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eleatiered intim Stun- Points in the Tighe
moue isiend—alattelse of More Thou
altestee interest.
Tife win or tet late WM. Singleton,
• elegbaatoa, who died last November
hae been proveil tit X72,914,
The death oecarred repently cat Lord.
ChaAee Lennox Kerte eon of the sixth
Maltinis of ltothiaa. Re teas born In
1814.
The will a ilia late Lord Berwiek,
• Attinghaaa Elall, Salop, who died
last NoVember brie been Proved at
R1a8,822 gross.
E. J, Halsey bee been unauirnausly
re-elected obairman of the Surrey
County Council. Lord Asinannhe was
re-elected vice-ohairnaan,
The funeral of the late superintend-
ent of the Criminal investigation De-
partment, John Shore, took place at
Nbrwood owe e Lary recent I y,
Mr. French has been AI/Pointed, to
the clitef agent)). of Lord. Petirlaynai
Weise. estates, in suceession to the Hon,
leack.ville-Weet, who hes retired.
Lord Cartington laid the foundation
Stone a a new Liberel club at Black-
pool, and Later was the principal speak-
er at a large publics. meeting,
On March 10, Admiral R. Coote, C.
lie died at Arden, Dulwiohi atter e
on illness. The late officer was born
in 1820 and tined a brilliant record of
naval service,
An extensive seheme a harbour de-
velopment was inaugurated, at Lien-
.
ent 1te1y, wben •the first sod a a,
large floating dock was cut, which will
accommodate the largest vessels afloat.
It has been decided to comnaence, the
ereetiou of a new Jenny Lind infirm-
ary for sick children St, Norwich. The
charity was originated some 50 years
sine through the muaificence of jenny
Lind.
A rare visitor to English waters has
teen caught off the Lincolnshire coast
between Skegness and Gibraltar Point;
—a file-baek sunfish. The creature
• eighed nearly 15 ewt., and was over
7 feet long.
Addressing the grand jury at Bir-
mingham Assizeg recently, the Lord
Chief Justice strongly urged magis-
trates to use more largely their dis-
cretionary powers in granting aoeused
Persons bola
The value of the estate of Lord
Saukville .Arthur Carat, half brother
of the Premier, is sworn for probate
at 4249,388. Ifis exeoutors are A. Ji
Balfour and Lady Margaret E. Cecil,
sister of the testator.
An epidemic of measles is raging
in many of the villages of West Eferts.
At Rickmansworth several deaths have
occurred. Almost every house at Ab-
bots Langley is said to have been vis-
ited by the malady.
In the Queen's Bench Division, Lon-.
abn, recently, Mr. Janke a, painter
was awarded 4500 damages for per-
sonal injuries sustained through a
beam falling on him from a window.
in Burleigh street, Strand.
By order from the Admiralty over-
time on all new work to the extent
tof terse hours a day is to be com-
e:lanced in Portsmouth dock yards.
Most of the men in the yard will be
Haelnded in tins order.
• A deputation from the Life Saving
Society waited on the committee of
the London School Board recently and
urged that. • all scholars should be
.taught to swim and render aid to
those in danger of drowning.
In ;addition to the extensive manoeu-
vres!, of troops of all arms to be .beLd
in Wilts and Dorset in September, it
is proposed to muster ei large force
of cavalry and artillery for manoeuv-
res on Salisbury plain in July.
A horse e-ttaehed to a.hansoin cab,
-welch had been left unattended, took
fright in Regent street, London. A
man named Adams, who attempted to
sdep the horse was knocked down and
fatally injured.
Tee governors of Queen Anne's Boun-
ty have made their enn;ual clistribtt-
lion of surplus funds in grants to meet
t enefactions on behalf of poor bene -
flew; in England. and Wales. 'Xhe
Bounty grants, amounted to 457,100.
In consequence of the strong locai
apposition, the Brighton Underground
Railway bill has been reraoved from
the list ot bills referred to the com-
mittee of the House oa Lords of whieh
the Duke of leiehmond is chairmen.
The annual rate of modality of the
63 great tons of England! and Wales
for the week ending Ma,ree, 12th a,v-
eraged 21.1 per 1,000. The rate in Bir-
mingham wae 21, Derby 18, Leicester
17, Nottinghttra 24d an.d W'olvetleautp-
ton 17.
Thoraces Anderson, -40, miner, was
sent for trial; reeently, " charged at
rwitierbrd with the murder of his two
sons by throwing them into a reser-
voir,
At Todmorden, on the ard inst., john
Ilitohin, a laborer, was sent for triaa
chareed with attempting to mtuater
young women by throwing her 'into a
canal, '
George Williams, a sainearine diver,
has been renmeeded at Southwark po-
lice court, London, charged with the
murder of Wilhelmida, hie wife, by
shooting her at Doekhead.
