ription of Street Fighting, With Which| Telegraphic Briefs From Our Own the Revolution Began, __ London Daily Mail, in a despatch from Lisbon, dat- In esday, says the first sign of as the presence of rioters ig the _ Streets on Monday ind exciting the populace by jus of the assassination of the hblican member for Lisbon, Dr. ibarda,. Early on Tuesday g the rioters, evidently by a ranged plan, fired their sig- utside the barracks of the 16th nent of Infantry. Then trou- egan. The soldiers, after mur- er g their captain, Celestino Cos- burst into the armory and dis- ted arms to the people. Then sallied forth to the Ist Artil- quarters, who joined the re- Afterwards the soldiers sig- the news to the warships in agus. At the same time men in a motor attacked - the arsenal with bs in an effort to gain entrance, were repelled. Several guards » arsenal were killed. <A gen- alarm was given, and troops the streets, concentrating in quares. There was the great- difficulty in maintaining eom- ible, the Municipal Guards then to thre throne, forbidding all c. The trains ceased to run, he lines were. cut by the Re- cans, who were later most ugh in the measures they took. writing at dawn on nesday. There has been a ter- ing cannonade all night long, it is now. increasing in vio- >. The artillery from Santar- forty-five miles away, have ar- and joined the Republicans. attack is being made on the bullets are falling like hail around the windows, smashing the glass. As I write the Municipal Guards under the windows of the office of The Mundo, a Republican news- paper, have just been shot dead. The ambulances are full of dead, and are constantly passing. The Red Cross is hoisted all over the town, even on the newspaper of- fices. The streets are deserted, ex- cept for the troops, and the bak- eries have been raided by the sol- diers for bread. - At 8 o'clock on Wednesday morn- ing I was informed that the hith- erto loyalist trops. had hoisted the white flag and had surrendered to the Republicans. Suddenly the streets were filled with crowds shouting "Viva Republica!' The people then began rushing down to the avenida Da Liberdadea, The lutely heroie in their defence, have also now isurrendered. It is now 1 o clock on Wednesday afternoon, and the Republic of Portugal has been proclaimed at the Town Hall amid the enthusiasm of the peo- ple. KING MANUEL AT GIBRALTAR A despatch from Gibraltar says: King Manuel of Portugal is now under British protection. The Por- tuguese royal yacht Amelie, having on board the king, the queen mo- ther, the dowager queen. and the Duke of Oporto, entered this har- bor at eleven o'clock on Thursday evening. Shortly afterwards the king and the queen mother came ashore, and drove to the summer residence of the governor, Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker, at Eu- mo convent, the stronghold of ropa Point. OG 2s ©30G20080G9 : Young Folks 0000260202230 80209 CTIOOSING A KING. "Once upon a time all the birds t in council to select a king," began Aunt Isabelle, who was tel- j a story to half a dozen Httlo folks gathered round her under the orchard tree. "This story there down to must have been start it. The birds one day decide whieh f all their number should be | es king of the bird world. tem were present,--the Miecarted robin, the wise old sthe sunning erow, the grace- ful swan, the modest sparrow, the has come g to the chattering magpie, | i ht-hearted lark, the cooing dove, the ernel hawk, hundred others. Long and ear- estly they discussed how the choice hovld be made. "The bird of paradise and the 'cockatoo thought that the bird with the most brilliant plumage should he king; but the thrush, the phoebe and the raven would not agree to 5 is. The canary and the bobolink rgued that the choice should fall upon tho bird with the sweetest con, but the coot, the vulture, the allow and the snowbird at once aised objections to this plan. At last it. was agreed that the great honor should go to the bird which should mount the highest in the air. The sun itself was to be the goal, and the bird which flew the nerrest to it was to be hailed forever niter as the king of the birds. here was no other condi tions or special rules to govern the d this freedom left open which the race was final wou, as we shall see. "When the signal was given, they } flew upward,--a wonderful cloud of birds of all colors and. sizes, come darting swiftly through the fluttering their wings ically, ancl some moving more a but with the appearance