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Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres,
Toronto, Nov, 18.-Wbeat-No. 2
goose wheat quoted at 00e east, and
No. 24 spring at. 67e east; Manitoba
wheat fisener; N. 1 hard, 84 to
84ie grinding ie. traneit; No. 1
Northern at 82' to 8$c g•riesling in
transit; No, 3. hard quoted at 78Se
Goderiele and No. 1 Northera at
77.
Ilye-No. 2 quoted at 48eic outside.
Buckwheat -The market, is quiet at
53 to 58ee outeide.
Raeley-dilie market is firm, with
No. 8 extra, quoted at afie outside,
end No. 3 at 41e low freight to New
York.
Corn -Market chill, with new Cana-
dian yellow quoted at 47 to 500
west.
Flour -Ninety per cent. patents
Arm at $2.67 to $2.70 middle
freights, in buyers' sacks, fox• export.
Straight rollers of special brands,
for domestia trade, quoted at 83.25
to $8.85 in bbls. Manitoba, flours.
quiet; Hungarian patents, $a to
•$4.10, delivered on track, Toronto,
hags included, and Manitoba strong
bakers', $3.70 to $3.80,
Millfeed-Bran, $14,50 in bulk
hem, and shorts at 817. At out-
•eide points bran is quoted at 81.3 to
e18.50. Manitoba bran in sacks,
$16, and shorts, $1.9 hero.
• COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -The market is quiet, with
offerings moderate. Ordinary, $1.75
per bush, and hand-picked. $2.
Dried apples -Market is quiet.
Evaporated jobbing at 6e to 7c per
lb.
Honey -The market is steady, with
strained. jobbing at 8 to 8ic per
Ib., and comb at $1.50 to $1.75.
}lay, baled -The market is un-
thanged, with offerings moderate.
Car lots bring $9.50 a ton on track.
Straw -The market is quiet, with
car lots on track quoted at $5,50 to
85.75 a ton for first class oat
straw.
Oaions-Market is steady at 40 to
45e per bush for Canadian.
Poultry -Offerings of boxed lots
small and prices firm. Chickens, old,
, 1.0 to 500 per pair, and yotuig, 55
to 65c; live, 50 to 60c. Ducks,
Seessed, 65 to 80c per pair. Geese,
'7 to 7ic per lb., and turkeys, 10 to
• 110 per lb. for young.
Potatoes -The market is steady at
BO to 83e per bag here in car lots.
Bniall lots, out of store, sell at 81
to $1..10 per bag.
',37Frd ....AIRY MARKETS.
Butter -The receipts are fair and
the demand good. We quote
est 141). prints, 17 to 1Sc; large
rolls and tubs, 15 to 17c; secondary
grades, tubs and rolls, 13e to 1.4e4e;
bakers', 12 to 1.8e; creamery prints,
20 to 21c; creamery solids, 19 to
1.9ec.
Eggs -Strictly first class stock is
acarce. We quote :-Strictly new
laid, 20c; cold storage, 17 to 180 ;
pickled, 16 to 17c; seconds, 13 to
L4 c.
Cheese -The market is firmer, with
eales of large cheese at 12 to 121c,
and small at 12e to 12ec.
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HOG PRODUCE.
Dressed hogs are steady, with re-
ceipts moderate. Cured meats in
small supply, with prices firm. We
quote :-Bacon, long clear, 11.e, in
ton and ease lots. Pork, mess, $21
to $21.50; do., short cut, $23.50.
82noked meats, 13e to 14c; rolls,
12 to 12.3c; shoulders, 11 to 11e ;
backs, 15 to 151e; breakfast bacon,
15 to 1.1Le. •
Lard -The market is unchanged.
We qupte :-Tierces, 101e; tubs, 11e;
pails, 111 to llec; ,conapound, 811- to
101c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Nov: 18. -Markets show
little change. Cheese is stronger in
sympathy with the Liverpool mar-
ket, which has advanced another
shilling to 58s per cwt, white or
colored; this is a rise of 3s in two
days: the loco,' market is very
active, as' sellers are holding in
anticipation, of a further rise. Grain
-No. 1 hard, Manitoba, 72ic, Fort
Wi liam; No. 1 Northern, 70e, Oct.
