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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-12-6, Page 6BRAVE CANADIAN NURSES SPLENDID WOLK EN A FRENCII RAILWAY MASTED, Moir Knowledge Ileiped to Save the. Lives of a Number of the Wounded. The rellway digester on October 14 last near Paris, Frame, by Which ten people were killed and mom than a score very seriously injured bas 8fl in- teresting side for Canadians because en the spiend.d work of three riureese all natives of Ontario -namely, Mies Fran- ees efonroe, formerly of Toronto; Miss Laura E. Calemao, from near Kingston, and Miss Elizabeth }login from neer St- Catharines. These nurses,. who each finished their hospital training LL Easton, Mass., were on their etain for a short holiday through Picturesque and historic Touraine; when their train, whichwas io run tato a siding to al- low an express to pass, was struck by tint flyer. for Paris going at the Tate of fifty miles an 'hour. Four cars were metalled, the nurses were severely shaken, and Miss Coleman struck In tile eheek with a flying splinter. The cries (if the sufferers reached the nurses' ears, and even before their train lead stopped they were out 'of the car and at work, The nurses, who had fortunately brought their emergency cases with them, had no doctor to assist them ter almost half an hour, hut Miss Cole- man, who speaks French, seat one porter for . she knew was carried by all French trains, Others were despatched for doc- tors, and others again for rugs and blankets, whilst the train hands brought cushions as fast as they were able to get the dead and wounded out of be cars. The three brave Canadian nurses worked unceasingly from 5 pan. till almost midnight before the last sufferer was on the train for Paris, and then they returned with the train to look after the worst cases on the way to the capital. In the meantime tbe news cif the heroic work of the nurses had spread in the city, and when they emerged from the station they Were given a great ovation, but they quickly got carriages and drove away, not even giving their names to the doctors or the railway officials, and had it not been for the fact that a doctor from Boston. Mass., saw and recognized them they would have remained unknown yet even by name or nationality. At their request. however, the doctor did not say who they were until they had left Paris a second time on their -holiday tour. Mies Coleman, who was for a time lady superintendent of the Faulkner Hospital, Mass., and Miss Monroe both graduated fr-- -n the Boston General Hos- pitin, and Miss Bogie from the Mas- sachusetts General Hospital. Miss Coleinan has a sister, who is lady super- lotendent of the House of the Good Samaritan, and Miss Hogie has a sister matron of the Somerville City Hospital, both of "Massachusetts. The Boston papers have been full e accounts of the heroic bravery of "THREE AMERICAN" NURSES, but a. peculiar omission in the bio- graphy of these three brave women which the papers publish is that no mention is made of their place of birth. All the articles in the Boston papers convey the impression that the three ladies were natives of Boston or ef some other part of the Uuited States. Without doubt their training in the Boston hospitals was of the very best, but the training end nurture of their Canadian homes fitted them for every emergency. rine enabled them, even in a strenge land, and arnong•strange people to become "ministering angels" to the sufferers. The French Government failing to eb- tain the names of the three ladies, has through its Ambaesador at Washington asked that the thanks of the French people be cenveyed to the three nurses from Boston, whose quick and invalu- able services not only relieved sufferers, but were the means of saving the lives of a. number of the more seriously tn- lured, who but for the prompt aid ef the nurses would have sseecumbed to their injuries. •••••••••••••••1. PRETENDER'S SRAM COURT. Duc d'Orleans in Royalist's Chateau Ad- dressed as "Your Majesty." The entente cordiale