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T aE BRUSSELS POST.
APRIL 14, 1899
f"iE ifdl'$ IN 1 NUTUELL
THE VERY LATEST FROM
ALL THE WORLD OVER.
Interesting Item About Our Own Country,
Great Britain, the United States, and
All Paris of the Globe, Condensed and
Assorted for easy Reading.
OANA DA.
At Hamilton a farmer was fined $5
for feeding raw horseflesh to hogs.
Thereis talk of an electric railway
Zine between Woodstock and Ingersoll.
The writ for the Brookville bye -elec-
tion has been issued by Mr. Speaker
Edgar. April 201 is polling day,
It is said at Kingston that Hon. Wrn,
Harty end his son, Dr. Harty, will
spend moat of next year in Europe.
Mrs. Elizabeth Alexander of IPamil
ton is under arrest for attempting sui-
cide by throwing herself in front of
a train.
Lumbermen from the Upper Ottawa
prophesy heavy floods this spring as a
result of this winter's exceptionally
large snowfall.
Miss F. L. S. Fitzgerald, M.A., of
Cornwall High School, bas been elected
a member of the Council of Queen's
University, Kingston.
Ex -Mayor Wilson -Snaith of Montreal
says the $9,000,000 city loan can be
placed either in Canada or Great
Britain without trouble.
The Quebec By-law Committee has
decided to impose a tax of $900 on
pedlars residing in the city and $400
on pedlars residing outside.
The report of the Agricultural De-
partment of Manitoba shows an un-
equaled scale of production and an un-
usually heavy tide of immigration.
A grand military tournament m
Montreal during 1900 is being proposed
by General Hutton. It is to be the
largest of its kind ever held in the Do-
minion.
The report comes from Arlin that
claims are being jumped promiscuously
on every creek in the district, on the
chance that they may prove to be Am-
erican -owned. originally.
Montreal policeman have to take this
oath: "'You swear you are not a
member of any secret society and that
you will not join any as long as you
are a member of the force."
The Detroit, Windsor & Soo Naviga-
tion Company has decided to place the
sidewheelers Ilajestac and City of Col-
lingwood on its lines from 'Windsor to
Georgian Bay ports and the Soo.
Sir W. C. McDonald has added a fur-
ther large sum to his already .princely
gifts to McGill University by giving
sufficient to the School of Mining and
Metallurgy to maintain a larger staff.
Jamas Kerr attempted to take the
life of H. IL Howell, Q.C., a well-
known Winnipeg criminal lawyer,
Kerr was about to pull a revolver
when the clerks in the office disarm-
ed him.
Customs House officers at Kingaton
and along the St. Lawrence are keep-
ing more strict watch than hitherto
upon women returniug from across the
line, and will confiscate everything
not properly entered.
imga on all British railroads after a
period of five years from the passage
Of the measure.
There is much sieknoss among the
inhabitants of the western part of the
Island of Mull, owing to their haviug
eaten loo freely of apples that were
wnrdtarl ashore from the steamer Lu-
brador, which wee wrecked on 'March
1 on Mackenzie rook, au tarot un the
Hebrides group,
The report of the eoronei's inquest
into the Circumelitnees of the death
of the stoker of the British cruiser
Terrible, who was killed. by a boiler
explosion oh board the cruiser, is a
verdict exonerating the officers, but the
jury recommends the dieruntinuanee of
teeing welded tubing.
The tobacco tnauutaoturers are evi-
dently convinced that the Chancellor
of the Exehequer, Sir Michael Hicks -
Beach intends to meet the deficit by
increasing the duty on tobacco. At
Liverpool, the center of the trade, last
week's delivery of unmanufaetured to-
bacco from bond totalled 1,991,907
pounds this transaction oonstllutiug a
record.
UNITED STATES.
Vesaelmen meeting at Cleveland rl
aided to form a marine insurance com-
pany.
A Duluth despatch says Mr. Ogilvie
will build a large mill there or at West
Superior.
suilar'S and native boat men at the
wharf at 3singstou Jamaica, two sail-
ors and eight natives were killed, and
many wounded on both sides.
