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A Visit To Yokohama.
The ,Jnpanovo you, 131 pari etweeenmed
to the AI1he1'iO'In dollar and le ntad1' up m
ane: huudrod 8003, 01113111 are further
divided into ten rine 031011, The desire.
etoted paper yen hoe for mala' ,ears
been at an average equal exchange with
the Mexican savor dollar (etlne about 75
rents gold,) widish is the on, rent 00321 and
monetary unit threugho11 China Hued the
Far East. From Hone Kong to il1outrol2l
Ono tlrll(0 of aid dea10 in dollars and
/.eats, realizing handsome premilme Bu
the exchange of Canadian or United
States (loners for yens nr Mexicans. At
the otiioes of the C. P. It. 0o,'s a1Onte,
near the cricket ground, passage may be
secured and all information given as to
future sailing- and a000mmodations and
n•sistallce rendered in arranuing for
side trips and 0onneetion5 at the differ.
ant parts of call. The Nippon Ynsen
Melia (United Japanese Company,)
owned and managed by the government,
have a largo fleet of coasting oteamere,
cnnnectieg with all the ports of Japan,
ICoroa mod North China ; and snipe are
de"patched to Vladivostnei(, in Siberia
and Manilla, in the Philippine folando.
The Pensinolar and Oriental, the Nord•
deeteeher Lloyd, and the illeseneerl0e
Maritime Steamship Companies have
also offices at Yokohama. Railways now
cnnne01 all the principal e13i o in Japan
stud the government has now in 01'el'a-
ti0u 1,0113 miles ofroma and 483 mils in
eremite of coustruotiou. The (ire! limns
were built, equipped and managed by
13ng11311 engineers, but all the railway
employee's are now Jepaneee. The post.
office is or) Mein street and nails depart
weekly for Europe and at an 8801110( of
tan day, interval for America, Japan is
n member of the Postal Union and the
uniform live sen rale for a foreign loltetr
of fifteen grammes le eh/treed. To any
part of .',pall the letter prat )3 two nee
fe.r each qua• tea• enure. The telegraph
td1,',' is on Main street, There are Innes
111 011 parte of lapin 13(1 t)3) (huge i8
Tureen see for the ln•"t: ten I(ena, (a,inlu•e)
01101'(l(3113',), and ten sen for inch enecee'1-
ing len characters, In n foreign language
the ele;r a is ten Fell far ('11311 n•r'r'I, A
,;'ids or too I, ,32'1 r.L• I( will gninl(i0'('13•
(n.tu' 3t 111r•l,a Ce into Japanese,
three rail, ;nates to '311301)0, Iho (:1110
3,0 regiiia from two in 'lure dnllnrs for
(•01.11 W1,1 11„ New 'York o^ M ntreel,
T tile tar: i+ h, r 01,1,1,10h -+rt l h ' 0131.
sin 133311 IS uu 113/110A 811 3! 300, h• min
me 111 adv', e, e ,f (1 r„uwi,:h time, 'P138
Ike l eh 0,1,1 1 , n, (. nu.nl rtes nod the
ilei Stam.. ( , ' llat 0111103.0' all. 11,
111101111Nippon Udnre, the broad street
1^i 113 '3 n•.)(- 1 from the 311,1,1 3.•
drat ,•e of the (,stem 11 ,11'', 1011101,
11i1j” dna the )Englisl, 3111)3,1,0. The flap.
'i ,tf, sod t1,, nolo'! of 16:13' cm,ntriee
111.1 e111Cy gni3113 one from ;toy p"int,
The 1((1),313(3, or elliee of the ln.•,I rover -
nor, is 111101001)' opposite the British Con -
mime, and the pesto1l1ee Ba diagonally
',meat from the United States C'nnsultito-
(heeral. Yokohama Kuuolo will 198110
passports fo' 11H01111OO11i1a 3111,1 vieiuity
open application through any Cousnlate
et Tultchatnn. Tol(to may be 010,3011
without a pa80port,bnt treaty regulations
do not permit any foreigner to go twenty•
live 1311 lee outside the treaty ports with.
not a passport issued by the Foreign
')Epee of Tokio and stanonel by the legn-
31,) of the eppllc3t3t. The name of each
place which the travel!el• wishes to visit
roust be written in the passport. With-
out inch a permit he canna even bny a
railroad ticket to any leterdor point, an,1
it it quite melees/ to attempt to evade the
restrictions, as no innkeeper will 30001ve
hien without a passport, awl the hastily -
'summoned policeman will return the
transgressor to treaty limits and future
permits %vi1l be deeded him. Within a
few years passport privileges have been
reuelt elrrtai led and their 1140 18 111119011
10 a shorter time. The 0i,ur tourist will,
immediately after arriving, tate tho rail -
limy train to Toltio, aisle.311 /only eighteen
Milos, and apply al iia legation in per-
ms forhis passport. One or too clays
uetutlly snfnee for the 00011111lgo of 1.33'-
mnlitics between the legation and foreign
office, Upon the expiration of the pass-
port it may be renewed and in every
0000 it meet be t•oterued to the legation
inning it when it has expired or when
the 13011180 has concluded its nae. It i8
hardly ueeddee0 to say that a peesport is
net trlunsfernb18 and thee some risk at-
tends any smell attempt to evade tho
regulations, At Kobe any coke' will
obtain a peeep0"1 for I(ieto from the
i(encho and if the traveller wishes to
run up to 1111030 for the day that tine
steamer wally in pore he had best write
ahead (enclosing the totality eon foe) and
11,00 the permit loft for hint al ono of the
Kobe hotels, Fel'eign servants Hulse be
provided with pltespol'te as much as their
masters and snout particularly if the ser.
viten, 1111 (1bh10130 A8 a rule the foreign
or European servant de quite useless in
the leer East. The tourist man easily
£1111 11, well-trained Japnleso boy,or valet,
end an amltl, or lady'(( maid, who can
't'ea't enough English to bent assist/moo
in 110101h11g ant( add Inuit to one's stay.
