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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-02-08, Page 7IN THE BITISH NAVY AN AMERICAN •SIIIP, 1'tl , FIRIGATE PRESIDENT. t*$ rred in 1812, Now a Receiving Ship Near the East Id daces,_ ,Itee Iritishehave a'United. Matas war- ship tied tip `ata doek. irn Leedom, nee g 4 Rrd is ag an regularly corer, tat' t i1$470 e la «t 11 et r'ltta ltatAi, tj'nt t sh y { mfiseioreed in the British navy? ' '�Ntrtti the ('it Canal, ►'ve Thames. and was o y 4 la , I a r hta . ail th • 1R ti h fl d "yrs told by the y who lee* mgr ,geruial recnmparricn and myself about the Pessident, that the deck, wheel, ports and -mane of - the gone were the actual ones captured with the ship, and tza r�kohably l;rtew what he was talking at out. The lute of the President ere sari L eaut ul. She must twee been a Wel handsnme ship under salt Although true sof the largest shilie in the world et the time of her ,launch, she would be q mere pigmy ties dee one'of tae . ' greet µor of ttte preee1at day. The President le now ,owed as a drill Ship for the Royal Naval Reserve--, hav- frig leen :fittenl up for this purpose in tai re si�o rs called the President, and Or. - her .h v is the. figurehead. of _ VIVA' dent. hint Adams, carved put of .a huge . chunk ' 'of American wood and hapdsoniely gilt, writes and American correspondent front . London, Few Americans who visit London are aware of the presence there of : such ern Interesting retie of the two Anglu.Atuer- ican wars. Even, at the Ametrcan. Lm hassy officials did not know that a few • mitts from 1;3 Victoria, street was en American tv'arship in the hands of what' we had 'been accustomed' to call "the e nein�r," She hos been kept in commission :Is a receiving ship. For a quarter of a century' she has been lying at her pre. sent berth near the East India Docks, most of the tirne stuck in the mud. Therec is some, doubt whettter she would float. and it is probably true that she would go to pieces:if sent ars for out eo sea as ,the mouth of the Thames. then moved to her present berth. '111E ENGAGEMENT. • The .action tet which the President was. captured 'was in Tniany ways a remark- arable one. tephelt I)ecttt;Ir hail` receiv ed' command of the frigate, and on the evening of January 14, 1815, he sailed lint° the lower hay,. intending to put to sea that night.- The President, how- ever, t ourtd °il • on a o>,ea, grounded heavilysand-bar, breaking her rudder` braves and straining ,her seams so badly that she commenced to leak rapidly. -Part of her false keel had also been carried away, Owing to a turn of the tide it eves impossible to put back. sp she shaped her 'o'nse along the -1 oxig Island shore.. At daybreak Nor British . ships 'were discovered, and they gave phase, one en Pact) quarter and atwo t Al. - sen, a hesteem Ak o. n n the, breeze fell., and though the pr`ssi-, tient tied left the bulk of the° fleet be - 1 ',Md. one of them continued to gain 1 THE: OLD`.YA`N EE''Pf'IG 'i'J -THE PRESIDENT. Captured' by the British' During the:War' of.1812, artd now Moored 'In Thames<and Used as a Receiving Ohio by His Majesty's Navy,.o the The British ahleer; who" first called `the }'dent to` My; attention 'kindly, offer. - cif oto Pilot toe deem to,.se- Ierti one flue .