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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-8-6, Page 7'AUGUST O 18.97 NEAPS OF THE WE THE•VERV LATEST PROf$t, ere! TFHE WORLD OVER. interaefng Items About Our Own Iceentry, Great Britain, •the %.United 'states, :and Alt Pacts o! the Globe, G0 tensed •and Assorted ler L'nay Reading. CANADA, , A big; demand for lumber is reported in AraniLobe, Guelph, its to have a new io1k pack- eng campcuny. Tho rrew directory c Ottawa gives the population es 83,480. Gall's town hall is to have a Jubi- lee clock to oost $1,(100. Heavy cutup shilinients to England are reported from Wintnipeg. It is rumored that the, C. P. R. is to be extended from Reston into •1.110 Pipestance country. The shirpmont of cheese from the port of Montreal this season far exceede.tre qa en tity sent for the corresponding pe- riod hast year. A initiate telegram from Sir Wil- frid Laurier announces tbat he will sail from (Liverpool for home on *M- ust lD, The Grand Trunk car works at Brantford have been closed and .no- tices posted instructing the employees to apply for work at 'London. Mr. W. W. Buchanan of Heine ton hes reeigned the offices of General Manager oC the Royal Teauplars of Temperance and editor at The Templar. J. 3- olstnd, a sword -swallower of Prins Albert, died in great agony at Winnipeg from injuries inflicted on himself while practising the trick, The Highland cadets of Montreal will shortly visit Ottawa for the purpose of being inspected by the Governor-Gen- eral and Dr. Borden, Minister of Mi- litia. A detachment of the Northwest .Mounted Police has been ordered to the Crow's Nest Pass to maintain order up- on the railway construction works. Mrs &liortiss, another of Valentine Shorties, the Valleyfield murderer, whose death sentence was commuted to imprisonm,ent for life, has returned. to Canada, and it is believed an effort will be ;made to obtain his pardon. It is estlmeted that there are be- tween three and four thousand unem- ployed men in Montreal, and efforts aro being made to get some oft them work on the Crow's Nest Pass' rail- • way. One hundred and eighty-five immi- grants from Galiela left Montreal Fri- day for Western points, They are all in splendid health, areneople of com- parative means, agriculturists by call- ing, and are bound to make good set- tlers. In connection with the John Luton R. Co. fire in ;Toronto some time ago, W. A. and T. C. Thompson were arrested in Toronto on Sunday night, charged with illegally transferring goods in June for the purpose of defrauding their ire- ditors. John Tanner, of Lunenburg, lateof the schooner Ida, of Halifax, who was .unlawfully imlvrisoned by the Spanish authorities at Porto Rico, has return- ed to Halifax. He has preferred a claim through the British Government far $3,000 damages. The Archbishop oe St, Boniface . is making a determined effort to seour•e en inm'ease of . the French. -Canadian population of Manitoba, and with that object in view ;bas commissioned the Rev. l.'athler Corbel' 'to act as an im- migration and repatriation agent in eastern Canada and tele United States GREAT' BRITAIN, The as wen byPrvQatea\rl'lira Ward oil theaFsirstze at 'RleytDevon- shire regiment. Miss Jean ingelow, the English poet and novelist, died on Monday night. She was seventy-seven years o8 age. Sir John Buoknili, one of the found- ers of the volunteer movement in 1859, dead. He was eighty years of age. Sir John Skelton, a Scotch writer,who used the nom de plump of Shirley, ie is dead. HA was sixty-six years of age. The British Postmaster General will make a personal investigation of the grievances of the "overworked" post - deice clerks. In spite of uf£icial denials, the London military clubs regard the ;Duke of Con- naught's appointment to the :Quarter- master -Generalship as a certainty, Peter McNally, a Boston man, per- formed the feat of swimming elieEng- lish Channel from 'Dover co a point three miles from Griz Nez, France. Enquiries in England have resulted un the dtecovery that Roland G. L Bar -nett, of Montreal, is no relative to Barney Barneto, the deceased African millionaire, Last week there was a sale at the old Culloden matte