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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-12-27, Page 2Notes and CQtrtmitflt$, John P. (Holland, the inventor of the submarine boat atter! in it a ¢real fu- ture, not only In Wage oaf war, but more especially in times of pewee, For e abort trip, like that aeroes the ing- ilwil channel, ten men:melee boat will on be sage, the favorite means et. travel. "There will.be no seaeloknoss, oecausa in a submerged boot there is absolutely no laereeptible motion, 'There will be no smalls to create Mel- ton for the boats will be propelled by eletttrde power taken from storage batteries, tvhioh will be °barged at either end, Tee offensive odor that causes eo muoh dlsconfort in surface boats is due to the heated oil on the bearings, and tq the escaping steam, Tears will be no steam ou these sub - Merged channel beats, and the little mnohinerY necessary to drive them will lee confined within an air -tight ebamber. There will be no aolllsione, because the boats ooming and the boats going will travel at different depths --say, one at twenty, the oth- er at forty feat. Tbo water overhead may be crowded with large and small craft, but the submarine will have a unobstructed course. She will be kept ab.,oiutely Lrue to this course by means of cables running from shore to shore. On these cables will run en automatic steering gear attached to the submartne. Storms and fogs will have no existence for the travel- ler, for weather cannot penetrate be- low the surface of the water. There everything is smooth and clear, The appointments on such a vessel will be finer than anything that can be fur- nished on the surface. There will be no dampness, no stickiness. The pas- senger will enter a handsomely fit- ted cabin at Dover. Eleetrio lights will make it easy and bright. Neither the cold of winter nor the extreme heat of summer will be felt. The temper- ature under water is about the same all the year round." THE WIRES pp� 111► ws Items About Ourselves and Our Neighbors--Somothing of Interest From Every Quer. ' ter of the Globe, OANADA, Jaron Arbuthnot is Winnipeg's new Meyer. Ottawa Is talking of a municipal lighting plant, Caribou, moose and deer are plen- tiful in Qaebeo. Foe the year ending Nov, 30th, Ot- tawa t-tawa has had 1,140 deaths. Ottawa is to have a school of mus- ketry, auys the Minister of Militia. Ottawa Ptublie school tenehers are considering a superannuation scheme. Mr. John Green, Governor of the Toronto jail, Is dead. The membership of London's T. M. C.A. increased from 448 to 509 during the year. Canada's exports during August were 921,598,334, increase over July $7,900,670. Monier la spending large suras in developing hit island, Anticosti, in the St. Lawrence. Prices for provisions have nearly doubled in Dawson since the olcse of navigation there. The Sanitary Dairy Company bas commenced the erection of a large building at London. The Dominion law requiring China- men to pay a poll Lax of 9100 goes into force January lst. Mrs. O'Neill's millinery store was burned at Dawson. A dog saved her life, tugging at the bed until she awoke. The smallpox epidemic which visit- ed the Yukon last suuamer, came from Seattle, Wash., so Dr. Montizambert says. Ottawa bakers and confectioners have boycotted local grocers for sell- ing bread at $ cents a large loaf, A complete system by wheat the which is less than oost. sub -district schools of a rural town The Dominion Iron and Steel Com- ahip remote from a city or town are eamtuned into one graded school is eeel in Greene and Gustavus, Chia, Greene and Gustavus have each built a handsome new building in the heart of each township -containing seven suit against the C.P,R. for 910,000 for rooms, heated with steam. and with the death of her husband, killed while many of the equipments of a modern in the company's employ. ;ity school. In covered vans, having There has been an increase of from glass windows at front and back, 110 $3"0,0(10 to $t3s,000 entente in the earn- ings of