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Exeter Times, 1900-10-4, Page 2FA EWELL TO CANADIANS Lord Roberts Says Their Conduct Will Never be Forgotten by Country or Queen. desetateh from Prectoria, sa Gee. Roberta, be the presence of Lady Roberts, and his daughters, inapected OLT .eorapanies of the -Canadian regi- ment, Who ,were or, their way twine after a year's service In South' Africa. Crumb; were preeent, and the men, rem .are be excellent health, paakinga epeendid amsearaece, the. scene waa a brilliant one. etfter the mereli paet, Gen. Roberts eddreesed the trooes. eaid:- "I eanieot allow ;you to depart with, oat expressing, my thanke for ana aanreciation a your loyal servicee and exetelleat !work,. eheelaily ctt Paarde- terg, on February :.71. I am sure the peepla of Canada w ie pleaeed hear how g011ently and bow eeelendallp you have ail behaved, in ate "Deeply 1 regret the losses roil irAvei suffered, I eheuld have been heppier if esou lead returued in your full strength. The regiment berthed lhe killed or mounded; but no one could expect you, to pees through so eaduotts a eampaigu wiehout lessee. am sorry that same of you are obliged to return sooner than the rest o the regircteut, but I recogniza the urgency ot private afar. I am confidean+ taec the Queeei auel British people will never forget your services. If, it sb.ould ever be my good/ fortune %1.K Cnnda 1 hope to nieet you t ali aelaine* +, After the troope had given ebeera !for the Queea ;lad the Field, Marsbal, the latter eleteele havis with the Calm- 11ARKETS OF NE WORLD, Priges Of Caltte, neese, cftain, &e ill the Leading Ilarkethe THE STREAT MARKET, aWorste, Oct. 2.---Followiteg were the orices grain was selling at on the street to -day :---Five hundred bushels of white wileat at 031-2o to 680 Per bushel, 700 bushels oS rot at 68 1-2o, leer buebel, 5,000 bushele ot barley et 43 to 48 1-2o her bushel, e30 busbels A despatch, from Landon. Wednes- heeee ae ess eo,. es ahe pee beehea day, says despatch to the Stan - 600 bushels 1 eats at from. 28 le2 to , dard trOM Shanghat says that Chinese Sows aro a-catle 0 14o per lb, and, shags 2e per lb, For at and lighho t gs the °abide Price wee 5 1-2e Per lb. Hoge be fetch- tho top price mazt be of prime quality, and Ateale uat be - ow 160 am.' above 200 EDICT FROM THE DOWAGER, War gainat the Powers to Bo Continued. 0 1190 jer busbel. Twenty loadof bar °Ificials there report that aerinee Tame were sold at atom 411 to 13 per to. has issued a reoret edict in the name Dreesed hogs sold tor from eh to a8.25. °1 the 7)°wager Enhu'ee-s'h inf'mlang whet,„.hite. straigba,§0.68 1-2K69 tbeauthoritiee thicenegtout the Empire jler was absent with his troops at the Wheat, red . . 0.00 0.681-2 that the oaurit hoe decided to ooatinue, time, be being engaged in making an wheat. goose.; 0.68 1-3 the war against the powers at bat- attach on the railway. Col. Plumeri Waeat, spring, „ 0.71 0.71 1-2 e.ver ccst. The ediot threatenthat made, a flank march 40th purpose 4 Oats. . . 0.26 lee 0,20 1 I any offiwh cial o does not support the 0o -operating with, Gen, Paget la the , 043 048I 2 CAPTURED A LAAGER. • Over I0,000 Head of Stock Seized by Generals Paget and Barton, A despateh frcen Ptetoria, save - Gen. Paget, he- making a forced neareh of 26 mike east of Etarenean'e kraal, captured the laager of Come mandant Grobler, etazing 2,000 head of clam and 5,000 sheep. Twenty men who had been left in charge were made Orisontre, Canneaandaut Grob- fending the /eager, Gen. Cunningham's brigade, oonsiste beg of the Argyle Highlanders, the Berk -shire Regiment, and tte Scottish Borderers, has returned here from the gash Since July 27 the brigade