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Editor and Proprietor.
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THE MOLAON' BANK '
Incorporated by
Act of Parliament, 1850, .
CAIITAL 52,000/000
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"um) oppicE, MONTREAL.
WX. IOWAN MaorrignsON, - President
W.OLFIABSTIEN THOMAS, General Manager
Notes discounted, Collections made. Drafts
issued. Sterling and American Exchanges
beuyht and sold. Interest allowed on depoeits,
SAVINGS 13ANIC,
Interest allowed oh sums of it and up.
Heartburn,
Indigestion, Dizzlnese,
Indicate tbat your Direr
Ili Out of order. The
beet ineilleine to mune
the liver and cure all
those le found in
Hood's Pills
25 cents. Sold by all :nuncio dealers.
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jos Bolt. rissez".,105.,rtriaziutt the Ws Dr. Bran%
11151* twenotru
soseaueloida
Ada,
oriefila siosatili. Th.0 lalltitta's geseets
flotilla of. warshipe shall be nisizetatiaeo will use it during the learmatio. Priebael eif On&
- 04 duty watebiog all booth Armen .
Seals leo the Pribyloft Islands have
THE VERY LATEST FROM thoereased 20 pa oat. in the loot year. • new •
lit Ow LessUe. Ito"
Toronto Company Receive Their "m"
Baptism of Firemotielp to
Defeat the Boers.
A despatoh: from Belmont, Cape Col.
ony, fOrce coneisting of ItIO
Canadiarie. of the Termite ComelanY,
— . - and 200 Queenalitoders, commanded by
COI. Itiolearda, two guns end. a horse
battery, under Major de 1tougeraont,
forty ramtuated lotantry, Under Lieut,
liYarl, and goo of thio coznwai Light
Infantry, the 'Whole nnamanded. by
Col. Pileher,eleft Belmont on Sunday
at noon ou a nearole weetwardi weer -
lag 20 milea before sunset. 1
The force encamlied.at Cookie( farm;
where the troops were welcomed, ea-
t/Vat/RANCE thualastically. At six o'clock Moieday
JOHN T. EMMERTON
THE OWING BARBER
Also Agent for
STANDATO) LIFE, INSURANCE COMPANY
Bead Office for Canada, Montreal.
l',"Aretteolgit7)Ladii: . 5100488
Established I/324, The 0,1t1 reliable and rewrite.
Orrion-eSinithebleelc, Oils:wit° Post Unice,
FARMERS.
Money advanced to farmers on their own
notes with one or more entlorbers, No mort-.
gage required as security.
IL 0. BREWER, Manager, Clinton
C. D. MeTAGGART
BANKER. 4
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L General • Banking hotness Transacted.
Notes Discounted. Drafts '
Interest Allowed on Deposits;
ALBERT,TREET - , • CLINTON.
p LEGAL,
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SCOTT • '
'BARRISTER, SOLICITOR.
ltoney to Loan, ate.
Omen -Elliott Block . - Curtner
morning the force approached a epot
where a /eager of the Boers was re4
THE MoKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE
BRYDONE
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR.'
Notary Public,Ac.,
, Ontice.-Beaver 13lock, Cramer;
CONVEYANCllilla
INSURANCE COMPANY
Farm end Isolated Town Property
only Insured,
OFFICERS
J. B. McLean, President, Kippeu P. O. ; Thos.
Frazer, -Vico-President, Brueenold W,
J. Shannon, Ideoyareas., Seaforth P. O.; Thos.
E. Hayes. Inspector of Losses, Seaforth P,O,
DIREOTORSee
G• Droadfot. Seaforth ;Van G. Grieve
'Winthrop ; George Dale. Seaforth; Thomas E.
Ilayes.Seatorth ; James Itvans„. Becchwood ;
John Watt, Harlot* ; Thomas Frazer, Bruce -
dole ; John B. McLean, Kippon Jamei Con-
nolly, Porter's Bill,
AGENTS :
Robt Smith, Ilarlook; Robert McMillan. &h.
forth ; JameirCummings, Eginondville ; W.
Yee, Ifolraesville o. O. ; John Govolock and
John 0. Morrison, auditors.
Parties desirous to effect insurance or tmns-
soot other business will be promptly Mutated
to on applicatien to any of the above officers
addressed to their respective post aloes.
j OHN RIDOUT
CONVEYANCER, COMMISSIONER, '
Fire „Insurance, Real Estate. • •
Money to Lend.
Oparroz-Ht/NON STREET, - CLINTON
MEDICAL.
DR. W. GUNN
R. C. P. and L. R. C. 5, Edinburgh.
— •
Night calls at frontdoor of residenceon Batten
bury etreet, opposite Presbyterian church.
OFFICE -ONTARIO STREET, CLINTON. '
•
DR. WM. GRAHAM
(SUCCESSOR TO DR. TURNBULL.) .
Licentiate of the Royal College of Phy-
, London,Eng, •
•thririon AND Rzeopintos-Perrift's Block, lately.
occupied by Dr. Turnbull, CurtToN.
DR. SHAW
OFFICE
ONTARIO STREET, opposite 'English chureiv
CLINTON. '
DR. 0. W. THOMPSON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
°FMB AND RESIDENCE--
Nex to Violson's Bank
RAtTBNBURY STAMM 01,INTOrck
DENTISTRY
DR. 'BRUCE
SUBGEOFT DENTIST, .
Specialties -Crown and Bridge Werk and
preservation of the natural teeth.
Oorgat•-•Cloats' Block, • CLINTorr.
DR. AGNEW
DENTIST.
CROWN AND BRIDGE WORE.
OFBICS-AdjOhlillle FosteAl Photo Gallery,
CLINTON, ONT.
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IIETEtriNARY
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$10,000 IN CASH PRIZES.
ported.
Col Maier, on approaching the po-
ALL THE WORib OYER ;Wardle, to a reseort wale to tbei Toronto, Jan 11.-Theas, ipso a
EIGHT AT MAFFeRING.
Alantettble from Cobol 'Bodine- • Maid State* GoVarnietent.
