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•KIMBERLEY.
Ladysmith Also Is Being
With Heavy Guns.
Shelled
Arrangements for Gen. White's Relie.N.Boers
Threaten to Shoot Six British Officers if a Spy Is
Not Released===Seizure of Wireless Telegraphy
Apparatus Consigned to the Boers.
' The London Deily Mail publishes
despatth from its special eorresp
ent :-
"Kiroberley, via Hopei:own, TJi
elite -Despite the seige, which is ti
calmly borne, the Quarterly Crim.
Sessions commenced this morning,
eral jurors appearing in the t
guard u.niform.
'It is fortunate that Mr. Rhode
there, for he takes a practical, kite
In the greatest problem which the c
tmunity so far has had to face-tha
relieving the destitute without p
indent? them He is able to solv
as nobody else could.
"Yesterday a was considered ad
able to remove a number of familia
the outskirts of ,the town. Three h
dred persons have been accamgnod
in the Exehange
BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES.
despatch from Es. thourt, Na
says :-A Ihellographic message f
Ladysmith, received here, states t
the bombardment of that place c
tinues, but thus far no harm has b
done. The message adds that th
this isantly by night attacks. These tactics
ova_ the enemy disliked, but be contented
! hiroeelf with a daily shell of the eitYi
which exposed him to little personal
ars- else,
eing "Then Col. Baden-Powell played 'ale
inai trunecard by sending out Fitz-Clar-
see_ enoe's party to worry the occupants of
'' the trenchee. Tke little force stole
°rim out silently in the darkness. No shot
! was fired; aad the men, with fixed
O is bayonets, creeping rather than walk -
rest ing along the velda gradually ap-
proached the thief Boer position near
ten- the race c.ourse, Then, as they closed
t of in, there was a shrill screech; it was
wa
r'Fitz-Clarence's whistle, and the signal .
e it for onelaught.
' 1 BOERS CRIED FOR lYIEROY,
vis- "A. ringing British cheer, which the
s on listeners back in camp caught up,I was
e the only rreply, as the party dashed
11'-' into the trenches. There was a fear-
ated ful struggle, the attacking forces
catching and bayoneting the Boers
under the tarpaulins where they
crouched, cryiag for mercy. At least
tal, fifty bayonets got to work, and the
roe:, havoc they wrought was terrible.
hat "For just a moment there was no
eystematic return tire; but then aper-
en- feet hailstorm of bullets poured in h
sell from the trenches to the reale Again e
ere Fitz-Clarence's whistle sounded. It n
was cease fire, and scatter home-
,
ward.' The British forces scattered,
silently crossing back under the furl -
hat ous fire in the darkness to the ape
a pointed rendezvous, where the roll was
called. ,
am "Ca. Baden-Powell met and ma-
th gratulated Captaia Fitz -Clarence and 1
of bis men upon. their splendid work, say, x
ian ing that the Boers had to be stopped
of making rifle trenches within range of g
val the town. The members of the party
ens are now the, envy and pride of the gar-
• rison. Even the Boer comretmder,
ge-
Botha, expressed admiratioa of the at -
leo. tack, and added that he would take
UK Mafeking ere long, for he meant to
do one thing or the other quickly.
RESEMBLED A SHAMBLES.
"The eneny lost heavily. For hours
after their figthing line had been
rolled book twto wagons went slowly
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ConntrY, Great Britain, the United
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Condensed and Assorted for EaS;
Reading.
CANADA..
The Dominiou Parliament is expect-
ed to meet early in January.
4oridon City Council will consider a
motion to abolish the ward system.
There is a probability of a nickel -
steel werks being started in Hamil-
ton.
Cate are worth $25 in Dawson City,
They are scathe, and mice are numer-
ous,
The Cataraet Power syndicate at
Hamilton proposes an electric road to
Guelph.
The Hu,sdon Bae Co., will send a
splendid, exhibit of Canadian furs to
the Paris Exhibition.
Mr. Samuel Zavitz of Alvinston was
killed by falling from( the roof of his
barn. on So tarday.
'A syndicate of Ottawa capitalists,
with a capital of $100,000, will manu-
facture saws in Hull, Que.
Already six applications for divorce
have peen filed at Ottawa for the
next session of Parliament. .
Winnipegers will enjoy a reduction
in the price of gas by 25 cents per thou-
sand feet from February, 1900.
