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�t1on '\'hey ate not only veru in -
RATS AFFECT ENGLAND ! gtet:'iti.e and llahittally touch every
_ object they come [tear, tirst with
MENACE TO CROPS. LIVE their whiskers and then with their
STOCK AND BIRDS. nese.No other mammal uses its
whiskers as finers so persietetntly.
THEY HANGED THE BAKERI
CU
1 e�
• treat. One of the laws atTocthlg
the baker was that which precluiltel
_
him who baked brown bred (rout
BIOUS TACTS ABOUT BREAD- touching the white variety, ate:
MAKERS.( equally forbade. the baking of brood
by the white baker!
The iris• at which bread was to 1•u
sold was also regulated. it wits fixed
mounting to the rate et which !lour
fair Dealing. ( was sold.
Great Number of Nests Destroyed They aro not still for a eminent. but Punishments for Shore Weight—
alivuy+• kept in motion like a its Pillory and Gibbet tor Uu-
•—A Benefit in the Under- fisher's roil. With "live" rails dawn
ground Railways. In the tunnels, which emit the 1">•
The Danee, who spare net trouble culler smell aceomgutnying highly-
tto protect their important butter .harleel conductors, this enquiring
industry. have lately undertaken a
rationul campaign against rate.
This has been dune partly asst pre-
caution against plague breaking out
In their seaports and partly because ag-ulttet lt, ant •be sold kept us the woman plet•s-
butter tubs are particularly atone- noses en it. This cause's denth in a ed. ' lti or aroset the t u of a baker s
lir,• to rats, for there is nothing ntentesut, the ruts fulling harl;w k , dozen being thirteen. says Pearson's
d Wring utter oil•• or two kicks. g
In tho early days of public bread -
leaking and selling, between six and
habit of the rats lends thein to lis- seven centuries ago. it was usual to
aster. They smell that thu "live" emptily" women to distribute the
rail is not quite like ue. ordinary loaves. As payment fur their labor the
length of steel. put their whiskers baker gave an extra loaf for every 12
•1 finally inv their and this piece of bread could either
more
disgufthtg than the thought a indi serene e, and not any part ice- Weekly.
rhat these. filthy ---ural- may have destroying them.
ac -
Malt!
Another fact concerning these to.
beer, in contact with so absorbentenuntstar �lort the tmullipliettion of the Malo bread -carriers and sellers is that
no loaves were taken buck if they
were cold. Apparently, this regula-
tion Witt' passed for the purpose of
stimulating the activity of the to -
male sellers sad preventing dawdling
or idleness.
'1'o conclude the account of fettintee
connection with the staking and dis-
posal of bread it niny be mentioned
that the word "lady" is said to be
derived front a compound Saxon
word meat -Ong "distributor of bread.'
Women were naturally the household
bread -makers, as they are to -day int
re to rural districts, and they also
distributed it to dependants and
others.
BAKED AT STRATFORD.
and easily taintel an article of food,
says the London Spectator.
In England. on the other hand, no
concerted effort is made to check tho
rat plague The animals aro in-
ert aero; everywhere. to rho detri-
ment 4.1 agriculturists, poultry -own-
ers. game farmers. and not. less so
of our native wild birds of many
kinds- The percentage of linnets',
bulireches', warblet•s', and other
ne•t:ts of our smaller birds the eggs
of which are eaten by rats is very
large. as any one may prove who
seeks for (hent and watches the fate
of the• nests. They also act as a
set iters check on the inurease of wild
fowl. which began after tho Protec-
tion Acts were passed. They prefer
the eggs of wild ducks and march
birds to any other food. and a caro
wee: lately mentioned in which the
os%nor of a duck farm found 13
ducks eggs in tho hole of one doe
rat.
Ir. the month of October there is a
great movement of these animals
front the east coast inland. On a
shooting estate lately visited by the
writer. where incessant trapping
keeps them at bay, an October in-
vasitm is always expecte!, and as
the whole property is kept careful-
ly under observatiotl, the direction
from which they cross tate frontier is
well known. It is very probable
that this march of the tnischevious
is partly due to the closure of the
main herring fishery on the coasts
of Norfolk and Suffolk about that
time. and that the increase of tho
rats is not unconnected with the ex-
ceptitnially large catches of her-
rings made during the past two
seasons. Tho :shoals of herrings
have passed all previous records, and
some six hundred Scotch women
have been engaged in cleaning the
fish. Sometimes the refuse is very
properly saved for fish manure. Bat
the garbage of countless numbers of
herrings is thrown away, and this
attracts and keeps tat the rats in
the late Suuuuer and early Autumn.
