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Ion"! "en I'M by Conn- finial. Mputrh from Kingston, Ont, ; Fave battery men who desert- lln'ng the plat few months were at the barracks toâ€"day by dia- t court-minim] The evidence. in 3 ‘ . of three of them-Gm. Ar- " â€" to, McLay, and Coonoyâ€"wu for- __. ram! to the Mxlitia Department at tawt. The othar twu,.GInnors Mo- , 1 and Pratt, were each untamed "1120 built: hard labor. .Ie e! lite on Smyrna-Mend Cont in Iver-u Gale. eeyszâ€"The St. Pierre schooner Fiona drifted ashore in Fortune hay during ,the recent gale and her entire crew I twenty men were drowned. The hooner in a total loss. The echooners Malia, Roeebud, and _ Ler, ‘ crews aggregating 18 ' also lost. The schooner ’ie ashore on the Labrador ‘ '* ' Five 0! her crew were drown- {Instr Expected to Cross the natal Roberts Will 5:11 for 2118' land. A despatuh from Cape Town, sayl; 'ui. Bulk will sail hanco for EW‘ ad on Oct. 24. Gen. Robert: will pro- LN, leave (or home early in Novem- - t. A Wtch from Brussels. Transvaal agency thin] ’lrmnh Canceling All Came in the ; Bloenof District. A despotch from Cape Town, lays: -â€" General Souls is taking energetic no! district, which he has oc- pied without opposition. the Boers on [in appruanb. The British ave comma all the cattle in the wnuL-d have 31'0th helped to flame the Boer. out. Lou! Roberts also 1 a! minor affairs :5 Boar: are still not Id. room. “on, commanding the: ted troops, successiully engaged when, on Oct. 13, but our losses e severe, three officers and eight to severe. three officers and eight 11 being killed and three officers 25 man wounded. ‘. “French occupied C-u'olina yeltetâ€" y, capturing a convoy during hie rah." ‘ Bio Mguartera dining the Dray-i ‘ itation was at Kort Cbabrol. ‘ ’ {Nationalist organs ask if the: Government “tubes to “work up at». rm! High Court conspiracy trial.” I. duwtph (tom 5!. John’s, Nfld.,! fill-comm fight Hon Killed, 28 Wounded. A (lo-patch from London. lays;â€" rd Roberta reports from Pretoria, (hm o! 006:. 15, as followup- ' “Finch started from Muchadodorp wards Heidelberg to clear a part of country nut yst visited by our BRITISH LOSSES SEVERE. ‘ flap-uh Iron London lays: A 25th to the Contra? News {tom '08: an” that. Bntbuuos Mount- }! infantry ambuscade.’ a Boat vom- ‘Pndo no“ Vryhmu, killing 60. tubing 3’), and capturing the. re- 'ndor, numbering 65. Bethum-‘s I, And thereby w ”:34 (,ul the 3.15- b the reaidance of the mother of its; dot, M. Jules Guerin. A numbet ’ per: were seized in both [been Ebjoet o! the raid is mid'td Mvo‘ m to [ind proof 0! the existence of? u ”all“ “Grand Occident of: mine." an anti-Republican leagm,’ - STARVING THEM OUT. b0 Inc! of lxlucnu- or nasal-run. Alli-Iopuhltran lens-r. demote!) from Paris, lays z-Tho Ibo to-day unexpectedly raided the nation! “Fort Cbubrol" in Paris, and EARLY IN NOVEMBER. MAY VISIT THE U. S. FORTY-TB {{EE DROWNED. USE OF NOIOMOUS GUERIN SEARCHED FOR PAPERS. ILIUE RAH] " UHABRUL." 'thune’s Force Kills 60, Wounds. 35 and Cap- tures the Rest of the Commando Nea'r Vryheid. ”SERTERS PUNISHID. QERS WERE AMBUSHED also reports a num Brussels, lays :â€" 1V!) on: a wide make a tour . and that ho showing that thinks that Order Removin‘: the Restriction Is- sued by Gen. Roberts. A despatch tram Pretoria, aye;- Lord Roberts has issued an order removing the restriction on exports from the Transvaal and the Orange River Colonic; The order include: bar gold, but excepto munitions ot EXPORTS FROM TRANSVAAL Plenipotentiaries’ Note to the Powers. A despetch from London, sayszâ€"The Pekirr correspondent of the Times describes the tone of the plenipoten- tiaries’ note to the Ministers as char- lacteristicelly arrogant, and as it the lposition were that China was offering =terms instead of Europe dictating f' them. f- The correspondent says that the note ’bogins with an expression of regret for the recent occurrences, and promises th-it they will never recur, bait impu- dently ascribes them to the Boxers. ‘11! does not mention the concurrence of the Imperial troops, thowgh it ad-i !mits that certain princes and Minis--1 tors supporte'l the B01911. 