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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1900-10-25, Page 7zediea teeter- ed has y in ec eite r the prace th re - e Me- 1?Aa- i call- trioee that mode to re ; sets wist I for- geote flex- vertty reat- upple ie e the %tote de to eniei )thm' owe - the f the erne, and vork and in- ittle ate° the ti,o etch w, pire bleb tap- :ker the .SWE E AMBUSSE ethune's Force Kills 6o, Wounds 35 and Cap- tures the Rest of the Commando Near Vryhe id. despatele front London. Bays: despateh to the Central News from , Durban state,. that Bethu.ee'a Mount - el infantry amarascadee a -Boer come ; -naando uear Vreheid, killing 60, .wounding 31, and capturing the re- . naainder, numbering 65. Bethune's 'tcomenand thereby wepee on the stig- - ma of their own similar disaster dur- ing Geaeral Buller s advance )1orth- wa,rd eram o,atd.tinitht. CAPTURED FIFTY BOERS. • eeipatch from Cape Town eeys the British re-entered B.oemleot, near Kim: etley, 0,Oobec 14, uutppo od.ited eapturea 511 Boers. POLIOFvAID " OliaB1101.f "118E Or NOTORIOUS GUERIN SEARCHED FOR PAPERS. Want Proof' or neostence or ttangerees ontoneoloolvan Leann. te,; despatch from, Paris, says: -The Pollee to -day unexpectedly raided the notorious "S'ort Ohabrol" in Paris, and also the residence of the mother af its digender3 joles Govrin, ;lumber Q f papers were aelzed in both places. The object of the raid la meld to have been to find proof of the existence of thee so-called "Graud Occident of France," au Rita -Republican league, whose headquerters during the Dreye les agitation was et Fort Cha.brol. The Natioeallet organs ask if the Goveraeneot wishee to "work un ate. other High Ceurt vonepiracy trial." A despatch from eha Jollies, Nfld., •.••••••••••C••••=i BRITISH LOSSES SEVERE. Three 0111pers and Eight Men Killed, 28 Wounded. A despatch from London, saya;- Lord Roberts reeorts from Preteria. -under date of Oat. 15. ae .Collowee- "Freoch started from Mechadadorp towards Heidelberg to clear L part of the country nue yet vielted by our twoopa. Malone, commanding tho hualuited traelai, suceeesfully engaged, the enemy on Oet. 13, but. our losses wore severe, three officers and eight were severe, three officer:, and eight en being killed anei throe officera 4,425 raen wounded. a'renah occupied Carolina yester- capturing a convoy during hla Yoh." Lord Roberts else, reports a num- of minor affairs, showing that La Boers are still weave over a Wide field. he er Id et al a STARVING THEM OUT. ,,•••111 British Collecting All Cattle in the Bloemof District A despatch from Cape Town. saysh- General Settle le taking energetic measures to finish the war in the Memo/ distriot, which he hati oc- cupied without oppe.sition, the Boers fleeln,g on hes approo.ch, The British have collected all the cattle in the distriot, or which reeeipts have been e ven. Had this been done earlier it would have .greatly helped to starve the Boers out. EARLY IN NOVEMBER. General Roberts Will Sail for Eng- land. A de.spateh from Cape Town, says; -Gen. Buller will sail hence for Eng- land on Oet, 24. Gen. Roberts will pro- bably leav,e tor home early in Novem- ber. MAY VISIT THE U. S. ' K ruger. Expected to Cross the * Ocean. A despatch from Brussels, says ;- The Transvaal agency thinks that President Kruger will make a tour of the European capitals, and that he oral visit President McKinley. FORTY-THREE DROWNED. LAME COMMANDO ROUTED. Loss or 'Life on Newroundiand (east In Epee ts t Gate. -The St Pierre schooner Fiona d .ashore in Fortune bay during e recent- gale and her entire crew of, twenty men were drovened. The :scluionerlis a total. loss. • The schooners Melia,' Rosebud, and