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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-11-12, Page 7ate, a ,hi 411 Nov. 12, 1897 THE NEWS IN 11 NUTSHELL THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. llnteresting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and Ali Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. CANADA. The Russell fire fund now amounts bo $22,050. The G. T. R. will erect a new station at Merriton Junction. The Ontario Agricultural College at 'Guelph has 150 students. The Ontario Legislature has been ,galled to meet on November 30. The new C.P. R. grain elevator at Owen Sound has been completed. The Bank of Iiamilton has purchas- ed property for an office in Winnipeg. An expedition will start from Mont- real for the Rlondyke in a few weeks. Of A new issue of postage stamps will he placed on sale about December I. An insolvency law will likely be in- troduced at the next session ofPar- linment. John Callahan, an asylum patient at London, choked himself fatally, while eating his dinner. John Pollard, merchant of Windsor, N.S., who lost heavily in the recent fire has become insane. Mr. Ogilvie reports fresh discoveries of gold in the Klondike in creeks tri- 'butary to the Indian River. It is estimated that Prince Edward County will have 130,000 barrels of ap- ples for export this year. g S a It is expected that the Ottawa and New York railway will be open for 'traffic on the first of December. The Ancient and Honourable Artil- lery Company .of Boston have aban- doned their trip to Halifax. Deputy Minister of Justice Newcomb reports that peace has been restored at St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary. Guelph has spent 58,000 in sidewalks and 5100,000 in buildings, principally Private houses during the past year. Sir Wilfrid Laurier will accompany Sir Louis Davies when the latter goes to attend the seal conference in Wash- ington next month, A deputation from Montreal on Wed- nesday urged upon the Government the desirability of baying Canada re- presented at the Paris Exposition. Sir Louis Davies, Minister of Marine and Fisheries has purchased the resi- dence of Sir John Carling in Ottawa for eleven thousand dollars. The six-year-old son of a rancher named Rudd at West Lethbridge, Man. while playing with a gun, stint and killed his three-year-old sister. Ferdinand Carriers, tbe crank from Rimouskl who expressed a desire to kill Six Wilfrid Laurier, has been de- clared insane and sent to an asylum. Bert Leedham, aged 10, son of the foreman of the Withrow mines, South Uniacke, N.S., was caught in the mach- inery on Friday and killed instantly. The date of the meeting of the Dom- inion Parliament has not yet been fix- ed, but it is expected that the open- ing will take place about the middle of January. It is now considered likely that the Allan and Dominion steamship lines will enoopt the Government mail sub- sidy and give a fortnightly service from St. John. A Federal Minister discussing forest fires, expressed his firm convict on that the starting of a fire in a forestshould be made a criminal offence, punishable by heavy penalties. E. H. Haycock, a mining engineer, has obtained a patent for an apparatus by which mining may be carries. on in frozen ground at ,comparatively small expense. John, McIntyre, one at the Winds- or, N. "S., mon arrested on a charge of eterting the fire which resulted in the destruction of that town, has been committed fol trial. An envelope marked "Conscience Boodle," and containing 51,050 in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and American bills, has been reaeivod at the Finance Department at Ottawa. Hon. H. 10. Emmerson Is Premier, or New Brunswick, a reconstruction of the ,Local Government: having been et- fected, On.aceount of ill -health Hon. James Mitchell resigned the Premier - thin. An agreement has been entered into between' the Hamburg -American Steamship. Company and the Grand Trunk railway for a regular monthly service between Hamburg and Port- land, Me. Ib is stated, that the Dominion Gov- ernment proposes next session to in- troduce legislation to increase the re- tiring allowance of Supreme Court judges from two-thirds to ifour-fifths .of their salary. Several animals owned near Ottawa were recently found to be suffering ,item tuberculosis and on the authori- ty of the Minister of Agriculture Otis the Experimental Farm. The Retail Merchants' Association of Ottawa has decided to ask the Legis- lature to radically change the present auctioneerintr laws, and all the muni- cipattics throughout: Ontario will be aspired, to join in this appeal. As there has been no response to the call to Canadian soniptors fax designs for the statues oe the Queen and the late Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, Which are to bo placed on Parlia- ment Hill, tbe offer may hove, to be thrown open to British and foreign artists. THE BRUSSELS ward Langtry, husband of the aotress,1 tie