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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-12-16, Page 3THE 0 Proceed sion of The Esti)n peuditc A Larg oniruti" The Sai Toronto, tore sat fo permitted Lord's Da and the Haycock's municipal • Toronto, night the an interest Mr. Misca tion, of a question, motion of ernment. Stratton, had spokes speech. mo the addres "We jot: Your Hon duty ilnpo United. 51 imported i that the G �•not taken Into lumbi under licei Departtnet Mr. Flat House, ad ji Toronto, the Logish longest ad+ delivered 1 the dobatt House ass for West 1 throughott until the recess he r Ile was on McKay rel ernment b ed. Toronto, the session islaturo la; in reply to and the v tho Gover 54, nays 27 wound u concludin4 Toronto, laturo yest down the a total exp the ensuil summary House: FOR Divil Gov Legislatio: Administl Education Public In tenant Immigrati Agricultu Hospitals, MainttllaI Covers menta Public Bu (1) Rep Public We (1) Ropo Charges o .Statute Cc Miscellanc tTnforesee; Total Public Bu (2) Capi Public le (2) Capi, •Colonizati Total :Refund A Total 1. Currel 1898 .2. On Ca S. Other Arnot Hon. Mi new fruit a first tine bilis. Afi House adj 'Che Crew Queenst steamer E New York port, arriv She repo yesterday, British st from Balt flying sig the Millfie •seas, her f sinking. hours, du manned a composin the rescue •. expected s Napane -elderly la time and . and the la, was found . day mor upstairs, this morn stairs, w dead and tea -kettle stove, alio Miss Clou may not r Bristol, steamer 1 • sailed fro), (3s ashore in the Bristol' Channel. 1IRIOi[L81iliURF. . first sal omks— sal its Gamer imore pals ring g e, staying ping. a here ldies STEWART'S SLAYER, . PREACHES HAPPINESS. A NOTABLE APPARITION. ~� ICELAND PONIES ANDREE ALL ,RIGH Miners Tried to Arrest the Murderer. Bat He Had Armed kfin?self and Re- fused to Surrender. San Francisco, Dec.13.—Aletterreceived here from Five Finger Rapids, dated Oot. 25, saps: The Canadian Mounted Policep have arrested a man named Henderson of Seattle for the murder of his partner, who gave the name of Stewart. The crime was committed committed on the banks of Marsh Lake some time during the early part of Oc- toter. Henderson was camped near the settlement of miners, who left Lake Lin- dormaun on Sept. 17. Stewart was quarreling with Henderson over the disposition of some baggage. Henderson ran and secured his gun and shot Stewart dead. The miners in the vicinity heard of the °rims and tried to ax rest the murderer. The fellow armed him- self and shut himself up in an old cabin. A delegation of miners was then sent to Tagish Lake with instructions to in- form the Custom house officers at that place that a crimp had been committed. The mounted police wore not in the dis- tries, Henderson surrendered . to the officers and will be taken to Dawson or to the post nearest to that place. Henderson's defence was that his part- per killed himself, but accordingto a dying statement made by the murdered man the murderer shot at his partner without w h ut giving the latter any chance to defend himself. In the belief of some of the miners Henderson was out of his head when he did the shooting. Ho had boon complaining of great suffering from a chronic disorder. Men coming out from Dawson say that the restaurants are all closed and the scar- city of food is driving a good many out of the country. Cheerful Religion Expounded by an Evan- gelist From India. From India s coral strand comes the Apostle David to Amerioa; to spread the Gospel of Christ. V. D. David, a brown- skinned native of South India, began his evangelical work in Chicago the other day in Trinity Methodist church. Mr David claims to be "the happiest man in the world" because he has re- what he calls "the more abund- ant life. David was born in His pare ol• ley, South India, in 1858. parents were Christian agents in the Church of England mission field. He took an academic oourso, but saps of himself that be constantly got into trouble because of his uncontrollable temper and anis- varlo Fenzi,an Italian Senator, Appear- ed to His Brother Astor Death. Signor Falconer, in The Adriatico, regommenda to. the oousicleration of Mr. Gladstoue and Mr. Myers the following psychical experience which happened pp to Lavaliere Sebastian Fenzi: Signor Sebastian Fenzi's brother, Son. ator Carlo Fenzi, a man who had Stud- led much at home and abroad and tray- sled mur3h, had such a strop antipathy