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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1909-11-18, Page 6PARLIAMENT IS NOW OPEN Speech From the Throne at the Opening of the Eleventh Parliament. A despatch from (itIawa says: French Republic. respecting the Mild, hazy November weather con- 'commercial relations between ditions attended the opening of the France and Canada, having been second session of the eleventh Ca- 'approved by the French legislative Dachau Parliament on Thursday id- chambers, you will also bo asked to ter►oon. confirm it. As a result of the nice weather The construction of the Transcon- prepared for a handsome cut -stone conditions an even greater crowd tinental Railway has made substan- cathedral. of citizens than usual gathered on tial advance during the year. The 1). W. Hines, President of the Parliament Hill to witness the mill- Western division has been extend- Farmers' Railway at Prince Albert, Mary pageant, and the arrival of e•: 66 miles beyond Edmonton, com- Sask., has gout,insane. )Elia Excellency from Rideau Hall. pleting a total distance of 801 mules ('ort Arthur shippers are pro- Manitoba wheat No. 1 Northern The speech from the throne con- west of Winnipeg. Contracts have testing because one of the elevators $1.03, Bay ports, and No. 2 Nor - tamed the following clauses: been let for 399 rules in the moun- is not operated on Sunday. thern, $1.011/2, Bay ports. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS THE WORLD'S MARKE fS HAPPENINGS Pita'! ALL OVER THE GLOBE. letsgrapnle Briefs Prem Our Oes sad Other Countries el Retie' Events. C'.1 N :11).1. .\ company has been formed to manufacture steel by electricity at Weiland.. Poll Arthur Catholics have plans REPoIITs FROM THE: LEADING TRADE CENTRES.. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other hairy Produce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Nev. 10. -Flour - On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents, $).30 to $41435 in buyers' sacks on track, Toronto, and 81.15 to $4.20 outside, in buyers' sacks. Manito- baba flour, first patents, $5.60 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.10 to $5.20, and strung bakers' $4.90 to $5 un track, Toronto. 'FUTURE OF FRllIT-GROYING More Stringent Laws Are Needed to Squelch Dishonest Packers. "We have at present uver 7,000,- 000 apple trees in Ontario, bearing iv a good season one leirr.•I of pack ed apples to the tree. Moreuier, this is a very moderate estimate.' Thus Mr. E. 1). Smith of Winona opened the annual convention of the Ontario Fruit-Grwcrs' Associa- tion at Toronto on Wednesday. "Besides this great quantity of app'e-bearing trees there are 14,- 000 acres of vineyard, and there are Ontario wheat -No. 2 mixed, $1.- no less than 350,000 orchards and Lumigratiun has poured into the tain division ; good progress was The first train of wheat over the gardens," continued Mr. Smith. Ne new settlements of the North and made on this work. The Eastern di- National Transcontinental from 03 to $1.01 outside, and No. 2 white µ.est on to show that where 25 Winnipeg, arrived at fort \William and red \\'inter, $1.01 outside. years ago all fruits in Ontario were on Tuesday. Barley -No. 2, 5S to 59e outside, Fort William has been billed for and No. 3 extra at 50 to 57c out - the United States, and continental Trunk Pacific branch to toe lake 1+3.345.50 for costs of the services of side. Europe. Trade and commerce have itself. The whole of the work he- the militia in connection with the Oats -No. 2 Ontario white, new, made rapid advances in all direc- tween Winnipeg and Moncton is now recent strike riots. 37% to 38c outside. New Canada the \Vestin a copious and well- vision is now open for traffic from ordered strean(, drawn from the Winnipeg to Lake Superior .lune - best elements of the British Isles, tion, and thence by the Grand tions. The revenue has almost coin- under contract: The steamer 1.Il%see ramniet �letely regained what it had lost The exploratory surveys fora gate in the American Soo Canal, n the recent period of depression. railway from the Western wheat and the locks will probably be clos- est remarkable has been the ra- fields to Hudson's Bay were push - id recovery from the financial em- ed energetically during the whole barrassment which for a short time of last summer. It is hoped that was the cause of anxiety amongst a report of the operation will be constables to protect them against business men. In nearly every placed before you at an early date. possible trouble with the Indians. branch