Paul Kruger's private enedical ad-
viser is Dr. Paul Gillespie, foximerly
of Sireetsville and Panetanguishene.
Three men are under arrest at Am-
erdt, near Halifax, on charges of pass_
ngcounterfeit two -dollar Canadian
I s plenty of food, and all are well,
WAR OFFICE SATISFIED.
A despatch' from London says :-T.
Gen. White's relief is considered
mattervof preissintg importance is ag
' enced by the teatisfaction wi
which the War Office officials heard
the arrival of the transport Amman.
at Cape Town on Monday, a couple
dayn before her time. The non-arri
of her precious freight of field g
and ammunition threatened seri
delay in General Methuen's arran
meats for the relief of General Wh
It is true that the first division s
lackscavalry, but in all probability
the first arrivals of that arm at Cape
Town will be sent to Durban, irres-
pective of which division they were
originally assigned to.
There is no doubt that the bombard-
otes.
McGill University circles are talking
of instituting a military engineer'
course similar to that of the Kiegston
Military College,
A Vancouver report says twenty-
six schooners of the sealing fleet have
aken 35,741 skins, of which 23,999 were
om Behring Sea.
in view of the many daring bur-
laries recently, the Montreal Police
Committee has decided to arm allthe
constables with revolvers.
Fire broke ouL 1 a Grand Trunk ear
shunted at Merritton and four horses
belonging to the Riordon Paper Com-
pany were burned to death,
The Council of Niagara Falls has
borrowed $50,000 from the Bank of
Hamilton to carry out the purchase
of the local electric dight plant.
Mr. John McCleary, e.mployed by the
T. Eaton Company, Toronto, lost his
Life by the accidental discharge of his
rifle while hunting near Moon River.
The Governors of the Hamilton
Hospital are in favor of erecting three
new wings at a cost of $25,000 each,
to provide for the growing demands
on the hospital.
Under direction of the Premier qf
Prince Edward Island a very fine col-
lection of the cereals grown on the
Island is heing brought together for
the Paris Exhibition.
It is reported at Ottawa that &paper
mill is to be loeated oaths Gatineau,
to be the largest in the world and
employ 1,800 workmen. British capital
is behind the enterprise.
About 250 tons of exhibits for Paris
will leave Montreal on Saturday; next
on the Leyland Liner Albanian. A fur-
ther consignment will be shipped from
Portland on December 1st.
Mrs. Annie Olmstead, Mrs. Dr.
&malts and Miss Symons, sisters, of
161 Maple street, London, are first
cousins of the late General Symons,
killed at the battle of Glencoe.
nient of Ladysmith has increased
intensity during the last few days, a
though all (messages from there ape
of the confidence of the defenders
load of anxiety will be removed ir
the country when unrestrained co
munieation with the beleagured to
is re-establislaed.
COM PAUL'S THREAT.
A special despatch from ,Cape Tow
dated Friday, says that Secrete
Reitz bas demanded that Genea
White immediately release the su
peed spy, Nathan Marks, who is co
fined to Ladysmith, coupling his d
•mand with, a threat to 'execute •s
British officers. It is asserted th
Marks entered Ladysmith after the 1
vestment of that place, with the sup-
posed object of obtaininginformation
Lor the _Boers.
General Buller replied, according, to
the special despatch, that he was en-
titled to retain the man until he
should render a satisfactory account
of himself.
Nothing is known either at the Wa
wek'olonial Offices here regarding it
• statement. The 'stories, it is assex
ea in official quarters bear the im
print at improbability,as there is n
reason, to think the Boers would b
guilty of such 'a complete °hang
from their previous correct attitud
and manner of conducting the hostili
ties.
Nevertlaeless, the sensational after
noon newspapers here are already d
,manding that President Kruger an
all the mezubers cif the lExeceitiv
Council be ruthlessly hanged, as th
only fitting reprisal in the event o
Slate Secretary Reitz's threat beim
carried out.
CAPII DUTCH LOYAt
' A epochal tde,spatehi to the London
Daily Telegraph, dated Cape Town
Thursday evening, says
"The Boers are nearing Naauwpoort
The line may be out at any mo-
ment.
There are the, best reasons for be-
lieving that the enemy, who have en
tered Oane Colony, are deseepointeci at
their receptien.
