HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-11-09, Page 2WITH THE DOUKHOBORS
A DAY SPENT AMONG THESE
INTERESTING PEOPLE.
The Communal System Practised
by Them is a Great
Success.
self, curiously enough, had no such f 4 4 flA'
pitul facilities for the natives at Ful-
gtlnItiOs, and he suggested et one !erten. Ile makes au ►utcresting i.ug-
time that it might bo possible that gestion respecting trading with the
the titles to the homesteads which MAJOR MOODIE'S EXPEDITION eatives: "10 a previous report 1 su,t-
wuuld IK•long to the ihmehuhors in- TO (HUDSON BAY. sestet] that no traders should ho ei-
dividuelly, if naturalized, might, en lowed in the country, but that every
his b •cu+.one; a Uritisn subject. be
mudo out in his nestle. This buggos-
tiun, I need scarcely say, net with
no encouragement from the authorl-
'I'hc casual visitor to the Doukhu- ;ties.
bor reserves in the Northwest, 'Though the Doukhobor theory is
that legal:let private ownership in land.
spending a night or two among
interesting people, is fille•' h ad-
utiratiuu for the "Universal Chris-
tian Brotherhood." writes Hannah
Mellows iii "'l'hO Friend," Arriving
at a Village at the close of a work -
iii day, he is struck with the peace-
fulness and prosperity of the scewc. risen! with rr• ird Id els members who
The hearty welcomewelcometo the best the
1101150 affords, the cleanliness and have left its ranks. Altogether the
order that prevail, the .splendid con- Vote hobur communistic theories,
lit ion of the horses and cattle; all except in it very few cases, give one
these things combine to fill the mind the impression of bring a growth
of the visitor with a sense that the front without [anti
communal system practised by the N(YI FROM 11'1'1'[1127;
1)oukhobors is indeed a success. of having been superimposed on a
'!lion in conversation with the character that is foreign to them.
herd of the home., if he is a coin- 'There aro some obvious material
monist, raid with the neighbors who advantages in the connnunay, such
will gather in to see and talk to the as, getting goods cheaper by whole -
stranger, he will bear that the con- stile purchase; the evident gain of
scientious convictions of the Douk- working land, as they do, en bloc,
hoboes have led theca to give up the instead of in small pieces, widely
Individual holding of property; that scattered; and the possibility it
the summer's earnings of all Douk- gives them, as n community, of
}.obcrs who are not. wanted for the buying expensive farnt machinery,
farm work, amounting to, perhaps, which as individuals they could not
a hundred thousand dollars in all, afford 011 the moral rade the ad-
ore placed in the common treasury; vuntages aro not so obvious. The
thathordes, cows, and in Burne vii- community tends to foster dishoI-
lagcs even poultry, are kept in esty in trifles, and )las a hlight.ing
Cuniulnn buildings. He will learn, influence on a man's independence of
too, that the centro! fund is con- judgment. Individualist Doukho-
trolled and expended for the coin- hors have, as a rule, greater conft-
munity by Verigin, the leader, and Bence in themselves, and more
a committee of three, who buy all "backbone."
clothing materials and some food- Ono cannot but have a strong re -
Muffs wholesale in the east, or in glad and affection for individuals
Winnipeg; and that the village sup- among the 'i)oukhuhure, and a
plies are kept in one place in the strung feeling that the virtues which
village. whence they are distributed shine most prominently in them,
at stated tunes. Ile will he told honesty, cleanliness, sobriety, trust
that there is have their influence on the country
NO ONE DOUKHOR01t and one cannot but long earnestly
that they may, ut 110 distant time,
with greater authority than the shake off the nnrrowing influences
rest; that Verigin is their equal, and they dwell among, and learn to live
is simply their spokesman. Are they their own lives, to trust their own
not all brothers. and d0 they not intelligence for decisions, and learn
recognize only one King over thein, leesous, too. from the Canadians.
that is, God? lessons of truthfulness, of getieros-
llut if he is more than a casual ity and helpfulness, which they
visitor, if he lives among them, and greatly nerd and most of all that
guts to know them well. Ile will they may learn that money is not
soon teaarn that the reverse of the one of the "best gifts." but that,
shield is very different. The com- in more senses than one, "the life is
munity is held together mainly by more than meat."
