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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1900-6-6, Page 71�5 TH E EXETER, TIMES NORIA SURRENDERS. Capital of Transvta1Submits to the British Without a Shot Being Fired. .1 deapatoll from. Landon, Thursday says ;--.The Daily Mail pubiiehes the following despaty from the :Marl of Roselyn. who was a prlitemee at Pre- toria, and who. as a civilian. appears to bave been released — ',Pretoria, Wednesday, May 80, 11.40 a.m.—Pretoria will be occupied in ataout two hours without resistance. "Tine President baa gone to Water- Telboven, "The burgomaster. Ile Sonata is authorized to receive the Britiab. Re, with an iuftuential committee of citizens, including Chief Justice Gree gorowaki, beta been appointed to pre- serve life and property daring the in- terregnum. "Everything its quiet, but crowds are waiting expeetantiy in Clsureb square for the arrival of the British. "Fearing a possible disturbance and bloodshed among the prisoners of war at Waterval. United States Con- sul Hay* and tar. Leigh Weed insisted upon 20 officers being liberated on parole to go to the mea. Thar ac- tion cannot be too highly praised. "I was permitted to accompany the officers. Everything was quiet," 1 CONFIR33 D BY OTHER CORRES- PONDENTS. A. despatch from London eays:—The War Office bas issued nothing from Gen. Roberts since it nta'le »ublie its despatch sent from Germiston Tues- day, announcing that he expected to occupy Johannesburg without opposi- tion, but telegram' from correspond, lento at Pretarie *utas that the Boer capital has been ahaudoned to the inti h, the forts having been evaeu- bted, and President Kruger and the W,xecutive Council itt.ving fled. 8PARKS WIRES FROM Newsy Items About Ourselves and Oar Neighbors—Something oS Iliteri et From Every Quar- ter of the Globe. CANADA. A arema.tory b to be built at Mont- real. London ftai reduced tbe number of wards from 6 to 4. Canada's exhibit at the Paris far b to be closed on Sunday. a at t caeca Port Arthur as eight e. is h s emalipox; Fort William three. Several Satultton churches are in- creasing the salary of their pastors. Guards of tbe principal harbour fortiticationtt nt Retitle bave been doubled. Ottawa's nasesstnent is 0'24,478,800,' its net debt n4 040,045, and popula- tion 57.000. The Montreal Sugar refineries Baso trade a cttt in Sugar of five cents per 100 poundts. The sixth smallpox death bas occur. red at 'Winnipeg. A Minneapolis wo- man was the victim. Regiments from smallpox -infected districts aro to be exempt from an- nual drill thiti year, Incendiaries attempted to burn the city of Searboro, British West Indies, and partially euceoeded. Ottawa machinists and moulders are joining in the general movement for increased wages and shorter hours. Port Dalho i'ie ratepayers have votetl 112 to 3, in favour of granting a, bonus of $0,500 to the Toronto Rub- ber Shoe Co. Fifteen new grain elevators are to be erected by the Ogilvie Milling Com- pany at different points in Manitoba and the Territories this year. The City Council of Ottawa, by a. vote of 12 to 11, defeated the by-law regµ',iring that buildings erected in the burned area be fire proof. The 120 acres which the Govern- ment has added to the St. Regis re- servation near Cornwall bave been divided into 'homesteads for the In- dians. Hamilton City Improvement Society will offer prizes for the best -kept boulevards and lawus, and also for flower decorated windows, porches and verandahs.. Frank Werke, the Italian who killed his wife, pleaded guilty to man- slaughter at the Welland Assizes and will serve ten years in Kingston peni- tentiary. He is 60 years of age. Rev. G. O. Troop may resign as pastor of St. Martin's church, Mont- real, as a result of trouble with the Finance Committee over the question of pew rent. The pastor would have free pews. The Patrie is highly elated over the re-establishment of commerical re- lations between France and Canada by the arrival at Montreal of the Mont. Blanc, the first steamer of the new -French-Canadian line. GREAT BRITAIN.