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The Clinton News-Record, 1900-05-17, Page 7- • , . SPIN RA TR Ing aceinuatua1/41:EN°AryeA. OOMINION nRIINEE 10E,, EN TEE w.,,,,IBOERS IN FULL RETREAT. B lest year. ewe, Notes Proceadings hi the Nation Legislatnre. An innovation luta been introdueed in the French artillery service in the Oar Noighbore-Somethmg of suape of a eraoke shell, designed to create wart of veil bettor° the ene Dr. Theodore Herz], originator of the scheme to assemble all the Jews of the world in Palestine, says be owl get the ironney and that the project only awaits a satisfactory charter e from the Sultan. At the fortuation of an Irish aeon - Peter McIntyre, of Toronto Killed Newsy Items 4hout Oureelves and by His Son. Wooed From Every Qaar. ter of the Globe. lItTEENvirEAR-OLD LAD WAR- Pace Oonstable Johnson and Detea. RELLED WITH HIS FATHER AN tives FOrrest and VerUey went down, and arrested the boy, who was DREW A REVOLVER A.FTER. taken to number one police station and questioned by Inspector Stark. He WARDS SAID WAS A.N ACOL was then taken down stairs, and DENT,. ;searched. Besides the revolver he had ' the usual oontehts bors poekete :A. despatch: from Toronto eerie-- I and five cartridges, but no Money. He Arthur McIntyre, of 299 Markham cried continually. at the station and street, the 13 -year-old son of Peter when arraigned zu the court. THE BOY SHOOTER "Here is a lad against whom I raust lay a char e f mu d " th . father at the latter% office at Minors: , C own .Attorney, ; didn't muz•der him," said the wharf, Oa Thursday morning. The , boy, wbo was verbally remanded till boy wanted to go to St. Catharines tie to -morrow. see his uncle and Mr. McIntyre object"! Arthur McIntyre is abrightelook- ed. The boy then, as he says, to I 116 a ° , wi air airk blue eyes, and a ruddy complexion, He vvaa frighten his father, drew a revolver clresaed in a dark emit, browa Peak and pointed it. 31r, NfoIntyee sprang cap and tan boots. He is the °Meet from his chair and the revolver went of four children, there being two boys off, the bullet enteripg Kr. McIntyre% aancl two girla in the family. He nay been working with his father for the left breist, 11-2 inches above the beart, KILLING BIM INSTANII,Y, McIntyre, freight manager for the Ontario Richelieu Navigation Com- pany, eliot and instantly killed his past few months, and it is sald that their relations have always been amicable, Mr. McIntyre being an ex- ceptionally good father. P00Ple who Ilwo clerks, Edward Nevin and 0. E. know the bet; say tbat he hate never 'Watson, who were in the outer office, shown an ungovernable temper. He heard Me shot and ran out of the was very obliging and was always on building, Then diseevering that the the best of terms with his brother shooting was inside they went back and sisters. He is known to be an ex - and found latr. McIntyre dead. The boy tensive reader And to be a deep told 'the men that he liad shot his thinker. It is belleved by a number of father., and to go for a. dootor and his acquaintancea that his mind has a policeman. This was done, but no been temporarily unbalanced from medical aid mild help the violin). too muchereading and thinking. . T WAS A HARD FIGHT. TRAPPING A VILLAIN. All the Canadian Troops Were in the Thick of it. The London Daily Exp. ion publishes a despatch derieribing the crossing of the Zand River by the Braid* It says ;,-, "The rear guard of the Boers, with their guns, resisted the advance; The mounted infantry, tvvo battdries, and pom-poms, cleared the way, and the third cavalry brigade acted as .a screen before the main column. Gen. Fresch was on the left, and Gen. Hamilton on the right. The Boers had destroyed all the bridges during their retreat. "Et is impossible to ascertain the Hoer losses, but they are thought 'to he heavy. Those of the Baitishacon- sidering the importent Elite:nice made, are considerea light." „ A special despatch from Riet,Spruit, describing more fully Weanesdayet successful operations, saysz- "Gen Hamilton's notate had ou two previous days ascertained the Boers' position and strength. 'On Wednesday night the Cheshire Regiment crossed the river, entrenehed themselves, and prepared to hold the passege for thd regiments following them. . MOUNTED INFANTRy'S HOT FIGHTING. " Alt • daybreak on Tharsday the main body crossed at two or three points. The !mounted infantry were ,then in action, driving off the ad- vance Boers preparatory to a general forward movement. The Boer right „first gave way, hut Tacker and Ham- eltan had a tofigher Leek on the left. Tam Boers had six guns and served Wean well, working with great deter- neination, but the British worked tip closer and closer, their guns meantime firing incessantly, " The East L,antashire and Sussex R 'ments by eleven o'clock had work - 1 to the front, The order was ven, and like a aleph tbe two regi- ments sprang forward .simultaneous- ly, awl in a few moments had seoured two commanding ridges. "The advance' line wets now within twelve hundred yards of the Boers' main trenches, and the latter were al- ready losing heart from the demon- stration on their flank, but they kept up a rapid, though wild fire. "At this moment the final charge • was ordered, and away went the Lan- . °Rehires an& the Sussex Regiment . again, but the Boers could not stand, :and they fairly bolted ; and the rout ,..xt the Boers along the whole line was ..then oenaplete." STUN'S FORCE CHECKED. eeo-e AdVanced With Several Thousand Toward Thaba Kohn. A• despatch fiaun' Londen says1-1 ,Winston Chive/all says only 2,000 no era opposed the British at Zand tiver. A.eothee e,stimate ie that 6,C00 B oers, with MX guns, mede a rear- guard action, while many other thou - hands, with convoys, retired .without fighting a shot. • , President Steyr) and a ecemell of leaders of, several thonSand Bders in Ladybrand and Ifielesibrierg aietrict determine& to au,briait to the melt the question at oontinuang the war or not/ at a great open, air meeting. rfhp _men ilecided to go On. Steyn, who acr veers to be in active command, began ,to advance toward the ,British, and ; came into contact oie Itaiteday with k Campbell's Brigade and Brabant s Horse, 20 miles narth-east at Theta Noble. 