The Brussels Post, 1899-3-3, Page 6i
II NEWS
A NUTSHELL.
THE VERY LATEST FROM
ALL THE WORLD OVER.
interesting Items About Our Own Country,
Great Britain, the United Staten, and
All Parts of the Glebe, Condensed and
Assorted for Rosy Reading,
CANADA,
The Bank of Hamilton has opened
an office at Vancouver.
The spring rush of immigration has
already begun at Winnipeg,
A syrup factory is to be started in
Vanecouves by eastern capitalists,
Thu Manitoba Legislature is not ex-
pected to moe !until the (second week
In March.
The C. P. R. annual meeting is
gazetted to take place at Montreal on
April 5.
The Central Canada .Exhibition at
pected to meet until the second week
duration.
A dining -car chef named Cornell,
whose home is in Quebec, suioided at
Revelstoke, B.O.
It Is reported at Halifax that a field
of ice 800 miles long lies off the New-.
Poendland coast.
A new Knapp roller boat will pro-
bably be constructed in Toronto dur-
ing the coming season.
It is stated that there are from 8,-
000 to 10,000 unvaccinated children in
Quebee city at present.
The Grand Trunk ticket offices in
Toronto and Hamilton are about to be
moved to new quarters.
Major-General Hutton has issued an
order recommending., the acquirement
of the Freech language by the military
officers:
The peach growers in the Niagara.
district are greatly concerned for the
safety of their orchards, owing to the
repent severe weather.
Hamilton will appeal from the deci-
sion of the Board of Judges reducing
the assessment of the Canada Life
from $840,000 to $500,000.
Parliament has been formally pro-
rogued until April 3 next. This does
not mean that the session may not be
held earlier than that date.
The construction of a new science
building in connection with the Uni-
versity of Ottawa will be commenced
as soon as the spring opens.
The Hamilton Board of Trade will
memorialize the Privy Council, Pro-
testing against railway discrimination
favoring the Standard Oil Trust.
A large colony of settlers Krum Akra,
North Dakota, propose moving their ef-
fects to Manitoba, to take up land
near the east side of Lake Mani-
toba.
Mayor Payment, or Ottawa, refuses
to ratify the purchase of the old
Rideau rifle ranges for a park, upon
the ground that it would be a waste
of public money.
Mr. James Conmee, M.L.A., for West
Algoma is endeavoring to secure the
settlement of the third party of Douk-
hoboes, expected in Canada in April,
for the Kaministiquia district.
At Quebec all the men of the Royal
Canadian Artillery are undergoing
vaccination, and it is expected that
the women and children on the
strength of the permanent force will
also be vacciaated.
Dr. Leduc, veterinary surgeon. for
the ;Health Department at Montreal,
has been dismissed from the city's ser-
vice for offering a bribe of 5000 to
Ald. Roy to obtain the position
of Milk Inspector.
President Graves, of the White Pass
and Yukon Ralleay, states emphati-
cally that the road will be built to
Fort Selkirk, Yukon, and also to At -
lin. He emphatically denies the re-
port which had its origin in Seattle
that operations would be abandoned.
Of the four tenders received for the
purchase of the year's output of bind-
er twine at Kingston Penitentiary,
that of Mr. DI. P. Conuolly, of Quebec,
was accepted. The price per pound is
higher than that reoeived last
year.
The Wentworth County Council and
Hamilton Markets Committee have ar-
ranged to reduce the fees fur weigh-
ing hay from 25 to I5c, weighing
horses and cattle 5c instead of 10e,
and hogs and farm produce 15a in-
alead of 25e.
John Alexander Gilmour of Parry
Suund, who was arrested at the Can -
adieu Soo, but escaped by jumping
from the train near Sudbury( and was
subsequently captured by the Ameri-
ean authorities on the way to Duluth,
pleaded guilty to twd charges oil for-
gery at Parry Sound and was sentenc-
ed to one year in the Central Prison
on Saturday,
GREAT BRITAIN.
Henry Jones, " Cavendish," the au-
thority on whist, is dead at London.
Emperor William will visit the
Queen at Cowes, Isle of Wight, for a
week, from July 29.