Angci wiitth creees , aggregating 18 men, were also lost. The schooner Huntress is ashore oe, the Labrador coast. Five of her crew were .drown- ed. DESERTERS PUNISHED. Barton's Forces Killed and Scattered a Number of Burghers, A despatch from, Pretoria. says Ga. French has ocounied Carolina, I L1 ItOPed With his oroe and the col- umn which Gen. Smitheltorrien is con- centrating in that neighbourhood to sucround and capture a large number of Boens, Former Preesident Steele a the Orenge Free Stoke, and Cemmander- inaVelet 13enha are reported to be a Gen. Barton. as had an engagement with 1,500 Raton at Welveilieud. Ue killed five of them at scattere4 the eommando. hie Also captured 1,000 head a stoek, Gen. Cletneuts hoe made a great raid n cattle evIdell the Duero were driv- g along tthe aagaliesitterg rang -e. ve Kingston Battery uen Tried by court - marital. d es pa t ch from Kingston, Ont., Fee-ys; Five battery men who desert- ed during the past 'few months were ied al the hareacks to -day by dis- t court-naarliel. The evidenee in he caseo three of them --Gr,. Ar- te, MeLay, and Cooney -was for- velelee to the Militia :Department at Ottawa. The other two, Gunners Mc- Kay and Prat', were each sentenced lo 129 1. 1] hard labor. GRAB AFTER FRANCHISES, •••••••.. HidS for Markets and Watiir Works in Johannesburg. A deevetch from Pretoria, saes;- Coneee.eions Commiseion to -day Are requests tor various right. partieutarly Der the Jthennesburg market end the Johannesburg wo.ter to, Ike. The Imperiot munleipal offi- cers vigorous:y opposed the granting ut :,tome nt tiletee concessions, turtle- uterly that far the water work, on the goeund that euch action would be prejuSicial to nubile interest. The water rate in Jobannesbarg is 10 shillings a themeand gallons. Ithe cummiesicia aiso heard testi- money rregarding the Liquor eimeses- ekes. '1:he concessionaire denied that, he had given uteney to Mr. Hargrove, a notorious pro -Boer Engibeliman con- nected with the South Atricau News, the organ cd the Afrikander Bond. CAPTURE OF TERCHOW. Plenipotentiaries' Note to the Powers. A despatch from London, says :-The Pekin correspondent of the Times describes the tone of the plenipoten- tinries'note to the Ministers as char- eateristically aroogaut, and as if the position were that China was offering terms instead of Europe dictating them. The correspondent says that the note begins with an eopression a regret for the recent occurrences, and promises that 'they will never recoil, but impu- dently ascribes them to the Boxers. Iti does not mention the conourrence of the Inaperial troops, though it ad- mits that eiertain princes and Minis- ters supported. the Boxers. A force of French: troops numbering a thousand men have captured Teh- allow, south of Paoting-fu. Province of Shantung. NEWS SUMMARY CANADA. Chalifour's last factory at Quebec, has been destroyed by fire. Smallpox is still epidernio at Eldo- rado, 12 miles from Dawson. Twenty-five millions in gold dust has been shipped from the Yukon this seasOu. Eire destroyed the dry kiln of Mee- Laren's lumber yard, at Montreal. Loss, S5,C00, P. 0. savieg banks will hereafter be open Saturday nights for eonvenience of depositors.