1,10 smart engagement epeued, \With no positive success on either side, (except thaa the Boer advance Was atone& Gen. Bundle has disposed of 1,000 Infantry along a 20 -mile front in meth it way as to bar a 1,ioer advante toe •4 Lord Roberts' corentina, With *woe's= of Brabant% coloniats, the a. sniedlio has no bersemen. ,The Gen. ra sit With Lord Itobeette ade eavalra a. trance. - I GAVE MTh:ft A, GUARANTEE That the slehatines Uric Mine3 alit Re Deb *Med. ,• doopotole to ale 0,aelogile Gazette froth Pretoria. gays Gen, Mille Botha, whd suceeeded Gen. &nib. Itrt 4'0 gozn'' J (0 e4 mender of the fa era army,. the Goverament that he would resign his tommand if it were inter.aded tO desCroy the Johannesburg miri.`is, had DO grievance against private Me perty, telw Said, and would only LW a hostile army. Gen. Botha was nth Ac:, ally informed that it was not intendol ' to destroy the.inines. • LOS6ES AT BRANDPORT They Were Heavier Than at First Understood, A deepateh from Cape Town, saystee The iltitieh leases at Brat:alb:a are new reported to have been much heat - r hart Was at tireit understood. After tittle Britieh patrols visited the *mesa and surrounding dise triete, and all this men were taken •.:prieoners, while the horses and gums Were moved. Lord Roberts is adopt. ing a sterner "poliey with a view of ,sreveAting guerilla lighting in the rear a the British. Boyles arS how ,cominendetted e.t.a farm -betties where . guns ate found are destroyed, while ,the Inert ere Arrested. now A Would -me :murderer Wati Sal raussa Sy a NAM carrier. . A writer • on Klondike customs and dangers says, that there is here, as everywhere, a class of ex -criminals 4ytham the lone voyager mast guard Last year, he says, the man who went eat with the first mail after the closing of the river, fell in with a traveler, hungry and cold, stumbling along the unbroken trail. The mes- senger took pity on him, shared his food with him, made a fire and vvarm- ed his half -frozen body. All day they travelled ovei the ice, and at night the messenger made the man lie down to sleep, while he watoh- ed, to scare the wolves away and keep the fire burning. It was long past midnight when he woke the sleeper apd asked him to watch, so that he hionself might snatch a nap before setting out again on the loeg journey. The messenger was sleeping sound - when he was startled by a blow :on the head. •He leaped up, and was territied to find that his companion was • standing over him, striking at him with an axe. - The messenger dropped to one side end threw off his sleeping -robe and the fur 'cap that had saved his life. Then the would-be 'murderer was plaiuly embarrassed. To be sure, he had the axe, but it is not so easy to kill a onan, when be is looking. He hesitated, and in that secoria the messenger conceived a brilliant thought. "Ah, poor old chap!" said he, pathe- tizally, es one conciliates a snarling dog. "Cold and hunger have driven him crazy'!" The man let the axe fall. He al- most smiled. It was so well to be out of a nasty job! Yes, he would be crazy. Appearing to forget the mat- ter, he left the axe .where it had fall.. en, and began to rummage in the grub -sack. Tbe dogs awoke, .and the two men breakfasted and started long before the dawn. That day the messenger carried the axe, and in- sisted that the madman should walk in front.. At the next mounted police station, tbe man, math to Ins surprise, was banded over to the officer in charge, Now his efforts to play "crazy" were a end failure. He was taken to Daw- son. tried and sentenced to foutteen years' Imprisonment. HBR CONFESSION. Pethaps no lady was ever better reconciled to positive ugliness in her own person tattle tbe Datheas of Or- leans, the mother pf the Regent. D - Orleans, who governed France daring the minority of Loa's KV. Thus she speaks of her own appeaiance and manners: "From me' earliest years I was aware how ordinary my appearance was, and did not like that people ahould look at me attentively. I never paid any attention to dress, because diamonds and dress. were sure to at- tract attention. Qs( great days ray tatiiangdreuestd7,,t,risomsainksetmme ryon,wahsic/ii hate everything that ineoramodes me. One day I made the Countess acessoini laugh heartily. She asked me why I pever turned ma head whenever I mead before a gurror-everyhody else did. j answered. because 1 had too mach. seif-lova te bear the sight of my ovvp teglipess. I must bave been yea, ugly in my youth. I had no sort of features; with little twinkling eyes a short snub nose, anti long thick lips, the whole of iny physiognomy was far from attractive. , "My face was large, with fat cheeks, and iny fjgare wee short and stumpy; in shoat, I wag e very homely sort of person. Bxcept for 'the goodetess of my disposition, no one would have en - (lured me. It was impossible to dm- poyer anything like intelligence in my paes, expept.with a microscope. Per- haps there wee not on the face of the eayth sueb apoter pair of ugly hands as mine. ne ing often told Me Set and set me latightng about it; for as I was quite Imre of being vera ugly I made ilia My plied to be always the first to! laugh at it. This sueemeded very yeti*, though I Must confess it furneehad Me with a good atoek of materials , for ,itiatehter." DECIDED 110T TO CROSS. Free StaterS Beeline to Defend the TyansVattl. A &Ant* "from Aliwal NOrtli sepal -It is repotted from! Oa° Orange Free State that meetings were held recent - in the Baer latigers, at Which the Fres altete burgleters decided not te 1 cross the Vael elver, which means that they will Oat aid the Transvaal iBoers br the detente of that republic. I - ; SHOT A.1 ST. HELENA. ' 130'01' Prisatilisit Detected Sealing Wire Period Of the Enclosure. rievetch from jamestown, Kt, maiena, eays:-Tchursday one of the Boer etrfeoners confined at the Dead- wood camp was discovered ecaling the wire fent° which: enelodes tho grounds Where the burghers are detained. The'guard wbo saw him challenged him three times, but the Boer made no replY, whereupon' 1,he guard shot and killed him. oarran• 