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Prices of ,Grain, e0,t1e, etc
in Trade Centres.
Teronto, Jan. 20, -Wheat -The
Market is sieutty, with denature mod-
erate, No, a white and red whiter
eold at 69e low freights, ao. 1
Slain ciliated at 68ee cm Mid'uncle
Ne. 2 goose quoted at bet: on Ned -
lead. 'Manitoba witeat steady. Nu,
a hard dull at F.50 all -rail, winding
Zfl trattsit, .and N. 1 Northern al.
Bate all rail, g.i.t. No. 1 hard.
quoted et talele, Nuitil Bay, ttaal au.
1 Northern, at 83e at\rtn. Bay.
Gate -Tao market is lane with
ealee of No. 2 white at Ule midule
freight, and at Wee west.
keae-The niarkvl, is quiet, with
Ns). n quieted ill 72 to itle higla
freights,
liarley-The market is quiet, with
No 8 ware, guinea at 45 to 10c
feeights, and No. 3 at 42e mid-
dle freight.
Corn -Market steady. No. 9 new
Canadian, 45as west ; No. 3 new
American yellow /lumina). at 52c on
track here, and No. 8 mixed. at 51c
here:
Itere-The xnarket is quiet and firm
at 49 to 50c tor No. 12 outside.
• Buckwaeat-Ille market contiaties
cadet, with No. 2 quoted at £1e
east,
Flour -Ninety per rent. patents
are dull at $2.65 to $2.67 miadle
freights, in buyers' sacks, for ex-
port. Straight rollers Of special
brands for domestie trade quoted at
$3.25 to $3.85' in bbls. Manitoba
flour steady. Iluegarian patents,
$1.10 to 34.20 delivered on track,
Torouto, bags included, and Mani-
toba, strong bakers', 3.3U to $3.ata
Millfeed-Bran, erea in bulk here ;
shorts at $17. At outside points
bran is quoted at $11.50, and shorts
at 810.5a. Manitoba bran in sacks,
ac1.7, atal shorts, at $la here.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
emery, 21.e ; dairy batter, 18c ;
Western Ontario rolls, 14 to roc.
UNITED STATES MARKETS,
Minneapolis, Jan, 20,--Wheet
May) `.7874e1 Juba. Mc; on track, No.
1 'hard, 76e; No. Northern, 75;
Noetberee 74Se.
Toledo, jan. 20.-Wheat-Firia
cash and January, 7e; MaY. 81ita.
Corn-aull, firm; JanuarY, 48a ;
May, 44S,c. Oats, --Dull, firm ; Janu-
ary, 86c; May, tiugo. Rye -No. 2,
58c. Seed -Bull, steaay; January,
$0.97a; March, 87.071i; prime
timothy, $1.90; prime a1:di:es:38.35,
Milwaukee, Jan. 20.-Wheat-Iligh-
er ; NO. 1 Northern, 73c. ; No. 2
Northern, 76 to 7701 AhlY.
sellers. 'Rye -Firmer ; No. 3, 5:11,, to
file. Barley -Firmer; No. 2, 67e ;
sample, 47 to 560.
Duluth, Jan, 20.-Wheat-Caah, No
3. hard, 75: No. 1 Northern, 7,1ke ;
No. 9 Northern, 72e; May 77t.o ;
July, 77Se, Oats -May, 35e,
LIVE STOCK. MARKET.
Toronto, Jan. 20. - llusinces was
1 brisk in the local butcher trade at
the Cattle Market to -day, but there
, was 'very little dollar in expert.
['ahem was a good deniund for 'stitch-
; er cattle, liewever, end, with the
1 light run, Prices were faillY well
t maintained.
I For the local but:eller demand $4.-
50 to a4.75 was paia, mid for
choicest •pieked lots vp to Filea0;
fair to geod butcher's, $6,50 t0
a1.55; good loads of butcher's, $4.-
' flO to $4.55; eoramen canna s, $2
Ito $2.25, In feeders no traneactiors
:were recoreled to -day, though a. few
:enquii•ies were made- but cattle of
;this class were boaght up bi. the
: butclun s fer the local market..
! Hogs were Unchanged, at $6.121
' for the best, and $5.871 fcr light
,
fats,
: Fhcels aqud hunts were strong; ex-
poit ewes, 83.50 to $4; limas, 34t-
50 to $5.a0.
The run of the day was 48 Iota's,
• wit n 783 head of cattle, 5.10 s'ieep
and 1:nubs, 759 hogs, and 15 calves.
