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The Brussels Post, 1902-5-1, Page 3' IIwE MARKFTS It80Yonrling0Par lambs ,soli at fro)n $5.50 , 5 Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc 111 Trade Centres. '.Toronto, April 29.-1Nheat-No. 1 Northern, 82a iidspot North Day, and No, 2 Northern 80e bid N. B,, without sales. Coterie 58-1b rod winter oll'ered et 74e outside, with 724e bid, and 78c bid middle freights. No, 2 white, 73e hid C,P. R, east, 78c bid on Midland, and 73c bid on Trunk west, with 'tellers at 74e. No. 2 mixed offered at 74c middle freight, with 73c bid, and 78tc°bid for 8,000 buchots on Mid- land. No, 2 goose offered at 68e middle freight, now shipped to St, J ohn, without bids. Barley -No, 3 offered at 500 mid - 'De freight on Pacific, without bids. Peas -No, 2 white sold at 790 high freights for one car. Oats -No. 2 white, 40to bid in buyers' sacks, low freight to New York, and 47.}c bid east, with sel- lers et 41tc middle freight, now shipped to Montreal, 'White Mani- toba feed, 45c bid North. Bay, No, 13 Ontario white offered at 40tc mid- dle freight. No. A mixed, 4211c bid. Toronto; they' offered et 40c high freights, ' while 40c was bid middle freights. Corn -AA car .of No. 2 yellow sold at 58e west, and the market closed with 570 bid;' No„2 nixed, 57c bid west, Rye -No. 2,.offered at 57c middle, freight, now shipped to Portland, and 56tc was bid middle freight on Pacific. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried Apples -The market is dull, with small lots selling at 5t to Ste. Evaporate-], 10 to 10tc. Hops -Trade is quiet, with prices steady at 18c; yearlings, 8c. Honey -The market is dull at '94 to 10c for strained; combs, $1.15 to $2.25 pea* dozen. Maple syrup -Market quiet, with prices unchanged. Pure (new make) imperial gallons, 90 to 95c; old, as to quality, 75 to 80c. Sugar, 9c. Beans -The market is dull. Prices, e1 to $1.15 per bushel, as to qual- ity: Handpicked, $1.25 to 81.80. Hay, baled -The market is firm, with fair demand. Timothy, $10.60 to $10.75, on track for No. 1. Straw -The market is quiet. Car tots on track quoted at $5 to $5.50; the latter for No. 1. Poultry-Recelpts are email. We quote: -Fresh killed turkeys, 13 to 15e per Ib; chickens, 750 to $1. Ducks, 96c to $1. Geese, 8 to 10e per Ib.' Potatoes -Tho market is firm, with ear lots quoted at 67 to 70e per bag, on track, and small lots at 80c. THE DAIRY MARKETS. uc c eel! at wtfrom 8t to 40 per lb, resPort ewee are fetching from at to ate per lb, Following le the range of quota- tions; -- Cattle, Shippers, per cwt -.$5,00 06,25 Do„ light ,. 4,25 4.75 Butcher, choice,,. ,. ., 5,110 5,50 Butcher, ord, to good e,00 9:,50 Butcher, inferior....:.,, 8.50 8.75 Stockers, per ewt... .,2,50 8.75 Sheep and Lambs. Choice owns, per cwt,8,75 4.50 Yearlings, per cwt.. 5,50 6.50 Spring lambs, each 2.00 5,00 Bueles, per cwt .• ,. 8,50 4.00 Milkere and Calves Cows, each,.; ,,, „ 25,00 '50,00 Calves, each... ,.. ,.. .,2.00 10,00 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt.,. 6,00 6.50 Light hogs, per cwt5.75 6.25 Honey hogs, per cwt,„ 5.50 6.25 Sows, per, cwt... 8.80 4.00 Stags, per cwt0,00 2,00 RUSSIA AND JAPAN. Butter -The receipts aro fair, and prices generally are steady. We quote: -Choice 1 -Ib rolls, 18 to 190; choice large rolls, 17 to 18ca second grades, rolls and tubs, 17 to 18c; low grades, 12c. Creamery prints in fair supply at 22 to 224c; solids, 20 to 21e. ?eggs -The market is steady, with a gond demand. Prices unchanged at 12tc per dozen. Cheese -Market is firm; finest Sep- tember, 12c; under grades, 10.1c to 11c; new, 114c. HOGS AND PROVISION'S. Both Sides Are Preparing for a Struggle. • A Victoria, B,C., despatch says: - lie W. Little, editor of the North China Daily News, in an interview given here, says that war between Japaa and ltuss)a is considered in- evitable not only by the Japanese, but also by the Russians, and all residents on the Siberian ' coast or thereabouts. Enormous preparations aro being made at Port Arthur and elsewhere in Siberia, fortifications are pro5ressing and troops massed, and Japan is also ready. 