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The Brussels Post, 1898-9-16, Page 3SgpT, 9, 1898 TRU BRITS8BLIS POST. 3 .1111 NEN M MEL 'THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. interesting temus About Our Own Country, Groat leritain, the United States, and All Ports of the Globe, Condensed end Assorted for Easy Reading. CANA.DA, Stratford wilt increase its water sup- ply 0,000 gallone. • The lei it tell mutat e indeJaLigalti arrived at Halifax from Bermuda. The Cataract Power Co, hat suppliet its fin. aloof rio seureent at Hamilton. , Dr. Charlemange Laurier, brother of the Premier, died at Amthahaslcaville, The Postoffine Department is about to issue postal notes of the &moraine: Mons of 81, $2.50 and $5. Dundee has granted a bonus ot $12,- 000 to the John Bertram & Son of the Canadian Tool Works. The grain crop of Manitoba is esti-I mated at 50,000,000 bushels, of which over 25,000,0D0 is wbeat, Work has been begun upon the ex-. tension of the Stonewall brancb of the Canadian Pacifie into the Forthon dis- trict. Indians and whites in the Cassier raining district are threatened with starvation, wording to reports from' Vantrouver. The new offices of the Grand Trunk in Montreal, plans of whicb have been •completed, will bo the largest railway offices in the world. The George E. Tuckett & Son Com- pany of Hamilton aro building a flee - storey fuotoey, to be used in manufac- turing Canadian tobacco. Customs Inspector MoMichreel Enda that the Vancouver Customs have been ' detmucled o $100,000 by false entries •of Japanese and Chinese. Four Indians, held at Dawson City for the murder of William G. Mecham, have hien found elute end sentenced by judge Maguire to hang at Dawson ' City on November 1. A party a farmers estitanted to num- ber, with their families, about 1,000 -souls, are expected, to move from Yank- ton, N. Dakota, to Crooked Lake, near ; Prince Albert, N.W.T. The Eider-DempsLer Co, will increase both their London and their Bristol service next season. It is said to he the intention to have two ships a weelc to London and the same Lo Bristol. The City Council of London has pass - et a resolution to the effect that the; site chosen in South London Inc the' Normal School is unsuitable, and that the Government be asked to make 5» - other aeleetion. The Stratford City Council will ex-. empt the 'Whyte Packing Company of Mitthell from taxes for twenty yeare -and guarantee their debentures as an inducement fm- the Linn to locate iu the Classio City. Michael McMillan, or Grand Mira, C. B., hes returned home direct from the Klondike, having been away about two years. He realized over forty thousand .dollars, and his mete, Curry, also of 'Grand Mira, came out at the same time.. Thy is expected home in a few days. Ills share exceeds 650,000. GREAT 13B.ITAGe. The Speaker says that Mr. Joseph Chruniterlain., Secretary of State Inc the Colonies, will visit the United States in the autumn. The typhoid epidemic at Belfast is growing rapidly. Six bum -teed eases have been reported it, three weeks, anti every hospital is filled to overflowing. ! Lord Charles Bereseord left London for China nn Thursday. He goes to in- vestieate levestment prospects as com. tniseioner of the Assoriated Chambers of Commeree of Great Britain. The Earl of Westmeath has been op - pointed secretary of the Royal Commis- sion width is to alt at St. Arlin's, Nfld.. to enquire into and regulate certain matters in dispute in that country. The London Pinen•ial Times. mom wonting on the scheme for a Canadian Treasury bits eleoided that under exist- ing eontliteons there is no mown why Spaulab ships 1311°1114 not enter, load and (dear at ports in Ili I Int tod States, Collectors of customs will tre.inetnuete ed eo thle Mem. John Restive, aged 110, and John Mee - collet', aged 30, of italtemore, quarrelled on Tuesday morning and agreed (0 fight it, out with Anal tom 'imy fought; to an open held in that Presence of a mingle %denims, Rosily° was killed and Muecolino tied, Allis Hopkins, aged 19, did la Johne - burgh, Warren CounLy, N.Y., on Tues- day, the result of a W01111(1 in Meted on Sunday by Harry Miele aged 14. Hopkins and others of bis age were abusing Hatch, who drew a knife and almost dieembowled Hopkins. *The Middlesex