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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-3-21, Page 7IIIARKETS OF THE WORLD, EOM of Cattle, Cheese, Grain, &v in the Leading Markets. Toro'nt0, Maxolr 19.—'beat *Ex- port port domaaid Continues slow hero, and priors are about e;teady. Diani- to'iva bards maintain their atrerngee, olving to unusual soaroity, Stocks 0if old hard wheat aro getting down to a low; .point, Qaotations are ae follows i—Red wheat, 00o; white, 000; and goose, 00o; Mew.frelght8 to New York; red and white, middle freights, 65o; Nlanito'bas, No, 1 hard, old, g.i,t„ 981-2c; No, 2, 941-2e; No. 1 bard, North Bay, 971-2o; leo. 2 hard, 081-2o. Millfcod—Scarce, Ton lots, at the Mill door, Western Ontario points', Noll a$ eolloweeeteran', 914 to 914,50; pend ahorte, 915. Corn—Easy, American, No, 2 yel- low, on 't'raok hem, 401-20; and No. 3, e 151-2e. .Peas .—titeady. No. 2, middle freights, at 00'1-2e; and eao6, at el4o, Barley—Holding a3o'ut-steady. No, 2, C.P,R., east, or low freights( to New York, 431-2e; No. 3 extra, 42 1-2o; No, 2, on the Midland, 43o. Bye—Steady. Car lots, 49e, west, end 50o east. Buckwheat—Quiet. "Cat lots, wesit, aro quoted at 51o, and east at 53e. Oats—Firm and in fairly good de- 3iand, 'both for Meal and export, na count. No. 1 write, C.P.'R„ east, 29 3-4e; No, 2 White, north and west, 28 1-4 . Flour—Easy. Holder$ pf 92 per cont, patent, 'buyers' barge, middle freights, asked 92.60 per bbl., export- ers say that they aro out'of•tho.mar- net for the present, Oatmeal—Car lots .of rolled oats, Ln hags, on track here, are quoted at 93.25 per bbl„ and in wood ae 33.35 per 'bbl. Buffalo, March ''19.—P1our-Better demand; - steady, Spring wheat -- Dull; Dull; No. 1 Northern, old; .spot, 841.2o asked; do mixed, 84o asked. Winter wheat—No spot offerings; Kansas No. 2 bard, c.i.f., 761-8e. Corn—Strong; No. 2 yellow, '44 8-4o; No. 3 do, 44 1-2c; No. 2 corn, 44 to 441-4c; No. a do, 43 3-4c, through billed. Oats—Quier ; No, 2 white, 311-4c; No, 3 do, 301-20; No. 2 mixed, 281-2 to 28 3-4e; No. 2 do, 28 1-4c, through billed. Barley -56 1-2 to tilt. Rye—Good demand; no offerings; No. 2, on track, 561-2o; No. 1, in store, 58e. Detroit,. March 19.—Wheat closed— '- No. 1 white, cash, 791-4c; No. 2 red, cash, and March, 791--4o; May, 81 1-4o; Jiu.ly, 79 1-4e. Minneapolis, Minn., March 19, . IWieeut-Cash '74 1-4c ; May, 74' 1-4o; Suly, 75 1-2 to 75 6-80. On track, No. 1 bard, 78 14o ; No. 1 Northern 74 14.40; No. 2, do, 68 3-4 to 70 3-4c. Flour Patents, 93.95 to 94.05 ; second pat- ents, 93.80 to 93.95; first clears, $2.00 to $3.00 ; second clears, 91.90 to 92. Dran—In bulk, 913.25 to 913.50. Duluth, Minn., March 19.—Wbeat— No. 1, bard, 95 1-8c; No. 1 Northern, '73 1-8c ; No. 8 Northern, 67 1-4 to 70 1-40 ; May, 76 1-8c ; July 70 7-8c. Corn 38e. Oats 25 3-4 to 25 1-2. PRODUCE. Toronto, March 19. -Fresh eggs in large supply, and easy. New 'laid, 16e; e,nd 'held of all kindle, 11 to 12o. De- mand is active, but supplies are large. and getting larger daily. Poultry—Receipts light. Prices for bright stock are as follows:—Turkeys 11 to 12a; geese, at 8 to 8 1-2; chick- ens,' at 40 to 500; and ducke, at 60 to SOo_; cold stored turkeys and geese are quoted at 1 to 2c. per lb. under bright stcck. Potatoes—Steady at 28o for car lots, on track there. Sales, out, of store, are made at elec. Field produce eto Turnips, out of store, 30c per bag; onions, 70e per bag ; carrots, 35e per bag; apples, per bbl., 91 to $2 ; sweet potatoes, per bbl., 92 50 Dried apples—Dried apples 8011 at 3 1-2 to 4o ; evaporated, at 5 to 51-2. Honey—Firm, Dealers quote from 10 10 1-2o per lb:, for 5, 10 or 60-1b tins, according to size of order.Comb honey sells at 92 to $2.25 for dark, and al. 92.50 to 92.75 'for choice clover, per dozen sections. Hops -About steady. Demand quiet. Choice 1900 growth are quoted at 14 to 180; and yearlings at 8 to 3o. - Means—Steady. Orin ry white beans sbring 91,60 ; choice hand-picked beans are quoted at 91.70 Lo 91,75. Baled hay -Steady. Choice timothy, on track here, 91023 to 910.50; two ton Lots, delivered, 911 to 911.25, Straw -Car lots of 'straw, 011 track Imre, 95.50 to 96. DRESSED 110GS AND ORO -VISIONS. Toronto, March 19.