The Brussels Post, 1899-9-21, Page 6THE BRUSSELS
POS T.
The News
r iefly Told
YIi& lt0RLD'8 EVENTS Ots INTEREST
coRosiOLED 1`11 mom' ORDER.
Interesting Happenings of Recent Date -The
Latest News of Our Own Country. -Doings
1n the Monter Land-Wbst Is Qoing an In
the United States --Notes Frew the World
Over.
CANADA.
Wolves are numerous in Haliburton.
London boy's are atoning the street
cat's.
Montreal is to have new rifle ranges
at once.
A lumber famine is reported in
Manitoba.
Hamilton will reform, its tax collec-
tion system.
Night classes for technical training,
Will be established in Brantford.
A movement has been started at
Montreal to have saloons open on Sun- I
day.
The stock of wheat in store at Fort
William is greatly in excess of last'
year.
The by-law to purobase Dundurn
Park carried in Hamilton by a thou-
sand majority.
Word :has been received at Ottawa
that the telegraph line is now within
110 ranee of Dawson,
Major Girouard, the distinguished
Canadian officer, bas left to resume
his command in Egypt,
.Brantford will build a new Isolation t
Hospital, and make a large addition to
the John II. etratford hospital.
Hamilton will open Dundurn Park'
Oetober 2, and will invite Sir Oliver e
Mowat to perform the ceremony. '
The private banking firm of William
Mowat & Son, Stratford, has assigned.'
The firm claims a surplus of $45,000.
David Horne, of Winnipeg, has been I
appointed chief grain inspector under.
the Inspection Ant of last session. la
The Quebec, Hamilton and Fort Wil -
Ham Steamship Company will have two
Chicago,
ton steel ships built in England,
Assessment Commissioner Hall s
thinks the population of Hamilton
this 6,00year will be between 54,000 and , s
ilIr. George Ball, tax collector, .Dun- ! s
das, italic was thrown out of ,a vehicle s
at the Bertram demonsi•ration, died
from his injuries.
E Ald, William Cunningham, a' f
leading Irish citizen, has nnnounced1
his candidature for the Mayoralty of
Montreal next year. A
It is said the municipal reforms re- r
commended by the special committee in b
Hamilton will be opposed by the ;
ante Committee. I
The Owen Sound Board of Education T
has unanimously decided to adopt the fr
Public school savings bank system h
in connection with the schools. e
'Police Constable Howie of London,
Ont., who was charged with =lief- o
ously assaulting a citizen with his '0
club, was acquitted by Judge Edward'fr
Elliott.
The total imports Inc the month nm-
ountecl Le $0,065,472, against $5,784,387
for the corresponding month of last
Year.
Twenty-four tenders have beau
delved at the Interior Departmeu
the eleines In Duminiou Creek in
ukon. The claims wore odasee
1807 by Major Walsh and Mr, 1
nett, The properties are in the
kat because of a dispute as to
ownorethip.
Within a short time inspeotor St
commanding the Northwest Mounted
Police in the Yukon, will return to
duty in the Northwest Territories, and
IL is, prubable that Capt. A. 13, Perry,
who is now on the way 10'llawson, will
he the new commander of the police
contingent in that district.
Charles De Witt, of Victoria Mills,
N. ll.; is under arrest on suspicion of
being responsible for the death of his
three-year-old step -child. Neighbors
who saw the body reported that
bore black and blue mirk!' and loo
as if the little one might have
from violence.
Exclusive of the Grand Trunk bu
ing at the intersection of McGill
William streets, which by a censer
ties estimate will rust out less t
$5.:0,t0a, fully $3,500,000 will be expe
ed on buildings in Montreal within
next year, and contracts Inc more t
that have already beau placed.
Mr. F. W. Hodson, secretary of the
Live Stook Association of the Do-
minion and director of the Farmers'
Institute work for the Ontario Gov-
ernment, will leave the service of the
Province in December, and will become
chief of a live stock bureau, to be
created by the Dominion Govern -
an,
t for dwellings, ,The loss is roughly esti-
the mated at 575,000,
jl in GENERAL.
aw` The Czar and Czarina ars visiting
mar- Copenhagen.
