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eat' yeav wittire thetes neat ei
2chtiataa0.600 tete-41El ett
reeehete ite meximuni. The eveeld's•
etteat cigrWi,1;1006:
VIA; E IT IS, WHAT r11 Vile HOW
IMOUS.
Min If:salad* Feed ihe Weald t --
Peace River County- Tha Notes
Granary.
I ant Wrirlfli° 13'3CriC1110R, 400
v: i. fl the theitei Statel hen:adore'
writes Frank 0, tau -pet -der, I am on the ,
freatier el the great whcat belt
the rteetilatta glee opening up, avid whieit
prenneee revelutionite The bread -mar-
kets of nett Weald, I iterve teen. travel-
ling for thane tveries thrntigh the grant
lahda, and •gtin new, in a stratglat line.
at •afe Mr nerthweet •Of Witmihett j,'
from New Y. to•Chicago. 'Along that
tine,. Pare )15 tvheat all the way. I' &r
Manitpba. produced mho than .40,000,000.
bushele laSt year, and 'something like,
100,000,000 bushlas were harvested in
Cauatla.
Tile size if Canacle!e new bread bas-
ket is hard to define. ,The area I have
daecribed has beext thoroughly pros -
peep& Wheat is actually raised. in all
parts of it, and I hearostories of great
wheat lands beyond. Three hundred
miles dee. north of Edmonton, on the
Peace: river, they are raising big crops,
and flour mills are now grinding away
at Fort vermilion.They receive goon
prices on account of the high freight
rates whit* prevail -throughout the
wilds of the Northwest, and the farmers
are getting $1,50 a bushel for their train.
Railroad engineers who have been sur-
veying the extensions of the ...Canadian
Northern and the Greed Trunk Pacifia
railroedst ' which are to be built Irom
here across tile 'Heckles,. tell me that
there isgoodland all the way, from Ed-
monton to the footbills, a distance of
several hundred miles, and that settlers
'have already begun to penetrate that
region.
According to, tite, beet Canadian au-
thorities; the wheat belt so fee defined
'comprises a strip extending from east
to west .aeross the boun, daey of Western
, Minnesota, North Dakcita. and Montane.;
MEASURING 800 OR 900 MILES,
MT extending northward a distance
equal to that between Philadelphia and
Pittsburg.. The men who havelived here
longest advance' the most roseate views.
• They: believethenew area has Several
hundred million, acres, estimating it As-
equale to about eight states as big as
Ohio, or six or .eevert of the sizeof*Penn-
sylvania or New Yee*. This does not
include the vast region- north' of, Where I
am writing. . • °
This .mighty farrn is being opened up
by the railroads. Between '2;000 and
3,000e miles of new tracks were Con-
structed teat year, and three .great sys-
tems are now Pushing their way, through
it. The old line of the Canadian Pacific
'goes across it not far above the inter-:
national 'bonediefee ,and lhat company is
constructing new branches to thetnorthe
,ward. .It etvill build ,one line elreost
Ilireret from Winnipeg' to Edmonton.
.Tio-,,..Canadiap. Northern, witiab is tut
little known in,,the United States, has
- just completed a trunk line to Edmonton,
and it has in additione a road reaching,
north to 'PrincetAlbert,' whihle lies 'hun-
dreds of miles eat of here,' ten the Sas-
katchewan river. , The Grand' •Trunk
.Paeificeee building between Winnipeg
eliiidettro-iftonr going. through a rich'
wheat country some distance north af
" the two other line, so that the .whole
land is humming with; railroad possi-
bilities.
My-first trip across the wheat belt Was
On the Canadian Pacific. The country is
- all prairie :and plain. In some places
the lands are flat, in others rolling.
• Some of them are like lllinois and some
like North Dakota. In Manitoba and the
greater :part of SaskatchetVen you ride
for miles through 'wheat fields with
•tpatclieet ofp rairie between. A little far-
ther westyou strike .a region somewhat
like Montana. It.is, in fact, the exten-
sion of the , Montana semi-arld country;
and a part of what was once known as
, the. great American deeert. In the far
West, this is devoted to grazing, but
they have begun to raise winter' wheat
even; on the dry lands, and their possi-
bilities are not yet defined. irlittle to -
Mier westward, jest before you reach the
f othilli of thee.rtockies, some.
810IRRIGATIONPROJECTS
are -Under way, and winter wheat is be -
leg raised, at peints both north and
toutle
Leaving the United States boundary
end travelling northward, the and
grow s better. mis IS especially so. at
the west, where there are trees and
:Patches of thicket scattered over the
plates. .° The spring wheat region begins
ivIth the, 'Bed Tilt& valley in Manitoba
end run; norths,vesterly in a great tongue
or triangle, spreading as it goes:
firel much difrerence in the quality
x of the lartd. Some piceee are excellent,
others are of a medium grade, and not a
few decidedly poor. The country is
covered with a network of.strearns. The
Mighty Saskatchewan, which compares
nk oize, with the Miasissipi flews through
the wheat belt tram west to eat, empty-
ing into Lake Winnipeg, and from there
going on through other 'streams, irite
Hudetnee nay.
