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ASIA. There is a strong proba.bility that the A Hodson Bay (!o1u.mtsshner Speaks of the -cor~struction of the rii.ilwa.y from Manitobll. nauway. Indlans, etc. Propose RallwtQs 111 Jh1rm:1h and Stam. to the Hudson's Bay will be commenced FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1886. Commissioner J. Wrigley, of the Hudson Th mplete annexation of the newly during the coming spring and that the work .vm ·be proee~nted with vigor, and without Bay company, who is now In the Province, &cqui~eo< ;,erri tory in Upper Burm~h by the let up until completed, unless when severity w~e spoken to the other day by a reporter Indian , overnment has done much t o re· ot weather will compel a cessation of work. w1~,h r~ga.rd to No~tll-West matters. move t n·· S<Jheme of railway communication It is !I matter decided that the work of A1e the Winm{!sR'. people desirous that with th~ Ohlnese frontier propounded by Sulphur for Lioe on 'Cattle. '· conetruotion will commenoe from the head the Hudson Bay railway should be built?" Messrs 1Jolquhoun and Ha.Hett from the re' Soon after the young cattle go into _their of Lake Winnipeg and be pushed onward ask ed the reporter. "Oh yov," replied Mr. WriglGy, "the glon of el'eculatlveneas, and to bring ltw?th winter quarters !11 the barn, lice will be in a northerly direction until tide-water Wlnn;p·g people have great faith in in the s~ope of early pra.otio~l 1rea~~a.tion, lh.ble to mak~ their apperu'ance and unleu navigation on the Nelson river is reached. 't · · t h ti rhe subi 11ct constitutes easent1aLv a work· they receive immediate attention they will '!'here may ba those who will obj act to this the scheme· They thin k 1 IS JUB w a s l ' q estl ·" and, pressed as are a ll t th ngman H u on, r<quired to give thom rapidly lncrea.se, and 1>ll thrift and . growth point of oomme11olng construction, and who ocean." easy access 0 e b:1"ano_ h e11 ot Engliell trade at the present will soon oeaae, says our Country Home. tllink tha.t it should commence from the " Do you think the sohemo raotioa.ble ?'· time, wo c ,annot but feel glad that for eome A gre9.t m11ny remedies are offared for terminus in this province and move by " Well, I cannot 8 eak fr~m ersonal of them ,.t ltast .there Is a prospect of very ~ice on cattl?, but most of them are ob, stages northward. Tha.t seliiehn ess might Jeotionable in one way. or the other. I sugge<1t such a courao there is no doubt, a.nd knowledge. Too wh~le thin a!ems to coneider1d1le relief. Indeed, we need scai:ce· have never found anythrng, for dli~acy and tile people of Winnipeg more than those of hinge on whether the Straits ~re 0 en for ly limit ".'u oongra.tulatione. The openlll.g convenience equal to fi.Jur of eulpnur aifted any other place can produce selfish argu· a.ny conoldera.ble ortion of the ear ~r not. of trade.' out.es to t_~P llome of the wealth!· over their backs whenever they show algna, ment in it, favor, B11t after all we believe [ f the Straits or e ~inly open for! short time est provinces of Chma will not be confined u1 oome assert well the scheme would h d- in lts b11neficlal effects to any puticular 1 by rubbing or lapp ing themselves, o~ the the proj ectors of the road are adopting the 1 b ' f h ar branch of Industry. Tnese must ramify presence of theee p~rae1tes. .A.n "ocanonal wise and sensible course and even those y en euoceea, or t e ocean tra.Tel is what tbroughuot t he whole of our Ind t i I us r a. use ef sulphur ln tnls wa.y will keep a herd who see immedia.te gain' In a.no!her will it depends on. It, howe\·er, the ocean could 1 · of cattle very tree of these pests If applied eventually be most benefited by tha.t about be readily reached why that would alter c afl.s. the comp!