HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-06-15, Page 6SECRETS OF THE MOON'e"ere blxttI sere felt I,- tiwe gubt SHOOTING IN THE NAVY itcerseutlthe- gunnt•rV al.lwari
tiuued hixtcen reset:, and on Au est
`24, A 11. 79, it broke fort h to crop- be toasters of the theory of gunnery,
PROFESSOR PICKERING WILL Oen. The hest day I'untpeii, iter- I BRITISH ARE TRA- INING THEIR and Lt the fleet to day there ore
culancum and lllabiae %tyre over- ' huncnds. u( splendid gunnery lleutea
LOOK FOR THEM. GUNNERS.
_ over-
whelmed, tltuusancls perishing. In !slits.
World's Greatest Authority to 1831 an eruption and great tidal New Method of A- dmiral
wane killed hundreds. Fifty-four'
Undertake a Remarkableyeas later another great eruption Adopted at Whale
Expedition. gave it its present shape. Sinus then Island.
though ever active and at times very
Scott
Believing the mouths of earthly Once more the King has thrown his
voleunees may contain secrets ut the (hrrntening, thyro have been no very influence on the nide of efficiency.
moon, Professor William 11. I'icker- st'riuw disturbances.Aetna, ever a burnin mountain, When last at Ports th he trent for
ing, the world's ger; test authority will next bo visited, and from theta Able -Seaman 1Iollinghurst, and corns
on its satellite, will roil this Mouth;
' Professor Pickering will sail to the pliulcntcd him on his achievement in
for Europe on one eif the most re - break'" the record with the 6 -inch
markable expeditions yet undertaken 1 -'pari Islands, lying between the' b
by u Harvard prv,forssur us an in north const of Sicily and Italy. gun. Every officer and man in the
dividual and at h18 own expense. In There are Stromboli and Vercelli), fleet who is keen on gunnery must
a word, he plans to examine Aetna, which would seemto connect Aetna have felt that the honor done to
Vesuvius, St Tyndall and \'ulcamu, and Vesuvius, though the difference, the champion bitut by this royal re -
the old w'orld's greatest fire moon-! in lava would apparently prove cognition reflected in some manner
tains, seeking iu them an explants-1+othcrwise. upon himself. His Majesty thus to -
tion of some as yet not understood'I lie first, Stromboli, is ever in ac- cussed attention on the importance
features of volcanic life in the moon tive eruption, its top surmounted by of htruight shooting at the very mos
and the steaks Of kohl constantly avapor cloud that at night reflects nient when a change was ulado which
to to seen upon It. great intermittent fires. Seen from a may have tar -reaching results. Calc
of the 8,000 known lunar Yokelsvessel, the island looks like tain Frederick T. Hamilton, M.V.O.,
oto, or, rather, etutera, little "side A ('HEAT I.IGIITIIOCSE has succeeded (tear-Atudral Percy
from that discovered by the Cam- of the flashlight type. Explosions of Scott, C.B., in the command of the
britlge man is known, and he mod- steam aro constant. varrying from a
cstly says he has done but little. Of 1 ' to to twenty minutes apart, and
the light strcuks that may be teen sounding not unlike an engine blow -
on any good photograph of that ing off steam.
body, or through tt comparatively It is not impossible that in this
small telescope. the sum of hurnan great vapor tank and series of steam Scylla and Terrible, both distingu-
knowledge is even less. Of both explosions Professor Pickering may 'shed for their good shooting, hits
find some bit of evidence throwing been in control at Whale island, has
light on the moon's light streaks, as been most fruitful of progress. A
the investigator at times may LIP- new page in the war efficiency of the
proach the brink and survey the in- fleet has been opened.
terior without danger' THE NEW SYSTEM.