Powell, dated .1.teeember 26, 'Miswrite-
tog the last knowo &sortie' tram Mete. hiteresting Heine About Our Own , ben onniinwhat, Buoinian, hinse more satisfactory and beaten*
himself ha Stan Francisoo,
KM, Says:- VOUntry Great Bel would be murdered " for hia haute 'here this 10,0r131170. Theo trod" has met
fearing he Pervading the wieder* coatis mart*
,• -•11.,.
e attacked the euemy'a works
tabs, #114 WOW to attempt the lite of the Veer."
quite gt>t over the holider foliag, hat
this Imaroing, eudeavoring to ;1?eleb. Stable, and All Parte 01 OM °lobe, Over 225,000 le to be paid t i
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MORE MAXIMS. back the cordon northwarda. , Our COndelleed and Assorted for easy New York Bodo and PhiladelPhia bY
force consisted of three guns, two Reeding. the Government early iu the new year
k
The War Office has authorieed the adaadrelie Of the liecintaneland Pro- es intereat sled dividend payments.
equipment ot the new battery attaeh- teetorate ling/anent, one squadron of 'CANADA.
ed to the London Velonteer cortat with the Bechuanaland Rities• alad an or" - ' .„ A New York e,00rpany has beeo
Vickers and Maxims, and hes ordered moored train. Negotiations see in progreo witie awarded. t ' I t ' f d
vaineweettuabiltisehreedwotvoboacteoactbaaottboroym.with a oor7e5L000t or. oarth:01500 110,00 at ar as tigtu 40 wf 10.0rwt er. 0"m:bit:Lowe. "teat..
one hundred of thesis 12 1-'2epoutider 'flee enemy had etrengthened their
quickefirers 'Wilt immediately. The werke during the night, iteed.;lead doue 1
°More and men or the new battery bled their garrison' eincea.eeterday's T,,he Hudson Bay Company ILO ship- British offer.
will be supplied from the Honourable reeennoissanoe. Nevertheleee, our at- lPe"' a carload of Canadian horses- t9 0.ron 0.0.0000......
Artillery Company. . taek wae preased horcieyvillt the great- clla Now Zealand Goveroment,
Eight additional ndlitia regiments tat leasable galla,otry and steadinese The Hoepfner Refining Corepany, or YOUNG URI MURDERED
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have been called oat. Seven of then under a veey hot fire, (but all ouv of. Hamiltoo, will increase its works and
wea serve la irahoad. repheeinei the forte to gain the interior by eacalade double ite capital stook, now 0600,000.
.1.,1•11
regulars sent to South Alrtoci. tailed, the tort being Practically hue Owen Sound, is to be the headquare s ONTO,
taro. Of another eteamehip line, whieh STRUCK WITH A soloaAe.
eztyllotno. Etbidon.17,eyriuRoce b:trtwaGicrriullaeli, Pregneble to attack.
0001Pete 'tor the Sault Ste. Marie
"We only withdrew after nix of our
c'tticena, and a large leumber of 'men
were Int,
"The general sitaation irounchanged,
"The health ends apirits tot _the gar-
rison are inost satisfactorY-1,
"Our casualties were 8, of-
ficevs, and 18 non-commissioned ofti-
cers and trooperee weunded, 1 officer
and 20 non-commissioned afficera and
eroopers."
No mention is made in the despatch
of the reported wounding 'of I,ord Ed -
Wird Oecti and Lord Cavendish Den-
tin*. Gen. Foreeter-Walicer, at CaPe
Town, points . ont in 'forwarding the
message that while the despateb gives
all the oanees it fails to show, that six
officers wore hit.
, It le believed that a traitor in town
warned the 13oere, aa the works Were
crowded. with burghers awaiting tbe
and -earth ehore business.,
A labour conventioa at Vancouver
has decided to petition tne Provincial
Gerona:peat to adopt the law of coin-
PtruilaTdr speturtebistr.ation in oases Of iodine -
Percy Burrows, a Hamilton 'boy.
aged twelve Torsi, was drowned on
,Fridac in the bay in an attempt to
rthearcoaueghbitahioicitger brother, who got
The tOtai catch of seals In theNorth
Pacific. by Canadian sealing vessels
during the past season was 35,344, aa
ocomeatupagreydearwoltth2;3,a552.total for the pre -
near Dawson ia confirmed by the Dew.
4°A1 'Pape% but The Sun thinks it is
a IrPeila‘a news of fabulously rich gold
quartz being found on Solpbur Creek,
attack. The British retired slowly, oniY local deposit of circumscribed
The Minneapolis and
r otrei nol Ibt iaosdoiswatalisc2e4 Okfii e00d ay na ar d2s8.
wounded. . . Ontario Bridge
BOEFti (*MIS DISABLED.
A despatch from Frere Camp, Fri-
day, says native who has arrive
ed here reports than two of the Boer
guns have been knocked over by the
Britialonaval guna. One of the wreck-
ed guns ite a 40-pouuder.
Lord Duadonald, with MO amounted
men, two field guns, end a Maxiin,
opened fire on the Boers this after-
raont, wale, patrolling towards Hlang-
The Boers dead. fired. on the British
outposts, .
,The naval guns soon followed, Shell-
ing the trenchesg which were full . of
MISS rEilell 0 OF TOR
obtained tbe Prince% permiealon togo eche .imoilinut Took iler Pur,e--Ain len.
to the front. .Reeently he ham been known es in immune ea outrage on
actlog as Lord Salishury'e secretarY elierrard Street i: ,st, Toronto, mot
inetead ot Mr. Sehomberg lite/ionnell, 15401100 111 Ow 111011010,104.
W1/0 baa gone tie South Atrlea. •
A despatch f rpm( Toronto says :.--A,
AmOng the ennouncemeots of those
who volunteeved on Wedneadac appear datitardit outrage occurred in the
East end of the pity about 6.89 o'clock
on Feiday evening, when some un -
talon, which was a line of strong the names of hundre4 or more sons of
Icopiee, detached Major de Soligemoot -eten, parts'
gentlemen Many of these are Scotcb
with the guns, '.Corontos, and mounted report lively volunteering, a leading
ot England and Scotland'
Intantry, to work towards the right, feature being the great sums raised
making a turning movement himeed by private aubscriptiona tor, volunteer
witn, the Queencelanders towards the elltiPmeht' Sone of the counties have
mouth position, given AS high S 430,000. It is come
Rated that the. provincee have, already
Tee manoeuvre was a complete suc- raised nearly 4600,000, while London
cos. The Britigh shells; were the first la raising 0120,000 for the city orpe,
indication qf the presence of the
troope,
The Bora left their loger and open -
,ed fire, but the Queensianclers com.
pleting the movement, the laager was
captured, with forty prisoners.
The British casualties were two men
killed, three wounded; and one utilis-
ing. The whole force worked admir-
ably. The two men killed belonged
to tbe Qieeenaland contingent.
DYSENTERY AND FEVER.