Their tyag08 range from eight to 10nrt0010
dollars and the employer does nob pro•
vide food or lodging in Yokohama or in
the larger towns where he makes any
shay. In moving about from puce to
p1(we the servant most of course be pro.
vided for. In Chino 11e may engage a
Ciliuemo boy and carry him as tar as
Hong Kong and in the same way soave
1311 Indian servant who 7v111 0311001111 the
way 110ross that country, At either hotel
in Yokohama he will find a bulletin.
board with the cards of the professional
guides who aro disengaged, A guido is
necessary to any one who would oom-
forlab(y travel to the interior, et off the
beaten tragic, and 18 anadvantago to any.
menet 81)0ak111g Japauerse. 11111eir guild,
the Kaiyusha, authorizes a charge of one
dollar a day for 0330 or two persons, and
twontyflvo 218010 for each additional per.
eon. The goid0'e travelling expenses are
paid by the employer and one dollar a
day is allowed Jiro for hie hotel expenses,
Tinto and annoyances are saved by om,
ploytng a ',aide. Interior Japan with
and with(. at a goido is a wholly different
plaoe, The traveller has little to fear for
ti
hie health in ,Tnprtn, where 3111131•, raga
lotions and quarantine are strictly en
fo'eed. There are l•x"e'lent fo sig
physicians 111 ((301132 per', foroig3) ant
3211G1v0 r
v hospitals anti wall-oyuippnd 1)3233•
110101034. The fnr"'l310 i' ehnn1d bu 00rofn
in 11101 ; !rink un water that hoe net
been boiled end filtered or een/100sed ;
avoir' shell fish, all ground fruits, no.
marked vcr'tablo. and Med drinks. In
addition, foreign 0081dan13 Orr ,llgho3t
Asia at all rimae 10011r the mllo';ore, hell, a
Meanly fitted piece of 113(11(181 0overing the
5tena0h and preventing a sudden chill in
that vital region, the fatal symptom In
other diseases than cholera, Moreover
he avoids the mi'ldav sen end els a pre
veuliv8 of 13031103ie /drinks a 0113( of hot ton
or coffee before deseen'ing to the ground
door al a house or taking the morning
WA. Iu country te,•honsal and 30033.
01110 «la000 ho 030(3 find the counterfeit
label o! every foreign beverage, but such
are wisely avoided. Bottled mineral
waters are safe01 and that of the Hirano
spring near Kobe i8 very line A.pollinaris.
Toa iu tiny ((ups la offered everywhere
and satisfies thirst b st, bat as lite
fresh tan' unadulterated green tea is
mooh stronger than than the tourist is
110011 to at h one lie will (incl it u power
fel stimuhlut. Shaved ice may alwey13
be 11'11 for it in summer tune.
1' 1WS 1113 4' 1 \''i'C1'1'd1T1l.
O 'le lieu Preeideut lful'iuiden tock the
':1111' 111 the town hall, (Jerrie, on 1''ori.
113 d,ty marling, 0110(011 23rd, there were
I n L enough present to gn 011 WW1 the
',rota)((, so an adjo)lrumsnt was made
mail 1;1330 p. m„ at which time the awl 1.
mice was 83111 far too small for the in.
te'ea111113 nl1Olt+.inn.
After 0short speen11, in whioh he ro•
"rotted the meagro108s of the attendanoe,
the eheirmau introclneerl 11. Cleland, who
g've a useful and lengthy address on
"The !)airy," Ile 1rged careful feeding,
Much depends upon the ((hose maker ;
a tire` clues cheerio maker is the 0110apes1
u the end. ''here le no clanger of over
production if the cheese le A I /palely,
although the lower gravies often fail of
Eluding a good market. Ship only good
oheese Irma your factories ; it is bettor
t0 piok out the faulty 0088, because, in
testing at the large markets, one or Iwo
faulty cheeses often injuries the value of
the whole shipment ; or if a faulty cheese
is shipped ht ihon;d be so marked. Tho
speaker diel net Savor any particular breed
of eaitle for cheese purposes ; he believed
11 selecting gond Canadian minters, in
Mead of depending on any pmt(oular
strain of stood( "I)0 everything y'ou
k00w." he Raid impressively, "t3) improve
tire dairying bnsinees, and filet out as
much its pas011)10 tern you don't homy,"
and the next five years won hl show even
to greater improeemont in dairying than
the Live years past. He claimed that the
dairying business wile the mlt1118tay of
the country, netwithstnnling the import.
111108 of 01,' other branches of farming.
As 11 food for cattle h" said 03110 and peas
are good, tho0gh nothing could tale the
patio of corn. A f•'w acres of oats or
pugs 00111,1 tide over the period When
erase 10 14eLl'00. lever feed Swede ter-
uip0, which ta111ted the 0111041) 31131 Often
rendered then' lulu n•I(ou tt a ; Grl yet m,l
Gnrnlp' and r0angnlds are perloctly e tfe.
