Exeter Advocate, 1904-11-10, Page 6-
111MIKETS.
alle Ruling` Prices In Live Stock
and Beeadstuffse
BREADSTOFFS.'
• Toronto, Nov. 8.•-aWheatl—Oatario
Kid and white are quoted at $3-04;
No. 2 gooSe, 89e to 90e, and spring,
ina east outside Manitoba. No. 1
Northera, $1,031, to $1.04; No. 2,
.§3.,01 to $1.01i; No. 8, 90e,. Georgi -
au Bay port% 00 more grinding hi
!transit.
Four—Oars of 90 per cont. patents
aro quoted at $1.85 to ad .46, buyers,'
maks, east or west. Chaim brands,
1.50 to 20e higher; Manito•ha, $5.70
or Hungarian patents, $5.40 for am -
and patent e.
Milifeed—Bran is quoted' at $14 to
a14,50 in bulk, aril shorts $17.50
east or west. Manitoba inillfeed no-
s:hanged 0.,t 820 to $21 for shorts and
$3.9 for bran, expot•t.
Berless—There is a goad demaad,
'and prices are steady at 45e to 46e
Tor No. 2, 43e to 44e for No, 3 extra
and 42e for N. 8 malting outside;
.1.0 less for socks included, Toronto
!freights.
Rye—In good demand: ankl higher
tit 78c to 740' outside for No. 2,
Corn—There is good demand and
ithe market is firm at &leo for No.
2 American yellow, 68/c for No. 2,
and 62e, for No. 3 mixed on track
Taranto. Canadiaa nominal at 53e
ito. 55c wet.
Oateaallo. 1 new white, 32e, to
'320; No. 2 new white, • 32e low
freights, and 31c north and west,
Rolled Oats—Aro in quiet 'demand
at $4.50 for care of bags- and $4.75
for barrels on the track Toronto;
25c more for broken Iota liere and
40e more for broken lots Outside.
Peas—Are fi good demand and firm
at 64c to 65e for No. 2 west or
liuclewheat—Is nominally groted
bae to 54e at outside points.
COUNTRY PRODUCE,
Butter—The demand for clioi
grades of butter cositinsies active, b
!the receipts are comparatively ligli
inuotations are unchanged.
Creamery prints . 19c to 2
do solids 19c to 0
Dairy tubs, good to choice 14c to 1
do inferior grades 1.0c t� 1
Dairy lb, rolls, good to
choice ., 16e to I
;do medium 14e to 1
Cheese—The market is steady an,
quoted cinchanird at 91e for lax
and 10e for twins.
Eggs --The demand is active al
receipts of new 10 are T
new lei(/' are quoted at 20e to 2
per dozen, and pickled at 19c to 20
Potatoee—Ontario stock is slow
sale and quoted unchanged at 60c t
65e on track., rued 75e out of ator
Eastern stock: is unchanged at 70e t
75c on traek and 86c to 90e out
st
'ore..
Drestsed Risigd—Car lots of seldete
'weights are teuotcl unele
'eangel e
$6.75 ner mt.
Poultry—Spring chickens, 96 t
10c; old 'do, 7q; tarkeya, 146 to 15
Maks, 9c; geese, 9c to 10c.
Baled Hay—Th:e market is stated
toed quoted unchanged at $8 P
iton for car lots on track here.
Baled Straw—Car lots on trae
here aro quoted 'unchanged at $5.7
to $6 per ton.
MONTREAL 11,1ARICETS.
Montreal, Nov. 8.—Wheat and oat
ere detal as far as export trade i
toneerned. There was a little d
mend for cora for local consumptio
and a sale of 15,000 bualiels of No
8 Chicago mixed at 57ec per 'beetle
afloat. We quote:—No. 2 white oat
at '88c to 38ec, and No. 3 at 871
to 371e ex -store. For export No
2 white oats, at 37e to 37.1e; No
2 peas. 750 to 76e; No. 15, barley
'54ec to 550; No. 8 extra, 53ee t
54e. arid No. 8, 52,ec to 530 afloat.
Flour—Manitoba. spring wheat pet
ants, 85.80; strong bakers', $5.50
winter wheat patents, $5.70 to $5.
