The Brussels Post, 1902-4-17, Page 2TAE MARKETS
Prices of Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres.
Toronto, April 15.--Wlteat--No, 1
Nol•thel'n, 80e bid North Beer, acid it
offered at 80c Toronto aunt west, Ap-
ril delivery, No, 2 Northern oe'orcci
at 77e, April delivery. Ontario No.
2 white O8Tered,at 72e east, and No.
2 goose at 07e on Pacific, and at
660 on Midland,
I3arleye-No.:8 ofter'ed at 4.9c mid-
dle freight ea C.P.R.
Pees -No. 2 offered at, 79c high
freights, and No, 2 white eyes at 85e
middle freight, without bids.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Dried A.pples-Tho market is quint,
with prices nominal at 5} to 5,c,
Evaporated 10 to 10;c.
Hops -Business quiet, with prices
steady at 18c; yearlings, at 8c.
Honey -The market is dull at 9}
to roc for strained; combs, $1.15 to
$2,25 per dozen.
Maple Syrup -Supplies fair, and
prices steady. Pure (new make), im-
perial gallons, 90e to ,$1; old, as to
quality, 65e to 85c. Sugar 9 to 10e.
Beans -The market is quiet. Prices
$1.10 to $L30 per bush as to quali-
ty. Handpicked, $1.85 to 81.40.
Cranberries - Market unchanged,
with stocks small. Cape Cod $9.50
to $10 per barrel.
Hay, baled -The market is quiet,
with prices unchanged. Timothy is
quoted at $11625 on track Toronto,
for No, 1, and at $8.50 to $9 for
No. 2.
Straw -The market is quiet. Car
lots on track quoted at $5 to $55.75,
the latter for No. 1.
Poultry -Receipts are small, and
prices firm. We quote: -fresh killed
turkeys, 18 to 14c per 18; chickens,
75c to $1. Ducks, 75c to 51. Geese,
8 to 10c per 18.
Potatoes -Market unchanged. with
offerings fair. Car lots quoted at 55
to 68c on track, and small lots out
01 store sell itt 65 to 70c.
THE DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -The market is steady with
n fain' demand for the best grades.
We quote: -Finest 1-1h rolls, 20 to
21c; choice large roils, 18e; medium
and low grades, 12 to 14c; cream-
ery prints, 22 to 24c, and solids. 21
to 22ec.
Eggs -The market is steady at 12c
per dozen in case lots.
Cheese -The market is firm, with
pales at 11e, to 19c; the latter for
best makes.
HOGS AND PROVISIONS.
Dressed hogs aro firmer. Hog pro-
ducts in fair demand, and firm. We
quote: -Bacon, long clear, 10c, in
ton and case lots. Mess pork-,
$20.50; do short cut, $21.50 to 522.
Smoked meats Hams, 13c; break-
fast bacon, 14c; rolls, 11c; backs,
14 to 144c, and shoulders, nee.
Lard -The market is lmchanged„
with good demand. We quote: -Tier-
ces, 11 to ilec; tubs, 114c; pails,
Elie; compound, 9 to 91e.
UNITED STATES MARKETS.
Bufl'alo, April 15, -Flout• -Quiet but
Man. Wheat -Spring steady; No, 1
Northern carloads, 77ec: winter firm;
No, 2 red, 81c, Corn -Higher; No,
2 yellow, 64ac; No, 8 do., 64 to
641c; No. 2 corn, 685 to 64c; No, 3
do, 68e.e. Oats -Firm; No, 2 white,
48,c; No. 3 do„ 47et; No. 2 mixed,
46e; No. 8 do„ 45.tc, Barley
Scarce; no sales. Rye -No, 2 offer-
ed at 615c, through billed.
Toledo, April 15. -Wheat -Active
and strong; cash, 79c; May, 70c;
.hey 741c. Corn -Dull, easier; cash,
57c; May, 591c; July, 59„c. Oats -
Dull, steady; cash, 44c; May, 42,c;
July, 35c. Cloverseed-Active, firm;
cash, 54.93; April, $4.921; October,
$5.05;' No 2, 54.85 to 84.72ec; No.
2 timothy, $3; No. 2 alsike, 58 to
0.10.
Detroit, April 15. -Wheat closed -
No. 1 white, cash, 801e; No. 2 red,
cash, April and May, 791c; July,
76e c.
St. Louis, April 1.5. -Wheat closed
-Cash, 781c; May, 78ec; July, 71.0.
LIVE STOCK MARKET,
Toronto, April 13. -The receipts nt
the Western cattle market to -day
were 38 carloads, inchrding 647 cat-
tle, 500 hogs, 272 sheep and lambs,
50 calves, 50 spring lambs, and a
few mach cows.