It is bettor, eseecially in war a weather,
not to mix the morning sod evenings
milk. Ile 1,,bon3ilt .18 or 20 (Miry 013400
cold profitab:y be kept on a 100.33010
farm, and sh 'wed 1114311,310e1 where from
51.10 to 111,411 loot heat netted, to fife
,3. nneetio 3233 03131 31 00(.0 g Sud word for
11,1 thin rattle,
J. C, ',Morrison, of Winthrop, )p, W310 the
11001, .Oe .2341', hi+ s- b,;,.,1 been. "The
110,,." N:)cttothe c)w113.) beg es,e, his
n14311 l), [11 1113/03 1,:1111,61,2 1,11:11111 030
1.11 ferns. 11e ,1•t._-, f 3 II.: 110 ;.,41.11.
the 311431'ge of beta' et tilthy 33 unlltl and
11 11'.1 the given a prop .3, (deuce it was
el-'e,ly in it • 111')11-. aa,' 13100 31 de,ierip.
tion 'f a 31(1138 t.f a *ill p1 f, 1111.1 gave
h1A 011i1110,1 [111(1 the tires ,Idre f,, the
m1l t profitable r, th:. 11001r' 3 of this
(033.3'3333, 11 . nett 1,11 in keel,' ,g pig,' al.
ways in „no( condition. The most
profitable time to kill is 011011 tit0 animal
weighs from 200 to 2.21 pounds and gave
an ably pat argument ill support of his
statement ; It costs more—par pound—
to pot on fles11 after that date, and will
g„ncr.1lly bring more per pound 00 that
time. lie thought a pig would (anon as
g0iclt'y on raw feel. Ile thought it pays
batter to soh 3a hong at 20011,0„ live weight,
in August told September, when the
price is high, than to feed away till he
weighs 73 pomld0 more later in the
ver
Dr. Armstrong, .0 13nrri0, was next
called upon and delivered an address on
"Stehle Management." :tie hegau by
saying that it )a a )nistnke to think that
warmth is all a stable require,' ; ventila-
Lion is of Its murdl ueceseity, as foul air
will soon 'undermine the animal's health.
1Io condemned a prevailing system of
vetttila1io11 which eon/Mite of an aperture
at the beasts head when" it becomes sub.
jeer to drafts, wind, etc., then proceeded
to describe a simple )Lad cheap conte'!.
Tines whioh wo111d he a ;from improve-
ment ; place the ventilator higher than
the animal with e b etrd 0110,1te,1 30 110 to
drive the air upwards, 014 that no draft
e11n strike the beast ; a single orilioo
through the roof, so defended with elate
that wind comet 1)o directly down it.
Stich a c3ltrivltllne lvonhl a1way'0 keep
the stable pure without the least danger
to the stock. 01'001000 and broken win.
(Lays are itijnrinos, especially in cold
weather, being producers of many (Baena.
es, A very important feature of the
stable should be )t0 drainage. ''A 'stable
not properly drained is not the 'tome of
healthy stock," in his op1'ion. The out•
,dile '330111 is not sufficient 1 there sbottld
bo aMain 1,1 rho entrants() to the stall
covered with wrought iron grating. :Chia
coda easily b0 cleansed out w1h011 tomes.
gory and would be It valuable assistant
121 Iwoping the air peen. Keep 1110 debit,
Mean and properly lighted. Darkuoes is
not conducive to hoalth. ''lace the light
behind or above rho animal, so it will 1101
fall 0)/031 311,1 eyes but rather 311)on the
objects about rho beae1. elo denounced
cut food 1,0 1 fr1itfrl , wee of disease in
32030(19 1 it I1 11„13 pr13)831333 ma8tiu11.t0d 33)
the 810103313010 bimodal overworked end
tulios, indlgostione, inllatnmatiou0, arc.,
foll'w, Its use was 113333)103 due to (1e:dth
and he 13(0(311! advise 131103102)0 to avoid it.
With cattle, however, the oleo 38,1:+
different, as they ro-mastielto their food.
Ile closed his address by saying a few
73(013(8, by special rated "t, 011 tinning 011
the jaws of cattle. These are of wide
Variety, many being harmless and if re-
moved early will not injure rho boast for
sato 0r Ilse. Bone tonsure unfit the beast
for human use as those tumors limo
(though be believed wrongfully) been con.
81)1018(1 eanoer0u0. IIe was listened to
closely thronghoct and delivered I1i0 ad-
dress in a concise manner reflecting
credit upon himself and upon the village.
The last speaker gee President flip.
Fadden, his subject being "Tho Edu-
cation of the 11or50," No handled the
Subject ably and imparted muni infer.
motion upon that enbjeet and wo regret
being unable to remain longer to give to
report of his very able address.
At the close of his address the meeting
broke up. -131st Huron Gazette.
Donlillion ParIiamerit
A proclamation t(up11ar0 in the Gazette
revolting tee o'''rations of the SOott (o'
111 the oily of St. John, N. B., lu come -
/100.m of the result of the recent vote
thorn.
Lt,•Coh Ma021433, of the Sixth 1''uoilliero
of Montreal, has been appointed Ile own-
1ntu1er and Major .Macdonald, of the
13101, highlanders, Toronto, tri adjutant
of the Canadian tetra to go to Bisrty
this 00210.
