Exeter Advocate, 1906-01-18, Page 3^^.7.1.11111111111.111.".""
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THE 13100E5T ELEVATORS. $
Handling Canada's hnormous
"Wheat Crop.
(hied care, Or ever half a i'U,S11-
('P-i of V:11104t, ovie neer. It teen rine&
out e4)o,000 neohei.s ill one 'hour, atitt tt
lima ten sontee iu eeett ot iis build:ogee
i toll of winch will welith foritellinot tolie
u; one time.
Tho teenettion !teeth- BV4h-oly
Vp.!Crl'S t FOrt WiMani 11;17.0 a total ea.,
patine, of intiitifiet06 itienteie. There tire,
• 141:i. of theca. mire -eel -del tee ,the fiett
initerii of the unilittia.t, teal iteme
tiiitat are, coon reeve than an acre
e, aree. to elevator lt, 87,00,0 loishele
• 1 alit at the ncieele ot ginat grain nE'eti', W; to ()thee provenientie dlieot were regetitly loitittot itt ene hot
ilunnel at the end of the hopper dowel cirE, both,nnterpri5ing, peel are Luna. rind train ni whi,at othhaeled eve
Canadate wheat ie polite:tag into
0+4E+Afgi+A+0+Xt+0+
intl. ult ronittly, end they will eventually twenty miittileo duriog the eeaeon.
the boate of Lahe Supeoi Ort Writ,e3 Frita uomp. tOgetiter., 'I'lley ere already unit- timed them as they tieleaded a oar,
.0 Carpenter front Port, Arthur, Onto en; by a street -, r,lar line, arid the land, it tool: inst stwiti ,,:tid lc illif inlaid
to the Otineago Record-Herat:1. The CrOp between them has been divided up bete That ear eonteineO 101) bliSlItik
tlimounted to more than a hundred llaR; tGwp lets, although too raeluttig gue. t f
gen enitibelt, and during the season a pesee )t. would hardly he ovortli 10 cents iile.‘ri41'a:i'cire. ..ino()flo4o1411 ilttle' itlt‘l't(allit).e'*-rnolit'obrussirtYist
. steady F,tream of p;oltiert grairi has' roll. tint coirei e , ' i ' ' ' • . . foul° acree. Nevertlietees, in lese titan
ed into tiort oltribtire ...Here and at the -Both. Port Arthur and Itort • t,Villiani eititt minute, it d..as All , in the tante.
dtslor city .of Fort 'William, four miles •
tattoo in munteipal 'ownership. They, rileso elevetere at i Lake Superior, are
'41waY, aro Some. of the neigh:dot elentiat numage" their ONV1'j ele4tr10 ligllt3, 1010* only, the end of a 'r. 'at System which
tors of the world. These are now Panned_ phOnes anti waterworIce. Port. Artinir eetends throughout Canada's new wheat
'‘Ohntett to 'bursting, rind are plotted_ tip owns the street car line whieb stmpliee ell, , There are more ,tlitin twelve, lion.
tor the whater to await the opening 0.,f the tranc.portatieti facilities of both cit- ilted small elevators new SCattered along
Titiviiiiation in April or May. ' les, and the fare from one to the other,' the reilroads in that part of the nOilliti*
__. Port Arthur and Fort 'William aro the a distanee Of 'four miles, is only ,flve ion, giving every, farmer 4 ehort haul
13°1°U.1 and silPorioi' City of tlw-Canat cents." 'ril4. ear. line was.pin in when tiethe marIcet. 'These elevators have al -
titan northwest., They promise toihave r, an Horne reeved the shop s to .Fort, teeether a capacity, of 28,000,000 bustle
•an equel business with those American William. in order to keep the einPloYes' Thee, retiresent 411 investment or $5
grahle Ports, and ot the same titne to' wide lived at Port Arthur there, and the: 00,000, end many. of them are own
take the place of St. Pa•ul and Minneat
electric light' syelera Was instituted oyi bt American capitalists. A single co
polisnri connection witb the vast reg1011 the city` because the town wanted Ildhtin pany will have a tong string of sit
now. opening up above the' triternation- and no one e -------------, y the mon-rgranaries, and it will either buy t
PERSONAL POINTER.%
bilaT Goseip About, Proreinen
People.
The iteette )1')J.WO TR.117-'',:oje P•efti
enieg4tirtieSeil'; reVedleciiffulNerlesni5nriecir.,;eniet.gir.nelt
tie° piencie aeon in a. FOSM 3110t-io. ;IS the
ininiet wen nieilaceeefeetari
!oh:A-hull reeni, tho neer id
pr • A 1
Ile it. ie eiee an anther 11)0 -irii`a13
Of Whiell' eve compoeed the fineet ton.
FAT,. forated into a nitiltitude e%cp_14t;ep
liettiltinr4e.rAttire.,€,!;et.t:y-e,4cinttilirsontittneionurttalenole.note,
ee Iteioetee henencia' of Italy, tilt
tuutigh (telly' four years old. already eu.
ters into the pleasuree, of her fathett, Fuld
ealiceiallytof her mother. The 'Queitri
lots aepaseien for netting, which her
IN MERRY OLD EN6LAN
D LEADING MARKETS
NEWS Sy NAM ABOUT 300.111
BULL AND :UM
eeurrences. tlae Laud
Beigos Ettterente the Come
iottioci4 1119r14.
jelin Fi5iier has been preanietd4
fee lying tO VW, rani: of Atilt:teat Of ti
fa'reieet grain .\i. t-' in Pe
tena if3 approaching cempititien RO11
End Dottie, Liverpool.
