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NEWS ITEMS
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Other Countries el Receol
Events.
CANADA.
Mr. R. B. Van Horne has been ap-
pinted manager of the Cuba Railway.
Twenty junior teachers at Hamilton
have been granted increases in salary.
It Is reported that the Government
will extend the beet sugar bounty for
three years.
The Manitoba Legislature has been
dissolved. The election takes place on
March 7.
The three hundredth anniversary of the
founding of Quebec will be cetehrated in
tuty. 1908.
The Manitoba Legislature has been pro-
rogued, and it is said a general election
will be held on Marcia 10.
An Oil Springs boy named Dean was
allot and killed by a companion while
preclisiig nt a target on Friday.
The Temiskatning Hallway Commis-
sion places orders (or two hundred new
cars.
Roy C<irj,er, G. T. R. yardman at Ni-
agara Falls, was crushed between cars
end fatally injured, on Saturday.
Alex. Kidd, of Smith townslhip, was
struck by the limb of a falling tree on
Saturday, and died within an hour.
The qu.stion as to rho outlet to the
Trent Valley Canal has been decided in
favor of Trenton as against Port Hope.
•Soule Toronto manufacturers are dis-
cussing the formation of a million -dollar
ct ntpany to erect workingmen's houses.
Winnipeg City Council has decided not
to accept the Manitoba Government's
offer to instal a telephone system at once.
The Secretary of the Provincial Board
of Health charges that milk adulterants
are being sold by a prominent firm in
Tot onto.
Two conductors and a motorman,
charged with robbing thb Street Railway
(a.mpany at Hamilton, have been com-
mittee for Trial.
The retiring President of the Board of
Trade, \h•. Peleg !lowland. said that
Canada was likely to experience a period
of dear money.
The Manitoba Legislature empowered
the Provincial Railway Commissioner to
order the C,N R. to increase its rolling
stock.
The Government received $50,000 from
Or Genrgian Ray Lumber Company in
f'.iieeetion with the right to cut timber
near the Spanish River.
Assistance for the construction of a
lino between Pert Arthur and Sudbury
has been ask.rl by Messrs. Mackenzie &
Mann of the Ontario Government.
The Winnipeg Boatel of Control has
given :he Street Hatton). Company sixty
days lo secure the cars neeessnry to
meet the requirements of the traffic.
C.Itra, 1 1 of S Catharines,
.\Id. 1 .d .
was accused in the Council of offering to
tbribe Ctetave Lachance. The charge will
I be investigated by Judge Carman.
The 1;r•'at Northern Railway lune re-
ducer) freight rates fmrn l'urtuge to
(Tithe and Brandon to St. Paul. end the
C. P. R. and Soo Ione have been :urctd
1e meet the cut.
Miss Marjorie Taj lore nn eleven -year-
. eel BelleviIS S. girl, has been too anted
the Coverner•General'.s medal as the
',longest pupil to pass the high school
entrance examination.
That sick inmates are neglected and
vliaapilary conditton.s prevail in some
Houses of (refuge to the Province i3 the
charge made by lir .11. W. !truce Smith
in his report to the Government.
The Temiskaming & Northern Ontario
17.ilway Commission have uwnr.led the
r aetrset for ttte construction of the new
ttcnston front the present terminus to
maned with the Transcontinental Itoil-
.y to the firm of McRae, Chandler &
I Veil of Quebec.
GRh.\T 111111.\IN.
The cordite Imagneine and chemical
.research Iaboratery at \\ oolw:ch arsenal
1. ve been destroyed,
he Empress of iiritain on her last
1 ip to Liverpool beat the Cmnntei steam
.r 1.eicrtnia by n:nelern hours.
Reckless herrowing by Soeielistic
i' inicipaIiIies in Britain hay caused nn
ere .coons depreciation of their serureti.w.
leering tort It.iewes in LoiW .n have
8hd.•n p:tilt1inge and jewellery velure at
$1;5.tie0 hem the reieidence of Ctiarlea
Vert helmer.
In the British 11 dote of ('omteens nn
Fr day Harold Cox urged the necessity
6f fuller psrlietpetion by the colonies in
bnporisl detrace.
nd
ose
of the
ad just
veal Gar -
Oven! 6:11.,1,11
ar•Ovenl(iardcn
that atm I..iI
Opera Compel*.
ht on the steamer
we know," he said,
ude any of the star
r y was made up of
e ehoius returning to their
y made arrangements
h the railway company, so
not yet able (0 get ern exact
to names. The disaster has
tho most intense alarm among
her nrentbere of the company.
g to the friendships and relation -
Ips existing."
Arthur Herbert, one of the King's no s-
senger., who was journeying to Tho con-
tinent, was also lost. Ile was a grand-
son of tine third Earl of t'owLs, and was
on a mission to the courts of Copen-
hagen, St. Petersburg, Berlin and Teher-
an, bearing itnpottant despatches to the
Foreign Offices at those capitals.
