HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1907-10-31, Page 11HUGE SEAS SWEPT DECKS
Tragedies of the Great Gale on the
Atlantic.
A dc• -+.at h from Nert't Sydney, N.s., i,tac 1 when n mighty wave swept ever
sayer: WithStar; and Stripes kremlin, I the' sal of the s�.twurter and washed
11: half-mast fl.,n1 1:.e mainmast head, Malnilxerg overboard, et the wane tine
the rilouceatl'r elieo14.r 'Titania, Capt. clashing into kindling wood tate only
Patrick Vtele, sailed into port Oa Wed'
zne--duy afternoon, repelling the loss d.I
Wi on, and slit -ming sigiess of hard ex-
pe'riehee in Melt(I:,y',, awful gale. 'rhe
'1'it:ilea leftthou. sler '1'Itur..dny la -t. dal g; • :brie.. lust week, put 41414) 1.ouisburg
a halldlirring trip to the hunks. The in a crippled condttiiu►, all her dories
wand. lime•ding to (:opt. Vale, attained
le a -tithe a velocity of eighty miles an
h•eur. Tuesday morning about dene.
4. (lock John \Inlmber!. a swede, .. hi
.olds alorto on the \vale)), was heard to
riy: "\ly Goth., male, here's un useful
Ee n .- tilling. The cry Weis scarcely
d•tv c•n deck.
\\'relu( e;aay rnorning the Gloucester
sell., Iver \I I !.:( and May, (:apt. Alex.
\i:•1::edwran, wiiieh Left here for lite
g.,t:.• and one man, Basil liourdreautt,
:dee 1 about thirty, a native of '1'usket-
r e.fge. Cumberland County, washed
oyel'1►011111. II took but one mighty sae•i
4.11 the (;rand Banks to sweep c.ery
boat and every movable Thing from his
schooner's deck into the sen.
SOME CRAFTY MYSTERIES
IYAOIII Pltll•:STs \\ 1:111: \I.\STFIIS OF
MANY tii'RAN(;I GIFTS.
s_.
ltlauy Apparent Wonders (:an Now be
Explained by the 1Kt►ow Lens- •
of Hypnotism.
What in the past has been ter,IIHI
magic presents itself now to the s_lk I1ti-
fie mind a, an imperfect use of fore! s
Ie felt 1%11•nvl(dg;e of :which we time
yet to acquire. The Maori Priest 4 f
14, or tohunga, as he was culled, Was
master of limey gx►.wci s which can now
be explained by hypnotism, although
tris methods of pretending to obtain
messages front the gods were doubtless
clue to craft. Ventrilequisrn also was
practised by the priests, particularly
when communication was desired with
a deceased relative. There remains.
however, n 11111.43 of evidence proving
that these men possessed powers .which
can (•111y be explained by processes in-
to wheli We arc only now beginning
to 11:1ve any insight.
Many while men are familiar with
FOnlc of the outward forms of the ob-
Scrwances of the Maori priests, but ( f
The inner meaning and origin of their
r•it.;al W.' know nothing. In the teach-
ing handed down to thc.so chosen
among; (heir direct descendants under
c,reunis'neces of great secrecy the pupil
was put to several tots in order to
prove his proficiency.
First-, he had to take In his hand a
hard, smooth and round stone, and,
repeating a kurakia, or incantation,
called a iion, shatter the stone into frag-
ments, and Mut only by the mental
operation of willing. without any pl►y--
. 'cal effort. To all the priest's opera-
tions the karaki:t vas
A NECESSARY ADJUNCT.
11 supplied to the 1'otyne 'inn mind an
ot.twa,d sign nonneeting the cause and
tilt et. The old! lime Maori believed, in-
deed. 11►at the karakin. the form of
words used. wrought the desired effect
and the eflicaey of this incantalie•n de-
pended On the absolute fidelity With
which the for►nu:a was pronounced.
The action of Christ in de'str'oying It:
b;e1 res fig tree pre tints an exact: iI-
il:strrttion of this deslr_-'ying by the pow -
CI' • f Iter \111 which their word boa
Co vers. The latest guess of scientists.
that !'very existing object in the uni-
verse is composed of one element, rind
that this unit of that element is the cler.-
tion, leads one to the gale of a field
of speeulat:on 411 \loin the mind may
wander far.
If the pupil was successful in the
alone test he was next made 11) try- his
tower on sow animate object, ,uc11 as
a flying bird. the process being the
mane as before. .k" tiding to the lila-
( rid tlt(' bird .was always killed if Ih.'
pupil was proficient. (1r he might have
a ale eing; enemy end ratr.4se hila to be
seized with alt those ogonies of retool -
(item which we are all familiar with
when suffering from nightmare.
'i'hen cane the Mal lest, the pupil
being ordered le eeercis;e the power of
willing to death some neer r,elnlive ( t
hip OW1 111 order to show that in the
exercise of his powers he ce-iuld roe cue
r,c'rior to ilte feelings of natural affec-
tion. This .was the drend nnnkukn, and
11 is well knew!' that if a Maori 'whey -
el he calls t M itAl4d he \ OS sure to
die. Here we. -see the effect of hypno-
tism and eliggestion, conveyed by tele'•
pnthy. S('►netimes n priest who con-
sidered himself deeply nftrented has
leen know to -will to death a whole
family for the ncl of one in(k.1411101.
end all, even the babe at the breast.
have witted) away.