A las-inspooting house has been
established in Yokohama for the pur»
poses of thoroughly inspecting all
teae before they are shipped out of the
count ry.
The present .Russian Itlinister of
Finance will suoeeed the present Hue -
sum Minister althe interior, whu is
blamed Iv the Czar for nut having
taken adequate measures to prevent
the famine 10 districts of Russia,
ut despatch to the La•lar from Tou-
lon says that recent experiments made
there with armour-piereing shells beet)
conclusively demonstrated the possi-
bility of a shell ptie•cing n wa'ship'a
armour and exploding inside the ship,
The Petit Parisiee says that two
Relginas of the tune of Claeys, man
and wife, have been ,arrested in Paris,
and have confessed that they acted
as spies in and around the Cher-
bourg fortifications, in behalf of Great
THE
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 16.
"Jean,' 'Ceav111nm 11un11111y." .rotor 111.
0.17. ((olden i'e1l, •John 13. 10.
PRACTICAL NOTES.
Vest) 1. Before the feast of the pas
over. On 7'httrsdlty of the week
rvhielt our Saviour tiled Jesus too
with the twelve from Bethany
Jerusalem. About sunset they si
down together at table, When Jes
knew that his hour was come, "B
0e08e he knew," Up to this time
had evaded all the plots of h
enemies; and the explanation repeats
ly given for plans Inscrutable to h
disciples was his "hour had not y
cane." But now he knew that th
time had arrived when he should d
port out of this world unto the .teat
Britain. The story is not confirmed, ea', 11 should comfort the Christ.ia
who shrinks from death to know tha
his Lord, sure Unit when he died h
would be received into the bosom c
the Father, nevertheless shrank wit
untold anguish from the cup of sur
row whirl he had to drink; and "II
knoweth our frame." His own
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NOW TURNS TO ENGLAND.
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The Sultan Finds Turkey's rnlrrusls Lle
111 That Di cellule.
A despatch from Paris, says:—A
gold deal of interest Is manifested in
United States elay sewer pipe an
east iron pipe companies have consol-
idated, the former with a capital of
$10,0011,000, the latter with $911,000,000.
A list prepared In the office of
the Adjutant -General at Washington.
shows the casualties in IIanlla sine
Feb, 4 to be 157 killed and el wound
ed.
The Minneapolis City Council ha
passed a curfew ordinance, under whic
children under sixteen years are vu
allowed on the street after' 31 o'cloc
p.m.
At the Sandy Hook proving ground
a ten -inch breech -loading gun, under
test, burst its breech, killing Henry V.
Murphy, the recording clerk; and in-
juring another.
The will of Joseph Madill, of Chicago,
disposes of $20,010,000 in bonds and
realty, besides the editor's stock in
the Tribune Publishing Compaey,
valued at $3,500,000.
It is purposed to raise a fund o
d connection with the invitation which
has just been addressed by the Sultan
to the Prince and Princess of Wales ,
to visit Constantinople on the occasion
of their approaching trip to Athens, on
e board the Osborne. This invitation has
i- coincided with the gift be the Sultan
of n superb porcelain vase to Lord
• Salisbury, as a token of his particular
t regard.
k The Sultan, and, in fact, all the lea.d-
Ing statesmen at Constantlnuple, are
• stated to bave been deeply impressed
by the recent suc'eesees`ed English dip-
lomacy in connecti.m with the Feshoda
question, the Chinese controversy with
Russia, and in the Iluseatt affair, and
are turning their eyes in the direction
of what they believe to be the rising.
sun.
f In fact, ]trenen tnrtuence al the pre -
$10,000 for the family of Warren
the elevator man at the Windsor hote
in Naw York, who refused to leave hi
post and lost his life in the fire
Fire Commissioner Scannell of Nei
York has appointed Rev.. Wm. Smit
and Rev. James Le Baron Johnson
chaplains of the Fire Departmen
with the rank of battalion chief.
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It is reported that George H. Dan-
iels, general passenger agent of the
New York Central, has been made;
passenger and trade:manager, with
authority over all the t auderbilt
lines.
William Scott, a corn merchant, of
Literpocl, England, committed suicide
on board the steamer Umbria while the
was en route to New York. He was
found in bis state room with the throat
cut with a broken bottle.