S
At Pinoonning Village, 20 miles north
of Bay City, Mich., fire destroyed 30
frame buildings, inoludiog the Michi-
gan Central passenger station, Maeoa-
bee Hall, 18 busiuns houses and 25
The Peary eteamer Windward bas
eels, returned to Newveoundland,
The Patriarch of the Greek Chum
in Elgypt Is dead at the age of 103,
Russia his taken oppressive mea-
sures against the Jews in Kieft,
There is great distress in Bessarabia,
Russia, owing le the failure of the
harvest.
'Che Danish look -out in the buildin
trades has coma to an and alter sem
months' duration,
SEPT, 22, 1899
TRIED TO BEHEAD HIMSELF,
A Bancroft dant Attempts to Cyt Itis
Dlenel *10' With int Axe.
A despatch from Bnneroft, says;--
Vi'n1. Hennessy, about 20 years of age,
suck o0 Mr, M. Hennessy, attempted to
cut hie Stead cif with as axe, He was
detected in time to save hie life, but
nut before be had inflicted a nasty
gash in the book of bis neck. file was
h brought to town and Dr. I:iubury dress-
ed rho waund, t1'lie young man had
Nice working ort k,be C, 0. R, extension,
and probably the intense beat at Ibe
past few weeks hard the effect of lin-
baltinoiug his mind. This in the seeoti.¢
attempt t`bat be has made on bis life.
Abuut a week ago he tried to bel his
g threat with, a razor. He will be plac-
e ed, in the asylum at Belleville.
The plague has been stamped out
ked of Alexandria, 43 out of 813 eases re -
died suiting fatally.
The French police have made seiz-
did- tires of papers in Royalist newspaper
and offices in Paris and Bordeaux,
va- .A rumor is current in iltbedesia that
ban an Eurupean exploring party hes 'been
nd- massacred near Lake Tanganyika.
the ,lassie has restrained Turkey fauns
hail mounting several pneumatic dynamite
guns at the Black Sea entrance to the
Baltic,
Heavy' rains have benefited thecrops
In Central India, thougb other portions
of the country are still suffering frum
drouth,
Queensland bas voted on the federa-
tion question, the latbst returns show-
ing 31,500 for and 27,000 against fed-
eration,
ed The Legislative Council of Victoria
at has rejected the bill for the enEran-
rs- rhiseimnt of women, according to n
(It'
efelbourne despatch.
th-
At Port au Prince, Hayti, an tnCen-
in the
he diary fire ion
of :al buildings. XTwo memberstoftthe
fire departmetut were injured.
The idea of boycotting the Paris Ex-
position is widely broached in Europe
he in the press comments on 'the Dreyfus
as verdict, and overt steps to .that end
be have already been taken in one or two
of , quarters.
to The Russian Government has order -
of ed from San Francisco American' tim-
bar and lumber for construction' work
ed tnrideut to the building of the new
ist City of Deity, on the Arctic coast of
set Russia.
A terrific Thunder storm, aceompani-
etl by hail, swept over Paris Wednas-
day night, Great damage was done,
�Tlia electric light plants were damag-
ed, and the cafes and boulevards m
soma sections of the city were in
darkness.
A proclamation has been issu
'ringing into force the act passed
he last session of the Ontario Leg
..tura erecting Manitoulin togeth the Township of Humbol
Grendine Reserve, Township of Ru
rinrd, and some other territory on t
mainland into a separate judical dis-
triot,
Sergi. Major Morgans, late athletic
instructor at the Royal. Military Col
ege, and at present orderly to 1
Governor-General at Ottawa, h
igned a five ysars''contraet with t
management of the Dominion Club
and on Oct. 1 will go
hat rhy to take over the position
uperintendent of gymnastics.
