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"no“ to {etch the top price must fi 01‘ prim qpality. and scale not beâ€" A.. ‘- Prices for sheep and lambs were ”11 maintained and study. The . ly was small. We unchanged to-day. “Singers" are quoted at 61-81: per ‘; light at {Sb-k. and (at ut 55-80 There was no change in t5; market conditions of bulls, stockers, feeders, .ilcb cows. 0: calm Good to choice bitches cattle sold well at from 33-4 to 41-40 per 1b., flith 4 l-2c paid for a few picked lots. Prices all around_ were gteafiy. Straw-Car lots of straw, on track hon 05.50 to .6. Toronto. March 26. â€"T'ade all round was light, with prices we“ maintain- «Imbnt n_ot quogably chanced. Honeyâ€"Firm. Stocks on hand here are now amall. Dealers quote from 10 to 10 1-36 pm‘ lb. for 5. 10 or 604!) tins, “cording to size of order. Comb honey cells at $2 to 82.25 for dark; sued hayâ€"Steady. Choice timothy, on track here, $10.25 to $10.50; two- ton lots, delivered, ’11 to $11.25. We had a small run of export cat- tle. which sol-J out quickly at the prices of last Tuesday. The best grades brought 5c per lb. ' Hopsâ€"Steady. Demand quiet. Choice 1”) growth are quoted at H to 16¢; agd yearlinga at 8 to 9c. Beahsâ€"«fleidy, ordinary white beans bring 01.60; choice hand-picked beans at}: quoted at $1.70 to 81.75. and at $2 .50 to .2. 75 for choice clover, per dozen sections. 'Puultryâ€"Receipts light; prica'a for bright stock are as Iollows;-â€"Tur- toys, 11 to 12¢; geese at 8 to 81-2c; chickens, at 40 to Hie; and ducks, at I) to 8%; cold (stored turkeys and gems are quoted at l to 2:: per lb pnder bright stock. l-‘ivld, produce, etaâ€"Turnip, out of store, 31¢ per bag ; onions, 70c per bag; carrots. sac per bag; apples, pot bbl., .1 to 02; Izweet wtatoes, per bbl., 02.50. Dried applvsâ€"Dried apples sell at 81-2 to 41-4c; evaporated, at 5 to 5 PotatoesL-a‘teady at 280 for car lots on track here. Sales, out of store, no made at Iic. PRODUC E. ’ Toronto, March 26.â€"Egga-Supplies large toâ€"day. Fresh sold at 12 to 12 1-0; and thin afternoon the market 5m: weak. - Toronto, March 26.â€"Drmwd .11qu are oteady on the -3treet, at 37.75 to $8.25. Car lots continue scarce and light, are quoted nominally at $7.75, on track here. Provisions firm, and a in good demand. Quotations arezâ€"Dry salted Iboulders, So; long, clear bacon,loose, in car lot», 100; and in case lots, 10 l-l to lo 1-240; rhort clear pork, 820 to 821.50; heavy mess pork, .19 to .l9.50. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams. heavy. 12c; medium, 12 1-2 to 130; light, 130. 73 3-8c. DRESSED 11065 AND PROVISIONS. St. Louis, March 26.â€"(.‘losedâ€"Whoat :Cguh, 73 7â€"80; May, 74 7-8c; July, 451-2c; No. 3 do.. 45c; No. 2 corn, M 3-4c; No. 3 (10.. 441-20.. Oats-Steady. No. 2 white. 31 1-4 to 31 l-Zc; No. 3 (10., ”‘4 to 301-230,; No. 2 mixed, 281-2 to 283-40; D. B 00.. 28 to 281-40, through biiind. IBarlvyâ€"Uids for spot too {at below asking price for business. Rye â€"-Sc:xrce and firm; No. 2, on track, Me; No. l. in store. 58c. Detroit, March 26.â€"(‘loaedâ€"-\Vheatâ€" No. 1, white. ‘7!) 6-443; No. 2 red, cash and March, 79 G-Ic; May, 81 7-86; July . Toronto. March, 26.â€"Wheatâ€"Quo- “than are as followsâ€"Red wheat, ”1â€"2 to 68:; white wheat, 671-2 to 08:; and goose wheat. 671-2c, low heights to New York; red and white, middle (nights. 66 1-2 to 670; Mark lobes, No. 1 hard, old, g.i.t., 981-20, No. 2. 94 l-Zc; No. 1 hard, North Bay, VII-2c; No. 8 hard, 931-" . Flourâ€"In better demand to-day. .oldera of 90 per cent. patent, buyera’ has. middle heights, ask 82.65 per MI; and exporters bid 82.6.). A fair- ly good business was dqne on a basis 91 0.3.60 to-day. . Bat’eyâ€"Stcady, No. 2, C.P.R. cast, - 30w (nights to New York. 431-20; Ho. 8 extra. 42 lâ€"Zc; No. 2, on the Mid- land, 430. Oohâ€"Firm, and in fair demand; No. 1 white. C.P.B. cast, 293-4c; No. 3 white. north and wast, 231-4 to 28 1-20. Oatmealâ€"Car lots of rolled outs, in bags. on track here, are quoted at 03.25 per 'bug, and in wood at 03.35 per bbl. Duluth, March 26â€"that â€" Cash, No. 1 hard, 771-80; No. 1 Northern, 751-8c; No. 2 Northern, 685-8 to 73 1-80; May. 777-8c; July, 781-8c. Corn -390. Outsâ€"26 to ass-«ac. Buffalo. March 26.â€"â€"Flour â€" Steady. Wheatâ€"Sprzng. bighvr; No. lNorth- on. old, #6 l-Zc, in store; do., c.i.f., DESI-«3, afloat. 'Winter wheat - Nominal (or State; Kansas, No. 2 hard. 77v. Cornâ€"Firm; No. 2 yellow, , Ryeâ€"Steady. Car lots. 49c. west, Ind 50: east. Buckwhwtâ€"Quiot. Car lots. west, In quoted at 510; and east at 530. . Pea-Firmcr. No. 2, middle heights '0! “c; and east at 611-2c. Minneapolis. March 26.