The tohunga mac even credited wit')
the power of influencing the deal. 'the
present writer wits a Willies.% to
TI IE FO1.1.0\\'ING INCIDENT.
A ',navel) of the :\rnwas, the tribe rf
the 41 -'riot of Rotorna, being at ..al'.
t•nd 'offered defeat and one of their
1 Noes had been br(.ught keine dead.
The vanquished sought at once to find
.,111, by' some cmcn connected with
the 41.eadi chief, whether they would be
Successful in their next noounter.
The t<)hung a was requested to pro-
cure desired omen, the people squat-
ting in a ring about the bier. Advanc-
ing a few pneesc from 1110 dead body,
the priest began to recite a powerful in-
Cnntati•►n, intent on making the de -
c hke,1 give some sign, the eyes of all
"crit being fixed on the slain wit -
nor. Presently the corpse was oWerv-
1.0 to move sifghtly 10 ons aide, on
which a greet cry of Joy arose from the
people. 'the movement was Interpre-
ted a e siggn of future victory. This
teat ..as otlen performed by the to-
bbn of olden limes. •
• !o was Inc teal of the old tohun-
t;s. The nurnl'er of his years could
),:,eddy be guessed at; lie wits almost :.
Methuselah of the Mao'i, his rnce, ani.
cure'ess as to his personal appearance.
1 c' wore his batt long. 1 visited him
eevernl times in 'the -70's, but so ex-
Itctnely sacred Was tris person that it
.. a; only after repealed delays that I
w:1, allowed to see hire; indeed, he con-
'iuerecl that white people were not 1!t
Sol associate with, as they had no sys-
tem of lapu, nor did they regard things
which were tape to the Maori with any
reverence. 1 was deeply interested in
his manifestations, partly for their
strangeness and partly, perhaPs, r,r-
cause 1 had myself assimilated many
(,f 1110 Maori superstitions by the mere
feiree of propinquity.
Front the first he had resisted all ef-
forts of the missionaries to induce him
14, al)8I1(14n his ancient faith for Chris-
tianity. As he had n large following.
who, for tris mkt., refused to eeoog;-
nire Chrislinnity, his conversion was
greatly desired. New Zealand's great-
est bishop laid siege to the old heathen
as Makoia, that Tree -clad isle in i.nke
J; ,tmIrn', to wall) the beautiful lline-
Inoa swain. For hours the bishop en-
deavored to wins the priest over. But
J;k powers of persuasion -how great
the e Were is well known -for once
failed 'Melly.
'10110'10 SAT IN MOODY SILEN(:E.
,\t length he lifted his head. "Hearken
1n10 my words," he said. "lf you can
d•• this 1 will accept your God."
Then picking up the dead leaf of a
cabbage tree .which had (littered 1c' the
ground, he held it loosely between his
fingers at aril's length. Ills withered
1,44 w 1s rlal;eel to rho hips; the sun
w,ls high in the heavens; no deception
was possible. After repeating an in-
cantation lie incited his visitor to look.
1,e, the leaf had become green. The
.s. minded, highly educated English-
men Idol ina belief in either Tohoto or
his powers. yet by some mental influ-
ence the decrepit Polynesian was able
to make' this verde white man believe
Met w rat he saw was a fresh green
Leaf; ye 1 it was in reality still a dry.
brew n one.
The .net of the last of the tohungas
was Loth singular and pathetic. 011
flint terrible night in June, 1886, When
the pink and While terraces were lost
lo, New Zealand and darkness came
over the land, Tohoto was sleeping at
\\'air'diit village. Iie was buried be-
neath the rain c,f ashes, and it Was Fey -
en days; before he was dug out of the
liens of his hut. Ile was very feeble
atter his long confinement in a hole
that must have been for a time Fefliv4s-
'y htis hot then an oven, and he .was
black with rashes from the welcani,•
truption. Yet had lie been left alone
'dc !night hnve recovered; but they 1(x)lc
hint 1!e the hospital et Rolorna. where
',reliably in ignornnce of the awful sae -
redness in which the Bead is held
arnong the Maoris, and especially that
of a kilning/I. the white and matted!
!.air and heard were cut off. 11 was the
most terrible and degrading thing that
could ha. a happened to Tohoto. l tic
personal tape had been violated, and
this, preying on his mind, killed hint.
-8'-,
1101AL t'isrr 10 (:ANtDA ?
Pitney Arthur o (;ounauglit May Come
Next Year.
A despatch nom London says : The
cerr•e'ss)wndent 4,f the Cent -ellen A.'4.(1.
:dell 1'11s04 bac heard 111111 1110 King will
Iue repr(e'e'1ted by Prince Arthur of (4)n-
tintlggtiL nt they terce(1Itnru•y' of the (Ama-
lie! of Quebe<' next year. The Pi ince is
10 be ncr011it ani4r1 1'y nn imposing smile.
and it is likely that the Prince. after the
Quel.-e • ee'lebralinn, may t..1.r remade.
rating on \We(Inesday al Clarence
H• nee. the Canadian AMsocinle e 1'ree,
w:i Intl 111111 nolhiI►gi de'11r11ie ..as
1:11(IW11 there regarding the Peine(' viyll-
int Quebec, but it was not unlikely 1►e
).tight.
NIXON'S Ql'I:S'1'ION.
Some young brides lake the married)
i,tnte seriously enough, and little Mrs.
Nixon 6 of this order.