"They fully expeeted that the Col-
onial Afrikanclers would join them
but, from various reasoneeeprobably
including the pressure brought to bear
npon them by Premier Sehreiner, the
transfer of fighting strength from the
6.pe Dutch has hitherto, been, pal-
try.
in along their position, picking. up the
ne dead and. wounded. The 'zoo° resem-
las bled a eharables after the fight, ;All
a
the men were killed by bullets or
, shells. The look -out tower was shot
om
m- to pieces, while even the saddles of
wn , the horses were fearfully battered.
' The whole place was simply snaashed
1
up by the aoncenteated, fire 0 seven
guns and a thousand rifles.
n, 'Mae Boers at first held on their ad-
rY vance pluckily, but they could not live
•al when they same to short range, the
le men beanie shot dawn at 300 yards.
n- "Tthe enemy is expected to draw off
e- early in order to defend Pretoria.
ix There is still no news from the south,
at As I senci this message off, six hun-
n- dred Boers have gone south with wag-
gons, and have commenced shelling."
5,227 TROOPS AT DURBAN.
A despatch from London says :-The
troopship Hawarden Castle, with the
second battalion of the Royal Fusi-
liers, has arrived, at Durban, bringing
the number of reinforcements that
a- have landed there up to 5,227. Five oth-
e er troopships are now en route from
t- Cape Town to Durban.
Ilhe total reinfothemente that have
-
o arrived in South Africa since Friday
a are 19,000 men, chiefly infantry, nearly
e 13,000 horses and mules, three batteries
e of field artillery, and a number of
- quick -firing Maxim guns.
The fact that the Britannic has pro-
ceeded for Ea,st London is taken to
e... mean that General Buller is satisfied
d that the troops which have already
e landed, or are now on their way to
e Durban, will be sufficient to carry out
f his plans for the relief of Ladysmith.
g It was officially announced hhis af-
ternoon that the British transport
, 1 Goorklaa, with the first brigade staff,
the. ThisBattalion d Battaon of Grenadiers, and
a detachment of the Rai Engineers;
, ! the transport Manila, with the Second
'Devonshire, and the transeort No-
madic, with the remounts, have arrive
•I ed at Cape Town.
I The transport Britannic, with the
Royal Irish Rifles, has sailed from
- Cape Town for Beet London.
• SALT CARRION.
The London nrues publishes a let-
ter by an officer on board the trans-
portNubia, asserting that "1,600 ra-
tions of sa It carrion, labelled New
York, 1899, had to be thrown over-
board, as it was i,fulli of disease," add-
ing, 'they only salt down the very
worst portions of very inferior beasts
and pigs."
This has aroused a stern" of indigna-
tion aigainet the contractors and
transport officers wtho allowed filthy
salted brisket beef to be furniehed to
the troops.
The War, Office has accepted a gift
of 10,000 pluni puddings for the troops
in South Africa. These puddings will
aggregate upwards of ten tons in
weight. They will be sent out in time
for Christmas dinner.
WIRELESS' TELEGRAPHY.
A despatch to the London Daily lVfail
from, Gape Sown says thata come
plele wireless telegraphic apparatus
' has bur seized on a vessel there, The
ae.e.--ziessel was bound for Delagoa Bay, and
the epparaius was obviously intended
for the useof the Transvaal Govern-,
• ment. Suspicion in regard to the
package was aroused' by the anxiety
exhibited by a Boer sympathizer as to
its inarnediate transmission. But for
his official connectiou with a certain
• European Government, this individual
mould have been araested.
1" WITH FTXED BAYONETS.
A despatch' to the London Daily Mail
from Mafeking, teen* by way of Maga-
lapye, becaulse the refiners sent south-
wards were unable to traverse the,
Beer lines, gives an ihteresting ac-
count of. the fighting during the last
week iri October. The eorresponderit
says
" After the failure to rush the town,
Gen, 0renje had racemes& to be tae -
employed clueing the siege of
Potidiefstroom irt 1881, Making an mt.
vonce to the town by a aticcesSion f•if
tre elms inoehelon, Snob a. itieve had
bei anticipated by us for sane tine:,
and Cor that reasozi there had been sent
out parLiee to worry the Boers lames -
PASSENGER TRAIN TOOK FIRE.
The Occupants Could Not Attract the
Driver'S Attention.
