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The Brussels Post, 1898-7-22, Page 6THE B TiSSELS POST, JULY 22, 1898 S IN ME ` VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. r --x Interesting Items About Our Own Country, 4sgat Britain, the United SWIM, and Ail Parts of the Mobs, Condense! and Asserted for Rosy Reading. CANADA, Mrs, A. S. Craig, Montreal, took strychnine pills in mistake and died, The body of Fred. Begy of St, Cath- arines, aged sixteen, was found in the Old Welland Canal. President Barker and all the officials of the Hamilton Board of Trade, have bean re-elected. Shoveller; employed by the Montreal Transportation Company are on strike for increased wages. George MoVittie is dead at Bamilton from lockjaw. He stepped on a rusty nail last Wednesday. The Victorian nurses en route to the Klondike, when last heard of, were on the Plenola-Teslin trail. The water in the St. Lawrence River is two and a hall feet higher now than it was at this period two years ago. Lightning, during a storm at Kelly's! Cross, Prince Edward Island, killed Thomas Monaghan and Owen Trainor.' The State Department and Clerk oli the Crown in Chancery at Ottawa, are busy preparing for the prohibition ple- biscite. Someone her undertaken to show how Ireland might be nude Lc prosper. 'there ere 2,000 parishes, which ought to turn out 00 pigs weekly. This would give a desirable total of 0,200,000 an- nually, which at a fair average price, would bring in alt income of al14,300,000. Liquor may be sold to the house of Cumtnons without al license, the Polies Magistrate having dismissed the summons against he barkeeper, As tale Daily News puts it, "If the Rouse of Commons wants liquor, the House of Commons with have liquor, and all the courts in England cannot control the legtslative power," UNITED STATES. The recent census showed 6%000 Pro- testants among the 31,000,000 OE Italy. By the capsizing of a catboat in the harbor of Portland, Maine, five lives were lost, Twenty returned miners 'from the Klondike are at Seattle, Wash., with. $375,000 en gold dust and dralfts. Eleven parsons were tilled and 70 in- jured by the tornado which swept over Hampton, N. I1., beach on Monday. i The wheat crop throughout the Unit- ed States promises an increase ai;from le to .".5 per rent, over the yield o: ' 1097. The total acrea'g'e now growing is 25,051,000 acres, GENERAL. A whole town of 500 inhabitants near Foo -Chow has adopted Christianity. The, Chilian Government has given Argentina until August 18th to de- cide the boundary question. More eggs are produced in France than in any country in the world, the number being about 42,000,000 annual- ly. It is announced at Ottawa that alt There is a remarkable society in the bye -elections to fill vacancies in Leghorn, comprising no fewer than the Douse have been postponed until 9,000 members, which succours the sick the fall. • The Clifton House, Niagara Palls is to be rebuilt on the old site. The new structure wilt be an imposing ho- tel of modern style, Another large batch of Galician were released from quarantine at Winni- peg on Monday. There are atilt over one hundred detained. At Guelph Charles Sully was present- ed with a Humane Society medal tor rescuing Charles Clendennan from drowning in the Speed. Two girls employed in the Bouril factory at Montreal, settled a dispute wlth knives. One named Rath seri- ously wounded the other. The Kingston Y. M. C. A. hare re- ceived a gill of one hundred dollars from O'Loughlin Brothers, of New York. formerly of Kingston. Winnipeg's resident population, ao- cording to the assessment commission- ers' census, is 89,300. 0 The assessment of real property reaches about $23,000, - and buries the dead gratutiously. Congolese rebels have massacred 31 oaf the 100 men in the .Belgiau expedi- tion under Lieut. Dubois, who, it is re- ported, was assassinated by his own men. Egypt is the only country In the world where there are more man than women. The male sex in the dominions o1 the Khedive exceeds the female by 180,000. At WW'elheek, in Germany, a decree has been proclaimed that a license to marry will not be granted to any in- dividual who has been in the habit of getting drunk. The British Admiralty has directed The apple crop throughout the Nilo he 1 1- n- s in a re a t- o 11 a e of Western Ontario will be one of t largest for many years, and the qua ittpromises to be equal to the qua A chartered telephone company, which a number of Local capitalists a interested, is likely to secure a foo hold in London in rivalry to the Be eatiCern. Chief Keeper Hughes and