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Exeter Times, 1898-2-3, Page 3E BX1TR BRITISti TROOPS TRAPPED. AN INGIUNT cqo THE FIGHTING ON 111,8 INDIAN FRONTIHR %rave voei Placed ei,i laisadynetage ate Shoe Down. - 1100010/11000 00110111 zi 101'001 114.111 40 the Annals - Thrillicis Anionet era nespenite struggle. The troope breakfasted •early and etarted. at bout same a. in Witbirt rthout two males or camp tisay ericount- ere& oppotaition, and disposition's were made to atta,ele writes a correspondent of the London Tirass The artillery, escorted by the Fifteenth Sikhs:client/- ea a eases, hitt on the right and, coon- % ing into action 0 .gainst group§ diseer- aible the lower slopes of tbe naoun- tale, speedily dispersed themes The Denote were seat to the left to make thet flak eiecure, the Nortliamptorts and Sappers advancecl in the centre, and. the Thirty-sixth Sikhs on their right. The enemy, as usual, gave way before this direst attack, and hy eleven .m,, the summit of the mountain had. been. gained. with only trifling casical- s tleas. Tbe survey party at once erat to week, and Sir WilIiene Lookhart ar- rive& later and. joined 13rigadier-Gen- eral, Westanaccet on the orest •oe the ridge, whenee a fine view was obtain- able sof the country •beyond.. So far so goo& If onay we could al- ways advanoe and never retiie 1 So leng as we front our foes and attack the ani. press them, no naattee what the odds, so loing do they acknowledge our superiority and yield to the inevi- tabte. But our first raovement in retreat is the signal for them in turn to bessome the assailants. And so it was new. At two p.m., the retire- ment commericea, The Sappers and the Thirty-sixth Sikhs are first sent back to a position in rear, follosved lat- er by three companies of the North- amptotats. Thus five companies of this regiment were temporarily left on the crest by themselves, more then enough to hold their own against any imi:n- ber of .,Afridis, for there was STILL PLENTY OF DAYLIGHT, alrel support was close behind. At Ws time hardly an enemy was in sight; but as these companies were gradually wIthdrewn the tribesmen appeared as if by magic, run& pressing on •their heels, delivered a, hot fire at close range, causing many ca.sualties in the rearnmat company, common:led by Capt. Parkie. The men, however, rallied. bravely round their (a -Clime, and with great courage and coolness kept the foie at bay while the wounded were pickedup and brought along. Sergt. Lennen of this pompany distin- guieled himself by bie deliberate shoot- ing, and. set an excellent example of steadiness in a. trying situation whicb had the best effect. -The result was that. the supports in rear were at least safely reathed, and the casualties up to this tirae were oaly ten or twelve Elea wounded. The Thirty-sixth Sikhs, wall posted new, allowed the whole of the .North- amtpttants to pass through them, and, when they bad given them time to reath the foot of the hill, followed them down, easily keeping the enemy at arm's length and. incurring no casual- ties themselves. At the base of the 1141 they overtOok the Northamptoris, ivato, eneurabered by their wounded, lied been able to ineve only slowly; so Clapt. Haughton, commanding the .Thir- ty-sixtla, again took up poeitions eo cov- er their further retreat. At thispoint the. ground breaks up into deep stony ravetree. The Noethamptons enter- nenabely elected to regain camp by marching through ona of thew which ed. alraoet directly home from this point I say "unfortunately,' because :f attattked in eueh a situation the hest and bravest men must be dreadfully handicapped; companies and sections get broken hp and. (separated, and re- gular control ,or united action becomes impossible. And. something Of this kind hanpened now.- It was already close on six o'clock and getting dusk. The camp was only a short mile <list- wat, and, slowly trailing its weary length over the difficult boulder - strewn .bed of the strea.m, the head of the Northampton coeurien Was almost home; while the tail was still at the ;not of the hill in touch with the cover- ing Thirty-sixth' Sikhs. When Col. Haughton was assured by a, report sent to him that the NorthaniPtons were fairly started, a-ssuming them to be in nne with the Deraets guarding their eight flank, he withclresv, clear of the *ovine, and eastward of the hill on ‘7,bieh the guns .had been in action in the motninr•, in order to fulfil the role • assigned tolairriself of safeguarding the 'aft flank of the force on THE HOMEWARD MARCH. 