• Mr. Chamberlain will attend the Can- tlian banquet in Lohdon on Dominion Day. . The Mansion House fund in London for victims: of the Ottawa fire has reached $50,000. While in England the Khedive of Egypt will ask• Lord Salisbury's per- mission to visit America.' Twenty miles of tramway have been added to those already under control of the London County' Council. Capt. Beeley, Unionist, succeeds Sir Richard Webster as M.P., for the Isle of Wight division of Hampshire. It is persistently rumoured that Sir William Henry White, who has been ,director of naval . construction since 1835, is resigning his post. ,'there ie still no change for thebet • ter in the famine stricken;: diatrict ot,' . a Indist according to Lord George llattt- ltou. Secretary of State for India, S5"illiam Waldorf Astor, has sent a cheque for 410,000 to the Maidenhead Cottage Iloepital. in England. in cele- bration of the comicg of age of his eldest eon. The ;National Bazaar Wei$ opened by the Princess of Wales at Kensington. over £10.000 being takeu in during the first afternoon, to be treed in aid of the war ;sufferers. fu the House et Coronions the Gov- ernment leader. A. J. Balfour. an- nounced that Lord Salsotetry would consider a proposition to bold a na- tional thanksgiving day in aeknow- . ledginent of God's vouchsafing victory to the British arms. i, NITRO STATES. Miehigan 'state. Wilke lave 511,3:7,- . 1S more on degogit than a year ago. A German firm ham ordered 100,000 tone of Alabama coal a e "^ .t ton. Chicago is exeited over a report tbat plague -infected coffee from Bra- zil bas been used there. Four cbildren of Thos. Brady were burned to death in their home near Nashville. Tenn. Mild cases of smallpox have been reported at Oneonta, Tarrytown and Jlaverstraid, Newv York. Over 2,000 moulders in Buffalo are on strike, refusing to work with cores made by non-union corein.tkers. The German steamer Albano, from Hamburg, is in quarantine at New lurk with tau caseo of smallpox. ;Preasbyterians of Woodiawn Park, Chicago, will hold services in a ebureb b rlo sging to the Raman Catholics un- til their new building is completed. .Iuss.y, defaulting cashier of the Merchants National Bank, of Rut- land, Vt., will serve seven years, and Ferrer, former cashier of the 'Water- bury National Bank, who stole 830,- 000, will serve six years. Chicago meat peckers are asking the United States Government to pre- vent the German meat inspecttc,n Jew, just passed, from going inert ef- fect until the contracts now held by Chicago packers own tie filled. The Massachusetts Supreme Court y. has decided that druggists cannot sell cigars on Sunday. This decision is the outcome of litigativa promoted by Boston tobacconists, who were suffer- 1 ing from the druggists' success. GENERAL. Rio Janeiro bus several cases of 1 plague. Russian crops have been damaged by frosts. An American is dead from bubonic plague at Manila. The first death. The first battalion of the West In- dia Regiment at Kingston, Jamaica, will be sent to strengthen the Ber- muda garrison. AEKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, Cheese, in the Leading i'darket3. Toronto. June 5.—All round prices. were steady at the range of last Tees- ' day. Orate 40 loads cause in. 9 For prime hogs, scaling from lt$ to 1209 Ila... the top price is 05-8e; heavy hogs. ne; and Uieht bogy, 5 3.4e per iib. Following hi the range of quota- tions ;-- Cat tie, Strippers, per own. , $4 25 1/5 :2 ► Butcher. choice de .... 3 75 4 au Witcher, nv d• to gaud. 325 3 6'21-2 But .•her. inferior ...... 3 00 3 lir 1*Har.'ry. 1►er e►wt....... Sheep tnd Isnb v. Sheep. per ews.......... 3 75 4 50 lea ogee per ewwt.... 4 1) 525 Spring lamb.. eaeh..., 2 a0 4 50 Duette., pet cwt....., :_ ee 3 50 Milkers and C.tivea. I Cows, east)). 25 00 451111 Calves. each ... Hoge Choice hog', per ewwt.,6 00 0 821-2 i Lel•" hogs. per cut5 213 5 7:► ilea y hogs. per cwt5 50 6 00 ,.••• 3 t10 31'21-'2 Stags. 225 "250 Toronto, June 5.—Wheat— American markets opened firmer, but eased off again toward the rime. Land prices were about steady. Quotations are as followts:--Ontario, red and white, 0t 1-2, to 65e. north and west ; 65 1-2 to 61.1c east ; .goose wheat, 71e oast ; and 70t• weed; spring, east. 61.1c ; Manitoba No 1 hard, 76 1-2e, Toronto, and west ; 78e, gJ.t., lake and rail; and 73 to 73 1-2e, Owen Sound. Flour—Quiet. Straight roller, in buy- ers* bags, middle freights, .