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Exeter Advocate, 1906-4-26, Page 3CURRENT TOPICS Prof, 'Jeremiah W. Jenks of Cornell If iiiversity has made a remark which 'should give food for thouglit to social- ists.' They assume that if the govern- ment were to own the means of preelec- tion and dietelution they would run the government. The profeesor eays, '"the socialists forget there is such a thing as human nature. The same dont- Want personalities that command in the F,eld of private enterprise would domin- ate the state if thw wealth should be •owhed by the site. Surely they would run the slate.", OW ese should not quire much thought grasp the force of the statement.The - . re stale has left the production of wealth to private initiative and energy and has .allowed the men most successful in that neat of effort to gather and hold the fruits of their tell. 'The opportunitieS ere so numerous and tempting that they attract many men of great ability, If the dareer of the "canteht of Indus - ley" liad not been open to them they -would have become political chieftains. If one mold to distinction had been etas - lo them they' would have Saueht another. If the state were lo Lake clutiwo of rill the inditetries of the country individual- .; ism would not be destroyed, for human nature ennnot be changed by a statute or a corstitutional amendment. The men endewed with marked and forceful individuality svould exert it as effective- ly under a state socielist regime as they ' do under the existing one. If the stele were to be socialized ds ,control would be the only prize held out to nre-erninent capacity. Who can ,doubt the result, of 0 contest, for perin- ea] sunromeicy between the socialist leaders end the men who are conspicu- ,ous in !he industrial field? It would te a struggle between children and men, sind the children would go to the wall. If it, were necessary for the "captain of -induslev" whose calling in life had been ' abolished to play the demagogue In ,w- .eler to get control of the state, he es mad' clo it 'with greater skill and suc- cess than the socialist leader, even when the latter had made demagogery bee life business, From -the beginning of history "domi- etani personalities" have everywhere as- eerted themselves. It has never been possible to nail down the lid on thein. Jn every stage of civilization, in every form of government, they have should- ered their way to the front. Where politics offered the most substantial ye- stSenT4ethey turned to politics. Now that nustrialism holds out its prizes, t many of them turn to it. If the state a were socialized politics would be the 'only career open to the masterful men of the country who are now controlling its great industrialeintrests under the • system of private ownership. They would brush aide the socialists who :fancy they would rule and regain under I the new system the control they had ;under the old one. The phonograph is touring the world as a scientist. Several years ago a -7 cotnmission was appointed by the Irn spatial Academy of ScienOes of Vienna -te collect phonogeaphic records to be reserved for scientific study. Sotne results were obtained by expeditions to Croatia, Slavonia, and Lesbos. From North Tyrol and Voralberg, fifty-seven specimens of German dialectsshave been cbtained for the archives and another fifty-seven frotn Carinthia. From New i, Guinea have been sent thirty-two pho- riogeaphs recording the language and music of the natives with especially in - Wresting war songe and the accom- panesing drum music. From Indio. have teen received valuable records o; .old Sanskrit songs. An expedition which was sent out to Australia is now on its ay back and another party is about o start for Greenland. 