,Whets the source of supply grows loss
the creatures move inland.
AGGRAVATED BY FLOOD.
plague in Olt open ileitis. batiks, pre-
serves, and corn stacks. (tats in
such cases' can always bo killed by
poisoning them in their burrows,
and as they usually die under ground
no risk is incurred after their death,
either front the decay of the bodies
or front other and valuable animals
eating the poisoned car: asst's. Meal
is put into the holes with a long
spoon for two or three nights. Then
tho supply Is omitted for a night,
and finally poisoned meal is put in
and the holes stopped outside.
This is not possible in houses. or
even near them, but it is very effec-
tual in tho fields, and ono peculiar
feature of the recent rat invasions is
that they aro mainly confined to the
rural districts and to tho open coun-
try. In towns, owing to better san-
itation and rho removal of all dust
holo rubbish, they have greatly di-
minished It is u fact that the sur-
roundings of ordinary London houses
are enormously more clean and
healthful than those- of the ordinary
country house. where there are no
"destructor.," and refuse accumu-
lates in some corner or other, where
so long as it is out of sight. it is
usually out of tnind.
REPUl SION 'TO RODENT.
That there is something absolutely
repulsive in the rat per se is partly
proved by the instinctive horror in
which it is hold alike by men, wo-
men. children and most other ani-
mals. Horses Will often refuse to
feed and are unable to sleep if (here
is a rat. in the stable by night. Birds
of all kinds hold them in horror. ex-
cept those which, like the now al-
most extinct bustard, retake theta
their principal food. A hen is quite
helpless against them and is often
killed on tho nest, and t hough a
partridge would defeat a rat by day
and drive it off it can do nothing
against it at. night. Hats are said
to have broken up and caused the
removal of the gullery from Sedge
Fen at iloverton, near N,-rwich, to
its present secure, position in the
sedges of the Little Broad. where the
water protects them effectually even
from the most enterprising rat.
Some time ago a inedtcal corre-
spondent of a paper wrote to draw
attention to the way in which rats
directly cause sickness and deatlt by
poisoning shallow wells with theeir
decaying bodies.sThey
are thirsty
creatures. and in their eagerness to
reach water fall into the wells and
are drowned. Several fatal eases
of so-called septic pneitnionut were
fount) to he duo to drinking water
so pniset t. That they carry plague
is well known. But in addition,
they are dis'tninatar3 of every kind
of diseases which can be conveyed in-
to drains and front drains. for of
alt iti,elovaes the rat loves a drain
the hest
It is one of the curiosities of ani-
mal temperament that while the
hlrown rat it so universally detested,
the closely related Alexandrian rat—
the white or piebald varieties are
well known in this♦ euuatry—is al-
most it !merits. ft is n eery (IIlei
docile tit t1.• animal. almost affection.
ate in its relnlions with Hoot. and
constantly kept ns a put 1.y chit.
toren. It is clean and trig gentle,
never by any shahs. olierIsIg to bite,
aur' ie ay intent on storing up food
as if it ha•I never forgotten the ex-
perience of its ancestor, in the "lean
y'tea re" when .Ioaeph ruled tinder
Pharaoh. It is the humblest of all
doincstic pets. hitt often quite inter
toting in ire guys. the only draw-
back to its cerrgatny icing the clean
resemblance ret nppeernnce to the
criminal brown rnt.
in Norfolk Otte was aggravated a
fen years ago by a severe flood in
parts of the fen. 'This drove out
tens of thousands of rats from the
low land to the higher ground. The
plague was such that on one estate
the keepers were afraid to go to
one wood ar night, so numerous and
bold went the creatures. It was
not until after weeks of wholesale
poisoning and trapping that their
nuattmrs were reduced. But they had
cents to stay, anti several circum-
stc•ure$ aided then) in their resolu-
tion Not the least important item
in the rats' favor was the almost
universal spread of pheasant pre-
serving ant! pheasant rearing. I( a
lino be drawn perpendicular to the
east coast of Norfolk inland (o Cant-
bridgrshire, near Newmarket, and
these, in a slightly difieront direc-
tion, through Hertfordshire it cuts
Mo., continuous succession of great
plieiteant preserves.
(11, these the pheasants are :sup-
plied, often merlin isblee with art i.
ficial food the year round. The
quantity of nieal scattered for the
young; pheasants and of Indian corn
thrown out to "keep the birds at
betas" in the Autumn and Winter is
teal. that it. makes; it tunsideruble
filen in the profits of local corn
dealers. It is given with the great -
yet regularity every day. and the
ruts: will always have their share,
coaling out in the utast impudent
was and feeding; dim' ng the pheas-
ants.
