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Editor and Proprietor
BANKS
:PROLSONS BANK
Incorpo.ated by
Act or Parlk ment,1855.
• %gra - • $2,600,000
$2,000,000
EM OFFICE - MONTREAL.
%atop. miTuAL FIBL 111
Tft, m Iti811 ANOE COMPANY
Farm and leolated Town Property
only Inured.
OFFICERS
P. Xelean. Preeident.Kippen P. O. Thos.
Frazer, Vice -President, arueedeld P. 0.' T. E.
Heya, Seey-Treass Seaforth P. 0.,awQ.
Proadfoot, Inspector of I.osses, aeaforth P.O.
DIRECTORS:
W. O. Browlfeet, Seatorth: john Grieve,
Winthrop iGeerge Dale, Scatortb 1 John Watt,
traria:at J Bennewies, 13radliagazi; James
Evans. Ilealtwood ; James Olinslegr. QUAt'on
John McLean', ICippon
AGnNTS:
Robt Sunda Ilarloolst Robor ticatfillans Se
• forthaaJames Cummings, Egmendvillel W
Yea Holmesville P. 0.
Parties desiroes to effect insurance Or trans
Beet other business will be promptly Attemlod
• to on application to any of the atoye °Ulcers
adaressed. to their respective post offices.
tenttiffA/V011e
Ws sr, Mer.soa Itlacernatstar President
4 Awls lOrazin • ' Cleneral Manager
Notes discounted, Collection made. Drafts
issued. Sterling and American Exchanges
bought and Mold, . Interest allowed. ou deposits.
•
. • • SAVINGS; BAN1a.
Interest allowed. on sums of 01 and up, •
_ • FARMERS.
• Money arlYanced to farmers on their own
• "totes with one or more endorsers. No mort-
gage required as eeourila.
•?, .
: H. 0. BREWER, Manager, Clinton
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D. MeTAGGART •
• BANKER.
A General 1Banking BuSinesf Transacted.
Notes Discounted. Drafts Issued.
Interest •Allowed on Deposits.' •
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• •
ALBERT STREET • ••. CLINTON.
LEGAL
JOHN T. EMMERTON
THE LEADING BARBEFt
Also Agent for
STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Ifead Office for Canada, Montreal.
Insure:me in force, • - 0116,000,000
Investmentsin Canada, . • . 13,500,000
Estab hed1825, The old.relleale and %verde
Orme Smttbs bob*, opPosite Post Office
asoultwat"alluom senowormtawat"
12.A.11Af '17
T SCOTT
• BARRISTER,SOLIalITOIL Igns
Money to Loan.
Ceram -Elliott BloOk - CLINTON
"GRA N
• TME TABLE,
Trains will arrive atand depart front Clinton
Station as follows :-
• atutasto.AND OODERIOLI DIVISION.
0422,2FEEttit Express . 7158 E. 'in,
2:65 p. m.
" Mixed 4.15 p. m.
Going West Mixecl • 10:15a. in.
" " Express p. m.
44‘
10:27 p. m,
LONDON, DIMON AND BRUCE DIVISION,
Gohlg Sot1212 Express ass a, m.
" Mixed CIS p,
Going North Express10:15 a. m.
0 Mixed. 6:65 p.
A. 0. PATTISON, F.R.110DGENS,
agent • Town Ticket Agent.
DICKSON,
District Passenger Agent. Toronto.
• BRYDONE
• BARRISTEli, SOLICITOR.
Notary Publioatto.,
OFFICE -Beaver Block, a Cannon'
immorriwompamer
W. JACKSON
CONVEYANCING
JOHN RIDOUT
CONvEYANCER, COMMISSIONER, ETC..
Fire Insurer:0e, Real Estate,
Money to Lend.
OFFICE-HunoN'STREET, *CtisiTow
MEDICAL
Dn. W. GUNN "
It. C. P. and L. R. C. S., I0dinburgh.
Night calls at front door of residence on Ratter:
bury street, opposite Presbyterian church.
. .
OVVICE-ONTAR/0 STREET, CLINTON. •
DR. SHAW •
• '
OFFICE • .
ONTARIO SlitEET, OppOSI2S English eltureb,
CLINTON. •.
1118
ILI 11 LWWULLL Es From Forty to Bigby
Million Bushel%
TEE VERY LATEST FROM Mr. 401)e:telt front Toronto Says: -
ALL TIM WORLD OVER. bk.en°Nrurtgeerktt. bl3yretfliriLitylot: Ghottav
s
ernment to assist Mr. If artney, the
Manitoban agent here, is in the city.
htterestin ROMs About Our OW21 Mr. 13resibUry eaye 1110 mission here
c °wary, Great Britain. the United is to assist Mr. Mertney in placing
States, and Mi Parts of the 0100 before the fanners of Ontario and
;ondensed nd AseOrteil for cerasterti. obits the condition of the
Remove, iip in 11.1f)attitoba, "which will, we
CASae
be mvo, be tue greatest the province
CAIIADA.,has ever produced. We have two
• million acres of wheat, growing oe
thickly as it can possibly stand. At
Hon. J. Israel • Tarte intende to the present time it Is well headed.
• beautify the g • th
rounds on. Parliament out, and everything' indicates that
Hill. e harvest. will cemarenee as early
Aliamilton Man's reiliael to take as August 5. Conservative estimata
out a, dog tag cost him 35 in the es of the probable wheat yield place
police court, it at treat 40,000,000 to 50,000,000
aas bushels. ThiS estimate, many ex-
Ilamilton is making extensive
pea will be very much exceeded. In
rangeMents for the reception of the
addition to the wheat crop we have
Thilte ef York. 700,000 acres of oats and. 500,000
It le feared that the 1020 front the acres of barley all in excellent con -
forest fires in Northern Ontario will dition. The grain crop of Manitoba
be the heaviest, in years. is by long oddsthe largeat that has
The Duchess of Cornwall is expect- ever been taken out of the country,
ed to dedicate a new water fountain I should not. be surprised to know
being erected by Ottawa's W.C.T.U. that it would exceed, 80,000,000
• AGENT C. P. R.
