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a-vu I!) not soheavy as last yea-r. baffle busi- ness across the Atlantic is somewhat better. - - ' ‘ ' l l . At a meeting of the Ottawa City Council on Monday night a resolution was passed to takea plebiscite in Janu- ary next as to the running of street cars on Sundays. The Department of Agriculture has advised steamship owners that they should prepare space for the shipment of apples and other fruit under pro- per conditions before the present sea- Son Opens. l 1- 5 \ ‘ J The Kingston hackmen have declar- ed war against the electric street rail- way, and have decided to meet the Richlieu and Ontario steamers and take passengers off the boats around the city at 10 cents per head. General Man- ager Gildersleeve will advertise this ar- rangement on the boats. On Sunday afternoon at St. John. N. B.. an electric car ran away, and, jumping the track at the corner of the sidewalk into Harding’s liquor ea- loon. embedding itself two-thirds of its length in the building, the front of which it badly wrecked. One passen- ger, who jumped, was the only one injured. His leg was broken and had to be amputated. to be amputated. The Dominion Cotton Company, in apâ€" plying to the Kingston Council for a bonus of 025.000, promise to employ 250 hands, at an annual wage of $90,000; to spend $150,000. on new plant; and run every working day in the year except fifteen days. The terms were accepted by the Council. who made a stipulation for indemnity in case of a breach of the agreement to which the company objects. Claire Hire-hon, of Belleville, Ont, a girl twelve year sold, has won the Gov- ernorâ€"General’s prize for children und- er thineen years of age in the pub- lic schools in Ontario; am placed at $2,000,000. Half the bus‘i- ness houses in the town were destroy- ed. The place had no fire brigade. missioned Thomas Brock, R. sculptor. to design the statue Gladstone, to be erected in W ater Abbey. ‘- About twenty school teachers are re- ceiving drill instructions at. Stanley barracks, Toronto, to qualify as in- structors of cadet corps in high schools. The shipment of lumber to the (Unit- ed States from _the Ottawa district is __L Officials of the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway Company deny a rumor that the road has been sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. The Baptist tonne People's '01: in convention at Buffalo. decided quit. q mqua.. in 1899. Mr. Cesaire Letourneau, of Grand Mere. whose daughter was drowned on the Bourgognghas entered suit against the owners of that vessel for $40,000. R. A. and G. C. Church, brothers, and well-known ranchers were drowned north of Edmonton afew days ago in attempting to ford the river. Private advicea from the Klondike any that the gold yield from the spring clean-up in the Yukon will exceed twenty millions of dollu'l. The reports reqeived recently by the Director of Experimental Farms from the Northwest and British Col- umbia are most encouraging. An Indian search party will be or- ganized to search for the remains of Sir Arthur Curtis, recently lost in. the British Columbia mountains. London City Council has granted a 15-years franchise to the People’s Tele- phone Company, which will grant re- duced rates. Lieut: Sutton of Winnipeg. for some years connected with the Royal Cana- dian Dragoons. has been transferred to Toronto. Mr. Wm. Saunders of the Experi- mental Farms reports the crops in the Maritime Provinces as very promis- While bathing at Macleod. Constable Sandamore, of the North-west Mounted Police, was drowned. The monument to the late Sir George Cartier, at St. Antoine de Richelieu. will be unveiled on Labor My. The Montreal customs receipts will total nanooo this month, breaking all records. A new system of fire protection is being installed in the Dominion Par- liament buildings. 'A new set of instruments has been ordered for the band of the Dufferin Rina. Seven of Toronto’s leading hotels Qave been deprived of their liquor 11080.08. :f The prospects for a large harvest in Manitoba are excellent. The first 45 miles of the Teslin trail road have been completed. A rich discovery of oxide at Lake Winnipegosis has been made. .The receipts of the “'innipeg exhibi- tion amounted to about $30,000. Ottawa's population is estimated by the Night’s directory at 671130. THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. [HE “8 IN A NUISHEH “erecting ltenu About Our Own Connt'y. urent Britain. the L'nited sum. :M All Parts of the Globe. Condenseg nnd Assorted tot Buy Rendlng. Br_itia_h Government UNITED STATES. GREAT BRITAIN. CANADA. [It nae 00m- :, R. A.. the you mean to say Mrs. De Sweet has Itoatue ofi Mr. resigned from the W'oman's Rights 60- m Weltmflr- ciety, and says she has all the rights she wants? 