Exeter Advocate, 1906-10-18, Page 3 (2)-
RUSSIAN PEASANT LIFE
'NAITO THE HAYMAKERS
MIPADOW3 NEAR 1119SCOW,
Observations, of, An English Csressious
dent Upon Curious Russian
Customs.
From a letteg of the Hen. Maurice
• 'lazing to the London Post, the fellows,
ing description of Russian peasant life
Is taken :
Then I "went away, and as I was go-
,
Mg Feudal^ (one of the 'Peewits), asked
nee if 1 would like to go and seefilo
haymaking the next, day. If so, I bad
better be at his house at three o'elock trt
The afternoon. The next day, Sunday, I.
kept my appointment, but found no-
body et home in the house of Feodor
except a email child. "Is Feodor at
borne?" I asked. Then a man appeared
'from a neighboring cottage, and iSaid :
“Feetior is in the inn -drunk." "Is he
citing,- itotewthe lsintakingrf ritieked.
"Of course he's going." "Is he very
trunk?" 1asked. "No, not very. I will
tell him you 'are here." And the man
went to fetch him. ;men a third per-
son arrived, a young peasant, in his
Sunday clothes, and asked me where
Was going. f said I was going to make
hay, "DO yeti knew how to r he asked
't eeea.id 1 didn't, •"I ee," he said, "you
iare just going to emuse yourself. I
4rtdvise you not tp go. They will be
drunk, and there might be unpleasant-
, tem" s
Then Feodor arrived, apparently per
-
leafy sober, except that he was rather
red inthe faqe. He harnessed his horse
to a.cart, "Would I mind not wearing
nlY hat but one of his," he asked. I
Said I didn't mind, and he lent me a
dark blue yachting cap, which is what
the peasants wear all over Russia,. My.
teirt was all right. I had got on a loose
Russian shirt, without a collar. He ex-
plainedIthat it would look: edd to be
seen.with some one wearing such a hat
as I had. It was a felt hate The little
oy who was running about the holse
was Feodor's son. He was bare -foot d,
b
and one of ,his feet was bound up. t I
asked what was the matter with it. The
bandage Was at once taken off and I
Was shown 'the remains of a large blis-
ter and gathering. "It's been cured
s now," Feodor said. "It, was a huge
:blister. It was cured by witchcraft. I
took him to the Wise Vreman and she
put soniethirig on it and said a few
words and the pain stopped, and it got
quite well. Doctors are no good; they
•• oniy cut one about. I was kieked by a
horse and - the pain was terrible. I
drank a Jot of vodka and it did no good
then I went to the Wise Woman and she
put ointment on the•place d she spoke
away the pain. We think its best to be
cured like this -village fashion.",, I
kneev this practice- existed, but It was
curious to rind it so clone at Moscow.
e It Was like finding witchcraftat Surbi-
WM,
Then we started ,for the hay mea-
dows, which were about ten miles dis-
tant . On the road we met other pen
sant in cans bound for the same des-
tination. They all gravely took off their
hats to each other. After an hour and
a half's drive We arriveclat' the Moscow
River, on thebank of which there is a
tea-shop, Tea-shops exist all over Rus-
sia. The feature' of them is that, you
eannot buy spirits there. We stopped,
and had tea. Everybody' wasbrought a
small teapot for tedd and a huge teapot
of boiling water arid very small cups,
and everybody drank about four or five
tups, out of the saucer. They eat the
sugar separately, and do not put it into
the cup. I
Then we crossed the river onnea
floating bridge, and, driving pat a
large white 13yzantine monastery, ar-
rived at the green hay Meadows in the
farther river bank toevards sunset. Then
the hay making began. The first step
which was taken wits for vodka bottles
to be produced and for everybody, to
drink vodka out of a. cup. Then there
was a great deal of shouting and an inn
manse amount of abuse. "ft doesn't
mean anything," Feeder said. "We
curse each other and make it, up after-
wards." Then they drew lots for -the
particular strip they 'should mow; each
, man carrying his scythe high over his
.shoulder. ("Don't come too near," said.
Feeder; "when men have drunk they are
careless with scythes.")
When the lots 'were, drawn they be-
gan mowing. • It waS a beautiful sight
to see the mowing in the sunset, by the
river; the .meadows were of an intense
e salt green; the sky all fleecy and golden
to . the west and black with a great
thundercloud over the woods to the,
eat, t lit up with internaittent slimmer
lightnings. The'moavers were nil in
different Colored ehirts-searlet blue.
white, anti green. They moved till the
tavilight fell and the thundercloud got'
'near to 11.5., Then Feodor dame. and
made our cart into a tent by tying up
the shafts, putting o, piece of matting
acroas them and covering it With hay;
and under this he made beds of hay:
We had supper. Feodor said his
prayers and prepared to go .to sleep,
but elianged his mind, got up and joined
Same friends in a.neighbering cart.