Adieu Pewstoen of NV:301am). South-
• aMpton, wile riding a bloyole down
bill, without a brake near Bernina
‘vhen ren into seme cOvvs and wa,s
Oman on his head and killed.
A two snares, watelioage belonging to
Meesre, Smith, Estaveras & Co., in'Queen
street, Liverpool, ens destreiyed by fire
with 2,80a bales of -eotteri, ',1the dam-
age• is estincetted, at 4'40,000.
t Birmingham Astilzes teeeletlY
laity Roberta pleaded nuilte to forg-
itte the name of beanie Clieratertain
to
at order Of laselery, end wee Nentenc-
ed to five montet' imprisonment. .
0. Caapplual, of Perrymarial faren, on
the high road from flurwash to Bright -
ling, Wes detviewhome recently whet
the cerriage •wee uteetand he was
throWn on his head and killed.
A \remelt named Elamait Berry died
on March 1 at Sunderland, as a result
of terrible injuries received by the ex-
Idosien of a Parafin lamp which elle
was carrying from one room to an-
other.
,At Carmarthen, Tenottia 1),
3, a poacher from Llandovery,
was sentenced. to five years' venal ser-
vitude. He was charged with attempt-
ing to anutaler Constable Mitehelmore,
,A. woodman maned Lobley committed
suicide at Armley gaol be hanging hint'
sett by his belt in his cefl, Lobley had
been sentenced to five years' penal
servitude for setting fire to the farm
premises of his father-in-law.
Benjamin Kirkman, one of the grave-
diggers of Louth cemetery, dropped
down dead. He was in the act of get-
ting e shovel to dig a grave when he
made a renaark to tt4 tellow-workinee
and dropped•dead into his arms.
While workmen were preparing the
slip in Portsnateete dockyard for laying
down the new battleship Eormideble,
Alfred Baker, a labourer, fell from a
derrick, 60 -ft. high, and Was killed.
The death is announced. at Claateam,
at the age of 81, of Aelhur Dickens,
an old quartermaster of • the Royal,
Navy. He accompanied Sir John Ross's
expedition to the Arctic regions, and
•was with the Baltic fleet during the
Crimean war.
Some workmen engaged in excassatd
ing at Bury, recently, uncoverad a
•large copper bell, beautifully chased
and evidently very ancient. The bell
weighed about a hundred weight and
a hatf, stands 2 ft. 6 in., and is 2 ft-
? in. in circumference.
The funeral of the late George Mul-
ler took place at Bristol. It Was ef a
/melte character, thousands of people
of all glasses orowding the streets from
10 till 1 o'clock, when the long string
of sixty carriages passed through the
city to the cemetery. On the church
towers flags were lifting half -mat
high, and hundreds'of orphan children
folotved the procession to the Beth -
cede chapel.
JAPAN AND CIIINA. '
, _ „
First Test the Meitern Battle•shIps in
the War Between These Countries.
Only One real naval battle lies been
fought which put to the test the mod-
ern battle -ship, namely, the battle of
the relit Raver, early in 1895. - The
Japanese won the naval contest Over
the Chinese because of their superior-
ity in seamanship and gunnery,' find be-
cause of the higher morale of the island
people. The Chinese had a total avail-
able fleet of twenty-two vessels, con-
sisting of tevo battle -ships, four coast -
defense veseels, two protected cruisers
and. fourteen small' cruisers and gun-
boats. The battle -ships were superior
to any ves,sels in the Japanese fleet, but
they were badly banclled. -The fleet of
the Japanese comprised. twenty-five
vessels, ef whieh two were battle -ships,
two armored cruisers, six protected cru-
isers and fifteen small cruisers and
gunboats. ,
This war was short and. sharp, and
the Chinese lost to their enemy every
effective vessel of their navy. Thirteen
of the ships were taken to Japanese
ports, repaired, and added to the MiIk-
bv Janan-
•
ese. torpedoes or blown up by the Chin-
ese to prevent theta from failing into
the hands of the enemy. At Wei -Rai -
Wei the Japsacaptured five Chinese tor-
pedo -boats and destroyed five.. At the
battle of the Yalu the Chinese twin
battle -ships, Tingyuen and Chenenen,
dal, fairly good work, but were terribly
euldled by the Ups. These vessels
were built in Germany in 188e, and
were of over '7„000 tolls disPiacenledt•
A shell famin the Tingatien, Admiral
Ting's flagship, exploded on the Japan-
ese flagship Matsushima, lkilled a great
many of the crew, and injured the ship
to such an extent that Ad/barrel Ito had
to transfer his flag to the Hathidate.
At the Yalu the Chinese fleet of ten
vessels was formed in a semi-eirele. The
17 -ape' fleet approached in tWO divisions
in single lane of battle and. began to
fire broadsides at 3,000 yards, which
is p:etty doze quarters. The. ,Tapene e
fire was of deadly effect, 'from the
start.. Three Chinese ships were ,s-ank
during the fight and a fourth was
stranded and blown up by the jape.
