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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-10-25, Page 330ERS W.1E AM LS ED Bethurae's Force Kills 6o, Wounds 35 and Caja n. tures the Rest of the Commando Near 'Vryheid. IA despetph from London says: A despatoh to the Central News from Durban states that BeLhuae'e Mount- ed infantry ambuseadol a'Boor eons- mando near• lrryheid, killing 00, wounding 51, and capturing the re- mainder, numbering 05. BoLhunc's commend tilorobe Wise um. the etige ma of their own similar digester due- ing Geeeral Buller s advance nur,h- ward from Ladysmlth. CAf'TUR1rD FIE BOERS. t.eipatch from tape Town s.ys gee British ro-entere,l 13:ot mime near leimeeeley, 0: tober 14, unippostd. a. d oaptured5e soars. POLICE RAID '' OHABROLt'l HOUSE OF POTOl6I01JS GUERIN SEARCHED FOR PAPERS. Wont Proof or Existence of Eipn:scrims .tnti.11epatlleaa Romans. Ai despatoh' from Paris, says: -The pollee to -day unexpectedly raided the notorious "f'or't Cbaabrot" in Paris, and also the residence of the mother of its defender, M. Jules Guerin, A number of papers ware seized in both places. The object of the raid is said' to have been to find proof of the existence of the ,9o -called "Grand Occident :of France," an anti -Republican league, whose headquarters during the Drey- fur agitation was et Fort Chabrol, The, Nationalist organs ask if the Gavertmnent wish to "work up an- other High Court conspiracy trial." it despatch from St. John's, Nfld„ BRITISH LOSSES SEVERE. LARGE COMMANDO ROUTED. Barton's Forees Killee and Scattered a Number of Burghers. • A despatch from Pretoria says ;— Gun, French has °coupled Carolina, it is hoped with his force and the col- umu which Gen. axnilh•'Dorrien is con- oaubrating in that neighbourhood to surround and capture a large number of Boars. Former President Steyn, of the Orange Free state, and Commander - in -Chief Botha are reported to be at Belfast. Gen. Barton has had an engagement with 1,500 Boer's at Welvediend. He killed five of them and scattered Ole commando. IIs also captured 1,000 head of stock. Gen. Clements bas made a great raid on cattle which tete Boors were driv- ing along lithe Magallesburg range. GRAB AFTER FRANCHISES. Three Officers and Eight Bien Killed, Bids for Markets and Water Works 28 Wounded. • in Johannesburg. A despatch from :London, says; A despatch from Pretoria, says; - Lord Roberts reports from Pretoria, The GOatetiions Commission to -day under' date of Oat. 15, us follows ;- heard requests Our various rights, "French started from Machadodor'p particularly forthe Johannesburg towards Heidelberg to clear a part of market asvd• 0h: Jc,hannesbarg water the country not yet visited by our tviurk . The Tmp;,ri u. munucipal offi troops. Mahon, commanding Om cess vigorously opposed the greeting mounted troops, successfully engaged tae some of those concessions, palette - the enemy on Oct. 13, but our losses atony. tlprat for the water works, em ware severe, three officers and eight the ground that such aotiou would be were severe, three officers and eight prejudicial to pubiio interest. The men being killed and three officers ' winter rate in Johannesburg is 10 and 05 men wounded. sbeetl:nrgs a thousand gallons. "French occupied Caroleaa yester- The cpmmiseion also beard testi- (lay, capturing a °envoy during 'bis money •rregardlrng the ;Inkier conces- maroh." sion. The eonceseionaire denied, that Lord Roberts also reports a num- he had given money to Mr. Hargrove, bar of minor affairs, showing that a notorious pro -Boor Englishman con - the Boars are stilt active, over a wide netted with the South African News, field. the organ at the Afrikander Bond. STARVING THEM OUT. Britlsh Collecting All Cattle in the Bloemof District. A despatch from Cape Town, saysGeneral Settle is takiiug energetic measures to finish the wor in the +' .of district, which he has oc- cupied without opposition, the Boers fleeing en his approach. The British have ca:1•eetnd all the cattle to Lhe CAPTURE OF TEHCHOW. Plenlpotentlaries' Note to the POWers. A despatch from London, says: The Pekin: correspondent of the Times describes the tone of the plenipoten- tiaries' note to the Ministers as