Three children arid a deaf and„dumb
peasant remained with me. The pea-
sants who were in the neighboring tent
were drunk; they began by quarrelling,.
the theysang for about four hours
orwithout stopping; then they. talked.
Feodor came back about half an, hour
before it was light, and slept for that
brief space. 1 11d not sleep -at all. ,
wasn't tired, and the singing was' 'de-
lightful to hear; sO excessively charm.
teristie of Russia and so ,utterly unlike
tIio music of any' other country, ekeept
that Of Mongolia. What, 'strikes in
MOO, about it is In the first place tho
acctiracy with which the parts are
taken, and in the eecend place the 'Cur -
-
ions rhythm, and the close, ending gen-
e' Crotty on the dominant. The children
chattered tOP 8onie time abeht, muelis
rooin gathering and the deaf and dumb
man told me a lot by sign.;, and then
they Went to sleep.
itc.) te0011 tW it was light the mowers
all got up rind letgarrniowing. 1 de ha
Idow which wiva tito Most beautiful
Orel, that of the duek or of the dawn.
The dattin Wae Oil with pearly eioude
f(33e:t):3i, IPIrT17: ):5a n1C
-Il
f t ( ',.'7(,) ;0 , i'Cr.lt L'cl rafl
with ino CPqt!e1"3 rie tie lit. At len o'clock
we drove to en inn end lied tee; theit
we diem back, end the hay, although
as -es qtaile wet, for it had railied in
the night, odic; carried there mad Itidn•
"The women they it et heme," Feeaoe
ceplained; inVe tee fae PIO W3 to come
twee twice." Tile earls, weee laden with
hay, 4taid, 1 deove one of thein home,
Wog out the ' top of the hay, in my
leen. I had always envied, the drivers -
of carts; whom one meets lying. on a
high load of hay, fast asleep, and 110W
1 know, from experience that therc is no
such delicious slumber, with the kind
sun Warming one through and throngh
after a colol night, and the slow jolting
of the wagon rocking one, and the ernelei
of the hay acting like a soporific; every
now and then one wakes up to see the
world through a menden hazes and then
one falls back and drowns with pleasure
in a deep slumber of an inespressibly
delicious quality
When we recrossed the river We again
stopped for tea. As we were etanding
outside an old woman passed by, and
just as she passel one of the peasants
saiditp .Inee"Sitiliownellfgine:':--11Rrire-
I suppose everybody IcnOw.a, »leans a
monsieur,' in contradistinction to the
lower class. ."Very like it Barine," said
the woman, with a sarcostic snort, upon
which the peasant told her in the plain -
'est and most uncomplimentary speech
I have ever heard exactly what• lie
thought of her personal appearance, her
antecedents, and what she was fit, fore
She passed on with dignity. Then
after a time I climbed up on to .the
,wagon again, and sank back !nth my
green paradise of dreams, aind remem-
ber nothing more' till we arrived •home
at five o'clock in the evening.
,,.
3060 SLAVES LIELEASED.,,
Striking Evidence of the Benefit of
British Hale.
Maier Coryncion, the Administrator of
Barotseland, who has just reached Eng-
land from northwestern Rhodesia-,
Oyes an interesting account of -the
changes which have recently taken place
in that remote region.
-Perhaps one of the most striking of
recent event, the Major states, was
the act of King Lewanika, who,du-
ing an imposing fundtion, held. at lit.s
icapital a few weeks ago, formally aboe
ished slavery throughout his kingdom,
thus immediately releasing.sorne thirty
thousand serfs,
"Perhaps one •Of the most striking
evidences of the rapid progress which
is beln'g • made,said the Major, "will
le found in the fact that on my Jour-
ney home I travelled the whole way
from Broken Hill to Cape Town by train
a distance, of 2,100 mi es. When I first
went to I3arotselandtie journey north-
ward from Buluwayo was made by bul-
lock wagon, tile expedition through the
thirst land being a tong and haeardons
-undertaking. In the space of a few
years this has all been ehanged, and
the trip is now accomplished in. a few
hours by ham --
0When we came .irito the country
there eve& 13 different ,tribes of dikterent language all owing allegiance .•' to
I,ewanika, whose representatives Were'
stationed with each tribe. This Main
esystem had not been altered, and to-
day every district conanissibner in each
diStricthas with him a direct represen-
tative of Lewanika, who assists him in
hearing native cases and advising on
matters of purely native administration.
There is not the least sign of disaffec-
tion among the Barotsi.