She was not n weal cook. and she
knew It; but after ntnr•ringe she eltsdi,ed
at a cookery class with such good effect
the' in due couree she carried off a di-
ploma. •
"Yes." she said, enthusiastically, that
evening. "I've goal the loveliest diploma.
it's on sheepskin f►a.ehnlr'nt, with a
rig red seal. And just in honor of the
cccosdon 1 cooked that (fish you're eat.
tng now. Il's my owl' ede n . Nicely. Now
just you geess what it is."
Nixon went on with his meta in rib
ence for a moment. 'then 11e looked
up will: a wry grin.
"1 (181'1 1,11(,w." hr '0.l, !srsitalney.
"1 4 1' --e1 -•;4 11 111c 11:pl• iia "
THE WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS FROM T11[•: LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of C.atlle, Grain, Cheese and
Oilier Dairy Produce al home
acid Abroad.
Toronto, Oct. 29.- Oeltario wheet 90
per cent. patents' are quoted at $t in
buyers' backs outside for export. Mani-
t(•La Itrst fwlet►is, $6; secund patents,
r:,. 'u to $5.50, and strong bakers', $5.30
to $5.35.
\\ brut- Manitoba grades were quiet
and firmer. r. No. 1 Northern quoted at
1.15X, anti No. 2 at *1.133', lake le rts.
Oaerie wheat --No. 2 red winter and
No. 2 while tiro quoted at $1.05 outside,
and No. 2 Mixed al $1i14 outside.
Itnc1e?•--Nee 2 quoted at 87 to 88c out-
side, ilnd No. 3 extra at e5c outside, and
No. 3 e\11'a nt 811 to 82c outside.
Oat ---Ne. 2 ()Mario while oats 111 V 55c
outside, carat; elrulitol5L No. 2 white are
nominal at 5se Owen Sound.
Corn -No. 2 American yellow is
quoted at 72' je, 'Toronto freights, and
No. 3 al 72e.
1tra1) The market is dull at *22 to
822.50 iit leak outside. Shorts are
quoted! tit $24 Ie; $25 outside.
I'ROI)l'(:1:.
Apples -Winter apple,, to $3.5e 11 r
118 rrel.
Itenns-$1.80 to $1.990 for primes, and
.el $1.90 le S2 for blind-pi(k•,d,
1luncy--4 to 13•: per lb fur strained,
.enc! at $2.50 to $2.75 for combs.
Hay- No. 1 timothy quoted at $l(;.so
are $17.50 here in ear lots.
Shaw --$t) 10 $10 1c lou 4)n trach here.
1'(►:Itfuos---Oilurlu are quoted at 704;
per Lag on Iran -k, and New Brunswicl:
al 75e per bag.
Poultry--'1't,rkeys, dressed, 13 10 14e
gees• ib; chickens. olive, 7 k1 7, c; dressed,
8 to 9c; clucks, alive, 7 to 3c; do, dressed,
'J to 1Oc. -
110G I'RODUCI'S.
Urrl, e'd kings In car lots are quoted et
•.-.20 to $s.•' 5. Bacon, long clear, II to
11 y,4 per lb incase lots; mess pork, *20
,o $'21; shut•: -cut, $22.54) to $23.
Hams -light to medium, 15 to 15%c;
d'.. heavy, 1.4 to 14%c; rolls, 11 %e;
shoulders, I03 to lir; backs, 16% to
17c; breakfast bacon, 15% to 16c.
Lard- Tierces, 123 c ; tubs, 12,',•:;
pails, 13e.
`1'111: !)AIRY M:\111:1:TS.
Butter-P.1und prints, 23 'to 25e, and
large reek. 21 to 22.e. Creamery rules al.
2' 10 29e. and eulids at 21 to 25c.
Egg, ---(_ase lots selling at 23 to 24c
pee 1ozcn.
Cheese ---Large quoted at 133 c, and
twins at 13%c.
BUSINESS; 1N MONT111: \1..
Montreal, 041. 29.-(gra:n---The local
demand for oils is still limited, but
prices are Hein, with sales- of odd cars of
(Mimeo and Quebec new Crop oats al 56
te• 59c per bushel, ex store. Flour --
Firm; ch4►iee spring wheat 'interne, $6.10
tel $6.30; s,'eonds, $5.5) 14) $5.70; Winter
wheat pa;eels, $6; straight pollees, 85.75;
d: in bags, $2.70 to $2.75; extras, $2.05
I•) $2.10. feed--\Ianitol:a bran, in bags,
$23, shorts, .$25 to $28 per ton; Ontario
Lean, in bags, $24 to 823; shirts, $25 to
$26, milled tn(uillie. `22 per ton;
straight grain. $31 1.4 $35. Provisions_
Remo. short eel twos. 822 to $22.50;
half-hm l•e•ls .le., $11.25 to SILT); clear
fn: i;a •k-. 8.3.311 to $24.50; king cut heavy
mess, 8211.50 Io $21.50; half-learrels do,
$1(1.75 le $11.51); dry salt long clear
lateen. 10 to 11'et-: h8rrels plate beef,
$14. to $16: half -barrels (10, $7.50 lo $8.25;
Unreels hea.'y mess beef, $10; half -bar-
rels do, $5.50; co)ruix,und lard. 10 14)
10%e; pure lard, 113. to 12%c; kettle -
rendered. I:1 to. 13%c; hems, 12% to
1r,y24: breakfast bacon, 14 to 15y4e:
Windsor bacon, 15 to 15%e; fresh killed
abattoir dressed hogs. $9 to $9.50;
alive, $6.35 to 86.5e. Butter -Finest, 27e;
to 2i!ec. Eggs No. 1 candled and
straight receil►IS. 2sic per dozen; selects,
27:. (:Reese-\\'es1ern, 13'% to 13%.
