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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1899-6-30, Page 6THE BRUSSELS 1) OS it The News Briefly Told THE WORLO'S EVENTS OF INTEREST CHRONICLED IN MORT ORDER. lateresting Happenings of Recent Dat Latest News of Our Own Country— in the Mothor Lund—Whet le fieing the United States—Notes Prom the over. The proposed tunnel between Eng- land and Ireland will eon O00,000,000, Lento Rosebery, Wolseley and Berefe ford, end the Marquis of Londonderry fever the scheme. TIM Bridal/ Government announced on Tueaday, 011'41114h Mr. Chamberlain that they would await the full reports of the conferenve between Preeldeut Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner before seeding the latter further instrue- tieus. —ThTee returns for 1898 show that e r British imports were g170,1178,580, an Doings increase oe dellee8ee000 over 1897. The on in exp./lee were A:294,018,988, a decrease World of 4:100,000 from 1897. The report of the Newfoundland b Commetsum, which has, just been received in Loudon, wilt out moot published until the II, me Government has decided upon its texture melon, stew- Lawsuit Tait, the famous surgeon, ho died on June 10, et, le >deed a de 'ire over in his will Le bo buried in a. avell-known cave im his garden, knowe as "(Menne . Cave." The Home Secretary hue given roet necessary permiesion, Ir, the Cambridge lenivereity math-; auks omit:teal trieos, 0. Birtwistle anti .1. ' oletranjpse, the latter a Mildest, are n to equal in the examination Lor senior „ wrangler, S. 1.3. McLaren 1.5 third, and '-e" H. V. Beven, fourth. Ateeers, Mc - ..1.1.1•••••••• CANADA. ' Woodstock may inspect all . Bold in the town, John Leith has been appointed e.rd of the Hamilton Hospital. Brantfurd wheel children have 61,100 In the school eavings hanks namiltota will employ two Ciis Omen's and abolish the office ef S Commissioner. Lord Kitehener eas soot bis th to Ottawa for Canada's. contributi the Gordon Memorial fund. Manitoba Csoverreneint mop bol THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 2. Medea Lit i• Croldeu Tort, llos. ti. 1. PRACTICAL, NOTE'S, Verse 1. 0 Israel, return unto the Lord thy Gud, if man is bail, there is ail Use greater reason for ue speeds' return to tbe Lon.l. And God would not urge sinners to return to him if it was not possible for them so to do, Every tittle obstacle to such a return has been removed by our elott, and he I will bestow illi assistance needed hy tbe rem, u tan t shiner. Tho11 east fallen by thine iniquity. Nothing but oar iniquity can artIce us fall. The difference between sinners is that the neighbors of some see their Iniquity and the neighbors of others are ignor- ant of it, but in Cod's sight we have all fallen by 11. As Hosea gives "the wore of the Lord" in the propedi chapter, "Thou hast destroyed tby- self, but in me is thy helm.' 2. Take with you words, and turn to the Lurd. In the fed days no worshiper shows that 2,449,078 acres of Ian wider cultivation this year. The Newthern Pacifica will re passenger rates in Manitoba from 3 eents per mile after July ist. Agnes Glendenning, ofPie Manitoba, has been committed trial for the murder of bee in Child. D. J, Munn's splendidly equipped eery at Terra Nova, Lulu Island, was burned 10 the ground. Loss, 000; fully insured. The London City Council has eide,1 to arrange a hearty weiceme the Old Boys, resident in Toronto, their visit this summer. A return brought down by Post ter-Cleneral Muluck shows that 250,000 Jubilee stamps and 7,000,000 biles postcards were printed. The residence of team: Paris, at &melte, N. S., was destroyed by and his mother, a blind wuman, years of age, perished in the Dane The London Street Railway Cos resumed cue almost complete day vice on all Lines, but the public e no general disposition to patronize oars. There is talk ef the formation inL don, Ont., of a co-operative autom mmpany to operate horseless vend in opposition to the Serene Rath lints. The ..angines recently turned out the Kingston Locomotive Works h been prunounced the equal, it nut superior, of any built in Canada the States. Tim appointment is anuounced Mr. George