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

Mag-(Hunter. 1 Adczsde 31W- ring. and be sure that La: 8!. Co.’s goods. Publishing 00., Ltd... cna‘r. nto. Canada. Old 8cm. Sore Em HI i 0910-; Burns. Santa ("KLCQ PfPez." Toroit to]: (:0. aces tax: no man pm at has reduced uncut C was Inns. 1: 2;» man! ,mmpyualm 30.13100 Boar. nmaudooo furnish. mama-102mm“ lotion I: mm mm “6 m MimM-m DeoumofLunov-murg. B. Bod-Risa . Second ed!- eniaxged. m mup and. Ike photo-engravings ...... 2.50 I : It. Natl-'0. m and :9 preparations (of Co. (established MINERAL WATER 80. (LIMITED) 3, Ki‘c‘f STREET WEST TORONTO. E MONEY via and «basin-1... l‘.dw1rdW . T214 my“ . Wine. "93:: Wny. magnified. . .. R .333 HESS om impure blood or III ' I the Bowel.» Kidnoyaot for. con Mineral Water acts d: | threw organs. absorbing an oz! 3“ Impurities from the a: may rest satisfied that. tho ted a. dime“ dill-23 nine" rota]! memes peculiar to the System. all reputable dealers and g on the marks: mlous imitafions rappers. Whiter ud largest manu- nughzy good condition and Io Curios. Inna Parr Tram. Wm: reor- rations by A‘ Dicker» Parr Ax» STRATVOKD. 0M. 'rlte us today, AMI) 139 SENT FREE! BANK REFERENCES. Donor. longer putTo‘ gn- ' 60mm: thoroughly u“. the advanta as of :3. Band on:- ‘imlar or Gang- The! are W ‘8nd float. and man ; handsome nag, wm >with circ there b Bulge: 33:23. N ”A :5" n anam- . modern saw mill. speculation in Grain :h a reliable and !CAGO, 1L1.- the leading Commercill .m’vlion: advantages best in e m:e~' zuxuuents may on”! rrite no e‘.:her achcol and son 8: Go 537913 '17-‘63. 3:967:15 "S" .%:01 1:96 Casual“! M '- 3 D m l m m3:mx:dnm$ malaria. his.” tum-nu. “MW wen-ammun- d flown. rd Doocrip tions by Mm filirhed by tel: {311- "page and colored. py band by in: Faunh edizicn. prur- BRIGSS. Publisher, m at. V“ Meg, e of Baffin-rte. “lei-eat :‘wcial arr-smut: my ‘eh LOO-i. Apply to ickstock, Madam nck a Ridden, In H READY : da Cocoas and lo chomicaIs am ' oppox'rmm 1'0 PROFIT BY OUR IEW PMS. ,imited, {mun ca: mumm‘ ‘C-pzouo. Bank of Tor-Ito (>an 'a: :mxo'r'r. Principals SDS F0 . DIVISEEN‘! : of Berlin-rte. zero» an m memes :~ Fent. 3. Swan. Innatrated. . a. Astory or? m‘thodism w. 1). L. Illustra1cd.... '9 In the Home Land. sight. In on»: vo'nmo 01' I 23 S‘WiOl‘Apfi-le'f'n: OMAHA BUILDING. 31m: Powuc)? [y new type. Siic of COMFORTABLE FOOTWEAR. Stylish, DURABLE, Pnhliaations : SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS ASK u‘ Death has been unusually busy during 3116 year just closed. and many of the most distinguished names must beeras- ad from the list of active workers in the various departments of the world's labor. Eight leaders and ex-leaders have disappeared from politics and statesmanship. amonrz them Premier Nicolai de Giers, one of the most astute of Russian statesmen in modern times. and two ex-Premiers. Count Edward von Taafe of Austria and Stanislaus Stambuloff of Bulgaria. whose violent death is still fresh in the public mem- ary. In addition to them there have died Lord Randolph Churchill. ex- Chzmoellor of the English Exchequer; Frederick Douglass, the leader of the colored race' in America. who lived to see that race emancipated; Floriano Peixoto. err-President of Brazil; and Sergius Stepniak. the Russian Nihilist agitator. who also held a high place in literature by virtue of his vigorous pen. Many writers and literary workers have passed away. among them Prof. J- R- Seeley of Cambridge (Eng) Uni- versity. the well-known author of "Ecce Homo"; rof. John Stuart Buckie, the great classical scholar; Leopold Bitter von Szwher-Masoch. who made the world acquainted with the details of Jewish life by his charming short. stories; GBS' tav Freitag. who needs no other monu- ment to his memory than his fine novel. ‘Debit and Credit," which gives such a. graphic picture of the old-fashioned commercial life of Germany; Heinrich Wm Sybel, the German historian; 55811118! Hjoa'th Boyesen. professor in Columbia, College, but better known in his adopted country by his stories and critical sketches; Alexander Dumas the younger. who has given to posterity the Lady of the Camellias. famous in fiction and music; and George Augustus Sala. who was an all-round worker in bouks. magazines. and newspapers. The fine arts have suffered greatly. Music has lost four composers. Ben- jamin Louis Paul Godard. of France. may of whose works are interst'mg: Ignaz Lachner, a prolific German writ- er: Frzmz von Suppe. one of the best of modern light opera. writers; and Geo. F. Root. snug and psahn writer. whose sacred songs and secular cantatas have been the favorites in the home. the Sundayâ€"5; hool. and the church both in tlus country and in Great Britain. Be- sides these there have passed away Mio- hn Carvalho, one of the most famous of the French prixzzz‘ donne; Charles Halle. an English pianist and conductor of note; and William S. Rockstro, one of the most learned and most reliable of English musical authors. The world of the studio will mourn for Adolf A. Schreyer, of Paris (who could paint the Arab and his horse beam-2); Thomas Hovenden, of Philadelphia. whose “Breaking Home Ties," exhibited