, 80; straight rollers, $5.40 to $5.50
straight rollers, in bags, $2.55 t
$2.65.
Ire&I-11,fanitoba bran, in bags, $1.
le $18; shorts. $21. per ton; Ontario
fbran in bulk, $17 to 818; shorts, $19
to 820; and moullie, $24 to 828 pe
;ton, as to ourdity.
Meal—An easier feeling has deVelop-
ed in the market for rolled oats and
prices have declined 5e per bag, wit]
aales, at $2.25 to $2.27e per bag
toed at 34.65 to 34.75 pea -barrel. The
market for cornmeal is easy at $1,35
to $1.45 per bag.
I-Pay—No. 1, $8.50 to $9: No. 2.,
$7.50 to f18; clover, mixed, 86.50 to
37, and ;mire clover, $6 to $6,50 per
ton in ear lots.
Deans—Choice pirimes, 81;40 per
bushel, 81.35 to 81.871 in ear lots'.
Prokisions--Venery Canadian ehort
etit pork, 816.50 to 317.50; light
seiert cut. $16.50 to $171 American
Weer fet backs, 820; compote:id lard,
6ec to 7e; Cana:titan lard, 61 th 7ec;
kettle rendered, 8',c to 91c, according
to quality; hams, 12c to 1:3c: bacon,
1.2e to 18c, frefai-killed abattoir !hogs,
$7.50: lieavir fat hogs, $4.50; mixed
lots, $5; select, 85.25 off cars.
Cheese—Ontario white, 9,1c; colored,
Quabeca, 9c, to 9e,c.
er—Tei nest gra:des, 19ie to
1.94e; ordinary finest, 19c; medium
grades, 10 181 c, area western
Miry, 1.5c lege.
reggei—eilelect 'new laid, 24e; streight
leathered caetiled, 20e; No. 2, 14c to
as.
that there were not enough to ge
round, but Owing to the Witless nits
ture of the demand for Wens theft'
q*uotations did not perceptibly' ad-
vapee.
Several loads Of short -keen t‘eede
ere nie forwaed and met with a,
reasonably ready sale, but the prices
did not Collie up to the metrics pre-
valent a few weeks ago. The pros-
pecta iadieate that heavy deliveriee
Of this cless will be made hence-
forth.
The following were th e quotetions
for butchers' :—Picited, $4,40 to
50; feir to good loatie, $3.85 to
$4,85; medium $3.40 to $3,65; com-
mon, $$ to $3.40; rough, and in-
ferior, $1,75 up,
Prices for feetier•e and stockers
ranged as follows :—Short-lteene, 1,-
150 to 1,200 lbs., 83.60 to 83.20;
feedens, 1,000 to 1,150 lbs., $8.30 to
83.60; feeders, 800 •to 1,000 MS.,
88. to $8.25; stockers, good, 600 to
800 lbs., $2,50 to $2,90.
Sheep prices were as follows t—Ext
port, ewes, $8.40 to $3,50; bucks,
150 to 1,200 lbs., 83,60 to $3.90;
each; lambs, $4 to $4.50,
Calves were quoted at 8 to 5e, and
$2 to $10 each.
Hogs were quoted as follows
Selects, 160 to 200 lbs., of prime
bacon. quality, $4.20; fats and lights
$4.65 per cwt. off cars, Toronto.
FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE
NEWS 13Y MAIL FROM
IRELAND'S SHORES,
Happenings in the Emerald Isle
of Interest to Irish -
Canadian.
The growth of tobacco plants
grownexperimentally in Ireland has
exceeded all expectations.
• Lord Ranfurly has returned to Ire-
land after completing his term of
seven years as Governor of New Zea -
and.
Ten shillings is the minimum fine
just fixed by the Skibbereen magis-
trates as the penalty for being drunk
ee on. Sunday.
at at the General Post -Office, Dublin,
t. there is a box for "late letters," and
besicife it an,other box labelled "toe
Dc late letters."
During the year under review 10,-
698 applications to flx fair rents
5c were made to the Land Commission.
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and the Civil Bill Courts.