The British House of Commons on
Thursday refused to sanction the issue
of a writ in Worcester, where the mem-
ber had been unsealed for corruption by
his agents.
A number of advocates of woman suf-
frage who attempted on Wednesday to
enter tho British. House of Commons were
charged by mounted police and many
injured.
UNITED STATES.
The United States alien head tax is to
be increased to 84.
Forrner Governor Higgins of New York
died on Tuesdny at Olean.
A train struck a funeral coach at Long
Island City on Wednesday, killing four
persons.
GENERAL.
Brazil is said to be almost In financial
straits, her deficit this year being six
millions.
Eight girl students at Moscow Univer-
sity have been tried by drum -head -court-
martial.
Germany has ordered a search of the
lodging"; of all persons in the country
who are suspected of being Anarchists.
The Shah has yielded to the popular
demands and has formally recognized
the country's constitutional government.
New Zealand domestic servants have
formed a union under the new arbitra-
tion act.
A hundred miners were caught by fire
In a shaft at Bakhmut, Russia, on Tues-
day. Forty bodies have been recovered.
The first overland mail since the nut tiers, 11 to 11%43; backs, 16%c; breakfast
break of the war between Japan and bac"' 15%c.
Russia left Berlin for Shanghai on Fri- i.nrcl 15 tierces,
day.
ir Robert Hart, head and creator of ('nils, 12%c.
China's Cuslonts Department, has been BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
granted two years' leave of absence, but
is not likely to return to China. Montreal, Feb. 26.--Grain-A feature of
The Hague Peace Conference will pro- floe local oats situation confines to bo
bably meet on Juno 1511i, tho session the good demand for both city and out-
lasting two months, silo buyers. Sales of Ontario No. 2
whip were made at 43% to 44c, No. 3 at
42% to 43c, and No- 4 at 41% to 42c per
bushel ex store. Flour -Spring wheat
Patents, $1.50 to 81.60; seconds, 84; win-
ter wheat patents, 84 to 84.15; straight
rollers, 83.55 to *3.65; do, in hags, 81.60
to $1.70; extras, 81.45 to 81.55. FCe.t- -
Manitoba bran, in bags, Sgt; shorts, $22
per ton; Ontario bran, in hags, 821 to
$21.50; shorts, $22 to 822.541; milled
mouillio, 524 to $25 per ton; and straight
grain, *28 to $30. Provisions -Barrels
short ciit mess, $22 to $23.50; half -Idols,
'.11.75 to 812.50; clear fat backs, 824 to
824.50; long cut heavy mess. 820.50 to
$22; half -Idols do, *10.75 to $11.50; dry salt
long clear bacon, 12 to 12%c; barrels
plate beef, 811 10 $12.50; hall-bbis do,
86.25 to 86.75; barrels heavy mess beef,
'es.50; half -blobs do, 54.75; compound lard.
P;; to 10%c; pure lard, II% to 13e; kettle -
rendered, 13 to 13%c; trams. 13 to 16%c;
breakfast hncnn. 15 to IGc; Windsor ba -
cc n, 15% to 1Gy.,c; froth kilhvl abattoir
dressed hogs, 810 lo $10.25; alive, 87.25.
i:ggs--Selects, 28 to 29e; slorngo stock,
2a to 26c. Cheese -October made white,
13%c; colored, 14c nominal. Butter -
Choicest creamery, 25'e to 25%c; medium
grades, 23% to 24%c.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
St.. Louis, Feb. 26. - wheat --- Cash,
75%c; May, 76%c; July, 76%e.
Minneapolis. Feb. 26. - Wheat ---May,
78%c: July, 791; to itt%c ; September,
78%c; No. 1 hard, 81,'1c: No. 1 northern,
80y,c; No. 2 northern, 7s; to 7$%e; No
:t northern, 71 to 76c. Flour --Firm ; fleet
patents, 8110 to 51.30; second patents,
$4.05 to 81.15; first clears, $3.25 to $3.55;
second clears. $2.10 to 82.10.
817.S0 10 10 817.75.
Milwaukee, Fel•. 26. -- Wheat --No. 1
northern, 82% to 83e; Net. 2 northern, 79
to 81e; May, 77 to 7tk. Ilve-No. 1. Cite.
I :
hurley- N...., 61,e to G.vc, sample. l.t to
Ole. Corn --No. 2 cash. 42yc; May, IG'„c
asked.
LIVE S10(K \IAItlCI"1'.
Toronto, Feb. 26.• -Trade ova• good,
nn.l. considering the size of the run.
price; held fairly firm.