It le reported ilea negotiations aro in
progress through llnn. ,luls Ile'u•n and
Mr. (lhollokor, looking to an abandon'
meet, by the Dominion government, of
the prea10ntimet 03tnlhh2111•ed t44t1itlnt
3)10.1',, Yeti/ ('fly an.i Connolly.
Hammel Willow, chief of the fish roti•
tine brannh lm new ou Illy 3)3313 li'10e
1130(01 the PtL,11i. ,.,:,ave, where his labors
g0 commissioner enquiring into the O. C.
flatteries are ended, IIe+ is now visiting
t), 31. niW)11113211.3•h.yat S011(10t.
.1 '''1111111'111 0"((111)0 I of ton »i3 chef.
.reeve of 1 Mild . '"3(3111,, 11,13(3)' 1133
n" 1 : 1), 131111 to, 1 1.1141 ..y Wel .1.
( 11 (03.131130 1 Kingsbridge, and 1'.
1.- I 116 1, 331,0,,.. 11 the meat;3,•:•
..f 1 u u. Dols iu ' .).1rd to improving3', r3 .114esa 1( t b.ar, ,
The pet ',111 - dap natant lulrnutll :n
th,31 lit' r the 3,3.3 133 h::. the eYer13 0'
!rare: 10 for Great Brita)n and Ireland
will be r dun',) 3,3 3J) eent4 per pound
lull that a 111rre.pm:ding ro'lu'alou of
five /Tuts per pseud will be nude in 1)13
rates "n parcels for foreign 100ufrl..8 fat••
warded via Eng/and, ,
It ie stated that already forty ela3ms
for rempels(13L14 q totalling up some h J1
11111 1011 03 1101 030, have been for.
warded to the lieher30- 310p11rtment by
the eeale•8 of Viotoria, 13. C. The re-
newal of the modus vivendi, consomme
011033 rho p310s0se of tho treaty of arbi•
tration by the U. S. sensate, will deprive
the 80ale•0 of any elalln for colnpcnsee
tuna this year.
01,'.Ilaggart 0110 W11130( upon by a
deputation whiell asked that a subsidy
should be granter' to the 0 -fount forest,
D031111n) and 01014fu3,1 railway. There
were present 1lesar0, \IoMulle1, Laurier -
kin and 1proaie, UI, 1'.'o ; Rorke, Me.
Koozie and Cleland, 31. P. 1'.'31 ; J. J.
lohusou, mayor of llie1foi'd ; James
Bowes, reeve of St, }'meant; T. Giiray,
reeve of Euphrasia ; 1)icl(son, reeve of
Egrenlont ; Brown, reeve of Durhatn
Evans, of !Hertford ; and Macfarlane, of
efarkdale. This railway company, which
got a charter two sessions ago, proposes
to construct a line of 43 wiles from the
terminus of the old Northern railway to
the Grand Trunk at Durham, and the
de13,gato0 urged 11183, as Grey had been
negloet4d in the 'hast, the time h (d now
arrived for 11 to receive its share of any
railway subsidies that are going. Mr,
i(aggart promised the lienal consider.
aeon.
Henry Wade, reroute, Secretary of the
Ontario Arts A00'eiation ; ltichetd Gib-
son, Delaware, President of the Short
Horn Breeder's' Aeseeh1t)on ; N18hola1
Awroy, Pd. 1'. P., !'resident of the Cu-
terio Axial Association, and !!Toll. Allan,
President of the Ontario Fruit Grower's'
Association, waitedon IIun. Jahn Car-
lin, in regard to malting arrangements
for live stook at the World's Exposition,
Chicago, They asked that the Govern-
ment defray the cost of transportation of
live stook, the iusurauoo and cost of all
while there, as well as when the cattle
ware in quarantine on 111810 return,
They also wanted the privilege et selling
while there. lair. Carling said that he
would unite with all the Provinoial
Goverum0nt, an 1 do all he could to 1011(0
the Canadian exhibit a eueme0, In his
opinion it would be better not t0 matte an
r:Vl.,lbit at all than to have a bad one.
The Govorumeue deoided to have an ex
hibit. A31 order.10.0000031 was pegged
inviting the Peovinolltl Government to
take port with the leounini011.
Maggio Donagho', who lived several
months on dog flash at Shelbyville, Inc.,
in the hope 'hue )e would aura her of pule
mon31ry oousumption, i0 dead. For a
time the diet aeetned to benefit her. Stray
ate seven dogs.
A training home for women, in which
laundry wont, the care of poultry, sad-
dling and harnessing horses, manage.
moot of the dairy, and in short, every•
thing nooessary to fit a lv0m111 to keep
house on a small inecnn0, lute recently
been established in Surrey, England.
Wooden shoos ate made in large quan-
tities in Grand llapid0, 013011., whioh is
the seat of tho industry in North Amor-
10a. About Sixty paha per day are made,
and a market is found for them all Over
the eo0nery, They aro sold to those em-
ployed in establishments tvhero cltemi•
oals are employed whioh are destructive
to leather, Basswood 10 need filmset al-
together in their manufacture,
Who said the 0olorod rano was not
progressive 7 There are now 2 colored
*omen lawyers, 24 do0tore, 0 civil en.
(3)ueere, ID photographers and 312 artists.
There are also 112 colored' women pur-
suing.etudi000abooad.
eee.ee,we•'+e:wemArete..,mm ,.m,- cenwsdw.luomamte.veaa.