of business there has been a In order to improve the facilities Frederick Peterson, a colored revival of activity which gives as- already afforded the public by the man, was stabbed in the head at a surance of continued progress and Government railways, and to en- dance in Hamilton, and Charles prosperity. hence their value as part of the Smith has beenarrested on a Two members of my Government great transportation system of Can- charge of committing the offence. attended the Imperial conference ada, a bill will be submitted to you GREAT BRITAIN. called by his Majesty's Government for the purpose of enabling the Min - on the question of defence. A plan ister of Railways, on the recotn- Lieut. Shackleton. the antarctic was adopted, after consultation mendation of the Government rail- explorer, has been Knighted. with the Admiralty, for the organiz- ways managing board, and subject Suffragettes made a raid on the Won of a Canadian naval service, to the approval of Parliament, to Lord Mayor's banquet at the Guild - on the lines of the resolution of.,the lease any line or lines connecting hall, London. Bouse of Commons of the 29th .of with the Intercolonial Railway. Montague Guest, a close friend of March last. Tho papers will be im- A measure will be submitted to King Edward, died while hunting mediately brought down and. a bill you for the purpose of rendering with his Majesty at Sandringham. int reduced accordingly. more effective the Present legisla- The British Committee on the The new convention between his tion, respecting combinations which Dramatic Censorship has advised Maje' ty and the President of the unduly enhance prices. that the censorship be retained and extended to music halls. Lord Dundonald advises the JAIL WITH iIUID LABOR. NEW LiNES ON THE PACIFIC. towns and populous counties of Britain to purchase estates in the Sentence Imposed on Window- British Columbia Contracts With colonies on which to place their un- sma.shiog Suffragettes. Canadian Northern. employed. ed for the remainder of the season. People of Hazleton, B. C., are petitioning Premier McBride for A despatch from London says: Alice Paul and Amelia Brown, the window -smashing suffragettes, on Wednesday were sentenced each to one month at hard labor. Both are members of the Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst organization. During the banquet at (;uild Hall in honor of the King's birthday atones were thrown through a window of the dining hall, the crash of glass startling the company and inter- rupting the speech of the Lord Mayor. The affair proved to be a Fuffragette demonstration, and the two offenders were arrested. VALLEY'S COMET SIGHTED. Seen for First Time From Cana- dian Observatory. A despatch front Ottawa says: galley's comet was seen by Mr. ubert M. Motherwell, observer at t} a Dominion Observatory on Wed- nesday night, through tore 15 -inch telescope. The comet came into view about 10 o'clock, and was still visible at 1 o'clock in the morning. It will not be visible to the naked eye until January. This is the first time the comet has been seen from a Canadian observatory, for its last appearance was 75 years ago. PROSPECTING PERMITS. Quebec Government Will issue Them for Certain .Areas. A despatch from Quebec says: The Provincial Government has adopted an order -in -Council au- thorizing the Minister of Coloniza- tion to issue prospecting permits for areas of land not exceeding two hundred acres in extent. The ter- ritory upon which these permits will be issued will bo determined t.y the Minister of Colonization, Mines and Fisheries. A despatch from Victoria, B. C., says: The Provincial Government has announced that a contract has been made with Mackenzie and Mann for the establishment of several distinct Pacific steamship lines to act as feeders to the traffic of the Northern Railway Co., which will be extended to the coast. Four passenger steamers will be operat- ed in the Japan and Hong Kong trade. Another four -steamer Lino Will ply to Australia and New Zea- land ports, while modern vessels will be placed on the northern run. Barclay Sound, the terminus of the C'. and R. proposed Vancouver Is- land line, eventually will be the first and last port of call in the Ca- nadian North-West. Application will be made to the Dominion Gov- ernment for mail subsidies for all the new lines. .r. FIVE THOUSAND HOMELESS Typhoon Causes Great Damage in island of Panay. A despatch from Manila says: Panay, of the Visayas group, was crossed by a typhoon last Sunday. The storm was especially severe in Capiz