roetrehed 700 miles. When the British occupied, Koneati- poort the Roees, who had been occuPY- hag that place, bolted aeross the tron- tier into Portuguese territory. Thor blew up their guns and destroyed their arras before evacuating the • Barley. A • • fare -Manchus will be beheaded as a trattor, event ot Cemenandant Grober 4e-1 0.00 0.54 his family deattoyede and the tombe ' Her. livr toe- e 11-00 18-00 of, his anoestors destroyed. „than efficers and presented them one eto Lads RoIerts 200 MORE REFUGEES, Bierglier$ GOntintle EO floek Into a hOreaZO Alaraues. ..apples, per bbl. . .. 00,0 1.t A dearatch from Leaden sayee-a, Ameaht the aeirahe ottiet0h, whthh , ree .fi, ,,,lei.tarilbtlau:geru.taerrt.se.rs,:i... 574,:litog 4.9:11g" despasch arom Lorenzo Margaee eeye; beads Ger.:army has demanded as the ' Bee4e; "The Gorges -la ateaittehlp Herzog prli., ig peace negtelatione are the ' Siuttea. . .... . . 6.00 8.08 railiti for Eureve tteday. Her pas-fola w -mg. - l Lamb, epring, per lb. 0.03 0.09 /angers were clatef:y Hai tnders. Ger- , Priaze Th.311.&thlleir- Wai, Vircase. . . . ft,(10 9,00 man% and Beere. She carried a large appereat. e ' DAIRY atioxacs. clu4litit$ of leer gold; Presideet .1:oho-Lea LI. n1er nt the, Beau/v.-A lot a poor and, medulla Kruger remains at the Gevernmat : neraberte exterts. quaroy coneing in, and outside offer- botere. 1 yra,aas,..0,1, eaegee-ereae oe same.; tuge.free. _Good stock,is ecaree and the German Atabaseador here, Count , tarampton, age,a gi, here ese-they. They state that ail the Clattleg-Li, lieu -Tung, tutors "Two leundre4 mere 11,0'9 arrived , avg. now 0 VW eruor of Shau-ei. to ate, , the trale AS- fcarKs;-P.tiry„ tubs a eel ' rt*IalY• haylmlutst1441 4=("13es 5°1 to ; vote Hatzfeldt-Wildeabarg, dur.Mg as, 1 ata, R. J. 0. Bewson, fermerly e long interview this afterneen. gteue which tua left at Koraetiveort heir-am:harem. tc,,,th reported to tavo vatit,,,, ohowe‘ 18 th 1,0; huh secoul onlv a fair artiolaia ara cognizant i EPonsztrama.ter of Loudon, Ont., died in wO re irreparetry demegva er buried. herthhh4esi *le'-eides- ; quillihYs et 14 to 16t'; tia-74XY Priuuh or what Lord Salisbury said to Count - lehe teerojeeee, whe are sti.rd ;n the ' TerteeFulieSeeng, general ot the ' 19 I.° - ' " - : 3' , - ' 0,014 Hatafeldt-Wildenburg in raoard ! The weelow of Gen. Grant, late pre - e0 e • ore s meg T horee 21 1 - fie:a have eteteegh acturnaltiou. te last R4uu tr;x:P$. i tQ :',:',0 ; 4 ni p,ounds. ''‘'..1 te 211e. ,.., to the latest development in the Chin- hag Montreal sideut ot tbe Melted tate, is vieit- . to the etel oh the year, end they are It:hag-17h Che Re:Om-ogee. special ; Cbecee-Full are:emery, July ,,1‘ e„,„,„, T„..e e a ne at e "1'4 ese question. Official circles here dog,: raiaed tee eeseel tra it oives eta, Imp:hail venom:sere:a-1re area+ orted fl -'.e" . '''-*--'4.." ---'--- --- 1 I-4 tu " inclitne4 1.0 believe that hisLord- 1 Henry Gilbert, aged 3.3. fell off a lde. i Periuo,ueve thee: Mrich, ie at bit wit'a L'',e1E'euelieleS, +a oourt favourilkt DRY.Sci) 11°Vrb . - - . 6tead' ut d°'4"g " he ed elinuat. ex- tIl° 1141144ln $treet 114111waS Rul" ' a.ND PitOVISIONS ' to bis death rear "Gaverneg-0, uerel elaeleado, of feet:To:Oh), on the 'Bauer movement. --- l ship would agree wttb Germany. Itt- 11 l' a el! ‘p eV al Ye X' ,, br Ontl41g ' a . =AI as tQ Le.r.e vor-ate for t be Fen- 'retie raised triages in the couatr,y 1 Ili,,ther markat, gaol demand, and "actly tile terms in which Washington's ie s nd stare refugee, from the roond Whin to aet agaitese the Lego,- t storis LIA*t. Long clear bacon la up refusal.was Coached. :tett thie, aald a PaiZeeeseitotianieuanfeelleaeare.voted *25 to °el --th-;--Ate-s-aciaietl.