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WHEN IN HOME AND FARM
Convention of Women's Institutes at
Guelph.
"While nine -tenths of the stu- lines of work. He suggested the
study of labor -saying household me-
thods and the application of co-op-
eration to dairying and preserving,
etc., water supplies, disposal of
waste and the pure milk question
should be considered. That one in-
stitute had condemned the time-
honored Monday wash day was part
of the infermatiou given by Mr.
Putnam.
QUESTIONS FOIL WOMEN.
"Problems of the People" was
the title of the address of Mr. C. C.
James, Deputy Minister of Agricul-
ture, but he devoted himself chiefly
to the questions for the considera-
tion of women. A great deal of
energy had been expended in the
development of the material sido
of life rather than on the develop-
ment of the peoplo. Even the ex-
periments of the Depart•nleua of
Agriculture had been carried on
with a view to adding to the pro-
ductiveness of the fields. Many
great questions were dealt with in
the 'ally papers, questions of trans-
portation of the assimilations of the
thousands of peoplo pouring into
Canada from lands where customs
and language were different; ques-
tions of Government, Imperialists
and cheap power. These were pri-
marily the problems which concern-
ed the men.
THE GREATEST PROBLEM.
First of the problems for women
came those of the home and iLs sur-
roundings. Next carne the prob-
lems of the school, which shared
with the parents the responsibility
for the training of youth. "There
are many school -houses for which
we should apologize," said Mr.
James. Questions of health should
be considered. Tho Government
spent large sums to prevent or era-
dicate disease among livestock, but
little to stamp out the maladies
which afflicted mankind.
dents are Canadians, and eight -
tenths are Ontario boys, the other
tenth were from other parts of the
world," remarked President G. C.
Creelman at the annual convention
of the Women's Institutes of On-
tario, at Guelph, last week. Allud-
ing to the manner in which the Ag-
ricultural College advertised the
province abroad, many graduates
did not stay on the farms, but en-
tered allied businesses. Thus the
college was working for the farm-
ers of Ontario He thought that
the Macdonald Institute was teach-
ing farmers' daughters what they
could not learn at twine. In receiv-
ing c&ty and town girls, he thought
the school was doing a work which
it was not intended to do.
President Creelman asked the de-
legates to notify him if they knew
of any girl desiring to take a course
in the Macdonald Institute. He
would then aid her with funds pro-
vided by the legacy of the late W.
H. Massey for that purpose. "When
every room in the institution is oc-
cupied by a farmer's daughter it
will be the happiest day of the pre-
sident's life," remarked Mr. ('reel -
man, who welcomed the delegates.
GREAT FRATERNAI. SOCIETY.
Mrs. W. J. Hunter, of Brampton,
voiced the thanks of the ladies for
the welcome afforded them. She
feltthat there should be more fann-
ers' daughters in the Macdonald In-
stitute. The women's institutes
should partake of the nature of a
great fraternal society, without se-
crets.
In his review of the year's work,
Mr. G. A. Putnam, superintendent
of Farmers' Institutes, said that
while the greatest latitude should
be allowed the institutes in their
work, the time had conic when they
should undertake some definite
BOMB WRECKED A HOUSE.
More Than a Score of Persons
Were Injured.
A despatch from New York says:
More than a score of persons were
injured, five seriously, early on
Wednesday, when a bomb was hurl-
ed into the airshaft of the tenement
house at 320 East 63rd Street. The
house was badly wrecked. Failure
of the occupants of the house to
comply with demands for money
made on them by Black Hand con-
fidence men is believed by the po-
lice to have been the cause of the
outrage. The house was occupied
exclusively by Italians, and it de-
veloped that threatening letters
had been received by many of them
during the past. few months. Prac-
tically all of those injured were
asleep in the bedrooms on the south
side. Plaster and bricks, mixed
with jugged pieces of glass from the
shattered windows. were hurled in-
to these looms with frightful force,
and some of those injured were
found half -buried and unconscious
under the debris piled upon their
beds.
FA LSE MARKED.