•day, In L.oettlotl. OLD' GUNS 'ON BOARD.' We finally found the President moor; • fit at a. quiet•,dock, heredoek roofed over, stove pipes `leading ups tier bulky `:sides,; ,and a permanent staii'vay built from, the mains deck to ` the- floor ° of •the ".pier. There, .Mounted at „the 'stern, eves the . identical wheel with. which. the Press- -dent ,;had -..been steered on than memorable °day, Jamtary, 15, 1815,. when, "hogged" :and almost' Wafer -togged, after -putting the lendyrnt'on out of- action, she was icornpelled fo .strike her flag to=a vastly :superior fo`rce.: OfiIGlNAL FIGUREHEAD. Yet there is a gnestion ., in naval cir- -cies .as to how n'iuch :of the original .. President' is ira :this ship. The great 'gilt flgnrehead' of .John Adams' 'is undoubt-. edly the original one put. on the Presi- dent before Her launch, when .site was e regarded as the fittest :`fighting ship: of „tine day.. 1�•have`no• doubt, also, thatcher 'keel and her ritain ribs -and timl,crs are the .ones built, into' her when' srie.was constructed. ; Probably,: a:. good deal -r;"f j ttier' 'outside planking is ,English, for" the. Acirniralty. admits that ase has ben re. Moon her. ,: ; . " Aboard 'the President< •which was el-, mos t waterlcigged,- , ttiO brew was, oc coupled in lightening 'the ship, -cutting atv y -anchors, turning the- water' ° loos in ttie butts,:throwing overboard provis- ions, spare boats' . and cables; . while the men ,aloft, were wetting down the sails. DECATUR' ,OUT-NUMBEREpe sprung up, the largest vessel in tne-pur. suing .fleet. began to Come up rapidlyi opening her forward battery: De, .catur replied with his stern chasers. This running fight continued. ter tw,o hours,' and then the Engliehman, came side for an houre firing occasional:guns.. Decatur •wished Jo come te close guar - tees, and *had. his-, boarders ready, bile this the :Englishman. avoided. ',Mean- while the ships astern were ,a, proch. THE RIJSSIAN PEASANT THEY ARE FLOGGED W TUEY i1JO f. PAY TAX/St iititutIon t a► Family Its as Typifrat 'itluge =house .Shared 1�%ith A Cow. U l ler a 'wtnnitlg halt�inoh n, 1 deo cry r std' ) eye pt - 310, Of the town in a little sledge, cel. tin ,ttte greeted that tint gr'e'at flock Inti watt his high yoke looked monstrous the morning twilight, writes it coli Ixlndent aat:route, liussia. It 19.4 ty cal Russian town, about u' hund 'ed miles, south of Moscow -oldish. churches sura roundest; by a fortified wall, two brow streets of shows, and a Bovee nmeint arrays feetory, where Lite hamlet btra It and liens nineteen of their number shot dawn el the street just a fortnight age. 1 bad just escaped trout eloscow end was going 'out to see something of th+. country, having at laet induced a ruined German-ttussi n ti) venture with ine for the sake have aeusual,i of cad s' l .r A . found that .the; danger against whi everyone warned me was nothing, co pared to the fear. If there is,danger at all: in the villag it comes from the police agents, who dreading di d n o t' to lose tell. occupation # i! e oc,C u a h p gilts and brutality at $3.75, ai week, is they who, rouse the peasantswith t cry that every stranger.. who appears, threatening the Char and the land. the towns it is the same; the danger° classes are'. the police and their attc; rrla en eat art:• p�, It he is lir tis n•, dant thieves --"the patriots" or ":rnen of Russia," 4$ they, call themselves. The road goes, up bill lo a high, and Bare plane, ovoi' which, the snow wee driven . by the wind in showers ,so blind- ing liri - ing that even the -horse.. wanted to turn back. Horizon. road, and every" mark' w©iv ;lost. • But after, we had'st'uggled on -for an`hour,mthe snow ceased to fall and the "wintry sun appeared -low in the sky,. making .the distant` ridges'. of the, long, flat hills shine with -pale crimson or GLt AM LII{E THE., SEA. Most of the country was barc''and' open, 'teem rd, the. snow .blotting . out the. "stripes"' where the peasants eeew their caps : in summer. But -there '. were lengths of forest as well, looking brows; at a distance, though generally made up of young silver birch with brilliant white stems °flecked with black. . These bircli woods are >the' fuel of .the 'country. The peasants' wooden sleighs° passing to and 'fro 'bore, loads° `of sawn, bircti; , dragged by miserable little horses caked with, mire tin theirs coals looked" lake a' crocodiles" armpit. At'- their" side floun dered the peasants