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Mr. Watson Griffin Writes About the Great
Territory.
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Le a recent address regarding the
Grand Trunk Paeiiic Railway, Sir
William eltilook spoke in most patri-
otic terms of Canada's future devel-
opment and the need of binding Man-
itoba and the Northwest more close-
ly to the Eastern Provinces by ties
of .cornmotelet interest. lib regard-
ed the unsettled territory. of North-
ern Ontario lying between tho older
part of the Dominion and the North-
west as Canada's greatest weakness,
and this is the general opinion. Yet
this section of Canada has enorm-
ous mineral wealth and will become
a strength instead of a weakness to
the Dominion. whenever that wealth
is developed. The only way to
bring this about is to make Canada
a great manufacturing country. If
one-half the goods which we now im-
portfrom the United States wore
made in Canada ntanufaotur'ing
towns would spring up all through
that rocky region of Northern On-
tario, the water powers would be do-
voloped, the timber, iron oro, cop-
per, nickel and other minerals would
be used as raw materials by many
thousands of Canadian workmen and
a home market would be created near
at hand for tho farmers of Manitoba
as well as for the now settlers lo-
cating on tho fertile lands between
that rocky country and Hudson Bay.
Then it would no longer bo neces-
sary to subsidize railways to snake
connection between tho Eastern pro -
vines and the Northwest. Tho rea-
son why the Government is now ask-
ed for subsidies is because it is fear-
ed that hundreds of miles of railway
running through Northern Ontario
will be unprofitable.
FROM ROME TO LONDON.
The province of Ontario has an
extreme length of about 1,000 miles
from east to west and an extreme
width of 750 miles from north 'to
south, with an estimated area of
about two hundred thousand square
miles.' It is very nearly the same
size as the Gorman Einpire and has
greater natural advantages. Tho
most southern point of Ontario is in
about the same latitude as Rome,
and Moose Factory on James' Bay
at the extreme north of the prov-
ince has almost exactly the same
latitude as London, England, the
Hudson Bay post being in latitude
51 degrees, 16 minutes, while the
latitude of the British metropolis is
51 degrees, 28 minutes.
Northern Ontario, or Now Ontario
as it is popularly called, is almost
three tines as large as Southern On-
tario. New Ontario extends from
the Quebec boundary to Manitoba,
is bounded on the south by the Mat -
taws River, Lake Nipissing, 'French
River, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron,
Lake Superior and the State of
Minnesota, while it stretches north-
ward to James Bay, tho southern
prolongation of Hudson Bay.
Through the province from Lako Ab-
bilibe to Lake St, Joseph rums the
Height of Land from 1,000 to 1,500
feet above sea level, on the southern
slope of which aro the sources of
rivers which empty into the Croat
Lakes and. St. Lawrence River, while
those flowing into Itudson Bay rise
ou its northern slope.
NO 1VORTHLESS REGION.
The country between the Great
Lakes and the Height of Lancs has
often boon described by superficial
observers as a worthless, rocky re-
gion, which must always prove an
inseemountable barrier between Cen-
tral Canada and tho Northwest.
That it looks rocky ,and worthless,
whether viewed from a steamship or
a railway car cannot bo denied, and
the rocks are certainly there, but
throughout this region are numerous
little fertile valleys sheltered front
the rough winds by the much abused
rooky ]tilis, and watered by swift
flowing rivers and pretty lakes. It
is claimed that owing to the pro-
-Motion attorded by the rocky hills
and the moderating influence of tho
shallow lakes, these little valleys
have much milder climate than the
lake shore, and that they are well
adapted to growing hardy fruits, as
Well as grain and vegetables, It
must be admitted that these valleys
being small, there is not much good
land in any ono spot, but altogether
there are probably millions of acres
available for cultivation between
Nipissing and Port Arthur. West of
that, along the Canadian side of the
Rainy River, therearo quite extea-
sive tracks of good land. But tho
wealth of the region is in the recite:
rather than in the soil, for there is
reason to believe that it is the
richest mineral district this side of
the Rocky Mountains. Cold, silver,
copper, nickel• and ben ', have been'
discovered in large quantities, such
genes as chlorasbrolites, amethysts
and agates abound, and some geolo-
gists believe, that dlamonile will bo
found. Owing tib the altitude, the
coldest section of Ontario. is in. the
neighborhood of the lfeight of Land,
North of that the climate moderates
as the country slopes downward to-
ward Hudson Bay. Xi has boon
pointecl out that Moose Factory is
in almost exactly thesame latitado
as London, England, but tho clime
oto is not the sante, however the
summer temperatures from the •qe-
ginning or May to the end of Sep-
tember are very nearly the settee as
those of Ii dinburgh, Scotland, the
latile:de or which is 115 degrees, 56
riinul06,
more 'than four clogrocs far-
ther north than eloose. Factory. The
following comparison of the monthly
records or tneo.n temporal:Moe front
April to,Oci'bbr,r kept at Armee Fac-
tory by the Itueleon Bay Company
in the year 19011 with Mi,eon yenette
elyeeviet.joiis `at• ledinhuirieh may be
pt interest. Tito year 1901. is soleot ,
ii boetteee that le the fast year for
which a report from Moose Factory
is to hand:
MEAN stain/BR TIIMPERA'I'UREB
Menlh Edinburgh. Moon lroototy
Dom above zero Dog. above aro
April 44,6 31.0
ny ,,,.., .. 8 47.6
Juno 54.9 65,0
July 5m188...
