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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-7-6, Page 7s Foop FOR OVR (ER8 Ilto Meant They weuld 7.41ket te Thee cootel Get it. Mie Squills (readiva, the morning pa- per) --Our soldiers in the Philippinee are almost iea Mate of teatimy because they have 0 eat wheat bread. Islre. Squills (a famous housekeeper) —Thane too bad. 1 suppose We 'because *hey don't know bow to fix the bread. You menet vvrite to Ovuefal Otie thie very aay and tell him. Mr. &mills (startieg)—Eh egills—Yes; tell him that hi euust be sure to furnish tbe army with SOO hotter —get print butter if possi- ble: iths often as low g O centa and nem over el a pound. Then on baking days. 'whee the bread is fresh, tell the 1101dierfe to spreae the Vetter en thiele and it wUl be delicious. The following dare when it ie a little dry, give, eacb tsohlier a bowl of rich cream aa d tell bitu to crumb it in. I'm sure theyela like it. —New York Weehely. Tenet:tette! Aeotateel. 4Jazt Henry l" exclaimei AIM *u t. be btaband. 'Yee, lay dear!" "Did you notice in tb 1t of the reil$Win trial a caeteritieu that the tragedy Woold not have p'ed if. a certain letter had teen received I?" 4.egee "Let that be a Wanda; to eon to ree caber to mail the lettere I give yon. Warrant you have half a dozen tu pocket now." She was wrong. however. ;march dleeloeed Ave ouly, and the most aucient Wee riot raere than two woke al.— Pittsburg Cbrouiele-Telegrapie, letattlee Remove*. Now wasUVieoene back from the Seare only 0 find Beatrice married to another. "So, •after oil your vows. you forget xtiel" tat exclaimed. with ranch hitter - hem The girl hung ber heed gni:611y she faltered, and the ob. added. with great veheiunnce, "Tbat'a wbat 1 got for trusting to my memory I *tumid have made a znomoronduut. Xton Dieu!" Ah. but it was tap late to think of ihat now I—Detroit Jourual. SiloskaaMe Saved mime. "Ilie name ie Percy Algernon," said the girl in the car to her chum. "Pret, ty, ain't it But, then, it's kind osoft like, too, don't you think?" ‘KiDa said the other &L. "X like Bill, or Jinx, or something like that myself. Never anew a Bill or aine yet thet wasn't reliable. I hope Percy Al- gernon'll prove to be nice, but I think hie naraehi awfly against him, iteuest I 4:10, " beu tha other girl 1oake4 thoughtfel for a Couple of blocks, "Ohbut he told me" elle said, suddenly, thee, "that the Men aown et the !tore call bine 'Spied.' "Tben eyou needn't worry." was the mu Peesolatory. reply. "Hee 1l. right.,," and tiUS it was settled that Percy Algeruon would elo,—Washington Poet, aught LOVELY HYPOCRISY, 'Awe Trielem Which. Show Watt* a Consummate Actress lot Patti. A dramatic: writer of San Erancleco tella the following amusing story of Patti's last visit to the Pacific coast. Pie was at tbe etation with many others to meet the great diva when elie ar- rived. 'The diva stepped from the train,' said the San Franciscan. "and after inhaling a lung full a fog remarked: thia is heavee All my troubles are paid for. Thank heaven, I breathe the air of San Francisco once agabal' Thie was all very sweet in the high priced canary bird, and the newspaper hays were all delightea. "ayw ever. it was only a ehort time befeee I went eown to the train to eneet Patti at Salt Lalre City. She was d aeeuingrorn her car, and as ber feet touched the groand ebe exclaimed. *Thank heave. I breathe the air of Salt Lake City once more! All my troll- blee are paid for. Oh, this is heaven!' The teewipaper boye were all delighted with her. "eae tar myeelfou both of theta pc - ions 1 WaS delighted also—wiab the divaee lovely bypeerisy. that accursed iz wbwb the poet tells us takes the st men in. I never thought Patti eh of an aCtreet, bIlt 