1. ; and small lots . Peas -Easier. Car 1 peas, north and west, off eral cars, 153eo freight toolay tit 41 1.40, Otits-Several cars of i freight to Boston, sold t Odd. cars, G.T.R. east, s nand or seaseeen_D., f - - (1 export to Europe is Med( it: quoted at e5e middle i ' ' itt. '' ' stuff, 21 to 22e. Maltin moderate eneeane. No, to elc, and No. 1 at points, PRODUC Bees -Market fairly b . ee . a: elite/. on prices. Stock tv.,„-i neeie, s inc beine I • ne '''S e2- , , n 7.` th limed. 10 the ti • •- way dealers sol ordinait y , , for limed, 15 to ltict for ( 17c fol. held fresb, and 1 ,e., • - "'I"' Poultry -Moderate c . ordinary way, and good realized for all choice s1 are as follows: Turkeys, geese, 6 to 7o poen.; ol n 1 - -0 per pair; ant docks, o .a. .1.0 - n ott t es -A few odd in, and selling °Maack i 14 te , vei.e.d. ut (a store - n to 40c. Apples -Dealers quote for dried, and evaporate 3 se. . 1 e to 4, according to Baled Hay -Slow end of No. 1 stock, delivereS at $10.50, and No. 2 fro ers quote two -ton lots oi at $11. Straw -Mr lots of ea' are quoted at $5.50 to $ DRESSED HOGS ANI Market slightly easier but prices have not gon ing on the street. Farm day at $5.50 to $5.00 for to $4 75 for 'heavy. Pac car lots on track here a1 and $4.50 for heavy. : shape. Provisions rem values steady and uncht Quotations are as fol pork, shoulder mess, $1 mess, $11.50; short cut, Dry salted mcats-L, ear lots 5eic• ton lbso 7 2 I , 6c• boons 7e ' / ' Smoked meats-Hdo medium, 100; rolls, 70; picnic hams, Ciee to 7c. pickle lc less than 1 smoked meats. Larcl-Tierces, 7c; pails, 7 'Y,, o ; 'compound, DAIRY PRC Butter -Market looki for anything choice. P butdemand is better. moving at all, and , me drug on the market. Ca demand. Quotataints J dairy, tubs, 7 to 8c tubs, 9 th 10c; choice d 120; large dairy, rolla dairy, rolls, 12 to 18c 18 to 19c; creamery, po Cheese -Dealers here market in the near fut firm. In the ordinate sell summer makes ' at September and October 11c.• Wheat; white, new Wheat, red, per bush Wheat, goose, per bush Peas, minium, per, bust Oats, per bush It e per , le Barley, per bush Ducks,' spring, per pair Chickens ;sr pair ' ''. • - • Geese, per lb Butter, in 1 lb , - . rolls Eggs, new laid Potatoes, per bag Beans, per bush Beets,. per doz... ..... , Parsnips, per dos Apples, per bbl Hay, timothy , si , . Straw, tear , hinds Beef, Beef, fores. Lambs. carcase, per It Veal, per lb Mutton,lb per ..... Dressed , They Arrive at Neu Ttenin After Wander- hug in the Buell for a Week -The Itiltisb Lxpedition to Benin Preinirinc. London, Jan. 10. -Despatches recce -cod at the Foreign Office this ,morning say that Qinitain ,Bois.sagon of the Niger Coast Once and Consular Officer Locke, who were of the British Commercial Esn • pedition, recently lnassacred by wild tribesmen, in the territory of the Kin Jing • of Bonin and were supposed to have per- • ished with the others, have arrived; at New Benin wounded and exhausted. They succeeded in escaping from the, on- slaught of the natives, and. wandered in the bush for a week before reaching New Benin. All (if the others of the partY; Consul Phillips, Consular Officer Camp- bell, Major Crawford, Captain Naling, Dr. Elliott two civilians and about 250 litho:men and native carriers, with the exception of seven Kroomen, who made then' escape and brought the news of the massacre to the officials of the Niger pro- tectorate, are believed to have been killed. The Daily NOWS announces that Lord Salisnmet has consented to it punitive attack upon the Xing of Benin, in the - Niger coast protectorate, on account of the massaere of the British expedition, ' in which were included Acting Consul- General Phillips, Major Copeland Craw - ford, Captain nialing, Consular Officer Cinll, Dr. Elliott, Messrs. Powers opbo and Gordon, civilians, and it number of Innoomen and native carriers. The attack will be delayed about it month until the arrival of fresh officere from Enneand ' - 0 ' The expedition will comprise nearly a thousand men, and will be a determined expedition to avenge the massacred Euro- peons. The war vessels Widgeen, Thrush, Alecto, Philomel and Phoebe will anchor