at the World's Fair at. Chicago. touched the popular heart as few other pictures have done: P. F. Rothermel. the his- torical and. battle painter; Maurice F. H. De Haas. whose marines have been favorites for sung-st half a. century; and the sculptor, W. W. Story. of Italy. well nigh as famous in poetry. From the ranks of royalty have pass- ed away the Grand Duke Alexis of Rus- sia. Ismail Pasha. ex-Khedive of Egypt. and four kinglets and queenletsâ€"Menâ€" elak of Abyssinia; Abrukaba. Sultan of Tohore; the Queen of Coma, who per- ished by violence after the close of the wet with China: and Margaret Young. Queen of the Manna. group in far-away Samoa. The only great soldier who died during the year was Field Marshal Camobcrt of the army of France. The mums of other persons who achieved. mid-wide fameâ€"Emily Faithfull, the English philanthropist; and Charles maker, should also be added to the above list upon which the curtain has fallen. leaving only their memories. winch may be long or short. and the results of their work. which time will 3 l4â€"yearold_ girl living at Smoky V lay. Ky... wezghs 278 Rounds. and IS fluidly gammg wei ht. bhe never eats page, but 13 vary and of all kinds of Meet 109d, and particularly of sugar â€"W'hak. girl was that on bad hmt evening? Willy (ingi naut- )What you are pleased to cal tow unwell spoken of b 1e of cul- ure It glands treseaes.y poop happieâ€"I’m really deuoed anxious to $.whpt the new woman is going to do fins leap year. Miss Cuttingâ€"Don’t my. They yam In My to trouble VOL 111- NO 6. N0 TBS AND COMMENTS. REV. DR. TALMAGE ON THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON. and pearl rings and emeraiu 111155. and diamond rings. but the richest I'mg‘ that ever flashed on the vision is that which our Father puts upon a. fOl‘given soul. I know that the impression is abroad among some people that religion be- means and belittles a man; that it takes all the sparkle out of his soul; that he has to exchange a, roistering Independence for an ecclesiastical Straight-jacket. Not so. When a. man becomes a Christian he does not go down; he starts upwards. Religion multiplies 1 by 10 000. Nay, the multi- plier is infinity. It is not a blotting out; it is polishing. it is an arboresâ€" conce. it is an efflorescence; it is an u'radation. W hen a. man comes into the kingdom of God. he is not sent into a. menial service. but the Lord God Almighty from the palaces Of Heaven calls upon the messenger an- gels that wait upon the throne to fly and “put a. ring on his hand." In Christ are the largest liberty, and brightest joy, and highest honor. and richest adornment. "Put a ring on his hand." I remark, in the first place. that When Christ receives a. wul into his love, he puts upon him the ring of adoption. While in my church in Phila- delphia there came the representative of the Howard Mission of New York. ‘He brought with him eight or ten chilâ€" dren of the street that he had picked: up, and he was trying to find for them ; ChrLstian homes. and as the little ones stood on the pulpit and sang our ‘ hearts melted within us. At the close* of the service a. great_hea'r‘t_ed,‘wealthy ; , A. .I.A_, MIWV MAO win-way w...“ .. â€"_V n u The next day, while we were in the church gather'm up garments. for the poor of New ork. this little chlld came back with a bundle under her arm. and she said: “There's my old dress. Perhaps some of the poor childâ€" ren would like to have it," while she, herself, was in bright and beautiqul v4. vuv w. vnwv w c-"" ___. Ipan came up and said, “I‘ll ado t thi‘s mile brighg-eyed girl, and PI adopt . -|1,,-A n «-1 LLVUAV VLAOAJU VJV“ 0“‘ w...â€" her as one of my own ' childrénf' Arid he £09k her by the hand, liked her mtg hxs carriage agq‘ went away: ‘_ ALA HULWLL, "an m ”Albuv _.. ,,,,,,,, array. and those who more imqui- ately examined her said she had a. mug op her hand. It was a. ring of adop- non. '_l‘here are a great many persons who prxde themselveson theirancestry. and they glpry oyexj‘tbe royal. blood that r- “Md“ BAULJ uvy; uuv AVJ..- v---_ , ppurs through their arteries. In their [me there _wa.s 8. lord. or a. duke, or a. pnme minrster. or a. king. But when the Lord. Our Father, puts upon us the rin of his adoption we' become the chi dren of the Ruler of all us.- tions: ”Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be cailed the sons of God." It matters not how poor our garments may be in this world. or how scant our breed. or how mean the but we live in. if we have that ring of Christ's adoption noon on: hand, we are assured of eterngs.’ defenses. ,,,, v x L uuv Mun. vu v--- ..â€"- ___-_ Adopted! \Vhy, then, we are broth- ers and sisters to all the goodpf earth and Heayenl We have thefnmdy name, the family dress. the family keys, the family wardrobe. The Father looks after us. \Ve have royal blood in our veins, and there are crowns in .our line. If we are his children. then princes and princesses. It 13 only a. question of time when we get our coroner. Adopted! Then we have the family secrets. ”The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him." .Adoxgted! Then we have the family inheritance. and in the day when our Father shall divide the riches of Heaven we shall take your share of the mansions and palaces and temples. Henceforth let us boast no more of an earthly ancestry. The insignia of eternal glory 18 our coat mL!