An order In Commit has been pass
t Ottawa placing ou the free 1
yrup or molasses of cane or b
esting under 35 degrees by the peeler],
cope for use in the manufacture of
°repressed food for live stook, when
mported by' the manufacturers of
uch food to be used for such menu -
acture only in their own factories,
J . W. Anderson, charged with the
Iolson's Bank robbery at Winnipeg,
ill remain in jail until the trial in
ovemher, Fifteen thousand dollars
ail is forthconting, spot cash, if ne-
essery, but it seems the judge is
of desirous of releasing the accused.
he counsel for Anderson and his
fends would, of course, like to see
im out on bail, tut this is how the
ase stands.
The Algoma Central Railway has
010 men employed in the bonstruction
f a twelve -mile section of the line
om elichipicoten Harbor to the iron
y the company. The ex
optional activity of the company, el
ite the scarcity of labor, is explai
d by the fact that a contract h
sen entered into with the Millan
nielter fortthe supply of iron ore tb
11. The rails will be laid by Novo
✓ 1.
The Finnish delegates now in the' a
Northwest have decided that the se
country between Red Deer and led-' e
mouton, is suitable for Finnish colons- , b
zation. s
The Royal Electric Light Co, of fa
Montreal has forwarded to the De- be
partment of Agriculture an offer to;
light the Canadian building at the
Paris Exhibition,
Angus Young admitted stealing five gr
cents' worth of corn in the Hamilton 1
Police Court, and the charge against lten
him was dismissed upon his paying,
$0,00 costs.m
Mr. George E. Tuckett of ]'Hamilton' fl
offers $1,500 an acre Inc a little over
seven acres of Victoria Park, in that an
city, to use for building lots for his '11
employees•
A seizure of about 530,000 worth of to
medical appliances was made at Mont -1 So
real on Tuesday, by the customs of-)
liters for undervaluation, but the firm Gr
is contesting the cieim. pie
The Chinese Foreign Office has offer-
ed the Italians mining rights in the
Ning-Hal District, but the grant is
entirely unsatisfactory to Italy, and
is likely to cause complications,
The Swiss Government has ordered
the Serum Institute at Berne to make
and distribute the bubonic pest serum
in sufficient quantities throughout the
cantons, as a precaution against a
possible outbreak of the plague.
In the attack made by a band of
marauders on the Muree brewery at
Quetta, India, ten of the native em-
s- b
n- a
as b
is
Novel
1.
ployes were killed and several others
adly wounded. The marauders, who
11 escaped, are being hotly pursued
y mounted police,
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Dublin City Corporation ba
anted a site for a statue of Parnel
It is now said that Sir, Thomas Lip
may buy the Lakes of Killarney.
Thatcher, the unclaimed chancery
they schemer, has escaped arrest by
ight from London.
Owing to the strike of the seams
d steamer firemen, many vessels ar
ocked at Liverpool.
During August the British emigrants
Canada numbered 2.365 English, 278
etch and 137 Irish.
The strike of seamen and firemen in
eat Britain has so far failed to °rip.
the Bhtp owners.
Charles Mark of Montreal, chief mate
the bark Lanarkshire, is under ar-
t at Glasgow, charged with shooting
.1 killing a negro seaman named
ntt.
HAS SOME STRANGE DISEASE.
Charles Uaelclteu' Supposed to be ha a
State of Blabctte Comm
A despatch from Toronto, says: -
Charles B. Uazicker, a hotel -keeper,
of Cincinnati, is at present lying in the
Emergency hospital in a rather dan-
gerous condition, and the dealers are
n rather puzzled to know exactly what is
e+ the cause of bis illness,
Be was found by P. C. Young about
2.30 on Friday morning standing before
a fence on Queen Street, near Bell -
woods avenue, The officer spoke to
him, but the man made no reply, nor
when he was shaken ,too did he appear
to notice it. He seemed to be sleeping
on his feet.
Dr. Eadie could not rouse, him from
his strange torpor, and so he was sent
to the Emergency hospital. As there
were no traces of his having been
drinking recently, the doctors looked
for symptoms of poisoning, but these
were lacking. He was given emetics,
but although they operated successful-
ly, be could not be brought completely
out of bis trance.