'bortly after seven p.mhe reached snap with his regiment. , In the meantime a. tragedy had been • enacted inthe centre. A body of Af- riclis, who hed from the 'slepes above narked. the ,situation, swooped down on the Nerthametome entangled. in the re- visit, and, firing from the tigh banks oa the weetern side, they shot down the etratcher-pareies Who were nobly engaged in carrying off andeprotecting their..wouncled; and though officers end men battled bravely tor honor's cause yet tlaoy were not fighting on equal terms, and the desperate struggle went heavily 'against them, 'At thia junc- ture 6, conmeny of the ,Thirty-sixth Mae, under Lieut, Van Scomeree, nat ane of thoes that had been with Col. qatightote bet one that had, previously nen e,letaeled to support the geese ea,- surned to. theist, aed, and, taking the entree in flank and, rear, ottricated the Nortleinaptheas trom their perilous plighl.,Oid ceien, at Moue half -past seven, the roll was dialed, arid it Was fooled that Lietit, Fadden anal -six men, Were killed, Lieut. Trent and thirty -ane men wounded, and Lieut. Macintire awl fifteen •men missing. I ante ay here that these "missing" wore all kills& • A match peony found their She-atemniete in the next room, hotness the next day th the ravine wheeci Ile --Do yon suppoee she svotild Ithow the fight oce.brred, They had, Of it if Should kiss you? . course, beesi ,telpped tif •Clothing end She -Oh, eo, She is very deaf, 1 ar'me and ensue' of there sldied with fiworde, het their bodieehaa ;sot ether - wise heen,enueirgea, The furtlier ceeealties incurred. en tae Oth `we're: Doesets-Lieuts. Inglaaen and lYfercee teed six men Wounded: Fifteenth sikkis--Thive moil killed and three wounded; Thirty-sixth Sikhs - Ti men wounded. FEET OF CHINESE WOMEN. The Knell foot of the Chinese wmpan, whieh the Celestials call by e name signifying "golden lily," has always ex - silted the euriesity of Europeedia, writes Dr. afatignoe. I have no intentibe of passing in re- view all the motives that have been ad- duced. in order to explain why • the Obiathee heve for ages past mutilated the feet of women, wince' one is ju.st as entils.ely as the other. It is net until about the age of four or five yearn tlaat they begin, to produce this distortion. The result is gradually obtained hy the use, of tighter and tighter bandages that produce in the organ a double movement of antero -posterior flexion upon itself and of rotation of the 'last four ,toes and their metatarsalbone around the fleet metatarsal. The ef- feet of this firet movement is to break the foot into two parts -one of them anterior, comprising the toes and. their neeta.tarsal, and the other posterior and •comprising the celcaneura. The" soap - hold, bone, volich in this work plays the part of a benne is entirely put out of joint It is always more* le,ssdis- , placed and raises the skin of the foot, which at this level, sometimes ulcera ates. • After the foot has obtained a suffi- cient degree of atropby, and at the cost of considerable pain, the young Chinese Waltman has not yet finished, suffering. • She has to keep her feat cenetantly bandaged in 'order to be able to walk, anal even then a long walk is impossible, Till8 -atrophy of the foot brings about an atrophy of the leg', whichns reamed to the state of a skeleton, the muscles disappear- ing and hardly anything remaining but the skin. asad bone. • This atrophy of tbe leg contributes in a great measure toward, inereasing the trouble of walking and. balancing. The Chinese woman can walk only with a shoe made to fit the form of ber foot, This is provided with a flat heel whioh alone serves as a point of 'support for the, entire body. The point of the foot does not touth the geound, and the woman walkeoraewhat like club-foot- dd. persona. They are net very steady upon their feet, and when they be- come aged. have to use a cane. They walk with their arms slightly extended and performing the office of a balance pale; and with the pelvis thrown back and, the breast slightly forward, they seem to be endeavoring to preserve their center of gravity. When their heels are close together, the slightest push may upset therm A foot is so much the more