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o+u+'7do,110+,O+a+O+040+041much you have been rea.ly to do
to win me for your wife. It is very
flattering to me."
Thu inan glanced at her sharply.
A Rich Reward But she was smiling into his face.
Dare ht. tell her all? She was more
cj human than be had iutagiued. '
".All's fuir in love or war,' ' ho
r quoted meaningly.
¢¢ She seemed to sway towards hint.
pvp�p4oOp jsOQOti}o�0+0+0 "And you really did it for iiit?"
"No. I have a premonition ,)( she whispered softIy. "You really
1 tempted poor Gerald to do this
evil end have sent for you to help thing in order that you might elft
me. You have now given loo the frau for your wife? Oh! how strong
right to summon you, Cyril." how masterful you are!"
Dora Izard 81011.11 at tho lover of Again ho wavered. But her beauty
a day, and beckoned him to a chair. into'acated him. She was yielding.
Cyril \'orno was lar father's junior ' in a moment she would bo in his
purtit t, and shts had now accepted arms, and his victory would be C011-
Itint us her affianced husband. plote.
"A premonition of evil!" he re.- "I forced hint int/Mr" he said
sated. "It is not like you to bo thickly. "IIe got into debt. Then
fanciful, Doa. What is it you 1 bought up his liabilities and press -
tear?" ed hint for payment through ft rns-
The girl looked at hint searchingly. calker old Jew. But 1 did it for you,
"Brats you seen anything strange) my darling! I did it-"
in my brother's conduct of late?" Ile stopped suddenly. A tall fig -
she inquired. ore dashed from behind the curtains
Cyril pondered the question. and gripped hint by the throat. ile
''llo seems u tri_:v worried," he 1'e)- looked up to see the enraged Cyril
plied slowly.. Verne glaring' down at him.
1)ora nodded. "Give rale that cheque' I demand
"Which is Most unusual with it as your Holster! Cultic -out with
'him," she comrnuuted. "Of course, it'"
you know what a trouble lie has al- Ile made no attempt at resistance.
ways been to its. Ile is wild and Shaking like a loaf h0 produced the
reckless -not positively bad or vic- fatal cheque. Cyril took it and
ious-but easily led into forbidden tossed it in the lire. 'Then he lilted
paths." the man bodily from his scat and
t Cyril smiled. marched hint into the library. Wil -
"1 know it," he said. "Perhaps it liam Iztrel res there, and he listened
is to his recklessness I own tray pre` to the story in growing anger. When
sent high position in rho firm." the interview was over, Cyril re -
Dora looked up quickly. turned to 1)ora's sitting -room.
-But you would help him?" 14)10 "110 has got his reward," ho said
raid. "You would get hint out of as he folded her in his anus. "And
difficulty!" by the way ho tool: it I fancy Ito
Tho response was not long in cont thinks it a pretty rich ono."
ing. Dora nestled to hint.
"I have done so many a time al- "Poor Gerald!" sho said. "This
ready, and would do it agate." the will be a lefl'son to him."
said promptly. "I wish i could per- And the prediction was amply ser-
sondehim to mend his ways." ified.-I'earson's Weekly.
Dora smiled.
"You may yet. do so," she said.
"And now, what (10 you blink of • A HOPELESS LAND.
your chief clerk, Matthew Boyd?" -
Cyril looked thoughtfully into the. Casco Rules the Social and Rclig-
/ire. ions Lifo of India.
"Your father has a very high opin-
Caste is a great social orgnnizn-
ton of him." ho said. tion which governs and directs the
Dora made all impatient gesture Illndu of India in every action of
with her hand. his daily life. •1'hero are four Nude-
Hindu
mind my father," she said. mental divisions of caste -the priest-
► "What (10 you think of hits?" ly or Brahmin, tho warrior, the
Cyril shrugged his shoulders. trading, and the laboring; and these
"I do not share his opinion." h° again. are divided into sub -sections
adutit.ted. numbering thousands. Below tho
Thu girl stood up. laboring caste there is a substratum
"Now listen•" she said. "i know which is termed Pariah or outcast.
