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THE VERY LATEST FROM
ALL THE WORLD OVER.
'110re:sting Items About Our Own.
Conntry, Oreat Britain, the United.
States, and All Pants of the Globe,
Condensed and ASserted. for EASY
Rea.dinn.
CANADA.
Forest fires havedestroyed a thou-
-Med acres of timber in Cumber/mid.
.N S.
Brantford City Council has pro-
hibited the use of trading stantes in
that thy.
Hamilton City Council favors the
Suuday watering of streets traversed
by car tracks. A despatch from „London says: -
N. J. Peterson. ranther. rear Med- Lord Kitchener telegraphs the War
lane Eat, eonueitted suicide while .Office from Pretoria, that 200 Boers
haying, cu.tting is throat with a attaeked o. detached patrol of Yea-
pen-Ortife. inanry, nunibering twenty, and some
.
The Car.aclia,n Goverement may native ecouts, near Morn River,
protest to Great Britain against its Orange River Colony. The patrol
giving assistance to induce people to bad followed two carts and a few
settle in South Africa.. Doers fifteen miles when they were
suddenly cut off by a burgher force.
C. F. Everett. a graduate of To -
The Yeomanry took refuge in a email
route Itztivereity, has been atmointt'
buildiag and
fought until their ed met-
inetructor in the technical clasees,
munition wa
in Ottawa Collegiate lustitute.
S exhausted, and three
' of their mea had been wounded. They
Cleo. W. Dawson. assistant teepee- .
- nee e co e
A Paris entonaohile firm is plea -
fling a motor -driven flying machine,
not a balloon but something like it.
There have been hea.vy withdrawals
from Germany of foreiga credits,
chieey by French, mid English bank-
ing firms.
The Spanish Ministry of Fereiga
Affairs is engaged upoa an extrada
tion couvention, and general treaty
of peace and friendship with the
United States.
Comte de la Veulx, the o.eroualit,
who will attempt to cross the Med-
iterranean in a balloon About the
middle of August, has arrived in
Toulon to superiatend the orenaroe
tory arrangements.
BOERS MURDER NATIVES.
Unarmed "Cape Boys" Shot Down
in Cold Blood.
. • . ,,o su•ren-
freightand N
tor of peniteetiaries, will visit theThe Beers then erdered the„naelfreight. isTew fced bareiy nominal at
. o. 3 eatra, 4lec middle
penitentiaries and jails from Alani- , tive scomts to holcl their liands up, .
tota. to the coast durittg the latter i weemepon they were shot demi, They . 38 to 8,e. August ellipment
part Of August. aloe shot dead in cold blood 'Veen a Oixts-The inarket is steady. with
Danii4 Eatten, the presideet of the le'lilein sayilig he waS 1 "Cape Boy."
new e1etoote.000 ;steel trust, was ' LVI1elle0 on Oath baS been take zt of
born in Galt. and received his .educa.- ithe murders.
tiou in the eentral and Grammar 1 In 411101.41er despatch under Thurs- Fleur -The market is quiet. with
MARKETS OF THE WORLD
Prices of Cattle, Chfms, Orate,. 4.0,
In the Leading Il(arletetet
Toroute,. Aug. A. -Wheat -The
wan a -quiet trade in wheat to -clay.
with the feeling a trifle weaker. NO.
2 white end red winter .offered a.t 650
high freights, and at 660 middle
freights. with sales of odd cieelots at
65ec 3iUdlC.- New wheat sold at 60e
middle freiglie. No. 1 spring is quote
ed at 66c on Midland, and No. 2
goose at 63c to 64c middle freigbt.
Manitoba wbeat du1I with, NO. 1
hard quoted At 80ec, grinding' in
transit, and No. O hard at 7-$1,c,
grinding in transit. For Termite
and west Oti lower.
Millfeed-The mareettis firm with
oflerings snaU. Bran quoted at 513,
middle freights, and shorts at 45,
middle freight.
.Corn-Ilusiliess quiet with prices
firm. No. 2 yellow is nominal at 48
to 4,9c west, and at 530 or track,
Toronto. A car of United States
Yellow sold at 55e, Toronto, but
holders are quoting 58 to .59e.
Eya-The market is quiet, and pri-
ces nominal, at. 40 to 46em middle
freight.
Buckwheat-Maricet dull, with pric-
es purely nominal.
Peas -Trade quiet, with Prices Dom-
inally unchanged.
Barley -Trade contirmes very quiet.
No. is nominal at 4.2ete middle
sales of No. 2. wbite et 84e middle
freight for export. Locally. it might
probably bring inure.. New seld at
81e raiddle freight. August delivery.