Walker Smith to be trict passenger agent of the Vatted Pacific Railway al Winnipeg, IS Smith is only 24, is is expected that in u few d eome definite information will be oeived as to whetter the Merid Britannia. factorrat Hareiltun is to closed up or enlarged. Th. fast train service on the Can dian Pacific Raileay started ma Su day, trains being sent out from Deo real and Vancouver to ones the ou tinent in four days. elle Queen, the Cloveznor-General a Mr. Joseph Chamberlain have se messages of sympathy tu the friends the unfortunate victims of the collie disaster at Glace Bay, There have been no further cas of smallpox ainotig the Doukhobo at Grosse Isle. Most of the 2,300 quarantine are quartered in tee shelt huts, a few only being under cane and all are doing well. President St. Charles of the Bank Hoob.elaea, at Montreal, bas donate 95,000 voted to him by the she holders to an empieyes' pension a eounte wit= he bas requested th Menages to establish. In consequence of reckless and 1 discriminate fishing, mostly by Aria erleans, carried on for smile time 1 taim Nepigon, and, the peel -stabled hat this sheet of water would has een depleted before long, regulation ave been framed requiring that herea Oar alt anglers there must take out permit. ere. Laren and Bevan are Australians, duce Hon. Joseph Chanel:tertian, Colonial .110 . eecretary, has declared that there has never been the elightest foundation for the report of disseneion in the Cabi- "e'nS, Ind in reward to the Trausvaal, and there has never been any threat of 'en' war. Ile believes that, gradually, Pre- ; shield Kruger will become amenable. wine' ,UNITED STATES. $50,— Admiral Ivashintsoff, of the Ris- ! seta navy. is at New 'Sleek, de-! New Richmond., Wis., death list from for the eyelone bas eeached. 90. would dare approaeh any god without gift,. Here the prophet, without belit- tling the ordained offerings, enforces the necessity of outspolteu heart peni- tence. The words they are to take ate given in the latter pert of this verse tune inf verse 3, The contrast between words and realities so familiar to us Wee unknown to the Hebrew. Take away all iniquity, and re - rum hat 1107 had ken enitenee would be a distinct revers al of this attitude, No sinner need ow fear to come letcle to God, since he Redeemer cume to take away ail &gutty'. " There am no taunt a on his Ps, nu frowns on his brow, only in - Idle tenderness is bis beart."—Ait- ie. So will We render the calves of ur Instead of young bullocks hey were new to cume with the sac- ifices of penitent prayer. If au im- enitent but kind-Iteorted nom gives *eV or 950 or 91.00 each year to the tuning expenses of some struggling laurch, all good men will rejoice; but the time mimes when from the epths of that men's heart he singes, Just as I am, without one plea," III sacrifice of his lips" will be int- easurably more acceptable to God. It a pleasant, holy thought that each us carries about with him wher- efr he goes tee means of accept - le sacrifice to God—our hearts, our s, our lives. 3. Asehur shell not save us. Tucked between two rivet empires, the lit- e eindgoen of Ismael, like that of dah, was compelled, sometimes by e power, sometimes by the other, to y tribute, and of course it depended protection against bee dissatisfied Wer 011 the strength of the empire ee iTwo time oyes stelekilled and sev. eral injured by the blowing up of the man- Torpedu Cap faceory at Marietta, 37,-. Ohio. i The trans-Atlentio trade between e the United States and England, and t teol-i the passenger traffic are the heaviest L, ole, in years. ssi A treaty between the United Stuns 1-) 's• ' and Great Britain, covering reciprocity s has ; with British .West Indiere Colony of n sere the Berbadoes, was signed at Wash- 1 how ; legion. 1 the Tim 01d Dominion stenm,hip Ilamil- 11 ton, which sailed from New York fi DIA..; Tuesday, bound for Norfolk and k 1111e Newperr News, ran into the German o ciss steamship Macedonia off Long Branch, t 00.3, Three passengers and 19 of the crew r were saved and brought to New York, 11 by' The rest of those on board got into tbe 8 ave , boats, but drifted away in the fog. rt the; GENERAL. c 01 I if The plague is spreading in Formosa, d of ! 