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Exeter Times, 1898-3-24, Page 31XBT'EiB TINES PUFLY gNtoeiAN NE& INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT OUR OWN. COUNTRY. Slathered from Various Pointe from the Atlantic to *he Pacific. Tilbury is to bane a bowling club.. Dr. Reddiek is ltoselaatd's new health Officer. • Galt will put fire escapes on its school buildings. Ar. Whitelaw, of Guelph, has emi- grated to the N.W.T. The storms in the Rooky' Mountains axe the worst in years. • Brookville market Inas been leased to Alexander Morrison for $969, Adam Miisener, of Troy, celebrated lois 100th birthday on Monday. Councillor Mclennan, of Woodstkick, hap resigned his seat in the Council. Bridges on the Crow's Nest railway will require 15,000,000 feet of lumber. la Newmarket firm is making 1,000 bicycle saddles for ext season's trade. Bosslnnd has reduced the price of. saloon lignpr licenses from $500 to $300. 4e. 31 -oz. Tamp of gold: valued at $475 was taken out of a chine on Bonanza Creek. . The usual salary of a British Colum- bia gold opmmissioner is $139 per Month, Hamilton T.M,C.A„ have petitioned the city Council to stop boxing exhibi- tions. Card playiing among the pupils of 11'burn Public school is causing trou- ble. The " epizootic" is .doing an exten- sive business with Winnipeg horses at present. , The coast of Newfoundland contin- ues to be blocked 'vvth ice, and ship- ping is helpless. Hay is expected to go to $30 a ton in Pacific coast cities before the sum- mer ummer is over. The Bank of British North America bas about decided to open a branch in Dawson City. Klondike accident insurance _cora - ponies are being organized int western Canadian cities. Perth people are making arrange- ments to boom their lacrosse, team the coming summer. Manitoba's Government are contem- platiog building another wing to the legislative building. Rev. Farther George, private secre- &tte Archbishop Langevin, la ill ;in Boniface Hospital,. Vicar -General Gauthier, of Brock- ville, is mentioned as successor to the late Archbishop Cleary. Joseph Gauthier, a Rat Portage bar- ber, jumped off a moving train, and as • result is short a foot: • Four survey parties are in the field living out the route for the Pember- o.h branch of the C.P.R. Rossland haokmen are now required to stand their rigs in the middle of the retina. They're kicking. The demand for boats on the Klon- dike route is so great that Vancouver's local routes are suffering. ±wenty men have started to work get Revelstoke, putting on an extra telegraph wire to Vancouver. Joseph Vrotoma,n, a tinware pedlar, Was fou,pd guilty at London of steal - ting et horse and rig at Glencoe. A Chinook has been doing business tui the neightorhobd of Fort Steele, end the snow has disappeared.. Frank ,Callon, of Anthracite, B. C., rues arrestedetn Nanaimo for having robbed a man of $100 in cash. Vancouver electors will vote on: the question as to whether liquor licenses shawl be granted to music halls. • Thomas Tallman, of the M. C. R. shops, St. Thomas, fell' on the pavement and broke bis leg in two places. The Government will be asked to bonus an electric line from; Ridgetown through Morpeth to Provincial Park. Victor Wensley, et Belleville, who startedfor ISI ndi co tr of d o theto lee, n a A rheumatism on tbe trip and turned back at Wrangel. Rumors are rife at art William bleat the conetruetion of the Ontario and Rainyy. River Railway will be 'ont- inenced April 1st. Wrangel isenjoying the real estate boom that forms part of every mining excitement. A. small eating house rents for $500 per month,. Asa Hodgman, who was arrested in Edmonton, charged weth embezzling $1,000 in. Chicago, will go back. volun- tarily and stand his trial. The dews and Seventh 'Day Advent- ists of Winnipeg have joined in pro- testing against the enforced observ- ance of Sunday as a holy day. One hundred and twenty labourers from Newfowndland, bound -for the Crow's Nest Pass Railway, passed through Winnipeg the other day. Malcolm Camerou and Robt. Mat- tbes,of Holland, with a cross -cut saw cut thirteen cords of stove wood in eight hours. They claim a champion - Ship. A poor insane child at St, Barnabe, W. C. McDonald, of Montreal, has do- nated. $12,500 to McGill University to endow a department of architecture. Dame E. Cousineau, of Montreal, who was knockers down by a team, collected en $30 through the agency of the courts. Wabtgoon is revelling in the news that a pickle, 1'ls^tit and confection- ery factory is to he establisbed there. The new C.P.R. depot in Vancouver, B.C., is to be one of the finest on the continent. It is now under construc- tion. Chas. McBeth, of London, son of Col. 11M.'c,T3eth, is engineer in charge of the construction of the St. 