shoe fernery at Marl- boro', Masse employing 275 bands, has shut down for an indefinite peeled. rhe cause of this action be a eteeke of the ditchers, who refuse to return les long fte the forewoman of theta depavt- ment, Mrs. Robert Henderson, retains that position. Steam yachts are it drug in Me mar- ket et New York, At lent hall' a dozen of these floating palaces are Inc sale at about half. Lhe purchase prima. The expense of keeping a steam yacht in commission hi more than evon most millionaires care to stand, and in till C0111740 of a year or two they loon up- on them as white elephantre GEN.ERAL. German explorers have discovered new island to the east of Spitsbergen. Conflicts have Laken place between American soldierand native ineurg- e tas at Cavite. The Shah of Persia has announced his intentions of visiting the Sultanal ConstanLinople. The Dutch pianist Sivelcing, has. been arrested ut Tsai, upper Austria, for failing to salute a priest. The personal sLate of the late Dr. CorneliusHerz, who, it WOO charged, was Implicated m the Panama Canal scandal, has been sworn to at 420, At the San Quintin mine, in the Pro- vince of Ciudad Real, Spain, 2,000 min - ars reeve gone on strike. Forty gen- darmes bare been ordered there to pre- vent trouble. Illness among the American troops o.t Porto Rico is on the increase, and there are now nearly a thousand cases of malaria lend dysentery, with afew of typhoid fever. The Court of Cessation at Rome has rejected all the appeals of the rioters, sentenced by military trilbunals to various terms of imprisonment for connection with the riots in Milan last Mae. international exhibition, to be held in Toronto in 1901, says England would render every aid to the proposed ex- hihition to make it the success it da - The Manchester Courier says thnt the Lortl-Lieutenancy of Ireland es likely next year to be made a non-politioril and permanent office, which wlIl proba- bly be occupied by a member of the Royal Family, possibly the Duke of Connaught. UNITED STATES, Eighteen firemen were badly burn- ed by a hot air explosion in afire at Boston, Masse on Thuesdey. American school children are col. looting $5,000,000 to build n battleship to take the place of the Maine. Ching* and Ogdensburg shippers pro- pose to as tithe Quebec conference to take notion for the removal of tolls on the WeHeed Canal. Hon, Thomas M. Adams, Demoorittio nominee for the Georgia, Leg114W:etre, has been assassinated at Giles, in a general row at a political gathering. Trouble is looked for at Paua ill., where the Goal miners are on strike. A lot of negroes are being brought in, to take the strikers' planes, end they are under guard. American. tropes at Chat to ',nog a stoned two 'negro pedlars 10 death in revenge for the death of a non-com- missioned efficer at the bands of en - t other colored mare Itev. 3. P. Fletcher, n CongregaLlort- al ministee was shot, whire attempt - leg to organtze s. Congrega Lionel Chervil Ile GA, While in the pulpit ho wits tired at through the window, 107 bueltshot lodging in his bay. John Pilbron, a ermer living three mils smith of Milan Mich., has plough- ed up on his farm twenty-six English Sovereiges, and two half sovereiges. The dates of the halt sovereigns are • 1817 and (bat on the sovereigns are 1811, it is probable that a large neinner of the collon milts in 'Massaehltsetts using shout a Million spindles, Win Mose down before the end of °Motion 1. The contemplated increase in the Gor- man army will amount to 22,500 men, Involving an extra annual outlay of 14,000,0011 marks, 82,800,00 beside addi- tions to the artillery and other sere VICOS. The German newspapers are be- coming more friendly towards the United States, taking the view that Spain Inas only herself to blame, and time the conditions Unposed by the United States are not excessive. MOVEMENT OF SOUDAN FORCES. Dervishes Determined 0) Make n Stand at the Maltdrs Tomb. 2nd Edition A despatch from Wady Flamed says: —The Anglo-Egyptian forces began their advance on Thursday morning in five pecansi columns at deploying dietance. They were led by eaolin guides and by bands ot pipers, who were playing. It was an impostng spectacle. The friendly natives on the opposite bank of the Nile •indulged in war dances. The camp is now a wilderness of broken I.:twilit boxes and other rub - bleb. The dervish scouts are active audit is rumoured there is 0 dervish force an the right bank of the river, under Lhe command of the Emirs Zaki and Wad Oithare. It is also reported that the ;Klialife is preparing to make a :tend itt Kerreri, seven miles north Of Omdurman, and that he will. defend rho eItihrine tomb to the last, TO DEATH FROM A BALLOON. .4. 