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URNED CONVOY. ,.-‘ys;- domai- toroea tn I 00. War Another Success Near lustenburg. ‘ I “ya:â€" Mght to as him to .cilication . Fore- in; iy are unoffi- are washed again and ‘ ., prlectly free from all I litter clinging to tham. b- Mted to boiling point, it and by! in a perpetual bubbling to condition, and the grains are then muffin, 4m in and kept in a constant stat. of action by the vol- ”no-lib. bubbling of tha boiling “hr, Which has then well aatir. a in): grain can be crush- '“J’htmn the (finger: the flea is "it! ia then taken of! tha tire - ., being ready for con- \ A little lemon added while Honcho: the rice beautifully. j m u! it thus pupal-ed 1a do- " Each grain lion apart and ., . .0») whiteness. and its taato ' . [that to add flavoring at any ("and ha a pity. of ai- A domtch from Aliwal North says: ~Wodnosday taught a Bxitish put 01 came into contact with Do Wet's out- post, clean to the place where his main (on. m- laagered. They took one whom. who stated that De Wet was “am from conliulnl t aging, I“ N abandoned a. Krupp gun near 4* m “It 0! the Caledon river. Do Wot Has mke a defence. but the Boers burned hall of the convoy. Reinforcements for the British ar- rindi and the Boers were then dis- Th British last 15 killed, includ “Mt. Baker. and23 wounded. -' 1h 30ers suffered mummy-am. RELEASED PRISONERS. Boers suffered considerable gm at then being killed with at at 50 yards. Guns and as- .” were sent from Rustenburg Manda net, and tho [Mars I‘ ”also assumed that all - laberatu .l, with thc ex- jib officers. 1: Also Abtndoned Krupp Gun. .’S PAR IITlON. rooox RICE. ltnte {on- bread in , where it is cookâ€" “ the following man- Scranton, Pm, thousand feet ' .. more, near here, to battle for life result of a mine ‘ ded in gain- digging their way - at the mine of Company.‘ Five 1 into the mine ‘ . .. the exit of the "11.:- in the interior. '1 de formed them- ' ”ties, and, while u could net be Red with a will. boned men were eheveb and pieke ate peat where the main gangway it led to a roadway exit could be made" ‘ , wink they succeededi ficiient of the £211 {More the rescuing h. None of the men 'Iirnundod and 80 '0”! Killed. :Mtch says that ‘ going on for {our t’s spruit. Com- .nd Erasmus. with ';»lllrrounzled. and so been killed. m A MINE. I London saysz-The jest of the Morning Mlities there that h. ,It is believed that {the campaign in the “0. The partition of hunted as the only Mable. Dire captured. but ti 3 Boer sprang up “Wat the general. "on-ward mid recéiv- it stomach. H.- nird bRT’S SPRUIT. i Pretoria says;_. I had d narrow ea- idnight raid on a b Impossible. Say Ad vices. life by Thirty-Two ".1. uon. Broadwood's HUSSAR. Shippers, per ewt. m. 400 O 450 Butcher, choice do. 400 440 Butcher, medium to good. 850 400 Butcher, Interim- ...... .. in 850 Stockerl, per ewt. ...... 225 I” Export hulls, per ewt. ...... I25 400 Sheep and Lunhe. 91950;”! cwt. ...... Buckg‘fior owt. ...... ...... Lambs are firm, though for extra choice lambs e sahde more than the figures quoted below might be paid. Hogs are {inn and unchanged. Hogs to fetch the top price must be of prime quality and scale not be- low 10 not above 20 lbs. Following is the range of quota- tionn: â€" ' No change occurred in sheép, though there were Indications of wcakness; prices ranga from I) to .3.” per cwt.‘ Calves are steady and in fair' de- mand; good calves are wanted. Little was done in milkers. as ‘few were up to the requisita mark: good cows are enquired for, and will sell up to .50 each. the prices for the best. stuff ranging (rev- 4 to 4 1-2c, per pounds. More cattle of good quality was here teâ€"day the: has been the case tar some time. In regard be num- and inferior cat- tle, there was ‘0 change, salesl were slow and prices were weak. Shockers. feeders, and expor-t- bulls are unchanged, and slew of sale; bulls were a shade weaker. Minneapolis, Dec. 11.---“'-heat-â€"(hsh, 72 1-20; December, 72 1-80; May, 74 1-40; on track, No. lbm‘d, 74 1-20; No. 1 Northern, 72 1-20; No. 2, do, 70 1-40. LIVE STOCK. here toâ€"day of 50 carloads of live stock; comprising 1,600 hogs, 1,000 cat- tle, 700 sheep and lambs, two dozen «Wes. and a few milkers. We had no export; business. to-day. In other respects the market. was steady. and quotably unchanged. Detroit, Dec. 11. â€"- Whenâ€"No, 1 white, cash, 770 ; No. 2 rod, oath, 770; December, 770; May 79 7-80. Chicago, Dec.ll.