'Thomas street railway. A. gold brick valued at $8,000, the result of a five days' run of the Mikado 20l stamp mill, has arrived at Rat p;R i . Portage. A Kootenay paper announces that sir, Nash,. assistant chief of construc- tion of the Crows Nest Railway. bas 1 ' enigned. in Two farmers near Perth have carried. on a line fencefight over $25 worth of land till the costs have figured up over $1,000. The Methodists of Merlin will build. � 44,000 thumb; y$3,500 has already been subscribed. The Ladies Aid sub- scrfled $500. • Mrs, Andrew Stewart, wife of the editor of the Prinoe Albert Advocate, ie dead.. She had only bean married five tnonths. Owing to the demand for steamboats. Vor the Klondike rash, Nanaimo anti. ancouver have only occasional steam- boat counectidn. David Meeh.en died at l:,ondon,(nt., the other day front injuries reee/ved in a runaway accident, Which occur- vett some time since, . Qua., got possession of a. packet of m.atebes the other day and set her clothes on fire. She was seriously burned. John •Fawcett, of Otanabee, tried to drive across tura ice at Peterboro'.The fee wouldn't stand it, but be succeeded in getting his horses out minus the harness. The Very Rev. Father Gilbert Fran- cais,Superior-General of the Religious Order of Ste. Croix, arrived in Canada several days ago. He is at present in Montreal Kootenay district are agitating for a redistribution bill that will give them a representation in tbe B. C. Legislature that their population en- titles n- titles them to. Barney Quinn, the Ottawa lacrosse hero, while shoveling snow on a roof, slipped and fell forty feet to the. ground in a mass of snows, He wasn't hurt in the least. W. B. Scott, of Guelph, who com- menced railroad life with, the Grand Trunk, ihs been appointed division superintendent on the Santa Fe road at Temple, Texas. A negro son of a widow at Dresden: w'ho went to Boston a year ago to take charge of' a string of horses was killed by being kicked on the bead by one of the horses. Tramps in search of lodging sawed 41 cords of wood for the Charitieq Or- ganization Society of London this win- ter. The same society will run potato patches this summer. It is reported that the North-west mounted police stationed along the line of the Crow's Nest railway have been. recalled to Macleod, leaving the,coun- try without police protection. Two companies will apply to Par-. liament this session for charters to supply electricity and run electric rail- ways above Dawson City and through- out the Yukon district generally. Lord's Day Alliance people at St. Catharines are petitioning the Minis- ter of Railways and Canals to close the Welland canal for 24 hours eachi Sunday. John Flagler, a brakeman on they Grand Trunk, was jerked off bis feet) while coupling oars at Ivla]lorytown, and the cars took off his left arm. He picked up the arm and started after+ the train on a run. The shaft in the Cornwall electric light power house broke the other night, and in addition to making re mess of the surroundings, demolished a step ladder on which the engineer was standing without hurting him. Robert McConnachie, of Guelph, re- cently ran across a history of Dumfer- line, Andrew Carnegie's native town, and sent it to the millionaire. The lat- ter acknowledged the gift and enclos- ed a cheque for Z10 as a token of his appreciation. Ingersoll Water -works Company of- fer as an inducement to the town to reneev its lease to increase the service and give the town night telephone ser- vice at a cost of $2,580 per annum. The town has also the right to pur- chase the plant at intervals for a price not less than $70,000. LONDON'S FAMOUS HQU I DOGS MEET THE TRAIN. Itemaritoldo cotcilige..ce erton*l*moue ple Doge. The Oriental express, the famous train from Paris to Constantinople; ar- rives at the Turkish capital three times a, week at a certain hour in the after- roon. When the train comes in, says an exchange, there are always many dogs ready to receive it. Before the passengers have had time to get out, the dogs julep into the carriages and search everywhere under the seats and in corners