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'CANADA,
CHti Toronto boys are nettateiabile at
Hrantford Water • . Commissioner*
wsr,t 'MAO to hoprOve the a7etenet
Sir etielmr& Cartwright
bift bOMA tOilhtiititril. train Eititeritea,
Kingstole te .bove , a new, tranotter
hotel. Cities= have aireade NO-
seribed 112,500 fetr it.
Aboonte ratepayer.' \tam vuted
omitted natiele.epei owpmethip of the
Moat electric light Plant -
Alex. Oonillet of St: Laurent, Man..
was fatally crushed iu Seporator en
Portage la Prairie farm.
Part of the Allan liene dock yard
, at Montreal caved 'no lettiog alma
100,000 feet of deala,into the water.
The Central Canada Fair at Ottawa
Is about ;9,000 belnod re.oelpis et last
year owlet; to unfavourable weether.
Hector Prince, a well.known raneh--
er of Medicine Hat district, was
drowned while creasing Red Deer -Rive
er.
The C. P. R.. still refuse to let the
N. P. R. cross ae Portage la Prairie.
The traok ia guarded' by force of
mere
Vessels drjawing nine feet: of water
or weer will not be allowed to pass'
through the new Squlanges Canal this
Settann.
The Canadian Pacific announcee a
reduction. in charges for elevating
gram at Fort William by. one-half a
cent per bushel.
Mr. E. Lafontaine, assistant engineer
of the Public Works Department, died
of typhoid at Vancouver, on hie way
tb Dawson City.
The boot ond attoe merchants of
Hamilton bay% formed an associa-
tion and have decided to advance the
price of rubber goods.
It is reported that a Kingston arm
has cornered the canned corn market
by buying u,p at least three-quarters
of the output in Canada.
The Departnemat of Public, Works
• has been advised that the telegraph
line from Lake Bennett to Dawson
will be completed about Oct. 15.
Maokenzie & Mann have ceaped a
crop of 10,000 buehele of wheat and
oats from their farne at Dauphin. The
was withbut damage.
'teethe-, rominent Jerpanese railway
„ e guests of Sir William Van
Armlet entree'. Their PURL is in
tonnectio eh railway extensions' in
apan.
The suit of a tralielleeellatood Flejah-
n against, the C. P. R., 'fee $20,000
the loss of a foot in, an ao ent
Cassels. N. W. T., has been die
ed at Vancouver.
A delegation from thet St. Regis and
Caughna,wauga Indians were at Ot-
tawa Thiersday, and saw Lord Minto.
They desire that their old tribal laws
he left to them.
- The City Council of, Hamilton bas
passed a resolution lamenting the
death of the late ex -Mayor Stewart
on the Edmonton trail, and syrorpa-
thizing with the family.
to F. Kendall, of, Cambridke,
.and CB...Eastman, of .naginaw, Mich.,
two eapitaliets, are reported( lost near
Nepigon several days ago. They were
without the necessaries ot lift.
Mr. E. B. h'ady, the well-keown
.mainmeacturer, in a few weeks per-
eonaily collected tillb.6L'00 for the 1dro-
lestant Hospital. Ottawa, thereby wip-
log off the debt on that institution.
The Dominion police believe that
they are on the track of the men
whd have so successfully forged and
passed tarf the. Dominion one -dollar
notes, with which the country has bsen
flooded.
Roseland had a fire Wednesday
night &tieing a gale, and the whole
weet side was threatened, but fortun-
ately the blaze was got tender eon-
trol after 55,000 damage had lieen
done.
The story that someone had at-
tempted to remove the remains of the
Indian chief, Joseph Brant, tarried
from Brantford, ts without founda-
tion.
The British •Columbia Government
has shipped for the Paris Exposition
a section: of a Douglas fir. It is 3 ft.
in height and 14 ft. in diameter, and
will require an entire car to transport
it. to the seaboard.
There M not likely to be a renewal
of the strike of Canadian Pacific Rail-
road freiget men at Owen Soand, 'the
company banns( decided to give a
bonus of 1 1-2 cents per hour after Oct.
1. Several objectionable men will not
be given work.
,Ald. Scott, Ottawa, hae introduced
a motion at the meeting oli the In-
vestigation Committee calling for tbe
retirement of City Tax Collector
-Thompson and Treasurer Kirby, and
also for a thorough re -organization of
the departmerrt.
The anneunoement that the Govern-
or-General would visit Chicago beat
month turns opt to be incorrect. His
Excellency has telegraphed to the
ohairnian of the Invitation Commit-
tee explaining that public business
prevented his acceptance of the. invi-
ta eon.
Ranchmen from Alberta say thnt
the cattle trade ie seriously affected
by inspecbors stopping shipments be-
cause some animals are suffering from
mange. Tbey claim thie disease M no
more prevalent than in former years,
and think that sound animals should
not be stopped.
Mr. John Stock, 85 years of ttge, died
Tuesday at his home at Clappisoiee
Cornere. The decieased had lived in
the neighborhood of Waterdown about
sixty years. sibs wife and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Hill am; Mrs. Baker, who
died in a dentist's chair a cauple of
weeks ago, bave all petered away since
Christmas.
Three young ladies have left 01 -
lima to take urp missionary work- in
Egypt. They are Moses Cora Van
Camp. Carrie Reynolds and Edith
Burke. Tbey a re Mac iplee in the
Vamp, Carrie Reynelds and Edith
Rov. Mr. Horner, In Egypt they will
join Me. 11. E. Randal, who game !time
ago left for there an a missionary. •
The erehooner Lilly of the West,
from ,Labrador, with 30 persons on
board and 600 quentees of ttodlish,
struck an iceberg off the Straits% of
Belle Isle, sinking almost immediate-
ly. 'The crew managed to eseape, hut
they were three days in the boatel be-
fore they were rescued. All hands
euffered severely from want of food
and dot*.
Hon. C. H. Mackintosh called Orton
the Governor-General in Ottawa, and
extended to him a cordial invitation
to vie& Resgand as the guest of the
eitizen.s. Lord Minto said it would not
be /possible for him to visit the West
thin yenr, but early next year; it was
hie Intention to Intake an extended
tour through the Northwest and Brit-
inh CoIntribla.
Hilda Blake, who lies in Brandon
Jed, the confessed Mattleress of Mrs.
John Lane, her nestreee, has written
a letter to Mrs. Stewart, of Virden,
with whom she Heed previolutly,
which she confessed that she had Mr -
gassed young Stentart, telt0 it Was
thought had eetamitted Maeda. The
young men was fOrand dead in the
hon.se, and the ettppdeitiOn eves thet
he had shot heniself.
(ITLEAT RHITAIN.