11.11 11113: 31.1111111111'S ICA PO 011011 11 10 Per Melanins, Over Jamillen Day.• A des -patch •from New York, says: Mrs, Aura Christiansen, a pertuthede performer was killed on Saturday night: itt jamiLiea Bay, opposite :Bergen Bead, in view or thousands. Shortly alter 8 o'clock she sailed. skyward on a tra- peze attached to a balloon inflated with hot air. Mrs. Christiansen thew kisses to the crowd and performed on the trapeze until the helicon reached 1.1.11 altitude of about 000 feet. Then she released hee hold on the trapeze, A second later her body was tumbling through the air. Women and children screamed, As the body CAMS closer to the water it was seen that the parachute had failed Lo open, apparently because it was entangled with Mrs. Christian- sen's elothing. 1VIren she struck the water several 1/00110 pulled out from the shore to rescue her. When remelted elle was deed. SUFFERING IN THE CASSIAR. All the Whiles /1 11 11 aiiinnil., 311.5 Threaten,. eel55 eiaeration, A. despatch from Vancouver, B. G., gamic—Me. J., H. Broevallee, who has been surveying in the Caseter mining distriot toe nix months, says the :In- dian and whiles are threatened with SLI1.11vation. A large number at Amer- icana went in Uwe at the thee of the leathern stampede. Having eaten up their °Melte or lost them in the rivers they eould get no mora teem the Hud- son's Day poet stores, whinh hart searee- ly enough grub to keep thee, owe oie Mirth' from starvation. Mw ;Brownlee oiler( one ease where two New Yorkers Iota evenything but two waits of flour, which they sold to [BE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, SEPT. 11. • This will rifted eonte 0,590 bnds a he Indtens for 00 emits a cup, Which great majority of whom are French they paid bnek to Indian guides to lead. Petnadiens, them to the nonsis, living of route on glee ereenetery ofthe United Statee emerge and roots, M • • n111)AO, 1.8. Golden Text. ha, 381. PRAOTJ OA r. NOTES. Verse I, Woe to them that are at ease in mom The sin and folly of whieli these CAM guilty is thoughtless eelf-indulgence. The "woe" or punish- mentis given by implication in the suecemling verse. "in Zion" makes the rebuke include the kingdom of Judah also, 1.1111red in the sins of lertoil, But. Judith was n t this time it very simile principality compared with the imperial power of Israel or Samaria, and the rest of the prophecy refers chiefly to Samaria. Trust in the moun- tain of Samaria, 'ePo them that are', secure in the mountain of Samaria." Beatty the central part or the kingdom of. &nutria and its ettpleal were not so high as the mountain land of Judah, but the reference .1.131.0 is figurative to the exaltation of the nation. Which ars named (+bier of the nalecnae. "The notable nom of the chief of uations," The kingdom of Israel, bemuse of its spacial dignity as the nation of God's (Moira, was the most exalted of the tuition"; of the earth, and its princes were the most exalted in it. To whom the house of Israel came. That is, the glories of Israel, the 'law or Moses and the Aimee of the Aaronio priesthood, the revelation of Jehovah and the Moore wbieh he bestowed on his chosen people --all these come by ten inheritance to the noblemen of the chief of the nations. There are soma who believe *that the word might well be translated "re- sort of the house of Israel;" the com- monplace people of Hebrale blood and doctrine naturally turned to the no- blemen as their exemplars and ad- visers. 