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trdrica;
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not r �i10 1#Q@r 11 Dl�laai et night,. FpggltA
Thsddest klow filt bgfgh Callar��
eri kis vnt^@d tbefell ( In
Spu4h Africa,tewas whoµ his lithe'
5V0.stprn broncho caught dthe the a
favor, One night he stetted of f
the' camp, itis iters@ fallowing him'
Hite a Pet deg, In.a little -bush he
blindfolded • the bt'oncbo, blosod bio
men ayes, and shot the animal dead,
iof fully a week Casey soled ilio.
liar lest ail his relatives,
AVENOPA $PJ NC1i'S DEATH.
of tho saddest zncldrnts of the
tsar Ives the snipiz,g of Trooper
ieppnco, a younger brother of ex-
y
Aid: I' •S. Spence, of Toronto, A
l{a lir brougktt ti news t° ee P
that a Boor lµ ono of the villages
that was supposed to be °courted
only by, µon„eonsbateatt had gond
about nourishing . Spouse's blanket
and boasting of his cowardly deed.
That night 'Casey" wont on 000 01r
his solitary excursions and the Boer
'
Was found deed next morziln(z. If the
slayer of Trooper Spence is not
dead It can only sii formed, Lieut.'
Callaghan teas misinformed,
Callaghan volunteered t° talcp
command of the first Party of burg-
hers which offered to Ii ht for the
g
British, He lined them up, but not
which42y
a,fnan In his company, was -
strong, could speak English, , An
ter reter was sent for and all the
1 a s o as "Toll
little officer had to say N
them big Dutchmen if they don't
want to tight fol' mo they will have
to fight ith m0." "aeO 's ro-
g y
Bruns" afterwards did good. work.
Unlike the storybook heroes of
which Cnlinghan ie a favorite type,
ho did not escape unscathed. A but-
let bored a hole as big' as a shilling
g
through the pain{ of his right band
and another passed through his body
in the neighborhood of his lungs, re-
sulGing in his being confined in the
hospital for several weeks.
One of itipling's best short stories
relates how a time -expired draft was
tamed by craft. The duty of bring-
ing home the Western cowboys when
their time was up Poll to Lieut.Callan
han. "Did you have much trouble?"
"Casey" was afterwards asked.
"Not much," he replied, "I made
Jack Blank. a Missouri outlaw, my
chief of staff, and he laid out three
of the men one night in as many
minutes. ;After that there was no
trouble."
Telegraphic
Wlnn,pog
l)07c,
Tle
tario,
Oscar
Ivan
p turkey
`C h
have
C0'a
, Montreal-
are
a million
The
filo
by
satisfaction
Dalhousie,
Recorder
Tuesday
white
du
were
Mr.
Penitentiaries,
bpi
cent
ped
ttil8oult
difficulty
partments
A
formed
The
ing
Lady
Lord
dead:
along
England.
Wm.
000
time
eh°
elude
Spithoad.
P
Cecil
them
ket,
Tho
hiblting
Joining
repealed.
The
Pony
tabiish
its
The
aad
ham
the
noon,
Gas
slatted
. '1
wireless
1 he
$1,000,000
Mingo.
lislttuwn,
firm's
bort
Leslie
Ni 1
fury
1n
ed S'
di.ted
city,
the ,Host
tul. service,
Mos.
N. J.,
the
dog
W.
has
to Bnrl•hampstead,
Jetties
of Piquu,
blood
lip received
°p0'
'lite
es a
form
in the
At
PorsanH
7h°
with
Gormally
trade
180
O lie
MS
Of it1:tU[Ca'abt0
.loins
theta
the
Reports
that
quality
butter
needed.
Shocki
private
by ChD
femcoleas
Tho
who
recently,
fries
charters
f close
co
her,
seat
Lawn,
Worth
heir
the °oWn'as
is known
-4 ITE)flS.
ryHry� ��yp�
ERIN'S
,14 0�1s4- � �4�'1 i1M U
p�1��py�,�qliflP°14
WHAT T$ GOING- ON IN TAXI
LAM)Off' THE SPC�iaETRAp .,
Settle Pereenal end B•nAin@ss Nate
Will Interest Utah-
Cattadiaxks,
LYatertord; with, three time Dube
fin's licensee, has thl•ee times itil
druuldenncaa.
Laws havo boon petsed in TrelanQ
no that no xe hqunda can b@ ole+
g Y
Ported from that'eermtry any,
mare. ..
The County Meath is 'perhaps the
wealthiest is Ireland. Ther° is lite
tie or no real poverty therm
pxtonskve renovations and repairs
are being made °n the Duke of Dew
vonshiro's Irish seat, Lismore' CoA.
Glo.
Nearly twenty per cent, of the
age. To -day of rele.t• die of old
o
ago. there are 213 cenGen-
artanS living, -
egg titer 1 charged
An the
with the manslaughter of his wife
has ended his life by taking strych_
Witte,
Tho first portion of the big swater
for supplying a Mout With luster
from the Mourne Mountains has boon'
successful, .
Shipbuilding is being revived on a
years settle ingn great which many
years ago was n great centre of this
Industry,
wner ill], an Down,iis pro -
perty owner in East is about
to establish an hotel in Raiigwater
on the Gothenburg system,'
onziThe real strength of the hes of
Connaught'a popularity can best be
proved by the fact that the servants
in his household simply adore item.