measure, holding the employer has returned a verdict in London oC responsible for all accidents to the death " due to an effusion of blood up- workmen. on the brain, caused by a fall. A new torpedo destroyer is to be built at Newoastle-on-Tyne, with tur- bine engines, which is expected to at- tain a speed oC thirty-six to forty knots an hour. The London Spectator takes a Pessi- mistic view of the situation between the Called States and Spain, and ex - Presses the opinion that the chances are In favour of war. United Status Ambassador Hay, on Saturday, telegraphed to the Queen at Balmoral an expression of President McKinley's sympathy and condolence upon the death oe the Duchess of Teck. Henry George, the single tax advo- cate, and one of the candidates for the Dfay orally of Greater New York died suddenly at his hotel on Friday morn- ing afteraddressing several meetings. He was fifty-eight years of age. According to commercial summaries, furnished by the mercantile agencies of Dun and Bradstreet, the condition of trade shows generally little if any ap- preciable change since the last re- turns. In different quarters the un- usually mild weather has acted as a de- terrent to the ordinary Progress of trade, and the demand for certain lines of seasonable goods has been checked. There is no decided increase in any direction. The demand for iron and steel continuos good, as it is expected the cost of manufacture will increase shortly. There is a fair demand for woolen goods at steady prices, but cot- ton goods are weak and stook large, The commercial failures in the United States for the week just ended are 218, compared with 205 for the correspond- Lng week a year ago. GR,LA7.1 BRITAIN. President IOLeJiinley has issued hie proclamation naming November 25th as a day of national thanksgiving, Archbishop Maehray, who has been ill in England, continues to improve, and expects to return to Canada after Christmas. The death is announced in London o0 Francis Turner Palgrave, the poet and essayist•, lie was seventy-five veers of ago, The Imperial War Office donios the report that the British Goverment in- tends to place two British regiments in British Columbia. The later shipments of Canadian fruit to England arrived in good, condition, with the exception of the grapes, which showed a tendency to drop from their steins, The coroner's jury id the vase eiEd- A conference between representatives of the employers and delegates from the striking engineers in Britain has been practically arranged, the latter having agreed to withdraw their de- mand for eight boars per day,, which has been the great stumbling block in the way of arriving at a settlement of the strike. UNITED STATE'S. An attempt will be made in Chicago to prevent departmental, stores selling provisions or liquors. Sir Julian Pnuncefote, the Brit- ish Ambassador to the Gaited States, arrived in New York on Saturday. Five inmates of the county insaneY asylum at Pennring, 111„ have, it is asserted, been mauled to death by at- tendants. Canon Gore, who has been seriously ill in Buffalo, has sufficiently recover- ed to enable him to leave New York on his way home to London. Tho American Public Health Associa- tion, in session in Philadelphia, passed a resolution approving of individual cups in the celebration of the com- munion. The grand jury at Wllkesbarre, Pa., on Thursday returned true bilis for murder against Sheriff Martin and his deputies fox firing on and killing striking miners at Latimer, 1'a. Governor Atkinson of Georgia, in his message, condemns mob law, and suggests, among other remedies, that u prisoners be armed and allowed to use their weapons in their own de- fence. The trial of Edward C. Haynes, of Watertown, N. Y., for killing Diary Crouch and Mary Daly, after lasting eight weeks, resulted on Saturday in a verdict of murder in the second de- gree, Two carloads of Canadian hides that had been, smuggled into the United States from Canada have been seized in Boston. This is the first seizure of hides since the Dingley tariff law went into effect, Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, one of the presidents of the New York Central Railway, is decidedly of opinion that the wreck et Garci- a was caused by dynamite plac- ed upon the track with criminal intent. An alleged discovery of conspir- acy to murder Sheriff Martin has been made at Wilkesbarre by Mar- tin's son, Martin was in charge. of the deputies who shot down a number of the miners a short time ago. The situation) In Western Africa has been greatly aggravated by the pub- Bent:ion of semi-aifieiat notes by the French amcl ,British Governments, and a conflict between the torous of the two nations in the Hinterland of Lagos may at any moment take place, The German; post-otltice is experim- enting with an invention, en electrical apparatus, which, at the cost of one bundrecl and twenty-five dollars, can be connected with a telegraph wire, and messages which aro typed off at one end are