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The Brussels Post, 1898-2-4, Page 3/FEB. 4, 1908, BT.117SSELS POST. FM IN 11 MEE TUB VERY LATEST FROM ALL 'THE WORLD OVER. interesting Reins About Our Own Comely, Oreat erealn, the United Stater, and AS Parts of the Mole, condensed and Assorted for Easy Rename. CANADA. Manitoba farmers are shipping large Iluantities at stink to the Yukon, Tee Crane Trunk Runway Company will enlarge Its wheel foundry at Ham- ilton. Welland now has natural etaa for heating, lighting and manufacturing purpoaes. An agent of tbe Dominion Govern - meet ie at C'openbaeren scouring Lap - teethes and reindeer for the Yukon. The Marquis of Lorne has areeptedi the position or Honorary Colonel of the 15th Battalion, Argyle Light infantry. The Department of inland Revenue effected 215 seizures during the past year, a largs number being illicit whis- key steals. Mr. George Couneell, Clerk of the County of eVente orth, died suddenly ot. tile family residence, Hamilton, on Saturday. The Spring Dill Coal Cosnipany, ef Nova Scotia will operate the Souris coal -fields, where they bay° secured tracts of land. Messrs. Siegel, Cooper & Company of New York and Chicago say that they pave no intention of opening a depart: menthe store in Toronto. Her Majesty's ship Pbeston, and Lor - p0410 destroyer Sparrowhawk are irt. 1,1 lesquentrlt, 13.0. There are now seven v't warships In that harbor. An order in Council has been passed designating Port Stanley as a port Lo eS 'wheel the barbers act shall apply, and "., declaring the limits of the port. se Owing to the heavy drafts twee: on the Mounted. P1 -ice for service in the yukon, the remaining force find it flit- fiente to attend to the calls made on 1 t hem. The City Hall at London, tbe scene of the reeent accident, is being repair- . ed, but there is an -agitation in the 1,1 city for the erection of a new hall far- e.' ther uorth. 000,000 whitefish in Laires Ontario, Erie, Huron, end St. Clair next sum- mer. Tee eggs are now being hatched in the eaudwich hatchery. ,• The investigating governors oE the Royal Canadian Humane Association el mos awarded the silver medal to '1 lbert J. Climate'. of Hamilton for saving Miss Amelia Hall from drawuing. SieugglIng in a largo way is strongly suspected by the Customs Department to be carried on over the frontier at Niagara laps, but Liso exeeres at the business are able to nonelus the MIN rers. A fortnightly mail servioe between Auckland, New Zealand, and San Fran- . eisco and. Vancouver will be inangur- uted on April 1. The Oceanic and Cana- dian -Australian fines will suit every fourteen days alternately. Since the beginning of the year thir- ty-nine fannies from the United States have taken tip their abode in Toronto, being of the uoinion that the future af that city is brighter than the out- look en the Milted States cities. GREAT BRITAIN, Countess Ituseell, widow of Lord John Russell, is (lead at London. Great Britain has even declined to reopen the sealing question in answer to a request of the United States. It is said In London that the Govern- ment. will ask Parliament to satiation lin increase of the army by 15,030 men. Alarming rumors regarding Mr. Gladstone's health are again ourrent in London, but reports from Cannes state that there is little foundation for them. The very Rev, Henry George Lid- dell, the former dean of Christ church, Oxfor•d, is dead. He was born in 1811, end was at One time chaplain to the Prince Consort. Events en LIM far east are forcing agate into prominence the Pacific treble question. The ineluential journals all point out: the urgent need of an all- Bril ieh 0111118. The suit agkinst Lady Sykes in Len - 1100. by Jay, a money -lender, bas fail- , ad, the jury finding that the signatures to the notes were forged. This puts her Ladyship in a rather worse posi- tion than before. The Government will piaci some 05,- •Et is rumoured in .Lo.nclun that Em- - peror Frames Joseph et Auetria ell], ‘ shortly ennounce the betrothal of the Archcluelieu Elizabeth, daughter of 11:ip late Crown Priam Ructolpb, to the Ming ef Spain, Henry Irving has }teen selected as the Rede lecturer at Cambridge University kir 1855, The lectureship was establish- , in Henry Wiles time In be devoted to "Humanity, Logic, and Philosophy forever." Mr. I:hinter Plunkett