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Exeter Times, 1896-12-10, Page 31 A NUTSHELLI " f H VERY LATEST PROM ALL THE? WORLD OVER. Interesting Items About Our Own country, (treat Britain, the United States, and Aq Parts of the Globe, Cgadensed :and Assorted toe Raw Reeding, CA.N.41DL•. Tbo trial of the Winnipeg election pe- t�,tion has been .postponed to: January. itifteentb. een Austrian immigrant girl is ill at he(Winnipeg . with a disease believed to sma,lpox. • Mr. Charles J. Mickle, M.P.P., for Birtle, is the new Provincial Secretary of Manitoba. Deposits in the post -office saving hanks last month exceeded the with- drawals by $20,000. tlp to November 156,030 vessels pass- 11111- ed through the Canadian Soo Canal. e ine they opening in 1895. M. John McKeown, County Crown Attorney of Lincoln, is ill at the Hotel nlau Hospital in Kingston. W. Watson,. a miner at Rossland, was drowned m the Columbia River while removing driftwood. Trade returns for four montbs of tbe current fiscal year shows an increase In exports amounting to $4,727,000, and ports of $2,163,000, The ocean shipping season just closed fit Montreal shows an increase of 238,- 229 tons shipped. The Live stock trade eva4 very unsatisfactory. Prof. Calendar, of McGill University, les sucoeeded in photographing a man's lungs, showing with great distinctness he diseased condition of the organ, Mr. John Gee. watchman at a Grand (Trunk crossing in Montreal, was seri- may injured. while rescuing aaot]ter man from the wheals of a train. Lord Aberdeen has recommended Mr. Laurier to the Imperial authorities for the honour of knighthood, and it is un- derstood that the Premier has con- sented to be knighted. As a result of bis recent visit to Que- beo, Mr. Borden win recommend im- mediate work upon a number of mili- tary* buildings in the Ancient Capital that are falling into ruins. Alex. Bell, the missingManager o8 the ima inary ScottishCanadian Loan & Investment Ca. of Montreal, seems. to have swindled a.large num- ber of Ontario people. The Militia Department isinvestigat- ing some of the supplies received un- der old contracts, and discovers that shoddy 'blankets were sent by firms that tendered for wollen ones. Dr. Slack, of ,Farnham, who reeently pleaded guilty of uttering a forged power of attorney, was on Friday sen- tenced to twenty -time months in gaol. Sir Henry Strong, Chief Justice of Canada, bas been nominated by :the tegument of Canada as the Domin- i n's representative on the Judicial Committee of the Private Council. St. Thomas has now a population of 11,008, and an assessment o15,295,890. The exemption of the M. R. pro - expiring this year adds a mil - on to the ratable property of the The steamer Carthagenian has ar- e rived at St. John's, N1]d., from. Liver- pool, conveying drafts of 800 officers and men to relieve the British garri- sons at Halifax, Bermuda and Esqui malt. A shooting accident occurred at the north end of Jaekfish Lake, by which a young woman named Celestine Par- enteau was instantly killed by the gun she was handling exploding. Mrs. James Reid, the wife of a Grand Trunk engineer in Belleville, bad her clothes set on fire by an overturned. lamp on Saturday, and was so terribly burned that she died shortly after- wards. The monthly return of deaths from contagious diseases throughout the province of Ontario for the month of October, hos been issued. The total number of deaths from these causes was 235. The number of municipalities reporting was 527 out of a total of 745. The citizens of Battleford and mem- bers of "0" Division of title Northwest Mounted Police bave recently erected a pair of stone pillars and gates in memory of those who gave up their lives during the rebellion of 1885. At Cbambly Canton, Que., during a street fight between Italians employed on the public works and townspeople two men were stabbed. One, Frederic Mark, dined on the spot; the other, a Mr. Dube, is not expected to recover. The Minister of Marine will not authorize an investigation into the cause of the collision between the steamship Tiber and the schooner Mag- gie in St. John't harbour, Nfld., the captain of the Tiber being now on trial for manslaughter. The annual report of the Inland. Revenue Department shows that the revenue accrued during the year was 48,041,086, as compared with 57,912,097 for the