char- acteristically arrogant, and as if the position ,were that China was offering terms instead of Europe dictating district, for which receipts have been them. The The correspondent says that the note given. eve this been done earlier it begins with an expression of regret or would have greatly helped to starve ppmises the Beare out. the recent oeourrenoes, and promises 'that they will never recur, bait impu- deetly ascribe them to the Boxers. EARLY IN NOVEMBER. Li does not mention the ooncurrenee of the Imperial troops, though it ad- !mite d- !mite that certain princes and Minis - General Roberts Will Sail for Eng- tors supported the Boxers. land. I A feree of French troops numbering - A deepateth from Cape Toren, says; a thousand men have captured Tell- -Geo. Baiter will sail hence for Eng -,chow, south of Panting -fa, Province of laird on Oct, 24. Gen. Roberts will pro- Shantung. bably leave for home early en Novem- - ber. MAY VISIT THE U. S. Kruger Expected to Cross the Ocean. A despatch from Brussels, says ;- The Transvaal agony thinks that President Kruger will make a tour of the European capitals, and that he will visit President DZoKinley.. 8 FORTY-THREE DROWNED. toss or 111fe 011 New'1'ulutillttitd mist 1n lucent teal., say's: -The St. Pierre schooner Fiona drifted ashore in Fortune bay during the recent gale and her entire crew of twenty men were drowned. The schooner .is a .total loss, The schooners Melia, Rosebud, and Angler, with ot'ews aggregating 18 men, ware also lost. The schooner huntress le ashore on. the Labrador coast. Five of her crew were drown- ed. DESERTERS PUNISHED. Five 1'attgeten Battery eleu 'tiles lir Court - Martial. A despatch from Kingston, Out., says; Five battery lien who desert- ed during the past tow months were tried at Gni barracks to -day by dis- trict court-martial, The widener in the case of three of thin --Gra. Ar- quaite, MoLay, and Cooney -was for- war<le.l to the Militia Department. at Ottawa. The olbnr Iwo, Gun nemMc- Kay and Pratt, were each sentenced to 120 bouts' hard lehor, NEVER WORSE THAN NOW. Boer Independence Committee Says Guerlllas Are Everywhere. A. despatch from Paris says: -At a meeting of the Hoer independence Committee to -day President Piulist read official documents, stating that the situation of the British in .South AOriea was never worse than at pre- sent. Contrary to the reports print- ed in English newspapers, the guer- illas are everywhere active, and Great Britain will shortly be obliged to in- crease her forme in South Africa. LORD ROBERTSREP R I R ® S Several Engagements With Guerilla Bands A despatch from Landon a0.ys;- I'n a despatch from Pretoria, Lord Roberts says ',Moulds Boeht, a bro- ther 0f the Boer commander -In - chief, surrendered on Saturday. Lord Roberts also gives the! details 06 four recent elcirmtables. In one of these the British had Lieut', Attfield and two awn killed, and in another the Boers had six killed, EXPORTS FROM TRANSVAAL Order Retnov[lle the Reetrietfon Is- Seed by Gen. Roberts. A daspatoll from Pretoria., says;- Loo•d Roberts has leaped an order removing the restriction on exports from the Transvaal end the Orange Rivet Colonies. The order includes bar .gold, but excepts monitions 0f War. NEWS SUMMARY CANADA. Cbalifour's last fuolory at Quebec, has been destroyed by fire, Smallpox Is still eliidembs et Nide" redo, 12 miles from Dawson. `.L'wenty-five rtdllions in gold dust bas been shipped from the Yukon this season, Fire destroyed the dry kiln of Mao- Laren's lumber yard, at BZontreal. Loss, $5,000. P. 0, saving` batiks will hereafter be open Saturday nights fqr eonvextience of depositors. Look' 6, Welland Canal, needs'anew pair of gates, The steamer Waocam- aw is to blame. Robert J. Decker is under arrest at Kingston. Charge, obtaining goods by false pretcnoos. The Hamilton Home of the Friend- less and infirm held its 81st annual meeting there yesterday, Fair wages officer O'Donoghue is settling the rale' to be paid on Gov- ernment buildings at Kingston. Ticket agents have adjourned at Hamilton. Montreal next year. F. W. (hurchill, Cultingwood, is president. Gena O'Grady-klaly Ls .slowly re- covering at Ottawa, from the injury to his knee. He is