848.. 6.1.7
August....,,, 67.6 61.3
September u'1,0 52.7
October.,......,40.1 38,0
It will bo seen that the five sum
mor months aro just as warm at
Moose Factory as at Edinburgh
while April and October aro very
little cooler, Tho remaining five
months are much colder, but while
the winters on Northern Ontario aro
much colder than in Seokland, they
aro not excessively severe as conn
pared with many well settled dis
Wats in Canada and the United
States, The thermometer never reg
isters quite so low in the most
northern part of Ontario as it does
in Minnesota, Dakota and Montana,
and, what is even more important,
cyclones and blizzards are never ex-
perienced in any part of it as they
aro in the Northwestern Status.
Tho mean temperature throughout
the year at Moose rectory is very
nearly tho same as at Winnipeg. The
minimum winter temperatures , at
I
Winnipeg and Moose Factory, in
1901, were as follows:
I1INIUM WINTER TEMPERATURES
Winnipeg blocs t Foctory
Months dego, below zoro doge, below zero
January 31,8 34.0
February 27,6 37,0
March ....,, 22.7 35 0
November 6.0 • 6.0
December 32.7 36.0
MAXIMUM SUMMER THMPERATURE9
Winnipeg Mom roam
Months deg. above zero dog, otove zero
April..... 76.1 71.0
June 88,•8 .0
July 92,8 97.0
August .... - 92.0 38.0
September 89.0 87.0
Ocoueer 77.0 63,0
A higher tiimporature prevails gen-
erally throughout the' district lying
between the height of Land and
James Bay, than at Moose Factory,
which is at the extreme; north.
Because Hudson Strait is some-
times blocked with ice in summer it
1 is commonly supposed that any die -
trict bordering on Hudson Bay
:must be practically without sum -
I niers, but when it is remembered
that Hudson Bay is 825 miles long,
while the strait to the northeast of
it is 500 miles long, it can 130 int-
agined that the ice ie. the strait does
not affect the climate at the south
shore of James Bay to any groat ex-
tort. In fact, lTudson Bay proper
never freezes over in winter, and
even as far north as Churchill, ice
never extends far enough from shore
to intercept Ent view of open water.
The temperature of Hudson Bay is
several degrees warmer in winter
than that of Lake Superior. Janes
Bay on account of its shallowness
does freeze in winter, but tho ice
brooks up early in the spring.
Almost the only settlers north of
the Height of Land aro the Hudson
'flay Company's officers, and they do
not devote much attention to agri-
culture, but there aro .small farms
or gardens around nearly all their
posts, and from, these some idea may
bo obtained of tho agricultural pos-
sibilities of the country, At Moose
Factory fine crops of oats, barley,
peas, beans, tomatoes, turnips, po-
tatoes, boots, carrots, cabbage, on-
ions, lettuce, spinach, and radishes
are grown, every year without any
special care, and wheat has been
successfully ripened there, but it is
not usually 'grown at the Hudson
Btiy posts north of the fiftieth par-
allel of latitude, up to: which point
it is a regular crop. Strawborriee,
raspberries, red and black currants,
and huckleberries grow in great pro-
fusion throughout the district. Ow-
ing to the abundant supply of wa-
ter, the luxuriance of the native.
grasses and adaptability of the soil
and climate to root -growing, this
part of the province ' is especially
suitable to stock -raising and the
dairy industry,
GOVERNMENT EXPLORATION.
While the northern portion of On-
tario has boon much neglected in the
past the government of the province
is now displaying commendable zeal
in encouraging, its development, Ex-
ploring parties have boon sent out
to survey the territory between the
height of Land aitd James Bay'• and
their reports conform the favorable
statements made by the Dominion
Government geologists 'regarding the
general character of the country. A
summary of those reports issued by
the Government says;
"Tho results of these extensive ex-
plorations, as detailed in the elabor-
ate reports scat in by the surveyors,
the land and timber estimator's and
the geologists, have fully justified
the most sanguine .expectations in re-
gard to .the natural wealth and fer-
tility of Northoru Ontario, and de-
monetratod the wisdom of the ac-
tion taken, whereby some accurate
knowledge of the character aid, ex-
tent of its enormous undeveloped re-
sources has boon acquired. 11 has
been established beyond controversy
that in tlto eastern part of the tor-
i'ltory ttortli of the Height of Land
there is eat immense arca of excellent
agricultural land, apparently equal
In fertility to any in older Ontario,
With 'nit equable and temperate clime
ate and an abundance of wood and
weenie which render bctt inducements
it pre' mrts to diose in ;scnrclt of
homcsteo.cls as good as those nlfoled
ailytehere else on the a:entitamlt.