which has already resulted in the Interchange of all kinds of official visits 'between the English and French authorities, has now advanced another step.This fall it is the fashion for French and English people of posi- tion to exchange visits to their country houses. , The' aristocratic Frenchwomains idea of the English country house has yet to be recorded, hut the British peeress who has just returned from a round ef visits irl France has been so deliguted that she bas told all her friends to ."go and do likewise." Among the houses she visaed . was the chateau of the Due de Luynes, where, unknown to the majority of Eng- iish people and many Frenchmen, a regular little court Is kept up when the Duo d'Orleans, the "rightful King. of France." stays at the house. The Duke is always 'addressed. as 'Your Majesty," and he is given a rein nue of gentlernert in waiting., An'the chateau is a Wm -gleefully interesting visitors' book full of historical .names. To enter one's. name in this hook is re- cognized as a sacred privilege. The volume wris buried in the grounds dur. Ing the French revolution. . • English' visitors to Frenah country houses are much Imeiressed by the beet that, house parties seldom exceed fifteen in rfuniner, and et the big plaees each guest has a complete suite of roonts like , a Pat. This is a great contrast to tho teeereroWding And descoinfort often fottnd in large English country house partieg. •any person a who really have art In life are too laey to slittot. , . And it sometinies liage.ens that, the light of teeth easta the sluidow Sun OUT -0 -WORK MONARCHS UNEASY LIE TIIESE READS WIIICII WEAR NO CROWNS. Don Carlos de Bourbon Can Claitia the Thrones at SPain and France. Even -to-chier there are thousands of people in Spain who refuse to regard AlfoneeX11., the husband of Princess Enc, as their rightful ruler. In their opinion Don Carlos de Bourbon, Duke of Madrid, should reign over them as King Charles VII. ,of Spain. Indeed, this head of the kingly house -of 13ourbon. is an uncrowned filename -Sim the fullest sense of the word, for, taking up arms in 1872, be did actually reign over the greaten part of northero Spain for near - le four years, being acclaimed by nobili- ti and peasantry alike ea- their lawful sovereign. Yet -you will search histori- cal finales iti vain for any. mention of King Charles VIL, and also for the names of his predecessors in the Carlist claim, "kings" Charles V, and Charles VI, • for these else were uncrowned mon- archs. The long struggle of -the Cartists to win the throne they regard as theirs dates back to 1813, and theie claim' is based on the contention that Ferdinand VII, acted illegally in appeinting his daughter Isabella his suCcessor, for under the Salle law no woman was empowered to reign. But to -day, at the age of fifty-eight, tired of a. life of poli- tioal PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT, it is suspected that Don Carlos is con- tent with the quiet repose of the Palazzo Loredan at Venice, and That he is will- ing at any time to waive his claims in favor of his son, Don Ialine do I3ourbon, the future leader of the Carlist faction. Oddly en-ough. Don Carlos, as the un- disputed head of the Bourbon family, could also present. the strongest possible claim to the throne of France. But ho has never desired a duel pretendership, and although often urged by French noyalists to place himself at tlaeir head, he has invariably declined to do so. In the ease of France, however, there is no lack of pretenders, the most popular of the mall being Prince Victor Napoleon, the present head of the Bonapartes. The Portuguese crown, again, Is claimed by Done Miguel de Braganza, who, although he has many supportete, stands but a scant chance of unseating the present ruler, King Charles. And there are many "other men who want thrones," and at least one woman - namely, the Princess Paleologae, who is considered entitled by descent to rule at Constantinople in the place of THE SULTAN, ABDUL HAMID. A -fact which should bring -cheer to all uncrowned menarche is that one of their number has recently succeeded in his claim. Peter Karageorgevitch, so long pretender to the crown of Servla, bas waded to his heart's desire through the blood of the murdered Alexander Obrenovitch. But his is a kingship of constant dread. The murderers of his predecessor •surround his person, pro- bably quite as willing -should it be worth their while -to intrigue against the present occupant of the throne. There are even a few -a very few - people in Great Britain who hold that King Edward himself has no strict right to the position he so nobly fills. They acclaim the Princess Ludwig of Bavaria -born Mary of Modena -as the. true ruler of Great Britain and Ireland, be- cause, forsooth, she can claim descent from Charles L's daughter, Henriena Stuart, while King Edward can only claim to be descended from the same monarch's slater! But all this was set- tled by Act of Parliament long years ago, and no musty old question of pedi- gree can ever .disturb our loyal adher- ence to the first of kings, and gentlemen, • EDWARD REX ET IMPERATOR. One of the newest pretenders to a throne is Shemais Abraich, a refined man of Larenty-eight years, Whose claim to the throne of 'Poland was recently given prominence in England by the report: of his arrest in 'Swindon. The charge against him was "obtaining 35s. from the Rev. te C. Thelwall, of Bur- bage, Wilts." It was alleged that he claimed to be the Prince of Conde, and that his father was heir to the Polish crown. He ap- peared to he a .reesonable,- well-educated and gentlemanly fellow, but even if he were descended from a family who once reigned. in Poland -as was quite possi- bIe-he could scarcely make good any claim to the throne, for the simPle rea- son that lbe monarchy • of Poland -was not hereditary,- but electoral. AVIIY POPCORN POPS. Contains Oil, Which Heat Expands Till the Kernel Explodes., "What makes popcorn pop?" asks the incalisi tive youngster. By the evasive replies he receives it is evident that the real reason is not gen- erally known... The different kinds of cern contain oil In varying proportions. In popcorn there is a eemeiderable atrium -At This expands when heated, becomes explo- sive and causes the kernels to pop open. fie common corn the percentage of oil is small and for this reason it only cracks, without exploding, when. 'tented Popcorn is inexpensive and nutritious aa well, if riot used to overindulgence. Front soup to dessert it finds u place on our rnenue, while a greet veriety of sweets may be made beim It. It is a pleasing conceit of to -day to sprinkle large and perfect geeing of freshly popped corn over light, thin ereatn soups just as each portion is served. „ Floating on the surface, they are core tairily atteactlere and are also a most excellent substitute for waftes or crou- tons. Another clever idea is to servo fresh buttered pepcorn with Salad. The Corrittinetien is delidieus and the torn should ba tastefully arranged, encircling a ineiind of sated. Pepeortn, either sugared or buttered, May fittingly • be served with plain ice erearn and lees and the combination is both novel , Md. daintee • ''''*i'neeeteeennenee-eneneteateneteeeeease.....--,a. . YUKON IN THE SIXTIES VISITED Tine INDIANS IN TIIE • IntOZEN NO11111. Arclidieacon McDonald Spent the Best Years ol Menai° Within tee • Arctic Circle. One of the makers of -history in North- Western Canada , is now spending the evening of his days in Winnipeg, vener- ated by those who know him and 1118 life's history. • His active yearswere chiefly spent neer and within- the. Arctic Circle, the Yukon, the • Klondike, axed other distreas whose names gold has since made laminae to the world, which were traversed by him • in the long ago. He was ordained deacon in Deember, 1852, and priest in 1858. • tie was first stationed as Cheroh nissionary Society missionary at Islington, Winni- peg River. In 1862 he was selected to establish a mission at Fort Aux Liards, Mackenzie River District, but he pro- ceeded instead