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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1896-10-8, Page 2uxowaxt �8f NEWS IN N NUTI1ELL. THE VERY LATEST FRGIVI ALL THE WORLD OVER. k. cresting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and Ali Parts ex the Globe, Condensed and resorted tor Easy Reading, CANADA. The Flamflton Street Railway Co. is reducing wages. Work on the Grand Trunk car shops at London has commenced. Seal fiehinn in the Gulf of St. Law- rence during the past season was a replete failure. Mr. Byers, caretaker of a Public School at Stratford, died from an over- dose of laudanum. Hamilton license commissioners have inaugurated a campaign against vari ons clubs where liquor is sold. Serious bush fires surrounded Fort William, and for a time the existence of the town was threatened. The Riehlieu & Ontario Navigation Co, is having plans prepared for two new steel steamers to add to their fleet. The Norwegian barque Cleveland. from Liverpool to Quebec, is ashore about two hundred mires below the lat- ter city. P w Reports from the Niagara camp she that they new Le -Enfield rifle Lea very popular area with these who have given et. a. test. A lad named Oliver Emboux, aged 12 years, fell between the curs of a freight train at Hamilton on Monday night, and was instantly killed. The Department of Mlaxine andFish- eries have granted permission to con- tinue herring fishing through the month of November. Dr. Ridley, tbe oldest practising phy- sitian of Hamilton, died on Tuesday, taking a holiday in the Province of Quebec. A brantch of the Canadian Historical Society has been organized at St. Ca- tharines, with Mr. W. Robertson as 'President. A fund of $640 has already been sub- deribed to Berlin. Ont., to erect a. sta- tue of rhe German Emperor William I. est Victoria Park there. The employees of J. McPherson & Co., Hamilton. shoe manufacturers. have derided to accept a cut in wuees to enable the firm to compete with Quebec +manufacturers. The. Canadian immigration returns up to the end of August show a falling off to the extent of about 10 per cent. from .the immigration returns of last year. A number of cm:melee h:toe been caused in the band of the 7th Fusiliers, London, by an order requiring the members to take part in battalion drill. Mrs. Phillips, a washwoman, living in Kingston, was Overcome by smoke in her house during a fire on Sunday morn- ing, and before the firemen could reach her she won suffocated. Mies Katherine Ryder of Niagara False was assaulted by an unknown man, and her hat pin was driven an ' inch and a half into her bead She will recover under medical treatment. A anon who registered as H. Nanta, .new York, was found dead in his bed t it the Queen's hotel. Toronto, on Wed- aesday morning. The circumstances surrounding his death point to suicide. The first brick on the new Grand Trunk car shops in London, Ont., was laid on Friday by Mr. John Street, of Hamilton, who laid the first brick of .1* old shops nearly twenty-five years ago. IJy th efforts of Miss Sarah Mickle Toronto, a well -executed portrait o Sir Isaac Brock has been brought to sight, and has been placed in the bands eir Mr. Gerald S. Hayward, the portrait painter, for reproduction in engraving. A Brantford deputation interviewed General Manager Hays of Montreal regarding the removal of the ear works to London. Mr. Hays said when the time camethe company would endea- vor to do some repairing in Brant- ford. The Peary Northern expedition has reached North Sidney, C.B., having fail- ed to bring back the great meteorite which it was their object to secure. The tackling they took with them was not strong enough to move the great mass. McGill University, Montreal, has is- sued a notice refusing to accept in fu- ture any more U. S. silver or paper money in payment of scholarship fees. United States cheques will only be ac- cepted if one-quarter per cent. discount is added. The last surviving child of the hero of Chateauguay, Lieut -Col. C. M. de Salaberry, died on Monday in Montreal. She was Dame Charlotte Emelie de Salaberry, widow of Mr. Augustus Hatt, mother of Mr. Hatt, Usher of the Bleak Rod in the Quebeo Legislature. An influential deputation waited up- on Mr. Laurier, on Thursday, and re- quested him to place fifty thousand dollars ha the supplementary