733. Second Female Advocateâ€"Just so. . F. F. A.â€"Mercy me! What has hap- yaple'a U310; paged! But shrewd travellers of later date. whose veracity is beyond dispute, tell of much“ more inexplicable things than these. One of the best known writers on occultism, Jacolliot, has left an' ac- count of certain things he saw during his official sojourn in India, which, as they seem to defy explanation, may fairly be classed among things incom- prehensible. The performer whom he accidentally met required some per- suasion before he would exhibit feats which he continually affirmed were the work of other intelligence. On some sticks fixed upright in flower pots were placed some leaves from atree, with holes in each suf- ficiently large to make them fall to the level of the mold. Standing at a considerable distance, the fakir made a gesture with his hands. A slight breeze seemed to pervade the room. then the leaves quivered and gradual- ly worked upward on the sticks. Jacol' liot placed himself between the flower pots and the operator. and adopted every means he could to frustrate any trickery, but nothing he did made any difference to the movementof the leaves. The more familiar feat of the seem- ingly supernatural growth of flowers was utterly eclipsed by anoth‘zr in- stance vouched for by the same nar- rator. His own servgmt_ bruught_him a score or so of seeds, from which he selected and marked one. The fakir planted it in a pet. of earth, muttered some words over it and fell into a sort. of trance, which lasted about thirty minutes. He then awoke, un- covered the pot and discovered aseed- int; growing twco or three inches high. Jacolliot examined it and found it had sprung from the seeding which he had marked. With a touch of a peacock’s feather the fakir depressed a balance of a common weighing machine in daily use in the household, though in the other was a weight of twelve stone, and with a distant motion of his hand he made shavings of. wood. to sink ormove in the water. Still more marvellous is the description of the manner in which this veritable wizard was able to set at defiance the law of gravity On this occasion, when l'eav- ing the room. he paused on the thres- h'old. folded his arms, and by asimple act of volition, raised himself from the floor and remained poised in the air for acne minutes. ’ Are 0am Beyond the l’uwer of the Wisest to Explain. One need not go to the realms of space, or time, or figures, to meet with the incomprehensive. Despite modern science and ingenuity, this word still remains the only applicable epithet for some of the achievements of Indian conjurors. \Ve can smile at the luminous appearance of the beau~ tiful face before which, as the revela- tion of Osiris the old Egyptians pros- trated themselves in awe â€" for the marvels of the magic lantern are familiar to us; the early existence of gunpowder gives an easy explanation of the oracle’s lightning and thunder; the weird harmony of Memnon was merely the result of an ingenuous mew chanical contrivance. The movements of the Carlists are causing increased anxiety in Spain. The organizations of the adherents of the Pretender is complete, and they have representatives in every town. The clergy, especially in the Basque pro- vinces and in Navarre, Catalonia, and Valencia, are powerful auxiliaries of Don Carlos, whose order will be suf- ficient to cause the simultaneous ap- pearance of bands in various districts. The German Minister at Seoul ad- ministered a severe beating to the Corean Minister of Foreign Affairs for the latter's refusal to grant cer- tain mining privileges to German sub- jects in the district of Kiojgu. Arrangements have been made with the Corean Government that American experts shall survey the country, look- ing_to tlge buildingof roads and bridges. Eben Brewer, who had charge of all postal arrangements of the United States in Cuba, died near Santiago on Saturday of malarial fever.