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The Brussels Post, 1903-4-16, Page 7I,HE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. `foronto, April 14. - Wheat, the murlcet is quiet, with feeling rather better at the clime, No, 2 rod win- ter and while quoted at 70o middle freight, anti at 70;0 east, No, 9 nprtng nominal at 69c on Midland, anal No, '2 mimeo at 65,0 on Mid- land. Menitobit wheat steady; No. 1 hard quoted at 7 Sec (lodes Leh, and No, 1 Northern at 78c Coderieh, No. 1 hard, grinding In transit, 85ec lake Ports, and No. 1 Northern at 84e, Oats - Market is quiet, with prices unchanged. No. 2 white quoted et 29c high freights, anti at 29ic lnicidlo ft'cights, Barley -Trade is quiet, with No. 3 extra quoted at 45c middle freight, and No. 3 at 43e middle freight, Corn - Marlcot is chit, Canadian feed corn quoted at 41. to 42e west, end at 46ec here, No. 3 American yellow at 47c on track, Toronto, mill No. 3 mixed at 40c. Pens - No. 2 white is quoted et 65 to 66e west, and at 66 to 67e east. P'lotrr - Ninety per cent, patents unchanged at 52.65 middle freights 1n buyers' sacks, for export. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at 58.20 to 63.85 in bb]s. Manitoba flour steady, No. 1. patents, $4 to 54.10, anis seconds, 58.80. Strong bak- ers', $3.70 to $3.80, bags InchMelee, Tomei 0. Millteed Branis firm at 518 here, At outside points bran is quoted at 517, and shorts at 518, Manitoba bran, in sacks, $20, and Shorts at $21 here, COUNTRY PRODUCE. Beans - Trade is quiet, with prices nominal. Medium, $1.50 to 61.76 per bushel, ant hand-picked $1.90 to $2. Dried apples -Trade inactive, with prices nominal at Sec per 18.; evap- orated, 6 to 6ic, Money - The Market is quiet, with prices unchanged. Strained selle at 8 to 8/e per 1b., and comb at $1.25 to $1.60. liay, baled - The market is quiet at unchanged. prices. Choice timo- thy, $9,50 to 510 on track, and mixed at 58.50. Straw - The market is quiet for car lots on track at $5.50 to $6 a ton, Maple Syrup Tho market is quint, with receipts small. (Vine gal- lons sell at 85 to 900, and Telpetiel gallons fit 61,10. Potatoes - Market is steady, with fair offerings. Car lots are quoted at OSe to $1 per bag, and small lots at $1.15 to 51.20. Poultry - Market is quiet, and prires unchanged. We quote: Dry picked b'esll killed turkeys, 17 to 18.0 per ib.; geese, 10 to 12c per lb.; clucks, $1 to $1.25 per pair; chick- ens (young), 85c to 51; old bons 60 to 75c per pair„_ 13100 PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are nominal. Cured meats aro unchanged, with a good demand. We quote: Bacon, clear; 10 to 10;0, in ton and case lots. Pork. 'Mesa, $21 to 521,60; do., short cart, 522.50 to 523. Smoked meats - Hants, 13 to 181c; rolls, 11i to 12c; shoulilons, 11.0: backs, 11 to 14,c; breakfast bacon, 14 to 14;0. Lard - The market is unchanged. We quote: Tierces, 10ee; tubs, 11c; pails, 111t; compound,' 8$ to 100. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, April 14. - The local markets aro beginning to show a little more activity; rather more enquiry is noted. in the grain mar- icet, and a little business has been done in oats at firm prices; peas, on the other hand, aro weaker, and prices have been roduceil, For Man- itoba wheat there is a fair enquiry; in flours, feeds, and meals no change is apparent; provisions are quint and steady for hogs, anis fairly ac- tive for smoked moats an'd lard; choose and butter aro firnn to sarong, the latter having advanced lc per pomod; eggs aro active at steady prices, Grain - No. 1 Northern hard wheat, 74c; No, 1 Northern, 72c, Marcie delivery; No. 1 bard,' 75c; No. 1 Northern, 784c, ex -store, May delivery; peas, 69,0 high freights; No. 2 oats, in store here, 86a to 87c; • rye, 510 east; buck- wheat, 48:'; to 49c east, for May de- lively; o-livery; peas, 05c high freights; ryo, 60c; buckwheat, 56 to 57c; peas, 75� to 76. Flour --Manitoba patents, $4.10 to $4,20; seconds, $13.80 to 58.90; Ontario straight rollers, $3.- 60 3:50 to $3,65; in bags, $1,70 to 51.