--Praessx,ePre"lasaelnliatitteiverooLi . Four a the convicted Yankee pick- Teerescaal." , thole. A aetorieue leeeer adhethee, ; to 10e, ant deelers will sell nothho3 . biah official to sarpriaing, considering that the NN'attli- Peyeacikr:,thitowDerriesoenamebontlirtencel t°1°114. Instinct officials hed not the slightest ri inkling a what England's attitude ed , ftv Invalided soldiers who Tertitrn- WOUld be." on the stearaar Dominion were, GERMANY'S DEMANDS, PO* •als Of OiliebtS MUSt be SUrrentlered. Straw. teer ton.' 0.00 11.00 Dreseesi Wes. , $110 8.e5 Butter; la lb- rolle, 04.'0 0.25 Egos, new , 0.15 0.16 • Chiehens,„ per pair. • 0.59 .0.70 Turiteee, Lktr Ile. , • 0.11 0.13 Dachas; each. . 0.00 0.75 Potatoes, easr bag. 0.83 0,85 f A. despatch to the 1)aily New e from Pekin, 033-S it is persistently ain tabled that the Einperor bee left the Dowager Partpeees, and LS now at Tata hung, 150 milte west or Pekin. BRITAIN'S REPLY. -1 ARKS FR rE -I ib.i..3.31;_sassoanresvu,liut jaamfinjaugreLdesoin5 f:lecatre: ili H4 JJ} 1, 1 The young nem is thought to be 1 Newsy Items About Ourselves and Our Isleighbors-$omething of Interest From Every Quar- ter of the Globe. Deelittee to Agree to the Ter $ dee;fie'ZiellferoUneePhenr:t1X7ay. st-The Coat le $9 itC-AtaNetArtAH' atailtore tilsh Peeettier'a decielon to refuse , peels. hat,, will hese au ei8,000 to agree te the terms of the German pest °thee. note was communicated verbally to Robert Smith, ex -hr. P., is dead at DAM•tty'S e04011:al$ t2nd Delisleee " There era others. new force are co-operaeing with the:Dee reperts that, one or the other 'kw to resinding up General De Wet, has coramtlted. euicide or been Wiled who ie reverted to be nouth-west of in battle need be taken withsuspieion. Kepjes loathe), with 000 men and It is a eenerartuble Chinese Way of 'three guns. self-effacement ;n limos a stri-se to Refugees froth leeeliefstronra /state circulate these reports iu the 3ure and +teat ;et, Deere are basey equipped so COldidCrit antielliaiiCill of being once t.cr as ammenition is concerned. mere able to reappear serenely in hap- pier times, But a this the allies are aware, DESTROYED THE LONG TOMS AlI the Big Cannon of the Boers A despatch from, London, astral - Blown Up. The War Offiee hae receiver the fol. , lowing leapatch from Lord Roberts, elated Pretoria, Sept. 24; - "Pole -Carew reports that he found wt Komatipeart one Long Toro, 98 - Powder, and one Creusot, which had been deetroyed, 800 .rifles, BO boxes of email arm ammunitIon, 40 Long Tom Eiwils, eta. "Barton bas captured 720 trek ox- en, 950 cattle, and 1,000 sheep." MANY BOER GUNS FOUND. A despatc.la from Cape Town says - 4. large number of guns, mostly dam- aged, have been. found along the °ro- e/el:le river neer Heetorspruit. Preetacally the whole of the Repub-i Bean railway stocks have been cap- tured on the Selate line. There are etleht miles of vehicles, the majority being in good condition. PLENTY OP SUPPLIES. British Troops at Komatipoort Not Shoat of Rations. A. despatch from London, says :-In telegram) to the Mar Office, Lord Roberts says: -"Ian Hamilton's col- umn arrived at Komatipoort to -day. Pole -Carew states that they are get- ting ainple supplies through! our Con- sul at Lorenzo Marques. The Portu- guese officials are very civil and oblig- ing. "Seventeen officers and 19 men of the Canadian Regiment started this morning on their way to Canada." MRS. KRUGER'S ILLNESS. Cannot Leave Pretoria to Join Her Husband. A despatch from Loudon, says; -A despatch frtnn Pretoria says that, in the opinion of her physician, Mrs. Kruger Is too feeble to travel to Lorenzo Marques to join Jeer husband. She will be /obliged to