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m A. s. HARDY DEAD. Died A despatch from Toronto says:â€" For almost. a. week Mr. Hardy has Iain between life and death. follow- Inp; upon an operation for appendi- citis performed early Sunday morn- tug of last. week. He had been per- tectly conscious during the greater part of the time. and has borne his? suflerings with the greatest fortitude and cheerfulness. There had been several rallies in his condition, and in the~carly part of last week there was even a taint hope of recovery, but. this was quickly overcast. On Thursday Mr. Hardy sank rapidly. and was unconscious for some time belore the end, which came at 10:08. The cause of death Was given as paralysis of the heart, following up- on the operation. Mr. Hardy Was born‘ December 14, 1837; called to the bar 1865; created menu's Counsel 1976; first returned to Parliament in April, 1873; enter- ed the Mowat Government as Pro- vincial Secretary and Registrar March 1877; became Commissioner of Crown Lands in January, 1899; became Premier of On- tari July - 496; retired October 18, 189 . o The Hardy family, according to the traditions preserved, were orig- lnally West country Scots. who fol- lowed the blue and silver banner of the Covenanters. During the “kil- ling times” they found a refuge from rsecution, like many others, in the 'orth of Ireland, where there was a strong Scotch colony. Almost a century later Captain John Hardy left the Irish home of the family and settled in the colony of Pennsylvania just before the outbreak of the re- VOlutionary war. He was a Loyal« fist. and when the fortune of war went. against the Crown he deter- mined to remove to Canada. With him came Alexander Hardy, grand- father of the ex-premier. then a boy. For a century. therefore, Mr. Har- dy's ancestors have been residents of Ontario. On his mother's side his. allen‘Ll‘y also is of Loyalist stock. His maternal greatâ€"great-grand- father was Thomas Sturgis, who in 1802 came from Pennsylvania and settled near Mount Pleasant. when Brant was still a wilderness, peopled chiefly by the Indians of the Six Na- tions. The Hardys, who came in Che first wave of settlement after the close of the War, received a grant of land from the Government near Queenston Heights, and their home was an hospital on the historic day of Brock‘s death. Mr. Russell Hardy. father of the eat-premier, was born in Brant County in 1812. his father having removed there shortly after the battle of Queenston. Russell Hardy was a merchant and storekeever at Mount. Pleasant. and there in 1837, on DeCember 14, the ‘v a I“ --I Iv III -slvv -â€" _ flu . v _ day when Sir Allan MecNab's col- umn marched thngh the village to attack the force of “rebels" gathered at. Scotland, his son Arthur was born. There was a large family. and the store. although commodious, scarcely aflorded room enough {or the upbringing of six girls and four boys. The store was exchanged for a farm and the future premier got his early training there. He went to school at Mount Pleasant. with boys like George Bryce. afterwards princi- pal of Manitoba College. and one of Canada's great Presbyterian divines. Then he passed through Rockwood Academy and began the study of law in the office of his uncle. II. A. Bar- dy o! Brantford.‘ and later in To- nni, I,A- "L2-l ronto, with the firm of the late Chief 'Justice Harrison, of which Mr. Thomas Hodgins, K. (3.. the present laster-in-Ordinary. was also at the time a member. It is interesting to note that Mr. IIodgins was subse- quently for several years Mr. Har- dy's desk mate in the Legislature. Er. Hardy passed as a solicitor in 1861. His first taste of political work was on the committees of Hon. George Brown in Toronto during his student days. He kept up this in- terest on his return to Brantford to practise. but {or a time it seemed as it the attractions of law were‘ stronger than those of politics. He; entered the lists against Ben. E. BU Wood, the leading counsel 0! the Brant district, and beat him in some tamous cases. matching with his humor and exact knowledge of the {acts the more ponderous eloquence of his rival. TRIUHPHS AT THE BAR. Later he met Hillyard Cameron. . Crooks Cameron. the wakes, B. B. W, Thomas loss and others 0! 