Rudyard will shortly leave
En land for trip. to Australia and
Pe 8*
The Oditire fatedly of C. R. [teethe!
ration pet 1st fro,
rtifidt ifte4°ItteeterRItteleneet-i:* 1)44*,
Wilendleatk.TI*0 freak gontetiel
,XtUneged #Ren. being graph by,
ry Van
Mreetetutittre. Mrs, RAP CterOldIfie
Bathe, le Wettiag ber tentiniiteeeteelh
whiCh will be published attontOtriat,
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' Prof. Agertifelk the Pb.rteielOglst«
ale *Aid% lt3,4 Pit131s**4 * 40094,
040 1111 nlen of genius ore the Mat -
born of their permits.
Mrs- Baker« VUlitn /ea the cottage
of 41:nne lIathoway. widoW Ot Shake,
aPekrey la dead 4 Londe*, She WO
deacendellt-et tile Hathaway*.
Irish tilehertnett antipleitt thee AM'
ericen beets coMe over to their
coast end Magneto be tbo mackerel
fiehery, utting nets that are very de.
strUctive of the lien.
Ferelettr Pity Treagurer Colgehrten. cif
Glasgew, wit? eves gemlike& on Mitten
Charged entia, embezzling city fend*,
pleaded gellty gad watt reettnarled tie
aWalt the Meeting of the High Cored
Heineurgh. when treatence will be
pronounced.
UNITED STATES.
Thirty cattell of yellew fever are re-
ported from Mississippi City. The
dieease is. said to be beyond Centred -
The stearners city of Seattle and
Cottuge City are at Seattle, Wash.
from, Lyng Canal. with in all #500,006
id geld.
etrong resolInton has been 7ass-
tel ou the suOject of Send°, wore on
the railwaya by tne enternational Con-
gregational Counisil at Ifoaton.
The Crafted States coast. and geodetio
survey will tree wirelemi telegraphy
next year in connection with ate work
of looatiog the islands of the Aleutian
groups in Alaskan waters. •
'Pupa =American steam veesels col-
lected as inspection fees by Canadian
authoritiee in Ontario parte are to be
returned to vessel owners, according
to a Washington deapetch.
At Kamm City, Leonard B. limbod-
en, president of the Planter& Bank,
was found guilty of forging a draft for
515,000, with welch he :hoped to give
a /atm credit for his bank, aud was
sentenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
GEN.ERAL.
Whites ie Samoa are apprehensive
of further trouble.
Americans have captured the Fili-
pino ports in Cebu island.
By the collapee of a new tending at
Cologne, ten lives were lost.
There ie still no confirmation of the
reported death of the Ameer of Af-
ghanistan,
Preeident Diaz, of Mexico, cannot go
to Cticago ou account of the illness
of Madame Diaz.
A bomb explosion damaged the For-
eign Office building al. Caracas, capi-
tal of Venezuela.
It is believed the award in the
Venezuela -arbitration will be an-
nounced in a week or two.
A treaty of commerce and friendship
is on the eve of conoltution between
Holland and the Transvaal.
French Government eatitmates of the
wheat crop show 12.1,105,000 hectolitres,
as against 128,030,140 last year.
Powdered glees was put irr bread to
kill Cot. Wray, British resident at
Kolapore, according to a Bombay de-
spatch.
A Bohemian Jew is being tried a
Kuttenberg, near Prague, 13ohernia,
charged for killing girls for sacrificial
purpories.
Earthquakea, floods and landslides
are reported from the lower Himalay-
as, in India, causing great damage and
loss of life.
The City of Saar -Union, in Germany,
has erected municipal electric light
and. power plants for public and pri-
vate use at a cost of 159,090 marks.
A consignment of luggage from Car-
pentras labelled "Dreyfus'. has arrived
In London and it is concluded that
Dreyfus intends shortly taking uphis
residence in England.
The Senate of Finland has appro-
priated '2,000,000 writhe, Finnish, to
assist in .the importation of grain,
which is needed by the country, owing
to the shortage of the crops.
Preparations are being made for an
immediate expedition against the
Khalifa. The Sirdar started 'for 'Om-
durman on Saturday, and Col. Win-
gate went in the same direction on
Sunday.
'frouble is brewing at San Andres,
in Colombia. The police there have
shot a British aubject lied killed a
native. A number of the British re-
sidents were panic-stricken, and fled
to their Cooeulate for 'protection,
The crew of the Peary steamer Win.d-
ward have entered suit at St. John's,
Nfld., against the vessel, alleging that
they were promised a bonus of One-
third in addition to wages if obliged
to winter 15 the north, a promise. re-
pudiated on their return.
The French Minister of War has
sent a circular to the commanders of
all army corps forbedding all officers
travelling in Germany, Italy and Aus-
tria to attend the manoeurvers of the
troops or to go to the grounds where
the manoeuvres are being held with-
out the consent of the authorities of
the countries referred to.
SCHOONER EMERY' WRECKED
Ulmer at near Creek -crew MOSCONI by
Lifesavers With Great amenity.
A despatch from Rochester, says:-
Tbe schooner W. I . Emery, Capt. Alex-
ander Mitchell, which left Charlotte
yesterday, coal laden, for Deseronto,
ont., went (whore at Bear Creek thie
afterzroon. The vessel is said to be in
a bad position, with a heavy list to
port and a high sea running.
A.s soon as the Emery's sosnals of
distress were observed by the Ilfe-sav--
ing station at Charlotte they seoured
the tug Proctor and went to the rescue
of the crew. They had thrown out The
anchors, but the wind and sea still
forced the vessel towbrds the breakers.
The lifeetavers' boat was launched
from the Proctor, and with great diffi-
culty all of the distressed crew were
taken off and brought back to Char-
lotte.
FATALITIES AT THE HUNT.
Four Onleers or One lirtibile Regiment
Heel Death.
A deepalch Trial' Landon. novo-
The denth Lientement.Colonel Al-
bert Evelyn Mt -lighten. of the Royal
Marine Light InPantry, invett-
tigated em Thursdny by Mr. W. J.
Barrie, COM of the rioronera for Kent.
The gallant officer, who was forty-
three years of age, was killed by being
thrown from his horse, which had bolt-
ed. while the troops were manoeuvr-
ing at Chathain on Saturdhy.
The charger ban been purchased by
L eutenant-Colonel Hoeghten from
leentenent-Colionel Iltorgate, Who wits
killed a few enienthe ago while riding
to hounds.
The ttotroner remareed that four offe
erre ofi the Chatham garrison bad been
reeently in a similar manner.
GLASS IN THE BREAD.
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Atil.mpt lo the With& Resident st
kelavere.
A deapatoh from Bombay Rays: -An
attempt has been made to poison Col.
Wray, Britieh Reaident at Kolapore.
and a party which was being enter-
tained at dinner in the palace, by
means of powdered glass which was
mixed with the bread.
The Resident. however, received time-
ly warning hi the, saw* tif nnony.
MMus lettet, end XI eebtieghent analysis
of the bread establisited the genuine -
'ages of the warning.