2. PASO ye. The greatness of Israel end of Israel's c rider:racy is now brought forward by it rapid view of Lhe greatest of the governing nations of the earth ttt that time. South of lerael, it we include Judith, in all Cen- turies MS a great (Marten in which no kingdom could well be founded, but east of it on the seacoast prospered Philistia and Phoenicia. North of it had been a succession of powerful em- pires, beginning with the dominance of the Hittites. East of it was also a succession of empires, each founded on the ruins of the other. Assyrim was at this time rising in its strength and after a little Lo be conquered by Baby- lonia, which was in turn to be subjug- ated by the Medea and Persians. In these three diesel:ions the prophet lures his eyes—cast, north, and west—and rhetorically, :lake his hoaxers to travel forth and examine the majesty of the chief (fettles in these kingdoms. ;Calneh, A center of splendor in the land of Shi- nier. It is mentioned in Genesis, by Calno, and by Ezekiel, and was lemons in later years antler the name of Clesiphon. It is built 011 a penin- sula, with the Tigris on three sides, and was called an impregnable fortress in Dm ancient days, but recently, very, e ery ;recently, not more than ten or fifteen years before this propheey, this great fortress and metropolis had been captured by the Assyrians and its glorie.s stolen to make more beautee eul their city of Nineveh. We are asked 4;o go to Calnele fifteen years ago so strong and magnificent, and "see" —look at 11 now. Prom thence go ye. The journey in Amos's duty would have bed through thick glad prosperous com- munities, ;but now if one went the 31011311 road, le would be over rocks and stories which even the Bedouins avoid:bet:aura of their sterility and loneliness. Hee math elle great. A city on the Oron- tes around wkk'it a. powerful kingdom had gathered. WiLh our preconcep- tions of history, made from the car- eers of more recent nation% it; is diffi- cute to understand how in Syria, Mese- potarnict, rind Asia Minot: for centuries kingdom succeeded kingdom, the mass of the people being always of mixed blood, end yet each kingdom, though i,n some cases it lasted only for a cen- tury, heving inure or IOUs of a distinet &niece rind distinct religious hehite, and more or lees rade). eletructeristiee. The readiest illustration of this for the Bible -trader is the kingdotu of Sy - the which was used by the Lord, so re- peatedly as u whip with which to chas- tise Israel. In the Scripture its capi- tal was always DIA0108111.1.S, and a rapid reader mighe suppose !het the mix - tion 01 Syrie, with Demascue as its capital, was one consecutive nation, ,just as Einglaud has bran for rant:u- m-es, with London, as its metal, but it was .00l, so. Not only were S110011831iVO dynnst les entirely xtu'uslii ed wil h each Whey, but the kingdoms thernselvee land hardly enything in C0/11111011, except the undying bee uty end fertility of the oasts in width Danuiseue stands, and the cireumsteneeff that made. a king- dom there not only possible, but inev- itable. The kingdom of Dementh was, in a broad sense, also ic Syrian. The crowd that listened to Amos, Inc he probably uttered this prophecy in the kingdom or tarn el, while the vent con- quering: king, jeroboam 11,, waif on the throne, would weleoner en allusion to Tefamath, been ura their own own king had devastated it as thorough- ly as the Assyrill114de- vastated Caineb, arid in the (lily of Seinnria, at, the very time that Antra was sneaking these worth', there were, doubtless, to he seen amounted tro- phies tit stone and metal and drapery which Jerolertim hed, itt eneordance with the oustorns of his time, stolen from, Inintrith for the enrichment ot Iris own Teatime Yes, slave men end women, subjugated eilieens of Hum - nth, moy well have bean in the crova. when Amos epoke. Ni very long a fter HIM the it'tiy W110 taken from the Pe raelites by the Assyriens. Oath or the Philistines, This city, which hod tut '51" rant years beeonto 1,10110001101113 COC 11131- 1 I Cry streligth, had been rapt orad iy tl zeinh, king if Judele and was the third neighboring capital, the. 