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CANADA.
Ottawa's population is 51,540, accord-
ing to the assessors' returns.
The .season just closed has been a
very poor one or immigration to Ca-
nada,
The Public and High Sohool Boards
of Kingston have derided to amalga-
mate.
Dr. H. P. Wright has been elected
President of the Ottawa Medical So-
aety.
The Northern elevator at Douglass,
]►Zan., -'was burned with; 15,000 bushels
of wheat.
Thle T. H. Taylor Company's flour
mills at Chatham were badly dam-
aged
amaged by fire.
It is probable that the office of Black
Rod at Ottawa will be abolished before
aext session.
The Wentworth Historical. Society is
locating a site for the eireotioa of a
historical museum.
Mr. Louis Cartwright, aged 19,young-
est son of Sir reiebrard Cartwright, died
yesterday at Lindsay.
John alaelean & Co„ wholesale mil-
liners, Montreal, lave assigned with
liabilities of $175,000.
During the absence et the Governor-
Denoral Chief ausace Sir Henry Strong
will act as administrator, .
Nearly all the cheese in the vicinity
Ff Kingston has been bought up by
'eaters at nine to ten cents,
Mrs. Philip O'Meara died on Friday
at the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
M. Ryan, in Ottawa, aged 111 years.
The annual report of the Grand
Trunk Railway, published in London.
shows a net revenue deficienoy of
£82,000.
Lord and Lady Aberdeen have gone
to spend a two months' holiday on
Lord Aberdeen's much in British Col-
umbia.
The body of Miss Mary Grant, a
former member of the Toronto Salva-
tion Army, was found in Kingston
harbor.
Mr. Thomas Hanley, Grand Trunk
ticket agent for ICingston, died at his
residence in that city on Friday, aged
fifty-seven.
The wheat elevators of Manitoba are
filled up as a result of the recent strike
but the C.P.R. is now moving grain
again freely.
Mr, Samuel Williams, an electric
lineman of Hamilton, is lying at St.
Joseph's hospital in a very critical
condition from a fail.
Tho Montreal Board of Trade object
to the date of Thanksgiving Day because
the holiday interferes with the navi-
gamti.one. of the canals at a very busy
ti
The mills, dwellings, and barns at
Traoadie, N.S.. belonging to the Trap-
pist monks bane been destroyed by fire.
The loss is nearly 440,000, with no in-
eurance.
During aa gale on Wednesday morn-
ing a Norwegian barque went on shore
at Green Cove, C.B., and the captain
and nine of the crew were killed on
the rocks or drowned.
Relatives of William Buckingham, a
young man who went from London to
work on a farm near Hall's Corners,
aro looking for hien. A fortune issaid
to await hmi,
The Corn Exchange of Montreal has
passed a resolution In favor of remov-
ing an obstruction in the Lachine Ca-
nal which is causing a great deal ot
trouble to vessels,
Otto J. Klotz, astronomer of the
Department of the Interior, has ar-
e. at Part Stanley, Ont., to estab-
lish an astronomic station in connection
with a geoditic survey.
The Hospital Committee of the Ham-
ilton Council recommends that Judge
Snider be asked to investigate certain
alleged frauds in the grocery contract
of the House of Refuge.
'Che Potlice Magistrate at Brockville
refuses to hold court in the room pro-
vided for that purpose by the Council,
and an appeal to the Attorney -Gener-
al's authority will be made. •
Col. Warner H. Nelles, one of the old-
est residents of the Niagara peninsula,
died on Friday, in his ninety-eighth
year. He was seventeen years old when
the battle of Waterloo was fought.
At the St. Thomas light works the
main shafting of the incandescent dyn-
amos fell, damaging the dynamos. The
building was considerably damaged
and the lighting plant seriously in-
jured.
Serious damage by prairie fires is re-
pgrted in the vicinity of Grenfell.
Northport, Regina, Battleford, Cal-
gary and Indian Head. In many in-
stances farmers have lost all their
crops.
