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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-11-30, Page 3tp♦O♦, + O4-0+0+040+0+-0-+0+ Tare a til man I met In the night " Tbury (toad, and Fred waved his • The lady passed before hits through f arcn• tIl front the dooranodal O his the l:atk of the studio and led the trit•utl's teiterated thanks. way upstairs to a door, at which In the end Henry lk•latouche tt - f rrthe (IIS l nun' nen Y sl',' knocked. 1 C. ptpd the Kat flat full, anti no law The Ii •arc of the previous eight pruc..•.tinge were necessary. to rho sn•ntnuns. but 11 hen matters were becoming vara +0+0+a>+0+040+0+0+04.0+0 I. It was an hour after midnight, and two men were sitting conversing in the smoke-toom of the Elephant Club. The principal speaker 'sus a elan of forty or thereabouts, with good features, and a strong. active frame: the other, a large. bony Scotchi an, hutch older, with a bald head encircled by a fringe of sandy rt spunatxt dru..sed very plainly in a velveteen bright George ft it drawn to cull coat and shepherd -plaid trousers. again at No..50, and see if he round The room was prettily adorned d•, anything for one who ha.l so with works of art; a piano stood on benefited him, but `heridi:n hal one side, and there wero several gone for ever.—Lutillun Answers. comfortable armchairs available. Sheridan no longer attempted sub• tc rf"ge b LONDON'S POST OFFICE "How are you, George?" he said quietly. "We have not met for a _._. long time. I only walk at mid- ,. KING EDWARD LAYS FOUNDA- night. I see scarcely anyone now. TION STONE. "I would not have intruded on _ your seclusion had it not been for Brilliant Scene on the Shto of the an important matter, in which you New General Post alone can assist tan." Office. Woodford then explained bora his expectations had been disappointed, King Edward visited London rec- ant how his father hail distinctly eptly and hlfd the foundation stone indicated his intention of making a of a largo extension to the General second will. Post Mace, which, with His Maies- '•I remember perfectly," said the ty's a)fn•(rvel, is to he known us other, "that your father mentioned king 1•:dtward's 11uil.ling. '17to slruc- the matter to ate. And l can trent! lure, says the Standard, will stand an et ening when I was sitting with in three and half acres of ground, him in his library, and ho rang fur fuming part of the site which the Andrews. saying he would servo for Blue (.'out school, until recently oc- the second witness, and in our pre- copied. sence he signed a document. Ile The Queen aunt Princess Victoria, said Ih would put the trill by in n accompanied (lis Majesty, and the place for the present of which some ceremony was also attended by the little catch -word would remind him. Prince and Princess of Waleu and Your father very possibly moved it their two (•ltl.•.',t sons. afterwards to some litter place. At. The royal party lett the palate in any rate. 1 can say no snore." brilliant sunshine, and throughout Woodford urged most urgently that tho whole of the proceedings sun - ho should visit the library, in tho heaths brightened their path and hope that. the sight of the room harpy faces greeted thea► every_ might aid hint to recollect where the where. old merchant had placed the docu- /1eh HOLBORN 11A1{. meat. But Sheridan was very un- •I'hrou •h cheering iu crowds Their willing to accede to this request, b f'` and pleaded that he could not visit Majesties canto to Holborn liar, without distressing emotion a scene where they halted to receive the where he had once spent happy homage of the city's chief utagis- days. But Woodford was determined trate. With the Lord Mayor wero to play a bold game; he would run the Sheriffs. Sword hearer and rho risk of exciting feelings of jeal- other city officials, while the crowd ouay and rancor. Ile said straight surged round on every side to punc- out