Engine Derry, affietals of the Kingston Pe tentiary, have been suspended. The are accused of being too friendly wit an ex -convict. .Parsons' afarine Turbine Company of Newcastle- on -Tyne to build a torpedo boat destroyer to Lest the turbine sys- tem as applied to warships. At Munich there is a bospitat I which is entirely supported by the sale ' of old steel pen nibs, collected from all parts of Germany. They are made ' into watch springs, knoves and razors, It has been discovered that Princess le Ena of Batienberg, who was bora in' 887, is the only royal child born in Scotland for nearly 300 years—that is,! ince the birth of Charles h in 1800. Appalling destruotion was caused by recent snow storm in Caucasia. In ' ddition to the loss of 35 human lives ver 9,000 horses, nearly 30,000 cattle ad 14,000 sheep, goats, ate„ were de- ; troyed. er , ni- OPINION IN SPAIN DIVID D. Y • A Split In she Cabinet on the Qnesrlon or War or Peace. t A despatch from Madrid says o While public opinion is divided, g- it is inclining rapidly in favour of c peace, the people becoming more con- n+ vineed every day of the impossibility' £ of withstanding the power of the Teuit- u d ed States, The peace party in the Cabinet is P urging Immediate nigoliatinns looking g 5- to peace, and Senor Gammen, the Min- e- inter of Public Instruction, threatens d - to resign if the war party outweighs d o his influence. The war party, bow- e ever, urges a continuance of the et - struggle, "to convince America that it d t3 difficult to obtain a prompt triumph e e for• Spaher arrmy a d thus secure for L 'There is 0, split in the Cabinet, which s f will probably result in its resignation u and the formation of an intea'medisry e Government, because Senor Silvela and •+s the Conservatives are unwilling to in- i cur the responsibility of the peace ne- of gotiations. The best obtainable terms n - are certain to be trying to Spanish e pride. which will demand a scalpe- d 3 goat. ti y The situation is most trying to o the Queen Regent who is suffering w e more keenly than her subjects. Sway-' ed by outside Counsels, and by the o t. divided opinion of the Cabinet and ' -' nation, her Majesty must aeon decide h upon some course of action. and will re r- probably forret a Government with a t e strong military elem'nt.. and inr.luxting e the mast popular politicians. She be- of 1 grist consulting on This subject on Mon- I b , day. and had a long conference with 1 L_' ,.enol' Romero y hotrledo, s James Allison, . who took poison a Ottawa some days ago in an attemp to end his life, has been sentenced t two years' imprisonment iu the Kin stop penitentiary. The retirement of C. J. Anderso head ot the savings bank branch o the Finance Department, is announce at Ottawa, Mr, John Fraser wills Geed him. The Brockville Town Council huspas ed a by-law prohibiting bicyclists ca rying children on their wheels and aim Ring the speed of the wheeimeu t eight miles per hour, The Canadian Pacific Railway Com pony have sent an official to Switzer land to engage a number of Alpin guides to act ae guides for tourists i the Rocky Mountains, Miss Florence Shaw, colonial editor o the London Times, passed through Win nipeg on Tuesday, en route to the Yu kon, to learn the true facts about this country for her paper. The Stikine river steamer McCon nell has made the run from For Wrangel to GJenora and return in 4 hours, lowering the Ogilvie's record b half ale hour. The body of SVm, Herman, at on time a wealthy merchant. of Toronto was found floating in the canal a Hamilton beach nu Tuesday, It is be lieved that be committed suicide. Fifteen petelog tramps have been a rested to date in conneeLion with th London murder. They covered areng of territory extending from Montree on the east to Minnesota in the -vest Capt, Therrault, of the 81335 Fettle ton, at Rimouski, e8 reported at Que- bec to have levented with some $475, intended far the payment of the bat- talion. France is said to be his desti- nation. Brantford ratepayers will on July 27th vote on the question of spending 050,000 to prevent the Grand River flooding the town; also upon the ques- tion of reducing tee Aldermen to twelve and electing them from the city as a whole. Brantford ratepayers on July 2715 will vote on the question of spending 050,000 to keep the Grund river with- ln bounds, and upon the proposal 10 abolish the -ward system in electing aldermen, their number to be reduc- ed to 12. Worn, Colter, Superintendent of 1.513 G.'t'.E. 