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to the Téansvaal Ira aident cabled the result (rinnfi in Chic ' There was a remarkable i longevity at Montreal Thur: Baptiste Prevost, aged 106 a his sister-in-law, Esther Pilc The demand for berth steamships tor the vent speculation. that the probable non-cattle carrying Allan Liz ships next year will be bet and $75. whom assistance is being rendered out of the soldiers’ fund. The amount sub- scribed by the citizens of Montreal has reached 88,000. . . , to rid 3 himself of an evzl spirit. have each to tour months’ im-f prisonment. -7- "‘5' sthmsnip Lfanada to transport tr00ps to South Africa. whom assistance is being rendered out; of the soldiers’ fund. The amount sub- scribed by the citizens of Montreal has reached 88,000. nage, 2,566,546; passengers, 14,461 The Dominion Steamship Co. has re- ceived notification that the British‘ Government has chartered their big. 0 transport tr00ps E. H. Lloyd, who was arrested in London, Eng., for embezzlement of $1,800 from. b‘. Carsley 00., Montreal, has been given three years in the penitentiary. There is a larger attendance at Queen’s Unwersit T he threatened strike of at Leth-bridge has been p0; men having decided to ab claim for the present hours. \ Commissioner Ogilvie to the Department of the Q16 amount. of royalty co mrs. uagle and Alfred Quigley, her broaher, ham been commiued for trial at Red Deer, N, ;W.' '13., on the charge of murdering Nelson Hagle at Ponoka. Lonstable Harrison of the Northwest Mounted Police at MacLeod was found dead with a bullet through. his brain the day after his wedding. Constable Harr Mounted Police found dead with brain the dav afl cent conviction of a, hotelkeeper for selling gxnger ale to aminonhas been annulled by J udga Snider. $ Demmick Bros’. store at Fleming Assa., was entered by burglars, and $560 taken from the cash drawer. lhe Nanonai Park at Bantf is to be stocked with mounLain sheep, goats, moose, antelope, deer, and other ani- mals. ‘ There are labour caâ€"imviidates in Lon- don for every municipal position ex- cept the mayoralty‘. Mgs. Eagle and v (wrv ' in London by n. Britisy steamer Alq. Wil_son and .Mathers are both defimtely 1n the field as mayoralty candidates in Winnipeg. The British Columbia sealers have had a good year, taking 35,346 skins, as against 28,552 in 1898.. The Quebec Government will intro- duce a. new Liquor license law next: sessxon. [t is said in W'innipeg that nomi- nations for the local elections will be held Dec. 7. A new opera house will be 0133119d Th‘ at Kingston next September. obtai Hamilton (fity Council has refused herz' to adopt the curfew bell by-law. ,stock Lord Minto will be asked to attend for t the Guelph Stock Show. on Dec. 7. alty. The, Hamfiiton Court of Revision ’cut $150,000 of the assessment. London’ 3 new 8 00,000 hospital was formally opened on Thursday. The Quebec Legislature meets Janu- ary 11th. Brantford has a serious epidemic of typhoid.- THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Interesting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. IHE NEWS IN A NUISHEU '- bunderland, Cat Lake Indians, tried a a charge of murder. at his own request, to an evil spirit, have 8: AA â€"1 â€"V Line fast iilantic service. for berths the Paris 3 already SO Nelson Hagle at Ponok'a. r Ogilvie has reported bent of the Interior that 'royalgy collected. in the paper is to stnke of coal miners 3 been postponed, the ded to abandon their present; for shorter agent of 331-“- CANADA. Coquet. from between lat was $730,‘ 7 ~S- Where '. descend- ld. entered the aston- were Arthui' ; ' , manufacturing paper 11 ;current in Austria, fculated pretty extensively. .shop, well fitted with implements. ' _-- wg V\ Hungarian City Dads. There is a decidedly humorous s which occasionally comes to light connection with the undertakings municipal corporations, but the acti of the enterprising city fathers of small Hungarian town is certaiz Unique Business Entered The Khalita is advancing along the White Nile, and