‘ GENERAL. An accident inaoolliery near Mor- genrot, Prussian Silesia, caused 24 deaths. . A funeral service in memory of the victims of La. Bourgogne was held in the Church of the Madeleine, Paris. At Ashley. Mich.. great excitement exists over the striking of a vein of coal four and a hilt feet thick at a depth of 206 feet. The find was made by men who are, drilling a. welh at the T. S. 8: M. water tank. t fifty-five volunteers at Camp Alger on Tuesday 9841.00]: of hash which had been cooked in a tin vessel which had become corroded. 15 of the men are seri Jnsly ill. although all suffered from the effects of the poison. ’ A list of fifty commercial organizer l tions in the States. all declaring j by resolution in tavar of reciprocal i commercial relations with Canada. has 3 teen forwarded to the Ottawa Govern- j ment. .‘ INDIAN FEATS 0F MAGIC. CHANGE OF HEART. 'v-vâ€"v The climate of Porto Rico is much superior to that oh Cuba. Indeed it is. at its worst, very similar to that of New York in July, seldom exceeding 97 degrees. and sinking to 68 at night. [But even at the hottest it is not vexed ° with much humidity. the air being kept generally free of_ moisture by the prevailing north-east wind. ’ lBut Porto Rioans are more sensible about accepting Weather conditions than we are in omr hot days; They not on the belief that they Willdo more" do none at all When the gun is fiercee so for three out: in the .middle of the. days when the thermometer iahigheat work in the mum of the 'year‘ if the: ' they cease all work. Evenat Other ' hours. those most tayorable for’ h D labor. they” 'éo.%ut' thb 'eth‘nkgle for 'Suiter', who yum; -â€"â€"r-â€"â€"' {Besides the salt ponds, which the Government owns and works, the only resource except agriculture which the natives depend upon is found in the very rich forests. wherein are no less than 500 varieties of trees. many of them exceedingly valuable. All this industry is carried on practically without rail-roads. less than 100 miles of poorly built and. equipped tracks being in operation. and the waggon roads dwindle into mule paths a few miles back of the coast. asses. tobacco, coffee, rice, cotton; maize. plantains, oranges, bananas, pineapples. and a score of other fruits, honey and cocoanuts. They “mine" and export salt, as well as sugar, building stone and marble. and it is known that the hills contain gold. copper, tin. lead and iron, but the in- habitants lack the skill. enterprise and capital to develop TH ESE MINERAL RICHES. Of the good things which Porto Rico raises in excess of her own needs. and which she exports. the .United' States takes more than any other country. even more than Spain. The mother country takes but about one-sixth of the total, and on the balance a high export duty is changed to help swell the enormous tribute exacted by Spain. Spaniards have been cultivating the land for nearly four centuries. and they exterminated a people who were wise in the arts of agriculture, yet to-day only a very small proportion of the arable land of the island has ever been cultivated. chiefly, it seems, because there are no roads by which produce can be carried to shipping points except over the rich lowlands near the coast. But even under a system calculated to make a Yankee farmer groan for the waste of possibilities, the Porto Rican-s raise enormous and rich crops of variety which satisfy a child's dream of tropical goodies. Here is a list of the principal crops: Sugar. mol- The country on the northern slope of the mountain range’ is as rich agricul- tural land, it is said, as is! found any- where in the world, raising the maxi- mum of crops with the minimum of cultivation. while to the south of the mountains the lands require artifical irrigation to produce good crops. This great difference in so small an area is all the more remarkable as in the “wet” portion of the island the aver- age annual RAINFALL IS SIXTY-FOUR INCHES. YRIUH LITTLE PDRTD 1mm. Sea on the south and the Atlantic on the north, are sources of innumerable water courses, no less than forty of them being large enough for inland navigation by small trading craft. Its population, according to the cen- sus. of 1887, the latest, was 806,708; of whom about 450,000 are white, 240,000 mulattoes, and 75,000 negroes. Only one in eight are classed as “literate," but. a majority of those can only read. not having reached the advanced stage of learning which affords them THE JOY OF \VRITING. Physically, the island presents a var- iety of conditions which would not be looked for on such a modest bit of territory by one accustomed to the larger scale of