for the scraps of luncheon left by the passengers, and when they have found. all the pieces they go away, The remarkable thing is that they nev- er come - at any time except when the Oriental express is duo that they nev- er make a mistake in the day, and al- ways remember that -between friday and Monday there are two days and not one. They pay no attention to local trains, because little or no food is left in them, owing to the short rides the passengers take. Exaatly this same knowledge of the time -table and of the difference between local and long distance trains has been noticed et the station of the Asiatics railways in Scutari, across the Bosporus, PASSING OF TEMPLE BAR WITS ALL ITS GRANDEUR.. r- Its Ones 11la.lestie Pretences lifannted bl• Poets and Thieves -- Jaek Sheppard, Pope, Acldlsou a4 Car Falritcs -'Ilse. Came Decry, Decency and Regelneration - Story o? a Piece or Arehltectuve. •Time deals alike with the vanities of men.. It sends the worm into their handiwork and also into their dust. Tt has eradicated Temple Bar, and from its ashes given birth to the Griffin, 'v'hiuh may guard the east approaches to the great metropolis with stern- er. vigilance, but certainty not with the, majestio bearing and roxnantia memories as did old Temple Bar. Standing by the side of the Griffin,, looking toward the setting sun, the Strand. and Western London lie before you, This same Temple .Bar, that for so many years'half blocked up the entrance to the city and was removed a few years ago, was erected (in stone) by Sir Christopher 'Wren, in place of a wooden structure, in 1670, during the term of office by Sir George Water- man, Sir Richard. Ford having occu- pied than civic chair, curing the inter- vening year of 1671. The Law Courts were erected on the site of a whole rookery of between 30 and 40 queer ramsbaekle, tumble-down streets,. oourts and alleys, demolished very greatly to the benefit of the locality. Hera STOOD BUTCHER ROW, Shire or Shear Lane, and other planes' of far from respectable repute. On one portion of the site was once a "flash ken;" or tavern, called "The Bible," frequented by highwaymen and footpads in 'the early half of• the eigh- teenth century, such as Jack Sheppard and his pals, Blueskin and others. The Retreat was another house of the same character, and so was Cadger's Hall, which was connected by a subter- ranean passage with the most disreput- able house of them all, bearing the curious name of the Smashing Lumb- er, situate in a low court called. Ship Yard. This house, as well as The Bible, had all manner of secret and curious rooms, trap doors, and underground exits, and communications, from one to the other. Coiners and ruffians of the very worst description made these dens their rendezvous and homes. It was from a personal enspection of what remained of the Smashing Lum- ber that Harrison Ainsworth was in- spired to write some of the scenes in 'ham ".TACE SHEPEARD," Particularly those connected with the arch rogue, Jonathan Wild. One of the oTd tumble-down houses was re- puted to be the meeting place of Guy Fawkes and his plotters. A well-known tavern in Butcher row, facing the Strand,was the Ship that onc•ebelonged to Sir. Christopher Batton, the dance big Chancellor of Queen Elizabeth, who granted him, the house in 1571. The landlord of the Ship issued tokens, and one of them. dated 1649, is in the Beau- foy Collection. Fairthorne, therengrav- er had his shop next door. It was still a tavern as late as 1758. The surroundings of Butcher's row and its neighborhood were not all of a rowdy and disreputable character, for one part of the new Law Courts occupies the site on which was the house where the Kit Cat Club assemb- led.. Addison, Pope, Sir Richard Steel, and most of the wits of Queen Anne's reign foregathered there, and when not occupied in FIGHTING THE FRENCH SOM.iTHING FOR NOTHING. Persons suffering from Rheumat- ism, Salt R beu to Piles, Tetter, Chile blains, Eczema, Skin' Diseases, etc., a"ho send a two cent stamp- (for post- age only) with name and address, we will send a free sample of Trask's Mag- netic, flbitment with a Ransoms Cook /look free, Francis 11'. Kahle, 127 Bay St., '1'eronto, and one or two others of the planes xnentiolred in the old rookery, but aft- er this, well-known Parisian establish,. ments of M. Duval: The lower premise ea arra now aocuipied as one of the branches of Lloyds Bantling Company, and the hungry and thirsty public are fain to seek refreetneent elsewhere,.. Tern*. Bar itself was replaced in 1880 by tGriffin; which cost X10,600, and the actual Bar (whieh contained about 1,000 stairs) was re -erected. by Sir Henry Mein at his place, Theobalds Waltham Cross, eight years later, inciiiIrma FORCES OF THE WORLD. Strength of the Monies or Different conntrtien. The latest addition to the military census of the world presents some queer figures. At the present time Europe has 3,500,000 men under arms. The following are the figures of the dif- ferent armies on a peace footing: Mn. Denmark.. . r .. .. 