APRIL 8,
Brussels Council.
The regular meeting of the Counci
was hold on 51001(0,' evening. Owing t
the absence of Reeve McIntosh ConnellInv McCracken 10118 voted to the nhalr m
motion of J. Grower and Gen, Thomson
11
A 1010e of last meeting read and
Passed. The following amounts wee
presented
erre. J. lilashill, Amity, $ 4 00
itfre. Wallao0, charity, 2 00
W. 143, Sluolair, electric ilght, (i3 70
W. II, Kerr, printing, 0 UU
Mrs. Williams, charity, H 00
hire. Brown, rent, H 0
Moved by 1103)0301 ilos,, seeenled by
Jno, Grower that the above moments b
paid. Carried.
Teudere were opened for plank and
cedar.
plank cedar
Qoernngosser, 11,25 11.23
McDonald, 11.50 10.00
u nlit:mane1! gravel, /weanedee/weanedJ. Webster•, 411} 02
R.:'313ICoy, •ll.{ 00
1). Shine, 114 031
D. ticitilian, 434 70
W. 00113001, 48
.1as.1(olly, '18 0(i
.
Joe. Lott, 7 1314
1Or'q)ing 0he,t,
D. Shine, $30 00
D. McMillen, 2.i 00
Thos. Stewart, `9`? (10
Moved by John (leeway, seconded by
George Thomson that the tender of elc•
Donald bo accepted for lumber ; 11. ,Ile.
Key's for graver 1 and Thos, Stewart's
for RC1'anln 8t1eet, Carried.
113'.law No, 9, 10312, defining the Julies
o3) duo. Bronrlf)•'1 was read three time,
11011 punted, );is duties are Village
coustnb e, Truant officer, Sanitary 10-
01eotor, Fire fu,pector, Caretaker of
Pere Department end Strict labor'' -r,
The hours are t 3,111 7 a. 311. to 1; n, el,
(:ottne11 them ndjo1rnrd.
1/.18 i'.30 LElk2AL.A17H3,
The report of the Cntnmlosion•n' of
0r0w11 Lauds o1101V0'32at there w".0 1,.
13111l8l' ( i 30'411tiu3 in value •+1,022
sold 1Jaren.. the year. The amount. cel•
cited 3)11 W.!..01111t ',f these 011.1 former
sale., Was 1,01'1, 'lite elL see of
h, 711 im 1 til 1 L-, 1I1'e'
aste ur tl grett,t :tteot, .(ud 10 1.11e f,unta
1e.4si,3'4 t.tiottelvd to be the f:nurite
113,3.101,1 acquiring mining lands. The
tuw't of ('111303 31 eel) l la,, -lo sol,! luau
2.111 3113 s aggregatiog „'31 ,, Phe area of
grammar 111 hoot land 1011 1101.111, 1111
1113' 11'313 100, a,3gre:sctln ; 111 0111713'!too) •
7,7113) acres of x1111017 laude were ,old
e_tgl'egalblg 331.1,019 ; the collections. were
31G,80) ; the to -a. nolle:dons of the de.
sari: feet were 51,103,818 ; the tots) dis.
bnrse,nents were $:)10,;2$, of which *tee-
ms658 was co'np0usnfioa for mber lin800
account of cattails titlnbetil' Iintit5 e032130•
10g been declared part of the Indian
reserves, and telt011 by the Dominion
Government. The total oolleotiol's for
the year from woods and foresl0 0mennt.
eel to .$1,023,0111. which inolndes 5172,-
551 011 amount of bonneee, leaving the
revenue from 1110be1 dues. oto., $850,000.
1) is estimated tut' fires last year 10,1,1red
100,0.10,04)0 feet of pine timber more or
less, the estimated lose being about $755,
000. On Crown lands about 05,000,000
feet were injured. The total cost of fire.
ranging serv(0031 101,+ $20,013.
(r4 -1.00m 'tt1 "3(+'1,00?,
Prince h1,umtrcl( was 77 yore" old
Friday.
A elontlber01 caused extensive damage
111 Chicago last Friday,
It is estimated that the total east of
the World's Veer will be /?22,220,100.
Six 00011 WON killed iry no explosion
in13. dynamite ft story at 'Bessemer, .4t,,
Friday.
The (3,1101110ts intend to enete01 every
seat in Ireland at the conking general
elect101).
The suffering among unemployed per-
sons in Melbourne and Sidney, Ao0tralia,
)s very greet.
The Duchess of Pastrana, Spain, who
has jest die,', has beque1LLlle,1 the greater
part of her estate of the Jesuits.
While Rev. J, Z. rlrmotrnne, L. 3,, D.,
of Gloversville, N, Y„ 1,1)41 33181101ii11 last
SSundayevening a mous, $1101111/0001-1up
the register, and consternation seized the
woolen of the congregation, 1)e, Arne
strong could not pr0,0031 on 110c01ut of
the tumult and he udjon'33e,1 the meeting
While W0111011 330130)1 1)311 11111,
Antoine Juritch, living at DresniIuo, is
said to bo 190 years old. Ho still works
in his viueye.r,1 and gem to eh0rele every
Sunday, although it is (1 1,100 1131111',1' 101111i
away. His oyes are good, atld his nye•
brows grew 0,3 that they have to be ant to
prevent theta from ols3uriug his eight.
Nis mother diol at Ella oto of 190, but
his hither diet' young.
