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Garment Dran- Youzo St. RUN :‘HBM mum UBSDAY vet and quality :etown, Ont. ant; Pe emtmg Iorida. and Jae] ron at anMWfl phalfiheâ€" A. man-.1». Hales. LLB. am also was. “'a: TEVHR ISN‘T. RELIABLE 18d Eyes, .tion of tion fig FREE! evorynhing a EMEDY Bough Drops and Aprll Mia on one. Dr... Pinched. rawmg :- r observatic daily, exce nd \\ ashing solid throw and 5L All-f :. Charlotte iavannab an ‘30 p.ux.. and the next, ries throggh and the F1 Liar Rain-c through sta. (33., S.C. for umpart m me, that fnls pal-ids. N '11; of the mint. It’s com- mon sense. It IS plum that he horse ”chosen beams he an he kiw- No, (L: Mar. just tell the yo man thatuis can never take you 3133181 fldlq with a sleepy-lookmg old horse ‘she accomplished belong so entftely to "ants-that hqve been relegated to the domain of hwtory. that the world torthexpostpartre rds hex-ass hus- toriml figure. and orgeta that she is still living. Yet the other ‘day, when 56 out 01 the 72_ survivors of Balaclava not around a dmner table at Birming. ham. a telegram arnved expressing Melmympatéz. 29. my “veterans. Based "Flérefioe Nightingaio." FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. Miss Florence Nightingale has pro- bably caused nearly as many girls to engage in the noble calling of nursing as Robinson Crusoe has sent boys to sea. But the deeds she did and the 309d at... nmnliakd kAI‘__ ._ -_L, all Atrica's Mohammedan States from the Nile to the Niger. The territories of England, France, and Germaam touch their borders, and each of these .pbwers is eager to come into full pos- session of a liberal slice of the iFulznh country. The much [discussed ques- tion of how to supplant Mohemmedad with- European denomination will pro- bably eb answered by force of arms in the Sudan. as it has been in other parts of Africa where Europe's advance has been opposed. ' - don Times intimates that the Royal Niger Company would nenr have be- gun this war if it had not previously made satisfactory arrangements with the Sultan of Sokoto and Gando. But no evidence is adduced that such an arrangement exists, and should these powerful rulers make the quarrel their own. England and not her chartered compamy will have to be the largest , £3.0th in further proceedings. WA HAD NOT FORGOTTEN. The company counted upon the sup- port of the natives, and thus far it has not been disappointed. With 400 well-armed men and some artillery it has driven the enemy, about 4,000 in number, from the first place where this section of the Emir's foot soldiers and cavalry awaited battle. The natives re- oeived the column with joy and are said to be rising against their Fulah oppresoa's. At last accounts the Bri- tish Bida, the capital of Nupe. a very 'populous place, covering five square The trouble was caused by the Emir’s horrible treatment of his subjects, which bade fair to depopulale Nupe. He is a. descendant of the great Fulah chief, who a. century ago, spread his religious war over the Western Soudan irom Lake Tched to the Upper Niger; His people are now dominant in the F ula‘h States, with his descendants in most of the chief places of authority; JNupe, one of the smaller States, pays annual tribute in thousands of slaves tn the Sultan of Sokbto, the head centre of the Fulah power; and the many slave ‘ raids of the Emir among his ownsub- ‘ jects, the pagan Nupes, his wholesale confiscation of their lands, and other} acts of tyranny have been reducing his country to a. pitiable condition. The ' iRoyal Niger Company vainly protested, t and at last decided to use force fior the l suppression of slave raids and flor the; restoration of their lands to thousands: of deepoiled Nupes. A peculiar situation led to the war. The Royal Niger Company has no quar- rel with the Nupes. In fact, the ap- peal to arm: has been made in behalfi of this very people, as against their tHummus rulers, headed by the Emir, Who form only oneâ€"fifth of the popula~ 'tion. The company has had the freestl to the territory, and some of its main stallions are in Nupe. Its treaty with. the Emir obtains for the company um< usual commercial advantages, and he has not thrown a. pebble in the way! of the company’s enterprises. 