00 most lemons pleaders o! the On- ' uric bar. Bis reputation in west- mtario was great. and between E. and 1877 he defended no less sixteen persons accused of mur- THE LATE MR. HARDY. '1‘ I I 1') HARDY FAMILY. at Toronto General Hospital of Appendicitis. A FARMER'S QSON. !or some time came at. 10:08. h Wus given as , following up- der. On one occasion he held 43 briefs, civil and criminal, at one As- size. During the years from 1873, when he was elected to the Legisla- ture after a keen contest against Mr. J. J. Hawkins, to 1877, when he on- tered the Government, Mr. Hardy continued his practice, but after that he seldom appeared in court. It can hardly be doubted, judging from the phenomenal success as a counsel which he had achieved while yet un- der forty. that had he remained at the bar he would not only have se- cured a greater financial return for his labor than he did as a Minister, but. he would have ranked with Blake. Osler and McCarthy as a leader of the bar. I On October 18,1899, Mr. Hardy {was forced by ill-health to retire :from the Premiership, which he had held since the retirement. of Sir Oli- ver Mowat in July, 1896. Mr. Har- dy left public life a poor man, and accepted the office of Clerk of the Process and Surrogate Registrar in ()sgoodc Hall. Presentation of Medals to African Veterans at Horse Guards. A despatch from London says:-â€"' London seldom had a finer spectacle than was witnessed on the Horse Guards parade Wednesday morning, when King Edward presented medals to three thousand soldiers, ex-parti- cipants in the South African cam- puig’n. The great square was lined with Guards, drawn 'from the var- ious regiments. In the centre of the ground was a purple-covered dais surmounted by an Indian tent. with silver corner poles. In the spaces between the dais and St. James’ park were drawn up three thousand oilicers and men of the Guards, llouseliold‘Cav- nlry and City Imperial Volunteers, all of whom had served in the cam- paign. 'l‘he Admiralty, Horse Guards, and other official buildings fronting the parade were all decor- ated with flags. The Lord Mayor, Frank Green, attended in State, and the members of the special Moorish Embassy, in picturesque costumes were interested spectators. FROM THE KING'S HAND. Promptly at 11 o’clock the King. in a field-marshal's uniform, the Queen, Princess Victoria, and other members of the Royal family, ar- rived and took up places on the dais and the ceremony begun. The reâ€" cipients of the medals in a long line marched past the King, received the decoration irom his Majesty, saluted and passed on. Lord Roberts came first, followed by Lord Milxier, while behind them came crowds of general: and lesser ofliccrs. whose names have become familiar owing to the war, Builer, Ian Hamilton, and a. host 0! others. Among the members 0! Lord Roberts' South African stat! who received the medal was Captain, the Duke (it Marlborough. 'l‘he procession as a whole was most. incongruous. The oflicers of the Guards. Lancers, Hussars, and Highlanders, in dazzling uniforms; groups of solemnly garbed men in [rock coats (doctors who had served at the front), and half a dozen for- eign attaches in uniform. There were also groups of time-expired men in civilian clothing. policemen, and wounded soldiers, limping along in hospital clothes. The ceremony lasted nearly three hours, the Queen standing beside the King throughout. Chlnese Cook Murders late. and is Then Killed by Steam. A despatch from Honolulu, via. San Francisco, sayszâ€"Details of a sensational tragedy at sea were brought last Sunday by the Ameri- can schooner J. A. Campbell (Cap- tain A. L. Smith), irom Port‘ Blakely with lumber. The mate of; the vessel, Adam Huber, was mar- dered by the Chinese cook, and the latter. after terrorizing the whole crew by holding possession of the galley for nearly 24 hours. during which it was every moment feared he would set fire to the vessel, was subjected to a steaming process to bring him out, but he shot himself rather than come forth and be capâ€" tured. When the crew finally “enter- l:Ul'C!l. 1'1““; v-av v-.." .._.-- v ed the galley they found the China- man’s body literally cooked by steam. Statement by Government Lender in British House of Commons. A despatch from London says :â€"A. J. Balfour, the Government lead- er, answering a questioner in the House of Commons on Thursday,said there was no {oundation {or the ru- mours afloat of peace negotiations with the Boers. The Boer strength in the field was estimated to be 17,- 000 men. -_ - .