1 Several Engagement: filth Guerilla ed in English newspapers, the guer- illaa are everywhere active, and Great Britain will flortly be obliged to in- crease hear [0153 in South Africa. chief, surrendered on ktnrday. A force of French troops numbering a thousaml men have captured Teh- chow, south of Paoting-fu, Province of fiantm. Boer Independence Committee Says Guevulas Are Everywhere. A despatch. from Paris says:â€"-At a meeting of the Boer Independence Committee to-day President Paulist read official documents, stating that the situation of the British in South Attica was never worse than at pre- sent. Contrary to the reports print- and”, A deapatch from London says;- In a desputch from Pretoria, Lord Roberta says 'l‘lwnni. Botha, a bro- Lord Roberts also given the details of (our recent skirmish In one of (11668 the British had “cut. Attfield and two men killeJ. and in ”other :11 Boers had six killed. NEVER WORSE THAN NOW. The cvmmimban 3.1.90 haaard testi- mooey rresgamdj'ng the Liquoor conces- sion. The c-oncesaioonaire denied that he had glveon money to Mr. Hargrove, a notation: pro-Boer Englishman con- nected with the South Aflrioan News, the organ of the Afrikamder Bond. marl)! “hat for the water works, on the ground that such action would be prejudicial tn public . interest. The water rate hn Johanmburg is 10 awnings a tbuasand gallons. Bids for Markets and Water Works m Johannesburg. A despatoh from Pretoria, says;â€" 'l'.he Ckmcsasm'ous Commission to-day heard request; for various rights, particularly for the Johannesburg market and . w Johannesburg water “marks. 'Dhe Imps-rim: municipal offi- cers vigorously opposed the grwming at some of lily-use concessions, partic- Gen. Barton has had an engagement with 1,500 Boers at Welvediend. He killed five of them and scattered the commando. He also captured IAIN) head of stock. GRAB AFTER FRANCHISES. Gen. Clements has made a great: raid on cattle which the Boers were driv- ing along uhe Mugauesbaug range. Barton’s forces Killed and Scattered a Number of Burghers. A despatch {tom Pretoria says:â€" Geu. French has occupied Carolina, It Ls hoped with his force and the col- umn which Gen. Smith-Dorrie!) is con- centrating in that neighbourhood to surround and capture a large number of Boers. Former President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, and Commander- inoChief Botha are reported to be at LARGE COMMAND!) ROUTED. LORD ROBERTS REPOR i S ma of their own Iimilar diIaItIr dur- ing General Bullets admnco nonh- warct from LadyImith. CA l’TURED FlFi Y BOERS. A tie;patch from ('Ipe )wn I ya [h B? msb re-entere d B oemhof, near Km a lay, 0 Labor 14, umppofldaud Cup‘UAGJ 50 Boers. CAPTURE 0F TEHCHOW. I got at de present time is a em] house en a all-perw‘adin’ appetite! I got a box er matches, laid the old colored brother. on of I des had a load or wood I could make a .fire, on of I deg bad a side or meat on a each or floor I could cook it on dat tire; an utter I cooked it day ain't no ques- tion but What I could eat: it, haze all I got at de present time is 3 empty The will of Mme. Perret, wife of the wealthy Lyons manufacturer, be- queathes to President Louhot only 150,000 fiancee. The habeas corpus decree was is- sued recently in. Cuba. It is the first time that such edecree has been baued on the island. A temporary injunction has been issued restraining 0. M. Stone and others from distributing quotations of the Chicago Board of Trade. Prof. Paul Stapler, of Bordeaux University, has written to M. Yves Guyot, stating that the Dreyfus case will shortly, be reopened. Ten thousand dollars even Was of- fered in Wall street recently that New York State. will give McKinley 70,000 plurality. Berlin is wrestling with the prob- lem of elevated and underground transportation. Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany, will arrive at Constanti- nople shortly to pay avieit to the Sultan. ‘ GENERAIu The London Daily Express says tho Turkish Sultan has paid the American claims. The Ordnance Board has sustained General Miies Opinion the; disappear- ing gun carriages for coast defence are obsolete. Ati Paterson, N. J., recently it was reported that the Rogers Locomo- tive Works had been sold and that the Vanderbths were the purchasers. The National Steel Company Sent from Youngstown, Ohio, recently a special train of forty cars loaded with 1,000 tons of steel rails for New Zea- land. Indiana democrats have appealed to Richard Crokor for funds, to aid them inc putting that State in the Bryan column. The national committee to investi- gate the necessity for a pneumatic tube mail service arrived in Chicago yesterday. The fifteenth annual convention the Lithuanian General Alliance in session at Elizabeth, NJ. Teamsters and loaders took advan- tage of the rush of Cotton to New Orleans and struck. The Carnegie Company has charter- ed four steamers to carry steel from Cleveland to Europe. UNITED STATES. The trial of firms accused of selling short-weight coal is on in Chicago. Lord Minto, the Premier, Lord Strathcona and Gen. O’Grady-Haly are being asked to extend their pat- ronage to the Ottawa Reception Com- mittee, to arrange for welcoming the returning soldiets. ized $30,000. The ground will be thrown open for relocation in No- vember. Deputy Minister of Marine Gour- dcnu, who has been in Paris since February as one of the Canadian Commissioners, sails for home October 20th. The first sale of Government trac- tiowzs and claims at Dawson has real- C. B. Major, M. P. P. for \Vright county, was attacked with fainting spells at Hull recently. He is now at his home in Pupineauville. Fair wages officer O‘Donaghue is settling the rate to be paid on Gov- ernment buildings at Kingston. Ticket agents have adjourned at Hamilton. Montreal next year. F. W'. Churchill, Collingwood, is president. Gen. O’Grady-Hnly is slowly re- covering at Ottawa, from the injury to his knee. He is only able to drive about. The HamiltOn Home of 'the Friend- less and Infirm held its Slat annual meeting there yesterday. Harry H. Crocker, aged 17, attempt- ed to board a moving freight train at Ashburnham, near Peterboro,’ and was killed. All :he drills and dredges are again at. awn-lg on the harbor improvements at Port Colborne, contractors and men having come to terms. Robert J. Decker is under arrest at Kingston. Charge, obtaining goods by false pretences. P. O. saving banks will hereafter be open Saturday nights for convenience of depositors. Lock 6, \Velland Canal, needs a new pair of gates. The steamer Waccam- aw is to blame. Fire destroyed the dry kiln of Macâ€" Laren’s lumber yard, at Montreal. Loss, $5,000. Twenty-five millions in gold dust has been shipped from theXukon this season. Smallpox is still epidemic st Eldo- rado, 12 miles from Dawsoi). CANADA. Chalifour’s last factory at Quebec. has been destroyed by (ire. NEWS SUMMARY. A FEW THINGS LACKINGJ of Minieapolis, O 17,â€"Wheatâ€"Ccto”. or, 76 1-26 ; Decembcr, 76 3-3 to 76 1-23 ; May, 79 1-8 to 791-40 ; on track, No. 1 hard, 781-4; No. 1 Northern, 771-4c; N04 2 (10., 74 1-4 to 751-1. Milwaukee, Oct. 22.â€"Wheatâ€"Dul;; No. 1 Northern, 780; No. 2 Northern, 751-2 to 771-20. Ryeâ€"Dull; No. l 53c. Barley-Swady ; No. 2, We ; sam- ple, 40 to 56:3. / Chicago. Oct: 22.â€"â€"Wheat was higher early on cables, but reacted later on poor support. Dec-ember closing l-Sc, bower; com: closed 1-4 to 3-50. and oats 1-8 to 1-4c down. Provisions un- changed 00 50 depressed. Primary receipts were 1,211,000 buasheia, com- pared with 1,203,000 bushels last year Minneapolis and Duluth 'reported 377 cars, agaiast 577 last week, and 665 a year ago. Local receipts were 155 cars, three of contract grade. Esti- mated receipts toâ€"marrow;-â€"Wtheat, 212 care, com, 550 care; oats, 270 cars; hogs, 25,000 head. Match, $1.21 bid. L‘lhowe-AFuU cream, Jufy and Ang- ust makes, sells at 11 1-2 00 120.. U. S. MARKETS. Detroit, Ocvt. 22.-a-theatâ€"No. 1 white, Gash, 750; No. 2 red, cash, 77c; Owtubor. 77c; Dacember, 79o. St. Louis, Oct. 22.