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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1903-5-28, Page 2THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc III Trade Centres, Toronto, May 26. -- Wheat a. The Market is firm, with densarild fair., NO, 2 white area red quoted at 72,}c . meddle freights; No. 2 spring mega - nal at 720 on 14'titdland,• -area Na, 2 pose at 66c Midland. Manitoba heat steady; No. 1 hand emoted at $3a to 84c Goderich, and No, 1 Northern at 82a to 88 Goderich. 1�Ta. 1 hard, 89* to 900, grinvling in transit, lake arta retie and No. 1 Northern,..88•, to 89o, • Oats - The mealcetis steady. No. 2 white quoted M 80•ic middle freigait.„ and at 31c liigili freight. No. Y. quoted at 82c east. Barley M Trade is quiet, with No. 2 extra quoted at 44c middle freight,. arid No. 3 at 42c. Pecs — The market is quiet, with lac, 2 quoted. cat 630 aiiah freight. Corn — Market is dull. Canadian feed corn quoted at 40 to 4.1.4 west,, end et 46c here. No. 3 American yellow quoted at 52c en track, To - ionto, and No. 8 mixed at 51c. Flour — Ninety per cent. patents unchanged at 32,70, miad1e freig+htts, in buyers' sacks, for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at $8.25 to $3.35 in bbls. Manitoba flour steady; No. 1 patents, 34.10, and seconds, 33.90 to 34; atirong bale - era', 38.80 to $3.90, bags inclteded, !Toronto. 04I•11feed — Bran is 'dull at 317 liar*. At outside points bran is quoted at 315.50, and shorts at 317. Manitoba bran in sacks, 318,• and shorts, at $20 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans — Trade is quiet, with Irrices nominal; Medium, 31.50 to a1.75 per bushel,, and hand-picked, $1.50 to $2. nay — The market is quiet, with car lots of No. 1 timothy at 39.50 to 310, said mixed at 38 to 38.50. Straw — The market is quiet at $5.50 to $6 per ton for car lots, on track. Hops — Trade ':Tull, with prices nominal, at 18 to 20c. Potatoes — Oar lots are guoted at 31 per bag, and small lots at 31.10 to 31.15. Poultry — Spying chickens are quoted. at 25c per lb. in smell or large quantities. TIM DAIRY MARKETS. Butter — The receipts continue good, and prices unchanged. We quote: Fresh Iarge rolls, 14 to 15te; .dholeo 1 -ib. rolls, 15 to 15•*c; fresh dark tubs (+uniform, color), 13 to 15 0; seconid grades, 12 to 13c; creamery prints, 20 to 2510; solids, 18 to 19o. Eggs — The market is quiet at uhelianged prices. We quote' Single eases, 13e; round lots, 12,*c pee dozen. -Cheese — Market continues steady et 12 to 12ec. FLOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs unchanged. Cured meats are uncrlvanged, with a good demand. We quote: Bacon, clear, 10• to 10*c, in ton and case lots. Pork — Mese, 321 to 321.50; do.,, short cut., 322.50 to 323. Smbled Meats — Hams, 12* to 1.8jc; rolls, 11 to 1.1sc; shoulders, 10*c; backs, 14 to 14ac; breakfast bacon, 14 to 14ao. Lard — The mrarket is unchanged. W quote: Tierces, 10*•c; tubs, 10j;c; plaids, 11c; compound, 8 to 9*c. 'UNITED STATES MAR1ULTS. Duluth, May 26. — 'meat — To arrive, No. 1. hard, 811e; No. 1 Northern, 791c; No. 2 Northern, 7174c; May, No. 1 Northern, 79ac; September, 71'c. Oats — May, 340. Bunal.o, May 26. - Flour — Firm. Wheat—Spring, little doing; No. 1 • bard, 85; c; No. 1 Northern, 83. 0; winter arra; No. 2 white, 85c, through billed; No. -2 red, 80c. Corn —Stronger; No. 8 yellow, 54c; No. 2 corn, 53c. Oats — Steady; No. 3 white, 89c; No. 2 mixed, 36ac. Barley — Track Western, 47 to 5,5e. St. Louie, May 26. — Closed — Wlheat — Cash, 77c; July,, 71c; Sep- tember, eEc. ANOTHER GREAT FIRE. Best Portion of Lower St. Hya- cinthe Wiped. Out. rived on the ecene, and did good work in stopping the progress of the flames, The water supply, however, was totally inadequate. The river was eo low that a, sufficient supply of water could not be obtained to have any effect on the flames. The scene when the ilre was at its height' was a terrible one, For nearly a mile the lower town was ablaze. Great columns of fire swept from stores, hotels, and dwellings, wails crash3ii out, driving back the crowds in panic, while the wind car- ried the flames in all directions. The dwellings that took are were Mainly those of the poorer people, and there were many exciting scenes as the People tried to save their belongings. Squares, tbouievards, and roadways were covered with household goods and stock of all kinds. Many of the people sought refuge in the