'levee- tatton oi which wits a 1.111111 liar fad to he citizens of 8/1 Cia, flr.t hey bet ter then theme lcineracins The' le, than fermi end Jeidall. Or their border greater titin your border? No; rnr I hey have been recently overthrown; end lbelr border is turned to roger, and yet COCO, 011(1 -only a few metre ago, they wore, so much stronger that Israel and Jutilab trembled bemuse all 110 10. Prob- ably 1be innueLlialo thought, of Amos is not limit Israel will won Share I he fate of these cities, but rather an emphasis and repetition of what was stated in Lite first. verde—Pwael *rid Judah tak- en together ere himit thief ot the /lotions, the nava powerful sovereignt-ies. Dye 1.11144 have fallen, but the "border" of Weal and Judah has been',extend- ad. 9. Ye that put far away the evil day. Whit B Amos WOO I (1 etoi1tliistzii 1.110 strength and prosperity of Judah and Israel, be censures the evils and 1 noblemen. They regard the day ot judgment as fur off. Just as impeni- tent sinners said of Ezekiel, Ezek. le. 27: "Thei vision that he seep is for , 1 pluebtle oe the times that are Ittla' OM" Men whose sins 03.0 hestening 013 II crisis and fanny that, crisis to be far away. Cause the eetet of violence to come near. Violence enthroned is a figure of the most awful wiakedness. Now, a king's throne woe said to move with his con - ones s, as for 'alliance, e nce, Nbue a JILZ- Far established his throne at. Jerusa- lem wben be conquered that city. So these eaneless sinners, these notable men of the thief of the nations, bring the sovereignty of violence nearer and nectrer. .Believing the clay oe eettg- mi:an incentive to their reekless. snnt to be far away, they bring Dee e pression nearer. I. oetponement of eredge anent i 4. Lie upon beds of ivory. Reoline upon ivory divans, Samaria far more than Jerusalem teas a center of trade; the luxuries of Hindusten brought across Persia enriched the homes of its aristocrats; espeoially was ivory valued and the student will remember that Ahob had a palace so ornamented as to be called "the ivory palace." Stretch themeelves upon their couches. A picture of luxurious sensuality. Eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall. The simple meaning is they feed on the choicest of hunt) and veal, both of which Were regarded its dainties. The phrase "out of" means "taken out ot,' • for lambs and calves were regarded as too delicate to be left with the older animals and in the general flock. Even to this day there is a place railed off in oriental folds for their safety. 5. That chant to the sound of the viol. "Sing idle songs to Lite sound of the viol." The margin of our A.uthor- ized Version bas "quiver," There is an allusion to the peculiar melodies of the Orient, and; an indication that "the singers thought moms of Lha sound than the same. Listlessness and , effeminacy are indicated throughout." —Goodell,. Invent to tbetuselves in- struments of musio, like. David. Thle word translated "instruments of 'nue sic" may mean melodies, but the point is that. while David used his musical talent for the glory of God, theirs kept time with tneir selfisb indulgen- nes. 6. That drink wine in bowls. "By waterpetfuls." Anoint themselves with the Myer ointments. This rouse be taken in close connection with the next verse. They are not grieved Inc the affliction of Joseph. The custom ; of anointing was usually suspended in time of mourning but now, when titers is abundant cause for mourn- Lng thee, so far from griev- ing, use the most costly ungu- mats. What was the cause for mourn -1 ing ? Not eo much what is revealed in the coming verees, this approaching captivity of the nation, as the present sufferings of the poor. These high- strung men draw their huge incomes ; from the trained resources of the poor, and pumper themeleves Chell they should be sick at heart because of the misery of the mass ot their na- tion. '7. Now: shell they go captive with the fleet that go captive. That is, they Shad'. Oa 1000 their prominence; ury they "hall be foremost en misery. The banquet of them that stretch i themeelves shell be removed. The hest explanation of this is the Revised War - "Me revelry of them that stretch themselves shall pass away." It refers to verses 4, 5, and cli. The lounge -ere nn the beds of ivory, the feasters on delicate viands, the drink- ers of wine in bowls, the singers tend dancers, shall finch their pleasure sud- denly at an end, S. The toed God bath 5100111 by hian- self. "Bemuse be could swear by no greater." The Lord tbe God of hosts. 'Phe first phrase, "Lord," 10 a title; this, as usual in the Old Testament, is the nems of Jehovah. I abhor the ex- cellency of :Meth. "1 loath thee In whish the nation lets its pride. 