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HAY-K818 OF THE WORLD. Prices of Castle. Cheese. Gum. to In the Leading Haunts. BR '1". \. DST!) FPS. ETC. Toronto, March iâ€"Wheat No. l hurl, g.i.t., selling at 981â€"2. Quota- tions are as follows ;-â€"Rcd wheat. fifil-Zc; white, 661-20; and 30080. 55 1â€"40; low (ti-16:15.5 to New York; rod and white, north. and west. 641-30 Lil and 651-20 asked; Manitobas. No. l burl. olll, g.i.t.. 931-30; 310. 2,941-20; No. 1 hard, North Bay, 971-20; N0. 2 hard. 931-10. v‘ â€" ~ Tl u ~Prim-s were a shade easier (0.4m; m Hunt offering, in buyeu’ lurks, fllltlillt' heights, at ’23..“ E!- purt :ig nts \x’bru dispo‘sing of th. hl‘JIV} 1.“ (hit. 95 mull? in the past two days. 'l’hey will likely be in the nukut ugrlia shortly, though doing nothing (0-day. Comâ€"Steady. Antwan. Na 2101- b‘w, an track here, 47c; and N043, 40c. Pomsâ€"About shady. No. 2, middle brig)“. at 630; and east, st 031-213. Barleyâ€"Export demand for barb-y continue, and as the crop is pn'tty we-H (-leaned. up. higher prices are be- ing puld. TIM-re were bids a! 431-20 {our No. 2. G.T.R., east, tomlay. Prices are as lolloiwsâ€"No. 2, G.'I‘.R. east, 43 1-20; (‘-.P.R. east, 43c, and middle heighfs. 42 to 421-20.: Na 3extra, C.P.R. east. “1-20; am! 4:50, G.'T.B. 281 Ryeâ€"Sfondy. Ca .nd ‘99 93“”. Buckwheatâ€"Quit ire quotel at 491'. : Millfndâ€"afi‘ca me and firm. wan upralally. 'l'pn lots, at the mill door. Wmtern Ontario points, Sell a! 10!]ows;â€"â€"Bran, OH to $14.50; and thorts, .15. Comâ€"Stout} A merirtn. No. fiyel- Bum-zâ€"Thcrc is a rather easy tom- in the local market, owing to a free supp y. (Mutations are as fol- lowszâ€"Ulix'y, tubs; and pails, choice, 17 l-Z 10 XS l-‘Jc; medium,‘ I“ to 16 1-2:; pJor, 13m fine; dairy prints, ch: 3w, 1?. 14: to 19 1-20.; dnrge rolls, 3:011 yo vhoico, 17 1-3 to 18 1-2.0; cream- er'u-s, boxes. 21 to 22;". am! pounds, 23 to .Ih'. 3-4 to 26 1-20.. Milwaukee. March, 5.â€"“'beatâ€"Dull; No. l Numbern. 75 1-2 to 760; No. 2 do. 72 tn 731-. Rye-Lower; No. l, 52 3-4 to 53v. Barflyâ€"Dull; No. 2, 57 to 5.0; fl'uwlv. 40 to 54 1-20. Eggsâ€"Freak eggs arr in free sup- ply and easy. Strictly new laid, 18 (‘h (Warâ€"Fl)“ cxmm, July and Ang- uat mskoz, sells at 10 1-2 to lie. to 19“; lg-s‘x g-uhere '. 15-; cold stored, [3 in Ha", “mad, 13 to “c. Pul'ryâ€"Frah kille! turkeys and [rue eel! readily, I,“ Life-rings arc low n- y light Prices firm. Pflces [or brigh atmk are as tolloxs's:â€"â€"an- lays. II. In 120.; 30850. at 810381-20; unis-hm. at: 40 to we; and. duohl, at 60 to 80¢; cold stored turkeys and [case are quoted Ho 2: 3 lb, under bright stock. Putaloeaâ€"~Staudy. at '9 to No for var lots on track here, and 350, out .1 Mon. 'l‘wo cars 601d nt 890 tO-day. F'mld produce, eu'.â€"-Tumi.s, out of more. 30¢ per bag; onions, 70¢ per bag; carrots‘ 8%: per bag; apples, per 5121.. 01 to .2; owoet potatoes, per Dbl. $2.50. Dried apploo-sDried apples sell at Il-Z to 4c; and "spouted at 5 to I l-‘Jc. Beansâ€"Demand fairly active. Ordin- nry white beans bring DUI); choice baud-picked beans are quoted at Honey «Firm. Dealers quota (tom 10 lo 10 140 per lb. (or 5, 10 or ”41). maccordlng toaizo ofordcr. Comb lama, 30113 at 03.50 to 82.75 per do:- u sections. flopsâ€"Busing.- in light, and prices about Itudy. Ohoioe IMO growth are “and 3t 14 to 13, nu! yearling: at Btnwâ€"Ctr lots of straw, on track Ian, “.50 to .0. WED 1068 AND PROVISIONS. has“ I). outline scarce and '1'. (hr 1*. on track hon, are Baked hayâ€"Study. Oho‘loo timothy, '- track hora, 010.85; two-ton lots, de- flverod. .11 to 011.85. Quotation 2c provisions are as (0!. [Ownâ€"Dry an!“ deors, So; long glut in... I... In our late, 100. and h on. Ida. 10 1-4 to 10 1-20; not: Ct pork. 0” to 080.50; to"! mes pt. .1! to .10.”. b.“ Mus, heavy. 12c: “in... 11' 14 b 13.; fight. 