in` their leather jack- ' s ets with the wool° -inside. ' • - The -jackets are „gathered„ .with •a belt, around the, waist, and the skirt sticks. t out; all-. around,' reaching to the knees. . Then come the high top boots:of felt or bast,. or . ,some ; heaven stuff, rarely , of leather. e Men -1tr d" wvor;nen are: not..to be. distin-- guished' except tout instead'of a. cap- the wo'hnen w xr a handkerchief or shawl; tanotted 'over head end ears. .There 's no special grace :about this. costume,, but even the rick ladies of the town find it hard 'to appear graceful when paddel around with fur and wool six inches thick. k .: Driving on, 1 passed a, geeat smelting works, newly flnishcd with its fine fur- nasccs ' and. Inachinery, but already ,de - 'belied and allowed• to go to ruin. I could: not' discover:why. Then came a Mte�v . small private estates ,.and summer residences built . on the. Crown land; •'for' most of the land here IS the property of the Czar or ,some .of the Imperial family. But they were . a11, deserted and 'empty, too, and ONE WAS • BURNED. The children had made their ba into thele day nursery as well, f wet elf silting on it or t�liing imagining some mime, 1 think. All were bare legged; and quote naked but °for loose :reel stilets treadling to ih, it lineae 1 eupi�e they went out steueIMines, but I an, steer: there was not rnncugh ; lothes to emit thelia an old together in winter., 'the rest of the furniture w a woes ern Chest which was the scat of h+ nior, .0 shon•t "trench, a t le, and 'a small woc't» en kolas. Whet `would have made Its fortune at an arta unit crafts exitioit.ion. Bath rite moan and the win eouI.i weave, end' they were making ysi'c!s of a coarse stti[t, dyed 'well reel molter, No. doubt the loam supplied it tinct part of the (entity's inceine, for the sale of .tl e horse probably showed they could pot live off their 'and, acid pay the tax. The man boasted that his bit of land on which' hie grew potatoes; -Dogs and eye was his absolute property, and vviten 1 tried to .ask him whether the village community did not redistribute tate land every few -years HE BECAME V1OLpiv'I' and showed no interest-at`all ut the sociological. importance of the rale. ., I don`t know what the truth of it \va;,; he may have been only insisting on the RussitaJI peassatit's touching faith,, that the laird is the natural possession of the man who cultivates it. There was no doubt ::he was terribly afraid of Navin that. belief shaken in some way. baying When 6 fool ed - t t " a ham. and his wife thein glean poverty, with they mark cf their: almost passionate labor upon their and their five' children growin ; u ii did seemtr<t. incredible that these arjust the. people who are publicly stripped ani flogged by the of[iclals ape, village police because they cannot pay thir taxes far the Japanese war,.or for the interest on the . French °loans.° .,.,...,... As to the Czar's•promise to remit tel the yerly payment due lo,lhe Crown for lands• next year,- this peasant, in cam - erten, 1'- ....Ilk, with'' -all others, thought nothing of it. To them the manifesto js so • murh "dirty' Paper." . w; They knew very well that, even 11 half is. remitted, the 'agents will come down upon them for 'arrears. They also know dimly : -that since the . liberation of the serfs more than forty years ago, the peasants have paid the full' value of the land • twice over. Manifestoes " lii"ai e ceased to. concern thein. While X was ,in the cottage, an old-rton earrie stip-- with a • canvas bag 'over his shoulder. Ile was t'nottl a professional beggar. He was 'one of that 'ergo class of peasants'who. are driven by age ;r misfortune to go around the villages and ask for `scraps to keep themselves° .olive III better 'times Accordingly he came in as for a friend. ly ,_.call,. 