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Feedericie. Claamberlain describes'
•V141 to (Vesuvius theireen a recent Mee,
theme . •
As eve .neared „Nettles in 1,110.'601*M,
ber .right alinosttetobode onbeard went
,telovv, 101, vile had:learned at Pod Said
ethat Veeuvius was in ,eruittient .axtd
Likely to continue for soine days io that
ellawonted "etate t All hoped to, see Me
giant of the old " mountain before re
again drifted into one of. Ids lopg naps.
For more then thirty years now lead;
he been resting, BO that we were lo be
,given our one chance of a lifetime
.neoberily, to ace, hineteevalee. ,
eahont terielorcloele, -eftifien tine- detek-
nessAtthas intense, there wae (euddettly
een the starboard, far up in the air, a
. ted 'light. It appeared to be one that
revolved, for in a few seconds it had
'entirely disappeared. It was so large and
:sc, elevated that we knew we 'were not
ifar from it. In almost exactly a minute
it reappeared. There it is!" somebody
criedi Instantly there was a rush for
the rail. Opinions were about evenly
-divided •as to whether the light came
team a lighthouse or from the volcano.
/Ls regularity, however, decided some et
It must be something made by man.
But we were mistaken. It was Ve-
-magus. The ship's officers assured us
that there was no seaman' light in that
. locality, and then before long, as we
ftew neerer ao the red flame, it became
evideti nthat the light .was hundreds of
feet above. But there wee not ten eec-
pods variation in the periods between
tany tato appeaeance$ of the beacon.
At midnight the anchor cut the waters
tot. the bay and our long voyage from
me Far East of nearly 30 days was
-overe Neples is built so that it rises
Mem the seaside clear to the °top of the
htga hill. Except only the ppearance
f Hong Kong at night, ao I believe
the view of Naples tram elle 1bay when
iall "the evening lamps are lighted" is
the .most beautiful I have e er seen.
Vesuvius may be ascended byetwo
methods - by carriage road or by the
electrics. , Whichever one may prefer,
there ia a long ride of perhaps an hour
Ibtough the poorer portions of Naples
-to where 'the city fades away into the
title whose sides are covered with vine-
yards of the blue and white grapes:
Our ride" to the• railroad station was
•rolugh and -hot and one of mur party
had an experience on the way that
ended her day's enjoyment.
She, with a young men of twelve,oc-
etipied a landau, which wheeled elpse be-
litiad that in which I was riding..
Suddepiy 1 heard a scream and no-
tced a beet running down the sidewalk
.as if he were, much, frightenedl*leap-
,ed from the carriage and •disco•veted the
tady in the rear nearly beside hereelf,
The bey I had seen scartepering a.Way
bed Tun" beside her and snatched at e
e, olden chain that carried a diamond get
et .sineepended about her neck.
. There was a sharp quick struggle be-
faireen the owner and thief. Her fright-
ened cry, however, had determined that
and left in Poseessigfl. of heretreasutc,,
which, however,
was broken.
As we rode along it was readily seen
that the people disliked us; and that
nearly all the homes comprised gardens
tin thereto" which were of the pure Rai
-
ion. style; with many regular, sanded,
-walks, uniformly cut shrubbery and, al-
nost invariably, some statuary.
At 2 o'cloelo we were seated in, the
electric car, Which had doors at the
esidee; between each two seats, and were
being propelled t by an overhead trolly
system up the sinall hilibtethat lead to
'Vesuvius..
1 , ,t After a iide of about half an hour, we
'stopped at a hotel which oyeelooked
.Nap.lbs apd ifs bay; Here all the, ,femin-
ine members of our party,lexceitt one,
left us.
In 'fifteen minutes we were at the
base of the cone. Here we cluing-
ell:conveyances, end weretaken by a
table line up the -Very sleep side of the
teolcano. This last section of our way
I -mei perhaps, half o rnil in extent. The
-cable line ternithated some 20 feet be-
low the crater. All the way from
Napiels, In the sinnrint of the volcano we
could thte that the hidden giant of the
*great blaelc mountain was still smoking.
Every minute. by I he wateh. he would
pmil a cloud that would sail away and
leave' behind no traces of the old fel-
letV'sq diestpation MI he blew" out the
meet whiff. .
deseending from the cable car
acime len of iis found that we were still
seine hundred yards feom the smoke.
There was no vegetation, Long ago
eve had left the vinettarde beneath us.
• 'ere was nothing at the lop of the vol.
eeho except ashes. (enders and huge
touldere of lava. There was square mile
efter square -mile of lava. Nobody
could sett • how deep it was. but one
tould ellen ellseern thee it ,exneeded ten
feel. .
