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AND BOC..[; aOTTLe THE DODDS hiEl71GIHE G0. TORQNTO,ONT. t!'worarras CHRED—STFOTIN STATEMENT. Bra. Maggie McMartin, 27 Radrnh•i-•t F•. Toronto, Ont., s,vetire that Ryekman'a "K.,otenny•• t urh' cured her of Paralysis which rendered one e's•ie of Ler t••xdy entirely useless Physicians said there was na chance of her ever recovering the use of her limbs. Hope deserted her, but today he in waking around toiling bat/lends liow Ityciirnan's "t!:t:otenay Cute" gave her life rad happiness. Sworn to, July le, I5e6, a -c J. V. Seymour coney, Note±y Pu lilac. +elsonsi STATEMENT OF A CLATEFCI, MonisB. Louisa, White, nine years old, who suffered with Eczema since her birth, has been entirely cured ani her general system built up by Rrckneau's "Kootenayar Ce." The above facts are given in a sworn state melt made by her mother, Mrs. George white. 139 Stinson St.,Hamilton, Ont„ dated July 3, 1636, , before J. F. Monck, Notary Public. A COMBINATION IIflSTlTh21;ED — WIXO tet STATEMENT MADE. Charles E. Newman, 13 Marlborough St., Toronto Ont.. had a complication of blood troubles, Rhea. ' inatiem. severe Kidney trouble and constipation. . 4w.y frequently disturbed at night, lost his appetite and was a very sick man. His Kidneys are now in a health yy (rendition, his appetite gnorl steep andie. turbed.•tnd constipation cured ; all this was done by Ryoltman's +Kootenay Cure." Ile Drakes strotn statement tv the above facts before J. W. 8eyn.n r Ooriey, July 10. 1890. FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS, THECOOK'S BEST FRIEND LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. Szser. At co by 111 c 1 NEWS IA A NUT8HELL TLE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. tnte.esting items About Our Giro Country, Great Britain, tbs United. States, end Ali Parts of the c •lobe, Condensed end aissortrct for Easy Reading. CANADA. There are already x+400,000 worth of new .DVrniuien bills in circulation. Archbishop Langevin is a patient. in St. Boldface Hospital suffering from typhoid £ever. .air f asintic Growski. wee has been serieua.y hi in London for come time. is much better. John W. Colileugh, collector of cus- toms. at Rat ik rtage, dropped dead from heart. disease. The mounted pulite it. their progress to the Yukon only trs.velled eighteen miles in wn days. Mr. F. J. Rastriek, of Hamilton, ar- chitect and civil engineer, is dead ta- ter several weeks' illness: Count Louis de Lot.zo of Bulgaria is travelling in Manitoba as advertising agent for Washburn's circus. The Ottawa it assessors believe their returns will show a population of 53,0:70 an increase of 2,0,10 for the year. It is expected that Mr. 1). L. Moody the well-known evangelist, will visit Montreal in the puddle of neat month. Montreal priests are not to ride bi- cycles in . the city. This is the injunc- tion given at the last ecclesiastical re- treat by Mgr. Bruchesi. There is a rumour in On awa am- ounting almost to a certainty that the next meeting a the Federal Parlia- ment will he in the first week of Feb- ruary. The trouble at the St. Vincent de Paul l•enitentiary continues, and the convicts appear determined to keep up row until tobacco is restored to them. the row until tobacco is restored to them. Mr. ,Toseph Letoile, of Ottawa. in- ventor of the submarine searchlight, has a attune on band to reach the Klonclyke by balloon. starting from Ot- tawa. 'The 'Winnipeg, Tribune announces that a big grain dealers' combine has been formed to control the wheat crop and defraud the western farmers. Maxime Lepine, one of this. most noted men amongst the afetis of 'Manitoba and the Northwest. died suddenly at his home at Duck L t ke. The Canadian Cotton :Milks Conu'any have decided to sell the whole products of their mills direct to the trade, in- etot.efodre. of through an agent. as here - At Brockville Mr. Grout, clerk in the Bank of 't`orouto, was riding: his wheel, when he ran into a boy named. I'enneek. The Troy w:ts knocke+l down, and so seriously in,iurred that he died. The Lom1on Street Railway Com- pany's rtadl:ed and rolling stock have teen a sessel at $231.000, and the com- rant's taxes will p-cleably be increased $5000 over last ,rear's figures The latest a:ivices received from 1'nsrland at McGill Vniversity announce that Principal Peteren is rapidly re- covering from hie re ent indispc:sition, ani that he expects to sail for Canada in the cense of a few weeks. LLr•. W. A. IIa.