Province, where many homes were destroyed. Five thousand persons aro homeless, and crops were destroyed. A large part of the island is flooded. ADDITION TO T1E AR('IIIVES. Britain Presents Governors' Cor- respondence. A despatch from Ottawa says: A valuable gift has been made to Canada by the British Government, namely, the complete and original correspondence sent by the Gover- nors -General to the British author- ities from the year 1791 to H10, the period during which Upper and Lower Canada were separate prov- inces. MED TO SAVE BROTIIE Ethel and John Arnell Lost Their Lives in Hotel Fire at Innisfail, Alta. A despatch from Innisfail, Alber- ta, says: Two young lives were lost hi the fire which destroyed the Re- vere Hotel hero on Wednesday ;fight. and several other persons lad a bare escape from the same iorrible death. The victims were Ethel rind John :\rnell, aged, t•e- ipoctivety, seventeen and twelve /ears, daughter and son of the pro Irieter of the lintel. Three other )liildren were saved by the mother ;brewing them from n window of ;he sec••nd sten. 1•+ firemen. and he and her husband saved them- selves by jumping. One of the boarders named Munroe, w•h, was also obliged to jump. had his leg broken Other guests escaped only in their night -robes. The unfortu- nate girl wlin perished in the flames was the victim of devotion to her little brother, and lost her life in a noble effort to save him. She rush ed to the window- with the intention of jumping to the ground. but on learning that John had not been aroused, she went hack to look for him t►lod w as enveloped in the flames. UNITED STATES. The Court of Appeals at Albany decided that oral betting was not illegal. Nine men lost their lives in an explosion in a colliery at Nanti- coke, Pa. Owing to a remarkable booni in the steel trade the Homestead steel Bacon -Long clear, 14 to mills will run on double time. 14%e per lb. in case lots; mess A roan died at. Somerville, trance. N. J., pork, $26.50; short, cut, $27.50. while in a hypnotic ancee. The Hants -Light to medium, 15 to hypnotist is charged with man 16c; do., heavy, 1.1 to 11%c; rolls, slaughter. 14 to 14'/.,c; shoulders, 12'4 to 13c; The defalcations of C. L. \\'arri- backs, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, Ler, Treasurer of the Big Four 1% to 18c. Railroad at Cincinnati, amount to s $643,000. Lard -Tierces, 15'/..c; tubs, 15%c; A bandit who attempted to rob a fails, 16e. hank at New Albany, Ind., killed the chashier and seriously wounded the President and another man. The Reading Railway has 200 tank cars engaged in hauling water to towns and collieries in the an- thracite coal region of Pennsylvan- ia. West oats, 39! to 39%c, and No. 3 at 38% to 39c, Bay ports. Peas -86 to 87c outside. Itye-No. 2, 74c outside. Buckwheat -55 to 56c outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow, 71 to 71'/c on track, Toronto. Bran -$21 in hags, Toronto, and shorts at $23.50 in bags, Toronto. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -$2 to $3.50 per barrel, according to quality. One load of prime steers sold at Beans -$1.60 to $1.73 per bushel $5.50. Ordinary good loads sold at outside points. freely at $4.60 to $5. Choice cows Honey-Conibs, dozen, $2.25 to were firm at $4.23 to $4.75. Milk $3; extracted, 10'/,c per lb. ers and springers were not quite Hay -No. 1 timothy, $13 to $15.30 so strong. The top price paid was and No. 2 at $13.50 to $14 on track, $67. Sheep and lambs were very Toronto. firm and dearer, lambs averaging Straw -$3.50 to $9.50. *5.85. Hogs quoted at $7.50 f.o.b., Potatoes -50 to 55c per bag on and $7.75, fed and watered. track for Ontarios. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 11 to 13c per lb.; fowl, 9 to 1Oc ; turkeys, 10 to 18c per lb.; ducks, lb., 11 to 12c; geese 9 to IOc. per lb. sold to commission agents in the large cities, to -day they are sold directly to the trade throughout the Dominion. The packing laws he does not con- sider adequate in Ontario. "Why, in tho Western States and British Columbia they laugh at our laws; theirs are so much stricter, and as a result a strong industry has sprung up. "We cannot expect assured suc- cess except through united action, not only in the townships, but in the whole Province. We can then slake a strong recommendation for better legislation which will serve to stamp out the most prevalent diseases and pests. In some cases the inspectors themselves are not fitted for their work, and a barrel of apples which will pass (Inc in- spector will not pass another. There should be a school of training for them." Mr. Smith thought the growing of Baldwins and Spies should be made a national industry. "I look forward with a great deal of confidence to the future pros- pects of fruit -growing in Ontario. We have the natural conditions of soil and climate to produce the best apples on the continent." lie con- cluded. 