The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

t *«VW â-  ' â-  " * »i- TTTrrrrxrrTTrxBfrTfii »V ' ">' â-  V I 1 , THE VERY LATEST PROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. InttrMtlog Ittmt About Oar Own Country, Orcat Britain, Ik* Unltad SUtra, and All Part* ol th* aioba, CondtoMd and AMortad far ea«ir Reading r. CANADA. R«v. Dr. Sawyer haa resigned the re,«idpncy of the Acadia College, Hali- ax. Tba G.T.R. western car ghous will UkelT bf constructed on ihe old »ite at London at unra. George Gunn wue etntenied at Wln- roenf for raiting a ten-dollar dUI to Ufty. Mr. Ooldwln Smith has declined the de^rKO of I.L.D. which the senate of the TJnlTersity of Toronto proposed to •onfer upon him. Sunday cars ran in Kingston on Sun- day to and from Ontario Park, where the Fre« Methodist* were holding a eamp meeting. The iirat ten-mile section of new line built this seaa.in on the Ottawa, Arn- prior and Parrj- Sound railway will be completed in August. Police Interpreter Godin, who was â- hot near Calgary, by Ducharme end then killed his assistant, died at the hospital at 4 o'clock on Haturday. The lumber laden steamer Simon Langell. for TunawandA-.Ja (her "trom fae' «.»naaian"%bore of the Internation- al bridge. Princiiial Peterson, of McGill Uni- Tersity na» •*'' 't Glasgow to take p.Trt in the Jubilpe of Lord Kelvin (Sir V'illlam Thompson.) Mr. J. U. Tyrrell. C.E.of Hamilton tiai lieen asked to represent the Do- minionfiurveyors' Association in Lieut. Peary's exiieditlon to the Uudson Strait. Jem BaiitUte, or "Mighty Voice," â- the Indian who Is charged with the murder of Scrgt. Coldl.rook of the Northwest Mounted Polii«, was cap- tured in Montana. The Coroner's Jury at Victoria has found th*" Consolidated Railway Com- pany responsible for the bridge disas- ter in that city, and the Corporation •ffioials are exonerated. The office of local manager of the Grand Trunk railway at Toronto will be abolished, agd Mr. E. U'ragge, who has held the position for thirteen years will rsilri- next month. Mr. J.ia. U. Metcalfe has lieen noti- fied tb.it he had been apiKiinted war- den of Kintrston ]>eniteniiary, at a •alary of 92,000 per annum. Warden Laveil has been placed on the retired list, with an allowance of tl.-lM) a year. George and Alextinder McDonald of London, Ont., have lieen arrested on the cbarf^e of attempting to wreck • train on the Stratford branch of the Grand Trunk railway. A farmer claims tn have teen them place spikes 00 the track. Francis Drown, tr., who was ninety- five years of age, w.is thrown from a runaway delivory waggon in Torontoon Ptliirday aft«>rnoon. and his foot catch- ing in toe wheel, was draggrml some riin- tance. He died a few moments after being picked up. Cecil Rfaoiles and Barney Barnato are turning their attention to the mining regions of British ColumMa, and have now an expert at Roeeland, who says that there is ten times more wealth In the Trail district than South Africa ever saw. John O. Mot're, one of Winnipeg's moet priminent citizens, has tieen ar- rested for theft. It is alleged that he resUvl for theit. It is alleged that he did not pru|H\rly account for moneys collect<'d frfjm properties which he was manHging for Hem. Stratford Tolle- ioncb<>, London, Kng. The amount of the shortage is ICIIOO. GREAT BIUTAIN. Sir Hercules i<ot>ins<m, with other South African officials, have arrived at Lfindon. Princeiss Helene, the Duchess of Spar- ta» Ijaby. is Queen Victoria's twenly- terond great-grandchild. A new addition of Uyron, edited by the poet's grands,m, the Karl of Love- lac*", will shortly appear. The Irish Land bill wiis passed to its second reading in the House of Com- mons on Tuesday night without a llivlsion. The Opposiliifi in the British Ilouite of Corninons is said to be preparing a motion of census condemning the Kg.vptiun expedition. The Duchess of Marlbdrougb will make her first ai>penrance as a hoAt- rse at Ascot. She will entertain a large and distinguished houite parly. British Board