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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1901-5-2, Page 2NOTES AND CIOM•rliI'N2'S,. 74 be history of human develop taient egoistic Impuleee Donee first. Al- truism Is a later growth. "Look out for number .one;" le an unwritten rule item whtah =gage humanity instinc- tively acts. In a sense this 'egoism la tl necessary foundation or prepar- ation for subsequent altruLstle actiel- ties. There is much truth in the etatement of Mr. Herbert Spencer Ghat "a croai eo must live before it can apt," and that; speaking gouer- ally, "the ante by wheal) each makn- talna his own We" must precede "all other acts of whiob he is oapable," It ill not unethical to accept the view that "ants requlrod for oontinued self-proservatiou" are the "first re- quisites to universal welfare." It is an ethical demand of an ur- gent oharaeter, however, that men should pranced in their thought and practice from egoism to altruism, Egoism is not a stopping pleee,though the average man would stop there, but a point of departure. Self -regard- ing sots, as they are called, must be supplemented and balanced by other - regarding ants. Even from the whol- ly selfish point of view, despite the seeming paradox involved in the state- ment, a man must respect the inter- ests of others, and to some extent sac- riftee for them, in order to get the moat out of lire even for himself. A selfishness over -refined defeate it- self, So much even agnostic philoso- phers, unillumined by the clear teach- ings of a divine revelation, seem to see, ;Chug, Mr. Spencer holds that self-sacrifice is " no less primordial than self-preservation,' since "in its simple physical form" it is " abso- lutely necessary for the continuance of life from the beginning." The two principlesof egoism and altruism may be compared therefore to the two ends of a balance. It is undesirable for the welt -being of so ciely that either end should be de- pressed too greatly. Mr. Spencer, in bis Data of Ethics, devotes achapter to an elaborate consideration of the compromise and conciliation that may be effected between these two prin- ciples. It is evident on reflection that a blind, unintelligent altruism, will not do. Indeed such an altruism would be a misnotner. There are lim- its to the degree in which a man may sacrifice himself and his powers in the service of others. Professor Sam- uel Weir, has pointed out very forcibly that no individual bas a moral. right to violate his constitution, ill-use leis powers, and pervert himself in the effort to furnish gratification to oth- ers. RWe cannot think that the rule "Live for others" means "Abuse your- self for others." It was Bentham who enunciated the dictum, " Everybody to count for one, nobody for more than one." The integrity and auton- omy of each man must be respected by every other man. No "altruism" eo-called is either scientific or Chris- tian that demands of any one person that he abdicate the throne of per- sonality, demit his manhood, and sac- rifice bis self-respect. The general principle of social ac- tion, then, teems clear, Each individ- ual must maintain his own life while he furthers the life of others. He must preserve Isis own self -repeat while he regards theirs. The true al- truist will not abuse his own powers from an overstrained sentiment or af- fection, nor debauch the manhood of others by ill-judged, indiscriminate charity. As society advances, the oc- casions for real sacrifice between man and man may become less and less, and meanwhile before the social., es,a 0 0 millenium comes in, it will remain a nice question ;how far, among a certain number of people, all of whom are desirous of obtaining that ra1in-1 ed pleasure, in one sense a selfish pleasure, which comes of .yielding to others, such other -regarding acts can go, without imposing upon the recipi- ent an unwelcome sense of favors un- duly received. The mutual adjust- ments thus properly to be made come within the province of what we may Gall the science of altruism. It indeed, true that, as we look abroad upon the world, we do not observe any superabundanoe of signs indicating the near approach of this social millenium when men will fair- ly tumble over one another in their eager desire to treat one another al- truistically, with the accompanying danger of an accruing surplusage of unselfish zeal, requiring scientific restraint lest no opportunity be left the other Lelbow for being unselfish too. But toward that happy con- summation it is the duty and privi- 1ege of every individual in his way end time to struggleand strive, and of that Golden Age, it is the pleas- ure of