>tings of the Lake of the Wcwds tliilling Company denies the statement that a combination has I een forme i t:. teat. the Northwest farmers on their wueat saes. His conr- pan. has never ha a any connection with a rumline. informatinn has .,een receive•l from Edmonton to the effect that W. K. Patterst,n one of the six Hamilton Klondike gold -seekers. who left on August 14 for the gold fields, was drowned in the Grand Rapids of the Att.a! arra River. Dr. L. If. Davids -.n artiug dean. and Judge Wurtele, professor of real estate .aw. have resigned from the staff of 11sGill University. as a result. of the trouble in the paw faculty. incident upon the appointment of Prof. Walton, or the Scotch Lar. P stmaster-Gene:al Mateo; states in crnneatian front the profit frog the sale cit ensues ,et.a:ops that they wilt a•!dat leapt a quarter of a million dollars to the receipt of the year over and afore what would have been realized in the sale of ordinar.l stamps. The. Council of the. Hamilton Board of Trade c:msiders it desirable that a route should be opened as soon as pos- sible through Canadian territory, as the trete of the Yukon country is now largely in foreign hands in consequence r' rt tna ieuac • of communication q y m unlCatiOYr through our own. Dominion. GREAT BRITAIN. The Prince and Princess of Wales wit make many visits to London • to encourage the winter season. ,London lyes a stamen to produce hot water at a halfpenny per gallon from the waste heat of tbe street gas lamps The London County Council has un- dertaken to abate street noises as fir as the shouting of newsboys is concerned. The appalling number of cycling ac- cidents in Landon is leading to ade- bated fur legislation to abate the pub. lip danger. Ten batteries of horse and field artillery have been ordered to em- bark for India from England during the months of September and Ooto- ber. It is said that the ghr;st of Anne Boleyn has recently appeared in the Tower of London, a. sure sign of the approaching death of a member of the Royal family. Mr Micbael Devitt says the 'Hell do not want a Royal residence in Ireland, and the Dublin Daily Independent de- clares that the Irish people would rather starve than accept bounty from England. A sensation has been caused by the statement that the Archduke Franz eFrdi.nand, heir presumptive to Franz. Ferdinand, hair presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, mar- ried a middle-class lady in London last -week. A strong company to exploit the Klondike region was recently organ- ized'in London by Lieut 'ol. Dom- villa, who will shortly ren.eli Montreal and, oxp'ani.ze' a fully equipped exps. it on to the gold regions, which he ally. • ing a keen desire to re ot the Cana.. lestone, the tol docks, a tiee THE EXETER TIMES the Bristol. Chamber of Commerce and Shipping, to work up a better euxi- neetton with Canada. UNITED STATES. • Sir Julian Pauneefate's teriu at Washington is likely to be extended for a year. Rev, 0. B. S'. Howard, a convict in the Ohio penitentiary. is reported to heave escaped.. O'tving to the scarcity of apples Ln Canada, Canadian• buyers are in Kan- sas contracting for the erop. The :United States Deep Waterways Commission to select a. route for a ship canal between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic has selected perman- ent headquarters in Detroit. At a fully attended Cabinet meeting in Washington on Tuesday the ques- tion was considered of a.ffordint; relief for inconsiderate Kiondyke immigrants who are stranded and hungry at Daw- son City. Jackson, Miss., is completely demor- alized and business is at a stand still on aeeount of yellow fever. The peo- ple continue' to pour out of the city un- til two-thirds of the population have gotta. The cotninercial reports furnished by the agen•'iee of Messrs. Dun and Brad- street as to the condition and prospects of 1.u -:inns, throughout the United 'tate' continue satisra'tery. From all quarters repasts appear to lee more en- couraging. It is generally conceited that stinks have been very low in all lines, and now, with the prospect of much a'tivity—if xt'tt• indeed a coming boom—in the natural general anxiety to be abreast of the tines large orders are anticipated. The finish of the coal strike ;leans not only increased confidence, but