The cost of building In Loudon has
inoreseed from 30 to 40 per cent. with-
in ten years,
In the alums oz eombertvell, Lon-
don, a place was found where seven-
teen persons lived in one room.
The Queen has accepted a sample
of Nyaesaland coffee grown by the
Zambesi Industrial Mission in .British
Central Africa.
A report is current in London that
Sir William Van Uorne is about to re- I
sign the Presidency of the Canadian
Pacific Railway,
Two thousand bales of cotton dis-
cherged at Genoa by the steamer Bar-
bara, off West Hartlepool, have been
destroyed by fire.
Paderewski having dispelled stories
of his ill -health, will appear again at
a musical festival at Queens hall,
London, to May.
The engagement is announced of
the .Earl of Crewe to Lady Margaret
Btlenne tlannah, youngest daughter of
the Earl of Rosebery.
Mr, G. R. Bert,' managing director
and president of the Millwall Dock
Cee., Loddon, Eng., has disappeared.
Hie books show a shortage cf 51,200,000,
$'on, Toeeph Chamberlain was at
the Colenidl Office Thursday for the
first tine in severe' weeks, sine° his
Tar, .,BRU`SS L8 POST.
MARO1I 3, 1899
illness, Ile wee assisted out of his OAP.
riage with difficulty,
The Canadian High C'ommisstoeer fn
Loudon is now receiving from 109 to
150 letters daily Inquiring as to the
eonditions obtaining in Canada and its
suitability as a field for emigration,
Barnum ,`v I3ailey's (thous will not re-
turn to the United States, but will
remain permanently in England. The
firm will be converted into a limited
liability company, with a capital of
$2,000,005.
Only elle of Queen Victoria's twelve
bridesmaids is still living. She is the
Duchess of Cleveland. She had the
double honor of assisting as trainbear-
er at the coronation as well as at the
wedding,
A gentleman wbo does not wish his
name made known Kms presented the
Royal National Mission to Deep Sea
Fishermen with a steam bospital mis-
sion trawler, at a cost not to excee
530,000.
One of the largest belts of the Lon
donderry, Ireland, City L hall oleo
chime fell almost to the basement fr.
its fitting in the tower, orashin
through the ceiling of the Educatio
Board's room. Fortunately no one
was injured.
Some colliers out on strike near
Burnley, Lancashire, have been fined
for intimidating a non -striker. They
met him as he was returning from
work with a band, three of defendants
having a drum, bagpipes and kettle-
drum, and played him home.
J. Swift MacNeill, M. P. for Done-
gal, has treated a sensation by mo
ing an amendment to the address t
the Throne, in which he argues tha
it is inconsistent with the dignity o
publics life, that Ministers of t
Crown should hold directorships i
companies. Forty-one directorships
are now held among twenty-five ML
isters of the Crown. He urges th
Liberal party to go to the country on
the cry "No guinea In in Govern-
ment."
UNITED STATES.
Prof. George H. Stephens has plead
ed guilty to setting fire to Lafayett
College, Pennsylvania.
Smallpox is raging among the ne-
groes and Indians of the Creek Nation
district, Indian Territory.
The United States Senate has pass-
ed a bill °renting the office of admire
of the navy for Rear Admiral Hervey
John A, MoMurtrie, the nlllionaire
railroad contractor, is dead at his home
in Denver of blood poisoning induced
by an abscess.
Lord Herschell, the British commis-
sioner at present in, Washington, will
be laid up four weeks with a frac-
tured hip bona.
A Chippewa Falls despatch says Sev-
ier k'orcier, 100 years of age and the
pioneer settler of Northern Wisconsin
is dead. He was born in Montreal.
At Sneedville, Ark., on Monday
night, the home oil Charles Bannister,
a farmer, was destroyed by fire. Three
children, aged 7, 9 ands 12, were burn-
ed to death in the flames.
The Niagara Falls ante Lewiston
Railroad Co., known as the Gorge
Route, went into the hands of a re-
ceiver on the application of the direc-
tors. The road made no money last
year, and was weakened by damage
suits.
at Tunis, and increased weevily pre-
vails in the naval yards at Toulon.
