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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-1-4, Page 8tettiettatecat-O-Set o-a-0-4-ceee-eiste-o-et C111 and 111)1(11 I 1 eeteeastetetee#04-0+0-4-0-+Q4aa4ea+en "My dear Dorothea, X see I must once more protest, Yet you inust know, al- ready what my views are upon this matter. Your nsoney is a subject in whicb I have little or no interest. In- deed, I heartily wish I could forget it altogether. It is ert insult to love to discuss such sordtd details," Ashley Creet waved his hand es though to dismiss hee topio for all time. Dorothea Spray regarded leen admir- ingly. "You are so different trout the rest of men," she said tremulously. "Everyone told me that I should find my money a great temptation to .avaricious people. They said I should be courted for its sake alone and be deceived. And—n1 I have found you I" • See smiled complacently. Clearly her advisers were at tault in their judg- ment of men and their motives. For here was a man who would not so Much as allow her to tell him how much mon- ey she really bad—who loved tier for her ewn sake and vigorously opposed the discussion of a topic which, as be him- self affirmed, was an insult to love. "I want nothing whatever to do with your money, Dorothea," be said finally. 'I have my four hunstred a year, and • that is all whIce concerns me." But the girl had not yet made herself understood. It was rather a delicate subject to broach. But she had already snade up her mind as to the course she should pursue. "I know—I know," she said. "But that is not quite all, dear Ashley. Other people are saying horrid things about you. They do not know you as I do. And—and I want to prove to them all That they are wrong. I want to triumph over them and show them how splendid and neble you are." A look of interest came into Ashley's face "But such people are obstinate and rather actin to convince," he reminded lier. "You had much better let them alone." But Dorothea was not to be dissuaded from her purpose. "No," she said decidedly, "I have found a way to show them all bow wrong and unjust -they are. I want you to remain in this room during the inter- view I am about to have with my dear friend and solicitor, Mr. Lucian Orme. He ia coming up the stairs at this mo- ment." There was no time to do anything else. So the man kept his seat. It could not make him any the less dis- interested to be obliged to listen to the approaching discussion of legalities. And he was not altogether free from a feeling of curiosity. It showed itself In a queer little nervous uneasiness that now took possession of him. But this the glH did not se. The door opened and Lucian Orme was announced. He was a man of close upon forty, with franteeeepen face and gentletnanIte bear - Ing. ells greeting with Doeothea was more Man cordial. Indeed, one might even Mee ...suspected, by the curious way in which, his deep eyes rested upon her from ti enet to time, that he too was in love witar-this slender, graceful girl. She motioned him to a chair, and be- gan her explanation. Ashley Creet teigned indifference and looked out of the window. "Mr. Orme," she said deliberately, "I am going to ask you to do a elariotis thing. I am going to be married to Ma Creet as soon as arrangements can be made. My friends are saying horrid things about, it, and I am going to teach them a lesson, My tastes are, as you know, of the simplest. My money is never used, arid the capital accumulates etyear by year. Mr, Creet is quite indiffer- h.aat•.ett to it, and declares that he will not touch it. He has four hundred a year of hie own, which will be ample for our wants. So I am going to make a deed of gift in favor of my old nurse and companion. Margaret Swan. She shall eve in ease and luxury for the remain- der of her days. And people shall know _mope a truth that my husband is above n" ---their unworthy suspicions and insinua- tions." She stopped. There was a glow on her face as she triumphantly proclaimed • her plans. There was a slight move- ment in the direction of the window. But Ashley held his peace. Lucian Orme looked grave. "This is rather a startling proposahe he said slowly. Dorothea had anticipated his objee- }loos, and was ready for