Stilools in that town- i day's date. Lew! Ci her says that 2
1 C101. better de
Vroicii. Nolo is .41..ttemptirtx to I demand from exportere. Nnee
i
Hamilton City Cotnicil tiiiiiks $10,- ‘11.etei.., the
Boers out �1Valle Calomel tY nereZelles.forledigaetteS.2.rA5teitligbelyeeorsei
taireing the vatic. of yorii.. ai.lit wiii i elloanis uilti,t,entlevle.i.1 Karilte4titeagrerf.rciln wthltiedilltorter
000 is too much to *end on enter-
.115e4rg'in tibia. for Lower Provinces,
Wait for a, time until it decidee the! „,, . .,
t iifs intention .of
toot -sent it, will grant for the purpo.te. ,ehooting all eatines, whether armed
Tee enetenee pioneers of the Mo- f' or uharnted. who ere found in the
le.liau commintity who lieve taken upl. enp
i/oyetent of the British. The de-
eettannent in the Saskatchewan Val- : spatch adds that there have been
ley, west of Sash:aeon and . Prince many cases reeently of the cold-
all i:d with
040°dt:11 murder of natives in the
Aittrtt, re we'Fati'Fl
cauntr,t,,. met will so report to Mei Calle Colony. DAIRY MARXEms.
7,:,,,t, ef their eommunity, who are loa, A &speech from Pretoria. Says the .
,!...v.41 in :"I‘viiii itus0,a• i block-lions0 system, Which WAS ren Butter -Receipts of choice grades o
g centiy adopted by the British. is evi- .are wily moderate, with prict.,s firm.
tdently a succeta The aleclethotteee Wa tlwle selvel'ed daill*Y" "t)s' lai 8,000 HAVE .APPLIED.
-
atulyr rint.rms. ? now extend for a kgdistance-Thlt to-,e03h7Thettese alullb /.1011:11:: LT tt : 1.e; '
I construction has been ruPiti• only en creamery prints unchanged ilt 21e; --....
Mrs Seoth *Vilma an American... ft' hiegi t . e.
' Pi, Applications for Land Rezeived
who wet a ealotei piasenneee nee: e.i.,t, , mailai4.1gl'eo:tele of teee,,1 to covet. 04 solld'h 20e- From Ontario Veterans.
eleamer i'llrheszid. WW" ''''11 ;", -.'"I'ThStr"1..Cil Of C,7'113ntrY 3,1-411 Ifni" 1"g*1 prlie:7-.-11/It 0:41a.rlieltei9gixtirt,trinctlyil
nng, ..,IA 0",-4:,.; ,,,t'',L4auS.--Ilhis system has resulted in inter -o! .A. despatch from Toronto sees:-
geteg three retirees m totaiN3 ia a ...,
rot Akni co •I ." --. i fresh W41111(4141 n's'arbY- 12 t° 11* or- About 8.000 veterans csf the Fenian
$3 to $3.10. Manitoba patents. $4,
and ittrong bakers' $3.70.
Oetmeal-Market is unchauged. Car
Jots at 83.75 in bags. and $3$5 in
wood. Broken lots. Toronto. 2$e
per bbl extra.
Toronto, Aug. 6-Toelay the rath-
er .heave run of 72 loade ot live
stock was received: at the Weetere
.crittle markee, ineledieg 1•,100- cattle,
close on 2,000 lambs pod sheep, 000
hogs, calees, and e few -
COWS.
RealIy ehoice export cattle was
Nygren 5e„ atithfor a few lots ten
cents //lore was M few cases paitl,
but five is the representative Amite.
Light .exporters are werth front 4*
to eee Per lb.
The eame conditions governed the -
butcher market. Good to choice
buteltee cattle sold at from 4 to 4e;
for selections a little more was paid.
For - medium and. coral:WM cattle
prices are uncluniged.
There WAS a rather better enquiry
Tor good. feeders at .front 8 to 8ec per
Sheep and lambs were again slow
of- sale and weak; the supply WAS
large to -day.
calves are uncluenged at from .$2
fe. cede with an enquiry
few: enoiee veels.
Export ewes sold to' -day at from
$3.30 to $3.40 per cwt..
'Owes zell from et to 3e per lb.
Culls are worth front. $2 to 53
each.
Lambs are worth front $2.50 to
$a.7a eecit, or from 4e to tic per lb.
The best mice for "singers" is 'Zee
per lb; thick fat and light hogs are
worth eee per 10.
llogs to fetch the top price West
be .of prime quality. and scale not
below 160 nor abeve 200 lbs.
Following is the range Of quota -
• Cattle.
Shippers, per eta $4.7,5 0.00
Po.,„, 4.25 4.624
Blitciter. elteim do 4.00 4.50
Butether. ord. to good3.25 0.75
Buteher. 2.75 3.00
Sheep and Leinbs.