• Lock 0, Welland Canal, needs a new pair of gates. The steanaer Waccaza- NEVER WORSE THAN NOW. Boer Independence Committee Says Guerillas Are Everywhere. A despatch, from Paris says: -At a meeting of the Boer Independence Committee to -day Presideut Paulist read official documents, stating thee the situation of the British in South Atrica was never worse 'than at pre- sent. Contrary to the reports print- ed in English newspapers, the guer- illas are everywhere active, and Great Britain will shortly be obliged to in- crease her forces in South Africa. LORD ROBERTS REPORTS MARKETS OF THE WORLD • Pikes o's Cattle, Cheese, Grain, Zee In the Leading Markets. . THE STREET MA:REET. ' Toronto, Qct, 22, -On the street to- day ,t0a. bushels White wheat sold at 69c; 200 bushelred wheat at 69 to 69 14e; 700 bushela goose wheat at inte; 2,500 bushels barley at 44 to 48 1-2c; 805 bushels oatet at 29 th 31e; a load: of rye at 53 1-2e, and a und a buck- wheat at 47 1-2c. Fifteen loads ot hay sold at $13 to $14 a ton, and two loads of straw at $12,.50 to $1,0, Dreseed hog§ were eesier at $7,75 to $8. Wheat, wilt. straight. $ 000 $ 069 aw is to blame, Wheat, red. . ,. '• 059 Robert J. Decker is ander arrest at. at epring, 000 ea... goose. OW Idingston. Charge, obtaining goads by Oats. . . 0 2.9 false pretences, Barley. . . Tb.e Hamilton Hartle of tit.; Friend- id'eas. . , . . , 019O ess and Infirm held its 31st animal nTe' ateetbag there yesterday, Ruckwheat. „ . , 000 Hayin per ton. , . 13 03 Fair wages °Mem' O'Dmeaglaue is Straw, for ton. . , , eel SA) settling the rate to be paid on Gov- Butter, per lb. rolls. . 020 , igggs, stew laid. 'lament buildings at Kingston. Chieleene, rer pair. • Cr 0 Ticket agents have adjourned at Turkeys,* per lb. . . 010 Hamilton. Montreal next year, F. 'W.! Oeeee. Per lo . . . 0'08 I- ?'1.}t1414.4 Plr %dr.. Cliorchill, Callingwood. la Presidense I jeotat,;e: - h hd,g Gen, O'Grady-Haly is slowly re- 1 Applee, per' bbl. , . , 040 covering at Ottawa, from the injury I 13 r, wed quarters. 70) to his knee. Ile is only able, CO drive! Beef, fore quartere. . 40) about,1 It'd, earcar,e, , . at tem' Pt', tlflitrtatilas.p.rie.g; per lb, 0 Ala ed to heeled a, moving freight train earease, „ , a goe A • • 0 0) Harry H. Croeker, aged 17, at Asletarnhare, mew PeterberoS and I Dressed hogs. . . . 775 Several Engagements With Guerilla Bands • A despatch from London says ;- In• a despatch from Pretoria, Lord Roberts says Theunis Botha, a bro- ther of the Boer commander-in- chief, surrendered on Saturday. Lord Roberts also gives the details of four recent elkirmishes. In one of these the British had Lieut. Attfield and two men killed, and in another the 13oers had six killed. EXPORTS FROM TRANSVAAL Order Removing the Restriction Is- sued by Gen. Roberts. A despatch from Pretoria, says;-, Lord 'Roberts Las issued an order removing ,the reetrlotion on exports from the Transvaaland. the Orange River Calenie,s. The order includes eier gold, but excepts munitions of war. All the drill:, and dredges are again at worlo on the harbor improvements at Port Colborne, contractors and men baying eome to terms. 0. B. Maple M. P. p. for Wright county, wee attacked witb fainting sp-dls at Hall reeently. He is now at his home in Papineauville. Deputy Minister of Marine Glow - dean, wbo has been in Paris since February as oue of the Canadian C-ommiseloners, sails for home October 20. h. `flee first sale of Government frac- does and eleims at Dawson has real- ized $2.0,000. The ground will be thrown opau for relocation in No - Lard Minto, the Premier, Lord Strathcona and Gen. O'Grady -Ha ly are being asked to extend their pat- ronage to the Ottawa Reception Coot- mitteo, toi arrange for welcoming. the returning soldiers. 