The Clinton News-Record, 1901-12-26, Page 2ht
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and 6 must be indict office on Saturday and
Lor pages 1 and 8 on Monday to ensure change
for following issue.
CONTRACT Rares,-..-The follciwing table shows
our ratesor specified patio& and space;
ADVERTISING RATES,
1 Yr. 6 Mo, 8 Mo. 1 Mo
870 00 $t000 025 00 . 0860
000 2600 1500 600
. 25 00 15 00 800 260
18 00 10 00 660 200
60Q 320 200 125
sir Special position from 25 to 60 per cent extra.
W. J. MITCHELL,
Editor and Proprietor
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BANKS
THE INOLSONS BANK
'memo Atted by
Aot of Perth meat, 1855.
CAPITAL • 62,600,000
REST 82,150,000
HEAD OFFICE - MONTREAL.
W31, MOLSON MACPHERSON, President
JAMES ELLIOT General Manager
Notes discounted. Collectione made. Drafts
issued. Sterling and American Exeltauge
bought and sold. Interest, allowed on deposits.
SAVINGS BANK.
Interest allowed on SUM of St and up,
FARMERS
Money advanced to farmers on their own
notes with one or more endorsers. No mort-
gage required as security.
IL C. BREWER, Manager, Clinton
a D. IVIGTAGGART
BANKER.
General Banking BUSIBOSE Transacted.
Notes Discounted. Drafts Issued.
Interest Allowed on Deposits,
ALBERT STREET
CLINTON.
LEGAL
J. SCOTT .
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR. Eto. •
Money to Loan.
Orme-Elliott Block
Onnvrorr
-vv BRYDONE
a BARRISTER, SOLICITOR.
Notary Public, 8to.,
Orrum-Beaver Block, - CLINTON
dONVE'VANOING
RIDOUT & HALE
Con yeyan6ers, Commissioners,
Real Es ate and Insurance
Agency. Money to Loan. .
C 11. HALE JOHN RIDOUT
MEDICAL,
UNN
1. P. and L. R. 0.5., Edinbqvgh.
01 tin which
Ie. Tingle. skoWti, PO«
rf from Werth tor y Hie bead
fe there was 4 i'lli lag In hie ettra
el Could r:iot areatee tbr0401 PM OX
e
addle ner clear hie bead.
r trying several catarrh *peace
•which. be derived ao aeliefit, BO WM
plet,017 01Mild• ITCOOTaiNg te his own
tenaent, by'
ood's Sarsaparilla
ms great medicine redlOallY WI per-
tinently cures catarrh by deluging the
toed and building UP the whole Olsten).
Booree Pints are the favorite oethartio. ate. ,
trolls at frontdoor 66 resjeteaceori Batten
ary. street, opposite Preebnerian church.
'ipireica-Orrautio SiRENT,, OLTNTON,
R. SHAW.
tt5,MIeikpo.siteEnglish church,
Curtiort.
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ei
.43.3V-VH0IVIPS0N
• PH1418/CL&N AND SURGEON.
speVale. ation given to diseases of the Eye,
Ear," 4136 and Throat
Ceram awn RESIDENCE-
Albr Street East north of RArrarrattnr
STREET, CLINTON,
INSORANQg
TR4 McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE
• INSUIIANOE COMPANY
Farm and Isolated Town Property
only Insured.
3. OFFICERS
B, MoLenn, President, Nippon .p.(:).;
blazer, Vice•President, Brucelleid 0._e• T. E.
Hays. Secy-Treas„ Seaford' I'. W, G.
lireetifoot, Inspector of Losses, Seaforth
• DIRECTORS;
W. G. Broadfoot. Eles.forth &am Grieve'
Winthrop ; George Dale, Seaford*: JonWatt,
Harlot* ; John Bennewies, 13radhagan ; James
Eyelet, Beachwood James Connlely, Clinton
John McLean, Kippen
GENTS;
Robt Smith, Hadock; Reber McMillan, Se
forth ; Jamee Cummings, Eginondville ; W
Yeo, Holniesville P.' 0.
Parties demirous to effect insurance or travel
sect other busineee will be promptly attended
to on application teeny or- the above offIcera
addressee to their respectiv e post offices.
DENTISTRY
DR. AGNEW
DENTIST.
Will be at Hayfield every Wednesday
afternoon.
T I PR IE TABLE,
Trains will arrive at mid depart from Clinton
Station as follows :-
131:31PAT0 AND GOEERICII DIVISION.
QolngEaat Express • 7:38 a.•
255 p. m.
" Mixed
41117020:°: 11 12 7515655 aPpPa; armn
LONDON, MYRON AND BRUCE DrnsioN.