The plot is attributed to dleternteset
at the plague Meesttres token in the
distriet. Four arrests ye been mndo.
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10/11Vet fibc1144110/ $14.11111404t,
Nith ow 443004 Pelituds ilYntim
Saito the Hosts ten, if they ao elneNtes
Imperil Outlander Anrestatents
ituaoututing to huntiotgle of ritillions of
dollen.. Art eRgiROW.' OffiCert WW1 hiall
nettle a special staler Of 8100470es
poiont our. that all that la neeeretere
for the Hoer* 10 do to rube the- Deena
le to blow up the pueuping Machinee9-
Tee shafts till witla water, arld
empty tbem practically Vat of the
nuAlstiont •
"Tile; P-onfierful gold -bearing &-
eosins of the Rand in the Transvaal,"
mid this Megineer officer, "torm a silo
gle reef about thirty milee HI length-,
a outlaw Strip only a few feet wide.
but runeing down into the earth /slant-
eweee bar suttee, -apparently. On the
Imre edge of this reef is situated the
city of Johansaresbutg, and along it am
scattered more than srxty mines,
owned by different companies repre-
senting British capital oltieflet
eNecftearily gigantio awns of money
have been sunk iu the digging of them
great holes. Think for yourself what
a lose would be 000asionedp if they
ahould all be permitted to fill up with
water. The gold deposits would re-
main intact, of conme, but after the
war is finished all the work of getting
at them would have to be done over
anoint.
"lt. should be remembered, incident-
ally, that Britian. investinents in the
mines of the Rand do not represent
the aggregeted millions of capitalists
merely, hut the small savinga of tens
of thousands of English people who
have put their little all into shares of
stook, hitherto regarded as admirable
security. Wide -spread ruin, involving
the widow and the orphan, as well as
the rich shareholders, would follow
the destruction of the properties.
EFFECT ON GOLD SUPPLY.
"Naturally the ohoiceet locations for
the mines are directly upon the out-
cropping edge of the great reef. Oth-
er properties are located at abort die -
tames from the reef's edge, but in the
direction of Re slant, so that vertioal
pits may strike the ore body further
aloug, after palming through barren
surface ;strata. Some of the holes
thus excavated, in pursuit of yellow
wealth are among the deepest ever dug
and one of ehem, the Victoria, nais
penetrated over half a mile into the
bowels of the earth.
"The mines of the Witivatersrandao
give the district its full title, employ
to -day somewhat more than sixty
tbouesand laborers, I understand, all
of whom would be thrown out of em-
ployment for au indefinite period by
the destruction of the works. Enor-
mous Mama of money bave been eat-
peaded in the purchase and installa-
tion of costly machinery, which in-
cludes ab -out six thoueand stain.ps for
crushing the ore, or 'blanket,' es it
is called.
"'Blanket' is the Dutch word for
nut cake, and the ore is thus termed
because of its resemblance to that fav-
orite product of the Boer housewife's
kitchen. Gerologiats call it a 'conglom-
erate,' which signifies ,that it is a
hardened mixture of sand and peb-
bles. They say that the reef was once
a sea beach, millions of years ago, and
the sand of the beach contained min-
utia specks of gold, brought down from
the land by streams.
"llo-day, solidified into rook, it still
holds the preoioua metal, though the
ore is of such low grade that eh the
deposits of the. Rand would not be
worth a cent If it, were not for the
cyanide process, which makee it pos-
aible to extract the yellow stuff, at
cost of only $6 per ton of 'conglomer-
ate' handled. But the avvelable su.pply
of 'blanket' is unlimited; it is of an'
even richness throughout, no matter
from what part of the reef it is tak-
en, and eivery ton may be counted on
le give u,p $14 worth of gold.
ABOUT TEN MILLION TONS
were crualied in 1898.
"There is much gold in various parts
of the Transvaal, but it has never pus-
seesed any ieterest for the Boers. On
tbe contthry, they were inclined to re-
gard the finding of it as a (misfortune,
and not without reason, as subsequent
evente have demonstrated. Inclined
to a peaceful, agricultural existence,
they established their little Republic
in the Transvaal because they thought
that nobody else wanted the country,
se they would be let alone. When, in
1804, the fire discovery of the yellow
metal was made they viewed the mat-
ter with alarm, expecting that it
woutd attract greedy Outlanders, and
they lost no time in publishing a de-
cree forbidding prospecting, and de-
claring that heavy punishment would
be inflicted u.pon any one, be be Boer
Or estranger. who violated the ordin-
ance.
"The decree was revoked later, how-
ever, and great excitement was caused
by the finding of a number. of large
ou,ggets, some weighing as much as
fourteen pounds, in the bed of a river.
A. good deal of gold was obtained in
odd spots, but it was not until 1890
that the reef of the Witwatersrand
was discovered. Since that date about
5500,000,000 has been taken out of this
wonderful ore body, and it is said that
54,000,000,000 mare is in sight. It. is
expected that the production for 1899
will not tall short of 4,280,000 ounces,
worth 5100,000,000, almost equalling
the errtire world's yield of the precious
metal, $118,890,000, for 1890.
"It is obvious that, in case of war
between England and the Transvaal,
the most important source of the
world's supply of gotd would be cut
At for a time, and, if the Boers de-
epteroriady . the mines, for au indefinite
1, MAY DESTROY BUILDINGS.
"Another project which the Boers
are maid to have in mind is the blow-
ing up of the principal building& in
Pretoria and Johannesburg, in calm
the British troops enter those prosper-
ous towns. It is hard to see what mili-
tary purpose could be served by such
a moureure, but, of course, there would
he no diffioulty in carrying it out. The
buildings could be mined in advance,
and destroyed, all of them in the same
emend of time, by touching n hution
ommected with a eystem of wires.
"We are dtseussing wholly novel
ases.Of explosives foe war purposes,
and in this connection it may be men-
ticrned that one of the items of inform-
ation 'said to have been communicated
In the famous ..bordereate had refer-
ence tn the pante at which. prepare -
Dona have been made by thei French
authorities for blowing up French
nailways in case of an invasion by the
Germans, m order that the latter
might not be able to make uee of these
lines of travel. Syetematic precau-
tions of this kind are Tether new in
military en.gineering, but they may
be desirable where countrieR preserv-
ing asi armed pence are much elose
neighbor*.
"Railroads, however, may be ruined
at a fairly rapid rate without Web-
liehing 'emplacements' for mime in
anytime. To destroy a the requiter.
frorn ton to twelve ounces of dynemite
or trincotton. end two or threeernilee
of test* per hour May be effectually
wiped out by a detail of eight men.
