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Exeter Times, 1898-1-13, Page 7IN 1111811U. ATER FROlvi ORLD OVER. About Our Own Country, the United States, and be rilobe, condensed, and sy Reeding. 4 v It eepital was formals ednelledity. to hAp a free postal few days. '\ ''• t. ew trails -Atlantic b. Ne to Liver - is telked, of at Halite'• 'N has Oestroyecl one ,of the 0. P. ia. amers on Kootenay Lak(I)4i re is enough food. in Daweo City event starvation this winteihr hi. Legett, ti, coachman, wee telac out: of a eerriage at Brautford. exidt cl, Burglars stole 12,000 cigars from rke's Mountain Hotel on Weclnes- y night, filliem Moore was found. dead in his a at his home In Welland on Twee - day. The C. P. R.'s half yearly dividend to be paid in February may reach 21-2 eer cent. , Ilandithe fishermen have been grant- ed the pri.vilege of spearing fish in the bay this winter. The Hamilton Acetylene Gee Math- ine Cotapa,ny has 'been incorporated, tolth a• capital of $45,000. ' Jeha Hall, private hanker of lEfol- lane, neer Winnipeg'has assigned, with liabilities at $34000. North-west Mounted Police will as- sist in distributing the Unitea States relief to the Klondike miners. Freak Rose, an Italian was sentenc- ed to seven months imprisonment for forgery at Cornwall on Wednesday. Mr. James Ward. .a Saltfieet farmer, was thrown from his waggon on Sun- day, near his farm gate and killed. It is reported at Halifax that, anew oempany is about establishing a line of steamers between that port and Liverpool, , , Bishop DuMoulin has been advised by his physician to refrain from preach- ing for a time, owing to the condition of his health., •f U. H. Harding, the Aenericatt forger, cegarrested at Regina, consents to be taken back. He said he had $81, but police found upon him $8,000. , Chas. Moore, a Westminster farm- hand, has teen sent for trial on the citarg,e of setting fire to a vacant building, ownel by M. Nemo. • The cabled reports of the seizure of Hai an Island by the French and the regnisition of the C.P.R. steamers by the British Admiralty are denied. - Gideon Deguire and Joseph La Londe have been cane:Lifted for trial at Montreal Ott the charge of murdering °ea -Italian in a fight at Coteau du. Lac. Robert McGee, of Guelph township, who was recently released. from To- ronto asylum, has again been arrested. as he has been annoying the neigh- bors. The Imperial Government, has grant- ed three extra commissions in the army for competition amongst the graduates of the Royal Military College this year. Mr, Sidney Slooteni has instructed his solleitors to take aetion. against De- tective Donald Campbell of Hanailtoo for $2,000 damages for alleged false arrest. .. Police Magistrate Jeffs of Hamilton has t Ikea proceedings against.The Her- ald/an:1 Mrs. Jelin Billings for critioiz- ng his decision in a case of o,ruilty to enimals. John Gaynor has been given one month's imprisonment and fined $50, at Carberry. Man., on a charge of sand- bagging exid, robbing himself with in- tent to defraud his creditors. A number of models have been re- ceived at the Publie Works Depart - meat, Ottawa, for statues to Queen Victoria and the late Alexander Mac- kenzie on Parliament square. , Canadian Pacific land sales for the past year show an enormous increase over the preeecling year. For 1897 the figures are 200,000 acres, valued. at $650,000. In 1896 88,000 acres were sold. for $307,000. Judgment has been given at Hamil- ton dismissing. the Canada Life!C ap- peal against income assessment on its policy -holders' profits; also reducing the assessment of the Street Railway and Gas Companies. Mr. 3. P. Doran of Ottawa, employed in W. O. Wells' hunterixig establish- ment, was frozen to death on the trail between Palliser, 13.C., told the camp. His faithful dog watched the body for two days and nights. , number of hoot and thee merchants of Hamilton have been summoned to amover charges of violating a city by- law by keeping their pleoes of business open after 7 o'clock in theeevening dur- ing Christmas, week. John Scott of °wee Souncla is suing number of citizens for &images for ma holes libel in burning his effigy. The defendants had been celebrating the acquittal of a battle clerk whom Mr. Scott unsuccessfully charged with forgery. - GREAT BRITAIN. Fire in INorfolk, Eng., on Monday saused $500,000 damage. 