- I 1‘ fl-- VUU a. Mr. vfialiour added that the Gov- ernment had no information with which, at any rate in gen- eral outlines, the public was not already acquainted. The war was no longer a contest be- tween large organized bodies. The Door forces were scattered in the Orange River Colony and the Trans- vaal and parts of the Cape'Colony. Their commandos were small, gen- erally consisting of from 100 to 200 v- “5 OJ Vvuâ€"vw v___c' men. The largest known numbered about 600, N0 PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. TRAGEDY OF THE SEA. MARKETS OF THE WORLD Toronto, June 18.â€"Wheatâ€"The wheat market continues quiet. With the feeling irregular. Sales are reported of No. 2 white and red winter at 66c, middle and low] freights, and 65c, north and west. No. 2 goose is nominal at 64 to 64gc, middle freights, and No. 1 spring at 690, on Midland. Mani- toba. hard Wheat dull. No.‘ 1 White at 99c, grinding in trensit. No. 2 wuoted at 87c, g.i.t., and No. 3 hard at 78c. For Toronto and West prices of No. 1 hard are 87c, and of No. 2, 84c. Milllecdâ€"The market is firm, with- out. change in prices. Bran, in car lots, $11.50 to $12.50 west; shorts, $13 to 814 west. -.- n "Cornâ€"'Market steady, with Cana- dian yellow offering at 41c west, with a sale at 4030. Mixed quoted at 40c west. Yellow, on tragk, 45.9. Uv- "'l')' . Barleyâ€"Market is quiet, with prices nominally unchanged. No rail lots offering. ‘RLL ll“. 5-. Oatsâ€"The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. Sales of No. 2 at 300, high freight for export. while 310 is quoted to local ‘millers. No. 1 quoted at 3150 middle freight. -‘vv Flourâ€"The market is dull. Millers quote strong bakers at $2.70, in buyers’ covers for export, and ship- pers quote 90 per cent. patents at 82.60 middle freight. For shipm‘nt in bbls. to Lower Provinces $3.15 and strong bukers’, $3.90 to $4. is quoted. manitoba patents, $4.25. idatmealâ€"Market. urlclmnged. Car: lots at $3.65 in bags, and at $3.75' in wood; small lots 20c extra... DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Supplies are good, and prices steady, with demand for fresh, small rolls and tubs. Pound rolls job at 150 to 170; large rolls, 140 to 150; choice tubs. 14 to 160; inferior 10 to 12c; creamery, boxes, 18 'to 7 thighsâ€"Receipts are fair and priceg unchanged at, 11c per dozen in large lots, and at 11% to 12¢ for case lots. No. 2 chips, 8} to 9;; 181m, and rolls, 19 to_ 200. Cheeseâ€"Market, quiet. Full cream, September, 9} to 100; do., new, 9c to 91c. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVISâ€" IONS. Dressed hogs in limited supply, and prices firm at. $9 to $9.25 for small lots. Hog products firm, as fclloWs: Bacon. long clear, loose, in car lots, ].()C; in case lots. 10} to 10gc. Short cut pork, $20 to $20.50; heavy mess pork, $19 to $19.50; shoulder mess, $15. Smoked Meats-Hams, heavy, 12}; medium. 135C; light, 140. Rolls, llgc to 120; backs, 140 to 15c, and shoulders 11c. fl Lardâ€"Pails; 110; tubs, 103C; tierâ€" ccs, 103c. do spring..,‘;,100 125 Eggs, per (102. . . , 3 O 12 0 14 Potatoes, per bag . 3 O 50 0 60 Apples, choice, bbl. a 4 00 5 00 Beef, forequarters , 3 4 50 , 6 00 Beef, hindquarters .‘ , 9 00 10 00 Beef, carcase , g z -‘ . 7 00 7 50 Beef. medium . . s 3 -, 5 50 6 50 Lamb, yearling. 1 . 8 00 9 50 Spring lambs ._ 5 . a . 3 50 5 00 Mutton...vggg'.500 650 Veal, choice . . r -. . . 7 50 8 50 Buffalo. June 18.â€"Flour, 25c low- er; quiet. Wheatâ€"Spring dull and lower; No. 1 Northern, old, 79c; dol new, 75ic, in carloads; No. 1 Nor- them, new, c.i.f., 74c; winter, un- changed; No. 2 red, No. 1 white and mixed, 78c on track; State wheat held higher. Cornâ€"Quiet and easy; new billing No. 2 yellow, 45c; No. ,3 (10., 44%0; No. 2 corn, (Mic; No. '3 (10., 44c. Oatsâ€"Dull and weak; No. 2 White. 32â€"}0; No. 3 (10., 311(3; No. 2 mixed. 300: N0. 3 do., 29%0: new billing. Barleyâ€"Store, quoted at 56 to 59c, for fair to choice. Rye ...Dull and weak; No. 1 on track” 58c; 60., in store. 57§c asked. Canal' heightsâ€"Dull and weak. Chicago, J u'ne 18â€"Wheat again yielded to favorable crop conditions to-day, and July closed % to '26 low- er; July corn closed ic‘ under yes- terday’s final price, July oats *c lower, and provisions from a shade lower to 7§c above. Toledo, June 18. â€" Cloverseedâ€" Cash. prime, $6.50: October, 85.32}. Milwaukee, Wis, June 18.