1.,..kkkkr
,A despeitela from Cape Town, says 1
-A deepateh to the Times _from Rena -
burg, says that Tuweday night the
British set fire ,to. the trucks of 'the
runaway train 'which has' been wreck-
ed. by the British aTtiliery when it
was seen that the train, which was
loaded with previsions, wciuld other-
Begalontms 1.41 MO Seed Sraln .soivroos The War Office has lolled a niessiagej wise fall iota the hands of the Boers.
00""Proll'''', sent Geneial Ladysnaltli Tbe New South Wales troops, who
A &Anatol) from, Ottawa says ;--By on December 31. in which he states were detailed to set the triners on fire,
that dysentery "4 "rt. are cn the worked under a heavy sbell and, rifle
*Cho kindness of a generous friend,
Commissioner Rebertson is able to of- iflerecee in 'hiS ^ fire. A party of Boers were trying to
BRITISH PRISONERS.
loot the vvrecked train, but were eom-
palled. to retire by the British artillery.
The shrapnel. shells horst over the en-
elnY, doing considerable.' damage;
Many riderless horses were Seen
.running about atter the fire be-
gan, ,
The Boers sought shelter ,at -Plew-
man's siding, but well -directed"
,ing cOmpelled them to abandon this
place. • '
• The enemy took A field gun at a
tialiov through a, parts opposite the
BII003- right. 'The British inimediate-
ly shelled the gun, leut, the enemy
anadipeceleply.
' e desp,ateh adds ee.
"The Boers are practically suerouncle
ed, and if there were more Beitish
fer 010,000 in cash prizes for the oleo -
don of seed -grain on farms in all the
provinces on a plan which should lead
to. great improvement in the grope
titrolighout the whole country. The
comeetition- in every province will be
open+ to all boys and girl's in it who
have not ' passed their eighteenth
birthday The.fore the 1st of january,
1900. There will be separate compe-
titions for each provinces, and the
North-West Territories are to be con-
sidered as one *Province for thili pure
Pooe• . '
The mein competition will continue
for tiaras years, aod thekrezes will be
awarded to those who obtain the larg-
est number of marks on the following
A. Any acre of oats .00 the farin at
which the° tOmpetitor lives may be se.-
kated for 1600, one mark „wilt be award-
ed tor every 'Pound in 'Weight of grain
of good quality obtained froni the acre
113„ Before' the grain is harvested' in
1900 a quantity of large heads shall be
selecthd to yield enough beavy plump
„seede to sow one acre in 1901; and two
marks wiell be awarded for every pound
in weight of grain of good quality •ob-
tabied from the acre in 1901. • '
(0) Before the grain is harvested in
1901, a quantity of large heads shall
be selected . to yielel enough heavy
Plump seeds to SOW • one &ere in 1992,
and three marks will be awarded for
every pound in weight of "grain. of
good quality obtained from the acre
in 1902.
(D) The cprapetitor who obtalos the
largest number of inarks in the total
of the three years will receive the -first
prize in the province, the competitor
who obt&ins the second largest DAM-
ber cif marks the second prize, and ao
on for ten prizes in every province.
(E) There will be also prizes for
wheat OA thA same Plam
(F) The followeng show the prizes
for one province ;- .
Prize. • Oats. Wheat.
. . . 4100 4100
. 15 75
3: 50 50
4 25 25
5. . . 15 15
6, . • 10 .10
• 7. 5 ( 5
8. 5 5
9, • . 5 5
10 . . 5 5
.0296 0295
$295 "1295
(G). There will be eats •of prizes as
above for Ontario, Quebec, New Beans -
wick, NOM Scotia, prince Edward Is-
land, Atanitoba, the Ncrrth-West Ter-
teiviteoiriy.es, and British Columbia respeo-
•
BLACRAbl, At BALL
VETERINARY SURGEONs. GOV-
ERNMENT VETERINARY ilisPEOTORK
Orlexce,•IsAad Stamm; Hamner:I:a, ALBERT
STagar, LILINToN.
AUCTIONEER
THOS. BROWN
LICENSED AUCTIONEEtt.
Sales! dontitiefed hi all 'parted the Countiee of
Huron and Perth. Ordets left at WM Newe-
moon° office, Cllatoti, or addressed to Sea;
forth P. 0. win receive prompt attention, Sate
iota:aloe guaranteed de ne charges. Your pat.
remise 8611Cit6(1.
M/SOOLLANEOUS
CEO, TROWHILL
ItORSES1101OR AND
GENERAL BoACKsellITIL
Woodwork Ironed and ilrateelties materiel and
work gairanoed. Farm iineleinolit's and mo
Shines rebuilt end repaired,
MIMING A S,PECIALTV,
Areishirr Snorer. Nifinet. Ottatok.
'PATENTS
SAMC MARK*
DOM**
000viticurrei ao.
A etiolate/ os sketbh mut eposiptiontes,
leeteett_rooertAte nee petiole freeyneabor an
tutu— P".0.11WiZriai4..66(trb;WrIOnlitZtt
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TotalS
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KeeP
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knOW
of nothing better to tear the
liking Of rift. throat and
lungs. It is better than wet
feet to cause brcutchitis and
pneumonia. Only keep it:.
up king 'enough and you
will succeed in reducing your
weight, losing your appetite,
bringing on slow fever and
makitig everything exactly
right For the germs of con-
sumption.
Stop coughing and you
will get welL
Cher
moral
twee ceughs of every kind.
Ati, ordinary coUgh
peers in a single night. The
racking coughs of brotichitlit
ire soon completely mas0
teted, And, if net too fir
along, the ceughs of On.
sumption ere CoMpletely
cured.
Ask your druggist flit one
of
Dr. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral
Plaster.
it win ald the talon of th
Cherry Poctoral,
*If II% dhre rittaVet,1",',":ti
Taa"ioat j0•011110 101904,01.10‘
Ull . Tett
roans mit
It%
The War Oifice publisbes a telegram
received froin the Boer commandant -
general at Pretoria under date, of
Du:exaber 29,' in reply to & reque,st
from the British commander at Cape
Town for partieulars as to the condi-
tion of the wounded Eoglish soldiers
now held as prisoners by the Boers,
The Boer commander furnishes the
information desired.
His telegram etetes that nine ot the
wounded British prisoners are st.11 in
the hospital at Pretoria, and 30 otlaers
are being taken care of in the Boer'
hospital at Dundee.
TREA,CliERY IN FRE/NCI:DS CAMP.