The coning giant 110es in 'Wh1tin,•
ham, Vt, fie is 1a1 new, being only
134 years old. Me 1111110 i0 Myron Jil.
sol, Ire is 0 feet 111 Snob00 tall, weighs
300 pnuud0, and f3) still growing rapidly.
.1 fav days ago Myron's father sent an
order to a clothing llrin fora pair of
trousers for his boy. They oohed for 39
1001115 waist measure and legs 10 inches
long on the inside ((roam. The lirm 3111y
this )0 the lougeot leg 111easthro they ever
heard of.
The sale of the library of the
Into John B. Gough at 1o'ton
Tuesday brought out some fanlo1s
buyers. The most opiriled bidding and.
the best prioe8 wore called out by the
"Crniltehnnl(iana," of whioh a number
of stitched pamphlets and handsomely
bound volumes were offered. The primes
on these works ranged from $7 to $300.
A beautiful first proof stool plate en.
graving of the "Worship of Bacchus,"
on Indian palter, by George Oruikshonk,
brought $55 only, while four water colors
signed '•y him were purllhased by Walter
Aldrich, of Providonoo, for 1(201. An oil
painting by the same artist, entitled
+Grimaldi. in the Barber Shop," was also
bought by ltlr, Aldridge for $300. There
Were about 4,000 volmos in tho collootioo,
n
1
0
0
e
et.
11'111 , Cie trip of tko lfi.r ,. 1 turf,'
Ir,,,, J3. i', N,,o' '3313 cur peovismo.
310, amt 11111 1)3 C00,11 11 3i 1 t ,fat 1, et 'e
an:l run 3,0 b. tn';. '1',vu 1311)11 pa4:rd
s'• 11 : e 1 I, oi 1:,'313 tots (1 h. r1
t0nchieg their 11110, 1 hell, in a moment
f de;pan:Uimo, 011n1-69Iv ,vbrzested kill
in:; 1110 .1)). Gnu of 010 0a1lor, brought
Jack noon the deck, and he wee gin/Otto
slk',t. Tee rook mole oherge of hint, and
that night the calors r0(0lluel in 0hnice
dog steak. Jack lasted for two lays, and
on the third day a 8111 hove 131 sight and
a stock of 31rrvi0deu0 wag seemed.
A Philadelphia telegram Of Sunday
n11.03 1 --0a11111V 1,,,lpelteefal'y, like a
011111( asleep, Walt Whitlnlul peeved away
Saturday evening. 111 had been weaker
than rental fol' some dav0 past, but for
50,11e 1'0'0033 hie condition fled 1101
become public property. IIe hal a sink.
ing "1)011 F1eley night, bet re snored.
sem :'1v1:at. Again at, 4;;31 Suter/lay
afternoon he began to sink. A 1710ssen.
'fur Was hurriel1y sent for his physician,
Dr. Alex. 'McAllister, who reached the
poet's bedside 01101'tly aftorword. The
dock ,r found )Ir. Whitman in a dying
condition and 011 informed tho.e around
his bedside. Ile asked the patient if he
00fiered any ran, and the whispered
answer 01,0 ..N0." Twenty ininnt00 113.
f.'r his ilea; h he ,aid to his attendant
"Mary, rhi3!." 'These 1003131 the last
words utter, d by Mr, Whitman. Ilia
breathing became fainter and fainter,
and at exactey 11;15 p. ul, 1h 10t98011 /may.
At the time of the goo 1 gray poet'(
death his bedsidu in the humble little
femme 001)31ge where he pagers the 1 axe
year's of his We 1084 sn(001111d0d by a
little group cotl810tins of Thomas B.
!loaned, 01 Philadelphia, a close friend ;
H0aree .L. Troolble, his secretary ; D.
McAllister, and hie housekeeper and
faithful mail attendant. The 310.1A of the
(13313311 was cabled to Lord Tennyson and
ether friends in England, his biographer.
Dr. 13110130, of London 0,11(11)0, luui
friends in then oenntry.
1892
SWed030 is the most Prominent country,
for out of a p.pel1311ou of 4,774,409 only
8111 fro Raman Catholir,s, or 1(1 out of
every 100,000 ; and next, to it in this re•
e3net le Norway, wide', is titular the
sante aovereigu, anti has only 309 Ilutnan
Catholics out of 1,8134,1311 inhabilaut3,
or 27 out of every 1140,000, I0 both of
these (smuttier» the mace 01 tiro 1)3)1)1110•
Gan adhere to the Lutheran Proteetaut
01331rch.
Ti•• attetnpt of the State of Illinois 10
exterminate the English ;marrow 1)1,33030 seems
to be more expensive than suecessfel.
In three months 410,000 sparrows have
been been killed at 2 colts a head, but
the number of the living parr,ws re.
main as large as ever. 011 the other
hand, feexpsnienced mereetnen are
makiue life dangerous to a large pert of
the people of Illinois.. The English
sparrow will not go.
The (1.P. It, Company, with commend-
able enterprise, will sen,' a splendid ex-
hibit to advertise its resources to the
World's Fair in Chicago, L. MaNi,holl,
gore eel passenger agent of the road, 1•e.
en )tl,v called upon Chief IVillord A.
Smith, of (ho trallspmtarion deportm'nt,
with a view of 0ec0rieg space for an ex.
