oure a woman wit such as om : How I wd gli only Thedy there would be I Mee LAURA How- Ave., Chicago, IIL testimenial Is not genuine, invites all wo to write her for full particulars. WARM COFFIN. ---- Young Woman Who Died, Ap- parently,' Remains Unburied, i N.H., Feb. 19.Although Thom n, twenty-one years old, apparently died on January 24th, snd funeral services were held three days later, the body remains warn and no undertaker will bury it for fear that she is still alive. Miss Thompson had been ill for several weeks, having abscesses under her arms, and when she seemed. to breathe her last on January 24th, the village undertaker was' summoned to embalm the Body. Upon his arrival he found the re mpins still warm and refused to go Through the usual process for preserv ing the body, saying he thought she was in some. sort of a swoon or trance. Physicians were sent for, but they were unshle to say what the trouble was with the young woman, Three days later the body was placed in a casket and the funeral services were held, relatives and friends being present. and floral tributes being placed upon the, coffin. The. hotly. was then warm and has since reposed in the casket in the Thompsons" front parlor, but the up- wr refuses to bury it, and many of the towns people believe Miss Thompson will revive some time, -------------- Steel Manufacture Begun. Sault Ste. Marie, Ount., Feb. 19. The first stage in the manufacture of steel rails was réached at the Algoma stool company's works yesterday when, for the first time in Algoma, steel was manufactured: by the Hessemere pro. couse. The conversion of pig iron in to steel was witnewed by about 300 lo. Just a year ago work was begin on the gompany's building, w is now near completion, The works, when completed, have an output of : daily of finished steel rails, Considerable ore will bo used from the 3 's mine, at Michipicoten, ana rooal nt is abou | the ° pox . mpton, Ont, Feb. 10.=Thore ly. mo touth in the report of is place. Dr. Caw- sent up by Dr. provincial hoaith board, was here yesterday and > Sake a Chip- "miles rom , are 4 Squthampton is clear Purchased The Plant. Victoria, B.C., Feb, 19.-The pyritic at Greenwood been pur- by the Montreal and Boston owner of Sunset mine, near The plant, capacity 250 'he 3 and an Lop iy f 3 Sm ------ DR... JAMIESON WOULD CUT DOWN LEGISLATORS, Sixty Enough--House Spends a Busy Day on Estimates--The Prohibition Bill. Toronto, Feb. 19.---The feature of yesterday's session of the legislature was the introduction of a bill by Dr. Jamieson, South Orey, to redlice the membership of the house from pinety four to sixty. On the kecona reading of the bill ratifying the amended agreement between the Queen Victoria park commissioners and the Canadian Niagara power company, the premier gave a brief but interesting summary of the advantages secured to the pro- vimee. A short discussion as to prices for electrical power again emphasized the fact that the government has act- ed in this, as in other matters, with a view to conserving and safeguarding public interests. While the estimates wore under discussion at the evening rension, Hon, Mr. Stratton intimated that the government had undgr con sideration a plan to provide adeom modation for epiloptics. Many among the large crowds in the galleries at both sessions thought that the prohi bition bill would be*discuseed, but in this were disappointed. - The measure will not likely be taken up this week. PRIVATE CARS. s------ Once Considered a Luxury, Now Almost a Necessity. New York Sus Zia "The private car," said a railway man, "in the best evidence in the world of the continued evolution of the business man. "More and more private cars are be- ing turned out every year, and where one person bad a privat® car ten years ago, there are now ten or twenty who own them, or lease them for long terms, "The presidents of railway com panics were 'thy first to have cars. Then the heads of la saw their possibilities, an that they could hardly get out them. The theatrical stard saw the advertising 10 be gained bw having private oars, and, lastly, the rich man who wanted comfort and privacy for himself or his family began to use the privatt 'care. % "The head of a corporation or other big concern, who does much tra- velling, finds a private car a great convenience. He makes the ear his of fice, and where he formerly lost a business day or two in travelling, he now loses little time. "A car built for the business man is practically a travelling office. Sleeping quarters arc provided for only the mapshimeell, his secretary, stenograph- er, and servants, "A epecial car intended more as a vehicle for pleasure than business, containg staterooms; a kitchen and a dining-room, . The bedsteads are brass, there is an extension dining-table, and there are