•CLINTON
• Travellers to any part of the
world should consult the
• above in reference to tickets,
• fares, etc.
W. JACKSON
acencomm,
• DR.o. W. TEfOlvIPSON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, • ,
Special attention given to diseases of the Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat,
• Oaxaca AND Rgsreancs- .
• Albert Street East north of RATTENR17RE
STREET, CLINTON.
DENTISTRY
AGENT C. P. R.
ecomatassossmarlassevhsasisomm:
DR. AGXEW
DENTIST. .
' CROWN AND BRIDGE ViTORIL.
OBEICE-MiSiBing Festers Photo• Gallery.
. '.Caultea, Oest
PHYSICIAN AND .SOLDTER.
An Instance of Lord Kitchener'S
Way of Doing Things.
• A sergeant or the Royal Engineers,
who.has.lately returned front Africa,
tells a good stOry'in. a London' daily
of LordKitthener.s stern sena:. of,
justice.' In thesergetait'a company
there was a private who always did
his duty in a quietaitnobtrusive man-
lier, which gained for him a certain
respect frorn his intraediate superiors
and cornpaniOns'. One morning this
Wan presented liiinSela at the office
and reported that he was fll and un -
1t ler-duty. Ep was ordered to ap-
pear before Dr. X., the medical all-
cer of the tome, who pranounced
him in good. health and • ordered hini
'back to duty: •. . •
• Against thia order there was no
appeal, and the Soldier returned to
his • work, which was preparing,
Planks for a .temporary 'bridge. :Ile
found it impossible to work, and
mentioried the feet to the sergeant,
with whom • • he was on the ixtbst
friendly term. . • ' '
"Why not lay' the case before Lord
Kitchener?" asked the sergeant. "He
is in the Office now." •
"Oh I dare not," replied the man
ITo is tor, •stand-off and cold."
• .""Vitell, if you're afraid; I'll. do it
instself," • said the sergeant, and he
The Domini= Government assay bushels. As 10 Well known. We have
abont 20,000 termer:3 in Manitoba
office 'to be opened at Vancouver
will be equipped to hatidle $16,000,- roducing grain, and we require at
000 in gold•yearly. • east 20,000 ,additional men from
other points to assist them in say -
The C.P.11. is making enormous Mg this crop,. Laborers are in great
preparation for the coming harvest demand at present, as there is a fear
in the NorthsWest Territory', which among the fanners that they are go -
will be ready about August 10t11. ing to be very short-handed, and
A mastiff dog belonging to Joseph consequently wages are going up
Armstrong of the Macassa Hotel, higher than have ever been paid in
Hamilton, cOminitted euieicle by the Province before. I hallo, there -
drowning in three feet of water, fore been instructed by the Govern -
Minister Tarte has written to the ment to come east and make our
Mayors of the various cities to • be wants khown, and leave no stone
visited by' the Duke asking what unturned to secure the • assistance
decorations are to be Placed on Pah- of 20,000 men to harvest the Crop.
lie buildings. • • noth the railway corporations, the
Breathing springs have been dis- G. T. R. and the 0. P. R., are as-
cevered at the north-east of Makin- sisting by giving* special rates to
men desiring to come out and help
sat, Man., when at regular intervals,
as of the breathing raf a men, trans- us in the harvest field, The fare is
parent salt water is •ejected.
ha TS OF THE WOBLD
Moos or Cattle, Cheese, Grain, 43
in the i.eading MariKets.
Toronto, July 23. -Wheat -The lo-
• cal market was firmer to -day, with
some enquiry for export. NO. 3
white and red Winter Will bring
620 middle freight, and, sales Were
Made el a few cars at 'Ciao. No. 1
spring sold at 03 to 08*c east, and
No. 2 goose at 62e on Midland, and
at 65c lake port. Manitoba wheat
10 steady; No. 1 hard Sold at 76c
early in day, and at 790 in after -
110011, grinding in transit. No, 2
hard quoted at 770, and No. 3 hard
at 72e. For Toronto and west 2c
lower.
Milifeed Tho niarket is steady,
with offerings small. Bran sold. at
$12 middle freight, and shorts firm
at 81.4.50 middle freight.
Oorn-There is very little offering,
and Prices nominal at 44 to 450
west for Canadian.
Rye -The market Is quiet, and
meatinal at 47e west.
Buckwheat,- Market dull, with
Prices purely nominal.
Peas -Trade quiet, with sales at
690 to 70e middle freight.
Barley -There is nothing doing,
and prices aro purely nominal.
Oats -The market continues steady
with good demand. Sales of No. 2
white at 82c, north and west, awl
at 82*c middle freight. No. 1 quot-
ed at 88c east,
Flour -Trade is quiet, with sales
cif 90 per centpatents at s2.50,
middle freights • in. buyers' sacks.
Straight rollers in barrels for Low-
er Provinces, $8 to $3.05, and Mani-
toba patents, $4, and strong bakers'
$3,70.
Oatmeal -Market quiet at unchaag-
ea prices. Car. iota at 38.05 in bags
and 3875 in wood; sinall lots, 20c
extra,
DR. G.1011.RNEST )101,31Be
Successor to Dr, Bruce. Clinton.
Specialist la Crown and Bridge Work.
D.D. S.-Graduato of Royal College of Dental
Surgeons of Ontario.
L, D. S. -First-class honor graAnate of Denial
Department of Toronto University. Special
attettion paid to preservation of children's
teeth:
Will be atthe Rivertfotel, 130411°1d, every
Moudav from 10a. m. to 6p. nu
DR.J, FREEMAN
Successor to Dr. Fowler.
vergattlarta stinanoa.
A member of the 'Veterinary Medical .ASSeekt
dons of London and Edinburgh and Gradnato
of the Ontario Veterinary College.