-The event after leaving the cable
line wee in ashes and (enders, into
evhich the foot sank tie iri ,dry Ana send,
Whielt rendered progress taborions.
A floek of .guides and helpers, with
ropes. • slicks or chairs surround es,
their ingenuity bent upon securing our
pntron4go.
Several hired panes. while one accept-
ed Me free end of a rope. the other ext-
tremily of which 'was' attached to a
eked lhhan gentleman who took the
fterthaft•eheelughoatt But nobody rode
in the (their. It wee made clear. to us
that the law required that nobody should
ferthar useend without a guide.. His
fee was half a, 'dollar. ;
With much labor we reached a point
about 50 feet below the levet of the
heater. Hero we were informed that
we could proceed no farthern as it was
dengerous beyond.
The precaution seemed silly, for the
giant was simply puffing teeny just like
'ittny peaceful old gentleman enjoying nis
after-dinner smoke.
Upon every hand were holes in the
ecne, from whieh steam was emanating.
I visited half a dozen oftthein, and found
the , smoke hot and ' the earth warm
efor quite a distance about. The whole
top of the Mountain wee nothing het
6 thin eieve. Far down to Me south -
rated, tiorne four or five miles hway, be,
elite the rice, atm Pompeii. It was
about he dietant as Naples,: which' fa teit
the northweet of the volcano. .
l'aunpeti looked like a S1fl0.111 hurtled
Iran, =nay of lir reee welitn THE 'Bus IS VAfilSIIING
and gaunt eltianneyti still etimititted up-
right.
Settee of us eepostulattill with the,
guides -for pot approaching nearer to
the crater, but they teene obdurate.
They replied that they Ind not (land 10
approach farther for a 'tweet, thoee
who 'heel studied - the phenuaneiton far
long. -period - had. declared 11to dOnte,(T
violent seeplosione wae Very imanie-
ent,' and no one could say when the
peril woe most trattinere 't
•
We tried denry tieviee treat Nil -eery
to daring thembut to no perpottee
To all our eptr•eatiee, inducement -a tend
reproaches, thee oitserved that if wit
vieettla delay' for a while ,I,Vp %atrial'
doubtless 'Peen that they were not over-
cautious at all unitis$ eye desired to tow
Pur lives or seriously, imperil them:
Events scion proved the wilidom If
their seeming'overcaution, for ofit
.. a su,
()den the giant altered the rate of hie
[turning. • For two minutee he held Me
smoke in his lunge. When it became
evident that he was doing then ,he
guideetWaritat ue to iteep n,:-.;;;IntVp reek-
outret. You may be sure, that we did,
Ah! A soune of the, grating of thmt-
sands of stones ais• they rushed up and
brushed the rocky sides of The crater on
their way to the clouds fined the air
A huge column of smoke four or five
times as high and large 15 diameter as
apy we had seen, burst out and piled
up like a huge pillar, several hundred
feet in elevation, vvitile the air was full
ci rocks and cinders, which could 1,e
seen flying in all directions. After
wending for, peehaps, 100 feet, they
fell back with a clatter, and rolled
dcwn the mountain side. Had we been
much nearer, it is, plain teat none of
es could heve escaped serious, if not
fatal, injury, The rain of roces was
too thick to permit dodging. A half-
oozen rolled down upon us, and the
party speedily grew entailer, only two
guides and two of us with kodaks be -
Mg silly enough to repeat the experi-
ence.
In the course of half an hour, we tet
cured a number of picteres• of these
violent explosions
Two of them plainly ,shote scores cf
rocks flying in the air. Upon more
than one occasion we dodged to escape
a descending piece ofatenva. We found
these fragments to be -often as largo as
a human head .and they wet e•so hoti
to retain the impression of e $eal or any
metal that one cared to hold upon
them. • .
By 7 in the evening we were again
tit our hotel,* the whole trip having oc-
cupied six hours, and entailing an ex,
penditure of abour $5 for each person.
We had ecen the mostefamous volcano
en the world in eruption and taken pho-
tographs of it within- 50 yards of its
crater, and had stood within the area
qf its rain of lava --surely a rare ext
periehce. and all ite all the most intenee-
ly weird, impressive (ley of our jour-
ney except that at Canton, • the show
Cape of all the world.
'CURIOUS IIUMAN DIARY.
Leaves From ,Last fournal of Martinis
of Anglesey at Monte Carlo.
_ The last, diery kept by Me late Mar-
quis of iAnglesey• before, his death at
Monte, Carlo is a eurioas human docu-
ment. .The book is hound in crocodile,
delicately scented with the Marquis'
favorite Perfume. On the back is a
glittering gelaxy ofediamonds, set in
gold; forming the monogram of the two
crossed A's, surmounted with the golden
Angle`Ley coronet.
