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ft0110,:teit txXim Says: .1aue, and gold, aria ftnder the oont-
.
Taito of thoUettods of people from the `teasel. of Major Gritostou, Lord Cure
city of, pew.' tilha.from villages for z o n appeared at the entrance of. -the
netatnear, begau gathering et -day- 'arena in Ws carriage. The postil-
break ori New Year's morning ea the foris \Toro uniforms of searlet end
greal-t oteaelde tho eity. There. gold, and the carriage was drawn hY
they Waited Patieutir or the se- four bay harem The Viol,* was
Preme .annenneement the durbar, eeoorted by Sir PerLati
'that King Edward was Emperor', •of Alighting from his carnage, 'Lord
India, Soon the plain was filled Curzon mounted. the dais to the
w ith crowding niaaees Of people, and golden iions, and aroend which. were
the brightly colored clothing of the plaood maesive silver footstoOle. Tho
vast throng covered the epttece with threoe itself was surmounted by a
g orgeous.: hues. The crowd on the !canopy ' of White and, gold. When the
plain was oomposed lamely of eom- !Viceroy reached tho. threw° the Nae
mon peoPle, but among it could be tonal Anthem was played, and a see
seea the re-tad/lora of the various lute of fla .gt111$ was fired. When toe
3.-ajalis, who had assembled for the apectators had resuaned, their seal s
function. , latter the anthem there was a, f:our-
The attention of' all was fixed up- is h of trumpets from the heralds,
on. the white aniphitheatre the and 'Major Maxwell, at the cern-
canter of the plain, where the an- iniand of the Viceroy,sread tee pro-
nooncement was to be made. The elamation oPonieg the durbar. eThe
amphitheatre was adorned' with gild-alloyal Standard was the e 'raised on
ed cupolas and s•urrounded by bate' higii and the :Imperial ealute was
tortes, equadrous, and hattalione of Itleed. The massed bands marched
the Inaian 'army. Beyond the am- by, playing, bonfires were started by
platheatre in the distance coula be the troops outside,' and rt, was ao-
seen great numbers. Of elephants, nounced that Xing Edward was Mal --
Cantata, and homes. So vast was the peror of India. ' •
multitude that the troops appeared There WaS =Other flourish of
as mere splashes of color. trumpets and Lord Curzon aroee and.
1. BRILLIANT SPECTACLE. stood for a moment, impassive. Then
The arrival at the amphitheatre of in impressive tones he delivered
the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of sPeeoll and read the message from
Kedleston, and other .digaitaries and Mug Edward, in his al 'cleees the
, the princes was on 6 of the brilliant. •Viceroy announced the coronation of
episodes of the day. Tiro princes the King; he extolled the Royal in -
were clad ia silks, and adorned with dian people and prophesied pros -pm --
jewel% and their horses and car- itY for tile Indian Empire. Be said
riages were brilliant with trappings ;also that it had been decided not to
of gold. lesivet interest for three years on all
The spectacle within the arena was loans made or guarantce.d by the
most strikiug and gorgeous. The Government of Iadia to the native
Pathan chiefs and the sirdars were State, in connection with the re-
resplendeut in brilliant raiment cent /anon°. The moray. announced
, Soldiers, civilians, and visitors from also the abolition of the Indian staff
far -distant couatries were included -Corps, which has long boon an army
among those within the alnphithto sinecure. In the Kieg's message,
otre. Upon the entrance of the Vet- 'IThieh 'MS then read by Lord Cur-
erans of the Indian Metiny there wasIzon, his Majesty said that the Prince
tremendous enthusiasm, and as the !and Princess of Wales would shortly
arrivals marched to their places the vieit Ile regretted his ab -
bands played national airs. The car- ,serfee from the durbar, and sent his
nage' of the Duke of Connaught, who greetings to the Indian people, In
represeots Xing- Edward, was escort- ,conclusion, Xing Ecegard said:
ed by a d-etachment of cavalry. asi et renew the assurances of my re -
the Duke .and Duchess were driven p',-arcl for the liberties of the Indian
around the arena the aseemblaga people; oE my respect for their dig -
gave them an enthusiastic welcome. initics and rights; of my interest in.
Amid the acclamations of -the Peot 'their advancement, and of my deao-
pia till° Duke took slaut at the ition to their -welfare. These are the
left of the throne, while the Duehess ,e-eotana aims anti objects 9f my
proceeded to a place behind the
term:ie.
rule which, ender the blessing of,.
1 Almighty God will lead to the in -
When the great tunphitheatre was ;creasing „prosperity of my Indian
filled tend the hour fox the announce-
'eautore and to the greater happiness
merit drew near the multitude with- f its am le "
in and without awaited expectantly
As the Viceroy finished reading the
the first act of the proclamation
King's words the aseenabled people
cexontany.
broke into cheers for the King and
ARRIVAL OF THE Vidp,RoY. Emperor. The cheering was taken
Then the approach of the Viceroy up by the multitude outside the
was heralded. Preceded by me -inhere amphitheatre and' was hong suetain-
of his body guard, clad in white, ed.