abruptly: tante the welcome by loyal exclanta- "Sheridan, you tions. The nncient ceremony of pro- Lucy ry Lucy !Earley?" senting the sword was gone through. The poor )nun's countenance was Withc.ut alighting from his carriage, transfigurcxi with pain for a mo- the King furmnlly accepted the cin- ment. blend by touching it, and, having re- turned it, the procession passed on, II should over bo asked such a ques- tion!" The city had decked itself in hon - "She wast sincerely arta' ficd to at1- other," said Woodford. scarcely able or of the royal visit. flags lluller- to enunciate; "but the rates for - elect front many h'+ildings, and encir- bade, and now she is going to mar- sled by bunting which decorated tho thoroughfares were numerous wet- ty here comes and greetings in letters of There was perfect silence. A little French clock on the chimney -piece gold.For the ceremony. the Posamaster gently tinkled the passing quarter. General had made preparations be- At � At length Sheridan got up. and, ' with tears no longer to be repressed, took Woodfcr d's hand. "You are worthy of her. and may Heaven bless you both, for her sake!" George that explained how, through the rapacity of her rela- tions. great difficulties were being raised on the scorn of lack of money, and if, therefore, he himself were en- titled to a portion of his father's wealth. it was urgent he should be certi'ied of it. "For old dnys." Sheridan said at length, "I will make an effort.. I'oR- sibly my memory may he refreshed by the spot where your father men- tioned how he should remember the place in which he bail put the docu- ment. But even then he may have moved it—a thousand things may have happened. Yet never mind. For one night only I will return in- to former scenes." And so they returned to the old merchant's house under cover of the darkness. "Let us recall the circumstances," said Sheridan. "Your father, George. was, of course, in the arm- chair by that corner, and the will was ready in this drawer of the table. and we signed here on the table itself. And your father said: 'I don't taunt sir. 11.-latouchu to know of this; it must be put aside for a time.' And thee:— Where on learth 'lid he place it? And what was the catchword he meront. to re- tnenlls•r the hiding -place by?" •'i do not. remember any cal ch - word," said the butler, "but 1 have a hazy sort of idea he slipped it in- to n book." "fnvnloable Andreas!" cried Fred. "'that hint is worth gold! Yes, yes; .hero was a boot:. (*mild it have been a Testament. recalling the We of testament? No; that was not It. Let us light these hand candlesticks on the mantelpiece and look: at the backs of Looks " Some minutes went by in silence, when Fred suddenly called out, "Eureka! Eureka!" He was stand- ing on a ltnnll set of steps. but he jumped don n, with a volume in his hand, and as ho opened It to show the full title abridged on the hack a folded paper fell out. The hook was marker. outside, 1'''I'he Freedom of the Will." and awns, hair, and a broad, red face. The first was George Woodford and the second 1)r. Maclachlan. "You know, .lac," said George, "about the unfort(nate circum- stances in my family—everybody knows about then(. of course. They were in the newspapers. Well. well, I cannot be surprised at my father having been alienated from mc, but I trust do hint the justice to say 11e did his best to provide for uta. iia got me a nonlil:atim), and I went to Iluileybury, and so, in due course, to India. "Ile never wrote. and T had cer- tainly been given to understand that no share In his possessions was de- stined for te. And when I came home on furlough eight. or nine years ego, his stepson, Henry I'e- latouehr, was living in the house 1 with hint. But the old plan consent- ed to see rhe, and I made up to hint, and paid hien a great deal of atten- tion. Ile was afraid of Henry, but he told me privately one slay that be should make