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'According to Mr. Whitaker, Can- non is not a military name but points "to one of the bound reli- [ions. the title or which, had its members kept their vows, would not appear among hereditary surnames.:' Battle marks emigrants from the Sussex village of that name; and most of the other murderous names are supposed to be nicknames or corruptions. We are not not so sure about that. In this country Pike, Spear, Spears. Swords, are well- known names, but here. by a rever- sal of the ordinary process, Bowie gives his name to the knile, not the knile to Bowie. Sir Cloudesley Sho- vel is an instance of the name 0! a humble implement__made glorious on 0! these familiar in this country. Is Quarrel as like to be "an arrow ” as “a cause of hostilities?" In that raw Quarrel would be in the class with Bolt and Gunner. Other mar- tial names in Somerset House are Hash, Gore, Slaughter, Carnage, Corps, Shott. Shell, Cannon, Sword, Lance. Slaughter, Cannon, and (lore are known surnames here. We haVe the happiness to remember an old gentleman born about the time of the French Revolution of the name of Independence Gore, a rela- tive. perhaps. of the Massachusetts Governor whose name is perpetuated in the library of Harvard Universi- 4A-- In an article in Macmillan’s Mag- azine Mr. Edward Whitaker recalls some less known surviving names that had their origin in occupation. Thackeray, a variety of thacker or thatcher, is obvious enough, perhaps too obvious to be convincing; but how many of us Would suspect that Vaccination Jenner's name came irom “ginour” the engineer who had charge of a catapult. a missile thrower o! the Middle Ages. On the register of Somerset House are some queer surnames, smacking of war, gangster, perhap Born: and may we um Husk]: ‘P The word smith applies to so many occupations primitively not difierentiated that it is no wonder that multitudes of persons are nam- tzl Smith. The barbers, the weavers, webbers, or websters, the dyers, the carpenters, the cooks, the wheel- wrigts, the plumbers, the bakers, the butchers, the talconers, or faulk- eners, the shepherds or shepards, the farmers, the millers. the tailors, the walkers” the tinkers, the merchants, the chapmen. the sergeants, the full- ers, the shoemakers, the mercers, the glovers and other professions and trades have left their names to sur- viving clans. Here, too, may be classed names or more august sound, the Kings and the Lords, the Popes, the Bishops, and the Priests. Bach- elers, Masters and Rectors come lrom the university, we suppose, just as the Bulls, Lambs, and Steers come from the farm or Smithfield. There is no end to the curious inâ€" quiry and speculation, fanciful en- ough mimetimes, that may be pur- sued in regard to the origin 0! cer- tain surnames. such as “that invariable cause of hostilities, Quarrel," Allies, Chal- lenge. Charge, Battle. Great-Battle, Rout. Victory and Conquest. Bat- tle and Conquest are the only ones Cocker comes from the cocking main, and Bullar is a memory of the days 01 bull baiting. From a more mnuntte source flow the musical names Harpor,_ Shaggy, Sanger, â€" 11-..- the seas. Gen. Pillow's name rc- calls an even lowlier article. Ar- mour. Armory, Greaves. Shields, Archer, Bowyer, Bowman. are other military surnames. Some names have swum and some have sunk. Heckle and Ilnckler, wieldcrs of the hatchet. hackle. re- main. but the names of other sorts of flax workers. the Blockers or Bleachers. the Whiters, the Scotch- ers or Scutchers. are scarcely known, at least. in these parts. Among the cattle keepers are not only the nerds and Hurds, but. the Cowards, Stotherts. and the- Culverts, the Lord. Baltimore, Todhunter, a name not dear to some persons averse to mthematlco, is to be catalogued with Hunter. It means a hunter of .the tod or fox. The severely correct The conference of mayors to con- Iider municipal problems, called by Mayor Howland of Toronto, will be watched with much interest. is the question of municipal coal- yards, brought. up by Mayor Morris of Ottawa. Although it is a subject about which we cannot'work up much enthusiasm this weather, yet We cannot note the growth of trusts and combines without consternation. A substantial rise in the price of coal must mean paralysis to manu- factures and commerce, to