AGRICULTURAL LAND,
"'.Phu groat elsy holt 'alining Nom
the Quebec boundary west through
Nipissing rss'ti
i
p t g and Algoma, Bay con])rfs-
s an area 0f at least 24500 square
miledr be 15,600,000 auras, nearly
all of which is well adapted for cul-
tivation, This almost unbroken
stretch of good farming land is near-
ly three-quertol•s as d'roat In, extent
as file whole settled portion of the
province south of Lako Nipissing and
the !!'ranch and Matlawa rivers, It
is larger than the States of Masan
chusotts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Now Jersey and. Delaware combined,
rad ono -half the size of the State of
Now York. The region Is watered
by the Moose River, flowing lute
James Bay, and its tributaries, the
Abbitlbi, Mattagami and the Missin-
abio, and by the Albany and its tri-
butaries, the Konogami and Ogoke.
Mach of 'these rivers is over three
hundred miles in length, and they
range in width from 300 or 400
yards to a mile, They aro fed by
numerous smaller streams, and tlteso
In turn 'drain numberless lakes of.
larger or smaller size, so that tho
whole country is ono network of
waterways, affording easy moans of
eonununication with long stretches
51 for navigation. The great area
of water surface also assures the
country against the protracted
droughts so often experienced in
other countries. The southern boun-
dary of this great tract of fertile
land is less tlian 40 miles from Mis-
siniabie station on the Canadian Pa-
cific Railway; and the country north
of the sleight of Land being ono
immense level plateau sloping off to-
ward James Bay, the construction
of railways , and wagon roads
through every part of it would bo a
comparatively easy matter,
"In the small part of the District
of Rainy River which was explored
tho proportion of good lands is not
so great, but the clay land in the
townships around Dryden was found
to extend north in the valley of the
Wabigoon River, with an area of
about 600 square miles, or 384,000
acres. There are also smaller culti-
vable areas at various other points.
NO SUMMER FROSTS.
"Another important fact establish-
ed by the explorations is that the
climate in this northern district pre-
sents no obstacle to a successful ag-
ricultural settlement. The informa-
tion completely dispels the erron-
eous impression that its winters aro
of Arctic severity and its summers
too short to enable crops to mature.
The absence of summer frosts noted
by explorers and the growth of all
common vegetables at the Iiudson
Bay posts must disabuse the public
mind of this erroneous impression.
Tho 50th parallel of latitude passes
through the centre of tho agricultur-
al bolt, and the climate is not much
different from that of the Province
(of Manitoba, lying along the same
parallel, with this exception, of
course, that the winter is tempered
by the_ groat spruce forests and the
presence of so large a proportion of
water surface. The country, too,
has an abundance of wood for fuel,
building and commercial purposes,
and plenty of pure water everywhere.
VAST AREAS OF TIMBER:
"Another point equalled only in
importance by the existence of a
vast area of agricultural land in
this country and its moderato clim-
ate is the fact that it is largely cov-
ered with extensive forests of spruce,
jackpine.and poplar. `The value of
this class of timber, as everyone
knows, is increasing every day and
the market for it is widening; and
rieh indeed is the country which has
boundless resources in these varieties
of woods. In the District of Nipis-
sing, north of the C. P. R. lino, there
is estimated to be -at least 20,000,-
000 cords of pulpwood; in the Dis-
trict of Algoma, 100,000,000 cords;
in the District of Thunder Bay, 150,-
000,000 cords; and in the District of
Rainy River 18,000,000 cords, a
grand total of 288,000,000 cords,
Tbo pine region does not seen to
extend much beyond the. Hbight of
Land, but on this side, in the coun-
try around Lakes Temagaming and
Lady Evelyn, and to the north an
area of red and white pine of fine
quality was explored and estimated
to contain about three billions of
feet B. M.
WATER POWERS.
"A feature of this region, which it
is well to note from an industrial
point of view, 'is the existence of
many falls on the; rivers and
streams. These will no doubt bo
utilized with advantage in the crea-
tion of economical power when tate
country comes to be opened up.