A despateh ' from ' Itensburg, Cape
Colony says :-A. train containng sue -
*plies, to which no engine was attach-
e& started moving within the British
lilies on Monday, and ran down an
incline towards the Boer lines. It was
found that the train could not be stop-
ped, and the British ' gunners were
therefore ordered to destroy it to pre-
vent the -supplies from falling into the
hands of the Boers .Their aim was ac-
curate, and the cars and their contents
were soon worthless. What started the
.train is unknown, but treachery is sus-
pected. One zaan has been arrested
in connection with the matter.
LOYAL pEopLE OF l)01.TOLAS.
.A. de'spatob. groan Londor says:-
Laeking news from the British camps
in. South Atriea, whase figure action
on alone have an important effect on
the larger issuea of the :soap:nen,
the British pub«ie is making the moat
of Col, Plicherei miniature battle. Un-
bounded tvibute is paid to thei prowess
ot the Canadians and Australians, and
graphic accounts are published of the
enthusiasm in Douglas as 'the victort-
Pus •troops entered that place. -The
representative of the Associated
Press witn the flying column says:
• The immediate result of Col. Pil-
ther's success id the entire dispersal
ot the rebels, who have been govern.-
igg the country for the past six weeks.
After Sunnyside was capture,d the
Toroutos occupied the laager for the
night, and joined the main body the
toilowieg morning, bringing the whole
cat the Boer tents, wagons and loot,
and leaving' the Cornevalls in garrison
• Sun,nyside. The British `force then
started tor Douglas, the Toroutcis
bringing up the rear, in wagons. .
In the afternoon the troops entered
the town unopposed, and amid extra-
ordinary scenes. The inhabitants were
overjoyed, and crowded. about the sol-
diers, shaking hands with them, and
when they learned that their deliver-
ers were Canadians and Australians,
the enthusiarim became frenzied.
. There were deafening cheere as the
4roops traversed the main street, and
it was ahnoet irapossible for, them to
make progress, the crowds being so
eager to shake hands with the Colon-
ials. .../
-It appeers that the landrost and all
the mountedrebels evacuated the place
• tbe previous night. The unmoinit-
ed rebelis are reported to be entrench-
ed( in the vicinity. Quantities of am-
munition Were captured and destroy-
ed. .'
THE PRISONERS ARE REBELS.
A. despatch from the Modder River
intimates that the Sunnyside prisoners
evill not be treated as prisoners of war,
but as British subjects caught in open
rebellion. -
•At the Moddet River camp the con-
duct of the. colonials is greatly ad-
mired, and, all are delighted that they
hate struck the• first bloiv 'on' the
western frontier since the 'battle of
Magerafontein. ta believed the. re-
liet of Kuroman will quickly follow.
NEEDS MORE MEN.
troops here we could cut tbeir lines cf
communic,ation. '3
**The booming of cannon cart be
heard from the centee at C,olekopi
The Berkshires have been reinforced.
Tbe Inniskillings, Tenth Etussare, and
*/1 Horse Artillery conmahd the left
of the position. The '0' Hoese Ar-
tillery, Mounted Infantry, New 'Zea-
landers, and barineers, under Col,
Porter, are on the extreme right. Gen.
Brabazon is in command.
"'Our. troops are playing the Boers
at their own game, but they are un-
appreciative." e
The British casualties tO Gen.
French's force up to the afternoon of
Alan, 8 were etve Men killed and 24
wounded.
.A detach.ment of 26 New Zealanders
had a narrow escape while advancing
on Colesberg, They were directed to
oecupy a kopje, but met with a hot re-
ception: trete a concealed force of
Boers. Another body of British troops;
-seeing their danger, doubled to the
rescue of the New Zealanders, end
theer retreat was successfully accom-
plished, under cover of the guns on
the hills westward: '
Colekop is now the principal scene
of the fighting.
The British supply train wrecked
contained 22,000 rations and a supply
GEN. BULLER'S FORCE.
A despatch from London says: -The
oritics, in summing up the probabilities
Of Gederal Buller making another at-
tack, estimate his force at nearly 30,-
000 men, with 66 guns, including six
howitzer's against General Joubert.s
25,000 men and 60 guns, but whose Posi-
tion and mobility will more than coun-
terbalanee the numerical superiority
of the British. The critic of VI:IA/onl-
ine Post labours daily.to prepare the
public for heavy losses, He spare:-
" Once General Buller sets 'out his ob-
jot will he to win decisive battle. leis
aim will be to inflict the greatest pos-
sible los on the enam arid. if he
can, to crush or cripple the Boer army.
It will be- aecessary for thet purpose
that he acme not spare his own toms."
' WORRYING THE ENEMY.
• 'Winston Churchill sends the follow-
ing to the London Morning Post, dat-
ed Caroni rT01"0
.017The increased activity -of the Bri-
fish cavalry hs.s proved very satisfac-
tort, to Gen. Buller.
" In ray judgment thia war wilinot
be ended by the weip,ture of anY Par-
ticular place o,r town", but by the come
mandoes in the field getting tired of
their losses; The killing of high offi-
oials of the BOOT arra,y, / believe, is
rthiveinognlayt apuertteceand certain way ef ar-
*:Cetiseless worrying of the Boers by
the British., in the last few days has
proved very effective.
The War Office on Wednesday. af- "The Boer entrenchments are -daily
extending. in all direetione alorigi the
ternoon issued a despatch received hills beyond Tugela river but their,
trGen Gen* French* 6aYing 1218 lxisiti"1 Work within range of theiritish navdl
was the same as oar the previoue day, gone la most uncertain busineas. •
that -with small reinforcements he •
eoirfel dislodge the Boers from Coles- CARRIED THE 13/4.13/ESI
berg and, in the meantime, he wn" ' ,Ii. despatch from Belmont, Cape Cole
tinued maimeuvering. e _ ony, Wedneedaye sayal-Colonel Piloh.
GEN, BULLER SOON iC0 ADVA`NOre er, it ia officially announced, being
Geo, Buller continues hia night home only on a raiding expedition, and for
bardmeliter and patrol satirises. As military veasons being unable to oo.
