HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1907-01-17, Page 2MUTINIES ONT IIE OCEAN b,'lir ed'IIn
r ' 8eehndriiue °se,td,ekt WHERE DEATH IS IN WAIT
ONE OF THEM ENDED WITII TiIE
f3KIPPEII UNDER IDE PUMP.
Comedy Instead 01 Tragedy -- Starved
S d1ors Were Justified in
Court.
1 have witnessed three mutinies, In
Die lust of which 1 took part, ulthuugh
1 wase not a member of the ship's crew,
wvulw bums Ilecke.
My lust experience occurred when 1
wee u boy. It was a pour sort of an
allair, but filled lily boyish heart with
a glorious delight; in fact, it was t'ri
enjuyunle mutiny in some respects, for
what might have bet'n tragedy was
turned into comedy.
With a brother two years older -1 was
then 11 years of age -1 was sent to Stun
Francisco by our parents to begin lite
in a commercial house and subsequent-
ly. uf course, matte uttr fortunes.
Our passages were taken at New-
castle, New South Wales, on a small
and ill found bark commanded by it lit-
tle red haired Irishman. to whose cure
we were committed. His wife. who
sailed with him, was a most lovable
woman, generous to a Paull.
Ne wets about the meanest specimen
of en Irishman that was ever born, ons
a savage little bully, boasted of being
e Fenian, and his insignificant appear-
ance on his quarter deck as he strut-
ted up and drawn irresistibly suggested
a monkey on u stick. and my brother
and myself took a quick dislike to hint,
as also did the other passengers, ct
whom there were thirty, cabin and
steerage.
His wife. who was the daughter of a
distinguished Irish prelate, was actu-
ally afraid of the tittle man, who
snarled at her as 11 she were
A DISOBEDIENT CHILD.
Both of them are long- since dead, so
1 can write freely of their characteris-
tics.
The bark had formerly been a French
corvette built at St. Malo. She was old,
I'1 found and leaky, and from the day
we lett Newcastle the pumps were kept
going, and a week later the crew came
aft and demanded That the ship should
return to port.
The little man succeeded in quieting
them for the line by giving them better
teed, and we continued on our course,
meeting with such a series of adverse
gales That it was forty-one days before
we sighted the island of Ruruto in the
South Pacific. fly this time the crew
and steerage passengers were in a very
angry frame, of mind; the forret were
overworked and cxhuasted, and the
latter were furious at the miserable al-
lowance of fond doled out to them by
the equally miserable captain.
At Burutu the natives brought off Iwo
boat loads of fresh provisions, but the
captain bought only one small pig, for
the cabin passengers. The steerage pas-
sengers bought up everything else. and
-Blears few minutes the crew come aft and
asked the captain to buy some decent
food in place of the decayed pork and
weevily biscuit upon which they hail
been existing.
ire refused anal ordered thein inr'ant.
The mate, a hot headed Yorkshireman,
nnmed Dolliver, last his temper and
bald the captain that the men were
starving. Angry words followed. and
the mate knocker! the little ratan down.
Picking himself up he vent below
and reappearel with a trace of old-
fashioned Colt revolvers, one of which
after declas ing that he would
"DIE LIKE AN IRISHMAN,"
he pointed at the male amt, calling up -
hint 10 surrender and be put in
irons, he fired toward his head. For-
tunately the bullet tis.erl.
Time sympathetic crew made a rush
all, seized the skipper and. nfter knock -
Ing trim nl•ont rather severely. held
hint under the force pump and nearly
drowned him. Only for the respect that
the crew had for hiss wife 1 really be-
lieve they would have killed hint. for
they were wrought up to a pitch of fury
by his tyranny and ineanne:ss.
The bnittswain Carried him below,
Iw.'ked tum up in one of the staterimns,
and there he was kept in confinement
till the bark reached Honolulu twenty
days later. the vale acting as skipper.
At Honolulu the stale and all the crew
were tried for mutiny, but the court ac-
quitted there rill, mainly through the
testlmunv of the passengers.
That was my first eepn•riener of a
mutiny. illy brother and f enjoyed 11
imntei►. ely, espee ally the attempted
shooting of the good old 'mile and the
taileeepm-nt spectacle of the evil tem -
pelted, vii:diclive little skipper held un -
del the force pump.
My third experience of a mutiny 1
take next, as the second arose from n
Similar cause to the first. 1 was a pas•
scnger on it brig bound from Samoa to
the Hilbert Wends (Eip ntonal Pacifle).
