HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1904-8-11, Page 6!OWED DOWN LIKE GRASS
THE
WO!measure of activity, but their values
RLD'S YARKETS
_ _ did not advauce; indeed, the tone
---- was weak in sympathy with the, con -
REPORTS FROM. TRE LEADING tin -tied clepression absond. Owing to LEADING CEREALS AND TILLIE
TRADE CENTRES. the liberel supple of lambs, their BY-PRODUCTS.
values declined, about 50 cents each,
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, while hogs went up 10 points. Their Value Depends Upon the
The quotatious were as follows: -
Grain With Whieb. They Are
The Japs Advanced Like Beingsl and Other Dairy Froduce
Best butcherssada at $4.40 to
at Home and Abroad., esaran, fAir to, .tyood ienths al 25 to to be Fed.
e •• • , ••• . .
Toronto, Aug. 9.-Wareat---Ontario 84.40; medium loads, 84 to $1.25; A leading Nova, Scotia farmer
No. 2 white ond red winter are qput-- inferior, $3,50 to $4; rough cows, points out that the average nem
ed at 02 to 93e east or west. Na. S.:2.25 to e3.25. buys the different kinds of milk feeds
2 sprite,- whet is eorainal at 87 to -Itter-t bells were worth $3.75 to without Snowing the grade he is
88e east, end goose ot 75 to 70e el lea ewa, ona esport eOWS, 83.75 buying, the value of eatie, or the
teachea thatthey captured, from the ,east, Menitoha wheat is higher- to 84 Rend of stock to which, it should be
Rutied. s. N. 1 Northern sold at 81.02, Ne. 2 The Followine quotatioos prevailed fed. In this connection it may be
conon,
Roth fleets are_„...rellortee to be in , Northern at 99e, and No. 3stockere:-.Sbortseithat numerous experiments have
„North- for feeders an
ern at 06:1e,, Georgian By ports' keel' feckless, 1.200 R. $4.50 to $4.- hem made in Europe and America ia
e d
eXcellent diti
Grinding in Transit Prices are Oc 75 feeders, 1,00-0 to 3,100 lbs., $4,- order to ascertain the money value
nussiAN mo:TAL„rrv. above those quoted. . 40 to $4.60; feeders, $00 to 1,000$of various feeals accordiug to the
The London Times hos the follow -I e,?-ats"-Nu' 2 widete , i's „,(1.11.Qteed at ' Ds- 83.50 to 84; stock calves, 4001netrierits they contain, but the re -
log or, Thursday from seenoa :seem/ -tele west, a3,14 30,; *ow AtQL.P.tg -to to 700 ins.. 8.3.25 to $3,75 for /sults have been so ceeflicting t'het
unfavorable impresaion has beete;New 'York. eto• I. white, 4"-ko RaFt. choke, and 82,75 te 83 for common. !Prof. Henry concludes. in his stand -
'end No, 2 et 33-ec east.
i rade ru siii was •
created here by accounts a the con- -cp act. , , et the i art work "Feeds end Feeding," that
dact of the I'lactivostock' squadron 4211,arIT-Nu..1 ..? 3 tia,Qte.s4 .ost 42,t. "a ifollowing rig' ures;-Export, ewes, sa., present it as allaPoesable to stete
towards the Japanese tritasport Hi- . --- 3_
e value of ono feeding stuff in
tachi Meru, which it sunk ia Julie. tle".„e9cleNO' 3 ui 38 im 3811v" 1144.- 8:4 ii°,0 ..$1,:::11:Z(1111.s: It andttQs, f5.34.2.55) 011886' terms of another from calcultations
It a,ppears that instead Of sinking ,44.e freights.
based upon the nutrients eQiitained in
lanced like beings heedless a death 'the transport with a torpedo or a 1)a'9 ---No" 2 siliPPing -Tx'as millinaliPeLiTit.s. sold at i to 5c per ite, and each. The vahie to the farmer of
at 60 to 61c west or east.
net insensible to pain. '1'hey were few large calibre shells between the ,,, thee pew:Ira:red feeding, stuff de -
I S2SilitOchS1cLe•saville.ere quo,ted At 830 to 'ponds largely upon the sort of
in..A, and water _as. the itassian eri-IgN,(:, t;n1 Artn,,sernicnalis,,slow.,1),(titinont-,
V! Wed dOWn like grass. ! r „I A + ,
rto Chefoo correspondent of the'ves,sels gradually approached their:, -- se.,44.--) -3- '')i ec--• ---.5,- ' seei-7--:',$50 each, roughage and. grain ulth which they
I
Disk Telegraph eaye that the Japan-i'prey, and for well-uiela three hours) te'" 41.14 " ' 41341 et' '' e' '114 h, q Mill feeds, Ar0 SC!