arm-chaivs, desks, lounges, cabinets, wardrobes, and all the con- veniences and luxuries that can be put in such a vehicle. Such a car may cost from $25,000 to $50,000, and some- times even more." A REGRETTED DEATH. ---- i A Nun Who Was Very Clever Funeral To-Day. The funeral took place this morning of sister Mary Patrick (Mary Agnes Donovan), who died at the house of Providence on Ménday at the carly age of thirty-one years. Her death was due to quick consumption. The ser vice was held in the church of Our Mother of Sorrows at 9 am., his grace, archbishop Gauthier, singing the libers and Fr. Kehoe gelebrating mass. Fr, J. Hanley acted as deacon and Fr. McKeirnan as sub-deacon, Fr. Macdonald, Portsmouth, Fr. Keilty, Douro, Oat., Fr, Collins and Fr. Bal mon, of the city, being present. Migs Braniff sang a solo in very impressive manner. The deceased' sister was born in Lennox, Mass., and for cleven vears she had served her church as a nun. She was known as one of the cleverest sisters in this district, and her loss will be felt throughout the community. About five years ago she was appointed assistant and secretary to Bt. - Vincent de Paul hospital, Brockville, a very responsible posi: tion. This 'she filled with satisfaction until about four months ago, when she was called to Kingston owing to her illness. The deceased's uncle, Michael Dono- van, aud her sister, of Lennox, Mass, have been in the citys for the past two woeks, making pleasant the last hours of their relative, > Attended The Convention. Riginburg, Feb, 19.--~Rev. J. C. Cor- nell left on Monday to attend a tem- perance convention at Guelph. Last Friday night a load from here attend ed revival meetings at Inverary. Herb: ort Lawson, Detroit, after spending a. week with his parents, here has re turned to his home. Howard Cornell hos almost Sompletels rodovered from iw' recent illness. iss Ritchie, In- Jerary, spent a few wecks with friends ere, Got The Door Open. The Toronto expert working on the baulky lock of the vault in the hank of British North America, Detroit, Feb. 19.~Ira D. ------ Re . od OF THE FROST. ------ ay All Nature Revels In The Glorious Scene. By « Banker . In a recent article of this series re ferenoe way made to the extreme bean ty and loveliness of the trees of the forest after a heavy hoar frost had clothed their sprays and branches in a pure white vestal garb of crystal; spangling the conifers in glittering stars, and transforming the iandscape into a very fairyland of crystalline sublimity. But not the trees and shrubs of the sylvan glades only are thus metamor phorsed" from the leafless, dormant sleep of winter into visions of spark ling beauty; for the humbler vegeta tion is also clothed by the icy breath of the north in an ever varied earich- ment of graceful adornment. Blades of the long couch-grass, lying prone upon the ground, are ornamented like the : tail feathers of - the handsome Australian lyrebird, but more bheauti- ful even than that most graceful of all the feathered race; for if examined with the aid of a magnifying lens, the rows "of delicate spicules, symmetri cally arranged on each side of the curved blade, are found to be geome- tric erystals * of startling loveliness, each pretiy spicule itself embellished with rows of minute, regularly-formed snowy 'prisms, or barbed javelins. The expanse of heather presents now a sparkling floral display of pure white full-blossomed. inflorescence ; every seedpod being: now enveloped in a girdled sheath of glittering points, transuting the dead! vesicles into - a broad stretch of shining flowers, more beautiful even than the bright purpl el pageant of early autumn. And lat er on, as the low slanting rays of the noon-day sun have attained some lit: tle power, and the frost succumbs be: fore the slowly advancing warmth, the tiny hanging drops of water which have taken the place of the frost-ery stals now scintillate and sparkle in all colors of the rainbow, as if the heather were bearing clusters of pol- ished diamonds. Here and there the hard sandy path is strewn with snow-flowers resem- bling that most coveted by moun taineer of all Alpine flowers, the pret- ty snow-born, solitude loving Edel weiss, Mostly, perhaps always, de corated with six ornamental petals, these hoary flowers of the frost when examined with the lens present innum- erable varieties of form and design. In some the six petals are feathered with minute regularly-arranged shin- ing spicules; others have a long lance- headed barbed shaft projecting from the contre of each petal; while some are ornamented with a lace-work de- coration surrounding the geometrical ly designed central flower. And everything is beautiful. All wa ture seems to be revelling in the glory and elegant grace of the frosty scene. Even the singing birds though mid-winter, have