Expert Gallie-\Wein quiet. with few'
offering. Quotations show little chanties
Trade was good in butcher rattle. •\
few cattle of prime quality soli around
the $i mark. and salrts were not'1' free-
ly from $4.65 to 84.55.
There is very little doing in atoekers
and feeders, and quotations are un-
changed.
Mit••h rows are steady ir. firm. with a
geed e:• mend for choice gracile. Spring.
ern are quoted n little higher.
(salve; ate Slendy mol unchonged.
Sh.'.'p and lnnibs are Moiety. The sup.
p'e was ni der•nte and the derrinnd fair-
ly good.
!legs- Qu•.Itllw.ns ere unchanged nl
f6.70, feel and watered. The rnerkl Is
al achy,
maim
Orals. Cheese aid
Paley Ps white al flow
and Abroad.
fronto, Feb. 26. - Flour -- Ontario
90 per cera. patents are quoted at
.65 to *2.67 in buyers' sucks outside for
oxport. Manitoba first patents, $1.50;
second patents, SI, and slang bakers',
K3.50, Toronto.
Wheat - Manitoba grades are un-
changed. No. 1 Manitoba haul quoted at
87%c; No. 1 torth.•ri at 86e, lake ports,
and No. 2 nurlhcru nt sic. !like ports.
Corn- No. 3 American yellow Is quoted
at 52 to 52%c on track, Toronto. Canoe
Wan corn nominal at 41 to 1-'&3 c, Cha-
tham freight.
Bran -Scarce and nominal at 819 to
$20 outside in bulk. Shorts quoted at $20
t•) 821 outside.
(:ALL BOARD.
Wheat ---No. 2 white offered at 72%e
euside, with 71c bee at 78 per cert.
pciiils, and 71%o bid at C.P.B. 78 pet'
cent. points ; it also o((en)d at 72%c at
Til per cent. points, without bids. No. 2
mixed offered at 72c outside, without
bids.
Barley -No. 2 was 51%c bid at 78 per
cent. points, and none offered.
Peas -No. 2 offered at 82c outside, with
79%c bid.
Outs -::No. 2 white offered at 39%c on
G.T.It. outside, with 38%c bid at 78 per
cent. points; they also offered at 40c on
track, Toronto, with 39%c bid, and at 410
in store, Toronto, without bids.
Rye -No. 2 offered at 68c outside, with
out bids.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Apples ---Good to choice winter stock,
$2.50 to 83.50 per bbl.
Beans -fiend -picked selling at 81.55 to
$1.60, and primes at $1.40.
Honey -Strained, quoted at 11 to 12c
per Ib, and comb honey at $2 to $2.50
per dozen.
Hops -Now quoted at 18 10 21e.
Ilay--No. 1 timothy Ls quoted ut 813 to
$13.50 here, and No. 2 at 812.
Straw ---$7.50 to $8 n ton on track here.
Potatoes---Cmtnr!o. 75 to 80e, per bag
on track, and Now Brunswick, 85 to 90c
per bag.
Poultry -Turkeys, flesh killed, l2 to
13c ; chickens, dressed, 10 to 11c; alive,
7 to 8c per Ib ; fowl, alive, 5 to 6c; ducks,
dressed, 10 to Ile; geeso, 10 to tic per lb.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butler --Pound rolls are quoted at 22 to
23e; tubs, 20 to 22c; large rolls, 20 to 22c.
Creamery prints sell at 26 to 27c, and
solids at 23 to 24e.
Eggs -Storage, 23 to 24e ; selections,
25 to tee; aid new laid, 29 to 30c per
dozen.
Cheese ---Large cheese, 13% to
twins, 14, to 14%c.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs in car lots are un-
changed, with prices quoted at $8.50 to
$x.75 here. Bacon, long clear, 11% to
11';c per lb in case lots ; mess pork,
821.50; short cut, $23 to 523.50.
(lams -Light to rhodium, 15%c ; do,
heavy, 14%c ; mils, 11% to 12c; shoul-
14c, and
12eee ; tubs,
An infernal machine was discovered in
the chimney of Count eVille's house, at
St Petersburg. on Tuesday.
JUMPED FROM :1 WINDOW.
Womari•s Suicide al Victoria Hospital,
London.
A despnl•h from Len.1.)n, Ont., rays:
Mrs. Bessie Dredge. wife of Motormen
'George Doidge, an employee of the Lon-
don Street Ranee), Company. jumped
from a third -storey window of the ma•
ternity ward of Victoria Hospital en
Friday evening and was killed. Dr.
'Ferguson says that Mee. Doidge was the
victim of temporary insanity, induced
by her illness. She cunningly Wilmer,
the nurse to raise the window on pre -
tette.) of securing air. Iminedtalely her
brick was turned she jumped Through.
Iler husband entered the rowan while
the nurse was dossistnirs. Finding the
roost empty he immediately' called the
nur-o. ho
discovered the body nISte
h.