Vulcano, too, is constant in its
action, though its chief discharge is !tear -Admiral Scott is known
sulphurous vapors. The ancients be- throughout the world as the British
hewed this place was the abode of officer who has made the effective
Vulcan, hence its name, and cruse- use of the big guns carried t:y hie
dere who visited it on returning do- Majesty's ships his life-long study.
clared it a vent from purgatory. If one may fudge from the new
Like Stromboli, it is not dangerous system of training seamen at Whale
for close view at times; in fact, a Island, Admiral Scott has little
during observer may approach the opinion of the old methods of cram -
brink at almcst all times after he ming urea's minds with a great deal
has become accustomed to strong sul- of information as to the character of
phur fumes. explosives, the different types of
In connection with Prof. Picker- guns, or ballistics generally, Time
ing's work of seeking facts on this was when the blackboard and chalk
moon in volcanoes it is interesting played a prominent part in the
to note that some authorities on the reg(me at Whale •Island. They have
latter aro inclined to think the moon practically disappeared. As tho bats -
may boa cause of eruptions. ][all, man practises at the nets and the
the English authority, called atten-
tion to this in 1872, while Professor rifleman nt the butts, sit the seaman
Hobert T. hill of the United States going through his course is taught
geological survey made some inter- to use file gun by handling it. It is
esting observations in 1902, when held that good shooting can be ntr
West Indian volcanoes were causing tairtyd only with practice, and in the
havoc, batteries at Whale Island you eco
He pointed out that there was a parties of men -guns' crews in train -
new moon on tho day of the great 1 ing-doing over and over again the
eruption of Saint Vincent, the de- same operation. A number of aids
elruclio,' of Saint. Pierre coming on are provided, so as to stimulate on
the next. On the Clay of the second the one hand the actual !iring of the
outbreak there was a full moon and gun without discharging a projectile.
on the approximate height of the die- and on the other the motion of the
turbance there was another. target, which its time of war, would
♦ - to an enemy's ship rolling or pitch-
ing on the water, and at the same
WRAPPER IS WEIGHED IN. time steaming onward.
IN EVERY CONOITi.N.
British Public Buy Paper and It may be that an early shot would
String For Tea and Sugar. hit a fennel and thus lessen the
"in one year the British public speed; it may be that her bow would
bought 5.0H1),6114 pounds of paper be injured and would sink; or it may
and string as tea." be that her steering gear would be
'hhus l'a'the Thomson, a Govan injure d, and in each case the gunner
mngistrute, in denouncing the anon- should be so expert as to adjust au-
nties which exist under the Weights tomatically his firing to suit the
and pleasures Act, at the annual changed circumstances. iiy various
meeting of the Incorporated Society Ingenious instruments he has these
of inspectors of Weights and Meas- conditions reproduced during his
ores held in London recently. practice.
It was an extraordinary position. He is first taught how to load by
he said, that while a trader who means of the "loading tray," and
used unjust weights and scales was it is marvellous with what rapidity
liable to prosecution, the act did not 100 -pound shots can be run through
ernlow'cr an inspector to take any it dummy gun, the sponge inserted
cognisance of a deficiency In weight each time, and the charge (laced In
In the nctual goods ordered by and position and fired. When he has he -
delivered to a purchaser. come an expert member of a gun's
Under the pneket system, now so crew. every man having an exact pin
prevalent. fn which ten. sugar, and sition in which to stand and an us -
other commodities were made up in- act duty to perform, so that the
to pound packets and were not whole body of men work together
weighed in the presence of the cus- with unerring swiftness and surprise
tomer, much that was fraudulent, he Ing co-operation, then he posers on
(icclnrecl, want on dally. to learn how to shoot straight. and
"It Is the poor," said Mr. Thom- snakes the acquaintance of the "dot -
son, "oho are the chief sufferers, but ter," the swinging target, the
so long act a trader keeps hie "knocker -out," etc. Gunnery has
weights and seeks correct it is al- been raised to n sport. It arouses
moat impossible to prosecute him the teen's enthusiasm. and they go
successfully for frauds of this char- through the course with verve, and
actor." enjoy the constant practice as much
Mr. Spencer, the thief officer of the as ntt onrsman enjoys the trials.
Public Control Commit tee of the RIVAI.itY I117TWEEN Silif'S.
Loncon County Council, had stated Probably the secret of the progress
that the purchaser of a pound of tea made of late in naval guenery nifty
very often received only 154 ounces, be traced Largely to the fact that
the remaining half -ounce being repro under the new conditions it leads to
seated by paper and airing. latlon between gens' crews and
This was a small matter in the in guns' crew's, and between ship mid
ctlelduitl case, but, taking figures In ship. The seamen of to-dny are
greet gunnery establishment at
Whale Island, Portsmouth, on the
Intter officer's promotion. The period
of nearly two years during which
the former captain of the cruisers
Professor Pickering hopes to learn
•h.
