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: Butter-Receipts continue large and prices are easy, but no lower. Prices are as tollowa zâ€"Da'u'y iube and pails, ood to choice, 12 to 15¢; medium, 13 0 14¢; poor 1%; dairy prints, 15 to 10c; Jorge rolls, [nod to choice, 14 to 18¢; creamer: hoses, 18 to 19¢; and pound: Oatmeal-Car lots'ofâ€" rolled oats. in bags. on track, are quoted at $3.25 per bbl. Duluth. April 23.-Wheat closed â€"- Cash. N0. 1 hard, 74 3-86; No. lNorth- rrn. 723-80: N0. 2 Northern, “3-3 to 703-86 May. 725-80; July, 733-813; September. 713-80. Corn-41¢; May, 41 1-212. Outsâ€"27 to 283-40. Minnv-upolia, April 23.- ‘Vheat clos- NI:-C.Hh. 72 3-81‘: May, 703-4 to 70 7-80; July. 72 3-80; on track, No. 1 hard. 74 8-8c; No. 1 Northern, 72 3-4c; No. 2 Northern. 693-80 to 703-80. b‘lourâ€"l-‘irmz. first patents. 83.85 to 33.95; moond patents, 83.65 to $3.75; first clears, 2.95 to $3.05; second clears, 3 to $2.10. Branâ€"In bulk, .12 to $12.50. Flourâ€"Tone rather better tnâ€"day. but prices were unchanged. Raiders of 90 per cent. patents, buyers' bags, middle heights. ask $2.60 per bbl. Ex- porters were bidding .155. liuffulo. April 23.â€"4Flour â€"- Steady,y Spring wheatâ€"No. demand; No. 1 Noriho-rn. old. carlouds. 81 l-2c; do. (- i.f., in store, 81 l-4c. “'inter wheat â€"N'c»minal; No. 2 red. 75 1-2 to 76c; No. 1 white and mixed, 75 1-2 to 76c. on track, Buffalo. Cornâ€"Strong; No. 2 yellow. 46 1-2 to 46 3-40; No. 3do. 46 l-‘J to 46 1-2c; No. 2 corn, 46 to 46 1-40; No. 3 do. 45 3.4 to 460, through hillrd. Oats â€",Strm_rg, No. 2 white, 32 1-43; No. 3 do. 30 3-4 to 31c; No. 2 mixed. 291-20; No. 3 do. offered at 290, through billed. Barleyâ€"Very little left on market; 60 to 620 asked 291:, ghrough billed. Barleyâ€"Very for good quality; Western, on track, sold at 540; to arrive, opening 58 to file. Ryeâ€"No. l. on track, 58 l-2c; do. in store, 58 to 58 l-2c. Toronto, April flâ€"Wheot â€" There was a fair export denand (or On- tario red and white wheat to-day, owing to the firmnesl in Chicago. Red was wanted at 070, low freight! to New York, and white ot 661-20. Manitobas were lower, owing to the approach of the opening of naviga- tion. Quotations are as follows:â€" Red wheat, 670; white wheat, 661-20; No. l goose wheat, 66 cents, low heights to New York; red and white, 651-2c hid,, middle heights, for Portland; Manitoba, No. 1 hard, old, g.i.t., 950; No. 2, 91c; No. l'hard, North Bay, 910.; and No. 2 hard, 90c. OMSâ€"Firm. No. 1 white, C. P. 3., east 301-20; No. 2 white, north and ist. 290. A lot of 6,000 bush. No. LRESSED HOGS~AND PROVISIONS. :Drcssed hogs on the street are steady at 08 to 88.50. Car lots con- tinue scarce, and quoted nominally fit 07.75 to .8, on track here. Provi- sions are (inn, and in good general demand. Local supplies will be suf- ficient {or this year’s trade. Quota- t'ums are as followszâ€"Dry salted shonlders.8c: long clear bacon, loose hear lots, 10:; and in case lots, '10 1-4 to 10 LR; short clear pork, .20 to ”.50; heavy mess pork, 819 to $19.50. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, heavy. 120; medium. 12 1-2 to 13¢; light 18c. Lardâ€"Pails. 10 l-2c; tubs, 100. in} tint-cs, 10c. 1 white, middle minis, sold at 30c tooday. Prices of Canto. Chm Onto. as In the Leading lath-ts. Cornâ€"American, No. 2 yellow, on track, here, 471-20; N0. 3, 461-20. [Wasâ€"Steady. No. 2, middle heights. ut 641-213 and east at 650. Barleyâ€"About steady, No. 2, cost heights, was quoted at Me; No. 3 extra, same heights, 430. Ryr-Steady. Car lots, 49C, west; and 501:, east. Buckwheat-Quiet. Car lots, west, are quoted at 61c, and east at 5c. “BEETS 01' THE WflBLll blinkedâ€"Scarce. ,Ton lots, at the mill door, Western Ontario points, acli as followsâ€"Bran, .15; and shorts, I16. Chicago, April 23.--Crop situation being practically unchanged the grain markets ruled quiet and steady to- day. May wheat clcui-‘ng 1-40 higher. May curn unchanged. and May oats 1-8c up. Provisions closed irrpgular. Beansâ€"Steady. Ordinary white beans bring 01.55 to 31.60:. choice hand- picked beans are quoted at 01.65 to 01.10. Strawâ€"Firm. Car lots of straw, track here, “.50 to .6. Poultryâ€"Very “little poultry now coming in. Bright stock is quoted as follows;â€" Turkeyq 11 to 12c; geese at 8 to 8 l-2c chicken! It 40 to 500, and ducks at 6') to 800. Maple syrupâ€"New run maple syrup is firm. Receipts continue light. Kiw- flllon ting are quoted at 31 per in)- perial gallon; and gallon tins at 81.10 to 01.15. PRODUCE. Toronto. April 23.â€"Eggs-â€"Supplies continue large, but prices hold steady, owing to the active demand. Sales were made (0-day at 11 1-2 to 12¢. Field produce. etc.