VS0 VOSitiOnS fit Fore Arthur aro ese Massacred the JaPenese soldlOrn by r.diun V‘Int 6arC(' and finu 4t .S7c 14her.1"lettse ocituolltoeg:-,s9weele7tIticOelittso s4urtjetr.ft) btoo faeddulteration that several
posed to the fire of the forts. and!an incesswit bre from their (encit-,
1 Bye -The rear/art is •dull, wish 200 MS., 85.50; fats and lights, 85.- Anieri.an experiment stations de -
that, the heelegers must either al -,'Are and machine guns et sbort reageo , _
vecce or evacaate the positions. 'Of thirty-seven survivors nereeed. by, UP1r4eVS 11010inai at 67 69e east, ...t 25 per cwt. vote a great deal of attention to
I , nirelting mei puldishing analyses of )
a depasiese fisaing boort oely ..seerese Violin -Ninety per cent. patents are,
RUSSIANS. ARE IMPROVING. were unwounded, roted at $8.80 to $8.85 east or I
west. itut •export. in buyers' the variotte larands. Some brief ,1
sactSt, 'UNITED STATES CROPS. notes on the rOar content/11 feeds are
ntlent of the Londo ii Streight rollers of special brands all thet a newspaper artiele will
RT./SSIANS ,STARAING, , for dotneetie trade quoted at 84.1e5 Larao Areas Ruined by Buse in aillOW.
A despateh from 1101n0 saYs: The to $4.40 in Uhl% Manitoba flours, the Dakotas. WI s . 'heat is a suitehle feed
y's
aetiot deuLonstrted an, int hio-Vang correspondent of the tiews-'are then; No. 1 patents, 85; No. 2, ior ell kinds of live stock, if fed with,
e it in the elle0VS taeth0C1 01 pperGiornale D'Italia asserts that Patents. $4.70, mul strong bal,erte:' The New York Tribune of Wedees- judgment, Shrunken and dateeged I
and concealment treadles. conditiope emeng the Russians at $4,60 on trecis Toronto, i day has the followitig from St. Peed; wines ran be kd to advantage, as it
Millfeed-At outside pointbreu is, l'amaging reports have been received 3Day be ne4IV or quite equal to tbol
urea ;,1,1. 813, and shorts at $10,50,,1rom the wheat fields. H. V, heat grain for this purpose,For 1
$17, 'Menitoint bran' in sacks, , ;Jones, tiie Minneepolis erop 45H't, 1attenjn stock NVkileat is considered '
and ehorts at $18, ,w110 hos Jmatle a 114P through 11"th worth about ten per geld, less than
the Ai/totes and Minnesota, wired corn. The by-products of wheat in
COUNTRY PRODI;CE. /trent the Red River Va3lee' tlot he etenn0(111 AISS are bran, shorts, msd.,!.
het apples -Trade continues du11, I found large areas of wheat F`lineil tilings and low grade flour. Bran 1
E 1,ang;:ii:11''rekPeesr Illti 'le dm 147)114east' :6141 '31°8 t'ec 11''eerr 1 .ell'eYnna:utantsubtasuila:no(?:1'..st la: sra:ii:NIth:iit'ihris g: 'a 11 s;:t}:s:' frieso'rrd($::frgosrne:(1(114norlis acQt:Iweliaa0rifidutdiwle:Ir‘vt‘k*e.rpy, best.
' beans are quoted at , 1 ern. torY et'erY daY. The wheal rrnP ar-cotint of its coarse and fibrous lia
i 1 and 11"111""xl at
e,°St S.:3°,4(.110,01040 °Iitn4shiels,lip'roviii"d there illixing with corn, peas, and other
' cs' .1, ' I It hi I -wed as low . -
1. Imes it is admirably adapted for
‘-Tho In li.tt ismoukogva at:is not another (14r.v's damage. Tills ltighly concentrated feeds, but for
amtla to 30e. act;ordhg to (pettily. "is -.".i0,00.1.001 unisr le e4 '1"411un'ut.'S Ilesame reason it is not suited for
rMe hs iyi The mariwt is quiet at VJuly report, North. Pakota, atte's f‘ealas. in large quantities to bard -
to te per lb. ialr, JOileS4 Milt giVa a greatlY rea-me- iworked i1011SeS Or young pigs. The
et a
$ quiet, Wit ;4100. hold her own.
er for
. although the former is supposed t
i.'COndllions wbflo Xtotlesottt wrn dimgs is not always clearly marked,
$5.50 to 88' Two conditions tend t - it lie re-grouud brae, and the latter the
1,,f ..po.:.sible tor a lumen sn ;$1elti finer particles a bran with some
.
than the e`itinuttom 'e giles» flour birluded„ 'Ile poorer grades of
. - ,
VAMP OF MILL FEEDS
Heedless of Death.
BRAVE ..4.1he NES
A despatch te the London Daily
Telegraph from St. Petersburg says
the Ministry of War is in poe-
n el intmenation that, although
thoueand Itusiaets have fel-
le the eecer.t engagements at
Port 7t.tthue, there is no immediate
danger of the fall of the fortress.