4 BLUNDER LOSES CONTRACT. Action of German Naval Officer Resen- ted at Drazil. It is tpletilleed at Rio de Janeiro hat the contract for the building of hree ironclads for the Brazilian navy s to be given to Messrs,. Armstrong of .1swick, England, and that $9,000,000 as been remitted to London for this urpose. Representatives of .Geernan am/French hipbuilding yards have been at Rio de aneiro, Brazil, for some time past, on eavoring to obtain this order, but the erm an firms were eompletely out of e running, owing to 'the little inels- retione of the commander of the Ger - an gunboat Panther, at Regally, where Brazilian subject was seized and orcibly taken to the German boat. litstneklent will affect the commas - al re.atfons of Breen with Germany or a long time to come.. THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT. The fire which destroyed the old Brit- ls...Houses of Parliament broke out en et. 16th, 1884. The -present building, • enter/ the Palace of Westmineter, Was pened on Nov. 41h, 1852. It stands on bed of concrete 12 feet thick, an(' e area of eine statute acres. It WO apattments, 100 slaireaes os,vo mutto1 corridore and pas - The great Victoria Tower, at: the ottth.west extremity, is 340 feet jn eight. Malay Is measured by deeds rather an by intention, 1 TREASURE -QUEST TO FAIL LITTLE HOPE FOR NEW EXPEDITION TO COCOS ISLAND. The Fact Thar Millions of Gold Are Hid- den in Some Cave is Unquestioned, Admiral Palliser has decided to have nothing whatever to clo with the new treasure -hunting expedition to Coco Island, which, as aenounced recently in the London Express, is being filled out in America. The Admiral, who accompanied Etusi Fitzwtlliam bn his expedition in the -Verenique, alsobably knows more about, the location 01 the treasuee than any other livieg nian, and he is of the opin- ion thee this search Party is deemed, to failure from the outset. An intimate friend of Admiral Pa1-. lisser explained. why, M lus opinion, the new expedition is likely to Ibe un- suceessful. "hi the first place," he said, "the chart possessed by tho party is g,enerally sup- posed to. be false, It is one of many which were sold lo treasure-sedicers some years ago. "Then, when the island Is reached -- and that will be the rainy season -it is almost 13ertain that the treasure -seekers will not be allowed to work, for a syn- dicate --of which it isreported Mr. Haw old Grey, Mr, Montmorency and Capt. Kennedy are the principals -holds e concession from the Costa Rica Govern- ment for exploiting the whole island, and until it gives this up no oue else can work there. This syndicate has been working Um island for the last two years without success. WHY EARL FITZWILLIAM FAILED. "It was mainly on account of the ex- istence of this concession that Earl Fitzwilliam's expedition failed. Admix - al Palliser told me that the Earl's party found it impossible to interfere with the syndicate, and could Only work by its consent in certain parts of the island. "There is absolutely no doubt that two groat treasure hoards are hidden in the island. One, a pirate treasure, is valued at between six. and 'twelve mil- lions sterling -and the other -known as' Keating's Treasure' -is said to be worth three millions. "The former consisted of masses of masses of gold and silver ornaments 'and gold ingots. They were originally seized by the Spanish in Mexico and Peru, and were being carried away in Spanish galleons when a notorious pirale, Capt. Don Pedro Bonita, at- tacked 'end captured tbe vessels, and concealed their freight in a 'secret cave inCocosIsland. HIDING THE, TREASURE. "Keating's -treasure was obtained in much the same way. The Spaniards, who were being driven out of Peru, 'collected all their valuables in Lima, and placed them for safety on the,Bri- fish steamer Maey Diets The captain and crew, being overcome at the sight of so much .gold and silver, murdered those In charge, and sailed to Cocos Island, where they also hid their vagi treasure. Retribution followed swiftly, however, for a Spanish warship went ;n pursuit, and finding them at 'the island, executed seventeen of the crew. "The Spaniards never found the trea- sure, and the captain of the Mary Dior, escaping to Canada, handed over the secret of the hiding -place before his death to Captain Keating, of Nova Scotia. Keating twice visited lhe island, and on, each occasion returned home with £2,000 worth of gold. "This treasure was also seen by a man who was afterwards killed in the