4. despatch from Bombay says :-A
shockieig accident has ocurred on the
Bombay and Baroda railway. While a
passenger train was running at a high
tate of speed between Wadhwan and
Lb bakt dabad one of the carriages
caught fire. The flames spread with
greet rapidity., and as the passengers;
after exhaulsting every available meats
failed in attracting the attention of
the engine -driver dr the guard, they
n early all jumped froze the traie,
Eighty persons ate known to havebeen
earionel in'ut d
Miss Ethel Crawley, of Hamilton
mistook a parcel of cocaine or an-
other medicine, and swallowed a large
critantity of the drug, with the result
that for a time her life was despair-
ed of.
Major T. L. Boulanger, .command -
bag the First Field Battery of Quebee,
has offered service of the battery,
7 officers, 95 raen and 51 horses, for
t•he Transvaal.
A company has been formed at
Montreal, with Sir William Van Horne
as president, to build an, electric rail-
way in Georgetown, Demerara, for
which a concession was obtained some
tittne ago.
'Three NeNy Bru,nswialr University
professors and six students have re-
signed owing to the action of the
Senate in modifying the punishment
of students suspended for ...hazing
freshmen.
An oil portrait of the Bari of Aber-
deen will shortlyl be installed in the
Parliament buildings. It is a gift
from, Lord Aberdeen, and is the 'work
of M. Jonges, n Belgian artist, of
Montreal.
Engineer Barrow, of Hamilton, is
trying to find out ,erhy` it is that the
consumption of water is as great, or
greater, than it was in the isummer,
when there were street watering, and
lawn sprinkling.
Mr. 11 D. Mann, who has returned
froradhe Orient, says that railway con-
cessions reaching $200,000,000 haVe
been granted by the Chinese Govern-
ment, and that more than half of
these go to British subjects.
The wave of moral reform' which re-
cently swept over the Vancou,ver City
Council has already resulted in the
closing down of the semi-publie gambl-
ing places, and Satorday a policeman
made a round of 'all the saloons and
tobacco stores, telling. the proprietors
to take out all neckel-in-the-slot
machines within three days.
Capt. Baieley• of the American
sehooner Vandeusen was stabbed by
a drunken sailor named, Maxwell just
after the schooner left St. John, The
Captain fell overboard. Several of the
crew wept •after, him, in a boat. He
died soon after being picked up. In
the meantime lVfaxweli and one other
man allowed the vessel to drift, and
finally got her into Beaver Harbor,
where dames have gone, to arrest
Maxwell.
'GREAT 1 13RITAIN,
The Mallets of Dufferin has been
elected Lord Reetor of Edinburgh Uni-
versity over Mr. 11. Aspuith;
Mr. Jacob Bright,, a brother of the
eamtes John Bright,and chair/eon of
John Bright & Bros:, of Bochdale, is
*ad. Xis was borni in 1821.
Deserters from both the army* al34
navy ignxtinue to give theMselveS UP
io England in order to be returned to
their regimenta and ships for active
ser viee,
The first lot of fattened chickens re-
ceived at Liverpool from Canada ar-
rived in splendid condition and raet
with a ready sale. Regular ship -
merits have been forwarded every
week since the first we of Cot -
ober.
The gold fever has again broken out
in Wales. It is now confidently affirm-
ed that Montgomeryshire, is channel-
led with auriferous ore. The latest
reports arose from disooveries made
while sinking n well on the estate of
Lord Powis.
William Waldorf Astor Imo contrb-
uted £1.00 to the Maidenhead branch
of the national fund for the widow,s
and orphans of the soldiers and sen-
ora killed in the war and for the de-
stitute wives and families of those now
serving in South Africa.
An outbreak of tica.rlet fever at the
barracks of the Royal Horse Guards,
"The Blues," will probably alter the
plane for the Queen's inspection of
the Household Cavalry on Saturday,
and may cause a postponement of their
depa,rture for South Africa.
' UNITED STATES.
4. conabine in z•tibber is talked of
New York,
By the fall of an elevator in t
Phoenix Building, Minneapolis, t
persons were Injured.
The three Trend stands on the Ro-
chester Driving Park Association's
grounds were totally destroyed by
fire, entailing a loss of $25,000.
Tammany Hall has agreed to pay
*10,000 of the indebtedness on the Par-
nell homestead in Wicklow, and the
property will be saved for the family.
It is seid at San Francieco that the
sick soldiers returned from the Philip-
pines by the transports Tartar and
Newport were scandalously treated by
the officers.
