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bout Our Own Coucf'v I“( interesting Items A " t Britain. the United States. um - . . L..- nun}..- (tandem: 3!“ the cattle in the vicmi H. M. S. Renown. Ta {:tigable will visit Montreal about Oct. t I ry officmls Senor Du Bose O500.000 against Lord Aberdeen for his expulsion from Canada. _ . A ‘_â€"--tannn n'nnnt to Quebec Province $24 279,163, according Seattle. output for the ye A London. 3113.. degpafich sa supply. 1:. m ”w. ,___ Walsh, who has arrived at Seattle, estimates the Klondike gold‘ output for the ye A London. Eng.. despatch says a new loan of the city of W'innipeg will short- ly be issued on the London market. p H :9 er I” H I" m'mia wow) OVER- Deposus m We 4.--- -____ Banks during July totalled $34,377,532. .. .naht. decrease compared with July Montreal, ca ' Venette, one of the sailors. The Canada Atlantic and Ottawa Parry Sound Railways have madeare- cord of six days for grain shipments trom Duluth to Montreal. reports that when four days out from Santos. Captain Amatucci died of yel- low fever and was buried at sea .the 7 same day . ._ UIULVI w w VVVVV intending enlarging its system. Dr. Clarence Chipman, formerly re- physician in the Protestant Hospital, Ottawa, has been presented with a set of surgical instruments by the medical staff of the institution and associate. physicians. Dr. Chipman, able results at Montreal. where the Ire-i1 ceipts for August were $709,679.84 as‘ compared with $580,958.80 in August, 1897. an increase of $128,721.58. The Shawinegan Water and Power Company, whose enterprise promises to effect an industrial revolution in the Province of Quebec. are calling for tenders for the construction of the head race. foundation, etc. They 1m tend to instal at once a plant capable of developing 100,000 horse power. flieérélbfihg 100,000 horse power. Captains Dan Smith and Millberry, of St. Martin’s St. John County, have just returned from the Klondike wiser ‘ but not richer men. They report that claims are staked off all round Dawson for sixty or eighty miles. and that there are about thirty thousand idle to get away. Thousands are selling outfits and starting home. GREAT BRITAIN. Arthur Pease. Liberal-Unionist M. P. for Darlington, is dead at London. The banking department of Law's Exchange in London. England. has fo;ufi;rlington.' is dead at London. During a heavy thunderstorm on' The banking department 0‘ LOW'B Friday 20 peasants sought shelter in Exchange in London. England, has an old house near Foggia. Italy. The suspended. building collapsed and eighteen were Lord mnto will sail for Canada an killed. the Scotsman from Liverpool on No- w is said that ’the Pope ha| amassed wombat O. - - $20,000,000 during his pontifioate. He cruiser Alban urchased at New has received from President .Krnger “yiimmvne. unload. by the Unit- of the '{nnsvaal Republic. 8 diamond A AAAAM . ____- . . has received Irom 1'1'88106111'. nrugor . of the Transvaal Repubhc, a dxamond G emment prior to the out- worth 14,000,000. :31?“ thzvSpaninh-Amorican war. in moat-Col. H. E. MbCallum, .R' E., to be soon handed over to the United (3, M. 6., Governor of m. mll‘ano- States t‘thoritiu. and Sir Herbert Mumy u gavel-9m- of - . _ LL _ 7- ‘__ _ __. "-__‘-_-Algnfl ‘1‘ Mnhf‘nl"? has been gran k Metcalfe. of Kingston peni- ted a month 3 uuuav v .â€" debt of _Quebec Province was $24.279,163, according issued at Quebec. of ice has nearly doubled muting to a shortage in the [U in the CANADA. Post-office; Saving? . -_- '1‘ its water tion by me pm.” -..., - can practice of ' ' mm the flagship to the whole squad)“ . . letins of all information wliieh 1t 18 not necessary to send by Signal. The Millford Docks Compazny direc- tors expect the eerly 0013c . gotiations by of steamersforca ' . general cargo will be established to run between a Canadian Milford docks. delphia has received 31,“ dike gold “'iu ' tion there. A one-legged negro tramp has arrested at Wilmington, Del., in nection with the murder of P. C. hey, of London. A train struck arig at a on near Ware, Mass., Saturday ‘nigh ' ' re part1 third Odivorce from James Scott 8.