"So , great is 'Lewanika's desire' for
development and progress that .he has
rebently, by public proclaznation, given
the final deathblow to the ancient sys-
tem of serfdom or domestic slavery,
which, is Conimon -in, 13Etrolseland as
ainong other South 'African tribes, and
he has freed every slave in his do-
minions.
'For this purpose he held a great
function in July. It was as most im-
posing affair. Lewanika; in full uni-
form, took his place in the centre of the
`principal group, there being eorne 2,000
natives present. Around the 'Chief ,were
gathered the Government officials, all
the white men in the neighborhood, in-
cluding' 25 missionaries, and the read-
ing by the Prime Minister of Lewani-
ka's decreewas a, never -to -be -forgotten
conclusion. .
"As a result, between 4060 and 30
00() have obtained absohire free-
dom. Lewanika Is also "making a
strong point in keeping guns, ammuni-
tion, and liquor °tit of plis. ppliptryi. and
the laws, winch are veeitisisteriritgent, re-
ceive loyal support from
•
WOULD SOON BE STAINED.
Same time since, a trial took place in
a' remote part of Australia before a
rough-and-ready Irish magistrate. • The
case was a complicated one of man-
slaughter, and the prisoner bore the
very wOrst character in the whole
neighborhood. Owing, however, to the
squaring of .several of the most impor-
tant witriesses a verdict0! "Not guilty"
was returned.
man :leave the eourt, then, without
the stighteitt .stain on my character?"
said the prisoner to the 'tench.'
"Ye cinn" replied the magistrate, "big
lave it at ance. I know ye for the big.
ge6t rogue that eVer stepped in slide -
leather, though you've got off (his time.
Yes, ye can lave the court; without a
Main on your character; but, by an the
saints, if I find you knocking around
outside when rve finiehed with this job
I'll lave a stein on your face that , all
the soap in ould Ireland WaSh
off in a
„
N111. SPEAKER'S PRIVILEGES.
The Speaker of ilia
Commons has several
lees. Every year In
from the Master of tin
alma: and doe killed i
erves. Later in the ear the Speaker
IC( eives another tribute from a differ
-
sit Atire,e. The donors. on tliis occaet
en are the Clothe/otters' Company ef
,endon, who send to ' the Speakea-a,
vidth of the best broadcloth to he found
1.1
ritislf lIotise of
peculiar privit
receives a gift
Buckhoutlds of
1 the Royal pre-.
FIGHTING THE SAVAGES GENTLE ART OF TOUGHING IN THE NOR fHERN WILDS
F. LUGARD RE;,;'CRIBES'
liEt11101tS ow/ovum '
Young Jeleietenant With rinj fiativ
Seildiere Destroys a Village wad',
Itelesesee Captives.
The war melliode etill required to
deal %vitt! tretedent Annean tribe's ere
set out interestingly _in a number of
despatches from sir F. Lngard, pub -
la -lied in the London Gazette.
. OperatianS in Northern Nigeria were
•wendered netle.ssary by the predatory
and slave -raiding expeditionsof the
'warlike Munslii tribes. Lieut. WOodea
who was left in charge ef a detachment
at Abinsi, decided on his own responsi-
bility to attack a murderous village
chief; who had a number of captives,
one of whom he had murdered in cold
,blood. He was at the time preparing
poison for hist arrows in order to fight.
• A messenger sent to order him to re -
'I eilat, 'MT" reilptivc5. WEI'S - UM, Mat -it lve
returned again his ears would be cut
off and he would be made to at them.
Si» F. Lugard reports that the messen-
ger eomewhat naturally declined to
take a further message, and Lieut.
Woods attacked the village with only
50 native soldiers
CAPTIVES IN DANdirtri.
"The Jinja in the Village was cover-
ed .with blood, and a human arm was
feend in a hut. The village was de-
stroyedi- and subsequently the captives
were given up, after discussion by The
Itfunshis as to whether or not they
should kill them all.. Seventy-two more
captives were released, malting S total
01 118 out 103, which was the number
missing so far as known, in addition
te 76 actually seen to be killed." *' 0.
Incidentally, it is •disclosed by these
despatches that the dieturbances which
broke gut it Sokoto while these -opera-
tions. Were, in progress "gave cause for
very grave anxiete." LieuteCol. Ila,s-
ler was so advised by the High Com-
missioner, and, as it appeared quite pos-
sibles thatethere woula be a general re-
ligious aging throughout the protector-
ate, he celled on hi,. officers and men
"for a, special effort,"" •
How splendidly that call was answered
may be understood by the fact that No.
1 •colturin marched 3,12 miles, the last
18G _miles of which were over d very
Lad and reeky read, in 123,4 days, while
another column covered 83 miles in less
than 48 hours.
