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"Little Curly'
„ Ite vete niehnemee, lately ley the tehleh-, '
man 1?%?:11MI• ef the Qtr'
i
hreven etnee teinelt neatett in MOin
teleei oeuapee etn ins little while
• It.1111.1t hie father'seattle .ettition.
:Free!' away laey, the it:tern-faced
tutuidatee rider, down to Toa; the
Van ceola every one of ane r01101 11K11
3/1:41iV-d MT= andwor.41iiped.' him late, an
„idol. Sie years ape when he was a wee
mite a few mouthe oid, his mother bad
diedh'and since then Me etation hands
had taken laim under their care. They
'fought for the privilege of nasing him,
and laughed like children when his baby
Lips first began to prattle their names in
quaint eyllables.
Then from the depths of the Nish they
brought hi in pets to play with—quaint
little rock -wallabies that would run to
aim and cuddle into his breaet, and
opossums that were soft and furry. to
stroke. Curtsy's father, grim old Squat-
ter Desmond, could not bring a woman
on to that lonely tar -away station to
• nurse him, and was glad that the -child
should make playmates with the men.
He knew. that they all loved him too
well to let any harm come to him, and
he wanted his boy to grow up manly
and self-reliant.
And so ev'ery night, when the day's
work was done, and the men had gath-
ered 'round the fire- to smoke and sing
the old bush songs, the little mite would
come toddling out of theeraenbling old
station house and take his place in the
group: His baby fingers welt taught to
plait a whipstock, and his tiny hands to
throw laeso. Therefore, at six, he had
be,come initiated into most of the' mys-
teries of the bushman's pea. •
Among the songs they taught hiin
round the camp -fire was one, the refrain
tseol.which ran:
"So we caught Roving Dan,
• And his cattle -dulling clan,
And we swung 'em to an old gum-
tree.'
••,
This was a great favorite, for Roving
Dan was an ()bleed of hatred to every
man on the station. Ile was a notorious
outlaw, and had a long list of crimes to
ate mune. •
All his escapades had been marked by
a hardened callousness which placed
him eanong the worst of his class-.
Most of the other bushrangers had some
of , the mote roxnantic virtues, which
partly redeemed their ,character, but the
general verelict about Roving Dan was
that "there warn't enough• goted in his
• nature t', save the soul bh, a mosquito 1"
Between Curly's father and the bush-
ranger „there existed a bitter feud„. for
• Squatter Desmond liad been. one of the
rhoSt untiring • of the •latter's pursuers,
and. the outlaw made it known, fpr his
part, that it was his Ambition to stick-up
and sA fire to the station.
• One day Curly was left at home ,by
•hiiriSelf. All , the men had -gone. to a
muster -many miles away. The day' was
• hot, and the pet- wallabies and the
opossum' did not feel in the hinnor to
play. TheS1' had hopped off to the shade
of the lank, and there had gone to sleep
on the cool' grass,.
' Curly, however, didnotfeel at all in-
clined for sleep, so he brought -his. fat
white puny up from the paddock and
Sad4led• it. He had been given a little
new gun a few days before, and he knew
a nice white gum -tree. in the ranges, a
mile or two away, that would make a
splendid target, so he trotted off /through'
the slip rails.
Arriving a his journeys end, he slip-
ped off his pony and tied it to a tree.
• Then be took out his pocket-knife and i
' carved the outline of a men in the bole
of a .spotted-guin further up' the gully. S
Casting his we fat figure on the grass
twenty yards away, he began to shoot.
But, strange to say, he missed every
time. and he looked at his tiny weapon
with, tears of vexation rolling down his
cheeks. a
Area hen rag, ".:Y1'1 Pq.3 enrI he can
e helefele treat°
ete eaueht, tleeeno Dan,
in O] (-erne-attains
An" we en ens lo ,or Sam
teeee."
The etreneer Iceleed at the little, mi
anariaithy.
"Wall. I reekon V4:11?L'e jut the on 1
calehim. Cilat; huliV,5 lately he'll lee
ewene "Soh vitae you're ettill in tenet>.
ers. Anyway, well ere alteatt the '„t,tlieot-
ine part of, IL"
And throlihw himsclg tVvi,vn 13P'3idp the
btiy, he .showed .hit how fo gra*, the
gun firmly and Leep it 8teady. •;Titus all
the ezpoiner afternoon war,i spent by II
eddly-aesorled pair in that quiet gull
in the raettea, Cuely oi-owing profit:4,h
ilhdaz" ihe te,etalance of his instruct°
The latter -seemed strangely inoved a
the boy, prattled away about. his wall
bis and hie (teddy end Andy Day, th
boundary rider, but when the sun wen
down over the, gunetree tops he ros
quickly and said he must go.