what is coming. I have seen it in The Pariah, says the author of "Lt-
(bernid's face for days. And i want (Ilan I.ifo in Town and Country," Is
-.0 to help oto. Matthew Boyd will not much more than a sanitary ma -
on be here. You must conceal chino which , ocrforms the functions
yourself behind the curtains yonder of a s:aw'enger.
and listen to all that pusses. I All these castes aro hereditary. A
shall lend hint on by means of a priest's son is a priest, n soldier's a
little deception till he shows his soldier, a carpenter's a carpenter. a
hand. Then you can step up to scavenger's a s:•avvngor. 'There is
hint and deal wit hien as you think no question of "What shall we do
best. Hark! ito is already old the with our boys?" in Hinduism; that
stairs! Not another word! iM as problem has been solved in advance
LI bid you! A great deal haugs on for two thousand years. l'or a sire
tho issue!" to start his son 1n any other call -
Elio pushed hint towards the heavy Ing than hill own would b • "against
plush curtains. Ile•hail nn English- his caste," and there all argument
titan's aversion to eavesdropping, ends. For caste is both social ant:
but there wits now no help for it. religious, ninl includes the calling as
T)ora's concluding words forced him well as the c•rbd.
to take the nleit she had planned, A Hindu cam:i change his caste,
and in a moment he was safely con- although he may be expelled from it;
frilled from view. The door opened hus social t.trtu9 Is lined forever at
suddenly. and Matthew Boyd was the time of his birth, and he can
announced. He came in susi1fng, and only fall. Heves rise. This has tend -
took the chair lkn'a offered him. ed to make the Hindus an ambit'
-
"It is very good of ,you 10 see me. less race. Caste will n(ltnit t:o in -
Miss ieard," he said suavely. "'The fusion of new blood and when tho
fact is. 1 have a most important same exclusive spirit is ituported in-
que0ttun to put to you." to tho ordinary dealings of life, you
Dora smiled encouragingly. arrive rat. that stagnant conserva-
"I will ilo my best to answer tisiti which is celled "custom" in
yon," she said sweetly. "My fa- the 1':nst
ther's high opinion of your good ('este Is restricted to the 1lindvs,
1 qualities is not unknown to tae." but cu510,1 is universal. There Is
The man's eyes twinklt'.l with the Indian peasant's 1110w. ''ho
semen(. overwhelming majority of the inhabi-
"'1'hnnk you." he said. "'nun let tants of India are dependent on t he
neo rouse to the point. at once. The land, anti their crops would be much
I fart is, Miss ieard, i love you, and increased by hotter tnahods of culti-
tlesirr t u make you my wife. 1 knowincreased
inn.
1 ant somewhat beneath you But •The plow Is an implement which
1 tun rising. and have your father's merely scent^hes the surface of the
t good opinion to help me On. May earth -an heirloom from roinot.st
I hope that my suit is not alto antiquity. A new plow was intro-
} geth.r displeasing to you?" dueed by an enterprising Ilrm of
eta Dorn hesitated. oisunfactst rs. an i lent tree for trial
"1-i am sorry." she said. "lief broadcast over n province. It di 1
1 f don't think I feel like that, 111 r. the work more thoroughly, and was
iloyd." offered at a price within the peas -
The mon !oh 1nil the curtain (1 open- "catch
• his eyes in mute net ants' means. But it did not ca ch
this wn9 deeeptinn with a lounge- mi.'.simply because the plowmanonce. Matthew lloyd smiled 9t 111. could not get at his bullocks' tails
"1 am prepared." he said. ••(o to twist them. The superior tillage,
giv; you ample prrof of my deep and the inerea::o of crop, could not com-
pensate for the relinquishment of
sincere nffectlun for you." this time-honored custom.
! Ih,ra sat up. 'Thera was a contractor engaged in
"Are von?.. Ow Laid. "'flint may a railway excavation, who recog-
make• e. diRer.'nce. Lr. Boyd." nista' that the soil could be far morn
f The man levtneti forward. He had expedit iounly removed In when Mar-
tell' his plane with deliberate care. rows than carried away In basket,
If ho conitl weir this girl for his wife old the heads of coolies. Ho he in-
antl s,± steal a march on ('yrii Verne vested in home wheelbarrows end
his nu I,itien would nssuredly be showed how they were to be trund-
y reached erelong. it was for this lett, and flattered himself upon lav•
he had plat ted. ing introduced a 11sef111 refurin. The
"1 will tall you all." he said cots - next limo he visited Itis works he
fde'ntially. "Your brother. Mins found lain men putting a little dust
leard, has been guilty of a folly into the wheelbarrows mrd carrying
which dispassi( nate people regard them away on their heads.