BARBAROUS TRIBES.
Operations in Southern Nigeria were
. ,
carried on in a eouotry very thickly
populated "by tribes more barbarous
and less intelligent than any hitherto
met with.". This, country was split ,up
into innumerable independent- to ns or
communities, the chiefs of which Were
nearly always decrepit old men .posses-
sing little authority or control ov r their
the . young. men.- The large qu fities
n
tribe, the real power being vested in
ol arms of precision subsequently sure
rendered' showed how very completely.
armed the population was. u
The operations were brought, to a
successful cOnclusion, but . were mark-
ed by a "regrettable incident" in the
shape of the .surprise, defeat, and re-
treat of a emall force in the Kwaledis-
trict, when del the three European of-
ficers were wounded, and there were
21: casualties out of a total rank and
file of .70. k . '-
4$.
AMONG T„ HE SLAVE -TRADERS.
A specl.al exphditibn wees sent inte the
Bende-Onitsha Hinterland, a. region in
which Slave tradingand human sacri-
fices existed, and which Was unknown
country, closed to trade. The expedi-
tion covered .1100 square miles of coun-
try,' mosref which had not been previ-
ously visited,- and the most •continued
and obstinatp r4is1ance was metwith,
trenches and slotkades being found ev-
ery‘vhere. •
Operations in the East African Pro-
tectorate were, rendered necessary "ow.
ingste the.refetsal of ,the 'Nandi tribe to
•move into the nerves allotted to them
after previous fighting' and the procla-
mation' of an armistice.denn. '
The operations were carried nn in
high altitudes, and -in cold ,and inchs
ment weather, which caused 15 per cent.
of the British officers to be invalided.
The turbulent Nandis were taught a
rinielnneededlesson, and other warithe
tribes were properly impressed.
It is noteworthy that the Uganda rail-
way Was found of great netts:in cell'
Can with these operations.
. HUN -MENACES ST.- HELENA
Will' be the. Effect of the Ilemoval of
British Troops. '
" Every white1111111 resident on the island
or St.' Helena has signed a petition to
the British Government . protesting,
against the proposed,' withdrawal of the
military gorrison there, and 11league
has been organized iti 1,ondorio to pro-
mote the aeticiri of the islandets.
"St. Helena: has 4,000 intuit -Ali -nets, of
whom 200 ere whiles," said A. G. Wise,
fie eecretery of the St. Helena League,
he other day. “Tho gctrrison consists
of 200 men,' and if the,y go (ho sole de-
fence of the islanders will consist of a
police Three ofi five .nutives.
"Moreover, the white inlitibitantS de-
riv6 two-thirds of their livelihood from
the garrison« The proposed abolition ef
the coaling 'station and the withdrawal
Ilie3 garrisen tionstitute a palpable in-
justice, in view of the feet that the
white inhabitants, following a (Rivet
suggeStion. the, -Government,
0(1 0. .8. largo number of expensive Apar)
mid cattle from England.
"If the soldieni leave these animals
Will be useleSs to the inhabitants, who
limit themselves almost exclusively to
ilsh diet. All who can afford to leave
the island are planning to do .c.o, ond
Ur rest will have nothing to live on.
°rite redult will be that the Goverl 1.
ment will be called on to eupport thine,
poor !people. and will hareto.pay
ihr development of the mineral vesoure-
es, 'especiallylAltin manganese.' The
cable of the %astern', Telegraph, 'ow.
inlay passed; through lennef, onst
tide Makes it odditionallie Impertent
that the garriecan the cost rif \. 111111
NUT SF)1ant ehould 1.o inaintainoL"
,
stonto
A136 THE WE'LliebRID JE
CARS OF LONDON.
filelhods of Idirtikene 'Wittman "%Yeno.
Practiced by Heeds.; ilfentbere oil
Dritieh AtieteeradWo "
Itadoey day It every jeenden ^polies)
tiourt one Or work) iniforiunato pereens
l!1 :111 to ierrns of ililp7ionnaent
'for, Legging in. the, etreets. They are
III -fed
nd 1,araboridS
and ill -clothed, without ern/ omu"
ror,taes a,, generally very
pation exeept that whivh tecliniCallY
lmown les "pitching, the awl
thereby, ahstraeting odd 11e1G3 frorn the
benevolent, eavritei S. Viers in the Lon.
(hill Mali.
But N.vhile ilacill-dressed beggar is
given the opportunity of eoneidering
the error of hie ways in a stone cell on
a Spartan diet, London, and especially
Inc west end, abounds with well-dressed.
beggars equally vvitliout other oedupa..
lion,' • -tquafly 4prskni mpala -• other,
people's money, but against whoni ilia
police haveerita power, and avliom the
officers of hie Mendieity Society would
probably greet with a respectful salute.