"Pwomise come again to-rnow
wow,, stwanger," said Curly, eagerly.
The man said he had an engagemen
on the morrow.
"Well, on Saturday." pleaded the boy
Ilis • companion hesitated uncertainly
• "If you keep • it secret, sonny, b
lice on Saturday," he said at length.
Curly promised joyfully to 'say n
woe& to anyone. and threwhischubb
arms round leis friend's neck, imPain
ing Ititeses on his cheek. When the latte
a little later .1.6V away to a certai
camp far off in the ranges, those bab
kisses were tingling strangely in hi
blood., making him feel as if some ne
sweet influence had entered his life.
SI.IIPS le A etNee, elgeeet enact: eppearee eereee
101 kr." Lt, lo Lan 0. (the eey, enei ee ave te tell it, the va-vele
;ganef' maee eE eloutt epat, perteat and
out, of the ehy came a .eolat mEnc.; of
reeh iron. or earth. It etenele the eta',
althea deafening report right in froat
STINANGELY DittlaatiCElia • of our bows, 81/1dUlfj 'up- a wall of
water neer-1y as high as the meets." The
o• •erittinee ft10 CE'CC17 and paseen-
iateiquatze ' Wave" athil, Ocean tee
S I LAMM'S ARE SMIETiallES
CRI1541115 Stopped by ituelt
• Erni the Saies,
'afire liner —a-- 'arrived at laiverpool
twenty-feur hours late, having net with
.
Severe weather, in tlid atlantic." 'Ilia
Y the sort, of parattreph whieli ono tiQ
t often eotices in the' daily papers that
r- 'one eventually comes to think that, if
e a vessel be, delayed, a storm is always
a- the responsible cause. While this ie
C true in a majority ef instances, it is net
t by any means the invariable reason.
e For instance, in Septemaer last, the
Red Star Liner Vaderland, having sail-
ed from Antwerp for New York with le
200 ,peesengers, experienced a very
strange mishap. She called at Dover,
intending to make a stay ot. only a cm-
• ple of hours, but while manceuvring at
. lac Prince of 'Wales's Pier, a huge steel
e frawser caught round her propeller, and
in a Moment was twisted round, the
o whirling sscrew as a -playful kitten
y- 'Tangles ae ball of Worsted. ,
t- AN ANCHOR CAUGHT IN AN ANCHOR
n Divers went to work at once, arid
y found the hawser januned in a solid
$ mass between the,propeller and the boss
w of the shaft so as to utterly' disable the
liner. It took eighteen hours' continu-
ous and eavere labor before the propeller
could be cleared, and it was not until
But when On Saturday afternoo
Curly went to the trystin•g-place in th
gully, his new friend was not there. -A
through the lonely, hours the boy waite
sad and dejected.- e
He had kept his secret faithfully, . too
During the weekshe had been just burst
Ing to tell' his daddy about the strung
man he had met who could -hit a mar
without aiming. It was hard to keep th
story to himself, but he had managed I
like a man, and this eves all his reward
But when • he got home he eves aaton
'shed to see theee strange 'horses in th
yard. A policeman was grooming ano
ther close by, and giving it a feed o
corn.
•
Something was evidently • the matter
and he hurried to the,barn to unsaaldl
his pony. • The door was -locked, whic
was quite, an unusual thing. Standin
on tip -toes, he peeped through one of ta
chinks, and there a* sight met his gaz
which made his blue eyes roll wit
wonder. Lying on the straw was th
strange man he had met in the . gully
and his feet and hands were tied up wit
theitheavy iron things that ,he lied see
the policemen carry strapped to thei
the following evening tit eight o'clock
a • '
1, after twenty-ontshours' delay, that she
was able to proceed on her voyage. ,
A very euvious experience was •that
of the schooner Jean Anderson, which
• one day in July two years ago had to
,-, anchor in Aldeburgh Bay on eccount
e" of a contrary wind. When •the wind
changed and her 'crew tried to weigh
e, their anchor, they found that it N'aS
1' immovable. The windlass-vvas double
• manned, they toiled and strained until
with a crash the windlass itself broke
C down and left them completely help-
less. ,
A .tug had to be wired for to extricate
the vessel, and then it was found that
their own anchor was foul in .another
e and much heavier • anchor and Chain
he w6lhei.1:11 had been dropped by some ship
g unknown, perhapa many years before.
