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Cg!) Interesting Items About Our Own Country! Great Britain, the United States, and A9 Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Assorted for Buy Reading. The resignations of the Ottawa Pro been accepted. It'is reported that there is a. great: deal of smuggling at. present. on the Canadian Pacific coast. Five more pitch gas buoys will be Manna rm Hm ghnals in the St. Law- Five more pitch gas placed on the shoals 1n rence River next season. The Dominion Parliament will not meet until March, and the tariff proâ€" posais W'lll not be brought down until “i O o 1‘ --â€"‘ ALnn1n1“ The will of the late James Hamilton, of London, 01113., filed for probate at that place, disposes of an ~estate of $31.13). , ' l 5 10A ‘3 A... An official announcement is made that the Government intends at the coming session to ask Parliament to repeal the Franchise Act. A man named Apollidore St. Pierre of Papineauville, Que, committed suicide at Bat Portage on account of misfor- tunes in his love affairs. ° ' Mr. Borden is at present engaged up- on a scheme to commute the two years’ salary allowance to retiring militia of- ficers into a pension for life. It is stated that the Franchise of the Niagara Falls Power Company for the building of the Canadian power tunnel has been extended for four years. The engagement of Miss Ella Walk- er, granddaughter of Hiram Walker. the millionaire distiller of Walker- ville, Ontario, to Count Manford Von Matuschka, of Schfloss, Bechau, has been announced. The Montreal street railway man- agement have adopted a new style of { cash box for their canductors,£u=rnish# ed with a new contrivanoe known as an improved receiver, which the mo- ment the coin strikes the aperture seizes it in a tight grlp, preventing its removal. - Mr. \Villiam Whyte, superintendent of the \Vestern Division of the Cana- dlan Pacific railwayy, states that of the total amount of ninety million bushels of wheat in the West ail: the opening of the season, he estimates that from two million and a half to three million bushels are in the hands of the farm- eiwm of Winnipeg. GREAT BRITAIN. Wmuuu U‘bvw“ .v.... __ It is expected that the new Canadian i building at Bisley‘will be ready for the team ‘neXt season. .. ‘ The appointment of Carlos Villan- ueva, consul-general for Venezuela in x London has been approved of. by the .Queeln. The Lord Mayor of London has start- ed a fund for the relief of the famine sufferers in India. : . Andrew Percy Bennett has been ap- pointed Brit}sl_1 consul at New quk. Americans in London have subscrib- ed for a loving cup as. a. present to Mr. Bayard, the Amencan Ambassa- dor at London. Tho. Right Han. and Most Rev. Fred- erick Temple, D. D., was on Friday en- th-J‘Oned in Canterbury (cathedral with much ecclesiastical ceremony. NEWS IN A NUISHHL Lord Dufferin has accepted the pres- idency of a movement started at Bris- tol to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of Newfoundland by Cabot. Lady Selina Scott, who pleaded guilty on Thursday to the criminal libel of \Vhile hunting with the Meynell bounds on Tuesda. , Mr. Chaplin, for- merly prwidemt o the British Board of Trade, was thrown from his horse and seriously mjured. Sir Donald Smith, the- Canadian High Commissmner. has established new agencies in Ireland and \Vales tomak- better known to emigrants the re- sources of Canada. The British Board of Trade returns show that the total Imports for 1896 have increased £25,117,677 over 1895, and the exports have moreased £14,- 633,193 over the prevrous year. i The Pall Mall Gazette. referring to the report that Mr. Laurher had declined the honor of knighthood, says that his answer left the matter so that he could accept at a future date. Mrs. Gladstone unveiled .the mernor- Gladstone deliveredaspeecm to an Ar-‘ menian deputation. In response to al etter signed by more than eighty . noblemen and gentlemen eminent in 11terature, science, and art, Mr. Herbert Spencer has consented that a. fund shall be Opened to pamt .1113 por- trait for the natmn. ‘â€" m- J___ ‘ ;nn+fl r Charles Tapper and the Colonial “y. of Vintm‘m. and Tasmania. were ions of the entire staff Protestant hospital have gee-Enfield arrived at grefi ' 574%.