current ethical thought to prophesy. But such a result, we feel free to say, will, when itcomog, prove .to have been the product of the regenerating working in human society of the spiritualizing grace of Christianity. Truth is the natural quest of man, nod an honest, thorough search after truth is the mark of a. robust and full powered manhood, To a eor- tAbe extent speculation may aselet. l;0 the aseeetainment of tl•uth, ie.. so lar as It leads men to form hypotheses winos may inter pessibiy develop in- to well thought ant setablished the- pries, or orderly explanations of pile.., netnews. There is always danger, however, that speoulution will run. .mad, and land its'devoteee in all sorts of absurd positions, 'The pursuit of truth is a' 8011908 matter, nod • the finding of truth depends as muoli an the spirit in which the search is car vied on as on the mentality of the invesligatars,. 1t is often true in the realm of science and of pure metaphysics that rich results are reached by the child -like mind which remain ooncealed from those tw1e0 in their proud self -complacently consid- er themselves the wiso and prudent. Of candid, thorough, reverent thought we cannot have too much, but of Superficial thought, and crazy speculation, we have in these .times far too great an amount. 'Guesses at truth" may be taken as the de- scription of muoh of the popular thought of the day. Multitudes of people are content with five minutes with the news of the universe, a bar or two of the music of the spheres, a hint or two of philosophy, a smat- tering of science. Many who do not know a molecule from an atom, or a protozoan from a metazoan, will talk glibly of cosmto matters, and. Dutcher alteeli are worth ergot •$'2 KARKETS 0I THE WORLD: to 114.50 each, ",Sarnyattlere" are avortla frpm Oto to 4 1-2o per lb, Good grain -rod lambs retch foom 4 0-2 to 51-2o per lb. Bucks are evorlli,.frow 3 to 31-«0 1101 lb, There was no .change la hods. "Singers" sell at 03-4a per poundl thielr fat and light hogs, at 0i -4o per pound. Iloge to fetch the top price must be al prime quality, and scale not ,below 109 nor above 200 pounds, Following is the range of quota (ions; Cat tie. Shippers, per a w t. .,, 3.4 25 $ 5 25 Isi eh.•r, choke, do 375 41'•5 13utohsr, ord. to good 3'50 3.75 Butcher, iofurior'.., , 2.75 325 Stockers, per cwt..., 2.871-2 3.871-2 Export bulla, per cwt. 3.75 4,25 Sheep and Lambs. Export ewes, per cwt 350 400 Butcher sheep, each . 2'09 400 Lambs, g.f,, per owt. 450 550 Do:, 'b.y,, per ewt , 400 450 Do, spring, each 200 500 Books, per owl. 300 350 Milkers and Cows. Cows, each 2000 4500 Calves, oaoh 100: 800 Hogs Prices of Cattle, °beese, Grata, all Ill the Leading Marlret% Tarente, April 50,.-.Wl o i t -There was a goad market hero to -day. Ex- motets x-yutext bought red and white One tarios readily at 08e, low freights to New Yal'k, Quotatdans are as follows -Red witecit,.080; white wheat, Wel No, 1 goose wheat, 07o, low freights to New York; Manitoba, No, 1 hard, old l•i.t., 95e; No. 2, Ole; No. 1 hard, Nurlia iday, 04c; and Ne. 2 hard, 900. 31Zibl£oed-•Tone cosy. Ton lots, at the mill door, Western Ontario poiuts will as follows:-13ran, 314; and' shorts, 310. Corn -t Strong. Amerlaan Na 2 yellow, on traek here, 50c; No. 3, 49o. Peas -In good clemm,nd, and higher; N,o. 2 middle freights, at 05 1-2a; and east at 06 1-20, Barley -A boom to -day. Cargoes of No. 2, at lake Ontario ports, would be taken at 40e, This is equal tor 40 to 40 1-2o, east, Rye -Steady. Car lata, 490, west, and 50o east. Buckwheat -Firm and scarce. Oar lots, west, are quoted at 52e; and east at fi1c, Oats -Higher. No. 1 white oats, en the Midland, J31c, No. 1 white, west, are quoted at 30 1-2e. gabble in 011ie a physio manner. Tions -Firm, Holders of 90 por The people who thiuk are Nov, hut cope. patents, buyers' bags, middle many are the people who think that freights, ask 32.05 per bbl. Export - they think. The result is a vast ora ware bidding 33.00, crop of half-grown or over-gorwn Oatmeal -Firm. Car lobs of rolled "views," theories, Ends and necroman- cats, in bags, on track, are quoted cies, about the nee ere- at $3,35 per bbl; and In wood ot33.45. es, which bear abo m Chicago, April 30, -May corn scored littion to truth and proven foot that another record advance to -day, clus- thorns do to wheat ears. ing 15 8c higher. Wheat closed 8-4e, The trouble is that many people, and oats, 5-8e higher. Provisions at having an ambition to be able to say the close were 21-2 to 7 1-2a improv- • that they are "up" in some of the phi- ed. losophies, take to readingDarwin, Buffalo, April 30.