The canadian gleaner, 30 novembre 1899, jeudi 30 novembre 1899

[" lu Canadian Gleaner HUNTINGDON, Q., Nov.:30, 1809 Hotes on the News of the Week.The Conservatives are showing wise strategy in concentrating their efforts on Manitoba.Nearly every member of any note, likely to influence the result, is now there, among them being Mr Foster and Clarke Wallace.Sir Charles Tupper continues active in the canvass.If the elections go against them, the Conservative leaders will not be to blame.We judge It is au uphill fight for them.Greenway is a farmer and, on the whole, has managed the affairs of the province fairly well, always excepting his subserviency to railway wire.pullers.As we said last week, the decision of Manitoba may be accepted as indicating how the Dominion clec- tions will result, Premier Haultain of the Northwest territories heads an agitation to have their days of tutelage ended and the territories converted into self-govern- ing provinces.One of the reasons he urges as requiring the change is the wholesale dumping of paupers from Austria and Russia in the territories.There are grave objections to erecting sparscly inhabited sections of country into provinces.The trial of Mr Weir ended on Monday, when the jury promptly rendered a verdict of guilty, with a recommendation to mercy on account of the extreme age of the accused, 77 years.Before sentence can be pronounced several appeals as to procedure may have to be decided by the court of appeals, and meanwhile Mr Weir is let out on bail.The evidence on every head of the indictment was conclusive, the most grave from a legal point of view being the proof that the accused had signed the names of other people to notes which he deposited as assets of the bank.The conviction will have its effect on the trials of the vice- president and directors of the bank, who may plead guilty.When the Ontario government passe ed a law requiring that all pine saw logs cut on crown lands should be sawn in Canada, the owners of the great mills in Michigan, who were fetching logs from Canada by tens of thousands, appealed to the courts to have the law quashed as unconstitutional.Judgment was given last week in favor of the Ontario government, the court holding that when it sold timber limits it had a right to prescribe whatever conditions it saw fit.\u2018Whether the American lumbermen will go to England with an appeal against this judgment is yet unknown.The decision is based on such broad and self-apparcnt grounds that the Ontario government has been encouraged to apply the principle to other material.Spruce logs must be converted into pulp or paper and nickel, copper, and other ores must be smelted in the province.In short, so far as Mr Ross can do so, Ontario is going, in future, to have the profits of manufacturing her raw material.The tendency of the markets during the week has been upward, altho the advance in no line has been great.The improved reports from England encourage holders of cheese on this side to believe that they may yet clear themselves.A sudden jump has taken place in wool, partly due to the cutting-off of exports from South Africa.U.S.dealers are, for the first time since the Dingley tariff came into force, buying largely in Canada.1t is satisfactory to sce that, as in the case of hay, the Americans are paying the duty.One of the most extraordinary swindles of our day was abruptly ended by the police last week in New York.For uver a year advertisements appeared in the leading papers of the Union, sctting forth that the Franklin syndicate had the inside track on Wall street and had opportunities that enabled it to invest money in buying and selling stocks so as to clear remarkable profits.To all who would entrust the syndicate with their money ten per cent.a week was guar- antecd.The bait took.[Remittances came pouring in from cvery State to such an cxtent that the pretended syndicate had to rent a large four-storey building and employed some 50 clerks.The daily mail averaged 1500 letters and it was a poor day when 835,000 was not taken in, Some days $80,000 was received.On receiving à dividend investors grew infatuated and sent overy dollar they could lay hands on, aud, as a rule, tho dividends were returned to be re-invested.The byndi- cate consisted of à villais named Wib.mr PF.Miller, who carried oT the money taken in daily in à valise, and what he did with it has yet tu be ascertain- - ed.The authorities were slow to move and It was only last week a warrant was fssued for the arrest of Miller.He got word of it and fled.When the police went to shut up the offices, they were met by a crowd of indignant depositors, who resented the imputation that they were the dupes of a swindler, and clamored that Miller be allowed to go on.The police seized what money was in sight and took to jail several employes whom there was reason to believe had part in the swindle.The books show that thousands of people had entrusted money to the syndicate, many of them the savings of a lifetime.One poor woman on hearing of the collapse fell dead.It ie easy to express surprise at the Ignorance and credulity that led people to believe their money could be so invested as to earn 10 per cent.a week, but among-those who do 80 are people who swallow the prospectuses and advertisements of British Columbia and other mines and buy shares In them.It Is gratifying to learn that the war in the Philipine islands is drawing to an end.The U.S.forces have routed Aguinaldo from his stronghold and he ls now a fugitive in the hills.Many of the natives who bore arms are now voluntarily submitting and daily American authority is being established in new places.As the natives learn from experience that US.rule, unlike the Spanish, does not mean oppression and taxation, but liberty and fostering care, they may be expected to gladly adapt themselves to the new order of things.The cost of conquest to the States has been enormous and even if there should be no more fighting a large army of occupation will have to be maintained for several years.One of the most painful instances of the fickleness of popular favor has been furnished in the experience of Admiral Dewey, the hero of Manila bay.It was only the other day that he had an unparalleled reception; today he is the butt of vulgar abuse.The ostensible cause is the transferring to his newly-married wife of a residence in Washington, presented to him by his admirers.The clamor is the present was a personal one and he had no right to give it away, and $0 vile insinuations are launched against him and his wife.The other night his picture was hissed in a Washington theatre, Speaking to a reporter the admiral expressed his disgust and his desire to get away from a country whose newspapers dish up what happens in domestic privacy and make personalities a leading feature.He said he considered the present of the house an absolute one, that he could do with it as he liked, and that had he known he could not, he would not have taken it.The motive for the attack on the hero of the Spanish war is the suspicion that he may become the Democratic candidate for the presidency.and so the Republican organs are quietly stabbing hie reputation.He has this comfort, that the American newspapers are using him no worse than those of their day used Washington, Lincoln, and Grant.The recent successes of the British in South Africa have irritated the Anglophobes of the continent.causing a fresh ebullition of spite.The determination of the Queen to spend the winter in the Italian Riviera, instead of the French, as she has done of late years, has directed much of the gall of the Paris organs towards her, and she is ridiculed and caricatured daily in their pages.The English people are sensitive to attacks on their aged and venerated sovereign and justly so.So deep is the resentment caused by these disgraceful assaults on her majesty, that it looks as if a boycott of the exhibition to be held at Paris next summer may be the result.The tidings of the fight in the Soudan was altogether unexpected.Gen.Kitchener had planned an expedition to find the Khalifa but hearing he had disbanded his army remained at Khartoum.The information had been misleading, for the Khalifa turned up near Fashoda, at the head of an army numerous enough to start a fresh revolt in the Soudan.General Wingate, with a purely Egyptian force, fell on him suddenly, routed his army, and among the slain the Khalifa and his chief supporters were pumbered.Osman Digna, who bas been so long active fn disturbing the peace of Africa, unfortunately escaped.The death of the Khalifa insures peace and prosplrity to that vast stretch of territory over which the Arabs doml- neered with such dreadful cruelty, It does more, it roleases the services of several British regiments held Ia Egym acd enables, if it le deemed alg 1 longed fight is shown by its preparing HERA os necessary.the transfor of General | Kitchener Lo the Cape, where his pres- enco would be worth ten battalions.The peaceful development of the valley of the Nile will now go on and the extension of the rallway from Khartoum to the great lakes of Central Africa becomes a matter of time only.All the movements at the seat of war during the week have been favorable to the British arms.The main interest has centred in the column marching to