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The Dominion Government will sue the United States Government. for $10.- 000 for damagus caused to the Gov- ernment vessel La Canadzienne in the collision with the American vessel Yan- The Thirteenth Battalion of Hamil- ton. have won the Gzowski Cup for the fourth time in succession. The Queen's Own came second. and the 48th High- lenders third. It is announced that Lord Strathcona has presented his entire herd of but-- falo now on his farm near Winnipeg to the Dominion Government. to he placed in the National Park at Banff. After the first of January the In- temolonial railway. the Prince Edward Island railway. and the leased lines. will be known under the title of the Canadian Government railway system. [HE NEWS IN A NUlSHflL Mr. Arthur Piers. C. P. R. Steam- ship Manager. has gone to England to purchase steamships and to make oth~ er arrangements for the neleond'Lke Mr. Sifton does not anticipate any trouble from the efforts being made at \Vashington to prevent the entrance of Canadian goods into the Yukon by way of Dyea. - -' Brakeman Wheeler, of the G. T. R. fell beneath the cars at .Brantford. Fortunately he fell between the tracks. and by lying prostrate, escaped injury. Interesting Items About Our Own Country. On“ Britain, the United States. and MI Parts of the Gtobe. Condensed nm’ Assorted tor Easy Reading. Captain ‘William Sparling of the Montreal Fire Brigade is dead. vâ€"é. S. Stratton and R. Ronan. of Ot- tawa. have been awarded the contract for supplying for four years the Post- Otfice Demrtment with mail tags. Over $18,500 ha; been collected in subscriptions for the Western Univer- city. uvâ€"uvâ€" v __ , The Hamilton Aoetylme Gas Mach- ine Co. has been formed, with acapi- ital stock of 345,000. The new R. 8c 0. steamers being built at Toronto will be called “Tor- railway between St. Catharines and Port Dalhousie. Wm. Green. who was run into by a street car at Hamilton, while riding a horse on Sunday afternoon, is dead as the result of his injuries. Mr. J. Haney, superintendent of con- struction of the Crow’s Next Pass rail- way, gives a general denial to the charges of unfair treatment of the la- bourers employed on the work. He says out of four thousand men only sixty had any complaint to make, and they were sent home. Another case of smallpox has been reported to the Mayor by the Montreal Health Officer. Mr. B. P. Osler, Q. C., of Toronto has filed a petition with the Dominion De- partment of J usbioe asking for the re- vocation cf the charters of the Cana- dian Copper Company and the Anglo- American- Company. on the grounds that they have not established smelt- mg works in Canada. according to the terms of their contract. GREAT BRITAIN. Gen. Sir Henry. Gardiner, command- er of the Horse Artillery, is dead in London. The engineers of six of the Allan line steamers. now at Glasgow, have gone out on strike. .Sernous dnsorgamza- tion of the fleet. is feared. Terrific weathnr has been prevailing on the math-west coast of Ireland, and serious wrecks are( reported. Lord \V’rottesley’s seat, in Stafford- shire has been completely gutted by fire, and many articles of historic value are lost. It is reported that the prospects of a. settlement of the engineer's strike in Great Britain are very promising. An immense shoe factory is to bet started in Galash-iels, Scotland, tocom-l pete with the. United States, which now holds a. large part of the British shoe market. ' Vladimir Bourtzeff, a Russian, ‘was remanded at Bow street police station, London, on Thursday. charged with is- suing a publication inciting the assas- sination of the Czar; UNITED STATES. It is reported at London that Sir Wm. E. Maxwell, Governor and Com- mander-in-Chief of the Gold Coast, died at sea. while en route to Eng- USU]..- __ _' York in April, 1900, to last ten dtya. m Ban [amino f transportation land. [E VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. CANADA. ‘5' W-* Among the persons; under arrest for pillaging in Prague, is the son of a millionaire, The Germans still dread a fresh attack. The famous Parisian model, Lucie Hagerland, had her beauty destroyed by vitriol. whivh was thrown in her face by another model in a fit of jealousy. It is stated that the citizens of Ma- drid are in a state of great suppress- ed excitement. and there are such srtong fears of a revolution that preâ€" parations are being made for the flight of the Royal family. Spain is negotiating with the Arm- stmngs, of England, to obtain a four thousand three hundred ton cruiser, worth. one million five hundred thou- sand dollars, whivh has been built, for Japan. Hayti is again threatened. this time by Italy who Ls making heavy claims for the alleged illegal seizure of an Italian merchant vessel some years ago. DU ”-511 L oooo from that city t3 Dawson City. The United States War Department proposes to buy 500 reindeer from Lap- land to be used in taking supplies into Dawson City this winter. The total tonnage carried on the canals of New York State during the past season shows a decrease compared with the previous season of 97,000 tons. Durrant, who was sentenced on Wed- nesday for the fourth time to be hang- ed, says that he will never go to the scaffold, as he is confident help will come to him in his extremity. On Sunday at St. Joseph, Mo., Mrs. Charles Miller, her mother, and all her relatives and other Catholics who at- tended her marriage, were excommuni- cated because the young woman was married by a Protestant minister. A despatch from Athens announces that the treaty of peaoe between Turk: ey and Greece has been ratified by King George. It has been also ratifi- ed by Turkey. ”fit.â€" nuuuet cm: celeu'ated Amuonac ', French novelist, is dead. He was 57 years of age. The Marquis di Rudini has; suc- veeded in reconstrw-tinq the Italian Caldnet, (without umking many a hanges.’ - -o . - Some of the richest Spaniar s of Cuba. are holding meetings to consider the advisability of sending a petition to President McKinley seeking to estab- lish a United States protectorate ov- er the island. of last year. It is said that Janan’s supply of coal will he exhausted in 5!) years. simm- lmtamrcs 08' Imumzrulflm In I’m-ms 0! Speech. A “bull,” in speech, is defined as a grotesque blunder: an apparent con- gruity. but a real incongruity, of ideas. The Irish are credited with a peculiar have it we do not know, except that it is a Species of wit. Here are some examples: Patrick, whbn he first landed in Am- erica, happened to see a 1m flashing by. He started back and yelled to his friend: “Will ye look at that! 0v all the wonders I iver seen it bates thim all. Sure it’s a. steam- boat searchin’ for wather." Another Irishman said: ‘.‘I saw Pat‘ Ryan the other side of the way. I thought it was Pat and Pat thought it was me, and wjhin I came up, be- gorra, it was neither of us." Another excused himself from going to church by saying he had such an excellent telescope that with it he could bring the church so near he could hear the organ playing. It was Pat who observed. after watching two men shoot at an eagle and. kill it, that they might have saved the powder and shot. as the fall alone would have killed the bird. Another Irishman assigned as a rea- son for not putting out a. fire in his kitchen. with a kettle of boiling water that was near. that it was hot water; and it was Pat's reply to a man who Inasted that he had the smallest horse in the country, “By me faith. I have wan. as little as two ofAit." Another one is told of a horse. Pat said he could leap over a ditch at least 30 feet wide; but as Pat describes it, he did it in “two jumpsf' And it was Pat again who, telling a story as original. and being informed by one of his auditors that he had read it in the translation of a Latin work. cried out: “Confound those ancients! They are always stealing one '3 good thoughts. The natural habit of human beings appears to be the use of the teeth on the left side of the mouth for masti- eating the food. During a. lengthen- ed period of observation only one per-- son outot 18 was found who used both w-“ sides of his mouth for chew mg and masticating his food. LEFT TEETH USED OFTENEST. IRISH BULLS. hundred dollars If there is any single quality that is capable of poisoning a lifetime it is the quality of suspicion. Emmayery small seed thfs noxious plant may at- tain to such a growth as to oversha- dow all one’s happiness, and destroy the peace of every hour. It is better to be over-confident than too suspi- cious. though either extreme has its special dangers. Most of us are born with a tendency to one or other of the qualities. though it more fitly be- longs to human nature to be too trust- ful than to be forever suspecting. Con- fidence is the attribute of childhood; and the more childlike we remain through life, the more are we trusttul and confiding. Although it would sim- ply be foolish and unnatural for a grown person to have the fully con- [iding character of a child, yet it is generally conceded that those who are most largely blest with? this peculiar characteristic of the young are the nobler natures and are of the stuff of which heroes are most often made. But the trusttulness of a child and that of a man or woman must spring from adifferent root. The child's comes from ignorance. and is apt to diminish rapidly as the lessons of experience are learned; while that of the mature usually springs from their own purity of motive and honesty of purpose. It is an old proverb that you must set a rogue to catch a rogue; for an inno- cent person will never suspect the dodges and craft of artful guilt. The reformed criminal will often make the best detective. When a child judges of. character, it is usually by instinct rather than by observation ; and though this may give the child's opin- ion a spei-ial value in the eyes of some persons yet the mature Judgment o! a grown and experienwd observer may more often be truly relied on. The child must judge from experlence and man- ners; the experienced endeavor to look deeper than either. n no I __Ij “vvrv- 'â€" But the suspicion of which we would speak is not that which is necessary for the detection of crime; it is rather the continual suspecting of meaning and motive that makes such a burden of some persons' lives. We all know such persons; we may ourselves be the victims of their unjust suspicious. _or V tvvnun‘ V--_ we may ourselves have fallen into this morbid habit of for ever suspecting. There are those who, though sur- rounded hy kind friends, render their own lives and the lives of others mis- erable through their continual mis- trust. They make no new friends. they lose their old ones, by the dire agency of this habit. They spy hidden mean- ings in the most innocent words and actionsâ€"they detect secret purposesin everything said or done; they fancy themselves surrounded by conSpiring and designing persons. Suspicion and jealousy are always inseparable com- panions, and the two are enough to poison any existence. No trifling de- tail is too small for the notice of the suspicious; and it is often perfectly marvellous to find how unconsciously deep offence has been given. The very smallness of such trifles makes it all the harder to clear them up. They are so petty, so intangibleâ€"so incapable of explanation, simply because they need none. From causes such as these. a conglomeration of imaginary offences where no offence was for a moment in- tended. persons have been regardedas lifelong enemies; the affection Letween relations has been embittered