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The wages of 25,000 men in Plus-- burg were advanced the Other day from 5 to 10 per centâ€"114,000 bemg employed by the Carnegie Stee! Com- florence Owens died 11) an insane asylum at'GaLena, the result 0t bemg frightened by a man while at work in a store in Chicagu. The. wife of Louis Gordon dropped court yesterday While testifying to the innocence of her husband charged with theft. Pool Grinsiad, editor of the “'athens Star. has been sentenced at Troy, XML, to eleven months in jail for criminal libel. _U __.â€", ‘8‘ "§‘ A“U“n Ne w koxk prieSI, is not expected to UNITED STATES. The Mississippi riv‘r at St. Louis js frozen over for the first time '11 many years. The population of Greater New York is glven at 3,550,000, a gain of about 100.000 over East year. County Treasurer Hershey of Lan- cgster, .Pa., is short s65,coo;and is be- haved to be in Canada. A strike of structural Iron workers for a. mneâ€"hour day mstead of ten, has been inausrnrmtml qr DLiInAuan a Hum- 01 SLIUPIUY‘aI Iron workera for a. mneâ€"hour day instead of ten, has been inaugurated at. Philadelphia. Another ship-load of 1,500 mules is to go from New Orleans to South Complaints of Canadian and other journals over the persistent dilatori- ness of the Pacific Cable Board are be- ing reproduced in journals in London. The nine survivors of the crew of the wrecked British steamer Borghese, of Glasgow. which foundered off Cape Finisterre, have reached Bristol. Twenty-two of the crew were drowned. A new " Imperial party” has been started in London. headed by Hon. Thomas Sandys,M.P., to establish the power of. the British Empire. It will support the Government during the war, and then enquire into the 1111-4 satisfactory condition of the nationali defences. Thomas Kite. parish clerk; of Shakes- peare’s church, is dead at the age of 91, according to aLondon despatc‘h. Rev. George Buckley, father bf Geo. E. Buckley, editor of the Times, is dead at London. . Nurses have become scarce in Eng- land since the war, and there is alot of sickness. to rmed ifi $10,009,000. give the following figures: 52,255 acres sold for $163,762. For the corresponding month bf ’98, 17,039 acres ‘were sold for $554,703. For the year 1899 416,433 acres had been sold for $1,323,720. For the year 1898, 348,608 acres were sold tor 31,21,774. ! Miss Annie Lee, of Stoney Creek, is suffering- from almost continuous hicooughs, and her relatives are alarmed about her condition. The loco? physicians have not been able to stop the hiccoughs. Mrs. \Veener, who has lived at \V‘in- In; eg several years in somewhat straitened circumstances, has fallen heir to £50,000 by the death 01 a rela- tion_ in the old country. The hot water pipes attached to the atom at Rev. A. MacVVilliams’ rgSi- deuce, Hamilton, erploded, smashmg the stove, and damaging furniture in the room. Two miners were blown to atoms by the explosion of dynamite which they were thaxm'ng put at the Sultana mine, Rat Portage. An American syndicate has bought 2,700 acres of pulpwood territory In the Gatineau district, according to an Ottawa despatoh. Clearing- house returns for VVinnip'Efg for the last month of 1899 show a bug increase. in business over the same It is said that the Cataract Power Company syndicate will extend the Hamilton Radial Electric Railway to Oakvifle at an early date. The recewts for the first twomonths tha the Dawson telegraph line was in Operation amounted to over $13,001.) Four return-mg Klondikers have been found frozen to gleath in Alaska. One had $8,000 in his belt. John Cavanagh has been comm Ltted for trial at London, Ont, on the charge of murdering his mother. The; Government will Open tenders for the deepening of Port Colborne harbour on January 375:. Ottawa voted for a reduction in the number of Aldermen. The by-Iaw. to abolish the ward