The forts 014 the northern tied north-
western front are almost all held by
the Russians, who dealt terrible de-
strtictien alma the Japanese in their
cent ettaelts. The Japanese ad -
11's headquarters, i
etch a Tueseday, sees .
however, no effort to ',-the front are disastrous, The soldiers
1 artillery'. The latter held be says, are diem; of hunger, After
ous odroutoge over the:a march, lasting 48 hours, they were
Jarkti-We gues in range end weight, 'elven nothieg but a pi er° of sugar.
but Sailed to tedirwe ere. ,1,11t,y hare 210 bread and no meat.
The enemy's infullIrF in ,10154 11v11',Protistion trains arrive at long in-
ches defended the right sisene. Ulla" etervals only. "Under. these condi341‘i"g the jeRei"e' atiV4_44,1a]tiOrkS," he adds, "the work' el the
o and sawing abunt. :it Does is trule heroic,"
ree tee, The peselan loaees in '
gragere eet
artierthe
0
despatch front 1. 4ttel • •a
Avl:fron1)4111arlti
na
i'tlertel removal a
all us eiviliaus, in
•Itle the ,reatest pos-
rttion Winter quer- 011 eaeeeie the 11
IP;leeS uuclutugeti
lltsseiati erniy. 4Straw-Te inatia,tt nt
nn t4
Sala ler
latuaiit
'ASA A
orders t nal. /
beleg :a for'
reeekei,,,
aosreeis r.
or paper 3no. , .
'1"tlY to 15' nut V IT:00
006, it 144e.
ftulr 141a ' under
!O
---Timotlis• is
I 111S-14/111-1
is Weed n
Preeence al a largo gold
the fluverrailien, is spar e; no trilort
le heep the gold iu the mulct. The
ututeut it le•gins to flow he no -
lit 'fl collapse.
laved doubtful the
Tfe , will discount bills ei
the etagered Fair this aver.
as it IS a Imays doMn for et ere" -
thing t husinees world is now
ere. uncert T1, and the bank wiehes
)
riel.e.
rgw ityssr
»
.1
st ant
i
1 On *nada, Toronto,
froui $t. 1 vi
real sarerd otatoese-The ot
divostoelf. squadron wlad.h.des or new at 011c to
.esume its roids at; ;biasing. Thee are (Meted
0 y, I 41
ill authority to sink potater-spring
Oi ;Yield nutter the most rovorahle Itli.stinction between shorts and mid -
-Session laws ,upon per ;searengs,
4.4d prizes as theY dudhs, 10 to 11c tier
Cot:eminent has
how laws, whiCh do not
ini any distinction between i fll,h A
'Tiles,. are rmt and ear1;7 froM shorts often contem the ette•epings
harVeSit is Sin' three weeks away, and dirt of the milt and ere not sat -
ami in the present condition of wheat jsrAttary. for feeding. middlings are
."" to cel101e Of daYs of adverse wenthrr 4,speefally useful for feeding- pigs,
I, 3 Per brings about great damage. 'ft will toneg with milk or corn. The
irequire. 11,nother tve,k to form uo lowest grade of 1100r, frequently
neiturate ulea of the probable yield enoera as ore(' dog," usually Con_
ta'ns tho germs of the wheat, and
on account of its high protein anti
.;:of the •three States, but inmegh 35
ralrind that is on heard an ern- • Butter -Finest 1-11e rolls, 131 to :iltnown at the preseet. time . war-
reeyht or vontraband on board a nen-S141e; ordinary to terrace helm mite, rant sasing that they will yield WI,- mt content is a valuable feed for
al ship. In either case the ship 32 lo 13e; low to mealum grades, 100,000 bushels less than last rear, cows, hardetrorked horses end grow -
y be semi: at the discretion of the 0 to 1,1e; treamere prints, 17 Ie. ing pie. The better sorts of )0V%
seieura 18e; solids. le o '10;e. I le flour ere similar in e mosi-
S FENCING g'n` • " •
R2iV, 40 I.:gee-Cane lots tire sell hie; at tell HOW HE GOT HIS -Lion to the best grades and cannot
*SSI „SYS l'IlOSIPTLY to 17c per dortau seconds, 14 to 35e..
often be fed at a profit.
Chose e ---The Market, is iittiet, 'with ): Used. Telegrapa Wizes-Could, No cern„..cern is tile best of All tho
despatch Liverintor saYs: prices unchanged et $e to 9e. the I Sea the Xessages. reveals for fa:tenths stock. et is
the British collier 1. , fur t
hi„
es,st very largely in the manufacture
of starsh, glucose, beer, spirits, etc.,
turd consermently has a long list o
by-products. in the processes o
eanufactere the Starch ip rettureed,
and the remainder of the grain is
sold under the name of gluten feed,'
VISO is well suited for dairy cows
and fattening stock. Gluten meal is
gluten feed without the hulls and
germs of the corn and is very rich
'The owners of
Foeton Hall, mil \SAS detained at
Port Arther from the time of the
HOG PRODUCTS'.