10,000 Servia. „ . ... . . 20,000 Holland : • . , ..'� • . « . 22,000 Greece,. r . 25,000 Portugal. . :e . , . . . . 36,000 Roumania ' .: , 47,000 Belgium.. .. .. . . , s 52,000 Sween and Norwvay.. .. . . 57,000 Sv itzexland.. .. . . 125,000 Turkey . 1 180,000 Great Britain, .. . . .. . 200,000 Italy.. ... o i . . 240, Austria .. .. .: .. ..... . 360,000000 France. . .. r • • . , • 570,000 Germany. . . . .. . . . 580;, 000 Russia. . . . . 896.000 The above armies employ 550,000 hors- es in times of peace. In. Asia there are about 800,000 men under arms, divided as follows: Per- sia, 25,000; Japan, 100,000; India 200;- 000; China, 270,000, and the remainder isi the other Asiatic countries. North and South America are set down as the least protected, consider- ing the extent of territory. They foot up, on a peace footing, of course, only 160,000 regular soldiers, scattered as follows: Mexico, 40,000; the 'United States, 30,000, and 90,000 in Brazil; the Argentine Republio, Chili, Paraguay, Peru, Venezula and Colombia. In Africa and the archipelagoes of Oceania there are about 150,000 regu- lars. The standing armies of all civilized nations amount to 4,610,000 soldiers, with 700,000 horses, The cost of keeping this military population amounts to about five billion dollars a year. So much for the armies hi time of peace. Now let us take a lopk at the figures in war paint. Here they are: Men. ... 700,000 • . 190,000 .. 210,000 430,000 Roumania.. .. .. . 160.000 Denmark. . . . . . 60,000 Belgium. . . 1.67,000 Austria, Including all reserve forces . . . . . . 2,000,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 .. . 4,500,000 . 4,380,000 0 0 0 In Flanders, Jobn Churchill, the great Marlborough, Looked in now and again to join ' his brother members of the club. On the opposite side of the Strand, facing the principal entrance of the legal temple, is another new palatial pile of beiidiings, the site of which, as well as itself, has a little history of its own. On December; 27, 1612,' Prin- cess Elizabeth, the only daughter of James I., was affianced at Whitehall l.o the Palegrave, afterward. Xing of Bohemia, In honor of this most aus- picious event, a tavern on the south side of the Strand, near to Temple Bar, and opposite the Ship tavern in Butcher's row, was rechristened the Palsgrave's Head. After many years the Palsgrave's Head was pulled down and a quiet little court was built upon that and the adjoining ground,. consisting of very genteel private houses." This court had a front en- trance from the Strand and a back way into the precincts of the temple It is presumed that the old tavern had also a hack as well as a front entran- ce, for an old poet mentions the p'aco, showing that c•hsating cabmen out of their fares is by no means a modern in- vention- Bat: now at Piccadilly they arri•ve,, And, taking coach, t'warcls Temple Bar they drive, , But at St. Clement's got out at the back, And slipping through the Palsgracre, hilkt poor back. During the construction of the- Law Courts, Mx. Donald Nicol, ex -Sheriff of London, and M.P. for Stroud, form- ed. ormed a limited 'Company, which purchas- ed THE LITTLE SEQUESTERED COURT Of genteel. little ]souses railed, Pals - grave Plane and the adjoining premises for the purpose of pulling them down and erecting a palatial building, eon - testing of suites of chambers and of- fline on the upper floors, and on the ground floor a large, up-to-date res- taurant., which that situation immecl- ,lately opposite the Law Courts gave every encouragement to hope would be successful. The chambers and offices were so; but the : restaurant, which was called The I'alsgrave, had but'a very brief existence under that naive. It hos. been reopened more that once under other, nanm,es. One was Tbe• Du- val --not atter ,the well-known Clattlo Duval, who may have vieited The Bible, • Turkey'. . Spain.. •. Servia . . . Sweden and Norway. . • Italy. . .. R•ussia.. .. . . Germany, . .: . France. . England. . . . . 