41E1(ELy nortnow.
They do not exactly beg, they merely
borrow. But borrowing is a euphe-
mism. They pay back ,on the Greek
kaiends. Verbally they "want a sover-
eign until to -morrow" but, as every
school', child knows, to -morrow never
eomes. While the whining' beggar
the streets is a miisance 1110 experienced
'Londoner regards the affable, 'well.
dressed gentleman Who asks him
casually • if ho "happens to have a
eavereign about hind' as. being an in-
finitely greater and InQr0 expensive
plague,: • -
•-The successful borrower „must be a
mein of fereat imagination, dogged per-
sisteneei -unfailing tact, and iron impu-
• dence. It is well always to adept
-the . method of the east end
trader, and ask a great deal more than
you art\ prepared to take. One reealle,
hi this.connection. Inc famous Mr. Mon-
tague 'ring, who, after ambitiousre-
quests), was prepared to accept from
Mr. Pecksniff the ridiculous sum VI
,eighteenpence, end this was reproduced
not so many years °go by a well-known
tiristecrat who was chronically . impe-
'cunious. •
• • SLID 'DOWN.
• Ile drove up one night to the country
houSe of a relatiVe and asked to sec him
on most, important business. . Ile ex-
plained that beiwanted: $3,000 at Once,
• and that ruin stared him in the face un-
less. the sum was forthcoming. .The ree
lative was Scotch, and the • berrower
..wee'a diplomat, and the result was that
after half an hour's wrangling be lett
the house perfectly happy. with 41 in
gold and three shillings in silver. .
"Ong well-knowncharacter,' who 'died
a Short while ago, lived quite comfort-
ably for -many ,atears on borrowed
motley. On one opeasion he explained
-that, after great self-saerifice, he had
accurnalatad £13 towards his rent, and
that, he Wanted another X3 to intik° up
the necessary slim; but if this £3 as
not forthcoming his home would be sold
up, and his wife and children ,turned
into the streets, en addition to all his
own self-sacrifiee comingtto nothing.
•
SENTIMENTAL TOUCH.
11 wos a.pretly story, and,told with
the right dramatic emphasis, was an
admirable source of 'income for Severai.
weeks, the gentleman worldpg from bar
to bar, and Bohemian club to Bohemian
club, 'Until Inc hadbeen oblainen
freen every person with a banking
ac-
courit whom he* had aerrodding ac-
quaintance. •
•Go another occasion, with tears
his eyes, he explained that the -next day
was his wife's birthday. •- lie had, ever
since their Marriage, ,gieen, his wife a,
little -.present, but, on this particular
year lefties were so 'bad that he, found
lediself without the means to, de so.
His poor •wife eteould be terribly disap-
pointed, and hehimself felt, perhape,
more, keenly than he bed ever felt be-
fore. the bitterness of poverty.
This was also tt.. most successful story,
some _men finding a sovereign, others
half a soVereign, sorne even Inc shil-
lings, the 'present Which • Inc. husband
desired to give 'llepending. upon his
knowledge of the generosity and Inc
theme • of the person to wtioin he "told
tflii"erhitasiep''a'rticular man always spent his
summers -en small towns on lite .eoast,
of Flamed, where there was a casino,
loans fr011i successful gamblers making
ft appreciable -addition to his income.
SUPPEn ENATeuEll,'
Anotar num. some years ngo, at-
teined.efathe in . the west, end as • Inc
"champion supper snatcher," Ile would
go into a • restaurant eoon after, 11
()demise:, look mond the room until he
had found an acquaintance, • whom he
would go over to and effusively greei.
standing and -,talking till the man. for
Very* shame's sakewas obliged to say:
"Won't you sit down end have some-
thing to eat?" This Was praeliced more
lle 1 t • 1 1
Pee(11 41101,1e1, .I11,.1%.}-1111 wao ,
frequented • one. of the most expensive
restaurants, und obtained. lunches. and
dinners,by the same method.
There are, of course; always, in a, 8
eitv jike London, a number of happy.
FINI3 SPORT IN
ONTARIO.