Ex- tirst attack made ley the Japanese
, A Galveston: Texas, despatch says:
I 1 he poles and wires of the South -
A pzitch. to .the . me:dem Telegreph and Telephone
lenge clear, et :to Se per lb. I Company and the Western Ueion
chow Telegreplz,- ' Co. sr . . . . . , _
Petersle rg stays it is reinore fered 'damage during her de•tention, ie. case lots; ineee poek, 815 to $15.-rrelegral'ilt Company were cut hist
S 1 ' 11 1 I I's f
ltussiat has eonellided .uegotiations havt, refleive4 compensation from the Ziti;' 'jun 411°11 "I. $17 10' $17.311- 'wee% for a eonsiderable distance in
with German hankers for a 3arge ' -Ceorernuient. The speedy 811101:et/ ?treats-41;ms, light 101,two places, betweee Laredo and San
loan, whish will enable her lo eon- settka.,ere of the &ilia by Ituseia
tinne t lie e a r indefinitely, i has greatly edifi
e n
ed ship -owners
et. •
here.
leUezeilieN PRISONERS.
A despaith to .the London 'Elides
front Told» saes there is muter in-
dignation in JapArt nt Ittissia'e per --
ea -tent neglect ter obeerte the rules
of The Hague coniaintion in regard
to supplying information about pris-
oners. The Japanese from the out-
set of tbe war have been scrupulous-
ly careSul to convey to the Russians
through the ler-ends Minister every
detail voricernmg prisoners
taken, by them. But to this day,
in Spite of frequent engnirice about
the prisonerS" taken during the third
p ,
'S'OUND A FORTUNE,
Valuable Discovery af Lonclo
Chambermaid.
riespateh frum London says
While a chambermaid employed at
the Leavoe- Hotel, was cleamag on
Sunday the grate' in a bedroom of a
suite recently occupied by an Amer-
.
, ' ." gh sli 'e
'covered in the aslipan a silk hand-
laerchiet containing flee dianiond
rings, tarquoiee ring, a diamond
and pearl neelda.ce, a diamond tiara,
cil cetee a old watch and
Russians have maintained complete a goiPcu g
Thi cannot be due to lack a purse eontatining £50 I3ank or
England notes and 8120 in American
of opportunity to communicate with I
. notes. The total value of the find
Japanese, as tlissla bas ins ,is some thousands of pounds. Up to
applied to Japan for recognition of )1.'huarsdae- •the treasure was unclahnecl,
two additional hospital ships at and the management of tire hotel was
Port Arthur. uncertain whether it 'belonged to the
last occupant of the suite, who sail-
ed an the Campania Saturday, or to
others. Thursday evening a wire-
less despatch was received saying :
"Left something in fireplace of room.
Please hold anti/ we return. Advise
if found." The three Americans
came to London in April and then
went to the Contieent. They re-
tueneci to London a fortnight ago,
and' stayed at the Savoy. The young
lady who is supposed to have lost
the e.aluabIes is about 18 years old.
AT PORT ARTISUR.
A despatch from London says :-
From Port, Arthur tliere is no certain
word. A vigorous attack and stubborn
defence may be a.ssumed. The cap-
ture of the Shantaikow fort, report-
ed on Wednesday may well be true.
It is doubtless an important poSie
tion, but its true value is unknown.
New carriers by Chinese junks bring
daily stories, which cannot be taken
at their Mee value. The steamer
Wuchow, 'which has arrived Che -
too, picked -up a junk carrying 111511
and women, they having left Port
'Arthur Tuesday. 'They report san-
guinary. fighting at Wolf Hill, result-
ing in the repulse of the Japanese,
Wolf Hill is near the railway. Eight
trains were bury taking the wounded
to Port Arthur- e
The Russians declare that the
fortress will 'never fall, but they ex-
-peat that scarcely a blinding will be
bet. Scarcely a whole pane of glass
now reinains la the place.
Other Chinese who arrived at Che -
foo Weduesday night say thet the,
Japanese have. captured two lightly -
garrisoned fOl'LS on the east shore,
lett abandoned them when their cora-
1 were repulsed alsewriere. Thc
fer-ts bristle with guns, Wally of the
eight -inch naval guns inflicting the
heaviest losses on the Janmiese.
The exodus from Port Arthur is
due, leaee, hitherto withheld, being
granted. The. reftigens r0 generally
of the better class of people. They
pay e-xorbitaut -rates to junks for
earrying them. A. jenk cerryiee the
officials of tile Danish East Asiatic
Company and their familieS from
Port A r r which 1 ef t at the same
"i'leetthe
THREE IN MURDER PLOT.
--
.Accomplice of Von Plelive's Assas-
sin Stationed at Quay.
A despatch from St. Petersburg
says :--Tlie assassin of 1\finister of
the Interior Von Plehve is said to
have made a partial confeesion, in
which he declared that at one time
be. was a SC/1001 10501105 in a rural
district, and was greatly interested
in the Zeinstvo, for the curtailment,
of whose powers lie blamed the dead
Minister. He still absolutely re-
fuses to disclose his name. :A. watch
is kept on him, day and night, not
only in order to prevent his doing
himself bodily harm, but in the be --
lief that lie may betray himself in
his sleep. Thus far, however, he has
only muttered two wores in his
Sleep---endeo ring dimi nut i yes for Pet-
er and Natalie, probably the mimes
of it ,comrade and sweetheart.