â€" Wheat -â€" Cash, 75141:; May, 751-2 to 755-80; July, 767-8 to Tie; on track, Noe 1 hard. 771-10.; No. 1 Northern. 751-4c; No. 2 Northern, 701-2 to 731-20. Flour -I"itat putt-n”, .LO") to $4.15; second tents. $3.95 to $4.05; first clears, .3 o .1110; second do., 93 to $3.10. Bran â€"ln bulk. 81.3.35 to 813.50. Mintedâ€"Scarce. Ton lots, at the hill door, \Vcatern Ontario points, all as {allowszâ€"Bran, .11 to 014.50; and shorts. .15. Cornâ€"Steady. American, No. 2 ye)- b‘r. no track here, 461-2c; No. 3, 45 '20. ,KETS [IF THE WORLD of Castle. Chane. Gain. 3 in the Leading lax-hots. BREAD.~5TCE‘FS..ETC. Cattle. If OWL 4 “Q ”N Millions Paid to Transport Troops to South Africa A despatch from Liverpool says:â€" Thc close of the financial year of the Liverpool Company draws attention to the amount of revenue derived from the vessels chartered by the Govern- ment for troops’hips. The Cunard line occupies the foremost position in this regard, the amount netted b81118 000' siderahly over £500,000. $2,500.01”. The Aurania has been in the Government service since the commencernent of hostilities, the company hams re- mnnerated at the rate at $40,000 a month. Betore she is finally released the company will have received her value twice over. “The Boers of the Orange River Colony, have disbanden, and natured. QeHWet is in the neighbourhood of A Brother of the Boer Commander- made and the prisons are overflowing. Large quantities of revolutionary pamphlets and proclamations have been seized. The White Star Company’s earnings from the same name are estimated at over £250,000, 01.350.000- A deepatch from Lord Kitchener dated at Pretoria. Dayl: "Philip Both: e brother 0! the Hellman}: Boer commandant-genera. wu kill- ed on the Doornberc. His two me were wounded. -' The correspondent aSserts that there is great Socialistic activity in “Tag-saw, __Man_y arrests have been the Czar uses indiscriminately, so that nobody will know exactly in what part at the room he is sitting. The walls of the study and bedroom have been lined with steel plates, and also provided with several secret drawers. Members of the Imperial Household Are Suspected. A despatch from Cologne, says:- The Koclnische Volks’zeitung prints a letter from St. Pctersburg declaring that the police' who are entrusted with the aatety of the Czar do not quite trust all the memlbers of the Im- perial household. The mechanism attached to the doors of his Majesty's bedroom and study lately has been altered so that only two or three per- sons know [how to open the doors from the outside. The study is peo- vided with five writing tables, which CZAB SUSPEBTS EVERY ONE: On the appearance of a large Brit- ish force from the camps, the mis- creants were compelled to surrender before they could make good their es- cape. One of the murderers is. sus- pected of being an oath-breaker and a spy, who had previously managed to get within the British lines. In all probability. be will receive his dc- aerts. ‘ , Outposts Treacherously Shot by the Boers. A despatch from Standerton says: â€"On the arrival of General Dartnell’s column at Intombi drift, the outposts were occupied by troopers from the commander-in-chief’s bodyguard. Boer scouts were soon afterwards seen to be approaching. The outposts, re- maining unobserved, allowed the 'Boers to get close up. and then, springing out of their cover, summoned the scouts to surrender. They immediate- ly threw up their hands, and the troopers were advancing to take pos- session ot their rifles when the scouts treacherously Opened tire, and three of the outposts were shot dead. a fit of insanity. killed her entire tamily of six children, and then tried to take her own life. The children ranged from ten years to a babe of ten months, and their lives were tak- en by the mother with an axe and a club. Them she laid the blood- drenched bodies on the beds, two on one bed and the other four on a bed in another room. Mrs. Naramorc then attcnptcd to take her own life by cutting her throat with a razor, and When discovered she was in the be! on which the bodies of tour chil- dren were lying. Although she lost much blood, it is believed she will re- cover. At the time the party of vil- lagers found Mrs. Naramorc she was asked how she did the deed, and she said that she took the lines in four different rooms. and as fast as she killed one child the body was placed on a bed. Ghastly Work of a Mother With An Axe and a. Club. A deapatch from Coldbrook, M385, sayszâ€"Mrs. Lizzie Naramore, while in Butcherprdinary to good Butcher, inferior. . . . Stacker-a, per cwt. . . . Export bulls, per cwt. . sheep and Lambs. Export ewes, per owt. . 