TWO MEN_KILLED.
Fatal Collision on the G. T. It.
. Near Merritt021.
A St. Catharines despatch says:
Two mon ktjIc2, two injured, two lo-
comotives almost denvellithed and
an express car reduced to kindling
wood is the result 01 a collision
which occurred on Saturday, near
Menitton, between the Grand Trunk
Chicago lOxprees and a light engine
running from Niagara Falls to Mere
rittori.
The defect are: Abraham Desault,
of Sarnia, fireman of the express,
who flied shortly after admission to
the hos,Pital: C. 'Warning, Sarnia,
fireman of light engine, killed in-
atantly. injureql are: Thomas
Duckpitt, engineer on No. 975-, resi-
dent at Sarnia Tunnel, injuries
slight; David Duke, engineer of No.
4, Chicago Express, aleo a resident
of Sarnia Tunnel, arm broken and
other painful but not Serious
in-
juries.
The &cone of the collieien Was
about 40 yards west or the Merritton
tunnel, the approach tallier o11 a
corm through a deep cutting, which
renders it impossible to see the track
for aoy distanoaeahead.
HOW THE A10 CID-0NT OCCITIMED
It ie oustomary for engine No.
075, it n.ew type 80 -ton Mogul, to
leave Niagara 'Fails every morello,
6 o'cloci; nad ren -to eatatin-
e ek to the Fails No.
eh expr ss. The Chicago
Expreseh arm o he fastest trains
On the Grand Trun arid its sche-
duled time for arrival xt Merritton
from Chicago is 6.28 n. . On Sat-
nrday morning it was '1. atintitee
Tate. Isla, Chicago Express ores in
ebetrge of William Neil, a welleknown
cond'eetor, resident at 'Niagara
rails; Iraigineer David Duke', *bl 1-4ar-
nra Puzcn el, and Ti it ern alt ab am
Deettult, of Sarnia.; while on 'board
the Mogul engine were li!riginoer
Thomas latickpitt, of Sarnia Tim-
m], aria Viretima Warning, of &Ar-
nie. It is Said that the axpreas was
not running at full speed, but that
both she alid the Mogul engine were
goin' at o , pretty rapid rate is
shown by the destruction Nvhicli 101 -
lowed the impttet. So -terrific was
the force with which the two en-
gines met that the boiler of one WAS
driVen into that of the other, The
drivieg rods, eylinders, cabs, fo
ehort everything but 1311e tevo boil-
ers and the driving wheels of the ori-,
ginee, Were brokezx wed tivisted into
seta!), iron.
...PA$SI1S Nituner.
The baggage, car behind the ex-
press. was "knOcleed Off its Centre,"
but all the Other cars of the train
wore, uninjured, and tho peso -angers
estaped with a,seVere shaking up
Vire broke out lo the baggage ear,
It Wag qttickly extiriguisletO1 br
•
!William Eking, one of the helpers.
Tli wrecking'Crain arrived about an
hour text a half after the accid.ent.
The responsibility for the aceident
has not been fixed, nor is it known
!whether the light engine should lia,ve
!been held at St. Itarld'e, or the ex-
lorces at Merritton. Night, Operator
Allettullea dad Day Operator Lynch
,-were both in the latter station .when
ithe expreee lett.
IDEATE RATE FROM CANCER
Decrease Noted in. London Dosing
Last Year.
I A London despatch says: Statis-
tics printed by the London Coo, it
y•
lOotincil of the Mortality from canter
in this city .during 190:2 shows that
'there WaS a slight decrease in the
death rate, the percentage being ,93
:per 1,000, its comparea with .95 in
ithe previrme year. Thu. pi-oportion.
however, has been moretha.n doubled
twithin fifty years, the rate between
,1851 and 1860 being ,42. Even in
!the year 1801 it was Only .78. Collie
parolivly few roses were fatal be-
fore tho year 1855. The heat -Mat
inortulity was between 1855 and.
1800.
TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA
What Business Canact 11A -a Should
Look For.
An Ottawa despatch says :-Tho
Canediaii trade agent, Jardine, in
South Akita, NVritCS 'urging, Cana-
dian merchant's to claim theta shore
of the trade- in Africa. He alludes to
openings inpre latTttrilla11Y for boots
and Shoce, lumber, Omits, vegetables,
butter. catriages, roblii,g steek, and
egrieidiurel linpiementS. Ite says
e and wooloe ruant: .acturers in
the Dominion should arrange to se-
,
cure hides and wool by the direct
steamers te Canada,rinstead ,of put-
chtiging the same goods in the .Lone
don market at a higher -rate, Can-
ada Is asked .to participate in a
large exhibition at Gape Town . thiS
year.-
CANADA'S CHANCE.