5,/,c per lb. Good lots of fat hogs sold at 8% to 9c per Ib. Toronto, Nov. 16. -The export trade was quiet. Butchers' of the choice variety sold as high as at any time during the past few months. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter ---Pound prints 22 to 22%c; tubs and large rolls, 20 to 21c; in- ferior, 17 to 19e; creamery, 26 to 27c, and solids, 21 to 25c per ib. Eggs -Case lots, 28 to 30c per dozen for fresh, and 26 to 27c for storage. Cheese-12l.c per lb. for large, and at 12%e for twins. HOG PROI)l'CTS. GENERAL. Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife are on a visit to the Kai- ser at Potsdam. t ('.1I-GlIT ltOI'E .1S IIF: FELL. Vancouver Workmen Have Narrow Eseape From heath. A despatch from Vancouver, B. C'., AVS: Jas. Tait, Missouri, and C. E. Russell, Vancouver, workmen employed on the Dominion Trust tcn•storey block. corner of Hust- ings and Abbott streets. fell from the top storey down the elevator shaft on Thursday morning, and both are still living. Tait was pick- ed up from the basement. and ask - et. for n glass of water. He was re- moved to the hospital, severely bat- tered. Hopes are entertained for the recovery of both then. They were working on a scaffold across the elevator shaft, when the scaf- fold gave way. Russell's escape is 'lost nrirneulous. He sirs that bile falling he caught hold of a rope that he knew was hanging in the shaft and clutched it with his Lends and legs. The friction burn- ed his hands to the bine. He slid clown two or three stories, and was finally rescued five stories down by the other workmen. i.1 \('HHI\(. IN 11.1,1\Ols. mot) of 10,0:11 Persons Siring 1'p Negro. .1 despatch from ('air,. i11.. say s : ,\ mob of 10,000 persons on Thur. day night lynched Will James, the negro suspected of being the mur- derer of Miss .Annie Pellev. He was hung up in the largest public square in the city. The rope broke and hundreds of shots were poured into his body. The mob then drag- ged the body through the streets for it mile to the place where the murder was committed. BUSINESS .1T MONTREAL. Montreal, Nov. 16. -Oats -No. 2 Canadian Western, 41% to 42c. 13arley-No. 2, 66 to G7c; Manitoba feed barley, 52 to 53c; buckwheat, 54 to 581/c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.70; do., seconds, $5.20; Winter wheat patents, $5.50 to 85.60; Manitoba strong bakers', $5; straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.25; do., in bags, $2.- 40 to *2.50. Feed -Ontario bran, $21 to $22; Ontario middlings $23.- 5,) to $24; Manitoba bran, $21; Manitoba shorts, $23 to $21; pure grain mouille, $32 to $33; mixed mouille, $25 to $27. Cheese -11% to Ilsac; easterns 11'; to 11%c. Butter -Finest creamery, 25 to 2534c 1•, round lots, and at 20 to 26':,c in a jobbing way. Eggs --Selected stock, 27 to 2Re ; No. 1 candled, 25 ti 29c per dozen. t'NITi:D STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, Nov. 10. - Wheat - Spring wheat stronger; No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.08%; Winter easier. Corn -Firm; No. 3 yellow, new, 60c. Oats -Easier; No. 2 white, 431.;c ; No. 3 white, 42%e; No. 4 white, 41%e. Barley - Feed to malting, 61 to 70e. Chicago, Nov. 16. -Wheat -Cash, No. 2 red, $1.09 to $1.20 ; N. 3 red, $1.0'i to $1.15; Ni'. 2 hard, $1.06 to $1.09; No. 4 hard. $1.e2 t.. $1.05; No. 1 Northern, $1.07 to $1.09; No. 2 Northern, $1.05 t.• $1.07!..i; No. :t Northern, $1.02 to $1.0:3. ('orn- No. 2, 63'4 to 63%c ; No. 2 yellow. 63',4 to Ole; No. 3, 6314e: No. 3 Yel- low, 6a' :,v. Oats --No. 2 white, 4i%c; No. 3, 373'c: No. 3 white, 3924 to 41c; No. 1 white. 