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EMT HOGS FOR EXPORT,
THE SORT OF ANIMAL THE TRADE
IS CALLING FOR.
Interview With au Auihurif3' ►n ills 71Sx•
port Boom Trade -importance or Coro
iii reeding awl liamililg-lltutno►►se
llucresse Li the Business Durbin the
* $t Pow Wears.
During the fiscal yeas' ending Time
00, 1890, the exports of bacon from
Canada amounted to less than seven
and a -quarter trillion pounds, and the
exports of hasps to a little over 10,000
pounds.
During the fiscal year ending June
80 last, our exports of bacon amount-
ed to 59,546,000 pounds, and of hams
- - to a little over nine and a half million
pounds.
'there is no Industry connected with
agriculture wbioh shows suchremark-
able development in so short a time
as our export trade in hog products.
It is of the first importance, then,
that farmers should know just exactly
what is necessary in order to increase
a trade which already•.sliows mote pro-
mising development, In order to se -
euro information on this point, The
Farmers Sun representative interview-
ed J. W. Flavelle, a gentleman who has
the deserved reputation of being the
best authority on export bacon trade •
in Canada, ,
"What breed of hogs do you recom-
mend farmers to . raise for the pur-
pose of producing the best results d"
was the question put to 11r. Flavelle.
"IWe are not breeders," was the re-
ply, " and do not wish to says anything
thither for or against .a certain hog
because of its breed; but as exporters
we know that certain breeds produce
qualities which enable us to market
their products at the best possible
rate, and these exceptionally good
qualities which prevail in some hogs
nave a tendency to increase the value
of the whole stock,
"The thoroughbred Tamworth," con-
tinued Mr, Flavelle, " gives us
A VERY DESIRABLE CLASS
of bacon hogs. We find, however, when
these hogs are crossed with what are,
from an ' exporter's standpoint,' ob-
jectionable types, (such as Poland
Chinas, Duroc Jerseys, Chester Whites,
Essexs, Suffolks, Jerseys, or some types
of Berkshires, that the result is not so
good from a packer's standpoint. The
product shows too much of the type
of the inferior breed and not enough
of the Tamworth.
' In contrast to these, we find that
the Improved Yorkshire White has a
tendency to assert its own individual
oharaoteristie in a cross even with the
objectionable types 1 have just men-
tioned.
entioned. The Improved Yorkshire is
an excellent hog for the packers, and,
when crossed with inferior breeds„ it
develops in the progeny its own pecu-
liarly excellent features, viz., a lengthy
deeo side, an abundance of lean and a
tbiek belly. , One of the greatest needs
o: the trade, from a breeding stand -
p Int, is the introduction of thorough-
bred Yorkshire males, for the purpose
of crossing with other breads, not so
suitable for the packer's purpose.
" At the present time a thoroughbred
Tamworth; from 165 to 1.9.0 lbs., if pro-
perly fed, makes an admirable bacon
hog. The same oan be said of the thor-
ourehbred Yorkshire. The difference be-
tween the two is that the Tamworth is
not so desirable to cross with objec-
tionable hogs. Generally speaking,"
continued the speaker, " what export-
ers require is a lengthy,` smooth, deep -
sided hog, with well-developed hams,
rid moderate shoulder and head. If
this hog is fed wisely, so as to produce
plenty of flesb and a moderate quan-
tity of fat, it will ensure the produc-
tion of bacon for which
THE BEST PRICE
can be mode in England.
" The importance of proper feeding
cannot be too strongly impressed up-
on your readers. Last night's cable
shows a difference of 10s. per cwt. be-
tween. No. 1 selection, lean, and No, 2
selection, fat. That is X2.40 ' on each
112 pounds. The average hog will
' weigh alive about 170 lbs. and will
produce about 96 lbs. of export bacon;
for that 96lbs., if it were not of No.1
quality 02 Tess was secured in the
F ugl ish market this week than could
have been secured for. No. 1. The de-
livery of bogs this week in Ontario
will amount to say 20,000. Six thous-
and, of these will be too fat and their
product, if sold in England this week
would bring $2 a hog less than it
would bring if the hogs were of the
proper class. In other words, there is
a, lose to the country of ,$12,000 on -one
week's delivery of hogs, because of
improper breeding and feeding result-
ing in the production of hogs which
made bacon too fat to secure the best
prise.