- 75; patents, $3.70 to $4.10. Rolled oafs-Sfillors' prices, $2, bags, and $4,15 per bbl. Feed ---Manitoba bran, $1.9 to $20; shorts, 520 to 591, bags included; Ontario brain in 1)ullc, $18 to $18.50; shorts, In bulk, $20 to $21. UNITED STATES 1MIARICETS. Detroit, April 14, - Wheat closed -Cash, No. 2 white, 76c; No, 2 red, cash, 76c; May, 761e; July, 74c, Duluth, April 14, - Wheat - To arrive, No. 1 hard, 73c; No, 1 Northern, 76c; Dray, 75$e; No, 2 Northern, 740; May, No. 1 hard, 771,e; July, 751c. Oats — llray, 83'.c, • Milwaukee, April 14. -- Wheat - i7egher; N. 1 Northern, 78 to 780; No. 2 Northern, 76 to 76c; May, 75,,c, Rye -Finn; No, 1., 52e. Dar - ley -Steady; No, 2, OOe; sample, 42 to 52.'c, Corn - May, 58,0.. Toledo, April 141, ,- Witoat-; Strong; cash, 75ee;yMay, 764c; July, 721c. Corn - firm; April, 421c; May, 1210; July, 454e. Oats S. toady; April, 34,0; Mny, 884e; July, 304e, Jtye•-'No. 2, 5210, Seed -meal, firm; easel, $0.70; April, 56,55; Ootobor, 55.37* hid; prime timothy, $1.60 nominal; iso tilsilce, $7.50. BIG C.P.R. CONTRACTS. Three Firms to Supply Material for Bridges, A Montreal despatch says ;-The Canadian Pacific Railway Company gave out 011 Wednesday three con - Darts to Canadian firms tot' ma- terial for briilgest and construction work, 'The contracts in themselves represent in value something like $250,000, but they form part of a inch larger scheme, which eni- braces a contemplated expenditure during the present year of between 51,700,000 and 52,000,000, Mr. a, N, fil.ousarrat, engineer for bridges, gave out solve details of tho con- tracts whleh have been entered into, Thu Canada Foundry Company, 0 Toronto, will 11e announces, supply sixty-nine plate girclers, weighing 1,750 tons, for new bridges. The Dominion Bridge Company have been awarded a contract for three'throteglt lattice spans of 160 feet, to be erected on the Atlantic division of the system. Tho steel required for these three bridges weighs 465 tons The Hamilton bridge Company have secured the contract for ono 100 feet through lattice span, weighing eighty tons, for the lino through tate mountains in British Columbia, The same company were given the conn - tract for six lattice spans, weighing 450 tons, and four plate girders. The deck lattice structures supplied by the company will be erected by tho Dominion ilridg'c Company, but the C.P.R. will itself erect the great- er pnu•t of the plate girders supplied by the Canada Foundry Company. — e CONFUSION IN ROME. • Troops Tire at Strikers Who As- sembled in City. A Ro1n0 despatch says :-Owing to the demonstrations of the strikers foreigners a'e deserting the city as rapidly as possible. This alone will nems a doily loss to the boarding house .keepers of 516,0011. Five hundred T'r'ench pilgrims who ar- rive o1 Mediae/day were trans- ported in all manner of waggons and carts. The party arrived at the Garibaldi bridge just as a detach- ment of cavalry charged a mol) and a scene id le describable eo11(05100 011- sucd, About noon the strikers gathered on the Corso Vittorio Lm- annele. The troops charged, fired three volleys and dispersed them, About a dozen men were reported to have been wounded. The Government has determined to have a sufficient force of troops of hand to nnl.intain order under any circumstances, and has issued instructions to send ten more battalions of troops to Rome. CANADIAN LIVE STOCK. Can De Turned Out as Good as the British. An Ottawa despatch says F. 17, ITodson, Dominion Commissioner of Lire Stock, was before the Agricul- ture Committee on Wednesday morn- ing to tell of his investigations in (treat Britain last year. On the whole ho considers that we turn out or can turn out, as good a quality of animal for the butcher as the British farmer, but we neat' more caro exercised in breeding and feed- ing, and more continuity than 115011 been usual. In regard to fairs Mr, Hodson thinks the side show at- tractions should be superseded by attractions of a competitive or C0111 - Martial nature, such as they have in Great Britain, and that the admis- sion fee at big shows like Ottawa, Toronto and London, might well bo made a little higher for the first couple of days. RESENT KING'S TITLE. Scotchmen Make T- hemselves Dis- agreeable. e. An Edinburgh, Scotland, despatch says :-There was a curious scene at the meeting here on Wednesday call- ed to make preparations for the forthcoming visit of King .lbkiward to Scotland, Several of the local Scot- tish officials refused to have any- thing to do with welcoming his Ma- jesty until he shall have dropped the title of Edward VII. Tho objectors protested that the title is an insult to Scotland. They added that, judging from, the addresses he re- ceived at Lisbon, even the King him- self seemed' to realize that ho was only living of England. Oonsiderablo uproar prevailed, but the meeting ultimately refused to listen any fur- ther to the malcontents. CATCHING OF STURGEON. Hoots and Line 'Fishing Prohibit- ed by Government. A Toronto despatch