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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1894-9-6, Page 2TOO Subscribers who de i of receive their payer promptly will please i.otity us at once. Advertising rates ou application. THE EXETER ADVOCATE, TH.URISDAY, SEPTEMBER ii,1S94. Week's € ominerelal Summary. The United States Credit Systeln Co,. of Newark, N.J. was placed in the hands of a receiver un the 24th /net, The Suez Canal is only eighty-eight miles long, but it reduced the distance from Creat Britain to India, by sea, near- ly 4,000 miles. The total value of the mineral prodate tion of Canada last year was $19,250,000, being a quarter of a million less than the previous year. The Direct United States Cable Com- pany's annual report shows a falling off of £5,983 in revenue, attributed to com- mercial depression. A railroad between Coaizaeoalcos and Salina Cruz, Mexico, which opexis a new means of transportation between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific coast, has been recently completed, China's Imperial Canal is the largest • in the world and the greatest in point of traffic. Its length is 2,100 miles, and it connects forty-one cities situated on its banks. It was completed in 1850, after 600 years spent in its construction. There was a considerable decrease in the cumber of failures in the Dominion last week as compared with the previous week, when the number was forty-five, or double that of last week, when the num- ber was twenty-two, as against twenty- seven of a year ago. It is reported that all the rubber manu- factories controlled by the Rubber Trust will shut down September lst for two weeks or a month. These plants employ 12,000 or 14.000 people. It is stated in some quarters that this is through lack of orders. It is added the price of goods will be advanced September 1. The ;latest mail advices from Kobe, Japan, are to July 10th, when the rice season was reported closed. The exports for the season amounted to 44,465 tons undressed and 20,401 tons polished, mak- ing a total of 64.866 tons, and comparing with last season's shipments at 60,641 tons undressed. 32,423 dressed, or a total of 93,064 tons. Manufacturers of ostrich feathers, says the Economist's Berlin correspondent, are very busy. They have ahead a season such as they have not seen for many years. It cannot be said that any special article in this branch is a leader, every- thing made of ostrich feathers being good. Long and half -long amazons find a good market. Ostrich feather trimming is liked. In this latter are seen many -eerie- *time. Chinese and rolled borders have entirely disappeared. but in their place are seen borders made of small feathers in the form of a Iarge strip of ostrich feathers on which are added small tips. This style has so far been brought out in black only. Measured by the earnings of the Unit- ed States railroads reporting for August to date, the volume of business is still be- low the corresponding period of last year. But if allowance is made for any shading of rates represented in the earnings for this year. the slight decrease will disap- pear. The aggregate of gross earnings of all roads in the United States report- ing for August to date is $6,.523,199, a decrease of 8 per cent. compared with the corresponding period in 1893, and for nearly the same roads of 16.0 per cent. compared with 1892. The bulk of the loss compared with 1892 is due to the heavy decrease reported by the Northern Pacific, and nearly all of the southwest- ern roads. Omitting then the loss on the others is 10.0 per cent. But, in 1892, with a steady volume of business, rates were much more staple than either this year or last, so that earnings on the swine traffic would be larger. Messrs. M. H. Peterson & Co., Col- borne, report as follows on the prospects of apples s "United States—Maine. New Hampshire and Massachusetts will pro- bably have 75 per cent. ; Vermont, 35 per cent. ; Connecticut, 50 per cent. ; New York, 40 per cent., but some reliable re- ports state more ; Pennsylvania and Ohio, some parts light and some well loaded; Michigan, 55 per cent. ; Illinois and Indiana. 