the rellef of Kimberley.On Thursday Gen.Methuen encountered an army of 5000 Boers, strongly posted on a euc- cession of hills near Belmont railway station.The fight that followed ended in the Boers retreating in good order, carrying their cannon with them, but abandoning their camp supplies and much ammunition.The Boers were commanded by an Austrian officer, Gen.Albrecht, and their cannon was controlled by Germans.Following up the retreating enemy,Gen.Methuen, at the end of a 7 mile march, found they had taken up a fresh position, on even stronger ground than the day before, on a hill named Eslin, near the village of Graspans.Raking the hill, Saturday morning, with artillery failing to move the enemy, an infantry charge was ordered and succeeded at heavy loss, considering the number engaged.In this fight Gen.Cronje, who has been besieging Kimberley, commanded.Sunday the British army rested, On Monday it resumed its march and in the afternoon came up to the enemy, in full force and strongly entrenched on the banks of the river Modder.Undismayed hy their superior numbers and the strength of their position, Gen.Methuen attacked the Boers Tuesday morning, and after a bloody struggle, which lasted all day, won a third victory.In a week's time this British column has marched 42 miles and fought three battles.Tuesday night it encamped within 24 miles of Kimberley.The latest report from Kimberley is / to the effect that the garrison was in good spirits at the prospect of an early relief and that the Boers were apparently being withdrawn from several points, presumably to reinforce the army that is disputing Methuen\u2019s advance.Presuming Kimberley is relieved, it is not known what will be done to raise the siege of Mafeking, which is over 200 miles north of it.The garrison there, at last reports, was holding out, in spite of sickness and increased energy on the part of the enemy, who were drawing their trenches nearer to the town each day.General Gatacre, entrusted with the column to drive the Boers out of Cape colony and to advance on Bloemfontein, capital of the Orange Free state, has at last got to work, and the enemy is falling back before him.They are likely to make a stand before re-enter- ing the Orange state.It is mueh to be regretted Gen.Gatacre could not have moved sooner, for the occupation by the Boers of the frontier towns has led many of the Dutch settlers in Cape colony to join them.From Natal important tidings are hourly expected, General Buller, evidently satisfied he had put Cape colony in safe hands, left for Natal, and landed at Durban Saturday evening.He is now in all probability at the front.The Boer invasion of the colony has ended, and late reports show the bodies of men that were threatening the capital have fallen back, and the country between Colenso and the ocean is now clear of them.This is attributed to the attack made by the troops at Estcourt on Beacon hill.The Boers are now reported to be concentrated at Colenso and a battle there is looked for.Should it result in a British victory, Ladysmith will be at once relieved, and its garrison become available to unite in a forward movement on Pretoria.Ladysmith was heard from on Friday, when all was secure.That the government anticipate a pro- an additional reinforcement of 6000.By the end of January England will have 130,000 men in the field.The Transvaal government is credited with fyling a protest with the Great Powers against irregular methods of warfare adopted by the British.The charges are firing on an ambulance, a soldier trying to kill a doctor, dragging 13 prisoners behind a maxim gun, effecting a retreat under a white flag, using the white flag to repair a bridge, and enlisting black men.It will be observed the British accuse the Boers of everything here charged.Kruger alleges that the British garri- On at Mafeking has enlisted 1000 Kaffirs to assist in the defence, and that an officer in Nalal arranged for getting Basutos to join.HOWICK Owing to the engine In the butter factory here belog 100 weak to run the churn, the oream Is separated here and taken tn Aubrey to he made into butter.Mr McGregor's fmtory Is stil) receiving large quantities of milk, which is made into butter every second day.The new pulpit for Knox church, Howick, has been received, snd ls a beautifully finished piece of cabinet work, elegant in design, and reflects credit on the workmanship of Mr R.H.Crawford of your village, who made it.This completes the extensive Improvements made in the church.Howick citizens are interested readers of the progress of the war in South Africa, and are afraid the Boers may eventually reach Howick before they are arrested ln their onward march.They are relieved to know, however, that the Canadian contingent has reached the Cape.Mr McEwan of the 1st concession, North Georgetown, has sold his farm to Mr J.DeGroseillier.Mr McGregor has been re-appointed precentor of Riverfield congregation.BEECHRIDGE During a brief visit in October, the earnestness of Rev Geo.Kinnear, B.A., made so favorable an impression, that the congregation was unanimous in its choice of him to fill the pastorate rendered vacant, in February last, by the call, to Spencerville, of the Rev John MacDougall, B.A.The induction of Mr Kinnear on Thursday, 23rd inst., was presided over by Rev Colin Young, B.A., to whose faithfu! oversight the church is much indebted.Notwithstanding the condition of the roads, the congregation was a large one, representing nearly all the families connected with the church.A late train from the city and the nonappearance of the clergyman whose duty it was to deliver the sermon, necessitated a short service.It was, however, a most impressive one.After the usual questions by the Rev Mr Young, Rev F.Dewey, M.A., formerly a member of this church, addressed the minister in an eloguent and appropriate manner.Polating out the nature of the \u2018\u2018field,\u2019\u2019 with no other Protestant church from St Lambert to Riverfield, he advised, in addition to the pastoral care of those more closely connected with the congregation, the colportage method of Bible reading \u2018from house to house'' and distribution of tracts among the Protestant families far removed from any place of worship.Mr Dewey thought that the successful preacher must be a faithful, methodical student, whose source of instruction was God's word and bis theme Christ crucified.But above all things, he needs to be a man of prayer, whose coveted reward might be summed up in the consciousness of right doing, the conversion of his hearers, and the crown of life, the master\u2019s \u2018well done!\u201d Beginning with Mr Dewey's last words to the pastor, Rev Mr Beatt, in his practical advice to the people, urged the holding up of their minister's hands by supplementing his prayers by their united ones; by remembering that there must be time for study, by attending regularly church services, and by giving liberally to the schemes of the church.Mr Young having referred to the pleasantness of his relation to the congregation, which, however, he joyfully severed, as it had involved many long drives, the benediction was pronounced and the people dispersed to receive a hearty handshaking from their new pastor.STE MARTINE The closing of the cheese factories in this vicinity has forced the farmers who are far off from a creamery to make butter themselves, for it is worth the milk to haul it four or five miles to à creamery over such roads as we have had for a month.Notices have been given to improve the roads in many places, but nothing can be done so long as the clay is like thick mortar in consistency and sticks like glue.Many have had to stop hauling hay and grain to the station, Those who were behind with their plowing are still at work, and a few plows can be seen in the fields and doing good work.VALLEYFIELD We are sorry to learn of the departure for Worcester, Mass., of Mr John Wilson, jr., draughtsman of the M.C.C.We wish him much success in his new position.The Montreal Cotton Co.displayed their Paris exhibit to the members of the town council, board of trade, and lady friends Saturday afternoon.Everyone was enthusiastic over the beautiful display made, and the highest enconiums were paid the company for the fine class of goods shewn, as well as for the artistic manner in which the exhibit was arranged.The staf of the mill were assiduous fn giving visitors explanations of weaving, dyeing and other processes of the work.The management is to be congratulated on its success, and we hope the visitors of Saturday will bo called together next year, to view the prizes carried off by the premier cotton mill of Canada against all the cotton mille of the world, The arranging of the display was under the immediate supervision of Me Louis Simpson, manager, and Mr J.Convery, supt.of ficishing departmeat.Que remarks last week referring 30 tha municipal elections have caused some stir, especially in waking up the electors to the necessity of securing thelr votes.We would remind voters to be On the alert: pay your taxes and secure your vote.Don't put off till too late; secure your franchise, don't be voluntary outlanders, but do your duty as citizeas.It is not only your right but & moral duty as well, to vote.Remember that union is strength.Every citizen should have