In anticipation that leranee will be at
weir with Great Britain within two
years, this idea being persistently
preached in official oir'oles,
One of the beat and most efficient
men of the detective forge of Hareem
was shot and killed Saturday night
while attempting to arrest a negro.
The deteotive's tsompttnion killed the
negro after a violent affray, be which
several Persona were wounded.
BOTH ARMS WERE MANGLED.
eYy
Fred. 1111111'3 Terrible Mishap White At
tempting to Get Off a Train.n,
A despatch from Toronto says '—Fred
Gunn, a man about 23 years old livtug
at 127 Brook Ave., ilia with a very
d serious accident on the 0. P.. R. on
Friday afternoon about 5 o'aloek,
- Gunn and a companion had been look-
orn i ing for work in the Junction, and wore
g on a freight train bound for the city.
n When a littlepast Reyes Ave., Gunn
attempted to get off, but in doing so
slipped, and both his arms W000 run
over by the van of the train,
Sts companion immediately jumped
off, and summoning help. had the in-
jured man taken into the waiting.
room at the terminus of the Toronto
Railway Company. Physicians were
v- immediately telephoned for, and in a
o short time Dr. Cleudenan had the Pa-
t
tient under chloroform and proceeded
he to bandage his arms. The right arm
n was so severely crushed it will have to
be taken Off above the elbow. The
Min left arm Is also in a terrible condition.
e The young man had also been struck a
severe blow in the face, and on the
back of the head, where a number of
stitches had to be put in.
When Gunn recovered. consciousness
_ he called his companion to him and
e said:—"Don't tell mother till the
morning."
Shortly after 6 o'clock the ambu-
lance arrived and he was taken to the
General hospital.
At a late hour Friday night the pa-
tient was resting well at the hospital.
1 One of the doctors said that wbile the
• man would no doubt recover it would
bo necessary to amputate both arms.
JOHN COOK TO RETIRE.
Famous Tourist Agent Gives Up Atter 50
Veers Travelling.
A despatch from London says :—
After fifty years as a "personal eon-
' duotor,' John M. Cook announces that
he will retire from the business short-
ly. This will no doubt be received
with regret by many, many thousands,
from the small boys and little girls,
600 in number, whom he first guided
on a picnic excursion in Leicester dur-
ing his childhood, to the German Kais-
er, whom he so recently "conducted"
i on a LAP through Palestine and Syria.
In connection with the Hohenzollern
pilgrimage Mr. Cook tells many inter-
esting anecdotes, among them this
one:—
"The Emperor asked me why they
were making all this fuse and spoiling
Jerusalem with their whitewash and
colour, saying distinctly, "I wanted to
have seen Lim city in its natural con-
dition, and not got up like this."
Sir. Cook's bealth has not been good
at all during repent months, but it is
naw muoh improved. He has undoubt-
edly earned his retirement.
The celebration of ,the Chinese New
Year in San Francisco on Friday re-
sulted in a tragedy. A fire which
started from the explosion of fire
crackers caused the death of one
Chinaman, who was in an opium
stupor. Three others were so badly
burned that they may nee reoover.
A settlement (.has been - reached
whereby the Central Paoifio Railroad
will pay oft its debt of 558,000,000, to
the United States Government in semi-
annual 3 per oeut. notes, the last( ex-
piring 10 years from date. These
notes will be seoured by a deposit of
Central Pacific 4 per conn bonds.
Senator Sullivan has introduced a
bill in the Naw York Legislature
amending the penal code by abolishing
the death sentence for murder and
providing that a person convicted of
murder in the first degree shall be
imprisoned for life, and that the sen-
tence for murder in the second degree
shall be thirty years.
GENERAL.
A crisis has arrived In the Austrian
cycle trade, caused by over production.
Germany is in a similar state.
France is seeking a palace sufficient-
ly magnificent to entertain her ex-
Peated royal guests in 1900.
A. serious riot has °coursed between
Christians and Mohammedans in Ser -
via,
Special police on petroleum voles are
to be told off La future to Dope with
the excessive speed of auto cars in
Paris.
A serious conflict has taken place
between the Itueeta.ns and C'hiuese at
Talion -Wan, 300 of the latter being
killed.