of strength in reserve, 'Very sco many of them gave up the race, and dropped back ex sted to the earth, Others kept bravely on, till they were mere specks in the blue sky, and had gone even higher than the clouds themselves: "One of the last of the small birds to become tired was the lit Je wien: but instead of giving up, flew upou the back of the great gle, ard there it got nicely rest- while the eagle soared on and ard left at last all the other ds far behind.' - do that ?" broke in Rose. of the race to prevent it," answer- ed Aunt Isabelle, "and so the wren iby stratagem what it lacked in strength. fortably on the eagle's back, con- weight not noticed by its mighty rival, All the other birds in turn gave up, but the eagle still soared toward the bright sun. still higher, and thus make still eagle hung motionless a moment toward the distant earth. '*At that moment the little wren, eagle's back and flew far upward in- Ito the air beyond the height which ithe tired eagle had been able faonlé not understand how it had all all these and | happened, but they lived up to their at agreement, and their council once solemnly proclaimed the tiny wren to be the king of birds. And since then the wren worn its smart and saucy air. It trills forth its glad song at noon, when silent, and it sings through a great- the others. "This story of the choice of the of many lands. In some king' or 'bird king.' of ancient Greece down m their set ans of our own continent." story were very sure saw a wren or song.--Youth's Companion. ae. noes COTTON LOCKOUT ENDED. on Monday. A despatch from Manchester, Eng., says: The trouble between't u 150,000 operatives, was settled on vhursday, and the mills reopened on Monday. 'The operatives agreed arbitrate the case of George Howe, whose discharge from the Fern mill, near Oldham, percipi- tated a local strike and resulted in a general lockout, that Howe should be given work in another mill pending the arbi- tration of his grievance. to ip TEMBER FRU '09 of Apples. Gener Results of Spraying. despatch from Ottawa says: nort of the Fruit Division io Department of Agriculture ptember says that the quality "apple crop, speaking gener- very uneven, due probably he difference in the' treatment the orchards. In most-.cases he trees have been properly ed after, a good crop of clean js the result. Early apples ight in southern Ontario, lL apples better and the - varieties scarce. ; The or- ds of the Norfolk Fruit, Grow- ers' Association are an exception, as, having been well cultivated and sprayed for years, they have a me- dium to full erop. Western Ontario is almost without Winter apples, the! north shore and the Georgian Bay district has a light to medium crop, while in east- fern Ontario the crop will be very light. New tion, and in the Annapolis Valley the crop is light and the quality poor, Prin¢ée Edward Island has the poorest crop in years, even the ~ HAPPENINGS the Municipal Guards. Shrapnel "Municipal Guards, who were abso-| "Was it fair for. the little wren to "There was nothing in the rules thought-it had a right to make up So it sat there very com- cealed by the feathers, and its tiny But even its powerful wings became tired at last, and after a final effort to go more sure of the great prize, the a d then wheeled slowly downward with a shrill ery of victory, left the to reach. Down below, the other birds has always most of the other birds are er part of the year than most of wren as the king of the birds is very old, and is found in the bird legends languages the name of the wren means 'little The wise men the story |Greece may abdicate shortly in fa- books, and it was likewise known to the early races of northern Europe and to the Indi- And all the little circle who had eagerly listened to Aunt Isabelle's that. they would remember it when next they heard its happy Brilish Spinners Returned to Work Federation of Master Cotton Spin- ners, which resulted in a lockout of IT REPORT ally Uneven---Good of Lake Ontario- Brunswick has. not enough apples for home eonsump-. crab apples being almost # failure. ; FROM ALE OVER Be ee ARE LOBE. ------ a and Other Countrics of -- Recent Events. tes ee "CANADA? ane - Edward Moody, a well-known far- mer, dropped dead at Thames ville on }riday. A new railway fr Brockyille will be built immedi- ately, to be operated by the Grand PPDDK: as" eae Chief of Police Williams of Lon- don warns the authorities that Moir is likely to make another attempt to escape. ' Mr. James H. Maher of