The Brussels Post, 1901-7-11, Page 2NOTES AZT CO.11?ilil2VTS,
There bas been much discussion of
late respeoting a lecture of Lord Kele
vfle'a In which lie expresses his alarm
at the extravagant waste of .oxygen
by Madera mauufectul•1ug processes,
a waete that bids fair to leave the
initlabitants of the earth without air
for breathing and that within a
sham and calculable time. Trite lec-
ture has been discussed by an anony-
mous writer in the Bulletin of the
'.'Astranonlicel Society of France,
from whom we borrow the following
analysis, Lord Kelvin a•emarked at
the outset that when the earth be.
gan to cool it was surrounded' by an
atmosphere of nitrogen and carbonic
acid gases, without any free oxygen.
All, or almost all, the oxygen of our
present atmosphere has beon produce
ed by vegetation. During thousands
of centuries trees and herbs have
Continued to furnish all the oxygen
Which is'osscntial to the life of mon
and animals, and at the same time
plants have stored up vast quanti-
ties of carbon under the form of
.wood and foliage. Our coal beds are
nothing but fossil vegetation,;
11 we grant that there was
store of oxygen in the primitive
mosphere, it follows that the qu
tity of oxygen now in our air is
cisely sufficient for the combustio
all the vegetation now alive on
surface of the earth, x114 of its
remains now buried below the
face. The proportion of oxygen
the air is increased by the incre
of vegetation, diminished byt
combustion n of vegetable matt
ar
Stting from such well-known fa
Lord Kelvin seeks to draw up
balance sheet for our oxygen supp
and he reasons thus: Every squ
metre of the earth'ssurface ac suppo
pP o
the t e average 10 tons of air, whi
contains about 2 tons of oxygen,
the surface of the earth is 510.
lions of millions of square metres,
follows that the sum total of
oxygen at our disposition is 102
millions of millions of tons. Sin
this quantity must be sufficient
consume all combustibles derive
from vegetation, and since one to
of such fuel requires about thr
tons of oxygen, there cannot be o
the globe more than 340 millions
millions of tons of such combust
bles. Moreover, not all of this su
ply is at our disposition, since mut
of it is buried deep in the earth an
much of it lies beneath the ace
beds. These, then, are the riches
our hand. How have we expende
them since machines requiring fu
have spread over the whole of th
habitable globe? The population o
the globe is about 1,500,000,00
persons. Each one of us, then, ha
to credit only some 300,000 tons
combustibles. This is not a larg
amount when we consider the annu
expense of a great manufactory
Lord Kelvin's calculations based
these and other data lead him to th
conclusion that the fuel supply o
the world will be exhausted within
the next five centuries.,
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These gloomy predictions are an-
swered • by his French critic as fol-
lows: In the first place the predic-
tions are but one of those.jeux
d'esprit pleasing to learned men who
are speculating upon data that eat.
manifestly incomplete. They have
their use in calling attention to ex-
isting abuses, but do not present ir-
revocable conclusions. Is it estab-
eished that the only source of oxygen
is from plants? This is not yet prov-
ed. Again, replying to one Paradox
by another, let us call to mind that
In the world's supply of water we
bave great mines of oxygen yet to be
exploited. By,trying the laboratory
experiments on the electrolysis of
water on a great scale, by dynamos
instead of by the Voltaic pile and
by using waterfalls as sources of
power, we can distill the oceans and
seas into oxygen. Our descendants
need not die of asphyxiation. Fin-
ally, isthere not a grave error in
the very basis of Lord Kelvin's rea-
soning? The waters of the globe
aro but a combination of oxygen and
hydrogen, Which was born first on
the globe—the ocean or the plants?
Didnot the primordial nebula con-
tain a supply of oxygen? have we
not now at command vast reservoirs
of this indispensable gas of which
Lord Kelvin has taken no a:count?
But this increased yield will call
for increased fa0ilities in transporta-
tion, Manitoba's crop for this year
will tax the railways to their ut-
most. Ono shouting need empha-
sized by this state of affairs is that
of a deep tearaway for sea -going
'vessels from Sault Ste, Marie to
Montreal. The provision of such a
channel has for some time been urg-
ed on the Government. Another ne-
cessity is the improvement of the St.'