Mr. Carnegie has catered to give
£7,000 to Limerick for a [re@libr-
ary, on condition that the city wilt
contribute 3850 a year for isssu P"
port.
Never in Ireland. has so much 0.t.
iention been concentrated on educe
tion as now, and whatever the result
may be the edueationttl life of the
country has been quickened in the
process.
Au agitation fs on foot in Belfast
to obtain the release of Prlvato Cro-
tier, Royal Irish Rifles, undergoing
eighteen months' imprthonmeat for
g
trooping at his Post near Blgemfon-
thin.
Mr. George Tough, formerly of the
Great North of Scotland Baii-
way, has been appointed general
Com -
manager of the Grand Canal Com-
panv of Troland; vacant through the
death of Mr. I{irlelend,
As it is ostinanted that Great Brit -
sin imports annually £8,000.000
wortrase h of butter from Troland and
•
£18,eeteee0 worth • from foreign
countries, it is evident that a huge
noir still awaits Ireland's energies.
Recently the Belfast police found
a woman named Kearns lying rend
in the kitchen of her residence with
marks of foul play on the face,
throat and amts. Her husband, Jos-
eph Kearns, stonecutter, was ar-
rested on a charge of wife murder.
The experiments in tobacco cul-
tura conducted by the Department of
Agriculture for Ireland. have pro-
greased so1 far that it is now offering
for sale 100 pounds of Irish grown
roll tobacco, besides smaller quan-
ti ties of Plug, twist, cut Cavendish,
bird's eye, cigar, and cigarette 1a
baccos.
There were disorderly scenes re-
gently in the Belfast Empire theatre.
A principal artiste, after seven songs,
declines to reappear. Thi: house was
packed, and tho gallery occupants' re)
fused to hear the next turn. The
was rung .down, and the
rowdies started to wreck the gallery.
The police dearer Gho Place.
With the large oon discovered of °onten-
adieus that have been itt
Ireland this year, a man of only a
fele mouths over the century is no
considered anything wonderful. 1 ,
Down, Blmcic, •pf •
eptly, , County
Down, who di'"ii'`ieeCntly, was just a
few months °ente:the.,ltettflead„years.
Be was an elder in t1t0:, esb5 terian
church for over seventy ethers.
�,
rims.. e
$.
in
artsets of
TorOOtu,
Ll teed°. 111
1t12 prices
u GCd at
p
Mats; No.
0 o middle
4
Pring .at 74c
ell; No,
til via Sarnia;
4e), and No,
ail, via Sarnia.
it North
> or
Oats ills
uiot, ilio
uyrrs noC,
Co, Offerings
Po[u)-The
nand limited.
p 84o west,
lo freight,
g
Corn -The
rials steady.
noted at 60
Barley --Market
ureter at
4c; No. 8
kr, 3 at 50o
Rye -Tho
74o noddle
Buckwheat
ions, 55 to
Flour -Tho
y per cents.,
2.90 middle
or Lower
traight rollers,
o't.a.40.
with Hungarians
troag bakers'
:eight, ,
g
•'Oatmeal -Market
els on
ttd 55.50
per bbl.
Bffllfeed-Bran
alerts, 321
oba bean,
onto freights,
Potatoes -Tho
tars are quoted
rack
raWt Bora,
0 1e 85c.
Dried Apples
nth demand
° Go iter th.
o 1O
Hope -Business Business
lt�-
Wady at 13c;
Honey-The0 1lO
1.50 to $2r50
Beans -The
ickixf oro Jobbing
Cranberries
'lth Cape
56,b0
Hay, balod-Tho
good demand.
t $9.25 to
Straw -The
, at 38.50
, (l Oar
G.GO to $G.
Poultry -Market
0ntwtr. Turkeys,
scalded
old Flom 7
4 t0 Bo.
ns, young,
3e. Rabbits,
1 HOGS
Dre 50d
8,15 In car
fog. products
a000., longclears,
au and case
o shot out,
Smoketl Meats
roakfast
mks 14.c,
1,aad-'Market
it demand.
tee tubs,
TILE
Butter -The.
tied, but ,offerings
o Loo great,
e quote: --•Selected
) 11.7e; choice
7c; finDst
mirages ahowiug
Lc; creamery
s, 20 -to 21c.
Eggs -The
11 at 26 to
Lc; limed,
Choese-DItu
West Septembers,
ads, 9f to
Eith141S, WOOLS,
Rides --Market
ipts fair,
s. and upwards,
:; No, 2 cows,
Os, alnd lies
a ins
0. 1:green,
Sheepskins
to 7Ga.BOER
I tof75c.
flet at 13c,
aro
Med wools
]d at 18c
Tallow -Dealers
ntlertxl, and
nail lots of
UNITED
Buffalo, •
testi-spring
c; winter
reel., 92c.
v, ;70;,c;
' No. 8
'4,;
), Z white,
>. 2 .rnIxbd,
aeoy-66 to
- 0.
fated°, Jan.
covnbor, Oslo;
cez b r 06c
u o ,
comber, 46c;
td -December,
301u113, ,Jan.
ltarcl, 79, c;
,. 1. Northern
r
4t', 72yo
tTilwnttlioe,
Bled, N'0.
r hrr'
1 n, 77
r Steady;
+�
1�
tt1e .ern
1
Bid,
-Tho 10-
quiet,
and red
at outside
quoted at
and No, 1
wheat
at 880 all
Nai'Glterµ at
at 82c, a!1poor
aro le lower
day was
limited, with
more than
4.2o,ho
quiet, Wt° dee
qLind
quoted at 83
to. 85e mid-
quiet, with
yellow
No, 1
2 at 58 to'
to Sl o, and
at about
Quota-
steady, Nino-
bags, sold at
Locally and
trade choice
are 33.80
steady,
to 34,80, and
Toronto
Car'
in bags,
Draken lots,
at 19.50
gfora
Maui-
322, To-
sacks.
is steady.
per bag; on'
B P rices
is stead y
Prices are 4i
soil at Si
with rices
p
Oe.
unthnuged at.