of Trade returns for May show a decrease of t7,(KI0,(K)0 in ImrKirts and an inur^Jlae in exjiortfl of |i,fl5«,000 as compared with May, 18(15. homney's juiinting of Viscountess Clifden and her sist«r, representing Music and Painting, was sold in Lon- don on Thursday for fifty-three thou- sand dollars. It is sjiid thai the Prince of Wales spent three hundred pounds in re- plying to the teletjrams which he re- ceived congratulating hiin up<m win- ning the Derby. At the dinner at the Ira|ierial In- ttitute in Londcm to raise funds for Guy's buei>ilal, the Prince of Wales an- nounced that one hundi'e<l and sixty thousand pounds bad l)een sulwrilied. In the action tried in Lomdon for breach of promise, brought by ML^s Mi>y Gore, an act^•^^a, against Vi.xci^int Budley, for fifteen lh<;usiind iiounii afA verdict was rendered for the dcfenilijp' The I.Aindon Tinies-lC<:ho, refcrrfkig w> the trend of ixiliitcs in the lulled Wales, nnnouiicca Ihe proepec't of the secce.Hion of the ijoulh and AVeat,. and^ (he foriuntion of three unioMfyioiar'tA silver question. zi^ Certain (liploraalic corr<'spon1ffeiice re- garded l>y hnglimd ns of a confidential character has l)een printed in the Italian g:reen Ixiok, Mr. Halfoiir. in I be House of Commons, has referre<l to it as Ihe "Italian l>reach of faith." Fhe London Speaker sees no prnctl- outcodne to Jfr. Chamlierlain's »ollrer<'in pro|)(fcals, and refers to the hypocrisy of tno profes.se.d readlne.is to favor Canadian trade while excluding tba store, catilo of the Dominion on an (u^irAed exc.use. Leading represoutatlvas of the Eng- lUh peaoe and arliitration soi-leiies have presented Mr. Pulitaer, proprietor of the New York World, now In London, with an address thanking him for his efforts on behalf of good feeling be- tween England and the Unllad Slates. Mr. Geo. N. Curzon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, ans- wering a question- in the House of Commons, said that neaotiations were procee^lln* with the United States with the view of bringing about a sei- tlemeni by arbitration of the Ven- ezuelan dispute. By specia! invitation of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of England, sent under special sanction of the Queen, the Ancient and Hon- orable Artillery Conapany of Massa- chusetts will visit London next month, and as a foreign body of "armed men" will be permitted to miuch on British soil. UNITED STATES. John Uauck, the millionalr* brewer, is dead, at Cincinnati. The first session of the 54th Congress of the United States closed on Thurs- day. Two bulldogs tore to pieces Henry Acklam, aged 8, at Raolne, Wis., Sat- Johu Hauck, the millionaire brewer, urday. The Red Cross Society has sent fronn New York #-,£2,000 for relief work in Armenia. Four men held up |he watchman of a bakery on Lake street, Chicago, and took 91,000 from the safe. Commercial failures in the United States last week puiulBi *^tek last j j9a.f"- ♦'^ Robert jUonner, of New York, at Barrisburg, Pa., has been re-elected president of the Scotch-Irish Society of Am".'-ica. A<. Shelbyville, III., Thomas Thomas and uis entire family, six in all, will die 'rom the effects of eating poison- ed ice cream M. L. Comfort, of Oswego, aged 52, ana Eva B. White, of Monroe, Mich., s«ed 44, both leas than four feet in height, were married at Niagara Falls, N. Y., Saturday. At a larfte and enthusiastic meeting of the Milwaukee street car strikers, held on \Vednesday, it was decided to continue the strike to the bitter end. Mr. Frank Moo^o, the well-known actor, while on his way the other day from Denver to Omaha, Neb., died on board the train of paralysis of the heart. The National Conference of Charities and Corre<"tion8, in session at Grand Rapids, Mich., has selected Toronto for its next ajuuial meeting. Mr. Wyatt Eaton, of Montreal, the celebrated Canadian artist, died recent- ly at Newport, R. I. He studied under Gerome and Millet, in Paris. Ha was forty-seven years of a^. Severe storms, with heavy rains, pre- vailed on