"It is true," said he, to a news-
paper correspondent, "that I am
planning to go to Europe in June,
but I go as an individual and at
my own expense. The chief object of
my visit is not, as has been stated,
to view the eclipse of August. though
1 shall crus to Arica for that pur-
pose. Iffy main object is to study
the (urination, lava, craters, etc., of
the great volcanoes of the Mediter-
ranean. No one goes with me but
members of my family.
"Of course, in Africa I shall snake
some observations of the eclipse.
The most important of these will bo
some measurements by polariscope of
the relative light of sky and moon
and measures of the breadth of some
of the finer detail in the solar cor-
olla.
I118 CHiEF STUDY,
"As I have said, however, my chief
work will be iu the study of volcun-
cies. Tho moon, as you know, is
studded with craters that show many
resemblances to ours;_jn fact, tho
Hawaiian volcannoes show most of
tho features of those of Luna, and
Luna most of those of Hawaii.
"My chief task will be to try to
fund some explanation of the streaks
of light to be seen on the moon rad-
iating from certain craters. 'These
streaks furor the most enigtnatical
feature upon the moon's surface. In
a photograph of the full moon taken
in Jamaica you can see these streaks
clearly. One great selenographer of-
fers the suggestion that they are
bands of white material from. below
rho surface, another that they are
due to the action o1 the weather,
while still another that they were
made by a meteorite. Tho later gen-
Heenan's idea is that the meteorite,
hitting the , splashed over it as
an egg thrum!' upon a sphere would.
"'These streaks usunlly issue from
small craters. being narrowest at
their point of issue. They are sel-
dom more than five miles wide and
from ten to 60 miles long. In color
they are white and yellow. They
also ditTer in their courses, some
running straight. others curved.
"it is within a comparatively
short time that the moon has been
considered other than a cold, dead
world -a burned -out cinder. The
reason for this was that the men
who wrote astronomical textbooks
were not students of the moon. They
took things for grunted. Now all
selenographers-or moon students. as
tho name implies -agree that there
aro occasional changes of volcanic or
other origin.
'1'f11tE1; ('LASSES OF CHANGES.
"My investigations in Peru, Jam-
aica and California convilleed mo
that these changes ►nay be classified
under t hree heads -forming and melt-
ing at hots' frost, volcanoes and
vegetation. The water given off by
these volcanoes is not rainwater, but
waiter that elthcr is hcing expelled
Irian the moun's interior fur the first
time or by heat from the rocky ma-
terials of the crust with who h it
was previously united in crystnlUra-
tion. If the earth is still discharging
vast quantities of water from its
interior it is only fair to assvrno
t he tiny be doing the snore.
Trac, the moon is smaller than the the aggregate, the deficiency rearh•'.1
earth, but it is else Lounger. The
line ie
enormous total quoted by Bailie -
earth earth retains its water because of its the aeon.
sire; the moon is too small and its A resolution was passed in favor of
water is, therefore, aidely scattered
in the form of hoar frost before d1s-
sipating into outer spare. Erosion
in the form of dry river netts on the
moon proves presence in the post of
large quantities of water. Capillary
attraction ►nay hold some fres water Mrs. Spnrks-"i do wish, •lohn,
hencnth the s=urface, and this would that you would explain this Chinese
sustain plant life. question to mc."
"Resides the light streaks, there Mr. Sparks -"it's very simple.
aro also canals on the moon, just Marie.. You see, the Russians don't
as there aro on Mars. They are not ttnnt an open d •, hat desire to in the tergcl make the man."
like earthly cnnnls. but greet black keep a slice of ('hina for themselves. 1 f'('Oltlt 1tIt1:A1:INO,
streaks, which show in the photo- Now, the Jnpanece went nn open
graph. 1 hope to learn something door and wish to keep Russia from What is the result of thio method ing how few people there ere who i tcaa at a Chitral i'ongr s rivet ins,
legislation against giving short
weight and measure.
MAItI I'1' Q('I'I'E CI.i•:Alt.
sportsmen. The pian who has not
a sport ing 'net Inst is not much good
in the navy, and the gunnery officer
u ho is not a burn leader of "ten,
capable of encouraging and moulding
this capacity, might be better em-
ployed nshnre.
