Exeter Advocate, 1906-11-8, Page 7WHERE BOMBS ARE MADE
:LONDON POLIGE Am SEARCHING
FOR A SE'CRET FACTORY.
About 10,000 Iteds in the Metropolis --
How They Secretly Pre-
pare for Work.
There are probably. 10,000 Anarchists.
--reSolute, uncompromising enemies of
Tule-in London to -day. No .other opt -
lin in the world has suelt an aggrega-
tion of scoundrels, Continental nations,
with the possible exception of Switzer-
land, will not tolerate them, writes Vin -
.cent Wray in theLondon Express,
"An Anarchist is a madman.' That
is the Opinion of Mr. Sohn Sweeney)
who for tireless years egaged such war
.ns the law perinits in our tight little
island upon bomb makers and bomb
throwers.
There is nothing picturesque about
the personality of the Anarchist. Ile is
not the raven -locked, melancholy eyed,
.swarthy -skinned , creature 'of the popu-
lar fancy, and the novelist's eonceit. He
is just simply a madman, and a mad-
man of the most dangeroueetand revolt.-
eng type. mere are few Englishmen
'who associate themselves with aggres-
sive anarchism, The majority are Ital-
ians; =no are French, Spanish, Ger-
man and Armenian.
It is a remarkable fact that the most
•eloquent and proliflo speakers at anar-
chist conneils are 'themselves the least
to be feared. The tongue is an excel-
lent safety valve. The sayer is rarely
'himself the doer. It is the gloomy, si-
lent, morose man who strikes. He is the
.tool of the glib -tongued orator.
Early in the September of 1901, a wo-
man declaimed vehemently in New York
-against the sins of Governers and poured
invectives upon royal heads. A mild -
...eyed youth listened with anger that was
sharply fanned by this whirlwind of
, abuse into hotter and unquenchable
fire. Leon Czolgosz went from the meet-
ing with murder in his heart. A few
-.days later William McKinley, President
..ofethe United Slates, was assassinated
by this same Czolgosz. •
"Silence these speakers," says Mr.
Sweeney, "and you have dealt a .stag-
gering blow at Anarchy. I would make
it a patent offence foe ,anyone to pro-
claim himself on Anarchist or to preach
Anarchism. Till you do this, and till
you do treat your Anarchist -as a dan-
.gerous and irresponsible fellow, no
measures can insure tlie safety -of royal -
Ly and other highly- placed personages."
The work of these madmen is con-
stantly going on. Some of them are
under the lynx eyes of a Scotland 'Yard
man. Others have managed to keep
• their secret, and it will only be known
when a terrible catastrophe startles the
'world.
HOME OF SEDITION,
In one of the by-strcet's of Est Lon -
is a little stationer's shdp. It looks
innocent enough. The neighbors can
uy.. their newspapers there or their
notepaper or their bottle of ink.
Little does the passer-by suspect
.that under the boards on which he
-stands, to be served a small hand print-
ing press is silently throwing off reams
tof seditious literature in every Conti-
nental language. Yet it is so, and, what
,is more, the police know of it and are
powerless to interfere.
It has been stated that bombs are not
made in England. This, unfortunately,
Is not true. Scotland Yard is even now
searching for a secret factory, the exis-
tence of which has been more than sus-
pected. It is likely that a group of men,
busily engaged in filling iron cartridges
with picric acid and fitting on fulminate
„of mercury detonators, will one day be
-surprised in the midst of their deadly
work.
The police are active and untiring;
but they .are handicapped by the weak;
mess of the law. When they suspect that
treasonable intrigue 1.s on the way and
*wish to keep .in touch with the move-
ments of aggressive Anarchists., they
leave to make irregular entry on a
flimsy and. convenient pretext. It was
by some Such means that the vh�le-
ale of bombs at Walsall
was discovered. .
The raid on these surreptitious work-
ers eves made under the 'direction of Mr.
Sweeney, who secured the convietiop of
four or five desperate men, who after-
wards,. served long terfns of penal servi-
etude.
An expert in explosives told me that
'Anarchists obtain posts in British ex-
plosive works. • They are thus able to
gectire entrance into the "danger zones,"
and there are able tosee some of the
processes of manufacture.'