Citizens of Stockholm have sub-
scribed 520,000 towards fitting out en
expedition to searob for Andrea, the
Arctic traveller,
The French army has made such pro-
gress that it is reported in Berlin
military circles to be' on the same level
with the German army,
French officials boast that they will
sweep the British fleet Crum the Dledi-
terranean, and troops are being pour-
ed into tunis, Corsica and Algeria.
A new bill -posting machine, which
sticks bills on walla even as high as
fifty feet, without the use of ladder or
paste pot, is now doing successful
work in Paris.
King Humbert of Italy baa sent his
thanks to the Sultan of Turkey for
choosing an Italian dock -yard to re-
pair the broken-down 'Turkish war.
ships:
A report has reached offitial circles
at Pekin that an assassin was des-
patched to Japan, to take the life of
the Emperor of Japan. A thorough
invosligatiuu has been ordered.
Many fishing boats and coasters
have been lost along the French
ooast, contiguous to Brest. Twenty-
five fishermen belonging to Autlierne,
In b'fnister, on the Bay of Aude, have
beth drowned,
Eighteen singing societies, represent-
ing 2',780 singers, have already re-
sponded 10 the Kaiser's call for a
congress of singers of the Fatherland
to convene in Cassel next May. Itis
Majesty will distribute several hand-
some prizes,
Peewit troops are being concentrated
SUITOR WANTS HIS $150 BACK.
Sequel to an Engagement That was
Broken OR.
A despatch from Ottawa, Ont. says:
—About two years ago two well-
known young Ottewans were engaged
to be married, but suddenly the match
was broken off. Considerable talk re-
sulted, but no reconoiliatioo has since
taken place. The young lady' is to be
married shortly, but her former suitor
intends having certain matters settled
before the match comes off. The first
suitor when engaged to the young
lady gave her abouu *150 to keep as a
basis for their housekeeping expenses
and the nucleus of their fortune.
When the match was broken off the
lady kept the cash. . The young man
says she has since apparently found
sufficient consolation for the breaking
off of the match, and he intends tak-
ing steps to secure the return of his
51.50. Ile will, if necessary, institute
leges proceedings, and will take steps
at once,
ST, JOHN'S FORTIFICATIONS.
l'o,unuluore roe tiro Flsllerlos Peotecilun
squadron.
A despatch from St. John's, Nfld.,
says:—The British cruiser Cornus was
commissioned at Portsmouth Saturday
as the flagship of the fisheries protec-
tion squadron in Newfoundland wa-
ters. Captain George Giffard, com-
manding the battleship Trafalgar, has
been appointed commodore. His appoint-
ment was a surprise, Captain Barry
having been the first choice for the
place„ but Captain Giffard is a distin-
guished gunnery expert, and his se-
lection is probably due to a desire to
join hila with Governor McCallum, who
is a Royal Engineer, with a view to
fortifying St. John's. Governor McCal-
lum will leave England for his new
post on Monday.
$150,000 FOR KITCHENER.
Uuuse or(unosons Will be Asked to ,flake
11110 a Grant.
A despatch from London says: --The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Mi.
chant Hicks -Beach, announaod in the
Commons on Friday that the house
would be asked to vote $160,000 for
General Lord Kltohcuer of Khans
fount, which sum would properly be in.
vested for his benefit.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAR. 8.
"Christ Freeing 1+,41111 6111." Jelin a, I!,
sl•SU. +hoiden'foxl. John 8. 00.
PRAC'TIOAI, NOTES.