37 to 39'.;e; standard, 39'4 to 41%. RAiLiIOAD TO BL.ICKSOD BAY. British Government Makes Grant of £I$5,000. A despatch from London says: The Government has decided to grant £135,000 towards the Colloo- r.ey & Blacksod Bay Railway. When this is constructed London will be only fourteen hours from Blacksod Bay, from which Halifax is distant only three and a half days. "With this decision," prophesies The Standard, "the early opening of the all -red route becomes almost assured. Its recognition by the Canadian Government as a part of the all -red route will he a signal for the commencement of the railway." tw^. SHOT THROUGH STOMACH. ('harivari Near Neepawa, Man.. Has Serious Ending. A despatch from Neepawa, Man- itoba, says: There was a sad and almost tragic ending to a charivari at W. McLaughlin's place, near Glendale, on Tuesday night, when, enraged by the noisy crowd assemb- led, following his wedding, Mc- Laughlin fired a rifle among them, and wounded Harry Bosnell, aged eighteen. The bullet passed through his stomach and liver, and although he is still alive and in tite hospital here, his life is despaired of. McLaughlin was a widower and had been quietly married a tew days ago, hence the celebration. f RICH HEAD WAITER. Dead Employe of New York Res- taurant Leaves $500,000. 1 despatch from New York says: James 'I'hielninn, for the last ten years bend waiter at Delmonico's and before that a waiter at the same restaurant since 1872, saved and invested his tips so wisely that on his death recently he left an es- tate valued at $500,000. 'I his be- came known on Wednesday when his widow applied for letters of ad- ministration, in default of a will. ► INCREASE OF TRADE. • Canada Led the World With One Exception. A despatch from Ottawa says: During the decade from 1S98 to 1908 Canada led tho world, with the exception of Argentine, in com- parative increase in trade. During the preceding decade, from 1897 to 1907, Canada ranked third in re- spect to trade growth, Argentina first and Japan second. Japan now ranks third. This is the most in- teresting fact brought out in the annual report of the Trade and Commerce Department, issued on Wednesday. For the last fiscal year the statistics of trade, as al- ready stated, show a falling off of $67,916,284, as compared with the p;receding year. The Deputy Min- ister, in his report, lays stress on the fact that this decrease was al - moat wholly in imports, the de- cline in exports being only $3,446, 580. Compared with other nations. Canadian trade figures for the year show that the financial depression was felt much less severely hero than elsewhere. CLOSED YEAR 111.1'11 Sl"RL'LFS. Brockville's Municipal Light Plant Made Good Showing. A despatch from Brockville says: After paying all running expenses, debenture interest, $5,303, and $7,- 597 on the debenture debt of the plant, the Brockville Light and Power Department, owned and con- trolled by the municipality, finish- ed the past year's operations with a net surplus of $604. The depart- ment had a revenue of $51,915 from the sale of gas and electricity. and nearly $1.000 was allowed for depre- ciation. The bad debts amounted to only $26. 4• WHEAT iN FAR NORTH. 11as Graded Number 2 Northern at Fort Laird. IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND NEWS BY MALI: ABOUT JQ:IN Bl•1.1. AND HIS 1'l:Ol'I.E. Occurrences In the Land MAI Reigns Supreme In tle. Uon►• tuercial 11'rarl(j. Considerable pr e. has been made towards the completion of Truro Cathedral. The King has forwarded $50 In the Royal l.,le of Wight Agricultur- al Society A deluge of rain such as has not been known for fifty year;, tlur.dck" Cromer recently. A laborer named William Stev- ens died in the Iblborn Workhouse recently from starvation The foundation stone of the new building of St. Mary's Hospital for women and Children at Plaistow was laid recently. The death ih announced at Hayn- ford Hall, Norfolk, of Rear -Admir- e! Pollard, who served through the Crimea and China wars. Mr. G. A. Hearn of New York. has given £500 to purchase pictures for the permanent collection of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Mr. Gladstone states that there are now seven youths undergoing penal servitude for offences commit- ted between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. Charged with shooting himself on bis son's grave at Edmonton Ceme- tery, Alfred Beckett, aged sixty- three, of Shoreditch, was remand- ed at Enfield. At the instance of Eburn District Council an order was made for tki closing of twenty-two houses whish it was alleged were unfit for Nabi- t- Wien. - Among the latest donations to King Edward's Hospital Fund for London is $525, being the anna( subscription of the King, the foun- der and patron of the fun. The King has sent a swan to Hal- berton Devon, as company for a cygnet which took up its abode near the village a few months ago and has become quite tame. At the unanimous invitation of the Rochester Town Couneil Alder- man Charles Willis has accepted the Mayoralty of the city for the fourth year in succession. Metter provision for widows and children of police constables who lose their lives in the execution ,t their