estimates to eatable the Toronto Industrial Ex- hibitiom Association to hold a Domin- ion Exhibition next year. Mr Laurier said he was much impressed with the arguments advanoed, and would at once bring the matter before his colleagues and give a reply at the earliest possible moment: GREAT BRITAIN. Prime Minister Salisbury has gone to Balmoral to visit the Czar. Lord Rosebery an Saturday unveiled the Burns statue at Paisley. The storm that played such haver; in England on Friday was very general throughout the continent of Europe. Sir John Evans, one of the trustees of the British Museum, has been elect- ed preeldent of the British Associa- tion. With a view to encouraging the silk industry the Prince of Wales is return- ing to the fashion of the Georgian period in silk waistcoats, The death rate for Landow last week was osily 14.6er thousand, as against an average of 15.1 bra thirty-three great towns in England. Ex -Judge Denman, of the British Fligh Court of Justice, who retired from t be bench in October, 1892, is dead. Ile was seventy -nixie years of age. The Queen has received an enormous number of telegrams from all parts ,the world, congratulating her that ' her reign has become the longest in Ingliuh history. ' Terrific gales prevailed on Thursday night in the British Channel, and tele- -raphie communication throughout creat Britain and the working of the cable were seriously interferred with: The wild Canadian geese and turkeys which were introduced by the Marquis of Lorne in to the lochs and forests of his father, the Duke of Argyle, are In- creasing* it nuntlrers to a prodigious ex- tent. Mr. Gladstone delivered a slseeoh on Thursday afternoon before an enimense audience in Liverpool. He denounced the Sultan as the direct author of the Armenian massacres, and advised the withdrawal of the British Ambassa- dor from Constantinople. The Manchester Guardian under- stands that an agreement, is probable eetween Great Britain, Russia, and France to bring about a settlement o£ the Eastern question. the co-operation of France being purchased by an under- standing regarding Egypt. Edward J, Ivory, alias Edward Bell, who was recently arrested in Glasgow charged with beng connected with the dynamite conspiracy, of which Tynan is the moving- spirit, was arraigned at the Bow street Pollee Court on Thurs- day morning, and evidence given as- sociating him with Tynan. UNITED STATES. Rochester banks have boycotted Canadian silver. The United States paid $133,214,000 for pensions last year. Counterfeit American silver certifi- cates, raised from 82 to $10, have ap- peared in Toledo, (Thio: The schooner Badger. of Toledo, is ashore near Alpena, Mich. The crew was saved. The vessel will be a total loss. a A hypnotist at Lexington, Kentucky, buried a man for two days, then had him taken up and restored to his nat- ural condition. Miss Prances E. 'Willard has made a most impassioned appeal to the women of the United States on behalf of the Armenians. A fierce whirlwind and waterspout swept the great South Bay, bong Island, for several miles an Tuesday, doing much damage. The apple crop in Niagara county this year is an.enorinous one. It is estimated theyield will be from two to three and a half million barrels. The will of Enoch Pratt, the Balti- more banker and pntianthropist, dis- epes of an estate of $3,000,0110, of which, the widow receives $500.000. A letter bas been received at the Dis- trict At toaney's office in New York from tbe American Legation in Paris, ask- ing for the naturalization papers of P. J. Tynan. the alleged dynamiter. The Reading Railway property was sold at I 'biladelphia to liar. Carter, of New York. rel,resentuig the Reorgan- ization Comnutte. The bid. was e'16,- 000,000. Mr. John Boyd Thacher has declined the nomination of Governor of New York on the Democratic ticket, decktr- ing that, he could not endorse the free ;silver plank in the Chicago and Buf- falo platforms. County Treasurer George IL Morri- son, of Troy has been arrested for ein- bezzring three hundred thousand dol - 1 lars from the Rensselaer treasury,leav- 4tag the county about three buttered do,Iars to meet current expenses. The trade situation in the United po- Ilicked ands is financial question oThe our e dominates everything, and until the fiearly months of next year there is not likely