25 per cent. ; Wisconsin and Missouri, 60 per cent.; the greater quantity of which is fall fruit; Iowa and Nebraska, 75 per cent.: Kansas and Mis- souri, 55 per cent. ; Oregon and Par ilc slope, fully average. Great Britain—The crop will be light. Continent—Reports vary, surae indicating small, while other, indicate in certain dxstriets a fair yield. Nova Scotia—The crop is fairly good, fully equal to last year. Ontario—A summing up of a great number of re- ports frons many sections would indicate 50 per cent. of an average crop. It is quite apparent from the above that the only reliable market this season for Can- adian apples is abroad. and that the United States, instead of 'being large re- ceiver.. of Canadian apples as last year, will be quite heavy exporters, and neces- sarily the quantity to go forward to Great Britain as compared with last year will be many times greater. It has been by some estimated that this year's crop in the United States and Canada is as large as in 1892 and 1893, when 1,200,000 bar- rels were exported, but it must be remem- bered. if this be true that owing to the distressing financial depression prevailing in the United States, and to a greater or less degree the world over, the consump- tion will be curtailed as far as possible, and role equently a limited demand as compared with those years. It is appar- ent that our only reliable market this season is Great Britain, and the ruling prices will entirely depend on. the de- mand and the totality and quantity of apples going forward. We Canadians have many reasons to congratulate ourselves on the soundness of our financial institutions and oer cur- rency generally. The Century for Au- gust hes an interesting article on "I,e„ al Tonder Money in .History." and draws attcntioxi to the fact that while the "000. they Dictionary" defines the phrase as "currency which. van lawfully be used in paying a debt, a briefer and more com- mon definition Would be " compulsory eircudation." An authority is quoted as saying it should be "ani art by which had money •rnay be forced into use so as to drive gond money out of eire:dation." A careful histo:i'ieal research shows that `"no decree and no statute of legal tender ever originated anywhere except, for the purpose of forcin r a debased coin into cir- culation. or for the purpose of collecting a forced loan by making papa substi- tutes for coin a lege tender for debts." The first case of legal tender ou record is said to have been in Greece in the eixtle century before Christ, when Solon de- based the coinage so that 100 stew drachmae were worth no more than 78 of the old ones. The Roman Sc nate reduced the weight of copper money during the sec- ond funic war. Philip of Spain, in 1500, debased the pound sterling, and enforced the eireulation of the depreciated money based upon it by decree of legal tender. It is said that Edward III., of England, over 500 year ago debased the coin, and by a dee+ree of the crown made it a penal offense to refuse the debased money. About 200 years ago James II., when reigning ix1 Dublin after abdicating the dual throne, when confronted with an empty treasury, thought, as Macauly says. that "he could extricate himself front his fivaneial difficulties by the sine, pie process of calling a farthing a shill- ing." He reasoned that since the right of seining money belong, to the royal prerogative, the right of debasing the coinage must also belong to it. It is well known that the same thing has been done in various ways and times in the United States, in the Argentine Republic and other countries, and all the diversified forms of debased money were made legal tender, and their circulation was forced by all the powers of the governments which had issued them. Good money needs no act of legal tender to make it circulate, and the great international commerce of the world has been carried on in all ages without international aotof legal tender, The traders of the world have selected gold as the medium of ex- change, winds answers the purpose so well. Bi-metallists should consent to the free coinage of both gold and silver with no legal tender quality imposed upon either, the values to be regulated by sup- ply and demand or the cost of production. That would be doing as much for one metal as another, and it :could soon be demonstrated which metal the people pre- ferred to use as money, Here and There. Advertising presses the button, in. that it brings people to your store ; the merit of the goods must do the rest. xxx The Chinese and Japanese fleets have as much trouble in finding each other as have two professional pugilists. xxx News comes from the Oriental war seat that Corea sides with Japan. In the ex- citement over the fight the general public had entirely forgotten Corea. xxx It is said that through an error in the United States Tarin Bill diamonds may get in free. The possibility of such a thing is alarming, and the poor will hear of it with dread. xxx The British Board. of Trade is now thor- oughly convinced that the Canadian herds have isolated cases of a highly con- tageous disease. They must regard this as a colonial peculiarity. xxx Two years ago a healthy cholera scare saved Canada and the United States from an invasion of the disease, Another au- thentic case in England