Myr writing on the bankg of the
Saskatelievvart. It is navigable for mall
beats for about, 1,000"mi1ee, and during
the summer it fa uSed largely by settler:).
They Come hen td Etinionteet on 'the
railroad and float their effects' down io.
the homesttads which they have picked
out upon the banks. They uee flatboate
arid rafts just rie the pioneers did along
the Ohio in our early &Lye. I have be-
fore me maps which show vvhat lieu*
eteade Wee been taken. The landa are
prettye.vell' absorbed on both eides at the
riVp,r for a dietance of .1,000 miles. Many
litili towne have springs. up. Tlio same
is true everywhere along the reser rail.
tomb, theyc ' being something like 40
1141W totem on the Canadian Northern
slows Indeed, the whale. svheat belt is
pepoered with lionseateade, although not
five per Cent, of the good land has been
oecopied, and the greater part of Pit is
yet unbroken. '
TheseCf` mediate are exithusieste.
They look et fitines through eyee ih
/hem of Colonel Sellers, arid they are ex.
peeing eveneuelly 911pply fiat Only
Canada otnd ';ret Britain, but also the
State* and other tountries with
whilst. They my that the Uniteel Stetea
bee itroesthell so tbst it will 0011Sume
Oke con Moo MA that our witted
eeieri ity 'ten ,eit twenty before it
3,OSOsikeiese •
(361,,,it is, pistol „c,r. yon wheat yeiti titewiiriy ineretiee, end
to u
witien is ceizericecaly mere than three
teees as tit.:, U•nitCd.
over prenttecti. I le eet, tety nett Coma -
de .1... i.thaf, erep seon, bet bee
it eviit net he tentz letere neat citual
'aetele. raised liitaiinitesa) tusitele en.
tateett eseetetee ret the eteetee hales ere ‘N bete was wheat. ref tea t1-40
th(y' tile treated States."
Tee, lend eeee, pi-yq6Qtec3 antatht ohlitty n tate were preatteing gniin noRr \Vint
these evhieit pet thete 10:000,000 earteei rC6:,F11,wc1' Mrt Bc11r 1 atsictl.
third Enore than irs the erleitei Statee it 'wreg king ,34).P.t.e Y()Iir Nr.-er-:ttarti States
4
Via average at least tw(:ntY 1 1, PI far
(1' -
2,000,000,1)00 iteaitela. if the Whe,at '1,(4a.eis?.,TntZ"wt..,11..Matin,iiit:124.e11.18enrsti-
"aould t112' ctd/ivati:d. Tili? litai5.01e3 13ay end' woeke( tleir wey
t"n tw(Mh5rds th° 11°W ii01;vii. here. They were teen so far from
In'ao• °ur en:41 Y‘cat the markets that' there was 110 (Iceland
was nly 04;0001,000 isteehetsand'it vas .
)11 11 their itwn wants, and
d i, was only
lititemscie6cittAli,!tiarAelesatgmyeltwaitstivstmen'iritn`ragisiejit wheNrtystsitte ttebnaiitelciveStei)etgesaaltatdo digavrentlepei.il
50,000,000; The averag,e Canadian, how -1
earnest.. Even then ,we had to wait for
ever, ewill 11 you that 'their pcos,eible, 4),„ ranlroads, • which were fin -4 built
wheet area IS far more than 100,000,000;
acres, end that Canada can let 11n0 -third
along in the '80's. To -day the lower part
of its wheat lands lie idle and still con-
trol the markets of tlte world.
But come with me and take a look at
the mightygranary. We shall go on later • and in 1901 the crop was n0,000.-
t,.
he Canadian Northern one of the new000. A large part of last year's proalteita t
gailroads. Our ,companions, are youngcame from this same region, but much
men, many of whom areland seekers of it was from the new iields which are
and settlers, Some have noney wee?
:44.4. being opened up farther west."
r "
them and others have their- houselioldi What do you know of the wheat lands
no
effects' OR the way. Thrth
There are colonist axe?. • of where the settlements now
"They are undoubtedly e.xtensive.
Teke the -Peace river country, which Iles
north of Edmonton, extending to the
Rooky MeaeiT
ntains. hat river is big
enough fort steamlaoats. Ttly -soe tear.
velled eleven days upon it yast winter,
and found wheat growing at the very
headwaters. The crops there are raised
by the Indian,' missionaries and by the
Indians themselves. °My boy saw one
Indian farm which Yielded 3,000 bushels
last year. That northern wheat is better
than any other wheat known. The far-
ther •north YOU go the better the quality
-
of grain, vegetables or fruit. East oftlee,
Peace river is atregion,of whicliente know
oomparatively nothing. Thousands of
miles of it have never been tecalderi by
white Men, and no one can tell what it
will or will not produce. Indeed, Can.
