HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-2-20, Page 2CAPT.SCOTT'S FUEL SUPPLY
Commandeer (vans of the Terra Nova Says He U- ad
Plenty to Last
A de• patch from Christchurch,
New Zt• :land, says: TheTorrallova,
the vessel which took Captain Rob -
eat F. Seett to the Antarctic on his
way to the &otlth Pole, and which
returned there to fetch him book,
but instead brought the news of his
and his companions' heroic death,
arrived in this port on'Wednesday
morning. Commander ]:vans said
that. reckoning by the progress of
the supporting parties, Captain
Scott should have returned to Hut
Point by March 17. Regarding the
shortage of fuel, he said that Scott
had enough fuel to last a month
beyond the date of his expected re -
tarn.
The Terra Nova brought every
written record of the southern
party, including the private diar-
ies, which will be handed to the re-
latives of the dead explorers. Cap-
tain Seott kept a daily record un-
til March 24, and spent the last day
in writing hismessage to the pub-
lic. Commander Evans will com-
plete Captain Soott's story for pub-
lication.
All on board the Terra Nova look
to be in good healthy and bear no
outward signs of the hardships they
have undergone.
All Details Will Be Given.
A despaltch from London says : In
reply to a cablegram from the edi-
tor of The Daily Chronicle inform-
ing him of that paper's donation of
£2,000 to the Scott memorial fund
and asking for further news of the
expedition, Comrnander Evans begs
to he excused from "going intto the
detail's, which may be painful in
regard to the end of our beloved
comrades." "The whole history of
this expedition," adds Evans, `will
certainly be given to the public in
due course, but please let us com-
plete our work in quieitnees. We
are pledged to do our utmost to
bring this expedition to a success-
ful termination. Included in that
is the publication of the ecientifio
and other details as •a lasting tri-
bute to those who have not been
spared. Perhaps now you can rea-
lize w'hy the official telegram was
so short. Surely .its painful brev-
ity needs no defence."
of further work. Garrard collapsed
through over -strained heart. His
companion was also sick, and it was
impossible to comrnunietute with
Cape Evans, ship having left March'
4, and open sea lying between. At-
lanso,n and Keohane, Only two'.
men raledged out to. Corner Camp
to render any help that night bo
wanted by southern party, They
fought their way out to Corner
Camp against the itnu,sually severe
weather, and, realizing they ooel•d
be of no assistance, were forced to
return to Hut Point after depoting
one weelc'.s provisions,
"On October 3O," the official re-
port says, "a large party under
Atkinson, well provisioned, set oust.
It divided into two sections,and
one of them, under Wright, the
Toronto man, found Seat's tent, in
which were the bodies of Scott, Wil-
son and Bowers."
Evaporation of Oil.
The Christchurch correspondent
of the London Daily Mail tele-
graphs an . interview with Lieut.
Evans, in which the eolnmander re-
fused to be drawn into a,discussion
of what he called "wicked rumors
and conjectures." He denied the
stories of dissensions, and was em-
phatic in his statement that the
supporting party on their way back
after having bade farewell to Cap-
tain Scott and his conirades ontheir
way to the, pole did not -Heddle with
the oil. ' `.`There was evaporation,
he said, "owing to the leather
washers of the cans, and as the
supplies were cut so Fane, this made
.a considerable shortage."
Lieut. Evans declared that the
rumors that Seaman Evans had
gone insane were cruel, scandalous
and baseless, adding • that he be-
haved admirably. Capt. Scott,
Commanded Evans said, • left in-
structions that no search parties
should leave the base to seek him.
He added that it was beyond hu-
man possibility forthe base 'party
to have saved Capt. Seat, and his
comrades.
Great Continents Once Joined.
Thefollowing are extracts from.
Lieut. Evans' story of the work ac-
complished by the Scott exploring
What Official Report Said. expedition :
I•n connection with the foregoing "The general geological work
it is interesting to note that Lieut. done by the three parties, soul -
Evans. in his official report, says in ern, western and northern; is like-
part
"Before Terra. Nova left for New
Zealand last March Surgeon At-
kinson, who had been left in
charge of the western party until
Scott's return, despatched Garrard
and Demetri, dog driven, with two
dog teams to assist the southern
party, whose return to Hut Point
was expected about March 10, 1912.
