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BOERS BURNED CONVOY,
They Score Another Success Near
Rusteu burg.
A deepatoh ' from Landon says;--
Gen, Kitchener, who is now nommen-
der -in -chief at the British forces in
South Africa, has cabled, to' the, War
OEfiee from Bloemfontein that 600
men belonging to the commando 07'
Gen. Delarey, made a determined et-
tack on a British convoy, at Baffels-
poor•t, that was proceeding from \Pre-
,tgria to Rustawburg.
The troops in °barge opt the con:-
Toy
on!9'o'y Mistily took up a positiani to
make a defonee, but the Boers burned
half of the waver,
Roiwf000esnents for tate British ar-
rived, and the Boei•ai were then dis-
persed,
neve Brithih lost 15 killed, insltud-
ism Llqu•t, Baker, and 2,3 we:untied,
Tho Boers suffered Considerable
loos, seine of them being killed with
ease shut at 50 yards. Gums and ae-
sistence were sent from Baastenburg
and Cosnmando nek, and the Boers
driven off,
WANTS THE WAR TO END.
'i'he British Cabinet is Annie
us That
It Be Finished.
lA despatch learn London ys :-
Strang pressure"is `bean• brought to
ear o... a
noil+R,hodee to induce him to
aet,a1 his plan 6qr the pacification
d federation of South Africa.. Fore -
stoat among those who are applying
this pressure are same of her Majes-
ty's Ministers. Although they are
working quietly and through unoffi-
cial ohannels, they are nom convinced
that the solution of the question lies
in putting Oorward suoh terms as will
enable Great Britain to maintain its
dignity and yet clear the troops out
of Eolith Africa with as little delay
as possible,
They also think that Mr. Rhodes is
the only man equal to, the demands
olE the hour. Several cablegrams have
been despatched to hien during the
last few days, urging that he throw
himself unreservedly 'toile the van of
the conciliation movement. It is felt
that if Le dims so he will be , the
greatest man in the Empire, and can
take almbst any position be wants.
. A high ci:wmanding officer, lately
hsme from the Transvaal, states that
tho British Army in. South Afrioa has
been ttbirteen months without tents,
end on •half rations; their clothes are
ba raga, and all this has made the army
unanimous lin the cry to be allowed
to go "home. People may talk of the
euffeeinge of the Boers, but tate suf-
ferings of our own soldiers are more
✓ evere. Nobody can stir witbout be-
ing shot at, and the shooter invari-
ably rides away before anything can
be done atgaiast grim. Added to these
things, there is the certainprospect
of famine in the "conquered dis
triots,/'
BOER EDITOR GAOLED.
Published a Seditious Libel en
British Troops,
/A despatch' from, Cape Town, says;
Ben. Lord Roberts arrived at Pieter-
maritzburg,.the capital of Natal on
Wednesday, and was given a most en-
thusiastic reception by the residents
and by the troops there. .Ifo was
presented with an address of welcome
by the authorities, and in the course
of his reply ho highly praised the
part Natal had played .in the war,
and declared that the colony would
act lose its reward.
Editor Dejongs, of the Worcester
:Aelvertiyer, a pro -Boer paper, was ar-
rested on Wednesday on the charge
of seditlou.s and criminal libel. He
was remanded until Saturday under
heavy bail. It is understood that the
article which led to hie arrest ,stated
that British troops had destroyed the
nooses of Boer woman' as punishment
for their not disclosing the where -
Omuta of bidden arms.
BOERS WERE HEADED OFF.
Knox Prevents Them From Re
aoh-
ing Cape Colony.
A despatch Pram Leaden, says; -
Gemmel Kitchener reports from South
Africa tha.t the mounted troops of
General Knox were engaged all day
long on Sunday 'with part qtj• General
De Wet's farces :'norlth of Bethune.
The Boers, he adds, were headed toff,
and retired in a north-easterly direc-
tion.
A despatch from Cape Town reports
Bars flotilla has 'been raiding near
Standerbon, captus•ing cattle and.
stores. 'The British sant out a force
which drove the Boers off and recap-
tured the loot.
•
TO SUE FOR PEACE.