]Uazicker came to this city Inc bis
health about three months ago, and has
been staying alternately at the Island
and the Empress hotel, He is a well-
dressed, educated man, and has a sister
reported to be worth millions, and liv-
ing at Greenwood, CoJ.
It was learned from Mr. Dissette, of
the Empress hotel, that his guest had
suffered from jaundice, and the doc-
tors therefore suppose that Uazicker
must be in a state of diabetic coma,
Mr. McNicoll says the new Canadian
Pacific Railway hotel, to be erected 00
in Winnipeg, will be one of the finest res
in C'anads, and work will probably be an
commenced on it this fall. Tr
The Hamilton and Wentworth Dairy- e
men's Association has advanced the en
price of milk one cent, the retail price m,,
now being six cents a quart, and the ma
wholesale price 12 cents a gallon. fo
Official returns place the salmon fir
paok of .British Columbia for the pre- T
sent season at 070,000 cases, which is se
Esmond ouly to the phenomenal pack Lie
of 1897, when 1,105,477 cases were put en
.rvrv.
n a London Times' editorial Alfred
ckman nails Major Girouard to ,le -
mat for contracting with Pittsburg
nulaoturers for steel fregbt cars
r Egypt instead of giving Engliyb
DU a chance to compete.
he cotton and jute workers' strike
Dundee bas assumed set•ious proper -
ns. Ten mills were closed Friday,
d 16,000 mill workers are now idle,
Slight disturbances have occurred, but
hove been quelled by the :police. •
Rear -Admiral Kane, well known as
the captain of the Calliope, wbicle in
1883 steamed out of .Apia, Samoa, in
the teeth oe the terrible hurricane
which destroyed the United States
squadron, has voluntarily retired from
the British navy,
The figures published in Landon of
the capital offered fon subscription in
new companies during the eight
months ended August 31 illustrate the
lusition of Canadian mining in Brit..
ieb markets. The figures are: Rho-'
dada 02,5C0,033; other South African
22,000,000; British Columbia £340,000;
the Klondike 2181,000; Now Zealand
250000..
UNITED STATES.
There are 04 rases of yellow fever
at Key West, Fla.
Two regiments of negro troops are to
be raised for service incite Philippines,
Hon, ,Tames B Eustis, former Amer -
lean Ambassador to 1'm'ance, diad at
Newport.
The Cuban army has been paid off.
There is a balance of 5400,000 left
trona the ,$3,000,000 appropriated,
While digging a well on Lookout
Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tenn., G.
II. Jarnegiu and others discovered gold
quartz in large quantities.
Seven persons worn killed by a
freight train wreck in Dingess Tun-
nel on the Norfaik & Western Rail-
way, near Williamson, W. V'a.
A C hicago report says a gigantic
plant for the building of locomotives
and other rolling stook is to be estab-
lished in Switzerland by a eon:many
of American and European capitalists,
The Canadian Rubber Co., of Mont-
real hes been agreeably surprised by
the receipt of a parcel containing 5700
which was rectally stolen from the
office. There will probably be me pro-
secution.
The formal opening of the Stoney
Creek battlefield by the Women's
Historical Society will take place on
October 81. The meatless of Aber-
dhaen and Sir J. G. Bourinot are ex-
pected to be present•.
The work 00 the two surveying par-
ties which the Department of the In-
terior has at work in Northern Alberta
and in Lb:, Kootenay district has been
moth retarded by the heavy rains
wibich have prevailed in both sec-
tions.
Late at eight a boy called at Dr.
Bell's surgery in Kingston, and pre-
sented a parcel to the doctor, saying
it was sant to him by a lady, When
opened it was found to contain the
bratty oI a newly -born male child, Dr,
Bell hat no idea who the lad is,
Rawson City now contains a wheel
popelation of between 300 and 400.
There are no schools, teachers, or
betake in the district. An order for
books has been placed at Winnipeg,
and several Manitoba teachers will
leave shortly for Dawson City.