-â€"'l'urnim, out of store. 25c per bag, onions, ’1 to 81.10 per bag; carrots. 33c per bag; par- cnips. per bag, 3512; apples, per bbl. 81 toA32; sweet potatoes, per bbl, 82.50. Honeyâ€"Firm. Stocks getting very light. Dealers quote from 10 to 10 1-2:: {or Q. 10, or 1.0-") tins. according to size of order; comb honey sells at 82 to 02.25 for dark; and at $2.50 to 82.75 for choice clover, per dozen sec- tions. Hopsâ€"Quiet. Choice 1900 growth are quoted at M to It‘s; and yearling: at 8 to to. Balod hayâ€"Somewhat easier. Choice timothyyoa track here. $10.75; two- ton lots, delivered 311.50. Dried applésâ€"Dried hpples sell at 4 l-2c; evaporated at 5 l-2c. Potatoesâ€"Easy, at 27c for car lots, on track. Soles, out of store, are made at 35c. DAIRY MARKETS. For good to choice butcher cattle there was a steady enquiry at un- changed prices, and good to choice cattle sold well at drom 83-4 to 41-40, with an eighth‘ more for the very best occasionally paid. For medium and inhrior cattle we had a fair de- mand. ‘ Toronto, April fl.â€"We hed no car- loede of live stock at the western ent- tle yards this morning. consisting of 1,300 cattle. I.“ hose, 162 eheep end lunhl, 1w calves, and e few much care. Trade was lively at the start, and prices were pretty well maintained. but lattr in the! day, the demand- fell off. and the drovera preferred to hold their etuft until toâ€"morrow. Th.) price of sheep and lambs were stggdy apd_ qnchanged. There was t tolgebly steady de- mand for export cattle; choice export- era sold at from 48-410 51-4c per 1b.. with a shade more paid (or a few lots; medium shippers sold at from 41-4 to 43-40 per lb. b‘tockers were steady and unchanged at__from B 3-4 to _33-8c per lb. Fxport ewes are worth from 3 1-2 to 3 3-40 per lb. Sheep are worth tram 82.50 to .4 each. “Barnyardon” are worth from 4 to 4 l-2c par lb. There was practically {no change in bulls, milch cows. and feeders. Spriwg Lambs are worth from 82 to 0? each. Good spring lamb-3 are want- lb. We had no change in calves, but a few choice veals will sell. To-day hogs are unchanged, but there is a downward tendency. “Singers” sell at 6 7-80 per lb.; thick {at at 6 1-10, and light at 63-80 per lb. Hogs to {etch the top price must be of prime quality, and scale wt be- low 160 nor abavo 200 lbs. Sheep and Lambs. Export ewes, per cwt 350 Butcher sheep, each... 259 Lambs, g.f., per owt. 450 Do., b.y., per cwt. 400 00., spring, each 200 Bucks, per cwt .......... 300 Milkers and Calves. Shippers, per cwt. O 4 25 8 5121-2 Butcher, choice do ...... 3.75 4 :37 1-2; Butcher, 0rd. to good 350 . 375 Butcher, inferior . 275 ' 312 1-2 Stockers, per cwt . 275 340 Export bulls, per owt. 375 4 25 Gram-tea lambs Ben at from 4 1-2 to 5 1-40 per lb. Cows, each .................. Calves, each .............. . Begs. Cho'ce hogs, per cwt. Liam hogan per cwt. Heavy hogs, per cwt. Stags ............ ‘l he Boers Compelled to Abandon Strong Positions. m despatoh‘ from Durban, Natal, layezmbetaila of the operations of Col. Dartnell’a column on the Swazi- land and Zululand borders show. that the Britiah compelled the Boers to retire trom very strong poeitionemith the loan of U wagons and 40 carts, which wero either captured or burned. The Britiah captured a pom-pom, ~a Maxim sun, 6',“ head 0! cattle. and a large number of horse: and eheep. A number at Boerl...yere km or Increased Income Tax Will Yield Molaséies and syrup will pay two shillings per hundrcdwcight and glucme one shilling and eightpcnce. A yinld of 835,500,000 is anticipated from this tax. About 855,000,000. A despatch from. Landon says:â€" Twopence in the pound added to the present shilling tax on income. Extra twupencc is expected to realize $19,- i-ngs and twopencc per hundredweight. Average consumption is 56 pounds per head, and increased duty should not increase price more than aha}!- penny per pound. There is no longer organized resist- ance on the part of the Boers, but small, mobile columns roam about avoiding contact withlarge B'ritish in; when it is possible. This makes forces, attacking weak ones, and loot- the task of subduing the country ex- tremely difficult. Still, the aggres- sive policy of the British is having great effects, as is shown by the daily surrenders. While the end of the war ééems still a long way 0“. a more hopetul teeling prevails. An export duty on! a shilling a ton will be placed on) coal. This is ex- pected to yield $10,500,000. Coat of the South African war, $755,000,000, double that of the Criâ€" m~ean war. Decrease in beer revenue, $20,000,- 000. owing to beer drinkers being ab- sent in South Africa. Pretoria Merchants Have Been Al- lowed to Return. A despatch from Pretoria sayszâ€"A majority of merchants have been al- lowed to return, and have been grant- ed liberal permits to import goods. The shops are opening, and trade is reverting into legitimate channels. Similar treatment has been acoordeé the merchants in most of the garri- son towns. , Total revenue expected from as w tax a ti mm. 855,000,000. There will be no Customs duty im- posed on manufactured imported goods. and no addition to the beer, wine, tea, spirits and tobacco duties. "rc.