BOO Barrels of Rotten Apples Ship-
ped to England.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Mr. Roy, acting trade commissioner
in Birmingham, in n report to the
Department of Trude, after deal-
ing nut high praise to British Co -
FOUR DA CGIITERS.
lutnhia apples, states that he came
--
next to a shipment of five hundred All Born at Once to a Missouri
barrels of apples from a prominent
Ontar., shipper, all of which were School Commissioner.
rotten o1 half decayed. The peen- A despatch from Puxicn, Mo.,
liar thing t. that in each case the says: "hour daughters were born
barrels wero ••�.rked "Not to be on Tuesday to I'rof. Reuben F.
shipped, or '1•a..,1 marked." It Jones, head of the local schools
seems that the const. •rs collected and a school commissioner of Stod-
in advance, and that is,apples dard county. One baby died, but
were thus sent forward. the others bid fair to thrive."
WANTED THE I'IIEASANT.
An Irish Setter Saw It on a Wo-
man's Hat.
A despatch from Sayville, Long
Island, N. Y., says: Mistaking the
elumago of an English pheasant on
the hat of Mrs. Grace Felineler for
a live bird, an Irish setter sprang
at her head un Tuesday and buried
his tenth in her face and forehead.
Screaming from pain and fright,
she tried to beat the dog off. It was
a powerful animal, however, and
was so determined to get the phea-
sant that it returned again and
again to the attack. If bystanders
had not interfered the setter might
have killed the woman. She was
hurried to a local physician and her
wounds were cauterized.
JOSEPII BENNETT KILLED.
Fell 130 Feet Froin a Building in
Montreal.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Joseph Bennett was killed and
Fred Sellers had his back and leg
broken in a hundred and fifty foot
fall from the new gas tank at the
East -end on Wednesday. Loth men
were at work on the top of the
building, when the scaffolding
broke. An accident to the ambu-
lance necessitated the transfer of
the injured tnen and the delay prov-
ed fatal to Bennett, who died as he
was being put in bed. Sellers will
probably die.
-4,--
THE KAISER II31ONBE
Report in German Newspaper That Hes is
Mentally Deranged.
A despatch from Berlin says:
inter-
view with Chancellor Von Buclow
on November 17 has not been di-
minished by a statement published
in 'The Dresden Nachrichten. This
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
UAPI'ENINGS FROM AI.L OVER
TUE GLOBE.
Telegraphic Briefs From Our Owu
and Other Countries of
Recent Events.
CANADA.
The late James A. Blair, of Lon-
don, Ont., left $100,000 to charit-
able schemes.
The ltailway Commission will
meet in Ottawa ou January 5th to
deal with express rates.
Tho governors of the School of
Mines at Kingston will ask the
Provincial Uuvernment for a new
building.
Fire at Keewatin destroyed John
Allan's bakeshop and the Bay City
Hotel. Andrew Allan was burned
to death in the bakeshop.
President Geo. E. Gibbard, ad-
dressing the Ontario Collego of
Pharmacy Council, said the drug
habit was spreading among mem-
bers of the profession.
A Montreal Street Railway con-
ductor claims to have been robbed
by three men without the attention
of the motorman on the car being
attracted.
G. W. Hill, an Indian herbalist,
was given damages of $100 against
Detective Rose, acting for the Col-
lege of Physicians, for false arrest
at Brantford.
Tho Government has relaxed the
provisions of the food inspection
law to allow of shipments of poul-
try and meat from one Province
into another without inspection.
GENERAL.
A lady of fashion in Munich col-
lapsed in the street because of tho
weight of her hat.
Eleven men were killed and twen-
ty-six injured in an explosion in a
magazine at Calcutta.
Mutineers at Salonika fired on a
company of troops of the line, kill-
ing two officers and seven men.
Chancellor Von Buelow says Ger-
many has always regarded the re-
striction of naval armaments as ex-
tremely desirable.
The German authorities have re-
quested Yale University to return
a phonographic record of a speech
made by the Kaiser some years
ago.
UNITED STATES.
A French-Canadian sailor has in-
vented a steel brake for steamers
which will prevent collisions at
sea.
Prof. Lowell, the astronomer,
claims to have found a proof that
there is water vapor on the planet
Mars.
James Sharp, leader of the fan-
atics, who fought the Kansas City
Police a few days ago, has been
arrested.
Annoyed by boys who were snow-
balling him, Adolph Schultz, of
Schenectady, ir.Y., shot and mor-
tally wounded one of the lads.
At the Standard Oil investigation
in Ncw York evidence showed that
the profits of the Indiana Company
between 1899 and 1906 wero $55,-
000,000 on a capitalization of $1,-
000,000.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The British Government will in-
troduce a bill eliminating from the
coronation oath the clause de-
nouncing Roman Catholicism as
idolatrous.
