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The Brussels Post, 1901-8-1, Page 602'.6'3. ` 1 X1 .G'OdI&! vys, Tile eonforeeee of mayors to eau eider, muuiolpel problems, Called by Mayor Rowland of Toronto, will be ivatelled with much interest. Arriong other things to he discussed i the u •t'o u i s h Rb a n of nl n ci al coal - q p yards, broug'llt up by Mayer Morrie of Ottawa, although it is a subject about which we .cannot worlc up Much .enthusiasm this weather, yet we cannot note the growth of trusts and combines without consternation, A substantial rise in the price of coal must mean paralysis to menu - factures and commerce, to say 'noth- ing of the eireot embarrassment it would occasion the ordinary citizen. lPbe institution of municipal coal - yards would, 1f successful, no doubt followed ventur s municipal 130by a at control in other directions, and would be a long stride towards the 1'caliriation of the dreams of Bolle- my and the social reformers; 'Dile word smith applies to so many occupations primitively not differentiated that it is no wonder that multitudes of persons are nam- ed Smith. The barbers, the weaver's, wormers, ebb l s, or websters, the dyers, the carpenters, the cooke, the wheel- wrights, the plumbers, the bakers, the butchers, the falconers, or faulk- eners, the shepherds or slzopards, the farmers, the millers, the tailors, the walkers„ the tinkers, the merchants, the ehapmen, the sergeants, the full- ers, the shoemakers, the mercers, the glovers and other professions and trades have left their names to sur- viving clans. Here, too, may be classed names of more august sound, the Kings and the Lords, the Popes, the Bishops, and the Priests. Ilach- elers, Masters and Rectors come from the university, we suppose, just as the Bulls, Lambs, and Steers come from the farm or Smithfeld. There is no end to the curious in- quiry and speculation, fanciful en- ough sometimes, that may be pur- sued in regard to the origin of cer- tain surnames. In an article in Macmillan's Mag- azine Mr. Edward. Whitaker recalls some less known surviving names that had their origin in occupation. Thatckeray, a variety of thacker or thatcher, is obvious enough, perhaps too obvious to be convincing; but how many of us would suspect that Vaccination 3enner's name came from "ginour" the engineer who had charge of a catapult, a missile thrower of the Middle Ages. On the register of Somerset House are some queer surnames, smacking of war, such as "that invariable cause of hostilities, Quarrel," Allies, Chal- lenge, Charge, Battle, Great -Battle, Rout, Victory and Conquest. Bat- tle and Conquest aro the only ones of these familiar in this country. Is Quarrel as like to be "an arrow as "a cause of hostilities?" In that case Quarrel would be in the class with Bolt and Gunner. Other mar- tial names in Somerset House are Gash, Gore, Slaughter, Carnage, Corps. Shott, Shell, Cannon, Sword, Lance. Slaughter, Cannon, and Gore are known surnames here. We have the happiness to remember an old gentleman born about the time of the French Revolution of the name of Independence Gore, a rela- tive, perhaps, of the Massachusetts Governor whose name is perpetuated fn the library of Harvard Universi- ty. According to Mr. Whitaker, Can- non is not a military name but points "to one of the bound reli- gions, the title of which, had its members kept their vows, would not appear among hereditary surnames.:' Battle marks emigrants from the Sussex village of that name; and mostf o the other m ul cler• nus names are supposed to be nicknames or corruptions. We are not not so sure about that. In this country Pike, Spear, Spears, Swards, aro well- known names, but here, by a rever- sal of the ordinary process, Bowie gives his name to the knife, not the knife to Bowie. Sir Cloudeslcy Sho- vel is an instance of the name of a humble implement made glorious on the seas, Con. Pillow's name re- calls an even lowlier article, Ar- mour, Armory, Greaves, fahiclde, .Archer, Bowyer, Bowman, aro other military surnames. Some names have swum and so.nie have sunk, Heckle and Heckler, wielders of the hatchet, hackle, re- main, but the names of other sorts of flax workers, the 131aekers or Bleachers, the Winters, the Scotch- ers or Scutchers, are scarcely known, at least in these parts. Among the cattle keepers aro not only the Herds and llurds, but the Cowards, Stotherts, and the