previous year. Canaada'swhiskey bill for the fiscal year ending June is the lowest on record. LL Ald. Carpentier of Montreal has been Wommitted for trial on a charge of prim.inal libel preferred by ex -Aid. Rob- ert. They were opponents in the last municipal election, and the libel is con- tainecl in an anoymous circular dis- tributed during the contest. Sir Oliver Mowat is to be informed of the doings of tramps, and asked to make them the subject of special legislation. He will be requested so to amend the oriminal' code that any tramp arrested with a revolver or other weapon may be liable to six months' imprisonment and fifteen lashes of the eat -o' -nine tails. GREAT BRITAIN. James It. Roosevelt, first secretary of the American Embassy at London, is seriously ill. gee Sir. Charles Stavele ,- conspicuous dur- ing the Crimean and. Chinese wars, is dead at Dublin. , �A speed of 30 miles an hour has been reached by motor oars between Lon- don and Brighton. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York: have captured prizes at thei Norwich cattle show. Five tenants on Lord Dtrnraven's estate near Limerick, have been evict- ed for non-payment of rent; The Prince and Princess of Wales are visiting the Duke and Duchess of Marl- borough arl- boroix h at Blenheim Palace. g Of the 218,224 masters and seamen employed in British merchant ships last 43 werelost bydrowning year, ,8 vn g or Other accidents. Dr. Jamesonxa and some of lus asso- ciates ].n the Transvaal raid will prob ably be.' released from prison on the ground of ill -health The ill -health of the Princess Louise pprevented -her visiting the Queen at Balmoral, and may seriously interfere with her plans for the winter. It is announced by a London news- paper that the Government will devote one million pounds to the endowment of a Roman Catholio Univexsiity iu Ireland. The memorial to the late :Archbishop of Canterbury is to take the form of a monument in the cathedral, and the ,completion oil a portion of Truro cath- edral. The Queen has sent a blue woollen hood and a cream quilt, made by herself, to the meeting at Frogmore house of the County Needlework Guild of which Princess Beatrice is president. Coventry Patmore, the English au- thor, is dead. He was one of the as- sistant librarians of the British Mu- seum for more than twenty years. He was seventy-three years of age. The Lord Mayor of London is invit- ing subscriptions to endow in perpetuity the Queen Victoria Institute for Nurses, founded for the purpose of nursing the poor In their own bomes, The London Times, referring to the Colonial Cable Conference, expresses the belief that both the Pacific cable and'steautsbip service projects are well on the way towards realization. It is stated that the Imperiai,t ov- ernment will ask for a cretin cif sevi' r-. al millions for the reaainament of tho artillery, increasing the infantry and reorganizing the transport service. Mr. Ritchie, president of the Board of Trade, has laid the bogie of ruinous trade competition by Germany by show- ing that the British export trade to Germany is constantly increasing, while imports remain about station- ary. UNITED STATES. Whitelaw Reid is mentioned as a probable successor to Mr. Bayard as United. States Ambassador to England. George G. W. Ferris, designer and builder of the iferris wheel at the Chicago Fair is dead at Pittsburg, Poe Seattle and the entire north-western portion of the State are just recover- ing from another disastrous snow- storm. The emblezzlements of John H. Hof- fer, cashier of the First National Bank, of Lebanon, Pa., have already amount- ed to $185,000. ' A rolling stone beheaded Joseph Champaign wbile Joseph was hunting among the mountains wear Cedar Run, Pa., on Saturday, A St. Louis powder firm has received a telegram asking for a price on ten #the ens ox dynamite. It is understood. Cuban insurgents are negotiating. One policeman and twelve church members were injured in a fres fight between two factions of the St. Stan- islaus parish in Bay City, Mi.