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Exeter Times, 1905-09-14, Page 6A '!'Intl•: JJMIT SET. Article 1. -The evacuation of Man- churia 1,y both semi• s shall be com- ! plete within 18 uu,nlhs (ruin the ' I 1 1 ' 1 signing of the tr.aty, beginning wvith the retirement of troops of the first line. At the expiration of the 18 . months the two parties will only be able to leave as guards for the rail - M \ ' • • • uy 1:, s,.ldicrs p(r kilout �lcr. Many ` illages in Ruins and the Article 3. -The buundury which limits the parts owse-i respectively Inhabitants Massacred. by Russia and Japan in the Sakha- lin Islurrd shell be definitely inark.'d off on the spot by a special limits- - ----- -- - -- graphic commission. A despatch from St. Petersburg• says: The authorities in the Cau- casus were taken completely by sur- prise because of the magnitude of the Tarter rising. There is not the least doubt that the rising wus long planned, carefully orgnsized, and that it is connected with the separatist movement. The officials at 'Tiflis state that they have un- mistakable proof that the revoIt.has been fiairned by '14trki..h emissaries, and agitators, ln•arieg green steul•w arts, t.re now raising the whole country. Tartars intend laying a regular siege against Iiaku and tihusha. They have laid ninny vil- lages in ruins and pitileeely massa- cred the inhabitants. Unless suffici- ent troops are available promptly to suppress the rising, the whole of th-ut part of the country will he de - /estate(' and the populations of the towns and villages massacred. In various: parts of the Caucasus banal( of peasants have been organized against. the nobles. 'These are in- vading the domains of the latter and seizing all the firearms obtain- able. The principal fighting is not in Baku itself, but at falakhan. where hundreds have been shot by the in- fantry and artillery, and where 1,- 000 were killed or wounded during a desperate attack on the 'nilitary .amp and provision depots. Tho troops sustained few casualties. A large number of workmen bar- ricaderi themselves in the Balakhan hcspital, and the soldiers began the attack with rifle fire and Then stormed the hospital and completed their work with the bayonet. The desperate condition of affairs at Baku is shown by a telegram from the Governor o1 Iiaku, who bas sent an urgent despatch to Tiflis spying that. his troops nre sur- rounded by Tartars and will inevit- ably be overwhelmed unless immcdi- tely relieved. LOOD-CURDLING ATROCITIES. A despatch from Paris says: The tit Parisian says it learns from a (vete but absolutely trustworthy urco that the situation at Baku o -(lay was ns bad as it could he. Armenians are killing one another rather than fall into the hands of the Tartar soldiery, who torture all who they secure. Massacre follows massacre. The oil wells are all ablaze,. The butchery began with the slaughter of 1,5(10 Armenians, while the police looked on as if it were to theatrical display. Women were shockingly mutilated. Children trere dashed to pieces b.fore their mothers' eyes. Men were either eut to pieces instantly or mutilated be- fore they were put to death. The A Vizier, who barricaded himself in his hous', was roasted to death with his wife and children. Ten Armenians, who took refuge in another •house, were holding out against the soldiers when a magis- trate demanded admission. The lat- ter persuaded then( to come out, as- suring them of protection. lie then ordered the soldiers to fall on then(, and all were barbarously murdered. MOltE A'I'I(OCI'J'IES FEARED. A despatch from Tiflis says: The manager of the Mantas.:ol Company telegraphs from Baku that the nil plants and wells at Bibieibat have been burned, that the depots of the Caspian Company have also been destroyed, and that the Christian workmen are surrounded by thou- sarls of armed Tartars. Tiflis is full of refugees from Baku, who abandoned all their belongings when they fled. The reception room of Gen. Shiiinkin is thronged with arrivals from the scene of atrocities. A deputation front the great petrol- eum works has asked for military protection for 25,000,000 poods of combustible liquids contained in the. company's reservoirs at Baku. Ail the spirit distilleries anal silk -weav- ing works In the Shusha district have been burned by Tartars. fart of the workmen succeeded in escap- ing