â€"Whoat was weak toâ€"day, on low» cables I‘Id t poor shipping demand ; January. closing 7-8 tn 1c 1mm Corn closed a, shade to 1-80 highsr, and oats 14c lower. Pro- visions at tho close were 21-2 to 7 1-20 improved. to 600; low grad". 54 to' 560. Ito- Nominally 55c Flour-Quiet, steady. 8 white, 29-5; Nb. 4 white, 16 3â€"4 to 270; No. 2 mixed. 25 3-40; NO. 'nixed, 250. Barleyâ€"Extra, 64 to 660; choice to fancy, 62 to 63c; fair to good. 57 Buffalo, Dec. Itsâ€"Spring wheatâ€"Um- changed. Winter wheatâ€"No. 2 red, hold at 780; whiten, 751-20; mixed, 76 to 76 1-20. Cornâ€"Steady. No. 2,yel- law, 43 1-213; No. 3 yollow, 430; No. 4 yollmv, 42c; No. 2 corn, (2 8-40; No. 8 corn, 42 l-2c; No. 4 com, 41 1-20; Oats ~Firm; No. 2 white, 28 1-2 to 290; No. Duluth, Dec. ll.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 hard. cash, 781-40; No. lNorthorn, 711-4c; N). 2.do,v6z to 670; No. 3 éprinz, 53 to we; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 751-80; No. 1, December, 71 l-8c; May 75 1-4 to 75 8-812. Cornâ€"Not quotod. Oatsâ€"23 1-2 to 23 1~4o. P‘l-mrâ€"Irregular. Export buyers say there are fair offerings at 32.00 and they report buying under that fig- ure. Holders ask 82.60 for 90 per cent. patents, in buyers’ bags, middle freights; and exporters bid $2.55. Spe- cial brands sell locally from 10 to 200 above these figures. Oatsâ€"Quiet and about steady? Choice new white «ty-ats, hiddle heights, are qubtod It 26b; and east at as 1â€"20. Light white‘ cats. and mixod oats, won't, 24c. Bu'ckwhea tâ€"About steady but quiet. Car lots. west; are. quoted at 492, and east at 500. Au the m to on‘mccwouwnm' oat- Ryeâ€"Easy. New rye, 460 west; and 47!: 5381:. Barleyâ€"Quiet, and about steady. Exporters still buyers, especially at Navy feed bra rlvy. No. '3 east. 411-20.; and middle .freights, 401-30; No. 8 extra, 400 east; and 890, middle heights. Peas-Bids have (la-lined, and of- ferings are light. There would be goo! buying of No. 2 on a basis of 600. high heights, and 611-20 cast, but bUHers want more money. Cornâ€"«Steady. No. l Amencan. 1?!- low, 470, on track here; and mixed. 43:6 Canadian corn, hora, 45c. BREAIH’I‘UFFS, ETG. Toronto. Dec. lLâ€"Wheat-Export denmnd for red and white wheat continues. at 840, middle heights, and 650 east. Goose wheat was rather better at 620, middle heights. Manitobas are steady. No. 1 hard is scarce. Quotation: are as follows; -Red winter, 64c; and White, 640, middle heights; goose Wheat. 02¢, middle heights; No. 1 spring wheat. east, 660; lManit-fxba, No. 1 hard, Old. g.Lt., 93c; and No. .1 at 88c. MillfeedF-Ecarce, Ton lots. at the mill door. ball as follows;â€"Bran, 812 to 813.50; and shorts, .14 to $14.50, west. MARKETS OF THE WORLD Prices 0' Cattle. Cheats. Gram. M In tho Loading Inna. Cattle. 300 Floods in Pennsylvania htvo render- ed hundreds homeless. and caused mo loss at life near Pituburg. .Ex-Mayor Hewitt told New Yorker: h'ow Gotham policemen got rich on collusion with crime. UNITED STATES. ‘ The late Mr. R. G. Dun of New. York leaves an estate of 82,500,000. Michigan sportsmen fear the ex- termination of deer in that State. The Pennsylvania Railroad will re- time 400 employee on penaione Jan. 1. Andrew. Carnegie will give 050,000 towards a public library at Dubuque. A ement is on foot in London to eras: tablet in St. Paul’s Cathe- dral recording the services rendered to tlfe nation by the war correspond- gnts who fell in the Soudan and South African campaigns. As the result of investigations into the beer-poisoning epidemic in Eng- land the Government will probably re- strict the use of certa‘n chemicals by the brewers The late Sir Arthur Sullivan-’5 last work was a Thanksgiving Te Deum. dedicated to “Church, Queen and Country." The Scotch Iron Manufacturers’ Board has reduced wages five per cent. The London Daily Express says Marconi is certain hbcan transmit '1‘th yield of wimtar wheat for 1900 in Russia, including Siberia“ and Gen- tral Asia, will be 224,300,000 poods, and the yield of rye 1,407,300,000 pqods. wireless telegraph messages across the GREAT BRITAIN. Food prices in London have been generally advanced. , Eugene Brooks, 3 Faith