*. An English syndicate is reported to have made a number of investments on the American side of Niagara Falls with a view of making a more attrac- tive resort. Topeka, Kas., with a population of 30,000, is reported to have 400 divorced women. The divorce mill is running steadily, the general charge being in- compatibility of temper. Reports as to the condition and pros- pects of business in the United State - as furnished by the conunercial agencies of Messrs Dun and Bradstreet -con- tinue, as a rule, of an encouraging na- ture. Orders in .some lines have fallen off, but this is only natural in the cir- cumstauces; while usually business ev- erywhere is steadily improving, and with increased employment the purchas- ing power of the people is a factor which soon tells throughout the coun- try. The unseasonable weather this week has injured some trades, but a more confident feeling exists every- where., .,'het was lately known as the financial difficulty is rapidly righting itself and the outlook is favourable. GENERAL. Italo Campanini, the well-known tenor singer, died near Parma. Gen. Riva Palacio, Mexican Ambas- sador `to Spain, is dead at Madrid. The rebellion in Madagascar has spread over nearly the whole island. Twelve thousand dock laborers are on strike in Hamburg and neighboring ports. Natives of the New Hebrides are be- ing sold as slaves to masters of trading Vessels. a It is reported. in Berlin that Prince Bismarck will continue his newspaper disclosures. Tom Mann, the English agitator,was arrested at Hamburg and sent out of the country. • The market building and adjoining houses in Antwerp were destroyed by fire Saturday at a 1 oss of $350,000. Despatches from Cuba say that a Canadian named Dalbrigeon has been murdered at Cienfuegos, Province of Santa Clara. The 127th Punjaub Regiment of In- fantry became riotous, looted shops and wounded several persons wlio re- sisted them. In the floods in Greece the ceme- teries were swept by water and bodies washed out of their graves. The loss 'of life is large. La Pais, of Paris; announces that the text of the treaty signed in Parish e by President Faure and the Czar will be published shortly. China is reported to be about reor- ganizing her navy and building a lot of ships of war under the direction of Li Hung Chang. It is expected that a serious conflict will take place this season between the Kaiser and the German Reichstag on the question of the navy budget. Italian emigration to South Ameri- ca is increasing. Over 6,000 persons have sailed from Geneva for the Argen- tine Republic within the last two weeks. A Berlin despatc says that Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia has secured Emperor Francis Joseph's assent to a modified plan for the partition of Tur- key. The Shah of Persia announces that hereafter he will dispense with a Pre- mier, and will preside in person over tbe Cabinet, which will consist of twelve Ministers. A report comes from Tokio to the effect •that Russia has been granted the right to build the Siberian railway' through 'Chinese territory and defend it with Russian troops." The Hon. Geo. 'Emerson, a member of the Cabinet, will succeed to the va- cancy on the Newfoundland Supreme Court bench created` by the resigna- tion of Sir James. Winter. The Paris. Figaro, commenting upon relations' between the United States and Spain on t.liie Cuban question, says that - a with Spainmeanswith Eur- war trh war ope y `Two Canadians; Richard and John Beattie, hive been arrested under inertial law in Cuba, Theis friends have brought the matter before Mr. THE Of- fice. S311111 EXETER TIMES Chamberlain,, who . promises to bring it to the attention of the Foreign The Hamburger Nachriohten, Prince Bismarck's organ, accuses England of tryingto kindle a European blaze un- der te pretext of helping the Armen- ians, and the paper adds that Europe with inconceivable blindness, is play- ing into England's bands. The prosecution of the persons ar- rested for bomb -throwing during a re- ligious procession at Barcelona has commenced. The Attorney -General announces that he will 'ask the court to sentence 28 to death and 50 to im- prisonment for life. A DESTRUCTIVE PEST. iron (•able% sometime. sundered by the (Visnt. According to anite Ainteresting state- ment from a Paris correspondent, the swampsfatal of Tonquin have.. proved even to telegraphic cables. Prof. Bou- vier has been describing to the Academy' of St lance how the insects in that un- desirable possession have been embar- rassing the engineers. It appears that a wire was laid in Tonquin in the year 1894. As the ground was marshy, it 'as made up into a cable, as if for sub- marine