It appears from the report is -
7c
e sued hy the Irish Land Commission --
it° ers that 11,873 rear -rent notices
were disposed of during the year.
go The death has occurred at his resi-
dence, Carnalia, near Belfast, of
efajor Henderson, one of the pro -
he prietors of the Belfast News Letter.
lc The Irish Solicitor -General has
c. granted a patent for the establish -
of inent of a theatre in Dublin `for the
o production of Irish plays.
o. The sister • ship of the Baltic at
o present being built, by Harland &
of Wolff, Belfast, for the White Star
Line, will be named the Advitie.
d The Lord Lieutenant pf Ireland has
▪ conanuted the sentence of death pass-
e.d oii Those. Bryne, Dublin,' for wife
O murder, 'to one -Of peiod servitilde•eor
; life.
c
Reports as to great depression in
- the Belfast shipbuilding trade are
greatly exaggerated. Over 10,000
workmen are employed at present.
k The average for the past ten years
was 9,000.
Queenstown, the famous Irisg port
of call for all the Anaerican liners,
was originally the Cove of Cork,
and changed its name when Queen
s Victoria. landed there on her first
e visit to Ireland.
e- It is proposed to build a small
o concrete church on the top oT Croagh
Patrick, County Mayo, for the cele-
• bration of the annual pilgrimage
s mass. The church will be almost
o 2,600 feet above the sea level.
Ireland is making a bold bid for
• leading position in the British keit
markets. Orchid cultivation is be-
ing .encouraged by the authorities,
° and arrangements are beingeactively
• prosecuted for the drying and "sack,
ing of fruit ia the •Americen fashion
,for •exportation. • •
•A team of -.London Irish. athletes
; visiting Dublin declined, to accept the
0 hospitality of, Lord Mayor Roche be-
cause he had subscribed £25 to the
7 South. 'African Soldiers' Re/ief Fund,
-
and had also paid a visit to Lord
Charles Beresford when in Cork har-
r bor with the Channel fleet.
An Irish -American has returned to
Dublin and settled up for two months
rent which he owed when he emigrat-
ed 21 years ago. He has also set-
tled several tradesmen's bills that
he owed when he left. It is suggest-
ed that some others might return and
square up their old debts.
Considerable sensation has "been
caused in Belfast by the elopement a
of the 'daughter of one of the most lo
Prominent merchants of that city, ji
and a considerable heiress, who has, b
It is believed, succeeded in escaping p
the vigilance of her parents and in n
setting sail with her sweetheart for re
South Africa. ,
LIVE, STOCIC MARICEIT,
',Valente, Nov. 8.—All the expor-
'tors' cattle offered to -day did not
aggregate two full leads, The en-
quiry for them was fair and prices
were about steedy at $4 to $4.6
per cwt.
The best classes of leachers' cat -
'Pao sold with a fair amount of vigor.
The medium arid rough classwere
net in extra geed 'demand, bet then
he valuee were steadily maintained.
Only a feW Common cows were
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He Was not much t� Idok at, free
led and snub-nosed, shabby to tl
last degree! as to hie clothes,
with the latest slang phrase at h
tougue'e end. And yet Shorty- ha
his good points. He was semi)
lously holiest, and no one could 1
kindes-hearted, He was clean,
at least cleaner than ono might 0
pect him. to be, and although ti
patcheson knees and elbows IMO
vary "startingiv in color from t
groundwork of • the garment the
adorne,1,, still the patches were Om
in a majority of the places whet
they were needed. His red hair w
soft, and wavy, and his blue ey
looked the world squarely M. th
face,
A boy who is thrust out into ti
World as Shorty had been, to ;mate
Ms living as best he may,learns-1
harp and. 'distrustful, and it i
Much .to. Shorty's credit that he r
tallied hi honesty intact, and eve
a remnant of kindly feeling. Sala
blame, to hinl if he had snatched a
every penny, honestly or o•therwis
and had harbored a rooted distres
of everybody and. everything.
