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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-12-13, Page 2 (2)- - - - THE SPORTING CRIMINAL 611EVIC JON'011talttia, *tr-r itoberi Anderson Gives Some Haus-, tratione ot tee Methods, al Soule elf tate t-Pt-ofestioniit Itobort Anders' en, lato head, of the, Unit'sh froirninal Inveatigatien Pepart. vent at Seetiand Yaed, ha.5 bran norit. tug to the Lendert tertteltie, eenteleatatt the criatinat of sperting tendeaciee. Ile hot& the Cleary that "just ae the sports- . =ma caleYs the anticipation of his shoat, and delights iitalking over ills successes and even his failures, so is it with the crimatial of sporting tendericies. Inderci 9ur naaional love of sport largely influences the charaoter of English crime, which is generally free from the' brutality which meets-- the martini other rases. Sir Robert tells three etore lel illus- tration ,of his theory. Here they are; 1,Vitta a convineed disciple, of Hobbes" wit° ignores the Ten Commandments, ei tout suffettet from tea twinge S• ittettonset- • enee, stalking a deer le poor work in comparison with Stalking a millionaire. The brutal criminal who covets the rich titan's hoard will murder lais victim and break open his safe with "a sledge hammer. But this is utterly unworthy of the spor'Isman. And the "Dick, pin" of lite present day., cannot tette to the highway, like his prototypelie must have receurse to modern rnethotte. need...not draw upon my imagination 7 here; for "truth . is stranger hien fic- tion," and, my memory will supply me . with illustrations. ' • HELPED TO BOB HIMSELF. )alitp:ing tOe. chaTia tin" ftery, the". hta1ii uwUetreahlat avid the neitt etillrey 10h-tee4 the rued eteanieri 4tehtitite werih of dial -oar -Ads had to be' dapooitca the, pestetlice stirerig-reom, and tvaert those Seamen:1i reaoLrd Eng* " land i vw Biquarind who bronglit them here. ,He etiAlVariti lX4414•Ai tttat be had teed. them te !Oct.? trikti.'; tn liettera Carden Certain i3 that he Th e hero of my first storyrented a bedrocan near the railway station -from which the Dives he was stalking travel- led doily to town. Well-dressed' and well-Sitoomed, he took his seat in the eau* cernpartment, attracting noticeton- ly by his apparent desire to remain un- , noticed, while he dealt with the: papers he, carried in, ,a stylish handbag. One morning after a few journeys he gave vent to his annoyance " at having forgot- ten his keys. A stranger sitting in the . opposite corner politely offered him his bunch in the" hope haathe would ilnd on IL a key to open the bag. But none of them would fit the lock. At the sug- gestion of the stranger (hood course, was an accomplice) Dives then, produced his bunch of keys, and a few seconds f Utlited toenablethe thief to lake a wax impression of the key,of Dives' safe. "A' few weeks later the safe was rifled, and before the criiine was .dhsiovered the thiefwas across •the Channel with his booty. • -THE TRANSMUTATION .OF GOLD. This'•tricit has been often played, the plot I am about to describe is abso- liftely unique. The genius who planned it eta/Med-to ittave discovered the master secret or'alchernyt he could double the weight.of gold. One of our great city , on being approached in street eonfldencet offet.ed him facilities to test his scheme. But lie "thought scorn't,to treat e few hundred sovereigns; it would not be worthhis while to deal with letss than X20,000. Of course, the rrierchants had no risks, for they cared take adequate hrecatitions against pilfer- ing or fraud. The follow stipulated!' tbat no one but hiniself should enter the laboratory provided for the purpose of his experiment, but he ostentatiously submitted to a rigid search after, each of his daily visits. One Monday rimm- ing be failed to put in an appearance, ,and when after an interval the labora- tory via; opened, the tanks in which the 20,00J sovereigns had been deposited were found to be empty. How the geld had been spirited awry was a mystery wincli perhaps. waled never havet been solved had not the Eporting instinche ct the thief compelled him to boast of bis - 'THE MUTINY IN THE NAVY success, 4 letter posted in territory. -thee knew no extradition treaty brought • full disolosure of the plot. A "gen- tlematily" sort of letter it was express- ing- regret at the credulity of his vic- tine, and congratulating them that the loss ot X20,000 was of small aceolint to them. He would maintain absolute se- crecy' in the letsittess, for if the story were known they would become a laugh. ingsstock in every capital of Europe. I may hetet Say that .they took the hint The Crime Luis remained a Secret to the present tour. The only poller?