They were literally anchored to an tin -
saddles.
, Ile was about to call out, but, the lat-
ter, noticing hirn, raised his manacled
hands and pressed a finger to his lips.
He knew -well that that meant silenee,
so he crept away to the kitchen, his little
brain reeling with wonder.
There three big, fat trooper % were
joking and laughing over- a bottle of
wine, an a waiting oinsicle, he listened
to their talk. He soon gathered from
their _conversation that Ins friend was fit
danger. Instantly be became attentive
and alert.
"He's a mighty' game 'tin is Roving
Dan," said one, "to make for a station
like this single-handed to stick it up.
I didn't think he had the pluck 1".
"Anyway, it's the last station hal
ever have the chance to tackle."
• "You're right there, Mate," said the
first men. "He'll be swung Up, sure as
death, and there won't be a soul in wide.
Australia drop a tear for him."'
But the trooper' did not know that just
outside the door a little boy Was sobbing
his heart out because he knew that elov-:
ng Dan wasn't always a Niiicked villain
but just a big, ltind mate who. could
hoot wonderfully well with a pea -rifle
and because this big,' kind Mate had
been caught in trying to keep repromise.
That night when all the house was
'sleep, a wee white figure in night -
lollies crept out along the verandah.
Silently he stole teethe kitcben. where a,
bunch of jangling keys was hanging
on the wall, and, climbing tautiously up,
on the table, reached them down from
the peg. He was breathing heavily
now, in little half -sobs of excitement,
bu1 he managed -to get to the barn with-
otit making, a noise., -
Standing up ori his bare toes he
reached the loek, fitting Drie• key after
another till the door clicked open. Then
he crept over the warm straw to the
recuriebent figure in the darkness. '
"Stwanger," he whispered, laying a
Soft little hand on his face, "are yeti)
'wake'?" ,
Roving Dan. half roused from his
slumbers, growled angrily :
"W,ho is it?"
"It's only me—Cully," penteel forth
he childish vbiee. ,
The outlaw gave a start of surprise.
"What in the name of all that's holy
brought you here, '• sonny ?" he said,
tenderly. ,
."I've'bwought the keye so that you,can
take these frasty chain thiegs off."
Already he was working at the heavy
manncies with his baby fingere, and
soon they unlocked. Curly could feel
the, ,stratige num tremble with emotion
s he fondled his little brown head witli
is free hand, .
alln sure I waen't worth a tenth of
teat trouble, ,sonny,' lieesaide feelingly.
Then they stole ;silently from the barn.
"Pworniee„,stwangere said the little
mite, when they had gained the open—
evomise that you won't ever 'noy 11137
daddy again." , e
There were, strange ehokings in the
buthrangeree voles, as be aronfised.
"And, Iloving Data Tee eorry that I
ehot at you on the twee,"
For enewer the latter picked up the
iv waren figure in his' arms,,, and end -
fed it paaeonelety to hie foveae%
For it moment all 1 le harrier e of his
awn utterly and un etteevedly. 1 lien
irchwis awl eloiei en were broken
,
sot the'ehild doe ti hallway and made
e way to the hoten paddock.
But when he had genie Curly formd
tat the , shoulder of 'hie tittle while
tut:Mice' where the f ollri47'3 head had
Read, was wet and olannuy with tars•
Seddenly he became aware of a pair
of eyes peering at hen from ,behind a
clithile of wattlebushes. He hurried over,
• and found a man awkwardly trying to
• conceal himself in the leafy under-
growth. •
"Hallo, stwanger t" he said, Unabash-
, .
ed, dossing Ins plump little legs, and
leaning on his ewe ••
The man appeared ill at ease.
youngster 1" he said, gruffly,
trying to hide his Confusion.
He was a hill dark giant of six -feet -
three, with n grim, unpleasant face and
a heavy black moifstache.
"Can' yau shoot,, stwariger?" queried
the child:
The man gave a chuckle.
"I just about reckon I can, sonny." he
answered.. •
• "Seneefing's wrong with my gun, and
• it won't shoot stwaight. Daddy could
fix it, but he's not here." .
Ile handed the Weapon to the man,
who took it shyly, and aimed it at he
mark, but his ehot too went wide.