says ;,-Tho Ontario Fishery Department has re- ceived word from the Don14111011 Gov - ail ment that an ordol-in-Oouncil i1tas been passed prohilyiting the catching Of sturgeon by hook and line, Tho new regulation will go into effect immediately and no more licenses for this kind of fishing will be is- sued. Tho fact that }many immature Oslo are caught in this way has led the Dominion authorities to pass the order -in -Council. a SEEDING IN MANITOBA. Operations Are Web! Under Way in Hartney District, A Winnipeg despatch says r-Seod- ing operations aro well under way in 1Tartney settlement. The lard is in magnificent condition for spring Work, and the grain has been all got Into the ground In good shape, 1Vbr11 Was oohnineneed at the end of Mat'cli, and the weather has boon favoreiblo for continuing it over since. During the whole of the whiter the Souris Plains have load loss, snow than any outer part of ]Manitoba, anti the fust fele lino slays' left the ground dry and Toady'for the seed, THE HOUSE OF COMMON Notes of Proceedings in the Can- adian Parliament. PUBLIC 111.001111 OFFICE, !Viten Mr, Fisher returns from Japan ho will Introduce legislatlo to provide for a Public 1(ecol• Ofliee, similar to that which prevail in the Old Country, This will em 1)1'000 the archives bra/l011 of 00 De- partment of Agriculture, and the re coral branches of the Secretary 0 State and Privy Council, MILITIA ACT. Sir Frellerick Borden's bill tc amend the Main Act will be a con solidat(on of the Act and amending Acts, and will authoiee a number 0 important reforms, particularly in the direction of giving the Ministot wider discretion in expenditure of th Parliamentary votes, Authority wi11.be given to extend the period o annual drill from 12 to 16 'days. I is said that the loi]I will also amend the Militia .Act to permit of ening a Canadian officer or Imperial offs col• being appointed to the command of the militia, TO HELP BERNIER, A delegation of members of Perlia ment and Senators waited on tho Minister of Marino with Captain Dernier, In support of Government assistance for a polar expedition. The delegation asked that the GOv- ernmcnt provide a boat for the ex peditlon, 1t would cost $80,000, Mr. Pretoltaine, who was favorably impressed witil the proposition, ask- ed if the Government could have the steamer back after the trip was over, and Mr. Bernier said ho was quite agreeable to this. MILITIA PENSION ACT. Sir Frederick Borden introduced his bill to amend the Militia Pension Act. He explained that this bill was Intended to provide that mem- bers of the civil service who became officers of the permanent force of the militia under the Militia Pension Act should have their count for which they paid into the superannu- ation fund. The clause Was precise- ly similar to that inserted in the Northwest Mounted Police Act at last session. IR1SH IMMIGRATION OFFICES. Mr. Clarke learned from Sir Wil- liam lila lock that the -Canadian office at Belfast had been closed for a few days last month, Air, Kilburn had load charge of the office from the 1st of April, Mr. O'Kolly ]caving been transferred to Dublin; 1.311 Irisin emigrants had been sent to Canada last year by the officers of the Gov- ernment.The salaries and traveling expenses of these officers amounted to $14,175. 1IO0 CT-TOLERA. Mr. Ingram (b:,. Elgin) move'd for the papers regarding the recent out- break of bog cholera at Yarmouth Township, Ont. CATTLE GUARDS. Mr. Lennox (W. Simcoe) moved for all papers In connection with the appointment of the Cattle Guard Commission. INCORPORATED COMPANIES. Afl', Bickerdike introduced a bill respecting incorporated companies, anti Mr, Putted one to amend the Conciliation Act. Tho latter has for its object to make the Arbitration Board more workable and generally useful, IIOTMME RULE. Sir Wilfrid Laurier reeved that Mr, Costigan's Flome Rule resolu- tion be engrossed and presented to His Majesty as an address from the House of Commons. SUBSIDIES TO RAILWAYS. • Mr, Blair informed Mr. Davis that the total cost on capital accoultt of the Inton'colonial Railway was 569,- 418,275, and of the Prince Edward Island Railway 55,112,455, The fol- lowing amounts have been paid as Federal subsidies to railways in each of the provinces :- Prince Edward Island,.. None, Nova Scotia.,. .,. Nome Btu iiswick... Quebec,........... Ontario... ,,, ,,. 1lfanitoba,.. $ 1,872,000 1,292,000 10,091,000 18,750,000 8,259,000 Northwest Territories ,7,457,000 British Columbia,,. 