„ officers avito had knowledge of it are dead and gone. • Rut how wee the gold abstracted? The thi-f explained that the handsome walk- ing emit -whieh he invariably earried was the biggeet "eovereign purse" ever roanitiattured. and every time he visit- ed the laboratory he filled it with coins., iaellAUlt OF DIAMONDS. A still more elaborate plot was „that by wither one of thee greatest criminate of our time achieved his greatest coup. 1 rofer ti Rayinond, who galled nolo. r;ety by the theft of Mr, Agnew' s plc. ture-Gairisborough'e "Duchess of- De. vonshire." His cupidity WftS. excited by the aceounts of the Kimberly diamond Mines. Ile sailed foe South Africa, 'Chill- ed the mines, accompanied a convoy of diamende to, the coast, and inveotigated the whole problem on the spot. Dick Tartan would have recruited aebody of buslirengere and eeized one of the 'con. voys, but the metitotle of the Sporting PrillihlOi of toolay are Very different. The arrival of the diamonds at the port wao atwayo timed to catch the mail steamor for England, and it a. convoy were 'accidentally delayed ert route the treasure had to lie in the poettellce tin. lit lite next mail lefts Ilaytriondt; plan nt campaign was teem retitled. He *wee a man who ceuld melte lag way in any eettipany, and he had not muelt difficul. 13 in ottnining impreseions of the post. maeler'sey fire postmaster, indeed, wee one of the teindring friend; whom he entertained at dinner the evening be fere he stifled for home. 't Ve,111' S1MLJt WWI THit KEY. Smite monthe later he returned o , Fertile Africa dismetsel, and paetitig un • r arlother ittinin; and; avoitheg all the new ft it nits of Iii A fc)rnter Visit, 14, taitkitO wnytup coontry 19 a place ut svhict the diamond volivnye lied to rheas t river 1017 on their way to Um pert. CA .11 Eve:I in izmury awi. idioneso on tho proo cnad3 et the erkne, driving, •hi.a inait-phaelon about 1,otalon, and sail - here his ..ateam yaerit in the Meditegren- care And were it net that his sporting instincts were, ineatiable, an1 uneeas? itigly incited him to fresh venttaree, he mieht si21 be living in- the enjoymeot na..,altha BRITISH WARSHIPS SICK E GUT PER GENT. ON TUE INEliVEG- TIVE usr. False Economy et the Government -eels ' BesPortsible fix Many .1,7 Itlitehenee The docking 'of the battleship 'Hindle. start at Portsmouth, Eng., recently ow- ing to defects hi her steering gear, adds auother to the list of British warships which havebeen, put out ot action, tern- porarily by mishaps. According to the last published return, 8 per cent. of the effective warship strength of -the Brit- ish navy WAS in this plight when the statistics were collected. This propor- tion does not inelude the 'battleships and cruisers in dockyard hands under- geing repairs and refits' that have been necessitated by wear and tear. When the attempts were being' made L" refloat the, Montego, the battleship Duncan touched a pinnacle rock of the Outer Shutter reef. Her double bottorn, was pieroed, and one of her after -com- partments flooded. She is now in dock- yard bends at Portsmouth, and will' not be seaworthy for several weeks. BUMPED ON ROCK. - , The armored ' cruiser Good Hope' is also on the "Sick net" Several alarm- ist stories regarding the nature of her accident have been circulated. The fol- lowing are the facts of the case:-. , . On the evening of June 6th, when the naval thanotuvres were in progress, the -Good Hope left Plymouth for a given rendezvous. She had orders to escape by way of the eastern Channel; in order to avoid hostile torpedo craft, though warships and liners invariabli use the western entrance to the Sound, as the water