2 e Sbah or ?meta is becoming in- f. res.. sane. .. Ian i Famine prevails in German East tn er, i Africa. is I .A. severe earthquake visited Iloilo of flys ! on Friday. el re -1 .elajor Marchand has visited Theis- '1-) lip eleisey, his birth place. tae Turkish troops are attacking Servian in a_ villagee in the Javaloniza district. G. n- A Cairo despatch says the Ehalira's Ju "et form is now less than 3,000 men. on n-! The village of Bay of Islands, Nfld., IL8-1 has been partly destroyed by fire. po adi Princess Louise, daughter of tbe to ee!, King of the Belgians will be sent to sta ee' an asylu,m. sa 1 rY. Prof. blazzoni, the Pope's physi- As eine, has said he will live to see a w! 08 new century, W A'S bro eei Crops in Southern Russia 'have been ueo er se damaged by dreught that they will ref us t not be worth reaping. of i Carpet of Maltomet, killing four of the lea asking the German labour untens to No e- 1 Danish strikers numbering 10,000 are we d f escorts to Mecca. e 1 contribute to their strike fund. 1 Betieuit Arabs have stolen the lio1y 0;1:1, but Ne The Khalifa bas won a victory lo a -1 foraging expedition. It is probeble ell n undertaken in August. 7 Spain may sell the island of Fernand to G'ermauy, the Belearie Isles t s ! France, and. the Canary Islands to th fe, Congo Free State. a I The Italian General Guiseppe, el 1 rested at Nice on the charge of espion 4 . age, will be expelled from France fo e his!"itadiscreet touring." c.ii A Belgian syndicate has been form t !ed \Vitt' ft capital of e1300,000 to de "vcilop the commercial and industria s t resources or tbe Philippines. Dia the River Oder tbe passange steamer Blucher was run into and s un by the steamer Pmilitz Thirt )er • are reported to have been drowned, Ten were saved, eeeive us graciously. Literally, " tette us for good," or " reeeive f us what is good and aeceplable," t s, our penitent hearts. The aot xpressing one's need has a teode o intensify uue's desire. Israel tem alienated Often tied; outset> whine its tribute was paid. Asshur nds for Assyria, And Israel is now ying, "We will no longe depend o semi. to save us from Egypt, but 11 depend on the Lord our God." e will 1101 ride upon horses. In a ful sense, "will no longer depend n warlike power," but particularly erring to Egypt, from which the nes of Palestine were imported, urning aeway from Assyria will not ither will we say any more to th d us to depend on Assyria's rival." rk of our hands, Ye are our gods, t only hod they depended on mon, on gods that men made. Their entance leads them to turn from idolatrous °endue and reel- . In thee the fatherless find mercy. Israel had made hint - fatherless by turning from his her in heaven, but will now trust him who Is the Father of the father I will heal their backsliding, is the speaker, and. this is the leer to their prayer, the blessing t comes in response, to the sacrifice heir lips, packsliding here stands all unfaithfulness to God, from the htese wrong to absolute sinful- . / will love them freely. Soon- eously, with a love tbat has no re- m to their merit, for they have no it. So God loves us. Mine anger urned away from him. God anger not we int, but anger le ility to sin. If spiritual eye - 1 were clear, no man or woe could eversee en angry look on s face, for the moment we nun Reds him he, ie full of smiles and Cams to us. will be as the dew unto tenni re is no real dew in Israel, but o is a heavy mist whieb gathers tIgh the night end rests milady he land, refreshing lie etreams, tieing its soil, und giving strength beauty to flowers and fruit. So comes to the worsbipful heart, without observation, (2) coplounly, vith refreshing power, kindling! all dying graces, (4) making us fruit - 1 his roots as Lebanon. That s the ceders which grew on lofty mountain range and whirl famous the world over for their riatiee and strength. Itenuty and gth are symbolized Ivy the lily and Mar. Native the emphasis plac- e -in the Foote. Cedars oe Lebanon aid to throw their roots down ns y their beetle reach upward, are a type of permanenee, His branches shall spread. The es of eneeelt are mingled