9,6342,000 LAND GRANTS. Mr. Davis (Saskatchewan) was told that the total alnomlt of lands granted in Manitoba and the North- west Territories as subsidies to rail- ways is 56,087,072 acres. Of those 20,986,826 acres have been earned. No land subsidies have been granted since 1896. ELECTORAL C011RUPTION, fit committee on 11r, Charlton's bill to amend the Dominion E1oc- tions Act, the Primo Minister stated that as Mr, li'ielding's suggestion made the other clay of a special com- mittee to consider the best mean's to get rid of existing electoral abuses had appeared to meet with general acceptance, the Government had deckled to act on that sugges- tion, and would do so after the Easter recess, TRANSPORTATION. Mr. Borden was informed by the Premier that the statement Made in the Qovern)nolrt organs that the Transportation Commission had been appointed was not correct. No appointments had been made, BILLS INTRODUCED. The following bilis wore introduc- ed and read. the forst time : '1'o incorporate the Brockville and North-Western Railway Company, - Mr, Dyment. Respecting the Montreal Fire In- surance Company, -Mr, Lariviare, Respoetieig the Niagara Welland Power Company, -Mr. Guthrie, To Incorporate the Dominion of Canada Improvement Conpaty.- TIr, Campbell. Respecting the Dominion Burglary Guarantee Conlzpaly,-Mr. Bicker- dike, To incorporate the Shipping Fed- a oration of Cainatla,'MV, llicker'diko, d ,PROMOTING 1;MTGRA'rION, A return brought i1ts 'n shows that there aro 22 Canadian emigration o111ces at work in foreign countries. Ono is In Iceland, one in .Belgium, and twenty are eutpluyeri In the United States, The average salary is $1,200 jeer 111111110. 1'OS'l'A t! P: RATES. Sit' William Mulooac has receival from the postmaster of the Baha- mas, a conununivetlon in which he expres11es his willingness to receive Oa10lion nee:spapere and perluili- eels at 0111' 110111Vstle rates. On and after April 11th, tlie;e Canadian publications may be sent front any otileo in Canada to the lialnamn Is- lands at our domestic rates. W1.S'rieltN 11AILWAY, The St. diary's liver Jtaliway Company seeks power to build a railway from Nom poll,t between) Lethbridge and Sterling, on S,e lino of the Alberta Ruil.way and (foal Company, southerly to a point on the International boundary 1111e, —4 - SIR GEORGE WHITE. llTado a Field Marshal by Kin Edward. A Gibraltar despatch says '-Kin Edward arrived Here 00 D'edneeday from Lisbon on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The ships dressed, manner' sides and saluted. The King, who wore a held -marshal's uniform, anis his suite landed later in the day. Itis Majesty was received by the Gov- ernor and by the naval and military stalls, while royal salutes were fired. A procession was formed, and the King drove through the streets, which were lined with soldiers and cheering crowds, to the Neutral Ground, end on returning, went to Government l.Iouse. The town and rock were illuminated at night, King Edward was present at at State 'banquet given by Sir George Stuart White, the Governor of Gib- raltar, nihd the defender of Lady smith during the South African war. During the banquet the King 111111000006 that he had promoted Sir George White to the rank of Held - marshal. CURE OF BLOOD -POISONING, PERSONAL POINTERS. s of Interest Ab ut Sohn Note o Prominent People, 1'Iio I'r'inco anti PfJncess of b'ai are the po>•se.�5oh•s of no fervor tin n]ul'tears p]nnos, etel'7 ono Of wield was u n'edd103 present. It is said that ,550daune Melba has With her in Australia $1,000,000 worth of jewellery, and this large fortune in shall bulls necessitates the employment of four polireinon each night to guard It, The prima g dons pays the pollee depttltment a day far with luau she com- plovs to guard her diamonds and p$2,511earls. 7ifug Victor Emmanuel, whose great hobby is coin collecting, is just putting the finishing touches to Ills magnificent work on the coins of Italy, the cost of which will be 530,- 000. 501110 idea of the magnitude of the boast may be gathered Ecom the fact that there have bees no fewer than 227 Mints in Maly at one time or another. The King has a remarkably fine collection of coins It now consists of over 60,000 spe- cimens. The Duke of Portland is tate proud possessor of a blotting -book which is both interesting and unique. It is g a present from his wife, and on its rich silver mountings are engravon the names of all the ramie; won, by ifs historic race horse Donovan. It will bo remembered that Donovan's winnings, amounting in 11(151 mem- orable year to over $350,000, were givetl to the Duchess, and spent by her in building almshouses for wi- dows oC the Duke's tenants. e l EW ITEMS. CS11 Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CANADA. Burglars are still operating it queatly in Winnipeg. A new C.P.U. line is projected t connect North Buy with Peterboro Stratford public school teaeho are agitating for an increase salary. 