off Now Benin dinette the operations. the of r Milton toldStory rite He explained hew he TS) him from pity wader ad dwelt partioularly on ,eings about being rich, s, and about lenteteuene an. Jere," explained the tar a tramp, a stranger, „,,,„ fresh In 711Y lur enn" in connection ;hat very same wdaivy'.1 let erested me, 1 watohed, I a. For days I have been him. This morning 1 ;rent experiment to save , tight; the sYmPtme a' • were so defiuite, that 1 1 surgical aid, and I sent • ore made some new dis- this afternoon he had this ell. He ;nada me tell him juries. When I had done espairingly, and told me knew my experiment ad hina from beconaing a teed, he felt that he was nk so." he injury to the brain is en I began to question ; singular reference to a Id he say?" ought sby of making any 3 kept muttering that epers,' and that he was (h,' Theo, some sudden P.aused Mtn to think of th. He grew affrighted, r the great kindness of an as he chose to consider es, and then be burst into 1 that he would tell me interest me deeply 1" a,bsorbed Le Britta I ieful at the same time.many emp, he said," continued eand a tramp with rather of honesty. A certain tra, he pained the very an Vet/non was murdered villa' he was in it$ d it was about dusk. and, ;ohm around to the back ision to beg a. mouthful to- it man, an old man, himself, he aftex•ward certainty, elimb from the ; sielnroom out into the n . , jaculatedthe npoesible" e Britta, to him, for the photon.- " been aware of the tragic (/ lent hour of Gideon a hie dread and discovery ' Durand, of the strong .1 taken, of how he had , ,•.; tbe iron. box from the the turner by no theme s „ iii. despnil it. ie positive," continued :e says bis curiosity was e 4 hid and then followed lis cupidity was aroused men the cover of the box ' core of jewels and. bank- Mr. Vernop hurried laden, reached the ravine ol suddenly disappeared By none secret ledge un- ramp, he reriehed a snot -- ,side. The tranip marked rook, the shelf of stone. ;tithed empty-handed. He rattetter back to the house evidently fearing Durand, , his available treasure. [1. followed him. He saw ) the house. The next one to locate the ravine, ding the treasure. Then. [r. Vernon's murder. It . , Here he was, a suspicious ging arennd the villa' spect him." the place; first, however, g the spot in the vicinity Ude iron box had surely Mr. Vernon had died i of its hiding -place locked The tramp felt that be it. He decided to remain the 'murder -scare,' as was over. Then he would_ it, and enjoy a fortune oose cede of morals, came Ling, 'finders keepers. " eta was deeply startled at trrative. He realized how a was. But what did the . 9 Was it really Valuable. e" began Dentor Milton told me that this box be O to. He bequeathed it toom , I smiled at the idea of receive other people's knew how glad you would ren this faint clue to a new n a case that so interested 0 tell. me something raoremann • I back, insensible, again. rand many more of these s. I thought it best to and telegraphed you." n?" in it state of etyma ever ;mot half told?" OW.ant poke Le Britta, energetic- st revive him!" iMPOSSible." ly?'' t" ell ns definitely where that ei ton took up a medicine ld a small; delicate, hypo- e, and filled it with ROMA - --- - d from a phial. I said, "I will try to revive win. try to secure the secret -place of Gideon Vernon's iles.'' XIX. -THE TR,AMP'S SECRET. Dr. Riohard Milton and a entered the siok-roora. " Late stood curiously viewing foern UpOn the pouch. As !dully tuned up the lamp, Ly illumined the oleject that ) attention of the photog- of the tramp -patient was eadless, his unkempt ,shock toggling beard looked notfacts meenaispieing, but from features to his injured arm, azed with wildly-clistended as strapped at. wrist anad ... -..... ;ear, iS•surn a Tt tosaa , . I M PO RTATI 0 N SC H E M ES. ..._.. Wk.7 JaPodese Dtatebeg and Toothpicks Are So Cheap. It has often been a matter a wonder to casual pureltasers that small articles of Japanese inanufnoture, such as tooth picks end fans, could be sold at mush low prices, The small fans are sold at a cent apiece, while the dainty little toothpicks cont. mend the same