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BRAVE GANADIANNURSES OUT4WORK MONARCHS
SPIatteaDID WOK IN A UMfl
RAILWAY IhriAteatiitatt.
lbeir knowledge Helped to Save th
Lies of a Number Of the
• Wieunded.
rawaY. daeaster on October: eie
test neee Patee, Francey which ten
' tittle weee thile.1 and moro than. a
YUKON IN THE SIXTIES SOME MODERN HOLD-UPS
LTNEAS jjTHESE HEADS VOUCH VISITED THE INDIAN IN THE aliN 'WAVING AN UAIRRItlitiea STOP-
laltOiEhithiORTIL MD AN ILNPIRMS TRAIN.
WIttilt NO CROWNS.
Don 'Carlos Raueban Can tlaist t
'Thrones of Sitah-e and
Fretiee.
•Even. tottlay there ere limusarels of
p:,,ople in Spain who refive to wegard
alfenen XIII., the husband of Princees
ehdeacon McDonald Spent the Rest
Years o Di Life Aivitbin the
ArefiniCavele.
Ono of the II1Raters oft history in North
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flow Farmers,er,11:F/ Dogs and Btdtvrt
Vies, Have Stopped Rail-
way Traffic.
. The eirivee of a Scotch oxpres e noticed
Western Catentas iow seeedirie lite a enoe etaneltrig waving an untlretia
eventng of his dive in Winnipeg, 'yeller- an excited manracre tbe expreete ellen be
haora reaY aerioltalY ilaJttrati•lia.-c‘ Int EDa, QS their rightful ruler. In their ated thoce watt Imow hint andi Itrie Mg -a. few mike freen Peterborough,
tereetinh side for canaeliane Le WS pon carios de, Bourbon.. Duet, life's history. His uctive yeare weep England, says Peereon's st , e Weelitly.
ihe sp.end.d ever% of three randee, all of atedriii, shouid. reign dver them as 'chiefly spent neer and within the ittectia Stearn was huofftabrakes appied,
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nativeS' of Ontae:o—namely, hitee Vrate- King hhaeihs NI/. ot spain. indeed, this Ciecte. the Yeltori, the Klondike, and
ees ',Monroe, fermerly of Toronto; 1‘1119s head of the eingey house of Bourbon is other dist 1s whose names Sold has
Laura E. colantan, from new Kingston, an uncrowned monarch in the fullest since made familiar to the world, which
and Miss Elizaleeth Riegle, fromite_ar sense of tw
he ord, for, taking up arms were travereed by him in the long ago.
St. Cetharinee. Theee nursee, vale in 1372, he did actually reign over the Ile was ordained deacon in Mean -
each finished their hoshitat tralPhig„14t greater part of northern Spain for near. ber, 1.852, and priest in 1858. lie wo.s
r"ston, Mass., were (la tht
their ay " ly four years, being acclaimed by mobile. first stationed as Church eassiouary
holiclay -through
• Id r "9 -11- 1 if and peasantry alike tee. their lawhili Sodiety missionary at isilitgtore woad- i After walking a coupte of miles he tit a short D D e 61 at
arid historic Touraine, when their trate, sovereign. Yet you dill search histori-i peg River. • In 1862 he was selected to of his task, so he stopPed the express in
low an exprWs te raise, was st'etelt by
which was to run intb a salintre to al.
got one. '
order that he might have a. litt up. He
the Seer for Paris going at the asate of A more determined affair was one
which took place in laansaseduring the
recent remarkable wheat yield. As tbe
farmers at • Burlingham found that it
was not possible to obtain men willing
to work tee reapei,s, they lit upon the
bold expedient, of "holding up" a train
carrying two hundred reapers Wind sand ridgee in eight, hours travei.
further west, A -.party of farmeree But under these repellent sands be the
armed to the very teeth with shoteguns, great geld resottrces of western Au-
tativolverti, and what not, brought the strati& that ara new supplying -Mere of
train to a halt.' They forced. the men the metal every year than all the rest
out, 'of the car, and, marched them off of the contruonwealth. 'When the rush
into. the fields, , , et Miners to this great thirst region be
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THE MEN' WERE WELL PAID ;, gan, the eager seareh and the frantic'
strife for water was .