Two of the Ja,ps' veseels were so liatily
damaged that they had to withdraw.
The Yalu battle began at 1 pane and
lasted until 5.39. Torpedo boats were
fully tested at Port Arthur and Wei-
Hai-Weiand they did some terrible ex-
ecution. Nothing upset and confused
the Chinese naval men so much its' the
effective use of these engines by
tbe ;laps. '
On Feb. 17 the remaining Waive of the
Chinese squadron ?were surrendered. to
the Ales by Admiral Ting, and that, of-
ficer committed suicide by outtiag his
tht oat. . these A. an nt fins o an
T 11".
STRANOE CONFESSIONS,
Mien Vitae Dave Conerssed to triotee Which
Ailey Never committed.
That a man on the rack with even`
nerve (lettering, with every nerve
drawn to its utmost tension with tee
pain Una -easing in intensity end vinl-
ettee, ehoota, confess nitaself the per-
petreter of crime IS rittturel enough.
The prospect at relief from. actual pain
is a temptation that blinds the suffer-
er• ta the futere. But it may ,seem
strenge, and is iodeed one, of the most
inessplieable things in laureate history,
that'Men have been bedewed by religi-
ons exhortatians an. other Means of
persuasion to sign their own death war-
rant by confessing orimes actually nev-
er committed, Ewe in England was
the case of ;Joan Perry, executed eear
Campden in 1061, with hij mother aad
broteer, for murdering Williem Harris-
ona-steweied few Lady Carapden, 1Ehe
teetimouy against them was chiefly the
confession ot John Perry, himself, but
to. the astonislament of ata Harrison,
who had been kidnaped ad 'serried off,
returned two years after tbe exevution.
• 1n 1812 a mail named Russell Col -
yin, living at Manchester, Vt., die:tee-
pee/ad and suspioitine of foul play were
entertained. Publie opirdoe attributed
/its murder to Stephen and Jesse Boom.
Still, as there was no definite ground
on whieh to arrest them., the excite -
meet gradually died away. In 1819,
however, a tft•. Boom dreamed that lie
had been
• MURDERED BY TWO MEN,
whom be fixed upon as hts nephews,
Stephen and Jesse. The ghost of the
murdered man even specified the place
of the murder and the old cellar hole
where the neaagled body had been
thrust. There a knife and. buttons
were found, which were identified as
belouging to Colvin. On this the men
were arrested. Stephen and Colvin
had quarreled just before the disap-
pearanee of the latter, and. Stephen had
been seen to strike him -Iyith a club
and knook him down,
In a short time Jesse confessed that
he and Stephen, with their father, after
Stephen knoeked him down, had cane -
ed elm to the old cellar and cut his
throat with a jeck-knife and. further
stated. that next year they made away
with mast of the bones of their vie-
LimSteplaeie, aftera time, admitted
the truth of Jesse's confession. On
teas they were convicted, and sentenced
to be hanged on the 28th of January,
1820. They applied for commutation of
sentence, and as some believed their in-
nocence, advertisements were insert-
ed in various papers for Colvin, Not
long afterward a letter appeared in the
New York Evening Post, signed by a
Mr. Chadwick and dated Shrewdsbury,
N. J. December 16, 1819 stating that
a slightly deranged•man named Russell
Covin ba.d been tlaare five years before.
This was generally looked upon as a
'max. but Jas. Whelpley, of New York,
who knew Colvin resolved to„follow up
tee clue, ana actually found Colvin at
the house of William, Polbemus at Dov-
ejsr1,3N.. :T., where be had. been. sine, April
Mr. 1Vhelpley took him to New York,
the common council gave hint means
to prozeecl to Vermont, and he arrived
ab itrianehesteS on the 22d day of Dee -
The whole plate was in a state of
wild exeitement. People gathered in
from all tbe surrounding country to
see tbe dead alive. A cannon was
brought out and Colvin was saluted
with a discharge of cannon and small
earns. Stephen Boom firing the first
piece. There was mach discussion as to
bbs motivefor tb f t
triltuting it to the effect of iinprison-
merit. a general sort of panic, terror
and others to the injudicious advice and
exhortations of a clergyman.
THE FIELD OF WAR.
WIll. Be In the Vicinity of Cuba and the
• PIM ippine Istands.