there is much deeper. There was a good deal of fog when the Good Hope went out. She Proceed- ed cautiously, but humped suddenly on a rock, which is supposed to have been the .Outer Shagstone. , Her outer, plating was holed, but not her inner skin, and the pinups easily kept the double -bottom free, of water. The vessel* proceeded, and carried. Put her assigned work during the malice*. •vres, but when she carne to be docked it was found that her plating had been fractured and strained .for a consider- able length, and it will be some time before she is again ready for sea: FALSE ECONOMY. - The grounding et the battleship Do- minion on the ..North Atlantic station L: the latest episode in the chapter el accidents. She has holed herself and ie. making water, which means that she will have to go Into dockyard for a considerable time The new battleship Hibernia, which will be eormeissioned shortly, and was placed in the Keyharn Extension Basin at Devenport a few days ago to prepare for her trials, has been discovered to have a. defective armor plate in her broadside belting. To unbuild this and - fit a new plate will delay the comple- tion of the ship by another two maths. 'rho frequency of accidents of this na- ture is having a disquieting effect orr men who have the interest of the sea service at heart. It is pointed out in connection with the Hindnstan accident that, when she went for repairs into the King Edward Dock- at Gibraltar, Span-. ish labor, was taegely etnployed, Many experts hold to the opinion that the false econdiny In tide direction is tor sponsible for the Hindustan having to undergo repairs again, , it ..-...........-- - • HOIST WITH IIIS OWN PETARD. , Over -shrewd lawyers often furnish their advisaries with weapons. "Did yOu see this tree that hae been mentioned, by the roadside?' are editor- cate inquired. ' e cr . "Yes, sir; I gm it very plainly." "It was eorispicuous, then?" The witness seemed pezzled by the new woad. Ile repeated his former as. I Serattrha't lethe difference," sneered the . , lattryer, 'between plain and contipiou- fart he 'wets hoist by his own petinel. The witness innocently answered: "I cart nee yeti plainly, sir, arming the Other lawyer.% though you aro not a bit 111 a blow directed against the character of a witness for. cibly reeoliect: , "You were in the tompany of these people?" hetwati asked. . "Of two (deride, sir," ""Friendel Two thieveI Stippose you inderrtinktrt may be so," was the dry refort, "they were both lawyers," *.....,+,....or,ona ANIMAL SURGERY. Animal ourgery has now reached &tell a high degree of development that ol, Most krIfery operation to which human patietito submit is. made 1180 Of tO pro long the, lives of pa animals, The Ordinal surgeon erin rejuvenate the aged dog by filling it avith a petted Sd ol taiSO hIlli. MA he can substitute a glean eye finf,. the. optic lest by a cat. Quite a number of dogo and eats whit% ere Mitms a log have been fitted twilit aril- fieial substitute:J. Usually of leoftliero i vilie11 rewt ) former deys thoy \i, .'.11.t, At- tee toting ft limb, lave been either kill. Pit or left te lirop about tat three '1E,Alq. to Cale rocent nib) a eat, leteihrit stai., lewed a small lintlyin, WM PIA(441 under Pto X-rays, and the Pin, lotvieg 1. 31 l trAtOtd, ,wti,s drawn out by a ekilful op- eration. musr,* IRF,VO(ATION OF THE ON tifE-Ii:LNEE OP Mt. What aused the Open Insubordination at the Portsmouth Navy , Yard. No looser will Lieutenant Collard, R.N.. or any othee ()Meer °X the British navy, be able to order seamen or etokers ti) knee1 before him. The 200-year-o1d -order of on the knee is to be el:oils/led. This is the result of the recent mutiny of tslokera at the naval barracks et liorts. mouth. The details of the mutiny, of course, aro familiar to our readers, but the se- eret history of the outbreak shows that the etolters mutinied in order to attract public attention to the brutal German methods of treating the men in vogue among several of the officers and nota- bly Lieutenant Collard. At the new year the officers at tile barracks were charged. Commodore Wei9: Stonferde son of the admiret, was placed in command. With, hini