another will. Ho would, he said, leave me a third of his money and the villa at East- bourne "However, since his death no such will has been found. I don't like Henry—that. is to say, T have no deep affection for him—but I do not sltppoeo he would do anything dishonorable. The old butler, An- drews, has a recollection of being summoned to witness the signing of a will. and declares that poor Fred Sheridan was present., too. And if Fred could be found, he doubtless might throw light on the whole thing. But, then, where is Fred? Night 11115 closed around him!" "Ay, ay!" cried the doctor. "I mind ole of his story. It was a bad business.,, "The most amusing fellow out— hantisonte, gentlemanly, attractive, holding n good (government appoint- ment, too—honed to get on. Was hole ever such a smash? Obliterated front the public tnetnory, too bad for a byword, never mentioned. "Now, you are an old chum," con- tinued George. "and I will tell you a curious thing. I ant, perhaps, about to be married. I don't say very much about it, because the thatch is not plain sailing yet. But listen. Lada Lucy !Earley was en- gaged, when she was still in her teens. to this very Fred Sheridan, but her people, who are a grasping lot, broke it off. They say he never got over the disappointment. That was twelve years ago. And now tho family are giving me trouble --de- claring I have not money enough. Is it not. a coincidence that the ratan who aspired himself to the girl's love should be the person who alone perhaps in the world could give her a helping hand to another hni4 and?" "Ay, you may say so; it is strange." agreed the doctor. "glut the world is full of strange things." After some further confidences the two friends rose and left tho club. They had got as far as Jerinyn Street, when. noiselessly advancing, a tall figure. wrapped in n cloak, and with a sombrero hat drawn over his brow, passed, keeping close to the wall. ide was near the runt into a side -street, and was gone in an instant. "1 saw the fare! T cannot be mis- taken!" mut twit Woodford. And, without. explaining himself, ho de- serted his friend and went pur- suit. suit. The dark figlrre was soon caught up. Woodford ventured to pull the cloak. and env in an undertone: "Sheridan. 1 recognize you! For ITcaven's sate allow me a few min - Wee' conversnllun!" "Volt are inistaken," Raid the other. turning round calmly. "'Tho name is Stokes." "And mine Woodford—George Woodford.,. "It may be so. But there Is some confusion. 1Vc• are strangers." "Freed, 1 will swear to your voice!" •You are under a delusion." (:ee•ree was earnest, but the figure was obstinn(e, and it rnd•sl In the latter laking a card front his pocket and giving it to George. "Call. if you will, at that address, indeed, the celebrated treatise by and proof will be given you that an American metaphysician. And, you are in error." And with this final discnureg,ernent the (e'ire hurried off, and was lost in th • darkness. When Woodford ar- rived nt his lodgings he examined the vend, and found itan ivory one, with -Stokes, .'stn, Ayhvbury Road," on the face. a remember Lady 11. The next day he started off, deter- mined to follow the clue he had ob- tained. No. so, Aylesbury Road, was not at any great distance. The number was placed ren A door just filling the space between two shops, 1 and beneath was n plate. market( "S cokes. Miniature fainter." On ringing. Woodford was admit tett to a passage., Trading into a studio, where were apetaun'ns of framed miniatures lying about, and a conte. ly, blmtde woman sitting working With her needle. 'lio you wish to coNMr. Stoles?" '•Yo+; 1 suppose T do," replied George. takinh the ivory card from his pocket. "I want, at tela, to sure enough, still undisturliecl 89 when the testator had placed it there, was the (Imminent securing to George a portion of tit. property. Woodford was, of emirs.