' Authorities have eapressed the opin-
ion that the war between the United
States and Spain will be fought Leanest
entirely on the sea. It will be in,the
vicinity of Cuba and the Philippine
Islands. It is not expected that Spain
I will invade the United States, nor that
alemerieen troops will ' be landed. in
,Spain. Spain is tenable to do this and
the United States has no desire to in-
flict injury on Spain beyond abolishing
I •
"thew rule in Cuba. !The conditions in
_
and around Cuba are now pretty well
uncle re toed by the American peel/In-rah°
have been watching the blockade by
Achnlial Sampson's fleet with interase
interest
The Philippine Islands are about 15e
000 miles away by the sea. route that
must be travelled, to teach them from
Neve York. There ere some 1,002 isl-
ands in the group,. containing an area
of about three ande halftimes that of
Cuba, and a e•oneiderably larger surtace
than Great Britain, 'the population is
Ortir 5600.000, a. majority of whom are
the native, lndiene, weo are only 841.11i:.
eivilieed Mane of them are still gov-
erned firm:tic:ell y ; their nati ve min-
cee. in Manilla, the capital, and at the
por s o o 4.n o avt, appener
those. teriible exhibitions known as
"running animate" In these the native
Nutlet/ turns tamself Loose armed with
knives, revolvers or other weapons, and
rushes along a Olowded. thoroughfare,
et:tying as be goes, until lee 18 finally
idlied like a mad. deg. It was two of
f illa 1 Li h r amuck
on the eamerienix ship :Prank N. -they-
er a few years ago, killed or wounded
tee entire crew, and set the ship afire.
When they Maldone all the damage
they- (mulct they jumped into the sea,
The produote of tee Philippines ere
Meatier to tlicise of Cuba, sager and to-
baeco biting the principal crops. Civ-
ilization "casette is in apain is tee only
brawl of civilizetion yetttnown tbeee,
but the people eve trying to set up a
mode in government ot their own,
NOT TRITE Lovn.
Dategliter—t witl Wive to banale
engagemeat with` Mr. Niceael I ow, mote-
er, X fiud 1 do net love him,
Mother—Weee yea rnake that
d item eryt
Denghter—Last, evening, t new hira
oat erelking with, another woman, and
DOIVIESTIC PROBLEMS,
Mr. Neww04—My dear, 1 wieh you'd
tell that cook ,that are don't iike our
beefsteak berried clad don't want oar
reste raw.
Mrs. Newett—TeJi her 1 Hove cart I?
She never comes into the 'parlor and
she won't let nae go into the kitchen.
NIVST ,tIAVE BEEN MISTAREN.
•
Eather—Did 7 heal' that young man
kiss you le the partor, last evening
• Daughter—t don't believe you (mulct
ha,ve, actin. And a Mystified look in
f+11%. IlickerS—Did you dram"' it prize
red, took eceeeesime of aer beautiful
ecanitertrente.
EXET411. T
COREA. AND ITS PEOPLE.
'iltey litnee queer Castoxos Joni curium
theta etern i es.
Corea IS a sp/endid country, The
sunimeeib three-fourths of the pror-
Moe is briget, braeitig ad temperate,
not unlike teat ef elove Seotie,
any case the het weather and mosqult-
oee de not lest mare titan a month or
two at the atumet. The winter is eleer
and very cola, rather Jaen teat of New
YOrt41 Or Oexlraps Qetebee. Taken as a
idaole. the lend. Le tertile, and the rice
espeeially "hee 81 bone ia it," which
tarns out toaeat natives luta makes it
very highly esteemed even in Japan. Its
bean orop ib else enceenoue, and it has
a plentiful supply of gold, Cattle, to-
badeoo beitil), Pi/Pa', leather, vegetables,
fish and medieine, The inhabitants are
eleao made, erect, active walkers, with
phasique, perhaps not so wiry, but
far superior in grace to that of either
the Chinese or Japanese; not so coarse
and uneouth in movement as tee Germ-
an physique; perhaps more like that of
the Spaniard in general build than that
of any other European nation. Women
are kept in seclusion, and. one sees noes
but old hags in the market places. Tee
men are great eaters, indefatigable
ncarceers, ready drinkers when th y oan
get liquor, interminable smokere, and
very quarrelsome. But they are lazy
except under stimulus; catm and delib-
erate, except under provocation; ob-
stinate, destitute of moral feeling, full
of natural religious emotion. dirty in
person, thievish, cunning, untrustwor-
thy, but affeetionate and loyal it kind-
ly treated.
They are without the stmpering pet-
iteness of the Chinese or the obsequious
ceremurry of the Japanese, "Good
form" is imperturbable plaeidity, dente
eraleon and. taciturnity. Not even a
Turk ran approach a Crean in perfect
calm and resttulness of attitude. The
training instinct seems good and will
develop, but, of course, lack of expert -
Mace and. organization keeps it back-
ward. The agricultural laborer Works
well, and would be hard tvorkimg if the
fruits of his.labor were secured. to
Party feeling- runs wonderfully Walt
among the offirsial, classes, who are coe-
rapt, almost to a man, cruel and full
of tierce personal batred.s; but both
civik and naulitary mandarinsft
exceeding/3, refined in manner. I nev-
er saw mare perfect manners in any
country tean those of the general at
Torai, who entertained me in the most
princely fashion, dlis palace was soeup-
ulously 1ean, but plainly furnished;
his clothes were of the finest possible
texture; his hands and nails clean, his
hat and: "button". -a„ marvel of "eask-
et work." art and jewel carving; in
short his whole bearing, as also the
wine and sweetmeats he gave me, show-
ed the utmost refineraent and good
taste.