Demand for ,Agricultura.).
ments in '$outh. Africa,
An Ottawa despatch says :-A re-
port has been received at tbe Trade
'and Commerce Department from Mr.
Jardine, Trade COMMissioner for
South Africa. He says that Argert,
tine and Siberian butter replactrig
the Australian product, Mr. Jar-
dine also says that one of Ilia
Itirgeet Canadian aggiettitural
im-
1110100(31 raakers bast sett, owe a re-
presentative. .'''Pliere will he ,,a great
dem err a 'for op; ri t u 1 niplempote.
VOTE FOR ,141IOR ACT
ThousAnci, of Be'
ing Carried.,
it l'iorontiloodee,patiob, saye; With. the
been Compiled by LietitteCol. Clarke.
Liquer Act are now io, laud have
favor of the aet will he somewhat Ot
a surprise to both :Aida% Aside
exeetition, of East, Nitriesing, all the
returns -of the recant, vote on the
Clerk of the Legislature. The
strength of the voto thus shown, in
from the feet, thot 'Premier Ross'
m wasxoac led, it is distinct
triumph for the prohibitionists. Out
of 302,128 votes polled, 190,077, or
65.9 per cent., - f Uze
act, and 108,051, or 34.1 per cent.,
against it. With a majority of 96,-
026, it will be eeen that, bad the
conditions been upon any Other
basis'say of 00 per cent. of ivote,
the not would have carried. As it
is the vote lecke only about twelve
f Or lourteen thoesana, and it is by a
!good margin, the strongest vote ever
polled for prohibition in the Pro-
viuce of Ontario, as the following I
figures show;
10
Total vote cast -0..12.
. 802,128
J Total vOtes "Yes" 109,077
I Percentage of total .„ 65.9
iTotal votes "No" ........, .,. 103,051
Percentage 'of total ' 34,1
Majority of votels'olee" .., 90,026
!Total naines on voters' lists 571,095
Votes tr.
Votes "No" 111,240
Total vote polled .,. 266,577
Yeas obtained 57 per cent. votes
east.
1894.
Total reale votes on list 501,869
Male votes for 180,087
Male votes against 108,494
Total Vote polled ... 28S,581
Yeas obtained 60 per cent. votes
cast.
FIVE MILLIONS INCREASE.
l'isures Reveal litow'' 'Canada's
Trade Is 'Advancing.
An Ottawa despatch says :-An
idea of the rapid rate at which the
revenue of the Dominion has been
mereasing is found in the fact, that
during the year ' 1895 the customs
revenue was $17,887,269, while for
the past six months it was 318.026.-
615, or $139,846 more for the six
months than for the whole of 1895.
The revenue for the /email of De-
cember was $9,067,809, or 3898,-
833 greater than for December, 1901.
The revenue for the six months end-
ing December was 818,026,1315 com-
pared with 315,864,692 for the
same time in 1,901, an increase of
32,161,023. The increase for the
current fiscal year will be 10 the
neighborhood of five millions.
JERSEY CATTLE BREEDERS
Two Days' Test at Live Stock
Show Condemned.
A Toronto despatch says: Among
the rcsolutione passed at the an-
nual meeting of the Canadian Jer-
sey Cattle Club, held at the Walker
House on Tuesday; Was one to be
fotwardecl. to the Provincial Govern-
ment condemning the two days'
dairy test at the Provincial Live
Stock Silber, it being'the opinion of
the delegates that the, test was; too
short, and the rules as to feeding
during the exhibition too exacting
to allow of fair judgment: Another
resolution endoreed.the pian01hold-
ing a Dominion Fair at Toronto in
1903. • The chair Was occupied by
the President, B. J. Fleining, In
his annual address Me. Fleming
spoke of the Marked progress made
during the year in the breeding of
Jersey tattle ie Canada, and the
high Prices fel" that class of stock
which had prevailed.
•
MUST BE READY TO FLEE.
Missionaries in Capital of Shen-si
A Pekin despatch says: The Mis-
sionaries in the Sian -fu (capital of
the 'Province of Shen -al) region have
been officially notified to be prepared
to leave if necessary. It is recom-
mended that the women and child-
ren be sent to safe porta. The
movements of Tung-Fuh-Siang give
reason to expect troublee` He is stip-
posed to have 10,000 warriors un-
der his command. The Imperial for-
ces are very inferior le numbers,
'qriALLgST WOMAN DEAD.
Twenty-two Years 01.4 and. Weigh-
ed Fifteen Pounds,
A Beaumont, Texas, despotch
says i-littlena. Sing 11000, reputed to
be the smallest adult person in the -
world, died euddenly here yesterday.