"It was not expected, of course,
that the parties would be able to
make a thorough and exhaustive ex-
ploration of all the territory assign-
ed to thorn, and the ostlfnatee here
given of what has been reported aro
very conservative. Totalling ftp tho
figures here quoted, .ho*over, we
have over 25,000 square miles of
good fertile land, or over 16,000,-
000 acres, and 288,000,000 cords of
spruce or other pulpwood. There
aro also numerous smaller areal,
bout of timber and land, which are
not includedin those figures, but
which will all be available when the
development of the country takes
place."
MASSACRE OF JEWS
Many More Were Planned in
Southern Russia,
A Berlin 'dos'patc7t says: Accord-
Mgt to the To,gobintl;, a mnsaacro of
J'Ows was planned to take plate ote
May 27 at Novgorod, Syvetsk, in
Sotiilt Russia. Tho Jews wore paat-
io-etri6k05n, and collected around the
synagogue alter barricading tgtolr
homes., 11130 police patrolled -the
streets in strong force, and prevott't-
ed the mob from attncicing the
Jews. Teo local marsilial, ('glare
Genteel:, and otter C'hrise,ione, ht-
tended the services int . thin synagogue.
for the 1031)os0 or ootev110'im'g the
mob of the rlghiteemerass of the .Jew•
lilt religion, Consequentlyblued
was shed, but lho Jrows dt'd tint von-
tut•o to return to irheir homes until
Ohm next day: 5inuilat' reports have
been '1'04e130(1 frOln o•titor,satllall
towns in South 1.;3astefee
THE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres.
Toronto, June 23. -Wheat -The lo-
ca1 market Is firmer In sympathy
with advance in the West. No, 2
white quoted at 74 to nee east.
No. 2 rod winter, 73} to 74ct
mid -
elle freights, and No, 2 spying a
69e middle; No, 2 goose at 60c on
Midland. Manitoba wheat 4s firm;
No, 1 hard quoted at 85c (oderich,
and No. 1 Northern, 840 Godet'lett;
No, 1 bard, 91c grinding in transit,
lake and rall; and No, 1 Northern,
90c.
Oats -The market is strong with
fait' demand and little offering. No.
2 white quoted at 32c middle freight
and No. 1 white rat 380 east.
Barley -Trade is quiet. No. 3 ex-
tra quoted at 44o middle freight,
and No. 8 at 42e to 48e.
Rye -Tho market is stead' at 52c
oast for No, 2.
Peas -Trade dull, with No. 2 white
quoted at 64 to 65c high freight.
Buckwheat -Nothing doing, with
prices nominal at 89 to 40c outside.
Corn -Market is steady; No, 3
American yellow quoted at 57e on
track, Toronto, and No. 8 mixed at
564c, Toronto. Canadian feed corn,
40e west, and No. 2 yellow nominal
at 4Oc west.
Flour -Ninety per cent. patents
quoted to -day at $2,72 middle
freights, in buyers' Sacks, for ex-
port. Straight rollers of special
brands for domestic trade quoted at
$3.25 to $3.40 in bbls. Manitoba
flour steady; No. 1 patents, $4.10
to $4,20, and strong bakers', $3.85
to $8:90 in bags, Toronto,
Millfeed-Bran is firm at $18, and
shorts $19 here. At outside points
bran is quoted at $17, and shorts at
$18. Manitoba bran In sacks, $20,
and shorts at $22 here.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs aro steady. Cured
meats are unchanged, with a good
demand. '4 Vo quote:- Bacon, clear,
10 to 10e -c, in ton and case lots.
Pork, mess, $21; do., short cut,
$22.50.
Smoked moats -[tan's, 18 to 134c;
rolls, 114c; shoulders, 101e; backs,
14 to 14ec; breakfast bacon, 13+ to
140.
Lard -The market is steady. We
quote: Tierces, 10e; tubs, 10+0;
pails, 10}c; compound 8 to 91c.
THE DAIRY MA- RKETS.
Buttei Receipts continuo good"
with fair demand for choice grass
grades. IVa quote as follows:--
Choice lb. rolls, 16c; selected datryl
tubs, 15c; secondary grades, (store
packed), 12} to 14c;•creamery prints
19 to 20c; do., solids, 18 to
Eggs -The market is firm. Select-
ed fresh gathered stook in good de-
mand. We quote:- Selects, 14} to
15c; seconds and checks, 11c.
Oheese-Market is steady, with
small lots jobbing at lite per Ib.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
or no- oliange. The total run °el'er-
ing amounted to 76 ears, ince:Wing
945 cattle, 1,228 Sheep and lams,
1,1592 hogs and 80 melees.
