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Tiger and Bicycle.
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Two aearaeage-;'ve were travellieg
in the •Malaysien islauds, Sumatra
and Java, writes .1, T. -L Rosily, When
going dean the eiVer Banyore-A.seixo,
wheel flaws among enormous loreets,
We landed rineevening at the sett:le-
nient of Niouwentheys. About a
dereen Dutch , colonists Wee there,
with the entire population.of Malays
and Chinesein their: servize. We
met with geaeroushospitality in
the house of :Myalieer Vauider Cave-
ilanat. ,
The following morning, white our
host wa jit the fields, I rose and,
having taken a cup of tea, went
• strolling about .the develliug. My
attention was attracted by a magni-
ficent bicycle standing in a shed. At
'the sight of the machine I was seiz-
ed with a wild desireto try it.
•. At first I resisted; thaei 1 took. out
the wheel .and mounted, detennined
to confine Myself ,to a hort ride.
A good road led from the dwelling,
house and intothe fields; the bicyele
• Was perfect, and the intoxiOatiori of
• the ride becanie irresistible,: .Sure of
• permission from our amiable host
I was soon speeding across the eke
and caffee field§ at a rapid pace.
Before lone. I was at the outskirts
of the forest, Bewitched by the
nairaellous beauty of the spot, I dise
Mounted from the wheel in order to
enjoy. the imposieg sceuery to . the
A little lake , shadowed .by over-
hanging breeiches seemed the image
of peace, and; seating myself on a
granite rock, I was soon lost in con-
. templation.
Wane I was sitt•ine thus there was
a crackling ia the bushes, Some-
thina beth heavy and lightfooted
Was making its way to the edge of
the woods, My heart stood still
when 1 turned to see what it was.
About thirty feet froni the rock a
• powerful tiger issued from the shad-
e*. • It was a giant among its
kind.
'Hidden .by hat:ging palm branches,
I dared not neciae. In order to reach
.the bicycle it was necessary to re-
gain tae road, and this was inipos-
alai° • withata attracting the atten-
tion of the tiger, who would easily
overtake:me in two or three leaps.
Besides, even if I Should succeed
in mounting the wheel alive, a would
not be sale if the animal should de -
aide to pursue me. A bicycle may
cover a mile more quickly than a
tiger; but at the start can it elude
the mann-ions first bounds of the
tiger? I did not think so; and,
after the Paralysis of the first few
seconds, I sat trembling, with My
heart peundieg like a hammea and
my moata as 'dry as a stone.
My secret hope was ttuatethe beast,
satisfied with his vietiins of the
• Melt before, had come to 'the lake
simply to slake his thirst. But,
;though the tiger morel:cued his ton-
gue in the awater, he did not seem
driven to the water by necessity; for
be soon lifted his head, and looked
. around.
An intuition told inc that he was
seeking compansation for fruitless
huntthenight before.. A false move-
ment, and I should be that compen-
satiope
At the noise of a bird among the
foliage he turnedquickly, a phos-
phorescent gleam shone in his eyes,
but he saw nothing. He seethed to
hesitate between two directions; then
he turned again toward the lake and
tOok a step on the bank.
This step did not bring him nearer
to me; but with a second and more
rapid movement of the animal my
terror decided nie. In twe leaps I
, had readied my bieyc/e.
- 'When I junreed into the saddle, I
• saw in a flash the big body crouch-
ing and then the spring. At that in-
stant I gave the first impulse to the
It seemed to me that I had became
all instinct, and that every one of
•• any fibres obeyed that unconscious
Neill which is Werth mora in immedie
,ate danger than the clearest reason-
ing. With a great effort I attained
my maximum speed; and, in the short
interval between the first and second
hounds Of the tiger; 1 was ready for
Via struggle,
atireavtbing depended on maintain-
ing a start, however lesigniacana• for
about a hundred yards, after which
the speed at the beast Would probably
decrease somewhat, though still re-
vealable fearful. I welted the pedals
in •a frenzy, but at the fourth leap
ateie dietance was reamed; at the fifth
a'the beast had only to stretch out
' hie paw to reach me, end at the Sev-
enth it touched the, tire of the rear
evaeel. •
I thought thet 1 was lost, and that
• the effort made was iii vain, But
the claw 31,1:kSect its nini. scat:cola
scratching the:tire; and, as the ma-
• chine kept up its epeed, the tiger
• was less hoar at the eighth bound,
because he lind ciameed the eaee .aon,
in theee: awful Mama:its- I had the
insaiention to deviate from my, path
teward 'a guava lava Which grew at
the Side Of the road; and again
escaped, beeteuse • my, Meaner was
fo earl to make a &toil ' .13u t„
• though my seed was tit Its highest
• pont, 3 hati no hope of a final
esonee. I knew only too well that
one or two extra charts on the part
Of the enemy might definitely closa
. this struggle at any moreent.