Verse 12, Then, On one of the even-
ings of the toast of tabernacles the
golden lamps in the courts of the
temple were lighted, and, as if in re -
aeons°, all the streets and housetops
in the oily were illuminated by the
rejoicing people, Perhaps on the day
following, while Ibis blaze of light was
still in the minds of the people, Jesus
spoke the words of this verse. He was
ever quick to see the correspondence
between things seen and un-
seen, and to show " spiritual law in
the natural world." 1. Let our eyes
be open to see divine analogies Lo
earthly events, Again. Calling atten-
tion to the discussions of rho previous
chapter. The incident of the woman
taken in adultery is passed over as
an interruption. The light of the
world, He had already said to his dis-
ciples, " Ye are the light of the world,"
Matt. 5. 14; and that is true. But
disciples aro only torch bearers, and
they obtain their1 ight from him who
d
is its source an life. Other lights
r
may ,burn dim, o go out in darkness;
that is the True Light which never
fails. .Sow much of this world's light
u
in nineteen centuries past has come
from Jesus ! The world's light of civ-
ilization, of learning, of ohmmeter, of
philanthropic inter st in humanity, has
all been lighted a his fire. Contrast
w
e
t
the Christian world with the Moham-
medan or the pagan, and see how much
earth owes to Jesus Christ. 2. Let us
receive light from him, and than Im-
part that light to others who need it.
Followeth Inc. All that Christ asks of
men is to follow him ; but that simple
words means the absolute surrender
of their will to him. B. We cannot
follow Jesus and have our own way
unless his way is our way too. Not
walk in darkness. This is a dark world
to one who walks alone in it. We are
like wanderers on the prairie in a
blizzard; like sailors in a storm with-
out a pilot; like strangers in the
mazes of a city. We need a guide, and
in Christ we have one. 4. Happy is
he who can hold on to Christ's hand
in this world. The light of life. Not
merely a light which he holds, but one
which ie in him, so that he himself
becomes luminous, and gives light to
others. 5. There is an inner light to
every disciple.
Verses 13 to 30 are not given as a
part of the lesson, but should be read
carefully both by the teacher and the
student. They give the outline of a
discussion between Jesus and the un-
friendly Pharisees; a discussion which
resulted in many of the common peo-
ple, and perhaps some of the rulers,
accepting Jesus in a general way as
an inspired teacher.
31, Jews which believed on him.
Note the Revised Version, "had believ-
ed him," not "believed on him." There
is a vast difference between believing
Christ, accepting his words as true,
and believing on him, reeling their
faith upon him as a personal Saviour.
Many to -day stand where these Jews
stood, believing in the truth of Jesus's
words, but by no means taking him
to their hearts by faith. Yet the be-
lieving Jesus is an important step to-
varci the believing on him. 0. Teach-
er, urge your scholar not only to take
the first step of belief, but also the
second step of faith. If ye continue
n my word. Revised Version, "abide
iu my word." They supposed that to
'ecognize Jesus formally as their na-
tional Messiah was sufftoient. Jesus
'eminds theta that they are to dwell
in his word as we, live in the air which
ve breathe, and as that air lives in us,
nd inspires us. My disciples indeed.
The very word"disciple" means a
earner. Those Jews who accepted
Christ are now to become students in
is school, to receive his instructions,
o walk in fellowship with him, and
o model their lives after his. They
were, in a sense, "disciples in word"
y accepting Christ; they become
'disciples indeed" in following Christ.
Happy is he wtho is a disciple in -
32. Ye shall know, Literally, "Ye
hell come to know" -by gradual illu-
ination, not by a miraculous revela-
ion. Know the truth. The unre-
owed heart and the unolarified mind
annot comprehend spiritual verities.
no must have eyes to sec and ears to
ear. Only those can apprehend the
hinge of God and of salvation who
ave been taught in the school of
Mist. The truth shall make youfree.
e who receives the word of Christ fin-
is heart at Duce becomes free from
he power of sin, free front the bond-
ge of the world, free from the fear
P death, and free from the dread of
udgment: to come.
33, They answered him, "They" ve-
ers to the crowd the were listening
o his words—composed of enemies,
keptics, and half-hearted believers.
c he Abraham's seed. leo people are
rouder of their origin, and have a
ghl to be. Their lineage goes hack
hrough a race that never lost the
nowlodge of God, and never hent its
nee to tut idol; through heroes and
oats and prophets, to an illustrious
tweeter who to this day is known as
the Friend of God," Never in bond -
go. This was a proud boast, not
bony true, yet not wholly false.
hey had indeed been "bondman" in
gyps, but not slaves; for they were
Ms its individuals, under private own -
'ship; nor yet slaves of the state,
ough -under heavy exactions of fore-
I labor. They had been several ernes
nquer'ed, and 0ne0 were carried into
iptivity; but personal liberty, that
a freeman as distinct' from a slave,
ey had generally enjoyed. 8, .But
any a man who boasts of his freedom
a slave.