The following are extracts front tee.
diary, which we, reprint, from the LiVeie
poet: Daily' Post e. -
October 17. -Seedy. Didn't' get up.
October -184 -Go to gee hospital with
G. at twp o'clock.
October 21,-- -goes to England far
flat hat. Theye are all taken. I am
seedy. e'r e -
November 7.-- Have he carriage.
Don't go out. Storm. '
November 8.1) --Drive Out. Weather
SO so. Feel- a wee bit better. -Choose,
wall paper. '
December it-. Cold; go out. Cramp, -
phone arrives.
• December '12.-Aatful storm; don't go
out. •
December 16. -Feel better. Arrive
Paris 6.15; E. P. Hotel,
Decemberitetx-Dull ; Lunch with L ;
then shop. Leave for Monte 7.30. Very
seedy all night.
December 20. -Fine. -Arritte Monte.
1t';30. Very tired. Go to bed at once.
December 25. -Lovely. Lunch Cap.
Martin with W.'s. Feel so so.
December 26.-4ove1te Don't go out.
Feel seedy. . Get shoek in evening by
visit Comtesse G.; groat tscene.
December 27. -Lovely. Have to go
take lea with Comtesse G. - comes in
v. late. •
December 28. -Lovely. Drive out.
Feel so so.
December 29. -Lovely. Drive alone.
Feel sO so: See G. Seedy at night.
Dine in bed. • ,
January 8. -Lovely • rest all day in
bed. Monkey arrived.
Janney 14. -Lovely; cold. — tells
his troubles to me; 1 pity him. Don't
get up. „
January 17. --Rain, all day;" don't go
out. •
Then begins the last 'Page. 11 18 the
death flurry in a sense. It has only one
complete entry and part of a second,
which reads thus :-
4 p. m.-100 point 7.
This evidently refers to his tempera-
ture.
Then follows the last unfinished cm
try :
8 p, m. •
There is no date .here, and the Met-
quis died soon after it was written.
HASTENED TO REPORT.
"Billiger," said. Mrs. MeSwat, ire' a
determined tone of voice. "I want you
to go and look at that furnace."
Mr. McSwat crawled out of bed, threat
hieofeet into his slippers, and went down,
two flights of stairs, into the basement:
Ile returned in a surprisingly short
olive of lime.
"We Still there, tobeliai4
erteeding into bed again.
Rut the day worker enquires' more
coin than the day dreanter.
Make the beet you can Of thetworst
you get.
Two essentials to success are dollars
tued sense.
he »said
MOTOR WILICLE L TAKI G
PLACE IN LONDON.
The Great City ,to Get Rid of 4 Mil
oe'lloreeilesh in Order to reiave
27 Days" lento Vlach DaY4
London fi9' losing, ,what alwayei that;
been ene of its' chief attraetione to vie-
itore-thei pictureetme home ornreibute
When this yearh; teanetAtiantte eeisitors
,tirliVe hero they evill htivie to look hard
forthit; old-fashioned, rtunbling and,
tinueh belebeled conveyance, ' with,:
I gerrulttus driver • and its leisurely
berries, says a London correspondent.
As aepartial compensation, they will be
aide to get from tine paint of interest to
another as fast, and perhaps a little
•faeter" than -Maio -would be able to at
home, by 'means of the new motor omni-
buses which, beforeerhany months have
passed, are pretty sure to supersede the
familiar horse 'buses altogether.
• Almost at etiery turn in London thee
swift eravellime omnibuses may be seen,
heard, anci-it may be said -smelt, for
the atmosphere is beginning to reek
Iwith the fumes of petrol. And though
I it may yet take some little time to re-
place alie 1,850 omnibuses now in Lon-
don by these Motor, vehicle, the work
i. going ahead rapidlyeteand •cacit 'daY
sees One or twb new motor 'buses on the
streets. Up. to the preseni there are
about 500 of them plying over the 120
miles of roads which go to make up
the principal London thoroughfares.
Persons of artistic temperament aod
those who Have plenty of time on their
hands, Inver tool(' with sadness on the
disappearance of the horse 'bus from.
Me streets of
, "DEAR OLD LUNNON."
It is true that human interest attaches
to the 'bus cif the early days, which
dates back to 1829; wheri me first 'Ohs
was seen in Englaod. It was driven by
a man named Shillibeer and-appro-
•priately enough --its course lay between
one London saloon and another. The
'huees were hauled by three horses
ahreatst-as is the ease on .some of the
Paris streets' to -day -and the Tare foe a
four -mile journey was 25,,cceits. Which
included the use of a newspaper.
