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MOUSE OF MANY COLORS
40NE NOW BEING BUILT IN 160Na
PON, ENGLAND.
ilitalaee 'Of Peeteoek Hues and Stately
Design- is Oehler Fesectedater
teVealtby Merchant"
4A name,- ter Mr. E. B. Delleenho.m, ,cf
,
ante well linowx1 drapery arm Of Pet
benham Ereebody, is being built in Atte
west ena of 'London, • Englada, that
etialtes every other house -in that aristo-
eratie neighborhood look insignificant
and colorless' and eheap.. •
• it is nething less 'than an Italiartepae
lace -on a Moderate scale as regards
aize-and when. it is finished it, promis-
es to eclipse any house On that side of
the Atlantic or the other in. stateliness
of design, richness of color,andexeplie-
ite beauty of proportion and internal
decorativenese.
It is planted, like any ordinary Lon-
don box of bricks and mortar, in Addie
aon road, half -way between. Kensington
High road and Shepherd's 13ush.
. It is a square building, with its
atfaee" to the road, but each face is as
riCh as the others in design and ma-
terial.
EMERALD GREEN TILES.
The gquare .face towards the -road is
raacle up of four bays, or slightly re-
eessed spaces, running up nearly to
the cerniee,, and round -arched at the
tep. They are divided by pillars of
.cream -white terra cotta, from which the
earches, of the -same" material, spring.
-The four 'owes, save •fpr the long, se-
yerely cut windows, are made of highly
glezed bricks, of a rich' sea a -Mora -en
Above the arches and below the cor-
nice there runs a kind of deep plain
eatleze of sapphire -also of glated brick;
eshile the smaller' band between. the cor-
niee and the roof is a blue of the most
gergeous peacock hue. The ribbed roof,
-of 'emerald green tiles-e.specially im-
ported from Italy in about sixty great
erates-rises frem :projecting eaves of
creamtvehite terra cotta. The stately
•chiinneysitare of white terra cotta, with
spaces of 'blue tiles. •
- The effect of ethe masses of rich colOr,
• .cooled by the pillars and arches and
-cornice of cream -white terra' cotta, is
.one of sprendid harmony, and the evhele
heuse crystallizes into a picture of 'pert-
fectly balanced parts Mad the most beau-
tiful hues. • •
DECORATED FRONT.:
The "front' of the house is like the
road face, save that at each extremiay
projections, something of the "bow -
window" type, but running up from
ground to cornice, have been skilfully
added.- There is the same .wealth cf
eolor and masterly design. ,
• The sides are further dig•nified 'with
arched, recessed porticos t of great
theighe'the main entrance being at one
nide, and a garden entrance at the either.
The Pentretotthetintertoresiseaft,large
, '• Mid lofty hall the walls of which a are
aete)pee • flow ite course of being faced with ittea-
e" eockeblue tiles, of deep tints. The lofty
, roof -is domed, and through arched
spaces , below the dotne one sees a gal-
lery on three- sides of the hall, giving
•aece.es to the upper rooms.
Most of the rooms in the 'house are
•of comparatively modest dimensions,
but the library, overlooking the garden,
is a royal aparttnent.
STARVED WHILE OWNING g10,0041).
The Str,eriget Tale ot Two Ilermite at
Bexley Ileatle, Eneland.
Wittiarn 'son and his' brother James
for thirty-three, Yeah -a lived' a lottoW,
encentrie 'life at their retsidenee .in
Lewirtroada Bexley Ileotti. England.
reeently died of leloodtpoisen-
ing" at the, age of seventy-nine Yeaesa
A'NAIIII*OW ESCAPE.
An Ailventure in the Alps Which Might
Have Been Fatal..
The author of a recently published
tbooke taInt the Ild.art of tae Canadian
RockieSel turns- aside from the course cf.
anS naerative to • recall an adetentate
which befell him' years Wore tan the,
Mts.. His, story is of intaraer teteause
,of the, descrtplion of the ice: whioh leas
been centuries in forming. The Mantes'
it. are produced by the bending and
„turning of the glacier Olt nnyees slow-
ly dawn the mount/11h valleya. That the
. snow- could coneeal the creVasee tbe-
neath will not seem strange to ante one
'familiar with wintere in the north.
"I3efore •us stretched a gently sloping
, .plain of purest snow, its surface scexce-
ly marked by any..fiseuren Of course we
"Were roped and ready for any emergen.:
ey, although expecting none. Our. guide
was an experienced Irian,. wen -Versed in
-
all tae problem's of the glaciers, and be
was, no. stranger to the route.