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DEPORT IN_S 1NE SET'rums.
Arrangements made 10 fiend Rack Un-
desirable Immigrants.
A despatch from) Toronto says : Ar-
rangements hove been made by Mr. S.
.eriestroitg, t'rosincirrl Inspcclor of Asy-
lums. Through the Dominion hnmigrn•
ti.an Ik+parin•nt, fur the dep. • :item of
five settlers who have. since their arrival
In Canada, developed insanity. Alt are
Men, att.1 all cone (rem 1irent Britain
originally. One u( them, who is at pie -
sent confined in Toronto Asylum, will be
sent Arad; to Ile' Old country in a env
days. Another will l e removed from
Hamilton on Saturday. Several more
persons of the same type will lease (:run-
ada a woe.]: (room Salurdny. A consider-
able number of similar cases of cul.miete
who have shown sigma of menial weak -
noes will be similarly dealt with shortly.
During the ln,t month 18 Moieties, who
(dant' ciiorlly before into ll:o country,
Ir.nve been (leI iil(d.
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TWO MEN K11.1.1:0.
Dynamite Explosion on the Transconli-
neninl North of Dryden.
A despalcli from \\'abil;oon says: The
bodes of two men were brought into
t)u yden in Theredny. 'fhe' tt . re killed
by
it pe.•. •ernetre exp.! einrt 1 e1)nnmite
on Ih 'fr,eneeenCncntel 'leeway con -
all lchie twenty tittles north of Dryden.
Their names were Eric Jenson, a Swede.
ny, •.I 33 years, end Michaeldi Conan,
aged `7 yearn. The Coroner held an in-
s es't,lstion, and dceI'toel on inquest trees
not necessary.•
(:11.1M1il:Itl.11\ .t
Ilo lit Nherlt•d %trent the (:rounds In nn
Intend Chair.
A desi,atch from London says: An in-
teresting authoritative statement con-
cerning the health of Joseph Chamber-
lain was published en \\'wtnaulay. 1t
docs not confirm the worst rumors. but
It stows that Mr. Chamberlain is com-
pletely broken physically, although he is
mentully alert. Ile passes most of his
lime indoors at Iligh['ury, his Birming-
ham residence, but when the weather is
Otto lie drives in a carriage in the
grounds of his testate, or of, uuf►•equeutt d
roads in the vicinity. Ile seeks to avoid
the public gaze. Ile never slays outside
rho house more than forty -live minutes
at a time. Ile sometimes spends con-
siderable time in Itis orchid houses, as
hoe temperature in thane buildings suits
him, or he will be wheeled In an invalid
chair about the grounds. Ile occasionally
takes a short walk, supported by his
stout slick and the arm of his wife, but
Ike invalid chair always is at hand.
4.
FIIOs1' WIPES OILT 1'.1MILA.
A Farrier, His Nile ani! Three Chil-
dren the Victims.
A despatch from E.ste:ran, Sa,I.atche-
wan, says: A man named David 'erre,-
per, arrived here of, Wednesday day night
with Ilio startling informationthat a
farmer named Radcliffe, with his wife
and three children had been frozen to
death. Radcliffe was a homesteader,
who carne here for coal about a fort-
night ago. A neighbor named McAl-
Line called at ltadcliffc's during his ab-
sence and found his wife and children
frozen solid and no fuel or food in the
house. Further search also found Bad-
cliffo and his team of oxen frozen to
death on the ice in a neighboring creek,
with his sleigh loaded with coal and
provisions. it is thought that he had
lost his way in the storm end perished.
Radcliffe arrived front England last
May and wont homesteading in June.
Sergi. Lett, of the \L.,mtcd Police, con-
firms the report by wire, adding that
the bodies wire brought into \fncoun
on Wednesday night. •
UNIVERSITY OF HUMANITY.
Latest Scheme of Gen. lloolh--Wanted a
Millionaire Giver.
A despatch from London says : The
newest schemes of Gen. Booth. head of
the Salvation Army, include the estab-
lishment of a university. Addressing a
meeting of Stock Exchange members, he
said : i am looking for a millionaire to
help ale form an international univer-
sity of humanity. As we have universi-
ties of ares, science aud.theology, 1 think
we ought to have ()nit for training men
and women to dent with the sorrows and
miseries of mankind."
SOMETHING FOR SIIAk1EHULDEIIS.
Semi -Official Statement on Ontario
Rank Affairs.
A despatch from Montreal says : A
semi-nllicial statement in regard to rho•
Ontario Banks affairs says : "It is under-
stood that there will be a considerable
percentage left for the shareholders of
the Ontario Bank when the affairs of
that institution aro finally liquidated. So
far no estimate can be reached of whet
will really be saved. but it can be stated
pretty uuthorltattvely that there will bo
something left after the del')siters and
other claims are paid 1n full."