The master ons n Gentler_ brilal and
Overl•earing In a degree, end the Iwo
melee were no teller. One was nn
An:erl'an tough. the other a lazy, foul
et ,tithed Swede. All three men were
heavy drinkers and we were hardly
out of Apia before the Swede (second
mate)
BItOKE A SAILOR'S JAW
with an iron telaying pin.
The crew were nearly all natives,
steady men and fairly goal seamen.
Five of them were Gilbert Islanders, and
three natives of Niue (.Savage Island),
and It was one of these Inner %hear
jaw tt as broken.
They were an entirely new crew, and
hod shopped in ignorance et the char-
ter of the captain. 1 bad nflrn heard
ac
of him as a brutal fellow, and the brig;,
the. .\lfrcda of Hamburg. urg. had long; had
an evil name. She w is a ether ship
("blaekbirder'1 and I had laken passage
in her only tseeauee 1 was anxious to
ret to the Marshall felantIs as quickly
as punihle.
1 here were but five Europeans on
board -captain. two mato:, t.,we'n and
rescel1. The hose', nllhamel► hard on
the crew. was not brutal, and he never
6'rtie•k them.
\V,' had not Men nut three days when
$he captain, in a fit of mage, knocked a
fltthxl I•lat der down for dropping a
wet print brush on the (leek. Then be
kick:•rl him about the head until the
teeir (Mew was insen=able.
Ervin that time out not a day pawed,
fill's 1 me wit'' fury amt loathing, for
in addition to his cruelly his language
was nothing but a string of curses and
blasphemy. Within a week 1 saw that
the Colbert Islanders were getting into
a dans!ctous fraur• of mind.
These natives were noted all over the
('trifle for their courage. and seeing
that ii i.chiel was t.rewing. 1 spoke to
the bo; n about 1. Ile agreed with me,
hut said it was no use speaking to the
skipper.
To me the captain and officers were
cvitl enough -that is, in a gruff soil if
way, so I decided to spent to the for-
mer. 1 must mention that 1 spoke the
Gilbert and Savage 1 -tared dialects, and The volcano grumbles and rumbles
end quakes. giving ample warning be -
HEARD TILE NATIVES TALK. fere belching h rth its torrents of lire
However, 1 said nothing of that to the and lava. But the owder trill is like
German. d gigiin(c 1"n)h lia•.I with human crew -
1 merely said to hien that h' was run- tures, loaded with tons upon tons of
ning a great risk in knocl mig the men nitroglycerine and gun -cotton, printed
Mout, and added that Iliir country- and ready to explode from a score et
men might try to cut off the brig nut known and unknown reasons.
of revenge. Ile snorted with contempt. Sometimes when a dangve house
and both lie and the nates continued blows up. leant';; men within lo atoms,
to haze the now sulky and brooding ea- rending the building into match sticks
tires. and gouging a gup!ng hole thirty teet
(inc calm Sunday nigh: we were in across into rocks and gravel it is lin-
seed.
nt•sig<Id . of Funafuti Lagoon, and also of a possible to tell even what caused the
schooner which I knew to be the Hazel- accidciit.
dine of San Francisco. She, like us, Other times the disaster is traceable
was becalmed. to the carelessness or disobedience of
In the middle watch 1 went oil deck an employee. Occasionally, says Ap-
and found the skipper and second mate pleton's Magazine. cala.siropho is due
drunk. The male, who was below, was t, an unavoidable accident like the
about half drunk. mere slubb.ng of a toe.
All three men had been drinking heav- Whatever the cause, when the crash
ply for some days and the second nate comes it is the most inconeelvably
was hardly able to keep his feet. The frightful ordeal to which the humin
captain was asleep on the skylight, ly- nervous system can be subjected.
ing on lits back. snoring. and i saw the ilow human creatures can be induced
tuft of his revolver showing in the in- to take the risks of working in such an
ner pocket of his coat. earthly interna, ready to burst on the
Presently rain began to fall, and the instant In all ils he.rror, may seem pest
second male called one of the hands understanding, still thousands upon
and told him to bring him his oilskin thousand•: of sten work In these mills
coat. The man brought it, and then scattered throughout the United Slates.
the brutal Swede, accusing him of hay- � l IE GUNCO1TON Dlt\'ING HOUSE.
!ng been slow, struck him a fearful blow
In the face and knocked him oft the where the washed nitrated cotton must
pcop. b, dried absolutely. shares with the ni-
Then the brute followed him and be- troglyei rime building the reputation 3f
gan kicking hire with drunken fury, then being the most hazardous on the face
fell on top of hint and lay there. of the earth.