1.11NITED STATES. The trial of firms accused ot selling short -weight coal is ou in Chicago. The Carnegie Company has charter- ed, four •steatnere to carry steel fro'm Cleveland to Europe. Teamsters and loaders took advan- tage of the rush of Cotton to New Orleans and struelt. The fifteenth annual convention of the Lithuanian General Alliance is in session at Elizabeth, N.J. Indianade.mocrats have appealed to Richard Proker for funds, to aid them in putting that State in the Bryan column. The baational cominittee to investi- gate the necessity for a pnetrma.tio tube mail service arrived in Chicago yesterday. The Ordnance Board has sustained General Miles opinion that disappear- ing gun carriages for coast defence are obsolete. Ten thousand dollars even was of- fered. in Wall street recently that NSW York State will give McKinley 70,000 plueality. A temporary injunction has been issued restraining 0. M. Stone and others from distributing quotationa of the Chicago Board of Trade. Ati Paterson, N. J., recently it was reported that the Rogers Locomo- tive Works had been sold and that the Vanderbilts were the purchasers. The National Steel Company sent from Youngstown, Ohio, recently a special train of forty cars loaded with 1,000 -tons of steel resits for New Zea- land. GENERAL. The Landon Daily Express says the Turkish Sultan has paid the American , • Berlin 18 wrestling with the prob- lem cif elevated and underground transportation. Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of G-ermany, will arrive at Constanti- • nople shortly to pay a visit to the Sultan, Prot Paul. Stapf.er, of Bordeaux Unlvereity, has written to M. Yves Guyot, stating that the Dreyfus case will shortly be re -opened. , The habeas corpus decree was ie - slued recently in Cuba. It is the first time that such a decree has been issued on the island. The well of IVIme. Perret, wife of the wealthy Lyons raanufaeturer, be- queetbes to President Loubet only 150,000 frencee. A FEW THINGS LACKING.1 . • got a box er matches, said the old colored brother, en' ef 1 des had a load er wood 1 could make a fire, en ef 1 des had a side errneat en a sack et flou,r 1 could cook it ciei dat fire; en atter 1 ceoked it dey ain't no qu'ee- tion butewhat I could eat it, kaze all I got at de present time is a empty house en a all-perwatlin' appetite! 0 09 1-2 070 0 61 031 0 48 1-2 0 53 053 12 0 47 1-2 1405 1360 022 0 20 050 12 et 01 OS9 035 100 900 550 700 0 01 0 OD 91)9 800 TO IIESUIIE liASSACRE Another Edict Sent to the Mandarnis by Prince Tuan. .A, despatch from London says ;- 4. to idalziel's New AgeneY from Sheegimi, of yesterday's date, *says Prince Tuan has sent a despatch to the naaodarios and heads of guilds in Shanghai, annotuteino that the court is now safe, and esherting them o have petience. The despatch says that when the Pellet18 frozeo the cold will decimat the allies, while the felling of the ✓ ang -tee -Kiang will only admit ef the use of smell •gunboats. • Ile urges that the arstreala be kept coeetantly at work, and thet every- one be io remlineee when the Moment orrive.s for the massacre of all fur- eigners. Dtentb. Oet.2e.-Wheat el eel; No 1 bard, cash, ithe; to arrive, 80r; Oc- tober, 8ec; December, $91e8e; May 83e; No. 1 Northern, cash, 78e; to arrive, 78; October, 78e; December. 78 1 -Ss; No; !;), Northern, 74e; No. 3 spriog. 70e. Corm -40 1 -ie. Cleat, -231-2 to 23e, Toledo, Ott. 22. -.Wheat -No. 2 c ani Octoler, 77 le4o; Decemb ?r, ?9•; • May, 80,e Coro -No. 2 cash 421-2; • December, 353'4o, Oats -No. 2 m /c- d, 22e. Rye -Cash 51 hatte Clover - seed -WS, peirae, 80.12 1-2 ; 189 a prOe e $6.25; October, $7.20; Deeeraber. 37. Oil-Unchaeged. DRESSED HOGS AND EIOVISXONS. Dressed hogs were about 25e it cwt., lower cm the street to -day, sale being ramie at $7,75 to $8.. Provizions keep Woe and are in smell compass. Quotations for provLsious ere. aa follows ;-Dry salted shoulders, 8c; clear becon, loose, in car lots, lOe, and itt eaee lots, 10 to 10 1-2e; t pork, $19.50 to $20; heavy mess, $17.50 to 318. Smoked meets -Hams. heavy, 12o, medium, 121-2 to 13e; light. 