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SPARKS FROM SIE Illfl[S
Newsy Items ,About Ourselves ape
Our N otghbors—t3olnethiug of
Interest From Every Qaar-
for (gibe Globo.
000010,
OANADA..
Hull'srevenue last year reached
180,839; expenditure $110,907.
Nlaturel gas has' been struck in tibia
peat bods e.t Rondeaa, near Obatham,
At Montell a mail bag containing
111,:00 or Intoroolonial cheques has
been stolen,
Canada will have about 20,000
square feet of space at the Glasgow
Bela;bition.
A11 the corporation laborers atKing-
ston streets beaauso.work was given
to anon-union man hamed Moun.
The option held by a bug, Chicago
syndicate upon the Hamilton stove
foundries has been extended three
months.
It cost $14,938 to aciminieter the
Ottawa -Hull fire relief fund of
$952,182. In all 14,799 persons were
clothed.
The Hamilton Local Council of Wo-
men will appeal to the City Council
to pass a by-law penalizing those
who expectorate upon the sidewalk.
T. II. Douala es Oo., owners of the
big iron works of Honolulu and 'Liver-
pool, have bought the Iron works of
Armstrong'&Morrison in Vancouver,
B. C., for 0150,000.
Sergeant-Major Jaen Meefurphy,
aged 89 years, who fought the Boers
in 1841-2, and later served in the Cri-
mean war, -19 dead, in New Westmin-
ster, as the result of a fall.
The Pigeon River Lumber Company
of Grande B.ap:ds, Wisoonsin, bave
purchased the Fort William lumber
mills, which for many years wore
op:'rated by Graham, Horne & Com -
an
Parliament at its approaching ses-
sion will be asked to incorporate a
company which is desirous of bridging
the St. Mary's River near Sault Ste.
Marie.
Mr, W. J. Clark of Toronto gives no-
tice that an application will be made
Le Parliament for an act to incorpor-
ate the Canadian National Bank, fax
the purpose of doing a general bank-
ing business.
Two' Chatham citizens refuse' to
send their children to one of the city
sobools, which they claim is unsani-
tary. The school •authorities will not
let them attend any ether. The trou-
ble•may get into rho court.
Captain Nordin, a Norwegian mar-
iner, and J. E. A. Dubuo, of Quebec,
have ,Iubntitted a preposition to the
Geveruanent for the establishment of
an lee -breaker and salvage steamer
on the St. La\wrenee; aTero for a win-
ter steamship service between Eu-
rope and Quebec.
GREAT BRITAIN.
There has been a heavy snowfall in
some parts of Great Britain.
Lord Libnel Cecil, half-brother of the
Marquis of Salisbury, is dead.
Great Britain will raise regiments of
infantry in India to relieve British
garrisons at Mauritius, Singapore, odd
perhaps Hong Kong and Ceylon.
Samuel Lewis, the notorious money
lender and usurer of London, Eng.,
who has been called the."greatest and
meanest of modern Shelooks," la dead.
The Board of Poor Law Guardiana
of Weobly has declined, on patriotio
grounds, to accept a gift of pictures
and, books from Mr. Win. T. Stead for
Ilia workhouse.
Earl Roberts will decide the case of
Major-General Colville, whose resignao
Hon of a commander-in-chief for In-
dia.
UNITED STATES.
Now York has 200,000 rasee of
grippe.
There are two cases of smallpox near
Watertown, N. Y,
The street car system. of Reading,
Pae is tied up by strikers.
Two boys kicked Amato Dowd aged
nine, years, to death at Middletown,
N. Y.
Three nurses at • Bellevue Asylum,'
Now York have been indicted for kill-
ing a patient.
,Anton Zehm,-brewer, of Syracuse,
N. Y., burat-an' artery by coughing
and died immediately.
Grover Allen, the boy giant, eight
years old and weighing 251 pounds,
Le dead at Anderson, Ind.
At Chelsea, plass., five men ere un-
der arrest for stealing a safe contain-
ing $4,000, in broad daylight.
A team ran away with load of
school children at Baraboo, Wis. One
was killed and several seriously injur-
ed.