now a profusion that reminds one, of tat eungies, ''"1"fis branchese are hoots or suckers or tendrils. Ills y shall be es the olive tree, and mell as Lebanon. The prophet of huts no One fr111 111; which erntblues he enema or the people who re - to Ged—loveiy as the lily, firrn os edar, they shall bo fruitful as the and fragrant as the choice:it , of Hee world, ' a Coyest full of atio shrubs, hey that dwell under his shadow re lure. Probably ibis men es they that have dwelt under the w of Israel's throne, but who are becattse of 'erect sins, to be Thera is some truuble in No, 1'leld Battery, at Haraiiton, over te retirement or Lt. -Col. Vats Wagner an he appointment of Major Hendrie. 1 lemid that Le -Col. Van Wagner re ruses to hand over the command to hi sueceesor, claiming that under the ex feting militia regulations he cannot b reared. - ammeter Egyptian expedition will be (sg eth self 0 Fat (e) len3s 4. ar tC:n°ssa of t _ for _ elle r1 t an 11 mer is t is host sigh man God tow tend 0. The t her thro 011 t feat' 181401 (11 (5) s our forte is, that .vere luxu siren the 0 ed are s deep! They fi. Figur wi 1.11 arieli his beam his s, Clod 1 all t. tarot the c olive, forest aroM 7, r shall that ailed° aboat All the bandsmen of the Governor - General's Foot Guards, band have gone on strike, owing to new rules 1' made by the officers. One rule stip- ! ,ulales that 5 per cent, of the band's earnings shall go into the bland fund. fThe men do not like this and laid own their instruments and left the Armories. Replying to a deputation of the Do- minion Alliance, Premier Greenway re- , marked that the deputation had said gtey did not want anti -election pledges, but he had this to Bay, he had voted for prohibition, and votes taken in this province allowed the people vtant- ed it. When in Ottawa he had endea- vored to get concurrent legislation in connection with any eaten taken by IVIatitoba. Failing that, /gr. Green- way pledged that tbe rdanitoba Govern - meat would. pase prohibitory legisla. Hon to the tallest extent of its power, Oda means no licenses to sell, • GREAT 13RITAIN, 1 7)r. Lemma Tait, a noted Loncien ellrgeon, is dead. The first edition of Dickens' "Pick- vriek Paper" brought 9500 at auction ie London, Joe Mullett, the Irish agitator sen. 'fenced to lite imprisonment for at- ' tempted murder, has been liberated in n dying icondition, Mr. Chauncey Depew spoke strong- ' " ly Upon the friendship for Britain in the United, Stetes at the Mark Twain dinner in London on Friday. ,Totts Turlancl Brown, former prase dent of the Baptist. Union, and known es "the Iton-cenformest Whop," died giuddeely at Northantpton, Brtg. 'Xt the British House of Cenimons 011 reesday the Greater Dublin Bill, tell adds about 70,0110 Inhebitanta to the population of the eity, passed. Princess Helene of Orleans, wife of the Duke of Aosto, and sister of the Duke of Orleans, has converted many of her valuables into cash to be used in the OrleanLst cause. The rites in the Tinnevelly District of the Madras Presidency, between the M.aravars and Kullars on the one hand and. the Shined on the other, aro as- suming alarming proportions. The Dutch Government at The Hague hes sent President. Kruger a remonstrance respecting the disastrous consequences that are .11101y to fol- low persistence in his present policy. Dreyrue, through friends, is said to have bought an estate near Brussels, where he will live when freed, An- other report Rays his home will be al Lapod, near Gravoea, Dalmatia. The yacht Fire 917, mid to belong to Lord A.sbburton, the representative of Don Carlos in E•nglancl, has been seise ed at Antiphon, a French port on the Bay of Biscay, with a load of 4,000 rifles, said to have been intended for the Carlisle. FAMINE IN EAST AFRICA. tialtalreds 01 Woinen and Children Dying °Motivation. A despatch from London says t—akd- vitas received here from Beet Africa show' famine is prevailing In theGer- man possessions owing to the drought, whiffle also prevails alarmingly in the British proteetorete. Hundreds of wonsett and children are dying at star- vation, and the resident whiles are wholly unable to cope with the die- treas. JUNE' 80, 1800 taken to a. foreign land, shall be re- stored. They eball revive as the corn, ind grow as ilia vine. The disintegra- tion and apl?anut death 01 a grain of viten and its rieh, reproduetion gave 19 our Lavigne of his most rentarlcal,le sill:Weft, John 12. 