Barton, Q.O., member of Parl.iament for the Middle • Division of Arnsegle has been returned to the Houee of Commons without op- , Position on his appointment as Solici- tor -Geneva for Ireland. England has taken a step torrent the eleadonment of her unsuccesesrul free negro colony of Sierra Leone, now abut 1.13 hy French territory. The Queen has evoked the letters patent of 1.852 eon- ! • at ituting the bishopric of. Sterns 11,0011e. Tho Lord O'Neill woe lost on Wed- tweithy eight off Limerick, and the crew ewe rescued by the British Retainer Eineora, from Liverpool. The rush 505.0 81) greet la getting away from tee sinking ship that the crew lost everything. The Exeetttive Committee of the Amalgamated Poreety of Engineers lure recommended the strikers to arceett thole elespboyeree Lerma, praeticallystve leg the lattet solo control of their thees, If thie missies is excepted work Will probably he lessened. 041 Nanttery 60111, The aanual commeinoradion of the death of Prince Henry of Batienberg look place Mt Wedneseay et Whipping - ham (simnel, whoosh's veinal ne aro 1851- 115. The ceremony wee attended by • .; OW' Viola:ea Princess Henry Of Baltenherg, Princess Christian, and the Marchioness of Lorne, UNITED STATES. The 'eity Meeker offiee and post -o15100 at Black, Vermont, have leen den roy- ed by fire. A wheel company Buffalo hue re- ceived by (able tee order for 3,000 bi- cycles to lee thieve 1 lo Hamburg, Ger. (none. The nominal in of Atiorney-elenerel Mel<01111a 11`; justiee of tee Supreme Court 11418 (5el) ratified by 1.10 130111011 Slates Senate. .Eight men were Itilled 5.01 5031-0 seri- ouely wounded Ett Sandy Forks:, Ky., . ea tele All were colored. Thera is a big strike among the cot- eTton operatiors at New Bedford, Masse and other New englana towns, over the reduetion 111 wagee. 101. 1110 mutual inset ng t 1110. Chamber of Commerce the renolutions favoring reciprocity with Canada were unanimously adollied, The Cleveland. Musk, Hall, width was 110111 10 1885, at a cost of e00,000, 58110 destroyed by fire on Saturday night. it had a seating capacity or sevoii thou- sand Rev, T, Dewitt Talmage, the noted divine of Washington, and Mrs. lieniera, AirCutelicon Collier of Allegheny City were married at Pittsburg, on Seller - day. "Gray Gables," the summer home ot ex -President Cleveland, at Buzzard's has been visited, by burglars, who =Necked the houee from at tic to cellar and mad good their escape without theving the slightest clue to their Wen- t' ty The proposilio a now before the New York Stale Legislature to legalize Sun- day theatricals In New Yogis cite, has evoked a storm of protests from the tbeatrieal profession, who dislike the idea of losing their one (lay of rest. They will ask the clergy to assist them in a eritharte again :t Lhe propoeul. In the United ebbs Senate on Thursday, Fersator Caffrey, of Lou- apeaking on the immigration bill, said: "No immigrant not a pauper or insane, or diseased or criminal, should be turned_ away front our shores. This bill is the cry of procrastination and. selfielthess. It is another form of the 101111111 of protection." GENERA'L. Yellow fever has disappeared from J meat ea Dr. Schweeimger says Prince Ihis- niarelcs contletion is not serious, Disastrous floods are reported from Peri iginan, on the Spanish frontier of France. Duke Alfred 05 Saxe-Coburg-Slotha has leen ordered to Egypt by the doc- tors. The 'Russian arany has sent a costly sword as a present to King Menelik et Abyesklia. Successful &serrations of the Kerte elipse were inane in India and other parts of the globe. LI110 Cateolie priest was shot and three wounded during vespers in a Catholic chaech, at Corfu, Island of Corfu., Greece. Tee Australian gold yield tor Lhe month oft. Noventher was; Queensland, 78,024 ounces; West Australia, 75,040; Victoria, 70,177. Buehareet has been imitating Paris Ly having a du.el. between journalists. Being less skilful than their French orginale, however, 0116 combatant un- fortunately killed the othir. A Cannes deseat.h,, speaking of Mr. Gladstone's health says: -"Ile is ex- tremely weak and so dejected as are. sult of swung:see veins, that he has expressed a, cleave that all were et er." Messrs. Hickie oath Pointy, who es- oaped the massacre of the British sur- vey party which was attacked by na- tives at Mekran, on January 