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Over the Globe.
CANADA,
, It is reported M elonteeel tbee the
Miegston Loeontotive Worlte me,Y be
Moved to Lenge° Pointe, Quo:.
endientions point to the °rootlet;
a big furniture feceovyi 13erlin.
Winnipeg dealers have decided to
sell anthrecite 4°41 at $13. per ton,
Three nigetwatchmen have been
eekled to, liorlin'e polico levee.
The• Experimental e'arm, °theme,
shipped 38 barrels of apploe to Eng-
land, which eettecl e8 per berrel,
The Page-Bersey Iron Fe Tube Com-
pany has been incorporated with
$500,000 capital and head oillees at
Goelph. '
'The Doininion reveal:le for the firse
four taontils of the curreet year ie
820,994,733, aue the simples is $6,e
509,507.
Thomas A. Hall, Landon' left a
870,000 estates 810,000of which
%Wee bequeathed. Mr Obildren's Home
(Mat place.
Stratford city council has voted to
submit a by-law to the people for
the purchase o$ the waterwoeks sys-
tem at a cost of 395,000.
The Dominion Government has pur-
chased property on illfain street in
Hamilton, and. the Customs examin-
ing warehouses will be enlarged on
the site.
. The .Canadion Northern Railway
expect to carry 25 per cent, of the,
wheat crop, say .11,000,000 or 3.5,-
000,000 bushels, against .8,000,000
bushels bauled last year.
The 'Hamilton School Board will
accept Hon. Richard Harcourt'spro-
position for the establishment of a
class m domestic science in connec-
tion with the Nornial College.
OhleC Logeult, of the Moutreal po-
lice has admitted to the Police Coin,
mittee the truth of the allegation
that he has received at his house oa
several occasions. the liquor seized in
disorderly houses, amounting to 15
bottles of champagne and eight'clozen
of beer. '
Windsor will likely be called upon
to voto on two by-laws covering an
outlay of about 885,000 at the Jan-
uary elections. Of this amount $45,-
000, is designated for the construc-
tion of a eeve city hall, and $40,000
for the construction of sidowelks fot
All parts of the city.
UNITED STATES. ,
• Two men were killed by a fire in
the New York TiMes office on Satur-
By. blowing- open a 'vault in the,
bank at Greenwood, Wis., robbers se-
emed 311,000.
Plasterers who have been on strike,
en Now York haveMeturned to work
at 85 a day.
Mr, and Mrs. George Clark strap-
ped themselves together and then
jumped to death in the Oswego ca-
nal the other .
The Ivernitte from Boston, has just
arrived with one of the largest car-
goes ever shipped from that port. It
includes 28,000 barrels of apples, a
record shipment of this fruit,
George Cook, an actor, is dying in
an hospitel at Toledo, Ohio, from
the • effects of cigarettes, hie skin
turniog black.
The 14-yeareold son of Wm. Zell-
renhausen, of Pipestone, Minn., set
Mc to a. straw pile, jiunped into it
and was burned to death.
Rev. Walter E. Bentley, ten years
ago a noted actor, has just been or-
dained to the priesthood of the Epis-
tope' Church by Bishop Potter of
New York.
The U. S. Treasurer's report shows
that the . net ordinary revenues for
the year were $562,478,288, and the
expenditure 8,171,190,857, showing a
surplus of $91,287,876.
The grand jury at Buffalo, on Sat-
urday returned an indictment of
murder against Or. Leland Kent,
chargecl with causing the death of
Miss Diegle, a. Canadian.
• At Baltimore Monday doctors
grafted egg membrane upon the arm
of a German woman who had been
accidentally deprived oe about 113
square inches of skins It adhered
immediately, and the experimenters
expect that it will pro-ve an excellent
substitute for hunum tissue.
W. J. Chappell° died at Deruaque,
Iowa, 73 moors old, one of the old-
est theatrical mon in the world, lIct
was mtmager of Ford's Theatre at
Washington when President Lincoln
was assaesireeted, and was ono of the
hest to leech the side of the wound-
ed President, climbinp-, over the foot-
lights to the Presidentes box..
GREAT DRITAIN.
Wares has practically doubled its
Population in the last sixty years.
Consinuption is practically un-,
known et Thornton -le -Moor, York-
shire,
Out of 1,061 members of the Bol -
fast pollee force 503 aro Ronma
Oatholtee:
Sit' Mareus Samuel was forintaly
installed tie Lord Mayor of Ltaidon
onSaturday
Nearly 100,000 barrels of Canes
eiten applee wero landed last month
at Liverpool.
Two Mormon missioilaries are now
endeavoring to Make converts in the
Harrow diserict.
Cambridge has been elmeen as the
meeting place of the British Associ-
ation Me Septeireber, 1904.
\Viten at Dundee Mr, Andrew Car-
negie Was made e, mem,ber of the
ancient craft of bonnetmakere.