reproduced et the other encl. It is again) asserted, that Captain Dreyfus, undergoing .imprisonment for life for divulging, military secrets to a foreign power, is innocent, and that the reason the French Government re- fuses an investigation is because the conviction of the real cutpritwould in- volve a State secret that might be- came a cams beth. It is reported in Christiania that a whaling boat returning from the Arc- tic saw Prof. Andree's balloon float- ing in the water near Spitzbergen. Bralcmo, the Arctic explorer, propos- es to proceed to Prince Charles pro- montory to investigate the truth of the story. An investigation in Athens reveals the sensational fact that the cartridges fitted to the torpedoes during the Tur- ko-Greek war were unprovided with percussion caps, and would have been absolutely useless. Prince George, who was commander et the torpedo flotilla is being roundly attacked. COTTON OPERATIVES. Decision Not to Accept the Itrdueilim In 'Wages -,l Long Shrine Expected -1i will two a Disastrous Bin'eci- 1'osyf bltlta' or fen tore re. A. despatch from London, says: -A meeting of the delegates of the Am- eigame,ted Association of Cotton Op- eratives, the strongest body in the cotton trade, was held on Saturday at Blanchester, and confirmed the deci- sion taken on Thursday last by the cot- ton operatives throughout the North of England to inform the employes% that the proposed reduction in wages would not be accepted. It was resolved that if the masters give formal notice of reduction the association will take a ballot of the operatives as to the coarse to be pur- sued. At a conference just held in Man- chester between representatives of the employe o of the cotton operatives it was announced that the employers GENERAL. Count Tolstoi, the Russian author, is reported to be dying, 10 is currently reported that Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, has resigned. General Jamat is likely to succeed Gen. Saussier as aoanmander-in-chief of the French army. The King of Siam has ordered a mem- ber of Ins staff to be executed for a. breach of etiquette, committed at Lis- bon Marshal Blanco has arrived in Havana and has taken command of that island from Captain General Wey- ler. Sixteen thousand rifles from Hong Kong anti. Shanghai have been receiv- ed by Philippine rebels in the west coast of Luzon, The report that General Castillo, the Cuban leader, has been killed in an en- gagement with the Spanish troops is confirmed, Over 12,000 people at Gifu, Japan, who were rendered homeless by the floods recently are now being sup-. ported by the Government. The Catholic mission at Hue, Cochin China, reports that a disastrous ty- pboon swept over that part of the coun- try on October 22. Two officials of the.Nigata Bank, Ta - pan, together with a broker in the Nt- or mbo zltnenge, ll vo been an reseed f Over 50 persons were killed and 80 injured in the stampede at Kbnieloff, Russia, on Sunday from a church. A cry of fire caused the panic. A fossil skeleton of an unknown ani- mal, nimal, larger than a rhinoceros, 18 re• ported at Athens to have been found in aced mine at Kyini, Island of E,ub- cea, News from Lommak, Japan, says that Mr. Lanclorhout, the Dnrteh Controller of the village of Sisolla, has been nnur- fig dorhting.ed by insurgents. There was hot The results of the general elootion oC members of the Newfoundland Ass sembly indleato that the Whiteway Government, will have a meth smaller majority in the new Assembly., Capt Sverdrup is making prepara- tions to go on a North Polar expect'. tion. The Norwegian Governmentwill allow him to use the Fram, and will give him twenty thousand kroner to refit the vessel. The Rinployers' Liability bill which has been adopted 'bw the .French Chamber of Deputies, is a most Bras - PQS'r. THE . SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOV. 14, frrel refit's Ministry In Emote," .acts :is, 07.111, (Widen. Text, hent. 1110, PRACTICAL N{YI'I S, Verse 17. After three days, If, as is probable, tine Jewish mode of reck- oning is here adopted, this interval was not as long as three or four days, but it was all'thktt the %etalons apostle could spare for rest after travel, for inter - coarse with friends, and to settle his own lodging place. The chief of the Jews, The repnesente.Live man. Rome had a large population of Jews. When, some years before this, Jerusalem sent fifty inen lo complain of themisrule of Arahelaus, no less thea eight thou- sand Jewish' residents of Rome, sup- ported that complaint. The Emperor Claudius, had, IL is true, banished male Jews Froin Rome, but his law was not tong operative, and throughout Nero's reign the Jews in Rome multiplied and prospered; To the " chief of the Jews" Paul now makes four statements con- cerning himself: 1, In spite of bis. chains and his alrpeal to the emperor 1, he had been neither unpatriotic nor irreligious as a Jew; 2. Roman courts had declared him innocent from any breach of Roman order ; 3. Sia dad