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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Star, 1899-10-27, Page 3etrwrrrfufv" •170,- ernereee,- -reserreeree nrerseepereaseeee. ifi• 111"7"-ee'ellerelere 1!';00 BOERS Sow Lyddite"lies Exploded at Matektllg W1it Awful. WWI& Trattl.I.,044 'of Boers Arrive at Johannesburg front, Mareldng-Warlike Native Tribes Rising Against the' -Roers-Zuhis and Elasntos Will. . CaAse Trouble to the Orange Free State People,. PC1M,5 ATTACK VIITIAUKHe xiratei. theen ate Iseyeral eandient wen'. tteseatell freee DaPe Tow% Ms: in the iOwlb ee-A, detepatell rider !WM Kimberly, 1 DOAK TAciftDia FAUN hate *Weeded in Refitting t'14.94g4 I Tet=":11:10°Igipallet(tm4dir Lird7- foreee te. the south el that egette, Mee nO neiVePttear represeatste eltebed the Orange river. He Wee Itere allateed Ijaaotted frotte repast bat the troops in Kimberley there, either to Beater e° Station or sliatese Mmes. and adths that General Jesuberta fOrces. are nioeirlg %Mona Glances.° and 33eateres station, tia the Harrismith-Linoh, Hue. and tee reeldeate Of the place ere ecal- fideult et their ubility to hold out against any telitlaukt the Boers Star nuke, but urges the necessity of int- raedialely eending reinforcements to Um aid of the beleagured town. The rider statue that the Bolero are attacking Vryburg, taking advantage of a largo gatherieg of dialoyal her - eters there celebratie0 Neehtentua. bor lag that them will assist them against the British. Yryburg is situated ratber More Ulan half way between Kimberley and Mafeking. A deespatob which was received here before the telegraph line to Kimber- ley was cut stated that ehe towns- people were ignorant of the measurea to be adopted for the defence of the piece. ,It was conjeoleued that the military authoritiet. distrusted part of the inhabitants, and therefore kept their plains secret to prevent them from reaching the enemy. OMINOUS SIGNS AT CAPE. TOWN. Ominous signs are already seen here. Th. Dutch population of Cape Colony are likely to develop a sarong anti- British feeling at the first report of a Britiah reverse. When the report reacJaed here that the Ninth Lancers had been driven back by gales they eats!: '' A !ready God teams oil the Boer side." The Free State Boers now see a ohaece to satisfy their rankling longing to retake Kimberley. their Alsace-Larraine. MAFEKING CObIPLETELV ISO- LATED. Mafelciag is now eomeletely isolat- ed. The Boers are ra•ding lulu cat- tle. A large number of newspaper cor- respondent!. in Cape Town axe unable to get into the interior. it is reported that Gen. Joubert positively refuses to allow a,ny war correspondeuta of Eng- lish newspaper'. to follow the Boer army, claiming that they cannot but injure tbe cause of the Transvaal by giving information to the British. kleXen FIGI•VEING IN PROGRESS. A spatial, despatch from Pretoria (kited Saturr by way of Delagoa Bay, says: - "A oyotiat isepatoe yeele:eema .ix o'clock sato evening, assert - here frona Ottaboe ' truant, mg that heavy iterating had been in erogress all daye`Wg north of Mate - king. The British troops on beard an ormoared train acted as a cheering force to military e.ngineers engaged in repairing the track. A Maxim on the train kept up a continuous fire. '' "Conspicuous bravery was display- ed OD both sides, buit it soon became apparent that the rifler. of the ourgh- ors were ineffective against an arm- oured train. elan. latter, however, was once foro- 4 ed to retreat before a particularly ferong assault, but it soon returned, accompanied by a British mounted con- tingent, end tbe fighting was renew- ed fiercely. leigbting still continues, the Boers holding their positions well. A dozen Beers were killed or wound- ed, but the Braise,. casualties cannot be ascertained. ' Heavy firing can be heard south of Retaking, where General Cronje's commandoeis operating." • ...rigifers, former officere, has left A corps of experienced Continental Pretaira for the south-western bor- ders, accompanied by a commando of aesee picked Boer shots. It is probably M- 4 tendee for large dynamiting opera - According to the same suthority. some volenteers Who had juat come into Ladysmith from Beater% station and Acton Houma before the de/Match was sent reported that MO Boers had triad ineffectually tootit off emelt pare tiea of Britisb Groom, but the Natal men were too wary to be caught, and retired firing. The enemy. aa ueual, hid themselves' behind hills and rook*. and in guinea, but were unable to ad- vance. T.hey used cannon against the Britlatt riflemen. who, uevertheless. maintained a stout realetatice. The firing waa very heavY. The country about Acton Homes be- ing more open, the British mounted volunteers there are retiring uPole Dew Drop. Two thousand Boers were engaged at Acton Homes and rattier towel at Beater% station. It Is re- ported that the eneMy there is hem- med in, and mitering severely. A despatch to the Daily Mall from Durban reports that the Natal Beare are dealening to oat the railway be- tween Durban and Pietermaritzburg. This has necessitated the patrolling of the line. The ha voo the Boera are making with the railway and telegraph lines will seriously impede 1,116 movement 01 Gen- eral Redvers Buller's army corps. There are oontlioting reports as to whether the Boers have or have not oc- cupied Helpmakaar. According to the base amounts, the rumour that they have done ao is untrue, but it the Boern have suceeeded in this manoeu- vre they are completely around the right of General Sir George Stewart Wbite's position and will be able alth- orn to attaok Mut at an advantage. or tq move down into Natal behind him. The Deily Neu% points this out, and sesame to think that if the Boers Loop their way through Zulu territory or Basutoland, the natives ought to be permitted to exact reapeat for their own territory. 