If the krt•per3 are slack itt their
duty every pheasant preserve lm-
cuu•s a rat preteove. On the part-
ridge manors it is so Impossible to
allow the rat to inerrase and to ex-
ert ise its egg -stealing power in
spring that. as a rule. the vermin
ore k••pt at bay. Another faztor in
the disperslon and harboring of
the-'. Tests is the modern plan of
building *ho roan atarke itt the field(
i'.9'
t :►. been
the when h
which
h
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1 11
h in iti it all
reapedinstead of r t•
inK
Immo to the rick yore$ it snugs tin
loss of t' • and the expense of rnrt-
ing the loads to the hone•stenid.
There is also less risk of the whole.
harvest being destroyed by fire
Ilut every one "1 then• isolated
stnrl...:CAW eteel of r the face of the
rv,ui.try mdse.; a cwttfortablr winter right again, (n.l )'pure ready to slit must bo treated as tlutrh,sr 1';tttl--Picked lots $1 1'';nr other she slipped her throttle• 'n
down and I:d:e n long breath.Ilr•gtine to inelu•ling cuntlscutinn of hit entirt ,MOMI•:I'IIING SACRED 81 ;11 good to clinic'. $3.73 to $:I • btu hed Through drat wall, lent 'Co
The fact that bread was sold in
open market in olden times is still
impressed upon the minds of these
who pass ulong the well-known met-
ropolitan thoroughfare. Cheupsid,;.
"Bread Street" marks the spot
where the bakers brought their wares
trout tho bakeries at Stratford and
offered them to the public. It is sup -
Posed that Stratford was chosou wt
account of its proximity to Epping
Forest, which extended much nearer
to the City of London than it does
at present; the bakers could obtata
fuel cheaply from the forest!
And here it may bo mentioned that.
"Cheapside" has no reference to the
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LEADING MARKETS
11111:,\D rUF1
Toronto, Deec►nitt•r 12,—\Vhtti'tl—on=
111110 --Millers outside report purchases
from farmers at 77c, and dealers quote
No. 2 while at 7:4: to 79%e. al outside
'paints, No. 2 red 'i$t; to ?9c, goose end
spring 71e lei 75c.
\\ heat Manitoba—Firmer at S6%o for
V�1r'1111� No. 1 northern, file fur No. 2 northern,
at lake torts.
Flour—Ontiirio--l'he export bid for tYl
per rent. patents is $3.10, buyers' bags
outside, with sales for domestic use at
$3.45 to $3.55. Manitoba, $$.50 to $1.8+)
for first patents, $1.30 to $4.40 for
st cowl patents, and $S.241 to $t.30 for
baker;.
MIllfeeel --- Ontario --- Bran— in serial,
$14.511 Iu $I5, til uutsidu paints; shorts
are $16 10 617. Manitoba bran $16.511 1'e
tenso of death on an old woman for $17.50, slhort., SIR.50 to $1:350, at'lorote
the murder of her husband whotte shu to and equal points.
did not murder and to complete the Oats -35c to 35yc outside.
farcical tragedy u British chaplain Barley --Ela!, 5Cc to 51c for No. 2. %Se
has solemnly invol.ed the mercy of to 49c for No. 3 extra, and 45e l0 4Ge for
God on her "guilty soul," which was No. 3, at outside points.
not guilty says a London correspon- Nye—Dull, at 70e. outside.
dent. And all this with the full itttckwheal--Nontinat, at 5:e outside.
knowledge that she did nut commit Peas --Steady. 76e to 77c outside.
the crime for which she was cot- Corn --Nets Canadian is offered tit He;
victed and that she will never be Chatham freights, 42c bid. New Atneri-
bunged for it. It a condemned cull can—No. 3 yellow firmer ill 51%0 to
tho nged victim of legal cruelty, 52%e e ut Toronto.
whose sad plight has evoked expres- 'tolled Oulu ---$5 in bags an 85.25 ;n
sinus of the deepest synlputhy from barrels, on (racks herr; :'5c more for
all classes. is awaiting rho oxerciee broken lots here end ilk: outside.
of the crown's prerogative of mercy.
ASSININE FEATURE OF THE
BRITISH LAW.
Sentenced to be Hanged for Mur-
der of Husband Who Com-
mitted Suicide.
With black clap. on head 1t ib•itieh
judge has solemnly pronounced sem
After a brief period of itnprisonntent COUNTRY PRODUCE.
she will probably be released—to oke Ilullct' Hulls (iron in tone, especially
out what retrains of her wretched for stock, which is foe from the lurnipy
existence branded as a murderess.