tt,awrenee route. The present route
is so dangerous that insurance rates
have been forced very high. Expert -
Monte are being tried with wirolees
telegraphy, with a view to establish -
Ing a eyotexn Off edge/tie lvhloll will,
It ie expootod, greatly reduce the
dangers of the gall, But many fillip -
ping amen advocate further n8eaeures
to Queer() the safety of navigation In
these waters. They asif• that the
Jb1110 ;fsiQ P0as0g0, the 50000 of so
many Wroelcs, bo closed, and that a
new paseago through : Cabot Strait
be surveyed. Though the =Praise of
such an undertaking would b,i'great,
it would be infinitosiival compared
with its value to the Empire and to
Canada. Communication with Great
Britain is a vital question .on which
we Must not turn our backs:
Those of us whose information re-
garding Manitobcti's timber resources
has' been culled from the text books
of ear boyhood will be surprised to
hoar a report which comes from
13randon. A text book still in use
in the high schools says:— "Forest
growth in South-western Manitoba
is confined to the banks of streams,"'
and again: "There is no lumbering
except a little on Lake Manitoba
and the other ialcos." But the re-
port referred to tolls another tale,
It is to the effect that one company
in Brandon, which employs two hun-
dred Hien all the • yeer• round, will
cut eight million feet of spruce lum-
ber inth
t fir mills this year. They
are, apparently, not novices at the
work, for this spring they made a
drive of eight million feet of logs
from the limits of Shell River, in
Northern Manitoba, down the As-
sindboine to Brandon, a distance of
six hundred miles, covering the dis-
tance in twenty-eight days. West-
ern people have never had the repu-
tation of letting grass grow under
their feet, but this year there is
abundance of work to keep them
more than hustling.
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• A LARGE FAMILY.
Salzburg, Austria, now puts in a
claim for the record birth rate of a
single family. Johann Steiner, a
farmer, married his wife, Martha,
nineteen years ago, when he was 52
and she was 25. In the nineteen
years since they have had thirty-
seven children—triplets three times
and twins twelve times, while the a
babies have come along singly four d
times. Of the children thirty-four 0
axe living and they are all healthy a
and normal. The thirty-seventh $
child was born a couple of weeks $
ago, on the day on which the father
celebrated his 72d birthday. The b
mother is still In robust health. Who 1
knows of a record to beat this?
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xxTTS Q TTh WELD
1 1 11, i,.,'; 1 1 1: 1!. 1
Prices of Cattle,Chee33, Gala, &a
%n the Leading MarketIt
Toronto, July 9,—Wheat—Tho local
wheat 1na1'ket is quiet, with the feet'
1129 rather better, No. 2 white and
red sold at 080 Middle freight. Mil-
lers qudto.68* to 640 low freight.
o, 1 epi-ing, 05e on Midland,and
No, 2 goose, 60e middlo freight.
Manitobas 111 fair demand, with sales
of No. 1 bard at 81e, grinding 10
tlancit; No,, 2. et 79e, and No, 8 at
,40,lawor, For Toronto and west, 20
leatifeed--Tho market is quiet, with
bran quoted at $11 to $11.50 west.
Shorts, $12.50 west.
Corn—The market is quiet and
prices firm. No, 2 Canadian yellow
sold at 40e west, and mixed 89}c
west, On track ]aero yellow is quot-
ed at 45e.
Rye—The market is dull, with
COS nominal at 46o, middle freight
Buckwheat—Ilfai•lcet dull and pri
nominal at 480 to 50e,
Pe;is—Market quiet with pri
nominal. No. 2 quoted at 68'to
middle freight.
Barley-Marl.et is quiet. Sales
No, 2 at 41c middle freight.
Oats—The market is firmer. Sa 30 cars of No. 2 white at S
high freight, and at 30,0 mid
freight.
Flour --Trade rules quiet, Mil]
quote straight rollers at $2.65
$2.70 in buyers' covers for expo
and shippers quote 90 per ce
Patents at $2,60 middle freight. F
shipment in bbls, to Lower Provin
The enquiry for butoher cattle ie
oast', and what 1lttlg 04010 stuff Ivo
had 1101'0 sold at flout 4:. t0 430, ]villi
da o per 11) as . an exceptional figure
for Saucy cattlo. Medium cattlo is
weaker, nncl common eattle le veld
for what fl will fetch,
Feeders, etockol's, bulls, and rn11511
cows aro noininndly unchanged, 912
light supple', 021(1 light demand.
Small stuff is easy; prim are
Weitk, and the dcnl0ud is slow.
taxpoi't ewes are lower at from ae
to 2,'e per pound.
'l'liore is no clump In culled 8110011
and airing lambs.
A few good Milch. cows and choice
calves aro wentOd.
There is no quotable cllnngo in
]fogs,
Tlie best price for "singers" is 7}0
per p0uncl; thiole tat 011(1 119'111 hog's
221.0 WOlUl Ole -9122. pound.
hogs to fatce the top Price must
be of prime quality, and seal° not
below 160 1101' above 200 Pounds,
Following is the 2'0U 0 of quote. -
tions:—
OatU
pri- Siilppors, Por cwt.....,..$4.60 $5,00
. Do., light 4.121 4.37,.
acs llutciior, choice, do,,,.,, 4,00 2,50
Butcher, ord. to goocl,,. 8.95 8.50
cos ilutcher, inferior',,..,. 2,75 8.00
09e Sheep and Lambs.
