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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-12-13, Page 2THE'SPORTING CRIMINAL e GREAT THIEVES WHO PLAY T GAME JOYOUSLY. Slr Relied Anderson Gives Some •Illus. trations of the Methods of Soule ol the "Protession." Sir Robert Anderson, late hea1 of the, Ransil Criminal Investigation Depart - Were at Scotland Yard, bee been writ- ing to the London Graphic ceneerxiing the criminal of sporting tendencies. 110 bolds the theory that "just as the sports- xnan enjoys the anticipation, of his sport, and delights ht talking over nis successes and even his failures, so is it with the criminal of sporting tendencies. Indeed our national love a sport largely influences the charaoter of Englisti crime, which is generally free from the brutality which marks- the crimes et other races, Sir Robert tells three stories in illus- tration of his theory,. Here they are: With a cemented disciple of Hobbes, who ignores the Ten Commandments and slitters from no twinges of consci- ence, stalking a deer is poor Work in eornparison with stalking a millionaire. The brutal criminal who covets the rich man's hoard will murder bis victim and break open Ms safe with a sledge hammer. But this is utterly unworthy or the sportsman. And the "Dick Tur- een" of the present day cannot take to the higb.way, like his prototype. He must have reeouree to modern methods. I need not draw upon my imagination • here; for "truth is stranger than fle- tionte and my memory will supply me with illustrations. HELPED TO ROB HIMSELF. The hero of my first story rented a bedroom near the railway station -from which the Dives he was stalking travel- led daily to town. Well-dressed and well-groomed, he took his seat M tbe same compartment, attracting notice on- ly by his apparent desire to remain un- notided while he dealt with the papers be carried in a stylish handbag. One morning after a few journeys he gave -vent to his annoyance at having forgot- ten his keys. A stranger sitting in the Opposite teener politely offered him his bunch M the hope that he waled And on It. a key to open the bag. go, none et them would fit the lock. M the sug- gestion of the stranger twho, of course, was an amorriplice) Dives then produced his bunch of keys, and a few seconds sufficed to •enable the thief to take a wax itepre.ssion of the key of Dives' safe. 'A few weeks later the safe was rifled, arid before the crime was discovered the thief was across tb.e Channel with bis booty. THE TRANSMUTATION OF GOLD. This trick has been often played, leut the plot I amabout to describe is abso- lutely unique. The genius who planned it claimed to have discovered the master isecret of alchemy; he could double the weight.of gold. One of our great city houses, on being approached in strict confidence, offered him facilities to test his scheme. But he "thought scorn" to treat a few hundred sovereigns; it would not be worth his while to deal with less than X:20,000. Of course, the merchants had no risks, for they could take adequate precautions against pilfer- ing or fraud. The fellow stipulated 'that no one but himself should enter the laboratory provided for the purpose of bis experiment, but he ostentatiously submitted to a rigid search after each of les daily visits. One Monday morn-. ing he failed to put in an appearance, and when after an interval the labora- tory was opened, the tanks in which the 20,00j sovereigns had been deposited were found to be empty. How the gold had been epirited away was a mystery which perhaps would never have been solved had not the sporting instincts cf the thief compelled him to boast of his success. A. letter posted in territory that, knew no extradition treaty brought a full disclosure of the plot. A "gen- tlemanly" sort of letter it was, express- ing regret at the credulity of his vie - tints, and congratulating them that the loss of 420,000 was of small account to them. He would maintain absolute se- crecy in the business, for if the story were known they would become a laugh- ing -stock in every capital of Europe. I may here say that they took the