•, greatly ex- cited, anti nnxio is to gut atony, but Sheridan lingered. "It is for this night oa1,v," he murmured. They reentered the boudoir. Georg(' sat down to examine the will more closely. the other opened the piano. Ile was very !ini9Ical, atol swig charmingly. First he placed a waltz, ani then he tried the famous tenor air in "Mnrthn," but towards the envi his voice faltered, and he rather at•ruptly closed the instru- ment. : h rt h.• ctnu' op to his coin- -oil absorbed. nip! said: '•(lave pet a photograph?" George hat! a relined one of Lade 1 uey in 1119 pocket -hook, anti was glad to ..how it. Sheri•Isn stood by the fire geeing at it, then returned it. and said. "Come away; It is all over." They returned to No. 50, Aylfa ROYAL VISIT TO INDIA HEIR TO THRONE RECEIVES A GREAT WELCOME. Masses of People Think King Ed- ward Controls Everything- -Changes Since Last Vii,it.. Tof the Imperial title at the great assembly at Delhi on January 1, 1877. Ilene. too, ho will be vale to lay the fo'tndatiun stone ut the Victorian tlr+norial, which its de- signers have sought to make an or- nament to the capital and a iastillg monument to the memory of tho great 1':n+prt•ss When on January 13 the Royal party reaches Rangoon and thence proceeds to Mundulay, they will ent.r regions unvisited in 1875, regions, indeed. which in so far at least as regards Upper Bur- ma. it would have been out of ques- tion for the Prince to visit. 'The era of the growth of the British Fin- pire in India by annexation of the internal Stales had ended long be- fore 187:,. With the conquest of Upper Murata in 1885 a limit was practically put to its expansion in other dire( lions. In many ways Burma will perhaps bo the most in- teresting purt of rho expedition. From Rangoon to Madras the jour- n•y will bo by sea. thence to bo continued by tail to Mysore. Banga- lore, anti Ilaidarabed. 'Ibis port of the program was omitted in the fornu•r visit, it was said, in conse- quence of an outbreak of cholera. In Mysore the Prince will be the guest of the young Maharaja, who was in- stalled on cooling of age in 1902. Thirty years ago the Slate had not been restort(1 to native rule after its !iffy years of iiritish administra- tion, since the deposition of the Ma- haraja in 18'1. 1' -chaps not since a former Prince of Wales lundpcl in India. thirty years ago—King Edward VII.—hay anything occurred of this sort which has attracted the enthusiasm that is being attracted by the visit. of the present Prince and Princess ' of Wales, says a Calcutta letter. For exactly thirty years have elapsed since King Edward VII. landed (hero as Prince of Wales told Ifeir-appar- c•nt of Queen Victoria, who only as- sumed tho Imperial title a year later. '1'110 horizon of the vast ttai.n'Ity of the inhabitants of India la a very narrow one, stretching 00 farther than ttte personality of the distin••t officer, often not so far as that. Governors, Commanders -in -Chief, and Viceroys the countrymen may have heard of, but they are generally mixed up in his mind with some confused idea of the British "Raj," the existence of which he re.oguizes with perhaps More indifference than active fntcre.st, so long as he is left alone. With the Sovereign raid his family the cave is dinerent, and thero aro few villages where there is not same definite conception of the "Kaiser" and his son tho "Shaliztt- 1da." The idea of a person::► ruler is a familiar ono to every Indian, often perhaps almost inseparable from that of a beneficent deity to whom is due n reverence and an active loy- nity which can hardly be felt for LEADING MARKETS 1311EAllsTUF1 :S. Toronto. Nov. 28.--Wheal-0it- t urio—No. 2 white 8(k, outside; red, of mixed, In less. Goose is in good dp:nand to li11 salts made ear- lier in the season, at tic to 713C; spring sells at the Fume price. Wheat —Man itoba—Prices at lake ports are ettsier. No. 1 northern be- ing quoted at 851c, and No. 2 ut 8:3jc. Flour — Ontario — Exporters' bid .