appreciated. in pro- portion. as it is amaller. Among the rich Chinese ladies it.cioes net exceed 51-4 lathes, end ehe weenin is proud- er of her foot than of her fa.ce. The Chinese woman is very modest when it is a question of her feet. I have seveaul times attended mandarins' wives who were afflioted with foot troubles, and. who cemented only with' great hesitation, and in blushing, to aelow themselves to be examined; and even then they so arrange& themselves as to expose only the ailing part. All Chinese women do not have de- formed feet. This mutilation is mote frequent in the south than in the north, and in citlea than in the rural districts. The Mancha° women are not authorized to bandage their feet; and on this subjerst there are very formal . imperial orders. Some of the mie.sionary societies, and. especiallysonie of the female mission- aries, have for some time past been waging a war egainst this so-called. barbarous custom. They even, ad- dressed Tsoung lierames, beseeching that roe:caster to transmit their re- quest to the Emperor; but he answered them that the Son of Heaven gave his subjects the right to do as they pleased. • The Chinese regard a deformed foot as a thing of beauty. What would Queen Victoria say were she to receive a petition, signea by numerous Celes- tials asking her to forbid. the English dams -els to wear corsets? COMFORTING. Old Grentleman, at his • daughter's wedding -My dear, I don't see how I am to get along without you. Bride -Never mind, Pa, Since the ceremony was performed my husband has confessed that he hasn't enough saved, to go housekeeping, so you may not lose me after all. IIERO-WORSHIP. alra,'"Griram-eMr. Travelle, who has spent three year in Asbardee, says that there the more wives.a, manles the greater is his social. -importance. Tan't that strange? • . . Mr. Grirnm-I presume the people of that country admire hraverY. BAD- CA.SE,• What are you treating me foaa does Loss of memory, • Yon have owed me ca bill of la80 for two years. - SIZED VP. Are you the manager of this store? Yea, sirs 'What can I do foe you'? I wait to enter a, comelaint, Wliatai wrong ? I asked. that yeung ovornan over there if she had any ear muffs. She said, "For yeurselfi," it sisal " Yes," and. she Lola Ine to go to the third counter south', The third counter, eoath, sir, is the overehoe owlet er, ---- !9AbIGILEFOOT. 13o yox believe io tate total depravity of ii18.°1111ate things, ViThiseply• ? Ox conese I de. Never , smile home -late at night yet that ely oboe tares veers net in a tangle, ` 'HAVEL EUNNIGIRAXS, Wanted to Koine- P'astor -"Come out to oleireh to -morrow, 1f.el eure you will enaoe the /sermon" Friend- "Welo ie going te oreacia?" Jellenay-"Docs your . pa ever take yon to circuses?" 'roxiamYa-"Nol lia'a so tteereighted he saye •* just like throwin' money away," Shortleigh--"M'y tanele Frank is a Meltable Klerulike." Longlaigh-"Why how's that?" Shortleigb--"Plenty of wealth, lett cold arpa distant." An Irieh tenant observed that it was a "bard thing for a an to lie burned out of tbe house which his La- ther built and his grandfather was born in." Modiste-"Wha,t7fa1e of ieeeve would you prefer Miss re Fashion?" Mee De Fashion -'what is the correct thing this season -too tight or too loose?" Coal Operator, despendeetly-"I wiah' a way could be found to relieve the ghat in the coal market," Coesumer. ode fi den t I y--' Tell the dealers to give better 'weight." "This talk about free alcohol for use in the arts," began Gaswell. asked Gaabill. "Has that anything to do with painting the town red?'' Marmaa-"Ethel, what clo you mean my shouting in that disgraceful fashs toe? See how quiet 'Willie is!" Ethel counsel he's quiet; th,a,t's our game. He's papa coming home late, and I'm you.' Another Clever Woma.n-"IVIy wife can tell weat time it is in the middle of the night when it is pitch dark." "How does she do it?" "She makes me get up and look at the clock." Jud,ge- "Witness, you are forty years of age?" Female Witness--." Yes aeon! One gets older every day. And yet I was youeg once, heaving aaigh. Ale your Lordship would. hardly be- lieve how young I was." Immediate Assistance -'Mr, Grum- en" aald the chronic borrower, "I'm finaneially embarrassed to -day. Can Yee- help aim out?" "Cheerfully." Then Grumpy kicked his caller through tsvo offices and a long hallway. Attie Wit -"I don't. think that new prima donna will do," said the boarder who has the attic 'room. "She is too much like the furnace- here -at least her voice is." "How is thee?" asked. 