Mlngliug of ii4iiisedi and Savage
• fonts on the Shores of tale
Tentiaottirint
For Up in the steritiewentie of C'encar4
ajeeni 1512 Mucci Ilay2
.heautiful Lake TO2i1(le,;111Ii 110.9 clear and
dedp in the heart. of the pine foineie
With nearly 1,000 little woolled itilande
Mudding He Jimpia auefacce• '1.Vit1eirawn
'lion) settlement by the Ontario Govern-
ment, thecae ielexule have been -consti-
tuted a. timber reserve and remain a
perpetual wilderness resort for the
.siop‘o,certssinoeinprairniellevaallbasetaiiiiitgy.tielight to all
'file quaint old town of North Bay
uptil this year marked practically the
end of the civilized trail and of Hetet!
wakened scarcely more than 0. paesing
interest. To reach Lake Terna.gann it
has aievays been neessetiey to make a
djOurney 'fronteitlartie 'ntly partly
by teepees and partly - overland, but
110w "the trip is completed on, a little
railroad train which drops the traveler
at Temegami station and then goes puf-
fing on its way through the pine woods
up into the district where rieli silver,
ore hes eecently been discoyered and
,whero even last eurnmer prospectors
were swarming over the niche tapping
midi their little long -handled hammers.
At the etation Lake Temagami intends
itself to view • and everything elee is
fergotten in the prospeet of .the royal
seert it suggests. Covering an area of
100 miles oral with nearly •
• 3,000 MILES OF SHORE LINE
Inc. Section presente ample opportunity
for getting back to Nature and knowing
life in the ,primitive.
Directly across .frem the elation about
seventeen- miles distant is Bear Island;
the• largest of the group and a little
steamer plies busily from shore to shore.
. With the unerring instinct of their
MCC .the,IiiCliatiS named the lake Tema-
gaini-deep water -and it verifies . its
• cognomen with 400 feet or more of
depths of crystal clearness. The Indians
on Bear Island ,belong • to .one of the
oldest -of tile Chippewa: tribes and live
by, trading with the Hudson's Bay, Conn
• panyd 'Once a • year they • are paid a
•bounty _feoms the government, the oc-
casion is celebrated With a grand ball
in the fire ranger's cabin • and all the
countryside turnsout, to assist, scone 01
the Indiana canoeing fifty miles to jo'n
in the merrymaking. In the rough little
cabin a. grizzled old 'chief sits solemn-
ly iscreping.a fiddle or a chance visitor
ral
iislti4emitinsliis
cfoperleisiese(dlainneleorfr‘TqIciee to
boiliorg-
braVes and squaws \ caper, about with
Stolid expressionless fitcee,. While rang-
ed arountl Inc N.; ails' on. all 'eides the 014
or squaws with' bright, beady black
eye.s; Watch the performance evithun-
ilrigginee--interest„ and .the tiny, roulid
,headof a• little .swarthy papponee.nods
patiently from side tct side, with dreams
,rundisturbect by
I THE AISITILTS OF ITS ELDERS:
Altogether it is es picture -for th0. pen
at tile .worde prtist, vivid t‘•itik -life and
color. The little CalAn of 'rough hewn
log, the bow celled room with its dim
flailing lights, rank- perfume hanging
heavy in the air, arid the duisky braves
and squa\\ 's. with 111e119 pathetic incon-
gruity of attire, all the. dignity of od
enee noble race departed,' saerilleed •
to
-civilization, made pitifully tawdry and
cheap. Outside, the soft summer night
drenehed-with the mystery of stars and
ot silence,. the majestyof age-old for -
este, black with impenetrable shadows,
the evastneies of unfalhontable spaces,
the great .faseieating wilderness of the
north Where the call of the wild sounds
with myeterious, conipelling force.
The. fire ,fangerst cabins are - really
:mile.stones, marking the peOgress on the
beat ^of the •government patrolmen.
The duty ofthe rangers' is not only to
patrol the country to guard against for-
est fires, but also to see' that there are
ne. infringements of --the gaMe laWS
among -the sportsmen. ...These cahins or.
offices are located ,front'30 to 50 miles
apart On.d mein fire ranger makes the.,
rounds from cabin to cabin on his beat,
covering a giVen territory in a stated
time, sometimes etravellieg nearly a
week Without the sight.of a human face
tee the sound of a human Voice.
THE- SPOJITSMAN'S PABADISE.
Tonagami has been rightly named the
SportsniaWs Paradise, .it is „ideal in
every sense of the world. Two men
and a guide have an ensy day's work
-landing (Ken 25 10 3ti black bass or
pielierel at averag.e weight of three
to five pounds. 'The law limits the'sal.
mon trout •eatch to four a day, a feat
that easily'accomplished in front four
to live hours, the spepkled beauties of-
ten weighing aver 25 pounds. The Ster-
grist, party had n mighty tussle with
one big gamy fellow who had no mind,
to be landed. With 400 feet of line
nut and • lite gaff hoe]: left behind on
shord it became a mere question of tact
nnd , diplomacy. An hour anda
half ofpatient advance'and retrent par.