remain in Pretoria. TROUBLE. IN CHI -LI, WORN-OUT ARMY HORSES. Lord Roberts Forbids Their Sale prices quotea for smoked meats. In South Africa. Lard -Tierces, 9 3-4o; talia, 100; pails, A despaich froraftCape 'Town says ;- 1-4e. A font ago the Cope Tiraea thew attentlan to the scanaals arising out of tile sale of army horses con- demned as unfit for furthe.r service In the field. Once out of the con- trol of tbe iservice officers the liege were bougbt for a mere song by, hawkers, crammed into trucks, hur- hinder pr.ee. Lard, too, Is up, I, and very firm. Dre.03,,d hogs falser, and sell at Si to $9.2-a ewt, farinere wagone. 5 Quotatione for provisions :tra followei-Dry salted shoulders, Poi !ewe clear bacon, oar lois, 100; ton lots, 10e; easc. lots, lee; short cut pork. Mitt to *20; iheavy zness,.17.50 eenokA meats -Hams, heavy, 1243; Russ.ans. of Holland Landing was drowned by CAPTURED THE GENERAL 41•11..=, 5,000 Chinese Put to Fiight By raedium, 13e; light, 18 1-2o; break- At deeea o from . or G's fast b.toon, 1244 to 13e; Pionic hams, Bays ;-The'War Office announces (.bat The Canadian Goverument steamer eue; eau hkeou, anuaze,a backs, lea Sacharoff, the chid of the Rus- 'Newfield is on die rooks in the Bay All nIclatd Ottt Ot /KAU lo less than sian general staff, captured Chu -Lan- of Fundy, and will go to pieces. Chen, near the Sungari river, leeptem-1 A now railway c,orapany has been ber 12 putting to flight 5,000 Cbinese. organized to build a line from the It is said the The/miens sustained no Megnetawan river to Bark's Falls. els sualties. 1 Howard Kelley, aged 14, had his The Sungari river, of Mancburia, ' ankle bone almost severed by a rises near the frontier of Corea, flows ettlar saw at Newmarket. earth! and north-east and joins the Advani, the Hindoo Prince, charged improNed. Choice fresh sold at 14 to - Potatoes -Plenty homing in. Dealers oree. • tences, will 1)0 tried at Ottawa. with obtaining goods on false pre - meta or Shanglutlin river, 185 miles 15c; eeconds at tit* 100, south-west/ of the influx of the Ooso- welcomed at Quebec. Policeman Carapaigu was struck by street ear at Hamilton. lie bad a narrow escape frora death. A little daughter of Mr. E. Gra to 0-18. t St P t sbur falling into a tub of water. PRODUCE. Eggs -Receipts dropping off alit- tle, but the quality of arrivals is much and inhuman treatment on the road, at 40 to 45e per bag. ggson, Ch C., of Ottawa, is valued at The estate of the late Alex. Ver - are haying ear Jots, on track here, at ried to Caps Town, enduring careless 80 to 33e per bag; and sell, outof store, • and then resold. It Utt3 the inten- Field produce, etc. -Active market. JAPANESE WEDDING STAMPS. I, charities. Will,000. There are many bequests to tam of the transport officers that Turnips sell, out of store, at 2te teak The TIOW stamps issued in japan President Shaughnessy, of the C. the animals shoul I be nursed and fed per bah onions sell, opt a. store, lc commemoration of the wedding of tbe P, R. Ift Montreal to -day on his an - back to health, but insteaa of; this a paetrzlobi: taoppalies. per bbl, sell, out of etore, crown prince are now reaching this meal tour of inspection through to the • • N stook beino offered country. The principal decoration of Pacific most. these stamps needs a Japanese ex- ; explosioa of gas started ablaze system of gross cruelty sprang into existence, so that the dealers might profit. On learning the facts stated by tbe Cape Times, Lord Roberts has is- sued an order forbidding the sale of army horses in any part of the col- onies. For this' kindly deed he has received the gratitude of all humani- tarians. SUPPLIED THEM WITH ARMS How the Boers Secured Their