"Net a depression of the tiniest 'des-
eription, no croak, no special, softness
of the snottn gave the slightest indica-
tion Cif the presenee of a -crevasse, al-
though we 'knew that nuttetous • huge
caverns lurked beneath- the 'heavy man-
tle of eternal snow.
' A hall: wes made lo Jake a photo -
grape. 'The photographer, 'Who, hap-
pened In be second an the string, set ire
his (temente on the' level surface and
stepped beck a pace to fOcus the picture,
when in an instant he eets • not I Only
a hole in the white crust evienvisible
where ' but a second previously my
friend had std, and. two• narrow,
grooves cut by the straining ropes , that
bound the departed to his surprised
eomparifiths. In a few minutes, he was
. hauled out, none the worse, quite cool,
and he proceeded with hie unfinished
pieture, after having selected another
leielliont the .etability of which. he. this
Unto took 'the precaution of establighitig
beyond 'peradventure.„
° \ellen I peered into thee hole which li
had so rettelessly made, I saw a chaste
with glistening walls of kat,. of every
a tette& ea blue Most exquisitely. graded
•
• to the deepest hues' of night e nhere far
below. the darkness hid the bettom of
thet main from view.
Thi a provasse preibaley at least
three 'Mildred feet in depth, broad at the
tipper rims, yet so entirely masked that.
the guide and my friend passed ever it
illiettlae and not one of es could
tell where the. spitee ended and the solid
• 1 .Ice began beneath the pia6satt cOvering,
dieL Jamee, ten yearts his junter, soon
followed from locomotor ataxy, in the
hospital, of the union workhoueee Dart-
ford, Their property, consieting of
securities to the value eVer 40,000
and cash ,A70, ia the keeping of Mr.
Baynes, solicitor, Bexley Heath, •
,The .house tvitere the brothers dwelt
has been Visited by • the Wel smeltery.
autherities; 'and eta condition when they
.entered is deeeribpd as the, worst in the -
records of the distriet. •
Receiving no answer to his repeated
knocke, a neighbor entered the house
and found the two old.' men slowly
stariiing to death in an upstairs room
which they used as a' sleeping apart-
ment, Disease in both cases had grown
so bad that the men were unable to
move or summon assistance : A half -
consumed loaf, a tiny bit of butter in a
crumpled paper, a tin of coeclensed
milk -that was all the food in the
house.. There' was no fuel, and the bed
On which the men lay was a heap of
filthy loose feathers On the our in a
corner.
BIRDS THE ONLY -COMPANIONS.
The only. other inmates of ,the horrible
den were several little Indian song-
birds in a otage. The neigabors say that
one of these little prieoners used to be
allowed out of the -cage and was aCCUS.
teemed td • go to the •back windoev and
singtmost aelightfully. On a mahogany
sideboard. in the front room, vehere the
fialste)tly inches deep, were.eatted several
volumes of a work on ornithology.
It was while the °sanitary staff were
clearing away the rubbish accumulated
In Vie house cornett for more than •a,
quarter of a century that securities in-
scribed with the name of Parr's Bank,
Limited, were discovered. In the iron
safe were found other ,securities on
other financial institutams, four £10
crisp Bank of England notes,'" and £3,6
ii sovereigns, mostly of 1902.
l!E-fAliGHED. .
At a reeent rtieefing in Eng-
, lend, ',the speaker nettle 'a jest, and find -
leg that his matinee% liad niissed fhe
teeptel. geetlemen, that you wou it
laugh atelliat."
tilaitit si voiett came tlieettigit t ut
eilenee.
alien everybeely
"T tweeted taititer.".
poitit of it, said„ playft. ,
'
Mr. Baynes succeeded in -diseovering
relatives of the two brothers in Kentish
Town, and has communicated with
them.. ,The brothers came originally
from, London, and, although eccentric
in their habits, dressed and behaved like
gentlemen 'when they went out wallting,
as they fregneraly did until advanchig
infirmity prevented this. On a Sunday
moreing they would appear • clad in
frock coat, clean linen, neatly -polished
boots, and silk hats, and carrying a
small Portmanteau, .as if bound some-
where, to spend the. day. In the house
they preserved profound 'qutet, no sound
ever being heard to isseteafrom the
dwelling,.
- The house ,itself is a two-storey one
of substantial appearance. With a plea-
sant garden at the back.. No worean had
evet•crossect.its„Theesholet.since „theetwo
brothers entered,leitet agettatation thirty-
three years 'ago, until a neighbor went
in to dress. the eltlerearother's leg. Once,
a lady cousin, it was learned, calledeto
see 'them, but she was refused admit -
Both men indeed lived a life absolutely
wart from human interests and affairs
"save that they took in regularly "ti. daily
newspaper, teatich was delivered., .