I'E::aoNL POINTERS.
Interesting Gossip About Some
Promiaeut People.
Lord Lansdowne is the only ter-
ritorial magnato who possesses
landed property in all three parts
of the United Kingdom.
Mme. Nordica, like many grand
opera singers who are fond of some
special dish or drink and enjoy pre-
paring it themselves, always car-
ries about with her a machine for
making Vienna coffee, and often
treats her friends to a delicious cup
of this beverage.
M. Kubelik, the famous violin-
ist, can probably claim to have re-
ceived the greatest number of re-
calls. During his first season in
London, at the final recital in St.
James's Hall, he was compelled to
appear on the platform twenty-one
times in answer to the frantic ap-
plause.
Mr. Ambrose S. Ottoy, an aged
blacksmith of Cecil County, in the
State of Maryland, has accomplished
a feat which probably has newer
been performed by anyone else in
the world. For over thirty-five
years hes has been systematically
reading his Bible through and
through from beginning to end. He
has completed his 117th perusal of
the sacred book, and started again.
Tho young Sultan of Johore pos-
sesses one great peculiarity. Many
years ago an accident with a horse
resulted in nearly the whole of his
teeth being knocked out. These
have been replaced by teeth of solid
gold, in each of which a large dia-
mond has been inserted; and, as
they become uncovered even in the
act of smiling, the effect is a most
weird one! to beholders --more es-
pecially when tae sun catches the
stones and stakes them flash like
fire.
Lord Inchiquin possesses the un-
usual privilege of using scarlet liv-
eries, the same as those worn by
Royal servants. This is on account
of his descent from the Royal line
of Thomond, Princes of Ireland.
He is fifteenth holder of the title.
The O'Briens helped to make Irish
history in the long -forgotten past.
They aro proud of their ancient
race, and emphasize its Celtic ori-
gin by the names bestowed on their
boys and girls. Three of Lord Inchi-
qutn's children answer to the names
of Fionn, Phadrig, and Donough;
one of his brothers is Murrough,
another Desmond; and among his
sisters are a Clara, a Doreen, an
Eileen, and a Moira.
A joke which falls from the lips
of a Popo is always noteworthy.
Piux X. recently made one which
also included a pleasant method of
putting a visitor at his ease. Ho
was giving audience to Herr
Schneider, tho bishop of Pander -
born, in Westphalia. Scarcely had
the prelate been introduced when
the 1'ope said, with a laugh: "Ha,
ho! Monsignor, we arc brothers.
we belong to the same family."
Tho Bishop tried to look if he un-
derstood, but evidently failed.
"Don't you see 1" went on the Popo.
"We both belong to the 'Tailor'
family, Schneider as well as Sarto."
Schneider is, of course, the•German
for tailor, just as Sarto is the
Italian.
According to a French paper, cook
M. Menager, is a native of the South
of France. He is about forty yehrs
of age, and draws a salary of $8,000
a year. M. Menager has nothing to
do with the Royal breakfast. He
arrives at the Palace at elevcti
o'clock in the morning, when one of
the officials hand hits the menu of
the day. He then orders what is
needed and superintends the cook-
ing of the luncheon, after which ho
RAILWAY REGULATIONS. is freq until six in the evening.
At that hour he began to prepare
the King's dinner, and, unlike most
other famous cooks, he is helped
only by women in the kitchen.
When the dinner is served, M. Men -
ager makes up his accounts for the
day and then returns to his home.
A good story of Count von Bit -
low's French chef is causing much
amusement in Berlin. Before the
Imperial Chancellor was called to
Berlin he was Ambassador in Rome,
where he, occupied one of the moat
spacious palaces. When the Coun-
tess learned he was to move and
that the Chancellor's residence in
Berlin was a poor thing compared
to their magnificent dwelling in the
Eternal City she had misgivings as
to how her chef -t1 somewhat lordly
personage -would receive the news.
Determining to take the bull by
the horns, sh ' 't for the artist
centre of the trgek, or be less than : and aequai od se with the state
of nffnirsiss ,k once relieved
ton feet len inches in height to the' et her worst a.4° 100ns by the
top of the arra. I ,,,oder, "��h.
great man's affable red
please don't fora .++►rnent permit
THREE HANGING` IN .1 11.11'. your husband to give, up his Post in
- - Berlin on my account
('hinaman and Two Negroes Will -----'M- -----
Suffer h New Westminster. IT ALi. DEP .NDS.