A convict in the Kingston penitenti-
ary
enitentsary named Hewell, a negro, aged 28,
who Was serving a life term for crim-
inal' assault, on Thursday made an at-
tack on one of the guards with a pair
of soissors, and was shot in the head.
He died last evening.
The Toronto Fire brigade responded
to no lessthan ten calls during Sat-
urday night and Sunday, Two of the
fires were of a serious nature.
Harvie's factory sustained $7,000 dam
age ; and Ryrie Bras.' jewellery store-
room was scorched to the extent of
$1,000.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Storms and floods did immense dam-
age in Great Britain.
Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain have ar-
rived at Birmingham.
Another hurricane visited the Bri-
tish coast on Friday night.
Lord Roseberry •has resigned the
leadership of the British Liberal party.
Crops are reported as ruined in the
we's't of Ireland by recent storms and
floods.
The despatch of .naval reinforcements
to Zanzibar is interpreted as a demon-
stration against Germany;.
Mr. Harry Bryan Reed, Conservative
member of Parliament for the eastern
division of Bradford is dead.
The Imperial Russian train with the
Czar and Czarina on board arrived at
Darmstadt on Saturday evening.
British crop reports up to October 1
shows that cereals have been damaged
by rain, but the roots .and grass
proved. t
he London Chronicle says that it
learns Crow, a good
ood source that the zar
:
and. Lord Saalisbury have agreed upon a
policy for the ultimate deposition of the
Sultan.
The Swedish; eteanter Alexander was
sunk in collision with the British
steamer Emden in the Humber. Ten
of the crew were drowned.
The Irish party are greatly dissatis-
fied at the resignationof Lord Rose-
bery. They do not relish the prospect
of Sir William Harcourt being the lead-
er of the Liberal party.
Sir William Harcourt, in his speech
at Ebbw Vale on Monday evening, said
he dict not admire England's splendid
isolation, and hoped that she would
oim an alliance with Russia, whioh
would enable her to control the Sultan,
Lord Salisbury, Mr. Chamberlain and
Sir Julian Pauncefote had a long con-
ference in the British Foreign Office on
Saturday on the Venezuelan question,
and it is expected that a settlement of
and it is expected that a settlement of
the vexed case will soon be arrived at.
UNITED S1.1ATES.
President Cleveland has returned to
Washington from Gray Gables.
All departments of the Cambria iron
works at Johnstown, Pa., have closed
down, affeoting 3,000 men,:
Dr, Carl F, Nitz, a German physician,
of Chicago, vivisected his wife on Wed-
nesday afternoon, took notes of her dy-
ing condition, and then shot himself
dead.
The report that the. Venezuelan boun-
dary dispute has been settled is denied
in New York by Frederick le Coudert,
et member of the Venezuelan commis-
cion.
Mr, W. Y. Atkinson (Democrat) has
been re-elected Governor of Georgia by
a majority of 28,000 which is an in-
crease of 6,000 over the party majority
of two years ago, '
Lieut. -Col. Desjardin,clark of the Que-
bec Legislative Assembly, in an inter-
view in Boston, said that he did not
think the Canadian people, as a rule,
favored annexation with the United.
States,
It is reported at Buffalo that a traf-
fic alliance has been made between the
Grand Trunk and the Lehigh Valley
railroads which will enable the G. T. R.
to run through trains from Chicago to
New Yorke
For the past week there has been
practically no change in the trade situ-
ation in the United States. Business
in all lines is unpreeedently quiet, and
this week the sudden advent of cold
weather has checked the movement in
some directions, while it has not had
time enough or been decided enough
to develop the winter demand. Orders
are restricted to immediate require-
ments, wholesale merchants are crit-
ical as to credits, and generally col-
lections are poor. Aslight improvement
is reported in Atlanta, Augusta, New
Orleans and Texas cities, Wheat, wool,
iron, and steel have advanced. and are
steady et the advances.
GENERAL.
A Ministerial crisis is ,reported at
Madrid.