Office opposite the Commercial Hotel, Clintole
VETERINARY
BLACKALL ta BALL
'VETERTNARY SURGEONS. GOV-
ERNMENT 'VETERINARY 'INSPECTORS
Ottnee, Isiatiktittrgerellirgestat. Atimar
AUCTIONEER
It is said that the Bell implement
Company of St. George may remove
to the Oockshutt factory in Brant-
forcl as semi as the Cockshutt fac-
tory eon erect • a neW building for
4ts own accommodation, '
An order -in -Council has been pass-
ed plaeing the following articles on
the free list when imported by man-
ufacturers ofvaccine points for use
in the manufacture of such =tides:
Glass caps, shells, containers, • and
,crtpillery tubes, rubber bulbs, boxes
and corks. •
GREAT BRITAIN.
•Electric gun methanism is to be
Mit into some of the new Britith
warships. •• • • • •
Stanley spencer, aeronaut; of Lon-
don, will try to cross the Atlantic
:111a balloon. „
The telephene May be installed in
Pennsylvania naites as a help' in
ease of diSaster. •
The Duke of Cornwall has leased
I-Toughton ' Heal, near .Fakenham,
iNorfolkshire, as a permanent coun-
try residence. • • •
• The imperial Government. is form-
ing a committee• of ladies to visit
•the refugee eaniPS in South Africa
andato report on their condittan.
King Edward has cut out another
coronation feature, and will not be
kissed by the 'peers or .ein,braced by
the archbishops and bithops.
. .
King Edward has subscribed 200
• guineas to the fund for the purchase
of a alto in London for a permanent
showyard of the 'Royal Agricultural
Society ot England. • ••• •
Mr. Andrew Carnegie has complet-
ed his princely eridownaent of Scot-
• tish university education by signing
a deed ef trust, placing the ten mil-
lion dollars at tile disposal of those
Who aee to administer it.
"Order the wan here at once," said
Kitchener, without looking up, "and
also Doctors Y. and Z.
Each of these doctors he made ex-
amine the man • m his presence.
Doctor Y. reported "typhoid in a
marked stage." Doctor Z. made the
sante ,diagnosis., .
"Send for Doctor X. immediately!"
said Lord•Kitchener. •• ' •
"Please Doctor - X. examine this
man carefully. Ire is either ill or
malingering," •
Doctor X. perfermea the command-
ed task, and nervously. said: "I fear
he.ve made a mistake. This limn
Is the early stnges of typhoid."
"Have the mart at once remoVed
to the hospital," came the order,
"and you, sir, apply to the adjutant
for your papers, and at your earlieat
convenience retuan to England."
Pa, said the heir, what. is an ex-
pert accountant? An. expert accoun-
tant, replied the father, is a man
who becoines famous by robbing
bank for two years before he is dis-
coVered. •
THOS.X1ROWN
LICENBED AUCTIONEER.
Sales conducted in all parts of the Counties of
Huron and Portia Ordereleft at Tara News
• RECORD office, Clinton, or addressed to Sea
forth P. 0. will reeelve prompt attention. Sate
SfACtiort guaranteed or charges. Your pat.
onage sOlicif0d.
4• wrisoaLL.Antacius
01,...tWor.r
310 with a return fare of 31.8 guar-
anteed upon Production of a certifi-
cate that the passenger has been en-
gaged in harVesting. We feel that
many of thee° who one out from.
eastern Canada will become perman-
ent residents of the Provinte,"
DAIRY MARKETS.
Patter -Pound lots are scarce and
firmer, with sales of choice qualities
to -day 17 to 18c. . Large rolls, 14
to 15*c. Dairy tubs, 15 to 16c for
the best, and 13 to 14c for medium,
Creamery prints, 20 to 21c, and so-
lids, 19 to 190..
Eggs -The market, is steady, with
fine fresh stock selling at 11* to 1,2c
CORONATION RIGHTS.• . per dozen in case lots. A lot of culls
are offering, and selling ,at .6 to 70.
• Cheese -Market, quiet and prices
unehanged, June Wake is jobbing
Some quaint DemandS Presented te
• t o '
the Privy Council. at 9t10c•
• A despatch horn London says al- .
The nembers of the Privy Council • DRESSED HOGS AND PROVI•
-
sat as a Court of Claims on Wedies-
day to consider various hereditary Dressed hogs' are unchanged hero
traditional rights and privileges a.
•t $9.25 to $9.75. Hog products
claimed hi connection with the forth- firm, as ,follows: -Bacon, long clear,
coming coronation•of the ICing. •
- to and case lots, 11 to 11*c. Pork
long list of quaint deattmds *as pre- $1.0.50; do.' short •cut, .$21.
sented. After the registrar • had• Smoked meats -Hams, 131 to 140;
commandea all persons to keep breakfast bacon, 14 to 15c; rolls,
lence on penalty of impriSonment,. 11s. to 12; lacks, 141 o ; and shoal-
ae.rersal thirty • or. forty . dem411dst ders, 11b• •
•
• •
including the following . • Ler cl--Pails, 14i to 1lic;. • tuba,
. The Duke of NorfolkT--o act•
as 'I lie; tierces, 1.1c. , ••
chief butler of England. • .• •• • •
•
The Duke of Newcastle -To provide • •
a glove to support the King's ,arm. • • BUSINESS AT MONTREAL.
The Bishop Durhara--To .• • •
the King and Queen. support •Montreal, July 23. -The .looal
The' Duke of Sornerset--T�a carry markets are unchanged, and the sit'.
the orb. •• • uation shows no ittunediate sign of
• The Earl of Erroll -To .have the altering. •Grain-tle. .1 ' Optaxio
silver baton. tipped with gold/ • spring Wheat, afloat, May, 7,c,.
The Dean of Westminster to in- Peas •77c afloat ; No. 1 oats, 35*c;
struct the King and Queen in • the
rights and ceremonies. and to have
the cloth, etc., for. fees.
Lord Grey de Ruthyn-To• • carry,
the golden spurs. •
• Col. Brown -To- bear the cannopy
over the King and Queen.
•*. The Earl of Shrewsbury -To .prci-
vide the glove. for the King's right
hand' and support • the hand • wbilst
holding _the 'sceptre.
• Sir Wyndham AnstrutherS-Grand
Carver for Scotland.