the Intercolonial Railway this year, compared with last. Brantford church census shows: - Methodists, 3,5.15; Baptists, 2,e31; Presbyterians, 2,028; Cherub of Eng- land, 1,065; Catholic, 1,504; and Con - some steps and pass through a door ManagerCon- gregationalists, Whyte500. at the rear of the wagon to take their slo 8 theCnaof the western die vision of Canadian Pacific Railroad places on the seat stretching along sayer that the company has no further its sides. A crude but satisfactory extensions in Manitoba and the North - method of rural mail delivery has been established in Greene and nue- teens by means of the central school rout es. for a small compensation each van driver gets the mail at night from the postoffice for the families along his route and delivers It. pany, of Montreal, hereafter make steel rails and plates, issuing to this end, 95,000,000 preferred stock. Mrs. Savage, of Rat Portage, has been given a verdict of 98,000 in her pupils of Greene township are carried to school. By the shrill blast of a corn a van driver announces his ar- rival at a homestead. five minutes 's the limit of time allotted to tardy children at each stopping place. Usu- tlly punctual, the children clamber up OUR MINERAL OUTPUT. A comparison with the Mineral IA'vel"p pivot In Ike united 5:41es. By the official statement of the United States mineral production fur 1899, which is now in the bands of the la' Consequence et the ovle8 Of nmalipax whittle have ttoeerred in New X'ork city lately, the demand for 'Mee eine vires exeeede all Preview de - Mande. 2ENPRAL. More than 48,080,000 .of persons at, tended the Parte Exposition, Germany is negotiating with a Scandinavian inventor for the pattern Of an automatic breech -loading rifle. The Sultan sent a quantity of tiget- ettes to the crew of the United States battleship Ifeeturky, now at Smyrna, The German traiudug frigate Gneise- neu hes foundered off Malaga, Des- patches say that forty persons were drowned. The Norwegian government hits awarded the entire contract for steal rails for the Mete railways this year, 11,800 tons, to the Pennsylvania and the Maryland steel companies. More than 95,000,000 have been pro- duced from taxes and customs in the Phi l ippines, A tan -year-old son of a Berlin law- yer has. been dismissed from his gym- nasium, and forteden entrance to any other in Prussia, for committing lese majecte i0 collocation with the recent attempt on the Kaiser's We at Breslau, A NOVEL WILL "tenuity Ru.+h, n'. aril emote to it G raphopheae. One of the wealthiest land proprie- tors near Smolensk, in Russia, died a. few months ago, and after the fun- eral bis heirs and attorneys began to look for his will. They fancied that this task would be merely prefunc- tory, and that the document would be found among the other family pa- pers, but, much to their surprise, they were unable to find the slightest trace of it, Every room and article of furniture in the house was then carefully searcbe.d, but the result was the same, and the only conclusion at which the heirs could arrive was eith- er that no will had ever been made or that it one had been made it was destroyed before their kinsman's death. The missing document, however,was Lound a few clays ago and in the strangest place imaginable. A young man was rambling through the house, and, happening to sae a grapeophone on a table in the library, he exam- ined it to see if it was in working order, and finding that it was he put a record in it, which he supposed was that of some popular Russian song, What was his amazement, however, when instead of a song he beard the dead man's voice slowly recite the words of the missing will! ' The heirs were promptly notified of this discovery and they lost no time in carefully examining the re- cord containing the will. It was found to be flawless, and the question then arose whether such a will would be West in view at present. Rear-Admiraldeemed valid by the courts or not. Bickford has arrived at Vancouver to take over the ram- This question