"Every farmer is interested in this
matter. The producers of the best
class of hogs lose, more or less as well
as the producers of the poorer classes.
I tuil.l show you how. 13very-packer,
in arriving at a conclusion what price,
he will pay for hogs, has to measure
up the whole situation. He recog-
nizes that no matter how carefully he
selects his hogs," the selection is al-
ways against him. When the hogs he
LIQUID REFRESHMENT.
NT.
buys are killed, he Linde many hogs
• have been paid for as lean which turn The amount of liquid refreshment
Mt fat, many which have been paid totes tes by a man of 70 years would equal
for as firm, Sveliefed hogs, turn out 10,700 faints, and to hold thi8 a
soft or slightly tender, and the pre -pail 12
duct must be sold in England at 5s, feet high grid more than 2,500 times as
7s, 10s, per cwt. less than best sides; large as an ordinary pail would be re -
teeny, fart too ma,ny,.laava been Band- Klua red.
lerl roughly, causing loss from bruise •
ell Sides. Therefore, when the pricker•A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.
is fixing -.his buying price,' he has to . Mrs, Snapshot, bursting into her hus-
STRIKE AN AVBRAGE, band's snuggery -Oh, . Waldo, . come
keeping in mind the above oondltlons, quick! Our next-door: neighbor is beat -
1J we were sure all the hogs sent in ing his, wife terribly in the baok yard!
would' be of first class quality, as to Oh, can't you do something?
breeding and feeding, andfree from Snapshot, jumping up excitedly --You
bruises, the average price all round bet 1' can 1 Where in thunder is my
would be put ata higher point. A camera 2
prodUcerof bbjeetionabie hogs, theta -
fere, not only.lessons, lies own
profit
but lessens as well that of his neigh ,T�
bor who prodUCek.a first-class article, a ;s
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practically all our bogs from
drovers, and henee can only reach the
original producers through. second
hands.
"Our people are beeona.ing fairly well
educated in the matter of breeding.
Marked improvement in that lino has
been made of late years. There is)
however, u, retrograde n;loveznent in
the matter of feeding, and the point to
be most strongly impressed is the ne-
egseity.of proper Dare in this latter
matter. Proper feeding at the present
time is of equal importance with
breeding,. We find the most objection-
able feeding is done by our best farm-
ers, smell as those i.n the Counties of
Oxford and Middlesex. In these coun-
ties fariaiers have good pens in which
their hogs spend most of their lives.
)Farmers there also force their bogs in
order to get returns in the shortest
possible time, We want more of the
principle of 'root, hog, or die.' If hogs
are heavily fed, and kept confined they
will give the proper weight in five
months, bat they will be altogether too
fat to make proper export bacon. Hoge
should not be finished in less than
six to seven months.
A GOOD RATION
for young hogs is roots and mixed
grain, care being taken not to force the
animal too quickly, but on the contrary
to talre time in which to develop a
long, strong body,"
While the interview with Mr. Fla.-
vetle was in progress, John B. Geer, a:,
feeder from near Paris, dropped in,
and he emphasized what Mr. Fla-
vei2e had just said.
"There is," said Mr. Geer, "another
objection to over -feeding. It impairs
the digestion and lessens the activity
of the bog. The result is that the ani-
mal does not take sufficient exercise
and grows fat and soft."
"Does it cost more en feed," Mr.
Geer was asked, "to produce the sort
of hog that the export trade calls for
than it does to produce one with a
superabundance of fat 1"
'No." was the reply, "not if the
feeding is done intelligently. A man
should consider what he is feeding for
--whether for fat or lean meat. Corn
and peas will produce fat,while barley,
oats and bran will give bone and
muscle. By using barley, oats and
bran, with a small amount of peas to
harden on towards the end of the
feeding, the bacon hog oan be produc-
ed
roducted at as low a oost as a fat hog. A
good many farmers have been using
boiled turnips and corn this winter,
and that is decidedly objectionable,"
"There is another thing to wbich
attention should be directed," put in
Mr, Flavelle, "and that is the handling
of hogs. In many cases boys will beat
or abuse the animals, and the result
is a bruise that will reduce the value
of the product from 2s to 10s per cwt.