Baron Mueller, the Australian explor-
er, is dead.
Guayquii, Ecuador, (has been wiped
out by fire.
A branch of the Siberian railroad is
to be constructed. across Northern Man-
churia.
Turkey will not admit the U. S.
cruiser Bancroft through the Dardan-
elles.
A number of Mexican villages have
been washed away by the .floods in the
State of Sinole..
The magnificence of the reception of
the Czar and Czarina at Paris exceeded.
anything ever before seen in the
French capital: •
Documents and maps found in the
archives of the Capuchin Order tend
to support the British claim in the
Venezuelan dispute.
The Victoria Assembly, after an all-
night sitting, passed the second reading.
of the bill establishing female suffrage,
and one man one vote.
After witnessing a grand review ai
Chalons and toasting the French
army, the Czar accompanied by the
Czarina, started for Darmstadt.
The 1 olnische Zeitung asserts that a
written treaty of alliance is in exist-
ence between Russia and France, but
that it is only defensive in its provi-
sions.
At a large public meeting, held at
Cape Town on Friday evening, reso-
lutions were adopted, calling for the
abolition of duties, on meat, flour, and
wheat.
The reconciliation of Emperor Wil-
liam and his brother Henry of Prus-
sia is now effected, and the Prince dur-
ing the coming winter will reside in
the Royal castle of Kiel.
It is reported on good authority that
Russia has decided to intervene on be-
half of the Armenians, compelling the
Porte to carry out the promised re-
forms. England and France will sup-
port the move.
RAILWAY KIDNEY.
One of the Latest Diseases Discovered By
Medical Men.
"Railway kidney" is the latest dis-
ease to be described by physicians. It
is caused by an artificial stoppage of
the pores of the skin by the dirt accu-
mulated while riding an railway trains.
Any person after riding three or
four hours in a railway carriage finds
that his hands, face and neck are very
dirty, especially if it be a very warm
day. A closer examination will reveal
a very fine grime, the particles of whioh
act as so many minute corks, stopping
up completely the orifices of the pores.
It is this stopping up of the pores that
produces 'the railway disease.
It is not held that an ordinarily heal-
thy person will contraot this disease
during a few isolated journeys. But
where a person is already a sufferer
from chronic disease of the kidneys it
is passible that . regular travelling , will
aggravate his malady to an appreciable
extent.
Railway, em gloves who are careless
about their ablutions, and.do not bathe
thoroughly and frequently, are said by
hospital authorities to be especially sus-
ceptible to this disease.
NOT THE RISING KIND
Romantic Daughter—Mother, you
must admit Mr. Dudelette is a rising
young man.
Old Lady-Humphl I saw him sitting
in a crowded street car the other day,
when a poor old woman entered, and
he didn't rise any, that I noticed.
THE AMERICAN HOTEL SYSTEM.
Proprietor (average hotel)—Very
sorry, sir, but you will have to leave
this house at once.
Guest -Goodness mP1 What have I
done?
' Proprietor (solemnly)+ --You said
something to, a waiter whieh has dis-
pleased, the cook.,
Gen. Troc'hu, who defended Purls until
the surrender to the German' army in
January, 1871, is dead.
THE EXETER TIMES
THE FIELD OF COMMERCE.
Winne Items of Interest to the Busy
Business Man.
The Toronto money market is steady
at 5 per cent. for call loan on choice
stock collateral.
In 1894 the world's production of
gold amounted to $179,965,600, of eil-
ir $215,404,600.
The world's stock of lard on October
at were 519,574 tierces as against 564,-
517 tierces on September 1st.
The stock of wheat at Toronto is
145,857 bushels as compared with 124,-
288 bushels last week and 15,352 'bush-
els a year ago.
ast
week the shipments of all ex-
porting countries were 10,000,000 bush-
els of wheat, the largest total for
some time past.
The earnings of Canadian Paeific for
the fourth week of September were
$509,000 as compared with 4586,000 the
corresponding week of last year, a de-
crease of $79,000.