Art ottiginal „t10 enlace in the Claren
Iteplanacte Vice (Soutioica) hoe iteeo.eeld
S y kile;110111 der de.100. ' •
sal]sr..aSoolitnittistverliatyingt:e. incatustlieL4Lbayticcet
'accident 1311111 aa Strairl or a' blow.,
hir. Janice 'Knott, a weilehnowri shit
owner, hao promised a pair of ciogo 1
every deserving poor cliild Neweapti
.The highest number of Jewa to .0
. .
found at present in a British tegunent
F s 10. This distinction bolortgo to the 2(1,
Battalion Dorset Regiment.
-Lieut.-General P, Leach V.C., has
been eppointed conunander-in-chief of
the Scottiah district, in 'succession to
LieutsGeneral Sir Ches.. Tucketi
To provide worn for the unemployed
Liverpool Health Committee are recom.
mending the city council to• grant them
£30000 to carry 'ent additional etreet
works. • o •
To repair the -teeth of cbildren at
truant school, the appointment of den-
tists is. the latest hygionic proposal of
the Education Committee of the Leaden
County Council. ,
pension ot. £3,750 has been. granted
to, Lord Lindley, lately a Lord Of Apnea.'
hi dielineatnitt of `,4$0,4le to. Sr Ad
win, lately oneeof the. Justleth of ,the,
High Court. th" •
Public beguests'under the will. of the
late Mt. I. In Taylor include X.20,00.0 to
Owens College and $1.,000 each to the
Manchester InfirinarY and the' Manehes-
ter Grammar. School. °
Birmingharri's drink bill .amounts: to
something like £2,200.000 a year. 'People
can spend o fortune on that Which is
Worse than useless, and taiththey com-
plain .of hard Unto and potierity ! •
,I,TrohgeraLmon,doinn its report
ts oufseLdotrhde jittogtsre.
nery'a speech.. This is the American
spelling of the word, • although it was
used by both 'Scott and Carlyle.
Intylent •of the Opecial and exceptional
relations . which -exist between the
Government of the Khedive and His
Majesty's Government, it has been or -
ranged to • extend the nanny postage
.scherne to Egypt and the Soudan. •
t The a,nvil used by 'JohnBunyanwhen
he was working at his 'trade iat Elstow
was sold London on the 911h inst., for
X2.55. It Meaautesfabout thtrty inches
long, and bears .the:inscripton cat into
its "je Buoyant Ileistotv; 1647."°
' Lord Lilford. who has 'liberated fifty
.specintena.of on his Cambetd.geshite
estitte, appeals to farmers to protect thorn
tort account of, theireusehilnes7t ,
, 'DEW PONDS."
little- girl enaree, so that morning after
morning this little group of tWO IS tO
$0611, in the parld at Racconign side oy
'hide, tine in hand, in the prtifeundest
silence, 'When, Yolanda eatettes anything
she gides a shout of delight, artd Mehl
in the tgeneroeiity of her little soul trice
tit induce' her mether to accept it, that
she may not feel too badly at being left
Th. out in the cold.
5., SIP ELIWard Elgar le a.n example ot
eg the 'composer who is practically self.
rue taught. The son of a. Worcestershire
eg village organist, ha learrted to play the
helloddrY. Both have excellent. oy As it to, Port Arthur has now about,' wheat direct from lite farmer, or w
tem Port Artbur„ is situated right in gedeeee invested 'in municipal enter-datore it for him, or handle it on co
Thunder Bay, and Fort 'William is four • .10.
he violine-the organ, and the piano without
roues tiwaY, tt little back from.ithe bay,
-at the mouth of the Kaneinistiquia Ritter.
The cities are on the north side of
, 'take Superior, two or three hundred
miles from Duluth,. and within about-
, four htindred miles of Winnipeg,the
'Chicago of ,Westerrit Canada., At 'both
etownsitis-pienty of -water for -the--big-
gest of .the lake steeeners, and a greet
•oaravon at boats is moving back and
forth hetween them and the- east during'
, eight months of the year. The ports al-
ready have connection wittenthe west by
the Canadian ' Northern, and Ine. Grand
Trunk Itociflo id now building t ,branch
• which will. connect With itsmain- line
tind .thus bring :another river ot wheat
tc this point. By theae, roads Port is:e-
ll-oar' and Fort. William have 'access • to.
-every part of the wheat belt,' and the
traffic which wilt. „grow up in ectrese-
' quence will, inene this ono of the corn-
mercial centres al Canada in the future.
• PORTS nAvE, GREAT FUTURE.' .•
-•. • ...