Goleit South Express • 7:47 a. m.
Mixed 4:15 p.
Goir4g North Express 10:15 a. in.
" Mixed • 6:55 p. m.
A 0. PATTISON, F. R.HODGENS,
9.gent. Town Tioket Agent.
• M. C. DICKSON, ••
District Passenger Agent, Toronto,
44 4.1$ .
44' II 44
amonsismo:
W. JACKSON
AGENT 0.
CLINTON
Market 10 cadets with Pei
Steedy. No. 2 White and red Winter
quoted at 70 to 751e outelde. No.
goose nomival 061. to 67e low
freight:a Meadtoba wheat easier;
No. 1 beadle gitoted at 87c all rail,
Via Sendai No. 3. Northern att 83e•
One No. 2Nerthera at 80c all rail.
via Sarnia. Priees ere lc lower via
North Rae.
Oats -The market le Weaker, with
delliand restricted. Cars et No. 2
quoted at 43 to 431c lew freighte,
while locally ectlea are rePerted at
42e to 44eas'
Peas -The market is unchanged,
Travellers to any part of the
world should Consult • the
above in referenceto tickets,
fares, etc. •
W JACKSON
• AGENT C• P., R.
LIPPINCOTT
MONTHL.V;;PAAGA;IN.E.,„
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MANY SHOR1tSTO'RIES AND
PAPERS ON TIMEY Toms
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NO; CONTINUED STORIES"'
EVERY NUMBER ROMfLETE IN ITOELF.
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per Meta.
Milkere and Celleses'
2*
.60
What a...ea 40.00
eaeha. wee SAO 10.00
Hogs.
hogs, per cwt 6.00 5.25
gib t hop, per meta,. 0.7a 0.00
firevy hogs, per cWtee i).7d 0,00
Serwe, per eWt.e. SAO 4.00
Stage, per eWt.a. se... 47.00 24:10
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COMPANY .TO IVIAICE RIFLES
••••••••••
Sir Charles Reeti.at Head of tbe
A despatch
farboUrashointetnawtsa says:-,A.
Company which Will erect a large
arme factory semewhere in the Do-
wnie demand nankin. has been. incorporated by Sir
middle freights,.
fair, No. 2 sold at 88p Charles Ross, the inventor of e a -
mous Ross rine. With Sir Charles
Core -The Market is quiet, with are associated Peale leading linen -
prices steady. Canadian yellow sel- ciers. The cols:LP:nay heal been CaPie
ling at 02 to 62ke west. talizecl at $3,000,000, and the plant
131areldtoaic,
Barley - et zicid. s Lin, No, a will cost, fully thie sune. The corn-
41etNci, 3 extra at tat2No. 8, 53 to 154c; pany has already a cOntraCt With the
Middle freiglat. and No. 8 'at 51c- Australian Goveroment for the sate
of fifty thouga,ne small arms tor a
Rye -The market is steady at 55 sum aggregating $1,500,000. A con -
Is BUSINESS REVIVAL.
Orme:a-Adjoining Foster's Photo Gallery.
°TINTON, ONT.
TR. G. EARNEST HOLMES_
.LJ Successor to Dr, Bruce. Clinton.
reeeleae. . Specialist in Crown and Bridge Work.
D.D. S. -Graduate of Royal College of Dental
Su/0one of Ontario.
L. D. .-First- class honor graduate of Dental
Department of Toronto University. Special
attention paid to preservation of children's
teeth.
Will be at tho Rivet Hotel, Bayfield, every
Monday from 10 a. nr to 6 p. m.
DR, T. FREEMAN
verennraity SURGEON
A member of the Veterinary Medical Associa-
tions of London ard Edinburgh and Graduate
of the Ontario Veterinary Coilege.
Mee opposite St. Paul's church,Ontario street
Phone 97
a
VETERINARY
BLAOKALL BALL
• VETERINARY SURGEONS. GOV.
ERNMENT VETEMA.RY INSPECTORS
Gram, Isaac greater ; li*".1IDENOE. ALBERT
STREW. CLINTG...
AUCTIONEER
Ilit0VVN
.LICENSED..4.UCTIONEER.
Sales conducted in all parts of the Colludes of
Huron and Perth. Orders left at Tins NEINTI
RECORD office, Clinton, or addressed to Ott"
forth P. 0. will receive prompt attention. ;Sat.
enaction guaranteed or no charges, • Your Oat,
onage solicited.
0 56e in le freights.