There was a light run. a brisk de-
mand, everything sold early, and
prices all round were steady and un-�
changed. This to all intents and'
purposes sums up the market.
Hogs to fetch the top price must
be of prime ,quality, and scale not
below 160 nor above 200 lbs.
Following is the range of quota-
tions: -
Cattle,
Shippers, per cwt ..,,,,$4.7:1 56.05
1)o., light .. ,...., ....1.25 4.621
Butcher, choice... ... , 5.00 5.50
Butcher, ord, to good. 4,00 4.50
Butcher, inferior... 3,.50 3.75
Stockers, per cwt„. 8.00 3,75
Sheep land Lambs.
Choice ewes, per cwt,,, 18.80 4,00
Yearlings, per cwt,, 4.50 5.80
Spring lanlhs, each2,50 5.00
Bucks, per cwt.,... 2,50 8.00
Milkers and Calves.
Cows, each- .....• 25.00 43.00
Calves, each,.. ,. .., 2.00 10.00
?logs.
Choice hogs, per cwt.,. 5.75 6.15.
Light hags, per cwt5,50 5.85
Heavy hogs, per ewt,5.50 5,85
Sows, per cwt .,. ,. 8.50 4.00
Stags, per cwt........,0.00 2.00
LORD bUNDONALD.
He Will Succeed IYtajor-General
O'Grady Italy.
A London despatch says: -Tho ap-
pointment of Major-General the Find
of Dundoeald as General Officer com-
manding the Canadian Militia, In
succession to Major-General O'Grady.
'Hale, whose tot'n1 will 14000 cxplee,.
bas been oilleiahy anilou1ice8,
RHODES AT REST*
Coaslgned to Last Resting Placa
in the Hills.
z! 23u1ttwaye, Matabeleland, des-
patch says; -On Thursday, atnite an
intnlenee throng' of tie/Mors, civilians
and natives, the "body of Cecil
lihodes was comulitted to its rock
tomb in the Matoppo hills. The
calla was shrouded in .a 1.711100 Jaak
and the wreath sent ley Queen Alex-
andre, wits laid upon it as it was
lowered Into the grave.
The 'funeral Harty started from
f'uller's Hotel early Thursday morn -
lag. The procession was five miles
long as it wound through the hills
and gorges. Every sort of convey-
ance was made use of; some were on
foot, others were ou horseback or on
bicycles, while still others were in
wagons and mucilages. When the
procession was a utile from the grave
everybody dismounted and eolaeluded
the journey On foot,
Twelve oxen hauled the coltzn to
the almost inaccessible summit of the
kepjo, where the Chiefs Shombli, Fa-
ke, and Umgula and two thousand
natives had assembled to witness the
Christian burial rites, which they
afterwards supplemented in their own
fashion, by the sacrifice of 15 oxen
to the shade of the great dead chief.
Thousands of white persons con-
gregated around the wind-swept Bill.
The grave was encircled by six
boulders. The interment was ex-
tremely impressive. The Dead
Mauch re-echoed through the Bills,
and the natives stood like statues,
Tears were in the eyes of many of the
onlookers.
The Bishop of Mashnnaland, who
conducted the burial service, said; -
"I consecrate this place forever;
here he thought. here he lived, and
died for the Empire."
When the coflin was lowered into
the tomb chiselled in the solid rock,
all those present sane the "Old
Hundredth" and "Now the Labor-
er's Task is O'er." The remainder
of the burial service was chanted,
and the band played the Dead March
in Saul. The tomb was covered
with wreaths,
PEACE IS AT HAND.
Boer Delegates Think Negotiations
Will be Successful.
A despatch from the Hague says: -
4 report is current in official circles
that terms of peace in South Africa
will be signed in a few days. It is
impossible to verify the report on
any definite authority.
The Associated Press understands
that the peace negotiations are pro-
gressing satisfactorily, so far as the
Transvaalers are concerned, but the
latest advices indicate that there is
small probability of the. Free Stat-
ers surrendering in a body. The ne-
gotiations thus far have been main-
ly explanations of British intentions.
It has been made plain to the leaders
that their surrender will not entail
banishment, and this Inas a potent
influence, The leading Transvaalers
urge their allies to arrange peace
terms. The inner circles of the War
Office believe that if the present in-
dications are fulfilled, and the Trans-
vaelers agree to surrender, the back-
bone of Boer resistance will be brok-
en, and that the Free Staters' op-
position will soon be overcome.
DISORDERLY SCENES.
Members of Austrian Parliament
Storni Platform.
A Vienna despatch says: -The Pan -
German Parliamentary manners were
again unpleasantly exhibited in the
Reichsrath on Wednesday. The trou-
ble arose over'the educational ques-
tion in Bohemia, over which the
Czechs and Germans are at logger-
heads. The Ministers being absent,
the President of the Chamber became
the victim of the Pan -Getman fury.
