The Brussels Post, 1903-1-22, Page 3THE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, eta
in iracie Centres,
Toronto, jun. 20.-Wilea1.--TO
n1tr0a:1i 18 (fleetly, Ivite (Jeweler moo
rate. .6. o . 9 watte told red wtitte
8010 114 69e low trenghts. No.
spring quoted at Otif,e ou Midland
No. 2 goose quoted ut, (i5e on ana
land, item turJlt 1VIIVILL tiLutuly, Nu
1 hard dull at tiric alt rad, grillth.I
in traitait, and No. 1 Northern a
8 nu all rail, 9.1.1.. au. 1 liar
quoted at 8.111c, No tit Day, anti ao
1 Northern, at 830 aorta Bay,
Oalas-e he market. Is ftt jjt, wl 1.1
sides or No. 2 wenn at lite1111(101
freight, and at titqc weeit.
11:as-the atavism ts quiet, will
No. II quoted at 72 te 13c hi&
freights,
huniey-The 11111Xliet Is quiet, wit!
No 8 extra emoted at, 95 to 4Cie add
die freigitts, and Nu. 3 et din 1111,1
die freight.
Corn-alarket steady, No. 2 new
Canudian, 45l,c west ; No, 3 new
Araeriean yellow nominal at 52e on
track here, anti N. If mixed at 51e
be0.-
Itye-The market is quiet ancl lirn
at (le to 500 fot• No, 9 outside.
Duckwheat-'1110 market continues
quiet:, with No. 2 quoted at 51e
•eant.
Elour-Ninety per cent, patents
are dial at *2.65 to *2.67 middle:
freights, in buyers' seeks, for ex-;
ports, Straight. rollers of special
brands for domestic trade quoted at
53.20 to $8,35 in bias, alanitoba
flour fiLumly. Hungarian patents
51.1.0 to 54.20 delivered on track
Toronto, ling•s Included, ancl Mani
tuba strong bakers', 83.80 to $3.U0
hIl11feorl-13ean, $15 iti bulk hero ;
shorts at 837. At outside points
bran is quoted at 81.4.50, and sheets
at 816,50. Manitoba bran in sucks
517, and shorts, at 519 hero. „
ereamery, 2lic ; dairy butter, 3Fle ;
‘Vestern Ontario rolls, 184 to :19e,
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UNITED STATES MA (1.1C191'14.
Minneapolis, Jan, 20.-Whea1.-
ii'lltY, 7611,e; uly, 70 C; (111 track, No,
I. hard, 76ilc; No, 1 Northern, 75,1e;
No, 2 Northern, 744c.
Toledo, Jan. ;
10811 and January, 78e; May, 81lic,
terir-Dull, firm; January, 46c
May, 4•111e, Oata-Dull, firm ; Jame-
ory, 80c; May, 1,1011e,
; 58e, Heed -Dull, Steady; .1 an nary,
- $6.9741 March, 57.07if; prime
timothy, 61,90; prime alsike, 58.135.
g 111 11WitU140O, Jen. 20.-Wheitt-I1igh-
1. fir 1 No, 1 Northern, 7ele ; No, 2
o Northern, 76 to 77e; May, 76(c
; sel)ers. Rye -Firmer ; No, 1, 51.); to
112c, Harley -Firmer; No, 2, 07c ;
sample, 47 to 50e.
DoMtla Jan, 20.--1.iteat-Cash, NO
1 hard, 751; No. 1 Northern, 74 ;
No. 2 Northern, 724e; May 77tc ;
July, 77e. Outs -May, 35c.
LTVE STOCK" MARKET.
To volito, Jan. 20. - Meiners was
brisk in the local butelier teate at
('t • , n rknt to-Iny, 113,1. 1.11010
wits little (Wire; 10 expert,
'there wns a good demand for butch-
er rat Me, however, e is 1, with the
light rum prices were fairly well
maintained. -
l • For the local butcher -demand 54.-
e0 to $ . r , o
ehoieest picked h•ts up to 54,90]
fair to good butcher's, 53.60 to
54.55; good loads (if OuLeherat 54.-
30 40 $1.55; e0M1110n cannel 11, -82
to 82,25. In feeders no transaatiors
Were recorded to -day, though a few
mumitim wore made; but Cattle of
this dare worn bought 0) by the
hu tchei s ler the. local market,
, 1.Iegs wen) unehanged, at 56.12
lot' the best, and $5.878 for light
fets.
Sheep and lana,s were strong; MC -
pot t (Wes, $3.50 to 51; Waite, 54a
50 to 55.1.0,
'(he run of Gm day Wi".8 45 Owls,
wit n 738 d 01 cattle, 510 ghee])
(11.11 lembe, 750 htes, unti 15 (1111 V18
•
I f
I ureters, iteere, 1,050
$3.75
do bulls, 1,800 lbs,2.75
1 .1,:ixport, heavy „.1.50
,1::xport (tattle, light , :1.75
Ilul lo, exyort, heavy
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Beans -Trade is quiet at unchange(
prices. Medium bring 81.05 to 81.75
por bush, and hand-plcked 51.90 to
52,
• Dried apples -Market gelet, with
;prices unchatugxel et a to 4:() per
lb, and evaporated at a& to 7c,
lioney-The market Is quiet, with
prices unchanged. Strained, 8 to
51c per lb, and comb, 81.25 to
51-65.