Export Cattle - The run of good
cattle was light, too largo a per-
centage of the offerings being urt-
finisrhed muse cattle, 'refire was
good donened for the bort cattle
the market, avid their prices kop
well up to Uhove of the prov'10
nay's nnanlcot. Some space had t
bo filled, and. this accounted for the
better dounand for cattle, The bes
cattle on the tuarlcet sold at $5.15
the extra choice lots rtntning. from
that noun: down to ef0 per cwt. Tit
general run of choice cattle sold a
$4.70 to $'4-.90, and moillunt wore
about steady et $3.30 to $4.60
Butchers' Cattle - The nutricet
was very steady, with an inclination
to firm:nose for the best gr'trdes, As
In export cattle, ifiirr'c were too
many inferior lots offering, and only
the best were in active demand. The
best pii4clod lots ran about $4.00 to
$4.80 per cwt., with the general sten
of cThoice cattle selling at abou
$4,40 to $4.00. Pair to good sold
at $41.10 to $4.80, and cows a
about $2.50 t0 $2.75.
Stockers and Feeders - A few
loolds of lite stockers were on the
macicet raid they sold at about $8,-
50 to $4 for choice and $2.75 to $3
for comn3on. A few 'felt expert
cattle sold as ahot•t-keeps at about
$' 50 to $4.75 for the best and $3:
75 to 114.50 for lfg'bt.
;Mitch cows - About 20 cows were
cm sale and prices ranged from $30
to $48 eaclt,
Calves - The run was light and
trade was fairly good, everything
being sold. Prices are unlit nged at
$2 to $10 each and 4tc.to Nes per
pound.
Shoop anict Landis - 'Prado was
fairly gooks and everything was sold.
Export ewes are quieted at $3.75 to
$•3.90, bucks at $2.75 to $3, culls
at $2.50 to $,L3.50, and lambs at
$2.50 to $4.50 each.
Hags-Tlhe retro was heavy and the
market was slightly weaker in con-
sequence. Quotations aro, however,
unchanged at $5.87} for selects and
$5.62} for lights and fats.
Export cattle, extra
choice ..$5.00
do choice ...... ,.. 4.70
do medium ... ,.. •...... 4.20
do cows ... .. .,. ... x3.30
Inferior cows .. ., 2.75
Butchers' piokod lots 4,60
do choice ... ... ... 4.40
do fair to good ... 4.10
Good cows ... ,.. ... ... 11.25
rough do ... ... 2.50
Feeders, short keep 4.50
Bulls, export heavy. 8.50
do light ... ... ... .., 3.28
do medtrim . ,.a ,., 4.25
do Hetet.. ... .,. . 3.75
B bocicers, chpice .. . 31.50
4,a -.,..d0 contgnpn ... 2.75
cones, Milch cos, each ..30.00
. Ebrport ewes, per cwt 3.75
ll1SEASED IMMIGRANTS
Large Number Try to Get Into
the States Via the Soo,
A Montreal despatch says: "Dere
Ing the past month at Sault .Ste,
A Mario alone the American inemigra-
cNa tion inspectors found 117 oases of
t trachoma among the people trying
u5 to find their way into the united
o States, and had to send thsat back
to Canada," says Mr. W. Watchorn,
t Commissioner -General of Inunigra-
tion in Canada. "Anal the worst
feature of so aunty cases being found
e was that over 80 por cont, of them
had been contracted in Canaria," the
Commissioner went on to say, "sim-
ply because the people live all to-
gether, and no attention whatever is
paid to the disease. Most of the
people refused had been in Canada
over a year.
"The class of immigrants coming
in through Canadian ports during
the present season is over. 50 per
t Cent. better than in previous years.
The principal steamship companies,
t such as the Allan, Dominion, and
Elder -Dempster, aro co-o,poraeing to
a largo extent in the work, and are
refusing passage to any but sound
and healthy immlgrants,'"
Dr. Ellis, chief immigration inspec-
tor, announces that the Government
has made provision for the erection
of a new Immigration building at
Quebec, and that every care was be-
ing taken to admit only perfectly
healthy immigrants.
STANDS ALOOF
Britain's Relations With Servia.
Not Renewed,
A London despatch says: Premier
Balfour in the House of Commons
on Wednesday said the diplomatic
relations with Servia, which ended
with the dearth of King Alexander,
had not been renewed. The Geer-
e'nment bad considered whether it
should mark its reprobation of the
crimes w'hic'h had disgraced the Ser
vias capital by withdrawing the
British Minister. It, however, had
been thou'4ht better that, Sir George
Boa!lfam remain at his post and pro-
tect British interests, He would not
bo accredited to the now O'o',vetm-
ment until further information was
rocolved regarding the circum-
stances udder which it had come in-
to
nto power. Those powers in regard
to whose attitude the Government
had received information had in-
steluctod their representatives to ac-
cept the provisional Government as
the do facto authority with wltfoh
current business should be transact -
Montreal, Juno 28. -Grain -No, 1
Manitoba hard wheat. 790; No. 1.
Northern, 78c, ex store, Fort Willi-
am; peas, 68o high freights, 78c
here; rye, 52c cast, '584c afloat hero;
buckwheat, '46 to 46ec; oats, No. 2,
384e in store here; flaxseed, $1.15
on track hero; feed barley, 48c; .No.