'In the course of the interview the editor 'said: -"Both the Russians and the Japanese regard war as in- evitable. The Anglo -Japanese Alli- ance will probably have the effect 'of delaying the occurrence, but the trend of opinion is that it must come sooner or later. The Japanese are preparing as well as Russia, and they aro ready to do battle at a moment's notice. They have spies dressed as Chinese through Man- churia and Siberia, and have caches of dynamite ready to blow up the Russian rallway and ate bridges at n given signal." He .says the Empress Dowager hos not changed iter attitude towards foreigners, but now the Chinese Gov- ernment believes that it is only by education and Western methods of warfare that this object can be ac- complished, and this is why the Em- press Dowager is now favoring edu- cation, merely as a means to accom- plish that which Boxerism failed to do. SEAL CATCH A FAILURE Season at an End, and Reports Are Discouraging. A Vancouver, B.O., despatch says: -The sealing season on the coast ended this week, and it is anticipated from the reports so far received that it will be almost a total failure. Early in the season the rough wea- ther interfered with the sealers, and during the past month. Although but ono has been heard from, the owners do not think they can make up for the three lost. From advices received from ICnkadote, it would ap- pear that the sealers over there have also fared badly. Two Victoria ves- sels have put into the Japanese port with their boats smashed, and with catches of 1,00 and 50, respectively. Dressed hogs are unchanged. Hog products in fair demand, and firm, We quote: Bacon, long clear, 10e in ton and case lots. Mess ,pork, 821; do., short cut, $22. Smoked Meats -Hams, 18c; break- fast bacon, 14c; rolls, 11c; backs, 14 to 14tc; and shoulders, 103c. Lard -The market is unchanged, with good demand. Wo quote: - Tierces, 11 to 114c; tubs, 114e; pails, alta; compound, 9 to 9+.o. • UNITED. STATES MARKETS,. Milwaukee, April 20. - Wheat- higher; No. 1 Northern, 77c; No. 2 do, 76ic; July, 784c. Rye --Steady, No, 1, 60c. Barley -Firm; No. 2, 70c; sample, 60 to 694c. Corn July, 65$c. ktinneapolls, April 29. -Wheat clos- ed -May, 75'lc; July, 773c: on track, No. 1 hard, 79te; No. 1 Northern, 76.1c; No, 2 Northern, 75$c. Higher; first patents, $4,10 to $.4.20; second do, 88,95 to 84,05; first clears, $3; second Metre, 82.25 to $2.85. Bran -1n bulk, $14 to $14.50. Duluth, April 29. -Wheat closed- Cnsh, No. 1 hard, .791c; No. 1 Nor- thern, 762c; No, 2 Northern, 744c; May, 784c; July; 77-(a; Manitoba, No 1 Northern, cash, 7511c; May,''3Lc; No, 2 Northern, 73;c. Oats -lett. Corn -01e, Buffalo, April 20,-Flour-Firmor. Wheat -Spring easy; No. 1 Northern, carloads, 8140, Corn -Unsettled; Ng. 2 white, 504c; No. 8 do., 330c; No, 2 mixed, 472c asked; barley, 68 to 60c spot. Iiye-No. offerings. L1VTI S'1tOCK MARKETS, At the market to -day there was a lighter local enquiry, because the butchers say their customers will not pay the enhanced prices. Good to choico chipping cattle was worth from 5 to 6c per pound; for a few extra primo selections from 15 to 25c more per cwt was paid. For good to choleo butcher cattle prices range frOzu 44 to (Ste per primal; for picked lots from 10 to 15c more per'cwt was realized, but 5tc was the jii'actically top price for good butcher stuff. A large proportion of to -day's re- ceipts tvere conpceed of stockers, Willett aro worth Loin 83.15 to $8,50 per oivt: •Calves ere 50lling cheap, at from $2 to $5 each for common to good, and up to $8 each for choice. Real- ly good teal calves aro wanted, There is no change in other grades, 'Smell stuff' is not gttotably changed. Spring lnanbc are wo'Lh from 82 to $8 each. THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT, NOTES OP PROCEEDINGS THF., FEDERAL HOUSE, YUKON MEMBER. Mr, Sifton has been 1pduced to in- troduce ct bill to amend the Yulcon Territory Act. This will give power, among other thinge, to increase : re- presentation in the Local Assembly from three . to live 'members, An- other hill from Mr. Sifton is in re - tweeting the representation of the Yukon Perritory 10 the Ileuee of Commons," It provides that the Yukon Territory in the house of to the House of Commove by one member, . Voters will require a reel - dentia) qualification such es now pre - Yells In the North-West 'Territories, The bill does pot fix the dato at which the election le to be held, bat Mr, Sifton explained that this would be inserted In conunitteo. THG TELEPHONE BTT,T,, The Bell Telephone 