Verigin's influence. This influence is
based partly on his personal force of GRETNA GREEN REVIVED.
character, partly on something much
more subtle. 1'0 outsiders he always Famous Blacksmith Has Been Suc-
dietiti ms any special authority over
seeded bya Joiner.
the Dunklioburs, while the truth is,
that the seareteigiity he exercises The visitor who crosses the border
over them is tilntost as absolute as between England and Scotland may
that of the Czar over his subjects. still see the house where in the
Many of the Doukhobor!: do certain- "good old days" the Gretna (]rem
ly believe Verigin to be something blacksmith was wont to perform n
more than human. ';'his staperst1- convenient marriage ceremony for
'lees reverence is, of course, strong• runaway couples anxious to avoid
est in the women. with whom Veri- stern parents by wedded according to
gin's pont r mainly lies. It deters Scottish law. hew. however, would
many n man from leaving the com- have suspected that the custom was
tity to know that, if he does 1,0, being revived.
his wife, by Verigin's command. will Yet inquiries prove conclusively
return to her own home,. We know that marriages aro being celebrated
IWO or three cases where this has at Gretna Green to -day in practically
the surae circunrstunces as u hundred
already taken place, and has years ago.
brought much trouble into previous -
The "priest." of ((colon (Iran to-
ly happy circles. day is not a blacksmith. Dy trade
history repeats itself in the an- he is a joiner; but ]utterly he has
els of the lknrkhul)0rs, and Verigin retired front his work and bus taken
would neem not to have studied in upon himself the more dignified duty
vain the past history 0f his seat. of uniting lovers in wedlock. itis
'I1te I►oukhobors who migrated to nun10 is Peter Dixon -an elderly man
Canada were almost entirely mem- with piercing eyes, dark hair and
bars of that party which. in Russia, beard, and a stoop in his walk, he
had accepted Verigin as its leader. Haight have stepped from the pages of
It will be remembered by those who .1.AI Barrie er tun Maclaren
Perils and Hardships Through
Which Patrol Passed -Shar-
ing Dog's Food.
The reports of .l,tlor Moodie, the
Northwest Aluunteti Police ()]]leer in
command of the uretic expedition,
ion
yet none are quicker than the Doti- have reached Cul. 1Vhite, Comptroller
!!eburs to resent tiny infringement
of the Police at Ottawa. Major
of the rights of private property: Atoudie nus sent lust fall, in charge goods purchased should Le annually
and though they claim the title of of the SS. Arctic, for the purpose of g !
"Universal Christian Brotherhood," establishing police posts at various sent south and disposed of. ley this
n-ithingr can he less brotherly than northern points. among 11te10 Cape
method the natives would learn to
1 realize that the Police were tho
the it Ovule the community takes W0stenhuln:e, 1'nentn, nt 11 a eu- server in the land, and that only to
trance to Sound,
Illy, in ('(1, t them could they look for protection
laud Sound, 1't0uklin l.at.d, ant)
making a patrol of northern water,; or assistance."
and lands where Canadian authority Major Moodie reports trout plenti-
4s to be ostablisheet. The organic de_ tel in all the waters 011 the west u!
liciences of the Arctic have interfered
I!'tdsun (lay. In one place natives
were taking speckled trout weighing
from seven to eight pounds. flume.
too, was plentiful.
POLICE 1)E1'OT 1'S'I'A IILiSIIED.
'lite Arctic got out of Fullerton the
3rd of .1 uly, after some ice -cutting.
She started for Churchill, but did
not have the power to penetrate the
ice met, and had to abandon the at. -
tempt to get 3ti, (Doing north, and
to Iludson Straits, a good harbor
was found forty miles to the west of
Police post should be a trading sta-
tion, where the natives cuuld dispose
of their furs; that boats and whaling
gear bo supplier! reliable native crews
to be pais] for out of the proceeds e:'
their hunting, in instalments. Fair
t
hr
�• ash V
t what should b • ) id ler prices ht i e u
i
to
f
have to tell, and no one but the
Police should be allowed to dell
with the natives in any way. All
have rend anything of the history of
the 1oukhobors, that on the death
of the last leader there was a great
division among the lk)ukhohors on
1he question of headship. The party
who decided in favor of Peter Veri-
gin came to ('nnada finally, while
the Inti-Verigginite party still re-
main in the Trans -Caucasus. Only
one or two of this latter party cause
to 1'nnicda. and these have been in-
dit idealists from the beginning. But
the r+e,nil,er of individualists is slow-
ly 1•.' r. using in most of the colon-
ies, nal now there is scarcely a vil-
las:' 0101 11010 not contain one or
two.