12, have remised Ormara, on the Arabian Sea. There was a severe earthquake shock on Monday at Argenta, Daly, eighteen miles south-east of Ferrara. .A. church ana ekveral buildings were wrecked, and mime persona were injured. During the past week the deaths from the bubonie plague at Bombay numbered 851. From all causes there were 1,540 deaths. The exodus is increa.shag, and business is stag- nant. The Vatican statistician announces that laet year the Congregation of Cer- dinals rereived 490 applications for tbe an/velment of marriage, took Mout half of them thin constderation, and cut the bonds in only six ceses. It es reported that Japan has pur- ohased the Brazilian cruiser, now building on the Tyne, for 0370,000, and 11 0,3 11130 bought the Braeillan iron - clads Theodora and iloriano, welch are oonstructin.g in France. Considerable surprise has been caus- ed at Berlin, by a despatch from St, Petersburg, to tbe Cologne Gamete announcing that Russia, has forme(1 ct new army corps on the German and Austrian frontier e at \line and. Kieff, Hinprees Augusta, Viotorites latest birthday preesent froni her husband. is a bracelet made oe the SeVera minia- tures ceE her children painted on ivory' and set in jevvets. From the middle picture hangs the portrait of the 'Kai- ser In a Iteerieshassed medallion. A swordfish weighing 2070 pounds wits lately brought to the otarket at Tidying, in. the Straits Settlements, It was 30 feet long, the flesh and bones weighed 900 ealtiee or 1200 ponalle; the f181 230 mates, the entrails 400, int the sword 30 rattles. According to a, :special deseatoll re- ceived from Berlin, it is aenn-offielals ly announeed in that city that Ger. Many will not object to the appoint- ment of Prince George of Greece ass Governor of the island of Crete, "pee - retied the ether powers unanimously conesettli:' In, the nation Chanilser of Deputies on Friday, the Premier, Marquis di on )(settee, the Premier, Marquis di 'Winne exyleined that the recent 111.8- 0011003 in the Italian provinces were due to the deerness of food and leek oS nuiployinent, owing to the retrench - remits in pablie exporaliturea. A letter has heal reeeived. a.t Be - eels, Crofts Arongai, dated November 18, , Which reports that the Insurgents have attacked and defeated a detachment of the Congo State temps hones ell the Lela kitting their commander, Baron Ilellatlis personally undertook punitive operaticms from Lekeleatt In the Many - eine, diet:riots THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEB. 6. ' Our Vanter's Care." natl. a. 05.110. oeiden leaf, 4 Peter 5, 7. PRACTICA.f, POINTS. Veree 24. Na Mesa 01111 serve two salieters. Thiel great 50(10 01(10 is one 0(7 "co?ninon mere," 11111. bee a very special appliea, lin Lo sos eerie. thin life. No 011100 0410111 be at ease owned by tee neisehboring planters); nu statesmen. (nuke be at 01100 Secree eery or State for Aneerthe and Premier of Jenglarel; no men or woman ean verve Gad and at the Keine time eeree bursiness,or politi ev, or pleasure. For we completely Serve whomsoever Or WIlata0eVer we supremely love. Ana as serviette' of Goa it is our duty to tura Iminess, and polities, and 130,•• eiely into tooth with, wheel to do Levee work. A good illustration. of the O111H- Wry of love IA 11.1 be founi in the story MI Lee old hero who ,raid of his little boy, elle rules mY connerY;" and when asked Lo exphtin sal I, "f rule niy, coun- try; that boy's =ether rules me; he rules her." :Either . . or else. Ithre are two poeeible results, depend- ing cel diverse types 01 oineracter,116 will hate tee one, an.1 love the other. IShe :servant in thie rase is a intense stature, which every clai01 for service uredo by tthe master he esisslikes 0111- bilter3, Wilib every duty perform- ed eor the 'wester ho loves draws bl'i cloeer Joyally. Suob men rapidly pursue one prevess or the oth- er to the Haigh, and with' all their hearts hate and with all their hearts lore. But the mentat and moralmove- meats of the majority are slower and less decisive; there are many men who can hardly be eharged with love or hatred of anything or anybody. Such are described in the next clause. He will bold. to the one and desPise the other. Por policy's sake, or for sen- timent's seise or for the sake of some dear friend, or froze listlessness or balf-heartedness, a man will