'Eastern Division, has been mov- ed from Montreal to Detroit, to aa• sumo the 'Superintendency of the Western Division, ,Tames M. Herbert, train master at Belleville, well Sue- ceed Mr, Cotter. GREAT BRITAIN, I1 Ls reported in .London, ling,, that .the C.P:B, may take up the fttst At- , Mettle !nail service. It is said that Iarilish farmers and dairymen are to -day milking over 4,000,00o cows, and producing in their dairies a. 002,000,000 worth of milk and butter and cheese. The conditions under w11h'h llritish sailors and soldiers live are far more sanitary now thane in the past. In 1805 more than 11 deal he mourrat In every 1,800 Men afloat, while Len years tater the nuinhor tell to 0.8, in 1810'1 to 5.4, and in 1305, 4,4, IIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 24. "1G1i,Jall's night And Encouragement," 1 Kings 19. 1.18 urtica 1l'ost, Prada s7. 7, PRACTICAL NOTES, Verse 1. Ahab told Jezebel. Ahab bowed in turn to the strong-willedpro- phet and to the strong -twilled queen. Ali that Elijah had done. The sacrifice, the answer by fire, the slaughter of the priests, and the prayer for rain. Ile had slain all the prophets, Stost of these prophets had probably been lm - ported from Sidon and Tyre, and were therefore countrymen of Jezebel; an attack on them was an attack on her, 2. nem Jezebel sent amessengerun- to Elijah. The strength of this wom- au commands our respect, even whit we recoil from her personal depravit and her ruinous influence on the un Lion, The nation was all with her da before yesterday ; et Is all against her to -day; but she does not waver. The message she sent was praotical banish- ment. If her choice had been to kill Elijah, she would not have notified hire beforehand. If she could make biut fly in terror, he would probably lose his influence with the people. So let the gods do, She does not appeal to Jehovah, as the poor widow of Zarep- hath did, but is thoroughly loyal to her false gods. Thy life as the life of one of them. That is, the head prophets of Baal. To -morrow about this time. She gave him twenty -lour hours in which to leave her little king- dom. That Jezebel, and not Abab, really ruled Israel is evident througb- out the story. 3. When he saw that. When he con- sidered the queen's authority. Ile arose, and went for his life. He bad no faith whatever Lu the stability of the Jewish worshipers of Jehovah, and concluded that Jehovah's cause was lost. It is a great deal easier tp Mara to labor and fight than it is to learn to wait. alsny mon, like Elijah, strug- gle heroically and successfully, and in the struggle lose that combination of nervous force, more/ courage, and faith in God necessary to endurance. It is the last quarter of an hour of every battle that counts, Come to they cannot at d.irat exercise the fail do trod that they really possess. U wise View's sumetlutes do harm 1 u8>aing diem to assume exp 9ences that 11.hey are f{shysica ly and mentally unable 10 Jew tante; plan is best. jet teem wit until natures strain tuts beim soul what eased. An angel, A memento apparently supernatural, Arise an eat, 4. God's people always find the real needs met by his care, 0. A crake batten on the coals. A round fiat cake, cooked by being put between healed stones laid in embers of acher- roat fire. Cruse of water. Ajar or hot - Ile, At his head. At his pillow, which was were likely a stone. fie did eat and drink, and laid him down again, Ile is so utterly exhausted in mind and body that he cannot even eat all he requires, but tabes alillle and returns to sleep, while God and his angel patiently wait. 8. Arose. From his sleep under the Juniper tree (verse 4), Ills bodily wen Mesa is gone, Strength of that mea e flow like the bread sent us from hea- ven (John 0, 35). "Christ which si.ren- Y gthenelh me" (Phil. •1, 13), Forty days. - Bore bwas not over thirteen days' o journey (see Deut. 1. 2), but Israel lived forty years in the wilderness on heavenly bread. Elijah spent forty days, as did Moses, in preparation, for the divine revelation, Horeb. Either Sinai or the group of which Sinai is a peak, This is an unsettled point. 9, Cave. Hebrew, "the cave,"' doubt- less some well-known cavern in those awful mountains. Possibly the "cleft of the root:" where God. placed Moses. Lodged. Literally, "passed the tight," Word came. Probably in a night vision, which may continue until the thirteenth verse. It is immaterial whether the wind, earthquake, anddlr8 were ureal or only a vision; the teach- ing is the same. What Joest thou here)1 "A question o' tender kind- ness, to relieve the' full, burdened heart at the prophet, that he might pour out Sts whole heart beOo1'e the Lord,"— Menken. 