440 44444.44* LOOK/NG PORWA113). • tittle Sister, angrily -Now, you do what say, /Attie Brother -I won't. Little Sieter-You Won't, eh t Oh,' don't t wiels we WAS grown up, and you WAS my houtband. " • CA.NADA. Mackenzie & Winn may buy th , Kingston locomotive works. I The British cruiser Buzzard has ar ;rived at Halifax from Bermuda. The Government will construct a wharf at Levis, Que., 800 feet long. About 100,000 bushels of Manitoba grain are being receivee daily at For It is reported that 30,000 aapanese will come to British. Columbia tine summer. Seme of the weavers in the Canada Colored Cotton Mills at Hamilton are out on strike. Wheat Beetling in Manitoba has been oom,pleted this year three weeks earlier than last. The smallpox epidemic: in Winnipeg has been overestimeted, and. the scare has largely subeided. Major Dent has bought at Montreal 000 horses for the British cavalry and 120 for atrathoona's Horse. There have been 2 600 oases of mea- sles in Hamilton since March ltit, and the schools are ouly half attended. Dauphney, the mother of nine children, committed suicide at Lunenburg, N, S., y taking oar o o 'emy's elation in Cape Town on Tueaday, all references to the Queen were ober- ed enthusiastically, and the Irishmen Of South Africa declared they were for " gneen and Country." t Xing Osoar cif Sweden and Norway is reported to have expressed himself as atrougly in sympathy with the Bri- tish in the war. He takes no stook in religious principles which seem ap, rateable to burghers only. An trade has been issued by the Turkish Government prohibiting the importation of all apparatus connect - e wi e ee rid tr. BOER LOSSES HEAVY. acid. • Five officers of the Prince of Wales' Fusiliers, at :Montreal, have resigned owing to trouble with the command- ing officer. Miss Gould, of the Montreal branch of the Red Cress Society, has handed to the society 04000 collected by her chain letter. Belleville City Council has decided to reduce the pollee foroe by one and to abolish the rank sergeant. A saving of $900 will be effected. The Laurentide pulp and saw mills at Grande Mere, Quebec, were destroy- ed by fire. The lose is about $400,000. Printing paper will now* be scarcer than ever. Letters from Dawson estimate the clean-up of Sulphur and Gold Run Creeks at $3,000e000, and the total wasb-up for the entire Klondike dis- trict at $18,000,000 approximately. • Relatives of Jesse Martin, fireman, killed near .Bellevale by striking his head against an iron bar on a side track while looking out of the oab window, will sue the G.T.E. for $20,000. The experiment of selling binder twine direct from Xingston Peniten- tiary has been so successful that the Minister of Justice has instructed the Warden to continue to acieept • orders for small lots when asked for. James Baxter, the wrecker of the Ville Marie Bank, was taken to , St. Vincent de Paul liaison on Tuesday. where he was tound to be in a criti- cal conaition of health, and waa oace placed in the hospital. In his report on the militia, General Elutton says: aThe existing regula- tions prohibitiag the sale of liquor within the oamPs were carried out. It to not, however, possible to prevent the consumption of liquor in camps and it is equally impossible to prevent the illicit sale of liquors outeide, but in close proximity to the confines of the camps." GREAT BRITAIN. Sir Henry 'M. Stanley, the explorer, M.P. for North Lambeth, will not seek reeeleetiOn. The Prince of Wales intends making a yachting trip off the Irish coast in the autumn. The British House of Commons has adopted a vote of 09,650,000. for the completion of the Uganda reilway. The late Duke of Argyll, it has been learned, once wrote a novel, Its title was "The Ilighlaad Nuree," It had a small sale. The Lake of York has gone to aerlin to parttcipate in the ceremonies of the German Crown Prince's birthday an- niversary. - Governor Voorhees, of New Jersey, hes donated .$9,004 to the Foreign Mis- dime of, the Reformed Church of America. The Queen has contributed 500 guin- eas and the Peace of Wales 250 guin- eas to the Mansion House Fund for the Ottawa fire sufferers. The I,ondon Daily Telegraph, com- menting. on the 'Utah mine horror, says that it will evoke greater syme pathy than any other. event on this side of the Atlantic since the IOSS of the Maine. A Man appeared in a London Police Court charged with torturing an ele- phant. He probed it -with a lance, in.. fureating tho animal to such an ex- tent that it charged a keeper atid killed him. Mr. Reginald MacLeod, 0.B., who has been appointed Registrar -General, in the place of Sir Brydges Henniker, is tbe second son of the la te. Norman MaaLeod, MacLeod of MacLeod, of Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye. With the object of popularizing wad encouraging Irish industries, the Lady Mayoress of London has ordered a court dress of Irish roplin, trimmed with Irish lace, for her own use at the next drawing -room, on which, 'M- egaton she will be presented. UNITED STATES. A mad dog caused apanie in the streets of Evanston, DI., biting four men. City Connell, of Brunswick, Maine, will plant a tract of 1,000 acres in white pine. i Eighteen women graduated as den- tists from the Northwestern Univere eity, Machinery of many American war. ships is said to have been damaged through carelessness. The New York Legislature has ap- propriated 0150,000 for the construle- Hon of. good roads in the state, President McKinley and Admiral Dewey will be at Canton, Ohio, July 4, when Spaeish eannoo is dedicated. The TJnited States Navy Department urges that, $10,000,000 be appropriated tor the establiehment of new coaling 'sta titans. United States railroad tinkle's fevour reauiring all employee of core porations who come in contact vvith the public to be uniformed. andiana, withi a timelier population than Massatthusette, expends in poor relief more, than three times the amount paid in Maesteehusetta. The Standard 011 Company has in- creased the wages of its eniployes at William:0mm Green Point and Long ttsimia:d. 17on 5 to 15 per cent. and taloa eft an hour of their working opmpag,: Cholera Is reported to he