Sunday throughout Wisconsin, ' Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and ; Michigan, and destroyed a vast amount I of pro|ierty. Some lives were lost. I M. Bouguereau, the French painter, who is seventy-two years of ase, will be shortly married to Miss Etizabeth Gardner, the American painter, of Exeter, N.H., who was at one time M. ' Bou^uereau's pupil. Dr. Lazarus, the famous hermit, who had fur years lived on the top of Sand Mountain, Alabama, died Ihe other day. ' Twenty years ago he was a proejierous physician in New York, and his father [ was a wealthy merchant in Wilming- ton, N.C. Socialistic ideas turned his brain, and he became a recluse. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. WilB<m, of New York, having made the formal an- nouncement of the engagement of their youngest daughter, Grace, to Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt, sr., an- noum^s timt the engaitement is against his expressed wish, and with- out his consent. The business summaries from New York rep<7rt trade generally quiet and unchanged throiigliout the United States. The coming Presidential elec- tion and widespread anxiety as to fu- ture financial po.ssibi lilies are given as the chief factors in Ihe present commer- cial stiignatiuD. The only industry in which there appears to lie any move- ment is the lioot' and shoe industry, and that has slightly improved, though dealers are ordering only what they immediaU'ly require. The textile trade shows no improvement. So far, fortunately, the depression has not lieen increased to any extent by lal>- or disputes. Cotton, wool, and steel and iron induKtries are all slow. Mer- cantile collections are reported gen- erally as unsnti»faotory. GKNERAL. Smallpox has broken out snd Is spreading in Havana and Santiago de Cutia. The illness of ex-Queen Natalie of Ser- via is causing much anxiety to her friend.t. Muzaffer-ed-l)in, the new Shah of Persia, was formally enthroqed at Teii- eran on Monday. Cuba's sugar crop this year will amount to about one-eighth of the crop of last y<var. In coniinemoralion of his coronation the Czar has donnted the sum of seven- ty-five thou.*<and dollars to charities. The British cruiser Ilonavrnture lost seventy men by sunstroke while on a voyage from Colomlxi to Pjindichery. It is reported at Apia, Samoa, that Germany is attempting to assist the present pretender, Taiiiaseae, to the throne. The Spanish generals in Culm have decided to limit their operations to de- fensive movements during the wet season. A Ixxly of Gennan cuirassiers rode into a inol'iisa while manoeuvring l)e- fore the Kniperur, and two meu lost their lives. .\8 a result of the liomb explosion in Barcelona on Sunday eight persons were kiJV'd, vtwenly-one are dying, and eigh- •^i\a are in.jiired. The coiiiiiiittce of the French Cham- lier of Di'puties baa unanimously ap- proved the bill making Madagascar a French colony. The Neue Freie Presse, of Vienna, says that matters are in a fearful con- dition in Crete, and large quantities of guns are being sent from Greece. A despatch received at Constantinople from Canea says that another Greek vessel loaded with munitions ft,iid pro- visions for the insurgents has been seized by tfae Turkish officials. The sugar crop of Cul>a having been nearly all gathered, there are a large number of labourers idle on the plan- tations, for whom the Spanish Govern- ment must find employment to prevent them joining the insurgents. The four Johannesborg Reformers paid their heavy fine yesterday, and all except CoL Rhodes signed an agree- ment to abstain from any interference in the politics of the South African Republic. The French guardshlp at Constanti- nople has started for Yalova with seventy-five tbouaaiui dollars, with which to pay the ransom of the two French ladies who were recently cap- tured near that place by brigands. Finam tally President Kruger has done a great stroke of business in the Transvaal. The fines which he has re- ceived from the Johanneslierg