emphasizes the necessity for another scare. xxx One practical result of the Oriental war is the heavy borrowing of Japan, And the little Japs, now under the minimum fighting age, will work in their day to pay interest to the heirs and assigns of the lenders. xxx .A. Kentucky editor says that 'call the assaults of that blatant infidel who edits the atheistic sheet across the way can not bring discredit upon the Bible or tarnish the fair fame of its illustrious author, Thomas Jefferson." xxx A census has been taken of the writers for British newspapers, and it has been found that the total number of women among then, is 660, as against 5,112 men, Fourteen of these women are under 21 years of age, and 20 confesses to more than 65 years. xxx The effort which American syndicates are making to turn the Falls of Niagara into electricity to the destruction of the natural spectacle will likely be put a stop to. If not, in a few years the tourist will be shown where the falls once were and the holes into which they were diverted to earn money for the syndicaters,' xxx Tlie New York World started a discus- sion on suicide, and among others who gave opinions was Ingersoll, the well- known agnostic. He took the view that suicide was a commendable way of escap- ing from the cares of life, and since then there has been a marked increase in the number of suicides. As a power for evil, Ingersoll is still eminent. xxx One item in the bill to be presented to the State of Illinois by the Pullman Com- pany is "15,000 fur injury clone by the State militia. The soldiers were housed in eight palace cars, and they carved their names in every available part of the finished woodwork. Those who wore dia- monds were also able to leave their ini- tials on the plate glass mirrors. xxx There is a theatre in Paris for every 82,000 inhabitants. one in Berlin for ev- ery 01,000, one in Bordeux for 8.1.000, one in Buda -Perth for 85,000, oneinHambrog for 113,000, ane in Vienna for 188,000 and one in London for 14,5,000. There are more theatres proportionately to the pop- ulation in Italy than in any other coun- try in the world, there being one to 9,800 inhabitants in Catania. one to 15,000 in Florenlfe, one to 20,000 in Bologna, one to 24,000 at Venice, one to 30,000 at Mi- lan and Turin and one to 31,000 in Rome. ixxx 't?'Preeideirt Casimir-1'erier is one of the hest -gnarled raters in Europe. A flying brigade of police agents in civilian cos- tume lilts been created to follow the Presi- dent stop 1 ey step wherever he goes. When M. Casinnir-Perir is al out to start from the .',lyses the Prefecture of the Police is. apprised 1;y telephone of the place to which ho is going, as well as to the route he is to take, Before he leas crossed the gate, of the palace a carriage is already on the street, With orders to fellow the preeidrontial conveyance, and not to lose sight of it, This nan(euver is repeated several tines daily, for the President goes out frequently, either in .0 carriage or on foot. XXX In Koxituelcy they do not habitually burn xoegrocs ; but a story 'O ilex front the wires whish suggests the -thought that if the auto -do -1e were introduced in that Erin... state dt might prove 'a popular'spectaele, The story is that a women of badrepute- tion was nailed to a tree by her hands and feet, her orucifiers being a Member of women who objected to her course of life. '4. wide departure this from the treatment which another woman of bad reputation received from one to whom sin *as More loathsome than to the Kentuckian dames, "He that is without sin amou ' yeti; let ' him cast the first stone at her, said the Masten'.. As between kindness and cruei- fixion as rival remedies for social evils, history proves that the former is more ef- fective ; although mankind --and woman- kind too--are,slow to learn the lesson. XXX Chula is outting a poor figure in the war with J'apon. The active little Japs are proving too much for the dull Chinese whose movements are cumbersome in comparison. The difference is distinct an the Pacific coast. There one will meet with Japanese gentlemen traveling for knowledge and pleasure, who are well- dressed, well-informed and in marked contrast to the Wealthy Chinamen met with. The Japanese whom one meets in traveling pride themselves upon their fluency in the English tongue, see an attraction in European dress, in which they follow the styles with sprightly ex- actness, and are courtly and genteel in their bearing always. To hint that they are in any way related to tlxe Chinese would be to insult them. They are a progressive and companionable people, the Chinese the reverse, and that is the reason the successes of the Japanese are popular. Xxx SUGGEST1yi] IF TRUE.