Iles,. baled -The market is quiet,
with a good deal of poor stuff offer-
ing. Choice timothy. 810 to 810.25
on track, and mixed, 88 to 58.50.
Straw -The market is quiet, with
ca7. lots on track quoted at $5.50.to
50.25 a ton.
Onions -The market is steady at
40 to 95c per bush for Canadian,
Pettit:tar-The market for boxed lots
is dull, -with offerings 801011. Chick-
, ems, old, 4.5 to 55e per pair, mid
i! young, 60 to 70c; live, 40 tit 50,
Ducks, dressed, 70 to 85c per pair,
Ocoee 7 to 9c per Mr tutiwys, 10
to 13ec per lb for young.
rota toes --The market is tlt•m with
offerings small. Care quoted at 51
to 51.05 per bag on track. and
small lots job at 51.20 to 81,25,
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THE DAIRY MARKETS.
2.75
do light. 8.00
Feelers. 113111, 800 tbs.
and u own Nis ... 3.00
Stockers, 100 to 800
,......., 2.00
do 000 lbs.- 1.25
Bo (1.1) ws' cattle,
Ilutter-The market was quiet to-
titty,, with prices unchtutged. We
quote i-Pinest 1-19 rolls, 19 to 20c;
selected dairy tabs, 17 to 18c ;
choice largo rolls, 178 to 188c; sec -
°eclat,. grades (rolls and tubs), 15
to 1.0o; bakers,' 18 to 14c; creamery
prit)•ts, 23 to 281e; solids, 20 to
Eggs--111arket quiet. We quote :-
Strictly new laid, 25 to 28e; cold
5107090 (selected) 19 to 90c • e
on'118, 14 to 15c; limed, 16 to 17-c.
Cheese -The market ruled steady.
We quote •,-Eineet Septembers, 18c;
seconds, lilt to 12(c.
ROG PRODUCTS.
Dressed bogs are firm, with car-
loads quoted at 57.60 to 57,75.
Cured meats aro steady, with de -
mend fair. We quote :-.Bacon, long
clear, 10f, to 11c in ton and case
lots. Pork, mess, 521.50 to 522
do., short cut, 5.22.130 to $28.
Smoked heves, 10 to lilac; rolle,
118 to 12e; shouldeth, 1.1,c; backs,
14 to 1480; breakfast bacon, 14 to
148.6.
Larti-liferket quiet, with prices
unchanged, We quote i -Tierces, Lie;
tube, 11,1c; pails, 118c; compound,
81 to 10c.
BUSINESS AT MONTREAL,
Grain -No. 1 Manitoba hard wheat
72; No. 1 Northern, 70c in store,
Fort, Willlaln, Dccombme peaa, 728e
high freights; oats, No, 2, in store
here, 85 to 851e, 1308 to 808c high
freights; rye, 498c east; buckwheat,
50e east. Hein -Manitoba patents,
51.20; 'strong bakers', $3,00; On-.
tarto atehight rollers at 58.65; in
bags, 51.70 to 54 75; patents,. 88.70
to 54,10. Relied oats -Millers'
pr -ices, 82 in bags, and 84.15 per
bbl. Feed -Manitoba bran, 517.50
to 618; shorts, 520, bags included ;
Ontario bran in bulk, 517,50; shorts
in bulk, 510. Peans-Demand lim-
ited at 51,85 in 'cars on track: Pro-
visions -Heavy Canndian short cut
pork, Pt to $25; short cut back,
528.50 to '6244 compound refitted
lard, 8.1• to Die. Pure Canadian letrd
11c ; finest lard, 12a to
39110) ; ham% 18 to 14c ;
bacon, 14 to 15c; dressed hog,
58,25; fresh killed abattoir'59 per
100 lbs. bigge- Fancy, 24 to 25e ;
candled stock, 20 to 204c; Montreal
limed, 174 to 38c, lioney-White
clover, in sections, 12 to 18c per
section; in 10-1b tins, f3 to Oe ;91
bulk, '74 to es ; dark, 2c lower.
Poilltry-Turkfws, 143.e per 18.;
seconds, 1.2 to lthe per lb.; ducks, 11
to 12e; young ehickens, 11 to 120 ;
hay's, De per lb.; geese, 8 to Sin.
Olteeso-Ontatio, 13 to 183.a;' for
"Townships, 18c, Butter Fancy
ToWitabipa ereamory, 2240; fine
FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.
Twelve Nen Killed at Departure
May, British Columbia.
A. Vancouver deepatch says) ;-
Through a double explosion la the
works of the )1n)11111o1, ;Powder
Company at Departure Bay, on Wed-
nesday morning, no fewer then
twelve employees were hurried. into
eterni ty, and the major' ty of the
building's utilized In the inannfacture
of high powder eXp10:11V08 reclUend 1.0
maLchwood, The concussion was 80
801'ere that a (0)7 Winclow8 in Na-
nalum, more than three miles • dis-
tant, were simultaneonely sheltered,
While 11011100MM ehinnewe and un-
substantial Structures in the coal
city came tumbling to the ground.