ap- pealed to Caesar, not against hiscoun- trymen, but as the only means of sav- ing his life; 4. His only crime was his belief in Jesus as the Messia,b, and in his resurrection as a, proof of his Mes- siahship and of a general resurrection. Paul's old life heel cepsed on the day when he was rescued from a Jerusalem mob by the Roman captain. Since then the weeks had hurried past -weeks of intense interest and varied dangers; indeed, the most venturesome part of his life was tucked in between that riot in Jerusalem and this arrival at Rome. It must have been a great privilege for him again to address his country- men. He takes up the accusations where the mob laid them down, and denies the reports which he assumes have come from Jerusalem to Rome, Was I delievered prisoner . . . into the hands of Romans. In exact fulfillment of the prophecy of Agabus. Acts 31.11. 18. There was no cause of death in me. Campare the words of four gave a month's notice of their Inten- tion to make a five per cent. reduction in the amount of the wages of their. employes. As the operatives through- out the north of England have already declared that they will resist a reduc- tion in their wages, it seems probable that a strike affecting 200,000 persons, which may last for months, entailing the loss of 5350,000,000, according to the Pall Mali Gazette, and also possibly i f. th bring about ruin o e cotton in- dustry dustry in this country, will begin on December 1st. The representatives of the employers and the delegates of the operatives had previously conferred to -day, but failed to come, to an agree- ment. Linter in th'e day it was announced that the representatives of the em- ployers and the delegates of tho opera- tives had comp to an agreement to submit to arbitration tbe proposition to reduce by five per cent, a month hence the wages of the cotton opera- tives. NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES. Opening or the Provincial 'Legislature - SpccClt Front the. Throne. A despatch from Winnipeg, says: - The third session of the third Legisla- ture of the North-West Territories op- ened at Regina, on Thursday. Thera was only a small attendance of mem- bers. Lieut -Governor Mackintosh, in his speech from the throne made re- ference to the many -expressions of loyalty throughout the West to her Majesty during the month of jubilee. He was happy to be able to congratu- late them upon the many evidences of prosperity to be seen all over the Ter- ritories, as a result of a bountiful harvest, and the sound condition and good prospects of all our important industries. The wonderful discoveries of miner- al wealth in hitherto unexplored parts of the Territories, and the almost ahs solute certainty of establishing ready means of access to the new gold fields from the settled portions of the coun- try, promise most beneficial results in the way of opening up new markets for our staple products, while the building of the Crbw's Nest railway will enable stook -raisers and agricul- turists to avail themselves of the con- stant and increasing demand for food supplies of all kinds from the rich mine ing regions of the neighbouring Pro- vince of British Columbia. Continuing, His Honor said: -"Since the last meeting of the T egistature im- portant changes in the constitution of the Territories have been; made by. the Act passed et the last session of the Federal Parliament. In acaprdance with the provisions of that Act )have chosen an Executive Council, and can now congg'eatulnta the Territories upon having obtained a cainpletely respon- sible system of government..In canoe- quenoe of this change a reorganization of the, offices of the Government and the mention of public departments for the carrying on of the public service will be Lound necessary, •end measures having those ends in view will be submitted .Cor your consideration." IN T13.E MUSEUMS Visttor-Excuse me, mister, bat tbore's ono thing I wajird like to ask you.. e Armless Wonder -What is HI I Visitor -Mae do you manage to steer your wheelie jIOUSRHOLD EQUIPMENT. Some one )the boon looking over an American book, punblisha4 in 1872, en- titled, "The Bonne; Where Its Should Its, ane. What Shooed Be Put Into It, and )makes the disoavery that the household equipmOl t, costing $1,000 at that time, can be bought now for 5100, prominent Roman officials. Acts 23. 29; 24, 23; 25, 18, 19, 25; 26, 31, 19. I was eonstrain'ecl to appeal unto ,Caesar. This was a horrible action to the mind of a. Jew. lit seemed to be an appeal away from) "ihe Judge of all the earth," who wilt "do right," to a heathen tribunal; it seeunedc to Le a surrender of national independence. k'aal wants .it medersitood that he is on the offensive. 20. The hope of Itsrael. The nation - .al hope of a Messiah, and the hope of n resurrection from the dead, Bound with his chain. That he deeply; felt the indignity of elinins is shown by anany passages, for example, F'pla 5 1; 4. 1; .Pia. 1. 1"5, 16; Knot. 4. 18; Philem. 