( xion of things· material! , but the .Befor prooeeding to ~eal with the scheme when they firat make their appearanc_e, If to be pursued. they have obt1Ained a holcl on the a.mmal., The commencement of oonetruotion at length of time that the StraitB a.royo en is a formulatvd, we may, with advanhgf>, refer P to what Ito.a alreadr b~en . accomplished ae applications must be made onco a week for the hoad of Laite Winnipeg is a wh e move ma~ter of dis ute." " What kin~ of a country would the ro- to railway oommu_n c:i.tion m wh:ot he.e hither several weeks, and if very plionty, an occ~- because by the construction of less than half posed road traverse?" P to oonatltuted British Burma.h. "From the alonal dose of a tablrnpoonful of sulphur in of the whole roa.d a eummn outlet can be "The country Is barren ir.nd inhos ita.ble. ca.plbl ol that t~rrltory, Rlngoon, two lines t heir feed will materl11olly aid in gettillg rid uecured, which will furnish a source of earn: C'lf them. The. odor of sulphur seems to be Ing to the company in a very short time, It ia simply a medium for reaonlritz fhe sea. are n~w open and workln~ l~ a _northerly dlreat1on ; the one co.mmumoatmg with very deetruot1ve to all vermw, and five and commence the practica.l test of the There could never be any local traflio.,, "Wfl:i.t length would tho road be d 0 ou P':omo, 1.md the other with Taungoo. Each pounds, costing 25 cents, if used in this value of the outlet for comm~rcial pnr· thtr.k Y of these lines la severally 162 mileein length, ?" ' way will keep a large herd of .cattle free ot posea. ·· w~n. I Cii.n't u y. but the distance be- and the la.tter was only completed during these pests a long time, and it 13 the safest, Then the course Is a wise one because it eMiest, and surest means possible. will compel the utilising 01 our North-wesr twe~n Winnipeg an<i Fort York h something the oourge of las~ year. Bankok, tne C'1.plta.l of Slam, ha.e 500,000 Cattle which have become thoroughly In- el"Il waterways, whioh has ecarcely been at over six hundred miles." TlIE INDI.L"IR. inhlabitants. a.nd .Moulme!n and Its distriot fested with vermin are unthrifty a.nd a tempted as yet, and which will we believe "Is there anything In the rumors of a have 300,000. The traflia between two auch di~grace to any family. I keep a small prove them to have 111 value, far beyond pail ot sulphur and a small hand sieve hang· any calculations hitherto made upon them rMng amongst the Indiana of the North- centres must necessarily be l1u~e, and the · expressed wish of tile Sla.mese torractica.llv ilng up In !the stable, out of reach of the and ere the construction of the whole road W<: et ?" "'.!'here are many rumors about the In- join them may be accepted a~ sincere, To cattle, and whenever I eee Indications of ia completed show what a vain :ble auxll· Hoe on any animal I at once dust a little lary they really are to railway faoili· rlbne, and in some ca,es the time is actually effect this, a. line to Raheng, 275 miles in fixed for the rlalng. I think this fs a.bsurd. · length, must be J?1&de from ~ankok, and en· rmlphur over its back and that ·is usually t ies. the end of the trouble. In thh way I keep Then the course is a. wise one because it l do not believe there is any plan among tirely th~ough Siamese territory. R1heng my cattle very free of vermin, and like It will hurry the opening of an outlet which if the Indians for a rising, but I think tbt a is 160 miles in an easterly direction from so welt that I have nsed nothing else for only available In summer time will be of val- rising amongst tile red men might take plaoe Meulmein, 80 miles of which are ..,.fthin ue to t he whole province ; whereas starting at any momeu t. Yon oan never depend on British territory, and the remaining SO with· aeveral yea.rs. in. the.Slu.mese poesessions. A r11i1"1'!11y 435 oonstr1.1ot!on from Winn i.peg or a.Dy other the Indians' temper." "i]:f a. rising a.mongat them did t::Ute place, miles Jn len~th would therefore unite the point In the province a road would be In pro· Sundry Sng«estione. two placoe named, and its construction gress for several years, which ended at no- would you consider it serious ?" "M~st decidedly 80, unless it was crush- would oonstit11t:e the first link i n the com. A small amount of ollloride of lime left where, opened np no productive country of in their runwa.y will drive away rir.ts, and any colll!