3 barley, 51e. Flour -Manitoba pat-
ents, $4.10 to $4.20; seconds, $3.80
to $4; strong bakers', 53.40; On-
tario straight rollers, $8.46 to
$3.60; in bags, $1.67e to $1.7.5;
patents, $3.70 to $4. Rolled oats -
Millers' Prices,. $1.85 in bags, and
$8;85 por bbl. Feed -Manitoba bran,
$19 to $20; •shorts, $21 -to $22,
bags included; Ontario bran in bulk,
$18.50 to $10.50; shorts in bulk,
$19.50 to $20; middlings, 521. Pro-
visions -Hoary Canadian short out
pork, $22.50 to $23; short cut back,
$22 to 02r30; light short cut, $21.-
50
21:50 to 522; compound refined lard,
8} to 9c; pure Canadian lard, 104- to
tic; finest lard, 11 to 114-c; hams,
134- to 144e; bacon, 14 to 150; fresh
Icilled abattoir hogs, 58.25 to $8.50.
Eggs -New laid, 12} to 13c; No. 2,
10$0. Butter -Townships creamery,
19.1 to 10+0; Quebec, 191-e; Western
creamery, 18 to 180: Western dairy,
160, Choose -Ontario, 104c, town-
ships, 104e for colored; white ilc less.
Honey -White clover in sections, 12c
per section; in 10 -ib, tins, 80,
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Buffalo, June 28, -Flour -Steady,
Wheat -Spring, weak; No. 1 N\'th-
ern, 844e; No. 1 hard, 861c; winter
Moody; No. 2 white, 84e; No, 2 red,
80e. Corn -Excited; No, 2 yellow,
4550 asked; r'o. 2 corn, 54c. Oats
-Strong; No. 8 white, 43c. Canal
heights -Steady.
Milwaukee, Juno'23.-Wheat-High-
er; No. 1 Northern, 85 to 85ec; No.
2 Northern, 84 to 84+c; July, 763c.
Rye -Firth; No, 1, 680. Barley -
Lower; No. 2, 561c; sample, 44 to
52c..Corn-July, 50 to 501c.
Duluth, Juno 28,--Wheat-To ar-
rive, No, 1 hard, 82ec; Noel North-
ern; 80ec; No. 2 Northern, 794c;
July, 80je; Septeiiber, 7350; Deccan-
ben
ecomber, 72c,
Minneapolis, Juno 28.--Wheat-
Cash, Seen; .July, 791 to 794e; Sep-
tember, 721 10. 724e; on track, No,
3. hard, 8ljc: No. 1 Northern, 805e;
No, 2 Northern, 795c; No. 8 North.
ern, 77 to 78e, Flour -First pat
elite. $4,25 to $1.85; second, '54.1.5
to 84.25; first Clears, $8.15 to 58.-
25;
8:25; second clears, $2.35 to $2.45.
Bran -In bulk, $14 to $3.4,25.
CATTLE MAIttt,17P.
Toronto, J1i6to 23, '-- 'Trade gen-
erally wee fairly gobil at the To-
ronto Cattle Market this morning,
trio rten or eatt7o, awns somewhat
beetv'icr stied for good stock tho do-
weled was refiner brisker. There
wine a better feeling generally in all
1£nos,
but prices me showing little
Culls, each ,,, ,,, 2.50
do bucks, per cwt 2.75
Spring lambs, each 2.50
Calves, per lb ,.. 0.044
do each . .s 2.00
Hogs; solccts, per
do fat, per cwt ... 5.62,
do light, per cwt 5.62}
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DO NOT BIND SANDS
Shrubs Planted on Sable Island
Fast Dying Out.
A Halifax, N. S., despatch says:
Two years ago the Canadian Depart-
ment of Marino imported nighty
thousand shrubs from France, which
were set out ou Sable Island. This
was done in the hope of preventing
the sands from drifting and from bo-
ing washed away by the wind and
sea currents which are constantly
changing the location of the place,
These shrubs have proved a failure,
so say mon just roturned.irom the
island. The plants aro fast dying
out for lack of nourishment, and the
fierce gales teat' diem up from their
feeble roots. Foxes aro multiplying
fast on the island, and are causing
much damage.
$5.15
4.90
4.60
4.00
3,.25
4.80
4.80
4.30
3.75
8.00
4.75
4.00
3.50
4.50
4.25
4,00
'3.00
48.00
8.90
3.50
3.00
4.510
0•.05-1
10.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
BODIES TORN INTO SHREDS
Lyddite Explosion at the Wdol-
wich Arsenal.