Curly clapped his bands with. delight,
"I 'mowed ,il wasn't. my fault 1" he
cried. •
"No; I guess therees something wrong
With this piece el sheoting-iron."
He ran a practised eye along the bar: n
rel, and moved the sight a fraction of b
ineb WIth his finger. • Men he whipped
it to his shoulder and eicaacely pausing
to aim. rant the Call plemb into the cen-
• tre of the target.
• Curly gasped in admirelion.
"You (eat fire as etraight as daddy.
.! Raid.
"And who ie daddy ?" aeked the man
alnuptly,
"Why. Squidter De -more, • et .0 mrse;
en" tra 'Cully. 1 thought everyone knew
Oat 74
I he man laughed pilule-.
• "and who ie the man you're elluoting e
at. Curly?"
"Oh. HOWL; Males Dan. the leezideet,
wicledeet niati on eurth, nal a hete (p
beard of him?"
The 2-1ln-tense colored ehehtly, • and le
raid he had.
-"Ile learning to ehoot fl,t; 1111111, .11E.;
4:“5, bbe dada!" I tveet to fe
titAr. hiw .1t)C him."
14,1!
• MISTAKEN FOR A WHALE.,
After an adventurous volage of three
months and nine days, the life-hoat
_114radele wliich is shaped like an egg,
and waa built to compete,for the prize
offered at the St. Louie Exhibition for
the best, life -boat, • reaeolied
Jamie Salesuncl, Norway. She had had
many extraordinary experiences an the
,way, having peen at various times. nearly
,sunk by .an ocean liner,efoitled by ten
icefloe, and dismantled' ley a blizzard,
whiCh left her drifting helpless for five
.weeks.
• But the strangest incident of all which
befell herwas that, while in this help-
less condition,. a Norwegian whaler mis-
took her fer a whale, and a.ctuelly fired
at her with a whale bomb cannon. Na -
tiffany, the unatecity crew were 'afraid
to go on deck, and remained below un-
til the whaler, evidently perceiving her
mistake, sheered off and left- her -alone
to make repairs.
Mention of whales brings to mind the
fact that these monsters of, the deep
have on several occasions been, respon-
sible for delays; or worse, to vessels.,
Not long ago the .steamship Sierra, ar-
riving at San Francisco from Australia,
reported that, while off the coast and
steaming at sixteen knots, she had struck
a: •huge whale, breaking ite back and
cutting into it so deeply that the enorm-
ous carcase stuck upon her keel.
RUNNING TFIROUGHt-A "ROCK." ..
The crew, under the impression -that
they, had Struck a rook, were terrified.
It was nece,ssary to reverse engines;
back the vessel, in order to clear her
from the dead whale, and even then,
so severe had the shock been, they had
Lo 'steam the rest of the way at reduced
^
speed.
• Again, just over a ,year ago; the 14-
panese cruisersTakachico, flying along
at full eighteen knots an hour, nn its
way to attack the Russians at Chem.-
lpho, tharged a whale which is reliably
reported to have been one hundred feet
long. ,Fortunately for the eruiser, her
• steel prow and great speed enabled her
to cut right through the unlucky ceta-
cean. She rtheri stewed down to see if
any damage was done, but found none,
and, proceeding on her way, ,steamed
for a mile through water ericriznsoned
with the blood of her unsuspecting vic-
tim.
An experience, in its way unparallel-
ed, befell the steamer Nord crossing to
France on the last night of November,'
1903. In the mid -channel she ran into
the° most enormous shoal of herrings
ever seen, end ploughed right through
them, killing tens of thousands with her
paddle wheels. So thick were the fish
that the 'progress of the steamer was
considerably affected by therm ,
Strange commotions occurring at the
bottom of the eea sometimes affect the
vessels withal plough its surface. One
fine Februnry morning, the great While
Star Liner Teutonic, tearing along at
her flatlet speed, all of a sudden met
a wall of water, •
A MONSTROUS WAVE
•
which swept --the tall 'ship from .stem to
stern, thundering down the hatches arid
deck-hotteeseanapping Iran rails, break-
ing off pipes a8 though they were made
of clay, and even Unsaying down the
/UM in the crow's nest., lt, was„ .avatin
out any doubt, an earthquake wave
caumet 1,37 ea4nnic-eonvulsion at the bob
tom of the deep Atlantic. •
Ships have been scuttled by rate,
overweighted by ice froth freezing
waves, struck hy stones ejected from
submarine volcanoes; but the granges!,
of alT eea adventures, wee that whieh Le -
fel the Belgian steamer Galileo, on tier
way eneelli from Balea.to New, 'Theta'
When about eovenly miles' walls et
Berbadoett, a fierce irainetorm broke,
then euddottly followed thunder in!