the next beamd the tiger again
Mearla 'Caught me; bat, ' while the
• claw grazed the Wheel, I saw that .1
. haci to prise over a long and narroatt
• Soot bridge opanning a Wide irriga-
tion ditch, This gave inc back 'any
courage, I calealeted that the ani -
Mal Would hesitate . an biettint
the bridge, and perhaps lose it IOW
• yards in teossiag 'it.
Thie was exactly ,what liappeeed,
OM the ether side 'of thc ditcb 3. saw
Vint T. lied gained about it citizen
paces over the formidable fine.:tL
intia be that in the ititoeitattiott of
this advaatage itiereased my speed.
I thought 1 was saved, when an une
forseen cireurostauce completely
changed the situation.
At the entrain+) to i, grove of be -
tient), trees a leafy branca, probably
Wawa there by some laborer, barred.
the way. ' As there was no possibility
of evading it, I ran over the obstaele
but anfortunately it caused the wheel
to swerve, and I was obliged to slow
up for a feW yards in order to regain
my equilibrium.
The animal evidently saw laS oP-
portunity. He made a desperate ef-
fort, and I saw in imaginatioe the
moment that I should fall a victim
to his formidable claws. A sort of
trance passed over my spirit -a
strange resignation to my fate; but
only for a moment.
In another instant I had again
taken up the race, and this was the
Mit effort needed. The tiger, though
still swift as a good hunting horse,
was definitely beaten by the bicerele,
and soon abandoned the chase, part
-
13r from discouragement, and partly,
no doubt, on account of the nearness
of the village which he had learned
to fear.
BALTIC FLEET'S ADMIRAL
WAYS OF THE NOTORIOUS
ROjESTVENSKY.
Said to be a Good. Tactician, and
Not the Man to Give Way
to a Panic.
One who professes to know. 'him,
writes as -follows in the London
Daily, News of the Admiral of the
Russian 13altic Fleet,
Rojeatveasky is lifty-six year old,
but made his mark nearly thirty.
years ' ago, when, in the Russo-Tur-
kish war, he was decorated with the
St. George's Cross for exceptional
acts of bravery,. He is the protege
of Malcaroft and Skryloff; ' and it
was the latter's commendations
which led to his appointment as
leader of Russia's • ifaVtil forlorn
hope. Si. Petersburg social circles
demanded that Tchulcnin. or Virenius
should command the Baltic Fleet.
Skryloil insisted on Rojestverisky,
urging that; as... he himself would
conunand the fieet if it 'the
Fee East, he had a 'right to • name
the man fit to Undertake the 'peril-
ous responsibility. of taking it
there.
Rojestvensky is it sailor, pure and
simple, and his only interests .are
on the sea. For a whole, year he
chatted in the • position of • Naval
Chief of Staff, and only accepted
that post because • he had then no
chance of gaining an atautrat's com-
mand, Nevertheless, he. worked
hard, and introduced several, reforms
of importance, one of which, the cur-
tailing of officers' leave,did not in-
crease his popularity.
NOT POPULAR WITH HIM:
But the Russiau admiral is not a
popularity hunter. Feared- by his
officers, whom he punishes in the
severest way by reprimanding them
publicly, and not quite understood
by his men, with. whom he a does
not parade camaraderie, he is a
centre of stormy dispute rather than
of good-natured anecdote. He has
nothing, for instance, in common
with the late Admiral Ma,karoff, save
an infinite capacity, for taking pains.