Under the regime at !'hale Island
SHE COULD STRIKE, TOO.
MISHAPS OF SPEAKERS.
POLITICAL ORATORS MEET
WITH PITFALLS.
Lose Their Notes at a Critical
Moment, and Their Speeches
End in Disaster.
An Instance Where The Shoe Wail The Irish member who, when he
on the Other Foot. tore in the House to take
part in an
He was a working -man delegate. important debate the other day,
and he never tired of talking of (cum! to his dlsmay that he had for -
strikes. Ile held that they were jus- gotten to bring his note' with l'i.n,
finable, and he was prepared to tlem- had an unpleasant experience, says
omstrate that it was perfectly proper Loudon 'Tit -Bits. "He got along
to strike to secure any desired re- I retty well," a reporter says. "for
salt. Ho told his wife so, and she the first ten minutes; then came a
seemed to agree with hint. She said painful "nee, through which he at -
it appeared to be the easiest way IIn to recapture tau
enforcing a demand. And that nlghtf tempted in vaithhdlread of Itis speech. Thereafter,
when ho came home he found that we gallantly struggling on
the table was not set. through half anuhour, his remarks
"I want a new dress," she said, were hopelessly dict ointed."
when he asked what the trouble It is out lung slaty lord Roseberry
was.
"I know. You've been bothering
me for that dress for a month," he
said. "But how about supper?'
"'!'hero isn't any," site replied.
"This is a strlke.'t
"A strike?"
"Yes. I've been trying to secure a we ran." proceeded to niatce one of
peaceable settlement of this trouble the must brilliant speeches of his
for some time, but now I mean to time.
enforce my rights." Mr. Gladstone proved himself little
"Mary, how dare you?" leva resourceful in a t+iteiler enter -
"Oh, don't talk to mo in that gonc•y ist a debate on the Eastern
way! if I can't get you to arbitrate Question in July, 1878. He was
-why, I've to strike. I don't care equipped with sheaves of notes writ -
if it does block the wheels of trade." ten on odds and ends of paper of all
"But, Mary, you don't under- slues and shapes, and before he had
stand." proceeded far with his speech the
"Oh, yes, I do! I've made my de- slips had become
mands, and they've been refused. A QUITE HOPELESSLY 3fIXED.
strike is all that there is left, and
I've struck."
was standing face to face with a
1'1yn.outh audience while his notes
were at a hotel, some distance
away. He good-humoredly explained
the state of things and, saying "We
shall httve to scramble along its best
Fora Hine the perplexity of the sit -
"But your demands are unreason- uation quite unnerved the veteran
orator, anti he was in danger of an
ignominious collapse when, with a
sweep of his hand, he brushtel his
notes aside and plunged headlong in-
to his speech, with the happiest of
results.
able.
"I don't think they are.
"You're no judge.'
"You're the judge of your demands
when you strike, and I'm first as
good a judge as you are when I want
something. It's of no use talking; Nearly a year later a similar min -
this strike has commenced," chap Befell Lord Sherbrooke -better
She folded her arms in a determin- remembered mill, perhaps, as "Hobby
ed way and he subsided. It was per- Lowe." Ile had proceeded with Ms
haps half an hour later when he
looked up and asked: -
"Mary, is the strike still on?"
"It is still on," she replied.
"Aren't you hunbry?"
"No; 1 saw that. I had something
in the treasury before the strike was
entered."
"Meaning the pantry?" he asked.
"Meaning the pantry," she return-
ed.
"I believe I'II get a bite," he said.
"It's locked," she replied. "rho
usual fluency up to a certain point
at which it was necessary to quote
an extract from a Blue Book in sup-
port of his argument. Ile had tho
extract somewhere' among his notes,
but, either through confusion in his
slips of paper or short sight, he was
unable to find it. For a time he
fumbled vainly among his papers,
amid an embarrassing pause of ex-
pectation, and failing to find the
missing note collapsed into his scat.
Lord Salisbury early in his career
reserve is to he used simply to step had such awkward experiences of the
the strike going. You can't touch
hampering effect of notes that he
the strikers' resources." wisely determined to abandon therm
"Ile careful, Mary," he said, warn- ani to rely rather on
ingly; "if I cut off the cash--"
She laughed light-heartedly and 1115 EXCELLENT MEMMOIIY.
nodded towards the pantry.
