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Appeals to Patriotism and SelfR
Interest for Support.
A London despatch says: Joseph
Chamberlain !nada a speech on Wed-
nesday evening to a gathering of 0,-
000 of his fellow -townsmen at Bing-
ley bulli, Birnriegir un. It was by
far 'the largest audience the former
Colonial Secretary had faced during
the fiscal campaign, and the enthusi-
asm naturally exceeded the remark-
able scenes witnessed in the others,
and was orepheeizcq by the Ohaur
berlatnite victory at tho previous
municipal election in Birmingham
Before Mr, Chamberlain arrived
the vast audience kept shouting to
Mrs. Chamberlain, "Where's Joe?"
The speech was marked throughout
by tumultuous enthusiasm, especial-
ly at tho end, when with true dm
uratic Instinet he drew from a piece
of brown paper two euormous,' Neal -
sized loaves of bread, representing
the taxed and untaxed loaf, and
holding them at arm's length,
laughingly asked, "Which is which?"
LITTLE ENGLANDERS.
After dealing with conditions dur-
ing the past fifty years under free
trade, and quoting figures to sustain
hfs argument, Mr, Chamberlain
quoted Cobden as saying that the
United States would eventually
abandon manufacturing, and that
"their worlcnien would go hack to
the land and dig and delve for us."
Americans, howover, Raid Mr. Cham-
berlain, had not so conceived their
national destiny, Behind the tariff
wall they had built up their indus-
tries, until they had reached a stage
evilere, unsatisfied with the extent of
their own markets, they were f i e d-
ing those of the United Kingdom.
Reverting to the question of a pre-
ferential tariff for the colonies, Mr.
Chamberlain charged those opposed
to his plans with being Little
Englanders," lacking in the desire to
bring the colonies closer to the
Mother Country, and preferring to
do more for strangers than for their
own flesh and blood.
Mr. Chamberlain spoke for nearly
two hours, in the main repeating his
former arguments, and appealing to
the patriotism and self-interest of
the people of the United Kingdom to
sustain his 11sea1 project.
TlES 'WITIi COLONIES.
The gist of the speech was an ap-
peal to -the 1!inglis13 people to lose
no time in binding closer the emits
of the Empire. 1t Britain were out
of sympathy with the colonies and
refused their oilers, 11 she could not
co-operate In sustaining the Empire,
she would lose her opportunity, and
it might never recur. Then there
should never be the bond of commer-
cial union which atone time was the
ideal of Lord Rosebery, and with
no commercial bond they could nev-
er secure that Imperial federation
for which Lord Rosebely declared he
was willing to die. A large party
in the country regarded the colonies
as a costly eneuniberanee. Ho was
not quite sure whether the modern
leaders of free trade shared those
antiquated views, but at any rate,
instead of appreciating the import-
ance of Imperial unity, all they
thought of was the unity of the
Radical party, Continuing, Mr.
Chamberlain said: "We reverenced
and gloried in those family ties with
the colonies, and no politician should
induce us 1.0 do anything which
would cause us to sacrifice them, I
am not presumptions enough to pre-
dict beforehand exactly what all
these great States will do in return.
I have full confidence, however, that
they will do right. In the mean-
while some facts are public proper-
ty. We know that a preferential
system has been asked for by all the
colonies on three separate occasions,
and asked for at two conferences
over which I presided in London.
"When I remember how all the col-
onies responded to their allegiance
and sent men by thousands, and
paid out money during the recent
war, I feel confident tlrat these mon
negotiate without any fear of the re-
sult, and that they 'Will show great
generosity and patriotism."
FRUIT OF MD QUALITY
EXCELLENT ADVICE BY HR. G.
HAROLD POWELL,
At the Meeting of the American
Pomologfcal Society, Meld
at Boston.
In an address at the recent annual
meeting of tho American Pomologi-
cal Society, held at Boston, Mr. G,
Harold Powell gave some excellent
adhice in regard to growing fruit of
flret-class quality. Many of the
points which he brought out were
Acted with approval by Mr. W. A.
MacKinnon, Chief of the Dominion
Fruit Division, and are gives here
for the benefit of Canadian Fruit
growers. Mr. Powell recommended
as summer apples for the United
States, Reel Astrachan, Sweet Bough
and :Williams; for autumn apples,
Gravenstein and Alexander; for win-
ter, the Greening, the Newton Pip-
pin, which he stated had sometimes
sold as high as $20.00 a barrel, the
King, the Spitzenberg, Baldwin, Spy
and Macintosh Red. Ire recommend-
ed top grafting the King on two
year old Spies, stating that in this
way a vigorous tree bearing good
crops would be obtained.
Regarding the Ben Davis, lir.
