The Brussels Post, 1902-6-5, Page 7RESUU.' OF Tf_...RE]T1O
Ontario Government Re=
turned in a Close
Contest.
A. despatch from Toronto says .-
Reports show rho Covernmout
sustained by a slightly reducedma-
jority. It went to the country with
a majority of eleven, and the new
Legislature, according to the fisures
at hand at the time of writing, will
contain 51 Liberals and 46 Conner.
vatives. This leaves Manitoulin out.
If that supports the Government the
nutjority of the Government will be
Mx , a reduction of four from that
with which it went to the country.
Should lfauitoulldt go Conservative
the Government's majority in the
naw Legislature will be four,
Tim Conservatives gained fourteen
seats and the Liberals gained eleven.'
Thie includes the now constituencies
in new Ontario. Of these the Gov-
ernment carried four and the Opposi-
tion two, Manitoulin not yet being
heard from These figures two, of
course, subject to revisits when tho
complete returns are received.
Of the Liberals defeated the ..most
prominent aro the Liberal Whips,
bur. W. J. McKee, who went down in
North Essex, and Dr. MclCay, who
was defeated in South Oxford. The
joss of South Oxford came certainly
as a surprise, it being the first time
this constituency has gong Conserva-
tive since confederation. The loss of
the seat in Ottawa was not unexpect-
ed, and Mr, Luiadrn's disappearance
from the House for the present is
much to bo regretted. Lieut, -Col.
Lays' defeat in London was duo
doubtless to the three -cornered con-
test consequent on Mr. Daly, the
Prahibitloniat, taking part, the bulk
of his 800 votes being probably
drawn from the Liberal party. A
similar cause probably contributed
to Lieut, -Col. Nutria's defeat in
South Wellington, atr. Pardee's de -
fent In West Lalubton is a matter of
regret,
HON. Q. 7. 11OSS.
Among tho notable wins by the
Liberals were Last Middlesex, Cen-
tre Simcoe, Last Simcoo and North
Wentworth.
Among the new Conservative mem-
bers %vito will figure in the next Leg-
banturo are two old members, Dr.
Willoughby, who wins back East
Northumberland, for which he sat for
several yoars before the last I.egis-
lettere, and Mr. St. John, who also
sat previously for West York.
Mayor Hondrio, Hamilton, will also
no doubt take a prominent place
among the members of his party
The Connor ,ative candidates Were
elected in South, North and West
Toronto by the usual largo
majorities, but in East Toronto Mr
:.ScDrady's vigorous run reduced the
overwhelming normal Conservative
majority by 50 per cent. Mr. Mar-
tel., the Tnclopehdent candidate, made
a good run in North Toronto, but
Dr. Nesbitt secured an ample major-
ity. It is noticeable:that Toronto,
Hamilton, Ottawa and London, the
four largest cities in the Province,
all went Conservative,
LI11nnAL, EL.1101'En,
Brant, N Burt 145
Brunt, S. Preston 870
Brockville ......... _Graham 400
Bruce, N. Bowman 275
Bruce, S. Truax 42
Durharnl, W. ...... ,. Rickard 130
Essex, S. Auld 562
Ft. Wm. & L. or W. Cameron ,237
Raldimand ,.,..?Holmes 161
Grey, N. ....McKay ' 10
Idalton ... Barber 16
Hastings, 81.... ,. Russell 100
Huron, E. Elision 350
Huron, W. Cameron ,,,.,. 61
Kent, E. Lea 250
Kent, .W, Pardo 885
Kingston Pense 157
Lambton, E. ,.,., 1?ettypieco .,.,,84
Lanark, N, Caldwell 82
Lennox Madolo •2
Middlesex, E, Routledge 40
Middlesex, N. Taylor 50
Middlesex, W. Ross 513
Monett Harcourt ............. 300
Muskoka .,.... Bridgland 96
Nipissing, E....... Jaques .. ....,300
Nipissing, W. Michaud ,,..,. 130
Norfolk, 'l .,.,.. C'harltoi.......... 105
Northumberland, W. Clarke 203
0rttatrlo. 8. Dryden 10(1
Oxford, N. rattullo 2,087
C'lu'ry Sound .. Carr ...,.,..•... 144
Smith 185
1 end .,,, ..,. ...,...