shipment; Ontario red and white
wheat, 72e alleat; new crop peas,
'7.9ic afloat, and do, oats, No. 2,
86.3- to 370 ex store; rye, 56c afloat;
No. 3 extra barley, age; buclewheat,
57c afloat, Flour -Manitoba patents,
84,10; strong bakers', 83,80; On-
tario straight roller, $3.40 to 83.50,
In bags, $1.65 to $1.70; patents,
$8.70 to $4.10. Rolled oats --Millers'
prices to jobbers., $2 in bags, and
$4.15 per bbI. Feed -Manitoba bran,
$18; shorts, 820, bags included ;
Ontario bran, in bulk, $16: shorts,
hi bulk, 819, Ileans--Quotations are
nominal at $2 in ears on track. Pro-
visions -Heavy Canadian short cut
pork, $25; light short cut, $22.50
to 824; compound refined lard, 0 to
Dec; pure Canadian lard, 11c; iltest
lard, 12 to 12ee; hams. 121 to 144c;
bacon, 12 to e• 15c; ^ dressed hogs,
87.50; fresh kilted abattoir, 80.25
to 89.50 per 100 lbs. Eggs -Selected
,21.Lc; cat -idled Stock, 19i -c; straight
receipts, 18ic; No. 2, Ifiie, Honey
-Best clover, in sections, 11. to 12e
per section; in 10 -lb: tins, 9e . to
10e; in bulls, 8c. Poultry--Chiakens,
7 to Se per lb.; ducks, 8 to 8Se ;
•turkeys, 1.0c. Cheese -Ontario, 121e;
ToWashipe, 12c. Butter-lrancy Town-
ships, creamery, 21c; fine creamery,
201e; Ontario creamery, 19e to
20c; dairy butter,. 16 to 1.6ec • for
Seleetione.
UNITED STATES MARKETS,
Belittle, Nov. 1ta-F1our Steacly,
Wheat -Spring, firm; Ne.1 hard,
78en; winter, strong; No. 2 red,
770. Corn -Weak; No. 2 yelloW, 61c;
No. 8 do, fiNe,., elo. 2 corn, 501c;
No. 3 do., 58ee, Oats --Easier; o.
8 White, 8e; No, 2 mixed, 821,1e;
No. 3 'de, 31a0, Bar1ey-48 to 02ic.
Rye -No, 1, track, 53ic, Canal
freights--Strorig.
Milwaukee, Nov, IR -Wheat, higher
close, No, 1 Northera, 744c; No, 2
Northern, 78 te 74e; Dee., 72e,
Rye -Steady; No, 1, 51e. 13arley-
3teady; No. 2, 66 to 06ec; sample,
85 to 65e. • Cora-Deta, 51ie.
DOUK$ MAY LEAVE CANADA
Have Senta Petition to the Sul-
tan
Of
•A St. Potersaurg despatch says:
The Viediznosti prints the text of a
petielea, whiela it Jeterne, the elders
Duluth, ee9ee, lee -cease wheat_ of the religious sect known as the
Cash, Na, bare, aale;No. 1.Doukholeors have addressed to the
Sultan of Turkey, The eidere dee
.N7'0eizretlir2•;No. 9ort
;eNzci,v772120; DQsre704txthearyn: ehg.o that. although freedom of eon_
seience prevails in Canada, it is hot
78ie. Macaroni -No, 1, 07ec; NO.
• sueb. as they desile, They' comet
2, 051e. Oats -Dec., 29ae,
submit to the laWs or regulations of
Unites firm, with a.very light • de-
Minneapolite• Nov. 18. ---Flour eon -
any State or be subjects of anyeailei•
except God. It is iniposSible for
mond. Old orders are rapidly bebeg the.rn.to become the subjeets of Great
filled, but new bueiness is very light,
on account of the high prices by me coa inues the
petiLion, "We turn to your Majesty
millers, which has caused larg•e buy-
,. and be8. you to show grace to us
ers t h f ". and ear fauulies as pilgrims of God.
Foreign buying =aerate; first pa't
''.
exits, $3,65 to 83.85; second patents, We beg you to give us hospitality
and shelter in your wide dominiens
$8.45 to 53.65; first clears, 82.90 in mete tiny corner, waere we can
to $3•10 secor4 clears, $.8° t° live by the labor of our. hands .and
$2.60. Braa and shorts -Market follow the law of God, and where wo
lower all around; demand fair for will not be compelled to obey laws
Prompt shipments; bran in bulk, inade by man. or required to becOMO
811.50 to 811.75. • ' the subjects of .any monarch except
the Lord." The petationers con -
Toronto, Nov. 1.S. - 'To -day
LIVE STOCK: MA.ISKETS a. t the piciltiluesd:osbnuyitopaarnacsyhienai.etahratt tGoocilitiivveil 1 neloomvo_
Western cattle market the receipts of
live stock were 79 carloads, includ-
ing 1,000 elettle, 1,800 sheep and
lambs, 1,000 hogs, 50 calves, and.
20 milch cows. Trade was brisk;
prices were firm but unchanged, with
the exception of lambs, which ad-
vanced 10 to 15c per cwt, There
was scarcely any really first-class'
cattle on the market to -day. There
was a. steady demand for any . good
export cattle here, but the supply
was limited. Cables frcnn the • Old
Country report no improvement in
prices over there. Here a few lots
of choice cattle fetched 5c per lb.,
but the range was from 41 to 4-ec
per lb. Light cattle soia at • from
agz to 41-c per -lb.
