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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1897-2-18, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES IRE HENS IN A NUTSHELLS ftlE VERY LATE.a FROM ALL Tull; WORLD OVER. interceding !tens About Our Own Country, Groat Britain, the United States, and Ali Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. Stratford is to have a Free Library. The miners' strike at Springhill, N.S., continues. Mr. Richard Pope; Commissioner of Patents at Ottawa, is dead. Mr. D. W. Bole has been elected Pre- sident of the Winnipeg Board of Trade. Last year's cut of timber in the Ot- tawa valley is estimated at 614,250,000 feet, Winnipeg School Board is asking the city for $100,000 to meet this year's ex- penses. A number of changes have taken place among the street railway com- pany's officials at London. The report that the Montreal cotton mills intend closing down for three mouths is denied in Montreal. Mayor Bingham, of Ottawa, has giv- en his first month's salary asChief Magistrate to the poor of the city. It is now thought probable that Sur- veyor Ogilvie and party will remain in the Yukon country over winter. Aid. Watkins, of Hamilton, has com- plained to the Mayor of tobacco -smok- ing at the Board of Works meetings. Nine owners at Rat Portage are agi- tating to have the Indian reserve at that town done away with and the Indians moved to some other location. Strong pressure is being brought to bear on the Dominion Government to have insolvency legislation introduced as soon as possible. The trouble between the garment - workers and the Sanford Manufactur- ing Company of Hamilton has been amicably settled. The petition for a reduction in the number of liquor licenses in Hamilton was considered by the Markets 'Com- mittee and refused, The retail merchants of Ottawa are petitioning the Dominion Government for the right of garnishee against the salaries of civil servants. A Duluth firm will erect an elevator at Kingston, Ont., accepting the city's offer of a. bonus of $25,000 and tax ex- emption for ten years. As a result of thenew quarantine regulations large droves of cattle are being driven across. the ice from Brock- ville to the United States. Arrangements are being made for a deputation to wait on the Government to press the claims of the Montreal, Ottawa and Georgian Bay ship canal. The steamer Peruvian lost 100 head of cattle and 35 sheep on her last trip from Portland to Glasgow, h`loods are prevailing in the valleys of the Thames and the Ouse, where large tracts of land are submerged. The Allan line steamer Assyrian, which has been in collision off the Sher- ries, has sustained considerable dam- age. It is expected that on the occasion of the Queen's jubilee- the Marquis of Salisbury will be raised to a duke- dom, Dr. Nansen, the Arctic exlorer, and Mrs. Nansen arrived in London on. Wednesday. They are the guests of Sir George Haden -Powell. The Prince of Wales attended on Wednesday night the dinner given in his honour by Mr. Bayard, the United States Ambassador in London. Elaborate plans for the fortification of London have been revived by Lord Wolseley and the work will probably be commenced at an early date. Baron Herschell, formerly Lord Sigh Chancellor of England, and the Right Hon. Sir Richard H. Collins, a Justice of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court have been chosen as the representatives of Great Britain on the Venezuela Arbitration Commis- sion. The Marais of Lansdowne, the Se- cretary of State for War, announced on Thursday that the Government in- tended to increase the army by 7,335 men. The British House of Commons, by a vote of 323 to 110, passed the fin- ancial proposal in the educational bill to grant to voluntary schools the sum of five shillings per child. England is not taking any precau- tions recautions against the importation of the bu- bonic plague, as experts say that it is simply a dirt disease, and that cleanli- ness is the true prophylactic. . Mr. Chamberlain states that the o} eouaxa;goo menthe' us to uollsanb continue cue work of the Ottawa con- ference to be held when the Colonial Premiers go to London is under con- sideration. The plan formulated by the Imperial Government for increasing the strength and efficiency of the navy contemplates the construction of five battleships and three first class cruisers and the addi- tion of ten thousand more men. The bold utterance of Sir Michael Hicks -Beach in regard to England's cc- culiancy of Egypt has created some sen- sation on the Continent,, especially in Prance, where the Paris Autorite says that England must be replied to with the sword. The Dominion Minister of Agriculture contemplates sending an officer to the Old Country to take special notices of Canadian. shipments during the coming summer. The leading steamship