1 chauged uy mind in title respect after witnessing' W44 exhibitione." Nothing in the way of `lovely hy. peerisy" can eurpriee anybody wbo has ever aeen Patti on the concert stage. She rushes to tbe fealightS. a ViSiOn (11 ernifln radiance. *lee swimming, with the moisture of overpoevering, joy awl a look of pleading affection on her corm- tenalies as if the preeeet nionient were ths happieet of her life autl as if tate were coueumed by en eager desire to embrace mid Ides everybody tn the au- dience. And she (bee it ell so naturally aM epontaneonely that the majesty of he aeeemblage is inetantly "inashed* awe would cheerfully lynch anybody WF tvonle intimate that iheettevile any "aetiug" abut it Just Little Too Warm. Eficks—It's all right indulging in a little hyperbole when you are nudging JOVQ to a womanbut theresuch a thing as overdoing a, Viricks—As for example? Hicks—Why, Dubbleuppl Ile has been married three times. and he told lefiss Kwarry the otber ilvening that she 'woe tlae tirst women ha over loved.— Boston Transcript. A. Narrow Escape. Sbe—I Suppose, colonel, that you too have had narrow secapes. Efe—Yes, mice after I had taken part in what folks were good enough to -call ,a heroic piece of business. I alnaost 'wrote a magaziee article about it be- fore friends of mine found out what I Wait doing and got um to stop. —Chicago News Woad Ise weiconted. "I wish the kaiser could spare time Ito come over here for awhile," remarked Abe Chinese emperor. "What fort" "I'd like to have him give the em- press dowager a few of his ideas about ei king's rights and the way be ought Ito be treated. "—Washington Star. Must Have Been Inspired. She—A doctor in Berlin. after a great eal of study, has discovered that rear- aled men live longer than bachelors. (iraploringly)—Save my lifel She (joyously) -011, Clarence, how ilia you guess that I loved you ?—Ohio tibiae JournaL Preparing For the Campaign. Mee. Wayback—What on earth are 1 e carryin all our nice new furniture • ut in the barn fer, Silas? Silas—I want ther house ter hey an air of rustic simplicity when the sum- ener boarders come.—New York Jour - ital. Tramp—Excuse bave yee eatlie a policeman? Pedestriatie—No. Tramp—Not Then IT have to call you to give up your watch, and uionol l—Heitere Welt. A. Mean Enee. Scene—Tbe breakfast table of a wee *ad bearding house Mr. Steadiers—Pale the eelt, pleeie. No Iletice is taken. Mr. Smithera trai aiu bLivQi,441), 1'453 the salt. Elie ueighaere ere abeerhed in their couvereethea. and his request remains unheeded. Alt Smithers—Have you heard the latest scandal': Everybody teagorly)—No. Viet to Smithers— salt, please. —Golden Penny Not to Ile eleonatred At. AP absentmindell German prate was orm day obrerved walking dawn I the street with one foot coat:Dually in i the gutter. the other on the pavement. pupti, meeting him, ealuted him with "Oooti everting, Ef err Professore /3ow are Tone" "I was vory well. I thought.** an- swered the prrifessor, "Tent now I don't know wbat's the matter with we. For the last ton niimitee I've been lirap- lag,"—Lonlon Answers. Mow A.eoommodating. Httsband—There is no hurry, deat roe just telephoned, and they say our train is four hours late. Wife—I've just got time to ex ruy Astir over again.—Town Topics. An Alt Day Game. WHICH HAN» 15 IT IN? —New York Journal Moral Suasion. Give dem Cuban people time; Try to treat 'em well; Getter boost 'em 'fob cloy climb— Ring dat dinner bell! Ef der angry paSsions rise An deb' muscles swell, Pont git mad an show surprise— Ring dat dinner bell!' lilf deb. arms dey won't lay down, . 'Tain' no use to tell Row you's dar to run de town—. Ring dat dinner bell! Staht in some 'day, jets' at noon; Wateh dem solJers ell '4( Muskets Yoh a fork awspoon— 'Ring dat dinner bell! ' .