p y ger s iritualism that he !Jagged his p gg brother never to mention the subject to him as he valued their mutual love and the family peace. But in the early days of June, 1881, being with his brother at their father's house at St. Andrea, be held out his hand to him and said: "Lookdisturbed here, 8astiano, I have something to say to you that will please you. Of late I have turned my thoughts to spir- itualism and am convinced that if I had investigated it thoroughly, as you have done, I should have arrived at the salvo conclusion as you about it. " Signor Sebastian hoard this with great joy, and, the tie between the brothers having always been very close, he be ed his brother, now that gg they were getting on in years, to promise that the one w?ioshould die first should try and give the one left behind a sure proof of life beyond the grave. Carlo pressed his hand and said, "`Yes, I promise, with the greater pleasure that I feel 1 shall be the first to go." To this Sebastian said: "" Be that as God will. Dont get melancholy ideas into your head." But Carlo added; "I feel it so strongly that it moat be true. Lis- ten, 1 shall not live to the end of the year. f3etore three months are gone 1 shall be dead and buried." months after this conversation, in-law 1881,oto Admiral aMor n, commanding father- at Spezaia was staying at Fortullino, his villa by the sea, ten miles from Leg- horn. Cavaliere Fenzi was in good health and in the cheerful company of his daughter Crfstina and four grandohil- drag, when he was overcome by an in- explicable melancholy and a feeling at his heart that something serious was about to happen. He turned to his daughter and said: "I don't know what terrible thing is happening to us at this moment, but 1 must rush away or iu a minute I shall burst out crying before the children. " So saying, he rushed out into the rain without a hat and ran to a field, whence " he could see some rooks, where he expected to see his cons- in, Giuseppe Fenzi, who had gone out some time before to' `behold the fury of the elements, " as he said, but at that moment he did not see him. Instead, looking carefully, he saw that his broth- er, the Senator Carle, was there, in a tophat and without an umbrella, mak- ing his way down from rook to rock without heeding the deinge, the flashes of li htnin shootin from all sides or g g g the noise of the thunder. Now, at that day and that hour the senator was at Florence, 70 miles away from Villa Fortullino, so that Sebastian at once thought this figure must he hal- lacinative, for if Carlo had suddenly ar- rived at Fortullino he would certainly not have got out of the carriage to take a shower bath on the rooks. He rubbed his eyes, but the figure remained and looked so real that he shouted out Oar- , los name and waved his arms to him, but thephantom seemed not to see him,his for it passed behind a big rook without showing itself again, although Sebastian waited. While waiting he observed hisg cousin, Giuseppe, on the rocks, so that he said to himself, "Now, when ha passes close to the big rock he will see Carlo and will stop and speak to him. " However, Giuseppe saw nothing in Passing behind the same rock, and on joining Sebastian in the field he said he had not seen Carlo and that no one was there. 'It was now 10:48 o'clock, and the Senator Carlo Fenzi died exactly at that hour, 70 miles away, calling on his brother's name. Signor Sebastian's mel- ancholy passed. He bad lunch and was sitting reading a paper when a tele- ram was brought to him saying : "Come at once to Florence. Carlo very ill. " No one at Fortullino knew that Senator Carlo was ill ; the last letter from him said he was well. On arriv- ing at Florence he heard from the doc- tor that Carlo had asked for his brother and died at 10:45 with his came on his lips Some days after the death Signor Se- bastion was present at a seance of a psychical society that he had founded. There he received a message byraps,freights. g p by which an intelligence announced it- self as Carlo Fenzi, and, addressing Cavaliere Sebastian, said, "I forced you to go out of the house, as T did not want to frighten Cristina's children.' What an unexpected proof of identity! _Light.And They Are Docile and Marvels of strength and EnUurapce. I! iha camel is the ship of the. desert, the Iceland pony is the cab, train, omni- bus and train car of the wonderful coup- e. tryto which he belongs. To begin wit, g ' g