< q uenoe, and would be of no mater- ed out promptly. Any playl.ng with the plete ayetem c0mtemplated, No commenoe· Is besides in most cellars needed to keep ial value to anyone until completed unless trouble or red tapeism would be dangerous. ment h~s ii.a ~et. been made in this <l~rection. . the air pure and free from the da.ngeruus for tha circulation of money which its c1>n· If a rising amongst the In:Uans took place Assuming this lmk to be achieved, It is premalaria from . deoP.ying vegetables. If it is struotion created, Thus looking a.t the pro- and wa.s allowed to run for any oonslderai>l~ posed then to c&rry the Siamese railway desired to catch the rats, a small piece of gramme of oon6tructlon we ~mllllt say that period unchecked then the treuble wontd ncrthwa.rd from H.~heng above named to the extreme limi~ of Siamese territory at Kia.Ilg oloth pla.oed over a steel trap and the· bait from every view point it gives evidence ot be far more eeJiou; than ever before." "H~ve the Hudson Bay company settled Haen-or K iang K oong, a1 marked upon set on that will secure them after t hey have wisdom, caution and economy on the part up with the Government yet?" our maps. Thie would ha reached by an become too wary to be taken with a trap of those who arranged it. "The company's bill for transport ser- extemion of 300miles, and further work not hidelen. But M we look 11it the arrangements for .A.ll ca.rpnters know how soon the butt utilizing Lake Winnipeg in connection wltll vices has been pa.id. We engaged tranaport would be within the Shan ~tatee of Upper ends of chlael handles Bplit when daily ex· this Hudson's Bay outlet, we naturally in- for the Government, but received nothing Burma.h. '[o rttach t~e Chmeec frontie~ at posed to the blow of a mallet or hammer. oline to aak: Bat what about the Red River further tbau a oommisdon for our troub:e S.tmao (l!limok), 250 additional miles A remedy suggested by 11 Brooklyn man as a feeder to this northern gateway ? In· What we got from the Government we p!Aid, would ha.Ye to be t raversed, s.nd with them oonslsts aimply of ea.wing or cutting off the almost every 1Ja.lculir.tion made of the value to the people we employed. We got no'. would be attained tl:te full completion of the route between Moulmein and :Bemkok to the round end of the handle so as to make it of the Hudson's B~y route the grain carry- thiog but a commieefon on the service. " "You have· eome olaime against the Chinese frontier. The total mileage to ef. fls.t, and attaching by a few nails on top of ing from Dc1.kota and Minnesota has been t ect this would be as under : B~nkok to It two disks of sole·leatller, ao that the end oounted upon, and indeed the route would (fovernment for Joe. es in the rebalUon ,,, "Yes, these olalms have been dnly pre- H.)heng'. 275. mil~s {Siamoee ter;it ory) ; becomes similar to· the heel of the boot, The loose much of its commercla.l value If it did two thicknesses of leather will prevent all not attract a good share of that trade. But sentr.?d, and will doubtless be settled satis· Monlmem to 3u11ot1on at Raheng, 160 miles (half Bri ~l0h, half Siamese territory ); R~ further splitting, and if, in the course of then navii;iation Gf any pi'!l.ctical value for factorlly." Mr. Wrigl~y ie only a ehort time a real· heng to l{la-i:g Hs, n, 300 m!las (Siamese time, they expand and overlap the wood of snoh a tra.flfo reaches no further up the Red the handle they are simply trimmed off all River than St. Andrew's Rapido, itnd from dent of c~nada and hti.s already won his territory); Kiang Hsen to Cumeae frontier, around, there north to the international bo.undary way illto the c~utidence and enteem of the 25.0 miles (Upper. Shan States); total, 985 A mixture of mutton tallow a.nd wood- the river needs no small share of Improve- ff udeon B ·Y. company 1 fliolals, who speak of mile~. The eut1m~te fra.mea by Mes~ra. Colquhoun and He.!1ett for the acoomp11Bh0huck oil ia excellent for keeping boots ment to ma.i..e it navigable all the open sea· him in the h1gbe~t poetiolo wav. ment .. f this iu eight millions sterling, an pl.fable and excluding water. If tho boots eon for craft large enough to be employed in aver~ge of a.bout £ 8 12'2 per mile. The 160 have become thoroughly water-soaked · fill a ci:.rrylng trade on L9.ke Winnipeg. With· mllen between RaJ[oon and Taungoo, above A FAMOUS FENIAN DEAD. them