his name on the voters\u2019 list, and every vote should be polled.We cannot have the help of too many In the coming municipal elections, A most sudden death took place on Monday morning.Capt.Denisha, of the tug Ruth, on reaching Meloche- ville Sunday evening, on his way west, complained of being ill, and before medical attendance reached him he died of heart failure.The remains were brought to Valleyfield, where an inquest was held, and the remains were sent to the deceased's late home in Morrisburg.A writ of mandamus has been served on Messrs N.Ostiguy, L.Cossette, and W.Langevin, at the instance of the Valleyfield Wine Co., to compel the above named parties to proceed with putting the company in operation.The bank managers and merchants on Victoria street have had a special watchman sworn in to do patrol duty in the vicinity of their premises during night hours.We were under the impression that, with an addition of 4 members to the finest of the fine, this would be sufficient to afford adequate protection to the citizens and their property, but it appears not.Another fire alarm was rang on Sunday evening at about 10.30, for what a good many claim was another attempt at incendiarism.The fire was in Councillor Lavoie's wood yard, in the north ward, and fortunately was put out with a few pails of water.Here is à serious matter for the board of health to investigate.Our attention has been drawn to a most reprehensible piece of work.It appears that a few days ago the carcasses of two dead horses were drawn to a field in close proximity to a slaughter house, and that hogs were turned out to feed on the carrion.These hogs it is currently believed have since been killed and sold for public consumption.Should this be correct, then a more glaring outrage on the public health could hardly be imagined.We dare hope that the facts have been exaggerated.However, it is high time that a meat as well as a milk inspector be appointed to protect the public health, and this is a matter for the board of health to take up immediately.Public slaughter houses are now outside the town limits, and are necessarily beyond close supervision, so that an inspector becomes a vital necessity.L The civic authorities, in conjunction with the insurance companies, have had Mr McCaskill, of the detective agency, Montreal, hard at work the last two weeks, ferreting out the fire bugs accused of the numerous fires that have occurred of late in our town.We are pleased to state that they have, so far, been successful, and two of the presumed guilty ones are under arrest, one named Wilfrid Boissoneau and the other Joseph Gauvreau.A third party, considered an accomplice, named Genereux, suspecting the affected friendship ol a new chum-who was none other than detective Lapointe of Montreal\u2014took alarm and fled, but the detectives are on his track and it will not be long before he is in the hands of the law.A most astounding feature of the case is, that all three men were members of the volunteer fire brigade, and that the motive for setting these fires was, that being paid 50c an hour for every fire they attended, they took the means they used to secure the money.Working on this theory, the detectives succeeded in tracing the origin of Sunday night's fire in Mr Lavoie's wood-yard to these parties, and successfully rounded up the gang on Monday afternoon.It was à great relief to the citizens in general, when the news of their arrest spread about town, The blacksmiths of the M.C.C.are expected to move into the new shops by the end of this week.This will temporarily close up the old Despocas shop, which has been in existence for close on 40 years\u2014another old landmark giving way to modern progress and one fraught with many old as- soclations.ST STANISLAS Never in the memory of the oldeat inhabitant have the roads been in such a state.The hauling of heavy loads is an impossibility, and that, with a wood famine staring us in the face, is anything but comforting.Road work here is done by the road machine, and it throws up so much loose earth that the roads ore never solid except three or four months in the heat of summer.Had the council taken example from our neighbors in New Erin and purchased a gravel pit instead of a road machine, they would not only have better but cheaper roads.They claim the government pays hail the price of the road machine, but let me ask, Where does the government get the money?ls it not from the taxes Ioviod où (0 farmer?Ne matter + who does the dancing, the farmer generally has to pay the piper.Diphtheria of a mild type still lingers in the neighborhood; I have not heard of any deaths lately.DUNDEE An Item appeared In the Gleaner of last week regarding the arrest of Jacob Skin, à St Regis Indian, for cutting a tree on what they call Colqu- houn island.The late Robert Colqu- houn, at one time agent, leased two islands, ove called Soyder island and the other Col.Lewis island, the former in 1817 and the latter in 1821.There is only a small stream between the islands.They fell to the late Walter Colquhoun, also an agent, and I suppose his widow holds the islands.Jacob Skin and an interpreter called on me the other day for information, but I could give them none, except the date of the leases.I was told they had sent for Mr White, advocate, of Montreal, to appear for them at the adjourned trial, which was set for Saturday, 25th.I hardly think their plea, that the leases are not valid because they were not sanctioned by a council of Indians will avail, as none of the leases made in those times were issued under such conditions.The new Indian act requires, before selling or leasing Indian property, that a council be called and held, and a majority attending the council is necessary to ratify.The late Mr White, minister of the interior and superintendent-general of Indian affairs, had to call a council of the Indians to get their consent to giving over the Dundee lands to the Crown before anything could be done, They gave that consent at the time, but it was not long before the Indians regretted their action.What the consequences would have been if they had not given their consent, it is hard to determine.At the poll held on the 23rd, to vote 83000 to complete the town hali in Fort Covington, the proposal was defeated by a majority of 25.It is considered by many that there has been bad management by those who had charge of the building.It will be some time before anything further can be done.In the November number of Scribner\u2019s magazine is a description of the terrible storm of wind, snow, and frost, which took place on the 26th Nov., 1898, a year ago Sunday, on the Massachusetts seaboard.It was the greatest storm ever known on the New England coast.Besides the lives lost, the damage to property ran into the millions.It was in that storm the steamer Portland was lost with 175 persons on board.Now that day in this section was calm, with only 12 deg.of frost, and in the evening a small quantity of snow fell.COVEY HILL On Saturday Henry Brown received a telegram that his eldest son, James, had been killed by the cars at Bald- winsville, Mass.Mr Brown took the first train east and found it only too true.James, who had only left him about 6 months ago, was working in Baldwinsville, Mass., and having to go out of town about two miles on business, he, with his friend Eddie Metcalf, jumped on a freight train and on getting off was struck by another train with the above result.Eddie escaped unhurt, His father brought the body home Monday night for interment.James, who was about 21 years of age, was strictly temperate, and a general favorite with all the boys in this neighborhood.MrBrown has the deepest heartfelt sympathy of the whole community.The sad event is another warning of the danger of either jumping off or on à moving train.HUNTINGDON CIRCUIT COURT Opened on Monday, when the hearing of evidence in the case of Hamil et al vs, the county council was resumed, Mr Oughtred, for the appellants, examined a witness and declared his case closed, when D.McCormick,Q.C., proceeded with the evidence for the council, and examined 14 witnesses.Yesterday forenoon on announcing he was done, Mr Oughtred gave notice that when the court resumed on 10th January he would move to amend his pleadings so as to be able to go back to 1833.Judgment was given in the case of W.E.Cunningham vs.Angus Rankin for $20, and of the E.T.bank vs.Evarise Cardinal and Felix Cardinal for a note of $89.Evarise adduced proof that he was not the person whose signature was on the note, The court adjourned until January 9, to hear the case of Mark C.Welch vs, St Anicet council.THE following account of the case of Hamill and others vs.the county of Huntingdon will be found interest ing: The matter in dispute refers to a certain by-road and bridge iv Have.lock.The road in question is along the line between Havelock and Hem.miogford, but is situated wholly in Havelock.The by-road in question ls part of a road running through Hemminglord, part of Havelock, the part in question, and then on the line between the two townships.In June, 1896, a petition from certain ratepayers in Eavelouk wae preseated ve the county council, asking that the part of the road ia question be declared to be a county road, and the bridge thereon, across English river, be