companies are asking the Government to pay half the cost of fitting up vessels for cold stor- age. The total payment would amount to $150,000. Dr. Selwyn, in a paper read at the mining engineer's convention at Mont- real, held that the idea that Canada was exceptionally rich in minerals was a fallacy. Earnings of the Montreal Street Rail- way Company for the first four months of the fiscal year amount to $412,665, against 5.385,520 for the corresponding period oL last year. The Canadian Pacific railway will run colonist specialsevery Tuesday during March and April, to meet the require- ments of the settlers' movements to- wards the North West. Nova Scotia's finances, as reported to the Legislature at Halifax, on Wednes- day, show the expenditure for the year ended September last to have been $853,893, or $12,734 less than the reve- nue. The India famine fund is meeting with much criticism in Montreal. It is pointed out that there is distress enough in that locality to employ all able. At the Business Men's Convention held in Winnipeg, on Friday a reso- lution was passed recommending that the Dominion Government build the proposed railway through the Crow's Nest pass., Within a short time a new life in- surance company, which is to be all Can- adian in its character, will begin busi- ness, with head offices in Montreal. It will be known as the Royal Victoria Insurance Company. The Nova Scotia House of Assembly on Friday passed a bill appointing July 1st a public holiday. This is the: first time since Confederation that Domin- ion day has been recognized in Nova Scotia as a legal holiday. Messrs. Gordon and Keith, under- takers, of Halifax, are bringing an no- tion against the Dominion Government for Sir John Thompson's funeral ex- penses, which the Government disputes, on the ground of overcharges. John R. Hooper will be required to serve the sentence of 25 years in the penitentiary which was imposed upon him for attempted wife murder three years ago, Sir Oliver Mowat having re- ported adversely to any commutation. The Dominion Government is in re- ceipt of a score or more applications for railway subsidies. Same of 'them are new,. and some are for a renewal of subsidies which lapsed through the re- fusal of Parliament last year to revote the money. Under the instructions of the Minis- ter of Agriculture, the free distribu- tion of sample seed packages of certain varieties of grain and other agricultur- al products which have succeeded .on the Experimental farms will be made again this season. '. Mr. Dobell, who has returned from England, says 'that Canada ought not t' be in too greats. hurry in getting her new Atlantic service, as a new style of steamer is being projected,, of shallow. draught with great capacity, and speed, which would be admirably saited for. the St. Lawrence route. GREAT BRITAIN. The Earl of'Kinnouil is dead, at the. age of seventy years. The Queen's health, both physical and mental, is reported to be excellent. The London Privy Council on' Satur- day dismissed the appeal of the Ontario Y pp Brewers and Distillers, and sustained the judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeals, which held that Ontario had the right to impose an extra tax for the right to sell in Ontario. The Prince of Wales has issued to the press a lengthy communication, in which he advocates the creation of a fund to be called the Prince of Wales' hospital fund for London, to commem- orate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. The London press Is very severe up- on the amendments passed upon the arbitration treaty by the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate. The Daily News says that the amendments were chiefly made with the view of amending the treaty out of existence. Sir Michael Hicks -Beach, made a speech in the British House of Com- mons on ..the Egyptian and Dongolan expedition question, in which he took a very firm stand on British policy in the east. The speech caused much comment, and a full report of it was cabled to France. UNITED STATES. Sims Reeves, the celebrated English tenor singer, has been declared a bank- rupt. Several warships of the British squadronmedi• terranean have been ordered to Crete. formerl Lady Williamn Beresford, y Duchess bf Marlborough has. given birth toa son: The Queen has announced her inten- tion of opening the Sheffield Town Hall in May next. • Thomas .Bateman, who was twice pre- sident of the E'rim iitive Methodist Con- ference, s dead 'at London. The Capitol of Pennsylvania at Har- risburg has been burned. Thirty thousand people in the State of Louisiana are practically starving' to death. Highwaymen looted the Eldon Bank at Ottumwa, Iowa, the other day to the extent of $30,000. The Anglo -Venezuelan (treaty has been signed by Ambassador 'Paunce- fote and Minister Andrade at 'Wash- ington. Over 100.000 