:Feeders, steers!, 1,050
4.1-e
do bulls, 1,800 lbs... • 2.75 3.30
Beans -Trade is quiet at unehangad 'Fxpert, heavy ... 4.50 5.00
prices. Medium bring $1.C5 to 81.75 I F.xrott cattle, light ... 3.75 4.00
per bush, and hand-picked $1.90 to 'Bulls, eeeort, heavy
$2. 3.75 4.25
Dried apples -Market quiet, with do light ............... 3.00 3.50
prices unchanged at a to 4Sc per Feodeis, light, SOO lbs.
lb, and el aporated at 61 to 7c. I and 'upwards 3.00
Honey -The market is quiet, with Stockers, 400 to 800
prices unchanged. Strained, 8 to i 2.00
8te per lb, and comb, $1,25 to do 000 lbs.... 3.25
Butchers' cattle,
choice ... 4.00
do nieeiem ............8.50
do picked ... 3.75
do butte .. 3.00
Straw -The market is quiet, with', Light stock bells„
car lots on track quoted at 85.50 to cwt ... 2.25 3.00
*
6.25 a ton, Mitch cows ... .. 30.00 55.00
Onions -The market is steady at '13.0g9. t est ... 6.121-
g:1ligt .
40 to 45c per bush foe Canadian. 0 h5.87a
Poultry -The market for boxed lots Sheep, export, cwt 3.25 4.00
is dull, with offerings small. Chick- Ilucks 2.50 2.75
ens, old, 45 to 5.5e per pair, and eCullse ••• •••• "- ••• er1"2„5 2,a52
young, 60 to 70c; live, 40 to 50c. a'amas
Ducks, dressed, 70 to 85c per pair. Craves, ench 2.00 10.00
Geese 7 to Oc per ib; turkeys, 10 Common rough cows
to 12 -Sc per /Tr for young. end bulls ... 2.25 3.00
Potatoes -The market is firm with
offerings small. Cars quoted at 81
to $1.05 per bag on track. and GROWTH OF NEW ONTARIO
gay, baled -The ntarket is quiet,
with a. good deal of poor stuff offer-
ing, Choice thnothea 810 to $10.25
on track, and mixed, 38 to $8.50.
3.50
2.75
4.75
3.75
4.85
3.25
Small lots job at 31.20 to $1.25.
WHERE BRITAIN ma MEN
Imlay.' slt,"Rious ritoBLEA.
HAS BEEN SOLVED.
Newfoundlanders Require No In-
atialetian and si3y Learn
Gunnery.
Great Bratai'n is •propoahlgs to
solve the probleue .of mantang her
weaships by establishing a naval res
serve among the fishermen oi New-•
foulidland. She will station a war-
ship at St. .1-6110, Nfld., permanent-
ly to lanai bluejackets, and intends
to fortify St. John's and make it a
strategic base, like lielitax alai Ber-
meda. It wilt in time become of
even greater importance than either
of these, , for as the naval reserve.
grows and the force of trained fish-
ermen attaini a, substantial strength
the defences ean be manned in . time
of need, shauld such be desirable, be-
sides providing lea•ge contingents to
help man the seagoing battleships.
Last year the British navy re-
quired l55,000 men for effective pur-
poses, 14,000 to auetually man the
.ships in commission,. 20,000 for the
I reserve, and 7,000 to form a coast
I guard, For years past, as tbe num-
ber of ships in that navy acts been
:increasing and their size enlarging,
Iit, hes -been felt that the time was
not air distant when *the 'British
i Isles wauld not supply a stacieecy
I•of naval recruits. That time has
1been. ' accelerated by the 13oer war,
iwith its abnormal enlisteient of sol -
diet's, forcing the navy to go -with-
..
, out its full _gitota of recruits, Largo
: additions to the ships eceentuated
• the stringency, and new measures
had to be devised without delay. ,.
REMEDY FOR SHORTAGE.
Eneland's remedy for her shortage
of bluejackets consists at establish'
ing a naval nursery in Newfouhdlited,
the oldest of her colonies end the
greatest fishing country in the world.
' There are 70,000 men and boys em-
ployed in the maritime pursuits of
the island -cod, :seed, herring lobster,
salmon and ivhale fisheries-anaathe
sailorly qualities of these fisher folk,
it is said, cannot be excelled. 'The
remoteness and isolation of the is-
land have 'kept its people at these.
avocations for nearly 400 years ;
generation after generation hue toil-
ed at the acts, and to -day there is
a population along the seaboard that
it seamanship, fearlessness and
physical strength will compare favor-
ably with any in the world. Bred to
the sea from their early • days,
inured to every hardship of the
waves or the iceSoes, familiar with
every danger that besets the sea,
they are ideal material for the pur-
poses the British Adnairalty had in
view.
FIFTY ON THE CIIA.RYI3DIS.
The determination was reached by
the Admiralty in 1900 to experiment
with the Newfoundland fisher youths,
and a contingent of 50 was enrolled
to 'embark in November for a six
months' training cruise in the war-
saip Charybdis in tae West Indies.