As a naval tactician Rojestvensky
has always been strongly on the side
of active attack? In a lecture read
during his term of office at St. Pet-
ersburg he declared that the navy
with reserves should attack boldly,
not fearing destruction, if a chance
presented itself of badly damaging
tbe enemy's ships.
For this reason he is a strong up-
holder of the big battleship. "The
battleship may be destroyed," he
said, "but never without inflicting
damage that needs repair, and it is
then that the opportnnity, for re-
serves comes in." • .
NOT GIVEN TO PANIC.
Rojestvensky- sailors are said to
call him the "Silent •Admiral," ow-
ing to his taciturnity. The Admiral
is not a talker, but a 'marker; an.d
part of his unpopularity is due . to
the self-reliance with which he car-
ries out important changes without
consulting subordinates. •
Ever since his appointment last
April to the command -of the .13altie
Squadron, he has been at war with
the St. Petersburg naval authori-
ties; and Russians declared that he
threatened to resign more than once
if the fleet was not fitted out as he
required.
In. person, the Admiral is good-
looking, and he has a prominent
wart on his hose watch attracts at-
tention at once. The restrained ex -
passion, steely eyes, and tightly -
closed mouth hidden under a grim,
grizzled beard, give him an appear-
ance of aoWer and resolution. His
ouly recreation is sailing boats„ and
reading and writing of the sea.
He is accused of undue fondness
Lor aria uniforins and handsome sur-
roundings. But no olio has ever in-
dicted him for luxury in his person. -
al habits, Arid no Russian. would be -
neve that he would Are way to
panic and fire on innocent fishing
boats, save through some tragic
miguniterstantlieg, or some real ap-
prehension of a treacherous attack,
NOVEL TRAP FOR, THIEVES.
For some time the Post Office au-
thorities in. France have been much
annoyed by an organized band of ,
thieves Who stole mail: day after'
clan, out of the lettetaboxee; but nowj
they have discovered a contrivance
which they are confident will put a
stop to 'such thefts in future. It
consists of a clockwork arrangement
which is fastened to oath let-
terbox, and is so connected with
the main post -Office that the mom-
ent anyone attempts to tamper With
the mail it bell rings Mal notifies
detettives who are ofit the outlook
for the ,eulprite day end night, When
it letter is thrown into a box, ot
W11.0.11 a POStfliati OXtraOtS the let -
tees, the bell also rings; but the
;Wend is different from that which' is
made when a thief Is at Work, and
therefore there is no danger that the
detectives will ever be led off on a
wild-goose chase.,
MAKING PEOPLE PRETTY
WONDERS AND ABSURDITIES
OF TREATMENT.
1*.r.
Tattooing Cheeks flex Complexione
-How to Become
Taller.
Ladies wbeee faces are tide and
hollow -checked, with, perhaps, the
signs of a eiemina wrinkle or
a complexion that is dull anel colds -
hiss, can, by a simple expedient, re-
store the bloom of youth again to
their pallid countenances.. at is
nothing more than to practise bub-
bles fills out the cheeks, braces up
tllMuieS'nld')rgscrto
the complexien. A little practice
daily wocswoders:avery short
time.
A lovely complexion, a satin like
skin, and a beautiful blown that
will neither wash oa nor fade
through passing years -is the desire
of all women. A. hundred methods
promise this, but very few of, them
are reliable. The best, safest, and
surest of them all is to have. the
cheeks tattooed. A tatooed com-
plexion lasts f9rever, its delightful
pinky fre.shnesa never fades.; but it
is a costly process. '
According to your age, to have a
perpetual peachbloore. On your other-
wise sallow- cheeks will cost you any: -
thing from $100 to $500,
The only man who does this sort
of thing -Mr. Sutherland Macdonald.
-is a king among tattoo artists,
and the process ,can be carried out
, only occasionally, and then merely
for ,a few minutes, so that a pair of
lively. cheeks, ake weeks in the mak-
ing. :a number of • oar Society
i beauties, actresses, and fashionable
dames oieci their exquisibe complex-
ions to the tattoo artist, .
, . For removing ,wrinteles, the lines' of
care from the forehead, the irregu-
larities from the cheeks, there is
'
• THE Faitomic TREATMENT.