.ada is as yet an unprospected .agricul-
teiral region. NVe knew that we have gt
lerae part of the earth and the fulne,ss;
thereof; but juStehow' Much rainfalls_ to.
be seen,"
of Manitoba is one of the world's great
granaries. It produced 4,000,000 bushels
in 1886, 14,000,000 buenels ten years
Cars in front of the train, filled with
emigrants from. Europe, and there are
tourist Sleepers containing farmers from
the United States., Our route isthrough
a new region. The track was laid two
years ago, but all along it there are now
plowed fields interspersed with un-
broken prairie. The time is the.auturnri.
Thewheat has been. harveetealt 410
great straw stacks stand here and there
over the plain. Much of the grain is
still in the shock, It wilt be hauled
direct to the thresher, the wheat 'going
almost straight from the field to: the mar-
• kets. •
• Everywhere men are plowing. Notice
the soil.' at shines like black velvet
under the sun. What mighty Plows!
'Each is drawn by six horses, and Ring
lines of them follow tone another over
the fields. Here and there, at Jong dis-
tances,
STEAM PLOWS MAY BE SEEN.
" The threshing, is still, going on. • We
can see the stripire rising from the•
machines scattered over the landscape,
.The 'chaff flies out like Smoke from We
end of the stack. Every railroad station
has. long teams of, wheat wagons'. The
'beds of the wagons are filled tothe top
and the grain is unloaded at the station
elevators. In some places the wagons
drive up on platforms and unload direet
into the cars. .
The towns are new. And such towns!
They look ragged, and most of the
buildings seena: to be knocked up with
hatchet, and saw. The' average settle-
ment cantsists of 'one street of irregular
one. and two-storey buildings facing the
railroad, A avneat elevator stands .near
the track' and often the elevator and rail-
road station are the only buildings.
The sound of the haminer and saw is
everywhere heard. Nothing is old. You
can "smell :the paint on the houses and
.the efonla of the pint -board walks which
run along the. Street. '
New we are again off in the country.
Notice the straw stacks which run in
long rows through that 100 -acre field:
Each has about' ten furr,ows.plowed
around it within 100 feer Of its edge
and another ring of furrows outside the
strip between being burned over. 'The
black circle is to .ward off, the fire god.
„There are frequent, prairie fires which
run through the stubble, and were it not
for this fire -proof carnet, the wheat stacks
would burn. Those stacks are yetaurit
threshed. Each, of them is a little gold
.mine. which ' has only to ..be passed'
through the threshing amachine swelter
to be turned into bullion. Each, con-
tains hundreds of bushels of wheat, and
the.ernallest of the stacks is• worth $200.
apeaking of fire; as nightfall' ap-
.sircleches,.1the,red flames are to be seen
on each side of the railroad. They come
from the stacks of the newly threshed
Straw, which are burnt on almost all
these Cahadian (amis. • In New York or
'Chicago suelisstrow would bring $5 or
more per ton. Oue farmers would save
it for.stock feed or fertilizer. Here it
oes to waste, and the marks (111' its eke
,struction ,are left in those great patches
of black:which .we see everywhere as we
ride through the country.
now mcri THE SOIL !Si
'It is as fat; as the valley.of the Nile. • In
Manitoba where the land has been used
over and Oa for wheat, the crops are
ahnost twice those of the United 'States.
'Ouraverage falls lower and lower, it
is now only about thirteen bushels to the
acre, while the as erege in Canada is
twenty iniehels or more. 'Much of this
new land nroduces 80 and .40 bushel,
eand hero about Edm‘onton the farmers
discuss 50 bushels hs a possible winter
wheat. yield. A' gelled average 'oxi the
new lands well farmed would probably
be 25 bushels per Acre, or almost twice
whet we are getting in the tinned St ties.
While at Winnipeg I had a chat With
Charles N. Bell, who is e,onsidered one f
the betit authorities on wheat raising he
the Canadian Northattest.` tie is the
secretary of the Winnipeg Board :if
Trade, and hes held .the poeition forbeer or sweet wine. Marshal Oyama
•. JAPANESE ARMY CANTEENS.
Mikado's Soldiers F4id of Beer, Sake
• e and cigarettes. •\
One who waa, with the Japanese army
in ManohManchuria'for six months, writes:
"Old, foreign campaigners remarked
iri the field that 'no army probably ever
had so many canteens 'in. its wake.
When the army was not marching there
was always a canteen oth' two not 'far
°ti the rear of every..dieieion. .When
it. setled *down to recuperatehafter a bat:
Ile Canteens Were quickly established, in
Itlanolut houses. '
"These carried cigarettes, vvriting .pa-
per, post cardstaheer; imitation brand
Imitation vvhieriey, imitation port, Matt -
tion sherry, sake and ..sometithest Ma-
nila* cigars.