say noth- ing of the direct embarrassment it would occasion the ordinary citizen. The institution of municipal coal- yards would, if successful, no doubt be followed by ventures at municipal control in other directions, and would be a long stride towards the realization of the dreams of Bella- my and the social reformers, NOTES AND COMMENTS. of the bound reli- c! which, haul its L-ir vows, would not. ercdiuu'y sumames.z' 'not add Whistler Electric gun mechanism is to be put into some of the new British warships. It is said that the Bell Implement. Company of St. George may remove to the Cockshutt factory in Brant- x‘ord as soon as the Cockshutt fac- tory can erect. a new building for its own accommodation. Fire has destroyed a building in Helliwcll Lane. St. Catharines, in which over thirty years ago Mrs. Bolton was murdered, for which crime her husband was hanged at Niagara-on-theâ€"Lake, that place be- ing the county town. Stanley Spencer, aeronaut, of Lon- don. will try to cross the Atlantic in a. balloon. The telephone may be instaned in Pennsylvania mines as a help in case of disaster. The report of the British Commis- sioners of Prisons shows a. decrease in crime in the United Kingdom. Mr. J. W. Beaumont, basketâ€"mak- er, Stony Creek. has received an order for a large supply of fruit. baskets for a firm in Cape Town. This is said to be the first order 0! the kind received in Canada. An order-inâ€"Council has been puss- ed placing the following articles on the free list when imported by manâ€" ufacturers of vaccine points {or use in the manufacture of such articles: (:lass cups, shells, containers, and capillary tubes, rubber bulbs, boxes and corks. Breathing springs have been dis- :overed at. the north-east of Makin- ak, Man, when at regular intervals, as of the breathing of a man, trans- parent. salt, water is ejected. King EdWard has approved of a. new decoration for the navy, to be known as the "Conspicuous Service Cross.” The Duke of Cornwall has leased noughton Hall, hour Fukenham, Norfolkshire, as a permanent. coun- try residence. Minister Turte has written to the Mayors of the various cities to be visited by the Duke asking what. decorations are to be placed on pub- lic buildings. The Premier of Tasmania has re- questcd the Canadian Fisheries De- partment. to furnish his colony a supply of salmon ova to be planted in Tasmanian Waters. King Edward is now sitting two hours a clay to Luke Fildes for a. portrait. in the robes that. he wore at his accession. A mastifl dog belonging to Joseph Armstrong 0! the Macassa. Hotel, Hamilton, committed suicide by drowning in three feet of water. Lord Milner will return to South Africa on August. 10th. The Imperial Government is form- ing a committee of ladies to visit the refugee camps in South Africa. and to report on their condition. The C.P.R. is making enormous preparation for the coming harvest in the Northâ€"West. Territory, which will be ready about August 10th. King Edward has cut out another coronation mature, and will not. he kissed by the peers or embraced by the archbishops and bishops. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has complet- ed his princely endowment of Scot- tish university education by signing a deed of trust, placing the ten mil- lion dollars at the disposal of those who are to administer it. King Edward has subscribed 200 guincas to the fund for the purchase of a site in London for a permanent showyard of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. The Bible used at. the marriage service of the late Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was offered for sale by public guction at Thornby Rectory, recently, and brought. ‘0 guincas. it is stated that a bill influential- ly backed will be introduced in the House of Lords next session, abol. ishing the trial of peers by peers in cases of felony. Lieut. Eiwos, who was with the Guards to South Africa, and had a bit of his skull shot. away, on his marriage to a. Glouchester heiress presented her with the piece of bone set in gold. beautify the grounds on Parliament. Hill. The Dominion Government assay office to be opened at Vancouver will be equipped to handle $16,000.