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wards Recovery.
A London .despatch soya: The
irony of at ordained that the day
owned for the coronation of Icing
.Edward should bo' an ideal ono, even
among the ileligilts of an Englieti
June. Phe skies were clear, and the
Meat of 'the sun was tempered by a
wool, rofrertling breeze, The weath-
er gods, who aro hold particularly
responsible ' for the King's undoing,
seemed beat upon emphasizing the
nation's difeappoantmout. The mil-
lions wito:expected to acclaim a new-
crowned monarchwent instead to
church to pray that his life be spar-
ed, or inado half-hearted holiday,
wandering through the streets where
his triumphal prooesslon would have
pnssod. They were 'oven inclined to
bo joyful -in ,rho light of the ray of
hope 'which came front the palace -
whore the Royal' sufferer lay.
The feet' three bulletins sent out
by the physicians oa Thursclay were•
distinctly encouraging. It was an-
nounced at last that the patient's
temperature was norma]. and " this
was the best possible news in a carom
of this nature. All
the other symp-
toms were also favorable. •
NATION TOOK FfEART AGAIN,
It was therefore not surprising
that the nation took heart again,
and was almost inclined to indulge
In premature: rejoicing. The throngs
which still filIed the streets sang
and ware gay. "Tile Ming will
live," was heard on all sides, and
they began to talk of a coronation
in August or September.
Then the evening bulletin was
posted at 11 o'clock on the palace
:gator, and in all the post Offices. It
concluded with the disquieting sen-
tence, which checked the hopefulness:
"There has been some return of pain
M the wound,"
These words would usually have.
serious- .sikuiilcence in a, situation
lilto that of. the ICt.rig, and tits doc-
tors Would have hardly employed
them finless they 'desired the natural
.conclusion to, bo drawn from them.
Fresh pain implies fresh ip1amma-
tion, Renewed inflammation is its]
many accompanied or followed by
esti renewed secretion of pus, This
peril is one of extreme gravity. It,
.might be decided to reopen the
wound as a. last resort. This hos
been done in many cases, and it is
sometimes successful where the pa-
tient is strong and in Pull vigor of
life, In the lCing's case it would
be a desperate expedient.
A. writer in the Daily Mail, eoln-
menting upon the return of pain
in the King'swound, sniggests that
it is duo to the natural contraction
of the wound, aiid the abscess cavity,
causing pressure on the drainage
tubus. It is therefore, he says, a
healthy, natural sign. He believes
there has been no appreciable in-
crease of temperature with the re-
turn of pain, The writer says the
King has been permitted to smoke,
Ho takes beef tea tend milk.
NOT A, COMPLETE OPERATetsele
It is not generally understood by
readers of the sono -official account
of the operation that it was neces-
nary to . remove a section of the
bowel itself, and that even if the
King rallies from the present crisis
another serious operation will . be
necessary as soon as he is able to
bear it,
Lord Lister, .one of the physicians
in attendance, remarked to it friend
to -day:
Tho operation was the most seri-
ous to whish a man: of the .Icing's
age and condition couldbe subject-
ed."
They took what le described_ as
ono desperate chance. Not to oper-
ate meant certain death within'foi•-
ty-eight hours, and there remained
the possibility of prolonging, if not.
saving, lifeby the radical use of the
'knife. That possibility 'they seized,
as it was their duty to do.
ABSCESS HAD NOT BURST.
The operation revealed even a
worse condition than was autiripat-
ed regarding the parts involved. but
the abscess had not burst. There-
fore, general blood poisoning hid not
begun. But it was evident that
nothing could be done toward pro -
Meting -a, radical .cure by a singlo
operation The surgeon, therefore,
dealt only with the most critical
phase of the peril.
From the usual effects following
any operation the King is rallying
as •wellc expected. as could b 0 o P e ted. The
danger is of fresh com-
plications, which are more
than likely to arise at any
moment. Against these science
would be obliged to confess itself
powerless.