'Pile police have discoeered that a
thire accomplice waS concerned in
the murder plot, and that he was
stationed on 0 quay 041 the Neva,
where one of the lumerial yachts
Inednun. 12 to 1. -se; doe heas'S'S Antonio, and late on Tuesday after-
haeks, Oe; 84eileciolt a. Meeitrau wars arrested in ton -
t° 31tjea rolls,
18 to 182.e1 breakfast bacon, :nertion with trie eutting.- said
121; to lee, for a
Lard-Tiercee, 7c; tabs, '.hat. lit la Von e let t res
'See, 71e; Tullis' Ion t' but r etehr awe-
fr., u a neve 111,protem and fat, It is a capital
thing go over them, and, as he need- Teed for dairy cows, but on account
.4111 wire. :and poles for Tenting, he of its concentrated nature, should
ecomuommmOmm;om
BrSINESS AT MONTREAL. . . !concluded to make use Of the ape be mixed with bran or oats. Corn
Montreal, Aug,. 0.--sThere was noti- .IntrentlY. unele88 equipment. germ is very rich in protein and oil;
ing
now in the way of cables on oats! ----s----sd after the oil is pressed out the resi-
end exporters still. valued No. 2 d'' duo is known as corn. oiltmeal or
mixed at 3.7c refloat. No. 3 oats 10 PRESERVE CREAM corn . oil cake, also a valuable feed.
Cron bran is relativeee low hi feed -
A New Apparatus Dispensing With ing,,,value. There are numerous other
Chemicals. "corn feeds" on the market, but
they vary greatly in composition and
are now held at 37;e store, No. 2
beieg held at 38,c. Peas -Are about
stead v at 70e afloat hfontreal- 'So
2 barley, dfteat No. 3 extra, .181c; : A London despatch says: lion.
No. 3, 47e; and No. 2 rye, 62c. 'John Deaden inspected an apparatus
_ i
Flour -Winter wheat patents, 84.70 on letednesday for preeervieg milk
Ito 84.00; straight. rollers, 84.60 te cream without chemicals. He is
84.70, straight rollers, m bags, !much pleased and will lay the mat -
82.20 to 82.2.5; the Ogilvie Flour i tee before or. shorts are the elect
per barrel. Feed -Manitoba bran. in!
Household, 85, and Glenora, $4-70 I ce(„elan
ket. with the vietv of putting "'Ye
cream oat the
the dairy association of land eat feed
&dee mixed with corn meal, etc.,
producte of this grain. Oat gulls
Mills, Co- quote as follows :-Itoyalloataria
bags; $15-50 to 816.50; shorts, 817 eit Bettis:el mar_ are of little value for feed, but are
and the mixture sold as ground oats.
to 817.50 per toe: Ontario bran, in Oat dust consists chiefly of the min -
bulk, 815 to 816; 'shorts, $16 to SUSPICIOUS OF BRITAIN. lite hairs removed from the kernel
— in the preparation of oatmeal. It
Russian Press Alarmed at Activ- has a fair feeding value, especially if
ity of British. broken kernels are present, and there
A despatch from St. Petersburg is not too much mill sweepings. Oat
shorts or oat feed varies greatly in
composi lion, although the better
grades show a feeding value similar
to that of oatmeal.
Barley.-Ilarley is a first-class feed
for pigs and dairy cows. The by-
products, brewers' grains and malt
sprouts, are largely fed in some
sections. Brewers' grains are simp-
ly barley from which the dextrin and
sugar have been extracted'. The wet
grains are not desirable for goneial
use, but the dried grains are easily
kept and are rich in protein andiat,
reeking with bran and oil meal as a
feed for dairy cows. Malt sprouts
are a cheap and excellent 'feed
for cows, but they are not greatly
relished and only two or three
pounds a day can be fed.
Pease -Peas are vely rich in pro-
tein, and are among the best feeds
quantity, if combined with other
feeds. Not more than three or foue
pounds daily should be fed to dairy
cows.
RICH FARM LANDS.
Interesting Report From the Abi-
tibbi District.
A despatch from Toronto says; An
interesting report was received en
Thursday by Mr. T. Gibson, di-
rector of the Bureau of Mines, flora
Mr. J. 0. McMillan, (-thief of the. geo-
logical party which was sent Ise the
Ontario Goverment into the coun-
try in the neighbothood of Lake Abi-
tibial for the purpose of making an
ievestigation of the geological and
mineralogical conditious of the dis-
trict. Mr. McMillan. wrote on July
80th from Camp Petten, and states
thee, the party travelled throe& the
Townships of Wark, Gowan, Prosser,
' I , „ Newmarket, n
number -et other tantalised ones, all
in thr Lake Abitibbi region,
According to his investigations he
belives ut e count- mote
suitable for agriculture than reining,
although, several tande ef ore was
diecovered.