} ncie, Ind. They have been m 1triage times. Mrs. Scott asks 3 alimony. -r -- 1-, allmuuy . It is now stated that Mgr. Ireland may be the recipient of the red hat in honor of his efforts to prevent the Sapnish-American war. He will soon go to Rome to see the P0pe. Thieves secured $6,000 in cash from a safe of the Pacific Express Company at Omaha. The small iron safe in the waggon was broken Open while the driver was in a warehouse delivering n’ gooua. Leading members of the Democratic National Committee, declare with ' 'ty that \Villiam J. will be nominated tor Presu- chigan, declares that his a: the Northwest harvests has been ap- w- proved by the Treasury Department at Washington. The American Steel and . pany, of Chicago, organized last April “ by the consolidation of companies con- “ trolling 75 per cent. of the production ° ds and barbed wire in. the United States, has received overtures " vapour bathing apparatus by which he . was endeavoring to secure relief from hay fever; In some unaccountable chine exploded while Mr. Higgins was in it. The shock was . terrific, covering Mr. Higgins with .‘spalding steam and leaving scarcely a ,portion of his body unharmed. , l, M. R. Todd, the cashier. who wreck- aled the Filmore County, Minn., Bank. , I o 1 in the bank’s paper. A note given by ithe Presbyterian Church, of which Todd was treasurer, was paid, and Todd said he had destroyed it. The 5- note now turns up as collateral in a lt lLacrosse, Wis., bank. Todd seems to d {have completely looted the bank and his motherâ€"inâ€"law’s large estate. 8 .S GENER AL. ( General Merritt has left Manilla for Paris. _ Clara Barton with Red Cross sup- plies was denied a landing at Havana. German shipyards at Kiel. Stettin, Elberg and Hamburg are unusually active. IA dozen deaths of tourists in the Austrian Alps are reported from Vi- 611113. ;monument to Alexander 11.. grand- father of the present Czar, was unveil- ed at Moscow. Fifteen persons are reported to have been killed in conflicts between the troops and the rioters at Tabriz, Per- sin. According to strike statistics issued at Berlin, workingmen won over half of last year’s labou' disputes in Ger- many. The New Zealand Legislature has signified its willingness to join with Great Britain and Canada in the Pa- cific cable scheme. Frau Dannebnry, a portrait painter of Berlin. committed suicide at Berlin, being _n_nab_le t9? get ‘any news of her Cuba binl waf'fieâ€"rbery Murray}: governor of Newfoundland 1n Ootober‘ next. ' UNITED STATES. with the Un'ited Siates army in n trust to control trade is said to be ; is suing for ‘her James Scott at lave been married Scott asks 33.000 ts has been 39' ,v Department at am has been DBL, in con- of P. C. “WC" crossing and and nessed and can be t members of three cupying a large 11‘ street, Calcutta, a: ”vuva , â€"â€" â€"â€" - ,, , ploy him~to reward him it fit. It is said that this done, and that he makes 3 out of it. 'A cook in the s leaves, a cocoanut, some rice and some vermi] ion and cowries; a fresh earth- ven dish has to be pgqvided by; the per- I] __._ stools All the servants in summoned, they ayg 3 m.- All the servants in the house are summoned, they are made to stand in a‘ a half circle, and their namef3 are S< written on each leaf, and these leaves 0; with one painted with the vermihon cl are placed on the stool. Two utter “ strangers are then made to hold the bamboo rods, one in each hand, oppo- site each other, with their elbows far ‘3 behind their hips, so that thaey can f have little or no influence in turning s or bending the rods. Now comes the z strange part of the proceedings. At the Brahmin's call of each name the bamboo rods in the first instance rise together and form a semicircle above; they then bend and, forming a semi- circle below, gradually come together pick up the leaf containing the name called out and throw it out of the dish. This strange process is repeated till the name of the thief, as alleged, is called, when they both seize the leaf, lift it. up, and only disengage it - at the call of the Brahmin, who en- . treats the rods to let the leaf 30. To 5 all appearance the two men who hold - the rods make no effort whatever. The .3 thing is done in such an extraordinary fashion as to exceed belief. In fact, a 1 reasonable human being cannot be- 1 lieve it till he has witnessed it, and 8 when he has done so his 8.1118281118111368? 