is now being discussed in the Supreme Court at St. Peters- burg and the case is interesting all lawyers who have heard of it. Many think that the will will be pronounced entirely valid, and it so It may be- come a common practice for persons to use graphophones for the purpose of making their wills. mend of the North Pacific squadron, succeeding Admiral Beaumont, tram - ferret' to the Australian station, In the House of Common now there ere 03 lawyers, 33 merchants, 211 doc- tors, 18 newspaper men, 11 manufac- turers, 11 lumbermen, 9 "' gentlemen" anal 1 clergyman. This is not all, Garrison Chad.el, one of the historic buildings of Halifax, the place of wor- &hip of her elajesty's forces since the early part of the century, was de... troy - ed by fire on Friday. Less $2,1,00. No Dementia Statistician, great develop- insurance. g GREAtBRITAIN. ment is shown in the American min- General Buller will resume command trai fields. In 1890 the value of at Aldershot January 10. instant* products is given at 9 7,211,- Eog;and es reeeettat:ng to buy Sal- ne. add of n a-metal'.o products, $4,8,- tura Irian 1, o=f the coast of Spain, as 75.0,502, making the total 'Meerut pro- a coating etatioa. duction of the year 9::70,00.3,946, Bs a fie ee -;2 to 2, the career - against a total in 11147 of 95_0,714,474. anon of Limerick has best,wed the The metallic products of 1859 had a freedene cf that city elan Mr. Kruger. value of $'278,800,000 over their value I:orert Artliagwn, awl in Lamson, in 1887, while eon -meanie m:nerads left more that. elect ,6tr, to the MIs- imi a value of 9177,0e0,008 over 1M7. For Canada the figures are: Output to lee7, $17,0778,800; output for 1i19, 849,672,812. In 1887 our tutput teasP eieen bieuse suit for boys from the Brit:sl ra c .n h_ Euf;.,sc an_n- Jhauone dollar to the United Sta:es{ned sad tee ]i•.d=torr aeon ere daft- l to 8 years. Materials serge flan - 844. in 1819 it was about 91 to every j cicni in cru ears. net. e,rd':roy and velveteen, The $ID of the United states' output. The It is r -ported '.r.a G nsr el Is_o Iii e- s;• to renrhes almost to the knees ';v.nadtan gain upon the United States , titan, return n • ` t nee a: L.t �, •a:lee"- sg the trousers to show be - Roberts, is ta tion in the War Department. It in Littcd a little closer Sir SLcla l Hacks T':3c the. (ban- br The body than the ordinary c.:llor of the Exchequer, eel..;, Met_ Ucd :e wa G A leather bolt which thew. Whites Ridley, who seas Heine snippedthr'argh loops tacked at the s;.dese snrs h,Ids it in. at the waist and makes a slight tallness. at the back. The sleeve has but one seam and is gathered at the top. Size 6 years requires 4 3-4 yards of 27 - inch, 2 3-4 yards et 42 -inch or 2 yards of 54 -inch material, 1100017 Society, and lived a miser's life to do it. It is eta d that the. E oarrens of subs' fences, !Ike gold, nickel, copper and iron. In the non-m+•taiiic class, including fuels, structural, abrasive nod chemical materials, coal, corun- dum, stone, salt, ate., Canada is be- Secretary in the late Cabinet, have hind the United States. In the Unit- been elevated to the Perage.. ed Slates the inerease in 1899 was 22-3 UNITED STATES. tim,a that of 1887, and in Canada it Anew Cabinet office in the U. S. was 2 1.10 times. Government is advocated. It ds to be the Department of Commerce, Chicago police raided the Hannah Griffin Boma for Infants and found little ones hungry, dirty and ill. Two negroes kayo been lynched and eholto death at Rockport, Ind, for killing a barber, Chicago "west side dive keepers" are said to pay 81,000 a month to "City Hall men" as tribute. At fund of $30,00D for relief of destitute wives of soldiers and sailors Is mysteriously missing at Washing- ton. Allerton Merritt, an employe of a New' York firm at 810 a week, le ao- caged of embezzling $26,000 to buy rare aka. e 62AfOGANY BRINGS BIG PRICES, ,At a recent auction sale at Liver- pool two logs of Mental mahogany were said for the unprecedented amount of n1,638. These logs formed one tree, and