Exeter Advocate, 1905-01-26, Page 4aoout nee -eighth of the po11lfell
in the region they call their home.
Many of them are poor and some of
there are beggars, but in spite of
their unfortunate environment, ov r-
wheluaad as they are by millions who
dislike them, a largo number hove
thrived in business as merchants,
innkeepers, brokers, money lenders,
contractus, and in many other voca-
tions.
This is not the only part of the
world in which sections of the .Jew -
h race have been almost engulfed in
as of hostile humanity; but it has
n left • t for Christian
Russia to in-
t won the Jews such horrors of
aufiti• b and outrage as they have
spare even by the fanatical Moham-
me•elau. of Morocco.
HERO OF GLASGOW FIRE.
Bind Nfan and Cripples Saeed From
Flames by Jack Finlay. -
John MeNab, a one -legged man, who
had ten other covering than a blanket,
refitted thestory of his apehelm tile
Glasgow lodging house fire as follows: --
"I was sound asleep in the attic, where
there were, I believe, some 30 men. I
did not know what was up. I heard
crackling. and smelt smoke, and before
1 completely came to myself I heard
shouts everywhere. Each roan seemed
to rush to the door, but whether they ell
got down the stairs i could not say, for
the lire was in the flat below, and i
could hear it roaring as well as see the
glare. i Thought 1 was to be burned to
death. for the whole doorway was a
Mass of (lame. A roan named Ja•,k
FinI iy—I believe a staler—did an eel
which deserve; the Victoria Cross. Ile
took my clutch, broke nn attic window,
got on the rool. and lulled up quite a
number of men. 1 was helpless, as were
also n paralytic man and a blind Inns.
111111.10" +' in a short limo Finley carte back In the
attic, and looking in, shouted, 'Your'
hand.' Ile helped me up, then helped
up the paralytic man, and next a blind
man, and (hough the light was queer
and unset tnin he guider) us along the
of to a ladder, where we got on to
other and lower building In Grnente
reel. and thence we went through r,
p on to lauding and thus escaped.
Not only weir, Finlay's task a difficult
precarious one to save me, but 1e
led each step of the blind roan,
Ing his feet where they were I.. go.
milling his hands on h. eh
by."
611 je le she's"
"Why, of course not; whoever lire -
tended that they did?"
".\h!" continued Horace. hnmmering
the proof home with his usual rough :n-
sistency, "and what rat, or cut, or hat,
or owl. or draught would yell, 'Lc diable
est bon! \'ive le hon di:Jde!' I ask you,
as a barrister of some reptile and ex-
perience, to explain this if you con,"
"11 sounds very mysterious and dread-
ful," 1 relL.'d, "but in these days of the
Psychical Research Society ghosts are
getting shy."
"1 cnnmlunicalcd with the Society,
and an imposing don carne down arrntsl
With all lite latest i1.1rue.ents find in-
terrogations r
g of mart , 1 inquiry, and
drove me nearly wild with his inter-
minable questions. In the most guard-
ed way he seemed anxious to ascertain
whether (here was any madness in nay
family—if 1 had suffered from sunstroke,
or was ever subject to illusions or hal-
lucinations. Plainly Ito Thought me u
fool, and did not believe my story."
"And was he able to throw any lige t
on tate riddle?"
"\Ve sat up rather late, and Then he
went to bed smiling, and triumphant.
But about two o'clock he hake into my
room pale and penitent. declaring !here
really was something in it after all, ari.l
its the Thing spoke French, which lie
didnotunderstand,
would � i
het ulel ar
h t
1
over the problem to a French scholar."
"11 does seem more of a puzzle than f
imagined." i saki. "And I do not pro-
fess to be n hero or n scientist or s
philosopher, but 1 am quite sure that 1
have no faith whatever in ghosts, and I
should be perfectly willing to occupy
the haunted room. Give me n free hand,
and That is all 1 require—no revolver mill
no brandy."
"Thank )eii. Jack, 1 nccept the offer
gratefully, for i cannot get a servant to
slop more than a week, and the house
is getting such a Ind name That it will
soon become uninhabitable. 1 know
you have a cool heed and iron nerves,
and how you managed to control that
homicidal lunatic with whore you brae
veiled by rail alone, I never could cont.
prehend. That hour must have been
awful."