an addled spending poker among large numbers of people and steady irnprawenient in trade. In all lines reports are most encouraging. The romtuerrial failures in the 'Unites Staters for the weak just ended are 204, as compared with 317 in the correspon- ding week of a year ago. GENERAL. Yellow fever is spreading in Nicara- gua. The city of Quezaltenago, in Gaute- mala, has been captured by the rebels. The death is announced of Princess Shonrega, daughter of King Menelek of Abyssinia. Carlotta, ex-Eanpress of Mexico,. is so dangerously i11 tint her death at any moaneat is expected. A balloon was seen in Arctic Russia on September 14, which is supposed to have belonged to Prof. Andree. The wheat crop of Slaty and Cala- bria this year will range front ane -half to two-thirds of an average crop. Baron Fara. the Italian Ambassador to Washington, has been recalled. He held- his office for eighteen years. Captain General Weyler assures the Spanish Government that he will be able to pacify Cuba in four months. The Paris Municipal Council is de- bating a exafteues to furnish cheap baths in small buildings eroded on the side- walks. The officials of the Vatican have i strictly enjoined the Spanish priests from participation in the Carltst ag- itation. Louise Michel. the notoriuus French . Anarchist, is going to the United :States in October on a speechi-mak- ing tour. The Spanish 3.tLuis ter of Finance, wito • has been excommunicated for expro- priating church treasure, is expected to resign. Arroyo, who assaulted President Diaz in the city of Mexico. on Thursday, was et—anted to death in his cell the same night by an angry snob, ilespite the invasion of the flying itocest, the reports received concern-. ing the. Argentina wheat crop are of at xnc>ht eneoiiraging character, The English and American residents of Brussels are protesting against the new law which caramels n11 foreigners to serve a. term in the civic guard. The bad harvest affects seventeen Rat siuu provinces, and it is feared it will also be felt next year, as- the draught has prevented sowing winter wheat in a large area. It iti stated that the Ambassadors of the powers at Constantinople have all received instructions snatting them to ccxim to a full agreement on the Niels of Lord Salisbury's proposals. The. Gahan insurgents err. naw so confident in their military strength that they have assumed the defensive, and .say t.leey can achieve their end without ti•.e intervention of the Unit- ed Si a tes. Fallowing the report that Emperor Wiliam intends to visit, the Queen at Balmoral conies the statement that the Emperor is anxious that the- Queen shou;ri visit hits either at Coblenz or i Potsdam in April, Gan'„ adhar 'Mak, the native mem- ber of the Bombay Legislative Council, and publishe ref the Kesari, has leen faunci guilty oT nuhli.hing erlitnriitis inciting the. netives to disaffection, and sentenced to eighteen months' im- prisonment. Two steamers collided in the River Volga near Ast rakhen. One sank and whin she was going down her passen- gers, point-strickena jumped into the river. Many of them surceeded in reaching the shore, but 40 persons were drowned. Deering the civic parade in the city of Mexico, on Thursday, while Presi- dent. Diaz waswalking with public functionaries from the palace to the Alameda he was attacked by a man, who sprang upon him from the crowd, and attempted to assassinate him with a dagger. The roan was disarmed, and handed over to the police. A NEW NAME. A Suggested Be•1aptiuni or the midst], Ens pare. 'A despatch from London says :—A curious suggestion has been made with the object of emphasizing the union of the British Empire, and is meeting iid . ab . with pliuls ex is favor. c The idea is that, in place of such distinctive names as Canada, Ametralia, etc., etc., the de- signation of "British Empire." should le applied to all the countries under British, rule. 'Under this plain Great Brits= proper would be known. as "British Empire-Oe.,nttrel," • Canada would be known asc "British Empire - North -West," etc., etc. Rest satisfied with doing well., and Isaac others to talk of you as they please.