a county bridge.This petition was referred to !.I.Crevier, Notary, as special superintendent, to report thereon.On the ith Dec., 1896, Mr Crevier reported to the council in favor of the petition.After notice to Havelock and Hemmingford the county counell on the 10th March, 1897, adopted a resolution declaring that this piece of road for the future should bea county road.Proceedings were then taken to give effect to this declaration by apportioning the work, &ec., on this road.A committee of the council was appointed to report thereon, and Mr Crevier having been appointed special superintendent, prepared and presented a proces verbal with respect to such work, but no definite action was taken by the council as serious doubts had arisen as to the validity of the declar- tion adopted on the 10th March, 1897.There was no difficulty as to the power of the council to declare the road to be a county road, but the question was, Did the council exercise its power in a legal manager?By article 761, municipal code, the county council could not declare a road to be a county road until after public notice to that effect had been given.This article does not say to whom this notice must be given, but article 235, municipal code, dec}ares that public notices for county purposes must be published in «ll the local municipalities of the county.Then, again, there is another rule of the municipal code, that notice must be given to all interested parties.At that time works in the county of Huntingdon declared to becounty works were by law à charge upon all the local municipalities of the county, St Anicet excepted, each in proportion to its total assessable property, and consequently, each such local municipality was interested in said declaration.It was claimed that notice of the intended declaration should have been given to all the local municipalities in the county, and that as notice was given to two only, namely, Havelock and Hemmingford, that such notice was insufficient and that the declaration of the 10th March, 1897, was invalid.This was considered such a serious question that the county council decided to go slow and get legal advice before proceeding further, This matter was referred to Duncan Me- Cormick, Q.C., of Montreal, the legal adviser of the county council.Mr Me- Cormick carefully studied the question and advised the council that it was extremely doubtful if the declaration of the 10th March, 1897, was valid, and to remove all doubts on the subject he recommended that this declaration be repealed, and If it was desirable that this road and bridgeshould be acounty road and a couaty bridge, proceedings be commenced anew, and that the usual and proper steps be taken with that end in view.Presumably in accordance with this recommendation a petition from David Hamill and others, asking that this road and bridge be declared to be a county road and a county bridge, was presented to the county council, at its meeting on the 5th July, 1898, and at this session the following resolution was adopted, namely: Whereas, doubts have arisen as to the legality of a certain resolution of the municipal council of the county of Huntingdon, adopted at its session held on the 10th of March, 1897, declaring a certain byroad in the Township of Havelock, in the said county of Huntingdon, lying between those certain lots of land in the said township of Havelock, known and designated on the official plan and book of reference of the said township of Have- lock as lots Nos 160A, 160B, and 360D fourth range of the said township of Havelock, and the subdivisions of that certain lot of land in the township of Hemmingford, in the said county of Huntingdon known and designated on the official plan and book of reference of the said township of Hemmingford as lot No 139, in the 4th range of said township of Hemmingford, to be a county road and the public bridge thereon to be a county bridge; And whereas, it is expedient to remove all doubts with respect to sald road and public bridge thereon legally declared to be a county road and a county bridge, Iv is hereby resolved, that the proces verbal of I.I.Crevier, special superintendent, dated the 3rd day of May last, regulating said byroad and public bridge be not homologated; And it is hereby proposed as deemed most advisable: 1 That the said resolution adopted > this council on the tenth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven, be annulled, repealed, and set aside.2 That as requested by A certain petition just received and read, signed David Hamill, John Buchanan, illiam Orr, and other landowners and ratepayers of the said township of Havelock, the said byroad and publie bridge thereon, to wit, that byroad in the township of Havelock, situated between those certain lots of land in the said township of Havelock, as lots No 160A, 160B, and 160D, in the 4th range of the said township of Have- lock, and the subdivions of that certain lot of land in the said township of Hemmingford known and designated on the official plan and book of reference of the said township of Hem- mingford as lot No 159, on the fourth range of the sald township of Hem.mingford, be declared to be for the future à couvty road and a county bridge.We have given this resolution in full as its interpretation forms a very important element in the suit between Hamill and others against the county.At this meeting another resolution was adopted to the effect that on Wednesday, the 14th September then next, that the county council would take into consideration à motion and & new évelarmiion bassk on 1N feregelsg PE EE resolution, and that notice therco! bé given 10 all tho local municipalities in the county.Action, however, was not taken on the Jtth sept.as proposed, but the matter was continued from session to session until the Sth March, 1899, when final action was taken.At this meeting of the council a resolution adopted by the council of Hemmingford agreeing to pay $400 towards the erection of a new bridge (the bridge in question) was presented to the county council.In view of this action of Hemmingford, the county council did not consider that there was any reason for declaring the road and bridge In question to be a county road and a county bridge and the petition of Hamill and the others was rejected.Thereupon Hamill and the others appealed from the decision of the county council to the circuit court for the county.The petitioners, in their petition in appeal, after reciting the various proceedings before the county council with respect to this road and bridge, urged: 1 That the declaration of the 10th March, 1897, was valid.2 That even supposing, however, that the declaration of the 10th March, 1897, should be declared invalid, that the county council, by its resolution adopted on the 5th July, 1898, had again declared the road and bridge to be a county road and a county bridge.3 That this last declaration had not been repealed or reconsidered.4 That In consequence of this resolution adopted on the 5th July, 1898, that the final action of the council was illegal and, moreover, 5 That the action of the council was unjust, and for proof of such injustice reference was made to the declaration of the 10th March, 1897, and to the various reports of I.I.Crevier, and of the committec of the council already referred to.In answer to the petition in appeal, the respondents declared that the declaration of the 10th March, 1897, was invalid, They denied that the council, by its resolution of the 5th July, 1898, had declared the road and bridge to be a county road and a county bridge.They contended that the final action of the council was .regular and valid, and that full justice had been done to Havelock.DUNDEE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS Met on Saturday; all present except Com Dinneen.The following time was fixed for visiting the schools.viz.: District No 5, in the forenoon of the 12th Dec, and district No 6, in the afternoon; district No 1, in the forenoon of the 13th Dec., and district No 4 in the afternoon, and district No 2 in the afternoon of the 15th Dec.The secretary was instructed to notify the school managers of the several districts to have the school rooms fumigated, and pine tar was recommended for the purpose.WAR NEWS THE RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.The column which had been forming at Orange river station for the relief of Kimberley started on the evening of 21st.It was in light order, all baggage that could be done without being left behind; its strength is given as 7000.Next day the advance came on the enemy, who were found holding a long line of hills.Gen.Methuen ordered forward several batteries, and an artillery duel ensued, the Boers responding.The object of Gen.Methuen was attained in showing him how the Boers were posted, and what guns they had.He found the Boers held a range of hills extending over fully 12 miles and seemed to be well supplied with cannon.The fire of the British guns was most effective, forcing the Boers to abandon one hill, leaving 2 guns behind, after having 30 men killed or wounded.Having ascertained the enemy's position, Gen.Methuen determined on a night attack.The Guards were ordered to be under arms at 2 o'clock in the morning, when the march for the front began.They had to traverse 5 miles of rough