As to his living, he earned it b
selling papers on the train. The da
of neatly uniformed newsboys ba
not,yet dawned, As to his abode—
. nobody knew exactly wher
Shorty» elid live, that is, nobody ode
came in contact with him from da
to day, Iii reality he lived with hi
sister Johanna up 'ever so ,man
flights of stairs, where when Short
'ran up at .his top speed,- whistlin
merrily, one door after [motilo
would open, and heads would b
thrust out with admonitions t
"stow that noise," to which coin
mends it must be confessed Short
paid Very little attention: , •
• Once upstairs there were tw
rooms; one which seeved for kitchea
dining -room and parlor, and a etuf
fy, closet -dike place where Johann
slot, As for Shorty, he curled u
at night on an old lounge th
kitchen. seldom going through th
formality of removing anything mor
than his shoes; in the winter it wa
warmer and in, tho suaurier it Iva
convenient..
Jobeama used to say: "1 rnisdoub
me, Terry but you're a good deal o
a pig," • for Shorty's name as i
stood on the baptismal record
the church was Terence Muldoon
Life was rather hard for Johanna
Muldoon, for when she climbed pain
fully upstairs she clasped one knee
in both hands and lifted her foot
d
from step to step, and when. she
went -down, she sat down and sli
from one step to another, so ahe
went ' down. as seldom as possible.
She made buttonholes and sewed cn
buttons :on a. cheap grade ef cloth-
ing, but work was not, always plen-
ty' and she had many anxious hours.
Shorty,' howdiere never 'worried; it
w-ae not in his nature. He was •al -
Ways on hand with the morning pap-
er as the early train pulled out of
the station. He used to ride down
to the next stopping place and come
back on the first train up, having
regular customers on them both.
The train ran through a pretty
stretch of country, with flower gar-
dens and apple orchards on loth
sides, and the -train hands knew. by
sight all the people in the different
houses they passed: In one, an old
lady always sat at the window, with
a pleased, interested face. In p.there
.little children waved chubby hands.
The engineer and conductor bowed to•
people daily, for years, without
knowing their names.
One little •fellow about three years
old was always out to see the train
go by Ho wore a little white sua-
bonnet and his favorite possession
seemed te, be a little 'red cart:, One
.day, just as the train passed • ,the
Shorey, Paseing from (saucer
to •anothere, tossed a big red apple'
to the -child, whose delight was un-
boinideti. After. that Shorty had
Soinething for the little • fellow near-
ly- every day, a bright little picture
book, a banana., or a stick of candy.
The child would stretch his chubby
hands. up td catch the gift, and
dance a funny little jig, while his
sister would hang onto his skirts as
if to keep him from f3ying away al-
together. Train hands and passen-
gers all learned to look for -the
kid," as Shorty called him. on every
morning trip.
Hut one bright morning in early
meaner the train' was very late. The
•ain from -the west was delayed 'by
o accident, and the southbound
cal had orders to wait for it. As
passed the house where the little
oy lived Shorty caiao out Cril the
latform as usual, but the child Was.
ot in sight. The lad glanced aboat,
arfut lest the little Ono might have
anderedaento the track,
JERIC IT AGAIN.
Voislessly, but with all his might,
the burglar tugged at the dressing -
table drawer, In vain. It refused
to open. He tugged again,
"Give it another jerk," said a
voice behind him.
The burglar turned.
The owner of the house was sitting
up in bed, and looking at him with
an expression of the deepest interest
on his face,
"Jerk it again. There's a lot of
valuable property in that drawer,
but we haven't been able to open it
for a long time. It's got stuck. If
you am pull it out 3.'11 give you a
andsome royalty on everything
But the berglar hat] jumped out
through the Window, taking a part
of the Emelt With him.
Hei—Cile roe a kise?" She (cle-
eidedlY).---"I Won' t." He—‘' /ton
ehoeldn't Say 'I Won't' to me; YOU.
should have maid ef prefer She
e-'ellut Peat Wooldret lee' tree."
Sure enough, there was the lietle
red earl on. the other 'tree*, right
in the path of the up train, winch'
could now he seen just leaving the
station below. Shorty's heart came
into his mouth at the eight, for
where was that baby?
Not, on the track, but .on the elop-
ing bank that led from the railroad
ditch UP to the .:fence, the litticewhite
bonnet was bobbin.. up and ()owl*
as its wearer trotted gleefully •from
0110 clump of daisies to another.