Mar- tini -Henri Rifles. +A despatch firout Pretoria says Many of the Boers, it is known, were armed with Martini -Henri rifles. It is quite possible that they have been armed far some time with this weap- on, but, at the sarae time, information has eome to hand Isom trustworthy sources that on the evacuation of- Zeeru.st, on August 8 a large num- bee of Martini -Henri rifles and am- munition were, owing to carelessness on the part of the commissioner& or whibever was responsible for them, left behind in the Landdrost's office, where they bad been stared. Missionaries Are Threatened With* Attack. e 'A despatch from Paris saye:-The Temps this evening publisheee spate)), from Sbanghal which says the misisionaries in Chi -Li are threatened. Ireu.ropears troops lowing been tient /against teae Boxers, Prince Ching, it is aeseeted heti proteeted that the Yemen alone Is qualified to carry out their earterminatian, ordered by it. -TREASON BILL PASSED. Only Eight Members Oppose the Second Reading. A despatch fee= Cape Town says: -The Mreasboa bill passed on its sec- ond reading by the Legislative Coun- cil to -day, by a vote of 13 to 8. _1400T RDF THEM. 1-Amer1ean Mercenaries Put On a Portuguese Transport. ,a despatch from Loren'eo Marques, says: -The Irish -Americans lately serving with the Beers have been re- moved. fom thei,r barracks to the Portuguese (transport Indlana, to pre- vent) disturbances in the tcrwn. Chome hand-picked beans are quoted planation before it can be oompre- which nearly caused the es r e at §1.55 to $1.60 for old stock. hended, and even then a great deal of the Standard Onemioal floes plant Honey -Dealers quote. from Oto 10e has to be taken on faith, since to at Deseronto. per, lb. for 5,10, or 60 lb. tins. Comb na'ost people the legend surrounding. E. B. Eddy., Heal, has been elected honey seils at $2 to $2,1,-25 per dozen the design looks like so much cord- an honorary member of the Ottawa sections. wood. picklayers' and Mason& 'Union. In 9;.75 to $10; table spread with Quebec will give a public welcome ear lots, on track here, $ paper, the place Baled hay -Steady. No. 1 timothy, In the oval frame is pictured a low hie early days he was a bricklayer. two -ton lots, delivered, sell at §10.50. where all Japanese marriages are sole ' to Rev. Father O'Leary when the Ho - ,Baled straw -Car lots of good oat eized. The table is decorated , are quoted at $ bamboo stalks and plum twigs zanntlinCoaetnitto,lircecthurapnlsaifnromtothtehferonfitr.st 5 to $5.50, on track. with Hops -News 11,00 crop is now quoted 'and blossoms, and at each eorner Miss Griffon of Dundas was shot and at 13 to 15c. Old sell at 13 to 14c1for rises a epray of pine. The pine and killed by an unknown an, who drove Canada, '99's, fax choice. the bamboo being evergreens repre- up from behind as she was riding in a Toronto, Oct. 2. -The receipts of live sent that in which there is neither buggy with Geo. A. Pearson at Water - sleek at the Western cattle mar- variability nor shadow of turning; the down. ket this morning was only 40 carloads, olum on the other hand stands for ' The new Quebec line of the Can - 1 including between 1,100 and 1,200 sheep and ;lambs, 803 hogs, nearly 500 cattle, and a few mach; cows and calves. The marker was as duel and un - as any one, we have had this season. There is practically no movement in export cattle; prices are nominal- ly unchanged. Except for the best butcher cat- tle there is little movement, and. we have scarcely any stuff that is more than medium caraing in. Good to prime butt/ober oattle sells at from 3 3-4 to 4 3-8c per Lb; extra r,hoice may fetch 41-2o. Prices for ordinary eattle are un- steady, with a decided