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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1900-8-9, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES MORE BOERS SURBENDERI NE FROM THE WE Lord Roberts Reports That the Cap- tives Will Total 4,0430. LC dee/Satoh' front London, saysi— bora Rob4rts has telegraplaed to the War Office ae "Fiuuter repot et 1,200 more prison- ers surrendered op. Tuesday, with Own- raandants Boise and Fontanel, whilst Commandante Deploy, Potgieter, and jetthert urrondered -be Brece leamil- ton, who collected 1,200 rifles, 650 Ponies, and an Armstrong gun. Lieut. Anaereon, a Danish officer in the fiteats Aetillery, also surrendered. . "Olivier, with five guns and a immt. ber of burghers, broke away in, the Harrisolitle distriot, bat Planter ex- pects the total prisoners will am:Quiet to 4,000,. "An anfortunate accident occurred near Frederilzstadt, on the grugers- dexp--Potehefstroom railway. Tbe enemy lied torn up, retie, and a supe ply train escorted by the Shropshires ents derailed, 13 being killed and 39 injured, although a special patrol had been ordered to preveat trains pass- ing. A apeolal enquiry ba been or- dered to ascertain why the order was disoteyed." orrespoudent with Gen. Hunter." force at Elaplerana, sayer— "The Winburg and Sonata oom. mandoess are now arriving, about 600 men. Gen. Roux hue Arrived,. and also the commandant of the Wepener cora- mando, It will take days to get all Deo There la a oontinuone stream ef waggons Dar seven miles up the val- ley road. All the leaders have surrend- ered. The prisoners include foreign artilleriste," RU$SIANS ATTACKED. COIVIPELLBD TO FIGHT. Chines Government Guaranteed Oen. Be Vet tia,s Trouble in Keep- ing Burghers Together. A despatch from Pretoria, sari:— Oen. Plintsloo, with 5,000 men and 17 guns, hait surrendered to Gen. Hunter, Title raarke the collapee of the war in the north-eaetern partiou. a the Free State. Gen. De Wet is at Reitzburet, but it known that hie burgherare fight- ntier cempulsten. This was admit - ed by his brother, Piet De Wet, who =imaged to escape Christian DelVet' arveillanee and came in and atarrand erect. Oen. Vrt110h has ecoupteil Pau. eta - tion. The number of men in the varioue cominendoes to the eaet le rapidly dwindling. The total number ot altIN in itetha's and tha other team:outdoes hit not believed now to exeeeti 0.000. These are soattered about s.t points. The Boers still bevel one Long To ,that is At for service. The other one bee been demegedo Gen. Dore', with 1,500 man, ocou- pies difficult country on the Crocodile river, et) miles west a here. General Grabeller, with 500 burghers, is north of Busliveldt. The residents of Aikido', burg received the British, troops with expressions of satisfaction, and ex - I pressed the hope that the war would soon be aver. The burghers in the vicinity aro turning in their areas. Them 1.:afe Conduct. A daspatelt frcen St. Petersburg seys :—The ootaditiete of affairs in the tar Bast continuo sterious. Chinese eoldiere are now appearing in the moti- f -MI zotte of the Liaotung peninsula, end detachments of Russian trove have been ordered from Port Arthur to disarm there. Jugovitch eends word from Charbin to Gen. Gradekoff, that the tetruslitiotte have changed considerably Pince July 18. The Telin detechraeut bad weturned with a 10.S3 OP 10 tilled and 80 wounded. Ciiineee Imperial treente in avilieu dress, and with their badges concealed, made two at- tacke on the Ruseians, Col. Jugovitch eorepleined to the authorities of Gar- in and demanded that the offeeders should be punished. 