13c: “that h“. It; pinto * 1‘] m 100; hob “O. I)\litY MARKETS. tâ€"Qnim. Car lots. west. .t 49v, and «a 't at'500. :Ln.l iaif‘, and prices ‘y. No. 1 WM“. east, 39 whim». north and west. PRODUCE 'ar and firm. bran lots, 43:: west; Cattle. ,Shfppe-ra. per cwt. .. 400' Q Butch-er, choice do. . 375 '81: «her, can to good. 3 40 Ba ohm, interior. . 275 Sok-l,pvrcwt. . 275 Export bulls, per owt. 375 Exyort ewes, per owt. 3G) Bu‘cher shnep, each. 250 Lambs, 31., per owt. 425 Um. barnyarda, per cwt 8.75 . LAND LOCKED UP. ’ I M Charlton‘ also introduced a bill! tu amnod’ the Dominion Lands Act ‘ Hv ('xphined that the object was to‘ provide that; thn sale of public lands“ suitable) for agri ultural purpoaes,‘ um um be; to actual «omen only, and in .2;qu um ll omld be reasonably ou-upied and cultivated, and also that no gz'umr‘of public land» should in future be‘ made to railway or other clnporazioaa. BM painted on: that them were nnw 67 million acres of lam! in tht- North-West lovkevl up and withh- id for mmhment until the [allery‘ all)...“ (llign to inform the c untry whalrpor 'on of tlwse lunla thqu wuuld take unlfe' their grants. ‘ This sultv of afifvvirs w“ highly (£43.11- me-ntal. The pnlicy of [linking land 3 turn tn r‘lilmin‘ .lm-l provud a mid- ‘ilkl' 801' all ulwl he :s‘lugop'd. wnAIu MAIL D..[.l‘.'l'2ltY. Mr. MIA-[wan make! what wan (to b. ’(100- :«glnlind :ur.:l 111 ii delivery. ' 51'. M117 ck: (umuvrwl that it was a ‘v. :y 1mg.“ rm .9 i :0 Mr. Ross, the as- uismnt p»: Immmz. :li 'lomnto, had :b en I "king. into H: e wozkings 01th. is m in tin Unilerl Sta mm, but had Choice hogs, per cwt. 6.60 Light hogs, per cwt . 6.: Heavy hogs, per cwt . 6.; Saws. . . . . . . 3.5 Stags. . . . . . 2.! Co wa, each. Calves, each. Buck's. Notes of the Proceedings in the Canadian House of Commons. good to choice veal calves. Hogs are steady and wanted. “Singers” are selling at 6 7-8 per pound, and light and fat hogs, 61-20. Hugs to fetch the top prlce must be of prime quality, and scale not below 160 now above 200 lbs. {Follorwlng is the range 0! quote- Toronto, Much tâ€"Stocken I" dun. sad a mm on. Sheep and hub- no unchanged. Export owes are worth from 8 to 3 l-Zc pound. For butcher sheep the price ranges from 02.50 to .4 each. Goo l grain-fed lambs sold to-day at from $4.25 to 84.65 par cwt. OLher lambs, barnyard‘s, fetch from 33-4 to 4 1-40 per pound. Calves are worth from 0‘3 to .10 nut y~t 'ogor ezl. He hr-ul h'mse fl (alko-d \Vifh‘ S m' Unites/l Status uffi‘w; ms with “on. OpQ'rIling the system: thvre. anl they appe'lrei to be inf 5 -me aln-m over 1h" situation into! “hich 1h ~y had g>t Ih m'wlvea in. un- dvrtaking such a large task. It. was, a very largo prublnm, and should only} be omeye-l up): after the most. careful consideration. FREIGHT THROUGH OANAIBu Mr. Clancy was told by Mr. Blair that the total quantity of freight which passed through the canals (la?- lng the season of 1900 was‘ as follows; â€"'Welland, 71,380 tons; St. Lawrence. 1,017,090 tons; Clumbly, 348,561 tons; Ottawa, 366,782 tons; Murray, 18,916 tons; Trent Valley. 43,065 tons; Sault Ste. Marie. 2.035.677 tons. BINDER TWINE. Mr. Robinson, of “'est Elgin, was I tolvl by Mr. Baruier that before the| season for distributing binder twine: arrival a circular would he sent to oav'h inspector of weights and mea- sures. calling “his attention to the provision of law which says that “upâ€" on or attached to every hull of bind- eu' twine offered for sale there shall he s stamp wit-'h the name. of the manufactw or importer, stating the number of test of twins per pound in. each boll." DOMINION PARLIAMENT. PASSES TO MMBEBS. The much-"ml question 0! mon- bcrs accepting roilwny poss'oa came up in a motion by Mr. Jabol Robinson advocating t’hot roilwoys be com-peli- od to furnish poison to mombcro. Both the Promior tnd the leader of the Op- position spoko. Mr. Borden thought (it might be a good thing it tho front- in; of passes to members was pro- hibited. and Sir Wilfrid did not think that it would be fair to compel the {railwm to cury members free a! mafia-tin] and on“ not b. in.