sys- tem carried in London. Interesting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. '. ’ D2} McGlynn, t he THE VERY LATEST FROM ALI. THE WORLD OVER. trade trust is about to be a EngLand with a capital of GREAT BRITAIN .Aland sales for December CANADA. N A NUISHHE well known I The standard of living has been ! slowly lifted from age to age by: men ’who were not afraid. They _were not ,afraid of the great beasts, and slew 3 them: they were nor afraid of strange i seas. and crossed them; they were not air-aid of evil governments, and over- threw them: they were not afraid of Oppressive religions, and forced them I toppen and deveIOp, or they made new i C‘DCBS. g Hunter. snifo-r, soldier, explor.-r, in- vent-or. discoverer. reformer. these .have face: hardship, danger and E o progress for us all. And here we stand in new conditions, confronted by new difficulties and dangers. and are most unbius‘hingly afraid. Man ioâ€"day has onl'y social condiiions to struggle‘ withâ€"he is past master in subduing the earth. . The problems to solve are those of so:ial adjustment, and the need of in- ventor, explorer, discoverer is as great as ever. - might live without wanting. but so long as seeing goes before reaching, so long is the world led and lifted by desire. Unfulfilled desire is the main condition of life, and no more to .be feared than the weather. Death we learned to face with calmness many years ago. \Vhat, then, are we afraid of in the fear of want? Why is it a coward on the field of business '3 Why will the workman who will any day lose his life to save a comrade commit many a sin rather than lose his job? l . Men who would face death by lead {and steel, by fire and water, and' who ‘ would be heartily ashamed to be found lmaking themselves secure in time of common danger of the old fashioned sort, will fly headlong before the one governing fear of life today, and are L not in the least ashamed to spend ard- uous lives in buttressing themselves against it. Our fear is the fear of want. It is a very large, loose general term and somewhat difficult to analyse. On Last reduction it can mean but deathâ€" 1 but we are not afraid of death. On the middle distance it means a vary- ing degree of hardshipâ€"but we are not afraid of hardship. In its first easy grades it means simpiy going without thingsâ€"denial, restriction â€" but it would be hard to show why this should so affect us, since all life everywhere meets the same limitations. There are always some things one wants, and does not have, and there always will be. ‘ Terror Greater Than Tim! Inspired By Death In Bygone Days. Lerr'Lfy, ’but modern life has terrors of its own. The peculiar feature of our new kind of cowardice is that no’ one seems ashamed of it. The reign of terror is said to exxst in Swaziland, South Africa, where the King's brother has assumed authoriy and is killing the populations-ofenftire kraals. With the arrival ad: Manila of the US. transport Grant, which left San Francisco on Dec. 2 , Gen: Otis will I Mail advices by the steamship Queen FAdelaide say that another battle be- tween the French and Chinese took place at Kawdhawn. and that the French were defeated with a Loss of 30 men. The Diggers’ News of Pretoria prints a rumor to the effect that Long- wooi'i, Napoleon’s residence on the Island of St. Helena. is being reno- vated for the reception of President The Newfoundland revenue for the six months ended December 31 shows an increase of $230 00?) over the receipts for the corresponding haif year in 1898. The g‘yld yield for 1899 in New South \Vales was 503,418 ounces, an increase of 168,925 ounces over 1898. After an interval of thirteen days, in which no cases were discovered, bubonic plague has broken out? again in Honolulu. An Abyssinian army of 10,000 men, sent to subdue the Tigre rebels, has reached Massowah province. Austria {9.51:3 of spending $100,000,- (‘01 on its army and navy. . her 3600 Austrian coal miners are on strike for increased wages. GENERAL. Li Hung- C‘hang has been again hon- ored in China. Designs for the greatest battleships ever projected for the United States navy have been agreed upon by the Naval Board of Construction, after several months of discussion over the important questions of battery, armor, speed, con! capacity and displacement. An explosion of sewer gas at mid- night at Knoxviile, near Pittsburg, P9", wrecked a large number of houses and tore up several streets for hun- dreds of feet. No one was injured. Alfred Morrison, who shot and killed his Wife after a dream about burglars and while in a somnabulistic state, haq been azquitted by a coroner's jury :21 Mount Vernon, near New York. Mabel Field, aged 18, discovered a wooden bridge near Mount Vernon, N.Y., to be on fire. She ran half a mile just in time to Warn a train which was running toward the bridge. A happy New Year in reality fell to the lot of nearly every person elm- pioyed in the great wollen industry of New England, when a general ad- vance in wages went into effect. OUR MODE RN FEAR. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, January 18. 1900 guuea, mxserahle class of pig, which will pay nobody, and deceive nobody as to their quality, except, perhaps, the man who feeds them. The tall, leggy hog was ignorantly thought to deceive the buyer who purchased by “guess,” but does not deceive the fac- tory weighmaster. No matter how low prices may be, if.it does not play to feed pigs, it cer- __- vâ€"vur'l LUU !will not get well-shaped pigs from a badly-shaped boar; neither will you get thrifty pigs from an unthrifty sow. If you do not keep your pigs clean and dry they will not pay you. A pig, any more than a human being, will not thrive on a foul, damp bed. The best thriving pigs we have ever seen were those produced from an ordinary well-shaped country sow and easily be had nowadays. A long- legged, ungainly boar will get a leggy, , flat-ribbed, cat-hammed, herring- gutted, miserable class of pig which 6, Will pay nobody, and deceive nobody (18 to their nnnlifv ovnnnl- “-mL-,_ 'l‘hr best classes of foods for pig feeding are: Potatoes. cooked, milk, pollard, bran, ground wheat, rye meal, ° The latter should only be used sparingly, and in conjunction with other foods, such as pollard, bran or milk, and should always be ground ias fine as the mill can make it, and thoroughly cooked, otherwise the In- dian corn passes through the animal to buy Indian meal. Bring your barley. feed it to your hogs, and their weight when dead will astonish you. The secret of making money byi pigs is not to rush into them, nor out! of them. Never keep too many; never keep too few. The fault in the; p'asc has been that feeders ran in to} buy when hogs were dear and stayed! We can perhaps gain some experi- ence from the Irish farmers and bacon curers who produce the high priced lbaoon, pork and hams in the English markets. A celebrated bacon fac- tory at. Limerick gives in the Farmers Gazette, Dublin, the following notes on the feeding of pigs :-â€"- â€" Pigs should be well fed, but not over fed. A good bacon pig of 200 lbs. ought. to be produced in seven lmonths from its birth. -It should not be crammed, neither should it be half starved, but fed steadily and regu- larly. Pigs fed steadily and regularly will give the most satisfactory results to tht feeder when we: V'ghed 1n the fac- 1 tories. A hog which has been halfi starved at any period of his life, even though well fed afterwards, will not do so well. Feed three times a day at fixed hours; never leave food in the troughs after the pigs have finished.. The flesh of hogs is soft and flabby if fed on brewery or dlstillexy stuff, or on turnilps or mangles, and in com- paiison to their size thei1 