Chelee ewes. per Cwt8.30- 8,50
Culled sheep. .eaell 2.00 tut)
Lambs, each.e... 2.50 8.00
Bee/ie. per cwt.., 2.5.0 3.00
Milkers and Calves.
Cows. each 00.00 45.00,
Calves. t:tich2.00
Hogs.
Choice hogs, per cwt6.75
Light hogs, per ewt6.50
Heavy hogs, per ewt6.50
Stags, per ewt .00
GUTTED BY FIRE,
Plat In ilontrears City Hall Eulfers
Much Damage.
A despatch from Montreal says
The City Hall had a narrow escape
from destruction by ere at an early
hour on Wednestlay morning. The
fire was discovered shertly after six
o'clock in the law department, and
before tee flames were get under con-
tral considerable damage was done.
The temporary offltes of the City
Attorney's Department, and. tbe City
Electriciaren office, en the top storey
of the building, were badly gutted,
some important documents belonging
to the city destroyed, and consider-
able (Image done to the corridors
and offices on the dee beneath. in-
cluding the City Clerk's offices, and
the large conunittee-rOOM Adjoining.
This flat ima recently been gone over
by decorators and painters, and had
been put in conditioo for the public
reception to the Duke and Duehess of
Cornwall and York, on the occasion
of their visit to the city in Septem-
ber. Had the fire occurred a few
hours earlier, or bad it uot been
covered when it was. it is quite pos-
sible that the whole building would
have been destroyed ler very badly
damaged.
The loss to the building itself will
not amount to more than 84,000.
The greater daznage was done to the
City Electrician's department, on
the top floor. There were many
lialualite instruments, whieh, it is
now believed. will be a. WW1 loss.
though it is possible that SIAM of
thein may be again made to do ser-
vice. The loss will not be less than
$4.855. A portion of the valeable
law library belortgiug to the city
Attorneys was also destroyed. The
Origin of the fire is a. mystery,
0
GRANT TO ROBERTS.
.0.40•111.
10.00 House of Commons Passed Measure
by 281 to 73.
7.25 A despatch front London says: -In
6.75 the Home of Commons on Wedoesdo.y
6.75 in proposing a resolution 'granting
2.00 Field hiarslial Earl Roberts £100.-
000 for is services in South Afrita
(in accordance with the recommenda-
tion of King Edward, announced in
the House of Lords by the Premier,
Lord Salisbury, hionclay last) A. 4.
Balfour. the Government leader, in
the COUrEe of an eulogy of the Field
Marshal, whom he compared with
such men as Collingwood, Nelson and
Wellington. said there was no doubt
that but for Lord Roberts' tiering
and strategy, and the rapidity with
which Ms pinus were carried out.
Kimberley and Mafeking would have
fallen. 11,000 British would bane
been starvedinto submission at La e -
smith, and there would have been
a general rising of dislovalists in -
South Africa,. Great Britain might
have recovered therefrom, but, at
what a cost? The country was sav-
ed from this by the genius of the,
Man he now invited the House to
reward by unanimous vote, irre-
spective of political differences
The Liberal leader, Sir Henry
Campbell-Inumerman, concurred. in
the motion.
John Dillon, Irish Nationalist,
strongly opposed the vete. He pro-
tested against mentioning Lord Ro-
berts in association with suck men
as Marlborough, Nelson, Coiling -
wood, and Wellington. Ile declared
Lord Roberts had sbowo the greatest
inhumanity in South Africa. and said
he had employed barbarous methods
and had proved himself a dismal fail-
ure.
The measure was passed by a vote
of 281. to 73.
trine:. `. fereet bod'ee of Deere, and enables i edineeeaerYage4re'd„1.(4 '4"1" 11 ta 11 le' i Raid campaigns of 1806 and 1870.
Tee donee in appoiritine li eleverbor the British to obtain -.Wenrafe Onow-',, Veht-tejeireth tel.'s:10 .*
I Ils 6 to ne. N'ew 1
i and of the South Attie:in campaign
of Victoria in sucoetion to Lord:, t
a: ; +27.04".. 4it the ineveeiteuts of the bur.ii:•--- ••- -- --.-.-er : have applied for land under the On-
Brasteer hoe lean ealited be'ithere e.Attaeles on the railway are with
i Cheese-Mareet is firnito-d v
-- lie' tar10 GOverninent'S offer of a quarter •
tetriethl t.., to ooreeee tee perlie- futile where the bltrekehouses have:, F.- good deiHn.al for finest if 0
4 ifli- .,' ,:1 seceion to each veteran or meet of .