'A London dese:atolt says: Four-
teen men wore killed and thirteen in-
jup'od by an explosion in the lyddite
factory at the Woolwich arsenal on
Thensday morning. Several of the
vibtinis wore Morally blown to
pieces, The building was complete-
ly wrecked. The roof wee blown
off and the interior collapsed. The
explosion is attributed to the bursit-
1ng of a shell.
There were teeny pathetic seems
about the gates of the great arsenal,
Where thootsatnds of relatives of the
employes besieged the oyiietals for
inlbrmation. Six additional mien
erre misting, one et is believed tboy
sero blown to pieces. The retains
of the victims were collected in
buckets.
NEW POSTAGE STAMPS
To Be Issued on.Dontinien Day--
The
ay-The King's Portrait.
An Ottawa dospatoh says; On Do-
minion Day tho l'os,to1lbco Depart,
moat will issue new postage Stamps,
ain't those who leave had ran mem:,
etenity of seeing copies of them
speak morn approvingly, both of tho
design and the workmanship, Tho
stamps bear the i'ikentee of the King
envied from the lc,to0t portrait ori
Iles Majesty, being nuc paitlted sine
hes acceesio t to eth0 throne, repro.
smrting hila Int Royal robes, Setielnt
tall 01119111e, alyd note in Ye1et
Blouse, the London reeidenee of the
Enure of Walos. ikt 'hell of the tip -
pee corners of tin stamp is a !['alder
crown, omit in the fewer reinter ' a
maple leaf, with it nturneral indicate
leg the ciorlomileint1tm of, thestetee .
The t r • p
I c 1 o tt nit of the .King is a. struts n
ing end admirable' of . HO 1
leeneesty,
ed.
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GERMAN ELECTIONS
The Result Will Not Be Pleasing
to the Emperor.
A Berlin despatch says: Tbo Reich-
stag elections took place on Tuesday.
The chief feature was the increased
success of the Socialists, which
group is increased from 56 to 71,
and the popular Socialist vote from
2,100,000 five years ago, to 2,500,-
000, While this increase in the So-
cialist .representation in the Reich-
stag will not bo pleasing to the Em-
peror, it will not apparently have
any decisive effect, as the Socialist
gains appear to have been made at
the expense of the Liberals. Iu the
last Reichstag the C'inricals, Conser-
vatives and Agrarians had 161 mem-
hers, against 134 Socialists and
Liberals. This does not seam, from
present returns, to have been materi-
ally changed. In Essen. Herr
Krupp's town, the Socialist vote
leaped front 4,400 five years ago, to
21,705, •
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A BRIGHT LAWYER
Hamilton Refused to Pay Bill, so
He Doubled It.
A Hamilton despatch says: Mr.
W. A. Duff, solicitor for Barton
Township, put in a bill to the City
Council for $250 for his services in
connection with a recent annexation
of Barton land to the city, but the
City Council refused to pay it, on
the ground that it was excessive.
Thereupon Mr, Duff withdrew it, and
put in a bill for $500. This bill
was taxed in Toronto by Taxing.
Master Thom. Who allowed Mr. Duff
$400. The expenses amount to
about $30 in addition.
CAUSES Ole COLOREIS RAIN.
In varlotts parts of the world the
curious phenomenon of colored train
sometimes occurs, and in many in-
stances it is duo to simple causes.
In some cases the coloring matter
is found to be nothing but the pol-
len -dust shaken out of the flowers
on 'certain trees at such times as a
strong wind happened to bo blowing
over them. Fir teees and cypress
trees, when grouped together in
Large forests, at certain seasons of.
the year give off enormous quantities
of pollen, anti this vegetable dust
is often carried many miles through
the atmosphere by the wind, and
frequently falls to earth dtu•ing ti
shower Of rain. The, bicraseope
clearly reveals the origin of such
colored rain, which has on more
than ono occasion peezlocl and
mystified the inoxporieneed,
NEW WAY TO DO TIb.1:T1,
Pr. Lillitilesjold, of Butte, Mon-
tana, is credited with having adapt-
ed bypnotisttt to a novel purpose.
Tho doctor, having been placed tine
dor atr051, tried, fiend, and sent-
enced to jail for twenty days for
Seine small infraction of the law,'
deliberately hypnotized himself, tsay-
ing, he wand Mlalcott from his trance
alt the expiration or twenty days.
All ofeerts to awaken him .Wvere 110-
5010755(311 tilt the end of titre; . pore
iced. As a means or "doing'" time,
r of .whilirog away long Intervals
1r, L illiltksfold's plan be probably
mune.
SOME GOLDEN' V'E1JJI OE
HOW fi'INX: ARE CELEBRATED
IN ITARIOUS COUNTRIES.
Unique Contest int Prance -Gere
man Executioners Attend
a Banquet.