Rucaveheat-Market quiet, with pri-
tract With the Imperial Government
for the sale of one hundred thousand
ces firm at 55 to 55*c Middle freight. rifles is also expected, the price ber
Elour-Tbe market is firm, Ninety ing 41beelt thirty dollars each. The
per cents., in buyers' bags, wanted new • company is alsO exiieeting a
asking $2.90, Locally and foe Low.; ernment.
large order frem the Domon Gov -
at 82.85 middle freight, with holders
er Province trade choice straight The Rose rifie was tested last Sinn -
rollers, in wood, are $3,80 to $3.40, neer by a commission of military ex -
Manitoba flours steady, wit)). 'Hun- ports, coneistleg of Col. IIon. J. M.
garians $4.4 to $4.80, and strong , Gibson, Lieut. -Col, Andere011, Lieut. -
halters' at $3.80. Toronto freight. Col. Cartweight, Lieut. -Col. Sam
Oatmeal -Market unelianged. Car Hughes, and Major Gmidee.
lots •on track, $5.85 M bags, and The Government will proba.bly 20-
b551xt
,600ill.la.w.00d,. Broken lots eee per fleet the location, Mq.
id the 11ePtiOn of
b
l'safety in time of natienal peril, so
Millfeea.:-Bran coutleues firm at that the manufacture of Arms might
$19 to $19.50 outside and on track
here. Shorts 521, to $22 outside.
Manitoba bran, 520,'and shorts, $22
Toronto freights, including sacks.
Br qsperous Tiraes Predicted for ,
South Africa; •
•A despatch from Johannesburg
says :--Mr Carl Hanau presided OR
Wednesday at the first meeting of the
Johannesburg Consolidated Gold
Mines Co..eince the war began. Ho
said he was inwressed with the mag-
nitude, vast. interest:3, and broaleent 14e; 'and shoulders, 10*c.
future of the compaily. The' lialance Lard -Market continues firm. We
sheets showed a surplus of assets quotes -Tierces, 11c; tubs, llec,
over liabilities, excluding • share opt- pails, lle,c.
MISCELLANEOUS
• ' PRODUC.E,
not be interrupted when most neces-
sary, will of course be considered in
selecting a site for the factory, Mr.
1Va4lace Nesbitt of Toronte has, as
legal representative of Sir Charles,
had a good deal to do with the -an or-
• g ization of the company.
•Potatoes -The market is firm, with
onerings small owing to scarcity of
cars, ears are quoted at 70c per
bag on track here, and the jobbing
Price 85c,
Dried Apples -Market is dull. Pri-
ces are 4* to 5c per lb. Evaporated
sell at 9 to 10c. •
• Ilops-Business quiet, with prices
steady at 18c; yearlings, 8c.
• PEACE OR. WAR.
Botha Summons a Neetiiag of Bur-
• ghers to Decide.
A despatch froni London says: -A
despatch to the Daily News from Jo-
hannesburg, dated Dec: 1.8,.says that
important developments retay be ex -
Honey -The market is unchanged at pected a few days. Gen. Botha
10 to 10*c for • strained. Combs, has summoned a meeting of burghers
51.50 to $2.50 per dozen. • for Dec. 15 to discuss the situation
• Beans -The market is steady'. Un-, and tb communicate Steyn's and De
picked are jobbing at $1.40 to $1.45, Wet's views. Delafey's proposed
and handpickbd at $1.55 to $1.60. meeting witla the burghers was post -
Cranberries - Market unchanged, Ponecl until Dec. 15. •The position at
with Cape Cod at $8 to $9 per bbl, the lament is such that it is a toss -
Canadian, $6.50 to $7. up whether peaee is concluded or the
Hay,• baled -The market is firm,
with good demand, Timothy quoted
•at $9.50 to $9.75 on track for No. 1.
Straw -The . market is quiet • and
firm. • Car lots on track are quoted at
55.50 to $6 per ton,
Poultry -Market is steady, with
good supply. • Turkeys, 8 to 9c per
lb; frozen, scalded and half -fattened
stock sold from 6e to 8c. Geese,
dry -picked, 6 to lc. • Ducks, 50c to
75e. Chickens,. young, 50 to 60c;
old, 35 to 40c. Rabbits 20 to 25e
Per Pair,
THE DAIRY MARICLT
JUZ V .111,4/ Ira
!I` I= /SAID WilTroV.
HATA SANWET,
14,11,140
Send Only tbe Seat Staligranta tO
late 001enielleaThe Tont Ite.
tdowed.