10. Jealous. Not dol' his own honor, glory, or advantage, but' for the bond. Who can now say that truly? Israel. Like David and Paul, Elijah held Israel in his heart next 'to God, For- saken thy covenant. The fiolst down- ward step. Thrown down thine altars. A1£ter forsaking, God's covenant the next step :is .to nrglect his eerviee and, overthrow his altars. Slain thy pro - phots.', Hatred a; good, and murder 4ollow naturally. See the history of the Romish Church, I only mm left. Here .Elijah oversteps the truth. See verse 18 and 1 t1Ginti;s 13, 4. data it seemed to him that be was alone in his struggle with wrong. Seek my 1115. Not that he 2eared'death, pea verse 4, but It was the culmination oa Israel's sin. So W£terward they sought to kill Jesus, John 8.37-40. "So too, in Chris- tianity, there has never Leen lacking a persecution of those who have preached repantance and fifth with zeal and ear- nestness."—,Bahr, 11. Go forth, The Septuagint has, "Go forth to -morrow." -See verse 13. It also puts the next words into the same sentence, Our version follows Luther. It is better to translate, "Go fortb and stand.., .Behold Jehovah passeth by'," A great wind. . earthquake a . , fire. Though God sometimes rides in the storm. earth- quake, and fire, yet he revealed not himself to ,Elijah, in answer to his in- tercession against Israel, Rom, 11. in that form. That had been Elijah's way of refo.rmiug men. God now taught him that it was not his way. Jesus taught his disciples a similar Lesson when they wished to £olluw .Eiijah's example, Luke 8. 54-50. The Lord was not in. The Chaldee version is, "T'hc glory of the Lord, Shekinah, was not in the hosts of the angels of the wind," etc. The true glory of the Lord is not in overpowering majesty, but in his attributes of love and mercy. 12, A still small voice. Literally, "a sound of soft stillness." Just the gen- tle, peaceful, comforting voice needed by his wounded heart. To him it was a rest and consolation—perhaps noth- ing more ; but to us, favored by fur- Iher revelation, it lights up the fact that "the law was given by Moses, but gram: and truth come by Jesus Christ," John 1. 17, h t of Nimsbl, itli)1a. This name, des- n-' kneel io rival that of I':lljah,was allbnt y to Elijah of his 101311350 in supposing or- that ba alone o1' all Israel served the 1- Lord. Fle probably' knew 111e pities and e. the man, versa 19, 1,10, Abelmoltolrih, it meaning "'Tire field of the dance," meet 5- Save been in the Jordan valley not far r, from Betllshean, to SHARKS AICD VULTURES. FEASTING AROUND THE WRECKS OF ADMIRAL CERVEIIA'S SHIPS. !!renes or Desolnftoa (11141. holier A10115 the dhnres of Southern t:'tlba--1Guel3ll or Dead. Sailors, Off Santiago do Cuba, Port Anionlo, Cuba;—Tho vessels which compose Ad- e_ uncal Cerveru's squadron, converted L, into wrecked charnel houses, are lit- tering the Cuban 1301151, ancl. the scenes 00 desolation, ruin, horror and Beeth in its ghastly, revolting aspect pre- sented by these at one time !formidable steel carcases battles description. At the entrance of the harbor of SunLiago de Cuba Ilea the Reina Mercedes, sunk at midnight on July 3. 'Westward, five miles tfrnm elle harbor, is a ,torpedo boat destroyer, stuck dast in the racks, Mose on shore and battered by the sunt. Rucks jutting out of the water just in' front of where she lies hide her hull ifroln view. Her davits and the top of her conning tower alone mark her resting place, Visible 'from the sea, aIfsw miles further, in an inlet embraced by two mighty arms of black rocks that extend haliI a mile into the sea, are the remains of the twin eruis- ets 111311tnta Maria Teresa and Altair - ante Oquendo, 'formerly the pride of the Spanish navy. Farther up lies the Vizcaya, a mesa 0f ruins, and 4'1 miles away Teem Santiago de Cuba the Cris- tobal Colon lies helpless on her side, Beersheba whiclt bslongeih to Judah, Beersheba was nearly one hundred miles south of Jozreel, and stood at the extreme southern limit of Pales- tine, on the edge of a great desert. It Ives separated from Jezresl not merely by miles, but by national lines, and was part of the kingdom( of Judah. Left his servant there. (1) Solitude is often helpful in hours of mental and moral strain. (2) Strength and weak- ness lie close together in the charac- ters of the greatest men, 4. Went a day's journey into the wilderness. A desert of gravel, now called 111 Tih, whiclt stretches for un- ounted mites eastward and southward, westward also, from 'Beersheba. It. was not safe, he thought, to remain even in the kingdom of Judah, 'for the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were now friendly. Sat down under a juni- G,r tree. A brown ugly shrub, which rows where nothing else will game, Requested for himself that he might ie. The causes of his mental despon- ency are suggested by F. W. Rob- rtson as follows: (1) Want of omit - talon. While there was work to be one Elijah was brave. 