11' IS A CURIOUS TACT
that n man's beltef in communism
find his belief in Verigin sesta to go
band in hand. Directly one goes,
the other also disappears. When a
than leaves the community, he is
ready to b:'ronte nal arutietel to
work mi hie own homestead In ac-
cordnnce with the holiestea't reg e*Ia-
ti(ms. and to keep the tart:. with re-
gard to the registration of births
and deaths; (concerning marri:age:a I
cannot speak from personal know-
l.lg;e, as the individualists are a
small body ns yet. and the Doukho-
bor!: have always been less ready to
register these than births and
deaths). Three years ego the Dot-
khohors were beginning to overcome
their distrust of government inter-
vention in this direction; but siert*
the arthral of Verigin registration
line almost tensed among the r•en►-
n.t:nily.
The chief point now al issue leo
1we•n the Doukhobore and the ('nn-
ndine CoveOtmeet is the oil wt ton of
natn•Alitalien. 'Ili Inn• will roe
reed to the holding of 10,141 provides
that. after three years' felfilnient of
ee rtnin conditions of 104td.•nce And
lnh0r mr the blinded and sixty
arms whit•lt form the government
fee grant, an irttmitrnnt receives n
111 le t0 1115 honi'clesd if he is n
British. ).u'+ject. 111e oath of alh'gi- i net ll;e fort1eIl. i;ui'ying; "than has
hnce presented no difneeitles 10 the r A 1)lace in my hr:u•t, on the lips, awl
rommunnl cone i.•ne' of the Ituu):he- thea o1 1 rltvn}s in my 1ho'ghis "
!tors throe yesr1 ago. nod th•'y had
et, cideil to c'•uferni to Ilse law in
sonu'tthat with the original tiro -
gramme. It is expected that the ship
will bo sent north nein in the spring.
The Arctic left Quebec Sept. 17,
1904, reached fort Burwell Oct. 1.
passes) through Hudson Straits and
across the northern portion of Hud-
son Bay to Fullerton, where the
winter was spent, arriving there Oct.
16. The party on board n tiered
about fifty, consisting of Major
Moodie, his wife and his son. who
acted as secretary, ten members of Cape Wostenholnte. It was called
the Mounted I'olice force, and the 1'refontaine Harbor, in honor of the
crew of the Arctic, under Sallow Minister of Marine, and the promon-
tory Captain Bernier. The ;apex- tory which protects it was christeu-
lant incidents of the winter were the co ('ape Laurier. The harbor, ac. -
arrival of a messenger from a Nor- cording to the natives, opens early
wegian expedition at King William in the spring, and is not packed wish
Land and the despatching of a party ice at any time. A Police depot was
with mail down the western shore of established there, and Prefontaino
Hudson Ray to Fort Churchill, harbor will henceforward be one of
RAPID '!'1tAVE:LL1Nfl, the Dominion's northern outposts.
Before This a party had been sent The harbor nbounr!8 with minion.
on n five -hundred -mile trip u liner HUDSON S'l'ItAI'1:S Ol'1.N IN JULY ,o.,.0 .,. .,� .,...,
;lion Inlet to Baker Lake, to the At the end of his second trip to Nantucket Lightship collo signal. At
west of Fullerton, to let the natives Hudson Bay, where he has observed about the same distance from Fire
know that the Arctic had arrived, tho conditions both winter and sutra- Island light and from Sandy Hook
and to get them to bring in deer' mer, Major Moodie has this to say Lightship the respective signals were
nasal and deer skins for the winter as to the feasibility of navigation: distinctly audible. The value of this
clothing. This trip was made by Mr.device in preventing co'.le:eon be -
A. 1). Moodie, Interpreter Lane and a tween approaching ships is evident.
native called "Scottie." The dogs -♦-.-----
and men covered the five hundred
miles in twenty-seven clays. Major
Moodie writes: •"I'hc time was about
the worst season of the year for
travelling, and the work may bo im-
agined front the fact that "Scottie."
0110 of the best natives on the coast,
played out, and ].lane nus laid up
from the time of his return until
about the middle of May. This man
has the reputation of being one of
the best travellers on the Labrador
coast." The trip of 1,100 nanlen to
Churchill and return was a still more
severe test. It was wade under the
command of Mr. A. 1). Moodie, who
had with hits Corporal McArthur, ir-
terprcter Ford and three natives.