—Dressed hogs are steady on the street at $7.75 to 98.25. Receipts were light. Car lots continue saaroe. Provisions continue in good demand and prices of every- thing is firm. Quotations arc:—Dry salted shoulders, 8c; long clear ba- con, loose, ip ear :Lots, 10o; and in case lots, 10 1-e to 10 1-2c ; short clear pork, 920 to $20.50; •heavy moss pork, 919 to $19.50. Smoked meats—Hams, heavy, 12o; medium, • 12 1-2 to 13o; light, 13e. Add markets Toronto, ,March 19,—Trade at the western cattle yard8 to -day was eerie particular account. There was no activity in the butcher cattle, and, on account . o'f the small slimly,ice ,PI s wore firm for good cattle, which found a ready sale. T•hare was practically nothing doing in export cattle; and the same is true of ,the "smtall snuff" department, 'Prices are all round praoticelly un- changed. "Singers" are quoted at 01-2o per lb. and light fat at Oe par .1b. Hogs to feece the top price must: bo of prime quality, and scale not be- low 16D nor above 200 lbs. Following is the rang) of quota- tions Pattie; Shippers, per cwt: $4.00 ' 94.00 Ratchet, 0110120, do. „ 3.75 4,25 Butcher, eon. to good.' 3.40 3/76 nether, inferior. 2.75 3.00 Stockers, per owt2.75 3.25 halls,Exporhalls, per ow.t, r 4,00 l 4.50 1. Shoop land Laza'be. Export ewes, per cwt.. 3.02 3.50 3,50 4,25 3,87 1-2 0,00 lluteller sheep, Dacl,, 2.00 Lambs, grain -fed, owt. 4.00 Do, barne'axds, ewe. , 3.00 llu0ks, , , 2,50 14lilkors and Oalyss, CONY/i, eaelr, s , • , 20.00 50.00 Calves, eaoh, , , 2,00 8,00 (fogs, Choice, liege, per cwt, . 0.00 0,50 Light liege, per owt. , 0.00 0,00 Heavy bogs, per owl. , i1,00 000 Sows, e - 3.50 4.00 Stags. . . . 0.00 2.00 FOR TAKING TETE OATH. Gee, Delaney Had Two British and Three Dutehrnan Shot. A despalah froina London says despatoh to Lho Central News from (Durban saga that a refugee from ulerksdorp states that Gen. Delaney, after Gen. Methuen defeated pini. at 1nrtobeesieontoin, had five prison - era eheL. Two of then were British and three were Datahnlen who had Laken the oath of neutrality, They had been previously arrested at lelerksdbrp for refusing to fight against the British. 'While they wore in prison they wrote to the Britis$ asking them to sand a force to re- lease them. They were shot at Wol- maren,stad. One British subjcot who.. was a prisoner with them made his dscapo. REVOLT IN RUSSIA. Pellets . Seize Inflammatory Doen- ,rents at Odessa. IA despatch from London pays:— " Serione disturbances by students ocewrred here on March 8th," says the Odessa correspondent of the Times. "Many were arrested on a charge of defying the authorities. The 'lodgings of the ringleaders were searched by the police, who seized inflammatory documents, proving tine Students here wove acting in concert with students in Kieff and leharkoff.. " Tires news has hitherto been sup- pressed by the censor." FRANCE BUILDING SHIPS. Construction Commenced at Toulon • on Over Forty Vessels. A despaieh from Paris, says :—The Admiralty announce that the con- at:ruction of a aroLeoted cruiser of 12,552 teas displacement with a speed of 22 knots an hour, will be, commenc- ed al: Toulon at once. 'Three submar- ine boats of the most improved style are also to be built there immediately. Twentyadditional subanarino boats, 'eleven torpedo boats, .ten torpedo. boat -destroyers, and an ironclad will follow in short order. - COMPLETE N. ITSELF. Gen. Baden-Powell's :Police Force Is Organized on Now Lines. A despatch from Due:lian says:— Gen. leaden -rowel l's police force is getting into shape. It ie organized on mew and- untrammelled lines. The men are hardy and capable. Forts will 'ba built in the best situations capable of resistance. Tee force will R o cempletc in itself, and will receive no extraneous aid from the 'other army departments TRADE AND C08IMMERCE. t;anaaa's Trade Marrsfor the. Tear. Coding Jana 110 Last. A despatch from Ottawa says :—The annual report ea the Department of Trade and Commerce for the year end- ing Juno 30 last toes issued the other Clay. Mr. W. G. Parmelee, the Deputy Minister, in his report, says:—"The imports show a total value of $180,- 622,513, as against 9102,701,083 during 1859 ; and the exports 6191,894,723, as against $1.18,80G,905, a total increase of imports and expoa'Ls of 950,8011,023. The percentage of increase is much the same in the imports and exports, thus indicating a general and healthy growth, rather than 'being due to any special. cause," ,ls regards imports maimed for