Universal penny fares aro to be
tried for six moviths on the Sheffield
municipal electric tramway system,
Every endeavor is being made in
England to enllet men foe tho :Royal
Horse, Field and Garrison Artillery.
• Sir William Treloar ems been grant-
ed the use of the, London Guildhall
Joea Christmas entertainment to
Do or childree,
British firms, in coMpotition with
11. S. Mine, obtained a £700,000
contvact for electric traction rail-
ways hi Shanghai.
Tho Ling haa authorized a medal
for oleleere oe the mercantile Merin(
Who teseielsO in the celeveyenee
troePe to Seath Melee,
Tim i3if4ion of Durham, Joa lottnr
to MS ineulabeete, ewe eflorte to
CaPe With the drink egll are rethee
eleckening then gaining form,
The latit Gazette °ante/nod a Ilse
of eel evecletioe, councils ono ether
beeltee Who Sent congratulatory Mee -
anew to their Majesties on the Emcee
elan of the coronation, ,
Tho Duke ta Connaught was near..
ly being the victim of te selectee
motor car accident rrbile proceeding
frOm Killarpey to Mallow reeently.
The car wee disabled but the Duke
escaped,
The Secretary to the Admiralty an.
11014110 08 that the depavtment will
make a very substantial improve -
mane, both the amouut, quality
and time of serving the food to the
sailors.
The Mullingar Dotard oe Guardians
reeeetlY made a contract for oatmeal
whiell was in excese of another tea -
(ler, When called On by the local
Government Board to fureieh an ex-
planation of their action they re-
lated that the suecessful contractor
was a United flesh Leaguer.
• GENERAL.
An eight-hour working day has
been institute4 in eel Russian State
workshops.
Several Zulu members of the Sel-
vatIon Army are now on their Way
to England; •
Closer eommercial relations be-
tween Britain and Afghanistan • are
desired by the Ameer.
Reports ham° been received from
Odesea that the Czarina is suaering
from profound melantholia.
Shakespeare's "King Lear" has
been translated into Japanese, cued
will be performed shortly at Kyoto.
The new Japanese budge!, estim-
ates the revenue at 3129,000,000,
and the expenditures at 8181,000,-
000,
Mutton is being iinported. by Aus-
tralia from Argentina, as thousands
of flocks of sheep have been wiped
out by the droiath,
811. 0, Paul Mater has decided to
coinnunnorate the coronation by pre-
senting a colossal bronze statue of
the King to Hong Song.
Miss Ethel Bloome, an English
May, who has taken the degree of
1.1.D. at Leipzig, is the first lady doe -
tor to graduate at ,the university. ,
Just as he was about to abandon
prospecting at Redbank, Victoria, a
gold miner named Willett turned up
a nugget weighing 24 ounces,
Twenty thousand dollars' woith of
gold, silver and bronze has *been
found in the hut of an old beggar
woman who has died at Chabot -el -
Amain, Algeria.
SAN JOSE SCALE REMEDIES
Commission's Sugg- estions for De-
struction of Pest.
A Toronto despatch says: The re -
Port of the San Jose Scale Commis-
sion with reference to the recent ex-
periments by Inspector Fisher, near
Grimsby, has been received by Hon.
John Thereon. The coramiseionerm
Dr. James Mills of Guelph, W. H.
Denting of St, Catharines and John
Dearness of London, express groat
seedsfaction at the results achieved
by Mr. Fishier. Ono remedy, the
kerosene- emulsimi, is intended for
U00 in the sum -nee -July, August
and September -when the leaves ar0.
on, and the other, the mixture of
limo and • sulphur, is intended • for
winter, in lactiele or April, when the
trees are bare. Tn each case Sev-
eral different trials were made, by
varying the proportions of the in-
gredients. The ,commissioners, how -
'ever, found the following to give the
best results: For summer, one part
of coal oil to six parts of water,
emulsified with whale oil soap, in
tho proportion of one-half pound per
gallon of oil. Almost, equally good
results have been obtained Irom
treatment with an emulsion of crude
petroleum. Thebest mixture found
for the winter was 30 pounds of
with 15 pounds of sulphur, in
water sufficient to make a total of
op gallons. In concluding their re-
port the commissioners congratulate
the efildefer of Agriculture cm the
results of these experiments, 'and ex-
press the hope that by their . con-
tinued use from year to year the
Province may be rid of 'the scale in
a short time.
CRAZED BY HIS LOSS.
Returiaed. Miner, R- obbed of Pris
Nugget's, Now Insane.
A. NOV York despatch says: Home-
ward bound. with a bag of gold nug-
gets and his pothets fell of cash,
$5,000 in all, won,in the lianas of
French Cluialin, Jacques La. 'framers,
a native of Franco, has been robbed
he this city and is now in the ins,ane
ward at Bellevue, Travers and his
partner had reaohed this city on
their way back to Franco, and,
neither • urderetood English, they
toolc a room in a lodging house neer
the cloths. Both displayed their
treasures carelessly, and when Tra-
vers went out alone to purchase
Nvatch he is Colievecl to have bee11 in-
duced to delnk Oreggetl liquor. He
yethened shortly eto his room, his
gold gone. When he realized hie
loss, ho became violently insane, and
was taken in charge by the police.