be is a misnomer. He is not a pony in the ordinary sense of the word- Ile is a horse in bone and sinew, in strength and endurance, in manners and deportment— a horse in everything, in fact, except inches, and a sober, steady, hardworking horse too. He is a very multum in parvo," a "'concentrated essence" of horseflesh. He can swim like a fish, climb like a goat and jump like a deer, He sticks at nothing and takes every variety of travel --bog, lava bed, sand, he'ldere and grass mounds—with un- equauimity. If ha has to ford one or two rivers, with strong currents flowing girth deep, it is all in the day's work. Only give him time and periodical halts for refreshment and he will do bis 50 miles per day and thrive upon it. Iceland ponies are bred in hundreds in the large grass plains in the southern districts of the island. Little or no care is taken in selection, so the breed re- mains unaltered and unimproved, the average pony standing from 11 to 12 yx hands, though here and there one will reach to nearly 18 hands, Every variety of color is seen, but skewbalds of many shades are the commonest, The chest - nuts, a9 a rule, are the finest and the browns the hardiest, Beautiful net colors with light points, are net infra- quant. Blaok is very rare, end roan also. Their paces are fast, considering the size ot the animal, a journey of 32 miles be- bag often done in six hours or less, with heavy baggage. They trot, canter and gallop, but the pace most esteemed by the natives is the amble or "skeid," in which the fore and hind legs on a side are advanced simultaneously, giving a running action, very smooth to the rider. A good paper is considered very value ble the a and often la bled for wso fasth that theyofrice. Some s poniesan keep ahead of another going ab a hard gallop, and they maintain the pace for a day's journey under a weight of 11 to 14 stone. Iceland panics are steady and fast in harness, though wheels are a compare- T y travel mnew aostly in strings, rture in i oftenr ntied bead and tail, Hay, baggage, and house- hold goods are thus transported, and building materials also. You meat a "timbur lestur," or timber team, of from eight to ten ponies. one carrying planks trailing on each side, another strips of iron, another bundles of tools; pinga o se, and notin number e infrequentare ly lsa foal or two, It is as rare to see a dead Iceland pony as a dead donkey, though their skulls are often visible, half trodden into the .miry ways surrounding the farms. The pony begins work at six or seven years— hard work, that is to say He is early apprenticedobis heat her avocations andwhenbe is footsore is strapped upon her beak. He works well upto 20 ears and over and y often remains fairly sound to a ripe old age. He feeds on the fat of the land in summer, and In winter, 1office , f his owner is poor, must live on his wits and hie stored condition. Farmers who are fairly wellduring and keep eed them their novals haynbut not-- withstanding many of the ponies have a bard time of it. The Icelanders, how- over, keep their steeds as well as their means allow and treat them altogether in a brotherly Fashion, and the S.P.C.A. would seldom find scope for its activity, except, possibly, in the improvement o! around th d gearing. Taking it. all around, the Iceland pony is certainly not less happy—very often far happier—than bigger brothers in the south, and his endurance, placidity ,and docility make hila a favorite in other lands besides his fitting him for his home duties in a manner which could not be surpassed and must be tested to be fully understood.—London Globe, ay Many .5cientista, Who Affix/ of til Turn Up With News He Passed the Pole. New York ,'Dec. 1S• -`Prof. Af famous balloon have baa After almost ,everybody who know very much about the had his say, the really soientido come forward and have prop ging Swede and his two co Dr. Nils Strindber and Kau g safe and sound and only wait winter to break up to shave the The announcement is startlin to be sure, and inasmuch as communication has been receiv explorer, unscientific people wi ashrug their shoulders and smile ly at the deductions of some solentists in Europe. Howe eminent men have a way of ca for popular opinion. They ane conclusions to the world, esus done the y y go on digging mysteries and wait for the fu their predictions, pretty sure of Astronomers and meteorolo i g in the Government observatorie land, Sweden, France and Ger at last