For goad to choice butcher cattle
prices were strong and quotations
went up to 4ic as the top price. Me-
dium stuff sold well at from 3+, to
3ee per lb., but coramon cattle are
not in request. The local demand
is' rather slow. A few good. lunch
rows are, wanted, and the light kind
will sell at close on $60 each. For
export bulls, stockers, and feeders
the prices are steady but unchanged.
Good feeding steers aro wanted.
Small stuff is -steady; lambs are
higher; . all sold out early to -day.
Good. veal calves are wanted. Expert
ewes are worth from $8.25 to 53.-
40 per cwt. Lambs are selling at
from 83.50 to 83.90 per cwt. Bucks
are merely nominal. at $2.50 to 82.-
75 per cwt.
Calves fetch from $2 to $8 each,
or from. 8 to 50 per lb.
Hogs are unchanged. • The top
price for choice liege is 80 per cwt.,
and light and fat hogs are quoted at
85.75 per cwt. Hogs to fetch the
top price must be of prinie quality,
and scale not below 160 nor above
900 lbs.
Following is the range of prices
Lor live stock at the Toronto cattle
yards to -day;
Cattle.
Export cattle, per cwt... 54.25 $5.00
Do.. light 3.75 -4.25
Butcher cattle, choice 3.75 4.50.
Do, ordinary to good 3.00 3.50
Stockers, per civt ... 2.50 8.25
• Sheep and Lambs.
Export ewes, per cwt ... 3.25
Lambs, Per cwt ••• 3.50
Bucks, per cwt 2.50
Culled sheep, each ... 2.00
Milieus and Calves.
Cows, each ... 25.00 5
Calves, each ... 2.00 1
FAIRS IN GREAT BRITAIN,
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HOW AGRICULTURIST. SHOWS
ARE 1YIA.NAGED THERE.
Divided Into Four Ciases; )3reed,
ing Types and Implements, Lo-
cale Fat Stock and Speeific.,
A private letter from. Mr; W. A.
MacKinnon, Chief of the Fruit Di-
vision, Dominion Department of Aq-
riculture, who is now in Great Bri-
tain, contains eome interesting notes
on the development of Agricultural
shows ia that dountry. Some of lAs
criticisms given herewith are well
worthy of notice by those interested
en agricultural education in Canada,
"One striking feature of the recent
Roeal Show at Carlisle, Eug., was
that kill but two or three of the
buildings were simply ermines covered
with canvas, itt other words; the
she* took place under a series„„ oe
long tents. advantage of tans
system is that the framework. can
be taken down and the tents ship-
ped from. point to point, and used
many times le, the season. This
arrangement also melees it possible
to use grounds for an exhibition
which are required during the rest
of the year for another purpose.
"The tents ale arranged itt a com-
pact and systematie order in such
a way that visitors can go in dne
direction and return in another,
seeing alwaysnew exhibits,, The
classes are arranged in ,blocks,
,NOT IN LONG LINES:,
"There are four classes of agricul-
tural shows m Great Britain.: (1)
The large shows 'devoted to breeding
types and impleinents; these are open
to the Kingdom; (2) lo.cal shows, for
the benefit of tenant Tanners and
breeders in the neighborhood: there
may be certain openi competitions in
these, and the addition of sectione.
Lor horticulture, apiculture, sports,
etc., is optional; (3) Fat Stock shows
for the encouragement of the pro-
duction of high-class 'Matchers.' meat.
,The chief ones are held at, Birming-
ham, Leeds and Norw-ich; the). finals
• se to speak, where the winners in the
three former corapete take place at
the great Smithfield show; (4) Spe-
cific Shows. 'These are held for the
, benefit of one or more particular
branches of agriculture, such as
dairying, fruits, poultry, horses, 'etc.
A good type of this class of show is
that held at the Agricultural Hall,
London, -during three consecutive
weeks for special breeds of horses as
follows: First week Shires: second
week, Hackneys; third week, thor-
oughbred hunte.rs and polo poties.
One of the b,est of these specific
shows is that hold at Ashbourne,
Derbyshire, a great Shire horse cen-
ter (owing to loCal conditions, Inc
grass, climate, etc.); here they have
three main di -Visions of the show: one
Lor general classes, (2) foals bred by
tenant farmers. (3) foals front stal-
lions belonging to local breeders.
"Another notable show is that
called.the Cart Horse Parade held in
London, where prizes are given for
the best single, pair, unicorn, and
• four borse teams; these must be
, working horses a.ttached to vehicle
; without load. No new harness or
!vehicles are allowed; the turnout
must have been Used up to the date
of the show. The prizes are given
for the best wee:eking coodition, -' the
object being to encourage carters to
take good care of their animals and
a pride in their appearance. This is
one of the most commendable of the
specific shows.
"There are many local poultry
shows and aillage shows of varying
importance; at some of these prizes
are given to the school children for
the best collection. p2 nained grasses,
weeds, etc. This also i's found to be
a very satisfactory •
AID TO EDUCATION.