reform- ers are equal to one-fifth of a year's in- come of the South African Republic. Thr, mixed tribunal in Cairo on Mon- day rendered judgment against the Gov- ernment and the four Commissioners of the Caiaae who favoured advanciilfe funds from the Egyptian reserve for the purpose of the Soudan expedition. An appeal will ba taken. M. Molssan, the renowned French metallurgist specially famous for hav- ing produced artificial diamonds in the electric furnace, has been appointed by the Paris Sorbonne, or university, to represent it at the centennial at Prince- ton University this summer. On Sunday two carriages containing three laxlies were attacked by brigands at Yalove, twenty miles from Constan- tinople. The ladies weu.cifiB'theclty BA(L>c/#T~>»1il be held untH a ransom of two thousand pounds is paid. A DARING ROBBERY. â- â€¢w • Baaker Was Kobbed Ont ef 9TI,- •M One Uay at .\a«u. Mr. Moffat is the Denver banker who was robbed of 921,000 in his prlv- ' ate office one day at noon. The rob- I bor held a revolver in one band and a , bottle of nitroglycerin In the other. He requested Mr. Moffat to write a check for 9'-l,000 under penalty of being shot and of having his bank building wreck- ed by the explosive in the bottle. Mr. Moffat is reputed to be worth as many millions as the numlier of thousands de- minded by the robber. He wrote the check. The robb»r said he would have to trouble Mr. Moffat to go with him into the paying teller's cage and pro- duce the cash: he would take 9-0,000 in large bills, ami 91.000 in gold. I "If you say one word, or indicate by a look or motion that anything is ' wrong, I will shoot you and then blow up the bank." Saying which the rob- ber threw a light ovcntiat over his , arm conceiling the revolver he held in his hand, accomjianied the bank pre- sident into Ihe teller's ca^, received I the money and returned with Mr. Mof- , fat to the private office. He then re- peated bis tnt-eat to kill the imnkerand jhlow up the building if an alarm {should he given before he (the robber) i WHS s ifely outsid,! the bank. He made ; bis escape and h:ui not lieen captured. The ro' b^r's ovenoit, r-vo'ver and l)Ot- !tla Were found in a di orw.iy near the j bank building. The revolver was load- ed, but a chemical analysU of the con- tents of the bottle revealed the fact that the fluid was not nitroglycerin but «w*«i oil. EMIGRATION RETURNS. FslllBg Oir of Brlllsli Kialcrants te Ike I'nIIni Males. A despatch from London says : â€" The emigration returns for the year are un- usually interesting, says the St. James' Gazette. " For one thing the figures for Ireland show a large decrease, and before long we may find that th» Irish population is actu.illy once more on the rise; but, -secondly, the English destin- ations are showing a change. Recent events in America may account for the decrease in lin^lish emigration, no less than the growing imrKirtance of South Africa explains the large increase of emigrants who now leave our shores for that continent. There have heen 28,000 emigrants to America this year, as against 38,000 in the same time last .year ; while the correniKinding figures for South Africa have gone up from 4,r)00 tx) 7.000. We are also glad to see that Canada is attracting more settlers, the figures lieing 4,21H, against S,9fi3. In spite of better times at home, the total emigration has gone up from 60,- 000 to 09,000. That is bow our colon- ial Empire is made." HER CYCLE BOOR. The bicycle book is th* latest, a pretty conceit which will doubtle.«is find favor with the fair dievotees of the wheel, If not with those of the sterner sex. It is intended to he used as a sort of diary of one's trips and to record the speed and length ot eacD ride. Like the address l>o<ik and the calling-list book, which have been found really useful, this little liook is hand-made. The liest of paper should lie used and the cover should U- of uanvas, parchment or leath- er. A tiny painting, or pen and ink drawing of % wheel, with a suitable motto or apt quotation, would be just right for decoration. A PRINCESS COMPLIMENTED, A pretty little incident took place in connection with the recent visit of the DukB and Duche.ss of York to Sal- ford, Kng. When the carriage drew up at the doors of the institute rain began to fall heavily upon the dense crowds aas<<ml>led, and the Duchess put up her umbiella. This, however, rath- er di.'