This vessel is the flagship of the
squadron that patrols the French
Shore each summer, and during the
winter they go south. At that sea -
I sea, too, the icefloes blockade this
! coast and prevent any fishing being
.done, so that it is a season when
the young men are necessarily un-
employed, and they can therefore
undertake the six months' drill with-
out interfering with their regular
avocations. The first contingent
proved eminently satisfactory, the I
corrunodore and officers of the I
Charybdis being unqualified in their I
approval �f the aptitude and "teach-
ableness" of the new recruits. In
purely sailorly work they required
no Instruction.. They could hand,
reef and steer, make knots and
splices, bend and stow canvas, row
and sail boats, mount the spars and
do everything of a seaman's work
about a pale. AS oarsmen they
preyed themselves the superiors of
the whole fleet, winning prizes in
the annual regatta .at Barbados,-
Waere. they beat even the admiral's
arack crew. But, .10- the gunnery and •
warship part of their education;
they were, of course, backward, but.
!not so much so :but that 44 out of'
the 50 seemed . first-class 'passes!
i: when they Were examined by a board
: of officers on finishing th,eir cruise.
, The official reports to the Admiralty I
i and - the Governor were most era'
I couragiug as to the success of the
moaement. .
•
CONTINGENT ENROLLED,
Population Has Increased by 25,- ,
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TEE DAIRY MAREETS. 000 Duriag Year.
Butter -The market was quiet tO-
day, with prices unchanged. We
quote ;-Finest 1 -Ib rolls 19 to 20c -
selected dairy tubs, 17 to 1Sc
choice large rolls, 1TS, to 18ec; sec-
ondary grades (rolls and tubs), 15
to 106; bakers,' 13 to 14c; ereamery
prints, 23 to 231c; solids, 20 to
211c.
Eggs -Market quiet. We quote :-
Strictly new laid. 25 to 2Sc; cold
storage (selected), 10 to 20c. ; -sec-
onds, 14 to 150; limed, 16 to 17c. .
Cheese -The market ruled- steady.
We quote :-Finest Septembers, 1.3c;.:
seconds, 12.; to 121c.
110C PRODUCTS
A Toronto cle.spatch sass. Mr. ;
Thomas aouthww th, Commissioner ,
of Colonization. is preparing his re-!
port, and it wi.1 be one of the most
intioting presentea to the Legisia-:
Vire. 11 is estimated that the pop-
ulation of New Ontario has increas-
ed by over 25,oret, mei a general air
of prosperity and contentment pre-
vails. The two neat laetiler t
tricts in the country for settlers..
Mr. Southworth says, ere the Tem-
isaamirg and tte Reilly River Val-
ley. The former is settled mina!
cipally by Ontario people, and teat !
year about 1,200 farms vere sold
there. The Rainy 'River Valley is
being taken up largely by Arneri-I
cars from the We .tein attars. As • an
indication of the growth of the Tem- !
is/coming country,. up to 1900 only I
aboet, three townships were settled, !
while there are now twenty-four !
open, and of this number land to
any extent can only be obtained in
four of them. A big rush is antici-
pated next 1.00800. (ma arrangements
are being made for surveying large
tracts of land in the spring.
Mr. Southworth thinks that the
Eegan colonivation scheme will be
a great thing for the country. It
has alrea.cly been granted a Breese
to do business in the province, and
as soon as the Government is eatis-
fled as to its financial standing, the
agreement will Le signer]. The com-
pany will be able to Fettle all the
land for the next year or so that the
Government will be able to give
them, Mr. Sowthworth says'.
FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT.
Chamberlain and the arlining Lead.-
ers Reach an Agreement.
A Johannesburg despatch seas; An
agreearant has been entered into ae-
twern Colonial Secretary Chamber-
lain and the leaders of the mining
community in regard to financial
settlement.. By it the Transeeal
War Contribution Bill anaoun's to
about 3150,000,000. By it also a
guarantee will be given for an Im-
perial loan of 3150,000,000, which
Is to be expended ia reproductive
public works in the Transvaal and
in the Orange River Colony.
• SHOT DOWN AN EDITOR.
Lieutenant - Governor of South
- Carolina Uses Pistol.
A. Columbia,' S. C., despatch says:
Lietitenant-Govenior Tillman en
Thursday, on the public street, shot
and fatally wounded N. G. Geriza-
lez, editor of the State, the locta
raper. Tillman put his pletoi close
to Gorizalee'v bay liefore firing Trei
was OlUbSO(111011tly. arrested. The
shooting is the result of an Ohl feud
between, the two men.
Dressed hogs are firm, with car-,
/Qatar quoted at $7,00 to 37.75.
Cured meats are steady, with de-;
• nand fair. We quote :-Bacon, long,
clear, 101 to Ile in ton and case!
lots. Pork, mess, $21.50 to 322 ;
do.. short cut, 322.50 to 323.