$250 per bbl. bid ; and 32.60 aened. Special brands, in wood, 82.90 to a,,, M'illfeed—Dull. Bran 313 to 313.50; shorts, 314 to 14.50, west. Corn—Quiet. Nu. 1 American yellow, at 44 1-2e, owe track here; and mixed at 44e. Peas—Dull. Car lots are quoted nom- inally, at 56 1-2 to 57c, north and west, and 57 1-2 to 58c, east. Barley—Very little doing, No. 2, 39c -west, anti 40c east; No.. 1, tit to 42e. Rye—Quiet. Car lots west, 51c; and 52c east, Oats—Easy. White oats, north and west, 26 1-2c; and east, 27 1-2e. Buckwheat—Quoted at 50c west, and 51c east. . Buffale, June 5.—Spring wheat—No. 1 Northern, spot, 71 1-2e. , Winter wheat—Strong for red; No. 2 red, 74 1-2 to 75c; mixed, 74 to 74 1-2c; No. 1 white, 73 112 to 74c. Corn — Weak, No. 2 yellow, 42 to 42 1-2c; No. 3 yellow, 41 1-2 to 41 3-4c; No. 4 yellow, 40c; No. 2 corn, 40 1-2 to 40 3-4; No. 3 corn, 40 to 40 1-4c. Oats — Quiet, easy; No. 2 white, 27 1-4c; No. 3 wphite, 26 3-4c; No. 4 24 1-4c; No. 3 .mixed, 25c. Rye—No. 1 nom- inally 60; No. 2.59 1-2c; Flour— Quiet and steady. Minneapolis, June 5.—Wheat — In store, No. 1 Northern, May, 65c; July, 65 1-8c; September, 65 3-8c; on track, No, 1 hard, 66 7-8o; No. 1 Northern, 85 8-8c, No. 2 Northern, 64 1-8c. Flour and bra n—Unchanged, Duluth, June 5.—Wheat—+No. 1 ,bard, cash, 69 1-4o; May, 891-4c; July, 69 1-4c; September, 69 5-8o; No. 1 Nor•,thetui, cash, 67 3-80; May, 67 3-8c; July, 67 5-8c; September, 67 3-4o; No.. 2 Northern, 65 5-8c; No. 3 spring, 62, 5-8c. Oats -22 1-2 to 23c. Corn -36 3-8c. Milwaukee, June 5. -Wheat -Dull; No. 1 Northern,) 67 1-2e; No. 2 North- ern, 6e to 661-2e; Rye -Steady; No. 1, 56 to 56 1-2c. Barley -Steady ;, No, 1, 42 to 43c; sample, 87 to 42c. Chicago, June 5.—Wheat ,was strong early to -day on higher cables, but weakened later, on rains and pros- pects of more: of it in the NortheWest, July closing unchanged. Corn Clos- ed' 1-8 to 1-4.0 lower, and oats a shade higher. Provisions at the close were a trifle lower all round. 00 10 00 Cecil Rhodes and other South Af- rican mining millionaires are about to develop a gigantic mining enter- prise in German West Africa. The Spanish, French and.German governments, it is asserted, are spend- ing money in Brazil to create a feel- ing against Britain and the United States, Cab hire is 32.50 per hour at Pre- toria, and can hardly be secured at any figure. The foreign representa- tives find their salaries insufficient to meet the ord'i'nary expenses of living. The authorities in China apparently have begun to realize that the "Boxer." movement is too serious to remain longer undealt with. Troops are being sent from Pekin to the disturbed dis- tricts with instructions to rigidly sup- press the outrages. TO OIEEAN STRAW HAT. To clean straw hats use ammonia and water, or use an old' tooth( brash and waph' the straw with a little te- pid water,; sparingly mixed with bor- ax and:wbae soap, Sponge off as much oR the soap as: posetble before drying' DOMINION PRRLiAMT. [ Notes of Proceedings In the Nation- al Legislature. POINT CLAIRE RE SUFFERERS. Mr. Moan asked the Government for aid to the sufferers from the reeent fire at Point Claire. Ile said that two-thirds of the village bad been destroyed, eighteen families are in absolute need and distress, and about 130 people without a home. He knew that Parliament could not very well grant assistance in a case of this hind unless it amounted to a national calamity, but in this case, owing to tbe recent great fire in Hull and Ottawa, private charity was not .forthcoming to the extent that might otherwise be expected. ' Sir Wilfrid Laurier said [bat he was unable personelle- to reply to the re - .quest, as he would have to consult itis colleagues. In a cage of this kind the Government could no; be guided by in- dividual instin»t. A line had been drawn at the principle that no aid should be granteu except ►►bare the calamity was of auatiopai eiiaracter and beyond the passibility of relief by Frivate charity. He ►so l dbe inc►i ned to think that tbi' fire was not of that character but