\vsx...... Following in the tibia of quota- Bucks sell at from 8 to 3 1-2 per TWO MORE GUNS TAKEN. Duty on refined sugar of four shill- THE BRITISH BUDGET. BUSINESS RESUMING. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 7 .................. 20 00 Cattle. 6 6') (s. ‘5 875 - .ouiitm’ne‘d 375 0~2 . . mm 75 3))- 6'6 666 200 the “Besolved, that it is expedient to provide that pensions or gratuities may be granted to staff officers and men of the permanent militia force and to the widows and children of such officers as follows: “To an officer compulsorily retired for any cause other than misconduct or inefficiency after twenty years’ service, or retir- ing voluntarily after 85 years' ser- vice. a pension not exceeding l-50th of the pay and allowance of his rank or appointment at the time of his re- tirement for each year's service, ser- vice beyond -8:') years not being reck- oned; to an officer who retires vol- untarily after 25 but less than 35 years' service, a pension not exceed- ing l-40th of such pay and allowance for each year, service beyond 35years not being reckoned. Towards mak- ing good the said pensions 5 percent. shall be deducted from the pay of of- ficers. To an officer retiring on ac- count of infirmity, or retired to proâ€" mote efficiency or economy in the service. a gratuity not exceeding one month’s pay for each year's service; if retired on account of injury received in the discharge of his duties, agra- tu‘iTy' not exceeding three months' pay for every two years’ service. To Hon. F. \V. Borden gave notice of the following motion embodying his pension scheme for the officers and men of the permanent corps: a non-commissioned officer or mili- tiaman, if he has served 16 but less than 21 years, a pension equal to 10- mm of his annual pay for every year of service for 21 and less than .5 years’ service, 20-50ths, and in addi- tion 2-50th3 for every year over 20; for 25 years,30.50ths, and in addition 1â€"5001 for every year over 25, not ex- ceeding, however, two-thirds of his annual pay, exclusive of extra pay or allowance, during the three years preceding his retirement. To the wi- dow and child‘ren of an officer who served twenty years, and was at the time of his death on full pay. or in receipt of a pension, the following pensisom or allowaIK‘es:â€"ln the case of a colonel, 8300 to the widow and 880 to each child; lieutenant-colonel, 8150 to the widow and ayearly al- lowance of $80 to each child; major, 8350 to widow and $70 to each‘ child; captain, $250 to widow and 86:3 to each child; lieutenant or second lieutenant. $200 to widow, 850 to each child. The amount to children to be. doubled if they are motherless and in need. Warrant officer, SlUU to widow and $15 to each. child. No allowance to a son aged 18 or a daughter aged 21. The total amount granted to the family of an officer in one year not to exceed the amount of the pension attauc thl to his rank.” CLAIMS BY \\ ORKMEN. Mr. Sutherland, Oxford, in reply to a question of Mr. Pu'ttee, said there were now on hand, and undetermin- ed, eight claims; by workmen based on the fair-wage clause, in Govern- ment contracts. The oldest of these claims was made last October. The determiningof such claims rests with the Minister of the department. to which the. contract belongs. The fair- wage officers of the Departimcnt of Labour investigate these claims, and submit th )ir report for the considera- tion of the Minister to whose depart- ment the contract be longs. The (Sov- er’nments policy in regaxd to offend- ing contractors is Set forth in the Act. as follows:â€" RE. ISLAND MAIL SERVICE. Mr. Lefnrge-y complained of the un- aatiafactory condition of the mail eer- vlce to the western part of Prince Ed- ward Island. He declared that it was wane now than it was in the winter. air Louis Davies replied that the aern'ee had neve. been better than the put winter. There mi ght have home delay recently, but it w and b! the. tact that theme was we out Of the harbonra where the delay in. coinplained of. In the event of default being made in payment L-f any money owing in respect of wages of any foreman, workman, or