continue through years, perhaps through a life- time, avowedly to serve one moral master while he loves another. But in so far as he "holds to the one" he despises the other, evea though he be not strong enough to shake off that ether's Maims. Some such weak and contradictory lire Paul descril ed when be sail, "With the mind I myself serve the law of God, tut with the flesh ths law of sin." 1301 such experiences are etways steady "processes." Drifting, though itimlese, may be as steady, and sometimes as rapid, as steaming; 1111(1 even the slowest and. lend derisive soul al; length comes out on one side or the other. ln the hearts of some worldlings a dietrust and disgust of the; world bave arisen, and these lead directly totvard renitence and on- Verelen. Some formal servants of Go.t who support 118 muse by their earses, their lips. andi ley other activi- ties, in their pearls hate his holiness; cinch a process leads directly toward a shipwreck of faith, Ye cennot serve God and mammon. "Mammon" is a Serie word for riches, end is here used as a rersonification ofi money; Out it really elands for anything a man confides in. The lkat svOluld he as true if wo read ambition Or luxury in the place of trammen. But Cow can eve help, in this bread sense, serving, matertion-we 1V110 live in matnmon's stronghold? ThatquestionPaul asked. too. "0 wretched Meal that 7 am 1 who shall deliver me from the Inly of this de.athe Anct•tVe answer asdid he, "I I eank God through Jesus Christ our Lord," We are to Rine ire this wore& with our cit- izenship in heaven. 25. Tberefore. Bemuse double service is impossible. The come usions whieb are navy reached Luke brings after the story of the rich fool. Take no thought, Not. Do not think; hut, HaVO no worri- some anxiety. See 'Critical Notes. Sen- sible foretbouget, prudence, is nowhere forbidden. God has given11 as an instinct even to the lower animals. But the man who in 1.1101005 loses comfort in God's West gifts, and that, as Dr. Clarke says, its tie ace 221 an infidel, (For your life. hat is, for your hiving; it applies to all lite -your ethenesch, your musole, your entellect, your spent, your bust -- nese your soeittl relations. 1Vhat yo stall eat . what ye shall what ye, seen put on. Jesus was talk- ing to peasants whose wants were simple end yet &amorous; 10110 could not count far ahead for dinners or sup - pore; who often, bract to tramp in quest Of 1.1. "job." Hut the preneiplee here stated bear just as strongly an those whose Bees are newt in a elgher sweat realm.. The lire more then meat, and the body than raiment. The word "merit," like "thought" has charged its nwanieg since the "Aublearizetl" trans- lation of. (.he Bible 100.3 'ruble. Teen it meant all kinds of food, and it is so used by the old ,Eingliteh writers; a.n.d so the Revised Version, here reeds "foods" God has glivein us the life and the body; may he ,not he depended up- on to give us also whet (they need.? "The body is not our owa workshop, but God's; windy we mete, trust lean to keep it in gnod forme' 1111 even higher argelment en the sane mold is that ef Paul; "Ho who spared tint Me 051/11 8011. but freely gove ham, up for us all, thew aleall he not vvitb hint also freely give un all theme?" • 28. Behold. C011ei der, observe. .The revels of the air, 13i111e ; 11 18 a very nweern usage which has minuted " fowls " to dem birdie Turtledume and finthes doubtleere flu( tared througb the ske as he spoke. They sow hot, neithee Io they eeati. Rentember, however, that they show forethought, and many of them not only eearela for food, hut ' store it. Tihe emu/neat all along is against dependence on earthly re- aolleeesi en.(1 against anxious 0)1110 31111)0 Ow, ; not against sensibly provid- ing foe our recurring wants, We. Which olf year by, taking thought ean a111 One Valet Ante his Stature, MCP 151 a. difference ofl 03 1311011 among selloittere 4 to Whether the last event 01 this quesitien neatly refers to hea then Or to ege ; Whether the thought) le en either 1640 tale (W1)0 15 010 same. Will enritiog 05101 Mai "Worry" help yoa to grow? 28. Yr itsy lake 3,5 thought fur riti. meet. '"Ilicuget" still has the 11181!11 - log time it. has in esre's e5 aul 27 steel( tele. Tee 001(111 1114 three a 0.03' of rockonimr their garments among their newts ; their deeming 10 not changed by