Commission Issues a Series of New
Orders to Companies.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Several orders have been made re-
cently in the interest of safety by
the Railway Commission to all lines
under their jurisdiction. It is or-
dered that every electric bell used
at crossings for protection must be
inspeeted end tested every morn-
ing by the sectionman in charge of
the track. A penalty of 850 is fixed
for each violation. It is ordered
that no freight car can be hauled
in a main line passenger train un-
less the freight car is equipped
with air -brakes, steel -tired wheels
and trucks designed for passenger
service. Tho penalty for violation
is fixed at $50. To prevent accident
'.-;ng caused by mail cranes it is
order, a lt,at they shall not be plac-
ed nearer,tl,;an sel.!cn feet to the
one manifestations of piety. Until
Popular mystification regarding tiro Tuesday, when his Majesty was
life of comparative seclusion led by tersreconirinnd auded ienceo , it+ i sae ridAthe
the Kaiser since his historic inter- Empress, the Crown Prince, and
the Crown 1'rince.s were practi; al-
ly the only persons he had .pen or
{ conversed with since N..vemher 21. .1 despatch hem Ottawa says :
Ho shut himself off completely from New Westet►,inster, B. C., will have
j.•urnnl takes the responsibility for the activities whi,•h usually occupy the unique experience of three
in-
as►erting that persons in very close hint at this season .1 the year. One hangings on the one day. Tbesc
lunch .lith the Emperor received report says the Km
peror rnnr�' a executions arise nut of aha trial of
the impression that the Emperor deliberate atter.rt nt the ee.',•hra- three reel der ca~,rq T►,e condemn_
is suffering from an attack of sten- tion in the t•�•►n hr'1 en November ed men nre n ('hinnn, „,+med l,ee
tal depression. The Nachrichten 21 to regain .,is r P�:larity, hut was Chung. and two o„ ,„'•q named
adds that the Emperor is said to so 0% envie ,me,i wilt, thaappeint- .i,.lin Pertells and .r•+rrres Jenkins.
pass several hours a clay in bed, meat at his failure that ',e has sin••e The Cabinet has no`` yea iewecd the
although he is in goner physical been n prey to despendcrey. ye i1i- evict •'re in each case;grtd is unable
health. His Majesty's mood, the oficia denials of The Naclr•ic!:tea's t•• e d any amends fentnmutn-
joutnal further says. is said to find infor ation were publisred nn .. oseesti•)ns rill ke place
expression in unusually co • u- \ edncaday afternoon. , ,,,rt.iueiy on the lath
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THE WORLD'S MARKETS
REPORTS FROM THE LEADING
TRADE CENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and
Other Dairy Produce at
Monte and Abroad.
BREADSTUFFS.
Toronto, Dec. 15. -Flour -On-
tario wheat 90 per cent. patents
quoted at $3.70 to $3.75 in buyers'
sacks outside for export. Manito-
ba flour, first patents, $5.e0 on
track, Toronto ; second patents,
$5.30, and strong bakers,' $5.10 to
$5.20.
Wheat --Manitoba wheat is easier
at $1.07% for No. 1 Northern, at
$1.05 to $1.00 for No. 2 Northern,
and at $1.03 to $1.04 for No. 3
Northern, Georgian Bay ports.
Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white is
quoted at 94 to 95e outside, and No.
2red winter at 94 to 95c outside,
and No. 2 mixed at 93 to 94c out-
side.
Oats -Ontario No. 2 white quoted
at 39% to 40c outside, and at 42 to
42%c on track, Toronto; No. 2
Western Canada oats quoted at 43
to 43%c, lake ports, and Nu. 1 feed,
41%c, lake ports.
ltyc-No. 2 quoted at 73c outside.
Barley -No. 2 barley quoted at 56
to 57c outside, and No. 3 extra at
55c.
Buckwheat -55% to He outside.
Peas -No. 2 86% to 87c outside.
Corn -Old No. 2 American yel-
low nominal at 71 to 71%e on track,
T r oto ; new No. 3 yellow quoted
at 68c, Toronto.
Bran -Cars are quoted at $19 in
bulk outside. Shorts quoted at
$22.50 in bulk outside.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples -Winter stock $3 to $•l per
barrel for good qualities, and at
$2 to $2.50 for cooking apples.