Smoked hams, 13 to 13ec; rolls, !
111 to 12c; shoulders, 11c; backs, I
14 to 11e; breakfast bacon, 11 to
14Ic.
Lard -Market quiet, with prices I
unchanged. We quote :-Tierces, 11c;
tubs, lltic; pails, llac; compound,:
to 10c,
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. 1
Grata -No. 1 Mo.nitoba, hard wheat!
72e; No. 1 Northern, 70c in titore,
Fort William, December; peata. 721e
high freights; oats, No. 2, in store
here, 85 to 85e. 301 to 30e high
freights; rye, laSc east; buckwheat,
50c east. Flour -Manitoba patents,
34.20; strong bakers', .38.00; On-
tario straight rollers at 38.05.; in
bags, 31.70 to 31.75; patents. 33.70
to $4.10. Rolled oats -Millers'
prices, $2 in bags, and $1.115 per
bbL F'eed-Manitoba bran, 517.50
to .$18; sihortS, 320, bags included ;
,Ontario bran in bulk, 317.50; shorts
in bulk, 319. Beans -Demand 1101-
tc1 at $1.8a in cars on track. Pro-
elsione-gecevy Canadian shoat cut
pork, 324 to 325; short cut back,
• 328,50 to 324; campound refined
lard, 8a to gae. Pure Canadian lard
ale ;, finest lard, 12e to
aeSe ; harts, 13 to 14e ;
liacon., 14 to 15c; dressed hogs,
08,25; fresh killed abattoir, $0 per
aoko Ms. Eggs -Valley, 24 to 25e- ;
'candled stock, 20 to 201c; Montreal
17,a to 18e, Honey -White
Clover, in sections, 12 to 13e per
sectiOn; in 104b tins, 8 fa 00 '; in
bulk, 7a. to 8e ; dark, 20 lower.
Failltry-Turkeys, 14e per lb. ;
teconcia, 12 to 180 per Ilia duelcs, 11
• XO 12c; ,young chickens, .11 to 12c ;
• fowls, Oe per lb.; geese, B to 8tc.
CluieSe-Ontaria, 13 to 11310; for
rilownshipe, 13e. nottnr, Vaney
!ToWnehips • cremate., , lalata; finer
that they May be kept up to their
work and their atatese to do duty QU
the cruietwe .bo insured beyond ques-
tion. • 7.
ARE APT SCHOLARS,
It Would not be poseible to imagine
a greater traaeformation thaii the
now reserves exemalify, seeing them
before and after their voyage. The,e
enjoy the advantage of coesortiug
with the thoroughly matured
"amide" -; they model themselves. ois
hini ; they have regular calisthenieS
and other exercises and the pre-
set•ibed drills, and they are taught
orderly habits and are properly dis-
ciplined. They return better mai in
every way, alai in the inculcation of
these more desirable traits into her
young men Newfoundland will benefit
by the movement as mutat 11.1 Beitain
will.
The moventent is popular in the
colony and the young men in the
fishing villages ore eager to join the
reserve. The prospect is an attrac-
tive one to those doomed to the
monotorty and loneliness of these
"outposts" from childhood, and the
chances of seeing a bit of the great
world from the deck of a British
warship, as w
in some degree
onial revival of
years, dorm the
Lieges enrolment.
a retaining fee
aeir pay, food
their term of
about 60 cents
ell as of contributing
to the patriotic col -
the last two or three
chief incentives to a
The men are paid
of 380 a Fear, and
and clothing during
service amounts to
a day, whereas • if
they remained at home they would
probitbly have earned nothing at ell,
so little employment is there in this
island in the winter, and so depend-
ent are the people on the one indus-
try.
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COMING TO CANADA.
English Settlers to Sail for the
Dominion.
A Lonclon despatch says: Rev.
Mr. Lloyd writes to the Times to ,
the effect that tte movement for talc-
irg a large number of English set-
tle:as to Canada hes already assumed
rettional proportions The first. de-
partures will be made about March
21. The, movement is cornected
with the Colonial and Continental
Church Society.
A letter appears in the Daily
Chronicle horn Mi. Chitties g ,
dated Isle of 'Wight, stating that he
is flooded with correaponSerce con-
taining enquiries about Canada.
BADEN POWELL'S INEW B
KUGHTFUL EXPLOS101%
Twelve iiiCen gilled at Departilre
-Bay, British Columbia,
A Vanaearaer despatch gays ;---
Thaough douale explosion in. the
works Of •the garnillaa Powder
Camp -may at Departure Bay, oh Wed-
nesday morning, no fewer than
twelve employees were hurried. into
eternity, and the malority Of the
buildings. utilized ih the manufacture
of high powder explosives reduced to
matchivocta. The coneussion wee so
severe that a feiv windows in Na-
mamo, more than three miles dis-
tant, WOW simultaneously* shattered,
while numerous chimneys and un-
substantial structures in the coal
cisy came tumbling to the ground.