As a substitute for the' newspaper in
moderh times, visitors will recall with
pleasure the talkative driver, eyer
ready -with a tee in the offing -to point
out the names of public buildings or to
dish up Lonclonl history at so many;
words a mile: - • ,
The disappearance of . these horee
vehicles from the Landoll streets will
make a void; for all thiogs considered,
the 'bus was one of the most typical of.
London ts • popular t institutions. Every
'bus ?taken' from. the .streets means the
emancipation of twelve horeest . The
total number of animals now employed
is 22 200.- It has been estimated that
there are 4Z linear miles of horses now
running on the London ,roadway. The
removal Of this oumber will be an im-
inen.se help in affordinespace in the
Congested thoroughfare,s. •
The introduction of the motor 'buses
Tias not only relieved the horse, but
liberated the drivers_ by bringing their
hours of labor down from fourteeo a
cl y, and sometinies seventeen,. to eight
a d ten; while their wages have been:
proportionately mcreased., It has been
found that the old 'bus drivers make the
best motor 'buschauffeurs; so the sen-
thrient that still clings to the profes-
sion of hus'driver is not shocked.
NO TALKING ALLOWED.
At thesame time there is a vast dif-
ference between the driver of a motor
'bus and one of the horse 'buses. The
quiet talks on the box must be done
away with, for the motor chauffettra'sit,
quite away from•'th,e passengers. The
isolated position ;is necessary owing to
the complicated mecluinism under their
control, which requires all Mem atten-
tion. The -average Wages- of, 'bus
drivers and inetor chauffeurs is about
$10 a week. Tlie life•of the old 'bus
driver, with its long hears arid- Poor
pay, was looke,d upon -as •a hardship by
many persons not well acquainted with
it, but the recent case of the driver who
came into a, fortune of $15,000 and yet
continued his work at, the lines has
proved that the occupation is not so
arduous as is generally supposed.
The rapid, conquests made by the
motor omnibustwithin the last year, not
only, in London, but in: Paris and Ber-
lin, have attracted attention to • Vert
vehiole as a solution of the street traffic`
problem: The demand for these vehicles
in London alone is so great that several
%ego motor companies, have orders al-
ready, for two years ahead, and are
turning away business. The big com-
panies are turning out fnotor 'buses as
rapidly as their works will allow, and
no less than $50,000,000 worth of etipi-
tat is invested in motor 'bus manufac-
ture.
Mane of these eoncerns-or nearly all
of them: it niight lie said -are rivals ;
some betiding petrol cerriegee, others
electric and -others, „steam. The various
types may be seen bidding, for Immo,-
gers on mast, of the streets; and there
le considerable discuesicin as to which
form of motive power hes come to
stay: .According to the latest reports,
THE SI .AM 'BUSES
A,
are great favbrites; there ie'less. vittrat
time in their motion, and the certainly
oe reaching, their destination seems more
as'srItilree'dit4rogresta ha. raised importapt
questions about ceetain bodieee Though
the T.ondore county council has recently
,expended hundrede thousands 't f
immuls in building •etreet-car rinds, or
tramways, run -on the :ordinary rail
system with eleetrio power under-
ground., the advent of thee motor 'bits
has already begun to threaten the 'ex-
islenee of these lines. The statement :e
!made that be ore another ten yeare has
peeled, the aublic will ( leek in ti) pee
ieoniee street cans, which .villIbe.almoet
as old fashioned es horse ibteote tire tot
day. The great disadvent ge of the Lon-
don tramways IS the feel lint thee' etre
limited tee to, speed, and] ere made t0.
crawl along; while the mettle 'hue, with
te fair field 111,rft.t*I0*. and lhe powor
to go areund olettruetionst ie permitted
to W1li4 through thit streets aim -.moos
the eittletnei sahteritate reale at a
zneve than deuble thee of ehe, tearti eye,
item%
At the' rush Inure In rtonien it itias:
already been found that the. teelle Itneet
though everttirtit ,to their capnettee
with the -utmetit nenniter Of.' care, :ere itt
adequate to. eoio v..1..% theclmanici aft
leitettenfeete -hetet:testa. .eatieeta the
reellther -:of .paittierittees „that daily: enter:
toad- ileave the ,eerartil dr,triotstte-Letritton
is considered, a Isir id'ef,rth9 010[Oni.
tude• ot
THE trtiMeleiC PROBLEM
may be obtained. Foe hastance, the
deity !worldly population is 3,000,000
peePlart-2,907;8e6 are on ehe Mere. En
the central area-aboat the bank and the
Royal E3cchange-77e 'busee and other
passenger -carrying vehicree pass a given
point every hour during the busy timee.