' the Tugela River is again fordable and copy Douglaa permanently, has mom.
this stretcher-bearers have again been ated the town, bringing Off all the
requisitiohed „at lhirbah and Pieter- loyalists. He has now returned safe.
mariteburg, there is a disposition to ly to close proximity ,to, Belmont.
believe that the British 11-dVanCe Will Whed he ahnounced the necessity of
GUNS ON THE BIINDESRATE• evacitating the place, the inhabitants
of Douglas declared their livea were
not be lohg delayed. •
It la reported at Durban that the 'hot worth five minute& purehase ate
ter the troape lett. coionot 'Ilkley
captured German eiteamer Bundesrath therefore invited them to accompany
had on board five big gurice.fifty tens him to 13ohnont, The preparatione
Of 'shell and 180 trained artilleryinen. were soeduy
Nothing further had beeo heard from completed, but the
Molten°, whieh wan reported from tetfeerlictitesati;oftotheoeatvoweynthweerreettuoteamllyo ilia;
Sterketroom, to have been attacked by the troops gave up the, trensport wag.
the Boers on Wednesday morning. So gone th the women and children.
far tot known here there is only a .
email force there. "Co 00. ACTED AS AM ESCORT,
e
WONDER 130ER LEBAER DIED. .The Canadians acted ail an eSeett Of
A. despatch from Sterkstroom are the refugees, carried babies „for tbe
tommaaa that &Renew,. the Boer dom.. mwinoinien. and kiteept everybody livenly by
his wounds. g, in spite of +sore feet, OCCasi011*
inarehed pluckily
nattidant at Seormberg, has died of aiogn tiF as C Y
A special despatch from Itensburg,
dated Tueoday, mays a attppay train The foree received General Butter's
Without ,a, locoraotive was net in erio- connratulations on the litICOeSS of the
tion within the tidal% line near Coterie expedition with great satisfaction.
berg and proeeeded so near the Boer REINFORCEMENTS FOE rumen.
position that it was impoesible to re- Iteinforeements of infantry and ar-
eover it, end British guns,_ therefore tilleq MANS been. despatobed to Gent.
destroyed the trueks. /t is suspect- nil 'trench from De Aar. There iS
ed by the heavy nand.
ed that this WAS aet of a traitor. greet eatisfietion, here at the news
The troopera then retired, covered
by. the.field, and naval ,
,The British: sustained no losses,
The Itaffirs are evidentlY giving the
Boers assistanee by lighting beacon
fives when th t British ..patrols start
out. The resole is that the British
never fireweed in cutting off the enemy
and return ,to eansp tired arid distill -
pointed after their hard, work.
A, fact that goes to support .this be -
life is. that the sheep cattle, and. goats
belonging to the 1K:tittles hre never
looted by the Boers,
BOERS' NIGHT A.TTACIK.
es.A despatch from lieneberg, Cape
toicniy, says: -About 1,000 Bore while
leaving Colesnerg lest eveoing Made
ad. attack un.der cover of the, darkness
on General French's •forces.
At 5 o'clock this ni.orning the Royal
HOrse Artillery, with four guns, com-
pelled the Boers to retire upon a
kopje. After a considerable, sifle and
shell fire the mounted infantry ,dis-
mounted,•charged the Boers success-
fully, and took 19 prisoners. The Boer
casualties were 50.
During the fighting the 'Inniskilling
Dragoons effected a surprise move -
anent and charged on the retreating
l3oers. They killed. seven, and eut
thetr way clear through.
'Two British officers, who mistook the
BOara for the New, Zeals,naders, were
captured.
The Boers' attempt oat a night sur-
prise WAS very gallarit and determined,
but it was fruetrated by tbe ;British
vigilance. The Boers gained and beld
a, small kopje and commenced as turn-
ing movement. The British then open-
• & withering fire, which the( burgh -
ars were unable to witiistaod, and they
broke away.
The 10th Hossara started. in pursuit
Of the Boers. Major Harvey, com-
manding the Hussars, was killed while
leading lie men, and Major Alexander,
the ascond in command wale wound-
ed.
General French has. been reinforced
with a, battbry ot field artillery and a
battalion of infantry. '
ZULUS .BEYOND CONTROL.
A despatele from Pieterniaritzburg,
saysie-The restlessness of the Zulus
is increasing., Many rif them are on
the verge of starvation and there have
been !eeveral instances of looting
stores. It is feared the magistrates
will not be, able to restrainethe war-
riors much longer. It is aSserted they
are anxious to attack the Boers.
. ,
HERCHMER TO COMMAND.
Officers of and D. stinardron,Cor the
aerosol vouttionnit to South Africa
seiecied. •
A despatch from . Ottawa says:- ,
offieefis of the Western Mounted
Rifles, "0" and "D" Squadrons, of the
second Cenadian contingent, have been
chosen, as follows: -
In Command -Commissioner Z. W.
Herchmer, N. W. M. P. • ,
Second in Command -Lieut. -Col.
Steele, rt. w. P.
wA. ditt.tzsarit.-Inespector N. Baker, N.
TranspOrt OfficerJ-R. W. E. Eustao;
letoosomin.
• Quartermaeter - Impactor a. lc
Allan, hi. W. K. P.
Veterinary. Surgeon -Robert Rid-
dell, V.S., Calgary,
Majors-ejames WalkSr, late in-
spector .N.W.M.P.; Calgary, and Supt.
joseph Howe, DI.W.M,P,
Captains -Supt. G. E. Sanders and
Inspector A. E. R. Chuthbert NJW.M.P.
Lieuteeitints-InsPeotore I. D. Moo-
die, .1, V. Begin, H. J. A. Davidaon, A.
C. Montane% T. A. Wroughton N,W.
My.; Capt. Inglis, Calgary; 'Lieut.
John Taylor, Manitoba Dmgoone,
Chalmers, Edmonton, elePolicerealie
Thia Completes the roster of officers.
trioleuest.a-Ootel.113toetegleanhitzitingleftthefoitorReeegina
CoMPanY, weth a capital ot 03,000,000.
will build the international bridge over
Rainy river for the Port Arthur, On-
tario and Westerti Railway, now build.
tog between Port Arthur and Milani-
Peg -
The news that the bubonie plague
has reached H'awaii ,lias caused some
alarm in British Columbia, and all the
health officers have been, notified to
take every precaution against the
landing of oases At any of the sea -
Ports. .
•
Mr. W. J. McLean, ex -Hudson Day
officerr, WhD WAS reported lost in the
far northern Slave Lake country, has
returned to Winnipeg, He reports hav-
ing discovered copper ore in the Atha-
basca region, and,says his party suf-
fdaerneodenoof pgraimvaet sthoewninogrttho, the, a bun -
The dilectors of the Bank of Mont-
real have subscribed• 2,000 guineas,
equal to 010,000, on behalf of the bank,
and among themselves personally 1,500
guineas, or $7,500, making 417,509 alto-
gether,. towards the patriotic funds he-
el nrgs urfafiesreedr sinf r oGmre taht e
Sailors' and soldiers' families and oth-
Bwraitra.in, for the
British Colutabia, has taken first
prize for both wheat and oats in.the
contest in which Prof. Robertson, Do-
n:anion Commissioner of A.griculture,
personally offered $1.00 in 21 prizes to
boys and -girls for the--100--hentds, of
wheat and oats bearing the largest
nthunireebeyreaorfse.ieeds. The. sum of, 00,000
is now in hand tor prizes fcir the next
The Mattawan Iron Co., will agree
for & bonus of $25,000 from the town
of Fort William, , to erect within ite
limits two' furnaces capable of smelt-
ing 60 tons of copper ore per day,
also for a bonuus of 450,000 thes 'com-
pany will erect a charcoal iron 'blast
furnace, with a capacity of 50 torts.
of pig iron per 24 hours, both indus-
tries to be exempted fron: taxation
fox a period of ten years,
GREAT BRITAIN.