Robert Lawrence, a young eeriest,.
shot and killed' himself, while lying
on a couch beside his siok wife at
Denver Col,
The Carnegie Company will fight
the National Tube trust by buillding
a $12,000,000. plant at Conee.ut Har-
bour, Lake brio.
A citizen of Lincoln, I10., named
Sizemore, is accused of trying to
starve his three children to death to
get $50,000 loft to them,
Six people were crushed to death
amid many others seriously injured,
in a panic.' caused by a false 'alarm
Of fire in a Chicago theatre oe Seiur-
afty,
Qlareeee Bgnor, ,a Convict at Au-
burn, N.T., mnreerod A, W. Ilonodivk,
u guard, on Wednesday, because the
guard threatened to releert hint for
anleeondaet.
They were preparing for the burial
of Miss I1oefse Schaefor, 4 teacher
to New York, when it was dlsooyored
she was in a tran0e. $be will soon
MARKETS OF THE NUB
ofteooth
Prices o° Cattle, Cheale, Bret!?, &c
in the Leading Markets•
' BREADSTUPPS, ETC,
Toronto, Jan. 22,^-Wbeat--.ilaaine0a
return, to her s01001, is quiet, and prioee are about steady;
Georgs Rood, 110 eeoentrio boohelor Quotations age as follows: -Rad win-
reoluss, has just died "8n his Little ter, 051-2oi and white, 65.120, mid -
home an hie large farm," near Brazil, dee fa'elghts ; spring wheat, 680 ; Mao..
Ind. He l adn'teut his beer or beard Liebe, No, leTer, old, g.l,t., 900; 210, 2,
for thirty years, Ills estate is worth 010; No. Shard, North Ray, 95o.
IM;lllfeetl-Scarce and firm. Tont lots,
alt tee mill doer, sell as follows;--
Swan,
ollows;-Swan, $13; and stores at 015, west,
Corn -Dull and easy ; No, 1 Amert-
Dreyfue will publish a diary oe his can, yellow, 450; No. 8 yellow, 43c; No.
life at Devil's Island. • 3 yollonv, 440.
Last year Bremen sent 87,537 emi-
grants to the United States.
Belgium will adopt the Marconi sys-
tem of wireless telegraphy. Bowley -Firm, in eitympo:thy with
A German paper blames militarism o'a`ts; No. 2, east, 42o; and middle
for the decadence of aammerce ante freights, 410; No. 2 extra, 40 1-2c
trade. east, and 30 1-2o middle freights.
The French Mediterranean squad'-, Rye -Steady; new rye, 470, west;
toxo Is to be equipped with wireless and 48e east.
telegraphy, ) :Buckwheat -Steady, Caw lots, west,
The beelth of the dowager-Empressare quoted et 49 1-2o, and east at 60
070,000,
GENBB 4L,
Queen Wilhelmina will positively be
married ' next month.
'Peas -Firm .and in gond demand;
No, 2 sold, middle freights, at 021-2e;
and east nit 030.
Frederick, the Queen's eldest deuge- 31424"
tan, is againcausing anxiety. I Oats -Strong, and in good dourand;
Harbert Bismarck says that Ger Nb, 1 white, east, 29e; Not 2 wbite,
enemy's trade policy will be one 01 north and west, 28c.
protection against the United States. Flour -Steady ; deelera ask $2170 for
Wireless telegraphy between Hone- straight rollers, in buyers' bags, mid-
lulu and various islands of the lia- dle &'eights, and export agents bid
wa•ilan group is in practical opera- 02.60.
tion. - PRpDUCE.
Toronto, Jan. 22, -Eggs -The sup-
ply of
ply of &, eggs is ample. Prices are
as followss:—New —New laid, 22 to 23e; flesh
gathered, 170; cad stored, foo; limed,
Kitchener Evidently Preparing for 316 to 15 1-2.