Perth, SI, .,.o.,, Stock 40
Peterboro, E. ,Anderson 870
Poterboro, W ..... Stratton 1.,200
Pt, Arthur & ll,R. Coulee° 104
Proseott:,, „ ,Evautueel 662
Prince I?dttnnd -Currie 100
Renfrew, N. Munro 458
Renfrew, S. .,.,,, Latchford ,,..,500
Russell Gulbord ...,...,.... 800
Slineoe, 0, ... Davidecne ......•.. 50
tai1neoe, 12. Tudltape _ 200
Ste -intent id etre " ;d!3
Welland Gross 143
Wellington, 753, Gibson 500
Wentworth, 'N, ,,..Thompson 82
Wentworth 9 .,.Dickeneou 308
York, E ,,, Richardson 105
York, 1'f, Davis 184
Llb.ral
Fort William Perth S.
(new), Pt. Arthur (new)
Grey 14.
Middlesex lc, Prince Edward
'Siphoning fl, Simcoe C.
(new), Stormont
Nlpiasing W. Wentworth N.
(new).
JAMES P. tV73ITNEY.
COYSEayAT1VE4 ma:VO1'ED.
Addington;., », .., .,,Reid... ,,. ... 365
Algoma.- ... ... ... ...Smyth ,
Bruce, C............ ...Clarke.., ...small
Cardwell.......... Little,.. ,,..,.200
Carleton-. Kidd... ;..221
Du(Torin.,, ,,.., Barg... .. ..,.600
Dundas,., .., ;" .,. ,Whitney... ... 250
1) Pham, E...... ... ,.Preston... ...801
F'1fin, E.., ,,..., Brower....., 112
L' ,gin W ...... klncdiarmid...508
Essex N... ......... Reaulne......279
Frontenac... ... ... Gallagher 24
Glengarry........, ,..lticLeod...450
Grenville...... •,,. J oynt...... ..,500
Grey, 0 -
Grey,
...Grey, S... .., .....J aulieson.,. ...400
Hamilton, E.., ,. Carscallen 140
HIamilton W.........73endrie.,. ,...,177
Hastings, NI- ... Pearce...
Hastings; W,,. .,, .,,Bforrison... ..389
Huron, S ,,.,.....Lilber.,....... 73
Lambton, W,, ... ..,.idanna... .,.small
Lanark, 5......',.. ,,.Matheson...1,000
Lends.,... .,. ...Beattie..... 289
Lincoln... ,,, ,,. .. Jcssop... ... 713
London.- -Beck-. ... 141
Norfolk, N.,. SuidCr... .. 27
Northumberland E...Willoughby,. 349
Ontario, N,. • 1Toy1e... ... ..,183
OtLawa... ...... Powell.,. 483
Ottawa... ,,. ... ...lfurphy... 664
Oxford, S..... ,,,....Sutherland... 14.1
Perth. N... ... 0Tonteith... .. 2
Sault Ste, Marie.,. Miscampbell.,,275
Stmcoe. W... _Duff-. .....,,..576
'Toronto, B7....,, Pyne,.......,888
Toronto, N ...... ... Nesbitt... 278
Toronto, S. ,., lcoy... ... ...755
Toronto, W... ... ,.,.,Crawford...1,477
Victoria, E... ... ... Carnegie "20
VP'toria, 1V,,, ... S'ox...... 110
Waterloo, N... ... -.Lackner-, .. 262
Waterloo, S,..... taribs... a. 70
We(ington, S,., .,. Downey... ...244
Wellington, W,,, .,:pucker (lnd)105
York, W... ...... Soho... ...535
''oaa.rvatiVC Flu lm. 14
Algoma (new). Ottawa,
Bruce 0. Oxfo, d S.
Essex N. Perth N,
T.ambton W. Sault Ste. Marie.
Waterloo N. (new).
Norfolk. Wellington S.
Northumberland E. York 1V.
r ,'ou —1. , 10.0111.
PROVINCIAL DEATH RATE.
Figures for April Show Little Over
14 per Thousand.
A. clesptatch from Toronto says :-
Tho monthly report of the Provin-
cial Board of Health gives the total
deaths from nil caucus in April as
2,490, as compared with 2,427 for
April of last year, This makes the
death reale 14.4 per thousand,
Deaths from contagious diseatses for
April of this year and last aro as
follows 1 -Scarlatina, this year, 13,
last 17 ; diphtheria, this year 36,
last, 8,9 ; measles, this year 10, last
14 ; typhoid, this year 24, last 12 ;
tuberculosis, this year 288, last 286,
Ninety -ono per cent, of the total
population repeated, wTiile last year
the percontage was ninety. Seven
hundred and fifty municipalities re-
porter. out of seven hundred and
seventy, faille the total number re-
porting in April ]sat your was sever
hundred and forty -fire,
A BOMB FOR THE CZAR.