}3.05 to $:3.10 for till per cent. pat- ents. buyers bags. at outside points; holders ask $3.20 to $3.25. Blends for domestic cons,tmptien sell at $:3.50 to $:3.60, $4.50 to $4 8() for first patents, *4l0 t)o $1.40 tor sec- ured patents, and $4.20 to $4.30 for bakers', M0!ftrd — Ontatrio—Itran, in car lots, $12.50 to $13, at outside points; shorts, $16.50 to $18. Mani- toba—$16.50 to $17.50 for brats and $18.50 to $19.50 fur shorts. at To- ronto and equal freight points. Hats—Firm at 36e to 37c for No. - 2 at outside points. Barley—No. 2 52c to 53e, No. 3 extra 51c to 52c, No. 3 47c at out- side points. Peus-75c to 76e. at outside points. Ityte-75c to 76e, at outside points. Buckwheat -56c to 57c, outside. Corn—New Canadian is awaiting frost to make it sufe:ifor shipment. IIAII1AltAltAh ATTRACTIVE. The price is. 45e hid, Otic asked. The three daysiven to 1Iaidera_ f.o.b. Chatham freights. American- -52c Nett• -52c to 5:3e, Toronto freights; had cannot tail to he of supremo in- unfixed, !c less. Wrest, bothfront the tact that it is Rolled Oats—$.i.2r, for barrels and the capital of the feudlargal and most q, for bags, of track here; 25c more andfnt of the feudatory States. for broken lots here and 40c out - and front the attractiveness of rho side. representatives not of royal blood. city. its curiosly cosutopolitan po- To the bulk of the people the idea pulatlun, and its surroundings. 1t of a constitutional manna -It is in- its at this stage of the tour that a conceivable, and in ltrfti':h Lelia the relaxation .from the arduous labor» ( Emperor i. regarded as the sole tit co. -oilmen' will be taken in a fountain et all administration. shooting trip of give days. A laying visit to the cm•ious rock fort of DIE'FERI•:NT IN CITI1:S. Daulatabad and the neighboring In great cities among the educated cave temples of I?flora will bo fol - classes and the feudatory princes lowed by a long railway journey to there is of course a clearer under- Bemires, and a stay of ten days in standing of the position of the Fm- Bettie)), in the Nepal Tara'. At. peror and his represt'ttatives, but Aligarh on (larch 6, the visitors will the active feeling of loyalty towards see tho famous Mohamedan College, tho Sovereign and his family is no to the institution and development less marked. 'Thus, to all classes, of which the late Sir Syati Ahmad the visit is a source of genuine sat- devoted his best energies. A couple isfnction, which will bo expressed of clays will bo spent. at. Simla. everywhere in the welcome prepared whi':1► can now bo reached by ral- for the Prince and Princess. whether way instead of by the wearisome car - 1n British territory or in the Statea ringe journey from 1Jmballa, whish of those chiefs whom they can find was necessary thirty years ago, opportunity to visit. Otttsidn input Thence there is another long railway the tour will arouse nn interest not journey across the Punjab, down the aloins felt in the great peninsula, Indus Valley. and up through the which contains nearly three --fourths mountains to tluetta, the capital of Baluchistan. When the heir of Queen Victoria was in India Quetta was practically inaccessible. 7.000 'TONS 010 GRAIN DAILY. At Karachi, on March 19, the shores of India will be left, and hero the changes of a generation are par- ticularly noticeable. From an iso - lifting the auspicious occasion. On of the total population of the Brit - the site of the new building a spaci- Ish Empire.ous marquee had been erected to ac- SOME: OF Ti1i': CHIANGES. eommodate the guests, who number- Many changes have occurred in the ed five thousand or more. liere were thirty years since the last visit of it gathered representatives of many Princo of Willes to India. Perhaps nations. Tho Japanese Minister none is greater than the increased was n protninent figure. ile appeared as did most of the distinguished guests. with