1Saviz1ite dettochreent of 70 men ar- A. rived at Charbin with a guarantee for safe conduct from, the Chinese Govern - =apt. Nevertheless, they were treach- erously at tacked by regular a.rtillery, while Chinese officers were visiting the commanaing afrieara The Bus. Blow had 20 killed and e woluided. Scouts report that 1 le Chinese are asivanoing (sit all sides in the direetion of Charbin. ANIMOSITY TO KRUGER. President Gaye the Burghers Paper Money Which Was Worthless. A despatob from Pretoria, Tues. day, sayse—hirs. Bella was the guest .of Lord litiberts at dinner Monday evemin g. The Boer unimoeity to Presulent 1Cruger grows on account of the fact that he and his otfieials are, persuade leg the people that South African' Republic paper money is as good as Bank a England notes, betause it is based oft inalienable State seeurrties, even though the State should be con- quered. As the English have not re- sognized this contention many bur- ghetrs have been' ruined, and unutter- able misery prevails. The wives and olaildren of the poorer Boers are al- most starving. Gen. Botha's force is kept together by extreordinery inventions. This correspondent has seen an official circular which, to cheer the burghers up, asserts that Lord Roberts was fereed to retreat south of the Vaal, and that Lady Roberts escaped in a beetle's's. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Documents Found Showing Them to Favour the Boers. A despatch from Lonaden, Thursday, mays e -The Daily Telegraph. an.. ;Pounces, on the authorityi of its Cape Town correspondent, that documents of .grave import emanating from Eng - laird and implicatin.g certain mem- bers of Parliament and other politi- cians who have taken a prominent' elate in the agitatio-n in favor on the Boers, have been discovered in Pre- toria. The documents are said to have come to light while a sem:eh was being made of the Government offices in the oaple tal after Gen, Roberts' occupation. The Telegraph adds that inquiried, instituted by its correspericleet leave no doubt as to ;the truth of the state- ment. It further says:— would seem thah we are on the eve of unexpected and serious devel- opments in -connection with South African affairs." RETREAT TO LYDENBURG! Boers Evacuate Maehadodorp and Make For the Hills. A despatch tram Lorenzo Marques' says :—The Boers have evacuated. Yeichedodorp, and, it is reported, are preparing to retreat to Lydenburg, to, whiek place they have completed tele-, graphic' communication. CAPTURED CHINESE GUNS. •••••••••• Newsy Item About Ourselves and Oar Neighbore—Something of Interest From Every Qum.- • ter of the Globe. CANADA.. Kingston dietriet has a plague of grasshoppers. The tiew direotory fixes the popula- tion of Ottawa at 68,550. Brantford will have Mainline Grand Trunk trains in the near future. Fraservitle Palls, near QuaSbee GUY, is to have a large pulp and paper InTili. he Provincial Analyst has found Brantford water eatisfaotory in every respect. Col. w. Clarit, private secretary, to the Governors of Nava Scotia for 22 years, has resigned that office. ;lames Baxter, the Aim:Areal broker of Ville Marfa hank failure conneo- Olen is dying in St. Vinoent de? .Paal penitentieey. A deecardell burnieg mated), Caused sixth severe burns to May Foley, a year-old eltild in Ottawa, that she died In a iew hours. Pte. W. G. Wendt of Ottawa has bete reinstated en the Ble•ctrio Core., Matra employ and drew half pay while he was mAfrtea, The oaihie steamer Tilverton has ompleted the laying of a fourth cable or the Commereiet Compaay between Canso and New York. The Domunon Government has ap- potnted Charles E. Castle as ware- house commiestoner for the grain in. speotiou district of Manitoba. A Rail young luau named CI:tartan- an Is eervietg three months in jail beeause he swore on the street and , tould not pay a §20 fine. Hon. Rs R. Dobell will leave for Englauti next month and when there , will make another effort to secure a feet Atlantan steaneelfip service. iLre.tdy gtrteeu e hool teachers are attending the summer course in manual training at Brockville, just to got an