Tho 5113108 was less distinctly and
less disastrously felt us far OA
Paric8v I I I e, 20 milea porth, and
wivern119 or uldistant on the south
while eVell in Vancouver the redid
earth so trembled that a suppemed
minor • earthquake shock 1.008 re-
corded in advance of news of the
diem:ter,
VIOLENCE OF TH19 EXPLOSION.
.As for the victims or the miserly,
the luidy of one of the ten Chinese
W118 found practically (Meet ; the
eleven others were literally reduced
to ehreds of flesh and bone, an arm
1).' •- 1h lal'grst, 9071.105• •
of any. Illustrating the violence of
tht.' 11391011107. 11 Is k 1
rails from the ('10(11')>)) (1 track were
; whisked up and twisted round the
half-dentolished trees, like • fentast c
corkscrews, while buildings tottered
anti real fully four miles away. The
cause of the eaplosion can only be
!surmised, it 114 presinned that either
James 10111f0r0 or George Simonetti,
Io ho, W1111 a force of Chi 1(01111, were
working 00 a large order of gelignite
, in thttt room, passed into the gun -
!
cotton room to weigh 80100 ma-
terlal, and in an unaccountable mole-
: ner cansed the explosion primarily
t of about One carload of gun -cotton,
; followed by quite as much more gel-
ignite in that building, four hun-
1 tired feet away, 'the losit exclusive
of stock, is placed at three thou -
4.128 sand (inherit
2.80 PRESTON WENT ON STIRRING
5.00 Close h,y the gun -cotton room
4.03) ' George Presto:low:as engaged in tho
mixing house, it being nectiesary in
4.25 hie duty that a mixture of explosives
3.50 le• constantly stirred until a. certain
period, a moment's cessation of the
3.50 stirring meaning disaster. When the
erash came, the windows and doors
2.75 Were 11101,011 111 about him, but Pres-
ton, with admirable nerve and pre-
sence el mind, stirred on. Mir-
aculously, • his mixture alid not • ex-
plode, nee was he injured by the
flytng debris.
Charles (Stovers( and Mat. May-
land, working in the :new glycerine
building, also had iniraculoUS OS-
' Canea front death or Injury, "al-
though some down ottne- employes,
chiefly Chinamen, Ntere net •so •for -
Delete.
Of the dead, George ralameetti,
very recently married, had 11014 a
narrow escape a few weeks ago, be-
ing bet 20 feet away when the mix -
(59 -room went up, kIlling James
Sloan, Fulford came front Drock-
ville, Ont., 0 your ago. 1Te leaves a
widow and three children in the
eastern town,
0,) 11i6e11,111 .„ 50 0,75
do picked .. .„ 3.711 4.85
do Wale ,..... 3.00 3.25
Light stork bulls„
nwt ... 2.25 0.00
Mitch cows .. 80,00 55.00
Trews. l'eet 6.128
do light 5.874
Sheep, export, cwt 0,25 4.00
Rucks ,.„.. „, 2,50 2.75
Celle 2.25 2.50
Iambs 4 .50 5.4 0
Calves, each 2.00 10.00
Common rough cows
one bulls ... 2.25 3.00
GROWTH OF NEW ONTARIO
Population Ha.s Increased by 25,-
000 During Year,
A Toroato despittch sass. lir.
Thomas Soa thwo) 1.9, Comm] ssionet•
of Colonization, is preparing hie re -
'port, and it wi,1 be ono of the 111354
Wham:that preeented to the Logisla-
ttee. ' It is esthnuted thet the pop-
tilation of New entario ha„; inereara
cd by over 25,000, and it enteral air
of prosperity and contentmout pre-
vails. , The tWo Mot aoneter (is-
triets in the couutry for nettlers,
Mt, Soutlwvoith seati, are the 'Fein -
10;0.01111g end the 13311ny Myer N. al-
ley. The former is petticti prin-
cipally by Ontario people, and last
year about 1,500 faims were sold
there. The Rainy Meer Vrilley is
being taken up largely by Ameri-
cans teem the We•tein tati.s. As an
indication of the growth of the 'rein-
isearning country, up to 1900 only
about three townebite were settled,
while there are now twentsafour
open, anet of this number land to
any extent eon only be obtained in
four of them. A big rush is andel-
patod next season, end arrangements
ere being made for swerving large
la( I., of C11 • g.
111r. Houthworth thinks that. the
Eagan colonizatiott scheme will be
a 'great thing for the coantry.
has already been granted a license
Lo ito bit:dross in the province, and
as soon as the 'Government ie
rail an to its financial standing, the
agreement will lie signed. The com-
pany will bo able to oettle all the
land for the next year or so that the
Government will be able to give
them, Mr. Houtliworth says.
FINANCIAL SETTLEDIENT,
Chamberlain and the Xining Lead -
era 'teach an Agreement.