â€"Barley ..No. 2, 56¢; sample, 40 to 54c. _ LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, June 18.â€"Rcceipts at the western cattle market this morning were.over seventy carloads of live stock, including 1,329 cattle, 1,100 hogs, 300 sheep and lambs, 100' calves. and 15 milch cows. i There is no change in hogs, which are steady at current quotations. 1 Small stuff is inclined to be a. shade weaker, especially yearlings. 1 Choice export cattle is steady at jirom 4} to 5}c per 1b.; light ship- 'pers are worth from 4} to 4£c per lb. There was a steady demand to- day for the best cattle, and all of it sold early. Good to choice butcher cattle sold well at from 4 to 41¢ per 1b., with little more for choice lots. For in- ferior grades the enquiry was slow at weakening prices. For export bulls, feeders, and of Cattle.Chaaia. Gn‘ln. in the Leading Markets. white . ,,.$ 0 70 red.. 3,53070 goose..1_._,064 spring , 3 ,- -_. 0 69 °°L;:.082066 lfll£l£:!042 3305;911:051 037 bag..050 9,.be 400 rters,:450, rters.‘,.900 353l1'700 .0. 3. ‘ 3. ' 3 50 1 2 p g '. 5 00 t r '0 o o 7 50 925 020 021 090 125 014 060 500 stockers there is only a light enquiry and prices are not quombly altered fromâ€" Tuesday. from Tuesday. Export ewes are unchangedAt from 3Q to 33¢ per lb. Grain-fed yearlings are weaker at from 4 to 4§c per lb. '1 “Barnyards” are worth from 1* to 4ic per 1b., and are not wanted. Bucks are worth 2; to 30 per lb. Spring lambs are worth from $2:- 50 to $4 each. Calves are Qchanged at -from $1 to $8 each. Good veals are in steady request. No change in milch cows; good ones are wanted. The best price for “singers" is 7c per lb; thick fat and light .hogs are i worth Bic per _lb.‘_ â€" -â€"--__L Cautle. Shippers,per cwt. ...$4.50 $5.25 Butcher, choice, do. . 4.25 4.50 Butcher, ord. to good 3.50 4.00 Butcher, - inferior. _. 2.75 3.25 Stockers, per cwt. . . 3.00 3.25 Export bulls, per cwt. 3.50 4.00 VVVQVOD v3- ‘vvv â€"VV- Hogs to fetch the top price must. be of prime quality. and scale not. below 160 nor above 200 lbs‘ ' v-vâ€" -vv‘ Lambs, barnxardsmwt. 8.75 Do., spring, each... 2.50 Bucks ,per cwt. .- . 2.50 Milkers and Calves. â€"--rvâ€" - ~- Sheep and Lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt. 3.50 Yearlings, grain-fed. .. 4.00 Lambs, barnxardsmwt. 8.75 A -l- n zn Cows, each" Calves, each Hogs. Choice hogs, cwt...... Light hogs, per cwt... Heavy hogs, per cwt... Stag; per cwt......... Hundreds of Cases of Leprosy in the United States. According to scientific investiga-l tions directed from Washington for, several months, there are at least 275 cases of leprosy in the United States. That number have been re- ported, but’ it is thought probable that the real nupber is nearer a thousand. For various reasons physicians who have cases of this disease in many instances fail or re- fuse to report them. But the num- ber reported is sufficiently large to occasion some alarm. Seventy-four of the known cases are in New Or- leans, chiefly among the Italian pop- ulation. There are twenty-three in Minnesota, mostly among Scandi- navians in the rural settlements. There are fifteen cases in North Da- kota, and two ll“ South Dakota, among the same people. So far as has been ascertained, there are none in Michigan or Indiana; Chicago has five cases, New York six, Boston none. The figures now compiling repre- sent a great deal of careful work. A circular was sent from Washington; to every city and country physician, ' every health officer, every responsible head of a hospital in the country. It called for volunteer. information covering cases of leprosy in the comâ€" munity in question; the name of the leprous person, the sex, age, social condition, place of residenceâ€" whether town or countryâ€"and nanie of attending physician.