At least that is what:the Pert Arthur-
ites and Fort Williainitestclairre'.. and
',They' claim 1! enthusiastically that I
'believe [here. 1 like' the towns.. They
ere full of the spirit of the breezy West;
Vou•-cart feel it in the alto ,The nom -tent
1 landed ..on,Thumler Bey the colch, cal-
culating wet blanket of the Moneyed
Eaet • fell front lily, shoulders, .and .1
'Seemed to 'otaii'd strong andtfree •in
te land With a 'future. '
• ;Title region is' niore like the United
States then eastern. Canada. • It is fell tt
.ttweiitteths.ceolory, progress. The toetinO
are made 3,t of toting' men, with red
theod he :their veins. The peeple:160k
gtethe •future ,:threuglethe, right end of
the opera •gltise,,, and moon Of thent„tiave.
, inier,oexicipeento front or the lenses. Etiney.
. -one is' buildiniatr castles -not in Spain,
but moon' Lake Superior -and, 'although
-be •acknowledges- that 'he has not yet
-gotten beyorid the' foundations; he can,
---hitt deindcs eye" see .thirtytstory stcy.
scraper's far 'Sorpaseing the cities of the
present. Port Arthur has 6,600 popula-
'titan; and For!, William 1,000 More. N'-ete;
eitheleos their citizens -rather sneer et
. filontreal and ..Witunpeg,and think that
'when joined together they be the
great middle city .01 the Canada of the -
future. ' • : •
Said F. B. Allen to me last night, as
ho put Itie thiteribs in the armholes of his
, vest and' threwout' his a -hone
be "The Canada of Alio future will have
',three bin icities. Onoemay possibly)e
Montreal, bat I rather think it -wili he
situoted 011 the Atlantic Odeon east of
'that point. The second may ba Von-
touver, .but rather think it will lye,
Port Simpsonoat the terminus -et the
. -Grand Teta* Paean:a-ord. the third will
certainty be at Pori Arthur, .for this
is the natural situation eet aside tor a
groat metropolis by the; Almighty. Na-
ture has put 'the reOourcesehere, anti
given ustthe combination of water pone-
-et.; railroads and the great, , We
Are"at the very tie* of thingsnancl. there
, to, no possibility for: any place .to coin-
gete with un. Ve oarri get coal by
▪ °Water at the lowest .freight rate, and we
Italie mountains of iron in the Antikolcan
'Range near nye MacKenzie ee Marin are
already Puttingup blast furnaces -which
will -inalett 41. hundred tone of pig iron a
day, anti we shall eventually • be a
gr eat Industriat afiitre. 'We elready
tave One of the largest sewmilts not
the tette, and. Otero is plenty of lumber
nankin easy .reach. -
"We have 150;000' available lioree
.power 111 the rivers and 'falls near by.
At the Kakahelta Falls, which IWO now
neneleping. the water drops 180 fee:Lanil.
11!.evid pro...tube, it is.siiid„ 160,000 horee
Pottier, d- Plant, te new' being put in
Avhich will *di:tenni 20,000,, end 10,000 of
this will be toady for delivery next
ittenie of your big thrieelting ina-
cnine, rtompantite have already houdlit
land iirelewith-ltuilil factories here. -Well.
.ttnewit pate eeepie of Moline have re.
4'11i 113' been. Rutting over tlie ground,
, and tee eepect in finial() make here tho
eggiculteral ina1 llinery. and farming
tcele oh the geeat, West. We reeeirttly.
had a representative of the tooted
Slates Steel Trott inveelitialing nor poo-
teibilitiee. It tvants a plant in Caneda,
tthere it e'en maitufaritere and oave high
dutle9 Oilitilea fey our protective tariff,"
r.
RIVALS VOR Gram TRADE.
1,'o3,1 William and ltort Arthur are rite
als. Port Arthur was built fleet. It
ono " elm -teat by the. Canadian Pactfic
fiettlroad. but ehortly after in; birth.' the
baby tewn deeided to tan that great
oorperationg Thio _made the ,reilway
people enegy. mid it is said dad Mr.
Vein Hoeno, now ilr William Van
Horne, C1' 1(10(1 to intent; the Infant Port,
'Arthur be melting VorloWilliam
'eke teeminuo. He thereupen Inot: away
the talheity ehope to Pert William, eato
ing that he wbuld yet egi the gran' grow
in the Amite (if Port Arthur. Foe a
lime the tenet; did orteit, hut '111Pit MO,
Confident Not -the -at enete in, and now
Poet han dire traffic of bOtil
1.4adr4, atthettent the clind bugineee tf
the Ceeeditetti Pectin.; is done et Foil,
14 iL littintem hag the Catinetei tiaigee
eieeatogg eiith 0. eapaeity O1 04140.1b1U4!
Ittoestetto Itueltele, nee aenitie lien
the ideteeiaiti enteeint:Pit 10.b4 4
AVM il30.1L4!, end Ite
lige tee teen D4J411011,; 11k a1i,1
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pi tsee, and lb is makingeit per cent. oteemiselon.
I
alt it has spent The actual profits last
year were almost $25,000. The total
cost of running the town was $100,000, so
that the telephono, street cars, _electric
lights *end waterworksnal& altogether
tust one-fourth of the ta,aqd; • .
- - MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. • e.