Bridget,. nementrily, are the most the
netsble points in it line of railway
eammturleatinte and it Ls a simple
tpaiter to render them iMpatisable by
Gm nee rtf a few potouls of high ex. -
plosive". It is something of an art
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tear eet1 tteeehlleg, Tliete vex** Ase 1*
dee, deo** lo the wetteeetettocittee.
bet the Men Wh0 Could, Wove towel
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Gape colony and Natal the ettrte were
well etarsed. the drivers were thorough:
ty up to their work. and the Me:Anions
were made as desirable as wee peweible.
wader the clectnastanees. glut the
carts had bees built to suit the Wade.
tbe space was strictly lienitedi and the
melte would absorb a considerable
frrtnUtinal utpetiesrer:ellar,ceja* elamndedthoe
tween a couple of °time unfortunates,
his knees compressed againat a pile of
bags aed his back lore from comae=
friction.ageinat the seat, would sit in
silent agony until his destivation wee
rembed-the only relief obtaineble be -
'fig when the cart stopped for the
night and the weary traveier eould
tbrow himself partly dreamed 011 abed
to snatob a few hours' aleep, before
the driver's eel! at the earliest dawn
warned hen that the dread hour had
arrived for him to twain take his seat
in the +cart.
The start fron1 the town was alwaya
of tile same nature. The four or eix
horses would stand pawing the ground
while a couple of Hottentots would
hang on to their heads, the driver
would gather up the mina and crack
his whip, the boys would aiming to one
pesidear, iaand the equipage would disap-
tee leettee gietsteee Nee.
Tbe wafixt lemma fest/ bet 111 te
hible tleat oc,444 Ite Swat latiMeet
,cliemeoltea here eet eve 1/exoest the
simple erectly.* ot uncivilized people*.
jog** Jauxnaliet given' Itle.fotion*
al experience of how the Indians 0,g
etAttl. America not only awe patient
In the soot dongerous eteffe of
fever. but also. by inoeulatirta, la -
sure tor many years his imMuulty
from future attacks. Miter tratrellerit
ban had itimilor eXPeriencele and uo
leas an anti:unity tban Sir Memento
Markham leas testified tut the efficaey
of these Indian cures. The writer,
after loug escaping the terrible fevers
ot the country. auccuMbed at Ilia.
He sayer
"I lay in my hammock, ravaged by
an allconaumeng fever, witb deetb
sight. Medical aid, supposing it to
be of any use. was not tp be had
within a fortnight's journey. A. few
miles from our camp was an Indian
settlement. I had 'lad some dealings
with, and won the good -will of. the
head man, so I sent to tell him I
wanted the eervices of a peiman, or
native doctor.
"It was midnight when the mese
monger returned with my' Men& the
old chief, and the tribal 'medielne
inane By thin time I was past know-
ing anything of my surroundings. My
companions' told me afterwards that I
had already developed all the well-
known aynepkoms of febrile collapse-
.' rhe peituan tended me. administer-
ing internal remedies by means of
roughly devised but effective subou-
trineous and other injeotiona. Then
followed the inevitable mummery,
I waa shut up with the postman, and
enough nolae was' made to indicate a
dozen people inaide„
"At about three o'olook in the morn-
ing. when the piemen issued forth, and
my companions were allowed a sight
of nae, I was sleeping naturally,
bathed in profuse perspiration, which
was already moistening the outer folds
of the double blanket that enveloped
me. At eight o'olook I awoke, and
then slept again for twenty-four
hours. the Pearnan from time to time
administering subcutaneous injec-
tions. When I finally awoke there
was not the slightest trace of fever.
In three daya I ,was able to be about,
and in a week I was fit to undertake
a long journey."
The most wonderful part of the
story, however, is the sequel. The pen
man, pleased with the reeard given
him, offered to inoculate his patient BO
as to render him proof aginest all
kinde of "bush" fevers. no matter how
much he might be exposed to them, for
at lomat a hundred moons. If he should
contract fever, it would be of the
mildest kind.
'the traveller went to the settlement
and was inoculated. The operation
consisted of stabbing gently into the
left wrist with a bunch of exoeeding-
ly fine needles plucked from a hard
epiny leaf, the needles being first pass-
ed through a flame and then dipped
in a black liquid. In a Mort time
all the well-known symptoms of mal-
arial fever developed, than a peculiarly
nauseous medicine was administered,
and a deep sleep completed the busi-
ness. When the patient awoke he felt
perfectly well except for the smarting
of his wrist, which had to be bandaged.
For a long time after this be travel-
led in some of the worst swamps of
Central America., undergo' ng consider-
able exposure, including a n.ght spent
under the trees after the upsetting of
his boat. Of the ,four white men in
tbe boat three had fever, and two
died in twenty four hours; the third
returned. to the United States with
health completely broken. The writer
escaped with a severe cold.
Afterward he spent six years about
the isthmus of Panama, and in that
hotbed of fever - Colon -never experi-
enced a day's fever. Not until tem
years after inoculation did a touch of
fever come, and then no alarming
symptoms were developed,
FATAL SMASH-UP ON THE I.C.R.
OlBela Ileh Fatal Itear.End
(0:::(414to R. Hyacinthe.
A does. from St. Hyacinthe, Que.,
says :-An teen switch camed the
death of Eugene Dutresne, tailor, of
this place. a ide station this morn-
ing. As the Intereolonial express fiom
Montreal approached St. Hyacinthe,
instead of running into the station it
turmoil into a siding. where a freight.
train was nearly made up. The engine
went int0 the rear car, driving the
drawbar In and getting its cowcatcher
smashed to pieces. The tender wax al-
so crushed into the rear of the engine,
and the rear of the tender into the
baggage car. Duf reline had been
standing on the siding between two
cars when the collision occurred, He
was (ensiled to death tin an instant.
Dufresne was watching the men work-
ing in the new station.
Premier Marchand, of Quebec, and
H. J. Cloran, were among the
passengers. No one on the train was
hurt. The engineer states that he did
not see the switch- open. It was rain-
ing hard at the time. He had just
slovved up the train to enter the station
otherwise a still more gerious accident
mlght have occurred.
The engineer and fireman we re
thrown up against the boiler when the
shock came, and a shower of coal was
poured on them from the tender, but
they were not hurt.
STEPPED IN FRONT OF A TRAIN
An Unknown Woman Hilted on tee
0. T. it. Nene Gannitoosie.
A despatch from Gananoque, Ont.,
says :-An unknown woman, while
walking westward on the G.T.R. tracks
on Friday Morning, was Rtruck by a
special fast express and instantly kill-
ed. .1 eat a few minutes before a sec, -
t iorminn had 'woken to her, het she did
not reply, from v, hieh it inferred
that she W RH deaf The woman Wan
walking up the down traek, and see-
ing a freight train appnoarhing step -
pert ovp;r on the up track, and was
out fairly in tWO, end the head near-
ly severed from the body. The ncci-
dent occurreil about four mileti emit
of here.
DESCRU'TION OF THE VICTIM.