13 1e2c; breakfast bacon, 13 to 131-2c; Wale 100; roil bacon, llo; smoked hacks, 13o. AU meats out of pickle Ltse than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lard -Tierces, 10e; tubs, 10 to 10 1-4c; pails, 10 14 to 10 1-2c. PRODUCE. Eggs -Prices and conditions un- changed. Quotations are as follows: -Feeste 17 1-2 to 18a; held 166. limed 10e, and melte, 9 to 100. Poultry-Recelpte care larger and prices easier. Quotations are as fol- lows: -Chickens, per pair, 35 to 45o; ducks, per pair, 40 to We; turkeys, Per lb. 10 to llo; and ese, per lb., 6 to 70. Geese sold prindipally at 6 to 1-2o.; Potatoes -Market steady, Car lots, on track, are quoted at 28' to 30o per bag. One oar sold to -day at 28c. Sales, out of store, are mad/a at 35 to 40e. Field, produce, etc. -Turnips, out of store, 50o per bag; onions, 60e per bag; apples, per bbl., 00e to $1. Sweet potatoes, per bbl. 3150. Dried fruits -Dried apples sell at 3 to 3 1-20; and. evaporated at t 1-2 to 50. Beans -Ordinary run white beans bring $123 to 61.25. Choice hand-pick- ed beans are quoted at $1.40 to $1.45. Honey -There seems tie be a good supply of seratned honey on the mark- et, veld best price obtainab:e is 9 1-2c. Sales mostly at 9o. Dealers quote from 9 to 9 1-20 per lb for 5, 10, or 60 - order. Comb honey .sells at $2.25 to $2.50 per dozen sections. . DAIRY MARKETS. 03tetter -There is no change itt the ysituatton. Oteameries continue steady. Choice. dairies sell readily. Second qu'anity dairy is in rather full saipplay and sells slowly. Cemanis- mien boluses sell to the trade as fol- hows;-Dairy, tabs, and pails, •choice, 17 to 180; la,nd second quality, 14 to 15c; deify prints, choice, 19 to 20c; creamery, boxes, 20 to 21c; and pounds, 22 to 23e. iCheese-deuel cream, july and Aug- uot makes, sells at 11 1-2 to 12e. U. S. NIARKELS. Detroit, Oot. 22. -Wheat -No. 1 white, cash, 75c; No. 2 red, cash, 77c; October, *Inc; letoceraber, 79c. • St. Louts, Oct. 22. -Wheat -Cash, 72 7-8c; Oetorlater, 72 1-20e December, 73 1-2e. Chicago, Oct. 22.-Wheet higher early orn cables, but reacte ater oai poor support. • December cleeing 1-8c, •Sewer; corn closed 1-4 to 3-5c, and oats 1-8 to 1-18 down. Provisione un- changed to 5c depressed. Primary receipts mere 1,211,000 bushels, com- pared with 1,203,0e0 bruethels, last year Minneapolis and Duluth reported 377 carts, against 577 last week, and 665 a year ago. Local receipts were 155 CUTS, three Ot 001ThiraCt grade. Esti- mated receipts to-merrow;-Wheat, 212 cars, corn, 550 ears; oats, 270 cars; hogs, 25,000 head. Match, 41.21 bid. 1V1ilvvaukee, Oct. 22. -Wheat -Dula ; No. 1 Northern, 78c ; No. 2 Northern, 75 1-2 to 77 1-2o. Rye -Dull ; No. 1 53c. Barley--Steatly ; No. 2, 57c ; sena- pie, ee to 503. .6lineeapolis, 0 t i.7.--Wheat-Oetot- en 75 1-2c ; Decerabar, 76 3-8 to 76 1-2c ; May, 791-8 to 79 1-413; on. track, No. I hard, 7814 ; No. 1 Noi thern 77 I. -4c ; Not 2 do., 741-4 to 75 1-4. SNELL 0111128E 118,B3LS, "-eel BRITISH KILLED FORTY AND HUN- DREDS WERE WOUNDED. it von in Soule ripreadine-Four Teel sand Were Advauteng on Sandia Ween etriteet War Vora Orme Ftre, A deepateli from London seys:- Hoeg Kong 05p:itches tell of the oontinaed spread et the ettothern re - Ilion. The Hong Knug correspond- ent of the Daily EN[Art” sends report that the British torpedo boat - destroyer Handy shelled two thou- sand rebels .4V110 were advancing on Sanchun, killing 40 and wounding hundreds. HAVE RECAPTURED HUICHOW. A. despateh from 'Washington say Secretary of State 114 has received it despatch from Consul McWatle at Canton saying that the Imperial troops have recaptured Huichow, and that the zeabels have dispersed to the eastward. WALTER 'GORDON CAPTURED. THE MURDERER OF TWO TrIANITOBA