Decisive Action. I Poieltry-fleeelpts are light and
s1 despatch from London, Thins- prices are firm. ,Turkeys sold at 10
daq says ;Whi,+le the actual poeitirn to 11°; geese, at 8 to 81-2e; chickens,
ise South Africa continues almost come at 3) to 4001 and dunks, at 50 to 70c.
plotely hidden from the public, twao Q'otatorea-Rather meter at 28c, for
as throe isolated telegrams publish- caw lots, on track here ; and 8,5o out of
cd Timrsday morning, seem tl7 indi- stove.
cats tb0t important developments are Field produce, etc. --Turnips, out of
impending in the Transvaal. The de- ?'tem, 310 ver bag; onion's, 70o per
apatoh from Pretoria reveals that bag; castors, 35c per bag; applies, per
Gen. Kitchener is making a big con- bibl., 61 to $2; sweet potatoes, per bbl.
castration of troops there, and oth- 52.50.
er correspondents report their con- Dried apples -Dried apples sell at
viotion that the Board are gathering 0 1-2 to. 4o; and evaporated at 5 to
strongly in tbe Bethel and Eronelo 6 1-2c.
districts. The report that Gen. De Beans -Ordinary white benne bring
Wet ismara'lrilag north is doubtless 01.20 to $1.25 ; choice hand-picked beans
connected wrath this movement., are quoted at 31.4o to $1,45.
All the repute concur in stating I Honey -Firm. Dealers quote from
that Gen. Iiitchener's efforts is the 91-2 to iCp per 1b, for 5, 10, or 60 -ib
direction of securing peace ,have fall- .bins, accoading to size of order. Comb
en absolutely flat, notwithstanding honey sells at $2.4.0 to 02.75, per dozen
the extraordinary endeavours to en- seetions.
sure his offer reaching the individual Baled hay' Steady. Chblce timothy,
Boers as well as the leaders. While oat track, $101.25; two -ton lots, delis, -
the work of the burgher Peace Com- erred, 011.
mitten le regarded as doomed to;taill- Straw -Steady, Car luta of straw,
ure, the Deere are showing less did- on track, here, $6.50.
position to surrender than ever. Chicago, Jan. 22. -Wheat continued
on: the decline to -day under influences
--+--- which held sway recently, but the
UNDESIRABLE OFFICIALS. close was with tome lose .regained on
part engagements. May cloeed 9-8 to
Ultianders Preparing a List' for the 1-2c lower. Corn and oaks each closed
Imperial Government 1-2 to 5 -So higher, and' provisional un-
changed L'o 15o higher. '
A despal h from Durban, Natal, ,Buffalo, Jan. 26. -Plow Dula and
says; -The Uitlan ,er coeaanitte,e hare weak. eeWheat-Spring limits very
is paeparipg a list of undesirable strong; No. 1 hard, old, small loth, 85
persons who are holding official post- 3-40. No. 1 Northern, old, carloads, e2
tines in the 'Transvaal. They are 3-40; do., new, 81 8-4o. )Winter wheat
also urgilog the military officials to -Buyers and sellers wide apart; No. 2
allow a represemitatjlve ,from e0oh red, 77c bid; mixed and white, 76e bid;
farm to return and ascertain the can- on track, Buffalo. Corn -Strong; No.2
dOtioh of their stocks, thee ,planing yellow, 41 1-2e; No. 3 do., 41e; No, 2
t,hemn; on an equality with those who earn, 410; No, 3 do„ g 1 -2c,' through
remained in the Transvaal during billed. Oats -Steady; N. 2 white, 30
bhp war. 1-20; No. 3 do., 27 1-4e, throug)rIbilled.
Three hmixlred foreigners have ar.-;Barley-Nominal; good to fancy West-
rived here from Joha.nnes'burg, and:ern, 60 to 670; State, 63,to 66c, on track.
the number tot refugees is increasing Rye -Dell and weak; No. 2 on track,
daily. 'The Natal Gev'arn'ment will' 56 1-2e; No. 1 an store, 67 1-2o asked.
look out for their ian.n.e late 'metal Ma weaken, Jan. 22. -Wheat -Lower
provided the Imperial government No. 1 ',leathern, 74 to 74 1-4°;1 No. 2 do„
furnishes them with free tranepocta- 71, 1-2 to 72e. tL.ye-Lower; No. 172 to
eine to Europe. 72 1-2e. Jlarley-Dull; No. 2, 69 to 60e;
eampte, 45 'to 57c.
Minneapolis, Jan, 2'2, -Wheat - Cash,
711 7-8c; May, 75 7-8o; J1rly,l 76 5-8o; on
track, No. 1 hard, 75'1.4?; No. 1 North-
ern, 73 1-4o;No. 2 do., 6811-2 to 70 1-2e.