The United States transport •Crook
arrived at New York Tuesday night,
hating on board the bodies of the sol -
tiers who died during the campaign
in Porto Rico, and the bodies of b71
of the soldiers dead from Santiago.
A resolution bas been adopted by the
State Legislature at Albany providing
for a committee to inquire into Lhe
raising of money to corruptly influence
police legislation and to investigate
every department and office in the City
of New York.
sent moment is et a discount on the
Bosphorus, and a very important rail-
road concession in Asia Minor, which ,
✓ had been promised through the French
Embassy to a Parisian syndicate, has
just been grani el to a group of Eng-!
, lash finane.iers instead
It. is considered here that a visit on
the part of the Prince and Princess of
Wates to Constantinople at the pro-
sent junction would lend to still fur -
Geer strengthen British prestige at the
expense of that of Prance with the
Turks, all the more es neither the:
Prince and Princess have seen the Sul-'
tan since he ascended the throne, al-
though they knew hien well during the'
lifetime of his uncle and predecessor.
Turkish sentiment itself is stated to
be distinctly in favor of an under-
standing with England, owing to the
special care which the English au-
thorities have taken to safeguard Mo-
hammedan interests during the recent
difficulties in Crete,
A representation or all phases of
Yukon mining work will be ane of the
features of the Paris Exposition. The
Canadian Bank of Commerce will place
on exhibition $5,000,003 worth of gold
in dust and nuggets.
The students of Wesley College, Win-
nipeg, treated Rev. Hamilton Wigle,
pastor of Zion church, to a hazing, 1
alii•s Catherine Bell Noble, who nar-
rowly escaped death at the time of the
ass of the steamship Mohegan, when
tossing him ins blanket. In a recent
eermonhe had refl.cted on the students
and denounced the practice of hazing.
There will be no further appeals in
the matter of the Hamilton Home-
stead. Loan & Savings Society, and the
estate will shortly be wound up. It
is thought that the shareholders will
get 12 or 16 per cent. out of the
wreck. A
upwards of 104) persons were lost, on
er � , null in -
;more for e30 000 against Lhe Aton-
ic Transportation Co., owners of the
vessel.
A big masa meeting of German -
Americans in Chicago on Monday
night passed slung and ponderousre-
s
olution, protesting against au Anglo-
meri.:an (1.aanoa, ane the alleged false
October 111ast has tiledBel-
lmore
a
1
German -
Americans
A deputation from the Women's a
Council waited upon the Mayor of c
Montreal with regard to the condition A
of the poor and destitute children.
They urged the assistance of the cor-
poration towards having the Quebec s
Government adopt a law similar to t
that of Ontario for the commitment
of those little ones.•
on
ssertions made against Germany in
onueotion with the recent Spunish-
meriean war.
At Niagara Falls, N. Y., a great mass
o£ rock, weighing hundreds of thou -
ands of tons, fell from the cliff on
he south side of the Buttery Whirlpool
leapids elevated and plunged down.
the Gorge road tracks and the build-
ing at the foot of the elevator. A lot
of damage was done.
eirteea prominent citizens of Lake
City, South Carolina, will be put on
trial in the United Stales Circuit Court
this week to answer to the charge of
having lynched Postmaster Eraser B.
Baker, colored, more than a year ago.
They are also charged with murdering
Baker's little sun, and with burning the
postoffice.
The Winnipeg Grain and Produce
Exchange has resolved to memorialize
the Dominion Government that all
grain from Manitoba and the North-
west Territories passing Winnipeg to
Fort William, or east thereof, be in-
spected at Winnipeg and warehoused
in Fort William or other eastern ter-
minal elevators on Winnipeg inspec-
tion.
GREAT BI1ITALN.
Birket Foster, the English watercol-
or painter, is dead.
The Cunard Company bas announced
increased profits of £30,972,
IIr, Richard Chamberlain, brother of
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, is dead.
The Great Northern Railway' of Eng -
lana has ordered 20 locomotives 04
Philadelphia,
The British Court of Chancery bas
decided that strikers are entitled to
poor law relief.