660,00 Japan. . . . .. • 500,00 South American republics . .. 600,00 China 000 United States . .. .. . 200,00 ATTRACTIVE WOMEN. It is the woman who has the; courage to be original who is most admired. Ev- ery woman should be her natural self and not copy after some other woman, whom perhaps she may have heard some one else admire. The actions which may appear in the other so attractive, if copied by her, may seem ridiculous. Let her think for herself and have the courage to act as she thinks. She should learn to express her feelings to a great extent. Keep your troubles, if you have any, .to yourself. Remember this is a' selfish worldand that there arefew if any, who will really sympathize with you. whereas if you are bright and cheerful you will ever find. friends. The old saying, slightly revised to fit the present time, "Laugh and the world laughh with you, weep and the lauigh's an you," is very true. Don't believe every pile in the world is hap- pier than you. Look around and see if you cannot find at least the reflect - tion of the sunbeam. It is the little acts of kindness done every day that helps to make women attractive. Just in proportion as a woman is re- fitted in her nature, is see quiet and attractive in her. dress. Soma women have the idea that to be attractive they must dress in gay colors, in odd styles of millinery and in short adopt all the Iatest "fads," but such is not the ease. Wear what you know to be beoomin.g to you. Don't talk over your personal affairs inpublicplaces, stran- gers may enjoy your conversation, but it is hardly the thing to do. 13e kind and courteous to all with whom you come in contact in tbis busy world andsome ons will be sure to find you attractive. en HIS LAST WORDS. His last words were of you. The prodigal son-in-law, tried to feel es solemn as be looked. Might I inquire what they were? You might. Ile said that if he could only get one mbre kick atl you he would die happy. aaneenneeneteameeeneeneeneneemeeeee iv r Elis Like bi lousness, dyspepsia, headache, coma y `e irod'byHood's our :Pills. They do Idlgostion r their 'wort FLASHES OF FU Teeing1?kiysician (excitedly) -- How did you learn about met Messenger -- Rang all the bells. till 1 found Atte ate home. Tibbs--Jimpson says it wasso cold when he was out sleighing the °thee day that the reins froze stiff. Tebbe-. Hard lines: Papa, what is meant by 'tatting time by the forelock ?' In most cases, my sen, it is worrying about things that never happen. As soon as a girl thinks she owns a man she begins to ant .hurt and dis- pleased when he doesn't put on an ov- ercoat when he goes out into the cold. Those Loving Girls--Helen--Don't you k new . a pfect dream? my Mettle---It'sbonnet moreis thanera dream lean it's a gepuine nightmare, Wallace --How would you like to join one of them 'Don't Worry clubs?' Ferry -Pd. join hi a minute, but my wife would take it as an insult. Montle Operandi --I met your friend Springely this morning. How did he strike you? Said. be had left his change at home in his other trousers.. - He -So you're going to . throw me dawn after all? She -Yes. Father said, he• would if I didn't, and he's so terribly literal you know. - Now, Bennie, here's the Medi...lee, and here's the dime papa left to pay you for taking it. All right, mamma. If you. take it and don't tell, I'll give you half. • Proprietor -No, I can't give you a job. I find it hard work to keep what clerks I've got hwy. Boy -I won't both- er you that way; I can keep busy a long time doing very little, - W.hene'er a man attempts to drown His troubles, then I note He always seems to think they are Located in his throat. Could I sell you a Bible? asked the agent. I guess not,' replied the real estate dealer. You might try Hebhard- shee in the next office. He has a sort of mania for ram hooks, She -Willie is So witty. He -Oh, you women think any idiot who can get off a. lot of stuff .be bas read in the pap- ers-. But. I know he is witty. Even his own eister laughs at his funny say- ings. Witness, said the cross-examining lawyer, are you willing to swear that the prisoner was smoking a pipe at the time? No, sir, replied the witness; I never swear. But I am willing to bet you $10 to $5 that he was. Perry Patettic-I wonder how one of them fellers