With the present 'bus arrangetnents
great delays take place all along the
lines of route, and the boardi of trade
has recently estimated that not less than
329 hours a, day are lest in London
owing to the slow movementof horse
teaffic. With the introduction of motor
'buses throughout the metropolis a big
difference will be felt, and busy Lon-
doners will be able to get from place to
place in oneabird, the time now occu-
pied.-
Movements are now .on foot to pre -
vette Me further building of street rail-
way' lines, and th,e substitution in their
place of fast moving Motor 'buses.
These 'buses cost on an average about
$4,500 . each; being far less a:Pensive
Behan the street care, as ne rails are re-
quired. , Even on tram tines' already
having, a service, it is proposed to put
motor 'buses instead, of cars and to dis-
pense entirely With the electric power
supply, making each car independent
.of the others. As is well Itnewn, if one
car on an electric system comes to a
standstill for any reasati, the whole
line must be paralyzed for the time, be-
ing.
As the street car lines are now.Oper-
ated itt London thespeed let limited to
ten miles an hour, and, the average
journey of a sixteen -hour run, allowing
for stoppages, is only about 100 miles a
day.. In America and other cities,
where street cars are operated and run
by electriaity, the' average day's ruo 's
160 or even 180 miles.
With motor 'buses the average speed
in London is fourteen miles an hour,
and in, outlying districts, .where traffic,
is less congested, this speed is'consi-
derably . increased. Mite average earn-
ings of each motor 'bus in London are
from $50 to $60 a day. Passengers are
deified on top as well as inside, the
seating capacity of each motor 'bus be-
ing about 60 persens. When 11 18 cope
gamed •that the average takings of the,
horse 'bus were only $10 a day, and
that nearly 27 days in actual" hoers are
lost each day in London owing to de-
lays in horse 'bus traffic, 11 no longer
remains a mystery thatethe Mese 'bus
is lei go,.
RISE IN. LAND VALVES,
Some of the Best Speculations io Land
on Recor&
To thOSO who tire skeptical of .the wis-
dom of investing monger an real estate
there are nurneroas, instnees of -cities
where every inch ofoland is of great
value which have been built upon sites
formerly 'sold for little or 'even given
away. The United States and Canada
are rich in such examples. Canada ,es-
pecially has been the scene of great bar-
gains in land. During the flret years of
its history James L made- a free gift of
the whole of Canada,- together with
Newfoundland and Nova Scalia, to the
famous Lord Stirling. 'Some two hun-
dred years later a member of the suite
of the , Governor ef the colony wee
granted 100,000 acres -of land by Wil-
liam IV. Later this was increased by
the .addition of 500,000 acres. Sixty'
years Tater a Canadian land company.
was given 3,000,000 acres, 2,000,000 be-
ing paid • for at the rate of 60 cents an
acre, and the rest a free gift.' As late ae
1880 the Canadian Government aetutilly
made the Scotch -Canadian company a
present of., $2,500,000 in cash, as a
bonus, --with- a -free vont of -25,00;000
acres. As thele were many conditions
ae to he development Of the territory in
the terms of Me grant, the bargain was
not so Onetsicted'as it at first appears.
Every' one knows that the whole of
Manhattan feland was sold by the Ih-
diens for $24. -Yet a .plot .of ground
which was once a farm, and was granted
and 'still belmigs to Trinity Church,
yields a yearly income of $10,000,000.
Pennsylvania, the second most popu-,
lous State in America, containing scores
at prosperous cities, has' an area ab
about:4'4,0M --mere miles. This tract of
land was given over'itoe William. Penn
in settlement of a comparatively...heft-
ing debt which tCharies 11. owed to
Penn's father, and Which he found him-
self disinclined or unable to pay in
Seine improvident king was the
one who rented' .2,700,000 square miles
of the land about Hudson Bay for a
yearly rental of hvo beavers and two
elk per annum. This has' proved to be
one oe, the best speculations in land on
record. Some two hunclredityears after
the deal the company of owners sold the,
Major part of this vast, territory to the
Canadian Federatitm for $2,500,000, and
in the meantime it had been•bringing 'h
'all overage ineome of $506,000 a year.
Not more than 270,years "ago the pre-
sent site of Liverpool was sold 1r$2,250
by a smelt -London syndicate, who had
bought it from Charles I. for even less.
The site of, Johannesburg and most
of its gold mines, which are said to eont
eon over $.13,000,000,000 worth of the
precious metal, were sold less than
thirty emetic; ago to an, Englishman
melted Pratt for the sum of 81.500. in
spite, ot 114 cheapness, it was a bad bar-
gain forlditti for because of his activity
in the Best Boer war Ids property was
confiscated 0.11(1 :lie was driven. to Etna
land in a penniless state.