One eccentribity of the brothers, a
neighbor states, was that wheri they
went out they Would not walk together,
but one on each side of the road.
THE YOUNG KING OF RAIN
IIAS IpICEN TRAINED TO ItE. TI10,t
011011 GENTLEMAN,.
ettee,
Me -Staley <of the ,Youtia Man Wail Is
to Marry- Princes e Una of
hattenberty.
Young Icing Alfonati, alto is not 'yet
twenty years •of age, arid who is going
to marry Princese Ena 'of Battenberg,
an English Princesst, leas prebably had
a more° careful and closely-watettedi
training than any other living Royal
personage. Born after his father's
death, when, his dynasty Wa§ danger,
everything depended upon his being
brought up safe and Ahmed, and as a
good and pdpular Spaniard. That ob-
ject has been abundantly achieved.
When he. was a 'little baby he was
given, over to the care of a youngtpea-
sant worno.n, who came from a small
village near the old city of Toledo, and
this bumble nurse acted, curiously
enough, under the instructions of an
Englishwoman, Mrs. Davenport, who
was
nurseein-chief. The Spanish nurse
was very much attached. to the kingly
baby, and one night, when she was
puttine him to bed, she was surprised
by punctilious duerma in the act of
kissing him, The Spanisit.lady remon-
strated. severely. yeith her.
"How dare you kiss the Icing?" she
said. "Why, even we would not dream
of taking such a liberty !" -
"1 nurse him, and I lovethim as Whit'
were my own child," said the woman.
"Why ehouldn't I kiss him?" t
In reply the duenna simply said that
if she ever did each a thing again slie
would be sent helm in disgrace. „.
At that monient the Queen-Moth.er
entered 'the room to take a peep at the
baby on her way down to dinner and
OLDEST BODY OF HUIVIAN BEING.
The Remains ef a Man Who Lived
Egypt Before Meneee
The eldest body of any human tbeing
tow reposes ia the EgyptianStallery or
the 13ritish Musettin. It is the body' of
el man who was buried in a shal,letee,
gi ave. hollowed out of .the sandstonelon
tbe west bank of the Nile, in Upper
Egypt. •This man mut have hunted
along tae banks of the Nile before the.
time of the earliest inummied king which
the .Museum possesses-' before the time
of atenes, who was sapposed to have
ruled Egypt at least 5000 B. C.. There
were preeious to that time two prehis-
toric races,. one the conquerors and the
ether the couquered, item which sprang
the Egypacin race of the earliest dynas-
ties. It, is with these remote stooks tint
this man has to do. Considering the cont
clition in which he was found, it is eva
dent that he was aseociated with. it late
period of the new stone age irt Egypt.
Ile was bitriee in a eharacteristic neoli-
that pots and instruments of flipt about
him. There is, of course, 116 'inscrip-
tion of any kind on the pots, knives' er
.grave, all having been made long before
the invention of any written language.
1 11
• 't
, TESTING 'ciaAns.
'Ile American. DepartMent of Ageicul-
hire are employing: a ,mechatiical
smoker with the intention of improeing'
the quality of cigar tobacco. The machine
takes five cigars at a time, and smokes
them with niore regularity than a hu-
mane being. It takes a ten seconds' even
drew, gives a Puff, and then. waits half
-
a minute before it draws again. Mich'.
cigar ig watched earefully during the
procese of combuetion, and eYerte de-
tail affecting tlie filler, tendert wrapper,
ash, and arotria is rioted down. Where
the best results are olittiMed the seeds
of the pa.rticular plants useil in the man-
ufacture Of the cigare are put attide for
next year's planting. In this way the
department are convinced they will
finally produce an tutriaalled tobacco.
As a rule the biggest man in a tittle
ton would be a small euitato in a big
Mtvn.
It On his first circlet, and, moreover,
he .had to, defend his first client, who
watt a better known, alma respeeted btir-
glar. In an interval he approaelied
veteran member of the Bar and sought
for advice. "And how long do you
think I ought to make my speed' to the
jury, sir ?" he finished up. "I should
say .about an hour," 2aiti the Old hand.
"An intuit! Why. I thought ten Min -
Wee would be ample! 'Why lorir0
"Well," attid the, adviser, "yeti I've, they
eart't sentenee him till you'ee finiehed.
Mal the longer you talk the longer he'll
ie. out of jail."
PR.IfiCESS NA'S CLOTHES trent, end has minute gene actvet. beets,' LE.
M119W yesite itattle- of tettac veieet . • ' . -- •
_
.