The 'body of the Duke of Westmin-
ster has been cremated.
Baron Ludlow, a judge of the Court
of Appeal, is dead sit London.
Lord Bennet, who. succeeds to the
title of Al rl of Tankerville, is an evan-
gelist. '
Dr. Benjamin F, C, Costeilee, one 9f
the best knewn of. English education-
ists, is dead at London.
Eight persons were killed and raany
ilansiturreeikn, eraauilswer bywrieogek,3 in England
Preparations are. in progress in
England and America for the celebra-
tion in 1901 of the milennial anniver-
sary of the death of Xing Alfred the
Great.
NEWFOUNDLAND DISPUTE.
411•0061,
Bottom Tivetutt Between }Ingland end
lerimee se Be Extended.
A deepatoh from Paris eays:-The
opinion hes been expressed in official
circles to a representative of the ei.s.
isolated Vreaa that the modus viveodi
between Great Britain and France
regarding Newfoundland will be ex.
tended for another year. ,
There seems to he dispoeition up -
.0111 the part of Prance to take advan,.
taro of Great Britainel unconifortable
situation in the Tranavaal to foree an
urifair settlement a a matter, not re-
garded as vital. Pranee is in the pe•
aition Of being willing to sell her fish-
ing rights*. bet ahe condidera it proper
for Great Britain. to make the first
proposition. Thus the matter stands
in 10410100. •
NOT YET IN comsnnp.G. that De der has been able tc• Fiend. SIX HUNDRED LIVES LOST. '
The total Britieh easualtiee eboOt Geners1 Frenoh reinforcemente Of 112010*
Coleeberg in two daye, Were sLV Men gum end infentry.of whioh he appears A,wfijf Miteet Af the tartheinaltes tit
killed and twenty wounded. tO he ea mueh In need. General Freoch
berg district tend to modify the esti- ments he could take the town. The ,/i. despatch flertenit"is'St, Petersburg
The latest advicee from the Coles- rep6rted that with slight reinforce.
Predicted otuvapstion of Coleeherg had irrioxit,riA OP WA,ILSIIIPS, Lap, t -*The latent reports from Achal•
mete of Gen. Frenoh's sueoess. The fighting in the hill% in incement.
not been acoonaplished yesterday kalek, in the Government of Tiglis, .
nounoeci to Imre been silteord, were Adindtrea8Pite4rtniagilt /ler (fTeitt -I:fair. (Wenn the earthqueires which visited
ehow, _that six hundred lives were lost
evening while the Boors" guns, an.
still oti elate torpedo gunboat Ettrrig‘r which that district on Monday.
a •
e_
blown ruffian knocked a yoUng wo-
man senseless with a sand -bag and
made off with her puree,
Miss Raehael FergOson, an employe VolloWing la Abe range of otiotae
1
we lied Isonie• quick stiles of good mutt
to -day, and the lodicatioist are that '
there be a more lively general.
demand.
Shipping rattle le In ilAtt demise at
from 41-4 to 48eic per lb. Chaise
offerings will realize 6c Par lb.
By no means all the butcher cattle
hero old to -day, hut there was
good enquiry for dtbe beet snuff,
which sold quickly at steady if un-
changed pricee ; foe the elioice bacher
cattle here 4 to 4.1..4e per The srae
paid.
SbiPPinir bulle, •stoeicere, milkerae
and feeders were praoticallY unehang'
04.
"Small stuff" was in deneated' and
wild well at a slight advance le -Print*
for the better gradea.
Good veal calvea are wanted.
Hoge aro ttnebanged; for choitie hose
the top price la 4 8-8e ; light hoge soil
at 4c; and, fat bogs are poky brenliin6
33-4te per lb. Too many fat bogs ore
conung In.
oe. the ee Nemeeith company, evem done, whale are largelY
lives at 28 First avenue with her
cousin, Xrs. Twegg, was 'walking past
the gaol gates on (Gerrard !street east,
when a man suddenly sprang out
from the shadows and seized her. Be-
fore she eould cry. out he had dragged
her into the gaol yard •and thrown her
to the ground,. behind the gate. By this
time Mimi Ferguson had recoVered
front her surprise, and screamed. for
help, To silence her the fellow, struck
her 011 the head with a sand,bag, ren -
'bring her unconecious.
Among those whose attention was
attraeted by the outcry was Miss Tol-
bdrst, 763 Gerrard street, who was
$assiii‘f at the time. Miss •Tolhurst
ran as fast as she could to Dr. Sneath's
drug 'store, on Broadview, avenue, and
told what she had heard. The doetor
was not at home, but Mrs, Sneath. Ac-
companied the' young wpman back to
the gate. They were just in time to
see a man' disappearing in the dark-
ness over the vacent Jand, towerdei the
Don riVer.
FOuND THE VICTIM SENSELESS.
Mrs. Saeath and XISS aolhurst at
once entered the grounds, and upon
looking behind the gates they discov-
ered Miss Ferguson, lying in. a heap.
Several others were at 'once upon the
Stone, and the unconscious young wo-
man, was carried to Or. Snee.th's. The
doetca had returned by 'this time, and
was able, to attend the young lady al-
most as 80011 as She arrived. He found
a large bruise oo the right .side of the
face over the eye, while open the left
side there were a number leif auto and
scratches, evidently caosed by the fall,
There were no other marks of violence
on the body, but Miss Ferguson Was
unconscious, and in a really Pangerous
condition from the shook. She was
taken to her home in tillittle while,
and the doctor remained in 'attend-
ance on her, till after niue o'clock,
vhen she regained, her seoses.
The police•were notified, and Inspet-
tor Armstrong and Precinct Detective
Forrest carefully examined all •the
ground. In the neighborhood of the
outrage. The latter was rewarded in
finding a. coonjb and a muff -chain which
had been torn off kiss Ferguson dur-
ing the struggle. It Was thought at
lirst that a vatuable gold watch which
she carried had been stolen, but
was found titter in one of her pockets.