ground, and it was near 4 o'clock when they came close to the enemy's first line of defence which was on a low hill or short ridge.THE BATTLE OF BELMONT Gen.Methuen's order was not to give A general alarm by firing, but to carry it with the bayonet.The Boers, who were Aware of their coming, did not fire until the Guards were within 230 yards.The Guards rushed up the steep hill and by a bayonet charge drove the Boers a flying mass before them.The British line was now formed for a general charge on the enemy \u2018a position.The second line was speedily reached, and another charge again sent the Boers flying.So far the losses of the British had been small.The main position of the Boers was now before them, and it was exceedingly strong.Here and there rose from the plain hillocks or short ridges, and on these the loers were posted, able to rake the level ground all round them by their fire, The British artillery shelled the hills for about hall an hour, when the order to charge was given.The Guards had been reinforced by the Northumberland and Northampton regiments and the asval brigade.AS Unp came wikia rise + A eet.a 3 ati, a guuindÉX r range the Boers, posted on the different ridges, poured In a hot cross-fire which would have swept the British out of existence had it been well-aimed.The Boers had been demoralized by the two bayonet charges and were now kept in alarm by the shells the British guns kept sending among them.The whole brunt of the fearful fight was borne by the Infantry, who were obliged to climb 500 feet, straight into a terrific stream of missiles.Men were dropping on every side but there was no halt until the Scots Guards, who led, reached the enemy\u2019s entrenchment and sprang on them with the bayonet, wildly cheering.Again, for the third time, the Boers fled, the British pursuing, and pouring a heavy fire into them as long as visible, but they soon disappeared among the hills, The British were weak in cavalry so the pursuit was not effective.The Boer camp became a prize to the victorious infantry, and contained a large supply of provisions, including many head of cattle and sheep.As the British had no means of transporting the spoil they had no use for, a huge bonfire was made of 64 wagons.A large quantity of powder, 50,000 rounds of ammunition and 750 shells were blown up.The fighting was over by 10 o'clock.la the afternoon General Methuen issued the following address: \u2018\u2019Troops and comrades, I congratulate you on the complete success achieved this morning.The ground over which we have had to fight presents exceptional difficulties, and we had as an enemy a past master in tactics of mounted infantry.With troops such as you a commander need have no fear of the result.There is a sad side, and you and I are thinking much of those who died for the honor of their country and those who are suffering from wounds while we are thinking of our victory.\" The British loss was 58 killed, 247 wounded, and 18 missing.The Grenadier Guards lost most, having 29 killed and 43 wounded.The Boers are estimated to have had 500 killed.Prisoners (of whom 50 were taken) say they numbered 5000 and thought themselves, being so well posted and with so many cannon, able to beat any force that might assail them.All accounts agree respecting the splendid fighting qualities displayed on both sides.Nothing could have exceeded the steady courage and pluck of the British infantry in the face of a terrific fire; while the Boer guns were splendidly served, the gunners standing to them, with dogged determination, exposing themselves to the very last moment, and only becoming wild and Inaccurate in their aim during the final deadly charge of the British infantry.FIGHT AT GRAS PANS On Friday the army resumed its march and had gone 10 miles when a body of Boers were reported as posted on a ridge, prepared to dispute the British advance.The ridge was a long one, and over 100 feet high.It was reported to be held by 2500 Boers with 8 cannon.Gen.Methuen having reconnoitred, prepared to make the attack next morning.At 6 o'clock on the morning of the 23th the British artillery opened fire, sweeping the ridge as well as it could, and was replied to with vigor by the Boer cannon.While the artillery duel was going on, the Boers stealthily attempted a flank attack, 500 suddenly swooping from out of cover on the rear of the British column.The Guards were equal to the occasion and repelled them with heavy loss.At 8 o'clock the order was given to charge, when the naval brigade and the infantry advanced to the assault.A desperate fight followed, the Boers showing great stubbornness and bravery.The struggle lasted over an hour, the bluejackets being in the thick of it and displaying great gallantry.They suffered heavily.Our men steadily gained and at 10 o\u2019clock rushed the heights, carrying them in splendid style.The Boers retreated, when our artillery followed them up in good style.After carrying the position we drove the enemy back on the line where our cavalry had been posted.The British loss was 20 killed and 160 wounded.The chief loss fell on the naval brigade, which had 4 officers and 10 sailors killed, and 89 wounded, The Boers successfully retreated.The Lancers attempted to intercept, but a severe fire opened from a hill forced the Lancers to retreat.Gen.Cronje was with the Boers.The Boers were shelled during the retreat, and must have lost heavily, but they suc, ceeded In getting away northward with their six guns.The British were badly in need of more cavalry.On Sunday a halt was cried, to give the men a rest and to enable the ammunition wagons to catch up.Monday the march was resumed and at Mod- der river the Boers were found wait.for them, THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER The following despatch has been received from Gen.Methuen: Modder River, Tuesday, Nov.23\u2014 Reconnoitered at 5 a.m.enemy's position on river Modder and found them strongly entrenched and concealed.No means of outfianking, river being full.Action commenced with artillery mounted infantry and cavalry at 5.30 e: TERI PUT AN Ley 0 95090700 @ tetas atts on left, attacked position In widely extended formation at 6.30, and, supported by the artillery, found itself in front of the whole Boer force, 8,000 strong, with two large guns, 4 Krupps, ete.The Naval Brigade rendered great assistance from the railway.After desperate fighting, which lasted ten hours, our men without water or food, and in the burning sun, made the enemy quit its position.Gen.Pole- Carew was successful In getting a small party across the river, gallantly assisted by 300 Sappers.I speak in terms of great praise of the conduct of all who were engaged in this, one of the hardest and most trying fights in the annals of the British army, If I can mention one arm particularly, it ia two batteries of artillery.A special despatch from Windsor, says that Gen.Methuen's despatch to the Queen after the battle of Modder river says: The battle was the bloodiest of the century.The British shelled the enemy out of the trenches and then charged.The result was terrible.THE COLUMN FOR THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH The Boers kept advancing south of Estcourt in order to cut off the reinforcements for the relief of Lady- smith.On the 22nd the garrison at Estcourt saw the Boers move towards the heights south of it, and occupying them with heavy artillery.As it was plain that they would prevent the reinforcements known to be on the way coming up, Gen.Hildyard planned a night attack, to capture the key of the Boer position on Beacon hill nearWil- lowGrange.The weather was wet and unfavorable but delay was out of the question, for another day would enable the Boers to entrench themselves.In the darkness, the prospect was dismal.The rain continued heavily.When the storm had speat itself, the Yorkshire regiment were on the move.In the darkness they advanced in snakelike formation towards the enemy\u2019s position.They maintained touch and dressing wonderfully considering the nature of the country.The swollen rivulets, rendered dangerous by the heavy rainfall, were successfully crossed, and the hills were clambered and stumbled over.The supporting battalion was equally dogged.After atedious march of several hours the advance pickets of the enemy were reached.Numbers, however, had fled on hearing our advance, ieaving everything behind, In the small hours of the morning the Yorkshire regiment were walking steadily on.They were within bayonet striking distance, when one man, more nervously excited than his fellows, fired a shot and gave the Boers warning of their presence, with the result that they ran away before the Yorkshires could get at them.They charged, however, as best they could, clearing the enemy from the final position just as day broke, The Boers rallied and actually attempted to ride our men down, but the bugle sounded the charge, and our men responded with enthusiastic cheers, and the enemy fled.The Boers in their precipitate flight left heaps of guns, ammunition, rifles, and blankets.Thirty horses and several prisoners were taken.The object of the reconnaissance, the clearing of the heights overlooking Estcourt, was attained.During the day the Boers were seen massing in large numbers and opened fire from long range guns.As