C1074i eaeie otttee alteve the feat tiaterta • • • . 11AIIKETS
evielet ie,agattierite eleisely aisitut
NCH COSTUMES' ARE :BEING MADE
IN 'ENGLAND.,
•Latest yaehtoris end Deetgai Elattor-
ate' Drese Made ,ot Paiette4
FOUND THE NURSE IN TEARS.
Learning the cause she eeclaimed, "Of
course poor Ante wants to kiss the baby
she nurses. This is °a. matter in ...which
etiquette must ite forgotten, 'and you
will favor me, ladies, by not, interfering
again."
Ever sinee then the nurse's, own child
has had the privilege of spending a few
weeks each year with the Poyal FamilYe
and has been 'eitanted the further privie
lege of calling the King "thee" and
"that" as if she were his sister,
When he was about nine years„.of age
the young King's training passed from
the hands of women to those of men.
One of his first male guardians was a,
chaplain of Leo XIII. His chief niter
was almost of Ministerial rana, and was,
knoarn as the "Director de Estudios."
This high 'personage lived in an apara•
t
Prineess Enat. tE01,13Seau ie still being
added •to.' ,Some very •beadifut gowne
l'4340 faPeR trade fer the Prineess ae
well-Imovin couturiere in Hanover.
Square, London, whoehas made. for her
PoYal Highness ever efface she. was a
ebiki...A quantity of the lingerie, too,
has been entrusted hi the, same firm,
and the beauty of the stitchery 'is, to
tsay the least, worthy of the fine cambric
and the delicate lace of which the gar-
ments are composed. •
There are five dozen of everything,
and each garment is embroidered with
the rnonograra . V. E„ 'eurmounted ay
the Spanish crown. The ribbons are all
either pale pink or pale, blue patin,
these being Princess Enale favorite col -
Some of the gowns are intended for
yachting, and are of the simplest Pos-
sible make. All are white, and the
-materials are linen or cloth. Most et
the skirts are plain, and the bodices are
trimmed withebroderie anglaise or tucks,
and are of the shirt order.
A pretty one has a darts blue silk tie,
forming a neat knot at the throat, the
silk being carried down the front in a
trellis.
MORNING GOWNS.
Morning gowns are numerous in the
trousseau and th,e hot climate of Spain
has evidently been considered when dee
digning them, meet of them being corn-
poeed of the thinnest materials. Several
are in white' spotted muslin, with in-
sertions of Valenciennes running round
the skirt and the sleeves trimmed to
match,
On some there is a deep cohere turned
,ottite back from the throat and leav-
ing it free and collarless. A lovely robe
de charobre is M white silk muslin; with
quantities of Nottingham lace and soft
blue ribbons.
Anoater, is In Pink. crepe de Cltine, the -
•fronts drooping over the belt and trim-
med with gathered erepe de, chine and
lace. The sleeves are in lerge puffs,
and deep frills trimmed with lace in-
sertion: The edge of the skirt is very
'fully trimmed to match. •
Very pretty is a breakfast dress in
white spotted muslin, fitted to the figure
1»' means of perpendicular pleats below
the waist.. It is trimmed with inser-
tions of lace,' from which the muslin is
cut awata
..
ment "in the palace, tvhere there.' were EMPIRE TEA GOWNS.
quarters assigned also to the-otheryrin- Gaze de sole is the material for a
cipal officers .in charge of the Kings, very charming .pirde teattgewn,- made
edcoulocanteii. on,ca-thstepjon
seb, being ColReenaerl,ALdommigracilcarried up to the 'middle of the back.,
,
Empire fashion, with the waist ga,thers
Aguirre de Tejadae ' • . The skirt is much trimmed with inser-
It was consideited necessary -above tions of Valenciennes and :eery tiny
everything that the ,King should be tucks of the gauze. .
. •
evaett, ehtal, puffed GICOVC:-i are
finiehed at the elbow with eintilar create,
tee trends of M.0 vetvet enent
EVENING GOWNS.
gatheeeti ateo for two r thee° iteehe,s
INVOr and lationt the wait ie a pato
bine Niaein evening. 'gown, 1ra:tined
with inervelelte 1itth fur Mo plieteea
01. the Ninon edged with trarneweet lace.
The aleevee aro a, weader,, of elaborae
Om :in this manner. ,
For evening weartale, tit a. chatre
pagne-colored eolieraie, trimmed with
ruches of 'itself, inserte of painted green
silk, hilt lace, and Valeneitermese The
lovv bodice crosses at the back, and
has a Vandylted bolero effect In• front.