"I can hold out a week," she re- again at fault, arid rolled out his
turned. "rotund" sentences as smooth) as
Five or ten minutes later he. pro If he were reading the. y
posed that they compr 'so on the S m
basis of a dollar.
"Two." she replied, firmly.
"Iiutthat means ruin," he protest-
ed. "I can't afford it."
"'1'hnt's your business," she an-
swered. "I offered to arbitrate
once."
it wns ten o'clock that night when
he finally gave in, and somehow he
felt that ho had experienced a now
phase of the strike business.
The result was that he was never
BEAM AND MOTE.
Mrs. Calliper looked aggrieved as
ehe seated herself opposite her hus-
band at the dinner -table, and know-
ing what was expected of hit", he a public dinner in a particularly
inquirt•(I if she had enjoyed the after- happy vein he cause(' something like
noon. consternation among his auditora by
"No, I can't say I hnve," Mrs. coming to it full stop. Ile tried ones
Calliper admitted in a weary tone, or twice to resume the thread of his
"and all for the want of a little speech, but fnil%d. and. accepting the
tact. Now I'll tell you what hap- aituatfne with a smile, resu►neti his
pencil. 'The dressmaker wasn't ready neat.
for the when I got there. wouldn't be One of the dangers of notes was
for nearly an hour, so 1 happened to jpitatrnted sonic years a;;o be an
remember that Mrs. James, on whom
1've Clever called, though she's often
asked n1e in times past. lived two
blocks away. I said I'd go there
It is not tunny months since Mr.
Winston Churchill found timeelf in
an oratorical impasse. In a debate
on the 'Trades Union and 'Trades Die -
puce (till in the Commons he mallet!
alone atnonthly until he carpo to the
sentence, "it reels with those who
oppose this Bill to satisfy the elec-
tors--" 'Then he halted, repeated
his wt.rds, consulted his notes, and
endeavored to proceed. But the
wheels of memory had clogged, and
after a worst of apology he sat down,
amid sympnthetic cheers.
en Mr. Chamberlain has not a: -
ways leen free from these embarras-
sing failures. Once when speaking at
amusing episode In which Mr. Ln-
bouche're end Mr. Bradlaugh were the
actors. The former hail to nddri ss
and return. a meeting and to be followed by the
"Well, it was a little early for n latter. As Fate wnttld have it, Mr.
call, perhaps, telly nitwit half pant
one. but i explained the whole thing
to her. 1 said, 'Here I was, Mrs.
.louu•s, with an hour en Iny hands
and so nenr you, and how much hot-
ter than to make an extra trip for pfr. 14bouchere rend and digested the
the call.' notes and made an excellent speech
"Well, of coarse any one with a
particle of tact would have pretend- nn the,%., Ibuq taking the wind r(1m-
cd to be glad to ser ins whether it pletely 11111 of Mr. Ilradlaugh's soils
Bradlaugh placed his ticot.ly-written
and copious notes in n position where
his rival resdd read theta. an oppor-
tunity which was
TOO GOOD '1'c► Irl: MIMSI':),
was perfectly convenient or not, hut and lent ing hint in nn awkward posl-
do you know, she just said, '1'In Hun, from which only his great re -
sorry, Mrs. Calliper. but It is jest tlourcefulneee reerued him.