he recognized ib.it white l:rivate ebarity would, urdiaarzly be sufficient to meet sut'h a ease, it might not now, owing to th- influence of the recent great fire in 'full and Ottawa. He promised the sympathetic consideration of the Guwernment. ' THE MCdtaT1;;D POLICE. Sir Wilfrid L•turier stated that last Tear the force eon iste4 of me men, esalusivej of the 250 mets in the Yukon. !The average cost of maintaining 3 them was 8700 ler tuan. There bave gorse to South Afr:va IN officers and 169 men. The force in the aukun has dwindles to 175 men, the others ,bating left to go eleswwltere or engage he minims ;43 other (-tutees. En- ' listunente have brit swot; on to fill uta the deya10te 1r.tita.. so tb¢tt there arc, now 547 men iu the North --'t1 est and 176 in the 1 ukon. The, intention 1ci to make the necess.try trausferesu los to keep 190 men art the North-West and 250 In the Yukon. le ii estimated that the expeatee of the force will be the et + - " lite. year, 8354,750. WINNIPEG ('A'1'IUnete; itEsOLU- TION. Mr. Dugas called ,attention to the recent meeting of Winnipeg Catholiea, +at wwhielr a resolution was passed in- struct ing the committee to take im- mediate teens to lay their grievances on the school question before tbe ,Do - 1 minion Government, so that relief might be given then[ on the lines laid down in the Privy Counell decision. Sir Wilfrid Laurier said that be could quote to Mr. Dugas numerous resolutions of other Catholies expres- sing satisfaction with the school set- tlement. He bad frequently stated that, while the settlement was not perfect, it was the best t1iatt,eould, be made under the circumstances. In De- cember, 18110, :Ir. Greenway, r•peaking at Montreal, said he was prepared to Batten to the minority if they appeal- ed to him. 11 any griev.tnr•es floe ex- isted, the minority would base to look to the Provincial Government, and if they were then not satisfied with the treatment of the provincial author- ities, they could appeal to Ottawa. FINES ON POSTAL EMPLOYEES. Mr. Monk was informed by Mr. Mu - lock that the fines which were lately imposed upon postal employes in Montreal were inflicted for serious neglect of duty, and not upon any trifling pretext. The amount so col- lected became part of the consolidated revenue of Canada. It is not the in- tention of the Government to reim- burse the amount of said fines. Neith- er is it true that this is the first time such fines have been imposed -within the last 20 years. On the oontrary, it has been the regular practice of the department throughout its whole his- tory to impose fines when circumstan- ces warranted them. PROFESSOR ROBERTSON. Mr. Foster learned from Mr. Fisher that nobody is performing Professor Robertson's duties during his absence in Paris. He was also told that no horses were purchased for the British Government through Professor Rob- ertson, but that this official did act for the Imperial authorities in the purchase of large quantities of hay. PLAINS OF ABRAHAM,: Mr. Marootte was told by Sir Wil- frid Laurier that the Government has received no offer to sell to it the land known as.the Plains of Abraham. This propety, which comprises about 85 arpents, ltelongs to the Tint -dine nuns, but the Government is willing to buy it if it eaube httd at a reason- able price. SUNDet.Y IN PARIS... Mr. Charlton asked whether it was true, as reported, that ,the Canadian portionof elle Paris Exposition was to be closed on Sunday. Mr. Fisher replied that the Cana- dian exhibit was in three parts. One part was in the Colonial buildings IN 1.111. SOLD REEF CITY. The British Flag Flies Over the Government Buildings. London, i►#ay 91, The following de, spateb from Lord Roberts, the British commander-in-chief in South Africa, has been received at the War Office here: ' Johannesburg, May 31, 2 pen.—Her Majesty's forces are now in possession of .Johannesburg, and the British flag, floats over the Government build- ings." The folloisang despatches from the commander-in-chief were received ear- lier in the day:— " Germiston, Nay 30 " In answer to a flag of trace I Bent to Johannesburg this morning the corootandant came to see toe. He begged nne to defer entering the town for twenty -Pour hours, as there were many armed burghers still inside. 