„
I taliteo with a O0411011111411.. 114
!`011r,- aises$rnz)nt - tbis year will be
aliout 20 Mills, but this includes the rate
we pay on o bonus Of $225,000 which
we gave for the estaltlisheaeote of blast
furnaces' here. We -aro cutting clown our
taOes, and we believe that these institu.
yens will eventually !peg all the ex.
peatses of ,rumting the mtuticfpality. We
own 'a power plant in addition, And we
can furnish 'power -at low • rates,"
"But doin it not post the coriaorners'
More Lo have the lights and nephono
ntaneige.d by the teetio?" -
"No. . Our street Car' fare for a nittv
oldie ride is n cents, .1 use twenty-one
lights hi my house, -and 1 can keep therrt
burning all' day and all night for $3.70
a, month. *Otte, telephones are .84' low
that we are crowding the, Boll cpmpaoy
eutOrti • •
„- 1 . find the -sairrie eonditiens as .to ''mu-
nielpel, ownership prevail at 'Fort Wilt
liam.e Mt'. Trotitrnan, the editor
of the
Times-jourtial,' tenet., me that that,city
has • invested less- than.halt 4. 01111100
dellars in :its light,- watertvorks. and
telephone plautag end' that it could' to-
daysell its franchise' foit":a -.million. '
• Said ho: "We have now 600' telephoned
and are .practically crowdttgethe 'pelt
oaten telephonecomPtiny out ot existt
ence,' We chatine a donor a month Per
teleOltone.in residences ,Ianct:, two dollars
a month 'in bitsirtease'lustiaes. this
'rate. We 'Made •profit -thousand
dollars ditOt year, aftee paying our: tert.
,eitt 'and 'sinking fund; Wee expect te
lower the rates in the future, 'arid en
two , years' frontnow we shall . be ferhish-
ing residence telephones . itt 50 'ceotS a
tnonth t:and ' bits1ne8O houses at $1' a
month. We are paying ouinghellpt girLs
twice as tmuch as is paid , by the • Bell
-company' foe.,the eame SCITIC6."'•
During my stay here 1 have, gone
through the. wheat 'elevators. They are
among the. largest -Of ' the • world; 'and
that of •fh,e Canadian Northerntat Port
Arthur is equalled by nO elevator'. en
earth. This .elevator is built right out
in the tette. It consistof two Mighty
barn -like sky-scrapers,twith a -groan -fore
est of herculean , .grainOtanks. between
them. The skyacradets: contain ma-
chinery and seine . etorage.. tanks. , The
forest is made up Of mighty „cylinders
of tiles bound together with ettel, each
of whicte will hold 23,000 busheIta
wheat. There are a hundred and sixty
such' towers, and in addition otber.
Jenks made by- the interstices among
-them. .The great lank, rarest covers sev-
eral acreO, ancl it rised lo the height eT
an eight -story bout', each tenkbeing
twenty-one feet in diameter, or the width
Ca an overage parlor,. • .
IIUGE ELEVATORS FOR WHEAT,
Theelevator -altogether will hold •1,-
•
006,000.bu5hels of wheat, which is enough
• supply a city, of a inillion and a. half
-Philadelphia, ,for instanee-owith fiber
the year r000d. Itt cost, $1,500,000 to
build, and it can., I ani'told, handle
wheat as rapidly as any elevater• on the
grea t tattoo.
The tvlieate canoes in cars, each of
widen hinds about a thousand bitattels;
It is carried itt hulk and is,dumped from
the care into the basements of the
Treat, building tt at the sides of the tank';,
From •here, ittiS Oarried f() 1110 top of the
elettatoe by erolloos buckets travelling
ot the rate of 650ia /biotite; oe more
than two' every eecond. Thee buelcele
hold alinost a bpohel, and there a
centirmoue stream. of .wheat ruruling
from -thecars to the, top of the elevator.
l'Itere it falls into tanks, wbich autemet.
Meetly tveigh it, and it le thee caerieol
0/1 tri 131(t0.03 Of wide belts into these
elorage towers.
Thedwheat le not touolied by haritl,
from the tittle it leavee the caro untii.
it getsh'ilo the hohl of' the 'vessel. Tha
reachinety erratiged that by tweet:.
ing a lonten'or moving a levera stream
et wheat can be .earried to any part of
the granary. It flowit just like water.,
save that the tells will cozoludt the
eam uphill or denet tit the will of the
manager. These belts aro ahotit forty
wido, and Niel1 will carry wheet
at the rate pf 16,000 bushele per hour.
The tants are so arranged that by the
opening (; 11 40, file wheat flows riget
We the vereielie The work le (lone
clic:tiny that it 13 .11 only .ir
a colt, tt, take a j:41, 4i- of wheat kern
the car to the, hone, NA for a cente
turbot can canned a thoilsand miles
61141 litorO (hall the itniteatid pin inn) the
hold of one 6f Cosi (-wean Itteamerti tyllich,
late it, to Itairoht'. The wheat Le ittored
for the firet fifteen dayea for three -quart
Oro of cent ti toi equal Otero,
toeing rieede for eitith theteeftere
STATEtt.