healer, Ind W. W. Maltby, the father of a child, who died of diphtheria while being attended by Brooks, are under arrest at Victoria, 8.0., on a charge of murder. at a large bridge and structural iron works. Several Montreal capitalists. as well as local men, are interested in the project. Ottawa has excellent prospects of having another industry in the shape Realizing the success which has at- tended the preliminary undertakings at Sydney, one or two iron shipbuild- ing plants will be established in the Maritime» Provinces. David Augur. of Little Farm, near Hull, Quebec, shot a deer.in the neck, end the rifle bullet after passing through the deer struck his brother Camille, in the abdomen and fatally wounded him. of Morrison, undor sentence for the murder of a whole funily at Moosoâ€" min, N.W.T. 'The; Minister of Justice has asked for a medical report on the condition Soutm' Ouahmn Davin. chairman Geo; H. Parley, has bought the in- terest of A. A. Buoll, in the Hull Lum- ber Company, which practically means a consolidation with the Parlay Com- Pan,- The Provincial revenue from the fisheries of Ontario will this year amount to about $35,000. or nearly $4,000 more thin that of last year. u; ‘t, hm The court at Rossland has awarded James Langley 310,000 damages in his suit against Mr. O’Connor of Grand Forks, 8.0., for assault. Oshawa will eatablish a water works system and make extensive in- P'ro'vomenta to the harbor next year. Mr. J. L. Weller has been appoint- ed engineer in charge of the Welland Canal, to succeed Mr. Thompson. Jaw-eph Kent, contractor at Hamil- ton, narrowly escaped being choked to death by some food which stuck! in his throat. _ Chief Justice MOO-0.11 of Vancouver has decided that a Jap naturalizod u a British aubfict has 3. right: to vote. Count do Lautrec, charged with for- gory at Montreal, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisbnment. The opening of the Parry Sound Railway has already caused a fall- in-g off in Welland canal traffic. It is proposed to extend the ticket- of-leave system to female convicts in the penitentiariee. The Ohio and Indiana Editorial A'- aocintiona may visit the Dominion next year. Employea of the C.P.R. and G.‘1‘.B. favor a fortnightly 'instoad of a mnnthly [my day. Dr. J. A. Hopkins of Montreal was killo'bon the Grand Trunk track at St. Henri. Col. Hughes, Chief of Police Montreal, announces hie intention resigning. CANADA. Parliament will be turtl'ar IRONS“- ed to Jan. 14th. It is proposed at Ottawa: to abolish the mayor’s salary of 01,000. Reductions by the Hamilton Court at Revinion this year total 0190.290. thfi your in imfioviw Ottawa's Over $100,000 has been expended this year in improving Ottawa’a roadways. SPARKS fRflM [HE WIRES Non] Itom About Omlvoa and Our N eighbon-Somothing o! Interact From Every Qan- tor of the Globe. A good-hunted man bn't neces- ur'fly a soft mutt. Before packing. poultry should be thoroughly dry and cold, but not frozen. Boxes holding 100 to 200 lbs are preferable to barrels. Pack snugly, straighten out the body and leée, and fill the package as run as possible. Amide it possible putting more than one kind in the same pack- age. Mark kind. weight and descrip- tion on the package. and writq ship- ping direotkme plainly on the cover. Ducks and geese should be scalded. but it requires more time for the wa- ter to penetrate and loosen the feath- ers. 'Some advise after scalding to wrap them im a blanket to steam, but they should not be left long enough to cook the flesh. Do not try to dry-pick before killing. Leave the feathers on the head and 2 or 3 in of the neck. Do not sing-e or remove ‘teathere or down, as it give: the skin an oily look. . The feathers should be removed im- mediately very cleanly without tear- ing the skin. Then plump by dipping 10 seconds in water nearly boiling and then in cold water. Hang in; a cool place until the animal heat is out of the body. To dry-pick chick- ens properly, the work should be done while the chicken is bleeding and be- fore the body is cold. Turkeys should be prepared the same as chickens, but always dry-picked. Endeavor to market all old and heavy gobblers be- fore Jan 1. as after the holidays; the demand is for small fat hen turkeys. Poultry should be well fed and watered, then kept for 18 