i'ulvee'ts, the Lords Baltimore, Todhunter, a name not dear to some persons averse to Mathematics, is to be catalogued with hunter. It means a hunter of the toll or fox.' The severely correct •Ooeker Comes from the cocking main, and Bullar is; a memory of the days of bull baiting. From a more fortunate source flow the musical names Harper, Sieger, Sanger, Songster, perhaps Sharp, Bass, :[Morn: end may we not add Whistler and Miele( ( ? ?EW8 IN 11 U1811 11 am 'VERY LATEST PROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. P in'ro e ts tfnlp !reins About One Qrv^l Country, Great Brittain, the United States, ane All Parts of the fiio%4, Cendensed add Assorted for easy Reading, CANADA,: Hon, 3. Israel Tarte intends to beautify the grounds on Parliament Hilt -A Hamilton man's refusal to take out a dog tag cost him $5 in ,the police court,. Hamilton is making extensive er- r an omenta for the reception f the gti o p Duke of York. Tete Alexander Mackenzie statue Ices been pieced in position on Par- liament 11111, net nva, It is feared that the loss from the forest fires in Northern Ontario will be the heaviest in years. Tho Duchess of Cornwall is expect ed to dedicate a new water fountain being erected by Ottawa's W.C.T.U. The Canada Atlantic Railway Co, is going to test acetylene gas as all illuminant for its passenger coach- es. The Dominion Government assay office to be opened at Vancouver will be equipped to handle $16,000,- 000 in gold yearly, The Montreal street railway may sell ten, instead of eight, working- men's tickets for e. quartet' in -the near future, and extend the Hours. The C.P.R. is making enormous preparation for the coning harvest In the North-West Territory, which will be ready about August 10th. A mastiff dog belonging to Joseph Armstrong of the Macassa Hotel, Hamilton, committed suicide by drowning in three feet of water. Minister Tarte has written to the Mayors of the various cities to be visited by the Duke asking what decorations fore to be placed on pub- lic buildings. The Premier of Tasmania has re- quested the Canadian Fisheries De- partn;.eet to furnish his colony a supply of salmon ova to be planted in Tasmanian waters, Breathing springs have been des-. covered at the north-east of Makin- akc, Man., when at regular intervals, as of the breathing of a man, trans- parent salt water is elected. It is said that the Bell Implement Company of St. George niay remove to the Cockshutt factory in Brant- ford rantford as soon as the Cockshutt fac- tory can erect a new building for its own accommodation. Fire has destroyed a building in Helliwell Lane, St. Catharines, in which over thirty years ago Mrs. Bolton was murdered, for whieh crime her husband was hanged at Niagara -on -the -Lake, that place be- ing the county town. Mr. J. W. Beaumont, basket -mak- er, Stony Creek, has received an order for a large supply of fruit baskets for a firm in Cape Town, This is said to be the first order of the kind received in Canada. An order -in -Council has been pass- ed placing the following articles on the free list when imported by man- uiacturers of vaccine points for use in the manufacture of such articles: Glass caps, shells, containers, and capillary tubes, rubber bulbs, boxes and corks. GREAT BRITAIN. Lord Milner will return to South Africa on August 10th. Electric gun mechanism is to be put into some of the new British warships. Stanley Spencer, aeronaut, of Lon- don, will try to cross the Atlantic in a balloon. The telephone may be installed in Pennsylvania mines as a help in ease of disaster. The report of the British Commis- sioners of Prisons shows a decrease in crime in the United Kingdom. King Edward is now sitting two hours a day to Luke Fiidcs for a portrait in the robes that he wore at Ifs accession. King Edward has approved of a new decoration for the navy, to be known as the "Conspicuous Service Cross." The Duke of Cornwall has leased Houghton hall, near l"akenbam, Norfolkshire, as a permanent coun- try residence. The Imperial Government is form- ing a committee of ladies to visit the refugee camps in South Africa and to report on their condition. King Edward has cut out another coronation feature, and will not be kissed by the peers or embraced by the archbishops and bishops. It is stated that a bill influential- ly backed will be introduced in the House of Lords next session, abol. letting the trial of peers by peers in cases of felony, King Edward has subscribed 900 guineas to the fund for the purchase of a site in London for a permanent show -yard of the Royal Agricultural Society of Englund. Lieut. Elwes, who was with the Guards to South Africa., and had a bit of Itis skull shot away, on his marriage to a Glouchestor heiress presented her with the piece of bone set in gold. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has complet- ed his princely endowment of Scot- tish cottish university education by slgning a deed of trust, placing the ten mil- lion dollars at the disposal of those who are to administer it. The Bible used at the marriage service, of the late Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was offered for sale by public auction at Thornily Rectory, recently, end brought 40 guineas. The engagement ofoun ' Ivor Churchill Guest, lltP„ oldest son of Lewd Wlmbar e the ni li on alto coal mine owner, to Miss Joanne Langtry, daughter of the Jersey Lily, ]s the exciting topic of specue letlon in English society circles, UNITED STATES., Tli Merchants' Association The Aro 1 of New York, urges' reef roeity With Canada, Androw Caroegio-rias offered. Kan- sas City, 1510., 870,000 for a free library, A child of Andrew Clarknear Wabash, Indiana, drank gasoline and died. The strike of stationary firemen in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, has practicallycollapsed, The United States pays Spain $185,000 for the big floating steel dry-dock in Havana harbor',. Tuscalole, Ill., has 'a youth aged 12 who•1 weighed 50. yesterday av wed 101 3 Y g pounds. He may weigh a ton at 21. A Chicago lawyer held police at bay for several hours \lien they tried to arrest hien for beating his wife. The annual statistical ,report of railroads of the United States sbowe a big gain in trackage and traffic. The Ecuadorian Consul at Valpar- aiso was shot, stabbed, and his ears cut o0', and several Ecuadorians have been arrested. A dog caused a bicycle rider to fall at Galesburg, Illinois, A revol- ver in his pocket was discharged, and he may die, Tho mother of a young girl who had stolen $3 gave her daughter 20 lashes in a court rooln at Kansas City with tho judge's approval. A Boston, Mass., despatch says that II. G. Haskell, has contracted appendicitis through "sympathy" for hisfianece, or by "auto -suggestion." Heat warped and expanded the rails on the Big Four railway in Il- linois. A fanner discovered it and avoided a wreck. Fred Fourhelm, farmer of Bartlett, Iowa, insanely jealous, mordered his wife, six-year-old step -son, fired his house and committed suicide. Sarah, Carter, a negress of Lex- ington, lien., has been ejecting nee- dles and pins from the tips of her fingers, and doctors are puzzled. Miss Mabel Wedell of Elgin, 111„ aged 16, caught a triad dog when men were running from it, and lock- ed it in a barn, where it was after- wards shot. The Governor of Nebraska is being denounced for paroling 3. S. Bart- ley, the defaulting State Treasurer, who caused a loss of $500,000 to the State funds. In revenge for the killing of a re- sident by a game warden a mob has burned the Radcliffe hotel, cabins, and other buildings at Grand Moss Lakes, Colorado. A man named Sears, who is want- ed in Texas for murder, was arrest- ed in Madison county in Arkansas, where he was disguised as a woman, and taught school. A chain weighing four tons fell on six men at the Westinghouse Electric Company's works in Cleveland, B. Germain died shortly alterward and five others are badly injured. At an official inquiry at Johannes- burg several British non-commission- ed officers and men confirmed tho statement that -the Boers shot the British wounded at Vlakfontein, Fanny Annan, aged 16, was com- pletely scalped in the Loefer shoo factory at Sedalia, Mo. Her hair became entangled in the machinery, and the resulting injuries are con- sidered fatal. John C. Brady, probate judge of Kootenay County, Idaho, is dead from the effects of a shot fired July 5 by Henry Wilbusse, a madman, who escapod from the asylum and went to the judge's office and, with- out warning, shot slim. Hugo Jones, a Chicago chemist, has devised a battery which, it is claimed, will produce electricity di- rectly from. coal, yielding 85 per cent. of the energy that is stored in coal, or four tunes as much as the present combination of boiler, steam engine, and dynamo. GENERAL The Germans are erecting exten- sive brick barracks at Tien Tshn, Russia's policy of antagonizing Vinland will be mitigated. JRAI. ���7 r f U� n iJ�4d1 FaiCes of Cattle, Cheese, Grata, See in the leading Market3,. To ^0 3 nt0 7 , 11 , 30 { IRnt•--Ti2 aC- y e 1151 133df0a'wl z0at to -c la i vas aocl x with prices 1116110r, tidies of No, 2 white and red winter was made at 00e to 67e middle freights, mid the quotation north and west is 06c, No. 1 spring sold on the 1ltidlend at 08c, and No, 2 goose tut 050 on the Midland, Manitoba wheat steady, with eases of No, 1hard at 82c and of No. 2 at 80o. For :Temente and' west 2e lower. 