Young Wonsan Arrested With Ono
in Her Handkerchief,
A despatch to the Lonrlon Content
News front ht, Vettrsimeg, dated
Tuesday, says:
"'Secret service officers (wrested a
young' Wolnal(1 at Vsnl.vknn 5010, 1Ile`
allnll Plei` 1'rsiclOner of 1.11,1 ('mac, (awry-
ing nu iuflrnnl machine eonceeled in
lief' handkerchief. The identity cif
the woman has not yet been ()stab-
Balled."
A BITTER CONTEST.
Sargent Anticijlatoe Strike of Stift
Coal Men.
A St. Louis, Moo- despatch save;
Prank P. Sargont, member of the
Board of ,Arbitration, of width Sen-
ator Hanna le chairman, is in tat.
Louie. Mr, Sargent is of the opin-
iott that, if the striko of ontu•acito'
miners shall not ho Settled within
the next sight or ton days, there
probably will be it tiyithpathy strike
in the bituminous Hold. Mr. Sar-
gant said to the Associated Press:
'The individual menthe's of the Na-
tional Board of Arbitration are us-
ing their best efforts to bring about
a settlement of the strike.
"Last week the Members of the
board met with tiro operators and
representatives of the United Work -
era of America in an effort to secure
concessions from either clic that,
would be the moans of settling the
strike, Tho operators refused to ar-
bitrate or to concede it single point,
and Presideut Mitchell was obliged
to return to headquarters of his or-
der with nothing to offer the min-
ers, They accordingly struck for
the advance in wages asked for,
"Up to last Monday, when I loft
New York, both sides were standing
firm, and from the condition of
things I think the country will sen a
bitter contest." '
BRITAIN'S GREAT NAVY.
35 Ships Completed During Past
Year.
A. London despatch says :-- In a
discussion of the navy estimates in
the Rouse of Commons on Thursday,
the Secretary of the Admiralty, IVIr.
Arnold -Forster, refuted Sir Charles
Dilke's suggestion that the Gov-
ernment shipbuilding progranl'mo
was so snail as to create It bad im-
pression abroad. The Secretary
said that during the past year 85
ships had been completed, 75 ves-
sels were now under construction,
including 20 armored cruisers, and
the Admiralty contemplated Memo-
diately proceeding with upwards of
27 other ships. Tho vole for ' the
construction of vessels alone, ho
said, clewing tho present year. would
amount to over £9,000,000.
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.
Last Words From One of the Con-
dor's Officers.
A Victoria, D. C., despatch says:
Tho steamer Queen City, which
reached Alberni on Wednesday, re-
ports that the Indians of leaesquoit,
on the Vancouver coast, have found
a bottle containing the following
message;
"Mid -ocean, Jan. 5, 1902.-13'.M.
S. Condor, ship sena, all lost except
first officer and two middies, who
escaped in astnallboat. Weare nn n n
escaped in a small boat. Wo aro at
tbe sea's mercy. (Signed) A. S.
Rogers."
The signature was blurred, but
seems to be Rogers. Tho rneswage is
written on a small. place of brown
paper, in ink, and has been forward-
ed to the Admiralty. It looks like
a fraud,
CHINA'S REBELLION.
A Battle in Which the Losses
Numbered 1,500 Mien.
Cabling from Shanghai, the corres-
ponclont of the London Daily Mall
says the, southern rebellion is in
full activity, and that a sev'ol'o bat-
tle has been fought at Chutuhsien,
in which the rebels were defeated by
trio Government forces, with losses
amounting to 1,500 mon In killed or
wounded. The Government troops
pursuod tho rebels to their en-
trenched villages and cut ori their
supplies. The insurgents, continues
the correspondent, who included boys
and women, made desperate sorties
from the villages and forced the
Covornment troops to retreat. The
rebel leader, Ching 'Xing Pin. was
Trilled. The rebels aro increasing in
strength, concludes the Daily Mail's
deepotch, and Boxers are gathering
in largo numbers in Shantung Pro-
vince.
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NO- CAUSE FOR ALARM.
Address of President of London
Chamber of Commerce.
A London despatch 50y8: The an-
nual meeting of the London Cham-
ber of Cone ntu•co was hold on Thurs-
day. The President, Lord Bralssoy,
in his annual address, which was
distributed in printed form, spoke
hopefully of the future, Ho hold
that Britain is able to hold her own
industrially, and claimed that it was
idle to expect of claim a monopoly
of the North Atlantic shipping
trade, while England builds and
sails ships more cheaply than her
rivals. In conclusion he advocated
an Imperial customs union.
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FOR AUSTRIAN WOMEN.
An Effort Will 33e Made to Secure
the Franchise.
A despatch from Sydney, N, S.