'Thirteen bu i d inge were destroyed. Lord Salisbury has written to United States Ambassador, Hay in response to America's latest proposals that Great Britain should en toy into an agreement with the Pirated Steles,. Ritiesie and Japan to stop sealing, declining to en- ter into: such an agreement, • : At Londoe on Saturday .the Amelgae mated Society. of 'Engineers paid: out the ,stiM of :28(3,001S to 82,000 :emeilieers who . are: on strike. The • trades union' eeeferenee bele decided to levy • a, tax of theeepeoce. weekly upon each ofthe members Of trades unions throughout the 'country in aid of the strikers, 06 'sticky' ne signs:: of yielding, , UNITED STATES. The Mere:hen& and Ttedes' .13ank of Iirunewick, Slag hies clooda its dears D Sieger, one of the mane.- gere of the :Barnum% sifote, is dead in. 'W exteee a, Oleo: " Bev. William Corby,. heed of the Order or Holy OX -04$ 1101 A.03,eri,04 , is dead at South Bead, Ind. •Stenographers employed. by the dc' Ape in the LUetgert Murder trial at Chicago have gone On strike. The will of Charles Contolt, of New York, leavee $145001000 to charitable instflitliOns and. foreign missions. It is reported from Chicago that an Bagliels company has bought out twen- ty, big corporations controlling the fish - axles of the greet lakes, J. B. Haggle, the New York multi - millimetre and turfman, aged 74, mar- ried Miss Pearl Voorhees, aged 28, at Versailles, Ky., on Thursday. At Sheboygan Wife, a tidal wave, due to the southerly gale, swept up the river and caused a terrific: shaking up among the vessels tied at the (looks, Prof. Alex. AC Bell, father of the in- ventor of the telephone, was married. to Mrs. W. G, Shibley of Harrowernith, the ceremony taking place at New York. It. is reported. at Washington that great distress 'exists inc Cuba, and the American Department of State is tak- ing Sees' to distribute relief as it is libscribeci in the United. Steam troder the new a,ct, of the 'United State Congress Coalekins and articles made tlieeefrom are not allowed to en- ter the country unless, taken at the Pribyloff Isieads. Gustev Theban, president of the Stock Exchange Bank atEllteno, Okla., aad, two of the directors have been ar- rested charged sirtth receiving dePasits wben the bank was insolvent It ie reported the' H. M. Kersey, of New York, American, agent. of the White Star Line, has resigned to join • sYnclicate of American and British, capitalists in a Klondike scheme. The United, States Government's suits against the Armours of Chicago, for $1,700,000 in damages for violations of the dairy laws in distributing oleo margarioe throughout various States, will be dropped. GENERAL. The plagee hetcS broken out again in the district of Borabay. Port au Prince, Hayti, has been Part- lydesitxuroryneeda fire. Over 800 houses were Emperor Francis Joseph has order- ed the closing of the Austrian. Par- liament.: The Empress of Germany, who has bereenrasupseffering from influenzallas had a New Smith "Wales will raise a, loan of over £2.000,000 at 4 per cent. to de- fray the cost of public works. The third leading of the federation, bill was carried i New South Wales Legislature by a vi,,Ooof 328 to 18. Tbe "Warwickshire and Lincolnshire regiments have been ordered to start from Wady-Halfa for the frontier. All the deputies a,nd others charged with participation in the Panama can- al frauds have been acquitted at Paris. Two brothers of ex -Captain Dreyfus eervimr a. life sentence for treason, are to ee tried at Paris for bribery in connection With the case. The steamer Gerona from Portland frsi London with a cergo of live stock and generalmerchandise was wrecked on Seal sland. The crew escaped. The recent famine in India cost the Treasury $1 000,000 T ens and suspene sloes. of tares, (,sorbed $20,000,000; charity contributions amounted to $8,- 000,000. The representatives of the powers have refused to permit the 'Turkish Government to replace 4,500 time - expired troops en the. Island of Crete. Sir Henry Ilavelook-Allan, com- mander of the Royal Irish Regiment in the frontiereof India, is reported missing. Has horse was found stripped and shot. The Italian Minister a Finance re- commends his Government to estab- lish a• hank in New York, to protect his