has reached Abbah Island, 150 miles south of Khartoum. Gen..Ki'tch;ener’s pre ' ' dian cattle to be imported, it is also provided that they may be slaughter- ed three days after their arrival. .A German punitive expedition in the Cameroons, West Ami-ca, rtct ntly chas- tised a tribe of rebellious caripibals who had besieged several trading sta- tions at and near Kribi. The Germans chased the natives into 'the bush, kill- ing 200. Eighteen lives were lost by the recent foundering of the Belgian steamer Beigique Antwerp, off. the is- land of AMexney. Dr. Cwmara Pestana, direCtor of the _Ba.cterioiogical Institute, died at Lis- bon of the plague. He contracted the disease while attending patients. Yo-Ghou-Fu, at the entrance of Tonting Lake, was formaiiy' Opened to foreign trade on Monday. This is the first port opened in the anti-foreign? province OI Hunan, I The Berlin police f an Anarchist ,eeting memorate the Chica 1887. ; The opening meeting of: the French Chamber ot Deputies was charaCter- ized by severai stormy scenes. , S . Daniel Dupuys, a noted Parie en- graver, was shot and killed by 1118 m- sane wife, who then committed sui- cide. ~ 01 na1 India. More fighting has taken place tween Armenians and Kurds. At Phoenix, Ariz., Pearl Hart, the lalleged woman bandit. who was charged with holding up; a stage near Florence, was acquitted. Miss Hart. addressed the. jury in her own defence and pleaded passionately for freedom that she might return to Lindsay, Ont., to her fast-failing mother. Im- mediate-1y after her acquittal the wo- man was re-arrested, charged- with in- terfering with mails, and will be tried again. i The money amounting to $11,400,000 obtained by Mrs. Jane SLanford for her 285,000 shares of Southern Pacific ,Stock, will at; once be made available for the use of the Stanford Univer- Sity. , Rev. Frederick C. Mooney, pastor of the First Methodist Church of Rah- way, N.J., and Mrs. Alice Whitney of Hacketstown, whose adopted son he is, were married \Vednesday. The preach- er is' 34 and the bride 52. Mooney had lived with the Whitney's for many years prior to Mr. \Vhitney’s death. Judge Simeon E. Baldwin, of the Connecticut Supreme Court, has been elected president of the International Law Association to succeed Sir Rich- ard Webster, Attorney-General of England. a A judgment of $110 was entered against young Cornelius Vanderbilt for neglecting his duty in refusing to serve as a juror. The sum represented $1.00 penalty and $10 costs. James Monroe, bigamist, and swind- ler, arrested at Chicago, has been tak- en to Rochester. He is said to have married and deserted 26 women. At a special meeting of the New York Central directors the lease of‘the Boston and Albany Ry. was ratified. Delegates to the National Hardware Association’s convention at Pittsburg represent a capital of $175,000,000. plied that $5,000, has been subscribed. there, and that more is to follow. UNITED STATES. Jack McGuire, mayor of Syracuse, may be the next Democratic candidate for Governor of New Y ork. MUNICIPAL NOVELTY. , at the entrance of was formauy' Opened to on Monday. This is the ned in the anti-foreign nun..â€" polic_e forcib 1 y dissolved GEN ERALV :‘etipg called to. com- Chlcago executlons of THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, November 30, 1899. 8.011011 side t in of or vermm. Because whiteWash is vermin destroyer and g don’t like lime. The eat of it are death to them. i are, many of them, also its action. The foulness ; freshness. A sense of cl healthfulness is present. much better healthier for t How? because I hem. n severe Winter has se‘ in. ' 5_ After the unusual hot weather which [8 5- . e breeder should be prepared for the change. No kind of‘ farm work will pay so well. It is in keeping with this subject, to be careful with the if hay and fodder corn. Nowaste should 0 occu‘r, as there will be a scarcity in. The dairy cow, especially those that have come into servce in the fall, should get {a liberal ration of grain in same shape, to give her strength to endure