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’many points in the Northwest. Mounted guards have been introduc- ed at the Kingston Penitentiary. The papnlation of Waterloo is 3.485. an increase of 222 since last year. J. B. Allenby of West London was killed by lightning While asleep 1n bed. L‘â€" â€" Vs1_ m m A mu. Interesting Items About Our 01/! Country. Om! Britain. the United states. an; All Putts of the Globe. Condenset'. and Assottcd lot Easy Reading. The militvary cohtingent for the Yu- kon sailed from Vancouver on Sunday morning. ‘ Alexander Smith U --. J w w..- The British Columbia ggneral elec- tions will be held probably an the early part of July. A London lad named Corp fell noninni‘ a barb-wire fence, destroymg A London lad named U01]! $.61: against a barb-wire fence, destroymg the sight of one eye. The Governor ~General’s Foot Guards. of Ottawa, are expected to visit Quebec on Dominion Day. . ang, Letang, (30., Montreal, has gone into voluntary liquidation. Mrs. Wetmore, Branttord, dropped dead at the grave side as the remains of a friend were being interred. nett ion the way to the Yukon and were drowned. Prof. Farmer of McMaster Univer- sity was elected President at the Bap- tist Union of Ontario and Quebec in mission at Hamilton. James \Vishart, ason of the late Duncan Wishart, of Welland. was kill- ed in a railroad accident at St. Louis, Mo.. on Saturday. Greenwood, B. C., had a narrow escape of destruction by fire recently, but the volunteer brigade fought nobly and finally won. ‘ f. 0*. mbert A. Laurie, aged 23, who died of Bright’s disease at Regina recently was the first white child born at Win- nipeg after the incorporation of that place as a city. ‘- - A I L 'â€"--_ _ Reports at, Victoria, B. C.. state that two Japanese have been arrested by the Russians at Port Arthur with sketches and maps of fortifications being erected there. V' Street Commissioner McGovern. of Port Arthur, has a young and handâ€" aome wife who looks after the con- dition of streets and sidewalks when he is out of town. Ernest Sandberg, of Victoria, rush- ed into a. saloon with his throat cut and complained that he had been as- saulted and robbed. The police believe that he did the cutting himself. Mr. Timmermann, general superin- tendent of the Canadian Pacific, has been in Kingston negotiating with Mr. J amieson in reference to building a million bushel elevator for the C. P. R. “St. John, N. B., this summer. Sir Louis Davies, Minister of Marine and Fisheries has received a message from Sir Julian Pauncefote, British Minister at Washington, asking him to be there on Wednesday to begin nego- tiations between Canada and the Unit- ed States for the settlement of out- standing differences. At Montreal Archbishop Bruchesi re- ceived a. deputation representing the Dominion Alliance, which asked his Grace to give the assistance of the R0- mnCatho-lic Church in the plebiscite struggle. His Grace replied that while he ("cred close restrictions on the file of strong intoxicants,‘ he .a.y Four jewellery factories, occupied by Iixteen firms and valued at. $750,000, were destroyed by fire at Attleboro'. Inn. on Wedneaday. , TA Height mm from Chicago and the west in the probable result of the Can- al: Atlantic teat grain line's competi- tion with the G.T.R. A report from Pekin to Washington states that a contract to build a rail- road from Henkow to Canton has been owerded to ex-Senator Wubbnrn, of Dr. J. R. Dickson, of Ogdensbnrg, N.Y.. has sold his island. Rob Roy,Chlp- pew; Bay. to John Englis. Brooklyn, N.Y. The consideration was ”.000. Dr. Dickson purchssed the island ten you-I ago for m. i « Charles Warren Spaldinc. president 01 the Globe Savings Bank. Chin“. was on Saturday taken to Juliet pris- on. whore he will serve sn indetermin- nte sentence. His crime was the m- honlement of $40,000 worth of bonds belonging to the University of Illinois ondowlnent fund. Th what harvest of Quantum! mat: to “59.000 W ht "beer and wine should not be UNITED STATES. CANADA. who died Univer- narrow HOLD THE HIGHEST RANK SPANISH ARMY. Characteristics of Dominguez. and Canolaâ€"Nearly Nine Generals on the Rolls. However deficient Spain may be in naval officers, of whom she does not officers for her land forces. There are nearly 905 Generals, some of them be- longing to the reserve forces, but most of them on the active list and draw- ing full pay. In fact, Spain possesses a sufficient number of Generals to‘ command the combined armies of all Europe. There are Colonels, Majors and Captains in