only able to drive about. Harry H. Crocker, aged 17, attempt- • ed ha board a moving freight train e.t Asheurnham, near Peterboro,' and was killed. All the drilla and dredges are again. at norm on the harbor improvements at Port Colborne, 0ontraotors and men having come to terms. C. B. Major, M. P. P. for Wright county, was attacked with fainting spells et Bull recently. He is now at his bone in Papineauville. Deputy Minister of Marine Gour- dean, who has been in Paris since February as one of the Canadian Commissioners, sails for home October 20th. The first sale oP Government frac- tions and claims at Dawson has real- ized $20,000. The ground will be thrown open for relocation in No- vember; Lord Minto, the Premier, Lord Stratheona and Gen. O'Grady-Haly are being asked to extend their pat- ronage to the Ottawa Reception Com- mittee, tot arrange for welcoming the returning soldiers. UNITED STATES. The trial of Perms acoused of selling short -weight coal is on in Chicago. The Carnegie Company has charter- ed four steamers to carry steel from Cleveland to Europe. Teamsters and loaders took advan- tage of the rush of Cotton to New Orleans and struck. The fifteenth annual convention of the Lithuanian General Alliance is in session at Elizabeth, N.J. Indiana, democrats have appealed to Richard ,Croker for funds, to aid them int putting that State in the Bryan column. The national committee to investi- gate the necessity for a pneumatic tube mail service arrived in Chicago yesterday. The Ordnance Board has sustained General Miles opinion that disappear- ing gun carriages for coast defence are obsolete. Ten thousand dollars even was of- fered in Wall street recently that New York State will give McKinley 70,000 plurality. A temporary injunction bas been issued restraining 0. M. Stone and others from distributing quotations of the Chicago Board of Trade. At! Paterson, N. J., recently it 'was reported that the Rogers Locomo- tive Works' had been said and that the Vanderbiits were the purchasers. The National Steel Company sent Erma . Youngstown, Ohio, recently a special train of forty cars loaded with 1,000 tens of steel rails for New Zee- land. GENERAL. The Landon Daily Express says the Turkish Sultan has paid the American Claims. Berlin is wrestling with the prob- lem of elevated and underground trauaporlation. Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Geriueny, will arrive at Constanti- nople shortly to pay a visit to the Sultan, Prof. Paul Stapfer, of Bordeaux University, has written to M. Yves Guyot, etatimg that the Dreyfus Case will .shortly be re -opened. The babeas corpus decree was is- aued recently io Cuba. It is the first time that such a decree has been listened on the island. Tba w4'l. of Mala. Perrot, wife of the; wealthy Lyons manufacturer, he- eueathes to President Loubet only 150,000 frames: A FJIW THING. LACKING! I 'got a box er matches, bait' the old colored brother, an ef .I des had it load er wood 1 Gould make a fire, 'en ef I des bad a side er meat en a sack or flour 2 could cook it .ort dat fere; en atter I cooked it day ain't no ques- tion but (whet I could eats it, kazo all 1 got at de preen!: time is a empty home oe a till-porwadin' Appetite! ).MARKETS 0E- THE WORLD Teless 0` Ctlttle, Cheese, Grain, Ota In the Leading Markets. THE STREET MARKET, Toronto, Oot, 22. -On the street to- day 300 bushels White wbeat sold at 6th; 200 bushels red wheat at 69 to 69 1 -de; '701 bttshois goose wheat at Otte, '2,500 bushels barley at 44 to 48 1-20; 800 busbies oats at 213 to 31e; a load of rye at: 54 1-20, and a load ne batik - wheal at 47 1-2e. Fifteen loads of hay sold of 515 to $14 a ton, and two loads at straw at $12.50 to $13, Dressed bogs were easier at $7,75 to $8, Wheat, wht. straight.$ 000 $ 061) Wheat, red, , 009 0 69 1-2 Wheat, spring. , 000 070 Wheat, goose, . , . 000 066 Oats. , , , . , 020 0 31 Barley. , . . 0 i4 0 481-2 Peas, . . . . 00e 0 58 Rye, . . . 0 00 0 531-2 Buckwheat. , . , . 0110 0 471-2 Ilaym per ton. . . . 1300 14 00 Straw, per ton. . 11.70 13 00 Butter, per lb. rolls. . 020 022 Eggs, new laid. , 018 0 00 Chiekees, per pair. . 11 11 0 50 Turkeys, per lb. . 010 012 Geese, pea lb . , . u va a u7 Ducks, par pair', . . , 0 5U 0 80 Potatoes, pee. hog. . 