The British and Foreign Bible So-
ciety is busy getting out Bibles in the
Filipino dialect.
Opposi.tioo has developed in the
House of Commons against the pro-
posed issue of daily newspapers on
Sunday in London,
The owners of the British steamer
Wolvinston bave been awarded £50,000
salvage for towing the Cunard liner
Pavonia, into St. Michael's, at the
Azores.
The steamship Arena, of the Thomp-
son line, has been "posted" as miss-
ing, by Lloyds, and,: according to ma -
tom, the insurance is due. Montreal
people are interested.
Lord. Strathr.oua has protested
against the passing of the universities'
degrees bill, a private memento, which
if passed would oblige Canadian grad-
uates to give the name of their alma
meter in connection with their degree
letter:q,
Cha British Government has decided
not to proceed during the present ses-
sion of Parliament with the automatic
couplings bill, which provtdea for the
compulsory use of automatic eoupl-
G [:NERAL.
Snowstorms have disorganized the
Belgian telephone service,
Frontier Lighting between the Tu.rke
and Bulgarians is reported,
French deputies are now agitated
over the question of raising their sal-
aries.
The reports of the approaching mar-
riage of the Emperor of Austria are
renewed.
The impression prevails at Bucharest
that Turkey is preparing for a war
with Bulgaria, .
The steamer Bulgaria reached Ham-
burg on Saturday, receiving an enthu-
siastic welcome.
Tbe Japanese Government is seri-
ously contemplating the nationaliza-
tion of railways.
General Toren, who commanded the
Spanish troops at Santiago,, is dying
in prison at Madrid. •
The immenee vineyards in Alsace-
Lorraine and Baden, have, been sere.
ously damaged by frosts, ,
A Parisian doctor is being sued#by a
woman for burns received during an
exposure to the ]3.nntgen Rays,.
A German patrol was attacked by
Chinese near Kioo Chau, and the Ger-
mans are alarming the Chinese by the
extent of their measures of retalia-
tion
Germany has proposed that the Se-
moan difficulty be referred to a high
joint commission, and Great Britain'
and the United States are understood
to have consented,
During a fight between American
CANALS WILL OPEN APRIL 24.
Lotter Written by 1 blur Lia glover SrkI', lh, r
10 ;•ontreaI Board of Trade.
9rd Edition
A de pinna from Montreal, says:—The
following later from Mr, Collingwood
Sonreiber, chief engineer of the De-
parlment of Railrweys and Canals, was
rend at a meeting of the Board of
Trade on Thursday.
"Dear Sir,—Iretut•ned this morning
from St, Catharines, whither I had
been, at the request of the brininler
of this department, to personally look
into the matter of the best means to
adopt to carry out the work of repairs
to the Welland canal in the most ex-
peditious manner, with the view of a
having the canal opened for traffic at
the earliest possible date this spring,
and rustlers ns now sa arranged as t
, to ensure the carnal being ready to leak
vers'ls through ore the '24th inst., a
week earlier than wits originally in
a-anieanpL•ttion, which a know wail be
a source of greaul satisfaction to the
1llinister, and will, I trust, meet with
the views of the Montreal Corn Ex-
change Association.
Those who had given themselves up to
Mtn with teachable affaction. Unto
the end. "To the, uttermost." Hislove
far us is as unchanging as it was for
them. Not John, nor Lazarus, nor
Mary was more fondly loved by Jesus
than are we. Not Zacaheus nor the
Samaritan woman, nor any other He-
brew outcast was more tenderly oared
for in sin and .sorrow than we have
been. The divine, and human affec-
tions of Jesus cling about each of. us.
2. Supper being ended. "During
supper," or, possibly', "supper being
prepared." After this he sat down to
supper, and gave the sop to Judas,
verse 20. The devil having now put
foto the heart ui Judas. Judas had
been for hours, if not for days, watch -
for an opportunity to fulfill his con-
tract o. betrayal. He ratty have been
provoked to his Lr•c143e0 by ,he re-
proof that his lius,er gave him at
Bethany.