to be any actual improvement in trade. The changes occurring now are purely temporary, and, in fact, the var- iations are so slight as to 1* scarcely of any consequence from a commer- ch.i point of view. In a few Iines there is a. fair amount of activity, but generally business is dull., GENFIR,AL. SmaIIpox is decreasing at Santiago de Cuba. Latest reports show no abatement of yellow fever in Cuing It now appears that one thousand Ar- menians were killed during the recent massacre at Egin. The Ulema College of the hierarchy at Constantinople has declared its right to depose the Sultan. Gen. Blanco, Spanish Governor of the Philippine Islands, has disappeared, and it is believed he has been mur- dered. The Anti -Masonic Congress, arrange- ments far which were made in Rome, opened at Trent, Southern Tyrol, on Saturday. Gen. Kitchener telegraphs from Dan- gola that he has captured 900 prison- ers, and the cavalry is still pursuing the enemy., During the massacres in Constanti- nople onstantsnople the German Embassy was the only one that closed its doors and re- fused protection to the Armenians. A. virulent plague is prevalent in Bombay, and in many other parts of the Presidency, from which a hundred or more deaths have already resulted. The insurgents of the Philippine Is- lands are said to be putting people to death by wholesale. •A number of monks were tied to trees and burned to death after being covered with petroleum. It is stated in Berlin that an agree- ment has been reached between the Russian and German Governments to bring about an international arrange- ment to deal with Anarehist plots and plotters. Li Hnng Qhang reached Yokohama by the Empress of tndia un Sunday. He was pleased with the voyage, and will travel the rest of the journey in a Chinese man.of-war sent on to meet The London Times expresses , the be- lief that Russia and Japan have agreed ,.to .a•. 'olnt protectorate over Corea, Minna virtually . taking the position there that OW*held before the war. him. Sir Herbert Kitchener is sending the First Staffordshire Regiment back to Koeheh, en route to Cairo, whichseems to indicate that there will be no furth- er advance up the Nile at least for the present. P. J. Tynan has written to Mr. James B. Eustis, United States Am- bassador to France, stating that he is an American citizen, that he was not engaged in pay dynamite conspiracy, and asking Mr. Eustis to use his influ- ence to prevent his extradition by France, /lien Baby wag sick, we gave her Cadent. when she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clang to Castorls, when she had Children,shegaveWent Queer* COUNTESS OF WARWICK, The lovely Countess of Warwick has her bicycle changed to match every cos- tume. Last Year she wore a white suit and her wheel was enameled white. In autumn see, wore moss green and the wheel changed colors. and at present she rides a chocolate -brown wheel and dresses accordingly. THE EXETER TIMES DOKRIDA PARLI. 'iIEHT. Notes of' Proceedings in the Cana- dian House of Coinlnolis, RILLS PASSED. Tha House weut into Committee of the Whole on the following bills,whieh were reported without amendment,read a, third time and passed: - An Act to incorporate the Mather Bridge and Power Company. -Mr. Lount. An Act amalgamating the Ottawa, Arnprior, and Peary Sound Railway Company and the Parry Sound Col- onization Railway Company, under the name of the Ottawa, Arnprior, and Parry Sound Railway Company. -Mr. Relcoutt. ABOLITION OF PASSES. Mr. Rogers, the Patron member for Frantenac, introduced a bill to make it illegal for members of the House to accept passes. The bill was read a first time. IMPORT DUTIES. Mr. Paterson, in answer to Mr. Charlton, stated that the total amount of duties collected upon ales, beer, or other malt liquors, for the fiscal year ended 80th June, 1896, was $57,966; the duties upon wines of all kinds amount- ed to $240,447; and upon spirituous liquro,s $942,724, making a total of $2,- 241,168. EXPERIMENTAL FAR Mr. Fisher, in answer to Mr. Mac- lean, stated that Mr. Thomas Hender- son was the only applicant for the position n o£ 3 griculttx ist at the Ex- perimental farm. TM appointment bad been made. htr. Fishier, in reply to Mr. Foster, said the total expenditure for buildings on the farm had been $176,012. KINGSTON FORTIFICATIONS. Mr. Borden, in reply