_ _:‘.‘ -c AAA'I“:I\H nut-a A RING ON HIS HAND. of arms. This Iring of adgption puts upon us all pnvxlege. Now we can take the words of Charles \Vesjey. that prince of hymn-makers. and 5mg: Come let us join ‘our friends above Who have obtained the prize, And on the eagle wings of love To joy celestial rise. Lot all the saints terrestrial sing With those to glory gone, For all the servants of the King In Heaven and earth are one. 1 have been told that when any of the members of any of the great secret societies of this country are in a dist- ant city and are in any kind of tron. ble and are set upon by enemies they have only to give q certainygnal. and the members of that organization will day flock around for defencp. And whex» any man belon s .to thxs great ChrisA tian brotherhoo . 1f he gets in trouble, in trial. 1:: persecutxon. m temptation, he has only _to show this ring of Christ's adopuon, and all the armed cohorts of Heaven will come to hi> rescue. _ ‘ n! -. . u,,, Still further. when Christ takes :1 soul into his love. he puts upon it a marriage ring. Now. that 18 not-a whim of mineâ€"Hosea ii, 19. "I Will betx‘oth thee unto me foreverâ€"yea. 1 will betroth thee unto me in ri ht: eousness. and in djudgment. and in ovâ€" ing kindness. an in mercies." At the wedding alter the bridegroom puts a ring upon the hand of the bride. Sigmâ€" fying ove and faithfulness. Trouble may come upon the household. and the carpets may go. the pictures may go. the piano may ioâ€"everythinz else may go. The last is ing that goes Is that .merriage ring, for it is consideredw .sacred. In the burial hour it is with- drawn from the hand and kept in a casket, and sometimes the box is open- ed on an anniversary day. and as you look at that ring you see under its aroh a. long procession of precious mem- ories. Within the olden circle of that ring there is room or a thousand sweet recollections to revolve. and you think of the great contrast between the hour when. at the close of the "Wedding March." under the flashing lights and :1de the aroma of orange blossoms. you set that rin on the round finger of the plump and. and that hour when“ at the close of the exhaustive watching. when you knew that the .soul had fled, you took from the hand. lwhich gave back no responsive clasp. 'from that emaciated finger. the ring that she had worn so long and worn so ‘yuI-ug. vuv LL! ; ~~~~~~~ u. “.0, u. 7 l i There is no power on earth or hell tto effect a. divoroement after Christ 'a.nd the soul are united. Other kings i have turned out their companions ' when they got weary of them and sent them adrift from the palace gate. Ahaâ€" 1suerusbanished Vashti. Napoleon for- ‘sook Josephine. but Christ is the bus- band that is true forever. Having lov- ed you once. he loves you to the end. ‘Dld you not try to divorce Margaret. the Scotch girl. from Jesus? They said. ‘ "You must. give up your religion_?"_ She ;sa1d. "‘I can't give up my religion." iAnd so they took her down to the beach of the sea. and they drove in a ‘stake at low water mark. and they :fastened her to it. expecting that as Ethe tide came up her faith would fail. ‘The tide began to rise and came up higher and higher. and to the girdle. 1{t-nvzl tothe lip, and to the last moment. ’ Just as the wave was washing her soul 13pm glory, she shouted the praises of , esus. well. On stung. anniversary day you take up that mug. and you repol'mh it untll all the old lustre oognesf. bagk, andjog can see in it the flash of eyes that long ago ceased to weep. 0h. 1t is not an unmeauin_ thing when I tell you that when C rist receives a. soul into his keeping he puts on it a. marriage rmg! He endows you from that mo- ment with all his wealth. You are one -Christ and the soulâ€"one ‘m sym- paghy. urge in affection. one in hope. _A_LL -â€" Lu." v» uu. Oh. no. you cannot separate a soul‘ from Christ! It is an everlasLing mar- riage. Battle and storm and darkness cannot do it. It, is too much exultaLion for a. man. who is but dust, and ashes like myself. to cry out this moment, "I am persuaded that. neither heirth nor depth nor principalities nor pow- ers, not things present, nor things to com. nor any other creature shall separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. my Lord! Glory be to God that when Christ and the soul are married they are bound by a chain. a golden chain if I might. say soâ€"a. chain with one link. and that one link the golden ring of God's ever- lagting love. - .. n L." _.