with scant mercy. 1 atom' know of The paraphernnlia of Indian (daily
this folly. It you hid mo I will life all belongs to the barbarous
destroy the only evidence of its ex- moot. Attempt to tntroduee any
istence. Judicially it might be usher, and you aro rebuffed with the
1111 termed compounding a felony. But reply, "it is not (ho custom. My
for love's sake--" father used this article, and there -
Ito pause', eyeing her narrowly the fore it is my duty to use it. Would
whirr. you have the set myself up for n
"It is very gem' of you," she nem- wiser roan than Hew revore'tl parent?"
mored. "Poor t:crnld! He is nl- Thus i9 stifled all attempt at re-
wnys bringing us anxietles. \Vhat form. There is not the excuse of
Ake it now, Mr. Lloyd? Tell 111e the ignorance. With the superior model
Illfoith 1 would rather know all." before him. the natito deliberately
Tiw Loan leaned forward again. rejects it. Iio is not to he beguiled
"Ile hnx forged n cheque on the by any d,'mor.-tration; he is too
firm," Ise said gravely. "1 have completely crusted with cone•er'it-
taken it from the pals -book. The tient anti prejudice.
bank people say he cashed it." 4.-'"'� "
• fora started. It is calculated that in et ery 10.-
"Have you get it with yon?" she non of the English niol Welsh popu-
pd cd hurric Ily. latiot 31.1 people are lunatics. In
Fora moment he hesitnted. 'Theo every 10.000 of the Scotch pop:tla-
he helot it so that she nrieht )t'e. don i13 n p.'oi.!o aro lunatic9. Alt 0 -
Fe' it long time there was silence. (tether, one person in et ery 30d in -
Th. n sh' *raid htiftlyg hilbitatlt9 of the United Kingdom i9
• Mr. 11oy(1, 1 ligan to !eco how (k'nler•twl.
DEFIES WILDEST STORM ;>:790ti't'uiiu:`6b ufwlalrguvfstl'. u"lir': PERSONNEL OF A FLEET! LEADING MARKETS
_ trumpet witlt which to itttract the
TO BATTLE THE SEA WITH A uttentiuu of passing s
HOLLOW BALL. 1'tancis l:. 11011. .I r., uhips. grndunh+of
_ Yale University. hus inventeel a
Motors for Lite Boats -Gasolene breech loading firearm destintel to
Engine to Relieve Crews increase tl:e efficiency of life saving
corps. It is less than three As't it•
In this groat battle with the sea, length antl is built of stmt and n
a buttle. which never ends, ratan has special kind of 'ironic. unaffected by
displayed Much ingenuity. says the ,alt air. 1t tapers front the breech.
London Express. While realizing where the greatest strain coines, to
that the foo will etlww'ays be too . a diameter of live inches at the nntz-
strong for him he never relaxes his elo. A special self-locking ntet•hato
efforts to inako ocean voyagiug as ism, believed to he the simplest and
free from danger ns possible. Cap- • to have the fewest working parts of
tain J. M. Donvig, a Norwegian :.ily yet devised. closes the tear of
hip -master. has intended a 1t.o;ttiee rho bore in such a way that any
globe which has undergone reheated winter finding its way in will in -
tests successfully. This g1ote, cap- scantly drain out. The tiring haat-
able of holding si-:teen persons. may user, with snft+ty device, is actuated
bo amply provise•d, watered and sup- by it lanyard. and relies wholly on
plied with fresh air. It is claimed the pull of the gunn••r, all the
to bo absolutely non -sinkable. float- springs and delicate latches ordinal --
Mg on tho surface of the wildest ily used it: army cannon being dole
sea. In his glob.. Captain Donvig away with.
has utilised the principle of the Distend of having tho powder
hollow ball that floats readily upon charge in a loose, woolen bag. open
to moistue. it Is contained. to-
gether with its printer, in a hermeti-
cally sealed bronze cartridge case,
which slips easily into tho breech of
the gull.
the water.