800 WOUNDED BOERS. Ai despatob from Cape Town says: - As refugee who has reaobed Grahams- town from the Rand states that a train arrived at Johannesburg on Mon- day from Klerkedorp with 300 wound- ed burghers. Every available convey- ance, the refugee says, was called into requisition to take the wounded Dien to the hospital. The Daily Mail suggesset that these woueded were from Mafeking. Klerk& dorp is about 100 miles from Mate - king. Vryburg surrendered Sunday. Thum - day night's despatches from Kuruman, 90 miles west by south of Vryburg, thate that, the polaie having withdrawn from Vryburg, the town surrendered to the Boers, the inhabitants fleeing in all directions, mostly towara Kuruman. When the police withdrew, the Cape Board notified the faot to the enemy, thus Melting them to take possession. There was a fearful pante. The Brit - %le are wildly indignant at this scut- tling. RISING AGAINST THE BOERS. A despatch from London, says: -The War Office hes handed out a despatch from General Weite, in command in Natal. as follows: -"The Basutos are said to manifest an attitude hostile to the Boers, and tbey may neutralize a oertain number of the Beam forces. According to a apeoial despatch from Durban, Natal, the Zulus are forming with assegais. Chief Dini- zulu says ee is unable to reatrain them. It us expected that, tbey will be joined by the Swazia. A despateh from Ladysmith, Natal, dated Tueaday, says a native tribe in Zululand, whose cattle had been raid- ed by Boera, applied to Gen. Sir George Stewart White, the British comman- der in Natal, for permission to make armed resistance. General White re- fused their request, as he is opposed to the uae of coloured auxiliaries in' the coming struggle. The rising of the warlike native tribes adds a new and serious element in the military situation, for the Brit- ish will have to keep them quiet. The paramonnt chief of the Basuto% Le- rothodi, has thus far behaved well, but the other ohiefa may follow the example of Meheko, who is reported to have risen against the Orange Free State. BRITISH CAMP SACKED. A despatch from Lorenzo Marques, says:a-free Volkssten, the Boer of- ficial organ at Pretoria, gives the following account of the occupation of the British camp at Ramathlabama, Just north of Mateking:-., "The British camp at Ramathla- barna has been eap.ured and sacked by General Cronje. after severe fight- ing. Many burghers were killed or woultided. The Britiah loss is not known." The Volkssten adds that "success hag thus far everywhere attended the burghers," although it admits that, in the variours skirmishes near Mafeking and at other points, the Boer casual- iiee number some 00 er 70 killed and wounded. , A, representative of the transvaal Govesnment has arrived bere, and is buying up all the provisions ebtain- able. One hundred and thirty per- sons just released from the Barber- ton gaol. Transvaal, have been put over the Portuguese border. MAAX/MS STOPPED BOER RUSFIFIS. k despatch nom Pietermaritzburg. says: -The skirmishing at A Otan t1cItten and Beater's on Tuesday was brisk The Natal mausited volunteene who bore the brant of the work on the British side, were once in considerate° peril and lost all their kit, One officer is maiming. Whren the men returned to camp they declaeed that the shooting ot the Boers was wretched. The Britieh Maxim guns stopped the Brew rutehea and killed sixteen ot the enemy. Some Basixtos are fighting with the Boers. HUGE ROCKS ON THE TRACK. ., liens... 1 . A Kimberley deapatch says: -"A ra- t . pert wee Mussed here by despatch riders. by way of Vryburg that Colonel Haden -Powell made a sortie in force at Racking and attacked and defeated the Boers. The Boer!. suffered heavily, , and 18 English soldiers were killed." BOERS THRICE REPULSED A despatch from Cape Town says: b -.A mpecial de.spateli tram Mafeking ' sae% that all was intact there up to Sale:flay night. At that time the • Boer ertillery was being brought up, but it had not been placed In posi- tica. According to these advIces, the Bri- tish have blown tap the Hepetown rail- ,fesay bridge.over the Orange river, with "a view of checking the Boer advance southward. From Colesburg comp persistent re- iterations of the report that the Boere have attacked Mafeking, being thrice repulsed with heavy losses. From other towale on the border similar reports are received. SKIRMISH NEAR KINU3ERLEY. Aldespetch from London, says: -An rdebured train, while reconnoitring near Spyfontein, twenty miles south of Kimberley, engaged the Boers, several of the enemy being killed. The skirmish was quite lively. The annoured train, with a detachment of the Laucashlres, approached unmolest- ed until within range, when the Boers opened fire. The Maxima were in- stantly set to work, and did great ex- ecution among the burghers. The latter also used artillery, but ineffect- ively. The armoured train returned to Ki4terley unharmed. The eke.* of the armoured train say .. the Bostie1 fired thirteen shells. but their aim was wretched, and not a • single shot struok the train, which then made bold tro approsich nearer and open fire with the Maxima, The , burghers replied with heavy rifles, again shooting wildly. Only three or four bullets struck the train, • FIVE BOERS KILLED. ' Subsequently the orew learned that five Boers and two Boer .horees were killed, while several Boera and horses were woneaded.. Not a member of the . ,e1PA deepatch from Landon saye:- ritish tome was eo emelt as touched. j Many reports of fighting at Mafeking , arta in that neighbourhood came from ' Duntisee, and these are repeated from . Cape Town in' varioua guises, one tetatement, alleging that 1,500 Boers have been killed. All these muet be read in the light a the official /state - Mont tbat nothing of importance has occurred. Thursday's report that the Boers had out eft Maeoking's water seeppey ale° needs confirmation. Vrylburg, which has been reported trehaVe been gitietle e,bandoned, le now starthff itioailve 1;aeeft betrtr biy the )INP/C desperCh to theollity Newer a°from. Ott Town, settee that the defender.", o or afeking, after repulsing an attack, e minuted the) enemy. The British tben feinted a retreat, rhereetron the me- exy.rallied and pursued them. Tbe Boere ware thus; led Over mines °berg - ed, with lyddite, which were exploded killing and wounding 1,500 tif the ene- nee. Ariather CaPe Town despatch to the News sae% tha,t an eccentric person in Pretoria known an Baron e Guins- i berg, who was enelleteted 0 btang a Mesh spy, was combat/1,ft lied and *hot. It it Stated that he posseased plans a the forts eft Preemie. The Doom hare blown up the bridges tie voinetjbeh hteeams, and the Mader river, OW former north and the lettot south of Rimherley. The Don, ,1'.. W. 14. Douglas Scott- Afteatet,ge, litt.P.. Who is well arreguented With Mefeking, ridlistiles the revolt thhie tte Doets here tint off the water atgrj4 of Met pis*. no says that Walden this stOply from the Ifolopo Fatal aninsbnp on the le lawny. A demerte.h from Ottawa says: -An accalent °centered on the Parry Sound railway on Wednesday night, by which Firemen Homer 13 Barney was killed, and Engineer Arthur Grogan was in- jured. 