A TOWN MYSTERY.
Mrs. Soapsuds—Is your SOD'S wile a
good housekeeper.
Mrs. tV'etmopp—•Alas, no. She doesn't
know beans about housekeeping, and
the worst of it is she's too indolent
to learn. Iler berme doesn't get swept
a.11 through once a month, and, I nev-
er saw her with a scrub -brush, floor -
cloth or even a dust -brush in her band
yet. .See doesn't bother her head about
anything except to run into the k't-
Olen two or three times a day and get
up little dishes he likes, and the rest
of the time she spends reeding, or run-
ning around art galleries, and snob
Places, or tip in her room making her-
self look pretty.
Mrs. Soapsuds—Dear mel How does
he stand such a woman?
Mrs. Wetmopp—Indeed X don't know;
but he just dotes on her.
1,7
AXERTUAN SHIPS AT SEL
CHANCE FOR AICII PLUNDER VOIR
THE SPANISH NAVY.
2' Iiitithee Volans War from Peri with
rie )(dee that the -War 13 eteelly one.
Wnlietit IteetkontiNg Their Cargoes TaNY
Aggregate a notel of Salleliffaele.
A caret:el review of the weekly co/ri-
pe/Miura of ehe • Vow Yoirk Xaritime
Registerjust issued shows that there
are ali:the present moment on the eige
pea,s exactly 700 veeeels Gying the Am-
er/lean flag.
01 cicalas° this does uot represent, all
tale American shipping 'now engaged iea
the corameree of Me world, for teere
tura azjauy ships that are safe in port,
and none ot itheee have been imeladed ip
this reckoning,
Tfue tonnages are taken from the rec-
ant published by the American Ship-
=eters' Association in New York. The
valuations' aee the estimates of an ex-
perienced marine -underwriter, then
wtoza there can ebviously be no better
authority. Taese valuations are for the
galas themselves, and no reckoning is
made fox the valuable cargoes they are
carrying from Isola to port. I
So -that in the single item of vessels j
Ube 48/1i:tads have a (Mance for a, gross '
, sten of $5406,075 in prize money. These
shills are scattered all over tee world,
many of !them in places eters they are !
really without a particle of protection
beyond their own speed, and %it ts 81
tellanoe that is not very far-reaching,
except in a few isolated inseancen 'Ilhe
Anlerican merchant marine does not
inelude many such flyers as the St.
Louis, tee Paris and. the New York
and of the other steamers almost every
one is
LIABLE TO CAPTURE. J
by tee speedy Spanistla oruisers and
gunboats. With thetr cargoes, they
would afferd more prize moerey for the
Spanish sailers than they have evee
dreamed of. There is not one 'of them
that amid defend herself, and colors .
would have to be lowered at the fir-
ing of the Gast gun. .
Many of Mese ships were chartered '
foe tong voyages before there was any
' I
great fear of war and. no extraordinary
wee:in/Hans were taken .for their pro-
tection or safety. For instance,there
is a great fleet that is now on its way
anound Cape Horn and up into the Pa-
eifie to engage in tle Klondike trade.,
These left Atlantic seaports weeks ago,
and Sheir captains laave no idea now of
the serious turn of affairs sines they
steamed ant of American harbors.
Perhaps the first intimation they will
receive will be the roar of a seated
gun, an unanswerable challenge for
them to heave to and. deliver. The
Klondike steamers have large cargoes
of supplies and numerous passengers,
men and women, on Meer way to the
land of. goldee peoinnee wettal no sus-
picion of the danger that intpencls.
leen there are the steamers engag-
ed_ in the West Indian and Smith Amer-
ica n trade. These 'lave not been out
as ana.ny days as the ethers, but there
are many at them that are not. in a
poen-ion to eeceive a warning tbat will
be of any real use in daelping them
to take the necessary precautions for
tsafety, 'the goodswench they carry,
in many instances
IMPERISHABLE PROVISIONS, 1
is just the thing the Spaniards need t
the most, and they will Make every 1
endeavor to caul/ore as many of them
as possible.
A. sample instance of the danger to
the steamers that leave left Atlantic
ports for ite Pacific is found in the
ease of the Ohio. which sailed from!
Pihiladelphia on March 8, bound for San
Francisco, Seattle and Thcoma, with a
cargo of supplies for the KlOndike
trade. She was last heard of at Cor-
onet, a Milian port, where she touched,.
on April 13. She remained there three '
days talking on coal, and when she sari- j
ed /her commander, Capt.. Broomhead, I
could not have heard of the state of
war.