proportion, and, m not even Germany, that possesses such an extraordinary number of commis- sioned officers in relation to the size of the army. At the head of the list are ten Cap- t tains Generals, whose rank is equiva- C lent to that of field marshal in other 11 foreign armies. In several instances I this grade is of a purely honorary 3 character. It is held by the young 1, King, who is a boy only 12 years old, t and likewise by his grandfather, the E old err-King, Don Francis of Assisi, the f husband of Queen Isabella. Be is a , dwarf in stature, and only a little i taller than his grandson, King Al- : fonso XIII. Indeed, it is difficult to . . . . l conceive anything less warlike than the ( spectacle presented by King Francis, 1 When arrayed in the gorgeous gold- embroidered uniform of a Captain General, his squeaky faisetto voice be- . , inQ‘ quite as much out of keeping with lthC military profession as is his apâ€" Learance. As regards the boy King, the Queen Regent, who is a sensible woman, has turned a deaf ear to all the suggestions to the effect that he should appear on state occasions in the uniform of a Captain General, and, instead, she has him always garbed in the trim, natty, and exceedingly sim- ple uniform of a cadet of the military schoot of San Idalfonso, which has not an atom of gold lace about it, the only emblem of his royal rank being the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece, which peeps forth from the col- lar of his tunic. Among the other Captain Generals are Gen. Blanco, Mar- quis of Pena Plata, who is now in chief command in Cuba, and who is too well known to need more than passing mention; Martinez Campos, who, as one of his predecessors at Havana, is equal- ly familiar to people in this country; Gen. Primo de Rivera and Gen. Lopez Dominguez. SPAIN’S FOREMOST GENERALS. It is Gen. Dominguez who is gener- ally regarded at Berlin, Paris, Vienna and other military centers as the clev- erest and strongest of all Spain’s gen- erals, and who in any grave emergâ€" ency is likely to be invested. with the chief command of the Spanish army, or else with the portfolio of Minister of War. He has been justly described as a mixture of the celebrated Rus- sian General Skobeleff and the French General Chanzy, and like them he is the idol of the. rant: and file of the I , army to which he belongs. He is a , nephew of the late Marshall Serrano , who rose from th: humblest beginning to be Dictator, Regent and President . of the Republic of Spain. He has beenl .Ithe author of nearly all the reforms that have taken place in the last twen- ty years, and in consequence has come to be looked upon as the soldier’s friend. If he has been kept in the background of late years in is because Ministers and even the court dread his popularity and his ambition, and fear a that the latter in a moment of crisis 9 might lead him to avail himself of the e former to secure such dictatorial pow- er as that repeatedly possessed by his uncle, Serrano. e 3 e t THE; INTRIGUING PRIMO DE RIVERA. Infinitely less popular in the army. but more liked at court, is Capt. Gen. Primo de Rivera, the very type of the polished acoundrel, who by his smooth tongue and talent for intrigue has managed to win to a marked degree the confidence of the Queen. Indeed. she has apparently forgotten the cir- cumstances which led him to be shot at some eight years ago and severely wounded by one of his officers, 3. Mad jor who had been subjected to persea cution of the most incredible charm- ter at the hands of .the General at the instigation of a demi-mondaine whose anger the Major had incurred, and who had the General completely under her sway. The Major, who was driven by desperation to the act, was sentenced to death and executed, leaving a wife and children in a penniless condition. while the Queen seems to think that, the General was shot at and severely wounded while in the performance of his duty, and therefore, possesses a : claim upon her good will. Even Weyler, with his brutality is preferable to; Prime de Rivera, for while Weyler will have a man hanged or shot. giving'the order for his execution with a grain oath or coarse gibe. Primo do mean. WillZ lordd" the moat itiendieh tarmac IN THE ' e known a. . gfignfmwgafiasts sufficiently 10381;: Caeaom, one of the few officers Wr have never Deen implicated 1!} any 6; or; nuncinmento. He has sometlmes (:0 called the Spanish Moltlre, owmg _ . his ceaseless and indefatlg . nd ty and to his remarkeble. 