' While the patient holds a metal
handle cannected with a battery, ..a'
small roller, similarly connected, is
passed gently and slowly over the
disfiguring lines. There is a alight
tingling of the skin, but the sensa-
tion is more of a delightfully cool
and invigorating nature. After a
few courses of treatment the skin is
, vitalised and assumes the appear-
ance Of youth. The creases in the
' neck, throat, and shoulders can, by
i the same means, be also eradieted.
• Electricity, indeed, will do won-
ders for the searchers after 'beauty.
It will fill out hollow cheeks and
necks; conveyed to the scalp by
means of a hair -brush, it will in-
vigmate the roots of the hair, and
Icause it to grow; it will remove su-
' perflaus hair from. the face; while
' applied to the water of the bath it
! regenerates the systent and., gives
vigor to the constitution. :
For fono the woman of forty- who
would have a 'complexion as
clear and as healthy as her daughter
can try' another method -the de Med-
ici mask treatment. In this the old
skin is peeled off, giving place to .a
new and perfect one. • This cure
takes nine days to perform, and, the
complexion will keep good for thir-
ty years. During the working of the
"nine days' wonder," the patient is
properly dietea in order that the
elixir that composes the fountain or
youth may work properly and effect-
ively. No pain. attends this °per-
' ation, beyond, during the first stage,
a slight tingling of the skin, and
afterwards the minor inconvenience
lof wearing ,a mask on the face. Gen-
tlemen whose faces wee disfigured
, by scars or smallpox marks are said
' to favor this treatment, the new
skin showing no trace of the former-
ly .
DISTRESSING MARKS.
These are the principal methods of
beauty doctors, but, besides, there
are a host of others, who make use
of patent and costly nostrums.
Facial treatment -steaming and
massage; beauty creams and soaps
and ointment and.cosmetics; enamel-
ling ,the arms and neck; perfume
baths; color and light baths -these
are but a few of them.
To remedy defective and ill -shaped
noes until quite recently the prac-
tice was adopted of injecting solid
paraffin beneath the skin, .thus alter-
ing the nose to any shape required.
For a time such noses were models
of propriety, but then it was dis-
movered that petroleum had its draw
backs.
While the least pressure was fatal
to the symmetery of the organs thus
beautified, the petroleum nose was
found to be as susceptible to atmos-
pheric changes as a barometer. More
serious, however, was the fact that
bleed -poisoning frequently resulted
from the absorption of particles of
paraffin into the system. ,
Scarcely lees dangerous is the
other method for reshaping ugly
noses -by enclosing them in plaster
moulds of the desired cast to be
worn by the patient, strapped tight-
ly to the face, when going to bed.
If Nature has been niggardly to
you in the matter of eyebrows and
eyed eyelashes, you can,, no matter
your sex, obtain a remedy at $2.50
and $1.25 reepectively. • Supposing
you waated it pair ef eyelashes, the
assistant would select a set whose
color exactly matched your hair.
Along the upper edge of the eye-
lashes, runs a tiny strip of transpar-
ent ash -skin. 'The assistant takes a
fine brush, dips it in it special' kind
of spirit gum, and applies • it to
the thread-like skin, Then, atirith a
niarvelloas dexterity mid linebess of
touch, he adjusts the skin to the
edge' of the eyelid. A pair of heated
curling -irons, seized with a lightning
movement, are deftly placed SO that
the points of hair depending frou.
the strip 01 skin curl ea at
•• AN EXTRANcnsm ANGLE,
layebros, a10 oPhuman hair, can be
similarly affixed, and look quite as
natural as the Nature -provided arti-
cle.
There is nothing, indeed, which the
beauty doetors do not promise the
poseeseors of defectseand at purses.
Eyes they can brighten, ears they
can alter, lips they can redden,
teeth thoy cam render veritable
pearls of perfection, hands ilea, can
thatige from aspatedate", to the
deheate eonic - of the anstocraey,
waists they can reduce at will, white
necks and earns they are ready to
melee plena> or otherwise perfect ae-
cording to their clients' preferences.
'HOW TO BECOME TALLER.
If you are fat or thin, or even
short -there 'is no reason, according
to the beauty (looters, why you
&weld net be .a Venus or an ;Apollo.