over night with dry oa.ts, which will out these Improvements Winnipeg, Emerrefer!"ed to, cost £7,400 per mile. absorb much of the mobture from the In· son and the towns south of our province canOne orthe Slx ()unvlets Rescu.ed by an In im mediate proximity to tho t ermini of side and at the same time swell so as to not take advantage of a waterway, and would Amerienn 'Vhaler, the propQsed linen on the Chinese frontier keep the beot in shape and prevent its have to transport all freight by rail to tile Michael Ihrrlngton, the eldeot of the Fa- are r.ne pro vine 3 of Y unnan, with 5 000 000 shrinking. month of the r iver or at lea.at t o Selkirk. There la no mystery about makillg neats· Undersuch circumatanoesthe Hudson's Bay nlan prisoners who were rescued from N ew pEople; S'oohan, with 21.000,000; Kw;ionfoot oil. The only thing necessary ls to line from the hea.d of Lake Winnipeg to South Wal e by the American whaler, Ca.ta· tau, w1tb. 5. 000.000; and Kwangai, with boll In a kettle 1u m~ny: cattle's feet and Fort N elaon would be of very value 1io the hpa., in 1876, died recently ()f pneumonia, 7,000,000, What we h;i,ve ete.ted r evoals hoob as oim be obtain~d and ~kim the oil southern port.iun of;Manitoha, and would of· at the reeideno9 of hie brother·tn-law, E i- the iloportauoe cf the markets the proposals until no J;JQ.ore i·ises. From the four feet of fer no temptation t.o grain 2hlppera south of ward Whelan, in Sm Fnnolsco, Tae fifty- we h · 1ve discussed are destined to open to one animal a pint of oil is usually obtained, the line. The haul t o the lake port would four yeara of Ha.rrington'o life wore full of BritM1 trade. Wo have already stated that a railway la and it ls well worth the trifling cost of have to be made by the C. P. H.., and so far ron·autfo Interest. H e was born in Cork. o.s freight from all Routh of filteen miles this While a young ma.n he enlisted in her Ma.· working between H.angoon and Tangoo. It Ina.king it. side of the international boundary line is j~sty's ub:ty-firet regiment just In time to la pzoposed to utend this northward to conc·rned, we would not under t he present serve in tho Sepoy rebellion and Indian mu- Mandalav, the recently aoq11ired capital of Why the Boys Leave the Farm. native B11rma.h. The d1etanoe would be state of alfairs be allowed to build a. cam· tiny, He fought in 230 miles. C.urying a line thence to Bhamo T1'1.IRTllEN ENGAGEMENTS, " Why do the boya leave the farm !" petlng line of rail. Thu!! the whole United wa.Us a writer in an agricultural journal. Sta.tea freight by the Hudson's B~y route was wounded, and returned to E!lgland, would entail a further 200 miles, and from W ell, dear brother, there are several rea- could be easily choked off by the managers where he continued his mlllta.ry service un· Bhamo, to effect a j llnotion with our "existtil he lacked but one year of the time to re· ing Indian railway system, would r equire sons, Oae ia booall.ije the boy h not 65 of the C. P.R. There ls no use in trying to hide the hot tire on 11 pension. Tbilt was In 1866, when an additicin11l 250 miles. T11obulating tllei:e years old a.t nl· birth. Then, if there is a hoe on the farm weighing fourteen ounces, that until there is independent communica- the mine of Fenfanlsm was about to be fired distan<Jes, we lla.ve, i n order to j afa tne pre· bright as niokleplate, and sharp as a razor, tion between M1mitoba, Minnesota and D~k in Ireland. Harrington deserted his regl· sent Indian and Burmese eystell's to oon· and a.nether hoe weighing somewhat less ota, the supplementary trade for a Hnd· ment and hastened to Ireland t o join the up· ntruct tall ways as follows: Ta11ngoo to than a breaking plow, with an edge on it son's B~y railway from the two latter w ill rising, but was arrested at Dublin and was Manda.lay, 230 mile11; Mandalay to .Bhamo, like a hammer, and a sapling with the bark not make the owners ofuuoh a. road wealthy. brought before a court martial, charged with 200 miles-touches Chinese frontier at this on it for a handle, the hired man t 1kes one The cheapest and beat link of communica- de1ertion and high tre..3on. He was sen· point, from Bhamo to jllllctlon-250 mllos; and