She and her brother, Semen Sing
Hpo were on exhibition and after
the a f te Vitoon perfo no au ce, Fatale
became 111,01e1 &liecl before a doctor
could reef% her, Sbe was 22 years
old, weighed 115 poem's and ,stood 28
inches 13igh,
NOT.A BUGABOO.
Canadian Competition in Load.oe.
, Very Evident,
A Landoll dersiatch says: The
American Consul 1).1, fa -eel -pool, in his
.Anzer ceiti Consul et Lie-erpool, in his
report on. Anglci-Americae trade,
seem' '`It would be unwise to dis-
nase tha mallet. of Cauadian com-
petition 014 o, bugaboo. Otanatio, 11318
never been"' so 'Xiteell in I:Vide/10e in
this colmtry as during the Arrant
teetr.",
A MINING HORROR.
Fifty -Eight Mien Perislx in a
shaxi
I.31saeter.
A St, Petersburg despatch vays 1-
1,tity-eight lives were lost in -the
recent fire in a e001 mile, et atil-
nett, ykatorinesiev province, Xieven
leen were reeeued afte' having been
60 hoors in the mine, Twenty-one
others were saved after five days".
imprisonment.
ITE
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
0;;asietitsreke;c! a ton in Hamilton but
vo
Over 800 ear loads of cOal are
reaching Toronto Weekly.
Winnipeg now *tootle third in. th
list of important eentere in Canada
Lord Dundonald proposes to in
erfoise the strength of Caaoda's de
fence force,
The .,resul Trunk ear works at
London wilt be sot to work on an
order for four huutlred flat cars.
William Cook of lialifax wid not
be executed on January St for 'the
murder of his wife, the sentence hav-
ing been commutea to imprisonment
for life,.
Hon, A. a.. Blair hos placed an
order for $100,000 worth of ears
with Messrs. Rhodes, Currie & Go.,
of Amherst, and the Rathbuu Coe of
Deseroato,
Tito city- of Dawson has clOsed a
contract for lighting the streets of
'1177:707san with 100 twenty-two can-
dle ineadeecont lamps a year for
88
Wm, Mackenzie amiounced at 'Win-
nipeg that the Canadian Northern
Would be extended from Port Arthur
to fatiebee, and the James Bay line
from Toroato was already under
way.
Mary Lewis, of Hamilton, was sent
down for 21 days for being drunk
on the 00th anniversary of her wed-
ding. She is 82 years old and has
been convicted 125 times, haviug
spent half her life in jail.
the refuges who fled to Bligland
ter the failure of the rovolutou I
1848, is in Willeesbarre, Pee, in, the
interest of the Canadien Govern -
meat, With lihe view el furthering acn,
laintigrotion of Irungarian miners
from the coal regiOrs to the SettiO--
Merit of Fieterhaay, Northwest Tere
ritOries, Cauada.
Cholera. ie raging i Nazattan,
Tlnz modus yiveadi regarding the
, Vreneh shore at Newfamulland will,
GREAT BRITAIN.
Since his acce.Sion Xing Edward
has conferred 3,000 honors.
The London, Daily Mail prophesies
that Canada is about to beeome
great commereial nation.
Smith is naturally the dominating
name in the new London directory.
There are some 3,000 plain Smiths.
The Edinburgh School Board has
declined to include fire alarm drill as
a subject itt the currieultira at the
schools.
Sunderland's new workmen's dwell-
ings are to be lighted with electricity
supplied through penny -in -the -slot
meters.
It is reported that the Prince of
Wales, -with Lord Roberts and oth-
ers, will visit the United States
next sering.
Two qualified chiropodists, who are
to be non-commissioned officers, are
to form part of every infantry bat-
talion of the army.
The cost' of the new Swansea dock,
with a lock capable of accommodat-
ing the largest vessels afloat, is es-
timated at nearly 310,000,000.
A nugget, of gold weighing 28 lbs.,
recently found in British Columbia,
is being, exhibited by Messrs. Searle
in Lombard street, London.
The National Fire Brigades' Union,
comprising some 500 brigades, will
hold its national shield competitions
next July at Earl's Coert.
Owing to the prevalence of scarlet
fever at G-reenock, the local author-
ities 3-ecomin.end that children's
parties should be avoided as much
as possible.
Brevet Lieut. -Col. Gordon Carter,
lst Life Guards, who has the dis-
tinction of having risen from the
ranks, is now second in command of
the regiment.
Gen. French, who is suffering from
fever and influenza, has postponed
his visit to Brighton, where the
freedom of the borough is to be con-
ferred upon him. -
Lacier Jane Lawson. wife of Sir
Charles Lawson, of Evelyn Gardens,
Kensington, was fined at Bow street
last week for being drunk and dis-
orderly.
For defrauding the Mersey Docks
and Harbo-or Board•of over 315,000,
John Joseph Lynch was on Satur-
day at Liverpool sentenced to seven
years'' penal servitude.