W., states that Mr, Sea, the Pre-
mier
ro-ntier of Now ,South Wales, has prom-
ised the early introduction of a wo-
man's franchise bill. Replying to a
deputation, Mr. See announced that
the Government would shortly in-
troduce a bill to submit to nrefer-
endum the queeti0n of reducing the
Assembly to 94 members.
I{lllnd k7 a toy Caine,).
Toronto, May 30.-Fifteen-yenruold
Charles Gibson, son of Robert 'Gib -
eon, accidentally shot himself yester-
day afternoon at his home, 18 Oast-
111ir eI:rert, and died 1(1 less than ihalf
an hour. Young' Gibson was up-
stairs in Itis roma about 5 o'clock
engaged In tasl•ing a miniature can-
non Horde oft of a piece of three-
gnartnr ilei pipe, tvhetl it exploded
1111oxpratc1lly, tial contents entering
his forehead and penetrating the
brat 11,
THE MARKETS
Prices or Grain, Cattle, etc
in Trade Centres,
0,4 ,
GRAIN.
''Toronto, Juno 8, -Wheat --The
market le unchanged. No 2 white
and rod quoted at 71) to 80e mid-
dle freight, No. 2 spring steady et
77 to 76c 101001e froight, and No. 2
goose, 69e oast. Manitoba No. 1
hard steady at 85tc Toronto and
west; No, 3, Northern at 82e, and
No. 2 Northern at tsar, Toronto and
west, Grinding in transit prim/
2#o higher.
'+'lour. -Ninety per cent. Ontario
patent quoted at 32,95 middle
freights, in buyers' smoke. Straight
rollers, in wood, quoted at 33.25 to
$8.55, Manitoba flours aro steady;
IlungarIan patents, 34.05 to 34.25
delivered, on trunk, Toronto, bage
included, and strong bakers', $3.60
to $8.95,
Oatmeal -Car lots in bbl», 84,85
on track,
and in sacks, at $4,70.
Broken lots, 25c extra,
Millfeed-Oran is steady at 317 to
3.17.60 outside. Shorts, 319 to $20
outside. At Toronto bran is 319 to
319.50, and shorts $20.550. Mani-
toba brain, 320 in sacks, and shorts,
328 in Backe, Toronto.
Barley-Trado quiet; No. 2 quoted
at 54c middle freight, and No.$ at
52o middle freight,
Buckwheat -The market is firm at
61 to 02c east,
Oats --No. 2 whits sold at 45c low
freights to Now York, and No. 8
white nominal at 4340.
Corn -No. 2 yellow, 63c west, arid
No. 2 mixed, 62c west.
leas -Few offering; N0. 2 quoted
at 77 to 79c west.
COUNTRY PRODUCE,
Dried Apples -Trade is very dull,
with offerings at 50 per Ib, Evap-
orated, 104 to 110.
Hops -Trade quiet, with prices
steady at 12c; yearlings, 7c.
Honuy-The market is dull; comb,
$2 to 32.25 per dozen.
Maplo syrup -Market quiet, with
prices unchanged, Pure now make,
Imperial gallons, 90c to 31; old, as
to quality, 70 to 800. Sugar, 0 to
94c per lb,
Beans -Tho market is dull, with
little demand. Prices rule at 31 to
$1.25.
I4ay, baled -The market is firmer,
with fair demand; timothy, $10.75
to $11, the latter for No, 1.
Straw -Tho market is quiet. Car
lots on track quoted at 35 to 35.00,
the latter for No, 1.
Poultry -Supplies aro small, and
the demand fair. We quote: -Tur-
keys, young, 1.3 to 184c per ]b.; old,
11 to 120; chickens, 80 to 90c per
pair.
Potatoes -T110 market is lmc.haug-
ed. Car lots are quoted at 80c per
bag, and small lots at 90c.
HOG PRODUCTS.
Dressed hogs are firmer. 7Tog pro-
ducts in active demand at unchang-
ed prices. We quote: Bacon, long
clear, 11 to 114c, In ton and case
lots. Mess pork, $21.50; do., short
cut, 328 to 323.50.
Smoked meats -Hams, 134 to 144e;
breakfast bacon, 144 to 15c; rolls,
114 to 12c; backs, 144 to 15c, and
shoulders, 11.c,
Lard -The market is firm, with
good demand. We quote: -Tierces,
113c; tubs, 11ec; pails, 113c; com-
pound, 9 to 10c.
',CHB DAIRY MARKETS.