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DENOUNCE THE I1t'SSI1NS.
french !Merchants Angry Because Their
Nares Were Not Purchased.
A despatch from Toulon, France,
says: The action of the Russian squad•
eon. which is anchored in this harbor,
in ['eying provisions from Greek and
(:ernhnn houses, tins incensed the
French merchants, who have placarded
the city with denunciations of Frances
nllles and have forwnrded Indignant re-
solutions kr Marine Minister 'Thomson:
FATAL EPIDEMIC IN GL.1St:0W.
Serious Outbreak of (:erehro-spinal
Meningitis Throug'toul Scotland.
A despatch from London says: The
official figures show that the onlbreak
cf cerebri-sphtal meningitis at Glnegow
I( serious. Slice Feb. 5, 107 cases have
been reported. of which 62 proved fa-
tal. The total number of cases in
Scotland has been to date 291, with 161
ieaths. The number of eases in Gins-
gow has been 223, with 119 deaths. In
Edinburgh there have been 25 cases and
2( deaths. In addition, there have been
100 cases and 55 deaths at Belfast.
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It3ER RAIDERS CONDEMNED. ..
Ferrtere and Four Followers Sentenced
to Death.
A despatch from Kimberly says: Fer-
reira, the lender nt the raid fro,n Ger-
man S•.ulhw•est Africa in November
Inst. and four of his fe,llewers. were on
\'ednesdny sentenced to death. The
jury refused to credit the statement 4f
1 err. Orn that a (simian captain named
5ieheu t instructed him to crass the bor-
der and .stir up sedition if, Cape Colony.
.11'tTR 11.11N TINNED MEAT.
!lrillsh t:osernntenl fiends Commission
of Inquiry Into Methods.
:\ despite!' from Lwu.lon ant's : The
Government has despatched a Special
conker In :\nsl11 lin to report nn 1i dlanIs
,f mnnufaelure of limned meal. and the
caprcily for a larger supply to meet the
demand.
A \\1\\11'EG ' 111'.Inl:.
Jelin 1 . Kerns. Heol lislale hritler, Shoals
Himself ie MIrlathronn
:\ despite,' from et inn l•.•r s:ty4:
John 1.. !4 ruts. reel eilide I• !e r reun•
no fled suecf.le in the Siren, n:i Hotel
Oca 1'. a l.et e%rnitlg lee see 1 i1 :. Social
and 11,:,, 'eft troul.t.. • • 1.e..-ved to
be the cause•.
'THEY ATE POISONED GRAIN
One Result of the Terrible Famine
in Russia.
A despatch from Kazan, Itussia. sage :
A correspondent of the Associated dates
has returnee) here after a twenty-tive
duys' trip through Kazan, Samara and
Ufa, (lute sample provinces of the
twenty affected by (atntne. The corres-
pondent Investigated tho situation in all
dhrctions, travelling 501) miles by sleight
in dlslriel5 remote from the railroads
where the distress is most acute. Ile
reports sporadic cases Of scurvy In all
threat pr•c%inCus. Aside (torn the dislrl-
bution of Government rations, lite lied
Cross and local municipal organizations
aro feeding in Ufa 210,000 persons, in
Kazan 230,000, and in Samara 100.000.
A trip by sleigh Otto the northern par(
of Kazan province tools the correspon-
dent into one of the worst sections of
the famine region. In the hamlet of
Alanzhipsha;t:. many tx•nons suffering
Irian ergotism were found in :seventy-
leut' out of .evenly-.•tgt.t house; visited.
I he symptoms 411 this malady tire ii
burning sensallon if, the'liver, followed
l,y chills, spasms and a permanent con-
truction of the limbs, and finally Wind-
ne.ss ai.hocy. al of -tenth ••i
tItc I)Optrlulind1r11 haA stotbeen peroneuiIuncntiy
disables!. 41mo,t every li eu.e s a['d
I.l'e�'llt,\I '.0 tate .tl5 et L1►1s dl..'.s0
Four -Wills of the cattle in this district
hear° beef, killed by til•, ,;into poison, told
fully live per cent. of the crop is ergotic.
the peasants are fully aware of the un-
wholesomeness 4.11 the grain, but they
have no altcrialisc and Hurst cal •.what
they can gel. Thousands of cases of
ergotism occurred loefe,ro the Govern -
Meld was stirred to .. t: •u. i h. nr:dady
i • now diminishing.
ROYALTY GOES SHOPPING
THEY ENJOY iT JUST LIKE OTHER
MORTALS.
Incognito Visits of Ills Majesty to Large
Stores - Edwardian Court
is Democratic.