The women I fair hair, weighed
elope 11111 pounds, was dressed in bleck
and (tarried in her peeked a red and
white stripe W01/11: 0. 1)01110 of
ehlorate of potrieh, rind a etinitielernble
num of money. On the remains were
also found several handkerchiefs, two
of which were marked " F.M.T." and
one "T Home." There was MIRO found
n string of hends end ermine.
Coroner Bowen viewed the remnine,
and after an enquiry did not deem an
inquest necessary. The remninti rP
brOUght here and platted in the Gan -
allege*. remetery vault to awnit iden-
Ifieetion.
STEAMER ATLAS WRECKED.
Nei' 4 np•a and Ere. of Illeowned.
A CLOUD OF DUST.
in the diatance. On some lines this
would hold good at all the various stop-
ping Maces, but in othere, 01110e the
first hall was reached, and olvilizatiOn
left behind, a siren of weary mules
would be dragged reluctaetly forth,
and the traveler s heart would sink
into his bpots, ana ne would glanoe re-
peoaohfully at the driver.
The mules would be inspanned and
a fresh start made, and the driver -a as-
sistant would bring forth his short
ajanxbok "'and prepare for business.
Tender-hearted travelers would at first
sympathize with the mules; later on
the sympathy would be transferred to
the wretched boy who had to urge
them on, by jumping down from the
cart every tew minutes, and running
alongside the animals and belaboring
them.
After a time the traveler's sympathy
for both would have vanished, aud he
would mentally consign both to the
nether world. When the boy climbed
on the cart at intervals, Itte paseengers
would draw deep breaths. "Everything
comes to him who waits," and at length
a stage would be reached on the con-
fines of civilization where a span of
horses would be produced and a better
start made. Like the Irish jarvey, the
post cart driver firmly believed in
"saving a trot for the avenue," and
the coach would wheel into the village
in a blaze of glory, the driver awak-
ening tbe echoes with a shrill bleat
frons his bugle.
The village would turn out to see
" the cart " arrive. The postmaster
would pull himself together and as-
sume a severe judicial expression as of
one who had weighty buminens on hie
hands and must not be lightly ap-
proached. The cart vvould pull up at
the poetoffice and disgorge the mail,
and would then make for the hotel,
and the traveler would alight to be
welcomed by, the host at the, hospitable
portals. The villagers would, by this
time, be at the posioffice clamoring
for their letters and passing unplea-
sant remarks as to the dilatorinetm of
the postmaeter, heedless of the fact
that that official was eorking like a
galley slave inside. The little windoe
would at length be thrown open and
(he public would receive their ma 1, and
the postmaster would draw a breath of
relief and retire into the innermotit re-
cemsen of his dwelling, and iwaceful
night enuld once more Rettle down on
the village.
FALL FUN.
He -Dearest, the firm says that
when I am married they will give me
a substantial raise in my salary. She
-Oh, how much? He - I will tell you
if you will promise to conceal the news
from your hither.
Lady of the house - How is it that
all the men who come around for cold
victuals nowadays are b.g, able-bertied
fellowat Regime Tatters-'Causa, lady,
it's only big. husky chaps wot kin
stand daL kind of feedin'.
Fluster -.Young man, 1 see by this
message that it was received at your
office day before yesterday. Why
didn't you deliver it immune Telegraph
Messenger - Huh: Youse mus' Cink
l'e a troo expresa. De mils is four
blocks rum here.
Oh, yes, I shall be here in my of-
fice until 6 o'clock. flow do you come
to keep such late hours? I don't al-
ways. This in an extraordinary oc-
casion. My wife is to tneet me here at
3, and I've agreed to "wait for her if
she isn't on tame.
Vimitor, to host whose daughter
assaulting the piano in ultra fortis -
tell you what it is, sir. Your
daughter ia a powerful performer; she
gete out of the instrutnent all there is
in it. Host -I'd be thankful if she
got out the 5500 I put in, it,
Mrs. Newlywed - I was going to
have some sponge -cake as a surprige
for you, dear, but I confess it is a
failure. Mr. Newlywed -What was
the matter? Mrs. Newlywed - I don't
know for sure, but 1 think the drug-
gint sent me the wrong kind.
Madame, Reid the polite burglar, as
the lady of the house unexpectedly
hove in sight, 1 would lake my leave.
Not. however, she retorted, with em-
pressinent, before you leave what you
would takel From which we gee that in
this; age of the scorching Kwige \Vette
liche the most perenninve argument is,
as likely as not, a flatiron.
This is a snap -shot of an expreas
train going at the rnte of ahoy -five
miles an hour. It's remarkably life-
like. But why down the smoke rote
straight up from the engine. inatesad of
extending back over the traln in n long
line? Well - er - the picture was
taken so quick it didn't have time to
do that, you know.
Reporter.who has interviewed every-
body hut' the laundryman in hie block
on the Dreyfue verdict. - Well. John,
what is your opinion about title wretch-
ed travesty on justic.e known na be
Captain Dreyfue easel John -Colla two
CPO', towel fo' eon', shultee eight eon'
Pay money when get watthee No
cred it.
I'm keepin' a sharp lookout fur
A despatch from Kingston. Ja., arum
work slid Meandering Mike Plodding
--The Mina Stenmship
CemnPla"." Pete gazed at him in mute chantey aa
steamer Adula, which was noised as a
he added: I mean it You've getter to
prize by the United States during the kee keel on. work buay
war with Spnin. ban been mink in deep' P
water to the enst of Jrunaien Her idar!- If Pan ain't rarefill rt. guilio-
thief officer, Criptinn Percy, of New !Gen II ,ansak up behind yer an grab
York. was drowned with the recite of Yer en have yer under obligattone 0.
five She wee bound for Baltimore, de pay roll before yet trnowe hat's
with a cargo of ()megrim, ihntipeoln'
Ott the Fara,
400,4"...0.6000*.
OillitTNWEQR PARK 1004% ,
Xt rule we bare alertlyn 0*nd
Ulla that the successful ftittatte al-
ways takes the bent care of hke log%
Ike haw Oitedtt for his mower, Wu.
dee. phew end eglavetora, drill plane
ter. WOW. ette They are never left
Mt *Waited to the Weigher, to deee7
Or ruit, but are housed as soon as dons
*sing thent for the season. When tlo
otteeon for a Pittee 01 Inachtnery (speak.
ila is run hatie *halter until a raine
day, witeu it la eareftelLy gone over,
Nolte thelitenet parts well oiled where
It Might otherwise rust. and the wools
warn mediae attleh of the iron as pea -
ebb reepainted, should it need it. And
then, but Mt until then. store tho
machine away u.ntil wanted neat sea.
son. If it. ham been properly cared for,
iti will °be in as good cendition as the
year previous. The plows and culti-
vators can be° taken apart aa eon oth-
er piece* of machinery, so that less
space will be Occupied.