A Johannesburg deepalich says: An
agreement has been entered into 110-
tWeen..Cloloni01 Secretary Chamber-
lain and tho loaders of the mining
com.mttnity in regar.d to linitneial
eettlament. By it the, Tram:meal
War Contribotion 13311 ainourds to
about 5150,000,000. 13y it also a,
guarantee will be given for an TM
-
portal loan of 5150,000,000, which
is to be expenicled in reproductive
public works in the Transvaal and
In the Orange River Colony,
SHOT DOW AN EDITOR.
Lieutenant - Governor of Sonth
Carolina Uses Pistol,
A Columbia, S. 0., despatch saysi
Lieu f 6,10.111-0 0113(1101' Tillman on
Thursdellt, on the Public street, shot,
anti fatally wounded N. G. Gonza-
lez, &titter of the State, the local
paper, Tillman put, his pistol close
1.0 (lonzalez's bokly before firing. 140
was sini.)seqtleittly arrested. 'The
Shooting is the regult 01 101! old fetstl
betWeei the teiee Mena
FOREIGN TRADE GROWING.
The Total f,r Six Months is
44231,342,201.
An Ottawa deepateh Rays: Men -
aria's I:oreign trade, consiether of
limporta foe consumption and exports
!of dennestic produce only, for the, six
linantlts ending. 1 :cumber 81,
:amounted to 5381,842,201, being
!.$1.8,110,502 moro than 1011 ho same
11le1100 of 1901, and $10,839,384 in
ONcess of the returns for the whole
of 1806, The exports amount to ,
5125,301,406seir 519,260,731 more
than the imports. Omitting coin;
ancl bullion, the imports for the sixi
months amounted to 5103,291,614,1
a gain of $7,a87,428 08 C0111par00
With 1110 •:0011118(3'1114l1ng pert ti of
3901. The imports of du liable I
goods were 564,583,101, an increase I
of 57,646,019.Tile imports of free!
gooes show a slight fallirg of?. Tak-
ing the month of December only, the
exporte were over 85,000,000 ahead
of the same month of. alie previous
year. '('((11 gum W08 111 the eXr01t,
of noilmiln and their products, and
in ilgrieultural products
WHERE BRITAIN GET8 MEN
A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM
HAS BEEN' SOLVED,
I••••••
that they may be kept up to their
work and their fitness to tio duty on
the cruisers be insured beyond ques-
tion.
WI APT SCHOLARS,
It, would not be possible to Imagine
it greater transformation then the
Newf o: ndl an de rsoiuirelott‘8:,,psex613,iisy,s,eilrotuetionandEasjiyl,elrntzr;1;),afte710ir00yagi. titoro
Gunnery. enjoy the advantage of consorting
0 real, Britain 18 proposing to 1011(1 1110 thoroughly matured
solve the problem of manning her "Jackie" ; they model themselves on
waeslilps by establishing ti, naval re- ; 0(7 bay,' rfart-dur
serve uniting the fishermen of Now- and other exercises alai the pre-
foundland. She will station a war- scribed (1711111, end they ere taugh
ship at St. John, Nfld., permanent" orderly habits and etre properly dis
ly Lo train bluejackets, and 111101108 ri011inAL 1:11ey retUrti better 111011 11
10 fortify St. John's and make it a every way, and in the inculcation
strategic base, like Halifax anti Bor- these more desirable truth] into be
11011(1).. It will In mm
lie becoe of younM
g en NeWf01110 W
0101aill bonn
e
061.11 greater 11.1nOrCe tanthan either by the movement ita much nit Brital
of thew), for as the 1111V111 reHerVe W1/1,
grows and the force of (.70.11(111 (114)" The movement is popular In th
elation attains a substantial strength colony and tbe young men in the
the defences can be Manned 113 tittle fishing villages are eager to join the
of need, should such he (15811.31110, be- reserve, The prospeet Is an attrac-
sides providing large contingente to 1(1')) 0110 to those doomed to the
help man the seagoing battleships. monotony and 13100111w5,, 01 these
Last year the British navy re- ''0)1190818" front Ch110110011, inid the
quired 165,000 men for effective (>111'- chances of seeing a bit of the great
poses, 1.1,000 to a dually man the a ot hi ft oat the deck of a Brittsh
ships 111 cmmis
osion, 20,000 for a
the warship, 11.8 10111 all.ofp(amntrtfieo
hutclni
gog
resleur,(31,
), 1111(.1 7,000 m 0
to for0013 in
in Soe degree to the
ul0
3e075 past, 08 the num- (Mini n3010111 of the last two or three
960 of ships in that navy has best) years, form the chief incentives to a
increasing and their size enlarging, large enrolment. The men are pair
it hes been felt that the time 1005 n. retaliong les of $30 a year, and
•
not far distant when the British • tele pay, food 1137(119nd clothig (lurig
1 Isles would not supply a aulliciency their term of sermoun
vice ats to
of navel recreits. That time has about 50 cents a clay, whereas if
been accelerated by the Boer War, they remained at home they would
• with its abnormal ealletment of ;sot- probably have earned nothing at ell,
dives, forcing the navy 10 go 'with- so little employment Is there In this
;
out its full quota of recruits, 1...arge island 111 the winter. and so depend -
;additions to the ships accentuated vitt aro the people on the one Indus -
(a stringency, and new measures try,
had to be devised 1.01190111 delay.