to the mountains, but the re- mainder were killed. The Zaughe- zur mines and copper foundries are threatened with immediate attack. Orders have -been given to despatch corn to Shushes for the relief of tho starving population. A VILLAGE MASSACRED A Tiflis despatch says:-Advlc•es from Elisabetpol is to the effect that all the inhabitants of Minkend, an Armenian village in the Zungesursk district, have been massacred by Tartar nomads. Other villages are surrounded by the nonads. The Gov- ernor has sent urgent appeals for re - lattice men t s. e- 1i1( 0nu'nts. ERMS OF PEACE TREATY GREATEST WAR OF MOD- ERN TIMES CLOSED. inultaneous Evacuation of Man- churia by Both Belligerents Is Called For. A despatch from Portsmouth, N. 1., says: The Peae•e Treaty, which is euMg cabled to St. Petersburg and okio wort) for word, opens with a reuumlle that his Majesty the Fen- ror, the autocrat of all the Reus- es, and his Majesty the hmoperos of apnn, desiring to close the war w subsisting between them, and ling appointed their respective enipotentinrics and furnished then( th full powers which were found to be in form, have conte to an agreement on a treaty of peace, and arrnnged as follows. Then tome the articles. Article 1 stipulates for the re- establishment of peace 110d friend- ip between the sovereigns of the wo I•:mpires and between the sub- ts of ;Russia and Japan respective- rticle 2-I1is Majesty the Emper- of Russia recognizes the prepon- ant interest from political, mili- a and economical points of view Japan tri the Empire of Korea. stipulates that Russia will not oce any measures for its Gov - molt. protection, or control that pan will deem necessary to take Korea in conjunction with the cretin Government, hat ilussiun tyjecls and Russian enter•priees are to enjoy the sanie stilus as the Subjects end enterprises of other Countries. HIMI1:LTANE01:S EVACUATION. Article 3-1t is mutually agreed that the territory of Sfanchuria be simultaneously etacnated by both Russian end Japanese troops. both countries being concerned in this evacuation, and their situations be- ing absolutely identical. All rights acquired by private persons and compnniee shall remain intact. Article 4-'17te rights poseesseil by Kussin in conformity with the lease by Russia of Port Arthur and TMiny, • together with the lnnds and waters adjacent. shall pass over in their en- tirety to Japan, but the properties and rights of Ituesinn subjects are to be safcgnardcd and resp,•ctrd. Article 5. -'rhe (:oretneents of itnssia and Japan engaged them- selves reciprocally not to put any obstacles to the general mealtime; (which shall be alike for all 'intiens) that 1 hit:a may take for the devel- opment t f the commerce and indus- try of .1i;n,•hurin. .lAl:S TAKE TIiI: MINIS. Article 0. -Tho Mnncimrnnn Ridl- ey shall be operated jointly be - weer Russia and Joplin nt Knunng• iest'ne-Tee. The two brunch lines all he employed only for r.rmmet- 1 and industrial perp sere. In few of 'Omens keeping her branch e, with all rights acquired by her convention with China for the con- struction of that railway, Japan ac- quires the mines in connection With such brunch line which falls to her. however, the rights of private parties or private enterprises tire to be respected. Both parties to this treaty remain absolutely free to un- dertake {what they deem fit on expro- priated ground. Article 7 .-Itussia and Japan r n - gaged themselves to make a con- junction of the two branch lines which they own, at Koung-'1'cheng- Article 8. -it is agreed that the branch lines of the S!artclurian Rail- way small be worked with a view to assure commercial trafiic between them without obstruction. T1113 SAKIHALIN CLAUSE. Article 9. -Kussin cedes to Japan the southern part of Sakhalin Is- land as far north as the fiftieth de- gree of north latitude. 'Together with the islands depending thereon. The rightof free navi;at' is as- sured in the hays of La l'erouse and Tartare. Article 10.-T'his article res jtes the situation of Russian subjects on the southern part of Sakhalin Island, anti stipulates that itussian colon- ists there shall be leers and shall have the right to remain without changing Iheir ■atinnality. J'er contra, the .Japanese Government shall have the right to force Russian convicts to leave the territory which is ceded to her. Artier 11.