Whistling and the slamming of desk
lids drowned the sound of the Presi-
dent's bell when he attempted to re-
store order. Fleetly, a dozen Pan -
Germans stormed the platform and
coarseiy abused the President. They
seized the bell and hammered the
table with it, and threatened the
President with lists and sticks. They
also pelted Minn with wads of paper.
The President left the House, there-
by suspending the sitting,
LYNCH'S SYMPATHY.
Blatherskite Colonel Sues itis
,Tenants.
A London despatch says :-Col.
Arthur Lynch, the Irishman who
claims to have fouglit on the Hoer
side early in the war, and has since
been elected Nationalist member of
Parliament for Galway, brought a
suit on Thursday before the Quarter
Sessions at Nllruslt against a num-
ber of tenants for arrears of rent.
The tenants belong to the fisher
class, and are all poor people. They
caked the magistrate to allow theta
time to pay. Ile said he sympathiz-
ed with them, but was unable to t
comply with their request. Tho of--'
Mir has aroused greet indignation!
against the colonel in 1C'ilrush. H0'.
bus never attempted to take his
seat in the House of Commons,
KAISER HONORS OUR TARS
Order of the Red Eagle for Ade
metal Seymour.
A Berlin despatch says: -The Em-
peror has conferred upon Rear -Ade
mi -al Sir Edward IT. Seymour, for-
merly naval commander of the fleet
British expeditionary force in China,
the Order of the Red Eagle, with
sward of the first-class, and upon
Capt. Jellicoe, of the British navy,
the santeolder of the second cress,
The I6oipet'ol' said that he was
prompted to decorate these officers
by reading the report of Capt, von
Usodom, the senior Gennep naval
officer present on the operation for
the relief of the Pekin Legations,
THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT,
NOTES OF PROCEEDINGS IN
THE FEDERAL HOUSZ.
BILLS INTIIODU'CED,
Mr. Frank Oliver fatroduced a bill
respecting the Hudson i3tty S•a North-
west Reiltway Co.
Mi'. Samuel Barker introduced a
bill reshooting the Celgau'y & 1 d-
moeton Railway Co,
Mr, Brock introduced a bill 5.0 in-
eorporate the Penny Bauic.
Mr. 'McCreary introduced a bill to
incorporate the Manitoba k Keewa-
tin Railway Co.
Air, l-Tugh Guthrie introduced a bill
to ineorporate the Dominion Railway
8o Power Co,
Mr. Leighton McCarthy introduced
a 8111 to incorporate the Montreal
Subway Co,
Mr. Deniers (St. John) introduced
a bill respecting the Montreal &
Southern Counties partway Co.
Mr. Arch. Campbell introduced
buts to incorporate the Toronto &
Niagara Power Co. and the Nepigoxt
Railway Oce
Mr. Maloin introduced a bill to
incorporate the Lake Champlain &
St. Lawrence ()anal.
Mr. Talbot introduced a bill to in-
corporate the Gaspe 4 Western Rail-
way Co.
MANITOBA SCHOOL LANDS.
Air. Ross presented.a petition from
the Local Legislature of Manitoba in
rofereuce to the reduction of interest
on school lands held in trust by the
Dozninion Government for the Pro-
vince of Manitoba.
CANSO BRIDGE COMPANY.
The bill to incorporate the to S trait
of Canso Bridge Company was read
a third time and passed, after' in-
serting an amendment to make it
quite clear that the tolls may be re-
gulated •from time to time by the
G overnor-in-Council,
SECOND READINGS.
To incorporate the Canadian Nor-
thern Telegraph Co Mr. Davis,
Respecting the Bay of Quiute Rail-
way Co.-eer. Hardy.
Respecting the Medicine Hat Rail-
way and Coal Co. -Mr. Scott.
Respecting the Temagami Railway
Co. -Mr. McCarthy.
Respecting the Calgary and Ed-
monton Co. -Air. Barker.
Respecting the Lake Cllaznplain
and St. Lawrence Ship Canal Co.--
Mr.
o:Mr. GeofTriou.
ST. LAWRENCE CANAL.
Mr, Henderson was informed by
Mr. Mulock that in 1896 the amount
of money expended in paying the
employes on the St. Lawrence Canal
was 5148,826, and the amount col-
lected on the said canal, 5120,256.
In 1897 the wages were $137,548,
and the collectious 5122,437. In
1898 these amounts were resperti'
$145,623 and $120,388. In 1899
they were $150,291 and $141,979.
In 1901 the wages were $190,840,
and the collections were $147,687.
SUPREME COURT.
Mr, Fitzpatrick stated that within
the past five years the number of ap-
peals taken before the Supremo
Court of Catlada was 494. Of these
there were only 16 beard belore the
full bench of six judges.