11i11 wee tip before the Senate sub -committee,. whoa a .Whole batch of technical speet to the representation of the amendments were peopoeed. Some Yukon in the iJouse of Commons. of them were carried and some were This bill will give the Yukon 000 z'0- defeatem elle main point at issue presentative to the Canadian Par - lament. Mr, Sifton will also intro- duce a bill further to amend the Acts respecting tho Northwest Ter- ritories, one to amend the Rocky Mountain Park Act of 1887, anti one to araond the Dominion Lands .Act. RAILWAY S'1'lt1ICES. I3on. William Mulock's bill in re- gard to railway labor disputes to provide for the settlement of strikes and lockouts on railways in such a way that recourse to these extreme ancasures will be unnecessary. Provi- sion will probably be wide for THE CAPE BRETON STATION+ Work on Marconi's Establishment Progrossing Rapidly. A Halifax, N.S., despatch says:' - 14. A. Rhodes of the Rhodes Curry Company, contractor for Marconi's Table Head station in Cape Bruton, is in the city, Mr, Rhodes was at Table Head, Glace Bay, a few days ago, and says the work on the Mar- coni station is progressing well,'The Rhodes Curry Company are building a dwelling for the manager of the station, a Workshop and engine - house, end will erect four towers each 210 feet in height. It is ex- pected the station will be equipped and in working order by Coronation Day was the control 91'rates by the Governer -General. It was accepted by the committee and formulated in a cause which was satiefuctory to those representing the municipalities. It is provided that the rates 10 any municipality may ,be increased or diminished from those now existing upon the application of the com- pany or any interested municipality. In case of such application the Governor-General is 'to commission a judge to make the mummy and report whether such increase or diminution should be made. Tho r y a. o o judge may compel the attendance of boards of arbitration ®elected by tho with couple powers to deal with witnesunder oath, and require companies and the employes, th all and the production of books and papers. railway disputes. The measure is Control of rates also means control somewhat novel in its features, and for this reason and because of the importance of the subject It is not expected that the bill will pass into law . this session,but be made pub- lic and hold over for full considera- tion by all .concerned. TELIOPHIONE COMPANIES. Mr, Morrison wasinformed by Mr, Fisher that there are 55 telephone companies in the Dominion ,t1 Can- ada, of which 44 are in operation, 25 in Quebec, seven in Ontario, six of charges for long-distance ntes- snges, T MARINE. THE MERCHANT Admiralty Appoints Commission of Enquiry. A London despatch says :-In the House of Commons on Thursday the Secretary of the Admiralty, Hugh 0. Arnold -Forster, replying to a ques- tion, said the Admiralty was con- sidering the whole matter of ship in Nova Scotia, five in New Bruns- subsidies,with the view of defining wick, eight in British Columbia, two the rights of the Admiralty in the in the Northwest Territories, and event of contingencies arising, such ono in Prince Edward Island, Mr. as the suggested shipping combine. Fisher was unable to state the mile- When the present form of agreement age or the capitalization of each was settled upon, no trade combine - company. He gave the mileage of tions under foreign control were the Bell Telephone Company as 94, contemplated, but the Admiralty had 814. This company operates in appointed a committee to consider Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba. and the and report on the purpose and form Northwest Territories. It has no of future subsidy agreements. The unissued stock, The total telephone Admiralty in the meanwhile had mileage for the Dominion is 113,294. made arrangements with the White THE YUKON BELLS, Star Line which precluded the pos- Three bills were introduced by Mr, sibility of any of their armod cruis- Sifton. The first: "To amend the ers or merchant steamers being Yukon Territory Act, " provides transferred to a foreign flag without that where au ordinance of the Gov- the consent of the Admiralty during ernor-in-Council conflicts with an or- the unexpired portion of the Admir- dinance of the Commissioner -in- alty agreements. Council, that