The Prince ot Walee, in kin not-
able speech at the Guildhall "ban -
(Mt. entid, enlong other thiage• fte:
cording to the rePert given In the
London Daily Mail
Here, in the ottpltal ef oilr' great
Empire, I would repeat hoar teet-
fonudly touched and gratified both
the Princess and I have been by the
loyalty, affection OITA the enthueleena
whith invariable characterized the
welome extended to us throughout
oar long and memorable tour, It
may interest you to know that 'WO
travelled over 45.000 ulnae, 33.000
of which were by Kea, and I thirik it
10 a matter of which all may feel
PrOud that, With, the exception of
Port Said, we never set foot on any
land where the 'Union Jack did riot
Wave.
Leaving England the middle' of
March, we first touched at. Gibraltar
and Malta, where, as a gaiter, I was
proud to meet
OUR TWO GREIA.T FLEETS.
of the Channel and the Mediterranean.
Passing throegh the Suez canal, a
• .• . . • .
• Butter -The market is firm for
fresh made dairies and • large rolls,
the deraand being good. We quote: -
Selected dairy tuns, • 16 to 17c;
choice large vale, 16a to 17c; 'finest
rolls, 18 to 19c; packages show-
ing feed,: 1 to 2c 1ess • than above
quotations. Creamery prints, 21 to
220; solids, 19* to 21c.
• Pegs -The market remains • firra,
with receipts light. Strictly • fresh
scarce, selling • at 23 to 25c; cold
storage, 17 to 19e as to quality;
limed, 16 to 17c. •• ,
Cheese -Market firm. We quote: -
Finest • Sieptembers, 10 to 10*c; se-
conds, 9i, to 9*c.
5.
Iv/
Porous in Margo oi Xust
Hold rr44040,r4 =pt.
The Provincial Secretary's Depart"
Mont, through„the Inspector of Prig -
oust kir Ontario, ball Just ientlid
circular to all stork:la ankl. perilous, 111
charge of the prietnie, jails, aliti
lockup: in this province that theY
Must iMpreaatIP04 their jailers, terra
keys and gueads the abeolute neciai-
eity of exercising the greateet vigil -
once and adopting the etricteet pre-
eautione tO that end that the priecese
0
E9
ar:
AN
erg in their charge are. kept ettfeler
and have no preventible opportMeitY
to escape. In the case of known fet
desperate criminals it will be regardth
-
ed es inezeutiably culpable to -neglect • atm.
to ourround thein With sueh vigilance Pe
and eoaditions of secure detention am ee'
cannot be evaded. lei cases where en- Po
vestigatioa ehows that a prisoner's ia
eseane it; clae eerelessness or itte.tb
glect the eervlees of the officiate cope • ti
Cerned Will be dispensed with. Thie ,ba
circular letter by the• inspect& due' la
tC! several micaPes reeently frOM a
jails and lookups hi pintail:4.
TORTURING ARMENIANS.
Turks Contiune Their Shocking
Brutalities. ,
A. Berlin. despatch •to the COI:Vile
monument to the genius and courage Gazette says the number of Ariue
ef a gifted son of the great friendly inns who are fleeing from Tualtialt
nation across the Channel, we en. territory ip daily aecomitig greater.
tereEast. We stayed for a short time copdition is terrible. Meny
d at Aden, the gateway of the Thar
to enjoy the unrivalled scenery of It instances the cases Qf a boy 18 i
show signs of shocking maltreatment.
Ceylon where we witnessed a gor- Who had his tongue cut eut anti Ids 1
getnis clieolay by native races, and toes slashed through, and of bentd
saw in what happy contentment its old men with their backs covered
various peoples lived and prospered' with wounds. The hapless wretches
i
-
under British rule.. a i declare that the robbery and mur-
Perhaps there was gomething am 1 der of Armenians are every -day oc-
raore stilkin,g itt the fact that theecurences, of *Well no notice is taken
government. commerce , and every
form of enterprise in this country i by Turkish officials. The Gazette
!adds that if the statements areasub-
was under the leadership and aim. ' stantiated Rustle will 'once mere I
tion of but a handful of our fellow- Protest strOngly to the Sultan,
countrymen, and we realized the high
qualities of the men who have won
and kept, for us that splendid pos-
session. •
Australia saw the consummation of
the great mission which was the
most immediate object of our jour-
ney, and yoil can imagine the feel-
ings of pride with which I presided
representative assembly of the new- 13structed. The line will be 290 russels to London is now being con -
miles '
over the inauguration of the first
born Australian Commonwealth, an long, of which nearly '66 miles will be
under the sea, from La Pantie, a lit-
tle Belgian fort near the Freneb.
frontier, to Rainsgate. By means of
this hue there will be direct tele-
TALXING UNDER THE SBA.
Belgiuen and England Being Con-
' 'sleeted.
A despatch from Paris says: -The
new submarine telepaone line from
whose hands are placed the destinies
of that great islahd-continerit..