"310,t, of the laird," reports Mr,
31fe3fillan, quito tint arid covered,
it a et ra tide( claY- Though
eomewhat we 011 account of the ley, -
el nature of the eountree, the StrearaS
have bettlie Of sufficient height in
most placee to drain the land, with
the exceptien those parts covered
with muskeg. Tiwse last, mentioned
toprise in the district, covered so
far from one, one-tenth to one -
of the total area. Owing to
the level neture of the country the
peat deposit on them dors not ex -
teed. to any great depth. On most
ot them a winding of from three to
six feet encountered a clay bottone
though in some the swiveling went
frOm 10 to 12 feet. With a s,vstent
of drainage much. less exteesive than
in parts of the Counties of Essex,
Kent and Lunation, most of these
mesttegs could he changed Into farm-
s lands."
A report was else received o
Traursday front the J. N. Workman,
the geologist Wil0 aecompanied
Spright's SlArVeYing party in the
Seine distriet. He says that some
good elite? land Was diSe0Vered. It
was eovered willt poplars, spruce and
a few celarn. In some sections there
are large areas covered With =OF
rum six to twelve inches deep.
lawrro.w.rr.".•••4•••*.
SEVEN PEOPLE DROWNED,
FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND.
NOTES OF INTEB,EST F'ROTiT
IMP PANES AND BRAgs.
What Is Going on in the High-
,
lands, and Lowland.s of
Auld, Scotia.
Mr. and Mrs, John Grant, Loin-
aeh, Inverness, - and late of Brin,
last week celebrated. their golden
wedding.
The directors of Kelso Gas COM-.
Pally have agreed to reduce the price
of gas by, 54 per 1,000 Whit feet,
making it Ss 44.
The new hospital at Wick, to be
boilt jointly her. the burgh and coun-
ty, is to cOntam 22 beds, instead of
11 as originally intended.
David, R. sArmit, an assistant mas-
ter in george Heriot's School, reline
burgh, has been appointed. to the
headmaetership of Lauder Public
school.
Alexander Cumming, deputy town
clerk ref Nairn, has been appointed
town clerk be the rooM. of the late
Mr. Laing. Mr. Cunonongs belongs
to Forfar.
Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson,
Cutialoden, hove cele'brated their gol-
den wedding. 71tr. Henderson has
been for thirty years gardener to the
-
Earl of Galhaway.
* Wm- J, herninmeter,
Drumelzier school, OalashielS,
been aPpOileted headMeeter Of Trae
guide school in eutreeesiou to MIS
Aleeelee, who is retiring.
Mrs, J00100 Xichulsuu. whel:* WAS,
band wile for a number of years, a
merchant in Wick., has died at the
age of 87, Two eons are succgseint
hasinees seen in London,
Tbc executivo of Paisley Y.131 -0.A,
bave receiped intimation trona. the
trustees of the late 'Wm. 13, Barbour
that they will benefit to the eeteut
tt 41,000 Oat a the residue of the
errible Fatality Off the Coes .
" Nova Scotia, A SMIllau#St Boo, at Doniberton, le
Seven persons lost their lives by
A. despatch from Halifax saes ;,...., about to severe his vonnection 'with
sinking" M. ' A 811111,11, 11100t, in fleshy
tho the dockyard, and join as a partoer
Basin late 00 'phursday afternoon.
The yacht Ouida,, owned by Counnos
dare Irving, mei in charge of Cep -
tutu Charles Hereess left here at .,'"'
O'clock on. Thursaloy morning for
Pinkney'si Point to take out a PartY
ol Anterieue ltieriets who were vamp-
ing in that t leinity. The boat. was
seen to leave the Point about 10 at.
sii, with the party on board and a
Sinall tender in tow. Arrangements
had been made to' land the Party a
Smith's Cove. About S o'clock .
num saw the yacht approaching the CONSTITUTION Or JAPAN.
Cave. Later he noticed her go — .
%round on Beer Island bar, the ten- llow It .Difiers From, That Ocele
der a short distance from the yacht dental Nations,
and bottom up, with people evident-
ly clinging to the bottom. Ne ' ut There is an important difference. he -
truce gave an ;dare). A number of tw"11 the Constitutions <4 Weste'74
others ran for the eearest boat, a aelnetritlis,atlilltle toltIletle'07111ea(1,1111A„Rie, tuoir;
4ory, half a mile distant., Another
erew' started for the Harbor View l'isiug9 against the tyranny of relers
Inous,e, a mule away, The dory vas. -in other words, of a demand, as
. nrds from, the shore. Herbert lIat- "Cluctrti'
of natural right, bee the people. Con- -
even in xitonarehical Eur -
ached lirst, but was two hundred
'cuing party were soon at the scene such terms tie le lay the. greatest,
Constitutions tue drawn in
field swam for the boat, and the 1551 °Pe*
of the disaster. They found three stress :11Pull D°Pninr rights; 'while at
downwards, One man still showed
bead. tue same tune curtailing the power
of the sovereign.
bodies floating on the water,'
signs t/f Ilan His moue is Vedito. The Japanese Conetitution, on the
He was hasteeed to his home in 3.°)toill.oerrbtaittisielentatt7ntedheelle.°1,1:f iililiel p10.11:iv.:
Bear itiher, and it is thought he will
Ileor River station, and it is hard: e e,,,,
Before the peo-ple dreamed of
recover. Three bodies are in the er"
to learn 'their correct names or nit- po,ptilaz.._rig.lhad ite or of a Parliament
under a guaranteed analysis. ' already . 43 d t
value and should be bought only
Oate.-The feeding. value of oats is, The
t ive -placee the grand policy of establishing cone
well know. Oat 11011S, Oat dust, ee, party, as near as ef331 be learn-
nYhridge Paper Mille. after be-
ing closed for 8 months, owing to the
liquidation of the Orin of Messrs.