hint. The crime has remained a secret to the present hottr. The only police officers who had knowledge of it are dett.d and gone. But hew was the gold abstracted? The thief explained that the bandsorne walk. ing one white' he invariably carried was the biggest "sovereign purse" ever entinueaetured. nnd every time be visit, ed the laboratory he ailed it with ceine. A HAUL Oe' DIAMONDS, A. still more elaborate plot was that by which one of the greatest criminals of our time achieved his greatest coup. I refer to Raymond, who gained note-. riety by the theft of Mr. Agnew's pie- ture—fratnshorough's "Duchess of- De- vonshire." His cupidity AraS excited by the accounts of the Kimberly diamond mines. Ile sailed for South Africa, visit- ed the mines, accompanied a convoy .ki diamonds to the coast, and Investigated the whole problem on the spot. Diek Turpin would have recruited n body of bushrangers arid seized one of the con- voys, but the methods of the sporting criminal et to -clay are Very different. The arrival of the diamonds at the port was always timed to catch the mail steamer for England, and It a convey weee accidentally delayed en route the treasure had to lie In the postorece un - hi the next mall lefts Raymond's pin of campaign Was soon settled, He was nian who could make hie way in any company, find be had not Train difiku1- 13 in oltaining impressions of the pose maeler's keys. The postmaster, indeed Was one of the admiring 'Needs whore he entertained at dinner the evening be - fere he sailed Inc borne. VERY SIMPLE wart THE KEY. Some Months later he retUrned /o Smelt Attlee- disglitecd, and passing ure der another Mee* and; avoiding all the arietv friends of his tomer vistt, he made bis way keb country to a pitiee at which the diareond conveys - had to cress a liver ferry on thole Way to the port. tin. lipping the chain or the ferry, he let the boat drift down Streein, and the next convoy olts$04 to mail steariler, 400,000 worth of diernondS had to be deposited in the poeteffice strong-rooMi and when those diamonds reached Eng- land it was Raymond who brought them here. lie etierwards boasted that he had sold them to their true owners in Hatton Garden. Certain it is that he lived in luxury and idleness on the pro- ceeds Of the crime driving hie stylish mail -phaeton about, Loneon, and sai1. hlia his Stetun yacht in the Mediterran- eon. And were it not that his sporting instincts were !wettable, and unceas- ingly incited him to fresh ventures, he Might still be living -M. the enjoymeet oth his ill-gotten wealth, BRITISH WARSHIPS SICK EIGHT PER CENT. ON TIIE INEFFEC- TIVE LIST. False Economy of the Government Is Reeponsible for Many Mishaps. The docking of the battleship Hindu- stan at Portsmouth, Eng., recently ow- ing to defects ie her steering gear, adds another to the list of British warships which have been put out of action tem- porarily by mishaps. According, to the last published return, 8 per center)! the effective warship strength of the Brit- ish navy was in this plight when the statistics were collected. This propor- tion does not include the battleships and cruisers in dockyard halide under- going repairs and refits that have been necessitated by wear and tear. When the attempts were being' made te refloat the Montagu, the battleship Duncan touched a pinnacle rook of the Outer hutter reef. 1 -ler double bottom was pierced, and one of her after -com- partments flooded. She is now in dock- yard hands at Portsmouth, and will' aot be seaworthy for several weeks, BUMPED ON ROCK. The armored ere -Isar Good Hope is also on the "sick list." Several alarm- ist stories regarding the nature of her accident heve been circulated. The fol- lowing are the facts of the case:— On the evening of June 26th, when the naval Manceuvres were in progress, theGood Hopeleft Plymouth for a given rendezvous. She had orders to escape by way of the eastern Channel, in order In avoid hostile torpedo craft, though warships and liners invariably use the western entrance to the Sound, as the water there is much deeper. There was a geed deal of fog when the Good Hope went out. She