of relics of bonnie Prince Charlie. The Queen purchased his walking stick for one hundred and sixty pounds. It is confidentlyexpected by the United States commission at present) 1n London that Great (Britain will at- tend the International Bi -metallic con- vention to le held in Washington. It is announced that the lion. Wins- ton Churchill, elder son of the late Lord Randolph ChierchiJJ, will stand for Parlia.memt in the Conservative in- toretst at the next upportuntty. The oof order the British Admiralty S for the battleship Renown, the m A, lie rst powerful ranch p ail in the navy, to pro- ceed to Behring Sea, is regarded as Lord .Salisbury's Reply to Secretary Sherman. An anonymous writer in the London Daily Mall urges the British Govern- Arent to rectify the Canadian frontier by adding Maine, Vermont, New Hemp - shire, and part of New York State to Canadian territory. Accenting . to London Vanity Fair, .Lille London season, which. is now near- , gag its end, hos been remarkable for bringing into prominence the intem- perate habits of society, the women be- teg ,joist as bad as the sten. It is stated in London that, while Lord Salisbury is by eo means pleased with the tone of Secretary Sherman's letter of the seal question, he is not disposed do take the matter too seri- ously, and his reply, while firm, will be petite and couched in diplomat e language. Mr. J itboatelrere, who was one of the members of the Perltalnentary C;om- mission appointed to enquire into the 'I'ransvalyl raid, has given notice that be will make a motion in the !Souse of Commons that the name of Cecil Rhodes 10 removed from the list of Privy Councillors. UNtlnED STATES, , IAL N'ewv 'York bee silver bas decline ed to the lowest price in two &eons, The Dingley Tariff bill passed beth E BRUSSELS POST. 'R'ouses 'it 1Ccongress on Setinr•clay, and was sig1,ned by President Meleinley 1'he same day. at is thought at lelashiington that 'England may vartinipate in the le - nae allio conference to be held in the American capital next fall. Final judgment bas been 1,ive11`1hat Mrs. Olive A M'ermen:inn of (Buffalo must return to Cayuga for trial on Lha 'charge of murdering her husband. f1'he Pittsburg aouneil of the coal ruiners has Massed a resolution call- ing on President eleleinley to use his good offices in the settlement of the Boal miners' strike. 'Avcsnty prisoners in the Ding's County, N. Y•, penitentiary have be- came Insane sines the beginning of the resulto ofgthe Anti-ConvictnaLabour lane. ' h1:r, ir. V. Powdorl'ey Ins been ap- pointed Sy President McKinley Com- mtssionerdleneral of Immigratinn, but the Jeerights of Labour will fight, Louth and nail, to prevent confirmation any the Senate, at is regarded es probable that the !arbitration treaty question will he re- opened in Wa,ebington shortly, and that an agreement will be drafted ac- ceptabla to the United States and Brit- ish Governments. James R. Keene, the noted c Ameri- can broker, who recently speculated on the wrong side, is credited with bay - frig made $2,000,000 in stock operations in Wallestreet, New Work, in the past two months. President McKinley sent a message to Congress on Saturday advocating the revision of the financial system .et the country and suggesting the appoint- ment of a commission to consider the question, ilii, Whitelaw Retch, special IJkaited States envoy to the jubilee, stales that he teas impressed by the profound de- votion of the Eu-glieh people to the Queen and their desire to be on .goad. terms with the 'United States. Frank Moss, an old -tines ,miner, has returned to Grand Fells, Mont., has the i;'Iondyke gold regions. He confirms all the reports of the wonderful auri- ferous nature of,llie country, butsays it is a death-trap and that thopla.e• is dotted think with the graves of those wen died of starvation and hardship in their quest for wealth. Tee tenor of Lite reports of Messrs, Dun andBradstreet as A:o the business situation in the United elates is net of an especially epcouraging nature; jitill thereis a universal feeling among busi- ness men in tee ,United States thatwe shall witness a marked. revival in trade all along the line, andin the opinion g• professional business experts, this belief is well founded. GENERAL. The Harvest to Hungary will not be as great as last year. The report that the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Thessaly has be- gun is denied. 