price per belittle. When one examines either of them prod- uots and speoulates upon the amount of labor that must be spent to make them in any quantity, the natural inference is that the well known smallness of japarose wages contains the explanation. At a first glance this seems to be the natural ex- planation. Stich skilled workers as watch- makers get but it trifle more than $1 a week for their services, and the less skilled and more mechanical trades command a Vaunt) that to oor western ideas seeing facredibly small. , But, sawn: as the wages of the Japanese worker nog be, there are considerations that imlicate at mice that sante other cause must be found. There is a duty on both the articles mentioned, and in addition to this it must be remembered that Japan is a good piece away, and that, in the natu. eel course, freights would give a considera- ble price In this market to articles that were entirely without cost in the orient, A visit to several Jzipauese importing houses which deal exclusively in lino Sat- Snina and other native wares and in Jap- :mese curios revealed the secret of the prices at which the sinall wares could be offered here, The large vases, which form the sta. ple import ot tbe concerns called upon, re- auire tbe most careful peeking, lest on long journey they come to grief, and here is where the toothpicks and fans not only work their passage, but legally escape nay, Packed in and around the eases are thousands of these articles, and by this use they lose tbeir character as mer- ohandise and become nae rely so much "packing." It would be difficult to esti- mate the enormous quantities of this "packing" which would be required for it single shipmeut of vases. The naarket here is constantly glutted, and New Yorkers can purchnse hero at home these trifles at the same prices that are asked In Tokyo, and their wonderful cheapness makes 'can own etition totally out of the Ameri p uestion..-Jewelera' Review. q , ------ WHERE NERO FELL. * The Cruet Spot Dointed Out by One Who _ tenew. , I was goin over the battlefield of Win- g cheater with a colored man who claimed have witnessed the battle and helped care tor the wounded and as we reached a / , . spot on the Opequan he halted and • • wain! his hand and atid• "Take a mighty good look at dis yere spot, sah, fur de biggest kin d of a man fell yere." "I didn't know that any big man fell in this battle " I replied / • e "No of co'se o' didn't Dans de rea- / y • 'cle yo' son yo' hired me fur two bits to gni around an pint out de historic spots. Yee, a mighty big man fell oft his hoes an died yere, solo', "And who was it," • ' "Nero, atth. He was cumin right down 'Min dis path, an jest as he got yore de i v - poured in a volley, au he was killed. Reck- on he nebber knowed what hit him," "Do you nsean to tell me that Nero of Roman fame died here?" U0 t's what I'm a-sa in salt " "-a • Y l • "Bat Nero was dead hundreds of Years - before you were born!" . "Can't help dat, white man. Dts yere am de exact spot whale he felL" "Which arna was he in?" Y "De Yankee array, sale" "Was ho a general?" ' 1 sah " "Biggest kind of a mnera , • "My dear man, you have got your his.- tory mixed. Yon don't me -an that Nero, who died over 1,800 years ago, was present at this battle?" "I dean' mean de Nero who died of co'se, but de Nero who didn't die." ' "But I can't stand even that There • was no general in either army named • Oero." "Yerens whar' he fell, sah." "Who told you so." "Got it i lit a ight ' ' - r g tra from Mr. Tuilt am." ' ".And who is Mr. Tinkum?" "My fadder-in-law, sah; I married his oldest al I'ze knowed dat man fur ober g • 10 fare an nebber knowed him th tell a lie. Why, boss, one tinie ;ley fought de ole man stole a calf. Day couldn't git no proofs on him, an . he was all right, but hat o' 'spose he • chin did? Bress oir w y P Y heart, Bah, but he goes an owns up to a calf an a hog, too, an dey gin bite a y'ar an a half in prison! Reckon any sich man as dat would lie 'bout Nero? Reckon a own fadder-in-law am gwine to sa y Nero fell right yere if he didn't fall? No, sahl Yo' has got Nero an Washington art Socrates and Gineral Butler all