The chain attached to it hack been
broken and, tarried off by the; mis-
creant. Her purse, containing a small
sum of money, is also missing.
Ewing, the man who is lodge -keeper
at the gaol, and whose house is not
twenty feet from where Miss Fergu-
son was found, saw some one, going
behind the gate, but denies that the
heard' eny screams.
LATER.
,Miss Ferguson died at .2.15 o'clock
SaturdaY , '
UNITED STATES.
Buffalo, N,Y., is to have A union sta-
tion to cost 41,500,000.
Smallpox Is on the increase among
the Indiana iri South Dakota.
The Panama Caned Company of Am-
erica,' with a capital 'of 0150,000,000,
has been incprporated at Trenton,
oN.S, •
Com.mercial failures ha the United
States last week numbered 220, agajnst
258 te year ago.
Twenty bodies have been recovered
from the Bonen mine disaster near
Brownsville, Pa.
Four men were killed in a wreok
on the Nerthern Pacific Railway near
Missoula, Montana.
V, B. levingaton, a Wind war veter-
an of Baltiraoreels held there for. the
murder of his wife.
John M. Brown, aged 506, and for
28 years an inmate of the Mercy Hos-
pital, Chicago, is dead. • ,
It is said the Afolineux trial in New
York will be the most expensive homi-
cide case ever tried in the country.
Prof. janies lidunyon will establish
at Philadelphia an Industrial school for
orphaned girls at a cot of 32,000,000.
Cant. Jacob Zay Bandergrift, one
a the Wealthiest and moist promin-
ent Men in Pittsburg, Pa., is dead
thEeroet.
solphur &yore have appeared
near San Joint°, Cal., since the de-
struetion of that villege* by earth-
quakes.
Four men were killed and several
injured in a wreek on the Northern
Padilla. Railroad, eiX ulnae eaSit of Bear
Mouth, Mont,
.3ohn Gillies, a Chicago detective,
was run over and probably fatally in-
jured by a tvain at Chicago on Tues-
day. 'He said two men threw him un-
der the train.
Aaron Wolftlohn has returned' to the
Chicago agent of a NeW York. life in.
mance company 010,000 paid out by
the company' to hie heirs under the
belief that he had died at Lies An-
gelee, Cal.
GENERAL,
Tho wife of Aguinaldo, the Filipino
leader, is dead,
Miners and lace workers in France
are demanding higher wages aod
shorter hours.
Terrific. /noting have caused great
damage to shipping, and loss of life,
on the Bleak Sea.
Hen Fritz Platik, the noted singer,
was fatally injured by a fall in a
theatre at Carlerithe.
The bubome plague prefalla at the
capital of the Eteneli penal colony of
NeTwheenErrnedp7810: of China watite Sonie
one to kill the reformer, Ran...Tu.Wei.
She has offered a reward.
Two American clowns were killed by
the fall of a ttapeze in Paris Satur-
day. They were twin brothers,
There has bean farther rioting in
Shalt -Tung prey ince, and 10 Freneh and
Anieriean miesIone Mots been burned.
.Littioet three million persons in in -
die are reetiving famine relief. The
Government is /vending nearly two
Iakhe of ranee* daily.
The Matichurian eeetion of the steer -
Ian railway is completed. Oermaa tiven
have *Mired the oontriairallild
to
steamers to run front
Viedivostook and Tobiasam,
AWFUL STORY OF THE CONGO..
Poneteen Irittastesitnrited" EMI 90 Men
M.nr.loraft (1111111110111ated.
despak*.from NeW York, says: -
The Southern Presivterian Board of
Missions, at Nashville, Tenn., says a
special to the Timies from that city,
has reenved letters from the Revi L.
0,,,Itass and the iiav. H.. P.$ Halwkins,
Mews:arms of the Church stationed
at • LuebO, Congo Free State, Africa,
giving acoannts of tlie burning of
fourteen villages and the killing of
ninety or morelititives by State troops.
They report that aorase of the) 'victims
were eaten by cannibals, and that the
bodies of allwho were slain were muti-
lated, their heads sheing.eut off.
The Bev. H. Sheppard, wheal. the
awe Of the massacre reached the Mis-
sion, was sent. to investigate, and, en
arriving at the camp. Of the aPpol
taps iu the Bona CaMba countryeatifid.
the story to be • tr:ue, and saw ,torty-
se:Tel:41 dead, thr.ee a whom hticli .been
The chief Bald, that eighti or ninety
hadbeen killed and fiVe persons eaten
by the people, Mr. Sheppard saw
eighty-one right hands out off and
drying over a. slow fire, in order tcrbe
afterwards taken beak tb the State
officera. Sixty women prisoners were
confined in a. pen, and 16 men' bad al-
ready been sent away prisoners.
It is ;said, thee raid Wag ordered be-
cause the people'eduld noe pay ther ex-
arbetant tribute demanded by the
State. .
MURDERF:D A MISSIONARY.
Ker. Mr. Itraoka Caphtr...11 by Boxers nod
, Bitted.
A despatch from Pekin, says :-The
Rev. blr. Brooks, of thee Church Mis-
sionaly Society, at Ping -Yin, in the
Province of Shan -Tung, was eapterod
in that vicinity and murdered on Dec-
ember 3, by members of 0, sedltioua
e.oelety "BOXere," who have beera
active lately, destroying many villages
and killing natives Chrietians. The
Governor of the provioce had despatelo
cid a, force of cavalry to the same of
the distutbanees, but the soldiers etre
rived too late to Salle Mr. Brooks.
MADE IT WARM FOE RIM.
The yomig man, Making a soalal
cail, found himself in a pleasant eito
tine room, surrounded. by a bevy of
dear, delightful creatdres who pro-,
eteded te. 'Waist the badew burner te
make- it warm foe hins.
In fad, it was altogether too warm
for the young man.
This is the hottest room ever got
into, he etelainted at laitt,as be wiped
the perspiration from I r
really make. me sick. I'm efraid
have to throW aP" '
Whealiet1 .
window, he went on.
Hatenta atm.
Charitable man, Jenks is.
iteally
yes. A poor fellow *topped us on
the street to -day and asked us to help
htra get the price of a MAI. gave
him a dims t
Jesiks did better
Me give hint a toothpiok.
Cattl
idbiPpers, p
Veber, enatneno. : ',$1‘.11 11.475„..
B mice mod. .0 good ;Ike alt
etcher, iateriox, : 21.0 2'15
Stookera per ciwt. . 2 25 3 z5
Sheep and Lambs.