Just as Shorter caught _ sight of hira,
he dropped down on his chubby
knees and craWied tinder the fence
after a particularly • faSeihating
Minch on the other side, He Was
safely out of the way now it only
he did not; take it into his head to
return.
"If he SOS the train he'll be
ernein' back aftee the cart, Sure, and
then he 11 be killeds thought Shor-
ty. "Ale the eart'll be smashed
anyhow, an' thee _the kid'll break his
heart. (Mese 1 tan -satiric it off, Here
goes, ealyhowl
With boyhar reeklessness,he meting
hiniself off the botecan etep, facing
in the dieeetioa the teaie was going,.
end •theciadeg hiniseff toward • the •
other track as he thought of the
cruel wheele Bet the
leouopuplowsletttin,ua)as nvdltelhPaindllh
Yie f
Qr
ward with no power to Mop hinieelf,
he tumbled ignominiously mum. his
nose, and with the corieciousness
that i1)00 foot "Neonate% ge," he
seized the little red cart end rolled
with it down. the bank, feeling as he
went the jar of the train as it thun-
dered by and. came to a standstill,
When Shorty opened his eyes the en-
gineer was on his"knees close by his
head,
"You little fool!" said he, but
with a cilieer twist in his voice that
belied hie words. Shorty opened
his mouth to reply, but emitted in-
stead a howl of pain. Somehody
was manipulating his ankle in. a way
he did not like at all, and a calm,
measured voice, somewhere in the
vicinity of his feet, was saying.:
"There are no bones broken, but it
is a bad sprain; and he must be
kept off his feet for some time to
c001110.""That's the doctor fellers what
collies up every morale'," thought
Shorty, "an' that chap writhe' in a
little book ie that newspaper feller.
It'll be in the paper to -night how I
took a tumble." And then dashed
joyously up and down the bank with
the red cart, and jamming it reck-
lessly against the shine of every-
bofodriaiisytietshin reach. It mks half full
"Well,'' said. the engineer, `'we
can't hang 'rowed here all day," and
he lifted Shorty in his arms and
carried him up the bank to the car.
Shorey could speak right into his
"I" owe the feller with red whiskers
what alwers sits on the left side,
two cents," said he. "He's the fel-
ler what's alwers 'cos the
cars is toe hot or too cold. The
condUctor'll knew. But, anyhow,
saved the kid's cart!"
"And the kid," the engineer whie-
pored back, he was just coming up
the bank!" But Shorty had faint-
ed quite away.
MEANING OF POLITEliESS
MANNERS MAKE THE MAN
AND SMOOTH HIS PATH.
•
There is Not Enough Cleanliness
Shown in the Business
World.
The dictionary gives the meaning
of the adjective "polite" as polished
smooth, refilled, well bred, obliging.
The world is one of Latin derivation,
and pronounced aload and slowly, it
carries to the mind a suggestion un-
associated with any other word in
the English tongue. '
Every one of -us knows what it
means, thougih the impression is of
varying' degree according to the qua-
lity possessed by the individual.
Scarcely anybody likes to be
thought, ill-bred, but very few of tis
are at ale times as courteous as We
might be.
Politeness really costs so little, but
it is so far reaching. ,
Manners make -the 'man, •and 'ear-
tainly they . go a long way towards
Smoothing Ms patli.
A. soft answer turneth away
wrath, and truly a cheerful mien and
polite manner are powerful weapons.
Although politeness is such a great
thing how many people seent almost
to despise it.
NO TIME Ron COURTESIES.
In every -clay life one has hardly
time for the many little courtesies
which one adopts in a drawing room,
but one can endeavor to be as
courteous as possible.
It must be admitted there is not
as Much politeness shown by some of
those officials who serve the public
as there should be.
Clerks in stores, post -office, and
government officials, bank clerks,
railway men, andothers; who deal
directly with the people, should not
adopt that air of officiousness Which
many of them seem so pleased to do.
They really May be greatmen, but
it is probably Only to themselves,
and no matter how great a Man may
be, he cannbt 'afford to be dictatorial,
or officious, or abrupt.