to Fort Yukon. In .1871 he removed to Porcupine Feiner, and in the next year to Peel Inver, where he labored until 1904. Proceeding in 1868 from what was tben called tlee Red River Settlement to Fort Yukoa, Archdeacon • McDonald labored there AMONG THE INDIANS, who werecomposed of numerous tribes, and who annually assembled in the summer at that port for thenmepose of fur -trading with- the Hudson's Bay Com- • pany. During his stay there of eight • years, the' Indians in the surrounding cometry were visited, bolt in winter and in summer. • Thousands of aniles were traversed annually, either in canoe .or boat in summer, and on snowshoes in winter. In 1865 scarlet fever spread among the Indians, and many of them were carried off by the disease. At first only infants were baptized, but after four years the adults gave such evidences. cof _their be- lief in and of -their acceptance of the truths of the Gospel that it was Con- sidered advisable be examine them when they assembled at the fort forpurposes of trade. Having found that they.bad an intelligent understanding of what they had been taught, the archdeacon ad- ministered baptism to them, not only at Fort Yukon, but along the line of travel from that fort to the fort of the H. B. C. on. Bell River, a tributary of the Porcu- pine, and the Indians across the moun- tains at Peel River, when it was found that the number of baptized men, wo- men and children- amounted to about. 700. • From Fort Yukon tribe§ of Indians were visited about' 450 miles dawn the Yukon at the confluence Of the Tanana, where gold was afterwards found, 'This river is not as large as the Yukon. it takes its name, as the word implies, from THE GLACIER MOUNTAINS. At first the natives held themselves aloof from the missionaries, but 'after three or four visits all gave in their ad- hesion; over one hundred of them re- ceived baptism and the following year about three hundred more. These tribes had to be addressed through an inter- preter, one of themselves, who could speak the language of the Tukudh, the people among whom the missionary resided. During these 42 years of residenceein the frozen north, Archdeacon McDonald Was • accustomed ' to visit the different tribes of Indians on the Upper. Yukon and below the confluence of the Porcu- pin.e 'easier with. the Yukon, all the way to the entrance of the Yukon, into the Pacific, and as far. as Norton Sound, where there was a depot of the Russian Fur Company, which passed in 1867 into the hands of the United States of Amer- ica through purchase. • GETTING EVEN WITII LAWYERS. Where the Overshrewd Have Fallen Into Traps of TheirVivn Making. sewtfolum• ve the new word. He repeated his former as - E • ill`q`Yuierse,thsir, I saw it very plainly." their adversaries with weapons. "Did you see this tree that has been men- tioned by the roadside?" an adeocate "It was conspicurei.s, then?" • The witness seemed puzzled by the Overshrewd lawyers often furnish difference,' sneered the lawyer, "between plain and conspicu- ous?" • But" he was hoist with his own pe- tard. The witness innocently,answered: "I can see you plainly, sir, among the other lawyers, though ybu are nona bit c °Innh s p faChuootuse.r" witness a blow directed against the character of a evilness for- cibskyotwe riecoefired.th the company of thes people?" he was asked. • :toOF rf thavdos;tv friends,‘ohi tsektr, thieves, 1 suppose you Ill'ctia efran."t may be true," was the dry re- t r The " t hhieoyw a rteh abt o tdhe s Itarsovyyseret effecthe of an adverse examination is occasionally more the result of accident than of con- sacIvocursy e8firroorptie lothneg baogxo, and atter going through his brdeal was ready to retire. One question remaine ed. "Now, Mr. -, hae•not an attempt been made to induce you to tell the CoutAi rtd let tedriothietresnt ot rys atorrwrhat I have told, sir " "Yes. Is it not so?" • 1YUepSatro.1 "Upon y11 r oath, I demand to know who the persons are Who have attempt- elitheit: ewsir, erietinfe tried as herd as itly of 'ear," was the unexpected