coantrymen from, being robbed by absconding bankers. Four of the deputies and others ac- cused of participating in the. Panama canal intrigues haveslieen acquitted at Paris and four found guilt'. They have not yet been sentenced. The estate of, Dr. Thomas W. Evans, the Ames:icon dentist, at Paris, France, amounts to four million dol- lars. His brother, 'who gets ten thoueand dollars, will protest the will. !LIBER ATE: SUIC1114 • 314iO4.1V, Sweelheart 111111 Then :Ono flft,iscl r. A young' 'men nettled Angus Mc- Caig, in the employ of John Rouse, eighteen miles north of Lion's Head,• in the township of Lindsay, ehot him- self on Weanesday. it eppears the young man bad been keeping lone. peay with:a Bieber of lairs. Rouse, who Was .also liehig there. .H.e wrote a let ter and handed it to her, command - leg her net to Open* it until he. wee!, to the woods, where, he was waiting,' which was only a short dietence from the hoose.. Shortly after he left Mrs. Renee and her sister, Mis Beetward, gamed, tied read the letter, the contents of which Was bidding hergoodebye for the last time, statingthat he was goings -to sheet himsela. Themoment they'weee through' reeding it they heard the ree taut of :a rifle in the directiotehe Was working, and they at once kifew what had t akscri • idane They alarmed the. neighboare, and the first to arrive on the scene was a Mae named Joseph Whitehouse, who found. McCaig lying dead, shot .through the 'heart. He was of a. morose' disposition, 'end' had on eeveral omasioesthreatened to take his life. FAMINES ARE COSTLY e --- La IC io ICA !MI One creet I he. tioyeebmi, am • $4,009,600, : It is officially eneogered. that the re- . . tent. :Indian famine met the Indian treasury 4800;000; Whileloans to agri- culturists and suspensions of taxes, Mainly repayable, absorbed. another 6C4.00,000, irreepeetiOct of charitable' con- tribuf lens 1lplrOSehiflp 20 60 200 ,)U11 FO TIU EIGN Ii1J8INEBSt rRADE RETURN'S FOR THE LAST FIVE MONTDS. .4 very urge increase-txports of MO 1'44 cc Olef Feature. The aggregate foreign trade of Can - ado, for the Live months of the current rival year, ending November 30, shows an enormous increase, being in excess' over the same period of last year of over $23,000,000, The duty collected, on the imports allows a gratifying in- crease in amount. The following is a statement of the exports comparedwith the same five months of 1896. Only the PodUce Of Canada is given: 1896. , 1897. Minerele• , . $4,048,601 $6,248,428 Fish. • • 6,200,503 5,298,233 Forest . .. 17,400,271. 17,793,291 produee.. , 21,595,491 25,874,997 A.aimale and their daiets. , . 7,280,662 14,290,988 braftufeetures, . 4,059,777 4,331,768 Alieeellaneous, . 93,969 59,102 Totals. . ,$60,7$9,277 $74,896,807 Coin and bullion. . 229,390 486,032 Grand Total .a60,968,667 $75,382,839 This show's en increase for the five months in the exports of domestic pro- ducts and merchandise of $14,411,172. In addition there was exported of goods not the produce of Canada, exclusive of coin and bullion, $5,0$8,206 had increased in 1897 to $8,199,564, show- ing an increase under this beset of nearly. $3,000,000, The foreign coin and bullion exported during the five months was, in 1896 $2,945,420, and in 1897 $55,890. The export: aggregate for the five months as follows :-1896, $68,942,- 359; 1897, $83,688,283; increase, $14,695.- 924. The imports for the five months cora- pared with 1896, exclusive of coin and hellion, were as fo1lows:- 1896. 1897. Dutiable .. $27,846,000 $29,431,000' Free. . . . 18,970,005 2e,370,000 Total. . .046,316,000 $51,597,000 Increase for five months, 1897, $4,536,- 000. The import of coin and bullion for the two periods was $4,352,000 for 1896 and $2,678,000 for 1897. The duty collected on the dutiable imports amounted for the five months to $8.594,000 compared with Knox() for 1890, or an increase for the five months of 1897 of $381,000. - ..1fEAShiRE'S OF THE RETURNS. The aggregate trade of total exports and imports entered. for consumption was for the five months of 1896 $112,- 08'4,000, and, for the five months in 1897 it was $134,091,000, showing an increase in. the aggregate trade of Canada for the first five months of the present fis- cal. year of $22,600,000. The total in- crease of the twelvemonths of the last fiscal year