passed by the Gavel'- Important legal points were 1n - nor -in -Council shall prevail. It also valved, including the questions hands over to the local council of whether, in the event of war, there the Territory the control and regula- tion of the sale of intoxicating li- quor in the territory, but does not CANADIAN LIME. Lord Strathcona on Shipping Combination. A London despatch says: -Loral Strathcona, discussing the Atlantic shipping combination, said he be- lieved o-lievcd it would make a great oppor- tunity for Canada, and that it con- stituted a splendid opening for the fast mall )service between. Liverpool and Cape Breton, which was to be discussed at the conference of colon- ial Premiers in London next July. Lord Strathcona said that if this service was established it woulddi- vert much American traffic. The Chronicle in an editorial arti- cle on the Canadian Commissioner's remarks, urges that such a plan would merit a subsidy from the Gov- ernment. ALL THEATRES TO CLOSE. King Will Pay the Employees on Coronation Day. A London despatch says ;-The Lord Chamberlain has sunt a cir- cular to managers of the London theatres, requiring those pieces of amusement to bo closed On corona- tion day and the day after, It is understood that the Icing has ar- ranged that the employees will not suffer through the closing of the theatres, AUSTRALIA COMES IN. Has Given Her Adhesion to Penny Postage. 1,. London deepatoli says :-Aus- tritlia has given her adhesion to the Imperial penny postage system, She has held aloof, hitherto, on the plea that adhering to the system would result in loss of revohue. deal in any way with the manufac- ture of liquor in the territory. A further provision is that in future the number of elective representa- tives in the local council shah be live. Mr. R. L. Borden -Of . how many members will the council be com- posed? Mi•. Sifton-There are five appoin- tive members, and there will. now be five elective members. The secotd bill introduced by Mr. Sifton is "To amend the Dominion Lands Act." It provides that here- after sales of land and homestead entries, granted in the territories, shall be subject to the provision that the Governor of the territories may open a road not more than 66 feet wide, and comprising not more than five per cent. of the particulat lend in question without paying any- thing for the right of way. Mr. Sifton's third bill is entitled "An Act further to amend the Act respecting the North-West Territor- ies," It hands over to the Legisla- tive assemblies of the Territories the power to pass ordinances in regard to .road allowances .which have been handed over to the Territorial Gov - eminent. was anything to prevent these, com- panies from substituting a foreign for the British flag at short_notice, and whether the Admiralty has the means of enforcing its right of pre- emoton or hire in such case ; or if, by abandoning the subvention, the companies could claim 'elle right of pre-emption eeesed. All such points would be carefully considered, and the Admiralty's rights would be as- certained, The Private Bills Committee con- sidered the bill to incorporate the Toronto and Niagara Power Com- pany. Tho incorporators aro James ]toss, of Montreal, and William Mao- kenzie, lI, M. Pellatt, Fred. M. Nich- olls, and S. G. Beatty, of Toronto. They ask for power to acquire and utilize water and steam power to compress air or generate electric and other power and energy, and distri- bute the same, and to contract with any company building a bridge across the Niagara River to carry electric power across the bridge and connect with wires on the United States side, and to take stock in any corporation using or supplying water in Niagara or Welland River, or engaged in the use of power, light or heat. A clause was introduced making it clear that power privileges could not be expropriated by the company. 'l'he clause of the hallway Act relat- ing to the aocluisition of lands, sur- veys, and plans, and expropriation of lands, was incorporated in the bill, this including the amendment made to the Railway Act in 11399 for the protection of highways, and requiring tho consent of the munici- palities. A further clauscain regard to fences and the protection of pro- perly crossed by the company's lines is to be drafted by the chairman. The clause relating to "unneces- sary" damage was amended so as to make the company liable for all damage done in connection with the company's works, The clause' re- garding the directors was amended by providing that a majority of the directors must bo British subjects. The bill was then reported. ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARR. Mr. Sifton introduced a bill "TO amend the Rocky Mountains Park Act, 1887," At present the part: comprises 200 squere utiles, or i60,- 400 acres, With the proposed addi- tion it Will be 4,900 square Miles, or 8,136,000 acres. Alongside of this in the railway belt he British Columbia there has align been Set apart under the neuro of Yoho Park, 882 square miles, or 532,480 acres, YUKON Tlu1t1YT01tY, Ilr. Sifton introduced a bill "Des, .A.CCJ,JENTS ELI EBS FAC7CD DEATH ON THE TLIaPIELD MANX TIMES Tine Very Strange Ends of Men W1to Y4avo .elscapcd a Hundred Deaths. Perhaps. One IS never more strong- ly impressed with a sense of tite cal, riotousness of fate and the vanity of human endeavor than when we read of -nen who have braved and es- caped death in a hundred forms only to succumb at last to a trivial end commonplace accident. The ignominious fate which ended the brave and brilliant career of Captain Charles de St. Croix is but a type of the surprises Fate holds in store for those who seem to bear charmed lives. Captain de St. Croix was one of the most adventurous of the heroes who survived all the hor- rors of the Crimea, and lived face to face with death in its most horrible ferns every day through that long campaign. Always In the forefront of danger, and deliberately inviting death by volunteering for, any duty of special hazard, he remained un- tonclred while his comrades fell aroand hint thick as autumn leaves. In later years ho seemed to court death by facing and fighting lions and tigers on foot, and earned the reputation of being the most daring and lucky hunter of big game in India, and yet he survived a thous- and risks, any one of which might well have been fatal, to fall under tho wheels of a London omnibus and have his bravo life crushed` out of him, Thirty years ago a Crimean com- rade of Captain de St.. Croix, Major Hanson, met an even more ignomin- ious fate. Major Hanson had so many and such MARVELLOUS ESCAPES FRENCH CANADIANS. Party Leave to Take Up Land Near Prince Albert. A despatch from Montreal says :- Rev. bather Vachin and a con- siderable party of French Canadians from the New England States left for the North-West on Thursday by the Canadian Pacific. They were all mill hands, and go to take up farm land near Prince Albert, rather Blair, who went with a largo party a month ago, will shortly return East, and proceed to the New Eng - States for the purpose of selecting delegates from the principal manu- facturing centres, who will proceed to the Canadian wheat belt, inspect the areas for sale, and report to their companions who are desirous of being repatriated. He says there are thousands of Canadians working in the cotton and silk mitis desirous of returning to tho Canadian North-West. Most of them have saved money and would make excellent settlers. A TREACHEROUS SAILOR. Arrested in Toulon for Plot to Blow Up Warship. A despatch to the Paris Journal des Debate from Toulon says a young sailor has been arrested on board the French battleship Chas, Martel for seeking to enlist several comrades in a plot to blow up that vessel. A mellnite oartridgo was found secreted in a coal bunker. It is believed the sailor's brain became affected by the Anarchist ideas of whiolt lie boasted. WHY SIIE SCREAMED NOT. A young woman from the country was suing her former sweetheart for broach of promise, and the lawyers were, as usual, making all sorts of inquisitive remarks. You say," reznitrked one, "that the defendant, when paying visits to your house, frequently sat very close to you ?" Yes, sir," was the reply, with a blush. "How close ?" "So close that one chair was all we needed to sit on." "And you say be put Ms arms around you 3" "No, I didn't." "What did you soy, then ?" "I said he put both Itis arms around Inc." "What then ?" "He ]tugged me," "Very hard ? "Yes, very hard -so hard that tory nearly had to soream out," "Why didn't you scream ?" "Because - I didn't." (Another blusih.) "Como, that's Ise ream, iia ex- plicit, please. Because