- 000 in gold yearly. The Montreal street railway may sell ten. instead of eight, working- men’s tickets for a quarter in the near luture. and extend the hours. A Hamilton man’s refusal to take out a dog tag cost. him 85 in the police court. The engagement of young Churchill Guest, 11.1%. eldest. Hamilton is making extensive ar- rangements for the reception 0! the Duke of Yerk. It. is feared that the loss {rem the forest. fires in Northern Ontario will be the heaviest in years. Ynteresflnz Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed 3nd Assorted for Easy The Duchess of Cornwall is expectv ed to dedicate a new water fountain being erected by Ottawa’s W.C.'I‘.U. The Canada Atlantic Railway Co. is going to test. acetylene gas as an illuminant for its passenger coach- es. The Alexander Mackenzie statue has been placed in position on Par- liament Hill, (V‘awa. O”- THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. {HE NEWS IN A NUISHEU Hon. J. Israel GREAT BRITAIN. CANADA. Tarte intends to Ivor m o! Hugo Jones, a Chicago chemist. has devised a battery which, it is claimed. will produce electricity di- rectly from coal, yielding 35 per cent. of the energy that is stored in coal, or {our times as much as the present combination of boiler, steam engine, and dynamo. Russian officials continue their persecutions in Finland, and tho Czar will be appealed to. During the current year 308,500 soldiers are to be recruited for tho Russian army. A volcano at Sourabaya, J ava Is- lands, brokc loose and damaged pro- pcrty extensively, besides killing 200 persons. The Germans are erecting exten- sive brick barracks at Ticn Tsin. Russia’s policy of antagonizing Finland will be mitigated. A foreign syndicate wants to build an electric railway and underground roads in Russia. Fanny Annan, aged 16, was com- pletely scalped in the Loafer shoe factory at. Sedalia, Mo. Her hair became entangled in the machinery. and the resulting injuries are con« sidered fatal. There have been disastrous floods on the Yangtse River, near Han- kow, in which hundreds of lives were lost. Stepo are being taken by the New- !oundland Department of Marine and Fisheries to demonstrate the abso- lute necessity to eetaplish the Ear- John C. Brady, probate judge of Kootenay County, Idaho, is dead from the effects of a. shot fired July 5 by Henry Wilbusse, a madman, who escaped from the asylum and went to the judge's office and, with- out warning, shot him. King Edward, Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William wzil meet. at. the great review near Mayenne about August. 15, and will exchange visits at Dannstadt. A man named Sears. who is want- ed in Texas for murder, was arrest- ed in Madison county in Arkansas. where he Was disgulscd as a woman, and taught. school. At an official inquiry at Johannes» burg several British non-commissiom ed officers and men confirmed the statement that the Boers shot the British wounded at Vlakfontein. In revenge for the killing of a. re- sident. by a game warden a mob has burned the Radclifl'e hotel, cabins. and other buiidings at. Grand Moss Lakes, Colorado. Baron Krupp, the head of the Ger- man gun works, has declared his annual income for the purpose of taxation to be 21,000,000 marks. Sarah Carter, :1. negrcsa of lex- ington, Ken., has been ejecting nee- dles and pins from the tips of her fingers, and doctors are puzzled. The Governor of Nebraska is being denounced for paroung J. S. Bart.- ley, the defaulting State Treasurer. who caused a loss of $500,000 to the State funds. The number of undetected crimes in Cape Town has caused an outcry in favor of an increase En the poilco force. The Budget Committee of the French Chamber of ~- Deputies has voted to abolish the, French Em- bassy at the Vatican.’ The Natal Premier has stated that the sum paid in fines to the Treason Court. amounted to £18,000, out of a. total of £20,000 imposed. coni system' of wireless telegraphy on the rock-bound coast. to protect ocean-going vessels... Fred Fourhelm, farmer of Bartlett, Iowa, insanely jealous, mordered his wife, six-year-old step-son, fired his house and committed suicide. Miss Mabel Wedell of Elgin, 111., aged 16, caught. a mad dog when men were running from it, and lock- ed it in a barn, where it Gas after- wards shot. A chain weighing four tons fell on six men at the Westinghouse Electric Company’s works in Cleveland. 