—A St. Mary's man who has four daughters who are of mariageable age, sent his sofa to be re- novated, and the following is a partial list of the articles which had slipped be- tween the back and cushion as counted and recorded : Forty-seven hair -pine , three moustache combs, ninete5n suspend-, er buttons, thirteen needles, thirty-five cigarettes, eight grains of coffee, forty- seven cloves, twenty-seven cuff buttons, six pocket knives, fifteen poker chips, a vial of homeopathic medicine, thirty- four lumps of chewing gum, fifty-nine tooth -picks, twenty-eight matches, thirty- nine collar buttons, eleven neckties, two love -letters, a few pieces of candy, two dimes, three quarters, one pickle, eighteen buckles, five lead pencils, one pen and four button hooks. How Our Banks Stand. The official statement for July shows that there are ithir'ty-nine chartered banks doing business in Canada, fourteen of which have headquarters in Quebec and ten in Ontario. The aggregate authorized capital of all these financial institutions ix $75.458,- 000, of which over 365,000,0110 is paid up. The total reserve fund is 327.160,000; notes in circulation aggregate $29,801,- 000 ; and the deposits made by the public amount to 3176,500,000, of which nearly $65,000,000 is subject to call. That banking is a fairly profitable busi- ness is shown by the statements of divi- dends paid on stock: In Ontario only one bank paid as low as six per cent., three paid seven, three eight, and the Imperial, Toronto, and Dominion ran up to nine, ten and twelve respectively. In Quebec the dividends ran from ten in the case of the Bank of Montreal to four in that of Banque de St. Jean ; in Nova Scotia, the figure was from eight to six; in New Brunswick, from twelve to six ; in Prince Edward, from eight to six; in British Columbia it was seven, and in Manitoba, where the one bank is in liqui- dation, it was nothing at all. Altogether the showing is a most favor- able one. With one bank out of thirty- nine in trouble, and the rest paying divi- dends of from four to twelve per cent„ Canada must be considered as an excel- lent financial condition. FIRING A 100 -TON GUN. Different Methods of Escaping the Great Shock. 01The man who has never been in close proximity to a 100 -ton gun when it is fired can have but little conception of the noise and vibration," said Lieut. John W. Leigh, a retired naval officer, who is on his way to San Francisco,` and.who stopped off in St. Louis and was seen in the Southern rotunda. ,' Partly by courtesy and partly chance, I was on the Thunderer at the siege of Alexandria, some twelve or thirteen years ago. Two sets of advice were given me as to how to act when then big guns were fired. Old experienced seamen can stand the shocks by raising on their toes the moment the word is given to fire. The, majority of people, however, find it necessary in order to preserve their ear drums from perfora- tion, to lie down, resting most of the weight on their hands and toes. Even with this precaution, the Sensation is most unpleasant until one gats used to it. Even with the comparatively small guns in general use inthe navy, the concussion on board a ship when a shot is fired is very annoying, but the enormous guns used so generally in European navies are a source of ternible clanger to the crew as well as the enemy, and I doubt if they could possibly be used in a hand-to-hand encounter, useful as they are for destroying distant ports." FALL FAIRS, Toronto ........ Montreal London... Kingston 'Wellesley . Renfrew Guelph Central Quebec. Bowmanville Ottawa Peterborough Goderich Cayuga 1894. ............ Sept. 3-15 Sept, 13-20 Sept, 13-22 Sept, 17-21 Sept. 18-19 Sept. 18-19 Sept. 18-20 Sept. 10-15 Sept. 18-21 Sept. 21-22 Sept. 21-29 Sept. 24.26 Sept.. 25-26 Sept. 25-26 Woodstock .......... Sept. 20-26 Paisley Sept, 25-26 Prescott Sept. 20-27 Charlottetown Collingwood Brantford .... Stratford Brampton Seaforth ',South Huron) Arthur Pari, Chatham Walkerton Pnslinch (Aberfoyle) Sept. 20-27 Sept. 25-28 Sept, 211-28 Sept, 27-28 Sept. 27-28 Sept. 27-28 Oct. 2-8 Elora . 0.00.,......., Smithville, , .., Otter'ville Oct. 4-5 Masaateaiveya, Brookville.. 