"Japanese 'are keen traders. Not 200
feet back of the . Nanshan battery one
etay in the seven day battle of the ,Sha-,
ho there wag. &Japanese' pedler selling
cigarettes; Chinese sweeteakee, ride. and
beer to the- reserves. During that. same
battle the canteens were never mere
than three mile,s back of, the trent ef
the -trenches,
"As.the Japanese soldier's ,pay is only
$1,36 a month, and thearmysavings
batiks had, 'Considering that, -phenom-
enal deposits, there was not much spend-
ing money in the army. A bottle,of beer
cost 10 cents anda packet ofs cigarettes
about 3 cents. .
"Whenever there g was a trying bane
the Commander in Chief would order
Sake distributed as,'a ration.„ stile
Mikado's birthday, a 'year ago one extra
double packet" of cigarettes was distri-
buted to each men in the 'field. This
Cost the Emperer more than $15,000.
Otherwise, when the distribution was
possible ten cigarettes a day went with4.
the. regular ration.
"OneOne day in, a periodical received- at
calm there ;vas a solemn poem celebrat-
ing the abethiertee of the Japanese from
drink. Thi e caused cencern. among the
Japanese offieers, who disliked the em-
phasis laid upon theedifferenee between
their army and a. European army, arid
the Commiseary-Generad told the foreign
observers:
"Our soldiers *like drink tie well as
any other • soldiers. Sometimes they
need it when they cannot get it, and we
send it to them in the trenches.' '
"A$ a matter of fact, though the peas-
ant at home has a hard enough time to
supply himself with food, he is not more
averee than other people to strong lique
or once be learns the taste of it. .Many
11 man will go 1107)10 from the caiapeign
'with tastes be never had before.
"The niaunfacture of beer is still" a
young industry in Jiman, but from the
time the p10003:; 11118 iniportede it has
grovan to enormous proportion'.
"Headquarters, even battaliort head-
quarters in undergreunel berth hroof
trenches, were i114.%'113'8 supplied with
years. He came to Manitoba when it
waa trwilderness and has travelled all liked sweet champagne. The strategist
of the wae, Gen. Kodaintt, drank claret
0101'111i8 region again and again.. Said
he : with every meal."
".Accordinti to the threeliers' returiig "
our wheat erop of last year averaged
about 24 beshele per acre. tine average
coining iron( More than 4,000,000 'Dense. Some idea can be gainee„ae to 'how
Some of the, crops were far more and the British eave their earnings when
some much less. We have all kind,; of it is mentioned that nearly $2,000,000g
farmers, and many European 000 aite, now inveeted in building steel:.
grants do tat get the, best, ,out of the etiee, friendly and ce-operative eoere.
coil." ties, trade union,;, and ;Avineri banks;
"L e there much difference in thewlieate and RG these, are insiitietons mainly
land?" I asked. patronized by the poor and the middle
"Yes, although they are ,generally good etaesee, the amount etated reflects great
throughout. 'life settlers have taken an, e,redit upon liar thriftiness. Altogether,
pateltee here and Alter° over large:ex- it is probable that we may estimate the
tent of territory, and nearly every farm total saeinge of the poer at 83,250,000e
ie yielding from 25 to 30 bush& pee 000, or evert $e,500,000,000 -an enerin.
acre. The wheat territory lots thus been o115 Butte:wile-1 many fail to comprehend.
pretty welt prospected and wo know that ?In other words, the navinge a the poor
inoet of the nolinfrY is t'Ood." of Great Britain weld(' More titan pay
"What is. Your possible wheat aeriiage, tesoalerds, of the Natioilat neat, oe
Mr. Pell?" I asked, would keep end zeeintain the Pritieli
'flit Is itreqt.tcr them, that 'of, 1:!! United Artily for a poliod et entre:thing laze fit.
, we nave, nere Sornetrkitig like teen ypprf;t, af, 110 4rrt,,1t rate or 4,k4.
321',() Square MUCH, Of lande iii ,enditure. Even the intaeet, fhp
sight. leivide this by hen, setting the lessee eaeinge veiled le. esslieleet to
balenee Stehle for bad lend and mixed meld raid bale
fanning propeeitiene, end them ie left f1e,Asip.4., inf91-6°-v.nr. !!,11ietft, NON!.
A6(1,06) P4111VP 1)111(1. In raus)4 numbers siting over $5,0(Yetesio ittA;
it IA 100,000,000:acree, and Ilse proles- reser leave eoulething to be Orotel Ot.'
HOW BIll'IONS SAVE.
INSURANCE IN. BELGIUM
seleap,
soot eelleeeie insea'anee, eileere is
6OuilbtlIc...3 a [-I.110,aa vrofc, itccruiug tio
tli 1tu1i2t en,' doing th0 bura-
mete, but it must ix) ini iir.aL it
23 pLapably (sieserescee in ttas ;interest
o the Penee'laeIdeee, ansi not oS the.
se'reieles.
flow ovciiNmecr ei
FOB THE pool's.