persons in the State pt Louisiana are said to be destitute, the result of last year's drought. It is intimated that President-elect McKinley intends to appoint Mr. Chaun- cey M. Depew Ambassador to Eng- land. Col. George Meade, a son of General Meade, the hero of Gettysburg, died on Wednesday in Philadelphia after a brief illness. Lee B. McFarland, teller of the Sec- ond National Bank of Parkersburg, W. Va., is reported short $43,000 in his ac- counts. scounts. Five children, their ages ranging. from 10 to 15 years, were drowned on Tuesday by failing through the ice at Nebraska City The United States revenue receipts during January were $24,310,994, and the expenditure $30,269,389, leaving a deficit of $5,952,395. Lady Henry Somerset will be ,ask-' ed to preach the annual sermon during the National Convention of the 'W. C. T. U. in Buffalo next fall. At Stockton, Call.,, on Wednesday night Chas. ,A. Kleupfor, a saloon keep- er, shot and killed Charles Dodge and Alexander Borland, ,two prominent citizens. Indictments have been returned against 14 persons, including aldermen and police officers, at Louisville, Ky., for failing to suppress gaming. The works of the Case Threshing Machine Company at Racine; Wis., will resume operations Monday next. They have been closed for six months. • Lady Aberdeen will be the convoca- tion orator at the University of Chi- cago commencement exercises on April 1. Lady Aberdeen will have the honour of being the first woman cho- sen for such au occasion in the United States. The last ship of the United States navy to get into trouble is the battle- ship Indiana. She was unable to ac- company the squadron to sea, and bad to return to Hampton Roads after a. short run as she rolled dangerously. It is now porposed to doolc' her and put on a new bilge keel." There is no new nor distinctive fea- ture in business throughout the Unit- ed States. i)uring 'the most dull peri- 'iienen st elm! cameo ;o fees owl jodpo expected, and small as the expectation may be, it is seldom fulfilled. This week shows no change in the, usually monotonous record. Bad weather and bad roads mean had business, and the story is about told. Fairly favourable trade reports come from St. Paul, Chi- cago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and a few other points; but generally no change is reported, and little prospects of im- mediate improvement. GENERAL. Prince Chimay has secured a di- vorce. The Portuguese Ministry has re- signed. The Czarina has recovered from her recent illness. The Pepe is reported to be suffering from fainting fits. Emperor rrJoseph ill visit St. Petersburg on Apri2 A number of strikes and bread riots are breaking out. in Spain. Riotous conduct of students caused the closing of the university at Rome. Munkacsy, the famous Hungarian ar- tist, is reported to be dying at Vienna. M. Martini, the inventor of the rifle of that name, is dead at Frauenfeld, Switzerland. The Hamhur • dock strikers resum- ed work on Monday, funds being ex- hausted and the battle lost. There is a crisis of blood and fire in Canea, where the Musselmans are ruth- lessly butchering the Christians. The Portuguese Ministers resigned because the King would not create a number of life Senators to keep them in power. The Pope was found lying in a faint- ing fit. on Friday, and it was with great difficulty that he was restored to con- sciousness. Prof. Haffkine, who uses attenuated plague virus as an antidote for the disease, inoculated 156 prisoners in the jail at Bombay. A. panic is reported at Kurrachee as a result of the plague and famine in India. The plague in that section i 1 inn continuesear. to spread at an rate. g Tee principal fish exporting mer- chants of St. John's, Nfld., have pre- sented a memorial to the Government, asking for the enforcement of the Bait Act against the French. Tewfik- Pasha, until recently Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, has ar- rived at Marseilles. He states that a reign of terror prevails among the en- tourage of the Sultan. Serious alarm is felt in Brazil at the Bahia.. A 'body of 5,000wth of the fanatica1 fanaticcssent is re ported to be advancing towardtheprin- cipal Government post. The Czar has cordially received and restored all the rights of the Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch, who was banished from Russia and deprived of his uniform by the late Czar for mes- alliance. Despatches 'roe]. Athens tell of a fearful state of affairs in Crete, Des- perate between Christians taken i Canes the Christian quarters of the city were fired, and the people driven out by flames and massacred at their doors by Turkish soldiery. The war- ships are landing marines to protect the Consulates. Casper Cyrus E. Binder, of the. First National Bank, Bethlehem, Pa., who dis- appeared with a shortage in his ac- counts, is