-.. LLnL mohlus Avvu. 1 go a. step further and tell you that ‘ when Christ receives a soul into his love he puts on him the ring of festiv- ity. You know that it has been the custom in all ages to bestow rings on very happy occasions. There_ is no- thing more appropriate fora birthday gift than a ring. lou delight to bestow sueha gift upon your children at such slime. It means joy. hilarity. festiv- Ity. \Vell. when this old man if the text wanted to tell how glad he was' that his boy had got back. he express- ed it in this way. Actually. before he ordered the fatted calf to he killed to appease the boy's hunger. he command- ed. "Put the ring on his ham.” _ Oh. it is a. merry time when Christ and the soul are united! Joy or for» giveness! VVhata splendid thing it is, to feel that all is right between God and myself. What a glorious thing it is to have God just take up all the Sins of my life and put them in one bundle. and then fling them into the depths of the sea, never to rise again. never to be talked of again. Pollution all gone; darkness all illuminated; God reconciled; the prodigal home! "Put a ring on his hand?” Every day I find hap y Christian people. I find some of t em with no second coat. some of them in huts and tenement houses. not one earthly com- 1 fort afforded them. and yet they areas 1ha’py as happy can be. They smg {" ock of Ages"_as no other people in 3the world smg it. They never were *any jewelry in their lives but one gold rin . and that was the ring of God’s un ying affection. Oh how happy re- ‘ligion makes us! Did it make you ugloomy and sad? Did on go with 2 your head cast down? do not think 'you got religion. my brother. That is not the effect of religion. True reli~ ggion is a. joy. " Her ways are ways of [pleasantness and all her paths are 1 peace.” «a. ‘.7, ,‘ I:_1.L-..- -11 nu!‘ tun-A “OH, WAD SOME POWER THE GIFTIE GIE US,TAE SEE OORSELS AS ITHERS SEE US.” 11w; v. \th. religion 1i htens all our. hur- dens; 1t smoothes a. 1 our. wa ; it Inter- prets _all 993‘ sclrfrows; 1t 0 anges the ,‘,,_J t..- LLA final 1“ chbo an. vu- um.-.,v._., .7 _,,, Wu gar of earthly discord for the peal of estal bells. In front of the flaming furnace of trial it sets the forge'on which sceptres are hammered out. Would yoq‘not like this our to come , p-_4:_.. -_..A h... vvvunu JV... u-- up. from the swine feeding and try this religion. All the joys of heaven would come out and meet you, and God would cry from the throne. " Put a. ring; on his hand!" . . You are not happy. 1. see it. I‘here Ls no peace. and sometimes you laugh when you feel a. great deal more like crying. The world is a. cheat. It first wears you down with its follies; then it kicks you out into darkness. It comes back from the massacre of 1,000,000 souls to attempt the destruction of your soul today. No peace out of God, but here is the fountain that can slake the thirst. Here is the harbor where you can drop safe anchorage. _-- L ‘91-. n -_I- ”A“ “A Vuclc Jul-I. Wu u.v,. w“. __-_-_,(_,, \Vould you not like. [ask youâ€"not perfunctoril y, but as one brother might talk to anotherâ€"would you not like to have a. pillow of rest to put your head on? Apd would you not like, when you retu‘e at mght, to feel that all is well. .whether you wake up to-morrow mornmg at 6 o’clock or sleegvthe sleep that knows no wakmg? ould you OMEMEE. ONT. THURSDAY. JAN- 16. 1896- wot like to exchange this awful uncer minty about the future for a. glorious lssurance of heaven? Accept of the Lord Jesus to-day and all 13 well. If on your way home some peril should :‘I‘OSS the street and dash our lifv .mt. it. would not hurt you. on would rise__up immodiatoly.‘Y011v\vould stand _ __._..IJ I.;. .Loo -y “um“...wv. H. , in the celestial streets. You would be lamid the great throng that forever worshlp and are forever happy. If thus night some sudden disease should come u on you, it would not frighten you. I you knew you wero omg you could give a. calm farewel to Your beautiful home on earth .and know that you are 30mg right xnto the companionship of those _who have already got beyond the telling and thg,_ wegmpg. 1-. I 1 , ,3._L; .12::-...._ uuv vv wyuue . You feel on Saturday night different from the way you feel on any other night of the week. You come home from the bank. or the store, or the office and you say, " Well. now my work is done, and toâ€"morrow is Sun- day." _It. is a pleasa‘nt thought.yThe}'e , AL____ ...-,. n. .-. .. r ________ u are refreshment. and reconstruction in the very idea. Oh. how pleas'mt it will be if. when we get through the day of our life. and we go and lie down in our bed of dust. we can realize. “ \Vell. now the work is all done, and to-mor- ng is Sundayâ€"an everlasting Sun- y'l' Oh. when. rthou city of my: God. L And so I approach you now with a lgeneral invitation. not picking out here 18. man, or here and there a woman. or * here and_there a. child. but giving you Ean unlimited invitation, saying, “Come for all things are now ready." \Ve in- }vito you to the warm heart, of Christ 'and the inclosum of the Christian Jchurch. I know a great many think ithat the church does not amount to 'much; that it is obsolete; that it did ‘its work and is gone now, so far as gall usefulness is concerned. It is the ‘happiest place I have ever been in, iexpept my own home. - Ehéfi'i'hi; courtgs ascen'd. l Where congregations ne'er break up And Sabbaths have no end? There are people in this house toâ€"day who are very near the eternal world. If you are Christians, I bid you be of good cheer. Bear with you our con- gratulations to the