“ fin :t pun-I DUKE OF YORK'S VISIT. Mn; Northrup was told by the Pro- mior that the commence with to- form to flu propâ€"and visit of his Royal Burn... the Duke 00 Cornwall and York wan um pin on, ad no doth!“ armament: had got “a Mitkers and Calves Wm from $2 to 810 a steady enquiry for and Lambs. m 21-2 to ac per 4.25 Mr. Cargill was Wormed by Mr. Paterson that during the years 1898, i 1899, and 1900 machinery was admit- tout fret- for use in binder twine fac- tories. This was done under clause .20 on the free list of his tacriff, which : pzo'xi '64 for vb» admis ion free of duty .uftml‘ January lat. 1898. of all artirr-les ‘ which enter into the cost of the manu- ; facture of bin'ler twine. i TRENT VALLEY CANAL. ' Mr. “'ard was informed by Mr. 'Blair that a survey was made last Taummer intweerm Rice lake and the :town of Port Hope, with the View of Qconnecting these two points as‘ part fat the Trent Valley canal system RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. Mr. McCreary presenrted apeti'tion inf the Canadian Northern Railway lOompany, "An Aet to confirm the amalgamation with the Ontario and Rainy River railway, and the Mani- toba and SouthwEastern, and autho- rizing the company to make traffic and other arrangements with the Minnesota and Manitoba railway, and with the company constructing a bridge over the Rainy river.” Mr. Fisher introduced a bill to pro- vide for the marktu' and inspection of package. containing fruit for aala. Serious complaints had been made that fruit in closed packages, was not always what it purported to be. In this way the reputation of Canadian fruit was injured both at home and abroad. The bill provided that closed packages of fruilt should be marked in such a way as to indicate the qual- ity. It also provided that such, pack- ages should be inspected, with pen- alties for improper marking. The measure was largely the result of con- sultations which he had held withl fruit shippers and fruit packers. FOR UNIFORM mNDI'l'IONS. The bill of which the Solicitor-Gun- eral gives noltice to secure uniform} conditions in policies of fire ,insur- ance in} the measure: which was print- ed and distributed at the close 01' Rat session, and which sets forth lnl t‘he schedule. a set Of cont-l ditions applicable to all the: province, anal to displace the pmvincial forms at present printed! on all policies which vary in minor; particulars. The measure has bQQlD' in the hands of the insurance compan-z ice for almost a year, so that they‘ have had ample opportunity to pre-. sent their views to the Government! The bill will apply to all companies. but those incorporated under the: Legislature of the old Province of} Canada or under apurcly provincial charter. l MARKING 01' "UPI. ‘ I TO REGULATE RATES. Mr. Reid, of Grenville}, introduced a bill to regulate freight and passen- gm' rates on railways. He explained that it was the same bill as he Intro- duced last session, the object being to appoint a commission to regulato rates. . RE-ARMING OF N.-W., M. P. The report of Commissioner Perry on the Northâ€"West Mounted Police gives the total strength as 936. of whom 682 are in, the Territories, 254 in the Yukon; 300 recruits joined dur- ing the year. The total number of hoarse“; is 452. The police contribut- ed 18 officers and 160 nonâ€"cams and men for service in South Africa, 'l‘hv cummissionel‘ suya the Indians have been. very quiet, and the state of the country has been satisfactory. He strongly urges Uhat the £0ch be OD- tirel; re-armed. MAI l‘ilhl OTIO FUND. Mir. Costigan. introduced a bill to in- corporutc the Carmina Patriotic Fund 'ALssocJu t ion. Mr. Culbcr't, M.P., presented a patinâ€" tion tr'om the Town Council of Brock- viJle asking that legislation be enact- ed to abolish