13. Germann died shortly alterwaid and five others we badly injured. The annual statistical report of railroads of the United States shows a big gain in trackagc and traffic. Heat. warped and expanded the rails on the Big Four railway in 11- linois. A farmer discovered it. and avoided a wreck. A dog caused a bicycle rider to {all at Galesburg, Illinois. A revol- ver in his pocket was discharged, and he may die. A Boston, Mass" dcspatch says that. H. G. Haskell, has contracted appendicitis through “sympathy" for hisfiancce, or by "auto-suggestion." The Ecuadorian Consul at Valpar- aiso was shot. stabbed, and hie ears cut. off, and several Ecuadorians have been arrested. The mother of a young girl who had stolen 33 gave her daughter 20 lashes in a court room at Kansas City with the judge’s approval. The United States pays Spain $185,000 for the big floating steel dry-dock in Havana harbor. Tuscalola, 111., has a youth aged 2. who yesterday weighed 350 pounds. He may weigh a. ton at 21. A Chicago lawyer held police at bay for several .hours ‘vhen they tried to arrest him for beating his wife. The Merchants’ Association, of New York, urges reciprocity with Canada. The strike of stationaf'y firemen in the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. has practically collapsed. Lord Wimborne, the millionaire coal mine owner. to Miss Jeanne Langtry, daughter of the Jersey Lily, is the exciting topic of specu- lation in English society circles._ Andrew Carnegie has offered Kan- sas City, Kan, $75,000 for a free library. A child of Andrew Clark, near Wabash, Indiana, drank gasoline and died. UNITED STATES. GENERAL Minneapolis, July 30. â€"Wheat clos- e,dâ€"Cash 71c, September, 69} to 70¢; December, 71} to 71 kc; on track,No.1 hard, 73c; No.1 Nor- thern, 710; No. 2 Northern, 6920. Milwaukee, July 30.â€"Wheat closed â€"â€"Highcr; No. 1 Northern, 72 to 730; No. 2 Northern, 70 to 70;; Sep- tember. 721c. Ryeâ€"Firm; No. 1,56 to 56am Barleyâ€"Steady; No. 2, 56c; sample, 35 to 540. Cornâ€"Sop- tembcr, 56 3 c, ___- . r‘ St. Louis, :l'uly 30.4Wheat closed â€"Cash, 690; July, 69-:c; September, 703C. vâ€"_ five Toledo, July 30.-â€"Wheatâ€"Cash, July and August, 723C; September, 73ic; December, 752C. Cornâ€"Cash and July, 55c; September, 56c. Oats -â€"Cash, 375c; July and September, 363C. Eloverseedâ€"Active; higher; October, $6.15. Oilâ€"Unchanged. Duluth, July 30.-â€"Wheat closedâ€" No. 1 hard, cash, 741C; No. 1 Nor- thern, cash, 72gc; July 725C; Sep- tember, 71-30; August, 72“; October 72c; December, 722C; No. 2 Northern v‘vâ€"vâ€"' Minneapolis, July 80.â€"l“lourâ€" Higher; first patents, $4.10 to $4.20; second, $3.00 to $4; first clears, $3 to $3.10; second, do, $2.35. Branâ€" In bulk, $18 to $13.50. LIVE STOCK MARKETS, Toronto, July 80,â€"At the western cutt,o market to-day 100 curloads of live stock were received, including 1,785 cattle, 8-15 sheep and lambs, 3500 hogs, 100 calves, am; it: iazxen cows. .m: runs have been largo lateiy. and the supply to-duy exceeded bus}, nose requirements. and as a result u'nuo Wan dull. umi px'ina, cxwlm for a. few lots of extra choice, were weaker. Buffalo, July 80.â€"â€"Flourâ€"Strong; good demand. Spring wheatâ€"Fair Winter wheatâ€"No. 1, northern, old, 8030; do, new, 755C; No. 2 winter red, 75c; No. 1 white, 75c. Cornâ€" Strong: No. 2 yellow, 61%: No. 3 do, Blfic; No. 2 com, 600; No. 3 do, 60“. Oatsâ€"Firm; No. 2 white, 48c; No. 3 do, 4250; No. 2 mixed, 42c; No. 3 do, 411C. Barleyâ€"Nothing doing. Ryeâ€"Stronger; No. 1, 58¢ asked. Detroit, July 30.â€"that closedâ€" No. 1 white, cash, 73c; No. 2 red, cash, and July, 73c; _ScQ_t_t_3mb¢r,_73§: Export cattle were of! {mm 10 to 150 per own, and 530 per 1b was the best representative prlco to-day; from 42 to do was a common quota- tion for good stud. and light shipe pers sold at from 4} to 410 per- lb, several loads wcro left over, Butcher cattle was dull a few choice lots sold at 4} to 450, and five or mecmsoverwasamw times paid, but for ordinary cattle prices Were from 15 to 25: lower than an Tuesdnyt" Sales were slow, and a, gum! quantity of the stun was left over. Prices weakened eon- sidcrably towards the close of the market. â€"â€"-â€"â€"V ‘â€" There is still only a. light enquiry fox feeders and stockors: feeders axe worth from 3 to 39¢ per Tb. Lardâ€"Pails, lléc; tubs, 11c; tier- ces, 1021:. Expo: t. ewes am. lambs were weak- unto-days .. A ‘A “A Flour-Demand is