the changeable weather, and to keep her in a condition to secure ’ l a. good flow of milk rich‘ in butter fats. flfl‘o have a profitable dairy cow dur- ' mg the winter she must be well fed, . early in the fall. Do not follow the , advxce of astingy feeder, but feed well and regularly. He will say the cow Will run to flesh, and no to milk in that cond".' Ithe most and ’- igood flesh. \Vhether our farm iare young or old, Ito keep them so f ,losm-g the flesh made during the fall f ggrazing season, that they may be pre- I ispared to start in good flesh next E ispring. Ivlf? l as was customary 10 UL .40 years ago, but there are some who hare good barns and sheds that leave thelr stock in the fields until the very cold and seaere winter has se‘ in 5' The Young colts are very apt to E suffer after weaning by being 61:90.8- Y ed to the raw and chilly weather in lautumn. These should be looked after a in time to prevent the loss of flesh 3 and prepare them for the winter : storms, which are so disastrous to the ; weak colt. But of all young stOCk, the spring lambs suffer most during . the cold rains of the faLKand early ' winter without shelter. The wool be- ' comes thoroughly saturated, keeping them for hours after a rain in achil- ly condition, causing them to cough! and sneeze and suffer intensely. They should have a trough where they can be fed quite early in the fall, on oats, or better, bran and oats. Good treat- ment at this season will not only give;' them s‘rong muscles and good consti-" tutions, but will cause them to PIO- . [duce a heavier and more valuable ' fleece of wool in the ‘pring. It will 1 also pay the flock master to care 1 Well for the breeding ewes. To neglect them will cause many weaklings, both in carcass and fleece, and quite often in Premature parturition. But few tar- A barns and sheds that leave their stock feed ration, left off, and before the time for Winters quarters are left. dur- ing the cold and wet weather in No- vember without shelter. Not only do they run down in flesh, but too lay the foundation for permanent disease. Commence giving shelter, clover or other sweet hay and some kind of Grain ration. This will prevent the loss of flesh which is so desirable for ’young stock to hold during the Win- ter. Upon the approach of severe cold they should be put into winter quarters and have good care through- oufl: the winter, and then, a robust, thrifty and profitable animal is as- sured. ‘ vvngtu whitewash. A1; unlimed a lurking place for di 6: “1" spot sease Many farmers neglect their young animals in the fa]i.. The spring calves had been well raised, so long as they had the milk and bran and oat ra- tions, they were left in a .thrivmg condition, and made good growth. Too many were put to grass with the dry I AUTUMN CARE OF YOUNG STOCK WMMWMW (WWW Iflé nnter she must be well fed, the fall. Do not follow the astingy feeder, but feed regularly. He will say the ““n 1.- ' every corner aild angle, e foulness gives place to sense of cleanliness and is present. The fowls do Into every crack‘ and Walls and ceiling, ap~ Dump, A brush does look much better. vay toward making 18 help to stimulate )ks indirectly make er, for the better , results in better from the wall hen houses. the house is 1 means more :6 selling of looks well is , and Quaddsâ€"Hello, old b0 doing now? Spacerâ€"Writing for Quaddsâ€"Don't you thankless sort of wor A terrific thunderstorm was enced in the Tralee district re4 {vivid flashes of forked ligthnir deafening penis of thunder lasted over an hour. Buildings ed and trees were struck down current. There were several 1 lous escapes. .Edward Morris wellkeeper, Tralee, aged 20, wa ing at a door when the 1' riiic thunder-clap burst the daughter of thgâ€"I II; was written about txr- 3- A Loaf of Bread, oldest. Inhabited House, k and :2 Marriage l’ruposal ) A loaf of bread six hundred years d old is something of. an antiquity. Such k a loaf is to be, found at Ambaston, in d Derbyshire, England. It was included I dwelling the very oldest inhabited ‘ house in England was built in i the time of King Offa of Mercia. It i is octagonal in shape, the walls of 'lts lower story being of great thickness. The upper part is of oak. At one time the house was Iortified and known by the name of St. German’s gate. It stands close to the river Ver , and only proposal of which there is any deiinite c record. It consists of about ninety- d eight lines or very fine cuneiform writ- 1 ing, and is on a small clay tablet ' made of Nile mud. it is a marriage I proposal ot' a Pharaoh for the hand oflln [he I‘Qllflhfnr Ac a1.