Judge and jury aro agreed that she
should never have been convictt'd.
But they had no other recourse than
to conform to a stupid and anti-
quated law which ought long ago to
hav'o been repealed.
MRS. MAIIEI, Sl•:DDON'S STOi(Y
is ono of tate Most. pitiful thut has
over been told in the grim old Bailey
court. She was tis years old and
her husbnnd was 78. They had been
married twelve years. After their
lasts affecting so much of the rttceipte.
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Suicide of 326
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'•I've always tomcatted that a lo-
t'orrotivc was little less '11 !lumen, -
said the (nt engineer. "an' that the
always kot'ps a little cosy sorrier la
her heart for it Maul as good to lin:
'n' don't boss her aroun' very utuch.
My belief has been backed up by •
recent huppenin' un our road.
".lite ('regun was • of the oldest
engineers on our line 'n' took grout
pride in the machine he ran, 'n' kept
her bright 'n' shiuut', or saw to it
that the artesian kept her so; never
workin' u locomotive any harder
than the actual business at handl
culled for. Ile had been runuin' old
326 about two years before his
death. 't' in toy belle( she got •none
firmly attached to hitt than she •11.1
to any train of cars she ever drew.
"(Well, sir. although a'_ci sus ono
of the best pieces of machinery in
the road's equipment while Jim Feel
her, ntakin' fast time with the heav-
iest. trains of Pullmans, after his
death none of the turn could do nu -
thin' with her. She wouldn't steam.
'n' her every exh,ulst was like rho
sob of a biotin' lady who has lost
her pet dog. The steel on `her hott-
er 'n' her iriaunin'a took
ghost ly hue.
"She wasn't worth her suit, no-
how. The road foreman of engines
finally sent for me 'a' told me he'd ir
decided to turn her over to Inc 'n'
Murphy to see what we could e:o
with her, Murphy 'it' myself ricin'
sort of tot -female.. trained nurses
gettin' all the latae, halt 'n' blind
locomotives on the road to brace t
uta.
"Murphy didn't like it., 'n' just ex-
pressed his opinion to ate.
" "rimy might just as well put
that :f'Sti on the scrap heap, firsteN
last,' says Murphy. ' 'Taint Ito ose
west in' oil 'n' fuel on her to make
her do work. She's Just plain'
away for .dim (:reg an, 'n' that's all
there is to it.'
"i was of the saute opinion my-
self, but 1 wasn't gein' to give
Diurf the satisfaction of Ravin' oto
siditi' with hint.
"Ise took her. but we didn't' have
any success with her. it jest. seem-
ed as if she wheezed 'n' snorted like
an old woman at a wake.
"She bud one of the finest so,ltl l -
in' chine whistles as v::t_, a d^li•�l,t.
to the ear you ever heard. Ait,•r
J iur died, the steam 'lid seem 1 n �
condense or suthin' lust as it was
enterin' the whistle belt 'n' tiro
whistle would let out an awful
shriek, cn(lin' up with a sound like
wringin' out a dishcloth.
"'Things went on this way edit
she laid down on the road with irle n
cou;,le u' times when we had an im-
portant train, 'n' the engine tie-
spatc•ber. who was rather u hard-
hearted man, nee gain' much on - n-
tintcnt, lost all pnttence. I tv.tt
e
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a t.l .1 t.
n r n
h
d'n' alongside
xtun t
her journals were cool 'n' ev'ery'thing,
was shipshape on het- after fnishin'
n
t1i1) W11,11 the' engine despot cher
carne along by the turntable.
" ' N ell, Portly.' he says to ate,
1'Ve given up all thought of ever
try int' to reform old :126 'n' get her
nut of her slovenly ways. After you
come in with her 1o•ntorruw ebn
goes on the wort, train.'
"'fit is was pretty hard !Mee. '11'
you het. if 1 was a self-respect in' 'n'
tidy passenger locomotive 'ti' was
relegated to a ditty, slowpoke job
of huulin' Lagues nroun' like that it.
wuttld tie the hist straw for ;toe
A:yw•ay, 'ttcan'tany of my Wooll-
ies. 1'd done 1 be best 1 mold t .
brace tip 826, 'n' 5', 1 mo i'vo,l
darner.
"'The next mornin' 1 came lei.- ti
ly down lh►ongh the rniind 'toile., 'n'
sloppeet a minute by the pilot of
82', to pass a few words wit.h the,
roundhouse foreman.