I went fer'ard and found all the na- The guncotton dying house, contain -
lives on dock, very excited and armed ing as much as five tons of the fright -
with knives. Addressing then( 1 beg- ful explosive. a half teaspoonful .)f
ged them to which would be enough to blow you 1n -
SMOKELESS IPOWDFIt MIIJ S MOST
DeNGEROLS OF BllLDINGS.
Men Take Infinite Precautions to Avoid
Being Blown Into
Pieces.
Working in a smokeless powder mill
is like slime en the lid of Vesuvius,
only more dangerous.
KEEP QUiET AND LISTEN TO ME.
"The captain and mates are all
drunk," I said, "and now is your chance
to leave the ship. Funafuti is only a
league 'away. Get your clothes together
as meekly as possible, then lower away
the quarter boat. 1, too, am leaving this
slip, and 1 want you to put me on
board tate Iluzcldine. Then you can go
on shore. Now, put up your knives,
and don't hurt those three men, beasts
as they aro."
As I was speaking, Max, the bos'n
crone fur'urd and listened. I thought
he was asleep. Ile did not interfere.
merely giving me an expressive look.
Then he said:
"Ask them to lock me up in the deck
hoose."
Very quietly this was done; end then
white 1 got together soy personal be-
longings in the cabin, the lent was
towered: The Yankee mate was sound
asleep in his bunk, Inert one of the Niue
men look the key lit his door and lock -
c.1 it from the outside.
Presently I heard a sound of breaking
wood, and, going on deck. found that
the Gilbert islanders haul stove in the
straboard qu:erter boot and the long-
boat (the latter was on deck). Then 1
sow that the seennd mole was lashed.
bound hand and foot. to the pump rail,
and the captain was lashed to one elf
the fife rail stanchions. Ills fare was
streaming with blond. and I thought
he was dead. hal found that he had only
been slrue'k with a belaying pin,
WHICH HAD BROKEN ITIS NOSE.
"He drew a lot of blood from us," said
nne of the natives to me. "and so 1
have drawn some from hire."
1 hurried to the deck house, and told
the bos'i' what had occurred. He was
a levelheaded young man, and. taking
le, n carpenter's broadaxe. sinnc►,eil the
doer n; the deckhouse. Then ho looked
til me and smiled.
"You see: I'm gaining my liberty -
capinin and n(lict'ss lied up, end no one
I a look atter the ship."
1 understood perfectly; end. shaking
hands with him and wishing him a bet-
ter ship, 1 went over the side, into the
heal. nr►.I left the brig floating quietly
on the pi/rid surfnre of the ocean.
The eight native sailors mode no
nr..o, nlllrnugrh they were all wildly ex.
runt and jubilant. htsl as we shoved off
they cnee,l reit "Geodesy, basis."
One letur afterward 1 was on Ironed the
a new enntpoun,l which is at least dou-
ble as strong n., the common black pow-
der, explode. without giving on smoke.
and, once finished, not merely lases
the dang'•rms characteristics of its
dreaded ingredients, but Is se sale prat
you might give a halful of the powder
attended fur the sixteen Snell Sandy
Hook gun to a baby to play with.
11e might pound it with a Meunier 'n
his heart's content, or you yourself
night place it on an anvil and bring
a forty pound slidge down on it. It
would merely squash
LIKE SO !OUCH SOAP nil 1'1`TIY.
So coneus-ion proof is this powder
that you might drop a house on a heap
of fifty sous of it and it would not ex-
plode. St) proof is it against e'plr.ion
by lire that you might place a stick r(
cannon powder on a saucer in your
bedroom. light it with a match. and go
k bed by a flickering, sizzling light, as
burning fat.
in short. you simply cannot explode
this powder unless you go to the trou-
ble of c'en:fining it, and even then you
can exit, de it only by using a fulmin-
ate of mercury detonator.
The quickest way to picture smoke-
less powder is to dismiss ell ideas of
the ordinary black gunpowder so re-
melts!' to every one. The color of the
modern powder is not block, but the
shade of dark amber.
In the sense of a pew;ier being a fine-
ly divides solid, smokeless powder is
no powder al all. It consists of a wax-
like composition, the size of the grains
varying according lo the calibres of the
guns for which they are designed.
For use in revolvers, rifle:, and sport-
ing guns the grains resemble the tiny
pt aerate' glass beads of the sort used in
old time needlework. For the machine
guns, the rapid lire gens and lite heavy
rifles of battleships and forts, the grains
are eylir drical in thane, varying in size
fmni a third of nn inch in diameter and
Dalt an inch in length to three-fourths
of an inch in diameter and about about
two inches in length --each grain. in or-
der to increase the area exposed to ig-
nition. being perforated cquidLstanlly
and longitudinally with from ono 10
six holes, big as knitting needles, de-
pending upon the size of the grain.