To secure height by paying a heavy
figure yeti ccitt untlergo an. operatioa
of the gland situated in the throat
under the larynx, This, declares one
expert in beauty, is the key to the
human stature, and there is no reas-
on why:, after you have paid his
fee, you should not attain, the maxi-
mum height,:
• But this is not the only method.
Another expert has a secret process
of operating upon the joints oil the
ankles and knees daily with an elec-
tric bulb. This means that the os-
seous matter at the section of the
joints is expanded, and the growth
of the bones etimulated, the copse-
queneea • being that the limbs arc
materially lengthened, The electric
bulb is .also applied. to the sainc.
Altogether the height can be in-
creased' 2* inches in six months -ac-
cording to its inventor, Of course,
the patient must be young and sup-
• ple, otherwise grave consequences
might easue ia stretching the joints.
WHERE RUSSIANS FAIL
THE ARMY OFFICERS ARE
UTTERLY USE -LESS.
But the Russian Soldier is One
of the Best of Fight-
ing Men.
If the truth must be told, the chief
fault lies in the officers and itt the:
Whole training anct discipline of the
Russian army, writes H. J. Whig -
ham, in London Morning Post.
No general could possibly ask for
Mier _material than the Russian Sol-
dier. Be is a spleniclid marcher, sup-
ports heat and cold and hunger' ani
dirt with a patience that cannot be
surpassed, and, above all, 'he is brave
to it fault.
But the Russian officer,gallant,
reckless, spendthrift, arid altogether
bon garcon, belougs to another ago
than the present. From geneeta
down to the youngest subaltern it
would be difficult to find one in a
thousand who knows or cares any-
thing about the ecienca of modern
warfare. He is a good fighting man
of the old school; a good deal of a
swashbuckler, with his big boots and
clanking spays and trusty sword, but
open-handa, and full of good-lellow-
ship. Above all, lie is brave. The
casualty lists alone prove this.
Up to the present time the generals
have been largely to blame. The
perfonnunees of Clem Sa,ssalitch on.
thaeiZotiwitouwere 13avon Stackelberg it
w
SIMPLY oianarrt.
The newly joined anballern itt Rus -
Sia has already leareen all that he is
ever likely to know about warfare as
soon as lie joins the army; lie has to
pass no examination for promotion,
and he is (pate. content With the pres-
tige which Ids epaulettes give him;
without bothering his head about
text-booles and histories.
have talked with a great many
cancers about tlie present war, and,
with few exceptions, they never get
beyond the idea that sooner or later
they are going to drive all the Ja-
panese into the sea. How they are
going to accomplish this feat is a
question which they never ask them-
selves.
They still have a childish faith in
the effecacy of tlie sword, and you
will constantly see Russian officers
discussing the quality of their
blades, just :as in other armies offi-
cers 'discuss the latest type of pistol.
Then troops wear a khaki shirt,
but they still have dark trousers and
long black boots and present an ex-
cellent target from the waist down-
ward.
The officers are lumbering their
trains now with a number dr six-ineli
guns of an obsolete type wad garri-
son mountings'. These ancient pieces
caexiia:ot possibly lie of any' use in the
fid
As for training their 311C/1 to Shoot,
S11011
an eaercise of energy never
seems to enter the Itteseians' minds.
Education for the. praiate soldier of
any scat, beyond it certain proficiency
in parade drill, is net considered
necessary. Not one soldiec in a ham -
deed can
• Eitnun READ OR WRITE.
Theaworst of it is that the soldier.
who is not. devoid of :common sense,
though be cannot write hisown
name is beginning to find theofficer
out. Ef.e is, iscoveeing by painful
experience that the man he has been
taught to regard as belonging to it
superior miler of heing is nothieg
but a very stupid 'allow, ivorta not
half or quarter:as neteli as the. little
Japanese Whom heeaofesses to ilea
spise.
The Russian officer apart from his
lack of militruar knowledge has two
habits which certainly clo not make
for improvement. The first is mere
than it habit, it is a uationta char-
eater:Jena which itt embodie,d in the
altainbracing dotestabla word "nitche
two," The word, spells with hint
prociastinaaion anti inevitable die-
aater. But the Russian officer be-
lieires that 111 spite of it all the lack
of the Emperor will be triumphant;
if. not, to -day, thee toanorrow; if not
this year, then the nexte-tlie !wet,
century • if need be. Wlie- worry?