were at ceminander add • LIEUTENANT COLLARD. The latter, a gunnery officer, came into closer tench on his duties with the men than the other officere. Lieutenant Collard is Avry unpopular with the men. Four years ago he was courtonartialled for brutality to a stoker and lost six months 4ell1Or1ty as punislunent Six months ago, he againgot into trouble. Onc of the stokers on parade was slightly deaf1. consequence,be did not, obey a trivial order meekly enough. Lieutenant Collard ordered the man as a punishment to kneel before him on both knees, The lieutenant shouted, . "Down on your knees, you dirty dog," and eompelled tho man to kneel Next day the stoket, not being a swern man as are seamem employed Lawyer King of Portsmouth to bring a civil action against lieutenant Collard for damages ohargirig- 'assault, insult and degradation." The stoker won and secured damages ot $1,000' and costs. Soon afterward the man was dismissed front the service, ostensibly On account of. Ids deafness:, This man Was in Portsmouth at the time of thE rioting. A RIGOROUS COURT OF INQUIRY' has been held on theinsubordination at Portsmouth.. It was Many of the stokers complained of brutality of ether officers, but not to euch an extent as they complained of Lieutenant .Collard. The newspapers generally have been bitter in their attacks on thistofficere As it result, perhaps of a hintfrom the naval authorities, • Lieutenant Collard will send in his papers, but action may be withheld until the mutinous clouds have blown away, when his resignation may be accepted or he maybe sent to sea duty off the Gold iCoast, or in the Red Sea, the two most unpleasant and profitless appointments in the navy. Yet he has been instrumental in hav- ing a:two-centuries-old' obnoxious order abolished and brutal German method of treating , men by °Ricers, forever tabooed. WHAT ARE IKONS? they Represent Saints, and are Con - eider -rd. Verg'lloly by Russians. Many people doubtless have wondered at the word "ikon," which has occurred sz frequently recently in telegrams from Russia. Most, of the papers, when they con- descend to translate the term, refer' to it as "sacred picture." But that is only hair the truth. The ikon is painted, it is true, but it is also stamped out in metal bas-relief, cr carved in wood, silver or gold. Al, ways, it represents- ;some saint, And, of COlirSe, it is very holy. That is why they hanged three peasants at Windom' the other day ort the mere suspicion having • 'muffle ted one. • Whole villages in the, Vladimir prov- ince are engaged in manufacturing these ikons, for which there is an emeriti - mite demand, as every Russian 'home!, bold poasessea, at leash one; and most, several. ' Tile cheapest 'kens are sold at a slid - ling the hundred.; but the price ranges upward to many 'hundreds, or even thousands, of pounds apiece. These led - tee expensive ones are of gold. elabor. alety chased and .studded with peccious stones. Some of the more famous nom, pre. served in the .great eathedrals of St, Petersburg. Moscow, etc., are practical - 13 priceless. the jewels atone with *Web they are bedecked Icing riot infrequently worth from X30,000 to tt80,000. Others are deemed so sacred, that they ore only exposed, to the vulgar gaze °nee in 'three, four or Rye years. HOW TO OBTAIN SYMPATHY. Ile wa., a lawyer, and he well knew how to play upon itre'feelings of bis fi'llow.men. „Upon an 'occasion like the present, when he was pleading the cause of a plaintiff, who was a pretty little girl of nine. Ire shone to 'advantage. ".%errileineri,"" he said, "can you stand by and see this porr child cheated, lrit of what is, 1 argue, lawfully and legal. ty tier own? Se0"----10 lifted herl.rt ale arins--mhow pretty and helpless me poor mite is. flush, hush, little one. na eVy"-- for tho juvenile litigant was sobbing fit to break her heart -`the good gentienum in the big box over there wilrace that justice lo done le you." Ile put the, youtigeter down, and -ilia quick eye told him that the ,I 'i had done good ivork among the jury» lit fact, the eyes of one or two tvere motor. TheM the def(aacting counoel aroae. "Little, girl," he said, Oddreasing the 1.l1I,intlff, "why did you cry jto.t now " "Please.. 