2. Nervous xhausbion—natural revulsion after a ay of mighty effort and strain. 3. oneliness. Note how often Elijah aid, "I am alone," 4. Apparent laLl- es. SL's apparent success had vanish - d into thin air. Hie thought is, "All lost,; let me die." The entire story s in accord with the deepest principles mental and physical science. 7 am 01 better than my gathers. His con- ceenee upbraids him dor his own un- ait.hfulness, oowardice, and irresolu- on. He judges himself as he ,judges titers, and kleeides that he is not orthy of prolonged bete. 3. How ood it is that God does not answer um mistaken prayers 5. He lay and slept. The needs of Is physioal nature—rest and nourish- ent God llirst supplies. ')'he lioughtful, sympathetic Christian will aeten observe men and womr n of strong factions whn are suddenly bereaved y death or plunged into some other' unmeasured suilfering. They are in uch physical and mental condition 18. Elijah heard, and recognized it as the voice of God, Mantle, His up- per' garment—a sort of cloak or cape, perhaps made of untanned sheepskins, Elis face. An instinct of reverence and Hwa. Stood in the entering 5,. The CAM must have been larger than that now shown as the "Cave of Elijah." 15. Go, return. Active service is the best cure for discouragement, 'Wilder- ness. Probably the region between Bashan and Damascus, Anoint. We Wive no record of the anointing of either Hazen! or Jebu by Elijah. It may have been done in secret, as in the ease of David, or left to his successor, "Anoint" should probably not be tak- en literally, but means appoint. 10. Jehu the son of Nimabi, that is, the grandson, Sep 2 'Kings 9. 2 Jehu was the sols of Jelloshltphat, the son DIAGRAM SHOWING RELATIVE BULKHEAD PROTECTION MODERN SHIP. OP LA BOURGOiGNE AND A The bull:heart construe' ion in Ga IIourgop'ne 5031 of an old and prne- tieally obsolete style, 'T10 hong 5531 proleeled from a ha'ail-on enll'rsion and. freta bein'r run dawn from astern, but ills throe great spares etnideMps, tvhirh c0nl.$)ned 11,E 'ing1nes en.1 11011019 x0131 1lltprotriot 131 rote a. sire blow, Prom the, nneou1118 of the survivors 11 an - ; pears that the hole cut. in the lin-, i Hr's side. by the Cromer( phi re nets. large enough to lel. water 5110 ennli 01 these compartments, The added weight seems to have been suffici• alit to sink the ship, in the 1(a1ser Wilhclot der (111188(1, a passenger ship or th.'. latest c0nsil'uation, eaohl of the Itour hollers 's contained in a separa.e water -tight compartment., .There are also transverse bulkheads in the e 1- gbee and boiler rains and Wahl.y-t'. '0 Water -tight eempaltntents in the still's , bottom. Other :dupe, when propel' y protected, have survived eolliei01 s numb worse than 155whiclt (tank is Bergegne, with her smokestacks under waiter. The Infante Maria! Teresa and 11e AJmirante Oquendo stand upright, stuck 'fast on the rocky shoals. All that. is 18111 of them is their outer hulls, the heavy armor Jellying total'annihila- tion. Inside of them the work of de- struetiun is complete. Their boilers, engines, bankers and magazines have been blown into unrecognizable masses of twisted, melted iron, Exploded shells, burned fritter and revolvers, pieces of yellow brasswork and gold and silver coin, melted by the intense heat, are strewn alt over the remains at the once proal armored cruisers, whose protective decks only stand in places. But the most ghastly horrible sights in talose silent steel coffins, erre the mangled, charred and starred bodies of hundreds of brava sailors, sacri- ficed for their country, Over these scenes of desolation and ruin is 155 utmost fear of death and decomposi- lion, .Buzzards are feeding off the dead, and others are hovering over the wrecks. On the beach other flocks of vultures sit, waiting for the sea to give Up' its deed. Every tide adds to the tale of horror, washing up such ob- jects 55, for instance, a sleeve enclosing a wasted at1'Rl, other portions of human beings gnawed by hungry sharks, and countless relics of the battle. Attention has been given to the bur- ial of the dead of the enemy, and over 100 bodies taken from the ships or washed ashore have been interred titian the beach by Rear -Admiral Simp- son's orders. Whose which now remain are either totally consumed by fire, charred beyond. belief, or lie in the depths of the sea, These form the food of the buzzards who keep con- stant vigil about titer wrecks. The buried remains lie in a confused mass, uuauniliered and unnamed, in ahuge pit dug in the sandy beach where the vessels went ashore. A rude wooden cross from the wreckage alone marks the grave, a grave over which Spain may well mourn. A CRY FOR MEDIATION. 