1 agreed to this, as is RM most anxious to avert the possibility of anything like disturbance inside the town, and on bodies of the enemy aro still hold- ing the hilus in the immediate neigh- hau nod from winchh they have • to be cleared off beforeitttnd. '"Rtunill€ resorts dem, he attacked a large party of Boers near Senekal on May 2P. Ile said, his casualties were i not heavy. 1 "Brabant reports that on May 2$ ' two of Itis patrols, consisting of two officers and forty men, were cut 011 by the b enemy, and. taken prisunera,,* "Germiston, May 30, 0,p.tw. "The bruut of the fighting Nester- day felt ulrun Ian .II' tntittun's eu1untrt, 1 bare sent bine, as already naentioneJ, to work around to the west of Johan.. neeburg, in support of Frenoh's cavalry which was directed to go north near the road leading to Pre- toria. I have mat beard from. Pretzel). yet, but Ratnitten, in a repast which bas just reached me, states that at about one o'clock in, the afternoon lte found bis wey blocked by the enemy strongly posted on some leopjes and ridges three ?>}iles south of the Rand. Tbey bad twca heavy guns and: several field guns and pom-poms. Eamilton forthwith attacked. "The right was lend by. the Gordons, who,, after capturing one extremity of the ridge, wheeled around and worked along it until after dark, clearing it of the euenny, who fel:Wilt most obstinately. The One Hundred and Fourth led an the outer flank. and wvoutd not be denied, but tbe civet share in the action, as in the casual- ties, fell to the Gordons, wwliose gal- lant advance excited the admiration of all. "Hamilton. on is now at Florida, due Rest of Johannesburg, and French iv few miles further to the north- east,. The Gordon; die cavalry, the mounted infantry, and the seventh' division are bolding the beigbts of the town. The eleventh divraton, wait Batteries 'II' and 'G,' and the heavy title area e r ar ry. south of Joh .net sou 1;., "Ramilten speaks in high tete s of praise '4 the manner in wwitich Bruce Remittent and Colouel Spens, of she'; rahropebaret Light Iufautry, bandied thew men, udder Smith-Dsxrteu e direction." wvhacir had been specially erected for the ootouies a the .British Hminre, lama n hacha was occupied by Canada, T, ratnnto, and Western Australia. t a. Tutt building would be closed. The Canadian exhibit c,f agricultural un- : elements at Vineenne.s would also he closed. There wet e; a number of Canadian ex`hihits scattered through the general buildLng along with the exhibits of other parts of the lirius'h Empire, and these could not be clos- ed because they were not within the control of Canada. Mr. Monk asked if the buildings of the United Kingdom were closed on Sundays, Mr. Fisher replied that there was no building of the United Kingdom as such. The Eugitah exhibits wwere scat- tered through all the buildings, and would be on view on Sunday as usual. ART LOTTERIES. On the third reading oe the bill to amend the Criminal Code, Mr. Eraser, o$ Guysboro', offered an amendment to the effect that lotteries intended for the, furtheranee of art should be exeetne.1 from the operation of the clause forbidding lot tenet, provided such, are unions held drawings not oftener than once in two months. Sir Wilfrid L turier efruse3 t o accept the amendment. He said that if there was in Canada any legitimate art union distributing its pictures by }means of a lottery such an institu- tion should be exempted by name, but to enact. a general clause of this character would enmity give oppor- tunity for alI kinds of evasions. The amendment was last, 1 r -- ORANGE RIVER COLONY New Name Given the Orange Free State by the Military Governor. A despatch from Bloemfontein, Monday, says: Amid salutes and the singing of "God Save the Queen," the military Governor, Major-General George Pretyman, at noon formally proclaimed the annexation of the Free State under the designation of the Orange River Colony. The ceremony was somewhat imposing, and the scene in the market square inspiring. An immense concourse had gathered, and the town was gay with bunting. The balconies and windows surrounding