Few farmers have a piece where they
can store thele machinery. The first
coet of putting up a building large
enough ie onb thin many farmers do
not feel that they eon afford, though
the eaten in machinery In the first
ten years would more thau pay for the
building. He cannot always tree that
it %maid pay; he counts only the coat
of the building, not the money paid
out in repair* and new machinery. But
nearly every farmer has unused, shel-
tered nooks In barns, sheds,. stable or
orib, where a part of a tnaoliine might
be left, or where the harrow unglo
stand. Perhaps he has more abed
room then is utilized, He ean parti-
tion off a few yards of it, and run the
raower, binder, eto., in out of the storms
and snow of winter. Perhaps there la
room for a 'cultivator between the corn
and roof of the corn crib. By storing
the machinery in these old woks one
oan keep nearly all his tools out of
the weather's harm.
A sure alga of • shiftleas farmer is
to see a binder dismentled, and alone,
in the fence corner of a stubble field,
a mower .where tett in the meadow,
with the rake for a neighbor, the cul-
tivators ot the end of the last row
of corn plowed, with the plows and
planter nee:thy, and no doubt the har-
row close at hand, only the weeds hid-
ing It from eight. the wagon out in
the sun and rain, and carriage, if he
has one, also silting in the shade of a
tree, etc. We have all seen this Bort
of farmer, and know what the result
of his recklessness has been or will
be. He can not stand the strain, and
sooner or later must sink. It may not
be the cost of maohinery that does it,
but it the same °hiltless disposition
that causes the negleot of tine groat
leak, that caumee the overlooking of
the rest. There are the many leaks
which, if left to run,. will sink the
farmer's craft. Farm machineiy is one
of the greatest. Buy only what you
must have and take the hest of care of
that.
WF.EDS AND MILK.
An article In the Farmer and Stook
Breeder, of Lohdon, Eng., gays: "The
plants that may be coneidered good
for feeding cows will give us no trou-
ble ;. but timer are commonly associ-
ated with others that are miechievous,
The true grasses and legueninouti planet
may rtliltiO einingee in milk quality by
their many mixtures, proportione. and
growth, but they will not Interfere
with the daily processes, or give to
the product ill qualities. The miscel-
laneous plants, which may be °omit&
ered weeds, include softie vvhich are
itangerouti to the health of the cow;
others, more numerouti, which flavor
uudetoirably, and a few which col-
or milk, or produce Irregularities. To
theme camels of mitichief meet be add-
ed those arising from the plea dis-
eases of a fungoid nature. Do c-ows
eat any appreciable proportion of much
Planet The oreasione known may he
few iu which the mischief is recogniz
ed and traoed to some particular Mantis
but such do not occur often enough
to rank° the maater one of import-
ance; and we believe that a very con-
siderable amount of harm is dem daily
by, such weeds as are incapable of giv-
ing a dietinctly bad flavor to the
milk, but In their many kinds combine
to give one generally inferior. What
is the cure/ Clean the pastures. If a
weed is a pest in a cornfield, it is a
much greater one in the ca.se before
us, where it not only takes lhe place
of a better plant, and hindere the su-
perior growths around it, hut actu-
ally does direct den -lege to the dairy-
manat goods. Weeds are the natural
and almost the inevitable vonsequence
of negleet. There are few patitureti
which cart be kept 1Iweet and clean from
stioh trouble by the mere (erre of na-
tural conditions. prainage and manur-
ing can do much in reducing the niis•
eellaneons plants to small numbers
and the more innocent kinds, and a eon-
stant war againitt hem should he
maintained.
_
MAKING PORK.
No period 41 more important than the
first three menthe' of the life of a prig
and no Istins should he spared to give
ri thrifty start ; to die...101)1,one, noricle
and good diger-dive organs, writes Wal-
do F. Brown. As fall litters are usu-
ally not weaned until November, it is
necessary that their slop should be
warm. I am not an advocate of (seek-
ing food for hogs, but ice (told slop
is not good. The regular use of salt
in the ewe' adds to its palatability, if
not to its digestive geoid ins
In saying that 1 de not believe In
cooking food for hogs I will make one
exception, and that is, when yiou have
potatoee, when the price im low as
to make them unorofitable to sell, t hey
can be meet to good aden range for
pie, but should alwayti eisiked and
maithed while hot and thoroughly Mir -
Uri in ehe slop.
believe in full feeding for young
pigs, but by this I do not mean t
they should be everfed that waled
food will remain by them, AI. the. hest
growth and greatest t hrift ran he
achieved only by maintaining n keen
aide:elite Lei he feeding be done
nen rly as possible at the Ramo hour,
mortengt, noon and night. fer f believe
in three feeds a day for young pigs, I-
t hough mature boon will perhape need
but two Let eorn form leo a small
portion of the ratien until your pigs
are four months old, ana then if they
are to be marketed at Rix or ...yen
months you may give all the rorn they
will eat. but nt 1 he .mm0 time furnish
them with bulky, atteculent food I
have never found anything better than
glop Mnde of bran and oil meal
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WIRELESS TELEPeONING.
•ri-reartral I pertment. tottaineled In
W•ler.
A despateh (rem London nays Since
hie retirement from the General Poet -
office. Sir W Preece hen Made rine-
rpAricul experiments with oireiess tele-
graphy at Carnervon, his nettle. town
air William within the reiat few daya
has turned Ilia attention to the tele-
ohnne. and has imeeeerieri in establish-
ing telephonic communicetion eithoto
w i res between Varyd and !Ulan
enlist a dintaneil of a mile on the
shores of the Mann' strait&
ConverantIons bevy. been ronducted
without Interruption. the sounds he
brig quite dist lnet ft is promuied to
experiment over a wider area
IT 01 110
T,
Nu Down yam' lig ligg
POW*.EVIRY111010. POssing,
11:.errg%ortiv."":4,4" •14"144 a racti"*"..ekrt
Miner; neltelientiet
11.49 ImitniedleuTelsnra"1.•
•4postsct Ow a lnatO of tear wil
,Eredaintest at any reanimate Prete-
gliat lif,tetter geeetttl tne an interview
:on Pri4ft. tltriSteil he hod done at
:.00040.010 Or the POW of peace. He had
arelented ebenthertaha own effci
etneleten einntiry. but Chem-
herlialt delihergtele. beoke the tbread of
the 0000tlatitente teneen Were nukseed
00,33 widen. and war -wan &iced upon
him, 11 iv** *pomade to aceede to
the. deeneteit Of the 12th instant. Such
a memo would bare Oren the land and
eirootufwrpamalse,c1f:etritAseitot.0004'ne' Inevaloplinra!pr:w:tiagiloehwers.u:Aais
acondlote bis field cornets' hooks,
more than the Whele nembened the old
ttrrthstios847401- itP.4Tthoonlle ittradee°rMs °nefvoee-r
really wanted the tranehlise. Prom the
first thety refueed to 10 on the eons-
eurienadaos,aanitedrwarregdiatteererdd thtotherwelerceusresda
exemption for theta tan the Sawn teener
as the Portuguese. IIe wielled to in-
dehiganrett:tilhyax dbeenybadetib,rekr, Chamberlain's
with the old burghers..Ife had always
ietaleeleniMbiplirPecrueindintsge
mude during the d
the Pretoria convention Of 1 1, that he
would treat new tounigrants equally
been ready to treat thereso, and they
had always refused.