to Mr. Britton, said that the matter of the condition of the fortifications at Kingston was under the consideration of the Govern-' ment, and the officers of the Militia Department had been asked to snake a special report concerning them. BEHRING SEA SEIZURES. Mr. Davies, in reply to Mr. McDoug- all, said the Government has rtee.ved no further information ;n regird to the claims for the seizure of the schooners Willie McGowan and Ariel beyond the fact communicated to the owners in Mal last, that the law officers of the Crown were looking into the claims. COMMANDER WAKEHAM'S CASE. Mr. Davies informed Sir Adolphe Caron that no charge had been prefer- red against Commander Wakeham, of the fisheries protection service, and his removal had therefore not been consid- ered. DAIRY PRODUCTS ACT. Mr. Fisher introduced a. bill to amend the Dairy Products Act. He had, he said, been requested by Mr. McLennan to adopt the tatter's bill, which had al- ready received ,its second reading, as a Government measure, in view of the unlikelihood that a private member's bill would pass at this late period of the session. He had looked into the matter and found that although he was not able to accept Mr. McLennan's bill in its entirety, or to adopt it as a Gov- ernment measure, he could introduce a bill which might meet the necessi- ties of the case. It was not possible to pass the bill during the present session, but its introduction would enable it to be brought before the various dairy meetings and conventions to be held during the fall, when the details could be threshed out. This would lead to the people iaterested in the dairy indus- try making representations to the Gov- ernment, whereby a satisfactory mea- sure might be introduced and passed next session. It was proposed that dairy products should not only be branded. as now, with the word "Can- adian," but that the name or number of the factory at which they were manufactured should be stamped upon them., In the case of cheese the date t production was to be placed upon HER MAJESTY'S REIGN. Sir Charles Tupper drew Mr. Lauri er's attention to the fact that her Ma- jesty had just completed a longer reign than any other British sovereign, and suggested that it would be a fitting op- portu,nity far the House to pass an ad- dress of coaigratulation. Mr. Laurier replied that he would be quite willing to confer privately with the leader of the Opposition in regard to the, matter. It might be proper to take such a step as that suggested, but he had abstained from doing so for cer- tain reasons that he would mention pxi- vately to Sir Charles Tupper. l • THE OKA INDIANS. Qn the item of $800 for the removal of this Lake of Two Mountain In.. diens, Mr. Bergeron enquired how the removal of the Indians from Oka to Gibson reserve, in the Lake Superior dis- trict was proceeding. Mr. Laurier replied that the In- diens showed very little disposition to change their place of abode. Some few families had gone. The Government THE TARIFF QUESTION. A vote was taken when the motion of Mr. Foster, askiing the intentions of the Government as to the Tariff Ques- tion was Dost on the following division: Yeas --76. Nays -113. IN SUPPLY. The House then went into Commit - Tse of Supply. On the item of $84,915 for immigra- tion expenses, Mr. Laurier spoke briefly on the immigration policy of the Gov- ernment. While he did not altogether approve of the system that had been followed by his predecessors, yet he was in entire sympathy with the ef- forts that had been made to induce immigration from the Western States to Western Canada. There were two events which will likely play an im- portant part in the development of our North,West. One was the rapid fill- ing up of the fertile belt of the United States, which must result in an ex- tensive overflow to this side of the line. This was already taking place, and there was a steady current now coming over. The other phenomenon likely to take place wag that before long the United States would become a vast market far the surplus wheat of the North-West. He believed that the Government would have the sup- port of both sides of the House in carrying out a vigorous immigration policy. intended to continue the policy of the late Administration in this regard. The item, svgs agreed to. GRAIN STANDARDS. Sir Henri Joly ,in answer