7'hreo days' travelling at the, rate
of from thirty-five to forty utiles a
day finished the natives, and they
were sent back to Fullerton, while
the white men continued, Mr.
TRAVEL ON THE OCEAN.
Devices That Have Made Accidents
Almost Unknown.
In the presence of the fearful loss of
lift• in accidents on our railways, it
is increasing safety of travel by sea,
saes the Scientific A►nericau. fear
after year passes by uIthuut any of at outside points. 000541 is i11 do-
tho important ptissenger steamers mewl tit 75e, spring 73c to 74c out -
that cross tete Atlantic, or other 5;41]41.
oceans uu wi(1111 passenger travel is 1Vhea(-Manitoba-A decline of le
heavy, Meeting With nn accident shut at 11'ianipeg has reduced lake puri
came.% risk of life or limb to the pas- quututiuus to stir fur tin. L uurtbO.ru.
ckna;crs. The Haril steamers vane 8•!41 fur No. 2 northern, and sac for
and go with a regularity approach- No. 3 northern.
ing that of the best railway schedule Flour--Ontario-53.10 to $3.15 for
and it takes the very fiercest of At- 90 per cent. patents, buyers' bags, at
]antic mid -winter gales to interf.•re outside points.
seriously with this punctuality. '1'ltn Manitoba -unchanged, 5-1.90 to 55
secret of this security is to be found for lust. patents, 51.50 to 54.60 for
both in the structure of the ship it- strand potents, and 51.40 to 54.5Q
self. 8nd ill the marvellously theca- for bakers'.
10115 devices *chief) science and inven- Millfe.•cel-Ontario bran in car Iota
tion have placer] at rho service of the 51'2.50 to 513 per ton outside,
navigator to guide hint in the uwra shorts 516 to 517. Manitoba bran
perilous phases of his duty. 515.51) to 516, shorts 517.50 to
TLu sulunaritie sig::ailing is a close 519 at 'Toronto and equal points.
rival to wireless telegraphy in the Oats-I•'irtncr. Sules.of No. 1 white
great increase that it has laude it) are reported at 34c west.
the safety of (ravel on the sea. One Barley -50c to 51e No. 2, 48c to
receiver is placed on each side of the 49c for No. 3 extra and 45c for No,
ship, with separate wires from cath, 3 at outside points
and by the use of telephones the Olft- Peas -72c to 73c outside.
ser is able to hear a bell that is bo- Rye -Firm at 66c to (17c outside.
ing struck at a point molly miles Buckwheat -55c to 56c at outsl'10
distant frorn the ship, and determine points.
its direction. The officer of the Corn -New American corn is now
Kaiser Wilhelm der (Grosse states offering at 60c Toronto freights.
that on the last trip over, when the (tolled Oats -55.05 for barrels e0
ship was four miles distant from the track here, and 54.80 in bags; "5
mouth of the ;river Weser he plainly more for broken lots here and 40c,-
made
041
made out the signals conveyed 1rnm outside.
the lightship there. Furthermore,
as the vessel nearer] Nantucket, anti Col'N'TIIV PRODUCE
when she wens about four miles lis- Butter -];olds about steady.
tont from the lightship, he hear•] Creamery, prints ^2c 23c
shrough the telephone the sinal do solids ... ... .........21c 223170
"66." '('his consists of six strokes Dairy Ib. rolls, good to
of the bell, a pause and then six choice 19e 20�a
strokes which is the do nteriium .. 17c 18c
do tubs, good to choice 17c 18c
do inferior 15c 16c
Cheese -12:c to 120c per pound.
The demand is good.
Eggs -20e to 21c per dozen.
Poultry -Fat chickens 9c, thin 6c
to 7c, fat hens 7c, thin Sc to 6c,
ducks 'Jc to 10e, thin 7c to 8c, tur-
keys 14c to 15c, geese 8c to 9c.
GENTLER RUSSIA. Potatoes -Quotations are unchang-
ed
nchand
ed at 60c to 70c for Ontario stock
per hag on track and 75c to 80e
out of store; New Brunswick 85c per
bag on track and 40c out of store.
Baled (lay -Prices quoted steady at
$8.50 per tort for No. 1 timothy In
car lots 011 truck here, and 56 for
No. 2.
P,alctl Straw -Car lots on track
here are quoted at $6 per tow.