eon- sumption team Great Britain and the United States, the increase shows a little higher percentage from Great Britain and a slightly lower ono from the United Stales, as compared with the previous years, the combined im- ports from the two countries being nearly 85 per cent. of the total im- ports) .. The percentage of exports to Great Britain, as compared' with the total exports, is sho'wn to have fallen 'off about 5 1-3 pee` Cent., and those to bee United Slates to ..thieve inereased about 61-8 per bent., the oombined exports to. Lhe two countries• aggre- glating over91 per bent. of the total exports. Tho statement of the aggre- gate trade by countries shows increase with nearly all countries, only a very few inconsiderable decreases ar ear - b 1p 1 Lug. tehe usual statement 1lhowing trade figures, unrevised, up tothe(latest practicable date, viz., to December 81, 1900, ie given. $Che six menthe' -ag- gregat0 trade covered by this state- ment amounts to $211,852,236, as against 9203,491,615 in the correspond lug period of 1899. Influence of Environment. Plants and animals transported to climates differing widely from that under which they have grown for a long time slowly but surely change their habits to conform to environ- ments. That 1s Why the finest wooled sheep Cannot be grown in warm ell- mates. Where the weather is mild bheep have no use for dense masses of one clothing and gradually discard Finch for short and straggling bait.— Texas Eaten and Ranch. .,.,• ONTARIO LEGISLATURE, What the People's Representative Are Doing at Terento . esti n ASSESSMENT, AIM, Kr, Carnegie gave notice of a bill to amend the As4essment Aot, t It provides diet any young man' 0011 lee added to the as$ess'ment roll wee would oomo of ago within four menthe of the Auto fixed for the filial return orf the roll, AUTHORIZING GRANTS. Dr, Pyne's bill authorizing ramie - Pal grants for the reme on of the Duke and leueeese of Cornwall and Yorlc, p0.seed Its second reading, and wee gent to the Miunieipal Committee. LANDS FOR, VETJERANS., The Commissioner of Crown Lando' bill relating to land' grants for vo1'un- toors hate been reprinted and 0erlain additional olausee leave been inserted. .chow entitled to grunts of land in Nene Ontario now included, inaddition to residents, of Ontario wino fought In South -Africa last'. year and volunteers( who went to 1110 front in 1868, chap- lains, war correspondents, nurses, and Red Cheese officials, and residents of Ontario who were enlisted with the Imperial troops or whe wore connect- ed with the Chioago oompany 801863. The bill .does not include non-residents who fought • under (the two latter heads. Provision was made to in- clude those who Saw service in the Red River rebellion of 1870, but the retention of this clauseis condition- al on. the fact of no North-West sorip having been issued by the Dom- inion Government as in the 0090 of the volunteers of 1885. TICKETS, COUPONS, ETC. Mr. Toys introduced a municipal bill making it neoessaiy to get per- mission of an inspector or some oth- er official before any plumbing work can be done, and also giving munioi- pannties power to prevent or regulate the use of tickets, coupons, eto., by vendors of ',milk, bread, and other ar tidos of food. TRADING STAMPS. Mr. Graham introduced abill per- mitting municipalities -through their elective Councils to ,abolish the use of trading stamen DECLARE BOUNDARIES. Mr. Carnegie introduced a measure to declare as boundaries roads running near the boundary of township muni- cipalities, and which but for natural obstacles would -form part of such boundary. GAME PROTECTION ACT. Mr. Auld, 'South Essex, introduced am amendiment to the Game Protec- tion Act to permit persona to destroy the woodhare, or oottontail rabbit, by any means at any. time of year. At present, shooting rabbits is prohibit- ed during the close season for game, although snaring is permitted. Mr. Auld's bill also proposes to shorten the open season for quail by making it begin on November 1st instead of October 15th. INSPECTION OF LAUNDRIES.. Mr. Foy introduced a bill to enable municipalities to inspect and license laundries. DIVERSION OF DRAINS. Mr. Conmeo's bill provides that municipalities whose drains are ob- structed by a railway may divert their drains and charge the cost to the railway corporation. Bi IDFR TWINE. In