THE CORONATION HONORS
LIST OF CANADIANS WHO
HAVE RECEIVED TITLES.
lbTany Prominent Canadians Hon-
ored for Distinguished
Services.
An Ottawa despatch says ;=The
Yollowing statement was handed out
teem Rideau Hall on Wednesday
mght
His Majesty the icing has been gra-
ciously pleased to confer the frillow-
ing honors .-
To
To bo member of the King's Most
Honorable Privy 0ouncil-Iiia Ex-
cellency the Earl of Minto,
G., Governor-General of Canada.
To bo Knights Commandor of 'the
• Most Distinguished .Order of St.
.Michael and S't. George :-
The ion. David Idunter McMillan,
.Lieetenant-Gov'er'nor of Manitoba,
Tito Ilan, l!roderick.William Borden
Minister of Militia, and Defence.
The Hon. William Muloak, K,O.,
' Postmaster -General.
To be Knight Bachelors :-
.The TIoe. Henri Elzoar .Tascheroatt,
Puieno. Judge of the Supreme Court
of Canada.
The Hon. Robt. Beak, President of
the Logislatis o Council of Nov
Scotia.
7'0 bo Companions of the Most
Distinguished Order of St. Michael
and St. George ;- •
Lieut; Ool. Frederic White, Comp-
troller- of the Northwest Mounted
Police.
Liout.-Col Percy Sherwood, Com-
missioner Dominion Police.
Robert ]Carrie, President of the
Royal Canadian Academy.,
Sir IP. W. Borden rooeives • a
Knighthood because ' of bis services)
to the empire in connection with the
organisation and despatch of .Cana
dish contingents to South eAfrica,
Sir William Muloelc has beet). knight-
od by reason of his successful efforts
to institute imperial penny postage.
Sir Ilouri. Taechoroau is a rlistin-
guiseed member of the Supiom°
Court Dench: and le likely to . sec-
eerie
ur-vice Si'i.Henry Strong as Chief
Justice whhen the latter retires.
GIL131IOT PARKER A IKNIGIIT.,
A London despatch says -The.
list of coronation honors announced
in the ;Official Gazelle contain the
urn°uneonent that` the following
have been made knights
Dr, A, Conan Doyle, Lhe novelist,
Gilbert Paiikor, the novelist:,
:Francis 0, Bemused, the editor of
Punch.
Loslle Stephen, president of the
E+tbicttl Society.
Sir Robert Bond, the Premier of
Newfoundland,' is made ti Frivy
Councillor
Sir Ttreclet'ielc 'Preece, Seegt.- tut'-
geon to the Icing, and Sir George
Pretty Lewis', the well known lawyer
besides Sir Thomas Lipton, aro tre-
ated novenae.
Tito Order of Knight Of tho Garter
is bestowed on ,the Duke of Welling-
ton and the Duke of Sutherland.
The Duke of Roxburgh and the:
Earl of Haddington aro made
Knights of the Thistle.
The Earl of Enniskillen and Baron
Deros become Knights of St. Pat-
rick.
The Eitel of It'opetoun, Govornor-
Gonerai of the Commonwealth of
Australia,• who recently resigned, is
raised to a. Marcluisate.
Lord Milner is raised to, the rank
of Viscount.
The King has instituted a new
order of merit, to which he has ap-
pointed Lord Wolsoley, Lord Roberts
Lord ICitcltener, Lord Kelvin, Lord
Lister, the Right Hon. John Morley,
the Liberal statesman, and George
1Vatts, the Royal Academician.
His Majesty has- also itistituited a
new order for civil servants, entitled
the Imperial Service Order.
W. E. Johnson was killed and W.
T. McMichael fatally wounded in a
three -corner pistol fight at Oklahoma
City,
Mrs. George Parker, wife of a far-
mer near Ann Arbor, Mich„ come
mitted suicide by pouring kerosene
over her clothing and setting lire
to it.
