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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1903-6-25, Page 7reY0G0'4t9 1 0$43:00,11$4 S eenetiOt380 1900/3(1 60®®2 DEVELOP NEW ONTARIO ®29806+940 Mr. Watson Griffin Writes About the Great Territory. LO-130801101BeiefeeeelleMitile3181118.11MMeeteittlielleleleaSe013604165811ei 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} 4' 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. 4' 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, • b 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,