were bought for the pur- pose of being cat into veneers for the decoration of the palatial residences of some of the merchant princes of the U nited States of America. The veneers are us -cd in the place of wall papers. The prices realized for the two logs were, respectively, 105 3d and 7e, 8d per euperfioial foot, which 15 a record for African mahogany loge in the rectal state as imported. ON THE WINNING SIDE. Bent --I have no use for a girl who is a jilt, Kent -I have -for one. She jilted the other fellow after Imet her, and mar- ried me THE MAIN THING. Mae Wanterby-Nonsense! Wby should 'WO have burglar♦ proof alarms in the house? 'We have nothing worth stealing. Mrs, Wanterby-I know, dear, bat LL will Make the neighbon( tbink we have. NINE WAGGON LOADS, Beers Suffered severely In Their right With Clements, A desp'ttee erten Pretoria saga;- ibw Narth'tttm(bgrland FuslUera who were captured! by t9De )3ootrsi,e,t!Noa-. gedacllt made it dogged defence against a'ulperinr numbers, and fought on neetil their aanemunition wee ex. !Wasted. Then, when they saw teat they were irretrievc My hemmed lit, and that theca was no hope ,of armlet - once from, the valley below, where •Goa. Clements had his bands full di- recting the ,rettrentent of the balance of Otis force, they eeerern•lered. Most of the (prisoners have since been re- leased at a Point close to R'tistenburg, The Boers lost heavily. They car- ried nine waggon louts of dead and wounded off the field, General Clements' entire force bad a narrow escape from capture, TTte Doer plans were splendidly laid. If the main British column had tarried a little longer, there woalsl ha ve ibcerr a complete success for the 13uers, whn expased•themselves undatunte,ily, yell- ing and waving their arms, Their rushes were only stemmed by artil- lery. After the British retreat, the Boors hell a prayer meeting. Their hymns could be heard by the retiring soldiers. Col. Legge enhlbited splendid brave cry. els shot five Boers -with his re- volver before he fell with three but- lets lin leis body SHOT HIS OFFICER DEAD. Sergeant in Kitehener's Horse Kills 1.ieut. Barges. A despatch from Krugersdorp says: - L•r,•att. Burgas, of Kitchener's Horse, was shot dead by a servant of the eame regiment. The latter was be- lieved to have been drinking too much,. and on being ordered out of the ranks he turned round and deliberately shot his officer. A sergeant of the Royal Field Ar- tillery committed suicide on the same day. This. town is rapidly filling with re- fugees from the country, andevery house is utilized in giving them shel- ter, The military authorities are sending in all people living on farms, whether trustworthy or not, the for- age, grain, etc„ being destroyed. This action will doubtless prevent the bands of marauders now infesting the country, from obtaining supplies, and must soon tend to diminish their dashes foe loot in the vicinity of towns. ENGAGED BRARANT'S FORCE Who Were Foreed to Retire for a Time, A despatch from Cape Town says: - These 1,1 confirmation of the news that the Boers have again invaded Cape Colony. A foroe reported to be ander command of Herzog, crossed the Orange river near tIslinval North on S,alurday and started south. On Sun- day Brabant's corps and the Cape Po- lice, who are patrolling Northern Cape Colony, encountered the invading com- mando between Odendanlstroom and Bethulie. They headed the Boers off and pursued them, but were forced to fall back. elerzog's commando is 700 strong. The 'object of the invasion is to incite the Cape Dutch to rebellion, and to recruit fighting men to help them in the Boer country, 111 along .the northern border of Capel Colony much disaffection exists. Che British suffered severely in a Eight. near Rouxville, thirty miles north of Althea' North. They lost 11 killed, 15 wounded, and 48 taken pri- soners. TUI2 ARRANGING 011' FLOWERS. Hem are five golden rules which should be observed by those who often arrange flowers. Use plenty of foli- age,. Put your flowers to very light- ly. Use