Flour and bran -Unchanged.
,J,luluth, • Jan, .2se—,When;,-No. it
hard, cash, 71 3-4c; to arrove, 76 to 78e;
May„ 77 7-8e; No. 1 Northern„ oas,h, 71
7-50; to arrive, '71 8-8e; May,,15 7-8c;
July, 76 6-8c; No. 2 Northern, 6e 7-8 to
67 7-80; No. 8 spring, 53 8-8 to 60 5-8o,
Corn -36 12"2°. Oath -25 1-4 to 25 1-2c.
LIVE. STO(11{ MARKET.
MUST NOT WEAR KHAKI.
Civilians Threatened ed With Arrest
at Pretoria.
A• despatch from Pretoria, says :- No
reports offighting have been received.
lately. Pretoria is full of troops, who
aro getting ready for further opera-
tions.
14 ,proclamation lies been issued for-
bidding civilians to wear ksaki. Per-
sons wearing clothing that is likely, to
be mistaken for British uniforms are
threatened with arrest and punish-
ment.
OVER $20,000,000,
801m•l0as 3,11411071 il0tiey1,e0der Lc:L
Thie sun.
A despatoh from London, says: -It is
u'nderotood that the estate o2 Samuel
Lewis, the (notorious money -lender,
whe died a few days ago, amounts to
about £4,000,000, Ile bequeathed every-
thing to his widow, with the, exception
of £260,000, which is divided among; re-
Iatives and friends,
In ,his will he expresses a desire that
his widow give in bet nems £400,000 to
provide dwellirtge for poor persona of
all crceds,.J'150.000 to Lhe Priuoess et
Wales'Hospital fund, 2100,000 to the
Jewish Board of Gua Minna, and 11200,-
500 to various hospitals.
lIFee lambs anti sheep we bad only
t pricese
our dontand at nnobanis+id p 1 s
4 pew ohoeoe mileh cows and some
ood veal eaves are wanted, and good
pTiees will be Pale for either.
"lege to -day iseeng In onlymodels-
te'suppiy, there wee ile change Inkaoand
re, the bust hogs sold for 56.80
er own.
Bogs to reibon the toll price meetor primequality,• and solo mit be -
9v, 100.Iter aiborve 200'165,
4rollowI,ag is the range or gilola
trn
i�a;-
Ca ttle.
Shippers, per ew,t. 000 25
u
uielteu:, 500,100 do., 3,76
anchor mail, good, 3 28
Meador. halt h.tr, -erior'.. . 0 00
Ih.ockers, per cwt. 2 70
lixteiet 4u1L per' ow t. 8 25
Shtvep and Lames.
Sheep, per cwt. . 6 00 8 50
Lamas, per otve 400 4 62 1-2
Milkers and Calves.
a
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be
he
Toronto, Jan. 22. -At the western
cattle yards to -day we had a total of
40, loads be:Audiaig 1,200 hogs, 460 ent-
itle, 345 sheep and lambs, 20 calves,
end a few milkers.
There was little doing in oattie, and
the mxtrket wes etre, of no account;
the local butchers have a fain' suppl3
o)0 meat is andcan afford to wail: a
day or two.
Trade was dull in the export de -
pertinent, Prices are low in the
'latish markets; boat space is scarce,
and the demand i9 light, as most 02
aha deals to -day were, 00 stall lots,
Values are filet quotably changed,
tied the image is from 4 to 4 8-4 per
Pound, weeli it shade more in a flew
oases for small tots of prime cattle.
As far as we could asoerLaia nothing
touehed 58 to -day.
In export and light Bulls, fe,eder.,,
stockers, and,-ut)loh cows there in an.
obit/ago to report,
4.75
6 25
3 75
3 25
300
4 25
Cows, easel 20 00
0
Calves, each,.
Hogs.
Melee hogs, own. 6 60
l.lslnt Inge , per owt. 0 00
Heavy hugs, per 00 1. 0 en
Store hogs. . . 4 25
Sows, 00
Stags. . ,
60 00
10 00
680
6 25
0'25
4 50
400
225
ATTACKED ISARKLY EAST.
But on Both Occasions Boers Were
hepU.sed.