and de- stroyed, and friendships that might have been a lasting comfort have been utterly overthrown. -t UUVL J vvv- vuâ€"v Of course, in any connection of l friendship or relationship, there must be some things to pardon and to over- look on both sides; there must be mu- tual concessions. In some cases it may be really necessary to withhold“ the fullest confidence from certain per- sons, whom we have discovered to be unworthy or imprudent. It is only possible to give full trust to a very fewâ€"perhaps to only one; but because we are unable to make confidential friends of every person with whom we come in contact, there is no reason why we should imagine that those per- sons are continually plotting and scheming against ourselves. To mis- trust others seems to suggest that we are ourselves not worthy of perfect: trust; for, after all, our Judgments of ‘ others must mainly be founded on our knowledge of our own hearts. It will generally be found that those who are most suspicious are themselves large- ly given to scheming and mystery, and that they imagine everybody else to be modelled on the same pattern. The habit of constant suspicion is in some sort a selfocon‘demnationa In any case I it does not bespeak a magnanimous and noble nature. Far better be too trusting. too confiding, than to fall into the paltry slavery of a dominat- ing suspicion. For one's own peace of mind the habit should be sternly re- pressed. It will surely lead to injus- tice and probably great wrong toward others. Those who are most sincerely our friends may fall under the blight- ing shadow of this mistrust. so that ev- erything they do or say is misunder- stood. The quality grows so rapidly and abnormally as.t_o become an actual di- _-vâ€"v-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" sease; it is in fact. always associated with certain forms of mania. No mind that is quite healthy will become the prey of constant suspicions. for the habit does 'not comport with mental health. As we'consider ourselves to be worthy of trust. as we resent being perpetually regarded with suspicion. let us endeavor to treat others as we would ourselves be treated. Instead of considering every one a rogue until we have proved otherwise. let us as- sume that our friends and companions are not really enemies in disguise. un- less we have really found that such is the case. It “hotter to. he deceived A-_4LQ_J__ than to be SUSPICIOUS NATURE , December 30, 1897. Just to trust. and yet to ask Guidance still; Take the training or the task As He will; Just to take the loss or gain As He sends it; Just "to take the joy or pain As He lends it. He who formed thee for His praise Will not miss the gracious aim; So to-day and all thy days Shall be molded for the same. Just to leave in His dear hand Little things; All we cannot understand. All that stings; Just to let Him take the care Sorely pressing. Finding all we let Him hear Changed to blessing. This is all! and yet the way Marked by Him who loved thee best. Secret of a happy day. Secret of His promised rest. Man’s sympathy with man is often more comforting, and generally more lasting. than is woman's love. :How often marriage degenerates into a condition of individual selfishness and indifference. regulated by an arm- ed neutrality toward the outside world! No woman is. as a rule. more thor- oughly disqualified for what she con- ceives to be her special vocation than is a professional match-maker: CHARITY OF SPEECH. Charity of speech is as divine a thing as charity of action. To judge no one harshly to misconceive no man's moâ€" tives, to believe things are as they seem to be until they are proved oth- erwise to temper judgment with mercy â€"surely this is quite as good as to build up churches. establish asylums and found colleges. Unkind words do as much harm as unkind deeds. Many a heart has been wounded by this and many a reputation has been stabbed to death by a few little words. There isa charity which consists in withholding words. in keeping back harsh judg- ments. in abstaining from speech if to speak is to condemn. Such char- ity hears the tale of slander, but does not repeat it; listens in silence. but forbears comment; then locks the un- pleasant secret up in the very depths of the heart. Silence can still rumor; it is speech that keeps a story alive and lends it vigor. -_ We‘ ewe nobody love. which is never a debt. It is always a. free-will offer- ing. or the return for an equivalentrâ€" an exchange of like for like. A man who assures a woman that he has determined never to marry in- vites her to do her utmost to cause him to alter his determination. Some women are so delighted with their own existence, and express their delight so frequently, as to make oth- ers almost regret it; "Many Va man; who has made up his mind to die a. bachelor cannot nub up his hurt to the same cud. --vâ€"‘. vâ€" _ 7 7 “\\’hat is the worst thing 211 out riches?" asked a. school teacher of a boy. “Their scarcity,” he replied,and was immediately rewarded with a prize. .. -- .... ‘ _‘-._ ‘A-_.- Funeral director. to gentlemanâ€"“Are you one of the mourners?” Gentle- manâ€"“Yes; he owed me five hundred dollars." \‘vâ€"â€""-w- “You \\ ill pro \ablx take 111 the races?” ”No,” said the melancholy man. “'1 he races are more likely to take me in.’ â€"Minister-"l once performed three wedding ceremonies in twelve min- utes.” Miss Saylorâ€"“That was at the rate of fifteen knots an hour.” Old Golfer-“How many holes have you made?” New Golfer, who has not reached the first greenâ€" ”Not more than four or five, andvl put the turf The secmt of fire-eaters consists in washing out the mouth and rubbing the skin with pure spirit and sulphur. which cauterises the outer skin. 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