Butter -Tho receipts aro moderate,
and priers are stoe•tty. The supply
of rolls is ample. Wo quote; -Trine
1 -lb. rolls, 16 to 17c; choice large
rolls, 14 to 15c; med(nm, l8e; low
grades, in tubs and pails, 10 to
12c; creamery prints, 19 to 20c, and
tubs, 18 to 19c.
nese-The receipts aro moderato,
and the demand loss active. Case
lots sell at 184 to 14c a dozen.
Cheese -Market Is quiet, at 124 for
old. Tho market for new is 11 to
1140.
UNITEED STATES MARKETS,
Milwaukee, Juno 3. -Wheat -Weak;
Class --No. 1 Northern, 78 to 783c;
No. 2 Northern, 77 to 774c; J uly,
723c. Ryc-Steady; No. 1 594c,
barley -Dull; No. 2, 71.1 to 72c;
sample, 65 to 71ic. Cora -July,
607,e.
Duluth, June 8. -Close--Wheat -
Casit. No. 1 narcl, 77c; No. 1
Northern, 74c; No, 2 Northern, 72c;
May, 73'ic; .Tuly, 74c; September,
713o; Manitoba No. 1 Northern, cash
sand May, 730; No. 2 Northern,
703c. Oats -flash. 4.44e; September,
291c.
Minneapolis, ,luno 7.-0loso -
Wheat•-May,740; July, Talc; Sep-
tember, 69a to 70c; on track, No, 1
hard, 773c; No, 1 Northern, 75* to
753c; No. 2 Northern, 734 to 743.c.
Flour -•First patents, 38.80 to 58.-
90;
8:90; second patents, $3.60 to 38,70;
!irate clears, 32,00 to 33; second
cleats, 32.80. Bran -In bulk, :14 to
314.25.
LIVE ST0C14 MARK3ITS.
Toronto, Juno 8. -At tho Western
Cattle yards today the receipts were
only 42 carloads, including 658 cat-
tle, 375 sheep nail lambs, 400 hags,
250 craves, and a few nhilcll cows.
Cattle teas, if anything, a shade
reeler, but t110 market can bo fairly
described es 0nctlangod all round,
Good to choice export cattle sold at
from $5.75 to 36.25 per own, with
from ton to twenty Cents more paid
for iaelected lots. There lens a fair
Onquhy, though tirade might have
been more brisk. Good to cllnice
butehor mettle was steady nt from
34.70 to 55.551 per cwt., but the (In-
quiry for medium and common s.t.uf
WW1 easy 5(311 prices not quite main-.
tained, but the light run kept, things
on n, fnirly level keei. Bulls, 81 01)1( -
OM, springers. and )1111011 00w8 1(15
unchanged, Export bulls aro wanted
nt from 44 to 50 per lb, Calves nee
emoted (eon) 31 to 81(1 each; Inc the
osier nate, noweetbhlg choice is no-
cos.(arv. 1'10,111 stuff is not quotably
changed, but there is nn upward ten -
(lefty in sheep. ,Sheep aro worth
from 4 to 4.; per Ib. Por bucks that
price is 84 to Bac por lb. Spring
lambs fot:elt from 32 to 34 .each. li)x-
tra choke will sell up to 85 (sach.
For yearlings the pi leo ' 13 fl'one 5 to
54a per -ib. Thins ,vearlinga aro not
wanted here. The top price for hogs
is $7 Per cwt„; light and fat hogs
are 30.75 per cwt. Hogs to 10,011
the top .price must be of prime qual-
ity, and scalp not below 100 nor
above 200 lbs.
1''ollowing is t! ) range of (meta -
None;
CATTLE'
Shippers, pen cwt $5,25 36.85
Du., light ,,, „, 4.50 6;50
Butcher, choice ,.. „ 4,751 5.50
Butcher, ordinary to
good
4.00 5,50
Stockers, per cwt...., „ 3.110 4.00
SHEEP AND LAMBS.
Choice ewes, per cwt .,.8.75 4.60
Yearlings, Per cwt.,. 4.00 5.50
Spring 1tlmbs, each ,.. ,2.00 4.00
Duette, per cwt „ ,8.25 3,75
MILKS:13S AND CALVF,oS,
Cows, esti ....:25.00 50.00
Calves, each ,. 2.00 10,00
HOGS.
Choice home, Per cwt , 6,75 7,00
Light hogs, per uwt. 6.50 6,75
Heavy hems, per cwt, 6,50 6.75.
Sows, per cwt ,., ,,3.50 4,00
Stage, per cwt .., ... 0.00 2,00
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KISSING 717.3 BOO1.
?tine "4 4.0% Pill.oa When Kissing
Was General in England,
Sir 1''rancia .Jeune and lir. .Tusliee
Goren Barnes have had posted outs
aide the two courts of the Probnte.