In the days of Queen Victoria, roy-
ally, when it went shopping, did not
de .so in its own person. Her tate
\faje-ty Is said to have disapproved of
one act•alone in the life of her grand-
daughter, the German 1Caiseriu, and
that was when this august lady paid
her last visit to London, and stopped
her carriage as slte drove down Regent
street one morning to step boldly out,
enter a milliner's establishment, and
choose a hat for herself then and there.
The King, when Prince of Wales was
the only member of Queen Victoria's
own imrncdi'ale family who, whilst apo-
logizing to the Queen for his temerity,
yet went his own way in Rio tnatter-
at nny rate, at Christmas lime, when
he would frequently drive up in his
brougham to a certain bric-a-brac shop,
not very far from Berkeley square, and
make his -own selection of pretty things,
such as old curios and jewellery, glass
and china, brocades, book covers and
photograph frames.
YOUNGSTERS LIKE SHOPPING.
Upon one occasion a lady found her-
self alone in a lift with two gentlemen,
in a very largo "store" in London. One
face was familiar to her: it was rho
King's, who was there, not to purchaso
that day, but to go over the stores for
inspection and curiosity's sake with his
equerry,
It was a little hard That princes and
princesses, until of late, were denied
Ilio pleasure of shopping, Joe, like other
mortals, they delight in i - 'fhe Queen
once out of London, driving through
Ilunstant.en, for instance, or Ballater.
or in any Danish or other foreign towns
will stop at this shop and that, and
gieally enjoy making little purchases.
She has real genius for seeing and
choosing pretty things, and is a first -
rale judge of china, embroideries, laces,
and old bric-a-brac. Her taste is ex-
quisite, as her suites of roonts testify,
Loth at Buckingham Palace and at
Windsor. As an artist she has all en
artist's eye for beautiful form and fine
coloring.
KING AND QUEEN GENEROUS.
Once. passing by a little shop, silt
e: pied an old piece of Oriental drag•
ere• crimson in color, edged with gold
fringe and embroidered in Chinese
silks in roses, dark blue and purple.
Afterwards the Queen sent for the
cloth, and covered her grand piano :.t
Buckingham Palace with it. Nothing
could have been more harmonious than
its effect with the decoration of the
room.
Somethnes her Majesty will lake a
strong liking to some special stone. cr.
Ince, article of silver, or book. '1 hen
she will order, say, amethysts, Buck-
ingham1am lace, and Petc1
boxes,ofeac
h
a number. and give them right and left
to her friends,
in Scotland she buys largely of tar-
tans, cairngorms and "sweeties," to
convey to her Dani -h relations. Both
she and the King have always been ex-
ceedingly generous to (heir friends, and
never'forget their birthday's, nor to send
thein gifts at Christmas. A store rf
hundreds and hundreds of gifts from
which they may choose Is sent to them
annually in early December, and some-
times the choosing of a great variety (1
eats occupies them for nearly a day.
KING ALWAYS SURI'RISEi).
Now That them is less cerem'eny at
Vic Edwardian court, Princess Victoria
may often be seen In the toy .hsps
of Sloane street or it'gent street Iny•
Ing in a supply of earls and horses
end dolls and traps for the little ne-
phews and nieces, to whore she is so
fetidly allnrhed. Prince Edward and
I'rinr) ,Obert. too. are allowed. every
now• and then, to make their own
purchn•es in the London slops, and the
last. time they went was just prey eels
1, the return of the Prince. and Pr:n-
cess of Wales from India. fur %%loom,
with (heir saved -tip pocket money, they
!ought it number of finny and useful
tittle gifts. Sometimes Prince E !ward
get. n present for his grandfather. the
King. who makes a point, even it the
secret e: its parrhase has !caked out
before. of nppearint very surprised on
its arrival, and of undoing the parcel
himself.
Prink'' t:Lriellan and Princess Henry
cf het •1 I trg. the t'rin1Ms of Setilos-
00 , I; - on. awl irnr•evel I'atriiis of
t' it;tineeghl wi'(! Ler !nether. the Duch -
may t.' u(i.lanit', niel to-tt y in
tt,o milliners' and drapers' Shope eboos•
ing hats and chiffons. Foreign royal-
ties do lout little shopping in London.
save at the big furniture shams, and et
a special one in Bond street, dedicated
to the sale of cutlery, photograph
frames, knickknacks in metal, and lea-
ther work. •
4.
WORLD'S SMALLEST SCi1001..
It Is Situated On an Island In the
Baltic Sea.
Alinast at the mouth of the (Ciel canal
in the Bailie Sea, is situated the smallest
school in the whole world. It is a Ger-
man government school and costs far
nloro Utan the school board of the dis-
trict receives in school taxes. The
government built the schoolhouse and
supplies a resident teactter. Yet there
are only two scholars, and it may be
some time before the class -roll increases.