TJNITED STATES.
Three men were killed and a dozen
injured by an explosion in a Potts-
ville, Pa., mine.
It
is believed thai thecattle dis-
ease in the State of Massachusetts
has passed the dangerous stage.
By the will of his employer, who
just died, Henry Roseman., bleed
man, inherits a fortune of $125,000,
at Hartville, Mo.
Interviewed by the New York Ev-
ning Post, Sir Wm. Van. Horne and
Mr. Ilays spoke hopefully of the fu-
ture of Canadiao railways.
Nevada E. Stranhan, collector of
New York, believes there is a re-
gularly organized gang of tobacco
smugglers engaged in bringing the
leaf .into this -country on the North
AMr
. ‘at.ifeelc, of Chicago, wil0 went
into a trance -like sleep on September
28 as the result of a lovers' quarrel
and has never sinee awakened, is
bclievecl to be dying.
A young man who gives his name
as William Madison, of Boston,
smashed the plate glass window of
the 11. Simpson Co., in New York on
Monday night, and made °CT with
$10,000 worth of diamonds. He was
captured after an exciting chase, but
only three of the gents were recover-
ed, as he had passed the rest to
confederates.
Coalmen i cation by NVirele$S tele-
graphy between. the 'United Statee
and the Old World has been had for
the fleet lime by the exchange of
moseages by the Marconi system be-
tween the WeillIcet station and
rot db n . Corn wa 11. WelIfleet is six
hundred miles further from roldhu
then the Table Mud statiorg,nt
Cape Tiretoni,,N.S.
At Mintern, 1131 Italian Shot
Mt killed a Denver ad,1119 grading
foreman, and the eft ieens of the
town, foiled in i heti' effortst lynch
the nixie clerer, ore -hi treatcni ng vire
lenee to of big Premi ers Um Dn'
Ian gang f•1 Worlenion, wbo 111370 iipe
peakei for profeetion to the Itunun
COnSuI tt• Denver.
rail} D. :I".sterha7y,
Old hillf,;40.1a 01 (Inugiry
:011
of tlifi
One of
be renewcd far one Year.
rresidont Loubot, •.of Frauce, ,has
sent 44000 for the relief of sullen,
ors front the earthquake at Angolan.
A Japanese infantry .,oflieer has in-
vented on automatic pistol which
will fire eighty cartridges a' minute.
Exemption from Military serous) on
ipsatyzy7ent of a sure ,of money is to bo
abolished by the new Spanish Mina -
Prospectors from the Ashanti gold-
fields state that the dredging operae
tions iit rivers have resulted in largo
Italy proposes to employ all crime
discoveriee of gold.
Male sentenced to penal serVitude in
the reclamation of the malaria, -
stricken regions of the country.
•.alajoreGeneral Baden-Powell denies
that the South African Constabulary
will be disbanded. The corps will be
Maintained at its full strength. of
6,000, men.
Ixi'Vrance there are 15,319 women
employed as gatekeepers at the rail-
road crossings. They get very small
pay, but the railroads provide. each
0110 With a house and a small garden
patch rent free.
The Mayor of the city of Leon,
'Mexico, which has a population of
80,000,- has issued an order that ev-
ery house in tile city must be re-
painted within a month.
Throughout Venezuela, President
Castro's politleal opponents are be-
ing shot and hanged or thrown in-
to jail, and the soldiers are being
allowed to vent their personal spite
against the citizens.
ARKET
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres.
MAItit:1'1TS CT' `,17-11.4:1
Toronto, Jan. 0,-- Wheat The
market is uochanged; No. 2 white
Sold at 684e low fl'eight, to NOW
York, No, 2 spring quoted at 68 te
08;to east, end No, 2 goose at 00e
east. Itfanitoba wheat steady; No,
it hard sold at 87c grinding in teane
sit, arid No. 1 Not-I:kern Lit 84*e
g.i.t. N. 2. hard 84* to 85e, Noeth.
Day, all rail, and No. 1 Northeeli
83e, North Bay, all rail-
Oate-rl'he market is quiet, with
No, 2 quot-ed, at 34*c high freight,
axiU al 81e low freight to New
York.
Peas - The market is quiet, and
prices firm, No. 2 quoted at 73e
high freights and at '75c enst. „
13arlet--The market is quiet With
No, 3 extra quoted at 15c middle
freight, and No. 8 at da3e. middle
freight.
Cora -Market steady, with 'No, 2
new Canadien 46e bid west: No. 8
new American yellow nomival at 58
o 58*o on track Toronte.