AMMUNITION SUPPLY.
It Is Limited and Will Be Dealt
Out Carefeely,
Ali Ottawa despatch says: The
Militia Department gives notification
that the Supply of Gallery ammuni-
tion will not admit of tho issu on
re -payment' of more then ego thou..
send ronads per annum to auy as-
sedationor unit of the active mil -
ilea, District; °alcove, commanding
Will be good eitoogh.not to memo -
/nem' the Mane Of larger quantAties.
It is also notified that thargee for
freight from tho aveonal to deetina-
tion muse- bo paid for by the eon-
sigelthe ,
THE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etQ
in Trade Centres,
Toronto, Nov. 18.-Whoot-No,
mom wheat, quoted et 60e east, and
No. 2 spring at 07e eaet; Manitoba
wheat firmer; No, 3. hard, 134 to
84ee grinding ia tranele; No. 1
Northoro at 82e, to 83c grinding in
transit; Hp. 1 bard quoted zit 783e
Gocierich, and No, 1 Northern at
77o.
Rye -Ho. 2 quoted at 48em
13ue1eve1mat-T11e market Is quiee nt
68 to 08.eo Witold°.
Barley -The marleet 48 firm, With
No. 8 extrit quoted at 45e outside,.
and No. 3 at 41c low freight to New
Voila
Corn-lifarket dull, with now Cana-
dien yellow quoted at 47 to 60c
weet,
Floer-Nipoty per cont, patents
firm at 39.67 to 32.70 middle
freights, in buyers' sacks, for export.
Straight rollers Of speciza brands,
for donmetie trade, guotnitrtt 38.25
to 33.85 M bbls. Manitoba, flours
quiet; Hungarian patents, 34 to
$4.10, delivered on track, Toronto,
hags included, and Manitoba strong
bakers', 38.70 to 33.80.
eillifood-Bra.n, 314.60 in bulk
here, and shorts at 317. At out-
side points braa is quoted at 313 to
313.50. Manitoba bran in Wachs,
313, nue shorts, 319 here.
COUNTRY PRODUCE,
Boans-The market is quiet, • with
offerings ,nioderate. Ordinary, 31.75
per hush, and hand-picked.. 3e.
Dried apples--Merket is quiet.
Evaporated jobbing at 64 to 7c per
lb.
Money -The market is steady, with
strained jobbing at 8 to 84c per
Ite, and comb at 31.50 to 31.76.
Bay, baled -The market is un-
changed, with offering's moderate.
Car lots bring 39.50 a ton on track.
Straw -Tho market is quiet, with'
ear lois on track quoted at 35.50 to
35.75 a ton for first class oat
Onions -Market is steady at -40 to
45c per bush for Canadian.
Poultry -Offerings of boxed lots
small and prices Men. Chicken, old,
40 50e per pair, add young, 55
to 65c; live, 50 to 60e. Ducks,
dreesece 65 to. 80e per pair. Geese,
7 to 74c per lb., and turkeys, 3.0 to
lic per lb. foe young.
Potatoes -The market is steady et
80 to 83c per bag here in car lets.
Smell lots, out of store, sell at 31
to 31.10 per bag.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Zueter-The receipts are fair and
the demand 'good. Wo quoth :-Ein-
est 1.-19. prints, 17 to 18c; large
rolls and tubs, 15 to 17c; secondary
grades, tubs and rolls, 134 to 1.410;
bakers', 12 to 18e; creamery prints,
20 to 21e; creamery solids, 19 to
19ea
Eggs -Strictly first class stock is
scone. We quote :-Strictly new
laid, 20c; cold storage, 17 to 185 ;
pickled, 16 1.0 17c; seconds, 13 to
Cheese -The market is firmer, with
sales of largo cheese at 12 to 124e,
and small at 12?,- to 124c.
HOG PRODUCE.
Dressed hogs are steady, with re-'
meets zumierate. Cured meats in
small supply, with prices firm. We
quote :--Bacon, long clear, 114c, in
ton and case lots. Pork, mese, 321
to $21.50; do,, short cut, 323.50.
Smoked meats, 134 to 140; rolls,
12 to 12ec; shoulders, 11 to 1140 ;
backs, 15 to 154e; breakfast bacon,
15 to 3511e.
Lard-Tbe market is unchanged.
We quote :-Tierces, 101e; tubs, 110;
pails, 114 to 114e; compound, 81 to
101e.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
Montreal, Nov. 18.-lelarkets show
little change. Cheese is stronger in
sympathy with tho Liverpool Mar-
ket, which 'has advanced another
shilling to 58s per cwt, white or
colored; this is a rise of 90 in two
days; the local market is very
active, as sellers are holding he
anticipation of a further riso. Green
-No. 1 hard, 'Manitoba, 721e, Fort
Wi liani; No: 1 ,Northern, 701c, Oct.
shipment; Ontario red and white
wheat, 720 afloat; new crop pees,
794e afloat, and do, oats, No, 2,.