"Nitehevo," The second is his inor-
dinate love of drinking "vodka')
"Dearest," cooed the sweet girl,
"you have told me so °rum that
am your fbat lovel But slimad Fate
Mai part us, promiee inc never
shear My letters to your next." "T -low
dan yeu spetric so, darling'?" • broke
in. the Valhi; man, "You ktiow id
tipvor show ,vietu, t ever
elio*n you the lettente • writteil me
by----'' Here the youth eaclifenly
paused, and the ehillieg siletice mold
be heard on the root ceaside.
COULD NOT STOP CRYING
AN AMUSING. BREACH OF
PROMTBE
Fun in .0 • Xrish Courtr can -
The lovAe 331::dIeie'lesttoeoLovefrsa.olianli °Pat
stable kept the Longford County
Court in roars of laughter the °taw'
day, when their author was sued for
breath, of promise, The judge, scent-
ing ameeement at the mitset, cheer-
ily remaraed that • the case would
probably be it pleasaut change after
it lona day or dim. Iitigcttton. Ptie
forecast was correct.
Though lie cried, when be left her
and did not know when be was go-
ing to stop, a:unstable Patrick
Grealish, tornierly of the County
Longford force, and now stationed in
Couuty, Maya, did not marry Miss
Agnes Fanning, a dressmaker, but
chose some one else. Consequently
Kiss Fanning sought £500 damages,
She was awarded 465.
The couple became engaged in Oc-
tober, 1902, Grealish being theri at
Longford, anti Miss Fanning lived
with her brother, Who kept a public
house opposite the barracks. When
he had nothing to do Greenish, ac-
cording to Miss 'Fanning's counsel;
says the Irish independent, spent
his time in the public house making
love to Else Failtiage Then he was
transferred to Drumlieh; and love
letters peered upon Miss Fanning by
the shoal.
But his affections changed. The
that change • was dramatic. She
heard that her lover had married
'Someone else. •
ezioxsoefl was armed with a large
bu
THE LOVE LETTERS.
Tile following are extracts
"It is is rieedless to mention to you,
Ina :Agnes, I am heart -broken in this
place. (Drumlisha I arrived here
quite safe about 6 p.m. I nauet
mention, Agnea that I cried the
whole way' out. (Laughter.) You
know, Agnes, that I could live in a
wilderness and be happy as long as I
could have have you with me. But,
dearest, it's something desperate on
me to be separated from you. How-
e -nor, it's not long, darling, we shall
be apart, although, darling, while t
am writing this ]otter I am 'crying
as much as when parting from you
yesterday. I don't knowwhenI
am going to stop. Not, I suppose,
until you are with Inc.
"Well, darling, they are all glad to
see me in. Drumlish. Mrs. Burbage
went so far as to kiss me on my
arrival last night. (Laughter.) But
that was not to be wondered at, as
we are from the same townland and
went to school together. ,
'Also Father Kevin°. When he
met me he stretched me out his two
hands: and the next thing lie says
to me :-`You must give inc a half
sovereign toward the building of the
!IOW CIIMPOL' (Loud laughter.)
"If= euro I must have been notic-
ed when leaving you yesterday.
mean ma cryiug, dearest. I was
more or less ashamed, darliag, but
I could not help it."
The next 'letter Was it model of
briefness. "Just a few lines," it
ran "X am la very bad form for
writing, as any hand is shaky."• Re
added, however, "Love to death"
and three grosses.
Subsequently he was in better
form though
"STILL LONESOMal."
'It makes me very lonely to see all
the market people going to Longford
to -day, and your own Greelish in a
hut in Drumlish. Well, my clearest
Agnes, there is one matter now
which I mast mention to you,
though, diarliug, at the same time
it makes inc blush to have to ad-
mit it. That is our marriage,
which is to come off before Ad-
vent.'
"X by myself am not in a position
to carry out the wish_ of my heart
-that is, to be married this month.
But, .darling, it would be the wish
of my heart that we could be .max-
ried before Advent collies in. Sp
now, Agues, darling, I suppose at
the very lowest it will taae about
£10 to attain that object; so, dear-
est, let me know by return if you
will be able to give me that much.
(Laughter.) Then, darling, we •will
be one -until death."