REMITIDY FOR SHORTAGE.
NEWS ITEMS.
swoop.,
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
CANADA.
Lord Htratheona has given 51,000
to Brandon College.
The Socialists wIll 01410101811 a CO -
operative fuel yurd Peterboeo'.
Nnraooi is flushing messages (1.070813" the Atlantic in one-tenth of a ieee-
oncl.
„ e po ce estimate that 5400 i
• bogus money is circulating in Ilani-
n" Mon.
An Ontario charter ha$ been 91)1.111. -
• cd to the Marcoai Wireless 'Ittle-
graph Company.
QUEEN MIXANDRA'S PET3
DOGS, CHICHENS, DOVES, mop,.
SES .AND PARROTS.
Collection at Sandringham--Deadi
Duried in a Small Cem-
etery.
Qtreens aro juet women when they
"take olT their crowns and sit On a
chair" - that is the best (preens are
-and that Queen Alexandra. is One
01 the IOWA, womanly of queens is the
fart that has etude, her so clear to
InglIsh hearts, In no waY dhe8
11 Majesty Show this more than it) her
love for pets, says a writer itt the
New York Tribune. She hae a col-
lection at Sandringham that con,
tains a wide variety, embracing
dugs, chickens, doves, horses and
pat roth.
The dove cote had a. poetic origin,
its first member having been a pre-
sent to the Queen whet), us Prilit0119
of Wales, she visif.ed Ireland 013(11y
yeare ago. Swam one gave it to her
MB "an (011blern of peace Lied good
will," and on her return to 1.000013
she bought a Mate for it. Tbeir de-
scendants are numerous, and the
Queen elways lois one specially
trained for her boudoir. This 9101"
t100151' pet has its Cage in the room,
and will leave it at her call to peroh
on her linger or nestle on her shoul-
der. Those doves are all white,
with pink eyes.
NOME FOR FOREIGN BIRDS.
'I he arconl Wireless Telegraph
Company of Canada is applying for
incorporation at Ottawa.
The earnings of the C.P.R., G.T.Ii,
and intercolonial for 1902 were 575,
675,842, the largest yet recorded.
The Depaitmeet of Flaheries will
probably allow traps to be used for
- catehing salmon in 13111e Columbia.
The offivers of the Wellington Rides
have passed a resolution protesting
0.911i0$t 1.110 P oPosa lc mu tie
regiment to eight companke.
Mr. WM. MaCkenzie bas confirmed
the report that his firm has acquired
interest in 'valuable coneeesions of
31,000,000 acres in Vonezuela.
Ancleew Carne.gie has offered the
town of Paris 510,000 for a library,
providing the town contributes 51,-
000 annually for maintenance
Captain Bernier has written the
Vancouver Board of Trade that he
will start for the Pole from there
and will build his ship there if he is
given 510,000.
Toronto is to be the headquarters
of the work looking towards the
construction of the Quobcc and Lake
Huron Railway. It will be run in a
direct line from Quebec to French
River,
The Railway Committee of tho
Privy Council has ordered automatic
electric bells to he installed at the
crossings of the highway in the vil-
lages of West Lorne and Rodney by
the Lelia Eric and Detroit nod Mich-
igan Central Railways.
Air, Willard IC Green of Montreal,
organizer of the Canadian Marcel/
Company, says that it is the com-
pany's intention to compete with ex-
isting telegraph lines, and that he
expects that a complete system of
W11011188 telegraphy will be In oper-
ation in Canada next StMliner.
COMING TO CANADA.
Englend's remedy for her shortage
of blut;jackets uousjsts esttoush_ English Settlers to Sail for the
ing a naval nursery in Newfoundland,
Dominion.
the oldest of her 0010/110S WW1 the A. Loneon despatch says: Rev,
greatest flehing coontry in the world. 111r, Lloyd writes to the Times to
There are 70,000 men and bays eta- the effect that t1.0 movement for talc.-
1oyed in the maritime pursuits of irg a, large member uf img•lish ss 1 -
the Island -cod, seal, herring lobster, ehrs to caeoaa lies already assumed
sedition end whale fisheries -and tho nadanal proportions. 'The nest. de-
seitorly qualities of these fisher folk, parturth will be made about Alarch
it is said, cannot be excelled. The 21., Tho Movement is col netted
remoteness and isolation of the is- with the Coionial and Continental
land have kept its people et these Church Society,
avocations for nearly 400 years ;1 A lettcr appears In the Pally
generation after generation has toll- Chronicle from Mr. Charles Wright,
ed at the nets, and to-dtty there is dated Isle of 'Wight, stating that he
a population along the seaboard that is flooded with correapom urea con -
in seamanship, fearleesness and tattling enquiriee about Canasla,
physical strength will compare favor -1
ably with any in tho world. Brod to i BADEN POWELL'S NEW J B
the sea from their early days,
inured to every hardship of the
waves or the-icefkies, familiar with
every danger that besets the Sea,
they aro ideal material for the pur- A T.,0110011 detrate11 011784 From
poses the British Addiralty had in Johannaeberg comae late romance -
meat that Cie-eral I a -en -Vowel , w o
ihas been ill change of the South Al -
FIFTY ON THE CHARYBDIS, Iriean Corstabulery, has bern ap-
Tho determination w s retched b• point 0,1 Is 0:5)ctor-0 en e re I of Cavolry
the Admiralty in 100itto•e11Pe1'iment • 8.0,0 amm) to .Englend la June
with the Newfoundland fisher youths, to take up this appointment,
and a contingent of 50 was enrolled
to etubarlc 113 Noveniber for a six
months' training cruise in the war- ONE ON HIS LORDSHIP.