,
otunm or. Ton WOOLSACK.
The Woolsack, en which the British
Lord Chancellor its, is h large square
bag of lined eovered with red cloth; It
WaS (Wit used in the eime of Edward
M. to tentind lite pee 'of the great int -
(11 the eveol trade to England,
and the, 1111 ('(1110111 necessity of keeping
friendly,' with Mandel%
MARRIEDWOMENS9 DEB,ISLEADINg mann
MG DRAPERS* FIRMS ARE LeELPI
IN ENGLAND.
taiiShieSS' Moises Are Not *PrOteete
FrOnl Loss Resulting Fronk
Cortneearice.
JI it wreno1 To tito. fad, that man-
Luid , as a whole., is tateneet, Eraglieh
drapers doing eatenSive businese eatth
people of means vioutd heve to/thud,
their doors at once. They ore abaolute.
ly unproteeted by law. A statement; tP
this effect tyas- made. by tile managing
director of one of the best-known ;firms
in London. Ile referred especially to the
case of Paquin i Limited, v. Holden, in
,which Rio Clouse of Lords bee just de-
cided that the suing firm's appeal must
be dismissed without costs, and to the
proposed appeal to the Prime Miniseer
that the law raay be altered.
EASILY SWINDLED.
"The position briefly is lhie. If a
wife says she is acting as her husband's
agent, she cannot herself be sued for a
bill. When the husband is sued for
goods he has only to say -he has forbid-
den his wife to pledge his credit -it ineY
.he merely a private remark paseed
across Me breakfast table -end he alse
is exempt from payment.
"A married couple who set themselves
to swindle us could 'exhaust their. credit
and our patience and then not pay a
penny by getting up these taro separate
and contractictoey defences and cleinee
ing that the goods were not necessities.
MOTHER WOULDN'T .PAY.
"We have had case after case, but it
is not woreh (tale while to fight them,"
geld the head of another large firm.
"Two young ladies bought goods from
us and then could not pay. Their fa-
ther said they had an allowance, and
beyond that he would npt be respon,
sible. We wrote this transaction off oor
books as a lose."
Another firm ,seid: "A girl of sixteen
or seventeen, nought te12' worth of
dresses. We knew her ,mother to be a
Niealtlfy woman, tind believed the girl
was authorized to buy the clothes. Her
mother declined to pay, and the girl was
a minor. What could we do? Married
women are even more difficult to deal
with. If they will not pay, we cannot
melte them.
"We cannot ask a lady tit she is
authorized by° her 'husband to buy
goods, for she would simply leave the
shop. Introdu,ctions and references are
no safeguards, and as all the best trade
is done, on ai credit basis we are obliged
to accept these reska or close our doors.
We ourselyes • never bring actions
against., our customers, for other cus-
tomers, who may genuinely mean to
pay, think we invariably gue for tback-
ward accounts; and do not return to us
when their own balls settled."
ANCIENT GEMS AND JEWELS.
Precious Stones Used in. the Past In-
stead of Money.
A few years' ago some scientists
ceva.ting on the site of the ancient city
of Tyre discovered tombs which, upon
teing opened, were fouad to contain
amber in the form of beads and other
jewelry. Experts in archmology agree
that the tombs were constructed fully
500 years before the Chrietian era. The
amber, however, is of' the 'same quality
as that found beneath the waters of the
Baltic Sea, to -clay, and there is no doubt
that at this ancient period it was being
passed from hand to hand by traders,
finalle reaching the city of . the past,
where it has again been ebroughte to
light.
The tombs- of Tyre, hoevever, are but
a few of the strange pieces where Wee -
ions stones have been. discovered. As
is weIl knowni emeralds of great value
haveebeen found adorning mummies in
the tombs .of the Nile. Velley; :hut -these
undoutedly came from Upper Egypt, for
recently traces ',of mines have been
found, -near Mount Zaberalt, where , the
rock :apt' earth were excavated Rion,
-sainds of years age.. .That they were
emerald mines is shown by the fact that
knell gems of .• this kind have been
taken from the -place. It proves that the
stone 'was ,sought for and its value
prized more than two thousand years
before Christ, as the tombs from which
the genes were secured were built prior
to the year 2400 B. C. •
History records it, says Chamber's
Jeurnal, that •precious stones were used
lergely instead of 'money in the past,
and the rich trader going from place to
etece with caravan or vessel frequent -
le took' tvieli ,hirn cliamonds, rubies,
pearls and other eseeeps representing
great fortunes. •While seine- eteette ob-
tained direct ',from the mines, moseent
them were secured in exchange for
gems or for morehanclise. This is why
amber has .bech 'found. so many thou-
sands at miles from the deposit whieh
yielded it,, and why the pearls from the
Bay el Panama were found centuries.