From one to five per' cent. of our re-
ceipts show bruises, and these bruises,
of course, reduce the value of our whole
hog product by so much."
Then Mr. Flavelle turned ones more
to
THE MATTER OF FEEDING.
"We desire to emphasize in the strong-
est manner the urgent necessity
for increased attention in the mat-
ter of feeding. What makes us more
urgent in this matter is the fact
that we have information that at a
great many railway stations in - the
province from 1 to 10 cars of Ameri-
can corn have been received since the
first of January. If this corn is fed
generally to logs it will mean a dis-
tinct deterioration . in the quality of
Canadian product, and in the long run
willl be fatal to the best development
of the trade. Then we are afraid that
corn will be used altogether with whey
for the purpose of feeding hogs at
cheese factories throughout the pro-
vince. 1.1 this be done, the result will
be disastrous, and the consequence so
serious that we urge upon your read-
ers who are interested in feeding pens
at the factories to make it a fixed rule
to feed no corn with whey. Whey is
all right,but with the whey should be
used not corn, but oats, barley, Inas
and middlings.
Farmers hardly' yet realize," con-
claded Mr. Flavelle, "how important
their hog export trade is. Eleven
years ago 70 per cent. of the hogs used
in our factory Dame from the State%,
Six years ago we killed our last Am-
erican hog. We bury our bogs from
Ontario farmers at a hagber price than
rule in Chicago or Buffalo, because
Canada hogs are better bred and bet -
tar fed than those from across the
lines. If' our people adopt the same
system of feeding that Americans have•
adopted it will mean bringing Can-
ada's prices down to the American
level."
What Mr. Flavelle says should have
the most serious attention. It is on
our export trade that the hog indus-
try depends. The value of our bacon
and bam exports last year was about
$5,000,000. That we should think, re-
presents fully one-half of the total
value of the hog produots of Canada
not used in farmers' homes. Certain it
is, at all events, that the export trade
forms the basis of present values. Paok-
ere know exactly what the export
trade calls for. They have been study-
ing this thing for years.
Hog producers will be wise, therefore,
if they bear in mind these pointscon-
tained in the interview with Mr. Fla-
velle
1. Breed Ta iwortbs, Yorkshires, or
a cross between Yorkshires and other
hogs;
2. Give hogs plenty of exercise, and,
avoid forcing the growth ;
8. For the first few months,feed
roots and mixed grain;
4. In breeding and feeding the ob-
ject is to produoe a long, lean bog that
will give 165 to 190 lbs. live weighhb
in 131-2 to 8 months.
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DINNER GOWN.
A simple dinner golwn, made with I
waist and short sleeves, is somewha
severe in design, bat none the les
pretty and effective. The skirt is m
with the attached flounce, bat is fash
coned with rather an unusually shor
apron. The body of the waist is full
ow and has a pointed belt, It is finished
t around the shoulders with a soft rule idle of chiffon, and at the left side
ado is a chiffon lace bow. The sleeves are
- small puffs watt. tied -in . loops of rib -
t bon. The material, of the gown is peau
, de sole of a delicate shade of yellow.
DIPHTHERIA SPREAD
By Lead Pencils lloistencal In the
Month.
The apparently harmless act of bor-
rowing a lead pencil is recognized by
the medical faculty as a prolific means
of propagating disease, Many people
still cling to the time-honored paaetice
of moistening the writing end of the
pencil in the mouth before they pro-
ceed to write.
Tate practice of borrowing pencils is
now believed to be responsible for many
cases of diphtheria and tonsilitis wbioh.
could not be otherwise accounted for.
Physicians have, therefore, begun to
warn their patients against putting the
points of lead pencils in their mouths
before they write.