fneutary wont of eewieto, which Mr.7_hecei completed. and at the peesent *likes in a iCriwng w3Y a" 4 .4 ". I kin. The rush of applications shows
Cliamboratin titiiihs too eueel. , time natriv ° 1100 Inileq if r ere • 1C4c*
At a great Proteelant ueetine, teed', ere protected. Captured c Wine tan -
in st. Jam4-7.,." Hall, Loialon. a reselinoW re broughtalitlig the Hue. and
poem, wae ;tdepted peeteeting the Inters are being rapidly clef rived HOGS AND ruovIsioNs.
fez:that- any change in the Ningee a0 01 their aittick. Breaks in the letil- Dressed hogs are easier at $9,25
ewqvisin 4loetarittion. A memorial .ein- way by the Boers are netit greatly.. to $9.50. Hog products unchanged.
bodying the resoitition will be sentreiliteetle Col. Kitelamer has had an We quote: -Bacon, long clear. ton
to the Ifouee of Commons. hengagentent with caul &hated than- and ettee lots, 11. to flee; pork, mews
- 't mentlaut Viljoen between Rosseueltal- $19.50; do.. short cut. $21.
i anti the railwey. He ,captured 25- Smoked meats -Hams, 1fle to 14c;
UNITED STATES. 1 Beene, 85 waPNMS.- and a POwrivan. breakfast bacon, 14 to 3.5e; rolls,
Arelibieltope Iri.land and Corrigan - The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Eus-• 12c: backs. 14.te. and shoulders. 11e.
e, • al el gaIlantly ini -the fie it. Lard -Pails, Ilee; tuts, 11c; tier-
+ nes, 10ec.
will be made cardinals.
Soiallern Pacific is to equip ite
lines to burn oil for fuel.
There were 74 deatite from quail -
pox in New York State during June..
(Agleam) notelliniets' strike bee end- Receipts of grain on the street to-
day were small. Wheat steady, a
load of white selling at 70e and. 150
A locomotive on the Laekawanno bushels ot goon at tial to the. Oats
railroad blew up at Pancoast. Pa., 1. lesiateli from London says: -In .eas-ier, 700 bushels selling at 30e to
kieing the engineer. t • i- ouse of Contemns on Thursday 40c. Hay in good supply, with sales
he afternoon Right lion. A. J. Bale of 25 loads at $8 to $0 ton for
Four ears of a frOght train en t"' four, the Government leader, in re- new, and $12.50 to $13 for old.
Bock Island road were blown liWay ply to a question by John Dillon, 1 Straw sold at $0 to $10 a ton for
by a cyclone near Hamblin. Ban irisit Nationalists, said the Govern- old, and at $5 for new.
Two safe-blowers overpowiree the =cut did not• •
* Following is the range of quota -
jailer at Devils Lake, N. D., released grant of money to General Sir Bed-. lions: -
three other prisoners. and scat 4. vers Buller on account of his services Wheat, white.... $ .70
Leading photographic dry plate face in South Africa. Wheat, red .70
tories of the United States and Bur -
_______e Wheat, goose .68e
ope mCo
ay Mbine, with a capital of Wheat, spring .69
580,000,000.
DIED IN HR .66
ER CHAIR. Oats . .39e
William Lepley, a blacksmith, was
killed by a bear that is kept on ex- 13Ptea.tri'ey .43
•
hibition at the Palisade boat laud-
ing, at Iowa. Falls, 1o..
Chicago will have an Irish demon-
stration August 15, at which Michael
Devitt will speak on England's treat-
ment of the Boers.
One of the horses of the Chicago
fire brigade fell dead while going to
a fire. Heat caused its death. The
men had a narrow escape.
NO GRANT TO BULLER.
TEE STREET MARKET.
ed. The eine-holte deer is IrinlY , His Services in South Africa Not to
tettlished. be Rewarded.
Twenty of the twenty-six judges in
Cook County, Ill., are taking vaca-
tions, while 125 prisoners swelter in
jail awaiting trial aud 25,000 civil
suits are unheard.
James Ryan and Joe Morgan, at
Lacrosse, Wis., held up and robbed a
citizen. Within two hours they were
arrested, tried and aentenced to three
years at hard labor.
George McCabe, 43 years of age,
committed suicide at New York. He
had been a striker, but returned to
work. Daily he was hooted. and his-
sed at by the strikers and his neigh-
bors and it is thought he was driven
insane.
A black tiger with Robinson's cir-
cus at Logansport, Ind., got far
enough through the bare of its cage
to lay open to the hone the flesh on
the top of the head and face of a. 6 -
year -old S011 of John Rush, an indul-
gent father, who held his boy close
to the animal's cage.
Mrs. Mary Torrey, of Muncie, Ind.,
is violently insane from injuries in-
fected by a rejeceed suitor; Peter
Tillbury, who asked her to marry
him, and upon her refusal he emptied
a *bottle of carbolic acid in her face,
blinding her entirely and burning her
about the upper pert of the body.