purposes. The copper wires were surrounded with an insulating material -probably gutta pereha--and this was inserted in an envelope of cot- ton and jute. By way of making ev- erything secure, it was inclosed within a lead pipe. But hardly had a year gone by when The cable showed signs of being defective, and last spring it was found necessary to replace it. The protecting envelope Diad been pierced again and again by the attacks of ter- mites, arid its ipsulatioal destroyed. These termites, or white ants, are the posts of many tropical countries. Certainly the wise king, had he thought of them, Would never have sent the sluggard to 'the ant for a moral les- son. An excess of energy may be more mischievous: than the spirit of "rest and be thankful." Perhaps, however, as Solomon is said to have been an adept in natural history, he would bave re- plied that he was not responsible for the misnomers of the future genera- tions. ions. The destructive termite is,in fact, not a true ant, and has no real canneetion at ail with, that model of brisk yet patient industry, Indeed, they are ,generally put so far apart as to be classed in different orders; but in many of their habits the termites re- sembl the true ants. Some speeiesbuild cone -like mounds, raising them to a height of 5 or 6 feet, and construct- ing in the hard mud an elaborate sys- tem of chambers and galleries. Others burrow into wood. These aro the TERROR OF THE HOUSEHOLDER. Posts and beams are riddled by.them; chairs and tables are converted into a hollow monkery, for the creatures work away at the interior, leaving the outside undisturbeu, The termite is not very particular as to what• it attacks; though a soft -bodied creature. its jaws sea'.m to be fairly bard. Not only furniture, but also books, papers, clothing, cord --almost anything about a house except the bri 'ks and the mortar, the slates and the glass -are food for its ravenous maw. The copper in the French cable, of course, was too much for it, although Prof. Bouvier stated that leaden bul- lets sent to the Crimea during the war were perforated by some insects, but the wire became worthless when its insulation was destroyed. The lead- en pipe, however: presented no diffi- culty. Probably it was but roughly laid, being only meant for general pur- poses of protection. Chinks would occur here and there, and an army of termites would soon effect a lodgment within the fortification. The rope and the gutta percha they would not find much to their taste, and be no more affected by the passing current than are the birds which perch on the overhead wires. The termite, no doubt, has its assail- ants, such as spiders and toads, lizards, goat -suckers and bats. We imagine that in Tonquin people must look almost affectionately even on the first two of these, but the insects increase and mul- tiply so fast -for the female is a regu- lar egg -laying machine -that it will be many a day before these destructive little creatures disappear from tropical countries. Submarine cables have been attacked by the teredo and other bor- ing creatures, but these can be defeat- ed by sundry devices, .one being to pre- pare the rope with a solution in which fine sand is mixed; but the termite world probably be able to deal even with this. Prof. Bouvier advises the use of sulphate of copper; if the cable be steeped in this, he believes even the termite will declines it as an article of diet. GLASS TO KEEP ROOMS COOL. ,.• An Austrian inventor, Richard Szig. mondy, is said to have made a new kind of window; glass whose chief peculiar- ity is that it prevents the passage of about nine -tenths of the heat of the sun's rays. It is well known that or- dinary window -glass allows nearly all of the heat derived from the sun to pass through, but on the other hand intercepts nearly all heat coming from non -luminous sources, such as a stove, or the heated ground. This is the rea- son why heat accumulates under the glass roof of a hothouse. If covered with Szigmondy's sass a hothouse would become: most decidedly a cold house, since the heat could not get in- to it. One advantage claimed for the new glass is that a house whose win- dows were furnished with it would re- main delightfully cool in summer. But in winter, perheps the situation would not be so agreeable. Indeed, the panes would have to be exchanged for