86e to 870 ex store; rye, 56c afloat;
No. 3 extra barley, 490; buckwheat,
57c afloat. Flour -Manitoba metents,
$4.10; strong bakers', 38.80; On-
tario straight roller, 83.40 to 33.50,,
in bags, $1,65 to $1.70; patents,
33.70 to 31.10. Rolled oats--"Millerst
prices to Jobbers, $2 in bags, and
34,15 per bbl. Fced--Manitoba bran,
318; shorte, $20, bags included ;
Ontario bran, io bulk, $16; shorts,
in bulk 319, Beans -Quotations aro
borninal at 32 in cars on track, Pro-
visions -Heavy Canadian abort cut
pork, 825; light short cut, 322,50
to 324; compound relined lard, 9 to
94,c; pure Canadian lard, 1.1c;' finest
lard, 12 to 124c; hanis, 12e to lee;
bacon, 12 to 1.5e; , dressed .hogs,
37,50; Mesh killed abattoir, $0,25
to $9.50 per 100 iles, Eggs-St:Meted
214c; candled stock, Inc; straight
receipts, 184c; No. 2, 164, Honey
-Beet clover, ia sections, 11 to 12c
per section; in 10-11), tins, fie to
3.0c; in bulk, Se, Poultry-Chitheus,
7 to Se per lb.; dueks, 8 to Sec ;
turkeys, 10e. 01100SO-Ontario, 124e;
Townships, 12c. Butter -Fancy Town-
ships, creamery, 21c; fine creamery,
201e; Ontario creamery, 194. to
20c; dairy butler, 16 to 1646 for
eel oe Lions.
T_TNITED sTAT:ms MARKETS.
Duffel°, Nov, 18. -Flour cc Steady.
Wheat -Spring, firm; No. 3. hard,
78ec; el', serong; No. 2 rod,
77c'. Com -Weak; No, 2 yellow, 61c;
No. 8 do, 60o; No, e corn, tiOec;
No. 8 do., 584c. Oats -Easter; No.
3 Wilite, 08/e; NO. 2 mixed, 3340;
314e, 14.aelleq,fie.
eY-dalta Litt
3-,1,
fr°111411=eetel,Ieltle„, 18-' Wheat. higher
• No. 1 eTortleern, 741e; No. 2
Northern, 73 to 74e; Dem, 724e.
Rye -Steady; No. 1, ale, 13erlay-
Steady; No. 2, 66 to 06eo; feaMPle,
35 to 65e, Corn -'Deo,, Oleg,
Delutb, Noe,, 18,-01009 Wheat, -
Cash, No. 1 hard, 744c; No, 1
Northern 72e Nee 2 Northern,
7010; Nose, 724e; Dee., 70ece May,
7840, Macaroni -No, 1, 674e; No.
2, 064e, Oate-Dee., 294e.
efieneapolis, Nov, 18,--Elour con-
tinues firm, with a, vory light de-
mand, Old orders ore rapidly being
• bet new beeline/a is very light
on neeolalt ef the high Prices by
millers, which had &weed lerge buy..
055 to hold off for a. lower market.
Foreign buying Moderate; first pat-
ents, 38,65 to 83,85; second hatellte,
88.45 to 33,65; first cleave $2,90
to e8,10; second clears, 8e.80 to
82.60, Bran and sborts-Market
lower all around; demand fair for
prompt sbipments; Man in bulk,
811.60 to 311,75.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS,
Toronto, Nov. 18. - To -day at the
Western cattle market Lae receipts of
live stoole were 72 carloads, includ-
ing 1,000 cattle, 1,800 sheep and
lambs, 1,000 liege, 50 calves, and
20 mach cows, Trade was brisk;
prices were firm but unehanged, with
the exception of lainlbs, which ad-
vanced 10 to 15c per mat, There
was scarCely any really first-class
cattle cai the market to -cloy, There
Was it steady demenct for any good
'export cattle hero, but the supply
was limited. Cables front the Old
Country report no improvement in
prices over there. Here it few lots
of ohoice cattle fetched 56 per lbe
blet the range was from 441' to 4ec
per lb. Light cattle sold at from
34 to 4-1-c per lb.
FOX good to choice butcher cattle
prices were strong and quotations
wont uP to 441'c as the top price. Me-
dium stuff sold well at from 34 to
Sec per lbeeleut common- cattle are
not in request. The local demand
is rather slow. A few good infich
COWR are wanted, and the light kind
will sell at close on 360 each. For
export bulls, stockers, and feeders
the prices are steady but unchanged.
Good feeding steers are wanted.
Sraall stuff is steady; lambs axe
higher; all sold out early to -day.