1'he Queen Regent's pottier- Going to Vienna 10 Implore Emperor I'lvtnet% Joseph five Help. A despatch from Vienna says it is leached that Emperor Prances Joseph Is disposed to try once more to secure peace. The Emperor will promptly re- ceive the Arohcluohees Elizabeth, who will .return on Sunday .from Mad- rid with special despatches from the Queen, imploring the .Emperor to use every influence at his command to bring (1130111 11 Oesaat'OIl of hostilities, it is expected in Ministerial quarters here that Prance will take the first step in behalf of Spain. The ofiheiuls put lished an inspired ad- itoriad, shying:—"We learn that all political circles in France express a desire that the bloody conflict should not be pressed to extremes. It is Lime that Spain, having earned the world's admiration for patriotic devotion, should cease resistaneo where site has no chance of success. The S:paltisll Government should not hesitate to ex- press a wish for poem in some form, and there le reason to assume that the meditation of the pow ors would at pees- ent find no unfriendly reception by the Unitucl. States, sieve it appears certain that the Union does not intend taking Cnhtt, and Spain must be prepared to proclaim the 1elend's independence, Under ld.l the uiramnstances the Paris Cabinet will extend a ready hand for stroll meditations" The Archduchess Elizabeth, who was expected in Vienna on Saturday with a despatch from Spain's Queen .Regent, bese'0Jting the Empe1'or at Austria to do all he can to boring about poacp,is the Queen -Regent's mother. Arch- duchess Lllzabeth left Vienna some weelts ago, when platters began to look Week for Spain and went to Madrid Lo be with her daughter to give her a mother's.counsel and consolation, She has remained in the Spanish capita) until now, when elle goes back to A.uatria as ihe'oonfidential emissary of her dlstreesed daughter, bearing a plaintive appeal for aid. • 1 o• Z 5 Need 1 the Nerve �Dli �, G When a� s��d � V�h� %� rpt oll ..v..,1•,.,, ...®d �...o A. Wonderful Recovery, Illustrating the. Quick Response of a Depleted Nervi Syr teaaa, to a Treatment Which Replenishes EHhansstod Nerve Forces. AIR. FRANK-BAUER, BERLIN, Orly, Perhaps you know him 1 In Water- loo ho is known as one of the most popular and successful business men of that enterprising town. As eaanag- ing executor of the Kuntz estate, ho is at the head of a vast business, repre- senting au investment of many thous- ands of dollars, and known to many people throughout the Province. Solid financially, Mr. Frank Bauer also has the good fortune of enjoying solid good health, and if appearances indicate anything, it is safe to predict that there's,a full half century of active life shill ahead for him, But it's only a few months since, while nursed as an invalid at the 1!'It, Clemens sanitary resort, when his friends in Waterloo were dismayed with a report that he was at the point of death. cc There's no telling where I would have been had I kept on the old treat- ment," said Mr. Bauer, with a merry laugh, the other day, while recounting his experiences as a very sick man, rr Nit, Clemens," he continued, "was the last resort in my case. For months previous I had been suffering Indescribable tortures. I began with a loss of appetite anti sleepless nights, Then, as the trouble kept growing, I woe getting weaker, and began losing flesh and strength rapidly. "My stomach refused to retain food of any kind. During all this time I was under medical treatment, and took everything prescribed, but without relief. Just about when my condition Seemed most hopeless, I heard of s wonderful cure effected in a case somewhat similar to miue, by the Great South AmerieanNervine Tonle, and I finally tried that. On the first day of its use I began to feel that it was doing what no other medioino had done. The first dose relieved the distress completely. Before night I actually felt hungry and ate with an appetite such as 5 had not known fqr months, I began to piok up in strength with surprising rapidity, slept well nights, and before I knew it I was eating three square meals regularly every day, with