Combs
steady; un-
to $1:45
to 31so..
unchanged•
39 per bbl:A
is .steady,
quoted
for No,that
quiet and
No. 2.
will- bring
with fair
10c per lb;
-fatted stock
dry -picked-
75e. t.n.ck-
old, 35 to
pair. •
-
at $8 to
°acreage air.
we uo.o:-
at questa_
4 in
pork, ,20.50;
$22.
13 to 'l34c;
'it,
rolls, 11c;the
1o3c, t
with
-Tierces,
11;• to 11dc.
of butter Is.
inferior stuff
sells slowly.
tubs, 16
rolls, 164 to
18' ten 19c;
from 11 to
to 22o; sol-
.T'rash
20 to
We note:-
q
to 11c; 50-
MO.
with ro-
steers, 60'
No. 1 cows,
840 for
at 90 for
No. 2,
is firm at
fleece }s.
d at 13c.
well irociueocl
for' supers,
54C for
for rough.
at Ctc,
-Steady,
] Northern,
Nor; No,
No; 2:yol-ing
No. 2 corn,
Onto -Dull
3 do 501c;
8 do, 4840
etio. 1,
Gash and
Corn-
Oats -
Odover-
May, 15,274.
-,Cash, No,
784c;
ibex, 7640; 'interpretedto
e,
Rye -621c.
78ece No, 2
n
May, . 821e,
liarlCy� 'mourning
640; Aatnplq, Gg toUQ
ly, p7, C RO,
AlinnpapoitA, Jaen. 7,- Clostt- bVh@at
-Cash, 77hc; May, 78ic; July, 79eee
on track, Na. 1 bard. 79'c; Q. 1
Northern, 774-c; No, 2 Northern,
75yq, XPlour- 1 list Patgnta, 4 to
$4,1o; seapnd.patents, $3,9 0, to $4;
c1Dars, $2,55. 'Bran -In bulk, 41.8,
[Matclears, $2.00 to eat second
inn. 7 -Wheat closed -No,
1 white, 02c; No, 2 red, ,January
and cash, DOC; Alay, 894•x.
St, Louts, Jan. 7, -Wheat ClQeed-
Cash, o 86 a
8Cf¢ December, �+ may,
80$c,missies,
it�� cT �+ T�
P. INC X.Y GIST.
A PRINCELY
r a C11
�ipQ0Y04U RpiGarit�m,u �ivti San*
1hp Ilrltlalt Medlpat Journal an
eounees that ,2200,000 him been
plaeod at Liao disposei of King )J d*
'wand foto. charitable or uttiltarlan
purposes by a philanthropist who
rota net wish to have his nwz)o PIM.'
halted. Tho money will be devoted
to the erection of a sanitarium for
tulaprouloo A pallento in J nglantl..Lh@
Chia institution will acegmniodato
fifty male and the same number ofOne
female patients, Twelve of the bode
will b° reserved ter wealthy P+Wunes
who are able to Pay for treatment,
who ether eighty-eight will be f02'
Perseus, Ivhe will be exPee"e'
to contribute a small amount, The
King has approved fan ex encUturo
f. g pp ° p
1800 out of this fund in prizesthrough
for the boat essays and plaus for a
model sanitarium, in furtherance of
the plan,'1{dn Edward has appoint-
ed as aadvisory committee,' Sir
William Henry Broadbent, Sir hick
ard, Douglas Powell formerly h sl-
g 3 P Y
clans. in- ordinary to the Queen; Sir
Berman Weber, of the Royal College
of Physlelans; Sir Francis Henry
Laking, Household' Surgeon; and
Charles Theodore Williams, consult-
ung physician to. the Hospital for
Opnsun,ptfvos at firompcua,, and
president of the Royal Meteorologtual
Sootel Y•
The Daily Mail asserts that Sir
Brnest Cassell, a morehan1, is the
donor of the money.
The Daily Telegraph- says that Dr,
Broadbent states that the open-air
treatment will bo followed, The
scheme, he adds, is based on that
treatment, which is unquestionably
the most efficacious known in all
cases of consumption.