artistic glasses. Do not use more than two, or at the most three, different kinds of, flowers in one decoration. Arrange your colors to form a bold contrast, or, better still, a soft hammy. The aim of the decorator should be to show off the flowers --snot the vases that eou- ta8n them; therefore, the simple eines are far preferable to even, the most elelboirate. Glasses for a dinner table should be either white, a delicate shade of green, brown, or rose color, according to the flowers arranged in them. SELL IT TO 'EM. The elderly gentleman -The true secret: of success he to find out what the people want- The younger man -And give it to then. eh ? Naw, Corner it. A DISAGREEABLE OHARAOTERIS- T10. Katharine -I detest that Mr. Tie, Marston. Mctrgarob-Why, Katherimet Oh, beef the kind of man who al- ways calls when you ere expecting somebody else, who doesn't coin ARMY CQRP I)ISAPPRARR. !las NO Such Pltlee in War as Britain No Wales, A despatch front London says: -One of the thing's tliitt eiipear to have beast sdttlsd be the Door wax is the dd549- 1 eranoe farm the Driti,eh army of the organization known as the army ootrpre It Is Stated authoritatively that tbo division is the 'emote taotio- al unit that Data be coinvenlently em- played in the field, The arra comps ettntt to, South: Africa went to pieces immediately after it landed, and all se'Ad eat reinf0mts went o ns divisions, and Lord Robenerts worked with the divisional unit througb'oet. However muoh the corps organiza- tion may be adapted to European ware fare, It h'ae a0 place in such wars as Great Britain usually wages. With the disappearanoe of the army corps, carpet troops will go, and the divisions will have their own small proportion of cavalry and artillery. The cavalry and artillery will then stave aumstanoes. CARGO OF MULES., The British Are Now Buying the Senallest Animals, A despatch from. New Orleans, says: -The .British transport Montezuma lef t here on, Wednesday with a cargo of 1,40J mules. iA big revival in the shipment be stool: to South Africa for the use of the British army .ban occur- red. Nine vessels have left for Cape Town during the month, carrying 3,- 786 horses and 5,703 mules, worth more than 91,000,000. Nearly all the ani- mals were purchased in Texas and Mis- souri. The British officers bought origin- ally the largest and finest mules In the market. They are buying, to -day only the smallest animals which would be rejected on any plantation, animals not much larger than a burro, and they report that these little mules are far better adapted; to the climate of Africa, stand the exposure better, and haveproportionately longer lives than larger ones. The transportation of the mules is so perfect here that the loss in, transport is barely 1 tier cent„ in spite of some overerowcling of the vtssels, a long voyage of 7,503 miles and very bad weather all the winter. BOERS LOS d FORTY MEPs. Now Carrying Off Stock in the Ladybrand Distrlet, A despatch from Maseru, Besato- land, says the Boers are carrying off stook in the Ladybrand district. General De Wet's forces are suppos- ed to be the raiders. General De Wet's lessee in break - Ing through the British lines on De- cember 11 were 314 killed and wounded end 12 men made prisoners. General Knox has been forced to abandon Ilse pursuit of General De Wet owing to the situation created in Cape Colony by the Boers erassiln,g the Orange river. An attack on Winburg is moment- arily expected. FOR THE SOLDIER DEAD, Impressive Serviee Held in Se Paul's. A despatch from London, says; - There was an impressive service at .'St. Paul's on Wednesday afternoon in memory of the soldiers who have been killed truing the Boer war. The church was crowded, The Lord Meyer, the sheriffs, Secretary of War Brodrick, and ex -Commander -in -Chief Wclseloy, were among those present. The services were conducted by Dem Gregory. EXPLODING AMMUNITION. Terrific Explositio- n Kills and Wounds Many Boers. A despatch front Pretoria says that during General Clements' retreat the