to 24 hours without food before killing. Never kill poultry by wringing the neck. Kill by bleeding in the mouth or open- lag the veins at the neckl-and hang by the feet until properly bled. Leave head and feet on and do not remove intestines or crop. Scalded chickens sell best to the home trade and dry picked to shippers. aFor scalding, the water should be as nearboilinag' as possible, but not boiling. Pick the legs dry, hold by the head and legs, immerse and lift up and down! *three times. If the head is immersed it turns the color of the comb and gives the eyes a shrunken appearance. The Russian naval estimates for 1901 amounts to 97,000,000 roubles, be- ing 37,000,000 roubles beyond the normal estimates. Germany strictly enforces prohibi- tion against the importation of Am- erican meat. American plantation experts have (one to South Africa to introduce the culture of Virginia tobacco. A Russian cruiser costing over $3,000,000 in to be built for Black Sea service» The rebellions tribes in Ashanti havae been subdued. Norway and Sweden are uneasy about Russia’s designs upon them. GENERAL. Pig-iron production in Germany is increasing. The Czar in rapidly recovering from his ill-nose. The recent mine disaster at Berry- ville, Virginia, in which fourteen lives were lost, is now said to have been the result of acounspiracy to kill the tomman, the conspirators being them- selves blown up. TO DRESS AND SHIP POULTRY. Near Lake O'uty, Fla... on Monday. a negro, named Spencer Williams, a gambler, who had shot and danger- ously wounded officers when attempt- ing tanrrost him, was shot to pieces by a mob. of the Committee of Foreign Rela- tion. of the Senate, is dead at St. Paul, Minn. A fostiv'val'in a colored church at Berlin Chou Bonds Ohio. ended in the murder of Robert Leach by Oscar Casual], who escaped. an that all British subjects of suit- able age should in the future bear arms. He expected that the citizens of Johannesburg on returning to the district would make a force of 20,000 men, which would be named the Rand Rifles. This force would be able to defend the district against anypos- sible hostile force in South Africa. This was in the interest of the people,who would thus be enabled to recommence industry without fear of interrup- tion. A deepetch from Johannesburg says: â€"'l‘he Caledonia Society gave a ban- quet in hunor of St. Andrew’s .99; There was a brilliant gathering, 19". cludinz representatives of the V’ '05 and the Administration. Gover Kenzie made an important 3 said that he would hollow the tom observed in many of the colonies of the Ministers making a, forecast of the Gmernment’s policy at the banquet: given on St. Andrew’s day. He‘ de- clared that the decision had been tak- GREAT NATION IN ARMS. ; WHAT THE LAW DECIDES. 'still vacant on the expiration of the per- mit, which provides for an extension on application. is held in Henderson Trust company versus Stuart (Ky). 48 L. R. A. 49, to constitute negligence on the part of an executor or administrator with the will annexed. who is in possession of the premises and or the policy. A prdtnble reeullt ot the war would he that the principle of auction. in 2, arms as against a standing army :02,“ would be accepted throughout the '5 umpire. He believed that the bene- ficial training, physical development. and independence of the race would not interfere with its commercial and industrial progress. Germany, with transcription, was making a great industrial advance. The plan he mentioned was not conscription, but voluntary training. Governor McKenzie thanked the society for the references made to the Administra- tiun, and said he was doing his best to continue the Government until the civil authorities were replaced. an of he its le- 1;. it- ar l us I he ‘00 ‘J Publication in church papers by the officers of a church, as to the result of their inquiry as to the fitneu of their pastor for his ofice, is held in Redgate versus Roush (Ram), 48 L. R. A. 236. to be a privileged communication. when it is made in good faith with reaaonable occasion for the publication. Failure to apply for an extension of a vacancy permit for premises that are Right of a warehouseman to sell prop- erty described in a storage receipt is de- nied in State versus Cowdery (Minn.). 