the boy gets the other, and every man tlou le by the R sd H.iver with its obstruc- tenced to be ehot. But the penqlty was com· tota.l, 689 milea, The t wo main schemes we have already in America knows which is the other. Dld tions removed. A maUer of a quarter of a muted to penal servitude for llfe and he was yon ever stand with such a. hoe in your million of dollars wo11ld do that on the Mm· transported with a number ef others to the dealt with would be me.nifeatly Incomplete hands, away down In a corn row on some ltoba eide, and the efforts b eing put forth at isolated loland at New SJuth Wales. But without their union, and aacordingly Messrs 11lrleB11, still, hot summer day, twenty aores Washington Ly our neighbors in Minnesota. lu 1875 the Clan·na· G ll society in New Colquhoun and Hallt:tt propose a line to oonneot Moulmein, the starting point of ef corn blades and tassels wilting about yen, and Da.kota showe thu.t they wlll not fall York PLANNED THEIR RESCUE, the Sh.mese system, with the Rangoonstanding fourteen Inches higher than your short In Improving the channel of the river head, shutting out every last trace of brea.th- within their terntory. Surely private en- ·and a whaling ehlp wa1 fitted out for the l'aungoo line, the base of what mlt.y be able air, and then hear a locust down in the terprise could ta.ke hold of a matter so small p ur pose. Jolin J. Breslin, manwhile, termed the Indian system. The length of edge of the timber strike up his long stri- as thla work in Manitoba, and we might under the guise of an American milltonalre such. a railway would be but 125 mllea, dent, monotonous ca.11 to make it ten times reasonably expect that the Dominion Gov went to Australia and managed t-0 oom: from our fart!iermoat India.u cities to the hotter? Anu all t his time a cool creek, not ernment wottld contribute liberally tewards munlcate with the prisoners. The vessel Chinese frontier a.t two points, to the prfn. set out, none of the orew knowing her deeti- cipal commercial centres of .Burmah, and a mile away, l oitering in deep, silent pools the same.- Winnipeq Ocimmercial. na.tion, except the captain, and in .April with the c11pital of Slam, B~ukok, The In shady places in the woode, or bre11lting 1876 the ship having arrived out the six total mileage necessitated therefore by the lnt;o merry d6'ncing ripples over the pebbles· convicts began their perilous march of propoaala to effect thie end would be : Si· And In the big deep holes, the fish j ast THE AGE OF INVENTION· twenty miles to the sea. Oi course their amese eystem, 985 miles ; Indian eyatem, lying around, lonesome for a boy? Well, then, you ,Ji:now whv some boya leave the Inoculation of rabbits with tho bacillus of prison garb betrayed them before thfly had 680 miles : to unite the two systems, 125 farm. Still, ' boys can be kept on the farm tuberonlar consumption ls propoaed ae a drh-en many miles, and thealiu m was given miles; tot a.l, 1,790, miles. T"king this and made stay there all their lives. Yon method of exterminating them In Ans· a.t the quarters, but they hurried on and mileage a.s to cost an average-on the data finally reached the vessel. But this wa.11 before elven- of £8,122 per mile, we have a drive a long epike through a boy's abdomen tralia. hardly under ea.II before t he British corvette total outlay involved In the several pro· and, through a live oak tree and clinch or Orookery oofilns are proposed by a Phila· belt It to the other fide, and then he will delphia inventor. Hill idea is to glaze them, Georgietta. was discovered in chase. As It posals considered of £14, 538. 380 Such a etay on the farm. Yes, there are some thus ma.king a tight and imperishable recep· neared the whaler the ca.ptain heeltated, as eum need not seem atlil'tltng to any one other ways we know, but this ls the only t acle, the object befog to proteot under- he doubted hie esca.pe into the high seas, who gives due consideration to the results but when the first ma.te, William Smith, an to be achieved for it. Who can predict the infalllble method, ground water currents from pollution. American from Man&Chuaette, learned of fall effect of ltii outlay I Oar trade, now so Mfnera.l wool is said to be oomlnir into the state of affairs he urged all hands to ia~gulshing, would secure tJy it ' the custom use In the construction of buildings, on ao- press on, The eecaplng Fenians wero heavily of hundreds of millions of paeple ready, and About Oreameries. oount of it~ lltrength, lightness, and resist· ARMED AND DESl'EBA1:B even 1mxlon·, to take t he produce of our A dairy authority says tha.t a factory ance to the conduction of heat, It h!