"There are' several methods of mak-
:trig bombs," he said. "Once nitro-gly-
Cerine was used exclusivelyas, a
charge. A mixture of nitric acid, Sul-
phuric acid and glycerine makes a
strong explosive, and when combined
with wood fibre it is fairly safe. But
There is always the danger of coneys-
' sion and of ,explosion at high tempera-
ture.
"Thehigh explosive generally used
by Anarchists is picric acid. This is the
principal ingredient of the English lyd-
dile and the French mantle. It is also
Used in the menufactuee of the Japanese
shimese, Which was so .effective dur-
ing the Russo-Japanese War. .Picric
acid is a yellow crystal, and is a con
stituent of several dyes. It can eesily
be obtained and carried' in an ordinary
bottle.
"There are also compounds of am-
monia, Which, however,ere very vole -
tile and difficult to keep in condition.
"In ally ease, a very Small vessel is
neeessary for a bomb. Some that were
need in St. Petersburg.. were the
size .of an ordinary ink bottle."
• ACTION NEEDED'.
"SOMething wilt have to be done to
subdue these maniacs," said Mr.
Sweeney, when discussing the matter
the other dny. "A declaration of Anar-
chical creed should be regarded as a
crime, and the propagation of Anarchi-
cal doetrMeS sheuld be nunishable by
law. When 1 fIrst expressed thle view
1 Otte expected ihimtrny werde,Would be
as though circumstancee are herrying
matters on.
"Anarchists are a constant end dead-
ly .menaoe. What precaution, for in-
etence," Mr, Sweeney walked over. to
the windew ''of his office, and waved a
Mind An the direetion of the street,
"could prevent a. man who had Made
hie way into this room flinging a bomb
into the street?
"'rho public gatherings of eenarchiste
in Hyde Park are responSiblo fOr much.
The epeakers inflame the listening
crowds, and one of their number, with
ill-informed judgment, goesforth to
execute heettly-conceived designs.
• '"Anerehists are not drawn from the
better classes. Some of them are half
educated. The majority of them are tho.
scum and refese of the Continent. They
do not work; they do exact money from
,anthusiastic people who are dissatisfied
with the existing order of things. Will
not something be done now?"
FIRE CURE FOR DISEASE
-
Burning et Perfumes Has a Distinctive
Curative Effect.
The latest panacea is to be Lound in
the chimney corner, says' The London
Daily Express.
Physicians are recommending aroma -
tie Woods and fragrant peat, which,
when thrown on the fire, send up a
healing smoke. A. tirm in Queen's road,
Bayswater, is exhibiting 'these novelties
for the grate. Mossy slabs 'ot peat are
stacked in the shop .windows, and are
considered an excellent fuel for lung
coinplaints Picture postcards of peat
can be sent to a friend suffering from
asthma. The postcard is read and
burnt, and the sufferer draws his chair
up beside the grate to inhale the medi-
cal odor, .
AROMATIC FIRE -LIGHTERS,
cut in trellis fashion,are steeped 1 tur-
pentine, and their warm glow and
balmy fumes will relieve aegasping
bronchial patient. • •
Fire revivers are an antiseptic and will
keep away influenza. They are in the
shape of small bricks, and will revive
o dying fire and perfume the whole
house.
Pine logs send out a tonic vapor, oak
and elm are stimulating, sandal wood
will relieve a nervous headache.
Tiny blocks of wood', steeped in eu-
calyptus oil, are recommended for a bad
cold. Lavender water pellets or eau de
Cologne globules, sizzling merrily en the
hob, will ,freshen up the overtired visi-
tor, while a few drops of attar at vio-
lets on a hot shovel will cure insomnia
and peoduce refreshing sleep.
A teaspoonful of ammonia, added to
a saucepan of boiling water, will revive
It fainting patient. It has even been sug-
gested by a well-known specialist that a
tablespoonful of tea thrown' in the
kettle and inhaled will benefit, the
weary htiusewite Mr more than if she
sipped
_HER FAVORITE BEVERAGE.
A nerve specialiste.wile. Was'. tonSulte.
ed on the new ..cuse by an Express re -
Presentative, considers that there is a
future before it. ,
• "There is no doubt," he said, "that
there should be a more intimate know-
ledge of 'the need for 'healthy inhdla-
hens,
"Not only flowers or jars of pot-pourri
should be used *to scent a room, but
scented logs should be thrown on the
grate instead of the usual faggots.