Good veal calves aro wanted. Export
ewes are worth from 43,25 to 33.-
40 per cwt. Lambs are selling at
fmarioein4e3re51y0 ntooinSin3a1.90at9°$reec.5w0t.topu3e2k‘.3-
75 per cwt.
Calves fetch from $2 to $8 each,
or from 8 to Se per lb.
Hogs aro unchanged. Tho top
price for choice hogs is $6 per cwt.,
and light and fat !loge Eire quoted at
$5.75 per cwt. Hogs to foLch the
top price must be of prime quality,
and scale not below 160 nor above
200 lbs. ,
Following is the range of prices
for live stock at the Toronto cattle
yards to -day:
$45..2050
icaeltrttle, .pe.ar..tteli.°N.M....... $42..7255
Butcher cattle, choice 3.75 4.50
Do., ordinary to good 3.00 3.50
Stockers, per ewt... 2.50 3.25
Sheep and Lambs.
Export ewes, per cwt .. 3.25 3.40
Lambs; per cwt 3.50 3.00
Ducks, per cwt 2.50 2.75
Culled sheep, each. .. 2.00 3.00
Milkers andCalves.
Cows, each 25.00 55.00
Calves, each ... 2.00 10,00
Choice hogs, per cwt ... 5.75 6.00
Light hogs, per etvt ... 5.50 6.75
treavy hogs, per cwt ... 5.50 5.75
Sows, per cwt ... 4.00 4.25
Stngs per cwt e. 2,00 2.50
FAIRS IN GREAT BRIT,AIN,
HOW .A.GRICULTeJRAL snows
ARE MANAGED THERE.
Divided Into Four Classes: Breed-
ing Types and Implements, Lo-
cal, Fat Stock and Specific.
A private letter Iron:1,21r, W. A.
MacKinnon, Chief of the Fruit Di-
vieion, Dominion Department of Ag-
riculture, who is now in 'Groat Bri-
tain, contains some interesting notes
on the development of Agricultural
shows in that -country. Sonic of his
criticisms geven herewith are well
woethy of notice by those interested.
in agricultural °detention in Canada.1
'One striking feature of tbe recent .
Royal Show ut Carlisle, Eng., , was
that all but two or three of the
buildings'were simply frames covered
with canvas, in other words, tbe
show took place under it series of
long tents. Tl e advantage of this
system is that the framework can
be taken down ancl the tenth se -lip-
ped from point to point, and used
many times in the seasom This
arrangement also melees it possible
to USO grounds for no exhibition
which are requireci during the rest
of tho year for another purpose,
nem tents aro arranged in a com-
pact and systematic order in such
a, way that visitors can go he ono
direction and roturn III another,
sning always, new exhibits. Teo
classes are at•ranged in blocks,
NOT 115 LONG LINES,
"There are four classes of agricul-
tural shows in Clrezet Britain: (1)
The large Shows devoted te breeding
types and implements; them ere epee
to the Kingdom; (2) local shows, for
thebenefit of tenant farmers and
breeders in the neighborhood; there
may be certain open competition0 in
these, and the addition of seceions
for horticulture, apicultore, Octets,
ole,, is optional; (8)•15at Stocic stows
for the encouregement of the pro-
clectiote of high-elnee butchers,' meat,
The °Meg ones aro bold at Sliming -
ham, :Leeds arta NOXWfdt; the finals
so 1.0 speak, where the wannees in the
three former compete take place at
the groat Smithfield show; (4) Spe-
cific Shows, These tire held for the
benefit 04 One Or more parLieutaa
b-renthee el egrieultere, eileh tee
dairying, Melts, poultry, 1101,008, ate,
A good typo of this muse of thew is
that hold at the Agrithltural Hall,
London, during three consecutive
Imolai for epeteal breves of horsee as
follows: Eitel; Week, .Shiree; mama
week, Hackneys; tilted week, thor-
oughbred limiters and pOlo ponies,
One of the beet of them specific
ehows is that. held et Melbourne,
Dorbyehire, a greet Shire home Oen-
ter (owing to lintel condltletece, ane
geese, climate, etc.); hero they liege
three male divisions ef the how: One
(2) Male bred by
tfoeirlaTtnel'a4r1sss'
M4eiras, e(8) foals from stale
lione belonging to local breeders,
"Aeothee. ootable show is that
called the Cart Horse Parado held in
LarldOn, where prizes 1115 515011 for
tiue beet single, Mar, unicorn, and
four home tennis; these muat be
vvoriclog horses a.ttethed to voldele
without load. No new harness or
volaclee ere allowed; the turnout
must be.ve been used up to the date
of the , show, The prizes are given
foe the bese woreing condition, the
object being to encourage carters to
take good care of their animals and
a pride Jo thole appeartence, This is
one of the most cOMmendable of tlie
Specific shows.