81181108 at r reserve. This peculiamty .In a (foun r); where loquecity and gestlculetrontet the order of the day 13 sufflclen 0 upright soldier, who, to quote one of his own rare remarks, “\yan - . the army loyal to 1ts Klng and coun ' ‘ nd tr ', w1th ltS face to theenemy a its3 back turned upon polltlcal strug- gles.” ‘ , . L - Ahminlinnriaf inc UIUUL UL vuo qu _. :ause peOple to look upon him as a“ {ind ot rara avis. He is a stern and r upright soldier, who, to quote one of his own rare remarks, “ ants to make < the army loyal to its King and mum 1 try, with its face to the enemy and j I its back turned upon political strug- gles.’, O O O O Cassola is so strict a disciplinarian that while Minister of War he actual- ly placed old Capt. Gen. Martinez Cam- IJOB under arrest, besides severely re- primanding him, for having refused, in his capacity as Captain General of Madrid, to take the countersign from the Princess Eulalie in the absence of the Queen from the capital. Martinez Campos took the ground that. inas- much as Don Antonio, the husband of Princess Eulalie, was a. mere Captain: of cavalry, forming part of the Ma- drid garrison, it was ridiculous to ex-‘ Dect him to make his daily report and g to take the countersign from the wife of one of his smbaltern officers. Mar- tinez Campos, indeed, made such 31 fuss about the matter when the Queen} returned that Cassola had to resign, greatly to the sorrow and dismay Of‘ the army, over 10,000 officers of which thereupon joined in a subscription to present him with a magnificent sword of honor as a testimonial of their es- teem and regard. Men of the same type as Cassola are Gen. Correo, the present Minister of War, and Gen. Azcarraga, who be- came Premier on the assassination of Canovas. Azcarraga, it may be re- membered, while Prime Minister, had the rank of Captain General, to which he was entitled by seniority, pressed upon him by the Queen. But he declin- ed. to yield to her arguments, taking the ground that it was not in mo- ments of a national crisis, such as the Cuban trouble, which Spanish arms had failed to solve, that one ought to think of creating new Captain Gen- think of 01118. Since the infirmities of Queen Vic- toria of England made it necessary for her to use a. walking stick, she has been the recipient of inany canes. Her friends, relatives and subjects have seized upon every possible occasion to present her with a new cane. One entire room in her private suite is stocked with these special gifts. When- ever she expresses her intention of at- tending a function, like a royal wed- ding orchristening, interested parties consider it fitting to send her anoth- er cane. Every anniversary she is forced 'to acknowledge a score or so Here 13 acollection of priceless value. There are solid gold sticks, silver sticks, exquisitely engraved; sticks that are a marvel of the carver’s art and sticks that contain jewels that would move even a New York Opera patron to envy. 7 Queen Victoria has leaned more heavily on her stick of late years. usâ€" ing it to cross the room even. instead of only on long walks about Windsor Castle, and after a long, tiresome cere- mony. She always places it against her chair, and when she rises it is the ‘ duty of the highest court official pre- sent to hand it to her. The story of the prank played upon her by the son of the Duke of York has never appeared in print before. The queen, who is not fond of court cere- monies when she is in retirement. was at Windsor, and had dismissed her at- tendants. who had withdrawn to an arbor near by. She was very much interested in her favorite pastime. knitting socks for the Prince of Wales. when that small embodiment of mis- chief. her great-grandson. slipped away with her cane and “played horsey" with p it over the lawn. 1 He had to be captured before the queen could enter the house. There her majesty proceeded to teach him that even the future King of England cannot tamper with the dignity of the' present powers that _be. __ L__- r-wvâ€"v FVVV v-uâ€" ' 0f recent yearg‘ her subjects have hoped in vain to see her use their gifts. She has used only one cane. .It is_ one -' â€" “vâ€" 'wâ€"' of great historic value. having been presented to King Charles II. by One of his merry court. Very prOperly it was cut from an oak tree. When Charles accepted the gift it had aplain gold head. which was round and apt to hurt the hand if the cane was called up_on to seaport {nnch freight. __ ____L â€"rvâ€"- â€"â€" ~.