611," thn alit/ robbing Mold, "I--4 had to. Ile pinched me tei !hard, It Innis now." al1te-91tt you know that 1 threw Perey tiOr to Many yonria fior fve often wondered why Mot -chop was always 50 Willing to lend me mohey." PARENTS MAKEMISTAKES LORD LUTON GIVES' WIN SOME G9OD ADNICE, 404.4.4 Teach Children How to Elamite Money and Matters of Sex -Should Marry Itotrem. "Let girls marry at eighteen and boys at twenty, and Unt world will be re- lieved oe auiao of its gravest probIento." This was tho advice given by a speaker at a conference of the Parents' National Educational Union at Brighton. Eng- land, recently, following an oddreos by Lord Lytton. Lord Lytton gavo what- he called "A young man's lecture) to his parents." "The time has eorne for parents to ,realize they have made some grave mis- takes," he said. "In the first place, it is a mistake for e rich father to bring up his son in ignorance of the responsi. bilitie.s of an inheritance. Some fathers go on as it they expeeted to live forever. Every boy shout,* be taught HOW. TO HANDLE MONEY', not alone or his own ealte. Mit because he may some thrie have charge of other people's money, "But a question more vital still is that of sex.. There is a tendency.emong per - eats nowadays to assume an unwise timidity in epealting of such matters. If instead of being timid and obscure in their advice parents would tifet quite frank "it would prevent much evil from which the World now euffers. To many girls the real meaning of marriage, is, a sealed book, and this is largely the fault tit their mothers. From whom can,they better. look for advice than frora 'their mothers? Yet the latter often ehmain sllcriatc bpelaelenulsy.e. o f a want of courage to speak "Society is full of misery due to the blunders of parents in failing to speak out. How mirth of the evilein our great °Woe Comes froin this it would be diet mal te 'contemplate. As a young man, I say to fathers, 'Speak to your sons, and remember that the best education a father can give is in the example of -your own life' t It was here that M. Roger Goeji Iterapson, A BELGIAN, PROFESSOR, suggested fixing the marriageable ages at eighteen for girle and twenty for boys. "With this encouraged by par - cries, all the evils we have been talking of would disappear," he said. ``The great trouble is that men and women marry too late in'life. Let us urge them to marry earlier," Ludy Campbell Suggested, that there was e ,growing disinclination to marry among girls, "It is due to a selfish love of luxurg and a dtslikoto begin, married life in a humble way," she said. 'Girls want to ibegin where their parents left off, and nott'at the beginning. If it were not for this selfish conskleration of luxury, t:Ve should perhaps' have eaeller marriages't t...mar • eakr,14, WATER SUPPLY IN OLD DAYS. Piped to Houses of. Rich-dthers Got It From Fountains. In the days before water systems were brought to tierfectiemonly the rich were able to have private pipes entering their houses or connecting them with tb.e pub - he fountains. Those in the middle class, says- theallosary iviagazine, sent theit slaves to the fountains to bear home on 'their shoOlders huge jars of water to supply the daily needs, while the 'com- mon people carried it for themselves. A long procession could be seen morning and evening winding Rs way to tied from the fountains. Even to -day. in some parts of Rome one sees young girls carrying .an old water jar to the fountainor, in some village of the Abruzzi, others with two jars suspended frorrt 41 wooden yoke across their shout, dors. The water . for the, 'Malan fountains came through the mighty. aqueduets whichstrefehed along the Carnpagna, told of Which reline may to -day be seen standing grim and splendid against the blue Italian sky. ' The Emperor., Agrippa alone built 700 fountains, decorating 400 of teem with marble columns, end 300 with statues, and each, Roman. Emperor seems to have endeevored, to outdo his predetessor. Italy is full of beautiful fohntains. One of the most remarkable 18 the Verde Cada at Siena." e" The carvings are in white marble. the eubjects taken