1121'5. HaSberOft- "Very weak in the upper register." "Nature never mi makes a mistake n giving the animals on the globe their appropriate location." remarked Uncle Allen Sparks: "If the Asiatie elephant for instance, had been placed in the north frigid zone think what jtivould eost the poor creature for ear-anuffs." A bald-headed profeesor recently de- livered a lecture entitled "The Air We Breathe" before an East London au- dience,_ Ttt the course of 'his remarks he said: "It is quite impossible for ang person to live withoet air." -At this a email hoy called out: "Ow about yer- self, gust'ner?" • Mrs. Erimby-"No, marriage is not what single persons think it is T used to think that Brimlsy and I were made for one aaother; but we are sadly 1:11iS- mated " Mes, Ferson-"Why, you sur- prise me!" Mrs. Brimby-"Alas! it is toe true. Ile tells me I talk in my sleep, and rim sure that he often sleeps in my talk." a Easily Done -Of C011700 he thought he knew it all. A man always does. "When it coanee to the art of manag- ing servants." he began. "It's very easily done," she interrupted, :'Oh you es.dmie it, do you?" he asked. "I do," she said. "It's like managing cbildren. All tbst is necessary is to let tbem have their own way." At a country fete a oonjurer was performing the -old trick of produc- ing eggs fram a pocket -handkerchief when he remarked toa.a boy in front "T say, any boy, your mother can't get eggs without hens can she?" "Of course, she can," was the reply. "Why, how's that?" asked the conjurer. "She keepducks," replied the boy, amid roars of applause. - • ELDERBERRY TEA FOB, COLDS. On e of the most useful herbs that annoy our northern ferrners is the eld- erberry. The blossoms gathered and dried should be packed secure from dust. The teaernacle when needed, is we con- sider a, necessity in taking children through the Etat few years. It should be given freely, adding cream and sug- ar as for coffee. It is a laxative, also a narcotic and often allays an alarming fever or severe cold. • A LIFE IN A WORKHOUSE. A woman died at Reansey, England, the other day, aged seventy-four, who had passed the whole of her life in the workhouse of that town, in which es- tablishment she was been, being an im- becile and. the dill& of an imbecile mo- ther. This poor woman is believed to have cost the local retie -payers about £1 ,200. • A SAFE SYSTE-al, A young man of perhaps not too hon- eet puepeaes in life was in pursuit of it tailor who would. not be likely to prone him too oloaely for his hills, and was recommended to a certain Man. No, said this Miler, I never rend bills to nke people. You're just the man for me L said the • But, added the tallor, 'if people do nee pay without; being pestered, with conclude thee they are not nice people, and send the bills right along! „ The young man concluded that he would. try another taller. IN VIE IS oLL,NlySs al' TIME. Mabel, bow long has youeg Spoona- more bee,n ceming to see you? hour yeere ramie You cet tell him I think theta long enough. . Ile knows it is, He's ersming to see you next tistie. A MODERN WINTER. Daughter, Winter Of 1898 --Oh, ery,o• ther 1 Tbere's a lot of snow and lee otitdoora. Moteer-Is 'there ? Ann right one afs ter breakfaat and bring le a lot 'slid neck it, away. :Like as ate, it'll be apt , enmesh ter sresereent tone.ortow. TI1VIES HERE AHD THERR. Notes of Genera interest Front All 01 tne visored. A ton of coal yields ithaiost 10,000 feet nx gas. • The °allege of a sovereign cote the Heigliehl mint A rapee hes bee.n exhibited by a Dreadee watelatielfer. The leaaort duty on hogs has been rateed in Paris to twelve tranes. thAe clovoorxcliain.g` to a Germaa naturalist there are 366,000 epeoies of animals in s,161usefar:14Ydo.ivilized couelrY which flaes not grant patents on inventions is • Lies.detltyear the Berlin post -office for- wa291,000,000 newsrapera and. re- ceived only 19,700,000 trom. elsewhere. When the Singe en tunnel is completed the distance between London a,nd 'will be diminished 122 kilometres, liellway-tunnel building in Switzer- land can now be done at one-half tbe yooteeatr,saan,gclo.four timea as fast as thirty The largest rooni in the *world under cine roof „and unbroken by