GENERAL.
• There are 3,000 Boer prisoners in
Bermuda.
The Czar is getting fat since his
recent illness.
Rye .55
Elderly Lady of Brockville Expires Hay, old, per ton... 12.50
While Talking to a 'Friend. ' Eay, new, per ton 8.00
Straw, per ton... ... 9.00
A deepatch from Brockville, Ont., Dressed hogs.. ., 0.25
says: -Mrs. Eliza. McDougall, aged Butter, in lb rolls .16
67 years, wife of the late George Mc- Butter, creamery-- ----- -20
Dougall, died suddenly on Thursday Chickens, Per Pair -50
night. She was sitting in a chair Ducks, per pair -.70
chatting with a friend, when she fell' Turkeys, per lb .10
forward dead. Mrs. McDougall had Eggs, new laid, doz.16
complained of feeling unwell for a Eggs, held .12
day or two before with rheumatism, Potatoes, new, bush1.00
but had not been incapacitated. Her Tomatoes, basket... .75
death was due to heart failure. Beef, forequarters... 4.50
.. Beef, hindquarters... 8.00
____4.
Beef, medium, carcass5.00
C. P. R. LAND SALES. Beef, choice ...... .... 7.00
. Lamb, yearling... ... ... 6.50
Lamb, spring... ......10.50
. .
' - . Mutton 5:50
8,374 More Acres Sold Last Month Veal, choice 7.50
Over July 1900.
A despatch from 1Vinnipeg says: -
The land sales for July by the C. P.
R. Land Department amounts to 49,-
089.08 acres for $154,848.84. This
is a very satisfactory showing and
indicates an increaee of $25,183.43
over the same month last year,
when the sales amounted to 40,715.-
48 acres, for $129,483.42. The in-
crease in acreage was 8,374.50.
-+
RUSSIAN WOMEN SMOKERS.
Russian women are so fond of
smoking that the Minister of the In-
terior bas ordered the railway of-
ficials in the empire to provide pas-
senger trains with =eking com-
partments for their use. It is said
that nearly all married women in
Russia smoke cigarettes, and that
the habit has begun to obtain large-
ly among the unmarried, with the re-
sult tha.t smoking carriages are now
as much of a neceSsity for travel-
ing Russian women as for men.
BOTH.
Americans are barred from ofnce in Mrs. Jack -Our congregation has
Cuba under the netv constitution. 1 sent the ruinister to Europe to get a
Colored people of Cape Town have rest.
passed resolutions of ceefidence in Mrs. •Jack -Whom the minister or
Lord Milner.. the congrego.tipue
$ .00
.00
.69
.00
.40
.00
.00
.00
13.00
9.00
10.00
9.50
.20
.25
.75
1.00
.121
.17
.14
1.25
1.00
5.56
0.25
6.50
7.75
8.00
11.50
6.50
8.50
, at present no .sign of abating, num-
bers being received daily. As the
grant is only made to those who
were actually in the feed, teeny oh
thee applications may prove on ex-
amination not to be entitled to land.
The number is surprisingly largo,
however, and even if, say, only 6,000
are found to be entitled to the grant
It will take over forty townships, at
141 quarter -sections to the town-
ship to hold them, and as only one
querter section in each section is to
be granted to a veteran. this means
that 160 townships would be requir-
ed. The veterans ate to be given
their land free of general taxation
for ten years, but if transferred to
another party tho land is .subject to
full taxation and settlement duties.
In any caee, the land is subject to the
school taxes. A pronounced feature
of the case is the number of vateraes
who intend to •settle on their land,
and in many eases where the veterans
themselves will not go their sons
will be placed on the farm. This
promises a big migration to New On-
tario when the grants are made out.
Minneapolis, Aug. 6 -Wheat -On
track, No. 1 hard, 68.ec; No. 1 Nor-
thern, 661c; No. 2 do, 65*c. Flour
and bran -Unchanged.
13uffalo, August 6.-Flour-Firru.
Meat -Spring, litnite firm; No. 1
Northern, eld, carloads, 76*; No. 1
new, 73:c. Winter, Ne. 2 red, 71e;
No. 1 white, 74c; mixed, 73c. Corn
-Firm; No, 2 yellow, -581e; No. 8
do., 58*c; No. 2 corn, 58 to 58*c.
Oats -Quiet; No. 2 white, 42ec; No.
2 mixed, 4.0ec. Barley -54 to 56c,
in store. Rye -No. 2 offered at 58e,
on track. •
St. Louis,' Aug. C. -Wheat -Closed
--Cash, 650; September, 66ec.