—Pythegaras. c9..s ,.raic:2 The race Diane' 10 on aatnr8, very at: td s2,' e TOWN A. DESPERATE STRUGGLE, HARD FIGHTING ON THE FRONTIER OF INDIA. r..r Some Itritlsh Officers L;itieel -- At tote Guns for Dore Than Thirty Dozers -- Daring Deeds oritiravcry Done, A despatch from Simla says: — The second brigade. of the Motivated pun- itive fame, commended by tteneralJef- freys, reached the foot of the Rawat pass on Tuesday last. During the night the British troops were attack- ed by the enemy, who kept. up a heavy fire for six hours. Lieutenants Tom- kins and Ridley were killed. ,Lieuten- ant Barrington was dangerously wounded, two privates were killcd,and five wounded. Twenty-five horses and mules were also killed.. The garrison of Fast Gulistan made a most gallant defence. The enemy: appeared. before that place at noon on Sunday last, and by one o'clock the water ta.nks were filled, end other preparations eons made to resist a. siege. The garrison was com- posed of 16:i i'ikiis, commanded by Ma- jor Des Voeux and Lieut. Pratt. Sur- geon Drell, Mrs. Des Voeux, her four children and two nurses were also in the fort. At four o'olook in the afternoon the enemy closed around the place to within ten yards of the walls and, at times, rushed up to them. The garrison repeatedly repulsed tbe tribtsmeu at the point of the bayonet, and there were some remarkable exhibitions of brav- ery. A havilder (native sergeant), with sixteen Sikhs, charged into the midst of 300 tribesmen and captured three standards. Another bavildar, with ten inert rushed out to help the first party when the latter was hard press- ed by this moray, a'nd before return- ingstandards. they captured three additional A subandar (native captain). with two Sikhs, dashed to the rescue of a wounded comrade, out their way through the enemy and brought him safely into the fort. There was similar hard fighting throughout Monday last, and until the artillery of General Yeatman-Riggs finally scattered the Afridis When this was done, the garrison of Fort Gulistan had been at their pests for thirty csaisecutive hours- The casualties of the British fnrees were two men killed and thirty-eight wound- ed. The women of the garrison at- tended the wounded under an unceai,- tng heavy fire. It is reported that the Afridis and Orakais have left the Santana terri- tory for their homes. The entire British lc•s; in the 'a- mana operations. including that of the garrison in Saragari. is 30 men kill- ed and 59 men wounded. The number of casualties among the officers is due to the inen 1 eing entrenched while the officers moved talout. uncovered A small force of cavalry pursued the tribesmen who attacked the punitive t force at the foot of the Swat pats. eom. mantled by General Jeffreys, and kill- ; ed twenty-one ot the insurgents. '.rho ; remainder of the enemy took; up an in- aexetsible position in the bills. and the cavalry were obliged to return after having suffered slight loss. The correspondent of the Times at Simla sats.—"The enemy who attack- ed the force of Gen. Jeffreys at the !foot of Rawat pass on Tuesday night were net the Mohinands, but the Mo- ; mantis and the Sa:aazai tribtsaien, who are holding th esuuther•n part of Ba• jaur, They did not attempt to rush the positit:n, being content to fire at some distance frwn the shelter of the !rocks. the bright moonlight enabling them to take a pretty good aim. Gen- eL& .Jeffreys is retraeine his steps to • punish these tribesmen : tut the incident will not interfere with the pian of operations ae,ainst the Moh- rrttinels." A DISASTROUS R.EPULSF,. I A despatch from Camp .lnaieyat, via II'anjkora says :— Severe fighting has taken place between the second brig - lade. of General Sir Sinclair Blood's div- ; isien and the Momunds. The British toes was about 110 killed and wound- ; ed. The brigade had moved oat, to at- tack the Momunds in the valley north 1 of the camp to punish them for the as - Iseult en Tuesday night upon the force of General Jeffreys at the foot of Ra- lwat pass. The B-nga1 Lancers found the enemy entrenched on the hills !about eight miles distant. • trTLe Thirty-fifth Sislta •xPre ordered .. ' the attack. li:..e uuenL was rn8tit, h h S I eapport:ed by four guns of a mountain j l,attery, and by six companies of the I3uffs. The Sikhs drove the enemy into the hills, but eventually fell back upon the Buffs before superior numbers. The enemy then advanced against the left flank, drove back the cavalry, and, sur- rounded a company of Sikhs. The cavalry charged brilliantly, and reliev- ed the Sikhs, and the Guides, coming up, swept the enemy bark. The