3 Butcher cheep, each. .. 2 Lumbagrain-fed, per cwt 4 Do, bérnyards, fie: cwt Bucks, . . . . . Choice hogs, per cwt. a coo 6121-2 Light hogs, per cwt. ’. .000 575 Heavy hogs, per cwt. . 000 5621.1 SOWB. o o o l o u 350 400 Stags. . a» a a . 000 200 MUBDEBED HEB CHILDREN. EXPENSIVE TBOOPSHIPS. BOEB GENERAL KILLED. THREE BRITISH KILLED. Milken and Calves. 4121-2 Hon. Mr: Dryden said that this} was practically being done by the depart- ment. Arrangements were made to send good if the Board of Trade, Farm- ers' Institute, Agricultural Society, or any representative body in a munici- pality furnished the names; of a mun- ber of farmers who would undertake the culture at the beets. 812,290. In 1897 the value had fallen to $36,111,806, but since then there had been a change (or the better, the val- ue in 1899 being $42,713,557. In 1893 10,- 606 horses were exported from Canada to the United States, and in 1900 1,526. The falling of! waadue to the displace. ment of horses by electrical po'wer in street railways, the increase in the American tariff, and the fact that large American cities were being sup- plied by Home: bred in that country. The attention of Canadian breeders and dealers, in eonseq'uence of this“, had been turned to the British market. In 13. 1,946 Canadian horse: were exported to Great Britain, and in 1896 the Meet point we! reachedâ€"17,182. Mr. Joynt moved that the Govern- ment adopt some means of collecting in'fornmtion' as to the different soils in the province and their effect on. the percentage of sugar in the sugar beet; also that seed should be forwarded to the different localities in order that it might be grown and afterwards properly tested. REMOUN T STATIONS. Hon. Jolhn Dryden moved the “'55- tion of a memorial to the Governor- General asking him to transmit to the British Government an address of the Leg islature, urging that a remount station beextablis'hed in the province. Speaking to the resoiution, MI. Dry- den said that horse-breeding in this country had received much less atten- tion than in former years. In 1892 the value or! horse! in Ontario was 855,- her in the Tcmiscaming park when it appeared to be in the public intervsts. and under such conditions: as would make the supply of timber in the park as permanent as possible. BEIE'I.‘ ROOT SUGAR FRODUCTION. ber companies had been notified to vaccinate all the men in their employ. Ten camps, where there were suspect- ed cases. had Men quarantined. TIMBER IN TEMISCAMING. In reply to Mr. Beatty, of Imeds, Hon. E. J. Davis B'ai-d it was the Gov- ernment's i_r_1teqtion to dispose of tim- , The average cost per acre in the Ontario experiments was 828.37, leav- ing the grower a net profit of $43 per acre. There was still no market for sugar beets in this country, 1nd one reason for this was that large capital was required for the manu- facture of the beets into sugar. It would require $500,000 or $600,000 to erect a plant, which could be suc- cessfully operated. It should be cap- able of producing 500 or 600 tons per day. A factory-owner wished to be assured of a full supply of- sugar beets before he erected his factory. Con- _siderable expert labour was required in these establishments, including chemists and other scientists. One of these plants would consume two mil- lion gallons of water (per day, ten thousand tons of coal per .year, and two thousand tons of lime per year. Some four, five, or six. thousand acres of beets would also be necessary to keep the factory running. Another essential was proper transportation facilities. The railways should grant reasonable rates, so that factories might draw their supply of beets from a distanceâ€"40, 60, or 100 miles. Under all these conditions Mr. Dry- den thought that such an industry in this country would be a sure success. It ought to supply at least one hun- dred million pounds of sugar a year for home consumption, which would mean three or four million dollars spent in this country, instead of be- ing sent abroad. 