8iilifeed—Tito market rules quiet. Brea quoted at $12 to $12.50 lnld- die freights, and shorts at 514,75 to 515 middle freights. Corn—There is no Canadian offer- ing, and prices are purely i101111ita1 at about 48en wet yellow, s fw• No,� U. S. yellow quoted at 50e o 60c, laic! clownhero, lake and rail, 1.tye-The market is quiet and price es steady at 47c middle freight. Buckwheat-lierket dull, with pric- es purely nominal, Peas—Trade cadet with a sale at Barley—There is a quiet trade.' No, 70e middle freight. Barley—Thorn is a quiet trade. No, 2 is worth 42i,c middle freights,, and No. 3 extra 4111c•middle freight. Oats—The market is arm, with of- ferings restricted, No, 2 white is quoted at 84 to Mee north and west and at 35} to 86c middle freight. Exporters are quoting 84, to 84}c middle freight. Flour—•Demand is fair, with a few sales. Ninety per cent. patents were bought at 52,57 middle freights, in buyers' sacks. Straight rollers, in bbls, for Lower Provinces, 58.10 to $8.20. Manitoba patents 54; and strong bakers' $8.70. Oatmeal—Market is unchanged. Car lots at $8.75 in bags, and 53.85 in wood. Broken lots, Toronto, 25c per bbl extra. DAIRY MARTFITS, Butter—Tho market unchanged, with good grades wanted. We quote selected dairy tubs 16} to 17c; choice one -pound rolls, 17 to 18c; seconds, tubs and rolls, 15 to 170; creamery prints firm, 20 to 210; solids, 180 to 19]c. Eggs—The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. We quote strictly fresh gathered, nearby, 12 to 12}c; seconds and culls, 6 to 8c. Cheese—Markets remains steady with good demand for finest goods for export. We quote finest, old 94c; new, choice, 91- to 9,c; twins; 9e to 10c. 'DRESSED HOGS & PROVISIONS, Dressed hogs unchanged here at $9.25 to 59:75. Hog products in active demand, and prices firm. We quote:—Bacon, long clear, ton, and' ease lots, 11 to 11}c. Pork—Mess, 519.50; do, short cut, 521. Smoked meats—Hams, 133 to 14c; breakfast bacon, 14 to 1.5c; rolls, 12c; backs, 14}c, and shoulders, 11c. Laid—Pails, 114c; tubs, 11c; tier- ces, 10 -lc. Buffalo, July 80.—Flour—Strong; good demand. Spring wheat—Fair Winter wheat—No. 1, northern, old, 80,1c; do, new, 75}c; No. 2 winter red, 75e; No, 1 white, 75c. Corn— Strong; No, 2 yellow, 6140; No. 8 do, 614c; No, 2 corn, 60c; No, 3 do, 0011e. Oats—Firm; No. 2 white, 43e; No, 8 do, 424c; No. 2 mixed, 42c; No, 3 do, 41}c. Barley—Nothing doing. Rye—Stronger; No. 1, 58e asked. Detroit, July 80. Wheat closed— No. 1 white. cash, 73c; No. 2 red, cash, and July, 73c; September, 784. St. Louis, July 30.—Wheat closed — Cash, 69c; July, 6.91•c; September, 704c. ' Duluth, July 30.—Wheat closed— No. 1 hard, cash, 744c; No. 1 Nor- thern, cash, 72}c; July 72,1c; Sep- tember, 71.3c; August, 724c; October 72c; December, 724c; No. 2 Northern Minneapolis, July 30.—Wheat clos- ed—Cash, 710; September, 694 to 70c; December, 714 to 71}e; on track, No, 1 hard, 73e; No. 1 Nor- thern, 71c; No. 2 Northern, 691e. Milwaukee, July 30,—Wheat closed — Higher; No, 3Northern, 72 to 73c; No. 2 Northern, 70 to 704; Sep- tember, 724c, Rye—Firm; No. 1, 116 to 561c, Barley—Steady; No, 2, 56c; sample, 85 to 54e. Corn—Sep- tember, 56:Ic. Toledo, July 80.—Wheat—Cash, July and August, 721c; September, 731,c; December, 75„c. Corn—Cash and July, 550; September, 56e. Oats —Cash, 37,1c; July and September, 364c. Closversecd—Active; higher;. A foreign syndicate wants to build October, 56.15. O11—Unchanged. an electric railway and underground Minneapolis, July 30.