The strike of the telephone. line-
men against the Chicago Telephone
Company is ended on a compromise,
and the 550 men on strike' since Oc
tobor8 of east year have returned
to work,
Near Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Leous
Wcstrop, a white woman, killed five
of her children by shooting them to
death in an out -house, and after-
wards burned the structure over
thole bodies. Tho woman escaped.
A gang signing themselves the
"Chain Gang Robbers" havo kid-
nepped'Na1. Anderson, jr., son of"a
prominent , =reliant of Birmingham,
Utah, and demand $5,000 for his
release, threatening to cut oil his
arms and logs if it is not paid,
Quceri Wilhelmintt of holland is
convalescing at Castle Schaumburg,
in the 'valley of the Labe,
Thousands . of sheep have perished
during the unprecedentedly severe
cold and winter storms in Capo
Colony;
Thin, inodorous preparations of
Petroleum, tar, and tut' -ell aro-to bo
used foe 'laying the dust in the en-
virons of Paris.
Japan's latest curiosity is a baby
boy who at the age of ton months
weighs nearly sixty pounds and is
over three feet in stature,
King Albert of Stixony, a veteran
of tho Franco-Prussian war, who
hadhold the throne since. 187'8, died
at Dresden on Thulsday,
Seeing a Yvan jump into the Seine,
one of the life-saving dugs :kept by
the Parisian police, .jumped 111 after
hits, ttnd seizing the would -Ito suicide
by Via clothes, brought him safely
ashore,
11IS
MAJESTY KING EDWARD VIT.
THE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, 'etc
in Trade Centres.
THE MARKETS.
Totonto, June 30. Wheat -Tho
market is quiet, with No. 2 white
and red quoted at 764 -to 76ee, mid-
dle freights. No. 2 goose quoted
at 68c east; No. 2 spring, 75 to
754e east. Manitoba No. 1 hard
wild at 87c, grindingin transit, and
No, 1 Northern at 87e, grinding in
transit. No. 1 hard quoted at 844
to SSc, Toronto and west, -and No,
1 Northern at 814 to 82c, Toronto
and west.
Cate -'The market is quiet. No.
2 white- sold .at 444cwest, and at
454c east. No. 8 white at 4340
west.
Corn - Market is firm. No. 2
yellow quoted at 62c west, and No.
2 mixed at 614c west.
Batley - Trade quiet,- with No, 8
extra quoted at 524e middle freights.
Rye - The market is. steady, with
No. 2 quoted at 15e outside.
Flour - Ninety per cent. Ontario
patent quoted at $20.00 middle
freights, in buyers' seats. Straight
rollers, in wood, quoted at $3.25 to
$3,85. Manitoba flours are steady.
ITungarian patents, 34.05 to 34.25
dolipercd on track Toronto, bags in-
cluded, and strong bakers' $3.80 to
$8.95.
Oatmeal - Car lots in bbl& 35.10
on tracv, and in sacks at 35. Drou-
en lots 25c extra.
Miilfeed - Bran is dull.at $16.50
to 317, and shorts at 319.50 to
320. At Toronto bran is 319, and
shorts 321 in bulk. Manitoba bran,
320 in seers, and shorts 323 in
sack, Toronto.
'HOG PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs ustehenged, Ilog pro-
ducts steady. Wo quote: -Bacon,
long clear, 11* to 114e, in ton and
case lots; mess • pork, $21.50 to
322; do., short cut, 823.50 to $24.
Smoked meats - Hams, 184 to.
14c; breakfast bacon, 15 to 154c;
rolls, 12 to 12ec; backs, 15 to 1540;
shoulders, lldc.
Lard - Prices unchanged. Wo
quote: -Tierces, 11xe; tubs, 1180;
pails, 114c; compound, 9 to 10c.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Dried aeples - There is nothing
doing, and prices are purely nomi-
nal.
Bops - Trade quiet, with orices
steady at 18e; yearlings, 7c,
Honey - Very ,little doing; comb,
32 to $2.25 per dozen.