ACE.
i
Burghers May Yield to Save Country
From Ruin. -.
u1 despatch' from Cape Town, says;-
Ex -Chief' Jtuatio° De, Villiers,of the
Orange Free State, has wrltten to
the press deploring the ooetinvation of
the fighting. He Yirges the clergy to.
Intercede wibh' ex -President Steyn
and the other Boer' leaders to bring
it to an end. Ilo says that the
Dnt:clr Itoforcnoti Ohnrch will havee.
fulfil a greater mission than; that of.
scouring peace, and adds that .it.is' its
,
plain dwty, howevor-.distasteful` it
may be, to Lnduoe uta people to yield
to. save Mei country from misery and
,tuen,
RELEASED PRISONERS..
De Wet Has Also ,,Aha'yr°t ifiei -a
_.,.'Krupp Gun.
A despatch from Aliwal North nays:
-Wednesday night a British patrol,
same into contact with De Wet's out-
post, close to the plaoe where his main
force was laagered. They took one
prraoner, who stated that De Wet was
suffering from continual trekking,
and had abandoned a Krupp gun near
the south bank of the Caledon river.
The prefraer also asserted that all
British prisoners captured at Dewets-
dorp had been liberated, with the ex-
oeption of the officers,
CHINAS PARTITION.
Peaee in China Impossible, Say
Pekin Advices.
. A despatch foam London says: -The
Pekin oorreepondent of the Morning
Post, in a despatch elated Thursday,
says the impression is growing am-
ong- all the nationalities there that
peace is impossible. It Is believed that
a reenmptio'n of the campaign in the
spring is. inevitable. The partition of
the empire is regarded at; the only
solution of the trouble.
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A BRAVE HUSSAR',
His Action Saved. Gen. Broadweod's
Life.
A, despatch from Pretoria says ;-
General Broadwood had a narrow es-
cape during a midnight raid on a
farm -house.
Eight Boers were captured, but
during the, skirmish a Boer sprang up
suddenly and fired at the general.
A Hussar rushed forward and receiv-
ed the shot in his atomach, He died
next day.
AT BRONKPORT'S SPRUIT.
2,500 Boers Surrounded and 80
Have Been Killed.
A Pretoria despatch says that
fighting has been going on for four
days at Bronkport's spruit, Com-
mandants Viljoen and Erasmus, with
2,500 Boers, are surrounded, and so
far 80 Boers huvo been killed.
BURIED IN A MINE.
Desperate Battle for 7dfo by Thtrly-Twe
Miners.
A despatch from Scranton, Pa.,
says; -Imprisoned one thousand feet
in a coal mine at Dunmore, near here,
32 men hada desperate battle far life
on Wednesday, as ithe result of a mine
cave-in, and only succeeded in gain-
ing their liberty by digging their way
aut. The cave-in wast at the mine of
the Nay Aug Coal Oompany. Five
Gores of surface fall into the mine
and completely blookad the exit of the
32 men, who were fax in the interior.
Those on the outside formed them-
selves into reaming parties, and, while
feeling, that the men could not be
reached in time, worked with a will.
Meanwhile the imprisoned men were.
not idle. With their shovels and pioke
they began working at a point where
the fall had blocked the main gangway
at a point where it led to a roadway
through which an exit could be made..
After some hard work they succeeded
in clearing away ,sufliciien't of the fall
to get thrombi before the rearming
party reached them. None o8 the men
were injured.
HOW. TO COOK ICE.
Rice is .a substitute for bread in
Eastern countries, where' it is cook-
ed to gserfootiou in th'e following man-
ner ;
an-ner;
The grains are waslrocl again and
again, until perfectly free from all
the starchy shatter dinging to them.
Water is then heated to boiling point,
and kept In aperpetunl bubbling
condition, and the grains aro then
carefully dropped in and kept in a
constant state et action by the vol-
Dano -like. bubbling of tbs boiling
water, which keeps them well astir,
When a single grain can be orush-
edbetween the fingera the rice is
dome; and is then taken' off the fire
and drained, being ready tor con-
siimption. •A little lemon added while
bailing blanches this rice beivetifully,
and a dine' of it thus /capered is de-
RReioin's. Eaoli grain lies apart and
1.s of enowy wailteness, and its taste
so pure Met to add Hectoring of any
kind would be a pity,
NI,A.EKETS .OF TEECIEJI)
adimene
.@Flees of Cattle, Chasse. Brain, 4o
in the Leading Market,.