UNrl'ED STATES MARKET'?.
Minneapolis. Oct. ► \\ I)rtrt--1)•'cr'nt-
t et•. 151.17%; Mny, $1.12%,; N.►. 1 hard,
sI.08%; No. ! :W.rthet•n, $1.(17%; No. 2
Northern. $1.03% to $1.01; No. 3 North-
ern. $1.01. Flour -Fir -et 1)11lents, $5.70
1e $5.81; 510x111(1 patents. $e.50 to $5.711;
first clear. $4.50 to $1.64): 5ce•ond chews,
.$S.7() to $1.80. Bran-- in bulk, $22.25 to
$22.50.
Duluth. 0.•1. 29. -Wheat-- No. 1 hard,
I.09e;; N(.. 1 Norlh(rn. $1.07%: No:. 2
Ni sthete). *f.03% ; December, $1.07%;
\Ino. $1.12'4.
sill%ill bl,r.'. 114•1. 29• -Wheat No. 1
Northern. $1.(XI to $1.10%; No. 2 Nettie
ern, $1.85 lo $104; De ce•n)ber, $1.01X,
ablest. Ity'C-No. 1, 86 le 8Gjyt'. 13erley
---Ni.(2. *1.01; ; sample. 7te to $1.0,').
('ten --No. 3 cash, 60 to 62c; Muy. 6014,e
a5k.'d.
1::11''fAIN :%M1 WWE I)IU)1VNI'1►.
Bartle 111rtt Down by a Sir:Inter in Lake
St. Li)uls.
A diespnieh from \i'0)1real 5(77.5 The
511nnlrr Norwalk. 4:41111. (;-)(.err)\, 1'•)und
(1'.1111 Que•i'44 (O1' Deln.lt with a cal 10) of
f►ulpw(%sl, cern(' halo collision with the
3)01)tr(i)1 Trtie.,portnliort Company's
11.rge Jacques. 111 low •'1 the tug Oliwe,
Ila\ laden fiY►n1 1'rrs.'4111 f••r
ee (.hlesday afternoon i1) lake St. Louis.
pe cuIlisi.)n resulted in thsinking of
1�1 ' barge. each 44 sIrlr4 k fair mem.
,hips. and mink almost immediately.
N. Luing has since been S4'rn of the "":t)).
Imo of the barge nail his wife. and it is
st.p)x►s1'd that they went 41 'W1) With the
Wait. '1'w•. 011141' men saved their Ire es
by jumping to the other vessel. 'I he
Nese alk was, not seriously injured.
(.014T IS TOO GinI:.tT.
Government Abandons l,iwlons Irlesa for Present
of tf:nlartlinu Itl(1.'au Hall.
A .!.. nteli from Ottawa says : The
(;e,.•crnnll•nl ire.• nbnnl►n•d for the pre-
sent, or. 111 ratty rale. mita I'nrlinn)cnl
hide been rot'. -lilted!. the idea of enlarg-
ing Beldam flail. The only tender re-
ecivetl for the proposed radditIOn was in
t:4)• t•ieleily .,f $245.(510. tail 1Itis is (011-
0•Irr:.1'. higher then the amount anen-
t. 1) the !tense !nit session.
CANALS SEAT RAILWAYS.
in Rate of .Grove lh of Truffle in P M
T enty Years.
A despatch fnani Ottawa says: 1114'
annual blue look containing 1114? canal
statistics of the 1k,nlinion f.,r 1110 season
of I9titi was issued en 1e ednesday. The
lig'ues slew,- a large increase in the busi-
11eete between Canadian ports during the
past twenty years 1►arlicularly with ro-
gard to westward kettle. The g;t(•wth
has been censideruble from camellia' l4)
United Stales hurts.
The up-tx tlnd traffic has been in larger
voltam-, than that n►oyhiit (-ashwurd.
? 1noe 1887 the trade between United
slates by Canadian <-nni1a 11115 growl.
largely. 111 this inslluu•e, however, the
!neve/tient downward lius been greater
than upward. There has been an actual
'shrinkage in the up tralltc between
United States and Cautidiun ports. The
eastbound business, however, bus prac-
tically doubled.
The expansion of business with ennuis
i.: relatively larger than that shown by
(;nnnrlian railways.
The balls(' 1n4,'.ing up raid down hes
increased 2s7 per cont. during the pest
twenty year:;. Tito 44 slwarel business
shoes a gain of '368 per cent., while the
caste -ore grew le the extcut or 257 per
cent.
while eeeeee 715 tons of freight were
cnl•iieel I y 4:llnueiial1 railway~ in 1¶l4 i, as
compared with 16,:356,:137 in Iss7, the
Lrllerull'it .was 25.4 per cont., 11s against
257 per coil. on ih(' canal,.
SORRY, %M) 11 'ON"I 110 1T AGAIN.
tin Says Sir Wilfrid to Japan, and the
Mikado Accepts Apology.
A despatch from Ottawa .says: "Iles
1:x rlleney the Governor-(;e'nerut and the
1:ideation Government will bo pleased if
You will a :nvey 10 11.•e lmpdv-ial Mujesly
the Emperor of Japan their very deep
regret for the unfortunate occurrences at
Vancouver, and if you will also convey
:4. Inti Imperial 3lajesty the a'-urances
that the Canadian authorities will use
their utmost efforts to prevent ally re-
currence of sect' regrettallo eveles."