Beans -Primes, $1.70 to $1.75,
and hand-picked, 81.80 to $1.85 per
bush.
Honey --Combs, $2 to $2.75 per
dozen, and strained, 10 to Ile per
pound.
Hay -No. 1 timothy is quoted at
$10.50 to $11.50 a ton on track
here, and No. 2 at $7 to 83.
Straw -$7 to $8 on track.
Potatoes-Ontarios 60 to 62c per
bag. Delawares, 75 to 80c per bag
on track.
Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 10 to
llc per pound; fowl, 8 to 9c; ducks,
10 to 11c ; geese, 9 to 10e per pound;
turkeys, 12 to 15c per pound.
THE DAIIRY MARKETS.
Butter -Pound prints, 25 to 27c;
tubs, 22 to 2-1c; inferior, 20 to 21c.
Croainery rolls, 29 to 30c, and so-
lids, 28c.
Eggs-C'ase lots of storage, 24 to
25c per dozen, and new laid are
quoted at 30 to 35e per dozen.
Cheese -Large cheese, 13%c per
pound, and twins, 13%c.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Bacon -Long clear, 10'; to 11c
per pound in case lots; mess pork,
$19 to $19.50; short cut, $22 to
$22.50.
Hams -Light to medium, 13% to
14e; do., heavy, 12 to 12%c ; rolls,
10% to 10%e; shoulders, 10 to 10%c;
backs, 16% to 17c; breakfast ba-
con, 14% to 15c.
Lard -Tierces, 12%e; tubs, 12%e;
pails, 12%c.
BUSINESS AT AIONTRE:1L.
Montreal, Dec. 15. -Grain - Ca-
nadian Western No. 2 white oats
are selling at 46ljc; No. 3 at 45;c-;
extra No. 1 feed oats, 45e; No. 1
feed at 44%c; Ontario No. 2 white,
44% to 45e; No. 3, 43% to 44c; No.
4, 43 to 43%c per bush, ex store.
Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat pat-
ents, firsts, $6; seconds, $5.50;
winter wheat patents, $5 to $5.25;
straight rollers, $4.60 to $4.70; de.,
in bags, $2.15 to $2.25; extras, $1.-
75 to $1.55. Feed -Manitoba bran,
$21 ; shorts, $24; Ontario bran, $21
to $21.50; middlings, $24.50 to $25.-
50; shorts, $24.50 to $25 per ton, in-
cluding bags; pure grain mouille,
$30 to $3.2; milled grades, 825 to
$28 per ton. Provisions --Barrels
short cut.mess, $23.50; half -barrels
do., $11.50; clear fat backs, $23;
• ;
dry salt long clear backs, 11c; bar-
rels
ba r
rels plate beef, $17.50; half -barrels
do., 89; compound lard, 9 to 9'/,c;
pure lard, 12% to 13%e; kettle ren-
d ted, 13 to 13%e; hams, 12'. tr
14c; breakfast bacon, 15 to
AA'indsor bacon, 15 t • e; fresh
t'
killed abattoir dr, d hogs, $9.25
to 89.50; live, +00.25 to $6.50 per 100
pea ndu. ('heeee-Western, 12% to
19jc. Butter -Weaker at 25 to 251/c
in round lots. Eggs -The market
was gc,iet., but the fceltt►g remains
firm ; new laid. 29 to 30c; selected
stock, '25 to 25„c; No. 1 stock, 22
to 23e, and No. 2 stock, 17%c pet
dozen.
"Can a roan afford
ly frank at all times •
be perfect-
^akcd the
senna• ern," ansawe Pd tl'al ether!
ills. t care ,,
he has any friend er not:
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mf Tr daughter '^us w Ith
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UNiTi•:D STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo, Dcc. 15. -Wheat -Spring
tcwdy ; No. 1 Northern, carloads.
No- s ._L 121i, Winter, steady ;
I ower ;► o' o, 044.071,:, . Corn-
low, 4 /ae' a im' to ' ?p0 test
No Oats F 2 140
63Vic • g srhi
55c;peedt
•
le•Alinne 54 to M,9e.
* malting.
No. 1 old, De ire -Wheat
0
11 ay. $1.09';'1 cash.
ard, $1.10!; No. 1 „1 rth-
tont. sn"• iter own nu.t
( 1.1.,• I,.•r face who.