13y the wrecking of a Chinese steam- er bound from Singapore for Malacca, 120 persons were drowned. There have been serious outbreaks. and riots at Barcelona, and the gen- darmes hove been stoned by the mob. The best scientific opinion be Berlin' is not sanguine of the success of herr Anar'ee's attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. The finest showing at the Exhibition at Brussels is made by France, Great Britain being a good second, and Ger- many third. The Indian Government has decided upon prosecuting a number of editors or native papars who have of late been Preaching sedition. The Preussiche Jahrbucher advocates the return of Dietz to France in con- sideration of her ratification of the an- nexation of Luxembourg. The trial of twelve women and two men for wholesale poisonings was con- cluded at Buda Pesth on Friday, when four of the prisoners were sentenced to death. T.be Japanese Cabinet bas agreed 10 the Govern- ment sal of submit.the the quest on atawaiian o issue between the two Governments to ar- bitration. Emperor William's incessant inter. ferenoe in politios is weakening the Government ranks, while the ranks of the. Socialists and discontents are swell• ing day by day, Edhem Pasha, commander-in-chief of the Turkish forces, in Thessaly, was se- verely wounded by the explosion of an infernal machine sent to him, accord- ing 10 a report from Budapest. Large quantities of arms and ammu- nition aro stored on the French bor- der of Spain for the Cerlists, and in ,ate event of discontent over the Cuban question spreading Don Carlos may try his luck again. A Japanese paper, the Hokumin, ex- presses the hope that no rupture of the harmonious feeling bee:emit Japan and the United States will take place over such a paltry affair as the Haw- aiian question. The Customs Committee of the Nor- w-egiita Storthing has adopted 0 report proposing the introduction oe differen- tial tariff deities on several ar•gicultural products, and giving greeter protection to small manufacturing interests, SMART INSECTS. Petieute Ants Whose 'Collets Are Arranged reJ Maids. erri i • . We know not well enough that ants axe g the most advanced of ell the insect world, that they can talk to one an- other, and have regular laws and re- gulations, in theta tiny colonies, But the last diseov.ere about them is, Per - baps, the most astolshing of 011, 'ee nee Luralist has been making observations on their toilet, and has discovered that each insect goes through a cleaning pro- cess as elaborate as that of a eat, only not performed by herself, but by an- other, who acts for the time as lady's maid. .Ants of the genius "a,tta" were the subject of these observations. These, he found, slept in relays for ahem three hours, When they woxo ap eney would strotoli their limits just like warm- blooded animals; even, under the rul - roscope, he could watch theta yawn. Then begins the toilet. The assistant starts by washing the face of her com- panion, and goes on to the thorax and lege. The attitude of the cleansed is one oe intense satisfaction, resembling that of te dog or eat when hie head le being scratched. Slhe lies dolma with all her limbs stretched loosely out; elle rolls over en her side, even her back, it perfect picture of ease, .1'ho pleasure, the areatus takes in being thus eomb- ed and spohged is re011y enjoyable to the observer.. h R--!!