Conada IDA L2111611;i13 en
tetiet ille itest devotee eeteete
thie eentinent. The moot of litOr
)11:CV,, relit in that ttr.
regned tittottinee e.'r;vri?,01;,; Of rioitaA
nee-% ethe ttanadien third -eta engin
ter at Port Aglow een unlead Iola,
. a, master. After some little experience
in an orchestra he became a teacher of
the violin, axot tt was -, only by great
thrift, that he was able to go to London
and get a ,few 'lessens from Herr Pik
litzer. An introduction to Manns led to
sortie . of his own compositiens being
played; and he han risen higher and still
higher, "King OlafltibelOg followed by
"Caractuous" and "The Dream of Goren-
tius,'i Sir Edward is an athlete and toxic'
of ,openerne We'. •
Thet(tneen is alegays doing a kindness.
No one, indeed, knows better thari 3110
how togive pleasure to a. friendor
neighbor. There is a tittle lady at San-
dringham, 'living quite neer the "Hall,'
Who, among others, can testify to the
tact. •This. iladyhad a baby 0 sheet
'while -ago, and forthwith the Queen an;
notinced ' her intention of being god-
mother to the child, 'Afterthe.christen.
ing-oeremony had taken placee the Queen
Asked toaibe conducted. to the infant's
nursery and with her diamond ring she
Wrote upon a pane of the wiridciw there,
"God's blessing ;rest on this house and all
who litre 'in it." • '
An amtisirih story is told of ,Mr.
Morgan,,who.is one of ,the greatest
arttroollectors• in the World. Ile was
standingtn !Korn Of a picture in an ad-
hibition, when a well-dressed woman
asked. him a• question as to the subject
and the elitist. Mr. Morgan chatted free-
ly on [13,0 matter and then left•the "gal-
lery. , Soon afterwards the lady, said to
the propeletrir onthe exhibition; : "I have
been, very' much intereeted in what that
man ;has told ate, He 'must be an art
'critic, ,1. think, and as art ceittes don't
make a,efortune Iishould like to -send him
thiaiehecipte."' • The,,proprietor iteplied;
, "my, dear madam, that was Mr. 'Pier -
pont Morgan"; and later be told the inci-
dent to Mr. Morgan.. "I wish', you had
allowed -her ;to •Send me the cheque,r.
geld- Mr.' Morgan; "it would havebeen
the first money. I had ever rxiado out•of
flly hobby."
SENTENCE SErimoNsr
Good cheer choices litany a per,
You are never rich enough to spurn
love.
n.
'rifice it'
Stea, a heavenly' grace to any
gift.
Th'glowing Vision comes 'in .1critily
service. ,
The salt of earth will hove no sour
virtues. e
Tone charity knows riotbing of absent
trecitrnent. •
" Angels are always singing where love
Is working. , • o •
God 'Iota only ono school for charac-
ter, that of daily life., -
The h'appineas reaped to -clay *depends
on that sown yesterday, ee
They hear best the angels' songs whO
listen for earni's sighs. '
There is no ,hiding front the Subpoenas
.of the.eoort ofteonscience.
Tears inthe eyes- are often telescopes
that bring heavefl neat- at hand -
There is ndthatipinese in all this 'world
if there is none in the. heart. •
. Tito heart that burnswith love is the
only thing that overcomes hatred. -
. A roan does not make an owl" °tibiae,
sett by .moking in donkey of others'.
Peace with God is not a Matter of
patching upa contort:ant:se with the,
devil. ••
The outgoing of the heart -:to another
. means the- incoming 'ef •heaven to your.
Thero is Something :wrong ...with the
heart -when hurts, you to see others
n, • • .
You cannot tell much about'. the
breadth of a man's mind by the:width
.of hi mciuth.,
Some men think they can nut cash in
oneipocket and conOcience, in the other,
•and, by keeping the , left. hand ignorant
of. the dee 01 theright live laappg ever
).,
atter. '
• ODD FAD OF COLLECTOR:
•
M. Gustave Schlumburger, a ipotrieiagi
collector, has one ef the strangest hob-
bies of the world, and interest in the
work is doubled by the variety of the
-objects he seeks. His hobby, winch be
has pursued for, over thirty years has
been the bringing together of the seals
formerly attached to the correspondence.
zof the 'princes " Ana prelates settled in
Syria in coneequence of the crusade's.
In ail' he ,hars secured fifty specimenet
which -he intends - to .beindeath to the
French nation. Some of the eeals are of
great interest, os, for ex-an:gale, that ot
King Amaury IL of Jerusalem, showiog,
an ite reverse -the- three chief buildings
.of the city; that of 13a.liand'Ilherlie,
seigneur of Naplouse, who defended
Jerusalem against Saladin in 1187; and
that Of a seigneur of the stronghold of
Maracleus, on the seacoast. of' Syria,
wrhticres.h. :.hows the' formidoble Iceep of 'the
ro
•
' ONLiti ONE mom LIFE, • •
,1Ie Was a 'flirt, and a male flirt, never
gets a kick amiss. The harder You tilt
him the better, ,
He asked the airt to marry hint. ,
"No," itheesaid promptly and firmly.
He became theatrical. ••
"You have crushed my life at one
bltow," he murmured hoarselyt
"I fancy not," the responded.