Powell made a very cutting criti-
cism, declaring it had only one qual-
ity to recommend It, namely, its
color; and stating that uo fruit
would take a prominent place in our
markets or would continue to be a
profitable ono for grocers, which de-
pends upon a single virtue for its
sale.
The Champion grape received a
similar castigation.. Its only virtue
is its earliness, and this Mr. Powell
thinks has made it one of the worst
enemies of the grape grower, inas-
much as tho price of the Champion
at 'first very high, drops almost to
nothing. Tho last price of the,
Champion, or what the public are
willing to pay after they have be-
come acquainted with its wretched
quality, fires the price for all other
grape which follow, tbough they aro
infinitely
S1JT'ETtlO1t iN QUALITY
to the Mann i nr. In other words,
rook bottom p 1 es Iles -Mg been once
fixed is is impo„sildu to get back to
normal pl'i es.
Mr. 1'oaell bpoke rather more kind-
ly of the Mertes peach, but is of the
opinion that it also is not an un-
mixed blessing, to the fruit growers.
it is a splendid shipper but has no
quality,
The co,rluelon to be drawn from
14tr. Powell's remarks Is that what -
,ever transient advantages may be
ebtaiued by the grower from the pro-
duction of inferior varieties, it is to
bis permanent advantage, and it is
bis only wise policy to produce the
highest quality in cath sort of fruit
,which he ]Areae on the market,
Striking testirnong to the value of
suchadvice is fnrnislhed by some
reports of fruit sales just received
by the,I'rnit Division from London.
England. On Oct. 7th, there were
sold a largo member of Half -cases of
Californian and other American
lies s, Inolesthig"about a dozen varie-
ties, The Sookel which is generally
regarded as a peer of Shp highest
quality, though 510011 in size, sola
l''or 12e; this (Bout 1N'orceau for 16s dd
the Galahad! (similar to our hose)
for 11.s; the Cornice (ono of the vari-
otios recommended by the Frlhit Di-
vlsion) for lis to 12e. If we eon -
'Offset these prices with those for
keit tet inferior quality, we must
doflrlu e that the ;nglielinu 1 Wants
prepared to pay for it. Bartletts,
which are certainly above medium
quality fetched 6s to 7s; Anjou 9s;
Clalrgeau 7s to 7s Gd.; Duchess 8s.
9d. to 4s.; Hardy 2s. 6d. to 3s. 9d.;
and Keiffers, which it is only fair
to mention were "wet" only ten
pence to is. a cask. Large quan-
tities of Canadian apples sold on the
same day brought all the way from
20s. to 25s. per barrel (the latter
figure being for Ribstons), with the
great majority at 15s. to las. On
Oct. 12, half case of Cornice pears
were sold by the salve firm for 11s.
ed.; while the Duchess variety fetch-
ed only 4s. 3d., these being the only
two sorts of pears handled that day.
Tho highest figure for apples on that
date was 20s., again to the credit of
No. 1 Ribstons, while the lowest
prices were 12s. for No, 2 Fall Pip-
pins, and 18s, for No. 2 Ribstones
and Gravenstein. The wide varie
tion of 10s. per barrel, between No.
1 and No. 2 Ribstone, is practicular-
ly worthy of notice, indicating as it
does that quality is sure to tell.
BOXES FOR APPLES.
In view of the scarcity and high
price of apple barrels this season,
and of the fact that in some dis-
tricts farmers find it inrpossible to
procure barrels at any price, the
fruit Division recommends tho gest
era! use of boxes. Those can be
had knocked down, at alomost any
saw mill for about eight cents each,
and they should not cost more than
ten cants each made up. As three
boxes hold about as many apples as
a barrel, they will be found much
cheaper than barrels at fifty cents
and upwards. The boxes should be
well and strongly nailed, and should
hold about forty pounds of fruit.
The dimensions the boxes used by the
Grimsby shippers are nine by twelve
by eighteen inches, while the British
Columbia standard box is ton by
eleven by eighteen inches, these be-
ing inside measul•oments in both
cases. The boxes should be made of
strong material not loss than five-
eighths of an inch thick for the ends,
and not lees than three eighths of
an inch for the sides; the tops
should have strips across the ends
to prevent the weight of other pack-
ages, piled on top, from bearing di-
rectly one the fruit. It is also usual
to leave open corners at the top and
bottom for ventilation. Little or
no packing material should bo used
as purchasers like to find the pack-
age quite full of limit. A street of
cardboard at tlue, top and bottom
well materially reduce the ami0unt of
injury frau bruises. But it should
be remembered that even in this year
at scarcity of barrels, it will not do
to ship anything bet first class fruit
10 boxes, as the reputation of the
Oanadlan box and of the Canadian
trade in general will greatly suffer
if Inferior or common fruit is ex-
ported
xported in the box or any fancy pack-
age.