LEADING MARKETS
BRE!. DST('!'1• :S.
'Toronto ttiov- 7. -Wheat -Ontario
-holders are usking 80c for No. 3
red and white, with 78c to 7be 1)i•.f,
"Front my two years' experience, 1
say that there should be no danger
to any well-built, well -engined stci 10.-
er in coining into Hudson Straits
and Bay early in July. Possibly she
might be delayed somewhat by ice if
the wind had been continuous from
the northeast, but she should not he
in any danger. Everything depends
upon what the prevailing winds have
been, and last year is but little guide the public mind with Russia aro
to this. In my opinion, and that of those of death, failure. anarchy and
gond men with whom I have con- hopeless misery. It is good to have
stilted, the south side of the straits a pleasanter vision brought before
is best for steamers coming in. For one, giving glimpses of the gentler
sailing ships the north side is getter- side of the ltussian peasant. A
ally pec/erred." beautiful custom prevails nrnong the
♦ Jtussian country folk of giving alms
in the "Name of Christ."
ARE SANATORIA FAILURES? Universal reetinaent makes it a sin
to turn a petitioner away. A Inendi-
Scottish Doctor Says They Have cunt bows low to the groand be -
Not Reduced Death Rate. fore a house and murmurs, "For
Christ'n Sake." However meager the
store of that household, something
is bestowed upon the beggar, al-
ways with the response, "For
Christ's Sake."
Nearly every baker's shop has its
bin where stale bread is put, and
from which the needy are invited to
take "I'or the Love of Christ."
There are many poor Russian fami-
lies who are too proud to beg; for
their benefit a sort of secret charity
is practised. A tap on the. win-
dow and the words, "l'or Christ's
Sake," cause:. the nerdy person to
open the door of his•hut. No one is
to be 01011, but there are footprints
in the sires, and n piece of bread is
on the ledge of the window.
No people treat aliens more kindly
than do the Russian peasants. Dur-
ing the last 'Turkish war, when
burghers and street buys were cast-
ing mud and stones at the poor
Teri lel] prisoners. the mujiks offered
bread and cop90re. and even took
thorn to their village homes as hired
laborers. At first the peasants were
greatly perplexed as to whether it
a -ns allowable to share their steals
with infidels, but their pity conquer-
ed preIudit•e, and it became n com-
mon sight 10 see represcmtativen of
two belligerent nations eating asii•
[ably at the same table.
No People Treat Aliens More
Kindly Than Do the Peasants.
Just now the chief associations in
Dr. Ronald Macfie, of Dundee,
Scotland, lately medical superintend -
Moodie says: "'Phe distance coverol ant of the Sidlaw Sanatoriutn for
each day on this and the Baker the treat.tnent of consumptives, de -
Lake trip was spoken of with wonder Glares that sanatoria for the poor,
by all of the natives that visited the as at present conducted in England,
"are simply a tragical farce."
The neriousn'ss of this statement
may he realized when it is known
that the annual loss to the notion
from tuberculosis is at the present
time between thirty and forty mil-
lion pounds. Merely to relieve pau-
perism due to tuberculosis L1,0(N),-
000 annually is spent, says the Lon-
don Express.
Mr. Macfie, in an article which ap-
pears in the Lancet, states that
there are in (Treat Britain at present
about 200,000 poor consumptives
dogs played out on the top of the and about 1,000 sanatoriuwa beds for
last hill, and, w ith the buildings of thew.. '('herefore, about :3,000 pa -
Fort Churchill in sight, they lay teems-i.e., about 1 in 70--a year
down and 1001.011 nt their drivers, re- can be treated; tied therefore, if all
patients treated were cured the
death -nate from consumption would
be lowered by about 1.4 per cent. As
a matter of fact, however. only a
email perccu1age of t he patients
treater] are cured. '('herefore the
much -vaunted sanatorluuc crusade
which was going to stamp out tub-
erculosis• hardly affects the death
rate.
1t may be objected that the sanA-
torium ).ystem in Englund is only
in its infancy, but lar. Marti0 fore -
Arctic, and has established n record
for the Police in this country not in-
ferior to that they have won where -
ever they have gone."
PERILS OF WIN'I'EIt TRAVEL.
The trip down Butisol- Hay killed
six of the twenty-four dogs. The
thirty-one days' journey required was
full of diff cult icx and perils. 'there
were many days when the terrible
storm, made travelling impossible.