-!, LTh e Telle MANAGEI.DINT Ole CONSUMP- TION. By those who remember the cruel dis- appointment and tie dashing' of lbopos n'lric+ll follow the announcement, nearly seven years ago, that lfocrh bad dis- covered it care for nonsumption, tee ernes of the preparation of another remedy by him will not be hailed with unmixed delight. It is possible that a real remedy for this disease may be found same day, and when it is we may be Sure .that there will be little delay le its acloptdun by physicians; but the premature publication of these alleged "cures" Is greatly to be regretted be- cause of the misery aad heartrending sorrow which their failure causes to thousands of disappoiotast sufferers. Taut wlni:la waiting for the discovery of a cure for oon'sumption, We can use one whicli we have at band in abund- ance, and without cost to the patient. Fresh air, fresh air, and more fresh air is the chief prescription for one whose Iungs are weak, though fresh air, like any other remedy, is of no ser- vice unless It is taken into the body. leer this purpose. exercise out-of-doors is needed -exercise, often to the point orfatiguo, in order to force the breathing, expand the lungs, and fill them with pure air. It lane been stated by a Boston ply- sician that the use of the bicycle has lessened the amount of consumption among women, and if this is so, the explama.teon is not fax to seek. Devo- tion to the bicycle; leads women to ex- ercise in Lha open; air, and more ener- Inaost ofythem in athan nyd othebe r osay. Lor en Denmark the postmen often ba.ve very long mutes ea the country re- gions, and are obliged to walk or ride many rnlles a day in alt kinds of were. blear ; but undesirable as such positions would seem to be, they are eagerly sought after, and of ail men, by con- sumptives who want to gat well. It life- cents, hies proved tht the wk is seeing, been , de piteathe hardships the exposure to ,wind and rain snow, almost all the invalids who a the lite become robust amt! hearty Of emerge, to be effectirve, open exercise must be begun early in coarse of the disease, and should al be carried out under the direction wise physician, sine it must usually be supplemented by the use' of tonics and other remedies. A great many are etre(' din this way unknown to themselves, for phy- skiians .tell us that a large pro- portion of aulses axe found hose to pedie r t m other che signs in their lungs of cured consumption, and there is little doubt that the cure has been effected by nature's remedy, of which the patient has unwittingly availed himself. ROU\D INE VtHOff WORLDS WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBE. old and New World events of interest Chron. lclvd Brleily,.lntereetime Uepponinga el Recent Date. in Meeico gainers get 50 cents a day. China -Japan war Loomed camphor prices ,Bordeaux exhibits a 111 foot high bottle, Emperor William employs twelve valets. Prof, Falba, of Vienna, announces that the earth will come in collision with a. comet on November 13, 1809, .11 is said that 200,000 copies of u se - The highest spot inhabited by human beings on this globe is the Buddhist cloister of Hanle, Thibet, where twenty- one monks live at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Destitute Englishmen abroad can de- mand to be sent lionna, They apply to their consul, who gives notice ac- cordingly to captains of shlps about to sail. The Empress of Japan and her ladies have taken to the steel horse, and cycle on a maze of walks made on purpose for them in the secludud parts of the imperial gardens, Great depression exists in the Lyons silk trade. At many mills large num- hens of people have been discharged, and it is feared that some factories will be compelled to stop altogether if the .demand for french silks does not improve. The funeral of a workingman in Japan costs 83 cents unless the family wishes to have it especially fine, when it will cost as much as $1.2.5. The !Trice of a coffin is 20 cents, and the rate for cremac.ion is from 4e cents to 75 cents. Refreshments figs re up from 11 to 25 and After a period of some 1,200 years dopt the fourth grand fire temple is being ir built in Bombay fox public subscrip- t sthe tions. The sacred fire to be perpetually ways burned in it must be a composite of e£ sixteen different kinds of fire. which are to be amalgamated after many ceremonies of purification. Paris has found it necessary to put a cheek to the haphazard decoration of her public places. Phe prefect of the Seine has appointed a technical com- mittee of artists, architects, and other competent judges, to which all plans, affecting the outward appearance of the city must be submitted. A remarkable phenomenon was wit- nessed in Jerusalem recently, A swarm of flying ants settled upon the