yearly thebien, and garment 1'8111'034051 t0 often tie, ('(1) 0(11(11118 of menthe of lalor. eat fesition, dem not eosin. faith ; eel meaty (Three tans we(1) to 1,a043 muell anxiety Lena their elothiog. Consider the 111- 188. We are rotimerely to glance at the flow--'e's, but to consider 111010, "lot me, a," a lit I s for the 1(101'- 0 (1 leveeing a 118111(1 011 the pro - atheism of thee It is impossible to tell when siert et lilyif, ineed, eny par - tenter siert is here referred to, Dr. I I umpt re glowingly :II,. r 11 r he spring clothing of the hilleistee of Gni- and s-arlet 1lik,s the erown imperial., the golden amaryllis, CMOS. 041 11)111111, anernonee of every shale from scarlet lo white, buthereues, da,nrielions, and lia.tileil-ctud suoposee that all tie se were "retuned roughly together under tie, geroric name of lilies." They toil the. Like men. Neltbe.r do they sidle Like -women. el. Even Solomon in all his glory west uot arrayed eke one of these. This is literally, "arrayed ,not himself," which gives a fresh meaning .to the traehing. Solomon's royal robes were the remelt of the skill of many design- ee% and embroiderera but the lilies trusted God for their roust cloths, and God's work was more beautiful. 30. Tbo grass of the fiord, The her - Woe, with it wealth of floral color and form. Wheel to -day is, and in- merrow 1.1 cast into the 0) 15 Grass in the Ori'nl witeers quickly, and is thee used for fuel, time the wild flow - e0.% withered Leo, are out and burned with it. "Let, man,, who 11 made for Got and eternity, learn from the flow- ers of the field .how low the care of Providence stoops. All out disquie- tude. and distrust proiseed Crane leek of. faith." -Carr. 0 ye of little faith. A. gentle rebuke ; but remember that "little faith it, nevertheless, real faith, and it may be developed into miserly faith." 31. Therefore take no thought. Again comes this comforting commune, Eat . . drink . . isa elethed. Three of the. chief subjects of humanity's tire - :roma thought. This verse unci the next present a semmary of the teach- erless of the lesson. 32. .Alter MI these things do the Gentiles e.eelc. `You count yourselves to be God's people, but if you. are "wor- ried," you have descended as low as the heathen'. Your heavenly lathier kneeveth that ye hare need. Trust Jim, Even in your prayers daily dread of a physical sort should have subordi- nate place. 33. Seek ye time. By prayer and by, effort. The kingdom of God. The realm of goodness, wheteer in earth or hea- ven; the dominion of the Messiah; the higher spiritual 1115 1n its completeness. Ills righteousness. In contrast with the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharthee,s, Matt 5. 50. All these things shall les added onto you. "Add- ed,'' how NIPPY, then, ist he who or the foundation of the richest merit- ual blessings is enabled to build tip temporal prosperity! 31. Take no thought. Again noires this wonderful refridn. morrow Shall take thought for the things of itself. It will bring Ile own 'pains mid causefor anxiety; it will bring its own comforts and eromerities; it Will bring its own spiritual tempta- tions; and it will vbring all the health, and streegth, and mental and moral vigor, and all the divine sapport, need- ed. to enable you, to eoneueei The evil thereof. Not, only tee eeekedness, Nut the "ex:detente," the troubling elements thereof. BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. Prospects or a [lig War Over Inc Chinese Pi !neatly. The London Daly Standard ies an ed- itorial on Saturday presents what is presumably the official Conservative view of the Chenese situation, ft says:- "A. calm 5001/53' of the situation as it exists on the spot scarcele, encourages the hope that by the mere lapse of time everything 'will arrange itself. Russia and Great 131e1a100 are now in a posi- tion in whieth it is clea,r that 0110 or the other will home to rive way. It ought not to be Grout If our Foreign Office on Irma occasion permits tbe threats of the Czar's Charge-cli'Af- frilaies to coerce the Tatting Li Yemen into a rejection of our terms, there will bo an ezid, to Oslo 151(108000 at tale 1:111- perie,1 court. 