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ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY.
Lady Antiquarian Makes a Remarkable
k• smithereens, stands on pillars above Discovery at Ipswich.
a marsh 400 yards from the nearest Miss Layurd, a Suit -ilk antiquarian,
building. recently iiscovetetl at Ipswich. England,
Nothing except the portent lie word some s eemark:dee Anglo-Saxon enteral.
"Danger" painted in big black letters ties, a descrlptie:n of which she gave
over the entrant.° distinguishes this Ir, the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology
house from the other structures. yet as
you gaze at its very isolation you ap-
proach with deep respect.
Only one person is permittees in this
house. an Italian; a medium sized,
chunky man he is, dark and sworthy,
with Nark eyes and n blacker mous-
tache. 14•' is n ratan of years of experi-
ence, so trained to caution that It has
last evening.
I.nst year the cnrpornlinn found work
for unemployed in levelling an area of
tt.wn land which covers a rising slope
on one side of Hadleigh road and mi
deep depression on the other. Soon
att r the operutions began the men urs•
earthed three or four skeletons. Miss
1.avarel's attention was drawn to the
become a habit exercised like second locality, and .she found that the slope
nature. bad formed the site of an Anglo-Saxon
Th.' roan in charge will not permit cemetery. oho employed men to work
you inside this house no matter how fav- iii advance of the town laborers, and
ored a visitor you may be. Ther -molt tip to the present lime has opened up
he will do is to open the door of one 139 graves of men, woven and children,
el the drying rooms to give you a peep Which contained skeletons nr the tee
within. tnnins thereof and many curious relics.
He is married and has five children. Atnortg,t the taller are numerous
No, he isn't afraid. 1f Ire were he would spear -herds and knives, the bosses if
not work where he is working. shields, necklaces of beads, clasps and
ile knows, of course, That if he violates
any of certain rules he and his house
are going to leave together. but he has
no intention of 'lolallng precautions.
IIE NEVER HAS BEEN BLOWN UI' YET
and he discs not intend to be. Even his
fancily has ceased worrying about hint.
You notice he is wearing rubber solid
tennis shoes wherein he walks silent
and ghostlike. As he opens the door
of one of the drying rooms, heated In
a temperature of 110 degrees. a breath
c•! !sot air front within strikes you.
1'ou see what appear to be chunks
one slatbs and wads of a dirty white
blotting paper heaped in metal pans
two by three feet and set in a series 'd
spacious rucks like so many big pigeon..
holes.
Even now there Is nothing in the ep•
pearance of the stuff to prevent you (rein
throwing it out of your way as if it
were an old piece of paper, and you
wonder afterward whether offer all this
seething rubbish can be the dreaded ex-
plasive a mere fifty pounds of which
could send nn 18,000 ton Dreadnought!
l.) the bottom.
Yet the slightest sudden jar against
even 11 pinch of this iasignificent ap-
peering substance and there would be a
flash and a .'rash that would shake Mei
earth far miles gerund, and nothing but
n pail of smoke drifting skyward would
retrain of horse or man. The slightest
llazeldine; nd telling my story in her grain of sand undcrfont to cause Mc -
;kipper, who was en old friend. Th"n tion ngainsl dilst Invisible In the naked
i i.ndr' good -hyo to the natives, who rye. or a mere spark, knocked perhaps
started off for F;u►nfuti with many ex. from the heed of a carpet lack, end the
• hence nn 1 man would be annihilated
buckles. double -twisted comes. gloss
drinking cups, tweezers. and some value
able brooches. The whole form a col-
lection of unique untiquarinn interest,
and it is believed that the cemetery ex-
tended over much more of the grnurej
then has been at present excavated.
The relics are difficult to discern aft. r
the !apse of so many centuries, and it
It quite probable that the whole would
have been thrown away as rubbish 1I
Mi -s Layat'd had not detected their reel
value and s:gnllicancc.
AMATEUR PIiOTO(:R tPIIER.S.
The Many Difficulties Which Beset Then'
in Russia.
Amateur photographers do not thrive
in Russia. The fascinating pursuit is be-
set with many difficulties. In the first
palace, it is necessary b, communicate
with the police and obtain n license.
This having, after considerable delay,
been granted, it is advisable for one to
ie very careful where he or she Ls seen
phologr•aphing.
If one happens In be in proximity to a
fortress when di.envered by lite Secret
Intelligence Department, one Blonds a
chance of being dispnteluel on a free ex-
cursion to Siberia, where return ticketA
aro not supplied. Of every picture made
0 cop)' must be sent to the police au-
thorities,. and another must be filed by ti
photographer for reference.