UNION 'WITH CANADA.
Political Party Farmed in. New-
foundland,
A St. John's, Nike, despatch says:
-A sonsetion has been created here
by the formation by former I'reihlier
Sir William Whifeway and former
Attor'nry-General Donald 14tor1isor of
a political party which will apponl
to the country next year owl's policy
having in view 5101011 with Canada,
The new party will also oppose the
present Bond ;Ministry and the regu
1ar Opposition O osrt ail lad 'Alfred a8 '-
c b 'Alf c
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DEATHS FROM CONSUMPTION
Statistics Show Falling Off in
Mortality,
A despatch from Toronto says:
The returns received et the Provinci-
al health Obfco show a largely de-
creased number of deaths from con-
sumption for last yea;' compared
with some yours past, Tho deaths
from consumption last yen-, 2,604,
show a doormat of 549, compared
with 1901, and 890, compared with
1900, when the deaths totalled 8,-
484.
The figures for the past six Years
are as follows;
1897 3,154
1898 , ,., - 8,291
1899 ..-.,.... 8405
1900 ... ...... 8,484
2,043
1000 .... .........,- 2,694
19,371
The falling off is believed to be the
result of sanitary measures, and bet-
ter care of tuberculosis patients.
While diphtheria has fallen off from
the figures of last year there is this
year a great increase in the number
of scarlet fever cases for the Prov-
ince as a whole.
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MUTILATING CHILDREN.
Cruelly Treated By Greeks and
Sent Out to Beg.
An Odessa despatch says t, -Revolt-
ing discoveries bare been made lore
concerning the practices of a Greek
organization which has engaged in
the business of importing Greek
children, mutilating them and send -
log them out to beg. Children have
been lured In hundreds to North Cen-
tral, and East Russia by promises of
remunerative occupations. The ton-
gues, eyes, faces, arms, and logs of
tho victims have been mutilated, and
in this condition they have been com-
pelled to seek alms on the pretext
that they were sufferers from Turk-
ish barbarities in Macedonia. Printed
circulars have been found en some
of these children giving details of
their cases, The poli.ee have made
a number of arrests, and the public
agitation is so great that soldiers
are required to guard the prisoners,
ARlIY OF IMMIGRANTS.
Arrivals for the Past Ten Months
Number 121,115.
An Ottawa despatch says :-Tho
Government returns show that 121,-
11.5 immigrants came to Canada dur-
ing the ten months up to the close
of October. Of this nuunber 47,8.11
were from the British Isles, 89,1116
from the United States, and 34.508
from various countries of Europe.
During October alone 7,292 settlers
reached Canada's shores,
The department is planning for
even a more vigorous canvass in the
United ICingdom next season, and
among the rural population of
France and Belgium as well. Special
literature is being prepared to assist
in the flnmigratiou 'work in France
acrd Belgium, and Mr. Wfallard, who
is taking charge of this mission,
leaves at once for France. 3t is un-
derstood that Deputy Minister Smart
will undertake the supervision of this
work, as ho has of the special effort
in the 13ritish Islesv
BURNED TO DEATH.
Boy Looked in House by Mother
When She Went Out.
A Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., despatch
says : Two seven -roomed frame
houses in Steelton, a western suburb
of Sault Ste Mario, were destroyed
by fire on Thursday afternoon, and
in one the two-year-old son of Mrs.
.names Stewart was burned to death,
while another four-year-old boy was
badly burned. The mother had gone
downtown and left the two children
locked in the house alone, The fire
was well under way when discovered
by the neighbors, and the oldest boy
was saved with difficulty by 0. II.
Courier, who brolco down the door
and rushed through the flames. He
did not know that the ha.by was in
the house or he might have saved it.
!loth houses were totally destroyed.
Ono was occupied by Dan McLeod,
and was.owned -by Ralph Connell, of
Keswick, Ont. The other was owned
by Mrs. Stewart, who occupied it.
The loss is about $4,000; partly
Covered by insurance.
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LAYING OFF MEN.
Does Not Mean Large Shrinking of
Railway Business.
A. Montreal despatch says :-A ear
tain number of men have been laid
off by the 0. P. R. at the local
shops in the least end. It has been
said that this is a prelude to a most
significant shrinkage in C. P. 11.
business. This is omphetieally de-
nied by the 0. P. R. authorities, who
state that tho reduett_ons were slight
and in no way beyond what aright be
expected at, this time of the year,
when the need for Merry work is not.
so urgent as it has been all almrg
during the rush of the surnaner mute -
011. .Cho (rand Trunk shops have
been working overtime for some time
past, and an order has been issued
that that this over -arae will be dis-
continued. The order in each men
means the same Oleg; 1.115 winter
is coming on, and railway business in
the northern country is about to
exlleriehee the usual shrinkage,
NO MORE CUSTOMS DELAYS
lleggage to be Examined Before
Reaohing Border.