raging ill the famine districts of India, Bubonie plague is increasing in Ar. gelatine, Australia and Asia. Three new cases of the! bubonic plague have appeared at Port Said. Bali and rain done great dem- age to the erops in the tea distficte in! India. The Salvatien Army will maim an active carepeign In Paris during the Exposition. oltdedtioyt:tz,w,„ las had 183 eases of babonie plague, of which 58 have German popular opitiou regards etioexation of- tioNtliern Brasil, chief- ly isettled bp Germans, as inevitable. Dr. Pfeiffer, diecoverer of influenza iteys bandkerehlisfs propagate lb per cent. a all colds, in the heed, throat and nose. The Ameer of Afghanistan is itgain getting ugly with the British Govern. Writ. 1108Jan Intrigues ers thqught to bs behind it all. 44.0114 Seventy Were Killed in One BA- gagement. • A despatch front Smaldeel says: - The British have been successful at • pointa recently. Gen. Hunter hae passed rourteen Streams, after a fight in whieh over twenty Boers, including two co:amend- era, were killed. At the Vet river tbe Gordon High- landers pat a large commando to flight, and the 8th Hussars killed over seventy of the retreating Boers. . Although Gen, Ian Hamilton was fighting every day last week, his casu- alties were only about one hundred, The Boers are reported to be retiring front the Zand river, Many Boers are turning in their laorses and Mausers. SENTENCED TO DEATH. • ' One of Buller's Men Deserts and Fights With Enemy. A despatch from Ladysmith says; - Ladysmith is just now the centre of aiotivity oa the part of the Army Service Corps. Large quantities of ettores are in the town. A private of the Tenth Mountain Battery, who desetted at Colons() in December, fought with'the Boers, and was afterwards expelled from the, muntry for striking a Boer com- mandant, disclosed las identity in . Durban while under the influence of i drink. He was tried and :sentenced to I death, but Gen. Buller has commuted! the sentence to imprisonment for life. • PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. — Strong Party in the Volksraad yours Reopening Them. A despateh from London, naysa-The • Lorenzo Merg,nes correspondent of the Times, telegraphing Wednesday, says: . "I'learn that a strong party jn the Volksraad is determined to secure the • reopening of peace negotiaaion.s on a ba h' h th • ' get the support of aa majoruty of the . Read, although the propeual evokes strong indignation /rem President Kruger and State Secretary Reitz. It is reported thet President Krieger made an. impassioned appeal to the Pretoria' burghers at religi- ous gathering on Sunday." URGE GUERILLA WAR. Foreign mercenaries Advise Boers to Abandon Present Tactics. ' The London Standard publishes the following, dated Wednesday, from Welgelegen o - "The ,engagement on the ,Vet River caused the Boers to be dissatisfied . with their leaders. I leariafrom Pre- toria that the Boers intend to retire ultimately to Lydenburg, leaving to the foreign mereenaries the task of, defendiug Johannesburg and Pre- toria. , "The foreign mercienaries are now advocating the sending mit of guer- illa parties from 300 to 400 strong rather than a persistent* in opera - tams on a large male ; but the Boers are not dashing enough for that kind of work." FAVOURED SUBMISSION. Free State Burghers Want to Glve Up the Fight. despatcla from Bennet Burleigh to the London Daily Telegraph from Welgelegen, dated Wednesday says: " The burgher% held a meeting re- cently, withoua the consent of Presi- dent Steyn, at ,which the advisability of subniission on the part of tbe Free State was discussea and approved." BOER GENERAL KILLED. Commandant Van AsWegon Slain Near Warrenton. A. despatch from Pretoria says: -A despatch from Christiana, sent from that town Tuesday, states that there was fighting on the Vaal river Mon- day. Gen. Van Aswegon, who was , la eomtnand of the Griqualand Boers,. was killed. According to the despatch, tbe Brit- ish were repulsed and compelled to re- tire to Warrenton, • WOMEN IN THE TRENCHES. Priees or Grab, Cattle* Cheesq, &q., . in the Leading Markets. • - Battle at Zand River Extended Over Toronto, /Kay 15. -The" reoeipta at theewestern °tittle yards to -day were 56 oarlOada of live stook, including 1,200 hogs, 900 cattle, 200 sheep, year- lings, and. lambs, 30 calves, and a A despaloh from London says :-The river." The next nieasage is as follows ,--- "Cable oart headquartere at the Shipping cattle was in fair demane three cables from Lord Roberts, the as of which shim that the Boers, now aoross the Zand River. The en - front, latay 10, 9.10 a. m. -,We are at from #4.00 to #4.85, and #1.90 per after making a stand uorth of the eray are still holding a strong posi- cwt. for heavy staff, and occasional - selections ; light sbippers sold at miles in length, are now in full re- Zand River, occupying a position 20 re bil)et evi are gradually pushing '4;, r e e achturs later he cablene-e le ten cents mere was paid for prime thorn #4.25 to #4.50 per owt. treat. with 13ritish cavalry in par- able alert, Zatid River, May 10, Butcher cattle was quotably un- suit in three directions. 12.80 p. me -The enemy aro in 1 all of retreat. they occupied. a position 20 changed at from f I to 44.25 per From Weigelegen, under date miles in limatia. •Oure was necessar- cwt. fez' the best cattle ; from $3.50 lifednesday ily longer. With the widely-seatterea to f3.90 for raedium cattle, and from 0° ° ,"" evening, Lord Roberts force it will take some time to learn "Pole-Carew's and Tucker's diva, the casualties, but I am hopeful we fa to 03.30 for inferior' stuff. ors at steady prices. heavy naval and Royal garrison ar- sions, Bruce Hamilton's °column of have not suffered muoh, The °avid - the Boers by three different roads " There was a fair demand, for feed- ry and horse artillery are pursuing There was no change in either light t'llerY guns' and' fc/ur brigades of Lord Roberts also cabled from Zona or heavy bulls; a fair enquiry. received a moat cheery telegram from cavalry marched here to -day The River camp, May 9, itayingo-"I heve Good milk cows are in request, and enemy bold the opposite bauk of the