48 L. R. A. 92. notwithstanding a provision in the receipt that the stored property may be mingled with other property of the same kind or transferred to other eleva- tors or warehonm. Conspiracy to refuse to deal with a person which is made maliciously to in- jure him and not to serve any legitimate interests of the person who enter into it. is hold in Ertz versus Produce Exchange (Minn.), 48 L. R. A. 90, to be an action. able wrong. Miss Braddon has published over 60 novels since 1862. Previous to trying lit- erature, however, Miss Braddon appear- ed on the stage. There is some doubt in ‘he matter, but “An Old Player” has de- clared that the future novelist made her debut at the Brighton Theater Royal in 1857 and that during the live following months she impersonated as many as 58 distinct characters. Her stage name was Mary Leyton. and. though now known as Miss M. E. Braddon, she is really Mrs. Maxwell and a widow. “The public has somehow got the idea,” says Joel Chandler Harris in a recent in- terview in the At'anta News, “that I am too modest to be healthy, but that is a great mistake. With the exception of. a big apple dumpling, with a bowl of but- ter sauce close by, I know or nothing nicer than to sit in a largearmchair and hear your friends say kind things about iyou when they think you're not listen- 118-" Israel Zangwill, the Hebrew novelist, wrote his firs; book when he was a stu- dent at London university. The effort occupied tour eveningsâ€"he always works in spurtsfand _be nn(i_a_ friend paid £10 to have the tale published in, fiimvpfil'evt form. Winston Churchill. who comes to Amer- ica on a lecturing tour in December. says he proposes to fool the newspaper. here by copyrighting his speech. Most superb and costly are the velvet gowns and costumes made ready for ele- gant wear next season. there is already a luxurious and bewild.rlng display of client-black, blue, grease, dark Russian (men, wine color, purple, pale fawn and gray. Some of the sott, artistic shades in plum color, blue, brown, ctc., garnish- ed with guipure lace and rich furs of va- rious kinds, are regal in efiect. The new costumes of the different shades of red stand out in sharp contrast to those of gray. brown, blue, etc.. and they seem too conspicuous for street wear In most instances. The drear, dull days later on may, however, render these bright gowns a welcome color note in the somber landscape of the season. It is certain that no matter how elabo- rately the toilets of ceremony or how tastefully the handsome demi dress or house gowns may be decorated all fancy trimmings will be kept from the skirts 0! utility tailor costumes. For elegant winter gowning and in the advance display of French millinery black and gold, black and vivid red and black and white combinations and et- tects are in marked favor both here and abroad. On some very charming negligee towns the fronts droop in blouse fashion and are closed on the left shoulder and down the left side after the style of some of the revived Russian blouses and jack- Reversible satins are used extensively on winter hats and for linings, facings. draperies. choux, tea gowns, accordion plaited petticoata. foundations for lace anti velvet opera wraps. etc. The all wool and silk and wool novelty goods and French and English suiting: this tall are in soft medium weights in pretty, blended dyes. the result being a nameless, uncertain color. A military touch on gowns and sepa- rate waists for youthful wearers in just now the correct finish. Messrs. Hoskins, Dunn, and others referred to the war as inevitable, say- ing it resulted from the irreconcilable conditions prevailing in South Africa. which were due to the Boers having diverged from their peaceful progress of fifty years ago. THE DRESS MODEL. THE WRITERS. Winter is the time for the shepherd to use his skill im the care of hisflock. Sheds facing the smith and east are best, with means of oloeim in one of storm or extreme cold. Have plenty of sunlight and air. but beware of drefts. Provide running water un- der cover and keep the pen dry and clean. Do not crowd the pensâ€"tron 25 to 60 will do but. Make: three classesâ€"ewe lambs. yen-ling ewes end ewes two years old or over. Do nu nix. Be sure and feed st regain hours twine m. Give hood to this question at rota- tions. It means