9 tenowiog ;hut the L'alher Lad giv-
en all thing.; into li,s haude. Verrecily
conscious of his origin and his destiny
thoroughly aware of the sweeping con-
clusions which faithful Christians must
ever draw from what he was now about
to do. Went to God. 'And cometh un -
ix God."
4, 5. Those two verses are written
with a vividness that shows an eye-
witness. He riseth fromsupper. From
the table. Anu laid aside h,s garments.
UnfaeLened his girdle, took orf Ms long
outer garment, which was made not
unlike our night robes. And took a
towel, and girded himself. Tied aloug
tuwel around his waist, leaving Its
ends hanging loose. He pourelh wa-
ter into a basin. A large copper ba-
sin, in oriental fashion, pureed there
ready for the various Jewish ablution-
ary costume No oriental would plunge
his feet, or his hands into a basin; ra-
ther would the water be poured upon
them from a pitcher. Began to wash
the disciples' feet.. The contest among
the twelve for the leading place in the
kingdom of God seems to have taken
place not long before this.
0 Then cometh he to Simon Peter.
Peter had many faults, but he was
one of those very refreshing people of
whom one le sure that whatever per-
son ur event "cometh," their individ-
uality will show itself. Lord, dust thou.
wash my feet 4 " Thou" is the empha-
tic word: " :Chou, the Christ, the San
of the living God, wish my feat,"' the
feet of " a sinful mend" The others
had been washed, full of silent wonder,
but Peter could not be talent.
7. Thou shin( know hereafter, "I will
explain this after 1. have washed the
feet of all the disciples." At beet our
knowledge of God's,deslgns is frag-
mentary, but Eve may be sure that
11 the questions that try our faith
will eventually be satisfactorily ans-
wered.
8. Thou shalt never wash my feet.
Peter had begun by a noisy declare -
of humility, but his avowed hu-
mility now shows itae.lt to be portly
pride and arrogance. Humility that
FAST TIME TO PACIFIC COAST.
Eight or 'Tea flours to he emend by the
Canadian t',irllta IN 111111y.
A despatch from Montreal says:—The
Canadian Pacific railway is arranging
to establish a very fast service be-
tween this city and the Pacific coast.
The work of rearranging the time -table
is now under way, and it is expected
that the new 0e0vice will come into
operation some time during May. It is
yet too early to say just what the.
reduction in time will be, but it is un-
derstood that at least eight or ten
boors will be gamed under Lhe new
arrangement. The trip across the
continent now occupies upwards of six
days. With the new time -table in
tures, it will be possible to cover the
distance between this ally turd Vnn-
couver in five end one-half days. Spec-
ially large and powerful engines are
being constructed to haul the fast
trains, and no effort will be spored to
make tha train service of the C. P. R.
across the continent the fastest yet at-
tempted by tiny brans -continental
road. The new service would probably
be inaugurated Before. the 1•Itsh of sum-
mer tourist travel commences.
U. S. FLEET GOING TO ENGLAND.
English Adnllraity Arranged tar a rte
eeptlon at Iloniht1111»ton.
A despatch from New 'fork, says
It has been arranged that Admiral
Sampson shall during the coming sum-
mer take a fleet of United States
warships tie Southampton where the
'English Admiralty authorities have
arranged a reception under the super-
inteitdenee of the Duke of York.
is advertised, le not consciously hypo-
critical, is nearly e.iweys self-deluded,
10 l wash thee not, thou hast no part
with me. "Humility not shown in ob-
edience is in truth no humility at ail,"
—Churton. The natural heart is "not
subject to the will of God, neither in-
deed con be." This is as true of the
amiable and morel as of the outcast.
What is called "good nature" 11 not
Christianity. "Come follow me," is
the Master's call., Submit, and all
riches, grace and happiness follow.
ll. Lord, not my feet only, but also
my hands and my head, Peter is still
on the wrong track. Ile wants to
make out a program for the 'Lord.
10, We are now approaching the ker-
nel of the lesson. He that is washed
needeth not save to wash his feat, "He
that is bathed needetli not save to
11101, his feet," Ye are clean, but
not ell. A rebuke which only Judos
of all the twelve could understand. It
is possible, indeed, that Judas, intent
on ,his plottings ninth the priests, had
been absent when the rest of the dis-
ciples accompanied their Mester to the
public beth.