1A freight train from Mada- waska to Depot Harboue ran into a land elide at Rook Lakel staticm. Two or three huge pieces of rock had be- come loosened from the high embank- ment and rolled on to ehe track. The engineer did not eee the obstruction isn time to stop the train, and although tbe bralces were reversed, the engine went crasibing into the rock, and was upset, with three oars Fireman Barney junuped, but Kad the misfor-1 tune to be eteught between the eab and the tender. Ile WUS ernished abaut the temples and had tan neok broken Engineer Grogan, who Hese et Depot Barbour, also jeraped, end escaped With a brcdcsea arm The remafee oft Barney were prepared for burial, end gapped to Jeritho, Vt , this afternoon. rg3FFY fietind ews Brien told 1* **WO tom WOW* • reteree 1014400kl41 AtIromIno botet Utast Newt et ***We gletettTlet**** attliaelaseeer'4fielfeWalit it *tin Ant* tha UAW Atetve44134/0 PON the 'Wed* Sent. erterrett CANADA. TVirOs mare deaertions are reported from A Battery, Kingeten. • J. F. 1311.0haleen. tattiette Qf the •Wiferdieler Vire Brigade. bus been ape pointed ite chiet Mi. Mitten. Wife al Oen- linttent and ladle,. in Ilien.treal. telit et feetning ah ailateciationeet !midis:gee Wive*. on G,785 ounces of geld Wee paid WO the Gold Cogigitseforierat etfico at Attila between September I entlegle Within twenty months four amine brother...es siatives of Sbarpton, near Kingston. have been killed accident- ally or have died. Burglars blew open the safe at the Cariboo nettle. near Queenelle. Ce and stele bullion variously reported at 15,009 to 1120,000. Rev. .7. A:. Allen. Of Kingston. has receive.d a cat:diagram adviang him that his eon, Grant Allen, the need- ed. is bopelessly ill. Alfred Couture. G. T. R. conductor at Levis, la dead from the effect.. of a fly bite reoeived three montha ago on the Island of Orleane. Victor Thoret was given a verdict of POO against the Ontario Rolling Mills Company at Hamilton for the loss of two fingera while in their em- ploy. Tbe direotore of the Quebec., Hamil- ton & Fort William Navigation Co., have accepted the tender of an Eng- lish firm to build two vessels at a cost of ile275.000. The workings of Montreal% water- works department during the past five years is to be thoroughly investi- gated. The police departruent inveati- gation continues. Wm. Holleran, committee ea trial at Hamilton on a obarge of aggravated tumult on Ms wife, recently sold three tons of ooal which she had bought with her earninga. Irene, the 5 -year-old daughter of Joltn Rusaell of London, fell into a mill race, but Patrick Taff succeeded in rescuing the child after she had twice gone under. Air. Norman B. Wileoue B.A., of the University of Termite. hus been ap- pointed to an aasistant professorship, of mathematics in the Royal Military Oollege at Kingston. Thos. Locke, a cripple, who is an inmate of the House of Refuge, res- cued two young ladies and a man from drowning in H,amilton Bay. He wise assisted by Jauaes Scott. The General elission Board of the Meteodist Church. while meeting( in Quebec, was entertained to a trip down the St. Lawrence by the Hon. Mayor Parent end the City Council. The Oanadian Pacific Imperiaf Lim- ited hes been withdrawn. Its place is to be taken by the Pacific & 'Atlantic Express, Nvhien requires a day more on ite journey to Vancouver than the Imperial Limited. Walter Burse, died mddenly in a Vanvouver park, while bicycling, lean- ing against a bank for aupport, and All prominent Afghans who dare still sitting oa bis wheel with his bande on the handle bars. Heart die - nano was the cause. The master bakers M Montreal have decided to increase the price of bread. It is claimed that the,present. pric.e of bread is due to excessive oompetition among the bakers, and it was agreed that. steps be taken to restrict such competition. Josepth and Angelique Vermette of Swan Lake, Man., are 110 and 100 years old reepectively. Four generations of the family are living, and it is stated that there are abeet 200 des -cadent!. while both the old man. and him wife are in full possession of their facet- tiea. Tbe Minister of %slice, who has been inspecting penitentiaries and jails in tJae west, proposes that the Government shall acquire 320 acres ad- joining the Stoney M.oantain 'reel- teatiary to teach released prisoners farming so they can snake a start for t bemselves. The largest shipment of Klondike gold that ever came out over the Lyn.n Canal mule is on the steamer Dirigo, which called at Vancouver an Monday, There was nearly $1,260,000 aboard, of which $907,0b0 was sent from' the Daw- eon branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, and the remainder was for the Alaska Cognmercial Co. GREAT BRITAIN. .Barrett & Coes confectionery worke, in Lindon, have been burned, involv- ing a toes of $500,000. Lord Strathcona has accepted an invitatiun to become a candidate for the Lord Reetorsbip of Aberdeen Uni- versity. The Admiralty nee made hu.ge con- tracts for the dapply of coal to all British coaling atations on the way to the Cape, so three any Brit ieh squa- dron will be enabled to coel without weakening the present sueele. 'UN1TED STATES, W. H. Appleton, the New York pub- lisher, is dead. President McKinley defended the ex - Tension poliey before an audience of 10,000 personae at Madison, Wis. For more than a week a snowstorm of tua prece den t ed se as tel haa been ragingg thie enoun.tains surround- ing Leadville, Colorado. Wm. Hutton., a moulder in the Waterous sate% at Brantford, fell dead in his sand while att his work. Heart disease was the cause. Mr. C. R. Homier le retiring from the managertrhip of the Canadian' Pa- cific Telegraphs, in order to devote hie whole time to tee many invent ments. According to late adviees from Daw- eon the centres completed by the mounted police ehowa the town to have 4,445 population, of whom 3,205 are front the United Stades and 845 from England and Canada, Prof Mayor, profeaeor of sociology and political science in University Col- lege, Taranto, is in Ottawa, on his re- turn from Europe, where he made in- quiries c.n behalf of the Government iuto the condition of the Dukhobors, Ga Belem as inamigranta to Canada. GENERAL. Enie Arlon. of Panama canal mo - tort ety, tins 'been pardrmed. Over 500 Refinish prisoner's have diet! within the past eight months. Two youthful officers in the French army are charged with tremon. Cape Ctelbnly ia the latest Recession to the Imperial penny postage> or- riange MOMS. Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, will ehortly viett the plegtse and fa.mine district of India. M. Em:le Lembo. President al the French Repubec. is suffering from en- fants peetoris. Ail prominent Afghens who dare leave the court et tbe Ameer are flee- ing to save their lives. Germany, (had the United Staten will prebably wetele their difficulty in Same% try arbib"ation. rhe clerical victory in elections. nt Me lines, the seat ot the cardinal arch- bishop of Belginm, led te earions riots, Mute demesne tans done to propert y, and many penman were seriously in- jured.