Peeple Protected! Aeabeet aPeintileie
Old Age se- Tiiriftioess
Encouraged.
n Few reoVie in tills eotintr,.v
oarivictituackal ctil,t)eespaetgerenn‘(triaelloneecrereineusentrl
, fine() boeinese, isuiig both' straight
liCe policies as vs:41 as terra, or ea-
downaeut„ policies It goee. further,
end eon:tracts, to pay annuities te
spelt of its, citizens as desire them.
This•life •itesurance arid annuity bU
neas-is grefted Upon the govermneate
at postai aina bank systein,
Under this einA'Plar fultvieittl. 8".
tom, the poorest individual „. in the
'little ltingdom can Secure a moderate
life insurance policy or annuity by
the payment of trifling annual prepr.
hulls, or derive, interest on his small
deposits in the postal savings bank,
....The system, paternal to an extreme
was adopted to encourage national
thrift, ansiehas fully vindicated its
purpose. There are few or no b% -
gars in, Belgetnn. It Works smoothly
and apparently is without a flaw.
No corruption has developed in con-
thection with tha eyetem, complex
and peculiar as it is, it has been in
practice -upward of half a, century.
The balance sheet .of the Belgian Na-
tional 13ank' on December 31, 10,03
the last report within reach, shovel
deposits to the credit of the three
institutions of 845,992,768, approni-
mately, $7 Pe . head of the total pop-
ulation of Belgium. The aggregate
is, much greater now,
POSTAL SAViNGS SYSTEM.
The most impOrtant branch, cf
coUrSe, is the postal savangs system.,
well worth. a ,study. Every possi-
ble facility, to make: depteeits is at -
forded the public, The are mad;
in tbe post -offices and bank ageneies
•
itie sums as 'hew as 20 cents, Mere
than 965 cannot • deposited th
any 'period pf . two weeltsethithout
specien aUthOiliZati.011.* The interest
rate is fixed periodically ny the Goy.
ernmeett. At the close of the year
the interest is adtledeto the petteeiptalt
and begins to draw interest itself. .
Each depositor .receives' 'a bank
book free of cherge. • Speeiar esiliesiete
deposit stamps are used, which are
receipts for money paid in and are
pastedin' tbis ban k book,. In 'it alSo
.firb-entered caleulations of einterest
and all other transactions between
the postal ealtingS bank sand the de-
posttoie These boOkS are called iri
for ".-4110 anriUal ealCUlatipo o ,oitee-
eet. To preyent. zndwiduai extrava-
gance 'depositco!s are prohibited, froin.
hypothecatmg these bank books with
-
cad, a special permit.. After .rectiev-4
eng his lite* the new depositore eat+
have entries' made, At any post-bftiee
lit the. kingdom, Depositniay,g1So
be -made by postage stamps tip to
per. inOhtli. ;To encourage de-
'pOsita by children, and the very pour
postmen in .the rural dis-tticts carr.r'
with Ahem' thetlacilities for the pure
hose:•
To get a book' the depositor signs
eagreement that be iinderstands
the:rules, and that he will accept 11,)
receipt for deposits except the ad-
'hesive stamus, etc. Withdrawals ot.
funds may be Made at any post-
ofdce on application within fifteen
dae-s after the last dePositror.
withdrawing sums between $06.50•and
$193, one month's notice must be
given; for $1.93 to $570. 'two months
and for sums T above $579, six
months. .
. The raanagement is a generaltcoun-
cil' of twenty-four members 'and a
Prepident,,a,board of six directors,
and a general manager. itkil are ap-
pointed by the kind for six yeers.,
The- general .manager is subject tt
'dismissal, _and may net be a member
of eithereliouse of Parliament. T• hs
system isconstantly growing _I,- In
favor.
,
}Ow ANNUITIES ARE ,PAID:
But ' -the .13elgiaet life annuity and
life insurance adjuncts aregtiopi.ethinte
unique. Yet . they are appa,rettitly
.euccessfutly 'conducted to the entire
satisfaction. of 'Xing Leopold's 'sub-'
Joao. There are . no, data, however,
showing the extent of their opera-
tions- By the required 'payxnents in.
to the Government annuity fend per-
sons can secure for themselves or the
benefit of others' life annuities that
cannot be seized for 'debt, and mores
he*, secure the spayxnent of the dap-
ital paid in for the annuity. to the
beneficiaries, heirs after , Pay-
ments for annuities can be made nt
all postspflices, national bask • agezi-
cies, and branchesof the saving,s
bank., The largest annuity paid by
the 0ov-eminent °a .such 'deposits is
$231.6¢ per annum; the entalleat,
one franc (19.8 cents). A.nnuitres
do net begin untie the age of (aye
end are payable annually. Annuities'
to, begin immediately on the payment
of the neceseary cardial may be ar-
ranged for. it can be arranged so
that the whole capital goes to the
fund after heath, which givee the ana
it:Intent ,a larger annuity.. A person
depositing *193 at the age of twere
tyefive would receive annually after
fifty t$38.30; if contracted to begin at
fifty-five, $56.90t itt siffty, $89 lett
at eixteafive, *149.ttlia,
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A PLUCKY 1 IT11E-0OG.