BadenePowell, dated April 27." Thia will sell up to $50 eaoh ; prices to -day . . Zand River, Their atrength will be evidently refers to the despatch in. ranged from e122 to 047 each. to be able to force a passage of the cable already p,ubliahed. Good calves are in steady demand; rough stuff slow ; prices, from $2.50 - , . satiWie.1,WWOWialtWOOVIraaaaafelaliitWiretiValea before plowing! the field, and who); . rr" breaking so& have a man with a pick - Agricultural athxatt olalroew int laseraphltow uanad pibeskonupplaowli • is used, tt would be a good plea to peek after that, too, Throw the stones in small: piles and. it will be easier to haul them, off later, writes Mr. V. T. Luonudrvamoll down any stenes if we cauld possibly "- 'the& has been to never Plow find them to haul therui off, and. by taking one field at a time, cleaning that as mule as possible 'by picking before plowiag) and after harrowing oboe or twice, the farm, will soon be , clear of. all stones. The boulders we dispose oe in various ways. .0ne is to, dig out a hole at one. side oe them so deep that they will sink out of the way,: for the plow, throwing the dirt back over them again. Another is to twiteh the,m out of their bole with the team and haul them away burytng them in the covered dfains or wing them in stone walls. On our farm we have found that ail boulders stand deepest on the southwest side and shallowest on the opposite side. We dig the soil away on the, deepest sideu enough to get a chitin on it nad place the team facing ehe northeast, and out comes the rock when the team starts, •wiless the chain slips. One day last Nov. with the aid ' of one horse I took out and hauled away a bouader that must have.weigh- ea half. a ton or more, but I used my . brains more than my hands and horse for neither of us is unasually strong. a H NEVER SLEEPS. ' for tha services of a faithfuleservant. Fuddle -Yoe know Stooks., don't When the 'date are weaned in the i ou f fall. of the. year they are generally.' Y , Dootor-Yes, indeed.. He' is now a housed for the winter, Then is the • patient of mine. • tinee wben. their feet saoUld be prat examined,.- Bvery 'oelt on - the' place should have ilts feet trimmea. , The born oft the 'he:of:should be cut down al; the -heels, so' as te give tae frog room to expand. The rageed parts of the frog should be earetully pered off and the foot levelled and rounded off with a easp. Any. - man . care de this vvith .the help of a fareier's knife and a rasp, so that where it is necessary to economize it, is neeeseary to em- ploy a blacks.mith. • • The frog is the natural ceehion of the horse's foot; allow; it to :get .dxs- eaaed Wad the foot wilt quickly grow misaimpen. It wilt coatract, 'become narrow at the heels, and take on a "scooped .out" appearance in 'front in an incredibly short time. Colts 'are often allowea, to run out in a straw oyoamrdeo atunroirnogngwhitnyttesre.tuTrehteeostwriatwh wbse: ter, and pretty soon it is a mass of' filthy manure. The colts starid and tramp through! it all . day, and, the conditions being faverable. to disease; thrush may soon make its appear- ance rine play havoc with their feet. If no artention is given them during the winter the feet become thoroughly a:sear:led before spring, when the .eolts are tented out for nature to take care of. Here they, have a clean bed to be on, the fresh young grass cleans out their system, and the dew, being-ftee from all unheeltha germs, soma draws all disease from the feet. It takes a Bee.ause, yea see, he sold a dram, • And needed it hineser. " 'long time to b,uild up the system which. has been shattered by neglect, how- ever, and when the winter blast again filthy strawyara, man's inhumanity drives the colts to the shelter ot the aia, Young Donald Vulcan served his time • With this same Dougal Dhu- - horse, years he shoed . Macgregor% soon undoes all that nature has done. . And Dougal's bellows blew. If the. colts had been turned out in the spring in good heatlhy cendition they would have thriveti and made rtwheis e vnee reYdedelteo- . Just for his nam diversion. build up their broken systems., As ' MacCallarci Mohr,'his son-in-law, sauthdatinas; wer°Iee otohne atated above, the feet of the young Was Lord, Duke of Argyll; mb oennet colt should be looked after at the time His mother's name was Janet Gunn, it leaves its dam, They should be A sister of Xing Coil. ' rounded and kept in shape with the • and And Samson, too-tbat's more of rasp at 'east ewe a month, should be examined for thrush once in Greek - two weeks. This extra work will • His name was, GilderoY ; pay for itself. In: fact, there is less He felled a bullock with his neive 'work attaehed to thus caring for the When he was just a boy, They took him off to Stirling jail, feet of a dim= colts than treating one case of obstinate. canker, 'My little kent his might ; ••••bm..•mmr ' He walked off withl the gates and . all . OATJSES OE, 'FAILURE IN SPRAY- ! At the dead hoar of night. , And furthermore, our Eteelantahiefs ' Trials of spraying methods 14 WI' Have all got pagan names, fruit growers, which have too often Saell as Achilles-bleSs my soul- pill:he more's the buraing .shame. have come from one of several causes. Ossian they made a Spartan ; resulted he apparent failure, may gat wee Ajax, or the like, First, exaggerated idea of the redults Macgregor vvas--who can tell what - dry weather. Early in April, as soon - to be obtained by spraying has led 'Twas something about tartan. as the soil Is in proper condition, is to anticipations, of a degree of sitc- There's ne, use talking about Greek, the time to plant in out latitude. Use good judgment, both in choosing the thnd and handling the soil. The lat- ter coin be made too rich with fertili- zer, in which ease the peas go to vines and set few flowers. Sow( the seed in double rows four inches apart, with the seeds an inch aleart in the row. Some gloat in a deep trench, filling it as gradually as the vines grow. This is all right unless we have a long, cold rain which flits the trench and keens it full till the seed rots, A, moderately ehallow trench, into whioh the soil is gradu- - trees u.ntretitedi