FARMERS. • Preettietat Deieetives art for the Seen • of MN Arrest. A- despatch front Winnipeg says: Chief of Provincial Police Elliott and Detective Cox left for the south to- day upon repeipt Of a telegram, the contents of whiell they refused to make public. Fnora other sources it is learned that Walter Gordon, alieg- eil to have murclered Charles Daw and Jacob Smith at Whitewater, Mane some two raonths ago, has been ar- rested by Pinkerton detectives em- ployed on the case. • Nothing definite could be learned frora official sources as to where the arrest had been made, but it is not denied. that the man Gordon is cap- tured. PLAGUE VESSEL AT FALMOUTH. OBESTION GELVE 13 MR SETTLEMENT OF CHINESE TROUBLE NOT. NEAR AT HAND. - Edicts Seined 00 Gain Time-Authorttles •:hive nu retenttou oir rasitshing the est neleaders or Me Leas sect' toe. 4. despo.ch from Loodou, Wednes- day, says es, elm mete:Seed stand- • counection with Chinese at - s badeces the nowspeper corres- pondents and others to lecture states- meh otetho need of loathe; more en, orgy in thsir atitioess. The Steed - era's Tictt-Tsiu oorreepondent worn* the publio tine it ir 4 grave ggiStake to eappose thot a solution of the mat- ter le within reeoh. 1ie eauflexue tht view 'that 18praetleally igeneral lore that he promieed punishment of tho onilty officials 1V4S devised - merely to gain time. die adds that primary wed imperative oondition to satisfactory progreas towards a settlement la the restoration of the Emperor's authority, and the only effeetIve aroonneet that can be need is to insist 'upon his production in Pe - h18 within a certain time faillus wlteh the tombs of the <kluge will be demol:shed and the Zerancitu. dynast suppressed, Oeice the Emperor we stored tio partishment of the gulity weld be eoay, for Kwang-Ste would iteve the whits nation behind. him, Tbe English torreependents nt St. Petersburg deelare that (pinion there ts heeomiug inereaelngle; pes- simistic regarding the probilkity of an early oettlement of the China troubles. Vela Infected Seamen and One.Dead Body [eluded Front a Norwegtan , ;A. despatch from Falmouth, Eng., says: The Norwegian barque J3ril- tient, from Newcastle, N. B., to -day, landed at this port eight seaman suf- fering' from beri-beri, and the body of one man who had died from this disea.see all of whom had been. taken from the Norwegian barque Efome- wood, which was spoken by the Bril- liant on October 8; in a Water-logged condition, in latitude 48 and longi- tude 25 west. Captain Potter and six of the ereW of the Homewood re- fused to leave the vessel. The Horne - wood will proceed to Havre. • The Norwegian barque Homewood is ce-1,003 tons net. She was builte at se. Joan, N. B., in 1874, and; is own- ed by Johan Johansen, of Christiania. ES.PEOIALLY ONE. • Two elite members of the upper ten - dna of colored society sat very close together an the deck of tt Belle Isle steamer the other afternoon. She was ,gorgeously 'arrayed in the bright orders of summer and bie was a regu- lar calkie-welk dream. They were very observant, and 'there was little escaped their • notice. Finally two parsons sitting sae,ar tho railing at-, erected the attention of the lady, who nudged her companion and re - ma eked; Male goodness, Chateles, dean' dose ewo genamens ovah dar 'serable one annuddah? Yele replied the clueky gallant, spashully de one on dis side. siliare was no particular import in what the wild We yes said about the matter. \ THE DOMESTIC PROBLEM. Weary of wrestling with the prob- lem of domestic help awl that other perplexing question of what to get Lor dinner, members ot a woman's dab reeeutly hired and furnished a house,. employed a manager, cooks and wait- ers, laid