}: made a. speeCIn, pledging . _ itish Elnpire, winch Canada to the .BI' was received Wlth great applause. UNITED STATES. !1__-n', martyrs Storms cqntinue to traffic in Mlssouri, Jacob 'Witham, agcd Rl'vers, aged 97, were -.' on Tuesdx field, N. H., building now as, the.resu.1t of day’s cyclone. Many f 1'1 During the year ending September over 190,000,000 fry were hatchetl ant; distributed by the fish hatcheries o the United States; The than 20 cents per 100. bezzling international indemm His total shortag Richard D. Cornelius, test and best known . . . Baltimore, committed su1c1de. HLS bocly ' ' Druid Alt Bay Citâ€"y, Mich, a. mob of severaL es attacked , manage of St.. Stamslaus chum , mg every wmdow and dnvmg Father (1 Into the The Pope disposition. l] vine. Newfoundland Legislatuljg opens Feb- ruary 11. A resolution W111, It. is said, It is reported at C’onstantglnoplie final; Berdros Effendi, the Armeman recent- ly appointed sub-Kimwkan of Tschar- ‘ san, was assassinated two days after his arrival there. It is stated in Vienna that Austr'a- Hungary will have to follow France (1 Germany, and spend from ei'ghtyboone hundred million dollars for quick-firing Wild-eyed Ma: muâ€"U Drug Clerk. It’s against the law to sell poison to people 37th look as It they want to commit suiclde; but I’ll let you have a. bottle of Dr. Black-Seqmn’s Elixir of Life. That seems to be pret- tvsmedeaflH-‘i_'li g: r' impede railway want a. lot of WHEN THE WONDERFUL NEW FIRE TRUCK COMES IN USE. It is Run by a (‘ompressed Air Nlolor, anu ' (‘an be Easily Controlled in the Streets 1 -â€",â€"'l‘he Machinery Very Simple and Manipulated by (Due Man on the lbrlv- er‘s Seat. The automatic fire truck has come, and soon every Fire Department of im- portance in the large cities will be in possession of one of the latest inventions It will be in every way a more practi- cal and efficient aid to fire fighters than its more picturesque predecessormhich ,depended upon wellâ€"trained horses for l its motive power. From an artistic or sensational new point there will doubtless be many persons who will regret the passing 0f the fire horse. But the spirit of pro- gress has no sympathy for the pictur- esque. This, as well as everything else. must give way before the march of im- provement, and so the horse’s occupation is gone. D i “ horses driver’s seat. A system of. cog wheels and levers act directly between the en- gine and the front Wheels. In fact, the wheels, is located directly in front of the engine,‘ almost beneath the foot- ble those in common use on cable cars. ? One of these levers is used for the dou- lble purpose of steering the machine. and as a brake, While the other lever controls the speed of the engine. It can be reversed When necessary, and in addition can be used as a supplemen- tary air brake. The engine is so constructed that When the driver takes his seat and grasps hhedeft hand lever. the whole vv=heels, fall into another set of cogs, which work directly from the engine, and the start is made. ‘ stop the truck it is not necessary to stop the engine. A forward pressure on the left-hand lever throws the cogs out of place and a pull on the right-hand lever applies the air brakes. Should, this not stop the progress of. the truck in a sufficiently short time, the cogs can be thrown back into place and the engine reversed, and an entire set of other brakes be applied to the rear of 40 miles an hour, if necessary, and in order that it can travel at a high rate of speed over smoOt‘h! and slippery no vampntg the tires of the