-Ibiesia engages herself to make an affrermat with Japan giving the Japanese subje:Is the right to fish In Itussiun terri''+rial wnt. rs of the sea u1 ,.spun. the Sea of O4hotek. and Behring Sea. Article 12. -'rhe tiro billh con- tracting parties engage themselves to renew the commercial treaty ex- isting between the two Guvernn1•:nts prior to the war in all its vigor. with slight nlodifcations in details and with a most -favored nation clause. PAY i'Olt I'lt1SO N f:lt:4. Article 13.-itussia and Japa•1 re- ripru(ally engage t• restit tate their prisoners of ver en pay tug the real cost of keeping the ranee. ouch claim for cost to )w supported by docu- ments. Art;elle 1 I. -'Phis pears to Rey -hall be drawn up in tw'• laneenge+, French and hn(;lish, the l'r.'neh text CENSUS OF THE WEST. Commissioner Has Started to Make Arrangements. An Ottawa despatch says: -Mr. A. Blue, Census ('onuui.;sioner, has gone Wost for the purpose of making preparatory arraugenu'nts for tho quinquennial census of Staiitoloi, Al- berta, and Saskatcheean, to be held in J1100 of next year. His object is to secure from tl:e officials of the local (Governments the latest figures as to the new centres of population, and also to familiarize himself with the country. In order to furnish a basis for the per capitu payment by the Dominion Gc'veruu411t to Manitoba a census of this province has to be taken every five years, and it has been decided to 10C the new• mot i114.1.13 itlso. The census of Manitoba in 189(3 was merely n counting of heads, but in the one to be taken next June a census of agriculture will he added. The eenSUS of the people will bo by name, and will include the occupa- tion, sex, age and religion of those enumerated. The agricultural figures will include the acreage taken up, the amount in crop of the thief grains. and the yield in bushels for the crop year of cultivation, and the nature of the crop next year will also be included. OUR TRADE WITH BRITAIN Imports of Produce For Last Month on the British Markets. A London despatch says: follow- ing are the imports of Canadian produce by Britain during August:- Amount. Value. Catlht ...... .... 20,763 £ 22,618 Sheep ...... 4,709 7.995 Wheat, cwt. ., 183,400 67,683 Wheat flour, cwt:12:3,800 57,628 Peas, cwt. .... 8,380 2,728 Bacon, cwt. ,.213,414 500.316 Hams, cwt. .,. 61,121 155,875 Butter. cwt. 82,721 408,201 Cheese. cwt. ... 275,625 089,9517 Eggs, gt. fids. 1,500 519 Horses ...... 32 4.060 NO GAMING AT FALL FAIRS Agricultural Societies Permitting It Will Lose Grants. A Toronto despatch says: No games of chance will be allowetl at the hall fairs held in Ontario. Mr. II. l3. Cowan. Superintendent of Fairs, has issued a notice to the Agricultural Societies of the prov- ince forbidding any such devices to be used. If the societies disobey this injunction they will be in danger of losing their grant from the (Gov- ernment. FELL IN BOILING SPRING. Horrible Death of .Kiss Fannin Wickes, of Washington. A despatch from Livingston, Mon- tana, says: Suss Panne Wickes, 22 years old, of Washington. D. C., died here on Wednesday from the ef- fects of falling into a boiling spring in the Yellowstone National Park. 1n company with other eastern tour- ists Miss Wickes was snaking a tour of the park, and while viewing a geyser stepped backw•urds in an ef- fort to dodge the blinding spray, and fell into the spring, 111 which the water was fairly bubbling. Her body (was par -boiled fr the waist down. and death enure nftes a period of intense agony. DISMISSED FROM SERVICE. Niebogatoff Is No Longer a Rus- sian Admiral. A despatch front St. Petersburg says: An imperinl order was Issued on Wednesday dismissing from the service Rear -Admiral Niebogatoff and the captains of the battle -ships helms -et or Nicola1 t.. Admiral Settles vine and Genf Admiral Apraxine. All four odic•ers are deprived of their rank. and are liable to the provis- ions of the naval penal code for THE WORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS; PROM T13T: LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices cf Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other .:airy Produce at Houle and Abt oad. Toronto, Sept. 1'2.