Gen.Hildyard, owing to the steepness of the hills, had been unable to get artillery up, he, at midday, ordered the column to return to Estcourt.The Boer camp.equipment having been destroyed, they were unable to resume their old position, and fell back, s0 that communication was restored between Est- court and Durban.The Boer loss could not be ascertained.80 were bayonetted in the camp.The British suffered much, owing to the rain, and from want of food, for they had none until they got back to camp, a fast of nigh 24 hours.The British loss was 15 killed and 72 wounded.The West Yorkshire regiment suffered heavily.Major Hobbs was captured by the Boers and several men are missing.STRAY REPORTS Five hundred Boers attacked Kuru- man, Bechuanaland, on Nov.12.The fighting lasted for 6 days and nights, continuously, but the Boers were finally beaten off, with a loss of 30 killed and 28 wounded.The British lost one killed and one wounded.The Boers suddenly disappeared for some reason unknown to the British.London, Nov.25\u2014Despatches from Belmont confirming the treacherous use by the Boers of the white flag are arousing indignation.An incident simllar to the one which occurred at the battle of Glencoe, when an officer waseshot by a wounded Boer, is reported by the london Times\u2019 correspondent at Belmont, who says that Lieut.Blundell, of the Grenadier guards, was shot by a wounded Boer, whom he was tending.Such statements appear incredible, but they are now confirmed officially by the protest of Gen.Methuen, who has sent a message to the Boer commander, saying: *'I must ask you to warn your wounded not to shoot our officers.I must warn Fou not to use the flag of truce 20 se N senance it.In future we will not recognize anything but a regular flag of truce.To place a white handkerchief on arifle and to take advantage of your enemy is a cowardly action, which neither you nor I can countenance.Orange River, Cape Colony, Nov.24 \u2014Io all 107 wounded, including several Boers, have arrived here from Belmont.One of the Boers, a boy of 17 years of age, was compelled to take up arms with his father, who is a prisoner.A wounded Boer said that 20 men were selected from each Boer section to pick off the British officers, but, on the advance of the British force, the Boer marksmen were bewildered, as it was impossible to distinguish the officers, who wore the same equipment as the men.One of the prisoners, who was wounded in the Orange river engagement, on being asked what he thought of the British bayonet charge, answered: \u2018Almighty! Do you think I waited for that!\" All the Boers appeared to have lost heart and were in a fearfully dilapidated condition.Of our own men many were able to walk, but there were many stretcher cases.The troops in camp lined the route from the station to the hospital.The wounded were cheerful and as they limped alone, supported by medical orderlies, exchanged chaff with soldiers in the crowd.A FIGHT IN THE SOUDAN, It being known to Gen.Kitchener that the Khalifa, whom he beat so badly at Omdurman a -year ago, had gathered together a fresh army and was threatening to invade the Soudan, Gen.Wingate was ordered from Khartoum to meet him.General Wingate left with 5 squadrons of cavalry, 2 infantry brigades, 2 howitzers, 10 Maxim guns, and 1000 camels.After a long hunt in the wilderness, authentic reports were received of the Khalifa being encamped near the Nile near Gedil, with an estimated force of 12,- 000, all full of fanatical zeal, a holy war having been proclaimed by the Mohammedan priests.On the night the 23rd Nov.Gen.Wingate ordered an advance and marched from Gedil in the moonlight, and frequently had to cut its way through the bush.It arrived before dawn on rising ground overlooking the enemy\u2019s camp, which was hidden in the trees.We heard their drums and horns before dawn, and at 5.15 the Dervishes attacked.Our guns opened fire, and soon the action became general, Hall an hour later our whole line advanced and swept through the Dervish position for 2 miles, until their camp was reached.The mounted troops pursued and captured most of the fugitives.The Khalifa, with most of his men, and the Emir bodyguard made a gallant stand.Among the emirs killed were the Khalifa's two brothers and the Mahdi's son.Osman Digna left immediately after the firing began and is probably concealed somewhere in the vicinity.I hope eventually to get him.We took the entire Dervish camp.All the Dervishes not killed surrendered.Gen.Wingate adds: I cannot speak too highly of the excellent behavior of the troops and their endurance during the long tedious marches preceding the final action.From 11 o'clock in the morning of November 22 until 5 o'clock in the morning of November 24, they marched 60 miles and fought two decisive actions.The Soudan may now be declared open.Thousands surrendered.A large number of women, children, and cattle also fell into the hands of the Anglo- Egyptian force.London, Nov, 26.\u2014 Germany has just completed elaborate experiments with sugar as & food for troops.The object was to test the advantages of a sugar diet in cases where great exertions were to be made withio a brief period.According to the reports of experiments in various army corps, a favorable result has been secured.Prof, Pfuhi, head of the physiological department of the army, states it has been proven that a sugar diet increases the muscular power in a comparatively short time, considerably shorter than does the white of an egg.The effect of the latter, however, is more lasting, though sugar has the advantage of being much cheaper.The extraordinary rapidity with which sugar is absorbed by the body explains its rapid effect upon the nervous system, which is of the greatest importance in all cases where spoedy bodily recuper- tion is desired, as in long distance marching.Prof.Pluhl, in a series of experiments on himself, found that after long walks, three or four lumps of sugar removed all feelings of lassitude, to a certain extent restored the elasticity of the muscles, this effect being frequently produced in à quarter of an hour.He is of the opinion that artificial substitutes for sugar, such as saccharine, have got the same effect.Prof.Munk, of Berlin University, has come to the conclusion that sugar has à high nutritive value 80 the purest and most easily soluble hydrate of carbon.A certain minimum ol albumen differing accordin to individual cases, must supplied in any circumstance and cannot be re.laced by sugar, but sugar as a food o> vessie vous on account of ess an ease with whi fs 1e masutaqured.in 0 a.207, 8 w ; THE RAID UPON PORT GIBSON AND WHAT CAUSED IT.Fifty Arlstosratie Southern Girls Were Taken us Priseners of Was and Were Carried to Viekshburg and There Held as Hestages.\u201cI was mixed up in one little unrecorded event of the civil war,\u201d sald General B., \u201cthat was interesting from its very unusualness, and which, as 1 look back upon it, seems strangely picturesque.We were attached to what was known as the marine brigade, a little fleet of 12 \u201ctinclad\u2019 river steamboats that plied up and down the Mississippi river after the surrender of Vicksburg.The term \u2018tinclad,\u2019 by the way, is somewhat misleading, as it is not remotely connected with the white metal, but sig- oifles rather boats heavily planked with oak for the purpose of protecting them somewbat from the ravages of bullets.\u201cOne day our little battalion of four companies was ordered to steam down the river, disembark at Rodney, march to Port Gibson and there consult sealed orders In regard to further proceedings.Imagine our surprise upon reading the instructions that we were expected to capture and carry back to Vicksburg as prisoners 50 of the most aristocratic Confederate young women in the city.However, we had served long enough to obey orders without question, and, provided with guides familiar with the town, we set about our bizarre and not too agreeable task.We first established headquarters at the residence of a prominent Confederate Judge.\u201cThen different squads were sent out to call at the homes of the young women and escort them to the place of rendezvous.The Instructions were that they must report at headquarters within two hours on penalty of their family residence being burned to the ground.Tbe only information we could give them (the whole transaction was as much & mystery to us as to them) was that they were to be taken to Vicks burg as prisoners of war, but were on Do account to suffer any discomfort or indignity.\u201cOf course, there was great weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth from tender mothers, loving sisters and irate fathers and brothers.But the incident bad to be accepted as belonging to the fortunes of war, and at the eud of two hours 490 of the 50, attended by anx- fous friends and relatives, were at the rendezvous.Mercy was implored for one delinquent.An additional hour was granted, and, at their own suggestion, several of the young women were dispatched to her home to persuade her to follow their example in gracefully submitting to the inevitable, The result was that before the hour was up the last fair prisoner bad put in an appearance, though in a very defiant mood.