The police have ole° the right at any
time of the day or night to enter your
CHINA'S NATIONAL VIDE.
GOVERNMENT 11•tti 1'ItOHIRITCD TDB
Still: Or OPIUM.
Countries Which I'.ohil,il Pesos and
Other. Thai Ilan stroug
lirimk.
By prohibiting Ih • sale of opium and
tee eultiva'ien uf the poppy within its
bonier., C1ana may do much to check
its great national vice of opium -smoke
ing, but it will, et the same Imre, in.
IL• t a very severe blow upon cultivate's
of the p.erniciuu. flower.
(:hula obtains nearly all its opium
from India. In the neighborhoods el
Iteseeil an I Bombay over 1,(100.eku) acres
are (leveled to the cultivation of the
poppy. which brings in a net revenue
of e2 e :0),1,00 and more from stiles to
China, as well as a further $i,1xro,000
from sales in Ind'a itself.
The new prohibition will, therefore;
affect over 1.000,000 poppy -growers. be-
sides d pelt lig the Indian Government
or a large slice of revenue. 11 tins been
relentated that since lie opium traffic
start+'tl with China some sixty years
back, upwards of $130,000,000 have pass-
ed into the Indian Treasury.
0:1 several occasions the Chinese Gov-
ernnteet have tried to strangle tate opium
traffic. Once -they went to war with
(treat Britain concerning il, and during
the live years that ho-tilities were pend-
ing, not an ounce of the drug was im-
pel -lel into the country through legiti-
mate channels. Small, swift vessels,
known as "opium clippers," however.
sueressfully snuggled pounds of the
stuff ashore, and
MADE LARGE FORTUNES
ing the daring adventurers that owned
them.
Until the passing of the recent edict,
the importation of opium was only per-
mitted under mast stringent restrictions.
All pills and potions, for instance, were
strictly labored for fear That they should
contain the drug. The vendor of patent
pilules will�nnw have a more hopeless
chance than ever of gelling his products
info the country.
China's detestation of opium is shared
by Australia. The Commonwealth Gov- Montreal, Jan. 15. --Eggs show very
ernrnent has prohibited its importation little change tt,-day. New laid are quot-
save only for medicinal purposes, and creat at 441c; select fall, 25c to 26c; limt'd
all Ute different slates have fallen into un.1 cold -storage. 21c to 21 j;c.
line on the case. Queensland alone hitter --Finest Eastern 1'owrtships, 24o
loses $30.000 yearly by to prohibition. 1„ a.; che,ico dairy, 23c to 24c; meet.
C .chine is India's pet aversion. Only
the eller day, in consequence of the
serious increase of the habit in Delhi
and else where in the Punjab. the Gov-
ernment iesue',I stringent prohibitions.
To merely possess cocaine in any quan-
tity or in any forret is now a serious
crime. 11 is not European SO gaud► es
the native: who have come under
THE SPELL OF THE DRUG.
LEADING MARKETS
RREADS'1'ul'Fs.
Toronto, Jan. 15. -Ontario Wheat -
N.). 2 red, We. bid; No. 3 mixed, 703
askel, 68c bid; No. 2 guuoe, &.e teekcd
%vest, 61c bid east.
eland ba Wh.'ut.-Nn. 1 northern, SOo
:►;keel, Owen Sound, ?Jetee bid; SGc biJ
l'ouit Edward.
Peas -80e asked outside for 5,000 bush-
els.
Oats-35Xc bid on a Gc rale, C.T.R.
Bye�-No. 2, 69c asked outside.
Other prices: --
Cont -No. 3 yellow (American), 49c to
College•
Buckwheat -52c In 53c.
Flour -Dull; Ontario. $2.70 asked for
tN) ler cent. patents for export, buyers'
bags, outside; $2.65 bid; Manitoba first
resents, $4.50, 'seconds $4; bakers',
eeeeke
COUN'1'BY PRODUCE.
Butler -'Pito market continues quiet
and fire.
Creamery sees sees sees .... 25c to 27c
do .ealids sees sees sees .. 21cto25c
Dairy pr:nh sees sees sees .. 22t'to23c
do pails 19c
do Iubs .. .. sees sees sees 18e to 20c
Inferior sees sees 15c to leo
Cheese ---Quotations are 13eec for large
and 14c for twins.
Eggs- Storage are quoted firth at 24o
and listed at 22c. New laid aro nornin-
e, of fro:u 3:)c to 35e.
Poultry - Some storage stock sold
steady to firm.