Choice ewes, per cwt 8.50 3,70
of Yearlings, grain -fed, cwt 4.00 4.50
Cubed sheep, each.,,,,,.,. 2.00 8.00
ales Lambs, spring, each 2.50 4,00
Oc Beaks, per cwt 2,50 8,00
dle Milkers and Calves.
I Cows, each 90,00 45.00
1
Mille
� Calves, each _..,, 2.00 10.00
to , hogs.
ea Choice hogs, per cwt,.... 6,75 7.25
n t. Light Hogs, per ewt 6.50 6,75
or I3eavy hogs, Per cwt 050 6.72
ccs Stags, Per cwt 0,00 2,00
83.30 is quoted, Manitoba, patents,
$4.10 to $4.20, and strong baker's'
$3.80 to 33.90.
Oatmeal—Market quiet and steady.
Car lots at '33.65 in bags, and at
$3.75 in wood; small tots 20c extr
DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter—The 'receipts are fair, wi
local prices steady, but for expo
the market is weaker. Found roll
job at 15e to 17e; large rolls, 14 t
1 .
is c
ood
to choice e tubs
14 to 160
n .
inferior, 10 to 1-
c, creamery, boxes
18 to 18,e; and rolls, 19 to 20e.
Eggs—The market is steady, wit
choice stook selling at 11; to 12
per dozen in case lots. Crated eggs
8f to 9c,
Cheese—Market quiet and price
steady, Full cream, September, 10c
do„ now, 0q to 91c.
DRESSED HOGS S; PROVISIONS
CAPTURE OF
R BURGHERS.
a.• How a Nurse Acted as a Spy for the
Boers.
A despatch from m Pretorl
a says: -
11 Permits for the return of the wives
rt of men employed on the I1npe fel
s military railways have been suspend-
0 ed owing to the discovery that such
a
permit t la' l
to allowed Y a nurse to
co
ma here, who fraudulently took
service and subsequently returnee] to'
11 the Boers. Those implicated in the
0 plot have been dismissed from the
railway and deported.
From Juno 94 to June 80 the vac-
s sous columns took 160 prisoners, kir-
led 74 Boers, wounded over 60, and
received 136 surrenders. A large
amount of ammunition, a quantity
Dressed hogs unchanged, a few
ening at $3.50 to $9. Hog pro
ucts firm, as follows:—Bacon, lou
lear, loose, in car lots, 10ec; i
ase lots, 11c. Short cut pork,
20.50 10.50, to 321; heavy mess pork,
Smoked meats—Hams, 13ac;
reakfast bacon, 14 to 15e; rolls,
2c: backs, 1410, and shoulders, 11c.
Lard—Paibs,litte; tubs, llc: tier-
, s, 10ec,
stock, and 300 wagons were cap-
turod. A large capture of prisoners
- is reported from Pfetersburg.
1' Fifty Boer prisoners were sent
1 from the Irene detention camp re-
cently to Nilstroom, having agreed
to accept employment as wood cut-
' tens at 2s. 65. per day and free ra-
tions. When they arrived there,
however, they refused to work unless
paid 5s. per day. The authorities
declined to employ them at that
;price, and they were returned to the
Irene Camp.
The Gazette issued on Thursday
contains a proclamation in reference
to contracts for the purchase ofiby
farms and lands in this colony, or cam
the purchase or lease of mining
ri has1 mo
1 g in such farms and ]ands. Tho tel
proclamation orders that the period
between October 11, 1899, and a . oun
date to be heroalter named, shall •not be taken into account in calcite bon
1 bs,
alfa Y
the
period od dilrin +•
P b which n 1 hav
was agreed between the contracting 1 serf
parties that such contracts, were to the
be in force.
o
"A11 Payments required by the said 1 was
contracts which became due during I was
such period and all acts required to le
be performed in consideration of the and
preservation of rights required there-) mi
under," says the proclamation, "and 1.07
all rights required to bo exercised at 'the
a time falling within said period
may, have as hereinafter mentiobed,
be performed and exercised as if the
period between October 11 and the
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A REMARKABLE BIBLE -CLASS.
The bible -class of the St. Helens e
Parish Charch, London, appears to N
be one of the most successful in ex-
istence. The membership roll now
numbers 1,250, Last year the high-
est attendance on any one Sunday
afternoon was 1,061, and assemblies
of from 600 to 800 are quite ordin-
ary. During the first twelve years of
its existence the total number of at-
tendances at the Class was 265,203,
and the remarkable progress of the
organization is illustrated by the
fact that the aggregate for the year
1899 was 26,828, as against 15,548
in 1889.