in the aggregate trade was. about $20,000,000, so that the inerease for less than ons-beeafeof. the current • year is greater thanotor the whole of last year. A noticeable feature of these returns is that the exports of agricultural produce, domestic, have doubled in the five months of the cur- rent year, a -fact partly attributable no doubt to the light price of wheat. An- other noticeable feature is that not- withstanding the glutting of the Am- erican market with lumber prior to last August, the exports of the pro- ducts of the forest from Canada. kept well up, and in feet show an increase of $400.000. The inerease of $2,200,000 in the exports of minerals is substan- tial testimony to the 'development of Lbs mineral resources of British Col- umbia. The imports for November atom show an increase of over $200,000 and this exports of $3,240,000, or an in- crease of nearly three and a half mil- lions in the month. The duty col- lected. for November was $10,000 in ex- cess of the amount in November, 1896. The average rate of duty on dutiable goods is 29 per cent. „VINES IN DAWSON CITY.. Two Serious Candagralloos Mitch be strnetion of Property. ACeettciing to news received at -San Francisco frene Dawsen City under. date of November 25th, the KlendYke Mining camp has twice been: in dee- ger of destruction Icy fire. On No- vember Sae& two iront street leg homes were destroyed by 'fire. One of them Was used as a lodging -house on cine floor end a ohurchon the other. The lodgings' contained food and Out- fits' for ten Men, and nothing was Saved. Steps have been taken to re- lieve the destitute. • The fire e t1:4 caus- ed by the overturning of a lighted can- dle.,;. A fire from a similar cause broke out ita Nevenither, 25th, mid the Opera house end two ;saloons were burned to the ground. 'The snow on the roofs raved the rest of the front street from desteuetion A large quantity of pro- visions and, liquors valued at $40,000, was destroyed. Oct November Mil the Yukon froze over, anti since then aliout 3,000 persons have started eat over the ice between Dateson. end Selkirk. ABERDEEN'S SUCCESSOR. Ournals of lleriford Meat lamed as the liext , bovern Or. Ceneral. A despatch front London says':—It is runiOre'd that the Marquis Hort, ford Will emceed, the Earl of AbOes dean as Governor-General of Cam- , and. Hugh de Grey Seymour, 6ixt1i- Mar - Mlle of Hertford; was horn in 0.13, and married in daughter, of the first Vie - vomit 13ridport. The Marquis was formerly a captain, in. the GeenteliOr Guards, was hieiriber, of Parliament iii 1860 for County' Antrim, and. in: 'mu he .was member of • Parliament for South Warwielishire. He is :deputy lieutenant for Warwickshire, was comptroller of her Majesty's hottethold in 1870, and, is 0 musereative io poli- CCOSINTED FOR. Customer—Seems to me that razor is rather dull. Barleve—mought be, sale It Was to cc pahty 1W night, eah 13AD TEATI11111, OUT FORTY HOURS OF THE GREATEST PERIL 41'eat Eire neento etict es, Me Xementris Feint and She is linh'etral bY 44 ales -114 aggard Crew tends at et. Johne No body of men ever hailed the sight of lend with greater joy than the hag- gard -faced crew of the British steamer Lumbers Point, which arrived at St, johns, NP., on Sunday morning:. For forty' boars a. reign of terror had prevailed on the ship, from whish there was no escape until a friendly port was reached. Within the hold a rag- ing fernace threatened at every mo- ment to engulf the crew in its flames, 'while a, terrible storm menaced the frightened sailors' with death equal- ly as certain. should they take to the boats, Black (Amide of smoke were curling out of the, hatetways when thesteam- er Caine into ,the harbor. The bellow- ing of cattle', maddened by pain end fright, came over the water as she neared her moorings. The ship had. a list to starboard of nearly 20 de- grees, and showed, in a dozen ways that she was in distress of the most serious character. The paint was curling up in great blisters on her sides from the awful heat that raged within. COTTON BALES CATCH FIRE. The Lamberts Point left Norfolk, Va., on Sunday, with a cargo consigned for Liverphol. On Friday afternoon the first sign of fire was discovereil in the compartment amidships, which was filled with cbtton. bales. The rapidity with which