received full mateorlogf and have calculated the vela of the polar windy month of July, while Andrea posed to have been sailing, o they claim, actually sailing over Dula, ' Passed the Pole. The experts have also calci location of the explorers, and barring unforseen accidents t1 loon, they must now be on so Franz -Josef Land .and must lu the pole. As to the question of to the balloon the most skilful of ,;ay that such a contingency is l impossible. M. Lachambre of Paris, in an said that the balloon could. float Jaye Taking the commutate experts on the velocity and di the polar winds, the experts all the balloon passed the Pole in le days, and that Andree and his c, continued their journey until reached a place suitable for wi tors' Reward For Tidings. The whole scientific world wi further news from the espediti hope that Andrea will be h through Siberian channels. T Russian Government has agai ukase to its Siberian officials effort to discover and a plore s and without delay co through the nearest telegraph anent station any information have secured. Russia offers a for the first authentic tidings plorers. Ings .o. the Fourth Ses- the Seventh Parliament • ares Brought Down — The Ex- ire for 1808 Totais S3,397,3;;7- e Sun; to Be Expended in Col- lcalved >n Roads and alining Roads — A Jose Seale. Deo. 7. --Tho Ontario Legisia r only five minutes to -day, which only the tabling of a few more y and liquor license petitions, reading of Patron Leader "bill for the better auditing of accounts." �c"°'• �� jj�' e' i� / �1. �� .Pt �c -` ea y G l ,rr / �-� 1rection . �;, Dec. 8.—In the Legislature last iebate on the address was given dna turn by the submission by nlpbell, on behalf of the Opposi- motion on the timber license practically amountingto a��%/�fa�e( y want of confidence in the Gov- After Messrs. Willoughby, Dr. Meachan and Mr. Cleland r, Mr. Miscanipbell, aftera short �edthefollowin amendment g s in reply to the speech: P y P a in the regret expressed by sr with reference to au increased sed by the Government of the etas on pine and other lumber oto that country, and also regret overnrent of this province has steps to compel the manufacture er in Canada of all sawlogs out Ices issued by the Crown Lands it," t spoke, and the debate and the )urned. �.�-� /,' � � .\. V \ ' - 1�` \ �� ` \1 \ V. D. DAvtD chief. Finally he Left for Ceylon, where be spoke English to the masses and desires that he made the people believe he was a great xThree "felt himself to be a shell whenwithout ha kernel."Although only 16 years of ageg he displayed unusual oratorical powers, But he shifted suddenly from preaobing to the liquor business. The proprietor of a big liquor store in Ceylon hired him tc take custody of the money, and he also became bagatelle, he and crdsroficient n gamesext he started a billiards liquor store of his own in Colombo in company with a Sinaalese. One day his mother entered the plane and entreated slim to come home. He did return and was married. His wife was a Christian and ho soon quarreled with her. Once more he went to Ceylon, and ate oo n is inn d oto r blew o a mission ded with hire worker. His conversion to Christianity is an interesting chapter of Mr David's life. The Salvation Army, he says, gave him the first olew to a Christian life. He then went upon the highways and preached to all who would listen, but he was hooted and ejected from a number of places of worship. He over- came this and soon made converts by the thousands among the Singalese near Colombo. Many gave up jewels and Panay dresses to devote themselves to the cause. From India he went to Australia, where he joined Rev. George Grubb. Afterwards be pursued his work in England. Scotland and Ireland. At Renwick his work was especially notable. Soon after he returned to India, and one day, while addressing 25,000 Syrians on the open plain, the sky darkened and blank clouds eathered. The leaders of the Syrians present urged that it was a sign of God's disapproval, and advised the people to disperse. Mr. David prayed aloud that the clouds scatter harmlessly, and his prayer, he says, was hooded, for the sun broke forth and the multitude became loud in its assertion of faith. Mr. David's religion consists In resign- Ing everything to Christ and being No matter what happens he praises the Lord and takes no thought for the morrow. No contributions are solicited nor collections made at bis meetings. Yet he bas traveled all