downward tendency. .Feeders ,and stockers are in fair de - mend at steady prices, tockers if anything were inclined' toliell a shade lower. Export bulls were rather .easy to- day at from 3 1-4( to 4 1-4c per lb. Good reticle cows are wanted op to about po mph. Sheep and lambs are not 'quotably changed, (but lambs are a shade more easy 'on large eueePlies. Hogs are steady and unchanged at the prices quoted below. The prime hogs are. selling at 6 1-4c pee that which buds, blossoms and'fruits ada. Atlantic will be opened early in for the good of man- The decorations October with the shipment of 100,000 of the paper table cover are the bushels of corn from Chicago to crane and the tortoise; of these the Europe. bird is symbolic of 1,000 years and i The biddy of the man found hanged the turtle of 10,000 years. Here sit 'at Clearwater, Man., has been identi- the bride and bridegroom and pass feed as that of Augast Johnston, a each other cups of saki to the num-ifarreer residing near Grafton, North bei of nine, and so they are mar Dakota ried, for the nine drinks together 1 Operator DP ggan adinits that Sat - symbolize the perfect Japanese mar- urday's wreck on the & N. By, riage. near Victoria, R. C., in egbich four Tiais in Japan is the emblem oi persons were killed, was due to his wedlock, and for that reason it has carelessness. been reproduced in the commemora- tive stamp issued on the wedding of. the crown. prince. At just sach a table., sat he and his bride, and the stalks of bamboo and sprays of pine" and the blooms of the plum all joined in wishing them both all heatlh, weaitli and happiness without chang- ing; and tke crane and the turtle fix- ed a sort of generous 'time linait to all the good wislaes by suggesting that it might possibly eom,e to an end five or ten thousand years hence. That is the way the Japanese set forth the, meaning of the picture on the new stamp and for confirnaation they point to the legend, which they stoutly' avee is a statement of the name of the prince and the princess and the date when they sipped the nine eups of saki. sane. The steamer Aleidea, which refuse to stop at Grosse Isle quarantine, was met by the Montreal Health, Commit.' tee down the river, when it was learn - d that the vessel had called at .syd- y, CB., and got a clean bill of health. Oddegarde vs. The Toronto General Trieste Company, an aetion by the pa - nate oS two eseaug men who died in the Yukon district to reeosrer 439,000 has been deeided in favor of the plain- tiffs at the Ottawa Assizes. GREAT BRITAIN. English contributions for Galveston sufferers reached 410.00 on Monday. Two additional eases of huhouto Plague have been reported in Galsgow. Glasgow bad another death from plague yesterday, total 21 deaths and 110 cases. Bullion taken into the Bank of England on balance yesterday am - minted to 765,000. Mr, George J. Gosehen„ First Lord of the Admiralty and member of the House of Commons for St. Geergo'e, Hammer square, London, announces that he will not eeek re-election to Parliament. UNITED STATES. Syracuse, N.Y., has a young man who is doing housework for a living. The Pennsylvania irou workers' strike against a reduction of wages, has failed. 