—Woushington OUR WItere, Maud/ (Scene—Drawiug room. Elderly uu- cle bidding farewell to young boy. who ill with hie mother.) Uncle (patronizingly, curling the military ninetuche)—Well, my little man, COMO and kise your uncle and say goodby—for the preseet Nephew (aged 8, dnbiorisly)— Wh-where is the present. uncle—Judy. Itath.er Diirerent, Mrs. Yungkupple—You used to think It a great privilege once just to hold my hand. Mr. Yungkupple—And doe't I think just as much of you as ever? Mrs. Yungloapple-1f yon did, you wouldn't be away every night holding other hands at the poker table.—Boston Transcript. Mr Experience. Mm. Minions—Do you think ab- sence really makes the heart grow fond- er, Harold? Mr. Younglove —I guess it does. At all events, yon are about twice as dear to me when you're away at one of those high priced summer hotels as when you're at leome.—Chicago News. A Regular Bargain. Father (to little Fritz, who has coma home from the barber's with his head completely shorn)—You're a regular sight I What made you let any one dis- figure you in that way? Fritz—Bdt, papa, just tleink. I got It all done for 10 cents I—Fliegende )31atter. storing Vp ienowiteage. "Edith, what made you ask Mrs Crumpet how to make tea? You know you don't like her tea." "Yes, mamma. But you see I tbink I ought to know how not to make it"— Chicago News. Only Practicing. Mistress—What are you doing,Rieke t Throwing the dishes at that target? Are you crazy? Maid—Crazy? No. I'm going to get married.—Das Kleine Witzblatt A Twister. It is difficult for a man to know him - elf. If he thinks he's not a fool, he's certainly mistaken, and if he thinks he's a fool. ha s no fool.—Detroit Jour- naL A Song of Summer. sing the song of the open ear And the man' at the end a the ;seat, Who never is willing to move along Or even retract his feet Re sticks to his • place—the selfish churl:— As if he were stuck with glue, And his whole mariner says as plain as words, "X don't care a hang for you!" Oh, he Is a selfish, selfish mon! q call him the end seat hog.) s the sort of man who would kick a cat Or torture a faithful dog. _ The world will be better when he is dead And laid on a tomb's dark shelf. ,1 hate and despise Urn wWaeal Say heart, For I want that seat myeelf! —Somerville JournaL HER FACE WAS NOT FAIR. ker Was One to Wham She id .klways De ueautitei. The Wind by ra6ed a rapt face to e hgbt "And my 'mother?' he said queR, "labially. "Tell tato how she [oaks '1 shall swat be able to see. and ow I shall find ono more beautiful an all the rest and cry inother: moth- er: Why do yoU not speak e" His senSitire NCO Was turned iirtachfully toward his father. "You have always told me how lovely alio is. She is little—not taller than my shoul- der—I know that." The old man laid bis arm over the lad's shoulders. "You mud know now what your blindneee would have kept yoa from knowing," he said. "'Your mother is not fair and beautiful now in fees but her soul is what teoa made for a mother. When you can see, look for the face widch holds the greatest love. You will not be mistaken. It will be your mother's." The great surgeon looked for a mo, relent or two iuto the sightlessayes, and than turned and laid bis hand on the father's trembling arra. "Ordy God can make him see, me' friend,' be said kindly. "Your boy was born blind, and human skill can- not help bine " The blind boy was the first to epeak, and he laid his arm around the sudden- ly aged form of his father. "Come," he said. "let us go back to mother. She will always be beau tif u I to me now," and they turned and gave place to the others A Historic Old college. The first Greek letter society—Phi Beta Kappa—was organized at William and Mary in 1776, and among