" Y,' .' 1 says. 'It's ton bad for
surh a fate machine as old :t2e way.
(;only says that she'+ to gam, on the
work train 1 o -morrow.'
"1 no tnor•'n got the weeds ant
of my mouth when the foreman '11'
i were startled to hear :1211 begin
\I:1\ YORK DL\(NCI"1'. to exhaust 'u' buck toward the roar
h;,•a tal;, Dee. I".—Spill firm; No. •, wail of the roundhouse. I tried to
red• v;',•• in elevator; No. 1 northern.' grab the pilot 'n' climb on, but she
ihlluth, ¶r,' -,,e f.o.b. nitwit; No. 1 it.u••I toot away from Inc n' hacked
one of
Manitoba. nthntinnl, feel*. et!aat. through the brick wall like,
the big college teams wuttld gu
I:reuses Lac to 25c
do solid- 23c to 24e
Dairy 1b. rolls, good to choice, 21e 10 22c
do medium .. . , .. • . 20e to 21c'
do tubs, good to choice, 19e to 211e
ilo inferior , . , , 17e to led:
Cheese --Quotations tire unchanged ut
12';e to 13e.
Eggs --23e for fresh and 21c for lined.
Poultry— Ful chickens, Sc 10 ids. thin
7e to tic; fol hens, 7c to Sc, thin Cie to Sc;
docks, ids to Ile, thin iio to tie; turkeys,
Plc to 13e; geese, 9c to 10c,
sale of goods at exceedingly law marriage they started a confection- 1'olalue'; geeseri 65c to ?x: per bag,
prices. "Cheap" comes from an old ery shop at Staines. For a time nn track here and 75e to 85e out of :lam;
word !teeming to sell, and Cheapsidethey were fairly successful. Then eastern stuck, 75c to tiOe on truck and
trade foil off and they moved to a►
shop in Mortlake. There things went
from bad to worse. The husband's
health failed. When quarter day
came round they had not enough
money to pay the rent. heath or the
workhouse seemed to be the only al-
ternative open to them and they
chose death, but the husband alone
found it.
"Wo decided," said Sire. Seddon at
the inquest on his body, "that wo
had better both leave this world to-
gether." After passing a sleepless
night worrying over their lot black
was that aide of the City where
goads were mainly sold.
T'ront the earliest times the baker
has been hedged about by rules and
regulations, and with the fear of
heavy penalties ever before his eyes.
Tho baker. in short, has always had
a warm time, both literally and fig-
uratively.
NO B(TN'ER ALLOWED,
Not only in London, but in Ma•t-
chester and many other places in the
country have by-laws been passel
against him. One of those, which
sounds somewhat curious nowadays,
was to the effect that no butter shat;
be used in the making of bread' A
subsequent law enacted that no suet
should be mixed with the flour. Later
on it sus ordered that no butter,
cream, or suet should be used for the
making of cakes! This lost enact-
ment appears to go a little too far.
For soma reason not apparent, the
baker seems to have earned the re-
putation
o-putation of being a deceiver ut a
very early date. On all hands we
find laws directed against, short
weight and adulteration. The pro-
bability is tintbread was so im-
portant an article of food that peo-
ple feared tho least interference with
quality and weight, and their fear
often matte them sc•e deceit where
none existed. Of course, there are
black sheep in every flock, and the
baking fraternity was no exception;
the delinquencies of a few had the
effect of confirming the general im-
pression. and the whole of the trade
suffered accordingly.
It was in the year 1307. close on
six centuries ago, that rho London
Company of Bakers received power
to examine all bread within a twetv,r
mile radios of the Pity of London,
with the further power of inflicting
pu n ish crictt (.S.
.1 NECKLACE OF LOAVES.
1f the examining official found
shortage of weight or inferiority of
quality, the baker was liable to havo
his whole stock confiscated and givers
to the poor of the parish. if the
poor had suffered through tho mans
unfair dealing, they benefited by his
detection.
A stay in the pillory with a 1o41
or two dangling from his neck like
KEF,I'ING ONE'S T1:\iPIal.
\%'hen seinebedy said in Mrs. Cain*
eron's hearing that :i rnnn who kept his
temper wits n rare treasure. nn expres-
sion of doubt overspread her thin face
and seemed 1,, make Iter shat•{, 11U1e
chin still shariwl'. to a beans. The only way to nsrape
"I think i1 dets'nde ren how long he was to Jump from the basket into
keeps it and Imo. , broke V1110 he's, the
irt.l
w titer and
run through I
h tAe
lain;: tl;' mho said -lately, in contra- angry nub. it • sago were used,
ttith her usual headlong tnethod ')Ii the wretched man had no such
spccch.( chance; ho was: lowered again. and
"For my part. if a man Is going to, again into the filthy water till the
1(3)1 ris if he were going to explode, and I nuth,•rities considered that he had
yet keeps the smile end tone of a titer• 1 boon s,eticienthe punished!
lye. and then when Things are going) \'F;It\ imi:t\ \' PENALTIES
9Jc to 95c ofd of store.