-. does not mean that the farmer should not have a bank account to his credit ' from the actual profits of his farm after keeping the capital stock of the farm at its par value. An exchange lsuggests that it is a good time to look 'over the farm carefully and see whe- ther its capital stock has increased or diminished during the past year. Why not put a little of the thought force of the business man into the management of the farm? uuucusm. 11‘ a mag is'tishion- it. will be worn, whether it is be. lg or not. f it ° \ ' The farmer’s stock in trade is in his farm and farm animals. If he fails to improve the farm, if it lacks proper cultivation, and he fails to return the elements of plant food which his crops have taken from the soil, if he fails to keep his buildings and farms in good repair, or to give "good care to his ani-i mals, his capital stock will immedi- ately decrease in value, and nobody will want it even at a low valuation. If the farmer takes from the capital stock of his farm. and puts it in the hank he is in the end the loser. This FARM CAPITAL. The capital stock of any business en- terprise goes up or down, according to the condition of the buisiness. If a manufacturing concern or a railroad company neglect improvements and repairs, and the plant “ runs down,” the value of the capital stock goes‘ down until it may only be a nominal value. Nobody wants it. This is the why, the how and the i when of one of the most: important op- ‘erations connected with poultry breed- ing. It is good, every day advice too often neglected. It- is a practice that is more honored in the observance than in the breach, but is often less observed than neglected. Be sure and whitewash the houses, and do it now and do it thoroughly, and you willI day by day, see the wfhy of it in betâ€" ter returns, both of satisfaction and money. NO USE 'TO PROTEST. newspaper writers a1 ms in a crusade agai: whitewash with a brush, and this has led many to employ a small force pump with spraying nozzel, either will do. The main thing is to do it. When? Now. Let us emphasize it, now. No time like the present. The fowls like a clean, healthy house during the breeding season. Then, if ever, they ought to be in the most healthy and vigorous condition. The eggs will hatch better, chickens will thrive bet- ter, and there will be much less mor- tality among the broods if. the stock is in the pink of condition. write Tralee district; recentlyâ€"- of forked ligthning, with :113 of thunder, which work ? COnt ra r y ANTIQUITIES. e struck down by’ .the were several zmracu- Edward Morris, bride. e, aged 20, was stand- rary9 neafly returned v the. Press. find it 1‘ it comes to ad‘ was removed n 101' the hand ofi King of Babylon, t the year, 153.1,; What are you was ouut In a of Mercia. It the walls of 'Its great thickness. yak. At one time five 10 8 min- hock. (irSt Lef- over the rather . rotestâ€" The foundation stone of .1 P V evâ€" ant cathedral, to cost 48695300} ghaaft‘es- Withlin. Belfast by the Counteas 0 ‘v-nv‘ experi- Detroit, Nov. 21,â€"Wheatâ€" No.1 whtie, cash, 693-103 1‘ cash, 693â€"4; December, 70G: 7-80. ‘ ‘V‘uâ€"wutcb, Lu m. Chicago, Nov. 21.â€"Flaxseed-â€"Closed: sNorth-W’estern and South-Western. @129: December and May. $1.33; 139‘ 19th. cash. $1.24 bid; to arrive. $1.23 2%: December, 31.22 1.4; May, 81.36 1 . Detroit. Nov. 21,â€"Wheatâ€"Ciosed2- N0. 1 whtie, cash, 693-1c;; No. 2 red. cash. 693-4: December. 700; May, 74 60 1-26.