but this was small satisfaction for the
farmers from whom the two hundred ,SOMETIMES TRAGICAL. ,
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reapers were commandeered. The Government sought for under
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A train on the South -Eastern Rai1-. ground sources of supply, but most ef
way, while on its journey from Tun- this water was found to be so impreg•
bridge.Wells to .Hastings, was brought nated with salts that it was twat tor
to a sudden standstill owing to a very wet Engineers finally devised a plau.
slight, cause. A. cOuple of bonny fax.; of water delivery front the western
coast mountains, about twenty miles
•to. the 'south of Perth,, evbich inyolved,
the eeriest pemping scheme that has
yet been carried into •operation in any
part of Out world. •
The works were eompletecit Only two
years ago and they are attracting all the
more attention because the population
that is paying $14,000,000 for , them is
still quite small, •
The amount of rainfall in the basin
of the Helena River, whieb flows through
the Canning Hills south of Perth, is
about 30 inches a year. it was foetid
that by impounding this rtver a supply
ot 5,060,000 gallons a day would be
available for transportation into the in
t re .
LONG DISTANCE FIPING
ENGINEERING FEATS PLANNiaD
AVESTERN AUSTRALIAt
Gold - Mining Region Coelgardte
Supplied' With 'Water at a Cost
of
It is espected that the next few years
will wit etts tiZO development of the gloat
remarltahle system of water cerrying
in weetern Atintralia that has ever •been •
seen. The plan is to repeat, attain. end Peas -No. 231Agilueerhileda.ri „.0
again, the Successful engineering vvork at
lit in— ee
tracks Toronto, 51c bid; 51adte asked,
to arrive.
O'he.r prices Arm
Bye-71aac to 72o outside.
1311riTinic--Seawilegro-05t5a$1.t6o.5056e; ihorte $18 ?'O to
• et
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LEADING tiliKETS
leatita.DreTUFFS,
Taranto, taec. lie—Wheat Ontarte—
No. 2 whit°, ti',131-;7C asked olOsidie,;
eed, diarti asked outside, 70o bid,
C. P. 114 No. 2 niixcd, 710 cwketi, C. It.
Witeat—lefartiloba --- No, noriliern,
hid, trade Point Edward; asked
• :tic, November eldpnient from Fort Wil.
liam.
Rarleya-No. 3 extra, 50c bid, C. P. IL,
east,
and the train was brought to a stand-, that te now supplying the great gold
still. Tile individuol with the umbrella' mining region of Coolgarclie, Inc out !rt
then coolly ihformed the guard that he the desert of the interior, with plenty
wished to board the train. For reasons of water brought from the coast mount
of his own he had alighted from the tains, ,325 miles atvay.
King's Grose train at Peterborough,, and This westerir Australian desert cofl.
bad proeeeded on his journey, on foot. tains perhaps the largest waterless Jet
gions inothe world, When David W.
Carnegie made leie second journey acrose
ftity nellee •tine-bour. Foie ears were
entashed, the nurses were severely
etialteo, and Mies Coleman struck in tue
cheek with a flying splinter. • The cries
Of the sitfteret's reached the nurses' ears,
and even before their train had stopped
they were out 'of •the car and at work,
The nurses, who had fortunately
brouglit their emergency cases with
them, bad no doctor to assist them ler
almost half .an hour, but Miss Cole-
man, who epeaks French, sent on.e
• porter for •
she knew was carr'ed by all French
• trains. Others were despalcaed lor dec.
• tors, and others agein for rugs and
blankets, whilst the train hands brought
cushions as fast as they were able to
get the dead and wounded out of ate
cars.
The tietra'''e brave Canadien nurses
worked unceasingly from 5 p.m. till
• alnaost midnight before the last sufferer
was on the train fee Paris, and then
, they returned with the train to look
• after the worst caeetei on the way to
the capital, In the meantime the news
of the heroic work of the nurses had
spited in the city, and when they
emerged from the station they were
Oven a great ovation, but they quickly
got carriages and drove away, not even
• giving their names to the doctors or
• tbe'reilway 'officials, and had it .not
been for the fact that a 'doctor from
Bostoo, Masa., saw and 'recognized them
they would have remained unknowh
•yet even by name or nationality. At
their request. however, the. doctor did
not say who they. were until they had
feat Paris asecond tinie on their holiday
tour.i
Miss Coleman,. who was for it time,
lady superintendent of tae Faulkner
HaspitaL, Mess., and Miss ;Monroe both
- 3 graduated. Ir e 'n the Boston General Hos
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plata and Miss Hogie from the Mas-
sachusetts General - Hospital. 'Miss
Coleman has a sister, who is lady super-
Letendeot, of the House of the Good
Samaritan, and Miss Hogie has a• sister
.
matron of the Somerville City Hospital,
both of Massachusette.