the square were crowded with ladies, among them Lady Roberts and the Misses Roberts, the Countess of Gir- lie, and Ladies Henry Bentinck and Set.trington. READING OF THE PROCLAMATION. The troops were drawn up under command of. General Knox, and enter- tatned the spectators. The Governor, accompanied by General Kelly -Ken- ny, and, their staffs, escorted by tbe \\'elsh.Yeomanry, was -greeted with a general salute,, after \which, },mid an impressive silence, and in a clear voice heard in every part•of Menu-are Prefyman read Lord Rob- erts' proclamation annexing the Orange Free Staite as conquered by her Majesty's forces to the Queen's dominions, and, proclaiming that the State sbaill hencetorth be known as the Orange Bever 'Colony,. THE ROYAZ4STANDARD, Lusty cheers greeted the cotneludirtg words of tee proolatmation, and these were renewed with ever-increasing volume as Lord Acheson unfurled the Royal Standard, and the bands sturek up "God Save the Queen," all present joining in singing the National byann. The ceremony concluded with cheers for the Queen, Lord Roberts, and the tuna" and a sa:u' a of twenty one guns THE WAR MAY CONTINUE. 'Kruger anti the Boors Expected to }attire to the Lydenburg Mountains • "While some of the newspapers in London regard the surrender of Pre- tori}, as the end. of the war, there are ot1i is that tat not venture such a sanguine opinion, contenting them- selves by saying it is thte beginning of the end. They recall the frequent- ly reiterated intention of the Boers to withllraw into the mountains of Ly- denburg, and find confirmation of this intention in the filet that Presi- dent Kruger hes gone to Waterval- boven. Item that place the main road runs due north to Lydenburg. They argue that if the ]?resident was merely seeking to esoape capture he would continue his journey t o Lorenzo Marques, instead of belting at Wa- tervalboven, which is 110 utiles west of the eastern frontier of the Trans- vaal. It is assummed that President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, and State Secretary Reitz, of the Trans- vaal. It is assumed that President Kruger, but there is no certain in- formation concerning their move- ments. 1 THE COLLAPSE COMPLETE. Thunderer Takes No Stock in Threat of Guerilla Warfare. A despatch from London says:—The Daily Express says:—"Mr. Kruger has invested £140,000 of his money in lands and mines. This took place be- fore the war broke out, and to this feet may be ascribed the failure t,f the officers to blow up the mines." The Times says :—"Any further resis- tance the Boers may offer will be fu- tile. The collapse of the Transvaal as a militant state may be regarded as eomplete. Threats of obstinate guerilla warfare need not be taken more seriously than the exploded men- ace of resistance at Johannesburg and Pretoria. The formal annexation of the Transvaal will speedily follow. 1 The war ib rapidly approaching its close." Five thousand fresh troops will em- bark for South Africa within the next 1 few days. TO CLEAN FINE LACE. Occasionally a piece of fancy work on the lace order does not show soil enough to justify sacrificing its new- ness to the process of whashing. If such work is laid away for a week in a heavy book between blue tissue pa- per; having had rubbed into the soil- ed planes calcined magnesia or pipe- clay, it will come out cleaned and brightened by the process. This is a '• good way to treat Battenberg and point lace work which has become din- gy or yellow, The Berlin street czar strike has been settled. The men will have shorter hours. THE QUEEN'S EYESIGHT. OeuttsII $ay 15 4d O tptdty Fattens, awe t nue to 014 Age end 1eteatre are, Several references have been wide in tltta London newspapers of late to the Queen's failing eyesight, and, 'lute fortunately ibey are only too well' founded, One of the gentlemen of the Court states that all -those who at:. tend Fier Majesty are very well. aware of the feebleness which bas recent- ly come over her eyesight. Several well known oculists bane been consulted, but beyond recomanentling the best kind of glatBes to be used they can do little, because the Queen's eye,' are Perfectly healthy. 