what 9" "Because I was afraid he'd stop." '.rhe Court exploded, and the judge had to bo mu'l'led out and placed under the Wattol'-tap for the pnrpoS'0 of resuscitation, both in the Crimea and in the In- dian Mutiny that ho was known in the army as the "Devil's Own," a not very delicate tribute to his bravery and Itis luck. Three tithes his horse was shot under him ; his uniform was riddled and perforated with bullets ; once a cannon ball grazed his cheek and removed the head of the man immediately behind him ; twice he was disarmed and on the point of being struck down when a lucky shot or sabre -cut placed Ms assailnnt here de combat. These are but a few samples of "Hanson's luck," and it really seemed as if Death would overlook him altoge- ther. ltogo-thcr. But he was only lying in wait for his victim, for in tho winter of 1871-2 tho gallant major had a fall while skating and fractured his thigh. Amputation became neces- sary, and he died under the opera- tion. But no fate could be more pitiful than that of Major Richard Russell, another veteran and hero of the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny, once one of the bravest end most enviable men in Her Majesty's army, 'who died miserably in Belfast Workhouse, and was buried in a plain deal coffin which was provided by the charity of a few friends. During the last nine years of Ms life this gallant soldier lived alone in a single, bare room In a Belfast slum, and earned a wretched living by hawking tea amongst his poor neighbors -tor, proud to accept the help which his friends of prosperous days world gladly have provided. It was only when his strength failed and he was found dying in his fireless room that he suffered himself to be removed to the workhouse -a sorry exchange for the mansion on Lough Neagh which had been the home of I. SEWS ITEMS Telegraphic Briefs From AU Over the Globe. CANADA. Nominations for Ontario Muse take place Thursday, May 22 ; polk Ing Thursday, May 29. Major-General O'Gt'ady-iialy will continue in command of the militia in Canada until June 80th, Premier Ilaultate, of Northwest Territories hats been voted $5.1.t"1) for expenses to the coronation. Signor Marconi 'says wireless tele•• graph, will be working between Can- ada and England in four mouths. ]toy Williams of Winona, hung on a waggon, caught his feet in tbo rear wheel, and both his leg's were broken. A total of 1110 new elovutors have been asked for from the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company along branch lines in the west. Mies Florence Cameron, daughter of Postmaster Cameron, of London, Ont,' is serving as a nurse at Dur- ban, urban, South Africa. F. J. Webber, of Buffalo, the eon, tractor for the Montreal elevator, has also secured the contract for the erection of the pew elevator at Fort William. The Lake Erie and Detroit River- Railway Company propose to double the capacity of their freight sheds in London owing to the 'increase in their business. GREAT BRITAIN, King Edward's dinner to the poor of London has been fixed for the fifth of July, The British Admiralty will be ask- ed to provide a naval dock at King- ston Jamaica. Seven persons were burned to death in a lire in hackney, London, Eng., on Saturday night. Great Britain will protest against the hemp tariff established in the Philippines by the United States. Dr. Barton has challenged M. San- tos -Dumont for a race via airship from London to Edinburgh for any sum up to 850,000. Preparations for Illuminating Lon- don in June have already begun, and several banks have their coro- nation "clothes" on. A new school for the education of children of soldiers who have /alien during the South African war will be endowed at London. Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, Milford and Southampton are exhibiting keen rivalry to be selected as the English port of the new Canadian fast Atlan tic service. A firm of Reading seedsmen are presenting to each of the block- houses in South Africa a box of both vegetable and flower seeds, ee a cor- onation gift. English bakers have raised • the price of bread a penny a loaf, and the Cobden Club is trying to raise a demonstration in Manchester against the grain tax. Mr. Wyndham has declared in the House of Commons that while it is true that there is a comparative ab- sence of crime in Ireland, the lives of many persons are being made miserable by intimidation and boy- cotting. IHI5 PALMY DAYS. In the early part of Last century there was no more heroic soldier in Wellington's army than Colonel Mac - lagan, and none more eager to court death. It was said that a love disappointment had•made him reckless and that hehad sworn never to return to England alive, What- ever was the reason, he distinguiah- ed himself among, all Ms fellows as a man of the most reckless valour, He fought in over eighty engage- ments and skirmishes, • led half a dozen. forlorn hopes, and twice he charged, single-handed, large bodies of .Inc enemy, but the death ho woo- ed would not oven glance at him. When the campaign was over he made his home in Holland. A few years later this man, who had so daringly defied cleat-, succumbed to it pin -scratch, .which led to blood - poisoning and proved fatal. A few years later General Androo, ono of France's doughtiest warriors and the most noted duellist of his day in Europe, met a singular fate, He not only survived the Peninsular Campaign, in which his deeds of daring valour were the theme and admiration of Napoleon's armies, but he had fought no fewer than twenty-two duels, in which, although he had killed a round dozen of his opponents, be had not received so much as a scratch, One clay, when ho was describing one of his adt'oh- tures at the officers' mess, he was seized with such a violent fit of laughter at an amusing recollection that he broke a blood -vessel and died within an hour. --London Tit - Bits. Herr von Badenbruns, who was on trial in Oldenburg, Germany, on the charge of bank irregularities entered the house of the presiding judge and Shot him dead. Itis stated by an Indian paper that rainy Calcutta policemen have attained to positions of such afiiu- ence that they own private carriages, Sixty settlers and seven ears of stock and effects were sent of to Western Ontario front Afichigen on Thursday by Ar. V. McInnes, the Canadian Ilntuigratiott Agent, Mrs, E. FI. 1,. Warren, a sixty- five year old woman, who is rich, and lives at New Rochelle, N.Y., has her house barred and is in a state of siege to keep out imoginery per - sots Whom sho thinks Will kidnap an Imaginary 011i1(14, I • RISE REMARKS. "I'll drop you it line," the oogler said to the 11s12, "Don't mind me," as the child said to its nurse, "I' know a lot," the auctioa,eor shouted to his audience. "Time IS pressing," said Jones when the clock fell on his foot. "How very bet you are," cut the roast beef said to the horse radish. "I felt quite elevated," murmured the lad, when tossed by a bull. "Your pen wants mending;:' as the shepherd said to the stray sheep. "Don't touch me or I'll scream," said the steam whistle to the stoker. "Nothing but leaves," the grew said, when he looked In the tea can- later, "An .advance in iron," said the sole eller, when the shone came from the enemy. "How time files," wailed the old gent, as the pick -pocket ran ea with his watch. "I'll bo hanged if I do," said the anarchist, when the ehief asked hint to May the Icing. "This is where I shine," said the bootblack, while polishing the gen- tleman's boots, "1 fear you are sinking," said the, doctor, when he discovered his pa- tient in the duck -pond. "I'll pay your bill at sight," said the blind -man. "I scrape my way through the world," said the barber. "I am bound to get on in this world," said the bookbinder. "I have divers ways of earning a living," remarked the diver. "I ant going to turn over leaf," said the publisher. "I take my cup from you," 5018 the billiard player to a fernier glrtyer. "A veto hard ease," said thereaft- er, when trying to break an oyster. shell. "Now we're off," as the jockeys said when the horses bucked end threw them off. "I am making a fool of myself," as tho clown said when making up for his part. "I can knock down a mansion at one blow," as the auctioneer said when selling one. "It's hard to dye young," wailed the maiden, when applying the halr- dye to her hair. "That was a shocking affair," said the man, after colliding with a "live" electric wire. "I present you with the staff of life." said the baker, as he handed the customer her bread. "The very man I'm looking tor," said the detective, Basing on the photograph of a swindler. "Painting and decorating done here," as the young lady said when she entered her boudoir. "Things are a bit mixed," purred the kitten that had got entangled In the ball of wool it was playing with. "I have the stamp of royalty upon me," as the man said when he bought one of the new stamps. "I mean to make a name for my- self," murmured the man who forged another man's name on a big cheque. "Mind your eye," as the thread said to the needle. "I am trembling Nice a leaf," as the jelly said when brought to the the table, "That's just my conviction," as the burglar said when he got five years. "We'll toss for it," said the bull, when disputing a person's right in a field. 