insight into its theories and practice. Though a lawyer and a roan nos- eassing an estate, real and personal, of fully S100,000, the late Robt. Bird, Q. C., of Woodstook, did not leave a will, Quebec Government officers are making experiments in the extraction of a spirit from maple syrup, similar to the way rum is extracted (rout sugar cane. H. A., Bliss, inspector of mines for the Yukon, estimates the season's gold output at $20,000,000 and reports that all the Dawson miners who rushed, to Cape Name have returned. The Hammett Manufacturing Com- pany, of Brantford, will establish a plant at St. Catharines for the manu- facture of bicycles. The town has voted theta a bonus of 415,000, Mr. L.111. Scett of Hamilton, who saved the life of a 'Miss Verscoyle of Los Angeles a year or so ago, has been notified that that. lady left him $7,000 at her death, which occurred recently. The great demand for coat. in Cape Breton has led the Dominion Coal Company to consider the advisability of re -opening the Vietoria mine, which was closed down a (ample of years ago. The Board of Works in Hamilton has taken favorable action on the petition of the Civio Employe's Union for an increase of corporation labor- ers pay from 15 cents an hour to 18 cents. The Donnelly Wreeking and Salvage Company has signed a contract to raise the steamer Actinta., which lies in 150 feet of water opposite the Thousand Islands Park, in the St. Lawrence River. GREAT BRITAIN. The Prince of Wales has been made a fellow of the Royal Colle.ge of Sur- geon's. A number of eottern mills in Eng- land are likely to close temporarily owing to the disturbance. in China. It is said that American capitalists are trying to secure London's Metro- politan District Railway. It is thir- teen miles long. A shortage of gutta percha and a musette:tent increase in price may cause delay in the filing of tenders for the laying of the Pacific cable. Sir Henry Irving, the actor, gave a midnight supper to a brilliant as- semblage of twenty or more lords, ladies and ambassadors iti London. UNITED STATES. Many oases of enteric, fever and smallpox, are reported. at Nome Har- bour, Alaska. Chicago police report a daring at- tempt to holdup a passenger train just outside the city limits. Two negroes in resisting arrest in New Orleatte shot and killed. two policedeon and wounded a third. Over 50 Chinamen are in jail at Watertown, N.Y., awaiting examin- ation on a thaege of being 'Regally in the United State& An explasion occurred Wednesday in the chemical department of the Wind - ler Celluloid Collar Company, Chicago, resulting in the death of four women and injuries to four other persone. tL society has ;been 'formed in Phil.- FiVe Krupp And Four Naval. Canttpn Fall Into Russian Hands. ldeepatch from St. Petersburg, says:—.thdritiral talexieff, telegraph- ing under date of July 24, says that the railway from Tougue to Tien-Tsin has been reopened. He adds that the line from Tien-Tein to Pekin can only be repaired for 'a distance of five versts, as the Chinese are' occupying a position in strength beyond that point. The Japanese are preparing to move on Pekin, but are waiting until they ,have 26,000 men. The despatch further states that Gen. Sakharofra force captured the fortress at Bajantum, which: was gar- risoned by 2,000 men, who fled, The Russians seised five Krupp and four naval guns, and a quantity of am- munition, THE. QUEEN'S SON. Mike of Edinburgh Succumbs to Paralysis of the heart. A despatch rrom Coburg, says:— Prime Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Saxe -Coburg, died at 10 o'elock Mon- day evening, at Roseeau castle, from paralysis of the heart. Recently, at a consultation of sped:whets itt Vieinnai iu was discover- ed that there was a cancereue growth at the root of his tongue. By hes sudden demise he es•eneed a painful ini.geeeng deeth. , During