So said Sir Wilfrid Laurier in his lel-
ter of apology to Japan fur the \'ancou-
v(,' riots.
"His efajoely received the !message
from the Governor-General of Canada
and the Government of Canada with the
greatest gratification, and notes .with
1.11414 satisfaction the cul•nest intention
f the Governor-General and Government
of (:amide to promote cordial and friend-
ly relations which exist between the Bri-
tish Empire and Japan."
So says Ambassnde.r Macdonald in
re gly.
Thus the two nations are friends
again.
4.
SAVED CJI11.D'S LIFE.
Gallant %eiion of 0. Sirotle, a C. P. R.
Brakeman.
:\ derpatd-h from \foutreal hays :
\\hen th r (1l;awa train (real Montreal
left kignu(1 :,11 'ruesclny night, 4). Sicolle,
Brakei uul of the Smith's Falls Division.
perfol•tileol l4)► x4111111 wheel l ::Avert the life
of n small%bile. who) hut. for Itis hrnv.•ry
and presence ..f mind would certainly
hr.vo hien killed. when the Irvin leaves
Pignut the hrakeinan s'aucis en the
front of the engine in order I:► be able
to open the switch a short distance up
the litre. Sicotte, standing there, saw in
fiotit of him a email girl right in the
middle of the tract:. Ile 611011ty(1 1., her,
bet could not attract her attention.
':'here was no time to slop the train, so
eiliwut u moment's hesitation and nt
II"• imminent risk of his own life Sicoll(•,
grasping the cow -catcher with one hand,
leaned f.)rwnrd, and ns the engine
reached the child he lifted her to a place
of safety.
1111) 1115 MOTHER'S I1UD1.
Son Said Stranger Shot Her, and Hee
Was Afraid to Tell.
7 •bis atclt from Uli,a. N.Y., says:
1h•s. Jetties Scott, of a farming ecllle-
nrrnt near Norwich, (31emente) county,
went riding with her soda last I:rid:ly.
sly, did not return with the young man,
4411.) 50i11 she had remained nt the hou'e
of a friend. His ..lories diol not cor•res-
po•n(1, and on '1'I,eseuy he was arrested!.
Search WIN kept up for the woman, and
oil Wednesday the bort Was Laken with
Ole ►searchers. The woman's body was
1(eurl(1 in sonic w'exulS Willi n bullet
.wound In the hark of her head. Young
Ser.lt hits been in 11147 Khaira Reforma-
tory. ant came out n few months nee: on
panne. Ile declares that he Seto' n man
shoot his mother. and says he was too
ft ightened to tell about it.
RonHElt ATTACKS WOMAN.
Mrs. Win. 'lobe'', of Montreal, Saves
Tray of Diatrtontle.
:\ despatch from Montreal env.: A
1114,1 daring nl;empt at n,bLery was
Iundee between 8 and 9 o'cle•'k un Wed-
red'sdny morning 111 \Ir, \Wen. 44►hen's5
st< 1•', 213 Graig Street west, and Mrs.
(:. ilea, 7111') w•ns in Charge nt the lime,
.was severely handled) and cut by broken
g!:d's. 1 17)1111 1)47111(11 \'itieont entered
t1.•• sh•:p and tried to steal rl tray of &a-
mends in the window. but was pre -
4 rated ley \Itt;. 4 (1l4'n 11tter a severe
struggle. Vincent was arrested. Ile
came here on 'Tuesday from) the United
`tales.
4 -
SEIZED 11.1.14:1T Pi..1NT.
Inland R,.enue Officers at itrantford
11oo) 43)ntisralr'd Tuletrrn.
:\ despatch hem WinWord say c:
leclor Din' !Ili'•. of 1111' 11111111(1 111y(nue
1)1;11r1111enl, 1114.1 n Jxlso. (►f munty e( n•
suable, made nn important seizure of an
Mica 1O''acco end cigir-m11l:ing pleat on
111e outskirts of the city on Wednesday
night. Over 1.600 pound; of tot►ncco
were. confiscated!. Tho 4 fiend( l's are
known and will be prosecuted.
T1\ ENTL' VEA%; IN PiIISON. •
11'uulel l►d• Alur.erer of Girl Sentenced nt
Sherbrooke .1sslies.
A despatch frons Slierhr(x►ke. Que.,
says: Wednesday .wee ecilicnc4' .I-ey in
Ili! King's Ben h, rind George Albert
Greenhill. found guilty of attempting! to
murder Lilly I.irun, nt Mrlls)urn.', on the
3rii • f July Incl, .. na V'Itle•nc,'.1 In sweaty
years in the penitentiary.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
HAPPENINGS FI101i ALL 0‘1..1 THEG1.OUE.
Telegrr.;,i. Briefs From Our Own and
Other t:outttr•ies of It:cent
(Events.
C. NADA.
The !4.;111 4...74 (01s It 31..,E -4111w 4410
full.
A farm of 112 aeres near 1111 -LI ill:
has been purchased for a rifle range.
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy denies that
the Augl.s slogs. 11<t Munlreul will 1:11
Closed.
The surplus of the I'ost-e.tllh.s for 1110
1lille months ending of Mardi 31 was
61,u82,301.
Toronto furnksI,.'s the largest revenue
of any city in Cermet).
I.u.vrence (:d waSl. sl itt
J11�11dt'n. Mau.,4)wlatIt.. 1�e� hasngedentelfor r11ur-
(5 ling G(urgina Bruw n.