from the Bible. The water, eool and Mire, front a spring eighteen miles away, is ao limpid that the reflections within Its depths -are telmoet, illusive, so perfeet are they. There is a quairtt little tale connected with this fountain. When the fOlffilath watt first, built there was great rejoicing 1.1 Kenai for it was the first largo 0011. (11111 to be brooght into the city, and the peOnle Were wild with joy. So much jollity and gayety 'Went on over the af, fair that they named it the Vont° Gala, lust at that tirne there wile dug tip near the eity a wonderful airtime of a pagan goddess and the people raised the otatue, which was rosinhingly be(1utiful, t) Mend above the fountain. That year men said the evil eye. laid Wien upon Eneiniee Ittrirod at her gatea And be- eleged her wallte Within (bore wee Mille, rapine and nturder, unlit the .itre0to 'fairly ran with blood., At Wet men mien -trued. "Surety," they eried, "wit live pieced it heatlion getideee above 0131- f011atairt and therefore lu Heaven (tore diepleated mull taiefoettnie ha; been tent upon us, Let IV, tear (10'. 11 this pagan thing and scot), will come of it." Itoethwith they tonioved the brauliftti etatite aud with much eerentony bore it (111 311'' the ,eity gate it . Thiel. de -Seim to plitee it nitro it wilt Id do them tile moot rod .;,111r3 ' part'tit ly, "writ Caine liatred," buried the Malmo upon Florist - tine „soiltenting' ft) litinthe their own ead In 1: to their heroditary entente -a Nil illnii.' vr4 'Micro tho Matti,/ tr now, but Nato 14ila Mill Ilftni13, 1.. t' uater as root alai tooth 11:4 %viten nit' Uhl Sieueso lartl rejtileed at net' Iniii4itit, WIC NORTH POI -44, Ia Its Finding Worth all the Suffering Windt It lbs Entailed, p rrehoi what Mi31111T.J,14,,,e0N4ionot7.4. tterleh hav world lor alt (hP 1si1eraiitand marl ail The mency spool? totrIously, tho clisovory ef Ui(e Polo .ilsolf to not everted to yiohl any- thing hut fame to filo the pot -igen Meay people think ,that the. Pole it- self is a very different place from the sounding land and sea. But of eoursso. it is 80 Wie the territory all around that only by means of scientifie instrument's can the diseoverera linow v.dien they have reached the lonoasought spot. What has been learned already of tho Arctic tiVerais t i o nsis; itelatern. refore, nearly all Utak In the reign of Elizabeth, adventurous mea diked their lives in the far north Lor purely ornamental reasons, It was thought that sea -water does not freeze at any great distance from land, and' thki hope was held that a ship which coudd force its way through, the North- East passage, would find an open sea. Through this sea they , believed they colidayas: il past the Pole, and so reach c tnow now that still sea -water freezee .0, a temperature four pr flve degrees below tthe freezingtpoint of fresh 'water. Still, it may be that warm cur- rents from the south -keep the tempera - of the Polar waters above freezing peint. The chances are that the surface otitdtemass ieetreoutfio, eneorth of the earth is 'ine solid In the latter end of the sixteeoth cen- tury the attempt to pierce the North- East passage by the merchant iidacn- turers led to the opening of a valoable trade with Northern Russia by way cf the White :See. Leta* on the famous Hudson,, and his successors, Fotherby, Poole and Edge, tried to reach and pass the Pole. They failed lamentably, hut the famous Spitbergen fisheries were established. rho great .IIudson's Day Company was also founded, The explorer .Ross brought to light, nearly a tiondred year,s ago, the valu- able whale fishery grounds in Ballinte Bay. The position of the Nerth Magnetic Pole -a matter of great, ioterasttto entistat-was flied in the year 1835, but as the belief astheidethat this magnetio pole is a shifting one there is still room tor discovery. We .have long known that there can he no trade route by way of the Pole, 'arid Me. Scott Keltie sets that the lands and seas that lie td the north of the Arctic Cirete are knowretin their maid outlines. The great object before ail eteplorers, therefore, is the everlasting fame they will achieve by being the first to set their feet on the top of the