the fire gained headway convinced Captain Humphreys that it had been burning at leastetweaty-four hours. The location of the blaze and the storm which tossed the veesel 'about like a cork; made the. work of fighting the fire doubly difficult. As any attempt to open the com- partment and remove the burning cot- ton would simply give new energy Co the blaze the captain ordered holes cut in the cabin flooring, and then steam, and wafter pipes were inserted in the openings: When it became ap- parent that steam would not s,rnother the flames a flood of water was turn- ed into the: compartment and the ves- sel was headed for St. johns, in the hope that it would be reached before too late.. The fire gained rapidly against the efforts of the. crew, and finally reach- ed the fore compartment. Again the captain had holesc cut in the deck, and the steam and water were turned into the hold. It became necessary to flood the compartment as before, and the ship, listing to starboard, was at the mercy more tbare ever of the batter- ing waves. In spite of these measures the, fire was not extinguished, hav- ing spread into other compartments. To flood them would have been the same as sinking the ship, owing to the heavy weather. IRON DECKS WERE RED HOT. Every moment added to the danger of the situation. The heat was al- most unbearable. The iron deck be- came so hot that walking was like ;torture to the sailors. The sides of the vessel. sizzled: as the water dash- ed against them. Clouds of steam and smoke choked the sailors as they worked. as best they could to keep the flames within: bounds. Within 21 hours the heat and smoke spoiled all the provisions and left the crew scarce- ly anything to eat. The cattle hemline: frantic from the heat which assailed ;them between decks. Their wild lowing and bellow- ing continued night and clay, with no possible chance open to relieve their pain. When the ship listed many of the animals broke loose from their, pens and plunged madly to end fro, some of them being lost overboard. The attempt to control the crazy animals would have been death to the men. There was nothing to be done tintil port was reached. Captain Hnraphrey sighted the liar - For on Sundae: morning, at a time when he and Ids crew had almost giv- en up eV hopele her crippled' con- dition the steamer (could make but little headway against the storm which raged, and it was feared that the worst would come before a land- ing could be made. The, bluff old cap- tain frankly admitted that he could not have controlled the fire twenty- four hours longer. ANIMALS HAVE., TO BE SHOT. In the meantime an effort will be made to save as much of the cargoes possible. Gangs of men 'were set to week at once, landing the cattle, many of which had hecome crazed with the terrible heat. lb became necessary to shoot some of the enimals 'that hint) suffered most severely from standing on the heated deck. The right again.sti the flames was're- earned also, with, the aid of extra help from tugs. Holes were cut in the sides of the vessel to admit more steam pipes, and ah the earliest moment the cotton that man, be saved will be cUe- dhccrgod. until the seat of the fire is rea,cheds. Nearly the entire cargo was dam- aged. SPRINGLIKE NEW YEAR'S. 114111.4 U1001111in5 On 17:10010{ 41,1041eitA ciaNeW VNIA"S lOOY. A despetch from London 'says:—The year 'olissed spring-like,' with . bright sun; arid the Papers note many in- settneee in which flowers are bloom- ing in the gardens of the south of Eng- land. The wail of the London etorekeep- ers'at the holiday bUsiness is long nala Iota. The oomplaints which are versals are attributed to the b influences of. the jahilee fiesta 4, The ounierotte (toiletry house 'pae. eine nervousness, arid, also thinned the mental' of West Is ; biliottA fever pcneluteere. SOB L TEN STEM/MRS FOR TI -113 NEXT SEASON. Iferriege of lealitee Dhuleep Singh anti LadY 43100 COS(' isoy- etteetners A Loodon cable says es -Mr, Mait- land ICereey is completing very eeten- eh% arrangements in connection.tvith a huge Klendyke syndicate, in which Mr. Leiter and. Mn. Meekey are con- . corned. It is even said that .1w has se- cured the active co-operation of at- taches of royalty. 