"Private land owners also some-
times hold shows for the encourage-
ment of agriculture among their ten-
ant fariffers, under lecal farmers.
Chief ainoeg these is the show held
by the Duke of Portland, known as
the Valbeek Tenant Farmers'
Show.'
"The Secretary of the Royal Agri-
cultural Society states- that the
year 1790 'saw the beginning. of Ag-
ricultural shows in Great Britain.
"Particular enquiries about the
standards adopted in judging stock
at these shows failed to elicit a defi-
nite statement on this point. In
fact the officials themselves were not,
any too clear as to what is or
ought to be the standard.
"They appear to have fallen into
the easy error of looking on the
prize itself as being the end and
goal of the exhibitor's ambition. On
pressing the matter somewhat close-
ly, Certain officials admitted that
too little attention • was paid to
either the educational value of 'the
show or the cash result to the farm-
ers at large. •
'In the catalogues and prize lists
judges are .warned not to be influenc-
ed by the market value of stock in
making their awards, -and a high
official stated that in his opinion
too little ei,ttention was paid to the
ocontanie value of the exhibits, ana
that farmers' were sometimes 'Malec'
'awiteds so as to produce an ar-
ticle which is not remunerative.
• "With regard to tbe Smithfield
show they have begun to make im-
proVements in the direction of mar-
ket demands; thateis to be expected
as the object of the show 18 to en-
eottrage the procluciti6n of butchers'
meat, Formerly prizes were .given
for animals four years old, but late-
ly this has been cut down to
THREE AND UNDER,
and no prizes are given for cows.
The result is that they' get fewer of
the "tallow". animals which used to
be seen there; yeti they stillgive
awards in some cases to animals
which would not be sought for by
la butcher.
I "The Smithfield judges are breed -
:ors, and the lessons learned by farm-
'ers from the judgment have to be
'picked up without, the benefit of any
ear)] eti eta or reaeone from the
udges. Farmers are supposed 2,6
learn from the show that certain
types of ani mats can be Made to
put ort flesh at a certain rate -weight
for age, ,
'ThePO is also a' 'elaughtei:
NEW CLERK OF COMMONS.
T. B. Flint, P., of Yakmouth, ;
Ne 5., Has the Appointment. i
An Ottawa despatch soys: Mr, T.
13. Flint, M. P. for Yarmouth, N.
S., has been appointed Clerk of the
House of Commons. Mr. Flint was
;bora itt Yarntouth on April28,
1847, and received his education at
Mount Allison College, Sackville. N. ,
13_, and Ilarvard University, Mass. ;
In 1879 . he was called to the bar, '
, and from 1SS8 to 1887 was sheriff of
• Yarmouth county. Fr0111 1887 to
• 1891 he was assistant clerk' of the
1 -louse of Assembly, N. S. In 1878
he ur.successfully contested Yale!
mouth ,for the House of Commons, ;
• but was returned at the general elec-
tion of 1891, and again carried the
constituency at the general elections
of 1896 and 1.900. He has taken an
active part in the prohibition move-
ment. He was Chairman of the
• Standing Orders Coramittee of the
House of Conunons, and is well
versed. in the rules and procedure.
NATURAL GAS AT GORE BAY
Manitoulin People, Excited Over
. Alleged Strike.
A Toronto despatch says: A dis-
eovery of natural gas near Gore
Manitoulin Island, has inuch excited
the residents. Provincial Engineer
MacCallian visited the locality last
week, and says there is a good flow
from a, three-inch hole 46 feet deep.
There will probabfy be more excite-
ment than gas, as the valuable na-
tural product is never found in any
quantity at so shallow a depth, al-
though the rock strata, are very
close to the surface on Manitoulin
Island. A great deal of drilling has
8.40
3,90
2.75
8.00
5.00
0.00
POTATO CROP IS POOR.
the former, reprekentmg an American
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Big Yield. Ruined. by Rot -Grains syndicate, to secure 3,000,000 acres
, a Good Crop. 'in New Ontario on a colonization
A Toronto despatch says :-The plan, involving 10,000 or more set -
Department of Agriculture has just tiers. The meeting was' a renewal
issued. the November crop report, of negotiations which had been sus-
-which is very satisfactory, indicating ponded some time ago. No definite
that the yield in most cases was result has yet been reached.
goad and the crops well harvested.
The rains delayed harvesting in
many sections, but insect peate did
less injury than usual. The, Hessian
By is reported as having almost dis-
appeaeed. The pea. weevil did con-
siderable damage, and in a few places
been done on the island in times
past in search of oil and gas, itt fact
both have been discovered. While
the oil was only found in compara-
tively small quantities, some very
good gas wells were drilled in.
NEGOTIATIONS RENEWED.
American Land. Syndicate Inter-
views Government.
• A Toronto despatch says: Mr. W.
F. Egan, Rock Island, 'Ill., and
Judge Utt, Chicago, held a confer-
ence on Wednesday with Hon. E. J.