ezrtet:o like the, reporte
louden, then anv aleeten had eve,' heept
•before. "Then," eaye ea oldicer of :the
gees went nearly -meet with peniee hut
when 11'w '11',st Attich had lqassed it T.7:05
hem& teat no serious 'damage, hod boon
done, , and nater*itashort delay the .vee -
set Was...put on her- comae again end
continued bar voSente.
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TALKING POST
Vallee. of .1the-a- Stnderis.Transmitte,
11rouhatemat
An ingertioue device is at present all
theragein France, and bids fair to he-
conie, as popular in England as it le
theret` It .is a lathing post -card. ,
The cards are about three times the
thickness of an ordinary card, and are
fitted with phonograpbic dises. Instead
ot welting your conummication in the
ordtpary -manner, you make it verbally
at the °nice where you Pairchase the
card. It is recorded, the address is welt -
ten taii the other side, and a is then
posted. The retipient places it in an
ordinary phonographic machine and
hears the voice of Insor laer friend,
The inventor, or the adapter, of the
phonographic disc to tae uses of every
day life through the post claims that
the tree of the phonograph Is only, in ite
infancy, He sees no reason why, in
addition to a, sigutture on a cheque,
there sliouktnot be for the banker's pra-
tection, a phonographic record of the
amount and the name in the voice a
the signer,
Then again, a young .fellote in love
would far rather hear the voice of his.
charmer than receive a letter from her.
She sends cards numbered on the out-
side one, two, or. three, and BO on, and
he Ilea in years td come, if he keeps
thein, a constant record of her voice.
Dr. Karl Derma in a recent address
at Cainbridge University on the use of
phonographs, expressed the hope that
it .would not be..long before it would
be possible to take away.froin a meet-
ing postcard records of fine portions ef
impressive speeches. a
THE WORLifleS BUT WORKMAN. te •
The -Beitish workman is not tasteful,
like- the Frenchman.
He is not scientific, like th-e German,
lee is not ingenious and brisk, like the
American.
He does not work the long hou'rs of
the Deann' the Russian, the Au.strien,
and the Hungarian.
He is not imitative, like the Japanese.
He wastes his tinie gambling and
sport, unlike the Continental workman,
who spends Ins spare lima, in study.
His wife is a bad coot'andhouse-
keeper. -
His taovernment does ao
technicatateducation the„cforeisner's js
looked after. .
. ,toole after his
•
_i
His' le.bo-e is not subsidized by the
Government, ,as in France aria all other
militnetia.i. vesno tar-iff 'On imP9rte- prat.*
hina from competition; '
And yet he beats, the world in the out-
pueof his work..
What the. British workman makes is
the beet that can be made.- •
.
And from the savage Central African
and the simple 'Hindus to the oultured
Frenchman and the acute American,
every customer gives the palm for re-
liableness to articles of the British
worker's manufacture. •-e- London Ans-
BOYS AS DOMESTICS.
Battalion of Pages to Solve English
• Servant Probleni.
• A battalion of -•page boys, captained
by •e motherly cook, is the latest solo -
lion of the servant problem in England.
The battalion is being 4ganized by a
iddy, -who deseribed her. idea titti a Lon-
don Express representative.
"I proposeto start an agency of
Mall page boys, who will take situa-
tions in 'companies under -the charge of
a responsible eldeely woman, who will
act as caok-housemaid," %he said. e
• "For the small householder two boys
and,the cook will be sufficient; for the
large mansion ten boys and the eook.
"Orphans only Will be employed.
They will be trained in the agency,
• andt only a small wage will be asked.
'this will be regulated by the work done
and the Wile taken to do it.
"The uniform will be dart green, with
silver buttons, and the cook will wear
a dark green linen dress to correspond.
"Theve will be a ecitcheriloy,' a `draw-
ing -room boy,' a 'dining -room boy,' and
each will be trained for thele respective
work."
• ONE IN TIIIIITY-SIX MILLIONS,
Kew Persons Eilied Among English
Railway Passengers.
judged by the average of acciaents,
railway travelling in England would ap-
pear to be the safest triode of spending
one's existence, and railway companies
to be the chief guardians of human life.