Lolour--Ninety per cent, patents are
dull at 32.65 to $2,67 middle
freights, itt buyers' sacks, Inc 0X -
port. Straight rollers of special
brautls fax' c t ace, quotcii
at $8.25 to $3.85 in barrels. Mitoi-
toba flour steady; Hongatian pat-
ents $4.10 to 34-20, delivered off
track Toronto, bags included 0-1111
Manitoba strong bakers' 33.80 to
33.90.
taillfeed-Bra, 315 in hulk her4.
and ehorts at 317. At olftgie4,
Points bran is quoted at $la aid:
short e at 816. Manitoba bran, 111
,
sacks, $17 and shorts 319 here.
Oatmeal is steady at $4.10 for
cars of bags and 34.25 for barrels
on the traek Toronto, and 25c more
for broken lots.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -,The trade in butter to-
- AUSTRALIVS NEEDS. clay was quiet at unchanged prices,
Wants Two Hundred Thousand. We quote: Finest 1-111. rolls, 19 to,
choice large rolls, 17* to t9c; ewe
A. Washington despatch says :- ondary grades, rolls and tubs, 15
Two hundred thousand tons of to 16e; bak,
ers' 13 to lac; creamery
breadstuffs must be imported from Prints, 23 to 24e; do., solids, 20 to
wheat -producing countries to Aus- 21?fc- '
Eggs -Trade is Sala We quote:
Cold storage, 18 to 22e, as to qual-
ity; limed, '17 to 18e; seconds., la to
15c.
Cheese -Market remains st eady,
dated November 11. The crop in.
with good demand. We quote: Fin -
New South. Wales, he says, will not
est September, 121 to 13c; seconds,
12 to 1210.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo, Jan. 6. - Flour -- Firm,
Australia, though there the crop is Wheat - Spring firm; No. 1 North -
less. than last year. Fifteen thou- ern, 85*c; winter, State, No. 9 red
sand tons -of California flour are offered at 77e. Corn - Firm; No.
afloat for New South Wales, hut the 2 yellow,. 53-1c; No. 2 corn, 51elye.
Tons of Breadstuffs. 20e; selected dairy tubs, 17 to 18ce
tralia during the coming season to
meet harvest deficiencies, says Vetted
States Consul Goding, at Newcastle,
in a report to the State Department,
reach' 60 par 'cent. Of lhe quantity
reaped last year, and Victoria. -will
require imports of 8,637,929 bushels,
of wheat to supply her needs. The
situation is • not so bad in South
Consul says the price of California
flour has risen so greatly that the
effect will be to divert a good deal
of trade to Canada, which raises
Oata-lonen; No 3 white 36i,; No
, •
2 mixed, $5*c. Barley -- 4.9 to 62c,
It -ye -No. 1, in store, 56c.
Duluth Jan, 6. - Wheat - Cash
hard wheat of a cla.ss well suited to 7Nactin't ,ylotar2d, No7r4lee;r1,N10
mix with California flour.
ber, 73 c; May, 70c, Oats -May,
33)c.
ilinneapolisy Jan. 6. -- Wheat —
INCREASE OF $6,000,000. December, 73ac; May, 75 to 751c; on1
track, No. 1 hard, 75:c; .
Sales of the C.P.R. Land Depart- Northern, 74:c; No. 2 NorthNoern,
mens Beat the Record.
A Winnipeg despatch says :-The
a banner year Ste.,ad7575;1c; May, 76Oc. Rye --Stea-
78*e.
Milwaukee, Jan. 6. - Wheat —
New Year of 1901 was
No. 1 Northern, 77c; No. 9
in the business transactions of the do
Canadian Pacific land department, dY; N°. 1, 514 to 52c. Barley —
Firm; standard, 58c; sample, 39 'tot
but the year of 1902 was better by
nearly $6,000,000: "Everywhere," 57c- Oats -Steady; standard, 331c.
said Mr. Griffin, the . land commis- Corn -May, 43,40.
sioner, "where we hoop lands within
reasonable distance . of the railway
II00- PRODUCTS.
there has been no difficulty to dis-
pose of our lands, and the year is Dressed hogs are steady, with car -
the largest ever known by the de- loads, quoted. at 37.25 to 37.40.
partment.' The setes‘tor the month ,Oured meats are filen,' with demand
of December totalled 577,382.61 fair.' We quote: Bacon, long clear,
MAN'S DIGESTION
Tueso loacultitls Xot Wt Tiley
Once Were. ,
A Louden deepateh saysz, Dr. $ir
J -anis Orithion-BroWnet in a 100th -re
delivered here on Saturday-, dilated
upon the decay in the 'digestive fuer"
ulties 01 civilized/maim t�
sesta ft number of diseases clotild be
010ra:et:a Ns01110tiontlyotihlaVaes ityfietarrnap.loollattlo.
tors had,. but their saliva 10leee
ablintlairt owning to the softer, Pulp-
ier foods that ere eaten. PociphX are
living' to on inerecteing (alteut upon
pePtonized feeds. The illcroage of
appen.dieitis Is largely due to indi-
•goation reenlItiog from ImPerleet ireaSe
iticetion and the hurried nuitaxZedee ,of
!living. l'roxn the seine cense peo--
'pie are lees able to resist diseese.