The Board of Trustees of the Boston
Cemetery, Department has voted to al-
low the Victorian Club to erect its pro-
posed monumezit to the British soldiers
who tell at Burker Hill.
The annual report of the Tretteurer
of the 'United States, shows total re-
ceipts for the year from all sources of
$515,960,620. The expenditure was
$605,000.000, leaving a deficit of $89,-
111,559.
Lewis Warnex, whose embezzlement's
wrecked the "Hazaptshire County Na-
tional Bank and the Hampshire Sav-
ings Bank, was sentenced at North,-
ampton, Mass., to not more than 12
nor less than 9 years in states prison.
The New York police are hunting
for Rev. W. H. Dexter, principal of
the New York Naval Academy at
Nyack, who has been missing since
Nov. 2. The police believe that Dr.
Dexter was robbed and assaulted on
Water street.
ELLED BY TIIE BOERS.
Poured Shot and Shell Into An
Armoured Train.
British Wounded and Missing Nearly rso..Bravery
of Winston Churchill===Sir George White Gives
the Boers a Crushing Defeat at Ladystnith=-The
War Is Unpopular in the Orange Free State. .
ARMOURED TRAIN DESTROYED. the train. After he had placed all the
A despatch from Estcourt, Natal, wounded on the eters he grabbed his
sayse-An armoured train having on rifle anel rushed toward the enemy.
board a half company of Durban vol. His bravery is the theme of admira-
tionunteers and a half company of Dublin
sie at the camp, and it is hoped that
miles south of Coleiaso, early 'Wednes-
-- veldt and snay arrive later.
he and the Others escaped across the
Fusiliers steamed to Chieveley,
day morning. On its return it was, WOUNDED AND MISSING.
shelled by the artillery of the I3oers save, man
of the Dus•ban Infantry
placed in four positions. Two trucks in
toppled over. and 15 of the Dublin Fusiliers havere-
froat of theenginelett the rails, and tureeci here. All othem
f , are wounded.
while the train was thus'helpless
the Durbane and Dublins faced the
in erippled train,
Boers poured shot and shell into the
and the prisoner. CaPtain Wiley arrived here
about 7, are probably captured. ,
IDaptai0n. Haldane. is reported to he a
B ' s •rmishing order,
wounded. Colonel Long and Major
The British wounded and missile"; feotnicdhethsteerl5vwisoitu.enddetclthe
emhenasgoilianig waenlido
he number nearly 150, the latterineludliag One of the wounded had to have an
en Captain. Haldane. It is h
The remainder of the party, numbering
GENERAL.
Dreyfus is ill again.
Me muncipal election in Berlin re-
sulted in. the selection of 12 Socialists
and 6 Liberals to the Common Coun-
ail.
The little hamlet of House, situated
in a wild spot twenty miles from Nice,
France, at an latitude of 800 yards,
has been thrown into consternation be-
cause a baby has been carried off by
an eagle.
The Turkish and French consu,tates
at Odessa have been informed that
King MeneLek, of Abyssinia will arrive
in May next and will pay a visit to
the Czar while onhis way to the Paris
Exposition in 1900.
A story of embezzlement of £70,000
conies by mail from Johannesburg.
This largeIrim has been abstracted in
the course of five years by Jonathan
King, chief clearing clerk at the Stan-
dard Bank of Southl Africa. ,
ALMOST WIPE)) OUT.
TGWU. of Port 'Essington, Alaska*, Narrow-
ly Escapes Destruction.
A despatch from Victoria, B. C.,
says :---The steamer Danube, of this
city, which arrived from the north on
Wednesday, brought news that the
town of Port Essington narrowly es-
caped destruntion on Friday last..Fire
broke out in the laundry next the ho-
tel, and the Port Essington hotel, the
ten stores, and a number of cabins and
shacks were destroyed with all the
contents. The loss will amount to be-
tween $60,0001and $70,000.
The cannery of Robt. Cunningham,
a warehouse, and the wharf were the
only structures that esca,p,ed.
RANCHES IMPROVING.
The Dominion Veterinary Surgeon Back
Prom the West.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -Dr.
McEaehran, Chief Veterinary Sur-
geor for the Dominion, has returned
here from his annual trip to the
Northwest ranches, Dr. McEachran
says tbat ranche.s in the Canadian
Northwest never reached their height
until now. Ranchers are realizing
the importance of putting up hay for
cattle in winter,. which was not gen-
erally done in the past. Cattle are
looking excellent. lie says he never
saw them better, and be has been go-
ing backward and forward to the
Northwest since before the Canadian
Pacific was built. Prices are good,
and in addition to eXport trade there
is a large and growing market for
cattle in the mining eamps in British
Colunibia.