• •
A. TRIBUTE TO CANADA.
itfteitridsepNew ceeiiZealand,
Tvalsemant
it ?, Phonic communication between the
maur
great Commercial cities of the two
Natal and Cape Colony, the Prince countries: Liege, Brussels, Anvers,
London,. Liverpool, Manchester and
Birmingham.
There are in existence tWo other
submarine telephone lines, one be-
tween Paris and London., 262 miles
long, and one between Ramos Ayres
and Mentevideb, 218 'Miles long,
said :-To Canada was also borne
the message already conveyed to
Australia and „New Zealand of the
Motherland's love and appreciation
war continued. Everything points to uf the services reudered by her gal -
Dec. 15 being bigger with fate than lant sons: • ••
ptoclanaation day three months ago. In the journey from ocean to ocean
The correspondent details some un- marvellous for its comfort and &-
hopeful signs in. the activity ef the ganization, we were able to see some-
13oer leaders. Be remarks 'upon the thing of its anatchlese scenery, the
significance of. the receirt disturbance richness of its • soil, and the bound.,
in Johannesburg,. and on the Hand, less. possibilities of its Vast and ex-
am which 200 suspects were arrested, traordinary fertile territories. We
All the officers in Johannesburg wear saw also the success which has
revolvers at night, and have been crowned the efforts to weld into one
cautioned against walking under the com
trees lining footpaths, ' races •
buNEW MAIL ,STEAMER.S.
•
munity the people of two great
Harland arid Weal, the gBelfast shit)
A despatch from London says a-
Catiadian. Vessels Will Be .the
Largest 'Afloat.
anskedtomsat,ehame
Our final halting place was, by the tenirs
dldeerihaereveebnetereene't
i , three
eipress desire of the Xing, Newa ers for the new Canadian mail • ser
REEL AND CAR COLLIDED. foundland, the oldest of our colOnies, vice. The specifications require tha
and the first 'visited by L4t.e Majesty the vessels shall be $25 feet larig
rirernan Killed and Others Injur- in 1,860. The hard, ,seafaring poPu- The longest vessel now afloat is th
' ed. a,t Hamilton. latiOn of these islanda. gave us it re- Oceanic, which is . 686 feet Over all
A despatch from Hamilton says :--
While going to a fire itt Keer 81
Coombe's foundry premises, in the
west end of the city, shortly before yards. Tt, is understood that no
•• ceptien, the cordiality of Which is The representatives of. the promoter
still fresh in our memories. of the new conmany, who asked fox
LOYALTY,/ STRENGTH AND the teader, are going to make a ton
.meaey.., • of the, English and Scotch, ship
seven o'clock on Thursday mOrning. It I were, asked to specify any par- order has yet been placed. '
the Bay street hose waggon collided ticular iminessions derived froth i otir
• *
with a street car , at the corner of ;journey,' '1 should unhesitatingly 0
King ••and Bay streets: Fireman ' place before any others that of ley. . ••'
Theodore Smith, married, of ' 20 i alty to the Crown and 'attachment to COAL FAMINE IN CHICAGO.
Stanle3t avenue, was almost instants. the Old Country. It *as indeed . • --...•
ly killed in the collision. • Foreman touching to hear the invatiable °re- Big • Coasumers, No' Begging i
Robert Wilson and Firenia,n Robert ferences to "hcime," even from the • Vain' For Supplies.
Aitchison and Robert Cameron mare lips of those who never•had been, nor •
being of a eery serious eatura The lands. This loyalty was unmistak- Chicago is threatened with a coa
A despatch from Chicago says :
also badly injured, Wilson's injuries were eVer likely to be, in these is -
HOGS • AND PROVISIONS. was thrown to the side ot the street. strength, consciousness of unity and big consumers of hard and soft coa
street car was badly. wrecked and able 'evidence of the consciousness of
•
Dressed hogs GTO firm at $8. to Motorman:,are begging -shippers to supply them
conductor,' and passen- living inembership in the enipire, and
$8,15 in car lots. Hog products gers were uninjured. Aitchison is a the coneciousness of power and readi- but • without avail. The sever
steady. We quote: -Bacon, long eon of the chief and. Cameron a son ness toshare the burdens and. the weather and the eceeds tbroughou
lots. Mess pork, $20.50; 'do short -e--- Were 1 to seek for the causes which the coal mining disteica3 have tie
up railroads to such an extent tha
clear, • sells at 1.00 in ton and 'case of the editor of the Spectator. • ,
responsibilities of that Menabership.
cut, 521.50. ' have created nd fostered this spirit
shipment is almost impossible. • ,T
•
Smoked Meats-Hams18c; break -
MONTREAL CUSTOMS.