This record-breaking school is on an
island, Suderoog. There is only one
family occupying the island. Marlin
Paulsen is both Heileman and• farmer.
and ie also lord of (he isle. Ile is in
comfortable circumstances and has a
growing family of youngsters. 'Three
years ugo young \Iat•tin, his eldest child.
became of school ego. Paulsen found it
impossible to send the boy daily to the
mainland. Being advised what to do, he
made application to have Suderong
created a school district. He shoyved his
lax receipt,, proving that for many years
he had paid school taxes for the whole
island.
'fete government replying to the ap-
plication, said that under the law it was
not obliged to supply a school for only
male children, and as Marlin Paulsen.
junior, was the only scholar. Suderong
must wait. 'If, Iwo years, Katrina Paul•
sen became of legal school age, and
nein the father applied to the govern-
ment, this time demanding the eslablLsh-
me nt of a school. .
And so, last year. Germany sent bricks
and mortar and lumber and w•or•Lanee
mud built a small but regulation national
schoolhouse. Then a government
teacher, Ileinrich Arp, was „sent from
Kiel. The two scholars wero enrolled
and tho smallest school in the world be -
gen its sessions.
Teacher Arp, who is 25 years old.
pined in the solitude of the islet- in n
few weeks he made application for a bil-
let elsewhere. The sole society of the
Paulscns and their children soon wearied
him. But governments move slowly. It
has been six months since Teacher Arp
asked to be mowed. Now he has amend-
ed his petition by asking to remain at
St:deroog. In the summer there were
many excursionists to the islet from the
mainland and the teacher stet n pretty
fraulcin at one of the picnic parties who
has consented to become Mrs. Arp and
live on Suderoog. For a married teacher
the government supplies quartets, So a
dwelling Ls soon to be erected near the
tiny school.
MiOiIE DO1'Kl1OBOR5 COMING.
Result of Peter Veright's Visit to Russia
-Railway L:dtorers.
A des=patch h•otn Montreal says: Peter
V'Pigin is back in Montreal after a Trip
01 ,- One months to itue.sel. where he
was vi,iling the D.,ukhol,or eetlleutents,
and was alto engaged in trying to gel
men for construction work on Unc Grund
Trunk Pacific. ile was successful 'n
obtaining permission from the Russian
nulhorities to bring thorn out. Ile slnl•
fel In en interview that obout n thuu-
saml mare Deukhnbers would come nal
In the spring. and he also was sure of
being able to get several Ihnusand
mien for the Grand Trunk Pacific.
ITIS OWN.
A very shy youth sat on the sofa with
his lady love. Ten diffident to pop the
question. he gradually Slipped lots arm
around her waist. and after a long
situ nee blurted out, deep'111 ii(11.' "I don't
seen( In be making mato ti progress."
"Perhaps not." replied the Indy. "Rut.
anyhow. you are holding your own."
NEEDF:D IT.
They had just extracted one of little
Pierre's heat front teeth. and as tee gazed
at the vacancy in the looking glee he
suddenly burst ode tears,
"Don't cry, dear," said hit mother;
"it will soon grow again."
"Yes; but not in lime for dinner,"
sobbed Pierce.
ALi. 11i0HT.
"1'h •.;e photographs," protested the
fair staid, "are rather indu:,linct."
"Naturally," rejoined the w'Ise artist.
"Your face is anything but plain."
%nd st:e went away ?attstt'd.
it, the feud fifty years the world's cot-
feecrop hes Laoreaeed eightfold.
IN MERRY OLD ENGLAND
AIMS DY 111%11. A1t01 T SOiIN UULIS
AND 1115 PEOPLE.
Occurrences In the Land What Itet11M
Supreme ht the ColnuttscW
World.
Tho death Is announced of Holly
smith, aged 95. formerly queen of the
femme's, of Itluck Patch, l.undsw•orlh.
!)r. A: Wtlharus. who ha, been band-
uuts(cr of the Grenadier Guards sine%
.\pelt, 15:12,hleen selectee ter promo -
Mon to u tumuli�twl as second lieu- ,
leuuril.
Itrevlly is rho soul of ail, aid soma
lutes tl►e (ruse ut it. 'Thus u bleat pulskenar
aruiuuno.d •
:-'$weew fever has bro
ut ut Liltlenunster. The ilayor is lt-
d isposed.'
it has been decided that Prince Edward
is to enter the army, while t'riuco Al•
bent is to join the taVy, un arrangement
which will be if, select uccordunce with
the family precedents.
"Pudding Su6day" was held in a Lon-
don church ort the 23rd ult., w hen all
!lac. congregation brought (auisirnec, pud-
dings for distribution among tho very
peer and unemployed of London.
Tho death teals glee on the Glh Oast,
of Mr. Walter W. head, the Iainous
Surrey cricketer ,who if, the '80s was
one of the leading batsmen in the coun-
try, and many toles represented Eng•
hand against Australia.