The practice of "swapping" and bor-
rowing lead pencils is moire common
among children than adults. The spirit
of camaraderie which makes pupils
grow "chummy" and social in the pub-
lic sohools sometimes causes lead -pen-
cils to become common property among
groups of school children. A child who
is recovering from any thaaat disease
might therefore be the innocent means
of communicating the malady to its
companions. A well-known throat spe-
cialist says: -
"Physicians are now beginning to
give their attention to the cause and.
prevention or diseases more than ever
they did before. The rules of common
sense are being instilled into the par-
ents of the young patients, and a doc-
tor
oe-for of to -day, when called to attend a
child puts its parents through a very
rigid cross-examination as to ttbe hab-
its of his little patient. It is often
found that the disease has been com-
municated by some harmless act which
most people would not notice. Children
are very democratic. A pupil at a
sohoal willmoisten a lead pencil in his
mouth and begin to write. A oompan-
ion will borrow the pencil, and the first
thing he will do in nine cases out of
ten will be to. put the borrowed pencil
in his mouth. I been traced several
cases of tonsilitis and diphtheria to this
cause, welch at first sight appeared
inexplicable. Even the seeds of con-
sumption may be sown by this means."
Regarding the habit of moistening
the lead pencil before writing, the sup-
erintendent of a large pencil factory
said. yesterday :
"Itis a mistake to suppose that'
moistening the lead of a pencil makes
it write better. It spoils the pencil,
as it hardens the lead., yet people will
persist in the uncleanly habit of thrust-
ing borrowed pencils in their mouths."
MILS MADE IN FRANCE.
England bets Some or tier Milt Supply
From Across the Channel.
Where would England be in case
of war f She gets her bread from Am-
erica, her butter from Denmark, her
cheese from Canada, eggs and other
trifles from the Continent, and -it has
just been discovered -now gets much
of her milk supply from France.
Milk doesn't sound very warlike, "As
mild as milk" is a proverbial phrase.
Still it is neceasary to the fit nutrition
of the future defenders of Britain, and
there is considerable complaint in Eng-
land about becoming dependent for
such a prime necessity of baby life up-
on a possible enemy of war.
London's egg supply .has long come
from France and as her coffins have
come from the same country it has
been the gruesome custom to import
Parisian eggs in Parisian coffins of the
cheaper sort, using the latter tempor-
arily as packing boxes.
The difficulty may be met by an in-
ternational agreement declaring baby's
milk -can contraband of war, so. that
the cheerful whoop of the morning ven-
der could be uninterrupted by the roar
of combat.
A measure more in favor, however, is
the branding of every bottle of foreign
milk " made in. France," How to man-
age this isn't so easy to .decide.
A LAMPOST FROLIC.
Now London Gentlemen Sometimes Amuse
Thrmserv,s.
One of the old-fashioned jokes turn-
ed' up in London last week.
A party of gentlemen were dining,
not wisely but too well, when one of
them undertook to wager that he could
go out on the street, put out five street
gaslights and return to the house un-:
j detected. He was promptly " taken "
'A DUTCH " BULL."
The Irish rase are not the only peo-
ple capable of perpetrating those de-
liciously humorous witticisms known
as " bulls." A grave official notice has
recently appeared in the Dutch news-
papers setting forth that a man bad
drowned himself .in the Rhine and of-
fering
ffering a reward for the body. The de-
scription ends with: "Age about for-
ty, height 5 feet flinches, speaks the
dialect. of Gelderland." But how is the
finder of the corpse going to know
what dialect it speaks?
BEYOND HIS1 POWER.
Daisy -I gave bhollie some good ad-
vise Inst night, leu.ti it'sl ten to one he
won't take it.
:li?azie_*What was it ?
Deasy -4 told ham not to be silly.
HAD NO OTHER TO TURN.
Sabbath Sohbol Teaoher-Why, Petty
Murphy ! Fighting again ? Did not last
Sunday's lesson teach that when you
are struck on one cheek ,to turn the
other to the striker r Z
.Pettey Murphy -'3 eserl; but he belt-
ed; rile on the nose, an' 1 onlyl got one,
and sallied forth.