GEORGIAN BAY CANAL.
At the Railway Committee of the
Senate the Montreal, Ottawa, and
Georgian Bay Canal Dili was report-
ed. The compauy asked for an ex-
tension of time for eight years. ere.
Wisner, C.E., addressed the commit-
tee. He pointed out that there were
445 miles from the Georgian Bay to
Montreal, About ten per cent. of
this distance would require canaling.
The remainder was open waterway.
His estimate of the whole cost of
construction to Montreal was $80,-
000,000. The change on the average
level of the lakes would he about a
foot, Ale, Gibsotl said that three.
feet more excavation would be re-
quired than was shown in the Gov-
ernment surveys, on account of the
rise . and fall of the .lakes. He
thought that the camel should be 150
Peet -wide. The bottom of the prism
is now put at 100 feet. Some ves-
sels were 48 and 50 feet wide. The
canal should be wide enough to let
them pass easily. Air. Wood (Ilam-
ilton) asked the probable duration
of navigation. Mr. Wisner said 285
days, practically eigltt months of the
year. The bill was reported without
aauteudatent.
TRANS -CONTINENTAL LINE.
The Railway Committee of the
House of Commons had under con-
sideration a hill which was practical-
ly the granting of a charter for a
trans -continental lino to the Canad-
ian 'Northern, The company asks
power to build e, number of lines and
branches which bring ie from the St,
Lawrence seaports Lo the Pacific
coast. The Minister of Railways
said that the Government looked
with favor on a second transconti-
nental railtvay to the Pacific coast,
and anything they could do or ask
Parliament to aid in the promotion
of that uuder'taking they propose to
do. There were subsidy matters
which regtiiret] more critical consid-
eration. Ile did not feel at present
like putting airy one company in *m-
illuiLed possession of such a Brent
extension of country as the Canadinn
Northern would cover with two par-
allel lines across 11ie preit-le. The
charter which they are uslrhug prar.-
ticaily gave theta two lines, and it
would be time enough to give them
the second when they me de the first
a success, The bill was dIse ussed at.
length, null all the sections were pas-
sed except the one incrensing the cap-
italfrotn 824,750,000 to 885,000,-
000.
'HIT RD 11RA I ONG.
The bill to incorporate the Nipis-
sing and Ottawa llailwny Co, was
rend it third time and pallia,
RAILWAY COMnit'S$(IOe.
Von. A. (1, Blair introduced the
(1aveenmon I. railway 8111, T1s chief
features are the eeustil.ntion . of n
railway eoimnisaion and the regula-
l:ion of tile tolls. The 'Railway Com-
mittee
01ittee of the Privy Council is altol-
ishcd. The powers of the Railway
Committee of the Privy Connell are
conferred on the Railway Oomtnis-
sietl and new powers are added,
M0101)0s5 of the commission will be
three in number, They Will 80 ale-
pointed for tett years, and' are eligi-
ble for roappohltntcttt. Ago and sal-
luy have beell loft bleak. The Coy-
moment
ovei•omettt Will bo yufdod by the °Flit-
len of the Ilouse. No member of the
0ommission eau be removed except
.on 8..n. address from •bb411 Houses,
One member will be experienced in
law, 0110 in railway 'transportation..
and the third will probably be clips
en from the business community.
will BoardBoardof Cotniltissloitora wi 1 de-
termitne all questions of rates, sallied,
only to an appeal to the Coveruer-
in-Couue'', They will have jurisdic-
tion le the matter or rates over or-
dinary, commodity and competitive
traffic. Muel1 discretion is allowed
the Commission, Tho Commission
will have no control over the Gov-
ernment railways,
JAPAN EXPOSITION,
Mr, Lemieux was informed by Mr,.
Fisher that it was the intention of
the Government to have Canada
take part itt the Japan Exposition in
1903.
IIING'S BIRTHDAY.
Col, Hughes was informed by Sir
Wilfrid Laurier that the Government
has 1101 reached a decision as to
whether a bill should be introduced
fixing the 24th of May as the day of
°Metal observance of the Ring's
birthday.
POST O1:FICi1 EMPLOYES.
Holt. Wm. Mulock Introduced his
Pott Oface bill. The bill applies to
messengers, packers, letter carriers,
porters salt sorters. In their case
the civil service examination has
been done away with. Instead of a
yearly salary a per diem allowauee
will be substituted. Instead of
waiting for nine years to reach the
maximum salary, halt that time
would be all that was necessary. A
superintendent of city postofl'ices
would be provided for in. the bill.
The first one to 011 the position
would be George Ross, assistant
postmaster of Toronto.
MILITARY REFORM PLAN.