A itrortreel despatch says :-The
railways have made arrangements
with the Ous10105 5Tlepartll'leilt tel
have baggego coming Into Canndn
from the TTuitanl States exan1Jned be-
rme. reaching the herder in order to
prevent delay. The late custon has
tweetr stop the trains for it
slece
Only til' best fruit and that he is inn, 1tianr
TEE WORLD'S IBMS'
REPORTS FROM, TBE LEADING
TRADE OENTRES.
Prices of Cattle, Grain, Oheese,
and Other Dairy 'Produce
at Home and .Abroad,
Toronto, Noy, 10.-Wlioat.-Tile
market is quint with the foaling
somewhat easier. No, 2 white and
red Winter quoted at 78e low freights
No, 2 Spring is quoted at 7110 eget,
and No, 2 goose at 71 to 72e cast.
Manitoba Wheat is easier, At upper
lake ports No. 1 Northern is quoted
at 870, and No. 2 Northern at
824es No. 1. hard nosninal at 90ic
lake ports.
Oats --Tho market is a little wca.Ic,-
or, with ofI'erlrrgs free. No 2 white
is quoted at 29 to 20ec west, and at
29*c logy freights to New York, No,
1. white, 81e east.
Barley -The demand is moderate,
with offerings fair. No, 2 quoted at
42 to 48e middle freights. No. 8
extra at 41e, and No. 3 at 89 to
40c middle freights.
Rye -:rhe market is quiet, with
prices steady. Cars aro quoted at
51 to elec. east.
Peas -Trade is dull, and prices un-
changed. No. 2 white quoted at 01
to 62c high freights and 630 east.
Corn -The market is quiet, with
prices steady. No. 2 yellow'Amer-
ican quoted at Sec on track, Toron-
to; No. 8 yellow at 53c, and No. 3
mixed at 52ec Toronto.
Buckwheat -The market is firm,
with quotations•41 to 42e at outside
points..
Flcu,n-Ninety per cent. patents aro
fixim at $3,12 middle freights, in
buyers' sacks, for export. Straight
rollers of special brands for domes-
tic trade quoted at 63.45 to 63,00
in bbl&. Manitoba flours are steady;
No, 1 patents, $4.50 to $4,7.5: No.
2 patents, $1.20 to $4.45; and
strong bakers', $4.15 io 84.30 on
track, Toronto.
MIllfoed-Bran steady at $16, and
shorts at 616 here. At outside
points bran is quoted at $14, and
shorts at $17. Mauit.oba bran, in
melte, 8,16; and shorts at $20 here.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
,Alpplest-Tho market is quiet, with
no change in prices. Winter fruit
quoted at 52 to $2.5'0 per bbl. in
car lots, and at $2.50 to $8 in small
quantities.
Beaud-There is a quiet trade,
with prices steady. Unpicked, $1,75
a bush. and hand-picked, $1,90 to
$2.10.
'Roney -Tho market is quiet at 6
to 6ec por 1b. for bulk, and at $1.25
to 61.50 for comb. Choice clover
honey, 7 to Tee per lb. •
Hay -Demand is fair, with re-
ceipts only moderate. No. 1 tim-
othy quoted at 89.50 to $10 on
track, Toronto and mixed at 67 to
$7.50.
Straw -The market is quiet at
$5:50 per ton for car lots on track.
Hops -The market is quiet, with
this season's crop quoted at '22 to
25c.
Potutoe,7-The offerings are fair,
with little change in prices. Cars of
good quality offered to -day at 53c
per bag on, track, and inferior at
50e.
Poultry --The market continues dull
and weak, with sales difficult to
make. Dry pluckod turkeys quoted
at 100 por lb,, geese at 6 to 6,}c,
ducks at 7i to 80, chickens at 7 to
Sc, and fovris at 6c per lb.
THE DAIRY MARKETS,
Butter -The market is fairly ac-
tive, with demand good for the I nest
qu•alit'les. We quote :-Finest, 1-1b.
rolls, 18 to 19c; selected dairy tubs,
16 to 17c; secondary grades, 1:1 to
1.50; creamery p7lhts, 22 to 23c;
solids, 20 to 21e.
Eggs -Tho market is firm, with
sales of Blued at 17 to 1.6c. Fresh
aro quoted at 20c, and strictly new
laid at 23 to 24c.
Cheese -Market is quiet, with pric-
es steady. We quote: -Finest, 111
to 12c per lb., and seconds; 101. to
11c.
HOG PRODUOTS.
Dressed hogs are unclia,nged, with
tar lots quoted at $6.75 to $7 hare.