'Royal mown, prleetly robe, rituah practice„ temple, and all, they are emblems of what 1 love, but they are co corrupt. ed I hold them in ahoraination." Hate his palaces, Because of the wickede nese of the people who dwell in !there, lii'td Psalm 87. 2 and 48, 3, 14, and think how much there must have been offensive lo Gocl before he could. so change in regard for Judah and. lerael. Therefore well 1 deliver up the city ivieb all that; is thereie. Whigh city, Samaria or Zinn? 13oth, for both have sinned; and the wealth and population of 1:oth having been used as means to evil ends, must be give') over to jusigtuent. ANOTHER CRASH IN THE FOG. An. Deena Miter Sinki* 5 1111.1.1111.31 trimmer Off etorreundianO. A. despatch trim New York says:— The Thingvalla line steamer Norge meek the French ,Cishing schooner De. Coquette, of Bayonne, France, on Set - 'Imlay last, on the Grand Banks. The eaptein of the ecbooner and eight sem. men were saved. Sixteen men went down with the unfortunate vessel. Tlx Norge railed from. Stettin Aug. lerd. The weather was generally eine to •the banks of Newfoundland, when tt becaane foggy, with patches ot clear weather. On Saturday, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was foggy, but not so Mick as to necessitate reduction et speed. Capt. Knudsen said be could see about throe cable lengths ahead. The wind was fairly brisk from tics west - south -west, when e vessel suddenly loomed up from the north, with sails full, and stood direetly across the bow of the steamer. TOO LATE TO STOP. The bells were rung to stop and back at full speed, but Inc lino Lo cheek the steamer's headway to a full stop. The stranger, ft, tithing schooner, fell across the bow, and with a crash was forced over and eunk, As the Impact aceurred three men sprung aboard of the Norge. The passengers of the Norge, most of whom were about the decks, rushed about in great alarm, but were soon quieted wben they learned that Lhe steamer was uninjured. In the meantime a boat was lowered, and six men and &clog were picked up. The fishing vessel sane almost immediately and in sinking carried with her 18 of her creev. BLAMES THE FISHERMAN. The Norge was going ahead at full speed, for the fog was not, in the judg- ment of the captain, sufficient bo re- gimes headway. The fisherman was an • active vessel, had a good breeze, and was under good steerage way, but made no attempt to avoid the collis- ion, keeping her sail full until square- ly under the bows. The collision oc- curred so suddenly that the steamer's headway could not be stopped promptly. MEET DEATH IN THE ALPS. No Fewer Than Ten T01111141$ Making Ascents. A despatch from Vienna, says:—An- other batch of Alpine accidents is re- ported. A. Vienna resident, named 'John Kaeshofer, while spending his honeymoon et Gmunden, fell 2,000 feet from, the Traunstein, Hie death was instantaneous. A party of four tourists bound on the same reps alleged over a precipice near Innsbruck and were killed, Five other fatal falls are reported from other meets of the Austrian Alps. No fewer than ten tourists lost their lives last week through falls from great heights, A Pole mimed. Kolo- man Horvath succeeded in reaching the summit of the Rheinwaldborn in the Tyrol — an unprecedented moun- taineering fent—and then tell clown a sheer precipice fully 8,000 feet; high. STARVING ON THE STICKEEN. Ttirrible lixporieners of 5 Ennio. and 33511 In the Talton. A (leaped:0.h from Vancouver, B. C., says r—itmong the half-starved prose peaces on the Stickeen rivet who hail. ed the steamer Monte Cristo, anxious to be taken aboard, wore two Seattle cilieens, father and son, Jorgenson by name. They had to be lifted on board, The.y had boon prospecting 011 a teibu- tery of the Stickiee. Their !mat was upset and they lost everything. Six- teen days they wandered in the mote - Leine with $1,000 in their belts and no- thing to eat. Three days they ate not -lung, and then were driven Co eat the bark ot trews and graaa• After the fired week they devoured beetles and toads feund ie the swamps. They had decided to it down foul die when they were attacked by wolves. The horror ot such a death spurred them on 1111 they rearbed the river and stomped the drainer, The average walkieg price ot a heal- thy man or woman is eaicl