'aid, his. rageh the table an dined in the conversation. ' Vhen en Were ' going out' again, the mora lipped some squares of : blade' •:'brea rntt7 the' bag, as, though.liy stealth, an he' book, it up" and "walked off 'witho_. u� Cher remark ori "either' side.' . It va tlie. perfection. both of appeal and' krndli less., :7• THE JNRJES ARE RJTTER 11* � INKY Tt'Itl�l AG!1l i 1 tt AT 'arta. ttlnrd s 't Ire steer W thdrswr,at of Troop acrd Alts IRawe 'Neet. The bitterest feeling obtains in Jarmo'' e'1 against the Hemet Iaiat 1rntiiiiiit, and i'' that Government ,in the 'future "TA' ser :eltve or be it L-ibeled,. the .people en ' they British peia ioirie tits 'Met 'tidies would .like nothing hatter' Chau to break away coniniex'c ally if not' polite tally, end tie themselves up' with conl- mereital treaties .or Any other bind of a proposition with m any-,in1iry which .would interest itself in the development et the island, says a ,Kingston, Jamal. ea, despatch. ' In the first' place there has been trou- bles over the banana. plantations. The disastrous htirricaiicr which.. ravaged the iscon- dition lana two years ago resulted in a era dition of affairs which lute note helped tc. establish an entire cordiale with the ruling farces in London. Most of the banana `growers and the barlaeta ship- pers were without insurance of :any kind against, loss. The hurricane must have those .,.the s ,bard -especially shaper bound by contract to carry bananas by contract froto Jainaiea� to England. ° in strips "provided for the purpose. ° There were no bananas to: be had for mere than u, year, yet the ships had to run 'ell "the same. As it ,was, the planters were hit very nearly as, hard as the ship - peed'. and the enfeebled finance of the 's - land was once more strained and dislo- cated by the ► advance of loans'. to plant ers to:enable thenen to .tide over the in. serval between►' the destruction of their crops..:and the growth of new ones. In- stalments of these loans have now been maturing for repayment, and ,right. rr wrongly the greatest'' difficulty exists in getting thein `repaid,' The present gov ernor,' who is not: responsible • for the original loan, got after the planters with a sharp stick, telling olein that they seethed to think ':that it was a gift . and not a loan. ¢ ° EASY' WAYS OF FINANCE.' Sir -Alexander Sweetenhaln, who suc seeded Sir Augustus. 'Hemming ' last :rear; is little versed in the. easy-going $ 'essione that when borrowed money Ite- eln the afternoon my sledge jook urther still into the unheaited and dese- Dee 'country, and at last I. came to 44 nage whieh 1 belieVe is fairly. typical this district,---notli, rich part of RUS$Ja or yet.so poor 'as the famitte districts There' one tong street tef about orty separated Cottages ,on each side: few of the cotthges had bits otbrick but woodis almost the ooly material here; 'and'', the Tobfs, toOgh sometimes of flat iron plates' tante& green, are generally of thatch. InAbis particular -village thete was no school Mid no church, but teem the high round above I could see a church bout two miles off,;whiett no doubt was nd an inn, all just likeethe other cote Each home had O separate Wattle shed 'near it; for fodder, stores and perhape to abetter the beta*. in .sutruner. fa winter the beasti Must be brought Into 13y the invitation tt peasant, I\ wetit into his cettage. ,The man was rather above the ordinare type, being talt and straighttebut he had the thoughtful and quiet loek of tho average' peasant; es well as the Iorig dark hair and furry ap. Ills wife evils quite the usual eternal-. short, ungraceful, and possessing ao visible beauty, except perhaps patiencee On the faces of both was•the green look of hunger, almost invariable peasants I have seen. The house -door opened into the eattle shed, where a Maly cow was dragging out the winter. There was,rocen for a, horae, but they had been obliged to sell the horee