force halted for some time., destroying the enemy's towers, and then retired. A oompan'y of Siklis on the hills to the extreme right was hard pressed and was running short: of ammunition wh.em the general officer commanding moved the Guides forward to their re- lief, which was gallantly accomplish- ed. The Guides carried the wounded Sikhs back, alnd executed the with- drawal in gond order, though the ene- my pressed them hard. Darkness came qn before the force reached the camp, and the Guides, with General Jeffrey's ado his escort of the. Buffs, became separated from the column, which passed them in the gloom. General Jeffreys remained with the guns and took up a position in a village. The enemy had occupied a part of the vil- lage, and the esccrt not being strong enough to expel them, they had inflict- ed considerable loss on the little party before Major Wortledge, with two com- panies, each composed of Sikhs and Guides came upand compelled them to retire. P A large body of cavalry and the Thirty-eighth Dogras left the camp and brought in the whole detachment. Captain Birch and Lieut. Watson be- haved, with great gallantry. Lieut. Hughes and Lieut. Crawford were kill- ed. Lieut. Watson; Lieut. Gunning, and Lieut. Winter were severely wounded, and General Jeffreys, 'Lieut. Casselswounded., and Captain Binh slightly The Buffs lost. one killed and seven wolunded; the Sikhs 21 killed and 42 wdtunded; the Guides two killed and 10 wounded; the Gunners 7 killed and 21 wounded; and the Sappers 3 killed and 16 wounded. Two Bengal Lancers were wounded. Many horses and mules were killed. INSANE AND INEBRIATES. They Are nota itiercttaing In Loudon— Di•uukenne•s Increasing lu Ail ('lasses in tate City—Some Startling Statistics. The report of the Asylums Commit- teeof the London Cuunty Conn al shows there has Leen an alarming in- erease in lunacy during the last nine years: and ess:eciaily iu London. While the population of London is 14.59 of the inhabitants of England, London's pro- portion of insane persons is 19,87, Dr. Cloye Shaw, an expert on the sub, t, says:—"There is no doubt. that as regards the future of lunacy, we are doing all in our power not to stamp it out, but to increase it." This is large- ly due to the want of asylum accontmo- dation, the technically cured being dis- sha•rged before they are really cured, anti thus adding further chances for transmitting lunacy. The inspector of inebriates in a re- port just issued, contends that the number of habitual drunkards in Eng- lish soeiety is greatly under -estimated, snit adds:—"Iznmedcrate drinking, though faightfully common among the industrial classes. is still more pre- valent among the upper ten." It isatse certain that among women of all (thes- es drunkenness is increasing rapidly. Out of 442 ca -es at the Dalrymple home 101 were university men, 31(1 were well educated, 235 were married, and the others were widuwers or la"he:ors. In cases sociability caused the down- fall, ill -health caused the downfall in 86 cases. and overwork caused the downfall of 32, cases. In '55 per rent. of the cases the excess was traceable to predisposing hereditary indications.. NEGROES IN AFRICA. As to a lltetnark of the Liberian Minister 10 England. It is the opinion of the black Envoy who represents the Government of the African republic of Liberia at the court of London that the "negro must give up his dream of any such thing as a negro empire in Africa." It was in a melan- choly strain that Minister Blyden spoke these words, which will doubtless be regarded as justifiable. Yet it must seem strange that never. in all time, has any masterful negro, any negro Ne - !edema or Charlemagne, made his ap- , I'earance in Afriea, brought under his sway the detached tribes, some of which are very sensible, and built up a strong negro empire. Many a time'eertainty within the past two or three thousand years has there been a chance for such a leader. Had there ever been any neg- ro in Africa possessed of the conquering genius. had there been suoh a one even as recently as half a century ago, be might have made himself the ruler of a large part, if not of the greater part, of the vast and populous African con- tinent, set up an orderly government, and left it to his successors. A while ago, a good while, a negro Napoleon might, perhaps, bave done something of this kind; but it is now too