trading stamp com- panics. Frost Protection. Damp straw. old wood. pruniugs. ma- nure. etc.. when burned briskly fur- nish an eflectire smoke. and if the ma- terial while burning is doused with water the result is a dense steamy smoke which. while trying to human lungs. serves as a screen to prevent loss of heat by radiation and as a bar- rier between the chilled fruit and a sudden application of heat at the time of sunrise. Wet smudglng has been tried in many ways. with varying re- sults. in California. Here. as in all other methods of protection. much will depend upon a careful study of the lo- cal conditions. Many a farmer smudges so that some neighbor gets the benefit of his work while his own trait remains unprotected. In some orchards sacks of old straw soaked with oil are so distributed as to he ‘50 and- en period thit he dampene- «counts of Nero bonnet. and cinna- M“ “'"M‘" “mm" In Ive-ll all it. Th. null-t I- u n Indulge-t and Mt. tn 9:! p In of strong Ilonklowion. Sinkiewica takes tea twice and cofleo once during hia hours of literary labor, with an ocoaaional oxtra portion of whito wine and raw on: to otinniato Ma la.- gin; imagination. .1! in. probably in tho available for quick lightingâ€"A. 0. Ho- TRADING STAMPS. A DMITTED FREE. 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 tor Buy Reading. London, Ont., has (our smallpox- patients. T‘he Canadian Northern Railway will use Nova South coal. Brantfoxd City Council has decided in favor of union printing. Brantford may erect aSouth Af- rican war memorial, to cost $5,000. [HE NEWS IN A NUISHHl Port Arthur will have ten regultr line steamers this year. Six new cases of Smallpox have been reported near Dorchester, N. B. New Scotia's gold yield last year was 30,000 ounces, valued at $570,000. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has declined the invitation of the Canadian Club 0! New York to attend their annual ban- quet. ' 'A. P. Love, of the geological stat! of! the Dominion has resigned to take a position in the Dominion Steel Works at Sydney, B. 0., at a snlary Of 06,000 yurly. Fernie, B.C., is rejoicing in the prospect of a big smelting industry. The conditions are favourable. Many Ottawa people will take their :hildrecn from school to prevent them from being vaccinated. The Great yorthorn Railway has loomed control of the Montreal Ter- minal Railway, which gives it a valu- able franchise and a good entrance to Montreal. Chief Powell wants fifteen addi- 'ion.al men for the Ottawa police ”orce. The establllhmnnt of an iron and Ital industry at'St. John and the do- velopmccnt at New Brunswick’s coal area are among the important mut- ters that will he considered by tho New Brunswick Legislature. Archbishoy Falconio, Apostolic dolo- gate at Ottawa, is to leave Canada, according to a Rom. despatch, ‘0 succeed Mfr. MarLinelli, the Papal delegate at Washington, who is to be made a cardinal. The January statement of the Post- Office Savings Bank shows that the total deposits on ‘hand at the end of the month were 088,868,673; deposits during the month totalled $950,551, and withdrawals $768,866. A violent snowstorm accompanied by a heavy gale 'wept over Halifax on Sunday, doing great damage. The root of the grand stand at the Exhib'b Lion grounds was blown off and pieces of timber were carried six hundred yards. Dr. T. Anderson of Edinburgh claims the discovery of a new star, which is now one of the brightest in the sky. This spring King Edward will visit Ireland. The new naval program of England includes five submarine tnrpmlo boats. The London Daily, Mail advoz-ates tariff for revenue purposes, not as protective measure. ilg. The estate of Lord Armstrong in- ventor of the gun of that name, is worthfi 1,339,946. The Prison Reform Committee of London, ask for the release of Mn. Maybrick the convicted prisoner. Adelb-ertS. Hay, United States Con- sul at