in the same, sure A beast tremendous lee. ally draWn and finally mounded along the vines is reeommended by many rottndings, end that comparison lack- - growere. The grass cut from the ing, the eetimate of mottoes or failure And no doubt you would like to know lawn minuet be used to better ad- is altogether a matter of opinion, and Wbere fair Glen Eden stood; Och hone, it WtU3 the bonnie pled:, . with it. e A single season's trial of spray - not to be admitted as evidence. Awell, 'twee just in Invetness, vantage 'than by matching the roote Before the awful flood. Sweet pees do not mind a Light , ing •against the codling moth cannot Some say 'tw,as in Argyll; frost, so no anxiety need be felt if atone bring Perfect SUSSOSSo especial- Tbere's no use fetchin"boot a word - the weather gete down to freezing ly, vvbera the neighborbag. fruit grow - 'Toes the Heelands ail the while, point after the planting. If the sun ere do; not fellow the sante methods, .................--,.... shame on the rows all day, plant in rind where Mese have not been practice lines running wait and weet ; if part- ee for several years together, or long ly shaded let the rows run in the enough for the cumulative effecte to oppoette direction. Large mesh pout- become apparent. Moreover, spraying a foot oe eighteen indices 'from the t tti " f t wid fattened alone, though successful within , its own limits, cannot ineare the fullest . • ground to firmly eat posts makes an product of; perfec.t apples without the excellent trellis. The trellis ahould be concurrent practice( of other methods high enough so the vines have some. looking to the final rednotion of the thing to ciambee upon as long as they nUMbers of the past.' grow. When they mat together end The most important of these assoel- topple over for want of support the cited methods, is the banding of the bloom rapidly ilizainishee. trees and the destmactioti ot the at - Out your sweet peitti MO eontinuouta, Meted worms every 10 days from the ,IY that no Need is formed if you want fall oa the first woraty apple till the fruit isi all in the bin'. The second is plenty ott Holmes. the immediate destruction of all fallen and third is the destruc- MASTER, OP TIIE S/TUATION, worml it'ait• tion oP as many as possible of the /low atturible your little boy seeMti vv.OrMS Itenteringi over under bark to bef seam in, oid bird's nests, in cracks Yes; we never objeet to anything in apple, bins or barrels, or elsewhere he wants to do. .................. sibie that Nome. of the reported fail - in the fruit room. /t le also pos- uree are referable to the use oft ad - PUMA' ORNAMENTAL. ultereted or low-grade poison. which the Royal assent has been given BILLS NOW LAW. The following is the liat of bills to liesPeeting La Banque Jacques Oar - tier, and to change its name to La Banque Provincial° du Canada. Itespeoting the Kelso and Larde- Duncan Railway Co. Respecting the British Columbia Southern Railwa Co Respeeting the Montreal and Ot- tawa Railway Co. aneend the Dominion Lands Amt. Respecting the Canada and Michi- gan Bridge and Tunnel Co. . Respecting the Hereford Railway Co' Respecting the Niagara Grand Island Bridge Co. Respeciting the River St. Clair Rail - Way Bridge, and Tunnel Ce. Respecting the Caliadian Southern Bridge Co, • Respecting the Pontieo Pacific Junction Railway Co. To incorpOrate the Port Dover, Brantford, Berlin, and Goderich Rail- wa Co IteSpeeting the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories. To inoorporate the Canada Steel Co. Respecting the members of the North-West Monnted Polio° Force on active service in South Africa. Respecting the Ontario aud Rainy River Railway Co, Respecting the Montreal, Ottawa and. Georgian' Bay Canal Co. To amend an Aot to provide for the conditional liberation of penitentiary convicts. QUESTIONS ANSWIIRED. Sir Hibbert Tupper was informed that•Mr. Ogilvie, the Commissioner of 'the Yukon district, received $6,000 a year salary, 02,000 for living expenses, $60 per month for housekeeper, and $250 a month for rent. Mr. W,. P. Clementa as eegal adviser for the Yu- kon district, received 02,500 a year prior to June 18th, 1899, and 10,000 a year since that date, together with 0100 a month for living expanses. Mr. Monk was told by Mr. Blair that it is not the intention ot the Govern- ment to increase the salaries of look - men em ed on th L h' C 1, nor is it the intention to give them any more extra pay than they now re- ceive when their services are required for Sunday work. Thera is no regula- tion obliging lookinasters to attention the canala on Sundays, but such at- tendence is optional. The lockmen are paid at the rate of $30 per ,month. Sir Hibbert Tupper was told by Mr. Sutherlatid that the Departuient of the Interior has not yet received any reply to the telegram sent to gr. Ogilvie asking for 'his report on the Yukon •territories. Mr. Davin was told by Mr. Sather-, land that the Order -in -Colman provid- ed that claims in the Yukon when abandoned shall revert to the Crown ,dated October 7th, 1899, The order provides that after having reverted theyshall be disp,osed of as may Seem right to the Minister of the Interior. This records of the department do not show, that any of these claims have been disposed of except such of them as leave been tneludeti In hydraulio pro- positions. , Mr. Caegrain was told by Mr. Mu - lock that the system of receiving'and delivering mail by. naeans of books or brackets while the train is running full speed has been in operation for about a year at several stations on the Intereoloinal. At first some of th,e mail bags were injured through defec- tive donstruction of the brackets, Wet this has ranee been remedied. Mr. Puttee was told by Mr,. Muloak that for the week ending 7th April, 19a0, there were 87,170 letters handled in the Winnipeg post -office. At this - rate the nuraber handled during the year would be 4,445,292. COLD SIORAGE CONTRACTS, The House went into committee on Mr. Fisher's resolution authorizing the Government to renew with Messrs. Allan and Redford Company the cold - storage contracts for this season 'and next, the amoant not to exceed 