them. • "It is not a proposal," she replien calmly. "It is the outline of tny present instructions, Mr. Orme." The man colored. "Very well," he said curtly. "I will have the deed drawn up at once. You wilt be able to sign it to -morrow afteie noon." Dorothea nodded. Then site went across to Ashley and asked him to leave them for a little while. "I done, want te trotthle yeti with the • rest of my business affairs," she said. • "They are oely trivial details. You have heard all that I wished you to hear. f hope you are. content." • He got Up quickly and left the room, As Soon as the door was shut, Dorothea drew her chair close to that of the lawyer, • • "Now listen," she said in low tones • "All this is a mere pretence. I am not • going to rob my husband of what behae a right to expect. But that must remain a secret hetsveen you and me for the present, Mr. Orme. I shall send lay old nurse away to -morrow for a holiday. That will prevent her hearing the news and so savr a disappointment et the last,. Da the tweid will think that I am ferfeiting my money and will be re- proved for its base suspicion, Mr, Creet also is not to linow. But 1 811011 tell • hint ell on the (ley when We are mar- ried." The lawyer nodded, He had heard n •few retexofic thing e in his life and was beyond surprise, eforeoVer he was be- ginnieg to :tee that, the plan might have iLs advantages after alT tic stood tip lo take his leave. "I wish you all happiness," he said gnielly, the girl's slim hand clasped foe Mcement in his Oevre And thee he left her, Dorothea, went to the. demi and Called her lover. lie Was conversing with old Margaret Swan in• an adielning room, But he etline at her animas. and de- clined te dieelles the •pias to which she had given so much earnest and anxious. earleideratiOni • 11 wee a fertniget, WO, an Leiden Orme sat alone in bis private oftlee. There was a tap at. the door and a olerk entered. • eitir. Ashley Creet to see you, sir," be sail• liesac ear nodded, 'Show him in," .he said, and the clerk withorew. Then he leaned baek in his revolving-, chair and a queer little inscrutable smile 'played for 'an instant upon his clear-cut face. Then the door opened again awl Ashley Creel, was formally announced tie took the chair which was proffered hin, and came to the point at once• . "1 callecl in reference to Viet little mat- ter of Mies Spray's deed of gift to her nurse," he said airily. "I may as Well intimate from the outset that the plan M gaestion was carried out with my full and complete approval. It was the very best thing my affianced wife could have done to establiell my true position." Luoian bowea, "And your wishes?" be asked curtly. A faint tinge of color oame into Ash- ley's face, • "Are not too easily expressed," he re- plied. "But I am desirious of knowing whether or not Miss Spray actually carried out her intentions. • She has never referred to the • matter since the day when she gave you her instructions. You, with your experience of the world, Mr. Orme, must be aware that—er— ladies often, revoke a decision within an hour of its formation. And now that this matter bas gone thus far, I am de- termined to see lt, through. My honor demands it. And if you have not yet drawn up a deed of gift in favor of • Margaret Swan, I must put my aversion to such topics in the background and in- sist on its immediate fulfilment." The lawyer opened a drawer and drew forth a large legal document. Glancing at it for a moment he handed it to his visitor. The latter took it and devoured its contents eagerly. Then he handed It back and rose to go. "Thanks," he said, with a gulp. "I am delighted to see that this matter hat; been legally carried out. Good -day, Mr. Orme." He walked briskly to the door. Lucian Orme watched him. His step was jaun- ty, his head erect. There was no dis- guising the fact that he .,really was "delighted." Yet the smile on the law- yer's face when the door closed boded no good for the man whose motives were so disintereeted. Five mieutes later Lucian Orme care- fully put the legal -looking document within the empty grate and held a lighted match to its lower edges. The flame • spread rapidly till but a few blackened asues remained. "What a fool!" he soliloquised grimly. • "He never