11, He knew who aitottld betray
him "Who runs betraying him."
12. Was set down ogain. Was re-
clining agate. Know ye what I have
done. Do you fully understand/
19. Ye call ms blaster and Lord.
Exalted titles of Jewish rabbis, Ye
say well. Their 'deference to him is
right
14. Ye also ought to waeb one an-
other's feet. Naturally this whole
story was profoundly affected: Christen-
dom, Some small branches of the
Church of Christ have regarded it as
enjoining a sort of sacrament, and
teach that Christians are in duty
bound to wash one another's feet, juet
as they are to partake of the Lord's
Supper; and loftysaints in the Roman
Church have washed the feet of beg-
gars in their endeavor to fulfill this
command. Bat our Lord's own ex-
planation in this anti the following
verses shows that hie act was typical
-an acted parable. Tlhe'eonstant purt-
ftcatien from the daily stains of life
can be in a sense perforlred by
Christians bans Rt each aChar, and as snob
It is a duty which their Lord bids
them to perform, If the verso we are
now commenting on were devoutly
read every day in every Christian
household, there would never agai1 in
all Christendom be a Church quar-
rel
15. I have 515511 you an example,
that ye should do as I have done, Not
what I have done, but as 1 have done.
"Mutual cleartsirtg is the obligation of
Christ's disciples." — Plummer. The
word in the original fur "example"
describes it sampler, a thing to be
treeed over, like a abild's fire copy
in writing.
10, The servant is not greater
than his lord. Over and over doss uu.r
Saviour utter this truth. We need not
consider ourselves above any work
which he was willing to do. Ile that
is sent. ,An apostle.
17. If ye know these things, happy
are ye if ye do them. "If we are con-
tent to forsake the literal interpreta-
tion of our Lord's action as belonging
to other countries and earlier times,
We ought to be more careful to ant up
to the spirit of the precept, abound-
ing in the loftiest ants of love, by
which we can do good to the bodies
or souls of those who need our love."—
Churton.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Young Frenchman Takes a Terrible Re -
rouge 11pnn Ills Indian Sweetheart.
A despatch from Toledo, Ohio, says:—
James Lnblanohe, a young Frenchman,
stabbed and killed his Indian sweet-
heart, Olga Possamie at Pelee Point,
Ontario, and then stabbed himself to
the heart. The Point is near Pelee
Island, and during the winter months
the inhabitants are isolated. The
steamer American Eagle has just ar-
rived from the island bringing the
story of the tragedy.
Lablanche and the pretty Indian girl
were lovers and last summer they
plighted their troth. The marriage
ceremony was to bave been performed
shortly. When the young Frenchman
went to call on his sweetheart last
week, he learned that another, an Am-
erioan from Sandusky, bad usurped his
place in the maiden's heart. He was
distracted. He induced the girl to take
a walk with him, and when near
"Lover's Rock" he stabbed her, ]till-
ing her instantly. He threw' the girl's
body into the lake, and after stabbing
himselt, fell into the water after her.
"Lover's Rock" is a promontory
famous throughout this section of the
country.
FOUND $500 IN AN OLD SAFE.
The Treasure Box. Was .thatll to be Sold
Ear 6114 Iron.
A despatch from Brantford, says:—
Mr. Worthy .Acrel, a farmer resid-
ing about a nrile east of this city, on
Wednesday found 8500 in silver in an
old safe standing in a back kitchen
in his house, and long since discarded..
Mr. Acrel intended selling the safe for
old iron, but thought' he would see
what was in it before doing so. Ile
accordingly got an axe and broke open
the locked door, when, to his surprise,
the money rolled out. The cash was
nearly all in English silver, sixpences
and shillings.
Mrs. Aoret's father, who occupied
the house up to the time of his death
a few years ago, was an eccentric old
gentleman. It is supposed he left the
money in the safe many years ago,
and it has never been opened since
KAISER'S ENGLISH VISIT.
With the Empress Ile Yl'111 Sls3 Two
Weeks.