proceed- ed cautiously, but bumped suddenly on a rock, which is supposed to have been the Outer Shagstone. Her outer plating was boled, but not her inner skin, and the pumps easily kept the double bottom free of water. The vessel proceeded, and carried out her assigned work during the manoeu- vres, but when she came to be docked It was found that her plating had been fractured and strained for a consider- able length, and it will be some time before she is again ready for sea. FALSE ECONOMY. The grounding of the battleship Do- minion on the North Atlantic station le the latest episode in the chapter ef accidents. She has holed herself and is making water, which means that she will have to go into dockyard for a considerable time The new battleship Hibernia, which will be commissioned shortly, and was placed in the Keyham Extension Basin at Davenport a few days ago to prepare ter her trials, has been discovered to have a defectiwe armor plate in her broadside belting. To unbuild this and fit a new plate will delay the comple- tion of the ship by another two maths. The frequency of accidents of this na- ture is having a disquieting effect on men who have the Interest of the sea serviee at heart. It is pointed out in connection with tbe Hindustan accident that when she went for repairs into the King Edward Dock at Gibraltar, Span- ish labor_ was largely employed. Many experts hold to tile opinion that the false economy in this direction is Le- sponsible for the Hindustan having to undergo repairs again. HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD. Over -shrewd lawyers often furnIsh. their advisaries with weapons. "Did you see this tree that has been mentioned, by the roadside?' an advo- cate inquired. e "Yes, sir; I saw it very plainly." "It was conspicuous, then?" The witness seemed puzzled by . the new word. He repeated his former as- sert "What is the difference," sneered the lawyer, between plain and ()auspice- citts?" But he was hoist by his own petard. The evilness innocently answered: "I can see you plainly, sir, among the other lawyers, thougheyou are not a bit conspicuous." In another instance a blew directed evilest the charaeler ot. a witness for- cibly recoiled: "You were in the company of these people?" he v‘ra5 asked. "Of two friends, sir." "Friends! Two thieves, 1 suppose you Merin?" "That may be 20," tens the dry retort, "they were both lawyers." ANIMAL SURGERY. Animal surgery has now reached such a high degree of development that nl- Most every opera.tion to which human patients submit IS Made US° of to pre. long the lives of pet anlmale. The animal surgeen can rejuvenate the aged dog by fining it 'with a perfect set or false teeth, and ha can substitute a gioee. eye fetteflth °PUG lost by ft cat. Quite It number Of dogs and cats Which are minus a leg have been fitted -with Ode gotta etibstittites, Usually of lonelier; Wherehe hi termer daye they Would, ee, toe losing a limb, hen beerk either kill. rel Or left to linrre abouton throe lege. In one recent (Also a Cat e having., swat- loWed a small hatpin, was placed under the X-rays, an :the pin, having lame leeated, was &Awn out by e skiifuop. oration, TIIE MUTINY IN THE NAVY CAUSED TIIE.‘ REVOCATION OF TIIE ON -111E -KNEE 0110E11. What Caused the ,Open Insubordination at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. No longer will Lieutenant Collard, B.N., or any other officer of the British navy, be able to order seamen or elokers ta kneel before him. The .200 -year-old order of on the knee is to he ebolished. This is the result of the recent mutiny of stokers at the naval barracks at Ports- mouth.' Tile details of the mutiny, of course, are familiar to our readers, but the se- cret history of the outbreak shows that the stokers mutinied, in order to attract public attention to the brutal German methods of treating the men in vogue among several of the officers and nota- bly Lieutenant Collard. At, the new year the officers at the barracks were charged. Commodore W. G. Stopford, son of the admiral, was placed in command, NVith him were a commander and LIEUTENANT COLLARD, The latter, a