said to have taken refuge in Toronto. The United States Senate, before agreeing to the, ebritration°,treaty, em- asculated it in such a manner as to render it doubtful of iacceptance to Great Britain. Gardner, Morrow & Co.'s insolvent bank building at Hollidaysburg,, Pa., was wrecked by dynamite. It is sup- posed to be the work of creditors in revenge. Enough money to erect 'a chapel at Mount Elermon, Mass., is to be given Evangelist Dwight L. Moody, who will be 60 an Friday, by his friends -as •a birthday gift. The schooner Cora Hanson; of Pro- videntee,: R.I., has been - given up for lost. She left Brunswick, Ga., several menthe' ago on a trip north. She .had a crow of 10. Hamilton, F. Coleman of the Land , Office it Wasbagton has been arrested' on a charge of stealing postage stamps from the Government. It is said his takings amount to, over $1,00,000. A DESPERATE FIGHT. A Notorious Escaped Convict and His Com- panion Captured. A despatch from Port Townsend, Wash., says: The steamer Al. Ki, from Alaska, brings news of a sanguinary chapter in the career of Slim Birch, the notorious young desperado of Ju- neau, who, while awaiting transporta- tion to serve a three years' sentence in San Quentin prison, California, was released by accomplices, who visited the gaol, overpowered the gaoler, locked him in a cell, and accompanied the es - ca ling prisoner. No tidings of Birch were received until the closing day of January, when Indians brought news to Juneau that Birch and his compan- ions were stopping in a. cabin thirty miles from Juneau, on an island.. De- puty Marshal Hale at once chartered a steamer, and, making up a posse, comprising Deputy Marshal William Watts, Gaoler Lindquist, Guard Baysee, and an Indian policeman, started in pursuit. The cabin was located the fol- lowing day after a torturous trip over rough snowy country, and terrific cold. Bad generalship in the charge on the cabin permitted two of the inmates to es- cape to a rocky eminence, between which and the cabin the posse was situated. A TERRIBLE BATTLE. Hale once, seriously, and Baysee wound- ed in both legs. Ten minutes later all then began, Watts being shot twice, the posse except poor ;Watts started back from the scene of the fight to where the boat was anchored. Watts was left at the mercy of the outlaws on the hill; they shot him several times, where he lay half dead., ' The steamer made all haste back to Juneau with the wounded men, and a posse of twenty men started out, return- ing. Next day. Watts was found dead, frozen stiffin the snow,where his cowardly companions had left him. The search was continued for two days without success, until the desperadoes were .finally located by Indians, lying asleep in a dense underbrush. Word was carried to two. Herculean fellows, named Cheney and Olsen, in a can- nery, who made the capture in a pic- turesque style.• Unarmed tifey climb- ed a ledge twelve feet above the sleep- ing and heavily armed pair of 'bandits and at a. given signal jumped down on them. Both men were manacled aft- er a short resistance. Birch's lone com- panion was also a noted offender nam- ed Suell, who robbed the Treadwell works some years ago. Both are in gaol at Sitka. Cheney and Olsen will get the $5,000 offered for Birch's capture. ITS INEVITABLE DESTINY THE MARCH OF BRISISH PROGRESS IN SOUTH AFRICA. The Imperial Dream of Dominion Nearing Fuliillinent-Tale Boers Are a Doomed Race. A despatch from Pretoria says:— There ays:There has been a serious split be- tween Dr. Leyds, the Secretary of State of the South African Repu,,b- lic, and President Kruger, and this is believed to be an explanation of the reported intention of Dr. Leyds to resign his' office. Dr. Leyds has a large number of followers, and the prediction is freely made that he will obtain a Boer majority in favour of the independence of the Transvaal Republic, or such a revision of the An- glo -Boer convention as will give the Transvaal Government absolute con- trol over -its foreign relations . The fort works which have been in course of construction around the Boer capital are now being pushed forward to completion with feverish haste. Dis- trust of England is increasing every- where in the Transvaal, and a rapidly growing war feeling has set in, The New York Tribune. editorially says of the approaching trial of Col. Cecil Rhodes and the crisis in South African affairs, which it declares to be rapidly approaching :—"The begin- ning of the end is at hand in South Africa. Col. Cecil Rhodes has arrived in England, and is about to submit himself to a searching inquiry into his connection with. the Jamieson raid of a year or more ago, and into the at- titude and actions of the British South Africa Company, of which he was the creator and has always been the con- troller toward the South African Re- public. That on the face of it, will