The shell is constructed of steel
and is braced sufficiently to )Wako
it strong enough to withstand 'Its
battering of angry waves, or evcu
poundong upon rocks.
When caught in a collision pas-
sengers and crew of a ship havo
only to climb Into life saving globes
close the manholi s and, without
fear, wait for their vessel to sink.
No platter how Great. the suction.
Captain Donvig asserts, the globes
will bob to the surface serenely and
right side tip.
sty displaying a flag by day and
discharging rockets at night Its
would expect. to bo picked up with-
out great delay, unless the wreck
occurred far out of the usual
LINES OF' SEA TRAVEL.
A marine engineer of u neighbor-
ing nation -Captain Englehart. of
I)cnniarle-has invented a collapsible,
non -sinkable life -boat, which, when,
not in use, may be folded and stored
away in mach loss space than is re-
quired for tho ordinary boats
aboard a ship. The operation of
extending or opening it is very
simple, remniring only a few mo-
ments. A boat. of such a typo. twen-
ty feet long, even when filled with
water, will, it is asserted, sustain
more than 4,000 pounde. and one
SOME FAMOUS SMOKERS
MARVELLOUS RECORDS IN
USING TILE WEED.
Men Who Consumed Great Quanti-
titics of Tobacco and Lived
to Good Old Age.
Berlin has recently lost one of her
most ardentand methodical devotees
of the fragrant weed by tho death of
Herr Grun', whose daily allowance
of tobacco consisted of six pipes, six
cigars, and six cigarettes. This
nrllu1111t he newer varied, rays on his
birthday, when itwas doubled, mid
on New Year's bay, which, on thee
principle of starting the year tem-
perately, was kept as a day of total
abstinence.
Love of tobacco and wisdom often
go together. Prince Bismarck was
wont to boast thatho had in some-
thing like fifty years consumed over
100,000 cigars, a 'franker that works
out at an average of five a day -no
great fent perhaps for one who wens
twenty-six feet long will float 8,1)00 at one period a "chain" smoker,
pounds. lighting each cigar from the glowing
Tho great buoyancy of Captain stump of the one just enjoyed.
i nglehart's craft is due to the fact 1 (Ikon, the great inventor, must
that its bottom and fender are filled hold a superior record. pen cigars
with kapok, the product. of a plant a day are Isis normal allowance, but
that grows In Japan and Sumntrst. when deeply absorbed in work he
It will sustain thirty to thirty-five finds doub ,+ that number necessary
tittles its own weight in water -coven to stimulate his brain. Even more
and a half times the buoyancy of in a day used that celebrated singer,
cork, Mario. to dispose of; but his .lay
When not in use the superstructure commenced with dawn and conclud-
of the boat may be folded down. cd notuntil, steep overpowering
When erect. the superstructure± is sur- hint, the still burning Havana
rounded by a fender, ale() Illltcl with SI-Ii'PED I'I{Oal 1115 LiPS.
kapok in watertight cushions. In Without a cigar was Edwin iiooth,
extending the boat the oars aro re -
the Uagrdinn, scarcely ewer seen.
leased, an oval shaped thwart. sup -
Prez' anile emgng. (1 on his prnfo3-
plies with cross thwarts slides into sionnl "lit" his beloved ems
position and titnuehluns and other present in the wings, ready to be
parts drop Into thele places 0.1110 -snatched front his dresser's hand for
malically. The mechanism is simple enjoyment during the sometimes ex-
am] not easily put out of order' ceedingly brief intervals between his
It is asserted that this boat would exits and entaucos. 'I'wonty-lieu
be eon -livable even withits sides cigars ft day were at one time his
torn, its plugs lost and its bottom usual allowance; an allowance, how-
ever, Being 1:9s than a foot in ever, not infrequently exceeded.
depth when folded, it 110114 easily be '1'o ..sweet to ordinary folk. Iry a
stowed. Heavy seas are not likely
to injure it. Furthermore,
IT IS ALWAYS READY.
Should n sessel with such an equip-
tnent sink suddenly the lifeboats
would float as rafts and still sup-
port their full complement of pas-
sengers.