Chilian War. "The search for these two treasures has now , been . going on for between seventy and eighty years, and the only hope for their recovery is in the work of an expedition fitted ,out with all necess,ary appliances and men, stich ate Lord Eitzwillia,m's expedition, and guided by 'those who have some actual knowledge el -the hiding -places." THIS WOMAN 'SEES GHOSTS. She Has a School for Them Which They Appreciate. Mrs. Endicott has a school for ghosts. They come to her to learn the things appertaining to the higher life. Most of them when they "passed over" were ffoliticians and men of affairs, who had no time to devote to matters concerning the occult, world. _ The foregoing statement was mete by Mrs. Endicott at one of the series of occult salons organized by Mrs. Walker and Miss O'Reilly at the Weeiminsler Palace Hotel, London, England, and the gathering there the other night was a lerge one. Mrs., Endicott was giving some explanations of personal expete Mime, and why houses were hatmted. On the latter point elle takes the view that it is because the ghosts are 'con- sumed with a burning love of those they haunt and do not know that they frighten. people.. A serious warning was addressed be her to those kvho go hunting throUgh pedigrees. 11 18 a practice which brings all manner of ghosis about one, and site mentioned the case of a woman who was attended by "a big, soldier -looking man' called -Robert," 'who woUld insist upon his t1t1121,0 being put in a particular' place 111 'the 'tree, With the LISSiStanee of Wee Endicott this was done, and he then "made a courtly bow and left." Another werning- was against cutting passages out of books and placing them under She did so, and was wakened in the night -by a, girl with red eyes, who renised to go away. Mrs. Endicott deciatere -that around over,y public -house door she sees crowds' cif spirits, and that the room in the West- minster Palace Hotel where she was speaking -it was that where .the Free Trade Unierest Club met -Was full of ghosts, First Lawyer - "Don't you think eve c giving our client tumecessery trate ble?" Second Lawyer -"Yes; but we'll Charge him for Visitor -"Ah, 1 didn't Imo\ CRIME OF LESE MAJESTE LONDON POLICE TURN DEAF EAR TO OFFENDERS. The Germans Suffer Extraordinary Sen - fences for This Offence, The motley gatherings tobe seen on Sunday afternoon in Trafalgar Square Or Hyde Park, London, made up largely of mon with real or imaginary .griev- arewesechielly noisy agitetais and swot- alists-must emu= Germans .who wit- ness them, Lese majeste has no terrors for those 'spouting orators. TheY calI the King names, sneer at the royal family, and condemn all kinds of just legielation. And the strangest these meetings lies in the fact that the entice are sent Ulm in large numbers, not to arrest the gentlemen who weuld, rob King Edward of his crown, but to preserve order while the elogtience Rowse OTHERWISE IN GERMANY, In -Germany, on the other hand, whete the laws regarding Nose- majeste" are eto strict, scarcely a week passes' with- out the conviction of some unfortunate person who has dared to infringe one of the score of clauses in the law, and suffers accordingly, "Lese majesteW succinctly defined. is the crime of utter- ing, an insultto the ruling monarch of the country. In the German statute Look no fewer than 125 paragraphs aro deYeted to expounding the law, and 900 Looks of reference for the information of lawyers have been published on the intricate subject. The law is so worded as to bring within, its scopo any remarkwhich can. by the exercise of great ingenuity be twisted into something reflecting, be' 11 ever so remotely, on the character er person of the sovereign, and to Make it a criminal offenee. The clauses' have been also loosely weeded that the widest pessibfe interpretation 'levy be placed_ on any remark which falls under suspic- ion. "Lese majeste" can be committed by words or by actions, in private, con- versations no, less than in public speech- es and in personal and confidential Idlers. to friends or relations, as well as in newspaper articleVor books. PRISON FOR