Beans - The market is quiet at
$1 to .31.30, the latter for hand-
picked.
Hay, baled - Tho inarvet is firm,
with fair demand; timothy, 310.50
to 311 for No. 1.
Straw - Tho market is quiet. Car
iots.on track quoted at 35 to 35.50,
the latter for No. 1.
Poultry -- Offerings aro limited.
We quote; -Turkeys, young, 13 to
14o per ib,; do., old, 11 to 12e;
chickens, 75 to 31 uer pair. •
Potatoes - This markot is fume]',
with car lots quoted at 80e per
bag on traelc; small lots sell at 900,
THI7' DAIRY MARH IIITS,
Bettor Tho Offerings are fair,
and prices generally unchanged. We
tlaoto;-Choice 1-1b, rolls, 16 to. 17c;
selected, daisy tubs, 160; store pack-
ed, good Dolor, 15 to 15.30; low
grades, 10 to 12c, and Medium, 13
to 140; creamery .prints,' 10 to 20e;
and solids, 18 to 19c, •
Eggs - The market oontiuttes
firm,' We quote: -•Fresh gathered
candled stock, 144 to 15c; ordin-
ary, 13 to 1.40; seconds and chocks,
11c.
Cheese - Market is a trifle w0akor.
IVe quote: -I ]nest, 10 to 104c; sec.
011(19, 91C.
UNITED STATES 11TATI.TCE'rS,
Miltaultee, Juno 80. - Wheat.-
Lower; close, No, 1 Northern, 77+3
to 780; ,No: 2. Northern, 764 to 77e;
July, 71111r.. .ltvc-Tull; No. 1, 5.71
10 5,,.c, Braley --.Finn; No. 9, 71
to 71t3,r ''atnpie, 01.3 to 70c. Corrt-.
July.y65�e. '
Duluth, June, 30. - Close -Wheat
-Cash
No, 1 hard, ? c• N
7$ o, - 1
Northern, 75*•c; N. 2 Northern,
744e; July, 754e; Sept., 713c; No, 2
toba, No. 1 cash, 754e; No. 2
Northern, 781e. Oats -Cash, 460;
Sopt., 314c.
Detroit, June 80. - Wheat -Close
-No. 1, white, cash, 880; No. 2 red,
cash and Juno, 794e; July, 764e;
Sept., 76c,
St. Louis, June 80, - Wheat -
Oloso-Oash, 71o; July, 708c; Sept.,
70e.
LIVE STOOK MARKETS.
Toronto, June 30. - .1 the West-
ern cattle market this morning the
receipts wore 64 carloads of live
stock, including 936 cattle, 1,680
sheep • and lambs, 850 hogs, 150
calves, and .two dozen milch cows.
For good cattle prices were steady
end unchanged, with a brisk de-
mand, but the really good cattle
here was a very small proportion in-
deed, anti for common .stub prices
were easier, though it about all
sold.
There was a good business ,doing
to -day in export cattle, awing con-
siderably to the fact that there is
much space to fill on the boats at
Montreal, but the supply of cattle
worth exporting was small, and was
caught up early. For choice cattle
prices ranged from 36 to 36.75 'per
cwt. Medium to good stuff sold.
from 34.75 to 35.50 per cwt.
There was agood trade inbutcher
a a
cattle of the right kind. For good
to choice cattle prices ranged from
34.50 to 35.50, and for a few picked
lots a little more was occasionally
paint, But poor grass-fed cattle
were wealc, and sales dragged.
Milch cows, springers, stockers,
and feeders are in just the same
business condition as on Tuesday
last.
Calves are weaker to -day at from
32 to $3 each.
Sheep and lambs are both easier
at from ten to twenty ilve cents per
cwt. lower.
The market for hogs to -day is
steady and unchanged.
' The top price of choice hogs is
56.874 per cwt.; light and fat hogs
aro 86.624 per cwt.
Hogs to fetch the top price must
be of prime duality, and scale not
below 160 nor above 200 lbs..