Pretoria was fbanquetted at London, Secretary of War Brodrick was present. British locomotive trade, Sir Chris- topher Furness says, has decreased 26 por cent, while American has ad- vanced 450 per cent. The British steamer Ophir, on which the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York will sail [or Australia, is taint fitted out with a wireless tolegraphy plant. Thomas O’Donnell, M. P., who was prevented from speaking the Irish language in the British House of Commons, says he will continue to speak it until he is knocked down and dragged foom his place. UNITED STATES, One of the suspects in the Cudahy kid-napping case at Omaha is under arrest. The Kansas Logislsture has pau- od. a bill classifying «loans as pub- lsc nuisances. The silk than! manhunt!" om- coru at the Unltod States are to ho onuoliduted. 3nd tn Eng-link firm. tho cat... with a hacking of 000,000,000, b to supply the «pital. At Sharon, Po... an Eric Pitta- hnrg freight train ran Into n crowd of men on their way to work. Five were killed outright. an": Four residents of Millwood, nut Loavenworth, luau. are now charg- ed ‘with the win- d Mn. John m during t raid on her hus- GREAT BRITAIN. The price of British steel is declin- CANADA. coup-o d the I‘ll an Kay 17 next. Tho expedition m “It out ut tho oxponu at Williun H. Cracker. There are 1,700 grip cases in Copen- hagen. and levers! deaths have oc- curred. GENERAL. Nukes at Cape Tom are oonml- ins cale- of plague. Madrid has had aheary snowfall the first in eight yearn. British troops have captured the Sultan of Aftmadu, East Africa. A new form of influenza has: now app ated in Russia, which is called “lightning-bearing influenza,” Death results instantly. Thu 001130 forest dwarfs, who pay their taxes in elephants, zebras, and other wild animals, are bent on paying a visit to King Edward. At Omduxmxn, inaquarrel between the l3rb and 14m Soudanoso Battal- ions. following an entertainment, tivo were killed and twonty wounded. The heirs of the late Baron Wil- liam Von Rothschild have given one million marks to Berlin charities. lit 13 reported that there will soon he nor-bis in Bulgaria that will poo- sibly involve European Rowers. The subscription for the national wedding present to Quecn Wilhelmina Ls now- $140,000, and the gift may be a new crown. (‘mrman iron work. are trying to cancel contracts on account of the. precariouc condition of the iron markets. The French garrison of Id) at Tuni- moun, Algeria, was attacked by a thousand native Bareboe. 'l‘bree oth- oers and six men were killed and twen- ty-one men wounded. The nativee were repulsed, with one hundred killed and about the same number wounded. Three Antarctic expeditions are new beta; fitted out. The one from Eng- land will ltart in August. The Ger- man explnrera are to start at about the same time, and the Swedish expe- dition will leave later. Sir Hwy MoCallum, retiring Gov»- owner of Newfoundland. could not get a harness line steamer to stop at the blend to remove his family and effectl, though Lard Minto used his Influence. What Kitchener Is Doing to End the War. A. despatch from London, says;â€" “There is a rare flow of spirits in! the War Office over the South African situation." said a pmtminent official the other day. "Kitchmm‘ is (sat mziuliong the life out of the Boer re- sistance. He is .