tially Itfoil him ent and a .little more
skillful manoeuvring' towed him to shah,
low water„ where E. B. Smith ree,eived
int in a slippery embraee and hurried-
./ !loped him nbontsC
• Nd( the .feast tile pleasures • of the
portemen's life at Temagami are the
here dinnos, 1)11 ),411 by. the guide
81 eaten with a rlisl ? r
enjoyed at the infest •luxurious hole] in
the eountry. Sitting eroes-legged like
Turh on the se-41*st of (-smelts of bal-
111 fli,ksItitiiret lett;
intes nserhead Vie wirl of rash -
)11 water murmuring over the roeke
the outside vi al with its cares and Per-
plexities assumtea an .(1speet of moven
ity, life is only a playday, adrift and
adreante-Myelle Tower &laid), in the
Durfalo 'Express.
pceyy Man Ina his prie, but in Wine
eases out of ten he inift worth 'it.
If it man ie too lazy .,to welt he fetP.
leineelf ee philtteophy ,dispenser.
vtiti,t, heed to ;eel lee esseneeei nape,
Candid Friend : "Yen will Inane to
eunioue 0110 t It heve in moat. a jolly
tieht herder Aid if 1 , don't,"
isoducky,„ well-to-do individuals who are
utterly unable to resist the cry of the
impc ctinieue.,
4110.
S'ilptr HIS OWN DOG. • •p
A eportettlari mined Leeernee was
sled by les dog neer `t
the other day, while out after sea -fowl.
lit stood in hill .boat holding the bare el
et the gun, the stoek of which rested
on the bottom of Inc heat. • As he Wag
at out (0 push. eff time dog sprang, aboard
eand dashed "against the trigger, discharg-
ing the gun and killing Lecorbece on the
spot.
...eineenneenseneeds
3a1)enese eleldren begin to go to
,whoit yf'tir,(3
litst four print; ,they learn Japanese and
Cliiiite; in Inc tieNit, fone yesate Peery
Child late to lean Englitsla
•.}
toirema.
LEADING MARKETS
LEPArit.t,TUFFS,
3O, -1:1r terieee
:tee essie;ist Tz, t4 $2.'74 1
nintease S ens, t tieede, fee Lid tad odd -
Fir f r eeie et, Meniteeaseides4
174'1 eatente ienti)
Cii.$3.eas
'Minded eitante, $retels tie tql3,, idttat:,
°Weide; 'ediettee,
• iteent-Ne, 2 es:fiesta Aieerinen Tied*
el ot- :die to erneise, 'neeoatei *Ana liven*
:tparitatiense-
licat-Onter'n- itto. 2 white 7lie bid*
east; NO. 2 red, .71c bid, east, G. T. I10;
No. 2 mined, ii9e hid, G. T. R.
Wileat-Manitoba-No. 1 hard, 8`..10
asked, Port Huron; • No. 1 northern,
8teitete. tented, `Port Ihneon; NO4, 2 north-
ern, WS:tete asked.
Barley -No, 2, 49e bid, on a 5e rate
to Toronto; No. 3 extra, 433.inc asked,"
outelde, 4Thic
Iteas-No. 7tit-eic asked etist, 78a
asked outside. ,
Rye -75c hid, epot, for 5„000 bu,sliels'.
COI i,NTBY PlIODUCE.
Mil c,eIP to. st0;":01111'liglit,;7"wille
prices holding vry firm.
- - 24e to 'SC
do solids 23e toWie
dairy prints 22c to 23e
do pails 18c to 200.
do tubs .•.• ...• 18c to 200 *
Inferior .... 17c to Itte
Cheese-Prieee firm at 133p to 14c fat
large and lie to 14,ine for :amines
Eggs --Firm at from 10e to 20e, ab
though some dealers 'quote them 21e.
Baled Hay -Prices are senchanged at
$0.50 to $10 for No. 1 timothy, in ear
line here.
Baled Straw -Prices are from 85.50
10 $6 per ton, in car lots 110re.,
MONTREAL MARKETS. •
Montreal, Oct. 16.-Bseueine,ss on the
local graM market was ' gitiet. Bids on
Manitoba wheat wore about a ,ca,rit • a
bushel out of line.
Buckwheat -54c per bushel ex -store. .
st(Cm?er.n-Anierican, No, it mixed, 57e ex -
Oats --No. 2 white, 39ene to 40c; No. 3
hute 38aeo to hth.).; No;:4 37%c to Mc
per bushel' ex-stnre;
• Peas-Bcdting peas, $1 in carload lots,
84.10 in jobbing lots. ,
Flour -Manitoba spring wheat, 84.25
to $4.00; strong bakers', $3.90 to $4,10;.
winter wheat patents, $4.10 to $4.25;
straight voile's, $3.60 • to $4.10; do-, in
hags, $1.65. to $1.75e ext?as, $1,50 to
$1,5in
_ Millfeed-Ma rii °ha bran in •bags,
$18.50; :shorts, $23; • Ontario bran„ in
bags, $18.50 to $19; shorts, $2f•a0 to
$22; milled mouille, $21 to $25; straight
grain, $28 to $29 per ton.