Sheep, per cwt. 300 364-2
Lamas, per cwt. . 350 425
Backe, per cwt. . 2125 .2 50
Milkers and Calves.
Cows, eaeli. • . . . 2500 50 00
Calves, goon, . . 200‘• 40 90
• - Hoge.
Cholee hags, per cwt. , 400 ia,m4
Ligtic hog., per owt, . e00 4.00 (
kleavy huge, per.owt. . 2.6e e-2. e75.
Tomtit°, Jan, 9.-.-W,heat -Outside
markets continued very null to -clay,
and priees were practically at yester-
day'o tevel. Local prices Were steady,.
and, trade quiet, Red and white On-
tario is quoied at 69' to 67c, aecordeng
to nehrnees to the mill, goose wheat,
69 1-2 to Ilia, outside; Manitobas firm;
No. 1 hard, • g.i.t.,"78c, Toronto and
west, 77c. arid traek; Midland and OWerl.
bound, 7'8, 1-2c; spring wheat, on the
Midland, sold at. lid 1-44.
Flour-Duil. Exporters bid 02:5h per
*bbl. for straight roiler in buyers' bags,
middle freights, and holdera ask 42.10.
Millfeed-bearce. Bran is quoted at
5112 to 412.60 and shorts at• 414 to
414.50 west: .
Corn -Quiet. No. 2,'Ameritan yellow,
quoted at. 41o. trip*. Toronto; arid
Mixed at 40 1-2c ; Canadian cern dUll
at 89 174 to 40c., track, Toronto. .
Peas -Demand quiet. Oar lotto sold
to -day at 57c. north and .weet, and at
58o east.
Barley -Quiet, Car lots of No. mid-
dle treighta, "old at 38o; and No. 1
was whited at 40c. '
Rye-Dereend light. Price a shade
hater ecar lots 49 1-2 west, and 50 3-4o
east. ,
Oats -Rather firmer. White oats,
25c, north and west, 25 1-2 bid, middle
freights ; and 26o. biti,, east ; mixed
1-2a lots. * .
Buck,wheat-Easy. Car lots, east, 49c
asked, and ienst 413o asked,
Oatmeal -Rolled oats, in bags, track,
Toronto, 43.25 ; .and in wood, 43.35 per
Duluth, Jan. 9. -- Wheat No, 1
hard, cash, .09. 7-8e; No. 1 Ncothern,
cash, 65 3-8c; May, 68 3-8c; july, 69 1-2c;
,
'No. 2 Northern, 62 1-80; NO; 4 mono.
59 3-80.
- Minneapolis, Jan. 9. -Wheat, instore
-Na. 1Northern, Jan„ 65 3-4e; May, '
66 3-4e; July, 68 to:, 68 1-8. On. traek--,
• ,1 hard, 66 3-40; No. 1, Northern,
69 11-4e; No. 2 Northern, 63 1-4c.
Chicago, Jan, 9. -On a heavy derdand
*and fight offerings pravisionif '
ed Steength arid activity far oitY"..%
shining the grain markets to -day, May
pork closing at 22 1-2, to (25e; May lard,
12 1-2 to 15o, and May ribs, 15c. higher.
Wheat was depressed. bY the LiverpoOl
weakness, bur steadied on ;war news ,
and strength of provisions. -
Buffalo, Jan. 9. -Spring wheat -En:.
quiry good; limits' unchanged ; No, 1 '
hard, 76 1-46. No; 1 Northern, 74 0-40;
Winter wheA-Unsettled; no enquiry;
No. 2 red, 71c; Ng. 1 white, 70 1-2o
bid. Corn -Active eziquiry ; MM.; No.
3 'yellow, 37c ; No. , 4 yellow, 30 1-2e;
No. 2 eon, 36 3-4e4 No. 3.corn; 3614
to 86 1-2c. Oate.L.D1111; No. 2 ,
30c ; No, 8 white, 29 to 29 1-4e; 'No. 2 -
mixed, 27e ; No, 3 mixed, 26 8-46.
-Quiet ; No. 2, in efore, 67 1.2c., Flour *
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SYLVIA'S LOVE 'FOR FLOWERS.
' The Queen of Iteumalle,. "Carmen
Silva," is so pastionately fond of flow.
ere that she IS, positivdly unable te
rest hamlity in a room where there are
blessorns; le to writing withorit
the' neighborhood of fioSreirs, dhat elrit
hoe declared qUite out of the
'question. Nearly all lier literary'
works haie *been composed oult of
doord, a' rooflese room, built 46f
'reeds, and surrounded by a hedge pf
rose« bushee, in the hollows of which
are cunningly' connealed °ego fuli of
singing .birds. The floor is of mossif
turf.' Iu one corner . tiny fountain
poura forth ,perfilixted waters ;
other swings o' luxurious 'silken ham-
mock, in which the Queen can xeet and
dream.. Her seat le a mossy bank, her
desk a lichened' stone,'carkted into the
sbape of a veritiog table;
who writes plats, isn't het J •
• ,Troommenn J.:
Tomniy-Pop, a playwiight le 4,,natid
0111t LA.NOU.A.GE,
8Thfaetnniegra-'ervii"O°11nwryigshotna Man
_ .
who writes bicycle- dews #
,
4w14Dithi3altv°iMewEnto.
HEli,piTtaVi AphLytalticriAanN.
diagnosis -What do you drink 9
'et:a.elw-013a, titrirnte-t tithilehrki"youitp, astir--thWe rt..
ever you -1 leave that to you, :dr.
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A. Georgetown, Demerara, despateh
says the e:tettierara Electric! Co.'s ape
plication to construet and oPerateelea-
trie tramways and, lightiog plantli
there haa been granted. Sir Wm, Van
Florne, Senator Drummond end others
are intetasted.
HIT TRE NAIL.
What did the Poor Man atird When he
was mimed of taking the eattle IA.
quired the tourist.
The right thing, stranger, responded
Amber Vete.
What was it t
I'll be hanged.
THE CIISERVIL IDIOT.
The poet And the actor, said the
Cheerfal Idiot, are muoh alike.
In the way' of hair f asked the- shoo-
k b rtl r
Maybe, salel the Cheerful Idiot. But
'still more so in the feet that one
- works when the epirit movie and the
other when the ghost walks.
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A„ PERFECT; WOMAN.
A women of perfect figure should.
weigh ISA pounds and be 6 feet 6
tall, She should mowers feet 1
cites from the tip 'of aThik middle finger
to the tip of the other when the arms
ought to be just one teeth of this'll
are extended. The length of the
one !seventh aboabi be Om Wirth
tba fent.