"My dear Ilorece. 1 assure you we had
rather n pleasant time together, when i
had shown the absurdity of his passion
for culling throats l y an appeal to his
vanity and other weak points, which f
soon di.eo•ereel."
"I should have jumped oul of the win-
dow."
"I don't believe it. You would have
covered yourself with glory by doing;
some desperate thing, which n man
with my physique could not drenm of.
Put. by -the -way, who was the lull ten-
et of this place?"
'An old bachelor, a naturalist, 1
vho had lived abroad for years.
my man servants. 11' wou1J
voman about him. Monkeys
ter the house at their own
rad snakes (harmless ones.
npped on the unsuspecting
au lain poles turd every
ge. They say he knew
f monkeys. nit preferred
►d conversation to Mose
gs. One or two always
hire. nil chattered and
freely is he did."
he place?'
nr, n born
long in
r.O\VE11R
es -
1
ing kr
close upon
cioua sentemen ,
Again I failed to . -
again my investigation.
i spent the best part c
with nay friend, shooting, rear 1
ing, and ghost -hunting. Ilut t:ot a r,
transpired, no clue could be established
towards the unravelling of the enigma.
Once more we applied to the Psychical
Itcsearch Society, and this time n gee, t
French scholar arrived—alert, fearle:
and omniscient. Rut with all his lea-
ing he failed to enlighten us or solve- he
problem.
1 began to think of Mrs. Resent at 1
the Theosophist,, when a brilliant ide
flashed into my nand. \\'hy not examine
the roof.' The house was a long, low,',
straggling edifice, with only one story
above the ground floor. The next day I
most tear myself away from my oldest
and dearest friend and the familiar de-
lightful ghost, whose voice somehow
ad been growing feebler and soder of
late—perhaps at the prospect of my de-
parture.
1 had ascertained long ago that Ilor-
nec .Iger had positively seen nothing,
except some very intangible and inde-
finable shadows, which melted at once
when submitted to a little breezy brisk
cross-exandnalion. And the roof was
the one 1)01111 my vigorous and varied
scrutiny had forgotten.
\ ladder was procured, and planted
against the side of the house over the
�vindmv of my room, I felt herr., if any-
where, must be the solution of the prole
lent.
"Go up, Giles," said Colonel Alger to
the gardener. "and see that all is right
shove, before Mr. I'alsons stakes his
survey,"
"Please, sir, remember my wife enol
family in case of accidents," replied
Giles, as he rcluctiailly mounted the
rungs. "I'd stand up to any man my
weight, but ghostisses is out of my
reckoning. 'There's no gelling upsides
with the likes o' they."
Presently he descended with n run,
while and trembling, and horribly
scared. "It's a -swearing awful!" he
etnurmered—"like a dragoon—no offense
went!" And here he glanced apologeti-
cally at the Colonel, who laughed.
I Ilion slowly ascended the ladder.
sh•pped on the roof. and in n moment
the tryst• ty was revealed,
"Mimeo," 1 shouted in triumph,
"here'.; a shy -light, and now our course
Is clear."
Up we rushed In my roost, end once
more tried the panels. Presently one,
winch had been tnperfeelly fndened,
gave n hill•• nn.l then slid back, reveal-
ing a .1 . r 1 es. end. Opening this we
found oursebee in a limy ruoin lighted
from the lop. And there. evidently dy-
ing and feebly grasping a rude perch,
was a great grey .\frican parrot, cruelly
shut in. his stock of food long exhaust-
ed. As we entered he revived with a
knowing wink. end sht i.•l.,.t, 'Solis mon
frere ou je Ie lue! I..• +liable est bon!
Viva le diadae'' Then with a sharp
convulsion he fell lifeless to the ground.
--I'earson's \\ eekly.