The shock was less distinctly and
lees disastrously felt as far as
Parksville, 20 miles north, and
Ladysnath, equidietant on the south,
while even in Vancouver the solid
earth sb trembled that a supposed
minor earthquake shook was re-
corded. in advance af news of the
disaster.
VIOLENCE OF THE EXPLOSION'.
As for the victims of the tragedy,
tae body of one ot the ten Chinese
was found practically intact ; the
eletea others were literally reduced
to shreds of flerh and bone, an arm
beteg the largest portion recovered
of any. Illustrating the violence of
ihe explosims, it is known that steel
rails from the railroad track were
waisked ui and twisted round tho
half-demoliehed trees, like faeitastic
corkscrew's, while buildings tottered
and fell fully four miles away. The
cause of the explosion esea only . be
surmised?... It is presumed that either
james laalford or George Simonetta
who, with a force of Chine•se, wore
working en a largo order of gelignite
In that room, pasted into the gun-
cotton room to weigh some ma-
teriel, and in an unacemmtable man-
ner caused the explosion primarily
of about one carload of gun -cotton,
followed by quite as much more gel-
ignite in that building, feur • hun-
dred feet away. The loss, exclusive
Of stock, is placed at three thou-
sand dollars.
PRESTON WENT ON STIRRING
Close 'by the gun -cotton ramie
George Preston was engaged in the
mixing house, it being necessary in
. • at
Has Leen Appointed Inspector -
General of Cavalry.
A Landon despatch says: From
Johannesburg conies the ennounce-
vent that Geeeral Paaen-Powell, w' o
has been in charge of tlie South Af-
rican Constabulary, has becn. ap-
pointed Irspector-General of Cavalry
and will came to lauglend in June
to •talca up this appaintment.
ONE ON HIS LORDSHIP.
Mansfield's Black Horses Turned
Out to Be Colored..
Lord Mansfield, the famous Lord
Chief Justice of England, had a
bitter prejudice against horse deal-
ers, which it is said had its rise in
a bitter disappointment he had ex-
perienced at the hands of one of
them. When he was appointed Lord
Cbief Justice in 1756 he wished to
have four black horses, without a
white hair, for his carriage. After
considerable difficulty the four black
horses were found and approved, for
they were handsome horses and just
what the Lord Chief justice wanted.
The price, of course, was a heavy
one ; it always is under such circum-
stances. For a time all went well,.
and his lordship was well satisfied .
with his bargain. a'hee one horso!
began to develop a white star, and;
anothert a white fetlock, and another;
was disfigured with a white blaze- I
indeed, in all of them, ia one 'place !
or another, the hate.d white appear -
Last year a second contingent of
50 was enlisted from different parts
of the island, and proved equally
satisfactory. A picked team of
oarsmen repeated the success of the
previous crew agamst the fleet,
showing that the physical strength
and expertness were not exceptional.
Of this contingent which returned
here in May last, 47 gained the
covetedfirst-class distinction. This
tatisfied even the doubting ones- at
the Admiralty that the plan was
one which assured a favorable • out-
come, and this year 100 reserves
will be taken, 50 in the Charybdis
and 50 in the Ariadne, the admiral's
flagship. The cruiser Calypso was
also selected to be stationed in these
waters as a training ship for the
drilling of a still larger force. She
will enroll about 300 men at a time,
who will train • arid exercise in bar,
obtaining a thorough grounding in
rudimentary naval knowledge and
being polished oft on board seagoing
ships. It is hoped that when the
autumn of 1901 cornea .titround the
British North Atlantio Squadron, of
ten or twelve ships will be able to
assemble in this harbor and em-
bark from 80 to 50 men each for the
winter's training in the Caribbean.
At the same time orphan boys and
other youths willing to take service
as regulars will be drafted into the
Calypso, and • after preliminary
thition will be transfersed to the
other ships to supplement their
crews. The reserves nI previous
yeare who have .dona their see, drill
Will also atatendite for! a montliai
gunnery -drill oe •her each waiter, sa
'The judge sent for the horse dealer
who. had supplied the horses, and
threatened Urn with all kinds of
pains and penalties. That worthy,
however, was not in the least put
out by the wrath of the noble lord.
ge insisted that he had not misre-
presented the horse on his bill, and
pointed out on that document being
produced that he had sold to his
lordship four horses colored black.
This, of course, did away with any
legal proceedings, but the incident
was never forgotten by Lord Mans-
field, who was scarcely ever known
to give a horse dealer the benefit of
the doubt.
ALL Tunouan BILLIARDS.