the hour of the children's luncheon. On severe! orcasiont a speaker hne
and i shall have to ask you to ex- been saved from dleaster by a kindly
cost• me, thpugh I'd be very glad to prompter. Wltrn a'fht17ing the have you rest here.' stndc•nts of Itiimifl hens, Mr. (:ham -
men's tnlnds are not muddled with "As if i needed any rest! 1 rose terlsi'i got stuck of a word which
theory which they do not under- imrnedintele, of course, and started refused to came to him: he tried in
stand. The object of the training is away, but 1 did say with a great vain to fad,t euitaitle set,hstitute, and
to teach thein to shoot. 'I he motto ; deal of dignity that I couldn't tell at two. in despair. turned roars! to
of Whale latent; v is "Practice is when I should be able to 0(1,110 hist wife. who 0•(8 sitting lehhx) him
the rand to good gannet', nisi holes again. 1 gave her another chance,' on the platform, and from her lips
but all she said ens that she nits .received the truant. The fluent -
'sorry it happened so.' (tongued Bishop of Ripen once had
"All the way horse l'%c Leen think to atxl•ea1 for similar as:;isitnnce. It
nixed these, too, from the old world keeping a slice of the country. On of training! 'i he ether dny a party have had the benefit of such home nail to the curprlan ofeer}ht►eI •
et teen went to sen in the ordinary (raining ns 1 had as a girl, And I've cane ton halt in the middle of his
course in the cr.tieer Serengeti'', the been trying to make allowance for speech. He struggled hard to recor-
terxler to While Islam. and the cap- , that wmnlnn, but When 1 think of } er his oratorical footing, but to no
lain reported "a great Improve- , the hour 1 spent In the dre'srnakcr's pirr{ n•e until one of the preen:eon
11cut" in the shoot ing. due, of stuffy waiting -morn, It certainty is handed film a 'lip. a glance at a hlrh
"Arlene! him rg,tin.
volcanoes, some phcnonienn .,that the other hand, llermnny is trying
mny explain some of the thlnlpt ne to keep Japan from keeping Russia
Ito not know. If it is hat n little from closing the door, and nlsu
:king on either of th•.s,e two points tants to keep her from keeping itus-
thc trip will have been well north sia's keeping n 'lire. of China. Now,
the while; if nothing should be if America inn keep Germany (rum
:earned,sothe things may be elnl- keeping Russia from keeping a slice
tinted.., j of territory. the dant can be kept
1 I:ItI.1:'1'1':\i, VOLCANOES. open. Seer'
Professor l'ickering's description of Mrs. SI'nrks--"Ol), yes, it's grsite
the lllediterrancan district, a hither clear to ase. Anyhow. the heather's
he goes se n student. fits it very ho chert% there that the Chinese will
nett(}, the stern() lie will ettnly tun• rnal it more ennnfuetnble to keep
11is1tri,; 41f Vesuvius, Aetna, Srotnboli their doors open. Still. 1 can't see
and \ A i.ane, the letter giving its why the Powers are making such n
1181M, to all the tire tains of the fu -s ever a little thing like that."
earth. (.f the group. Vt'ei%Ics is tile'
most important and most easy of Ps.
s
Tule IITiI'O )(•\I31T. dist.tsee 1ettceen 1.:1091.:109and 1,►i(►1.1.00i
acres.: /tom Naples. where he wi:l " Illi" rc^mrd, d., sword. As is well known, the sword -I liter find not rut tear year.. "ifo
land, and naturally it will 1•e the Medical men know o;ly too atoll vsrmiLv n ' drill f8 of a very exacting desc•rip- y'ou remer::bec," he asked. •'the retie
first visited, from experience the terihle evil to "mman from n rtiip ,ravelling nt 11 tints. `sapling an ;dented 1esetl:rr n• 1n••
1'p to the time of the Christie)) the community arising here the `xrtnrt spied. is the beet teetimont• • "Now." earl the 1055 +ts•tor, "how and girls" Her (it'll suftcned at the
re -e this volcano is not kne%ti to; haha of taking nerr0t1c rh•uys. Of to rho petit of the lien' traininc, ' wuu'•I yeei us,• the su:•rd if cunt op- rr•eell••rtne "Vis." she areessre 1,
have been active. though trn,lti•.n rerc•it years there is f.toil rcnson to alth 1's nil"ul to 1he •t ortir•t: iv.-, eenent feinted!'' I "I remember it well " "'That sap -
says it gate forth fire prior to that cent:+ule that this pr•rnicleeis f..shiee• stin••t. o' •r the nl,l, v ill, its s ••lteclad," r••1.1i,'tl I'it• with Ii;ugh- ling." he cohtinued, dreastily, "must
time and eni lie writers tell of et i- hos Mere/mil to an nl:Irn,tng, arty,, h1ac'sbonrd PTO , hit... P 11 'ea , ( it i, eye- "I'd jurat tickle hi:a with be a atrnng and sturdy oek now!"
