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uqd The the it} [yrs tint life To dea the I!“ ple alc lit at Bil fr: Judgment has been given at Hamil- ton dismissing the Canada Life's apt pea] agaimst income assessment on its policy-holders’ profits; also reducing the assessment of the Street Railway and Gas Commies. Canadian Pacific land sales for the past Year Show an enormous increase over the prewddng year. For 1897 the figures are 200,000 acres, valued at: $650,000. In 1896 88.000 acres were sold for 0307.000. Mr. J. P. Dorazn of Ottawa. employed in WT. CL :Wells’ lumbering establish- ment. was frozen todeat‘h' on the trail between Palliser. 13.0., and the camp. Bis faithful-dog watched the body for two days and nights. ' ’A number at boot and shoe merchants all 'Hamilton have been summoned to answer plunges of yiolating a pity by- Gideon Deguire and Joseph La. Londe have been committed for trial at Montreal on the change of murdering an Italian in a. fight at Coteau du Lac. The Imperial Government has grant- ed three extra commissions in the army for competition amongst the graduates of the Royal Military College this Chas. Moore, a. Westminster farm- hand, has been sent for trial on the charge of setting fire to a. vacant building. owned by M. Nemo. ' The cabled reports of the seizure of Hai Nan Island by the French and the requisition of the C.P.R. steamers by the British Adiniralty are denied. Robert McGee, of Guelph township, who was recently released from To- ronto asylum. has again been arrested .8 he has been annoying the neigh- with a. capital Of $45,“. Under the new not of the United John Hall, private banker of H01- States Congress sealskins and articles lm‘dl, near Winnipeg, has assigned. made therefrom are not allowed to en- with liabilities at $32,000. ter the country unless taken at the North-west MUulnted Police will asâ€" Priby 10“ Islands. . _ aist in distributing the United States Gustav Thelan, presa-dent of the relief to the Klondike miners. Stock Exchange Bank at El Reno, Okla., , Rosa, tal' was germane. and two of the directors heve been er- odriowsiven mart; illnagrisonment for rested charged With receivmg dePO'SltS forgery at Cornwall on Wednesday. when the bank was insolvent. 'l . . . ,ll _ ‘ LL -’L n 1' ”AMA“ Bishop DuMouli'n has been advised by his physician to refrain from preach- ing for a time, owing to the condition of his health. \ H. H. Harding, the American forget, arrested at Regina. consents to be taken back. He said he had $81, but police found upon him $8,000. Police Magistrate Jelfs of Hamilton has taken proceedings against The Her- ald and Mrs. John Billings for criticiz- ing his decision in a. case of cruelty to an'umals. Mr. Sidmey Slocu‘m basinstructed his solicitors to take action against De- tective Donald Campbell of Hamilton for $2,000 damages for alleged false arrest. John Gaynor has been given one month’s impriéonment and fined 850, at. Cerberry. Man. on a charge of sand- bagging and robbing himself with in- tent to defraud his creditors. lA number of models have been re- oeivpd at the Public \Vorks Dopart- meat, Ottawa, for statues to Queen Victoria and the late Alexander Mac- kenzie on Parliament square. law by keeping their plums (1 business open after 7 o'clock" in ptho evening dur- ing Christmas week. ' John Scott of Owen Sound; in suing a number of citizens for Winn man licioua libel in burning his effigy. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVERa Mr. J ames Ward ,3 Saltfleet farmer. m thrown from his waggon on Sun- dny. near his farm gate and killed. It. is reported at Halifax that anew company is about establishing a line of steamers between that port and Liverpool. Fire in Norfolk. Eng, on Monday canned $500,000 demise. Thirteen building- were destroyed. o - Lord Salisbury has written to United Stetee W my in response to America’s leteet proposals that Great Britain Ihonld enter into an‘ugreement git-h the United Stetel, Bax-is and I L ‘- - ‘f--"-- {'Afu'svfinn *n q... Hamilton fishermen have been-grant- ed the privilege of speeding fish intho my this winter. The Hamilton Acetylene Gas Mach- ine Company has been incorporated. with a. capital of 345,“. John Hall. private banker of _ Hoi- licioua libel in burning Eia' effigy. The deiendanta had been celebrating gigs gcqnittal of a. bank clerk whom Intending Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States. and All Parts at the Globe. Condensed and Assorted tor Buy Reading. William) Moore was found dead in his bad at his home in \Velland on Twee- “y. The C. P. R.’s half yearly dividend to be paid in February may reach 2 1-2 per cent. Kr. Soétt mnecednlly charged with fora"! Fire has destroyed one of the O. P. B. steamers on Kodtonay Lake. us. new trans-Atlantic line to Live'r- pool is talked of at. Halifax. ' Burglars stole 125000 cigars from Clarke’s Mountain Hotel on Wednes~ by night. 