Vett autumn to pay the taxea and other debte--debts, I euppliee, to the koulaleor village; usurer. Front the kou- lak, -Wog I aupposet lie would get the money with whielt let naitt he eves going to hire a Imre° next summer; For no peasant can, get through 11i3 Work 'with- out a Item. ing. It- afterwards developed, that , 'en the running fight the Presideot had cone- ei and turning round helplesslyt At devert o'clock ehat night two fresh' f ships of the enemy crawled up .within A the ,Tenedos, heavy trigateet and both b opened tire en the : Preefdent at close tt range, coMpelling 'Decatur, to strike hir p newed several Mlles.., At any' rate, f° colors. - SOME ROYAL SNAPSHOTS1 The Queen' wh° still .115es the same et kind of camera with which she started n 'photography , sixteen yeah ago, , 'a. though she has lour or five others is ta an ardent and. skilful. phologranter, and Ale these photogra.phe of here show very well; she has a 'wonderful: eye for cloud and atmospheric effectea and ihn keen- aPPreciation of values,. UNIQUE COLI.ECTION, 'OP' *P11010. GlIAPIIS TAKEN BY MINCES. • Prince Leopold of nattettherg And Duke of Orleans Also Contributors. ,' . There is now on vietve in London a teligue collection of, enlargemeets front photographs taken by members of hie Royal Family.: - For the first them the Kodak- Company has been able to arrange at its gallery eeclueively of the work et Royal photo - forded a rare oppoetunity of seeing what artistic pictures Queen Alexandra and other members of the Royal Family se - Cure with their cameras. . - . Of the eixtO-fivit photographs dxhibit. Prince Alexandelt of 'Denenberg, Prince ' efeetit Abe remainder being the %emelt et Battenherg, Princess Etta of Dattenberg, Leopold ef ilattenberg i`tticl IL Da -IL tile T116 Queetee photographs, which oc- cupy (me wall of the gallery, form an extremely intereeting collection, and they are all wonderftely good. It is not only herateee they represent her Ma- jesty's iovie .t.tork that they are interest. Ing- The: httleeollection of twenty-four, seleeted schrii1.4 at reindeer by the mare tiger of the Ittodak t'oneeiny's Oxford Street braneh from the'varieus negatives tor filo i.:ost part. a rs.yord of her,' 'Mat them' were taken floring her Seeittieh croise on the, Boys! yarht aptly last oGathering Storni Clouds,". a photo- graph ttelien from the how of the neytil •appeers in the foreground -ie an.. excel. lent photO of a dark, loViering marts of cloud over the sea. . "Evening in the Highlands" shows a curious cloud effect on. a. Seotelt loch. "A Royal Fishing Party" may 'be meet. tioned 'among other. geed effects; •in tbe stern of the beat is Pritiettes• Victoria. The remaining photographe taken by the Queett include one showing Piencese Edivard and Henry of Wales and Prin. tleY3 Mary of Steele; in the groutide of a ,crowd outside the Royal Palace. Copenhagen on the birthday a the ging of Denmark, and a mote intereet. hig one showing the King talking to leord Suffield in the garden of Maribor. Tito eine photooretplis itiencess loria .inelude some excellent cloud end rariettil being one of tile beet. 111E111 VEIIDICer. WilS the fleet (tee° ever tried in Stony Gulch, and the jury had sat for hours, arguing and disputing over it, in. the bare little room at the rear Of the r,ourt-roorn. At last they ntraggled back to theft, plaets, and the forutnan, a tali [noun. "We don't think lie did it," he moil sfowly, "for we allow he wa'n't inert: but wa think Iv! woukl of et hoed bad lb* eeparated the cattle boutie-from the dwelling room,' the eottage being de. ttigned bkaCtly like an Irisli cottage, ex. eept that the whet(' white brick con, struction of the etove protected on both nitko of the pertitiiine thus warming the Cow and family both. As eiiery one knows, the peasant's stove is a large and wonderful Millet, full of mystericlue holes