upper town, where they were eafe from the flames. Practically the whole of the lower town has been swept by the flames LORD MINTO. Will Continue as Governor-General Until November, 1904. A. Toronto despatch says: It was officially announced on Wednesday night that the term of his Excel- lency the Earl of Minto as Gover- nor-General of Canada leas been ex- tended for another year. Tho Go'v- ernor-General is appointed for. a term of five years, so that Load Minto's tenure of the °dace would expire in Norveanber next. , Under the new dispensation he will remain in Canada as his Majesty's repne- sonta'tive until November,, 1904. During his residence in the Do- minion Lord Minto has matte him- self deservedly popular, and the in- telligence that he is to remain here for whether year will be received With pleasure. Her Excellency Lady Mato also holds a warm place in the afPeotions of the people. Lord and Lady Minto have certainly en- deavored to acquaint themselves with the extent and possibilities of this country. They have practfcel- ly traveled from ocean to ocean, penetrating even to the far-off Ya- kon. I311s Excellency, in his every- day life, has exhibited a true demo- cratic spirit, arid his public utter- ances have ever been marked by good taste and good juklgment. Ile may have made mistakes, but it is doubtful if he has ever made tie ( $500, and if employes, to a line of same one twice. Lord Minto, a.s an 350. expert horseman, has endeavored to Another provision in the bill is that the Board, whether they are asked to or not, may investigate all strikes affecting transportation, food supply, etc., and make a recom- mendation. ESTIMATES PASSED. The following estimates were passed ; hospitals and charities, } $225,647.8.8; maintenance and re- pairs of Government buildings, 352,- TURKISH 52;TURKISH VIOLENCE. 750; public buildings, 3463,201 ; —r-- Crown lands, outside service and Terrible Stories Are Told by surveys, 3224,175; mining develop - Christians. ment, 3.8,400; parks, 310,600; re- fund account, 340,105.19. SMALLPDX. Me. Straton stated that corres- ponc1gnnce was in progress with the Dominion authorities with reference to having officers appointed to watch the border, with the object of pre- venting the entrance into Ontario of persons infected with smallpox. ' • INSANE PEOPLE. In answer to Dr. Reaume's critic- ism that insane people were com- pelled to remain in county jails for months, Mr. Stratton stated that certain changes now in progress at the different asylums would provide accommodation for nearly 500 ad- ditional patients. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. aeee Nina of Our Law Ileakers at Toronto. FINAL READINGS. "Mr. Fattialo's bill respecting the Elgin Loan and Savings Company was read a third time. READ SECOND TIME, Seemed readings were given to the following measures: To confirm By-law No. 455 of the City of Guelph and for other pur- poses.. -Mr. Downey, PASSED COM ITTEE. The following private bills passed the committee stage of the Blouse; Respecting the Fort Frances, Man- itou, and Northern Railway Co. — Mr. Cameron. Respecting the Town of Whitby.. -- Mr: Dryden, Respecting the Sarnia Street Rail- way Co. BOARD OF CONCILIATION. Hon,,. P. R. Latchford, . Com- missioner of Public Works, introduc- ed an important measure, which has for its object the creation of a Pro- vincial Board of Conciliation and Arbitration for the settlement of differences between employers and einployes. It is to be known as the "Trades Disputes Act," and makes the existing law more workable, Tho Board is to be appointed by the Lieut: -Gov: in -Council, and shall consist of three members, one of whom Faust be an employer of labor and ono an employe. Tho business or calling of the Third member is not stipulated, The Secretary of the Board is to bo the director of the Provincial Bureau of Labor, who at present is Robert Glociclin•g, and for the purposes of the Act the Commissioner of Public Works is to be ,known as the 'Minister of Labor. It is provided that the Secretary of the Board shall, when requested, intervene in labor difficulties, and in the event of his failing to bring about an amicable settlement the Board shall then act as arbitrators. If after thoroughly investigating the dispute, the arbitrators make an award, it shall be binding for two years, ou both parties, but after the expiration of one year either party may terminate it