MICROSCOPIC \IEASCIIEMF.NTS,
Dr. E. P. Show roundly explained to
the itoyal Society of Stmt Britain nn
micrometer rometer wt !ch. it is stat-
ed. can be made 10 tnea- re the Iwo -
millionth of a millimMrr, the arty.
millionth of an Inch. -.
nenf. the smatter:
tis connection
a telephone
The woo
0 who
was not
poisonin
.1_ge^
valuable. t t. usna
the use of soap lather prior to shaving
the beard is simply necessary as a
means of facilitating the somewhat
troublesome operation. It is supposed
to extract the oily matter from the hair,
and thus to render it brittle, so that the
blade of the razor saws through quite
easily. Still. soap plays a much higher
part than Ibis.
SAFELY.
SOAI MEANSSHAVING
Although those who shave Ihemselvcs
frequently cul themselves with the razor,
it is rarely that anything more serious
than n small cut ensues. The slig'd
wound usually heals up rapidly without
any risk. All this Ls due to the fact
that soap renders the razor's blade bac-
teriolearically clean. That is to say,
that it refile les all septic matter from
the blade antro sterilizes it. The
an►ount of soap which is- rubbed on Rio
skin during the net of she ,. • con-
siderable. It is an estnbli. ant
son
, hes considerable anti. eptie
powe
as a 6 per cent. solution is quite suffi-
cient to destroy the typhoid bacillus.
1Iow many deaths have been caus,'a
by politeness it is impossible to estimate.
Unfortunately, it is true that a great
many tenths occur* through men doffing
their hats to ladies in the streets, espe-
cially during cold weather. This is why
n society of Indies in the town of Ilape-
randa, In Sweden, decided In relieve
men of the necessity of dolling their
hotsTI►,
e Indies have decided Iliat during
cold and damp weather till that will Le
expected of leen will be
A MIL,l'I'AItY S:\I.1 Ii.
The ladies took Ili; '. the result
of studying Irc,Ieed :1.:, which es-
tablished the fact that three times more
men Than women suffer from cold,
neuralgia, toothache, and influenza. Thu
ladies have inferred That these maladies
were due, to a very large extent. to the
obligation imposed on nen to lake off
their hats in the streets.
One of the latest and most beneficent
additions to bunion knowledge is that
powders may be administered for bed
temper. Sir I.auder Brunton recom-
mends the administration of temper
powders to gouty persons and others
who have become temporarily irr'iluble.
it is possible also to Take a liquta
which will nutrvcllously increase llic
Mr( ngth. in fact, It has been queried
whether the ,food of the gods has not
been discovered. Dr. Clement and i)r,
1luchard have discovered Hutt (no rm'e
acid increases the strength of people in
a most extraordinary 111.01. r. For in-
stance. one delicate subject who could
scarcely lift anything but the lightest
weight was able to lift five times the
amount after being experitnenled upon.
A NE\V ARTICLE OF DII•:r.
Dr. llnchard•s experiments upon him-
self hove leen most Interesting. In a
couple of days he doubled his strength,
while In live days he was actually able to
treble it. lu order to achieve this lie
took live grammes of formic a.id. II
may he mentioned that formic acid is n
olorless liquid which is found 111 the
of ants, and the hairs and certain
some kinels of caterpillars,
the substance that gives
relent slings.
en (liscm•cred that
1rlrilMr . awn-
• can find only room to
ably about. But they
around. They are fed f
bines a day, according
The food consists of n porr
corn meal and milk forte
parts.
TIIE FEEDING MACi!!
"The machine that i
them is built on the lin
staffer. A rubber tube e
receptacle. The feeler tit
en from the coop, places 11
in its bill and then pumps i
In twenty-one days the scr
chicken comes out fat as a bt
As a rule it doubles in weight
period.
"Of course, every feeding station re-
quires constant watching. Men go con-
stantly up and down the line of coops
and watch the fowl. Whenever 0
sleepy chicken that does not appear to
thrive is spotted it is immediately taken
from the coop. At the stations where
we have re tsigeratinn we kill the chick-
ens for market. in most cases we ship
to our packing plant. Ilere the chickens
are dressed and assorted and packed
ready for shipment.
"Ducks are also raised on scientific
lines. They are kept within nn inclo-
sure, limited In space, but food troughs,
amply filled, prevent thein from roam-
ing about in search of food and they fat-
ten rapidly."
SOMETIIING LIKE A \VIIiSTLE!