to be seven- ty-five steps a minute. This terrible drop was witnessed hy his wife, who had unsuccessfully tempted to dissuade hitci frotxt under- taking so foolhardy an ascent. Among the other victims of the mountaineering craze was a young American lady, Miss Merrant, who at- tempted a very dangerous ascent: on the DreLschusterpitze, not far from Innsbrieek. She slipped when about 1,500 feet high, and was killed on the spot. SONS oy LORDS. Ittrusitnl Number of TIteni Among trilateral ICItelkesses Purees. A. despatch from London says :—Gene oral Kitehener's force operating on the Nile contains an unusual number of sons and nephews of distinguished men. Lord Roberts, Lord Salisbury, Ce'ener- el Sir Evelyn Wood, the Berl of Der- by, Lord Medevny, the Earl of Lauder- dale and Lord Loch of Drylaw li-ve enole a son in the Sirdar's onnunited, and the Duke of Teck has two. The Earl or Durham has two nephews there and General Lord Wolseley, Commander -in -Chief of the army, has 01113. QUEBEC'S FINANCES. who 'NMI Not Debt OC the S'h'oelace Twenty -Eire Million, Dollars. A. despatch irom Montreal, says:— .8, statement ot Quebec's finances, is- sued by the Premier and Provincial Treasurer ot the Province of Quebec', shows that the total Deeded debt of the province on ;Tune 30th last wee 384,283,841,53, the sinking fund invest- ed encounter' to $10,004,577.78, ferrying the net funded, debt 424,270,163.75. Tire temporary loans and deposits amount - col to $1,100,706.46, melting the, total net dolt $25,445, 870,21. The t oral re- eeipts tor 111.13 fl0001 gent Mining 3,1" 301h, were $4,911,099. Total. expentli- thee, $5,580,248, WHAT THE WAR COST SPAIN. Cuban (hutpatait Menenses Atone Execed $11 t,000,0ati. A despaLeh from Madrid rieysl—The Gazette giver( the Cuban war expenses from glitnuary 10111 to June 00111 as 447,36%450 petelas—over 3111,0000,0N. The Queen Regent presided at Thurs- day's council. The borne eitnotion was discussed, and Senor Snaffle, Premier, gave details nf the (mei tulle! ion of Outimt- iSa and Santiago, and explained the manner in which the Mulles will be evnetented. The landing ot troops rtt Cornton tont/Imes, The men present 11 piteous sPeotacle. Eight tiled on Thursday, "m""e'eseggee-gee----- .f1V.JORNW-2uELL r 11 LT N 0) g: James A. Bell, ef Beaverton, Ont., brother of the .itev. John Wesiey B.D., prostrated by nervous headaches A. victim of the trouble for several years. South American Nervine effected a complete .rat e. In their own particular field few men are beter known than the Rev. John Wesley Be11, B.U., and his brother Mr. James A. Bell. Me former wet oe re- comtized by his thousands of friends all over the country as the popular and able missionary superintendent of the Royal Tempters of Temperance. Among the 20,000 members of this order in Ontario his counsel is sought on all sorts of oc- casions. On the public platform he is one of the strong men of the day, 'settling against the evils of iutemperance, Equally vell known bus Mr. Bell in other provinces of the Dominion, having beeit for years a member Of the Manitoba Methodist Conference and part of this time was stationed in Winnipeg. His brother, het James A. Bell, is a nighty respected resident of Beaverton, muse his influence, though perhaps more cir- cumscribed than that of his eminent brother, is none the less effective and productive of good. Of recent years,beew- ever, the working ability of Mr. Imes A, Belt has been sadly marred by severe attacks of nervous hoodaelle, accom- panied by indigestion. Who can do fit work when this trouble takes hold of Sold by G. them and especially when It become', chronic, as was, seemingly, the ease weth Me. Bell? The troubm reached sucti tensity that last June he was complete-' ly prostrated. In this condition a trieud recommended South American Nervine Ready to try anything and evevytninge though he thought he had covered the list of proprietary medicines, he secured a bottle of this great discovery. A., second bottle of the medicine was taken and the work was done. Employing his own language; "Two bottles of South American Nervine immediately relieved my headaches and bave built up oc system in a wonderful manner." Let us not deprecate the good our clergymen and social reformers are doing