030 035 Atpples, par bbl. . . 0 40 100 Beef, hind quarters. 100 9 00 Beef, fore quarters. . 4 00 '6 50 Beef, carcase. . . . 5 50 7 00 'flatten. . . 000 000 Lamb, spring, per lb. 0 03 0 09 Veal, °armee... • . 003 900 Dressed hogs. . . 7 75 8 00 DRSISS.LD HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs were about 25o a cwe lower on the street to -day, sales being made ive $7.75 to $3. Provisions keep frim and are In small compass. Quotations for provisions are as follows ;-Dry salted shoulders, 8o; long clear bacon, loose, in car lots, 10c, and in case 'lots, 10 ' S to 10 1-2o; short out pork, 519.50 to 520; heavy mess, $17.50 to $18. Smoked meats -Rams, heavy, 12c; medium, 121-2 to 18e; light, 181-2e; breakfast bacon, 13 to 131-2c; picnic hams, 100; roll bacon, llo; smoked banks, 13e. A11 meats oat of pickle le leas than prices quoted for smoked meats. Lard-Tieroas, 100; tubs, 10 bo 10 1-4e; palls, 10 1.4, to 10 1-20. PRODUCE. Eggs -Prices and conditions un- changed. Quotations areas follows: -Fmestb 17 1-3 to 18c; held 16e. limed 160, and culls, 9 to 10o. Poultry -Receipts ere larger and prices easier. Quotations are as fol- lows :—Chickens, per pair, 35 to 46c ; ducks, per pair, 40 to OOc; turkeys, per lb. 10 to lle; and geese, per lb., 6 to 70. Geese sold principally at 6 to 6 1-2c.; Potatoes -Market steady, Car lots, an tsaok, are quoted at 28 to 300 per bag. One oar sold to -day at 28e. Sales, out °Vetere, axe mad)* at 35 to 40c. Piald, produce, etc. -Turnips, out of store, 50e per bag; onions, 00c per bag ; apples, pea' bbl., 50e to el. Sweet potatoes, per bbl. $2.50. Dried fruits -Dried apples sell at 8 to 3 1-2c; and evaporated at 4 1-2 to 5e. Beans -Ordinary run white beans bring $1.20 to. 51.25. Choice hand -pick - I ed beans are quoted itt $1.40 to $1.46. liieney-Theme seems to be a good smppey of strained honey on the mark- et, and best price. obtainable is 91-2c. Sales meetly at 0c. Dealers quote Erten 9 to 0 1-2c per lb for 5, 10, or 60- otrdarr Connb (honey sells at $3.25 4;o $0.50 per down sections. DAIRY MARKETS. tl@utter-There ie no change in the ysi•taatiot. Creameries continue steady.' Chigoe dairies sell 'readily. Second quateity dairy la in rather full supply and sells seemly. Commis- sion houses sail to the trade as fol- lows; -Dairy, cabs, and pails, choice, 17 to 18e; one second qu uity, 14 to 15e; dairy prints, choice, 19 to Ole; creamery, boxes, 20 to 21e; and pounds, 22 to 23e. tOhroeue-Full cream, July and Aug- ust makes, sa.ds et 11 1-2 to 12u U. S. MARKETS. Detroit, Oct, 22.-Veleat-Nix. 1 white, catsib, 750; No. 2 rad, oath, 77o; October, 77o; December, 79o. St. Louis, Oot. 22, -Wheat -Cash, 72 7-8c; Oatnber, 72 1-2e; D. oember, 73 1-2o Chicago, Oct.22•-\\'heat was higher early on cables, but reacted later no poor supping. December closing 1-8c, Lauver; our'n closed 1-e to 8-5o, and oats 1-8 to 1 -le down. Provisions un- ehanged i,u 5e depu'esred. Primary receipts eviere 1,211,000 busbies, com- pared w.i115 1,203,000 buehele hast year Minneapolis and Duluth reported 377 cars, against 577 last week, and 065 a yea,. ago. Local r.eoeiple were 156 cars, three of contract grade. Esti- mated receipts t.o-mcu'row,;-Wheat, 212 oars, corny 550 ears; oats, 270 cars; bogs, 25,000 head, Match, $1.21 bid, Milwaukee, Oct. 22, -Wheat -Doli; No. 1 Northern, 78o; No. 2 lrorthorn, 761-2 to 771.2e, Rye --Dull ; No. 1 58u. Barley -Steady ; No. 2, Gr'u ; dim- ple, 4J to 51b. 1lin,.eapotis, 0 1..7,-Wh.eni Octal , or, 761-2c; Deoentb.'r, 703-8 to 761-2e; May, 791-8 to 591-4c ; on tt aolt, No. 1 hard, 781-4; No, 1 Northern 771-4a; Na12 do., 741.4 to 751-1 ERIE ASSACitES8 Another Edict Sent to the Mandarrffs by Prince Tuan. A despatoh from London says;— A despai'.oh to Delziel's News Agettoy from Shanghai, of yesterday's date, says Prince Tuan has sent a despatch to the ina'ndarins and heads of guilds in Sisanghai, announcing that the court is now safe, and exhorting them to have valence, The despatoh says that when the Petty., is frozen the cold will decimate the allies, while the falling of the Yang-lse-Kiang will only admit of the use oe small gunboats. He urges tiled the arsenulebs kept constantly et work, and that every- one be in readiness when the moment arrives for the massacre of all fur - vignette Duluth 0;'t.22, -\hear. el gee: No 1 bard, cash, &3e; to arrive. 