A handsome gown for Princes Henry
is made of white tcloth and. Valenci-
ennes lece, both Combined , upon the
skirt in the new fashion begun this
season. The sleeves are , lace, with
crescent -Shaped bands, of the • cloth fat -
ling over them., Inserts of lace asto
trim that_ skirt above the hem.
trained to soldierly instincts aade idea. The sleeves have a full puff at the
These, threcenfaipers were for years the tto _p ,
and fall in long folds behind the
close companions of Me monarch, and one elbows,' with lace headed by tacks of
of them always slept in his bed-chame the gauze. They are held above the
ber. One or other of them always Ps"' elbows by bands of soft pink silk. The
corted him when he did not go out with yoke is gathered and tucked and trirn-.
his mother or sisters, and were often
present when he received his lessons
from his other professors. To enable
him ,to thoroughly understand soldier-
ing, '
A REGIMENT OF BOYS
was raised at San Sebastiari for his
special benefit. These youthful war-
riors were equipped in every way like
full-groWn sotdiers, even down to hav-
ing thetee own specia,1 band .,• Young
riled with lace insertion. There is a
long, knotted drapery of the gauze
down the front.' • '
One of the dressing gowns is Empire
shape,, the square yoke being in alter -
Cate rows of lace and tucked Ninon, tee
material of the dress' in a pale' tone of.
pink. It is "finished with knots of 'soft
pink ribbon.
•
'MOSTLY SIMPLY MADE.
Alfonso Woke!, great interest in this boy There are several muslin Owns, one
re intent. attended drill. mounted in flowered pink...in a pale tone. It
oe. hes .pony, and he was always par -
:neuter about -the kind of music the band
dLis :pea te •
education, was very practical and
thorough.. As a child he was taught .to two rowe ,of it above the hem of the
skhrt.- •
More elaborate is a Pompadour mus-
lin, printed. with 'nett flowers in piak
and green. The skirt is gathered, but
his youth. He was made th 'turn out of without much fulness round the hips.
bee , never later than seven°and often It is carried up in corsiet fashion, and
much earlier, and from that time until just above the waist is tucked very
orie o'clock he was kept cloeely at his rteelY.: Tee eulness from these
tucks is very skilfully caught down and
studies, with only an hour's interval
for exercise. . held by motifs of, beautiful- silk em-
broidery, .which the, colors of the
Sida by side with his tneatal training
Pompadour 'flowerets' are repeated and
he was, careftilly coached in all ach-
emphasized: The collar and short
tette, and mental exercises, and he is
most athletie prince in sleefas. are 'also trimmed with this ena
• e
his agility a curious de -
Was given in Buckingham
night during his visit to
t year. Queen Alexandra,
is simply made as are the great major -
in of the dresses'. 'Wavy lines ef Not-
tingham lace insertion and frills cross
the bodice and sleeves, ,and there are
speak English, French, German an'd
Italian, and was master of them all ny
the time he was twelve. He was sub-
jected to a careful discipline all through
probably tl
Europe.
monstratio
Palace
England
tit Londe(
of ftlf
night,
Majet
litre
011111140(1, shetsaid she would; whereupon
the yointiful Sovereign turned a sue -
cession of ,eomersaultS all the t,vtly
•
He is by no means so weak physi-
cally 014 ha.s often been suggeated.,
Once when a tmedicat congress was be-
im', 'held at Madrid, Professor Adolph
Lorenz had the honor of being received
by His itlajesly, ,wheri he was able to
convince himself of .the erroneous state-
ments that had been made in this re-
spect. When lie expressed his pleasur-
able surprise to the Queen -Mother the
young Xing exclaimed, "Strength, you
say! Well, look here," Thereupon be
lifted his mother up in his arms and,
holding her carefully aa it she were a
earried her 'three times round the
room without showing the Teaet ,eign of
fatigue.
fteeof all, the QueentItlethee „trained.
him to lie4a thorough. gentlenum in the
truest sense of the word, and 'it IS lite
common remark of these whe have (tome
into cdtitaet with him that here is a
King "without 'an inch of side."
—+e-aatteat.
A 10011
may want to be able to work,
but tti la no Sign that he evarita to
Vv't old lien, tease peehing at soroe etray
carpet t0( 14 in the, beet yard. "NoW.
what; do you ,nuppose that ,foollien le
eating ;those(dean for?" said Homer.
ilterhajle," rejoined hie better half, "tate
is gotirg to lay, a carpet."
by the Duchess of Portland,
nfet"good-night" to him In one,
corridors before retiring for the
when, he suddenly said to Her
•, "I am •an acrobat; would you
see me perform ?" Surprised and
DOWN TIlle CORRIDOR.