even saw that the deed lacked a seal!" He walked back to his writing -table and sat down. An hour passed, and te was once more immersed in work when a hurried knock: sounded on his door. Ile seemed to recognise 4, and rose hastily. At last!" he muttered. • "Well, it was bound to come. Poor little girl! I wish I could spare her." Fle opened the door. A white face looked at him piteously from without and two trembling hands were held out to him. He took them and drew her into the room. Then he led her gently to a chair and she sank into it with a stifled sob. "Oh, you can't think what has hap- pened!" she cried piteously. "It is so— so dreadfutt I never—never thought a of him!" , Lucian Cnene drew his chair a little nearer to her own. "Dorothea," he said gently, "we have been old friends for ever so lona. All that concerns your welfare is or grave importance to me. Let us forget for a little while that 1 am your lawyer and you my client. Let us remember only that we are friends. Can you do this?" She looked at him tearfully. He had never seemed so strong before. She tvondered how it came about that she had never before realized how splendid he was. It seemed so natural to run him whenever she was in trouble. She had done -so from a child, and was only now beginning to realise what all this meant to her. "I can't tell your she sobbed. "It's eo —so humiliating to have to tell it to any- one—even to you!" He flushed. • "You need not," he said gently. "I know it already." She dropped her lace handkerchief with a start. You know it!" she gasped. "Oh, but that is impossible!" He smiled. "Well," he admitted quietly, el may not quite lay claim to positive know- ledge. But I can guess. Mr. Ashley Creet and Miss Mnrgctret Swan have de- cided to throw in their lot together, and have been quietly married this Morning. Am I not right?" She nodded. "How did you know?" she asked tremulously. The lawyer glaneed at the ashes in the otherwise empty giste. "Ile came to me little more than an hour ago," he said drily. "I • think was then on his way to the eburch. Ile wanted to see the deed of gine' • Dorothea looked up. "But you hadn't one," ale Crled, ' I don't understand." •:rite lawyer smiled. again. • "I had one ready for ben," he. said. "Some instinct told me that he would come, So I rieged one up and scribbled a few names at the foot. State people might call it forgery. But I was ready to rise that. He saw it and was de- ceived, Then I burnt it." He pointed to the little heap of teems, arid was silent. "lie has not writteit to nim," said the girl. "Bat, that horrid old woman hoe, They were married hall an ago. Oh, deer I—what a miserable, heart- lirealtieg World this to, • The lawyer Stniled. "You should be • thankful it is no worse," he reminded her. "You have hncl a narrow escepe, Dorothea, • Ashley Creees motives were mercenary atter all, and I always knew it I ant only Loo glint to reinerriber filet he was dis- cuttered through yaw own plan, Iie will be amply peettshed whetishe learns the Wattle' She madded. "And serve hen right!" she eernment- ed, "I wilt never believe, entailer man as long as I liver' Luelan laugliecL "Isn't that rattier premature --not te say rude?" he inquired, • She tasked into his deep grey eyes and held mit her band. "'Except you," she said shyly. "I know I can trust you." "Thane you," he said simply "I may put you to the tet some day, Dorothea. She blushed prettily. lie bad let her see his secret. Then she rose to go. "Good-bye," she said timidly. He held ber hand for an instant, "Good-bye," he • said, Then he opened the door for her to pass through. "May I come and, see you on Thurs- day?" he asked. "Yes," she said, and left him standing there by the open door, a settle upon his face. Presently he, closed the door very softly and went back to his seat. But he could not settle again to his work. For he knew now that the way lay clear before his feet, and that soono er later he would reach the goal in which his dearest hopes were centred.