80o; Oo- Lobar, Se; December, 8U1 -8e; Nay. 83e ; No. 1 Northern, cash, 78e; to arrive, 78; October, 78e; December, 781-$c ; May, 81e ; No; '2 Northern, 74r.; No. 3 epring, 70e, Coi•m-401-40, Oars —231 2 00 23o. Toledo, 0.0. 22,--,Wheat-No. 2 ail! and, October, 771-4c; December, 70:'; May. 83e. Coin -No. 2 cash. 42 1-21 ; December, 353-4c, Oats -No. 5 m x - ed, 22e. Rye ---Cash. 54 1-20; Clover - seed -1898, prime, $0.121-2; 1891,priele 56.25; October, $7,20; De;.ember, $7. Oil -Unchanged. SHELL CHINESE REBELS. BRITISH KILLED FORTY AND HUN- DREDS WERE WOUNDED, Revolt. In South Slrreatftxtm—Four Thou. sand Were Advancing on partes alt Intro KrItkle Tear 1'es'rl. Opened Etre. A despatch from London says: - Hong Hong despatches tell of the ,continued spread of the southern re- bellion. The Hong Hong correspond- ent of the Daily Express sends a report that the British torpedo boat - destroyer Handy shelled two thbu- sand rebels who were advancing on Sanehun, killing 40 and wounding hundreds. HAVE RECAPTURED HUICHOW. A despatch from Washington says: Secretary of State Ilay has received a despatch from Consul McWade at Canton saying that the Imperial troops have recaptured Huichow, and that the rebels have dispersed bo the eastward. WALTER GORDON CAPTURED. OBESTIOE GRAVE AS EVEP11 SETTLEMENT OF CHINESE TROUBLE NOT NEAR AT HAND. Fillets 1551143 to Galls Ttnte--Ate( Eoliths Esus III/ A,ttett tlat of Pmt tsnlng 1se Xttem:eatters, or the lnsarreollon • A despatch from London, Wednes- day, says;-J:he continued stand- still in connection with Chinese af- fairs induces the newspaper corres- poadonts and others to lecture states- men on ttha need of patting more en- e.t'.gy in their actions. The Stand- ard's Tien -'lain correspondent warns the public, that it is a grave mistake I• to suppose that a solution of the mat - tee is witbi.n reach, lie confirms the view that is practi:ally general hare that the promised punishment of the pnilty officials was devised merely to gate time. Ole adds that a primary and imperative condition to satisfactory progress towards a settlement is the restoration of the Emperor's authority, and the wily effective argument that can be used is to insist upon his production in Pe- kin within a oartain time failing which the tombs of the kings will be demolished and the Manchu. dynasty suppressed. Once the Emperor was restored the punishment of the guilty would be easy, for Kwang- u would have the whole nation behind him. The Engll.11 correspondents at St. Petersburg declare that opinion there is.becomiug increase gle pes- stmistio regarding the prob.lbiity of an early settlement of the China troubles, THE MURDERER OF TWO MANITOBA FARMERS. I'revinctnl Detectives p art for Ise Scene or inns kerest. A despatch from Winnipeg says; Chief of Proviurial Police Elliott and Detective Cox left for the south to- day upon repeipt of a telegram, the contents of which they refused to make public. From other sources it is learned that Walton Gordon, alleg- ed to have murdered Charles Dawned' Jacob Smith at Whitewater, than., soma two months ago, has been ar- rested by Pinkerton detectives em- ployed on the case. Nothing definite could be Darned from official sources as to where the arrest had Leen made, but it is not denied that the man Gordon is cap- tured, PLAGUE VESSEL AT FALMOUTH. Valet Infected Seamen and One lead Andy 1,101411 From a Nor. 0-1010 1A trgne. A despatch from Falmouth, Eng., says: The Norwegian barque Bril- liant, from Newcastle, N. B., to -day, landed nt this port eight seaman suf- fering from beri-beri, and the body of one man wvbo had died from this disease, all of whom had been- taken from the Norwegian barque H me - wood, which was spoken by the Bill - 'tont on October 8, in a water-logged condition, in latitude .48 and longi- tude 25 west. Captain Potter end six of the craw of the Homewood re- fused to leave the Vessel. The Home- wood will proceed to Havre. The Norwegian barque Homewood is of 1,1:05 tone net. She .was hull at St. Jelin, N. L•h., in 