the char- ter members were John Marshall, chief justice. and Bushrod Washington. asso- ciate justice, of the supreme court; Spencer Roane, who was considered the ablest jurist ever produced in Virginia; John Brown and Stephen T. Mason, senators front Virginia; William Short, minister to Spain and Holland, and Elisha Parmelee. a native of Massa- chusetts!, wbo established chapters at Yale and Harvard when he returned home. Williara and Mary was the first college to adopt the elective system of study and the honor system in the gov- ernment of its students. The old build- ing has been restored to almost its orig- inal condition, although in the days of its prosnerity was double its present size. what a Boer Will Eat, The Transvaal Boer will eat almost anything in the flesh, fish or fowl line, for all is grist that comes to his gastro- nomic mill, and the following mixture is voted most delectable by the majority of the rougher classes: A great square slice is cut off a loaf made of coarse un - sifted meal and covered with a thick layer of jam, preferably strawberry. A row of sardines is then placed on top, and the oil from the sardine box is lib- erally poured over the vybola A loud smacking of lips and other manifesta- tions of thorough appreciation accom- pany the disposal of this delicate bonne- bouche. But the unsophisticated 130er only indulges in this luxury when he means to enjoy a special ,treat, quite re- gardless of expense.---Charabers' Jour- nal. DOINGS OF THE WEEK rash. The beautiful girl had parted forever from the °ply man she ever really loved, and she was even sadder than was usual with leer upon such •occasions. They tried to comfort her. "There are always good fief; left in the sea," they urged. "Yes, but when you catch them they turn out to be lobsters ' she exclaimed bitterly, thereby showing that after all a person's hair may curl naturally without rendering a nereon entirely de- void of eenee. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM AROUND THE WORLD The following officers were electelt Presideut, W. J. Harris. Montreal; vice- president, Mr. Mansell. Toronto seers- tary, P. C. Ogihie, Montreal, treasurer. W. H. Meredith, Toronto, The next Met anal meeting will be in Montreal, FOR MEN OP WAR,. Reports from Cairo are to the effect that the Khanfe is colle.otiog another tame army at Kordofan. The Minister of War. Gen. Polavieja, after a prolonged eauference on Sunday WIth the Premier. Senor Silvela, con - seated to reduce the, budget, estimate of the strength of the active array froni 107,000 toe $0.000 tome Gunner )fields of the 1i -0.A.. one of the non-ccanznissioned officers who had been detailed as au instrieettor at the Levis, Que., camp, hes been reeognize4 by Captain Cerpenter as a deserter from Ng. 1 Conepauy, Loudon. Ont. aa is now under arreit at the Citadel. Where he will be held as a prisoner pending a dia- triet rourt-raartial, Tula lereere, E. D. E. N. Sottebevorth the novelist died ax Washington Dec. aa. Friday night M. Oharlegleietor Cherintliez, novelist, litertner and art critic, and member af the French A.cadenter, died cee Saturday in his 10th year. Mrs. BM* McCullough, One ef Cetbaritteit oldest and meet respected citizens, Med an Thursday, aged $6 yens. She Was the wife of the late Rev - William Mc0ul1oug1e Joseph D. aaitiSSO died at bis home in Walkerville, The deceased VMS beau in Sandwloh East, 63 yeere ago, and was educated at Assutuption aflego I -le was appointed a customs officer Itt Walker - villa 14 yeara ago by the Conservative Government, e situation hc aeld meta Ms death. ronteeteeeeterveneLeee. In the House of COMmOtiS on Thurs- day Mr. ,Toseph Clhamberiein said that compensation had been demanded from title Transvaal Government on