Mont- real offers a strip of land four miles long as a gift to the city for bou- levard purposes. Albert Holmes, who killed Nathan Bolton, was found insane at the Brockville Assizes, and will be sent to an asylum. Frank Simons died at Brantford after a fight with two Armenians, who, it.is alleged, used their din- ner pails on his body. John Prodger, found guilty at London, Ont., of attempting to mur- der Miss Franks, was sentenced to three years in penitentiary. An increase of 76 per cent. in im- migration is reported for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, as compared with the same months last year. : Representatives of Manitoba mu- nicipalities waited on the Govern ment to urge that steps be taken to supply all the municipalities in the Province with electrical power. Osias Millaire and Josephine Ser- vent were married at Ottawa on Thursday. The groom had just been sentenced to five years in pe- nitentiary for theft and wore his handeuffs at the altar. Mr. Bulyea has been reappointed Lieut.-Governor of Alberta for an- other term, and Mr, T. D. Brown of Regina has been appointed Lieut.-Governor of Saskatchewan, in succession to Lieut.-Gowernor Forget. UNITED STATES. Two ordnance men were killed in an explosion in the navy yard at Washington. Several arrests have been ordered in connection with the Los Angeles dynamiting outrage. A young German coal trimmer from the steamer Moltke is ill with cholera at New York. The Standard Oil Company has engaged in a war with the Shell Oil Company England and its allies. Dr. Doty, Health Officer of the Port of Néw York, says there is no danger of a cholera epidemic in America. Prison terms as well as fines will be imposed on persons caught smuggling goods ito the States. , The collision near Saunton, Ill., in which over thirty persons lost their ..ves, was due to the absent- mindedness of a motorman. President Taft conferred at Bev erly, Mass., on Friday, with two tariff experts regarding tions for a trade treaty with Can- ada. of GENERAL: Macievich, the Russian aviator, was killed at St. Petersburg on Fri- day. M. Tabuteau flew over the Py- renees from San Sebastian to Biar- ritz. It is stated that King George of vor of the Crown Prince. EE A MOVE TOWARDS UNION, Fort William and Port Arthur to Hold a Banquet. A despatch from Port Arthur says: A concrete move towards the union of Port Arthur and Fort Wil- liam is the arrangement for a ban- quet to be held at Fort William about October 19, to which one hundred of the leading citizens of both cities will be invited and the union discussed, It is expected permanent committees will be. ap- pointed, - MER ediee id ta SS PROREES FELL FROM A LOFTY TOWER. Lineman. Killed at Fort Erie-- Dropped Over 200 Feet, A despatch from Fort Erie, Ont., says: Wyman Ruff, a lineman, 30 years old, and unmarried, on Fri- day fell a distance of over 200 feet from the top of an electric line tower and was killed. It is be- lieved that his fall was occasioned by an electric shock, he ieae mete WINNIPEG BOOMING, Building Permits for the Year will Break all Records, A despatch from Winnipeg says: Building permits and bank clear- ings of this city will break all re- cards, Tn 1909 the building permits totalled $12,625,950. With almost three months yet to be covered they total $13,133,800. And the veal rush is to come. The bank clearings fig- ures are $621,213,673 for the nine months, as against $460,789,696 for a corresponding period last year. -- WHARE SHEDS SCORCHED. Elder Dempster Buildings at Mont- real Damaged. A despatch from Montreal says: Fire on Thursday night badly dam- aged the Elder Dempster sheds on the wharf, and a _ considerable quantity of marchandise waiting to 5e shipped was destroyed, The Voss will "be heavy... sae from Ottawa to € ~|¥ale Professor Says It is to be |. Feared in United States. A despatch from New Haven, Conn., says: Asserting that the {Republican rule in this country is {tending rapidly toward the disrup- tion of the Union, Prof. D. Cady | Eaten of Yale, in a letter addressed to the Democratic party, declares be the only way for the people to ate the rule of graft." He further asserts that "the people of the sev- eral sovereign States are tired of centralization, Imperialism, 'world power,' colonization, and every- thing that is opposed to the prin- ciples declared by the people at the beginning of the Republic.' The letter concludes: 'Though the es- tablishment of an empire in this country may not be conceivable, the disruption