Following is the range of quota-
tions:
CATTLE.
Shippers, per cwt $5 50 36.75,
Do., light ... .. 4.75 5.50
Butcher, choice ..4.75 5,60
Butcher, ordinary to
good ... „. ... 8.75 4.40
Stockers, per cwt 8.00 4.00
SHEEP AND LAMBS.
Choice ewes, per cwt 3.50 8.75
Spring lambs, each 2.00 4,00
Bucks, per cwt,. „ 2.75' 3.00
MILKERS. AND CALVW .
Cows, each 25.00 50.00
Calves, each ,2.00 8.00
HOGS,
Choice hogs, per cwt 6.75
Light bogs, per cwt 6.50
Heavy hogs, per cwt 0.50
Sows, per ctLt ,,, .,. 8,50
Stngs, per cwt .. 0.00
6.87e
6.694
6.624
4.00
2.00
KING :CREATED ADMIRAL.
Kaiser Iasiies a Special Order to
His Fleet.
...A Kiel despatch says: Emperor
1Villianl has mode King Edward an
honorary admiral of the German
navy. Subsequently to making the
appointment he issued an order to
the fleet by flag signals, saying: "1
hope Use fleet will always be millet -
fel of this high honor, which, at
the scone time, brings it into closer
relations with its comrades of the
British navy. The fleet is to inn -
mediately hoist the British flag at
the masthead, ileo a salute of twon-
tyione guns and give three cheers for
the King of England."
The order was immediately obeyed.
DR. T'I2E'VirS CHILD A VICTIII'I
Child of Man Who.operated on
King Died of Appendicitis.
A London despatch says: The
daughter of Sir Frederick ederick '1tovos the
g
sin on who. performed the opera-
tion tho icing, died a few 'drays
ago of 'appendicitis.
�IG�@IPdG f�ORONN
Londoners Estimate Total
At Over a Million
ounds.
A London despatch says :-Now
that the first effects of the paralyze
ing blow has worn away, it is lros-
eihle to get sumo idea of the tre-
mendous loss which the ltostpone-
menc of the coronation eutailoti. One
no imam' talks of thousands, but
hundreds of thousands of pounds,
when speaking of tho amount of
money which ono way or another
will go for nothing.
A rough estimate of the ;losses
that can be calculated upon with
some basis of fact makes the appal-
ling total £1,000,000, and this docs
not include what has been spent for
robes, 130v01s, coaches and horses,
and for deeoruting and renovating
houses by the nobility.
In the first place, Lloyd's, under-
writers, lose,,at a conservative esti-
mate, £200,000 on policies, which
covered the risk that the festivities
would not take place on Thursday
and Friday, June 26 and 27. They
stand to lose half as much again on
those policies whish covered the risk
that the coronation would not take
place P1
a at all.
SEAT SPECULATORS.
Next come the seat speculators,.
Insurance policies taken out by thein
amount to some £120,000. Now,
the erection of stands and the ad-
vertising and the paying for rights
involved an expenditure .01at least
£500,000. Supposing one way or
the other they retain £100,000 out
of tlie money paid foi• tickets, and
they received £120,000- for insur-
ance, they still are losers of £280,-
000.
This loss " is made up of several
items, and two main ones being the
cost of constructing tate stands and
hiring the promises.
In several cases -large premises-
more than £2,000 was paid for the
right to build stands. Scats wore
erected altogether' for nearly six
hundred thousand persons
• Tradesmen who lot out their own
premises and did not employ agents.
also lose 1leavily.
Many shops have 'thrown them-
selves
hemselves out of gear• for months lne-
paring for the coronation visitors,
'Little ordinary business has been
done, while the rent has kept, up as
usual, and wages have gone on. At
least £50,000 wee lost by trades-
men in this way.
LOSS IN FOOD SUPPLIES.
Caterers and food contractors of
all descriptions, and fruit and wine
morohants all ,lose heavily, as Lon-
don is now stocked with twice as
mach provisions as ordinarily would
be consumed. A great deal of this
is perishable, and will be a dead loss.