an- Syl;.1..erided the eXaMination, There are foreste of leafiese trees in Some parts at Australia. , The wiee gireeelette' 1d'heshand Men whoie rootteett :did not know how tre cook. ' eneneenteserenertesnmeew SOME MODERN HOLD-UPSIONG DISfANCE PIPING MAN WAVING AN UMBRELLA STOP- • PED AN EXPRESS MAIN. Ilow Verniers, Cala. Dogs. and Batter - flies Have Stopped Rail- • way Traffic. • The driver of a Scotch express noticed a an standing •waving an umbrella in aZ1 excited manner, the express' then be- ing a feW miles from 'Peterborough, England,. • says Pearson's Weetny, Steam was shut off, the Mance. applied, and the train was teought to a stand- still. The ineividual with the. umbrella the coolly informed •the guard that he wished to board the train, For reasons of his own he heel alighted from the Kingn:Cross traio,. a t Pel eiboeoueeli, , and' had proCeeded on his journey on feet. 'After walking a couple of 'miles heetitted of his task, so he stopped the express in order that lie might have a lift up., He got one,• . A more determined affair was ono which took place in Kansas during the recentremarkable wheat yield.- As the farmers at Burlingham found that it was not possible to obtain men willing, to work as reapers, they lit upon the bold expedient of "holding up" a train carrying • two hundred _reapers bound further west. • A party of farmers, armed to, the very teeth with shot -guns, len-elven:, 'and = ,whate,not, brought ,the traiu to a • hale." They felted themen out or the car, and marched them off inte the 'fields. • THE MEN WERE WELL PAID; • but teas was small satisfaction for the farmers 'from whom the two hundred reapers were commandeered. ' A train on the South -Eastern Rail- way, wane on its journey from Tun- bridge Wells to Hastings. was brought to a sudden standstill °wine to a. very slight cause. A couple of 4'bonnere fox - terrier puppies were the cause of the stoppage of the -greet train.. The engine - driver noticed the poor 'little animals fast asleep , on the line. His humanity did him credit, for, sooner than run over the helpless couple, he stopped his train, and picked up the puppies. A dog was responsible for holding up one hundred yards of electric tramcars in London. The dog was only a little one, but he caused a commotion out of all proportion to his size. He crept under one of the huge cars when it atop - ped in the Brixton Road. The driver hesitated to start, and train after tram joined the waiting cars. Then quite an amusing scene was witnessed. Drivers, conductors, inspectors, passengers and pedestrians all joined in the endeavor to dislodge the barking terrier. Despite all entreaties and cajolery, Whether of voice or of walkingestick,. the dog remained tinder the- car. It was remarkably agile and 'stupid. So, for a quarter -of an hour, mattees 'progressed,'Until' an eight -foot pole was obtained. A VIGOROUS PROD IN THE RIBS • caused the terrier to emierg'n suddenly', amidst wild cheers from the crowd, and. the tramcars. moved off. . • , A cat very successfully "held -up" sev- eral trains on the Lockport Electrie although the result could scarcely be deemed satisfactory from its point of view. It climbed the trolley -pole of a standing motor, and attempted to walk along the overhead feed -wire. Owing to its tail coming into contact with the wire conducting the return current, the pat disorganized the • whole railway system for several hours. It was a big yellow tonacat before its tail completed the circuit; afterwardsen was a cinder. The. inquiring Thomas was electrocuted instantaneously. as it received a full charge of 24.000 volts. • The hash was seen efor miles, and not only was the truffle on th.e railway stopped, but aa large number 01 neighboring fecteret plants were deprived of their power and light for -some hours. Stranger Still, a train on the Central Argentine Railway was stopped by white butterflies some little tinmeago. • This sounds extremely curiqus, but . . IT IS 'PERFECTLY TRBE. ee Myriads of the insects ocereipieci miles of the track. 