3$3 is sending ten steamers up the mast eia, St. Michael's to carry On the regular passenger ser- vice 'next eeasOln, while from the end of the Teslin lake railway steamers "will be provided to tow batteaux clown stream to Dawson. The Cunedian Pacific ocean steam- ers Athenian (,roil, Tartar are now at Southampton, being fitted. out. They will sail on February bat, carrying 'pas- sengers to Vancouver at £30 per head. They are competent to carry 120 first- class and 600 isiterinediate passengers. Lady Anne Coventry, third daugh- ter of the Earl of Coventry, wee mar- ried. on Tuesday afternoon at St. Peter's Church, Eatont square, to Prince Dhuleep Singh, eon of late IVialiarajah of Lahore. Lady Anne is the eistardnelaw of Viscountess Deer, burst, who was Miss Virginia Boeynge, formerly ,of California, and comes of a, good family. The Earl of Coventry is the ninth Earl and Master of the Beek - hounds. Priam Dhuleep Singh's•grand- father was known as the "Lion of the Punjaub," and the Prince,, whose full name is Victor Albert Jay DieuIeep Singh., is a little over 31 years of age. He was educated in England and was for a time on the staff of General Sir Xohu Boss, K. C. B., when the latter was in command of the British. forces in Canada. The Prince became , quite Prominent at Halifax. The Earl of Coventry gave his daughter away. The bridesmaids were Lady Dorothy Coven- try, sister of the bride; the Princess Sophie Manta Dhuleep Singh. aftis Brenda van de Weyer, Lady Victoria. Herbert and Miss Elspeth Camp- bell, Prime* Frederik Dhuleep Singh eats the hest man. Tke service was choral. After the wedding there was a reception at the Coventry house on Park Lane. Later the couple started. for Paris. The preeents were costly. The Queen sent a bronze statu- ette of herself. A despatch from Aldershot, says that Major-General William Forbes, Gatacre has been ordered to Egypt to assume command of the Anglo-Egyptian ex- pedition in the So-uslan. , The Scotch express on the North British Railroad, bound north, came into collision with another train on Monday morning. One man u as killed and several others injured. The acci- dent occurred near Dunker, at the mouth of the, Firth of Forth, 20 miles from Edinburgh. KLON CAKE BELIEF EXPEDITION. Arrangements Foe a Joint F,?ree Made Itetween Mr. sirten r!ol the Visited . States. A deg:latch from Washington says: —Tile. arrangement effected. between Mr. Wean in behalf of Canada and the War Department contemplates that the 'relief expedition shall be exeduted jointly by the United. States army and a, force of the Mounted. Police of Can- ada, which. cosnetitates the military arm of the Dominion. The United Staten force will proceed with the relief stores to Skagway, where they will be joined by the Canadian Mounted Police, about forty in number, and. the two forces will then proceeti together to the points where the relief is to be distributed. The deteratinatter: et to Skagway however, still open. The Canadian of- fiedals concede much latitude to the American authorities in the actual distribution., recognizing that the ex- Oeclition, is fitted out on thie side, al- though it comiderable part of its work will be done on the Canadian side of the border. No duties will be imposed on I the stores Carried by the relief expedi- tion. Mr. Siftee also held a. confer - ewe, with Secretary Gage, and. discuss - "ed, the unsatisfactory condition of ens - toms regulations along the border and at coast eerie, where goods are received by one country for transportation to the other country. It was the mutual feeling that at> improvement of the system could be made, and negotiations are in progress which are hoped to of - feet changes advantageous to both sides. THE TRUCE IS ENDED. Strike of the Illrishih Engineers :415 NeJirer ettlentont Than Before. A despeteh from London says:—A. largely-attended Meeting, of the, mem- hers of the Employers' Federation on Thluirsdase rit ark iututtlimousty pass- ed; a resolution endorsing the 'action or ita nepiesentativesi at the recent conference with : the 'delegates of the striking engineers, .reiterating the 'op4 inion that it is impossible, to shorten the hours of labour, maintaining: that theproposed earcingemeete for the management of the works in no way interfere with the proper fanm otise of trades unionism, aed atiknoWledging the ,receipt ref the midi:nee-Ss' vote, The