'but has pocketed his subsidy of 810,000 a. year and permiytted it to develop its trade molested. is one of the Mohammedan States oh the Women: Sudan lying on both banks of the Middle Niger. It i: in a. well-watea'ed and fertile region. With! Dome large towns. and the Nupee. who form the mass of the population. are mentally and physically superior to many African peoples. They are In- dustrious, the peers at any Airman tribe as tillers of the soil, and excel most other Sudanese as weavers and Workers in iron, brass, leather and Sum. The cause, am<mions, and pos~ mph results of this struggle invest in 3:11.11 more than ordinary interest. Nupd While England is involved just now: in several little African wars, the Roy- le Niger Company has begun a cam- ??ign of its own against the Emir on and surrounded by; a dilapic‘iatéé VOL IV. NO 12 NOTEB AND COMMENTS. too." A. family that; is launched in the morning with famdy prayers is well launched. Breakfast over. (the fam- ily ecattter, some to school. some to household duties. some to businega. During Qhe day there _will be 3. thou- sand petals abroadâ€"perm o: the etmt: at. d the actuating. at the m household there is no probability that they will damage our household. “Is God dead 3" said a. child to bier father. "No." he replied. “ why do you ask that?" "Well," she said, " when mother was liv' we used to have pra. era. but_ since 1' death we haven't (1 family prayers. and I t‘iidqfi ‘kyowubuzt‘ whgt _God _W§s_ dead, The broken prayer of your father has had more effect upon you than all you ever read in Shakespeare, and Milton. and Tennyson and Dante. You have one over mountains. and across seas ou never for a. moment got out of sight of that domestic altar._ 0. my friends! is it your opinion this morn- ing that the ten or fifteen minutes subâ€" tracted from each day for family de- votion was an economy or a. waste of tune in your father's household? I think some of us are coming to the conclusion that the religion which was m our.father's house would be ver appropriate religion for our homes. f famil prayers did not damage that house old there is no probability that l The whole scene has vanished, but it comes back today. The hour for. morning prayers came. You were in- ‘vited in. Somewhat fidgéty, you sat and listened. Your father made no pretentious to rhetorical reading. and he just: went through the chapter in a plain, straightforward way. Then you all knelt. It was about the same prayer morning by morning and night by night. for he had the same sins to ask par:‘-n for, and he had the same blessings for which to be grateful day after day and year after year. The prayer was longer than you would like to have had it, for the game at ball was waiting. or the skates werelying under the shed. or the schoolbooks neededone or two more looking at the lessons. Your parents. somewhat rheumatic and stiffened with age found it difficult to rise from their kneeling The chair at whichthey knelt is gone? the Bible out of which they read hasl It. is a. great deal easier to invite a. disagreeable. guest: than to get rid of him. If you' do not want religion you had better» not ask it to come, for af- ter coming it may stay a. great while. Isaac “'atts went to visit Sir Thomas and Lady Abney at their place in Theobald, and was to stay aweek, and stayed thirty-five weeks; and if relig- ion once gets into your household the probability is it will stay them forever. Now the question I want to discuss is: \Vhat will religion do for the household? Question the first. \Vhat did in do for your father's house. if you were brought: up in a. Christian home? Absurd, Joshua! You will have no itime for family religion; you are a ; military character, and your time will 1’ be taken up with affairs connected with the army; you are a. statesman. and 'your time will be taken up with pub- lic affairs; you are the W ashington, the “ ellington. the McMahon of the _Israelitish host. you will have a great ? many questions to settle, you will have § no time’ for religion. But Joshua, with ithe same voice with which he com- manded the: sun and moon to bait, and stack arms of light on the parade ground of the heavens, says. “As for me and my house we will serve the Lord." Before we adopt. the resolution of this old soldier, we want; to be certain it is a. Wise resolution. If religion is going to put my piano out of tune and clog the feel of my children racing through the hall, and sour the bread. and put crape on the door bell, Ido not want, it in my house. I once gave six dollars to hear Jenny Lind warble. I have: never given aoent to hear any- one groan. Will this religion spoken of in’ my text do anything for the din- ing-hall. for the nursery. for the parlor. for the sleeping apartment? What Righteousness in the Household M for the nannyâ€"u n a Profitable Thing tâ€"‘l‘he Oreo: Preacher Draw: a Lesson From Joshua’s Saying. Rev. Dr. Taunage preached the fol- lowlng discourse on "Religion at Hume," the text selected being Joshua, 254.15: “As for me and my house .we will serve the Lord." REV. DR. TALMAGE DISCOURSES ON THE SUBJECT THE HUME RELIGION L; They do not know much about the , {nobility of the western trapper. A trap flveler gomg along was overtaken by 1 1 night and a. storm, and he entered a icabin. There were firearms hung up : around the cabin. He was alarmed. He 'had a. large amount of money with