.Application will be made to Partin -
kneel, at its next session by the pom-
mittee of the Ca'nedian Nurses' Assts.
elation, consisting of 85. l:, Rogers, E.
bait, H. DecIine A. Colquhoun, J,
Dodd, I+'. Clements and S. Ilii,, Inc an
act to incorporate tbo association.
AL statement of the total import busi-
ness done at the port of Montreal dur-
ing the month of A`,guet has been
prepared by the tolls tier of customs,
BROKE 1]13 A LOADED SHELL,
Thought It 111otvn
Tkratr;4 a bow%
A despatch from Halifax, N,S,A says:
-A strange accident happened on
Wednesday to a junkman's employe
named Redmond, while he was' break-
ing tip otd iron. 'While removing it
from an Inteecolonial car at the
freight yards at deep water terminal,
one piece of junk proved to be an old
shell. Ibedltnoncl did not know what it
was, and when be struck' it it explod-
ed with a terrific report, It tore a
big hole in the car floor and buried it-
self in the ground, Redmond was
hurled through the car -door with One
foot shattered and a great gash in
bis chest,
A. man standing outside the car look-
ing at Iltcdanond was injured slightly.
Redmond will recover. How the shell
came tri be in the ear of junk sash
mystery.
An automobile gun carriage is being
constructed at Peori4. Ill.
575,000 IN BONDS STOLEN,
Alan Named Christie Arrested lu Iirelsh
consume by on English Detective.
to despatch frown Vancouver, 13, C.
says: -A Scotland Yard del.ect.ive made
am important arrest at Donald on
Monday. W. G. 0, Crick and H,
Christie arrived there some tint
to outfit for Tete Janne Cache gold
fields. They spent money lavishly.
Soon alter their departure a detective
arrived, and on their return Monday
he arrested Christie. Oriole escaped
to the Pacific coast.
el is alleged that Crick stole from
a firm of I'ingiish brokers 557,000
worth of bonds, which were negotiated
by Christie for 540,000.
THE MAGIC FLOWER.
A young girl sat weeping over her
city's misery and sin.
"Is there no cure for all this evil?"
she sadly asked,
"There is a flower," answered a
voice, "which, when found, will heal
every ill. Go seek it."
Myra started, turned, but saw no
one. Yet she arose, and, obeyine, tits
voice, journeyed far, looking eagerly
at every blossom that came in her
path,
None seemed to be the magic flower,
and, weary at last, she turned into a
green meadow and rested beside a
stream. Thera she spied a cluster of
snowdrops, and cried with joy:
"These must be the precious flowers,
for see their petals are pure and
white."
So she plucked the beautiful blos-
soms, cud, hastening back, she gave
them to the first person she met, ono
in rags, with a face where sin was
plainly written, Eagerly Myra
watched the result, but, alas, instead of
the face, taking on the purity of the
snowdrops, they themselves were stain-
ed,
A second time the young girl left the
city, and now she brougltc back the
purple flowers palled Heartsease, hop-
ing they would bring happiness. A
man and a woman were harrying
along with faces in which there
was no love, and as Myra gave
them each a blossom they turned and
looked into each other's eyes with a
smile; but the flowers drooped, and the
smile died away.
Again starting on her search, Myra
entered a palace garden, and chose
from among a blaze of colon a red,
rose, saying, "Beauty is a wonderful
force for good„ and there is little of it
in tbo city."
A. man, who sat counting leis wealth,
suddenly saw a beautiful rose on the
table beside him. Ile glanced at . it,
then pushing it an to the ground,
trampled it under foot to make room
even breathed its sweet perfume, and
for another heap of gold,
Many a weary mile did the seeker
wander now till she stopped beside a
cottage garden blue with Forget-me-
not, "Forget-me-not," she said, "you
reflect the sky, telling as not to forget
our Father above. Yonder building
and smoke abut out the heaven -may-
be these blue flowers would bring back
remembrance of never forgetful love."
When once mere Myra re-entered
the city, a mother, with bar babe in
her arms, was leaning over a bridge
gazing at the river below, She placed
the flowers within the child's tiny
fingers, and the innocent blue eyes
face,
opened, looking up into the mother's
Then as she passed on, there was a
sudden splash, a troubing of , the
dark waters, and the mother and in-
fant ware lost to sight forever.