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BARING CANADIAN_ N 5. t
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SOME EXPERIENCES S Alt" T,x ••1JT
TTiO AS 441xiAGt[&N,From
tither Me Gdaa AlLoselt to Command,
sae
of Scouts isLThat
,Now Contingent,
who s better
Lieut, Callaghan,,, h 1 b
known as .l.as0Y, wont out-.with.a.mnn,who
A@CUcld lltountGd iiihGA as a
trooper', and woo fur himself a come
tile confidence °t several
B2'4Llslt g0morala, . mid filo IaiaLm-
ulsbod 1erviee medal, 'though con-
ld°rabl below the average 'height
Y B
° A'omu:✓ tltkitis, the fast that he
could ride anything on fopr legs, was
{
a dead shot, and had the nerve ern
roelclees courage of a'true Western
cowboy, canted him 3sucetssfully
the most difficult Mtge-
tions.
youthCal,agan ie a native of Toronto,
was of the type' who
a hoot
solute!' •irkson,D and restraint
sea&'t def When CWea wt was 17 he
statwd for the Nest tvititout• men
boning his intentions to ah bod Y•
and obtained employment on a cattle
roach. An Old cowpuncher called him
a "tendortoot." His reply was a
bold declaration that there wasn't at'
horse on the )retries that .he
l
couldn't ride. A broncho which had
never bean.rtddon fuse [lulpkly roped
and blindfolded, and Callaghan was
lifted into the saddle). "Lot her go
Casey," 1110 yelled, and, the horse was
fi' eU, A m10010 later fila bey way
lying in a. hsap several yards away.
He mounted tial {terse again, only to
bo unseated as quickly as before. The
nlcknum° of "Casey" however, has
stuck to flim ever since.
When recruiting was connnenced in
the West for the second Mounted
ltinea "Casey" was ono of the [list
Wien to apply -for a vacancy. His
shortness of stature was against•hlin
find the iecrl,afn g officer hold out. 111-
tie hope. He was determined to go
to the front, however, and sending
horse whose reputation -for
wildness was well known, 110. jumped
on its back and after subduing the
animal performed a number of daring
circus feats on its back. Callaghan as
a result was quickly enrolled, but ho
made the stipulation that ire be al-
lowed to talo his own .horse, one of
the fh,est animals in Alberta', his
favo•ftD Alexican saddle, end his own
httiiGing riff°.
When his corps reached South
Africa the troopers perslstetl in
carrying their rifles cowboy fashion
on their saddle -bows, a practice
which was afterwards followed by.
several cavalr re hn0nts whop fL
was found that the Westerners could
got ial two or three shots at • the
enemy, while the regulars were un-
slinging their ,carbines. The fact
that the Doers did not' also fo11oW
suit -afterwards saved "Casey's" life.
MIDNIGHT ESCAPADE.
While tho Mounted Rifles were in
became restless
Pretoria might slipped
and one night slipped out of the
flues just to exercise his Horse•
Seventeen miles from Pretoria and
after'12 o'clock at night he ran
down a Mafiir, "Casey" covered
him with his rifle and the negro fell
on his knees and threw up both
hands.
"Don't shoot, Massa," heyelled,
"and I'll show you some Boers."
Single-handed as he was, °allege
hen let the Kaffir lead him to a]aures
the blinds of which Wore caro-
fully drawn. Taking a revolver in
each hand lto started forward, laav-
ing the negro t° guard his horse.
Never knock at the onttmy's door,"
was what ho called one of his ire-
lkgious principles, A dingle applica-
tion of his heavy riding boot burst
the lock and revealed four buteghers
playing cards. Tho noise brought
two °Cll^ta from the side room
"Casey" coolly explained that the
house was surrounded and domande t
rifles and bandoliers. When he gotThe
the Mousers and cartridge belts piled
on the table he drove the occupants
into a small room, locked the door,
,and with both arms Pull of plunder,
he gave his horse its head and gal-
loped back to Pretoria.
Tho next morning the lei Id Mar-
shal presented Callaghan with his
stripes. "'Cas° y" .was never atter-1-5
wards troubled with regulations or
military discipline, something which
lied allvays `worried the little West-
ernes. The night following his lonely
escaPado with the Boers he was
given • command 0f 0 patrol of 200
men which did a. great deal to stop
Cho sniping around the Transvaal
Capital'
' CASEY'S PROMOTION,
Per carrying important 110spatches
from General HutlOn to General
Smith Dorien, Callaghan was utade
Intelligence Officer with the rank of
g
lieutenant. While on one of these
missions ho lulled three horses and
wet t for four days without sleep,
Per this exploit he resolved the D.S.
modal.
Mime. advancing one day with the
Moui,tcd Rifles he wasgiven porznis
sion to rich to a kraal and buy
eine eggs, ItLit was riding out of the
nitro securing what ho
wantedwhen a Kaffir, whom ho had
befriended dashed up, gesticulating
wildN,y with Ills (lands. "Casey" was
unable to fully understand the Karn-
ing which the negro was tt•yieg to
give him, but know enough to hand
his colored friend the. preclotts eggs
and cock his revolvers. A "minute
later two Boer Officers trotted up to
the gate with their guns stung in
their usual fashion 0n their backs,
• OasgV COverecl them, am when
they continued Choir attempt to -un•
.Sting their rifles 110 fired at the
nearest one: "i missed hint,' he
said afterwards, "that is, I only'
h1,9. cellae bone," The other
fallow promptly ga yro up on seeing
his companion fell, Callsghatt thole
him6"
back' to Lho remelting oolelnzl
and afLorwards roturned for his eggs,
bringing with him a couple of am-
bulanco filen for tho wounded 'floor.
"4P them 13titchmen had known how-
car th it • gees," I
Ci g i , Ito remarked eggs,
night
that'ulght while enjoying hie eggs,
"it would have been all off With lit-
tie, "Casey' ”
-
f7Cuprnl Button )Dc° 'Mead Calle-
hen a ability as a t;c°1 �t and when
0
ho was fighting under 11 nt 0111Cm' ha.
-"-'
I3r�ef& i'ryt►A All
Oyer the Globe,
-+--
Grain, �+
► 4
rade Centres.