-Flour-Quietth but firm. li'heat-Spring, nothing done; Huxley, -Tyndall, Spencer and other spot in small lots held higher; No. 1 authors indiscrimirtately, and their Northern, old, carloads, 84 34e; do„ minds not being trained to accurate e.i.f., ie store, 02 5 -Sc. Winter wheat - and deep thinking, seize on what is Offerings light, better enquiry; spot mixed wheat, 78c asked, on track; No. unessential in those writings, or 2 red quoted at 79e. Corn -Dull; No, what is not yet proven, and fail to 2 yellow, 48 to 48 1-4c; No. 3 do., 47 think their way clear through into 3.4 t3o do., 48e 4; 7 N3 -4e, o. 2 corn, 47 3-i toed. 480 No. through billOats' the light bey'o'nd. Anybody can ob- Strong; No. 2 white clipped, 32c.;! jeer, can quibble, can doubt, and the No. 3 white, 31 3-4 to 32e; No. 2, mix - danger always is lest the average ed, 30c asked ; No. 8 do., 29o, through billed. Marie y -Dull • car ood •.\Pest- i reader should stop, mystified and con- 3 i" fused, with the objections of these ern, on track, sold nt 5. jive -4.0:2e, to arrival sceptical writers, and fail to go on lake, ackted at 68 toe; . 1 quotedto the firmer ground where their ob- at OOa. jeotions pan be met or reasonably PRODUCE, shelved. To every sceptical ob- Toronto, April 50. -Eggs. Situation jection there is an answer somewhere, unchanged. 4)emand is active, sup - though we who are still in this plies large, and prices easy. Fresh eon. earthly sphere may not always be tmPoultry-Receipts o salat t tight. Bright stock able to give it, and there need be no is quoted as follows: -Turkeys, 11 to fear that truth will be overturned. 120; geese nt 8 to 8120; chickens, at The fear must be felt for those who 40 to 800 ; and decks; at GU to 80a. have only a quarter interest in the Potatoes -Easy at 27e for car lots, on track. bales out of store are made truth and a three-quarter interest in at 30c. the exploiting of their own more or Field produce, etc. -Turnips. out of store, 25c per bag; onions, 31 to 31.10 per bag; t,arrots, 350 per bag; pars- nips, per bag, 350; apples, per bbl.; i$1 to $2; Sweet potatoes, per bbl. 32.50. Dried apples -Dull. Dried apples are easy at O 1-2c.; evaporated at 5c. Maple syrup -New run maple syrup firm. Receipts light. Five -gal- lon tins are quoted at $1 per imper- ial gallon; and .gallon tins at 31.10 to 31.15. Honey -Stooks light. Dealers quote from 10 to 101-20 for 5, 10, or 00-11. tins, according to size of order; comb honey sells at $2 to 32.25 for dark, and at $2.50 to 32.75 for choice clover, per dozen sections. Hops -Quiet. Choice 1900 growth are quoted at 14 to 10o; and yearlings at 8 to 100. Beans -Quiet. Tone of prices easy. Ordinary white beans bring 31.55 to $1.60; choice hand-picked, leans are quoted at 31.65 to 31.70. Baled hay -Choice timolhy, on track here, 310.75; two -ton Iota. de- livered, 311.50. Straw -Car lots of straw. on track here, 35.59 to $0. less original opinions. The evil - hearted, the intellectually conceited, and the muddle-headed will mus the truth themselves and render its at- tainment by others more diifirult. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. Explosion of a hemieal Plant at Frankfort, Germany. A despatch from Frankfort, Ger- many says :-The boilers of theGries- heim Electric Chemical Works, near Griesheim, exploded on Thursday af- ternoon, and the factory caught fire. The number of dead and injured is es- timated at one hundred and fifty, but cannot be determined until the list of employees of the Chemical Works can be compared with the survivors. The fire continues to burn, although the greater part of the Frankfort Fire lk artment and troops are trying to P P S u. p'event its spread Lo the buildings outside of the fi-e zone. Ilospitals hive been improvised in the vicinity. The flames apparently originated by the blowing up of vats of chemicals in the explosive departments of the works at 3 a clock in the afternoon. They spread with frightful speed to the adjaceoi buildings, and then over th_ river hi.uen to Sclawanbeim. When Choice hogs, per oat. 000 Light hogs, per owl,,, 615 Heavy hogs, par owt 000 Sows, per cwt... ... ,... 375 Stags, per cwt .,. 000 475 6 25: 6 25 4 00 2 00 DOMINION PARLIAMENT Notes of the Proeeedings In the Canadian House of Commons. BELLE ISLE TELEGRAPH. 