city, and filled the air from sunrise, con- until 9 o'clock, Visitors to the Holy TJJE SINGLE BED. As are become more intelligent corning the laws of he¢lth, the ar Toning to realize that t designed only for the occupancy of e g he single b one nostrils. An expert tells of an instance where 4,003 pearl shells were taken which yielded less than $50 worth of pearls, while in the same locality over thirty ing pearls were found in one day, ora of Ion a harh was sold foo $10,000 A Queens- ea- Sepulchre were obliged to use their handkerchiefs constantly in order to ed, keep the insects out of their eyes and person, Is as much a necessity for 'hy- gienic living es a toothbrush or ;nap- kin is for the individual use of every person. All the conditions that make for health, for rest and for refresh sleep urge its use.as a preeaut against contagious diseases, impure nix 5 and disturbed slumber. It will really cost little more to buy two beds of enameled iron than one of expensive e wood, even including the two mat- P tresses and two sets of springs which or will be necessary. If one dons not like these bedstea the single or "twin beds," as they ar called, are to be had in great variety woods. They are designed to emu little more space than the old-fashio double led and are usually placed i room side ,y side, and •linden one n canopy, 'hen a canopy is used. The nanopy is really that old-fesh- toned affair which shut out air and held deist in the foldsuof its heavy drapery, .It usually projeots only over the head of the material' are draped far hack, vsohthat they do little more than soften their lines, without interfering ;with t helalthful.ness. Whore two beds are used instead one it cannot be denied that more shee and more laundryman!. aro necessary bit in the end seeming extravagant often prove one's real economies, nd company, on a smaall area, got 8,000 worth of pearls from eight tons of shells, A suit of armour has been discover - d in the old chateau di la •four de inon, which is thought to be the one dared for Joan of Ara; by Charles ds, VTI„ during the siege of Orleans, and presented to her at Bour es It is said 'o to correspond exactly to the descrip- in I tions banded down and was made far n 3' a woman five' feet three inches in n e height. vide Queen Victoria's newest maid of hon- or, Miss Majendie, is said to owe her entrance to royal favour to a curious chance. She happened to be singing in a church choir one day when the Queen was present at divine service, and her Majesty was so greatly pleased with the fresh sweetness of the girl's face and voice that she invited her to fill the Elace coveted by the young girls of the nglish aristocracy• on he of is ', es TIIE (USES OF FRUITS, Of nil the classes of Nature's edible productions, that of fruit is most plan. ing tokhe senses. That fruit alone will not sustain life, for a prolonged period is true, but that the organic salts and acids of fruit ars necessary to the main- tenance of perfect, henith le equallycor- rect, Prof. A.11. Elliot summarizes the uses of fruit as follows : 1, To furnish variety to the diet. 2. Co relieve thirst and introduce water into the system, :3. to furnish nutriment. 4. To supply od•gaelo salts essential tor r •nui. alt! P trn 5. 'Po stimulate tate kidneys, the flow of oxime and lower tsiacidity 10, Co ant es laxatives, 7. to stimulate and improve appetite and digestion. 8, .Co act as antiscorbutics. Concerning ide mantle of preparation, nem fruits as a, am el do not need to be catakecl, and aro nuueh more palat- able and equally nutritious in the un- cooked, state. The proper tisne to eat true: is either at the beginning of the necel or (between metals, When tbey aid djrgest.ion and exert the greater taxa-, two effect, Taken. at the completion of a, mate tiny dilate Hee gastric juice and tend to emhesrass digestion. B1113iLIOAL ADV/CE, A man had been up for, an examine - tion in scripture, had felled utterly, and the relations between hint and the examiner had become somewhat Strained. The latter asked him if there were any text in the whole Bible he could quote. He pondered end then repeated:' And Judas went out and banged himself. les there any other verse you know in the Bible? the ex- aminer asked. 