This queer incident comes from
Paris. While playing at billiards one
evening recently in his house in
Paris, 1ST. Reichert hit a ball so hard
that it bounded from the table and
out of an open window, falling
through the glass roof of a drawing -
room in the next Muse and smash -
Ing a valuable. Sevres vase, The
crash so alarmed an Angora cat
sleeping on the table elose by thea
the animal sprang up and knocked
over a lamp, which set fire to some
tapestry and necessitraed the callieg
out of the brigade. M. Reichart was
engaged to the niece of the invalid
lady occupying the house in whica
the damage was caused. The COM-
howe.ver, had so disastrous
an/affect on the old 'lady's nerves
that sae died shortly afterwards. On
learning the indirect cause of her
aunt's death the yonng lady refused
.tdoonien.terra M. :Reichert, and the heirs
are now ng NM for the damage
The Czar bas given 5o,000 roubles
nrst ratarserintion to the relief
flinr.1 for the surfsrers from the
earthquake at A e (Bien.
! The distrees of 100,000 arelleamen
end Women eagegerl in the •seriline
liaidestra ht France has lea the Sm-
atters arid Ilepeties of Einisterre to
make an appokt I to the, publie for re,
,
his duty that a mixture of explosives
be constantly stirred until a certain
period, a moment's cessation of the
stirring meaning disaster. When the
crash came, the windows and doors
were blown in about him, but Pres-
ton, with admirable nerve and pre-
sence of mind, stirred on, Mir-
aculously, his mixture did not ex-
plode, nor was he injured by the
flying debris.
Charles Stevens and Mat. May-
land, working in the new glycerine
building, also' had miraCulous es-
capes from death or injury, al-
though some dozen othee employes,
chiefly Chinamen, were not So for-
tunate.
Of the dead, George Simonetta
Very recently married, had had a
narrow escape a few weeks ago, be-
ing but 20 feet away when the mix-
ing -room went up, killing James
Sloan. Fulford came from Brock-
ville, Ont., a year ago. ge /eaves a
widow and three children in the
eastern town.
FOREIGN TRADE GROWING.
The 'Total' for Six Months Is
$231,342,201. •
An Ottawa despatch says: Can-
ada's. koreign trade, consisting of
imports for consumption and exports
of domestic produce only, for the six
• g 1)ecernber 31,
amounted to $231,342,201, being
318,110,592 more than forethe same
period of 1901, and 310,839,381 in
excess of the returns for the whole.
of 1E196. The exports amount to j
3125,301,466,. tor 319,260,731 more:
than. the imports. Omitting coin;
and bullion, the imports for the six
months amounted to 3103,291,61a,1
a green of • 37,637,428 ds compared !
with the :icorresponding period of
1901. The i in ports of dutiable
goods were 364,582,101, an increase
of 37,615,012. The imports of free
goods show a slight falling off. Tak-
ing the month of December only, the
exports were over 35,000,000 ahead
of the same month of. ahe previous
year. The gain was itt the export
of animals and their products, and
in agricultural products.
DELHI FACTORY IN RUINS.
Canning Company's Building De-
stroyed by Fire.
A Delhi, Ont.' despatch says: The
Delhi Fruit andCanning Company's
I fine factory and plant is a masts of
!ruins. Fire was discovered about 5
o'clock on Thm•sday morning in the
bathroom, and. owing to the high
wind prevailing, it spread rapidly
and was soon beyond all control.
Two large sheds adjoining were sav-
ed by the, noble efforts of the citi-
rens, 'wile quickly gathered after the
ttlearre 'The • loss!' on the buildhig,
plant, and stock is about 360,000;
irisureacea$30,000.
nMOUNT DEPOTS.
War Office Bleaned. for Negle tin.g
• Establishment.
A London, despatch says: Tan
Zachary Malcolm, the Conservative
member of Parliamett for the Stow -
market !di•vision of N. Suffolk, •and
Parliamentary Private Secretary to
the Chief Secretary of Ireletal, writ-
ing to the Times oil Wednesday,
scores the War Office for not Jong
ago establishing temount depots in
Canada. • IT e soya lie iitten rls 10
bring the Matter before the Home of
Coleanonseext, sesl4011, and Will n.180
direct atte,ntioto the masa i on of
Orme (lien canned meets sent te.
Smith Africa for the use of the
troop,
QUEEN ALEXANDBAI PET S
DOGS, CI-XXORMINTS, DOVES, gort-
SES AND PARROTS.
Collection at Sandring-hasa-Deaa
Buried in, a Small Cem-
etery.
Queens are: jest women When they
"take off their crowns and sit on a
chair" - that is the best queens are
-Mid that (Sewn Alexandra is one
of the Most weiurenly oi queens is the
fact that has made her so dear to
English aearts. to no way dues ger
Metiesty SnONV this more than ip, her
lost° for pets, says a writer in the
New York Tribune, She has a col-
lection at Sandringluan that con-
tains a wide variety, embracing
dogs, chickens, doe -es, horses and
paerots.