gunnery officer., earns into closer touch on his duties tvith the men than the other officers. Lieutenant Collard is t/ery unpopulae with the men. Four years ago he was court-martialled tor brutality to a stoker and lost six monies senierity as punishment. Six months ago, he again got into trouble. One of the stokers ern parade was slightly deaf. In consequence he did not obey a trivial order quickly enough. Lieutenant Collard ordered the man as a punishment to kneel before him on bent knees. The lieutenant shouted., "Down on your knees, you dirty dog," and zoinpelled the man to kneel. Next day the stoker, not being a sworn man as are searnen, employed Lawyer King of Portsmouth to bring a civil action against lieutenant Collard for damages charging "assault, insult and degradation." The stoker won and secured damages of $1,000 and costs. Soon afterward the man was dismissed from the service, ostensibly on account of his deafness. This man was in Portsmouth at the time of the" rioting. A RIGOROUS COURT OF INQUIRY has been held on the insubordination at Portsmouth, It was secret. Many of the stokers complained of brutality of other officers, but not to such an extent as they complained of Lieutenant Collard. The newspapers generally hare been bitter in their attacks on this.,officer. As a result, perhaps of a hint from the naval authorities, Lieutenant. Collard will send in his papers, but action may be withheld until the mutinous clouds have blown away, when his resignation may be accepted or he may be sent, to sea duty off the Gold Coast'', or in the Red Sea, the two most unpleasant and profitless appointments in the navy. Yet he has been instrumental in hav- ing a two -centuries-old Obnoxious order abolished and brutal German methods of treating men by officers, forever tabooed. WHAT ARE IKONS? They Represent Saints, and are Con- sidered Very Holy by Russians. Many beople doubtless have wondered et the word "ikon," which has occurred so frequently recently in telegrams from Russia. Most 'of the papers, when they con- descend to translate the term, refer to it as "sacred picture." But that is only hall the truth. The ikon is painted, it is true, but it Is also stamped out in metal bas-reliet, Cr carved in wood, silver or gold. Al. ways, it represents sorne saint. And, of course, it le very holy. That is why they hanged three peasants at Windatf the other day on the mere suspiefon el having mutilated one. Whole villages in the Vladimir prov- ince are engaged in manufacturing these ikons, for which there is an enorm- ous demand, as every Russian bouse- hold possesses at least one; *and most, several. The cheapest ikbris are .sold at a shil- ling the hundred; brit the price ranges Upward to Irrany 'hundreds, or evet. thousands, of pounds apiece. These lat- ter expensive ones are of gold, elabor- ately chaeed and studded with peccious stones. Some of the more famous *one, pre- served in the „„great cnthectrals of St. Peteisburg, Moscow, etc., are praelical- ee priceless. the jewels alone with which they are bedecked 'Ting not infrequently worth from £30,000 to £80,000. Others are deemed so sacred, that they ore only exposed to the vulgar gaze once in three, [cur or five years. •••••••••••••••••••+•••••••••• - HOW TO OBTAIN SYMPATHY. He was a .lawyer; and he well knew Mw to play upon the feelings of his felloweneri, Upon an eMasion. like the present, When he was pleading the cause of a plaintiff, who was- a Pretty little giel Of eine, he shone to adventege.. "Gentlemen," he said, "den you stand hy and eee this parr child awaked lie Of What is, T argue, lawfully :end lewd., Iy het- own? Seen—he lifted her let ols wens -410W pretty and helpless Lae poor mite is. Hush, IMO,. little Pile, De not cry" --for the -juvenile litigant was sobbing At te beenk her heart—"(1e good gentleman irk the big box over there will see that justice Is clone le you." ete pet, tee youngster down, iinti. tee quick eye told lain tent the sI 'oke had done good work among the jury. To tact, the eyes of one or two were motet. Then the defending, crieneer ''1111 le gut,"ebe said, addressing the