There were other days when the
party was bewildered by fog. 'I'hc
"Ae, there wee a marriage VOM '•r- fusing to move. The last few dors
day," he replied to an inquiry. "One
of the fowk rattle fra' Muxwelltoen.''
"Have , ou lad many couples here?'
11418 the next question.
"AV, a few," ncknowledged t'et•e..
Ile explained that the couples simply
eh•oee to Gretna for the ceremony
and departed as sou» as this 1(185
over.
The joiner -parson was careful to
point out thnt one of the [.nrt1es is
supposed to have been resident in
Scotland for twenty -ono days before
the cera y takes place. But asked
how he assurer] himself 1111 this point 1'uherton on March 16, hearing nlet- has been merle under almost ulcn
he simoly replica. "! Just tak' their
word for it." ter from Captain Anvindeen, the com- adminintrative conditions, and in a
Ile added that the meninges were mender of the Nitrite -gine expedition businesslike and scientific way, the
performed sometimes in his Own home t0 locato the mngn(tk pole, con- sanatoria for the poor have nut
and sometimes in the local public- taininr{ a request for ten good dogs, been an unqualified success.
and the forwarding of n report to (here are now in Germany more•
ie was unaable to supply the dugs treating :30,000 persons hi the course
to to gra r e himself, as his were el) the nay to of a year. The German imperial
g;ester, but he refused. The details or from the natives. arttJ Captain (sumer history of 2,147 former pat tents Of
the ceremony were, he raid, "quite "1 1110 t'nitrrl States whaling nelmon- the�c snnatorin, with the following
private," but ho intimated that by rr 1'rn, which a 'Wen el at Fullerton, " reuinrknhl0 results:-
uaunlly salts 1 in two ,.1I), er. at obtained five others, fur which hn I of ench 1(N0 ('((4188 dismirsed as be-
-it
e-
- nes 0s. yp to c
the men shared the raw deer meat of
the dogs. Mr. Moodie says that it is
painted1.• when frozen. A ten days'
rest and a fresh supply of dogs (u-
nbled the return trip to lie made in
twenty-three days. Major Moodie
says that. he "would not again un-
dertake the responsibility of sending
men on such as trip *unless detach-
ments or storehouses were placed at
least nt, two intermediate points.
Otherwise the risk to life is too
great."
Some good travelling was done by staling this objection, shows that
a native, Ahtingelnh. Ile arrived nt in Germany, w'hero the experim.nt
NATAL PAYS FOR CRUISER.
Launch of 11. M. S. Natal Marks
End of a Type.
II. M. S. Natal, the most power-
ful and the heaviest norms' crui.:er
ever built. was nucctssfully launched
house (100 Queen's 130nd), 011(1 that
he is willing to marry couples at all the Norweginn ('naso] Alnior Mond than seventy sanatoria capable of recently at Messrs. Vickers, Sons &
hours. Maxim'a yard at Barrow. It is pro -
Qi of the 1ilin e . risked hitt t ► battle that the Natal is the last of
show the Interviewer the marriage re
Churchill. 'However, he bought tiro Health Of11ce investigated the atter the cruisers.
After the ceremony Mr. Alpert
Vickers slated that owing to t he in-
creasing armor end gun powder in
modern nation the cruiser was now
it 111'nt ho char, ed for per- would make no charge. Thi• captain ing ahs Ilv or partly able work, practically a fast battleship, and
fermin6 the ceremony he woul(I not 1 seems to hate hP:•n n pretty good only 12 per cent. were able to work should be repince(1 by that type.
state, but a i)tniflcnntly observed that sort, for he lent his carpenter to aid four years inter, while of each 100 'The christening ceremony was per -
some of the couples acro "aa fu' in tl:e erection of 'inklings at Fuller -
cases dismisoed ns being wholly or formed by the ihrchoss 01 1)0von-
partly unable to work, 18.27 were shite, anns her (:race pulled the
hard up." tole.
A NEV' ROUTE 7Y) EDMONTON.;able to work four years later. tiny lever which released the cables,
'This native and others informed; "Can 1renlnnnt be of much vnlue," the splendid vessel, weighing 7,100
Major Moodie that n ship the size of ;Dr. Alne•fie nckc, "when so ninny of tons, glided down the slips and took
the Arctic could go right through' its euppowel failures aurvi1e and the water ars easily and as graceful -
Chesterfield Inlet to (taker Lake, n'outwork its suppnsrd successes?" ly as o swan.