__ a
I should venture to attribute it in a
.
fast bacon, 14c; rolls, 11c; backs, _ ° :a-- very large degree to •the life end ex- aeld to the serious' shortage, railroad
coknpanies are exerting their pee-,
,
Beat the • 'Record This Month • by ample of our late beloved Sovereigria rgative of confitcating car lots of
• $200,000.
tal, of £8,250,000. The liabilities in
issued shares were L2,680,000. The
reserve fund amounted to £1,000-
000, and other liabilities • totalled -
£850,000. The Milano of profit was
£67,000. •
He said the company intended to
build a residential hotel of a pala-
tial description. The great demand
even for private residences in 'Johan-
nesburg already far exoeded the sur -
ply. When the population returned
with the enormous influx that was
expected, the demand would, certain-
ly increase. The company intended
to einaport motors for trainwo traf-
fic for the convenience of residents.
Everything should be done • to
lighten the burdene of taxation, but
when a profit was emale.let the Gov-
ernment ha.ve it share. He felt 'con-
fidence in the instincts of the most
important trading and coutmereial
country of the world, and reinember-
ed that a settlement Was le the
hands of Mr. Chamberlain and Lord
Milner, ensuring teat and business
and financial ability arid justice.
At present the industries of the
country thoUght great, were • in their
CEO. TROWHILL
HORSESHOER AND
GENERAL BLACKSmITH,
Woodwork ironed and first.elase material and
work guaranteed. Farm ithplemente and ma •
chines rebuilt and repaired.
JOBBING A SPECIALTY
ALBERT STREET. XORTEI, We're
4.4,•-, • - ..• •-•-••••*me. • *
S•O YEARS°
EXPERIENCE
Troot MARK*
beildNe
COOVISIOnvt &C,
gamely aneertet our opinion free whether AU
AUVOII6 seri, a oketeh and deserhetidn may
inventioa in me Able entontimae, OommutOciu
UMW Tomtit COndaellUM,ThatdbookOn PAWING
sent. frt0. omost rtseuoy 101. eoeuring entente.
PeAnti teem' through 14onli & CO. rOCCITt
OreCUU MAIM WINTott onto, 141 the
Scitittifit Rilieriati.
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UNITED STATES' MARKETS-.
Buffalo, Doc. 24,-F1our--Steady.
Wheat -Spring lower; No. 1 Northern
Stec; winter nominal; No. 2 red,
88c. Corn -Dull; No. 2 yellow, 71e0;
No. 8 do, 70* to 701c; No. 2 Corn,
70i0; No. 3 do., 69ec. Oats-altasY;
No. 2 white, 51i0; No. 3 do., 51c;
No. 2 mixed, 49c' No. II do., 48ac.
Barley -65a to 70c, good to fancy.
'Rye -Dull; mNo. 1, 70c, through billed.
Duluth Dec. 24.-Olose:-Wheat-
Cash, No. 1 hard, 76ec;• No. 2 Nor-
thern, 710; No. 1 Northern and De-
cembere 73lc; May, 77c. Oats -43a,
Corn -634e.
Detroit, Dec. 24.-1Vheat closed -
No. I. White, cash, 810; No. 2 red,
cash, and December, 88e; January,
840; May, 85*c.
• Toledo, Dec, 24.--Wheat-Dtil4 De-
cember, 85c; May, 851c, Corn -Dull;
December, 670e; May 070e. Oats -
December, 46e; May, 461c. Clover -
seed -December, 5e.75; Mardi, Mese,
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1• T114I STOCIC MAAISETS.
• oal as 'fast as they arrive here, and
It Would be difficult to exaggerate
are puttiug them to their own use.
the signs of geheral sorrow for her
A despatch from Montreal says :-
loss and of love for • her memory '
The ,Custonis receipts at Montreal which we found among all races in
•
this month promise to beat the re- the. most remote districts which We es ee
cord. Mr. White, the• colleetor, says: visited. 13esidee this, may it' not A RAYS CURED CANCER
Successful Results Obtained. in'
Chronic Diseases.