Roiled Oats-tIter .bag. $1.05 to $2 in
ear,.lots, 82.10111 jobbing lots.
Cornineal-Feeding meal, $1.25; gra-
notated, $1.55,
liay-No. 1, 11150 to $t2; No. 2., $11
to 811.50; closier mbied, $19. to S1.0.50; -
pure clover, $9 per, ton In ear lots;
Eggs ---23c for .setiyats in wholesale lots
arid 2,4c, for single :eases. Fresh 'gath-
ered are glinted at 1,9c to 20e.
Po ta t ose-It would be difficult n f.ipa
,ently to boy N. B. stock at lesS than
70e per • PO pounds carloads on track,
though some - were purchased at 68e;
some -also cost 72e. Redis iney be. had
at 65c lb 67e.
• Provision,4-Barrols short cut mess,
$22 to $24; hall barrels, 11,75 to $12.50;
clear fat backs', $23.50; long cut heavy
mess, $20.50; • half barrels do, $10.75;
do, salted leng clear 'baron, 12.4,i. to
12ttnee hornet., plate beef, $12 to $13; half
1. .i do., $6.50 to $7; barrels 116avy
te.ef, $11; hail beareels do., $6;
compsamd lard, • tie • to • tnsee; pure lard, ,
lleflc to 120; kettle reodersal, 12efec lo
1$e; hams,• 140 • te aceording to
size; brealtiast laeion. 15e In "Edo; Wina-
.F.or baeon, 15e to 15 111511 killed
abattoir. dressed • hogs, te,e.50; alive, 80.75
te $0.99 per le0 pounds. •
• BUFFAI.O.e-IABICET.
Buffalo: Oet, 10. Fe2m. -•Quist.
Wheat ---Strong fur' spring; N-1. 1 North-
ern, ,.Plge; -While!' dull; NO. 2 white,
741 corn----Eai4ier; No. 2 yellow; m3,6
to •51enc; No., 2 corn, 51 to 51A0. Oats
-Steady; No. 2. whilst, 38%c; No.. 2 mix-
ed, 3W,e. Barley -Very string; West-
er», •e.i.f., 48ja" to 59e. ^ Canal freights
--Steady.
NEW TOBK WITEAT
_
New Yerk;h tee. 10. -a Wheat -- Sent
easy; No. '2 red. 75enee -en eniyaeor
'703m f.o.b. efloet; No. 1 northern Du-
luth, 804e alloet; No. 2 hind wine,
ter, 8.2%e f.o.b. afloat.
•
IVE.STOCK MABKETS.
Tormilo, 0e1.; I1 .-1100.e3- .deliveries ot
slime fee.metsa at • the we,„„tem
Market to -day, eeatisieg a ,slachne..ss in
the trade, • - ,
Choiee $4.40 lo $4.51); me-
dium leatehtTs', $3.65 to $4,20; good,
butehere', 84.13 to 84.40; TO cows, 83.30
to $3.60; mixed lots and COWS. $1.75 to
83.50; rough • and inferior, $2 to 82.35
pt -r
• Light stoehrrs sold -at $2,:,0 to • 133;
fed ei's; Tifton 'te' .4•5011, lbs, at- 83.30 - go'
84; ...short -keeps •nt 83.80 to. 84.25; sleek
bulls,' 1.000 to 206 ree, 01 $2 te $2.30
per cwt.
Lambs v, ere quoted al 13tkl1 10
exp .
o ewes at "84 to 84.50, end. export
bucks- nt $3 to ,.$3.70 per cwt.
Calves wereiestendy to firm, et $3.5,0
to $6•50 per (wl.
enws were in dtenand at $25 to
•
lieh's and leis a 1.kr.
I12)51:com at
An bulimia paying his 'fleet ayisit to a4
married itequointance, asked the name of
a epriehlry little girl nhose, winning.
aeons esal attrioeee his etteets,m, evve
cell her Elia; !said the ciders mother.
"That is a, peel name," reinerited the
aufhor.„ hoe been made elteei;e bZ
chat -lee "'W,011, te tell IDA
heith," eviitseoest the k'
eurneiia. to filti
yeller ingoincii.
ii (ht oatnItion estitietiOn of a cor,tiV