- ,Dreyfue haft hid• it nnneuticed that he does tua want nny astitAtion to hi atirred tta in him mane. ell he it; un- willing to serve An sin oxalis. fer peti- t lea I parties to ereet t feeble He anys desires' to retire Irr Egypt and be forgcatisnir • e et 'Wee teetli!tee /00* 4#34 'tbettleet. It istrieTael that able Saar 414 IOW itott la a Slehrlitttelett. If, .11Y tbraa *eye t may ..n the *threat, .1.0, puw: wu r, pv,:ptokrowlon, pm. r". - - Tag TOMO' 1MUTat Uncomtoir Oct 24,WIKat- Betfilr tohn tO the luerksds teedeffe Vialcs#0 Wee feature** beyond slight ill - "low% tollowin eteadier cables, 100* wool oloaing 144 higher, Tor04t9 marlret quiet tcHIAY'r Mtalleaba viaa steadier. NO 1 hard was sold, grind- ing in transit, at 81 to 61 1-51e. and wilt° "Q'tad a•e 80 to sa Toronto and wept. Ontario wheat at a stand - stilt Red and wbitte quoted at 66 to 66 Mu west„ and no buyers. steady ael ff/ to 67 1-2e,, east. and goose dull at 70 to 70 Veto, lolls &rights, to Neve York. Floar-Nott Witch doing. StraJght rollers; are quoted at #3 to BUN Ta- ro/Ito freights. Barley--Plroa, and a good steady en- quiry at 43e %est, lied 44 to 45e ease, tar No. 2. Oats -Better feeling. Wblte was quoted to -day ;at 27c east, and 26a west, and mixed at 25.3. Millfeed-Holoing firm. Bran is quoted at 11Z to 112.60, and aborts at 114 to .14.50. weat. Corn-Firsn. No. 2. Amerloan. yellow, quoted at 42 1-2o, on C.P.13.. 'Eoroato; and No. 3. Asautrican, yellow, 41 1-2 to 42o. Oateneal-Utehanged at 113.40 for oars et bags, and 18.50 for Wee on traok, Toronto. toBusocakw. wheaeatt,--Steady and quoted at 48 Peate-Rather easier at 60 1-2ce east. 59 1-2o. middle freightos. and 58 to 59e, north and west. A sale was reported to -day at 580. weet. °altar - Easier at 53e. west. and 54e, Milwaukee. Oot: 24. -Wheat -Stead - ler; elb. 1 Northern. 70 to 71o; No. 2 Northern, 66 1-2 to 67o, Rye - Steady; No. 1. 58 to 68 1-2o, Baxley - Firm, No. 2, 46 to 47c; sample/ 39 to 46o. Duluth, Oot. 24. -Wheat -' No. I hard, oasis. 69 1-4o; No. 1 Northern. °ash. 88e; October, 138e; December, 08 N1-400.; amsapyr nng 621-40°; No. 2 Northern, No; Buffalo, Ocit. 24. -Spring wheat - Light enquiry; easier ; No. Northern, spot, old, 77o; spot, new, 75 I -2o; No 21, Northern, 72o, Winter wheat -Easy; No. 2 red, 78e, spot, or to arrive ; No. 11 white, 72o; Nee 8 extra red, 72n. Corn -Dull; No. 2 yellow, 98 1-40; No. 3 yellow, 88o; No. 2 corn, 37 1-4 to 37 1-2o S No. 8 earn, 37o. Oa ta-Dull ; No. 2 white, 29e; No 9 white, 28 1-4 to 28 1-2ea No. 4 white, 27 8-40 ; No. 2 mixed. 26 3-4 to 27o ; No. 3 mixed, 26z 1-4o. Rye No. 2, on track, catered at 64e. Camel freights -Higher ; wheat and flaxseed, M; corn 3o paid ; barley quoted at 8 niltor,ictotirer York. Flour -Good de - °Mango. Oct 24.-Flacseed-North- Western and South-West, 11.31; Octo- ber, 11.30 bid; December, 1.29 1-4; May, 31.30; Duluth, spot, 31,24 1-2; to arrive, 31.24 1-2 : October, 81.24 1-2; December, 31 23: ads.y. 11.25 1-2 bid. ROYALTY'S GORGEOUS EQUIPAGES. Stale irsiteller and Horses Which Drain Rulers In Splendor. The harness upon the horses which dnaw the carriages of the Czarina of Russia on emte,oerasions are made of red morocco stitched with white. The reins are of red silk a,nd gold. An arched eagle's neck fornas the ring through which the reins are passed, and the manes are hidden under a broad lozenge of fringes and red silk passementerie. The whips have red morocco handles, mounted in gilded bronze. Each horse wears a plume of white ostrich feathers on its head. The Empress of Germany, upon su- per -extra oecations, rides in a golden coach which has a history. She made her entrance into Berlin, upon the op-- casion ot her marriage, in this vehicle, which INas sent to convey her to the capital from the castle of Belle Vue, where all the brides of the Hohenzol- lern!. spend the night before their mar- riage. The gulden poach was drawn by eight coal -black horses, and head- ed by forty outriders in the old pos- tilion costume. The German royal carriages have black horses on state occasions. Queen Victoria has carriagea to burn. For grand occasions, jubilees, royal weddings, and the like, eight cream - white horses are used, and each horse is led by ascarlet-coated groom, the harness is as glittering as scarlet and gold plate can naake it. Queen Victor- ia has thirty state and semi -state car- riages. The most interesting one is U3e glass coa,oh built in 1781. It hae been called the most magnificent car- riage ever built. It has a lot of pan- els superbly painted and covered with plate glass. A connoisseur was biald enough mace to aak if he might pur- chase one panes tor which Ise offered SANYO-an offer politely declined. The coach itself cost e9,000. It is now sel- dom taken out; the last time tbe Queen used it was about twenty-five years ago, when she opened Paallament in slate. There are six state coaches in scarlet and gilt ; the rem of the car- riages are painted dark blue. The coachmen have four liveries apiece. The state livery, which is a Mark of gold; the epaulet livery, a little less cost- ly; the ecarlet livery o.nd the plain black, for ordinary occasions. The Queen's horaes bora from £150 to £250 each. The Queen will in future not allcrw the tails efe, her hort.es to be docked, and see;;;;ee!'even a hint to the Prince of Wakee... ,ollow her lead. Thee, fa,miiy in England has been pleserie to recognize publicly the importance of the donkey. The Duchess of Fife, at a recent show, distributed prizes to the most beautiful donkeys. The Queen and many of her subjects affect the donkey cart. The state cartiagea in Spain num- ber four, all of the style known aa ebony and tine in mother-of-pearl. The royal crest of arm is emblazoned upon panels and encircled by diamonds. One of the tente emaches used by King Humbert and Queen Maxguerite Is entirely covered with repousse sil- ver. The Khedive of Egypt hae expensive tastee in harnesn. He recently plaited an order for a set in tendon, which emit 310,000. The buckles are of chatt- ed gold, and the pad cloths are em- broidered with gold. Tbe Maharajah Dbialeep Singh and the Gaekwar of Baroda have paid mneh larger sons for London -made harnesa, however The Shah of Pereia's machete are bar- baric> in splendor, and the long teen of his hortieti are dyed erimson for six ;rushee at their tips. a jealonaly guard- fal privilege of the ruler and his none. SCORES DIE IN NORWAY STORM. anew.. Thai al Lens* tab Fenton. Perish- ed In the Ifloarelenne. dermoteh from Bergen, says: -It is now certein that