Divorce, and Admirelty Division
notices to witnesses calling thlr at-
tention to file fact that Cloy mny ho
a{POl'n 111 trio Scolch lnanne' befot'e
giving evidence, says the London
Lancet, Thtl.t is to say, they may
be sworn with uplifted hand repeat-
ing a solemn invocation to the
Deity, instead of taking a book and
kissing it after listening to a. form
repeated by a minor official of the
court. The notice to whlch we re-
for is repeated outside ono of the
courts of the Chancery Division and
we have every hope that it may be-
come universal.
We have for many years contended
thot the oath by kissing a book has
nothing to commend 14, while it is
nasty and may become a nleatte of
propagation of disease; and Wo have
seen with regret that the statutory
Permission to swear in the Scotch
fashion was, as a rule, not known
by witnesses and frequently, also,
that Judges, Coroners, and Magis-
trates were ignorant of it.
The form of swearing by kissing a
book is purely ono of custom. There
is no direct authority for it in any
Act of Parliament, or rule, ur book
of practice. The elate also of Its in-
troduction is unknown, but this is
not because it has been lost in the
mists of antiquity, for it is fairly.
Certain that, so recently as at the
end of the seventeenth century, if
the form existed it was not in any
general use. It has been pointed
out that Coke in his institutes
makes no mention of kissing the
book but writes of the "corporal
oath" as talus named because the
witness touched with his hand a
portion of the Scriptures, and this
aspect of the oath no doubt sur-
vives in the familiar Warning of trio
usher to the witness to remove the
glove before taking the Testament
for the purpose of kissing it. It is
also observed that in the "Book of
Oaths," of which on edition was
published in 1689, there is 110 men-
tion of kissing a book. IIow the
kissing originated is, we believe, al-
most as much n matter of specula-
tion as is the date at which it be -
cameo frequent or universal.
The laying of the hand 0n the Gos-
pels in swearing is, no doubt, of
great antiquity, while the laying of
a hand on the altar of a deity in in-
voicing the deity to winless a state-
nlent or promise is older than the
Gospels. Tho laying of the Ila nd on
tho Gospels has its parallel in other
countries besides Englund. The kiss-
ing of the book is, however, we be-
lieve peculiar to England, or to Eng-
land and Ireland, and it is not quito
say to assign its origin to the kiss-
ing of relics whin We apparently find
it tntrudueed in England after a111
vrnnerattiou fat' relcs had been swept
away and made Illegal
11 is worth noting that l'7nglish
people were 110re addicted 1.0 kissing
once than they are now. Risving attic
a form of salutation Was so 00uuua11
among them that it excited the in-
terest and a11111Sement of foreigners.
Erasmus rafel'e to it end rt Hungar-
ian gentleman who visited London
and moved in good society in .1.663
was much struck with the way in
which men kissed ladies wheel they
greeted them where lllingarians
WOu1(1 1111.170 shaken 11011(1s. YWCA).
Frenchmen in the Middle Ages held
kissing as a peenliarlty of the Eng-
lish nation, much all w0 remark up-
on it now among the lereach, Tt is.
therefore, at least possiblo that trio
hiss bestowed upon the book in tak-
ing an oath may Move been not so
much a kiss of veneration as n, form
of sathttati011 or acknowledgment, by
bodily contact, somewhat more ('010-
111.051005 than manual content, but
still not associated with any great
feeling of solemnity,
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Med 1. 00(11,' of :quieten
Toronto, May 30. -Trutt Fred Lee
Rice had been fairly tried and that
the verdict of rho jury was justified
by the evidenr0 was the decision of
the Court of Appeal, given this
morning, the court uaaubnously de-
ciding is every particular against
points raised by Mi. T. 0, Robinette,
the counsel for the prisoner. Rice
will now bane to undergo sentence
for the murder of Constable '8illiain
Boyd on the evening of Juno 2 hist,
when he, with icranic 'Rutledge and
Frank Jones, the Chicago hunk bur -
glare, attempted to eaten() from the
custody of their gtral'ds while being
<trivet' from the Court: 1101150 t11,810
jail•
President, Puttee, of (Puha, i111'
upon the lowest possible salaries
and the most rigid economy,
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Jl �ird4C,J �1fItIl flee '. rlae 2'arnla1
'f �`1�J in a )ittie towlt tllorti dsy011s a Man
a of exceedingly shiftless disposition,
and repent'iy he got Ills "c0me.up-ante."
Ills 1viR0 had horns with Isis shit tles
Telegraphic Briefs From All
Over the Globe.
CANADA.
Desemoitto has organized a hoard
of Trade.