A bitter despair took possession of
the girl's soul, and she sat down too
sad to weep, The unknown Voice
roused her. "Be comforted, for what
you have sought is close beside you.
Pressed to the heart, there is perfect
healing for every woe."
She looked down, and everywhere be-
neath her feet grew the little flower
with the sacred name, Love -lies -bleed -
i Bat it was not the healing o
led among them was a little e' olden
blossom in whose center golden
blood -red stain, glowed a
"At last," she uricd, "my search is
ended," and she quickly plunked one of
them and inhaled its deep fragrance,
"At last," repeated the Voice, "your
search for the flower that heals all ill
Is ended, for the flower of gold with
the center of blood red is the flower of
Death,"
And when the night fell Dame a pity-
ing angel who harried Myra tenderly
away.
DO NOT COMPLAIN,
Do not quarrel with your lot in life
do not complain of its never -ceasing
cares, its petty environment, the
vexations you have be stand, the small
and sordid souls yoe, have to live
and work with. Above all, do not re-
sent temptation, :Chat is the prat-
rice Whith God appoints you; and is
having its work in making you pati-
ent and humble and generous and un-
selfish and kind and courteous. -
Drummond.
THE CHEERJ'i UL IDIOT.
Ever notice how a skeleton grins at
things in goateed? asked the boarder
who is cultivating his first mustache
and some pessimism.
I leave, said the Cheerful Inset,
though 1 dont see how he has the face
to Ila so.
HONORED A CONVICT,
•
111* FEIloa•Yrinnttcr; Presented Stint With
It Cane and All l ntbrella,
The leaving of Breast E, Brooks
from the Marylancl penitentiary, after
serving four years and two montbs,
was attended by circumstances whio]f
have no parallel in the extents of pri-
son life, Tice young Englishman was
presented with a silver -mounted Dane
and an umbrella by his follow -convicts
as a tribute to 1110 manliness and rec-
titude.
It is all the mere remarkable because
of Brooks' nationality and his social
standing before he was sent LD prison,
He is well educated -a university man,
In fact. Ile comes of a fine family.
fie has admirable breeding, which even
the convict garb and the prison life
could not tarnish. He was traveling
in this country when he fell iuto the
olutohes of the law. He had spent
money freely, and when he was stay.
i.n.g at the Stafford Hotel, in Belti-
more, he ran short of money.
Ile expected remittances from Eng-
land, and in Autioipallon of them
forged a check for 500, which the hotel
proprietors mantel tor him. His ex-
pected funds did not arrive. He was
arrested, convicted and sentenced
five years' imprisonment.
A man such as Brooks is likely
arouse the derision of convicts. Th
resent the presence of a well-br
man. But be soon compelled their
sped, and then their regard. H
manliness, his cheerfulness and h
readiness to help others made him t
moat popular man in the penitentiar
Everybody in the prison knew
the presentation except Brooks. A fo
days ago nine men, who bad been a
soeiated with bine in various depaz asked permission of Ward
Weyler to make Brooks the presea
The money was subscribed and t
warden was asked to buy a bandsom
silver -mounted majolica Dano and
silver -mounted silk umbrella, wi
Brooks' initials engraved upon sae
This was done.
When Brooks was Galled into Lb
discipline room of the penitentiary au
found there the nine convicts, tb
warden and President Griffiths, of tb
Prisoners' Aid society, ho could n
understand it. The convicts were i
prison garb, spited by the day's tot
One of them, Henry D. Baker, made a
earnest speech, telling Brooks ho
much be bad done for them, and i
what high esteem they held him. The
one by one, the other convicts cam
forward, shook his hand and thanke
bin.
It was impossible for Brooks to re
DIY. He was too much overcome; bu
lea read a letter which he had write
to the warden. Thera were Mllespeeches and rather a teary time of i
but somehow everybody felt a goo
deal better when it was all over. .
DOUBLE GIFT.