•• •The 13oston papers' have.been full c
accounts of the heroic bravery of
"THREE AMERICAN" NURSES,
, but a • peculiar omission In tile. alo-
graphy of. these three brave women
whioh the paperse publish is that no
mention is made dhr their place of birth.
, Atli the articles in the Boston papers
onvey the impression that the three
ladies were natives of Boston or rf
some 'otheit, part of the 'faulted States,
Without doubt their training in the
Boston hospitals wits of the very best,
but the training and nurture of -their
Canadian homes fitted them for every
emergency. area enabled them. even
• in a strange land, ,and artiong strange
t, people to become "ministering angels".
to the sufferers.
The French Government failing' to Me-
tal!): the nanies of the three ladies, ties
through its Ambassador anWashington
• asked •that the thanks of the French
e people be.cenveyed to the three nurses
' from Boston, whose cpilck and invalu-
oble services not only relieved sufferers,
but were the meting of Allying the Ines
of it number of the more seriously tn.
juredeeho but for the prompt aid ef
the nursee. would have .sttecumbed • to
their injuriee.
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. PRETENDER'S SHAM COURT.
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Due .d'Orleans in Royalist's Cluakair Ad.
dreseed as "Your Majesty." '
The eritenie cordiale wind' has already
resulted the interchange of an kinds'
ot official visits between' the English and
French authoritiesa has now advanced
.einother step. This fall it is the fashion
for Frenett and English people of posi.
tion to exchange' visits to their country
,.3 •
houses. , e• •
The aristocratic Frenchwoman's idea
of the English country house has yet to
be reeorded, but 'the British pecrese who
has jug returned from a round -if visite
Pi France has been so tieliguted that she
has told all her friends to "go and do
" likewise." Arming the houees she visited
Was the chateatemt the Duc de Luynee, •
Where, unknown to the majority of Eng-
lish' people and many Frenchmen, a
regular little aline is kept up when the ••
Due WO:leans,: the "rightful Xing ee in varying, proportions. In popcorn
aa e et ri Id:1n ti)otitiajnoneif; caOtri3O-,
Wended' etaye at the liouse. there le a eoneiderable arriounb t This i4oloruestleterforerst.ultiloif
cal tables in vain for any roention of
Xing Charles VII., and also for the
names of his predece,S$OrS Carlish
claim, "Mugs" -Charlus V. and Charles
VL, for these ease were uncrowned men-
arche. The long struggle of the Carnets
to win the throne they regard as theire
dates back to 1813, and their claim', is
based on the contention, that Ferdinand
VII, acted lilegaity in appointing his
daughter Isabella his successor, for
under the Sabo law no woman was
empowered to reign. • But to -day, at the
age of fifty-eight, tired of a. life of polit
tical
PLOT AND COUNTERPLO'r;
it is suspected that Den Carlos is cora
tent with the quiet repoee of the Palazzo
Loreclan Veniee, aaci That he it will-
ing at any• tune to waive hie claims in
favor of his son, Don Jaime do Bciurbon,
the future leader of the Carlist faction.
Oddly enough, Don Carlos, as the un-
disputed head of the Bourbon family,
could also present the strongest possible
claim to the throne of France'. But he
establish a mission at Fort Aux Liards,
Mackeneie River District but he pro-
"ceeded. instead to Fort Yukon. In. 1871
'he. removed to Porcupine Maar, and in
the' next year to Peel River, where he
labored until 1904.
Proceeding in 1862 from what was tlaen
called the Red River,Setelinnent to Fort
Yukon, Arehdeacon McDonald •Ittbored
there
AMONG THE INDIANS,
• who were eomposed of numerous tribes,
and who annually assembled in the
summer at that port for theepurpose of
furdreding with the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany. Oudot; his stay there of eight
years, the" Indians in the surrounding
country were visited, both in winter and
• in summer. he
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Thousanda of eailles were traversed
annually, either in canoe •or boat in
• summer, and on snowshoes in winter.