the minority of his heir, the 'Duke of ..albany, the government of the dually will be conducted by the Hereditary Priam .oT Hphentahe- Langenberg, the guardian and broth- er -an -law of the young Duke. , DELIVER THEM TO BOXERS. irlinisters Will be in Great Danger When Advance Begins. A despeteh from Rome, says:—The Propaganda has reeeived( a telegram. trom Chitna, which etates that the 'plaihese Government is holding 600 Europeans, inoluding the Foreign tilionsters and their families. It is be- lieved that it a cleclaratton of wer is Wade these hostages will be released knd ordered to ;say" Pekin within 24 heurs, This would mean the deliv- ry ot 'the Europeen 'to the Borates. it is believed that China would oon- tider the march of the allies toward Pekin equivalent to a declaration of t. War. " adelphia, composed of many men pro- minent in financial and business cir- eles, pledged te work for an alliance between Great Britain and the Unit- ed States. A plot to release prisoners confined in ale penitentiary at Allegheny, Pa., by tunneling into the institution, has jest been discovered, Berkman, the Anarchist, who shot H. 0. Frick dur- ing the Homestead strilre in, 1892, is one of the prieorters. Castoma offloiala at Rochester, N. have unearthed tobacco frauds in- volving thousands of dollars. Inferior tobacco has been .substituted for the bonde4 tobacco worth $1 a pound. The frande have been committed en route to the bonded warehoose, GENERAL. A coal famine in Newfoundland is probable, The Japanese Government has tak- ett ta restriet emigration to Oen - Ada, to ten etaigranta per month from eaeh prefecture, of whielt there are 47. King Alexander of Servta has re- jected the advice qf political advisers and will ,marry Armee Me:schen former lady-in-waitieg ze bin motber. deeey arek encouraging since the rain - fail. SIR ROBERT HART SAFE. Nessage Received From the inspec- tor General of Customs. A despatch from, London. Wednes- day, eayst—iroportant additiorial con- firmation of the safety ot the Lega- thew was received in London last evening by Air. Dutioan Campbell, re., presentative in Europe of the Meese eta.= service, from the Commis.. stoner a Customs at Ohefoo, in the shape of a Pekin despatch, not dated, but believed to have been written on 'Lily 21, eigeed by both Sir Robert Hart. Irespeeter-General of Cu.steens, Ond Mr. Robert Predate, Deputy In- spector -General, to the following ef- fect ;—"Staff and family still safe." Tide has been confirmed by the Com., missioner of Custoras in Shanghai, who telegraphed last evening:—"Authen- tic—inspee t or -General safetv enty- second." CANADIANS RECOVERING TALKING OF VOWEL SOUNDS. ASeot m a river or the Superiority or His Iftligunc In That Respect. A few days agot I was dining in one of the restaltraets et the city, says a writer in the Mexican Herald. At a table next to me sat a party con- sisting of a Frenchman, a German, an Italian, a couple of Mexicans end a Scotehman. The conversation tinn- ed won the comparative beauty a languages. Bach one of the party contended that his own language was the superior of all, others. The Ger- man based his coetention upon the wonderful strength and self-suf- fieieney of the German, language and the virile cheraoter of its thoughts and its literature. The Frenchman °tainted that the French language not only had no superior, but no equal in its ability to express all thoughts accurately and with true hams, 91-2c; roll bacon, 10 to 10 1-2e, Mongol Buddist monastery, ire which beauty and depth of feeling. there are about 1,300 acting priests, The Italian and the Mexican each msriweaketedouthlociks,1)10240to 1102 L-23°. than Under Under the control of a Gegen, t or living , s! elahned that his language was pos- prices quoted for smoked meate. Buddhathe dogmaof Buddls- 8 1-20; tubs, . , eeesee 01 ern, beauty 'toweigh no out. LauraID—•Tssie.resexs,INS, AND 117.00L. 9-4o; ism are taughtMetaphysicsas- er language could lay claim, the pails, 9c, cetio duties, astrology and aiedloIne heantg or enorous soundThe battle ooraprise the course a instructiou, waxed isot between these two, the .fartiret for hides weak end . 