others of ordinary glass, since otherwise no sun -heat could enter the house. GOLD IN SEA WATER. According to Prof. Liversidge, of Syd- ney ydney University, the waves that beat on the New South Wales Coast are liter- ally golden. By exhaustive experiment he has demonstrated that the sea wa- ter contains gold to the amount of halfa grain to one grain per tone or 130 to 2b0 tons of gold per cubic : mile. If the same proportion is found in the ocean as a ,.Morey then, at the rate of • a grain per ton of water, there are 100,000,000,000 tons of gold in solution. Pheis: how. tget at it; The problem mind is often the of t1t cause Narrowness of obstinacy; we do not easily see be- yond what we see -La ttoohefoucauld. TQU�VTn PT111TUTt�t about 60,000 a• year,and the percent- 1 URDU 1, O FIGURES lb1 i t) age reeeipts about $80,000 a year, City Treasurer Coady, as required lit' WHAT IT COSTS THE TAXPAYERS TO RUN A EIG CITY. Items About Toronto's Debt--itecefptitand Exieuditares--leaks 'lig and Little vt Ittelt iio to Sluice 11p the Bate ot e as:ation. The city gives over 525,000 a year'. tor the support of the Public Library. The total running expenses of the As- sessniaent Department yearly is less than 518,000, The estimated value of city buildings is $1,602,620. On these there is a total insurance of 5636,980. Salaries at the City Hall of Mayor, aldermen and municipal officers am- ount to about 570,000 a year. The grant of the Ontario Govern- ment to city Publio acltools amounts yearly to about $18,000. TWO and a half million dollars a year are paid by the ratepayers of the city of Toronto in taxes. Toronto has a seventeen million dol- lar debt, but she has property and other assets valued at $12,000,000. The salaries of the police force amount to over $200,000 a year. The uniforiu worn by the men is paid for by the city. In connection with Toronto's water-' works there are buildings valued at 580,000, and machinery and boilers worth 5210,000. The General City Debt grew from $2,712,207 in 1b71 to 57,107,470 in 1895, to $11,509,590 in 1889, and to $12, 474,509 in 1895. The local impprovement debt in 1871 was 592,533, Itrew to $1,112,792 in 1885; to $2,726,857 in 1891, and to 59,- 052,270 in 1895. The fire halls of the city of Toronto are estimated as being worth $170,000. On these there is insurance to the ex- tent of 545,000 The old City Hall building is valued at a60,00J, and insured at $15;000. There is in it about $10,000 worth of furni- ture, with insurance of 53,000. For sta`iouery to be used in. its various departments, the city trays over $5,000 a year. Of this the 3,ngineer's Department uses $1,000 worth. There is 520,000 of insurance on the main building of the jail, and $8,000 more on the residence, cottages and boilers in eonnection therewith. Notwithstanding its legal exemp- tion, Jarvis street Baptist church pays its general taxes ea;sh, year. These taxes amount to about $900 per annum. Last year the Toronto Electric Light Company received 5108,000 for electric lighting, and the Consumers' Gas Com- pany $27,C00 for gas supplied to street lamps. Since 1891 the Bell Telephone Com- pany bas paid as revenue to the city for its franchise, $31,814. Yearly this revenue is in the neighbourhood of 58,000. The Government of Ontario paid last year the sum of5,489 towards ex- penses of the jail. The County of York paid for the maintenance of county pri- soners, $1,920. For the year ending 31st March, 1896, water rentals paid to the Water -works Department amounted to 5352,437. The charge against the corporation aggre- gated 586,731., The total Iaw expenses of the city last year were27,000, This includes salaries of Solicitors office, counsel fees. costs in suits; stationery and oth- er office requirements., A premium of one and a. half per cent. for a term of three years is the charge to the city for insurance. At this rate the city pays about 43,000 a year for its insurance. For the maintenance of Public schools and buildings last year $150,000 was paid out by citizens. The Collegiate In- sti:utes received nearly $40,000, and Separate schools 532,000. The contributions by the men to the Firemen's Benefit Fund amounts to nearly 52,000 yearly. The City of To- ronto pays interest on the deposits made for this fund of about $900 an- nually. There are over 5450,000 worth of buildings on the Exhibition grounds; they are insured for about 5250,000. There is a mortgage against the build- ings of 585,000 to the Canada Life As- surance Company.