-W heat -No. 2 Ontario white and reel quoted at 74 to 75c outside. Manitoba wheat weaker at 98c tor No. 1 Northern, lleorginun Bay ports; at 115c for No. 2 Northertn, and ut 8.11c for No. :3. New {wheal, 12 to 15c p r bushel lower than the above. Outs -No. 2 white quoted at 28c north and west, and at 32c on %rack, 'rurunto. Burley -New quoted at 88 to 4dc outside, the latter for No. 2. Peas -No. 2 quoted at 65c outside. Corn -American corn sells at 625c for No. 2, and at (12c for No. :3, lake and rail. bye--1'riecs nominal at 56 to 565c outside. Flour -Ninety per cent. patents, made of new what for exp.,rt, are quoted at $3, in buyers' sacks at outside points; do., bids., $3.50 to Maltitoba flour is •weaker; No. 1 patents, $5.20 to $5.30; • No. 2 patents, $4.90 to 55; and strong bakers', $1.80 to $4.t:0 on track. Toronto. 3tillfeed-At. outside points bran in quoted at $12, and shorts at 817 to 518. Manitoba bran, in sacks, 517, and shorts at $19 to 520. COUNTRY PR(Y11UCh.. Applets-Choiia.stock, 51.75 to $2 per 1,b1., and cooking apples, $1 to Beans -Hand-picked, $.L.75, and prime, 81.60 to 51.65 lle!toi-The market is steady, at 7 to 71c for strained, and at 51.50 to 52 p, r Amen combs. Tiny-Cr,r lots of No. 1 timothy are quoted at. 57.75 to $8 011 track here, and No. 2 at 56 to 56.50. Straw -Car lots quoted at $0_ on track, Toronto. Potatoes -They are quoted at 60c per bag on track. poultry -Chickens, 10 to 12c per lb.; hens, 8c; ducks, 10c; turkeys, 12 to 13e per Ib. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -Pound rolls are jobbing at 20 to 21c; tubs, good to choice, 18 to 19e, and inferior, 16e. Creamery prints, sell nt 23 to 24c, and solids at 22 to 28c. Eggs --Good stock selling at 18 to 184e pe: dozen in case lots; splits, 15 to 16c. Cheese -Prices unchanged at 111 to 12c per lb., the latter for twins. 110(1 PROI)i1CTS. Itucon-Long clear, sells at 115 to 11;c per lb. in case lots; mess pork, 518; shut t cut, 522. Cured Meats -Hams, light to ntedi- unl, 14 to 144c; do., heavy, 13e: rolls, 12c; shoulders, 1lc; hacks, 15 to 16c; breakfast, bacon, 144 to 15c. Laird -Tierces 104; tubs, 101c; pails, 101c. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.... Montreal, Sept. 12. -New( No. 2 white oats were offered in the West this morning at equal to rather lees than 82jc afloat. Montreal, for Sep- tember delivery. it is said to be hard to wt more (than 341 to 85c for new No. 2 oats, on track. Old oats are quoted at :39 to 40e. Flour - Manitoba Spring wheat patents, 55.- 3(1 to $540; strong bakers:, 55 to $5.10: Whites wheat patents. 54.65 to 54.75; and straight rollers, $4.40 to 54.50, in wood; in bags. $2.05 to $2.15. Rolled oats -52.35 to $2.40 per bag. feed -Ontario bran, in bulk. at $14.51) to 515; shorts, 515 to 520; Manitoba bran in bags, 517 to $18; shorts, 520 to $21. flay -No. 1, 59.50 to $9 per tern on track; No. 2, 57.50 to $8; clover. $6 to $6.25; clover. mixed, $6.50 to $7, 11t•nns-Choice prunes, 51.65 to $1.70 per bushel, $1.60 in car lots. Polntues-New potatoes. in bags of 80 tbs., 50 to 55c. Honey -White clover, in comb, 12 to 13e per sec- tion, in 1 -ib. sections; extract, in 10-1b. tins, 8 to tic: in 60 -Tb. tins. 7 to 8c. Provisions -Heavy Cana- dian short cut pork,. 520 to 121; light short cut, 518 to $19: Ameri- can cut clean fat backs, $19.25 to 52(1.75: compound lard, lit to (34e; Canadian pure lard, 101 to 11e: ket- tle rendered. 11 to 12e; hams. 12. 1:3 to 14c: bacon, 1:3 to 11r; certain proposals before Great 1111 - killed abattoir dressed hogs. 58.51) taro for the regulation of European to $41.75; alive. $7, mixed lots. Eggs and American commerce in China. Stockers, choice ...,,. ,,. :3.00 do common .... 2 50 82 .501 TAE BOY AND TSE WOLVES. TSOME AMUSING MISTAKES su - Milch cows, choice ...20.00 95.00 Little Fellow Has it Decidedly do common "0.00 25.001 Warut Half Hour. FUNNY BLUNDERS DUE TO Sheep, export encs ... 4.00 4.20 do bucks 3.00 3.•10 do culls .,. 3 00 Lambs, per cwt, 5.50 Culvt•s, each 2.(10 du per cwt 3.541 .logs, selects ..... 6.371 do lights tied fats .., 6.04) • RIOTING IN TOKIO. 3.25 13(,011J. J. As) den of Toronto and (t.l-} Nernnau ('aumeron, the 1 ac4e *all 10.()0 A despatch :x,.111 (:rand Valley, Muskoka, says: -Ott Saturday after - 5.50 eleven -year-old boy of Golden Valley (1.