116171 Mairy Chinese are followers of the doe, 41040all maintaining that Spanish had more true full, vowel sounds than any other living language, Fleetly both appealed the matter to the Scotchmaa, who had, contrary to oltaranteristios of hie reee, eat taken any part itt the aisoussion, good, bad, or indifferent, !WtJXETS OF THE 111.011LD: moo Prices or Cattle, Cheeee, Grain, &e.• itt the Leading Market% DR.ESSED HOGS AND PROVISIOAS. Toronto, Aug. R.—Market to pork products istea.dy and goad demand, for all smoked meats. Dressed bogs weak. At farmers' waggons ehoice will bring $7.50 to $8, according te quality, for butchers* use. Quotations for provielone are as follows ;--Dry salted shoulders, 7 to 7 1 -en; keg elean teeera ear lets, 81-2e; ton lots, 81-2e; ease lots, 8 34 to 9e; short ont pork, $113; heavy mese, $16.50. Smoked meats—Hams, heavy, 11. 1-2c; medium, 12 1-2e; light, 13o; breakfast bacou, 12 to 121-20; vacate CHINESE BUDDHIST& ft Hai 'many features Like the or Christian NatiOnli+ There is a great doubt as to the actual time Buddhism Was introdtuied into China. In, the. yeer A, D. 68t however, as it pretty generally an cePted, the Emperor Rau -Wing -'1I had a visien in which he saw' a greet gold- en image, whoSe head was surrounded with a halo, which Was construed as, to mean Truth. Priuce Tan, the Etre- peror's brother, having beard of Bud, dhisra from. India, declared. the vLsior& to be nothing but the great Buddha,* Thereupon a raisaion was dispaioilecip Which after some years returned with woo dea image, a. counterpart of the golden one, also one book and a Ifindoo priest, The Llama Templet whieli is the great; temple at Peking, and called the Ytmg-Ho-gong, is a lower. Deliverers of hides about the average. Wools are offered frees lys bet as hue been the base tlar 30100 time past del:nand is 410W. Brpoirt outlook poor. Skins are about steady Tallow is easie.r, Hides-1,00at deaJere quote green ws, 7 5.4c; and steers, S 1-4e; cured rules of Confucius, one ot the prize, ciptt tenets of Wilinb is the warship ot ancestors, a provision of which creed Ls tint no sittrt shall live more xpen.eively than his parents. !Buddha was born according to Chinese tradition, 623 years before; Christ. The Budithist religion ego. Seundy wretched his bead for a hides are quoted at I braces a trinity known au the Three trAlteemniinetssaasid•th"°A7,13N:eeefil,ecati4Zoadaeegny! 142;hojeepsess:17s*-1713ealere quote frona al.2a Dharnaa, the present, and the Lord, Preeloas Ones, vise Buddha, the past; but wha' yee'll be baith richt. for ye to $1.40., Spring lambs --Dealers are aztd Lenge, the future and the priest-. od. TIIERE .AKE 10 PRORIBITIONS in the moral oode—itilling, stealing, adultery, lying, selling wine, speak - bag false of others, self -praise and backbiting, pa.relmony and scoffiugs uncorrected anger, and reviling the Three Precious Beings. In the year 93 B. C. the teachings of Buddha were pat in writing. In A. D. 400 the entire eanon of faith was core - piled, desoribing Buddha as emerging from heeven, as being born of a virgino welcomed by angels, received by an ocht to ken yer eine langwidge weel, paying 40 to 50c, lant when it -conies to takin. o' vowels Calfskins—Steady at Pc for ewes a dilute. ken any langwitige that and 8e for o, 2, ken coma oop to lilac Scotch. All Tallow—Local dealers are offering jist give ye a wee story that dies- 1-2 to A e4 ottd, twiting s to 31.4o. thrates what a wad tell ye. 117cpls1—Fieee'e, 16e offered here, "A reau auce went into a store in with holders in country askipg 2 to Dunkirk, au' eatched a piece o' cloth 3a htgher, car lots; pulite', extra, 20 ateveen his fingers, an' his thumb an' to 21e; and supers, 18 to 18o, he said to the storekeeper; BREADSTUFFS.. 