The visible supply of wheat in the
United States and Canada is 50,110,000
bushels, an increase of 1,401,000 bush-
els for the week. A year ago the total
was 41,832,000 bushels, and two years
ago 73,604 bushels. The amount afloat
to Europe is 20,400,000 bushels an in-
crease of 2,240,000 for the week. A
year ago the total afloat was 23,840,000
bushels.
The Canadian wood pulp industry
with. a rapid. growth has attained large
proportions. By the census of 1891
the produce of pulp wood was 201,155
cords, but as it was then recorded for
the first time there can be no com-
parison with the previous decades. Pulp
mills did not appear in the census of
1871; by that ot 1881 the invested cap-
ital amounted to $9.2,000, the wages to
$15,720 and the product to $63.300 ; by
the census of 1891 the invested capi-
tal had increased to $2,900,907, the
wages to $292,099 and the value of
the ,product to $1,056,810.
With regard to general trade in
Montreal there is rather more doin:'
but in moderate lots, andthere is
absence of any heavy buying. In heat/
metals and hardware the demand
little better. and there is some
tempt at getting former priced. Din,
seed oil and turpentine are again re-
ported stronger, and glass is advanced
a point. The sugar market is in rather
unsatisfactory shape, another slight
decline having: developed since last
writing, but in most other lines of
groceries there is increasing firmness,
notably in both California and Medi-
terranean dried fruits. In dry goods
bleached sbeetings have been added to
the list of recent advances in domestic
cottons ; some houses report some very
fair orders already booked for certain
lines of spring goods. The shoe and lea-
ther trades remain quiet ; sole leather
and splits are held more firmly, prin-
cipally due to the good English demand
for these lines, but there is no general
tendency, to advance, although the hide
market is fairly active and somewhat
excited. Liberal shipments of butter
to Britain are reported for last week
with prices fairly maintained, and
cheese shows some gain in local values,
while cable quotations for late makes
are advanced. The money market is
without change, call money being
readily available at 4 1-2 per cent.
There is a fair volume of trade in
wholesale departments at Toronto.
The colder weather is favorable for
heavy goods, and prospects generally
are considered satisfactory. Prices of
cotton goods are firm at the late ad-
vances and woolens are steady. The
higher prices of wheat and flour are
well held, although they check busi-
ness to some extent. An unfavorable
feature is the large number of failures
in this province. Profits have been
cut pretty fine, through keen com-
petition and collections have not been
up to general expectations. They
should improve, however, from this
time out. The better prices for many
deseniptions of farm produce will im-
prove the condition of farmers and
ultimately have a beneficial effect on
trade. The export trade in apples has
been unusually heavy and prices un-
commonly low. Cheese, however, con-
tinues to show slight advances, and
cured meats are somewhat firmer. The
local financial situation shows little
change. Prime paper is discounted at
6 to 6 1-2 per cent. and call loans on
choice stock collateral are obtainable
at 5 per cent. Sterling Exchange is
weaker, and New York drafts are in-
clined to be lower owing presumably,
to the growing uneasiness across the
border. Money is firmer in New York
and again we hear rumblings of the
hoarding of gold.
A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE.
As indiau'$ Crime—Coroner's Verdict of
Murder—A Reward to be Offered by
the Government.
The Ontario Government will, it is ex-
pected. issue a real rd for the capture
of an Indian named Joseph Bizaio, who
is charged with the murder of another
Indian, named Megwanoe, at Thessalon,
on the north shore opposite Manitoulin
Island, on August 29th, last. As far as
is known by the evidence in the hands
of the authorities, the two men became
involved in a quarrel, and Bizaio struck
Megwance with an oa.r. The injured
man lingered for some days, and then
died, and an inquest was held at Theta
salon by the coroner of the district, at
whioh men tiff two to wit-
nessed
testified to having wit
nessed the occurrence. As a result, a
verdict of willful murder was returned
against Bizaio, and on September 7th
last a letter was received by the Attor-
ney-Generat Department from (the
County Attorney of the locality, stating.
the facts, and asking for instructions. A
warrant was promptly issued for the ar-
rest of the accused maxi, but ell at-
tempts to catch him have so far proved
fruitless, the character of the surround-
ing country offering almost perfect op-
portunities forhiding to a man of his
class.