1
BRI'iADki'TUFF`3S, ETO,
Toronto, Deo. 11,.-.Wbeat••^EzpOrt
demand fon red and winta wheat
oontinues at 04e, middle freig'h'ts,
and 85o east. Goose wheat awns
rather batter at 52o, middle freights.
Manitoba° are 0Laedy. No. 1'ho•rd is
scarce. Quotations are as follows;
-.Red winter, 64e; and wtblte, Ede,
Middle freights; goose wheat, '022o,
meddle freights; No. 1 spring wheat,
coat, 55o; Uytaultiobu, Ne, 1 hard, old,
g.kt., 93o; and No, 2 at 880,
MillfeodHSaarce, Ton lots, et the
mill door, 13s11aa follows; -Bran, 012
to 012.50; and shorts, 514 to 514.50,
west.
Corn' -'Steady. No„1 Ameikan, yel-
lon, .4w0;• iraok hero; and • mixed,
".Cit; Canadian oorn, lime, 45o.
Pearl -Bids have declined, and of-
ferings are light. There would be
good 'buying of No. 2 on n basis of 60o,
high freights, and 611-2c east, b'ut
builders want more money.
Barley -Quiet, and aboelt steady.
Exporters still buyers, especially of
baa'vyfeed barley. No. 2 oast, 411-2c;
and middle freights, 40 1-2o; No. , 3
extra, 40o wast; and 39c, middle
freights;
Rye -Easy. New rye, 46a west; and
47e east.
Baokw'beat-About steady but
quiet. Car lots, west are quoted at
49c, and oast at 50o.
Oats -Quint and about steady. Choice
new white oats', middle freights, are
quested at 20b; and sant at 26 1-2o.
Light white oats, and mixed oats,
west, 24o.
Flour -Irregular. Export buyers say
there are fair offerings at $2.00 and
they 'report buying under that fig-
ure. Madera ask $2.60 for 90 par cent.
patents, in buyers' bags, middle
freights; and exporters bid $2.55. Spe-
cial brands' sell locally from 10. to 20o
above these 2figures.
Duluth, Dee. 11. -Wheat -No. 1 bard,
cash,. 731-40'; No. 1 Northern, 71 1-4o;
No. 2, do, 62 to 67e; No. 3 spring, 59 to
60c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 75 1-8c; No.
1, /December, 71 1-8c; May 75 1-4 to
75 3-8c. Corn -Not quoted. Oats -23
1-2 to 23 1-4o.
Buffalo, Deo. 11. -,Spring wheat -Un-
changed. Winter wheat -No. 2 red,
(held at 78o; white, 751-2o ; mixed, 78
to- 76 1-2c. Corn -Steady, No. 2, yel-
low, 43 1-2e; No. 3 yellow, 43e ; No. 4
yellow, 42tc; No. 2 corn, 42 3-4o; No. 8
ob'rn, 42 1-2o; No. 4 oorn, 41 1-2e; Oats
-Firm; No. 2 white, 28 1-2 to 290; No.
3 Waite, 29e; NO. 4 'white, 28 3-4 to
27o; Mo. 2 mixed, 25 8-4o; No. 8 mixed,
25o. Barley -Extra, 64 to 65o; choice
to fancy, 02 to 03o; fair to good, 57
to 60o ;. low grades, 54 to 56o. Rye
Nominally 550• Flour -Quiet, steady.
Detroit, Deo. 11. - Wheat -No, 1
white, cash, 770 ! No. 2 rad, Dash, 77o;
December, 77o; May 79 7-80.
Chibagb, Deo.11.-Wheat wee weak
to -day, on lowlnr eables and a poor
shipping demand ; January, closing 7-8
to lo lower. Corn closed a shade to
1.8G higher, and oats 1-8o lower. Pro-
visions at the close ware 21-2 to
7 1-2o improved.