" ""
World -Ur, Iflflett'8
Jon, 7. -Wheat
wheat %retinues
$lDacly, White
5 '.to 70C
7ase,
2 geese is
freight,
g
ease.- Manitoba
1 hard quoted
N i 1
t , 't
2 Nertltern
Prices
U ay
market t'o
dotnand is
willing to, pay
at 41, 10
Market is,
No, 2
and at 84
market is
Canadian
to Ole west.
is easier.
57c, and No.
extra at 51.
midute freight,
market is steely
freight, '
-Market quiet.
554e east.
tuarket is
in buyers'
freights.
province
in wood,
Manitoba flours
44.10
at, .33.80,
unchanged.
track, $u5
in wood.
extra.
unchanged
to $22, outside.
320, and shorts,
luoludirtg
^ �"
. CANADA.
has eight cases of small-
new directory in Leaden''Oa-
makes tlto'poltutation 46,987,
Taylor of East Hamilton
fined $Nand cootsfor running
raffle.
o al Mfg, vo., of London,
secured control of the Copp'
Stove Works at Ilamiitpn.
Harbor Comvectto pore
laying plans for the erection of
-bushel lir p proof 'elevator.
new lgcksivanee for preventing
canal lgclts being carried away
the boats was Meted with great
pm at Port
on the Welland Canal.
Weir of Irigntreal was on
y presented with a pair of
gloves in memory of the first
in eighteen years him which Chert
no Gorge ors for to try.
George Dawson, Inspector of
reports that the num-
of prisoners confined in St. Vin-
P ,
de Paul Penitentiary has drop-
from 4.48 to 398, and the skilled
0 fs so rare that there is a
in carrying on certain de -Lord
of the Work
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CATTLE E2A132{LT.n
lioronta, Jan. 7.-'L'here boleti only
20 carloads of atult on Salo tearlay at
the WeStel•n Dattle'yenta, there Was
not a largo business done, but the
trade was good and prices , but
11 D receipts inci.dod 842 cattle,o
tu
290 cheep and lambs, 600 hogs, and
a felt' calves.
There was really no primo cattle'
on sale here to -day. , .
There wits ,a lair movement in
shippingcattle at the changed prices,
&
but only a few lots teal}zed the top
.figure. Most of the cattle sold at
was reported paid in a few 00500.
from 4 to 4$c per lb, but. 5 to 54c
Prices were steady for butcher cat-
tip, according to c}uality, which was
mostly lnldium. Choice stuff is
wanted, and would havo rsold Lo=flay.
There was a0 duly clearagee.
, For' • feeders and ,stockers: no on-
quiry appeared to ,exist, and none
wore' on tho market. t
Lambs aro worth from J4 to 44c.
and are wanted,
• Sheep were,a good sale to -day at
from 8 to She per Ib, Choice ewes
may fetch a fraction mare.
A few choice veal calves aro wanted,
There is a murkot for some 0110100
nzllch cows.
hogs are steady and unchanged.
Choice hogs to -day sold at 36.70
per cwt; tat hogs at 36.874, and
o
light al 36.124 per cwt.
flogs Co torch the top Prleo must
be of prime qun'ily, and scale not bo-
low 160 nor above i.400 lbs.
I'ollowbig is tho range of quota-
Lions:-'
Cattle.
Shippers, per cwt...54.50 35.25
butcher, choice 3.75 4.25
Butcher, ord. Co good. 3,25 3.60
Butcher, inferior... ...'2,75 8.25'
Stockers, par cwt.,, .... 2.00 3;00
Shoop sold Lambs.g
Choice owes, per cwt.., 2.75 3.25
Butcher sheep, each 2.00 8.25
'Lambs, per. cwt... 3:50 4.23
Bucks, per cwt..: -2.00. 2.50
Milkers and Calves.
Cotes, Gach .. 30.00 '25.00
' '
Calves, each 2.00 . 10.00
Flogs,
Choice hogs, per met-. 0.50 6.70
Light hogs, Por crvt,6.00 6,25
Fleavy hogs, per cwt: 6.124 6.37,.
Sotos, per cwt $,60 4.00
Stags, per Cwt._ ......»0.00 2.00
Truth.
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GREAT BRITAIN.
great newspaper trust may be
in England,
English Government is proper-
a new Irish land bill.
Lyndhurst, wife of a former
Chancellor of England, is
signalling is to bo used
the North-western Railway,
Waldorf Astor has given £10,-
for the National Rifle Associa-
England.
coronation festivities will in-
a magnificent naval review at
Rhodes has just bought the
g
(5110 estate, near Newntar-
for $5n0,000.
law hitherto in England, pro-
men with false teeth from
the regular army, has been
Gems
North-Eastern Railway Com-
oP Great Britain is about to es -
automatic Uloek signaling °n
line.
lovers at St. James' Palace
the drawing -roams at Dhelc[ng-
Palace will In Suture be befit in
evenings, instead of in the after
as in tho Victorian regime.
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CANADIAN FLOUR.
—
The War Ounce Has Placed a
Lar a Order.
g
A Montreal despatch says ;-SheElectric
British War Office hose, throhgh the
Minister of, -.Agriculture at Ottawa,
placed with the Lak° of the Woods
Milling Company au orderfor ono
thousand tons, equal, to 12s ,000 bar-
refs of Keewatin flour, to be ship=
ped to South Africa. 1t was ropgrt-
ed some days ago that an order for
flour •had 'been placed bythe Brit-
ish -Government, and the story has
been verified by Mr.'Robort Mei hen,
presidoht of the Lake 0f the Woods
Milling Co.