"There aro many local poultry
shows and village ehows of varying
importance; at some of thee.° prizes
Inc given to the school children for
the best eollection of named gramme,
woods, etc. This also is found to be
a very satisfactory •
AID TO EDUCATION.
'Private lend owners -also some-
times, hold shows for the encourage-
ment of agriculture among their ten-
ant farmers, under lotell farmers.
Chief among these is the show held
by the Duke of Portland, known as
the 'Walbeck Tenant Termer&
Show.'
'1.Secretary of the Royal Agri-
cultural " Society states Unit the
year 1790 eaw the beginning of Ag-
ricultural shows in Great 33ritain.
"Particular enquiries about . the
stamdards adopted in judging stock
at these shows failed to elicit a defi-
nite statement on this point.
fact the officials themeelves were not
any too clear as to what is or
ought to be the standard.
'They appear to have fallen. into
the easy error of looking on the
prize itself • as being the end and
goal of the exhibitor's ambition. On
pressing the matter somewhat close-
ly, certain ofricials admitted that
too little attention was paid to
eitbor the educational value of the
show or tho cash result to the farm-
ers at large.
"In the catalogues end prize lista
judges are warned not to be influenc-
ed by the market value of stock in
making their awards, and a high
official slated that in his•opinion
too little attention was paid tc; the
economic value of the exhibies, tine
that farmers were sometimes misled
by n.werds so as to produce an ar-
ticle which is not remunerative.
"With regard to the Smithfield
show they have begun to inake im-
provements in the direction of mar-
ket demands; that. is to be expected
as the object of the show is to en-
courage the production of butchers'
meat. Formerly prizes were given
for Anemias four years oldeebut late-
ly this has been cut down i`o
Tnrintn AND UNDER,
and no prizes are given for cows.
The result is that they get fewer of
the "tallow" animals wheat used to
be sten therm yet they still give
awards in some cams to animals
which would not be sought for by
a butcher.
"The Smithfield judges are breed-
ers, and the lessons learned by farm-
ers from tho judgment have to be
picked up without the benefit of any
explanation or reasbns froni the
juelges. Farmers are suppmed to
learn from the show that certain
types of animals can be made to
Plirgtaone.flesh at a certain rato-weight
ib
"There is also a slaughter class
which the judges ViOW and rank
alive and afterwards, when killod.
Secretary says that the average re-
sult is that the same animals , are
ranked first both alive clad dead, but
there aro exceptions mid some dis-
satisfaction in consequence. In this
class one judge is usually a farmer
cued the other a, buteber; these have
similar ideas for the !dock test.
Heifers must be killed if they take a
Mize, this being te, meat show, and
not e general or agrieultural show.
''Dclucational meetings are all
but unlenown. At Cerlisle there
were demonstrations of dairying
processes,. but no worsi of explana-
don seemed to be given. Guelph '
leads them all for active, energetic,
intelligent education, for in Britain
the farmer seems to be considered
highly honored in Maim allowed to
exhibit, and they let him pick up
e.oie1.,,0crumbs of information if he
an
Liere W. 38011,
nunNissioner.
CANADA'S FOREIGN TRADE.
Exports for Pour Months Exceed
imports by $10,000,000.
An Ottawa de:match says: Can-
oda's foreign trade for the pest four
mouths shqws a material increase.
The increase in the aggregate trade
is on tho basis of imports for con-
siunption, ,and exports of domestic
Produce only WaS 811,878,615. As
compared e,itli the samo period of
last year, the exports exceed the im-
ports by over 810,000,000. The
grain in importe, es compared with
the first four months of the previous
fiscal ;eerie, Was 81,116,658. The in-
crease in ex___ports .i_wcoe 8_7,7617957,
PARCELS FOR CANADA.
Duty. May Be Paid in Britain Ae-
tev Eirst of Next Month.
An Ottawa, (Memel ch mire The
Post, 0 Mee emir Mien t hut.; been.
Vinci that the new arratigetnent, Un-
der Which, dta. can be paid in Great
Britain en pareele deseined. for Cat-
talo,. Will go into eleeet on December
181.5 '
DOM MAY LEAVE CANADA
Have Sent a Patti= te. 'axe
• ean of Teerkey,
A St, leefetreburg despatell saye;
The Vleillnioefe pripts the teXt. of 4
petitioe, which, it Marrs, the elders
of the rellgiove beet known cis the
Doukhobors hale aelelreseed to the
Suiten of Turkey. The elders dee
clam that although freedouui of ccone
Seleriee prevails in Canada, it 18 not
ouch as tio3y eleeile, They canuot
submit, to the laws or regulatione of
any State or be subjeees oe any ruler
eXcept God. It is impoesible for
theen to become the subJeete ef Great
Delta -he ericl therefore cootieruee the
petition, 'We turn to your Majesty
and beg you to show grace to us
and our families as pilgrinue of God,
We beg you 90 give us hospitality
and seelter in your Wide cloutinione
in senne tiny corner, where we can
live by the labor of our halide and
follow the law of God, anel \there WO
Will net be compelled to obey laws
mode by mon or requiree to bowing
the subleets of any monarch except
the Lord." The petitioners Con-
clude by praying that God will move
the Sultan's heart to have com-
passion on them.