the exception of Mr. Whitelaw Reid. the American Am- bassndur in court dress, and the familiar figure of that grand old co- lonial, Lo•sl 5*rathronn, attracted attention. itis Lordship, all hough well more thnn eighty, stems to tit - Joy very good health. AN IMPRESSIVE, Ci:RE:3IONY. The ceremony was brief. but inter- esting. Lord Stanley, tho Postmas- ter General, presented an address to the King. which expressed the grati- fication of the Post 011ice employes at. the presence of 'Their Majesties, and the hope that tho i'rince and Princess of Witten might have a hap- py voyage to Delia and a safe re- turn. To illustrate the growth of the work of the Post Office he showed that whereas in 1829 the ndmini•;- tration staff at. St. Martin's to (.rand' numbered R(n►, it totalled 8,- 5:16 to -day. int 1s29 there were 561 1.ondon postmen; to -day there w, re 10,0810, and the number of let- ters delivered spells had increaseet from 400.000 to 20,000.000. 'the King, in the course of his re- ply to the address pnesental him, said:-- -d:-- ' • I trust the establishment of this new building. the :ate of which is rich in historical association and has balm tho scene of so It noble endeavor, may increase the etllciency of the vnriotts branches of the post- al service and by giving ndditinnal facilities for Interco tnntunication, as- sist. in binding together t hn various parts of my empire by still closer ties And in establi'hing among the nations of the world lhnt pence and good will which I have so much at brant." 11111 1h1•:A OF FRN. "But you refused :no the first time," he said in bewilderment, after she had accepted his proposal of marriage. "Of course 1 did," she replied. "You proposed by letter." "What hos that to do with it?" "Why, you don't suppose 1 was go- ing to 111185 the fun of seeing you get red and thin pale and stammer and show your awkwardness in trying to knet'I, du you? Well, 1 should think not. 1 know my rights on nn occa- sion of this sort, and 1 intend to bey., all the enjoymentto which I ant entitled. 'There's only' one time In life when a girl can make a man look really foolish. and she can't at ford to overlook it." NOT ALL IN 'Pili•: TELLING. "1 make It n rule to tell Inv wife everything that hnppente anti in (hitt ttnv we avoid tnisundcrstandiugs," aid the man in the smoking car temperament the other dna. "'that's nothing to brag of," said one of his compttr,ions. '•1 tell my wife n good many things that never happen." "1 have you all phased." remarked the third. "1 don't. tell my wife anything. She can and out five tunes ns ranch ns f knew inys•If Without the least trouble." facility of cont►m►nieation, duo to Tho p extension of railways. The mere tat latcport. carryingthe trade of Kl statement that in 1875 India had ,Sind oly. Karachi the linking f only 7.000 miles of railway, where- sip of the railway, has become the ns sho has now over 27,000. dot natural outlet of the great granary not convey the significance of this "1 the Punjab, which already in Iho extension half so well as the ion- t.usy season sends down some 7,000 slant instances of places visited by (t)ns of grain daily for export. rail in 1905, which could only ho Tho Prince is pat t icnlnrly fortu- reached by more primuitive convoy- pato in rho choice of Sir William tunin 1875, or had to be omitted L.awtt'►lc•e as the head of his staff. from the program on account of None but the late private secretary their great distance from a railway. of the Viceroy could know the na- Indore. tho first halting place niter We chiefs and the principal officials. leaving lionibny, will be reached by _______,♦ train. it was visited in 1875, but the railhead was (hen only at the WHEN 11.000ENCF. FAILED. Nnrbada (liver. whence to Holkara; A certain excellent but 1 tial-vuienil capital there ons a long drive up the "ghats," which mount, to the pla- teau of Central India, 1,800 feet above the