weight in; tha scale is miserable. They n11y de-i ceive, we doubt it, the buyer who buys i by “guess,” but they will not deceive:t the scale-weight. ! Thf beSt 018.8899 0f fnnfln fn‘r [3:11; l For the land’s sake! You will surely see ‘a wonder After winter bursts asunder. If you plow the clover under, For the land’s sake. For the land’s sake DQQ’L fqrgagt your crimson clover. For the land;s sake. . . And all the season keep 1t 801118 When the. harvest well is over. For the land’s sake. 2‘ Start the cultivator hOeinB‘ Soon as little plants are showing, fer, Drain it off, indeed you oughter. For the land’s sake. If you plant a little crop’ For the land’s sake , Don”t let cultivation stop. qu the land’s sake. Dyam away excessive water \\ luck would little seedlings slaugh- If You own a Little field, For the land’s sake Drain it well to make it yleld, â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" gAgricuitural: a wumwxmmwm wmvmwmg. WWWWMWQ F OR THE LAND’S SAKE. FEEDING PIGS. With Oatmealâ€"Rolled outs, in bags, track, .t no 'L‘oronto, $3.25; and in wood, $3.35 per lould bbl' ‘ lable Duluth, Jan. 9. â€"- Wheat â€" No. 1 mrse hard, gash, 65 7-86; No. 1 Northern, iant. cgzsh, 693-80; May, 68. 3-80; July, 69 1-20; ided, No. 2 Northern, 62 7-80; No. 3 spring, ‘akes 59 386. w is Minneapolis. Jan. 9.â€"Wheat, in store , .- â€"â€".â€", ‘I-“u' east. Oatsâ€"Rather firmer. \VhiLe 25c, north and west, 251-2 bid. a u‘eigth; and 260. _ bid. 62:22.; 1-20 lots. Buckwheatâ€"Easy. Cu: IvLs, ea‘ asged, and west 480 asked. _â€"-â€"" uuub better; car lots 49'1-2 west, agd 5B3-4c A.‘ «$- Cornâ€"Quiet. No. 2 Annerican yellow, quoted at. 410. track. Toronto; and mixed at 40 1-20; Canadian corn dull ai. 39 1-4 to 400. track. Toronto. Peasâ€"Demand quiet. Car lots sold to-day at 57c. numb and west, and at 580 east. Barleyâ€"Quiet. Car lots of No. 2, mid- dle frezghts, sold at 38c; and No. 1 was quoted at 40c. . Ryeâ€"Demand light. Price a shade - .5-.. - l v _â€"â€"â€"â€" vâ€"a- quVLU U“ muddle freigms, and holders ask $2 Miilxeedâ€"Swrce. Bran is quoted $12 to $12.50 and shorts. as. $14 west, 77c; and track, Midi: bound, 73 1-20; spring w Midiauu, gold at 651-20. Flourâ€"Dull. Exporters 'bb1.'1'ur straight roller in muddle freimus- and 1mm to uearness to the mill, goose wheelâ€"L, 69 1-2 to 70:; outside; Manitobas firm; No. 1 hard, 331.12., 780, Toronto and ' 9-, r'“ v"... , 'IW ‘IOIL'A Light. hog.” per cwt. . 400 40..) ( Heavy hogs, per cm. . 3631-2 375 Toronto, Jan. 9.â€"Wh.eat â€"Ou't.sid«e markets conunued very dull Lo-day, and prices were practically aL yester- day's level. Local prices were e’Leady and trade quiet. Red and white 0n- tamo is quOLe-d at 65 to 67c. accordmg to uearness to the mill, goose wheat, 69 1-2 to 70:, Outside: Manirnhne num- Choxce hogs COWS: each. calves: eacn‘ Sheep: per CWt, Lawns, per cwt. BUCKS, per UWt. Shippers, per cwt. Butcher, chow: do. Bu‘cner, mud. to good. BuLcner, inferior. Stockcrs, per cwt. at, «w; and Lat hogs are only brmging 33-4c per 1b. Too many fat hogs are coming in. b‘ouowing is the range of quota- tions. which are largely nominal :â€" Cattle. ’ "Small stuff” was in demand and sold well at a slight advance in prices for the better grades. Good veal calves are wanted. Hogs are unchanged; for choice hogs the tap price is 43-80; light hogs sell at 4C; and fat h0g3 are only brmging 33-4C 061‘ 1b. 'I‘nn ms).nv ‘an- LAN“ nun-\ By no means all the butcher'cattle here sold toâ€"day, but there was a good enquiry for the best stuff, which soid quickly at steady if un- changed prices; for the choice butcher cattle here 4 to 41-40 per 1b. was paid. Shipping bulls, stockexs, milkerS, and feeders were practically unchang- Shipping cattle is in fair demand at from 41-4 to 43-40 per lb. Choice offerings will realize 50 per lb. Toronto, Jan. 9.