24. The vine WRS a eivorlte • national ewldent of die Hebrews; and %veil it be, for it was grown on almost every hill -top. The scent thereof shall be es the wine of Lebanon. A repetition of the proudee of verso 11. The thought soneerne the fame of Israel, As y011 ,aid in Solomon's Song, "Thy name is 05 nintindit poured forth." 8. Ephraim mean Ally, What have 1 to do any more with befled Bee:ming, "I' will have not hi 119 More tti do with them" 1 have heard him, and 'dowry - ed. hint. "I have alisWered and will re- gard bine" This is (eels respanse 10 Ephreint's d11et1roWa1 of his old uf sin. I a tn like a green fir tree, e3'pre,8, all evergreen, 111111119 004 beautiful both in winter and in stl 111- tn 'rho 'joy of the 1011001110110011i,(1 soul is 111')',,111')',,expretsed, This is a /netted ttf p' remit), 1. tee LfllOtly,From 1119 iS Illy fruit f,tan.l. "My God 111111 1 altp111 all your wants," wrote the :fiftieth,. 'AD 017 spriugs are in thee," sang the II ea [mist 0, who is wise. , prod,fut. Thie question with its two elausee refers 1101 simply to our lesson, MU to the whole teaching of Hosea, 11 requires moral wisdom to Understand 11100111 truth. Ter prudent man, bearing the threatenings of God's providenee, fore- fweth the evil and hideth hiinself, ways of the Lord are right. "Right nee 1111 ways of t he Lord;" sten igh t for w a tel; directly lea ding Ing Tory. Ten ns- gressors shall 111 11 therein, They elm '1 si Leto Is teveause bey 1 eauserese; hall is, been use they walk out of the way. FACING CONSCRIPTION, Lord Lansdowne on the Possibility or This Step Doing Neermary, A despatch from London says:—At the Red Rose Club's annual dinner, Lord Lansdowne's speech ems direct- ed to the praise of the militia and the possibility of conscription. It might happen tbat in consequence of prolonged hostilities convulsion might be inevitable in order Lo keep aur home army up to its proper strength, In such a case they would have to re- sort 10 compulsion, Although they had not the idea of Passing through Parliament at this moment a Militia Ballot Act, they had thought it their duty to revise the machinery, of the. bitllot, and they would shortly lament to Parliament aha bill intended to bring tt machire 007 more 11110 accordance with the re- quirements of the present lime. They would then have by them a well-enni- sidered measure, which might be pass- ed into law in case of emergency. SHE GETS THE INSURANCE. eteetiannin Receives ligag trent nte terpente ifs' Brotherhood. A. despatch from Buffalo, N. Y., says; —Mrs. Olive A. Sternamare the Buf- falo woman who was twice tried at Cayuga, Ont., on the charge of noir- daring her husband, and at the first trial was sentenced to death, has at lest got the insurance money that the International Brotherhood of Carpen- ters' and joiners' at first refused to give her, because of the alleged un- certainty of the manner of Sterna - man's death. A suit entered against the brotherhood for the amount of the insurance has been pending for some time. On Wednesday counsel for the defendants asked to eave the suit dis- continued, as a settlement had been made outside of court. Mrs. Sternaman receives the amount of insurance, 9200 and interest, making a total of 9302, AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION. BIM Passed by New 85(111, Wales Iftwour. able Thereto. A deepatch from Sydtney, N. S. W., says:—The New South Wales Parlia- ment on Tuesday passed a bill confirm- ing the agreement Lor the federation of the five Australian colouies. Ile referendum on the federation question has resulted in 11,045 votes in favour, as against 10,551 opposed, in the city of Sydney. In the suburbs the voting was 24,458 in favour and. 25,048 opposed, and lu the country dis- trict the returns, now practleally 00.01 - plate, show 05,007 for federation, es agalast 41,0135 opposed. The result has been received here with great