3. F. McDonald, of Now York, will build a railroad 1 Eucador on a e25,000,000 contraot. The Chicago Tribune says prices of flour aro climbing higher with an ad- vancing wheat market. Vice -President Candidate Roose- velt was greeted with "cheers for Bryan," at Butte, Mont. Foote, the junior member of Hatch & Foote, the New York brokers, who failed for V2,000,000, leas become in- sane. It is estimated that there are 1,000 bodies yet to be taken out of the ruins which marrow:id the city of Gal- veston. R. G. Dun, ot Commercial ageney fame, is ill at bis summer home near Narragansett Pier, R.L, He has a complication of disorders. Terrible havoc was wrought at Nome, Alaska, by the recent storm. Many !buildings were entirely swept away. Three men were drowned. Bryan was cheered by 5,000 men re- turning from work in the Kansas City packing houses with empty din- ner pails, He spoke on the "full din- ner pails." , Quechee village, Vermont , had a typical western hold-up recently ending in a battle between the de,s- peradoea and tie:6 sheriff's posse, with, victory fax the latter. The London Lord's Day case against three street car e,rnployes who repaired ,swiicial points on Sunday night has failed, the Police Magistrate agree- ing, with: them that it was a work of necessity. Mr. 0. 3. Brown, assistant teacher be the Hanailton Collegiate Institute, resigned after nineteen years and a half of service, and was presented With a gold chain and locket by the Board of Education. Mr. John Patterson of FIemilton announces that a company control- led by him is about to erect 3011 coke ovens just east of the city, and will supply tar and gas at much cheaper rates than charged at present. Jeremiala Hosleins of London, Ont., is lying at Victoria. Hospital in a serious condition with a fractured qp1.R4 WAYS ;or WOOING' NLERi)... roost ratters Sena the AIWA or rer$1a Into the lie,atoto of Drov oY neepliens. "Sleep, 0 gentle sleep, he(w bevel frighted thee?" asks the ,,,distracted king in Shakespeare's play 01 "Heary IV," and it is a question which thou- sands of weary reartala both before mad after sovereign's time bave been In the, habit of framing, though ne answer has been forthcoming. That several ingeolous pampas have, army - ever solved the problem of inducing sleep the following peculiar methods pounterozting insomnia will, taear. ly demonstrate; - Elis Imperial Majesty the Shah at Persia was a neartyr tQ basomula fees a long time until, in a balmy moreent of inspiration, one of the mart play. sicians hit upon the extraordinary notion of reatiug the autoorat on the arms/ aral beck until sleep weighed down, bis eyelids. So admirable wag this specific found to be that immediately adopted by th and it Is atated that tha suit ecomieauled Iiint to Europe " d, anew, other fuuctionari "patter," whole, eole seceupe Wok the feriae ofehelping to send their Inaater into the realine of the draway Illoresheets. At the Paris Exhibitiou there we* abown the model et a cave °ace ea- eupied by a fatuous Greek be who was in the habit of being se to sleep by the dropping of pleeeS gold from the roof of the cave o carpet beneath. The gold theS' ped represeuted soma et the booty that be had aeqt4red from passing travellers, and so dear had the sound of ccan become to him that nothing bur its ehink arm the grouncilFiould soothe his eyelids to :sleep. Of all queer method.% ot inducing drowsia um, the forege:ug would eer seem to be the gee:rest. A. gentleman who resaled years in the town tot unable to drop haira, dozen der his pi! , perfume of a. certain degree 01 1WsiUes8. Somewhat aimilar to the device ot this worthy was the plan of a Feria elan merchant while Platy remedy In sleevleeeeees wish the insertion tented his pillow ot a sachet of laventie the smell of which, he declared, woul send bim to eleep 1 len than Civ Minutes In some Oriental elimee the natives who find themselves unable to aloes, by natural means prevailed upon their Wends to administer to them very Sound floggings with bamboo can. The pain thus sustained is supposed by the. natives in question to induce a sensation of drowsiness, follow° by sleep. All the same, there are few insomnia patients