'It wae their erundied bodies that brought the engine to a standstill. • A very remarkeble sight was wit- nessed by passengers in one of ehe down trains of the Uganda Railway. While the train was proceeding from Lake Victoria to Mombasa, it ran into a per- fect bank -of locusts, which •oontinued with more -or less density for e distance of nearly forty' Mlles. = In- some places, the insects weee between lour arid 'five inches deep. Very scene the. engine Stuck fast, owing to the greasye state of the rails, thee bringing the train to a standstill. For a touple be hours a breakdown , gang had to be'employed in shovelling the locusts from the metals, which were then. covered with sand, be- fore the train could -resume its journey. DISCLOSED HER IDENTITY. Mr. Greens --2e1 met a woman 10 day that f tteed to think a good deal of at one time." • Mrs. Greene -"Oh, you did!" I used to do -my very best le pleese bier." • •"fluml"• "I did everything I could to win her alfectione' "GOOdricssl" • "And at la.St, I succeeded." "Wha----" "She granted all that 1 reeked, and ey so doing made Me the happiest Man alive." • "Merey-" "1 asked her to come up to the house withrnm at once, but she had some shoppieg tn do, and cannot get here until evening," • e • "Mr. nreepe, I am going home to my mother." •k • "She isn't at home, my dear. It was your mother that 1 met. She gave you to ine.'" A mann- doniest it meal ions ere often much etieturbedhy the relations et' his doineetics. ENGINEERING FEATS PLANNED FOR • WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Gold- Mining Region of .Coolgardie Supplied With Water at te Cost' • 01 $14,000.600. It is expected that the next few years will witness the development onthe most temaekable system of • water carrying in western Australia that has ever been seen, Tae pion is to repeat, again and again, the -$uccessful engineering work that is now supplying the great go -Id mining regioo of Coolgardie, far out in the desect of the interior, with plenty. of water brought from Lae coast moun- tains, •32.5 miles :away. •eThis. western Australian- desert con- tainsperhaps the largest waterless re- glonsein the world. • When David W. Carnegie mane his second journey across it, several yea re ago, he travelled 800 . miles without finding anything Mat sug- gested a permanent source of water. . For many days he saw nothing but prickly spinifes covering the sand ridg- es, which were forty to fifty feet in height and extended east and west par- allel with one anothet. He wrote that lee crossed more than eighty of these sand ridges In' eight. hours .trevel. But under these repellant Sands...tie the great gold resources. of 'western Au- stralia, that, are now. supplying 'more of tea metal every year than all 'the rest of the commonwealth. • When the rush ot miners to this great thirst region be - gam. the eager search and the frantic strife for water was • SOMETIMES TRAGICAL. ' The Government • sought for under- ground sources of supply, but most T this water was found to be so impreg- nated with 'salts that it wes unfit ter use. • Eng"neers finally devised a plan of water delivery from tee western "coase mountains, about twenty miles to . the south, of Perth, which inyolved the largest pumping scheme that has yet been carried into .operation in any part of the world. The works were 'completed. Only two years ago and they are attraCting all the more attention because the population that is paying $14,000,000 for them is still quite. 