Some occaelons call decidedly for
firmness, and some people may be
firm, yet polite.
Tell the truth, of course, and . let
It he unadorned, but give it with as
much consideration as possible.
ABOUT BANK 'CLERICS.
Many bank clerks are decidedly "off
hand," and there certainly cannot be
any reason why they should be so.
Perhaps it is because they handle
money in different forms, or deal so
much with moneyed people, and some-
times see millionaires. I1 cannot be
because they draw big salaries. ,
Perhaps policemen are more polite
because they aro healthier, and rail-
way men less so because they are
over-worked.
Only a few weeks ago the writer
was on the platform at station,
and the train was just slowly moving
out. A youth came rushing toward
the mail car with a bundle of lettere,
and seeing the clerk standing with
his hands in his pockets, near the
door, lie placed his mail matter on
the threshold of the car door, and
called the clerk's attention. Inunedie
ately the latter picked up the bendle
and threw it back at the youth, scat-
tering some of the lettcrs on the
platform. It was probably pest the
time for receiving, or something may
have just annoyed the clerk, htit need
lie have shown skiell objectionable
peevishness? .
Politeness dilTers in degree accord-
ing to the source front which IL emit-
riatee,
The true quality ie the offspring of
a good heart and a einfily coneideve-
tion for others.
A shallow politeness wo all de-
spise, and the 1110,0 who is Suave, ma
dissimulating, is contemptible.
Most of us have met, with what is
known as Natore's gentleman, or
gentlewoman, and have we not felt
elevated arid improved by eonlact
with there?
Trite politeriees comes trout the de-
sire to beneiit or do setnethitig for
others,
WORLD'S MOHR MILE
X'LACE WHERE: EVERY XAN
1$ ,A MILLIONAIRE.
Total Wealth RePresentede in the
Mile Is Somewhat Over
$1,000,000,000.
The richest, mile in the world ia
eccupied by twenty blacks of resi-
dencee ori Fifth ,Avenue, New York.
It is a solia mile of private man.-
lives L.
alu
elgliiitlyioitixae.
ll, in each of which -
This particular 5,280 feet of land
is worth from $10,090 to $1.5,000, a
running .foot, and the average fron-
tal space occupied by each mansion
is 50 feet. On some blocks there are
Seven or eight mansions, while other
blocks are occupied entirely by a sin-
gle Palaae, such as that of Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, at the begin-
ning of this remarkable mile, and of
Mr, Andrew Carnegie at the upper
ea.Adi.chitecturally, the palaces in this
thoroughfare compare favorably with
any row of residences in the world.
The buildings embody the best work
of the best architects of Europe as
well as of the United States. The
effect of the whole is harmonious,
though 110 tAVO residences in the line
are alike.
• This mile of Midas mansions has
been built entirely within the last
twelVe years. Park Lane in London
and Parc Morceau in Paris may be
more beautifal, but iv. no street in
any city is there -such a coneentra-
tion of ,self-made wealth as within
the mile in question on Fifth Aven-
ue. For seventy out of the eigthy
mansions hero included are owned
and occupied by. self-made men, thus
Leaving only one-eighth of the mile
in the hands of those who came
itn.ance
totheir millions through inheri-
The palace of that self-made
Scotchnia,n who has given away $1.,-
000,000, Andrew Carnegie, was fin
ished only a few months ago. It
stands in the centre of a private
park and is modelled after the Cha-
teau Cbenonceau at Uher. Upon its
completion, at a cost of $2,5000,000
including furniture, Mr. Carnegie
gave.lgh.ts
iatto his little daughter out-
iBIRTHDAY PRESENT.
An 'American Creosus, who has a
mansion within this mile, is Mr,
Charles T. Yerkes. 'The unique fea-
ture of his maesion is. a fireproof
wing devoted exelusively to the art
treasures, valued at $1,500,000,
which Mr. Yerkes has collected from
all parts of the world. Each of the
twelve marble steps forming th
"stoop" or entrance cost $1,500, so
that by the time you reach the top
of -these steps you have counted off
$18,000 of Mr. Yerkes's . wealth.
The diniageroom opens into the larg-
est conservatory , of the kind in
America.