NEW CLERK OF COMMONS.
T. 33. Flint, M. P., of Yarmouth,
N. S., Ras the Appointment.
An Ottawa despatch says: Mr, 'I',
13. Flint, 15, le, for Yarmouth, ST,
S., has been appointed Merle of the
Howie of Commons. Mr. Flint was
born in Yarmouth on April 28,
1847, and received, his education at
Mount Allison College, Saclevelle, N.
33., and Harvard Thaversity, Mass.
In 1872 he was called to the bar,
and from 3.888 to 1887 was sheriff of
Yarmouth county. From 1387 to
1891 he was aesietant clerk of the
House of Assembly, N. S. In 1878
he unsuccessfully contested Yar-
mouth for tho House of Commons,
but was returned at the general elec-
tion of 1893, and again carried the
constituency at the general elections
of 3.896 and 1900. He has taken tin
active part in the prohibition. move-
ment, He was Chairman of the
Standing Orders Committee of the
noose of Commons, and is well
versed in the rules and procedure.
NATURAL GAS AT GORE BAY
Manitoulin People Excited Over
Alleged Strike.
'A Toronto despatch says: .A. dis-
covery of natural gas neer Gore Bay,
Manitoulin Island, has much excited
the residents. Provincial Engineer
MacCallum visited the locality last
week and says there is a good flow
from a throe -inch hole 46 feet deep.
Thera will probabfy be more excite-
ment than gas, ae the valuable na-
tural product is nosier found in any
quantity at so shallow a. depth, al-
though the rock strata are very
close to the surface on Manitoulin
Island. A great deal of drilling has
been done on tho island in times
past in search of oil and gas, in fact
both hove been discovered. While
the oil was only found in compara-
tively small quantities, sonic very
good gas wells were drilled in,
NEGOTIATIONS RENEWED.
American Land Syndicate Teeter -
views Government.
A Toronlo despatch says: Mr. W.
E. Egan, Rock Island, and
Judge Utt, Chicago, held a confer-
ence on Wednesday with Hon. n. J.
Davis with reference to the plan of
tho former, representing an American
syn m8ate, to securo ,000,000 acres
in New Ontario Oa a colonization
plan, involving 10,000 or more set-
tlers. The meeting was a renewal
of negotiations which had boon sus-
pended some time ago. No definite
result has yet been method.
TO FIGHT PEA WEEVIL.
Educational Campaign Through.
Institutes.
A Toronto despatch says: Mr. C.
0. joules, Deputy Minister of Agri-
culture has sent out circulars to all
the department correspondeuts, in
order to ascertain tho extent of the
bavoc wrought by tho pea weevil
this season. Ontario used to pro-
duce magnificent pert crops before
the weevil got in its malignant work,
and Mr. Janie% says that if farmers
would treat their Peas properly the
evil could be checked and profitable
crops again grown. To this end nal
deportment will inaugurate an ed-
ucational campaigIt this winter ,
through the Farmers' Institutes, sol
as to instruct the farmere how 1.0
treat their peas to keep the weevil
out,
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES. -
For Four Months Number Nearly
Eight Thousand.,
An Ottawa despatch Says: The
hOlnestecul entries for the first Mur
months- of the cermet final year are ,
7,875, but there me three agencies
which have met reported for Octo-
ber, and when they aro received the
full reeurns will be over 8,500, EIS
against 8,022 for the same tithe last
year, or neatly three timee as many
for the current year. This is a good
indicaeion of the rapid arottlement of
tho 'met.
TO SELL BATTLESHIPS.
—
Britian Admiralty win Dispose of
Obsolete Vessels,
A. London despatcli Pays: As a re-
sult apparently ot agitatime by Vice-
/MI/Meal Lord Merles Beresford mid
others regarding the lack of "up -to -
dateless" in the British inevYe the
Admiralty boa anuounced that the
battleshipe Agamonon .4,1150 and
Edgar, Mee Verret shim 34ecete,
Glatton, Cyclops, Hydro, tenet Gor-
goo, the torpedo boat Olyphenme,
the rrigoto Nottjo, too erninotn rrot-
Gino and Hyacinthe, and some smel-
ler vessels are for sale, They will
bo dropped from the navy 1191. im-
Modiatelye
TOTED OVER THE BORDER
li38SI3)4383:S Or TILE II, Se
ABANDON THEIR COUNTRZ
What an :lilgier7:440:. NO,WOPP.P0/4
Sokys Aleoet the Ira-
AMorcling to the recently Meucci
official retuntio deolleg with the suite
kat of immigration it appears that
during the fiscal year which elided
on June 30 last, lee less than 22,-.