44 400 r ::A.4.21wd tob:r,at0araeiretraer man. red 'Ay, oce." Wheat—Quotations as follows—Onto red aad white, old, outside, 100; and • "Ay, aw 00," answered the atore:, new, 68 to 69o; spring, outside, 700; keeper. i" asked the man, Manitoba, 1 har;ls es.t.s 9104 sal= "'Aw a oo '' 'Ay aw oo " said the storelceep- Toronto and west, 88e asked; same, aged saint and presented in a tam- •, ports .5c asked -8, ple after baying been baptized with u a Otter Reports 700 Nen of First Contingent Fit For Duty. A despatoh from Ottawa says cable was received from Col. Otter, dated johannesberg. Wednesday, stating that the effective strength of the first Canadian contingent is in- oreasing, and it now numbers 700 men fit for the field, Thi...3 o wonderful improvement in five weeks. By tc-day's mail letters were re- ceived from Col. Otter, from which it a,ppears that on 'Tune 22 there were 546 men of the regiment in hospital or sick, and only 431 fit for duty. Col. Otter'a diary covering the per- iod from May 26th, to June 22nd was alio received Wedeesday. It is a rec- ord of good effective, int, at the same time. herd work. The Canadian boys are certainly not feather -bed. sol- diers. SEYMOUR TO COMMAND. analml• Foreign Consuls Invite Him to De- fend Shanghai. A despiteh from London says :— Shanghai telegrams say the foreign Consuls met on Monday, and decided to invite Admiral Seymour, British, ;to take command of ,the Shanghai de- fences. The United States Consul - General, Mr, J. Goodn.ow, and the French Consul -General, M. de Beza- are, on behalf of the Consuls, visited .A.daninal Seymour, and he promised to draw- up plans and submit them to a coumeil of officers. The Shanghai Municipal Oorrnoil objects to the Con- sular, action. FAMILY BUTCHER. An Indian Killed Uncle, Wife and Child In Two Years. A despatch trout Ottawa says—The Evening Journal prints the following details of the killing by a Teto de Boule Indian of his wife, uncle, and e,hild at Lake 13erriere, in the Upper Gatineau. Two yoga ago in a rage the Indian slew bis old uncle with an axe. Ten months ago he and his wife, with thetr baby gra, , were out hunting heaver. The sixenanths-old child rais- ed a Rate ory of gladnees, and the man, because this disturbed the heav- en', tore the girl from her mother's arms, and held her head down in the water till she expired. Then he hand- ed her back to her mother. ;Men after a few months, it is al- leged, he killed his wife. It was win- ter, and he took her oat to the ice and out a hole through it. Through this hole he held her, head downwards, till life was extinct. Med he took her body away and hid it. Bailiff A. J. Nault, of Maniwaki, is after the Man, but the country is a wild one, and it may be menthe before he is brought to juStioc. THE11,8 ARE MANY; SUCH. Mae. Hoon—You can believe very little. that thepoorGaIsblebyw sayso. mraman is sadly afflicted with palpitation of the imagination. • er. museneeseatee sod steedy. Bran,' 'water and later with' fire. Re is 12 to to 81.1.50, and shorts, $14 to S14.50, ii.sweirsiebedmeans IliviatTainhgis asuntodneisrshteadrichtut "There's a complete business trans- siugle consonant soon. A, dinna ken we'at• if either Italian or Spanish or elle' Corn—Rtaber sealer, in sympathy I Later he was led 'into captivity, whore i ither lungwidge can equal thot." (with Chicago. No, 1 American, yet- , lie was tempted by the devil, and er- ne above story as told by the low, 45 1-2c, oa track here, and mixed ; peterrtito.arrmilingwztudaebrosn. t Aprefareiebnindgettetnhde Scotehman, is here given, with the re- at 45 1-2e. 1 .r•ne(1 on tet"te%t th an t' mu carried e Usa 0 a preseutatxon north and. west, and 60e east, was sent into hell, but fitrally Ascend - words, ha preference to the Scotch' IY Menoo e Barley—Quiet. New No.. 2, 38e, out- I ed to heaven. la Tliibet the Bud- spelliug, which might not be, familiar, t ' side' old No it e0c• dhist Church is located, where it has. to some of our readers. The trans- lation of the conversation, which took Rre.