^appoinled the loyal folks, among whom one young woman was fituiid courageous enough to protest. "OhI do put it down, pleA.se, and let the peo- ple see youl You're Umny enough for iuiylhingi" she cried. The Duchess smiled, blushed very prettily at the compliment, and put the umbrella down, nor did the heavy rain tempt her to put it up again. fTHE SOLE EXCEITION. Is it true that everything was cold at De Smith's swell dinner' Everything but the ices. The deepeal artesian well in Ihn world in in Berlin. 'Ihe depth U 4,- 194 feet. THE flELD OF COMMERCE. Som* Items of Interest to tbe Busy Business Man. Money on call is quoted at 6 1-2 per cent, in Toronto and at 5 In Montreal. There is a fair investment demand for Bank of Mcnireal stock witii sales at 220 1-a to 221. Another deposit of hematite Iron ore has been discovered at Bazzard'a Cor- ners, Madoo. The amount of wheat at Port Arth- ur and Port William Is l,f.85,000 bush- els, a decrease of alioat 200,000 buiihels for the week. A year ago tbe total was only 184,400 bushels. The Canidian Pa I'ic Railway haaonl- lectpd-reports from its agents through- out Manitoba and the Northwest which show tbe area of wh^at sown this year to be 10 per oent. laia than last, on ac- count of the lateness of the aeaaoa. As wet seasons have invariably be:-n most bountiful, it is believed the quantity will l« quite as great, if not greater, than last year. A few months ago the visible sup- ply of wheat in the United States and Canada was 20.000,W)J l^V!,t Uit ywr' »' '^l&.U'rnS'Vulble hh.ws an increase of 400,000 as compared with a year ago. The exijorts hive of late been smaU and the weekly decreases trivial, as compar- ed with the spring and early summer months of 1895. The amouilt of wheat afloat to Europe is 30,720,000 bushels as compared with 44,870,000 bushels a year ago. , The Nova Scotia Steel Co. is rai-idly developing Its valuable hematite mine on Bell LsLna, ruewlouniiland, and ex- pect to make large shiiimcuis during the coming season. Tb<'y are obtaining si>lendid results from the use of the ore at Ferrona and the Nova Scotia steel works, and have received an offer from a prominent New York firm ^or all j their surplus yield in 1896* We -ahso understand that they have been ap- Iproaohed by an Entclisb firm, who, ow- ling to the present inflation of trade in I the Old Country and tbe enormousex- f>ension of the steel industry find it dif- icult to obtain adequate supplies. Between the opening of navigation , and the first of June 104 seagoing ves- ! sets entered the port of Montreal. Of these an even hundred were steamships and tbe remainder schooners in the coasting trade. Of this number 91 en- tered during the month of May. la 1895, from the opening of navigation to June 1st, a total of 90 vessels from sea came into that port, making a clear gain of fourteen ships for this year over la.st. In 1894, 122 vessels ccune into port for a corresponding period. The tonnage this year, however, equals. I if not exceeds that of 1894. Business shows no improvement in wholesale depart menta at Toronto, but, on the contrary there is a disposition to hold off. Travellers have samples of autumn and wimer goods out with them, but are taking few orders. This is only natural. The seasons are rush- ed too much, and at present retailers law a pood excuse in the election cry. Prices of the leading staples show little change, liut generally they have a low- er tendency. Few people buy on a fall- ing iiuLTkpt, and this Is a discouraging feature in thr situation. Later on the movement will no doubt increase, as stocks held by country merchants are not large. Tney