reply to Mr. 6lrown, the Provin- cial Secretary said that in the years 1869 and 1909 tho ltluantity of binder 'twine manufactured in the Central prison was 527,483 pounds. Of this 48,- 170 pounds was ncld direct to the farmers, and the unused (portion was utilized in the manufacture of both twine was sold at 10, aents per pound. In 1800 two grades were ananufaetur- ed, one at 9'1--2 tents, and one at 11 oonts, according to the mixture. The total cost of manufacturing pure Manila in 1899. was 99.02 per hundred pounds, exclusive of advertising, sell- ing and distributing. In 1900 the cost of manufacture was 99.23 and 910.78 re.tl'ociively for the two grades. 940 SUNDAY CARS IN ESSEX.. Sunday ears were given a setback by the Railway Committee of the Leg- islature in connection with the bill permitting Souti, Essex Electric Rail- way Compsriy 9u extend their line to Leamington. The clause permitting Sunday ears was opposed by several resident ministers, and the opinion of the committee also inclined against it. The clause was therefore streak out. , GOOD ROADS BILL. The Premier moved the second read- ing of his Good Roadie bill and its re -i forena`e to a special oommittee. He said' the inanieipalities annually spent about $4,000,000 on highways, includ- ing the statute labour, reduced to a cash basis. In some 60 nrunioipalities the prinoiplo had been adopted of oar -I muting the statute labour ae that the proceeds 1n cash might be more use., applied. Be would be glad to i see thi8.system adopted throughout the.. whole province. The Improve- ment or the .highways was: highly de- sirable. - For example,: it vvas im- portant that butter and cheese should d safely reach- their markots Good roads would alio enable the farmers to more frequently visit the markets and make quick sales. One of tine objects of the Govornmont was to ]lave the money expended in sys- tematic and continuous improvements and not in shreds and patches. The de- signation of the Highways rested with the municipalities, It was the Govern- ment's closere to work through the municipalities. ees to the amount each municipality would receive an equit- able base should be arrived at. If they took the assessment ae a basis the richer counties, which probably had better roads, would ,get more than their -sharp. The idea was to help the poorer counties or oountM9 which had the poorer roads. It was not propos- ed to give moiieiy to townships that hen in the past three Lvoarg received money from colonization funds. The Premier stated that there were 60 or 40 municipalities Ln ;which' toll made Stell existed, and the Money could ba applied t tweed eneking these Erse. In reply to Mr, Wliltney the Premier said the million dollars twould be spread over ten years -4100,000 a year. LAND GRANTS 7011 SOLDIERS, ;Cion. IE, J. Davis meted tee second Mailing of bis'bilt providing for laud giant to those ,wee fought in the Sent' .Afrioa war, and those woo served in 1800 and 1870. In its amend- ed form it includes nurses, abapiains, Red Cross commissioners, and news- paper oorrospendents', The bill grant- ed patents for the lands, but not the timber or minerals thereon, ^^--4.•-- AIR AND EXERCISE. Proper Care of Milk Coil's Dnrinii the Winter, In order to secure the most milk pos• sible daring the winter months a great many dairymen keep their °owe hous- ed from early fall until late spring, giv- ing them but little if any outdoor ail and exercise, says G, Jeffry in The American Agriculturist, Now- these changed conditions are all right if the change gives the cows greater cenifor't ant: health. Rut in a good mauy'stables the ventilation is decidedly bad and the animal is day after day laying in a stock ofdisease germs, for, whatever you may do to your stables and hoer- ever well you may treat your cows as to feed and care, if ventilation -bas been imperfect or neglected it le sure to result in some form of disease. Circu- lation- and ventilation are inseparable and indispensable to perfect health. No ventilation is good that does not early the foul air out of the stable and sup- ply fresh and' wholesome air In its stead. The air of the stable should never be exhausted or vitiated. If the ventilator's d0 not communicate with the outside air, they are of but little use, as the hay, grain and straw readi- ly absorb the foul air, which is return- ed to