sea. It is only within the last few years that the nest Mopping place. ildaipur, has ellen connected by rail with the main lino, at the fin nlnits and romantic hill fortress of Chitor. , In 11475 Jaipur cont►nctnicated by rail with Agra, rho reverberations of the closing but fur many years after that there crnah he rose quietly from his seat.. were no railways nearer to Ilikanir "its 1 listened to the thunderous' than the terntitlns of the branch line appeals of my Learned fiend," he to the great salt lake of t.a l hr. said, addressing s.lgthn jury it d ai- Now the line has been rontinued to ing tone, "I recalled an old (al•!o Ilikanir and on to fthikinda, in the You will rententher, gentlemen, bout' Y U sl Punjab. Until they leave 1!ikanir the lint and the n.s, agreed » ng, t ay on November 27 the halts of the the heasts of the field anti divide the Royal party will, after leaving Boni- spoil. Tho ass was to go into the bay, ha'•t' been all in the territory thicket 'and bray and frighten the of feudatory chiefs• animals out, while the lion was to A MILITARY REVIEW. ilo In wait and kill the fugitives ns fast ns they appeared. The ass hlthe 1 rkest port of the jungle COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter—Quotations are unchnngwl. Creamery 22c to 23c do solids 21c to 211c Dairy 1b. rolls, good to choice 19c to 2010 do medium ,. 17c to 180 do tubs, good to choice 17t to lRc do inferior . 15 to 16c Chosse—liolds firm at 1I c to 12c. Eggs—Fresh are quoted itt 22e, and lineal at l9c to 20c. Poultry—Fat chickens, 8c to 10c; thin, 7c to 8c; fat hens, 7c to Sc; thin, 6e to Sc; ducks, l(lc to Ile; lhin,.6c to Sc; turkeys, lac to 13c; geese, 9c to 10e. Potatoes—Ontario crop is quoted at 60c to 7 tic Ix•r bug on track here, and 75c to 85c out of store. Eastern stock at 75c to 80c on track and 90c to 95e out of store. Pleased I logs—$ 7 to $7.10 per cwt. Gatto ---Venison, carcase, 8c to 90 per pound; haunches, 12e; ducks. canvas backs, $1.50 per pair; red head; 80e to 90c; blucd)ills, 65e; ruddy, a1c to 40c; rabbits, 25c to Roc per pair. Baled (Tay --Fairly steady at $13 to $8.5(1 per ton for car lots on track here, for No.. 1 timothy, and $6 to $6.50 for No. 2. Baled Straw—Car lots on track aro unchanged at. $6 per ton. MONTREAL MA1*KF'GS. Montreal. Nov. 28.—(:rain—On the market this morning there was very little inquiry for Manitoba wheal, ani. up 10 no :n only an odd load or too had In•en !woke!! for December -January shipment. Car tote of No. 1 Ontario white oats are steady at 391c for No. 2. 'fho demand for huckwhent is very limit- ed. as it is impossible to obtain freight emit.. from Montreal, net member of the Ilar was addressing 8 shipments would have to be made jury. Finally, in a perfect Iwrricar,o via Portland. Prices were frons le of sound he closet his argument toe' to lc per bushel easier nt, 55c to set down. The jury wero impressed, 571e. No change in other coarso rind the other Sitio was in danger. grain. The barrister opposite had a sa•l, flour—Good trade passing; un - watery cy0 and a hatchet-Iiko :fa". dertoue of the .market firm. Ile sat patiently through the tuntiil Onts—tie. 1 Manitoba 40$e; No. 2 thous gusts of his iriend, and after white, acne; No. :1, 381c to 39c; No. 4, 38c to 38jc per huaiicl, in car lots, ex --tort. Buckwheat -57c to 571c per bush- el, ex-atoro. Barley—No. :l Manitoba, 4Rc; No. 4, 461c per bushel ex track. Flour—Manitoba spring wheat pa- tents, 85; strong bakers', $ 1 60; winter wheat patent $4.25 to $1.- r,0; straight rollers 84 to $4.10; do in begs, 51.8.'. -to $1.95; extras $1.