late to make this attempt. Europe has seized the territory of Africa, and no negro however great, could now ar- ray Africa against Europe. The flags of England and France and Germany and Belgium and Portugal float over a great part of the dark continent. The ruling race in the Mediterranean States of Africa are not negroes, nor are they Egyptians, nor are trey Abys- sinians. The victorious Menelek is of an- other race of mankind. Men ordinarily described as of the Arab race are pow- erful in extensive regions of Africa and have long been traders in negro slaves there. Nearly all the races of mankind have produ••e l comprehensive conquerors in the courses of the ages. How happens it that the bellicose negro in Africa has never done anything in this line? The negro has usually proved his, pluck when tried in battle. The black chief Chalet was once called the " Na,poleon of South Africu," but be never;instilled the title. All other negro chiefs and kings, when confronted bar Europeans, have fallen before them. \et. the negro reputation of the African continent is estimated at over one hundred millions. As to the introduction of civilization among the negro population of Africa, it is to be said that the results of it will be better known a hundred years hence than they can be within the pre- sent generation. PEACE SECURED AT LAST. The Suiten Attached His Signature 'With Great Pr f rs N a. n . At last an official end has been put to the Greco -Turkish war, which really terminated some fifteen weeks ago. by the Sultan on Saturday afternoon at Constantinople attaching his signa- ture to the terms of peace. It took the Ambassadors of the powers more •4han twice as long to arrange them as the actual hostilities lasted. At present the result of the strug- gle is a, military victory for the Sul- tan over Greece, and undoubtedly the Sultan horses and intends to gain a reward for Saturday afternoon's art of complaisance in the shape of con- cessions in the ;tatter of Crete. This he plainly showed in an interview with Signor Pansa, the Italian 'Ambassador at Constantinople, when he said that in return for Turkey's yi•el•aing in the matter of peace he expected that the powers would show leniency concern- ing Crete. r To Signor Pansa's surprised` remark that the aut.. omy of Crete, Ito which =nted, had' already n, the Sultah replied ressing "t'\Ve shall Turkey been agre with, a ges see.' a>r�c Eils Like Biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, const.. patlon, sour stomach, indigestion etre promptly cured by Hood's Pills. They do their work easily and thoroughly. Best after dinner pills. 15 cents. All druggists. ?rewired by 0. 1. Rood Rc Co., Lowell, Mass: The only Pill to take with Hood's farsaparlikt, OUST ABOUT FIVE .ILLIUNS COAL MINERS' STRIKE ENDED IN THE PITTSBURG DISTRICT. ftesolutlon 10 ltesttnte Work Carried With a to ('Yaosnh-•••tlniti'ue tnLke Against the De Aritts A despatch from Pittsburg says :— After near ;three mantles' idleness between 15,000 and 18,000 coal miners in the Pittsburg district went towork on Thursday, in aocordanoe with the action taken at the convention, auth- orizing the men to return; to work in a.1 mines complying with the provis- ions of the scale of 65 cents adopted at Cot:hrmbus. The remainder of the 23,000 miners of the district will be at work before the °lose of the week. It is estimated taut the strike, which lasted sixty-five working days, cost the people pf the Pittsburg district: from $5,000,000 to 57,000,09. Of this amount the miners :ase about '$2,250,000 in. wages. The strike against the De Armitts willcontinue indefinitely, ar rangements ,having Leen made to .ar- rangements secs the working miners 5 per cent. of their wages todefray the expenses of keeping up the fight until the 6n. cent rate lamade uniform throughout the district. The resolution adopted by the miners creates a Seale Committee for the year;. requires mines to close down on October 1, where the company refuses to weigh coal before screening;• deter- mines to continue camps at mines of New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Com- pany, assigning workmen 5 per cent. of wages for the expense, and heartily endorses the uniformity agreement, The principal resolution allowing the miners to resume work at once was debated until late in the afternoon, when President Dolan took the floor He said the ten days clause was an outrage and an effort to please a few dissatisfied men. Ills plea. for immedi- ate resumption was so eloquent that the resolution went tbrough with a rush, only four voting against it. A wage scale was agreed to and the con- vention adjourned. RAILWAY MILEAGE OF THE WORLD. 