('nplain Englehart's boat is very
easy to 'winch. If the davits aro
jammed it tinny be thrown over-
board bodily and be manned and
extender) later while in tho water.
its construction is such that it can-
not capsize, even if all the passen-
gers it. will holt) aro crowded
again, t one rail.
An interesting development of rho
gasolene motor has taken place in
t.ht( country, where it has been ap-
pliedi to a lifeboat for the use of
regular life saving stations.
Tito motor Is intended to relieve
the crew from the arduous labor en-
tailed in appronching a wreck
against heavy seas and head wind••.
Monnet isles life !avers 8041 those,
wl they are endeavoring to res-
eu.t nitro death in the surf becaltso
steady average of fourteen cigars n
day William Pattison, or Michigan,
managed In twenty years to account
for 14)0,000 excellent weeds• a num-
ber that drew upon hint the expos-
tulation of his friends, on tho;gt'ound
that such excess was prejudicial to
long life; to which he opposed the
fact that Goethe, though he drank
20,000 bottles of wine, lived to be
eighty-three. So he smoked on un-
concernedly, and die(1 at the ago of
eighty-nine.
Three years since, at Vienna, there
died in his seventy-third year an gild
turn treside whose smoking rcurd
thnt of William Pattison appears
quite insdgpdflcant. From his twen-
ty-seventh year ho kept an exact. ac-
count of his consumption of beer and
tobacco. in his fifty-fourth year he
became a teetotaler, after having
drunk 23.786 glasses of ale --it very
lorate tally, working out at but
three a day. lIut it Is of his im-
moderate spooking, which he con-
tinued till his denth, that we have
to speak.
1N FORTY-I'iVi, YEARS
the men have h.vn exhausted by the ho sm41ktat no fewer than 014.71:1
terrific strain 4)f bottling whit the cigar:+, or 13,971 a year, givnegl 811
seas.
An experimentsl motor driven life- nverngit 01 thirty-eight, a day. Out
*vat has Leen put into service at of this gigantic total 43,500 were
New ilaven for title winter. It Is green hien at various times, leasing
experte1 that all the important. sta-
tions .•1 the British coast will soon
be equipped with Such craft.
110(01,• adopting the gasolene mo-
tor into the lifeboat service many
difficulties were surmounted. In the
first place, it was imperative front
the violence of the waves thnt are
constantly shipped. To attain ouch
an mei it was found necessary 10
enclose the engine in an absolutely
watertight case.
Then• again, the motor has to be
as nearly autonialie n9 possible. But
what. was far tnorc important was
that the lifeboat should not lose
its ability to right itself because of
the neigh( and position of (ho ma-
chinery, and nlso that the motor
should stop automatically in ,1ho
event (if
THE 110A'i' BEING CAPSIZE!).
All these requirements. it is assert-
ed, have been met in the craft just
put into service at Now iluven.
elf. Probst, o nate.. u( Geneva,
has invented a now life saving cos-
tume. Dreeeed in it. he has remain-
ed fifteen flays at s. a. 'i'here Is no
limit to the time this new life shy-
ing nparntns tine he worn. It is
made of India rubber. and r:ut ens-
ile lie put on. 1t is water tight,
rand toter,' all but the hands and
face. Po light is it that nearly
half the body remains above water.
1ngoniouely tondo water tight pock -
eta contain the necessary pruvis-
tr'inn devotee at the shrine of "My
Lady Nicotine" *•ver paid more
than five cents for each one. cost
nearly $12,:,0t1.
But oven this marvellous record is
beaten by that of Mynhoe'r Van
Klars, known by the nickname of the
"King of the Smokers," Ila was
eighty-one at the time of his di9en4.'.
and sometimes entoked as much ns
ten pounds of 10110(eo in n week.
How strong with hint eras the ruling
passion In depth was e.' ,wn by his
funeral.
At hut express desire he was placed
in a coffin lined) with the wood cf
old cigar -Loxes. AI his ((el were
deposited a pocket of cigarettes and
it bladder of fine 1)111rh golden -leaf,
while by his side were laid his fav-
orite china -bowled pipe• a box of
matches, flint, steel, and tinder.
Around his grave was gathered n
circle of Rotterdam smokers, each
with his pipe, from which• rat the
words. "Ashes to ne•he", dust to
dust." he shook the nehen nn to Vie
coffin -lid. '1'o onch of these mourn-
ers the eieceo'II left ten pound!' 41f
tobacco and tun pipes hearing lis
arms.