"Alit but -you do net know," he in-
Sisted, "You have killed lite -killed melt
"Well; if I have," she reinarked goon
ly, "you must be it cat -for I know
seven other girls who have done the
rime thing, and you are not dead yet,
You've, got one more ohancedt
• "And you really love me; data
•Stie: "Witt, do you doubt me,
dear?" Ile: "Welt, 1 saw you putting
the elotilt an hour dorwerd when 1 came
.
junior ,Partner; "I see you have en.
gaged a new clerk. -le he a good sales.
main" Senior Partner: "Good sales-
man?' Great Scot! I had to end for the
police to pylon, 111111 from lathing .me
into tatting him into the firm." '
Sist. "Why did you, throw up your
eituation, Erneet?" 'Brother: "Demme
Mil going to net married." 'is : "But
what will you live one -lover Brother
"Oh, no; wit ere tioing to live on my
love‘o father."
,"Joitepli," said Mgt: Allinson,eeverelte.
"once anent 1 beg you to try and brear:
youreelf of your teuly- Awful habit of
melnuel, punt; upon every porisible and
finitoeeible occasion. Wheneyee you
perpeteatO these etrocitiee you ter my
riereete gou 1410.110 1143? hair eland upon
enct1Ue the quills upon the fretful por.
canine. When 1 (WU: two'
5;6243t11 4144; feel nett 1 would relive' live
with a ling dein it 1)'1' 141'-tttoll (0
twined with the mate pift et Welt fere-
Lode:, coil. 1 itte, 111::7
deer, it's for poitheyou-pincidelift fint
that two he had to ritah few eat wifelike
WAR FOR, GOLDEN TIMONE..
German Paper Says Beltran is 'After ihe
• •
Treasure.-
One of the etorlot by witioh a section
of the 'German press genies' to disceede
it British colonial policy is published in
the Chenniitser Allderneine:Zeitung,
-Berlin. „ •
This journal announces that Groat
Britain is on the eve of a war delta&
the Ashantis for the possessiort of the
historic golden' throne, which is one
cf ethe treasured relies of •the Gold,Coest.
"The British have tong desired • thio
relic," it "Octys, "and promised to ,malei
o loweborn son of an executioner triag
of the Ashantis if he, would betray ite
whereabouts. The, onion was actually
niade a chieftain, but the scheme ter
:the theft failed, .oWing to other natives'
vigilance,. • •
Itit is now demanded by the Ashantis
that the'upstartshall 'be removed from
the chtettainey. *The British autheritins
rave refused this, but their prestige, had
been greatly -impaired! and the Ashita-
tis are determined to Initiate a war. •
"This will bo long and difficult, for
if the Ashantis aro successful at first
they will receive• the support of the
Fariti negroesd"
The Chetrulitzet , Allgeineine Zeitung
eeceived, its story front ,a German teed-
ec at Tarkwa, on -the Gold Coast.
nt--,f-e- -
WHERE COAL WOULD RE USELESS.
The total ItnoWn coal' production, . of
the world is •soinething like '790,000,0110
tons per mutual, and experto statethat
even at this rate or production, theee
istesuflicient coal to last thousands.of
years 'to come, Some faint idea can be
gatherod front these fleoiree of the .en. 'r.MOUS (100.111113! (41 deal thereeis on thin
planet, arid so one can better (moiled
ate the- statement made by -jr Ildleed
Rail that all the eoal on the earth
would hot aupply the surda heat tor
one-tenth of tt-Nanaul. d'hete are maey
lotereeting facts about the sun ,• which
are coiration knowledge. Foriiiistanot,
if the cloudo were removed from the
sun our lufinitary 'would lose ell 10
I rightneee, and the sun opittse abobt
which we have heard so nitwit, are
"merely places where tide eloude are
broken. It 13 interesting te know that
the power of the sun to worm us in
vends on an element so important to
our life here on narth, ouch as the reete
colored prominenceit on the surit which
consist. oh hydrogen.
"Do you /mow, I have the greetteet
trouble in the world keeping nty unit
bridles?"
"Ilow so?"
so earelOto. 1 forgot to ontove;
the initiate, fiton the last' three 1 hail, cunt I It
ton,
131-OtADSTIdlidi.
Wieett detteriee 7eet 70te bad fee
• infe itinetide, lea* active du -
ler red aiat iti',.teti at 77e to 77),Oc;
tete, te yet ittr. aerni" unit goose.
•Petege at lake porta
orL tettio Nie I herd, d5..t•io fur "'to -
1 Neriiiern, god ittett o fee hes. t NOrth"
4 -
fit.
exttort bide los.10.
JAiycr,--; tiagS, fOr 90 p.'1'
paierite. The tiorneetni market ia otaadift
$3.40 to $3.5.1. ittenittina---$4.‘50 to $4.01
t for nest patt-nts,44,10 to $4,e0 for *wont1
atontr3, find 44, for strong 'halters%
Milifeed-Ontario bran ittlthh0 to $16 IA
Tar lots. . 4.;' )4' shorts $17 tO $.18.
Inianitobit bran $1.7 to .$17.50., shorts, *Id
ti to $19,50 at Toronto cirol'equut points;
Oatsee-35e bid WPst for No..2.