Wheels are fifglifihg? of fires man life. ssed Air Motor, and railed in the Streets Very Simple and ,9 “an on the Inn'- an. 21, 1897. Some Interesting Notes on the Slocan ' 18 Country. Though winter checks the ardour of EVERY TH! the prospector in the Slocan, B.C., silver ‘4“ TH‘ “Rome“ PR" camps, work on the claims which laid DURI in their winter supply goes on briskly. \. I"... ”'7”: The Wellington has shipped five car-\ loads since snow fell. They have ‘suascmpnou 3d“; struck another 37 inch vein of galena {RATES . . . . year, . ' ' ° be charged if not so [and grey copper, givmg 500 of Silver ‘ subscription is paid, [per ton, as the average of several tests ‘. address label. No p R and they have had to put on more men, \ are Paid, except 3‘ fl“ kT-he \Vhite “later is shipping two Q 6â€"” ‘icarloads per week, and the ore .is re- ‘ ADVERTISING 11:32:; lmar‘ka’bly rich, at times yielding m RATES . . . line 5 considerable quantities $1 per pound of ' measure. Profession ° $4.00 per annum. Sllver and lead. directions willhe pill English capital is developing the Colorado, and the Sunset has got down to work for the winter. The output, in. fact, from the \Vel- limgton and “flute Water camp, as a Whole, creates a. general. activ‘ity. ‘ ‘I o 111.326 UV“ W...â€" Whole, creates a general activity. The Lone Star, though work only be- gan late in the fall, has already run one tunnel 120 feet, 40 feet 'being through the ledge, and two others are bei_r_ng rgp at Lower levels. ‘ ‘ L-.- cac-m J-csqn W‘ub ‘ w wv -v ,, The Charleston .also has four tun- nels, running up into [big pay, it is said, and the owners of the Corinne or Corean are. pushing work, as the Lone Star adjoining is, and saying little. The latter, with four other claims, has been capitalized as the Hansard. It is reported {that the Eldon has already withdrawn its stock from the market. ‘ The Slocan Star has paid its fourth dividend since August, and in all $300,- gooo, or three-fifths of the capital, 250,- 3000, of this has been paid this year. The fraction between the Eldon and {Paradise wassold for $500 one day, its [owner being in need of money, and the Ibuyer' resold the .next .day for $2,000. ‘This small alarm is entirely undevelop- aed, but in a mall camp. ___ZLL “-L: A1“ U bu -â€"v-_ The comparative ease with which mining is carried on in the Slocan silv- er district is shown by the work alreadsr done in theCharlggtonuthe Corinne arid uuuu bu vanâ€"v __ -__ the Lone Star: The former {began in August last and the Corinne and Lone. Star in vaemlger: _ 1.1-- 1--1_ Dal- In“ fi‘v V vâ€"-'v_ The influx 9f strange-rs on the look- out to 'buy olalms only shows What the Slocan may expect in the spring. is over 1,400 feet and this stupendous precipice is pierced by miles of gallerâ€" ies in the solid stone, portholes for can- ‘ non being placed at frequent intervals. The rock is perfectly impregnable to the shot of an enemy, and, by means of the great elevation, a plunging fire ca 11 be directed from an enormous heizghi't upon a hostile fleet. From the iwater batteries to a distance two- ? {thirds up the rock one tire after ianother of cannon is presented ‘to the enemy. A garrison of from 5,000 to‘ * 10,000 troops is maintained, with pro- ‘visions and ammunition for a six In 1779 the celebrated siege by the Spaniards and French be- gan and lasted three years. The for- of over 40 000 men, with 1,000 pieces of artillery, forty-seven sail of line, tern great floating batteries and great numbers of smaller boats. For months THE MINES OF CANADA. Io, GIBRALTAR. Adopted by EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AT TH'L GHRONIOLE PRINTING HOUSE, GARAFRAXA STREET DURHAM, ONT. ADVERTISING For transient advertisement; 8 Cemg per line for 11': ~71 11rat inseruon ', 3 Leah pcr RATES. . . line and: subsetmem 111~er110nâ€"â€" 1111111on measure. 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