0 Oct, 5 Oct. 2-8 Oct. so4, Oct. 2-4 Oct. 4 Oct, Oct, 4-5 4-5 Ridgeeown u h • e • 6000a6 8.10 Tilsoxxbung ' Oct, . ' 9-10 Burford .. , .,.... , Oct, 11.12. Sirncoe Oct. 16-18 ,Oct. 17.18 r.. 000.0... NEWSY . CANADIAN ITEMS 'I IIE WEEK'S HAPPENINGS. Interesting Items:and Incidents, Import- ant and instructive, Gathered from the Various Provinces. Cricket is Bradford's favorite pastime. Peterbcro's rate of taxation is 17 mills.. Hobart has another outbreak of scarlet fever. Barrie had. 4,000 visitors on its eivic holiday. Many cattle about Oshawa have oph- thalmia, Mrs. Sarah Hunter, aged 91, has died at Downie. A large summer hotel is to be built at Rond Eau. The apple crop about Stouffvile will be a small one. The town maples of Woodstock have been trimmed. Mr. Herman Meinke, an old resident of Waterloo, is dead. The Hotel Normandie, Sarnia, has been sold to a Detroit man. A Vancouver syndicate wants to run Nanaitno's electric railway, A Port:Hope garden has a sunflower 12 feet high with 67 flowers on it. Parish Hall, Walpole Island, has been opened with fitting ceremonies, A Hobart man has an American con- tract for 3,000 canthook handles. A creat improvement in business throughout Manitoba is reported. A company of South Sea Islanders is giving entertainments in Manitoba, The steam yacht Aberdeen is said to be the handsomest boat on the Rideau. Humphrey Moynahan, of Windsor, was drowned at Sandwich while bathing. Caulfield village is talking about the organization of a mechanics' Institute. Windsor will soon use natural gas at 25 cents a thousand with 10 per cent. dis- count. A by-law to provide for a sewer service at Niagara Falls, Ont„ was defeated by a majority. The forty --three-year-old goose belong- ing to Mr. Cook, of Glenwilliams, died last week. Bush fires have become dangerous in the neighborhood of Stratford and also of Brantford. John N. Knechtel has sold his 35 -acre farm adjoining Brussels to James Shaw for 82,500. Mr, R. S. Jenkins, of Toronto, has been appointed classical master at Orangeville High school. The will of the late W. N. Nichols, school inspector, shows 3860 personalty and no realty. It has been decided that Pickering can tax the Bell Telephone Company only on 8400 income. Hugh Lynn, the Savary Island murder- er, was executed at Now Wesminster, B. C.. on Saturday. There was a little fire recently in. the Fleury foundry works, Aurora, but little damage was done. The Calgary School Board has engaged a lady teacher from Woodstock and an- other from Quebec. Rev. R. G. Stevens, of Elkhornhas Mark's asked to take charge of St. mission, Winnipeg. While searching a tramp arrested the other day the Ottawa police found. over $2,000 on his person. Seymour G. Easton, one of Brockville's most highly esteemed and well-known re- sidents, died recently. Edward Chambers, of Port Hope, was accidently shot by a young lady at Rice Lake, but may recover. The Lyman street, St. Catharines, and Thorold Baptist churches will be consti- tuted one pastoral charge. During a recent storm lightning struck Neil McDonald's place, Heath Head, Ont., three times simultaneously. The funeral of the late Hon. C. F, Fraser at Brockville Sunday was the largest ever seen in the town, Ancient St. John's Lodge, A.F. and A. NI., of Kingston, held its first meeting 100 years ago Tuesday of last week. A Chatham man is willing to light St. Thomas with electricity at 20 cents per lamp per night, moon or no moon. The assessment of the plant and pro- perty- of the Bell Telephone Co. in Orilla has been reduced from 32,800 to $509. A bicycle club is being organized in connection with the Nanaimo Literary, Athletic and Temperance Association. Frog catchers in Northumberland County have asked the Ottawa authorit- ies to make a close season for that species of game. Rev. R. Horner, a Methodist minister, of Pembroke, has been suspended for not taking the station assigned to him by conference. Rev. Dr. Chiniquy has just celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday, and was present- ed with an address and a purse of money at Montreal. Mrs, Georgina L., wife of Rev, Walter Rigby, pastor of the Colborne Street Methodist Church, London, died sudden- ly last week. • John Haislop, a 'West Nissouri farmer, was killed in London Monday by his team running away and throwing him from a load of oats. A little five-year-old girl'inKincardine named Ruby Boal, foil oat of an apple tree into which she climbed the other day, and was killed. The by-law to raise 510;000 to extend Col.lingwood's electric light system was defeated by the ratepayers of that town by a majority of 115. Gorge Harris and Thomas Beattie, two Owen Sound boys, have been sent to the Central Prison for six months for stealing billiard balls. Stratford City Council has been peti- tioned by 120 business men to have all telephone, electric and telegraph poles re- moved from the streets, Robert Morrison, aged seventy-five, fell down and died. on Saturday near his home at Singhampton, Ont., while re- turning from a fishing title), A large busii fire is 'raging near the Village of Burford. All day Sunday farmers and numbers of others made tre- mendous efforts to head pit the flames, but without mush sitcom. ' If a high wilnd, springs up the damage cannot fail mow Varicocele, Emissions, Nervous Debility, Seminal Weakness, Gleet, Stricture, Syphilis, Unnatural Discharges, Self Abuse, Kidney and $ladder Diseases Positively Cured by Te eW etog Treat atWo gerfui Dt s� SCOYe �1 � liarlou can Deposit the Money in Your Bank or with Your Postmaster to be paid us after you are CURED under a written Guarantee! "SW Abusa, Excesses and Blood Diseases have wrecked the lives of thousands of young men and middle aged mon. 