'Yeas: Go, thou, and de likewise,There Was a solemn ipaus0, end the pro*edings terminated. QUIIT',E TRUE. Hear't-'broken Pax'ento-Sir, Would you rive me of my only ehildo ttiitIty -,With 8alpeSure, sir, A BIKE FOR THE WATER. Shaped Like a Cigar, and Its inventor rte- 1i1.Vea tt. Wilt neat. All Comer's, Hien of an inventive turn of mind have for a long time enjoyed a rare subject for experimentation in the bi- cycle, and many waled and wondarous bay° been the cireations. Bicycles for the water as well as bicycles for the land have sprung into being, and the end of the list is not yet reached. A water bicycle has been invented, patented and constructed by an Eng- lish, genius, who claims that it is sup- erior in every respect to all water bi- cycles yet put forth. To look at it you would say that it Would roll over at once. So it would, perhaps, if it did not have oadeoi keel beneath b thee t volvig n lull The t whola affti • uis built of aluminum, In shape it is like aef- gar, It is ten feet in length, but iu consequence of the material of which it is built it is very light, .Regular bleycle machtnery is mount- ed upon the cylindrically shaped hull. A large spro ket wheel, a gear case for the chain, and a simple driving ma- ehianism alloarespond closely with the every day bicycle. The pedals turn the sprocket wheel, which is, turn, so to speak, causes the aluminum hull be- neath to revolve. et to pretty hard to get started, but once under way scorch- ing is easily possible. A BENEWID ENGAGEMENT. Tie -Now that our engagement is ended, 1 suppose we should return each others letters ? She -I suppose so, and George, while we are about it, why not return each other's kisses 8 Engagement renewed on the spot, Queen' Victoria has commanded Mr. W. Quiller Orchardscln to paint a jubi- lee picture containing portraits, of her. f,the ?ri ito at Wales, the Delco of, and Prince Edward, et le net; known by what extraodfnery accident it came to pees that l051g•establisbed traditions stoned heap beenovdMome to such a degree that a Teilish paint- er and a true artist ebonite bavu been employed to jiaint a royal portrait, 7 • I.,.:` •:Lay., /4' /4 ei.•, ..a .. , James A. Bell, of Beaverton, Ont., 2.D., prostrated by nervouWesley lea lscls e A victim of the trouble for several years. South American Nervine effected a complete .cure. In their own particular field few 0100 are beter known than the Rev. .John Wesley Bell, B.D„ and bis brother Mr. Jnrnes A. Dell. The former will ne re- cognized by his thousands of friends all over the country as the popular and able missionary superintendent of the Royal . Tempters of Temperance. Among the 20.000 members of this order in Ontario his counsel is sought on all sorts of oc- casions. On the public platform he is one of the strong men of the day, oattling against the eel's of in temp era nee. Rovetly well irnnv-n ie lllr. Bell in other provinces of the Dominion, bavu g been for years at member of the Dluittobt Methodist Conference and part of this came was stationed in Winnipeg, His brother, Mr. James A. Bell, in a 11 ghly respected recti' nt of Benverton, wn re 1 hie influence, though ferhats more cir- brotherbia 010 11 the hj ee efhctl eland w. ever.rrthe workingro:ean or n'-ili. Ofrecent of Mr. Jayenrsenne k. Bell has hr -n sadly marred by severe retacks of nervous headache, m•com_ panted by indigestion, 'Who can do fit work when this trouble takes hold of J�idE�S Fe. BEed._L0 DERd atv'TON .OWT. them and especially when it becomes chienie, as was, seemingly, the case twtit' Air. Belle The trueb.e reucned seen to-' tensity that lust Juane he was cemp:ece-' ly prostrated, In MI5 c.o.nl,tion a friend recommended South Am:rleitn Nervine. Ready to try anyte ng uu2 everytniug, though he thought h: had eovereu the; list of proprietary 0edicit:es, he oecured' 4 bottle of this greet d:eeovery. A (second bottle of the medicine was taken and the work was done. Employing his ' own language: "Two bottles of eolith American nervine immediately relieved 1 nay headaches and Dano bunt up my system in a wonderful n•ancer.