Atkinson would have accompanied
this party, but was kept back in
medical charge of Lieut. Evans,
second in command, who, it will be
remembered, nearly died of scurvy.
"This relief party reached One
Ton Depot March 3, but were com-
pelled to return March 10, owing
primarily to dog food running
short, also to persistent bad wea-
ther and poor condition of dogs, on
account of strain of hard season'•s
work. Dog teams returned to Hut
Point March 16, the poor animals
mostly frust -bitten and incapable
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After describing the collection o;R
fossil plants, . coal, corals of primi-
tive form, the writer continues:
"The notes of the geologists are
necessarily not at present avail-
able. Until experts have had ac-
cess to this material it is unwise
to snake definite inferences.
"In general terms it may be said
that there is proof of temperate
conditions of climate having ob-
tained in
b-tained'in the Antarctic at two peri-
ods of time in past ages."
SOME
OF THE
MEN WITH 1 SCO rTFROZEN ttA....DEA. IL
" ' EXPEDITION!
Four Soott seamen, showing, on the left, Seaman Edgar Evans, the first
of the party to die, February 17, 1912.
TCRON
TO CORRESPONDENCE
INTERESTING errs OF GOSSIP FROM
THE QUEEN CITY.
The Next Provincial Treasurer .Dr. For-
tuity.' and the Glory Belt—The, Windsor
• Uniform --Report of Chief of Police.
Whether well-founded or not, the belief
le current that Hon. Isaac Brock Lucas,
who has Go-cerementewithout mportfolio. since Whitney
19
will get the post of'Provsnoial• Treasurer
as a permanency as scone as the session
of the Legielatrue is over. In the mean-
time it would be inconveuient to hold an
election.
will make an acceptable. member of the
Caill rank
in strength nTh et to Hon respects
J. Hanna, the
Provincial Secretary, ton,..whonl he: bears
some resemblance in that he is a genial,
clear-headed lawyer, who in the nonipara-
tive quiet of a country town has built up
a career on law -books and politics.' :He Is
a good speaker; though not'of the spell-
binding type. In manner he resembles
the lawyer somewhat ;more than the poli-
tical orator.
• The Roy Orator.
Mr. Lucas is the happy possessor of a
smiling, rotund, ,cherubic. face, which
gained for him the nickname of "the boy
orator" the first day he appeared in the
Legislature. The name has stuck even to
this day, though "the boy orator" is now
45 yeare old. Two stories will always be
told of him. One is that when he was in
1898 first erected to the House. and came
jiown to' Toronto to take his seat, the
doorkeeper of the Legislative Chamber re-
fused to admit 'him until he had been
identified. The doorkeeper thought it-wae
some youth trying to play -a praotieal
joke on him. -
The other gives an incident of Limas'
electioneering clays. He had °ailed on a
farmer '.whom', he expected would vote
right, but just . wielied to make . sure of.
He introduced himeeif as Mr. Lucas. To
his surprise the voter was standoffish and
indifferent. Finally; after a long argu-
ment, the farmer gave a grudging consent,
to vote for the Conservative candidate.
"But," he added, "you can tell your fa -
thee to Dome himself next time. If my
vote is worth anything I'm -- if I
don't think he ought to come after it
himself."
In the .practice, of law Mr. Lucas' forte
is his handling of jury oases. He is head
also a member of a city firm, n which hnd e
has as partner.s such stalwart Liberals as
Alex. Mills and W. E. Raney.
ec r
It is generally admitted that Mr.. Lucas
Impressive Service in St. Paul's.
A despatch from London says:
"The noise of the mourning of a
mighty nation" sounded thrillingly
here on . Friday when the British
people through their representative
heads joined with London's crowd
in a solemn requiem to the, brave
now lying icebound
'n an
1 n
dead
1
tomb in the Antarctic desert. King
George, the members of the Cab-
inet and the •heads of the navy and
army and other national.- services
shared in a stately ceremony in.
which also the nations of the world
associated themselves with Great
Britain through their Ambassadors.
The vast cathedral of St. Paul,
which is the resting -place of Nelson
and, many other great dead whose
games are on Great Britain's hero
roll, was manifestly the fittest place.
for the lofty rites to Captain Scott
and comrades:
Dr. Fernow and the Clay Belt.