\u201cOur troubles, however, by no means ended here.Indeed, they were hardly fairly begun.The next question was bow to transport our beautiful captives to Rodney, a distance of some 20 miles, over roads that were in a frightful condition from the devastation of war and consequent neglect.All the good horses, too, like all the good men, were off to the war, and as for carriages, they had most decidedly fallen into & state of innocuous desuetude.\u201cThere was obviously nothing for us to do, therefore, but to gather together all the broken down old horses and dilapidated vehicles in the vicinity, which we somehow managed to hitch together with plow harnesses, bits of rope, straps, etc.With these Improvised coaches, drawn up Into line, began the process of loading on our victims, and when they were all stowed away it was a motley looking procession, 1 can assure you.Even the sound of farewells and the sight of weeping eyes could not blind us to the humorous aspect of the scene, You must remember that we were all pretty young fellows in 1863.The civil war was fought by men whose average age was only 23.\u201cWell, we made our way slowly, amid tears and laughter, to Rodney, where we embarked for Vicksburg.Upon arriving there the young women were taken before the provost marshal, who put them on parole, confining them to the limits of the city.Most of them had friends in the town with whom they chose to remain, and suitable quarters were found for the rest.\u201cThe reason for the whole transaction then transpired.It seemed that some northern young women schoolteachers had been taken prisoners by the Confederates and were at that moment in their camps, where they were forced to wash and mend for the soldiers and perform other menial services.These Confederate young women were, therefore, to be held as hostages until the northern women were released, \u201cThere was little delay In the exchange, and we had our visitors In Vicksburg only 80 days.They were, bowever, very gay, delightful days.Yankee officers and Confederate mald- ens intermingled soclally, and the acquaintance so rudely forced upon the beautiful southerners proved In some instances a mutual pleasure.1 could, indeed, point to more than one romantic marriage that was the direct outcome of our raid upon Port Glbson,\u201d\u2014 Washington Times.Nameless and Dateless Tombatone.Speaking of tombstone literature, we bave some io our own cemetery which read a little queer.On one of the stones which mark a grave not so very old is the following: Jul, 184, \"ied her \u2014, J87-, May He Rest In Peace From His Wife, TT TE a\u2026conosoncucancoue0 =Frankfort (Ky.) Roundabout.evesncasecsenes 200000v coset To Remind Mim, Little Pete {s a good boy as well as 8 of a great deal of originality in his \u2018notions,\u2019 but he has the serious fault of being extremely forgetful.One day, after having gone on an errand and forgotten what he was sent for, he exclaimed bitterly, to his sis- er : \u2018\u2018Oh dear! I wish I wana snake!\u2019 \u201cYou wish you were & anake?'\u2019 said his gister, horrified.\\ \" and s great ono\u2014r@ much as six feet long.\u2018* ons \u2018Why, what for, Pete?\" \u201c80 (01ld tie kmots i me Sold te ks ° u myself to vm.ca pus * + .\u201d .WELL TRIED RECIPES, te 1 peg | book h Eater rte bai ha ae portes you will have & must com Cook Roast Chicken.Pick and draw them, wash out well in two or three waters, adding a little soda to the last but one to sweeten it, if there is any doubt as to its being fresh.Dry it well with a clean cloth, and fill the crop and body with à stuffing the same as \u2018\u2018Dressing for Fowls.\u201d\u201d Lay it in a dripping-pan; put a pint of hot water and a small piece of butter in the dripping-pan, add to it a small teaspoonful of pepper; baste frequently, and let it roast quickly, without scorching; when nearly done, put a piece of butter the size of a large egg to the water in the pan; when it melts, baste with it, dredge a little flour, baste again, and let it finish; half an hour will roast a full-grown chicken, if the fire is right.When done, take it up.Having stewed the necks, gizzards, livers and hearts in a very little water, strain it and mix it hot with the gravy that as dropped from the fowls, and which must be first skimmed.Thicken it with a little browned flour, add to it the livers, hearts and gizzards chopped small or, put the gibletn in the pan with the chicken and Jet them roast.Send the fowls to the table with the gravy in a boat.Cranberry sauce should accompany them, or any tart sauce.Charlotte Russe (Very Fine).Whip one quart of rich cream to a stiff froth and drain well on a fine sieve.To one scant pint of milk add six eggs beaten very light; make very sweet; flavor with vanilla or lemon.Cook over a hot fire till it is a thick custard.Soak one full ounce of gelatine in a very little warm water and warin over hot water.When the custard is very cold beat in lightly the gelatine and the whipped cream.Line the bottom of your mold with buttered paper, the side with sponge cake or lady-fingers fastened together with the white of an egg.Fill with the cream, put in a cold place, or in summer, on ice.To turn out, dip the mold for a moment in hot water.In draining the whipped cream, all that drops through can be re-whipped.Chemicals for the Household.Ammonia is a cheap and harmless chemical that should be always kept in the house.A few drops may be added to the water and used for washing woodwork, paint and carpets, also for washing dishes and glass.It is excellent for cleaning children\u2019s hair, and is a disinfectant.Borax is another chemical that should be in every household.This softens the water, cleanses the teeth and sweetens the breath.Salicylic acid is a powerful disinfectant, and is perfectly harmless and cheap.Permanganate of potash is another excellent disinfectant.Dissolve two ounces in a gallon of water and place some in saucers in the sick room.It is also excellent for flushing sinks and drains.Fried Oysters, Take large oysters from their own liquor into a thick folded napkin to dry them; then make hot an ounce each of butter and lard in a thick- bottomed frying pan.Season the oysters with pepper and salt, then dip each one into egg and cracker crumbs rolled fine, until it will take up no more.Place them in the hot grease and fry them a delicate brown, turning them on both sides by sliding a bread bladed knife under them.Serve them crisp and hot.Bome prefer to roll oysters in corn meal and others use flour, but they ore much more crisp with egg and cracker crumbs.: Dried Beet.Take the best of beef, or that part which will be the most lean and tender.The tender part of the round is & very good piece.For every twenty pounds of beef use one pint of salt, one teaspoonful of saltpetre, and a quarter of a pound of brown sugar.Mix them well together, and rub the beef well with one third of the mixture for three successive days,.Let it lie in the liquor it makes for six days, then hang up to dry.A large crock or jar is a good vessel to prepare the meat in before drying it.To Take Ink Out of Linen, Dip the ink spot in pure melted tallow, then wash out the tallow and the ink will come with it.This is said to be unfailing.Milk will remove ink from linen or colored muslin, where acid will he ruinous, by soaking the goods until the spot is very faint and then rubbing and rinsing in cold water.Cleaning Oil Cinths, A dingy oil-cloth may be brightened by washing it with clear water with a little borax dissolved in it; wipe it with a flannel cloth that you bave dipped into milk and then wring as dry as possible.Fer Dandruff, Take glycerine four ounces, tincture of cantharides five ounces, bay rum four ounces, water two ounces.Mix and apply once a day, rubbing well down the scalp.Plate Ginte and Mirrors, A soft cloth wet in alcohol is excellent to wipe off plate glass and mirrors, and prevents their becoming frosty in winter.Judgment of the Conrt.A wildly turbulent peasant was once & witness in à trial before Chief Baron O'Grady.The counsel, after pestering him for some time, put a question to him which reflected on the character of the witness, \u2018\u2019Îf yo ax me that again I'l] give ye & kick on the jaw!\" was the answer.The counsel appealed to the court, stating that an answer was n to his client's case, ending up with the query: \u2018What would your Lord.shin advise me to do?