Davis with reference to the plan of
TO FIGHT PEA WEEVIL
--- .
Educational Campaign Through'i
Institutes.
. Toronto despatch says: Mr. 0. I
C. James, Deputy Minister of Agri- I
frost nipped the buckwheat and late culture has sent out circulars to all;
Corn. Reports on wheat are laver- ie de _
tee partment correspondents, in I
able. The yield in spring wheat iP ; order to ascertain the extent of the ;
above the average and quality good; 'havoc • wrought by the pea. weevil I
barley, ' immense' growt,h of straw ii this season. Ontario used to pro -
and large yield, somewhat disztolorekaiduce magnificent pea crops before
oats, extra, good; rye, a, good crop, the weevil got in its malignant, work,
but small quantity grown, peas, the; and Mr. James says that if farmers
poorest on record; beans, verYI would treat their peas properly the'
poor; buckwheat, tobacco and cern, , evil could be checked and profitable]
only fair. In August the potatoee crops again grown. To this end the!
were booked for a large yield, but clepartnient will inaugurate an.' ec1-1,
since then rot has appeared, causing'
lucationa,1 campaign this wintery
Josses of from 10 to 450, per cent. I through the Farmers' Institutes, so I
In some sections of the country the 1 as to instruct the farmers how to I
"spuds" wili be left in the ground. 'treat their peas to keep the weevil
out. -
The yield of apples has been excep-
tional and prices so low that thou-
sands of bushels were allowed to
rot.
CANADA'S FOREIGN TRADE.
xports for Pour Months Exceed
Imports 'by $10,000,000.
An Ottawa despatch says: Can-
ada's foreign trade for the paet four
inontbs shows a material increase.
The inerease in the ,aggregate trade
is on the basis of imports. for con-
sumption, and exports of domestic
produee only was $11,878,615. As
compared with the same period of
last year, the exports eeeeed the inee
ports by over $10,000,000. The
grain in imports, as compared with
the iirst four Months of the previous
fiscal yeae, Was 8-1,116,658. The in-
crease in =Ports was $7,761,957.
PARCELS FOR CANADA.
Deity May Be Paid in Britain Af-
, ter Viret of Next Menth,
Ottawa 'despatch says: The
Post, Mike Departmeat has been ad-
vised that the new arrarigement, thee
der which duty can be paid in Great
Britain on paeeele death -led for Can-
ada, Will go into efieet en Deeeniber
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES.
For Four Moriths Number Nearly
Eight Thousand.
An Ottawa despatch says: The
homestead entries for the first four
Months of the current fiscal year are
7,875, but there are three agencies
which have not reported for Octo-
ber, and when they are received the
fiill returPs will be ovee 8,500, as
against 3,022 for the same time last
year, or nearly throe times as niany
for the =rent ereake This is a good
indication of -the rapid settlement; of
the west,
TO SELL BATTLESHIPS.
13ritish Admiralty Will Dispose (if
Obsolete Vessels.
A London despatch says: As a 50 -
suit apparently of agitation by Vice -
Admiral Lord Chat]Beeesford and
others regarding the lack of "up-to-
dateness" in the British navy, the
Adnileatty has an ilOttliced that the
battleships Agamenon, Ajax, and
Edgar, the terret ships aTheate,
Glatton, Cyclops, Hydra, and Gor-
gon, the torpedo . boat Olyphemus,
the frigate Nettle', the cruiseee I/0e
oine and Trya,ciethe, and sonte smal-
ler VOASCITS are for sale. They will
be dropped from the navy hat inee
Mediately.
AO;
i
whieh the ',judges view and rank
alive and afterwards when,
Secretary says that the aVOVag0 re-
sult is that the same 'animals' are
ranked first both alive and -dead, but
there are exceptions and, smile dis-
satisfaction in, consequence. Ie this
class oue judge le itsually a farmer
and the other a butcher; these have
Simjlar idees for the block test.
• Ileifera must he killed if they take a'
prize, tins being a meat show, and
not a general or agricultural , show.
' 'Educationel meetings ye all
but unknoWn. At 'Carliale' there
were demonstrations of dairying
processes, but no word of explana-
-lteall,lis, SCtilned tfOrb.0aegtIv17,1.eneGrgile°t1li)011,
intelligent .education, for in Britain
the farmer seems to be cousideeed
highly honored in being allowed to
exhibit, and they let him pick up
some crumbs oil information il 110
F. W. HODSON,
• Live Stock Commissionea
SHOT AT LEOPOLD.
The Belgian, Ring Was On His
Way -to the Cathedral.
-A Brussels despatch says a -Three
shots were fired at the Ring of the
Belgians on. Saturday morning as
his Majesty was preceeding to the
cathedral to attend a Te 1)etut in
memory of the late Queen Marie
Marlette. No one was hurt. '
The man 1+110 fired the shots is an
Italian. He stood in front of the
Bank of Brussels 011 the Rue Royale.