con- fused in yo'r head, an yo' want to be 't ' migbty keerful how yo' wri e dis up. As I was sayin, dis am de spot what.' Nero fell, an when we git ober de brancah I'll pint out de identical spot whar' Napoleon he would conquer or (Bel" AN EYE FOR AN EYE. - :Proposed htestrletive Legislation Against Aliens. Ottawa, Jan. 18. -Tho attention of the Governinent was drawn to -day to legislat too tit present before the United States Congress for the purpose of making the alien labor htw more harassing to Cana - diens. The bill now before that body proposes to prohibit atay person from ob- Mining employment in tbe eepublio who is not actually a resident there. This is the interpretation eivon to the existing legislation at Buffao,not at other points. At Detroit, for instance, about six hun- dred Canadians cross daily and pursue . i various vocations n that city, whiles about two hundred Detroiters cross and makse it living in 'Windsor. The proposed .., . - legislitelon enacts that no foreign -born person shall obtain ernpkoonent in the United States unless he has lived one , • . ., year then., and preserines heavy fines for violation. For the' t t 1 M • pas two c eys 1. MoGregor, M. P. for Essex, has been here on ' t b • . 1 h talked Priva e usinees; and • as the matter over with members of tbe Government. lia was joined to -day by Mr, Archie McNee, of Windsor, who had interviews with Mr. Laurier and. other Ministers on the stone subject. Last session the Government promised to make the subject of the alien labor law o matter of negotiation with the United States Government, and if modifications were not obtained it towed to support 't., retaliatory legislation this session. Mr. Laurier intimated to -day that if the con- templated legislation is placed on the statute books of the United. States he • , evffl be prepared to mete out meastun for measure. Personally, he is not in favor . . ' . . of the principle of the exclusive legisla- ' tion, but believes that it: would be jus- tifieti as a retaliatory tneasure. In the event, therefore, of any new restrictions being added, Parliament will be asked to enact the American legislation, word for word, and in the event of the p resent law beine adhered to the same prohibit - ' - tion that it enacts will be placed on tlae statute book. FEARFUL HOLOCAUST. Fifteen Children Lose Their Lives in an Orphanage Eire. , Dallas, Texas, Jan. 17. -Fifteen little boys and girls are dead as a result of Friday night's fire at the Buckner Or- plum Home, and nine others are seri- ously burned and crushed. Three of the injured cannot recover. The fulness of th holocaust was not discovered and fully until to -day. The fire, which commenced about ten o'clock on Friday night,and raeed until the boys' dormi- maged was destroyed, did not cool enough to seareh for bodies in the ashes until early this morning. At that dole it was thought that only Ave children had been burned to death. When the ashes had cooled enough to admit of a search scores f le b an the sad task of finding peop eg , the five who were known to have periehed. • ' The search had hardly been instituted . . _ when the tembie truth that there were more than five bodies in the ashes ap- • d Th earoh continued until peare . e s bodies had been found flit een - ' • Deep Waterways Report. - Buffalo .Jan. 15. A news despatch , from Washington says: The report of the Deep Waterways Commission, which was submitted to the Pre.sident by Mr. Russell of Maesachusetts last week, will . ' ' probably be submitted. to Congress within days.eIt is learned that the corntrus- sion favors the general idea, but, owing to the enormous cost of making the Erie • a ship canal, that scheme is not fevered. The Canadian commissioners favor the St. Lawrence route to the sea, but the Americans on the conunission do not PartioulanlY favor this plan, because Can- ada would absolutely control the outlet. The route through the St. Lawrence to Rouse's point and thence down through Lake Chainplain and the Hudson appears to the Americans most feasible, and this route is understood to have their sane- * ton and the not very hearty endorsement of the Canadians. , Silk