'Kr. Tarte, in"answer to Mr. Ganong said the telegraph line to Belle Isle. would be completed by 1st .August next. EMPLOYES DISMISSED, Dr. Sproule enquired about the dis- missal of 00 employes of the depart- ment. Mr. Tarte replied that some men had been dismissed. There must be dismissals when there is no work to be done. Dropping into a reminiscent mood, the Minister continued : "When I took office 'found there was a secret stair leading from the department. I had it closed up, but Iam sorry for it now. 1I cannot go out of the office without being followed, by an army of men looking for work. I repent for having got rid of the atair" (Laugh- ter.) PRESENTED IMPERIAL MESSAGE. Sir Wilfrid ,Laurier presented the message received by his Excellency from the Colonial Office in. answer to the resolution passed by Parliament on the occasion of the death or Queen Victoria. MECHANICAL MANAGER. Mr. Borden was informed by Mr, Blair that 81. G. Bussell was engaged on. Feb. 15th last to take charge of the mechanical department on the In- teroolonial railway for a period of five years, at 37,000 a year. He has been absent stnee March 1515, from serious illness, and is not drawing his salary while away, but his engagement con- tinues. "0" BATTERY PAY. Mr. Clarke asked whether the Gov- ernment had ascertained whether the pay of the men of "C" Battery. Royal Canadian Artillery, during the time that they served as part of the Rhode- sian Field force, came out of the Im- perial or the Rhodesian treasury. Dr. Borden replied that the Gov- ernment had no doubt that the money Dame from the Imperial treasury. About fifty of the men received pay from the Canadian Government prior to the time the Imperial pay com- menced. The rest have thus far re- ceived Imperial pay only. The de- partment le awailing returns as to what the men drew from the Imper- ial Government, and as soon as this is known their pay will be issued to them. FISHERIES. S z;.. ERI. o � BRITISH C LU sA v 23 DRESSED HO;1S AND PROVISIONS. Mr. Morrison was told by Sir Louis Dressed hogs on the street are firm Device that the Government is not at 35.25 to 38.75. Car lots are quoted advised that the Provincial Govern - nominally at 38 to 38.25, on track meat of British Columbia contem- here. Provisions are firm and in plates exercising jurisdiction over, good demand. Dry salted shoulders the fisheries in that province. The are firmer. Lard is also firmer. Dom.lnion Government has not re - The quotations are as follows; -Dry linquished any of that jurisdiction, salted shoulders, 8 1-4c; long clear unless it may be with respect to oys- baeon, loose, In car lots, 10e; and in ter beds end other fisheries below. once lots, 101-4 to 101-2c; short out low-water mark. 0.-P. R. TAXATION. a second explosion took pleat; the pork, $20 to 320.50; heavy mess pork, fumes and masses of burning chem- 310 to 310.50. Gals made it impossible to stay in the Smoked meats -Hams, heavy, ,12c; medium, 130; light, 131: 2c. Lard -Pails, 103-4c; tuba, 10 1-2c; in tierces, 101-4c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, April 30. -At the western cattle yards thee morning only 35 car- loads of leve sleek camp in, compris- ing 300 cattle, 600 hogs, 100 sheep and lambs, 70 calves, and u few mach oows A light run and a brisk demand kept prices steady, The market was a good one. Export cattle solid well at u:nehang- ed lxriees. Good to choice 'fetched. from 4 3-4 to 6 1-4c per lh;s and light etuff from 4 1-4 to 4 5-8c per lb. All bare sold. In butcher cattle prices were firer., espeeinlly for the the best stuff, which sold quickly at tram 3 3-4 to 4 1-4e per 1b; medium to good sold ata from 9 1-2 to 3 341' per lb; anal the re- mainder at frem 2 1-2 to 3 1-4e per lb, There teas a fair demand for stock - IA's, at from 2 7-8 to 3 3-8 per lb, Export bulls . were a slaw solo to- day at from 3 1-2 to 4 1-4e per 1b. A few good °elves are in dement'. Very few cows woe Is, and they were of poor quality. A. few goo,' minds cows will se11. Small stuffs being in unusually small stupefy, risque were steady and sale's brisk. Export ewes aro worth frpm 31-2 to 48 Per ib. ' Spring Iambs are worth float 32 to 35 each. vicinity. The inhabitants of Greisheim were ordered to leave their village, which they did, flocking to frank- fort. —.s—. MRS. NATION AGAIN IN GAOL The Batehet-Wielder Unable to Furnish Bonds. A despatch from Wychita, Kansas, says: -Mrs. Carrie Nation, Mrs, Lucy Wilhite, Mrs. Julia Evans, and Mrs. Lydia Muntz, appeared before Judge Dale. in the District Court oh Wed- nesday and failed. to give bonds. They were taken to the county gaol, and will remain there until a bond for 3::i00 each is overawed, or until their trial at the May term of the court Lor "joint smashing." ALL THE RATS INFECTED 1 —r theWill Telling Where Plagtle W ll Stop in Cape Colony, A despatch from Cape Town says: - Up to elate there hove been 480 casae of the plague and 105 deaths There have been 13,900 imoculalinns Itis feared that all the rats from East London to the•Orange river are in- fected with the plague, Mr. Richardson, of Lisgar, was told by Mr. Sifton that in submitting a case regarding taxation of C. P. R. lands in the North-West, the Gov- ernment would endeavour to es- tablish the view most favourable to the interest of the settlors in the North-West, and would be guided by its legal advisers in attaining that object. ORIENTAL IMMIGRATION. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, replying to Mr. Morrison, said that the Government did net expect that the repent of the eammiseion now taking evidence in British t5oluanbia touching Oriental immigration would be received be- e the close of !hie s:ssion of Paella - moot. As strop as the report is re- ceived it will ba printed and dietr•:bat., eel, BUBONIC PLAGUE.. Mfr. Morrison'wale .told by Mr. Visite er that the Geehernlntalt has net ee- aefvcd any Official report of tle,e ex- istenee of bubonic plague in Australia, but had heard d'f 01 through vassal aaptainrs. By way 'af preenulion against its canning to Canncla all against 119 casni.ng to Canada all Aslalies arriving here arc disinfect- ed, as u,re also their effects. Artiolos tiablo to (,eery atrndngion are disin- fo0led unless acctneuplani,ad by asatis- Inct.or;y 0orlifieale from Ile port 01 shipment. In addition a ban e, viola• naval laboratory hos been establish - 84, 5'11.11 a 1rain:,rl beet eriola91(1 it charge, All quarantine officers ten the Pen..Ilc corset hive berm Instruct- ed to keep in viesse the passibility' of rbcs disease .veo51aiug' Oaoada, and to tsske neeessaay pre00,1)Uons, CL1111GUE CCNTRACT. 10 Supply 11fr. Blair's estimates were taleenr up, And some further die- ouseSein ensued witia refcrenee to the Clo.rgue 800111aole The item of 3500,- 000 for steel mile for the lntoroolo- olal railway this, year was finally al- lowed to pees with the understand- ing that the avJiale subject maty be re -opened le dedred whoa the other railway estimates come up for Gon- eideretian, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, la Committee of Supply Mr. Sifton told Mr, 'LaReviere that the program- me of the geologiool survey this sea- son .tvonid be as eoJlows; Ln the Yukon, territory, Mr. R. 0. McDonnell, :with 11?n•, ,Iosapb Keele, will Survey the gold district of 40 miles, Thistle (reek, and South Forks of 13lg saims a ,river; also possibly the coast west of White Pass railway, and south of White Horse, Lo Delilah Columbia 112r• R, : W. Brook, with W. W. Leach as assistant, well be in the 'Boundary district. Mr. James McEvoy, and, Mr. T. Denis, as assistant, in the Craw's Nest Baas coal fields, Mr.- Lawrence Lambe. will collect oretaceaus'foesils in the Red Deer country, N.W.T. In Ontario' Dr, A. E. Barlowwill maks litholleal investigatiotte in the Seclbury district. Prof. dohs Macound will collect botanical specimens along the north shore of LOCO Erie and the east shorn of Lake Baron to Cape Clued; he will also explore Temagami take park, Dr. Ellis, with two assist tants will finish the Kingston district; elle Robert Chalmers will go to the St. Lawrence valley, and westward to Like Huron, to investigate welleand borings, for water gas, and petro- leum. It is also untended' to explore the region ;between Lake Nepigon and Lake St. Joe, the north shore of Lake Supel•ior,north of Tackfish Bay, and Muskoka district. Mr, W. J. Wil- son will go to the Valleys of Abittibbi river, and Mr. Fronk 'Johnson,_' will go round Lake Abittibbi and north- ward and eastward` in oonjunetion with Mr. Wilson. Dr. Ami in thea val- ley of the St. Lawrence west of Lake St. p'rancis, and the Ottawa valley west of Mattaawa. WiLL VISIT HUDSON'S BAY. Mr. D. B. -Dowling and Mr. James Macoo.n, will visit the district of Kee- watin, in the region south-west of Cape Henrietta Marie, and will make a track survey of the! Opazotika riv- er. Mr. A. P. Low will visit the east °oast of Hudson's ha -y, and the out- side drain of islands in the eastern part of the bay. Prof. Bailey will continue Paas work in the south- west portion of Now Brunswick, Dr. Hugh Pletcher, with Mr. DdcLeod and Mr. A. McKinnon, will ibe engaged in .Annapolis, King's, and Cumberland counties, N. S., Dr. G. Matthews will collect fossils at Bras d'Or, while Mr. E. R. Pairbault will survey in Halifax, Lunenburg, and King's counties. 