'small. . The arnomet of rainfall in the basin • of tho Helena River, which .flows through the Canning Wits south of Perth, is about 30 inches a year. It was found • that by impounding -this river a. supply of 5,000,000 gallons a day would be available for transportation into the in- terior. • The problem was to transport this water a distance of 350nniles; for ft was proposed to extend the aqueduct to the Kalgoorlie diggings,, east of Coolgar- die,- and this has been done. ' Mundar- inn, the place where -the Helena River was dammed; 'is only about 300 feet above the sea, but the surface of the desert to which the water was to be • carried is about ' .1,650 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, and had to be lifted during the process about 1,300 feet. The water which collects baCkof the dam in the Helena River forms a .fine lake &wen miles in length. The big deliver/ .pipe. that carries the water is not buried in the „soil,. but lies on the surfa.ce or in open trenches, for there is -'no danger of freezing. • There are _eight pumping stations,. a little More than forty miles apart, and the water is kept moving up the long, but very gentle, incline. • It finally reaches a, reservoir nauny miles west of Coolgardie, and from this point gravi- tation takes 'it to the 45,000 inhabitants ot the Coolgardie mining camps and to the Kalgoorlie region beyond. •.This water is sold out. there in the desert at a comparatively smell price considering that interest must be paicl cn the Money borrowed to develop the works. It sent for :.-about . 75 tents a thousand gallons, and it supplies not only tbeee distant mining carops, but also sometwenty of tniety settlements itne the way to them ann small pipes carry water to stOckmeri or villages miles away from the main line. ' Up -to this timethe consurneas have been able to obtain all the water desired of the very best quality and at all times oath.° year. Stockmen along the route who had supplied their animals- from' scanty wells that might run dry at any time have lost this fear, for the pipe lino is an tin. failin.g source of GOOD FRESH WATER AT ALL TIMES: There has been no interruption of the flow on • account of acoldent to lhe pumps, because extra pumps are in- stalled at every station for use in •case. at cation to this great idea whose practi- cability has been so 'thoroughly 11 iesedlo. give the widest pessibled:imppolli i sleeted that the people of •western Au- stralia are now turning their attention. The rivers do nor come front far in the interior, for the rainfall is too small foe to have much eurface flow. - But nearer, the coast the precipitation is quite large, and engineers are now working on alone ofooricostacvainaeodofsetibutie., iwnagleitr tittirliirata tgleflih pilpee$ far into the Interior, not only to supply mines, big also to We life to .nniny Ilionsandsanf kits et form and grezing lands, so thrtt the age. ricultural and •grazing. innostries , may be foe more widely extended over the c,./iiirie.tey than was ,formerly thought 'poe- TOO ' WA f1M. • With pale face she waited the Ater - dice "And you told father your love for mo was burning love " she hestened to ask: "1 did," Nighed the young man, who Was perspiring front running. "And that my heart Was on flee?" tayes.ry "And Mint did he say?" "Why he blazed {may tor fifteen min. tiles lrld 11 there Mid been any More ceintrietiotig around there they Would have had to can the fire 'engines." LEADING IlliiIIIETS BilEADSTUFFS, Toronto, Dec. 4. --Wheat - ,Qatario- No. 2 white, 7134c asked outsitten No. 3 red, 7134C asked , outside, 700 bid, C. P. B.; No. 2 mixed, '71c askeet, C, P. 11,. • • Wheat -Manitoba - No. 1 tutrillern. - •• 80%e bid, track Point, Edward.; asked - Ric, November shipment from Fort Wil- liam, 13aeley--No. 3 extra, 50c ben C. P. R., Peas -No. 2, Ste bid, . • e_ Coen ---No. 3 A.Werican yellow., 52o ask- , edas , hacks Toronto, 51a bid; 51%c keel, • ' to arrive, •••I ',/ O'llor prices are: - Bye -71%c to 72c outside. Buckwheat -550 to 56c. • ' - • Bran-.Searce; $16.50; shorts, $18.50 to • Floar--Ontario offered at $2.70- for 90 per cent. patents for export, buyers' bags, oulside;, Manitona, first, patents, $4.50; seconds, $4, bakers' $3.9n ' i -. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter -The market continues to hold ' a firm tone. Creamery , ... ....., .... ...., . 2225:t i:e 2z6lc do solids . .. ' 2' Dairy prints • do pails . . .... .. .. - .... -190 to 20c • do tubs . ... . ..... . .. . . . . . 1Sclo 20c Inferior .. , . • ...... .... .... 