Saved His Master 1140111 Rehij 1i11c4.1 19y
a Lioness.,
Nelel((ry itot: always -a platter of else
proportien • to leek'. The griWest,'erea=
or "i3zreelgIll, 111)r i5 COUrat;,1 wholly in
ttnets,tinnetel,,etre often small, at;
tee den which. dal' his, 'duty tio 'effetitte
pity in the, innident \Oath n vvriter fa
the reilewaYa Chronieleedescribese
A 'man maned De „Beer, of -Shiloh, had
steeled early one Morning. for •a
Duey on foot in Matabeleland, leaving his
sub " t a le ) and fellow him Ile
otiagdrno‘ovti.gootnied iltaulrtnajoitilysleaNtvellaeoll iintennheenarscel
lioness about fifty 3-ards away, end rap-
idly aproachinsee As quickly 04 possesie
he raised his magazine rifle. She was
within twenty Vices when lte tired. The
shot broke her jaw.
The second shot broke one of her fore-
legs. 'rhe third, tired just as she sprang
on De Beer, missed altogether, and the
nem was borne down. .
In a few seconds he was 'mauled and
bitten, and his left hand sevety injured.
There seemed. little hope that he could
escape alive, for his gun was out rf
reach, end the lioness lying on
prevented him from moving.
But with l)e Beer was otte companion,
little terrier.. Tbe ting animal flew
bravely at the lion's . ear, got 11 good
hold, and hung grimly on. This made
the ,brute shift a little. and' De Beer was
able to reach hiS rifle again with his
eight hand and shot the lioness through
the cheet.• She 'fell .dead ,on. top of him
-his left hand still in her mouth.
EARL OF s. AYLESFORli'S RANCH
• „. •
" PANTY NEAR•131G srRINS
Cattle italeing Was a SecondarY Con
sideration to This Young
• Nobleman.
, "The experience of the, members of the
English aristocracy in the cattle busi-
ness in the United States,. have left a
fund of maiming .anecdotes ifl, the
Sontinvest," sant R. L. Carlin, avIto.'wae:
an employee of the ,Texas and Pacific
Railroad Company In' western -Texas in
the 'early 80s, to a' Gathrie. correspond-
ent ()Utile Kansa? City 'Star.' •
"I have a keen remembrance of the
Earl of Aylesford, With' bought, el• ranch
near, Big -Springs, Tex.,. about 1884 er
1885. I was living et Big Springs .and
saw the Earl and his companions al-
most daily. His family name was Finch,
and s with 'him wetea his two brothers,
Clem* and Dan Pinch, a tolteldrig blade
&main as Lord Harry Gordon and an
Episcopal clergyman know ' as Bishop
Bernard.' • ._
"Locally.; the', Earl was. cialled'hludge:
which he did net resent. He was xe-
ported to have an income' of, £55000 a
year, and his expenditure indicated* that
his means ;were large. 'He bought- a
frame' totel at Big Springs; which be
Used 'exclusively for •himself arid party
when they were not at his ranch. 'Ile
oncewas owner of . •
,
A BIG SPRINGS SALOON
IfOr "One. night. He paid $6,000 ,farethe
establishment • ...and presented it next
morning to the .--rnan from °where li
bought it. never saw any Members
of his -party pay for •anything. They
played pool' and billiards frequently, in
e local resort, smoking the best. cigars
and 'taking their drinks regularly. At
the close of their games the tickets were
cashed by the 'Earl.
. "The Earl and his friends were great
sporternen.. In the field they often used
.20 calibte guns, for birds, shoeting pint
fire shells intriorted .from England.. The
Earl had . hunted in all the big ,-ganie
countries of the world, and his collection
of, furs, skins and heads WaS of great
value. His ranch-house-aeas filled with
them. in cedar chests heekept photo-
graphs and mementos of his life abroad:
His renal house was burned by acci-
dent one night, and was destroyed with
all its contents.
." was invited once to join his party
in a winter hunting trip, end during the
expedition'. 8b.W a surprising illustration
of the bath dotting Englishmen. The
weather was cold and I had arisen
early,, chilled to the tnarroht, and was
shivering near the ceek's .flre, when
Gordon trawled from his sleeping bag
to dress: Abeut fifty feet distant was, e
pOol of tvater covered with a thin'coating
of. lee. 4131pes me soul,' shouted Gordon,
'what it jolly chawnce for a bath,' and
he plunged irito the svater, breaking the
ICO as ha Went and followed by the Earl
and his brethere. The eight was excru-
'ending to a warmth loving American,
Lilt the bodie.e of the Ereglislimen glow-
ed pink and red
IN THE FROSTY AIR,
IC-INDS Or INSVICA.NCE.