Tim pther cartridges in his revolver
proved to be blank, so it is . pre-
sumed that those fired were equally
harmless. The man was immediately
arrested and the police had some
difficulty- ia rescuing him from the
hands of the crowd. He gave the
name of Robini. •
The goval cortege consisted o
several carriages besides that of the
'containing the Count • and
Countess of Flanders, Prince and
Princess Albert of Flanders,. the
Princess Clementine, and aids -'de-
camp and ladies of honor.
When Robin] reached the police
station he showed ample signs of
ths rough handling which he re-
ceived from the crowd. The prison.-
er, who appeared to be weak mind-
ed, said his only reason for shooting
was exasperation at, seeing "So many
tired -looking personages occupying
such grand coaches."
,11 is reported' in some quarters
that at least one of the cartridges
contained a bullet, for a. window of
the carriage occupied by the bonito
D'Ouliremont, the ICing's Grand
Marshal, was smashed, it is thought,
by a bullet.
SAN JOSE SCALE REMEDIES
POnlnliSSiOn'S SUgpStiQIIS fel): De-
struetion of Pest.
Toratto despatch says: re-
port Of the San Jose Scale OMintis-
elon With referenee to the recent exT
Perin:leap by Itspector Fisher, tear
Gritieby, has hem reeeived by Hon.
John Drjeden, The (.:0111litliSSWI{CI'S,
Dr. James Mills 'of Guelleh,
-Renting of Sia Catharines awl John
Dearness of London, express great
satisfaction at the reeultsachievea
by Mr. Fisher, One reMedy, .the
kerosene enielsion, is intended for
-use itt the stunmer-Suly, .August
and September -when the leaves are
on,and the other, the mixture of
Iime and Sulphur, is intended. for'
Winter, in March. or April, when the
trees are Imre.' 'In each. case eev-
eral different' trials were made, by
Varying , tile proportions of the 'in-
gredients-, 'The conemissionerse bete-
eVer, foinid the followieg to give the
best results: For summer, one part
coa o x parts of water,
eniulsified with Whale Oil soap, in
the proportion Of ..one-half pounkper
gallon ,of oil. Almost; ovally good
reSulta have been obtained from
treatment with an emulsion of crude
petroienti. Thai:Jest Mixture found
for the waiter was, 80 pounds of
limo, ' with 15 pounds of sulphur
water sufficient to make a total of
30 gallons. In cbacludiag their re-
portthe eonumssioners congratulate
the Minister of 'A.griculture on the
results of 'these experiments, and ox -
press the hope that by their • con-
tinued use from year to year the
ProVinoe maybe rid Of the scale in
a short time.
G.T.R. ENGINEERS.
Have Received From 15 to 25 Per
Cont. Increase.
A Montreal despatch says: 'The
negotiations which have been pro-
ceeding botw-een Mr. W. D. Robb, su-
perintendent of the motive power or
' tho Grand Traffic Railway, and the
'engineers and firemen, of the system.
Ihave been concluded in' so far as the
schedule of wa•gea is concerned. This
1 was authoritatively stated on Fri-
day. There still remain, however,
!some minor details to arrange re-
garding the discipline and running
; rules. The increase of wages grant
I ed runs from 15 to 25 per cent., ac-
' cording to the standing, division,
land work performed. In some M-
I stauces ie is computed by mileage
I and in others 'by a fixed rate. The
; Grand Trunk .has about 2,000 engi-
Ineers and firemen. The engineers
now make all the way from 8100 to
$1.25 and more, with, overtime, a
month, and the firemen about fifty
dollars less. The increase, it is un-
derstood, new places the Grand
Trunk schedule on a par with that
or the Canadian Pacific eaetern rate,
which, after its last adjustment, it
was claimed inta.de the engineers and
firemen the best paid on the con-
tinent.
TALE OF THE SEA.
16 Left Sinking Ship, fent Coly
8 Survived.
A Wellington, N.Z., despatch says:
-Theeight survivors of the wreck
of the British steamer Elingamite,
who were picked up on a raft by the
British sloop of .war Penguin, were
rescued last Thursday, 'sixty nines
from West King Island, the scene of
the wreck. They had been drifting
since November 9 without any food,
except two apples.. Each apple was
cut into sixteen pieces, there- being
fifteen men and the stewardess on
the raft when it left the wreck.
Three 'of the men became maddened
by drinking sea water' and. leaped
overboard. Four others and the
stewardess died of starvation and
exposure. The sureivore suffered
agonizingly on the raft. This was
twelve feet long by selion feet wide.,
It was half submerged, and eeery
sea .swept • over it, drenching
cupants. On the .night of Nov.
11
the castaways saw the lights of a
steamer, and shouted frantically.
The steamer lowered a boat, which
passed within fifty yards of the raft.