Oured meats steady, with a fair de-
mand.
o-lmand. We quote :-Bacon, long
clear, 10 to 10i;c in ton and case
lots. Mess pork, $17; do., short
cut, 520.
Smoked meats^Hams, light to me-
dium,
o-dium, 18ee to 14e; do,. heavy, 13
to 13*c; rolls, 11c; shoulders, 10 to
3010; backs,. 1'5e; breakfast bacon,
141c.
Lard -The market is yufet and
prices unchanged, We quota ;« -
Tierces, 8ie; tuba, 81e; pails 9c;
compound, 8 to 9c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL:
Montreal, Nov. 100 -Manitoba
wheat has dropped to 82ec for No.
1 Northern, Fort William, and many
buyers expect it to gq lower. Partly
for this reason, and partly on ac-
count of under -cutting 01 prices
Manitoba millers have lowered their
prices 20e a barrel for all grades;
this, howover, is not likely to last
long, as freights will go up 10c in
a hock or two, and that much must
(hon be added to the price of flour.
Theo has been a reduction also equal
to about 1:0c a barrel on Ontario
flour in bags, but the eear'clty of
barrels- keeps up the price of barreled
ilour. Tho cheese trade is suffering
from a searcity of cheese boxes,
which has forced many factories to
close dwell; though receipts of choose
are falling off, exports have iioCreas-
edi stillmare; it Is hard to get more
than 1060 for the latest Westerns,
brit few ho111101 e will sell at that,
and the cheese of it couple of weeks
ago is hold at 11}c, flutter is fair-
ly flan, espefdnily for tho cheaper
grades; selected Western dairy be-
ing scarce and iel demand at 17c,
while there is Nothing to be had
under 14e. Owing to the warm
iventhoi' little poultry is n.rriviug,
and much of it Is out of eoulition
111111011 it gets here. Grans -'-`rens,
1: 'to 72e afloat Imre; r c+ 530
7~<y,
env,t. rifle nfioat here; buckwheat,
584c; No, 2 oats, flee in stow, 840
afloat; Na, el, 1c lw.rs, fia.'csead, s1,115
on traelc horel No, 2 barley, 50e,
Flom+ -Manitoba patents, 54.60; sea
ands, 64.30; strong balder&', 34.05 to
to
$4.8'04;; 0417.
in ntarfobggs, straig$18'Shtto 51rollers,,95; 11a-
38,90
5
tents, $4 to $4.25; extras, 51.05 to
61.70. Rolled oats -$1,80 per bag,
$3,80 per bbl. feud,--Mis1toba bran
517 to 518; shorts, $20, bags in-
cluded; Ontario beau, in bulk, 616.50
to $17; shorts, in bulk, $20,50 to
$'21.50. Beene -Choice primes,
$1,60 to $1.!611 per bush in car lots,
Provisions--]ieavy (;auatllan abort
cut, $20.50; compound refined lard,
Se; pork, 520.50 to 891; light short
out, 520; Canadian lard, 8i to 9e;
kettle rendered,10e;
e , to 1Oi Mous.
121 to 140; bacon, 14 to 15c; bothicllled abattoir hogs, 67.50 to
,7,4. Egg-.Oeaxlled, 22e;
stral51ht$7receipst,&, 19c; Montreselectedal 1im-
od, 110. Cheese -Ontario, 11c;
Townships, 101e; Quebec, 100. But -
tea --Townships creamery, 21}c; Que-
bec, 2060; Western dairy, 16 to 1.70,
--
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Duluth, Nov, 10.'-1Vileet-To ar-
rive, No. 1 hard, &'Zit; No. 1 North-
ern, 80'!e; No. 2 Northern, 776e;
December, Gott; May, 77c.
St. Louis, Nov. 10. -Wheat -De -
comber, 800; Kay, 701c.
Buffalo, Nov. 10,-I'loun--FLrm.
Wheat -Nothing doing. Corn -Dull;
No, 2 yellow. Ole asked; No. 2
corn, 4960 asked, Oats -Weak; No.
2 white, 4'06°; No. 2 mixed, 886a
Barley -48 to 60c mei. Ryer-No, 1
file. Canal freights -Steady.
Minneapolis, Nov, 10. -Wheat -De-
cember, 781c; May, 77* to 7173x; on
track, No. 1 hard, 8''i c; No, 1. North
ern, 80$0; No. 2 Northern, 7760; No.
8 Northern, 776 to 78;c.
CATTLE --MARKET. .
Toronto, Nov. 10 To -day's re-
coiptsat the City Cattle Market
were 91 ear loads, consisting of
1,800 head of cattle, 1,727 sheep
and lambs, 1,706 hogs, and 57
calves. Tho run was heavy, but of
the cattle, light stockers and feeders,
and rough mixed butchers' cattle,
were too many in proportion to the
choicer cattle. It was altogether
rather a ragged kind of a market,
with business a little slow, and no
very choice stock offerings.