5--- now 11 Ham ler nriug the Lest llrteen Years. The railway mileage of thisworid has duriaig the last sixteen years in - increased at an annual average rate of 14,000 miles, and non stands at about 440.000 miles, says the Pall Mall Ga- zette. It will readily be inferred that im regard to length of track, tbe United States is an easy first. At the end of last year it possessed 182,500 miles of steam railway, as compared with 170,229 in 1894. Icor the whole Amexican continent the total is ap- proximately 230,370 miles, youth, Am- erica. boasting a trifle in excess of 24.(00 miles, Canada and Newfoundland 16,230, and Mexico and Central Amer- ica the rest—a matter of 7,640 miles. In the whole of Europe there are 161,500 miles, Germany leading with 29,240 miles. France conning second with 28,630 utiles. 'the place of Great Britain and Ireland is fourth on the fist. Our, actual mileage in operation. according to the latest return of the Board. of Trade, was 21,174 utiles at the ltegi,nni,iig of last year. Next after this country ranks Austria-Hun- gary with 18,960 miles, Asia, as a consequence of activity on the TRANS -SIBERIAN RAILROAD en British Judie. and in Japan, ;which has recently had its railway mania. taus. in thelast three years seen a re- markable increase, and that total now works out at 26,490 miles;, against 26, 070 miles in 18J3. OS this total 19,700 miles must be credited tol:ndia, 2,950 miles, to Japan, and 2,3J0 miles to J.3 sia, the others being lintel India, 1,260 stiles, Asia Minor, 1,100 miles, Cey- lon, Siam, Malay and Port India. fedi i:n China, Tonquin, China and Ptssia, In the whole of. Africa, which has een area of about 11,950,000 square miles or a round 4,000,600 miles less than either Asia or Artierictx, there are albolut 8,600 5111155 of l'a,ilMiay •, while A.ustraiia, lsit'h stn area of •2,954,417 square miler now possesses close upon 16,000 miles. lin regard to railway mileage per 100 square miles of terri- tory, neither of the three great con- tinents of Asia, Africa., or America shows well beside Europe. There are ten countries in which the State (does not control the railways, namely Great Britain, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Switzeslend, Turkey, the United States and Uruguay. Eighteen Governments own and operate some of their railways. T,hese are Argen- tina, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Bel- gium, Brazil, Canada. South Afriea, Chili., Delnkntirk, Pawnee. Germany, Guatemala, India, Jaaan, Norway, Por- tugal, Russia and Sweden. Egypt and Nicaragua ow,n and control practical- ly all their railways, while Greece, Holland and Italy own part of 'their several systems, but do not work any, leasing all the present mileage to joint stork companies. In Canasta about one- tenth of the total mileage is owned and controlled by the Government, which loses soanethtng like £100,000 per annum on its proportion. UNANSWEIRiABLE Mr. Bi:fiatkins--You know the old pro- verb, The best is the cheapest? Mrs. Hankins—Oh, you arestaken, The best is the dearest. I kiow, for I've asked the prikles_ MONEY IN RACES- ' f81:(inks—Yens dotn't mean to say you've UfonYard a store way to make money at the races? Jixlks,—Suaae es shooting.' ; I never EaaQ. Diitinks•—My I My I Ilto yolie buy tips? Jima --No, I sell tlliiem. ? NOT HIIE LUCK. Mrk. Peck—Hlere's &nortlher case of a m,an, .who, forgoit to. ap icer, on bis well. ding day. - Henri Peek—And ,yet tlhey eailfl ab sentmindedness a misfortune. • PUMPED 1DI UP. Since Hligginsdtie retuirned from his (Liutroipeaba;rip he thee had quite fa foreign air about him. • Rb, avant have brought it back in the Wes Of his bicycllle. `0 .