to a ques- tion by Mr. Davin, in connection with tbe estimates of his department, said tint ,an order -in -Council had been pass- ed for the purpose of organizing a board tie sit at 'Winnipeg for the set- tlement of the grain standards. On this board the farmers would have one- half of the representation and the mil- lers and dealers the other half. The first and second grades of wheat would be raised, and scoured wheat would become a grade by itself. It was also intended that the standarde should be permanent. THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY. Its Remarkable Growth iu Germany, France and Austria. Nearly a century and a half has pass- ed, since Mlaggraf, a German scholar, announced in 1747 to the Berlin Acad- emy of Science }cis discovery of a. meth- od of producing sugar from the beet. Half a century later, his pupil, Achard, explained to the same academy his im- provements in that process., Then the industry began to grow steadily, and under the encouragement of Napoleon it made considerable progress in France. Indeed, during the ware of Napoleon, when the sugar -laden merchantmen of France and of Germany, coming from the West Indies, were so harassed as to be nearly driven from the seas, the tunes were favorable'to beet sugar pro- duction in Europe., The decade follow- ing, 1815 saw a great reaction, with the beet fields of France and Germany, largely turned to other uses, and the. beet sugar factories mostly closed. Than came a revival that lasted. The beet sugar industry was destined) however, to remain still a long time a target for the humorists, and one grave statesman compared it with the project of Swift's 1 famous philosopher who sought to ex- tract sunbeams from cucumbers: But it grew in spite of ridicule. Mr. E. North who in the American Re- view, urges a. wider field for it lass Am- erica says that the production of beet sugar in France for the year ending July, 31, 1830, was 4,380 toms; in 1810 it was 22,784, in 1850 it was 62,165, in 1800 it was 126,479, tai 1870 it was 282,- 136, in 1890 it has reached 750,000 tons. Again in 1830, the consumption per per- son in France was two pounds; in 1865, fourtenn pounds; in 1890, twenty-six pounds. A like growth in Germany is noted during a period of about fifty years: Sugar, ton.. Molasses, tons. For 1840.......... 13,445 8,955 For 1850.... ...... 52,586 19,877 For 1869.......... 126,526 85,224 For 1865.......... 180,000 50,514 For 1871-72. „.... I86,442 63,892 For 1881-82. ,..... 509,722 150,813 For 1889-90.......1,213,6.9 240,797 Indeed, beet sugar has for Germany become an imortant article of export. In the year 1877 the amount sent out of the country was 57,753 tons. Ten years later it had increased more than tenfold, to 643,310 tons while in 1890 it had reached 718,985 tonsi In 1890 cur country paid Germany $16,000,000 for about 200,009 tons of beet sugar, and Mr. Sowers observes that this was "nearly three times more than it paid for any other article, imported from that land. During the last sixty years such im- provements have been made in the pro- cess of manufacture that, instead of con- verting from four to five per cent. of the beet into sugar, 12 to 16 per cent. are converted now, and the cost of production per pound which was once from 18 to 21 cents, is now from two to four. The average cast here in 1893 was three cents, and 24,000 acres were used for growing sugar beets, which brought to the farmer an average price of $4.50 a ton. An acre produced 3,661 to 4,620 pounds of sugar In that year there were seven factories in the country,with capital of about $.:,000,000. If the figures of Mr. Sowers are cor- rect the annual consumption of sugar per capita in Germany is 18 hounds; in France and Switzerland, 26; in the Un- ited States, 44, and in England, GO. These are extraordinary differences, and Eng- land appears as having the sweet tooth. We are further assured that France, Germany and Austria, produce beet sug- ar enough for home consumption, and import little sugar, while Germany and France export large quantities. In 1892 Germany sold to English purchasers alone nearly 600,000 tons of beet sugar, the product of their factories and fields. NOVEL FIRE ENGINE. Two Tandem Bicycles Propelled By Cycl- ing Firemen. In Paris is to be seen a fire engine propelled by cycling