—Flour— roads 0 Flour— oats r t in Russia. Higher;her• first patents, 54.10 to $4.20 second, 58,90 to 54; flint clears, 58 to 53,10; second, do, 52.35. Bran— In bulk, $18 to 513.50. LIVE BTOOK MARKETS, During the current year 808,500 soldiers arra to be recruited for the Russian army. Russian officials continuo their persecutions in Finland, and the Czar will be appealed to, A volcano at Sourabaya, Java, Is- lands, broke loose and damaged pro- perty extensively, besides killing 200 persons. Thorn have been disastrous floods on the Yangtse River, near Hen- kow, in which hundreds of lives were lost. Toronto, July 80,—At the weetern catt,o market to -day 100 carloads of levo stack were received, including 1,785 cattle, 845 sheep and lambs, 800 hogs, 100 calves, 000 tci i.,;seo cows.• runs have been largo lately, and the supply to -day exceeded busi- ness requirements, and as a result trade 190.0 11011, it, 1 price% except The number of undetected crimes for a Saw lots of extra 0110100, were in Cape Town has caused an outcry Weaker, in favor of an increase. in the police Export cattle were off from 10 to 15e per cwt., and via per lb was the beet representative price to-dayi from en to 5o was a common quota- tion for good teethe and light ship- pets sold at from d}• to die per lin. Several Made were left over, Butcher cattle was dull a felt' choice tote sold at 44 to die, and five or ten cents ovtn• was a few times ps'id, but for ordinary cattle prices `sacro frena 15 to 25c lower than on 'Tuesday. Sates were i4oiv, and a good quantity of the stud wet.: loft over. Prices weakened 01:03-• Xing Edward Emperor Nieho1as siderably towards the close of the and Emperor William entll meet at snrla;lart, the great review near Maycnno about 'There is et.ill only a light enquiry August lfi, and will exchange visits for feeders and eteekcrri; feeders aro at, Darmstadt, wort', '••010 3 to 6;c per lb. Steps are being taken by the New- l•.xpc:rt owes e.' r: lalpibs Were weal foundlend Department, of Marine and or to -defy, Fisheries' to demonstrate the abso- i':a:ll+.n'i cues are. worth from 008.80 lute neceseity to ostablish the Mar- to 54.60 per ewi, cent systemof'wireless telegraphy Mucks soli at frons 2; to no per M. on'the rock -hound coast to protect Cilie at from 52 to 53 each, ocean-going vessels.. Lfimlie are worth from $9.50 to 34, • force, Caron Krupp, the head of the Ger- man gun works, has declared his annual income for the purpose of taxation to be 21,000,000 marks, The Budget Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies has voted to abolish the French Em- bassy at the Vatican. Tlse Natal Premier has stated that the sum paid in fines to the Trainee Court amounted to 218,000, out of a total of 220,000 imposed, tI0ly os 5 • 3 uz07 o i z langod, and Plrolao calves are wanted. A few elzoico lnilclz Cows will sell zip to around $50 voeh, There was no quotable change ill the frog market to -day. The rim was light, Tli4 best pIiC price' "rangers” gOrsu is 7 c e2^ lb. • 1 ' 2 t.ii4 P plc at ant light 11 ht n l.o sare g l: worth. 6, r . 9, 92 lb. l blogs to fetch the top price West be et prime quality unci wale not holo\ 160 nor above 200 ponncis, Following is the range of quo- tatione ;,-- Cattle. Shippers, per cwt,$ 4 75 5 5 19 Do,, light „ 4 ,45 4 05 Butcher, choice c10 4 00 4 50 Butcher, orcllllary to good ., 8 25 3 75 Butcher, inferior 2 75 8 00 Sheep' and Lambs. Choice ewes, cwt3 80 3 60 Culled sheep, each ,,, 2 00 3 00 Lainbs, . each,,. ,,, 9 50 4 00 Beeks, Per cwt. 2 50 8 00 Milkers and Calves, Cows, each „90 00 40. 00 Calves, emelt 2 00 10 00 ClHogs.r bice Hogs, cwt,.., 6 75 7 25 Light hogs, cwt„6 50 Heavy -hogs, cwt..,, 6 50 6 75 Stags, per cwt.. ,,,, 0 00 2 00 4- LOST BOTH LEGS. 6 75 Terrible Accident to a Grand Trunk Fireman. A despatch from Tordnto says ;— Joseph Ryan, a fireman on the Grand Trunk Railway, was run over by an engine in the yards. at Little York at a quarter to 9 o'clock Wod- nesday'night, and had his right leg cut off midway between the ankle and knee. His ]eft leg was so bad- ly crushed that it was necessary to amputate it when he was admitted to St. Michael's Hospital, The injured man was fireman in engine 933 with engineer Jamas Car- roll, and eaaine with a freight train from Belleville, arriving at 8.40.. Immediately on their arrival they Shunted down to the coal chute and were standing there preparatory to loading the tender. Ryan was standing on top of the tender. Ono of the men op the chute saw engine 932 coming down to the chute, tender first, on the same track, at such a rate of speed •that it would collide with 938, and shout- ed houted a warning. Engineer Carroll opened his