--� b. WHENK BUILT UP, RUN', G ' That's our ,at Q0Wll weakladviceytosieckveryly,, ailing woman and girl, and there's nothing equal to .a� INDIAN WOMAN'S BALM foe °purifying the blood, .aI toning up the nerves and building up the health. ee _II NOVEL +'XPEPtII4[EITS. ATTEMPT TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The 'Work ore London Vestry—Everylloiise- hold May in 1 ime Beconic Ifs that Bacteria NNnrsery. With the praiseworthy intention of limiting the spread of infectious dis- eases, the Vestry of St. Pancras, Lon- cion, has set up a bacteria breeding nursery. To obtain occupants for its nova in- cubators, a small metal box and two circulars of instruction have been for- warded to each medical man in the district. The box contains two glass phials—one for diphtheritic germs and the other for those of typhoid. The first has a metal rod. with a cotton wool brush fitted into the plug, and the second two slender glass tubes with it bulb in each. When the medical practitioner comes across a case of supsected diphtheria he collects some of the patient's sal- iva by means of the rod, brush and forwards it to the bacteriological de- partment of the vestry, where it is planted in a plot ot prepared vase- line or glycerine so as to force the germs to bud and thus prove the char- acter of the complaint. When typhoid fever is suspected it is prescribed that the patient's finger shall receive a Turkish bath all to itself, sci as to insure surgical cleanli- ness, and that the skin be pricked to allow of a drop or two of blood being drawn into the thin glass tubes by capillary attraction The vestry guar- antees to advise within twenty-four hours, excepting on Sundays and holidays, the exact nature of the dis- ease, DOCTORS NOT PLEASED. ;As yet these germ tubes have not been distributed to other than medi- cal men, but it is probably only a mat- ter of time when they will be in every household. The advantages of such an arrangement should be invaluable. A citizen awaking in the morningafter the annual club social need no longer be worried by his peculiar physical symptoms, and imagine that the swol- len state of his head indicates incip- ient ncip ient hydrocephalus. He, with his brother in suffering who has dined as if there were no hereafter, may call_,A"---111 the vestry hall on his way tobusi- ness, leave a few drops of blood and drop in next morning to know wheth- ermani'hes hkneas e. typhoid, gastritis or bouse- An:- mixing up of the tubes at the vestry might lead to serious compli- cations, and Mr. Dotage, of eighty summers, aright be informed thathis blood contains germs of teething troubles. while Mrs. Youngwife might hear with horror that her year-old babe is suffering from alcoholic poi- soning, • Several medical men of the district do not approve of the vestry's action, which, they say, wisp tend to reduce scientific study to the plane oft auto- matic mechanics. One practitioner ss rites to the Lon- don Daily mail in the following half serious, half humorous vein "Pity the sorrows of a strug- gling doctor. It is difficult enough as it is to get it living in our over- crowded profession; but the fates are determined to harass us further. It is now announced that: specimens of blood, saliva or any necessary secre- tion may be taken to the vestry hall, and the malady wilt be made known in twenty-four ]yours—after propaga- tion of the specific bacteria by me- chanical means. "Extend this principle and what becomes of the noble science of medi- ' oine? Knowledgee and skill in treat- ' went will no longer be required, and o, the art of the physician will become lost in the investigations of the lab- ' oratory " • R'fS 'TERMS. Mrs. De Basbion—I give a little re- ception. next Thursday evening and I 1 would like some music, piano solos par- ' tieis arly. What would be your te? Profrms. Pianissimo—Eef I go zere ply as a nmisician, unci blay my selec- tions tend leave, I charge twenty -fife tellers; butt eef I must go as a guest and spend ze whelks evenings talking to von pack of fools, I glhttrge vifty toGaars. ■or A CONSISTENT SUGGESTION. They ought to change the name of that club of yours sa.jd Mr. Bibbles' wife at the breakfast table. In what way? They ougbt to call it the Klondyke. I-1 must say that I don't see why. For the reason that when a man starts out to go there, there's no tell- ing when he'll get home again. NO R ESfr FOR THE WEARY. Parson Tobiason—Why weep for yonah departed husband. Mrs. Jackson ? Hl3 hats entered into rest. par\'i. Jac 'Lattszed into. rest son ? Why, dat man even used to kick about his own daughter's piano practice. Think ob all de new begin - mans on harps he's grit to listen to avow. ' CAST • I Por Infants and Children. The ha. simile Signature Of iv NI ever m./4(; aftlppol� .lt