Then, although those on the raft
continued shouting, the boat turned
a.nd went back to the steamer, ap-
parently not having heard the cries
for help. After this, despondency -
seized the' occupants of the raft. Ono
of them triad to appease his hunger
by chewing his handkerchief. When
the Penguin's boat went aloregside
the raft only one of the ship -wrecked
men was able to stand. All of them
were in a most emaciated condition,
and. their faces, hand, and legs wore
raw from exposure te the sun and
water. All hope Of finding the re-
maining- forty persons from the El-
ingamite has been abandoned.
COSTLY POTATOES
The Northern Star Now Brings
A LOndoi!2de5s0p0atach slaoell-s.:-CoUntry
Life. describes the, history of the
potato known as the Northern Star
as one of the -romances or finance. It
was brought out in. 1901 by a Fife,
shire grower, who parted with a few
tons at the extraordinary price of
-Z1,120 a ton. This is about 10
shillings a pound, at which' rate two
pouads were purchased by it
colnshire &meet-. .From this . two
pounds there will be grown this
year 180 $ounde. The 'dealer was so
pleased . with elle result that he
bought a 'blether quantity_ at 1i500
a ton, which ie the rate for 1002.
AMMUNITION SUPPLY.
It Is Limited and Will Be Dealt
Out Carefelly.
An Ottawa despatCh says: . The
Department gives notifica,tion
that the supply of Gallery annutini-
time Will tot adttit of the issue on
re -payment of more than five thou-
sand roends per annum to auy. as-
eociatioti or tmit of the active mil-
itia- Diatrict officers, commanditg
will be good enoogh not to tecome
mend the isette of larger quantities,
It is also notified that charges for
freight from the arsenal to destina-
tion intist be paid for by the con-
,
eighee.
VIOLENT DUST STORMS.
Inhabitants of Australian Towns
Badly Frightened.'
A Sydney, N. S. W.,despatch says:
The southern parts ofAustralla have
been. visited by upprecedentlnnennnnn
been eleitod by unprecedentedly vio-
lent dust storms, the 'dryness which
has' prevailed for seven yearsreath-
ing its climax this year. The terri-
bly destructive drought leas destroy-
ed the herbage in large areas, laying
the land bare, , A heavy gale, on. No-
vember ,13th -raised immense quanti-
ties of dust from_ thesetracts and
.drove ' vast clouds of red -powdered
earth fax and wide. The atmosphere
wee oppressive, 'and it* was hardly
possible to breathe. The darkness
was intense while the dust clouds
were passing. The inhabitants of
numerous towns were badly frighten-
ed by the datknesa, and hid in their
houses. Artificial light was neces-
sary in the streets of Melbourne,
where there was also much ball
lightning, which ignited several
buildings. It was very ,dark in, Syd-
xiey. The clouds extended 12 miles
eastward. The railroads in some
places were blacked. by heaps of dust.
After the wind subsided the •atmos-
pbere was brilliantly pink, and the
temperature fell suddenly. Tho lack
ef ,,rain continues.
• A' BULLET IN HIS BRAIN.
Dundas County Farmer Suicides
in His Barn.
An Iroquois, Ont., despatch says:
Thos.. Miasma a farmer living -three'
miles west of this village, commit-
ted suicide on" Thursday night by
shooting- hhnself. It. appears lie
came home that evening- somewhat
intoxicated. His wife, knowing he
was violent when under the influence
or liquOr, was afraid to let libn itt
the house, 'and he went to the barn,
where be was found this moraine
with a revolver still in his hand and
a bullet in his brain. He had been
dead some time when discevered. A
few weeks ago he made an assign-
ment for the benefit of his creditors,
ancl lute boon drinking hard since,
CRAZED BY HIS LOSS.
Returned Miner, Robbed of Hie
Nuggets, Now Insane.
A New York despatea says; Home -
war
d bound with Et bag of gold nug-
gets and his pockets full of cash,
$5,000 in all, Won in the mines of
French. Guidna, Jacques La Travers,
a native of France, has been ;Nabbed
in this city and is now in the insane
ward at Bellevue. Travers and his
partner had reached this city on
their way back to France, mid, as
teither tuidersteod Ebglish, they
took a room in, a lodging house near
the docks, Both displayed theie
treasures carelessly, and when Tra-
vers Went out &Ono to purchase a
watch he is believed to lueve been in-
dimed 110 think dritgged ii(11101'. Ilo
returned shortly to his room, his
old gone. When he realiied his
loss, he became violently insane, and
Was taken fit charge by the police.
NEWS ITE
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Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
Tee ClientNCoArICtlAieDieA), .Bitilway lies
ipu
inc. i'lia,seil the Montfort & lGatineau
linAseeftdlet°oriYi li(n)layLti.Qie mesatillillifilcsititiliCle al
QICycegileneSteoullid
rlia.chinists are likely to he
imported to work in the Kingston
1°c°fitileQrealt
tiv=e\i'ioilgkSin
Avaii for, the lost
sealing sehooper I-11,iiie the Kyliquot
Indiana in Britillar "(gullible, have
destroyed 2,000 blankets and all the
furaiture taken from tile houses of
those who were upon her, and will
wail for three weeks sorrowing for
their dee,d.