—Pear- son's 'Weekly. FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF • INTRREST FROM HER BANKS .ArD BRAES. What •Is Going an in the High- lands and Lowlands of • Auld Se The King has sent a large signed por- trait of himself to the Soldiers' Home at Maryhill, Glasgow. Mr. Edward Bell of John "Bell & Son, tweed merchants, Langholm; died rec- ently at his home there. A bazaar in aid of the Royal Alexan- dra Infirmary was opened at Paisley Dy the Duchess of Albany. The body of a woman, Mrs. Smith, aged 0, has been found in a disused quarry hole at Nigg, Aberdeenshire. A purpose of marriage between a bridegroom aged 76 and a bride of 24 was among the"cries" • in a Dundee church on Sunday recently. Mr. William Pirle, landlord of the Spread Eagle Inn, Iviaxwelltown diel in Dumfries Infirmary from the effects of a fall on the street. A disastrous lire occured a feW days ago at the farm of Glefigyte, parish cf Kirkcolm, near Stranraer, oecupied by Mr. William Kennedy. Mr. George Strachan, flesher, Mac - duff, has died at the age of 76. Mr. Strachan carried on a successful busi- ness in the town fer over forty years. For shocking cruelty to his ten-year- olc son, a Glasgow man named William Bruce Miller has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment. James High (25) a ploughman et Purgavie-Lintrathern, was killed in- stanteously at Loyal or Brae Road, AIM, by a young colt, which he was leading home. Lord Linlithgow was presented with the freedom of Sirup* antle after - \yards opened the public park, 'which has been presented to the town by Lord Stair. John Morrison, jr, 19 years of age, son of Mr. John Morrison, farmer, We,st Mains, Knockando, was found dead on the farm, as the result of a gun accident. Mr. • Robert, Wishart, a well-known member of the Edinburgh Fire Brigade, in which he served for 33 years, >died at• his residence, 9 Oxford street. He was 63 years of age. Campbelltown • fishing boats have been very successful on the west coast of Ireland. One crew earned 4400 in a week and between 4700 and 4800 in a month. By the explosion of an oxygen cylin- der at the Scottish Oxygen Company's works at Glasgow, James Ward, 57, was hurled through two doorways be- fore he dropped dead. • An innovation has been made by the Aberdeen School Board in conneetdon with a new school • which has been erected in Frederick street., The play- ground is situated on the roof. Rev, Mr. Whillas, of Motherwell, has • been presented by the Motherwell Tern perance Council with a, table, and type- writer, in appreciation of his services as president for the past 25 years. Sheriff Henderson has awarded 450 damages to Jane Monteith, cook, Great king street, Edinburgh, against James Bruce, public • house manager, ttelin- Lurgh, in respect of breach of pn else of marriage. A new carbine range which has been given by Captain Wernyss, of Wemyss Castle, for the use of tbe Weynyss Com- pany of the 1st Fife R. G. A. Volun- Leerswas opened by General Sir John French. A scaffolding collapsed in Montrose shipyard, and three men fell a distance of about 20 feet. TwO escaped practi- cally unhurt. The other, David Plain, Dundee, was unconscious for some time, and had a thigh bone broken. A tragic incident put a sudden ter- mination to a shooting expedition at Balavil, near Kingussie. when Alexan. de, Macdonald, a forester M the em- ploy of Mr. Brewster Macpliersoe, own- er of Balavil, died suddenly lit the woods. Perth Totvn Council have resolved to approach the War Oflice pointing out the advantages of the oily in view of thr. proposed esi a bl ish re mit of a ,cen teal depot for the whole of the regiments comprising the Highland Brigade. , LAMEST MOTOil 1,111E -ENGINE. London just now has the largest, and niest powerful Motor fire -engine in ex- istence. lt, is prOpened by a steagi waterstebe bolter, heated by a pelmet - UM burner, Which sprays the fuel 1/110 the turnse,c. ete machine is of fifty Ilene -power, and capable of throwing 60o gallons of tvater 0 minute to a height of 150 feet. It can travel folly Miles without renewing its fuel supply. Oa BlaCkheath Bill, where horse -drat -in engines go tip at a walk, With the men following on toot, the new motor -en- gine ascends, will a full load of tto. palettes and eight men, at o spola nr fifteen Mile,e an hour. A little girl likes to take mire of n baby nlmost no Web aa a little boy doesn't, MOST WONDERFUL FIGHT ••••1•1•11. %YELL DK RUSSIA'S STRUGGLE FOR • FREEDOM. Maxim Gorky, the Russian