J3izaio, whose character is notoriously
bad, disappeared at the time of the in-
quest, and has not been heard of since,.
It is understood that he is in hiding in
the woods north of the lake, and it is
expected that the advent of the cold wea-
ther will drive him out, as it will be
almost impossible for him to subsist
without provisions and far from civili-
zation. It is deemed likely that he may
soon come within reach of arrest, and
the offering of a reward will probably
assist in effecting his capture. The mat-
ter is under consideration by the At-
torney -General's Department at the pre-
sent time, and it is understood that
steps will ne immediately taken to effect
by this means the apprehension of the
fugitive,
NOT VERY FRIENDLY.
Bather Frosty Was the Czar, Couslderiug
ke Emperor's Effusiveness.
Aar in which Em-
teasted the
ELEPHANT MEAT.
It Is quite a Delicacy With Several Afri-
can Tribes.
The flesh of the elephant is eaten in
its entirety by several of the African
tribes. In the process of butchering
the tools used are the assegai and
hatchets. The rough outer skin is
first removed in large sheets, and be-
neath this is a subcutiele, a pliable
membrane, from which the natives
make water skins.
The elephant yields large quantities
of fat, used in cooking biltong," or
dried strips of the elephant's flesh, and
also in the preparation of vegetables.
African explorers agree that one part
of the elephant's carcass, when prop-
erly cooked, is a succulent dish that
will regale the most delicate taste. This
part, very strangelly,'is the first joint
of the leg below the knee;' which one
would suppose to be the toughest por-
tion of the animal.
To prepare thejoint a hole three
feet deep is dug in . the earth, and the
sides of it are baked hard by means of
Large live coals. Most of the coals are
then taken out, and the elephant's
foot is placed in the crude oven. The
whale _placed
then filled with dirt, tightly
packed, and a blazing fire is built on
top, which is kept replenished for three
hours.
The foot its thus evenly baked, and
when done, instead of the strong, tough
meat, it is of a gelatinousconsistency
thatmay be eaten with a spoon. The
Kaffirs esteem this their greatest lux-
ury,
MARRYING FOR MONEY.
To marry for money, or for any u,
jeot whatever save and except immortal
and all-powerful love, is to, perjure
and debase the human heart; but to
marry without some provision . for the
future, such as money or money's worth
in a well -furnished mind and a capa-
city for skilled labor, is to defy com-
mon sense and invoke .the evil fates.
and
sponses, have' -ex
tion in Germany. Many
papers point out that the sentim
i;
the German people toward Russia are
not those stated by the Emperor in his
speeches, and that the attentions and
honors shown the Czar are unprecedent-
ed and more effusive than were ever
shown toward Germany's ally, Emper-
or Francis Joseph of Austria. The most
startling instance was when Emperor
William, telegraphed recalling the Ger-
man fleet of 54 vessels from the North
Sea maneuvers, and directed the ships
to proceed forthwith to Kiel and parade
before the Czar. All sorts of official
decorations were granted by the Em-
peror to the Russian visitors, and cov-
ered in their announcement almost a
page of the Reichsanzeiger. The news-
papers take especial exception to Em-
peror William's speech, in which he
characterized the Russian army as the
most powerful, and they also complain
of the fact that the Czar replied to Em-
peror William in French, when it is
well known that his Russian Majesty
speaks German fluently. The nervous
twitching of the face of the Czar was
noted both at Breslau and at Kiel, and
it is said that this is due partly to a
nervous affection which recently de-
clared itself and partly to a feeling
of insecurity, created by the noticeable
and extraordinary precautions for his
safety which were taken by the Govern-
ment.,
SOME LATE GABLE NEWS
THE DEATH OF THE ARCHBISHOP
OF CANTERBURY.