"Yes," remzurkrd Mr, Molghen, "it
is c -nits true that we have received
from tho War Office through the
Canadian Department of Agriculture
an order for '12,500 barrels of Kee-
twain Uaur. One-half of this order
is noty being .loaded on board the
steamer Quinton at St. John, N.B.
The remaining 500- tons w111 arrive
at St. John for shipment by the
from10th instant. The flour is forwarded
from our KOOwatln mill:"ay
Mr. AD:strai stated that in spit°
of the AD:straiten alien duties, there was a
class of People• in that colony who
must have !tour made of Manitoba
hard wheat.the
PRODUCE.
market
at 700
,and Lho` jobbing
J
-Tho market
limited.
Evaporated
n ulot,
yearlings,
g
market is
per dozen
tnark°t is
at 31.40
at 31,50
- Market
Cod at f8 to
to $7.
market
Timoth
82.75 on track
market to
to $0 for
lets on track
is firm,
9 to
and half
to 80. Geese,
Ducks, 5U .Le)
50 to Uuc;
25c per
F----
a09 000 000. BUSHELS
t
—
Western Canada s Grain Product
for 1901.
Western Canada's grain. product' for
1001 was over Ot),t 00,000 bushels,
The Manitoba Government's bulletin
gave the output for that province at
85,179,858 bushels.
Returns Just received at the Cana-
(Bun Pacific Railway offices at Mon-
trent, from the 011ie° of the Commis-
stoner of Agriculture, Regina, show
t
there were 3,969,833 bushels
of wheat, oats and barley grown in
Territories, and with the pour.
flax and rye, the figures would be
over the 24,000,000 mark. Assiut-
boia raised 9,860,000 bushels of
wheat, Alberta, 980,600, and Sas-
katchowan, 829,700 bushels -a total
of 11iaAs 00 bushels. 2 he average
yisld in Assinibota was 25 1-6. bush-
els to the acre, there being 395,:180
acres under crop ; in Alberta, a lit:
over �5 bushels to the acro, the
area under wheat being 89,100 acre ,
Ii{ SttsldaCphewun, the averWire-rope
age was a
shade over 22 bushels, the area under
wheat being 37,000 acres.
la oats, the total yield was 11:
450,500 bushots-Ass}nibola's product
being 4,338,000 Uusl'els grown on
1108,000 acres -an average of 42 1-10
583,00 to the acre • 2,200x0.00 6;
J33;000 bushels 1-]1.,._00 acres, un
average of 58 1-5 bushels to the
acre. and Saskatchewan, 579,500 off
14,150 acres, an average of nearly
41 bushels to the acro.
The barley yield was as follows :
acres, llola, 201,000 bushots off 5,900
acres, an average of over 34 bushels
to the acre ; Alberta, 4.0,000 bush-
els, off 11.800 acres, an aVO,'a2e of
nearly 4.0 bushels ; reskatchowaa,
91,630 bushels off 2,850 acres, an
ago of 32 en btusircis,
avertory,
The development °f Western. Can-
ado during tho last decade has been
most marked. The 1r till yield iu
1891 was about 46,000,000 bushels
pf grain, an increase of about 6a -
000,000 bushels in ten years, is a
highly creditable showing for the
Canadian !rest.
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CANADA S EXHIBIT.
--
Commissioner Speaks of Success
Achieved.
Mr. W. D. Scott, who was Cana-
clan commissioner at Glasgow, haskale
art'lved at Ottawa on a short visit, py
but he will return Go Engiand ire
about two weeks t0 commence pre
plu•ations for' the Wolverhampton
Exhibition. ser. Scott is geeatly de-
lighted with Canada's succuss at
Glasgow, and mentions eash a satnplD
of the advertising which the Da-
retoiv°d, a statement in the
London
Loudon'7'inxps that the Canaria]] ox-
alone was worth a journey tostinct
Glasgow,
CANADIANS DISSATISFIED.
Constabulary Members Want to be
Kept in One Corps.
The London DailyExpress ofWorld's
P
Tbursday says that letters from Oen-
urians at the front who• have joined
Baden-Powell's Constabulary,show
that • there is great dissatisfoctioa
gdraggtd
among Cho men on account of the
Canadian troops being split u mak_
T g P P,
ing teem half English and hall Can-
ndlan.
1.1 was understood when Col.
Steele left Canada that ho would
command all of the 1,200 Canadians
that went with him., but instead ho
was given command 01 B division au-
I,y, one which had 210 Vansunans in
Ile was refused three Canadian
troops that were in A division, and
soon after, th.e colonel being ordered
north, tendered his resignation ratite
g
er than go away with unreliable re-
crusts, instead of his OW11 reliable
Canadians: '
One -letter declares that a sterni is
brewing,- and will cone before long,
and either Col. Steele and a good
tow of the Canadians will go back
to Canada insie of six =milts, or
Col. Steele will: have his -own wg
way
and gat control over the man from
the Dominion.
UNITED STATES.
in San wranciseo is to be fur-
at 884c.
he Government has decided to use
telegraphy in the navy.
Wabash railway is buildinga
bridge over the QhIo at
Potter, 1years old, was
to death by a cow at lung -
N. J.
rigging for Emperor Wil -
Yat lie is being made at Wilkes-
e, Pa.