31;000,000' FOR 'RIFLES. In the debate on the militia esti- mates, Dr, Bordon stated that a mil- lion dollars bad already been spent in purchasing 40,000 rifles for the militia, and as much marc would still have to be opent for the same pur- pose. Under _ swoh oircumstanoes he thought that parts should be taken in distributing rho rifles. The inten- tion of 1ne Government was that when rifle associations were formed, ten rifles should be distributed to each association. It was thought that this would he enough to meet all needs. SLAVE -TRADERS DEFEATED Successful Termination of Campaign in Northern Nigeria. A despatch from London says: -Bri- gadier -General Sir Frederick Lugard and Col, G. V. Keutbal1, with a force of West African frontier troopsdia.ve of West African frontier tee sps,bave completed a successful campaign. against the powerful., slave -raiding Emirs of IBida and Kontagora, in Northern Nigeria. Tho Britisli defeat- ed the O5mir•bf Kontagor afterSeavy' fighting, 5,000 natives frequently charging the British squad. The British ca t red the capitals of both Bide and Konta ora and release t d thousands of slaves. The Dmirs� who have been the terror of the venin - try for years, killed thousands of na- tives during the, past year, They are now entirely powerless, and this was brought about without the assistance of white troops. , ALL -DAY BATTLE. British Advance to Within 200 Yards of the Enemy. A despatch from Cape Town says:- A despatch from, Dordrecht, Cape Col- ony, says the Yeomanry, under Col. Wodeh%use, and, the Dordrecht Vol-. anteer Guard were engaged all day on Wednesday with, the Boer Invad- ers it the vielnity of Dordrecht. When the British commenced firing at a distance of 200 yards the Bone fled in confusion, abandoning a number of finesse, and a.qututtty of rifles and a mmusib i sob, Later edvloes from Dordrecht are to the effectthat the doer commando was tharaughiy dispersed, the burgh- ers fleeing precipitately in the dim- I:itrh pf l adygray, ansuftlerfered heavyseverefire. lyIt is. beltevnc1 they . The Wodchosaria district isnow clear of Boers. The British had no casualties. Q, GILT-EDGED INVESTI1EN:T, ;Wiest Beggar -,Tess baton tar dat cough o' mine! Ain't it ii dandy? Second 13rggl r•--1t's q ;pure awns maker! I1 I had a octet like dot I'd capitalize it, bond it, an' water de stook! • The body; of Adolphe W.ikon was. found .on the pratris'near Regina.11e sons rant in a snowstorm early in the whiter and was frozeyl to dcolh, THE NEWS IN a Nu�� THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER.. Interesting items About Oar Owl, Country, Great Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe,, Condensed and Assorted for Gaey Reading, CANADA, The Lanark Hogue of Beluga will bo built at Perth, 001. Dent' has purchased 30D horses in London, Ont., for the British Army. Sydney, CB., is to hove an electric street railway. The inauguration oe Woodstock as a city will be celebrated July 1, St, Thomas, Ont., is to have a Queen Vioteria monument. Thirty Pram men have enlisted at London Pore the .Halifax Provincial battalion, Port Arthur is to have two new international steamboat lines 'to Duluth and to Houghton, Isle Royale. Mrs. Bane was given a verdict of 3850 at Hamilton ngainat the Hamil- ton and Grimsby Electric Railway far injuries. Major Monaghan, (1.8,, Army Pay- master, who died in the Philippines, vitas U. 8. Conant at Hamilton from 1888 till 1892. The Canada Atlantic Railway has closed a contract with the Leyland Line of ,steamships to take 500,000 bushels of grain for Quebec. Rev. MY•. Joly, a Catholic clergy- man, of St. Emelie de L'Energie, Que., has been.missing since November,and it is believed he was murdered. Mr. De Mole, a farmer of St. Agatha, Qae., has fallen heir to 31,000,000 through the death of a relative in Trance. A twelve-starcy hotel and office building will be erected on the Howe property on Rideau street Ottawa, re - cantly bought by 10rm: H. Davis. re Conductors on the; Ottawa Electric Street Railway Must not hereafter. plane their hand about the waists of lady passengers tei prevent them fall- ing when the car starts suddenly. Ot- tawa ladies object. A number of promotions in the C.P. R. service are announced: -Mr. Wm. Whyte is to be assistant to the Presi- dent; Mr. Thomas Tait is to be Man- ager, of Transportation, Mr. H. P. Timmerman is to be Superintendent of the Ontario & Quebec dive .ion, with headquarters at Toronto. GREAT BRITAIN. Lord Salisbury will return to Lon- don en four weeks. Dundee 'in thmee monlbs has export- ed 354,000 of evhiskely to the United States. The London Globe scents a scandal in the discovery thattwo members of the Government committee on the value of explosives have taken out patents in their own names. UNITED STATES. A new Democratic party has been formed in Greater New York to fight Tammany. Fire destroyed the jail at Mayville, near Jamestown, N.Y., But the pri- sonars were alt rescued. Melvin IL Baldwin, an ex -Congress- man from Minnesota and former State Superintendent of Indian Af- fairs committed