â€"W~heatâ€";Oash,72 7-80; Cowber, 72 l-2c; December, 73 Haneyâ€"There seems to be a good supply oi shraimed honey on the mark- et, and beret price o-btainabTe is 91-20. Sade: mostly at 90. Dealers quote from 9 to 9 1-20 per 1b for 5, 10, or 60- order. Dumb humey sells at 32.25 to $2.50 per dozen sections. DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Theme is no change in. the yai-twatio-m Creameries continue steady. Choice dairies sehl readily. Second qualdty dahry is in rather full supply and sells skumly. Commis- aiosn houses sell to the trade as fol- hemmâ€"Dairy, tubs, and pails, ulxudce, 17 to 180; and second quality, 14 to 150; drairy prhn'ta, choice, 19 to 200; creamery, boxes, 20 to 210; and pounds. 22 ['0 230.. Beansâ€"Ord‘nary run wzhite beans bring $1.20 to $1.25. Choice hand-pick- ed beans are quoted at 81.40 to 81.45. Field, produce, etchâ€"Turnipa, out of store, 50¢ per bag; onions, 600 pox bag; applem, per bbl., 50o to 81. Sweet potatoes, pear bbl. 82.50. Dried fruitsâ€"Dried apples sell at 3 to 3 1-20; and'evaporated at 4 1-2 to Potatoesâ€"Market steady, Car lots, on track, are quoted a‘t 28.bo 300 per bag. One our sold to-da‘y at 280. Sales, out of store, are mad): at 35 to 400. Lardâ€"Tierces, 100; tube, 10 to 10 1-40; pails, 10 1-4. to 10 1-20. PRODUCE. Eggsâ€"Prices and conditions un- changed. Quotations gre as follows: -â€"Freslh' 17 1-2 to 180; held 160. limed 160, and culls, 9 to 10c. Poultryâ€"Receipts are larger and prices easier. Quotations are as fol- lowézâ€"Ch-iokens. per pair, 35 to 45c; ducks, per pair, 40 to we; turkeys, per lb. 10 to 110; and geese, per 1b., 6 to 7c. Geese sold principally at 6 to 6 l-2c.; ’ Smoked meltsâ€"Hams, heavy, 120; medium, 21-: to 130; light, 131-20; breakfast bacon, 13 to 131-2c; picnic hams, 100; roll bacon, llc; smoked books. 130. All meats out of pickle 1c hass than prices quoted for smoked meats. Peas. o o .0 0 Rye. . . . Buckwheat. . Haym per ton . . Stu“, per ton. . Butter, per lb. rolls. Eggs, ne“ laid. . Chickens, per pair. Turkeys.' pér If). Geese. per lo . Ducks, par pair. . Quotations for provisions are as follows ;-â€"Dry salted shoulders, 80; long clear bacon, loose, in car lots, 100, and in case lots, 1f!‘ 1 to 101-220; short cut' pork, $19.50 Lu 820; heavy mess, $17.50 to 818. anb, spring, per lb. 008 009 Veal, czu'cnse. .. . . 801) 900 Dressed hugs. . . . 775 800 DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISIONS. ‘ Dressed hogs were about 250 a O'Wt. lower on the street to-day, sales being made at $7.75 to $3. Provisions keetp trim and are in smxll compass. Oats. ya rley. THE STREET MARKET. Toronto, Oct. 22.â€"On the street to- day 300 bushels 'white' wheat sold at 69c; 200 bus-he]: red wheat at 69 to 69 1-20; 700 bushels goose-wheat at 680; 2,500 bushels barley at 44 to 48 1-243; 800 bushele oats at 29 to 31¢; a load: of rye at 53 1-20, and a load of buck- wheat at 47 1-2c. Fifteen loads of hay sold at $13 to $14 a ton, and two loads of straw at $12.50 to $13. Dressed hogs were easier at $7.75 to $8.. Wheat, wht. straight} 000 $ 069 \Vheut, red. . . . 069 , 0691-2 \Vheut, spring. . . 000 070 )Vheut,gou-se. . . . 000 068 Apples, pew bbl. ‘ . . B at, hind quarters. Beef, fare quarters. Beef, carcase. . . . Mutton . Lun_b, sprung, per lb. MARKETS OF THE WORLD trices o‘ Cattle; Cheese. Gram. 8:3 in the Leading Marketa. “068. DEM: _b_ag. . 0 4O 7 00 4 0) 5 50 6 0" 0 08 8 0‘.) 7 75 U 07 0 80 1 00 9 00 5 50 7 ()0 0 31 0 48 1-2 Yeh, replied the dudky gallant, speshully do one on dis side. Mah, goodness, Chawles, doan' done two gemmena ovah dar 'Iemble one annuddah? There was no particular import in what the wild waves said about the matter. . ESPECIALLY ONE. Two elite members of the upper ten- dom of colored society sat very close together on the deck of a Belle Isle steamer/ the other afternoon. She was gorgeously arrayed'tn the! bright colors of manner and hm was a reguz lar cake-walk dream. They were very observant, and there was little escaped their notice. Finally two persons sitting near the railing at- tracted the attention of the lady, who nudged her companion and re- marked; The Norwegian barque Humvwood is of 1,963 tons_net'. Sh? was built: 5! St. John, N. Ii, in 1874, and. is own- ed by Johan Johansen. of Christi-nah. Bum. Infected Seame- nml 0m- Dend Rally lnndotl From a Sol-wealth Isrquo. A despab‘ch from iFalmouth, Eng” says: The Norwegian harque Bril- liant, from Newcastle, N. B.. 10-day, landed at this port eight seamen suf- fering from beri-beri, and the body of one man who had died from this disease, all of whom had been taken from The Norwegian barque H me. wood, which was spoken by the Bril- liant on October. 