the groend thet the Englishman Edgar, who was sbot by a Boer policemen in Jobeuneet burg in December, 1595, was killed by a Government officer without any justiflea- Mon. THE VIRE RECORD. W. P. Herrings' piper mill, situated, about four miles below Carthage, WAS destroyed by fire on Friday morn- ing. The mill cost about $74,000. Prtnleda Punctuated and Preserved le 1'541')' r41agrata1it for tits reruhai • pi:woe:Ai People — rersonul. and Profitable. CA.SUALTIES, Fifteen persons hare been drowned in boatiog accident at Powellhill, Carilar- onshire. Teo new eases oe yellow fever Wara reported on Saturday, and Ave bare been reported on Stzaday at Sontiago, Five men were drowned on ThuredaT in the Mississippi River, a mile above Clarksville, Mee by the averturnieg of a skiff. The body of Annie Wilson, a Woman Who previously had been au inmate or the Terence Raven, was found in the Ray on Sunder, Tho young son of William Williamson, barber. of Owen Sound, was drowned the River Pottowattaini on Thursday evening. The body was recovered sherely afterwards, John Masters of Syrouse accidentally that bie TereAr-old daughter elede'e in the alekatien an Saturday night Wtak 3e -calibre revolver. The shooting 'was accidental. The father is crazy wtth grid. The Mat diseetrents storm for several years In the Calvert district of TeSitS Ina ourred Saturday eight. Tim Streams and ,lorcr overflowed their banks Awl much property was destroyed by the goade. .A. number a lires )vere Fgan,a Sail= on the eellooner Melrose, while attempting to board bie vessel, which is in the Kingstent dredoek, slipped off' the gang -plana and fell to the bottom. a distance of 40 feet. sitstatning severe injuries. Be was removed to ehe Rotel Dieu. Jame. Ileeleare, a married man, wbo vee in Toronto, was Aventine; in an elevator in the eleeeey Hartle Works, wheu la-, feat Was caught between the pletforia and the moving cep. His ankle waa cruehed and ale). hie leg. Ra WAS re. moved to the Emergency Hospital. 'where it was /trend necessary to amputate the lee bgew :axe knee. Mrs J. O'Sullivan, wife of the vim- preeident of rho U.S. Fidelity eud Guar- anty Company of New Vark, was so badly horned in the drygoods store of Crosby et 11111 at Plainfield,N.J.._ MI Saturday, that the died in the elublen- berg Hospital at that place. It is thought that the stepped OD a mole width ignited her &eat of light material. While the funeral procession of the late Cardinal Schoenborn, Prince Archbishop of Prague, Was passing from His Emin- ences late resident* to the railevey sta. Von on Thursday mut of the borne attached to the hearse shied and the team dashed into the crowd that lined the route. Punk followed, men and women were trampled. two were killed and =Any more were seriously' injured. CRIME AND CRIMINALS. et. true bill was found, at Three Rivers against F. Lefevre for haytug some of the Napanee Bauk bills In his possession. Sheriff Caepenter of the Rainy River Matelot bas taken William Courtney, who was sentenced to Kingston Peniten- tiary on .Tun o 9 for a terra of live years an a most serious charge, to that Institu- tion. Billy Boyd, a Woodetook, Ont., sport, got into a row in a saloon with a male named jaznes Johnston in Taxa!, on Wed- nesday night, and guns were introduced on both sides to add weight to argu- ments, Fifteen shots were fired. John- ston is dead, Boyd is shot in the arm and lu the leg, tee bullets breaking both members, and two other Inca are serious- ly wounded by stray bullets. Warrants have been issued at Peterboro for the arrest of three Havelock man °barging them with assault with Intent upon Mrs. Mary Kellogg of Toronto, who with her son was stranded in that village. It it+ said the authorities know who the brutal assailants