after giving sixty days' notice. In the case where the parties do not live up to the award they are, if employers, liable to a fine of improve the standard of Canadian horses, with a view to making this country a recruiting ground from which the cavalry equines of Great Britain may be drawn ' Lady Minto in her own sphere is building a monument for herself in the vigorous prosecution of her Cot- tage ottage Hospital scheme. A Sofia, Bulgaria, despatch • says: Large numbers of reflrgees from Macedonia, fearing massacres, are entering Bulgaria, especially from the direction of Adrianople. They tell terrible stories of Turkish vio- lence wreaked on Christians. The Bulgarian frontier posts at Tarnru'ch recently reported that the Turks were preparing to ocoi,py strategic points near Dormaonchevo arid Lilikove, and the 'Bulgarian Government notified the authorities at Consrta.ntinople that any at- tempt to cross the frontier would be repelled by force. In consequence of this It is understood the Turkish farces conkentrated in that vicinity have been withdrawn. A Salonica, European Turkey,•. despatch says' The long list of le - cant deliberate murders in the Vil- ayet of &Vonastir with a peeponder- ance of Bulgarian victim., indicates, it is asserted, that the Turks • are getting beyond control. Out of 21 cifficially admitted mu Mors, fifteen Bulgarians were among the vic- tims. In some . cases tribe bodies were mutilated. One man min -tiered by Tucks had bis eyes torn out, his face burned and his tongue cut out. FRANK WITHOUT PEOPLE. leAIO.i PURCHASED. Mr. Stratton stated that a farm of 71 acres, adjoining the Mimicn Asylum, had been purchased last Saturday for 37,100. Twenty acres"• of it Would be available for leasing to the Industrial School in case the Government entered into an agree- ment with that institution for the care of boys now sent to the Pena - tang Reformatory. INCREASES IN ESTIMATES. Mr. Davis explained that the big increase in charges on Crown lands, from $1&7,625 to 3258;175. was due largely to the increase from 320,- Residents 20;Residents Once amore Vacate the i 000 to 3100,000 in the sum pro- Western To e-n,o Tided for surveys of townships in new districts. A Bla -M �r, cr' Al:re* ta, K1c--Match THE I'fil;.;sflEll.' 'r`� BTI.LS. Pays: I... J. 1 . .xr.-rr ill and R. iii. i Brock, ea eke +aireele i.ra1 .Survey, i Second readings were given to who Sala been at Freak for tae i Premier Hess' bills, providing for past ten Mao's an inxes'tii a 'the construction of works of im- A despatch from St. Hyacinthe, tion erf the s+er,.ent rtira;,•r.,er for the ; provenient .along the hanks of the Que., says:—This town was the DondrIk'n Gc t r a3•iw.nt,, i avr: coni ; Upper Niagara River, and to amend feted their weak. L',: observations the Act respecting circuses and scene on Wednesday afternoon of a p ' g disastrous conflagration which wiped made they atee tamed that the reo t :traveling ;;boars. out the best portion of the lower 1 western pea'k of Tertle liountsin : The bill, also by the Premier, to town. Many of the leading stores, I had ino=•ed about six inches during amend the Act for the improvement several factories, mills, and business ¢ the peiod of their obeern'aticree. This ' of public highways provoked consid- es'ablishments, a number of the : peak is a invasive bloc's of rook, erable discus ion before it was final-! leading hotels, and nearly three huhe l as great in extent; if net greater, ly read a 'second time. It 'provides! than originally fell away. It di- that the Commissioner of Highways. ; dred dwelling houses are in ruin?, While over two thousand neopie are rectly overhangs the town, and in in the event of disputer;, may arbi- falling would destroy a part, es not trate betvreen,County Councils and homeless and dependent upon the the whole, of what remains: of the townships. Theis clause the Opposi- succor of their more fortunate neigh. lace. Frank had been reoccupied leader ou n.p p tionthought was not a pro - bora The monetary loss ry ss will be over half a million dollars. and business generally rearmed der- per<�ne, inasmuch as the Commis:.