la‘bourer employed on the said work, and if a claim therefor is filed in the office. of the Min istcr. and proof thereof satisfactory to the Minister is furnished. the eaid Min- ister may pay such claim out of any money at any time payable by his Majesty under raid contracts, and the amounts so paid shall be deemed pay- ments to the contractor. TO OPERATE ICE BREAKERS. Mr. McCarthy introduced the peti- tions of the 'Western Assurance Com- pany and the British American As- surance Company, which desire to be given power to equip, maintain, and operate ice-breakers and wrecking ap- pliances in connection with their ma- rine insurance business. Mr. Mc- Carthy said that power of this kind was given in the bill to incorporate the St. Lawrence,Lyoyd’s, and the Minister of Finance had stated that similar pQWer would be granted to any companies which might desire it. The members of Parliament Who re- piresent the labour element, purpose insisting that the fair-wage clause shall be inserted in any subsidy grants that may be brought down in the Commons. ~ Mr. Maclean asked whether the 24th of May this year would be a public holiday. Mr. R. L. Borden, did not oppose the petition but thought that a matter of this kind should be deult with in a general bill, giving auch‘ power to all insurance companies; He had expressed that opinion in the committee, and had seen no reason to change his mind. fir Wilfrid Laurier said the public would be informed in due time. The petition waq received and refer- red to the Committee of Standing 0r- ders. WILL INSIST ON FAIR WAGES. DBMIHIBN PABLIAIENT to: of the Proceedings tn Canadian House of Common. BORDEN’S PENSION SCHEME; 14TH OF MAY. The idea came to her tor the simplifi- cation of the study of music for little children. By the old methods of teach- ing the little ones were forced to grasp the principles of music in almost the same way as adults. The result has been that the child thus unnatuxally treated dreaded the hour of practice and even grew to dislike music, while EVELYN ASHTON FLI’I‘CBEB. the amount of time that he took before he was able to play any instrument easily and with enjoyment was far longer than Miss Evelyn Ashton Fletcher came to America and settled in Boston. Her method met with a warm reception there and has spread rapidly. so that there are not only 75 teachers in Boston alone. but almost every city in America has at least one of her representatives. Ev- erything that has been ditlicult {.r the child in music, such as notation. time. rhythm. scales. chords. intervals. key- board. technique and ear training. is taught in this method, and by the use of tangible materials the information which is given becomes practical to the child. We are indebted to the inventive genius of a young Canadian girl for the Fletcher music method, simplex and kindergarten, which is attracting the attention of many leaders in the educational and musical worlds today. Miss Fletcher receiveJ a good musical education in Canada and then studied under some of the best mas- ters in England, Belgium and Germany. For example: With the tangible key- )oard he breaks to pieces the chords and learns their names and uses. The child is interested and instructed from start to finish with these tangible ma- terials. which he can handle and name and whose uses he can appreciate fully. The children are taught in classes, and it is one of the prettiest sights to see a group of little ones constructing the stat? in the large size and putting down the tangible notes. into the statl’ on leger lines above and below they go and then are read so quickly and easily by the little ones that many an older person is put to the blush. Leger lines. etc.. have no dread for them. The higher a note goes the more fascinating it is to them and “the higher it is to build.” Another pleasing feature in the meth- od is the new field of labor. successful and pleasant, which this opens up for young music teachers. Artistically and financially they have much to hope for in it. Miss Fletcher makes New York her home, but gives lectures in din'erent cities. in the summer months she has classes both in Paris and London. where her sx stem is well established and whele it promises to be as much of a success as it has become in America. There are trades open to young wo- men in which they not only would be experts, but could add largely to the comfort of others, which will never be filled because they would be either laugh- ed at or perhaps set aside by unreason- ing and weak minded companions. For instance. there are many girls who have great judgment and skill in cooking who could earn easily $40 a month and