suicide at Seattle. J. Pierpont Morgan has bought the celebrated Gainsborough picture stol- en 25 years ago, recovered at Chi- cago, and recently taken to England. The Milwaukee Sentinel says; -The five largest stationaryengine manu- faoturing companies in the U.S. are to be consolidated into one gigantic combine, with a capital of 325,000,000. Puerto Rioo is to enjoy free trade with. the United States on and after July 1 this year, according to a New York Herald special from Washing- ton. Four people in a covered waggon were rub duan and killed by the Missouri, Kansas and . Texas flyer .at a crossing eight miles north of Vinita. Only authorized agents of the ra r' - road eomPanies can hereafter nett or 'issue railway tickets, a o u ray ao eta, a c rdtng to the anti -scalpers bill which passed the. New York State Legislature. The dootors oho were injected with the bubonic plague serum, as a pre- ventive for the disease, in view of their supervision of. Student Hare's case at Ann Arbor, are now ill, the result of the vaccination. GENERAL. The plag,ie is spreading in Australia. Negroee are aspirants for mayors of Cuban towns and cities. There' have been over 2,40D arrests in Odessa alone in connection with the disturbances in Russia. Berlin employers will "look out" ell workmen who take part in Labour Day -demonstrations May tat. Prince Louis Napoleon 'his b1 n married to the Grand Duchess Helena, .dnugbter of the Il.usstun Grand Duke Vladimir. The Premier of New Zealand sug- gests a national owl mine to supply Government-owned railways and pri rate consumers and keep down prices. Mexico bas signed else convention of 1150 Vague Patine Conference: China, Luxcrnberg end Turkey are the only countries which have not yet eignett SAVED SOUTH AFRICA. Cape ToWn Couneil's Tribute for Sir Alfred Milner, IA. despatch from Clips Town says: -The City Council on Thursday un artimausly as opta;l a tea:rlutiori • re- gretting lho necessity' of Governer lir Alfred laline'r's departure far Engem! and expressing the bops that Ise twill return in sound health and "continue 1bie l,o'tcy' whirls 1150(1(1 Wou;it Arriea from an anti-British dom:nuLime " THE POULTRY INDUSTRY, MR. PERCOY M, BUTTON GIVES HINTS TO THE BEGINNER, ' ro11'V1s'r14ut Ara lips( in Denu,nd- IlIOn (4 BUM( 11 1'oal,ry house,-Ns4,uber 01 lairds 144 a Penn- The latah WI',ei layers, The poultry industry has penal from a mere pastime, as it Was to many a few years ago, to a solid, matter -of- fact business undertaking, and it're- qulree just as much hard thlnking,oloso figuring and good management to suc- ceed in this business as in any other, if not more, The beginner must have an abient in ylew and must decide from the start whether it shall be for fanny pr utlllty, or a combination of both, that he intends to follow. Whatever the de- sire is, every poultryman- should, invest Ina "Standard of 1'er£ection," as it is only from that he can got a knowledge oe what his birds should be, thus en- abling him to breed intelligently to standard requirements. An important consideration is 'what does your mar- ket call for?" Having decided this, you are then in a better position to choose the variety or varieties of fowl that will answer your purpose best to this respect. For general purposes birds of the American class are mostly used; it eggs alone are desired, the Mediter- ranean class take precedence. Invest in the very best stock you can see your way clear to do. and remem- ber It takes many a hard day's work before you can. sit down and figure up the profits, and many a one who reads this and is now profiting by his early experiences, can doubtless look bank and wonder how they pulled through the first year of bitter disappointments. They were going to come out with such brilliant prospects (on paper), but the end of the year found them older and wiser. What about the poultry house? This need not be expensive, but must be sub- stantial, storm -proof and convenient. The building should be no higher than necessary, windows as large and near to the floor as practicable. Roosts flat and .on the level with. drop boards that can be easily cleaned every day. peed troughs an the wall, not more than six inches wide. Water fountains should be used that can be easily cleaned In- side as well as out. Nests should be made comfortable and darkened. Every- thing in the house should be in a posi- tion to easily moved and cleaned. A liberal supply of good scratching mater!: almust be provided.You can hardly give too much. A little slacked lime sprinkl- ed in the pens When cleaned keeps them fresh, and will partiallyhelp to keep down lice. These pests,, that often cause