Detroit, Aug. 6. -Wheat -Closed -
No. 2 red., cash and July, 68c; Sep-
tember, 69c. •
Milwaukee, Aug. 6.--Wheat-Steady
-Close-No. 1 Northern, 70ec; No. 2
Northern, 68*. to 69e, September,
68ic. Rye --Weak; No. 1, 544c, Bar-
ley -Strong; No.2, 61 to 62c; sample
51 to 589. Corn -September, 55tc.
Minneanolis, Aug. 6. -Close -Wheat
-Cash, 661c; September, 65Jec; De-
cember, 67e,c.
Duluth, Aug 6. -Close -Wheat --
Cash. No. 1 hard, 70ee; No. 1 Nei --
them, 63-3C; July, 681e, September,
.67e c; December, 67e1c. 0orn-32-10
Oats -34c.
BRIDE DANCES TO DEATH.
Finished Ninety -Fourth Round r
Room and Expired.
A despatch from McKeesport,
says: -Mrs. Anna Brudowicz, aged 22
years, a bride of twenty-four hours,
danced herself to death at her wed-
ding feast here on Wednesday. Mrs
Brudowicz was married Monday
morning to John Brudowicz, one of
the leaders in the Polish 'settlement
of McKeesport. The wedding was an
elaborate one, as the participants are
fairly well-to-do, and a large number
of wedding guests attended the fes-
tivities.
The celebration of a Polish wedding
usually lasts several days. This was
scheduled to occupy the balance of
this week. It is customary at this
celebration for every male guest to
dance with the bride. Mrs. Brudo-
wicz had finished the ninety-fourth
round of the room with as many dif-
ferent guests when she complained of
feeling sick, and almost immediately
dropped over in a faint and died.
Physicians stated that death was
due to over-exertion.
STILL VERY EXPENSIVE.
Cost of the War Over $6,000,000
Per Week.
-
A despatch from London, says: -In
the House of Commons on Thursday
Lord Stanley, the Financial Secre-
tary of the War Office, replying ,to
question, said the cost of the war in
South Africa from April 1 to July
81 was £35,750,000, partly charge-
able against the deficit of laet yeas:.
The actual cost in July was £1,250,-
000 weekly. The statement • was
greeted with ironical Irish cheere.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Sir Michael Hicks -Beach, said if the
war continued at the same cost for
the next three months, it would ne-
cessitate spending the whol,e of the
reserve he had provided for:financing
the third quarter, but he had reason
to hope that tbis would not be ne-
cessary..
0
WILL AFFECT CANADA.
Government May Protest Against
.Assisted Emigration to Afriea.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -It
is said the Government is likely to
protest against the utilization of Im-
perial funds for the purpose of in-
ducing immigration from the British
Isles to South Africa. The conten-
tion is that if the Horne Government
assisted emigrants, it would have a
material effect upon the trend of
settlement to Canada.
ST. VITUS' DANCE CURE.
Must Enclose Limbs for Days in Rigid
Bandages. .
A despatch -from Paris says: -Prof.
Blanchard, in a paper read before the
Aca.denor of Medicine to -day, said the
Another species of mosquito propa-
gates disease, even leprosy. The
Parisian Culex mesquite is less ter-
rible. He advised the destruction of
the larvae by placing petroleum in
stagnant water and sweet oil in
drinking water.
Dr. Robin anuounced that experi-
ments had been madeley Dr. Ettlyghe
of Lille in curing St. Vitus' dance
by enclosing limbs foe days in rigid
bandages.
.25 KNOTS AN HOUR.
A Mammoth New Steamer for the
Ctmard Line.
A despatch from London says
The Telegraph says that the Cunard
Steamship Company has decided to
build a new steamer, and with her
make an attempt to •capture the At-
lantic record. The contract has not
yet been placed, but the designs have
been prepared and estimates invited
for a vessel ' capable of making '25
knots an hour. She will be built se
that she can be used as an armed
cruiser, and it is possible that she
will have a protective deck.
As a result of operations to subdue
the tribes south of the Atlas Mount-
ains, in Morocco,.it. is reported that,
the French hane.00,000 troops pii
the borders of.-Ite Moors' land, and-
-have defeated .tNem in a great bat-
tle. );
TRADES 'CURE DISEASES,
How IT IS POSSIBLE TO
LENGTHEN. YOUR DAYS,
Salt Mining .Cures -Anaemia , and
Sailers Etimy Freedom From
_Cancer,
just as there are trades 'which
inu.st inevitably shorten or render
hopelessly miserable the lives of
those wile follow them for any con-
siderable time, there are other trades
Or oceupations which may safely be
said to Pure certain diseases and tet
proloeg life ; and if people be search
of occupations and Afflicted with ill-,
nese would. pay due atteetion to the
question of what occupation would
most suit their health they might,
pcurtaill 4ilwL
would,v/engthen instead of
Diseases of the throat and ehest
are the most eoinntoo of .all
dies, but there areoccupations
which will positively cure either
when the disease bas not advanced
too far, although it may bave made
-SU eh inromis that doctors have
abandoned the case as hopeless.