A report upon u trunk sewer fur
Toronto, to cost 83.400,000, has leen
tnudc by the City Engineer.
The week -gel cameo, Elevator at
Lytton, .111n., was Punnet on Tuesday,
together will) 23.100 bushels of wheal.
(:ailada has agreed to the suleni55)en
o: Pie \lagdnlen Islands fisheries diapui.e
Witt) the United States to 'the Hague
'11 ibuna1.
'd'lle retail 1igt.or men of Onhn•ie) have
been notified of an Mei-ease in the price
cif beer on the part of the brewers.
The Advisory Union ell Algoma muni-
cipalities reel at Blind Ili\e'r and passed
resolutions en -tiring the control of 'Mi-
llie lands by the 14111nicipnlities in white)
then lands are situated.
UNITED STATES.
During This year Ni w• York city's
municipal government will 'spend $2.41
each minute.
Miss Alla King and 3t, -s. John Bruce,
when attacked by two Bold -up ,tern in
Chicago, utterly routed them 44 ilIt hat-
pins.
The attorneys of the Standard (01
(;ollrpuny' have discovered tweI►ly-live
reasons why the line of $241,210,000
should not lie paid.
Following a hnselall defeat, Sylwesler
Stevens. of Chicago. hurled a brick al
Ge3o.,lohnson, destroying the sight of his
right eye.
Joseph \1cleinnignn, of Florida, N.Y.,
won a verdict of $1,5011 against Hubert
Dugdale, of Middletown, for injuries
sastnine•d frc.rrl his he,r:s° being fright-
ened by 1)ugd1Ile's automobile.
Speaking at. Nashville, Tenn., I'reei-
dent Roosevelt declared that for the re-
maining sixteen months of his terra he
w•i1l persevere in his campaign against
all who have obtained wealth dishon-
estly.
Speaking at Bingham►town, N. Y.,
\\'. J. Bryan said it was net President
Roosevelt who was to blame for the
financial crisis, but the un_u:rupulotrs
financiers .who made the President's
policy necessary.
G. A. Hammond, of Frederick, Ohio.
who recently passed his 891h birthday,
has completed the seventy-ninth year of
his occupation as cobbler, having begun
work on the bench at the age of len
year's.
GENERAL..
A gang of Chinese coolies at New
\k'd('08114tein. 111 the 'rrntlsy11nl, muti-
nied Sunday night and attacked the
police.
The Au-:rat:an 1lon,-e of Representa-
tives adopted the Ge4e1•lltucnt's propo-
sals with respect lo a preference to 13ri-
1c.in.
'I he new Russian 1)1111111 w•111 be yin -
trolled by the Conservatives and Metier -
ides. who, 11 is (•slinlalcd, win have
a14)111 288 seats.
The Shah of Persia has disulised his
Cabinet, creating a crisis which may call
for the joint interference of Great 13r•i-
tair. and Russia.
Several of Raisuli's follower's, who
have deserted he Tangier, have assured
11.4: authorities that Itnlsuli intends to
kill Kaki Maclean by inches.
A dispute has arisen t►ttween Great
Britain and the United Stales i•oneerning
1114 d('wllrcali•)11 or c1 boundary between
the Philippine archipelago and the Bri-
tish possessions in Borneo.
The municlpalily of St. i'etersburg
has impee4ecl lines aggregating $54K),000
on the Westinghouse Electric Company
for its failure to complete the construc-
tion of the etr•exet railway lines in the
city.
(DESERTERS :VON CROWNS.
Remarkable Career oil a British
Deserter.
The curious story cnt.led (rem Casa
Blanca, to the effect that the "Red
Kaid," who led the recent great attack
of the tribesmen on the French position
4,uteide the town, wits in reality a
1';'enchinan himself, n deserter from the
1'4 reign Legion, nilly or may not be
true. But, al ail events, there is no-
thing inherently improbable nlr;ut it.
Ocher similar castes abound.
One typical parallel I)slanee was
That of George Thomas, a deserter from
the 131iti,ll Navy, wi14 se mune keens
'nip in the history of India during that
S'orrny perioel which intervened be-
tween the collapse of the Mogul (13-nns-
14 and the advent of the British tinder
(:live.
Themes Was just an ordinary "Jack
'l,ir" birth and parentage --a
"'1 ipie racy bog -trotter'' one of the bin-
grupher's calla him -who deserted from
ins ship, and entered the servi''e of one
(,f the s ere or so el predatory princes
.who held sway I 1 the Punjab nt the end
of the eighteenth century. in three years
he had nnnasse(1 a f•erhlne •,f $5.000..
OW, Menet and commended an array (.1
t3.(() men .. ilh 40 $min•. 441,1. under
th( title of !tic !loyal Highness. the
Sahib ilahndur finj,lh 4)1 Ilnrillnn, ex-
acted Tribute and allegiance from a
country ns big as England and nearly
ns pop111ous.
Nor was hie `•eV('r.ignty et all a sha-
d!• evy eine. On the contrary. he dispens-
ed justice, made weir and pence, '5-
Inbli'he.l a mint wherein he coined his
•�.vn rlrp0ca. east 111- own artillery. and
even tnslitut('d an order of knigthll►nnd.
Fvenlunlly, his enpital. Ilansi. wee
st(,r•mcd and taken by a mixed force •11
SORE WgISgEY IS DRANI
The Consumption of .Tobacco Also Has
Increased.