Oswald ea have been started
again by a. SOW company.
Whaling operations continue to be
troFecuted nith great snevess. The
catch up to date is as follows -Two
etation$ tat Itortosvoe. 70 whales;
station at Collafirth, 131 station at
Olnafirth, 83; total. 110.
t7ampbell, convener oi Banff
county, was by' the liends of the
Duke of Richmond and Gordon. Lord -
Lieutenant, presented with' his por-
trait. painted by Sir James Gurthie.
"31 recognitiou of his eminent publie
ervices to the country.
Alex. M. Kennedy, director awl
' end manager of Messrs. AN',
the old -established firm of Messrs.
Wm. Hamilton Co., Olen 'Yard,
Port Glasgow.
The proposal to establish a sane-
rium for sonsuleptives front Mtn-
eeshire is being energeticelle taken
up by Ms Johnstone -Douglas, of
Comlongon Castle, coevener of the
county. The eounty medical officer,
Dr- Maxwell Ross, states thnt, every se
' about 300 pereone Innufries-
hire end, Galloway die from plaid-
317; mouillice 326 to 328 per ten.
Prove -eons -Wavy -Canadian short
cut pork, $17.50 to 818; light sbort
cut, 817 t 817.50; AllIcrican fat
backs, $17.50; American clear fat says :-The Russ and the Novae
bacies, $20; compound lard, 61 to
7c; Canadian lard, fit- to 7e; kettle Vremya on 'Wednesday comment on
rendered, Se to Oeci; hame, 13 to .Great Britain's activity in Persia.
13;e; bacon, 12 to 18e; fresh killed
abattoir hogs, 87.75 to 88; live hogs
85.75 to $5.85. Cheese --.-Ontario,
7t to 7;c; best Qeibee, 71 to 74-e.
Eggs -Select new laid, 18 to 1.81c;
straight gathered candled, 15ic; No.
2, 121 to 13c,-. Dotter -Fancy
grades, 181 1,6 181c; ordinary finest',
17i to 1.7ec; Weatern dairy, 131.. t I
14c. -°, The 'Novo e Vreinya. thinks that the
searching of a few merehantmen for
contraband in. timeeof war is a small
matter compared -with the raising of
-the British flag in time of peace on
rtwo of the 1)earl Islands in the Per-
sian. Gulf.
tiree as other junks which liave nr- was moored, en the Cherie° that the
rived..bere, has not yet arriVed. The Minister 'might' go to Peterhof that.
Japanese are now occupyiner; outpost day by
The Buss say9 it is to be expected
that wheal Great 13ritain has finhahed
with Tibet she will take advantage
of Russet's preoccupation to streng-
then her footing in Persia, but adds
that she will find Russia not so ab-
sorbed even in it serious war that
She cannot safeguard her interests in
the Central East.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Milwaukee, Aug. 9.--Wheat-No. 1.
Northern, $1.05; No. 2. Northern,
31.04; .new, September, 88e to 88rte
asked, Rye -No. 1, '77 78e. Bate
ley -No. 2, 56e: sample 32 to '55e.
Corn -No, 3, 51. to 52c; September',
57 to 57 -le bid: .
Mi rin ea polls, ,Aug, 9. -Wheat -Sep-
tember, 96e; December, 923e; May,
94'e to .943c; No ; 1 hard: $1.061;
No. 1 arorthern', $1.01e; No. 2 Nor-
thern. $1.02e. • '
Bufralo, . August 9 .-Flour--Firm
Wheat -Spring firm.; No. 1 Northern.
Core -Strong; No. 2 yellow,
58c; No. 2 eorre 57c. Cats -Unset -
consisted of Captain Charles
Hersey of Digby, master of the
yacht, body not recovered; reacbliotugt,
a resident of Bear River, aged\
27 years, the only one saved; his
wife, aged about 30 years, body not
recovered; a young chifd, body not
recovered; George Leach, eiged about
15 years, Manager of a woollen mill
in Nasonville. R.I., body recovered;
Mrs. O'Riley, supposed to be a XCAV
York lady, aged about 10, body re-
covered; her eon, aged about thir-
teen years, body recovered; another
son or daughter of Mrs. O'Riley,
body not recovered. It appears that
when the yacht grounded on the bar
about half it mile from land all the
occupants of the yacht got on board
a ten -foot tender and began to row
towards shore. The water is deep
between the bar and the landing op-
posite -the Bear River station. The
little boat swamped with her heavy
load, and them turned bottom up.