BIDES, WOOL, TALLOW, ETC.
Hides—The Toronto hide market is
c higher, with receipts moderate,
o. 1 green steers, 60 lbs and up-
wards, 8ec; No. 1 cows, 7$e, and No.
2 cows, 61c. Cured, 8c for cows,
and 8*c to 910 for steers,
Calfskin — Unchanged. No. 1
green bring 9 to 10e, and No. 2, 8c.
a
L mbskins—NL
arket f
firmer at 800
to 35c. Pelts bring 30c.
Wool—The offerings of new fleece
are small, with prices unchanged.
Dealers aro paying 13c for the gener-
al run, and Se for unwashed. Pulled
combing, 140; unwashed, 9c; pulled
supers, 15 to 16e; and extras, 180
to 3.9c.
Tallow—Dealers are paying 5 to
5,e for rendered, and 1x, to 21c for
rough.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Milwaukee, July 0.— Wheat—
Steadier; close, No. 1 Northern,
67ec; No. 2 do„ 65 to 66c; July,
6400; September, 6610, Rye—Dull;
No. 1, 4810, Barley—Steady; No, 2
54c; sample, 36 to 5330,
Duluth, July 9,—Olose — Wheat-
Cash, No. 1 here], 6710; No. 1 .Nor-
thern, 66*e; No. 2 Northern, 61,0;
July, 66c; September;,659e. Corn—
None. Oats -27; to 27,
Minneapolis, July 9. — Close -1
Vheat—Cas3, 641c;. July, 6311c; Sep-
ber, 631 to 63 3-4e: on track;
HE WANTED IT KEPT QUIET.
One of the officers in a certain vol-
unteer regiment is much disliked by
his men. One evening as lie was re-
turning home be slipped into some
deep water. A private in his regi-
ment , however, happened to see him
and after some trouble succeeded in
pulling him out. The officer was
very profuse in his Glades, and ask-
ed his rescuer the best way ho could
rew'ard hini.
The' best way you can reward me,
said the soldier, is to say nothing
about it,:
Why, my dear fellow, said the as- 1
tonished officer, why do you wish me to
to say nothing about it ?
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olcl
Because, if the other fellows knew
I'd pulled you out they'd chuck me
in
YOUNG FRENCH HEROES.
Twenty-five young boys have re-
ceived medals from the Life -Saving
Society of Paris at the annual meet-
ing. The youngest, Francis Gaubert,
is nine years old, and, since his last
birthday has saved three persons'
lives. Another boy named emirate],
is but a month older, and several
others who behaved gallantly in ac-
cidents are under eleven. In con-
trast with the youth of these prize
men, the secretary mentions that the
oldest medallist of the society, 01d
Father Chaude]11ar, was seventY-
eight when he saved a mans from
drowning in the Seine.
A SINGULAR FIRE.
A singular fire occurred at e. ciwel-
ling -house in holly Street, Nelson,
England. Underneath the parlor
window was a dresser upon which
was a glass globe, which, it Is sup-
posed, became so heated by the sun's
rays that it ignited the window cur-
tains, the flames extending to the
dresser, which With its contents and
the curtains were destroyed before
the fire was extinguished. There
was no fire in the parlor grate, nor
was any person in the room where
the fire originated.
There are 10,550 deaf-mutes in the
United Kingdom, au avorago of 550
a million.
My dear, said Growler to his wife
the other morning, I 'wish you would
loop over my wardrobe 1 Woe up in
my room a little while ago, and the
only thing I could find which had
any button 011.Was my kodalc I
0, 1 hard, fleece No. 1 Northern;
30; No. 2.do., 65c. Flour and
an—Unchanged.
Buffalo, July fl '-Flour-Quiet and
early. Spring whoa.t' Small lots of
spot on market held at premium
over new; No. 1 Northern, old, 76'1c;
do., new, 711e, earl oads. Winter
whent—Higher prices aslcad; No. 2
red, 7410. Corn—Quiet, but firm;
No, 2 yellow, 47 3 -ole; No. 2 corn,
471c, Oats—Fi•m; No. 2 white, 83
to 331e; No. 2 mixed, Ole. Barley—
Nominally 52 to 56c, in stern.