Minister of Militia Borden outlined
in the House an important scheme of
military reform. Increase of the .mi-
litia to 100,000 men, the establish-
ment of a rifle factory and the in-
crease of staff and' militia officers,
with a higher standard of military
education, are some of the projects
which the Minister of Militia is bent
on carrying out. As to the report
of the Major-General, he agreed in
the main with every suggestion it
contained. Under the present law,
the permanent force is limited to
1,000 men. The General proposed
to increase it to 1500, and he him-
self thought it a wise proposal. He
was afraid it would not be possible
to get men away from their avoca-
tions for 21 days every :year, But
it might be practicable once in three
years to give the men a longer per-
iod of drill than twelve days.
Ile was quite in accord with the
Major -General's proposal to form a
body of reserves. At this moment,
he said, the suggestion is being car-
tied out, and it would involve very
little more expenditure far the extra
men, sufficient of whom would be
raised to increase the present force
of 85,000 up to 100,000, and this
would be done by bringing them In-
to the rifle clubs, for which provi-
sion was made last session. Un-
doubtedly the day' is near at hand,
Dr. Borden said, when we should
hale at least one more arsenal, 'Sit-
uated in a central part of Canada.
But as to the present. IIe would
say that iu the course of the year
the output of ammunition from the
present arsenal at Quebec would be
increased from two millions to six
or seven million rounds e, year,
working on the 8 -hour basis, and 18
or 20 million cartridges could be
turned out by the arsenal working
full time. As to tu'ma, e4ntinuedthe
Minister, the Government hoped in a
short time to have in. operation in
Canada a factory capable of turning
out, front 12,000 to 15,000 rifles
yearly, working 8 hours per day, and
more than double that number when
working full timo. The arm to be
turned out was the Sir Charles Ross
rifle. It was possible to have in
this country, he said, a very effective
defensive force at very little more
expenditure than the present outlay.
We wanted educated, welt -trained of-
ficers. and he agreed that there
should be, to that end, a severe ex -
Canada -had raised at
headquarters e, medical corps second
to none in the world. That had
been shown in South Africa, for
they had only been landed there with
the Mounted Rifles, when they were
put et once to the most severe test
possible, and he had received a cabl,e-
grain from Col. Evans stating that
they had acquitted themselves with
the greatest possible credit,
LITTLE FELLOWS WANTED.
Small Troopers and Light Horses
for South Africa.
An Ottawa despatch says: -As the
result of a conference between the
Minister of Militia, General O'Grady
Italy, and Col. Pinautt, it was de-
cided that the minimum height of
men who are to bo recruited for the
fourth contingent will be 5 feet 4 in-
ches. - )recruiting will commence at
all the usual points in Canada about
the 181h inst.
Na particular quota will be as-
signed to any cue city or locality.
Titus, if 'l'm'eneo can furnish 500
good Hien, who comply with the con-
ditions of service, they will be ac-
cepled. Daily reports of enlistment
°15111 be sent, by telegreplt to head-
quarters, nail as soon as the 2,000
Mee have been e,lrolied ordeta to
cease enlistment 11'i11 iie teleifi'uhhocl
to all paints. The rate of pny will
be the same as the 2110 Mounted
ltlfle5.
It, is understood that some-
what lighter horses will he taken,
the idea being that with light men
and smaller horses. greater mobility
call be severed.
lf. 0 said that Majnr Metal ft and
Major' C'untnrnt, note out with Col,
levans, tvlll each be given a rogt-
iltent,
STRANGE DEATH.
Traveller Smothered in a Peter-
berpugh Hotel.
A I'eterbol'onglt, Ont;, cjosptiteh
says 1--A COullnOl'C11l traveller who
rcglctet'ed as Harry L. Boyd, of
Boston; was found dead in his 10010
at the Oriental hotel here at noon
on Thurt'aday., Boyd arrived hot•o•.ou
the 5,85 Grand Trunk trail, Wednes-
day evening, and was, around the
hotel during the evening. ' 11 is not
known at what bine be went to his
room, but this moaning the tlntm-
berinaid, making unsuoeess.ul efforts
5.0 gain access t0 the r0o111 of aren5e
its inmate, reported the fact to the
office, Looking into the icool l the
hotel clerk saw the unfortunate elan
lying on the bed, Entrance was
gained, and it were found he was
dead. Eto had bolted, Lite door 00 the
inside, and thrown himself on the
bed fame diawnwards, fully dressed.
The doctors and 0droxie)' were sem-
moiled, and their supposition 0 that
the titan was suddenly seized with
illness, and throwing himself on to
the bed on his face was smothered.