that has a steady job. and works every day feels? Wayworn eVatson-You better not let your thinker run on them ideas. First thing you know you may go wrong. • Goodsowl-Why will you carry on as you do? \'Phy aren't you more careful about the preservation of your repu- tation ? Littlemind-Don't want to preserve it. If I could only get rid of it altogether I'd be a mighty sight better off than I am. War Argument. -I want war, said Billiis, facetiously, because I am in hopes that in that way some of my creditors will be killed off. 1 suppose, remarked. Crisp, that you would rather see them killed outright than have them starve to death. Miss Garlingborn-I know .I'll look Iike a fright with my hair done up in this way. Photographer -But think how much worse Miss Mardygrass would look with her hair in that style * * That will do, thanks. 1 think we have managed to catch your very best ex- pression, madam. Not Unique - What a wonderful painter Rubens was ! remarked Mr. ed. Mrs. Jones. It is said of bis. that Jones at the art gallery. Yes, assent - he could change a laughing face Into a sad one by a single stroke. Why spoke up little Johnny in disgust, my school- master can do that. Here, you've been telling me all al- ong, said the bright -faced young wife, what a wonderful cook your mother was. And now your aunt Jane . has just told me that your father seas a chronic dyspeptic. Well, you see, the young husband murmured with a deep sigh, mother learned by practising on 2atber. Col. Hawkins. -Uncle Mose, I hear you and your wife had a little dispute again last night. \`high came out ahead this time? Uncle Mose (dubious- ly feeling a lump on the back of his head) -I's powerful glad to say dat I kis out aheacl, boss; but she mighty nigh overtook me. Yes, sah, she did for a fac', an' I'se got de necessary evidence on my pusson to prove it. ARTILLERY FOR 10,0ti'I)U E. ixeXarati t s fel the x uCdtt(Viseeingax. Apitee ad Kingston. A despaitoh freta Ktugston, Ont., seen: -Its is generally expected that "A" Battery will provide the artillery - then for the ;Rllpudilee expedition. The Men are all anxione to go. Likely two of the new twelve -pounders will be tak- en from here, and four or More light gusts for manning the mountain bat- tery, and located at Sault Ste. Marie, will complete the equipment. Sturgeon-. Lieut, Foster, tilith King's County Bat talion of Infantry, of whiob Hon. Dr_ Borden is surgeon -major, bas been call ed. upon to look after the medical equip- menet, :He is et present, attaebed, to "A" Yield Battery, performing 'the medical duties in conuectiurt with that corps and, the Royal Military College in the ahsence of Surgeon -Major Neil- son, who is now at Ottawa. Dr. Foster is a tali, well-built, able-bodied young man, enthusiastic over his duties, and one likely to do himself credit and his culling honour and possessing a consti- tution likely to withstand the rigours of the Klondike. ale is busily engaged. in making preparations for the trip northward, and finds his time fully oc- cupied in the tusk. Major Evans, - commanding "13 " Squadron, Royal Canadian Dragoons, Winnipeg, will command the corps. He will be assisted by Captain Bur - stall, "•A" Field Battery, These three officers, intended for this daty were summoned to attend last week for con- sultation with the Minister of Militia, - and, returning to their posts, at once began active preparations for the voy- age, which is as good as announced for the second week in April. VAN HORNE TO RETIRE. --es Rep orted to Have Said Ile 1:911 Resign After he Tray' 1900. The Montreal Herald to -day publish- es a special dated New York, which says :-"In view of the repeated •denials which have been made by Sir William Van Horne of any intention of retir- ing from the presidency of the C. P. R., it is interesting to note a statement made by him to the Washington cor- respondent of a leading New York paper on Monday, announcing his intention of laying aside the reins of power after the year 1900, and out- lining plans for improving the facili- ties of the transcontinental line before making way for his successor. He said :-'The C. P. R. expects at an early date to build three big ocean liners, about the size of the Teutonic, and place them on the route between Van- couver and Yokohama, when they are ready. It is their intention to utilize the boats now running between those ports for passenger and freight ser- vice between