--New rYat 490, thstdidet end old, its Pope, Cardinals, priests, Bishops 51 to 52e. and nuns, just the same as the Ria - Place betweett the merchant and his Oats—Itase. New -white oats, west, Man Cat110110 Church, also infant sold at 25c. Old white oats, north and baptism, confirraation, masses for the • west, 26 leic; and east, 27 1-2c. dead, processions, rosaries, sacred wa- Flour—Demand quiet. Holder's ask ter, candles and chaplets. It is not soundsf th • It'.as—Car lots are quoted nominal- .1 poor, he was transfigured on a mount, customer is as follows; "WOOL DO." "Yes, wool, ay, cm." "All wool, aw oo"? "Yes, all noo , ay, aw 00," $2.85 for 90 per eent, patent, in buy - "All wee wool, aw a oor era' bags, middle freights, and export - "Yes, all one wool, ay, aw a oo." ors bid $2.75. Spe.ohel brands sell lereale • yis that they are convinced that they ilf tricarnail00, t Ao u2g0e. esvver nhges ewfbiegantr—e sN. have a pretty good religion of their FROM ANCIENT BABYLON. 1 hard, epot, car loads, 85 3 -lc; No. 1 oteee No country has had so ranch t Northern, spot, car loads, 82 1-1c, Winter wheat—Old. No. '2 red, nomin- ally '79e; new, nomivally 77e; No. 1 white, old, nominally 78c; new, 76c. Oats—Quiet and easy; No. 2 white, 26 Bagdad, and succeeded in collecting a 1-2c; No. 3 white, 28e; No. 4 white, 27 few fragments of antiquities from the 1-2e; No. 2 mixed, 26 1-4e; No, 3 mixed, mounds so bountifully scattered over 25 3-4c. Corn— Dull, but firm; No. 2 the Valley of the Euphrates.yellow, 43 3-4e; No. 3 yellow, 43 1-2c; No. These he placed. in the British Mu- 4 yellow, 42 1-2c; No. 2 corn, 43 1-4c; No. seum, and thus formed a nucleus of 2 corn, 42 3-4 to 44e. Barley—Common. what is now one of its most important new, 45 to 46c offered. Rye 2 ' NOT QUALIFIED. and most interesting departments. The rearrangement of the antiqui- ties in the Babylonian room at the generally known why the Chinese ob- ject to the conversioa by foreign mis, sionaries. Their chief reason is 101040•14, Many Important Relies pa 'Exhibition a the British 3inse9tn. It is now three-quarters of a cen- tury shwa 3Ir. Rich, traveling in the east, -visited Kurdestan, Mossul and misrepresentation as has China. In future years, when the struggle now going on there shall have thrown the Chinese Empire open to inspection, it will be found that the Chinese as a race are a very fair. lot of human be- ings. There is a. good reason for their hatred and suspicion; of all for- eigners. They are afraid of the dis- ruption and disintegration of their country. on track, offered, 5.9c. Flour—Quiet. No, said Miss Cayenne, thought- , Chicago, Aug. 7.—Wheat was quite fully, I am afraid that young man firm to -day, in spite of the decided won't do. He will never grow up to British Museum, and the exhibition of dunness, and closed at an advance of be the life of the party. many new and important records 7-8e. Higher cables and a good cash What makes you think that? bearing on the history and civilize, enquiry, with some bad far Western Ile doesn't know even the rudimentst tion of ancient Babylon, is a welcome threshing returns made traders fay- of repartee. When I asked him if , evidence that the museum has not our the buying side of the market, he was going atvay for the summer he been unmindful of its duty in the en- Corn, oat the contrary, was weak; deavor to obtain a fair shave of these heavy .deliveries, lack of cash demand, important relics. and favourable evop reports, causing A