1 roidery. A lovely gown. ,,, .-
.COMPOSED OF PAINTED MUSLIN.
• Another very elaborate dress' is cern-
posed of painted ' muslin in tones of
pink and pale green, the skirt much
frilled round the hem and the fulnese
tucked at the 'top to define the figure
eselow the waist. There is a white satin
folded bele, turned back with revers cf
pale green silk and there is a deep
berthe of the muslin enriched by a
fine embroidery in pale gold and pearls,
ilosa silk And lace..
The yolk is a mass of teal frills,
rounded in shape and defined on the
shoulders by a piping of pale green
silk, with three sir fent, frills of the nar-
row lace below it. The sleeves are made
of the, lace, with a short drapery of the
leuslin edged with a pleating of itself,
bordered with lam
A very handsome petticoat to wear
with this gown is in pink brocade,
riehly frilled in alternate pink and pale
peen, C4C11 narrow frill edged with
lace, An embroidered Empire wreetfi
was introduced here and there.
ELABORATE, AND BEAUTIFUL.
EXtrem•ely elaborate and, of very
eteat beauty • ia a creamtcolOred crepe
de Chine, ,made witha full skirt nun h
hicaed at the waist.- The .whole', of the
trimming is in squares alteitately of
lace and of minutely -tucked crepe de
Chine, each of the lance having- a tiny
Inner square of lam embroidered with
minute riblebn rosebuds and green ,chet
tine foliage, ,
Narow 'blond lace is lavitilleo, et'etiY*.
here Upon this Wonderftih gown, retind
the boltteo arid forming the sleeves.. The
helt.. is gloat silk in the shadet of the
!Mit roes. ,
A striking ,though ,othertviee Simple
gown. ie made of 1111E:pilfitTy. pink foul-
uiid tiowelered With t.tvilitet. spots and
trimmed with (tinny heat in long 'Mee
0111 \valet to hem all round the nide%
The letee yoke cOnate down in pOint in
NEW LIVERPOOL DOCKS:
Improvement
The Mersey
to Cost $20,000,000 'Will
he Made.
&as and Harbor Board
will ask Parlittment for a, grant of pow-
er to make very extensive improveinents
at the north end of the Liverpool docks.
It is estimated the improvement will
cost, more than $20,000,000, The exten-
sion when completed wilt accommodate
the largest craft of the future. Arrange,
rnents are also made to make exteneive
improvements at the Birkenhead foreign
animals wharf. -Six new slaughter
houses and meat stores are to tie erected,
and six additional chill rooms will be
Luilt, together. with a ftew refrigerator
plant and a covered market for the dis-
play of meat to purchasers.
An arrangement has. been made be-
tween the-.- Mersey Docks and Harbor
Board and the railway companies provid-
ing for the carriage of goeds in railway
wagons from the dock quays to the
railway stations, instead of in carts, as
has been. the custom for many. years.
Be a redaction of the transit charge g to
a minimum trade whichmight other-
WiSO be diverted -will be retained ed. Liv-
erpool.- Some 3;050 .bales of cotton were
loaded direot into railway Wagons
alongside the steamers, eauaing a saving
ef $234 as , compared -with the former
method of handling.
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'ORIGIN OF UNION JACK.
National Emblem Dates Back to the
Days of James.
the 'fourteenth -century the St.
George's ensign •was the accepted, em -
Nem. of England, and so remained till
the union with Sadtland. It then beret -hie
necessary to design a. flag that would be
emblematic of both eOuntries. • This was
done by combining the. St. George'S•en-
sign with the ensign of St. Andrew, the
dross of SL George lying over tha other.
King James L was on the throne at,
the time, and on April 12, 1606, he is-
sued a proclamation ordaining the Ilse
of the new flag. The national emblem
remained unchanged then for nearly
200 years, or until the -union with Ire-
land on January 1, 1801. -
In Commemoration of the latter event
a third cross was incorporated -with the
other two in the design. The third
cross is popularly called. St. Patrick's
cross, but this is incorrect. It as on the
flag, however, to symbolize the presence
of Ireland in the United Kingdom, and
the flag as established in 1801 remains
unchanged lo -day.
.Considerable speculation exists con-
cerning the origin and significance'of
the term "Unibn Jack." The first word,
of coarse,is obvious, but there has been
a deal of learned disputation about the
()thee. - -Some persons have held that
-"Jack" came from the nautical term,
Jack -sprit, others from the word jacket,
originally a Norman word denoting the
tunic worn over the chain armor, and
that ,eventually became identified 'with
neraldic designs.