(11) 6.12/ Japanese Indignant Over the Terms of Peace. A Tokio despatch says: -'rho first turbulence etteuduut upon the popu- lar auger over the terms of peace ar- ranged with ltussia took place on 'llresdity. A Mass meeting to protest against the action of the Covenant' nt was called to take place at Ilibiya Park, but the metropolitui police closed the gates and attempted to pr event the assemblage of the peo- ple. The municipality protested the action of the police and finally the gates were thrown open and a large crowd guthered and voted in favor of resolutions declaring the nation humiliated and denouncing the terms upon which the treaty of peace wits arranged. 'l'ke crowd was nerious in its conduct rather than angry and the police handled it discretly. The gathering eventually dispersed in an orderly manner. Later on, however, a crowd attempted to hold a meeting in the Shiitouii Theatre and the police dispersed it. A portion of the crowd then proceeded to the ofltce of the Kokumin Shimbun, the Govern- ment organ, and begun hooting. Three employes of the paper urinal with swords appeared at the door of the building and checked the at- tack and tho police again dispersed the crowd. It was thought that the trouble had passed when suddenly a portion of the crowd made a rush at the building, hurled stones and dam- aged some of the machinery. Several persons were injured during the at- tack t,ut the police eventually clear- ed the streets and arrested a num- ber of the rioters. Rioting broke out again at night. There were several clashes with aim pc.lice, and it is estimated that two were killed and 500 wounded. The rioting ceased at midnight. The police stations were the only pro- perty destroyed. GUARDING T111 LEGA'T'IONS. Troops are guarding tl:e foreign Legations. Apparently there is no outbreak of anti -foreign sentiment, but the Government ie anxious to prevent any danger of injury to the members of the Legation and other foreigners. A few foreigners all -early caught by mobs were roughly handi- est. '1fie Nichi-Nicht Shin:bun asks:- "llow can the Government. retain its dignity in the presence of such riot- ing?" It adds that the committee which organized Tuesday's ire sting have good standing in society and are not irresponsible agitators. The police exceeded their authority, with. n result that is derogatory to the honor and dignity of 'Yukio. 1'opular indignation hits been set on fire, and the police are finally unable to keep order. If the conditions continuo the contagion may spread 011(1 innocent people and their property may be damaged. WILL BE COSTLY TUNNEL. Plans for Crossing of Northum- berland Strait. An Ottawa despatch says: -The Minister of Public Works has order- ed Mr. Lafleur, chief engineer e1 the department, to prepare a report from the data in the possession of the Government on • the feasibility and cost of constructigg n tunnel between Prince Edward Island and New 111unswick. Sir Douglas Fox trade a report upon the proposition some years ago. The estimated cost of the tunnel submitted to the Domin- ion Government by a delegation froru Prince Edward Island is $10,000,- 000. It is generally believe) that the nmount will he very much greater. TO REGULATE COMMERCE Britain and United States Will Take Action in Far East. A Birmingham despatch says: -The London correspondent of the Post states that, ns a direct result of the treaty of pence lelwce11 !{nssia and .iapan, the fa(((rt 811114•5 has bad -Straight stock, 19 to 20c; No. 1 especially in Manchuria and Corea if candled, 114}c.Isutter-('hoicz•st these should be accepted, Sir Vtleat(3 creamery, 221. to 221e; under grades, Sat ow, the liritish Minister to China 211 to 211e: dairy, 18 to 200. ' and Mr. Rockhill the American Alin - their a(tiu13s in the Battle of theIli,.I �i. ter to Chinn, without warttu • fur restaurant is confrontedlry a lung g AIM- S, of deem). when they surrender- .men I1 14) the nation of other pincers, w II row of machines in whie•I1 the viiitl(ls their confrere; "(hut wasn't r u . „_ •l •displayed behind that. ens a note of inlerregatie a to Mills township, were out fishing in u boat at the lower end of Stanley Lake, when young Cameron landed with his dog and a thirty-two calibre Stevens rifle fur a ramble in the lush and a little hunt. Ile had it. Before he had gone fat in the cedar brush his dog nus attacked by a hi)_: wolf. Cameron tired and hit the brute. It ruse howling and thus attracted the attention of a 'mintier of the pack to which it belonged. The boy and dog began a scientific eithdrawwal, while the wolves carne en viciously . Cameron fired frequent- ly. Once he fell over a log and a wolf sprang at hint, but after tiring at it he reached the lake and got out o. a log, where ho kept up a fusi- lado till rescued by Mr. Aspden. James Whitehead, a farmer, and his sen, three utiles down the lake, were told of the presence of the wolves and armed with rifles followed there back to a thicket in a mountainous part of the country. but could not get a shot. 