Detroit, July 9.-1yhoat closed—
No. 1 white, cash, 70c; No, 2 red,
cash, 69c; July, 67 3-40; September,
6810,
St. Louis, July 0,-1Vheat closed
Cash, 621c; July, 6230; September,
631c. -
Toledo, July 9.—Wheat—Cash and
July, 0710; September, 6710; Dc-
cumber, 70c. Corn—Cash and July,
44 3-4e; September, 461c. Oats—
Cash, 271e; July, 271c; September,
271e. Rye—Dull; 51c. Cloverseed—
Cash, prime, 36,50,
LIVE STOCK MARKETS,
Toronto, July 0,—To-day's deliver-
ies were shall; only 42 carloads of
live stock clime in, comprising 1,000
hogs, 780 sheep and lambs, 600
cattle, 100 calves, and a few mh10h
cows.
]'rade was slow end for anything
but the best cattle prices are from
20 to 1300 per cwt lower than last
week. Leaving out hogs the market
call be summarized in brief as un-
usually dull, with a weakening ton-
donoy all round.
There is little export cattle want-
ed just now; prices hi the Old Coun-
try markets continue almost unpre-
cedently low. No stall -fed cattle is
coaling in now, and prices are Weak
at a range of Seam 4$ to 5c for good
shipping cattle, and from 41t to 41e
for light star?, 'Before business gets
on a ste.ble basis again prices will
have to, come down,
BLACK HORSES.
The Cavalry $founts 861112lreti for the
Polo's Recon,
A dospatoh freta Ottawa says %--
Bleck 110ra05 with long tells will be
in demand In Canada before long, 225
by the strict rule of ceremonial only
such parses cam be mod by cavalry
forming the escort to their Royal
1llg'1112osses the Dunce anti heelless of
Oornwall and York on the oeeesiQn
of their visit to Clanada. A suiAei-
orlt minim' of bleak horses t0 fo1-01
an escort might be obtained from
210 eavah•y Sa110015 aatd militia, but
and the 03019.010 in the pe1'tna110nt.
corps aro bangtails. Na elsyubt, how-
ever, the militia Department win
rise to the oeoas1011 and 60() that the
proper mounts aro available.
On Thursday 1110 Governor-General
forwarded to the major -general com-
manding a detail of the military
forces necessary for escorts, guards
of honor, and artillery salutes dm -
the royal progress, Major-Gen-
eral O'Grady -Maly will ilavo to exer-
cise all his military ingenuity t0
carry .out all these elaborate ar-
rangements with the resources et his
command. It will bo impossible, for
instance, to have a, fresh cavalry es-
cort from trio local corps rat every
city visited by their Royal high-
nesses, so' that mounted mon will
11ave to be transported to several
of the stopping places. At Ottawa,
orexample, where the honors due
to Royalty must be paid with scru-
pulous regard to miiitn;y ceremonial
the cavalry corps all told is not suf-
ieiently strong to furnish an escort,
The establishment of. the Princess
Louis() Dragoon' Guards is 71 rank
and tile, A Royal escort for the
Sovereign on occasions of full State
11011 as will be furnished for their
Royal Highnesses must consist of
he officer commanding the'regiment,
wo captains,. foul' subalterns, two
ergeant-majors, eight sergeants,
wo farriers, one trumpeter, and 96
auk and file. The cavalry regiments
t Toronto, London, St. Catharines,
eterborough, Kingston, and Mon -
real are the only 01151 1: e e militia
timing headquarters r
g e s in cities q ides b
t at
re sit
flicientl
strong to f 111
u fah a
oyal State escort, The strength of
he Royal Canadian Dragoons, in-
uding both "A" and "B" Squad -
ons at Toronto and Winnipeg res
ectively,, only totals 122 rank and
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STRIKERS USE DYNAIIIITE.
Colorado Post -office Blown , Up
and 15 llOen Killed.
.A. despatch from Denver, Col,,
says:—Nems reached here late *Wed-
nesday afternoon of an outbreak of
striking miners of the Smuggler
aline, near Telluride, on the extreme
south-western part of the state. The
information was' to the effect that
the postofJice had been blown up
with dynamite, and fifteen men had
been killed outright. The wires
leading to Telluride have been cut
the miners. The news of the riot
e from Ouray, Col., across the
untaills from Telluride, and was
ephoned into Ouray from the
p Dirde mine, which is between
ray and Telluride. It is said that
ers from the Liberty Dell, Tone-
, Revenue, and Camp Bird mines
e joined with the Smuggler
kers, and 800 men now surround
Smuggler mine. The despatch
m Ouray stated that the shooting
still going on when the despatch
sent. The strike in the Smug -
r mine has been on for. some time,
only recently a Citizens' Come
ttee eves appointed at Telluride to
to effect a settlement between
miners and the owners of the
property.