firemen. The ma- chine has the appearance of two tan- dem bicycles, coupled with a single steering post. Hanging between the bicycle frames are the hose reel and a rotary pump. The whole outfit weighs lees than 140 pounds, and four experi,. eneed wlieelnnen can push this along faster than any other fire engine ever went. The foot power of the four men propels the machine to the scene of ac- tion, and when once there the same power pumps the water. After the ar- rival at the scene each man is assigned to some part of the duty of making the change. One raises the back of the ma- chine on a leg allowing the rear wheels to revolve freely. He also throws the pump into working order, and the oth- ers ,have unreeled the hose and made the coupling connections. Then, jump - bag into the saddles again the energies of the mem are directed to pumping. About4,500 velum of water per hour can be thrown between 75 and 100 feet ice the air. The rapidity with which the machine can be propeliled to a fire and also with which it can be put in- to astion wee its two great advantages. In two or three mututesg after its ar- rival all necessary changes can be made and the machine is pumping a stream over the roof. NOTHING NEW. Bliggins-Jorkins is a humorous sort of a chap, isn't he? Wiggins -At times. Bliggins-He got off a good thing last night. Wiggins -What was id Bliggins-His bicycle. , - LUCK.;'� First Tlramp-Some folks is born lucky, Rem'ber Bill Soaks/ Second Tramp -Yep. First Tramp -He got into Sweipex'a brewery the 'other night, an' was drownded in a beer vat. Children Cry for. Pitcher'$ Castors' THE FIELD OF OOlvEllERCE, Some Items of Interest to ::he Busy Business Nan. The stook of wheat et Toronto is 135,- 960 35;960 bushels, as against 150,383 bushels last week and 9,493 bushels a year ago. A quarterly dividend of one per cent. has been declared on Postal Telegraph, which is payable on October 15. The wheat market is aotive and high- er an British. buying. Late estimates report a large deorease its the yield this season in Europe. The stooks of wheat at Fort William and Fort Arthur are 1,474,069, bushels, as against 1,371,248 bushels a week ago, and 048,091 bushels a year ago. Grain rates from New York to Liver- pool have advanced from 1 3-4d. to 4 1-4d., and proportionately to other English and Continental points. Rates from Chicago to Liverpool that were 11 1-2o. per bushel five weeks ago, are now 17.580. per bushel. A Toronto grain firm engaged ocean freight for 2,000 quarters wheat, and had to pay 9 3-4c. per bushel from New: York to London. Earlier in the season as low as 4 1-2o. was accepted, This in- dicates the dimensions of the export movement.. It is understood that the wrought iron and steel pipes plants in the United States, to the number of twenty-seven, will combine. About twenty-one mills are in working condition and have a capacity of about 1,000,000 tons annual- ly. The capital invested is very large, aggregating gr til v nearly g ex near Tee visible supply ithe of wheat n t United States and Canada is now 45,- 655,000 bushels, au increase of 2,053,000 bushels during the week. The total a year ago was 39,385,000 bushels. The amount on paesege to Europa is 23,520,- 000 bushels, an increase of 1,520,000 for the year, and the total a year ago was 24,400,000 bush'eis. The discounts of Canadian banks dur- ing .A.ugust were $207,410,000 as come pa.red with 3208,759,000 in July 31, and 197,526,000 a year ago. A favorable feature is the increase in note circula- tion. On August 31 the total was $31,- 500,000, as compared with, 329,575,000 on July 31, and 530,737,000 a, year ago. There is another increase in deposits while balances due from the United States are now 315,299,000, as against $10,713,000 the previous month, and 826,- 565,000 a year ago. Call loaus are 13,- 218,000, as against 312,652,000 in July and 316,766,000 a year ago. A Manchester business man writes to the Montreal Trdde Bulletin, making the following suggestions for the im- provement •of the Canadian butter ex- port trade: -"1.1 The maker of but- ter must have a thorough knowledge of what is wanted in the market to which he purposes sending his goods. What will suit Mantahester (the largest butter market ire England) will not suit London., 2. Choicest butter is always in demand here- 8. It must be shipped once