in a eterele a provisions, and induced their families to dine in com- pany- The food WAS like that generally served in good fatuities, Alija ,may be taken to, mean that it was plain, plenteous, well -cooked and wholesome. At breakfast, toast, a cereal prepara- tion, griddle -cakes and fruit were pro- vided. The noonday dinner consisted of soup, two kinds of meat, with vege- tables, and dessert. There was al- ways a hot dish for the evening meal. Seldom fewer then fifty persops, and sometimes as many as ninety, have taken their meals at this club. Dur - beg the first month, more than thirty- two hundred meals were served, at an average cost of ten cents each. This sum included rent, provisions, help, and every other current expense, but not, of course, the initial outlay for furniture. The figures are significant, bat they hardly tou.ch the root of the mat- ter. These cooperators ere not the first to perceive the wastefulness isf ten neighbors lighting ten different fires every ro,orning, in order to pre- pare a few cups of coffee and as many saucers of oatmeal, and others before them have urged that it would be well Lor the family if wives and mothers could escape the drudgery of the kitchen. • Rut in order to be successful, an experiment • in cooperation must be undertaken • by "clubbable people," broad-minded, tociable folks who will not quarrel, It must enlist good cooks, provide variety in the bills of fare; and save money for the 000pera- La other words, success is a question oe management, in the main, and the Portage people are exceptionally for- tunate if .they have found the right woman. For most of the "born man- agers" who could bring these things to pass are already directing house- holds of their own -and they do not always want to cooperate. LIFE'S TRIBULATIONS. What terrible uncertainties beset this 'life of ours, exclahnece the yonth with a high brow and longish hair. Yee, answered the languid friend; half the time I can't feel perfectly sure whether 1 have set my alarm clock for .6 o'clock- in the mornhag or 6 o'clock in, the a.fternoonit's clr.eadfully annoying when you wake up not to be reolly certain whether you ought to put on your business suit or your evening cloth,ea. Toronto Letter. A Needful Deviee.e•England'silailWaY Consereatisna ottr Edneete 01441 •Soyoswntent,.Upsiele veirne NeeenwsibYle"leCrPaan;reeelmsteunt be anPreelated by both residents and etrangers. The number of the house ie shown on tpeo top riser of the front s.toop, lo large white figures, As most a the New York, hooses ere heilt with the parlor floor about six feet ebove the grounes this will brilelr the figures just about On A level with the eye, so that ',unless the street lamps go out the nuraber of the bootie can be seen even in the darkeet night. Sainething of this kind eistutrieyquiredituCaniadizoccit9hfinasf.Edn af- e llawinter tw,s a beeeee by the number after night - 2 ell beesontea. Wiens awl. nteocrying, What poor excuses Uwe ureter own, - hers are ofteo, covered up by pertabla porehes and storm doors. The eld plan of putting the neon leer oo the trane o over tine front doer was * good one, hut elm the transom itself le frequently hid. In such a CIUK it hOUSelteldere WoUld put the number cenepieuensly on the outside of ties heuse or even in the form of a trans- perency in the corner of a froot win- dow they would confer a lnesaing up. on many more than they otin imagine, Even people who do eet WAnt ti tin& that particular house would begratee ful because it givea them theer bear. gs. The present plan of foreing people to creep on tiptoe up the steel& no as to back out without disturbing the beroates lie case it la not the right house, or