Author, Says the Struggle Cannot Last Long. Dr. C. liagberet Wright, ot Parise France, makes public the following let- ter, which he has translated, Net te-, ceived from the well-known, author, Maxim Gorky, on the Caueasem uprising: "My Dear Friend t You ask me what I think of the events of the Caucasua. Well, I feel full of shame and sadness in reading and hearing of all that ts going on there, I •gm so passionately fend of that beautiful country, the ent- bodiment Cif grand beauty and strong -el; it; mountains covered with snow, es valleys and its ravines full of the hap- py noise of the swift and singing av- ers, mid its beautiful, proud children. When I was in the Caucasus I saw the Georgian everywhere worhing peaee- ly and contentedly side by side with the Tartar and the Armenian. How happily and simply, like children, they played and sang and laughed, and how different now to believe that these simple, delightful people are • busy 1:'l- lingnse:Leh other in a senseless, stletid way, obedient to dark and devil intim PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. • "What oppresses me is not so much the cruelty as the stupidity of the people, who do not understand that a foul external power is playing with their evil passions. It does not seem to me that the bloody tragedies enacted in Baku differ in any respect as regarls their motivesfromthose tragedies in Warsaw, Kichineff, and other places. In 'Riga, Kursk, etc., the same 'hideous work of a group of people who nave lost their senses is visible. This groap is trying to extinguish with, blood ;he fire ea conscience, which is gleaming In the Russian people, at last awakened te the knowledge of Its right to choose ite own form of existerice. These men are accustomed to power. Life is pleas- ant to them while they can dispose 'cf the fate and riches' of our country, the strength and blood of our people, and that without giving an account to any- one of their acts. They have been nr customed te look on Russia • as :heir estate; they have forcibly kept the na- tion without rights and in ignorance and squalor in order to weakeu its spirit, and to prevent the growth of ile energies; they have kept the people like blind and dumb staves, obedient to Weir will. With the cynicism of per- sons corrupted with impunity, with the frank ruthlessness of 'animals who see' conscious of their power, they haat done everything to kill the creative spirit in them. But these contemptible creatures, who reckon themselves the mardians of the whole life.of the coun- try. are ignorant and stupid; they do not understand that to turn a •nation into a blind, mechanical machine le just as impossible • as to change • the motile mountains of the Caucasus, M- a- a lump of clay. • • "The senseless and inhuman oppres- sion has not been elle to extinguish the fire of blood and free thought • in our country. itis breaking forth ev- erywhere with greater strength. Even the blind now see its angry flame. This Iln,me is spreading unexpectedly in all directions, and is struggling10buret into one strong, glorious .blaze, into a stormy Whirlwind of protest from nli thoughtful and honest men against the violence which is used by an incapable group of parasites who have been near. ished on the best sap of the country. • EGGING ON THE BRUTES. "The parasites feel that the hour et their agony is approaching and otat death isnear; but they wish to live; and so they struggle as far as they ere able against the , will of the people, cowardly, dishonestly,' and basely. 1 hey era raising from the depths of life • all thet is dark and evil; everything thin is selfish, venal and low, and they have Incited this dumb mass of bru- talized beings against the best people of the land in ardor to crush them and to keep the power in their own incap- able hands, if only for another year. They openly hound on, like dogs, nes- stens on Jews,' Poles and Finns; Tar-. tars on Armenians and Geormanse tne sluggish peasant, dulled .by hunger, en students and even on children; ani, perhaps even if to -morrow the Tartars demanded the acknowledgment of their rights, they would send them against the Girghiz and the Moldavians, in or- der to oppress them. Everywhere .me and the sarne thing. These