as much relish as ever. I have no hesitation whatever in saying that the Sontb American Nervine Tonic oured me when all other remedies failed. I have recovered my old weight—over 200 ponnda—and never felt better in my life," Mr. Frank Bauer's experience is that of all others who have used the South' American Nervine Tonic. Its instantaneous action in relieving dis- tress and pain is due to the direct edeot of this peat remedy upon the nerve centres, whose fagged vitality is energized instantly by the very first dose. It is a great, a wondrous our* for all nervous diseases, as well as indigestion and dyspepsia. It goes to the real source of trouble direct, and the sick always feel its marvel- lous sustaining and restorative power at once, on the very ant day of Its i use, Sold by G. A. Deadman. ANNEXATION OF HAWAII, PRESIDENT MCKINLEY SIGNS THE RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS. Possession. to be. Taken at Once—The Wal'- alllp'Phlladolphla'1/'111 Proceed to the Island W,ih lnslenellona ler Minister A despatch from Washington, says: —The President, signori the resolution annexing Hawaii at 7 p.m. on Thurs- day. The necessary orders were given dur- ing the day to start the Phiiadelphia for Hawaii, carrying. Admiral Miller with a notice of the action of the United States Government, and direct- ing Minister Sewall to take formal possessions in the name of the United States. Minister Batch, of Hawaii, arrived at the State Deparrmoni: at 11 Delloak and held an extended conference with Sec- retary Day on the consummation of an- nexing Hawaii to: the United. States. The Hawaiian authorities hart. taken stops to oonvey 111e nein at the earliest possible moment to Hawaii, Mr. 3-1a1c11 sent extended official despatches to the riaw'aiian agent in San lfraneisco to be forwarded by the steamer salt. on Thursday, The Minister will leave hero on P.riday to catch the steamer sailing for Hawaii on the 18111. Mr, Lewin M. Thurston, Ha- waiian Commissioner goes with Mr, Hatch, but will wait till the IRh, .to take steamer for Hawaii. Itis under- stood also that MOS. Dominis, former Queen L.Ilinokalanj, and her tarty who have been lir Washington for many months, contemplate takings an early steamer for 13110511. Minister Shield mull/F. Thurston ex- pressed the deepest. satisfaction at the outcome of the long struggle, As they entered the State Department. they re- ceived congratulations on every hand, kir, Thurston remeritod that it felt. "good to be an American." 'A .PART OF THE U. S. NOW, It 41 the view of the Hawaiian O - tborities that Mavenbocontes a part of the United States the moment tha President attaches bis signature to the resolution of Congress. The annex- ation is said to ne complete without any further action here or in Hawaii. At the same time, it is possible that the Hewalian Legislature may pass a resolution similar to the one passed by Congress. While it is said that it is' not necessary, yet it will be a formal- ity accomplished, and remove every pns- sibie chattels of quibble over the regu- lartty of the procedure. Mr, Thurston explain's the stratus thus;—'The Hawaiian Senate unant- mousiy ratified a treaty of annexation. This, in effect, was a tender of Hawaii Is the United States. Now the 'United States accepts the tender by a joint resolution of. Congr'ese, signed by the President. The tender and aceoptenoe complete the act." It is said .that Ibe t:rensmission ot the republic to the 'United States rein be accomplished withoutthe slightest delay or friction. A complete internal organization already exists, civil, mil- itary, eta., and it is pointednit that this doss away with the delny of or- ganising a government, Such its warr- ed .when California was admitted, For the present the existing civil organiz- ation will continue with President Dole as chief executive, andthis will run along until the five commissioner's ap- pointed by the President complete a system of organisation and put it in- to effect, THERE ARE OTHERS. Tom—Do you have any trouble motif:, hug your credttorp1 Dick—No, t:t's easy enough to meat thein—the trouble is to avoid thein. PA1IAl0OXlfiAL, 11y 55108 freak of fortune, 1 haven't got. a cealt; And the rent; in nay trousers Will not pay the rent. Gladstone had the honor of being the only man who was four tithes Prime 3 -Sinister of England, The rennin of Norway may vote be- fore ,.caving, their country if 810312ou day is within three months of their departure; or they may vote s.1 a foreign port within the same time, by having their votes sent, home through Norwsgtan ro1etil,