Xn connection with tido annuity
fund 13 an instira.nce fund. - 130411 ,
Gtraight life and- the endowxneut pot
icy may be contracted. for. 'endows
ments can be made payable At the
end of tent fifteen, ttventy, or ttvene
ty-five yeare, or for a peviod, ending
at fifty-five, eixty, or sixty-five years
of age. The contractor must be
twenty-one, and the benefleiary at
least twenty-one, and not over fifty
five. The largeet sent to be paid any
one person on a policy is $1,000. n
annual premium, of $.19.80 front a
ioerson thirte-five yearo old leaves 1119
heire tie follows: If contracted to pay
'anti/ lift -kV, $56.82; bixt:v, $639.
57; sixtvfive, $683.63. A 1)t4ill Of
thirty.five,, payitig woman"; *190
fOr anrriffortantont, <pm -piths.*
tai. SAM thew sem: At fifty-el.se
"De.spite his youthe-he 11'89 about thir-
ty -eight -the Fhirlwoe looked upon as'
are elderly man by leis companion.l Het
liad gone the pace, and'soon paid the
penalty.What his physician &tiled one
morning.the Earl, who had been in bed
ceveral days, aSked that his pulse
telten. 'Well. Judge, I 44hould eay, that
you have about fifteen minutee to live
said the, phyeician, after making hie
•
araitiation. 'If tied be your op111fort.°4e.,
plied the Earl. viI lu*111 11 trenow. `give
me a good. big "farewel rink of ern-
erfean whiskey.r• Ile en)
ed hie tease,
toed with a bong sieh turned on his side
and 1,11115 gone.
"The 'cablegram business -at the Mks
teleeeph office of Pie Spri1)ge4 for the
next few days, astoniehed the eperator,
'Me rate svae $1.10 a word, awl. the
eable 1,Vaf-t used ae if the sesidere were
Writiost letteee. , One:, of elle thet no,st
eagee of eondolowi,, frOni England, vfinit,
friaa tlio, Prince of now Nj4)f! •
EdWarol. The body (9f 1104 Ear4 v,74v; t;71-
41)
honie by all Ine retinue; end hene
Mem tete. ti 1111 Ineitlehtalie, the,
pliyeeeen tied the Iterre
weighat foneteen poem:ie.
LEADING MARKETS
T111, J4i1; Naltrat einteria
e seletei ceee; roe, eel!: to Wi2; w1oi-
1, r‘t;itl; ttiet at
toe:eine peitate.
Itinintee'Le herd, She en tratit
114 ieee eldti; NO. 1 5Ora?,42ri1, Sten No.
18)1 771 No. 3 ee,,,ee
aseetetesse. No/ea. Ley, at ',Jeep, above
it*i0 -- 11113O 4$1.10 to $3.15 hal
foe eeepet for Pa pee tele. petente,
04
Weide peinte, in buyerta high
paiente, bens iiicluded, at l'oronto, 'Si;
. per cent. patentee, $3.60; Manitoba first
patents, 4e1t',0; 14.0/111" ptiterds, $4..110.• ,
"Millfeed'eS Bran, in liege, outeide,$17;
shortse$48.
33S'12 to. 36e outside,
'Parley -No, 2.; 48e ,to ,400; No as 0
het, 45c to 46e; No., e, .4'ee, all ontide.
•
°
li;ey4es:-:;67e9,o73iiitist8idi4e(!. '
Iii1eltsv12eate--524,0 to 53c, outside.
Corn - Canadian, „, 443e'c, Chatham
freights; 4.inerican, No. 3 yellow; 50Mee
mixed, 50e, Toronto freights.
COUNITY PP.ODUCE.
Butter -- Prices are quoted unchanged.
Creamery" - 24e to. 250
do solids - .... 23e to 24e
Dairy it. rolls, good to_ choice 21e to22o
do large ,... . . ... emiwypin
do large rolls .. 19e to 20o
do tubs , 2Ic to ftelc
do meditun ..t. . 19e to 20e
do inferior - 18(eto2.0c
Cheese - Steady to firm at 13c for
large arid 133„e for twins. .
Eggs - 22c to 23c, for new -laid, 17o
for storage and lec for timed. '
Poultry - Fat cleckens, 10c to 11c,
tstilPto77ecrdu8ecissfa1t2elletnos 113%teelittain8ge tioth8len;
geese 10c to 11c; turkeys, 14,e to 15e, ter
choke small lots.
Potatoes - Ontario, 65e to 75c per ba,g
on track here, 75c to 850 out of store; •
'eastern, 70c to 80c on track and 80c LO
90c out of Stoee.
'Baled eley ss per ton for No. 1,
in ear, 10t, here, 11151, 86 for
el Straw - CareWtsr on track are
„quoted' imehanged at -$0 per 'ton. '
. Montreal, Jan; 30. es-, Grahs-A period
Of inactivity Seems to have arrived le
the local grain market. Date continue
very strong. Sales were. made this
rnornina at 40340 for No. 2 white. The
Vocal flour market wee steady. ,13rarte-
eantinueseftrin; - There is a fair trade
passing In shorts arid Moselle at: sterant
pr -ices. ..Balett hay is somewhat weak
iso tone and prices are uuchanged. The
demand is ortlys-fair, and the supply iS
said to be very large.