Vhim, but he did not dare to venture {out into_the night in the storm. He I‘did not like the. looks of the household After a while the father, the Western I trapper came, in, gun on his shdulder. :end when the travelenlooked at him he was still more alfrighted. After a. while the family were whispering toâ€" 5(gether in one corner of the room, and Ithe traveler thought to himself “0h! ,3 now my time has come; I wish I was out in the storm and in the night nth- er than here." But the swarthy man came Up to him and said: "Sir. we are a. rough people; we get our livin by hunting, and we are very tire .when the night comes; but before go- ing to bed we alwayshave a. habit oil reading out of the Bible and having prayers. and I think we will have our usual custom to-mght; ’and. if you1 don't believe in that kind of thing, if ' you will just eteptoutsxde the door for a. little while .1 Will be much obliged toflyouff v ~ â€"â€"-u r'Y-V '* to go off for an evemn‘ patty, grahdmotlfer said: of the Rev. Dr. Fiqlay. They calms home so impressed mth what they had seen that. they resolved on the salvad tion of their children There wan ; in mfv ancestral line, an incident so strange y Impressive that it seems more like romance than re- ality. It has sometimes been so in- accurately put forth that I now give you the true incident. My grandfather and grandmother, livxng at_Sornervi11e, New Jersey, went to Baskmgrzdge to w_itn_ess_§. rev_ival__under the. mlnigtry p.m., they do not want it}. ‘They would rather due and have thenr families per- ish with them than to_unj out in the bold words of the soldxet In my text: "As for me and my household we will serve the Lord." 011! these are many Christian par- ents who have not half the courage of the \Vesterx; trapper. They do not want their relxgxon pro 'ectingj too con- spicuously. They wou_d like to have it near by, so as to 'havmg 1t dominant in the household from the first of January. seven o’clock a..m.., 'to the thirty-first of December, _ ten o'clock The yoiilhgâ€" {"717â€"er the. house were ' 8.9.9if.§9r1§§veninamfitm but my 0, young man, with cheek: flushed with dissipation! how long is it since 1you have _been out to your. father's grave? Will you not go this week? Perhaps the storms of the last few days may have bent the headstone un- til it leans far over. You had better go out and see whether the lettering has been defaced. You had better go out and see whether the gate of the lot is closed. You_ had better goand see if you cannot find a sermon in the springing grass. 0, young man! go out this week and see your father’s grave._ Religion did so much for our Christian ancestry, are we not ready this morning to be willing to receive lit into our own household? If we do receive it let it come through the front door, do not let us smuggle it in. There are a. great many families who want to be religious, but they do not want anybody outside to know it. My would be mortified to death if you caught them at family prayers. They would not sing in the Worship for fear their neighbors would hear them. They do not have prayers when they have company} my mother I would be a Christian in the army. and I was resolved not_ to go home until I could answer her first question.” Oh. the almost omnipotemt power of the mother! But it both the father and the mother be right, then the children are almost sure to come iback to the right road. It may be ‘until the death of one of the parents. How 'often it is that we hear some one say. “Oh! he was a. wild young man, but since his father's death he has been different !" The fact is that the father's coffin. or the mother’s cof- fin. is often the altar of repentance for the child. Oh! that was a stupendous day. the day of father's burial. It was not the officiating clergyman who made the chief impression, nor the sympathizmg mourners; it was the father asleep in the casket. The hands that had toiled for that household so long. folded. The brain cooled off af- ter tWenty or forty years of anxiety about how to put that family in right posmon. The lips closed otter so many yeare of good advice. Tlhere are more tears falling in mother’s grave than in father's grave; but over the father‘s tomb I think there is 3 kind of awe. It Is at that marble pil- lar many a. young man has been re- volutionized. l A young man received a. furlough to return from the army to his father's house. Afterward he took the furlough back to the officer. aayi . "I would like to postpone my visit or two weeks." At the end of the two weeks he came find-8013 the fur_1ough_.