of the woman are. The son -was held by the men when he attempted to rescue his mother. who is very badly hurt. Mayor Jamee Balbirnie of Muskegon, 141ch., was assassinated at noon on Thursday by J. W. Tayer. a disappointed, offiosseeker. Tatter shot Mayor Balbirnie while the latter was standing in the door- way of his store. He expired 16 minutes later. Tayer swallowed some carbode aoid anti then turned the revolver upon him- self and Jared. The hall entered his left breast. He died in half an hour. PURELY PERSONAL. Sunday was Sir Obarles Tupper's seven ty-eighth birthday, and he was heartily congratulated on the expellent state of hs health. Ceoil Rhodes sailed for Cape Town on Saturcfay from Londoo. He received a very enthusiastic send-off from a large number of friends. Lieut. -Gov. Jetta wtll, it is said, be created a K.O.M.G. in pursuance of the policy of knighting the Lieutenant -Gov- ernors of the leading provinces. M. Jules Carnbon, the French ambas- sador at Washington, was on Saturday presented with a superb silver loving oup by the President as a token of reoognit tion of his servioes in the restoration of peace between this country and Spain. , The marriage of Paderewski, the pian- ist, to Fraulein Helene Rosen, in War - flaw, on May 81, seems to be confirmed. Paderewski went to Warsaw in the strict- est incognito, only a few of his friends knowing that he was there. The oouple have gone to Lausanne, where Faderewski owns a villa. SECRET SOCIETIES. The Canadian Electrical Association has decided to meet meat year in Ottawa. At Saturday evening's session of the Supreme -Lodge, 1.0.G T., in Toronto, it was decided to bold the next convention at Stockholm, Sweden, whieh comes in 1901, American women complain that every- thing at the International Council of Women at London is being run for the English, and they aro anxious to make May Wright -Sewall president instead of Lady Aberdeen. The Grand Lodge of Ontario LO.G.T. on Friday concluded its labors in To- ronto. Next year itwillmeet in Ottawa. Tbe Grand Lodge favored amalgamating the Good Tempters, Sons of Temperance and Royal Templars. The Mater Plumbers' Assoolation of Canada closed a* Ottawa on eaturday. MARKET REPORTS. Liverpool Wheat ratures Are Firmer andS2Coti:r8414:y$°,..Tnil,fle 1112,:oh:trl'Fri.::::°a . l4Verp001, July 4.—Wheat futures yes- terday were flreeer, eloeing ead to Val higher than on Saturday Toronto St, Lawreatte Market Wheat, white, iiti!!.4.I.N.IP s° $0 Wheat, red, ba 71,f4 , , Wheat, Fife. bearing. be. 117 Wheotgoose Barley, ou Peas. .. °Iit% 1312 BAY ANA STRAVir. BRYBOeiNVIteAt. .... 5 505 gay. tiniothy, per ton.. 4) 00 to $10 59 liay. clover, per ten.... 7 00 Li 50 titrave, sheaf, per ton._ 4 00 traW. looee, per ten. 4 010 ititter. lb. rolls DAIRY Pilunrciss Oe 4 t 40 13 Rutter, largo roirlio.,7.1,..r. Eggs, Aew lakt 14 16 Chickens, per peir $0 10 to 40 00 Turkeys. per lb 10 SPri n g erlerpa4;:.4i:i ANnrer.ein. Turnipe. per hag 40 "4".. to 40 50 FOtatcoi, per 1 ea Ettet Buffalo Cattle Market. East Buffalo, N.Y The market ruled etrong yesterame. Good to best, enteoth, fat expert node, °S;3h5etz:.) p(4.1.Lit3.1134" t)! L3.825i)ji°n46. 51a. Intl% choice to extra, were queutelle, Neel to $6.70; good to cboiee. ,:orn- liton to fair. $5 to $e.7.1: rending% ehoiee extra, $3.e5 a $5..1e; ewe et ebeele. $5 to Kea. eheete choice to extra, 45 to 53,:15; good to choice. 4.51) re 55, eeoes—.E.eaery hog.; sold 54.;,); mesa. $4.ell to $4.eetei: Yorkers. 54.20 to 54 45; roughs $3.ee To 8e.en; eniee. Si to Montreal Live Stoek, 07,q 4.1 eet Asa 35' 50 11 00 - Montreal, July 4.—eibe eteeeett et the -Feest End- Abattoir yese‘reette tuorniug were eau heed et' -*wale. ;tea ealves. `tea sheep and lambs. Tele revenge were lartet 41 sales . matt) fr!,,:,.1y. Cattle, c.itauv, Sold at to 5;:per lb.; 464 -4t • i" 4 itt 4F,Ic per lb.; loy:er ritM.