fair, with a few sales. Ninety per cent. patents were bought at $2.57 middle freights, in buyers’ sacks. Straight rollers, in bbls, for Lower Provinces, $3.10 to $3.20. Manitoba. patents $4; and strong bakers’ 33.70. Barley-â€"There is a quiet trade. No. 2 is worth 423C middle treights, and No. 3 extra 413C middle freight. Oatsâ€"The market is firm, with of- ferings restricted. No. 2 white is quoted at 34 to 3450 north and west and at 35% to 360 middle freight. Exporters are quoting 34 to 34%: mi_ddle freight. Oatmealâ€"Market is unchanged. Car lots at. $3.75 in bags, and $3.85 in wood. Broken lots, Toronto, 250 per bbl extra. Butterâ€"The market unchanged, with good grades wanted. We quote selected dairy tubs 16} to 17¢; choice one-pound rolls, 17 to 18¢; seconds, tubs and rolls, 15 to 17¢; creamcry prints firm, 20 to 21¢; solids, 185C to 1995c. to 83.60 per cwt-. Bucks cell at from 2; to 3c per lb. Calla at from 89 to 38 each. Lamb! m worth tram 82.50 to 84. Smoked meats-Hams, 13% to 140; breakfast bacon, 14 to 15c; rolls, 12c; backs, 145C, and shoulders, 11c. Eggsâ€"The market is quiet, with prices unchanged. We quote strictly fresh gathered, nearby, 12 to 12ic; seconds and culls, 6 to Sc. Cheeseâ€"Markets remains steady with good demand for finest goods for export. We quote finest, old 91c; new, choice, 9} to 92¢; twins, 9! to 10c. DRESSED HOGS PROVISIONS. Dressed hogs unchanged here at $9.25 to $9.75. 1103' products in active demand, and prices firm. We quotezâ€"Bacon, long clear, ton, and case lots, 11 to 1150. Porkâ€"Mess. $10.50; (10, short, cut, $2.1. Buckwheatâ€"Market dull, WEE-pric- es purely nominal. Peasâ€"Trade quiet with a sale at Barleyâ€"There is a quiet trade. No. 703c _midd_l_e freight. Cornâ€"There iii no Canadian ofl‘er- ing, and prices are purely nominal at. about 48c west. for No.2 yellow. U. S. yellow quoted at 500 to 60¢, laid down here, lake and rail. Ryeâ€"The market. is quiet and pric- es steady at. 41c iniddle freight. Millfecdâ€"lee market rules quiet. Bran quoted at $12 to $12.50 mid- dle freights, and shorts at $14.75 to $15 middle freights. Toronto, July 30.â€"Wheatâ€"The de- mand for wheat toâ€"day was good, with prices higher. Sales 01 No. 2 white and red winter was made at 66} to 67¢ middle heights, and the quotation north and west is 660. No. 1 spring sold on the Midland at 68c, and No. 2 goose at 65c on the Midland. Manitoba wheat steady, with sales of No. 1 hard at 82c and of No. 2 at 80c. For Toronto and west 20 lower. MARKETS OF THE WORLD Prices of Cattle. 6119333. Gram. .3 1n the Leading Markets. DA IRY MARKETS. éwes are worth from $8.80 Dunn is the fifteen-year-old Bugler of the First Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who was wounded three times at the battle of Colenso while sounding his orders. He was one of the first to cross the 'l‘ugeln after sounding the order to advance. When he returned to England to recuperate Queen Vic- toria presented him with a silver- mounted bugle. He was afterwards sent. back to South Africa at his own request. He spent some time in Net- ley Hospital, where he Was visited by several members of the Royal Government's Poultry Raising Ex- periments a. Success. A despntch frofii Ottawa. says :â€" Tho poultryâ€"raising experiments at Whitby. Ont., which are being con- ducted under the superintendence of Mr. F. C. Hare, poultry expert to' the Department of Agriculture, are proving a great success. Chickens just twelve weeks old, on a diet of ground oats and skim milk, and with n “mited range for exercise, have n1- rondy reached a weight of three pounds eight ounces. They will be continued on the present diet for a month longer and then go to the fattening coops for another month. When ready for the market they will average over six pounds in weight. The farmers in the neighborhood of Whitby are nmnifesting great inter- est. in the experiments. A despatch from Ottawa sayszâ€"A thousand square miles of pine forest are said to have been burned over in the recent fires in the Temiscamingue and Kippewa districts, although the reports are conflicting. The money 1088 is placed at from $500,000 to $750,000, and while this loss will be felt at once, the future loss will also be great. The young pine which were destroyed would have been commercially valuable in a few years, but it Will be many