• ,"Perfume, in 'any form, is a stimu-
lant, a narcotic, or a sedative, as the
case may be, but no perfume is so heal-
ing and subtle in its effects as that
which rises warm and balmy from the
fire.
"A little scent sprinkled on a block of
wood will save a woman from many an
acute attack of neuralgia or congested
headache."
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TIPS IN JAPAN. '
.There the Innkeeper Is Not Forgotten
'When the Guest Goes.
"If our shotelkeepers should ever be
told of the Japanese method of tipping
we would • all have to take to the
woods," said a Far Eastern traveller.
"In a Japanese hotel you give the pro-
prietor the biggest Up of all when leav-
ing and grade the other •tips accord-
ingly: ' • • . '
"When your bill is handed to, you it
is customary to wrap up in a separate
piece of paper an 'amount approximat-
ing aboul one-Ilfth of the whole account
and give that to the worthy innkeeper,
together with the regular amount re-
quired of you by his account, which you
enclise in the folded bill. Then you
wrap up smaller' sums in smaller pieces
of paper and parcel these Christmas
packages out among the servants who
have waited on you.
"This tM to the boniface is called
diode', or tea money, and the Japanese
explain its usage- atter this manner of
_ •
reasoning.
"All hotel charges in Japan are forced
by law lobe very low, so that even the
very. poor man. who finds himself on
the road at night can get fond and shel.-
ter for a nominal sum. The rich man
has to etay no more than the beggar.
"Since the hotel .man could not make
O living if this order of things vore al-
lowed to exist, without some saving
grace, some i?ecompense must be made
to the hotelkeeper for his enforced gen-
erosity. Therefore, if a guest can well
afford to give the host something more
han he asks, he not only provides' for
ess fortunate than himself, but he fends
himself' against the evil day when he
may have to 'ask a beggar's board and
Jed. It is not chavity to the innkeeper,
but merely provision against pos.sible
lard times.
"But if a man whom the worthy host
believee to he weil able lo afford a
generous chedai leaves the hotel with-
ot paying the same, woe betide him
hould be • eve!' return to that hostelry
gain. Ile Will get last chance at the
ornmOnal bathtub, will get the most
raughty room in the houee and in a
tindred ways bo made to Mel that he is
Ime.Most miserable of Men."
1
0
a
"
IT IS,
An aching tooth,
I rise to shout,
is just about
The best thing out,
CUSTOMS OF JAPS
THEY HAVE WORN HATS ONLY -IN
RECENT YEARS.
A Popular War Song Sounded
Dainty Lnileby fon
Babies,
It IS only In recentyears that Japan -
080 men and .women have worn Inds,
arid there is consequently no liead-plece
of their' own designing, such, for in-
stance, as the remarkable affair i;vorn bY
their neighbors the Coreans.. It was in
.1886 that ttie Empress eel 'her court
Women first appeared in European oos-
Wmeari
Until recent,ly competition hae been
almost unknown in Japan. Per ex -
=Pie, except where private owners
have hired jinrikisha men selected for
their strength and their speed, no rine
ner must attempt passing another going
in the same direction, 'Among the pub -
lie runners a young and active • man
Must not pass an old and feeble one, nor
even a -slow and laey one, TO take ad-
vantage of one's supeelor energy is an
offense ageing the calling, and reeented
accordingly.
COMPETITION UNKNOWN.
When yeti engage a good rulmev, . he
springs away and keeps up the paced
until he Overtakes a weak or lazy
pellet,. Instead of bounding by,he
drops in behind the slow one, and re-
gulates his pace by the other.: If he
should undertake to go by Ile would be
told: "You are breaking the rule • and
taking advantage of your comrades."
• 11you want a house huilr, you apply
to a carpenter, who .18 also architeet,
contractor and builder'. He looks'after
everything. But it is a life contract.
He unat look after all repairs. If the
roof leaks, you may riot send for Hee
nenrest roofer, or if the plaster °make.,
for the nearest plasterer. The man who
built your house is responsible for its
condition. If you overlook or oppose hie
right to repair it, you can get nobeely to
work for yon on any terms.