A despatch from 01t;1wa says: The
report of the Uepartine:it of Inland lie -
venue for the last liscul year eutie
months to March 31) has issued on Weil -
18 slay. The revenue was 1$1,096,930,
its compared w:'th $14,435,642 for the
preceding 12 months. The quan111y . f
6).3'its produced wes $5,(t;1,38'13 prool
,gt111011s. All Canadian w tliskey ha.; to
he kept 111 warehouse. for two years be-
fore it can be sold. At Ole betkipieng
f this seer 17,034,120 proof gallons
were ell warehouse under the supervis-
ion of e'Xe ::e olldco•s. In tate nine
months 31)3,5')1 gallons wire exported,
as against 277,95 gallons in the pre-
ceding 12 months. The foreign de:nand
for (:anndiun distillery products ss
it(•adily increasing.
The uvcregge quantity of tobacco Inken
for oonsUn►pliot during the past four
years was 13,899 ,639 pounds; for the
itis( min(' months me total was 12.101,-
07s pound.. a substantial increase. The
number of cigars taken fur consump-
tion was 154,233,200. as against, 152,
178,436 In the preceding year. The an-
nual consumption per head of spirits
was .917 spirits, ns against .8441; beteg,
5.585 gallons, as against 5.255; wine,
.692 gallons (no increase), and tobacco,
2,9e3 .pounds; as against 2,777 pounds.
During the fiscal period 29,151 gus
meters were presented for verification,
:018 were coerce!, 9,781 were running
too fust and 13,319 too slow. 0( electric
1 g;hl meter. 1').461 were presented, 9.-
731 were oorreet. 5,126 fust, and 4,231
\ION::1 IN DEAD 1.1: rrEl OFFICE.
The carelessness of some people in
financial matters is evidenced) by the
annual report 4,f the fust -0111(v Depart-
ment. During the lust trine months 3,-
900 letters, oontaiueng $15,692; 1,7'.16
cheques for $213,:3119; 3.3tee money and
expross orders, for $51.691, fouu l their
way to the :)rad Letter Ullie•e.
The gross revenue of the ,los.t Of1
tui the flseal period wits $6535093. uueld<'n
the expenditure $5,452.4131, lea. in! :1
sur!►1us of $1,0!2,301,
The number of post-(ittleee In el,ern-
tion 0n Aly'il 1st was 11,377. The giro=s
Postal revenue of TOronteo Masi $1111't,-
1151, (1.' highest 0l any city inCanada.
Other ciliw are:-
ilainiitun .... .... .... ..$125.711
.... !113,569
Kingston .... .... .... ...
Windsor .... , ... .... e25.191
Brantford 37,:128
01 lawn .... .... .... 125.0.44217)
MoanedMoaned61(1..... ....
Quebec .... .... .... 57,7477
Halifax .... .... .... 77.691
SI. John .... .... ...... 7:3,595
\\'�ttnii,eg .... ... • 37.4.()20
l
•
•
\':nrcouwer • .... .... .... 111 97 .
Victoria .... .... 53,465
32.511
French and 1)ulell, aided by native mer-
cenaries, and Thomas 44 as handed
over to the British. l:we'n then, how-
eyer, he was treated ..111) ..\ (.1.y con-
,sidleration, and was allowed to retain
his private property, amongst .which
were tierce lakhs of rupees ►about $300,-
000) in specie, beside jewels.
\\'hat itis animate fate .would have
been elitist be for ever uncertain, for
he died of cholera while being convey-
ed to Calcutta for trial.
4
WINDS THAT ASSASSINATE SHIPS.
Cyclone Slur1ns That Sometimes Sweep
the .ttialltie.
The question that is agitating ship-
' ing circles just new is -- how did the
Leyland liner, Nicaragua to her
end?
A new ship, splendidly equipped,
treanned by a picked crew of live -and -
1e rty ollicers and men, she has disap-
peared mysteriously in the course of
what is generally regarded as the easy
and pleasant passage across the :\tlan-
1'e from the United Slates to England.
11 Is, of ce)urse, possible that flr4 r:.•ly
have been the cause of her dostrue:tt•,n,
e r she may have collided with a dere-
lict; but the probability is that she was
suddenly and without warning assas.sin-
ated, so to speak, by one of those curi-
<els cyclonic storms, happily rare, that
ag [sear from time to 1!•1114' in summer
in the Allanti:; as elce.yhere.
These "wind -spouts" are quite!'differ-
ent from ordinary gales, in that they
or invariably of local origin, each to-
e:day giving to them, too, its own speci-
al name. Thus, in the Philippine Is-
lands, we have the "bagnio," in the
\\'est Indies the "c')uvari," in the Carib•
lean Sea the "baynnio," all varieties el
the ..arae dreaded species of tornado.
Off Nicaragua the terrible "motile de-
'(kuIo" has sent to the bottom "all
standing" many ass tout ship. in the
Adriatic the "bora" is dreaded ()f .rnari-
ner5, A simile!' dry cicyone, Ihnt springs
tip occasionally in the Persian Gulf, 15
celled a "shimal," when aceonlpaniell
Ly rain, as la sometimes the case, it
becomes a "spurges."
Off the Patagonian coast there, rages
the "brisas," and on the opposite South
American share, near 1he mouth of the
1110 tie IR Plata, the "'ampere" plays
Sad havoc. The "bite" is the terror of
11,e Ray of lliseay-it hent I1. M. s.