enthu- siasm and (be federation leaders are applauded and eulogized ou ail sides. THE DARK SIDE OF IT, Thirteenve Cents an Bone and Board TirarSeli' in Biontiete. A. despatoh from Port TowneencreVne says :—A. number of Klondikers who arrived here in the steamer Dirigo pre- sent the dark side of Klondike life, They say that Dawson is orowded with idle men who are willing to work for most any wages. Thiriy-five wide 1111 hour and butted yourself Is the pre- vailing wagee for common labour, They say there are hundreds of men who heve nothing but beans and bn- cen to eat, with no prospeet or secur- ing work, and Lela the only way they will be able to get out of the court - try will bo trough Government as- sistatice. CURE FOR CANCER. Antwerp noetrore Melte Experiment r Which PIVI'S etweessett, 4. deepatett from Antwerp stye Drs. Reurette and Lebro, of the Bel- gian Medical Academy, have discover- ed a serum for the mire of. canine. 115- p00111181115 made upon twenty _horses have proven conelusively the effie..ey of the treatment. CONVICTS ESCAPE, .111 ore Men Who Originally 11010 0014 Positions. A deepateb from Kingston, Jamaica, says1—,A, few days ago a little boat containing four men rowed up to the mouth of the ele.segulbo elver, in British Guiana, from the open sea. The leen had been buffetted about at sea for three days and nights without food or water, exposed to the fierce rays of the trupteal sum. Tbey were mimed to it terrible condition by the privations they bad undergone, The four men were French sonviets who had eseeped from the penal set - Houma, 1 at St, jean, in Marone Cayeune, off 101(ild1 is Devil a Is- land. where D1'' N.441 was eV:tuned, The eldest fugitive is a Boulanger adherent exile(1! saves years afru by President Carnet fur political offences. Ile was a professor of rhetoric at Paris. His companims are 1111 artist, nu optician, and 0 landed preprietor, al men who were mite in gum" Posle Their ages range from 37 down • to 21 yeare. The British Cluiene po- llee have not arrested them, end lhy will not be seat buck to Cayonne, WEIGHED LEAD WITH TEA, tree moon C aix .71) entoat. e.1 Ina London 4. despatch from London, says:—A. Police Court summons against Lip- ton, limited, on the charge or making a false trade description by including the weight of lead paper and caber wrappings in the weight ot tea, result- ed in a fine of 950, and 975 costs be- ing imposed. The summons was issued. at the in- stance of another trader, who alleged that the profits of Lipton Company by Lials means were increased 900,000 per anuum, Counsel, for the Lipton concern de- nie(1 the practice resulted in any profit, but hlagistrate Ctuerin, in pass - mg judgment on the Llimon Company said ho thought the practice was net only a false trade description, but against public policy, adding that it 10118 false and deliberate, and that be - in deliberate, it was not innocent, Counsel for the Lipton Company have given notice of an appeal. POISONED BY THE NURSE. Two children of Count 111141 li, of 1109 gall', Murdered. A despatoh from Vienna says:—A mysterious affair is reported from. Buclapeath. The Lwo charming young children of Count and Countess Battik, who are members of very an- oient families, died some weeks ago. There were suspicious symptoms of poisoning thrbugh the medium of sweetmeats, and every effort 18118 11111(10 to trace the poisoned delicacies, but in vain. All hope seemed abandoned un- til now, when suspicion has suddenly fallen on one Laura Heinz, who, until the death of the children, acted as their nurse, She was brought up for magisterial examination, and confess- ed that she poisoned the two children of Count Hadik. The motives she ad- dueves are so extraordinary that it is believed in Budapcsth she was hired to commit the murdee. HAS A MANIA, FOR hUNERALS. Peensylvanta Woman Beeitirati Insane Atter Attending 6,000. A. despatch from Reading, Pa.., says: —The authorities on Tuesday placed Sophia Christian under restraint. For thirty years sbe was a unique charac- ter, attending some days two and three funerals. She was a close read- er of death announeements iu lucid newspapers, and attended as many funerale as possible. She always occupied a front pow when services were held in the ohurehes, and took one of the first car- riages to the eemetery. This becalm obnoxious to several families, and they complained. The womea's diary shows that in the lest thirty years sbe attended over 13,000 funerals. 