34. Verily, verily, "Amen, amen;"
orris introducing a weighty utter-
nee. This double "verily is found
my In the Crochet according to John.
hosoever 00=1111'6th sin is the ser-
ant of sin, Revised Version, 'the
ndsorvant"—that is, the slave, Just
the measure In which any man sub -
its to the power of temptation he Is
slave ; for lie has a !Waster 'outside
of his own will. Ile who oannot con-
trol his temper is a slave to passion;
he who minuet resist appetite le the
slave of strong drink; he who yields
to lust is Its slave. Either a master
or a slave is the condition of every
man, and the majority of men ar'o 111
bondage,
30, The servant. The slave, as be-
fore. Abidetit not in the house, .Every
Jew who lettere Lids sentence would see
in 11 an allusion to Ishmael cast oat
of the house of Abraham because the
son of a bondwoman, Gen, 21, A
slave may be in the bouse, but it is
only as a servant, to obey orders, to
do menial work, and to be east out
when no longer (mo£ul. 9. lf:a man Is
content to remain a slave, he must ex-
pect a slave's treatment; for he works
under a hard master. The Son abid-
eth. The word "son" should not bo -
gin u'ltll a repeal letter—it does not
in the Revised Version—for the re-
ference is not to Christ as Son of God,
but to all believers, 10. Every dis-
ciple of Christ is a son of God, and an
heir of divine possessions,
00. If the Son. Here it is correct to
use the oapital S, for the word refers
to Christ. A11 disoiples are sons of
Gods; Jesus Christ is the Son. Shall
make you free. There is only one way
to escape from the bondage of sin,
and that is to surrender oneself to a
stronger ruler; one who can destroy
the devil's works, and trample him
under foot. Ye shall be free indeed.
The freest soul in the world is the be-
liever in Christ, for no power in earth
or hell ie able to make him a slave.
SOMETHING ABOUT TIDES.
According to the Iaw of universal
gravitation the moon attraat's matter
whish stands near to her more strong-
ly than that which is more remote.
It follows that the attraction on
the ocean, at the side re the earth
which is nearest to the moon, must be
greater than that exercised on the
solid earth lteeit..
Hence there is a tendenoy for the
sen to depart from its natural spheri-
cal shape and to bulge outward toward
the moon.
So far the matter Is simple, bat it
is perplexing to many that the moon
should apparently repel the water
lying on the further side of the
earth,
Thie action, however, is not due to
any aotual repulsion from the moon,
but results from the fact that on the
further side the moon must attract
the solid earth more strongly than it
does the water.
On the nearer side the moon pulls
the water away from the earth, and
on the further side she pulls the earth
away from the water, thus producing
an apparent repulsion of the water to
the attraction on the other side.
CONNAUGHT AT OMDURMAN.
111s Royal llighness 115014(05 9,000 Troops
Under Kitchener's CI r 1 1 1 i d
A despatchfrom Omdurman, .Egypt.
says:—The Duke and Duohese of Con-
naught arrived here on Sunday even-
ing„ and met with an enthusiastic wel-
come from the natives. The Duke re-
viewed 9,000 troops commanded by the
Sirdar, General Lord Kitchener, of
Khartoum, and afterwards held a
levee, at which the officers and not-
abilities were present, The Duke and
Duchess visited the tomb of the Mandi,
the Khalifa's house and gardens and
the palace at Khartoum. There was a
display of fireworks during the even-
ing.
RECRUITING IN CANADA.
War Olilee Ras the Slatter 11005, Coat.
Memnon.
A despatch from London says:.- In
the House of Commons on. Tuesday, the
Parliamentary Searatery of the. War
Office, Mr, George Wyndham, replying
to a question on the subject, said.
that recruiting in Canada for the re-
gular army of Great Britain was under
consideration, and he was not prepar-
ed to admit that there were any
obstacles to snob a step on either side
of the Atlantic.