In the horneenes that swept aerials Nos way last Fridey rind Saturdey, tnirte person,. who were returning to their borne/. nnatiorngaant hge- Mend, amith-weet of Cbrietiana, and peteprwiabratard of 100 fishoimon earth -west eoe at near Cbristtanasund, JOnit GAUT)! TO 111,1$11t TIM OAINTAlk Or ralktiO& 1114.40-40, 'YAW*, Seheatia*sekil 1401.00iirrA litetties tleve,Pisittlellen ler " War** 44" "Gilt P/14.114 ROW 14101$ tiaMa hare, heard tboiat twO. vio.014 vauktfivoit .00njartet mo mental pictures or acaP. itet where ge4retY was tbe eiro. *ad ,$0.401 We:* writoo Pm* Bulleu• ." To sue it Was * fairy land, whett' 'Pleaeure wen tho Otte Wog ullteite4 to the UtOltt °Yates' obeerusr; a city whew glitter. fun and delight. Were Id - Meat delirktue In their mad whirL Well there I* nothing like personal experi- ence for confirmetion and disillusion. meat, and *a, having seen the go: mod and 'boomed through all its mai- med and 'buseed through all its Ovations, I teel juatified In reeordiag mer impreasiona. " As to ga,yety, to put It plainly. I have seeu a,bsolutely none. Feverish, erantie attesupts at being gay, desper- ate endeavors at enjoyment in Plen- ty, but, of gayety. in auy conamoriplace dense of the word, not a jot. Both for natives and strangers the main idea of enjoyment, the one central column of Parisian life, seems to be to aft out- side of squalid shops without fronts, at little iron -legged, glazed -cloth -coy - tired tables, and drink bad lager. Sit and sip the initipid, onion -flavored li- quid and watch the weary -eyed stream of would-be revelers, the women whose white, drawn tame no amount of pain eau enliven. the men upon %hose sal- low faces waste of life wat large - endeavor you never me earnestly to persuade youreelf tbat thim is gayety and enjoyment, it is iuipoasible tu hue- ceed. " As you ea there, wonder when Paris reste, when thee iufernal uproar of electric train% automobiles. fiacres. omnibuses and coitnmercial traffic is Aluiet. And the answer is never. Paris never reeds. The whole population lives out, of doors, for homes there are none, and the clamor of the never -rest- ing tide of life becomes after a while absolutely eppalling. GOVERNMENT' RAPACITY. "Only (link ol it. This nation of thrifty, patriotic peopple are bleed- ing at every pore to maintain the be- siegers of Ft. C,habrol, the pantomi- mist of the Chambre date. Deputes. From the day of their birth until rest- ful death claims them, the hand of misgovernment is ever stretched, vul- tureswise, for a full half of all they gain. Never in all my life, not oven in the dominion'. ct Abdul, did I hear anything so grim an the fact that when one diea Ills or her family are 33- sestrod at so much earnings and com- pelled to indulge in a funeral which, for an income of, say, 31,500 per annum is fixed at 3200. This is the business of tJae state, u,ad that harpy takes no exclise. You mu.st have the funeral, and yoe must pay, if it ruiner you, but you meat conform to the paternal ideaa of your Goveraunent. As anoth- er instance of rp,pacity, let me quote the doleful experience of a friend of mine who, visiting France, brought with bins a ten -cent box of wax matchee. ' Duty clear,' he replied to the customs official. But the uaatehes were discovered aud he wa,s fined two francs per uaatch, ti trifle of 3400 1 There are endless other things that deserve notice, but there is a mono- tony of injustiee, of eadnees about them which leads int+ to reiterate my opinion that Paris is one of the sad- dest cities in the world. To my mind, if you would See a depth of teithos that 120 poet or paint e r could adequately desc r i be, spend an hour or two in a Parimiun cafe, say between 2 and 3 a.m., and afterward say whether you think Paris is the place to come to for gayety. G BAST!. Y MIRTII-M A K MRS.' "God made the country and man made Lite town, but the devil made this one kit -Ocular city, and he has chosen of late to shroull it with a ghastly fever. " Look at the record of Montmartre, for instance, which poses as the home of true Parisian mirth ; the miri h of the people of 'Paris. Here is pour Andhre Joyeux, who ran the inn of the sign of the Red Donkey --a poet - publican -w lio hies.just vvritten a grim commentary un the name which he chose for himself by blowing his brains out. Ile. was in what ought to have been, were the gospel of gayety which he preached sincere, the very prime of early- nia.nhoint-hiti nine and twentieth year. The unhappy fellow's real neme "was Andhre Lesage. 1 sup- pose he found this name too common, too sedate lor a song vi titer condemn- ed to professional jollity. ao he chang- ed it to Joyeux, a pneudonym which his life, eke I had little in it to jus- tify. " His life and his death add one isomber elegy the more to the gloomy chroniclers of Montmartre, where you muat be gay to live. Emile Eoudesu, another song writer and singe'r of note, has strung together in a most dole_ ful ballad the mimes of ell hia song, writing colleaguem of Montmartre who have laid murderous hands Upon them- selvea or become toying mad in the past few years The list is a long one, but lung as it in, the litany of doom. could he centinued "Then there was the equally pre. mature death of Jouy, the mor- dant, cruel .young poet, who wrote eeriest, the moat povverful of all Yvette Guiltier -Cm repertoire. vine in London Berne years ago when Yvette was singing nightly at the Palace. SOMA murderers had just been con- demned to death, end Iriab jour- nalist of my aequaintance, who spends Mich of hie time in Paris, and who is on intimate terms with Mile Guilbert, looked her up in town. and in the cottree of cenvereation referred to the death sentence passed upon the miserable womae in question Yvette was inexpreseihly ahocked, "So you hang women over here." she said, "You will hang a woman I Ah, the gallown, the trap -the drawing nf the lever can haur the frirm-frou of her skirts as she falls down, down into the pit I meet tell Jules Joey about this. and he will make me e song of it-nh 1 une cidheasnRoofngl:yoAtyn1d. this in the Parisian MADNF:S8 VERY N EA It And, as with the halladists, so with the nrtIsts of Montinart re Their gay Hohemianism is fin law a dren ry pose than that of the nuieirtea and madmen of concert -hail genius. Toulouse-Lau- trec, the weird poeter-painter. wan suddenly struck down by the marines. into which be had nedulnuely whinki fied himaelf. Ho in nnw in a madhoume which hag provided shelter before tbis for other demented young Frenchmen of freininR, including Guy de Menem, - Rant The denten of mnAneen has heen more merciful to him then to t he unhappy, incurable Munkfirey I he la teat' neves is that him mire le but matter of time Th. direct deacend- ant of the crusruriees who're name he hen re, yet puny and /sickly. ns though Nature wiabod tn he avenged upon him for the valor of hie aneentors, he. In turn, took revenge upon Neter.. in hie prudery' by reereaming-there is no other word for it-hy esreemlng 01)1 to all the world the uglinees nf the men and women who traverity lave by the light of the moon an If Hose over the fortifteetione Their unairdonnIsie e,,,,rffetr.hatianivisaper to he healthier and st rong- Ones mare. lea vi ng 1111 f aslant. the ensmopolitan erowds, whew, reel gay ety gives the eity repurioun repute light-heertednean, the nld firoaliah joyouterieem of Perin la dead n dead bie to all. 40014 at t bt of Ideab orgisab TM 004 0 rot the ehlaftaar la 'Welt* thee 11fergflafeetel ltedieneelle Wbeit 001 Toefeelf. 