• The steamer Amur, just arrived
Victoria, 13, C., from Skagwaye-
porte, that the Vukon has
frozen solid, and that the sten
La France was caught and 1101
the ice coming down near Minto, :anal
will have to remain there all win-
tceetr, and possibly be crushed b -y. tho
i
G•REAT 13111.r.VAIT,
Business is very brisk in the needla
industry at Itedditch.
The Liverpool police are condu
- The War Department pro
bankrupt in Britain.
BeEs:Cornwall, which
calevLatteanIS Lolly). e arPn°°
A new brougham am
roadway.
ewaLyOrd Mayor of L
dinner.
than four months a
a vigorous crusade against
make a. free issue of
co-operative soeietie
first of its kind, has be
vited the tramway dri
13ury for Pretoria.
citeaDUerli.Stg the past tw
consumptives, has be
cobble pavement of ai
tors, and inspectors of
Carlisle ha.ve brough
ovAer s2th,200001, for crippled de
• No deaths have occur
The Brat , sanitariu
bee a pop
hru
been started by the Birraiiigha
nathonor their splendid recor
•I\
school boa.rd, and promiS s to be
gr
in South Africa, the office4 and men
of the ls•t Scots G-uards were ban-
quettod by Windsor townspeople.
There is not one qualified dentist
doing duty in the whole navy, and
only one surgeon for, clenial duties,
states it naval correspondent of tio
Western Morning News.
Rev. Wm. Lee, D.D., it scholar
once vicar of Holy Trinity
Kennington, died inn-
suraptioa and starvation after m
ing a precarious living for some
time by doing literary work for Lord
Rothschild and other noblemen.
Sir James Sawyer, the celebrated
physician, speaking at Birmingham
the other night said that nine -tenths
of tho cases of consumption might
be stopped if the people concerned
went in for exercises, which develop-
ed the chest end 'breathing power.
The War Office negotiations witli
the Duke of Buccleuch for a large
tract of land itt the southeast of
Scotland for manoeuvre purposes, are
now nearly complete. In all 5,000
acres are being acquired, furnishing- a,
ground folly ten miles long ancl sev-
eral niiles wide. The ground is hil-
ly, and not unlike the Trans A • in,,
character.
GENERAL.
The drought conditions, are ,still ,
very bad in some sections, of Atistra.- e
lie,.
• Five feet is the minimum height of
the Russian and French conscript.
The biggest wile:Afield on earth is
in. the Argentine. it 'covers. In--
s<juare miles. _
Khaki Uniforms are now worn by
all the foreign troops in China ex-
cept the Russians.:
• The Government: of India, have or
dered 40 more Maxiu guns for the
Indian array.
The Czar will make a month's triP,
visit Turkey, iI ,,,k; and Greece, .
starting 011 ;Teupxy 15, and will
Cholera has bralen out among U.
theatrios:sestiet Manila, and seven men
of the 5th Infantry have died fro3
h 3:
The convention with the Unite
States, negotiated by $'1>ir Robe,
Bond, the Prime Minister of New
ndla-
ifnoutotiehde, uhilleiltue:aciessttlamtoisreocee.
ofentry
partly
cured, as well as cured, fish.
• UNITED STATES.
Under Christian. SeieacOr treatment
Mish, o
Mise Luise;typhoil:liolge_:.,or, of En
vansto,
Ill., died at Washington the oilier
tit
acciAleaifsdtee. ilacieicliynogrnidsiteceillpf,pseoectivel,ioliitlytesaba,
and found his hearing restored.
Twenty steel shlos are to Lc
bot0tono'g:ohoSeote.egtalUirs3lhilip i6ent
on the lakes, tit it total wet of $10,-
Ea-Police/Tian' della Scanloa sleet
Icl':'''cillres7eglei:1:'1 phfis jeya3elss„la8
iariot•Ys.aidaeatailiaattelfihtehednoe,ktiolil.edo, polritirionciiilf.• •
President Elliott 02 1-hervai'd, • at
the banquet of the Economic Club
ovfololl:mstooniit 01.floynocl:ilya dei1000. :o,unced
labor urtions as bppo.5oci to 1,11a de-
Mfetiliehe aevraas Letuttetliccillt6er02 111.
tl
alge (111110
dondcuY and
rtaccrlr ltibelleai:ItligcPciesfleeccie°(11.1°11Y:
aidiling ti.
Mullesb i ply/611dg t(1).13elt,61 uNgo, 1'1i:101,60Si tt.:
ing a fall in whiCh, she ran 0 steel
hairpin throtigh her skull into i,he
lirain, end. the doetore eay u0l0e5:114
Nbvli 0111;40(11 el:1 0:110t et ost(enc31,01L,?Lieo:x31,1.1•Lovtettuod4tai(10e
place in her present
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