end ceverns for cooking and bak4 Mg, and evert for a, dry, rOasting bath. Glose beside 'it wort the two broad wooden sltelvota on whit% (tit' family slept -the parents above, the five tint. LONG SilltVICE AT EN,' Battallim of Itifle BrIg'atle Out of Eng. Teavele wore by tropical marches, thinned 'by disease, hardened by wee- ,eare, the 3rd Battaliten of the Mile Bri- gade ;landed, at Plyznouth jammed 3rd, on their return from eighteen Years' service in Africa and India onebehalt of the ternpiee, The bare table of the battalion's moyet mods tells .a`sUrring Septe 1887-e,Ernbareed at Portsmouth on 14.'M. Serapis foe Egypt. On Aug. 22; 188Ele-Left for South Africa for Feb. g, 1880 -Left for India, March, 095 -Mobilized sto form part' or the 'relief brigade for ithe Chitral - Relief Fierce. October, 1897 --Owing to severe siclerieete, returned from atta.lehet JO India. January, 190t1: -Proceeded* Meerut. Janinro, 1903 -Attended Delft' Durba,r 1903-Sectiort sent on to active set.. vice to SOnialilend." Now these seasoned 'warriors are re. turning hi the Assitye. They bring with them 'vivid 'memories -of the hardships and the glories of War. They eutfered particularly when with the Toshi Force; going through heavy marches in the eat- leet time otethe year, arid being attacked with dysentery. On that maith they lost by death one officer and forty -el t They' were at the gorgeous. &arbor, and then a. portion 'of the battalion went away for lighting in Soma itand. After once MOM on their native land. FOtill CENTURIES Pro BUILD. ' St. Peter's at Rome is the !attest temple ot worship in the world. It stande on ground which wee formerly the site of Nero's cireus in the noreleavest part of the city, and ie built in the.forrn of a Latin cross. The height of the donee 'from the pavement to the top of the CrOSS IS 44 feet, eonsiderably higher 'than the Capitol at Washington., The great boll tilmie, without the hammer and clapper; weiglis over' nine and one- quarter tons. The foundation il1115 laid hi 1450 Ale, During the time that work was in progress forty-three popes lived and 'died. ,While it waa dedieated in the year 1820; it was not entirely finiched until D380. The. cost, was $70,0p0,000. FonGOT TO ItOAD GUN. While. the commander -le -chief of the cruiseete of the it oliterreneart fleet, one rip ptactiee.recently holed one of the of the gime missed lire, Mindful of Ire. cent,. aotelents, the crew preferred lo wait half an hour before opening -the breech. A3 an extra precaution Lord Charlet; Bereefool ordered the gun to lie well secured and waited an heur. At the end of that time, with great care and numerous order.; AS tO Cauti,m5. the -breech wm opened. Then it wee dee covered that the moil had forgetten tit put in the ailinutnitien. Sergeant: "Wheie are: 'you going. 8mithr 'Smith: '"To teteh wafer." sergeant: "Ick %nee dierepieebist keit. owe asoloil -440,, V140411% ill thiS • The 'English people in Jamaica, say that it is well known that the withdraw- al of the European trocv from India •at the time of the (Viraean war Jed many native.s to believe that England had no 'more w,hite troops to spare, and thereby was not Without Its, effect on the subeequent outbreak of the mutiny. Eng- lish pep* in Jamaica say that the ne- led, tietray. Recently a negro preacher oi self-styled proPhet, attracted thou, sands of the colored population to hear him hold'forth, winding up his °ere-- mon:es with,baptisms in -the riven. An probably would eiot find it difficult 10 tions mined into dangerous race en - (monism. The, white people in Jamaica have. accustomed themselves to repot the European f epope rather .than thole - cal pollee ae theft, last reeeirt, .e stare guarantee of law and order 011 the te. land. ` ft is true that the 'Weet -Ingian troope are to remain. hut the white pit. pulation of Jamaica do not derive much comfort