Mrs. Hoyle-110es V0111' husttand
make good looney? Mrs. Doyle -Yes;
it's good enough, but there's too lit -
(le to it,
THE ESSENTIAL ELEtIENT 011
A FIGHTING SHIP.
British Officer Says That It Was
Japan's Superiority in Offi-
cers and Men That Won.
The New York Herald's naval cor-
respondent sends the following inter-
esting letter from a British lag of-
ficer:
"No just conclusions as to the les-
1111PA )S•ft' PEA.
Toronto, Oct. 21.-11'10 at -Ontario
-No. 2 red and 'nixed ate quote.! at
740 to 754e. ttith No. tl white 70•,
at ley freights. Goose and spring.
70c.
Manitoba -One No. 1 hard, li18 Nn.
1 northern, 83 No. '2 northern, 7 Noe
8 northern, uu41 71 other grad,•;. No.
1 hard is quoted at lake ports ..t
Siiic to 87e: No. 1 norti.ern, 8:3c t•.
(ons to be learned from the P.0:c:;o_ 8:14c, utul No. 2 nurthei31, 1t1c '0
Japanese Weir can yet bo drawn, Un- 811c•
til fuller uud more trustworthy in- 1•'lotn•-f)ntario-E xptrtors aro bid -
formation has bt•t•n received and the (ding $:t for (4) per cat. pate::ss
buyers' bins, itt (1111 shit) points, t%Oh
veil of eecrecy has bt li lifted, whiche
$
since the beginning of t he war has '1 ", l u $3. W asked. blonds for
uurnosll eso, $12.50 to $13 peer
concealed all the details of tho etc tun at uulsitlu 'mints. �lauituhu un- 1
Gott of the .1aplutesu fleets, it is int settl.rl; first patents unchanged at t
possible to ray in iwhat manner rho k'1.90 to $5, second patents, $1.50
course of uuval construction will be
10 54.00, and bakers', 64.40 to b4.-
affected. 50.
"Wo know that the war began hy Milifced-Ontario-Bran in carlots,
a successful torpedo attack on the $12.50 to $13 per ton at oetsiite
Russian Eastern fleet; that that fleet points; shorts, $lei to $17.50; Man -
was repaired, and, having put to hobo hrnn, $16 to $17; shorts, $17.-
sea,
17-sea, was entirely defeated by the 50 to $18.50 at 'Toronto and equal
Japanese; that the Japanese main- points.
miffed a close blockade of Port Ar- Oats -Firm; No. 2 white, 32c west
thur' until the fall of the fortress, and 324c to :3:3c east.
and that finally, after months of Barley -48c to 49c for No. 2, 4110
delay. all tho available Russian to 47c for No. :{ extra, and 4:'c to
ships which could bo collected reach- 44c for No. 3, at outside points.
ed Japanese waters and were prat- Ityo--Firtn; 6.1c to 05c, outside.
tically ano.ihilatct1. i'.•sts-70c to 71c outside.
"From the beginning to the end of Ituckwheat-Firin; 5:!c to 54c, out -
the war there was only ono thing side'
clear -that the personnel of tho .I u- Rolled Outs -$1.75 for barrels ora
paneso fleet, both officers and men, more
koro and $1..,0 in bags; 2 )c.
wasmore tar broken lots byre and 40e
vastly superior to that of tho
outside.
Mission feet. There is nothing new
under the sun. The trained seamen
COUNTRY I'1{ODiI('F_
bents the untrained fleet which in
constantly at sea, and bents the
fleet which spends most, of its time
in harbor.
"The auto behind tho gun is the
main element of success at sea. Tho
history of sea warfare since the
world began teaches this lesson and
tho events of the late war merely
emphasized it..
EQUAL IN MATERIAL.
"As to the material, it is extreme-
ly difficult to say on which sidew+ts
the superiority. As far as is known
both the ,lapanese and Russian ships
wvcro well designed and well built.
There is always n certain amount of
suspicion as to work done in a Rus-
sian dockyard, but no one knows
whether the system of bribery, which
is believed to obtain in those estab-
lishments, has the effect of lowering
the quality of workmanship and ma-
terial, or merely of in::reasing the
cost.