- 65 to $1.75. Lahore, the capital of the Punjab. will occupy five days, and on Decem- ber 2 Pa -hewer, the most northerly stage in the journey, will Is' reached a paint far beyond the railway itt 1875. At. Rawalpindi the Prince will witness the manoeuvres of n largo force. European and native, of the Indian army. it had been in- tended to carry out, these in the more historic nei((hhorhood of Delhi, hut. unfortunately the drought hits rerelrrtsI this impossible in 8 country so dry that eten in a normal Ken- non special nrrnnget nrnts for Crater would have been necessary. Thr nest May will be of .iamiin, the winter capital of the Mnharnja of Kashmir, who will only Just have been re- stored by Lord Curzon to n position of authority in his State before re- ceiving his (loyal guests. A clay at Amritsar anti longer vis- its to 'it.•Ihi rind Agra are e:{s('ntial to the completeness of a tour In tip- per India. Nor rould the capital of the lltthnrnjn Satellite be negl(•cled, note that (tastier can he reached in two or three hours from Agri', in- stea'I of ,tit in 1fi75 only a b uy car- riage attorney of set'cnty or eighty milts. 'rho Jimmie? by Gaither to Calcutta will be broken by a three class' visit to (mallow. (tilt or the fortnight (:.•poem arriving al and finally leafing( ('rlcutln, on January12, three (lays %vitt la given to a trip to Ilnrjiline. whence the fit:e..t of n11 views of the Ilintalaynw oh- fainablr• from a hill station will, it is limed.).e unmarred by it (loud. THERM ON ANNIVERSARY.' rhe Prince will appropriatelO be in the ntrtrop,•liv of (trisi l! India on the atinivcrsaty of the pro:iumation song and, lifting up his awful voice, laity - ed. The ass was quite Intoxicated with his uproar, end thought he d return and sero what the lion thought of it. With a light heart he wtnt hock and found the lion looking doubtfully about hint. " 'What do you think of that?' said the exultant nss. 'Don't 301 think 1 scared 'end?' " 'acarc(I 'eat?' repeated the lion, in an agitated tune. 'Why you'd a' srnrcrl mo If I .didn't know you were A jackass.' •• ken, and the fact. that pewter wero Tho jury laughed, the effect of the moody. the recent gains for n good lawyer's sonorous eloquence was sle- class of cattle being Elly maintain- Ilrly weakened, and he lust the case. ed. Expert cattle .noire $1 00 to Ni:W YORK 11'111?A1' MARKET. New York„ Nev. 08.—Wheat—Spot, ntendy; No. '2 red, NOIc elevator and 91 fe f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 Northern, ih►luth, 110:c f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 hard, Manitoba,1)11c f.o.b. afloat. hiVI•: S'1'O('K LJARIC FOP 'furoate, Nov. 28.--A pretty gotdl indication of the genuine improv m(•nt in the cattle trade was a very heavy run tit. the City ('attle. Mar- Fltl•:NCll ('OV1a1' KING EDWARD, 1'.dwnrtl V1i. would suit tis ns n sovereign Clown to the ground. If the French people only knew hint h•• would bo elected king by univer- sal i;i!T►•nge i cnnaot imagine how such a delightful nail chnrncteri♦:i- rally Latin man came to be the suv- ereig;n of nn Anglo -`taxon nation that is by nature stiff and morose. -- La Vie I'nrisi•'nne. ♦------ Till•: cos-run:4p 1'1711. The sea otter's is the costliest of all fur. A small skin has been sold for $•400; and although this was it fancy price, from $150 to $21'0 is nothing out of the tray. The value is governed by the depth of the black color, ',redder( with silver hairs. and the richnr+a of the ft:r. 'Thr• catch - Ing of the Ikea utter is Alntnat en- tirely cteifatid to the coast of Alaska, al :1:► do medium .. . . :145 :3 00 do bulls 3 00 3 25 do light 2 75 do ceras .. .... 2 7a Butchers' pick(d lllll 4 10 do choice :3 90 do medium a .,^,(► do light 2 75 d) bulls 2 00 ('antlers 1 50 Stockers, choice ... .. :l 25 do common 2 141 do bugs .. 2 25 lleavy Medea, .. 3 ;,0 Short -keep . tt 75 Milch cows, choice .. 40 011 ells comment ., . 28 (Nl Sheep, export, ewer R 85 300 R 00 5 35 do Marts do culls level's, per cwt. Calves. en' It ,... 2 00 lige. sleets ... 5 5o do lights and fate. 5 25 Acton ill tote a I wn n local op11O11 by -law in January. :100 3 00 4 :10 4 10 3 05 ;k 1111 2 '25 2 25 { ::10 2 «5 2 4c► :1 75 4 100 50 01) :33 Ut ) 4 211 a eft 50 5 ('A0 10 011