The work in certain branehes of
the makinget -eoal gas has been
known te cure very severe chest Ail-
ments, and tunny persons who- have
obtaiued work in breweries and tan-
neries have been entirely cereal of
consumption. It is an eloquent fact
that constunption is practically um'
known to people in regular employ-
abrewers and tanners, brow
ery-hands in, particular being in en-
joyment of renouicably robust health
Diseases Of the throat are equally
UnkneWri -to workers in petroleum, re-
fining sheds ; in fact it seems that
Men Who Work at- refining eetroleunt
at the great ()novas of Atuerlea And
Ressite are insusceptible to twee
diphtheria -One of the
MOST INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
A famous Italian singing ariaster
treed to send those of his pupils who
suffered from weak throats, but
wished to adopt singing as o. pro-
fession, l,a find employment in oil
refineries. And they almost all re-
turned to bim within a, few mouths
with throats so braced up and etrong
that they were hardly capable of
strain or fatigue, and practically 1» -
susceptible to colds. It has oven
been suggested at a Berlin hospital
that "throat -cases" should be treat-
ed with the fumes of raw petroleum
such as fill the air of petroleum re-
fining sheds ; and this will probably
be done ere long.
Salt raining and working aro ex-
cellent cures for rheumathen and in-
fallible cures for anaemia, which
latter malady is far more common
than most people fancy, and more
serious to boot. Anaemia and rheu-
matism are troubles unknown to
salt -workers. Iron, miners also have
an huumunity frout annemia. thotigh
not to quite the same exteut as salt -
miners.
Kelp -gatherers Moe in their pe-
culiar calling, if they continue to
follow it sufficiently long, an excel-
lent cure for scrofula ; it has been
known to cure where every usual -re-
medy failed. 'Very few nervous dis-
orders are there, moreover, which
cermet be cured by working at kelp -
gathering, which, although not a.
lucrative occupation, is followed by
hundreds of people who enjoy ex-
ceptionally fine health. Kelp -gather-
ing is also said to be a cure for
insomnia and "noises in. the head,"
which, although not generally dan-
gerous troubles aro at times
VERY DISTRESSING.
Sailors enjoy a remarkable freedom
from =leer, and it has been suggest-
ed that "life on the ocean wave"
destroys the genes Of the terrible
disease when they are ia the system
but inactive. It is hardly possible
to obtain support of the theory,
however • but there seems to be a
great deal of truth in the statement
that cancer is practically unknown
to sailors wbo neither smoke or Chew
overmuch tobacco. Cancer some-
times occurs en the tongues of ex-
cessive smokers among sailors for,
albeit 110 one would suggest that the
most liberal consumption of the
fragrant weed could cause cancer,
excessive smoking or chewing has a
tendency to promote the disease
when the germs are already in the
blood.
There is scarcely any nervous dis-
order which cannot be cured or
checked by following the occupation
of a sailor, preferably in thb Royal
Navy, and, strangely enough, em-
ployment at making cordite, dyna-
mite and other high explosives is
another cure for nervous disorders,
the fumes given off by certain chemi-
cals largely used in the manufacture
of high explosives feedifig or repair-
ing the nerves in a truly wonderful
Thp number of policemen who suf-
fer from varicose veins is simply ex-
traordinary. This state of things is
due mainly to the length of thee
policemen stand or loiter about the
streets. If they only knew it, they
could find an almost certain cure by
changing their occupation for that
of postmen, whose work, with the
long, brisk walks, • is the best pos-
sible remedy for varicose veins in
_their earlier stages.
MUSICAL FISH.
Many, fish can produce musical
sounds.. The trigla can produce long -
drawn notes ranging over nearly an
octeve. Othein, notably two species
of ophidium, have sound producing
asmaxatus, consisting of small mov-
able bones, which can be made to
produce a sharp rattle. The curious
drumming made by the species called
umbrinas can be heard from a depth
of thirty fathoms.
AN EXPENSIVE HAT.
The most expensive hat in the
world- is undoubtedly the one which
was, presented' to General • Grant
while' he was -in ,Mexico in 1882. It
cost 81,500 in gold, and is now to
'be secn, in, the National Muse= 'at;
Washington, and is the finestspeci-
men of a 'Mexican sombrero ever
made..
AN HOUR WITH UNCLE SAN
gOw THE BUSY TANI=
SI'VMDS THE DAY.
interesting Matters of Monieut
and Mieth. Gathered From Hie
Women were first permitted to bie,
come employes in Government offices
in 1sag,
a reeelit StOrM a bolt of light
ning hilled 6e of a flock of 200
sbeep. ie Ayr, Fulton Comity, Pa.