the system again in the form of feed 8* centlnuo its deadly work. The ventilators should go from the stable up through the roof, and a cir- culation should be brouget about by taking air through the walls, to the. ventilators In such a way as to produce a direct supply of fresh air. By ar- ranging these ventilators at each cor- ner of the building a perfect cirtula tion may be effected. I know of no cases of tuberculosis where the stables have a good circulation of good wbole- some air and have no knowledge of any animals that are kept In open sheds ever being afflicted with thit disease. Warmth is not the greatest essential to comfort and health. Exercise 1n the sun with a bracing atmosphere Is pro- ductive of real health and comfort. The dairy cow must have it and plenty of It or she will not do her best as a healthy milk producer. This is a subject which must be con• sidered vital to every milk producer, as no milk can be a healthful food that comes from a diseased cow. 411 ani- mals are affected to a greater or less extent if they are not furnished with pure air and proper exercise. The strong and robust do not become so by idleness. Carry out nature's plans. Give plenty of sunlight and air, pure and bracing, with moderate exercise to bring the various functions into active play, and you will kill the disease you have been nursing. Improving }Teras, There are two ways of improving a dairy berd or a beef herd, says The American Cultivator. One is for the man who has but a few cows to pure chase one pure bred heifer calf and breed it to the best pure bred bull of the same breed that he can get. The better it Is the more profit be will get • - ' 5000.2073 35155E2! 00155n, from paying a high service fee. Then from that raise all Iris calves, exchange the males for heifers of the same breed and stick by that breed and the rule of breeding only from and to the best ob- tainable. Do not inbreed more than ouce as a rule and avoid breeding of brother and sister. The other way is for the man who has a larger herd—say of 20 to 30 cows or more—or several who together can have that number, to unite in buying as good a male as they can get, raising males for beef or veal, and observing the same rales in breeding. The first is the slower method, but should result in a good pure bred herd. in tithe. The other makes a quicker Increase and a herd likely to prove profitable in dairy ur the tattouing yard if followed up. It would be apt to yield a pewit before the other method gave very great re- turns. The first might be more profit- able in the end if one was always suc- cessful in has mating nue could refuse tempting offers for his best animals until he had more than he wanted to retain. We would take our chances with the grade herdbut others mlglit have more confidence in the pure breeds. Canbos of Tainted 711110. Some of the cnuees of tainted milk are poor, decayed fodder, dirty water, whether used for drinking or the Wash-. Ing of utensils; foul air 10 the cow sta- lee or cows lying in their manure; lack of cleanliness in milking, neglecting to air the milk rapidly directly after milk- ing, lack of cleanliness in Care Of the Milk, from 'which cause the greater number of milk taints arise, and the tuixiieg of fresh and old mill: Inthe same cans, and rusty tlu pails nhd' cans. JOWNIDN VARLIAIE iTO Notes of the Proceedings in tie Canadian House of COInin011s, DEPOT 114,1143K 1fJ1i, DOM.% Mi'. MoCormiek, Muskoka, wan in- formed leen lair. Tarte that the con- treet for the decks which the Genera, meat is about is creat at Depot Fear: boar lies not yet been awarded.. ROADS IN T01111 7(21 Oty. 90r. Sefton, answering Sir l-ibbert Tupper, said it wee untrue that the only revenue available far 00nel:rect-' Mg roads'in the Yukon territory watt that derived from. the liquor traffic. On the pontrary, large amounts oe Money bad been spent there by the Government for making roads, 721511FERENTIAL TARIFF. 