M. S}taw, Governor of Iowa,
succeed Lyman Gage as Secre-
g
of the Treasur
Cli:cucurtain
ge Alex. SullivanSuiitvan was 10 -
,000 for trying to keep an in-
jury -briber awe from the
y
rural free delivery service is
popular feature of the pos-
Clara Boss of Bernardsville.
is dead from hydrophobia,
result of a bite from a strange
she sheltered.
S. Carter, a Brooklyn lawyer,
given a plot of land for ,a come-
and 37,000 for improvements
Conn.
Hicks, steel manufacturer,
Ohio, died on Tuesday of
poison}ng from a cot on the
while sealing an envel-
Governor -elect of Iowa. Propos-
commission of Cities men to
a non-partisan commission to
the value of the railroads
eta.te with a view to taxation.
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CHINA PREPARING.
Upheaval Prophesied by a
sign
'
Charles ES Gammon, superintend-
out of oP col orteurs for the Amari-
p
can Bible Society in Northern China..house,
writes to the society concerning thetie
y g
present situation fn the Chinese
Empire as follows
«Wlillo at Shanghai I observed that
the Oliinese Government was openly
violating tho Precisions of the pro-
tocol. The great Empire would shake
08 Euro sun denomination. shells-
Py
ands of boat-londs of small arms and
ammunition were passing weekly up
Yang-tse-Kiang, and the arsenals
were being enlarged and worked day
And night. Cargoes of explosives
g
were being received, and tho Dowager
Empress had issued instructions to
all officials to recruit the army, and
also to ipform her as to the fighting_
strength of each division and . the
time required to concentrate tho
forces- at a given point: There were
and aro many other unpromising
features which weighed heavily upon
y
the miust, a Blest it the interested,
•'I must believe that the end is net
yet, and that within ton,yoars, and
possibly within five, a war will en-
sue the like of which the world has
never latown. Per centuries. China
has boon making repeated attempts
to expel the foreigner, caoli,tinte pro_
flung by past experiences, each time
with more power and success, each
time better equipped and better
planted. She is now prepared asdetermine
never before, buying vast quantities
of superior weapons and reorganizing
fur armies on a correct basis. Thyro-
foto the oast attempt W111 bo glean-
tic force, and terrible in execution.
It Well result in a universal u heaval
and the final dismemberment of the
empire,. at a terrible cost,"
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AND PROVISIONS.
hogs aro flim
lots, with
stead
soils
lots; meso
$A21.50 Cr
-Hems,
bacon,.14c;
and shoulders,
is unchanged,
We quote:
1140; pails,
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DAIRY MARKETS
supply
of
and it
dairy
largo
' tent 'rolls,.
feed
prints, 21
market, is flan.
27c; cold aLorlLgo
17 to 180.
icer firnt.
104
10c.
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THE SECRET OF LIFE.
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—
Prof. Loeb Says it isWith}.n the
Power of mankind.
A despatch from Chicago says: -
Prof. Jacques Loeb, at the fout-
tcenth annual meeting of the Anted. -
can Physiological Society at the Uui-
versify of Chicago, in a :paper enti
tled "On the Prolongation of Life of
Unfertilized eggs of the Sea Urchin
by Potassium Cyanide," toad a
group .of the foremost physiologists
in America that by means of °bsCr-
vaGi°n of the effects of certain chem-
upon the eggs of tho fewer
marine 1, animals h g W,is rDatl to
make a tentative definition of the
heretofore unknown nature of death.
Death, Ito-raflleine 1, Was not a be -
gattvo process, a simple breaking
of the tissues, as it had been
regarded
regarrod up to this time, but an ac-
tive agent born with the birth °4 the
S
egg find destined, if net checked, to
gain the upper hanr of the life }n -
and bring about extinction.
But greater even than the apparent
discovery of this death agent. in rat
substances is Prof, L°eb's announce -
mann that he sluts been able t.° cheep
it, in the eggs of Llte sea urchin at
}east, bychemical a
is claimd, means nalhitt lose than
that on a tuitiuto scale bele scarce of
tornat ilio 1 Inv r
0 sth° poi o of man,
Tito oxPDrimonts, the profess°r says
tvero simple. Unfortttized eggs of the
sea urchin Were placed in n weak so-
'MUM% of potassium Cyanid° and
abandoned for several tiayv in or -
01111003 conditiolis tin Unfertilized e
(1108 in a few hours, destroyed by t,h°
death agents bora with It, A1. the
end of several clays the egg's wore
again examined and were found to be
still'
capable of fertilization, and o
annuals, In tib
producing moults
pla}aing the trsulta Prof. Loeb fetid
t„
that tho ntortacefo s tcoria
Npr duocertain
°t° the acLionS of cn i n
fer)nents of an unlcnoNn nature,
tamed ntrgl fro th t.rndan°l watt
,tnnt,lnrd.rt.n,I by 1.1.,, .z, ,00ui,,m sat s,
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MORE CATTLE.
--
Shipznents . of Canadian Stock
It`rom Portland.