__ fie was asked whir he waited. T‘WVell." he repligd. '_'when_ I left home I told ” Oh I” says some man, "I don't feel competent to lead my household in prayer." Well, I do not know that it 1s your duty to lead. I think, perhaps, it is sometlmes better for the mother of the household to lead. She kmows better the wants of the household. She can read the scriptures with a. more tender enunciation. She knows more of God. I will put it plainly. and say she prays better. Oh! these mothers decide almost ‘evegything: A _,,_,., n emed horse. of the misstep of the aroused temper, of multitudinous temptations to do wrong. Somewhere between seven o’clock in the morning and ten o'clock at night there may be a moment when you will be in ur- gent need of God.‘ Beside that, family prayers will be a. secular advantage. A father went into the war to serve his country. His children stayed and cul- tivated the farm. His wife prayed. One of the sons said afterward. “Fath- er is fighting. and we are digging and erned horse. of _the misstep of the mother is praymg.” " Ah !" said some one, " praying and digging and fighting will bnn us out of our nan tional troubles." e may pray in the morning. "Give us this day our daily bread," and sit down in idleness and starve to death; but prayer and hard work will give a. livelihood to any family. Family religion pa 5 for both worlds. Let us have an al er in each one of our households. You may not be able to formulate a prayer. Then there are Philip Henry’s prayers, and there are McDuff’s prayers. and there are Philip Doddridge’s rayers, and there are the Episcopal hurch pray- ers. and there are scores of books with supplications just suited to the domes- tic circle. u OH, '. ihén’iéti us ready for the W41) SOME P0 WEB THE 9mm: cm US, TAE SEE 0012st5 as ITEERS SEE OMEMEE. ONT. THURSDAY. MARCH 4. 1897 WW In'1891. when he (clebrated. his jub- ilee, he took 150%:11 farewell of the mus- ical public.._ LA' he repeated the op- eration sem-annualli until in 1895. To very the monotony e married one qt hls pupxls and formally announced Ins reappearance._ It was a. valiantfl: h somewhat ludlorous undertakingofie His popularity when he was in his grime was so general in England that e was known as the Patti of tenors. Oddly enough, he began his musical life as a. baritone. He has made occasional appearance in opera, but it is in bal- laills ind light oratorio that he had ex- oe e .His vocal efforts have probably ylelded him a. larger total than any singer has eyer earned, except; Path. For nearly fifty years he sang three or four mghts a. Week at an average of $500 a. performance, angl [his compel;- sation at the great Birmmgham fest;- vals, the Crystal Palace and Exeter Hall musical functions reached annual- ly for many years figures estimated all chewy frqm _$1,500‘to 6.3.000 per _nig_h_t. Troubles of the Once Famous English Tenor. John Sims Reeves finds himself at 76 without money or voice. He has been declared a bankrupt and a. receiver has been appointed for his property. The duties of this official will be very light. Reeves has earned and squan- dered a half dozen fortunes. His easyâ€" going notions and , his extravagant fondness for entertaining his friends have been .the bane of his career on its monetary side. [of them twiceadag for twenty years, at’hat would make 2 ,000 prayers for you., {Think of them! 1 By the memory or the cradle in ‘which your childhood was rocked. with the. foot that long ago‘ ceased to move, by the crib in which your own children slumber night by night under 60de protecting care, by the two graves m which sleef those two old hearts that) beat with ove so long for your Welfare, and by the two graves in which you. now the living tther and mother, will find your last repose, I 'urge you to the discharge of your duty. 1 I081 anxious about: you. you feel anxious about yourself. Ohvl cross over into the right path. If your para er’rts" prayedfor you _twice a day, eaoht Do no; boast too much about the style: in which your parents "brought you u 4 Might it not be! possible that you won d be an exception to the ggneml rule laid down. and that you mJght end your eternity in a. different! world romt that in. which your parents are spendq ingtheu's? . ; ,_,_ â€"â€"_v -_u.... Vu.-wu~uu- The other arm of this subject puts its hapd_ upon those who had a. pious bringing up, but who have as yet dis- appointed the expectations excited m regard to them. I said that children brought up in Christian households, though they might make a. wide curve, were very apt to come back to the straight path. Have you not been curving out long enough? and is it not most time for yoq _t_o be curving in?