over the world and has wanted for nothing, In India Mr. David has made thous- ands of converts to Christianity, he says, some of his most effective work having been done among the native railwaymen and portmen. He has visited England and the Christian countries of Europeis P and Australia, and everywhere he goes he tries to diffuse the supreme happi- nese he enjoys among his fellowmen. At all times and in all places, whether his audience is one or ten thousand, he earnestly preaches the doctrine of the abundant life found in a complete sur• rendering of self to the Lord. Mr. David came to America four months ago at the invitation of F. E. Clark—"Father Endeavor Clark, the father of the Christian Endeavor movement—and was first heard at the San Francisco conven- tion. A MILE A MINUTE TRAIN Lloyd's Buggy and hurled StruckHtm toe Inst rat Deat"Jo Feat Away —Companion only Stunned. Tilsonburg,Out, Dec. 13: About 1 o'clock Sunday morning three young men left Tilsonburg in a buggy and drove northward to a hotel on the north side of hey were refoke the used admittancenear s andon. oneof2the men got out of the buggy, The others started to go back, and were struck by the M.C.R. North Shore express, running about a mile a minute, The horse, which was across the tuck, escaped unhurt, and was found abouta mile away. The buggy was smashed to atoms and one of the oceu- pants,rea distance of 00 feet and instantly a man named Charles killed. He head was crushed in and his teeth knocked out and both arms and logs were broken. The other, a lad of 11, named Charles Chandler, was hurled a long distance, but escaped with a cut in the leg. He was un• conscious for some hours, but was able to be taken to his home near Eden Sunday afternoon. Detective Heenan and Dr, Smith of St. Thomas were summonee, and the latter, with Dr. C. McDonald, attend- ad to the injured man. An inquest was deemed necessity, and the ifian loci g remains of the unfortunate man were placed in charge of Undertaker Carpenter. The dead young man has relatives in the neighborhood. Ho will bo burled this afternoon. Dec. 9. -Yesterday's session of tture was marked byone of the tresses of recentyears. It was et Mr. St. John, in the course of x On the address. When the enbled at 3 o'clock the member t theeirk ose ento ie afternoonosess on .pecker left the chair. After :suunett, and talked until 10.80. his feet over 4 hours in all. Dr. died from the front row of Gov- ouches and the House adjourn- Dec. 10.—The first division of was taken in the Ontario Leg- it night. It was on the address the Speech from the Throne, ote stood two to one in favor of nment, the vote standing, y eaa� Messrs. Whitney and Hardy ) e a long clays debate, the latter a little before midnight. China Yields to German difficulty is o. 13.callyesGerm ettled, mans refuse to discuses the occ l(iao Chou Bay.The Governor Tung Province he's been ren but will not be any f ' graded. No monopoly of mine, roads is conceded to Germany, country is given reference. E are immediately surrounding Bay is set apart exclusively for China yields on all the other poi Dec. ll• _ea tho Ontario Legis- �erday the Government brought . estimates for 1898, providing for enditure of $3,397,307.92 duringnot ig 12 months. Following is a of the statement furnished the CURRENT EXPENDITURE, e ernment . . $ 25'2 932 00 a 127,100 00 •ation of Justice . 437,392 04 • 721,3882 81 etitutions Main: 814,889 00 ion . 10,325 00 re 195,2119 00 Ind Charities. 181,147 47 Ice and Repairs of Intent and Depart 1 Buildings . . 77,390 00 g fittings— 17,560 00 o Ars 1.,400 00 Crown Lands . 158,945 00happy. ensolidation 20,000 00 a andlTpe Expenditure5 00 150,000 00 DEATH OF WILLIAM MACK. The Recently Nominated Liberal In Stor- wont Passes Away. Cornwall, Deo. 18,—William Mack. ex- el.P.P., one of the most widely known and respected men in the United Counties, died here on Saturday. Deceased was born in Lennoxshire, Scot land, in 1828, and came to Canada with his parents when a child in arms, They settled in Huntington County, Quebec,own,while The son learned the ill* trade and started the first grist mill built in Corn- wall. a afterwards fter alnills, nit neshe owned and ress glister operated them continuously until his death. Mr. Mack was a member of the mantel- pal council of the town from 1865 to 1868, was deputy reeve in ewes 0, reeve in 1871, deputy reeve in 1875 and reeve again in 1876. He was also warden of thea united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glen- garry in 1878. He was a life-long Liberal, and for many years represented Stormont in the Legislature, where he acted as whip. He was recently chosen to contest the riding in the Liberal interests at the forth- comingelections, the constituent now ythe being held by the Patrons. Deceased was a Presbyterian and a very active member of Knox church. He was a man of the •disposition, and one whose word was as good as his bond. tiitl o1r the Seals. Washington, Dec. 18.