A despatch from London, Friday,
says: -it is asserted tea,txnorr heavy
naval guns will be landed et the Cape.
Information as to the doings of the
inva'derli ea hared to ob0,cin ; bat it is
o:eer they aro getting very little
help from the Dutch. :Twine they at-
tempted to capture Darkly East, but
both times they were repulsed. For
three days they occupied Sutherland,
but they cleared out on the approach
of a British column.
Small scattered parties are report-
ed operating is vurione parts of the
Ceres district.
Apparently the invaders abandoned
the, idea of attacking Clan William on
finding the town well defended.
A commando of 1,020 bas been active
Lame Richmond district, but there the
Boers have riecwred only 100 Dutch re-
crujits.
60 MILES FROM CAPE TOWN
The Raiders Being Bard Tressed
by the British.
A:despatoh from Liendon, says: -Mr.
Bennet Barlergh, wlto has returned to
Cape Town, sends to the Daily Tele-
graph an enigmatical despatch, say-
ing:
"All our soldiers, whether from
Orange River Colony or the Transvaal,
look the posture of health, and it is
baped that the end is steadily coming
nearer.
"The few recent successes of the
Btoers are annoying. Twenty thousand
reinforcements have arrived, and they
are very welcome in Cape Colony,
where the Dutch deehna to rise. The
raiders are 60 miles north of the town,
and are being pressed by our troops•"
This presu,mably means. that Lord
leilchener has sent 20,000 men; into
Cape Colony.
FIGHT IN CAPE COLONY.
DECLINES A SWORD.
Lord Roberts Writes to the Mayon
Of Pol'tsnlotath•
A, London despateh days ;Lord
Roberts envjpllatezes the eceatietao
tory condition of South t8friea In µ
letter to the Mayor of PortemonUt,
pootponing the presentation el
eeworil of honour from that city. Jae
says;-" It is most distasteful to me
to be honoured and feted, and oailed
upon to rejoice while se many are in
bitter grief, anil before we oan pre-
psrly return thanks that the aloud Is
beteg rolled away, which leas fax more
than a year darkened the bouieee and
crushedthe hearts of so many in our
country,"
British Suffered Total Casualties of
Twenty -Eight.
.A1 despatch from London, Wednes-
day, says:-Tbe casualty list shows
that there baa been a severe engage-
ment, with a less of cis killed, seven-
teen wounded, and five missing, at
Murraysburg, where the Dutch are
said to bave been joining the invaders.
Murrayshurg is 16 miles west of Graaf
Reiner.
Indications are not wanting that the
decision of the Government to send re-
inforcements has not been taken a mo-
ment neo soon,
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Moons Lech xnmleles practices et
Motile .igen.
A deapatoh from Bulietiox. Leaven-
worth, Tian., says;-h'rei Alexander,
the ?negro who Saturday evening iti-
wenpted aol assault on Miss Eva Roth.,
and who was supposed to have as-
saulted and kill,,d Pearl Forbes in
this city in November last, was on
Tuesday ateernsnon taken from the
sheriff's guard wad burned at the
stake at the scone of his crimes, half
u dezesn blocks from the ()entre of
the oily. Probably 5000 persons
wienessed the lynching. Alexander
was nixed to a raliroud rail plated up-
right i!u the ground,
DAWSON HAS A 550,000 FIRE.
+,'venni linnaiults Itesirored. Il,oln,t1ntw
the honer 1101014
A despatch from Viatorin, 13,0., Saye;
-Vire art Daws•0u on Jan, 6 destroyed
building °acupiett by Cribbs and
Rogers, Lhe west end of the Ranier
building, and the Rainier hotel. '.Cite
firms involved warn Ruddy and Ical-
esClbarn, druggists; the Bonanza meat
inarkeit, Antlers' restaurant, Sar
Francisco) oyster house, and Cribb
and Rogers. 'Che lose was $50,000.
STARVING FOREIGNERS.
Stranded at Natal and Their Consuls
t cruse linen Aid.
,A despatch from Durban, Natal,
says :-Many foreigners are arriving
hero from Johannesburg without any
means of support. Their Consuls
refuse to help them, and the corpora-
tion abjeots to being burdened with
their support. The question of oaring
for t.h,,m presents m.ny difficuitles.