Plas Been Appointed Inspector -
General of Cavalry.
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ship Charybdis in tho West Indies, Hansaeld's Black Horses Turned
This vessel is the flagship of the Out to Be Colored.
squadron that, patrols the Freneh
Shore each staniner, anil during the Lord Mansfield, the famous Lord
winter they go south. At that sea- Chief Justice of England, had a
son, too, the icefloes blockade this
ceast and prevent any fishing being
done, so that it is a season when
the young men are Thecessarily un-
employed, and they can therefore
undertake the six months' drill with-
out interfering wi611 their regular
nvocations. The first contingent
proved eminently satisfactory, the
eontmodore and ofTicers of the
Charybdis being unqualified in their
approval of the aptitude and "teach-
ablenrss" of the new reeruits. In
purely sailorly work they required
no instruction. They could hand,
reef and steer, make knots and
splIces, bend and stow canvas, rOW
and sail boats, mount the sitars and
bitter prejudice against horse deal-
ers, which it is said had ita rise' in
a bitter disappointment he had ex-
perienced at the hands of one of
them. When he vats appointed Lord
Chief Justice in 1756 he wished to
haVe four black horses, without a
white hair, for his carriage. After
considerable difficulty the four black
horses weee found and approved, for
they were handsome horses and just
What the Lord Chief Justice wanted.
The price, of course, was a heavy
one ; it always is under such circum-
stances, For a time all went well,
and his lordship was well satisfied
with his bargain, Then one horse
began to develop a white star, and
do everything of a seaman's work another a white fetlock, and another
about a 2101>. As oarsmen they was disfigured with a white blaze -
proved themselves the superiors of indeed, in all of them, in one place
the whole fleet, .winning prizes in or another, the bated white appear --
the mutual regatta at Barbados,
where they beat even the admiral's
crack crew. But in the gunnery and
warship part of their educatioa,
The judge sent for the horse dealer
who had supplied the horses, and
threatened hint with all kinds of
they were, of course, backward, but, pains and penalties. That worthy,
not so much so but that 44 out of however, wits not in the least put I
the 50 secured first-class passes out by the 'math 01 the noble lord,
when they were examined hy a board lie insisted that he had not 1111see-
of officers on finishing their cruise. Presented the horse on his bill, and ,
The official reports to 180 Admiralty pointed out on that document being'
produced that he had sold to his
lordship four horses colored black. 1
This, of course, did away with any I
legal proceedings, but the incident(
Wns never forgotten by Lord Mans-.
field, who was scarcely eVer known
to give a horse dealer the beirefit of
the doubt,
and the Governor were most en-
couraging as to the SUCCOSS of the
novement
CONTIN'C1ENT ENROLLED,
Last year a. second contingent of
Ci was enlisted front different parts
of the Island, and proved equally
satisfectory. A pieked team of
oarsmen repeated tho success of the
WeViOUS MAY against the fleet,
hewing that the physical strength This queer incident comes from
Ind expertness were not exceptional. Paris. While playing; at billiurds ono
Of 1983 coliting'eitt • evening eecently in his 1101180 in
wre in May 1081, 47 gained the Paris, 81, Reichert hit a ball so bard
reeled firet-claes distinction. This, that it bounded from the table and
atiefied eVen the Clolibting ones at out of an open window, fulling
the Admirtilty that the plait team through the glass roof of a druwitg.!
one which assured a favorable out-1room in the next house turd 511111.511-
r)0, and this yenr 100 reserves , ing a valuable Sevres vase, The
vill be taken, 50 in the Charybdis! crash so alarmed an Angora cat
50 in the ,Ariadne, the admiral's I sleeping on the tablo close by that 1
flagship. The Maser 03(1Y1150 Waa the animal sprang up and knocked '
oVer et lamp, which sot lire to Sonte
DELHI FACTORY IN RUINS. 5
Canning Company's Building De-
stroyed by Fire.
Delhi. Ont., de:vetch says: The
Delhi Fruit and Canning Company's
fine factory anti plant is a moss of
ruins. Fire Wrs tin:revered about 511
o'clock on 'Thursday morning In the I
bathroom, and. owing' to the higi
1.0.1l10 previtiliapa it spread rapidly
arid 1.0.118 80011 11ey000 alt rontrol.