or twice a week, and to do the trade properly we would need to have fast steamers leaving your sides on Sat- urday nights, to enable us to have the butter here on Monday for our market on Tuesday. Buyers come here every Tuesday from all parts of the country and buy their weekly supplies, and, as a rule, they want the same dairy week after week.' There is very little chancre in the trade situation at Toronto. Dealers re- port a fair business and seem satisfied with the outlooks There is a better feeling, with increased confidence in financial circles, The higher prices of wheat are encouraging to farmers, and the increased movement of produce is being felt in slightly improved pay- ments. Country merchants are buying cautiously and stocks of merchandise are not large, a very good feature. Cot- ton goods are firm in prices, while wool- lens remain steady., .Business ha gro- ceries is fairle active. There is a good deal of local competition in sugars, with sales of granulated at 4c., Dried fruits firm and currants in limited supply. Hardware dealers report a fair trade, with little change in prices. The Bank of England raised its discount rate to 3 per cent. The withdrawals of specie from this bank were nearly five mil- lions of dollars within the week' There iso more active demand for money, and while rates are rising in London they are easing off in New York. New York drafts are selling in Toronto at a pre- mium of $1.50 per $1,000 between bank- ers. Sterling exchange is, weak. Specu- lation is quiet on the domestic ex- changes, and prices firm as a rule,i THE CZAR'S VISIT. DterSfalking, Grouse -Shooting, and nil. liluds Occupy the Czar's Time -Strict Court Etiquette Observed at Balmoral Castle -The Cznr's Cifts. A despatch from London, says: --The Czar's time at Balmoral is mainly de- voted to deer stalking, grouse shooting, in arranged battues, and to billiard playing. When he is not interested in these or other amusements, he is sup- posed to be concerned with politics. His presence at Balmoral heat changed the usual current of court life there. Hith- erto court etiquette has been relaxed at Balmoral; with the Czar's coming it has been rigidly enforced. This implies the attendance of an immense number of officials and uliderlings. The Master of the Herse, the Lord Chamberlain, and all other court officials, have orawded into B.alxnoral, overtaxing its accommodations, so Abergeldie castle hag been prepared for the overflow of guests, and a temporary frame house has been erected between , the court yard and the stables of Balmoral castle, where the domestics and suite followers are lodged. The Queen has caused a private chapel, recently fitted up for her personal use, to be convert- ed into a chapel for Russian orthodox worship, with all the accessories of vestments, crucifixes, communion plates and sacred ikons. The cost of the Czar's visit, in the way of momentoes, gifts, and tips, will be enormous, When Nicholas 1. visit- ed London and Windsor in 1844, he gave £8,000 in charities, 43,000 to the ser- vants at Windsor, £3,000 worth of dia- monds to the Court ladies, twelve gold snuff boxes set in diamonds to the Lords, grooms -in -waiting, and equer- ries, and more than a hundred watches, brooches, rengs, and other presents. The present Czar is expected to at least equal his ancestor in the munifi- cence of his gifts. • It is 'understood Y,hat he will confer the Order of St. An- rew upon the Duke or York and the Marquis of Salisbury, while the ,,,mit,}+', x .lY o e t. ires We have made a study of tires --pounded them year in and year out by thousands on our wheel testing machine, tested them for elasticity, for speed, for durability had reports from riders and agents everywhere. Result is the wonderfully elastic and durable Hartford Single - Tube Tires used on STANDARD OF THE WORLD Hartford Tires are easiest to repair in case of puncture, strongest, safest, best. Columbia Art Catalogue, telling fully of all Coiumbias, and of Hertford Bicycles, trustworthy machines of lower price, is free from any Columbia agent; by matt for two 2.ceet stamp.. POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. Weappoint but one selling agent in a town, and do not sell to jobbers or middlemen, If Columbles aro not properly represented in your vicinity, let us know. ..,..T -1+.:Alen