'Dhe pulpwood and the saw-log policy had fostered home manufacture. “"hy, asked the Min- ister, should not the beet sugar in- dustry be developed too? ’ FRAUDULENT APPOINTMENTS Hon. J. M. Gisibon’s bill to penalize those who fraudulently obtain ap- pointments as‘ deputy returning of- ficers and poll clerks, and those who wilfully miscount ballots, was con- curred in by Mr. Whitney, and pass- ed its Second reading. SMALLPOX OUTBREAK. In reply to Mr. Fox, the Provincial Secretary gave the history of the Sev- eral smallpox outbreaks. Seventy lum- tons per acre, in one of the Aylmer districts“. The second highest was 25 1-2 tons, at Newmarkct, and the third highest 21 tons at Welland, The aver- age was 16 tons per acre. This was very satisfactory. The highest per- centage of sugar or saccharine mat- ter in the beet roots was 17.2, found at \Velland; the next highest. 16.8 at Newmarket; the third highest, 16.1, in Aylmer. The average percentage was 14 1-2 per cent., which was also very satisfactory. In the matter of purity, the highest percentage was 89 1â€"2, in one of the Aylmer districts. It was nearly mimilar in Welland and Newmarketâ€"S8.8 and 8-8.4 respective- ly. This was eminently satisfactory. No point in Michigan could ehow eo favorable a record. ' Hon. Mr. Gibson introduced an amendment to the Municipal Act. The details of the measure have not yet been completed, but the general pur- pose of the measure is. to prevent the recurrence of such cases as that of Sutherland and Inner v. the Township of Romilly, which has been for some time before the courts, at great ex- pense to all concerned. The effect of it will be to make the decisions of the drainage referees practically final, and to abolish altogether appeals to the Supreme Court. BEET ROOT SUGAR BOUNTY. Hon. John Dryden, in moving the second reading of his Beet Root Su- gar Bounty bill, gave some interest- ing information as to the beet root sugar industry. Last year tests were made at three points in ithe prov- ince~at Welland. Newmarket and Aylmer. The highest tonnage was 80 What the People’s Representative Are Doing at Toronto. ONTARIO LEGISLATURE. DRAINAGE DISPUTES. Very curious is the action of lyddite on trees. This explosive is, it seems. not only damaging, but an excellent dye of s light mustsnd yellow colon-London Express. - “Yes," answered Colonel Stillwell of Kentucky, “and what most impresses me, air, in the wisdom of nature in put- ting salt into it so that it couldn't be mistaken for I beverage.” .v.. .v --- This hale'in state of afl’airs lasted only during the days of Egypt's great- ness. During the period of her decline her daughters were tearfully downtrodo den and degraded. The hardest manual labor was assigned to them, and they sut- tered cruel punishments for the crimes of their fathers, husbands or brothers. as the case might be. Sometimes they were publicly beaten with sticks, at others thrown into dungeons or sent to work at the mines. where the miseries they en- dured were so great that, as the old his- torian tells us. they longed for death as far preferable to life. A Kentucky Thought. “It Is very impressive," said the sen- timental youfig person, “to look out on the ocean, to think of that immense body of water which forms so large a proporo tion of this earthly whet-eff Ladies of rank occupied their spare moments in embroidery and in the cul- tivation of flowers. of which they were passionately fond and which were lavish- ly used on all festive occasions. Women of the hnmhier classes were employed in spinning and in the rural districts in tending cattle and sheep and in carrying water. the heavier employments being left to the men. Women, both married and unmarried, participated with the men in all the pleasures of social intercourse. They took part in the public festivals. shared in banquets, drove out in their chariots and made pleasure excursions on the Nile. At banquets the guests were en- tertained chiefly with music and dancing. Singing was also an esteemed accom- plishment, and the more solid part _ot their education must have been attended to. as women often held important offices in the priesthood. They presided at births and ofliciated as mourners at deaths and burials. They Shared With tho Men All Their Pastime. and Pleasures. In ancient Egypt monogamy was praco ticed, although it was not enjoined by law. There is no evidence of the exist- ence of a marriage ceremony, but the marriage contract secured to the wife certain rights, one of which was that of complete control over her husband, who promised to yield her implicit obedience! Nearness of relationship was no barrier to wedlock, the union of brother and sis- ter_being quite common3 Lord Salisbury has just celebrated his seventy-first birthday. He has lived in three reigns and just missed living in an- other by being born nine days too late. George IV had just died when he Opened his eyes on the splendor of Hatfield House. He