170 to 18c Cheese -Job tote here are 13%c for large and 14c for twins. Eggs -Storage are then , at 23c and limed 210 to 22c. • Poultry -Scarce and prices are firm tor good sleet • Chickens, dressed ... . .. .. 8c to 10c Fowl . . 6c to 7c Ducks -.... .. .. .... .... ... 9c to 110 Geese ....... h ... .. .... . • .. Se to 100 Terleeys ... ... .... .... .. 12c.to•13c • Patatoes-Ontarlo quoted at', 55e to 60c- per bag, in tar lots here; eastern, 65c to 70c. •,•e , Baled Ela,Y-Steady at $11 for No. 1 thnothy and $8.50 to $9 for No. 2, in car lots here. .- • , Bre.aled Straw -$6.50 to $7, ha car lots bo MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Dec. 4.-Dusiness in Mani;• tOba; Wheat .Continues quiet. , ' Buckwheat -56c to 56%c per bushel, ex -store. Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 5634c to nec; No. 3emixed, 55%c to 56c, ex- , storaall Os --On spot, No- 2 white, 42%,c; No. a 3 white, 413ee to 42c; No. 4, oge to 41c , per bushel, ex -store, • Peas -Boiling, $1 in car lots, $1.10 in .) jalbeblotauge---11\allas;iitona spring wheat wheat, ' 4.e5 to, $4.60; strong. bakers', $3.90 to ' $4.10; winter wheat patents, $4.10 to $4.25; seraight rollers, $3.60 to $3.70; do , It bens, $1.65 to $1.15; exalt,. $L50 to 81..515in Afeed-Man'itoba bran, in bags, $19 , 4 in bags, $18.50 to $19; shorts, $21.50 lo 1' te $20; shorts, $21 to $22; Ontario bran, - $ $22; milled 111.01.1.010, $21. to $25; etraight grain, $28 to $29 per ton. • Rolled Oats -Per bag, $1.9.50 to $21, in ear lots; $21 in jobbing lots. Ifay-No. 1, $13 to $13.50; No. 2, $12 to $12.50; No. 3, $11 to $11.50; clover, mixed, $11; pure clover, $10.50 to $11 , per ton. car lois. Proyisions-Barrets short out mess, $22 to $24; • half barrels, $1.1.70 to $12.- e e50, clear fat bacice, $23.50; long cut heavy mess, $20.50; dry salted long clear bee , con, 12%c to 12%-e; barrels plate beef, $12 to $13; lielf-tarrels, $6.50 to $7; lair. rels heavy mess beef. $11.; ball -barren; do., $6; compound lard, Se to 934c; pure. . lard, 8c to 9%c; pure lard, alnec to 13e; kettle rentlered, 13%c to 14c; hams, 14c to 15%c, according to size; breakfast bacon, 10e to Vic; Windsor bacon, 15c , to 16aec; fresh killed =drcscc1 logs, $9 ' to $9.25; alive, $6.75. • Eggs -Selected, 25o; No. 1 •candled an?) cold storage eggs, 20c to 21c. Be- / ceipts this morning were 112 cases. • • BUFFALO MARKET. ' .13ufatio, Den 4-F1our-Steady. Wheat -Netting done. • Corn-Steadyf No. 2 yellow, 5234e; Nos2 cern, 50ce. °tees - _Only steady; No. 2 white,;37ence No. 2 mixed,' 35%e. Bartey--Steady. Rye- ' Quiet; No. 1 North-Western, 76c. NEW YORK WHP,AT MARKET. New York, Dec. 4. -Wheat ---Spot easy; No. 2 red: 79enc elevator; No. 2 red, 81%e, f.o.b. alloan No. • 1 northern Du- luth, 5.3%c c.i.f. Ruffelo; No..2 hard win- ter, 77%c c.i f. Buffalo. • CATTLE MARKET. • Toronto, Dec. 4.--Ileavier arrivals Of cattle, together with an increased num- ber of buyers, made Irede in butchers' ClaSSes briSi: at the Westeen Market. to- dtiy. . Butchers; cattle were' to good demand. Choice heifers sold pai•licularly well, one siogle anitnel going at $4.95. Good heifers, in Ineds, sold, at $4.30 to $4.40 nee cwt. The following were the,quota- tions;---Ctioice titileheeee -$4,40 to ,a;4.60; good totters, $4.20 to $4.35 ; medium heavy butchers", $3,05 to 44.20; fat cows, 0.30 to $3.00; mixed lots and common cows, $2.25 lo $3; canners, $1 per cwt. up. ' Ieeders were, slow of Sale. • Feeders, to $3.85; shorakeepe, $3.90 to $4.10; 8,11(°)c14)1013.' $7. 8 732 5i0pc in .4r.:31:1(t common 8 *01011 CW05; and lambs Were firm. LOrths, $5.50 10 $6;' expert owes, $4.50 to $4,85; Malice,' Ine 10 $:1.54 per cwt. 'Row wove- unellanged at $0a0 for eelecee and 30.15 for IighIS and fete. Mitch cows were woteli $25 to $60 erica. • PLAT8n. During the Boer War, ari Irish pea - earn, who was posted with a mueket on duty, and had wandered a little out of his position, Was accoated by :an °M- eet with; "What, or you here tor?" "Faith, year honor," Said fiat; with . hie aeeueloniede geed -humor, -"they ten 3110 I am here for a century." •'