bright city. Aged men. who will soon be gone. take With on our love for our kindred in the etter land, and when you see them tell them that we are soon comin . Only a few more sermons to prone and hear: only a few more heartaches; only a. few more toils; only a few more tears. And thenâ€"what an en- trancing spectacle will open before usl Beautiful heaven. where all is light: Beautiful angels. clothed in white; Beautiful strains that never tire, Beautiful harps through all the choir; There shall I join the chorus sweet. \Vorshipping at the Saviour's feet. MW- w... _.,_., I i: now there are some people who‘ say they are Christians who seem to get along without. any help from oth- ers. and who vulture solitary piety. They do not want any ordinances. I do not belong to that class. I cannot get along: without them. There are so many things in this world that take my attention from God and Christ and heaven that [ want all the helps of all the symbols and of all the Chris- tian associations. and I want around about me a solid phalanx of men who love God and keep his commandments. Are there any here who would like to enter into that association? Then by a. simple. childlike faith. apply for ad- mission into the visible church, and you will be received. No questions asked about your past history or res- ent surroundings. Only one tes â€"â€"do you loye Jesus? ..A._._AL L- -nu JV“ 0...- - Baptism does not amount to any-' thing. say a great many people, but the Lord Jesus declared. “He that be-* lieveth and is baptized shallbe savedJV putting baptism and faith side by side.“ And an apostle declares. "Repent and be baptized every one of you.” I do not stickle for any particular mode of baptism. but I put great emphasis on the fact that you ought to be bap- tized, 'et no more emphasis than the Lord esus Christ, the great Head of the Church. puts upon it. Some of you have been thinking on this subject year after year. You have found out that this world is a. poor portion. You want to be Chris- tians. You have come almost into the kingdom of God. but there you stop. forgetful of the fact that to be almost saved is not to be saved at all. Oh. my brother. after having come so near to the door of mercy. it you turn back. you will never come at all. After all you have heard of the goodness .of: God. if you turn awav and die. it Will ngft be because you did not have a good 0 er. ‘ God}; gpirit will not alivays strive , .L_»_._._ van“ “K‘i’i'tBr-ifirdéhéa: Vséif-d'estro'y'mg man. Ye who persist his love to gnevg May never hear his voice agam. May God Almighty this hour move upon your soul and brim: you back from the husks of the wilderness to the Father's house. and set you at the banquet. and “put a ring on your hand." Wreck of an Electric Passenger Car A despatch from Cleveland. Ohio. says:-â€"The bridge across Tinker's creek, a few miles from this city, on the Ak- ron. Redford, and Cleveland electric road. gave way beneath a big electric motor. early on Thursday morning. and the car, with its passengers. was precip- itated to the bottom, 1:30 feet or more. to the water below. It is known at least two persons were killed outright, and a number seriously injured. When about half way across the trestle the pasaengers felt. a swaying motion. The next moment the light steel structure collapsed. and the cars with their hu- man load. went down with a crash to the creek below. The agcident took “lam m, n. nmnt a short distance north LA£\7 LLV\ .- “-7 place at a poifif' 'a fihort distance north of Bedford townshlp. _The cause of 1he qollapgse of t_he budge 15 not. yet known. LL_L ALA Any-m :nuunnfl flan \‘Uuayav u. “My One theory 15 that Lhe cars jumped the track, and that the jar causal the iron girders of the bridge to snap. Later reports show that there were no pas- sengers on the motor. and that only the crew, consisting of three memwent down in the wreck. Editorâ€"Have you any letters or other testimonials to show that you are a literary worker by profession? Agglicantâ€"If you _wxll look at my pan , sir. you wdl fmd_that they bag badly at the known; and 1f you will par- don me for turnmg around, you will see that. tlggy an; wo'rn vex-y‘g‘hmy at the Abundant Evidence Hr. I tun a literary man. Interesting Items About Our Own Country. Great Brltnln. the United States. and All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Assorted for Buy Reading. CANADA. Grave gobbers made an unsuccessful attempt m Peterboro' cemetery. vaémine Shortis, the Valleyfield mprderer, is now an inmate of the St. Vmoent de Paul penitentiary. firfiG. w. cube}: was injured by runaway horses aL Sarnia, and it 18 feared he will not recover. f HE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Effie dead body of Dix-Samuel Burns. an elderly man. was found in a. Barâ€" ton street house in Hamilton. An ice bridge has formed below the falls _at Niagara. and many visitors and cxtizena ' ve crossed on the ice. The death rate in the city of Ottawa for 1895 was 20.82 per thousand, com- pared with 21.66 for the year previous. The River St. Lawrence has frozen over at Montreal. This has been delay- ed to a, later date than