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NIIIM
An Artist's Fortune—Motor Omnibuses for
Loudon streets --Cab Drivers' Strike—
Explosions—Deer
Queer and the Pope --Two Terrible
Explosions—Deer Stalking.
A. despatch from London, says:—The
Archbishop
Archbishop of Canterbury was seized
with apoplexy after the services com-
menced. at ITawarden church, on Sun-
day morning. He was carried to the
Hawarden rectory, where he died at
11.30 o'clock.
The late Sir Joliet Millais, president
of the Royal Academy, left a fortune
of $1,250,000.
The London Road Car Company,
which runs 950 omnibuses, intends.
eventually to do away with the use
of horses in its business, and to run
motor omnibuses. A hundred of these
vebioles will be, placed on the streets
in November, and 300 more in Janu-
ary.
The strike among the cab drivers
against the special privileges accorded
certain drivers at the railway stations
is increasing. The Cab Drivers' Union
will call out 1,000 more men on Mon-
day; The use of cabs in the city is
generally declining, owing to the fast
that business men are more and more
using the telephones instead of driving
around to the various offices as has
heretofore been the custom. There is
ning
hardlythe a figchhancet. of the calamen win -
Bow great a gap George DuMati-
rier's death leaves in English art is
suggested hy the fact that he is suc-
ceeded an Punch by Phil May. Du
Maurier was England's society artist,
airways following the advice Mark
Lemon gave him on joining Punch:
"Don't do funny things; do therace-
ful side of life; be the tenor in Punch
bouffe.' Phil May is the clown in
opera bouffe, The American furore
over Trilby was probably the greatest
marvel of his life to DuMaurier him-
self, and Englishmen are sad to think
that Trilby killed him, bringing society
claims upon his time and strength
which he was not able to stand.
The engagement of Coningsby Dis-
aeli„ nephew of the jlate Benjamin
{Lord Beaconsfield) to a young
of immense wealth, Is
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THE SCOUTS OF THE SEA.
Torpedo Boats Must Spy and Sneak and
ltnn.
Torpedo boats are designed for a
wider service than simply to carry and
dieeharge the frightful weapon, from
which they take their names. They are
to the navy what scouts and skirmishers
are to a land army. They form the cav-
alry of the sea, of which the cruisers
are the +Infantry and the battleships
and monitors the artillery arm. They
must spy out the position of the ene-
my's fleet, hover about his flanks or
haunt his anchorage to ascertain what
he is about and what he means to do
next. They must act as the pickets of
their own fleet, patrolling the neigh-
borhood or waiting and watching, con-
cealed among islands or in inlets and
river mouths, ready to hasten away
to the admiral with warning of any
movement of the enemy.
It is not their business to fight (ex-
cept rarely, in the one partiular), but
rather to spy and sneak and run. Hence
they are as small and sleek and swift
as they can be made. When the fleet
goes on a cruise they are carried on
the decks of the big warships,althowgh
they are able to get about in really
rough water by themselves. A very re-
cent idea is to build them of aluminum,
which would be not only of great ad-
vantage toward ease of transportation
but would tend toward increased speed
by adding buoyancy and elasticity to
the structure, which seems to skim
along the surface and fairly leap from
wave to wave; but it is doubtful
whether aluminum is strong enough for
safety, and whether it will not be in-
jured by the chemical action of the
sea water.
TO CONTROL BALLOONS.
So many terrible disasers to aeron-
auts have fram time to time been ` re-
corded that it is pleasant to learn that
in the near future ballooning may be
as safe as any other form of locomotion.