Minneapolis, Deo. 11. -Wheat -Cash,
72 1-2o; December, 72 1-80; May, 74
1-40; on track, Na 1linrd, 741-2o;' No.
1 Northern, 72 1-2e; No. 2, do, 70 1-4a.
LIVE STOCK.
Tca•onsto, Dec. 11. -We had a total
here to -day of 50 carloads of live
stock, comprising 1800 hogs, 1,000 cat-
tle, 700 sheep mid lambs, two dozen
calves, and a few milkers.,
We had no export business; to -day.
In other respects the market was
steady, and qulc't:ably unchanged.
Ari tea gone iv Vnennr,+nrrroner cat -
at sold readily e.t geedneteedy, prizes
tote prices for the baststuff ranging
from 4 to 4 1-2c, per pounds. More
cattle of good quality was here to -day
than has been the case for some time,
In regard bo medium anti inferior cat-
tle, there was sato ohstuge, salesrwere
slow and prions were weak.
Stackers, .feeders, and export bulls
are unchanged, and slow of sale; bulls
were a shade' weaker.
Little was done in mlikeis, as now
were up to the requisite. mark; good
cows are esiquired for, and will soli up
to $50 meth.
Calves are steady and in; fair" de-
mand; good oalvee are wanted,
No ohan
soa
g a ur rod in sheep, though
there were Indications of weakness;
prices range from 33 to $3.30 per cwt.
Lambs aro firm, though for extra
choice lambs a salute more than the.
figures quoted below might be paid.
Bogs aro firm and unchanged.
Bogs to fetch the top price must be
of prime quality and scale not be-
low 160 nor above 200 lbs.
'Following is. the range of quota-
tions :-
Cattle.
Shippers, per cwt. .....,$' 400 $ 4 50
131iMirer, choice do. 4 00 4 40
Butcher, medium to good350' 400
Butcher, inferior .,. 000 350
Stockers, per owt. ..,. 225 800
Export bulls, per owt, ,..... p25 400
Sheep and Lambs
Sheep, per owt. ,.. 2 75 8 30
Lambs, par owt. ,,:, ,. a25 400
Busks, per Owt, .., It 50 1103
SPARKS FROM THE Wig
men 4
Newey Items About Ourselves and
Our Noigbbors—$ometbi fig of
Tnterost From Every Quar-
ter of the Globe,
CANADA.
Parliament will be bather prorogu-
ed to Jan, 1.4th!.
It is proposed at Ottawa( to abolish
the mayor's salary of $1,000.
Red'uctio'na by. (lila Hamilton Oourt
of Ilovieion th'is year total $190,290.
tiles year in improving Ottawa's
Over 3100,000 Nuri been expended
toils year :in improving Ottawa's
roadways.
Dr, J. A. Hopkins of Montreal waa
Willed on the Grand Trunk track at
St. Henri.
Col Hughes, Chief of Police of
Montreal, announces bis intention of
resigning.
The Obeo and Indiana Editorial As-
soolntions may visit the Dominion
next year.
Employes of the O.P,R. and G.T.R.
favor a fortnightly instead of a
innately pay day.
It is proposed to -extend; the tloket-
of-leave eastern: to female convicts in
the penitentiaries,
Count de Lautreo,charged with for-
gery at Montreal, has been sentenced
to five yeara' imprisonment.
The, tipening of the Parry Sound
Railway has already caused a fall-
ing off in Welland canal traffio.
Chief Justice McColl of Vancouver
bas decided that a Japnaturalized as
a British subject -into a right: to vote.
Ostawa will establish a water
works system and make extensive im-
proro,emonts to tea harbor next year.
Mr. 3. L. Weller hats bean appoint-
ed euginear in charge of the Welland
Canal, to emceed Mr. Thompson.
Joseph Kent, contractor at Hamil-
ton, narrowly escaped being choked
to death by some food' witch stuck in
his throat.
The court at Roseland has awarded
James Langley $10,000 damages in'his
suit against Mr. O'Connor of Grand
Forks, B.C., for assault.
'Elsa Provincial revenue from the
fisberies of Ontario will this year
amount to about 535,000, or nearly
$4,000 more than that of last year.