" conolualon, I asked if there wait
still a possibility of peace.
" ' No,' he replied. after a pause,
' unless the other side will do some-
thing to make peaoe possible."
The correspondent adds that perbaP9
It ia worth pointing out that the corn -
wand° in questlun did not arise until
1E94, after the franchise had been re-
stricted by the law of 1891, -which
maker. It difficult to Hee why the fore
mor should account for the latter."
EXCITElkIENT AT FHVER HEAT.
In the meanwhile, despatchea frorn
the Cape continue the etory of military
activity in the Team -weal, Natal and
Cape Colony. The Boone are concen-
trating in the country contiguous to
Natal, where the first outbreek of hos.
Metes Is likely to occur. Large con-
tingents of loughtirs are eonverging
from various parts on this ()reliable
battlefield. The excltement enntinues
at fever ben t . The commandant gen-
eral hits tamed a notioe ordering Dui
commandere to itearittilne at a specified
spot on the Natel border. The sone
mender from Krugersdorp, whose hut --
share °heeler -noted the Jameson n111101'24
embarked on trains for the front r
to -night.
There ia great nativity nt the War
Office at Pretoria. The artillery re-
serves have been called out, the itr-
riingtentinte to defend the frontier tire
ruaw complete, and the work of Niue..
ntent proceeding r a pidty. The 1,u r-
eboot are congregating in the towne,
ready to join their uounnandm, which.
however, have eirict orderm not 10 RV.
1.1.1-011.141 too near the frontier, and to
a Vold a MallisiOn Willi the British
forces. The Boer forces are gathering
itt their intetes of itettun, a short dis-
tence front the border, mob am Harris-
mith, Volksrust, Vietheid, and Ilre-
mensdorp.
TAMPERING WITH TELEGRAMS.
Telegraphic coutuoinicit ion bet Wel.11
Cape Town and Pretoria has become
duriag the past cou-
A telegram received on Friday Hays
two batteriem of field artillery and
five hundred burghers have arted for
Volksrust, and thlit another rive Min -
tired mon go there at once.
The et rites al Pretoria inetwalt
Keene of great military animation.
Anneal burghers and art i 1 lerymen are
riding about, t be field cornets being
engaged in WO rniug t he rghe 0
be in readiness at monienCit notice.
A quantity of ammunition for Max -
Lin gene is reported. to have arrived
at Ha rrlermil h. and the burghers at
liremersdorp recleived rifles and am-
ratinit ion on Thurmday. The men tire
practising with the Maxim guns.
A number of young Boers who hnve
been Rt udying tit Cape Tow n ve
et a rt for home.
A CUCKOO Willi A MIND.
Juirie• Weir. Jr.. Lat., 1 rear Thal iery
Ii011115 ittird 11.141 Ore.
11 0+ poseible for a young bird to dis-
play more -even very much more-in-
elligeme than a young baby.
Thie is proved by n recent remark-
able experiment [nal e with a lieby
raincrow, Amerieis cuckoe. 'I he
exPeritment 11 us conducted hy James
Weir, to, ivho has told in the Seientifie
Amerirati, hoe him be hy cuckoo, when
only few days 0141, recognized its hu -
Mali riend, te a ppea ra me a lone, and
eould distinguish between human voic-
es. From it Mr. Vi'eir inform hat a
bird three itaym old hag a mind.
When Mr Wet! ililOpterl the little
euckoo the bird rould have been but a
day or 1,o old, and elm curiougly
ugly coninound id bill. abdomen iind
feet .
10 two dayn t he cuckoo began to
show evidence of mind and charily, er
rlincrigninaling bet cien differeint
kinds of fond Ile would delicately
taste a morsel to II04, whether it
pleaireitl him If it del not he refused
to eat it.
In I hree day he look not lee of the
little peretwe arranged for him in an
orange tree, and hopped about from
one to anot her Hot athletic develop-
ment wan BO rapid hal on the six h
day he mounted le the topmast branch
of the tree.
After five deys Rhowed that lie
COULD DISIINGUISH SOUNDS
Ile begtin n re. ognize his own name,
Gip,' and ansatier, when he W11.I
°a. with a lee. emelt-ill cry When he
heard unfamiliar Round. lie listened
(vit 11 etirooliu deem need evidently
trying to detiti none %%hut they voire
On the eixth day Gip nhowed that
lie reerianize 1 Mt Weir, ,..a011 aw
10. ea me in night set lie n shrill
1 le mot n5 for fent In fact, his hun-
ger N1 IA II. 1-1•Mark.11,1e, r.0011.1f041 h
hn 1 of 1 baba 1.1. I he mime ago a.
tea areintiplishments W hen he
it le retit tile Wr0g110,1 only
1onsurnet two and 1 half
(mere. re beefsteak during he day
ppet it 4. &emu. I insatiable
A baby nine ye old is not,
1 tnre. ablin 10 fOCUN 11.I eyes
properly, rreich lean to diet inguish per -
eons and thtng. Filll the nine-day-iiTa
,0111.1 Don hie head and refuse
in take ani fon t offered him by nisi
one hot Mr Weir, eh(' had originalli
befriended him
Nei .
On the% day. when Mr '‘‘ eir appaaar-
rad in Mark Ruit, the bird, hating
previnunly seen him only. in light rel.
ore did not nt first rerognize him
Pet in a few momenta Gip recalled he
personality in spite of the now dresta.
and ealliel mit in hie usual friendly
(midden
A remarkable inetanee of 1 he bird's
devotion wns that he soon discovered
the Wetter' of Mr Weirat own mem
in the ternine. Ind would sit in tree
opposite hi. window for holier;
111110.
ONE WOMANS Wal
%idea dtly ife never Mateo. 1.4.11,Ill
crn lo-tge meettngyiR
otte.-Neither does% t elms t e hen
I get home t ha t she 01-4ffliti
'0;fot. L -We
klis4 of offetings pose in
414 The *tetra the UV&
er, wit* a gooret eltSlisusek
Jew propoiltee tbe owe*. woe
left onee« *
But tittle eloeme4 exie4011 leg eh*.
Wag cattle. and the Wife enneted free*
11144* be 1144 per pet, wite is 11010
pore occasionally lot illeffietifeiste
Mott of the bUteher elettle welt se
inferior quelity mid woe Net Winne*
The toe, Pete for gooti *tett' vote 4e
per itt.„ though an ingltile sid Verbal*
a quarter mare was int a fieW leeteneee
paid. .000d ordinare bilitelter erlatte
mold around 8. le2o per lboallideekaillittle
staff as low am 3o. Chaly tbesgotel. Ogee
tle aold to -day.