No inquest was considerednecessary,
Elis papers indicated that 'he tt'a-
relied for the Chase & Go. corpora
tied, of Boston, Mass„ In 'The con-
fectionary line. He was a stranger
on the ground, 101' the hotel men did
not know him. Ho was about 87
years of age. A telegram was sent
to the firm's address in Boston, and
a reply was received in the evening
sayfug that deceased's friends had
been notified olid instructions would
follow,
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MEDALS FOR OUR HORSES.
Will Be Awarded at Toronto and
Winnipeg Shows.
A London despatch says :-In view
of the movement to improve the
breeds of Canadian horses by the
importation of registered Shire stal-
lions, the Shire Horse Society of
England, with which the King is
prominently associated, decided, at
the suggestion of 301111 Dyke, to
award two gold modals for the best
registered Shiro stallion and mare at
the Toronto and Winnipeg shows
this year.
A SIGNIFICANT STEP.
Russia Preparing to Mobilize
Black Sea Fleet.
A London despatch says: -The mo-
bilization of the Black Sea fleet of
Russia, the Times' correspondent' at
Odessa wires, has been fixed for the
end of July, and the depots at Se-
bastopol are receiving unusually
large consignments of naval stores.
The simultaneous mobilization of
the Black Sea and Baltic fleets this
summer, the correspondent continues,
and the unprecedented, military con-
centration north of Odessa, is con-
sidered to be very significant.
REPAIRS BY A'BLIND MAN.
Puts Farming Implements and
Watches in Order.
There is in the Clay county, lnd.,
infirmary as a pauper, a blind man,.
who is as mucic of a prodigy as
"Blind Tom," the musician, or any
of the mathematical lightning cal-
culator freaks who have from time
to time been exhibited over the
country. "Gus," a5 he is called by
Ws fellow -inmates and Lhe keepers of
the institution, is a rare mechanical
genius and manifests as much ambi-
tion to excel in his work as though
all the avenues of competitive in-
dustry were open to his hand and
application. He maintains a general
repair shop on the promises, which
he built himself, which is provided
with ei variety of tools and ap-
pliances, all of which are kept in ex-
cellent order and every piece in its
-proper place. ,.
When any' of the farming iniple
meats on the place become impaired,
garden tools or domestic utellSe5,
including watches and clocks, brok-
en or out of order, they aro taken to
the shop, where "Gus" feels them
over; and quickly discovers what is
wrong and what is wanting, then
proceeds to ntaleo the repairs.
Should it be all -unusual break, for
which he does not have the necessary
tools, the work is laid aside until
he provides with his otvn hands and
stern the appliances required.
Two years ago the superintendent
of the institution desired to put a
new picket fence around the large
front yard, and "Gus" was given
charge of the job, with authority to
sununon outer paupers to his as-
sistance. But when he proposed to
rule the lines and locate the ditierent
sections of the fence, "Gus" told the
superintendent that he would do
that himself ; that he was ambitious
to do the whole joie trout "cella' to
attic," attd he cijcl, )raving prepared
the pickets, which were all cut true
to his model, he 'proceeded to run the
lines, which he did as accurately as
would a lean with two good eyes.
IIe Bien planted the posts, put on
the railing and drove every picket to
its place.
"Cl us" also hunts rabbles turd
goes lisping, uuace0tnpaeled. Ito
fishes with hoolts twitch he 80118 c 1115
front, which ho disengages the "fin-
nies," just as any other expert
Izaak Walton might do. But when
he hunts rabbits he takes with him
(not a gun) a dog and an ax, and
when his dog trees a "cotton -tail,"
"Gus" is sure of his meat.
"Gus" was not always blind, hav-
ing been deprived of his sight a good
Many years ago by an explosion
while at work in the mines.
I I'-4
WH..ISTt NCr LANGUAGI'',.
The aborigine of the iifnlabar Ise.
lands employ a perfect whistling lan-
guage, by means of Which they tail
communicate with each other over
long distances, A stranger weeder-
ing over the islands is frequently
surprised to hear (rota. a hill -top the
50uhd of loud whistling, which is
quickly repeated on the next hill,
and so is carried from summit, to
summit, 'until it dies away In the
distant*,
NEWS ITEMS.
Telegraphic Briefs` From All
Over the Globe.
OANADA.
Edmonton will spend $14,000 for
watorwot•ks, electric light and solver,
age,
Tile extension of the Canadian
Northern Railway will bring &lotion-
ton 250 miles nearer 'Winnipeg.
Canada has been invited to send
an exhibit to an international expo-
sftion to be held in Osaka, Japan,
in 1903.
Ex -Chief Deasy, of Victoria, B. C.,
has' been appointed chief of polies at.
Dawson City with a salary of 313,000
a .year.
Edward Laurin was sentenced at
MoiiLreal on Saturday to fourteen
yeare in penitentiary for killing his
father's colored coaelnnan.