A Board of Trade Bluebook 'just is-
sued shows that, in the thirty-one 'years
ending with 1904 only One pas:se/wee'
was killed on the mop in every 36,-
46402 journeys made, and only one in-
jured in every 1,127.434 journeys, last
yeariewhen thirty-nine passengers were
killed—the highest menber Since 1889 --
the average.of kilW to passenger jour -
50378 -Wee only one in 30.741,1,56, and
the average of person; iejurecr one in
3.627,834,
This infinitesimal- risk is really less
than thew figures indieate, since they
take no amount of -elle journeys made
by season ticket -holders.
. 4 *a..
KNOWLEDGE. 0,
Ambilieue : doel, think
I'll have a bit of trouble in geffire
turned again., Look • how eeeily 1 wae
elected het year, when the peeple
hardly knew 1110 at au:
hunqi 1 4-1tut there lee
hole le ovielee The people :fin leak
A FORGOTTEN- VILLAGE
•
MAlitkINSE HAS BEEN 11,09T EOb
TWO DE'CADES'),
Copper Camp Above F4416 glands For
torn in Decay 'on Saptrior's
'• North Shore,
a •
Hidden away behind ,the pre,cipitous
rocky bluffs of Point lehunainee, on
therealties-tore of Lake Setteeler, and
surrottaded by a dense •forest, there bie
the dese,rted 'village.. of Mamainse. 11
i3 unmarked on the map, Mid, except
for an oceasional venturesome hunter or
land -looker it has been forgotten More
than twenty years.
The town is earnadsed of SOIlla fifty
substantial, frame builifings most of
which are constructed of the finest clear
white pine, •lathed and plastered and
set on. .solid etorie foundatilons.
, Much- of the -timber used in these
dwellings would cost $100 a thousand
to -day und there is notone house
among them, could be duplicated
foe less than' $1.000 to $1,200. in size
and shape mast of them are alitte„pearly
two full storeys in height and ea& con -
tanning from five to setset rooms.
Besides these there are several larger
and more pretentious buildings, includ-
ing a big boarding house of forty rooms
capable of lodging 200 men, and a shaft
house, Stomp mill and reduction works
Cal the site of an old arid abandoned
ccpper mine. The latter fact, of c,ourse,
explains the building and final deser-
tion of a village in streal.an outeef-thee
way place; and yet the explanation is
only a partial one.
PgRMANENT STRUCTURES.
Ordinarily when men go into the wit-
derrilss, in search ,of such mineraa'tim-
ber or agricultural wealth as they may
find, their places of habitation are mere -
'y temporary structures to be occupied
until such time as they may have prov-
en the existence of such 'wealth and the
,possibility of its development.
But at Poinelfamainse the promoters
of the then new cooper mine waited for
nothing. They Malt their own town
and big stamp rnill .51 the same time
they were at work sinking the aaft to
the „supposed valuable copper lode be-
low the surfece. More than a million
dollars were expetided in the develop-
rnent and the building of the town whleh
was to be a permanent place of resi-
dence of hundreds of people. In. fact,
at one time, the compan,y,had more than
200 men on its pay rote.
WAS AN ENGLISH COMPANY.
•
According to the stories told, the
company that commenced the develop-
ment of ,the mine was known as 11
'Quebec, Lake Superior Copper Minfhg
,Company. Most, if not all of the ,mon-
ty furnished for the, promotion of the
ephoject, was raised, as such things' tare
accomplished. now -a -days, by the sale
of mining stock. That all of thie mon-
ey 'came from England is likely, .and
that there were Many sore hearts and
blasted hopes in that country when the
mine failed to be a producer is a na-•
turl conclusjon. •
The mine was opened in the early
seventies when the excitement incident
to the 'discovery and develoPment of
"Valuable copper deposits on the opposite
shores of Lake Supetior. near Calumet
and HOUght011 Wa$ at, its height.
The company was reputed toehave un-
told "-milliOns behind it. And it must
futile had a goodly sum, too, for' the
men who came from England to start
he mine and built the town lived high
nd spent their money lavishly.
MINERS NEVER CAME BACK.