- � The fire broke out about noon in the shoe factory of Cote Brothers, in the lower town. How it originat- ed is a mystery, but it spread with such rapidity that the shoe factory was soon a mass of flames. A strong wind was blowing at the time, and 'a few minutes after the walls of the shoe factory had fallen en a score of wooden dwellings took fire. The strong wind blew toward the elver, carrying the fire in that direction. As the wooden houses went up in flames, the sparks were carried by the wind across whole blocks, and in a few hours the flames were raging in many places, some of them widely separated. I'hree of the leading hotels, the Fronten.ac, the Union, and the Ot- tawa, all took fire at once, and in a import while were a Mass` of ruins, * Shortly after three o'clock: a de - Respecting the Bruce Mines and Algoma, Railway Company. --- 1lsr, Smyth. Respecting the County of Lanark. —ld'r. Matheson, MARKET FOR OUR FLOUR. Canadian Commissioner ou Pros- pects of Trade in japan. A Winnipeg desp'aty i says' Mr, Wm. B atehinson, who was manager of the Canadian exhibit at the great Japanese Fair, Itosaka, pass- ed through the icily on 'Tuesday night, on his way home from the lOxposition, Mr, Ilutchineon said that the fair load been a splendid success from every st'andfpoi+nt, Prom the point of Canadian advertising, he considers this country's exhibit has done much to make the Jap- anese consider .seriously .the ini,+- porting of some lines of Canadian goods. The outlook for the irnport- atien of flour is especially good, as the Japanese are slowly turning from their old diet of rice acid will have to import flow for their bread, in the Canaidiau exhibit was a ful- ly. -equipped b•akory, which turned bread which showed what can be done from the branld's of Canadian flour. To facilitate a comparison between this and American flour, which is at, present being shipped in- to Japan, though as yet in small quantities, breard made of bath tours were shown together, the Can- adian flour easily proving its supe'- iority iii the test. ¢' THE HOUSE OF MOONS Notes of Proceedings in the Can- adian Parliament. FRUIT FARM. Dr. Jessop asked :—Is it the inten- tion of the Government to establish an experiuterltal fruit farm in the County of Lincoln, and, if so, when ? The reply of the Hon. John Dry- den was :—There is at present one experimental fruit station in Lin- coln County, and one in the adjoin- ing County of Wentworth. It is not, therefore, the intention of the Gov- ernment to establish an experiment fruit farm in Lincoln county. PROTECTION ACT. Hon. Mr. Gibson's bill to amend the Children's Protection Act was sent to the Legal Committee. He explained that it provided for the appointment of a committee of six persons in each electoral district to co-operate with the superintendent of neglected children. It also provided for the appointment of a probation- ary officer to look after children ac- cused of criminal offences, secure fos- ter hoines for them, and otherwise endeavor to -save them from the con- tinuance of a criminal career. BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. Pattullo—Respecting the Town of Port Arthur. Respecting the Township of Pelee. Mr. Lucas—To amend the Act pro- viding for the garnishment of the salaries of civil servants. Mr. Gibson—Respecting the Local Corporations Act. To amend the Land Titles Act. Mr, Blair criticized the bill. He objected to the provision that bed- ding be supplied for animals in cars, on the ground that it would be liable to catch fire. Then as to keeping large and small animals in the same cars, he .said that the pre - seat practice was to put up a light Partition which was subsequently re- moved in transit. Mr. Blair objected to extending the meaning of the in- terpretation of the word "animal" to include all animals, on the ground that it . would then include dogs and cats, etc. Mr. Fitzpatrick objected to the in- terpretation clause and suggested that Mr. Brock confer with the Gov- ernment so as to have the bill amended into satisfactory shape. The coniriiittee a rose and reported progress, which looks as though the bill were killed, ' INSOLVENCY BILL MOVED. The motion of Mr. Monk foil a logic - and reading of his Insolvency Bill was then considered. Sir' Wilfrid Laurier said the matter was under consideration of the Government, and would .be attended to. For that reason the Government could not assent to the bill. Mr. Monk said he would be satis- fied if his bill were taken up as a Government measure. Mr. Monk pressed. his motion, and it was defeated on a division by 74 nays to 41 yeas. PERMANENT FORCE. ing the last nine days, but as a re- loner of Ifighvways should not be salt of the geologists' report Pre- iniad up in disputes of this kind. rnier Mullein posted a warning on BEAD A TIIIR.D TIME. Tuesday notifying all the danger to life in remaining, and the town is again depopulated, • LOOKING TOWARD CANADA. Australians Enquiring With a View to Settlement. An Ottawa despatch says: Can- ada's Trade Commissioner for Aus- tralia has sent a report to the De- partment of Trade and Conr!merce, Inwhich he says that information is being asked for regarding hued in Canada for settlers. 