‘ In all, 8,000 of these letters have gone out; re- plies havq thus far been received from only 2,000 of them. There may be several times 275 cases in the 6,000 districts from which thus far no replies have come. It is the intention of those who are compiling the figures to make a report to Congress, including such recommendations as may sehm war: ranted. One recommendation will: be {or the erection of two large Gov-‘ ernment hospitals for lepers, one in the south and the other in the north. Eminent physicians have at different times been before commit- toes of Congress in the interest of the erection of leper hospitals, but nothing came of these visits, the Government. having no reliable data covering the prevalence of the di- sease. Next winter. however, with full information on the subject, it is believed that Congress will act promptly. It is noteworthy that nearly all the 275 reported victims are foreign- ers. The Scandinavians seem pecul- iarly susceptible to the disease. They either had it when they landed in America, or contracted it soon after landing. Every one of the cases in the Dakotas and Minnesota is in the country, rather remote even from small towns. The disease seems to be spreading most rapidly in Louis- iana, and for several years there has been agitation there in favor of ef- fective public supervision and c011- trol of all leprous patients, either by the State or by the Federal Govern- ment'. Artificial wool made from turf fib- ers is now employed at. Dusseldorf, Germany, for manufacturing cloth. bandages, _hats, rugs, and so forth. Ten years have elapsed since the first attempts to make turf wool, and it is averred that recent improvements in the processes have resulted in the production of a soft fibrous material, which can be spun as readily as sheep's wool, and which, besides pos- sessing excellent- absorbent proper- ties, is capable of being bleached and colored for use in various textile in- dustries. , It is averred that the destruction of birds in France has produced dis- astrous en‘ects upon agriculture, hor- ticulture and the grape industry. In the Department of Herault alone, it has been calculated, the-destruction of birds accustomed to feed upon in- sects costs a loss of more than 2.- 000.000 gallons of wine every year. Some birds consume about 600 in- sects each daily, and a single insect- eating species, Monsieur Levat estiv mates. may be the means of saving 8,200 grains of wheat and 1,150 grapes per day, Great damage has been done by hall lightning and cloudbunta in various para 0!. Germany. . . ECONOMIC VALUE OF BIRDS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WOOL ‘ ‘UNCLEAN’ ’ PEOPLE... o oooocovooill. 20.00 45.00 . 2.00 10.00 0550 5220 6660 3.75 500 41.3 THE NEWS IN A NUISHfll Interesting? Items About Our Own Country. Greet Britnln, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Eu: Ottawa census gives the Capital a population of 58,.193 ' An anti-consumption league is be- ing formed in Hamilton. Smallpox has again appeared in Hull, brought. from Sudbury. . Prohibition is said to be proving effective in Prince Edward Island. Thomas Watson succeeds Thomas Deazy as chief 0t polwe at Victoria, Hamilton City Council igpaying 35.50 a ton tor grate coal thm year. It was 84.18 last. St. John, N.B., is Seeking Govern- ment aid for the construction of a dry dock in that city. â€" Montreal City Connolly has voted $10,000 to entertain the Duke and Duchoals of Cornwall and York During the past three months 75.000 agree of land in Winnipeg district have been sold to Minnesota, Dakota and other Unitbd States farmers. The Duke and Duchess of Cor‘au and York will be greeted with a nav- al pageant while en route up the St. Lawrence. The figures at Montgeal show that 84 more vessels visited that port up to the lat of June this year than during that period last year. Mr. Ewart, architect of the Page Works Department at Ottawa, 11 leave about the 22nd inst. for Eng- lahd to visit the Royal Mint, for the purpose of getting some new ideas in connection with the plans for. the OttaWa brancln The new rates adopted by the Post- office Department: for the sale of money orders, payable either in Can- ada or the United States, is as follows: Up to 35, 3a; 810, Go; 830, 100; $50, 150; $75, 250, and 01w, 80c. This change has been made necessary to compete with the express companies. us VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE womb OVER. A new scheme to supply Montreal with. cheap power and pure water is announced by Mr. James Wilder of H. A. Wilder 6; 00., who says he is backed up by New Xork capitalists, and who Qaims the power will be generated by the compressed air pro- cess. While a. civil servant Was being paid