1. 9, 10. (Flet was chained to a 301. - cher. , 21. We neither received. letters out of Judea concetmning thee. There was no occasion to writti, to the, Roman clews about Paul while] he was in pris- on In Caesar•eit. And he wasO started off for Remo sol soon after his appeal, and travel was so difficult, that if any letters had been sent from Jerusalem he reached Rome before they, did. The brethren, in this verse, sire Jenv„s l not Clri sLis.te. 22. We desire fol ]hear of thee what thou thinkest. These Jewish elders sincerely desire a statement of Paul's doctrine from his own lips. This sect. This party. There is nothing oft con- tempt in. the phrase. Three or! lour great parties already existed in, Juda- ism -Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, - eaoh antagonistic to the otbers, per- haps, and yet all loyal Heereevs, (Christianity was a new party. It was very strone can Jerusalem, but.everywhere it is spoken against: New that one of its leaders has come to Rome they will give him a fair hearing. it seems strange, at first sight that the .existence of a Christiana Ohurch at Rome is not even hinted eft. [f, as is likely, the Chris- tians of Rome were of the poor and lowly classes, these "chief Jews," ar- istocratic and learned,, would regard. theta with indlifference: Rut Paul was sa rabbi himself.,, es learned, as any; be- sides .he was treated wlith very peculi- ar respect by the imperial officers who held him incustody. , Everywhere spoken against:. The rapid spread of, Christianity wee a source of astonish- ed delight to its friends and of con- sternation to its foes: [t outmarehed even' the armies of Rome'. . From a,ll classes its ranks were recruited, and all sorts a people de'n:ounced it, Tao- itus, Suetonius and Pliny, among the lalike.iterati, and the mobs of every eityi 23His loclgingt Not the hired house mentioned in verse 80„ but his stopping place,, probably at the house of tt friend. The home of Aquina and Priscilla;, wino were n'ow in Rome, ap- parently, Ones been suggested by im- aginative commentators as a likely place for him. to lodge. To whom he expounded, "To whom he expounded the matter," 11'nkl testified, Tastify- inlg ." Ole kingdom of God, The new interpretation of, that kingdom, which ori;ginatecl .wibh, our Lord ;resits. Paul's argument wan that the "hope of Isr- ael," fox which he was bounrdiwith Mains, was founded on the uniform (teething of rho Olaf 'Testament, bot'lu the law and the prophets, ' 24. Same believed, . . . and soma believed, not. ,"1`lro Jews must have and perplexed when they been startled and 1 L 1 found that one who was .n bonds for all that they most revered and loved wacq e 110w teaches' of a new sort. Paul's quotation seems to finely that the majority were unbelievers." -Cook, 25. They departed. They, the nnlne- lieving majority, dissolved the meet- ing. This they had a right to do, for it was they whe had "appoint:cid the day," verse 23. One word, A final statement ee the responsibility of these Jews for chair OW111 mental Blindness a,nd of the sure acceptance of Christ by the GooLilos, Well make the Hely Ghost by .11saias, Tea, 0, 0, 10:' Quoted, by our; Lord himself, Malt, 13, 14, 15; ishark 4. 1e; Luke 8, 10, 28, Therefore, Illeoause of your hard - When the er o Centres deed A Wo .de fol Recov Quick Response of System to 11 ° .°z° Replenishes Nerve cry, 'illustrating the a Depleted Nerve eatazlerat Which Elzhausted Forces. MIL FRANE 3AUER, BEiiLiN, On Perhaps you know him? In Water- loo he is known as one of the most popular and successful business men of that enterprising town. As ..,auag- ing executor of the Kuntz estate, he is atthe head of a vast business,, repre- senting an investment of many thous- ands of dollars, and known to many people throughout the Province. Solid financially, IlIr. Frank Bauer also has the good fortune of enjoying solid good health, and if appearances indicate anything, it is safo to predict that there's a, full half century of active life still ahead for him. But it's only a few months since, while nursed as an invalid at the Mt. Clemens sanitary resort, when his Friends in Waterloo were dismayed that hewasat the point with a report of death " There's no tolling where I would have been had I kept an the old treat- ment," said Mr. Bauer, with a merry laugh, the other day, while recounting his experiences as a very sick man. "141t. Clemens," ho continued, "was the last resort in my case. For months previous I had been suffering indescribable tortures. I began with a loss of appetite a nd sleepless nights. Then, as the trouble )rept growing, I w, is getting weaker, and began losing n flesh and stren,�h rapidly. My stomach refused to retain food of any kind. During all this time I was under medical treatment, and took everything prescribed, but without relief. Just about when my condition • seemed most hopeless, I heard of a wonderful cure effected in a case somewhat similar to mine, by the Great South AmericanNervine