BRITAIN AND GERMANY
Cousin of Cecil Rhodes Says War will
Coyne Within Two Years.
A despatch from City of Mexico 1 found the opinion unanimous that
says : The following statement was I war with Germany was :ncvit� Ie,"
made on Tuesda • byFrederick F. continued Mr. Rhodes. "1 aw
Tuesday conversation uu one day with a high
G. Rhodes, cousin of Cecil Rhodes, official of English forces in China is in this city in the interest of several years ago, and he stated
the large mine owners. Ho has positively that war with Cerrn:any
just returned from a trip to Eng- is inevitable.
land. "'And,' continued this high na-
"In my opinion, and in the opin- val official, 'I am kr the immedi-
ion of some of tlio wren in Great ate declaration of war. The matter
Britain, war with Germany must cann:pt be put off. It must come,
come, and it will come within the and the sooner it canes the better
next t++u years. it will be for England.'
"While in England I talked to "This is but one of many simi-
some of the best versed men in pub- lar expressions 1 heard during my
he, navy and military affairs, and visit in Englund."
ern, $1.09%; No. 2 Northern, $1.- THE LORD MAVOR'S POSITION.
07% to $1.07%; No. 3 Northern,
$1.03% to $1.05%. Bran -$19.00 to Surrounded With the Most Elahor-
819.25 ; first patents, $5.50 to $5.75;
second patents, $5.30 to $5.50; first Perhaps no office to which n man
clears, $4.10 to $4.20; second clears
$2.95 to $3.05. i
s elected by the peoplo has more
Milwaukee, Dec. 15. -Wheat -No. attendant glories than that. of Lord
1 Northern, $1.11 ; No. 2 Northern, Mayor of London. It is also sur -
81.10; May, $1.07% bid. lase - rounded with the most claborato
No. 1, 76/. to 77e. Corn -May, 62 formalities. Ile has gowns of scar -
to 62%c bid. Barley -Standard, let, violet and black for variuusoc-
66e ; samples, 60 to G5c ; No. 3, 60% casions, and a train bearer. Tho
to 62%e. No. 4, 60c. Lady Mayoress has maids of honor ✓
and her train is borne by pages in s
costume. In the city the Mayor lj
takes precedence immediately after
the sovereign. A quaint feudal
ceremony, which was strictly ob-
served in the late Queen's Jubilee
in 1897, is that of handing the
sword of state to the sovereign at.
the Temple Bar. The Lord Mayor
has a choice of four swords -the
sword of state, for supremo occa-
sions; flak I.cierl sword, for cer-
emonial occasions, and the black
sword, carried when there is death
in the royal family and when at-
tending funeral ceremonies. Tho
fourth sword is held above the Lord
Mayor's chair in the Criminal
Court. Then there are other em-
blems of office -the diamond scep-
tre, the seal; the purse and tho
mace. They play an important
part in the inaugural ceremonies of
the Mayor. The City Chamberlain,
with three obeissances, presents the
sceptre to the retiring Mayor. He,
in turn, delivers it to his successor,
who lays it on tno table in front of
hint. The chamberlain retires with
three more bows, to return with a
coal -and three more reverences.
The purse is similarly presented.
Further ceremonies follow from '
sword bearer, who renders u
sword. The mace bearer also
up the mace in a similar way. The
retiring Lord Mayor then surrend-
ers the keys of the coffer in which
the seal is kept. There are three
keys; of the other two one is held
by the Chamberlain, the second by
the chairman of the Lands Com-
mittee. To unlock the coffer(")*!1
three must be produced. This cere-
monial l.as great historic interest.
It implies the sovereign power kind
authority in ancient times of the
chief magistrate of the city. Tho
sceptre, sword and mace are em-
blems of royalty. The Lord Mayor
was a merchant prince in fact ns
well as in name. He is still, by
virtue of his office, admiral of tho
port of London, guager of wino and
oil and other gaugablo `arlit•les ;
"meter" of coal, grain, salt and
fruit, and inspector of hops and but-
ter, soap, cheese and other articles
corning into the port of London. Of
course, these duties are performed
by deputy. Other dignified offices
which he holds are governs,• of four
hospitaathedrals,l antrustod ma gioitif• ale in'asevs
C
oral places.