Barley -Dull., „with, No. 2.46o, NO.
tra et4ti and No."3 41e'otitside.
Pease -Steady at 7itai to 79c out.sidet
it. Rye -Firm at '70e outside.
6 Ituckwitee.te-610 to 420 outside.
Corn -Canadian '42e to 44onCliatliara
freights: American No. 3 yellow 500 bit
50,ent ot. Toronto.
Rolled Oats --$5 in barrelee and $4.5
in, bap on track here; 25011(14re for broe
Len lots here and 40c outside.
-COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Butter -The tone of tbe.onarket tone
Unties easy, with plenty of all kind*
corning ferward.
Creamery a. to 240 to 25o
de, solids.. * 23c to 24o
Dairy lb rolls, Ood to choice. 21c to 22o
do 'tubs-, .., .. 21e hi 2243
do' medium 0. e.... 206 to, 210
do inferior- .. 190 to 200
Cheesee-.13e. for large and 13%0 tot:.
hy: '
94-j3180110f& 22c for
frelh. and cold :storage, an to 2Cret
ci 19c
for "
Pelultry-e-Fat •chickens 8o to flee thirt
c to 8c; fat hens 6%c to 7tdc, thin kVA
to 7o; 'ducks 11c to 12o, thin 6c ,fro 8c; ,
goose 100 to -11c; turkeys 13ci with 13gOtt -
Lot' Choice small Sots. •
Dressed Hog. -Car lotS 'here
quoted. at, $8.25 to $8.40 per, cwt. _
Potatoes -Ontario,' '65c to 75c per bag
on teaok 'here, 750 to 85c ottt of store;
eaStprn /5e10.1300 cat' track and 000 to
'95c out of' store. ' tet
Beled.,Hayetadootations for noted hay. t
aro $8 per ton for, No. I timothy in Qtr.
'lots here and $6 for No. 2:
Baled Straw -$6 Per ton forodar iota
on i track here.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Antang .the most singular archeologi-
'cal remains found in Great •Itititain are
.the ancient "dew ponds."' the construc-
tion of vvhich is ascribed to people of the
Neolithic- . ago. The purpose of these
ponds eveta to furnidh drinking Water for
cattle. .An exposed position,.where
springs were absent, Was seleted, and
hroed,.hollowed surface was formed,
'and covered over with straw, or some
other non -conducting material. Abotte
WaS spread a thick layer of clay strewn
with stones. During the. night the cold
surface of the clay caused an abundance
of ,moisture to -condense from the lower
layers of the air. Some of theseeanoieot
dew ponds are still in working order,
.THE WORLDtS aVHEAT.
' The countries having 4 SUrPlUS of
wheat of their own growing and 1-140coun4ries that must import -large suptelies
!rem abroad to supplement. their- own
production make an. interesting trible.
Under the first heading come the United
States, Canada, Itussia, Austria-Ilungary,
'Roumania and Bulgaria, Turkey in
Asia, North Afriea,, Auatralasia, India
and Argentiritt.. tinder the Setiond head-
ing corne Great Britain and Ireland,
Germany, -Belgium, Holland, Italy,
Franco, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal,
Greece and ticandintlida. For a long
tinie Russia has occupied the seeiond
place as a wheat -producing eountry, the
United States holding the first place.
'But now Argentina is rapidly overtak.
ing Russia in the raco for secorld ple.ce.
DANCING TnAyEt.s.,
A young man fond of dancing tecent.
ly, took a oedometer with Itim to a bali.
end found that in the course of the mei.
ing lie had covered. thirteen and' o half
relies. Tito' average length of 'a wadi
was half 11 011141. of a polka three-quar-
tersters of a mile, of 4 gallop or sehote
ters of a mile; of a gallop or eel -tot-
ter of a mile. A girl 1.131,14113t danctie
niotte 'than oil.. man, and to calculated to
coedir more 111011 sbeteen tulles tin o.
snigle evening. ,
BUSINESS LEFT TO CLERKS.
Mr. Joseph Kitehin, 'Gionluee iloa 1,
Westcombe Park, Kent, Foiglandg
left eto,mo, direetod that his bit:tine-al
should be 'curled on by three of hiti,
clerks at their present ealariete and that
it 11 1)0 contorted into a limited liability
company the three elerke reeeive
tO per ,cent. of the prolite enter 5 iter
eent. is paid on the capitel.
do ne5,4 t -
ANCIENT SUPElletrITION.
ish prieet went into the mines ood
ip
,rintileit all 4018110. end [1203,401; wee
teenier:nod watee. 11 13 an old 004)00'linen emote M41\1 14 miners that, if
W0111;111 [tent re a mho ' lie tent o
Prom Citlitem, Meek°, it le reporte
that, 1110.4411-41 a evoinan entered fled
y Antioati mnes
i, tieveval
hundren tainted. went, 011 fitrilie and re,
frend to rennet to %odic until the pan '
the ()mere recognized them, a
Toil! ,
0 1
PilOn Anil wi'M ! i
MinieteredWhy do You Vcd. OCI,wire,
andiet" dittatinte, -"I I11iel1f ga a had
rine," Minieterta"Truot, to provineoce
and yeu'il lie all riohtt' itait1lyet"1"ei
iio bate imee, himieter. dte Len. Proeit
&nee has to iliepoeg of the' nag tao well
tis the gull"
IlltAttON"
"Itid t•tei hear that toini hal
invited me to ante tinnier, ei eh vele°
faintly tit ot Sunday'?" telted hfr.