Of the •eighty millionaire residents
of the mile, fifteen are' women.' The
two richest blocks in the whole line,
indeeta, are occupied by:the palaces
of two ladies, Mrs. William' Aster,
'aunt of ,,afre William, 'Waldorf Astor;
and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt:
Mrs. Astor's 35,000,000 palace is
modelled atter • the Chateau Cham-
bord, built by Frances I. Here and
therason the facade is carved the let-
ter S. after the manner in which Neer,
poleon made use of the letter N.
The glass dome of the Astor picture -
gallery is supported by caryatides,
modelled from life, Sandow being
the model. There is room in the
house for 100 overnight guests. In
Mrs. Astor's bathroom is the heav-
iest single ,piece of furniture, proba-
bly, in the world—a bath -tub made
out of a solid block of marble and
WEIGHING FOTJR TONS.
Mrs. .Astor's son, John Jacob *As-
tor, lives next door. The houses are
So constructed that by the opening
of certain doors they can be made
into .one—making the largest private
house in New York.
The most magnificent house M the
mile row, however, is that of Mrs.
Cornelius •Vanderbile, The bap:corn
With its golden piano and its 4.060
square feet of dancing space,is the
finest and .costliest in America: This
.palace cost complete •Over $7,5130,-
000, and almost every day students
may be seen sitting in the avenue in
front of the house making' sketches
of the equisite sculptured 'stonework
of the facade. The young Duchess
of Marlborough once lived in this
palace.
Within the mile also is the famous
house., of the Goulds, in which the
favorite daughter of Jay Gould,
Anna, married ,Count Ca,stellane, of
Paris. Per a single rug in the foyer
of this mansion Mrs. Gould paid
$25,000. The walls of the smoking -
room are entirely of ebony' inlaid
with pearl, and in the music-rooni is.
a' piano audded with preeious stories
this being • probably. the 'costliest
piano in existence.
Here, too are . the Goelet house
where the Duchess ,ai Roxburghe liv-
ed, and the house owned by Mr.
Zimmerman, the father of the
Duehess Of Manchester.
While only eighty of New York's
1,600 millionaiees live within this
richest of mace, ' the total • wealth
represented in the twenty blocks it
a trifle over 31,000,000,000.
4 --
'MISS leD SOM1e, OF IT.
youngstee had been to the thee, -
tee, 0n0 vOtUrli hiS uncle
asked„hini how he liked the play.
"Oh," he replied, "the play' was all
right; but I didn't, see all of it.",'
''Why, how did that happee?" ask-
ed his uncle.
"Deenuse," answered the youngs-
tea 'oho rollee must have, broken,
for the window blind fell down two
or three times,"
4.
A esinttenuari housht a new 'variety
of potetoes and ford the gardener to
1)0 euro afel pleet them enough:
apart, "{Veil Siam, did you plant
the potatoes fat apert, as 1 told
you?" Sion ---"I did, sir. 1plant,e.d
seine- hi your garden and sosie 11
lilies, 50 they tire iota' Onilessiipart."'
NE RED CROSS 'WEARERS
TEEX ARE HEROINES OF THE
BATTLEF=D,
These Societies Are Established,
In EveLynty,.
Crivilieed
c
While the papers are devoting col-
umns daily to accounts of the rack -
Joss courage of the soldiers lighting
in the East, ono catches only a very
rare glimpse of ithe bravis W0111011 who
are risking their lives and facing un-
told hardships to succour the sick
and the wounded.
Just now and then the veil is lift-
ed, and in a few lines a tribute is
paid to these heroines of the battle-
field. Here, for exemPle, IS a graP-
Me' extract from a war -correspon-
dent's letter : "While the wounded
were being removed from the hospi-
tals, one sister of mercy was killed
and sevea sisters were Wounded while
aetually dressing the wounds of men
Who had fallen in the Streets near
the railroad station, where the con-
centrated fire was hottest, The
heroism of the sisters was magnifi-
cent. They tore their skirts and
usecl them as bandages for the
wounded, and 'themselves carried the
stricken men from the zone of fire
and out of the burning buildings.'