The Doke of Buccleuch -To ride by
bis Majesty's carriage.
• The Martians of Winchester -To car-
ry the Cap of Maintenance.
The Lord • Chancellor announced.
that all claims •must be presented
by October 81, and the court then
adjouraed. ••
GEO. TROWHILL
HORSESHOER AND
GDNERALDLAOKS1VIITE,
Woodwork honed and firsaclass material and
workguareateed. Farm inn:dements and ma
aims rebuilt and repaired.
• SOBBING A SPECLALTY,
Atsent Seitetm, Neat% Ctrrime
SO YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
TRADE MARK.
fateittNe
etilaitilia14111 &64
AtiVOite moldings. *stellate deratipuen taw
quissir marten our opfnlorr fres vrnotuer an
nwentionistirelabiyeatagaise, cenumniese
tenastrisay canna:meal. liato1120Ak on patents
emit free. omen Mosey tor sconisit clunt.,‘
vatents taecti tbanteli same a Co. recast
epeeist take, valeta thi_ate.121 020
i
5dtillifiC A et Call.
I
Alumdfromer12121262.2.4 Bleklv. rAtovit tir,
.00lattoit Of 1151..ff1914B1s.W.22)qi .Tertro,w s
retkeltellit 1020,0, V. Ma PYallaolAirl.
iduNN uo fartithity, New
tit.,. Wohleotog. .0:
STARV
P"'orrarr-`1,-vs-se,
agsaestaaeisaiteadr d
S 1 o w
growth
of hair
comes
from lack
of hair
food. The
Rhair has
r* no life.
It is starved.' It keeps
coining out, gets
thinner • and thinner,
bald spots appear,
then actual baldness.
The only good hair
food
you.
c a it.
buy
is -
It
• feeds
tho roots, stops'
starvation, and die
hair grows thick and
long. It cures clan.
drtiff also. Keep a
bottle of it on your
dressing table.
It always restores
color to faded or gray
hair. Mind, we say
"always.
Si.os a woe, AU erilegleie.
el here found your Mir Vigor
tri)ig 945 rit e;f.rd
clelid°-IginirLbtt (53 iljbric
wed ow, MI6 batltlf and tn 11511
tractiltigrup:_t autt 16 ti *OW
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Thor am 102‘122. Mk WM wit 41101.
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The Bible used at • the marriage
service of the late Queen Victoria
and Prince Albert was offered • for
sale by public auction at Thorriby
Rectory, recently, and brought 40
guineas..••
• The engagement of young Ivor
Churchill Guest, M.P. eldest Ben of
Lord Wimborne, the • millionaire
coal mine owner, 'to Miss Jeanne
Langtry, daughter of the .Iersey
Lily, is the exciting topic of specu-
lation in English soeiety circles. •
UNITED STATES.
The Merchants' • Association, of
New 'York, urges reciprocity With.
Canada,
Tuscalola, has a youth aged
12, who yesterday. weighed 350
pounds. He trusy weigh a ton at 21.
a, -
irate
A Chicago lawyer held police at
bay for several hours when . they
tried to arrest him for beating his
wife. •
The annual statistical report of
railroads of the United. States shows
a big gain in trackage and traffic.
A dog caused a bicycle rider to
fall at Galesburg, Illinois. A revol-
vek ,in his pocket was discharged,
and he may die, .
Sarah Carter, a negress of Lex-
ington, Nen., has been ejecting nee-
dles and pins from the tips of her
• lingers, and doctors aropuzzled.
alisa. Mabel Wedell of Elgin, Ill.,
, egad 16, caughM
t a. ad dog when
i men were rttnning from it, and lock-
• ed it in a barn, where it was alter -
war -do shot.
•The Governor of Nebraska, is being
denouneed fee paroling J. S. ttaat-
• ley, the defaulting State Treasurer,
who caused a loss Of $500,000 to the
State fund. • '
A. man named Sears, who is want-
ed in Texas fov murder, was arreit-
• al Madiatan eourity Arkansas,
Where he Wasm
disguised as a Woman,
• fl,
taught school.
;• Hugo Jones, a Chicago
has devised' a battery which, it is
chanted, Will produee electricity di-
rectly from coal, yielding 35 per
cent. of the enevg3t that is stored in
coal, or tour times its much as the
preSOnt Cornbination of boiler, steers
engine, and dynamo.
•
GV.,NERAL"
During the current year 808,500
soldiers are to be recruited for the
Russian army.
Russian offieials rsontinne • their
nerseautiorie in Finland, aral the
Czar will be appealed to.
There have been, disastrous floods
On the Yangtse River, hear Iran-
kOW, in Which hundreds of lives
were lost.
Ring Osear ef Sweden has terribly
, eeandalized royal and imperial per-
aonages there by expressing his be-
lief in the Darwinian theory of evo-
lution.
Ring Iedwerd, Emperor Nicholas
and Emperor William will meet at
the great reView near Mayenne about
August IS and will exchauge visits
at, Darmstadt.
Over one hundred persona, inctud-
im troops and police, were injured
at Lemberg, Austria, in tin atteittpt
by the police to stop unemployed
street, parades, and the town le
strongly guarded with troops.
SUMS are being taken by. the NOW.
, foundland Department of Marne) and
;Dieheries to demoitstrate the abeo-
1 lute neceesity to eatablish the Mar-
coni system of wireless' telegraphy
,on the rook -bound eoitet to proteet
1
"ocean-going vemiele.
1
A PAINFUL RIDE.
Engineer With a Broken Hip Bone
• • Remains at His Post.
•A despatch from Stockholm says :
says: -An exhibition of courage sel-
dom equalled .has just • been made
knottn. Joseph Parry,. one of • the
oldest • engineers of the New York
Central Railroad, while making his
run on the old road from Auburn to
this city, fractured his right hip-
bone tvhile alighting from. his train
at Seneca Falls for orders. It was
impossible to get another engineer
to complete the trip on time, and
Mr. Parry was ltelped back into his
cab and made the run• to this city,
arriving only fifteen Minutes late.