has seen seven prime minis- ters and, with one exception, Lord Rose- bery, he is the only man now living who was premier under Queen Victoria. Cyrus Adams Suiloway, New Hamp~ shire’s tall congressman from the First district, who has served through three terms and has been re-clccted to the Fifty-seventh congress, has already given formal public notice that he will he a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Fifty-eighth congress. Senator R. R. Butler 0! Washington county, Tenn., is the oldest member of the Tennessee legislature in point of serv- ice. He is now serving his eleventh ses- sion in the senate, and before that he had served six years in the house. Be- sides this experience in state legislation, Senator Butler served ten years in the national house of representatives. He served in the Union army and was lieu- tenant colonel ot the Thirteenth cavalry. In J. R. Burton, the new aenator from Kansas, the long. lank figure of the late Senator Ingalis is repeated. There is also said to be a striking similarity in the face and in manner of speaking. Marconi, the adapter of wireless teleg- raphy, is almost as much or an Irishman as an Italian. He is a first cousin of a leading \Vextord merchant, his mother having been an Enniscorthy woman. Senator Lindsay delights in a newly discovered distinction. He laughingly greeted some of his friends the other day with the remark, “A New York paper says this morning that I’m the loudest sneezer in the senate.” Ex-Governor William D. Bloxham of Florida, who has just retired, is the only man who has served his state in the exec- utive chair for two successive terms. It is related 0! him that he never forgets a face or the name that goes with it. In connection with the vote of 810.- 000 for a memorial of the late Queen Victoria, the Premier uaid a statue would be erected in Queen’s park, and would probably be a replica of eomt famous statue in the 01d Land. The speaker referred to the large purchases of Canadian horses by Ma- jor Dent, of the British War Office, and to the excellent record of these horses in the South African war. Ma- jor Dent was so satisfied that he re- commended the establishment of a re- mount depot in Canada as a perman- ent recruiting point. It would be patriotic to undertake to develop this industry. and it would present to the farmers something definite in the way of a market. STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA. Michael 0. Murphy. New York’s new police commissioner, is proudest of the fact that he once was one of the fastest com ositors in the city. He belongs to “Bi Six” still. President Schwab’s weekly wages will exceed the entire year’s salary of most New York bank presidents. His colos- sal annual income is greater than the value of the whole output of iron in the early days of the republic. Elmer Dover, Senator Hanna’s private secretary, began his career as a newspa- per writer at 15, when he was a reporter on the McConnellsville (0.) Herald. , Major General MacArthur was saved from a fatal wound at Kenesaw by a package or letters in his breast pocketâ€" neither a Bible nor a pack of cards, just letters. Henry M. Stanley is just 60 and 19- patently strong enough to try the dark continent again. MEN AS THEY PASS. WOMEN IN OLD EGYPT. 1.7!!!“ u a Dye. A Dutch minister and relatives re- mined with the prisoners till the end. Two others concerned in the train- wrecking were sentenced to term; of five years' penal servitude. The weather is cold and the rain 1 coming down incessantly. der in pursuance of the Sentence of a court-martial. The death sentence was pegged a week ago, in connection with the wrecking of a train near TaashOSch, by which five men were killed. Wrecked a Train In Cape Colony and Were Cohrt-Manlaled A despatch from Cape Town s‘ays :â€" J. P. Minab-er, S. Monaber, and J. A. Neuwnudt were ahot at De AAr on Tuesday evening for treason and mur- Kitchener confirmed the verdict. The garrison was paraded up. and the prisoners were led out at sunset. Death was instantaneous. The greatest trouble is found with the Boer refugees who seem to ignore the very rudiments of sanitary regu- lations. The houses occupied by them, which have been visited by the author- ities, have been found to be dirty, and in some cases the floors have been torn up and used for firewood. Many of these refugees have ‘been sent into camps und‘er canvas. - _ {Exiteric fever is rapidly a‘bating,and there are very few cases in the hOSpi- tals. Precautions Being Taken to Prevent Its Introduction. 