throttle, and pulled out to avoid the collision, but in doing so Ryan was either jolted off the tender or he was knocked from it by the clhute. He fell on the track im- mediately in front of the approach- ing tender of engine 982, and it had done its terrible work a moment later. Dr. Riordan, with Dr. Walt- ers, alters, amputated the left limb at St. Michael's Hospital. Ryan is 26 years of age, and lives in Belleville, where he has a wife and one small child,, His parents reside in Brockville. se BUGLER DUNN INJURED. Boy Who Led Advance Across Tugela Ras an Accident at Cape Town. A despatch from Cape Town says : —While practisink at the Greenpoint camp on Wednesday for the reception to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, Bugler Dunn met with an accident. His horse bolted and. stumbled and fell. Dunn had one of his legs broken and the horse suffer- ed a similar injury. The animal was shot. Dunn is the fifteen -year-old Bugler of the First Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was wounded three times at the battle of Colenso while sounding lfis orders, He was one of the first to moss the Tugela after sounding the order to advance. When he returned to England to recuperate Queen Vic- toria presented film with a silver - mounted bugle. Ho was afterwards sant back to South Africa at his own request. He spent some time in Net- ley etley Hospital, where he was visited by several members of the Royal family, HENS ARE FARING WELL. Government's Poultry Raising Ex- periments a Success. A despatch from Ottawa says :— The poultry -raising experiments at 'Whitby, which are being ng con- ducted under Ont.,he superintendence of Mr, F. 0, Hare, poultry expert to the Department of Agriculture, are proving a great success. Chickens just twelve weeks old, on a diet of ground oats and skim milk, and with a limited range for exercise, have al- ready reached a weight of three pounds eight ounces. They will be continued on the present diet for a month longer and then go to the fattening coops for another month. When ready for the market they will average over six pounds in weight, The farmers in the neighborhood of Whitby are manifesting 'great inter- est in the experiments. o HEAVY LOSS. One Thousand Square Miles of Pine Burned Over. A despatch from Ottawa says:—A thousand square miles of pine forest are said to have been burned over in tho recent fires in the Tomiscauzingue and Kippewa districts, although the reports aro conflicting. The money loss is placed at from 5500,000 to $750,000, and \hila thle loes will be felt at once, the future loss will also be great. The young pine which were destroyed would have been commercially valuable in a few years, but it will be many years be- fore the new growth can replace then!, Much of the old pine trace damaged by the fire can be cut in n short time and made ready for the weaker., The principal loser's are the Shepard and ,Aforse. Company, 1, 11, Bootle, Atex: Lyinsdcn, the :II1111 Lumber Company't Gillles Bros., and McLachlan Bros„ fiei Arnprior, MINE FAILED TO EXPLODE.. E, Gen, Polftrcy's ?len to Blow Up Teei11 Wo,s Abot'11vo. ii,•.�. %�Prj:t07„@'�.=?:cA:4 P,>�+°)t; 45�'+” 4 SIADaughter, «' 11 A despateh fa.'gnz Xernboi'l y says; Two tundra(' tied b 5 rebels under v. Va z nl tacked ed S tla • 0 ori Friday, u di but were $ 0Fe 1 y, pulsed. Gen. Delaney is reported bane been present, lie aiterwaz' recrossed into the Transvaal and a tempted to blow u1) the rail\ Soren pounds of dynamite was co cealea under the retie, and a r'ifi Was eencealed and sot so as to 0 plods the dynamite when a trai Passed. Tho rails were not deflects sufficiently to press the needle, an several trellis passed Without Harm A `ganger" discovered the mine, BOERS TATE NEWOPE. fI , Worth to de ide. ff, .il,' il. M"a iSA! 