Capinin to the bottom with 481 of her
ofllcers and cr(+.v-- as is the "grecate"
of the Mediterranean. In the Grecian
Archipelago, the terrible "tranonlana"
(-lice Wetted out an entire flotilla ( t
r.ehly-freighted merchant vessels in the
course of a single afternoon.
A KIND nE iP FAl:Ton.
Lbw He Got a Bad Ten Pound Note
Changed for (good Money.
A clever piece of swin.11ing; Was re-
cently ferfea reed at n 1.t,u.1.,11 hotel. A
gentleman of seine le wealth riot n strug-
gling young actor, and, kn,wingg that
things wet 0 1101 well with 111111, liiwiterl
Mtn to dinner. !laving enjoyed a nice
little meal, the !lost nes dismayed) to
t'in•l that, with the exception of a shil-
ling or hyo, he had left (tome minus
n14,ney, Nothing remained but to "own
to-;" to, the situation, and the matter
was set forth t() 1114 rrinnngl•'r. lie, re-
g;nrdingt it ns another attempt et fraud,
Ihrealenedl to send for n eonslnl,te. At
this juncture a portly, pleasant -looking
cid g;eallenlnn S'eppreel up h the di<put-
a1)1Q an1, addsing the manager, ask -
sof in s4) Insolent and brutal a man-
ner.
"Isere:' he added. ns he took a £10
'tele from a bulky letter -case and held
it out. "hike this; deduct the amount of
this gentlemen's hill and 041' me the
chin t'. I ant confident flint this is
smiiT an awkward nccident."
The nlnnaggcr apologized and did ns
a mtnnnd'4). Outside the hotel the gen-
Ilemnn Ihtf& befriended requested the
;le',•sof hIw'nof(1ctor.
'°Irechast's all ris1ghl," trunkranw11sg►onded (110)1414(1
csn►nrilnn ns he slipp'd Into n cab,
"t'.c hccn Irringl to pns� that ?inner
slit day; it's a wrong oaf'
NOTES AND COMMENTS
1n 1898 Sir \\'►liiam Crookes delivered
a' address to the British Association
predicting that the world could not
t: ntinue to produce the breadslufts it
required unless some way were found
t1 restoring to the eon the nitrogen
extracted by growing cereals. 1111
showed that the nitrates of Chile and
cuter supplies stored in the group!
\vire only a temporary resource. Ile
taw no solution 4,1 the problem unless
tate fixation of atmospheric nitrogen,
tine of the most abundant and pervading
t,cdies 011 the surface of the earl csrld
be made
i t
nvell
known that the fixation of the nitr gen
of the air was possible, but in' 1898 a
!.al of nitrate of soda could be produc-
e(' in lids manner only at the prohibt-
t•,ry cost of $130. Sir William was mit-
(Went that the clay was coming .then
the (lxntion of atmospheric nitre gg('n
would he placed on li prOCIicable
i14111 basis bout as to the quantity pro-
duced and its cost.
f
4
The dawn of this tiny has arrived,
rend perhaps it has come earlier than
Sir \Witham would have predicted. 5'e%"
oral years ago a small plant was 11e•
veloped at Nottoden. Norway, for the
generation of electricity by water pow-
er and the application of it to the pro-
duction of nitrate of lime end nitr•n',t
of soda. it is enough to say here of the
princesses e111141ed that they ernbrnre
t11e discoveries to which Sir \1'ililam
Crookes referred, ns well ns new che-
mical auxin:cries and a new /nettled of
44I plying electricity. The plant. sdil:I
an expenditure of about 2,C00 electrlcol
h' rse-power, has 1.e011 producing (115)111
1.000 tons of nitrate of lime and so.le
a year. A ready market has been
found for the products, which fire used
zs a fertilizer, and the industry has
teen placed upon a commercial baste.
When the commercial success of the
small pinnt was demonstrated a much'
Tenzer plant ons erected. with a for'(:.'
of 40,000 horse-pcw•cr, eupplied by the
'1'infes waterfall, and the new works
td gin oper:lllon on September 1. .
The investing public 111.1 111e N'.ra rg-
Ian ('.)ve: r►ment both ni.p.•:.r 14 Lr fldv-
tr•aLly inrpresssed with the new
try. Not content with the two work.;
mentioned above the nianag;er.t (,h
tnineecl a concession from the Norwegian
Storthing authorizing therm to build a
ream et the fijukonfos, one ..f the greet -
est welerfnlls of the country, and to
erect a power plant of 250.(100 horse-
power. The work required large capital,
which was reedit) subscribed in France.
Mr. Peirce writes flint thereupon the
Slorthing pns'e•d a Inw that rig con-
cessions for undertakings of this sort .
would hcertaf:e'r 1:•c granted except on
the guarnntee that they would lie
'eloped solely with Norwegian capital.
It nilly be lhnt 4 i)rerepm'sse
are cradle 0(141 costly
thcompcntaredc417111)s
what they will some day lecome. ih,t
tete grunt fnel is ihat it has been prove.!
that nitrates may be produced on da
rnmnlcr-til bOSLs by the combustion ••f
the air. We may tap the in"rhattetlh:e
supply that surrounds us to increase
the preodut lh sly of the earth.
NO HAND -01'T '1411tH:.
f'lauss:ble 1'cle-"i''' •I n1'te1'. I'.o
1' st Iny leg,'-"
!eikaid 1.9(17--"V, ell. you Idecdr) t
) angJ t,t'•.url.l here. 1 ain't got Lir