Vancouver and Austra- lia. When this is done a fast line will 'be established between Quebec and Halifax - and Liverpool. redu ring the time of passage to three and a hall days. The C. P. R. win. then be able to take a passenger at Ruston and land him at Yokohama without transferring him to any other Iine.' This, Sir Wil- liam says, it will be able to do by 1900." ABOUT "TBE GERMAN EMPRESS. The phiyskaI condition oftheGerman empress is causing much anxiety in Berlin circles, and with her family es- pecially the gravest fears exist that the so-called attack of influenza may not be overcome. The ]t]tfe of this poor wom- an is valued by- all the emperor's rela- tives., for she has often succeeded in influencing her husband when every Ane failed to do so, while her devotion to her chiildeen amounts to a passion, and without ser the little Princess Vic- toria would Have a hard time. The kaiser has no eansitderation for bhet youngsters, for w.hitee indulging them, one moment he will treat them line aperfect martinet the next, and ex- peets absolute eisoipiine from. the smell - est to the biggest preneekin. It appears from enrrecntt report that this empress is a sort act domestics buffer who often saves the feelings of the ehi,ldtren and the court by her kindness and discre- tion. Should she die, the situation would then become pitiable for all, as the iza,iser's mental and physical con- dition is a terrible anxiety to his sub- 1ects andhis falm.iily, altliol gh peeoipuss itthe is said :!bout it, save rut whispers. BEATING VERNE'S HERO. For Weak Backst..wamel Sacks, Painful Backs or any y 'chid of Bad Backs, 1Vianley's Celery -Neve Compound . is aIle Great Back Strengthener, ner, Pa, Rogers0 0ttawa'eet, toronta, aut., writes Pee leer ,t suntber of years arra ace* troubled with a lame back. Souse of the doctors X conenited catledlt 1Lttmbt,go, outst•ti, Kidney Dlentse. received no benefit from tltelr rep tment. flue months gee rent lucky enough to try excelsra CeleryNerveCosipotutd,d,aftek Waste two or llree bottles, the np entirely lett mo, and 1 leave. ee, no return of it for a :months now. Price Be cents per Box, or 6 for Se.so.' M Oruggists, .ir Malted on Receipt of Price by r. mii,BURi4 ce CO., Toronto. THE EXETER A. TIMES Wag 0? An ILLNESS OF LORD SALISBURY. The Condition of the British erelnier More Serious ThanLdmitted. A despatoh from London, says :-Lord Salisbury's illness is moire serious than, is officially admitted. butt haw serious cannot its known untie the effect of hila rest is noted. °coasiolnal, but nob severe, diabetic symptoms have, accord- ing to medical • information, manifested themselves for nearly two years. These bays been seriously aggravated by re- cent illness and overwork, and hence the peremptory orders of Dr. Breed. bent that he drop everything, notwith- standing the gr'avitly of the national crisis and seek rest. .1.t was only by pointing oust the hopeless result oe dis- megnrditng Axis advice that the emin- ent physician succeeded in inducing his patient to obey his enders. s-1edica! authorities who have been consulted in Lord Salisbury's case em- plhasLze the fact that diabetic symp- toms are an only too common compli- cation of influenza this season, but they add that, careful treatment in o -- Time Table for Coh; honed the. World in 2$ ileys -- How 1t i„ Worked Ont. Prince Khilkoff, the Russian minister of commuaxicetions, is reported to bane stated that, when the Siberian rail- way is opened throughout its en- tire length, the tour of the world may be made in thirty-three days. The various diversions of the journey are covered as follows: Bremen to St. Petersburg, one and a half days; St. Petersburg to Vladitvostock, ten days; Vladivostook to San Francisco, ten days; San Francisco to New York, four and a half days; New York to Bremen, seven clays, total, thirty-three. Anoth- er authority goes one better than that. He proposes to reduce the length of the world's - journey to twenty- eight days. The figures given by the Rnadan minister are evidently based on the actual running •speed of the various railway and steamship lines, an- estimated average speed of about twenty-five miles an hour from the Russian capital to Vladivostock. But it is suggested that if the traveller had the services of the fastest ex- isting ships on the ocean, and the trains were run at the highest rate of speed consistent with the gradients. curves, and condition