Itt 1865,"scarlet fever spread among the
Indians, and many of them were carried
off by the disease. At first only infants
were baptized, but after four years the
has never -desired a duel pretenderstup, adults gave such evidences •of ?their be -
and. although often urged by French
Royalists to place himself at their head,
he has invariably declined. to do so. In
the case •of France, however, there is, no
lack of pretenders, the most popular of
the mall being Prince Victor Napoleon,
the present head of the Bonapartes. had been taught, the, archdeacon ad
The Portugeese crown, again, IS ministered baptism to them, not Owlet at
claimed by Dom •Itiliguel de Braganza, Fort Atuleori, but along the line of travel
who, although he ,Itiee many supporter, from that fort to the fort of the EL B. C.
stands but a scant chance of unseating on Bell River, a tributary of, the Porcu-
the present ruler, King Charles. And pine, and the Indians across the violin
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there are many "other men Who want tains at Peel River, when it was found
thrones," and at least one woman— that the number of baptized men, WO
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namely, the Princess Paleologae, :who Is men and children, amounted to , about.
considered entitled by descent to rule at 700.
Constantinople in the place of From Fort Yukon tribe e of Indians
• 'ted
• nef • in and ofetheir acceptance. of dile
truths of the Gospel that it was con-
sidered advisable to exernine them when
they assembled. at the fort for purposes
of trade. Heving found that they had an
intelligent understanding. of what they
were vIS1about450 miles clowo. e
Tim SULTAN, • ABDUL HAMID. Ybkoh at tae confluence. Of the Tanana,
A•fact whioli should. brine cheer to all whereegold was afterwards found This
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uncrowned monarch's is that one of river is not as large as the. Yukon.
their number has recently succeeded in takes its name, as the word implies, from
ais claim. Peter Karageorgevitch, s° THE GfeACIER MOUNTAINS.'
Imag ,pretencler to the ceown of Servia, „
bets waded to his beards alesire through At first the natives held themselves
the blood of the murdered Alexander aloof from the missionaries, but 'after
Obrenovitch. But his is a kingship of three or four visits all gave io their ad
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constant dread. The Murderers of his hesion; over. one hundred 'of them ee.
predecessor ,surround his person, pro- ceived baptism and the following year
bably quite as,, willing—should it be about three hundred mare. These tribes
worth their while—to intrigue against had to be addreesed through an inter
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the present occupant of the throne, prefer, One of themselves, who could
There are even a letv—a very few— speak the language of the Tukudie the
••people in. Great Britain who hold that people among wham the missionary
King Edward himself has no strict right resided.
to the position he so nobly fills. They During these 42 years of tesidenceein
acclaim the Princess Ludwig of Bavaria the frozen north, Archdeacon McDonald
—born Mary of Modena—as the. true Was accustomed to visit' the different
ruler 'of Great Britain and Ireland, be tribes Indians on. the Upper Yukon
cause, forsooth, she can elaitri desceet and below the confluence of the Poem
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from Charles Vs daughter, Henrietta pine River with the 'Yukon, all the way
Stuart, while Kind Edward can only to the entrance of tb.e Yukon into the
claim to be descetided from the same Pacific, and as far. as Norton 'Sound,
monarch's sestet'? But all this was set- where there WaS a depot of the Russian
lied by Act of Parliament long years Itur Company, which. passed in 1867 into
ago, and no musty old question ottpedie the hands of the United States of Moor -
gree can ever disturb our loyal adher- Ica through purchase..
ence to the first of kings and geetlemen,
EDWARD REX ET IMPERATOIL
One of the °newest preterzders to a
throne is ,Shernais, Abraich, a refined
man of twenty-eight yearei.whose claim
to the• throne of Poland was 'recently
given prominence in England by the Overshrewd lawyers 'often furnish
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report: of his arrest in 'Swindon. The their adversaries with weapons. ilitd
• $19.
FloUr—Ontario Offered at $2.70 for 00
,
per cent, patents for export, buyers,
hags, outside; Manitebse first patents,
it, several years ago, he travelled 800
eilile.s without, finding anything that sug- .$4.50; seconds, $4; baker's', $3.00. - •
gested a permanent source of water.