plaintiff, "why eld you cry just note " teeleese, Sir," .strid The ,etitt sobbing child, "leel had to, Ile pinched eta era hated, it Iliutts now." • She---"Dtd you knew thet 1threw Percy !Vibes ever to Marry you?" ilre 1 VC often wondered whry Thal Chap Was alwaye ,se 'Willing to tend 1-06 Hi011ajt." 4 ligENTSMAKEMISTAKES: LORD LYTTON GIVES THEM SOME GOOD ADVICE, Teach Children How• to- Handle Money and Matters 01 Sex—Shook( Marry Yount. "Let girlmarry at eighteen and boys at twenty, and the world will be re- lieved of sorne of its gravest probleme." This was the celvice given by, a speaker id a conference of the Parents' Nntiooal Educational Union at Brighton, Eng- land, recently, tollowing an address by Lord Lytton, Lord Lytton gave what he called "A young man's lecture to his parents," "The bine has come tor parents to realize they have made some grave mis- takes," he said. "in the first place, it es a mistake for a rich father to bring up his son in ignorance of the responsi- bilities of an inheritence. Some fathers go on as if they expected to live forever, Every boy shotha be taught HOW TO HANDLE MONEY, not alone for his own sake, Ifte, because .he may some thne have charge of other people's money, "But a question more vitel still is that of sex. There is A tent:10110Y, among per - cies nowadays to assume tin unwise timidity in speaking of such matters. If instead of being timid and °bemire in their advice parents would be quite [reek it would prevent much evil from which the world now Staffers. To many girls the real meaning of marriege is a sealed book, and this is largely the fault of their mothers. From whom can they better look for advice than from their mothers? Yei the latter often remain silent because., of a want of courage to speak plainly. "Society is full of misery due to the blunders of parents in failing to speak out. How much of the evil in our great cities comes front this it would be die - mal to contemplate. As a young man, I say to fathers, 'Speak to your sons, and remember that the best education a father can give is in the example of your own life.'" -- it was here that M. Roger Goeji Hampson, A BELGIAN PROFESSOR, suggested fixing the marriageable ages at eighteen for girls and twenty for boys. "With this encouraged by par- ents, all the evils we have been talking of would disappear," he said. "The great trouble is that men and women marry too late in life. Let us urge them to marry earlier." Lady Campbell suggested that there was a growing disinclination to marry runong girls. "It is due to a selfish love of luxury and a dislike to begin married life in a humble way," she said. "Girls want to -begin where their parents left off, and not—at the beginning. If it were not for this selfish consideration of luxury, we should perhaps nave earlier marriages." WATER SUPPLY IN OLD DAYS. Piped to Rouses ot Ricle—dthers Got It From Fountains. In the days before water systems were brought to perfection only the rich were .able to have private pipes entering their houses or connecting them with the pub - he fountains. Those in the middle class, says the 0,11osary Magazine, sent theY slaves to the fountains to bear home on their shoulders huge jars of water to supply the daily needs, while the com- mon people carried it for themselves. A long procession could be seen morning and evening winding its way to and from the fountains. Even to -day in some parts of Rome one seas young girls carrying, an old water jar to the fountainor, in some village of the Abruzzi, others with two jarsiseusysiow ealided. from a wooden yoke across uil deTrhe weter for the Roman fountains came through the mighty aqueducts which stretched along the Campagna, and of which -thins may to -day be seen standinggrim and splendid against the blueThelialimatipesrlocY'. rAgrippa alone built 700 fountains, decorating 400 of them with marble columns, and 300 with statues, and each Roman Emperor seems to Wive endeavored to outdo his predecessor. Italy is full of beautiful fountain. One of the most remarkable is the Fonte Gehl at Siena. (The carvings are in white marble. the subjects taken from the, Bible. The water, cool and [Are, from a spring eighteen miles away, is so limpid that the reflections within its deptns-are almost illusive, SO perfect are they, Tliere Is a quaint little tale connected ‘Nith ties fountahe When the fountain was first. built there was glut rejoicing it Siena, for it was like first large con. 