1074, ant! is own- ed by Saban Johanson, of Christiania. ESPECIALLY ONE. Two elite members of the upper ten - dem of colored society sat very close together on the deck of a Bello Isle steamer the other afternoon. Site wars gorgeously •arrayed in the bright calors or sormmer and he 'tots a regu- lar' cake -walk dream. They were very observant, and there eras little escaped their notice. Finally two persons sitting near the tailing at - treated the attention of the lady, who nudged her companion and re- marked; Mah, goodness, Chawles, Haan' dose two vermeils ovals dor 'senthle one annuddali3 Yob, replied the duake' gallant, apeshully do ogle on des side, These tvae no particular import in whit the wild waves said about the matter, THE DODIESTIC PROBLEM. Weary of wrestling with the prob- lem of domestic help and that other perplexing question of what to get for dinner, members of a woman's club recently hired and furnished a house, employed: a manager, cooks and wait- ers, laid in a stook of provisions, and induced their families to dine in com- pany. The food was like that generally served in good families, evhich may be taken to mean that it was plain, plenteous, well -cooked and wholesome. At breakfast, toast, a cereal prepara- tion, griddle -cakes and fruit were pro- vided. The noonday dinner consisted of soup, two kinds of meat, with vege- tables, and dessert. There was al- ways a .fol dish fur the e;euin3 meal. Seldom fewer than fifty persons, and sometimes as many as ninety, have taken their meals at this club, Dux- ing the first month, more than thirty- two hundred monis were served, at an average cost of ten cents each, This sum included rent, provisions, help, ante every other current expense, but not, of course, the initial outlay far furniture. The figures are eigitiftcant, but they hardly touch the root of the mat- ter. These tonperators are not the first to 1,ereeive the wastefulness of ten neighbors lighting ten different fires every morning, in order to pre- pare a few cups of coffee and as many saucers of oatmeal, anal others before ih,:m have urged that it would be well for the family if wives and mothers could escape the drudgery of the ki tcben. • But in order to be successful, an experiment in cooperation must be undertaken by "clubbable people," broad-minded, sociable folks who will not quarrel. It must enlist good cooks, provide variety in the bills of Lire, and save money for the oo0pera- tors. In other words, success is a question of management, in the main, and the Portage people are exceptionally for- tunlite if they have found the right woman. Fur most oe the "born man - agars" who could bring these things to gars are already directing house- holds of their oven -and they do not always' want to cu0pet'ate, LLFFeS TRIBULATIONS. What terrible uncertainties beset this life of outs, exclaimed: the youth with. a high brow and longish hair. Yes, anewwered tete languid friend; Milt the time 'I can't feel perfectly sure whether 1 have set my alarm eloek for 0 o'cloak irn the morning or 6 o'olnek in the afternoon. It's dreadfully annoying when you wake up not to be really certain whether you ought to put on ;von business suit or your evening clothes, Toronto Letter, ANeedful Devfee—En gland's Railway Conservatism --1s our I;dtlee- doral System Upside Down, In New York new bouees have a very sensible arrangement which will be appreciated by both residents and strangers. The number of the house is shown on the top riser of the front stoop, in large white figures. As most of the New York houses are built with the parlor floor about six feet above the ground, this will bring the figures just about on a level with. the eyes, so that unless the street lamps go out the number of the home can be seen even in the darkest night. Something of this kind is required in Canadian pities. Eve - Welly in winter tiro work of finding a house by the number after night- fall becomes tedious and annoying, What poor exousee there are for num- bers are often covered up by portable porches and storm doors. The old plan of putting the number on the tran- som oval' the front door was a good one, but now the transom itself is frequently hid. In such a ease