"Up to the middle df this month our also be largely attributed to the
collections were $156,000.more than wise and just policy which during the
they were during the same period
half century has been oil-
iest year, and expect at the end last
tinuouslY maintained towards our
of theamonth to find that our bus- a „,4,.
iness • has been $200,000 ahead of ""n"'" '
what it was during' the previous AID FROM THE COLONIES,'
year. For the half-year ending De- As the result of the happy relations
thus created between the Mother
Country and the colonies, we have
seen a oplencild rally round the old
flag in tho • defence of the nation's
honor. I leave anaple opportunity of
forming some estimate of the milit-
ary strength of Australia, New :Zee:
Expenditure' of 5515,000,000 Be- land and Oa.nads., havieg had the
fore Is Is >Finished. pleasure of reviewing upwards of
60,000 troops. Abundant and excel -
The London Times' Odessa des' 60,000
material is there available,. re -
Russian Official publications regard- q
Ing the actual- cost of the trans -Si- abo•Pe which can be readily effected
by capable and experienced officers.
berate railway. According to the
To the distinguished representa,
Odessa, Novosti the line, when it was
tives of the cotaniercial interests .W
begun ten years ago, was estimated
the empire whom I have the pleasure
to cost 850,000,000 roubles ($180, -
of meeting here to -day,. I venture to
250,000), but the difference, estiraat-
ed and actual, up to a year ago, was allude to the impression which seem -
80 000 000 B ed generally to prevail among our
cenaber 81 the revenue will be $5,-
000,000. Last' year it ,was $4,647,-
000."
COST.•.OF STBERIA.11 LINE.
infancy. blaw industriee would spring • ,
possibly be in Working order brethren across the seas -that the
up, arid immigration, agriculture, TorontO, Dec, ' 24.,a -The receipts line can
commerce and industry Would haste Were small at the Western Cattle the" is rehs" to believe the total .Old Country must wake up if she In -
cost will be over 1,000,000,000 rota, tends to maintain her old position of
import
bles 515,000,0o) ,pro,-erninence in colonial trade
pointecl to • prosperity in. the Trans- leads of live Attie, including 500 cat-
against. foreign corimetition.
The 'chairman sad that the amoutt and a. few cows and milkers. NEISD Or POPULATION, .
mijoying the experience which we had
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and South Africa generally. tie, 600 sheep and tombs, 1,100 hogs, .
of the War debt Was a matter tor For good staff the market Was -ma CANNOT CAST VOTES. No one who had the pievilege of
friendly arrange/bent. He Wes of the changed, but for light cattle it was
'opinion they could rely upon the, Ina .decidedly More easy. •
perlal clegrands being' 'neither unjust Export cattle Was in good deinand
nor oppressive. Me added that the •at from. 4e to 6c, with a few choice
eituatiou was improviug daily, mad tote 5ec, ;though this was an ex -
ho expected that in'a few months in- optional price: Everything hero
dustry woeld be ie. full swing, not- 1.7dilt early.
'withstanding that possibly small The market is about played out for
rettinante of the Zoete Wand still be butchered cattle, .es, local dealers are
fighting. quite stocked up. Good cattle sold
saaraeseeeeiseeemagaireerememereenie
Bronchitis.
"I have kept Ayees Cherry Pee.
• ieriti in my house for a great many
years. It is the best triedicine in
. the world or coughs and colds."
J. C. Williants$ Attica, N. Y.
All serious lung
troubles begin *ith a
• tickling in the throat,
You can stop this at first
In a single night with -
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
Use it also for bronchitis,
• aonsuttiption, hard colds,
and for coughs of all kinds.
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..„. BATA C•iad, Obi; 11$L, Moot Mottfaiat
• •6(4 CIIIMIVIVietitlit°t:ViriAl*,
well enough to -day, but a g a
tle was easier, without prices being
quotably changed.
Stockers are wanted at from 25. to
8fc per ID,
Choice feeders are worth 81 to 8*0
per lb.
Mitch coWs sold Well to -day, sever-
al fetching as much as $50 each;
good cows are wanted.
Good to choice veal calves are also
wanted up to about ten each.
Sheep are steady at 31c per lb for
choice.
Lamas are worth frorn 8f to 40
per lb.
All the small stuff sold out early
to -day, and prospects ars Miceutag-
ing for next. Week. •
The market all sound Was a season-
ably good one.
• Hoge are steady- and unchanged.
The best price fiir "singers" ig OtO
per lb, and for light and at, Be per
lb,
Hogs to fetch the top priee must be
06 prItne quctlity, and scale not beloW
3.00 nor above 200 lbs.
VolloWing le the ;range of quota-
tionfoi-
Cattle.
Shipperel, per cwt. $5.25,
Dutcher, choke- 4,00 4.60
Butcher, ord. to good0.25 8.75
Butcher, inferior... 2.76 8.26
.42.50 8.00
Disqualilications in. Montreal' Lor
Not Paying Taxes
A despatch from Montreal says ;-
The City Treasurer has prepared it
report Showing that there will be no
lees than 21,880 persons in the eity
disqualified for the rion-payment af
water and personal taXes. The die-
qualifleations Mean that thia number
of people will not be allowed to vote
at the approaching civic elections.