Thousands of contracts for luncheons
were canceled within a few hours of
the news. of the. King's illness being
made known.
These caterers in turn. repudiate
their contracts for supplies, so the
loss is divided ;between three classes,
but somehow they ' will be £50,000
out of pocket and unaccounted for.
Railway companies calculated to
bring 800,000 visitors to London on
Thursday and Friday: Almost ev-
ery available carriage was let at
prices ranging from five to twenty
guineas foil each day. The' average
price for a single -horse vehicle was
seven guineas.
THE DECORATIONS.
Private and corporation decora-
tions/ and illuminations now count-
ing for naught cost at least a1,00,-
000. Then the Government's ex-
pense in erecting stands in the Ab-
bey, and in bringing the King's and
the nation's guests to London ap-
proximate more than £1,00,000,
What is to show for all this ex-
penditure ? Thousands upon thou-
sands of empty seats, flapping pen-
nons and banuers, garland -encircled
masts, showily bedecked buildings,
iiiuuunerable illuminations of varied
designs, all of which seem sadly
out of place, -while the King, in
whose honor those sprang into exist-
ence, lies stricken.
-RAILWAYS IN THE VEST
SIR THOMAS SHAUGHNESSY'S
INSPECTION TRIP.
He Is Highly Pleased With Pros-
pects and Conditions in the
West.
A Montreal a despatch
says: Sir
Thomas Shaughnessy returned Wed-
nesday from a tour of inspection
over the C.P.R„ highly pleased with
the conditions of the west and the
prospects fo.r tate coming season.
When asked if ho thought there was
room for the Mackenzie & Mann
line to parallel the Canadian Pa-
cific, and how it would affect the
development of the present nue, Sir
Thomas rather made Light of this
project, "The Canadian Pacific," he
said, "has not yet been paralleled,
and may not be for some time to
come. The line of which you speak
presents some very difficult prob-
lems both in construction and fin-
ancing, in view of the territory
through which it is projectofl. It is
likely to be a good many years be-
fore there is another line across the
oontinont,. if ever, to the north of
our line. We are not doing . any
worrying about competition yet."
When asked if be noticed any tend-
ency toward business improvement in
British Columbia. Sir Thomas said
there was some indication of stimu-
lation fn affairs on the const, In
spite of all ideas to the contrary,
there is still mineral development
going on and the mining busino. i is
extending. "However," he said, "as
I told them in British Columbia,
they will never have solid and per-
manent
ermanent prosperity until they
DEVELOP AGRICULTURE.
The fertile valleys of the Province
have been neglected. British Co-
lumbia should to -day be a great ag-
ricultural Province. The people aro
of course to bltunn for this neglect.
They have shown a tendency to in-
sist upon the Government doing the
things they should do themselves,
They have wanted bonuses for rail-
ways, and would not build with-
out thorn, and the:Government has
boon directing its efforts in` that
direction instead of the development.
of agriculture. Mining, manufac-
tering and lumbering end fishing are
great sources of wealth in, that Pro-
vince, but such industries r•egniro ag-
t'icllitui'al backing; to give them sta-
bility, The wealth of the towns
needs to have the wealth of the
country to draw upon. The present
industrial depression is due in a
1ieasure to some of the labor leg-
islation that the Province has passe
od and to the lack of agricultural
development." Speaking of the eon-
tentplatezd general improvements to
the road, Sir Thomas said tiro re-
duction of gradients and of curve»
tures would be proceeded with ,just
so scion as Nt', Mal'lertry, the new
engineer-in-ohief, .lead timeto ela-
bornte his plans, which iht'olve • an
expenditure of millions of dollars,
and. which it is estimated will in-
crease the hauling'eapacit.y of loco-
motives by (rein 25 to 40 per rent.