"There set•trs litho doubt that at
(ho outbreak of tho war tho Japan-
ese ships were in far more eflicient
state than those of the Itussiane.
But their superiority was the result
of greater care exercised i' the main-
tenance of their hulls and machin-
ery.
"The Itasslan guns were, on paper,
as good as those of the Japanese.
Their torpedoes were probably of
Identical design and manufacture.
"Japanese destroyers and torpedo -
boats made n'successful attack at
the beginning of the war, gavo the
coup do grace to the Sebastopol, and
finished the work of the battle
squadron at l'shushima. The 'Ins-
ide!' torpedo flotilla dill not account
for a single Japanese ship of rho
war, though ideal opportunities' must
have been open to them during the
long blockade of fort Arthur.
"Russia's Bettie fleet, fresh from
!tomo dot kyards, craww'lcd painfully
along from port to port on its way
to destruction. The Japanese feet
was at the saute time t.huwing its
marvelous efficiency by keeping 111.1
sen for months together in it manner
which recalled the stories of tho
blockades of Brest. and 'Toulon, but
was hardly believed to bo Iu►3sible
with steamships.
DESIGNS Oh'THE SIIIPP.
"You have asked me to speak on
the subject of ship designs• and I
have up to this carefully avoided it.
When the result of the Japanese and
ltussian tiro on the ship; opposed to
them is accurately known more may
Ito► said.
"At present it appears that. Ad-
miral Dewey is trying to convince
his countrymen that it is false
ecorony to keep down the displac •-
menu of battleships too Moire which
would be considered ahaurdly small
1' an ocean liner.
"Ile will be opposed) by all who
object to expenditure. on rho navy.
Ile will Iwo opposed by n11 who harp
on the theme of 1414) many egg in
ono basket. It is hard to pin clown
these Inst to tho particular dtv.ign
of intl(leship which they would
favor.
"Proposals to teduce weight vary
greatly. Hornet hoes mimed is con (it -
creel of,tn inor importance. Hornet inion
the heavy guns trust not be too
heavy nor the tight gusts too numer-
ous. Sometimes the coal supply or
ammnnition must use kept down.
"these opinions have had consid-
erable influence in this country. Now
we may 1)e thankful that they aro
out of fashion.
"A glance at the ilritish navy list
will bo sufficient to show tho effects
of the small displacement policy.
The names of setoral so-called NV --
00014)s with trumpery nrntntnont or
tandem:ate pi otort ion will easily he
found. 'These± ships should serve as
beacons lo wsu•n-elesigners off the
rocks of the suthil ships heresy,"
12,000 SHOTS A MINUTE.
A new death -(denting instrument
has Leen Invented A Lithuanian Sh-)rt-keep .
g.'ntlemnn. M. Fonder Troll's has , Milch (owe. choice ..10
contrived n gen, worked by (let -trio ( do common ...... ....214
city, which will fire from 4.000 to (''locp eNporl, ewes . :1
12.000 shots n nsinnte. Tho rnnr,•' the hunks
of this new weapon is three tniles, du Bulla
nod its de_,tructiva. power, if all Lambe. leo cwt.
claims on Its hekalf are genuine, ( ('alve•e. each
shetrld pest in the Shade such trivial ' il.gs. 'el.c to
toys as magazine rifles. 'the gun) an p,'1' colo
Only requires one man to work 1t. 1 do lit hts and fats . 5
Butter -The market holds steady.
with receipts in all lines fairly Lugo.
Creamery, prints 22c 93c
do solids 21c '21.441
Dairy lb. rolls, good to
choice 1 t1c 20c
do medium .. ........ 17c 18c
do tubs, good to choice 17c 1`ic:
do inferior 15e 10c
Cheese -1210 to 1210 pet 11►.
F(;gs-Unchanged at 11)c to 20c.
Poultry -Fat hens, 0c to 7c; thin,
5c to 6c; chickens, He to 9c; thin.
(k to 7c; ducks, 7c to He; torlon-s.
18c; all live weight.