'There were about a dozen wolves in the pack, Mr. White- head believes, judging from their hewwling. It is only three weeks since the boy Cameron had a narrow es- cape from a bear in tho same local- ity. --♦ ATROCITIES AT HERTCS. Men, Women and Children Beaten -Troops Fired on Defenders. A clespatill from Merlin says: Promnimnit Jews here have received details of anti -.Semitic riots at Kertch. The Jew-baiters ran amuck, plundering and destroying property and burning houses in all directicns. They beat all ,Tews - men, woven and children -until they fell bleeding and insensible. Some of them Seized the '2 -year-old son of a Jewish-tradesmnn named Hirsch - mann and threw hint into a bonfire they had made of Hirschnlann's fur- niture. and he was burned alive be- fore the eyes of his parents. Many similar outrages are reported. After the ate:oclties had been proceeding' some hours, 60 young Jews armed themselves with revolvers t:nd re- solved to defend the Ghetto. 'rhe Governor, who had hitherto been pnsSive, imnletlialely summoned troops, who fired on the defenders, killing three and wounding eleven. The total Jewish casualties were six killed and over 200 injured. Six hundred were reduced to destitution. i THREE BURNED TO DEATH. A Terrible Accident at St. Juz- tice, Quebec. A despatch from Quebec says: Un- able to make their way out of their btdrootn owing to the house being enveloped in flanks, Mrs. P. Rue' and her two childern were burned to death in their beds at St. Justice, county of Dorchester, on Tuesday night, despite the efforts of the hus- band and father, who endeavored to save them. The latter was also badly burned. TWO OHILDREN CREMATED. Perished in Burning Tenement in Montreal Suburb. A despatch from Montreal says: - Two children were burned almost to cinders in a small lire tit Boulevard St. Paul oil Thursday morning while the rest of their family were absent. The dcnd infants, four and seven y(ars old, were left sleeping in an up- stairs bedroom at their home on Boulevard Set. 1'nul, while their father, Francis Mayer, had his break- fast anti went to (work. 'Then rho mother went into the garden at the rear. When the fire broke nut the mother made frenzied hut unavail- ing efforts to save her offspe Ing. AUTOMATIC MEALS. Penny -in -the -Slot Room to Com- pete With Restaurant. So great has been the success of autonmtt is restaurants in European cities that the penny -in -the -slot re- freshment room is to go into active competition with the ordinary res- taurants in London. A catering company is now ar- ranging to open three automatic cafes in the fashionable shopping districts. Winn tisane are established the system will be extended rapidly to other quarters. The diner in n penny -in -the slot I BAD WRITING. Dean Stanley's Penmanship Was Often the Cause of Misap- prehensions. "We are much oblig.1d to you for your letter, and should be the mere so were it legible. 1 have tried ,to read it (rum right to left, and 1.'is. Smith front left to right, and neither of 118 01111 dt''ipher a siegle word.•• Thus wroee the Rev. Sydney Smith Ito lord ,letmrey, the distinguished critic. in reply to an utterly inscrut- able communication that he had just received. Before now bad writing hewn been the occasion of whimsical mistakes- awkward ones, at Butes, as was near- ly the case a short while back, when, 1 of Mr. Justice 0ranthnul discharging a soldier who had been on trial for manslaughter, he remarked that hie . drfflculty in arriving at this decision had only been remove;. by a careful re -reading of the depositions, when . he had discovered that the prisoner. instead of being a man of bud char- acter, wits in reality of good record, the word "good" having been so atrociously written as to look like Among his many attainments Dean Stanley could not number legibility in penmanship. Ills letters were more often than not undecipherable and not infrequently the cause of amus- ing misapprehensions. A servant - whom for