'W TiS 4')ri ay. n- 0 i0. ri d CI Denial In Amsterdam of Rumore Pease Negotiations. A despatch frons Amsterdam says —With reference to the rumors, pub Ilshed in the London Daily Nen that negotiations for peace in Sout Africa are proceeding, it is denie here that Kruger is preparing t end the war, Instead, Ile, Loyds and other. Boers are basing gre hopes on the fact that Dr. Kuyper whor n Queen sen Wilh el i a l m n has ,num moved to forma new cabinet, is strong Boer sympathizer, Ile and Baron Van Lynden, secretary of the Hague Arbitration Court, have had frequent consultations, and the Boers hope that they will devise some form of peaceful ,intervention, b Two g'ontlelnen friends, who had pau'ted Lor . y0ars, Biel in ed crowded city street, Tho 000 Who lived in tiro city Wee on his way to meet a pl•essieg business engagement, Atter a trey expressions of delight 130 said; "Weil, len off; I'm sorry, but it cant bo helped" 1 will look for you to -morrow at dinner. Remember, two o'clock sharp. I want you to see lay wife and oilild," Only ono child?" asked the other,. "Only 000," came the answer, tela_ deny; a daughter, Bu But she darl n is a dl darling." I g And then they parted, the stranger getting into a street oar for the park. After a block or two a group of five girls entered the car, They New all evidently belonged to families o li wealth. They conversed well. Eaeli u carried a very' elaborately decorated lunch basket. Each was well dray- at sed' . They, too, were going' to the park for a picnic, They seemed hap- ' py and amiable until the car again stopped, this time letting in a p,elo- faced girl of f about eleven nand a sick boy of four. These children were shabbily- dressed and on their faces$ wore looks of distress. They, too, were on the way to the park, Tho gentleman thought so; so did the group of girls, for he :heard one of them say with a loolc of disdain: "I suppose those ragamu,tllns are onanexcursion, too,"- ' "I shouldn't want to leave home if I had to look like that, would you?" This to another girl, "No, indeed; but there is no ac- counting for taste. I think there ought to be a special lino of cars for the lower classes," All this was spoken in a low tone, but the gentleman heard it. Had the child, too? He glanced at the pale face and saw tears. He was angry. . Just then' the exclamation: "Why, there is Nettie,, wonder where site is going?" caused him to look out upon the corner, where a sweet- faced young girl•stood beckoning to the, car driver. When she entered the car she was warmly greeted by the five, and they made room for her be- side them.- They' were profuse in ex- clamations and questions. "Where are you going?" asked one. "011, what lovely flowers: Whom are they for?" asked another. "Ian on my way to Belle Clarke's. She is sick, you know, and the flow- ers are for her." She answered teeth questions at once, and then glancing toward the door of the car, saw the pale girl looking wistfully . at her. She smiled at the child, a tender look beaming from her beautiful eyes, and then, forgetting that she wore a handsome velvet skirt and costly jacket, and that her shapely hands were covered with well -fitted gloves, she left her seat and crossed over to the little one. Site laid her hand on the boy's thin cheeks as she asked his sister: "This little boy is sick, .is ho not. He is your brother, I am sure." It seemed hard for the girl to an- swer, but finally she said: "Yes, Huss, he is sick. Freddie never has been well. Yes, miss, he is my brother. We're going to the park to see if it won't make Freddie bettor." "I am glad you are going," the young girl replied ina low voice meant for no one's ears except those 01 the child. "I think It will do Him good ; it's lovely there, with the flowers all in bloom. But whore is your lunch ? You ought to have a lunch after so long a ride,'° Over the little girl's face came a flush, "Yes, miss, we ought to, for Fred - die's sake ; but you see, we didn't have any lunch to bring. Tim -he's' our brother -lie saved these pennies so as Freddie could ride to the park and back. I guess mebbe Frecldie'll forget about being hungry. when he gets to the park." There wore tears in the lovely girl's eyes as she listened, and very soon she asked the girl whore she lived and wrote the address down in a tablet which she took from a bag on her arm. After ridipg a few blocks she left the car, but she had not left the lit- tle ono comfortless. Half the bou- qucts of violets and hyacinths were clasped in the sister's hand, whilo tho sick boy, with radiant face,held in his hand a package, from which be helped his sister now and then, saying to bis sister in a jubilant whisper: "She said we could eat 'em all, when we got to the park. What made her so good and sweet to us?" And the little girl whispered laws: "It's 'cause die's beautiful as well as her clothes." When the park was reached the five girls hurried out. Then the gentle- man lifted the little boy in his arms and carried ]rim out