A charming little story is told o
an encounter between the Emperor A
oxander of Russia and a quick-witte
young girlth,
During e occupation of Paris th
Emperor Alexander was present at th
anniversary of one of the hospitals
Plates for contributions were passed b
the patronesses of the institution tputteethe visitors of the day, and a puttee
I:arly pretty girl presented her plat
for royalty's attention.The emperor dropped a handful of
gold on the plate, saying to the young
girl as lie did so, " This is for beauti-
ful bright eyes."
The pretty maid eourtesied low, and
again presented her plate to the gen-
erous donor.
'What, more?" asked the emperor,
with a smile.
Yes, sire," was the reply, given
with eyes demurely cast down, and
mouth well under control, " now I
would like something for the poor."
The ascend handful was even more
liberal than the first, and the emper-
or evidently felt that his speech had
been well met and matched, as, he
smiled after the pretty girl, who went
her way rejoicing to the next visitor,
to
to
ey
ed
TO-
15
is
be
Y. w
rt -
en
t.
be
0
tb
b.
a
e
0
of
n
n
n
0
d
t
en
t•,
d1.
13
Al
-Cr
AUSTRALIA'S DI4OUTH.
The sheep industry of Australia has
been almost ruined by the appalling
drouth of the last few years. Not
very long ago New South Wales had
nearly one -eight ' the sheep of the
globe. Her annual output of wool ex-
ceeded all other productions eombin-
ed. Now, her proportion of the world's
sheep is only one -thirteenth,
RUINED ;BY HOUSE-CLEANING,
Missionary -Was It liquor that
brought you to this?
Imprisoned Burglar -No, sir ; it was
houseecleanin'- spring, house-oleanin'
sir,
Missionary- Ed. -house cleaning
?burglar-Yessir, The woman had
?been house-cleanin','an' the stair car-
pet was up, en' the folks heard me,
LIBERTY,
New Cook -Then I tun not to wear
your bonnets when i hike?
Mistress, -No, but think how barge
your wages are!
New Cook, beuglttily. -My liberty is
not for sale
P1 DREW TRADE.
Friend-Wi1y do you have swill mis-
spelled and ungrammatical signs in
your front windows?
Sharp Tradeeman-People think Pin a
dunce one ecus in to swindle mo
Trade's just booming.
DID THEY RIDE BIKES.
Sinday-School Teacher, reading to
class -And some fell by the wayside.
Tommy, becoming suddenly interest-
ed -1 didn't know they rode bikes in
those days.
bi PLAIN TRLAIT.
Jane --I understand she theses of a
very old. family.
Lily -'Yes; you 'can sec the family
trait in her very oleari,y.
Jana -What trait? ,
X.11' --Ago.
FULL OF ENCOURAGEMENT
En Bed 5 Months—Had Given Up All Rope,
of Getting, Well—Ai. Remedy Found git
Last to which "I Erre 2tiy Life."
Science has fully established the
fact that all the nervous energy of our
bodies is generated by nerve oentros
located near the base of the brain,
Men the supply of nerve force has
been diminished either by excesaive
physical or mental Iabours, or owing to
a derangement of the nerve oentres,we
are first 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
atomaole and bowels, poor blood, heart
disease, or sink headache; 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 food audhealth gi ver,
is asatisfying success, awond roue 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 itbounding health.
Et is unlike all other remedies in
that it is nob designed to act on the
different organs affooted, but by its
direct action on the nerve centres,
which are nature's little batteries, it
'Ictuses an increased supply of nere eus
energy to be generated, which in its
Sold by G.
turn thoroughly oils, as it were, the.
machinery of the body, thereby en.
abling it to perform perfectly its die.
ferenb 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 trig
to the letter. Such a course may save
you months, perhaps years, of suffer-
ing and anxiety.
The words that follow are strong
but they emanate from the heart, an
c�
speak the sentiments of thousands o!
women in the United Statesnnd CSn-
ada who know, through experience, of
the healing virtues of the South
American Nervine Tonic.