'dint to be brought into the eity, and Lee people were wild with joy. So much jollity And gayety %vete on Over: the af- fair that they namcel it the Font° Gala, Just nt that time there was dug Up near the Oily n wonderful statue of a vegan goddess And the people raised the statue, which was ravishingly beautiful, b stand above the fountain, That year men said the- evil eye, had fallen upon Sitelenitle.knies lurked at, her gales and 1» sieged her wells. Within there ,Wari eleife, rapine and murder, until the streets •*fairly ran with blood. At Wet ril""Srlaintellylr,tu 'lltilT4' haVe, placed ri hen 1101' goddees above OW' fOlndnin MI therefore is Woven 8000 diSplessed fted rniefoetune has been sent upon us. Lot, on tear dOWn this pagan thong and PAC)Iri\li'NrivIlilchonirley()'Eit,t4loyed the beautiful statue and With much eeremony bore il ontelde 1be elty tfaQ's; Theh, desiring te pine it Whey() it wend do them 1he rrmi good they enreeklly, "with {brine hatred," burled (he Who) upon El)reo, line soli, hoping to 111) 08101' their own bad•Noltleolyzveto heIi‘tverh,1101rnettynkik:riskittle, ten0 is now, hut Ponte Celli still sfends, her water oe cool teid TreSh as when the Nil Sienese first rejoiced at her hewing, Tan POLE. Is ES IFindine Werth all the Sutlexine WI 1 1 1 11 E tailed When the North Pole is,reached what will be the gein to the world Inc all Ole bakelship ekidured arid all thee money speed? Curiously,, the discoveey 'of the Polo itself is not, expected to yiele eny- (hing but fame to the disooVekter, Many people (leak that the Pole it- self is a very different place from the soUnding land and see. Mkt of COUrSC, it IS 20 li1;0 the territory all around that only by means of scientific- instruments Cart ilia diSCOverers know when they have reached the long -sought spot. What bus been learned already of the Arctic i.beergioais to nsis, Itetl(n, ieriefore, nearly all that t In the reign of Elizabeth, adventurous men riike.d their lives in the far north tor purely epinniereial reasons, It was thought that sea -water does not, frmze at any great distance from. land, and tbe hope was held that a 'ship which coukt force its way through the North - Best passage would find an open sea. Through this sea they . believed they could sail past the Pole, and no reach Ca‘th\1011yd.cnow now that still sea-waler freezes at a temperature four or five degrees below alee freezingeeoMt of fresh 'Water. Still, it may be that warm cur- rents from the south keep the tempera- ture of the Pole'. waters above freezing point. The chances are that the eurfaec et the extreme north of 'the earth is me s'olict mass of ice. In the latter end of the sixteenth cen- tury the attempt to pierce the North- East passage by the merehant adven- ttirers led toe the opening of a valuable trade with Northern Russia by way cf the White See. • Later on the famous Hudson, and his successors, Fotherby, Poole and Edge, tried to reach and pass the Pole. They tailed lamentably, but ihe famous Spitz- bergen fisheries were established. The great Hudson's Bay Company was also founded. The explorer ,Ross brought to light, nearly a hundred years ago, the valu- able whale fishery grounds in Baffin's Bay. The position of the North Magnetic Pole—a matter of great leterest to Pei- entists—was fixed in the year 1835, but as the belief ,is heldethat this magnetic pole is a shifting one there is still room 'Or discovery. We have long known that There can he no trade rotate by way of the Pole, and Mr. Scott Kettle says that the lands and seas that lie to the north of the Arctic Circle are known in their main outlines. The great object before all explorers, therefore, is the everlasting fame they will achieve by being the first to set their feet on the top of (he earth. The struggle to reach