1'11e street cars SSP SOW in over tion at Sault Ste. Marie, giving 15 minute service. Lieut, -Cob A. P. Sherwood w1 Command the 13151ey team, wit Capt, 1V. A. Munro as adjutant. The New Ontario ratanratanand Tow Sites Syndicate hos been incorporat ed, with $1,000,000 capital stook, The G,T,R, has ordered five hun- dred freight cars from the American • Car & Foundry Oa, of New York. The New Yorke Central has offered 540,000 for a lease of a site i11 Kingston for the erection of a hotel. The Peterboro' Sugar Co. has just received 45,000 lbs. of sugar beet seed from Germany for distribution among the farmers. Doukhobors of Rosthern have shipped some forty work horses, a voluntary gift to less fortunate brethren at Yorkton, Wm. 7, Grundy, one of the strik- ing C.P.R, freight clerks at Winni- peg, was fined court costs for "un- lawfully deserting his employment,” Magistrate Love, of London, be- lieves 1loggieg at the police station is the remedy for truancy. The boys do not reciprocate his tender regard, It is predicted that the Yukon willm open later than usual this sumer owing to the severe cold. The ice of Lake Lebarge is five feet thick, two feet thicker than it was last 5003017., Mr. John Winchester, Master in Chambers, has been appointed Coun- ty Judge. of York, and Mr. 1V. J. Hatton, K. 0,, of Owen Sound, County Judge of Grey, The steamer Manchester, arrived at Halifax from Manchester, passed many enormous icebergs, one ap- Parently 1,000 feet high. They were found very far south for this season of the year, Word has been received that a Canadian buoy has been discovered at Nantes, France, This buoy, fitted with its bronze bell, had made the trip across the Atlantic from its moorings on the east coast of the Dominion. It is valued at 51,000, UURFE d BELL STILIrB,I 1uS PEOPLE WHO TEM IN TH LONG DEAD PAST. Lady Orders ger Life as in the Days of 011 LQueen ampA7ary--Tll.e , There is residing to -day In 10 0- South Loudon suburb a lady who 13 BO perfervid a1', admirer of Mary. o Queen of Scots that she has elected. to order her whole life after the 's fashion pertaining to the days of of that unhuppy monarch. She is sols zuistress of a pretty and up-to-date a- little Bat, but she has had all the a cozm>aunicutiug doors of the different rooms removed ; while, in place of 11il floocarprests,, 1'nsays Po6hea arsonaro sstreWwoon lly, over the The sleeping apartments are fitted ' n with silken hummocks in lieu of - beds ; and in the kitchen, instead of the modern range, 'is a Hugo open fireplace, above which slowly turns a gigantic spit. . t She even went to the length, at ono time, of disconnecting the water supply, giving as her -rea- son that taps and cisterns were non- existent in the ilolyrood of the sixteenth century. But the landlord having presumably the fear of the sanitary authorities before his eyes, Objected so strongly to this latter exhibition of eccentricity that she had perforce to give way, Nothing, however, can prevent her dressing the part of her favorite heroine, which she does in public no less than in private ; and the extraor- dinary spectacle nlay therefore be seen any day in the year, in the locality in question, of an exact liv- ing replica of the "Martyr of Fothe- ringay" out shopping with a string bag, or plodding painstakingly along the roads -she resolutely declines to use the footpaths -on her diurnal constitutional, It is not so very long since Ely Place, a turning off Holborn, offered an example of a most singular anachronism. While tho whole of the surrounding district was a blaze of gas and electricity there twinkled over the gateway in front of oma of the houses a tiny, OLD-FASHIONED OIL LAMP. Inquisitive inquiriers used to be informed, by the policeman 011 duty on that particular beat, that it had been regularly lighted by the aged tenant of the house in question every night for more than twenty year's, as a sort of silent protest against the illum,natory extravagance of ifs neighbors. In one of the most aristocratic streets in Mayfair is a bachelor household, which is conducted throughout 011 mediaeval principles. Tho head of this extraordinary es- tablishment