ate Ceremonies.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Toronto, Dcc. 15. -Fat holiday
cattle were in evidence at $5 to $5.-
50 per cwt. The • prices of good
butchers' cattle in straight loads
were a little higher, the range be-
ing $4.25 to $4.85 per cwt. Medium
animals were sold at $3.60 to $4
per cwt., and common at $3 to $3.-
50. Choice butchers' cows were in
active demand at $4 and over per
cwt. Medium cows sold at $3.10
to $3.50, and common ones brought
$2 to $3 per cwt. Stockers and
feeders wero few. An easier feel-
ing was reported in the market for
milch cows. Lambs held up to $5.-
25 per cwt. on an average. Export
ewes brought $3.25 to $3.60 per
cwt. Dealers report a firmer trend
to the market for hogs. They were
still quoted at 86 per cwt. for se-
lects, fed and watered, off cars, To -
rout .
THE IiING IN NO DANGER.
His Majesty's Health Improving -
Suffered from Slight Cold.
A despatch from London says:
In view of the disquieting rumors
abroad, The Lancet is authorized
to state that the health of- his Ma-
jesty the '-ing gives no cause for
anxiety. .: King contracted a
slight cold, an subsequently show-
ed symptoms of influenza and neu-
ralgia, but he improved un 'er
treatment, and he has derived de-
cided benefit from tho change of air
at Brighton. .
$50,000 G111' '1'0 McGII.L.
To be
Devoted to Hailing Profes-
sors' Salaries.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Announcement was trade on Thurs-
day that Mr. Hobert Reford, of
Montreal, had given $50,000 in se-
curities to McGill University in or-
der to increase the salaries of tho
professors. In a letter to Princi-
pal Peterson, Mr. Reford stated
that the necessity of such increases
must be recognized and dealtwith,
if McGill is to retain her standing
and obtain the best men available.
STRUCK GUARD WIT II HAM 31ER
lnniaate of Rockwood Asylum Ins
filets Serious Injuries.
A despatch from Kingston says:
At Rockwood Asylum on Tuesday
afternoon a patient struck Samuel
Stevenson, a guard, on the head
with a hammer while he was adjust- i Being Imported.
ing a blind in the room. Stevensoi A despatch from London ps ;
fell unconscious. and is in the }IL-insn:
, There is ths prospect of an e► rm-
pita! now suffering m Collor' oats wheat crop in the Punjab hero
erin[rCollor'of the brain.
A4;EP i1'01MAN ('C1' THROAT.l/ as Discovered by Husband, Wh(
Summoned Doctors.
C8
GRI:.t,T retOL' IN PUNJAB.
Labor 'aree• but Reaping Machin•
cry s e ng tuportea .
there is a great :cnreity et.abc.r.
The Government is apo��ig l:..•
bor-saving reapimr••
Teapots macleees fro
England.
A despatch from Huntsville, Ont., LIKED Til
gays : Mrs. F. F. Letcher, an aged By hard +
resident of this town, made an at- ; bits ho had
tempt on Tuesday night to end her I fortune. T
life by cutting her throat. She I hint when
was discovered in the net by her
husband, who at once summoned
medical aid. There is a chance of
her recovery. Despondency, caused
by continued ill health, is supposed
to have caused the attempted sui-
cide.
SMALLPDX iN i.UMBER (•.t PS.
Forty-seicn Cases in X" t) o. •
erborot►rt t onni).
++ •t.• •
o (rum Peterborough j
rays:0. ere are 47 ceeee of stnail-
/�p, in the
,,, the lumber camps and
north of Peterborough County
active steps have been taken to
stomp ort thed1Aenee
and The
ne nesiady
draths �1+., 1-.
i4 ,.f a mild type
t,i , s'-rca� and he c �oo�n,..e
l,a� c resulted.
r r,.
Ai„
u pleasure. n,, s
he was at last.. '
is (welly carrel
Off he went o
riage-buildar' i,
K•
S+c
J a^
mor^i}nr'?S 44
to 'an
0,1*1e he wished
detail the kin want rubber
to buy. beilticr.
"Of 1 cer.+�tIte )lied nils• .p'.d man
tyres t 'ear, i \1 (• folks
an tones t kfe�. When they're rid -
ain't that Inc
ing they want to know it."•
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ROW IT H:1Pi'1:NED.
"S[ iga;les- -
i lost a ten -dollar um-
breUn this morning. ear 1
Sol Leave It on a
'on
Wiggles- I wet, the ori•:er
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