In the light of the German results, The Colony of Natal has under -
the writer says, we are forced to the taken to pay annunliy £'35,000, and
conclusion thnt 20 per cent. of cures the Duke of Devonshire, at the
is the highest thnt 'anninria on luncheon, maid that this colony was
Edmonton by wny of Great Slave their present Lttsis (nnloxr in Alpine the forst to recognize the duty to
lake and the Ath:thnska River. the rlimateet can attain. and that in contribute to the support of the
natives informed Major Moodie that England such it percentage ran pro- itoynl Navy. which was for the pro -
to the gest of Baker Lake fair-si'ed ],ably never be reached. teethe). not only of our oast is -
timber. as large as two feet in diem- i Inds. belt every portion of the ilrit-
eter. WAS 111 be fo 1. , ish Empire. Major says that, ns Inc as he Steele' representatives of the .ia-
hns been able to ascertain, the ea- 01.I1 FAMILY DIARY.
fiancee navy were present.
Met fellow on the west side of Iln.1- Ti, „1.1e,„ diary in 0xi,I''ti'e is
son Bay are the Keneepatoos, left- said to be that preset in the Jap-•"�""�♦�-
left -
'eke, Nctehillcks anti Ig;nHcks, (*10 r
w anefamily of Huzaka. It has been
first two cf which are the most civ- duly maintained by the various
Hired and the hest workers. lie sag- heads of the family for four center -
Peelet that four or five of the bend fes. All English commentator notes
mon Ire taken south in the full, with that about twenty years ago a dis-
_�p
SIIOGI.f) WWr Sll.&N1 i1A\1)S•'
Dr. Valentin Nnlpass:e, 0 1'r. rleh
doctor living ht ('Onstantinople. Ilea
started n ct'tsatie aOlt the object •el
Abolishing the handshake, nett stt'•-
s:tituting in its piece 11.4' '''I'entenah 1
which Is the Oriental form ..f selttte-
linn. Aecording to lir. \nlpasse,
the hand contain: over 80,0at0 Due-
t -nixes to the 'square inch, and ;n
shnkltig hands these microbes sr)
conveyed from one person to anoth-
er. 11e imegests in 'dere of the 0t•
dinnry form of greeting that the,
"Tennrnnh" bn 11811ta•sally 0mploye,l,
which con -lets in placing the right
hand on the heart, on the lips. ate!
this respect. and to Ar, oi►t the r,_...
ape tsibili;iee that na)t',ranee:ion
**vela brine. Ittit since. Ve regia
04111'", there hal i>Mn a change. 03,11
tow the re Hama, 1* V bar lMcidea that
it is COP Ary to their eoeseienti0ue
• ;avid inn8 10 become the arthiecte
N any cat thly king. V, rigin him -
distance of 0Lout four hundred utiles,
to the westward of Iludson Bay. it
is expected this will be taken adven-
Inge of to establish connection with
-♦ r. n )tune] ir,terpre•ter they know Ind
ATi< llr`n.. -"IfoK good of too, true!. And allowed to spend the win-
ter nn.I part 1.1 the surnnte,. in the
doctor, t0 conte to talk with me." Northwest 'J eniturict,, and they
110:tor- '-01'. mit st All. 1 have lis- would, he thinks, become good set -
tenet' to s0 much clever tnlk this eV- tier=
enins that it will be quite it tee: It1 hFEI' 01'1' 1'it"1►1
to listen to yott, Mira Honey, 1 de-
pute ever precedence orose0 between
two branches of the family. nod that
this was 9rowipliy nettled by re-
eiturse to the (Hwy and the discov-
ery of the record ef a dinner given
2034 nr :Ixw, %' 018 ne;0 by the head
of tete family to the founder of the
sure you." 'flee M.,jor suggests providing hog- side line,
EAT TWO THOUSAND NEGROES.
l'neeengers who here arrived nt
Antwerp from the Comernons con-
firm the Potreo-German frontier af-
fair at the cilinge of Missum-Missurn
on the french Congo frontier. 'They
also tell of a report current in the
colony to the effect that a tribe or
cannibals knows as the Nims had
killed nnrl eaten 2,000 negroes nod
right (:•'noun colonists In a very
Mort space 01 Limo.
MONTREAI, AMARK1!'9S.