at‘ an Ottawa bank a sheriff's officer came in behind him and grab- bed the money as it left the teller, and claimed that he seized the men- ey for debt. The case will be argu- ed as to whether the money was ever in the civil servant’s possession or not. It is reparted that the British crops this year will be irregular. General Booth, of the Salvation Army, is coming to America in Sep- tember and will make a tour of the country. A convention of four thousand ten- ant farmers of Ulstar, passed ‘a reso- lution in favor of the compulsory sale of land. By a vote of 159 to 60. t!!! House, of Commons voted the sum of £17,- 779,000 for transports and re- mounts. Lard James Hereford, arbiter be- tween Scotch ooal masters d men. has decided that wage? m t be re- duced 6d a. day. English census returns show that the age at marriage is now about two years more than it was in 1876, and the tendency is still to go higher. . In London the district railway sanctioned Charles T. Yerkes' ylan for the introduction of electricity as the motive power of the road. It was only after considerable dis- cussion that the Common Council at the Guild Hall. London, agreed to center the freedom of the city on Lord Milner 0! Cape Town, Add States In the English coulrt circular‘ s an- nouncement of His Majesty" s recep- tion of the American delegates at Windsor, a graceful departure from custom is noticeable in the. omission of the usual intimation that an “hon- our" was conferred upon the visitors by the royal reception. ; » nUNITED STATES. g ‘ An Annapolis cadet caught hazing a junior was dismissed. Kansas City Police Board refuses to close saloons on Sunday. . The'P-ere. Marquette Railroad will metal the wireless telegraph system on their ferry boat lines. John Steveneon. for threatening a fellow-employe who would not strike must stand trial at New York. The great. Portland gold mine at. Victor. 001.. is reported to have been sold to Londoners for $21,000,- Mrs. Botha, wife of the famous Boer land, terms General. has arrived in Eng- presumably to try and secure of peace acceptable to the Boers. Sir John Blundell Maple, Conser- vative, charges that British officers who purchgged horses on the Con- A l..:-__ An... V‘ ‘.V râ€"- v"--- tinent for the South African catn- paign had a plan whereby they made large personal profits. The Gov- ernment has promised an enquiry. The coldest June weather for a pariod of 20 years has been recorded ‘t Baker City Oregon. | . ‘ _ I I GREAT BRITAIN. CANADA} 01 "Numb-.5.- muâ€"v- â€" _,_ family. and ordered his name atriéken crom the roll of the church. J Pierpont Mom-en's latest move in a. combination of the coal and coke Governor Gage, of California. lhae offered a reward of 35400 (or the ar- rest and convicting of the persons im- plicated in the lynching of the five men at Lookout. Modoc County. Fri- day last. Insane through reading dime nov- els, Leroy Grove of Toledo shot his sister, strangled his brother. fired a barn and shot himself, then ran in the barn and was burned to death. Add General “William E. Curtis of the Chicago Record-Herald, finds great pX‘OSpel‘il y in the southern states, the people hay- EEB;E;_;£; {fitâ€"ahélpgth’y aâ€"nd tak- en up the work of developing the en- armoualy rich redources of their coun- £ I GENERAL Stnk'o troubles and mots are spread- ing in anon: parta of Spain. At Mantis. United States Govern- ment contractor! are on trhl (or brand. . . Seventy persons were burned to death in a tire at Tehuantepec.Mex- Five fishing boat: which went on a fishing cruise in Iceland waters have been missing for two months. A bill is in the French Chamber of Deputies to arrange for better cable competition with English lines. Three Italian warships have gone to Prensa. Adriatic Sea, on account of the abuse of Italian subjects by the Germany holds the European re- cord for education. 7,750,000 pu- pils attend her 70,000 schools. on which she spends nearly five millions a year. 