evil para- sites have drawn rimed them • for ' the protection of their position in the coun- tre the wildest and most ignorant •rf the people, to use them against those Who sincerely and unselfishly' desire good and freedom. In the whole of nu, man history and in no country has the struggle of the ruling class for the ere - servation ofe its power over the people been fought so basely, so infamiouil'd. and so cynically as it is being fought m our country in these bloodthirsty days. What a vile and mean impotence is seen in these creatures, Who are chtink with the blood whiten is 'spilt, aed who feel their end apitroathirre. MOST WOEFUL IN HISTORY. "What contempt must our country excite in Europe when they see those who rule us calling to life all that is savage, barbarous, and uncivilezed,, ond attempting to kill everything, that is really honed, human, 'and creative. The days, through which we are living ole the days of the. dawning of spiritual regeneration, but the struggle which ie tatting in BOasia will be Nwritten in history as one of the most woeful events in the history of mankind. "This struggle cannot lasteeong, for tt e governing , power is striking into putrefaction. But those who to -lay may steal and kill with impunity win nol lightly let go their power. Fee hand which yesterday broke the steel of the Armenian Or the Jew, hon inc they ettive bec,oine conseious ot their right to freedom seoner than the els- elan OP the Tartar—who can tell en whose head the hand will fall to-meie row? It ie eesy to slop ifs bline find vertices, Stroke. Lot 011 honest :eel gcod men of the Ch memos, Firdatel, Mind end tinsela eau together ie ene fermay of friends, and unite in a be at of fee riese melt, fleeing of one anollem, 'Who is 0110 enemy?' ALL HAVE ONIS "The 'CLOSWer LS 811 iplo. One and all, Tartar, Russian, Arillenian Mid Jew, •dthCisyelle lrnvliee tionelleerto.• No tilingetto• livebr onere 411 1(1 them hes liberty, not one of them has lott right to live according to his racial and religious convictions, wilich things, above all, are necessary for the growth of his spirit and that of his race. "Does the Armenian indeed deprive the Tartar of his freedom? Does the Georgian? Are not the Russian and Sew and Pole bound hand and foot by the same power which presses equally heavily on the ‘shoulders of the 'Furter? We have but one enemy. All teen a hose reason is clear, and whose will is not enslaved, must unite in the struggle against this evil and senseless Power which presses on all of us. Ail hove, hut one enemy, Let equality and brotherhood be sure. Let the light et reason shine on us all and weld us te- Ohmin one great invincible will, mei then., 'Hail, Freedom!'" -----4 — FACTS ABOUT IDE SULTAN. Ibe Life of the Km Who Braved the • little. Allied Fleets. Rises at 4 a. m. Works hard. Fats I:practically his own Foretell tdin istr.- Is afraid of the dark. Pays $900 a niglat et have his hid - room guarded by eight generals. Smokes cigarettes incessantly. Takes his meals wherever he happens to be. They are brought to him in silver dishe,s with coveis sealed. The seals arc. broken only in his presence. The kelardjihi, or official taster, is responsible for every dish. The Sultan's food is Mostly eggs sod entrees. It does not cost over $5,000 a year. To feed and keep his household, Imerever. costs $60.000 a week. Passionately fond of revolver shoot- ing. A trusty mulatto, Hassan Pasha, throws glass balls into the air for the Sultan to shoot at. • Abeul Marna is very fond of animals. He has over 200 horses in his stables. Spends much time in an aviary among his birds. Frequently has a number of pet deer brought to his apartments..., Very fond of music. . Likes to play the piano, but is a poor performer. • Selections from "II Trovatore" are favorites. Puts bans on all classical music in the palace. Sits in the auditorium and sips rake bitters. Beads a great deal, mostly sensa- tional flot on. Has often re -read the French tnies el Gaboriau. CIUME IN LONDON. Awful State of Affairs Revealed by eila- tisties. London, England, is paying the pent alty pate by all large cities. Crime is inside her gates. in round numbers she s to pay nearly $8,000,Q00 a year ta keep criminals in check; lee that is