Export--Oflorings of really choice
export cattle scarce, a few loads of
fairly good though light steers sell-
ing at from 64 to 54.25.
Butchers' -Tho cool weather vvi11
prohabfy improve conditions in the
local butcher trade, but the change
was hardly perceptible to -day. Tris
domand was fair, but not particular-
ly eetive, and for ordinary butchers'
cattle the prices were unchanged from
Thursday's market quotations. The
proportion of rough light cattle was
a little too heavy.
Feeders -Good heavy feeders and
'short -keep cattle are steady. infer-
ior light feeders a little easier.
Stockers -There is a little better
demand for stockers, but prices are
low.
Sheep and Lambs=Export ewes
aro quoted at 8.25 to $8.90; bucks,
52.50 to 52.7655 lambs, $3.50 to
5.3.75.
II!ogs-Maritet easy, but prices un-
changed at $5.40 the top.
Export, heavy ...$4.10 to $4.25
Export, light 4.00 4.10
Bulls, export, heavy,
cwt. 3.175 4,25
do light3.00 8.50
Foncier&, 800 lbs. and up-
wards 3.00 8.60
Stockers 400 to 800 lbs 2,50 3.12e
do. 900 lbs. 2.75 8,50
Butchers' cattle, choice 8.75 4.10
do. medium 8.30 8:50
do. picked ... 4.00 4.10
d0. bulls 2.75 13.00
do. rough 2.50 2.60
Light stock bulls, cwt.. 2.25 2.50
Milch cows 80.00 82s00
Hogs, best 5.40
do light .. _ 5.15
Sheep, export, cwt. ... 3.25 3.410
Spring lambs 8.50 8.75
B ......... 2.50 2.74
Culls
.....,... 2.25 2.7'5
Calves, each ,,,.,. 2.00 10.00
A SAVANT'S DISCOVERY.
Believes He Has Isolated the Can-
cer Parasite;
A London despatch says i, -721,o. lec-
ture before the Abernothian Society,
of London, Dr. Jesse Johnson gave
tho details of a cancer treatment dis-
covered by Dr, Otto Schmidt, of Col-
ogne, which Dr. Johnson has been in-
vestigating, and proposes to try in
England. Dr. Schmidt believes he
has isolated the parasite, on the
presence of which in a sufferer he be-
lieves Cancer to depend Regarding
the numerous parasites found by Dr.
Gaylord, an American investigator,
and others, Dr•. Schmidt is convinc-
ed
onvino-ed that they aro, identical, varying
Only in shape and appearance under
different ooilditlons, and he cleiuis
that be has produced these variations
in his parefstte by subjecting It to
such conditions. He claims that ho
'las sterilized the parasite, anti also
that by injecting it into animals be
has produced a serum which destroys
(anew' cells. Ono of the most im-
pressive features of the treatment is
that the presence of cancerous
growths can be discovered through
the reaction under infection by the
serum. It appears, moreover, to re-
duce malignant, tumors to the level
of innocent growths, thereby limit-
ing their spread and r'ender'ing theft'
removal effective, but for a complete
cure Dr. Seh idt's treatment 1•e-
qu'b•est, lirst, the arreat of the pr"-
ross; Se00111, the removal of the
growth; end, third, ihet no vital or-
gan has been selously injured. 1]r.
J015(1000 deprecated the aceeptonee
of the trcnuneut yet as a definite
(ore; but said he was convinced that
it was wot•thy of experilnoll.t. A
disltioeIon followed, in which ' several
eminent physic1111r.Y took part.. The
consensus of opiniolt Was that Ao
many clisappointments had followed
previous inot.hode that Dr, Selemidt's
method should be treated with eau-
fiotts reserve, but that it was
worthy of a trim.
"Patin. says 110, will not 001571111t to
"Papa
marriage 1111011 you have proved
that you are able to summit 1110,"
")'tw 0511 I prove it if I don't' fret
a (hence to try'"
TICKS FBA iT. L WIRE.
KAPI'ENINGS P1t034C ALL OVEII
THE GLOBE.
Telegraphio Briefs From Our Owe
and Other Countries el
Recent Events.
CANADA..
Milk is scarce rn Winnipeg.
Baleen have advanced the price of
broad.
The Dominion Aovernmtnit will in-
stitute a naval reserve depot: at
IS -legatee.
A colony of live Canadian beavers
will be exhibited at the St. Louis
EXposi ti on. •
Tlio Arcola Hotel nod other build-
ings at Arcola, Man., were burned
on Saturday, eaueiag a loss of $20,-
000.
The Hudson Bay Company's ship,
Lady Heacl, was wrecked on Gasket
shoals in Hudson flay, No one was
last.