commenced to at: tune their melodious lays, and are carolling forth their delight; though perhaps not with that rollicking hil: arity and blithesome gaiety which marks their note when the year is in its prime, amd the life-sustaining solar warmth has clothed all nature in its summer garb. And then the thought ocours that in those realms of glory above, what- ever the glories and the beauties, be, this form of snowy beauty must be absent. Ah! but surely those who, having gained am entry through faith in the allprevailing atonement of the Saviour of the world, by which their sing have been for ever expiated will have the power to explore 'the whole wide circle of the universes, and, with far more penetrating eye than thoy now possess, will, if they wish, visit on angel wing all the beauties and all the magnificence of that tremendous realm. a WIT OF ARCHBISHOP IRELAND. -------- How He Sized. Up Nationality Of Railway Crew. Archbishop Ireland, who travels alone a great deal, takes much plea sure in becoming acquainted with the train crews, and as he is very uncon ventional and easily approached he has many pleasant little experiences, which dre rather enhanced by the sur- prise and often chagrin of his newly discovered acquaintances when they discover the preiate's identity. He meets many Irish employes connected with the different roads, who always extend to him a "Cead mille failthe," or what means in English a thousand welcomes, but it was only recently in train No. 5, of the Erie, coming west, that he found Noi in an entirely Hibernian atmosphere. The archbishop was chatting with Pullman conductor W. H. Nugent--a Corkian with all 'the native wit and humor of the country that gave birth to the Blarney stone--~who was ex- plaining the recent changes in the ownership of the road, and added that the majority of the train hands were Irish and then proceeded to name them for the edification of the archbishop. "Now, let me see how many of ye there are."" began the archbishop, af- ter listening to the roll call, started to eount with his index. finger. "There's 'Ed' Sally, a brother of Fr. Sally's, he's engineer, and 'Tom' Dui- fy is the conductor, and John Egan, he's the brakeman, and yourself by the name of Nugent is the Pullman conductor. "Faith," concluded the prelate after a short pause, "An A. P. A. wouldn't have much of a show on this train, would he ' To Assist The Unemployed. Stockholm, Feb. 19.- With the ob jeet of diminishing the number of un- cmployed in Sweden the government has empowered the state railways to place Inte orders with Swedish work: shops, subject to the «Other = work for the unemployed. To Push Works Ahead. THE VARIOUS AFRICAN PROTECTORATES. A Brigadier-General Who Will " on Spend Time Each Year in Lon- don Advising the Foreign Sec- retary. The British government has decided to create a native army in the various protectorates on the eastern coast of Africa, Somaliland, Fast Africa, Ug- anda and Central Africa. Somaliland was created a protectorate in I8S4, East Africa in 1895, Uganda in 1804, and Central Africa in 1891. In each of these districts the ruling pow ers have erected and maintained forces composed of natives, officered by Pri- tish, and serving solely under the au- thority of the president or commis. sioner, The new order combines these separ ate organizations inte "The King's African Rifles," under a brigadier-gen eral, whose headquarters will le En tebbe, Uganda. He will be under the supervision of the British foreign of- fice, and will spend a part of each year in England, advising the foreign secretary. The resultant army is de: scribed as the nucleus of a new na- tive army for colonial defence, but is really the first step in the direction of making colonies = out of the titular protectorates, which in two cases have come under British supervision by way of "chartered companies." It will not be long, probably, before the residents or commissioners are succeeded by gov- ernors, and the protectorates become colonies in name as well as in fact. The natives have shown themselves to be 'excellent soldiers; they have been put to severe tests in sgveral expedi- tiofiary movements, and have left little to be desired. Dotachments from two battalions of the Central Africa rifles visited England a year ago, and made a good impression; and the new force can probably be filled several times over irom natives who apply for enlistment. Six battalions--regiments in everything but' name--ave to be created--two Central Africa and one Somaliland battalion. These will be permanent organisations, officered by officers detached from their regular command. In view of the successiul development. . of the: native Indian troops, which have a certain percent age of white officers appointed py manently, it is possible that a similar system may