—Rep Johnson of North Dakota is p bill providing for the complete tion of those seal hero of Behring It is on the lines of the bill pr year by Representative Ding lunch more brief, and makes mination unconditional, wh4 Dingley's =emu*, provided ex as an alternative if pelagic sealb stopped. TORONTO MARKETS Funeral Was Postponed. He had died with his boots on and his brethren of the ick and thepan were P giving him a bang up funeral. They had set aside a worthless tract as a came- tory, and now the; were about to inter the de the a Klondike camrted ip aonld inustemnity that When the slow paced cortege, the pine box in its midst, and Alkali Ike and Derringer Diok at its bead reaohed the cemetery on the lone hillside, it was found that Placer Pete, who had just been elected sexton, was still deepening grave. Setting down the honored burden, the crowd surged forward and waited In silence for Pete to finish the task. Alkali Ike and Derringer Dick, as chief mourners, stepped to the graveside and uttered a few words of encourage- met to the pantingdigger. Suddenly Alkali Ike stooped over the pile of dislodged soil. He clutched the arm of Derringer Diok. He muttered a word or two. The head of Placer Pete wild eyed and staring, appeared above the edge of the excavation. Then the two mourners turned around and faoed the crowd. They were pale and excited. ,Gen lemon, said Alkali Ike, with difficulty controlling •his • articulation, his yer funeral has got to be postponed se some more has ju time and lace "he here just struck pap dirt! then the obsequies wound rap with a wild yell and a wilder rush.1 Two days later the ea -cemetery looked like one tremendous grave.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. $3,191,887 92 ON CAPITAL ACCOUNT. lhiings--- Account . . 65,940 00 Account . . 24,900 00 on Roads 435,810 00 Toronto FLOUR—The market was quiet st,.a(le• cu -day. Straight ro11era 4 V.I,J to S4, middle freights. pa}ctlts at $"a.2: and strong bake ll•IiEAT—Trade was quiet tc ,c to eeIS`3�gr_C. north led.It'd Lwest, qr. uoted at Sic to Sec on Midla he west and 760 east: No. 1 hard, Ole to 9'2c, Fort William, Toronto freights. BARLEY—The market coati, with moderate offerings. No. 8 ed At 27c west and feed at 25e. OATS—The market is uncha sales of white at 23c to 231c w mixed at 22lsc west. PEAS—The market Is steady, to -day at 44c north and.west. BCu:Iily13EAT—The market is luith sales at west and at ItYE—The market is steady, mend. Sales were made at freights, and at 45c middle fret. CURN-The market is quiet, w ('anadlan at 25c to 20iee west. BRAN—Business quiet, with at 617.30 a est. shorts ell to OATMEAL—The market is prices unchanged at $3 to $3.1 on track. Pltui'ISIONS—Trade 1n cur claer _e o to h1St elec. Breakma fast b 111�.e. nulls, S'�.,c to 0 tc. do.. s ot$er. lesdo. short cut au i1o., shoulder mess, $1..50. [iu ;wee lare s, 69 ,c fol steady ause Rat7e pails. Compound, 5Ac to 6a POTATOES—The market is fir, lots quoted at 60c per bag on tx FIOi'S—Trade quietch Choi quoted at 13c to 14c. Gua old S DRIED APPLES—Trade Is quantities quoted at 41,4c to 5 Evaporated, se to Sv.2c per Ib. HIDES—The demand is fair, echanged. Cured are quoted bac. Deniers quote green at Oe Se for No. 2 and at 7c for No• skins. OOc to $1. WOOL—There is very little 1 to fleece Is quoted at 20e to ; supers in fair demand at 21c 1 •Bruits at 23e to 24c. - Watertown, N.Y., Dee. 11. cheese in Jefferson County durtn; 2000 boxes at 7ajac to Sc; arum 51,000 boxes. No cheese sl day. British Markets. Liverpool. Dee. 11.—No. 1 Nortl 7s pee - 043 to 7s 0?kd; No. 1 Cal.. 'F. Wel; red winter, 7s 10d to is6 50 ern 'lard 22s Od; Macon heav fU de.,' light, 30s (id; do., short' c tallow, 18s 6d; cheese, 42s 6d. Liverpool—Closes Spot wheat tures U lorrt a Mt ay audS'is Dee. Maize quiet at 3s ,1y16 for 'Jan. vhet and Ss see li'lour 25s 6d. London -Close -Wheat on Ism easier and 3d to 66 tome% No. Stab`• van' and Feb.,sa. 38x. Mol par: s-Ctnse-l�rheal; dull at ; Jun. - Flour dull at 615 S0c for tees in Prance, ting. $186,150 00 FOR OTHER PURPOSES. mount . , . 