Twenty per cella of the prisoner*
In Chicago jail are victims of the
morphine, eocaine. • or other drug
habit.
Smithfield,. Va., claims the oldest
church i». the country. It is St.
Luke's, erected in 1632 mid restored
in 1694.
Milwaukee has twice as ninny ea -
loons as Detroit, thougit the popoe
latioe of the two cities is almoet
the some.
One bunaredthousand mules nava
been shipped from, America.. to South,
Afrtea for the use of the Britieli are
my.
Census figures show thatthe cities -
et the United. States have gained.8,-
000,000 inhabitants in the last ten
Yeare.
While Great Britain is the greatest
tea-consuaileg Country in the World.
the United States leads all other
nations in drinking coffee.
John Lister, an heir to $8,000.000'
and en outcast .and tramp, Was In.
the Chicago Police Court recently.
-charged with stealiug a horse and
Waggon.
The new Capitol building of
nesota at St. Paul, Is heat et Geor-
gia marble and is one of the Meat-
attraetive public buildings in tbfe
Northwest.
The immigration for the fieeal
year just ended was the heaviest for
auir twelve months. since 1802, eed
it reeresented a, gain of nearly 40,-
000 over lest yetue
The making of spools and sawing.
of wood for them have assumed
stieli immense proportions that they.
are classed among the leading hides.
trice of Maine.
The experts of the United Statee
for the last iiscal year aerie nearly
$1,5aos0o.0oo : the excess of ex-
ports over imports was the
.greatest in tile country's lastory.
Since January lst 931 trees IMAM
Leen planted in the borough of Man-
hattan, and 1.949 in tlie other bor-
oughs of Greater New York, melting
a total of 2.$80 trees planted.
Jewell B. Knight, of Belehertown,
Mass.. a, graduate of the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College, has been
appointed by the British Govern-
ment to go to indict. to establish an
egrieultural college.
W. T. Grant. cif Louisville. Ky.,.
• toba.cco exporter, who died on
Thersday of last week, bequeathed
$200,000 to the Presbyterian Theo-
logical Sernixnuy of his home eity,
subject to an annuity of $5,000 to
his widow as long as she lives.
Gen. John Basil Tumble, who
died me. Anna, M., the other dale
was a. veteran of' the Crimean war,
who, coining to this country dur-
ing the war of the rebellion. be-
came colonel of the Nieeteenth Illi-
nois Volunteer Infantry and was
later given command of a brigade
under Buell.
Of the 200 men recently appointed
to New York's police force by Com-
missioner Murphy, only 180 have
Irish names. Of the other 70 new
policemen 30 are Clemens -a. nation-
ality whose representation is Moves-,
Ing- and the remaining forty are
English, Americrui, Spanish and
Russian.
A drapery store in a. Conneticut
town is said to be run by three men
named England, Ireland, and Scot-
land. They met for the eret time in
America. • Scotland married Eng-
land's sister, and Ireland is engaged
to another sister. The son of 'the
first union is called Ireland England
Scotland.
Captain E. H. Smeed of East Pro-
vidence, R.I., has just received a.
Government medal which was award-
ed him seventeen years ago for hero-
ism in helping to rescue the crew of
um .shipwrecked •schooner in the har-
bor of New Haven. The medal was
mislaid in a secret drawer in a desk
in the Collector's .office at the cus-
tom house of New Haven, and was
found only a few days ago.
eiee
A SUMAIEft FRAME OP MIND.
George, George, •get nit quick; I
hear a burglar downstairs.
Well, let him alone, Afaria.-ancl let
me alone; no doubt the poor Chafr...,tealleate--- t---.
has just crawled in the window t
cgoelta.Wpiece
.of ice or 0. drink of good
d
.In 1,000 balloon ascents the aver-
age of fatal, accidents is 1.
The Mohoinmedan year begins in
July; that, of the Persian on August
11th.
, Cutting
down my life insurance
• What item is ,that? demanded Mrs,
Chugwater„
,In 1700 there were but 176 Peers
in the House. of Lords • as against
593 al; present.
-An gnglfsh boy of ten averages 41t
10ein. An Italian boy of the same
age is an inch shorter and 31b lighter.
• During the siege of Paris., 64 bal-
loons left the city with 91 passen-
gers', 354 pigeons, alone tons °Piet-
ters. •
The press of the United States has
grown froth 63 papers of all kinds
in 1880, to '2,262 dailies, an& 20,-
900 weeklies in 1900.
-The inhabitants of the mining, dis-
tricts of South Africa.,import '90 per.
centof their food,. a 'world's 'record
for so large a' district,