Boer fire was so heavy that the British were forced to abandon a quan- tity of ammunition. The Boers mistook the nature of the ammunition and set fire to it, A ter- rine explosion followed, killing and wouniding• a number of Boers. a BOERS ARE ACTIVE Attacked Kaalfont- ein But Were Driven Off. A despatch from Pretoria says ;- Tate !Boers tire exhltbltiugi considerable activity between )fealfontodn and 80uertom.teiun, stations between this city and Jehenneehurg. Five hun- dred of them attackecl'T{aaifontein on Tuesday afternoon, but were beaten off. TOTAL CASUALTIES 126 Of This Number 82 Were Killed 01' wounded. A despeteh from Landon says ;- The British losses at Nooitgedacht, according to the official aaeount:s, were 82 killed and wounded, with 44 tainsi05 rand still Unaccounted for. 111,t1,RX,OI J. S OF THE 1i Q ,11 1 932588 o' Oiattle, Cheele. Grata, 8110 111 the Leading Mt rke63, BRAAH11si1'{uFFs, I.r+TS? Taranto, Deo. 24.-eWeett-Onterlo wheats Leather firmer, and acme de- mend grout nxpoa'ter3, Several (tare TEE MAN WHO HO SH1,J1:' S A MaNAOE TO H19 WIFE'S GOCtq. LOO1<8 AND HIS OWN PURSa, 3'be "Outlandlsl4" Centimes non nought nor late UVtee-14 le Danger. ons to Ipltlate a asap .Into the Mph. tortes of Dry 0004s 44411 1tlltlluery. "lilave you noticed Grace Brawn late- afand nen wibite, uuiddSs frelght5, sold ly?" said the girl la' Woe. "Bove you no. tns(ltty at 531-20. Manitollas wear- beet what qutlandieh gowns anti hats she wnttbeangcd. Quotations ere as fol- le wearing?, Before her marriage to Bob 1orae;-±1.241 tvintv:a', 031.201 and white, Brown I thought her a girl of such good 631-20, middle freights; spring wheat, taste, one who could make a stylish ap' gitst, 00e; Illantiboba, No, 1 -spring peurance and spend less looney In dolug east, 600; Manitoba, No, 1 herd, old, 00 Ilton ally Otbel' girl iy out' set," g,itL„ 021-20; and No. 2 at 870; No. 1 1n�IAuer(hat GigislcceaCasttttt`ingbwas . e not irl herd, North, Bay, 910. as it used to be. Miilteasl-Scarce; ton lots, at the The girl in brown bad made no cone atilt door; sell as follows; -Brun, 12 meat when the other's 1t0d said la theme that they "had;t In answer to the quer- bo 912.50; and shorts,, at 914 'to $14,60, tion propounded, but now site looked up wast,•with a mercy little twinkle In her eye, Corn -Easy, No, 1 American, yet- "Do you wont to know why theme is. lone, 45°, au track hare; and mixed, wearing such 'outlandish' costumes, as Belle calls them? Well; it is just this! Bob thinks he can shppl" "Shop!" repeated all the other girle, putting great stress on the word, "Yes, shop," coutluued the girl in brown. "Once Bob bought his moles a bat and gown that she perfectly raved over, praised his taste mrd all that sort of thing, and I know that Bob resolved. right then and there that if ever he mar- ried he would do the selecting of his, wife's clothes. And I know he Is doing lt. I am only waiting to ace how long it will be until gentle little Grace puts her foot down and says she will do her own. buying or never appear in public regain ae long as she lives. Now, Bob's rootlet did not really approve of his taste, but. she decked out in the pnrcbneee he had made because, site said, she thought it 8o WW1 Of Bob to think of her when most mother's sons were selfishly spend- ing their incomes upon themselves, Now, it mothers would only train their sons inetead of spoiling them, when we marry them" - And the little spokeswoman coutinned while the other gh•is listened and agreed 441-2o, Pens, -Steady, and in fair demand; No. esolit, Middle freights, at 61 1-2e; and east at 02o. Barley -Easy. No. 0, east, 41c; and meddle freights, 400; No, 3 extra, 39 1 -lo, east; and 881-20, twiddle freights. Rye -Easy. New rye, 460 went, ami 470 east, Buckwheat -About steady. Car lots, west, aro quoted 49o; and east at 5D0, Oats! -Demand active: One lot of twenty cars of No. 1 white, on the Midland, Bold at 27o to -day. Same, twiddle freights, are quoted at 20 1-2o. Light white amts and mixed oats are quoted firm at 1-2 to 