duty is made by a goyernrnont bill introduced recently. it is recommended by t e �Ill�i0�,,i1i- ways Committee of the Wan - rtl Borough Council that in future t council should not take into its s vice any workman over 50 year• age. About 250 boys and girls f Foundling Hospital were over the Mansion House re and an entertainment was ed, during which the children several part songs. "Anyone who offers to sell von anything on the street in the Old street district," said Mr. ('leer, tho magistrate at iorth London Poli .n Court, "is a thief, and might as well have it placarded on him." A Crimean veteran, named George David Deacon, 85, died at Tunbridge wells from a burst heart. His body was covered with battle sears. At the inquest a verdict of "natural causes" was returned. Shooting for the Inter -Yeomanry Souadron Shield at the Hatfield Rifle Range, Major W. H. Nicholls A despatch from Ottawa says: of the Hertfordshire Yeomsnry, Wheat grown at Fort Laird has scored twenty-one "bulls" in suc- been received by the Trade and cession at ranges of 200, 50-), and Commerce Department from Com.; C00 yards. missioner Perry, of the North-West :1 French silver coin. which pro - Mounted Police. Fort Laird, on River Laird, lies 200 miles north of the 60th parallel of latitude and 2u miles east of the Yukon Terri- tory. The grain was graded as No. 2 Northern, worth about 91 cents a bushel. An elephant can get up a speed of twenty miles an hour, and sus- tain it for half a day. In nyder to rend intelligently books in their native language. Chi- nese pupils must be familiar with 4.000 different signs. • NE ZEALAND WILL HELP The Dominion Has Adopted a Vigorous Defence Policy. A despatch from Wellington says: Conference as applied to local con - The New Zealand budget proposals ditions. :111 buys between the ages include the raising of it loon not ex- of twelve and eighteen will undergo elementary division. All young cceding £'2.000.000 at 3,; per cent. men between eighteen and twenty- 1.1VF. STOCK M.\IIKET. for the fulfillment of the Dread- one will undergo two years' corn - weight offer. The naval prol••,sals pulsory training on stated evenings, involve the total expenditure of half days and whole days, and also £250,000 annually, 1:130,000 tom ards fourteen days annually in camp. A the cost of a i)readnought and volunteer force of 20,000 men will £100,000 as a contribution to the also be maintained and rifle clubs Admiralty to cover the difference will he encouraged. The cost of between the Imperial and local the scheme is estimated at 1;100.000, rotes of pay. Regarding internal white it further £150,000 will be ex - Grass fed calves, 2'.; to 4'ye per defence it is proposed to reorgan- pended in a ',cried of thre' years Ili.; good veal., 5 to 6c per II. i,e the present system on lines rp- en additional armament and Geld Sheep 3% to Z%e, and lambs about I proved by the Imperial Defence equipment. Montreal. Nov. 16. -Prime beeves sold at 11e to near 424c per Ib. ; pretty good animals, 3% to t';e; common stock, 2 to 3e per lb. ; lean canners about 11.,c per 11►. .1 super- ior milker was sold for t17:,, and tan others at $69 ea'h ; other e..ws and springers from $30 to $60 each. hably fell from the pocket of ono of Prince Charlie's French followers, has been found on the battlefield of Prestonpans. it bears the inscrip- tion. "Louis XIV. by the ixraee ..f Cod. King of France and Navarre, 1677." -.1.- A WONDERFUL EXPLOSIVE. Touch of a Ely's Fool Would HAL Enough to Set 1t 01T. What would be the consequences of firing a barrelful of nitrogen io dide it would be impossible to say," declares a writer in the Strand, "simply because the stuff is too aw- ful to be made in such quantitile5. "lt'niey sound like a j••ke, bu it is nevertheless the truth that o tread of n house Ilv explode this dangerous ' t is not necessary that a 1 s ioo d walk over the compound. it has only to let one foot come into con- tact with the explosive, when the jolt causes it to explode and to blow the insect into the air. "Another manner in which the peculiar property of this explosive can be demonstrated is by scatter. ing a small quantity of the dry po der over a sheet of clean page then resembles pepper, and o needs a few sharp breaths of t manipulator --just sufficient to ma them roll -to cause each speck t. ignite and explode, meantime giv ing off a long. thin column of dens purple smoke. If a barrelful ( nitrogen iodide could be made i would have to kept moist to proven danger. Bycomparison, gun -powder is a mid, innocent, inoffensive material.