of householders would put the number eons'picuously on the outside of the house or even in the term of a trans- parency in the corner of a front win- dow they would oonfer a blessing up- on many more than they can imagine, Even people who do not want to find that particular house would be grate- ful because it gives them their bear- ings. The present plan of forcing people to creep on tiptoe up the steps so as to back out without disturbing the inmates in case it is not the right house, or else of ringing at half a dozen doors before the right one is found is unfair to all parties and a relic of the days when people were not supposed to go out after night- fall. Let, na have numbers we can see, ENGLISIH BAGGAGE THIEVES. In England there Is, it appears, a constant war waged by the railway companies against the baggage thieves who infest the big stations and carry off bags before the dilatory owner selects it out of the pile on the plat- form. To keep the thieves at bay is one, of the chief endeavors of the official answering to our baggage - master and the companies employ a staff of detectives to assist in this work, To the average Canadian it is impossible to understand why in spite of all these difficulties the English public will put up with their present baggage system. A system of check- ing baggage such as we have in this country would not only stop thieving but would free the passengers from an interminable amount of worry. THE STREET RAILWAY MATTER. The City Council has anted wisely in refusing to compromise the questions at issue between the Street Railway Company; and the City. If the Street Railway Agreement has the force of law let both sides try the effect of living up to it before trying any new and subsidiary agreements that would be sure to result to the benefit of the Railway Company. Let the city de- mand the full complement of cars and the stated service and put the onus on the company of explaining why it sbould not live up to •an agreement to which it is a party. President Loudon of the University of Toronto, bas had his fling at the pub- lic seixuol system of Ontario. Ile condemns it as being inadequate so Lint the high eehocl has to do the work of the p'ubi'c sellout, and the utnl- varsit.y the work of the high sch000l. the teaching of languages is begun too late, he says, and consequently it is rare to find students thoroughly grounded. 'ihe German youth, he states, upon entering the university has as good a general educaiion tis theuniversi,y gr.tduatehare, nndoon- segttantly the German universe les are able to do wort which is equivalent to .bat of our postgraduate schools. Dr. Loudon loofas at the world as the facttory for producing raw material far the university and if such were in- deed the ease, his siriatures and sug- gestions would be entitled to great weight. In foot, in any event, he has done a pool service, if he has pointed out: that the .public school sys- tem of Ontario does not do what its promoters intended it to do. We cannot judge of he machine until it is working up to the standard the maker intended, IS THIO PRINCIPLE CORRECT? But before eta crlifrize the nubile school, would it not be well to see if the whole educational system is do- ing what we desire to have done. We far a great deal abxut planning our system tieing the lines of l.'.ermnny, but have we applied the school to wank out our problems as Germany has done. 'Che Getman Empire came into existence in 1 he lifetime of the etre Prince Bismarck, and 'the lenders of ibis nation conceived. the plan of .rining tip her aubj.'cts to conquer the difficulties surrounding her. Ger- many wanted a navy and n great armament: sc'no07s were created to tr.tin shipbuilders nn:1 expert artiz- ans. lien mines must be developed, hence schools of mining close. A great pati of the country was suited. to growing fore,et5, theref.0r0 5010018 of forestry. until to -185' German miners and artizans anti ornrteaal foros:iers have ort de their inference felt in ertlry part. of that visoorons and ranvoliiatad empire. Germ 11y is building iter navy, She has re- created the Meek Forest, tied her artillery, and ;edge gains nevi small arms are equal to the beet in the world,