A golden wedding is not such a
frequent occurrence that 'it can be
allowed to pass unobserved, and Ono
of the most remarkable celebrations
has just taken place outside Paris:
Every year a contest in which only
those couples who have 'celebrated
their golden weddings during the
preceding twelve menthe can com-
poto is bold, and takes the formof e
race, each grey -headed competitor
having to carry his wife on his Backe
This year no fewer titan nine couples
arrived to endeavor to carry oif Lite
prize of a hogshead of wine and a
coaple of hams which is given to the
winner. The course is 450 yds. long,
and Jean Domorel, who passed the
winning -post first, covered the dis-
tance in 8 min, 17 sec„ not bad
time considering that his burden
turned the scale at 210 lbs,
It is probable that a more unique
celebration, as regards those who.
took part in it at any rate, will
never be witnessed than that hold at
Magdeburg, in December, 1897, Herr
William Roidl is the loading execu-
tioner in Germany, and on the some
day as ho attained the golden an-
nivorsary of his bridal day his only
son Frederick notched his silver wed-
ding. Accordingly all the execution-
ere
xecutionere of the Gorman principalities wore
invited to
ATTEND A BANQUET.
and no fewer than 230 arrived, form
ing the most remarkable assembly,
of guests on record,
At Grindewald, in August, 1897,
the unsusual sight was witnessed of
an Alpine guide, Christian Abner by
name, toiling up ono of the highest
peaks with his wife on his back.
Curiotisly enough, despite Almor's
fame as a climber. his wife had nev-
er previously ascended a mountain
of any kind, so to celebrate their
golden wedding he accomplished the
prodigious task of carrying her to
an attitude of 8,000 ft. in the pres-
ence of a largo gathering of selectee'
tors.
In La Sante Prison at Pieria a1
couple spent their golden weddingg
anniversary a few years hack, aftete
having travelled half round the.
world for the express purpose of do-
ing so. It was while undergoing
sentence in this prison that John'
Dorman. an American subject, met
the woman whom he ultimately mar-
ried on his release. whereupon he
returned to his native land taking
his bride with him. When their got -
don wedding anniversary drew near
they proposed that they should
spend it in this prison, and having
travelled to Franco managed to
bring themselves within the grip of
the law for some trifling offence. But •
had not thrs facts of the case been
revealed their wish would not have
been gratilod, for they were sentence
ed to imprisonment in
DIFFERENT PENITENTARIES.
but the authorities, struck by the
novelty of the request, granted it.
To prove that advancing years had
not taxed his strength William Can-
tle, a Yorkshire farmer, on celebrat-
ing his golden wedding, offered to
wrestle with and throw a youth for
each year ho had boon married, ttvo
minutes' breathing space only being
allowed between each bout. Each
competitor was -'compelled to stake
half a crown, to besomo the proper-
ty of the winner; but after throwing
no fewer than nineteen of the strong-
est youths the neighborhood could
produce Cantle slipped and broke his
collar -bone, thus ending the contest. r:
Richardson, the veteran tight-ropo''
walker, distinguished himself in a
very novel fashion throo years ago"
in order to mark the occasion of his
golden wedding. Ile announced that
he would wheel his wife, in a bar-
row, along the edge of the railway
bridge which spans the canal at
Springfield, Illinois. Tho track was
only 11 in. wide, and all went well
until two-thirds of tho journey Was
accomplished, when the strong wind
caused him to lose Itis balance, and
it was only with the groatost difl-
rulty that he saved hie wife from
following the barrow into the canal,
180 ft. below.
SLEEPLESS CREATURES
There are several species of fish,
reptiles and insects which never.
sleep during the whole of their
existence. •Among fish it is positive-
ly known that pike, salmon, and
goldfish never sleep at all ; also
that there are several others in tho
fish family that never sleep inoro
than a few minutes a month. There
are dozens of species of flies which
never indulge in slumber, and front
throe to five species of serpentst,
which also never sleep.
•
A UNIQUE PET.
The wife of the Governor or North
Borneo has a pet that few people
will er13y her, The Governor's house.
is near a jungle, nod out or this
there strayed one morning a baby
rhinoceros, Captured as a outlast -by'
be soon became tame, and now 1'ce
fuses to return to the wilds, Sixteen
quarts of milk n clay 1s what diet
pet requires,. and 011 it ire 1hrfves
and grows fat. no does not look
nluctt like tate fall -grown ritittocoroe,
and might bo mistaken ler a
Curious sort of flog, 30050 it net for
his single .horn, Ile is dovotod
to his mistress and folloWs her about'
lila' her dog.
Yelling:Aerate c tuft - "Sit', j'-eiW-
W' g
nett tc. ornery 1=our daughter." Old
Cotlots -- "Young Irian, my dttllgh•
tet' Will cottira;e to abide it
rnoai,lt
the parental t'o'ots" 'Soong Shorten
ate"Oh thank t afraid
i t sot, sir: I WAS arratd
we 'would have to 00031117 a flat,;'t,