pillars is at St, Petersburg. It is 620 feet long by 120 feet ill breadth. Lately an olive -tree was carelessly de- stroyed near Nice, svbich had a coal - tine record of five centuries and mea- sured 36 feet in eircumference. Madrid is threatened with a strike of grocers' thopmen, who object to work- ing from eight io eleven on week days and till four on, Sundays, A writer in the Fortnightly Tieview thinka that 55,000 farmer,s, each with a 100 -sere farm, in Canada, could sup- ply all the wheat England needs. Since the year 1887-88 the percentage of recruits to the German army who could not read and write has stealile decreased. from. 0.71 per cent to 0.11. An Austrian commission recently appointed to consider the advisability of allowing the manufacture of arti- ficia1 wine decided in the negative. The number of sheep in the world is estimated to amount to 550,000,000. Of this number, between one-third 'arid one-half are believed to be merinoes. The numbers of letters, etc., forward- ed. last year by the German post -of- fices was 3,203,100,000, of which Berlin furnished nearly one -fifth -635,000,050. The latest project of the ranish .gov- erament is to introduce an income tax of 1 1-I per cent. a year, those having less than 700 crowns of income being free. Pittsburgh' firemen are now permit- ted to wear service stripes on their sleeves, different colors denoting var- tees terms of service up to the golden stripe for five years. Prussia seems to be enjoying bettee times than it did. a decade ago. In 1886 109,190 hectares of laud was confiscated at auction, while in 1896 the figure was only 66,802 hectares. ' Kehl has a new bridge across the Rhine, but the consulaint is masle that it ide so ugly a. structure that it com- pares most unfavorably with the olcl railway bridge built forty years ago. 11 is not generally kn•own that when a person falls into the water a common felt hat can be made uee of as a life - preserver. Placed upon the water, rim - down, it will bear a man up, it is said, for houra. A Liverpool court has decided that a nurse attending to a caw of infec- tious disease is entitled to extra pay- ment during the week which the rules of ttlee nurses' bomb require her to remain ill quarantine., An Italian named Galiellini has re- cently Ina& 'a boat of cement. Tbe fraraesvork is of small steel bars cov- ered with a wire petting, the latter being, in turn, covered with cement. The surface is 'then polished. It is claimed that such a boat costs less than a wooden one, and despite •its extra weight glides more easily through the water. Southern California, • has a " aft- . Handed Club," with a membership of nearly 2,000 scattered through all the principal towns south of TehachipePass. To be left-haaded is the only qualifica- tion necessary for menaberehip. An ° Australian physician, Dr. Owen ha Paget writes to the Lancet that wbereas'ahe average max tality from ty- phoid fever is 20 per cent, he has treat- ed over 100 cases svithoat a single death, though the patients lived in tents and could get no fresh milk. He attributes his success to, the free use of salad oil ae, an injection. The eared fires of India have not all leen extingushed. The 'most an- cient which still exists *as consecral- ed twelve centuries ago in cernmemor- atioe of the voyage made by the Par - sees whezi they emigrated from Persia to India. The fire is fed. five times ev- ery ' twenty-four hours with sandal- wood and other fragrant • materials, corabinea with very dry fuel. This fire in the village of Cochin:la, near Bulsar, is visited by Parsees in Iarge members during the months another] to the pre - aiding gehies of fire. UNSATISFACTORILY ANSWEREI), Five-year-old.. Diekey had been in- structed that whenever be wented any- thing be should pray for it. , He had prayed long and eartestiy for a bicyc:le, but his father, thinking him too young to ride orea, had bought him a tricycle, When lie awoke, en the rimming of his birthday, aria foam' the • threessoameler by his berlaide, he was disgested. Doesn't the toed know the differ- ence between a bieyele arid a trieyelei he whioapered. • WHAT PAPA THOUGHT. Marie -11 told papat WilIle dear, that I thoright you Were juet too lovely for any sista. • Willie-- And waat did be gag, dar- ling? ' • Marie-sHc &unl ae feared as Much. Now, whet repaid he have meant by that, Willie dear. ' ENGLAN.D