During the run the jarring of the
engine was continually grinding the
brokent ends of the bone against each
other, and it seems. 'wonderful that
the engineer was Ithie midergo the
great pain and retain consciousness.
saye,LJAS
THE KING PRESEN.TING THE aitstrCH AFRICAN WAR atrDAL ON
TIIII HOUSE C4IJARDS PARADE.
a Earl Roberts, Cenareander-in-Chief., heads the line of recipients.
• Following is the range of quota-
tions:-
• ' • Cattle,
Shippers, per cwt......3 4.75 $ 5,25
clo. light • ... 1.25 4.65
Butcher, choice, do-, COO 4.50
Butcher, • ordinary to '
• goed..„, 3.25 • 8.75
Butcher, inforior.,. ........2.75 8.00
• Sheep and Lambs.
Choice awes, per cWt. 3.40 • 3.60
Yearlings, grain -fed,
cwt „.,.. .... 4.00 • 4.50
Culled sheep, each,..,. • 2.50 8.00
Lambs, spring, each.. 2.50 4.00
Buck°, per cwt,..„...,... 2.50 2.75
.• Milkers and Calves.
Cows, each..• 20.00 45.00
Calves, eacha, 2.00 10.00
riogsf
• Choice Hogs, per cwt. • 6.75 7.25*
Light hogs, per cwt.. 6,50 '6.75
Heavy hogs, per cwt.. • 6.50 6.75
Stags, per cwt... 0.00
SENSATIONAL SCENE.
Two Canadian Murderers Senteneed
;to be Hanged. • ' 2
• A despatth frOrn Pittsburg , Pa.,
• says:Edvsard and, John Biddle, of.
the gang of crooks that killed Grocer
Thos. D. Kahney and. Detective P.
J. Fitzgerald sirt April, were sen;
tended to hang on Thursday, Both
came from St, Thomas, Ont.' ,Wal.
ter Dorman, of Cleveland; awes re-
maiided jali, anaswiliabe Sentenc-
ed on Friday. He turned State's
evidence, atid on hie testimony John
No. 2 do., -34*c to. 3.5c ; buckwheat, Biddle was convicted. • Jenne See.;
5Sc; rye; 550; and No. 2 barley, hers and Jessie Bodyne, Milwaukee
50c. Flour -Manitoba patents.. 34.- chorus girls, reputed. anises of Dor-
20: strong • bakers, • $3.00 to 34:
MrEight rollers, 33.30 to 33.45: in
be,gra 31.60 t� 31.65; Ontario pat-
ents 33.75 to 34. Veda - Mani-
'tob a bran at,,$1.3.50 to $1.4 a shorts,
316; Ontario bran, in bulk, 315 to not have a fair trial. andathe faces
$10; shorts, in bulk, $15.50 to $15'; of both blanched when the death
sentence was pronounced by judge'
Shaffer. Edward Biddle made a, sen-
sational statement. He said:a"-
• "I could die happy if I could only
see Dorman swinging on the end of
rope .beside me. / watt to see
that white -littered scoundrel crossing
the hoe of eternity before 1 do it
thyself. May. Goa curse him. Jen-
•nie.Seebers, 'who helped him to swear
away the lives of my brother and
myself, is a thief, and., has been a
•
map and Edward, Biddle, were re-
leased froth. ottstody. ,
The Biddle brother, both. being
under thirty years of age, denied
killthg Kahney. Eac,h said he did
middlings, in bulk 317 to 317.50.
Rolled Oats -Millers': prices to job-
bers, a370 to 33.80 .per bbl.: and
31.77* in bags, PrOvisiOns-lrectvy
Cenadian short-cut mess pork, 319.-
50 to 320; selected heavy short-cut
mesa pork, boneless, $20.50to 321;
family short-cut back pork, 319.50
to 320 ; heavy short-cut clear pork,
319 to 319.50s pure Canadian lard,.
iri 375-1b. tierees, 111c parchment -
lined, 50-11). boxes, lite ; parehment,
ABSOLUTE PEBFEOTIONI
S.BEllitS TO BE UTTERLY UV
POSSIBLE TO ATTAIN IT.
Has Been Attempted in Many Ways
But Hee Always Droved
railUre.
59/110 years ago an attempt was
made by an. eminent firm ot nub.
Ushers to bring out a book whick
should be absolutely free froni all
errors -typographical, grarametticalg
or otherwise.
Picked "coMps' only were e11.
trusted with the setting up of the
type, ani three proof-readers in sue-,
eession went independently thr..egh
the "revise." It was then submitted
to one of the most eminent of living
srammarians ; and, finally, some
fifteen proof-readers, connected with
as many leading publishing b.ouses,
went throug1l it carefully, line by
line, in their own time, being induce.
ea to do so by the very liberal
OF 350
for every error detected. One and.
all, however, had their labor for
nothing, for not one single mistake
of any kind did any one of them de-
tect. Yet, after the welds Was fin-
, ally issued to the pablic, it was dis-
covered that two glaring errors ex -
'steel in the very first thapter.
The Duke Of Satherlend once or -
tiered from the Royal Worcester
Porcelain Works a jewelled, cup,
which he desired to present to the
Queen, and he incidentally mention-
ed that he wanted it to be a perfect
sPe'cinien of• china -ware, no Matter
.vhat the cost might be. The pro*
prietors rose to the occasion ; but
after more than three hundred at-
tempts they were obliged to confess
themselves beaten. TCI the ordinary
eye, it is true, the cup nnally se-
lected was perfeet ; •but, under the
microscope, it was seen that the
jewel -points were not of the same
size or length. Nevertheless, it
W119 as nearly perfect as any piece
of china that was ever made, or
that ever will be made, • lt was
about the size of an ordinary coffee.
cups. and it •
COST THE POTTERY OVER
three hundred guineas.
People 'speak of nature abhorring
11. vacaura. As e. matter of fact,
there is no such thing as an also- '
lute' vacuum, although scientists
have been • trying to devise means
of producing one over since Otto
von Guericke, of Magdeburg, con- .
.structed the first air -pump, more
than two hundred and fifty years
-ago!