With the excePtion of a large store
building about 40 by 80 feet in size and
two storeys' en height, and half a dbzen
of the cottages, which have since burn -
ad to the ground, all the houses remain
standing, denuded of doors and win-
dows and open- to enowe and rain of a
cold and uncertain climate. It is said
'that when the lest group of disappointed
Englishmen left Point Mamainse for
their country it, was with, the expeetta
lion that within a few months . they
would return.to prosecute their search
for the mineral and to 'resume their
residence in th little town 4 they had
built in the foreat. •
•
he this hope, too, they were disappoint.
ed. Whether English capitalises, who,
had beep* furnishing the money, Came
to the conclusion that they were being
made -the victims of a, gang of sharpers
or whether their funds were depleted,
does not appear, but certain it is that
the miners never returned, and the de
serted village remains to excite the curi-
osity of the' occaeional Visitor.
THEN VANDALS CAME,' t
As a proof that the miners and villag-
ers intended some time to return to
Point Mamainse, Itis said that upon
their departure •they left their houses
furnished, „arid the big coinpany store'
stoclaed with goods. For a time watch -
111011 were employed to protect the pro-
perty against thieves, but ,finally, they
too, were recalled, and the houses and
ali their contents were left ter the mercy
of the -wind, weather and vandal alike.
FORGET IT.
0
'trouble stares you in the face?
. Forget it I,
Gato ba, Forget I the, retie?
I'm Veer back on trouble's frown.;
Grit your teeth and settle down a
Worry never won a crown.
Forget , 111
,
Friendhulked out to be untrue!?
• . Forget it I
Is life's outlookesead and blue?
Forget , it,
Don't let trouble gnaw your heart;
Whet fret O'er a hapless _start;
Don't let old wounds burn atfd Mart.
Forget it 1
let 4,)
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LEADING MARKETS
BnEADSTUFFS.
Terceito, Sept. 25,--Fione Ontariu—
FimIcr, 2.43 aA>cd for tit) per cent. pat.
ente, in buyers' Fago, outetde, for exe
porta. ,Alertitobesaatiret 'ptents 81104,
patolaN baters' S3,E0.
elnleeed--Bran -Finn, $14 to $t4 -.56e
and shorts il1: to ateseah 111 bolo, ouch
eide.,
Wheate-Ontario--No• 1.3 white ofDredt
at 7230 out:lade. ileac bid, red eavec
askett outeide, mixed ,72e, aelted- outside.
Wheat-aMenitoba9aNO. 1. •northern
%see' esked at lake ports.
t Barley—No. 2, 48c bid outside, No.
extra 480 askeu, 47q bid, No. 3 443-aes
,astaed, 4e bid, '
Oals—No. '2 white 32ge bid east, mix.
ed 31a,ac bid, east:
outside,
Buckwheat ---47c bid outside.
'COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Butter—Quotations, are
Creamery
do solids ...•• 1.44/ 141,14I
dairy prints
do • pails ,..• •.
do tubs ...•,• • • • • • • ,•
Inferior • •444 114••
Clieese-a-13eac . for large
twins.
Eggss--48c to 183ac per dozen, •: -
Potatoes—Prices are steady' at 50e to
60c per bushel and 80c to 90c per bag.
Baled Hay --Prices are unchanged, at
$9.50 to $t0 for No. 1 timothy azed:$8,
for No. 2, in car lots here. -
Baled Straw --$6 per ton for car Iota
on tractk. here,
MONTREAL „ MARKETS.
unchanged.
,,... 2$0 to 25e
.... 22c to 230
21c to 220
, 18e to,200
• 4 18c to 20e
„ 17eto 180
and 14e for
Montreal, Sept, ea.—Business was
quiet on the local grain market this
morning.. The oat market continues
with quotations unchanged. New crop
No. 2 oats were offered on the loeal
market this morning at 38e. •
Oats—No. 2 white, 38,Xc to -39e; No,
3 white, 373ec to 38c; No. 4, 36eec to
37c per bushel, ex -store. •
Floura-•Manitoba spring, wheat,
to $4.70; strong bakers', $3.90 ta $4.20; ,
winter wheat • patents, $4,25 to $4-35;
:straight milers, $3.90 to $4.10; do., in.
bags, $1.75 to $1.85; extras, $1.60 to
$1.70.
Millfeed—Manitoba • bran in bags,.
$18.50; shorts, $23,-, Ontario baan in
bags, $18.50 to $19; .shorts, $21150 to
$22; milled mouille„ 321 to $25; straight,
grain mouille $28 to $29 per ton.