is a wealthy stock- broker, and could indulge himself after business hours, did he desire to do so, in any of the thousand -and - ono alluring gaieties of the metro- polis. Instead, however, he prefers to retire to rest at seven o'clock every evening, pvate curfew bell is regularlywhenhis runowng'. Neriver- theless, this singular individual is far from being a churl. Indeed, on the contrary, he is of a decidedly convivial turn of mind, and frequent- ly entertains lavishly, after his own peculiar fashion, his friends and ac- quaintances. But these seek 01 vain on his well -laden table for the viands they are accustomed to. In place thereof aro such old-fashioned dain- ties as warden pie, salmagundis of various kinds, and frumenty, the whole washed down with a liberal supply of sack, canary, and mal- voisio wines, not for'getti'ng a liug'e wassail bowl filled to the brim with spiced ale. Old dances danced to mediaeval music constitute the special fad of a certain society granddame, noted alike for her eccentricity and her extravagance. This lady gives week- end house parties that are voted great fun. Ilex spacious ballroom is filled on these occasions with merry revellers, but in place of the modern waltz is seen THE S'TATIILY 111INUET or the graceful sarabaud ; while the place on the programme usually oc- cupied by the quadrille, the schot- tische, or the lancers is taken up with such -to modern ears -meaning- less combinations of letters and syllables as the "Tu'dion," the "Gibidana," the "Lavolta," and the "Baladines," Up to the time of his death, which occurred only a few short months back, Paris was wonderfully proud of its "Last of the Dandies, The old gentleman had filled a high office in the Court of Bing Louis- Philippe, and when the revolution of 1348 drove that monarch Into exile, he resolutely refused to accompany hits, asserting that he would live and die a gentleman of Prance, And be kept his Word. Day by day he paraded the boulevards, gorgeous In lace jabot and silk ruffles, his hair powdered, gold buttons glittering in his doublet, and gems gleaming from his shoo buckles. Of 1ne1t a0tually living to -day, perhaps none is a more enthusiastic upholder of the customs and man- ners of a long dead and past ago than is the Rev, It, Williams, better known to fame as 11wfa Aron, Arch - Druid of Wales, Not only does Mr. Williams speak the ancient Weigh tongue and none other, unless abso- lutely compelled. thereto in order to make himself understood, but he also dresses the part he has chosen to play, wearing, Instead of the orthodox coat and trousers, a sort of toga of unbleached linea, and on his head, lnsteacl of the ungainly "chimney -pot" hat, a chaplet of oak leaves with acorns attached. Injection of Formalin Saved a Woman's Life. When the diseee. ,•y was first made that many, if not most, of the acute diseases that afflict mankind are due to the presence of bacteria of various kinds in the blood or the tissues of the body, it was believed that hmedical defehancet, e that 18 t0 say, thegroat problem of cure of disease, was 011 the point 0f solu- tion. if disease is caused by n11- crobes, it was argued, it is neces- sary only to kill the microbes and the disease will disappear, Nothing could sound more simple, but when it camp to reducing this theory to practice it was made plain that tile human body is not a test- tube ; that most substances which are destructive of the germs of dis- ease outside of the body are also injurious or even fatal to man it introduced into the body in sufficient quantity to kill the microbes. Thus Goo problenn, although somewhat modified, was still far from a defin- ite solution. The search hes not been abandon- ed, however, and every little while discoveries are made which excite fresh hope of final victory. An event of recent occurrence has clone much to inspire the fightore of dis- ease with renewed confidence. A woman in one of tho hospitals of New York was at the point of death from a form of blood -poison- ing. Examination of her blood showed it to be swanning with the species of bacteria which is char- acteristic of that disease. Her physician, having tried all the usual methods of treatment without suc- cess, at Iast resorted to an injection of formalin -a powerful antiseptic - directly into the veins. Abnost immediately the fever sub- sided, consciousness returned, and the vital forces rallied. The woman was snatched from the very grasp of death, and is alive to -day, This is only one case, and is a slender foundation upon which to build high hopes ; for cases of seem- ing resurrection no less miraculous than this have been seen many times when no treatment was employed. And even if further experience proves that a cure for this particular form of ... blood -poisoning has been found, wo shall still bo far from a panacea for bacterial diseases, Nevertheless, the demonstration that a germicide can be given in sufficient quantity to destroy -virulent bacteria in- the body without injury to the patient would mark a great' forward step in the progress of Medical science. - Youth's Companion. 