8, in a water-logged condition, in latitude 48 and longi- tude 25 west. Captain Potter and six of the crew of the Homewood re- fused to leave the vessel. The Home- wood will proceed to Havre. Provincial Demeflves start for flu- Same of llh Arron. A despatch from \Vinnipeg says: Chief of Provincial Police Elliott and Detective Cox left for the south to- day Upon receipt of a telegram, the contents of which they refused to make public. Frpm other sources it 18 learned that Walter. Gordon, alleg- ed to have murdered Charles Daw and Jacob Smith at Whitewater, Man., some two months ago, has been ar- rested by Pinkerton detectives em- ployed on the case. . Nothing definite could be lr‘zu‘nod from official sources as to where the arrest had been made, but it is net demon that the man Gordon is cap- tured. THE MURDERER OF TWO MANITOBA FARMERS. a despatch from Consul Mc\Vade at Canton saying that the Imperial troops have recaptured Huichow. and that; the labels have dimmed to the eastward. WALTER GOBDUN UAPTUHED. Icmlt In South Spreadingâ€"Four Thou- sand Wore Advancing on sand!!!" “'hcn Irlthh “'ar You «I Opened Fire. A despatch from London says:â€" Hong Kong despatches tell of the continued spread of the. southern re- bellion. The Hong Kong correspond- ent of the Daily Express sends a report that the British torpedo boat- destroyer Handy shelled two thou- sand rebels whb were advancing on Sanchun, killing 40 and wounding hundreds. HAVE RECAPTURED HUICHO‘V. A deSpatch from Washington says: Secretary of State Hay has received SHELL UHINESE REBELS. BRITISH KIELED FORTY AND HUN- DREDS WERE WOUNDED. Toledo, 0st. 22.â€"- Vheatâ€"No. 2 c:-~h an! October, 771-4c; Dccemb -r, 7942; M‘lya 83?. Cornâ€"Nu. 2 cash 421-24; December, 353-40. Oatsâ€"Nu. :3 mx- ed, we. Rye â€"Cash 54 1-20: Clover- seedâ€"l898, prime, 86.121-2; 189). pmz‘e 86.25: October, $7.20; December, 87. Oilâ€"Unchanged. Duluth; Oct. 22.â€"-Wheat clue I: No 1 hard, cash, 800; to arrive, 80:; Oc- tober, 8'“ ; December, 801-83; May, 830; No. 1 Northern, cash, 78c; to arrive, 78; October, 780; December, 78 l-8c; May, 810; No,‘ 2 Northern, 74s; No. 3 spring, 700. Cormâ€"401-4c-. 031 â€"‘28 1-2 to 23¢. A despatch from London says;â€" A despatch to Dalziel's News Agency from Shanghai, of yesterday's date. says Prince Tuan has sent a despntch to tho. mandarins and heads of guilds in Shanghai, announcing that the court Ls now safe, and exhorting them to have patience. PLAGUE VESSEL AT FALMOUTH. Another Edict Sent to the Mandamis by Prince Tuan. T0 RESUME ' MASSACRES. The deapatoh aaystha't when the you ought to put on your busimsse I'Iflt or your evening clothe; Yes, answered the languid friend; half the time [can't feel perfectly sure whether [have set my alarm clock for Go'clock in the morning or 6 o'clock in the afternoon. It'a dreadfully annoying when you wake up not to be really certgin whether to page are afieady directing hone;- holds at their ownâ€"and they do not always want to cooperate. In other words, success is a question of management, in the main, and the Portage people are exceptionally lor- tunate if they have found the right woman. For most of the "horn man- agers" who could bring these things . But in order to be successful, an experiment in oboperzition must be undertaken by ”clubbable peeple,” broad-minded, Sociable folks who will not quarrel. It must enlist 'cood cooks. provide variety in the bills of fare, and save money for the coopera- tore. ‘LIFE'S TRIB ULA TIONS. What terrible uncertainties beset this life of ours. exclaimezt the youth with a high brow and longish hair. l The figures are significant, but they hardly