be the scope of the investigation. But the real question, which, also, is sub- stantially answered, is whether Mr.. Rhodes' policy is to be fulfilled, and what has been gained for Great Britain, in South Africa, by whatever means, to be retained. A higher power than courts or parlia- mentary committees has decided that in the affirmative. The genius of the Anglo-Saxon race has settled it. That is the progressive race, and South Africa, like all the rest. of the world, must yield to progress. The men who made of Kimberley a new and greater Golconda, and renewed tenfold the golden glories of old Ophir in the Rand, are sure to win the mastery over those who are content to smoke big pipes and 'wallop niggers.' True, the Boers own the Transvaal by no better a title than the Zulus did before them, and the British have no right to crowd them out by legal process or political intrigue any more than the Soars had to drive out Dingaan and his followers at the muzzles of ele- phant guns. Yet these things will come to pass. The Pretoria Govern- ment may set itself against the march of progress, as it is doing, and, in- stead of granting concessions and re- forms as it promised, may make its rag illations of foreigners still more oner- ous and humiliating. The Beers—or some of them—all through the Cape may try to rouse a war of races and look to Germany for aid, It will not avail. The Imperial dream of British dominance from the Cape to the Zam- besi and to the lakes is nearing assur- ed fulfillment, and will doubtless be fulfilled, no matter what becomes. of the dreamer." LARGE FIRE AT GLASGOW. Destruction of the Great Fairfield Ship- building Worl:s. A despatch from Glasgow says :—The Fairfield Shipbuilding works, were burned on Friday. The loss is R25; uOU, and five thousand men are thrown out of employment. The Fairfield Ship- building and Engineering Company is one of the Iargest on the Clyde. Sir William Pierce was for a long time at the head of the company, and up to a few years ago it was known under the name of John Elder and Company. Many of the best known teteamships now afloat were launched from the yards of this company. The Guion racers, Ar- izona and Alaska, the first of the " At- lantic greyhounds," were built by this company. as were also the single screw Cunarders, Etruria and Umbria ; the " express" steamship Normannia, of the Hamburg -American line; the Wer- ra., of the North German Lloyd fleet ; and numerous other ships prominent in the merchant marine. The company's latest and best handiwork is shown in the record breaking Lucania, of the Cunard line, and her giantess sister, the Campania. The company has not confined itself to the construction of merchant steamships, but has had a fair share of the work of building up the navy of Great Britain. Many well known yachts have also been turned out by this company. NECESSITIES OF LIFE. Mr. Smalipurse (hack from wedding tour)—Here we are, my dear, in our new home. If you will look about the house and tell me what's wanted, I'll go out and get it. trine (returning from tour of inspec- tion)—My love, we need a cook a cham- bermaid and a butler." THE FIELD OF COMMERCE, Some Items of Interest to :Ile Busy Business Man, The net gold balance of the United States Treasury is about $145,000,000. The world's supply of wheat decreas- ed over 2,500,000 bushels last week. There is an advance of 5 per cent. in Toronto Electric Light Company stock owing to favorable annual statement. The demand for local bank stocks Is better than it was, and Dominion, Stan- dard and Toronto are higher than they were. The earnings of Toronto Railway for January were $74,545 as against $73,969 the corresponding month of last year, an increase of $575. The stocks of wheat at Fort William and Port Arthur are 2,575,000 bushels, a slight increase for the week. A. year ago the amount was 3,266,000 bushels. The movement of wheat is limited in Manitoba, and many of the elevators are closing down. The visible supply of wheat in the United States and Canada is 49,591,000 bushels, a decrease of 1,704,000 bushels for the week. A year ago the total was 66,734,000 bushels and two years ago 83,376,000 bushels. The amount a- float to Europa is 26,640,000 bushels, an increase of 160,000 bushels for the week, and the total a year ago 24,560,000 bush-' els. Tile visible In America., combined with amount afloat, in 76,231,000 bush- els as compared with 91,294.000 bushels a year ago, a decrease of 15,003,000 bush- els. Montreal trade has not picked up as it was hoped it might when the snow came, and in casting about for the rea- sons for the non -improvement, a good many people are inclined to lay a good part of the blame upon uncertainties regarding tariff matters, which ;no doubt in a good many instances, causes merchants to delay their buying. Su- gars are particularly