5.4,,er3pi 140:5: vie-ey5,734:_oce.41,1‘,.6:4:xitihnt.irtoeaboeiarc:bNu?s,lie3,1,., /.47,o; No:
•Corn -- American mixed., 53d; No. 5
Fleur - manitoba spring, wheat pat-
'ente $4.60 to. $4,70; strong bakers'. $4.-
20; winter wheat'patents, $4:25 to $4.50;•
straight rollers, Vs to $4.10; do., in bags,
$.1.85 to ,81.95e extra, $1.65 to $1,75:
Millfeed Manitoba.: °pram,. in bugs,
$18; shorts, $20 per' ton; Ontario bran,
le bells, $14.50 to $15; Shorts,.$20, mulcd
mouille,--$21 to '$24; straight ateetin motet
the; $25 to 827 'PCI- 'ton, eat-ttsa-tt't-t
Bolled Oats Per bag,' $2.10 to $2.s.
35. • . •
Cornmeal -e-$1.30 to $1.40 per bag..
elay-No. 1, $8.50 to $9; No. 2. $7,25.
to' $7.50;- clover rnieede $6 to $6.50, and
pure clover, $6 per toe In car lots,
Cheese -,- The receipts .of cheese this
morning were nil. • The market is quiet
and. steady. Prices are. unchanged At
131(13utt6teir3--TQl.ie receipts- of butter title
morning were 352 -packages.' The mar-
ket is easier fir stone :trot prices have.de-
Wined to 22e4c to 23c, for choice create -
try. There 13 110 export busioesa .pass-
ing through andthe local 'demand s
only fair. 'Dairy butter is in good de-
mand. Prices are steady at 20c to 213.<0
for rolls and 193ho to 20 in tubs. •
Eggs - The receipts Of eggs this morn-
ing -v.tere four' cages.. The market 'con-
tinues steady, with a somewhat weak
undertone. Prices are unchanged.' at
260 to 27c. for "strictly freele and /30
for selects.' Litieed are selling 'at front
17c to 19e. • •
Provisions - Heavy Canadian short`
cu t pork, $21; light.short cut, $20; • Am-
eriean cut clear fat back, ,$19 to $20;
„compound lard, We to ?Roe Canadian
pure lard, 10/0 to 11c; kettle rendered,
leNe to elYiee Mune, 12c (o Latent ea,
cording to site; bacon, 14,aac: fresh -killed
)attoir dres cl hogs. $10„ to 110.2$,
country dress , $8,75 to $9.50 alive; $7.-
75- for mixed lots.
Eggs -New laid. 26c to 27e; selects,
23c; No. 1 candled, 1'70 to 18e per doz-
en, . '
Butter --Choicest creamery. 223,40 to
23o: undorgrados, 22e tO 223.'c; dairy?
201S0 to 21c.
Cheese -Ontario, 1.3e to 133,c; Quebec,
12Xe.
BUFFALO lefAllkETButf8.
a o, Jan. 30. - Flour -- Quiet and
steeds?. Wheat -Y Soling lower; No. 1
northern. 90eec; winter. No. 2, nothing
doing. Corn - Unsettled: Not 2 yellow,
47543 to 48e: No. 2 eon)... 474e nominal.
ts.t-Du 1 1 but st en dy; No. f?, white :3514e , •
No. 2 mixed, alefe. Parley-Stearly;
Western, 45 to 550, fly ----N�. 2, 74c.
NEW Y011ie WHEAT It'%1Artle'ET. °
New Ynrk. 3115. 'Wheat .- snot
weak: No. 2 red. ,e5%c 'f.o.b., elevator:
No. 2 red.! 90ger f.o:h. afloat; No. 1
northern, e5eee Lode afloat.
CATTLE MABRET,
Toronto; Jan. 30. - There was s,pers
liaise no marked adeaore in prices. 2aw-
10.8.-4 it was for something 'very C11010
in 1111 butcher line. •There wee 'eer
Leen demand for, tire eltokeet butcher
cattle, nod us there wae eo few of the
right elaee offeringcome better' prices
were oaid foeinv than yeeterilas.
BulcIter - Picked toff; in two5 and
illeeee sold et from 81.25 to 84.10, and
one vete- ehoice lot of half a dozen
buteber 11e1e1:1, 1110211 1,440 1.14
Thee was sold at -81.60.
lot wile nold 54 $5. lee,
these were weiesinished heavy cattle.
and the hoe (e) the wiriest. Siessal
valee- are reperted at aeomel $4.50.
eeeseere, - Preset nre eteady for ehotee
quality.
eee 71n t ,,v,
5,11, ete, .:37; 721ha, lea fete eti
0`,