Sheep and iambus west A01/I Winkk«
er, Quito a qusrter per tunistell%froft.
Shipping sheep aro wortb On* 1114
to 31 -le per lb.
Hogs are nominally unobs11041
weaker. The pricea tchdaY were. *tree
per lb. for choice hogs, scaling fretee
160 to 200 lbs„ and 4 1-84 per lb. ifOr
light and fat bogie
Following is the range of etterellt
miotatione.-
Cattle.
Shi rs, per cwt. .11 420 33.00
Bete er, choicer do. , 5.75 4.1014
Ltutoher, ined.ito good. 345 UP
Butcher, inferior. . . 8.00 3.25
Stookers, per cwt. . 3.00 3.Z5
8beep and Latubs.
Ewes, per ewe . 3.23 s.5e
Spring Iambs, 'each. . 225
Buoks, per cwt. ..... . 2.50 2.15
Milkers and Calves.
COWS, eaoh. . • . 25.00 45.00
Calves, each. . . . 2.00 7 00
Choice hogs, per cwt. 4.25 4.144 1.2
Light hogs, per owt, . 4.00 4.1,214
Homey hogs, per ewe . 4.00 4.121-2
Toronto, Ovt. 3.-Wbeat-es steadier
at 07o for red and winks west. Spring
is quoted at Nu on the Midland. Buy-
ers here quote 70o tor goose west.
Nfanitoba wheat la firmer. with buy-
ers in the west asking more money.
No. 1 hard is quoted at 81 I -2o to 82o
grinding in transit and 800 to 81c west.
Flour -There ia lt fair export demand.
and the market shows an advance of
50 over sales made last week. To-dey
eers of straight roller solst at $2.95 in
barrels west and at 53.25 laid down
Montreal.
liellIfeed-The market is steady at 514
to 514.50 tor cars ot mhorts and 511 to
511.50 for bran west.
Barley -le steady. Local buyers are
quoting 42e for No. 1 mat' and 41c
weet, No. 5 at 38o west, and feed,
which, it la expected, will be scarce,
most of the crop grading No. I and
at 86e to -88e outsine.
Rye -la firm at 54e east. 53c middle
freights and 52e north and west.
Corn-ls steedy at 40 1-2° for Am-
erican on the C. P. rft. here.
Oat s -Are steady, with sales of white
for export at 25 1-2e, west.
Oat meal-ls quint at 43.40 for ears of
hags and 53,50 for barrels en the truck
born,
- Are rather tinnier. with sales
at 60e, west. ,
Bethke Oet. 8.-Stpring wheat Halite
uneleinged. Winter wheat, millers
holding eft ; No. 2, red, 72 1,2e; No.
whit e, local. Corn quiet; No. 2 yel-
low. atio, N‘L 3 yellow, 98 3-4o; No.
eiirn, 38 I -2c; Nof 2 yettow, 30 3-4e; No.
No. 3yellew, 38 1-2o, In store. Outs
firm and stronger; No. 2 white. 28 3-4e,
to 29c; Ne. w titto,, 28 1-4o; No. 4 white,
27 1-2c. lo 27 3-1c; No. 2 mixed. 27ef No.
3 mixed. 26 I -2c. through billed, Rye
iei N o. I 65c. No. I 04e. asked ort
niek.
A HORSE PALACE.
E mperor or nermany nnitillItigt the tented
mode in kr %%twirl.
11 is evident t hat the Eneperor of
Germany does not expect the; ehorse-
Item age" to arrive very soon. bee
under const reel ion, in the outskirts of
Berlin, what is to be, probably, the
nunit splendid stable in the world. Out-
wardly' it looks like a palace. and in-
wardly it him many of the appoint-
ments and characterietics tif one. Cer-
tainly berms were never mere palaiit.
ally lodged than they will be here.
idable is being erected by the
imperial architect, Herr lhne. 11 oc-
cupies a superficial area of more than
two acres. There will be roomy and
vomfortable box -stalls for two hun-
dred and aeventy horties, and carriage -
house space for more than three hun-
dred carriages.
In the centre of the whole will be a
two-atorey building where the imperial
coachmen-, erooms, slably-boy44, and
to forth, with their tamale/a will be
lodged. Eighty families will have
quarters in he building; the drivers
inirvmrotheicritmen will be at least fifty in
'I he stable ail! be provided with
horse elevators, telephonea and elec-
tric lighte, and tbe walls of the ear-
riage-houses and other portions of the
building vtill be beautifully decorated
with paint and gilding by the best de -
iterative artists in Berlin
The cast of the stable is estimated
at seven millions of marks, or more
than a million. dollars Three years
will be employed in its come ruittion
THE BFST FIRE EXTINOU,SHER.
Ague ImninnIn lass llarvellonft ruvrer
Ovrr a Etre.
Probably the fire extinguish-
ing liquid is mom ammonia, without
any iiridition whatever We have per-
sonally had experienee with the al•
tneid marvelous power of this substance
in (hie direction says a writer. In one
instance where fire Mul originated.
probably from spontaneouti combus-
tion, in a pile eontaining neveral tone
tind almost a solid body of live coal, it
half gallon of ammonia VOM pletely
smothered the itre
in tinether. ehich is -I -erred ut Sava -
nay. Erste,. Die vapors of a tank ron..
110 ..f gagoline caught
fire Die linen risen of a laundry
I he i.e,tal insit Italy a MAAR te liv-
ing flame., but A gallon and a Inilf
..... Ilia 11 '1101 1,1'11'0%0 if11.0 11 MOO-
10•0ely and alniost instantly est in -
gnashed he Itre the ammonia was in
A ghee; demijohn and in 3n apothecary
whop next do.. to 'the laundry and was
t hre, into t he room lay he druggiet
:15 an 1' SIk rtanpletely was
the fire extiugui.heil that workmen
aver,. ena1,14.4 1110 /-001111111111400
immediately .1 here they found the iron
tank of gawaine
CI RIO1N EGgTABLI.; CATER-
PILLAR.
One of he eurineities of New Zea -
1 Did in a vegetable enterpillar. What
happena is that a wicked plaint, darts
on seed inio unfortunete eater-
ind the SAIWIN grow to plantn
nometimes a foot long. In the mean-
time the caterpillar diem a lingering
death Thts recalte the awful bamboo
torture of Chinn - n bamboo shot in
griifted on the human body and grows,
nourished hy the juices of the body.
It tir 'he mote exile -dente torture known,
TISK BLIND tIODDEeq,S.
peo-ohmin indignently, roplying to
an nrrorrOlinn Freneh Inetice.-You
mike von grand 111111411ik. maim I In
fern nee shunteece make tut distine-
oiong she is pairreettlY naire I
Critie I guena con ea riaht mho=
the my friend anything that A dead
mu, h nd. 4.f roue*.
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