` The city of Toronto derives a rev- enue from licenses, Police Court fines, market and weighing fees, street rail- way and telephone services of about $230,000. The revenue from water -works is about $450,000 yearly., The real estate in the city of Tor- onto was valued at 536,000,000 in 1875. In 1885 it had grown to $57,000,000. The boom lifted it to 5137,000 000, which was its assessment in 1894. It is now valu- ed at $120,000,000. 'rhe water lots owned by the city,the walk's and gardens, leasehold property and the market block bring in an an- nual revenue of 5100,000, which will doubtless increase from year to year, as the leases mature and are renewed. After deducting sinking fund on hand, the net debt of the city on ac- count of local improvements is $5,424,- 160. The general debt is 12,095,751. Thus the total net debt of the city at he present time is about seventeen million dollars.. • In 1871 the personal property of the city was rated by the assessors at 57,- 000,000. By gradual stages a total of about 512,000,000 has now been reach- ed. Personal property is here inclus- ive of income. It costs the city $5,000 yearly for municipal elections. Reurning officers get a total of $1,200; polling booths have cost formerly about $900; clerks and special constables 5800. The print- ing of voters' lists calls for nearly. 02,- 000 2;000 yearly.. Salaries in connection with Toronto jail amount to $.10,000 a year. For temporary services of assistants the charge is about 53,500 per annum. Pro- visions for 1895 cost 52,987. The total expense in maintaining the jail yearly is about $22,000., . On account of liquor licenses, Toronto receives over30,000 a . year. Auction- eers pay $875; billiard hall proprietors, $2,000; cabmen, $500; cigar dealers, $2,500; victualling houses, 51,000; livery stable keepers, $665. Dog tags cost cit- izens about$earl 5 500 . , yearly Col. H. J. Grasett Deputy Chief Stewart and .Inspector Stark are ala lowed $ 100 a year eachr for clothing. Each of the detectives is allowed 50 a ear to dress with, The inspectors y h,, h nspec ors and sergeants are also made an allow - awe for the same purpose„ Upto the end of 1895 the Toronto RailwayCompany $247,778 paidfon mileage rental and $374,895 for per- centage : of receipts to the city of Tor- onto. The mileage rental equals statute, tarnishes bonds to the extent of $65,000 for the due performauee of his responsible duties. Of this amount he .himself is responsible for 520,000, three other responsible parties for $20,- 000remai, and nderGuarantee. Companies for the Forty-four insurance companies carry' the city's insurance, which is divided into 88 pasts or shares, of which the great majority of the companies have two. The British American and 'West.. ern Assurance Companies carry each four shares, and four outside companies carry One each, In 1874 the rate of taxation was 12 1-2 mills, the lowest fora quarter of a century. In1877 the rate was 19 1-2 mills, the highest the city has had. Since that the rate has hovered around 16 mills, although in 1889,1890, ahighnd 1892assessmentit was ,14 1-2 mills on a very The loeai improvement annual rates have grown tremendously in twenty- fiveyears. In 1871 there was paid only $8,430. The rolls for 1880 show- ed 545,311. In 1885 locals cost land owners $129,498, '.Chs sum of $361,108 was reached in 1890. High water mark In 1871 there was collected for gen- eral taxes the sum ot 5439,157. Iii 1880 these general taxes had grown to $852,905. In 1885 tbe general rate- payers contributed $1.172,805. Five years more and $1,984,806 was requir- ed for 1890. No less than $2,607,586 went into the City Treasurer in 1893 collec for generalted$2,396,970rates, Last year there was , The total assessment of the city of Toronto in 1871 was twenty-nine mil- lion dollars. In 1880 it was fifty mil- lion dollars; in 1885, sixty-eight mil- lion dollars; in 1890, one hundred and thirty-six million dollars, in 1894, one hundred and fifty million dollars; in 1896, one hundred and forty million dollars. The latest assessment for 1897lion disolonelarshundred and thirty mil- , SONE LATE CABLE NEWS MR. LAURIER TO VISIT ENGLAND NEXT SPRING. .America's ;lext ambassador-Pro$pectiag, for