(thickens, dressed sees sees fie to -10c
Fowl •••••••• 7o
Duel's .. sees .. sees sees10c 14)12a
emcee .. sees 1lkto1.20
'leek 'y.; ... sees sees 12c to 14c
Idose y -At 1lc to 12c per pound for
pails and $2 to 82.5!1 for combs.
Potato s-Onlarios nee quoted at Cao
to 70e per bag 111 car lugs here. Eastern,
75e. to Mc.
Betel Hay -Quotations are $11.50 '0
$12 for No. 1 timothy and $'J for No.
2 in car lots here.
Straw --Easy at $,_50 in car lots here.
MIONTIIEAI. MARKETS.
ern da;ry. 23c; lower grades, 20c to
21e; eteniteba, 20c to 22c; roll's, 22c to
Y:tc.
Cheek -October make Ls quoted at
12%e, although 13c Le being asked in
sem.' quarters.
Provisions -Barrels &hors cul mess.
$22 to $:3; half barrels, $11.25 lo 81L75;
clear fat back, $21 1ut22; long cul sic:ivy
loess, $20.51; half b:urels do., $1.75; ilry
Europeans invariably take cocaine by salt long char bacon, 10eec to 11 yc;
injecting It into the forearm, but the barrels plate beef, $12 to $13: half bar-
Hindou has improved on this. Ile makes rel. dee., saes) to $7; barrels heavy
of it a kind of chewing guru, and calls mems boot, $11; half barrels do., $6;
it "pan supari." It consisls of a leaf ernnpound lards, lity,e le 'Jyc: pure lard,
smeared with lime and rubbed with SXc to 9};c; louts, I3c to 1IXe, accord- -
areen nut. cloves, and various aromatics ing to size; breakfast bacon, 15c In lee;
to which cocaine Is eventually added. Windsor bacon, 15c to IGc; fresh killed
Soon the abuse grew to such an alarm- abalkdr dressed hogs, $9.75 to $10;
alive. >'6.9) to $7.15.
Buckwheat -56c to 5Geec per bushel,
ex store.
(torn -American No. 2 yellow, 55c; No.
3 noxtel. 54c, ex store.
0.6is -On spot, N ,. 2 wtdle, 42eec; No.
3 white, 411Xit to 42e; No. 4, 40jec to
41c per bushel, ex store.
Peas -Mailing peas. $1 in carload lots
and $1.10 in jutting iota.
Fiout•-,Manitolea spring wheat, 81.25
tet 84.61: strong bakers', $3.00 to $4.10;
winter wheat patents, $4.10 lo $4.25;
sluaight roller.:, $3.411 to $:1.70; do in
bag.,, $1.65 to $1.75; extra's, $I.'0 to
$1.5�
Atillfe d-%a'tik,l.a bran, in bags, 820
to $22; sbor te, S22 le $22.50; onlrrrio
bran in fags, $211 I.) $21; shorts, $22 lo
$2 ).5-i; nolle 1 mr►nille. 821 io 5.25;
incl offence to introduce it tnln ihn straight grain. 828 to $29 per bon.
ceeunlry, a.0 even to Le discovered in Itulletl foe's --Per bag, *11) to 82 in
px)cces•inn nt 11. Russian physicinfts car 1•,1• and $6.10 in jobbing lets.
would net Ihtntc of prescribing it for Ilay -- No. 1, 813.50: Nu. 2, 312.51); No,
their clients.p3 $11.50; closer. mixed, $11; pure clo-
Eighteen months ago Re'Igiun' en.
$10,,0 to $11 per ton in car tuts.
furred a law forbidding the sale of ab-
sinthe in any part of its dominions.
Tor. G'IEEN-c:01.011ED I.IQcrUll.
which, if constantly indulged Its. brings
it. volrtries at last to the lunatic asy-
lum. had steel a terrific vogue nmmag:1
the peasantry and the poorer inhabitants
that the authorities been nu''rinrnte•d, rind
to s'op all further chance of mischief
prohitited its cons iilption and sale al-
l('gher.
Felrance docs not forbid absinthe drink-
itibit its sale again and ne lin, but the
"green poison" la so unuereally con-
sumed by all cla.see that the authori-
ties fear that a civil war or something
1 Ing extent That three or four years ago
a measure was introdueeel by the Gov-
ernment forbidding the sale of cocaine,
except by licensed persons. To evade
the Excise Department smuggling was
retorted to. At Calcutta recently n
large quantity of the drug labelled
"printed mese was confiscated, and 11'0
importers fined heavily.
Ti nne•see rind Te'xas, among others c t
the slates in America, p. ohihit the im-
portat:on of morphine and other drugs.