_ __ 11A! . "Oh," you say. “they were ten rigid.” Well now. my brother, I think you have apretty good character consider-l 21g 1’.th yqlu_ say yo‘urA ‘par'engs wgrp. good. The rod will not save them. though the rod may be necessary. Les- sons of virtue will not save them, thaqgh they are very important. Be- oommg athrough and through, up and down, out and out Christian yourself will make them Christians. There are two arms to this subject. The one arm puts its hand on all parents. It says to them: "Don’t interfere with your children's welfare. don't interfere with their eternal hap- piness. don't you, by anything you do, put out your foot and put them into ruin. Start them under the shelter. the lneumnce. the everlasting help pf Christmn parentage. Catechxsms W111 not _save _1:’hem, _thou.gh catechisms are [ There were twelve of us children. I trace the. whole line of mercy back to that hour when my Christian grand- mother sat in her room imploring the blessing 01f God upon her children. Nine of her descendants became preachers of the Gospel. Many of her descendants are in heaven. many of them still in the Christian conflict. Did it pay for her to spend the. whole even- ing m prayer for her household? Ask her before the throne of God. surround- ed by her children. In the presence of the Christian Church to-day, Immke this record of ancestral piety. Oh! there is a beauty, and a. tenderness, angle. sublimity In family religion. _ The story of that converted house- hold ran through all The neighborhood, from family to family, until the whole region was whelmed with religious awakening. and at the next commun- ion in the village church at Somervillle, over two hundred souls stood up to profess the faith of the Gospel. My mother, carrying the memory of this scene from early woman-hood into far- ther life. in after years was resolved upon the salvation of her children, and for many years every week. she met .three other Christian mothers to pray for the salvation of their families. think that all the members of those families were savedâ€" myself, the youngest and the last. - The next day my grjandparents heard an outcry in an adgmnin groom, and they went in and found t on daughter- imploring the salvation of the Gospel. lI‘he daughter told them that her bro- thers were at the barn and at the wagon house undelr powerful convic- tion of, sin. They went to the barn. They found my uncle Jehiah, who af- terwards became a. minister of the Gospel, crying to God for mercy. They went to the wagon house. They found their son Davxd, who afterwards be- came my father. implorinxg God’s par- don and mercy. Beforea. great while the whole family were saved. and David went and told the story to a. youn woman to whom he was affiancâ€" ed, w o, as a result of the story, be- came a. Christian, and from bem- own lipâ€"my mother‘sâ€"I have received the incident. ,‘ I party, come to ifny mom, for I have something very Important to tell you." All ready for departure they came to her room, and she said to them: “Now, I want you to gemember while you are away this evening I am all the time in this room praying for your salvation, and I shall not cease paying until you: get back." The young people went] to the party. but and the loudest hilarities of the night they could not forget that their mqther was praying fqr them. The evening passed and the might peased. . 4x . it ludicrous” 7 lindéi'tiif'hz. 7 fl; *ance proved an unrethed Ima- SIMS REEVES. Lord Salisbury made a statement of the British Policy in regal- regard to Crete, the principa. ture of which is the establishgnm of administrative au- tonomy in the_ island, whichI will still remain 11. ion of the Turkish em- pire“; but Greece and Turkey must absolutely withdraw their forces. {During a debate in the House of Com- mons on Wednesday on the bombard- ment of the insur nte in the Island of Crete, Mr. Labouc ere referred to: the Sultan of Turkey as "that. miserable cut. that foul blot bn'éi'vilizatio'n," for which he was called to order by the Speaker, and apologized. Mr. Chamberlain stated in: the House of Commons that it was not intended to hold any Imperial conference during the visit of the oolbnial Premiers to London, but the Government would discuss any matters of common inter- est which the Vlsxbors might bring up. .The first Drawing-room of the season was ‘held on Wednesday. in Buckingham palace. The Queen leflt before the gen- eral presentations, wh1c_h were taken by the Princess of Wales, Jn bghalf 9f her Majesty. l y The British steamer State of: Geor- gia. has been posted at Lloyds m Lon- Lieuvl. -Govvemor Kirk atrick has al- most «entirely recovere He ‘will Sp end a. few weeks in! Brighm before return- ing to Canada. men at the oa‘deJ' oi the union. The Appeal Court n'eversedfihe Court of Re- view judgment, which had decided a ainst the umon. The 'udgment stat.