'Brantford is to have a. free postal delivery in a. few days. Cornwall’ 3 new hospital was formal- ly opened on \Vednesday. - There is enough food in Dawson City to prevent starvation this winter. GREAT. mTAIN. CLAN ADA. Short Sketch of the Work Done by the Great Mother Nurseâ€"The Hospital for Sick Children. Toronto. From every country in the Province of Ontario children are admitted into the Hospital for Sick Children at Tor- onto, free if their parents cannot at- ford to pay. rich parents, it would seem. Last year theexpense of the Hospital was near- ly 830,000. And. to meet. this 'but 81,325 was received from pay patients. And few of the poor little sufferers who are nursed and cared for :ave It is reported that H. M. Kerseyr of New York. American agent of the \Vhdte Star Line. has resigned to join a. syndicate of 'Amlerica'n and British. capitalists in» a Klondike scheme. The Uni-bed Statw Government’s suits against the 'Armours of Chicago. for $1,700,000 in damages for violations of the dairy laws in distributing oleo The balance must come from the more fortunate folks, who are charit- able and generous. The Hospitalfor Sick Children is the largest of its kind in the worldâ€"with- out exception. There are 200 cots. The average number of patients is 100 per day; 476 were nursed in the Hospital this yearâ€"312 little ones were cured UARED FDR AND UURED It is reported at W'ashimgton that great distress exists in Cuba. and the America-m Department of State is tak- ing steps to distribute. relief as it is subscribed in the United States. Prof. Alex. M. Bell, father of the in- ventor of the telephone, was married to Mrs. W. G. Shibley. of 'Harrowsmith‘, the ceremony taking place at New York. and departed with health. strength and sturdy limbs. In‘ the dispensary department medi- cine was given to 4.133 children. Thus nearly 5,000 children were treat- ed in one year. ‘ A great. record of good. In twenty-two years some 24,000 sick children have been nursed and cared tor by the Hospital for Sick Children. 'At Sheboygan, \Vis., a. tidal wave, due to the southerly ygale, swept up the river and caused a terrific shaking up among the vessels tied, at the docks. Where do the little patients come from! From all parts of tho province â€"dties. towns. villages and townships. How do thby come? Very often par- ents bear 0! the work of the Hospital through the nompora. .I‘n gene in- _â€" v wâ€" 'â€" . stances facade of the little sufferers make application on behalf of parents 1330 are poor. but independent and self-reliant. It gnu-ally fell: to the lot. of the English company has bought out twen- ty big corporations controlling the fish- eries of the great lakes. mivfliioTxiaiâ€"Iâ€"‘evzidnd'turfman. aged 74, mar- ried Miss Pearl Voorhees, aged 28, at Versailles, Ky., on Thursday. the sum of £38,000 to 82,000 engineers who are om strike. The trades union conference has decided to levy 'a. tax of threepenlce weekly upon1 each of the members of trades unions throughout the country, in aid. of the strikers. who show no sighs of yielding. The Memhwts’ and Trades’ Bank of Bnmswick, G3... has closed its doors. 001. W. D. Hagar. one of the mana- gers of the Barmum’s show, is dead at Rev. William Corby, slhead of the Order of Holy Cross in: America, is dead at South Bend. Ind. Stenographers employed by the deâ€" fiance in. the Luetgert murder trial at Chicago have game on strike. The will obearles Contoit, of New York, leaves $1,500,000 to charitable institutions and foreign missions. gem of the Barnum’s \Vamseen, Ohio. LITTLE SICK CHILDREN. UNITED STATES. I, the NEW Yorlg multi- DURHAM CHRONICLE, January 13, 1898. ot shil- "\Vell. mister, there is nothing I would like better," said the boy. He was assisted into the carriage. and. told to direct the driver to his father, who had a. blacksmith shop near by. The boy was one of a1 ily of seven children. Most gladly the father give his cotment to child's removal to the Hospital treatment. :I‘he lad explained that he had met With. a mishap one day while chopping Wood; that he had been treated in an eastern hospital for some time. that his leg had been straightened, but had again become useless. His parents and schoolfellows looked Upon. him as a cripple for life. ' And so he might have been. "How would you like to have your leg straightened for good ?" asked the Hospital chairman, who knew of the counplete cure effected at the great Toronto institution in similar cases. The little deformed 13'! thus for- tunately met on the hi; hway near Brockville is acripple no longer. His leg is stiff. but it is straight. He re- mained in the hospital fur many months. ABut it was a. joy us game- cases might. be cited. In this enlightened Canada of oursâ€" The editor of this paper has been this bright Province of Ontarioâ€"this informed that if anyone knows of any shall not be as long as the doors of the sick child under fourteen years of Hospital for Sick Children remain open. age who is suffering from accident or i _H_eip 'regnoye _that:. mortgage. coming when the boy w'al'krl firmly and straight without the aim of stick or crutches. This is s simgls case. Thousands of Four of the, deputies and others ac- cused of participating in the Panama canal intrigues have been acquitted at The Italian Minister! of Finance re- commends his Government to estab- lish a, bank: in New York to protect his countrymen from being robbed by absconding bankers. The recent famine in India cast the Treasury $4,000,000 