Two thousand recruits have been se -
eared in Natal In two months.
� I
CONVOY CAPTURED.
Boers Killed Two British and
Wounded eleven.
A despatch from Pretoria, says: -
The Beers have captured a convoy of
twelve waggons with provisions for
the troops at Rhenoster kop, They
killed two of the British guards and
wounded eleven. The remelting nine
surrendered. The Beers, apparently
fearing the approach of other troops,
abandoned the waggons and prison-
ers.
FROZEN 1N THE DRIFTS.
)Zany lite Frain n,rdsille or Travel 011
it, ISsntn .15 vs.
The Odessa correspondent of the
London Daily Mall says that the last
of the trains that were snowbound
in the recent buzzard has arrived at
Odessa. The snow drifts for miles
hardened into ice. 'through one of
them, which was 400 yards long and
thirty-eight feet deep, it was neces-
sary to cut a tunnel.
Seven hundred of the passengers,
mostly peasants who quitted the
trains before they were dug out, bave
arrived by sleighs, which they.obtaiu-
ad at a paint twenty-five melee north
of OJessa. Many of thman were more
dead than alive. Several who were
unable to get sleighs attempted to
walk the whole distance into the
city. Many of these were exhausted
by cold and hunger, and sank into
the drifts, where they froze to death.
There is a great outcry against the
railway authorities, whose alleged
niggardliness in refusing to pay snow
diggers two sbillings for a day's work
of twelve hours, is regarded as the
pause of the sufferings and death. It
is asserted that three days were wast-
ed in to leg raph1eafly negodiatin g with
St. Petersburg on this question. When
the demonde were ultimately granted
the drifts, thirty and 'forty feet Sigh,
extended for males. The railroad com-
pany's loss through the blizzard is
stated to amount to more then 0..50,-
000.
Buviness in Odessa has been stop-
ped formany days. The p;:or in many
of the outlying paris of the oountry
aro starving. Tile prunes of provi-
sions have risen 501) p r sent.
THE QUEEN'S HEALTH.
8
NUTS OF MANY SORTS,
some of the Tavernen Icor Dessert
and Confectionery Purposes,
The season when nuts are moat in
evidence as festive additions to the
menu is with us, and a few items in
regard to these favorite articles may
Pot come amiss. In the first place, it is
bold by very good authorities that
mueb of the present clamor about nuts
as a prominent item in the diet is OX
travagant and uufouaded. It is not
probable that the best Informed physl
ologists would advise wholesale use of
nuts to the exelusion of more generally
accepted food.
The almoud is a favorite dessert nut
in this country. By far the larger part
of the almonds consumed Is supplied
by France, Italy and Spain. Califor-
nia, however, bas grown the almond
suceesst'ully, and tbe output of this
crop is annually increasing. The al-
mond is used in making confectionery,
creams, cokes, etc.
The Befall nut, as its name Indicates,
is a native of Brazil, whence it is ex-
ported In large quantities. It bas not
been successfully grown in the United
States. It Is chiefly used as a dessert
nut.
The filberts found in our market are
chiefly varieties and crosses of two epo-
des. The native hazels are smaller
than the European nuts. but have an
agreeable flavor. The filbert is chiefly
used as a dessert nut, but the ground
nut Is sometimes used for confection-
ery and in other ways.
The birkoi;v nut. under whicb general
name is Included the nuts of several
species of native trees, of which the
shagbark (H'leoria ovate) Is the most
Important, is one of our best known
nuts. The quality of the hickory nut
is exceedingly variable both In flavor
and the readiness with which the shell
may be removed. Tbe better varieties
are bighly esteemed and by molly are
considered to compare favorably In
delicacy of flavor with the English wal-
nut. Large quantities of the nuts are
eaten, and they are sometimes used in
making cakes and confectionery. There
is some confusion regarding the name
of tits nut, In some regions of New
England it is known as the walnut,
while the nut More generally known in
the United States as the walnut and
which grows only sparingly In New
England is designated the black wal-
nut.
The pecan (Hicoria pecan) is also a
native Of America, but is less widely
distributed than the hickory, to whicb
it is closely related. The flavor 01 the
pecan mattes it a desirable nut, but it
doubtless owes much of Its popularity
to its thin shell and the ease with
whicb the kernel may be removed. It
is largely used as a dessert nut. Q135.11 -
titles are also used by the confection-
ers for ranking salted pecans, bonbons
of various sorts, etc.