- e that themen'in strl ing had obey- ed the rules of the union, winch were recognized by law. 1 « - MLSianey Fisher. Minister of A ri- cultures dehvered am address the ot er night to the Epwqrth League Conven- tion in Montreal, 11; which he referred to ths coming plebxscxte, and hoped it would be a sum. He utrged tem- perance people to take pracncal steps to that end. . In the Court of Appeals at Montregzl on Wednesdaxciudg‘meqt was iven In a. base in wh1_ -‘ the nghlts trade unions were Involved. A: stonecutter sued the- union for $2,500 damag which he alleged he Had. suffeg through the str‘ike qt: 1;}5 fe'llqw-wgf‘k- Hon. Sidney Fishp'r, addressed a. meeting of the. Donnnlon Alliance in MnntreaL warmng them that the com- ing pleblscxte wo_uld be a! fight to the deaoh with; the hquor traffic in Can- At a. meeting at the Toronto-Humane Society Thursday, a form of petmon was approved of to be presented to the Do- mxnion.Gorv_e4rnmenrt_ in favor of enact- ing leglslatmn agalnst the docking of horses ' The 5th R0 111 Scots of Montreal has been invited y the Ancient and Hon- ourable Artillery Company of Boston to visit thnt city this summer, and an attempt will be made to complete ar- rangemlenta Th1: Protestant School Commissioners of Montreal have entered an action against Mr. Brenner ’fqr having sent his childwn to an Pubhc School while there were cases of measles in ,ctzhe family - ~ ‘ Mr Thomas King, a. pensionir, of Kingston, has been notified that (1th the death of a. rich relative he an sisters have been beq uoated £10 000 and an estata in Ireland The coroner's jury which enquired m- to the death of James Fm, who mur- dered Mr. Shaw at. Ravensworth, has returned a verdict to the effect that the murderer committed suicide. Some Montreal Liberals are arrang~ ing to present Mr. Laurier. pxjeviorus to his departure for England, mnh a Mo sxze portrait of himself, costing one thmmand dollars. three weeks ago has been adjournqd to enable the palm to pursue them enguxriegt The Victoria. Hbckey Club of Winni- peg Will erect abeautif‘ul monument over thge grave of their late comrade. Fred nggmbotham. at Bowmanville. ' The congregation of the Norwich Avenue Methodist Church. \Voodstock. have decided to erect an addition to their church, at a cost of $2,000. The inquest on the body of the new- lyâ€"born babe murdered yht’ Dunnville The Gue’lglh tire were sentenced by Judge C nd_wick. insby getting six £951” and innn eight years in the mgston Penltentiary.| Stella. flushing. the, young girl bit- tien by a Newfoundland dogfin London South recently, is recover-mg at the Pasteur Institute, New. York. . Michael Delaney. the Grand Truqk sectionman who was struck byatrgm neat Dundas last. Monday morn1ng.dJed at Hamilton ‘ ' ‘Winnipeg’s India famine fund now. totals 88,932.96, of which $443.21 was re- ceived from the Manitoba. school chil- Geqrge Irvine. Q. C., ju_dge of the. Admu'alty Court and Premdent of the Union Olub of Quebec, is dead. Mr. W. J. Gaza and other: asked Premxer Greexmway' to *estabhsh a. home for oonsumptives 1n Manitoba. Miss Alice Kay. elmp 10y ed atthe Gib- son House Belli'ville, committed sui- cide by taking Paris green. , [A number of men employed on the sawerage works at London struck {or better pay. Mr. W. C. Wilson, grooer.ot Wood- stock. committed suicide by takmg a dose of prussic acid. : $ home for the aged poor is being hgltated at Guelph“ fiThe Hhmibn Police Athletic Asso- cuation has decided to disband.‘ The S pringhill collieu'y is again in operation. the men having all returned to work. Nova. Scotia's revenue for the year is estimated at $859, 099. and the ex- penditure $855, 000.. (The Hudson Baf Company contri- bute $1, 000 to the ndia. famine fund. . Interacting Items About Our Own Country. On“ Britain. the United sum. and All Put; on the Globe. (:03an and mud lot Boy Mug. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. The 5th Royal Scots of Montreal has {Hf NEWS {NH NUISHHL Tlg-e Guelph fire} GREAT BRITAIN. CANADA. were sentenced US." Jinksâ€"Winks must be doing finely. He tells me he has a. country house and a. citÂ¥i house. Rinks-â€" e hag. Hp takes care of my gountrg house m wmter and my city A NEW STORY OF THE KAISER. A pretty story, savouring of the to- mantic, is told in the French Pres about the Kaiser. Recently His Majes- ty went to the Berlin: Barracks alone. The corporal on guard recognized the Kaiser immediately. and saluted him. The Kaiser was pleased, and ap roach- ing the soldier..sa1d: “\Vhy 0 you look so sad. corporal?" The corporal did not reply. I‘hc Ernperor then ask- ed if he was disappoxnted in love. At this the corporal found his tongue and replied that he Wished to marry Mar- guerite, the daughter of his sergeant- major,_ but that her_ father wou d not give his consent until he becamea ser- geant. "And do you love her very much?” asked the Kaiser. . "Oh,- yes," was the reply. "Then send the Em» peror. "in and.te_ll your future father- un-law t at William IL. makes you a sergeant? . l teen fyéazrs. It'is 5,989 in: Ibn'g", End‘iés it. ‘Jngh. The cost of building was Lit- tle less than $15,000,000. ft. high and 70 ft. broad, ac'fi'iiilaié supporting a marble hon 21 ft. in _lengt.h. The cost of the hwidge is lyn- Brooklyn Bridge was commenced, un- der the direction or! Mr. Roebling, the designer of the Niagara Sn ension Bridge, in 1810,. 