‘(lmwi-ng the same relentless temper till-1t marked his advance on Khartoum. He gives little attention to polite despatoh- writing, and none to strategical or tactical hair-spliting. Only one con- sideration weighs with him-that of pressing. day and night. after t'he fleeing enemy. and smadhing him whuromr overtaken. " It is doubtful if any other officer of the British army could have grap- p-lend with the peculiar problems of the South African war. in its late phases, as Kllchener is doing. Tho immense area of, tho fighting gone and the high mobility of the Boers, have made necessary (out: of sustained en- durance such as only a commander of the ex-Sirdor'a stamp could have compelled his troops to perform. We sure happy to believe that. the strug- gle is rapidly nvarlng its end.” Gen. Smith-Dorrlen and French Do- ing Business. .A despatch from Pretoria, says:â€" Gen. Smith-Danica has captured cut of Amsterdam a large number of cattle, 60 horse}, (0 waggonvs, and N prisoners. A Rem Inset. Insurer. Sarah Bernhardt said that one night during a visit to America when she was playing “Jeanne d'Anc." she hurt her knee with a rusty nle “The wound gave me considerable pain and tron- ble." she said. “and it was thought that a slight operation might possibly be re- quired. This fact appeared in the daily 900011. and s day or two afterward I received a telegram from the mans”! of a museum in Chicago saylnl “I“ it it was necessary to amputate my leg mixht he please have it. He added he would drape it if desired." “An umbulu I. 3 good deal like u fellow’o but." remarked the observer of events and things. “If you lone It. you Idiom get It back again.” â€"_r__ _. pier. com a. twisted m. It. and hMflonotMonme mwndflul A 8-. 0! 293.309.!” "as Already Icon \Iolml. A des'patcm from London, says:â€" Thn third fiuz'p'ementary animate of $030,002) £01111)». expenses of the war was issued on inday. 'l‘nmsoort and tho. pu'r'h‘seyof rcmounts swallow up ammo, and provisions and forage . Gen. French bus taken titty more prisoners, in addition to a quantity of stock and a number of waggona. om £1,000,000. mus brings the man voted far the fiscal year up to £95,- ”3158. IMPORTANT CAPTURE. TOTAL APP ROPRIATION S. THE SITUATION. Whtt the Poople'n Ropmonutlvos Are Doing a Toronto. BB‘ANTFORD'S WINS. er. Preston. South Brant. will make the following enquiry of the Ministry; Has the Government come to any decision relative to the Ip- Plication of the city of Brwttord to be recouped. to some extent, by the Province (or the expenditure which that municipality has incurred in flood prevention mamas! TORONTO-Sn BILL. Mr. Crawford. West Toronto. intro- duced the Omnibus bill of the city of (Toronto. legalizing its payments in respect of the. 'l‘echnical school. the reception of South African soldiers. and for street improvements. TO REGUIA’FE VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS. Mr. Hill, West York. introduced a bill which provides that ordinary school inspectors shall inspect vol- untary schools when requested to do so by trustees of such institutions. It also provides that voluntary schools having more than -0 pupils shall use the text-books authorized by the Education Department and employ only ocrtiflmltedl teachers. Mr, Jessop, Lincoln, introduced s blall to smend' the Assessment Act; Mr. McKee, North E3893, bill to incorpor- site thb town of King'sville; and Mr. Pattullo, a bill to incorporate the town of Woodstock as a city. The bill of the churchward-ens of Christ Church cathedral. Hamilton, to enable them to sell the cemetery lands ud- jOlnl'ngthw cathedralsitv. was passed without opposition. So likewise was the town of Petrolea's bill to rsise 010,000 for the payment of local debts. Mr. Barber's bill relating to the Su- preme Court of the Independent Or- der of Foresters has also passed. It was aimed to remedy one or two tech- nical matters which were overlooked when in 1889 the order exchanged its provincial charter for :1 Federal chsr- ter. ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. LOC .