\S also to the la3t degree. The sailors sided with lab ir now oppressed by foreign oom[6tltion. which will make the cream from a thousand the a.dvantage of being fireproof. the Irishmen, and Smith's ir.dvioe wa.s fol- - London Engineer. cows ooet, outside of the land, about $2,500. The ma.nufacture of alcohol from woed lowed. '.l'he Amerloa.n fl!l.g w11s run .up, But one could be started on a small scale, baa Increased rapidly within a few years, and when the corvette overhauled them with a few hundred dolls.re, and with good and it iB said to be us~d largely fot pa.tent Smith proclaimed the ne11trality of the Death ofa Nobleman Who Hated Horses· management and energy be made to pay, bitters, ginger e'<:traots, :.nd otner alcoholic wu.ters and dared the Englishman to fire on The death la announced of Count Emerlc Grain ra.islng is. becoming more precar ious compounds, whose strong flavor makes It the American flag. They hesitated and Sommleoh, a Hungarian magnate, who was In the older portions of the country every unuecesaary to uae a better qni:.llty of splr· then changed the Cleorgletta.'s coarse. The known in eoclety for his extraordinary hatred year. By turning unprofitable hillsides and its. Wood alcohol ls :1 da.ngaroua produot, Catalpa., tha t was the.whaler's name, reach· of horses. This aversion amounted to a fields into pasture land, tne soil m ay be and sometimes gives rise to serious disturb· ed New York sably in August, a.nd the real hlppophobla., and it obliged the Count brought up a.nd made to pay a good per ance11 of the brain and nervous syetem. prisoners were free men onoe more. The m ..ny yea.re ago to throw up his commiasion cent. The manura from one oow, properly A St, Louie doctor is credited with hav- British Government tried to extro.dlte them, in the :umy. The Ct>uut died at an advancsaved, 11 worth $24 a year. A creamery, but fa.lied. The other fi ve rescued ones a re ed age on his estate In Slavonia. He was a started in a good locality, would be worth ing out off the taiLi of two lizU"ils and unit- still llvin.g . .l:Iassett keeps a saloon on Sul- distinguished agdonlturist, an excellent hundreds of dollars every year to the neigh· ed the animals bJ sewing t he stumps to· livan street, N ew York, .l:Ioga.n is in Cb.lea· b.ndlord, and on all mbjacts but that oI borhood, be~idea paying a fa.Ir per cent. to gether, thus rooking a ~p5c.les of Sia.mese go, and Wllaon, Darrell and Cro.nstt>n a.re In horses, asses, and mules ; u. man of sound twins. The otject of tb.e experiment was ilte managers, judgment. He would not allow any animal to asotrtaln if blood could be transfused by P hiladelphia. of the Eqnlne kind to come upon his lands, this metho<l ; and one wiiter m a.int aine that If silence ie golden, what a valuablo mis- so that vleitors who rode or drove to see A. Young Man's Narrow Escape. if, for example, a weak and bloodless invalid fortune lock jaw must be. him had always to alight at hill park gates. were attached in thia mann.e : to a strong A week ago, a young miss not 1,000 and healthy animal, the result must be fav. William Guyton was a brakeman on tho He himself for many year~ used a vehicle miles from Kingsbon City, received an orable ta the in vu.lid. Dr. Roussel o! P 11.ris Even~villo a.nd Terre H11ute Ra.IIway. T here <lr~wn by trained deer, but latterly he went (]fl'er of marriage £.rom a suitor who did is said to have met with encouraging success was a oolllson In which he was badly inj ur- about his estate in a ca.triage with a team ed, but remembering that a passenger train of oxen, His horror of ho rsea is said to not stand high in the eyes of her father. !n such au experiment . wao due soon he managed to extrica.te him· have been innate, as