The English or, more properly, Per-
sian walnut (Juglans regia) has been
successfully cultivated In several re-
gions of the United States. It is a fa-
vorite dessert nut and is also used by
confectioners In many ways.
What is most generally known as the
walnut In the United States (the fruit
' of Juglans nigra and closely allied spe-
cies) Is a large mit rich In oil and hav-
ing a strongly marked flavor. This nut
is somewhat used by confectioners.
The butternut, ole nut or white wal-
nut (Juglans cinerea) is extremely oily
and has a tendency to become rancid.
The fresh nut has ap excellent flavor.
It Is less commonly marketed than
some otber native nuts.
Tbe pistachio, although a native of
Syria, has long been cultivated in
southern Europe, wbence most of the
nuts erten in this country are obtain-
ed. It has been grown to a limited ex-
tent in the United States. Tile kernel
is greenisb in color and has a mild,
pleasant flavor, suggestive of almonds.
It 1s chiefly used in the manufacture of
confectionery, ices, etc., being valued
I for its flavor and tbe delicate green col-
ior which it imparts.
501110 Fonndntton for the. Beller That 11 Is
Nett ,:one.
A despatch from London, says; -Re-
ports concerning the unfavourable
condition of the Queen's health have
bee/?, in persistent circulation for the
past month. There is now only too
good reason to believe thus there 1e
seine foundation for them. The re -
mine sudden death of Lady Churchill,
sukulor lady of the Queen's bedcham-
ber, cleprtvpd her Majeerly of a:imest
heir ItioL old intimate friend, and had
the saddest eu^toct upon, her. leer
ds,pressiou has bn.00ma birth mental
and physicals and it is difficult to
rouse Ser from, her desprindeney. Her
physicians advise that her departure
for CSmlez be hastened, but she is not
interested in the trip, She pleads
that int is her fluty to remain, at leer
11oid while the affairs 02 the. Empire
are so unsettled and threatening.
DEVOURED BY WOLVES.
Wedding resole Attached and lulled by
the mangey ardt-s.
A despatch from Bucbarest, says;
-Advices trona many points tell of
packs of wolves killing and devouring
travellers. Two wadding couples, who
were aleighling in Marmaros district
were attacked, and all four persons
were killed. Tho dri,vor at1 the sledge
soaped up a tree. but was nearly
,00zaa to death.
Mairotecent Chrysanthemums.
Cut, blossoms of chrysanthemums
were tbe chief attraction of a recent
very successful exhibition of the Amer.
jw.
BELGIAN HARES,
Kept on ire Vann In an 8vckydayi
W9r 1''o, 1iamne use,
There bas been a good deal said lu
the papers about Belgian bales, and
there is more and more interest de-
veloped in their breeding, which Is
largely by those who are tnterested.in
selling stock at fancy prices; but there
has been almost nothing from tbe
everyday side of the business, accord -
Ing to I•I, 17. Van Doman, who pro.
coeds to eupply this ontlas100 by the
following in Rural New Yorker;
We have Seen Iceeplog Belgian, hares
at our farm for several years just 0.8
any other animals are kept, .and almost
entirely for home use. We have trled
to keep up the blood and think we hare
some good stock, but we have none
that we are foollab enough to ask or
pay hundreds of ()Whore for, or any
other exorbitant price; although we
have bad scene to weigh from eight to
nine pounds each and of good stela
and color. We kill and eat 'them' at
any time of year, just as we do chick-
ens or any other farm stock, and we
have never kept anything that has giv-
en less trouble and more profit, The
old ones are too strongly flavored to be
very good iu summer and we use them
only In winter, but the young ones are
excellent at any time,
They will eat almost anything that
is good for a cow and sumo things that
she would not touch. Many kinds of
weeds seem to suit their taste exactly,
We give our rabbits the tops and
scraps of garden vegetables, potatoes,
sweet potatoes, apple parings, cores
and almost any refuse fruits. They
like grains and ground feed and fatten
on it. In winter we give them ptun-
ings from the fruit trees, which they
relish, and these doubtless act as a
tonic, If not a food. Hay and fodder
they like, but we have never tried si-
lage. Perhaps it would be to their
taste. One source of food that occur-
red to me Is a lot of Carolina poplar
trees that line the streets of isle vil-
lage, in the outskirts of which we live.