John Davis was sentenced at Win-
nipeg to seven years to Stoney
Mountain peeitentiac;y for &Booting
at Mary Spence with intent.
The Toronto Board of Trade adop-
ted a resolution favoring the cern-
martial policy of the empire outlined
by Mr. Chambered() in his Glasgow
speech.
Dr. Moore. Dominion veterinary
expert, says that the disease among.
the horses on Wolfe Island and Pitts-
burg, near Kingston, is typhoid in-
fluenza,.
A Kingston company have secured
control of i1lissiseipps Falls, 53
miles from Kingston, from which
eight or ten thousand horse power
can be obtained.
Two new guns have arrived at
Quebec, ono of which will be convey-
ed to the citadel. They are two six-
inch rifle guns weighing sever, and
eight tons, and are 25 feet long.
Jack Burpee, of New Brunswick,
assistant postmaster at Bonanza,
Yukon territory, has leen arrested
for stealing letters from the (nails.
Over 2,000 letters were found in his
possession, 100 being registered.
It le reported that the Grand
Trunk [railway Company hope to lo-
cate extensive areas of coal north of
Lake Abitibi, The Grand Trunk
Pacific, it is stated, will develop
large areas of coal in the Skoena
River district, fn 13ritish Columbia,
It is expected that beds of copper
will he found fn the region between
Lake Abitibi and Quebec.
GREAT 11RITA:IN,
Colonial Secretary Lyttelton hopes
that he may soon he able to visit the
colonies,
The. War Office has adopted a new
pattern of cartridge bandolier and
pouch for the army.
The London Outlook says Lord
Alverstone's silenco compels Cana-
dians to believe that ho has been
magnanimous with their property.
Sir Thomas Lipton has withdrawn
his offer to present a cup for a
trans-Atlantic yacht race in 1904,
to make way for Emperor William.
England spent only $25,000 on
the British Legation buildings at
Poking, against $150,0(10 expended
'by Japan and $240,000 expended by
Germany.
The Grocer, a trade publication in
London, England, congratulates
Canada on its new act fixing the le-
gal limit of water in butter, pro-
hibiting the" manufacture, importa-
tion or sale of oleomargarine, but-
terine, adulterated or process but-
ter.
UNITED STATES,
The President has named Nov.
26th as the National Thanksgiving
Day.
Allegheny, Pa„ may bo quarantin-
ed to protect the outside public
from smallpox contagion.
The prevalence of strikes and the
increased cost of building practically
has stopped all construction work at
Chicago.
To reduce expenses the Brie Rail-
road Company has discharged 10
poi' cent. of the working force in its
various shops.
The home of James Dentley, of Og-
densburg, N.Y., was destroyed by
fire, his two children, aged three and
four, being burned to death.
Edward 0. Soule, the alleged- em-
bezzler of the glome Savings Bank
of Iowa Falls, Iowa, has been in-
dicted on three counts of stealing
640,000.
President Roosevelt has added a
now sensation to tho poet oefice
scandal by ordering it new anti com-
plete investigation of the New York
post office.
William Millenberg received a
shock from a wird charged with 88,-
000 volts of electricity at Pocatello,
Idaho, and physicians say he prob-
ably will recover.
Morgan T. Reynolds, 28 year's olrl,
'the captain of a gang of outlaws, on
whose head there has been a piece
of 55,000, was captured alive in the
mountains of lCentucky, the other
clay, after hiding three years and
killing six persons.
GENERAL,
It 11; stated that army statisties
prove that Japanese me growing
taller.
Boers and British, says a Johan-
nesburg
ohannesburg despatch, ;have formed a
syndicate to exploit a spectacular
military display at the St. Louis
exposition.
3-Tard times aro beginning to be
felt in South Africa. The Govern-
ment's policy of retrenchment ottuio
110110 too soon.
The Echo do Paris says the Char
hopes to remain a .friend ahcl alley
of 'Frame and to Ca-opeato with
France in the peaceful task of 800111.-
111g a happy settlement of voiding
gue5ton5 in. both the near. East and
the far :last.
The I''ialnee iegler !.Polar exploring
party which ]eft New York. last
Miry in nil attempt to roach the
:earth Pole, has tailed to got
til}rou0•h the pa8Rag0 lending to
Penne ,Tosetland On account of leo'
floes, The e met' tvfli proceed
2 Y, by
sleds.
ALTlvi T Y IN MIN,l'I G. .
Inspector Carter Reports That In-
dustry is Flourishing,
A Toronto despatch says :-Tho
Provincial Inspector of Mame, Mr.