\ L IMPROVEM EN TS. Mr. McK'ly, South Oxford, intro- dut-ed a bill to permit the extension of thv local improvement ayatem in conn c ion with pezmanunt Ii('chlks, as it at present exists in towns and chi-‘6, to "111338.. ' LniUARD mums. Mr. Mnrtor. North Toronto. intro- duced an! amendment to thc Street Railway Act. providing (or a fine of GIOJ per day on all companies who after due notice tail to stung guard wires in connection with their over. head troiloyt wires. TH E \VARD SYSTEM. M". Little, Cnrdwcll, introduced an Act to provide that town: end citie- ot more thin 5,030 inhabitant: may return to the ward system after it has been once abolished. ROAD COM PA N 1155 ACT. Mr. Guibord, Russell. introduced a bill to amend the Road Companies Act, whereby, fret-holders along a cer- tain road might lhave an appeal to the Provincial Road Instructor against the engineer’s report as to the condition of the road. DEBT ROOT REPORT. The report. of the boot root sugar investigation, conducted by the Onâ€" tario Government. was laid on the table by Hon. J. R. Stratton. It was in two parts, and dealt first with the investigations made by Ontario officials in Michigan, where the in.- dustry is established. It was found that aclay or sandy loam was most luitable (or the production of the vulgar beet. “Prof. A. E. Shuttleworth, dealing with the experiments in the growing of the beet near Ayluncr, Newmarket, and Welland. reported that Ontario in these districts was an ideal cum- try for the growing at the beet. uny l and: ‘Bold up. Them In letter for them: I noticed that when I aid '8’“! .99" _he_ thpw up M. In. WaahI-floa Ghosts. Ghost stories for some mysterious rea- son have been revived of late in Wash- ington. It is told again how the face of an old woman was depicted clearly on one of the White House pillars the day President McKinley received word that his mother was dead. Capitol employees entertain their friends with the story or the shadow of a general looking like “’ashington between pillars in Statuary hall at the capitol. A former senate page. now frown to man’s size and em- ployed at the White House, says that when lightning strikes the copper statue of Freedom on the capitol dome it rings loudly ahd clearly like the famous bell a-. Philadelphia in the days of the Declara- tion of Independence-Washington Lat- “Yen." replied Farmer Haycrnft. “Bow d'ye know?” “When he was In here yesterday and naked I! there wu any mail for the Bnycrnftl. I told him no. Anthen n “That cousin of yours I. from Chic.- :. Isn't he?" asked the village pout.- VARIOUS BILLS. Me- by III-pd... You lava [Ava latch! “I have everything ready for the prea- entation ot the greatest rural calmly cv- er staged." acid the theatrical promoter. “Good! We're alwaya looking for 100‘ rural comedies," cried the theatrical man- ager as he rcachcd for Ma bunch of co.- tracts. “Tcll me about it.” The theatrical promoter In“ his {In trimmed coat on the mahogany desk 0‘ the theatrical manager. elevated his feet upon the Dresden tiled mutplplece and laid: 0'- What's the (In 0! People WI. “This is the greatest ever. Scene la“ la Vermont. Big mountains on one not Pretty little valley another aet. Intel-lot of quaint old cottage, showing atone tenet and brler patch, makes another aet. An- other set shewa laterior of house, ratterl ln plain View. decorated wlth strings 0! dried pumpkin. paper each full of aeeda. two or three hams. earl of popcorn hung up to dry. and all that sort of thing; '“Just In. thing. just the thing!” «I- claimed the theatrical mnnager n he bo- gan filling to a contract. ‘30 on." _ “Seven! head of cows come on in tho first act, together with a flock of trainel hens hadnd by an educated rooster. Elev- eu head of sheep are seen feeding on pu- ture in distance. Buoy old horse with well worn sldmddle is hitched to N“ stump on side of can. Real do; sun! himself on porch of old house. Cat come- down porch. Dog and cat have scrap I. (all View of audience. Squirrelâ€"real equip rel-comes out of hole in tree in third not. Do: sews squirrel all (in. chase. Great om'itenwnl." “Splendid. splendid!" ejaculated tho theatrical manager. "le1- you time In all the houses In our drcuit on your on “Third act shows field of ripe on”. Team of Na! horses hitched to real reap- er. Cut: out: In full view of audience. Real cows the milk and real butter b churned on at age." Magnificent!" Ihoutod the theatrical manager. “Have you ounce! your peo- pleflyet?’ - __.- - m ‘ - - .- “People? Thunder!” exnlcfwnd the thoatrlcnl promoter. “What; u“: use having any people In I run! dram you ’ve got plat; of line such?" The Game at Polo and low It I.- cane Fuhlouble. The game of polo sheds none light upon the toolish suggestion that exerclae is not necessary to human helm. You all know that in playing polo a big man climha on a small horse and races over a (not held, hammering away at a little wooden ball, while other horses aad men bump into him. Then is no more violent exer- ciao known to men, with the pouihle ex- ception of football. A great many hundred yum ago a oriental prince wu in whnt the Eu.- lish describe as I very Maud} condi- tion. His liver wu too big; hit muscle. Were too small; his heart sued lmdiy. He was billions. downcast and road,- to give up the ghost. The doctors could ‘0 nothing for him. But along came a doc- tor from foreign parts who agreed a cure him. He said: ped around the handle. The prince. easily deceived as are most price“. c seated to try the now ready. It 1 explained to him that he muut at m “I have wonderful drugs which can on- ly he nbsorbed through the pom in the palm of the hand. These drugs I Luv. invlosod in the handle of this lulu-mum which you see.” Thori‘upon he showed the prince original polo mallet __with_l_ouhet_‘ wr v....__. in order that his hand might absorb (h health giving drugs. Hp raved about or a little pony. as din-med. all day long to: many days and Il last was l perfectly healthy prince. The wise doctor never told hint tho truthâ€"namely. that there were no drug. in the handle of the mullet and that ho had invented the scheme to make hi. take exercise. [its eourtiers were con- polled. of course, to exercine with him} Thus the game of pnlu beame (ethic-I; able and survive- to our day. A Don’t be n foolish orient-l prince I wait for some doctor full of strategy make you exercise in spite of your. 89 sensible; go out and walk: run a ht dred yards nlowly now and than. Ab! all. breathe deeply and slowly throw your nose and demonstrate in your 0 person bow foolish is the man who 4 not appreciate exercise. Iu-oulle. ‘ ‘ One night Sir Arthur Sullivan. do: with Byron. tho English dmmutiut. w“ It Charles Mathews house. and among the unlisoments provided for the visitor. was a raffle for penny toys. You drew u paper and if successful made your sole:- [inane Simpson. the dramatic OI. thor. drew I prize and said in his finicky way. “Dear. dear me. Whnt shall I choose among these?" Byron immediately took up I penny uword. pulled it nut of its sheath and ex- claimed, “Take this. Pulgrnw; you Iced something that will drum" which wan rather hard upon Palxrnve. who had 1“ perpetrated a dad failure. A Cll-nte nicer. Cit-II. Many attempts have been made [row Hanna tobnoco In other parts the world. They have never succeed“ nay more than yo}! can penis-do an e;- I. Tel-nu. Wattsâ€"l broke a mirror 1‘ Isn‘t there a superstition of IO. connected with breaking a minor? Potts-Yes. It means neve- yea Inglit Tint Austhlian cliret is Frem The true Hun: cigar must be cm In Hanna and made there. Export 1 In! in bulk and have it made up clsely according to Cuban methods. you will find that the malts are 1 difl'orent. Even the real Ema. 1 cannot be smoked tor a few days I reaching England. It I. “In.“ London Express. "“l't does? I'm glad to hour It. [t l I. ‘n for seven yem' bad luck I an can 0! king that long anyhow." Butt-triad hand nan-n to not; prominent put a tool thnn other country except Inna. It I .7090: “Namath-on: Husband (angrily-Don't forget. Inad- un. that you are my wife. Wifeâ€"Oh. never fear. M are” thlnp one can't tot-pt. MODERN RURAL COM ED‘EB. A LECTURE ON EXERCISE.