employees' colionittee will write to, the engineers' committee that the: 'Strive, therefore is eaded.h IS caused by torpid liver, which provont9 digee tieu and Permits food to ferment sea petrify In the stonutelt.. Then follow dizziness, headache, There are seven Parliamentary va- t . , ',118trtilvtleg'stonincla°etil'is, d's ) 00 el ' caueles, an unparalleled. meter, tied reuse the liver, mire headache, meshieSS.'con the eel i el ty in the prov i ewe resem 1 dee Ai iPalloo, eio, as seats.6olti I'l an 0 ITOOAN The Ouly VMS tO tette With MOWS Saisaiatilic e eel a 11 general el co time ., all hble ca, a. rifle. When the skin of in japa is eitizio'etTtovisendir fthorecisnegc.tions fall onauclxsi 1 itt value the ieighteen h$12e8e0n,00y0e,;010‘s have Leon from the mines of South Seine bank burglars in Indiana who were pursued by bloodhounds, threw the animals off their scent by rubbing onions on the soles of their shoes, Nearly all of the musicians in Japan are females. The male Japanese would consider themselves ridiculous if they played or sung in society. The munching of .peanuts by the atatOrneys in the City Court of At- laata grates upon the nerves of Judge Reidthaadepractice, The ac,,sissuia el aorder prohi- bitingThe oldest bank note in existence is in the British Museum. It was printed in China in 1368, ninety-two years before the birth of Gutenberg, the reputed inventor of printing. With most men the growth of the beard is stronger on one side of the face than on the other. It is usually the case that the heir grows more rap- idly on that side on which we are street ger. , A library of little velumes is possess- ed by a, Parisian book -collector. The collection comprises over 700 volumes, not one of which is larger than one ineb in width by two in height. Oysters grow on the trees in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia,. It iS not unusual for a. tree bra,neh which dips into a, lake to have oyster spat deposited up- on .t, and in time the branch becomes covered 'with •fat oysters. A new typewriter has been perfect- ed for the benefit of blind people. The letters are raised., and they are palpa- ble as well as visible. Communications made by this maeleine can be read alike by ig theblindend those svho ere blessed m A perfect ruby -which weighs four meats or more, commands a. price ten times the value of a. diamond of the same size. A ruby of six carats, with- out any defect, is worth $5,000 a carat or fifteen times the, prite of a fault- less diamond of the same weight. A license law in Johannesburg. South Africa, prohibits the sale of intoxicants Iso black men. A liquor dealer there was lately fined £36 for selling whis- ky to a Chlea,man, bemuse the judge ruled that the saffronotiated purchaser was a black man in the meaning of the law. To test the power of the telephone in transmitting tuneful sounds. Mrs. Helen Buckley sang two songs into a funnel at the office of the Chicago Telephone Company, and the notes were distinctly heard in 'New York, by a number of musical managers who had assembled for that purpese. A funeral procession in Chicago was invaded by the horse and wagon of en , expressman, and the proceSsionists had. the man arrested. To excuse himself he stated that, his horse had. ones be- longed to an undertaker, and always endeavored to take part in every fu- neral that came in sight. Mr. B. Abel of Freeport N.Y.,wit- nessed a. fight between about 800 spar- rows and a, skunk, at Merrick. After the first onslaaght of the birds, the skunk fled for a hundred yards, but the pluoky little sparrows pursuedhira attacked. him in a 'body, mud in less than a minute he wee torn to shreds. A long speech comprising of 70,000 words, was lately delivered in the Austrian Parliament, by Dr. Lecher. He spoke for twelve hours continu- ously, except for two intermissions, one of five minutes and the other of ten During the twelve hours he drank two cups of coffee, three glasses,/ of wine and fifteen glasses cit water/ lb e.stablish a, kissing record, ,( young gentleman in Perlin at tempted. to lake ten thousand kisses in ten hours from his sweetheart's lips. Wit- nesses and seorers were present in suf- ficient numbers to assure a correct eount. During the first hour there were over two thousand kisses; but only a few over a