W, If,. 1I. Carter, mho has been on a
tour of inspection through Western
Ontario, I'etu,rited on Ncdnesdny, lie
buys that at Clopper Cliff two now
feu nares aro being bu111 by tate Can-
ada Copper Company, with a capac-
ity of 4150 tons each, They aro to
be used for 135bselner come, eau, mad
will reduce 80 per cent, nickel -copper
Product in Poe operation, iestoa(1 of
two, as at present. 11, le expected
that they will bo in operation by
oust spring.
At the CJreighten, No, 2 mine. op-
erations Have been continued on a
large scale. 141 .co the diamond drill
has been working there it has been
discovered that the property con-
tains about 3,500,000 tons of ore, of
six per cent. ulekfe-Capper contents.
In theWe v
bbl nod district consid-
erable interest is being taken in the
&earth ineti'Lirted for gold. The Nee
trona] Copper Moe la situated near
hero, and is being worked profitably.
A largo body of spceuJwr iron
ore, north of Desbararts, which is
thought, to be of excellent quality, ie
being explored by a (steamed drill,
'PI'o development work on the iron
range north of Sault Ste, Maria, is
going ahead satisfactorily.
POLICE ON AROTIC SEA.
Post Established to Watch Ameri-
can Whalers,
An Ottawa despatch says' A re -
Port has been received from Supel'-
iutelrclent Constantine, who took a
party of Mounted Police down the
Mackenzie River, fwd has establish-
ed a police post at Fort M'acPhor-
soh, in the delta of the Maoken'ie,
on the Arctic Sea. This is the
most northerly white settlement
within the Ilritish Empire, and will
be rather a lonely life tor the ser-
geant and four constables who have
boon left there. Good shocks have
been erected for them, and everything
done to make them comfortable. Tho
primary object in establishing the
post at this point is to assert Can-
adian authority in the Mackenzie
delta, to prevent lawlessness, and
the debauching of Eskimo and Ind',
anti by American whalers. For many
years United States whalers have
been frequenting the Arctic seas, and
have made Cauadian territory, name-
ly, Herschell Island, their Winter
quarters. On the news being receiv-
ed by them that the pence were
coming, they have moved some 300
miles further oast, in the direction
of Cape Bathurst. It is felt that
eventually the Canadian Govern-
ment will have to platy a gunboat
ou those waters, 1f law and order
are to be maintained.
FAST SHIPS DON'T PAY.
North German Lloyd Unable to
Declare Dividens:
A despatch !rein Berlin says: Itis
stated in financial circles here that
the maintenance of the three great
ocean flyers-ICaJser Wilhelm der
Grosse, Kronprinz Wilhelm, and
ICaiser Wilhelm IL -bas proved so
unremhineratrve that the North Ger-
man Lloyd Company is unable to
declare a dividend for the current
year. On the other hand it is said
that the Hamburg -American Linc,
which aleandoned the construction of
six-day boats, will pay from 5 to
6 per cent. The North German
Lloyd's fort; boats have proved pro-
fitable only during four months 01
the year; for the rust of the time
they have been a dead loss. The
operating expenses eat up practical-
ly the profits from other sources,
such as steerage passengers and
freight.
Iielieeing that slow boats are the
real money-inukers, the Hamburg
American Lino has just contracted
with Harland and Waif, of Belfast,
for a 20,000 -ton nine -day vessel,
which will enter the trans-Atlantic
service next Spring. •
MADE THE DUMB SPEAK.
Man Cuts Tongue, Recovering
Lost Power to Talk.
A Detroit despatch says: For sev-
enteen years a man known ire Con-
ner's Creek as' "Silent- Charlie
Fields," had not uttered one wend,
but he slipped on Tuesday, cut his
tonl5•ne badly, and ethos then has
been able to talk, as fluently as in
his boyhood days. While a bey ho
was struck by lightning, and Tender-
ed speechless.
EARTHQUAKES AT ST. LOUIS.
Series Felt in World's Fair City
This Afternoon.
A despatch .from St. Loris, Mo.,
says: This city and vicinity expori-
encod a. series of earth shocks at
12.18 o'clock on Wednesday after-
ecem. P110 earthquake was percep-
tible all ov'ol' the, city and was
mostly felt in . the high business
Meeks in the clown town section of
the city. Oho occupant of a high
building saki his chiandelier swung
thine 111011es, The movement was
from cast to west. Louisiana, bio.,
also felt a perceptible shock.
CANADA'S FUTURE.
Secretary Murray Is Very Em
thttsiastic.
A 2lospateh iron Landoll hays: Seo-
rotary of the -London Chamber of
Commerce Murray, in his report
dealing with his oflioial tour of
Oano,da, spanks enthusiastically of
Oairada s future, especially for her
wheat -producing districts, 1Te also
speaks very highly of the industrial
ent015151ise exhibited liy the Cannell'
a115, particularly in regrind to elites
tried dm/We/uncut.