of the -Union into independent republics is conceiy- able, possible, and to be feared if there be not great changes at Wash- ington."' PATAL ELEVATOR ACCIDEN®. One Killed and Three Injured, Two 'atally. A despatch from London, Ont., says: As a result of a peculiar and distressing elevator accident at the biscuit factory of D. 8. Perri & Co,, at four o'clock Thursday af- ternoon, one young man was killed and three injured, two fatally. Earl Bartlett, aged 16, who lost his life, was putting in his first day's work at the factory. John R. Wellspring and Sam Govier are in Victoria Hospital with fractur- ed skulls and it is stated cannot live. Alexander Russell, also of this city, sustained a fractured shoulder and knee cap. Barrett was the elevator opera- tor, He and the others were fool- ing and someone shoved a truck under the car when it was going down. The elevator was blocked, the cable kept uncoiling and when the truck was knocked out the car fell with all four. The impact snapped the cable and the boys dropped about six storeys. A SCOTCHMAN STABBED. Dangerously Wounded by an [€ali- an in Montreal. A despatch from Montreal says: John MacPherson, a young Scotch- man not long out from the old land, lies dangerously wounded at the General Hospital as a result of a stabbing affray on Craig street late Thursday afternoon. MacPherson |got into a row with two Italians, | Nicola Saller and Joseph Michelo, ana one of them stabbed him with United | negotia- } fa stiletto. A large crowd surroun- lded the two men, and before the |police arrived, the Italians were |badly handled by an excited mob. |The affair took place on Craig istreet at the most crowded time of |the day and was witnessed-by hun- lreds, This the first time for imany years that an Italian hay ibeen arrested for using the knife on anyone but one of his compat riots. is oye a A VILLAGE DESTROYED. Kire Wipes Graceton, Minnesota, Off the Map. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The little town of Graceton, Minn., 140 miles east of Winnipeg, on the Canadian Northern line to Port Arthur, was wiped off the map by fire on Tuesday after a fierce fight of over twenty-four hours by the in- habitants. When all hope of saying the town had been abandoned the refugees were taken away on a special train which had hurried to the scene. 'The wires are still down, and the only information. that brought by passengers on the in- céming trains. So far as known no lives were lost, although there are rumors that a teacher and one child are missing from a school which was burned, The village consisted of about a dozen stores and dwel- lings and the Canadian Northern station. is os THIS YEAR'S SURPLUS. Will Not be Much Below Thirty Million Dollars. A despatch from Ottawa says: In reference. to the reported state- ment of Hon. Mr. Lemieux in Lon- don that Canada's surplus this year would reach thirty millions, it may he pointed out that the figures of revenue and expenditure for the first half of the present fiscal year bear out the 'prophesy that the surplus this year, though it may not reach a total of thirty millions, will be some millions overs Inst year's record surplus of twenty-two millions. The revenue: has been in- creasing at the rate of nearly one and a quarter millions per month, while the total expenditure for the year will probably show less than half that increase over last year's total. ane oe } ALARLES INCREASED. Grand) Trunk Agents' and. Pele- graphers' Award, A despatch from Montreal says: The question of differences between the railway agents and telegraph- ets of the Grand Trunk Railway System, between Chicago and Port- land, was submitted to a Board of Arbitration, which held sittings in Montreal during the past week, composed of Messrs. H. M. Ashley of Toledo, selected by the company ; F. J. Reynolds. of Regina, selected by the telegraphers, and J, E. Du- val, acting as Chairman. A decis+ ion was arrived at on Tuesday night which gives the employees a new schedule of rules regulating the hours of service and conditions for promotion, and increases in salary amounting to about four per cent. Ithat "a new secession, not handi- capped this time by slavery, may regain their liberties and termin- THE WORLD'S REPORTS FROM THE LEADING - >. SRADB. CENTRES... Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at-- _ Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFES. - Toronto, Oct. 11.