'Crop proepeets have improved, and 'the price of produce has fallen. The ii'eniand for Manitoba flour con- tinues. Loes from cl!rnup'ht last • The folowing bilis were given their third reading. Respecting the debenture debt of the Town of Gananoque.--Mr. Beattie, Respecting the Town of Hunts- ville. ---Mr. Tudhope. To consolidate the debt of the Town of Deseronto,—air. Russell, Respecting the Village of Camp= bellford and the Weston Shoe Com- pany, Limited.—Itr, Willoughby. Respecting the Village of Hanover. —Mr, Truax. Respeetin • the Art Museum of To- ronto.—Mr. t'oy. To change the boundaries of the Town of Berlin. -?a r; Lackner. To aa:rnd the Act incorporating the Criteria Electric ' Malaga Cc;,u- Provision is to he inside in the estimates for.increasing the perman- ent force 1'o 1,500 men, and the creation of two new military depots, one at Montreal and one at Edmon- ton. The regimental depot at Mon- treal will likely consist of at least two arms of the force for the pre- sent, There will f ce1y be infantry and artillery. The Edmonton depot will be mounted infantry. STRAW HATS FOR CAMP. Militia regulations have been is- sued to the effect that units of militia performing their annual drill in camps may take to camp and wear a straw hat with puggaree in accordance with a. pattern approved and deposited in the quartermaster - general's department. If worn, the cost of this head-dress is to be borne by the units and it is to be understood that there must be uni- formity in each corps. These straw hats will only he worn subject to camp regulations and are to he in addition to the ordinary authorized head-dress. Puggarees, of, a cheap material, are to be of the following colors : Staff, rod and white cay. alry, yellow; artillery, and, blue and red stripe; engineers, reel and dark blue stripe; infantry, red; army ser- vice , corps, white; array medical corps, dark red ; approximate• cost, ten cents. PENNY BANI(S." Ilion. W. S. Fieldines arinis'tcar or pe'ndny bazars, the object being to provide for the esttabli+s'hnienat and in spection of penny banks In Can- ada,. INTER COLONTAL CABS, Hon. Mr, I3krggart mewed for the return of.Intercolonial faeiglit .oars in 'use on connecting lines on let of March, 1902, axed lst of March, 1903, and vice versa, with the names of the connecting roads in volved. COLD STORAGE, Mr, Smith (Wentworth) moved for returns of the fruit shipped in cold storage and cooled aha gibers from Canada during each,, year since 1896, avid showing the increase in the cold storage plants on trans -at Iantie steamers aurin'g the swine per - He will also enquire as to the amount of money advanced by the Government to date to encourage the installation el ventilating and cooling plants on steamers. MANITOBA JUDGES, Mr. La Riviero asked if the Minis' - ter of Justice laud received a petition from the Manitoba County Court Judges, asking that their salaries be increased by $1,000 a year, and if it was the intention• of the Government to introduce at this session legisla- tion to provide more adequate sal- aries to the IP1gle County Court J':dges of Manitoba and the Terri - aeries. - RAILWAY ACT. ealfre Gorman's .bill to amend the Railway Act was given a 'first read- ing. In explaining the bill Mr. Ger- man said it was intended to make it easier for su Tbrers Prom Ares caused by railway engines to collect damages. Under the present law, which made it necessary to prove contributory negligence on the part of tare railway companies, it was very hard to secure damages, owing to the dif]iculty in . identifying the engine, and proving that the eu•gi-• neer in artier to obtain a better draught, had opened the cianler screen. This, Mr. German said, was a common practice, and a very dan- gerous one. The new bill placed the onus of proof upon the railway corn- penies to show that no negligence existed. THE CAUSE OF SMALLPDX. Due to the Active Presence of Micro-organism. At