;CoaSeglieritly, there is a greater rea-
son for eanitary precautions as in-
jurious bacteria dia a maXimum of
1 -be inettumed various (mat's.
Llofnddadinigs'eeiz: jobllesd thfoQoodystaiconttlisenahoptiattionini-,
poten-
tial
IS*11.1teltYln:
photcl fever, in Winchester and Soiette.
ainpton 00 reatel the cliseare could be
traced te Oy'Sl,ers. X° l t1iblltOLi
inditerelexe and ilidolence Lo tile Pah-
lie and culpable riegligeuee to pur-
veyors, and deplared that if legisla-
tion providing fox' the stringont in-
spection of oyster be -:s was not
passed an iticalculable antourit of ty-
phoid fever wasill store, 1.11 f00f1$
needed enforced protectien front Imce
tonal contananotion1 itiitisepticiem
anuet enter to smile degree luto .,the
daily life`of all, teed regulate shop -
Ping and cooking,
me Trish, buree. ,
An Irish authority 'thus 'defines as
an expert the effecte of a well deny-
ered curse: "The belief fuming the an-
°lent Irish was that a curse once pro-
nouneed must fall In seam direction.
If it .bas been deserved by ban on
Whene it 10 pronotmeed, it will fall on,
him sooner or later, but' if it has not
then it will retire upon the person who .
pronounced it. They compare it te-h,*''
wedge with which a woodman cleaves
timber. 11 it has room to go, it -will go
and cleave the wood, but if it has net
it will fly out and strike' the wOodinan
himself, who is driving it, between the
eyes."
There are three altars inside the
castle at Innisteurray, Ireland, built
squnre of rough looee stones and hav-
ing on the top of them a number of,
curious, round, smooth stones. Those
have been used for cursing by turtling
them, and the natives are very super-
stitious about them.
One mode of averting the curse was
for the persou against whole the stones
were turned to. have a grave dug, to
cause biniself to he laid in .it and to
have three shovelf ale of earth east over --
him, the gravediggers at the same Untie
reciting rhymes.
rather and don,
What a father can do, if be will, Is to
make his own experience and knowl-
edge an inseparable part of the intel-
lectual and spiritual equipment' of his
son, but he con do this only when he
cares so much aboet: it as to make it a
daily, hourly object of bis life, says the
Cosmopolitan. So many fathers shirk
the undertaking; so many of them
stand aloof and let the preeleue years
go by, willing to givo anything and
everything except themselves. The
first and great reward of course 18 the,
one that comes' when he sees the boy
upon the verge of manhood going out
Otto the world to face the inevitable
dangers which confront the novice, for
the Ilte of a maa differs from the life
of a woman M.this respect -that at
some time or other, sooner or later, the
time must colne when be shall Anna
alone, relying on his own strength to
conquer le he be smitel and heave, to
fall if he be rea.k and coward1y.
acres for $1,683,289.45, as against 11 to llic, in ton aud case lots. .43
131.151.16 acres for $403,261.78 in Pork, - mess, 321 to 321.50; do., .tetitere conneouout cot To Ninue,
1901 For -toe oe 1,002 sh.ort cut, $22.50 to 82:1 •
, year. ,
sales were 2,420,000 acres for 38,- Smoked. hams, 111* to 14e; rolls,
140,000, against 831,922 acres for 12c; shoulders, lle; backs, 12 to
32,640,000 in 1901. The increase in 144,e; breakfast bacon, 14 to 141e.
acreage sold is therefore 1,0811,000
acres."
WEST AFRICA COTTON.
Expert from Mississippi Going to
Nigeria. .
A .Lonchin despatch says: Mr. J.
P. Prince, a eotton expert, of Green-
ville, MISS. Sctiled from Liverpool
for Nigeria, Africa, on Satitudatr to
report on the cotton growing experi-
ments in British Wist Africa, Mr.
Prince goes out ender Cm ausPices'of
the British Cotton Growers' Associ-
ation, which is being warmly e119 -
ported by the Go-vernors of the West
African colonies. It is expected
that 3n the coerse of six months -a
regular supply of West. African cot -
Will begin to reach the Man-
chester market.
IlOMESTE.AD ENTRIES.
xturibe,.-ed 22,194 Last Year,
" Against 9,145 1n-1.901.
An, Ottawa despatch says!: The
homeeteati tutries in We:store, Can-
ada in 1902 numbered 22,194 as
against 9,145 in 'the previoes twelve
monthe, end 1,857 i11 the year 1806.
This return is but further evidence of
the faav of immigeation into
Mcni-
toba, and the Territories, and the
area of Julia that is being taltea up,
WESTERN IWIPROVEMENTS.
0, P. t. General Me,nager VirilI
Push the Work.