19,500 00 . $ 19,500 00 RECAPITULATION. ,t Expenditure for • $3,191,687 92 Purposes Account 188 19,•'100 00 80 00kin•dliest at of Estimates . $8,397,367 92 s Dryden's bill to deal with the pest, the St. Jose scale, was read as were a number of private er questions 1, y members the mimed till Monday. • WILKINS LOST BOTH FEET. Tried to Board a Moving Train, Caught Ills Toe and Tell Under the wheels. St. Catharines, Dec. 13.—Saturday night George Wilkins, employed on the Cataract Power Company's canal near this place, was trying to board a moving freight train from the G.T.R. station. Ho caught his toe and slipped, falling under the ears, having both feet mangled in a horrible manner, necessitating the amputation of both insisan -Uabove nmarried ed man, ankle at hospital. ear Wilk2 years of age, and comes from Hamilton, which, place he was evidently trying to reach to spend Sunday. A. Cooking Box or Wood. The various experiments made with solar engines by the French in Algeria, where the sun shines at all times and with great power, have been attended in some instances with marked success. The best apparatus is stated to be a simple arrangement of boiler and concave mirror, the steam generated being con- densed in a coiled tube surrounded bysexton water, this being intended for distilling water merely. But in India an inventor named Adams has contrived some machines by which more varied results are accomplished. One of these is what is termed a cookingbox,made of wood and lined with reflecting mirrors, at the bottom of the box being a small copper boiler; covered with glass to retain the heat of the rays concentrated by mirrors upon the boiler. In this contrivance any sort of food may be quickly cooked, theP result being a stew or boil if the steam is retained or if allowed- to escape it is a bake. The heat with this device may be augmented indeIInitely by increasing the diameter of the box.—Philadelphia Ledger. RESCUED AT SEA of a Doomed Sliip Saved by 1511 Ocean Liner. own, Deo. 13.—The Cunard Line from , en Dbrariaec. 4, for Liverpool vCaptain ia this p ed here at 1.4e p.m. Saturday. having sighted at 2.80 p.m. 14 miles west of Fastness the Midfield, Captain Willis, on Nov. 23 for Belfast, of •distress. The decks of Id were being swept by heavy unites were gone, and she was The Etruria stood byher for 15 which time the Cunarder lifeboat and rescued the 23 men the crew of the Nlfllfield. When 1 men left the Dlillfield it was he would soon sink. He Wanted Hie Pension. �� I wants ter sae de president,"said an old colored man to the policeman at the door of the White House. He ave g his name as Nat Tyler, "born up in Spottsylvania, but bin in din town since It was started. " ""1 wants m enshion,"'said the old y p man. He was told togoto the erasion O�� "No, sar; I dun bin ear. Dey won't do puffin. De resident knows who 1 is. •gain t 1 dun talk' ter him wen he •live up yander?" pointing in the direction of where thepresident lived when in congress.sold, ""Did you know the president when he was in the war?" "Who sayanyt'ing bout knowinghew i y g e m in de war? T know he fit in dem battles I druv de emanation wagon in de Six Corpse, but Mr. Kinley knew me, he do, and he'll gib me dat pen- shion. 1 jos' tells yer, I was in so many battles dat I didn't count 'em. De way dem t'ings was rollingwas awful. I g jos', got under de emanation wagon and stay darn' W'en de war was over, I druv dem six mules beer to Washington and guv dem to de governmen' down in south' Washin sou. De didn't guy' t'ing,and I wants m enshion. "- me y P 1V..... V....1_ m.. l....... EDMONTON ROU i E TO YUKON. An Unlucky Helmet. A curious circumstance was connected with Younghusband's death. After the battle of Cawnpur he had purchased at auction a very smart helmet whoh .had been •the property of Lieutenant Salmond of the Gwalor cavalry, who bad been killed at Cawnpur. This helmet a good deal excited nay envy and admiration and I had not possessed a decent head- dress since the mutiny began, I had asked a friend to buy it for me at the auotion of Saimond's effects. Bub poor Younathtieband outbid me. At this sale I was again outbid, and the helmet fell to the nod of Lieutenant Havelock, a nep- of the general. He, too, was killed wearing it, and rumor subsequently said a fourth officer had bought it and had been killed. It was a strange eoincid- epee, and as these deaths occurred quick- ly one after the other I ceased to wish I hada bean its possessor.