From a (window which commanded
the scene the hilarious men watched
the spectacle of a man in evening dress
and no hat, shinning his laborious way
up a lamp -post. The the light went
out and the climber was no more to be
seen, until alittle way further off, he
was observed in the full glare of the
next lamp just before he extinguished
that also.
The man who had accepted the wager
began to feel rather nervous. How-
ever, as the third lamp continued to
burn be had hopes.
In fact, a policeman. had come run-
ning] up and bad arrested the layen of
the wager.
" What's this sir ? What's this sir 8"
he demanded.
"Oh, just a bet."
"I shall have to take you in custody,
sir.''
Very well," said the joker ; "I've
lost my bet." Next morning be ap-
peared in court and paid $2.50 int fines,
which is quite cheap, according to
ideas.
The other parties to the wager were
in court, They dined at the culprit's
expense.
mil in Lithe
Ye espeetally true of Rood's Pills, for nomad
,eine ever contained so great curative power in
'small space. They are a whole nredieinb
Cheat, always ready, al- it
ways eItotent, always sat,
lidaetorY, prevent - revs t
a sold
or fever, euroall river Ms,
side headaeho, laundies, eonstfpation, eta. ztso,
The oily Pills to take with Hood's SarsaparMa.
IEEE AND THERE,
A raw /Paragraphs Which D1sY Provc
Worth heading.
The catseoznbs of Uesne are to be
lighted with electricity.
A doctor isq,rranee is not permitted
to inherit property left to him by a de-
ceased patientt.
In the Ene:rgeney Hospital; Boston,
a four-ineh buzz saw run by an eleetri.e
motor, has been erected, for suacgical
purposes.
Two neighbors in Hazleton, Ind.,
went to law about the ownership of a
chicken valued at sixty cents. The lit-
igation cost forty dollar's.
The telephone is in general use in
Honolulu, The rent is very low there
--one dollar per month for dwelling
houses, end two dollars for business
houses.
The phonendoscope, a new invention,
conveys to the physician the sounds
made by any internal organ, and en-
ables him to decide riihether it is
healthy or not.
In the order of superiority the navies
of the world ramik thus: 1, Great Bri-
tain; 2, Frauee; 3,• linssia; 4, Italy; 5,
United States; 0, Germany; 7, Spain;
8, Salaam; 9, Austriat 10, Netherlands.
Ten per cent. a the entire popula-
tion of Chinatown, San I aancisco, are
cilium smokers, and their funds must
be very low when they cannot each
indulge in two opium drunks every
week.
The lantern -fly of Surinam, South
America, has two seta of ayes, to catch
the light from all possible directions,
The lumirnosity which glows from the
bead is so brilliant that it is easy to
read by it:
In the early days of itame the ladies
of that city wore such heavy earrings
that they made the ears sore:, and some-
times tore the lobes. There were doc-
tors whose business was chiefly to heal
ears thus injured..
In New York, water' boils at • 212 de-
grees Fahtrenbeit; in the Himalayas 18,-
000 feet above sea level. it boils at 180
degrees. The difference is caused by
the varying pressure of the atmosphere
at these points.
Each letter -carrier of India has actin
of six miles, and at the end of it is
relieved By another carrier, who at once
begins his' run. 'illus the mail is con-
veyed over =populous sections in com-
paratively quick time.
The metric system has been adopted
by the Russian Government. The only
important eount.ries which have not ad-
opted the decimal system of weights
and measures are the United States
and the British Empire.
A troublesome corn required the at-
tention of Mrs. Ann Miller, aged seven-
ty-two,
eventytwo, of Jersey City, and she proceed-
ed to pare it. While thus engaged she
caused the corn to bleed. Blood -pois-
oning resulted and the -woman died.
Twelve eggs sold by a Brooklyn
dairyman had among them five that
were decayed. The purchaser returned
them, saying that be wanted the pro-
duct of beaithy hens. "These," grid the
purebaser, "must have been laid when
the hens were not feeling well."