earth. The struggle to reach the Pole has Tit?) gates of heaven open only to' foot goes through a Polar expedition is ilt to face any dangee, and the search for the Polo wouat be worth its *cost if it did nothing more than keep alive the spirit of enterprise end da.ring. It will be interesting and useful, too, to settle tho question of the Magnetic Pole. We may possible learn sornelliThg -of the past history, of the human race, tot it is not improbable that this frigid region WaSI,onee the hon-runAnd perhaps a great -leposit of gold or sin ver will ae 'found nut the discoverns, come home worth millions of dollars! , ntl OOT 1115 incimi. Land of Fakirs Not 'Without Dranhacke for sComolon Folks. Our ticket agents have their troubles, but at least they are spared such incon- venient patrons as the cdvodate of India describes in the following: Mohammed Che apptu'ently.ls allowed by the particular railway company whose line passes through Its part of the country to ride without aitticket, for the simple reason that he can always procure a tichet by unknown means if • wisitee to. The inspectors have now given up asking. him. -iSome years no he happened to be at a certain station 'where he -was not known and asked the booking clerk for a tleket to aaother station 'a little Way uethe lirtei The clerk produced the ticket, which' Mohantineet Cite proceeded to take. ` When tteked for the money he con - leased be had not any with aro; where- upon the clerk took back the tieket. Mohammed Che merely shrugged his shoulders and, Sat down quietly. on the platform to, watt. It ,was about half an hour before the departure of the train. Very soon In tending passengers began tos roldee. and ask for tickets. What was the booking clerk's consternation when he found that there was not ea single ticket In the office! Every single) pigeonhole was empty! . The numbee ot appliearits for tielteta began to ewell iand there was soon al- most, a mob of angry and perspiring people around the opening. The poor oterk did' not know .whet to do. There he was without, a 'single ticket and every minute the time at which the train tvao due drew nearer. ' At last Mohammed Che looked up and .Said Britten' the clerk would give hirrt his ticket he would rote what he eould do. The poor manlit despair, -consented. He Men turned around, and lot in one pigeonhole was a oinglo tieket to the place whither the old magielan !MANI" tO 41,0, 1htving handed this, over -he turned around again, Mid to bus abjeet it eta tlehre en t eatery pigeonhole' now bulged with ticketra a1l11011M BELATIONSIIIP. A remarkablo double -wedding too, beett celehraleti in a Viermeee, eintrole A Manufacturer named Muller married • widew. while at the eantetime ele e0ri. ins eriett the white,* datethiete Tints hot fathee beeontes failletein-lavitijt ais OW11 4;011, ADA (bin mother ate° mother- irelate of her deughter, -1-ettato , tsay he tat 110 monev?" Banoo--"No, "You itat. he 104 bio inedtti gAtino wealthy, and then' loot lila wealth tarhig to ,not londthy." it thos not follow that Neu are het o ow roan to healICIS yolk AD'a'; 814illit that thee litep step with you„ , LEADING MARKETS IIREADSTUFFS,, Terinte, Dee. 11.--Watter wheat -No, e Lile h 1 e t(.1 Torenio; No. ti niiiiel, 74..tait aelieti oriatele. itetiey-No. 3 extra, ON teeked °Mettle. teat -No, 2 white, W0,0 askiaol, Cna rate to Toronto; 3Oe bd,rici.vro asked 41 b 0 per cent, p'(st) t1tatetel, 381 ;relied to arrive Titreuto. Bran -Very firatt at $20; shorts, $18 to Site at the Peat -No. 2, 80e hid, $2c asked, C.The 11., or G. • T. IL woett 83o asked, C.P.R. or G.T.11, west. o Wheata-ManitoEa, No. 1 hard ,S23p; No. 1 northern, 81c; No. 2 northern, 7834e, Buckwheat -No. 1, 453-0; No. 2. 530 bid. Rye -700 to 71c. (:orn-Good demand; No. 2 American told), 55c, Teronfh freight; No. 3 yellew, 51eac. Toronto freight. .Flouriettilotte prices unchanged; , Ont tarifa, $2.70' atked for ,90 per cent. pate ents, for export; bitytir,st has outside, $2.65 1314, Manitoba,, first patents, $4.50; seconds, Si; bakers', $3n4 COUNTRY PRODUCE: Butter -Receipts continue osier, espe. wally creameries, but with a very brisk. demand prices are holding firtp. Creamery .. 