11 is not the first,. but it is oniimestionably the erucial trial of atrengele St. Petersburg bas chosen the ground and thrown down the <Ma- lone. The Standard, continuing, says that there is no lark of means for assert- ing in action the principle that has teen so unequivocally expreesed in the words: "If necessary, at the mist at war," uttered by Sir Michael Rieke.- ecaeh recentiy, and eoncludes:-."ja pan is sleeted to be 1101015 10 concert with the United States during the dip. leanalee struggle with the Tsung Id Yemen. Tee naval strength of. the two States interested in maintaining inviolate the :statue quo is overwhelen- mg. If, unhappily, the question of mastery lies to bo decided by force, it is hard to see how the volley of com- mercial liberty and equality men .be resisted," STAGES TO DAWFON CITY. Proposal to M41041141 41 Line Prom Edmonton. Ottawa, Jan, lee -Special .)-J, It. Povvell, of Nelson, TLC, representing the Commonwealth Mining Corm any, along with S. 0. Shorey, O. Holden, Senator Thibaucleau, letr, 13eique, Mont- real; Mr, Robert; Jettsmy, of Toronto, and others, waited crelhet Government at Ottawa, 'Wednesday forenoon, Mr, Posvell's company has e scheme for (1. siege line between Ea/Ironton and Damson City in the Yulcon, width he says call be travellea in about twelve days. The &Mane() is (thou t 1,000 reline The co:Keats asks for Urge powers in regent to mining and tranaeortetion, They saw the Premier and Mesers.Binir. et,01 010113' or longtliTarte and Silts. NEWS EitON ME FAB, EAST FRANCE AND JAI' lls/ SEND 001 MORE WARSHIPS. Japan Otos Poner She WIll Cheek MI, Itli4411411 Polley - Merman 5111p11 51111 In 111014 Chau Bar 110(1 War (01111111q LOOMA deepoleh from Yokohama, mays: - A. fleet of nine warships will leave in the eourse of a week fur Chemise ea. tore, the ill ilcatik, pro% thusly luspeethe the Yeehiena and the Feji. Keel liar - tette ships, oil 1 2,1,1,, 1413, dispeement. Decrees bar el eon entree apeinting Lieut. -Oen. Viscounl leavrakand cbiol of staff, and creating eispreeue mili- tary advisory (simnel!, euneieting of the Marquee Yamugata, ,elarquis Gyve. alba, Marquis Saigon and Prthre Ko- matsu, ,fAPAN PREPARED FOlt WAlt. The London St. Junes' Gazette, com- menting upon the despatch from Yo- kohama saying that a fleet of nine Japanese warabips will leave Japan in the 00111318 Of a week for Chinese wa- ters, says: -"Japan is prepared for war, That., in a autebell, is the news from Yokohama 40 -day, and it, is really the first news from Japan since the 1 egenning of the Chinese twists. It was obvious that, the Japanese Govern- ment had stopped telegraph,: cement- nication, -which it never Mee (them11 when mobilizing the army or navy. The', 10 precisely what 11 bus Leen do- ing. It is almost certain that the destination of the fleet is Wel-Hed- Wei., east there is no doubt thr move- ment mearee that the status quo in China so far as Man •huria and Cor88 are concerned, shall nut be altered by Russia or any combination of Russia's allies, in defiance of Great Britain and Japan. 13.0 10015 as the de- fender's policy is equality of opportun- ity in. Chime they are in a positin to enforce their claims." JAPAN'S FLUID:LNG SERENGTH. The St. James' Gazette also gives prominence, to a liet of the ships in the Japanese navy, pointing out its immense lighting strength, mad says; -"Even with Great Britain a (mere sympathetic onlooker, it is probable Jamie could finish off all the Russian and German warships mist of the Suez canal 111 short; order. Great Britain, even inducting the Powerful, has not a vessel in the North Pacific; capable of standing in battle line against three battleships which Japaa poesesses." It Is reported. that Japan bas pur- chased the a3razitian eraser Abreu, 13020 building on the Tyne, for £370,- 1..00, and has also bought Lhe Brazilian ironelade Deodora apart Florian», which are constructing in France. Agents of the Spanisb Government have been is London trying to arrange for the purchase of these vessels, but it is un- derstood that they were unrible to raise the necessary money. FRENCH SHIPS FOR CIIINA. A. special despatch from Paris says orders have been received at Cherbourg and Toulon, respectively, to immedi- ately prepare the battleships Bruix and Vauban to reinforce the French squadron in the far blast. The Bruix is a stee1 vessel of 4,754 tow displacement, and 9,019 indicated horse -power. leer speed is estimated at over 18 knots, and she carries a crew of nearly 400 men. The Vauban is