in this country who would resort to so drastic) a measure for curing their complaint. Very peculiar was the tollowing- A middle aged engineer who bad lived for many years close to the beaeh of a seaside town had grown so accustomed to the lullaby of the waves that when business took hiut to Mai:whet- ter, where he was thenceforwazd corapellecl to live, he fomad that the absence of the sea murmurs robbed him of sleep. , He therefore fitted up in his bedchamber an apparatus which was so constructed. that the sound of the waves as they broke up- on the shore was most cleverly imi- tated. Aided by this fictitious ap- pliance the engineer was enabled to sleep perfectly, and the apparatus continued in constant use uatil the day of his death, some years later. • WALL PAPER. The, color of the wall papers and hangings, of rooms affects the temper and disposition of these who live in them to a fax greater 'degree than most (people imagine. Light and cheerful eolors may not be the most economical as far as wear goes, but they are invaluable aids from a health point of view. Gray or greenish tawn or. brown tones, wblen they predomin- ate, are depressing to live with, al- though they may be 000l looking and refreshing for a short time. So, too, are dull hangings, such as browns and dark purples, which simply irritate by their hopeless dreariness and dull- ness. There is an old rose or crushed sthawberry eoger, too, which gets simply exasperating after one has seen it frequently. Landlords con- sider it a good wearing color, and think, that it shows advanced taste, but after a little it simply gets on one's nerves, and the sufferer does not know what ails her. Fox. real cheer- fulness there is no color like a warm yellow for a room, while sage green or pink--ro.se pink, of course -also make charraing interiors. People who are sensitive to color effects feel excessive- ly- unhappy in rooms papered in dis- tractin eolors. Thus a friend of the writer when staying at a strange house was put in a room papered with green and white. The green waspale emerald,„ and very pretty, but it was antagonistic,, and the lady's visit was quite spoiled; so unpleasantly was she affected' by the color. PEST WA.SH FOR GLOVES. A successful wash for soiled kid: - gloves of the more delicate shades, at well as white, will be owned by many housewives as one of the greatest blessings of the day. Many of the cleaners will say thet light gray or pale lavender kids cannot be clee.ned euteasefully, but they are wrong. Go to any drug stoee, and ask for a elean- ing fluid made as follows :--4Deodariz- ed benzine, two pints; sulphuric ether, one drachma chloroform, one drachm; alcohol, two drachms. Open the windows wide, and h no fire and no light in the roorh*n doing the °loaning. Select a . earthen bowl, and pone in enough of, the fluid .to well cover the pair of gloves. Wash the gloves just as you would a cloth or a piece of lace. Rub the fingers together uaatil the seams are entirely "clean. Use one gloye 10 rub the other with. When they seem to be clean, squeeze out and dry them with a towel sufficiently to put on , the hand. Ti a spat shows anywhere, ' wet it again with the fluid and rub the kid gently with the eawela 1 If you have. plenty of the tvaShin fluid and are desirous of having the I gloves look ju.st like now, rinse them ! before trying thein oai in a clean wash. When sheared that they are clean, pull them off carefully b loosening the fingers at the ti Hang them up to dry in the open "air. In half an hour all disagice- . able odor will leave disappeared. One + quart of this cleansing fluid will not I oost over forty. cents, and It ought Ito clean odic Ticeo gloves.