A despatch from London says:—
Truth says Emperor William of Ger-
many willl be accompanied to Cowes,
Isle. of Wight, for the yachting wea-
ther by the Empress and Princes Wil-
liam and Eitel Frederick, His Majes-
ty, itis added, .will live on board his
yacht, but the Empress and her sons
will be the guests of Queen Victoria
at Osborne. The visit will probably
last twelve days, when the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern will proceed to Ab-
erdeen, and the Empress will lend
there and spend a few weeks at Aber-
geldie castle, which the Queen bas of-
fered to place at her disposal. In the
event of the programme being (tarried
out, the younger children of the Em-
peror and Empress of Germany will
join the latter at Abe'geldte castle.
QUEBEC DEATH DUTIES,
Au uupartanl 11dtatte Mlnde. 111111¢ Sueees-
81011 Tax.
A despatch from Quebec, Que., says:
—An important decision has been
reached by the Quebec Government
with reference to the succession tax,
Hitherto the tax has been paid on the
face value of the estate. Time, if a
man left a legacy of $10,000, though
he actually received only $9,000, he
was compelled, to pay the tax on the
full amount, $10,000, A complaint
based on the above incident was made
to the Government. Hon. lir. March-
and, after consultation with the law
officers of the province, came to the
conclusion that the posts of inventory
and division must be deducted from
I.he amount of such estate before cal-
culating the sueeessian tax, and all
colleotors of provincial revenue have
been notified to that effect,
DIED HOLDING A BAG Ole GOLD,
A despatch from Victoria, B.C., says:
—Isaac Jones who has arrived here
from Alaska on the steamer Amur,
says that not more than 5 cents per
pan was taken from any creek in the
MaQuestin and Stewart river dis-
tricts this winter, All work was stop -
pad by water. Ile also tells of the
finding of two dead bodies in a tent
00 the Upper Stewart river, One was
.lutehinga bag of gold. There ons no
rine to their identity,
4 . �1 rpt o '1 ryFh.f',[�11d ;; I'�1np�i .1 4 "`tit
EDI O1. 3LE �G� PIlP-,1N �. O g llS
;ten and Women iu all Walks of Life Tell of the Remarkabl.
Cures Wrought by South American Nervine Tonic.
SIX DOSES VILL CONVINCE THE MOST INolaULOJS5
EDITOR OOLVWELL, OF PARIS, ONT4 REVIEW.
Newspaper edi'ors are almost as
sceptical as the average physician on
the subject of new remedies for sick
people. Nothing short of a series of
most remarkable and well authenti-
cated aures will incline either an
editor or a dootor to seriously consider
the merits honestly claimed for a
mod ioi nes
Hundreds of testimonials of won-
derful recoveries wrought with the
Great Son th American Nervine Tonic
were received from men and women
all over the country before physicians
began to prescribe this great remedy
in chronic cases of dyspepsia, in-
digestion, nervous prostration, sick
headache, and as a tonic for build-
ing up systems sapped of vitality
through protracted spells of sick-
ness.
During his experience of nearly a
quarter of a century as a newspaper
publisher in Paris, Ont., Editor Col-
well, of The Paris Review, has pub-
lished hundreds of columns of paid
medicine advertisements, and, no
doubt, printed many a gracefully.
worded pufffor his patrons as a
matter of business, but in only a
single instance, and that one warrant-
ed by his own pe"conal experience,
has he given a testimonial over his
own signature. No other remedy
ever offered the public has proved
snoh a marvellous revelation to the
most sceptical as the South American
Nervine Tonic. It has never failed
in its purpose, ane it has mired vrhen
Sold by
dootors and other medicines worst
tried in vain.
" I was prostrated with a particu-
larly severe attack of 'La Grippe,'"
says Mr. Colwell, "and could find ne
relief from the intense pains and dis-
tress of the malady. I suffered day
and night. The doctors did not help
me, and I tried a number of medi-
cines, but without relief. About this
time I was advised to try the South
Amerioan Nervine Tonic, Its effects
were instantaneous. The first dose I
took relieved me. I improved rapidly
and grew stronger everyday. Your
Nervine Tonic cured me in a single
week."