Ansi these noble women arebut types
of hundreds who are constantly do-
ing deeds of equal daring and self-
sacrifice. ,
That) are, perhaps, no nobler insti-
tutions on earth than the societies
of the Red " Cross, whose mission
it is to minister to the 'wounded in
battle. What a terrible thing war
could be before their formation is
shown by the accounts of the
INHUMAN SUFFERINGS
of our gallant seldiers sin the
Crimea. Indeed, it was thesc revel-
ations, 'followed by the equally
heartrending story of the Bettie of
Solferino, that led to ,the formation
of societies in every civilized COUntry:
Ip make such aeedless suffering im-
possible in the future. An interim -
atonal Conference was summoned to
meet at Geneva in 1863, and it de-
cided to forra in each country a
society to "occupy itself in time of
peace with preparing supplies Of hos-
' pital stores, training muses, dee
and during wars to furnish the same
in aid of their respective armies."
'At the same time a clistiuctive badge
(the red cross on a white ground)
was atlopted ler these volunteer re-
lief agents, and all hospitals alike;
and their protection was assured by,
belligerents.
So essentially humane and removed
from nationaf prejudice is the work
of these societies that they are, just
as ready to send nurses, doctors,
and supplies to the enemies of their.
country as to their own armies; and a
they are at this moment nursing and le
healing the soldiers of Japan and
Aussie with the same enthusiasm.
Wherver a sick or wounded soldier
is, whatever' his nationality may be,
there is their mission, and right
nobly. and admirably they fulfil it.
Even when we were fighting the Der-
vishes in the Soudan. Our Red Cross
Society sent out a' large sum of
money to provide nurses for
THE. ENEMY'S WOUNDED.
Nor is there ever any lack of vol-
unteers for this work of mercy and
danger. Whenever and wherever ad-
ditional helpers are wanted, there
are always brave women—many of
them gently, nurtured—ready to go
at a few hours' notice. When three
nurses were urgently wanted for the
Mayflower, the hospital -ship which
did such excellent service in one of
our recent wars, the telegram asking
for them reached London on a Sat-
urday, and on the following Mon-
day morning three ladies were on
their way to Cairo to take up their
duties.
And what is the reward of this
army of the brave and merciful?
Practically nothing beyond the sat-
isfaction the • work itself brings.
Queen Victoria, however, who was
an enthusiastic admirer of the Red
Cross, instituted .a decoration in
1883e which several nurses ,now'n
pi-oudly wear. Tt is a gold-H=11dd
cross of crimson enamel, attached to
a ribbon of dark blue edged with
red and tied in a•bow; and it is worn,
pc:lets-the left shoulder.—London Tit -
SURE TO FIND POLICEMEN.
London Will Place Them in Boxes
tilTneheillildlisenlots in the London subarly3
Along thopete"Shattriieletc.owso cI
will be able to find a policeman ca
any hoer of the day or night, in a
particular spot. Furthermore, that
the policeman, when found, will be
able to get into instant telephonic
communication with the nearest po-
lice station so as to summon further
assistance if necessary. '
This is to be effected by the erece
tion oi "police boxes," fitted • with
telephones; in the streets at certain
points. At each one a, constable
will always be stationed and anyone
will be able to go to the box with
as great a, certainty of Ending him
athsootosoeciisof finding a fireman tan aa
sub-fire-sta.tion.
It cannot, of course, be expected-
bvious and so desirable an
arrangement will be brought into
general operation with undue haste,
lint slow and deliberate stepe are ee-
ing taken to effect the change.
• Dulwich village has been blessed •
with one of these police boxes
seine time past.
"Airl very useful it is," said the
Town Clerk of Camberwell, when dis-•
cussing the subject. "I only WiSh
We had more of them,"
w Cross Gate is also it favored
spat. With the permiseirne ef the
boroligh (loencil a box was ereeted
theltreisrescieinfetlY.
tosay that the bOXes
woad be warisily welcorne'd through-
out the metropolis,.. but it was as-
certained on inquiry that nO Pro-
posals have yet been officially made
to fix theta in the bormighe of
11(:ior ITEmpstrad, Battersea
a::d:r;nieeel, or in the city of Wont -
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