The retail price in Toronto for
Anthraoito coal is now 50.50 per
ton.
A. little son of Mr. John Reynolds,
of Paris, Ont., was killed by falling
Off a bridge.
Forest time are doing great (1am-
age in Litchfield Township, Quebec,:
The Mission Board of the Ontario
Diocesan Synod p.t Kingston ruport
a surplus of 31,000.
A proclamation appointing the
20(13. of Juno, Coronation flay, as
a public holiday to bo observed
throughout the. Dominion is before
the Cabinet. It will be passed at
the first meeting of the Council,
GREAT BRITAIN.
King Edward will visit the Cork
Exhibition.
In Sp110 01 Ids seventy-one years,
Lord Salisbury needs no spectacles.
'twice within the week rate have
attacked young children ut Mutt.
Snow Is now lying 54 inches deep
on the summit of lien Nevis,
Fifty notice boards are to be erect-
ed in the streets of lediuburgb, re-
questing clams not to expectorate
on rho pa{ement.
In deciding it case at Ilaslingdon
County court, Judge Coventry held
that pigeons were luxurice and cats
a necessity.
Tho will of the late Mr. Dick,
gutta perehe boot and shoo manu-
facturer, Glasgow, shows an estate
sworn at x.1,077,000.
Tho Immo of air. Horace Bowen,
the ex -chief cashier of the Bank of
England, who has just died, had
figured on 120,000,000 bank notes.
A marled depression exists 111 the
Furness iron ore trade, and it was
announced yesterday that one of the
Roanhead pits is to be closed.
The British Admiralty has decided
to build a new class of warships, a
little stronger than the destroyer
typo, to bo used for scouting par -
poses.
Wires aro connecting Westminster
Abbey with the various official salut-
ing stations, so that iuuuodiately
the King is crowned a royal salute
can be fired simultaneously.
The presidents and chairmen of the
leading free church denominations in
Great Britain have been intfterl to
attend the coronation service m
Westminster Abbey, a royal recogni-
tion of nonconformists.
UNITED STATES.
A mob broke into tho jail at Paris,
Mo., and lynched Abo Withrop, a
negro murderer.
Millard Lee, son of a well-to-do
farmer, shot and killed Miss Lilia
Suttle Ln a church near Atlanta,
Ga.
Porter Brockway, of Wolcott, N.
Y., aged 16 years, wi11 probably die
as the result of a blow in the face
by a baseball.
Tho now city directory of Chicago
indicates a population of 2,149,000,
au increase of 70,000 annually since
1900.
About 8,000 men, suspended from
work on tho Erin Railway as a re-
mit of the coal strike, will resume
work.
Two hundred furniture manufac-
turers who claim to control 85 per
cent. of the trade in tho United
States, have organized at trust and
advanced prices.
Fifty-four of the young I110n stu-
dents of the Omaha High school ap-
peared clad in shirt -waists and with-
out coats. Tho principal has order-
ed their expulsion unless they come
"properly clothed."
On May 22 Washington gave a
formal greeting to the descendants
of tho Comte de Rochambeau, the
commander of the French expedition-
ary force during the American Revo-
lution, w11050 statue will be unveiled
on Saturday.
G1NICRAL.
I''issures emitting tiro and smoke
have appeared in the earth at
Oporto, Portugal,
Fire, which bro'ko out in n store et
Luxor, Egypt, did damage to the
extent of 3250,000.
- Ring Oscar of Sweden, who has
been visiting in Paris, has written a
new volume of pocnns.
The Turlsislt financial situation ds
worso now than at any time since
the bankruptcy of 1570.
Duringhis visit to Russia Presi-
dent Louhet has contributed 100,000
francs to Russian charities.
The cholera report from Manila,
gives 1,146 eases and 519 deaths in
that city, and 11,922 cases and 2;
772 deaths in the provinces.
'''here were thirty-five cases of Ma
horde 111113110 ill Brisbane hospital
last week, including the health 0ils-
eer, wheals in a critical condition.
Quick -firing guns of the newest
patterns taro to be served out to the
!Weston artillery in Pastern Si-
beria, at an estimated cost of over
32,500,000.
Tido northern army, commanded by
(lencral b1trmill, has halted at Mgt).-
hoie, two clays' march from Pott au
Prince, Tfiayti. IIo 11)) 1(51(1 to 110.3.0
formally declared that, he clo05 1101,
111l011(1 10 enter Port Att Prince at
the head of itis troops
:wariest' (,0's to Chlenco,
s'
two for some years. Sometimes she
scolded blm sharply, but it bad no ef-
fect. So long as he could Minnie down
to the village store and gossip with
other neer do wells in the town. he did
not care for a sharp tongue.