new and 'somewhat significatt 1 1-2c decline. Oats closed 1-8 to 1-4c collection of large documentary clay lower. Previsions showed advances tablets, inscribed with offistial, or tem - up to 7 1-2c. Total primary receipts pie records, of legal and business were 892,000 beth, compared with 723, - matters transacted 3,000 years. before 000 bush a year ago. The seaboard re - is an interesting addition to ported 56 loads taken for export; sea - the clay literature on view; but even more unique are the series of round cakes of baked clay with clear inci- sive inscriptions, giving lists of es- tates ar a sort of Babylonian "Domes- day Book" of a period 1,000 years be - tare Alwahana. The letters and correspondence of Hammyrabi, King of Ba.blonia B. C. 2200, are interesting as snowing the political condition of the country at that tinae. SELP-ESTEEM. I dislike his haughty. manners very mucla, said the young woman. I was templed to tell him he was not the only pebble On the beach. Don't use slang, replied Miss Cay- enne. Besides, it wouldn't suit his case. He doesn't think he's a pebble. He tiainkts he's all that counts in A. solitaire diamond ring. ANATOMICAL. • board clearances were equal to 175,000 bush. lestime.ted recelets—Wheat, 295 eters corn 300 care; oats, 315 cars; hogs, 20,000 head. Minneapolis, Au.g. 7.—Wheat—Aug- uet, 75; September, 75 to 75 1 -So; De- oembete 76 1-4 to 70 3 -Se; No. 1 hard, 77 7-8c; No. 1 Northern, 75 7-8o; No. 2 Northern, 74 5-8c. Flour—First pat- ents, $4.15; do., seem:ids, $.95; first aloes, 3.05;$seeend do., $2.40; bran, $12 to $12.50. 'Duluth, Aug. 7.—Wheat—No. 1 bard, cash, 79 7-8c; August, 79 7-8o; Sep- tember, 79 3-8 to. 79 1-2e ; December, 79 7-8c.; No. 1 Northern, hash, 77 7 -So; August, 7 7-8c; September, 77 3-8 77 7. -So; No. 2 Northern, 76 1-4c ; No. to 77 1-2; December, 77 7.8o; 3 spring, 72 7 -Sc. Corn -39 1-2o. Oats— e3 1-2 to 23 3-40.. IN IT, BUT NOT OF TT, What is a storm center, pal A storm centre is that member of a amity who remains as cool as a cucumber while he makes all the rest raging mad. With an engaging smile the peddler who had gene around to the side door addressed the sharp feetured woman whp answered his knock. Is thia the head of the houhe1 be asked. ' • le No, sir, she replied, shuttieg the aeoe in hit face. This is the wing, answered in a simple negative in- stead of answering that he would stay here and let the summer come to him. NEW FRENCH COIFFURES. Preneh women are wearing some- fee:toles in the way of coiffures. Here - are some of ithe ideas that have taken the place of the orinventiolial hea.d- dress : What is called the "Gismonda's erewn is made of natural flowers. The orotvn itself is naade of delieate pun °mere lame no-ee tro ‘021iiTo$ juSit below the ear, is placed a single, large flower, such as a 'Danielle, tor poppy. Very pretty Ls a gown of flowers made of gold. It is an ideal ornament for an auburn head. Per- haps the novelty of. the season is a hoop of tortoise shell, or gold, to which a large bow or rosette is at- tached. This bow is placed on one side, a little to the front. For a blonde there are two butterfly bows of black tulle, attached one on each side of the hair by a diamond pin. Stiff gauze, studded with jewels, make allsorts ot pretty ornaments that are mounted on long pins and stuck in the hair. Before. ' After. Wood's Phoephodine, The Great EnqZisA Remedy. Sold and recommended by all druggists in Canada. Only,reli. able medicine oiscovered. •Six .packages guaranteed to cure all , forms of Sexual Weakness, ail effects of abuse - or excess, Mental Worry, Excessive use of To- '1 baceo, Opium or Stimulants. Mailed on receipt , of price, one package al, six, se. One Tait/game, sire mitt eure. Pamphlets free to any addreSs. The Wood Company, Windsor, Ont. Wood's Phosphodineis sold in Exeter by T. W. 13rowning, druggist.