the sum paid out to her police courts, la•1. scns, and prosecuting officers. le les Lc include stolen property, losses due to flee idleness of criminals, losses to injured parties, etc. Serious crimes, 50011 as burglary, housebreaking, COUTI, leaf ei tin g, etc., are increasing. Arrests are more frequent than ha- merly, and each arrest adds to the t•x- pense and loss account of the city. es- timates put the bill of ihe city's x- penses as high as $10,000,000. In other words, each 'taxpayer • or • head of a household ef five persons pays $6,31 a year for LOOdOn's crime. Nor do these millions 'malte ,tip the total loss. There are the eundreds of - thousanis taken, consumed by the criminals, bid- den away, lost or destroyed. Add, then, te• these the amounts paid by private parties to prevent burglary, cte , watchmen caretakers, burglar alarms, door and window fastenings safes revolvers, life protectors. dogs, etc., and one begins to get a feirly good idea of what are the losses due to crime in a large city. ' A table prepared in London puts the pelice and courts down • for $0,10,000, tee prisons for $583,980, lost property fc I 81,216,625, loss by injuries, assaults, etc., $973.300; loss ,in labor of criminals, etc., $1,167,060, or a total of 813,090,- 835 These appaling figures cover of- ten only the well-known items. •;low many hundreds, thousands, or. even millions escape the vigilant eye of the experts. No millions like thirteen or fourteen are able to measure the real losses. LAUNDRY WORK AT SEA. New Invention Allows Clothes to be • Washed on the Liners. The washerwoman, or xnan, has hitherto been a person for whom there has been no • place on ship- board. The reason for this does not lie in the fact that sailors, either in the naval or merchant service, have no clothes that need washibg, but is due to the fact that it has been prac,ti- cally impossible to wash linen satis- factorily in sea water. • Many Inventors iiave endeavored to solve the problem, and many Pa- tets—one dating as .far back as 1771 —have been taken, out, but, still the difficulty a ined . At last, however, a new soap has been introduced, • for which it • is claimed that linen washed with its aid even in sea water may be sCiireb- ed ahd "got up" in the best style. 'Ocuui gei fr m8b1Yessit'o' ussalibc11 e at elrimthlate- rimy ttotee. "carry from 50,000 to 1 00,000 pieces of bed a,nd table linee simply because they have to take enough. to last during the entire voyae*e. Passengers, too, have also to take With thela 1i1100 sufficient for the voyage. •. • Itut witk tide new soap the wash- erwoman will be kept busy 00 liners, and expense, time, and space will be .,a e, d. "The. invention has already been in- vestigated by two representatives of the Admiralty, for the 1180 01snch sonp on warsbips would be of vel'y 101 at value, At present all 11;30d lin. 00 hos to be sent ashore for wash - Moe" BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Sane 9.—Wheat—Ontario — Chicago and Winnipeg pieces are ilrine er, '18e foe No. 2 white Mitt 77c for red and mixed, at outside points. Goose ana spring, 73e to 74e, teheat--A4anitobte-Quotations at lake ports steady, at eito for Nu. 1 hard, 86ct kr No. 1 Northern and 83c to 83%c for No. 2 northern, Flour—Ontario--Quiet, exporters bid &elm to $3.10 for 90 per cent. patents, ie buyere' bags, at outside pointslee- mestie sales' at $3.35 to $3A5. Manitoba steady, $4,50 to $4.80 for first, patents, $4.3a to $4.40 for second patents, and $4.20 to $4.30 for bakers'. • Millfeed Ontario — Bran scarce, at $15.50 to $16 per ton, in car lots, out- side, ehorts $17 to $18; Manitoba bran, $1' to $17.50, shorts $18.50 to $19.50, at Toronto and equal freight points. Oats -34c to 35e, outside, for No. 2. Barley -460 for No. 2, 44o for No. 3 ex- tra, and 41c for No. 3, outside. Peas -770 to 76e, outside. demand at 70e, outside. Buckwheat --Nominal, al 51c to 52c, outside. • Corn -- Canadian — Holders ask 44e, Chatham freights, 42e bid; American No. 3 yellow is easier, at 50c to 50eec,. at Toronto, and 2c to 4c mare at outside, points. •' Rolled Oals—$5 in barrels and $4.15 M bags on track here; 210 more for broken lots here and 40c outside. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter—Prices are quoted unchange& ee mery . 