Experience has shown, however,
that, although, with each succeeding
stroke • of the piston the air ia the
receiver 1 reduced -by a definite frac-
tion of itself, the rate of exhaus-
tion, after a time, becomes practical-
ly inappreciable. Li other wordsa
ono might go on to intitity, even
with a perfect machine, and limi-
t -each, totality, '
There Is n aneerlote-perfectly
authentic-concerniag • a sol ler ili
Wellington's army, who WRS sent -
°need to be shot, and who was after-
wards reprieved, because all eix
muskets of the firing -party had
miesed fire. The modern Lee -En-, .
fiela rifle is -guaranteed to 'explode ,
999,999' CARTRIDG-ES OUT OF '
REITZ IS TIRED.
ontents or Letters Found in mr-
A. despaS.ttceltYnLsoinBaftnadoe.
ilSays:-
Lord Kitchener sends a long dis-
patch, giving the contents of letters
found in Mr, Steyn's baggage, Sec-
retary Reitz, writing to Mr. Steyn
on May 10 draws his attention to
the number of burghers continually
surrendering, the exhaustion of am-
munition, the prospects of famine,.
and. the growing disorganization of
the Government, aud states that'as
a consecaterice Of these adverse,
cumstances• the.• Government deter-
minal to. obtain permission to sena
a messenger lo alr.• Kruger to point
out theterrible condition of, the
country, or, failing' that, to seek ao
arreistice in order -to obtain the
opinion. Of both nations respecting
the future policy to be pursued,
Mr. Steyn, in reply,: stated that he
had agreed months previously With
the Transvaal Government not to
• ask an armistice until Wags reach -
1 -1
lined' pails, 20 lbs., 12c; tin peals, thief,, and kneW Dorman was one he -
11e; tins, :3, 5, and 10-1b., 12 to fore his arrest. She dressed up in
1210, compound refined lard, in 575- men's attire, and went out in the
lb. tierces, 710 ; paxthment-lined Streets at night robbing people and.
wood -pails, 20 -lbs.,• 80; tin pails, houses and stores with Dorman.
20 lbs., lee ; hams, 121 to 1.4c ; and She would pull her hair lip like un-
der a soft hat, tie it. black hander -
chief around her ears, turn up her
coat collar, and then would pass for
a men anywhere." . '
Miss Seebers was taken home by
her mother. Miss Boclyne will go to
an Episcopal .Church home in Con-
necticut.
bacon, 11 to 15c per lb. Fresh -
killed hogs,. 39.50 to 310 per 100
lbs. 13utter-0heice creamery, 19*
•to 20c; seconds, 18 to 181c; dairy,
16 to .16*c. Eggs--Gootl-sized lots
of No. 1, 11c, subject to inspection:
No. 2, 8* to 91c. Cheese -Ontario,
9* to 9tc ; Quebec, 9 to 9.1c, Maple
• prodUcts--New syrup at 61c per lb.
in. wood; 70 to '750 per tin; sugar,.
9 to 100 per lb. Potatoes -Job-
bers' prices, 45 to 50c. ••
k NEW INSECT PEST.
Neve York Townships Devastated by
a Flying Boring Bug. •
A despatch front New York says:
-An insect, new to the farmers of
Westchester County, and, it is
thought, a new pest, has made its
appearance. It has become locally
known as the flyirig borlog bug, and
is doing much damage to fruit and
trees. The new insect is described
as being as large aS it bumble bee,
liattilig a ions, hard sting, with
which it stabs the younger trees and
fruit. The flying bug was first seen
in Orange County, and later doves.
toted two Westchester Colinty• toWn-
ships, The bug will, it is Said, des-,
troy whole fields of grain.
MANGLED BY A REAPER.
UNITED STATES' ISLA.RKETS.
Toledo, July 28. -Wheat -Cash
and, July, 68c; Septerciber, 6910;
Deeember, • ‚71c. Corn -Casa 'and
July, 49c; September, 50tc, Oats-
Caah andJuly, • 81e; September,
81,tc,• CloverSeed-
-Cash, prime, 39.50; October, 35.-
77*. Oil -North Lima, 30c; South
Lima. and Indiana, '750.
Buffalo, July 28.-W1ieat--C1uiet ;
No. 2 red, 7e; do., new, offered at
'71c; No. 8 mixed, 71c, Flour -
Quit but steady. Corn-rairly
SteadY ; trade light.; No. 2 yellose,
585; No. 8 yellow, 62c; No. 2
Corn, 52*c s No. 8 do., 520. Oats
-Quiet : No. 2 white, 86c; No. 8
Aecident Near. Guelph by Whieh
Prank Drexler's Son *Was
A. despatch from Guelph says: -An
accident occurred in. Guelph Towa.-
ship about noon on Wednesday,
which resulted in the death; of the
three-year-old son of Mr. Frank
Drexler, Mr. John Laidlaw was
running a reaper in a field on Mr.
Drexier's farm, and the servant girl
took the ehild into the field to Sec
the machine work. She returned to
the house a few rninutes later, leaV-
ing the little felloW sitting in the
grain. .The driVer -of the reaper did
not observe the boy, arid he was
caught, by the machine. One of 1113
legs and all of his fingers on one
hand Were cut, orf, and he was so
badly lacerated that the efforts or
two physiciana fitiTed tO Sava his
life. He died in the evening.
FACTORY BLOM
•
CAPTURED 53 GUNS.
ed the utMost es:tree-thy, p did
not think they had arrived at that
stage, and asks what reason they had
for. refilsing to place anther reliance
111. God'e• help sad foreign* interyens
tion. Ire hints' at aiming European
complicatitins, deplaredaLord Milner
and Lord Kitchener at loggerheacla
and the former reealleda and. disap-
proves of ,seriding a aneesage to
Europ°,. on the ground that it would
expose their hand. • He' conclude
With an exhortation to ••Mr. Reitz to
stand fast and take courage to his
disheartened burghers. •
•
•
DOGS CHEW A BOY..
Little Gokdon Faiveett,' of Niagara
Lose lis Life.