'A despatch from Pretoria says:â€" The local authorities are taking ev- ery precaution to prevent an out- break of the bubonic plague, or oth- err infectious diseases here. Isolation hospitals for Kaft'irs are being erected and the town is being thoroughly; cleansed. EXPORTS: TO GERMANY. Mr. Smith, of \Ve'ntworth, was in- fornied that the exports of Canada to Germany were, in 1897, $1,045,432; in 1993, $1,837,448; in 1899, $2,219,569; in 1900, $1,715,903. Mr. Paterson was unable to say what was: the amount Off duty paid thereon; or what por- tiom of the goods were entered at Hamburg. The trade returns of Canada showed the countries to whieh goods are exported but not the ports. POLAR EXPEDITION. Mr. Monk required what the Gov» ernment intended to do'wit-h the ap- plication made by Capt. Bernier for aid in equipping a vessel for a polar expedition. FEAR PLAGUE AT PBETOBIA. Sir Wilfrid Laurier promised to state the Government's intentions in the matter at an early date. 51b; rye, 6.3c; corn, 6.4c. The quan- tity carried was 395,700 bushels. It was not possible to furnish an estim- ate of the gain or loss on each‘ ship- ment. Whe elevator built .by the Gov- ernment at Halifax cost $159,728.75, including certain lands, the contribu- tion from the city. The number of bushels of grain Bhipped therefrom since it was built was 736,425. It em- uloys two men. ‘ DOUKHOBOR DISCON TENT. Mr. Wilson was informed by Mr. Sifton that a petition was received from the Immigration Commissioner at \Vinnipeg last July, purporting to be signed by 29 Doukhobors, making certain objections to the land, mar- riage, and registration laws of Can- ada. The Government communicated with Mr. Maude, the English Quaker, .__ __-- __“__v, v-v wauwu wuunva, who was chiefly instrumental in their immigration to Canada, in or- der that he might rcmorm their misl- apprehensions with regard to Cana- dian laws. The whole trouble had been caused by a Russian who de: sired to raise difficulties. and the do- that 'thc petition represented the views of any substantial portion of the 7,500 Doukhob-ors settled in Can- ada. Senator Templeman has introduced a bill in the Upper House to legalize the union label. This bill has twice passed the Commons and been thrown out in the Senate. It is, therefore, proposed to introduce the measure in the Senate first. this Bession,iu order to better ensure its chances of pass.- Mr. Taylor was informed by Mr. Paterson that the Services of David Hodge, preventive officer at Mallory- town, in Leeds county, has. been dis- pensed with because such an officer was no longer considered necessary at that point. It is not the intention to appoint a successor. 1‘0 AMEND CRIMINAL CODE. Mr. German introduced a bill to amend the Criminal Code. He wants to repeal the clause which was insert- ed in the law last year releasing police magistrates in cities and towns from the obligation of making returns to the clerk of the county. RAILWAY EMPLOYEES. ( Mr. Morin was informed by Mr.Blair that the number of hands employed in the Intercolonial railway has in- creased trom 3,537 in 1892 to 4,286 in 1896, and 5,949 in 1900. CARRIAGE OF GRAIN. , Mr. Kemp was told by Mr. Blair that last November and December the rate per 100 pounds from ‘Pah'ry Sound to St. John on export grain carried by the Canada Atlantic and Intercol- onial railway was :â€"Wheat, 9 3-4-6; rye, 10.7c; corn, 10.9c. The rate per 100 pounds accruing to the Intercol- onial railway as its proportion from Montreal to St. John was zâ€"Wheat, D UMINIDN PARLIAMENT T0 LI‘ZGALIZE UNION LABEL. DUTCH REBELS S'Hfl'l‘. OFFICER NOT NECESSARY :es of the Proceedings in the Canadian House of Commons. Imtinm or élncer, try. “It I!“ I thug-Galveston Km , G 101 Americans are trying to buy and re- ocganizo .the sleeping-cu- Intem. of all Eurom.‘ Queen Helena. 0! Italy. will meant a cradle and a not at baby cloth. to each baby born on the same day tuber-.4 I, .2: “,4, President Diaz of Mexico is report. ed hopelessly insane. \ The Turks in Macedc‘mia are charg- ed with horrible crueltiea. A doctor in Rio Janeiro thinks he has discovered a cure {or yellow fever. A new widow bu to (in an order to the first man who comes along lolldtlu orders for cum-fin; photograph. CG ‘5. neighbors will “It tbout henâ€"m The revolt in Russia In unending among the students. Mr. Carnegie has given $5,000,003 to be added to the benefit funds already existing in the interests of the em- ployes of the Carnegie Company. Three thousand acres of the Hacker:- sack Meadows at New York are to be secured as sites [or docks, and