BANK BURGLARS AGAIN,
An Attenipt to Role the OttaWa Dank ut
the Caul Mi.
A despatch from Ottawa, says: -
About 'o'clock on Friday reortiltig an
attempt was made to rob the Ottawa
Bank on Wellington street. The
burglar in prying open a window broke
a patio of glass, and in this way Some
of the elerles who were- iti the building
were able to give the alarm, Thepolice-
men were aooti on the spot, but err
trice of the blarglar could be found,
a
Some escaped over the veldt and will
return here in a few, days, '
'DERAILED, THEN FIRED UPON,
The first news of the disaster toi the
arnaoured train Was brought by the
engine and tender, which returned
alone, and was battered by bullets. No-
thing was seen of the enemy on the
outward trip, but before the train. re-
turned the Boers had damaged the
t • •
arm amputated.
Later details show that a heavy rain
and mist compelled a cessation of fir-
ing. While the Boers were destroying
the train their scouts pushed in and
exchanged shots with the British pick-
ets a few miles from Estcourt.
I3ATTLES AT LADYSMITH,
e rear in such a manner 1 A despatoh. fram,,Esteourt says: -!A
that the cars were overturned. The missionary, a native, but a reliable
Boers had placed mai, who arrived here on Wednesday
range at the moment the cars toppled
th' from Ladysmith, reports that a' big
fight took place there on Friday No
vember 10. He says that volunteers
guns in position on
o spot, and opened fire at close No -
Boers had
naval 7...pounder, the Only gun went out in the early moening and
over,
aboard the trait, responded, but only drew the enemy from their positions
fia•ed three shots, when the enemy's on th a flat, where the regular troops,
heavier artillery shattered it. under Sir George White, out-raanoeuv-
I The Dublin Fusiliers and the Durban red them by outflanking the Boers,
Infantry, who manned the train, form- administering a crushing defeat and
ed in skirmishing order, and maintain- Kaffirs, the missionary says, were em -
inflicting great loss. More than 200
ooverterflesinaing three vehlob pour ed toyed by the Boers to bury their dead,
ed a rifle fire, but were opposed by an
shell and i'lfle volleys into then. engines, carried. away the wounded.
and two trains, each drawn by two
VERY HALF-REARTED.
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BRAVERY.
The British officers showed wonder-
ful coolness, and were ably aided by
Winston Churchill, toimeily lieuten-
ant in the Fourth Hussars, and now
war correspondent of the London
Morning Pesti who, while some men
set to work to olease the engine and
wrecked care took a rifle and joined
the covering party, which was exposed
to a heavy fire. He•, called for velum-
teers to remove the broken truck, and
worked under the fire of three guns.
, The engine driver, who bad been
wounded in the head, began to retire,
.When Churchill called to him to come
bac:k, saying :-"A man is never hit
twice."
The driver brought back the engine,
and Churchill carried the mounded to
The Cane Town correspondent of the
London Standard says he has heard
from an old resident, who has just left
the Orange Free State, that the war
is very unpopular there; that, apart
from. the Govesnment officials, the at-
titude of the people, who consider
themselves bound to Englaud, is very
haif.hearted;; that disaffection and 418 -
obedience are spreading in the ranks
of the Free State 'troops, and that the
burghers would welcome any pretext
to return to their horme.
Z HORSES AND FROZEN MEAT.
A despatch from Buenos Ayres, says:
-The steamer Beacon Grange left for
Cape Town with 686 horses and stores
of maize and frozen meat. Thie
s is .
the first 'despateh sent by the British
Remount Commission. .
Dyspepsia and In iges
common diseases, but hard to
cure with ordinary remedies,
yield readily to il,lanieyi$
Celery -Nerve Compound,
W. ff. Buckingham, see Keep $t,
fiest, Hamilton, Ont., says a-."1
-Yas treabiod with Dyspepsia and
Indigestion for a tong Dm*,
l'cold get no relief until I tiled
wionley'sCelary-Nerva Cornponnal,
vililch cured me, and 1 earmot
speak too highly in its praise."
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DIDN'T WORK.