'When there was 110 (=Oral in the city she has walked as far as ten miles into the country. THE CZAR IS DISAPPOINTED. Areasvemeithe or the Pease Coil ferenee Very A (despatch to the London Dally News from Odessa says that: the Czar is Much disappointed at the results so tar of the Peace Conference. He did not hope that disannaments or the ar- rest of progressive armaments would be achieved, but he did hope that there would be sufficient sueoees to warrant the reassembling or the oonferencle 111 an early date. The Czar's advieers regard that hope as cliksipoteri. It is understood that Germany and Austria would not re - spend to an invitation to take part in another conference, and the holding of a conference without their partici- pation would be usetess, WATER FAMINE IN AUSTRALIA, Sieeeral 11000 11111018 11C 'MINI 1(1141 411 ea Distress Previtlbt, A, despatch from Melbourne says: —The people of Cobar mining (M- ittel., Western Australia, ere suf- fering groat distress through the rehire or the water holes and arte- Bien welts, several having tiled of thirst during May. Mines are closed down and bund. reds of then thrown out or employ- ment, find themselves unable to pay the exorbitant price demanded .for water for domestle use, The pre - neat charge ohnrg 15 one shilling a gallon at the nearefet reliable sowers ply, and from 7s. lid. to Os. Ott, is ad- ded for delivery. 042141b' \10j'va1el0w zci \IRKJoHN W. ta E LL, i, flomiL-roN,Orcr. .71;flt 0 JfiviEto R.LLs 11 Ben veRToN o James A. Bell, of Beaverton, Ont., brother ef the ele. John Wesley Bele le,D., prostrated by nervous beauaches A. rictim of the trouble for several Y00081 1.30th American Nervine effected a complete mire. Iu their own particular field few men on n than Ole Bey. John Wesley Boll, B.D, and his brother Sir, James A. Bell. The termer win be re- tognized by Ins thousands ot friends all over the country as the popular and able missionary superintendent of the Royal Templars of Temperauce. Among the 20,000 members of this melee in Ontario his counsel in sought on all Boles et oc- eaSielle. On the public platform he la one of the etrOeg men of the day, matting seseeet the evils of intemperauce, Venially well known is Mr. Bell in other , provinces of the Dominiou, having been efr youre a member et the Manitoba efethodist Confereece apd part or this time was stationed in 9 lanlpeg, troller, eft'. Tames 41. Bell, is a afghly reollot,t of Beafferton, wineit lite influence, though perhars more eh- ennisertbed than that or his eminent brother, is 110n1? the lees effective and productive of good, Of recent yearehew- (Ter. the working ability of Mr. JanieS A. Dell has been sadly um red by severe attacks of nervous imadaelfe, seeene 1)0.01011 by incligestIon, 'W110 Can do fit work when this trouble takes hold of them and especially wizen it beconsee chronic., as was, seemingly, the Cate watt' hits The trouble reached such teneity that last June he was completw ly prostrated. In this coedittou a friend recommended South American Nee -vine. Ready to try anything aud everything, though he thought he had covereu the liet of proprietary medicines, he secured a bottlo of tide great diseovery, second bottle of tbe medicine was taken and the work was done. Empleeing ble own languafte: "Two bottles of Some American Nervine immediately relieve nvy headaches and by butts up my system in a wonderful manlier." Let no ;not deprecate the good our etergymez tied social reformers are doing in the world, but how ill -fitted they would for their work were 11 not the retie( that Soutb American Nervine brings 10 them when physical ills overtake teem, and when the system, as a re. stilt or bard, earnest and eontleuoue work, breaks down. Norville treats Vies system to the wise reformer treaty the evils he is battling modest. It strews at the root of the trouble. AU stint ease comes from disorganization of tee nerve centera. This Is a (fele/Aerie fact. Nervine at once works on these nerve centera; 91050 to them health and Tie. or, aud tl,eo there courses througe the system strong. healthy, 1ne-tnitibrale1;,p blood, and nervous troubles of trreq Variety are things of the pan. Sold by G. A. Deadman. Aftwevon.o......enassumormiamarmarmaimaciohmamemormammmoso.meme.0.0••••••••••.