Dr, B. E. Fernow, who hae: been saying'
thingsabout the quality of the soil in
Ontario's .20,000,000, acre clay belt, thereby
getting into controversy with different
members of the Ontario . Government, is
one of the most interesting men in To-
ronto. 'He is a German who is given
credit by most authorities for having in-
troduced the practice of the conservation
of forest products into the American
continent. He, and not Pinehot, ie re-
garded as the big forester of the United
States. He hail had an active 'and inter-
esting life, and gets his •enjoyment as he
goes along. He is a veteran of the Franco-
Prussian war and himself tells the story.
of how, when hefirst came to Toronto,
he sat at dinner one evening: beside . a
prominent Frenchman, Tho Frenchman
asked pr.' Fernow if he ,had ever been in
Franco.
Dr. Fernow replied: "Yes, once for sev-
eral weeks."
"When?" .asked the Frenchman.
"In 1871," replied Dr, Fernow.
The sally was . enjoyed immensely, but
by none more than the Frenchman.
Dr,• Fernow aamc to this continent in.
1876. Be was at that date an enthusiastic
forester, bu't it was several years before
be was able to organize the United States
Department of Forestry. In 1896 he went
to ras se-
curedby1thte -WhitneyGGovernment in 1907 v
to be.
Dome head of the': newly=establiehed fores-
try-
ores-:try- department of the ;University of To-
ronto.
e•H t Ne Real, Said.
He is ono of the nose genial men tinder
the sun. His remarks respecting the clay
belt have been contributed as being are at-
tack. That ie hardly correct. In the Brae
place, Dr. Fernow is of such a pleasant
;lispoeition that he could hardly be deo
scribed as attacking anything, In the
second place, what he actually said was
to advise caution in permitting sot -tiara
to go on the poorer portions of the land
and thus repeat the tragedies of the poor
lande in the older section of Ontario,
His Honor's Satin Breeches,
HIS Honor the Lioutet.ant-Governor had
stirred up Considerable comment by his
anre:fem me at the opening of the Legis-
lature bedecked in a i indtor uniform,
inoluding white satin knee breeches. This
was the first appearance- of white satin
breeehce in Toroete, and the democrats,
who are not as numerous es the prcten-
cions of the eouutrymight load one to sup-
l�rrose, scaracle- know 'what to make of the
incident. At Ottawa all' the Ministele are
entitled to wear the Windsor uniform at
State functions,and de so. So do privy
Oouncillore, whether in; power or not.
Even—the Deputy etiuister;'e have a gorge
one outfit,with plenty of gold braid, *tlint
hitherto 'ate functions in Queen's Park,
Toronto, have always, been demoeratio af-
fairs, The Prones and his Ministers ap-
-,ear in cnnventionel black (rook Coats,
being content to leave ,it to the ladies
and the 'foreign Consuls, and' perhaps en
occasional mtiltaty of lc:or or. • judge, to
provide the finery for the °tension.
Upholding Provincial Dignity,
his decorations as a Knight of Grace O-
der of the Hospital of St. John of Jeruea-
lem, be can indulge himself in Free-
masonry decorations to his heart's con-
tent, for he is a Past Grand Master and
reputed to he a thirty-third degree mem-
ber of that Order.
Toronto's Crime Record.
There are few more interesting blue.
books than the annual report of the Chief
of Police of Toronto. I[is figures for the
year 1912 have just been made public and
reveal the remarkable fact that 34,380 per-
sons were arrested or summonsed during
the year. This means that about one per-
son hi eve'Y 15 of the: entire population
during the year has come into collision
with the police department. The percent-
age would he somewhat greater if allow-
ance was -not made for the fact that a
good many persons have more than one
arrest or summons, to their credit- The
figures constitute an increase of 6,724 over
1911.
'Drunkenness on Increase.
A BUSY ELEVATOR.