ever before known. The Rev. Dr. Hunter. pastor of the Dominion square Methodist church Montreal, has resigned the pastorate. owing to illâ€"health. V __g The latest. combine is for the purpose of keeping the price. of sole leathers upon a paying basis and restricting if possible the output. . H ‘,,_A_ A: kIWâ€"Vluau ».._ -7 , Mr_. George E. Tuckett, Mayor of IIamllton, has resigned from the direc- torate of the Central Fair Association. and the Hamilton Jockey Club. 4- The dead bodv of “'11). Cole., sr.. 01 Strabane, 0nt.. was found in his house in that village. The man was nearly eighty years of age, and had lived alone for a. long time. Mr. J. Cransmn, who sued the Can- adianâ€"Australian S‘gam‘ship) Congpzyny A--- “Oman hull... i Acting for a. number of Hamilton 'citizens. Mr. Thos. McKeown, civil en- gineer of Buffalo, has gregared a re- ‘port upon the '1‘.. H. . Railway. ; which states that the company has not. icomplicd with the conditions of the 4‘ lay-law granting the bonus of $225,000. Mr. \V. F. Lightall has entered at- lion against the directors of La Banque du Peuplc to recover his loss on a. re- cent purchase of stock. alleging false ‘ztnd deceptive reports andlillegal pay- ment of dividends, as well as ross ‘ carelessness on the part of the de endâ€" ‘ ants. akuuu-ntmuauuu ~..v~..-.,_,, _ , for $50,001) damages for his deportation from Honolulu, was non-suited in the court at Victoria. Mr. J. A. Girard, a, widelyâ€"known in- surance agent. and appraiser of Mont- real. swallowed par'v: green on Thursday night. from the efforts of which he died early on Friday morning. John Carroll. a lad of seventeen years, fell into a vat of boiling water at Loz- ier's Bivycle \Vorks, Toronto Junctxon. on “'odncsday evening. and died from his frightful injuries four hours later. The Rev. Father Lacombe, the Northâ€" urmc mEugInnnrv. received as a New ; A militia order has been issued an- ‘nouncing the retirement from the acâ€" ‘tive force of Col. \Valker Powell, Adâ€" ‘jutant-General of the Militia, with a 1 retiring allowance. and the rank of col- ‘ onel on the retired list. The order con- tained a high and unusual tribute to his personal and official character. GREAT BRITAIN. ‘ Sir Henry Irving is to unveil the monument of Sarah Siddons on Pad- ‘dington green next spring. Lord Blackburn. 8. Lord of the English ‘Court of Appeal. is dead. He was leighty-three years of age. l British trade returns for December. 1 1895, showa. large increase over the re- jturns for the month a year ago. The Rev. Father Lacmnbe, the Northâ€" \V'csL missionary. received as a New Year's gift, from Premier Bowell a amt 0 land, 150 miles «3.131; of Edmon- ,A:, _-_‘_â€"n tion There are rumours of _ a. raproche- ment, between Great Bntam, France and Russia over the Transvaal ques- The death of the most Rev. Robert Samuel Gregg. Protestant Archbishop of Armagh. and Primate of all Ireland. is announced. tion Lord Salisbury is engaged upon the Venezuelan yorrespondence. and a. £911 statement wxll be placed before Parna- mem, as speedily as possible. Sir Claude Macdonald has been ap- poinied British Minister to China. suvâ€" cceding Sir Nicholas O'Connor who takes control of the Embassy at St. Peters-burg. A nephew of \Vushington Irving is the landlord of the oldâ€"fashioned hostelry- at Birmingham, England. which is much patronized by Americans visiting ihe midlands capital. 'l‘hw feeling: in London againgt the Kaiser persun-ally is most hitter. and quastiuns in regard to his name remainâ€" ing an tho army and navy list are to be asked in Parliament. Grvalfi Britain is seriou'k‘lv and steadily preparing fur war on a very large, scale. at, land and on sea. againat Germanypr agraimt Germany. France. and Russia, shrul'l tlwy combine against her. The movenwnt in favor of arbitration in th" Venezuelan question with the Uniled States is incrcaqino: in London. Th9 [aaling is in favor of oslahlishing a. permanent Court. of Arbitration. ‘ The. Westminster Gazette refers to the. illâ€"Coeiing Intween the Germ-m Emnoz'or and th" British royal family, rn l S'ys thzt William. 3,: th» son of the Princess Royal. is a claimant, for the throne of Britain. The commanding officer of the differ- ent regiments of English volunteers 11%“ been Overwhelmed with letters from the men under their command: expressing their desire to be enrolled.- for active servwe. in ih" _Vonczx}<~lgin qmjatior) “'an the ;; â€"~v-_' . Ummd Statqs 153 incrcaqmo: m London. According to pommcrcxal report‘s; frorn Th? feeling is in favor of oslahlishmg New York busmcss across the line is a. permariehi. Court of Arbitration. dull even for this dull period of the The \‘Costminsier Gazette refers to year. Generallifismcks appear ample for the. illâ€"feeling hatwaen the Germ-m 1mm~f.i:tgrequircmems. and doubt “.10 Etnnoyor and th't British royal family, ‘ the {manual course that, Cnngrpss wall "n l s ‘ys th:t. William. as th a Son of 1,113 pprsue and rather dauntful polehval (‘Cn- Princess Royal, is a claimant for the ‘ glmons at home find abroad are demagâ€" Lhmnc of Britain. iirig trade and killing industry;i Collec- ‘ ‘ . . . _ ' Hons are as a rut} sow, an reports cn{h$<gmtgdlr§ ogifgfighf :g‘llutililtfggg frmnfiravollers during the last few days hav“ himn Overwhehnéd with letwrs,fi;nu%n aplyt'ah qucraie dQemagd: from the men under their command‘ ‘ 0:3 boactélwé ha: incxgeaiethIm r3 expressing their desire to be enrolled.