A 11'01lb-eat despatch says:- Mr. D.
11bNicol, second vice-president ancl
general manager of the Clanyedian
Pacific, hag lea on a, Weetern tour
of inspection. Ile will go ,as far ea
Winnipeg, and arrange fox' the im-
portant lieprovemente to tile line
which. are cOnteinpla,ted and will be
mbeietee.n 0.S'80031 aa the weather Por -
Lard -Stocks are light, with limn
feeling. We quote: Tierce% 110;
tabs, llac; pails, 11!c; compound,
81 to 1,0c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL,
Montreal, Jan. o. -.Grain No.
1 Manitoba hard wheat, 70,e; No.
1 Northern, 68*e. in 'store, Fort
Iteceinber; peas, 72:J:c high
freights; oats, No. 2, in store here,
35 to 351ce rye 4.8*e. east; 'buck-
wheat, '51c east' in store. Flom --
Manitoba pat entre 34.20; strong
bakers', 38.90; Ontario straight rol-
lers, 33.50 to 33.65; in bags,,, 31.70
to 31.75; patent, $3,70 to $4.10,
Rolled oats--Illillerfa prices 01 , job-
bers, $2 in bags, and 34.15 per 1,b1.
Feed - Manitoba, bran, 317.50 to
318 : shorts 320, bags included; On-
tario bran in hulk, 316.50 to $17.50;
, shorts in bent, 310. Beans - Quo-
tations are nominal at 32 in cars
on track. I'rovisions - Iteavy Can-
adian short cut pork, 324 "to 395;
shon, cut backs, 323.50 to 324; lig-lit
short gut, 323.50 to $24.; compote -id
refined lard, 8:* to 9:e; pure Can -
adieu lard, 110; finest lard, 12 to
12*0; hams, 12 to 1.4c; bacon, 34
to 1.5c; dressed hogs, 37.50 to 87.75'
fresh killed abattoir, 38,75 per 100
lbs. Eggs - Selected, 24. to 25e;
candled stock, 194,- to 2010; straight
receipts, 18a to 190; No. 2, 16*c.
I -Toney -Bost cloVer, hi ectiong, 31.
to 12c per erection; in 10-111, tins, 0*
to 10e; in hulk, Sc. Poultry -- Tur-
keys, 18 to 181c per lb,; thoice, 14
to 150; clucks, 11 to 31.0; choice,
11!dofoel,7118sc,; 83rac°11I113egt 01h01.0;0g9.crieS'11
se,8 to
90 per 10. Cheese-OntariO, 12ac,
and Townships, 12e. Dotter -
Palley Townships creamery, 28e; fine
auto -wry, 22e; Ontario creamery,
210; dairy butter, lie for seIeetions;
Western Ontario roil, 180-
A number of Palliate Were foiled hi
an attempt to, rob the jetVe1 rotnn
of the Delhi ArtExhibition eon -
tabling goner vale at $1,250,000;
It might be imagined that Connecti,
cut is called the "land. -01 steady hab-
its" ,on account of the exemplary con-
duct 'of its citizens. But it obtained.
that title .10 a different manner. A citi-
zen of that state expleins the matter
taus: "In the early colonial, times it
was tbe custom, to provide 'every One
who assisted nt a dedientien, &mall
betiding or tuna 'ratable witb a 'hooker'
of ,good Jamaica ruin. 'Iliese i'vectIons; 4te
needless to say, were popular. When
the Mettler' eree 1 ;fa
(31'0W11 001011y 0l'I'lV0d, there was, of
course, 0 celebration. The first govern-
or, John Winthrop, refused to provide
rum and io imingeral zuldrees de-
plored the custom of tippling, relying
'It did not lead to steacly There-
upon the Nuttneg State had' a title to
hand down to poeterity."
Con Ton See Ale?
If air cermet :ova, what ie it that
eve see quivering ehOve 11 801(1 on 0 bot
summer day or even above n kot stove
in the bouse? That queetion has pee-
tfied many 11 head, both old and young.
The ileswer ueually given Is that It is
the heat, but bent cannot be Seen, and
tberefore It is mit the heat.
The explamitiou of the phenotemieti
ls really guile einiptee like all srich
thing, 'when 100 heat it, As ft deafer
of feet, It is air' that We :lee gOivering,
but beat make8 it vielble.- The quiver-
ing Is caused by the upward passage,
ciese by each other, of small currOlits
of air of different tempeenteree In
Which thcx rays or tight are irregnimely
refeneted, and this tuatteS the curronta
The Senatorial elections in If ram:
resulted in 011(41 gain. of 18 Seats for
the Government.
Colduct or Me Son and hlotorniutt
Rena:Ltd, emplopes of the litontreL
Street railway, were arrested
their car on Saturday 'oti itale
of 11$11315 two boxes to collect 11
and retaiiiinpo 3.Oe coli(tents
box, ,