Work on the now elevators al Fort
William Sir Thomas said, wlta twa-
eceding spicily, and evorythieg
would be ready to halon° the great
rrop everyone le looking for,
NEWS ITEMS.
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
CANADA.
Ottawa has 30 cases of typhoi
There is a proposal in Montreal .o
close the banks at 12 o'clock to
Saturdays.
Quebec city proposes to tax com-
mercial travellers Visiting the city
$800 yearly,
Walter Gordon was hanged at
Brandon on Friday for the murder
of Charles Daw and Jacob Smith.
The Ottawa and New York Rail-
way Co. will remove their works at
Santo Olara, N.Y., to Ottawa.
For the ten months of the present
fiscal year Canada's total fo-
reign trade was $333,522,149, an in-
crease
ncrease of 325,917,932, compared
with 1901.
1 Customs officers seized 5,000 head
of cattle in the Northwest Territor-
ies smuggled over from the United
States. The owner deposited 310,-
000 and the cattle were released.
It is estimated that 35,000 Ameri-
cans will settle in the Gorthwest
Territories this year. The total im-
migration to the Northwest and
Manitoba will be about 80,000.
On Friday a lamp in the hand of
Mrs. Dewart, a servant in the em-
ploy of Mrs. Gallagher, of Hamil-
ton, exploded, setting fire to the
house, and burning the woman to
death.
The outbreak of smallpox in Cana-
dian Labrador is growing more se-
rious. The Esher folk on the north-
ern coast of Newfoundland are ape
pealing to the colonial Government
to urge the Canadian Ministry to
1 rohibit intercourse between the in-
fected locality and the remainder of
the seaboard, where the ravages of
smallpox would be very severe did
the disease once spread to it,
GREAT BRITAIN,
It is understood that the Prince
and Princess of Wales will visit India
for tho coronation duubar to be held
next January.
At present there are only seventy-
five electricians iu the navy. By
the end" of tho present year the num-
ber will be raised to 200.
An autumn session of the Imperial
Parliament will be necessary in order
to dispose of the Education Bill and
other business,
London's new railway, which con-
nects the Metropolitan, the District
and the Tilbury and Southend lines,
has been opened for traffic,
Canon Crosse, vicar of St, Luke's,
Barrow, promises to pay the fine
incume'od by' any than who thrashes
another for using obscene language
in the pariah.
British importers at London aro
malting complaints at the packing
of Canadian goods, such as stoves
and furniture, which they say ar-
rive broken to pieces.
The first official inthnation of the.
formation of a British shipping trust
to come etc with Morgues lues come
ottt in a letter from the secretary of
the. ]loyal Mail Stearn Packet GO.
After the distribution of Mr. Cop'
an :Poyte's book defentimg the Brit -
in the South African war there
remains n, stun of about .21,400. It
10 proposed to set apart £1,090, the
interest on which shall :farm 10
scholarship to enable some livor
South African, Boer or British, to
preeeetl'to. Edinburgh Univea'sity,
UNITED STATES,
Andrew Jennings is dead at St.
Louis from ]teat prostration, the
first fatality of the season there.
4. new set of designs for Tinfte4
States Postage stamps of the aorio$
of 1902 are being Prepared,
Illinois women are making efforts'
to, gob the Democratic eonventian to
adopt a plank granting thein suf
frage rights.
POPE LEO.
Iris Personal Traits, -Writes With
a Gold Pen.
The Pope is a lte011 judge, of many
things. and has a pretty wit. Fie is"
reported to have said that Mr. Mall
Cairo's "Italians, in spite of their
names, are all Anglo-Saxons.
The daily menu of the Pontilf con-
sists of a clip of eollee with milk, a
toll and no -butter for breakfast, At
dinner there is soup, plain meat,;
fried vegetables and chicken era.
quettes fried in butter as only bioe
mans know how, pastry and one
glass of Burgundy. At 6 o'clock a
cup of bouillion, and at supper a
little cold meat. Fruit is always on
the table, especially pears ; a small
cup of coffee with a little sugar is
taken during the day now and then,
Tho dish best liked by His. Holiness
is taste, made especially . for the
Vatican table by the mine of Santa
Maria. This is made from' new -laid
eggs and flour of the finest quality.