a steel vessel of 0208, tons, ant 4,509 indicated horse -power. Her neminal speed is about 141-2 knots, ant sew carries a (..TO)1/ of 440 men. The Bruix and. Vauban sailed for China en January 24. Admiral. de. Beeumonit 111113 been appointed. Com- ma•nsler-in-Chief of the French squad- ron, in the fax East. He will hoist his flag on board. the Vauban. A. special despatch from Shanghai., dated Friday, says that Frame has purchased three Chinese steamers, and is trying to acquire others for conver- sion into transports. According to the 501110 despatch the Japanese squadron sailed from Yokobutra on Saturday for Chinese waters. The morning papers comment editorielly upon the menac- ing aspect of affairs in Cbina. De- spatches (ram. Paris say that the report is current there that China is trying by the offer of high interest, to obtain a loan without assistance, and without the guarantees that 11.ussia and Eng- land demand. GERMAN SHIPS AT KIAO-CHAIJ. A despatch from Benin, says :-The Berliner Neuat Naehrichten announces that the German warships are still sounding Klao-Chau bay, adding that the exact site of the port is not yet fixed, and that th.e. Government intends that the construction of the commercial port shall be borne by private com- pentee. It is further stated that 0410 company has already been formed to construct, the docks. LOAN PROSPECTS NOT BRIGHT. .A. despatch from. Pekin eays:-The prospects of the British loan are not bright. The British and Japanese etin- esters are acting 151 concert in the mat- ter, The lean vill he (if arranged) at 8 per cent. and will he issued et par. GERMANY'S ACTION. A despatch frees mayst-The following Ee00i-ofti• 11 aunouncement VMS Made 011 1V1011 lay :-"The stetemeut regarding Gertnanyts intention to open' the port of Kiao-Oheu 1.0 the conatierre of the world. are practically comet,' Germany desires Guth its pOliey in China should, be of a liberal characeer. not interfering with the commerce of other AeiritEttKiGene4M"PLE FOR OTHERS. The London Times e on Monday morning eays"-"We are glad to learn from various; trustworthy and mutuallyc independent amens nest the rumours of Gertnanyth intention to open Kino-Olutu to the, world's coin- , mem aro well founded. If this de-, ceded is maintained, Mao -Chan , probably become a great, busy, 531111 flourishing entewpot of the world's' trade, a, nori horn Hong Kong. The wisdom ot the dee'. inn (menet In doubt -1 ed. it will Lead to impror c the tumor, esearily 'strainer' relations between England and Germany. I1 is to be; hoped that otber nation; will follow, Germany's example, an31 that the far Etuitern may thereby he greatly simplified." 'When the Nerve Centres Need Nutrition osa•ramor.sor.••••.•••....as•••••off,Tamegalau Wonderful Recovery, Illustrating the -nick Response a a Depleted Nerve System to a Treatment Which Replenishes Enhausted Nerve Forces. MR. FRANK 13AUER, BERLIN, ONT. Perhaps you know him? In Water- loo he is known as one of the most popular and successfulbusiness men of that enterprising town. As ,...anag- ing executor of the Kuntz estate, he is at the 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, Mr. Frank Bauer also has the good fortune of enjoying solid good health, and if appearances indicate anything, it is safe to predict that there' s 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 Ma Clemens sanitary resort, when his friends in Waterloo were dismayed with a report that he was at the point of death " There's no telling where I would have been had I kept on the old treat- ment," said Mr. Bauer, with. a merry laugh, the other day, while recounting his experiences as a very sick man. "dtt. Clemens," he continued, " was the last resort in my 'case. For months previous I had been suffering indescribable tortures. I began with a loss of appetite and sleepless nights. Then, as the trouble kept growing, w .3s getting weaker, and began losing fiesh and strength rapidly. 