112r. Clarke was told by Mr. Pater- son that the oertiicate required from importers of (geode under the preferential tariff ,does not state what portion of suoh geode were manufactured in countries not en- titled tothe preference, So long as one-fourth oe Lee value Ls added in eountries entitled to the preference the law is complied with. HALF-1311EED SCRIP. _Mr. Osler was informed be Mr. Sif- ton that on the 28th of February last there was outstanding 9531,026.87 of the scrip issued to half-breeds. This included 9102,973.40 issued prior to 1896, Of the land scrip there was outstanding 339,261 acres`, which in- cluded 208,000 acres issued prior to 1896. TECHNICAL SOHOOLs. Mr, Ingram was informed by the Premier that the Government was not satisfied that the subject of teohnical education falls within the jurisdiction of the Dominion. It was not proposed to take any notion to settle the point. THE FORESTERS. The bill respecting the Supreme Court of the Independent: Order of Foresters, and to change its name to the Independent Order of Foresters, was read a third time and passed. MEL. BOURASSA'S MOTION. ' "This House expresses the hope and desire that his Majesty's Government will endeavor to Conclude in South Af- riga and honorable peaoe founded upon. the law of nations, which guarantees independence to all civilized peoples, and upon the. true British traditions of respect to all national and religious convictions, and to the spirit of col- onial autonomy. This Souse further declares that there Ls no necessity for. sending any more Canadian troops to South Africa, and the enlistment of recruits for the sSonth Afrioan Con- stabulary should not be allowed to take place in Canada." Re Was supported by Messrs. An- gers and Monet, while 144 members voted nay. Then some Commoner started the National Anthem, and the members and the occupants of the crowded galleries stood and :partici- pated. VICTORIA DAY. DDr, Horsey's Victoria day bill, lgot its second reading. FRANCHISE ACT. Mr. Fitzpatrick introduced a bill -to amend: the Franchise Act, and also a bill to amend the Dominion ,Elections Aot. This latter provides that certi- fied oheque shall be accepted for the deposit required from a candidate. It also makes oertain changes in the form of the ballot, and contains a provision whereby those who move from one district to another will not lose their vote. Another provision is that where a manhood suffrage list has been prepared within three years prior to a bye -election it may be Used for that election, and thus avoid the necessity of making a new list. BUDGET SPEECH' IN BRIEF. Ne tariff changes. Steel bounties to be charged to oapital instead of benig paid from current revenue. No bounties for beet sugar, but all maohinery used in its manufacture exempt from deity. Revenue received from gold mined in the Yukon in four years 947,378,673. Royalty from gold mined, in Yukon, 92,040,000. Total revenues of the Dominion dur- ing the past fiscal year, 951,020,994, an increase of 94,288,745. Estimated steel and iron bounties to be paid during current year, 91,- 000,000. Cost a£ sending contingents to South Africa and garrisoning Halifax, $2,387,000. Surplus for this year estimated at 96,350,000. - Patronize the Creamery. Onr correspondents all over the country report that where well man- aged co-operative or proprietary cream- eries exist, farmers who have hereto- fore been making their own butter are now sending their cream to the factory, says The American Agriculturist, This is as it should be. The time spent In making butter at home can yield e larger profit utilized It other ways, es- pecially when a creamery 1s eonven• lehtly at hand. It greatly promotes the success of a creamery to furnish but- ter to patrons at slightly under the market. All these little co-operative e ideas help to make Hee easter caul bet- ter. Told One Too Many. Mrs. StayholmLl--You visited Venice, I suppose? Mrs. Struckoyle—Oh, yes, indeed! We bad a delightful time wheeling about the streets of the quaint old place. -- Stages of Progress. "Do .you attach any credence to the theory that men are developed from monkeys?" said WIlIlo Wishington, "1 think that some are," said Bliss Cheyenne, "The others appear to have renamed stationary," — Washington IN IN A xu1u urn VERY LATEST PROM ALL TBI? WORLD OVER. Interesting Mine About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and Ali Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading, CANADA. There are 8,8741919)113 in the Hamil- ton Public Sahools. The Nova' Scotia budget shows a surplus of 970,000, 'Brookville will spend 950,003 in im- proving its water -works system. Manitoba's expenditure for the year svgs 91,085;500, and the reoeipts 9905,- 331. The work of organizing a force of