'J'at is to say, the Oculists agree that there is no dia- +case existing, and* therefore there is no effective treatment that can he applied and no operation that canbe performed, On the same excellent authority it is learned that what tbe Queen is afs fllcted with len purely and simply dim. ness of sight, arising from old a$e and much reading and writing. Iia adds that all have observed how, bas.. lug lost bar slght to ,moll a degree, the Queen has developed the faculty of hearing to au extraordinary sae. tent, Often when at meals she will catch the words some one is rasing perhaps at tine far end of the table without being well able to see the ekes and n will mentionr l last or hex �1n by name. The oculists have advised Jler jesty to wear very :large glasses, whioli will relieve the eyes, instead of mare fashionable small ones, which focus the pupil, and try it unduly, These glasses are not very becoming, but they are exceedingly practical. It is frequently noticed nowadays bow constantly the Princess Beatrice or any one else in attendanoe ori the Queen. talks to her. That is accounted for largely by the Queen requiring to be told things much more than formerly, owing to her not being able to see. This much was remarked when she was in Dublin. The Queen de now practically prohibited reading or writs All the reading isdone o ng 1 cad n;; for her, and as for writing, except in the most urgent eases, she confines hen. oaf to the signature. JAPANESE FUNERALS. tromp and ceremony to realise the lee theins} to the Dead. To be buried with poanp and eerie* many as the life-long ambition of a Japanese. The higher the rank the greater the display. When the Em- press Dowager died in 1897 no leas then $700,900 was appropriated from the. national Treasury. The eeremontes oe- eupied several weeks, as they were. conducted according to ancient usage. Recently the funeral of a lady of the higher class in Tokio was attended by a vast concourse of people and with a large expenditure of money.. Large edifices were erected near the family vault for the mourners. The service was ohented by fifty Buddhist priests, the principal of whom prot. pounced a warm and sympathetic oration in memory of the deceased lady, whose noble, character had won universal esteem. Last week, wshile out in a jinrikisha, we saw a great concourse of people assembled in front of a silk store, and learned that one of the firm had died, and this wvtt his funeral. We hurried on and took a position near a bridge that led to the temple. First in the procession came a body of men in gray tunics. These were followed by a great number of Japanese in their silken robes, that set off their fine, intelligent faces. Then came the priests with their shaven heads, over which }nen carried large red Japanese parasols. After these a company of men With a queer head - covering of straws, like an inverted bread basket, carrying in their hands sprigs of paper lotus. About midway in the procession was the bier, made of unpainted wood and covered with: royal purple d1apery and borne on the shoulders of eight mere the mourners, on foot, looking like so many girls go •ing to their first communion, as they were dressed in white, with white veils and carrying in their hands dishes of rice, fish and fruit. These were fol- lowed by mea in white, bearing tree- like lotus plants in wicker baskets. The gold and silver paper flowers re- fleeted the morning sun and gave color to this most picturesque pro- cession. At intervals there were men bearing wicker baskets on Long poles, containing birds, that were to be freed at the; grave, symbolical of the free- ing of, the spirit from the earthly, cage of the body. A band, of anusic added its nnoniraful strains as it passed through a wall of Japanese on either side. '4 the street. It was dif- ficult ted ifficult`to tell whether the deceased was a Buddhist or a Shintoist, as there was a blending oaf the :ceremonies peculiar to these religions. INEXPENSIVE POLISII. One-tbird vinegar and two-thirds linseed oilmake an excellent mixture to brighten furniture when rubbing it in spring cleaning. TEA DRINKERS. Six hundred thousand pounds of tee are consumed in Englauci"daily,