313d oomplptedfig phi:- The Lagong Bridge, built over an arm at the China Sea, is five miles long. with three hundred mhes of stone, 0 ft. high and 70 ft. broad. each pillar London Bridge is constructed of granite, and is considered one of the finest cimens of bridge architec- ture. e resent structure was com- me'nced in 2,4 and completed in sev- en years at a cost of over halfd \a. mil- lion pounds. The Bridge at the Holy Trinity, at Venice consists of three beautiful el- liptical arches of white marble, and stands unrivalled as a work of art. :It i155 6332 feet long, and was completed In The Bridge of Sighs, at Venice, over which condemned prisoners were trans- ported from the Judgment Hall to ,the place of their execwuon, was built in the Armada year, 1588. , bum in 1852â€"55 at 9 cost of $400,000. It is 245 feet above high water, 80 feet long, and the strength is estimated at 1,200 tons. The Governor's palace, with all the archives. at Canes, Island {of Crete. was destroyed by fire on W'ednesday. It is supposed to have been caused by in- Leaflets have been distributed in the Mosques st Constantinople. calling upon the faithful to exterminate the’ Finfidels, atnid muchl agitation and ex- icitement is caused by the reports re- ceived there from Crete. In the French Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday M. Hgnoft‘aux .Minister for Foreign A1 rs. 1m repaying to a.’ criticism of the vernment's Armen- ian olicy. said that one of the pow- ers ' actually proposed forcing the passage of the Straits of the Dardan- elles and seizing the Sultan in his palace. but Europe had not assented to this. England, he continued. then came back to France'- pr 033:1 [or a. conference of the Ambessa are at Con- stantinople, withl the View to reorgan- 1 (ire and not destroy the Turkish Em-l‘ pire. ‘ Cholera. has broken out amonig the peoztvle employed on the relief works of be native State of Rewah. India. In two days 160 deaths have been re- corded. - While out riding Lord! Brassey. Gov- ernor of Victoria, was_ thrown from. his horse and severely muured. It is reported that over 25,000 Mog- Isms have been killed and 25 of them villages pillaged and burned during the recent troubles in Crete. Cholera. has broken out among the People employed on the "no; mm»- \Vhile ice-boating near Sackett's Har- bar Edward Frazxer and Arthur Alâ€" gate sailed out so far that they lost their way. When discovered Frazier Was dead from exposure. Lima, Peru, is threatened with an‘ epidemic of yellow fever. Over 400 trei ht handlers of the Flint and Pare lV arquette Railroad are on strike at Ludington. Mich. because their wages have been out. the Ma; quis of Salisbury announced that a telegram had been sent on Wed- nesday to the British Ambassadors, to the courts of the great powers, inform- mg them of the British Government's policy on the situation in l‘rete. They propose to establish an administrat'ufe euttonomy in Crete, which, however, in to remain a portion of the Turkish Em- pire. . . The American Senate passed the bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the St. Lawrence River from Hogansburg to Cornwall. At Yerrington, 50 miles .from Car- son. a Pints Indian was killed by la. white man. and an Indian uprising is threatened in consequence. The Druxmnond line has started its §teapzers between Detroit and Cleve- Four persons were murdered and af- terwards cremated by a mob near Sisterville, W. Va. A sheriff's jur at White Plains. N: Y.. has decided hat George W. Palm- er. who murdered his mother. brother and sister. is insane. The Ohio river is, still rising. Bail~ roads and towns are partly submerged. Excessive rain has caused destructive floods in West Virginia. There is seripus tréubleibetwean'the Indxgns 1n Anzona and the Govern- The Niagara Suspension Bridge CITY AND COUNTRY HOUSES. SOME CELEBRATED BRIDGES, In_t'he Swag o; pbg'ds on Thursday UNITED STATES. ' :érch'bishop grace is dead at St. Pam} GENERAL. 82. me OILS. W. RIC-LID. "We! O W has naturally gn'ena. tresh imfietus to the popular protests against t e Eng- lish form of railway travel. The local roads admit that the receipts from first and secondfclasa travel have fall- en off sharply smce the crime was dis- coverecl. Women qontinue to gator to :tnvel 1n the mmgofgopular t 1111521:- rather than enjoy 1tudo. which I; the ugly real «1va 0!.