1411 deelveit lOp110,11 1t i 10h,', brother.
"tit* and iia. told 100 111e3!,',01114,(11
V1,11411 hind Oi‘ table, 111011110f‘45
"ft
et-Ttite t •
Montreal, Jan. 16.---Grain---Very
inquiry for, Manitoba wheat. ' Oats 4rrn
under small,offertngs and a fair clentanat
for local consumption. '
• Oats --No. 2 white, 30e to 39%c; No. t
white 38c to 38tdo, and No. '4 white 310.
Pease -78c to 18nrec tone. ,per bushel.
13a1•ley-Manitoba, Not 3, 473dc; No., to
Corn-American,dmitted; 523c to 53c;
No. 3 yellow,••51c bo 5.3go, exetrack, •
•
Flour -'-Manitoba spring wheat paten%
$4;60 to. $4o70;tstrong.bakerst $4.20e wino
ter whearnatents, 41.25 to $4.50; straight
rollers, VI- to $4.10; do in bap, $1.85 to
$1.05; extras, $L65 to $1.75. . .
Millteed-Manitoba bran, in bags, $18;
shorts, $20 per ton; Dritario-.brend ira
bulk, $14.50 to $15t, shorts, $20;.
rnouillen $21 to $24; straight gcainn
itiouilie, $25 to $27, per tons
lolled Oats -Per hag, $2.40.
rn10ea1---at.45 to --$1-50 Per .hag.
...flay -Not 1, $8,50 :to $ $7.54
to $8; *dietiver. miattd,, to ."
pure cleVer, $6 per ton 1 eat, foto.,
Cheese -Asking lajdoe Ootilago.for WeSe
tern. and 13c to 1334c for eastern.
Butter -Local trade 'eentinnes g60,d,
23c to 23%e for creamery. • -
Eggs -Fair business is passing at 2434e
to 25c. fortselecte,d and WO to 2114 for
Montreal tinted and No. 2- candled.
Provisionts-Steaignt lots brought front
$6.75 to $7; abattoir dressed hogs: hir4 •
been corespondingly advanced, and 89.50.:
will he this week's price. Counter
dre,sOed hogs -are rather searce, and are
bringing from $8,50 10' $8."5.
I.J1tFALtd 'AimmeTs.
Buffalo, Jane Flout',- Steady.
Wheate-Stpring, dint; No. 1 Nortternt" •
'92%c; Winter, offerings tight; Not 2 hard
Winter, 872O0 asked, .,,,Corn-Sfeadit;
No, 2 yellow, 483nc; Not 2 corn, 48c.
Oats -Dull; ;No. 2 white, 36Xc; Noe 't
mixed; 3431c. Barbey--Firm; Weetern,
in store, 4:7 to 56c.
tle 'egg
NEW YORK WHEAT ItiAfttarra.,
New Yorke Jan, 16.--Whent-Spot,
barely steady; No. 2 red., 90,34,c elevator;
No. 2 red, 95e f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 North -
cm,' Duluth; 950 afloat.
CATTLE MAIlKere
• Toronto, an 16. -There Was but ot •
• ,
very limited offeriog of export Oattle,
though several•buyeieo were looking out
for goodloads if theycould have got
them. One or two loads sold at $1.110 to
$4.05, hut three Were not flnieleitd ex.
porterse,
BillehON-Eittra choice and. picked
.tattle firm at $3.23 --to, $1;10, withnot
enough to supply the domand, Met:hunt •
to good ,butithers' eattle were firm at
$3.1,55 to en Good butcher tinges firta 1.4
tt to $3.5d. ,
Stookers-ollarket ateady at about $3.10
to. :33.10 for good stock. Fair demand.
tounbseenlarnet vertr iirraied 10e
!light:re .
Iloiede-Itatitet e-ery strong and 15o
higher..
iO00 SIMPLE LIM
Theett who deeire to live tho eietipie
life sbould no to Iceland. Evivy bent,
there is a. fattiory, and fur P11.1 78elett
eopulahon Hoge is but ono policemen.
cetiotry integOnt of a gOol, er
even. a pithetetanot. in the ittieeptt
nosmino 04 tho word, mut elioutl mien
die lona% the late the menet- weed(' ne
tented ia Denmerle The feet fleet
1110441 1'!:1 OW one otelitie iienetithtle in lees
land. rentinde Idet 6.2 00.411146e Lined ie.
land giterli tedeleio doseite 1. enieil
tgc, hilt3,
diegieee. nod it fed to the duty et ne •
eeliee to put him melee nett itiet '
'1140.0e ie Ito eeel ela tie° C,zy1101t
'-4 4 41 difileuity to oeetitene. Ito
nineliy if yea.; degintel te' eee
etete eenetoenten heti a
mueli to the denied itt tee y,,,oTg
,,.1144) 1:17(40, 0.'14
holiday tto tied tin nittei
carkied (mt.