'UNITED STATES. Frank R, Stockton, the well-known novelist, died suddenly on Sunday at Washington. A heavy rain and ]tall storm has swept North Texas and in the Indian Territory, much damage being done to crops. A poor, little, unknown hunch- back girl killed herself in Central Park, Now York, on Thursday, by drinking poison. About 1,200 employees of the Gen- eral Electric Company struck at Schnectady, N.Y., on Saturday, but later returned to work, Sam Stevenson, a trainer in Bos- tock's zoo, had his arm terribly torn by a caged lion, which he was watering, in Boston on Wodnesday. The Supreme Court of Illinois finds the law taxing, foreign insurance com- panies doing business in Illinois two per cent. on gross premiums to be unconstitutional. Pepper as a means of defence may hereafter be carried by women and girls who aro compelled to be on the streets of Dayton, Ohio,.at night; es a result of the numerous cases of highway robbery which have occurred lately, At Terre Haute, Ind., J. P. Kim- mel, physical instructor at rue Indi- ana State Normal School, has been fatally injured by being accidentally struck on the head with it 16 -pound hammer with which an athlete was practicing. a new GENERAL. Rebels in Ktrang-Si Province intend to seize three provinces in Southern 'China, Chime(' bandits attacked a Russian post at Netvchang, Manchuria, killing one Russian oflcer and four privates, Certain persons sespocted of steal- ing* a bull belonging to the Khedive of Egypt have been llogged while in prison. Germans tu'e importing thousands of goats from Switzerland, under the belief that goats' milk Is a. sure euro for consumption. It is said that Chinese rebels in the Province of ICwangsl are armed with rifles supplied throtigh the French protectorate. Silica the introduction al peony -in- tim slot meters the total local coi- sttmption of gas in certain districts 10 Berlin has increased by nearly 700 per cent, Calcutta. is to be improved by driving wide, open thOrOughlares through the slums of the city, at a cost of neatly two million potntds. "Drawn from life," said the den- tist, as he hold up the teeth for in- epection. "Aly Heart is your heart," as the butcher said when handing it to a customer. "This is a bit too much," es the horse said when they put two bite in his mouth. "This is a fitting opportunity," as the lady said when visiting her dress- maker, "I couldn't stand the strain," as the man said when he fled from the German band. "We'll drop the subject," as the king said when he threw one of the crew overboard. "I feel run down," was the remark of the old woman after the cycle had gone over her. "It's a hard world," as the man said when he fell to the ground from a six -storey building. "There are lots of mysteries in this world," said the sausageatutker, as he tied up the ends. "I don't see things in the same light," said Algy, when his hat was crushed over his eyes. "Do not pees me by," said the foothell, its one of the players lams a futile attempt for a goal. "Misfortunes never come singly," said the servant, as sho announced Alias Fortunes and her two sisters. ".I'll give you plenty of tine." said the judge, when he sentenced the prisoner to twenty -ono years' fns- prisonment.--Poarson's Weekly GRAINS OF GOLD. A good .man does good merely by living,-Bulwet•, Genius 10 only a superior power of seeing, -Ruskin. Every brave man is a man of his word. --Corneille. Forgive thyself little and otizet•s much-1..Oighton. The education of the human mind commences In the cradle,- COgar. No thoroughly 00cu1lte5 man was ever yet very miserable. --L. 1:. ;Lan• don, If yon do what you should not yell must, bear What von would not., --lrranalitl.