ego in the bazaars of India. When a
stone perhaps. no "larger than the tip
ot one's finger would buy all the goads
which poled be packed on the backs -of
a score of camels or horse, end the anit
reale themselyeet, it is not strange that
the world's curreneete in the old time
consisted largely of jewels: '
At the present day,, ati in the past,neiny have been discovered' in strange
hidine plaO While the' pearl might
lie called a ruitive of the water, them
are other stones whiell are seldotn found
ti.leirdepwt hienrort i'•1;10,gli,00nekaebreowlItutit:tlyte-telvotittierletsliso,
rays of the blazing thopio sun. l'his
Is espktally true of opals •fpund in title
NolvveteWerinreled.
tspeeimen thus 'fat diseover-
ee in the theitedeStates was Picked my
in a rift of rock at the foot of a inoutit
Win in, the Idaho de.eert. Only by awl -
dent, did the discoverer notiee it, and
had he not been an, expert he would
probably have toseett it , aside, as 4
aorthlese pebble. The 'Principal opal
depoeits of Pitexieo and Honduras tiro
tecated in the most deeolate parts
of thee° cietintriOa ••• and where 150.
eke* le clotallerie 'for mionthe ot
atimo. in the. lienete of what in known,
ae the, arid region. Consequently the.
Leareli can only be earried on with
gteat hardship.
nett
IlitEADselifietieSt
,Tcrmtg, May 8.-1:11ou Ontarip--
Scut,-/; jFCr ccnt- pati.nti Gell at $3-101
LTJL1tagi, SR expert. Mamie
tete, --Wee to i2ik9 fer iiret it -Ideate,
iotna $3,cfo to $1 akxond.i.
. Drau8i Ld, 16.1,21at9, $21. asked
lo arrive,V*,nta:, $13.75 5:-3'i;cJ, inVti at bulk,
Ciutotie. ' e
- Ontario - NO. 2 white, ielo
acLc outs.ide„ mixod Si.)3-4'e asked.
Wheat Manitoba -7, No. Istriortitern
offerc4 at 83,;461, Point Felevaed; . No. 2
ofiered at o, Point, Edward.
outside, '35,3-6 bid main lino, 4.1t330 askcil
„isoOronntut---:3;:co.,s oiTervil at a,
Peas --- 7730, bid, SW 'lashed, outside.
Earley - No. 2 52340 asked, outside,
50(, bid Lode main line, 5ito hid eaet.
• COUNTRY PRODUCE.
t Butter - The market is quoted
changed. •
Creamery ' ; • ear- 22c to 23e
do solids .... 20c to 210
Dairy lb. rolls, good to choice 17e to leo
do large rolls .; .. 16c to 170- -
do medium ... -.. 15c tet 16O
Cheese - Old is quoted at 14e for
lerge and 14,eec for twins. ,
Eggs - 16e for new -laid and 12c tee
12,10 for splits..
Poultry - Choice dry-peuelted turkeys,
16c to 20c; fat chickens, 1-18 to 15c, Ulla
10e to 124 fataheose, 90 to 11c, thin "70:
to tic. •
Pote,toes --- Ontario 65c to .75c per bag
out 'of Store; eastern, 70c to 800 on trecte
and 10c more out of store... ,
- Baled Hay •e- $9.50 to $10 per ton for
No. 1 timothy in car lots, on track, No. •
-2 selling tit $7.50 per ton.
Baled Straw —$5.50 to $6 per ton
for cer lots on trecic", here.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
, ,
Montreal, Mity 8 -- Cable offers he ..
Manitoba wheat; 'showed no Weprove-
ment. Oats, No. 2, 41%c; No. 3, 40%e;
Noe 4, 39g.c.. -.Peas, 70e to e5c f.o.b. 'per
bushel. Barley, No. 3 extra, 56c afloat,
May; No. 4, 50, Corn. No. 3, mixed,
56c; Not. 3 yellow, 56-eec ex -track.
Fleur - Manitoba spring wheat pat-
ents $4,50 to ,$4,60; strong bakers', $3..-
00 to $1.10; winter wheat patents,: $4 to
$4.25; straight rollers, $3.80 to $3.90; de.,
M betgs, $1.75 to $1,§5; extra. $1,40 to
$1.60, •
Millfeed - Manitoba bran, in bags,
$18.50 to $19.50; shorts, $20.50 to $21
pet tons' Ontario bran, in bulk, $18.50
to $19.50; shorts -$20 to $20.50;
milled mouillet $21 to $e5; straight
grain mouillee $25 to $27 pee ton.