The mosquitoes of the Yukon are
more Blood -thirsty than any others of
the species. From May until Septemb-
er they are engaged in a perpetual pic-
nic, bleeding men and animals. In a
few hours a Yukon mosquito will tor-
ture a dog to death, and force a bear
to seek relief by plunging into a stream
of water.
A timid woman► in Burlingame, Kan-
sas, who fears he sight of a gum, saw
one belonging to her son standing in
the sitting -roam. She took it up care-
fully and, holding it at arm's length,
was on ber way with 11 to the piazza„
when she met a tramp at the door.
Observing the gun in her hand, the
tramp fled, begging her not to shoot.
In the past thirty years, Mr. Stephen
Phillips has been a magistrate of rent,
England. Ue has just resigned his of-
fice on account of the extension of the
muzzling orders to that county. He
contends that no honest magistrate can
fairly fine a poor man for not muzzl-
ing his dog, when bounds, the exclusive
possession of the wealthy. are not in-
cluded in the order.
A cape overcoat adorned a gentleman
as he sat in a New York restaurant
and ate a modest meal. Spectators
wondered why he did not take off his
overcoat: while eating. As he passed
out he grabbedtwo overcoats from
hooks near him, and . carried them on
his arm. .At the station -house the dis-
covery was made Mat he was shirt-
less. and that a linen collar was neat-
ly pinned to his cape coat.
Vincenzo Jutolo„ of East New York,
found a bottle of ammonia in a build-
ing on which be was working. He
thought the contents were whiskey, and
took a long pull. In three seconds he
telt that a firework display was going
on in his stomach. A policeman threw
him over his shoulder, and ran with
him to a drug -store, twelve blocks
away, [Here the Italian was s pu pe
d
out, and his interrnai fireworks extin-
guished.
A stout lady was so injured in a Lon-
don omnibus that her husband think-
ing Me hurts fatal, claimed £50 from
the company, She recovered, and he
brought suit for 4500 damages, It was
shown that the woman had dwindled in
weighttfrom 252 to 210 pounds. The de-
fendants' counsel demonstrated that if
the plaintiff had been willing to accept
£50 for a total loss, the verdict for a
partial loss should be in the same pro-
portion -Z8 6s. 8d. for 42 pounds. The
jury gave a verdict for £10.
COST 01+ FUEL.
The cost, of fuel on steam railroads is
about 10 per cent. of time operating ex-
penses; oust electric roads it is about 5
per cent.
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herr Navy $ilri+a►glliened and 1:tilrtt'get1 iH
pllrevt1nn -'rlse tholes Mather
Slow.
despatch farm Washington to the
New York Sun says :--Oonfbrmetionbets
.`e'en received by this Government of
the h oport that Spain will send, a lenge
force o2 irroops to the Canaries, and
that her prinelpee fleet will •concent,
rate in the waters of those islands, It
has been learned by the naval authari-
ties from ane equally trustworthy source
that the armoured cruisers Infanta,
Marie, ;Cereee, and Cristobal Colon,
wbioh left Cadiz fa¢' the Cape Verde
Islands to augment the torpedo boat
flotilla, were accompanied by trans-
ports carrying same thousands of troops
for Canary island forts.
These facts brave caused, considerable
dissatisfaction in Washington in con -
election with the understanding that
the Adininistretion is working for more
delay in the settlement of the Cuban
questions and the. Maine affair. Every-
body; who knows • anything about naval
matters realize thee delay is wholly to
the advantage of Spain, and consequ-
ently to the disadvantage of the Un-
ited Mates.
SPAIN LOST NO TIME.
For, the past six months every naom
emt has been utilized. by the Spanish
Government in making preparations for
au emergency, and it is now clear to
those in official life, who believe that
the state of affairs in Cuba should have
been ended as far baok as last Novem-
ber., when the present fighting season
began with the Cubans more than bold-
ing their own, that the United States
would thtave been nearly twice as strong.
as Spain in naval forces. The United
States had then seven seagoing arm-
ee clads, while min had only four.