CLAINS HER °WIC %very Weise acevernweet Wild sums' resit areas $adoeies Treaty nighta. A despette frolin London tags :-In a epeeth on a)rednesdee* .41.41))t at Bolton Mr, George 1% Carzein referred to the °amaze situation in terms which, thOugh not very ltiold, eeggest that Lbere le an intention to widexi the scope a' the ettereacea receetlY Made by numbers of time Geverement. Re said that as the ether powers \Vexes/towing . . omposigoe to acclaim special advans Ogee ia Chine, Great Britain was en - tatted to claim compensatory advan- ta%ges, and to demand that privileges givese to others shoued not be bacon, sisteat with British treaty rights. • It iseetned to be thought en some quarters thatany foreign power might, by es- te/tithing vvhat is callel a sphere of inaluense, introclu.ee its own tariff and set up exclu,sive commercial control. Such a sphere, could eot possibly give any Government the right to abrogate or curtail treaty rights preaessed, by others, awl teller her 'treaties Great Britain enjoyed precisely tbe same right of entry in elery pert wades' the .1310 contations and tariff as, any other power. Great Britain's treaty rights rendered the operation of spheres of in- flu.ence in China impossible. :Every British Geeerninent might be relied' upon to insist upon these rights. This remark elicited loud cheers, From the foregoing it appears to be Great Britain's intention not only to keep the existing- treaty porta open, as the speeoh of Sir Michael Hicks -Beach, has been widely interpreted to mean, but to insist upon having whatever rights anyboiy else obtains in the fu - thee in every Chinese port. Some of the moralize; newspapers, in their editorial es.mments on. the speech, Shy at "compensatory a eontages," The Standard a Tory organ suggests that it avoeld be more aceurate to say consequential guarantees. Mr. Curzon, referring to the negotia- tions for a loan, said:-" We neve every reason awl right to hope that they will be successful." TRAMWAY ACP_OSS THE FALLS. An Ainerleazt Company Proposes to String, it Wire Over Niagara. .A. despatch from Albany, N. Y. says: -A bill to incorporate the Niagara Tramway Company, with a capital stock of §50,000 was introdeeed in the As- sembly on Wednesd,aly. The list of dir- ectors includes the name of L. Clark Raytroond, of Welland, Ont. It is tee imee,ntion of the company to string a wire across Niagara Falls, and. run a tramway froan one slide of the river to the other. It is designed to carry pas- sengers end freightt. The Canadian Government las granted the company permission to do business in Canada. CLAIM A WHOLE VILLAGE. itani'ltina Man and Others Assert Their Right to Elizabeth, N. T. A if espatch from Elizabethtown, N. Y., says: -John F. Sutphen and Gay- lord Logan, of Albany, N.Y., with part claims assigned to Alfred E. Copp and II:P. Coburn, of Hamilton', Ont., and Jennie M. Hatch, of Buffalo N.Y., filed on Tuesday withehe town clerk of Eliz- abethtown, N.Y., a claim to placer min- ing of gold and silver, and the location comprises the la.nd coverea by the vil- lage of Elizabethtown, on which Es- sex County Court -house and goal are situated, making in all about 200 acres of land. MISTAKEN. Look here, Bridget, said an indig- nant lady, I have missel things ever since you came to live with me, and to -day I took the liberty of searching your room, aad I found my lace hand- kerchief in your bureau drawer. "Luk at tbot, mow!" * "Yes, and 1 found my lace jabot arid one of ray veils in your trunk." "Did army one iver 1" "And you had a pair of my gloves in your room. Luk at tlaot agin, now I have taktha. all rag things to my own roona, and I want you to leave the house to -day. Oh ,but Oi'll lave fasht enough, for it's not Oi that wants to wurruk for anny leddy thot so fax forgits hersilf as to go ryin' 'round in a girrul's rcorn 1 Oi rot Oi so as wurkin' for a ieddY, but Oi've found out me mistake an' Oi'll lave this minute! A BACHELOR'S REFLECTIONS. Lots of marriages hinge on a swing- ing gate. ' A girl always speaks of marrying and a man of being married. A good woman is the salt of the earth and a flirt is it pepper. If love came when folk wanted it they wouldn't want it when it came. Whenever a woman gets an idea that she is looking pale she always in- sinuates to her husband that she is worrying about Jam health. 