I 'Dee: rho only be purchased when a
phvsieten's certificate is presented across
the counter.
Many countries prohibit the importa-
tion and sale of intoxicating liquors,
which teetotallers, at any rale, will not
quibble at if keened drugs. Brandy
1•• so f,rleiolden in Russia. It is n crim-
pressions 'el gond twill to these f Iluw
rnutineer. A spnrk of elate, electricity of the sort dark -roost and examine everything equally tlerious would anent) the en -
,U daylight a breeee came aw•a1• from with which ymt can light n gas jel by therein. and to search all your photo- loreen'••nt of any stringent reg,ttalions.
lee eastward and at breakfast lime the n sn;ir( leapingfrnrn the knuckle of a graphic parnphernnlia. Nor is this all Intoxicating liquors of any hind are
finger atter sliding vette feet armee '1 the unforlurale amateur Las to put up nbeelulely Pained by King Khaira, , 1
withlk'chuvnalnnd, who. a ills n wisdcm
All of his dry -plates have to be im- commendable in a ruler of an uncivil -
p' rtu d --ns they an, not manufacture's! In izerl peopl •, delerndned In prohibit their
lius.sia-and each box is opened and ',tweet:ttiom )•evernl years ago. More
etery plate exnnened. 11 is it wonder than that, he came pnp")sely Io Great
they do not tinniet:6e each nne in a de. Define) to est the assistance of brewers
veloper as well. Io aecertain if there are and (t stillers in helping hint to .pop the
any Nihilist communications Intent in
the film. l'oor, suift'ring Itussien ama-
teur photographer !
Ilnzeldine was out of sight of the Al -
feeble.
i learned a few months later tint the
skipper hall +t1p'eeeded in bringing her
into Funafuti lagoon. where he nsen•
aged to obtain anuther crevr.
....-..•.4.
\\111' IIE CALLED.
A prominent phys!einn, whose speci-
alty was physical dinguosis. required
his peli•'nls. Is fore entering his privet/.
cemsul ;'tion reel!. to dive: t themselves
rt all .uperfinnus clothing in order !et
save li;ne. One day n man preaenhef
himself without having complied wish
thio requirement.
"Why do you cone in here without
having complied with my rules?' /1,..
mantled the (nettle. "Jest sleep into them
stde r,:n:n and remove your dollen,
and then 1'll sec you. Next patient.
please!'
The ratan did ns requested, and rifler
a tune presented himself in regular '►r -
do. duly diveetrel .r1 his clothing,
"y;„vv;' sold the dectnr, "what can i
do for your,
"1 just retied," replied the men, "In
colleen that tailoring bill which you
epee lie,,.
Anel when a lien Leri ge 1,1) aminal
Lard luck he stev.ev. 1'41ee1er seem Meet
fellow for shoving flim.
carpet, and you would have vanished
tracelessly. blown into atoms ton small
les find with a ndcrnscope.
t'i1EC.\UT10NS TAKEN.
Owing In this deadly sensitiveness,
evey precaution for safely is taken by
glia matt in ibis building. The floor,
ere euvered with trailer sheets fasteners
pry brass -headed tacks to prevent danger
c! sparks. Dust -pans and utensils oro
cl feast or copper.
\\'hen the pnnhils of cotton arc trans-
;,..rted in nr nut of the place the finers
ore roveresl with sheets of canvas In lee
remnve.l end shaken cltnr of possible
dist outside the building. Twice a day
the I:onre are :crapulously in n•he,l. In
short, every conceivable precaution is
taken la prevent cntaetrhe.
\\hat is strew sn,.kelacsnppna de r? 11
is the med••rn high explosive which his
s'iper<ed d the uhf style black powder,
even ne e'ee r!elty has su1tererde,l gals.
and which is u�rd nM only in Ilse field
fur .pestling purpncrs. but is used ex-
ciusivc'y for the shoulder at'r►'3 of the
ntn'> :utd the navy ns well as for Ihr
ntu hirl" grans. the rapid fire guns noel
the loge rifles en the decks of our het-
11e'.hlps nod within the works nl our
fnrtifrstinns.
l'rnrti ally 11 to nolo ng teat a mixture
ref soon Mlnn and aleohnl mail ether, rr
ncMonr, er e'se arelrne with geun col•
ton n• at nitroelyeertee-the two t+rnng-
eat explosives kat wn-and, blended into
♦--
THE r.\\lii.l' IIONOR.
'Boli ty." asked the leacher of the
cines in arithmetic. address+ing the ques-
tion to one of the younger pupils. "how
malty pints are there in a gallon?''