'A large and important tract of asphalt has been discovered in the Island of Salaam, off the coast of Ecuador. The Royal enterpot. the largest warehouse in Antwerp, has been de- stroyed by fire, causing a loss of 50,- 000,000 trans, 310,000,00. A despatch from St. Petersburg says the Ruaaian casualty list in China. including thehturming of Beikinfihow: 31 officers. and 682. men killed or died of wounds. . Lobster fishing is poor 'on‘ the Mag- dalen Islands, but. good at. Anticosti; cod fishing is above the average :vcrywhere and mackerel is abun- dant. at the islands. Prominent Montreal People Shot and Killed. A despatch from Montreal says: AI terrible tragedy was enacted at the‘ residence of Mrs. A. M. Redpath, at‘ 1065 Sherbrooke street on Thursday. evening. About six o'clock revolver shots were heard proceeding from: Mrs. Redpath's room. and when the‘ servants rushed in they found Mrs. Redpath and her young son, Cliil‘ord Redpath, in a pool of blood on the floor, with a smoking revolver be- .tween them. Mrs. Bedpath died al- |most immediately, and young Red- path was removed in an unconscious condition to the Royal Victoria Hos- pital, where he died at 12 o'clock. The ail‘air is shrouded in consider- able mystery, and it is not yet known whether Mrs. Redpath shot her son or the son the mother. or whether the boy Was shot in at- tempting to prevent his mother from committing suicide. Mrs. Redpath who was a woman 45 years of age, belonged to one of the oldest and most fashionable fam- ilies in Montreal. She was the wid- ow of John J. Redpath. a son of the founder of the Redpath buildings of McGill University. and she lived with her two sons in a fashionable house on Sherbrooke street. SMALLPOX AT LA PRAIRIE. __ ._ '_v, Mrs. Redpath had been subject for some years to attacks of nervous- and melancholia, and it is presumed that during one of these spells this evening she attempted to take her own life and that her son was shot while attempting to prevent her com- mitting the deed. The family is re- ticent about the affair. The mys- V tery 'ma; be cleared up at. the in- quest, although since both victims are dead the circumstances attend- mg the tragedy may ever remain un- revealed. Has Increased 80 as to Be a Serious Menace. "Ciiâ€"fford Redpath. the son, Was a bright young fellow, of 24 years, and had just graduated in law in McGill A despatch from Montreal says:â€" Smallpox has broken out in the vil- lage o! Laprairie, on the St. Law- rence near Montreal, and has in- a severe menace to the surrounding municipalities. Cases have already appeared in St. Constance and St. Phillipe, which can be traced direct- ly to this source. The municipality has been lax in adopting the neces- sary measures. of precaution. and Dr. Beaudry. one of the provincial inspectors, is now in charge. Univérsity. l A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" Mr. Schreiber. Deputy Minister of Railways, after his recent careful in- spection of the St. Lawrence canals works. said he was satisfied that a 14-foot navigation existed through- out the system. Messrs. J. '1‘. Davis. of Montreal. and Roger Miller. of Ingersoil. have been awarded the contract (or the breakwater at Parry Sound. Their contract price is in the vicinity o! CANADA'S WATERWAYS. ». Sebrolbor Convinced Thu: Thor. MOTHER AND SON. is a M Foot Channel. m mm. or EATING non, Talk and Compuniouhip An EI- untiu to Proper Dig-attain. At s time like the present. when the marrying age of the average man 0! the middle classes is being mom and more postponed. the physical ills of bachelordom come increasing- ly under the notice of the medial man. It is not good (or man or woman to live alone. Indeed. it he. been well said that (or solitude to be successful a man must be either angel or devil. Thin refers. per haps, mainly to the moral aspect. of isolation. and with these we have now no concern. There are certain physical ills. however. which are not the least among the disadvantages of loneli- ness. 0! these there is many a clerk _.A -â€" VI wluvvvv VI-vvv -w v lll‘”. .. in London, many a young barrister. rising. perhaps, but not yet far enough risen. many a business man or journalist who will say that one of the most trying features of his unmarried life is to have to eat alox . And a premature dyspepsia lits t ie only thing that ever taken hill to his medical man. There are some few happily disposed individuals who can dine alone and not eat too fast. nor too much nor too little. With the majority it is diflel‘c‘nt. 