The dove cote had a poetic origin,
its first member having been a pre-
sent to the Queen when, OS Princeee
of Wales, she visited Ireland many
plats ago. Some one gave it to her
as "an emblem of peace and good
will," and on her return to London
she bought a mate for it. Their de-
scendants are numerous, and the
Queen al W ays boa (me specially
trained for her boudoir, This par-
ticuler pet bas its cage in the room,
and will leave it at her call to perch
on her linger or nestle on her shoul-
der. Those doe -es are all white,
with rue: eyes,
HOME FOR FOREIGN BIRDS.
A small island in a tiny pond is
the Lome of a nuraLer of foreign
Liras. Among them are some curi-
ous sp.eciment, of which seawall "oy-
ster catchers" are regarded as par-
ticularly interesting to Queen Alex-
anara. They bave black and white
plumag,e end long red bills. which
they tam like SCiSSOI'S to detach the
me lusk. Three turtle doves are re-
cent additicns. They web e on board
the steamer when ger Majesty re-
turned from Denmark. last year, and
she become so fond of them that she
wanted them brought to Saudringe
ham.
'The Queen's kennels are extensive,
and in them aro deerhounds, NOW,
fottadlands collies wig other breeas.
te • ,* ,
. leer persona] pets are two Japanese
saaniels, that travel everywhere with
her.
I The Queen has her favorites also
among the bantams that 11r3 en im-
portant part in the royal "pettery."
There are silver Sebrights, golden
Sebrights, white-footed bantams
:with feathered feet; black -tailed Jap-
anese bantams with yellow squatty
boSlies; duckwing game bautams,
Scotch' greys, white and black re-
liant and black and red Polaris, that
!strut about with comic stateliness.
'In the phetts.antry is an incubator
I for hatching the young birds. Over
!ten thousand are hatched annually at
Sandringham. The Queen is greatly
linterested in tbese "incubator ba-
bies," and likes tehold the tiny,
[downy bodies, pressing them. to her
cheek.
The pheasants are really the Rarg's
but the Queen bas partially'adopted
them..
FOND OF HER HORSES.
gorses come in for it goodly share
of her Majesty's a5ection. She bas
been a fine horsewoman from child-
hood and still rides .nearly every
day. She visits the stables at least
once a weelc and feeds the horses
with carrots and apples. The Queen
still mourns for her pet Huffy, who
for years bad taken her on her many
friendly visits to the° tenants. The
children on the estate greeted his
appearance with delight, for they
knew that his cart, held oranges and
other goodies, and to the old wo-
men he took sugar and tea that his
mistress carried into the, cottages
with her own beautiful hands --for,
as everybody knows, her hands are
famed for their beauty. Huffy died
two years ago.
The Queen's stables are ranged
round a great square court and • a
picturesque clock tower surmounts
the gate. The walls are aind with
glazed white tiles, and the silver fit-
ted stalls have the royal court of
arras painted over taem. Above
each meager is a teblet on which
the name • of the horse is in raised
letters of gold. The pillars are all
brass mounted.
In the' harness room, beeide her
Majesty's saddles, and pretty gold
mounted riding whips,.are souvenirs!
of departed favorites. There are
hoofs of various horses; and the eaes
and forelock of Viva, wise- died in
1899, aged 28 years.
The gray donkey that is driaen by
the Queen's grandchildren., and a
zebra, that is being broken to har-
ness, are interesting members of the
stable family.
DOGS' 4 O'CLOCK DINNER.
Each kennel has a. bedroom and a
sitting -room. The former has an
enamelled iron beclatead, with straw
mattress, end the sitting -room has
a supply of straw and fresh water.
All the kennels openupon a large
central yand. Close to the kennels
Is the kitchen, where "oatmeal
mash" and broth of bullocks' and
sheeps' heads are -prepared for the
dogs' 4 o'clock dinner. In the lard-
er, which adjoias the kitchen, are
sacks of biscuits and bins of Scotch
oatmeal.
The hospital is o. large, pleaSant
r•oora, with en open grate for lives,
and has a row of invalid boxes on
one side. • Wben a dog dies it is
buried 10 a.Iittlo cemetery, and :a
tomerstone is placed over its grave.