What a beantifyd lounge(
Yes. That's a birthday present frog*
ray husband, He always gives me a
present that costs him as many dole
lars as I am years old.
That's niee of him. It reconcliee one
to growing old, By the way, I have a
louuge at home like that, bet not
nearly as flue, and we pabl to fox
Is that all? This -ethic didn't cest
nearly as much as that.
OUGHT TO.
So your friend, the dentist, is ging
on the stage? ,
Yes, Don't you think he should bel
able to draw.
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There are always two sides to a woe
man's stery-about the other mart.
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BEAK AND revizeteVeOlenine trieirs A Ri14,
IrieDAND15IS4UVid AhlkiRICAU NE BEWAIL
DEHAPS he was i
eyble, bet someog
has said that la t
age 'Ware are
healthy wemen.
age has .many
men, strong
nap4s phytilegilia' At
they are me
mid morally;
18 true eeverthe ge,
that a large isett-
ceataof tbs. rig,
mea Q the &Mary
cuffer fro8 110eronie•
MP j111(1 gi161401 &a-
bility. They dra
set a weary existence, and emelt jlar 1
a day of pain and suffering. This w
the Cage with Miss Annie ratterlen,
flaokyals, N. B. Sae suffered atilt.
from indigestion and narvezemeter. bits er
Infinenced by some . ene, somehow, o t
South Ansierlean NervIt
ne. of course, wa
like hoping afinst heee--angther pattait
medicine, But e had taken only one bottle
when her sift em beryl to take on We
health of earliest years, rind ett I ite1121
three bottles elle 'was completel geed.
elo wonder she Is strand la litil, nvititietil
that _there Is no remedy like flout AIM*
can Netylna.-29.
Sold by C. Lutz, Exeter.
IffARKET8 OF THE WORLD.
•
Metes of' Grain, Cattle, Cheese, &e.
in the Leading Marts.
Toronto, Nov. 21. -We had abo
thirty carloads of offerings at t
western cattle yards to -day, includin
500 hogs, 650 cattle, 100 lambs and
sheep, and a few milkers and calves.
The only change in the market was
that it was even duller than at the be-
ginning of the week, and there ie al -
meet nothing doing at mere nominal
prices'.
Export and butcher cattle is quot-
ably about what it was on Tuesday,
but there as no active demand.
The few sheep and lambs here were
sold at iweak Tuesday figures.
No change in bulls, stockers, feed-
ers, milkers, etc.
Choice bogs, scaling from 160 to 200
lbs., are selling at 44 per cwt.; and
thin and fat hog0.
s at 75 per cwt.;
stores are not wanted.
Following the range of current
gitmeationet:-,
Cattle.
••=6
Buckwheat -Dull. Car lots, east., 49
1-2c, and west at 48 1-2c.
Oatmeal -Rolled oats, in. bags, track,
bTbolronto, $3.35, and in wood, $3.45 per
Eggs -Deliveries are free and prices
are holding fairly steady. Local de-
et Tryst nd light, New laid will bring 17 1-2
`,` to 18e; fresh, 16 to 170; ,and No. 2, 14
nig! t1o5 1to5c;161i0med eggs are selling well al.
Potatoes -Very few coming in, and
there is a firm market. Car lots' are
sold on track here at 38 to 40c. per bag,
an.d at farmers' waggons at
about 45 to 50e, per bag. Out of store,
choice stock, bring 500. per bag. 1
Beans - Unchanged. Choice hand-
picked bea.ns sell at $1.25 to 31.30and
common at 75 to We.
Dried apples -Dealers pay 5 1-2c. for
dried stock, delivered here, and in areal'
lots resell at 6 to 6 1-2c; evaporated, 8
to 8 1-2c, ia small lots. ,
IHoney-Dealers quote from 9 to 10o.
per lb, for 0, 10, or 604b, tins; and in
comb around $1.90 to $2per dozen sec-
ratiosanleeta.
hayere a steady to firm
Dealers is rs - here are selling
choice bay at $9.50( to $9.60; No. 2 is
slow at $8 to $8.50.
Baled Straw -Dull and easy. ,Car
lots are quoted at $4,.75 to $5, on
track.
Hops -Mare moving. Prices with-
out change. Dealers here quote choice
Canada, '99's, at 14 to 160.
Pouitry-Market well supplied, and
the _requirements here are small.