„ e xie per lb. Calrei wer,4 sqld.f.ano $10.. et big Ore occurred at Orangeville, on according to size, Sheep brim:me front Thuneley night in tee general store of 33e,c to ee per Ih. L;s:alet +4./ fr4111 Claxton Ax hon badly damaging both o Siele. Hoe Si stock and .eufiding. The loss is $1,000; insuranee, $5,000. . Fifty out of about 60 houses compris- ing the -village of Otwthby. Que., includ- ing tbe railway station, were destroyed by tire on Saturday. Scarcely auy of the villagers slaved any property, and the in- eurnme is very swath On Saturday night the barna and out- buildings of aolm eluane, one mile west of Ridgetown, were entirely consumed by fire, with their vontents including all the farming implements, one span of horses. and n thoroughbrea Durham bulL Loge $3,000, no insurance. THE LABort WORLD. The strike of the Union Depot freight handlers nt Detroit has been adjusted and the mea have returned to work p -it tbe old terms. Negroes far rerenge burned down 'Union City, a small town built and occupied by 'union miners, ori Friday. There was much shooting, but no casu- alties are reported, There will be no gamma strike of pack- ing bouse employes at Chicago at present. The opinion prevailed at San - day's mass meeting of the employee that the tints was not yet ripe and that the Interests of the Man would be best con- served by waiting until an organization could be perfeoted. The Pittsburg Post on Saturday said, tbat ,2,000 men at the Homestead steel works, wheel is famous for the great battle between capital and labor seven years ago, quit work. The superintendent told fifteen discharged men that no organized men would be retained even if the shops were entirely shut down. UNCLASSIFIED. Dominion Day was vary generally cele- brated throughout Ontario on Saturday. The Spanish riots still continue, and many towns are virtually in a state of siege. The 5. S. Dominion and the S. 'Throne report olose-packed, heavy ice from 135 miles outside Belle Isle. Washington officials believe that a modus vivendi establishing a boundary line between Canada and Alaska will be agreed upon in a few days. The steamsbip Mariposa, which has arrived at San Francisco from Australia via Samoa and Honolulu reports every- thing quiet in the Samoan Islands. The familes of McDonald and Fraser, the two Nova Scotians who died frora neglect while laborers on the Crow's Nest Pass, have been given $1,600 eaoh by the O.P.R. Prof. J. G. Schurman of the U.S. advisory coramission for the Philippines is sanguine of results yet. He expects 5,000 children to attend the public schools, which open in Manila this week. Hon. B. J. Davis, Provincial Secretary, has returned to Toronto from his trip with the members of the Legislature through New Ontario. The Minister regards the trip as an event of great interest and importance to the provinos at largo. RAILROAD RUMBLINGS. The Association of .A.rnerioan Railway Accounting Officers concluded their labors at Montreal on Thursday, and selected Boston as the next place of meeting. The "Iroperial Limited" was labs ea Sunday for the first time since the service was inaugurated two weeks age. The train was about eight hours behind time when it reached Ottawa. — THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD. In the Province of Havana, Cuba, and the eastern parts of the Province of Pinar del Rio crop conditions are noo- fairly satisfactory. The cane is looking especi- ally well, while the rains, though neither general nor copious, are sufficient to keep the crops Vigorous, In the oentral and extreme western portions of Pinar del Rio the drought oontinues, and many crops