EDITOR: If two persons are carrying on a con- versation alone in a private room and one of them should make a remark dis- respectful to the Kaiser, the other may denounce him to the police, and lee would probably be convicted' and sen- tenced to imprisonment. It will be eas- ie, understood that under this law, and with the excessive zeal of the German police officials, theauthorities find plen- ty of work to do .in thesdireetion of se- curing convictions for this offence. The latest case occurreda few days ago, when. a Berlin butcher was sen- tenced- to six months' imprisonment for having spoken ,disrespectfully of the Itaiser three years ,ago. Not long ago the editor of a German *newspaper re- ceived a senterwe of three months for remarking in his journal that the Kaiser received- $10,00,0 daily for appending t is signature to a few State documents. The law oi "lase majeste' is no re- specter of persons; schoolboys or old women are equally visited with the full panalties. An oldewornan of 73 living in Dresden, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for " remark.Mg that the fate of King Alexandra of Ser - via ought to befall King George of Sax- ann. and a baker's boy, of fifteen, in Silesia, had three weeks' imprisonment for insulting the majesty of the Kaiser. If the culprit is a soldier, his punish- ment for. "len srnajeste" is excessively severe. A private was drummed out of the army and sentenoed, to seven years' imprisonment for saying to a comrade that the Kaiser might have slowed down the train in whicli he was travel- ling in order to see the salute of the soldiers who were _lining the route. - POOR INNKEEPER. . Last year an innkeeper of Lichten- berg was sentenced to three months' Imprisonment for a somewhat eUriOUS feral, of "les° niajeste," It was alleged against, him that in his eonversetion with his 001:enters he used the German language in an .unworthy fashion, and was not over nice In his expressions when talking to a police 01110141. Ile MIS a Conservative, a member of the peerlo, tit, rifle club end had served in the army, but these proofs' of his unques7 tionable leyalty did not save leint from dire pikieliment. One of the, most extraordinary prose - mittens Was that against a goyerness who . was convicted of Plese majeste" for hewing written her name in the visi- tors' book of an hotel immediately be. eteath the signatures of the leing cf Saxony and two Princesses. NOWS- PaPer edit= are frequently victims ef the law in this connection. Two et them were once sentenced to four Months 4nd . nine months' imprison- ment respeetwely, and to heavy fines far publishing an article which was his collitswessY with the late Govern held to suggest, in same obscure svay 10001" - that the Kaiser was afraid of his own The correspondent, although writing subjects, and a third wasecorwictee roe anonymously, is known as an able hewing published a telegram from a publicist, who is intlinatelY acquainted corekispotnerent 'reporting 00 dee% of with the politics of the Empire. , The ati alleged step-brotner of tee Kaiser,- gist of his accusetions is that Lord • Ori another occasion, when a newe. Kitchener, by his contemptuous treat - caper published an incoreent version, of ment of the native army, is creating in a speech made by the Kaiser to his that body the same spirit of soreness recruits, all tee persons responsible for and discontent which lives one of the the reporting and publishing of the main causes of the Mutiny of 1857, epeettle were prosecuted for 'nese msi After dwelling at length OR the admin.