else a ringing at half At dozen doors before the right one is touted ie unfair to all perthea and A relic of the days when people wet* not supposed to go out after night - fail. Let us have numbers we tau ee. ENGLISH BAGGAGE THIEVES. In England Otero le, it eppeare, 'eonatattt ever waged by the ratlway companies against the baggage th:eves who infest the big atattette and carry off bags before the dilatory owner atieete it out of the pile ott the plate form. To keep the thieves at bay is one of the chief cueleavorel of the official anewering to our baggage - taster and the companiets employ a it a detectivo to aesist in this work. To the average Canadian It is impossible to understand why in twit* of all these diefloulties the English public will put up with their present baggage system. A system of check- ing baggage sueh as wo have in this country would not only stag thieving but would free the passengers from an interminable amount ot worry, THE STREET RAILWAY MATTER. The City Counoil has noted wisely in refusing to compromise the questions at issue between the Street Railway Company and the City. If the- Street Railway Agreement has the force of law let both sides try the effect of living up to it before trying any new and subsidiary agreements that would be suxe to result to the benefit of the Railway Company, Let the city de- mand the full complement of care and the stated service and put the onus on the ectrapany of explaining why it sbould not. live up to an agreement to which it is a party. President Loudon of the University of Toronto, has had his fling at the pub- lic school system of Ontario. He eondemns it as being inadequate so that the high school has to do the. work of the pubEe school, and the uni- versity the work of the high sch000l. the teaching of languages is begun too late, he says, and consequently it is rare to find students thoroughly grounded. The German youth, he' states, upon entering the university has as geod a general education as the universe y graduate here, and con- sequently the German universities are able to do work which is equivalent to that of our post -graduate 'schools. Dr. Lcstulon looks at the world as the factory for prodncing raw material for the university and if such were in- deed the case, his sttiotures and. sug- gestions would be entitled to great weight. In fact, in any event, he has done a good service, if lie has pointed out that the public school sys- tem of Ontario does not do what its promoters intended it to do. We cannot judge of tile machine until it is working up to the standard the maker iutended. - IS THE PIUNCIPLE CORRECT But before We criticize the public school, would it not be well to see if the whole educational system is do- ing what we desire to have done. We hear a great deal about planning our system along the lines of Germany, but have we applied the school to woek out our problems as Germany has done. The German Beapire came into existence in the lifetime of the late Prince Bismarck, and the leaders of tbis nation toneeived the plare of eraining up her subjects to conquer the difficelties surrounding her. Ger- raciny wanted a navy and a great armament: schools were created to train slaipissiilders and expert artiz- ans. Her mines trust be developed, hence schools of mining arose. A great part of the country was suited be growing forests, therefore schools of forestry. Until to -day German miners aud artizans and practical foreseers have made their influence felt in every part of ihat vigorous and consolida t ed empire. Get many is 'Wilding her navy. She has re- crea tad the Bleck Forest, and her artillery, anc1 eeige gees and small hrhIS are equal to tbe best in the world.