V ., :t:•4 tau lfi"•F17, THE EYES OFTHE�6 Are Fixed Upon South Ameri= can Nervino. teyof d Doubt the Greatest Medical Discover''* of the Age. WREN EVERY OTHER HELPER HSS FAILED IT CURB A Discovery, Based on Scientific Principles. that Renders Failure Impossible. In tiie matter of good health tempor- leing measures, while possibly success- ful for the moment, can never be last - Ing. Those in poor health soon know Whether the remedy they are using to simply a passing incident in their ex- perience, bracing them up for the day, or something that is getting at the Neat of the disease and Is surely and permanently fee toeing: The eyes of the world are literally axed on South American Nervine. They .re not viewing it as a. nine -days' won- der, but oritioal and experienced men• have been studying this medicine for Oilers, with the one result --they have found that its claim of perfect cura- tive qualities cannot be gainsaid. The great discoverer of this medicine was possessed of the knowledge that the seat of all disease is the nerve centres„ situated at the base of the brain. In this belief he had the best scianhfsts and medical men of the world occupying exactly the same pre- mises. Indeed, the ordinary lay- man recognized this principle long ago. Everyone knows that let disease ar injury affect this part of the human System and death is almost certain. Injure the spinal oord, which 1s the medium of these nerve cen- tres, and paralysis is sure to follow. Here is the first principle. The trout - ble with medical treatments tint:.,: ally, and with nearly all medicines, i1i, that they aim simply to treat the orgap that may be diseased. South American Nervine passes by the organs, and im- mediately applies its curative powers to the nerve centres, from which the organs of the body receive their suppl+g, of nerve fluid. The nerve centres healed, and of necessity the organ which has shown the outward evidence only of derangement is healed, Inds+ gestion, nervousness, impoverished blood, liver complaint. all ewe their origin to a derangement of the nerve centres. Thousands bear tetrriony! that they have been cured of thee. troubles, even when they have 'become 'so desperate as to baffle the skill otr the most eminent physicians, because South American Nervine has gone to I headquarters and cured there. The eyes of the world have not bees diesointed inquiry Into h pp in the i.q fry the sub Deas of South Amerioan Nervine. Iiek` r i ple marvel, it is true, at its wonderfe medical qualities, but they know be- yond all question that it does every- ! thing that Is claimed for it It stands Ialone as the one creat certain curing remedy of the nineteenth century. Why, should anyone suffer distress sendsick- nese while this remedy Is practically at tb�air hatada 2 C. LUTZ 'Sole Wholesale and Retail Agent for Exeter. Tilos. WICittTr, Crediton Drug Store, Agent Duohess of York and Princess Beatrice will receive the Order of St. Cath- arine. The visit has revived a romantic story, first published in England in 1854, and periodically revived. It riuis that the Czar Paul, while visiting in London, became enamoured of a beautiful Scotch woman named Mac- Gregor, and took her to Russia, where she became the mother of Nicholas great grandfather of the present Czar. The Scotland Yard detectives guard- ing the Czar at Balaaotral repot that he ie enjoying the deer drives more than anything else. All accounts agree that he is delighted with the domesti city at Balmoral. When he .leaves Portsmouth for France, he will be es- corted by British warships lentil they meet the French warships, which will then take up the escort. WATER GAS FOR LIGHT. Prof. Ira Remsen describes in Science a curious case of the accumulation of marsh gas under ice. A number of skaters were on a large artificial lake covered with ice. In places white spots were' noticed in the ice, suggesting air bubbles. A bole was 'bored in the ince and a match applied. The thin jet of £lane burst up and the gas was found to be marsh gas, formed by the decom- position of organic matter at the bot-' 1. tom of. the lake. Prof. Remsen suggests 1 that skating ponds illuminated by na- tural gas are among the possibilities of the future. r B ownsville The old House in West '1 e I Penn., in which James G. Blaine spent his boyhood, bas beeat torp down