Fier many daye he saw nothing but . COUNTRY enopum.
prickly spinifex coveringtothetustyandteerldiT a oral tone.
es, which evert) forty Butter—Th.e market continues to hold
height and extended east and west par- Creamery . . — .....•.... .... 250 to 260
aliel with one anothet. Ile wrote that do solids .... . , ... ...... 23c to a4c
he crossed more than eighty 'tot these Dairy prints
• do pails ...... .. .... .... -19a to 20c
terrier puppies were the cause of the
stoppage of the great traim, The engine -
driver noticed the poor 'little animals
fast asleep on the line. His humanity
did ,hitn eredit, for, sooner than run
over the lael.pless couple, he stopped his
train, and picked up, the puppies. .
A dog was responsible for holding up
one hundred yards of electric tramcars
in ,London. The dog was only a little
.one, but he caused a cominotion out of
an proportion . to his size. tie crept
under one Of the huge cars when it stop.
ped in the Brixton Road. . The driver
hesitated to start, and Irani after tram
joined the waiting cars. Then quite an
einusing scene was witneseed. Drivers,
conductors, inspectors, passengers and .
pedestrians all joined in the endeavor to The problem was to 'transport this
dislodge the barking terrier. Despite all water a distance of 250 miles, for it VMS,
entreaties and cajolery, whether of Voice_ • roposed to extend the aqueduct to the
or of walking -stick, the dog remained Kalgoorlie diggings, east of Coolgar-
ander the qua It was r,emarlcably agile die, and this has been done. 4 Mundare
ana, stupid. So, for a matirtee Of an -Inge the place -Where the Helena River
hour, matteas progressed; until an was .dammed. Is only about 300 feet
eight -foot pole was obtained. ,
- A VIGOROUS PROD IN THE RIBS
caused terrier to emerge suddenly,
amidst wild cheers from the cnowd, and
the tranicars moved off.
A cat very successfully "held -up" sev-
eral trains on the Lockport Electric Belli
way, altheugh the result tcould scarcely
be deemed satisfactory feone its point
of view. It climbed the trolley -pole of
standingtmotor, and attempted to evalk
along the overhead feed -wire. -Owing to
its tail coming into contact, with the
wire conducting the return current., the
cat .disorganized the .‘vhale railway
system for several hours. It was a big
yellow tom -cat before its tail completed
the, circuit; afterwards it was a cinder. but very gentle, theimen it finally
reaches a, reeervotr many miles west of
The inquiring Thomas was electrocuted
to the 45,000 •Irihttbitants
Cohlgardie, and ,from' title point greed. -
instantaneously as it received, a fall takes it
charge of 24,000 volts. The, flash tation
was or the Coolgardie mining eamps and, to
seen efor nines, and not only Was the .the Kalgoorlie region beyond.
This water is sold olet there in the
their power end • desert at - a comparatively small price
. plants were deprived of
GETTING EmpN WITH LAWYERS. cm Inc money borrowed to, develop the
abOve the sea,, but the surface of the
desert to which: the water. WAS to be
carr ed is about • -
-1,650 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL,
and had to be lift•ed during the process
about 1,300 feet., •
The water which collects back of the
darn in the Helena River forms e fine
lake &wen tunes in length. The big
deliVers .pipe. that carries the water is
not -buried in the soil but lies on time
Surface or in open trenches, for there
$strio danger of freezing.
• There are eight pumping stations, ,
little more than forty miles apart, and
the water kept moving up the lorig,
traffic on' the railway stopped, but ea
large • number of neighboring ',factory
, considering .thal interest must be pitid
lit for 401110 hours.
Where the Otershrewd Hatie ,Fallen
IntO Traps of Their bayn alakinde
charge against him was obtaining 355.
from the Rev. B. C. Thelwall, Of But
bage, Wilts."'
It was alleged that he claimed to be
the Prince of Coitde, and that his father
was heir to the Polish crowa. He ap-
peared to 'be a .reneonable, well-educated
and gontlern'onlY fellow, but even if he
were descended •from a family -who once
reigned in Poland—as was quite possit
bIe—he could scarcely make good any
claim to the throne. for the simple rea-
son that the monarchy of Poland ayes
not hereditary, but electoral.
• 'WHY POPCORN POPS.
Contains Oil, Which ideat Expands Till
..the Kernel Explode' s. s
"What makes popeprn pop ri ask e the
inquisitive youngster.
By the evasive replies he receiVes it is
evident that the real reason is.net gen-
erally !mown.
The different Itinde of corn eontain oil
you see this _tree that ,has been .men-
tioned by the roadside?" an advocate
inquired. • , .