1e less. Flour -Dull. Holdetrs ask 92,05 for 90 per cent, patents, in buyers' bogs, middle freigIte and exporters bid 92:55. Special brands seal locally from 10 en 20c• above these figures• with her that it was a very .bud thing PRODUCE. indeed for a ninn to be encouraged In the belief that he knows bow to buy a wo- Ilggs—Freer eggs scarce. Coldst01- man's clothes. ed.'are pa'incipally in demand, and are Have you ever noticed what a fnseina- selling ah 18ac Prizes acre as follows: tion there Is for a man about clumping when once he is started In that direction? Boiling shook, 2!1 to 28e; sold stored, Tha average man shuns 5 dry goods shop 180; limed, 15 to leo. with all his might -until he Is made ac - Poultry -Receipts were large to -day quainted with the mysteries thereof. but holiday buying set in, and a big Once let him become bold eueugh to venture in and buy a "dress pattern" of trade was dome;_ Prices were firm all si]k m• cloth, nn(1 usleee he ie restrniued routed. ChoiOe,brightuturkeys brcught he will in future want to buy all the 10e, and briglet geese as high as 7o. dry goods and hats for the farnlly. Ille {eye is canghl by tic coitus, and all ut Quotations are as follows: -Chickens, once it dawns upon him Wnt he has no pee pair, 25 to,40e; ducks, per pair, 40 artist's eye. Green and pick, he derides, ten 70c; turkeys, per lb, 9 to 10e; geese is a lovely combination, and so it is, per lb. 6 to 7c. I Then he is told that green and blue is Poltatoes-Firm, Car lots, on trackmore lrrenchy, and be wonders why on earth he hus never seen harmony ill these here, sold to -day at 30c. Sales, out colors before and straightway gin's and et etore, are made -at 35 to 40e (Purchases a green and blas silk for1h111105 Field produce, eta. -Turnips, out of Wife, who hasn't a spvek of color in her anions, fine peri face and is in fuel undendnbly sallow. F$oue, 331i gee' bag.; l The masculine she pt'r boars home ill bag.; carrots; 40o per bag; apples, per triumph his green and hlue silt, tuul hie bbl., 40o to 91; Sweet potatoes, per pate little wife. afterte mild ejncultrtiun, bbl., 92,50. ds too leader hearted to let bion know he hits made an impossible sc'l'eil, n 11115 Dried bruits' -Dried apples, sell at 3' whore, al, where is thr conn who will 1-2 to 4c; and evaporated at 5 to i smoke o bad cigar just 'heceuae his wife 5 1-2a has bought It or wenn a tie of the (el- fin white beans bring'ors of Jacob's coat foe the sante reason? Beane -Ordinary f you kanw scab a $1.20 to 91.25; choke bated -picked hat to him when Toa beans are quoted at 91.40 to 91,45. Honey -Firm, Dealers quote from 9 1-2 to lee liar 1.b, for 5, 10 on 60-1b tins, according to the size of the or- der. comb hauey sells at 92.40 to 92,75 per dozen sections. Baled hay -Firm, Choice timothy, on track-, 910.25. Two -ton lots, delivered, 911. Straw, --Scarce, Car lots of eiraw, on track here, 97, DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dressed Shags ant the street to -day were' unchanged at 37.25 to 47.40, Car lots, track Here, were quoted at 90,10 td 97. Provisions are active. Lum- bermen, who have been holding off expecting lower prices, are placing orders freely. The lumber trade is repeated in first-class condition, and a large demand for provisious from this source in looked for. Quotations Lar provisions are es fol- lows; -Dry eulted shoulders, 13o; lung clear bacon, loose, in car lots, 10c; and in cede lots,. 