11141110rir mienOmer Alit x. **mot la Ida 041 powerful MS refrain Of hia faloOtie ,IP011", troPiae to bappy people: " Out reel ite. your fest before You," ebeerful islet it f poetwrrs cRowN Jawsts• 114.comatetes ef vare, aaerassendsa The ihrasese Style merit Ifiereu. Alter the Csartaa's Ifaintlear Eadstins. Lady Londonderry's chadors ia of dia- monds and pearl.. At a recent magni- ficent function given la Dublin, iher ladyship wore 1300,000, or £60,000 worm ot jewele. Title Inctuded the diadem. Square -cut emeralds, surrounded by diamonds form the diadem which gilt - term epee tits fair bead a ber grace the Ocunteas of Aberdeeu. A double diadem. formed of die - monde, le one ot several crowns to Cul1111111310, the Duchess of Marlbor- ough's, repertotre-wby not repertoire! -at jewels. She alio owns a crown of rubies. and diamonds, which la reserved tor extra umasians, say when royalty Is great- ly in evidences. The efarchhaneste of Tweeddale af- fects a high diadem of diamonds in 3 Greek key pattern; ties entirely en- circles her head, and is abaolutely stunning In appearance, as well as be- coming ITS GLISTENING SPLENDOR. The Duchess of Rozburghe wears a towering crown of dlamonde, which adds nearly 6 inches to ter !might. Our Countess of Oraven, tertnerlY Miss Cornelia Bradley-Martfn, wears a coronet designed by her mother. !Wo• men who are rich enough to afford Boob regal luxuries as coronets, often have dialect individual ideas as to their construction. and have them made to order. The Countess of Craven's dia- dem of diamonds, eaoh a Viewless gem, 18 made in such asway that each Mae dhows to the best advantage, being mounted on a fine spire' Of gold wire, the whole surmounted on /mown of tilagreed gold. It is mid. by ebe way, to be worth 1250,000. As imy lady moves about the spirals quiver to and fro, forming a wavering halo of light about her. ' Since things a la allalie ;have become so much in vogue, the {grand dames of England particularly, and of other countries also, have ordered crowns for their heads fashioned entirely in Russian fashion. This is a shape with whieh plotures of the Czarina have made tie familiar. It is quite thigh in treat, slopicig to the sides, and flares back. This style of diadem is owned by the Viscountess Hood and that Eng- lish beauty, Lady Werwick. Sophie, Crown Princess of Greece, has a beautiful oorcenet of turquoise and diamonds, one of 6er/wedding pre- sents from her brother, the German Emperor. It is oomposed of three rowe of turquoise, all superb specimens of the gem, eaoh aeparated from the other by diamond% a row of the latter surmounting the other stones. The largest ot the turquoise is aear-shaped fund forms the CENTRE OF THE DIADEM. A great coronet was made lin the Countess of Castellani by a 'New York jeweler at the tame of ber marriage. It is magnificent, being one fiery and sparkling mass of brilliants, each gem Living beett specially selected. Mrs. Sarah Whiting, who resides in Balton, has a beautiful diamond tiara of u:ncommon form. It is very .hligh and shaped like a huge comb of an- tique fashion. 51ra. William Astor's tiara of dia- monds is famoua; besides this she has innu-merable combs set with diamonds, an well as a small coronet for everyday wear. • Mrs. John Jacob Astor's tiara lts en- tirely of diamonds. She has a tering of pearls which she sometimes :wears coiled in the bright binds of her hair, and again you see them either drawn across one bare shoulder or twisted in and out of the lace in`ber corsege. Mrs. Delanoey Kamen orcrwn of gems is said to be the roost beautiful orian- extent of its kind Jaen in New York ball rooms. It CONTAINS 250 FINE STONES. The jewels of Mrs. Leland 'Stanford are famous, but they are never worn nowadays by their owner, and it is surmise.d that the lady's will 'will be- queath them tu the univeraity «he and her huebend have founded. She has, indeed, already sold ninny and . given the proceeds to the college. The crown of all, in two senses ot the word,. la tee tiara of rose -pink, yellow and white diamond's. Mrs. Oliver Goelet has a comb welch la quite as effective in appearance as a crown; It is a Rornan gold, set with five beautiful pear-shaped pearls of great size. The lady is constantly adding to the gloriee of ber jewel box, not so m.uoh for love of gems; perhaps, as a planning way of spending some of her income of 8250,000. She hae a tiara of diamonds and rubiem which ab- sorbed a good share of e genre! In- ef:tualne.complete nets of jewels, 'each set 0 e fortunate woman is en .t hn ve having its necklace, tiarn, bracelets, riags and brooches. ft was bought of ex -Queen Isabella at tee time she parted wioh her royal jewels to pay her debts. Mrs. Marehnll Roberts Vivian pos. semen crown of pearl% but the beauty of her jewel hoe eves a triple band of diamonds which was always otne of the delights of any function which the lady graced with 'her pres- et:Sr" and her diamonds, when she re- sided lin New York. Another Ameri- can lady. Lily, Duchess of 'Marlbor- ough, of course has 'gem'. in regal alyteadance, tiara et diamonds and rubies among the number. OFFICIALS SENT FOR TRIAL reeoldent. lialrecter. and rater Areannuml of neater eine Merle traumatised. A Despatch from Montreal, sage - Messrs. William Weir, Frederick W, Smith. and Ferdinand Lemieux. re- spectively t be intendant, a director, and the chief necieuntant of the insol- vent Banque Ville Marie, were on Monday afternoon committed for trial on the Court of Queen's Bench by Judge Choquette, on the charge of having furnished to the Depertment of Finance at Ottawa a fable state - mere of the pcsition of the bnnk in June The defendants reserved their defenee until they (some before the higher court. Fn. magiatrate granted them until Tuesday afternoon to re- new their bail bonda in the name amounts. as before, TWO DROWNED. . ut Fruitier: ta Illotidia Fsenerlera ot Silver de Leap. illesebier. A despateh frem Ri OP!' Loup, Que.. neyar-On Thursday morning five young men. mimed 14 It White. man- ager of the People'fk Mink. of Halifax, D Harding ram ef Rev. G T Harding; .1 G Pommei aceountrint: of the Pon- ple`a flank. ef Halifax; Edwin and Waller Jarvis. Rom; of .1 A Jarvin. fleur merehent. sailed in a small yacht te o to Hare Islend T perty attempted C., reneh mhore In a amall canoe. when the latter stink with the five occuriente The only Irnici that amid :swim wan Pommet, who Raved Felwin Jaryla and 11 11 White and after groat efforta attempted in env!. heioi bete, hia at rengt h gave ,eityL The two horliee were found a `irk, %Ater . , 9401*.41111.. . t .