The weight of- authority, however,
derives the word .from the -name of the
King in tiebose reign the first union was
consiemmated. James in French is
Jacques. The enion flag or King
Jacques would easily become "Jacques'
Union," or "Union Jacque," and so
eventually Una -tin Jack.
• itilEADSTUFFS.
Tertasto, My 2,t, Ontario
Vaal; eepertcre hitithng $3t15 for all
per cent; potent>, Layers' butte, tailetdei
Vat, tettertiset $1.30 tei and attee
etitis atteite
'Vtriteat - Werke,: No. 2 'whit*: tile
bid out:tete, red Sto lud apixefd, 1c bd.
Wheat Ittanitoba - No, 1 nerthern
5.5c 'tetketit 'Itoint Edward; No 2. berate
eten tete, aeketi, Point, leeward-, 82e bid.
()ate ne 83e' askedn outside, 82e bid,
Peas se Mc aSked outside, 82‘e bid, C.
P. E. or .G.. T. B.
-ten- . •
COUNTRY' PRODUCE.
Butter - Tha market continues OM
ta tone. ' -
Creamery .... .. to .... 200 to 21e
do solids - . .... 1.9c to 20e
Dairy Th, rolls, good to choice, 17e to ISO
do Jaen° :rolls .... 16c to 17c
do medium 1.50 to 16e
Cheese Qld is quoted at 1443 to 14%43
for large and 11%0 to 12cefoi twins.
Eggs - Firm at 16%c to 17c for new
-
laid anti 13e to 13X43 for splits.
Poultry - Chickens 1.5c„ to 16e per
lb
Potatoee - Ontario are quoted at 70e
to 85o out of store, eastern. Delawares
at 85c to 97%c, Quebec 73c, and Nova
Scotia, at 75e.
Baled ' Hay - No. 1 timothy $9,50 to
$10 per ton in car lots on track here;
No. 2. $7.50. a
. Baled Straw - Car lots on trent( here
are quoted unchanged at $5.50 to Roe
per ton.
t" MONTREAL MARKETS
CHEERFUL VICTIM.
It has been said -That a boy who- goes
throagh school and college without a
nickname eitust have lacked some of, the
elements of, popularity. The Honorable
Wilfred Hosford- and his wife, however,
dud not believe in nicknames, nor did
they intend their boy to have one if they
could prevent it.
"I was never knowrt as 'Will' or
'Willy,' "said Mr. Ilosford, vela), dinntty,
"and,I see no reason whyerny son, Win
fred Sawtell Hosforde 'should receive
either of those names, or the ,still mere
objectibnable one of lain.'"
Wbtfred Sawtell ,Hosfordt was delicade
for the first ten years ef his life, and re-
ceived his education at the hands of a
grave young tutor. He grew stronger
at; time-- went on, and at the age of
twelve entered the public school.
Oh his return , feom the first session
he was solemnly queetioned by his par-
ents.
"'The boys are going to like me,
guess," said Wilfred, eagerly. "They've
got 0 nickname for me already."
Mrs. 110141014 shuddered and the Hon-
orable Wilfred looked stern.
"Do you mean to say you enjoy °being
called 'Willy?, or `Bill'?" lie asked, in his
deist tones,
aOh, they've got a better name than
those," said the'boy, with a broad grin.'
"The smartest fellow itt the close, Sandy
sfaine, thoughtit up almost right off as
soon as he heard my name. They're,
going to call me 'Saw-Hoss.'"
Montreal, May 22 .Grain - The
market for oats continues firm in tone.
Oats -- No. 2, 41%c to 42c; No. 3,
40%c to- 410; No. 4, 39eac to 400.
• Peas - 78e f.o.b. per" bushel, 78 per
cent. points. - •
Barley No. 3 extra, 53c afloat; May,
No. 4, 51c. -
Corn --t- No. 3 mixed, 57eac; No. 3 yel-
low, 583.0, ex -track.
• Flour - Manitoba spring wheat pat-
ents, $4.60; ;strong bakers' $4.10; win-
ter wheat patents, $1. to $4.25; straight
.•Wiiikiewheat patents,, $4.20 to $440;
straight rollers, $3.90 to $4.10; do. in
bags, $1.85 to $1.95; extras, $1.50 to
$1.65. '
.Milifeed Manitoba bran in bags,
18 to $19; shorts, $20 to $21 per tone
Ontario bran, in bulk, $18.50 to $19.50;
shorts, -$20 to $2�5Q; milled, meanie, $el
to $25;' straight grain moullIet .$25, to
$27 per ton. .
, Rolled Oats Per bag, $1.95; in car
lots,. $2.95 to $2.10.