be introduced in the King's African rifles, It has been proposed that the visional Puerto Rico regiment of in fantry and the PWlippine scouts be incorporated in the) permanent estab lishment of the Ulited States army. The success of the Puerto Rico regi ment, composed of natives officered pro for such incorporation, and the suc: cess of the British in India with their native regiments, and in Africa and elsewhere, is still another argumént. -- Bfflliant British School Boys. The Westminster Gazette declares that a correspondent who offered priz es in different schools for essays on kindness to animals sends us a few extracts from the papers received : ""Fhere are «two kinds of animals, and they are the quadruped and bhy- ped; the quadruped is lions and tigers and such like, and the byped is birds." "Some people kick the poor dog and give it no food. Then the poor animal bites the first person it comes to, and this causes the person to have idiphobery, and the animal gots killed. This is all through the people giving the animal nothing to eat." "Animals do not go to church or say any prayers. They never sit down to get their meals, and we do." "When the paimal dies it is no more good except for food, but when we die we have a resurrection.' Germany In China. Berlin, Feb! 19.<At a meeting of the budget committee of the reichstag, the government demanded provision for the maintenance of the German regi ment at Shanghai, asserting that its presence there was necessary in order to adequately support German inter ests in China. A majority of the com- mittee assented to the demand. . Was A Fire Sufferer. Among those who -- suffered severely in. the recent Paterson. N.J,, fire, was J. A. Craig, dentist, brother of alder man 'W. G. Craig and R. J. Craig, of this city. He leit Kingston three years ago. and was doing a large den- tal practice in Paterson. Dr. Craig will shortly visit his relatives here. Rev. Louis H. Jordan, B.D. for 'a number of years pastor of St. James' Square Presbyterian church, Toronto, bas accepted the position of special lecturer in comparative religion jn the university of Chicago. Small-pox is raging in the parish of St. Fean, Port Joli, county of L'lslet. The church and the schools have bad to be shut down for some time. There are about forty cases of this disease. The engagement is announced in Hamilton of Miss Ethel Lovering, se- cond daughter of Mrs. W, J, ver ing, to W. G. Angus, formerly of Mon- t , and now of Hamilton. K. & P. railway train was sev- eral hours late this morning, being de- blockea tracks. The snow drifted con- siderably during the night. Miss Etches, » and Rev. F. T. Dibb. Bath, speak at the meeting in St. Paats school room on a day night at a gathering of the eit branches of the WA. 2 James Brown. a farmer of Ti township, Ontario, is Asking for a @ vorce from hix wife, Abigail, now's resilient in Toronto, on statutory grounds. o ' ee The average womiAn may have somé difficulty in wu a time table, but she can generally manage s train. x New spring suits for boys, ten to fif ten years. See out variety before looking elsewhere. A No. less than 197 Canadians have died or have been killed in the South African war. J J. FE. Leonard, M.P., for Laval, has from the "Mainland," is an argument | layed at Harrowsmith on account of | Toronto 1 ] The Fannie E. Wolston Roamed Ten Thousand Miles. Theotlom "Warers in Ainslee &. ¥ Perhaps it is the natural instinct to personify every craft that floats perhaps it is because they were once the domicilies of living brings, that makes human interest in derelicts uni versal. They are embodiment of pa- thos, the menace of tragedy. From the slavery of man they have gone forth to the freedom of the sea, which means, after all, that" they are stumb ling blindly on to the 'destruction which altimately awaits all things which are without the law. Some of them last. but a day; others float for years. The average number afloat is usually about twenty, but in 1573 an average of thirty-five a month was re ported. Most derclicta are made off the coast of the United States in the gulf stream, and they are prone to fol Jow in the wake of the liners. Often they follow the ocean river around its great circle, and many of them get in to the Sargasso sea. The most noted derelict was the Fan ny E. Wolston, a three-masted schoon er, lumberman, which was abandoned October 15th, 1891, and was last seen in 1804. She drifted at least ten thousand miles, following the great circle in a rzigrag way. In this she differed from the W. L. White, a schoon er which was abandoned off Delaware during the. blizzard of 1888. The White was a fast traveller and started immediately for Europe. At times she attained a speed of thirty-five miles a day. 