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It is said four of the Curran bridge offs vials, including Chief Engineer Parent and Superintendent Kennedy, have been dismissed by the Government. ktcKechnie's sawmills at Durham, Ont., were burned Monday evening, together with. a lot of lumber. Firebugs are be- lieved to have cansed the blaze. Since the spring twenty-one thousand pilgrims are reported to have passed over the Canadian Pacific Railway on their v: ey to the shrine of St. Anne. Mr. W. C. Mitchell, classical master of the Whitby Oollegiate Institute, has ac- cepted a similar position in the Bishop Ridley School at St. Catharines, Eddie Langraf, with his brother Fred and another young roan of Port Colborne, wort snilirg on the like Sunday. Their boat capsized, and Eddie Langl'af was drowned. A Brussels young lady took her bicycle end wheeled to Henfryn one day last week, picked a pailful of berries and re- turned in the evening with the results of her labor, The value of settlers' effects brought into Canada from the United States in 1893 was $1,600,000. The value of like articles brought from Great Britain was only 3511,000. Hamilton City- Council has resolved that the Finance Committee consider the advisability of the city building and osier - sting electric railways' to Guelph, Brant- fond and other points, It is rumored that the Rev. Geo. Wye, of Christ church, Am herstburg, is going to renounce his allegiance to the Anglican faith and Protestantism and join the Catholic 'church. William l.iprague, porter of a London hotel,' in his sleep on Nlondey'night walk - ad. out. of his hedrooill window one the third floor end fell onto a specs and .fx'oin there to .the ground. Ae was badly bruised. A petition is being circulated, praying the Minister of Justice to release old num Stinson, who was • convicted stone four ;}'ears ago. for counterfeiting. He is serv- ing ten years' sentence in 'Kingston peni- tentiary. Oflieial returns farther fiscalear y just closed show•that only 2,109 Chinemen arrived in Canada during 1893-94, while 666 registered to return to China with the right to come back to Canada within six months. Rey. A. C. Courtice, of Kingston, has, given up the guaranteed salary hitherto enjoyed by the pastor of Sydenham street Methodist Church, and will accept in lieu thereof a quarterly collection. Barrie has twenty magistrates and nineteen constables. Orilla has fifteen magistrates and fifteen constables. For• its size Bradford abounds in magistrates, having eleven and three constables. P.rineigal Grant and Archbishop Cleary enjoyed a hearty hand shake when they met ou the platform at the unveiling of the statue in memory of the Irish immi- grants in Kingston the other evening. The call of the Presbyterian congrega- tion of Grimsby, Ont., to Rev. John Mllir, M.A., of Edinburgh, Scotland, has been sustained by the Hamilton :Presbytery, anal the induction set for September 20. A young man named Edward Dand- gruff, of Port Colborne, was drowned there Sunday. Ile and two others were out sailing and the boat capsized. The ' two saved were picked up by the steamer Tyman and brought to Port Colborne. J. R. Booth's lumberyard in Rochester - vine, the southwestern portico). of Ottawa, , was swept by fire Sunday evening. Sev- en or eight million feet of lumber, piled over ten acres of ground, were consumed, In Canada convic tions for crime. mope bored 4,000 in 1892 and 4,620 in 1898. In proportion to the inhabitants the crime in Ontario places this Province the third on the list. British Coltuinbia has twen- ty-six criminals to each 10,000 of popula- tion, the Ternitoiries twelve and Ontario ten, Quebec comes fifth, with only tune criminals to each 10,090 inhabitants. .A. Canadian bullock, the largest ever lainded in England, teas sold recently at Sluelrihall, Glasgow. The animal was a cross -grecs Shorehorn, came :Nem Ontario and stooclsevonteen hands high, measur- ing eight feet from the crown of the head to the tail, whilst its gross weight was slightly over a. tun. • The bulloek was well-proportioned beast, tool Twee sold £28 5s, ',Elie colors of a chana.elooin change instantaneously, .but re considerable length of tibia. Th. is a provision 0t nature fijr the pr of •a helpies.-s annual from into enemies.