Ino never worked, and the Wife sup.
ported her husband and did the houem
Work, cooking good meals for his lad -
flees to greedily devour. One day he
had a chance to Work and did not take
it, Ills wife heard about it and gave
Min a piece of her mind, but he receiv-
ed
eceiv
edit ns Stolidly as ever, He went down
to the store that morning, as usual, as
placid and as self satisfied lee ever..
When he returned at noon, a strange
sight greeted ids eyes, The house wa0
empty, bare as Mother 7dnbbard's'0p-
board. He went into the bedroom0.
Bedsteads, bureaus, ell the furniture,
the curtains, everything had been re-
moved. It was the same bareness down
stairs, He crept Into the kitchen, hots
Mg that there at least he might find
something comfortable, Here, too, emit.
(mess greeted him, but directly in the
center of the floor was a little white
mag, and on it in gilt letters were the
words, "'chink of me."
Valmoreased.
"What kind of ducks are these?" ask.
ed the visitor In the ornithological de•
pertinent at the museum,
"Labrador," said the attendant. "Wel
paid $1,000 for those two specimens,"
"Gosh!" exclaimed tbe visitor, tura.
ing to its wife. "Ile says they paid
$1,000 for 'cru. I've bought finer ducks
for half a dollar many a time. What
have you got 'em in that gloss case
for?" he inquired, addressing the
guide again,
"Because they are about the most
notable exhibit we have. Those birds
were shot in 1856. La110(401' ducks are
now extinct"
"He says," exclaimed the visitor,
turning to his wife once more, "they
put 'em In that glass case because they
haven't n pleasant odor. And t dou't
wonder at It. They were shot In 1856."
Two Strong Reaaona.
A certain Scotch minister In a west
highland parish bus never yet been
known to permit a stranger to occupy
his pulpit Lately, however. an Edin-
burgh divinity student was spending a
few days in the perlsi, and 011 the Sat.
11r0ay he called at the manse and asked
the minister to be allowed to preach
the following day.
"My dear young loan." said the min-
ister, laying a band gently on the
young man's shoulder, "gin I tat ye
preacb the morn and ye gle a better
sermon than me my fowk wad never
again be satisfied wi' my preaching,
and gin ye're nae a better preacher
than me ye're no' worth listening tae."
Rts Open Eye.
A man the other day went to a Bos-
ton dentist to have a tooth extracted
nod decided to take gas. The doctor
administered the hypnotic, and the
man soon appeared to be under its in-
fluence, but be continued fo keep one
eye open.
This worried the doctor, and he gave
the man more gas. Still the eye re-
mained open. "Shut that eye," said the
doctor finally losing patience.
"Can't." slid the man in a drowsy
voice; "it's glass."
To Color Mnhoimny.
The natural color of mahogany
when It is too light may be deepened
by applying a mixture composed of 11
hall' gallon of water, four ounces of
madder and two ounces of rustle. Boll
and apply while hot. While it Is wet
streak the grain with Meek. 71118 WII1
give new mahogany quite the coloring
of old.
Precocious Youth.
Mother -What's baby crying about,
Jane?
Nurse -I don't know, ma'am, unless
it was what the parlor maid said. Sia
remarked that Willie looked like his
pa. and I'm afraid Willie heard hero
The Promo+ -re.
"Let us make the capital stock 81,-
000,000,0110," said the first promoter.
"All right," said the second• who was
preparing the prospectus on the type-
writer.
"Will It be bard to Increase that cop-
ital?" asked the first.
"No, indeed. All 1 have to do Is tq
lilt the '0' key a few mote times."
A Devoted Parent.
"Dawson Is one of the most devoted
fathers i ever knew."
"T:iow so?"
"De's so proud of his children. Why,
say, he often lies awake half the night
trying to think up clever things that 11e
can credit them with saying."
The Juvenile Idea.
"Willie, do you know what hnppeuti
to the bad little boys?"
"8111e."
"What?"
"'They baste more fun than the good
little boys.".
A Snleerer.
"Yes, Pitcher broke down and had to
go away for his health."
"WVitat was the mutter with him?"
"Every complaint known to num"
"IIow could that be?"
"Ile was a rental agent"
Intlianapolis, Tnd„ May 30 -Pres]- The Poor Tailor.
dent Mitchell of the National Milo "Your tailor is a mighty poor ono,"
Workers' left ]acre for Chorago nt said an Atchison {volutin to her bus-
ruidnight_ 'there to stilt no change in be nd. "Thls is the third line I'to
Lk* strike situation, sewed on this button." r-.Atehlsnf