a recent meeting of the Boston Society of Medical Sciences, Dr. W. T. Councilman, Shattuck professor of pathological anatomy in the Har- vard Medical ,school, made a report on his recent discovery as to the cause of smallpox. Doctor Council- man, with the help of able observers, has shown that the dreaded disease is due to the active presence of a micro-organism, Biologists who have examined specimens declare the smallpox germs to be protozoa, and not 'bacteria ; that is, they are ani- mals rather than plants. Doctor Councilman and his assist- ants have been able to work out the complete life cycle of the parasite. There appears to be two stages in the cycle, one asexual, the other sexual. The first stage occurs in the protoplasm of the epidermal cell ; the second stage in the nucelus it- self: The two stages occur early in the disease, and the parasites are in the spore stage before the time when the disease brings death. One of Doctor Councilman's photomicro- graphs shows that, as generally be- lieved, the parasites are carried to the skin by the blood. IN THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD. Scarlet fever is unknown in the tropics. To ordinary eyes a man 1,000 yards away — say, on a rifle range —appears as a dot; he could not be known as a man except as being a smaller dot than a horse. Prof. Babinet has proved that comets, instead of having a solid body with a gaseous tail, are much lighter in weight than our air. Even if a comet were to strike the earth it+tvouId hardly penetrate its atmos - *are. - 1 The venon..of snakes vontains only intermediary' bodies Which alone would not be virulently poisonous, but the normal blood serum of sus- ceptible animals contains the sub- stances which, by conjoint action with the intermediary bodies of the yenom, cause the deadly poisoning. In a recent article in a widely read magazine on "Niels Hinson and His Heating ]lays," it is said, "All the world might now have smallpox without fear of disfigurement." The red light treatment was experiment- ed with long before and much since that publication, and the results show the quoted statement to be un- warranted. Prof. Virchow said that the Al- banians have the most intellectual skulls in Europe. They are, how- ever, seized of the idea that they have a. better right to exist than other races and that all other races, being inferior, are on earth only to serve them.Death 'has as no tenors for the Albanian, for his highest philosophy is in the saying, "Dying is a Plague; but it is half a plague to live," SOME BIG COINS. It is said that the largest gold coin now in circulation is the gold ingot, or "fool," of Anam, a, French colony in Eastern Asia. It is a flat, round gold piece, and, on it is writ- ten in Indian ink its value, which is about 3225. Tile next sized coin to this valuable but extremely awk- ward one is the "obang," of Japan, which is worth about 550, and next comes the "benda," of Ashantee, which represents a value of about 345. Tho California 350 gold piece is worth about the same as the "benda." The heaviest silver coin in. the world also belongs to Anam, where the silver ingot is worth about .$15 ; then conies the Chinese "tae1," and then the Austrian double 'S ITE%IS. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe, CANADA. Insuranr,e rates in Ottawa kava been, raised 50 cents per 3100. One hundred and fifty cerponters struck .work at Calgary for highgr wages. A site has been selected at Sydney 0.13., for British Admiralty pur- poses, - The construction of the Hamilton, Caledonia and Lake Erie Railway will probably be begin this summer. M. F. Rittenhouse, of Chicago, has subscribed 3500 towards the -erec- tion of a Y,M.C,A, building in St.• Catharines, on condition that $12,- 000 12;000 be raised. A ,Shakespearian play will be pro- duced in the open air under the auspices of the University of To- ronto. A farmer named C. Fontaine was robbed of 3750' in 310 bills while boarding a C.P.R. train at Cal- gary on Friday.' So far this season 1,856,000 bush- els of grain have been delivered at the Montreal Transportation Com- pany's elevator at Kingston. For the same period last year the amount delivered was 406.981 bush- els. Many' largeexcursion parties book- ed from United States points to Kingston have been refused by the St. Lawrence Steamboat Co., be- cause excursions aro not permitted to land at Canadian ports on Sun- day. GREAT