A despatch from Portland, Maine,
says: -A remarkable increase in livo
stock shipments is shown in the an-
uual report of the cattle inspector of
this port, which was issued on Wed-
nesday. In 1900, ChD grand .total of
cattle, sheep and horses shipped Iron
P°rtiitnd to Cho United Kingdom•was
32,680, ,while Lho total for the sea
son of 1901 is 100,889. The tersest
single item of increase was American
sttoep, tho 196x sltipineuls being lh,-
sheep,
i)64: as against- 2,895 in 1900. A
Uig 1ncr0040 in Oanaclien cattlo and
me!)
slmmep is also recorded, cattle shit)"
mentis bohrc 21,438, against 7,898 in
1900, and shoo ahJnnexil,A 16 061
against 5,807 in 1900,
g „-
Tho blunbbr of horses sill ed duititbit
ing the last season was sma1100 thiol
in 1900, the totals being; -American
horses, 3U against Cit, in 1900; Can-
adlati horses, 285, a Mast 671. in
g
1901.
TALLOW,
is steady,
No. 1 green
9c;
-7e; cured,
for steers•p
ea n{mutat
and 8c for
-The market
market for
:and Lmfoo'
now pretty
soll at 15e
to 19c for extras.
afro paying
14 to 8c
rendered sell
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GENERAL.
'a fire in Zacatecas Mexico,46
lo.t tlioir lives,
Canary Islands aro overrun
a plague of L°costs.
had a decline of export
last month amounting to'60,7
t°ns,
Grand Dced and Duchess of
we,a aliv°rceU on the grounds
aversion. c
and Odessa labot•ere 1ii Sou-
Russia are plotting a.gahtst
Government,
from Stockholm •prove
working cows improves the
of the milk, and that the
is better, and no extra food is
•
outs es aa'0 described in
letters as' bola perpetrated
p
Russian Cossacks on the do
citizoas of Manchuria.
P:
; "
venerable Pearl Fitztvilltam
wits of hL aovoi cars °P neo
g Y Yhe
malice his cross •- channel
in groat stela u.ud style, 1TD
the mail steamer, paying a
on four hundred r
f0 r hun rid pqumds for
trains 'Prod his
and has Y Wicklow
in County 1Vickl°w to Kings.
'Holyhead .,
and from ks t' cos Lt vu'l!h
his Varlcshire Dat ate, The
to tho x`lLzwillluzn property is
Earl, who
V the Viscount
'as 'V}soount Mlltom.
.T1�J2ACHERY.
Officers of Intelligence Department
• Shot Down. P •enclosure
A Pretoria despatch says: -Two of-
fiCms.of the Tnt°lligenco Department,
who wore sent to parley with the
130ers Seto desired Lo 'surrender near �
',1'{vm ,Baths were: treacherously shot
by concealed Boers.
A despatch from Carnarvon says;
A farmer on Tuesday brought, in
, v s
Trooper Meyer, Who was shot
through tho legs while commandeer-
donkeys and wagons. His Com-
Corpora! Dawson, was vu
Cd: Tho mon diel not suspect that
tho enemy ,woro at Zeekoega.t; and
were tired upon ..w;thout warning,
Wli s,
en 'fifty YArilg oiT, by the Moors,sum
dbroito
who were tying bee a dam wall.
IL is staled that Moyer received Itis
wound after Ito had surrendered.
STATES MARKETS.
Jan. 7. -Flour
dull; No,
wheat,, no tl3.
Corn- Dull;
No. 3, 70c;
do., 68;Qa.
al,}c; No.
41>0; No.
70o. Ryt
7. -Wheat
May, 88$°,
May,7
6 iia
May, 47e.
30.70;
7, -•Wheat
No. 1 Northern,
and Docot
Oats -40e,
Jn!t,?.-Wh0nl-Stcatly;
1 Northern,
7 .t
to 7,0;
No 1, 05S0,
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BRITISH SUCCESS.
—
important Engagement Reported
Prom West Africa.
A despatch from Bonny Africag
says Col, 1lfontanarp' entoi'pd Aro-
elinin oh DpOemhor 24 with Major
Hooker's column, and burned .the
town. Six important chiefs
reuclrrer. The enemy is new bettyeen
t'.I10 columns of Col. 1"eftouin ' and
Major TTonolpr. The enemy's losses
y'
wore severe.- Tia British casualties
were slight,
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PRINCE. TO VISIT BERLIN, ,Wanton,
Confirmed Report That Re is to
freer the liais'er,
A London despatch q
sa s: -The
newspapers print, an unolflciat,• but
p
apparently LrusGworthy, Minna/ma-
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Mont, confirming Cho report
that the King will send tho PLincC
of Wales .to 7lorlin to congratulate
lympor0r. William on his birthday,
Jan, 27, The annotumon.ent, which
is commented upon approvingly, is
me barnf
alt appreciation anon
q •� gpP
of the T llipol'ol a sympathy on the
eeeaslpu of llueort Victoria's death,
Teo visit Will. Practically semehron}zp
ivii.h:010 cxplra11On of the period or
for Queen V'icGatla,
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TO MEET FEBRUARY 6.
—^
The Dominion Parliament Will
Moet on That Date:
A .despatch from Ottawa says 1-
1't is stated that the next taatte of
tho Canada: Gazette will contain a
roclarnellon collie Pediment,
P 8, for
the despatch 01 business on Thursdn
1rCUrtrary Gth. Y
`-""""' "^""^"
An agent of the tl',,'aUs-Szbprian
Railway a:nnamtces teat by 12a31 next
this railway will have a sD'mi-worifly
seraiee between Paris Pekin,
pt n, ltinci
that the Brno [Nita Shanghai t0 Lon-..
g
Boli will be three weeks. • 7