mounted raise los' Manitoba 'has be- gun. ' Daring February 902 mmiigrants arrived at Winnipeg, 252 coming frvoln the United States. A•11 lumber piled in Ottawawill be assessed as personal'property, accord - lag to instruotions from the City Oown:eil. 1Dr,.A, P. Coleman of Toronto Uni- versity has been recommended to sue - cued the late Dr. Dawson as Bread of the Geologtoal Survey. Arthur Little a woodman, was driv- en out of camp by his foreman near Goulais River, Ont„ and was found frozen to death ,ln a snowdrift, The contract Bier the Red River bridge fox the Canadian Northern was awarded by Messrs. Mackenzie and Mann to Thornes Kelly of Winnipeg. The Muskoka Lumber Company has sold their lease of New Brumwick timber limits to a St. John, N. B„ syndicate fair 9150,000. It cast them 93,000. General O'Grady Hely has been in- formed that the War Office has adopt- ed an improved rifle for the Imperial mounted rifles, which is sighted up to 2,000 yards. GRF,-�T BRITAIN. Right Rev. A. le. W. Ingram, Suf- fragan Bishop of Stepney, has been appointed Bieliop of London, in succes- sion to the late Right Rev. Mandell Creighton, Recruiting for the Yeomanry has been stopped by the War Office as the Govea•nment already bas 'as many men as it requires. The first of four new torpedo boats Capable of steaming twenty-five knots 'an hour witha road of over forty toms was launched at Chiswick. .a "Long Tom of Fernley" wageresl in. Leeds that he could eat fourteen roasted pigeons in 08 many consecu- tive days. Ile won., and ate an extra one. The statement of the British Board of Trade for the month of February shows an increase of £2,960,600 in im- perts and a decrease of 92,182,400 experts. Edward VII. has sent a message to Parliament, requesting suitable provi- sion. for the honorable support and maintenance of the other members of the Royal family. The memorial to Queen Victoria suggested by the committee of Min- isters and former Ministers and ap- proved by King Edward is to be a monument, the most. prominent fea- ture of which will b_ a statue of the Queen to be erected near Westminster Abbey or Buckingham Palace. UNITED STATES. .lin its two sessions the United States Congress spent 91,440,062,645. Mayor Harrison is again the Demo- cratic nominee for Mayor of Chicago. Admiral Dewey will receive 99,570 Lu prize money for the destruction of tbo Spanish fleet in Manila Bar- bour. Contracts are being Closed at Taco- ma by a China firm for 50,000 barrels of flour par month, for shi.pinent to China during the year. A severe windstorm on Sunday did $175,000 of damage en -Chicago, inflict -1 ing especial injuries upon the tele- graph and telephone tservleos. I It is said that public telephones on street corners, like fire alarm boxes, 1 will be placed been in New Haven,' Conn, They will be operated on the slot principle. CARE OF QQW$$.e Aiineeln Fired Aninsa71 Veen Sen all/0- t4 Surrounelins;M, The well 71124 Vigil producing 90'1'19 more sensitive to her surroundings' thanthe most delicately constructed maoleinery'And is greatly leffeeted by, apparently slight eausos, says C. Peek in The Naiionel Stockman. A. cow in my own herd that' tinder my, own personai care produced over 009 1 pounce of butter and 10,000 pounds of Milk in a• year, when placed under the care of another and equally well fed dropped off t0 about one-half that amount, and on her return to my own stable calve back to her former pro. duetion. Cows should be milked, so far as possible, by the same person, In the swine order and at the same time of day to realize their full capacity. There 18 ne time or labor expended in the dairy that brings so large are - tern for the investment as a proper use of the card and brush' three minutes perday per cow for that period in the year when they; are confined in the stable. The cow that will produce 250 pounds of butter in a year will, as a rule, by the aid: of the card and brush kindly and well used, increase to 300 pounds on feed and care otherwise the same, I have trled this, and speak from personal careful experiment. The care of cows includes care of stables. In the dairy business, cleanliuess is next to godliness. Clean bedding, ample absorbents in the gutters, and for this purpose, gypsum or land plas- ter Is among the best. Two pounds per cow per day put in the drops be- hind each cow will do away