are held chiefly by the manufacturer and tbe importer. lliere is a decline of proliably two cents in wheat, tbe rally during the latter part of last week being lost owing to depiesse<l prices in Liverpool and the United States. Crop conditions in the latter country have apparently improv- ed. Manitoba advices am lets favorable owing to recent wet weather. With the exception of potatoes, which are high- er loi'ally owing to scarcity, the prices of country produce remain at the low quotations of a week ago. The annual statements of our banks published with- in the week are mit very encouraging, but they reflect the general depression that has existed in trade within tbe past twelvemonth. THE BOER ARTILLiaKT. Ab Arm »t tke TranaToal Hllltair •errlse Wkirk U Now romldable. Dnrlng the war of 188&-1881, wbioM the Boers sailed the war of indept»- dence, the burghers by no means ap. predated tbe delicate attentions of our gunners, says the London Globe. Th!« was particularly manifest during th* siege of Pretoria, and at Springhaar- fonteln, Zwartkopjo, and Elandsfon- tein ; the guns were used with oonspi- cttous success, and the Boers contracted a wholesome dread for them. It I* therefore probable that they have d»> tennined to provide themselves witH as strong an artillery equipment aii possible. From time to time the Olob* has drawn attention to the seal witM which the Boers are arming ; they hava been buying up rifles and guns of var- ious kinds with the greatest urgency. Shortly before the last mail left Pre- toria a detachment of the Stoats Ar- tilleria, some 170 strong, proceeded tm the Quagga's Poort to have some pra^ tice at the butts with the ordnance late- ly imported. It should here be stated that thl« corps has recently been increased ,U» strength till it nurhh»â€" i-<=<.«veen 409 «T>.i Eiy* â€" »». i.ommandment Henninc I^etorius was in command, the other â-  ,^A present being Capts. Erasmus % , t , o'marana, Lieut. Pretoriua and , Carlblom, and Surgeon Laxton. Pr&- sldent Kruger himself was so deeply interested in the proceedings that ha was very early on the field. Through- out he evinced the greatest inUrest in the practice, and his forcibly expressed and outspoken criticism when the aim I was faulty acted as a powerful Incentiva I to the marksmen to do better work. I Other officers of the South African re- public were p-esent also: Dr. Leyds, the state secretary ; Gen. Joubert, Messrs. J. M. A. Wolmarans and J. H. ; «. Kock, members of the executive council ; Commandant Melt, Marais, Jud^e Ariieshoff. and others. It will be judged how large has been the ad- dition to the ordnance of the Transvaal republic when it is stated that the fol- lowing pieces which were tried are only a selection from the guns possesised by the republic. The guns tried included "^ \r centimeter Krupp field pieces, tw-o Maxim guns of 450-inch caliber, taking the Martini-Henry regulation cartridge ; two Maxim guns of 303-inch caliber, takin,? the new Leespeed regu- lation cartridge ; a Maxim-NordenfSdt quick-firing field piece (75 millimeters), and a large 12 1-2-pounder. TKE COKONAiTUN OIU Made Oar* la Tkree Â¥ran. a>d Died Faa I Tkree Pnrpoiics. I The oil used at tbe coronation a( Russia's Czars is not of an ordinary kind. It is prepared with elaborat* ceremony. It is made only once la three years, and ia used only for thiee puipoeeaâ€" namely. the baptism of royal babes, the crowning of the Czar and tbe consecration of the Metropolitan. It is called chrism oil or myro, and is alvvays made at Moscow or Kief. Early on Monday morning of Passioa w.