ITon. 5, N. Parent, Premier' of the
province and Mayor of Quebec, has
been invited to the coronation,
though he refused a knighthood,
The Canadian Northern Railway
Company are going to build a steel
storage elevator at Port Arthur,
with a capacity of 1,500,000 bushels,
It is believed in Hamilton that the
fire insurance rates 11f that city will.
be reduced before long, 111 view of
the introduction of improved fire
apparatus.
Mt•. Thomas Wardell of Dundas,
who was chief Conservative Whip in
the Legislature, died in the hospital
at Ilamilton on Saturday while un-
dergoing an operation.
The Militia Department at Ottawa
has cabled to the War Office an offer
of the service of half a dozen skilled
dental surgeons for duty in the base
and general hospitals in South
Africa.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Natural gas is now being used for
heating and lighting in IJeathtteld,
England.
An alarming epidemic of diphtheria
is reported from Adlington, near
Chorley, England.
The new British cruiser Aboukir
has been placed in 000100sseon, and
will go to China shortly.
The British Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer is expected to deliver his
budget speech on April 17.
The Laird and Armstrong Com-
panies arebuilding third-class cruis-
ers for the British navy.
Major-General the Hon. H. F.
Eaton will be in command at Bisley
Camp during the rifle meeting in
July.
Newcastle -on -Tyne firms have' re-
ceived orders from the Admiralty for
the construction of torpedo-boat de-
stroyers.
Contracts for ten torpedo destroy-
ers for the Imperial Government, to
be the most powerful in existence,
have been placed.
Max O'Rell has been talking since
his arrival in London. He attributes
the commercial prosperity of the
United States largely to the train-
ing that young men receive.
The tercentenary of the John
Robinson church, of Gainsborough,
Lincolnshire, noted for its associa-
tion with the early history of the
Pilgrim Fathers, takes place next
month.
Almost all the trans-Atlantic pas-
senger steamship lines have agreed
to the adoption of a new passenger
schedule, which shows an advance in
saloon passenger rates of from $15
to 335.
UNITED STATES.
A
grancl jury has reported a most
appalling state of corruption in St.
Louis municipal affairs.
The Legislature of New Yolk has
voted 6100,000' for a monument at
Buffalo to President efeleinley.
A young ' lad while Playing with
,his sister, aged 3, in Danvers, Mass.,
-on Thursday, shot her head off.
By drinking milk from a cote that
ate poison limed with her hay four
members of N. L. Adamson's family,
of Nelson, Neb., are dead.
European. capitalists aro financing
a plan to populate 4,000,000 acres
of land along the Santo Te Beltway
us far as Mexico.
Philip Mitchell and his five chil-
dren were burned to death on Tues-
day night at their home in Prosser
Hollow, near Johnston, Pa.
Mt'. Oeorge P. lllow, of Pittsburg,
paid fifty thousand dollars for Ru-
ben's painting, "Holy Family," at a
sale on Wednesday in New Yoi'k.
An American company with a 0)151-
0)1 of $6,150,000 has purchased the
American rights and patents of the
Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Com-
pany.
A company has been formed to
mine ice from the remove ice caves
of Arizona to supply the Lawns 011
the Santa Fe Railroad during the
oPpreSsiee Sn1tillie' months.
Policemen John O'Brian, of Brook -
1711, had bscn drinking heavily, and
was on the verge of delirium tremens
on Wednesday, when lils wife handed
him his revolver, and without a
word of warning he shot her dead on
the spot,
GENERAL.
The I'at'lsians' latest fact is note
paper nand -painted and embroidered,
Carnegie has offered to give lit;
Vanua $250,000 toward a public 11 -
beery.
There have been ninety cases of
cttoier'll in Manila and seventy-tWo
deaths, •
IUarseilles is now. in perfect Leh:-
phonic
eh:phonic communication with London
and Manchester.
'Recent; commercial statistics show
that Germany's trade with foreign
countries 11119 declined.
i'he ,Tohennesbtu'g Town Council
leets passed an ns9rs8z110111 bill to levy
rates on land only.
NO LADY WSW ALLO 11
A NM= SPENT IN TxIE BANK
OTi L6NOZAND,
An Elaborate Dinner Served to pf-
flcers of the Guard,
There is mare titan' a suggestion Of
"Arabian Nights" romance in the
very thought of dining luxuriously
in the heart of the greatest city in
the world, with: the songs of birds
and the plashing of a fountain, fall-
ing seductively en the, ear, 111 WI at-
mosphot'e fragrant with the odor of
sweet-smolling flowers, and with the
knowledge that uladcrnenth onefs foot
are treasures of gold richer than the
freights of a fleet of Spanish gel-
loens.
The opportunity of an experience
so rare 15 1101. 0110 to be Iightly 'de-
clined;
do-clined; and when it carne in my way
last summer it i5' scarcely neees$ary
to say that I seized it with avidity,
says a writer in London Tit -Bite.