- 890115' OWE}; s ovs.a.n'<; 0 “133°“; for active service. :eia y. ie the conghtions arse no. ’VIr Chaml‘m‘la' h t d t h: {haps gs hopeful as might he wished, to‘L President Krilingera‘ssaséfiiga tfigafge at itfl‘ifitfiy to be bold éhat m no ‘ . . ‘. 1r 1 e, worse. an in severâ€" Queen has heard With satisfaction that ! a1 much better, £12.31: was the. case a. the President has, decided to hand over week ago Eoviaé‘iéiici apart as a N A NUISHH'L of \Vm. Cole., sr.. of as found in his house [he man was nearly re, and. had lived alone has been issuerd an- Metis reserva- aldes‘ the: prisoners recently captured to the Br1t.1sh Government. The ideathat a, combination of gowers has been formed against Great. ritain seems to be gaining ground, and a de- spaLch to the Paris Soliel says that a movement is really on foot to establish an anti-British alliance. 'J.‘h’c rapiaiity with which the various British naval stations are commissionâ€" ing warshipi. large and small. for active service, has served to remove any doubt regarding the efficiency of the navy in the event. of a sudden call upon it for aggresswe action. The British Mediterranean fleet in the Levant has been dispersed. the vessels being ordered to poian un- known. It is surmised that Great. Britam has given up the task of per- .fiuading the other powers to intervene in the Armenian atrocities. Great Britain is evidently determined not to be caught unprepared for war if Emperor \Villiam shmild proceed on his recent. arrogant course. Both the naval‘ land military authorities have been in- structed to make all necessary prepara- tions to put the navy and army on a war footing at the shortest possible no- tice should such a step be deemed neces- The German prefi of Detroit i§ red- hot for war between Great Britain and Germany. A baby weighing exactly one pound "mum". in San Francisco last Christ- auri: mun». A oodflsh weighing fiftv-six pounds was brought into Portland. Me., afew {lays ago, the largest codlish seen Lhere in many years. Two men in Mount Pleasant, Florida. fought aduel. in which both were killed, for the lpve of a woman, who was au- premely indifferent to both. Mr. and Mrs. Durgin, living near Portland, Me.. have reached the age of 102 and 99 years respectively, and both are hale. hearty, and happy. ,7, ._ Aâ€"nnnfr law dead at Ransomvuie. over um u.â€" agara border. A committee of citizens pursued the murderer and shot him down in a farm house where he had taken refuge. It is repormd at New York that the marriage of Mr. Oliver H. P. Belmont and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt will be cele- brawd at the residence of the. latter at Madison avenue and 72nd street on Monday. January 28. _ The Rev. Francis “1'. Bates. a South African missionary. at. present in Boe- ton. says that England is the great civilizin influence in South Africa, and the wor d would be; the better for it if A. H. Brownley. of London, Ont. was held up on the beach at Santa Momma. 031.. at the point of a istol. and forced to sign ten American xpreas Company cheques for fifty dollars each. George H. Smith shot his father-in- law dead at Ransomville, over the Ni- agara border. A committee of citizqns pursued the murderer and shot bun dawn in a. farm house where he had Ulml: uluwuw V.V._‘v, Prisoners in the County gaol at Holt, Mo., stuck a. pole w‘th a stocking tried to it \hrough the bars Christmas eve. and left it. there all day Christmas day. A considerable quantity of small com was dropped into the smoking by peo- ple passing the gm]. 1 , -.--l XTicmnnf 113: new. A‘s-mm..- - African missionary. at. present in Boe- ton. says that England is the great civilizin influence in South Africa, and the wor (1 would be the better for it if Great Britain owned all Africa. ‘ AA "-15 Sir Julian Paunoefote and V1500 Gough called u n Postmasterâ€"Gem \Vilson at “'85 ington and submi1 a pro osition from the Postmas Genera, of Great Britain for the m tiation of a parcel post. convention tween the two countries. _Mr. Henry Norman. the Special c mlssionpr of _t't3e Lgmdon Daily Chron ,ML-.. nun 12“ ”an buns: “um; I. a, \Ju: . u nu... .- » - __V , , sung servirc for the "usual dame" which it; has berm customary to give in the in- stitutivn for many years past” and the women made a strong protest, but with- out. avail. 1'; is very strong among of Iilvrdukee. and they present Transvaal trouble 9. abrogation of the treaty noefote and Viscount .n Postmasterâ€"General ngton and submitted )m the, Pos_tmasxexâ€" W. RICHARDS Publisher Proprletor A wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio South-\Vestem railway was averted on Wednesday night by Mary Och, amine- year-old girl. of Portsmouth, Ohio. who, .inding an obstruction on the track. crawled across a high trestle bridge 1nd built a fire on the track. which warned the train bands who stopped the train, which was crowded with pas°engers. in lime to p_r_evenf a, disaster.