Like a
Thesman who makes yew garden for
you represents a conmany, and you
must always hire him to take cavvof it
trent 'seasonto season. You may com-
Plain to his guild if be does not de his
work well, and the guild will provide
you with someeene who will give satis-
faction; but you cannot dismiss him and
hire someone else in his place. • e
THE MAID -SERVANT
•
is not responsible to her employers, but
to her family, and terms inuet be an -
ranged with ,those who guarantee her
good behavioe. As a rule -a nice girl
does not seek service for the sake of ./
wages, but chiefly to prepare herself
for marriage... It is .desired as a pre-
, pee, household work, in the
hope of doing. et:edit- to her ..enVn family
and the family of her futare-liu4feiftde
Parents are careful to pat their daugh-
ters, if they can, into fainilies where
they will learn nice ways, and the girl
expects to be treated as a' helper rather
than a hireling; to be kindly considered,
trusted, and liked. The term agreed
upon is generally from three to five
years. Besides her wages, she is en-
titled to presents twice a year, and a
certain number of holidays.
When she is called home to be mar-
ried, she must go. The services of her
family are also at the disposal of her
employers, and her •family expect to
provide at intervals gifts of vegetables,
fruits, and other country products.
This is not a return for the gifts to the
girl, but for the practical education she
gets, end the care of her as a tempor-
arily adopted. child of the 'household.
The em.ployers in their turn are expect-
ed to contribute to the girl's wedding-
-outfit.
Miss Howe, a returned missionary
from Japan has been giving a series of
talks to the women's clubs of America
on "Japan, From a Besidentes View-
point." Among her tales of the Japan-
ese people wore many .
CONCERNING THE RELENT wAn:
"Shortly .after the preparations for war
with IltiSsia had been made," she said,
"the little Japanese Boys began singing
the sweetest `lullaby -like song I have
ever heard. That song was heard every-
where, and remembering our own fond-
ness for popular airs, I ventured to ask•
what this exquisite, crooning little
'husb-my-child' time might be. 0 was
'Bring your warships over here, and
we'll smash 'em!'"
• In education, aS in' some Sther ways,
the East is topsy-turvy land from the
Eastern point of view; although, of
course, to their Vision it is we Western-
ers who rem upside down.
Young Japanese children enjoy more
liberty than Western children. They
are permitted to do as they please, pro-
vided their 'conduct is not actually
harmful. A boy is allowed to be so
Mischievous that, as a Japanese proverb
says, "even the holes by the roadside
hate g boy six or seven years old."
Pteniehment : is rare, end the entire
household, servants anti all, will inter-
cede for the Offenderthe little brothers
and sisters offering to take the punish-
ment themselves.
Whipping is not common; , but its
substitute, the moxa, or burning, is
more severe. But frightening a child by
angry looks or harsh words is .con-
demned. To Slap abOid the head is proof
of vulgerity and ignorance; nor are they
punished by keeping them from play or
depriving them ot seine special toed or
Pleasure. Perfect patienee with chit-
deen-is expected, and edmontlion is the
chief restraint exercised
UNTIL THEY GO TO SCHOOL.
Here the restraint is the common
sentiment or thee class under (ho direo.
tion of the teaeher. Each Wass has fere
little captains; and one of Wee rg,ivcs
orders. In the higher classes this pees -
Rum is geettter. Instead of restraint re-
laxing as it does Among Western na.
lions, as Ihe ohild grows older, it in-
oreasce. The powerof public opinion
of the elese becomes formidable. Fight -
Mg end bullying is unknOWn, hecatiee
the class deseipline entoeces a uniform
behavier. The student Who offends
against it will fad •himself eelone. No
ono will speak to him er'notiee hint,
even outeltbt the sehool, until he pub-
licly apologizes, and the a Majority
has to aceept it. He may hear front It in
his subsgnuettt. career. Even if lie rises
high, in official life, the fact that MS
fellow -students once condemned him
will be remembered as a disgrace.
Eeeentricities and singularities are
suppressed. There is much formal and
eerious demeanor. During recreation
hours in the playground, and the gym-
nastic halls, tliere is to the foreigner On
oppressive silence. The thed of the
foot on tile bali is the only noise made
at. foot -ball. The rules of jiti-jitsu re-
quire silence and the suppression of all
Visible interest in the spectator. But
the Japanese student learns how to read
minds and motives, to .remain impassive
under all circumstances, and even, while
most amiable to be secretive and in -
'notable. His outward acquirements
ave a 'small part of his real education,
His real learning is Inc Japaneee soul.