dowel of eruptions. ''lie mat rercr.b indeed. to nn appalling, extent.- •1 rive i e is t-. e,: th 11 ►..n cif t!:eo: .. the point to seo if ho aas t.lattn- The roftncse n11 df •il out of her eyes,
ad disturbance an8 in A.D 0:3, when Medical Press j'l his s,rs,tei.:, of fol:re, npi•lic•s only , Ening!" +and ronversation cerlaet),
ro rse, to the site "This was , hard work•
noticenble," affiledIttrantain Story, ♦ --
aho ane in cerement of the Nureis- ; YET ANOTHER "1':\"1"' S'I'OBY.
sus. "net nett In the improved ne- , I'he irish soldier hns n beethe rile She (with emotion
) --"Do arc rapidity of fire, but in 'f )-"iso you
the gcnyrnl cn,•p.ratiun (1f guns' et of many humorous stories. Intr. really care fi tee jus!tomb t ns !toas
eur11s. the Inst ei s► ro.n,!sa of rt- int, the ;"iouth African War a native when cue e, s ret'ngagetl. lie
i•et% were feed At n rote of tight of the Emerald 1.Ie, more patriotic 1111th c• • t,. ' .i, - "1ee, Levey, every
hh,tls psi minute, with Neenah! ,•i than clever, enlisted In it smnrt cite single hit ;es 1i; .(is ' ,end ut the
curacy, A. ilnl:in;h•trst, A.It., ,oak- eh"- ttgiment. The fencing-Instrie- time this converser took place
tar had experienced a rut her difficult they had been engaged just frnirtecn
in; ecv.» hits out of ten shots on a ins), in the 1181t.'r of explaini•;g t., hour., e11 int minutes, and trenty-
inrget 0 fend. by 8 feet. at a varying 'him the various ways of usntg the' five stet ondk.
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LEADING MARKETS
BREADSTUFF'ti,
Toronto, J 13,-Myst-csntario
97e to 08c fur Nu, 2 red and white,
cast and west. Goose is 11Un11itll at.
85c to 86c. Manitoba higher; Nt.
1 tor., $1.03j; No. 2 northern, $1
001; Nu. 8 wort been, 910 to 93c.
lake ports, 6c wore grinding its
t rttnni t.
1•leur-Oratorio 90 per cont. patents
are firmer at $4.4o to 54.45, buyer's
sucks, east and west, 15c to 20e
higher for choice. Manitoba, 55.40
to $5.50 for first putouts, 55.111 to
55.20 for seconds, aitd $5 to $5.10
fur hakes'.
Millfeed-Ilea" is offering tit $1:3.75
to 514.25, shorts told at 517.50 to
51N, Mnurtui a, 518 for bran, $20
for short*
Burley --15e for No, 2. 4:3c for No,
3 extra, and 41c fur No. 1 malting
outside, 'Toronto freights.
Itye--62c to 63c and 60q bid.
Curt, -American is higher; No 2
yellow is quoted at 618 to 62e and
No. 3 yellow, 60jc to tile, lake or
rail frelgists.
Ontre--42c to 48c outside.
(tolled Oats -Firm at $4.:35 for
cars of hags and 54.60 for barrels on
tack here; 25c more for broken lots
here and 40c outside.
Peas -In demand at 70c for No. 2
west at1,1 east.
Buckwheat -50c to 60c east or
west..
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
flutter-i)airy rolls are coining for-
ward in large quantities.
Creamery. prints .... .,. 18c
do solids .,. 18c
Dairy lb. rolls, good to
choice 15c to 16c
do large rolls .,. 14c to 15c
do lressdituu ... ,.. 13c to 14c
do tube, good to choice 141c to 15Se
do inferior 12c to 130
Cheese-ls fairly steady at ijc to
104c per 11►. for job lots here.
Eggs. -Quotations are firmer at 16c
to 168e.
l'otatoes--Ontario, 60c on track.
and 05c to 75c out of store; eastern,
65e on track and 70c to 75c out of
store.
Baled May -$8 ler tor, for No. 1
timothy and 56.50 to 17 for mixed
and clover on the track here.
Baled Straw -Is offering finely and
is unchanged at 55.75 to $6 per toot
for car lots on track here,
to 20c �--
to 19c
MONTREAL MARKETS,
Monlretil. June 1:3.-'1 he tone of
the local market for outs remain*
very firm under a fair demand for
car lots, and salts of No. 2 white-op."ae
were reed° at 461e, No. 3 do, at
451e, ani No. 4 do, at 454 per
bushel, ex -store.