“ mac: The police seem to haye reached the end of their resources in oeeking to solve the mystery of the railway car- riage murder. Every clue in their pos- session thus far has been run down without result. They investigated no less than forty rumors in regard to iron pestles, but. were unable to trace the one with which the crime was com- mitted. The public and the police themselves are beginning to believe that the tragedy must be added to the Jack-the-Ripper category. 'No ade- quate motive has been discovered, and as far as anybody has been able to learn the murder was committed for learn the murder was commigted to: the mere sake of killing. This idea has naturally givepa fresh Vunpettg to , as a. rqsorvo vessel of the British navy. It is expected to launch the vessel next January. The White Star line now has no less than 103 000 new tonnage under construction at Bel- expected speed. The company en- nounces that a. much higher speed than that new contemplaged it! quite pne- ticable from an -e ‘ lneermg point of View. It has been etemined_ to aim at a regular Wednesday mornlng ar- rival, both at New York and Liverpool. making Queenstawn by deyll lxt. end enablini passengers travel {us to places eyond the part. at egnval to reach their desunetione dun the da. . It is calculated that the eanic will be able to swam round the world without recoallng, at twelve _kn9te, f1! her patronafe to ascheme of the Chil- dren's Ban of Hope Union (whose jubilee is next: year , tor obtaining a million more adult eetotellere to the ranks of the various societies this year. ANOTHER. OCEAN GREYHOUND Some incorrect reports have been sent out regarding the new fut lynx which will be built at Belféet thur year for the White Star line. The Oceanic will be 704 feet long, qr 25 feet longer than the Great Eastern. and 17,000 one ton- nage. It is expected she Will u [get as the crack Cunardocrs. but there Will be no attempt to get twenty-seven knots, which hes been reported so the J UBILEE AMMN‘I‘B. Alghough the Queen hu bun bu! at \hndsozj from Osborne for barely . week. she I: engaged daily with maln- b_ers of the Royal funny. court 01!:- 01315. and others. In connection wit}: the arrangements for the dmmond Jab:- lee. The Empgess Fredprick and the Princess Egan-loo are wnh but. '1‘!» story goes thaf. the Queen: _ha_a (up: L__ fl- ___,, guns; with one twelve-pound”. Tho, have only two tent of draught, .1:- twin screw boat‘s. and carry they big gun forward. 81: of thugs. tormldnbl- craft; wxll be qt the servme of the e;- diuon. and null carry the agent urn- le weaponat of wu- tho du'ushea have yet encountered. treaty will expire in 1898. will be 1'; formed. or IO revised as to give Em- hnd amajoritjy in the tribune]. Let. news from! Can-o 1}er the start at the Upper_ Nile expedxuon for June. The Egyptian forces will number 22115. strengthened (IK’Anglo-Indxan forces to a. 1:03.3ny 32, . Elbe newfnnb ta now bexng .compldfad in has and lo: the expedILuom cert}: each 5i; mettle THE NILE EXPEDITION. By the; end of this year the Britifi Government expects to hold Egypt and the Soudan from the White Nile to the Mediterranean. To complete the English regime. tho mixed tribund. idad. and Cyprus are sending unity. the troopers to be sent by the lest be- ing mounted zaptiehe. Some infantry and artillery are coming from else- where ,as far distant es the Gold Coast, Georgetown. end Hons-Kong. A general officer will be appointed to command the whole force. The vieâ€" itore will be housed in the military! barracks of the Home districts. FRANCE NOT. PREPARED. In response to the question put to e leading Minister why the French Gov- ernment has treated Sir M. Hicke- Beach's declarations about Egypt with so much caution, the reply was made: -"Because M. Henotaux and his co!- leaguee know that France is not pre- pared tor naval warfare. The condi- tion of the French fleet puts France as a. sea. power in a worse mes then eh. was in as a military power ing upon the war of 1870." RAILWAY CARRIAGE MURDER. Most of the colonies have dreadfi accepted the invitation at the Secto- tary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, to send reprehen- tetions of troops to the Queen's Dia- mond Jubilee celebrations. and they are expected to greatly enhance the attractions of the processions. Can-do. New South Wadm, Victoria. Queens- land, South Australia. New Zealand. the Cape of Good Hope, Natal. Trin- trade has led to the stoppage of thou- sands of looms. East Lanoaehire is chiefly affected. and the employers are conferring over e projected reduction of ten per cent. ,in wagon. The men have declared tint they will fight the reduction tooth and nail. I: a etxike occurs 288,589 looms will be idle. Colonial Troops to Take run In no DID mond Jubuec Celebrationsâ€"him I“ Prepared for Wu. A despa‘td: from London gymâ€"Th. plague and famino in India. in pro- ducing the crisis in the Lancashirc cot- ton trade. The collapse of tho Indian CRISIS IN THE COTTEN TRADE IN LANCASHIRE. SOME LATE GABLE NEWS power on enter- M