The sheriff of the county in which
Telluride fs located wired Governor
man for troops. to assist in sup -
sing the rioters. A call for the
Ma to assemble at their armour -
at 8 o'clock Wednesday night w05
nod from the adjutant -general's
0, and was wired to the compan-
at Denver and Pueblo.
MEDALS FOR NURSES.
date to be hereinafter named did not Imes
exist, and as if the hatter date here mill
October 11.
"Whenever it is proved to the sat- issl
isfaction of any competent 'court Orae
that the Payments, acts and rights les
mentioned were not made or exer-
cised through neglect. and not be-
cause of hostilities, thob the pro
.visions of this proclamation shall
not apply,"
The Gazette announces the ap- faue
pointment of Percy Hertstet as col-
lector of Customs, and John 0. Herr
as resident magistrate of Middle- A
burg, An office has been opened for Queo
the registration . of new companies tee
and to receive supplementary articles Boatr
from those already existing. recei
on t
and
BIG MILLS BURNED. i°i;
have
Fourth Time they Rave Been De- folie
stroyed in Ten Years.
A despatch from Halifax, N.S., wort
says :-1'11e large lumber mill of Quoe
Alfred Dickie, Stewiaoke, is in ashes, to b
for 'n fourth time in ten years. 'labo
Thursday afternoon flames were dis- more
covered spreading from a refuse pile, pray
and in a short time the fire was be- stow
yond control. The Truro Vire Br]- lie
gado was telephoned for, and a num-
ber of ]nen left immediately by a
special train. A hard fight was put CR
up by the competed forces, without
avail, Tho wind was high. All the
lumber, with the exception of one Outl
car was saved. Mr, Dickie eves in
Halifax at the time of the fire. The
first fire was in 1890 with no insure A
0nee. The second in 1893, with despot
35,000 insurance. The third was the
wo years ago. Following the fire toll
f two years ago, Mr. Bickio Coln- seem
mencod the erection of 0110 of the heat
est and most modernly equipped le ju
mills in Eastern (kende. The old Sara
machinery was replaced by a newer ga d
ype, and the capacity of the plant 01ty
ncreased to 85,000 feet per day, cabin
n
The mill h
en Presents Them on Marlbor-
ough House Lawn.
despatch from London says:
n Alexaaldra, in company with
King and Princesses Louise and
.ice, on Wednesday afternoon
ved'770 Victoria Jubilee nurses,
ho lawn of -Marlborough house
distributed decorations to them.
y of the nurses have just return-
.= South Africa, and others
been engaged in city out -door
f work, Her Majesty said:—
is a pleasure to receive you
help you to carry m1 the noble
wort
begun by our deeply boiovod
it Victoria. It is a satisfaction
o associated with you in your•
r of love. I cannot imagine a
holy calling than yours. 1
that God's blessing may be be-
ad on your noble work, and that
will have you in His keeping.
OPS SHORT IN RUSSIA.
ook in Saratoff and the Vol-
ga Alarming,
despatch from London says:—A
ch from St. Petersburg says
trope in the Province of Sara -
aro withering and the grass is
11011, owing to the prolonged
and drought. The price of corn
roping up, and the outlook at
torr and ia1 the neighboring ' Vo.l-
istriet is alarming. The sear -
premises to be as severe as the
e of a decade ago.
to
0
b
m
t
ad ih•0 apparatus in case
of emergency, but the conflegra-
tion was 80 fierce that it was im-
possible to use it. The mill was in
ashes in loss than half an hour rafter
the flames were fist seen, the high
wind sweeping everything before it,
and effectually preventing the -mill
ere brigade from working,
PADDING.
Tess—Mr. Newnan asked May if
she didn't think you had a pretty
figure.
less --And what din May say?:
Tess..—Slie said: '13o but alio makes
up for it,'
P,A*ouS HISTORIC) DOORS,
Polios of 33y -gong DaWhich
Ys ,, ere
Eagerly' Bought,
A certain wealthy banker, who i•e-
sides near Palltofreet, in Y04 01140,
England, has 9100100lly acquired
quite ea 00110(ti0n Of interesting and
lllatoric doors, Amongst thorn is one
which separated that ill-starred Mon -
argil, (110r105 I„ fl'Qin relentless
lloundllead pursuers when the was
sorely p1'osaOd,
Another is reminiscent of the Pre-
tender's famous raid into 13ng1011d in
the year 1745, To its stout resist-
ance several of bis prominent parti-
sans owed t1111i• lives, for the . door
still shows the deep incle,ntetions
macro by a 'battering-ram that was
used egainat it at that time.
Three or four years ago the bank-
er, while In Paris, offered 35,000 for
a door that had figured in the
French Revohation. Through it bac]
passed such famous folk as Mario
Antoinette, Charlotte Corday, Dan -
ton, and loobespierre. Truly a door
to w11i011 some awful memories cling.