Mbit. It f0 the inteutio,l ..1 118 eotnp•uoy
to send 30 Chicago a full p.olsenger train
leserviceru, 0Ode13 of til" ocean steamer. 111 Sts
An nnilergrooud lata+hon been discover.
ed three miles from (':meso,', Idaho. It
was found by a well• Tigger. At a 401.111
at 10 foot Wear, pure lake water rail out
over the seance for a time, and t'u'n set.
tied back t1 the eat•Ih's level, The most
curious p.rt of it is tluat1811 were brolght
to 1103 sarfae0 by the overflow, They
have a pe0ulist1 appne.rau, e, and are
01;101004, 111d11111111)g Cell (Ile. at'e 11,111,30.
gi'001110oh. The spring has attacted
mace attention, awl marl,• farmers 111
the vicinity fear that (:,61' f.1,1us will
drop into the 3alt,.
1 are finest and mos, complete dividing
engine in tit .t a'bl has ju t berm ram•
sifted by Professor 11.".11,10,1 for t1
Johns IIepalo1 Univrsity, 1 Baltimore
Several year's have been require.! to ),•r•
fret ties machine., which vett rule I Om,.
000 1111ce, to the inch, and the greeteet
0311' lies b...:, taken to severe its t 0031,•
renniu3. 114 33)11 f n;' is to rule 31.w+ line
plates n,ml Po, spectrum analy3)8 ; opiate
r gratin'' f this hind, ahem five inehe3
in 1114111 t 3..110111111. 1 wi4:, 22,0110 lines
in the, 101)11, t,.l(,o ah nt 1,, to .ek of 134132.
.toot ,v:,.;(, 11:13,1 ,111.1 .1',y 01 It mpiete
The attention o3) the pas.engers on the
f,rry.boat Erie 011 131, 9„10 trip from the
Erie depot to New Fork Smutty morn.
Ing 1000 841111010,) by the notions of a
Stylishly.tlrossod young mrtn, els bo
p3Lssud through the cabin he arranged
his tie and hat in front of the sumer
and, after brushing 1)4013 11few rcirao-
to•y hairs in his ulntlsiteho, )13•a3ti1 lilts
the "wound cabin, looking (mite pleased
with 11111self. 330 eyed (very woman
with what he evidently thought %VILA 11
very ra.ptivatin3 glance, and tool( a seat
0313300ito the only unattended female in
the e'shin. - 1)tu'1ng t'se entire trip 11,1100s5
he st,11,3l at her, and every Limn slie
raised her eyes he wont,' 'mirk ',lightly
or raise his That n little, nodding to her.
S' intent wile lie upon making an im-
pt'04eim1 that he diff net seen to realize
tint nearly every ((thew paesengne in the
cabin was watching him. P110 young
woman, a pretty girl about I0 or 20 years
old, (lid not succumb to his attentions
on lite boot, but this did not tlis0onrage
hint in the least, and when the crowd
was about to step on the deck 110 took her
arm fnmtliarly and addressed 11ec in tut
undertone. Like a flash the young
woman broke his weep, her right arm
shot out and her little fist landed square-
ly nu the fellow's nose, The suddenness
of bio at1aolt, probably, more than the
force of the blow, laid hem on his book,
and before be could regain hie toot gayer -
al deeps of blood had triokled down on
his shirt front and oohed his white silk
tie, "You hod no right to do that,” he
exoia1mod, jumping up. "I mistook you
for an acquaf0tan00," while the girl bo.
gen to tremble and looked around as if
site had done something horrible. "Yost
did,1,)s 1" said a young roan totting
out of• the ero1d and addressing the
Number 89
(313010. "Well, 1 won't make a 01114111.1(13
in yon." He dated forward, but 1110
"mas1101" st0rted for the 51131'101108 at the
top of hi. speed. The erow.l yelled and
hooted after him, and 111 his 11:ght he
would not return for 1118 umbrella, wliinh
he had dropped. Then the young won -an,
whose 03330,10 right arm had won for her
the admiration of every passenger, be.
1111,010 (tial. She said eke wets 1•aizebetll
1(auimaun, and lived at Carlstadt, N. J.
She had 0011)0 to the city to spend
,y with h. r married sister, who
lives in least Sisty.liftll street. The
"ladykiller" will find hie umbrella in
the ferry holt&+ at the foot of Chambers
street.
People We Know.
It, Buchanan i0 away to IIeu8a11.
Ilfrs, Thos, Gibson is Visiting at Wrox.
eter
Robert Hamilton was in town last
week.
krt. Jnn, It'oe, B. A., wag in Toronto
last wee'[.
frank Strettnn Be home from Toronto
fur a few week+.
Miss !label .1' ckson )3 visiting her
sister at Termite,
31,.3 S0p11y 1leager, of Mitchell, is
V1.atug Mrs. A. Ko -Mg.
31031 bi'sie 3elt.,n, of Ien.rk1p, 11aa
conte back to 13rueeels.
A. CnuOley and wife and T. S, Himpb-
rie,s Son,taved 111 Wiugluun,
JIr,. (J'orge 13.•k1.0 aid .langbters are
away at Zurich 01 -'ting relatlhee,
Freddie Gilpin is laid 11)1 With au
attack of inflammatory rbnutnalism.
.hiss :Miley Sample Isle 33011 10 Burk's
Falls to tante a 1)o 3)1313 as milliner.
Miss ,Hary i%S,LOnehliu ha 4 1,111(9',) I1
0111)3011,111 '01 Milli/10i at G,ml)'rr, Essex
e.