24e to 25e• 1 do solids • 23c to 24c Dairy De rolls, good to choice 21c 1022c. • do tubs . . •21c to22e • do medium ..... 20c to 21e de interior19e to20e Cheese ---13c for large and laeec • for twins. Eggs—Quotations unchanged at • 24e; te 25c for fresh gathered, 210 to 23c for cold storage and 210 to 21c for limed. Poultry—Fair lots are coming forward tut the demand is not brisk. Prices are - steady. Fat chickens, 8c to 90, thin•ie. to• 80; fat hens, 6%,c to 73;c, thin 530 to 7c; ducks, 11e to 110, thin 6c to 8c; geese, • 10e to 11c; turkeys 13e, with 133;c for choice small lots. Potatoes—Steady; Ontario, 65e to 75c; per bag on track here.,75c to 85c out of store; eastern, 75c to 80c on track and -90o to 95c out of store. Baled Hay—Easy in tone and quoteill unchanged at $8 per ton for No. 1 tim- othy in car lots here and $6 fer No. 2. Baled Straw—Car lots on track here. are quoted unchanged at $6 per ton. BUFFALO MARKETS. Buffalo, Jan. 9.—Flour — Firm. Weleat. —Spring unsettled; No. 1 Northern, 053c asked storage paid; • Winter, no- thing doing. Corn—Quiet; No. 2 yellow, 49e; No. 2 corn, 48%c. Oats—Irregular; No. 2 white, 36%c; No. 2 mixed, 35c. Barley—Strong; 47 to 56c. Bye—Dull; No. 1 on track 72c. NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET New York, Jan. 9.--Wheat—Spot firm; No. 2 red, 91%c elevator; • No. 2 red, 95%c f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 Northern Du- luth, 95%c f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 hard Ran - Reba, nominal, f.o.b. afloat. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, Jan. 9.—Trade in all lines of stock continued active at the Western Cattle Market Ibis morning. The run was heavier than it has been for some time, but everything was pretty well cleared up, and in butcher cattle mice& were firmer. Export Cattle—Choice are quoted at $4.60 to $5, good to medium at $4 to $4.50, others at $e.75 to $4, bulls at .$3.50' to $4, and cows at $2.75 to $3.50. • Butcher Cattle—Picked lots $4.10 to, 84.50, good to choice, $3.75 to $4, fair fa good $3 to $3,50, common a4.450 to 83, cows $2 to $2.75, bulls $1.75 10 132.25, and canners $1.75 to $2.50. Stockers and Feeders—Short-keep feeders are quoted at $3.60 to $4, good feeders at 83.4010 83:65, medium at $2.50 to $3.50, bulls at $2 to $2.75, good Welt- ers run at $2.80 to $3.50 rough to com- mon at $2 to $2.70 and bulls at $1.75 to $2.50. • Mitch Cows—The range of prices quoted is unchanged at $30 to $60 each. Calves—The market is quoted at $4 to 1112 each and 4c to 6,14c per lb. Sheep and Lambs—Export sheep are quoted steady at $4.25 to $4.40 per cwt. for export ewes $3.25 to $3.50 for bucks. and $3 to $3.50 for culls. Lambs are firmer at $6 to $6.30 per cwt. for ewes and wcthers and $5.50 to $6 for mixed culls, ete. - Flogs—Quotations are 15c higher, at $6.e5 for choice lightweights and $6 for heavies. 4•"--"•-•"4 FROST, There are two very distinet varieties et frost, a "black" frost and a "white"' I frost. A white frost is indicative of the probabilities of rain, but two white' frosts seen on consecutive mornings, and, still more, three white frosts so. seen, are certain forerunners- of rain Within a few hours. On the other hand, a brick frost, especially 11 11 comes on, gradually during two or three days, in - diode§ cold arid dry weather. If during „ frosty Weather mist dieperses and small detached cirrocumulus clouds appear in the upper air, a thaw may be expected. Cirrocumulus is the scientific: name for - those elotids which are familiar to everybody under the name of "mackerel sky." Some other signs of an impend- ing brealt-up of a frost are the follow- ing: A watery sun at sunrise; the sun setting in bluish clouds, and Casting re-'. fleeted rnys into them; the stars, looking dull, and the larger ones only vieltile, the moon's horns looking blented. PAIIADISn FOR ANGLERS: The spot in the world 'which offers fishing of the greatest variety le lrreesantle, Western Au S tralia. man Oohing from a boat in that har- bor mey cateli two dozen vateetlers of flsh within an hour. 1rc may mice cessively draw up a snapper, a Mackerel, a Perot), an eel, a hog fish, which gxutufs 0 hatchet ilsh, a skatii and many other varieties.