028,750 per annum. Mr, Fisher explained that the orig- inal contract for three years was en- tered into four years ago,. and that it expired last season. Owing to the South African war and the consequent rate demanded for steamships, there was a danger of the cold storage ves- sels being monopolized by Americans, and it was therefore necessary to tea - new the ecnitracit. He regretted, how- ever, that he had not been able to get as favourable terms as in the contract whieh had lapsed last year. The resolution was reported,. EXHLBITORS SHOULD WITHDRAW. Mr. Charlton called attention toMr, Tarte's despatch regarding the refusal of the Paris commissionera to permit tire Sunday closing of the Canadian ex., hibits. He wanted to know the char.. aoter of the protest which Canada had made, and why it was that it had been neffeetual. while the United States had been granted the concession.. The Minister of A,griculture replied that the Elritish commissioners had made every effort to secure that the Canadian exhibits should be closed an Sunday, but they had failed, and the only portion of the exhibit which would be so closed was the building in which the Canadian offices were, the major portion of the exhibits being n the ganeral buildings. Ile did not know whether the concession had been granted to the 'United States. Mr. McMullen add the country would be greatly disappointed at the Minister's announcement. He thought Canada should withdraw from the ex- hibition altogether and bring her ex- hibits home. The subject dropped. . THE MANITOBA SCHOOLS. In enewer to Ur. Dugas' question:-. "In the Prime Minister aware that the Board of Public School Commis - ;stoners oP Manitoba doee not permit the Catholice to, set up religious plc - tares, statues or °thee pious eine- blem,s in view of the children in their sehoolhauees, and that the said board refuses to allow! teligious women en- gaged in teaching to wear their re- ligious costume and insignia in teach- ing the ohildren in achools subsidiz- ed by the State, tie WAS stated by the Chairman of' the :mid board to the delegetes of the Catholic laity of Wtnnipeg et an interview aurtng the Month of April Matt Under these etreactristances, does the Prime Minister consider that the statement ofeNovember, 1896, and the aubaequerit Provmcial legislation of 1897, in rola. tion to the sehode, render aall and complete Studio to the Catholics of Manitoba!" The Premier said: -"The Prettier is not mate of any. ouch regulation hav- ing been paned 13y the Board a Pub - he School Coininimionere of 'Manitoba. If any each regulation: existe hist ate Motion wee not called to it. The Premier read with care the report of the meeting whieh took place between the Roman Catholic ratepayere of the Cityi of Winuipeet and the 'Chair- man and raembere of the Public School Board for that City, and he af- firms positively that the Chairman never exprossed the opinion attribute ed to him by Ms hon. member. lIshas no reation. tor &Olga the opinion which he has always held end express. ed of the etatement of November, 1896, Ana of the en(bsequent legtsta. tion 1897." Rave Petitioned Kruger to Allow Them to Go to the Front. A despatch from Pretoria says: - The Afrikander women have been deeply stirred by the reverses that We befallen the Boer arms, and they are decking by every means in their power to add to the strength of the forces of the Republics. A number of them have offered the Government to immediately form a corpe to guard the railway of to proceed to the front and fight in the trenches with their male relatiree. MAY EXPEL THE REST. Proposal to Meet Every British Sithieet Front the Transvaal. A &witch. from Pretoria gays: - Despite the edict of expulsion recent- ly leaned ageing all British dubjeets, in the Transvaal, which followed the explosion at Boogie's enineering worke at johamiesburgi the question of per- mitting.the British yet remaining in the country te stay here is again re- ceiving official attention. BOOKS FOR liEOR PRISONERS Britton Govornment to nay Dutch Bookl tor the Men at St, itolena despatch from Amsterdam, says: ..The British Government has in- etrueted its Consul here to expend 500 mindere for DuteIr booke for the use of the Soar prisoners et Bt. Twenty Miles. dozen milkers. , War Office on Thursday handed out ascertained to -morrow, when hope eluded in a Mafeking correspondent's to #10 eaoh, Sheep, yearlings, and spring lambs are steady; and unclianged. There is a tendency towards weak- enign in the pries of hogs, but ,no THE CARE Oa' HORSES' FEET. change as yet. For prime hogs, sealing from 160 to NO man) has contradected or shall tionst- 200 ibta, the top price is 6 1-4q; light ever contradict: the old adage, "No begs are bringing 5 1-2e per pound. foot, no horse." On many breeding Following is the range of quota-) farms too little attention is given to ' , , the condition of the colts' feet while Cattle, ; the animals are yet immatthre, and Shippers, per ......... $4.25 OM as a consequence evils arise unaotte- Buteher, choice, do, . 8.75 4.25 ea which, if not checked in time, will Butcher, med. to geed.. 3.25 8.621-2 rum the feet of the horse forever. Butcher, inferior... ...... 2.50 3.00 Hundreds of horses are ruined every Stockers, per owt. . 3.00 3.75 sheep ape 1:ames. year tbecougle having their feet neg- Sheep, per ewt. . ; 3.50 4.75 lected. When Q. man' examines a Yearlings, per Cwt. ... 4.75 , 6.50 horse with the intention. of buying Spring lambs, each. .. 2.50 5.50 he invariably, begins at the ground Bucks, per ewt . . 2.50 '8.00 cows, esetah,.11ke.rs .and. Ca. 251vmes. 45.00 wet tihetinakhtiws iceeyebetfroarveebul uypwingaiaelh.orlesee Calves, each. . . 2,00 10.00 with misahappere feet, no matter how Etegs: Cheice hogs, per ewr. , 0,25 good aye individual the animal may Light hogs, per owt. . 5,00 5,50 be otherwise, The feet and legs of Heavy hogs, per cwt. . 5.00 5,50 the horse are its machinery. It is Sawa. . . . . 3.00 3.25 here will find. the signs of hard Stags. . . . . . 