â€"“ _ It was whispered about court recent- 1y that her, majesty used no longer the historic stick. This is not true; only the top has been changed. An idol. which gmed the temple of an ill-tat- ed Indian prince. has been qdded tor_e ed Indian prince. has been an handlo._ This iaan exquisitpl; dftair in ivory. on an intiniteaiml pedestal *ot 'alabutor. The eyes and 3951 on the -'_vâ€"_._ _ -vâ€" v - tongue is the rarest of rubies. Cheshire choose pm its -exgpllencg no excuse for using a generally conceded. says an exchange. 3‘ that the softness of lamplight is much i The lamp has now an established place on the library table, even in houses lighted by electricity or gas. while it is certainly the general dependence of 'country homes. The best lamps of porcelain, pottery or any material that is liable to be broken, are fitted with metal oil fonts. which do away with the danger. of their being broken; all those that do not . l__.4.._ -kn..lll ha r9.- lamp is upset and preventz the oil from running out and the flame of the wick from spreading. An overturned lamp is the usual cause of soâ€"called “ explo- sions.” ‘ ° . A, -2 ALL. ”D. But there are few accidents of this kind in these days of highâ€"test oil. A little presence of mind and common sense will ordinarily avert a disaster. The flames of kerosene are easily ex- tinguished; a rug or woolen carpet, a shawl or almost any such object can be used to smother the flame, and this IS the only way of putting it out. The most important thing is.to "keep cool.” If there is nothing else at hand even cotton is not to be despised. as a heavy cotton rug or cloth will answer every purpose if pressed closet over the flames; but sand or earth is better than anything else. The mould taken from a pot containing a growing plant is often valuable in an emergency. and will be found much better than wa- V B. IJV -vuuw F“ ter, which in fact, unless used in large (fluantities. only serves to spread the ire. . The most essential thing in securing a good light from a lama is cleanliness. Keep the oil in a close can or bucket. where dust cannot mach it. Keep the fonts of the lamp and all parts of the tubes that hold the wicks. as well as the burners. clean. A stiff little brush. abundance of clean cloths kept for the purpose. and a bottle of alcohol should be kept on hand to clean lamps. A few, drops of alcohol are better than water. and soap for brightening the chimneys and re- moving the oily soot that accumulates on them and around the burners. V-’ vâ€"vâ€" Polish the chimney with asoft cot- ton cloth. Brush the turner and all parts of the lamp free from bits of wick and dust. Wipe all crevices. and do not tolerate any lamp which con- tains convolutions of metal or porcelain that cannot be properly and easily cleaned out. Kerosene oil. even. of the lest quality, is all penetrating. It forms a film even on the outside of metal fonts; thus must be daily reâ€" moved. The best way to trim alamp wick. as every one now knows” is to remove only the charred portion of it with- out; using the scissors. If this is done. wâ€"â€"â€"c, The best way to trim a lamp wick. being uneven. Lamps in regular use shnuld have the charred part of the wick removed at least three times a week. All lamps should be wiped off and filled daily, No burners should be al- lowed to become incrusted with dust and oil, and they will not, get in this condition if they are attended to ev- ery day. The best way of extinguishing the flame of a lamp or oil stove is to turn the wick down until it shows only a blue flame. when this flame will flick- er a short time and go out. By this process one avoids the unpleasant od- or which accompanies the blowing out of a lamp. This odor is caused by a gas which is consumed when the lamp is turned down to a blue flame and al- lowed to go by itself. VARIOUS RECIPES. Strawberry Ice.-â€"R_emove the stems from several boxes of strawberries equal in weight to one pound or more mash them. mix with them the j‘e of a lemon. one tablespoonful of or- ange flower water and three pints of water. In the course of four hours’ time strain the juice oft the strawber- ries into another basin. pressing them to extract as much of the juice as pos- sible. Add to the juice one pound of double-refined sugar and stir it un- til the sugar has dissolved. Then strain and pack it in ice for an hour. Strawberry Shortcake.â€"To make strawberry shortcake prepare a dough precisely the same as for. the fingers. Roll this into a sheet an inch thick, cut ‘ it into an oblong shape. brush it with milk. ‘ and bake in a quick oven for i 15 minutes. 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