Chickens job at 25 to 40e per pair;
geese, 5 to 6c; ducks, 30 to 500 per
pair;; andd turkeys, 7 to es per lb.
Game-Yenison is quoted at $6 to
for small, to $6.25 for canvas -backs;
$7 for carcases, and $10 to $11 for
saddles. tWild ducks range from 25c
partridges, 40 to 60e a brace.
Buffalo, Nov. 2,1. -Spring wheat -
Scarce and firmly held; No. 1 North-
te
erin
• ,
what1:-731Firief
3-4c ;; onef n:7g1s1-11igc "C;
2 red, '74; No. 1 white, 70c asked on
track. Corn -Quiet but firm; No. 2
yellow, 38 1-2 to 38 3-4e ;; No. '3 yellow,
38 to 3811-4o; No, 4 yellow, 35 1-2 to
36c; No. 2 corn, 371-4 to 37 3-40; No.
3 corn, 353-4 to 37c; No. 4 corn, 35 1-2
to 36c. Oats -Firm; No. 2 white, 29c;
No. 3 white, 328.1-40; No, 4 white, 280;
No. 2 mixed, 26 to 261-20; No. a mi -
ed 241-2 to 253-40. nye-No. 1, on
track, quoted at 611.c4 No. 2 do., 60 to
60 1-2c. Canal- freights - Steady.
Pleur -Quiet, firrrr. '
Chicago, Nov, 21.--Elaxseed--Closed:
---North-Western and South -Western,
10(1..29; Decexnber and May, 81.28; Du -
!nth, cash, 8,1,24 bid; to arrive, $1.28
bid ; December, 81.22 1-4; May, 8126
bid,
Detroit, Nov. 21,-Whea,t-C1osed:-
NO. 1 vvhtie, cash, 69 Me ;,* No, 2 rodJ
cash, 69 8-4; December, 70c; May, 74
7-80.
Shippers, per cwt. . $4 00 $4 50
Butchers, choice, do. . 875 426
Butcher, medto good. 300 350
Butcher, inferior . . 250 275
Stockers, per cwt, 225 3 121-2
Sheep and Lambs.
Ewes, per cwt. , 300 3 30
Lambs, per cwt. • . $ 121-2 340
Buoks, per cwt. . 200 250
Milkers and Calves.
Cows, each, . . . 25 00 55 00
Calves, each. ; . . 200 800
Hogs. •
Choice hogs, per cwt. • 380 400
Light hogs, per cwt. 000 375
Heavy bogs, per owt. 000 3'75
Toronto, Nov. 21. -Wheat- Outside
markets remained about steady to-
day, and local business is in a dull
rut, millers being the only buyers,
Red and white Ontario sold to millers
at 64 1-2 to 66c, according to nearness
to the mill- Goose wheat unehanged,
70a, middle freights, and 611e, north and
west. Manitpbas about steady. No.
1 hard, g.i.t., sold, at 77c, and Toronto
and west at /60.
Flour -Dull. Straight roller, in buy-
ers bag's, middle freights, in demand
by exporters, at $2,601, with 82.70 asked.
Same in wood, for loeal account, 03
per lebl asked for single oar lots.
Millfed-Steady. Bran is quoted at
812 to 812.50, and shorts at $14 to
$141-lYwennteh
Canged, No. 2 American,
yellow, quoted unchanged at 42c, Tor-
onto; and rniXed. at 41 1-2c. Canedian
core, on traek here, 40c asked,
Peas -Quiet and easy. Car lots sold
at 54c, north and west, and 56e, east. •
!Barley -Easy and dull. No. 2 sold to-
day at 89 1-2o, xiorth' and west, and et
40niitcleatisite''t at 510, West and 52c. east,
Oats -Unchanged. Deinancl fair,
White oats, 25 1-2e, notth and west.;
26c, middle &eights; and 1-2c, eaet,
}XIS WAY OUT,
014 Maxi -Don't you know Ural. it LS
a good deal more economical to buy
neatly -made clothing than it 18 topay
the prices charged by a fashionable
tailor
'Young Man -11 la, of toetilse, if you
P84" the tailee.
L.
The leadiag Specialists of &merles
20 YEARS IN DETROIT.
250,00 CURED.
WE CURE EMISSIONS
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xposure MAY home diseased yeid
are taut safe till cured. OM! Nett Metho
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No
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. matter how serious yanyesa may
NEW METHOD TRENT1ST edit
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