\u201d \u201cIf you are resolved to repeat the \u2018estion, * fed t \"yp prey wo Bre & Ls Trem 5 witages, ha.oh.cme «mms CE * y me Our strects at the present time are |, 00 better than country ruads and'this should make our councillors think of providing for the necessary stone» this wioter for their repair io the spring.The wind-mill, adjoining to the water works, is now in operation after a rest of over a month, Our councillors are beginning to find out that this wind-mill is a greater expense than they thought it would be at the time of installation.On Monday the body of Mr Evariste Hebert arrived in this town by the morning express.Mr Hebert had been a carter here for over thirty years.He was 9 years of age and of late was a resident of St Henry.On Saturday, while crossing the G.T.R.track au St Henry, he was struck by a passing train.Last Thursday Archbishop Lange- vin of St Boniface, accompanied by Rev Mr Reid of Itigaud, were in this town the guests of lev Mr Lussier.BORN At Rockburn, on Nov.19th, the wife of Robert Simpson, of a son.Ab St Agnes, Dundee, on the 23th Nov., the wife of Gordon Davidson of a daughter.At Anderson's Corners, on the 30th Nov., the wile of A.L.Rutherford, ot a daughter.MARRIED At the residence of the bride's mother, Ormstown, on Nov.21, by the Rev J.I.Strong, Henry Irving Mills to Margaret Susan, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Williams, Esq.At Montreal, on Tuesday, Nov, 21st, at the Crescent Street Presbyterian church, by the Rev Dr Mackay, John A.Ford to Janet C., daughter of Robt.C.White, all of Montreal.At St Andrew\u2019s manse, Huntingdon, on the 23rd Nov., by the Rev P.H.Hutchinson, Robert Smaill of Elgin to Jane, daughter of Mr Samuel Barrie, Trout river.At the R.C.church, Huntingdon, on the 28th November, by the Rev Father Nepveu, P.P., Alexander Curran of Godmanchester, to Klizaheth, daughter of John Hurteau of St Anicet.DIED At Elgin,on 15th Nov., Minnie Ellen, daughter of David Watson, aged 23 years.At Bryson station, Nov.16, Thomas Armstrong, aged 67.At the residence of Chas.Lanktree, Elgin, at midnight on Nov.24, Horatio Hastings, aged 82 years.At 1st concession of Hinchinbrook, on the 20th Nov., Martha Steele, aged 88 years, wife of James Patterson, who is 43.Montreal, Nov.27\u2014There were about 500 head of butchers\u2019 cattle, 40 calves and 1200 sheep and lambs offered for sale at the East End abattoir today.There were more good cattle and a great deal less common and inferior cattle on the market today than has been the case for some time past, and the butchers bought freely at about the same rate as on last week's markets, quality considered.A number of sales were made at about 4ic ¥ th: pretty good stock sold at from 3te to 4c, and the common animals at from 2 todc ¥ th.The good calves were bought up before reaching the market at prices ranging from 5c to nearly 6c ¥ th; shippers paid 3c per th for good large sheep; good lambs were rather scarce and sold at from 3% to 4e ¥ th.Mr Girard paid 4c ¥ 1b for a lot of 15 good lambs.Fat hogs soid at from 4c to 4dc ¥ I for straight lots, weighed off the cars.Quebec, November 22.\u2014The Banque Nationale at St Thomas de Montmagny was burglarized last night and from ten to fifteen thousand dollars in currency stolen.The burglars used dynamite to blow open the vault, the force of the explosion shattering the build- ng.Children\u2019s Logic.We have come across the following specimens of children\u2019s logic, in each case the child proving easily the victor: Examination question\u2014What do you do first when you parse a word?Aunswer\u2014 I rule a margin.Again, a teacher has explained an abstract noun as the name of somehting you can neither see, nor hear, nor touch, and asks for an example.Answer, after much mental hunting\u2014A little hen in an egg.On another occasion the teacher affirms that a transitive verb must have an object\u2014\"thus, if you break, you must break something\u201d \u2014and cheerfully invites the class to put \u201cbreak\u201d into a sentence without an object.A smal! girl ventures this, in perfect good faith: I tried to break the glass, but couldn't,\u201d adding anxiously, \u201cYou see Î didu't break the glass,\u201d To use Milton's expression, grammar is clearly \u201cuot a bow for every man to shoot in that counts himself a teacher,\u201d \u2014 Educational Times, The Kiné Man.\u201cYou are deceiving me,\u201d she said bitterly.\u201cNo,\u201d said Mr.Ensylad.\u201cYou mustn't say that.I may invent a few innocent fictions about directors\u2019 meetings and that sort of thing, but when you married me you regarded me as a model of excellence in all respects, didn't you\u201d \u201cYes.\u201d \u201cWell, I'm no iconoclast.1 am simply trying to keep from undeceiving 5ou.\u2019\u2014 Washington Star, Unappreciated Visite.When the prime minister of the Chinese emperor bas a grudge agninst one of the nobles, he advises his royal master to pay him a long visit.This visit generally means ruin, for the emperor travels with a retinue of 10,000 persons.Knowledge Is bother.Teach a servant to \u201ckuow his place,\u201d and he will want to leave it.\u2014New Orleans Picayune.\u201cI've got the drop on you and your name 3 mad qe ho rais to the - - Ua Saturday evening Drummer Howard gave an entertaioment in Moir hall, the chiel feature beiug a series of lime-light pictures, many of them moving.His own playing was enjoyable.There was a passable attendance \u2014Sunday was devoted to temperance by all 8.8.using the international series of lessons.A proposal that the three 8.8.of the village unite for the \u2018day was heartily fallen in with, and the scholars of St John's church and the Methodist church joined those of St Andrew's.Mr W, 8, Maclaren presided and an interesting and profit able hour was spent.The Itev Mr Deeprose gave an excellent address, Miss Polly Smith sang a touching solo, and a number of the scholars rocited pleces.While the gathering was a large one of scholars, the attendance of grown-up folk was small.\u2014At a meeting of the directors of the Dairymen\u2019s association on Monday arrangements were made for the coming convention, which will be held at Ormstown about the beginning of February.\u2014Richard Rice has rented the sash and door factory.\u2014An interested audience met in St John's lecture hall Tuesday evening, the occasion being the packing of a bale of clothing for the Algoma mission, prepared by the Women's auxiliary.The rector, Rev W.P.R.Lewis, presided.The president, Mrs Bruce, in à most interesting paper, reviewed the mission work effected during the past ten years, and Mrs Hyde, recording secretary, followed with a statement of what St John\u2019s auxiliary had done during these 10 years, the period of its existence.There were solos and a reading by several ladies and the juvenile missionary band was heard from.The packing of the clothing closed the proceedings.\u2014The Rev J.J.Oke, the missionary to the Protestant Indians of Oka,writes the Gleaner asking for help for several aged people of the tribe and for assistance to give the children a Xmas treat.We quote from his letter: There is a young woman { Mrs Alexis) who has been an invalid for 3 years.Her ailment is unknown to us, as she is under no medical treatment.All we can do for her is to pray with her and give her such little help as we can.My wife, with the help of others, does up her house and washing.She has a little 5-year old boy who is naturally dependent on us too.Mrs Etienne, an aged squaw, is another under like pitiable circumstances.Mrs Frette and Mrs Lafoxe are two more who need special attention, both being old and infirm.Our work is chiefly among the needy class, and may fitly be compared to the \u2018\u2018slum work in the cities.\u201d Our energies and resources are always taxed to the utmost in keeping the sick and destitute in clothing and food.Just now our cfforts are specially directed towards getting up a Xmas tree for the children and we earnestly solicit aid.Any help, whether in money or kind, left at Mr Dalgliesh's store or at the Gleaner office, will be forwarded to Oka McDONALD & ROBB'S PRICES We are selling Feed at these prices: Peameal ¥ ton.$24.00 Cornmeal, old corn, ® ton 17.00 Barleymeal, ¥ ton.20.00 Middlings, Le 18.00 Bran ® ton.16.00 And are buying Grain at Oats ¥ 40th.32 Peas ¥ 0h.72 to T5e Barley, feed, Ÿ 501b.40c to 00 Montreal, Nov.29 \u2014M anitoba Strong Bakers\u2019 Flour, best 83.69 (283.75; Straight Roller in bags 81.65 (@81.70.Rolled Oats 83.50(@83.55P bb]; 81.70 (@81.72 ¥ bag.Oats, No2, ¥ 31th, 30i@ivic Peas 6c (@ 65ic ¥ 661d Feed Barley, ¥ 40th, 40¢; malting 49¢ Bran ¥ ton Manitoba $14.50(a815.00 Shorts, 816.00(@817.00 Moullie, 818.00(824.00 Hay, No 1 $9.00(a810.00¥ton; No 2 $8.00(a89.00: Cheese\u201410%(a 11c Butter, Creamery, 20(a20ic; Dair Rolls 161540, Aa20kc; Dairy Eggs\u2014Newlaid21@22¢; candled 18¢; ordinary 16¢ Potatoes, H(a@5ic a bag On the street market Oats sold at 63(d70c the bag: Buckwheat, 90c(a$] do: Beans, 81(781.25.Turkeys 84t0 9c ¥ th; ducks 74 to Ric: chickens 6 to 64c; and geese 5 to 6c.Dressed Hogs 85.25 for lightweights and $4.25 for heavy # 100th, On the street market Oats sold at 6i(d75c per bag.Buckwheat $1.10, Beans $1.10(a 81.209 bushel.l'otatoes 3XA10c P bag.LATEST.Cape Town, Nov.20\u2014The Allan steamer Sardinian, from Montreal, with the Canadian contingent, one thousand strong, has arrived here, General Hildyard was at Frere on Sunday, having moved up from Est- court, where his place was taken by General Barton.The Queen after reviewing the Guards on Wednesday, hud the wives and families of the soldiers grouped in front of her carriage and Her Majesty sympathetically addressed them, saying how much she felt for them and hoping they would have good accounts of their husbands and fathers.The spectacle was unique.Anxious wives with crowing babies in arms or in baby carriages, together with a lot of children, passed in front of the Queen, who leaned forward, speaking words of sympatby and hope with true womanly tenderness.: = presents \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 ne - an.Guards on right, Ninth Brizade treacherously.Such action is coward- | A CIV I I, WAR EPISODE THE y REAUHARNOtS LHUNIINGDON _ \u201cn° let e