An Italian aeronaut named Capazza,has
invented two balloon attachments,which
are raid to have fully realized the ex-
pectations formed of them. The one is
an enormous parachute stretched over
the balloon, and the other a folded in-
verted parachute
nvertedparachute hanging ander the
basket. If the aeronaut fends that, his
balloon is rising too fast, he opens the
folded parachute, which immediately.
acts as a huge air brake, and effectu-
ally retards progress. ' On the other
hand should the air vessel explode
through expansion, fire, or ' any • other
came, the top parachute comes into ac-
tion, and a descent may be made with-
out the slightest inconvenlence
Ten daysare required to carry a let-
,y
ter from; New, York to Berlin.,
man
Majesty's r
gratulating her,
wishes, thanked the
terms for the freedom of wo
joyed by Roman Catholics througho
the British Empire. The reply of her
Majesty was most cordial. She de-
clared herself happy to trepeat her
former assuraxices of the perfect free-
dom of Catholics within her dominion,
and added that it was her pleasing,
duty to acknowledge their fidelity and
loyalty.
William Henry Parnell, third Baron
Congleton, is dead. He was born in
1809, and was formerly in the Royal
N Three of the Anglo-American Com-
pany's storage ori tanks on therailway
near Huddersfield caught fire on Sat-
urday. There were two terrible explo-
sions, and all traffic was stopped for
many hours. Each of the tanks held
2,000 gallons of oil.
The deer -stalking season hes been
immensely successful, The Bradley -
Martins party of thirteen rifles at Bal-
macan last week secured. 49 stags, ane
day's drive securing nine. The earl
of Craven got a couple of imperials,
and James R. Roosevelt, secretary of
the United States Embassy, secured a
handsome nine -pointer.
UNLIKE
ANY OTHER
MEDICINE,
ARCTIC FRUITS.
...envious Berries That Grow Amid Ice
and Snow.
In spite of the latitude and the Arc-
tic
ro-tic current, Labrador that almost un-
inhabitable strip of territory which lies
to the northeast of British North Am-
erica, is the home of much that is de-
licious in the berry world. Even the
outlying islands furnish the curlew
berry and bake -apple in profusion, and
upon the mainland, in the proper month
—September—a veritable feast awaits
one.
There are three varieties of blueber-
ries, blackberries, wild red currants,
having a pungent, aromatic flavor, un-
equaled by the cultivated varieties;
marsh berries, raspberries, tiny white
capillaire tea berries, with a flavor
like some rare perfume, and having just
a faint suggestion of wintergreen ;
squash berries, pear berries and cur-
lew berries, the latter not so grateful
as the others, but a prime favorite with
the Eskimos, who pnefer them to al-
most any other, and, lastly, the typical
Labrador fruit—which, excepting a few
scattering plants in Canada and New-
foundland is found nowhere else out-
side the peninsula—the gorgeous bake -
apple.
These cover the entire coast from the
St, Lawrence to Ungava. Their beau-
tiful geranium -like leaves struggle
with the reindeer moss up the islands,
carpet alike the low valleys and the
highest hilltops, and even peep from
the banks of everlasting snow. Only
one berry grows upon each plant, but
this one makes a most delicious mouth-
etia. It is the size and farm of a large
raspberry, but the color is a bright
crimson when 'half ripe, and a golden
yellow when matured. Its taste is
sweetly acid.
PIGEONS TO CALL THE DOCTOR.
A doctor in the highlands of Scotland
whose patients are scattered over a
wide district, takes carrier pigeons with
him on his rounds,and sends his prescrip-
tions by them to the apothecary. He
leaves pigeons, too, with distant lam
flies to be let loose when his services
are needed.
WESTERN HOSPITALITY.
Mrs. Gotham --Did you find the West-
ern people as hospitable as they are re-
ported to be, Mr. Traveller2'
Returned Tourist—Yes, indeed. All
the leading citizens took me right into
their hearts, invited me to dinner, in
traduced me to their families, and sold
me corner lots.
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.
Why, Jimmie, said the gracious host
sss, . you have taken half a pie on your
p1
Yate.
es'm Mamma said I mus n t have
but one piece when I was visitiii.
POINTS THE WAY TO PERFEeT HEALTH
eolith American Nervine.
The Great Health Restorer of the
Century.
' Sickness Cannot Cope With It.