'i‘ho leverage man puts his novel or iii. payer before him and thinks that ho wi l with due deliberation by reading n little with. and more between, the courses. He will just employ his mind enough to help: and too little .to interfere with, digestion. In (act, Lhe will provide that gentle mental accompaniment which Willi happier people conversation gives to n meal. This is your solitury'a excellent idea. In reality he becomes engross- ed in what. he is reading till sudden- ly finding his chop cold he demolish- es it in a. few mouthfuls; or else ho finds that. he is hungry and paying no attention to the book, which he flings aside, he rushes through his food as fast as possible. to plunge into his armchair and literature a!- terward. In either case the lonely man must digest at a disadvantage. For due and easy nutrition food should be slowly taken and the mind should not be intensely exercised durb ing the process. Every one known that violent bod: y exercise is bad just after a meal, and mental exer- tion is equally so. Wise people do not even ‘argue dur- ing or just after dinner, and observa- tion of after-dinner speeches will convince any one that most speaker. neither endure themselves nor ex- cite in their hearers any severe in- tellectual en‘ort. In fact, the experience of count- less generations. (mm the red In- diw of the woods to the white-shirt- ed diners of a, modern party. has pert petunted the lesson that a man should not eat alone, nor think much at this time, but should talk and be talked to while he feeds. Ilost peo- ple do not thinlr much when they talk, and talking is a natural @0- icompunimcnt of EATING. AND DRINKING. How does it fare with the many solitary women of to-day? No bet- ter, we know. than with the men. but diflerently. Alone or not a man may generally be trusted at any rate to take food enough. (We sup- pose. of course, that he can get it). With n woman it is different. She is more emotional, more imaginative, and less inclined to realize the gross necessities of existence. Therefore, HIEâ€"{765:5 doomed to dine alone an often as not does not dine at all. tion has not sufficient practice; 3 man gets it because his function- practise It, ,too often in the wrong way Worst of all. perhaps. is the cm of the solitary cook. 1n the my- risds of small flats ‘u London there are thousands of women “doing" (or their solitary masters or mistresses. These women, whene main occupa- tion is to prepare food for others. find it impossible to enjoy, or even to take, food themselves As con- fectioners are said t) give their ap- prentices n free run of the stock of the shop {or the rust few days, knowing that it will emctually cure appetite aherwards. so the women who are n'Wuys occupied with buying and preptriag food grow unable to use it 'or themselves These people sufl‘er from dyspepsia. which is cured it somebaly else manages their kit- chen for s week. allowing them to take met's “ithout preparing them. A AI_A ”JOII "”v v 7" and at. 11131;}. £00 [6661’ to feed with profit. much less with any pleasure. LENGTHICN OUT THE HEAL It 10818 no moralist to declare the evils of ‘.‘.ariness. Man and wo- man is a gregarious animal. Physi- cally and intellectually we improve with companionship. Certainly it in not good to eat and to drink alone. It is a sad fact of our big cities that they hold hundrodl of men and '0- men who in the day are too busy 7 1 ___:Al_ Is it possible {or any living crea- ture to pass from one planet to an- other? Scientists now say that it ll not only possible. but that minute living creatures have actually reach- ed this world from other worlds hun- dreds of millions of miles away” Every year hundreds of tons of mat- ter called star-dust are attracted to the earth. The star-dust consists 0! small meteoric fragments, which have been hurllng through space un- til they have been drawn toward our planet. like icon-filmy toward a magnet. Many years ago it was suggestm that the lowest form of lifeâ€"bacteridâ€"mlght have been brought In this way. but it was thought that the Intense cold of space would have made it lmlms- sible. Experiments wlth liquid nir, however. have shown that the lower forms of life are able to survive the *intcnsest cold. Temperature of 300 degree. below zero does not klll them After exposure'to such cold, they be- xln to multlply again as soon a placed to tuvorable condltlons. o ...‘. 2,765 tons of gold are dug you-l, {mm English mlna. and product 1.352 ounces 0! (old. valued at MICROBES FROM THE STARS. £5,035.