MR. CIHAMBERLAIN'S ILLNESS.
PhyAlelall InelsIs 011 IUs Itenlalning 111
sed,
A despatch from London, says:—Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain is confined to his
home with influenza, and is, conse-
quently, unable to attend either ll e
Colonia. Office or the House of Com-
mons. He has also been greenly weak-
ened by his reneul attack of the gout.
His physician insists thet he shall re-
main in lied and reels the greatest
care. ,
GREAT FIRE AT MELBOURNE,
Five lIululred Thousand Pounds or Tea
lMwlreyed.
A despatch from Melbourne, Aus-
tralia, says:—b'ive hundred thousand
pounds of tea and a large quantity
of wine and spirits were destroyed here
to -day by the burning of a large ware
house.
PENAL SERVITUDE NO Dle'VER-
RENT.
A deepatch from London, says:—
Parliament has just issued 5 .blue-
book giving the sIatlsl:ies of crime
for 1898, The total number ,lel pro-
ceedings at assizes and quarter ses-
sions during the year wits 11,1)15, lees
than in any year, except 1890, since
1857, The .record shows that minor
offences are tending to increase, but
serious crime is steadily diminishing.
The blue -book sums up the situation
by declaring that penal servitude
aloes not 55170 to deter the habitual
offenders from reverting to crime.
Gold has boon found on the track of
the Siberian railroad near the Chelia-
binsk station. :The railroad authori-
ties are thinking of plating the
tracks.
FULL OF EN CO U AGEME. T
171 i4 p EL .tt'.QIb.iA-L9.fCrJ9 'Ss3r'LLf/ .11,1✓I •"""'TY
In Bed 5 ,]Oliion.ths—Had Given Up All I3fope
of Getting Well—A. Remedy Found at
Last to which 153: Owe My Life."
Solemn) has fully established the
fact that all the nervous energy of our
bodies is generated by nerve centres
located near the base of the brain,
When the supply of nerve force has
been diminished either by excessive
physical or mental labours, or owing to
a derangement of the nerve centres, we
are tirst conscious of a languor or tired
and worn-out feeling, then of a mild
Form of nervousness, headache, or
stomach trouble, which is perhaps suc-
ceeded by nervous prostration, chronic
indigestion, and dyspepsia, and a gen-
eral sinking of the whole system. In
this day of hurry, fret and worry, there
are very few who enjoy perfect health;
nearly everyone has some trouble, an
ache, or pain, a weakness, a nerve
trouble, something wrong with the
stomach and bowels, poor blood, heart
disease, or sink headaohe i all of which
are brought on by a lack of nervous
energy to enable the differentorgansof
the body to perform their respective
work. -
South American Nervine Tonic, the
marvellous nerve foodandhealthgiver,
isasatisfying success, awondrous boon
to tired, sick, and overworked men
and women, who have suffered years
of discouragement and tried all manner
of remedies without benefit. It is a
modern, a scientific remedy, and in its
wake follows abounding health.
It is unlike all other remedies in
that it is not designed to act on the
different organs affected, but by its
direct action on the nerve centres,
which are nature's little batteries, it
,louses an increased supply of nervous
anergy to be generated, which in its
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torn. thoroughly oils, ea it were, the
machinery of the body, thereby en.
abling it to perform perfeotly its dif.
ferent functions, and without the
slightest friction,
If you have been reading of the re.
markable cures wrought by South
American Nervine, accounts of which
we publish from week to week, and
are still sceptical, we ask you to in.
vestigate them by correspondence, and
become convinced that they are true
to the letter, Such a course may save
you rsontha, perhaps years, of suffer.
ing and anxiety.
The words that follow are strong
but they emanate from the heart, and
speak the sentiments of thousands of
women in the United Statesand Can-
ada wbo know, through experience, el
the healing virtues of the South
American Nervine Tonic,
Harriet E. Hall, of Waynetown e
prominent and muck. respected lardy,
writes as follows:—
"I owe my life to the great South
American Nervine Tonto, I have
been in bed for five months with a
scrofulous tumour in my right side,
and suffered with indigestion and
nervous prostration: Had given up
all hopes of getting well. Had tried
three doctors, with no relief. The
first bottle of Nervine Tonto improved
me so muoh that I was able to walk
about, and a few bottles cured me en-
tirely, I believe it is the best reed'.
cine in the world. I oannot recom-
mend it too highly."