touch the root of the mat- ter. These couperatora are not the. first to pe'ceive the wastefulnels bf ten neighbore lighting ten different tires every morning, in order to pre- pare a few (tips of coffee and as many saucers of oatmeal, and other: before them have urged that it would be well for the family if wives and mothers could escape the drudgery of the kitchen. Seldom fewer than fifty persons, and sometimes as many as ninety, have staken their meals at this club. Dur- ing the first month. more than thirty- two hundred meals were served, at an average cost of ten cents each. This sum included rent, prm 181011! help, and every other current expense, but not, of course, the initial outlay for furniture. The food was like that generally «served in good families, which may be taken to. mean that it was plain, pleuteous, well-cooked and wholesome. At breakfast, toast, a cereal prepara- tion, griddle-cakes and fruit were pro- vided. The noonday dinner conshted of soup, twp kinda of meat, with vege- tables, and deséert. There was al- ways a hot dish for the evening meal. Weary of wrestling with the prob- lem of domestic help and that other perplexing question of What. to get for dinner, members of a woman’s club recently hired and furnished ahouse, employed: a manager, cooks and wait- ers. laid in a stock of provisions, and induced their families to dine in com- pany. The Enghsh (-orreepandents at St. Petersburg declare that opinion there 13 becoming increasingly pel- simistic regarding the probabiity of an early settlement of the China troubles. [Mien Issued to Call flute-Authorities { nave no ,lnsenuon or Pullshtnl [be linguistic-n of the Insurrection . A deep-itch from London, Wednes- day, says ;--‘l"he continued stand- still in connection with Chinese ut- tairs induces the newspaper corres- pondents and others to lecture states- men ion. the need of. putting! more en- ergy in their actions. The Stand- serd's Tiem-Tsin correspondent warns the public that it is a grave mistake to suppose that a solution of the mat- ter is within reach. He confirms the view (that is practically general here that the promised punishment of t 3, Willy officials was devised merely to (gain time. He adds that a primary and imperative condition to satisfactory progress towards a settlement is the restoration of the Em meeror's authority, and the only effective argument that can be used is to insist upon his production in Pe-l kin within a certain time failing which the tombs of the kings will bs demolished and the Manchu dynasty suppressed. Once the Emperor was restored the pwnishme :it of the guilty would be easy, for Kwang- Sn wouldi have the while nation behind him. I SETTLEMENT OF CHINESE TROUBLE NOT NEAR AT HAND. QUESTION GRAVE AS EVER He urges that the arsenals-ho kept constantly at work, and that every- one be in readiness when the moment arrives for tha massacre of all for- eigners. Peiho is frozen the cold will decimals the allies. while the falling of the Yang-tse-Kiang will only admit of the use of small gunboats. THE DOMESTIC PROBLEM ans. Her mines must be developed. hence schools of minlu group. A great part of the country wan suited to growing forests. therefore schooll of forestry. Until to-day German miners and artisans and pravilcal forester: have mode thoir influopoo felt in every part of that vii-2.0““!- and consolidated empire. Germany is building har‘mvy. She has ro- created the “Block Forest. and he! nrtillery. and seize runs and and! arms are equal to the but In tho world. 