- jeste." . meautcs "KAISER IS A FOOL." ‘iVsillriaothiveila:etelpescl tealitdhle°'stitlaetre of affairs, . A German marine, while in Kiel on he emthluee leavehad an ergument with a coin- MAS'IlERFUL AND INTOLERANT. rade in a restaurant, and made use of "Lord leitchenerIs masterfulness an expression which was held to have grows with increasing power, and been insulting to the Kaiser, He was orders.. he so often hastily issues he as let off . with 8 months' hnprison- hastily withdraws. He no longer shows ment consideration of the fact that the same industry or application to de- tail or the same devotion to economy which characterized his worlc in Egypt. He has no personal knowledge of the Indian character and his constitutional intolerance of all opposition unfits him to learn from Mose who have had the experience he lacks." In conclusion the writer touches on a matter that has. been notorious nt inner circles, but has hitherto not been commented neon in the press, namely, that the reconquest of the Soudan was nearly wrecked irs e disaster due to the same disregard for the idiosyncrasies of the native troops which resulted in an incipient mutiny. Lord Kitchener had then already started for South Africa, but the conditions were ascribed as due directly to his policy. It is pointed out that any trouble resulting in India may in the same way be deferred until Lord Kitchenor's term of office expires eighs leen months hence. ' Naturally this letter has produced a defence from the Commander -in -Chiefs apologists, but those Willett baVe hitherto appearedhave been too personai in tone to carry conviction. KITCHENER INTOLERENT IS TREATING -THE INDIAN ARMY CONTEMPT, Times Correspondent Says That Sante Spirit of Soreness as Caused Mutiny Prevails, A sensation has been Created not only in military circles but in the eation the, publication in the Lonclue Times it o letter Irma he special correspoecient in India welch indicates that Lord Kitchener is hatidling the Indian army in a manner that will inevitably cause serious wise* in the future. It is in- cidentally though una.vol,vecily a strong vindication of Lord Ctuszon's attitude in 10 vve.s not quite sober at the time. A foreigner visiting Germany may fall within the scope of this absurd law, though he cannot, of course, be impris- oned for its infraction. Two American ertdies were, however. arrested and ex- pelled from the country for talking (in English) in a manner not flattering to Emperor Wililam. Perhaps the most ab- surd case of all was one that did not end in a conviction; even German of- ficialdom was not proof against the hu- mor of the situation. 'When the health ot the Kaiser was being drunk at fes- tivities in honor of his birthday at Scharley, in Silesia, a schoolboy in the crowd was observed to smile. The publtb proseetWor immetliately set on foot an action for "lese majeste," but the schoolboy miraculously escaped the consequences of his awful deed. 'There is an old story concerning "lese majeste" which is worth repeating. A man was arrested for remarking in a restaurant that "lite Kaiser is a: fool." He was promptly haled before the mag- isfiette, when he protested that he was nbt referring to the Kaiser Wilhelm, 101 10 the Emperor Francis Joseph. "011, that tale will not do.' retorted the magis- trate.. "There is only one Kaiser to whom you could have referred!" The story does not stale how many years' imprisonment the magistrate wens awarded. MER HARDIE AT WORK. • Parliamentary pOliceman Wanted to lennw 1118 Job. Keir Hardie, leader of the British Labor party, is no Beau Brummel dress, which led to an amusing mistake recently. Hardie was proceeding to the Parliament library to consult a book, when he found his way gently but firm- ly barred by a policeman, who said , "Are you working her, mate?" "Yes," replied Hardie, who was at- tired in his usual democratic style, cloth cap and all. "On the roof ?" "No; on the floor." The roof of the House is being re- paired, and as the policeman was not quite sure about the floor repairs, he allowed Hardie to pass. Frotne is a ea tome men only when it Is the left bower. Mrs. Pe1lewes"1. wan you to see my dear kitty." "aflere she cornea; I hear her." u led an Angora.' THE NATAL OUTBREAK. The Cry ot "Africa kir the Black Man" Cause for the Unrest. 