Rolled Oats --e Per bag, $1.95 in car ,
lots, $2.05 to $2,10 in small lots.
Cornmeal -- $1.30 10 $1.40 Per bag. -
Hay - ,No. 1, 89; No. 2, 88; .clovere
mixed, $6,50, and .pure clover, $6.
Cheesh Dealers offered only . about
1108eXetotonl:Xo.
Butter -- Sales 'were made to day at
Eggs - Prices firm at 153e to 16%c.
Potatoes 65c to 700 per beg.
' Beans Prime pea beans, $1.65.. to
$1.70 per bushel; hand-pielted, $1,K) per
PlisFIloieni;er 'cloverin eoratetena
to 14c, buckwheat' 10o, to ,1113 per pound -
section; e'.iia oL'eht-viNhe' bahleettitteette
5%c ta 6c per pound, '
' Maple Syrup e0c to e5c per nine -
*pound tin.
Maple Sugar - 9e to 10c per pound.
,Provietons BarreLs heavy Canada
short cut perk, 822 30 light short cut.,
$21.50; barrels clear fat backs, •$22,.50;
compoupd lard, 7ytc to 7%c; Canediait
pore lard 1IXO to 1.2.34e; kettle render-
ed, 12Y0 to 13X,c; , hams, leerc to 15e,
according to size; breakfast bacon, •16c,
to 17c; 'Windsor bacon, -15c to 15eeeee
fresh killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10.-
25, alive, t$7.50 for selects.
BUFFALO MARKET.
' Buffalo, May 8. -- Flour - Firm.
• Wheat - Nominal; 'one car No. 2 red
sold at 89%c. Corn' - Stronger; No.
2 yellow, 55%c; No. 2 corn 54%c Oats
-.Strongerat No. 2 white, 37c; No. 2
mixed, 35%c; Barley - Store, iota
, quoted 41 to 52c. Rye -e Quiet; No.
1.2 in-store quoted 65c, carloads.
NEW YORK WHEAT MARKETS.
New York, Ma,' 8 - Spot, barley
steady t No. 2 red, 91c nominal elevator:
No, 2 red, 93c f.o.b. afloat; No. 1 north. -
ern Duluth„ 89c ,f.o.b. afloat; No. I.
northern Manitoba, 88eec f.o.b. afloat.
• LIVE STOCK MARKETti
.Tororttet, Mar 8.-N. fairly heavy run
of cattle was offering at the Western
Market this morning.
Export Oahe - About the best cattle
on the market sold al $5.10 per cwt.
Choice?, are quoted, at 81.00 to $5.15; *me -
CHUM lb .good at $4.50 to $4.75, ,bulls
$3.50 to 81, and cows tit $2.75 to $4.e5. •
' Butcher Cattle -Picked lots, 81.75 to
$b, good to choice, $1.40°10 84.65; fair
1.1 good, $3.75 to $4;- common, $2.50 to
$3;, cows, $3 to $4; buils, $3 to $1.0,' eau-
trelv,. $1.50 to $2.
Staileetat and Feeders Shortecee
feeders ant, emoted at $1.75 to $1-.85,
heavy feeder's iitt ,51.40 to $4-90, Thediltee
ni $2.50 to $3.50, hiTils at $2 to $2-754
good stocker,, run at $3:75 to
at $3.25 to $3.70, rough conimaniateree*
Si to $2.75, and bulls at $1.75 to &tate te,
° Mitch Cows -- Quotations are tin., .^
Changod at it range oft $30 to WA each,
Calves - Quoted unchanged at 3,0
Ge per lb. ,
Sheep and Lambs - They are quoted
et *e.75 to $5.50 for owes and $3,50 to
$t for bueks. (ii ainfed lambs 411e. lower
a, .$8.75 to $7.2,1, and spring lambs
steady ,at $3 to -
Hogs - Quotations- all flits market
aro unchanged at 87.15 per ewt. for
soleels and.$6.00 for lights and fats, fed
and watered,
VICTIMS OF nrsamirrn.
Four Item Killed lil New Drumm iek by
•, Premature Exmlositme
A despatch from '4. John. N. 13., sayea
Word was receive( here on Wedneieday
et° the killing of four men on the, Amore.
took Itivere near i10 Maine border, by
e dynatnite explos on. Preparatory to
beginning .logallriv Tig operations four,
men were employe I ut blowing out. ice
in a piece of deed weter. While thaw.
big dynamite for Mitt purpnee (plane
lily of it .e3..p1ode41; bloWing the work-
men to Nem. ,Tliree of Ilvr dead nen
,were New lerunswickere And one „front
Mai*. TVA)leave tamilie4