"I've forgot it atetin, ma'am." avid
Bobby, who found it hard to commit la
niteito y the tables of %we.ghls and totem
sures.
Thinking Met perhaps by Turning
foot Int, abstract to the concrete slue
might succeed better In stimulating his
power of recollection, the leacher tried
nt,nnk.
"fogg►rry.•lar' xt)e said, "your father is a
nutkirnn, isn't he,"'
"Ye. tui►'aut.'
"\Yell ne'w•. think as hang ns you ran.
Ile snmetim0e sell4 n gallon can full /.1
milk. de esn't he? Just so, Well when
tie agneas. how many pints of milk are
Itu'rc fn thgon afe '
"II't nil matilk, nallta'acmt" Indignantly ex-
ciagtnod Dobby.
mail' •, jtrl then Belting n hold on his
subjec e.- Pearson s Weekly.
IIINTS ON Dltl:s.;.
A miller should wear it sack cunt.
A toper, n swallow•ln;l.
A wuenhntam, n enlawny.
Sailer. slimed weer white cape.
Firemen. long how.
Prior ball player.. muffs.
A houacntaal :dieted wear n linen
di•1 r,
\ .nr'ka rhornurr, n .
\ nn :• r +al Indy. tan ace.,rde m shirt of
organdy, with fluted trimmings.
Iteilrtad men should wear large broad
lice.
11,rse'tnen, leur•in•hands.
A chimney .weep. a Meek s,,'.t.
Gellert should wear cuff ht'k..
Rejected lovers eiteuld wear bine nil.
tens.
\ leirnewonnn 'should wear s pony
resits.
51i!knmen:. waves, watered silks.
Circus arta, angers.
A petkt,trinu, leg;gingfa.
A 1..1 6,) r.'.l cuffs.
Ikukert, ?emits.
ver,
ltl'I'1'.\l.0 MARI:l-T.
Itua,nlo, Jan. 15--!''our-Steady. \\hent
--spring dull; No. 1 Northern, Meese
\W mere• firm.; No. I whik, 78c. 1 rn
-'Imager; '. ,. 2 yellow'. 47ye; No. 2
while, 47,-. u':ale-Firm: No. 2 white,
3'1y, to 39', . No. 2 mixed, 31elle. (lar-
ley-lievee see. ret 51r. and chnice f-
feriel at 5►• el -' ,re. Ilya -Dull; No. I
eVee:'ern, y i 1 r;.' •.
NEW FORK \VIIEAT M.\IIKI':T.
Ne.v Yore. Jan. 15 Spot steady; No.
i' red, 74• cl 'int Pr: No. 2 rod. ROc
initial; N.►. 1 northers! Duluth, Hee f.o:b.
/Meal; No. 2 hand winter, 83%e f.o.b.
alleal,
(ATH.,. \I.\IIKCI:T,
Toronto, Jan. 15.- Heavy deliveries
ver.• 1e In'•' 1 al. the \Western (:alike
\tern, 1 i -i y.
• let.. in bule1ters' C!a.'ie.•s sold
gee '. y I:: o eglr►ul the (Ply. (teal
1 ad. 1 nl ?1.25 L) *1.50, and some
pieke I i ''s h' Avila Pee, 1, 81.75 per
rots t! 1 1 ,it , of o fair
meet. .,' I .1 el" es to $4: henry
• i• . t k1.35: !deed la's rind
cow . 1 e: i:el row,. $3.50 lo
ka. , i • e, . r ,t: s, inked, 'neh),I•
r.. e •. ::1., 1 , =13.4'5 per ew•1.
• e' !.•
nil "1 lay defilers
I ;ser +!tere 011 aha
•I
e ,1„ .
while 1,
eebl obinin•eel in fee,ier.,
for Mockers was het -
lets, syrup ,'1 . 1 emtg. `leers -keeps were
/mole 1 at .e 1.7 , 1., *1: 1' 'h i, g.Knl at
eeeee t•. $1.711, - '.•keg's, t' :ninolt to fair
.o ':I.15 fe *1 ! evvt.
termer 1e ' ., oinevl in Inmhs,
tt l,:'e rt p ,r'1 • v. i e steady. 'I he
opt see es es, , • 1.., -ort ewe'. $1.25 'o
*vise. etude. .1 : r, fed, fill.i:► In $6.70;
emote. r •nt'e• ;l 50 to $5.:Ih eepw)rt
1, cks. • . 1 per eel.
elite 1 , ,n r.. r' .lecdy 1,, firm al 1! '
1•• R 5 • • •' .
II wv r e. ' i :at *tett.', tier selects,
awl $5.11 foo' i,8 Oa. and saga,