the better consent- tion of soil fertility. larger return. and happier and more prosperoul homes. Some short rotations: Follow clover with corn and corn with any kind of small grain: that may he de- sired; of course this rotation cannot be followed where clover will not not thrive. Grass in meadow and pasture. followed by corn and then two crops of grain in succession. in a good fllVO years’ rotation. Pasture. corn, grain two or three times; thin rotation will depend on the duration of the pasture. It has special ad- aptation to those localities where grazing is profitable and where such abiding grasses as blue grace and orchard. grass grow freely. Summer fallow followed by wheat, wheat; this rotation ie for the farmer who pereieta in growing wheat. It in not possible to give rotations that will have equal adaptation for all soils, or even. {or localities. with soils similar. but where the climatic conditions differ materially. Far better it is to give principles that shmld govern rotations. and which , must be fitted according to the nature :of the conditions. Aim to make the rotations as short and tree from com- plicatione as possible. Some three year rotations. such as clover. corn and grain. are unexcelled. Make rotations short and simple. Always aim to apply the farmyard manure on the pasture crop the previous win- ter. or on the pasture some time in the season before lot is broken up. Always try to have the pasture crop hollowed by some gross feeding plant as corn. field roots or potatoes. Sugar beets shmild not be included. Always try (:0 follow the cultivated crop with some kind of small grain. as the soil in then kept clean, rich. lll good tilth and moist. Put in the grain crop by simply pulverizinc the soil without plowing. Sow grass and clover seed on the grain crop. Never su-mmerâ€"hallow land without bury- ing at least twp green crops: in the soil to enrich the land, to add to its store at humus and thus to; increase its power to hold moisture. Rotation so diversities the work of the farm that the farmer is not so pressed with work at some seasons that he cannot properly save his crops. Nor has he so little to do but wranagle 0"! r p0“! [Cs the Wh' 1: Winter when he ought to be fattening steers at home or producing milk for the dairy. Rotation helps to maintain aproper mechanical condition of the soil; that is. it helps to keep it in that condition which will make it easy of tillage, gives increased power to hold moisture and thus renders it far more productive. The most import- ant feature of all rotations is the grass crop. The aim should be to in- troduce this crop into the rotation as often as possible. When this can- not be done, let some otheis crop the equivalent of grass take its place. Due attention to this matter alone would revolutionize tarmi-nc in the northwest. our the seaeon. Diversity in crop production also lends eventually to the growing of stock to consume. the coarse products grown on the farm. and this means nlong stride in the direction of the conservation of the fertility of the soil. Bototion hinder: the multiplication at weeds and in- seotl. There in no form of weed. that ever grew on tillable land. and no berm of insect that ever preyed upon crops, that unmt he fought; in this ably at bay. car-op. When all in staked on one crop and that totally talk. than all is lost tom at applying srtit'ucisl fortilissrs can be sdoptsd thst will keep soil for say prolonged period in sh'eslthy mechanical condition. in the shsenoo of s judicious system of rotation. The benefits of rotation sro msny. Rotation prolmcs tho producing power of the land. It means diver- sity, which is always ssahr system at farming than tho growing at one in 99 «an out at 100. Even wharo purchased fertilizers are appliod to the soil to restore. the waste. on In- ot the important element. ot fertil- ity in am. until ‘ the exhausted ele- ment in restored, than a machine can be made to do its work. in which some of the important port: are wanting. until these hove been restored. The one crop system means. land robbing elements at in fertility. When we! a. teen-1t is reached it. producing power is gone. even though other food element: should remain in ample sup- ply. Land can no more produce it one EWES IN GOLD WEATHEI» ROTATION IN CROPS.