Two lenge abode adjmning wore sav-
ed by the, noble efforts of tho (-Ri-
sen% who quickly gathere8 after tho
alarm, 'rhe lase tho 911110919,
plant, anel relnek is about 560,000;
insw5)nec8.$80,000,
ALL TIIROTRIII BILLIARDS.
REMOUNT DEPOTS,
War Office Blamed for Neglecting
Establishment.
A London despatch says: Tan
Zachary Malcolm, the Conservative
inember of Parliament for the Stow -
market division of N. Suffolk, and
Parliament ary Private Seeretary to
the Chief Seceolatry of Ireland, writ-
ing 1.0 the Three '011. Wednearla,v,
scores the War Onto for not long
ago eStabliehing rettloUnt elepote 50
()entitles 11e shys Ite intends to
bring the matter before the Douse of
Commons next seasion, and will also
direct attention to the question of
Canadian 00.1111011 1>101018 Sent 10
also selected 10 bo stationed in these
waters as a training ship for the
drilling of a still lat'ger force, She
Will enroll about 800 men at a time,
who will train and exercise) her,
obtaining a therough grounding in
rudimentery 1131,31 lill()W15tig3 end
being poltehed off on board Seagoing
ships. It is hoped that 'when the
autumn of 3.001 conies rtroand the
Britieh North Atlantic Squadthe of
ten ot twelve fillips; will be able to
neeemble this harbor (‚1,1(3 eme
bark heat 30 to 50 men each for the
winter's training in the Caribbean,
At tho gam time orphan boys aud
other youths willing to 1)180 nervitto
ItS rogillars will be drafted into the
Calypso, and after 1111') 11111111177
tuition Will be transferred to the
other ships to euppleinent their
eroWs, Tho reservee of previoue
were Wiwi have thine their see drill
tapestry and tweeesitated the veiling
out of tho brigade. 19, Reichert was
engaged to the niece of the invalid
lady occupying the bowie in Whlea
the damage Was caused, Tho com-
motion, however, had 80 disastrous
WI effect ott Ole old lady's nerves
that she died ahortly allerweres, On
learning the indirect cause of her
auntie death the young lady refused
to merry 111, Reichert, and tho heirs
are now etdrig him for the damage
done,
The Clealt has given 50,000 rouble])
as 0 first subseription to the relief
hind for the sufferers from the
eartlignake 0,1 Altdijam
trhe distress of 100,000 fishermen
and women engaged in the straws
industry In Veal -ice has led the Sen-
ators and Deputies of rinkt erle to
$outh Africa, for the use of the Will oleo arlsomble foe a Monthai melee an 111/15:1411 43 4110 pablic tor ro-
ta:fel/St gthmery en her each winter, so lictat
GREAT DIAT'rAIN.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
will make a cruise in the Mediter-
ranean in March.
Prof. Lorenz, tho famous Vienna
rgeon, WaS enthusiastically re-
ceived in •England. -
A series of balloon ascents for re-
connoitering purpopes has been in-
augurated at Aldershot.
A larger number of important or-
ders, aggregating 4.0,000 tons, have
been placed in tho Clyde shipbuild-
ing yards.
A Peterborough man has developed
scratch sustained while examining a.
dedial eprbeuslel Vpit.
iyes of the Irish land-,
lords ami tenants have agreed on a
plan to settle the land, question, tho
success of which depends upon the
payment of L60,000 yearly by the
Imperial Government.
The London Morning Poet, in an
article headed "An Object Lesson)
from Canada," suggests that techal-;
cal schools as managed in Canada:
might afford a remedy for the Weak -
tress of English country schools.
A small island in a tiny pond 19
the limn° of a numlar of foreign.
lards. Among them are some curi-
ous specimens, of which several -oy-
eter cateherre" are regarded as par-
ticularly interesting to Queen Max-
anera. They have black and white
plunea.ge and long red bills, which
they uso like scissors to detach the
inolusk, Three turtle doves are re-
cent additions. 2110y weie on board
the steamer when Der Majesty re-
turned from Denmark last year, and
she became so fond of them that she
wanted them brought to Sandring-
Mum
The Queen's kennels are extensive,
and in them are deerhounds, New -
I ourallands. collies and other brew 5.
lifer personal pets are two Japanese
!spaniels, that travel everywhere with
her.
I The Queen has her favorites also
among the bantams that are an 110. -
portant part In tho royal "p , ,"
;There are sitter Sobrights, golden
Sebrige te, w te-foot ed b a.n thins
with feathered feet; black -tailed Jap-
anese 'bantams with yellow squatty
bodice; deckwing game bautams,
Scotch greys, white and black Pe -
kills anci black and rod Pekins, that
strut about with comic.stateliness.
,111 the pheasantry is an incubator
1 for hatching the young bird% Over
Ite(1 thousand are hatched annually at
'Sandringham. The Queen is greatly
;interested in these "incubator bit -
Thies," and likes to hold the tiny,
I downy bodies, pressing them to her
!cheek.
IThe pheasants are really the Meg's
.but the Quoit has partially adopted
:them,
FOND 013' HER HOUSES.