topography prevailing in this country. A mountain range runs from coast to coast, east and west, rising in the eastern district to a height of 3,680 feet, and the deep can- yons. cutting down to the Caribbean Tribute m lazy Population ls Able to Pay to Spnlu- Its c'llmau' zuul Products - C‘asu' uue Slrlrlly Drawn. That little box of an island. Porto Rico, lying south-east of Cuba, with San Domingo intervening. is only about one hundred miles long. east and west. and forty broad. {But it is so packed full on riches that a popula- tion of 800.080, generally lazy, illiter- ate and unskilled, are able to pay 33,- 000,000 tribute to Spain each year, support a Spanish army and a horde of Spanish office holders, and live very comfortably themselves. Porto Rico has: had a stormy history since Columbus discovered it in 1493. or. more accurately, since Ponce de Leon founded its present capital. San Juan, in 1510. He began with a ter- rible slaughter of natives. and Spain there ever since. WHY UNCLE SAM IS SO ANXIOUS TO ACQUIRE IT tor 3 wife. Yes; and the plumber's at. work on one down stairs. Jillâ€"You puckered up your lips so then that I thought you were going Is you de big gun of do place! ask- ed the gentleman with the rusted voice as he sidled in. Nb; said the gentle- manly bouncer. going into action, I'm only a rapid-fire. Did I understand you to say that your husband was upstairs at work on a bust? asked the» caller to the sculp- fnr' a anrifn V--- -._ 1 to kiss the. J ackâ€"Nb. I got someâ€"sang in my mouth. Jillâ€"Well. for heaven‘s sake swallow it! You need it in your system. . Ammoniaâ€"Davie nudged Edith and pointed to a bottle on the shelf. Don’t smell of that, he whispered earnestly; it looks like water, but it’s the kind of stuff hornets are loaded with. er tell what a day may bring forth, That’s true. my dear, replied Henry. A} man may be med toâ€"morrow, Heâ€"That fellow called me a lobster said I was no good, and that I never thought of paying my debts! Sheâ€" Why, I didn’t know that he knew you at all! - Yeas, said Mr. Haiced to the sum- mer boarder, we had one of them bug hunters at the farm last summer. I .think he is what \they call an insectar- Miss Palisadeâ€"I’m surprised you don’t like him. \Vhy. if he had money he. would make an ideal husband! Miss Summitâ€"That’s nothing ! So would any man. \Villing to Sacrificeâ€"Lodging house clerkâ€"Bed, with bath, fifteen cents. \Veary “'atkinsâ€"I guess I’d rather pay a little more an’ not take the bath. Ellaâ€"Isn’t Charlie Smudgkins asim- pleton? Ettaâ€"How, pray? Ellaâ€"The other evening when he kissed me I told him to stop and he did. Heâ€""Poorman says he is convinced now that the world does go round. Sheâ€"Well. he doesn’t look as if he’d got very much of it. yet. Hueâ€"If you will marry me I will make it my duty to anticipate your every wish. Sherâ€"But are you sure that your anticipations would be rea- lized? Baconâ€"Are the flies so had up your way? Egbertâ€"I think not. A great many of them seem to go to chui‘ch Sundays. Always pay as you go. said Uncle Dudley. But, uncle, suppose I’ve noth- ing to pay with? Then don’t go. Poetâ€"Poets, sir, are born, not made, Publisherâ€"That’s right; lay the blame on your poor father and mother. Did his warm love melt I think it was his cold cash. â€"who failed in his attempt and lost his lifeâ€"in 1615. by the English in 1678. and by the English again in the middle of the last century. when George Washington was so anxious to join the expedition. It is this class of Porto Rican. more perhaps, than the poorer class. as in Cuba, who will most 'rejoice in the liberation from Spain which will speedily be effected for them by the expeditions now being fitted out to carry United States troops to the outposts of San Juan. the capital. which has already been bombarded by Sampson. as it has been in the past by Drake in 1595. 'by the Duk of Cum- berland in 1598._by lBaldwin einrich Cubans. Among ths white natives there not of Spanish descent. and among these it is interesting to note that the rebellious feelings against Spain are aroused more by socml THAN POLITICAL WRONGS. Let it be understood that the Span- ish Captain-Generalâ€"of comrse ap- pointed by the Crownâ€"and-his latrge staff of military and civil officers. all from Spain. form a society into which even the wealthiest and most accom- plished native Porto Rican may never hope to enter. 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