with most of the offensive smell of the stable and absorb most of the liquid droppings. The effect of kind treatment of a cow can hardly be overrated, She should know and welcome the voice of her master and attendant. If be practices calling her by name and speaking to her when he comes near her, she will soon learn to expect and welcome it, and will render a rich return for the trouble, in the pall. Of the care of the milk after the cow bas delivered it into the pail there is not time or space to speak fully. A. reiteration of the thought of olea10f10Ss, thororigh cleanliness, is never 111 timed at any point in the progress of the milk from the pail to the butter in the tub, Good iteeord of a .Iersey. Ida of Glendale A, J. C. C., No. 104,- 083, finished her year's work the 23d of October, giving 13,474,8 pounds of milk,. which contained sufficient pure fat to snake 740 pounds 11 ounces of butter, says a correspondent of Hoard's Dairy- man. Her sire was Baron of St. Lambert III, a grandson of Stoke Pogis III, Ina Or GLT„Nn4L1,, who has 26 in the list, tucluding the famous Mary Ann of St. Lambert. Her dam was Ida's Rosabelle, No, 77,801, with a yearly record of 606 pounds 5 ounces; a daughter of Ida's Pogis, a son of Ida's Rioter of St. Lam. bert, with 23 in the list. Ida of Glendale was not fed or hu• mored to make a particularly large rec• ord, but was 'fed and cared for with the rest of the herd and only milked twice a day. Her largest day's milking • was 461,4, pounds. Butter For Export. The department of agriculture is still working energetically along the lines of butter exportation to foreign man kets. The experiments . made during .1897 and 1898 met with so much suc- cess that during 1899 this field was given special attention by the dairy division. The work during 1899 was upon a much enlarged scale and under conditions more favorable to accom- plishing the main objects in view uninely, establishing a good reputation in foreign markets Nor creamery but- ter from the United States and obtain.. Ing fuformation of a reliable character likely to be useful to those who here- after wish to export butter upon a coin• mcrcial basis. During this period the product of fewer creameries was used than in any of tee preceding years, and after the season's operations were fairly es. tablished the supply was from only two. The object was to semi* better commercial standing by furnishing par- ties with the same butter week after week. At first the butter exported was well distributed in order that its quality might be seen by as many dill!erent merchants and others as possible, a kind of object lesson and advertising bysample, bet Inter the butter pearly all passed through but two channels of distribution and most of the tine only. 0010, in order to continuously supply certain retail dealers aria their regulut lines of customers, and thus estab• (idles a definite status for the nrticle in the trade of a selected locality. In the nest season London Was the only market experimented with, In the sec• ond, shipments were made to London, Liverpool and hamburg and, more than all, to Manchester. , GENERAL, There are 54 cases of bubonic plague at Cape Town. The plague has caused an exodus of 50,0.00 people from Bombay. , There Is prospect of a Mohammedan insurrection in the Russian steppes. Marseilles' industries are suffering on account of the strike of dook la - bell roes. The ootton weavers at Stuttgart, Germany, have restricted the mitten output, A German syndicate 'will loan Tur- key 23,000,000 if arms and ammuni- tion are bought in Germany, g Y The Russian commander in Mnn- ehueia, General Orloff, he to be court- matialled fete disobeying orders. Tho New Zealand Government has decided to submit to a referendum the question whether New Zealand should join the Commonwealth of Australia. El Heraldo, of Madrid, says the Carlists'Mem arms. and ammunition concealed in the provenoe of Gernoa with the object of creating a free outbreak next summer. A dospateh from Florence, Italy, re.. ports a serious; mutiny at Santa Ca- feriae prison, on account of bad food, The military were called out, and ton convicts were killed end fifty-seven wouarded. , Bicycle In Butter Making. En Devonshire the cycle line been ftp• plied to butter making. A /nen sits or his bicycle, pedals and by means of 40 °hale turns the eburn;