Gaol H. Parley, has bought the in-
terest of A. A. Buell, in the Hull. Lum-
bee Company, which practically means
a oonsolidation with the Parley Cores
pang.
The Minister of Justice has asked
for a medical report on the condition
of Morrison, under sentence for the
rounder of a whole family at Moose -
min, N.W.T.
David Augur, of Little Farm, near
Hull, Quebeo, shot a deer in the neck,
and ' the rifle bullet after passing
through the deer struck his brother
Camille, in the abdasnen and fatally
wounded him.
Realizing the success whiob has at-
tended the prelisninery undertakings
at Sydney, one or two iron s1'ipbuild-
ing plants will be established in the
Maritime Provinces.
Ottawa has excellent prospecta of
having another industry in the shape
of a large bridge and structural iron
works. Several Montreal capitalists,
as well as local many are isutereeted in
the project.
[Eugene Brooks, a Faith healer,
and 'W. W. Maltby, the father of a
child, who died of diphtheria while
being attended by Brooks, are under
arrest at Victoria, B.C., on a charge
of murder.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Fond prices; in London have been
generally advanced.
The Scotch Iran Manufacturers'
Board has reduoed wages five per cent.
The Landon Daily Express says
Marconi is certain he can transmit
ate yield of wianter, wheat for 1900
in Russia, including Siberia) and Cen-
tra, Asia, will be 224,300,000 pools, and
the yield of rye 1„407,300,000 pools.
wireless telegraph messages across the
ocean.
Tile late Sir Arthur Sullivan's last
work was a Thanksgiving Te Denm,
dedicated to "Ohuroh, Queen • and
Country."
Aa the result of investigations into
the beer -poisoning epidemio in Eng-
land the Government will probably re-
strict the use of eertaan chemioals by
the brewers
:A , movement le on foot in London
tablet in 5t.
to erect a t Paul's Cathe-
dral recording the services rendered
to the nation by the war correspond -
exits who fell in the Soudan and South
African campaigns.
!UNITED STATES.
The late Mr. R. G. Dun of New, York
leaven an estate of 52.500,000.
@D Lchigau sportsmen fear the ex-
termination of deer in that State.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will re-
tire 400 employes on pensions Jan. 1.
Andrew Carnegie will give $50,000
towards a public library at Dubuque.
1)x -Mayor Hewitt told Naw Yorkers
how. Gotham policemen got rich on
collusion with crime.
Floods in Pennsylvania have render-
od hundreds hamolosa, and mused
some lose 0.1 life near lsittsburg..
Senator Cushman Davis, chairman
GREAT NATION IN ARMS
Voluntary Training Throughout the
British Empire,
A despatch from Johannesburg says:
e --Tho Caledonia Society nave a ban-
quet in bellow et at. ekndtrew'a day.
There wee a brilliant gathering, in-
cluding- repretientativea of the Army
and the Administration. Governor Me-.
Kenzie made an important speech. Ha
said that he would follow, the custom
Observed in merry 02 the colonies of
the Ministers making a foreoaat of the
Governmental policy at the banquets
given on St.. A'ndrow'h day, He de-
clared that the deoision had bean tak-
en that all British subjects of suit-
able age should in the future bear
arms. Ho expected that the citizens
of Johannesburg on returning to the
district would make a force of 20,000
men, which would be named the Rand
Rifles. This force would be able to
defend the district against any Pos-
sible hostile force in South Africa. This
was in the interest of the people,who
would thus be enabled to recommence
industry without fear of Interrup-
tion.
Agricultural
ROTATION IN MOPS'
Tho tendency ,of the one orop system.
Ls to deplete the land of 50050 of the
elements of lits fertility. When Snob
a result is roaohed its prodncing,
A protbable reauilt of the war would power le gone, even though other food
elemen'ts should remain in ample sup -
Pte. Land Sun n0 more produce it one
of the lmportaait elements of fertile
key la gone, until tbe.exhausted ele-
ment is restored, than a maohino can
be made to do its work, in whish some
aE the important parts are wanting,
until: these have been restored. The
one crop system meanie land robbing
in 99 oases Out 02 100. Eveu where
purchased fertilizers are applied to
the sell to restore, the mate, ,no sys-
tem of applying artificial fertilizers
can be adapted that wilt keep, soil
for any prolonged period in a healthy
mechanical concl.i.tion, in the absence
of a judiolous system of rotation.