A similar instanee is that of the
steamer Illinois, a sister ehip of the
Ohio, which is engaged in the same I
tiraele. Tate Illinois left Philadelphia on ,
-March 22, and has not yeb touched at
any port Where there is cable coin-
mimic:anon willit the TJnite,d. States. Her
captain had no orders touching his
procednre in case cif war at the time I
ef her sailing.
There are at least a dozen of faecal
steamers tahleh ha.ve sailed from New j
York, Boston and Philadelph•ia for the
Pacific Coast, and eveey one a them
is in imminent danger of becoming a
Spanishprize.
One of ' dhe ricbest harvest fields for
,
tee Spaniards on the ocean is found
nmnnr Oh el'nte'r shios rhat •
HOW TO SEAL LETTERS.
Madame complains that she 'eannob
make a neat, perfect seal on letter or
note. Thetiny silver dipper with
slender ebony handle solves the pro-
bleim for ,her. The metal bowl Dile& ,
with wax, and held an instant over
the flame—just enough wax is melted
to pour in around an envelope flap
only requiring tb,e impress of seal,, td
be cemplete: 'neat and perfect." The:se
dippers when purchased are already
filled, each with a different wax, but
can be changed when empty to suit
style or fancy, thus doing service for
years.
HOW TIE LOST HIS JOB.
An exchange tells the story of an old
colored man who asked a white man if
he could give him work. The white
man asked the negro if he had a heat.
When he negro replied, Yes, boss, the
while man responded:
Well, you see all that driftwood
floating down the river?
Yes, sail, was the reply.
Welt, then, corineued the white man,
you row out in the river and catch
that driftwood, and bit give you half
you get.
The, colored man worked hard for a
while. when all of a sudden he stop-
ped and pulled for the shore.
On being aske4 the reason for his re-
turn, he replied, Dal, wood is jest as
much mine as 'tis his. 1 tint gwine
to give him any, and so PM out of
work agin.
SLTBUBBA.N SUBTLETY.
Possible Event:en from the city, re -
°alining Suburban cottage—Is the cal-
ler a, dry one? '
:gr. isolate, of Lonelyviile, evasively
there may be a couple of bot-
tles of beer in it.
Constipation
Games fully half the eiektiess in the World, .11
retains the digested food tee long in the aerials
and proauoces batmen:tees, torpid lent, inde
pestles, bed taste, (natal
iumaitle, et/o. Ilocidoi Mlle 1116
'tensue, sick lemeittebe, In. ..
turreeeastipaUen and all OS
resulte. easily sad taerotighly. 266. A ii cauggiet$
'reOared hy 0, I: Hoed & 0o,, Lowell, Mast
The 0003/tile to tako tete talons Sersapatille
.,
carriers between the United States.
Mina, and t he East Indies. These ships ,
are tee finest vessels of their class,
most of them built in Maine, ancl their
cargoes are always of the
MOST VALUABLE KIND.
Many of them are engaged. in the tea
tirade.
Take, for instencentilie big ship Ab-
ner Coburn, one of the best of this ela,ss.
She sailed. from Hongkong on Deo. 4,
bound for New York with little likeli-
hood of her touching at any port dur-
ing her long voyage. With her °ergo
she would make a prize worth at, least
$200.000 to the Spaniards, and it is noth-
ing wonderfitel, therefore, bleat the lions
are inclined to countenance privateer-
ing, u -ben tbere are from fifty to) one
liaonared ot just such prizes now on the
high seas.
,Another example of this class is the
big elipper Aryan, whice lett Nety York
ort Jan, 13, bound for San Franoiseo.
There is no telling where she alley be
at this time, and, her owners al's natur-
ally anxious over the daragee of her
being captor:al and talon to a pert
where elle San be convertea alto prize
money,.
All In 1I, au, beat autharities admit
flat there is a trertiendous dengtee to
American shippitig, with little or to
cheerio ter an adequate reprisal, for tee
Stalinist' mare/luta Marine IA not dna-
tenth as valnalate cia the Amerloaa ana
*here the Spaniards have tea ebanciee
to make e cepeure the Ai:aerie:1ns will
Dot thave one,
DALTON NollARTIff DEAD,
PljURIEASWARYECPERIOVVEEDEAINTALA. RUN"
Trattte tuning to a lefe, of etieleit eatettin
Seta la Die levees:On tied in late
Priebe Servive,
A. despatch from Toronto says,:—
Mr. Dalton McCarthy, QC., M.P., died
at his residence, 171 Deveriey street',
shortly after nine o'clock on Wednes-
day nig,Irt, the imutediaie cause of
death being acute pneumonia, sup-
grind/heed by injuries received ia81
runaway accident which occurred on
Sunday evenirig previous.
ltilTthhi°1•41"12:Ita:l'aegirel3r.oveininttd°:eilrte5 :41.7711111(3Zeitse(
in the poblio mind. arr. McCarthy left
his residence Ort Sunday eyezang ,in 81
high dog -cart, drawn by at very, spirit-
ed 'horse. He was accompanied by his
coachman, Taylor, but was handling
for
: Oretitaa:valt,lees.elf, ans
d war driving to
the Union statioa to take the- train
Whea opposite the Bever1e3r street
aeriLeti3.t church the horse bolted, and
at the corner a Queen and Beverley
streets the eoaehman was thrown to
the sidewalk, austalnieg setious
.tt.