"Yes, sir, 1 saw it very plainly." •
"It was conspieurnee, then?"
The witness seemed puzzled by, the
rtew wor.d. He repeated his former as-
sertion. '
"'What's the difference," sneered the
lewyer, "between plain and conspieu-
ous?'
But he wes hoist with his own pe-
tard. The witness innocently,anewered:
"1 can sea you plainly, sir, among the
other lawyers; thOtigh you are nota bit
conspieuous."
• In another Witness a blow direeted
againet the character of a witness for-
cibly reeoned.
"You were in the company of thes
people?" he WaS asked.
"Ot two friende, sir." •
"Friends; two tblevee, I suppose you
mearii"
°That may be true," was the dry' re -
tea; "they are both lawyere."
bloW that destroye the effect of
an adverse exantination eceaelonally
"Year ktajesti," and he is given a mill 'ivy" '-- --- -- -----''"- — v -v tn,"" and after going throtigh hie ()Weed, wos
The Duke is always addreeeed as. e°,1,1),,41ettedse ,,teveheepen ill,Tteeedestatet(letin;e.„3,e,,,x„P„I!* a very siiriple witness was in the box,
pereentage of oil queetion .remaill.
nue of gentlemen in wailing. At tliej ill e°111tri°rg et)t ft the'
•vieitorta book full of litetorleal mince. retuly to retire, One
Mr. --, hoe riot an. attempt
I retail and for, tine reason it. only
chateau in a wonderfully luteresting ed.
cracks without exploding, when heated “Now,
To enter one's name iri-this book IS re.
,cognized as it sacred privilege. The
volume .vrts buried fri the grounds dur-
log the 1Prencli revolution. sir " ,
Finglif:Ai vir,ifors to 1:reneh eountry "Yes. Is it not so?"
hour,es am mutt" ittr,yrc.,;ed.by the 1act "Yes, sir.." ,
Popcorn is inexpensive and nett:Inoue teen made to induce you to tell the
ae well, if not need to overindultahice. court a different story?" .
From eoup to dessert, it finds it place on 0
A different Story to What 1 have
mwevil& a told
our eo, great variety of
sweets may be made from it. • Ii, is a
pleasing conceit. ot to -day to sprinkle
ge a
111 '0 perfect grains of freshly
that house ptirties celdom exceed ELL(( ('1 "Upon our oath, t demand to know
non,b4, and aLthe• pkteos cavil popped corn over light, thin • cream who tbe rso,ne are who have attempt.
overtrowding
agtific5att.ilasTititiscrina)liro3atittiiitzecc60711flifrfraoTtillitosofiletkii st1n14}16ysatijuanstg:atlarlis;tivil°cIfillItiPf(irilctrac7e'lltalf1157:attevr:itine.oesrt,:. :Ittiay‘tVh, orIC'etta5114,11 Yw°astevlietrieudnellxspeclitaedr(1 artli5-
exCellent subtaitute for wafets. or efon-
It ended • the exairlitlatien,
fdtind iri large Logi:eat country 'house
parties.
saliWO
•Mtiny pereons who really lave an aim
In lila are too luy to shit.
And ft sometimes •happens the, the
light of truth casts the ehadew cit sus.
H
tom. Another clever idea is• to setve
fresh buttered popcorn with salad. The
eombination i deliriette and the corn
,should bet ta.stefully arranged, encircling
motind et sated.
Pi -Mental, either sugared or buttered,
may Attingly b erva with plain fee
cream and lees and tha tombiriation is
both riovel and dainty.
There -are formin of lealler,4 trees cit
sclne parts of Australia.
Thewe gdr1 Meets for ti hie - land a
roan whose mother did not know how
to
eiook.
Stranger still, a train on the Central
Argentine Railway was stopped by white
butterflies some • little time., ago. This
atiunds extrertiely turieus but
IT IS PERFECTLX TRUE.
Myriaas of the insects octimiecfrialles 01
-tile track. It was their crundhed bodies
.thet brottght the engine to a standstill.