'Between his •mind and the eNtestorn
mind is a wide, deep gull.
-nnTwo Simple Stories From the Land of
moTtenyi EN
ta:and Crai.
There is an old story of a simple
Highland lass who had walked •to Glas-
gow to join her sister in service.. On
reaching el toll -bar on the skirt of the
city, she began to rap smartly with (ler
knuckles on the gate; 'The toll -keeper
came out to see what .-she wanted,
."Please, sir, is this Glasgow?" She in-
quired. "Yes this is Glasgow." "Please,"
Said the gir), "is Peggy in?" The au-
thor of National Humor" gives another
anecdote of Highland .simplicity:
A Highlander who lived not very far
from Balmoral sent two beautiful col-
lies as a present to Queen Victoria, who
knew him ,well, having often driven
pest bus house, and onoe or twice stop-
ped to speak to him and his wife.
The 'queen not only accepted the col:.
lies, but told the donor that if he ever
Lound his way to London when She was
at Windsor, he was to call and see her.
As it happened, he had to go to London
soon after. So he went and asked for
John Brown, whom he knew, and who
had heard what the queen had said to
him.
John Brown let the geteeh know that
her Highland friend of the collies was
le waiting, and was told to bring him
in.
He took care to post him In the eti-
quette to be observed; told him not to
sleek until the queen spoke to him,
and to be sure always to say "mutant:"
The Highlander was then uabered tri-
te the presence of the queen, who re-
ceived him kindly, and asked about his
family. But when she began to 'praise
the collig and say what favorites they
had become, and how kind it was of him
to send them to her, the delighted
mountaineer forgot his instructions, and
exclaimed, heartily, "Toot,s, wummant
What's ttersa collies atween, you and
•
REAL CITY OF THE 'MAW --
Indian Graveyard at Hazellon, B. .C.,
Most Interesting.
"It Is really a city of th�. dead, for
every grave lot has a house built on 0
and, by looking through the window of
this house, you see what the deceased
loved best on earth. It may be a chair,
or a table, a bench, or a suit of clothes.
One house had laid out on. a table all
the toilet articles which the lady in the
grave beneath used while alive, even the
Moth brush being there. 11 is supposed
the spirit of the lady will come back
and tise these. It was most interesting
to go from one house to `another and
see the different things in them." .
So writes W. .T. Lukens, an American
traveller 'from Chicago, who has been
visiting Central British Columbia and
who inspected the Indian- graveyard at
Hazleton Which, situated on the .highest
point in 'the town, LS quite a curiosity.
He goes ,,on: .
"Up to the -last two years this -was
an Indian village with ..only the Ilucl,
son's Bay Company men and a few'pro-
spectors and htmters representing the
whites. Now, on ancount of the. dom-
ing of the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail-
way and the finding of. rich minerahde-
posits, a large number of .whites are
coming and going all the
MOTORING IN THE MR. e
- •
Remarkable MaChine Invented by
Frenchman and 'His Son.
Successful experiments with a new
type of flying machine worked by a two
horse-powermotor have been made at
Liseaux, France, by the. inventor, M.
Cornu,' and -his son. The inventor's have
been working in secret on the machine
for sonic years.
Their • apparatus consists of two
helices, two and a half yards in diame-
ter, which turn in different directions.
The body is made of sleet tube one and
O half 'inches in diameter, hound with
wires. The helices and (he aerial planes
are made of linen stretched across fine
steel stays. The motor is fixed horizon-
tally in order to lesson the vibration.
The experiments, which have been
very successful. were directed by means
of an .etrangement which preventedthe
apparatus from rising more Until three
anti a half yards above the ground, and
drove it in a circle of thirty yards in
circumference.
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DANGEROUS POSTAGE -STAMPS
Tho English post -office authorities
have recently ordered the withdrawal
from ciroulation of the threepence stamp
colored yellow and brown, for the rea.
eon that investigation has shown that
the coloring matter employed on these
stamps eontains sufficient cheomate of
lead to produce ininrious effects. 0 was
shown dering the investigation on which
the order of WithdratVal was based that
le milligrams of this substance were
suMcient to cause poisoning, and a
single one of the objectionable stamps
carries n milligram of it. The repeat:
ed application of these stamps to the
lips in the act of moistening kmight re.
stilt in the tiedumulation of xr dangerous
nuatifiti of the poison ht the mouth.