I had known of the fondness of cattle
and Indian ponies for cottonwood bark
and leaves in the west, and so I tried
the rabbits on the tops of this tree,
which Is a close relative of the western
cottonwood. They ate every leaf and
Peeled branches as clean of bark as if
it had been done with knives. We feed
them chiefly on this food during the
growing season and have thus turned.
the tops of a great many trees Into
good, tender meat and gave them much
needed pruning. The manager of the
town company talked of paying us for
the job, but never did it, They will
also eat the tops of sneer poplar, Balm
of Gilead, aspen, sassafras and many
other trees and shrubs. There is no
danger of poisoning them, their In-
stinct being a safe guide as to what
they should eat, unless they are starv-
ed Into eating what is not good for
them.
There is no need of a special house
for bares, althougb this would perhaps
often be as cheap a way to arrange for
them as any other. Let the boys and
girls have a chance to keep a few.
They will find some place for them,
but remember that cats and rats must
be kept out. Inch mesh wire netting
will keep them out and tbe young rab-
bits in. If kept on the ground they
will dig like gophers, and the wire
fence must be set two feet deep. The
old bucks must be kept shut up, and the
breeding does kept in separate pens. A
pen 3 by 7 gives ample room fora doe
and her young. Four litters can easily
be raised In a year.
We bave had very little disease
among our hares. Dysentery from giv-
ing too much food of one kind has been
the principal trouble. I like rabbit
hunting. and bave done much of it,
but it is very handy to be able to go
out any flay and get a nice "fry" with-
out having to chase "Brotlfer Cotton-
tail" for miles.
61tdsON'a MAMMON, TIMOTHY EATON.
lean institute and the Horticultural so•
e)ety of New York. In the Class of 50,
to be arranged In a large vase, a superb
display of the new variety, Timothy
i+7atou, carried off the honors. An Illus-
tration of it Is here adapted from
American Gardening.
A superb display of Golden Wed-
ding received the second award, while
a third handsome competitor was the
yellow variety, Nagoya Timothy
Union is an ivory white flower, of
good shipping duality end had already
Woe honors in Mirage and Philtidel•
pita. It would seem to be the them,
The Buckwheat Crop.
Preliminary returns to the depart-
ment of agriculture indicate a decrease
of about 32,000 acres, or 4.8 per cent in
the acreage in buckwheat as compared
with last year. Of this shrinkage 22,-
000 acres represent the reduction in
New York and Pennsylvania, which to-
gether produce about two-thirds of the
total buckwheat crop of the country.
News and Notes.
A man in a western packing company
is reported to have devised a process
of thrashing tbe feathers and every
particle of down of chickens somewhat
in the fashion of thrashing wheat by
means of cross currents 01 air from
rlectrical fairs revolving at a hlgb rate
,f speed. It is done in the twinkling
of an eye, and Is claimed to be a great
improvement on band picking.
"Once the possibilities of the Amer -
item apiary are thoroughly understood,
navy of the thousands barely oxlstiug
in the strenuous life of the great cities
Mil turn to bee culture, which well
repays the intelligent and careful
worker," says Professor L. O. Howard,
1pt'opos of interesting revelations of
the twelfth census, in regard to the
magnitude of n aiariau Interest'. in this
•ountry.
The self binding reaper bas come to
stay 10 England, according to Mr.
Edwards of the Royal Agricultural so -
?tett',
It is reported that during the next
fiscal year the increase in the free ru-
ral delivery system will exceed 8.000
nddit.lounl
curlers and 2,000 adiiitlonal
aliens. At present there are in the
service 1,203 rural free delivery car-
riers and 809 offices,
In spite of much n.dverso foreign
eritlrism American clover seed bas re -
rowed high praise from some of the
best seed control workers of Europe.
Cheese makers In West Virginia and
Ohio are enjoying a bnom of idtelr
products, due to stied: pasturage, wbleh
bas lessened the important cheese
product of Wisconsin, and to then
pion novelty of the season. own tine grass supply,