there was no accident The proposal was laid bdfore the parent, self from the wreok, and, mangled and bleed· in his life to account for It. who, without hesitation, offered his ·"" · -~ ~ daughter an elegant sea.I-skin eacque if Will S. Hays, the song wi iter, mir.da his Ing, seized a r ed fhg and staggered up the n ls only by labour the.I; thought oa.n be she wonld return a n ega tive reply uo the debut on the minstrel ata.ge In L '.luisvllle tr..ck. Twice he fell from exb.11uat lon, but young man ·8 equast. The second bid the other ni~ht t o a crowded house. He p uckily got up and went on and fio.gged ma.de healthy ; and it Is only by thought was accepte 1 an<i a few days after she per11onated. Old Ike, the negro .character he the train 500 yards from the place of dan- tha.t 111ibor can be made ha.ppy. d ' h ha.a motde fa.moue through the ri.ver columns get. 1'h1in he fainted a-way and remained "What are you waitin'( for, little boy?" appe~re on t e streets in the much· of the Gour·ier-Journal. Hays ha.e not yet uuoonscioua for two day e. Whtin he rccov· cove.ad seal-akin. The young man h11s signed wilih the show, but It is thought he ered he was a. cripple for life. He sent the inquired a kindly old gentleman of a street urchin who was watohing e!lch pasaa-r- by Inoeived many congratulations on his will. dootor's bill to the railroad company a.nd tently. "Waltin' fer a long-whiskered ·narrow e11cape from a dreadful fate, The Duke of Edinburgh has been sent to p11.yment was refused, Then he sued for gent smokln' a cigar. Then I'll loller him ._ the Mediterranean for playing the flute. If $10,000, and a jury has just awarded him an' get the stub." ' ; Do long. whlskered In close application to bualnesa nothing he pla.yed the accordion he would ha.vo been $5,083 damo.ges after four :fears of lltiga· men 1moke better olgan ?" 41 Naw, bu' tlon, on this foot1tool exceeds a m11atard plaster, llelltto Halifax, dey don't; nioke 'em ao ahort." Hudsoa'~ Bay Railway Oonstruction. NORrH-WEST TOPICS. JGREAT SOBEMES FOR SOUTHERN Bu GK'S CELEBRm!STOVES The HAPPY THOUGHT ·&GARLAND RANGES, RADIANT HOMESingle and Double Heater, - - -AND--- THE FARM. PARLOR COOK 7 all fitted with the Celebrated and only Duplex Grate ! They stand without a rival. For sale by S. S. FURNACES, a specialty. EDSALL~ Going, Going. R Q CK F QRD AND AU RQ RA VV-ATCHES. We have the EXCLUSIVE sale of these Watches, which cannot be beaten for time. We have a reason to be thankful for past favors during forty yea.re in business here. Now our stock is one of the largest in t he Dominion and we will .. -·- - Sell c h e a p er than .the Cheapest 1 regarding no man, either Jew or Gentile. FRIEI'WDS, W .l<!. MEAN BlJSINE SS. AARON BUCKLER. Wedding Rings in great variety. rmwm:auw D-3m .l'-'-ASO!f BBOS. are this week giving special Bargains in Clothing. NOTE THE I!~ OL LOW I NG: · A Man's Overcoat, $7.50. A Youth's Overcoat, $6.00. A Boy's Overcoat, $4.00. A Man's Suit, $7.00. A Youth's Suit, $5.50. A Boy's Suit, $4.50. Persian Lamb, Seal, Russian Lamb, Imitation Lamb, Plush and Scotch Knitted Caps, all sizes, and first-class values. See our Stout M3n's Shirts an~ Drawers at 85 cts,, ~eav1 1 all wool. Our Medium Sizes in all wool at oOc., 60c., 7:tc., and $1.00 arc being 1·apicHy 1aken up. See our Tie-downs and Blankets. Heavy all wool HOSE at 25 cents; Children's sizes, all wool, from 10 cents up. Brwmanville. November 27. 18&5. · - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- -- ---.- - ---- ---.-. MASON BROS --·- - SELF PRESERVATIONI The first Law of Nature. R emember this and purchase your Furs at HAT AND FUR STORE. A full and complete stock of all kinds of Fur Coats, Caps Jackets, Ladies' and Misses' Sets, &c. -·---- -··------ Russian Lamb Coats made on the premises. · Orde red Worki and Repairing a specialty. .BRING YOUR WORK IN EAH.LY. .A.11 the leading lines and special bargains in F elt Hats and Caps. ................ I Gents' Furnishings, of which there is always the latest styles arid best quality at lowest prices, such as Rubber Coats, Umbrellas, Underwear, Hose, Braces, Gloves, &c. GIVE HIM A CALL AND PROCURE A BARGAIN. ... ...... M. MAYER, N eads' Block. Furrier ·