—""Old Heanor les, by Sir Hugh Gough. • Messrs. R'aa•moIts an"2 Book Say It Can be Traveled in a Month. Cala N.W.T.. Dec. 1S.—L. Rrarnuolts Calgary, of Chicago, leader of the Warmolts' over- land expedition to the Yukon, accoiu- ponied by Edward Book, arrived here last: night from Fort Resolution, on the Great Slave Lake. Warmolts and:Bock saythatPae any man who condemns the Edmonton route does not base his remarks on. facts. The whole distance, some 1200 miles, was covered in 31 days' actual traveling. The Deadly Coal Gas. • Dec. 1S. -Mrs. Hartmann, an dy,. who has been ill for some with Miss Mary Clough star's nephew on Centro street, asphyxiated by coal gas Satin.- The nephew, who slept woke in a rather dazed condition ing, but managed to get down- he found Mrs. Hartmann Clough unconscious. • The had been left off the back of the wing the gas to escape an night. ah is in a critical condition and mover. • The Art of Conversation. A good talker is born, not made. By reading good books. by keeping one's self well informed as tie the interesting events of the day, one may become a good conversationalist. Still, the most fascinating talkers are by no means those .who know the most, but, instead, those who have the greatest amount of toot,; are most sympathetic, versatile, and, most important of all, have that wonderful something that, lacking a batter batter name, we call magnetism.—La- dies Home Journal. marriage or 'divorced Persons in Britain. Landon, Dec. 13.—Eatraordinaly agita- tion has been evoked by the marriage on , Nov. 21 of Miss Leila Bayard Crooke, it niece of Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, rd the or- mer United States Ambassador here to Mr. Lyon, who has been divorced, which caused the clerical party to interfere and make them get married in a church other than the one first selected. It hasa brought out a pronouncement from the Primate to the effect that he disapproves of such mar- riages,and-that his Vicar -General here after will not lrceliso them, The Bishop of Bristol and others have also forbiddeln their• chancellors to license the marriage of divorced people, whether Affectionate It is customary for members of the House of Commons,; when rising to ad- dress the House, to commence, "Mr. Speaker, air,'' One young member, igho was rather, nervous, began as Relieves, "Mr Speaker,, dear Bir. "—London Tit- Bits. A Steamer Ashore. Eng., Dec. 18 The . British • aoanzo, Captain Evans, which "'Word -m/411 Nov: 23. for this nark it Au Were Bought. u Layman_ Anybody can make jokes. �Sgnibbe Right you are. Its selling innocent or guilty. el That lfa That Andree and n located.. does not matter has iuen have. ounced ths. • mpanions, Emil Frankel, ing for the mselves. g enough, no direct receive the. 11 probably skeptical - of the best ver, these ring little qunce their and with that into other Ifllment of the result.. cal experts es of Eng - many have cal report* city and di - during the was sup - r was, as the North dated the say that, the bal- me part of eve passed accidents the experts next to the interview, for fifteen na of the. motion of agree that ss than six lmpanions they had rater guar - ll watch for on, Many card from Th Imperial n issued & to make id the ex- mmunioate or Govern - they may I reward of the ex- 4-• n -Chinese The Ger- upation of of Shang- oved from arther de-• i and rail - but, that finally the Kiao Chou, Germany. pts. resentative reparing a. satermine Sea. oposed last ley, but is the Oster areas Mr. termination: ling was not Dee. 13. and aboat quoted at Manitoba rs at $5. day, with er sold at and spring nd. Goose Manitoba and $1.02. Ines quiet,. extra quot- aged, with est, and of with sales unchanged. Slc east. with fair de• 44e high ;lits. ith sales of . cars quoted. $12 middle quiet aucl tor - cars ed meats Bacon, long acon, 11e to Hess pork, 5 to $15.50, ms, smoked.. 6/e to 64se to 714.o for u, with car ack. ce' qualities ctoOo. quiet, with c per Ib. vith prices t 914c to for No. 1. 3. Lamb- oing. Wool Ila Pulled O 22c, and —Sales of the week. t now un - 'd here see fern wheats Ss 4d to 8e ,d; pens, 4a r fine west-. I:e., 81s lid; ut, 30s Odl. quiet. Fu- nd March, for July. and Feb.,, for May. nage rather 1.tanitoba ae on pas - 95 50o for Jan: Wear