The benefits of rotations are many.
Rotation prolongs the producing'
power of the land. It means diver-
sity, which is always; a Safes system•
of farming than the growing oil one
crop. When all is staked on one crop
and that totally falls, then all to lost
far the season. Davereity in crop
prodaot1ion also leads eventually to
the gnawing of atople to consume, the
coarse products grown on the farm,
and this means a long atride in the
dime:Mion of the conservation of the•
fertility of the soil. 'Rotation hinders
the multiplication of weeds and in-
sects. There is no form of weeds that
ever grew an tillable land, and no
farm of insect that ever preyed upon
craps, that cannot be fought in this
way, They may not be fought to a
finish, but they cant be kept/ reason-
ably at bay.
Relation so diversifies the work of
the farm that the farmer is not so
grassed with work at some seasons'
that he cannot properly save hLs
props. Nor has he so little to do but
wrangle over paliaos the whole winter
when ha ought to be fattening steers
at home or producing milk for the
daisy. Ratatlom helps to maintain
a proper mechanical eondition of the
soil; that is, it helps to keep it in
that condition which will make it easy
oftillage, gives inicreased power to
hold moisture and thus renders it far
mora produot1re. The most import-
ant feature of all rotations is the
grass crop. The aims should be to:iin.-
troduce this crop into the rotation as
often as possible. When this can-
not be done, let soma othe4 crop the
equivalent of grass take its place.
Due attention to this matter alone
would revolutionaza farming in the
northwest.
It is not possible to give) rotations
that well have equal adaptation ion
all soils, or even' for localities,. with
soils similar, but where the ciimatie
conditions differ materially. Far
better in is to give principles that
should govern rotations, and which
must be fitted aconrding to the nature
of the ovnditions. Aim to make the
rotations as abort and free from com-
plications as possible. Some three
year rotations, such as plover, corn
and grain, are unexcelled. Make
rotations short and simple. Always
aim to apply the farmyard manure
on the pasture erop the previous win-
ter, ar on the pasture some time in
tea seasan before Lt is broken up. -
Always try to hare the pasture' crop
followed by some gross feeding plant
as cern, ,field roots or potmtoed.
Sugar beets should nit be included.
Always try bo follow the cultivated
crop with some kind of small grain,
as the soil is than kept clean, rich, in
geed tilt1 and moist. Put in the
grain crop by simply pulverizing the.
sail without plowing. Sow grass: and
slower seed on the grain crop, Never
suaumer-fallow land widhout bury-
ing at bast two green crops! in the
actl to enrich the lend, to add to its
store of humus and thus to) :increase
itis power to hold moisture.
Some short rotations: Follow
clover with oorn and corn with any
kind aE small grain) that may be de-
sired; of course this rotatioa cannot
be followed where plover will not
not thrive. Grass in meadow and
pasture, followed by corn and then
two crops of grain in 5u000881on, fa
a good five years' rotation. Pasture,
earn, grain two or three times; this
rotation will depend on, the duration
of the pasture, It has tspeodal ad -
lo
aptution t 1 Ltshose oral i
ea where
gtaziag is profitable and where
such
abiding grasses. as blue grass and
erclnard grass grow freely. Summer
tallow followed by wheat, wheat;
this rotation is for the farmer who
persists in growing wheat. •
Give heed to this question of rota-
tions. It memos the better conserve-
tion aE soil fertility, larger returns
and happier and more prosperoua
names.
bo that the principle of a nation. in
arms as against a standing army
would .be adcepted throughout the
Empire. .He believed that the bone-
fiaial training, physical development,
and independence of the race would
not interfere with its commercial
and induatrlal progress'. Germany,
with •0oraseriptian, was making a
great industrial advance. The plan
he mentioned was not oonsoriptioa,
but voluntary training: Governor
Melnenzie thanked the soolcty for ilio
referemoes made to tate Administra-
tion, and said Le was doing his beet
to oonE1nue the Government until
the civil authorities were replaced.