more loss and harm than any- thing else, especially to young chicles, must be combated with the year round. Each bird should be thoroughly exam- ined and dusted with some reliable in- sect powder, or treated with 'some other effective remedy that will keep "biddy" clean and free from lice, allowing her to ..devote all her time andenergy to the performance of her duties. For lice in the house and on the roosts take about a quart-ofkerosene, into which put a teaspoonful of carbolic acid, and spray thoroughly. This Is sure death. to the troublesome mites. This should be done at short intervals through: the summer, not waiting until the house gets _.again Infested. A great mistake. often meda,'is vet- ting too many birds in a pen together. Sometimes this has to he done. Of course it makes less work, but it has been proved over and over again that the small flocks pay best. The larger the flock. the more birds there will be that will not get their full share of feed and thatseemto have to take a "back seat" all the time, consequently they do the least in filling the egg basket, not only that, but what eggs are produced from such birds are apt to be infertile or contain weak germs. Where itis practicable, trap nests should be used, every bird numbered and an. accurate account kept for each hen. Not only should be kept of every Item of ex- penditure and receipts In connection with the business. Accounts must be kept at everything, not only in dollars and-- cents, but an account should be kept of the amount fed daily, if possi- ble. for each pen. Account should be kept of the number of eggs laid by each pen of birds, and. in fancy breed- ing, a strict account of each Individual bird. In fact, nothing should be done but what is abcounted for somewhere. These accounts not only show profit and loss, but by careful comparison between the feed ,and the egg account, conclu- sions can be drawn that should enable the breeder to feed more profitably in• the future and give especial attention to points wherein he sees a. chance of. improving. At 'this time of the year, when the fine sunshiny days remind one that spring le at hand,great care must he taken In handling the birds that have been confined to their pens all _win- ter. If they are_ allowed to ru pout before the sun. is well up in th" ' eav- in out o' oma it the ens or allowed t t sun has sunk below the ho' on they y 1 chilled, and. a ma Cease. will get c >ak will be seen inithe•egg5S183pty, not only thl+,ft renders them infertile and makes the hen more Sable to disease.: - An hour's outing in the middle of the day is plenty to start with. Perhaps the most Important feature of our work at the present, and to which we mustgive'most of our attention for the next few weeks, is "Incubation." Whether we employ the hen or Use in- cubator, it requires careful considera- tion and forethought. Chicks hatched from the middle of April to the end of May, make the best winter layers. We will first consider the setting hen. A box should be provided that is, from 0 to S (noises deep, into this should be Placed at least two inches of moist earth or a sod cut the size of the box and slightly hollowed in the centre. On this place a comfortable nest material, soft straw, chaff or cut hay. Into this sprinkle some insect powder. Place the box where you desire to set your bird, which must be in a quiet spot where she will be undisturbed and where no other hens can use the nest. After dark, get your hen and put her .the nest with two or three nest -eggs for the nest night. In all probability else will remain on the nest, it so, it will be sale to place the eggs for setting under her the next night. Do not•try and change or set the bird in the day -time. The eggs selected should be of uniform size and color, as eggs from cllf±erert yore lefties set together will not hatchas well as if they were all taken from one breed of birds. This is even nacre par tienlar In the incubator:. Feed no soft food whatever, but have pure water, grain and grit before her all the time, and all being well she will hatch from 00 to 100 per cent, of the eggs set. It any eggs happen to be broken, at once change the nest material and clean anY eggs that maybe soiled. Above all, don't forget to dust, the hen, whets you lace her on the hest, and again about two days before - the chicks are due. Never set a hen that Is at all uneasy,. and always have two or three bens set- ting at the same time, 1f poselble, tie when the chicles arrive, one or two hots can care for three or four broods, al- loWbrg the other mothers to return le the tiock end become money-makers again by laying. -Toronto Ladies' Journal,