some grave fault lie had. dismissed applied to hint for A WRITTEN CIIAItAC'1'[at. Angered at his impudence the Dean snatched up his pen and dashed off what ho intended to be a depute de- terment to kis obtaining a fre h sit- uation. Armed with this letter the fellow answered an advertisement. inert and, remarking that he bad ex- cellent credentials from bran Stan- ley, presented the mystic scrawl. He was engaged on the spot. On another occasion the Dean's. handwriting almost cost an excellent servant a place. Desirous of change, he ,left his old master's service and apflied for a situation with a weal- )�• thy old bachelor. to whom he handed a letter that ho fondly imagined would guarantee his engagement. "As far as 1 can make out from• this letter, said the gentleman, when he had perused it, "Dean Stan- ley gives you a most excellent char- acter; but, knowing as I do that the Dean's writing is so atrociously bad as invariably to convey a meaning directly opposed to its real purport. I must regretfully, decline to taker you into my service." Greatly chug rifled, the man applied to his old toaster, who, with a hearty laugh over the episode, promise(' to see. the gentleman in person. This he did, and matters were put right. To back his application for em ploytnent in the editorial office of a New York paper a man gave Horace Greeley's name as reference, at tho same time presenting a letter writ- ten by him. The editor, who had already had much vexatious exper- ience of Greeley's writing, contented himself with slaking out. at no small labor, the signature, took the. rest on trust, and appointed the ap- plicant to A CONFIDENTIAL POST. Same time afterwards he met (Greeley and told him that, his nominee had, nn the strength of his reconun'lda- tion, ,been taken into the office. "Why the fellow's a scoundrel!" cried Greeley, "and I distinctly said in my letter that on no account was he to - be employed." Sir Walter Scott's writing was nt titnos-not often-dceidedly obscure. 'faking advantage of this a cunning rascal by some means obtained pos- session of a (tote of unquestionable illegibility written by the Brent novelist, and presented it to Sir 11'nl- ter's tailor as nn order for a couple of suits of clothes. The tradesman, recognising his patron's signature, took the rest for granted tind execut- ed the commission, only to find, on asking for payment, that the note was an answer to an invitation to dinner. 11ot' the late Laureate won the New- digate Prize at Oxford deserves to be repeated. The last of the three examiners to whom the poems were submitted, noticing that his col- leagues had appended what he took to be "g" for "good" to several of the lines in Tennyson's "'ritnhlicton"• affixed P similar nark of apprecia- tion, thus securing for the writer the coveted prize. That eweniug the three judges (net. "Whatever," cried he who hail first rend the pa rn, "uuule you think so highly of young Tennyson's effort?" "11"h5 ," an- swered the others, In undisguised surprise, ''We only followed your ea(1. You were for ever ninrl•1 ig his Ines with a " " '(1!' " crled Cheese-Ontario111 to 11 c; flue- ' s 1 ed I.. ill • Japanese. On the to tort .... certnul 10.1 inqurrttnt 3 rt pee Iv 1 nre Class. q, y i e 1 UNITED STATES 1tAItK1•�Iti �/,rc ('hien rd 1 put plate glass. ships het13g submitted to the Czar. 1 ` his Majesty wrote an order that tell Northern, 83 to Sta.: No. 2 North- his other oflleery of flu' ves'a'is ern, 82 to 85e; December, 41; to tiignifv that. for the Ii!e of me. I of t111' r•urrt infer of the above-named s1 ` Joplin, " ' couldn't make out what the fellow( meant."--LulldOn Tit -hits. M•nlwnukee S.(• N. 12-W hent -S r 1 ' 'I hr i 1 • I ' th ! t should be brought to tried on their `-` itn� No. 1. CO to ole. Barley return to Russia. Aoli.•n in the -So. 51c: sample, :15 to tiOc. case of the tourannler of the bat - 'Duluth. 54� to ,i41c. 'Duluth. Se rt. 12-11'heat-No. 1 ticship (irel is postponed antif it is Northern. 81;e; No. 2 Northern, known r•xnrtly %when 110 wvns 1'ri w8- 78:e: September. old, 81je; Septent- ly Wolin led and handed et•r his ger, 1 t W, 77:e: 1`ecemher, 77c. command ANOTHER BI(: PIlw:.IOND. hemp, evidence for the Itu•si;fns, ant. Stene cf %00 Carats Pound in the English text ter the •lapenese. 