'She floated first to the Grand Banks, and hid in the jogs that hang over that region. She stayed dogged- ly in the mist, floating around and around in a comparatively small cir cle, looming up suddenly under the bow of liners, sending cold terror to the hearts of fishermen, colliding now and then with other vessels and mak: ing a general nuisance of herself. After several months of this fun, she sud- denly left one day and continued her journey to Europe, grounding at last on one of the New Hebrides after a cruise of ten months and a drift of 6, 800 miles. Then there was Frederick B. Taylor, a schooner cut in hali off our coast by the steamship Trave. The people on the Trave waited to see the two parts sink, but, strangely enpugh, they re- mained afloat, They became separate derelicts and each went on a voyage of its own. The stern stood high out of the water, and the wind blew it north, but the bow, sinking low, was carried south by the cold shore current which rups from Labrador south to Hatteras between the coast and the guli stream. The bow was destroyed off North Carolina. The stern grounded on Wells Beach. The King On a Visit. London, Feb. 19.~0On Saturday next king Edward will = visit Burton-on- Trent, where he will be a guest of lord Burton, the well-known brewer, His majesty will. visit the brewery and will turn the mash for five lots of Bass' No. 1 strong ale, which will he stored and used on great ocea sions twenty or thirty years hence. -------------- To Rear A Monument. Windsor, Ont.. Feb. 19.<In memory of those who fell in conflict in South Africa, in the Boer war. the returned Windsor soldiers have determined to erect a suitable memorial ana are ap pealing to the citizens for funds. COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL MARKETS. Liverpool, (12.30 pm), Feb. 19 Wheat stendy: No. 1 Northern, 6s. 3d; red winter, 6s. 1d; No. 1 Califormia, 6s. id. com, quiet 5 ; old, Bs. 24d; pens, 6s. Sd; L; pork, 72s; bacom, short clear, " bacon, long, clear, Leavy, ; i bacon, short, clear, °light, 43s, _ tallow, American, 20s. 6d.; tallow, Aus tralian, 31s. 6d; chesse, colored, 40s. 6d; ese, white, 48s. 6d. -------- MONTREAL PRODUCE MARKETS. Montreal, Feb. 19.<Flour receipts, - 900 bbls Patent winter, $3.90 to $34; patent spring, $4.10 to $4.90; straight roller, $3.60 to $3.70; bakers, $3.80 two $4; Unt. s, $1.70 to $1.80. Grain~Wheat, No. 2, anitoba, hard, to 78c.; corn, de. to 65c.; $0. to 92¢.; + barley, 53c. to SB. . $0, 64o.; buckwheat, 58c. to 60c.; oatmeal, $3. $2.60; corn meal, $1.40 to . $21 to $22 lard, Be. to 9c; 34 30 18¢.; hams, 13¢. to l4c. Produce market--Cheese, 10c to lle; butter, township, 20e to 2l¢; westgrn, 13¢. to 16c.; eggs, 28. to Hn ------ NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. February 19th Open. Close. « 1023 1083 154 Tie oats, Union Pacific St. Paul Marhattan B. R Sugar .. People's 18. st U. 8 Term Missouri Pacific .. Ontario & Western Western Union 1inois Cemral American Smelt New York Central .., Transit Gas... vel 19th, 1154 1158 13 12 234 11% 278 117 169 1124 Sw - w *2ud -~ tS pt tp Bd = 287 S Awards Gbld Medal in recognition of benefits \ received from VIN MARIANI. | ® Ea "It has pleaseli Js Holiness to instruct mo 10 transmit in his nusust name his thanks to Morshur Mariani and 10 testify again in a spesial manner bis gratitude, WH Holiness has oven deigned 10 offer Hupeiour Mariani a Gold Meld Ivaring bis venerable image." FROME." * CARDINAL - RAMPOLLa * TLIC The Idést French Towle used by the Crar nnd Ursavion of Russia, Queen Adxiandra, of England, King Osenr of Norway and Swoden, ete, ote. » WHAT PHYSICIANS SAY : 'The only Tonic Stimulant wi t unpleasant reaction. Hasn't its oq ry ar A Relate . Blood, Co pumptie Throat, Took nd Stomac bles, Ov ous Troubles and General oe iiisy."' ' . at! gus and Improves She rep. Has the remarkable 5 strengthen! e."" Unequalied Jor La Grippe. 4 Specially recommended for Weak Women and Overworked Men. Special Offer. ~We will mail, gratih, ao' illustrated Pamphlet 1 traits 'nod autographs of Celebritien. . Sold by all druggists. Refuse substitutes. : Lawrence A. Wilson Co., Limited, Agents, Montreal, No Let Up ° Bargains weiner TT en Sutherland's Red Letter Sale. Those w ho have visited this sale have found $ osobossenee S0ss0ensceshrsssnncey that our reductions are genuine and not idle talk to 3: ensnare the ynwary. . A few more pairs of Queen Sealy $3.75 shoes » left. We are selling them at $2.75, This is ag splendid chance for you. Ng old styles, all up-to-$ ate goods.. ° he just right $5 American Shoes for Meng now going at $3.50. . Packard's $3.50 Tan Boots for Men now $2.50. You'll miss it badly if you don't get a pair. % Remember every shoe in our stock is reduced, If you can't be suited on the bargain tables ask toe see the shelf goods--All reduced. J. H. 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