Montreal, Nov. 7. -Offerings of oats
are increasing, and a somewhat ease
let feeling has developed in the mar-
ket. Asking prices are 384c to 3944
for No. 2 white, 80c to attic ter No.
3 white, and 36c to 374c for No. 4.
Buckwheat is now in fairly good de-
mand at 574c per bushel ex -store.
Peas are firm at 78;c afloat, and
Manitoba barley is steady at 48c for
No 3 and 404e for No. 4, ex -track.
Flour -Manitoba spring wheat pa-
tents, 55; strong bakers'; 54.60;
winter wheat patents, 54.25 to 54 -
504; straight rollers, 54; in bags,
51.85 to 51.90; extras. 51.65 to
51.75.
Milifecrl-Manitoba bran in hags,
515 to 817; shorts, 519 to 521 per
ton; Ontario bran, in hulk, 514.50
to 515.50; shorts, 520 to 52050;
stilled mouille, 521 to 52.1; sIraight
mouille, 525 to 527 per tun.
Rolled Oats -52.25 to 52.50 per
bag
Cornmeal --51.45 to 51.50 per bag.
flay -No. 1, 58.50 to 89; Nn. 2,
57.50 to 58; clover mixed, 56 to Sri -
50, and pure clover, 56 per tun in
car lots.
Hogs -56 to 56.25 per hundred lis.
off cars. {tressed hogs are quoted all
58.75 to 59 per hundred. Smoked
treats and lard aro fairly nctive.
'Turkeys sal! for 11c to 16c; chickens,
IOc: to 1241; fowl, 9c 10 11c; geese,
Sic' to 10e, and ducks, 12c to 13c.
Egger--Straigght stock, lac to 10.11;
No. 1 candled, 18c to 181e.
Rutter--Cnoicest creamery, 22:c to
22:c; under -grades, 21c to 22e; dairy
at 18c to 20c.
Cheese -Ontario, 11;c to 11:c;
Quebec, Ile to 11:c.
1(111'i'A1,0 M,%I4Ki7I'S.
Buffalo, Nov. 7, --Flour strong.
Wheat -Spring firm; No. 1 northern,
carloads, Ute; winter, nominal. Corn`
-Steady; No. 2 yellow, 110,c; No. 2
white, 58;e. flats -Steady; Nu. 2
white, :35e; No. 2 (nixed, :331e. iiar-
ley-Western, c.i.f., 45 to b((;c. itye
No. 1, 74e. ]'anal freights -Steady.
Nf•:1V YORK MARKT:'re.
New York, Nov. 7. -Wheat --Spot
weak; No. '' rel. 94 (' elevator and
96. f.o.b. aflont; No. 1 northern Du-
luth, 99 f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 nor-
thers, Manitoba, 97c f.o.b. afloat.
LIVE STOCK' MAiRKT:7114.
Toronto, Nov, 7. -heavy deliveries
of unfinished cattle were recorded tit
the Western Market to -tiny, and
trade was correspondingly ibepressed.
Farmers are busy -l.•nring out their
auperftuou.e stock Le fere the Winter
meta in, nnct in cases where the ent-
omb:were of a promising nature a
'market was found for them us fend-
ers, but the abundant supplies there-
of were detrimental to rapid Reel
profitable Pales. Quotations follow:
Export cal t Iee choice 54.0► 5.4.2:)
Ire., medium 3.85 3.tt0
1)0., 11111151,, 880 8.25
Do., light ...... 2.75 :3.(N)
Do., cows 2. :, 3.00
Butchers', picked ..... 4.(w) 4.10
1)o., choice ... :421..(731.(1
'e0 4.00
1)o., medium ,,. :i 30 :1 50
I)c►., tile!!275 :I ('0
....... '2.00 2 25
Stockers, choice :2211.T:105, a.21
1)o., common ... 2 (8) 2 2.
1)o., hulls ......... 2.25 2.1
•
heavy feeders ...... 3.54 8.80
Short -keep . :31.75.5)
3.7 5 8.86
Milch rows, .. (11)100 40 00 50.00
Do., common1)28.00 113.00
!kneel), export, ewes._ 13.1454 25
Do., bucks 8.(10 3 50
Bo., culls ,,. , 33.(8) 3.5‘eLnmbes, per
ester, 5.25 5 el
Calves, each ...... 2 (N► 10 nt)
Bogs, melcctm ... 5.624 (► ()0
I)o., lights and fats 5.374 0.00