The Duke of Portland has promised
la defray the cost of enckosiug with orna-
mental posts and ch• it►s the gtovid ac-
quired at the Notlinghntn scan tery for
rho Interment of Velerat►s of lite Crimea
and lndiun Mutnhy.
There are on an average 11 deaths
yearly in the British isles from light-
ning, 36 from stnuslrokc, and 131 from
exposure to cold. The latter estia►ato
will be largely exceeded when the tole of
the last frost is made up.
During 1906 ten million sovereigns
were issued from the Royal Mint, being
double. the number Lssucd in 1:x6. The
half -sovereigns shuck were of the total
value of £2,165,000; making in all Z12,-
165,000
12;165,000 worth of gold issued in 1906.
Copgregationalist returns show that
there are 4,943 churches, branch churches
and mission stations in Great Britain,
containing 1,793,503 sittings. The roll of
church members this year Is 459.916,
with 738,210 scholars and 67,1161 teachers
in the Sunday school.
Tho estate of Robert Davies, of 13od-
h:ndeb, Bangor. the great Welsh phil-
anthropist, who diet! Iasi year, Inas been
valued, so far as can conveniently be
ascertained, at £425,501, including per-
sonalty of the net value of £424,824i. The
Into Mr. Davies is also known to have
distributed ..within the last few years
considerably over a quarter of a million
fe.r• charitable objects.
A sensation has been caused l.y the
disappearance of C. H. Baker, hon. man-
ager and secretary of the Incorporated
church Institute, Upper Tooling. In-
vesligalion has so lar failed to (ILacloso
defalcations, but 52,000 is unaccounted
foe up to the present. Mr. Baker's safe
contained $2,381. Two offciaLs connected
with the Christmas dividing clubs in
Sheffield are slated tohave absconded,
and:lung(
ugin ono case $1,000 is said to be miss -
The Duke of Norfolk has assumed a
mililant attitude towards the democracy.
11•i owns vast properly on land and build-
ings -a considerable portion of which is
if, London and Sheffield -from which he
derives over heti a million pounds a
year. The Duke of Norfolk never created
‘osa penny of his enormous
w'ea Illi.
General Sir Ilenry Percival De Bathe,
1C.C.b1., died in London recently. He
was born in 1823 and succeeded his fa.
Ther as baronet in 1870. Ile served in
the Crimean war, taking part in the
stege of Sevastopol in 1851, and received
several medals. Ile become lieutenant -
colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards in
1884, and later became colonel of the
Shropshire Light Infantry.
A 1 E LADY.
Agnes Cruthrrs: the Daughter of a Scot.
lists Shoemaker.
Two•headed Indies are extremely rare,
but there are at least Three carer; on'rn.
cord of such a (real: -one of them being
alive now, to the hest of our belief. She
oras sued recently by an hotel keeper,
who wattled to charge her for the keep
o' two persons, and the case went into
the courts.
But there Is only cone example on
re-
cord of n Ihiug crrnn
with three heads,
and this w•as Agnes Crulhrrs, the (lnugh-
let of a i.oilar•I:sltire Shoemaker, who
was born nn June 2811o, 1771. Iler per -
cools. recognizing the value of their pecu-
liar offspring. promptly made overtures
1., the lending showmen of Ihedey. and at
Met accepted an offer of $2.:.(si per an-
num and n ng f, erpundW
(•u• reetng hershilli. 1h'
ipearescyhildoons pianos!!
four years old when she went on extol -
holier), and was shown in the eeair:•e of
the next hvenly cent., to over half a
"1111:1i).:"people.
This poor woman. although she lied
three heads. ons lotnity devoid of intel-
lect. an afiliclion ►she••11 the nledienl men
01 the day attributed to the itnl!it.Ic of
lee, bruin to peowliet.• and tetania per -
feel on emelt heed. t p to her sixteenth
year her heads. eine!' were arranged in
a line front should«r le shoubl.•r. grew
so trig that it en!. feur.•et n fatal result
would ensue. They stopped • gross nag,
however, at !hap age, and she lived an
another eight wear;, mild elle ansa
twenty-four. Ai the time of her derttlr
she had brought her parents in a Sinn of
nn
10 4s than 8175.i»'.
4)
40
i'ERILS 01' DIVERS.
The perils of is dit.'r's dillies are illus•
'rated by the fate nt ora American direr.'
Ho was detailed to clean Iho bnllont of
a ship, and. arrayed in a diver'.e 5.01t
he dropned Into the water. confident Ilie
Vie von eonlrolling the life -line w ,.ted
check descent at the proper p•.uat.
insl,'s,l of doing so he IM flint dee.•end
with a run, and he, of course, went to
(he Irtttom. a depth of at ttv fathoms.
When hatted up lir; irnly had Tree%
crushed to a pulp by the pr'.ssnre of the
water.