the Pole has 'nee gates of heaven open only to foot goes througe). a Polar expedition is fit to face any danger, and the search far the Pole woul.,t be worth its cost 11 11 did nothing more than keep alive the spirit of enterprise and daring. It will be interesting and useful, too, to settle Rio question of the Magnetic Pole. We may possibly learn something of the past history of the human ram, let it is not improbable that this frigid region was once the home of men. And perhaps a- great 'deposit of gold or sil- ver will be "found tend the discoverers come home worth millions of dollars! I1g GOT HIS TICKET. •••• Land of Fakirs Not Without Draebacks for Common Folks. Our ticket agents have their troubles, but at least they are spared such incon- venient patrons as tee Advocate of India describes in the followings Mohammed Clic apparently Is allowed by the particular railway company whose line passes through 'his part of the country to ride without aeticket, for the simple reason that be can always procure a ticket by unknown means if hs wishee to. The inspectors have now given up asking him. -.Some years ago he happened to be at a certain station 'where he was not, known and asked th.e booking clerk for a ticket to another station a little way up the line. " 'rhe clerk produced the ticket, whichMohammed Che proceeded' to take. When asked for the money he con- fessed be had not any with him; where- upon the clerk took back the ticket, Mohammed Che merely shrugged his shoulders and sat down quietly on the platform to wait. It was about half an hour before the departure of the train. Very soon in- tending passengers began to' arrive and ask for tickets. What was the booking cleric's consternation when he found that there was not a single' ticeet, in the office! Every single pigeonhole Was empty! The number of aPPlicaets for tickets began to swell and there tvas soon al - mord a mob of angry and perspiring people arotned the opening. The poes. clerk did not know whai to do. There he was without a single ticket and every minute the time at which the train vaslast looked up and At dhricothvamnenalietear.che sate thatell the clerk svould give him his ticket he would see what, he could do. The poor man, despaiks consented. Ile then leveed around, and lo ! in one pigeontiole was a single tietekt, bn tile piece whithee tha old magician wished lo go, Itaving hatid0d, this over he tented around again, and to les abject istonisbrntmt- every pigeontiele wee bulged with liekete. (litmus r18t,ATI0N.S14111,' er remarkable double Wedding tkm eree celebrated ie ' a Neennese tentroh, A .illerinfacliktrer gamed tOoller tweeted af.evicloW, While, at (he', same, time Ills .4ort Inerrtett. ihn'wictow's do eel) er. Thus tee' lather .l'eocromee 'etteetelitente of ,e Is .0era'.eort„ erre lee -neither also mother- nertn/ 01 -her • Claurgh hue • SendSe--"'You rely he left nO money?" Reggeee"No, Seek 800, fie' lost his heelth meting wealthy, end then lust les Wealth trying M licalttry.e IL dere net follow (NO YOn .010 id kn.; men to heaven because you' aro in. sliting Una APIly keep step with you, LEADING74ARKETS BBEADSTUFFS. • ThrQrit°7(b 'k Dec.ietcI '.:4\7' 0r 1'oot trez;wrio lkelt—NoNo. 11i2‘xvetil,ite70 0O asked outside, • Bailey—No. 2 o.3 ° 5;fogeasliaciskoeudts,idr.1•0, rrite to Toronto; 360 'bid, 06%0 asked 1, h b. 70. Per sent, POietee No. a mixed, 38e RrIal#9111—MdVetroy °11,1tkltlitll' ea tTe61r0uta' ;t1 shorts , 18 to $19, et the mills. e, 80c bid; 82c asked, C.P.- R. or G. 'I'. B. west; 83e asked, C.P.R.- or G.1'.11, we.st. • Weeateselanitota, No. 1 hard ,82%c; No. 1 northern, 810; No. 2 northern, 7813Xtee:kwheat--No. 1, 55%c; No. 2, 53e biLBye-700 to 71.'0. Corn—Oooci demand; No. 2 American (old), 55c, Terontb freight; No, 3 yellow; 51%c. Toronto freight. flour—Slow; prices unchanged; On- tario, $2.70 asked for 90 per cent. pat- ents, for export; buyars' bags outside, $2.65 bid, Manitoba, filet patents, $4.50; seconds, 81; bilkers', $3,00, COUNTI1Y PRODUCE. • Butter—Ileceipts continue easier, espe- cially creameries, but with a very brisk demand prices are holdirig, firm. Creamery „ 250 to 26c do solids .. 