Gold in China -The Next Expedition to Khartoum-Ilerbert 'tooth In Low don --Dr. Jaincrou's health, eve,. etc. A despatch. from. London says t --The Canadian Premier, Mr. Laurier, Is ex- pected. xpected in London, accompanied by Sir Richard Cartwright, Minister of Trade and Commerce, next spring. Time ques- tions of assisted emigration, a fast mail service, and Imperial aid towards en- larging the defence works on the Pa- cific and At:antic coasts of the Domin- ion will be the leading topics discussed between the Canadian Ministers and Mr. Chamberlain. Frederick 0. Seams, the African hunter and expierer, intends to take a sporting trip to the Rocky moun- taint. There is much speculation among Americans in London as to who will be the next Ambassador to the Court of St. James. It is hoped that with it change of Ambassadors the United. States Government win find it advis- able to change the Embassy as well. The present quarters, the ground floor of a dingy flat in Victoria street, are not imposing, and do not compare fa- vourably with the splendid houses pro- vided by their Governments for the French, German, Austrian, Russian, Italian, and evenoSpanish and Chinese Ambassadors. Mr. Pritchard Morgan. M. P., who is interested in the geed mines of North Wares. which were discovered by him, has started, accompanied by anumber of mining experts, for China. via the United States. He was in cease touch with Li -Hung -Chang while the latter was in Eng.and, and it is presumed that Mr. Morgan is going to prospect for geld. It is announced that Mr. E. T. Horley, the many times millionaire, whose sensational purchases of bicycle companies and landed estates in at dozen countries, and other various en- terprises, have for some time past been the wonder of the financial world, has now acquired Mr. T. P. O'Connor's Sun, which, it is added, will be turned into a Conservative organ. Mr. O'Connor re- fuses to confirm or deny the report. The proposed expedition next year against Khartoum will. it is said, num- ber 25,000 men, of which 18.000 will be Egyptian troops, and 7,000 British troops, including batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery and probably a High- land regiment, and an Indian brigade with cavalry amounting to 20,000 men, all to be available for an attaok upon Omdurman, the fortified dervish camp ;near Khartoum, where fierce fighting is expeoted. The dervishes there are reported to number at least 60,000 fight- ing mem, and the forts are defended by 70 Krupp guns. Mr. Herbert Booth, ]ate of Toronto and third son of the general, had an enthusiastic reception at the Exhibi- tion building, Melbourne. He is de- scribed as a thin, little pallid man, all fire and magnetism and electrical feel- ing. His voice is not powerful, and he gave the impression of a man strug.- gling with physical disability, but with a decided suggestion of .reserved power. The Countess of Dunraven gave a Large ball at Adare manor, County Lim- erick, on Friday evening. Dr. Jameson, the leader of the Trans- vaal raid, undergoing, sentence of 15 months' imprisonment in Holloway gaol, whose sickness has previously been not- ed, is now pronounced to be in a crit- ical condition. Mr. Alfred Austin, the poet -laureate, had a narrow escape from drowning in the Tweed during the, pest week: He fell into the water from a fishing boat, was dragged back by a boatman, the oars were lost, and. the boat drifted rapidly towards a weir. Thereupon the poet plunged into the water, and was able to reach the weir, to which he. clung until rescued.. TAUGHT TO USE Tlfl1 DAGGER. Among the wilder' tribes of the Cau casus every ohilld is taught to use the dagger almost as soon as ,be can walk. The children first learn to stab water without malting a splash, and by in- cessant practice acquire an extraordin- ary command. over the weapon. NO REASON. When you ask a fowl'' what season . els fancymost engage, Does, 'tis Though a wise bird, no reason That his answer should be "sager" 1 Years Accumulated Science and Skill The great factories at Hartford* Conn., U. S.A., where Columfiias, the famous American bicycles, are made, are building such matchless machines today because for 18 years they have profited by every mistake and have carried on their investigations in the broadest scientific spirit. wycles are recognized all over Europe and America as unequalfed, unapproached. STANDARD OF THE WORLD Columbia Art Catalogue, telttng fully of all Columbiss, and of Hartford Bicycles, trustwoethr maehlaes of lower price, is tree from any Columbia agent; by mail for two 2 -cent stamp,. POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. Weeppolntbutoeeselltngagent Ina town, and donotsett to Jobbers or middlemen. 