• m
A despatch froNiagara Falls;
Ont., saysa40ordon Fawcett, the
sixatear-ola son of Mr. ThOinaa
Fawcett, of this town, late GOld
Commissioner of the Yukon, and at
present • conneeted, with Tyrell
Ford, civil engineers,. • Hamilton,
Was attacked 011 square Shoat
10 o'clock oa Thursday iterning by
two large Chesapeake duck aothids,
owned . "Doc" ,Lake, and was
badly torn by the vipious animals,
the lad's scalp' being almost torn
off, andhad it not been for the lad's
cries, heard by some men, who went
to hia assistance and clubbed the
brirtes off, they certainly would have
sctoit killed the lad, who they had
down, tearing • at . hie . head and
shoulders with their' teeth. The boy
• th
was takhome and a physician
• called, Who fears the boy 'wilt not
recover. The -vicious brutes were
inunedWtely shot' tiy the police. .
British Secure This Number From
' the Enemy.
A despatch frora London says; ---
Gen. Kitchener reports the following
list Of guns taken from the Boers or
destroyed by theist to paevent cap-
ture, to June 1: -Gen. "Babingtoxi,
one 15 nim. Creusot, One pont-Porn:
Oen. Dartnell, one poin-pora; Colonel
Allenby, one ,15-P011aider, two prim -
pouts; , Gera litabington, two 15 -
pounders, one pom-pom, and six
Maxim machine guns; thin. Babing-
tort and CeIonel Sir. IL Ilawlinson.
one 12 -pounder, one poin-pota; Gen-
Plumer, one Maxim inctehine gun,
one Krupp; Gen, Sir Bindon Blood,
one Long Tom, one 4.7, one 15 -
pounder, one 12 -pounder, three pont-
do. 361c ; No. 2 mixed, 3510; No. pains, two Maxim machine guns, one
3 do., 344.e. 13s.rfeY-48 to 540 for 1 -pounder quick-Aring Krupp; Lieut..-
Col, GIs:mica one Long Toro; Lord
store lots. ; No, 1 offer-
ed at 550. Canal freights --Steady; Methuen, one 12-potintler; Colonel
wheat ate., corn 2•Sc, oate 2ee, 1'Y0 Colville, one Mastint-Nordenfelt; Gen-
eral Babington, one 0 -pounder
3e.
1.1e4rolt, July 23. -Closed :-Wheat
-No. 1 wbite, eash. 71c; No. 2 red,
cash, 00c; July 6910.
St. Louis, July 28. -Wheat -Cash,
6410; July, 64*0; September, 00*e.
Minneapolis, July 23.-Flour-
11'irst patents, 33,75 to 38.85; see -
°11d do, $8.50 to $3,05; first clears,
32.65 to 32.75; second clears, $2.05
Bran -In bulk, $12 to $12.50.
TOkonto July "23. -At the Western
cattle yards thiS niorning ire receiv-
ed 60 carloads of live stock, coin- of the coronation may hate impor-
rising 1 000 cattle, .170 sheep rani tent results for the Empire.
It la practically certain that the
precedent of the Jubilee demonstra-
tion will be followed to theextent
that represeutativeS of elf the Co -
101110.1 Governntenta Will be asked to
take part iit the procession, and the
•prime ministers of the different col-
onies will likely be invited. There
will probably be a coriference on it
number of questions of general in-
terest, especially coneerning the COM.
inereial relations between Great Bri-
tain and her various dependencies,
JERUSALEM THREATENED.
Scanty Water Stipply Of the City is
Causing Great Suffering.
t Wanted
despatelt from London says: -
Seven Buildings Wreaked and MOP
Peaple
deSP4ch from Dtoekhelin taye
--There was it terrible exploSion on
Wednesday at the great gunpowder
manufactory at Gyttorp. Seven
buildings were cortipletely wreeked.
Several Wore kiIiett,and many Others
injured.
Krupp.
COLONIAL PREMIERS:
' • .
every million. The makers of the
?denser declare that tests have .
shown • its liability to miss Are to •
be but one in 1,117,000, yet neither
weapon is intallible. • We have
merely got ae near perfection as we
can probably ever • hope to get in
tla° direction.
•• Most people will tell you that the
English sovereign is of .a fixed and •
definite weight and fineness ; but the ,
mint authorities, if they chose to •
speak, ' could tell a different story./ •
Not a single batchofsovereigns is -6, •
sued but differs in fineness, arids,
therefore, of coarse, in both weight\
• and intrinsic value, from the issues
which preceded it. •
In fact: 61 .61 quite impossible to ens
sure. an absolutely' exagt. admixture 01
metals ; and So well is this rocog.
nisecl that it has been ' custoniarys
from time huntemorial, to allow to
the Master of the Mint'a certain
margin, or "remedy," withal which
coins may. vary in weight and fine-
ness,aria still be considered current.;
The "remedy" of fineness for Eng-
lish gold "coin is now fixed at two
parts Per thousand, representing a
•gain or loss of no less than $1,,000
in every million. sterling.
• All the toinbined skill and ingen-
uity of lill the watchmakers in the •
world, stimulated as it has been ,
from time to time by the offer of
large Goverement rewards, :has sail-
ed up to noW to produce an 'absoa •
lutely perfect chronorneter, although
tonte of • the best often vary less .
• BOEI2 LEADERS .KILLED.
A Son of Botha and TWo Field Cor-
nets Slain.
'A despatch from London: says
Lord Kitclieher, commanding the
British forces in South Africa, re-
ports to the War Office as follows: -
"Captain Charles Botha, on of
Philip Botha., and Field Cornets
Ilumann and Oliver have been kilried
in the Orange River Colony." •
Will be Asked to take Part in' the
Coronation CereMotiteS,
A despatch front London says: -
Much interest is aroused by tlie state-
ment that the gatheeing at the time
lambs. 800 hogs, 65 calves and a
few mild,. cows.
The market was a fair ono; for
choice shipping and butcher cattle
the demand was geed; prices are un-
changed and steady,
Good to choice export cattle sold
up to 510 per Th.; ndxed cattle are
a good sate at from 4*c to 4ee per
• lb.