BRITAIN. Premier Balfour says he would wel- come a closer fiscal union between Britain and the colonies. Tho Government candidate won the bye -election at Preston„ Eng., necessitated by the death of Hon. Mr. Banbury. With a. view to finding' a method of preventing deterioration, the Brit- ish Admiralty is trying the experi- ment of storing coal under water. UNITED STATES. All the cities and 59 towns in New Hampshire voted for and 186 towns against liquor licenses. A letter to the New York Sun says Rosseau, the man who placed the infernal .machine on the Cunard Line pier, New York, is at Three Rivers, Que. Patrick Moore, of Rahway, N.J., a flagman of the Pennsylvania Rail- road, found it check for 321,000, which. fluttered out of a window of the Long Branch express. William H. Theobald, formerly a special Treasury agent in New York, asserted that persons of high stand- ing in 'society are now indulging in smuggling, which is being carried on at a greater rate than ever before. Rev. David S. Little, D.D., has re-. signed from the pastorate of the Second Presbyterian church, Pitts- burg, because of the congregations' determination that their singing shall be accompanied by organ music. Rev. Robert Kemp, in a sermon at the opening of the convention of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion in New York, protested against aristocracy of wealth and the mar- riage of American women to titled foreigners. • GENERAL. Cotton growing is being success- fully carried on in Gambia, British West Africa. Recent volcanic eruptions have de- stroyed many coffee plantations in Guatemala. Tho striking railway men of Vic- toria have submitted unconditionally to the Government's proposals. Dr. Schlamp, the largest wine grower in Germany, is on trial charged with wholesale adulteration. CHARITIES OF LONDON JEWS. The London Jewish charities raise in the course of a year about $600,- 000, 600,000, which is nearly 35.75 per head of the Jewish population of London, an average of 360 for each contri- butor. • But this amount is very far from representing the sum -total of charity dispensed by London Jews. It hardly represents much more than is supposed to be given away by a ,single family—the Roths- childs—whose charities aro said to total up in the course of a year to 3500,000. FRUIT ACIDS. The acids of apples are exceedingly useful through their stimulating in- fluence upon the kidneys, whereby poisons are removed from the body and the blood and tissues purified. The acids of apples are all highly useful as a means of disinfecting the stomach, since the ordinary germs that grow in the stomach, producing billiousness, headache and other troubles, will not grow in fruit juice os,.fruit pulp. MATCII-330X WAI1,Ni'NGS, Just now, when so much is heard of the agitation against expectora- tion in the streets, it is interesting to learn that the Argentine Health Department has experimentally ar- ranged to have cornpre'hensive in- structions printed on the labels of over eight million match -boxes, ex- plaining 'how the spread of tubercu- losis might be prevented. !Phe Botallac Mine, in Gernwvall, England, runs for two'Uhirds of a mile out unfler the sea. "What became of the young Man who was stage-struck ?" asked the inquisitive man. "OE, he was egg - struck the last I saw of him 1" re- sponded the manager ;in the fur -tip- •Ded overcoat, 1 TAXES FIVEOMITS A !EAI, QUEER THINGS ABOUT THE; REPUBLIC OF ANDORRA.. •This Little State rs Hidden Away- in wayin the Shadow of the Pyrenees. There are no footprints elf time, in the political, social or commercial. sense, on the placid surfaces of the' most interesting country, considering* its size, of Europe. A tiny republic set in the m'i'dst of empires, its, character, customs and boundaries: unchanged in six centuries, Andorra, even in this age of universal .pub- licity, has escaped notice altogether: Few tourists have ever heard of it. Fewer still have passed within its: not inaccessible boundaries. The discouraged seekerfor a political and economic paradise has over- looked entirely this extraordinary survival of a more primitive age. For, at.first sight, this diminutive State, hidden away in the shadowat' the Pyrenees, is a political paradise. indeed. Corruption and official scan- dal aro unknown within its staidly republican government. Dreams of empire do not keep its statesmen awake of nights --indeed, it has no• army nor oven