„. Oft1.7$11114O DEPSAT Trifi 410049. A -ile*PittelX from 'motion. fiaturria,Y. intykraista first eerietle action batatetra OcItilsk and the Boers was fongbt Ifrritttria°144"41carup:tttiracoelhb9or tacKtriday°..4atitl vaulted. in a victoryi for the British. 1)ritiett commander is now dying trona *wound reeeived bathe engage - °ITT; battle la declared in Ids emcee- "hallsv'eli heti: atucb"itrepoo theirtanVitt'SrucTeleisc.e" antod the Landon irapere describe the victory ms The bill where the Dues artillery was welted, nod which was galiantly storm, ed by the, Irish Futtillers end the Eng - Eines in trice of a heavy rifle -fire by the Barra. Is variously de- scribed as Glencoe hill, Dundee Mil, and Telana hitl. It is about] two and a half wiles eget of the Glencoe bill. The Standard'. coreerpondent at. the Gleaeue camp says that the attacking force waa led 'by Canalmandantetleneral Joubert. Nobody but General Symons and tars staff were aware that the Boers intended to attack. thougb thee wete kuowu to be advancing swath - ward. Unusual preenutions were taken over night to guard against surprise. 'Ilse correeposidem adds that tbe Boer ar- tillerymen judged the range badly. and that tee quudity of their ammumitiun was very poor. !Scarcely sit shell's burst within the British,linee. The absence of details regarding the British losses in the engagement at Gleume, camp causes the deepest anx- iety, and: the Wer Office la again be- siegeeeeke relative/1unit I riende of those making up the force Gaut took part in t he fight. tienecti Syrautu. et 7 30 ordered a general advance a the infantry bri- gade. which he aceumpunied. Tlae luau hied beim exerciatid fur weeks past in taking advantage ef Boyer, and they earned, out the (action thorough- ly. A terrific fire from thiee Brit tab bat- eeries at a =me of 2,500 yards cover- ed tee advents°. Several of tee Boer guns were ailenoed before the e'weliers began to olimb the hill, and by the time the infantry were within a them- sanet yard.s of the crest the Boer lir- .1114.0s was nompletely silenued by the excellent British practice. The Beetles mean:While kept up a heavy rifle tire, which thinned the British ranks oonsiderably. The cor. reapcmdent continues :- "By nine o'clock the Irish Fusiliers and Royal Rifles had /swarmed over the hill, and the Boers wore on the run. Meantime the Eighteenth Hussars, all the colonial and Imperial mounted in- fantry, and the Leiceatershire regi- ment, had been moved north and east. Tbis practically out off the Boers' main line of retreat. "The...enemy were caught between two fires, and lost heavily. Al noon the fighting was still going on, but he defeat/ of the enemy was already Coln- plete and crushing. It looks as ta dug b few would escape. S1101. IN THE, TEIIGII. Gen. Symore. was shot the thigh during the notion. It was et first thought that the wound, while severe, was not Barlow., hut later it wax found to be naortal. ATTACK ON IldAFEK.IN(I. The Mulching eorrempondent he Landon Daily Mail, writiag oo Satur- day, says: -"1 am banding this to my orderly with instructions to take it to linstnan, 200 attires away, where he will hand it to native runners, who will he .ruitructrid to reach Meoptuwn, to the eoutiewest of Kimberley , voiding that place as mama 118 porisible; owing to Boer inveatment. "the lioern began the Investment of Mafeking in real earnest at six o'clock Satuirday .morning. For some days they have been mkirting the town in small bodies but .hitve begun to matim in force on the a'rentivatit nide "Col. letden-Powell ordered an iirm- oured train and a part of the Bechu- analand Protectorate regiment to go out aga lust them n d Kee t hey cou Id brealo up the strongest lore% •"Iley went out a distance of four miles, and directly they came in range opened fire with Maxims, scattering the Hoak. The enemy al once rode off in hot haste further Into the veldt, and away from the railway, ttru4 the troope pursued Mid overtook therni " The enemy, were in a eliellered position, while our men were in the open, and therefore mut h x11.084.'1 Volley firing weir started at 900 ya rds, and soon became hot on both eideS, A nuniber of our men were wounded, while many riderless -a Boer horses rushed acmes the plain. " Our fire soon seatteral the f•neany, but at that moment, their general, whom we believed tio be Croon., putrh- ed up starve reiciforoementa, 'anti a hot eng a gnmen t wbu r red . OuT men be- lie red superbly. Reinforeionente were hurried up by Col. Baden-Powell from %linking, chastest ing, of he rest of t he Protectorate region, ti I , I he Diamond Feldts' Horike, easier Col lions, with two/glans, and Lord Hentinek, with criteplik of srutnm 'the artillery noon got the' range, and the Doers were mplendidly abelled. They %gore natio, imbed by, the accuracy of our fire. " A asuronirt h r inmir ‘r .1 train eats di. ripatehed f man Ma fek loge( he wil chnrtered police, and a fierce general fight rollicked l'Itimately the Beerm. demoralized hy the splendid work of our men, beton gradual ly to V4 it ht1raw. and by. 11 Waite* they were efortplete• ly driven crff They undoubtedly stir feral heavy lose. Tire return- ed Mafeking exalted over I heir vie - tory • Oar Illee wee 2 killed amd 14 wires ed SOLDIERS ALL DRUNK. KUorloul On* by libilsIsey Illoal• so Natalia. A despetch from Cincinnati, says - The iltit is Regimen t of volunt eers route from Marnewhiketts to Manila was delayed lwre by enforced drum- head cow I -trua rl in on account of fin epidemic of drualkonnesa The first nectIon arrived on Wednesday over the Chesap.eake nal Ohio and held high carnival They had whiekey Reef -pl- ed on the train Col Hegie immediate- ly called a drum -heal court-martinl. whish Rent 36 of the worst offenders to the Columbein barrerlts, As the other sections arrived during the day it Wt11.1 (011/1d t ha t there Was plenty of whet key aboard them