They' bad no torpedo boat destroyers
ready„ and the healthy season in Cuba,
clueing whieh an Administration army
could operate in the island, was at
hand. Four armoured vessels have
been added since then be the Spanish
navy, All were under construction in
November. Three of these are now at
Carithagena or Cadiz, and the fourth
will be alt one at these places in a few
days. Ralf od the torpedo boat destroy-
ers owned by Spain, are at he Cape
Verde Islasrds and the rest at Cadiz.
Thle sickly season is now beginning,
rind, it is realized that the loss of life
among American troops sent to Cuba
at this time would be enormous.
INCREASING HER STRENGTH.
While certain things must be done
to put the Spanish fleet in condition
for service, the vessels composing it
will be in fine trim for hostile work
in two weeks. The concentration of
this fleet et the Caneriss or same
point nearer to Ilse United States
would measurably inease the
difficulties of the United States in the
event of a sudden resort to hostilities;
with. the prospeot of sending a landing
expedition to Cuba practically out of
the question on account of the prevail-
ing climatic conditions. A longer delay
will see the Spanish naval force in-
creased by the addition of two magni-
ficent armoured sihips, the Cardinal Cis-
neros and the Princessa de Asturias,
now rapidly nearing completion. Work
an them is being pushed with a rap-
idity that is inoonsistent with the
Spaniel] tendency to "msnana."
Phere is now, no way to strengthen
Me Milted States navy quickly. Ne-
gotiaticins for the purchase of armour-
ed ships abroad have been abandoned,
and the battleship OTegen requires
forty more days to reach Key West.
The United States navvy is not as strong
now as it was last November. Then
tibe Maine was afloat. Not a torpedo
boat destroyer earn be made ready und-
er eigiht months unless themost urgent
measures are taken and the battleships
Ifearsarge and Kentucky will not be
serviceable for some time to come.
WILL BUILD TO HUDSON'S BAY.
This Will lie the taltimatc Objective ]Point
or the Dauphin Railroad.
A despatch from Winnipeg, says:-
-Resolutions were introduced in the
Legislature on Tuesday to aid the
Winnipeg and South -Eastern railway
from Winnipeg to a point. on the Rainy
River to the extent of $8,000 a mile,
and also to similarly aid the extension
of the Lake evea.uitobe Railway and
Canal Company's line from :Tifton to
Saska•tehewan river, the bonds to bear
4 per eent, interest, and the Govern-
ment to have afirst mortgage on the
Iines aided as severity for the pay-
m,ent of the interest. In connection
with the bast mentioned, line, the Gov-
ernenent is to receive 256,000 acres- of
land in lieu, of bonds bonded over to
the old Hudson's Pay Railway Com-
pany in 188e, for which nu security was
obtained. Eighty miles of the Win-
nipeg and South -Eastern are to be
built this year, and the balance to
Rainy River next year.
Sixty -fire miles of the line to Sas-
kat.chewan is also 'to iAe built this year
and the halaxtre next. Both are treat-
ed primarily as colonization roads,b,ut
he ultimate end in view is aline to
Lake Superior in one ease and to Hud-
son's Bay in the other.
A gentlemen prominently connected
with Wm. McKenzie says:-•"7'he Dau-
phin railway is going to Hudson's
Bay, ofi that you may be assured. 'rho
line will be built in sectiones year by
year, and the country colonized • ti
construction prbceeds, so tbat 11 will
be self-supporting by means of local
traffic from the very outset,
R,.A.B,FS'T' BIRD.
Tet find the rarest bird in existence
you must go to the mountains between
Annan and Loas, where there is a cer-
tain kind of pheasant. For many years
its existence was known only by the
fact that its longest and roost .
splen-
did
did lone was in mor,h requestby man -
dories for their headgear. A single
skin is worth40U the it
� , an d b bird} living's
would be priceless, for it soon dies in
captivity.
PAVE ORM
Weak, languid 414 l'asttcs+t ae
Ing from heart 13utj1tl otiori,;
vopsness, ,stomach truul-c
cenetripatiou, sltould use
Woman's Balm. It cures..