of, the car across the road into the park, the sister, with a heart full of gratitude, following. He paid for a nice ride for thcru in the goat carriage and treated them to oyster soup at the Park restaurant. At 2 o'clock sharp the next day.. the two gentlemen, at agreed, islet again. T7tis is my wife," the host said, proudly introducing the comely lady; and this," as a young lady of fif- teen entered the parlor, "is my daughr." Ahtel said. the guest, as he extend- ed his hand in cordial greeting, "this the clear girl whom I saw yeller, day in the street ear. l dun t clor you call her a darling. She is a clarliertr, and no mistake. Goo bless lirl'' Ansi then he told his friends what he had seen and heard in the street0151•, NAPHTHA EXPLOSION: Central Portion of Batoum, Russia, •Laid in Ruins. A despatch from Batoum says:—A terrible explosion of naphtha occurred at noon, on Thursday in the centre of the town, which is now in ruins. Many persons were killed. Many of the dead were horribly mangled, and fragments of bodies were scattered broadcast by the force of the explo- sion. The number of victims cannot yet be estimated, but as the area af- fected was the most thickly populat- ed part of the city, it is feared that the loss of life was great. Batoufn is the well-known Russian oil port. It is situated on the east', shore of the Black Sea, and has a population of about 5,000. SOUTHERN CHINA. Bands of Armed Robbers Abroad In Right. Raids. A despatch from Canton, China, says. A band 'of over forty armed robbers for three successive nights' has been looting shops opposite Shateen. The Chinese authorities have made no attempt to interfere. The Chinese themselves ole alarmed, and predict serious trouble. It is understood the foreign consuls have been ivar'ned to prepare for an up- rising. A magistrate of Shuntalt reports that robbers are increating in his district. Seventy-five robbers have been beheaded at Skcrtchaiy during the last two months. 0 CALVES. When calves are not thrifty the cause may be in the management. Ir•regnlaz•Ity in feeding, overlooking their peculiarities and preferences, and crowding then are reasons that cause lack of thrift. When several cahves are together, and their milk poured into a common trough, the stronger ones will secure more than their share and the weaker calves less than a sufficiency. Lack of water in very warm weather during the middle of the day may cause harm, for it is customary with some to water the cows and calves only twice- a day where the supply of water is at the barn only. The re- medy isto feed each calf separately h•om the others, and give a variety of food. A CHANCE FOR GARDENERS. Fame and fortune await the in- genious horticulturist who can suc- ceed hi producing n. flower that is entirely black—a problem that has hitherto defied the efforts that have been made in that direction for more than three centuries past. For, not- withstanding novel the of Alexandre Dumas, entitled "The• Black Tulip," there is no such thing as a really black flower in existence, although almost every color and shade of the rainbow is present in flowers and blossoms. 0 GREAT INCREASE IN VOLUN- TEERS. The returns of the British Volun- teer force olun-teerbforce for last year, which will shortly be macho public, will show a very considerable increase of strength as compared with 1890, consequent upon the larger recruiting resulting from the war, . The nunt- ber of "cliicicnts" at the end of the 1000 official year was over 270,000 an increase of about 46,000 upon the "eiliclent" return of 1899, Icing Oscar of Sweden ]las terribly scandalized royal and imperial per- sonages there by expressing his be- lief in the Darwinian theory of evo- lution. Tho Orient liner Ormuz, from Syd trey, N S. W,, for London, arrived 011' Gibraltar with two cases of the bubonic plague on board. Slio was refused admittance, and proceeded toward Plynsouth. Over one hundred persons, h1c]nc1- ing troops and police, wero injured at Lemberg, Austria, in an attempt by ;the police to stop unemployed street parades, and the town is strongly guarded 'with troops^, hilltop—You must be doing' Mighty well, old man, to be able to charter a yacht. Canton—Not at all; I'm doing it to save money. Itow'e that?. I'r going to !coop my wife at' sen' for ai whole month. ---e DEFINED. Say, pop, I've got to write a conn, position on Hope. 'What is hope,. anyway? it