--Flour--Winter 'wheat 90 per cent. patents, $3.50 to $3.60 outside, in buyers' sacks. }Manitoba flours--First. patents, $5.70; second patents, $5.20, and strong bakers', $5, on track, To- ronto. ee SS Manitoba Wheat--New No. 1, Northern, $1.05, Bay ports, and No. 2, $1.021-2, Bay ports. Old wheat at a premium of 2c. ; Ontario Wheat--No, 2 white and red, 86 to 87c outside. | Barley--55 to 57c outside, and feed 48¢ outside. ~ Oats--New No. 2 white, 36 to 36 1-2c, on track, Toronto, and 33 to 34¢ outside. No. 3 32 to 33¢ outr side; No. 2 W. C. oats, 37c, Bay ports. « Corn -- No. 2 American yellow, 60c, Toronto freights; No. 3 yellow, 59c, Toronto freights; No. 8, 55c, Midland. Peas--No. 2, 79 to 80c outside. Rye--No. 2, 66 to 67¢ outside. Bran--Manitoba, $21, in bags, To- ronto, and shorts $23, in bags, To- ronto. Ontario bran, $21, in sacks, 'Poronto, and shorts, $23, in bags. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples--$2.25 to $3.50 per barrel for good to fine stock. Beans--$2.10 to $2.20 per bushel. Honey--No. 1 light extracted, wholesale, 10 to 101-2c per lb.; No. 1 comb, wholesale, $1.80 to $2.- 25 per dozen; No. 2 comb, whole- sale, $1.50 to $1.75 per dozen. Baled Hay--No. 1, $12 to $13.50 on track, and No. 2, $11 to $11.50. Baled Straw--$6.75 to $7.50 on track, Toronto. Potatoes--Car lots 50 to 55¢ per bag. Poultry--Chickens, alive, 11 to 12¢ per Ib. ; fowl, 10c per lb. ; ducks, 11 to 12c per |b. ; turkeys, 15 to 16¢ per lb, and geese, 9 to 10¢ per Ib. Dressed, 1 to 2c more. THE DAIRY MARKETS, Butter--Dairy prints, 22 to 28¢; do., tubs, 20 to 21c; inferior, 18 to 19e. Creamery, 25 to 27¢ per lb. for rolls, 24 to 5c for solids, and 93 1-2c to 24c for separator prints. Eggs--Case lots of pickled 24 to 25e, and selected 26c to 27¢ per doz. Cheese--New, 111-2c for large, and 113-4¢ for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon--Long clear, 15 to 151-2¢ per lb, in case lois ; mess pork, $27.- 50 to $28; short cut, $30. Hams---Light to medium, 19 1-2c; do., heavy, 18 to rolls, 15 to 15 1-2c; shoulders, 14 1-2c; breakfast bacon, 19 te 91 sTO-22c. Lard--tTierces, pails, 15 1-4e. 19 to 81-2¢5 14 to 20c ; backs, 15¢; 14 3-4c ; tubs, UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, Oct. 11.--Wheat -- No. 1 hard, cash, $1.13; No. 1 Northern, $1.12; December, $1.- 103-8; May, $1.141-4. Bran $18.50 to $19. Flour--First pat- ents, $5.30 to $5.50; second pat- ents, $5.10 to $5.30; first clears, $3.70 to $3.90; second clears, $2.- 40 to $2.70. Buffalo, Oct. 11.--Wheat--Spring wheat, No. 1 Northern, carloads store, $1.17; Winter, steady. Corn ---No. 3 yellow, 573-4¢c; No. 4 yel low, 562-4c; No. 3 corn, 561-4c; No. 4 corn, 551-4¢c, all on track, through billed. Oats--No. 2 white, 373-4¢: No. 3 white, 37c; No. 4 white, 36c. Barley--Feed to malt ing, 74 to 78c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, Oct. 11.--Steers steady at $5 to $5.75 for choice stock; cows, $4 to $5.40; bulls, $3 to $3.- 75. Sheep--$3.50 to $4.25; lambs, $5.50 to $6. Hogs--$9.25 to $9.50; sows, $8 to. $8.25. Calves--$5 to $12. Toronto, Oct. 11.--Selected but- cher steers and heifers sold at $5.- 60 to $5.85; medium from $4.80 to $5.15; other grades ranged from $4 to $4.60. Cows and bulls steady. Stockers ranged from. $4.60 to $5; feeders from $5 'to $5.50; short- keeps from $5.75 to $6; lambs from $5.50 to $6; sheep from $4.50 to $4.80. Hogs--$8.25 f.o.b. and $s.- 50 fed and watered. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Oct. 11.--Oats--No. 2 Canadian western, 39c; do., No. 3, 37 1-2c; No. 2 local white, 37 1-2c;, do., No. 3, 361-2c. Barley--Mani- toba No. 4, 49 to 491-2c; Manitoba feed barley, 48 to 481-2¢; Ontario No. 2, 62 to 64c. Flour--Manito- ba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.- 80; do., seconds, $5.30; Winter wheat patents, $5.50; Manitoba strong bakers', $5.10; straight rol- lers, $4.85 to $5; do., in bags, $2.- 15 to $2.25; extras, $1.75 to $1.90. Feed--Ontario bran, $19.50 to $20; Ontario middlings, $22 ta $22.50; Manitoba bran, $19; Manitoba shorts, $22; pure grain mouillie, $31 to $32; mixed mouillie, $25 to $28. COneese--Westerns, 111-4 to 118-8c and easterns, 11 to 11 1-4e, Butter--Choicest, 241-4 to 241-2c, and seconds at 211-2 to 24c. Eggs --Selected stock. at 26 to 27c; straight receipts, 28c. : piece eee au BUYS A SITE NEAR WINNIPRG. Government Will Move the Agri- ; cultural Colleges. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The Manitoba Government, on Thursday, announced that it had purchased 600 acres at St. Vital, six niles south of the city, and will remove the Agricultural Colleges 'NARKETS] aa | father a | |Meeting of 'Steamship Passenger : \ a es : =, A despatch from Montreal says: The Atlantic steamship lines are preparing for the worst that can possibly come, so far as the health concerned. At a meeting of the passenger managers of the various lines, held in the office of Mr. An- nable of the C. P. R. Atlantic lines, it was decided that the Gov- ernment should be asked to better equip their quarantine stations, and in every way possible prepare for an outbreak which might occur. 'No steamship man looks for cholera to visit Canada or the ships in the North Atlantic trade, but in of their westbound passengers is| at Montreal -- times of pea for war," the the transatlantic lines sai HeBdAn yes ; The Thomson Line, with their Meduerranean service, ane inter- tested in the progress of vhe plague now raging in Naples, for, while dgo_not know at what time their trade may be interfered with. The 'to come from Mediterranean ports during the next month or two, but their, business is chiefly €reight- 'carrying: sr eS PVOVVVOVVSSSSOSVs# HEALTH SVTASVSCVSSVSIVVSSTG CARE IN SCARLET FEVER. Searlet fever is one of the most terrible of the diseases which can enter a household where there are young children. Perhaps it may be said to be the most terrible, first, in the high degree of its contagious- ness, second, in the percentage of its fatality, and third, in the hide- ous and life-lasting consequences that may follow in its train for those who recover from the original attack. This being so, it is not pos- sible to overdo the pains taken 'to limit the disease and to shelter those who have not been exposed. The minute a diagnosis of scarlet fever has been made, the sick child should be isolated from the rest of the household in a room as large, as well-ventilated and as sunny as the house will furnish, never mind who must turn out for the purpose. If any other member of the fam- ily has a sore throat or seems be- low his wsual standard, that mem- ber should also be isolated until the diagnosis is clear, but not put in the same room with the declared case. The children who still seem per- fectly well must on no account be allowed to attend school or to come in contact with other families. neglect this rule is to do a griev- ous injustice to the well. All the clothes. toys or school- books handled by the sick child just before tne illness appeared should be sterilized at once and hung out in the sun; and it is well to remove all rugs or carpets, draperies and cushions from the sick-room, and sterilize them also. The work of nursing is made much easier if the room is thus cleared of superfluous or stuffy objects. Whether a child is nursed by a member of the family, or whether a trained nurse be engaged for that purpose, the same routine should be observed. The nurse or nurses should have absolutely no inter- course with the rest of the house- hold. Food should be left in some neutral and convenient spot agreed upon, and carried from there into the sick-room by the nurse. All the bedelothes, towels and body linen used in the room should be put into a one-to-five-thousand solution of bichlorid of mercury by the nurse in attendance, and after that sent to be boiled, and dried in the sun. It is needless to say that after taking all these precautions, little good will come of them if anxious relatives, especially if an anxious with mustache or beard, clad in ordinary woollen clothing, insists upon. hovering in and round the room. In such a case the same care should be taken as in the case of the physician who puts on a lin- en coat just for that case, and who scrupulously washes and disinfecis his hands and face on leaving the care, BACKACHE. Constant pain in the back is a symptom found in many. physical disorders. When it is an indica« tion, as it may be, of some very serious trouble, such "as tubereu- losis of the spine, or malignant dis- ease, or the beginning of locomotor ataxia, the diagnosis will not. re- main. doubtful very long, for many other symptoms will occur which, taken in conjunction with the pain in the back, will make the case clear. It is not of these great and serious disorders that we write here, but rather of that irritating, persistent, nagging pain from which some persons suffer year in and year To | 'letters. out, with no discoverable cause-- "toothache in the back," as it has been described, _ : In a cage of this kind there should always be a thorough examination