Port Colborne Handled More Than
12 Million Bushels in 1912.
A despatch from Welland trays :
The Government elevator at Port
Colborne has had a wonderfully
successful year in '1912. With a ca-
pacity of 760,000 bushels, it handled
last year 12,100,000 bushels, which
is the largest quantity handled by
any elevator on the lakes, except
the Grand Trunk' elevator at Tif-
'fii, which handled 13,680,000bush-
els, but its .capacity; is •two million
bushels, Port Colborne , handled
more graifi than' lingston. Port'
Colborneelevator w owbeing en-
larged
n-
1g
ar ed to the two -million size, so.
thatt no dottht it will handle more
grain the corning season than any
.other elevator on the lakes,
Toronto School supplies will cost
thirty-four thousand 'dollars more
t.11aa last year.
One of the most narked increases ap-
peared under the heading of drunks and
disorderliee. This is due, no doubt, to
two reasons. One being' the influx of
foreigners, and the other being greater
stringency on the part of the police. It
may also indicate an actual increase in
drinking habits. Certainly the number of
drunken men who may be observed on
Toronto streets is not to the credit of the
city. and .does not, one fears, compare
favorably with most other cities in Ameri-
ca or England of like size. -
*The number of prosecutions for keeping
houses of i11 fe:me practically doubled.
there being 249 duri'n,' the year. This in-
crease also : is no doubt largely due to
greater vigilance on the part of, the police.
It is noteworthy that of the serious
crimes the city is comparatively free.
Thus, during the entire year there were
but two murders, but 46 burglaries, 36
cases of robberyby violence and 43 eases
of .pocket picking. ,
Sir elm G.ibeoe was probably actuated
by a desire to uphold the dignity' of the
Province. He was entitled to wear the
Windsor unifolen arid if Cabinet Mira:Here
at Ottawa wear' lit wti r should net
1',ieutenant Governor a Toronto dolike-
WHO. Besides, Col, Gibeen has been a
Soldier almost since infseey, and there
are not many soldtet't who do not Panay
themeelves in a new uniform. Ire is,
however, not merely a parade soldier. for,
fie saw service in the Venial) Raid Whoa
he rents tared of his Colonel'* uniform, arta
bre Windsor dregs, and his uniforn as bion. , . , 1•
A, 1), 0..'10 1114 Govertuar-General, end G0.,, , e., Svindg0r', Ont,
era a, Reed's Tragic End 1„ °ami
Near tier .Uonte.
A despatch from Tisdale, Sas-
katchewazl, says Clara 1teid, aged
twenty-two, who kept house for her
brothers, Allan and George, at
their home, twenty miles southeast
of Tisdale, wandered from home
Monday night, and in the morning
was foluiid frozen Solid a quarter
mile away, She wore little cloth-
ing, ;and her action is unexplaiil-
Married Men Settle Down.
According to age, males seem to be
moat - addicted to crime between the ages
of 30 and 40, and females between the ages
of 20 and^ 30. Out of the 34,380 oases, only
2,590 were females. Unmarried men in
the police coils numbered 18,158 as com-
pared • with 13,632 married, which seems
to prove that ':a bachelor settles down
when he takes unto himself a wife Of
the menthe, September is the worst of the
year, with 3,308 cases. Thie may be due
to the Exhibition and the horse races. It
is yery interesting to note that January,
the month of good resolutions, has the
lowest reoord' with only 1912'. oases.
AS TO FLAVOR.
. Found Hor Favorite Again.
A bright young lady tells how
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LIPTON'S
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It sustains and cheers
able. The. thermometer registered leasiglassaaladiatii
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dead girl was twin sister of Allan
who is Reeve of the municipality,
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she came to be acutely' sensitive
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"My' health had been very poor
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as it were, that it was the cause
of the constant, dreadful head-
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day, and of the nervoisness that
drove sleepfrom my pillow and so
deranged my stomach that every-
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PRICES OF FARM PROD CTS -
ri.EPORT$ (More THE ILAr11N0' TRADE
CENTRES OF AMERICA,
irises aT' Cattle, Crain, Cheese and Tine+^
Produce at Hemi and *brow).
Breadstuffs. ,
Toronto, Feb. 18,—Manitoba Wheat-•Lakt
Porte, No. 1 northern, 951-20; No. 2, 94oi
No, 3 91of feed wheat, 651-20.
Ontario Wheat—leo, 2, 95o to 960 for cal
lots outside, rangiug down to 700, for poor
grades.