Baled Ilay---$8 to to $8.50 for No. 1
timothy in car lois on track here; No
$6 10 $6.50.
Baled Straw -86 per ton for car lots
on track here.
MION'ritEAL MAIIKENs.
Montreal, Dtcentber 12.— Grain—Fair
business was worked to -day in wheat,
about eight or ten loads being sold for
export by local dealers,
Peas-- 750 to 76c f.o.b. per bushel.
despair gripped her. "1 can't stand Barley-- lauiloba, No. 3, Ito; No. 4,
this any longer," she said to her 46,4h.
husband. Rising from tho bed sho Flour—\ianiloba spring wheat pa-
weut to a cupboard and took from tents. SI O to $'i; strong baker; , $t.10
it a bottle containing a liniment to *l.iitl: moiler wheal patents, 8.1.25 to
composed of belladonna and aconite $4.50; $It -:ii straight
$1.95; rollers,
s. $1 hi 1`4 ilio d1.73
hag
\Iillfeel— \lanilobit bran, in bags, $17;
shorts. $211 per ton; Ontario bran. in
bulk, $1'.5t) to $15; shorts. $20; milled
muffle, $21 to $24; straight grain
moullle, 1525 to $27 per ton.
hotted Oats --Per bag. $2.55; cornmeal,
$1.15 to 81.50 iter bag.
tiny • No. 1, $8,50 to $9; Nn. 2. $7.50 to
to- $b; *tires, -nixed, 86 to $6.50, and
pure clover„ $G per ton, in ear lots.
Cheese--Ilelail quotulione. western,
12'/.e to 12%,e; easterns, 12%c to 12„e.
12%c,
Butler—Unchanged at 23%e In 240 for
fancy grades and 23%c to 23ye for gone
which had been used to relieve her
husband's pain. it. was marked pois-
on. She drunk half its contents.
'\'hen she said to her husband,
"There is nothing for 1114 but this or
tho workhouse. Aro you going tee
take your share?”
t and
the
IIIaI
'\'cy," rcpliei
snatching the bottle from his wife's
hands he drained what remained of
the poison.
Mrs. Seddon then sought her sister-
in-law, who lived in the same house,
told her what they had done, and be-
sought her to see to it that they
were saved the ignominy of pauper
burial. '\'heft site returned to the
bel and lay down by her husband's
-isle,
'1'O DIE WITIi IiiM,
un a
•
to colored.
Eggs—St•leclesl shack quoted `27,c and
liutetl 21c per dozen.
1'rovisious--1litiyy Cattedian short cod
pork, 819 to 820; light short cut, $16 to
she thought.But the poison worked i19; American short cul, 151 ; American
slowly. As in duty bound, the sister -
cut clear fol heck. 819 l0 $20; compound
in-law told the police what had hap lard, 6 ;c to 7e; (:anndiuti pure lard, 11e
10 11%e; kettle rendered. 12 ,e to 12iie;
hams, 12c to 13e, according; to size; ba-
con, Ile; fresh killed abattoir dressed
hogs, $9 to 89.25; alive, 86.75; mixed
lots, selects, 87.
Eggs—Straight stock, 20e to 21c; No. 1
candled, 211e.
petted. The police removed the c00 -
plc to the workhouse, which they had
so dreaded. There the doctors did
their best to prevent them escaping
from it by death—ns in duty they
were hound to do. '\'hey saved Mot.
Seddou's lift., but her husband, Inure
fortunate, succumbed.
'\'hero followed, of course, a coron-
er's inquest. The jury brought in a
verdict of suicide while temporarily
Insane, Then the police arrested Mrs.
Seddon and charged her with the
murder of the roan who, according to
the coroner's jury, had committed
suicide. Paradoxical ns it sounds,
an exaggerated necklace•—titnt was the law Justified that charge. I•'or
ono forst of punishment. The gibbet. the Inn• declares that if two persons
was another; and let ns hasten to
say of this mina Stark Twain has
said of the music of a celebrate)
coutpoeer--namely, that it is not so
had as it sounds!