TRAV.ELLING IN SPAIN
•••••
A LADY WRITES A MOST INTEREST -
INC DESCRIPTION*
Leisurely Railway Travelling - Til
Lturial Place of Slon0isi
Kings.
A ViVicl picture of the deawbacks of
travelling ia Spalb 'is given by Mes.
,A,(en
1)euce.`l.',\,veeshesays: dle iyns: the pages of iiin
It was a cold wintry evening. I took
eft my jewellery, hid my Watell, mid
said geost-bye to a charming Spanish
home and its kind inmates, and left Ma-
drid by the Stet express for the • Es-
corial, the tomb of the Kings of Spain.
The distance is exaelly thirly-two' miles,
enet this exprese Hain from Madrid with
ita sleeping ears and restaurants, took
one hour and twenty minutes for the
journey. What a desolate waste sur -
retinas Madrid. Those weird glaciin
rooks looked even more weird than use-
agj'r`la'ilnnieitetilrieamM stopped at Escorial- "Eiglaoonlight, and the few dark
Shrubs east still 'darker shadoWe on the
minutes' hall," and 1 was the only pas-
senger to get in or out. In fact, the
beggars and several louts seemed quite
surprised to sees anyone 00 such a
wintry evening,, and hung on to emy fur
eclat with even more than usual vette-
m0000. The °exit from the station was
locked, and a bunch of keys had to be
found to let Ine out. Them stood the
hotel 'bus, as my Senator -host heti
kindly wired to the hotel for a fire n
my room, so as to Jet the peoplo know
a lady was arriving late.
7'he 'bus drew up at the door of the
hostelry. The landlord arrived from
a long room where men were drinking,
PLAYING CARDS AND DOMINOES.
Joy -he could speak French? He es-
corted me upstairs to a charming little
room, all white and clean in spite of Its
.and there in the middle of
the floor stood an enormous brasero.
ished.
The charcoal was covered by a wire net -
and the wide brass rim was well pot-
ting to keep it safely within bounds,
. In the night I woke hearing a strange
sound in my ears, and feeling oppress-
ed. Suddenly my thoughts wandered
to that brazier and to Zola's death, and
I jumped out of bed to open the win-
dow. A flood of moonlight entered the
Tom; but the brasero had gone, so My
fears went too.
Ah -but whet. was that and cry? It
rose and fell upon the night air. How
strange it sounded, as of lost souls
moaning, Yes --it wits • human -and
.men's voices, I looked at my watch;
was still very early, but presumably ibis
was the first mass of the priests yonder.
Armed with an introduction to'the Fa-
ther Superior of the monastery from a
Senator friend -written on official paper
-I belt pretlY sure of seeing Escorial
under favorable circumstances. Escor-
ial la' the burial -place of kings. In a
Fsmall certain-. of Span tell marble., reach -
1 by. a parrow:All..1%).1z,
of Spain, each in a marble coffin on
his own shelf. They are embalmed and
buried, and atter about ten years are
laid upon a shelf,
EACH IN HIS COLD ("BEY BOX. ,
There are lwenty-six such tombs, four
on tap of one another, all of gray mar-
ble with brass feet and mountings, and
the best king, Alfonso XII., is now in-
terred therein. It is a dreary place,
with small windows so higit up they ad-
mit little light,. and everything is mar-
ble except the brass fittings on the sar-
cophagi.'
Boys belonging to the high families
of Spain were playing football outside
trio ball about and appnrently enjoyed
driver what I. owed hien.
sense! how can it possibly be .six
Scotch caps. They had notelhe slight -
for the 'bus. Arriving five minutes lat-
er at the dreary station, where there
was no more sign of life than. there
had been the night before, I asked the
est idea of the game -but they kicked
in long grey topcoats and blue • cloth
lord was not about when I left the ho -
themselves. The French-speaking land -
101 at 9' p.m., so I could not pay him
"Six francs," was the reply.
"Six francs!" I exclaimed. "Non -
led on 'his claim. 1 repudiat-
e.1' it, for. I knew ir was an Imposition.