The collection comprises doors from
various ancient halls' and castles,.
each of . more or less hlstorle .value. s
The authorities of the Carnava1 t f
Museum', _ 10 Paris, have in their pos.
session a door of
10,000 IIOR BS AND i U ,LS,
Fent, I1rlt1ch 2'ransy01'ts Aro Now load
•lltgatPow011022125,
A despatch from. Now Orleans says1
South African horse sand mule
trade Jias shown ft great revival in ..
the lest few days. Four British
tralisporte have reached here this
week. to load With €11110410 for Cape
Town, and four more are to ar1•iyo
during the weak. One thousand
mules left on the .30m01caa1 on Wed
lesday, 500 mules and 1100' horses
on Thursday, and 1,500 mules and h'
1,000 horses will loam on h',riday. bi
The British officers 11111111 theresent
activity will 11021thn110 until pOhritt- ei
Mas. -
The British Government has 8 1
Bead of Mules and 000
7,000 h0rs0s at
Kansas Oity, which will be ehipped p
to Now Orleans as fast as the vessels s
here can load them, Ur. ID, A, Eioh-
ardson,'w110 has just returned fro a
Beetle Africa, where 110 had charge c
of the shipment of mules and horses,
says the more experience the Brit- �1
sh pincers have with the American
animals the balm' pleased they are.
"Tho Ameriealn horse le the best hi
South Africa," 110 said, "with the
Ingle exception of those brought
rola Australia, which are, as a rule,
more readily acclimated, andseem to
stand the work as well as any. We
have rainy Argentine horses, but
they do notseem to sustain the rep-
utation they bear at home, The Ar-
gentine Horse is a find animal at
me, and is capable of doing a vast
mount of work; but in Africa, he
ems to lose his heart at once, and
s entirely worthless for the service
required of him.
"Many horses have been imported
into South Africa from Austria, but
those seem to'be too delicately broil
and are not up to the hard work
hat they have to do, so they are a
ailuro for that service. England is
arryieig Russian horses from Odes -
a to South Africa,. Only a few ea
ar readied Cape Colony. Froen
at I have seen I do not think: ,
hey will compare with the American,
animals•"
Dr. Richardson thinks the British
are
very hard aid
Y on their
'
horses,and
that the heavy loss' of animls is
duo to this strain. Tho horses' have
only one day's rest after a sea voy-
age of a month, and aro then flurried
forward to the seat of war and put
into actual service. They get no
rest from that time until" they are
worn out.
THEFT FROM 'FRISCOti
MINT. •
TT -I13 OLD BASTILLE.
When the prison of Mazes was de,
raolished they thought of purchasing
one of Its doors, but for some reason
or other changed their minds, a
These relics were,, however, eagerly sn
bid for; and one purchaser a latter- i
day Samson, actually carried his
bargain home on his back. The 1,-
200
keys of the prison were disposed
of at the sam0 time, but brought
exceedingly poor prices,. Even the
anost interesting of therm were sold tl
at the low price of five francs, or a
trifle loss than one dollar each:
When that celebrated old hostelry,,$
the Crab Tree, was about to be
altered, Mr. W. A. White particular- wIt
ly requested that the door should be e
carefully preserved. This was a ver
famous portal, with quits a unique
history, running ng back
to
the tirae,
when e1 Goodu ss l
Q eonB
Bess left her e black -
letter Bible in the bar -parlour as she
fled from an unexpected police raid.
Unfortunately, owing to some mis-
understanding the door,' which con-
tained the names of landlords and
other notabilities with their own au-
tographs, was completely destroyed.
Although Mr. White ollered a con-
siderable sum for even a quarter of
time valued door, not even this much
was forthcoming. All that the work
m011 could bring him was
A BARROWFUL OF 13ITS,
on which not a name or a mark
could be made out.
All possibility of preserving an in-
teresting relic had vanished forever,
Six Bags That Contained 35,030 Each
Aro Missing..
San 'Grancisce, July 4.—Thirty
thousand dollars in bright nerd
twenty -dollar gold pieces is missing
m the cashier's vault of the Unit+
States Mint, Although the mint
eines have boon working on the
se for four days they have no clue
the disappearance of the coin,
rector of Mint Roberts appeared
last week for the semi-annual
poetical of the mint. Local of-
als preceded the inspection of-
rs by a few days, and in checking
the coin in trio cashier's vault
ey 'discovered that six bags of
000 each were missing, The
bier's books were all right, but
count showed that someone had
len the coin. .The director at
r'hanged the Combination of tho
its;
• coin 15 checked up every night
Cashier W. H, -Cole and Chief
Clerk Will N. Dimmick, The cash-
ier's bond is 380,000, and the aldol
clerk's 310,000, Every month Sup-
erintendent Leach inspects the mint
and is supposed to count the cash.