Hay - No.. 1, $9 to $9.50; No. 2, $$
to $8:50; clover, mixed $6.50 to, $7, /and.
"putt clover, $6.
Cheese - Market Continues firm at
11X,c to ilyec for White, and .11.e to
lleec for colored. Business quiet.
Butter Prices steady at 20e to 2034c
fot choice creamery, 19c to 20 for under -
grades; Dairy in good demand at 1.7c.
tqouali7i4.c'for.,finest, 16c to 17c for second
Eggs - leeee to 16%c, with etngle,
cases selling as high as 17e,
Previsions - Barrels of heavY Canada
eleeet• cut Perk, $23;, light short. cut, -
$21.50; barrels clear 'fat back, $22.50;
compound lard, 7%c to 8o; Canadian
r ure lard, 1.1%o to 12c; kettle rendered,
12%c -to 13c; hams, 13eee to 15c, accord-
ing to size; breakfast bacon, 17e to 18c -
'Windsor bacon, 15Xe to 16c; fresh
killed abattoir dressed hogs, $10.25e•
alive, $7.50 to -$7.75 per hundred pounds.
BUFFALO MARKET.
DID NOT APPLY.,
'While Willie Was spending his holiday
itt hisatunt'S he chanced one day to plat ,e
bbs elbows on the table during dinner.
"My dear boy„" 1101(1 his mint, "don't
you !oratory that, children ''tif ethe
fanifileit *mot never 'pat their Slbowa on
tam 'table ?"
"Oh, e well." replied 'Willie. Mat
doeen't apply to' tne, for nlY father's.
been'married twice, areal belong to the
etee,ond
Buffalo,' May 22. Flour - 'Fiera.
Wheat -- Spring steady; No. 1 North-
ern, 87c carloads, Winter, offerings
light; No. 2 hard, 79eec carloads. Corn
-Strong; No. 2 yellow., 56%et No 2
cern, 56e(tc. Oats Strong, No. 2
white, eeeec. Rye - Strong; ,No. 1, in
store, quoted 600...Barley - lelothirete
done.
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NEW YORK WHEAT, glARKET.
New York, May 22. - Wheat' - Spot
firm; No. 2 red, 92c nominal in elevae
tor; No. 2 red, 93c nominal f.o.b. afloat;
No. 1 northern Duluth, 91Xtc f.o.b.
afloat; No. 1 northern Manitoba, 90eeo
f.o.b. afloat.
CATTLE MARKET.
Toronto, May 22 -The market was
dell one, with practically little changes
of consequence.
Choice export stuff ranged from
7,1 to $5.10 per cwt, and ordinary sold
as low as $4 per cwtwith a light de-
mand.
Good butcher cattle wanted and
scarce. Quotations were:- Choice, $4.-
,75 to $4.90; medium, $4.25 to $4.65; cows
ift6r1:17s$
5 1A1).7$54.2tIc!; $b2.u11s,$3.25. to $,3.50; carts
Feellers and stockers were dull. Quo -
ti lions were- Choate $3,50 to $7.75;
'ennurion, $3 to $3.40; bulls, $2 to $2.25;
heavy' feeders, 8/60 to $4.75; skirt -
k eciolsOd *tioicemi
eh aell cows WPre, a
ready sale at from $35 to $55 earth;
others welt quoted -down to $20 and j5
(etch.'" -
Shoop and e lambs were not quotably
-changed, trade was easy. Prices ruled.:
I:xport ewes, $1.75 to 85.25; culls and
bucks, $3.50 to $e; grain -fed lambs,
etet to $6.50; calves. $3 to $6 per cwt.;
Spring lambs, $3 to $6 00011.
, •
Calves are steady at, ag to Go per
pound. '
flogs -$7 per cavt for choice, anda$0.s
tea for fat and light.
INEMPLOVE0 PAItAbg.
6
lhousturids itt Hyde Park Hear Speethes
of Labor Leaders.
A !tendon despatch says; Thousands
SA unemployed persops of both sexel
marched, on Monday afternoon to Hyde
.Park. where :fames Heir Hardie and
tteorge Nicoll Bailee, Labor party
member, of Parliament, presided, at
motings. The object of the: derlibmtra.
lion was to imprese on the authoritioa
Mt fact that there are thousandspf Meta
unemployed in the eAtletropolie, Reset
Jutiona,ealling on the letethoritiee to Pet
Cegnizee the right of ell to wort Welles
teiceaed.
Poesibly all men may be horn fie4
nturtequal, but it. Is Imps:Able to keee
Vane Of theta in that conditiont
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