even it very clever $60 or even $70 and who would rather stand for weary hours sub- ject to the exactions of ill bred buyers at a counter, travel home in wet and cold and receive from $5 to $7 a week with- out any allowance {or their food. Servant is not a pleasant name. nor is obedience to commands a pleasant thing. and there are both mean and selfish employers. but i have personally employed one of the prettiest girls I ever saw, notably refined. and delicate. whose dainty taste and touch made her skill wonderful. She had little education and no accomplishments. she knew that she had great. talent for cooking. she had a widowed mother without income and a sister dying of consumption, she had to relieve her mother of her own main- tenance. and she had to make a certain amount of money. She was kind with- out familiarity to others in the kitchen. She kept her leisure hours to herself. working much for an exchange, enjoyed her neat and comfortable room. had ac- cess to good books and in a year earned the money she required. Her only de- fect as a perfect servant was that she was so attractive and delicate in ap. pearance that she was often embarrassed by too much attention as she came and went. was necessdrg}, as is being proved by this new method. EVELYN FLETCHER AND HER METHOD OF TEACHING MUSIC. Work For Young Womenâ€"Genus, and the Problemâ€"Queen Alexan- dra’s Talentsâ€"Tall GII'II 0! Today. Few Robin-t lothen Nowadayo. Having attained her end, she returned to her home, freed from debt by her et- t‘orts, and then made preserves and deli. cscies which sold well. Had she been afraid of being called a cook she could only have attained by great elfort and exposure shout $20 a month by incessant toil and had to support herself out of thst amount, lesringnot more thsn hslt her ssvings tree. She ssw what she could do and knew it wss right sud us not strsid to lire_ out her own life in her In Germany the government takes n hand In the servant girl problem and ob- tain: one and result. manure. her situation every week in the yeer. The government bu an eye "on Mr ev- m‘mrement end is kept posted m WOMAN AND HOME. Oman, and the Problem Work For Young Women. m polico ”Item. Employing a doneluc' in Germany In a bottle- tun-notion. Huge Additions [ads to Flold Trans- port in South Africa. A despatch from London says:â€" Burl Roberts‘ report on the field transport in South Africa. says 21.700 milesâ€"of railway are held, and that 200,000 officers and men have pro- ceeded from the base to the front. One hundred and thirty thousand beasts 36,000 tons of stores and supplies, and innumerable guns and vehicles have also been forwarded. but was organized on aeyitezm hope- leesly unsuited to military emergenc- cies. He had to pull the whole scheme to pieces and reconstruct it from regi- mental into depart nental units. shlrt Waist Adopted by the U. S. Post omco apartment. A dvspalch [rum “'ashington says: mungâ€"Th" shirt waist has triumphed in tha- I’cat- {tics Department. in witnq-ss win-roof Postmaster-General Smith has issued the following or- 31‘?â€" “Shirt. Wattâ€"During the heated term postmasters may permit letter carriers to wear aneat shirt waist c-r loose-fitting blouse. instead of coat and vest; the same to be made (if light grey chambray linen. light grey ehvviot, or other light grey washable material; to be worn with turn-down eollar.’ dark tie, and a neat. belt; all to be uniform at each Commenting on this report, the Pall Mall Gazette says that the tramport of supplies will win campaigns in the future. When Lard Roberts arrived in South Africa he found that the transport was not only insufficient, Queen Alexandra’s Talents. Queen Alexandra has once or twice played in public for charity, and she prov- ed then to the very limited public admit- ted to hear her that she was an uncom- monly good amateur, musical and well taught. Sir Charles lIalle was one of her teachers, and on the piano she is more facile than on any other instrument. al- though she plays the harp and dulcimcr and has been able to entertain herself and her friends on the guitar. She is an en- thusiastic \Vagncrian in operatic taste and has made repeated pilgrimages to Bayreuth. _ __ __ "â€"v vâ€" 11» air! calls. is caused. and than her employer must to to the police station and pay a cent for a blank upon which the information concerning the new girl“ required by government in recorded. There are spaces for her full name. where she- came from, whether married or sin. :19. her position. the date of her birth. her own home and if married additional Information concerning her immediate family. If she has children, the government