Ontario Oats—No. 2' white, 330 to 340 at
country points, 37o to 35o on tracks, To'.
-onto.
Manitoba Oats—Nb, 2 0. W. oats, 41o,
traok, bay ports; No. 3 C. W„ 391-20; No.
1 feed, '391-2o, for prompt ehipnient.
Corn -American, No. 3, all rail, Toronto,
66c.
Peas:—No. 8, $1.20 to 91.25, car lots out-
side.
Bubkwheat---No. 2; 52a to 53o.
1Rye—No.'.2,. 630 to 65o, nominal.
Rolled Oatd'—Per bag of 90 pounds, 92n
221-2; per barrel, 94.78, wholesale, Wind-
sor to Montreal..
Barley—Maui-cob& bran, $19 to. $20, in
bags, track, Toronto; shorts, 921,50; Oa
tare bran, -$19 to 920 in bags; shorts,
921.50.
Manitoba Flour—First patents, $5.3Q' in
jute bags; second patents, 94.80 in date
bags;. strong bakers', 94.60 in jute bags.
In cotton bags, ten °outs snore per bar-
rel.
Ontario Flour—Winter wheat flour, 90
per cent, patents, is quoted at 93.95 to
94.05.
Country Produce.
Eggs—Cold-storage . eggs, 180• to 20o in
ease lots; fresh, 22c to 23o; strictly new -
laid, 29c to 13'10.
Oheese--Twins, new, 14 3-4o to 150, and
large, new, at 141-2o; old cheese, twins,
l6o to 151-th; 'large, 150.
Butter—Creamery prints, 51 to '32c; do.,
solids, 29 to 300; dairy prints, 25 to 270;
inferior (bakers'), 22 to 230.
Honey—Buckwheat, 90 pound in tine and
8o in barrels; strained olover honey,
121.20 a pound in 60 -pound tine, 123.40 in•
SO -pound tine; 13o in 5 -pound this; comb
honey, No. 1, 92.60 per dozen; extra, $3
per dozen; No. 2, 92.40 /ler dozen.
Poultry --Live chickens, wholesale, 12o to
13o per pound; fowl, 10o to 110; ducks, 13o
to 14o; live turkeys, 15c to 17c; geese, 90
to 10o. Dressed poultry, -2a to 3o above
live quotations, excepting dressed tdrkeya
at 200 to 21o.
Boane- Primes, $2.50 and $2.60 for hand-
pioked.-
Potatoes—Ontario potatoes, 85o per bag;
oar lots, ' 750; New Brunswicks, 95o per
bag out of store; 80e in car lots. .
Spanish Onions—Per case, $2.35 to 92.40.
Provisions.
Smoked and Dry Salted Meats--Rolle—
Smoked, 14 3-4e to 15c; hams, medium, 17o
to 17'1-20; heavy, 16.1-20 to 160; breakfast
bacon, 181-2o to 190; long clear bacon.
tons and caeca, ,141.20 . to 14 3.40; backs
(Plain), 211-2c; backs (Peameal), 220.
Green Meats—Out of pickle, 1e less than
smoked.
Pork—Short out, 926 to 928 per barrel:
mess pork, 921.50 to $22.
Lard—Pierces, 13 3-40; tubs, 14 1-4c; pails,
141-20.
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FAMOUS POLICE CHIEF.
Lepine, of Paris, Will Reign the
Office in March.
A despatch from Paris, France,
says; One of the most prominent
men in France shortly will disap-
pear from public life. ; The Matin
announces that Lepine, the Paris
Prefect of Police, intends to take
a well-earned rest, and will retire'
on March 23. Lepine was appointed
Prefect in 1893, and left the Pre-
fecture in 1897, when he became
Governor- General of Tangier. He
returned two years' later, since
when he- has held the appoint-
men uninterruptedly. His la,teet
achievement was the running to
earth of the notorious auto bandit
gang which terrorized Paris and
suburbs for several mouths.
FATAL FIRE AT OTTAWA.
Annex to Oblate Fatbei`a' Seholas-
tine Destroyed.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Fire which broke out in the' annex
to the scbol.asticate of the Oblate
Fathers, Ottawa East, early on
Thursday morning, totally destroy-
ed the building. Sister Ste. Si-
mone, a
imone,•a nun, was burned to 'death,
while twelve others had narrow es-
capes,. being tarried down the fire-
escapbs by the firemen. Sister Ste.