Harriet E, Hall, of Waynetown,
prominent and much respected 1adyj.
writes as follows :—
"I owe any life to the great South
American Nervine Tonic, 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. $ad tried
three doctors, with no relief. The
first bottle of Nervine Tonic improved
me so much that I was able to walls
about and a few bottles cured me en-
tirely. I believe it is the best meds•
cine in the world. 1 cannot recom-
mend it too highly,"
Tired women, can you do bettelr
than become acquainted with this
truly great remedy 4
A. Deadman.
METRIC SYSTEM IN CANADA.
Necessity for Preparing Beforehand fin'
its inevitable Aduptlou,
A despatch from Montreal, says:-$ir
Henri Joly de Lotbiniera, Controller of
Inland Revenue, has sent to the Mont-
real Board of Trade a full set of
weights, measures, and charts of the
metric system, In his letter to l.he
board Sir Henri says that be . wishes
"to show the necessity of our prepar-
ing beforehand tor its inevitable adop-
lion."
This system of weight and measure
is now in use by till' civilized' nations,'
with the exception of Great Britain;
the United Slates, and Russia, end late
events point to its adoption in the two
former countries. Among the things
claimed for it is that it is a necessity
for the preservation of foreign Lrade.
Foreign manufacturers derive a eon-
siderablo advantage by the use of
weights and measures with which the
customer to familiar, and which are un-
derstood at once without apelial study
or risk 0f mistake. The idea of the
prosent display is to prepare gradually
for the adoption of the metria system
in Canada,
FRIENDS FOR THE NONCE,
Magnet' Naval lien l:nterlained by the
1tliaeI,,i, .
A despatch from London, says: -An
Odessa despatch says the visit o8 the
English sloes of wa.t' Melita is being
made the occasion of an exektange of
Anglo -Russian amenities, The (Inc..
ornor Determined et dinner Commander
Fraser and officers of the war vessel,
the British Consul, and others. The
Russians present enthusiastically pre.
posed the toast to Queen Victoria, and,
niter drinking it, smashed their glass-
es, The Englishmen then drank the
toast to the Czar and broke their
glasses,
Afterward the Governor telegraphed
Lord Salisbury that he was convinced
the visit of the Mollie would. tend to
promote the friendship between the
two nations,
ENMITY BETWEEN TOWNS.
,.rand Forks CllIeeus Accused or liurnlug
Clown Columbia Hotels.
A despatch from Vancouver says :-.
At Cascade the other day sensational
evidence was given during the prelim.
inary examination of Charles Mullen
and Robert Cameron, who are charged
with arson. They are accused of hav-
ing burnt the Columbia house lad
July.
, The evidence brought out tended 10
connect the fire with the bitter rivalry,
between Grand Forks and Columbia
i and to implicate prominent Gr'and'
Forks citizens 1n the raoent incendi-
ary fires which dest'roy'ed hotels at
Columbia and Greenwood, The affair
has caused intense interest all over tbt
district,
- SAI.CTG COST AN ARM.
British Gannett Presented by Admiral
Dci'ey With 280.
A despatch from Gibraltar, says:el
Before tailing from here on Stuidayl
afternoon for New York, Admiral
Dewey and the officers of 'the United
States cruiser, Olympia presented 230
to Papplatl, a gunner of 1he British,
battleship Devastation, who, while the
warship was tiring the salute in honor
of the arrival of the ,American admiral,
Sept. 4, had his hand 'shattered by the
exploding of a charge while 'he was
ramming Ibome. Pappiatt's arm has
been amputated,
ADVANCE OF THE PLAGUE.
rent Vidal Eases Reported at Minaret 15
t;nn11arn Russia.
A despatch from Moscow, says:-:
Prince Oldenburg, who is supervising
the Government's efforts to isoiale and
stamp out the bubonic piagun in South,
ern Ituesie in Europe, reports OM
eight oasis -four of them faani-have
appeared at Samara, °'pita] of I he Gov.
crumpet c ' the same 00110. Saln11. 1
350 miles north of Zareff, near which
city Ult. plague first appeared in Euro.
peen Russia,