HEAT RUINS CHEESE
— Speaker of the Ontario Legislature,
inSeLY°e4idel°yn. Will Suffer
The Trade
A London despa tch saws: 1 -Tan.
Thomas, llallantyne, at one time
end a prominent cheeseman of Strat-'
Pifter-two 1VIillion. 13ushels Raised for growing animals dairycowsI f d that - 1 t ' I
, --ant or , eaysexcessive lea as c °-
Last Season. !pigs. Pea meal ie too concentrated ing terrible damage to cheese here.
A despatch froln WilMiPeg ea_,e :_lter be fed alone. rl.'here are ne be-- It, is his opinion thirt, it will be a
..
as_ ' products in general use. severe bloat to the trade this year.
The North-west Crain Dealers' Oil Cake. -Oil cake or oil meal is a At the Conneercial Road station, he
sociation have issued the regular re -
are s Landing in
port sliowine. the wheat satiation in. 1)37-PrbdlIct of the' Inantifacture or lin- says, 100,000 boxes
'Manitoba all the North-west ' Terri- seed °IL It is a verY rich and oS, the gre,at, heat causing it te
.
4 --
WESTERN WHEAT CROP„
tories on August 1, as regards' the healthful feed, particularly for fat-:" sweat.
. „
1.903'crop. According to figures the tenthg cattle and sliceP• Its" high • "1" •
tied: No„ 2 white, 4.4ee; No. 2 331/X- total crop of wheat- that veer was
etl, 41c, Canol rreights--Steady. '52,320,000 bushels, of which there
yet remains to come forward 720,-
figures :--inspected to .date, 37,600,- is a 1y -product in mak ing co11,0 - 1 On al cemetery at Vaal I Li vet°, Where.
Toronto, Ang. 9. --Trade in hutch- 000 bushels; in store', country points seed oil ft Is lulieet of all the ell those who fell in the ea) m be
ers: cal tie showcd a marked improve- 650,000 bushels; in transit not in- concentrates. but varies greatly in 'reburied. It is Ow proposed to
went at the Western Cattle Market .spected, 70,000 bushele; Marketed to eu Tt is not soitable for pigs build it church, where a national
to -day, and under the influence of an elate, 68,320,000 „bashele; used for orcarves, Oocei 0011005504 meal, mete arial FOI'Vice can he annually
active and 0(151)111104 demand all the seed, 7,500,000 liushi; used bY.iwhich is a bldg..' herionessilos 111 held. Ths nmvelne"l' widely
0 (TN ings tte..r.e disposed by noon. Ex- country mine,' 6,500,000. Total, color andlias a fresh eleasant tee+ e, supported both .in the Tran- 0003 and
. ex s t tie we sold with a fair fi2,320.000 bushels. may .be proficabify fed in reasonanle 'the Oraege Itiver Colony.
protein conteet makes it valuable for THE BOER FALLEN.
feeding in moderate quantities to A. despatch from Pretoria says :-
dairY rows, along w ith corn 50 Re, A Movement, has been si rt. ed among
LIVE SToCK ARKET, 000 bushels. The • f 0110 W ing are the C' ot oilseed. Meal . -C On S eed meal, the Boers in fay or of creat jug a 110-
Stitutional governmefit in the future,
because of his evident desire and pur-
pose to elevate the country to an
eminil place among the civilized na-
t.ione of the world, not only because
Ile wished it, but also because that
course was in, strict accordance with
the national policy bequeathed by
his ancestors. •
Following that policy, our Consti-
tution was drawn up with close ad-
herence to and careful presere.a_ejea
of the fundamental principle of the
G6vernreent from lime im-
Mentorial.
In form, however, it iS similar. to
Westeen Constitutions, with this dif-
ference, that the text of our Consti-
tutions coetains only the fundamen-
tal ,principles of state -namely, the
prerogatives of the Emperor; the,.
rights and duties of the people; the
powers of Parliaxnent; t,he powers
and duties of Ministers of state and
judiciary and iinaece.
'Phese are sill embodied in seventy-
six articles. Matters of detail, such,
for example, as proVisions relating
to the rules and proceedings of Par-
liament. the laws for the election of
members, the national budget, etc.,
are separated from articles enunciat-
ing fyndamental principles, and are
embodied in laws supplementary to
ihe constitution and enacted at the
'same time,
"One thing I like about our new
man," said a „member of the firm eel
his pnetner, "is that he's relintile.
You can always tell what he is go-
ing to do next." 'tend what is
'th a tes "No thing."
1\listrees-"leridget, that china or-
nament you broke this morning be -
1011420(1 te my great-grandmother."
I id get (relieved )-` . Oi'm glad
of that, Sure 01 was afraid wen
somethneg ye lied just Igniglit gut's;
. ones- ou see hema. tee Issr
1000053 int was given to uederstand
filet she -had a hund-red tiro eetual
rasd"\
r, 'IC/3
41)01
---"011, yes, she hadl ,And she has
got it yet-that'e the trouble.-