by a competent physician, in order to determine whether any internal displacement is at the root of the trouble, otherwise the backache will certainly persist, if there is kidney, or other pelvic organ in fault, has been put where it be- longs. The past history of the suf- ferer must be learned. Has there been, perhaps Jong before, any strain or sprain or bad jar of the en--- cases of obscure spinal misery start from accidents; so many that the phrase "railway spine'? has been incorporated into medical phraseo- logy. It is easy to see that physi- cal comfort must necessarily de- pend largely upon the integrity of the spinal system, with its wonder- ful radiation of nerves and. liga- ments, and that a bad fall or jar of that portion of the body may easily result in lifelong trouble. The unforgivable practical joke of pulling the chair' away frem a per- son about to sit down has been known to make a life cripple. If, after careful examination, there does not appear to be any serious organic trouble to oause the backache, then the best course open to the sufferer is to settle down patiently to the fact that he jhas a weak back, which it is his duty to nurse and cure, The spine can be favored in the same way that any other port of the body can be ifavored. Rest first, and in capital That back must have no needless work, and if it starts to ache, it must be understeod that too much has been asked of it. Give it as many hours a day in the recumbent position as it demands, and start. to strengthea it very slowly and with great caution. The strengthening precess may take a long time. Massage, electri-- city, cold douching of the spinal col- umn, and the wearing of a well- made brace are all helps in the treatment, together with gtrict at- tention to the general health; for with the strengthening of the whole system, the weak spine, too, will, grow strong.---Youth's Companion. ene AO ere SENTENCED FOR PERJURY. Philip Christo Goes te Central Pri- son for 'Pwe Years. A despatch from Hamilton says: Philip Christo was found guilty on Friday of stealing $20 from L. P. Searrone, for whom he had col- lected money, and was sentenced to Central Prison for two years. He swore that he was never seatenced in Toronto, but the police presented a police picture to him frem oron- to and a record that he had served four months in jail there. The Magistrate spoke of the perjury, and said he had taken this into con- sideration in sentencing him. pie See keh Ba 9 Ea EEE KEG OF POWDER BLEW UP. Two Men Hurt on an Explosion at Ponoka, Alberta. A despatch' from Ponoka, Alta., says: Jd. Preston was badly burned and Verne Rowe had all his clothing blown from his body, but escaped with slight injury, when a keg of black powder exploded in the store of Speckman & Rowe, on Friday morning, as a result of a small rifle in Rowe's hand going off unexpectedly, the bullet striking the powder keg. Rowe was. ex- plaining the working of the rifle to Preston, and did not knew tt was loaded, an eben: TP ata eR ' It's better to have things all wrong when vou're right than to have things all right when you're wrong, : yt WUEBEG BR Germany, the United A despatch from . Ottawa says? | Only four countries were able to produce firms big enough to under- take the building of the Quebee bridge, and three of these coun- tries produced only one such firm each. The tenders for the super- structure of the bridge with its eighteen hundred foot cantilever span were opened on Wednesday by Hon. George P. Graham, Mihister of Railways. - -- The firms which put in ¢enders were :-- The Maschinenfabrik Augoberg- nurnberg, Germany. ; Send One Fach--- < a Sosa | acs a wa gee ttates and Engl : and wo Frm Canada. Pyle: vive Teidge Con. \ ap UEC we ' The Dariington, Manchester & Cleveland, England, Bridge Com- panies combine in-one tender, The St. Lawrence Bridge Com- pany, which is a combination of the Canadian Bridge Company of Walk- erville and the Lachine Bridge Company of Montreal. | ; in detail on the which enter into the construction of the bridge. The tenders will be- Pennsylvania Steel Company of thervee 5-5 - Philadelphia, they will estimate the amount each and decide whieh is the | none of their ships dock at Naples, the trouble is so general that they _ Thomson people have several ships -- displacement, until the, dislodged -- tire bodily frame? Many of these TENDERS. It will take some time to figure, nut the tenders, as they are made -- various shapes -- turned over to the Commission, and -- +e