He saw 1 was a wornan-and Mone-
llo knew there was no one about, and
ep seized the opporttmity to rob me, for
such it was, of three or four francs. He
becaMe most abusive. My heart al-
most stood still. But with a breve face,
and the beeteSpanish I knew, I deter-
minedly refused his demands. At last
a man passed. "Do you speak Feiglish,
French or German, sir?" I asked. "French
little, madam," replied lite commer-
cial traveller, for such he proved to be.
I TOLD HIM MY STORY.
•
"The lee Is half a franc per person
and.thirly cents for luggage, fojal SO
cents, not even one franc, as you only
have a travelling bag," was his reply.
"and that is nil you owe."
"I've offered 11iiix three francs several
times, and he refuses, and has been
most impudent and abusive," I replied,
The little commerciel traveller, over
whose head' I towered, offered to do his
best. TheY argued, they - got angry,
and the train arrived. That 'bus man
held on to my bag and refused lo hand
it over. The lepin rang its bell. it WM
ahead to start, and 1 had lo hand over
those six francs to that veritable thief
Mier all, so as to get my bag, which
was naturally worth fax move. The
Spanish driver laughed wildly at his
success and 'by disetimflittre.
Repos es "Thenks very muoll for
your iniormalloo. I shell tleSet'ibt your
bridal dresses andthose of yonr mettle,
tie weII as the heuee decetalione anti the
presents. Bo 1, the. Nene Will
be interested in I he bridegrOOM, Who I
shall I say about hiner bride -Elect:
"Well, 1 anppeae his inane toted, go in;
you might say that he WaS anteing lhosa
nal:WO."
LEADING MARKETS
BREADSTUFF'S,
Toronto, Nov. Onterio-
DLitt, 22,70 bid tor 90 per cent. patents,
Wye's' hags, outside, Inc export. Mani-
toba--Fiest• patents, $4.50; second Pat-
ents, 2i; Delterel, 23.00.
Milifeed-Onlario bran scarce, 210;
shorts, 218.50.
CQIII-No, 2 yellow, 53e to 53eSe,
ranee, lc More outside.
ilye-72e outside.
Bitokwiteat;--Die to fi5e outside.
Cull butted quotations to -day were
e--
Bran-$15.50 bid, outside,
Wheat -Ontario No. 2 mixed, 70e
hid, outside.
\Vheat---Manilotia-At, lake ports, No,
1 northern, 80c bid.
I3arley---No. 3 extra, 480 bid, 78c per
cent. points, C.P.H.
Peas -18e, bid, outside,
Oa1e-35jeec riSked, outside., 35c bid,
nein line.
llye-75c sirsiced outside., 71c bid.
Buckwheat -51e bid, CI.T.fi.
couN'rRY PRODUCE.
Butter -Montreal trade papers report
butter priees as lower, but hero they
• continue firm and unehenged, with light
ICI;ecealtrjates,
ry . . . . . . . 25c. to 26e
do solids ,... 23c to 24e
deiry prints 224 to 23e
do pane 19c to 20c
do tubs .... 18c to 20e
Inferior .. . .. , 17e to 18c
leiffhteoese,i-0132Srcortotw3i3neSso for large, and
• Eggs -Prices are very firm for fresh
at 21e. to 28e,
Betaloes--Ontario 55e to 600 per bag;
eastern, ,65c to 70c per bag, on track
hove.
Poultry - A considerably increased
supply was on the market, and the de-
mand was quite brisk, keeping prices
steady. .
Chickens, dressed 90 to 11c
do live .... . 7c to 9e
Old 'fowl, dressed .... 8e to De
do live ..e. 6c to 7o
Ducks, dressed .... 0c toile
.. . 149e° tto° 11.61ce
Turkeys ..
Geese, dressed.
Baled Straw -Firm at $6 per ton In
with light offerings. No. 1 tbnotby, $10
te 210.50 per ton in. car lots here, •
Baled Sivaw-Firm at 26 per ton in
eae lots here..
MONTREAL MAFIKETS. •
Montreal, Nov. 6. -Grain - Business
ecntinues quiet on the local grain mar-
ket. There were some inquiries from
over the cable, but bids showed little t r
re) improvement.
Buckwheat -50e per bushel, ex -store,
stoCroer.n-Asmerictia, No. 2 mixed, 57c, ex -
Oats -On spot, No. 2 white, 40e,Sc to.