years be- fore the new growth can replace them. Much of the old pine trees damaged by the tire can be cut in a short time and made ready for the market. The principal losers are the Shepard and Horse Company. J. R- Booth, Alex. Lumsden, the Hull Lumber Compan Gillies Bros., and "af‘hhlm BI'OIo ‘ Amprior. Boy Who Led Advance Across Tugcla Has an Accident at Cape Town. A despatch from Cape Town says : â€"While practising at. the Greenpoint camp on Wednesday for the reception to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, Bugler Dunn met. with an accident. His horse bolted and stumbled and fell. Dunn had one of his legs broken and the horse sulIer-E ed a. similar injury. The animal: was shot. fdmily. One Thousand Square Miles of Pine Burned Over. Terrible Accident to a Grand Trunk Fireman. A despatch from Toronto says :â€" Joseph Ryan, a fireman on the Grand Trunk Railway, was run over by an engine in the yards at Little York at a quarter to 9 o'clock Wed- nesday night, and had his right leg cut of! midway between the ankle and knee. IIis left leg was so bad- 1y crushed that it was necessary to amputate it when he was admitted to St. Michael's Hospital. The injured man was fireman in engine 933 with engineer J ames Car- roll, and came with a freight train from Believilie, arriving at 8.40. Immediately on their arrival they shunted down to the coal chute and were standing there preparatory to loading the tender. Ryan was standing on top of the tender. Choice Light Heavy Stags, One of the men on the chute saw engine 932 coming down to the chute, tender first, on the same track, at such a rate of speed that it would collide with 933, and shout- ed a warning. Engineer (‘arroll opened his throttle, and pulled out to avoid the collision, but in doing so Ryan was either jolted on the tender or he was knocked from it by the chute. He fell on the track im- mediately in front of the approach- ing tender of engine 932, and it had done its terrible work a moment later. Dr. Riordan, with I‘r. Walt- ers, amputated the left limb at St. Michael's Hospital. Ryan is 26 years of age. and lives in Bellevillc, where he has a wife and one small child. lIis paucnts reside in Brockville. to good ............ Butcher, inferior Sheep and Choice owes, cwt.... Cullcd sheep, each Lambs, each ......... Bucks, per cwt. Cows, Calves Do.. light' ......... Butcher, choice do Butcher, _ ordinary Calves are unchanged. and calves are wanted. A few choice milch cows w up to around 850 each. There was no quotable chm the hog market toâ€"day, '1‘] was light. The beSt pricC {Or 64 0 per lb : tthk fat and Make 1-. Cattle. Shipperg, _ per cwt.$ 4 75 per lb. ; thick {at}. wggth 63¢. per lb. ~- v JD 0 z ' nd light hogs are Hogs {o fétchrrrivhe 1 be of prime quality below 160 nor above Following is 11‘); tations :â€" HENS ARE FARING WELL. BUGLER DUNN INJURED. LOST BOTH LEGS. 00.0 per cwt. 2 5O Milkcrs and Calvc each .......... 20 00 each ......... 2 00 Hogs. HEAVY LOSS. top price must Calves 675 650 650 cows win range of quo- scale not MG H CO!” 45 00 10 00 725 675 675 375 300 360 choice is 75‘ Billtopâ€"You must be doing mighty well, old man. to be able to charter a yacht. Cantonâ€"Not. at all; I'm doing it. to save money. How's that? I’m going to keep my wife at sea for a whole month. The Orient liner Ormuz. from Syd- ney, N. S. W., for London, arrived on' Gibraltar with two cases of the bubonic plaque on board. She was refused admittance, and proceeded toward Plymouth. Over one hundred persons. includ- ing troops and police, were injured at Lemberg. Austria, in an attempt by the police to stop unemployed street parades, and the town is strongly guarded with troops. King Oscar of Sweden has terribly scandalized royal and imperial per- sonag‘es them by expressing his her lief in the Darwinian tlucory of evo- lief in mm»: Fame and fortune await the in- genious horticulturist who can suc- ceed in producing a [lower that is entirely blackâ€"a problem that has hitherto defied the efforts that have been made in that direction {or more than three centuries past. For, not- withstanding the sensational novel of Alexandre Dumas, entitled “The Black 'I‘ulip," there is no such thing as a really black {lower in existence. although almost every color and shade of the rainbow is present in' flower. and blossoms. GREAT