351Y stomach refused to retaijt food of any kind. During all this time I was under medical treatment, and took everything prescribed, but without relief, Just abou 1 when my condition seemed most hopeless, I heard of a wonderful cure effected in a case somewhat similar to mine, by the Groat South AmericanNervine Tonic, and I finally tried that. On thefirsb 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 Fick up in strength with surprising rapidity, slept well nights, and before I knew it I was eating three square meals regularly every day, with as much relish as ever. I have no hesitation whatever in saying that the South American Nervino Tonic oured me when all other remedies failed. I have recovered my old weight -over 200 pounds -and never felt better in my life." Mr. Frank Bauer's experience is that of all others who have used the South American Nervine Tonic. Its instantaneous notion in relieving die. 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, ea well as indigestion and dyspepsia. It goes to the real source of trouble direct, and the sick always feel its marvel- lous sustaining and restorative power at onoe, on the very first day of its 050, Sold by G. A. Deadman. BRUTAL MURDERS IN BUFFALO. Tied anti Beaten to Death - lttlted Girl lire Mae Iterused to 101ope. A despatch from Buffalo says: - Through a broken panelled door of a room in the Yaleowitch block on Com- mercial street, on Wednesday morning, a passerby saw the blood-apattered body oE Kate Clark, wife of Ecl. Clarke a grain wormer. The pollee broke in the looked door. Tile walls, bed, floor, and furniturcr were splotched with Tbe wonian had been beaten to death with a chair. Neigbliors hen rd the (*eerie quarreling the prey Imes night. Clark could not be found by the police, and they are certain he killed • Later it was learned that Clark tied the hands of the woman and then heat her to death with a snooper shov- el. __- Following closely on the brute' mur- der on Wednesday morning of Kate Clark, by her (mintuon lax husband, wares 31 donble tragedy. Murray 13en- dy, thirty-five years of ago, warned, and the father of two eltildren, n05(15.3' night drove out lo a road -house on Walden avenue, Jug over the city tine, There ho met Mettle IS, Van Sickle, a woman of ill -repute. with whom he had been infetuated ((weenie tirne. Bundy hael rerentedly askee the woman to elope with hen, int she haa I steadily refused. Wednesday night 1 he pressed her to leave the (ley, and upon her refusing Lo have anything Mere tO do will him, ho drew a re- volver and fired two Shots at her. Both bullets entered her body, end she dropped to the, floor deed. There were several eye -witnesses of the shooting, but before anyone rotild 1119,151111 111070 311111,1y placed the revolver at his head, and 30111 a 1101101 into his brain. HOW IT sirgucx 11113. Trerwilligor -What is the worst fea- ture about betting 13 terson--tosing. CANADIAN BUTTER. Reports Prom The 01,1 Country Are Vet, Bacon raging. A report to the Dominion Agriculture Department from London. Eng., r10 grading the butter trade, says :-'rhere has been a fair demand for Australian butter during the past week, especial- ly for butter at a low price, so as to 17ri01g a good profit when retailed al 24 cents. Prices are sontheohat easier, and while some agents are selling thole choicest brands at 201-2 to 21 cents, others are fighting hard for 211-2 cents, but those who are selling lowest will wen in the tug of sal, and succee11 in knvering prices, as well as the pockets of the Australian dairymen. There is in the North of England a. very good &mod for Comedian creamery but- ter, and en Manchester choicest goal - ties have brought from 211-2 to 523-4 cents, wholesale, thus exceeding the pries for the Australian product." ONE OF THREE WAYS. Mr, Chatulaerlaln's nentarks on the Cesar 58),,» of tha isaar,ee. A despatch from 1.on.lon gays :-Right Hon, Jos, Chamberhen on Wednesday night. at Liverpool raid a warm trib- ute to the Imerial imeortahee of the. Centeliau Inc:Mc, which he cello I a magnificent enterprise. This is espe- cially signifii ant in 1020 of events in the ter Eerie ill 00 develomnent of which as the Governmenl here fully realize, the Canadian recifie route pros vides Eine:aid for the first time with a ([1 0011311 trump emel. tete Ceamherlaire also nett thee 11. ss oul '1 -be foolish to al ((met to predict feral whith the fuluro closer unite] of the Empire veould thke, He a. Idedee.' It irate he in the shale of it eommerteal union, or itnrerial zollverei n, Moll 1 don't think absurd 5.4 mole political economists believe, or it, may be in the shape Or 4410050 Imperial connell." One cannot ahvays be a hero, but one eon always be a man.-Gerthe.