23c lo 2ec Dairy prints .... 22c to 23e do pails .... 19c toe% do tubs .. 18e to 200 Inferior .... 17c to 18c Cheese—Prices are 13,14c for large earl 14c for twins. • Eggs --New laid, 200; storage, 230; limed, 21r1 to 22c. Poultry-eChoice poultry will bring cabole uit.rle.c. per lb. more than prices quot- d• Chiekens, dressed .. .. 80 10 100 Fowl .... (10 10 7c Ducks .... 9c to (le Geese , . 8c. teel0e., Turkeys - .... . . 12c to 13e Polutoe,s—Ontario quoted tie 550 to 60c per bag, in car lots here 'eastern, 67.0 to 70c. Baled Hay—$11 for No. 1 timothy and 28.5010 $9. for No. ,e, in car lots here. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, Dec. 11.—The local market , - for oats continues firm in tone; and price' are onchangerl. . I3sutcolritev.heat-560 to 56%c per bushel m Corn—American No. 2 yellow, 56%c to 57cs-No. 3 mixTel, 55%clo 56c ex store. Oats—On spot, No. 2 white, 42%c; No. 3 white, eteec to 42c; No. 4, 40e to ele per bushel, ex store. Peas—Boiling peas, 81 in carload lots and .$1.10 inejobbiegelkets. Flour—kManitotri Spring wheal, 34.25 to 84.60; strong bakers', $3.90 to $4.10; winter wheat patents, $4.10 to 84.25; stiraiglit rollers, $3.60 to 33.70; do., in bags, $1.65 to 31.75; extras, $1.50 to Millfeed--MoniMba bran in bags, $19 to $20; shorts, $21.50 to $22eOntario bran in bags, $18.50 'to $19; shorts, $21.50 to 822; milled rnouille, $21 to 825.; straight grain, 828 to 329 per ion. Rolled Ores—Per bag, $1.95 to $2 in car lots and $2.10 in jobbing lots. Hay—No. 1, $13 to $13,50; No. 2, $12 to $12,50; No. 3, $11 to $11.50; cloner mixed, $11; pure clover, $10.50 to $11 per ton In car lots. Provisioni—Parrels short cut mese, 822 to $24; half Larrel,s, 311.75 to 312.50; clear fat hacks, 323.50; long cut heavy, mess, $20.50; half, barrels- do., 310.75; drkescilt long clear bacon, 12%0 to 1.2eee; barrels plate beef, 812 to 313; half bar- re14, do., $6.50 te $7; barrels heavy mess beef, $11; nalf barrels do., $6; compound lard, Fe to neec; pure 'lard, 123'e to 13c;e'kettle rendered, 13%c to 14e; hams, -14c to 15,34c, according to si,6780.;breakfast. baron, 150 to 160; Wind- sor bacon, 1.5c10 16%c; fresh killed abat- toir tressed hogs, $5.25; alive, $6.60 to t Eggs—Receipts of eggs were four cases. Mereet is firm at 25c for selects and 20c to 21c for No. 1 candled and cold -storage. •• BUFFALO MARKET. Buten:re Dee. ,11.Flour--.Steady. Wheat. —Spring, light demand; Noe'l Northern, 87Xc; Winter firm; No. 2 while, 78%e. Corn—Steady; No. 2 yellow, 52e; No. 2 corn, 50c. Oats ---Firm; No. 2 white, 38c; No. 2 nexed, 36%e. Barley--Firrn; 52 to 58e. Rye—Stronger; No. 1.•North- Western, 780. NEW 'YORK WIll?,AT MARKET. Nev York, Dee. it—Wheat SAO • firm; No. 2 red, 80%.e. elevator; No. a. rod. 81Xc f,o.b. afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, 84%,c c.i. f. nettle; No. 2 hard winter, 78%e c.i.f. Buffalo. LIVE STOCK MARKET:. Toron'o, Deo, 11,—Deliveries of cat, tie were moderate. Hogs were firmer, ,and sheep and lambs were unchanged. Some pieked lots of heifers sold ea lugO as $4.65 pee .0W1. Rest bulebor.et, Aeleeted tote, 84.40 to 34,65; felr to good, e4,1.5 10 34.:151erket1iden.to fair, 33.65 to 84.10; good cows. 32.00 to 34; fair cows, 30 to 83.e5; common to medium but- elkene and cows. 32.50 to 32.85; eenners, el to 31.e5; canning bulls, 31.50 to *1 50 per e.W1, 'rho common: reo0VI of no business doing in exio ; 1 ere,' was made tv drat- ('t's to-tley. For fairly good animals, eV% In 8e.35 per ewl. was obtainable. Sfestiv and enehtmeed values were peewee! in rilleep end tenths, Lambs, 0.15,,5 10 80 (3): c err ri t Ot\q's .50 t export, 10 tks kind culls, $3 te $3re.1(1)1el"erke‘kle:te. were torth„ $25 to 260 (Tee, normeling 1 nnlity. TilYs were Snld at $6,4e for eelee! 5, lt 1 tri $6,13 orr ''''1, ere li teit err d /1115. sIlkorike•me. $140 lo 31.11k feeders, eteee0,1etlerts,;:510 81•4'120ro pro eSI6ncko;;I: $2.75 to eeeee P001'1^on sloCkers stock milv1,s it's poi +he profanity we se irpr 1) Os (It'll orr en0Se for ‘vhi:11 3(1 p01 lshCIl. "oiie -if uni,,;„1,01 11011"0,s1 ‘ nt 10 00 eeraissa as ITv honNA,y, ,