Tired women, can you do batt.•
than become acquainted with this
truly great remedy f
A. Deadman.
BELGIAN RAILROAD HORROR,
•
Twentyone l'aeple KIIL0i and m 111ti"n'ed
tllolro m• Less lulnr5d,
A despatch from Brussels, says:—
The express train Leone Calais for this
plaoe, carrying passengers from Lon-
don, collided with a train which was
at a standstill at 1'orot, near this city
on Sat urday, , Twenty-one passengers
wore killed outright, and out hundred
others were more or less severely in-
jured,
The train left Tournae at 5,22 o'clock
Saturday morning, and reached l!'oret
at 8.14 o'clock, Immediately afterwards
the Mons express dashed at full speed
intot he station, and ran into the Tour-
nai train, which lvas standing at lite
platform, 01 is said that owing to the
fog the engineer of the express train
did not see the signals,
The collision was appalling, The ex-
press locomotive mounted on lop of
the last of I.he carriages of the Tournal
train, which was filled with passengers,.
These cars were smashed to planes,
The scene of the .wreck presented a
terrible picture, Whim the locomotive
of the express train leaped 011 to Lbe
roofs of the three rearmost carriages of
the lysin from 'Pommel it (sashed
through them and ground the eaerioges
and their occupants in(o an almost in-
extrieatl'e masa of splinl.ererl vented,
broken and twisted ironwork, and man-
gled humanity. Six of the betties of the
victims were found intertwined in the
wheels of the express locomotive. The
terrible dlsfigneernent of the dead pas-
sengers was appalling.
ROBBERS USE TROLLEY WIRE.
Attached It ton .Drill to Open a (lank
Vault.
A despatch from Oberlin, 0., says :—
Oraksmon gained an entrance to the
vault of the Oberlin Balking 'Company
between midnight and 3 o'clock on
Friday morning. The robbers con-
nected the trolley y Wite of the Cleve-
land, Berea, Elyria and Ohio Eleotrio
read, which rune directly past the bank
to a drill maehtme to operate on the
outside door of the vault. After fore.
ing the door, the robbers inserted a big
charge of powder and blew the inter-
ior' of the vault into a thousand pieces.
The watts on all sides were badly shat-
tered, plastering was torn off, and the
vault door's were blown over twenty
feet out of the fitting, However, no
money was secured, as the robbers
failed to get into the his. safe, evid-
ently for leek of time. The papers
and books inside the vault were dam-
aged beyond recognition. The perpe-
trators are unknown,
ALMOST A SKELETON,
Terrible Trnilmeut ora Itgr 111 the Parry
50,1,111 District.
A despatch train Parry Sound, says:
—Judge l'deCurry hearts a frightful
case of cruelly the other tiny. Au
orphan boy named Ststooy, aged 12,
living with his uncle, John Stacey, near
Suddridge, the evidence Maimed,
bad been almost starved to depth, He
was nearly a skeleton, and gangrene
had set in his !ingot's and toes, he los-
ing some of the toes at the first ,joint.
The lad statedthnl tar a time he Lived
MI one 01 1100 potatoes and a emelt
morsel of dry bread, and at another
Lime he fed on raw peas chopped stuff
and oats, and occasionally be sl.ole eggs
from the fowl -house. Stauey was sen-
tenced to six months in the Central
Prison. Mrs. Stacey Bad to enter, into
a bond for 5200 to tipped!.' . later, for
sentence.
GOLD AT LAKE BENNETT.
Inspector bleetllo 11510er(5
Find.
A despatch from Ottawa says :—A de-
spatch received by the Comptroller of
the Mounted Police, Mr, Feed, White,
from inspector Moodie at Lake Ben-
nett, announces that gold has been dis-
covered in a oreek on the east :gide
flowing into that body of water, This
Is the first fled of the precious mesal
around Lake Bennett, and goes to show
how extensive umitt be the auriferous
area..
the Fleet