IIe declares that this vault was all
right one month ago. Director
Roberts said on Thursday
Phe theft was probably due to
overcroRding of the mint. Tho
tier's vault has a normal capac-
of 36,000,000, yet recently it con-
ed $25,600,000, whioii practical -
1'0
much to the disappointment of ler, ed
White, who regarded the door as one ofli
of the most precious features of his ea
Property, to
501011 years ago the people of.`]h
Stratford -on -Avon waxed higlUy in- ]acro
dignant on learning that ono of the ins
churchwardens had sold as old rum- ilei
ber the ancient carved oak and pan- flee
ailed doors of the north, porch of the up
church celebrated as the-burial-placeh
of Shakespeare. ' $g,
The doors were erected a century cas
before Shakespeare's time, weighed, the
half
a ton, and _i
n were perfect con sto
dition. They had just been temper- l n»r
araly removed to bring to light some vau
lest one five -hundredth of an Inca, in
diameter. They are larger in sum-
mer than in winter end lerger in hot
than in cold climates. The size of
the drop when it reaches the earth
depends on the height from Which it
has fallen. In summer the lower
strata of air are warmer than'in
winter, and therefore clouds are
formed at a greater height. The
drops falling from these clouds,
therefore, are larger than the win-
ter drops.
TOO MANY WIVES.
Miss Makenhit—It is my highest
ambition to marry some titled for -
Mr. Jester—Why don't you try the
Miss Makeallit—"S-i-1.1
ONE EXPLANATION.
Mrs. Snaggs—I coula never under-
stand why the Russians call their
ruler the White Czar.
Mr. Snaggs—I suppose that the
tumorous plots against his life keel)
him pale all the Gino,
A vessel drawing JO feet riees 2
inches in passing from fresh water to
In 1840 Germany factory-worherS
worked 88 hours FY week; a world's
per cont. of steamers and a per
cent, of sailing -vessels aro lost at
WM yearly.
At the age of 30, the average Eng-
lishman weighs 1561b., the average
American 150113.
Victim—Are you sure you can put
my teeth into saisfactory condi-
tion ? Dentist-eYes, sir ; any rate
I will spare no pains to do so,
1,:our heart, said the lecturer,
beam seventy times a minute, This
computation does not hold good for
ladies running away from a mad
bull or for schoolboys discoveeed
an apple tree by a lively farmer.
WIty ,clid you send for me, Mrs.
Youngwife? said Dr. iledlight. There
is absolutely nothing wroeg with the
baby. Oh, Fre so glad, (100101'1
But wliat Made you tidal( there was?
Why', (lector, he haerat cried a bit
for more than ati. hour.
Iy filled the place, 50 that the check-
ing up of contents was very difficult.
This glut of coin probably suggested
his opportunity to the thief, Tho
Government 00.11 10SO nothing, as the •
superintendent and cashier are re-
sponsible for the shortage,"
DIED OF A SPIDER'S BITE.
Baltimore Man Who Was Stung Died is
. Groat Agony.
A despatch from Baltimore, Md., •
61 yestas old, died Tuesday from the
bite of a spider. His face and neck
were swollen beyond recognitioffi
Rausch was seated on his doorestep
last trondayewhen he felt something
crawling on his neck. He endeavor-
ed to brush it off, but the insect
clang to the fleela Ho then gra-spedl
it, and at the same time felt Wheel
stung 'him. It was a small black
spiclee, and lie thought nothing more
of the insect until Tuesday wben se-
vere pans tho face and neck in-
duced eilin to consult a physician.
He died in g__o__reat agony.
EIGLISH IRON TRADE'S DRCLINE.
The Output for Last Six Months Small.
oat on Record.
A, despatch from Londoh says ;—
Statistics are printed from. which it
rippears that the output of manufac-
tured iron in the north of England
since January 1 was smaller than
during any previous six months,
rem:hi:lig a total of only 45,466 tons.
The output during the corresponding
period in 1000 wets 76,780 tons, and
in 3.899, 85,881 tons. Prices also
show 0 considerable decrease, the
average for all classes of manuface
tured iron at 1,110 raid of December
having boort LS 5s, 25„ while it is
NO YANKEES NEED APPL%
Salo of Boets Made In America to ba
Forbidden in Austria.
deeptetch ammo Vienna says ea
The Common. Councils of Lower Atte,
tria aro considering a proposal to
forbid the sale of American 13oots
and shoes, tht the grouhd that smelt
sales are ruining the honio industry.