A very remarkable sight wast
.wit-
nessed by passenger.s in one of the down of he very best quality end at all dimes
the train was preeseding from Lake avho had suPPlied their animnis from
trains of the Ugand,a nallwaY. While of the year. Stockmen along the route.
scanty 'wells that might run. dry at any
Vicherie to. Mombasa, it ran into a per-
fece bank of locusts, which .continued time have lost' this fear, for the pipe line
seetth more or lees' densitytfor 0, ells flea is ari • unfailing souree of
works. R sellfor ab011t 75 cents
,
thousand gallons, and t supplies not
only those die -tent mining caneps, but
also some twenty of thirty settlement,
en` the 'way, to them and, serail pipes
caft water to etockmen or villages
notes avvey from the main line.
Up to tide time ihe consumera have
been able to obtainall the water desired
of nearly forty •
Miles. In same p aces 000D FRESH WATER AT ALL TIMES.
the insects were between,' four rend five " • t •
inches deep. Very 'soon the engine There lasabeeri no interruption of the
eleielt fast, •owing to the greasy state .of flow on aceount of aeoldent to the
the, rails thus brirming the train to a pumps, because extra pumps are int
etaridstill'. • For de couple of hours a, stalled at every station for use in -case
breakdown „gang .had. to be employed in of neede
shovellirig the locuste from the metals, It le to, give- the widest possible appia
which, were then 'covered with sand, bee cation to this great, idea whose practi.
fora the tram could resunie its journey. :ttirbailloitdy bieheenpecoopijetoroo,flvuglilelsytedrITTIAo un: ri
d•avu. tellers!, cattietwore.in good demand,
Walla ate now turning then attention. Choice heifers sold partieularly
do tutes ......, t
Inferior( .... 17e to 180
•Clieese—Joh Iota here are 13%c for
large and 140 for twills.
Eggs—Storage are Mint „ at 23c and
limed 21e toe22o,
Poultry--Searce and prices are firal
for good stuff. •
°Chickens, dressed .,.. — Bch:1.10e
FOW1 ....rr ...... totO 7C
...; 90 toile
Geese •••••• 4•1•• •••• Of.. Sc to 10o
Turkeys 12o to 13e
Potatoes—Ontario quoted ati 55e to
00e per bag, in -car lots here; eastern,
65' to 70c.
Baled Hay—Steady at $1.1 for No 1
timothy and $8.50 to $9 for No. a, in
car lots here.
Balod Straw—$6.50 to $7, in car lots
here. •
• .
• MONTREAL MARKETS.
'Montreal, Dec. 4.—business in Mani;
hetet wheat .continues quiet.
• Buckwheat -56c. to 56%e' per bushel,
ex -store.
Corn—American No. 2 yellow, 56g"
to 570; No. 3- mixed, 55%o to 50e, ex.
store,.
spot, No. 2 white, 42%0; No.
3 white, 41%c 10 42c; No. 4, 2 403ec to 41c
per bushel, ex -store,
Peas—Boiling, $1.• in car lots, $1.10 in
jobbing lots.
Flour—lelanito.ba spring wheat wheat,
4.25 to $4.60; strong. bakers!, $3.90 to
$4.10; -winter wheat patents, $4:10 to
;$4.25; straight rollers, $3460 1013;10; do
in bags, $1.65 to -$1e75a extra,. $1.50 to
fl1.
.N.51511.Ifeed—Niti'tritobw liran, In bags, '$10
ti 820; shorts, $21 to $22; Ontario bran,
in, bags, $18;50 to $19; shorts; $2L50 to
822; mouille, $21 to 825; etraigat
grain, $28 to $29 per ton. '
Boiled Oats—Per bag, $19.50 40 $21,
in ear lots;,$al itt jobbing Iota
Hay—No. 1, $13 1.0 $1.3.50; No. 2, $12
to $12.50; No; 3, $11 ,to $11.50; clover,
mixed, $11; pure clover, $10.50 to $11
per tone car lots. .
Proyisions—Barrels short cut mess,
$22 to $24; half barrels, $11.70 to $12.-
50, clear flit backs, $23450; long cut 'heavy
mess, $20.50; dry salted long clear ha- '
con, la%c to 12%e; barrels plate' beef,'
$12 to $13; halftLarrels, 6.50 to $7; her.
rels heavy mess b.eef, $11; lialf-barreln—
do., $6; compound lard, ac to gee,c; purip
lard, Se to Oge; pure lard, 1231.te to lac;
kettle rentleeed; 13%c to 14et Imnis, 140
to 153c, according to size; breakfast
bacon, 10c to lact 'Windsor bacon, 15c
to 16%c; fresh killed dressed Iiogs, $9
to $9.25; ,alive, $6.75., '
.Eggs--;-Selecred,' 25e; No. '1 candled
anti cold storage eggs, 20c to 21c. IIe-
ceipts this morning were 112 cases.