11Columbia* are not properly represented in your vicinity, let us know. BUILT UP TH S STEM IN WGNDERUL Elis Eames A. Bell, of Beaverton, Ont., brother of the ,Iiev. John 1Y esiey well, B.D., prostrated by nervous headaches .A. victim of the trouble for several years. South American' Nervine effected a complete ,cure. In their own particular field few men are beter known than the Rev. John Wesley Bell, B.D.and his brother Mr. James A. Bell. 'i'he former win oe re- cognized by his thousands of friends all over the country as the popular and able missionary superintendent of the Royal Templara of Temperance. Among the 20,000 members of this order iu Ontario his counsel is sought on all sorts of oc- casions. On the public platform he is one of the strong men of the say, oattliug against the evils of intemperance. Equally well known, is Mr. Bell in other provinces of the Dominion, havi::g been for years a member of the Manitoba Methodist Conference and part of this time was stationed in Winnipeg: Ria brother, Mr. James A. Bell, is a highly respected resident of Beaverton, where his influence, though perhaps more cir- cumscribed than that of his eminent brother, is none the less effective and productive of ad. Of recent years b,pw- ever the w ability of Mr. James A. Be11 has n sadly marred bysevere attacks of nervous headache, accom- panied by indigestion, Who can do fit work when this trouble takes hold of them and especially when it becomes chronic, as was, seemingly, the case w:tb Mr. Betel? The trouble reached such in tensity that last June he was complete, ly prostrated. In this condition s friend recommended South American N'ervine, Ready to try anything and everything, though he thought he had coverea the• list of proprietary medicines, he secured; a bottle of this great discovery. A second bottle of the medicine was taken and the work was done. Employing his own language: "Two bottles of Sout American Nervine immediately :te11e my headaches and have burl; up 'ma system iu a wonderful manner." Let us not deprecate the good our ciergymea,. and social reformers are doing in the world, but how ill -fitted they would bo for their work were it not the relief that South American Nervine brings to them when physical ills overtake. .. 1 them, and when the system, as a ret suit of hard, earnest and continuous work, breaks down. Nervine treats the system as the wise reformer treats the • evils he is battling limiest. It strikes all 4 the root of the trouble. Alt die. ease comes from dtsurganization of the nerve centers. This is a scientific fact, Nervine at once works ou these nerve centers; gives to them health and vig- or; igor; and then there courses through the system strong, bealthy, life-maintatuirg blood, and •nervous troubles of river$ variety are things of the past. C. LUTZ 'Sole Wholesale and Retail Agent for Exeter. Taos. Wioanur, Crediton Drug Store, .�:.`rent. Drug a A DAY OF REST. Sunday -School Superintendent -Can any of you tell me why Sunday is call- ed the day of rest, Little .Dick (holding up his hand) -- IA kin. It's 'cause we get op early and Murry through breakfas' so's to dress in time for Sunday-Sehlool, and then hurry to Sunday -School, so we won't be late, and then.altip inter church 'fore the bell stops ringlet and then o :acme dinner andget fenced upfor aft o to n clic n 1 service, and then get supper sill' go to bed so a ani m 'an get' ready far eveningservice.. '4 rat's all we do. LIFE'S AVERAGE INCREASED. Tisa statistics of life insurance people show that in the last 25 seers the aver- age of mans life has increased 5 per omit., or two whole years --from 41.9 to Misfort4me is never mournful to the soul that acceptsit, for such do al- ways see thee • every cloned is an a.egeta. face livery man deene. that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the herrlest atall afflictions for him to- bear ;"but they y are � •o'im- sim- ply ply because ,they are ate very cine: he most needs.