- Canal 'fr’éights -' Figurâ€"Quiet, firm. Bu'f-falo, Nov. 21.-â€"-Spring wheat â€"â€" Scarce and firmiy held; No. 1N0r§h' ern, old, 733-40; new, 711-20. W1}? ter wheatâ€"Firm; offerings fight; 1‘0. [2 red, 7,10; N0. 1 whiie. 70c asked on track. Cornâ€"Quiet but firm; N0. 2 yellow. 381-2 to 38 3â€"40; No. 3 yellow. 38 to 38(1-4c; No. 4 yellow, 35 1-2 f0 360; N0. 2 corn, 71-1 to 37 3-40; N0- 3 com, 35 3-4 to 370; No. 4 corn. 35 1'2 to 36¢. Oatsâ€"Firm; No. 2 white. 2903 No. 3 white, 3281-40; No. 4 white: 2.8“ No. 2 mixed, 26 to 26-1-20; No. 3 mm- ed 251-2 to 25 3-4c. {Ryeâ€"So. 1, 0n track. quoted at 610;: No. :2 do.. 60 to 60 l-2c- (‘annl freights -- Steady. Gameâ€".Venisori is quated at S6 to for small, to ”.25 for canvasâ€"backs: $7 for carcases, and $10 to $11 for saddles. \Vild ducks range from 25c Daftridges, 40 to 600 a brace. Poultryâ€"Market well supplied, and the requirements here are small- Chlckens job at 25 to 400 per pair; 88938, 5 to 60; ducks, 30 to 500 per pair; and_d turkeys, 7 to 90 per 113; I HOPSâ€"More moving. Prices Wigh- out change. Dealers here quate chalce Ca_nada, '99’s-, at 14 to 160. Baled hayâ€"There is a steady to firm market. Dealers here are selling Choice hay at $9.50 to $9.60; No. 2 i8 slq‘vyaf; g8 to $8.50. Baled StriwLDull and easy. Car lots are quoted at $4.75 to $5. On track. zHoneylâ€"DeéiEEE (it'lgt'e from 9to 100. per lb, for 5. 10, or 60-1b, tins; and in comb around $1.90 to $2 per dozen sec- tions, " vv'. Dried applesâ€"Dealers pay 5i-2c, for dried stock, delivered here, andin small lots resell at 6to 61-20; evaporated.8 to__81-2c,\in small lots. "U "" 8"- '"U' Beans â€" Unchanged. Choice hand- Picked beans sell at $1.25 to 81.30, and Cayman at 75 to 80c. Eggsâ€"Deliveries are free and prices are holding fairly steady. Local de- mand light, New laid will bring 171-2 to 18c; fresh, 16 to 170; and No. 2,14 ;t0 150; limed eggs are selling well at ‘15 to 160. Potatoesâ€"Very few coming in, and there is a firm market. Car lots are sold on track here at 38 to 40c. per bag. and at farmers’ waggons at about 45 to 50c, per bag. Out of store, chgice stock, bring 50c. per bag. _. .- 'vv “v ‘V A -V. Cotmeolâ€"Rolled oats, in bags, track, Toronto. $3.35, and in wood, $3.45 per LL'I bbl. Mintedâ€"Steady. $12 to $12.50, and shorts at $14 to $14.50, west. Cornâ€"Unchanged. No. 2 American, yellow, quoted unchanged at 420, Tor- onto; and mixed at 411-20. Canadian corn, on track here, 40c asked. Peasâ€"Quiet and easy. Car lots sold at 54c, north and west, and 560, east. l [Barleyâ€"Easy and dull. No. 2 sold to- day at 39 1-20, north and west. and at 40 1-2c, east. Ryeâ€"Quiet at 510, west and 52c. east, Oatsâ€"Unchanged. Demand fair. White oats, 25 1-2c, north and west; 26c, middle freights, and :26 1â€"2c, east, Flourâ€"Dull. SLraigght roller ers bags, middle freights, in by exporters, at $2.60, with $2 Savme in wood, for local acc per hbl asked for single car 1|lrzn'r, 1 n Light hogs, per cwt. 000 375 Heavy hogs,p«ercwt. 000 . 375 Toronto, Nov. 21,â€"Wheat- Omside markets remained about steady to. day, and local .business is in adull rut, mlllers.be1n.g tlne only buyers. to the mill. Goose wheat unchanged, 700, middle freights, and 690, north and west. Manitobas about steady. No. 1 hard, g.i.t., sold at 77c, and Toronto an_d_ west at 76c. Sheep and Lambs Shippers EXpOI't and ably about W but there is P'I'iCBBL most n0thing d( Prices Milkers . scaling fro [10' gr GA _m1mtom Cattle. CWC. $2. 60, w ith $2.. 70 asked. for _local accqunt, $3 doing cwt. , 3 80 4 00 cwt. 0 ()0 375 CV91. 0 (X) . 3 75 21.â€"Wheatâ€" Outside freightg, in d An *‘â€"- w‘J emand ig-p-t rollgr, in buy- 200 cattle car lots; ' is quoted at s at $14 to is quot. 275 Wall Paper As this is an entirely artment with us it ass to say that All um Stock is NE N0 01d patterns; All at prices th at are low} for any pocket. Call our stock and we WU you the Nicest Assn ever seen in the Tow Positively any tie; present Stockâ€"ail New â€"â€"Puffs, Bows, Four-in- 500. values at Groceries. Bur leader is only 5c. All at Reduced Pri