000 residonts of the United Statee
abandoned their potive or 'Adopted
country, and with bag and beggego
and With- about 32,000,000, marched
across the border into Canada, to
tele° oo their abode auci boeonle per,
ereanent eettlers thore, A letter
roPort annalioced the fact thet
this immigration is increasing et the
lute of 12,000 for ilue lest four
months, and on the autherlty of the
varloue agents it is row/inlay esti»
meted that in the coves° of the next
year this number will at least be
doubled, says the New York Times,
The majority of theeo migrators
acirtoi:eisgieecuollt
turaIbo
lstsunai.toe: sthiaetesnori.blyie
western states. Many of them aro
birth, excellent farmers of good .anci,
"thrifty habits - others are grown
up members of those and other fe-
males, young married couples, and
a eprinkling of tradespeople. To
theee may be added a large numbee
of farm and other laborers and do-
mestic servants, and in the trail of
ell follows a motley crowd of menace
diac foreigners, mostly recent aerie
ivpairifslisi,11.4.uAstarlioarniese:, 1,1101%11;d, IsuogmreItileat,
inns, and Germans, and fewer Irish
and ICIAunDfAaprians.
CANADA'S
RonTmirEs,r.
The 'vast tracts of very productive
grain growing, cattle raising, but-
ter and cheese making lands compris-
ed within tho Northwest Territories
of Canada have not long WACO been
really discovered, and it is only
within recent years that the Do-
minion and Pievincial a overnmento
in conjunction with local publie com-
panies and their respective agents
have been enabled to publish the fact
broadcast that them aro such num-
berless unoccupied holdings obtain-
able in that district for merely nom-
inal sums. The .various agents lo-
cated in the west especially have
been most active lately in publishing
and 'distributing the many alluring
advantages existing for the agricul-
turist in the newly discovered ex-
panse, and as tbe farmers from the
United States are not altogether un-
acquainted with the neighboring* land
and Climatic conditions, these agents
experience little difficulty in convinc-
ing them of the exceptional pros-
pects and opportunities for the expe-
ditious act:emulation of is 'fortune,
This is amply evidenced by the pre-
sent extraordinary migration. More-
over, they know that, with a. little
difference in the nature of the clim-
ate, both countries Inc pretty inucle
the same, and are mai divided by
an itnaginttry national line - the in-
habitants on both sides aro to all
intents and purposes one peoplee
most speaking the same language -
accustomed to the stone habits and
mode ,of life and enjoying virtually
similer political freedom.
HOW CANADIANS ,VIEW IT.
The greet majority of Canadians
are unquestionably very favorably
disposed toward the new -comers.,
They admire their energy, persever-
ance, and as.surance; their good na-
ture and liberality. This admire -
tion is ostensibly exhibited by tho
average Canadian's proneness to im-
itate his neighbor in manner, speech
and dross,
For many obvious reasons the 0:la-
ndfalls would bo more pleased to
have a greater influx of British im-
migrants, and no effort has been
spared or is being spared to iaduce
a larger importation of new eattlers
from the old country. But 'unfor-
tunately agriculture in Britain is on
the wane, and the ancient British
tiller of the soil is a man of the
Past. The old-fashioned farmer ,of
the old country who was wont to
stay at home personally and assidu-
ously to farm his own little home-
stead and be satisfied with a plain
and frugal living and modest attire
has given way to the would-be "gen-
tleman farmer."
What Canada wants is a hardy til-
ler of the soil, who can live and lead
a simple rural life, economically and
modestly, and one who ma adapt
himself to the climatic 6ondition0 of
the country as well as put 'up with
the many inconveniences and nacos-
miry hardships connected with tho
development of virgin land. One
also who will bring up and train his
child to be a "chip of theold
block,"
SIFICAeTCE Ole'Tene, EXODUS.
The effect of this great huraan
transportation of Malted Statet citi-
zens across the border has a, more
far-reaching significance than ap-
pears on the surface. The majority
of, tho Canadian population at pre-
sent is to bo found io the eastern
provinces, and they together prac-
tically govern the Dominion for the
nonce. Ontario as yet counts for
little, ana the western states so far
count for loss. The result of Eb large
and emitimious Munigration of Unit-
ed States citizeim into the Noetb-
west Territories of °anode mese
very materially affect the political
balance of Power of the Dominion
Within the next fow yettra-in what
W�)' remains to be seen, Meanwhile
there is no doubt that it enlist in-
ovitably create le more cetediel inter-
national relationship. ,
BLOOMING IN OPEN AIR.
Roses and Catnations Outdoors in
• November in the West, ,
'A. Nelson, 13, 0., OesPeteh says:
Wild roses blooming in November is
something not unusual Nelson,
and this yoa.r there are more then
emitelly handsome s.pecimens to leo
seen in many of the gardens of the
city.. G. Nunn, manager of A. Mace
donald ee. Co., last week bad on ex-
hibition a bunch ot testa Coed care
natioos pielcodfrom tho gardens that
Would be "hard to beat" in the ease
in September., ,