41111,- TaE,WOlta",D'S LIBRARI.ES, A Frenchman estimates that there are in the world about 10,000 libraries wors thy of. the natme. eallIMARKABLE EACT. Only eight Persons perished in the Great Eire ce Landon. Li F 113 111 Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, eoesti. 'ration, sour stomach, %digestion are promptly eared by Hood's Pills, They do their week mealy and thoroughly. gest after dinner pets. if 2ri 'mats. MI druggists, 1 .. inepared by 0,, 'I, Road ili Co., Lowell, MASA The bele POI to take svIth Ifeed's Sarsaparilla, fiERNIAN1 A.DID 011111.A5 N AGREEMENT VON THE XURI)ER OF THE iitissIoNARIg$, /nate Cluireers to he rut lihaeh to be Provided Wide no Inaperito Teeter' ot liti4"7,tteat:vieoLtc..-16esle Tanis Also to be AdremarneaPattale mtreGinixabellegsrllloif 6attiYe8mBedAgd- et Committee in the Itelehstag on Tues. ;gay, Heron von Meeker, Minister fax Foreign Affairs, referred. at length to Chins. Tie said. the negotiations now eencludecl, had reeulted, first, in the Governor of Shan Tung being renaev- ed, and forever debarred from holding high office; six high officials, teemed by Germany, had also been removed, end puniebed, and proceedinge bad Wert institute& for the punithment of the actual perpetrators of the crime. Second, China had promieed to " pay three thousand Laois for the material losses of the mission, Third, as atone- m.ent for tbe death of the missionaries, three churches were to' be erected, eacat provided with a,n Imperial tablet allowing tliem to be under the proteee tion. of tie Cbinese Emperor -one at 'Asan -Nig, another at Tsao-Chou-Fu, end a thircl at the place where the murders were committed. China grants sixty-six thousated tests for each church and free sites. Another twenty-four thousand tants is assigned for building seven, secure re.sidences 'for the Cath - ole prefecture of Teao-Chou-Fus mgei-ra:sieoihnL,apeela.I n.imperial ediot is is- sued for the protectioof the German "Chine," Baron von Biielow ex- plained, "has. thus complied with all our demands. Bishop AllZeT regards the Imperial protection tablets as ex- tremely- advantageous. The privilege is rarely accorded, and will consider- a.bljr heighten the prestige of the Catholic missionaries in the eyes of the Chinese. Tbe German Government believes it has done all that is neces- sary for the prevention of further outrages. The best guarantees, how- ever, are the permanent presence, un- der the treaty, of German men-of- war, and a garrison atKiao-Chau, by which it is hoped tha authorities and population of China will not again for- get that no wrong done to German sub- ject.s will be allowed to pass unpunish JAPAN AND BRITAIN. AGREE. Rave Gone Over Every Detail Mespeeting 510111 MOH i, el lon - important Te.it• Tle London Daily Mail says that a japaneee trader will shortly land jap- a,ne,se gods at Tarenwan, with the ob- ject of testing whether the port is to be regarded as being open or under Russian centre". Tale outcome of this action will undeubtedly influence the relations between Russia and japan. The paper adds that every detail re- specting common action by Great Bri- tain and japan in Chine.se waters has been definitely agreed upon, Japan leing, as she has bean throunit.ua the moving spirit. The Pekin correspondent of the Times says:-"Rastia has notified the Teungliaaranten of her -willingness to provide a 1 an on the same financial terms as England's offer. France sup- ports -Reesa in the matter." The Shanghai' correspendent of the Daily says: -"The British fleet. has been divided into two squadrons, one at Cbusan under Admiral Sir Alexan- der Buller, on bard the Centurion, and. the other at Chemulpe under the command of Rear -Admiral Fitzger- aids" 1J, S. FARMERS FOR CANADA. -- Club or 150 Propose to Establish a Colony lo the West. A despatch from_ Wichita, Kansas, says: -For a week or more agents of the Dominion Goma-lament and Cana- dian raelroads have been working in the country surrounding this city in the endeavor to induce immigration in- to the districts of Saskatthewan, Al- berta and Assirniloia. in the Canadian North-West. A member of meetings have been -helca a.nd at one in this city an Monday evening a club of farmers., numberieg 150, was organized, with a view af pi:elating a colony in that coun- try. T.he majority of the members are farmers, financially able to make the journey and have enough to start in the