0 In raids on hotels and cafes in Pretoria over one hundred foreigners were arrested who were without per- mits to bo Io the Transvaal, 33y the new tariff bill, passed re- cently, the cost of living will bo in- creased in Switzerland, and hotel prices have already boon raised. While herring fishing off Corn- wall just now is but poor, the Ger- man fishermen at the mouth of the Elbe aro taking such catches that they aro selling fish by the ton to farmers for manure, Tho price of 45,600 was paid at an auction in London, Eng„ on Monday for a volume of William Blake's "Il- lustrations to the Book of Job," published by the great artist -poet in 1825, and containing 22 engrav- ings and 21 original designs in colors. Two nitre ago an elderly Greek morelmet of Smyrna married a young and beautiful widow. Tho latter redently became enamoured of a hatelsornc and y0tnlg but penniless ,)man, and tremblingly oonfldod her passion to her husband, .The mer - chart at once agreed to a divorce, presented the couple -vital ,82,000, fid last week attended their wett- ing in the capacity of best lnahl, Mr, G. F. Wattq, t],„ veteran art- ist, says 01 his youth, "I was 00111- polled 0111polled to forego most of the vigorous exercises common to youth. I bavo 11e1' 01' smoked, Immeasurably great- er things were done before tobacco VMS used than have been accom- plished since. Tobacco may soothe over -wrought nerves, but then there ought not to be such things as nerves overwrought. I take no al- cohol, and at meal times tlo not drink even a glass of water." One of the most eceentla of mil- lionaires was Senor Yturbo, a llexi- Can, who died quite recently, Be possessed a beautiful villa on the Cimiez Hill at Nice, but always dreaded that ono day a ray of sun- shine would kill hien, and in con- sequence for a long time ho shunned daylight and fresh air altogether. Every window in the villa was 'heav- ily curtained and all the apartments were artificially lighted, while his carriage was shuttered and almost, hermetically sealed whenever he drove out in the daytime, A famous coIlectioh of jewels given her by crowned heads is in the pos- session) of Madame Rejene. She pos- sesses a ring presented to her by King Edward, a ruby bracelet from the Czar of Russia, and a brooch from the German Emperor. Queens have vied with Kings in paying trib- ute of gold and stones to Madame Rejale, for she has sapphires given her by the Queen of Spain, and to- pazes from the Queen of Portugal. It was Don Carlos who gave her the celebrated pair of mules behind which she used to drive on the occasion of her last visit to London. Mr. Richard Catling, the inventor of the famous gun which bears his none, who died just recently, was a dabbler in science at the age of 12. At that time his father was puzzling over a machine for sewing cotton seeds, but he could not perfect it, and at last, in a lit of despair, he called in his son to his aid, The lad listened attentively to tho de- tails of the proposed invention, ful- ly grasped the difficulties, shut him- self up in a room to think, and in a little while suggested a way out . of theist. This was eagerly adopted by the elder G atling, with the result that the machine was successfully perfected. Senor Pedro Alvarado, the mil- lionaire philanthropist, who has of- fered to pay the public 'debt of Mexi- co, has risen to wealth and power almost in a night, But a year or two ago he was 0 "peon," working with hundreds of other men fn the mines, with the familiar big hat of the liexicen miner on his lleaii anti sandals on his foot. To=day 11e is rieh beyond the dreams of avarice, and every year adds a now million to his vast estate. Tho diseot'ery of a mine was the beginning of his rise, and this mine, situated at Par- ra1, in the State of Chilmnhua, has proved to be one of t110 largest ore producers in the country, with an output of about 9,000 tons a day. The oldest doctor In the world is Dr. Jean