Horses Conle in for a godly share
, of her Majesty's affection. She has
'been a fine horsewoman from child -
hoed and still rides nearly every
,day, She visits the stables at least
• horss
UNITED STATES.
Detroit has voted 550,000 to pur-
chase coal for the poor, to be sad
at cost.
Senator Lodge has introduced a
bill into Congress se:Wending for a
period of 90 days the duties on coal
imported into the United States,
Wolcott, N. Y., is afflicted with an
epidentic of carbunclea end boils.
More than twenty persons are afflict-
ed and ono has died.
At Keystone, Nmada, the manager I
of a. copper mine shot and kaled
three and wounded three others of
twelve men who attacked 111111.
In an address at Washington, Mr.
Carnegie said he had on hand 8001
1101.11 04/1111C114I0115 101. free libraries,
and would likely grant them all.
Thirteen persons dead and seven
seriously injured is the mooed made
by tho uso of toy pistols in Norfolk,
Vit., and vlelnity, since Christmas
Day.
A letter hes been rotleived by the
First Baptist Church of Somerville,
N. .1., from a man 33110 says that br
etaile 51.50 from 1110 church when t
boy; be sent 520 to pay the debt.
alent intent proven led 34 weal thy
families from aecepting an offer of
$14,000, ,
Episeopal Church, in Tre-
mont street, Boston, in which Dan -
lel Webster worshipped,
The demand for a Wage increase
varying feotn 15 to 20 per cent.,
which is to be matte by ell the 1,1
teminous coil Miners of the couotry
91 t.1 (ott7r )las't 0) this 1)10111.31,
will aggregate 52,000,000 a year,
A ,gang of robbers created nuich
01'd101001(L 111. the western part of
Chicago on 'Wednesday night. One
of them, an ex -policeman, was eap-
hovel during a robbery of it saloon,
and later three of his eampanions,
who had escaped, robbed another sa-
loon and killed the proprietor.
GENERAL.
Tuberculosis 0011005 sonte 12,000
deaths annually in Paris.
Germany's army estimates :4101.7
a liett.vy increase in expenditure,
The total cost of the corn -mit -ion
durbar is estimated at $5,800,1100.
T3vo hundred thousand Mouser
rifles have been ordered for the
Turkish army,
Folie hundred arid arty -three per -
sone mm81111110 suicide in Vierina
last year, and 4.67 attempted to do
Se.
. .
with carrots and apples. The Queen
still mourns for her pet I-1uffy, who
ior years had taken her on her many
friendly visits to the tenants. The
children on tho estate greeted his
appearance with delight, for they
knew that his cart held oranges and
other goodies, and to the old leo-
men he took sugar and tea that his
mistress carried 0110 the cottages
with her own 1)WaUl1ftll hands for,
as everybody knows, her hands are
famed for their beauty. Huffy died
two years ago.
The Queen's stables are rengod
round a great square court and a
picturesque clock tower surmounts
the gate. The walls are lined with
glazed whi(.) tiles, and the silver fit-
ted stalls have the royal court ot
arms painted over them. Above
each manger is a LIMA on which
the name of the horse is in raised
letters 01 gold. The Pillars are all
brass nmented.
In the harness room, be,it e her
Majesty's saddles, end pretty gold
mounted riding whipii, aro souvenirs
of departed favorif es, There are
hoofs of veriouri horse% and the ears
and foreloric of Viva, who died in
181.19, aged 28 years.
'Pile gray donkey that is driven by
the Queen's grandchildren, end n.
eebra that is being broken to har-
ness, are interesting Inembers of the
stabnloe 0111.8747.0.
CLOCIC DINNER.
Each 8e/11101 has a bedroom and a
sitting -room, 'rho former has an
etiamelled iron bedetead, with straw
matters, and the sitting -room has
1. iln iv of etraw and fresh water.
All the kennels open upon a levee
control semi Close to the kennela
is the kitchen, where "oatmeal
me.slt" and broth of bullock' and
shoeine betels are prepared for the
dogs'11, o'clock dinner. In Llle lard-
er, which adjoins the kitchen, are
sacks of biseults awl bias of Scotch
oatmeal,
The 11081111111 is a large, pleasant
room, 010 lin open grate ter fire%
and has a row of invalid boxes on
ono side. When a dog tiles it is
buried in a. little 0011ets:1.T, and tt
onffisteno is placed over its grave.
Sam, the 9001110, who was a pet of
Princess N. farina, lies here. The
Princess usod to have the clippings
from his long and silky coat Mee°
into yarn for erorlieling
shawls, Venus, the favorite of tbe
lute Duke of Clneenee, is also buridd
here. She diod last March. Both 01
these have tombstonne sultribly
scrilocl, end over another little grave
Is written: "Ilettlie; for ten years
the faithful compitnioa of 11. It. 11,
the Prince of Wales. DIM at Sand-
ringham, January 10, 1803."
stmly the cattle Plague for the Brie
Woch goes to Rhodesia to
(felt Chartered South Africa Com-
pany, end receives tea compealettina
4250 (t• 'day and eXpetteeist