Simone was seen coining toward a
fire -escape by the other sisters, • but
she its supposed to.have fainted and
been unable to reach the windows.
The origin of the firs i s ` unknown.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Baled hay, No. 1, 912 to 912.50; No. 2,
$9 to 910; No. 3, $8 to 99; Baled straw, $9
to 99.50.
Montreal Markets. -
Montreal, Feb. 18. — Oats Canadian
Western, No. 2, 411-2 to 42e; do., No. 3,
401-2 to 41o; extra No. 1 feed, 41'to 411-2o;
No. 2 local white, , 38o; 170. 3 do., 37e; No.
4 do., 360. Barley --Manitoba, feed, 53 to
54o; malting, 76 to 800, . Buckwheat—Na. 2,
65' to 57*. Flour—Manitoba .Spring wheat
patents, berate, 95.40; do., seconds, $4.90;
strong bakers', 94.70; Winter patents, •
choice, $5.25; straight rollers, $4.85 to $4,90;
do., bags, $2.25 to $2.30. Rolled Oats—
Barrels, $4.50; bage, 90 lbs., 92.121-2. Bran
—$20; shorts, $22; middlings, $27; mouillio,
$30 to 935. Hay --No. 2, per ton, oar lots,
913.50 to $14. Cheese—Finest Westerns, 13c;
finest Easterns, 121.2 to 12 3.40. Butter--
Choicestt creamery, 281-2 to 29o; seconds,
24 to 26o, Eggs—Freeh, 35 to 370; selected,
23 to 26c; No. 1 stock, 21 to 23o No. 8
stock, 16 to 160.' Potatoes --Per bag„car
lotri, 60 to 621.20.
BRAND FOREIGN BUTTER.
Merchants are Warned. to 'Obey the
Federal Regulations.
A despatch from Ottawa says :
In view 'of the reported sale of New
Zealand butter in Montreal, Toron-
to, Ottawa and other places, Dairy.
Commissioner J. A, Ruddick draws
attention': to a section of the inspec
tion and sale act, which requires.
allforeign butter r cheese I
that fore g butt o se
sold in Oanada remit have the peek -
ages drily branded in letters not
less than three-eighths of an inch
high aild one -quartet of an inch
wide, 0
Live Stock Markets.
Montreal, Fele 18.—Good cattle sold at
96.25 to 96.65, while fair etobk brought
from $5.50 to 96, and the lower grades
from 94 to 95 per 100 lbs. Best butchers'
COWS sold at 95.75, and the commoner
stock sold from that down to 94 per 100
100 lbe. Top, quality bulls ranged frons
$3.60 to 94.50 per 100 lbs. •Sheep sold at
94.50 to 5 and lam at97.25 to 97,50 Per
10 The. $ 'Calves rangefrom $5 to 12
each, as to size and quality. Selected :lots
of :hogs: sold at $9.50 to 99.65, and In some
instances as high as $9.75 to 910 was paid
for a few small lots weighed off cars.
Toronto, Feb. 18.—Choice butchers ranged
from 96.50 to 97; medium to good from
$5.75 to 96:50; fair from 95.25 to 95.75, and
common - from 94.75 to 95.25. Good to
choice butcher cows sold at from $4.75
to 95.50; fair to medium at 93.75 to 94,75;
common from 93 to $3.75•; canners from
92.25 to $2,75; cutters from $2.76 to .93.
Bulls Teem 94.50 to 96,50, and inferior from
$3.75 to 94.50. Milkers and springers sold
at $33 to $50. Stockers and feeders chang-
ed hands at from $4 to 94.121-2. Lambs
ranged from $9 to $9,50; awes from: $5 to
96; bucks from 94.20 to 95. .Calves were
Steady. 'Vends from 99 to 910, and roughs
as low at 94. Hogs, $9.25, fed and wat-
ered,, while $9 wasgiven for heavies
grades.
She—What, you, Mr Jones! 1
never expected to See you here 'I
hearld that you had met with an ac-
cident. He—011, no, that was my
brother. She --I'm so sdrry.
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