Messrs, Haskins, Dunn, and others
referred to the war as inevitable, say-
ing it resulted from the irreconcilable
sonditians prevailing in South Africa,
which ware doe to the Boers having
diverged from their peaoeful progress
of fifty yearts ago.
of the Committee of Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate, is dead at St.
Paul, Minn
A festival in a colored church at
Berlin Cross Roads Ohio, ended in
the murder of Robert Leach by
Oscar Cassell, who escaped.
Near Lake City, Fla., on Monday,
a negro, yarned Spencer Williams, a
gambler, who had shot and danger-
ously wounded officers when attempt-
ing to arrest him, was shot to plicas
by a mob.
The recant mine disaster at Berry-
ville, Virginia, in which fourteen lives
were lost, is now said to bars been
the result of a oonspiraoy to kill the
foreman, the conspirators being them-
selves blown up.
GENERAL,
d'ig-iron prodwotion in Germany, is
increasing.
The Czar is rapidly recovering from
his illness
The rebellions tribes in Ashanti
have been subdued.
Norway and Sweden are uneasy
about Russia's designs upon them.
A :Russian cruiser costing over
$3,000,000 in to be built for Black Sea
service:
Germany strictly enforces prohibi'-
Eton against the importation of Am-
erican meat.
Ammerioan plantation experts have
gone to Sought Africa to introduce
the culture of Virginia tobacco.
The Russian naval estimates for
1901 amounts to 97,000,000 roubles, be-
ing 37,000,000 roubles beyond the
normal estimates.
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TO
•t—TO DRESS AND SHIP POULTRY.
Poultry should be well fed sed
watered, then kept for 18 to 24 hours 1
without food before killing. Never
kill poultry by wringing the neck,
Kill by bleeding In the mouth or open-
ing the veins of the neck( and hang
by the feet u,ntLl properly bled. Leave
head and feet on and de not remove
intestines ar crop, Scalded chickens
sell best to the home trade and dry
picked to shippers. For soalding, the
water ahotild be as near boilingl as
possible, but not boiling„ Pick the
lags dry, hold by the head and legs,'
immerse and lift up and down"throe
times. If the head is immersed it
turns the color of the oonvb and gives!
the eyes a shrunken appearance.
The feathers should be removed im-
mediately very cleanly without tear- ,
ing the skin. Then plump by dipping
10 secousds in water nearly boiling
and then in cold water. Hang in a
oaol place until the animal haat is
oat of the body. To dry -pink chick-
ens properly, the work should bo done
while the chicken is bleeding and be-
fore the body is cold. Turkeys should
be prepared the same as chickens,
but always dry -picked. Endeavor to
market all old and heavy gobblers be- I
fors Jan 1, as after the holidays; the
demand is for small fat hen, 'turkeys.
Ducks and gesso should be scalded,
but it requires more time for the we -
ter to penetrate and loosen the teeth- 1
ers. Some advise after scalding to i
wrap them in a blanket to steam, (T
but they should not be loft long
enough to 000k the flesh. Do not try e
to dry -pick before killing. Leave the
feathers an the head and 2 or 3 In of 1
the neck. Do not singe or remove b
feathers or down, as 1t gives the skin
au oily look,
Bofare packin,g, poultry should be
thoroughly dry and cold, but not
fr•azem, Boxes holding 100 to 200 lbs
aro preferable to barrels. Pack
snugly, straighten out the body and
legs, {tad fill the package as tail as
possible. Avoido if possible putting
mere than one kind in the same pack-
age. Mark kind, weight and deserip-
ti,on on the package, and write. Ship-
ping directions plainly on •the cover.
THE DRESS MODEL.
A military touch on gowns and sepa-
rate waists for youthful wearers is just
now the correct finish.
The all wool and silk and wool novelty
goods and French and English matinee
this fall are in soft medium weights in
pretty, 'blended dyes, the result being a
nameless, uncertain color.
Reversible satins are used extensively
on winter hats and for linings, facings,
draperies, choux, tea gowns, accordion
plaited prelcoats, foundations for lace
and velvet opera wraps, etc.
On some very charming negligee
gowns site f ants droop in blouse fashion
and are closed on the lett shoulder and
down the left side atter the style of some
of the revived Russian blouses and jack-
ets.