have been utterly Paine& SUICIDES. On Thursday evening a man whe said bis ;lame wee Van Ouren, and that ha came front Col3water' Mich., was found three miles noethwestof Waterford with a bullet wattle.). in bis temple. He said that he had tried to kill limpet', be tired of life, having lost his family. ilk was removed to Simms. Utica, N.CabeeeLelaMea—rttseettle 13,:mrd of Trade yesterday the toilewum atlea of °tweet) were melee :aft beeee largo lolor. ed at 77„e, :And hoze do. at at, 590 boxes sinall colored as ec, 142 boxes tie at inc, 405 boxes ierge white at act 1,48e boxes small white at fic, 70 boxes do. at eete, :NO boxes, do. at Ptc; 48 paokagee butter at 17e. 90 packages at lea, and 40 cases of print.; at 1040. Liverpool Markets. Liverpool, July 4—Prices closed at these figures yesterday: Wheat, futures steady; July, Ss Peed; e.fepi, ds Md: Dee., es 2d. nietze, spot quiet; mixed American. 3s 43ed; new, es 11 d; futnree steady; July, es 4e,d; Sept., es 5e/di Oct., es 6Otd. Flour—Minn , 18s. THEY axis P.Aitn AND BOLDEN. Intercolonial COIIStillit e Skeffinzton Iden - be Cain pbell ton, Suspects. Ottawa, July 4.—Commissioner Sher- wood yesterday morning received a tele- gram from Constable -George Skeffington of the Intercolonial Railway, stating that Pare and Holdea had been arrested at Campbellton, N B. He had seen the Mall and identified them. Constable Skettington was formerly a detective on the Toronto pollee force. After Pare and maiden. Toronto, July 4.—Detective Greer has gone to Campbellton, N.B., to investi- gate the reported capture of the Napanee bank robbers, Pare and Holden. Fred Wilson Killed at Debonair. Toronto, July 4.. --Frederick son of Mr. .Tacob Wilson, 67 llent7 street, this city, was killed yesterday mdirning alt Cobourg, while attempting to board a moving freight train. He had been visiting friends at Cobourg for the past few days and would have returned to his home in. Toronto this week. It is thought that, on seeing the approaching train, he decided to take a ride. When trying to board a car, he either missed the step or struck the crane of the water tank and fell to the ground. When found he was in a dying condition, and, de- spite medical aid, passed away inside of an laour. Deceased was :21 years of age and well known in Toronto. The body will be brought home for burial to -day. Hamilton moulders Strike. Hamilton, July 4. --About 40 mould- ers in Copp's foundry quit work yester- day naorning because they were not sup- plied with a shop book, as arranged when the big strike was settled a few weeka ago. The strike among the briokmakers has been settled. The Blow Rifled Him. Ayr, Ont., July 4.—The jury at the coroner's inquest, held in MoGeorge'a Hall yesterday, in regard to the death of Henry Reeves, brought in the following verdict: "That Tnemey Reeves came to bis death by a blow from William Gem- mel, without malioe aforethought, ex- pressed or implied." Godiarich Boy. Drowned. Seaforth, July 4.—Clarence Robertson, aged 10 years, who came from Goderich on Saturday to spend his holidays at leis uncle's, was yesterday drowned in the Bgmondville dam. The lad was in com- pany with some other boys playing when he a,ocidentally fell in, Shot Dead over a Political Quarrel, Richmond, Va.. July 4. --State Senator William Flanagan was shot and killed' itt Powbattan Court House yesterday by W. G. Pilkinton. The shooting was the outcoine of a quarrel over the recent canvass fax the election of le. S. Senatore hy a direct vote. Loss. Thirty Lives, 55,000,000. Austin, Tex' . Jely I.—Calvert is tern isolated by the floodexeept by long dis- tance telephone. Estimates of the number of lives lost place it at 30. An estimato of property loss pieties tho total at lean than $5.000,000.