The Pope has a preconceived idea
of how he desires to have his por-
trait appear, sage an artist who has
twice painted Ilis Holiness. Squar-
ing himself in his seat, his band
upraised, with two fingers extended
as in the act ofseenediction, a con-
ventional smile drawing back his
colorless lips, be would sit motion-
less' for a moment, stiffening every
muscle as we all do in photographic
expectancy ; then' abandoning it..
"Voila, mon enfant 1" he would ex-
claim,with an air of triumph. Ho
is .always much interested in his por-
trait and .the artist, and renders
every assistance necessary except
that of remaining still, which seems
to be out of his power.
Leo XIII. speaks quite as often in
French as Italian and always with
extreme rapidity. He only commenc-
ed to study French when appointed
Nuncio to Belgium, "and I could
speak as fluently I do bythe time
sn y as
I reached Brussels," he is reported
to hare said. King Leopold rased to
exclaim 'T forgot Peeci is en nal -
He does his private writing with a
gold pen, but his pontifical signature
is always with a white flattened
quill, which is believed to have coma
from the wing of a dove, although
persons who have seen it say it must
have come from a larger bard. Tho
same quill has been in use more
than forty years. It only serves for
important signatures, and is kept
in an ivory case. The pen with
which the Pope signed edand
dated the
e
first document of the twentieth .Cen-
tury was a present from the citizens
of Naples. It is of gold, mounted
with precious stones.
FINEST OF ROYAL SCEPTERS.
Description of King Edward's
Priceless Jewels.
The Royal scepter of England, sur
mounted by the orb and cross, is
one of the most splendid objects of
the regalia and one of the most'
betlntiful pieces of rocco jewelry 11014
existing in the world. It• was made
for the coronation of Charles II. by
Sir Robert Vyner, the royal gold-
smith.
The scepter is of gold, two feet
nine inches long, richly jeweled at
dither end and banded with enamel-
ed and jeweled bands. At the top
is the orb and cross, surmounting 'a
crown -like ornament. . Originally a
flour -de -lis supported the orb and
crown, but this has been altered
since Sir R. Vyner's 'tune.
The cross pate° at the top is
thickly incrusted with diamonds,
the central one on either side being
an exceptionally large stone. The
cross rises upon the orb, which is
one groat faceted amethyst.
Round the orb is a jeweled band of
diamonds and rubies; over it runs
the band on which the cross rests,
and it is supported by four upright
bars set with inaghificont emeralds
and sapphires.
The orb nod crown thus glittering
with preoious jewels rest upon the
arches of the Crown -like ornament
already mentioned, and this is also
studded with splendid rubies and
sapphires and decorated with en-
ameled ornaments. The shaft of the
scepter is spiral above and vertical-
ly banded below, and round -the
shaft are rings of blue enamel set
with diamonds.
The handle is it most exquisite
piece of goldsmith's work of white
enainel set' with rubies, sapphires
find, diamonds, and the butt of the
scepter is composed of a ball with
a knob, the ball being banded at its
Junction with the Handle with an-
other wonderful ornament of enamel
set with great rubies and emeralds.
FORMING NEW EYELIDS.
A remarkable surgical triumph has
been won by a Philadelphia .doctor,
who las succeeded in grafting a now
sot of upper and lower eyelids on
the oyes of a man who lost hie
original set in a fire. 'l'be accident
had left both eyeballs entirely un-
Protected, and there was danger • of
the victim losing his sight. entirely,
When the case was brought to the
attention of the doctor he resolved
to graft four new eyelids, if Possible,
taking the skin from the flip of the
patient. 11 was necessary to Proceed
slowly, but the experiment was suc-'
cessful from the start. 'Chi -day the
patient tree four now eyelids, Which
perform the normal functions 0a -
rurally„