A big triple whistle, the largest ever
constructed. Inas been put into use by
lite East St. Louis Electrical Railroad
Company. Four times a day this mam-
moth whistle is blown, and it ran be
heard for Ice miles north, south, ens!
and west. Ccunected with its electric
c1 ick which is guaranteed not to very
lit.. seconds in a year, this whistle will
rove the most valuable public lime dis-
1•.•n-er ever Invented. Residents hg the
immediate neighborhood of the power-
house anlicipeted all snt•t of trouble
when the big whistle wns first talked
cbonl. But no one hos had tiny reason
to complain of discord rat whistle -lime.
At seven in the morning, at high noon,
rat one in the afhrnn.in. and at six in
the evening. the great •Iriple whistle an-
nounces the correct time to all within
len tulle; hearing. 'rhe elerk with
which it is connected sets off the Mesta
r 1 the second. and everyone within Its
found knows he Is paying a heed M a
reliable tim•ekeeper.----—i----- --
A ROOK \Vrrnnt'T I'ItINI'.
A book toelongig to the faintly of the
Prince de I.lgne. now in France. Is said
to be the inns! curious book in the
world. brattier. i1 is neither written nor
printed. Thr letters of the text nre cut
out of sash folio upon the finest vellum,
and, its it is interleaved with blue paper.
it can be read as easily as the pIninesl
print. 'I'tie care and labor l.'slowe.J
:mon it was exrea-ivr. Rudolph Ii,. of
Germany. Maned eleven lhonsend dn-
rat; for i1 in lfto, or about $I.'(») of
our money. II is a remarkable feet
that this Glernre treasure beers the
royal arms of England, although there
ore no other records or traces Connect.
gag it with this country.
la
tuts, •
Eggs —
from 25e to 26e. Cold storage and
;Montreal limed are selling at 20e to
2.!e, according to quantity and quality,
western limed being- le lass; new laid
al 30c, and' from than up.
Provisions — Heavy short cul pork,
$19 to $20; light short cul. $18 to $19;
American eat clear bark, $19 to $20;
compound lard 6 ,e In 7e: (:nnadat pure
lard, lease to Ile: kettle rendered, two
to 12c; horns 12e to 13e. Recording to
size: baron. 13e to Its; fresh killed ab-
attoir dressed hogs. Sol to $9,25 alive,
86.59 !nixed Iurs.
1.,,_ re
n ani:;e0: !Ile
ark. AA
Q
market holds firnrZ`wee
ing quoted for current, e
summer• made goo,IsfeaZe
or September and Oc-
terrts, and 12';c to 13c
ices 23e to 23Y',a' for gored
ery, 21e to 21,c for dairy
Ms choice 22e to 22,c,
'lett held eggs are going
NEW' YORK WHEAT MARKETS,
New York. Pee. -' - - - Wheal -- Spot,
easy: Ni. 2 reel. 91';c elevator: No. 2
red 91%e f.o.b. nlloal: No. 1 northern,
Duluth. !lZi3 c f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 hard,
Manitoba, nominal, f.o.b. afloat.
i
."o 'rut; T1111;1. 1-1-r)')11•
•I'here they were caught, and the
babies, up to i, or 6 years old, were
thrown living u'at of the third -Boor
windows into the htrcrts. The older
children and the grown -.ups were kill-
ed belo.e bring throe -but. '19to
men who told ate this said also that
a band of several hundred stiidente
and a few police arrIed in time to
arrest some of these merdeicrs, and
that after they had ',ten placed in
jail some of the pris)n ra worn re-
cognized by their keepers as members
of the poll;•e force."
Chanoch said that the faces nl the
dead in the street were too mutilat-
ed for recognition. He said nisei
that to a suburb of Odessa a e•hrle-
tian priest. saved sixty Jewish child-
ren by placing them in hie own
church.
HE CAMs: BACK.
A ahurt time ago a boy fresh from
arhool started orbic at it factory
tiring late three successive inor.a-
ings he was disc•her ,ed. Tho follow-
ing niornini• 1 h,• rernen was sus,
i - 'e at work, and,
going to him. said:
hack? •
sum do it
hiding ahe