W AK WOMEN
lion flown, easily tired, pale in
baok or limbs, trouble4 with
dizziness, rush of bleed to the
head, faint feeling, nausea, try
Indian Woman's Balm. It's
nature's remedy for women.
ANil,
NE 'YE PILLS
F'4 WECE PEOPLE.
At all Druggists. Price So cents per, Box,
or 3 for $t.lto. Sent by Mall en receipt cit
price. T. MiLBURN & CO.. Toronto.
THE
EXETER
TIMES far.
ANGLO-SAXONS SOLID
Opinions Collected. Front Various ]'arta of
the British. Empire.
The London Daily Mail, under the
caption "Anglo-Saxons Solid," on Vide, -s
nesday morning prints opinions collect-
ed by its correspondents in many;
parte of the Brutish Empire respeete
ing the action of the Unitedc,States. Ire
the introdvbtiou to the opinions ilia
paper says: -"This solidarity{ of Anglo-
Saxon sentiavent is, perhaps, the most
noticeable feature that the Spanislie
Amerman dispute 'hes broughtinto;
prominence The paper gives axe
tracts from the, Canadian and New,.
foundlaud pies favourable to then
United Stales; The Shanghai core"
respondent says: --"Tike feeling here is '
strongly pro.Amerioan .The Shanghai
Mercury declexes than America is act-
ing in the, interests sof ]lease, civiliza-
tion, and good government. The North
China Daily Nemo and the Daily Press
are also favorable to the American!
cause." The Singapore correspondent
says, --"Thr Free Ptress deteares that
the interpostion a the niteid: States
is practicaliy the penalty inflicted by, .i
civilization. for fallow. 'l.'he Philip-
pine islands w 11 probably shore in the
liberation. Thein people are little
kmowti, but they are highly intelligent,
They Aire quite capable of gni lin;; their
own deetint,•s. The flingannara-
cam, admiral would. he hailed in the
Philippines as inc symbol of newly,.
ly,•
won liberty." The .reporter oaf the
Daily Mail in Sydney, N.$.W,, says:—s
"The Spanis,0-American dispute is nail!
fervently discussed hero, but the press
and public sympathy are with the
Amerman Ade. One hundred Newt
South Wales men "carve visi ole the
American Consul and offered to .enlist
in the service 01 the United States."'
The press a Kingston, J'amaiea strong-
ly upholds the righteousness of Am-
eriea's cause and quotations in :proof
of this are given.. In Melee 1 atelii' feel -
nal, is on the side of the rinieedSth•tes.
The Bombay correspondentsays that!
the 7nelaun press is unanimous in reocrga
ing is on the side of the United States.,
to intervene in Clubs„ and Ivishes the
Americans success, Tel 73anlg'otan the
press and public warmly support; thrl
Uinitted States. ,r
MANILLA PANIC STRICKEN.
Spanish Families are all Leaving thu
t'hilippttte islands.
A special despatch from Singaporet,t
says: That the steamship Leo XIII.c
from Manilla, has arrived there crowd+
ed with Spanish officials and well -toe
do Spanish families, who are escape
ing from the rebellion which is spreads:
ing rapidly in the Philippines. Then
report that Manilla is panic-striokere
DERVISHES GIVEN A REST.
General Kitchener lisp Suspended Opdr
gloats IIs f U July.
A. despatch from Cairo, says:-Genere•
al Sir Herbert Kitchener, the ' come''
wander -in -chief of the .Anglo-Egype
tian forces, has ordered all the newse
paper correspondents bark from the
front, and operations against the
der-
vishes -
vishs have been suspended until J Iyd
THE END NEAR.
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The atev. Stephen Oladstouc fegacs'tA+'
Prayers roe .til,: lather,
A despatch from London, says:
During the services of the Haward
church on Sunday morning the route
the Rev. Stephen Gladstone, a son o
the old statesman, requested the pray
ars of the congregation for Mr. Glad
stone. The rector was tench affeete
as he 'naade the request in behalf p
his father, and his hearers also sho
ed:emotion. The request is taken
Mean that: the end is very near.
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Por Infanta and Chi