Tonic, and I finally tried that. On the first day of its use I began to feel that it was doing what no other medicine had done. The first dose relieved the distress completely. Before night I actually felt hungry and ate with an appetite such as I had not known for months, I began to pick up in strength with surprising rapidity, slept well nights, and before I knew it I was eating three square mettle regularly every day, with as much. relish as ever. I have no hesitation whatever in saying that the South' American Nervine Tonic cured me w I when all other remedies failed. have recovered my old weight—over 200 ponnds—and never felt better in my life." ISir. Frank Bauer's experience is that of all others who have used the South American Nervine Tonic. Its instantaneous action in relieving dis- tress and pain is due to the direct effect of this great remedy upon the nerve centres, whose fagged vitality is energized instantly by the very first dose. It is a great, a wondrous cure for all nervous diseases, as well as goes and dyspepsia. It indigestion to the real source of trouble direct, and the sick always feel its marvel- lous sustaining and restorative power at.once, on the very first day of its USG. Sold by Deadman & McColl noes of heart. The salvation of God. "Tibia salvation of God." They will h21. ear 43..0. "They will also hear." Matt. 59. This verse is 'not to be found in the best manknsorlpts. 30. Two whole years. This seems, even in our day of legal delays, to be a very long time to wait for trial • but Roman legal processes were proverbially tardy' The accusers' must appear in person and confront the accused; and to search them out in Jerusalem and' to bring them to Rome would necessarily be a lengthy process., Besides, as Dr. Howson suggests, the official report of the case, and the document connect- ed with it, were p'ro'bably' lost in the shipwreck. At the expiration of the two years Paul was probably liberated. That he went to places which, so far as,we know, he had, not visited before his first imprisonment, is evident from 1 Tim. 1, a; 2 Tim. 4. 13.20; Acts 25. 6; and Titus 1. 15; 3. 12, During, his im- prisonment at Rome Paul had! the fel- lowship of Luke, Aristarahus, Timothy, Tychious, E. aphroditus, and Meek. His own hired house, or roam. n The pre - torten camp was very large, and the "hired house" was probably within its confines, To meet his expenses Paul accepted, gifts of money from the ahureh at Philippi. A11 that came in unto hint. An intimation that he was not allowed to go out of the camp. , 81. Preaching the kingdom of God, As we have seen, this preaching bad clam and wide effect. ; No man for- bidding- him. Ile had liere a freedom of speech which, very evidently, lie had not had at Caesarea. E' his activity in Gospel preaching other Christians were stirred up. Phil. 1. 12-14, NEW R. & 0. STEAMERS. 740 0.005111 'Coals to be Built la 'Citron, o. A despatch from Montreal says;--- '.I'he Richelieu C Ontario Navigation Company Inas decided to build two now steamers, at a cost at 5275,000 each, modelled on the lines of tiie Priscilla of the Vali River lino, The designer of the Priscilla, Mr. II'aggenstrom, will assist Mr. Bertram of Toronto in the conetrniction of the two boats. Col. Henshaw, one of the It. &O. direatore, loft In Oho spring far a thorough inspecw FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS. 1' p THECOOK'S BEST FRIEND LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. tion of the boats in American waters, and after travelling, on the Fall River, the Albany and the Champlain and New York steamers he returnodwith a report in favor of the Priscilla. The new boats will be 277 fact in length, Just seventeen feet shorter than the steam- er Quebec,. They will have sleeping ca- pacity for over four hundred people and will be licensed to carry fifteen hun- dred. The dining room will be on the second deck, and walled with plate glass, so that the passengers while din- ing can enjoy the prospectas they glide on tho water. The specification call . fora maximum speed of twenty knots an bout and a minimum of eighteen. This means that the boats, instead of leaving Toronto at 2 o'clook in the af- ternoon, will swing out of the Yonge street wharf at li o'clock, just four, hours later, and arrive on schedule time at Prescott. There will be fifty thou- sand dollars spent on interior decora- tions on each boat, The first steamer will be ready by Duly 1st, and the sec- ond three weeks later. , CH8AP CTMENT PIPES. Cement pipets are made cheaply by en ingenious process devised by a French" inventor. A trench is dug and the bot- tom filled with cement mortar; an this is placed a rubber tube covered) with canvas and inflated; the trench is then filled. up' with cement. 'As soon as this is set Ilib nit u4 let out elf the rubber tube, which is then removed) and 'used again in another'seoticn, By this meth, ad six-inelt pipes have been made ab rt; cost of 22 coats a yard, I. ,