new country. Many of them have met -with a falai degree of success in Kansas,, while others of them have fail- ed, and are now' se.eking to recover lost ground. Cyrus Sullitvan was elected president, and. a bounty organization president, a county organization will be flortmed. alepreeentatteves svial then be sent to the North-West Territory, to report, and. ia sakisfectory information is received a colony will be formed. The Government agents offer free trans- portation to settlere, aesniesion of their goods free of auty, and a free home- stead .of 160 acres of land. RAILWAY TO THE YUKON. The itiveronlent Mtn Vinde a omitted with welcome sad Mann. A despeteh from Ottawa, says: -- The announcement is made that the Governeneut has entered int ) e tern tract with Mesers, MoKenzie and D. Mann for the building of it railway from Telegraph Creek, at the head ea- ters oa the Stickeen river, in Ten - tin lake, so as to connect with ntivigae tion to Dawson City. It is stated that the contract irs are to get a bloek 4If land inelead of a cash sub- sidy, end tleut the week is t I Ixt fin- ished, ity Fenton -dein •Treffis arrange- rneete are to ix, mode with the C. P. R., whiala will operate Mean -lets Ir itt Vanotetver 4 o .the teraninue of the vad. ' Weak Backs, TArne .4cks5 Painful Backs Or 411y ind of Bad 13acks, Manley' :elery-Nerve Compound k le Great Back Strengthener, Wai. Rogers, ita Oaten Street Termite, oante number of year1 nave been troebled with 5 lane back. Some of tbedoctore a consulted 'calledit Lumbago; oteers, Kidney Disease, recelyed no engin from their treatment. aline nontes ego I vela lucey euough to try pleaders Celery -nerve Compomul, and, seem • taking' two or three Dottie', the entirely left me, and, ,1 tam ria return of it tor 8 matt* novae AND NERVE ILLS FOi PEOPLE. At add Druggists. Price 6o cents per Res, or 3 for Si.so. Sent by Mad on receipt ot price. T. MILBURN a CO., Toronto. THE EXETER ik TIMES no OF MY WORSE YET. Kipperling-Whist, is played a, great deal in India. Stripling -I suppose you've oftell tplayed. am India rubber, EQUALLY DAMP. Yon throw cold water on everything I undertake. Well -you wouldn't like it any bet- ter if I threw- hot -meter, would yea? A DEEP WELL. How are you reeking out? asked, the - inquisitive neighbor. The fa.rnaer, who had. already dug down 'ass the depth of 100 feet with* out striking water, replied: Oh. I'm getting a, long well. MERELY A GUESS. Mrs. Grumpy -Why are the doctors lunting about and discovering so many new diseases? Grumpy -Trying to find something that they can cure. RE HAD FELT IT. She -Pluck up your courage licensed ask _him. Papa has a soul, if he is short and crabbed. He -I should say he had a sole, and it's over half an inch thick. . SHIArMEPUL. He -I caught Miss Wanleigh fibbing last night, but she merely turned the conversation, without even changing color. She -Well, how weld you expeethee to change celor right there before pout HIS RANK. Twarran-You addressed that man as General, didn't you? Triplett -Yes. How slid he acquire that rank? I conferred it on him. What foe.? * Because he is a general nuisance - MADE THE ALLOWANCE. Oratory is a gift, not an acquire- ment, said the proud politician as he sat down after an hour's harangue. I understand, said the naatter-of-fact chairrean. We're net blarain' you. You done the best you could. THE SAME RESULT. Why, Tommy, your clothes are spat- tered from head to foot. Have you been playing in the slush? Nope. Been writing with that new fountain pen Uncle Ben gave me. TO UNCOvER. There's a burglar in the house? she gasped. I have never yet uncovered my head for any man, her hu,sband rejoined, with an affectation of hauteur. A SETTLER. Darling, please answer Me, the fairly moaned as he stood in the center of the parlor. I allt ozm the rank. So is your hat, shouted the old gen- tleman, who had a gallery seat on the stairway. CLASSIFYING IT. What kind of a cat is this, Browser? 1 don't believe I ever sew one just like it. Sort of Maltese cross, I Should think. I Thaernifive. el •174184;1' egostaref , efa-e-sete. every AS THINGS GO. Who is your distinguished friend? Oh, he's private aseretary to eine ot the Cabinet memberte And who is the inaigeificallt leeks ion; fellow accornpaning, him? That's the member of the Cabinet CASTOR1 Por Infants and Children, Valot4e, dello goes% et le on env ample' '