dull, and both re- fineries continue closed down, with con- siderable stock on hand. Teas, on the other hand, are more enquired for, with some reported inclination to specula- tive buying, in anticipation of a pos- sible tariff change, and the market has seldom been in such strong shape. Ca- ble advices from Barbados show that the market for molasses 'has opened consideral.zly below last year, at 13 cents. Dry goods orders are reported fair, but collections rule slow, though in the case of one or two leading houses we are told they have been found bet- ter than in. January 1896. Quite a few city retailers are reported to be seek- ing favors in the shape of extensions and compositions. Woolen manufactur- ing interests are apparently in unsatis- factory shape, and dealers in raw wool report a. very light business. Shoe factories are as a rule very well em- ployed, but are not large buyers of leather. Metal, oils, paints, etc., re- main rather dull. Among the dealers in cement there has been alittle flutter of excitement owing to the Government calling for tenders for 8300 barrels of cement, to be used on the $oulanges and Trent canals. As anticipated last week the money market has an easier tone. and the rate for call funds may now he quoted at 4 to 4 1-2 per cent. The business situation at Toronto is apparently without change. The slight improvement in wholesale circles as re- ported last week continues, but the vol- ume is nothing to boast of. The un- settled condition of the woolen trade in consequence of the financial diffi- culties of several manufacturers came unexpectedly, and put a damper on trade. A fair business in spring goods is being done. while sorting up orders in heavy goods have been more num- erous the result of seasonable weather. The grocery trade is fair, while hard- ware and leather dealers are having a satisfactory turnover. The hog pack- ing industry is not as active as usual. the packers being doubtful as to pros- pective changes in the tariff on cur- ed meats. There is a disposition' to hold off, and the packing of heavy hogs is smaller than usual with a great con- sequent disparity in the prices of heavy and light hogs. Eggs are unusually low at this season of the year, with large supplies of all kinds. The flour and wheat trades are dull with little change in prices during the week, Money is cheaper with call loans at 4 1-2 to 5 per cent. at Toronto. In London the rate is lower at 1 per cent. during the week. The open market discount rate in London is easier at 1 7-8 to 2 per cent., and the Bank of England was reduced 1-2 to -day, making the mini- mum rate 3 per cent. Stocks fairly ac- tive with bank shares firmer, and To- ronto Electric and the leading mining shares higher. SERMONS BY TELEPHONE. THE HOME HELPERS. Her Majesty endorses Lady Aberdeen's Scheme. Lady Aberdeen has communicated to the Queen, through the usual channels, the outline of the scheme. She pro- poses to commemorate the diamond jubilee by the organization of the Vic- torian Order of Home Helpers. In re- ply she has received a cable message which is an endorsation of the pro- posal to commemorate the occasion by acts:of mercy. The message received by lien Excellency from Sir Arthur Bigge, .private secretary to her Ma- jesty, is as follows:—"In reply to your telegram, the Queen has refrain- ed from expressing approval of any particular scheme for commemorating the diamond jubilee, though, of course, any project for the relief of the suffer- ings of the sick in Canada will be as- sured of her Majesty's sincere sym- pathy. Biggs." Patients in au iiospital Can Hear as Well as Though They Were at Church. The telephone has now been adopted in London as permanent adjunct to the pulpit. St. Michael's Church, Chester Square, is the last to be supplied with a telephone equipment, with the ap- probation of Canon Fleming, who preaches there. Wires run directly from the pulpit to the hospital nearby, where the bidrid- den may listen to the sermon as well as though they were in pews in the church itself. In addition to this, pri- vate subscribers may be supplied with the full sermon and church service right in their owe homes if they only choose to pay the regular tolls. Just how far a step it is from this to the pastor seated in his own study and addressing his sermon to a tele- phone transmitter which will convey it over miles of wire to a•congregation scattered in their Nei home Wer a wide territory, is something which the future may reveal. In Budapest they have gene one bet - tier on this bit of eptorprise. By an arrangement with the teletphepe com- pany Ind their subscribers the entire contents of an evening newspaper is talked into a general telephone trans- mitter, and the latest local, foreign, do- mestic news, stook quotations, market prices, theatrical and personal gossip, .and even the editorials of the able •edi- for himself are trickled into the delight- ed ears of hundreds of thousands. 