Has Cured the Worst Cases on Ree.
ord.
Cures at the Nerve Centres and Thus
Cares Permanently.
A Wonderful Specific in All Cases of
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache,
Nervousness and General Debility.
Has No Equal as a Spring Medicine.
There is a great deal of uncertainty
in the methods adopted to remove dis-
ease. Doctors are not free from this
kind of thing themselves. The. poor pa-
tient has to put up with a good deal of
experimenting. The discoverer of South
.&meritsan Nervine takes too serious a
view of life to play pranks of this kind.
He does not think that these human
bodies of oars should be fooled with. He
has recognized that they are subject to
(Unease, but, by 'dentine methods, he
has learned that just as the watch is to
be pelt in perfect repair only when the
main -spring is kept in running order, so
with the individual, he remains in per-
fect health only when the nerve centres
are kept healthful and strong.
What disease is more distressing than
Indigestion or dyspepsia? Some simple
remedy may be given to cause relief for
the moment. Nervine is an indisputably
successful remedy for the worst cases of
Indigestion, because it reaches the source
el all stomach troubles—the derve cen-
tree. Indigestion exists beelines tlf
vital forces have beatesne diseased ane
are weakened. Nerving b'iiilds up the
nerve centres, from which come thesis
forces, removes tbg &uses of indigee.
tion, and then builds tip the health com-
pletely.
How many systems are run dowel,
through nervoudnees. A stimulant ma*
give ease, but it Will not cure nevem*
troubles, Nervid'e has cured more de*
perste cases of nervousness than an*
other medicine anywhere. And It does
so for the same r@'aeon that it aures irtrtp,�
digestion. The nerve centres are deg
ranged, or there would be no iietims o
nervousness. Nervjne rebuilds an
strengthens the nerve tissues, and hence
its marvellous powers in diseases of this
kind.
In the spring of the year the strong-
est suffer from general debility. Tho•
blood, through neglect, has become iznt•
poverlshed and the whole system, gets
out of order. We aipeak of It as is
spring medicine. Nervine r'estor'es the
exhausted vital forces that have led tp
this tire don't -ears, played -oat, miser-
able cont tion. No one can take a bot,
tle of Nr i
e v lie at this season of the
year without diseit. a quickly giving war
to abounding health.
The nioral is plain, simple and reads
understood. If you ,would t trifl Wits
n.
disease then you will te South 4Uielip
lean Nievine, which with not trifle witlM°
you.
C. LUTZ 'Sole Wholesale and Retail Agent for Exeter.
Tiros. WIoit1Tr, Crediton Drug Store, Agent.
THE PUGNACIOUS SPARROW. ed with anger; and resentment. The;.
Me Winsa llard•Fougbt Bictor3' Against a
Spider.
A number of people witnessed a curi-
ous and savagely fought combat in front
of St. Paul's P.E. Church, Troy, N. Y.,
the other morning. A large blacksg ider
emerged into a crevice wader the steps
of the church and started across the
sidewalk toward the gutter. • Before it
had traversed half the distance a lit-
tle brown` sparrow, chattering shrilly,
descended swiftly to the pavement and
eked at the s ider. J,nstantl and
with the warm es of a crai
ck a list
p g
the spider leaped to one side and bristle
sparrow hopped discreetly to one side,
It was evident that the bud wouldhave
a hot fight before it got its quarry, it.
. it got it at illi. A moment or two late
er the sparrow with flattering winlge
and wide-open mouth, new at the spider
er. A short, sliarp tussleefollowed, and
when the sparrow hopped back to get
its second wind, it was seen that the
spider, though somewhat' disabled, was
by no means vanquished. It stood its
lround. gamely, waiting like some .piled
igghter for time to be called. Eventu5i
ally the bird seized' the spider ill, its `hili
and flew to a bough of the nearest': tie
It was a hard-fought and. vv 11- , n
g
a rax e
victory,and thesparrow seemed
s r twat
it 1?
of what it had done,