10 1-4 to 10 1-2e; short out pork, 1919,60 Id 920; heavy meas, $17,50 to te18. Sneaked , ttt,atals-Hams, heavy, 320; medium, 12 1-2 to 13 1-2c; light, 18 1-20; breakfast bacon, 13 to 18 1-2o; picnic) hams, 103; eel, bacon, 110; amulet bucks, lee: All meats out of pickle le less than prices quoted for smoked wee 14. ,Lard -Tierces, 10e; tubs, 10 to 10 1-4e; pools, 101-4; to 10 1 -Lo. ;Buffalo; Dec. 24. -Spring wheat -No, 1 hard, old, carloads, 83 3-4c; No. 1 Northern, aid, carloads, 80 3-40, Win- ter wheat -No. 2 rad, 77o; mixed, 70c; NO, 1 white, 75a. Corn -Quiet: No. 2 yellow, 421-2e asked; No. 3 yellow, 42e; No. 4 yellow, 41 1-4a; No. 11 corn, 41 1-2 to 41 3.40; No, 3 torn, 41 to 41 1-4e; No, 4 corn, 40 1-21 to 40 8-4u. Outs -No, 2 white, 28o; No, 3 white, 28 to 28 1-4c; No, 4 white, 27 to 27 1.4c; No. 2 mixed, 25 3-4 to enc; No. 8 mixed, 25e, Borley- lxtra, 04 let 65c; choice to fanoy, 62 to 08e; fair toegoort, 57 to 00e; low grade, 52 to 560. lite -No, 1 in store, 611c, Flour -Dull and weak. Detroit, Dec, 24. -Wheat olosed-No, 1 white, easl,.77s; No, 2 red; eash, 77e; December, 77u; May, 79 1-40. S4'.. L' ou•is, D r, 24, -Wheat closed - Cash, 71o; December, 70 6 -Pe; Century, 71 l -4c; bitty, 72 8.4c, Ohdnago, Dec, 24,-Whettt was easy early lo -day but rn.11uod, later' ere bol- tier iFrgenntlkos nixie/en, firm Mali - metal markets, and a better melt demand; May closing 1-4 to 3-4o over Saturday. Oorn closed unchanged to 1-4n higher, Ones a shade lower and provisions 5 10 17 1-20. a perfect model 0f a man and sa adorable husband. I once knew a man wile knew only two dress fabrics. One of these was bout- bnzine and the other calico. Ills kuewl- edge was thus limited until one day in an unguarded moment his wife sent hint to the store to snatch some samples of ribbon and velvet for tt het. Then he found out the glories of the dry goods store and the millinery shop. [le learned what satin and velvet were and even went farther, posting himself in the "trimmings" department.. Now the dry goods bills of the family are larger than ever, but there are fewer complaints beard from the mac than io the 014er days when he knew only bombazine and Calico, I am reminded by all this 6f the story of the woman who bought a red hitt and had to live up to it. Pvrliaps you have rend it. You know, the red hot, bring a dashing thing, did not accord with the gowns of the woman's tvardrhe, and so other gowns more casting were made to go frith the hot Then Elle demure manner of the women suited not the cos- tume she wore, and she Chtulged herself, ns touch as she could, to suit the hat. Itt fact, she had to live up to that bat. Don't you knee' a woman or two who lots been made quite unhappy by the bringing home of a gown or a hat that she knows is far too costly and elaborate or out of all harmony in color' with the balance of her wardrobe? If you know e man who is felling into the slopping babit, do stop him. i know this will be n difficult thing to do, but It is such a serious matter that you may consider yourself ns doing n Fret11 end good work by nipping In the bud his feltb In himself in this direction. I know that the average householder hes a notion that if he were buying the chil,brn's clothes h8 would not spend half the money on them that their mother does, but let him try just once to buy Mary's hats et' 8'il- lie's shirt waists and he will select arti- cles whose prices would startle' the chil- dren's tnether, and yet he will not Ilierle once the charm Is upon him. Little Mary skips by Itis side and revels in the red and green find yellow bat that he has bought her, but her mother fairly shivers et the sight. Mary's little made over cashmere frock is all out of keeping witt tate gorgeousness of that hat, but wear it all eeeeon she must, for the family pock• etboek twill not pertnit of fretiuent pur- cltaet of expensive hilts. i, too, nm wondat'ittg how long it will be until Greco Brown tells her doting hnsbnnd that, although she loves him just as devotedly as she did the day she al- lowed him to ticket the first costume he ever purchased for her, site simply insists tint be get oat of the shopping Inlet, and threatens him that if he does not she will order every snit of clothes he wears, and his neckties, and -worst of all --his cigars! And enol it nil with nn emphatic "'Clare Howl which means n greet dual front pretty lbs. -Margaret Dennis in et, Loafs [republic, Rubber end leather casters arc now frequently pnt upon futnitare which Is to be pieced en n 'hard wood or stained flnr. Some housekeepers anal decorators, however, ra.'ontmend instead the easlet 011138.