41c; No. 2 white, 393c to 40c; No. 5,
38%e to 39e per bushel, ex -store.
Peas -Boiling peas. 21 in carload Jots,
21.10 in jobbing lots..
Flour-Maniloba---Spring wheat, 21.25
to 21..60; strong bakers', 23.90 to $4.10;
winter wheat patents, 2i.10 to 25.25;
straight rollers, 22.60 to 23.7e; do. in
bags. 24.65 to 21.75; .exeras, $1.50 to
1 81.5!.
Millfeed--Manitoba brarVin bags, $19
Lo st3shorts, 221.50 to $ete .geneeeetel....e .--,-4111111.111111111111
,
bran. in teegi.S..,,518-50 o $19; shorts,
221.50 to 222; raille-dniouille, 221 gtora2n2115.;
car lois; Uetti hi jobbing lots.
Cornmeal -Feed meal, $1.25;
Rolled Ords-Per bag. 21.95 to 22 in
h*t.l.g55.rttin, $28 to $20 per ton.
81211;ayN-o.N3o,.211.1;811Tertoni9X13e;d.N(3.112; piluary,
e
clover, 210.50 to $11 per ton in car lots.
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BeFALO MARKET. .
Buffalo, Nov. 0. -'Fleur - Steady.
Wheat -Spring, dull; No. 1 Northern,
93y,c; Winter steady; No. 2 white, 780.
Corn -Strong; No. 2 yellow, 533fte• No.
3 corn, 52X to 523ec. Oats -Firm; No.
2 white, 38c; No. 2 mixed, 36eS to 36N.c.
13m:icy-Firm; Western, c.e.f., quoted
51 to 550. Canal freights -Steady.
• NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET.
.• New York, Nov, G. -Spot firm; No. 2
red, •81Xe. elevator; No. 2 red. 83e f.o.b.
afloat; No. 1 tairthern Duluth, 88.',Yec
afloat; No. 2 havd winter, peele f.o.b.
O Cleat.
CATTLE MARKET..
Toropto, Nov.. 6. -Trade in cattle was
only fair, and inferior *took sagged in
prices.
fhe offerings of exporters' comprised.
O few medium loads, and the values
thereof were low. Cattle weighing 1,380
weee, sold at $4.12% per ewt, und
medium load o1 exporters' brought $4.20
per cwt.,
ilutcherise good, $4.25 to $1.50; Mir to
good, 23.75 to 24..20; medium, $3 to
23.25; common, $2.50 to $3; faCcovee,
22.50 to $3; export cows, 2350 to $3.75;
cenneee,.$1 to 21.75 per cwt.
Feeders, LOW lo 1,050 les, of good
quality, sold at $2.50 to $3.65; those of .
1,100 to 1,200 Ths were worth $3,75 tee
25; feeders, 1,200 to 1.300 les were sold
at, 24 to $5.25; stockers of 900 nee
brought $3 to $3.e5, and lighter ones
sold at $2.50 to $3 per ewt. Stockers,
500 to 700 lbs, could be obtained at $1.75
to $2.50 per' cwt.
Lambs sold at $5,90 to $6.15; expert
ewes at $4.50 to $5, and expert bucks
at $3 to 23.50 per cwt.
Hogs were easy in eSeiee,' though tbe
market declined 25e. Selects, $5.75;
lights and fats, 25.50 per ewe.
'Mittel rows were mn noted demend .at
$25 to $60, each, accoriffilg to gnality.
• A KING AS GUIDE.
(lemon tomists „ in Denmark paid e
visit to Charlottenburg with the object
of seeing the summee piece of Ring
Frederick. They met a geatlenum walk-
ing alone of whom they inquired whe
1obtain acres e to tee gat•dens. "Cerfain-
1117111(31 r‘eot
e-Dlll(iocli, ehd,:svseihie
tllo
and for 'half an hour he led the party
eb'out, the grounds, pointing out their
beauties 'end enterialiting the sirtingere
with lively tonversa lion, At lest he
took his leave with the words, "It you
cere to see the stables', jteet say that
you Mite the King'e permiseien." • It
was (he King himself, He shook bends
With eaeh member of the party and bade •
tbswa fareerell • '