7ol.:,nre burg Mire. In case of difficulty •f int •rpretation A ....1 ;,?, ;, (rsen Londe') says : A the french (Reunited to to final evl- flan. ter: rli; e.'rnl, weighing 16') dance. al CMS, is rept rt•d 141 '11110 11,4.131 S o)VEitl:lc;S5'- 'f Yl SCf(;5 fn, n 1 :n the Premier ier Min', Johan- n( sem!: Article 15. -TI' • (.,ti :,:.tion of Ihi.t y treaty shall be e. , '#r.;gtt•(1 be, the tcuwereiar.s of tho two States wilhtrt OVZR 10,000 KILLED. 50 (lays nftt r iia siguntur,'. The 1'reuch and Amerieen 1•:rnhnssies s)' l be interne.!ieriee hetee.'n t:. Japanese mrd Russian Goverunents lu announce by telegraph the rat catlens of the treaty. 'rw'u nrldalr.nnd ntticles arc agreed to es follows: Terrible relth Roll, Resultias Froi: I:oncs is Clans. :1 der p.:'0h to Ih.' London I:w3 ,st from `latiebei F•n}s that the r!'aths resultit'g frem the reeent runes in the low tying districts were over 10,000. rA'ITL1: M.3 Id(1:'I'S. 'Portion, Sept. 1.2. -The run at the city tattle market to -day w'ns again very heavy, 8nireinting n11 told to 1(1(1 care, with 1.'.:,0 head of cattle, 3,7:1(► sheep cel Innate, 700 nal 15:3 calves. With such ler-. of- ferings and t he proportion of e!tni0e cattle very small. an easier Inarket was to be expected. Fsport cattle, choice...8.1.40 $4.65 do bulls do 111'0 i um , (10 light do toe s t•Iltcht'rs' picked t!n cheice 4 00 dr medium ,. . : 50 do light a 00 do bulls 1.75 i'eede►•s. steers . 9.5(1 do hubs 2.25 3.25 8.50 3.00 3.25 8.00 8.50 8.00 3.50 4.00 4.25 4.10 3.75 3.40 2.140 8.80 2.75 - -- -♦--- NOVEL FORM OF SUICIDE. Prisoner Steed en His Head Till Elood Vessel Burst A Peterson, N.J., despatch says' - After unsuccessfully attempting near- ly every ordinary method of suicide, Teter Arline killed himself early on Wednesday by shindhtg on his head until n hien(1 vessel burst, although at the 111110 he UPS confined in a padded cell and a straight -jacket. Arline began Inst Monthly, when he jumped into the Pnssnc Itiver. Ile wens paced in jail, where he succes- 'iw• to tested the common methods of Arisen suicide till Monday night and Tue$(Iny• Interior has been petitioned by the ♦ ordinary restaurant-kee3•ers to check 5225,000,000 FOR WARSHIPS- their penny -in -the -slot rivals. Russia to Esta'.,lish Lnmense fleet China has cancelled the Canton - at the Aniur Station. lfankow Itallanv concession, held by • nn American company, but will give the owners an indemnity of 56,750,- (14,0 i'entnnts around Warsaw. Poland, are ria'ring determined efforts to ex- • terminate betide of (Metes who 1 awe been ccmmitfing (1 a vet:atio13a and 1 burning w illagee. ec ten cs r ropl'ct nn c r: { slot will bring about a rattle of ma- chinery and a steaming bowl of soup npi'ears at the opetii,.g ,a the bot- tom of the machine. (A most complicated device will serve cuts from the joints with veg- etables. Passing to another machine a chop could be obtainer) for 6d. An dee would come at :341., end cafe noir with a cigarette would he sup- plied by the last machine in the row. This system, of course, does away with the tipping evil. The only penny -in -the -slot refresh- ment room at present in London is the automatic bullet in Victoria Em- bankment Gardens, but the automa- tic restaurants have spread so rapid- ly in Berlin that the AUnister of tho A despatch to the I$ radon Daily Mail from St. Petersturg snvs that the Ministry of Mnrine wilt vote 5225.000,000, to he expended rhlefly in the cnnstrartien of 1,•''t1,•s`,ir c end (tuisc•rs destined ler the Amur sta- tion. A 1'i,ATE-01..1 SS M. 'IIiN1:. By means of a french engineer's invention the manufacture of sheets of glass by machinery, ready ter Ilse within half an hour of t'•e incan- descent state of the matte is I. is ren- dered passible. The hoer•cailt ma- chine can turn out continuously Oleo's of glees 891in. wide, of tiny desired lengt h. and of a teef,,•ne thickness, varying teem 1-tRi r. ► 5-l6in. This Blass can be obtnil d 'adi AM rough glass for snaking extra 1. it glass, as horticultural glass, e 1 window glass. 'rFftKJSJI "PLIISf8." The plum of the Turkish t:orerr. n,'nt offices is the Admiralty. whie: is worth 584,000 n year. and the present holder is stated to have amassed a fortune of 512,000,000. 'Ilse Minister of Foreign Ahairs hits $.14,000, and Finance comes next with $1,00(0 levier. The lowest sal- ary is that of the Minister of ?fines, though it is rather higher than Out of the Premier of England, 'I'be ism la $27(800,