moreen is a new raaterial for • e • • petticoats. et costs $1.50 a yard, is fully a yard wide and comes in a Va.. s - - - colors ' tiety of . Long cloaks of brocaded silit, cloth and uncut velvet, made with bishop sleeves and t ' d with f rmarne i nr, are worn - • with evening dress. _ The sleeve vrhich was worn in the -early part of the century is the latest model shown just at present. It is close fitting from the wrist, Wbere it flares oder the hand to the elbow, and above this is a puff which gathers full into si 1 I the arm to e. . . . . . . Distinction an dress as difficult with the diversity of materials in use this season, but a successful way, to attain it is to have a plain costume of some soft color, like gray or brown, d nut th an -- e an Inn , wl note of color in the hat d ff, with • an umbrella to match ' . The latest idea in bodices shows a tendency to make the sides of the front and back different. .A fan shaped plait- ing of satin like the skirt covers one- o , an evening dress, half of the front f ' d and tulle and colored velvet are artistic- bin ' the other. ally corn ed ut her. The Fire Record. I./num') . •Y ' eg Jan 17. -The Grand Thea- the Ma itoba Hotel was ter, adjoining n . t destroyed by fire last night,1 tooether n e lams on the round fiber with busin. ss p g - . Pengelly & Ford Charles J. occupied by 1 , Lace W. R Richardson ell upholster- Y., ' • ' ers; the Manitoba Plumbing Company, and the office of the N. W. Electric IAglet . . ComPallY. Nothing whatevet was saved .., a re_ from the building. The boas will ee -- gate $40,000, about half of which is aoy- mod by insurance. During an . early hour this morning ' Dawson's fruit and confectionery store was btu-ned out and this afternoon the , big Cauchon Block, Was damaged to the extent of a couple of hundred. dollars. ..bogs AireaSsoleareiel REPORTS. RKETS. had over sixty xi,o• and trade e here were sold of snoop. and ecat eight and We had about ld have sold. Tomei was good oni 334 to 3enc, 'Moe seleotione. the demand is e best butchers' for export, and trade was as a low. For fair, to 234c was a few selected paid. Common yerything sold be in demand we feel justified ire good for the Are about mi- lkers will go. oo Many here, ping sheep sold told; bucks at 4 to 434c, with a ohoice at 4e4c. ves aro wanted, at from $4 to re wanted, and 11 4 to 4 1-8o per in fats Melted 0 pounds; sows 2o per pound. d, except store ,ETC f ocean .freights it contraction in , with the easy ulted 111 soiuo- ro bids for t eight to mills, asked about lc that it Western day at 80o, but told have made d have got the about the same. is scarce. Odd. t., North Bay, and No. 3 at ne in wheat to- tbe local flour niddlo freights, Id not be 'worked rolled oats, in quoted at $2.95 tt 0.10 to $3.15. ots of common even. at 41c. Sev- to Boston, sold . hito oats, 153ac -day at 19eee re quoted. at 20e feed barley for /rate. No. 3 extra reights. and feed grades are in 2 is quoted at 30 35e, at outside E. Isla with a firm aro not heavy lled principally ade here in the tit 14 to 1434c old stored, into 9 to 20c for new emend in the prices are being ook. Quotations 7 to 80 per lb.; ickens, 25 th 00e to 75c per pair. .oars axe coming t 23 to 28o, de - dealers sell at 35 from 2 to 234o are quoted from quality. easy. Car lots here, are quoted ni $8 to $9. Deal - No. 1, delivered, straw, on track, PROVISIONS. for dressed hogs, o ]ower, except- ers' loads sold to - choice, and $4.50 kers were buying $5 for the best arket is in fair ain quiet, with nged all round. bows: Barrelled .50 to $10; heavy $12 to $12.50. ng clear 'bacon, 53eto; case lots, S heavy, 9c; backs, ., to 1 el All meats Oii of rices quoted Or tubs, 7e4c; and 6 to 6eec. DUCE. ng in fair shape rices are still easy Tub butter is not ium stock is a eamery is in good re: Low grade, medium dairy, iry, tubs, 11 to 11 to leo; moan ; creamery, tubs, unds, 19 to 20c. look for a better ure. Prices keep way dealers here 10 th 1030 and makes at ldee to 00 87 00 86 00 68 , 42 44 22 e8 00 88e 28 84 40 60 26 40 06 07 15 16 20 22 30 40 75 85 09 10 9 10 40 150 1150 - 13 25 800 900 05 07 02 03 ei 7 05 6 04 • 05 475 550