A short distance further on the rig
brerturned, and Mr. McCarthy, stall
enraging tenaciously to the lies, was
dragged some distance in the debris of
tee cart. When picked up he was un-
COTISCIOUS, and until- his death never
fully regaiaed Ins senses, a houg par-
tial/y contoidus at times.
COMPLICATIONS SET W.
At first the attendimg physicians did
not anticipate serious results, but on
Mondat niget it was found teab the
riles bad bee e crushed against the
Iting‘s, and had calmed acute pneumo-
nia. When the grave nature of the
injuries were learned, a consultation
was held, and it was decided to send
Ler Dr. Caster, of Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, Baltimbre, who is probe bly the
•
. . .
el 3
day. Dr. Oster left Utica, where the
raessagee reached hem, but did not reach
Done/Ito before Mr. MoCartby's death.
DEATH CA IVIE SCTDDENLY.
The end came rather suddenly, as it
was not thought by the doctors that
death -was so near. .A. few minutes af-
ter aline o'clock, Dr. Pepler, who has
never left the injured man's bedside
for more than a few minutes since the
&cadent occurred, noticed a rapid
change foe the worse, and hastilyS.1101.-
maned. Dr. MoCarthy, -who was in the
eause, and Dr. Grasett, e -ho was' at
Iris home, eue before the arrival cat the
latter Mr. McCarthy had breathed hie
last, death corning quietly, without any
very li,rea,t pain.
WATER FOR THE TROOPS.
The Problem of geeuring, tt, Supply for thi:
Army a Serious One.
A despatch from Tampa, says :—How
to obtain a sufficiently large' supply
of water for the tree of the army of
invasion during its voyage from, Port
Tampa to the port in Cuba, where
the troops ere to beelanded, is a ques-
tion which is engaging the serious
attention of the military officials who
have the expedition ar. charge. Gen-
eral Wade, who is in command ere,
orisited Port Tateapa, to ascertain what
the needs ef the expedition woald be
in this respect, and what provision
could. be !made to simply them. He
found that of the transports, which,
so far as is katava at present, willtorm
the fleet to take the army to Cuba,
only two are provided with; tipparatas
Lor distilling wetter. These are the
alavette, weich can distill 4000 gal-
lons daily, and tbe Florida, leaving
the Comae Allegheny„ Berkshire, Ara
zoba, Alamo; Miller, San, Marco, Whit-
ney and Gussie with a, supply to last
onty a, little longer than that usual-
ly carried by steamers, It is believed
the men and animals will not be on
the vessels more than LWO days, if the
weather is good, tut. e supply sufficient
to last ten days is cle.sired. The clean-
tityt of weler necessary for the array
during this time will be very nage,
aad while a way opt of the difficulty
will no doolort be found by the. -use of
tanks, yet it is likeLy men and ani -
mode will be placed on a short water
ellowance during the voyage.
11*
25,000 TROOPS NEEDED IN MANILA.
SIllan Force the nutted Slates Proposes
10 send Ititerly irseless.
A dee:patch frona Hong Kong sayse—
A, rumour bus been oebled here that
5,00 American troops were assembling
at San Francisco for service I Manila:
I interviewed a gentleman familiar
With the situation in the Philippines,
who says that the Walled. States coulld
not do a name. treeless thing than. to
serid a small niece ot troops there.
"Tee plague," Ile. Says, "iS rampant at
Canton, and growing in virulence at
Hong Kong, "rwhers ntore Erutropeans
have been attacked. this year than ever
before. The Manila climate will be the
death. •of more time half of thine sent
out here inside of feat nuaithe. Besides,
they will be. of little or no nee. Five
thousand, troops are enough to take
the field against the Spanieb, if ehe
latter are able to tight at all. and if the
Spaniards are ()ATOM ilk lamed by the he-
mmer:Its the Americaa :addicts are not:
nee/jet:14 141 dO gtErt-.5 n work. 'Mat
number woulil hs. al. ar(il y inadequa to
ihe tinned Staten had the idta, of
occupying the Philippines permanently,
Na troops Should he sent tlaere -until
entwine, whets aot less Chan 24,000 me.n
sea:Am 1,0 landed at Manila,. tITIAC-.
TOOthitS wflt die like Dies
during the summer,"
THOSE BLOOMER GIRLS.