cold storage plants. stock yards and pack- ing houses. Charles Johnson, the cashier of the First. National Bank at Miles City, Michigan. is missing. and his account. are 840,000 short. The total United States postal re. oeipts for February at the 53 largest postofflces Show increases of from 12 to 20 per cent. The Michigan Legislature has pro- hibited the manufacture of oioomar- garine coloured to imitate butter. Cook County, 111., judges and the State's Attorney now recvive salaries of $12,000 a your. The Vickers-Maxim Steel Company will build submarine boats for the British navy which will make 10 knots on the surface, eight knots subb merged, carry five torpedoes, and be operated by seven men. The Pennsylvania Railway has at- tained full contra! of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. The Duke of Abcrcorn. Lord “'olse- ley. the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and Earl Carrington are special ambas- sadora' to inform the foreign courts that Queen Victoria is dead and that King Edward has auccecded to the throne. Cloverport, Ky., has been almost wiped out by fire. Over 1,000 persons are homeless. A number of mining prospectorl have been frozen to death at Cape Nome, Alaska. The White Star steamers may here- after be victuallcd at Nam York in- stead of Liverpool. 'The British Budget will be some- thing over £181,ooo,ooo, which means. unless the revenue is increased to meet it, that the deficit will be nearly £54,000,000, the. largest in the history of the nation. It is proposed to re-model Brook- lyn bridge at a cost of 31,100,009. The expenses in connection with Queen Victoria’s funeral amounted to £85,000, .0! which Bum £11,400 was ex- pended for the housing and entertain- ment of foreign guests. President McKinley goes to Califor- nia April 83th. The estate of the late Sir Francil Cook. husband of Jennie C. Claflin, is valued at £1,600,000. Branches of the Sheffield Steel Works are to be established in the United States. Sir William Macdonald has just pn- sented McGill University with .150.- 000. and Miss Jessie Dow 1138 made s_ gift of 060.000 to the same institu- At a meeting of London financill men who are interested in the beet sugar industry, Mr. Bayley of New York. the representative of a Syndi- cate which is to invest $5,000,000 in the industry in the United States and Canada. offered to put up 3225,00!) to- ward establishing a $500,000 businesl in London district. GREAT BRITAIN. Lord Paumcefote has been made a Privy Councillor. CANADA; There is an epidemic of mrlet [ever at the Baptist College. Wood- stock. Andrew Carnegie has made an of- ter of 3100.000 tor a library at Win- nipeg on the same condition: as the Ottawa grant. The Hamilton Bridge Company have a contract to build aateel barge. and intend to go into the shipbuilding busincs'a upon a largo scale. 5011 can be niade in ten and 0119th days during the coming summer. If you up. aflicted. Mu it 5. hi!- An effort is being put forth to rule funds to erect a monument to the memory of the Ottawa men who lost their lives in South Africa. 'A St. Magloire, Que. farmer stated t‘et during the recent storm upwsrdl ot a hundred deer, whose escape was made almost impossible by the depth of the snow, were shot and stabbed in the south parishes. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Interesting Items About Our Own Country. amt Bfltnln. the United States, and All Pam of tho (nob. Condensed and Assorted for Easy The Canadian Pacific Railway has made an arrangement with the White Pas: and Yukon Railway by which the trip from Montreal to Daw- IHE NEWS IN A NIHSHHI UNITED STATES. GENERAL. mouthed homes which hue becon. lnvetmtn pollen may be cured driven safely by the use of n In. mhhet covered b". which can ho a. hmeoveudhltmmuhou. muwmmu lay-WW ”NJ too short for the month. should be used. The hrldle mart be so nrrnnged that the hlt ll placed properly and nelther lung! too far down nor II drawn up too tlghtly ln the mouth. Some hornet handle the joint hlt bet- ter la the mouth than the strolzht one. u lt (Ives more room for the town”. When the horse contracts the'hnhlt at puttlnx hll tongue over the bit. t Itrnlxht hlt, wlth 1 plate or snoo- on It. Ihonld he used. Mung hut II-lllo I“. For no"... Ruth bltn are Intended to undo tho InIIchlet already done by some bnn- (llng. unthinking. nnteellng and care- leu handler. bnt'u n rule they gen- ernlly make had matters worse. In the education of the colt the hit should be of the simplest, plalnent kind. A straight bar hit. neither too long nor At a