1.5 THE PRINCIPLE CORRECT? But before we criticize the m school. would it not be. well to aee if the whole educational system in doâ€" ing what we desire to have. done. We hear a great deal about planning our .syatem aim; the lines of Germany. but have we applied the school to wed: out our problems as Germany has done. The German Empire came intoexiatence in the lifetime of the late Prince Bismarck. and the leaders of this nation conceived the plan: of training up her subjects to conquer the difficulties aurrounding’her. Ger- many wanted a navy and a great armament: school- wene created to train aglpbiutdera and export artis- mates, upon entering the university has as [nod 11 general education as themimrsiiy graduate here, anticoa- sequenlly the German universities are able to do wort which in equiwdont do that of our post-gruduto whoolu. Dr. London looks at the world as tho factory for producing raw material for the university and it Ouch wore in- deed the clue. his stricture: and In;- gestionu would be antitlod to great weight. in fact, in any event, ho has done a good Iervico. if in pointed out that the public sub 1 syn- tem of Ontario doea not do What it. animators intended it to do. Wq cannot judge of the machine until it is working up to the atandu'd tb maker intended. President London of the Univoulty of Toronto. has had his fling at the pub- lic school system of Ontario. Ho condemns it as being inadequate no that the high school has to do tho work of the public school. and the uni- versity the. work of the high schoool. the teaching of languages is begun too late, he says. and consequently it is rare to find students thoroughly grounded. The German youth. ho The City Council be. noted wieely in refusing to compro-iee the queeticne at home between the Street Railway Company and the City. If the Street Reilwey Agreement has the force of law let both sides try the effect of living up to it before trying any new and lubeidiary egreemente that would be sure to result to the benefit of the Railway Compeny. Let the city de- mand the full complement. of cere and the eteted service end put the once on the company of explaining why it would not live up to ten ear-cement to which it is a perty. oft bags before tho dilator, ownar Ieloota it out of tho pile on' the plat- form. To keep the thiem at bay ll one of the chief endeavor! of tho official answering to our baggaxa- master and the companies employ a atatt of detectivaa to assist in thin worlr. To the avaraga Canadian it to impossible to undoratand why in spit. of all. thaaaa difficulties the Engllah public will put up with their present baggage ayatem. A ayatom of check- ing baggage such as we have in thin country would not only atop. thieving but would free the managers from an interminable amount of worry. THE STREET RAILWAY MATTER. In England that. In. it appears. c constant war wag-0d by the railwuy companion against the bng‘tge thieves. who infest the big stations and carry fall of putting the number on the trel- som over the front door was e good one. but now the trensom itself is frequently hid. In such e use I householders would put the numb. conspicuously on the outside of th house or even in the form of e trene- parency in the corner of s front win- dow they would confer e blessing up- on many more then they een imscine. Even people who do not went to find thet pertleuler house would hegrate- ful beceuee it gives them their bear- ings. The present plen of forcing people to creep on tiptoe up the steps w as to back out without disturbing the inmates in case it is not the right house, or elee of ringing st half e dozen doors before the right one ll found is unfair to all parties and e relic of the days when people were not supposed to go out after night- {be appreciated by both residents sud ‘strangers. The number of the house is shown on the top riser of the front stoop. in lsrce white figures. A: most of the New York houses we built with the parlor floor about six feet shove the ground. this will brinl the figures just about on s level with the eyes, so thet .unlese the street lamps go out the number of the house can be seen even in the dsx'kest night. Something of this kind is required in Cenadisn eities. Espe- cially in winter the work of finding 0. house by the number efter night- tall becomes tedious and snnoying. What poor excuses there ere for num- bers ere often covered up by portsbh porches and storm doors. The old plss In New York new houn- hnvo 3 very sensible arrangement which will A Needful Device-England's Rulwu (onservatlsm -â€"Is our Educt- tional System U psldo Down. ENGLISH BAGGAGE THIEV ES Toronto Letter. us hnve numbers we at