will look out for them. She must pay a regu- lar fee to the insurance or death fund that she may not become a public charge in case of disablement or death. There is an advantage to the girl in this govern- mental interest, for she cannot be dis- charged without cause. When she does leave. the employer buya another card, This is the system by which the police have their fingers on every man. woman and child in Germany. Any infringement of the rules is promptly punished by ar- rest and a fine. The result is noted in the harmonious relations existing between employers and employees who, for the most part, are industrious and quiet, will- lug to do anything asked of them, but ex- pecting a degree of tolerance Which many American women are not willing to give. Such relations will be possible in this country only with reform in both parties. justice on the part of the employers, faithful work from the employed. the kind of work we all ought to give. the office.” Believed to Have Perish“ During The new queen has other artistic tastes. She embroiders well in the difli~ cult stitch called “Italian,” and some of her work has been displayed at public exhibitions of needlework. She is an expert worker in embossed leather, and specimens of her skill in this kind or handicraft. so eminently suited to a wo- man. have been shown at the Albert hall exhibitions. it was she who introduced this kind of work into the industrial school at Sandringham. named in her honor. Her water color paintings, espe- eially at sea scenes, are described by those who have had the privilege 0! see- ing them as really artistic. green in color, on which the same com- plete description of the departing domes- tic as that on the white card is recorded. That must he left at the police station right away, for government brooks no dc- lay in these matters. the Flee ln Emperor's Palace. 'A despateh from Pek’n eaye that the Emperor’s palace which wee the headquarters of Field Marshal Count van Weldereee and his staff; he: been burned. * (the entire content! at the hulldln , with-the mptlpufl'ithenmmtm 5:- pore. were destroyed. " Gen. Von Schumann ll tubing: One year it was necessary for the sake of the Wagner operas to have at Covent Garden Jean de lteszke, who was not in the least inclined to come to London that year. The Princess of Wales, as she was then, learned that the tenor might decide not to join the company at Covent Garden. and she knew that that would cause the failure of the Wagner season. it not the complete abandonment of “Tristan und Isolde" and “Siegfried." So she wrote the tenor a personal letter requesting him not to tail to come to Cerent Garden for her sake and for that of the many Wagner admirers who had Counted on him to lend brilliaucy to the season. M. de ltcszke then consented to appear. and he was rewarded with the personal thanks of the present queen of England. Queen Alexandra is a doctor of music of Dublin university. and the picture of her taken in her mortar board and gown is one of the best known among her photographs. FOR LETTER CARRIERS. THE WAR MACHINE. in GENERAL MISSING. mafia The formation at a new regiment of infantry. the 84th Kent. with hand- quarters at Chutham. in authoriud. London cigar store keepers have been ordered by the police to move their elot machines. condemned u gambling devices. The steamer La Preaee baa return- ed to Quebec. and her captain declares that navigation below that port in winter in feasible and practicable. Dr. Langrill has been appointed Ine- dieal health ottieer at Hamilton. Woodstock College has reopened. nt- ter being closed by u (ever epidemic. Seven deaths from diphtheria have occurred at Fort Alexander. our Winnipeg. The Exoc'ntin Committee at the On- tnrio Christian Endeavour Union bu decided at London. to hold tho nn- fun: convention nt Bx'ockvilic. Oct. 1 o . The Minnesota Senate has been ask- ed to declare that the operations of the steel trust there are against the State luvs. Mona-cu that": have reached or- der: to close on Sundays Ottawa will have a new theatre. the directors of the Russell having decid- ed to rebuild. London's fashionable millinera dc- clare that the Gainsborough but will again become the rage among women in consequence of the recovery at the Duchess of Devonshire portrait. . UNITED STATES. The representative in New York of the Boers denies that Krugerintendn to visit America. New York is to have a lZ-storey department store. frhe building to cost 03,000,003. J. Pierpont Morgan is laid to be interested. A strike is now on. and n long lookâ€" out is predicted of minern and opera- tors in the entire block coal district of Endiona over the powder question. Employee 0! the Republic Iron a; Steel Company at Youngstown. Ohio, demand increases in wages ranging from 15 to 85 cent: ndoy. or they will strike. States. and All Parts «that-oh. Condensed and Assorted (or Buy Reading. a ' CANADA. May 10th is Hanitoba'l Arbor my- Winnipeg’s uuusment ll mum” an increase 0! 