loans and suspen. sions of taxes, absorbed 820,000,000; charity contributions amounted to 88,- 000,000. Mr. Robertson smiled as the young- sters passed him, but the smile van- xshed when he observed in the rear a little chap who was hobbling along on Crutches. happy but crippled. One at his legs was bent at the knee to a right angle. The carriage was stopped. and the little fellow called. The representatives of the powers have refused to permit the Turkish Government to replace 4,500 time- elifpired troupe on the Island of Crete. _ Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, com- mander of the Royal Irish Regiment in the frontier! of India, is reported missing. His horse was found stripped and shot. ~ ~ The estate of. Dr. Thomas \V. Evans, the American dentist, at. Paris. France, amounts to four million dol- lars. His brother, who gets ten Uhflvlusand dollars, will protest the WI . ford *0 pay for proper mdiool or our- Contributions for the delivery of tho ”1:... sample of 5;; be'ét'ciuamc" “’ ‘5 sic-.1 datumâ€"they are ukod to Hospital from this banana: of debt. will cu. Therefore they use W W“ $3331) mmnffi‘fll". fl“ 5“. “MCI-I ,n- nnM‘MmtI kn IA§§Afi amp. .‘I‘ ”RM Of the Ta .nd its. .5}de , _. 'n the ow Emperor Francis Joseph has order- ed «the closing of .the Austrian Par- liament! - mwo brothers of err-Captain Dreyfus serving a life sentence for treason. are ‘to be tried at Paris for bribery in oonmection with the case. The steamer Gerona from Portland folr Lotmdon with. a. cargo of live stock and general merchandise was wrecked on Seal Island. The crew escaped. The Empress of Germany, who has been suffering from mfluenzahas had a. relapso. . {New South Wales wnll raise a loan of over £ “000,000 at 4 per cent. to de- fray the cost of public works. "My boy, how did you injure your 103.50 badly 3" was the enquiry. _ rrhe third reading of the federation bill ‘was carried. in New South Wales Legislature 'by a vqbe of 328 to 18. mamarine throughout various States. walll be dropped. The \Vaa'winkshire and Linoolnshire regiments have been ordered to start. from VVaady-(Halfa. tenure frontier. â€"â€" l' iAâ€"li the "deputies and others charged with. participation in 'the Panama can- al frauds have been acquitted at Paris. The plague haq broken out again in the district of Bombay. Port au Prince, Haiyti, has been part- 1y destroyed by fire. Over 800 houses were burned . . g . (Group of children’ who are being treated by the best doctors in Conode. at the Hoepitel for Sick Chtldron'Preproduoed from photograph.) ml detaineeâ€"they are asked to Hospital from this bondage ot debt will T «to, Therefore they “8? the T13“; £3th the; manic“: with the Hospital {or be amused by letter and 3130‘ affix; ff “"3 Th 3 333113153132: the onzm '33 CMMM fin the columns of The Evening Tele- ' .thmby-ect-M' git: purity w“ “wk"; There is ,room‘ for such children in can. eeopy at which will ,be mulled gutgp'jn 1...»...astuWM” I Bantu].- Tlnv will he nnmd- m nah; damn " cold“: -.. uttermg Irom aocment or ‘ Help remove that mor whose parents cannot af- Help unload that load of debt. GENERAL. was one of a tamâ€"- (litl the for .Ytour dollar will bless you in the ginng. And you will give it. Every penny aidsâ€"every dollar helps -and your dollar may restore health. strength and straight limbs to some Door crippled boy or girl. \Von't you help? This is a home charity â€" somethins that should appeal to every heart. Such a. work should have 8 million friends in Ontario. If each friend could spare a dollarâ€"what a rich en- dowment with which to carry on the work. But the trustees only ask for $20,000 â€"a sum which they are required to pay before the 6nd of January. Everyone can help. The need is most pressing. The appeal is the appeal of poor. weak. suffering childhood. of little. Warp-faced. babies and children who lie on beds of pain. The Hospital appeals to youâ€"the reader of_ this newspaper. Pressed. and down-trodden. who ep- pealed to every human heart. when he said: “The two grim nursesâ€"poverty and sicknessâ€"who bring these children before you, preside over their births. rock their wretched cradles, and nail down their coffins." It was Charles Dickens. that great- hlearted Englishman â€" the friend of the fatherless. the reliever of the op- (1‘ lass beads are sometimes found in the bodies of mummiw over 3,000: years old, proving conclusively that glass was known to the ancients: \Vhen Queen Victoria has meals alone she is entirely waited on: by her Indian servants. with whom she is able to talk in their own tongue. One of these, Munski Abdul Kareen, has been in her service 10 years, and instructed her in his native language; require". no less than five executive officers. 24 nurses and 20 domestics to carry on the work of the Hospital. inventy-five more children could be taken cane of with the same number of attendants. The. {60f}; of the Hospital is ever in- creasmg. Its doors are wide open to evgryA ailing child in tho provincg.“ “113' does that hard drinking Beas- ley wear his hast all the time? = For fear he can’t get it on if he takes it off. THE QUEEN’S INDIAN SERVANTS. 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