For elegant winter gowning and in the
advance display of French millinery
black and gold, black and vivid red and
black and white combinations and ef-
fects are in marked favor both here and
abroad.
It is certain that no matter bow elabo-
rately the toilets of ceremony or bow
tastefully the handsome demi dress or
house gowns may be decorated all fancy
trimmings will be kept from the skirts of
atility tailor costumes.
The new costumes of the different
shades of red stand out in sharp contrast
to those of gray, brown, blue, etc., and
they seem too conspicuous for street wear
in most instances. The drear, dull days
later on may, however, render these
bright gowns a welcome color note in the
somber landscape of the season.
Most superb and costly are the velvet
gowns and costumes made ready for ele-
gant wear next season. 'there is already
a luxurlons and bewild,ring display of
them black, blue, grena4, dark Russian
green, wine color, purple, pale fawn and
gray. Some of the soft, artistic shades
in plum color, blue, brown, etc., garnish-
ed with guipure lace and rich furs of va-
rious kinds, are regal in effect.
THE WRITERS.
Winston Ohurchill, who comes to Amer-
ica on a lecturing tour in December, says
he proposes to tool the newspapers here
by copyrighting his speech.
Israel Zang will, the Hebrew novelist,
wrote his first book when he was a stu-
dent at Loudon university. The effort
occupied four evenings -he always works
in spurts -and he and a friend paid 210
to have the title published in pamphlet
form.
"The public has somehow got the idea,"
Bays Joel Chandler Harris in a recent in-
terview in the Atlanta News, "that I am
too modest to be healthy, but that is a
great .mistake. With the exception of a
big apple dumpling, with a bowl of but-
ter sauce close by, I know of nothing
nicer than to sit in a large armchair and
hear your friends say kind things about
you when they think you're not listen -
555.1P
Miss Braddon • has published over 60
novels since 1802. Previous to trying lit-
erature, however, Miss Braddon appear-
ed on the stage. There is some doubt In
he matter, but "An Old Player" has de-
clared that the future novelist made her
debut at the Brighton Theater Royal in
1957 and that during the Sue following
months she impersonated as many as 58
distinct characters. Her stage name was
Mary Leyton, and, though now known as
Miss M. E. Brndden, she is really Airs.
Maxwell and a widow.
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.
Conspiracy to refuse to deal with a
person which is made maliciously to in-
ure him and not to serve any Legitimate
nterests of the person who enter into it,
s held in Drtz versus Produce Exchange
Minn.), 48 L. R. A. 90, to be an aetion-
ble wrong.
Bight of a warehouseman to sell enm-
ity described in a. storage receipt is de -
nice! In State versus Cowdery (Minn.), 49
L. R. A, 92, notwithstanding a provision
n the receipt that the stored property may
e mingled with other property of the
same kind or transferred to other eleva-
tors or warehouses.
Publication In church papers by the
officers of a church, as to the result 02
their inquiry ns to the fitness of their
pastor for his Mike, is held In Redgete
versus Roush (Kan.), 48 L. R. A. 236, to
be a privileged communication, when it
is made in good faith with reasonable
occasion for the publication.
Failure to ripply for an extension of a
vacancy permit for premises that are
still vacant on the expiration of the per
Mit, which provides for an extenelon on
application, IS held in Henderson Trust
company versus Stant (Iiy.), 48 L. 11.
A. 49, to constitute negligence on the part'
EWES IN COLD WEATHER.
Winter is the time for the shepherd.
t:o use his skill in the caro of hisflock,
Sheds facing the aauith and east area
best, with melons of closieg in case,
of storms or extreme cold. Have
plenty of sunlight and air, betbeware
r,S drafts. Provide running water un-
der hover and keep the pons dry and
clean, Do not oroted the; pons -.from
25 to 50 will do best, Maker three
f an executor or administrator with the classes -awe lambs, yearling owes
ill annexed, who is in possession of the and ewes two yeara old or over, , Do
remises and of the policy, trot an,x, Bo sure and fend at regular
hours twine daily,
.A good-hearted man idol( Woes- W
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eerily a soft meek,