•• net us not deprecate the Sonat our clergymen and social reformers are doing in the world, but how ill -fitted they would Ce for their work were it not the relief , that South Amerie si Noreen brings to them when physical ills overtake ' them, and when the system, as a re.I colt of hard, earliest and contfanons I work, breaks down. Nervine treats the system as the wise reformer treats she evils he is battling against. It striaee ac the root of the trouble. All die. ease comes from disorganization of the nerve centers. This is a scientific fact. Nervine at once works on these nerve eentere; gives to them health and vig- or; and then there courses through the bsystem strong, healthy, life -maintaining lood, and nervous troubles of liter$ variety are things of the pant. Sold by Deadman & McColl THE SULTAN'S SUBIVIISSION YIELDS TO THE WILL OF THE COM- BINED POWERS. no Accepts tate. Strategic Frontier, But Mattes lienee Jtesellatioiis -. llppositieaaa e Pont the swam Party inevitable. A despatch from Constantinople says Mat Tewv:ik Pasha, the ,:Foreign Minis- ter, cosnanunicated to Baran von Cal - ice, the nineteen Ambassador, an (rade Meted by the Sultan authorizing the Porte to accept the 'frontier agreed upon by the military attaches of the foreign Emibassies, Other despatches from Constanti- raople confirm the report thee the Sul- tan has finally convected the demands of t IliaInr br ets to regard toast strategic frontier. itte •. His use all alcmg hash that the oppo.sltion of the Grand V[ zier and this war party prevented biro from aequiesoi;ng in. the wishes ofthe pewees. Now that this ie overcotms,thopiecico negotiations eboupd iogical1y_cuntinu0 smoothy until` the—fin-err-ter aro settled. Nevertheless nobody believes that they will There is too good reason to believe that awry debatable detail connected with the evactuatiorr of Thessaly and the settlement of the Cretan question will be contested with the snare obstinacy and ebstruotion as Stns characterized the negotiations hith- erto. The feruiliar contlention that it is the inviolable principle of Islam not to abandon territory conquered by the sword, is being again eiurhasizecl, and it would not be surprising to learn shortly that Abdul llamid,, fearing to arouse the ssrussuhnan spirit, is unable to order the retreat of the Victorious army. Stries are already industriously cir- enlatcd by threats against his Ma- jesty's life, the latest having been round in an mien letter on a dealt: in his study, The letter concludes: -e "You shall not withdraw from Thi6ssaly, leaving 'the beneeertd tombs oC our Moslem forefethars'ta unb FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS,. DUNN'S B,.. . 1 THECUVS BEST FRIEND ., R.., SALT: IN CANADA. A LAD'S SUICIDE, A r'ouriern-year.t)J ( Lad Feted to l'asa'ile Examination and Drowned Itin1seIG A despatch from (New York says: - Benjamin Simon, a fourteen -year-old, school boy, because he tailed to pass the exam' 1 natio n at the College cf the City of Net York, k , bei n ,delci g ent in draw- ing, drowned himself in the Hudson River on Saturday night. His body was recovered on Sunday and taken to the home of his parents, at 80 Suf- folk street, Before committing the suicide the lad nieilod this note to his borne: -"My Dear Parents, -1 notify you that I will commit suicide. Th ' reasons are that I; had no 0pportunite fo carry out my resolution, to 11 uiy oi. account of our ciroumstanees. 1 have'; lit few re- grets that I must ;part with tbeworld at suoh an age. Tee most important is that 1':have not held my reseed - tion to agitate among the work- ing masses for their emancipation from 'mega slavery by 'tire overthrow 00 the capitalistic system end for the es- tabltshmeht of the co-operative com- monwealth advocated by the Socialise labor party. 1 am grieved at the Mee thee you willrieve, altbongh' the hand, that, wrote it Will then be cold and attn. The resolution to commit suicide, though long delayed, will ane last be executed. 1 cannot write more. my lanad is trembling; but it you want to do the last request et your son, who is now dead to you and to the whole world, grieve not, I am wholly+ roared to die, the death 3 mys01#3tave ntenced, Your son, Den' thin c; et !Severe " e- so