Rolled Pats—Per bag, $1.90 to $1.95.
Hay—No. 1, $11 to $1L50; No. 2, $10.50
to .$11; clover mixed, $9.50 to $10; pure
clover, $7.50 per.ton in car lots.
-Provisions—Barrels short cut mess,'
$22 -to $24; half -barrels, $11.75 to $12.50;
clear fat back, $23.50;. long cut' hea
mess, $20.50; half -barrels • do., $10.1
dry salt tong clear Thaeon, 1230 to.
123.c; barrels plate beef, $12 to $13;
half -barrels doe, $6.50 • to $7; barrels
heavy rne.ss beef, $11; half -barrels do.,
$6, compound • lard 8c to 9eac; pure
lard, 11aac to 12c; kettle rendered, 12.eac
to '13c; hams, 14eac to 160,, accordingee,
to size; breakfast bacon, 15%e 16e0;
Windsor bacon, 16Xe; fresh killed' abat-
-tar- dressed hogs; $9.75; alive, $0,15 to
_36.90 per 100 pounds.
Eggs--Seleets are -firm at 22aac.
• Candled at 18c, straight receipts '18e
to 19c. Quality shows •no improve-
ent. •
-
UPFALO MARKET,
Buffalo; Sept. 25. — Flour 'at- Strang.
Wheat—Spring, offerings light; ,Winter
firm; No. 2 white, 76eac. Corn—Fairly
active and B1111;- No, 2 yellow, 53Xc;
No. 2 corn. 52 to 52yec. Oats—Strong;
No. 2 white, 37X,c; No. 2 mixed, 36c.
'Barley—Strong at 46 to 56c c.af. By
—Firm; No. 1,e 63c. Canal freights ea:
Steady. ,
NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET.
Ne W York, Sept. 25,—Wheat Spat
firm; No. 2 red, 780 in eleUator arid,
79,Mch1,o.b. arkiat-, No. 1 northern,• Du-
luth,- 84,%a f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 hard win-
ter, sigo f.o.b. afloat.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Toronto, Sept: 25. ----Only -.5rnal1 pro-
portion. of the large deliveries of cattle,
rushed forward to -day, were of good
quality:* •
Trade in expotiers' .cattle was light..
Quotations Were nominal at $4.25 to
$4.75 per cwt. ' •••
' A fee,v good loads of good butchers'
cattle were offering, Prices were firm at
$4.50 to $4.60 for picked lots. Mediern
to fair butchers' were quoted it $3.80 to
$4; choice at $4.30 to $4,40; mixed lots
and ems at $L75 lo' $3,50; fat cows at
33.30 to $3.50; col -tuber' cot'es at $2 tp
$2.25, and canners at $1....50 'up, ,
Pectlers and stockerseeeld at study,
prices. The quotations werea-Stoekers,
$2.75 to $3.50; feeders, $3.75 to $1,15 a
short -keeps, $4.20 to $4.60 per cwt. ,
With large offerings of sheep the Mara
het. held . up well. Quoialion8 were :—
Export ewes, $4 to $4.40; export bucks,
$3 to $3.50; lambs. $5.50 to $0,25 per
cwt. Calves Were plentiful 4111d .low of
sale. Their values ranged benne:03.50 to
$6 per 'mut,'
Mitch News were steadse..ba firm at $25
to $55 each.
Hogs were quoted at $6.40 for eelecita
and $6.15 for lights ond fats.
4..4 4444•1$ ,4444,14 4.4.4.4e6empai
N'EW ZEALAND TO THE FORP,,e.
As one inetence of the 'wonderful p10
gross Ilei»g made by New Zealand,' it is
worth -1161iDA that tho Palming record
cargo waeutiloaded at the Albert Dock,
Loudon. not, lonti ago, from !be SS.
Atiumie, oll the 1450:18 being New Zeta
lend pr(duce:
81,920 feozen carcieete of nnittim and
laiielb•
alOfrozen quarters of beef.
, 777 eaees of frozen kidneye, heart%
etc.
00 easke of easings„
43,605 boxes of butter ;56 lbs. each).
8,350 crates or cheee S�lbs. each).
(15 frozen careinie5 Of nor
and ekine.
,0110 cifoee. of tinned 1111414.
11,550 batcp of 040115
tallow), and pelto, and
200 sacl,, of 1414W8eeed, caeo,or
fllalitta• ; innate ie cargo Wa).S unloaded In
01011 dap:.