`E, Grimo;dby, who tae been away at
()Nell Smnnd 3,4 =2003:3' uhenths, ie Welt
to town mean.
I.. W. Me i11oo i ltd Life, of (I Aerial',
were visiting at Dl. Hulme; for a few
day,' last week.
k.
'((,inch!((/ arse: n• W3- 3111 duty for a
74,31' days law w :el( u10e11,113 Maass, It's
not often be lays 330.
II. (i..nme,r, "f 131,',,,).: , wt.;
iter,'
for se,ter 11 .1 1.y, 3.! 11',111)11'.., 011
bi1;1m,'1,3,I. 3I, I) f mot((/.
C. W. ('rave.", T,sv41',, Y.t••.,eeger
110 .1 ,:' 3hr'
1. 1' 1
( ,'
..01.1+ 111 WWII pie
..13':1 1 1' 3) a r,) .3133
Mrs. , W, Laird end' 3131,3 en
r••hu•n-
elto!L1
St
,- 0,:3.Ito:avafteru'
tend8,i vi itto3''. ( i c.4 a' Titer ea.li1e'
and Tiverton.
Little !11 - Ida '711401 awls' at
7,T10i; 34-n), 3..-i,•, ; n •3 uncle '.mat
1(11111, 532,. went 0.133 1.1.111 11(., latter
front Brussel,.
Itev. 1t'. 1'. fluff is improving ni.)aly
now and is tilde to get about alfltongh
still sneak. Ile aw•orepdni:,.1 :Mrs. Cliff
to Toronto on Tueal313'.
Joe. Sell was on the Sick list for up.
w ud9 03 a week with e.nnething of the
se1atiea er'lar. IIe's able to get abunt
again Wo are pleased to 11101i170,
.hiss Maggie Smith has gone to Blyth
where she will fill the position of milliner
in D. B. McKinuen fi S,ui s store. The
ladies of Myth will be well In"ked after
this eea3013.
One day loot week I .1. Il',lme8, br0.ier
of 11. llohne9, of 1110 Clinton New Era,
had a suneesful surgical 'meridiem per.
formed by which an enlargement of the
hone of one leg was reduced, "planed"
down to ifs normal size.
(1. 4.. Powell, of Strati' "rd, a former
well known merchant of lsrusa0ls, bas r0•
331"ved to 'reroute where he luta 330118 )n.
to partnership with his brother in the
grocer- ba4n0s0 on College avow:le. Be.
fore leaving the Classic city Mr+. Pow.
ell was presented with $00 ,n gold as a
('dz•',, of the a"preciatlon in 10'111311 8110
'va0 held as organist in ries Central 3fetlt-
,'diet church. '1'110ir many old friends
here will them 0llcee031 ).l their 210113
home,
We are 0"330 t'1 heir that Merton, old -
,ret see Ot J:.:;. 11. Young, of Bloos0m3u,
Ilan.,
formerly of 11rn:•sels, has had
very serious time with one of his arms.
Ile sprained his 1v,i81 and 1110 damage
resulted in a sort of felon spreading up
bis 113'1) to his elbow. Ile had the arm
huh'ed and the bone geraped in three or
four places. The Drs. 01.1,111.101 to am-
putate it but Mr. Young would not cru•
sent, If 3110 present treatment 1)300021
elliraoin3ls the arm well likely always be
wi1T1. It has cathed a great deal of
suffering to the patient.
�'�I,t�al111Alt.
'C, C. Graham, of Lower W'ngham,has
been supplying Winghamiteo with lettaoo
end green enlell9 for the past couple of
weeks.
Rev, 1t. 11 •Cosh, of 'Nimble, former.
ly of Wiuglhun, has denidw,1 to acoept
the esti to the reetn'ahin of Christ
rhureh, (111061311111,1332(0!1 WAS vacated by
Rev. N, 13. 'Martin,
'rho foilolvi3l ofli:er' were sleeted )n
cot"1)111411 30(3)1 the foot b;11 chub: -
Manager, I3, 131i1 ; Captain, Charles
Stuart ; 1ecrat3t';y T1"1000re•, .1. Allenby;
11,00.141ng Committee, C. Strnu't, W. Al-
lenby and A. Bleat. The ((lob is now
open for 0110110114os from any senior club
in this or adjoining counties,
The Maple Leaf Lacrosse Club has
organized with the following Moore :—
Eton, rtes., Mayor Clegg ; IIon, 1st Vioe.
Pres., J. A, Morton ; lion. 2ttd ViOo-
I'res., W. II, Wallace ; !'res„ A. K.
Cameron ; Vioe/Free., 11, 0, 13o1! ; Cap-
tain, N, leargeharsou ; Treas.,
Chisholm , Iioa-Sec„ T. E. Coruyn ;
Fio,.Sea,, W T, Finney; Committee of
Management, T. 11 °oveyu, N. Faroe.
hereon, 0, Town.
A number of those in town interested
in base ball motand formed a olub to bo
called the "Park Nine B. 33. (3." and
elected the following oliioore :—A. 31,
)dttegrovo, Manager ; lt, Elliott Prost.
dont ; Thos. Bell, Vico•Preetdent ;
Angue,Cap1ain ; 1.1-I. Chisholm, Treas.;
T. $loLoan, Recording Secretary ;
Stuart, Pioateial Sooretary ; i'. Angus,
J, Allenby, 0, Stuart, Managing Cont.
mitten.