of the permanent way of railways in the various districts passed over, five days might be saved. Thee the Kaiser Wilhelm would he av- ailable for t.hs Atlantic passage, her average speed of 22.31 knots per hour, and -a 20 -knot speed is assumed for the Pacific. l.assage. To maintain the high averages of the special trains, it is further assumed that speeds of from sixty to :seventy miles an hour would be maintained on level stretches of the country to make up for time lost in crossing mountains. The imitable best time. that could be made by engag- ing special trains, assuming the ocean passages to be performed at the speed mentioned, would be as follows: London in Moscow, 36 . hours; Moscow to Vladivosto,.k, 149.1 hours; Vladivos- tock to San Francisco, 270 hours; San Francisco to New York, '73.1 Hours; New York to Plymouth, 133-8 hours; Plymouth to London, 32 hours. Total 665.2 boors. This gives a total of e7 days 17 hours for the whole journey. WHY IT DIDN'T RESE11iiBLE HIM. Did you ever have your picture tak- en? But it don't look like Once. 13u Yep. e p me.. Don't it? Nop. It was for the rogue's gal- lery an' I didn't want it took, 'easily and thoroughly, Ila ifs. A:: •'•+ Erse after dinner i A e p e 2acenCy, ,all drtiggtats, Prepared by 0. I. Hoge & (10., Lowell, stae: The cub/ Pill to fake Wali Usod'a sarsaparilla. ALUMINIUM IbELbl ETS. Helmets made of aluminium to be covered with waterproof cloth of var- ious colors, according to.the branch of the service wearing it are about to be adopted ' in the French army. ASTMA For Infante and Ohiidren, moot cases results ea their complete disappearance. Moreover, diabetes is be- no means the hopeless disease it was considered a few years ago. Lord Salisbury's chief point of re- gret for his compulsory retirement at the present, moment is the fear that difficaities man arise In the plans which he has been carefully develop img for a better understanding with Germany, especially in far Eastern matters. The negotiations have made some progress, and it is understood that the Prem.ierneas set his heart up- on interposing a cheek of this nature to - the Franco-Russian plans. This move, if successful, -sill not prove pup- uiar in England, for the anti -German sentiment here is stronger tban any other foreign prejudice, but Lord Sal- isbury alisbury is convinced that it is /the strongest card to play. Rumours od a reconstruction of the Cabinet are freely bruited. but there is nothing definite yet on which to base these reports. It the impres- sion in Parliamentary circles that Mr. Balfour, who is temporarily in charge of the Foreign Office, will he subject to Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's in- fluence to a greater degree than Lord Salisbury, which will mean a bolder and more impressive foreign policy. EMERY IN MANITOBA. A despatch from. Winnipeg says:- The ays:The emery found on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg has been pronounced by experts to be of the very finest quality: The deposits are known to, 3'ili 2`3. ; • "" tend. over an area of..tlY si'7 - square miles. About 50 clainaieneee.., .,„hUl3 been taken up, principally by Wined - peg parties. Deposits of aluminum and quicksilver have also been found. FEDERATION IN AUSTRALIA. A despatch from Melbourne, Victoria, says: -The colonial convention has adopted the Federation hill, and die - solved. The bill now goes to the yap ious Legislatures of Australia. P WHAT IS DEIFILE,MENT IN INDIA. In every native house in India there is a shrine in which the household gods are placed, Iike the ikon in a Russian house. The very shadow of a Europ- ean or native of a different caste pass- ing over these or the culinary utensils of the, family is a defilement; but the use of malodorous disinfectants is, in the. belief of the people, an outrageous desecration, calculated to call down on the family the wrath of the gods, anti only to be atoned, by rigid-pryasohit, penance, and the administration of the pawn gaviya, a foul pill composed off the five products of the cow. Tho fad. simile tigsSttudi of t, is on teary •����e inrapgex•' NOT A JOKE, Father -Now, young man, get your coat off, andcomae with me 1 Tommy -You're not' going to thrash me; are you, . dad t Certainly. Didn't 1 tell you this morning that.I Would eettla with; you for your banl behavior? Yes, but 1 thought it we's only a.jokc, like when you told the grocer you wooed settle with ]itni.