atao, and the sup- ply wan greatly increased here, so that the fmir reeetione were all sideorank- ed west of this eity at Valley Junetion for more trials by drum -bead reurt- ma rt lel, and additional inetalmentn were on Theraday sentenced to the Columbun barrack.; guard-bouae awaiting further action Everything lean been in readiness by the Pig Four railway ranee Wednesday noon to car- ry (be regiment to St. liArtlift. hut re int a re Thlerad a.y afternoon atilt held at Valley Junction. „r Caahafai /flit Yerterra Atteretlech/ the qoat's popvlooko *TAW Ayr itt hava a new, riak, use Dunbar farm in Erin AO taoltat sold for fittiga. Ifrin Public Eibrary haa telgti: it* tunes on its desire*. A,rthur'm new Pres,byterlaia thank will coat 1110,000. Otte of the Separate sebeela Del*, vino has been clotted. . , A tarns in Caledon township Weill** cently sold for 116,68a. Nowapaper men In Uncoil; cattestat may tome an associatiou. • Peterbo.roet populatihn is 13,54e, A decrease ot 300 a year. A. R. Doldie hes been chose' prest. dent of the Galt Canadlaa Oleb. The receipts of the Ceatre WelHag- ton Exhibitiou at Fergus reached 3.400. James Sktmeer.tof Ptsterboroe beg been appointed 0.-P. Re agent at Owen.. Sound. James Borne, formerlY all °Allis tailor. its now practieing medicitte Illinole. The new C. P. R., roundhouse at Wort William is to be built entirely of stone. A. B. COX and pr. OlunpbeU are spoken of as, majorette, candidata, In Loudon. It la estimated tbat doge have killed 19.600 worth of sheep in Nassagawaya towaship. A Board of Trade has been organized in BracebrIdge. with W. P. Kinsey as president. Hereafter Peterboro's town /solicitor will be pulti hy the fee system and not by salary, Major G. 51. anderson. a former resident of Morrisburg. died at Hast- ings., Mica,. Nelson Roman Catholics claim that their new church is the finest in the Kootenay distriot. _Kingston claim.. it has not decreased in population though the assessors put the decrease at 600. T. E. Niohola, formerly of Walker.. ton. has been appointed manager of the Merchants Bank at Gladstone. Len Mitchell. of Orillia. has taken up his reaidence in Rochester. Before leaving he was given a gold locket by his frienda. Master Lorne O'Reilly, of Amaranth. has diaplaeed remarkable physical abil- ity for one of his years and weight. The young lad is but twelve years old and tips the bosun at 73 pounds. yet in the matter of carrying grain he pots - Hesse,. strength whioh many an older buy might covet. On Friday last at a t hanthing in the neighbourhood he carried a bag of wheat -105 pounds -a distance of 48 yards. PLAGUE SPREAD BY RATS. 11,t r.ROwBRID0_,O1F,ar.11Tigy.,TgERi.11,4:Ry n y 3 111tPrraribleagdgis73°-There W tlt/1 ti time when ranti litth'tagaciere-. -trnd don t you t hink no Mrs image -0k no ou nee my hunhend home flnour rtit+Te nwo.Tak1 tvith such a foroke of dot hat he. has to be eferried up the rat epn. anti I've got nectortomett to it Mr, lian•on Causes a Among L01111011 .11.111t1111 Mae Dr. Mansura in the couese of his 041 - therm at the inauguration of the Lon- don School of Treenail Medicine, caused a sensation by the souphasill he laid on the declaration that the ordinary rat is reriponmilde for the majority of league outbreaks Ile says that in the fact that rats are peculiarly subject te this Infection lice the present dan- ger uf the British Wee. If one rat, he says, arrival at the port or London ou a ship beiling (ruin is plaftrue port. the rut would die , budy, teeming with plague bacilli, Wo11111 1iti eaten by Other rats, and so the plague %%mild get a foothold Or t lie fleas infect- ing the sick rodent kiould ti a Hafer thentseivee to 01 her ral s, w hie h it I urn would become infected eith the plague. Thus, we kvouhl have, before long, un underground epidetnir of the bubonic peat in London. '' At tee -,mesent juncture,'" Dr. Man- SOn cOnClUdt•d, weec 1 the responsible Mnitary head of any Wen in Eur- ope, in anticipation of a possibility (louvered with whieb the horror and destructiveness of a general European war would be a trifle, I would do my Ltintoiit. to have evil rv rat -and, it pos- sible, every innuer-ein in y dist rict irromptly exterminated." In view of Dr Manson's position and reptutntion---for it wars be who first suggeoted that mosquitoes; were re- sponsible for Malarial infection -the London plovers rieumly diecuse the idea of starting a univereal raid on the rats in all the large seaports , ---,lb-- MURDERED IN THE STREET. Inknovin Ilan killed la ihr Street -Italtr bery lbe tlostre. a A &viva tc hi from Winnipeg, Man., Ryes -The laxly of an unknown men W/18 found in In out lying portion of the western part of the city on Tues- day night He was [Omit thirty years of Age. 11e was d NCO ve al by a rah driver near 110122LOS of ill -fame, in one of w,hich the murder may bare been committed. 140 was shot in t he left temple, he bee lodging in the bask of the neck There is a Stil4p1C100 that robbery WAR the object, as t poet/sot ware turned inside ivut, his watch knd chain were left 1141 1101 permits, and the polices lire dubious ar to the reel object. TO MOVE THE WHEAT. -- Iuserlr lerrel• 5111111 be Silinsvedi lin Ply Irrilvreris rats leore, A &aplomb from Ottawa says --Ow- ing to the great.quantity of wheat at Fort William awniting traneport 10 Depot- Harbour, which it is claimed to 110 Imponnible for Caivide.ti vessels to Moeti. the Governinent has 80 spended for the norm inde r of he Rea sen t sect ulna of the ing laws prevent- ing the r ge of retail from one nadian port to 'knot her hy American ail/eels It is stated that there are now four million buishels al Fort Wit_ lien', and that bei ween three and four herretred en rs A re arriving daily. FUNERAL'S IN PERM One of the t'llt10101 tie,. of Peru for- bid. earieri to filnerallS, and they do not aopear eeddinge un - 'PPR they are Very intimate frienda When a fUnei a 1 proakeion pastes through the st reel s, the roffin ie ear- ned upon the shoulders of the pall- bearers, whit re fol low etl by an empty hearer, drawn hy two, four Or 81X hortileis accord ng to 1 means of the Mourn- ers and their ilksire for display All the male members of the family and flien,fa of the leakesed follow on font, eith a lin, of empty carriages behind them As long as they aro in the pres- ence of the dead it is confederal a pro- per and sweet:nitro evaience of respect tn walk After the hody hap been rem - mated to the grave Orme who at- tend tbe funeral are btrmight home in the earriages. VIE RULING PASSION Grsetneea. John I How queer be ba by leek,. I believe he te going to Mayo ni fit py Geerge I t blipeor. are right Where's my earner!. it atom -