INCREASE IN VOLUN- TICERS. When calves are not thrifty the cause may be in the management. Irregularity in feeding, overlooking their peculiarities and preferences, and crowding them are reasons that cause lack of thriit. When several calves are together, and their milk poured into a common trough, the stronger ones will secure more than their share and the weaker calves less than a sufliciency. Lack of water in very warm weather during the middle of the day may cause harm, for it is customary with some to water the cows and calves only twice a day where the supply of water is at the barn only. The re- medy is to feed each calf separately from the others, and give a variety of food. The returns of the British Volun- teer force for last year, which will shortly be made public, will Show a very considerable increase of strength as compared with 1899, consequent upon the larger recruiting resulting from the war. The num- ber of “(.‘fllClt'lltSH at the end of the 1900 oflicial year was over 270,000 an increase of about 46,000 upon the “eilicient” return of 1899. Central Portion of Batoum. Russia. Laid 1n Ruins. A despntch from Amsterdam says: â€"-With reference to the rumors pub- lished in the London Daily NCWS that negotiations for peace in South Africa are proceeding, it is denied here that Kruger is preparing to end the war. Instead. he, Leyds, and other Boers are basing great hopes on the fact that Dr. Kuyper, whom Queen Wilhelmina has sum- moned to form a new cabinet, is a strong Boer sympathizer. He and Baron Van Lynden, secretary of the Hague Arbitration Court, have had frequent consultations, and the Boers hope that they will devise some form of peacetul intervention. A despatch from Canton, China, saysrâ€"A band of over forty armed robbers for three successive nights has been looting shops opposite Shateen. The Chinese authorities have made no attempt to interfere. The Chinese themselves are alarmed, and predict serious trouble. It is understood the foreign consuls have been Warned to prepare for an up- rising. 1' .A magistrate oi Shuntah reports that robbers are increating in his district. Seventy-live robbers have been beheaded at Skertchaiy during the last tWo months. MINE FAILED T0 EXPLODE. A despatch from Batoum says. -â€"A terrible explosion of naphtha occurred at noon on Thursday in the centre of the town, which is now in ruins. Many persons were killed. Many oi the dead were horribly mangled. and fragments of bodies were scattered broadcast by the force of the explo- sion. The number oi victims cannot yet be estimated, but as the area af- fected was the most thickly populatâ€" ed part of the city, it is feared that the loss of life was great. Gen. Delarey's Plan to Blow Up Train Was Abortlve. Batoum is the well-known Russian oil port. It is situated on the east shore of the Black Sea, and has a population of about 5,000. Denial in Amsterdam of Rumored Peace Negotiations. Bands of Armed Robbers Abroad In Night Raids. A despatch from Kimberley says:â€" Two hundred rebels under Vanzl at- tacked Setlugoli Friday. but were re- Pulscd: Gen. Delarey is reported to cealed under the rails, and a ride was concealed and set. so as to ex- plode the dynamite when a train passed. The rails were not deflected sufllciently to press the needle. and several trains passed without harm. A “ganger” discovered the mine. nave been present. He afterwards merossed into the Transvaal and at- tempted to blow up the railway. Seven pounds of dynamite was con- BOERS TAKE NEW HOPE. A CHANCE FOR GARDENERS NAPHTHA EXPLOSION. SOUTHERN CHINA. CALV ES "This is my wife." the host said. proudly introducing the comely lady; "and this," as a young lady of M- uscn entered the parlor. "is my daughter." ”Ah! said the guest. as he extend-v ed his hand in cor-did greeting, “thin h the deer girl whom I saw yew- day in the street. cu. I don t. \m n- der you call her a darling. She il a darling. and no mistake. God bless her!" When the punk was reached the five girls hurried out. Then the gen”..- man lifted the little boy in his arm! and carried him out of the car across the road into the park, the sister, with a heart full of gratitude, following. He paid (or a nice 2160 for them in the gett carriage und treated them to oyster soup at the park restaurant. 