recent sale in Kew York a trot- ting bred gelding brought the enor- mous sum of $7.800. while. one pair of harness horses brought $5,000 and an- other palr $4,800. This bay gelding could trot a little and was well bred. but his speed amounted to nothing. for i there are at leasthO road horses in New York that could show him their heels. Breeding cuts no ilgure with n gelding. His sole value is in his “looks” when going. {or at rest he is no handsomer than hundreds of others. But some man was willing to pay this price for the sake of appearing behind a hand- some horse ln Central park. This incl- deut shows two things: First. that there is lots of money to spend about New York. and. second. that a high quality horse will bring a big price. Could this horse have been mated the pair might have brought 820.000. for two well matched animals will bring more than double the price of one at them. There have not been enough high quality horses of any class. wheth- er it be heavy harness. light driving. saddle or draft. to supply the demand. which is likely to remain constant (or a long while. Certain it is that next year the sup. ply of interior to common and medium smallish horses, weighing from 900 to 1,250 pounds, will be comparativer large, it not actually so. Since the or- ders given some time ago by the Brit- ish government for such horses have been suspended, values have dropped back, say, 65 per head. indicating that the supply is still equal at least to the demand. Does this mean that any largely increased offerings next season will cause a slump in prices? it may be so, and if it is those who have too many such animals on hand will suflet' accordingly. The supply c2 native common horses may be larger than it was thought to be. If it is. the made over rangers will make their pur- chasers only a little money. it any. it seems as though it would be well to go very slowly in making such invest ments now. Itch Quality Ila-sen. The scarcity of really good horses and the high prices which buyers are paying has been generally commented on by our correspondents everywhere. says The American Agriculturist. The influence of the bicycle or the automo- biie is not now seriously felt. nor is it likely to be. The bicycle fad has pass- ed. and the use of the wheel has set- tled down to its proper place. The au- tomoblle will follow in the same way. The horse will never be supplanted in popular favor for pleasure driving and riding. There is a. greater demand for saddle horses than before the bicycle was known. The prices obtained for driving horses have been higher this spring than ever before. Breech. P's-poses. Range horses are not selling as well as they did some little time ago. and more especially is the demand for aged mares and thin coltsâ€"weaniings. year- lings and 2-year-oldsâ€"slacking 0! very greatly compared to what it was some months or even weeks ago. This is he be explained in two‘ ways. says The Breeder's Gasette. First. the quality of the range homes now coming te marketisnotnearlyasgoodasitwas earlier in the season. Most of the best bunches have been culled over on the range a time or two. and those that are left will hardly do for any purpose that may be named without the incurring ot a lot of expense (or teed. care and at- ting for market. Then many of those who had intend- ed to breed some or these range mares on their farms in the grain growing districts have changed their minds. having in timely season come to the conclusion that only a very few of them are fitted to produce colts that will at maturity sell for more than the cost of production. Those that buy thin yearlings or 2-year-oids now know that when the stock is of salable. work- able age there will be more or less competition from the native stocks foaled in 1900. and these thin range colts must be bought very low to allow for all possible contingencies. it they cannot be purchased at very low tig- ures. there is no possibility of making money from them. as the range com- petition will stiil have to be reckoned with when they are matured. and only the superior condition that is on them. together with the additional size caus- ed by the more substantial feeding. will make them more valuable. in short. it seems as though the trade in range horses in the grain growing dis- tricts had for the season about run its course. Such enormous numbers of these animals have been distributed that there is no longer any call for them. and it remains to be seen how the speculation is to turn out. Mon Doubt Their Utility For RANGE HORSES LOWER.