'the unrest among the natives in Na- tal, South Africa, for ivhich in 'part the new poll -tax was responsible, but which antedates the introduction of that tax by niOnths, if not years, is in the main the outcome of Ethieplanism, or the doctrine of Africa for the black man. The collection of the tax precipitated the rising on February 9, in Byrnetown, in the Riohmond district, which resulted in the killing of Sub -Inspector Hunt and Trooper Armstrong, of the Natal police. In this affair fourteen police had ar- rested two armed native, when a rescue WaS attempted by a party of forty na- tives, who were in ambush. -The leader of the party contelmptuously struck the Sub -Inspector across the face with the flat of his assegai, and was promptly shot. A general fight followed, in which Sub -Inspector Hunt and Trooper Arm- strong were killed, and the police forced to retreat. Sergeant Stephens rode many miles with an assegai stick- ing in his back. Reinforcements, which were 'dispatched to the scene, found the bodies of the sub -inspector and trooper covered with assegai wound.s. Although the Natal Ministry mini- mized,. publicly at least, the .cbaraeter of the outbreak, they proceeded to deal vigorously with the situation. It soon became evident that disaffection was not confined to the Richmond district only. Martial law was proclaimed. 'and troops were mobilized, and, under Col- onels Leuchars and Mackenzie, they re- duced the more truculent tribes to eub- mission. Meanwhile the 'natives who murdered the police were rounded, and many of them captured, with the assis- tance of loyal natives of M-Veli's tribe. The poll -tax in Natal amounts to Xt and the hut -tax, 14s. Those paying the hul-tax do not pay the poll -tax, which was designed to reach the young men capable of earning L-1 to 10s. a month, who would otherwise espape taxation. In general the taxation of natives is not higher than elsewhere in South Lord Elgin, on being approached by the Aborigines' Protective Society, ise. fused le interfere with regard to the imposition of the poll -lox, which he considered not to be inconsistent with the recommendation of the Native Af- fairs Commission. 4 QUITE DIFFERENT. Employer - 1 caught; you coming out er et saloon to -day. Clerk - Yes, sir. Employer Didin't I tell you discharge you if I ever saw you Om- ing out of a- saloon again? Clerk - No, sir. You said you'd dts• charge 'me if you ever saw me gaing in.' Surely you cant Warne -Inc Inc coming out. NO MALARIA, "This pktes is advertised as 0health resort," said the nesse arrival, suspite onsly, "but it strikes me there's Ma - lariat around here." "01 1w -11-11o, you're meem-e-mistak- en," replied the hotel Clerk. "What makesyou shake that way, then?" -"I was afraid you were g----g-going aeivay agent." Little Brother : "Mr. Poseyboy, won't You eio end lend before the win(1ow?" POseyboy : "Certainly, my little but witY?" Little Brother ; "Ohl ma snye $the pen see ,through you. I want ,10 Feati.'" LEADING MARKETS BRF,ADSTUFFS. 'reroute, April 2e Fleur --- The export price for 90 PO4 cent. Ontario patents is $3.10, buyers' bags outside, Manitoba quotations are: First patents $4.30 to $4.50; second pat- ents, $:3,90 to $4. Wheat - Ontario - No. 2 WilitOt 79a asked, 780 bid outside; M1Xed,s78,0 esked, 78c bid outside. Wheat - Manitoba - NO. 1 northern, 831X0 hid Owen Sound, 830 c.i.f. Owen Soupd; No. 2, 8Se bid. Point Edward. Oats - No. 2 white, 3.834c asked, To- mato to arrive, 37%c bxcb Barley - No. 2, 500 bid outside. COUNTRY priODUCE. Butter - Receipts of all kinds con - Untie heavy, and the market retains en easy tone. Creamery .. 23c to 2?10 do solids .. ..... 22c to 2.30 Dairy lb rolls, good to choice 18c to 19c do large rolls 17c to 18o ch.) medium .. 16c to 1.70 Cheese -- Holds firm at 14c for large and 141,4c for twins. stoErgaggse.- Quotations are unchanged at lee le 11.5%c for new -laid and 13c for Poultry - Choice dry plucked turkeys 16s, to I8c; fat chickens, 12c to 13c, thin. 70 to Be; fat, bons, 8e to 9c, thM Go to 70; clucks, lee to 13c. Potatoes - Ontario, 05e to 75c per bag out of store; eastern, 70c to 800 on (rock and 10c more out of store. 13aled Hay - No. 1 timothy is quot- ed at 28.50 to $9 per ton in car lots on track here; No. 2, 20.50 to $7. Baled Straw - Unchanged and quiet at $5.50 to 20 per ton for car Iote on track here. BUFFALO MARKET. Buffalo, April 24. - Flour - Firm. Wheat - Spring easier; No..1 Northern, 84%c. Corn - Fiern; No. 2 yellow, 54c; No. 2 corn, 53%c. Oats - Stronger', but no demand. „s --NEW YORK WHEAT MARKET. New York, April 24. - Spot firm; No. 2 red, 91%c nominal elevator; No. it red. 91%e 1.0.1. afloat; No. 1 north- ern Duluth, 90%c f.o.b. afloat. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, April 24, -Grain -Business was very quiet in the local Grain Mar- ket. Cable offers on Manitoba wheat were lower. Dealers quote 383' to 39e for N. 4 oats ;in store; 39% to 40c for No. 3, and 40% to 41c for No. 2. Flour -Manitoba Spring --Relents, 24.50 ; strong bakers', 24 to 24.10; Winter wheat patents, $4.10 to 24.30; straight rollers, 23.80 to $3.90; do., in bags, 21.70 to $1.80; extras, $1.35 to $1.45. Feed -In feed the feeling is firm, but business is quiet on account of the con- tinued small offerings; 11I-anitoba in bags, 218.50 to 219; shorts, 220.50 to 221 'per ton; Ontario bran, in bags, $19.50 to 220; shorts, $20.50 lo $21; milled =Mille, 220 to $25, straight grain mouillie, $23, to 229 per ton. 'Rolled Oats -The demand for rollesi. oats is still slow, and the market is quiet, with prices unchanged at 21.80 to 81.82% per bag. A fadr business is passing in cornmeal at $1.30 to 21.40 per bag. Provisions -Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $21.50; light short cut, $20; American short cut, $20; American, cut clear fat backs, 220; compound lard. 7 to 7%c; Canadian pure lard, 11% to 11%c; kettle rendered, 12% to 12%c; hams, 13 to 14%c; breakfast bacon, 16c; Windsor bacon, 15c; fresh killed abat- toir dressed hogs, 2111.25; country dress- ed at 29.25 to $9.50; alive, $7.50 to 27.60 for selects. Eggs --New laid, 14 to 1434c per dozen. Butter -Choicest creamery, 22 to 22%c; undergrades, 19 to 21c; dairy, 13 to 20c. Cheese -Colored, 12%c; CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, April 24. - An active trade and firm prices ruled at the Western Mark:et to -day in the attle trade. Several loads of expprters were sold, Tire quotations were:- Best, 21.80 to 85.05; fair to good, 24.70 to 24.85 per cwt. • Cattle of extra superior quality would bring prices in excess of- the above. Cables from England report. that the market there is unchanged. Cattle suitable for the butchers' trade, were not so plentiful as buyers desired. The supply of good animals especially was limited, and some pretty ordinary steers sold at $4.50 per cwt. Cows were steady. The general top price was .g4. - Se, while for a few selected heifers $5 was recorded. The following were the quotations:- Good and best butchers', 34.50 to $5; fair to good butchers' 34 to $4.50; good cows, $3.50 to $4,e5; com- mon cows, $3 to $3.50 per cwt. Trade was comparatively quiet in feeders and stockers. Short -keeps, 1,050 to 1,200 lbs, $4.20 to $4.90; feeders 1,- 1400 to 1,050 lbs., $3.75 to $4.40; stockers, 900 to 800 lbs.. $3.25 to $4: stock colvew 400 to 000 lbs.. 22.75 to $3; stook 111111s,, 2:2.50; stock heifers, $2.35 to 33.2) 1,ets cwt. Trento in sheep was not very lively. Export ewes, $4.50 to $5,-. export bucks, 33.r>0 to $3.75; grain !d yearlings, lambs, $0.25 to $6.75; calves, 33 to 26 per cwle SPring lambs, $3 to 36 each. Hogs ‘vere unchanged. Quotations to -day were: Selects, 100 to 200 lbs, $7, 13; hogs, lightsand fats,' $6.90 per cwt. Mitch cows were in active demand, Quotations ranged froin $30 to $55 each A REMATINABLE TRAIN EPISODE. An extraordinary story of a child' 09 ape from death wee given at Leeds (Tinglend) Assizes, where the parents unsucceesfully claimed damages Vont the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway C.ompany. The mether and tlx little boy, who Is three yeatrs old, were trevet, ling to Southport, when the train huschbd, and the child was thrown ' against the dor, which flew open. A frein was passing in the opposite direc- tion et the time, end the boy was kneeked by the engine into the bus toot way, where the train stpaesed over Mtn. There are a thowsand failures frsiw, lack of ability to ono from lack of ere preeia lion. Japan has ennounced thet two Man- churian ports will be theown epen the trade of the world May I. wrist. The -father may die.