8”. pop. I'VC ‘0‘; to write ll (‘01)). position on Hope. What. is Hopo, uywuy? ‘ After riding a. few blocks she left the car, but she had not left the lit- tle one coxnfertless. Halt the hou- quets of violets and hyacinths were clasped in the sister's hand. while the sick boy, with rcdiant face. held in his hand a package, from which he helped his sister now and then, saying to his sister in a jubilant whisper: "She said we could eat 'em all, when we got to the park. What made her so good and sweet to us?" And the little girl whispered Luau: “It’s 'caune she's beautiful as well as her clothes." At 2 o'clock sharp the next the two gentlemen. an agreed, again. And then he told his friedds what, he had seen and heard in the strum. "I shouldn't in“. to leave home it I had to look like that, would E-ngl” This_ to_ upother girl. ”ch, miss, he is sick. Freddie never has been well. Yes, miss, he is my brother. We're going to the park to see if it won't make l-‘rcddio bettcr." It seemed hard for the girl to an- swcr. but finally she said: 5: tablet. which she took from n has on her arm. "I am glad you are going," the young girl replied in a low voice meant {or no one's ears except those 01 the child. "I think it will do him good; it’s lovely there, with the flowers all in bloom. But where is your lunch ‘? You ought to have a lunch utter so long a ride." "Yes, miss, we ought to. for Fred- die's sake; but you see, We didn’t have any lunch to bring. Timâ€"he's our brotherâ€"he saved these [mnmeo so as Freddie could ride to the park and back. I guess mobbe Freddie'll forget about being hungry when he gets to the park 1" U There were tears in the lovely girl's eyes 'as she listened. and very soon she asked the girl whm-o she lived and wrote the address down in “This little boy is sick. is ho not. He is your brother. I am sure.” And then they parted, the straw getting into a street car {or the park. After a block or two a group of five girls entered the car. They all evidently belonged to families 0! wealth. They conversed well. Each carried a very elaborately decorated lunch basket. Each was well dros- sed. They, too, Were going to the park {or a picnic. They seemed hap- py and amiable until the car again stopped. this time letting in a pa‘oâ€" faced girl of about eleven and a sick boy of four. These children were shabbily dresoed and on their faces were looks of distress. They, too, were. on the way to the park. The gentleman thought so; so did the group of girls, for he heard one oi them say with a look of disdain: _ "No. indeed; but “13;“ no .10- oounting for taste. I think there ought. to be a special line of curs {or the lower classes." She answered both questions at once, and then glancing tow-ard the door of the cur. saw the pale etrl looking wistfully at her. .‘~~he smiled at the child. a tender look beaming from her beautiful eyes, and then. forgetting that she wore e handsome velvet skirt and costly jacket, and that her shapely hands were covered with well-fitted gloves. she left her seat and crossed over to the little one. She laid her hand on the boy's thin cheeks as she asked his sister: "I subpose those ragamumus m on Ann excursion. too.” “I'm on my way to Belle Clurke’l. She is sick, you know, and the (low- ers are for her." All this Was spoken in a low tone. but the gentleman heard it. H“ the child, too? He glanced at the pale face and saw tears. He was angry. Just then the exclamation: "Why, there is Nettie, wonder where she is going?" caused him to look out upon the corner. where a sweet- faced young girl stood beckoning to the car driver. When she entered the car she Was warmly greeted by the five. and they made room for her be- side them. They were profuse in ex- clamations and questions. "Where are you going?” asked one. "Oh, what lovely flowers! Whom are they for?" asked another. Over the little girl's taco came a flush. “Well. I'm 0“; I'm sorry, but it can't be helped. I will look {or you to-morrow at dinner. Remember. two o'clock sharp. I want you to see my wife and child." “Only one child?" asked the other. "Only one.” came the answer, un- derly; "a daughter. But she in t darling." Two gentlemen friends, who had been parted {or years. met m a crowded city street. The one who lived in the city was on his way to meet a pressing business engagement. After a few expressions of delight he -‘:A- sir?“ day fl