The slaw is that•if water end per-
sonal taxes ere riot paid before a
given date that parties forfeit their
right to vote In civic elections..
• A NINTH 'CONTINGENT.
He*Zealand Prepared to Burrdsh
•One.
A despatch from Wellington, N.2.„
says :-Volunteers for the 8th New
Zealand contingent lor service In
South Africa are already pouring in.
The Christ Chureh PreeS, the leading
newspaper, states that if the enipire
calls for it, it is certain the colony
Will cheerfully furnish italinth con-
tingent.
A despatch from London says :-
Dr. 1Vigmore, chief surgeon of the
Rontgen Department of the London
Skin Hospital, told a correspondent.
On Wednesday that he had just cured,
by the use of . 'ac" rays a CELSO of ;
cancer of the breast, which: had re-
curred in the skin and scar after two
operations with the knife, constitut-
ing scirrhus in its worst form. Dr.•
Wigmore is employing "x" rays with
the most successful results in all
kinds of chronic diseases, particu-
larly eczema. He says that rodent ul-
cers and epitheliosna of the face can
be absolutely. cured by mania of the
rays.
HARD TIMES HIT CHRISTMAS
Third Less Than. Usual 'spent f ter
.Gifts in dermany,
A despatch from Berlin says :-The
most conservative estimates place
Germany's Christmas spendings at
one-third less than a year age, as a
result of her, economic crisis. This
decrease,•however, is said to be ' ace
companied only by a reduetion • in
value, indiea.tions showing that there
• will be to diminution itt volume.
during our tour could fail to be Merchants declare that this ia con-
Igtruck with one all -prevailing and elusive evidence that the hard times
pressing demand -the want of Popu- have affected both the masses and ,
,colonies there were abiindant skes of tent on perpetuating the traditional I
ea% the classes', all of whom, while in- I
!lotion. Even in the oldest of
this want, 'There are great treats of splendor of the German holiday sea -
country • yet unexplored, hidden son, have found it necessarY to le -
wealth oiling for developineett, yviaeisdt edhuelgapeer ie.
tbhaeemsn elves oa considerably -
expanses if virgin soil ready e
profitable returns to settlers, ehd all
this can be enjoyed under condition
of healthy life; liberallaws and free
institutions in exChange for the over-
crowded cities and almost hopelebe
struggle far. exietence Wbich, alas,
too often is the lot of many itt the
Old Country.
Put one condition, and one only, is
made by our colonial brethren, and
that is "Send us suitable emigratite.-
/would go further, and appeal to
• any fellovaeouhtrymen at home • to
prove the strength of the attachment
of the Motherlarid to her children bet
sending to theni only of her beet.
By thle anemia We May still further
strengthen, or, at all events. pass On
Unimpaired, that pride of rade, that
community of sentiment and purpose,
that feeling of tonunon loyalty and
Obligation which knit together and
alone can maintain the integrity of
our Empire.
MISS STONE'S LIBERATION4
Belief That It Will BeEffected
fle-
fore January.
A. despatch front London says ;-
A, despateh to the Daily Telegram
frota Route says that its semi-offi-
cial news telegraphed from Cone
stalitinopie is correct. Miss Stone
will be liberated before the end of
the year, but there seeMS to be no
doubt that litoe. Tellic4 is doz.!.
Reg%
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RECEIVEI) $tfi0,000 EACH*
Etittoutors 'Who Wound tip the Es-
tate Of Baron Hirsch,
A despatch. from Vienna says :-
The two solleitors whewound up the
estate of Baron Hirsch, the. noted
Hebrew phi:j:uthroplat, received
$150,000 imeb-tor their Service*.
TROUBLE WITH THE PORTE'
Prance Agaia Threatenitig to Sev-1
er Relations.
A d'espatch from Vienna to the I
Echo de Paris says information hab
been received there from Constanti-
nople that M. Constaha, the French
Minister there, Iran again threatened
tb break off diplomatic relations
with the Porte. The suspicious
MoVetriente of Turkish troops in Trla
poll, near the, frontier of Tunis, is
said to be the dense of the eorriplicas
tions.
()TELLY GOES TO JAIL,
blationalist tirember Convicted o
In.timidati on.
A. despatch from London says 1 --
Collor (Melly, M.P., chairman of
the Mayo County Council, ' -who Watt
prosecuted by the Government under
the Orlinee Act for holding meetings
and delivering speeches in deflanee.of
orders frotrt the police, was on Wed -
headily antral guilty of intimidation
at Castlebe.r, the capital of County
Mayo, end eenteaced to tWo Months'
impriscaMieut4