• His last letter was undated. It
came from Laneshorouga. It ran:
"Me• clear Agnes, -I have got the
rings by this moreing's post. I
trust in God, it. will fit you all
right, as you can keep any one of
the rings you like and semi the other
two back, as 1 must return them to-
night. 'You can keep the ease; it is
free. I will put the ring on your
anger to -morrow. You can keep it
until then. Goad -bye, yoer loving
Patrick, Sencl me a note to -night.
Don't forget."
The deft:talent did not appear, but
his couneel etartled tae court, by
stating that the defence was insan-
ity. Ire afterward explained that
Ode waS a jest. "Bat," he acklecl,
"if the jury took the bundle of let-
ters I have here up to the room
with them anll looked them over
they would eome to the conclusion
that a more imbecile bundle of pro-
ductions was never written."
Miss Fanning gave it as her opin-
ion that the letter asking- for £10
WEIS 11 1110011 ono. She hod written
reed told him so. She di (1 not eend
the motley.
Burglar (i Li St argil t Led, te his
catinsal)-"I will Shortly call end :see
you at you). office, Rita" "Very good
but iti I1t(la yti al ease '
The Duke of Portland has devoted
1)iS Wi Linings on the turr to patting
up almshoteva for 01(1 al3 (1 111111111 (em-
ployes. stipervision of these
almshouses the "good Duchess''
leakee her special Care. .
• Ponsorthy (somewhat boastfully) -
"I may sees Miss Blitlerivick, that
ant quite an adept at Athletics. I
can row; ride--oither horee or bike --
Swim, spar, jump, and 11111." Miss
Illitlerwiek (sweet ly)--"Itere •
eorrees
papa. Do let MO SVC you jump ana
un.'
LEADING MARKETS.
The Ruling I'lrises In Live Stn.*
To von to1,341;13:1;;L:::;;;;eas:t-Oil ti? io
-a-ea
red alai white quoted at $1, 03fr
with stiles al; $1,04; speleg at 9,5e,
aad No, 2 goose at 89c to 90e, eilSt
and WQSt. Manitoba, No. 1 north-
ern is erioted at $3.,031a No, 2
nortaern, 98Sc to 990; No, 3 a'orth-
era, 94e to 95e, GeorgianaSay ports
(lc more grinding itt transit,
• Flour-Thero • is it demand and a
better feeling in the markets, soino
nililers finaleg it necessary to acoopt
some slight reduetioa; cars of 90
por teetaaO,
e patents, sacks,e'at.eeast
quoand west, with a few eines below
this , mark; 15c to 20e higher for
choice. Manitoba -Quotations are
unchanged at $5.35 to $5.70 for first,
patents, $5.20• to $5,40 for eacead
patents and $5 to $5,30 for beacersa
Millfeed-Is steady at $14.50 to
415 for bran in bulk, $18 to a18.50
for shorts, east and west. • Ntanitea
ba is unchanged at $21 for short
and $19 for bran, exports.
Barley -Reins steady; 46c to 47c
at low freights for No. 2, 44e for
No. 3 extra and 42c for No. 3 malt-
ing ouside, Torento freights.
Rye -Is firmer, up lc to 76e out-
side for No. 2. .
Corn -Canadian nominal at, fiSe to
550 west; American yellow is much
easier in anticipatiozt of new crop
receipts; No. 2 is quoted at 67e, No.
3 at 66e and No. 3 mixed at 65e
on track Toronto,
Oats -Firm; in moderate demand.
No, 1 white, 32e; No. 2, 32c low
fseeesigh. ts and 31c to 31ac north aria
‘t
Balled Oats --Quiet; $1.10 for cars
of bags and $4.35 for barrels on
track Toronto; 25e 1110re for broken
lots here, and .40c more for broketi
lots outside.
Peas --Are up; the demand is good
at 67s to 68c for No. 2 west or
east.
Buckwheat -In good demand at
55c to 56c east and west.
COUNTRY —PRODUCE,
Butter -late market is generally
steady and quotations are unchang-
ed.