01.0453)”. Sfi Wilfrid Ltnrfier will likely with Bntish Columbia thin laminar. Ml. F. Norriou. U. S. immigration inspector at Rousc'n Point. say: the smuggling of Chinese into the United States from Montreal has developed into n “lino nu.” The year’s profits of the Middle:- borough steel firm were 81.800.000, says a London despatch. A young man clung the name of Geo. A. Winton. swindlod the Bank of Commerce out of 82.9“) and the Im- perial Bank at Toronto. out of “.465 by means of mind checks. The historic Thorney House. Ken- sington Gardens may become the residence of the U. S. ambassador. It is said that the Earl of llalsbury is about to resign the post of Lord Chancellor, and that be will be suc- ceeded by Baron Alverntonc. Lord Chief Justice 0! England. The Glugow Exhibition opens “on, 2nd. King Oscar of Norway and Sweden will tot an arbitrator. in the claims at Qrgnt_Brita§n._Germuny and the The population at Seattle has in- creased at least 20 per cent. during the put year. and now exceeds 90.000. In another yen in: will exceed 100.- Great Britain and Germany have agreed about an indemnity (or Ger- mans ejected from the Transvaal. The three gold ban stolen trbm the speck room 0! the Kaiser Wilhelm dc: (irons. during that Ion-avg [at trip 'trm'l‘ow York in. (bound by a Itoynrd during an clawing o! the twp-eughnuduuq. .‘ The student demon-trauma in But- I'u has uprend to Siberia. The Turkish Government has ruined a loan of £200,000 from the Ottoman Bank to nettle the claims of the Cramp: and the Krupps. Mr. T. H. Underwood. formerly of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Montreal. has been appointed traffic and dock manager (or the Cape Colony Government at Cape ’l‘own. King Edward will make Frogmore his \wck end residence during May. June. and July. The official réport of emigration from Ireland shows £7,107 perlonl left that country in 1900. An Odessa despatch says there have been 1,560 arrests in Russia during the past few dun. Director: at alarge St. Petersburg Insurance Company are being pro- secuted (or Iniupplzinc 0750.000, ac- cording to a despntc from nospow. The sum of £700 of Imperial money was distributed among the members of 0 Battery in mistake during the return trip of the steamer from Africa to Canada. The lmperialGov- ernment has asked for the return 0! this money. United State: in ' Samoa. " The British War o'mee nae decided to strengthen the fortifications 0! J3. maica. Some alarm has been caused by the (all of an eighteen-toot pillar in West- minster Abbey. damn nmuxx. ‘ Sir Erhard William \Vntkm. the great ll_n_gl_is_b rail“ :3): p“ n_er. is dcgd. My Items About Our 0'- Wntrymmtmnhwm IE VERY LATEST FROI ALL THE WORLD OVER. GENERAL “The mere tact of bringing young into the world does. not bestow the mother lnstlnct. Many a childless wife. many a lonely spinster. has the true mother heart that may be lacking in-the mother of ten children. Dumb animals even vary greatly in this respect. There ave doga and cats just as averse to the duties of maternity as any frivolous tine lady. One hen will rear successfully all the chicks she has brought oi the nest. while another in the some flock will lose her whole brood successively by care: hoohontheauhjectotthereerln‘and training ot children. it would aeeln that in no other era have women been so in- tent upon fulfilling properly the dutiea ot parenthood. It might be taken alaa aa a tacit conteaaion that the mother in- stinct ia not inborn in every women and therefore that which doea not come tron: the heart must he learned from hooks. There la no intention here to disparage inch a movement. In some quartera lt haa been overdone and haa become ac- cordingly ridiculous. but it haa its use. and haa doubtleaa been productive of learners and neglect. One topknoted denisea o! the poultry yard alorded a curious study to the observant. She was completely wanting in that pro- tective instinct toward her young which is usually so strongly developed in the hen. She had always a preoccupied and fluttered air. as it there were tar more serious problems to be solved than ma- ternal ones. it she scratched (or her chicks. it was in a desultory and inef- fective way. and in the m ntime they went astray. became entang in the long grass or fell into holes. "Sometimes. as it in absence of mind. she would