• " • BUFFALO MARKET. •- •
,
Buffalo, Dec. 4—FloUr—Sti3ady,. liVlietit
—Nothing done. Corn—tatteedy; No, 2
yellow, 524e; No. 2 COrri, 504CC. Oats--
Onlv steady; No. 2 white,, 37,yact alo, 2
Mixed, d5X.c., Barley—Steady. Rye --
Quiet; ajoi 1 North-Western, 7Oce '
NEW YORE: WIIEAT MALIN:ET,
Nov York, Dee. 4.--WheatAapotaasy;
No. 2 red. 79%e elevator; No. 2 red,
81%e f.o.b. afloat; No, 1 northern 1)tit
luth, eategc c.i.L. Buffalo; No..2 hard win-
ter, 77,1iSic c.i f. Buffalo.
•••,••••••••t9t
CATTLE MARKET. .
Toronto, Dec. 4.----Ileavier arriving of
eattle, together •with an increased mina •
her of eletihers, mode trade in butchei.s'
classes brisk at the Western Market to- ,
The rivers do not; come front far in the one single animal gong at $1 d
.7.), Goo
• d
4 for the rainfall is too' small helium, in loads, eold at, $4.30 to $4.40
DISCLOSED HER IDENTITY. to,. to have much surface flow. pee cwt. The,following Were tbe,quotagood deal of at he quite large, and engineers are now good loills, $1,,,I,0 to 81,35; flimflam
But nearer the coast the precipitation tionseettlioice butchera'. $4.40 to $4.00;
Mr. Greens—"I met a woman to -day
that I Wed to think a
Mre. Greene ---"Oh, you didt" water that can be eolleetea and Rend. l33.:10 to $3.60; mixed lots and common
one time ' wotating on Vane. for .aving of th e heavy I incite e , ','3 6, i $4.20; fat cows,
I i t' e ' 1t r s? ' a t i • * .
I used to do tiny very best le ing it through pipefar into the interior, cows, $2.25 to $3; canners, $1 per cwt.
please her." I not only to supply mines, but alsO to up, .
g'liurill" 4. We life to many thotteands, of acres ef Feeders were slow of sale. Feeders, x
25 to $3.Kitl,1ior1-keeps, $3.90 lo $1.10;
stockers; Tale, $2.75 to $3.10; common
atookere. *1.73 to $2.51 per cwt.
Faxoort e‘veA, and lambs were • firm.
Landis. $5.50 to $6; export ewes.
to $4,85; bueks., $3 to $3.50 her teat.
Hoge were uechatiged at $0.13 for
selects and $6.15 tor ligiiic and rats. ,
Milch rows weett worth $25 to EA
each,
9lhl civerything1 COtild to win her lann and grazing lands. so Itiat the ag-
ricultural and grazing industries may
atie4i, •
otioTtliijes!"
"And at. last 1 succeeded," seo,buine,..lry than was formetly thought post
he fee more widely extended over the
"She granted all that 1 asked; and hy
So doing made Inc the happiest Man
41!ici:iris'ekYe71 heftr to come up to the house
with inc at once, but slip had some
shopping to do, and cannot get here
untilte:14,;fleienr"
ie,. .
eeram going botne to any
rriP'Se
tilTrcenit at home, hie? dear. It tyns
your mother that 1 met. She gave yoU
td roe
A man's dnniestie tielatiorie aro often
mueheelieturbed by the relations of his
doinovdies.
TOO V AIM.
With pale face elm waited the vete
diet. •
"And you told father your love for
niq was burning 10V6 " she hastened to
"If" sighed the yOurig man who
Wa',5 perspiring from, running.
"And that tity heart was on tire?"
eyes!,
"And what did he see"
*Tilly he blazed away for Been inin
tiles arid if there had been any more
• cembitetiena tironrid there illey would
have had to call tfut fire 'engines."
• During the Baer War an Irish •pea -
tient, wlio WAS peeled with a musket
on duty, end had wandered little out
of 143 position, Wm actmeted by 1,01
eet with"What Am eon here fort"
"Faith, yolk honor," Raid Pat, •witX
rremiioniell good humor, "they tell
me 1 am hem for a centur7„"
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