Flour -Manitoba esfxring whent pat-
ents, $5.40 to $6; strong bakers',
$5.10 to $5.20; winter wheat patenty
55.50; struil,Iit rollers, $5 to 55.15,
11181 in bags. 152.40 to $'4.50.
plilifeetI» 'a1aetilohn bran, in hags,
518; shorts, $20 per ton; Ontario
winter wheat bran, in hulk, 517.50
to 8114; shorts, 519 to $20; ille,
$2.1 to 528 per ten, as to quality.
(tats -A seemly feeling prevails in
the market for rolled oats, but the
delnan,l is somcw'hnt limited at 52 -
22; per bag. Corinne/al is quiet and
steady at *1.35 to $1,95 per bag.
Ilav-No. 1, $9 to 511.25; No. 2,
$7.50 to 58.25; clover, mixed, $6.75
to $7.25. ant pure clover, $6.50 to
$6.75 ser tun in car lots.
Beats -Choice primers, 51.70 to $1.-
75 per bushel; $1.50 to $1.60 in car
Iota.
7funey-White clover, lit rnmbs,
121c to 131c per section in 1-1b. eec-
tions; extract, in 10 -Ib. tins, 7c to
71e; in 60 -Ib. tins, Cc to 61e, bnck-
%cheat, Cc to 64e, as to quality.
I'rot•itdons-heavy Cnnndtan abort
cut, $16.50 to $17; American cut
clear fat back, $20; compound lard,
6jc to 7c; ('oowdlan lord, rife to
7;c; kettle rendyred. 84e to 91r, ac-
curding to quality; hnrti s, 12c to 14c:
haven, 1:3c to lie; flash killed abat-
toir hogs. 81,.75 to 510; mixer!, 57;
eriect, $7.50 off carte
T"gge-Stral lit sloe's, 16c to 161c;
tx•1'rts, 17c; No. 1, 184r.
But t er-Choice creamery. 19c
198c; antler -grade', 181c to
dairy. 16c to 160; rolls, 151c
161e.
-lh,tniio, Of es Qnehcr,
to bfc.
to
19e;
to
Jfc
BUi'1•'ALO M.1i:KITS.
Buffalo, N. Y., .Tune 1H,-Fiuur-
5 ►reng. Wh•'ul f4pring in light sup -
111. No. 1 Northern, $1.111. rem --
Firm; No. 2 yellow, SHsc; No. 2
corn, 575c. ()atm -Firm foe track;
enev for store; Nu. 2 white. 358c;
No. 2 mixed, 31r, Canal freights-
tit:hanged.
CATfi.F, MARIKET.
Toronto, .lune 13. - Operators
81101)cd some indifTerence toward;% do-
ing Intaineh 1 on n large scale, and
the general deulnnd from the city
and outside points t,ts slack. The
following is the range of prices
F:xpurt cattle, choice 55:0 55 50
Do , medium . ... 5.00 5.'25
Ito , hulls 3.75 4.50
1►u., light :1.00 3 75
D11., cows 8.00 :i.75
I:etchers', ticked 5.10 5.:30
Iso., choice 4.75 5 lel
tat , medium 4.25 4 75
h••., common 8.75 4 25
1 a cows, choice 3.50 4.50
101118 2.50 :1 5')
Feeders. short -keeps 5.00 5 25
1►0., ►neiiumi 4.00 4 50
Do., fight ......... 8.50 4.091
Ito., butts...... 2.r.0 3 00
Stockers..... 8.51) ,!.75
Ito , hulls .. 2.e0 :3,00
Milch cows, choke 35.00 55.00
Ix" «minion 25.(•0 00
tepee% rttc:i 4.0(1 1
fro., lotcks .. .. 3.00 ' :,0
Sprain. la,1tbe, e', li , , 8.00 5 2',
(:all shrep, (11th 8.140 ;O-
('alv•.'s 8 '•0 51 50
Ito., ench ... __. 2 c(► 10 (10
Hoge, seltel. 100 to 200 1' s 6.f5
Du., fats and lights 6.10