Sane, the poodle, who Was a pet of
Princess Victoria, lies here. The
Princess- used to have the clippings
from his long and -silky coat • made
into yarn for crocheting little
shawls. Venus, the favorite ,of the
late Duke of Clarence, is also beried
here. She died last March. Both of
these have tombstones nitmbly in-
sox•ibed, and oaer another 1itti gree'e
is written; • ''Beatice for ten Years
the faithful c.ompanion of IT. R. H.
r'ig3.1a"te Si
ad -
rt
Pref. Itle4c-It g'0014 to Ilriodreite to
study. the cattle pimple tor tact Bri-
tish Chartered, South. Africa flom-
13-15-1Y, 0nrid paestiscotsattneciteation
IN IERRY OLD ENCILAID
pairsf boots.Th bo, 'was dis-
whose work lies in the slums around
inorning of the duel they and theita
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Spitalfields, was opened by Lady
Idaho, a bluejacket serving on board.
two -third share of a legacy of
splendidly furnished rooms.
to the fatal spot, When one .of the
, His second helped him to his feet.
Blood -poisoning, the result of
naeclal for the Basuto campaign in
mingham- with inciting her son, aged
prison for two en..onthe.
longed each other to fight. On ilia,
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Sassoon. For ld. a week any girl in
charged and the mother sent to
seconds tramped through the woods -
tripped and fell.
buinped my nose on the
Lanaminbeietubest Was held last week at
during the last three years and
with by the medical officer.
free breakfast, and assisted 109,000
men got into a quarrel and chaar
duellists, the challenging party,
the other duellist.
mouth resident has just received his
alcoholic liquors.
borough County Court judge, to
take jurymen from their business,
Falls of Ladore, Cumberland, is to
be utilized for supplying electricity
for lighting purposes.
army and navy is equal to £1 Os
21d' per head of the population,
herring season, sonie fifty weddings
took place in Yarmouth and Gor-
leston during the Christmas holi-
days.
eight months in the Norfolk parish
tion of over 100 persons.
Wilson was awarded £50 damages
10 supplying' her with an improper
in-
stituted a system of testing the
eyesight and bearing of their schol-
ars, and all bad cases will be dealt
and spend her evenings in the
a million discharged prisoners with
others to make a +ft•esh start.
1880-81.
class population, spends at the rate
of a million pounds every year in.
and offer them. a shilling.
states Lord gardwicke.
treading on a nail caused the death
H.M.S. Andromache is to receive a,
One- been "garrisoned" by civilian
Egypt.
set of artificial teeth.
the neighborhood can join the home,
flows, and my honor is
Give me your. handaold boy."
nel squadron, is to be replaced by
ham in the spriug or early summer
caretakers-. These were reinforced
against Arthur Ryland for negligence
"It hope you are not huratrold.,s,aid
from England.
eolcuizre2h4e,s00160. Leicester at a total cost
now used at the Toxteth Congrega-
tional calirch, Liverpool.
the new ba,•ttleship Duncan.
through a pbonograph. .
to receive the freedom of the city.
Salvation Army shelter has occupied
a bed there nightly for five years.
mak-
ing soldiers' tunics has been 3s 14
each, and. for trousers 11 1-3d per
pair. -
Thraugh the death of a brother in
000.
this week by the 2nd Leicesters from
about £250,000.
social gathering was responded to
the present'lleancial year will cost
It is an Jesuit, eays the Welling -
of Wickhampton, which has a populae
Lord Roberts will visit Dinning-
•, Ili. vernm t blew chprohisuerctivitnlIdieDaiotenoeldyd.
Following the recent. euccessful
Kate Hollis was charged at Ilir-
Stepney, with its huge working-
, Since 1898 the price paid for mak-
The Adderney forts have for some
The United States 'ilaiitsivifyitsia4hvaiii!.
The Butler street Girls' Home,
The St. Giles Christian Mission,
A couple of good-natured French- e.,
POW er obtained from Southey's
Manchester School BoaDasrEd,viltiTacv:e,l..,,..
After 21 years' waiting, a Yar-
Our national exrendature on the
There has been only one funeral
At Birmingham Assizes Elizabeth
The Somaliland operations during
The Majestic:, flagship of the Chan -
"Does it bleed 2"
"Yes, a little."
Individual communion cups are
One ot tbe lodgers at the Leeds
It is proposed to erect four neve
One of the toasts at an Fast End
EASILY VIaTDICATED.
tohip_assAptv•otiv:iLdlated. nearly half
on. whose body
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:bolt tia:aiebfCitluianno::18.0.9!;11,t(tiiicissletdIl(c:;ltltbvxdi-r 11 iit" li g::::::tonli:bttai -g h t 1 1 g h t s .
trivance in the dark, are ignited, and
considerable
usef ul con -
The fashionable fur this winter in
Paris svill be sable, which cense-
cpiently has enormously increased itt
price. There is altvitett a demand for
blacic sables ; the difficulty is to get
them Since the opproach of the
cold seam) they Mee it beeroxim no to
.80' per cent, dearer. One af tho.
most expenctiva sables .sold by a
fzenhioittloolsiltel,lutozeooi bIl'illt; riithetyade billet%
-reached as high 00 320,000,