The South Amerioan Nervine
Tonin rebuilds the life forces by its
direct action on the nerves and the
nerve centres, and it is this notable
feature which distinguishes it from
every other remedy in existence. The
most eminent medical authorities now
ooncedethat fully two-thirds of all the
physical ailments of humanity arise
from exhaustion of the nerve forces.
The South American Nervine Tonio
acting direct upon the nerve centres
andnerve tissues instantaneously,
supplies them with the true nourish -
meet required, and that is why its
invigorating ef'eots upon the whole
system are always felt immediately,
For all nervous diseases, for general
debility arising from enfeebled vital.
ity, and for stomach troubles of every
variety no other romedy can possibly
take its nlnrc
G. A. Deadman.
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THE MASTERS OF ABYSSINIA.
hrenek have Lost Prestlgc, But t11ee3'l11[4
are feared 1111.11 Respected.
A despatch from London says:—The
well-known French rainier, Aime
Nicholas Morot, who has just returned
to France from Abyssinia, tells a piti-
ful tale of the manner in which, he
was treated by the Abyssinians and of
his disappointment over the loss of
French prestige. He says a very
wrong idea obtains in France regard-
ing the influence enjoyed by French-
men in Abyssinia, He claims .L'reneh-
men are contemptuously looked down
upon and are regarded as less than
nothing, while the British, on the con-
trary, are feared and respected. He
concludes:—
"From what I have seen, I am per-
suaded the English will soon become
masters of Abyssinia, just as they
have of Egypt. This is inevitable,"
,A QUICK CURE.
Does your wife ever get you up to
hunt for burglars at night/
No. She tried it oteoe, but I made
her go ahead -and hold the candle.
She has never beard rtnybotly prowling
around 'down stairs sine.
NO MYSTERY TO L HS VICTIMS,
Juddoak. It's a mystery to' me how
Nocoin lives.
Haddlook, Would you really like to
]nowt
,Tuddock, les, I would.
Haddock, Open :a grocery store in
his neighborhood.
HAD 10 BE TH.I0R.E.
Re—If Your head aches my dear, I
wouldn't go to the telt meeting,
She -Then the other women will be
sura to talk about me.
FOES 10 MEMORY.
A German scientist .claims tont the
memory it 5±1011gnr' in sunnier than
in winter. lee says tltit among the
worst toes of t.ho memory arc too mush
feed, too much' physietti exorcise and
too much vinculum,..
A SCATTERED iLAN.
When Bilford went west he told me
that as sooty as he had settled dc1vti
and pulled himself together he would
wile to me, but I have never heard
from him.
Bilford was blown up in an explosion
of dynamite three months ago. He
may have settled down, but I don't be-
lieve
o-lieve he has pulled himself together
yet.
GRACIOUS OFFERING.
Elderly Passenger'—Here, Miss, take
this seat,
Stout Young Women --Oh, I could
not think of depriving an old—I moan
I could not think of depriving you.
You go ahead and take it end don't
argue, I know you girls always have
Mine feet,
NO MORE CREDIT,
Mrs, Speadall—You loop worried. .I1
it because you axe so deeply iu debt,
Mr. Sete/Mall lglnomily) —No. 11 e
because I can't got oily deeper."
ALL REGULAR,
First Passenger (on railway train)—
I have an idea that is un eloping couple.
Second 'Passenger—No, they ro mar-
ried. .Ile's been in the smoking 011r
for the past two hours.
PAP.LR,-HANGING 14L-�CH(31111
A ;,aper -hanging inncliine has been
Invented .by ,t Le:ipisan artisan. The
roll of paper, Is fixed to a rod at the
bottom of Che wall, ,t paste receptacle
to attached, end the paper le aulomati-
ea.1y peeled; and neatly spread on the
wall by an elnsltc roller,
Si.USPIC.iOUJS 1ENTI3lrSIASM,
Was tate banquet n. success/
I guess so; the rnAn all ovoro coati
others overcoats off as souvenirs.
AN ASSENTING 033),
George --Do you think. that ,vane
tether`tvill consent to our mttrringei
i thel--011, yen! Ile has ntwnys
humored my silliest wishes.