...... 20c to 21c
Preanice:;c:17ts ..15c 16c
do tubs .........19c 20e
Dairy tubs, good to
do medium 13c 14c
do inferior grades ... , 1.0c 12c
Dairy la. rolls, goad to
choice _ 16c 17c
do medium •..1.40 15c
Oheese-Quotations for job lots
Imre are steady at 10Sc to 11c fax
twins an:d 10e to 101c for large.
Eggs -Continue firxn in tone and
are quoted ancha•nged at 22c to 23e
for fresh gathered, 20c to 21c ror
cola storage, and 20c for timed.
Potatoes-Priees are anm in tote,
but quotations are unchanged at 700
to 75c on track and 85c to 90c oet
of store. Ontario stocks, which are
somewhat scarce of good quality,
aro 'at 55c to 65e on track and 75c
oat of store.
Dressed Hogs -Car lots of selected
•weights on track here are quoted at
86.40 bid and $6.50 asked.
Poultry -Sc to 9c for chickens, 5c
to 6c for hens. Geese and clucks are
at 8c to 9e. Turkeys are not too
plentiful, 1.2c to 14c being paid to-
day for choice.
Baled Hay -Is about steady at $8
per ton for car lots on track here.
Baled Straw -Receipts are fairly
well balanced with the demand, .anel
the market is quoted unchanged at
$5.75 to $6 per cwtfor car lets
on the track here.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
• Montreal, Nov. 22. -Gr a i n -In oats
a few car lots of No. 2 white thane"-
ed hands at 40c to 401a, and No.3
at 89e to 39ac per bushel ex -store,
and one lot of 10,000 bushels of Ma
2 white sold at 39 -le per bushel ex -
store. The tone of the market for
corn was steady and furtaer sales of
small lots of No. 3 Chicago mixed
were made at 68c per bushel, ax -
store, while new Chicago No. 8 mix-
ed corn in cargo lots was quoted at
60e per bushel. There was some
demand from local buyers for barley
and sales of 2,500 bushels ot heavy
No. 3 were made at 58c per bushel
ex -store. Peas are scarce and firm
at 67e per beshel high freights west.
Flour -Manitoba spring wheat pa-,
tents, $5.80; strong bakers', $5,50:
winter wheat patents, 35.70 to $5.-
80; straigat rollers, $5.40 to $5.50,
arid in bags, $2.25 to $2,65.
Feed -Manitoba bran in. bags, $17
to 318; shorts, $21 per ton; -Ontario
bran in bulk, $15.50 to $16.50;
shorts, $19 to $20, and momille, 324
to $28. per ton, as to quality.
Meal -A weaker feeliag has (level-.
oped in the market for rolled oats,
and prices have declined 5e to tie
per bag, with sales at 32.20 per
bagand in some instances this fig-
ura has been shaded. Rolled gala in
barrels are scarce, therefore prices
for them are unchanged at $4.65 to
$4,75 per barrel. The market for
corn -meal is steady at 81,35 to $1--
45 per bag.
Hay -No. 1, $9 to 39.25; No, 2,
37.25, and pare clover mixed, $6.25
$8 to 38.25; stover mixed, gee to
to $6.75 pee ton in car lots.
Beans -Choice primes. • 31,40 to
$1.45 per bushel, 31.35 to. $1.37a
in car lots,
Provisions -Heavy Canadian short
cat pork, $16.50 to $17.50; light
short cut, $16,50 to 317; American
clear fat beaks, 320; compound lard,
to 7c; Canadian lard, fate 10
7ic; kettle rendered. 81e to Wje, ae-
cording to quality; hams, 12e to 1.3c,
bacon. lac to 18c; fresh killed cilia-
t$t4o IiOnglisx, 0(3171.050ts; 1-13cati2;) f;itit) .3141o9gcsy;
neleetfa $5 to $5,25 <ill ;ars,
Clteeo9e)se-1(,ntario we,ite, 'Ina to
1.01c; colodre, 101e. lo 104e; feu el ,
9iet
ltu tter-lni nest grades, 3 a c
20?,e; ordinate' tineet, 19c, to 1 tile;
tied ium grn d 18, 18e lo 1 Oi, and
.1 v• evelvti;i_st10,145,,Is;t: :111::(!lev tic:1;(lia 1,...10.10 to 24c.;
etactield, gathered candled, 20c tel
21c; No 2, 3.5c to 35i0.
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