1t was not a hanging matter in the
ordinary sense; it was the suspension
of the offender it: n basket or a ens.*
over n muddy pool, the raid bask e1
or cage l-d'iug worked by meting of a
rope running over a pulley attached
conspire to commit suicide and one
survives that survivor is guilty of
murder.
The evid,'nce at the triol made it
clear that it was not a cave rd mur-
der—that is, necorrling to common-
sense notions. Itul the law was
equally emphatic that it was murder
and the judge told the J•lry that they
avonitl have to stand by the. law. The
jury reluctantly brought in n verdict
of guilty. Wilding a strong teeemi.
tueudation to mercy. And the jutlg;e
the woman an to
t
ntly
sentenced
rel lM1A
death. Ile said it was the saddest
case he had ever tried. His opinion
of the law which compelled him to
Impose u sentence that tens utterly
abhorrent to him notions of right and
justice he kept to himself. for in a
court of justice the most stupid law
Bl IFI',\I.O :11.11tK I•:l :t.
Buffalo, N. 1.. Dec. 1e. Flour— i•'irtti.
Wheat—Nominal. Corn Stronger, but
tto offerings. Oats-- SI rong!ete No.
white, 36•; No. 2 mixed. 31%e. Iiarley—
Firmer• Wester,' c.i.f., 11: lo SMe. Ityc -•
Quiet; fancy, 76e.
1hr•uugh the 1i111` of q prep schnul
1.11'{: :("I'(1('!:11 l l; h I?T`t. team hi the present game of assnssi-
'l'oranto, Dec. 15/.—A fairly 'wavy nntion football.
run of stock was offering at. the "11nck if the res:nttousc War n bk
Western Market this tnorning, but ravine, 'n' tank over cowcatcher
owing to it good demand tit ncissy Trout] old 326 rolled to how do:truce
nil lines represented trade arm fairly!tiou. As she was backiu' through
I n brick or sethin'
brisk and prices were welt tnuintatn - 'the rear wall
ed. ,twist 'a' got caught 'n' weighted to
Export rattle—Choice are quoted,her whist In cnrd, n' 1110 most dnht-
nt $1 35 to 51 .fin, good to tnndiutafel screech 11,•nt tip from her whistle
at It:1.60 le tel.10, others a1 $3.7+rl.as she rothel ;Iowa that ravine.
to 53 M5, ht.l's at 83.50 to $1, and! "'There Ile* n't enough left of 326
tows at $2.75 to $3.50. to run n merry -go -rotas'. Sunielt on
home for rats, and n point of tits mention what he's undergtune, and tinny! properly and banishment, were w
persion from which, when the grnin +rratlal-
is threshed out. they route out int., 10 thinks sot can avoid. trying dieted upon those guilty of egg,
the h.dgnrows and pond hanks. 'the} los patience so in the future. I'd rather • ad offeeces.
are particularly fond of bean -tacks,
he'd out with i1 as it carnes along. t Among the forme of ",t duller- men. alter ate tr lunare.. K1.;:. t.. $2.:,n; Christmas .lira ('reg;u:t wh^n h,• h..ud of loge
pert ticularl t. ho thick light belie
VV.' nrtlhcal tint tncn who ranks .such tine" is one that strikes us as tnu•:t nft••1 what the judge told us run could 1anhic, t?1.7-, to yS.25. i
I g n point of keeping their temper are upl droll. 'lids was to place a pier,. of not do otherwise'. Of course. we tote.
s' ,'* i+ cosy to barrow in. partly tolaecu►nulate cunsidorable for n dry iron in the dough and cover it tilt'. knew tlint. the woman would not be St0ckere and ,Feelers—Short-:ceepi '•tiow, whet do .t.0 think?"
t,e•atuse they like to eat beans On time.^ crust! It hardly scents worth ti. • hanged. and. of course. the judge feeders arc ,ii„•:.p1 itt 5;:1.110 to $1,l �-
"h,n-v 1 I" fauns in wet weather —_♦—�--
trouhlr•, and We must. Auppoxe teat knew it, quo, when he pronounced • !;anti fee.!••... nt .t.•1(r to $:LnL, fs -1
l, roe rune Are rem!tin fineable like jt tea ant a eurttnutn form of ad.l tt t c f I tl 1 t her In Ode dime nt she et, to *3.:its, hulls 'it*2j l:(;1:1.11 NOT 'fftt;`T 111'.1.
hare runs on the downs. tuned paths a the tofu Ir teltuutit cut bora
We did tint want. to find the as.'
tants guilty." said ono of thee jury-
iAl sem over. "h'et
00, fair to eyed $:l.11) to $3hitl,�tny opinion that :12ti eget nat,hele
cotrinoti 5Y.SII lo $3, cows $Z to!rointnilted suicide, oe tnt•1.11•• her
fu $2.7e. bells $1.75 10 V':.'l5, -tri throttle wee pulled by !be spies' of
cr, s -jag; the open ileitis earl breast
11;t: be- the aniuntl's feet.