Daviel, cvho has Oils month celebrated the lO2hu1 anniversary of his birth at Montpelier. For fifty years 110 practiced at Grnbels as a country doctor, visiting lois patients daily on horseback. In Itis youth ho witnessed the march of Wellington and the Peninsular army through Southern France after the Battle of Toulouse. Asked the other day to give his receipt, for longevity, Dr, David replied: "Sobriety in all re- spects, The human body is a won- derful machine whose organs 5110111d mover be overtaxed. For my part I continuo living much as I have al- ways lived. I not only worried by one thing -the idleness to which fail - Mg eyesight has 110W condemned ma" HOW TO ROLL AN UMBRELLA. ilvory man who owns an umbrella has wondered at 801110 11100 Or other Why it is that he can nosier roll it up as Compactly and neatly as it was rolled whorl he bought it. In- stead of twisting the handle, you should taco 'told of the umbrella just above the points of the cover ribs. These points naturally lie evenly around the stick. '.Keep hold Of these, pressing them tightly against the stick, and then roll up the cover. holding the ribs prevents them from getting twisted out of Place or bending out of shape, Then the silk is bound to fold evenly and roll smooth end tight. ' ght. When tho umbrella is rolled in this teat', It will last twio0 as 1oeg. CREAT DRITAIN. The death rate in Leith is 18.2 per 1,000. A Leeds widow, Phyllis Metcalfe, aged 49, has died from blood poison- ing caused by a pin prick. The British press attaches immense political importance to the forth- coming visits of the King to Rome and Italy. .Forty years ago a Camberwell wo- man ran into her knee a needle which has just emerged from her right shoulder, Two thousand machinists recently laid off work at the Woolwich Ar- senal, England, are anxious to se- cure work in Canada, The one -pounder pom-pom which became famous during the Boer war will be issued to ships in the navy in place of the Maxim gun. There aro two men lying dead at ICidderminster, whose deaths are at- tributed to anthrax caught from Persian wool imported for carpets. Mr. Chamberlain denies the re- ports that the Government will soon resign and go to the country with Irish measures as the principal p]a11k of their platform. The estate which -according to a Times correspondent -has been pur- chased in Norfolk by an English of- ficer for the Sultan of Morocco, is the Kirby Hall estate, situated mid- way between Beccles end Bungay, "1 think I had better give u11 the struggle, as when I play a game of chess, and. see I aur beaten, I give in," wrote James Newton, trans- lator of languages in London, who committed suicide by jumping from a window. UNITED STATX1IS, The Reading Railway Company las forbidden employees on the New York division to smoke cigarettes, In a pitched battle between the Arizona Rangers and cattle raiders, at Black Rock, Arizona, the former went defeated. The retail hardware stores in Og- densburg, N. Y., have been black- listed by the local Trades Assembly in co eequense of their refusal to close nightly at 6. On Wednesday 20 filen wore in- jured, six of them aro dead and ten more will die by suffocation from hot white dust in the Steel Com - pony's works at Braddock, Pa. Tho managers of the Lake Shore have decided to four -track the sys- tem from Chicago to Buffalo, there- by establishing a four -track liue from Chicago to New York. Canton, South Dakota, is to be advertised as a commercial divorce centre, and will invite wealthy per- sons seeking divorce. Six hundred SAWS are grnntod in the State year - 1y, at a revenue of 5900,000. J. Pierpont Morgan is p10nnfllg to build a splendid art museum and present it to the American nation, Itis private art collections are the rarest and most extensive owned by any individual in the world. GENERAL. In a fight with the police at Selo. - mance, Spain, three students were killed. Gold deposits resembling those of the Transvaal havo been found in Siberia. Physicians Will hereafter examine every child before it is admitted to the public schools of Berlin. The val•10110 columns et the Britislh expeditionary force In Somaliland continuos to operate successfully; Jenkins - "I learn that you have bought the properties 011 01ther side of your house, and got them cheap, How did you 'Manage it?" Foxley - "Easily enough. My wife is an cloy eutioriet, my ''daughter ploys the batjO, George the comet, 1 tale vin• . lin, lbab the banjo, Charlet rattles tho bones, and little Johnnie hag the. drum,'