-«.k the Patri«»oh. in ceremonial robes proceeds to the sacristy, lights the fires and places thereon a gallon of oil to boil, nading the Guapel at the same time. < The oil is kept boiling for tha^e days and nigbts without intermission, be- '"?, stirred continually with silver ' It- 'u'° ""• hands of priests. After , this the oil Is put into two silver cal- drons, and placed upon a porce- lain stove, where it is stirred by SIX deacons arrayed in black and silver vestments. ' This oil is supposed to possess mira- I culous curative powers, and great I crowds of people bring bits of cottin or woo<l to dip into the holy mixture. , the vases filled with the oil are cir- ned in great state to the Cathedral of the Assumption, where mass is said by the Metroiiolitan. THE SOUDAN. Ilie Itemlnalloa er Ihe Kxpedllloa-To Krurk Kbarlenm by t'brUlwaa, It is the lieliet of the British War Office authorities that the Nile expe- tion will be at Khartoum by Christmas, and that by the end of next spring it will be at Egypt's southern bound- ary on tba White Nile. The recent vic- tory of Egyptian troops over the der- vishes at Firket increases the expec- tations of the English military circles, the members of which think that Ihe expedition will sweep the Soudan with- out risk of disaster. Cooler calculators, even wiihin the Ministry itiself, are con- sidering the pousibility of tbe strain which will be made on men and mon- ey. The recent decision of the mixed tribunal at Cairo against tbe expendi- ture of moneys for the purpose of the expedition by the Commission of the Public Debt has excited considerable discussion. The decisiuu will l>e ap- pealed from. The Indian contingent of 4,200 men which is to occupy Souakim will cost £550,0 10 a month for pay and mainteniince alone. The additional ex- pense of traus|>ortation, munitions, etc., cannot accurately lie estimated. The Viceroy of Indi.i has protested against placing the financial burden of the ex- pedition on the Indian exchequer. It must finally fall on the English treas- ury. If the English tax-payers get out of this enterprise under an expen- diture of £IO,OOn,00(l I hey will be lucky, lyonl .Salisbury can, however, rely up- on a majority in the â- Cabinet and in the House of Commons in favor nf a war vote. CANDLES FROM A TREE. IJb'e wax palm-tree of South Amerioa. which grows at an aHfj^^A^ ot 10,000 feet alwve sea level. Is' c<vinpletelv cov- ered- with a coating which consists of a vegetalile wa.\ and crystaline resin. Wheti mixed with tallow this substance is made into caudles. NEXiATlVED. Bo mine, he implored. No, she answered. I wont take no for an 'answer, he shrieked. Nit, then, she rcnponded. And he took his hat and sadly went. A TRAGEDY AT CALGARY. Moaaled Polire liinprrlor Nkot by i Drunken ilairbrred. A despatch from Calgary. N. W. T., says: At 8 o'clock on Friday night as Mounted Police Inspector Charles God- in was riding to the Langevin Bridge, Pierre Ducharme. a half-bree<l, fired at him with a revolver, the shot enter- ing the abdomen, passing out near the tiackbone. Godin immediately returned the fire, sh-ioting Ducharme dead through the heart. Godin then rode to the Urracks and fell oft his horse. Medical aid was summoned, and spriest took the dying statement of Godin as alove. No cause is assigned, except that Ducharme had been driuking heav- ily during the afternoon. - â€" » FOR SQUEAKING SHOES. The unpleasant noise ot a squeaking shoe will often be entirely removed by 8t«king the sole ot tbe shoe in oil. Pour a small quantity of linseeti on Bweet oil upim an old plate or flat dlsW and allow the soles of the shoes to stand in the oil over night. In that way they will not only lose their squeak, Imt will liecome snturated with oil, mak- ing them proof against daiupne^. BIG CANAL PROJECT. A" canal from the Red River to Hud- son's Bay is proposed by Canada pro- moters, and it is said that of 681 1-3 miles are already navigable for teats and have seven feet of water. The canal work will be in sections. th* longest of which will be about two miles. THE DECISIVE TEST. When do you think woman will reach the climax ot her ability/ When she can .wnd a "ten- word tele- gram without adding a postscript, A SERVICEABLE STEAK. Customerâ€" Waiter, do you remem- ber met 1 cam© in here yesterday and orik'Fed a .steak. Waiterâ€" Yes, sir; will you have the same to-drfy. sir ? Customerâ€" Yes, if no one else is using i Ma«MlliMM