in the world, but how ill -fitted they would be for their work were it not the reect that South American Nervine brings to them when physical ills overtkke them, and when the system, as a re - snit of hard, earnest and continuous work, breaks down. NervItte treats the system as the wise reformer treses the evils he is battling against it strikes at the root of the trouble. All dis. ease comes from dloorganization of the nerve centers. This Is a scientific fact. Nervine at once works on these neive centers; gives to them health and nig- or; and then there coureee through the system strong. healthy, lire -amp' tee Meg blood, apil, .nervouJ troubles of every v ere -things of dm past, adman. THE PRINCE'S LAME KNEE. London "Lancet" Elves an opinion 15 (5 the l'1111.11 ot 1115 11 1.011 Yea. A despatch from London says :—The Lancet referring to a recent enquiry OS to the Prince a Wales' k.nee, dis- courages the fear tbat the Prince will be permanently lame, and says :—"It Will be a month before the Prince will be' able to walk. Then his knee will be tithed, with a check splint, by which flexion will be actually controlled, and a spring apparatus will perform the funetion af the extension. With the leg thus equipped short excursions will be made on orutehes, but it will be many weeks before his Royal Highness will walk unaided." ILLNESS AMONG THE TROOPS. Nearly IOW (.11110N et'3171 1131.10 03111 Typhoid in Prieto Mu', despatcb from. Ponce, Island of Porto Rico, sayse—Illness among the American troops is on the increase, and there are now nearly a thousand cases of malaria and dysentery, with e, few ot typhoid fever. Ilene is absolutely no recuperating propeety in the Mime ate, am, Surgeon -General Greenleaf has 'urgently recommended that the sic* be sent north as rapidly as pos- sible. It is reported that there is yellow fever et San Juan, but Surgeon -Gen - oral Greenlees advices do not confirm the rumor. TENDERS VOR TORPEDO BOATS. Dids thwart{ for 0. 5. Dar,TestselS Width 11111 Cost fimet* A despatch trout Washington, 13.0., says:—Ilia Navy Department opened bids at noon on Tuesday for 16 torpedo. boat destroyers and 12 torpedo boats, to cost in the aggregate not exceed- ing $6,000,000, es provided itt the lrat naval nppropriation Ad. The dee seroyers are to be completed witbin 18 months, and the torpedo boats With- in 12 months. The elestroyers are to be about 400 tens, inc] sos to eest ntoi $205,000 etude while the torpedo boats aro to he about 150 inne end to cost tulft more than 4170,000 each. THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS. Selected. by the President to Arrange the Plant Terms of Peace. A despatch from Washington says*. —Secretary Day, upon leaving the Cabinet meeting on Friday afternoon, announoed that Whitelaw Reid had been elected as peace cenunissioner. The commission, so tax as made up, is Sec- retary of Siete Day, Senator C. K. Davis of Minnesota; Senator William Erye, of Maine, and Whitelaw Reid of New York. The fifth member, Seoretttry Day an- nommed rmtfIeuiiiliy, bus not been finally selected, but Justine White, of the Su- preme Court has the President's ten- der of a place mold consideration, and may be induced to accept. SWIFT WARSHIPS FOR RUSSIA, Four Toractili.11ont Destroyers arid a First* Class Protected Cruiser. A. despatch from Berlin, seysl—in ad- dition to its recent orders for war vessels given to the ship -yards at Kiel and Steidle, Russia, bas ordered from the :reining works four torpedo. boat destroyers and a fleet -ohms proe teeter). cruiser of 25 knots speed and 18,000 indicated borse-power. Great Britain has no ("rinser capable of so groat speed, the swiftest vessel of the class in her Majesty's navy, the Tem, rile% only attaining 22,4 knots Milts We The British nevy, however, has four oraisers—the Blake, the Blenheim; the Powerful, and. the Terribleof greater indicated horseepoeven. , EFFECTED A COMPROMISE. nasals. end Enabled Harr Amirenty ranged 101oltees. The Lewin Daily Mall's Copenhagen correspoildent reports e comproMiee has been arrived at hotelmen England :tee tteaste, the hater getting her way in the railway question in China, and England securing concessions In oth- er directions. nny ease, says t. o correspondent, " China must pay for all."