18 Mears' Experience 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 ;,11111/„, icycles STANDARD OF THE WORLD. The buyer of a Columbia has no uncertainty. He knows 4110 to all quality and workmanship are right. 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If there arthose wholike the' Pharisees, , put heavy burdetie upon other men's s ouiders and will not lighten thein, ere are a_ host of others who are seek - to h li teo the heavy -laden. -laden. This is shown in hours of sorrow, as well as in hours of toil. There is nothing more beautiful and inspiring than to see how a community may bear up with buoy- ant sympathy some afflicted, sorrow - stricken soulThe consolations of God are great, but He often reveals •them through the consolations of man. WIT UP T SYSTE �NQ t E UL James A. Bell, of Beaverton, Ont., them and especially when it becomes brother of the ltev. John le esiey bell, 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, and his brother Mr. James A. Bell. B.D.The former will oe re- cognized by his thousands of friends all over the country as the popular and able missionary superintendent of the Royal Templars of Temperance. Among the 20,000 members of this order in Ontario his counsel is sought on all sorts of oc- casions. On the public platform he is one of the strong men of the day, nettling against the evils of intemperance. Equally well known. is Mr. Bell in other provinces of the Dominion, baying been for years a member of the Manitoba Methodist Conference and part of etas time was stationed In Winnipeg, ie brother, Mr. James A. Bell, is a highly respected resid"tit of Benaverton, where his influence, though perhaps more cir- cumscribed than that of his eminent brother, is none the less effective and productive of good. Of recent years,b„w- ever, the working ability of Mr. James A. Bell has been sadly marred by severe headache,ecce - nervous attacks of g nl panted by indigestion. Who can do fit work when this trouble takes hold of chronic, as was, seemingly, the case with Mr. Bell? The treub_e reached sucn In- tensity ntensity that last June he was complete- ly prostrated. In this condition a intend recommended South American Nervine. Ready to try anything and everything, though he thought he had covered the list of proprietary medicines, he secured a bottle of this great db covery. A second bottle of the medici,ie was taken and the work was done. Employing his own language: "Two bottles of South American Nervine immediately relieved my headaches and have bunt up my system in a wonderful manner." het us not deprecate *he good our clergymen and social reformers are doing in the world, but how ill -fitted they would be for their work were it not the relief that South American Nervine brings to them when physical ills overtake them, and when the system, as are• suit of hard, earnest and continuous work, breaks down. Nervine treats the system as the wine reformer treats the evils he is battling against. It strums at the root of the trouble. An die. ease comes from disorganization, of the nerve centers. This is •a scientific fact. Nervine at once worits on these nerve centers; gives to diel health and vig- or; and then there eottyse through the system strong, hea lthy,lL e, - pantt tilin g blood,end n rPoIiA tlO1 ses of evert variety are thing. of the pass. C. LUTZ 'Sole Wholesale and Retail Agent for Exeter. Tgos. WicicElr, Orediton Drug Store, Agent. THE DIAMOND JUBILEE. The sixtieth, anniversary of tshe Queen's accession will be Sunday,,Tune 20th., and it is understood that the Cottirn fnInctiomin in rnAlinotitiii Witt ttie celebration' Will etlfdument% on % o fon- lowingday, and they are to last through the, week. The Queen will ar- rive at Buckingham palace from Windsor castle op Monday, June Vet, Y o fia. town�or but her Majesty is t . s yin only two days.. The Queen will gl e a Royal State banquet at Buckingham palace, when her : Majesty also is to hold a diplomatic, and official Court. The .Queen may possibly be present at the immense garden party which is to be given at the palace during this week. Nothing has yet been settled to the thanksgiving service, but it will probably be held iu Westminster �, .b; be o esday June' 22nd. lite 'm- i'ierotr and .Smpre"�Ss "of Russia will bb represessted. ,• , ' - FIGHT IN A TIGER'S . CAGE. • Even in India, where wild beasts may be found in. the jungles, people flock ' to a circus to see men ose as to � c r s p mars I of wild beasts. A few weeks ago` a I Chinese tamer entered the Cage td A tiger in a circus at Rsngoon ahii. was I immediatelyy.. attacked, Ent forthe - of a dozen attaches of theus, forts z n t s circus, who attacked the animal with hot irons, the reckless man would hove lost his as life.