2.00 2.25 7°4 • lot of 20,000 bushels white wheat sold, the rest of' the animal's makeup, but Toronto,. May 15. -Wheat - One work; they require more oar° than all west, to a miller at 65o? Quotations sad ta say, they often get ltttle or are as follows: -Ontario, red and white, 641-2 to 65o. north and west ; none.. A good 'horse cannot.- Met too 65 1-2 to 66e, east; goose wheat, 72o, long; we are sorry when, he dies; but if hastened: toward his end through neglect, direot or indirect, it is a downright shame, and poar return east, and 71e, -west; spring, east, 66 1-2e; Manitoba No. 1 hard, 73 1-2o, To- ronto' and weft ; and 78 1-2c, g.i.t., lake and rail. Flour -- Dull, Straight roller, in buyers' bags, middle freights, 42.50 per bbl. bid;.and 02,60 asked; sPeoial brand in, wood, #2.90 to es. Millfeed - Quiet demand, Bran, 104 to 414.50 and sherts, 016 to #16.50, west. Corn -- Quiet. No.2 American .yel, low, at 46e. on track, here; and mixed at 45 1-2c. Peas -Demand light Car lots, north and west, 61c; and east, at 62o. Barley -No. 2,42e, west, and 43e, east; and No. 1, 43c, west, and 44e, east. . • • , Rye -Quiet. Car lots, west, 52e, and 53e, east. • Oats -Steady, and fair demand ; white oats, north and west, 27 1-2e; and east, 28 1-2e. Buckwheat -Quoted St 500, west, and 51e, east. Duluth, May 15. -Wheat -No. 1 hard cash, 68 3-4c; Daly, 68 3-4e; July, 69 3-8c; September, 68 5-8e; No. 1 North- ern, cash, 67e; May, 67e; July, 67 5-2e; September, 675-80; No.- 2 Northern, 65 1-4e; No. 3 spring, 61 3-4e. Oats - 221 -2 to 23c. Corn -35 1-2e. Minneapolis, May 15, -Wheat closed -In store. No. 1 Northern, May, 65e; 1:013a 50612 to. 08 3-8c; September, 65 -4 to fic; on track, No, 1 hard, 671-8e; No„ 1 Nortbern, 65 5-8e; Noi 2 Northern, 64 1-8e. Flour -Unchanged, Bran -Unchanged. Buffalo, May, 15.-Spriag wheat - No. 1 hard, spot, ear loads, 737-8e; No. 1 hard lots, 73 5-8o; No. 1 Northern, ear loads, 71 7-8e; No. 1 Nortlaern, round lots, 71 5-8e. Winter whueat- No. 2 red, 73e bid; No. 1 white and mix- ed. 72 1-2c. Corn -Stronger; No. 2 yellow, 441-4e; No. 3 yellow, 44e; No. 2 corn, 43 3-4e; No. 3 corn, 43 1-4e; No, 21 white, throtigh billed, 44c; No. 3yel- low, in store, 41 3-4 to. 42e. Oats - Strong; No. 2 white, 29 1-4c asked; No. 3 white, 28 ter 28 1 -ac; No. 4 white, 27 1-2o; No. 2 mixed, 26 1-2ce No. 3 mix- ed, 26e. Rio -Nominally 61 1-2e; No. 2 on track, 60c. Floitr-Good demand; steady. Detroit, May 15.-Wtheat-Closed- No. 1 white, 73c; No. 2 red, 73e; 'May, 73e; July, 72" 5-8e. SWEET PEA.S. The sweet pea holds its place firm- ly amang Our popular flowers. Every-, body waets bar sweet spirituelle flow - era which as Kegts has said, are "on tiptoe for a flight." They do seem to have their wings raised ready to flut- ter away. No one need fail in grow- ing this sweet flower if she will only obsdrve and furnish its few require- ments These may be briefly summed in early planting, a deep, cool soil, properly enriched with well dectayed fertilizer, plenty of sunshine and a good high trellis. If planted deep, and early, in a soil having a 'suitable ad- niixture of clay, the sweet pea will ask but little aside from the tlaily elating of its flowers ana one thor- ough watering per week, ia very hot, Fuddle-Pret ty wideawake man, isn't he , boctor-t should say so. I'm treat- ing him for insomnia. ANTIQUITY OF THE GAELIC LAN- GUAGE. The following has gene the round of the press in the old country oreeking an author, Perhaps some reader of this paper can supply the name: - Before 'Apollo had a flute, More than a hundred year, Mabgregor played bis ain bagpipes, His Heelant clans to cheer. He had a boat, too, of his nein, Made oot o' Heelant wud, Which saved the Macgregor's freens Free droonin' at the flood. ' • For you must know; the Gaelic tongue Was spoken Gien Eden, And Adam %rote his Heelant sangs The time his sheep were feedine And Mrs. Adam's name was Grant, She came from Abergeldy.; She was a. poetess, and wrote "The Brisits o' Aberfeldy." Moreover, too, old Tubal Cain - His name was Dougal MO, • But was misprinted in the Book When the printer bad, got fou - He wee a blacksmith till his trade, And made the first ela.ymore; He also made the coat o' That Noah's father wore. And furthermere, lie gospel truth, He clid invent the bell Now, "Noah" is a Grecian word, In Gaelic "Mp.opherson ;" He itstituted Heelant games cess not, Warrauted by the experience It's just a kind of gabble, A portion of the Gaelic tongue of thei most successful experimene eepoiled at the Toor ce Babel. ters. Second, proper spraying de- The Greeks, you see, were not a clan, muds such dose adherence to several Although oi the same bone; indispensable points of: practice that Bui, just a sort of laboring men That carried brides and atone. even careful men may fail through oversight of these particulars; or, For instance there's the "Iliad" noo, finally, the adVerse rep,ort is made It's ruined altogether ; without. a just, estimate of the result of the experiment; for it will be grant- 'TE7sHfoirmsetrwirnoBteaiicinutihtbee Gr.aelic tongue ed that a true judgment. of the degree The Greeks they got it at the last, of success oan oda! be had by the A.nd wailed it as you: see, comparison of trees treated with Then swore that Homer Was. a Greek-, VidifOr444YOUr IdttiOkitIg *00M id CLEARING FIELDS OP STONES. beautiful/a' filiftilalied. Mr. IIisofssek-eYes; if only r were et. In the &et place, pick up all on top lowed be smoke lit it! MERCIPUL The young queen of the Netherlands is giving fresh proofs every day of what a sensible, warm-hearted girl she is. The other day she sent a letter to the tramway company of The Hague requesting that they in. struet the drivers of all their vehielet not to stop wheii the royal carriage passed them i'filholinina said she an. predated the sign of respect and courtesy which these abrupt halts Upon her appearance signified, but the sudden and unnecessary stops and the consequent Starts tired the horsea, who dragged the heavy cars, and for - this reason it gave more pain than pleasure to her majesty to have the trams recognize her presence. GOOD A.8 PAR AS IT WENT. Uncle Bob, who bes just treated his nephew in a Parisian restaurant. Not a bad dinner for 8 franeS, ehl Nephew, who is still growing-Pirst rate. Let's have another. 4 .