11.\ithIL':MM il+i TUNSEI.ti.
Mimeo the• only place in which
1Ii' ,let no harm. anti are even nselul
ate t►,e tunnels of the underground
rnitweys of Lonulon, awl near the
pert+ •tins of the great Landon ter-
nsinj I'aesengt•rs them-, quat,titiee
of ..orplus food out of the windows.
And the railway rats come net by
n,gth: and dcv oar 1t '1'iw ettctrelee.-
lion of the District and "Circle"
Innes_ hoe greelty diminished the rats
in Hose. hart • of nrekti(i'ound 1.011 -
NOT si;'iI ss; t tt1' Mt.\1TI1(.
"Those shoe; will he all right," said
the selcsntan. "after you have got them
broken in." The young tnan who land
been hestl*ling between that pair and
one a slit! larger. look the sateantan'-s -
word for It. and purchased the shoes.
A week grist' ire carne back 1,1 the slot,'
with a perceptible limp.
"1 wish yc.u'd stretch Ulric .hoes," he
said. '('hey hurt my f•'ct terribly."
"llavenl you rot them hrnken in yet;"
nake l the sale:lnalt
"lilt, yet," sat,t the paling roan. 'The
tn'nble i•c that I r'an't get my loot brok-
en iii."
sent •IICe O tea t '' �" .
tcratinn.
CON.,
in this connection it is outlaw' to and it is absurd to rtttnbt it on the
note an expression tthich is still elm• statutes."
mon among
the poorer elnsset: this *s Ono of the• '.,nncil who. took part 1 Ici111er said, "1 have enough th 1!{ht e
to describe n very tough crust. as he• in the trial mod to the writer: '•The \tt!'•1t ('eros—e uuled .trade to $3oleohee ct'at•'•
ing "as hard as iron." 'rbc quaint case reveals n Ihtw in oar law at hi -!t '" Oleo each,
reply given to thin complaint is In- certainly ought to be amended. it is fitly -•:-3e to tie see Ih, and 82 tr' After Pity had tern at it about len
i InittttleA one of them fell, and inue,li-
dicative of ancient origin; it is. ""1's abroad to put n pet sun win it mere- ;to each.
harder whore. there's none'" ly 1delinically godly me 1 rial for his ` Sher;1 rind Lambs—E. spore •' o,'. i idly >elh+l, "l:noug! t! I'te enough"'
r now beteg or her 11fie .% hotteebrenkrr who 1 ere quoted nt Si to $1 '25 per cat , llnd hie opponent kelt on poondig Win
Woetibread, which i t g sinnettel a wiudoty with hhi list. the' bucks nett culls at $3 Iii $:(.5(r ono tint l 1 mss shu twat•: watfhingl ih'ni
so strongly recommended, war 1 h t
meet usual kind in ancient title-. flying glass front whirl' futnIty its -I, lambs 1tu• t„ '2e.• per (et 1. high. r, a• s'',` �.,t t '•n: np! 11•• <ny.i
,.tri t.. •...r, l^,.ito' $5.25 to $5 7:1
Ifntt•.—Tho market ie vtoy tlrnt nn 1 1, •', .:': • r.!h
n furl her ntneve ei 12 ;c per eat ( "I k,•, I `
is noted. Settees are fleeted n Fit.• 1etive••11 1 e
:171 and lights and fats at $6.12;. 1.1v11 et:1•1
to lt1.7S. I;,n,d -,tune ss rem a
i - 1 t ! Leiter only argument in wit tog- r
)(u to F:.nr1, rough o cnntno't ern v'•
$2 to $2.7(1, and truths el $1.; . ' Ibe:• .:som.•d, !vete liirlunen de,•i'1••1 !A
ir
Sot ,►t light it out. 11 woe agreed 11..11 whoa
'That whit., \.rend w:te mo .► cum- jurerl aneotn•, nt
mut*
nt com,n„elity we g�tln•r frm,. the Wilily of murder So world a nlnn
affecting story of Little 'Tammy 'Tuck- who shot nt n fowl tchirh ltd not
err who war prnmiseel white breed belong to hint and acrl.lentally Ic11I"d
slid bettor for 1d3 meteor clearly as a mgiu.
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