Mamma, aghast,—Oh 1 that latemter
gala soared me so see alMost tattle Iny
breath away..
Tottie-allow I kilow what yen mean '
When yon. ear "rour breath ottMe isi
ehort pan t e,"
Every ingredient h Ma
1tty's Celery -4i erv,e.
pound is a b19od maker ail
health giver. if you we we
or fUJI dovirn, try it.
init. alto; It Is WItla pleasure
Oen recoannendetiterete take Maths
leya Celery -nerve Cenundontt me X
ant titereattny tausfio tt
11aa' prepartnee, and at ./4 teMo Z
eia it ea, no titan, Other inota-
bets of nay temiiy, betide* iyaeJf
haTe ttilea It. AU IN ell eine, it
gave tlatittost gratifying and plea -
nig moats. Tour* b.:111X,
Iliry Goode Merchant, E. rerryosiii.
260 Tongs St”
Price.° cents per Box er 6 feria so ea
Druggists, or Malted on Receipt 04 Pile* by
T. MILBURN Cs CO., Toronto,
THE
EXETER A
TIMES tit
OF ANY:
NEWS FROM SPAIN.
The Country Is In a. Sad YlIglIdaltiadrld
-Autism-Ides Concerned About the Pro'
visions of the Silty.
A. despatch from Madrid, says: A de-
spatch received here from Hexane ore
Tuesday afternoon says the Spanish
steamer Montserrat, which, with a
valuable cargo, troops and a large sum
of money intended for Havana, Ismael.,
ed the 'United States fleet and entered
the port of Cientuegos, Calate, has now
run the blockade of the Aradrioan
squadron, and has entered the port of
Havanii in safety. It as elamied here
that this proves the blockade ot the
Cabala ports is ineffectual.
th,e, Chamber pf Deputies on Tues-
day tee Ccatalonian deputies strongly
Protested against, the proolaraation of
martial law in Barcelona, as there have
been no disorders there. The Minister
of the Interior, Senor Capdepon-, re-
plied that the authorities of Barcelona
undoubtedly had good reasons for their
Heinen Thereupon tee Catalonian de-
puties declared they would postpone
their intended interpellation of the
Minister of War "'until a, peoper gov-
ernment bas been formed." A Vain -
clan deputy declared the Otintain-G-en-
eral of Valencia, had threatened the
newsi epees, saying he would. break up
their forms if they printed matter at -
The Goverameet inten• ds to insist
that the. Cortes sit continuously until
the war measures are adopted. The
'Minister of Finance, Senor Puigcer-
leer, declares that until the credits are
eroted it is impossible to meet the de.
mends for ammunition and provisions
!Islands and the Canary Islands,
j and to obtain the necessary stook
of coil., Captain -General Blare-
' co has cabled an urgent ree
quest for considerable supplies of
provisions, which the Government cane
not despatcb until the Cortes have vot-
ed the war measure. Tee authorities
, here are gre.aely Concerned about the
provisions for this city. It is estim-
and that tee stock of wheat will be
consumedinside of a month, and mea-
sures are being taken tie Marchese
wheat abroad.
The bread riots at Alicante, the sea-
; port of Valencia, which began on Mon-
day were continued all night, the wo-
men taking part in thee work of de-
struction.
'A riotous mob paraded the streets,
, demanding ceetiper bread and ether
j necessaries of lite. Tee rioters march-
ed; to the factories, where they were
joined be- the people who were. at work.
Later they sacked tbe oetroi bureau
and. burned the furniture and archives.
A strong' force of gendarmes was sent
to the scene. and a charge was made,
upon the mob, which was temporally
diepersed. But the rioters reformed,
and attacked and ,burnect all the bond-
ed! warehotes, after possessing thee: -
selves of the wheat in storage, •
Ate official despatch from Porto Rico
says the Belinao has arrive!' there,
protected by Spanish warships. • She
was (teasedby an American warship.
The despatch says also teat provision
ships beve arrived, assuring Porto Moe
tune
it supply for several months.
—
1ea.TDUF1 EAMILIAR.T.TY.
What made the butler scowl et yote
Chumpley .
I mistook him for a guest and he te-
sented. it.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and. Children.
The In -
ladle
eignetere
if
id es
ks.4.anent ,
r‘.. every
TENDER .trattiORIES.
Widower -1 'say, My dear friend, have
you ever been here before&
i8ilior—Wet
Burglar
—Nti
-°1sir;
Vvould you /Wild
coadag aroitad anite often— say oicree
or twice a week—and going through
aty tronsere "ail you are doing now I
'ron don't knew Italy meat you remind
Me of ray clear, departed tvife, Angel-
ine. It i!eenas relnioet fIS if site were
Goa tg.ez%sia.youtei. „r4ortir.a.
nave agam. Good -night, my tried
filut Ao..t
thane
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