There is 210 quotable change in: the
price of butcher cattle. Good stuff
was a reit'dy sale. The loca1 trade
eonsisted mainly of small lots of
cattle, Cs butchers are afraid of
overstocking this Weather. A feW
loads of cattle were left over.
Too many milch cows came in to
day, of ordinary quality; they are
'Export &NS tontintie strong, at.
front' 33.40 to 33.00 per ewt.
A few good veal ealvee will sell.
Ducks sell at 2e, to 210 per lb.
Dutcher sheep ii.re worth from
$2.50 to 83 each.
Seringlembs are worth 32.50 to
34 each.
Hoge continue unchanged and
steady.
'Me best price for "eingers" is Tie
per lb., thick -fat and light, hogs aro
worth ilee per lb.
Hogs to fetch the top ptice met
be of prime quality,' ited stale not
btlow 1110 nor above 200 pounds.
"Death and famine threaten the Holy
City," says the Jerusitlem corre-
sPondent of the Standard in it corn-
munieation dated July 0, " on tie-
eount of the scanty water supply,
due to the ineufficient rains of last
winter. The Sultan haft granted per -
Mission to the intinielpality to bring
water from the viols of Holomon
through iron pipes into the eity
along the line Of Solomon's stone
aqueduct. The new works were be,
gun yesterday on telegraphie orders
froW the Sultan. • They will bo
ishecl 61 two months,"
'UNCOMFORTABLE TRAVEL.
Diow 11 Feels to .Go By the Trans-.
• Siberian Railway. . .
The discomforts of trans-SiberiaU
railway travel are described by Reva
F. E. Clark in "A NOS Way Around
an Old World."' The best cars run.
at the time of his visit were marked
"fourth class," and he quietly re-
marks that they Were "no better
than they pretended to be," They
had woodeti seats of the hardest
sort,' and, three wooden shelves, one
above another, affordeci cramped op-
Portaloity for a man not more thao
five feet long to streteli himself out.
Each of these cars, with its three
tiers of shelves, is supposed to ao-
comtnedate forty-three passengers.
• Into • these • cars were crowded, het-
ter-Skeltev; higgledy-pig-
gledy, Russians and Siberians, muz-
hiks and Chinamen,. Tartars', Buriats
and Englishitien,. Frenchmen,. Gee.
mans and Americans. Odors inde-
scribable made the air thiek and al..
most murky. The stenah, tile dirt,
the vermin, grew worse the longer
the car was inhabited. And in these
dreadful cars we had to remain for
four weary days and nights.
During these king and weary days.
wo were 'obliged to get what diver-
sion We could from .our .fellow pas-
sengers, We Watched the mother
who combed her offspring's hair with
a carving -knife, with which she made
vigorous onslaught on the numerous
inhabitants that had taken shelter
there, While We shuddered as we
thought of the coining night, in close
proximity.
We were interested in the other
Mother, Who did' her daily washing
in a Pint stir:, and hung it out to .fry
on the upper bunk. We were fascin-
ated by the soldiers who performal
their morning ablutions by taking
large mouthful of water from a
teapot, then, squirting it on their
heads, Vigerouely washed their fame.
In the midst of the mut and 111s.
comfort, of this hard journey, I Mast
record that We Met many coUrtesies
and ItindlieSSea frem OM most un-
promising of our fellow travellee:4.
Some 'of the. peralantS Were ladles arta
geritleinen at heart, who Weitild in-
commode themselvesto arid to our
comfort. They Were never Intemper.
ete or noisy, and in genuine polite..
ness Could have given many points
to certain members of our party who,
prided thereselvea on belonging to at
nation noted for its good manners.
a•-•
than
A, SECOND IN SIXTY DAItSv
In boxing the Mont St. Gothercl
tunnel,' which is nine and a quarter
miles long, the workmen failed to
meet .precisely in the centre. Trues
the variation•was but five -sixteenths
of an inch: but by that much the
engineers' surveying inStruments
came short of perfection.
The chronoscope, which is an Ina
strument used in gunnery .for deters
mining the velocity with which a.
projectile travela while on its pass-
age between the breech and the mut-
zle inside the bore, Will measure pore
Lions of time aS swell. as the one -
millionth part of a second, It can-
not be relied upon, however, to acs
• curately record any more -minute '
fraction, although ite inventor fond-
ly hoped to register down to dve-
millionths of a Second, which is
about the sante fraction of it Secoad
as a second would be of seventy
dais.
Rossi's mtcro-seismoscope, agairre
for detecting very minute earth-tre-
Mors, such as woUld be left unrecord-
ed by the ordinary seismograph, is
so delieate that the passage of it cat
aeress ground coming withia. the
radius of its irtfluence will set in
motien one or the other of • its pen -
&alms. Yet, as has been well said,
it faits short, of • perfection, else
Would it record the tremora restat-
ing front the fall of the dew. •
• ONE VIRTUE OF WAIL ,
Parents and teachers ere noticing
and cortmenting on the fact that
children' have made wonderfUl pro-
gress in geography in the last three
years. It has etiniulated. the dean%
for knowledge, and the atlas has
been frequently cousulted to learn
the relative positions of places and.
geographical timnds involved in bat -
ties. Though thiS is particularly
true with children, it also applies to
grown persons. Many both' ilf
school' and out Would have had to
acknowledge great ignorance of the
ieetippile,., West Italics, the Trans.,
vital and Chinn, three years am,
While now they are able to draw
tolerably •correet maps of these
places from Memory, and npeak fem.
iliarly the names of provinees and
towns of which they (lid not knew
the existence, much less the Tocatiot
two score moethe ago.
. •
A volcano et Sourabaya, Java X.
lands, broke loose and damaged pre.
potty extensively, besides killing goo
't fear, said the physician, as es ,
came from the sick room, that yam,
wife's mind le entirely gone, wit4,
replied the other man with it eigh of
iseeminro relief, I'm not at all
prised7 She's beta giving Me a photo
of it daily ever eines we were •1-hlrs
.
tied.
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