•••••••••Manweraml $20,000,000 B.,OR DEFENCE. 1ACCIDENTALLY SHOT war Mace Saheni(• 4ntrea0ee11 the W. Woad, a Railway Contriiittor Rifled 01 •Ilittuse ol'f't,ttatttotis it • :dr 11' . ham. A. despatch from Loudon, says :— Wean the Houee of ComU10118 Went in- to COVaraittee 00 Wednesday on the Military Works Loan bill, the Part ift- mmtary Secretary of the War Office, Kr, George Wyndlatun, moved a reso- lution authorizing the introduction of a. bill providing a loan of $e0,000,000, repayable in yearly instalments, for defence worka, berraoks, and rifle ranges, at home and abroad. He ex - Walnut this was merely a continutvioa of the Wiry had down by the Military Vv'orke Loa rt Act or 1807, and menial out thet all British seaborne e00211100eo converged et a point between Cape Clear and Ilshant, necessitating strut gin harbeurs or refuge, elf of whie must. be defended by heavy guns. I this manner and. on Meer works, he n plained, was proposed to spend 95 000,000, and on barracks tee suns of ,850,000 was to be spent, of svhich sum e11,375,000 would. be expended ea the present barracks. The bneume would. be devoted to the expellees of new situatione, and Wel-Elai-Wei would absorb 9050,000. Mr. Wyndlunn's benefits enflame in. elude-% 9210,000 foe lifax, N, 13. Pim reolntion was adopted by a vote of 211 to 86. Winnipeg. A despatch from Winnipeg, says—W, i Fteald, of Toronto, shot himself acct. - I dentally in the left lung one incla :over the heart on Wednesday evening between 7 and 8 o'clock, He died shoa- 1 wee polishing els sinaller revolver. I ly after 11, Ile was cleaning' his revol- ver preparatory to going to Kuotuay on Thursday, and had peeked his :lieltf?ttelleastv'hePtaeliathheisfahtitt1111tyaboetehuarrQed,u"aLul.da 1 whieh he beld•close to his (vilest while Irubbieg it with a tooth brush. Ile 1 riezettnitargeeeieteet. a 16111.9,41 ri 161,811,1111111 0 ri oewa ertt !ad, Ills teething and Limb were bunt- ed with the distelarge. He rang foe a !bell -boy, who palled Dr, England; but _ all efforts A•vre unavailable, be dying 81, four letters atter the anic0nt, Every- ., th ug points to a purely accideutal eir- !eattustanee, there being no suspicion of ,:e monetary or other troubles, TO PUNISH BRITISH SOLDIERS, strteett or the West Kent liegliiient Inc Indio Arreded. A despaloh from Allnhabad, Says; — Lord Cureon, Vieeroy of India, hns telegraphed to Oen, l?rotheroeat Rangoon, Instructing him LO spare neither trouble hor expense to de. tett and punish the soldiers who ill- treated au aged native woman, Who died from the anode of her itjuries, A. private of the name of Ilorrocks was arrested for the mime, but was acquit - &miter lank of eeldence, Horrocks then turned info/Mete and upon the strength of his story fifteen men of the West e1:1ttt ltetglmn1 have been arrested and placed In cells, awaiting trial. 40,000 FOR THE CAPE. Regiments at Cape Town Ready to Leave for ilitinhorie7 111$1iiirt The London Daily Kull says that the Imperial Government has practically decided Upon a gradual reinforcement of the British troops in South Africa up to a total increase of 40,000 men. 4. deapatoh from Cupe Town says; The activity of the War (Wipe Meal authorities b.„Is been suspended in the matter or contrauts for certain mai- Lary requisitions, on the groteurl Out the regiments are now re,ily to lone° Cape '1 twin file Kimberley et short no- tice, An rugine driver ou the Calm rail- way deelire.s, that be has seen men, armed and moented, engaged in drill- ing at Dont-Kraal, near Deattr end Ponsronteitt, not fax from Kimbeeley, Ile was informed that they were Ilideemen, preparing to aesist the Boers in the event of hoetilities, 11h11—.I thought yell seid yeSiadoy you were going to etop smoking? 3111 did; but 1 managed to borrow an- other dollar.