thotoand for the wend; than the young inan's lips be- came paralyzed, and he collapsed. Strange to say, the girl, after the sec- ond hour of the exercise, was as fresh ae at the beginning. MINERS PERISH MISERABLY. Thirty:vivo. timumat by a f.vdden Flood Saud All Of Them Ihrowned. A despei from Guanajut a, Mexico, says Mat the San Puerta coal mine was' suddenly flooded with wain. from ariunderground river, and thirty-five minere were drowned. The nein were all working in the lower, levels of the mine. There were no suspicions that an uodergeound river existed 'any- where within the vicinity a the mine, although that rortion of the level was exceedingly damp.' The rush of water ciente without Warning. There e as a sharp crack like art explosion, the wail of coal ana slate, gave way, and before the men meld Seek safety on an upper the rush of water followed, anti the Men Were swallowed up almost before they could drop their tools. :An ex,,, pedii ion will be sent into the mine as soots es possible to recover the, bodies k4444444 Possiav Tim EXPLANATION. Benevolent old. gentleman, pointing a moral to village school children --Now, why do T take all the trouble Co leave my home and come over here and speak to you thus t Can any boy tell me nright Child, innocently—Please, cur Vinps yeoW lathes to 'ear yourself tank sin' I Ole FOR TWENTT-SHVE' N YEARS. u,NN7 w ER THECOOKSBEST FRIEND LARGEST SALE III GaISADA. ,NE YE ILLS„ FOR WEAK PEOPLE. At all Druggists. Price de cents per Doit. or 3 tor St.so. Sent by Man on receipt of erica. T. MILBURN a CO., Toronto, THE EXETER TIM ES TRAGIC OCCURRENCE. Sudden Death or the secretary a the tForeess.rbyntelan. Aged and Inane( Mlnle- A. despatela fermi Galt says:— Sim - day ‚afternoon at three o'clock, Rev. Dr. William Burns of Toronto dropped dead while officiating at the funeral' of an old resident of (halt.. The de- ceased arrived here an Saturday even- ing to take charge of the ,service in Knox Church next day. He preached an iloquent sermon Sunday morn- ing, caking for his text Rev., iii., 20, "Behold, I stand at the door and knocile, if maw titan hear ray voice and open the 'door I will come in. anti sup with bine and' he with me.” His ser- mon hail a marked effect on the con- - gregation on this, the first Sabbath of the new year. He expounded his .sub- ject very forcibly, and could not have shown forth the way of salvation mere plainly had he known it was his last opportunity. In the afternoon he started for Concession street, where he was to conduct the service at the fu- neral of Mr. William Lana. Not knowing. the town. very well, he got a, littleout of his way,and, it is thought, was a, little, excited, fearing he should be late. Howe.ver, he got to the house in good time, and after making his way through the people, proceeded to con - duet the eervice. A Bible was banded to him, which he accepted and opened, , but before announcing his Scripture lesson death claimed him, and he fell suddenly to the floor. Kind hands came at once to raise, him. Out found it was of no avail. Drs. Vardon and Thompson 'were telephoned for, and ar- rived very shortly.' They agreed that death was instantaneous, and, caused by heart failure. Rev. Dr. Xing of the United i 'resbyterian Chart x here was sent for, %nth on arrival tc charge of the servit es. Thai romains... ire taken to Toronto next morning. CANADIAN HEIRS WANTED. A Windfall for the Deseendanut of John White, One Time All °racy -General. A London Chancery Lane lawyer con- tributes an annual letter to the prose in regard to the windfalls of the year. Among the missing heirs and legatees are the descendants' of John, White, the first A.ttorneysGeneral of Upper Can- ada. In addition to the new honours al- ready eiebled, Mr. James Dredge, emu- missioner Great Britain to the World's Fair at Chicago, gets a C.M.G. the Oe• seine Aperture om.a.saaraam440 It et eters. taieeet, AN ANALOGOUS NAME, Trivyete-Some perecins eall tin air- ship a skyeycles is cc correct terra, Mr1:1:113yri'"I'VstrY:;011t11\::11:i111'tItIat%' ice -wagon be Valle() an ioyelet WISE Pit E CAI tTION. Yes, you see her everywhere; boe her husband doetoOlt seem to 'care for society. Oh, he eters home to rest up, SO he can endure her lice ext day, no ho' cligUtere of ST RIA or Zufatits amL Chilavon.