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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1896-10-22, Page 3IHE NEWS PJ 11 NUTSHELL. CITE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. 1nseresting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britrin, the United states. and All. Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted tor Easy Reading. 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. 11 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 18 Years' Epeiiencc The proper construction of a bicycle cannot be discovered in a day or a year. The merest trifle wrong, and the bicycle breaks or runs hard. Our 18 years' experience, tried and proved, is What maintains • icycles STANDARD OF THE WORLD. The buyer of a Columbia has no uncertainty. He knows tto oil All quality and workmanship are right. The Columbia scientificY��" alike.. methods make them so. 40 ,pt ,>tt ,fit ,rt ra ,ye ,st as Columbia "Sat Catalogue, telling fully of all Columblas, and of Ilartford Bicycles. trustwartily machines of lower price, is free from any Columbia agent; by mail for two 3 -cent stamps. POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. We appoint but one selling agent In a town, and do not sell to Jobbers or middlemen. if Cotnmbtas are not properly represented in your vicinity, tet us know. 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,