â€"There was a much more satisfactory and business tone pervading the western cattle market here this morning. The trade has not quite got over the holiday feeling, but we had some quick sales of good stuff to-day, and the indications are that there will be a more lively general demand. MARKETS OF THE WORLD Prices of Grain, Cattle. Cheese in the Leading Marts. WEEDS ON WASTE LAND. There is an old saw which says that “Satan always finds a task for idle hands.” This principle has its count- 'erpvart in the vegetable kingdom, and there. is no doubt weeds are largely spread through the agency of waste lands. Nature abhors a vacuum, and such patches soon become active breeding places for weeds. Any ob- server will notice that a large number of these are to be found around most of. our towns, along the roadways, and on. a good many farms, and the spread- ing or seed from these patches must be great. The writer has now in his! mind a patch of thistles which deSpite the request of one or more farmers, has been left almost aloneâ€"and this, too, in a district where this plot of thistles is almost, if not the only one. fairly good. But the usual ~mistake is to suppose that cleanliness and good treatment of the horse demand that the stall shouldbe made absolutely clean every evening or morning, as the custom may be. The horse will be more comfoarable, and the manure will be saved more perfectly, if each evening the litter in the stall is care- fully leveled an-d covered liberally with lush bedding until a week’s accumu- lations are gotten, when all should be: drawn direct to the field. Don’t hold up the hand in holy horror until the plan has been tried. It is cleanlyâ€" more. so than that of daily cleaning. The trampdng packs the bedding tight- ly, and the lower part becomes a sponge to take up the liquids. The surface is always dry. The liberal bedding secures that. There is no heating in a week’s timeâ€"the tramp- ing excludes the air too much for that. The plan means a clean, comfortable many dollars’ worth of fertility dur- ing the winter. 30 S‘UIABS am pm: ‘esuoq eq; .10; peq "5 1-20; Spring wheat, , ~Uld at. 65 1-2.0. Milkers arhd dellâ€"v; ‘ bneep and Lambs ’ per CWT" n 400 4371-4 . Exportexjs bid $2.55 II no», ad “a u1u 31110019 260. bid. 9.9.2.; mixed Hogs. 3 holiday feeling, but :1; sales of good stuff indications are that more lively general ”$400 . 3'15 2500 . 200 50 00 10 CO Ls, east, 49c buyer?” Piss, e oats, middle $475 no ‘4 no 3 62.1- 850 the at to Not at an; I' recognize them. Yes; gfiâ€"ivou are arraid the. $1195” w1_l_l gteal them, are 3’09? '11 Why, I thofighwtntihéi rec-GPt dug toâ€"night. ion Duffed inib {Heir bedroom with argud, 9f rain interceptors. What on earth are you bringing 81): those umbrellas in here for! ask?“ :Mrs. V_a_n Fashion, as Mr. Van h‘zzsb‘ Bed covering is intended to give the body the warmth that. is lost by redne- esd circulation of the blood. When You lie down your heart. makes ten strokes a minute less than when you stand upright. This means six hun- dred strokes in sixty minutes. There- fore, in the eight hours you usurrliy Spend' in taking your night’s rest your heart is saved nearly five thou- sand strokes. As it pumps six ounres of blood with each stroke it iifis thirâ€" ty thousand ounces less of blood in the night than it would during the da)‘- NOW, you are dependent for your warmth on the vigor of your circulaâ€" tio‘nranda as the blood flows so mW'h more slowly through your veins when you are lying down, the warmth lost in the reduced circulation must be SAmplied by extra covering. â€"â€"Firm. Bufiaio, GJT‘LH. Sixâ€"Sp: ing “matâ€"En- quit) good; limits unirihang d: \‘o 1 hard, 76 1-40; No;1 \01lhc1n.74 3-1c; “'inter wantâ€"Unsealed; no enquirs; No.2 red, 71c; No.1 white '70 1-:2c bid. Cornâ€"Active enq it}:1irm; No. 3 yellow, 370; No. 4 veHuw, 3;; 1--c; No.2 com, 36 3-4c: No 3 corn. 361â€"4 to 36 1-2 0. Oatsâ€"Dull; No. :2 white. 