a single soldier. Tho country has never been in debt and the citizens are rarely taxed, Crime* is almost unknown, as also money worship and all forms of envious rivalry. Nobody in Andorra• suffers, from poverty and everybody is as happy as a. king. And there Is not a moilern improvement from ono end of the little state to the other. Plainly, the Andorran situation is worth. looking into. Long ago a peaceful and fruitful. little valley country, lying between the Spanish province o3 Lerida and the French Department of Ariage—it amounts in all only to six hundred square miles—was MADE INTO A STATE. Some believe that Charlemagne him-. self was the author of Andorra's be- ing ; others attribute the honor to Lpuise Ie Debonnaire of Franco. At all events, in 1278 the suzeranity of the little country was divided be- tweab. the Bishops of Urge' in Spain and the Counts of Fehr in France. Though the rights of the Counts of Foix were later made over to the French Government, this system of double suzeranity has existed ever since and has preserved Andorra from destruction. The machinery of government that has served for so many centuries to keep the Andorrans in order is very simple. The country is divided into twelve parishes, each headed by two consuls and several councillors. As the law of primogeniture still oper- ates in full force i2. Andorra these officers are chosen by the heads of families, rather than by popular vote. The twenty-four Consuls form the General Council of Andorra, which meets twice a year and whose func- tion it is to elect the President and Vice, -President of the republic. The relations of Andorra with its co - princes, French and Spanish, is a little complicated. France sends a permanent delegate to Andorra and each of the princes has a representa- tive in the republic. The most agreeable feature of the local administration is that there is so little of it. There are, however, two judges, each appointed by a co -prince, and a Judge of Appeals, alternately appointed by the princes. lieutenants. Equity, rather than any exact system of law, is followedin the court proceedings, which occur but twice yearly and which are short and simple by reason of the high standard of virtue among the 6,000 inhabitants of Andorra. It has nev- er been considered necessary to have a prison in the republic. Such sen- tences as are meted out to criminals are served in France, but only twice in twenty years has Andorra sent a delinquent to the French penitential colonies. As for the national finances, there • practically is none. The President's salary is $32 a year and the Coun- cillors receive much less. As; there is absolutely no other ovrtlay, . , and the parishes have a good revenue from their pasture lands, the aver- age individual tax is FIVE CENTS A YEAR. In some years there is a surplus of revenue, and•in that case the excess is divided among the citizens. Thus fiscal problems are unknown. So are Crokers and Deveiys, They will not thrive in Andorra. What is the secret of it all ? Simply, that the Andorrans have never eaten of the tree Gf modern civilization. It is difficult to believe that there is a race whose customs have not changed in six centuries, but such is the case. Shut in as they are by Pyreneean snow peaks the Andorrans have rarely any com- munication with the rest of Europe. There is no way of gettinginto Viaideal republic save by a mule path, and during six months of year it the is unapproachable from the French" side, The country is as innocent of carriage roads as it is of railroads. Of public sanitation and sewerage it. has doubtless never heard. Public instruction exists in theory; in fact it is_ of the most occasional nature, and 80 per cent. of the healthy and happy inhabitants are illiterate. Of letters, music and art they are cheerfully ignorant, and are conscious of no lack. Thus there are no pretensions td" "culture" in An- dorra. Nominally, there is a postal - service, but this is as unreliable as its administrators are nonchalant. Now and then a messenger is de- spatched from the capital of the State to deliver letters to their pro- per destination ; but it is only now and then. Ilut what need have the Andorrans for correspondence ? "hey + have no business relations with tli.. world of . railroads, automobiles, newspapers, stock exchanges and trusts, And as for their pleasures, they' aro all confined within alie. Emits of Andorra,.