‘ \u.uu ‘ Henry Norman. the special commis- ‘Izinner of The hondon Chronicle in “'aéhingtonJias interviewed the mem- hers 01' the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Com- mitee on Foreign Affairs as to the establishment of a permanent tribunal of arbitration for questions arising be. tween Great Britain and the l'nitjed Statesmot involving national autonomy or honor. All expressed themselves Foreign relations and the House Corn- strongly in favor of such an arrange- ment The reant census of Germany shown a population of 51,758,364. The, disarming at. Johannesberg has been completed without mishap. and the Boer police now patrol the town. The repeated assertion of the purchase of Delagoa hay from Portugal by Great Britain remains unconfirmed and un- com radicted. Cuban rebels exploded dynamite undâ€" er a. train on the Nuevitas Puerto line. containing 300 passengers, several of whom were injured. The boiler of an Italian tnrpedo boat on Lake Maggiore exploded on Thurs- day, sinking the vessel, and drowning thxrteen people who were on board. Two severe earthquakes. causing the loss of 1,100 lives. have occurred in the Khalkhal district in Teheran. They completely destroyed two villages. News has been received in Home that the Italians in Abyssinia hafe eleated Emperor Menelek‘s forces at r akaleh. The Shrans are said to have lost heavily. It is mated that Dr. Jameson's force. on its way to Johannapurg. marched one hundred and sixty miles in ninety hours. never halting more than two hours at a time. The Cuban insu eats have captur- ed Guira, the thir city in the pro- ;v'moe of Havana, after a fierce battle, in which 600 Spaniards and 400 Cubans were killed and wounded. President Kruger. of the Transvaal, has replied to Secret Chamberlain. thanking the Queen or her kmd ex- pressions. and renewing his promise to hand over Dr. Jameson and the other prisoners to the Britxsh Government punishment. The Canadian-Australian steamer Miowem, which had not been heard of since she pamd company with the Strathnevis. which she was wmng into safety, is safe. The VVarrimoo ke her on Janna 2nd, about one Inn: (1 much south 0 Honolulu, and all was Scouts sent forward into the Ashanti territory have returned to the British outposts and report that King Prempeh has sent a. messenger to meet the expe- dition now on its way to Coomassie, to propoee terms of peace. The Queen of Italy, who always taku mat interest in every new invention, been lately ranking use of a horse- 1, ,A. If-__- mmmwn; _.=.â€"â€"- V". ‘ less carriage in her grounds at Monza. with which she has been so much pleas- ed that she has ordered a similar car- riage [or her other residences. iv’f‘dhe Yokohama oo .7 dent of the St. Petersburg Nome remva cables phay J_apan_ has offemd free and 311- , nu,-:-_ nu...- . nLgm-Aa. Luv an.-.” by the French author-Rig; and-thirty of the leaders are now on their way to Cragtadt, where they are to be exe- cu . The insurgent form, eleven thousand strong. undex Gen. Gomez, are investing Havana. in which there are seventy thousand Spanish troops. commanded by Gen. de Campos. It. is not the invention of the insurgents to make an attack un- less their sympathizers ruse a revolt Camper-live Statement- of American In. port: and Exporln. The United States secretary of the treasury has issued a statement show- ing the imports to and exports from the United States to Great Britain and dependencies for each of the last five years. The exports for the year 1892. compared with those of 1895. are as follows : .w. unx! Unit-ed ngdom.... . .5499.315.:crz $337,123.43; Gibraltar ......... 4055.”;- 331.375 Hex-mud a ....... 905.118 3:). 5m Brixish Hondu'ma.... 4 {.1306 402.933 Dominion of Canada ..... {3.299.787 52.854.769 Newfoundlmd 8:. Lubra- 'lm' ................ 1 ‘ 2101 1.195399 British West Indies. . 8.1:; 3157 7.761.178 Brush Gumna ........... 1.933.299 1.705 631 mdin. ....... ‘ . . . . 167.1317 2.553.941 ”(mg Kong. . . . ...... ... 4.891.049 4.253.040 Baum Ant-unflasia ...... 11.386337? 9.01432 :3 Brimh Africa ........ 3J6: 765 5,202.3:3 Other BriIi-h possessions 651,328 mg; Total ................. $580,126,313 $471,145.512 The imports for the two years were as follows: TRADE WITH ENGLISH NATIONS. United Kingdom...., Us Gibrwkar ................. B. rmnda ............... 13"”th Houndlvra<..... . Dumir-km of (‘anadm . . . Newfoundland 5:. Labra- ‘ 0r ................... Ilritfish \Vefil lndies.. Br ‘ i-h Guiana. ...... mum ........ Hon: Kan: ........ British Australasi British Africa. ........... Other British countrics.. the city. Total ............. GENERAL .. .. $213.46! 312 '5 $7,597.85: 1892 1895. $499.3]55’32 $337,125. 453 403,507 3'31. 875 . $308,118 8"1. 5N . 473.1“; 402.933 {3.299.787 52.851369 1.586 “01 3 674.5"? 4. 89‘. 049 11.336.577 3J6! 765 $156.3msxfil $159 ' 86.931 553.36 293.525 34.954.2' '3 8.12 $3,.)0 "7 1 92.3 299 3,674.3“! «LSINJMQ 11.386Ji77 3.!“ 765 651.328 380 “ " 43LS36 12.441 Y8 9.779 44-} «1.363.; ,4 2251.701 2i.773.1“7 21.2fii.013 763.323 77 .476 8.192.306 4.620.828 816 597 776.1“ 230““ 1.382.673