4 * • a 44 25C tO. eolids 23c to Vic Dairy prints • .. .40, • • • * • 22c to lac .1 do pails ..,.. 190 to 20c do tubs .. - , 18e to 20c Inferior ., 17c to 18e Cheese -Prices are 13,tae for large and 14c for twins. Eggs -New- laid, 30c; storage, 23c; limed; 21c to 22(c. Poultry -Choice poultry will bring abetit leper rb, more than prices quote ed here. Chielcens, dressed .. . .8c to 100 Fowl ..,. 6c to, le Ducks .... „ „ 9c to 1.1c Geese .... ....... fie tutiOce Turacys e... 12c to 13a Potatoes -Ontario quoted at 55e to 600 per bag, in car, lots here'eastern, etc to 70e. Baled Ilay:-$1t for No. 1 timothy and 68.50 to $9. fOr No2 in car lots here. tree, MONTREAL MAIVETS. Montreal, Deer -Z. -The total maricet - for oats continues firm in toneand- pricee are unchanged. el3uckwheat--56o to 56gc per bushel - ex store. • Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 56tete to 57e; No. 3. rniXed, 55* lo 56e ex store. Oats -On spot, No. 2 white, 42*; No. 3 white, 41* to 42c; No, 4, 400 to 410 per bushel. ex store. Peas -Boiling peas, $1 in carload lots and .$1.10 inetobbtrut bbs.•,. Flour---Manitobai spring •wheat, ' $4.25 $4.60e strong bakers', $3.00 to $4.10; • .winter wheat patents, $4.10 to $4.25; straight rollers, $3.60 to $3.70; do., in bags, $1,65 to $1,75; extras, $1.50 to SL55. Millfeed-Manitoba bran in bags, $19 te $20; shorts, $2L50 to Sea; Ontario bran M bags, $18.50 to $19; „shorts, $21.50 to $22; nelled moult% $21 to $25; Straight grain, $28 to $29 per ton. • Boiled Oats ---Per bag, $1.95 to $2 in car lots and $2.10 in jobbing lots. Hay -Ne. 1, $13 to $13.50; No. 2,•$12 to 512,50; No. 3, $1,1 to $11.50; cloher mixed, $11; pure clover, $10.50 to $U per ton In car lots. „ Provisions -Barrels short cut mesa, $22 to $24; halt Larrels, $11.15 to $12,50; clearsfat backs, $23.50; long cut heavy, mess, $20.50; hole barrels do., $10-75: dr'wselt long clear bacon, 123c to 12%c; barrels plate beef, on to $13; halt bar- rele do., $0.50 to $7; .barrels heavy mess iteef, $11; nalf barrels do., $6; compound lard, ao to 9eac; pure lard, litatto to 13c;htliettle rendered, 13go to 34c; hams, .140 to 15eec, according to .size; breakfast taeon, 15c to 16c; Wind- sor bacon. 15c to 1.6%c; fresh killed abat- toir tlressed hogs, r$5.25; alive, $6.60 to $6,80, • Eggs-Receipte of eggs were four caset. Marhet is firm al e50 for selects and 2ne to 210 for.No. 1 candled and cold -storage. - 11UFFAT...0 MARKET. Buffalo, 1)ee.t11.Floureeateady. Wheat --Spring, light demand; NoC•1 Northern, 873'.c; Wintrr firm; No. 2 while, 78*. Corn. -.Steady; No. 2 yellow, 52et No. 2 corn, 50c. Oatesteltiern; NO. 2 white, 383,c; No. 2 mixed, 36140. Barley -Firm; 52 te 581. Rye -Stronger; No. 1"North. Western, 78e. NEW 'YORK WHEAT MARKET, Nov York, Dec. 11 -Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 rod, 803ce elevalort No. red. telytc f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, 8430 c.i.f.‘ Buffalo; No, 2 ttard 'winter, 'teeth) Buffalo. a , LIVA STOCK MARKET,. Toronte, Dee. 11. --Deliveries of cat, - tie were modettate, Hoge were firmete and sheep, and lambs were unchanged. Some picked lots of ItelferaAired ae !ugh 08 $4.03 pets cwt. Best hutchersa seleeted kite, 51,40 to St...65; fair to good, A4.115 to 5.4,35; onedidin to fair. $3.05 to 54.10; good C'ONr4. 0.60 to St; fair eows, $e to $3.a5e 0011118011 to medium bute ellPiq And eonoo $2.50 to RA; canners, 81 40 ('ttflhlifl bulbs, $1.50 to 51 tI.) per ews. Tho rommon reeort nI ne litre;rtese dem in 0w30-thee:1' WAS made itit dealt or toelav. For fairly' rote) animate, ei 15 to 54 83 per tiwt. woe obtalhable. 8!p4i1v niwitatiod VAhICS Wiq'e T.'40110 1 in Silo -9 and Intelte. Lembe. feat5• 10 $6 10; evoert mete, t14.59 10 '115; Pelmet leeks nnd elle% $3 to .al.r0 ;iv ea Mloh eowo were wortVtit5 to $C0 0011. oeeortlana 11.1 ior, were sold at $6.41 for veleetq. Wel h6.15 nee eo'l. for liohlo and .fais. no, $1 41 to Ave)bo oh,ope. onave. WM la 9.ft. 61)1 ,t) r if i'l'41`4,) t tic eithete. **11.'t8 In 51 11 per oig. r'• she profanity we ifte-r no 1113) it og Peet tee attree for With Wei liattiqii .1,04 *1-.0 ,,f m41 ,g1111 te Le COIVA;i6 13 Ali 004 e.Asty hAr't..ty.