Potatoes -Ontario stocky: are quot-
ed at fi('c to 70c per Lag on track,
and 75e to HOc out of store. New
ilrunswick potatoes are emoted at
85c per hag cn track and 90c out of
store.
tinted ilay-The demand for No. 1
timothy is good, and the market has
a firm tone at $8 per ton for car
lots on track here. No. 2 is dull at
513.
Baled Straw -Quiet and unchanges
nt $0 per tun for car lots on tree:/
here.
MONTREAL MARK ETA.
'Montreal, Oct. 21.-'Lho market for
oats is vets,' fen, and prices hn 'o
advanced .►,c to :17c for No. 2 white,
30c for No.,white and 314c t.►
:35c for N. 4 ex -store. Mauitoaa
barley is 111111 and in good demand et
4tec for No. 8 and 464c for No. 4
car lots ex -track.
Flour -Manitoba 'spring wheat to -
tents, $1.90; strong taker.;', $4.5C;
old winter wheat patents. $1.05 1.•
$1.75; straight rollers. fl.au to 51.-
40,
1-4u, and in Lags 52 to 52.14). Nev
winter wheal patents. $1.54); straight
rollers, $4.15; do. in Lags, 51.90 :to
51.95; extras, 81.75
Milifeed-Manitoba bran, in bass.
$113 to 317; shorts. 819 to `'2I ter
tun; Ontario brats, in bulk, $15 t..
$1.5.50; shorts, $20 to $20.50. mill ed
mouille, 821 to 52 t straight grana
ntouille, $2t', to 627 per tot.
(tolled Outs --52.''25 to 52.:30 Ito
bag.
Cornmeal -$1.45 to 51.511 per bago
!fay -No. 1, $8.50 to $9; No. 2.
57.51) to $8; clover, mixed, 86 t e
50.50, and euro clover, $13 per
in car lots+.
1':gµ4-lMc to 1.9e, and select tell
goods rat 2.2e to 33c.
I'rovisiona-lIeat•y Caved.). •,,ort.
C111 MOW,: pork, in tiercos, 531 to $:12;
)Cavy Canada short cut back pork,
521 to 522; heavy Canada Ivng cut
tutee pork, 521 to 522: It.•.vy C83-
►itla short cut clear pork. `21► t4)
521; heavy flank pork, ;tone; Relit
Canada uhurt cut cleat pork. none:
hntns, 28 lbs.. 18e; do. 12 to 18 lits.
1:ie; do H to 12 lbs., .13e; boneless
hems. roller!, 15c; English 1 'loss
breakfast bacon. 15e; Wiltshire bacon
So -II,. sides, 14c; Windsor bacon,
backs, 15c.
R11 h'f•':1 I.O Ii:1 ILK E'1'.
ltutliln, Oct 24. -Flour -Fir• e.
Wheat -Spring easier; No 1 North-
ern. 89 c; Winton. strnug, Niu '2 ie t,
854e. o ir-Unsettled; No 2 yellow,
61 lc; No. 3 white, 00c. Oats -Firm;
No. 2 white, 33 to 334e; \o. 2 'Me-
et!. 314e. Itye Firs; Ne 1, 7.2:e
Canal freights -Strung.
l'AvI'tI MAIIKI"I'
Toronto. Oct. 24.-'fh.'r.' was nn -
other heavy tun of over 14x1 ears;
of stock at the City Cattle Market
to -day. 'The total receipts were 102
cars, consisting of 1,733 h l of
cattle, 1,705 sheep and Innths,,;S,4001..
hogs, 0nd 111; calves.
Kvport cattle, choice 51 40 t• 5V.54)
do nleditun4 13 4 Siiire
...... ......
the bulls ... :t 041 :1 oe,
tlo light 2 75 3 Dep
do crows 'l 75 :1
Butchers' picked ,.. 4 23 1 10
110 c hoi..• 4 00 4 10
do ni.s ito :1 fid 3 75
do light 2 75 3 (4)
du bulls 2 00 2 25
Stockers. choice 3 00 1 23
('o «mouton 3 i)0 2 25
do bulls .. '2 25 2 50
penes fctrlers ...:1 50 3 70
3 'i5 4 1H)
(10 50 (►n
00 33 00
R5 4 25
:1 09 3 59
3 (10 :1 5t)
5 911 (i 10
''00 10 00
.,0 00
S 50 0 W
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