Most Londoners aro aware that the
castle of her ladyship of Thread-
needle Street, 1110x0 prosaically
known as the Ba,nk of England, is
jealously protected every night be'
some of His Majesty's Guards;. and
the spectacle of them as they tramp
Oitywards along the Embankment
every evening or disappear within
the Bank's portals, is more or less
familiar. But how they spend 5.80
long night hours of wakefulness in a
Sleeping city is lcnown to few.,
The Lieutenant of the guard is.
however, privileged to invite two
guests to dine with him, and share
the early hours of his vigil; and in
this coveted character I teas enabled
to penetrate into
SOME OF THE SECRETS,.
of the "Old Lady's stronghold. It
was with some natural trepidation
that I presented myself at the portal
of the Dank one evening last June,
and it was with quite a feeling of 1'e -
lief that, when I explained my errand
to an imposing potter, I was admit-
ted and placed under the guidance of
another orlietal, while the door was
closed behind me and for a few hours
I was shut out of the familiar world
and ushered hlto 0110 of new experi-
ences. I was conducted through a
small quadrangle and in a few mo-
ments found myself transported, as
it seemed, guiles away from the
haunts of men into an oasis which
,might well have been the courtyard
of soma Italian palace.
It seemed impossible to realize
that this beautiful acid secluded re-
treat, shaded by the vivid green of
wide -spreading trees, bright wttit
gaily -colored flowers, and vocal with
the evening song of birds, was in the
very centre of the rushing tides of
men in the busiest clay of the world;
the only evidence of the existence of
which was a distant, pleasing mur-
mur which the plash of water in the
marble fountain almost drowned.
But there was no time to linger in
this beautiful and unexpected oasts,
and in a moment I sees ushered b3
an urbane waiter, in an immaculate
evening shit, into the presence of my
friend and host, Lieutenant --, whc
rose from the recesses of a luxurious
arm -chair to give me welcome.
A moment's glance around the
room into which I was ushered as-
sured me that my host was a ratan to
be envied, and that his lonely night -
vigil was passed under ideally com-
fortable, though monotonous condi-
tions.
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THE SOFT CARPET,
yielding to the feet, „rho handsome
and costly furniture, and the three
inviting, capacious easy -chairs were
all evidences of the caro with which
the "Old Lady" studies the comfort
of her guests and protectors; and the
adjacent cosy bedroom showed that
the night's vigil need not be alto-
gether a wakeful one.
The picture reached its acme of at-
tractiveness when 010 table was
spread with its snowy cloth and its
glitter of glass and plate, and the
more material part of the evening's
enjoyment began. Of the details of
the -meal the hospitable "Old Lady"
provided for her guests it is'perhaps
scarcely becoming to say much. Let
it Suflce that, from the soup to the
dessert, it was faultless in quality,
cooking and serving. '
The dinner in all its details is sup-
plied by tho bank, and the wllie
comes from its cellars, which thus
contain other treasures than bullion.
But, perfect as the dinner was, the
real enjoyment of the evening ca.nw
with the coffee and cigars and the
three arm -chairs; for my friend the
lieutenant had exercised Ills privilege
to the full and had invited two
guests. These guests, it is interest -
perhaps, to add, must be of the
baser sex, for the "Old Lady" will
not under any pressure or tempta-
tion, brook any 1(11111» Inc rivalry
within her domains, With the de-
lightful feelings that always follow.
or ought to follow, a1 exrellent
nee, and with the combined pleasures
of entertaining conversation and ex-
ceptionally good cigars, the hours
passed all too swiftly, and the limit
of permissible hospitality tuns reach-
ed far too soon;
So with a cheery and grateful
"Good -slight" t0 .our host w0 re-
signed ourselves into the hands of
the official who was to "see us safely
ofT the premises"; and we were usher-
ed out into the now strangely silent
streets as the neighboring clocks
chirped the New of eleven. And so
110010 and to bed, after an experience
at once novel and delightful.
DREAD .514115 1VIOL1I VOTI WAIT.
A self -moving 110171` null and bakery
to follow reginteuls on a mereh,.and
to awake fresh bread every Beta• hill
flour ground from Wheat obtained by
requisition upon the spot, has recont-
17 been designed on the Continent.
This vehicle formed of tj''o lith' 5.l
ltftet' tete manner of ariilleese ca,-
riages, The 11i'f7j• comprises_ the ewe -
or as well as a battery of mills with
their bolters, and alongside of (lien
the mechanical kneading Lrouglis, All
this apparatus 15 actuated by the
ntotoi• that is employed to propel the
vehicle, A centi,tuoap oven is haul-
ed ixi the rear,
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