from that. beet' and terer again the' retriartr, its made, "If the Europeate troops were all to go, Ow lieavenet :Ake' let the blaelt troops go too," POSITIVELY BRUTAL. teifeetTolin, clear, the doeter toy-, Hee inteband -Ali right., The weather Man saye it will be coldeieto-morrow. VAI:3 talif:d by mere Koonce of meet had not failed ree ot, ono tinu%" 011 Hachette': "Indeed! When wee that untie Oete-toofiela old duffer? Wen, eir, I wee, teeth him one (ley witen he \tee telten with a ht. ‘.1, f•0 frightened thet I lost mit pre; iiee et tined ;old celled to dieter, atilt tieort,41, hying rt." MUM BREADsnint tt000e and epreig 75c, all et veto& -tots; qup tone Mote thaw tbeit.1 prices. Feuer -- Clabeate - For expert, WO is bid, in buyers* begs, outtude; relents. are quoted $4 at Toronto, Woo iti(iLdol, and 90 per cent. potent.; st eattee Manitoba first, patents $4,30, sew orid patents tele. Millfited-Bran bags, outside, high. ' ita,rley---SteadyeeNo. e, 490 to 49X,0 Piots-llold firm, 79c, outside. Corn -. Canadian, 43c, Cltathant freights; American, No. 3 yellow, 49,Kee mixed, 49c, at Toronto. Buckwheat -52%c to 53c, outside, COUNTRY PRODUCE. imBxeurtt.er-Prices for dairy ge.nerally are Mire lb. veils, good to choice 21c to etc " do large: rolls itic to 190 do tubs **too 204o 210 twelinos.infe,r.ior •,, . 170 to 180 . Cheeseeeleo 'for large and 13)0 toe Egge--Easet tOne at .22o to 23o for View laid, 17c fer storage, arid 1.5c fOr , Poultry -rat chickens,'10c to thin Ito to 8c; ,fat hens 1,0 to Begot thine6o ' Choice emelt tote. Pottetoese-Orttario, 65c to 75c per 'bag on -track here, 75c to - 85c out of stoke; easterteee0c to .80c on track, and 80c, ' Dressed Hogs -Nope are offetteng here,. aretrlecty-Noe 1 is glutted at $8 per, ton iio ear. lots on track here; No."1 dull Baled Stye -we -Quotations unchan at $6 per ton for car lots oh track here. tine, except for th.ose +who Attlee Wheat - Barley-eeteandeba No, 3, ,4"igc; No. 4, $4.6u to $4.70; Atone betters' %ail; win- ter witeat patents, e4.25 tee $4,50; straight ' Milifeed-Manitoba brim in bap, $180, bran, en bulk, $14.50 to $15; shortee Seat Monate, See to 424; atraigne grain mette tliolled Oats -Pee bag. $5.t.10 to * , Cornmeal -$1.30 to $1140 per baO. pure clover, $6.75 per ton in etir lots,„ Provisions -Heavy Camellia phort cut ,porke $21; light 'short cut, $20; American back, 1319 tie $20; coinPounte laid 6NO to 7eee; Canadian- pure lard, eleeio to leol kettle renderett, 12)4e to 13o; hattlei 120 freeh Itilledt abattoir dressed' hogs $10 to Eutter-Cholcest creamery,' 2*%c 'jet 13UFFALO. MARKET., fluffaloe-Peb.- 6. Flour --aSteady. 893iecr winter, No. 2- hard In Moro, 'Sem Corn -Dull and lewer; No. 2 yellow, 47c; Barley-Stronge malting, 49 to 56c. .• NEW YORIC -MARKET. . New York, Feb. 6. - Wheat -- Spot reit, eleeece Loeb. tifloata No, e norther* Duluth; 941X,e,Lo.b. afloat,. LIVE STOCK MARKET. run at the City Cattie Market to-daeo but choice leitelier cattle are scaree. There is a gOOd ,proportion.of fah- qual- ity medium weight butcher cattle, front 90e to 950 lbso and tor lack of the real choice, about 1,100 lbs., the lighter, oneet find a eeady market ot good price*, from $4 t o Stele Choice picked but- lierii,„freuia 1,100 to 1,500 lbs., fetch from $4.30 to $4.40. The commoner butcher cattle are almost too plentiful, and witlt a, rather heavier run toelay the nearket for these, vetie a little easier. Mixed' Made of cotv tind steers :told at Seer) to $3.80. eltdcher breve ot $.e.50 Sleeken,- The nereeet m,fitidly tor Wavy feedere and elle-et-keep. There 11,4 dt geeole matiett for choice Sheep and Leuettt- The titeriel ie eon. There oue ean 1„800 loCtel'' tit Wei ter ieente Fina $0.50 PT antl fate ptrfeet Ile eatiefire k .11 diet looted., elle 71./Pie it Pilich.e, rite en Ile Welt. it thieone, pine h toe Olaf es muck aa it don, my pfbeigrtiortroit.