300; No. 8 white, 29 10 291-40; N0. 2 mixed, 27c; No. 3 mixed .263 ‘46- Rye â€"Quiet; No. ‘2, in store, 571 1-20. Flour Chicago, Jan. 9.-â€"-On a heavy demand. and fight Olferiugs provisioss show. ed a strength emu activity far ou?‘ shining the. grain markets toâ€"tiay, May pork closing at :32 1-2 to .250: May lard, 12. 1-2 to 15c, and May ribs, 15c, higher, \that was depressei by the Liverpool weakness, but steadied on war news and strength of provisions. TN â€"No. lNorthern, Jan., 65 3-40.; May. 66 3â€"40; July, 68 L6 68 1-8. On trackw No. 1 hard, 66 3-4c; No. 1 Sorthern, 65 3-40; No. 2 Northern, 63 l-ac. LAXA LIVER PM 3 cum Biliousnesi, Constipation and Sick Headache. “ Hearing that Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills were a specific for these troubles, I thou 3111: I would try them, and got a box at McLeod's Drug Store. They aflorded me great relief, having toned up my system and removed the distres’sing symptoms from which I suffered. I can heartily recommend these wonderful pills to all sufferers from heart trouble. “I have suffered for some years with s smothering sensation caused by heart- disease. The severity of the pains in my heart caused me much suffering. I was also very nervous and my whole system was run down and debilitated. A Kingston Lady’s Experience with Mflburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills in Relieving this Distressing Con- dition. SMOTEERIRG St. John, N.B., says: “ Some time a o I had a vioj of La Grippe. Egrem this, sev trouble arose, for which I doc a. number of the best physici: John, but received little relief. Dean’s Kidney Pills highly sp began their use and in a short‘ them to be a. perfect cure. Bel these pills I suffered such tor could not turn over in bed with ance. Doan’e Kidney Pills be me from this terrible condition, removed every pain and ache. A 'WISE PREC‘A UT ION AN EXTRA BLANKET (Signed) HRS. A. W. IRISH, Kingston, Ont. amid they . - "villun ;y~able to enJoy life. ,spie, 204 Britain Street, aye: SEESATION. will an a}! nforS S. .\u. l Normauby. Duties t0 90mmeuce Feb.1 1903. THOMAS WALLACE, Sec. VARNEY, ONT. Sale Of January at Fancy Goods SaW=logs Wanted During flagFarEane’s lAPLE $10.00 $8 00 $6.00 .. tIRCH 10.00 8.00 600 OFT ELM 10.00 55.00 6.00 “ ‘ASSWOOD 10.00 9.00 6.00 IEECH 800 0.00 5.00 “ ELACK ASH 12.00 9.00 0.00 “ mEcu114ct.1200 9.00 0.00 “ fEDAR 7.00 0.00 500 1‘ ’PRUCE 8.00 cutl41’t. “ EEMLOCK $5 to $7 accord’g to ieng eAMARAC 5 m 7 “ “ N EXPERIENCE; D TEACHER LOgs will be classed accordingr Quality and size. and to Be cut ac “’h as possible, 12 ft. long, allow- {three inches. mmm FUBHITURE 00.. A. M _-_ A. _ The Durham furniture Co. Limited g M? 11%., fig ’53 May ' "*Mâ€" blow ABOUT their gnoda. Our CLO THIS G We are giving extra value In Ready-made and Ordered SUITS. Overcoats. Pants. Vests, and Under- wear, either coarse or fine in quaiity. ‘5 5’.“ a GROCERIES. For Christmas YOU want something extra, and we keep the best. Try our Teas, Cofiees. Raisins, Cur- rents, and Spices. BEST GOODS AT If you nmer SMALL PROFITS boa ht- fwm n8 fore gixe us a trial. Lower Crown. S. SCOTT, _ ,Dfif’flâ€"5;.{53’31'317171‘7I’Xnm Teacher Wanted. Ewan. g Q» .a. E? pay the following prices for Saw Logs delivued at J. W. Crawford’s \lill Durham. i, 1899. for themselves QURHAM. .00 00 66. S. 00 0.0. 888 S Limited. mmm 656 14‘ ‘4‘ h b.« M I‘A 14A {’ocaw Flour ; ‘ ‘auuea Chop m Oats Peas. .. Barlev. 11a} Butter. Eggs 0 D! dwizd H ides . Sl)u¢p<h Geese Duck: Wool once wt hints 1‘ selves exez'ci: parath Mr. xer R U fan: Fa“ W er $110 C(x The} mus s! clu‘ the that exhx uable part oi Dr. Gilber Inade1 intereu and .\ cbiidr lengt h Val‘lou V-rinr 1201. TO the \‘ \V t \‘V UV “ 'l‘ne cultu previ congr' super - for Mr he poi CCU“: ed int incre: with: Mani! omic degre It. wa recei1 DI ff. ”(IS W JUC H PH u 101' 1H KM (16