even stand with a claw planted firmly on a member of her brood regardless of its “peeps" and struggles. meanwhile utter- lng one of those raucous aoliloquiea to which hens are addicted. Perhaps she was airing her theories upon the proper rearing of young chickens. A woman with the real mother instinct does not need to attend mothers' con- gresses or lectures or to study books. We see her in the most simple and natural manner possible bringing up good. healthy. happy children who are to be the bone and sinew ot’ the nation. it one should ask her upon what system she pro- ceeds. she could not tell, for it is all done instinctively. But the truth is any sys- , tcm for the training of children must be a very‘elastic one and vary .to suit the individual. '1 he mother s sympathy gites her a isdom to de a] w ith dixeise tempera- itnents and dispositions. and it there is : anything in these alien to her own nature her loic bridges the diil‘erenceâ€"that ime which follows her olispring no matter how far they may go, so that her heart. as Mme. de Sevigne expressed it, is ”al- ways on the highroads." if a child of i hers is crippled in mind or body. homely 3 of countenance. dull of wit or broken in fortune. around that one is her afiection protectingly cast. because he needs it the most. ller heart is the unfailing refuge. the sanctuary that cannot be violated, the one place of all where even the erring and the defeated will not be judged. but loved. And though all the rest of her children may be happy. honored and suc- cessful. her love is forever wandering away after the unfortunate who has tail- ed and fallen short of her teachings-out into the cold. through the rain and snow. over the dreary stretches of the highway. like a beseeching angel pleading with him to turn homeward. But whether she is a happy or unhappy parent. her love is not. like the passionate cgotism of the animal. limited only to her own. For their sake her heart is tender toward all childhood. and her pity embraces the little ones who are orphaned and uncbcrished. ‘ ‘ ’ It one judged from the mothgn’ con: IMOTHER’S INSTINCT In one of Coleridge's poems he tells a strange story sbout a woman who set her affections upon her daughter's suitor and finally invoked a curse upon them both because they had bulked her passion. Tbeneefortb nothing prospered with them. They were beset by misfortunes of all kings. the curse being so sctive be- cause nests. (he fiuexhaustible tenderness of her anther Ion. that am true-or! and makes us homesick. even in 01d ago. {or that unfailing who: which elsewhere we A mother ia a mother atill. The holiest thing alive. The more modern View. however. la that thcne is nothing holy in maternity per so. It is the individual who ennohlca or degrades it. and the woman who show. herself unworthy of motherhood ia not to be an object of honor simply because she has brought forth children. There are women. and mothers, who actually dislike children. and. apart from theae unpleas- ant paradoxes. some there are who lore their children accondinxly an the latter miniater to their pride and vanity. The clerereat and handaomeat are the favor- ites. becauae they reflect glory upon the aelf aeekin; parent. and the less credita- ble ouca are pushed into cornena and kept in the shade aa much as possible. Thia la rather a man'a than a woman's way of loving. and yet there are familiea in which the tendernesa comea all team the paternal aide. and the children are actu- ally “mothered” hy the father. Then there are the mothera who in the pursu- ance of some that idea thwart their children. atunt their aspirationa and pre- vent the gradual unfolding of their na- III when we woke in the night crying with the terror of bad dreams. Perhaps the woman who did all this for us was gifted and brilliant; _but It is her good- “litre savant. c'est quelqueehoae." any: a French writer; “etre tree hon. e‘cst en- core mieux"-â€"nnd one fancies that thin in true where mothera are concerned. Doca any child think more tenderly of his mother hecnuae ahe has written a re- markable hook. painted a line picture or excelled in mualc? Many n woman has made such efiorta in art. spurred on by the thought of her children. and in he- comlnc an artist ahe does not ceaae to “no a mother. Yet. after all. theae are not the things we recall when we look hack at childhood. What we do remember in how our mother mended the garment- we tore. healed our hrulaea. wiped awny ou tears. was glad of our little. pleasures. can: us to deep _nt evening and aoothed ln awakening certain women to n thoughtful View of their respond- wuo HA8 IT ooesu'r meson HELP Fm CONGRESSES.