3 all the greater. {Here is, indeed, a o marvel for the scientist to puzzle d over. Thetwo rods bend, come to- gether and seize upon the right names as they are called out, and then throw them aside except in the case of the >r thief. In this instance the nephew confessed to the theft, and a number p- of INS relatives who had come from a, up-country to witness the ordeal made restitution. ORDEAL Just put the pin through the two right-hand buttonholes of the collar and neckband, then through the two left ones and fasten the clasp. The tie will cover the pin and comfort! may once more be obtained. Deadeye Danâ€"Be sure ’l'ld turn up at our lynching ’bee toâ€"night, Bill. You’re the 31.0, Bilgewater Bill (cautiously)â€" What’s the M. C? Deadeye Dan! â€"n Master of ceremon- Bilgewater Bill (relieved)â€"All right, pard. Thought maybee ’twas My Choke. SUSPICIOUS OF HIS ROLE. SMALL (“Mancini for WHAT Thames. Th Prince of Wales is quoted in op- m of cutting of! _ - . -_... n? {ha wan- The Duchess of most accomplished the railways of all con thing like 5,556 millions sterling. Wherever the Queen takes up re- sidence two detectives accompany her â€"Charles Fraser, superintendent of the MetrOpolitan police, and Richard sor Robert Bunsen, of the universuy of Heidelberg, whose acnievements in chemistry are. known all over the siness £10,250,000 more was required imaking a total of £16,000,000. The cabbage! In Eâ€"urOpe physicians no longer pre- csribe medicines for their patients in tthe form of pills. All medicines which are not liquid are compounded into tablets and cachets. Capsules are also out of date on the continent. v A famous Italian surgeon, Professor ‘ Enrico Bottini, has given up big prac- tice for the reason, as she explained in a public card, that he was. “oppressed by the weight of. the income tax im- posed, and no longer able to meet 1t," Austria, of Denmark, of St. James and l of St. Petersburg is aware of! it, and also of the identity of the real traitor. {The Princess of Wales has had a sin- gular distinction paid her by New foundland. The latest issue of stamps bears the portrait of her Royal High- ness. the third of a series of royal por- traits to appear on the stamps of Eng- land’s oldest colonyt The British Museum containsavery full collection of clay pipes, dating back as far as the sixteenth! century; The custom of waxing the pipe; end to prevent it sticking to the lips was introduced by the Dutch about the year 1700. , - The laws of Mexico provide that a Mormon who wishes to take asecond wife must present acertificate signed by his first helpmate to the effect that she is willing, and. he mush also have the express consent of the second wife and her parents. ‘ The wife of the late Sir J ohzn Millais, P. R. A: and also his‘ four daughters, sat as models for many of his most popular pictures. The little boy in “Bubbles" is the. son of his eldest ldaughter. and three of his daughters sat for his famous canvas entitled “The Sisters." . -"vv- out the dramatic ideas of the Emperor William in much the same way that Professor Knacktuss executes his artis- tic ideas, has retired from the army ; in order to take the position of artistic decorator and official playwright to the Imperial Theatre of Wiesbaden. ' Among the Queen’s dauchters Prin- cess Henry of Bettenberg. is unques- tionably the most shy and nervous, and concerning th‘e sovereicn’e grand- damn the Duchess of Fife my. be send to heed the list in this portion- . The Duchess avoids every lar court tion are po-ibly can. and Jude the very quietest of lives. .. ' ,â€"Vv ' :hess of Marlborough is s. nplish‘ed elocutionist, and in often entertains her guests commerce, extend along stance of 61-2 miles. 3 English army returns issued apreliminary re- 3 average strength [or 1 Society of Arts 1138’, Albert medal to Proms-i unsen, of the University 1 , whose acnievements inl re known all over the one of the won- 'ce, extend 310118 pf 61-2 miles. Ll por- IT": E Eng- irmtsTItA‘ GBISTING AND SHOPPING D1 FLOUR OATMEAL and F THE SAWMI] DIARRHEA, nvsamm O. . {0. . TH: rm"? Tu In TH: WORLD MILLS on moment notice and “W zusnntoed. Anyone sending a slum-h and! quickly ascertain, free. whether. probably patentable. ( omnmm confldentinl. Oldest agency‘igwg a In America. We have Patents taken through Mum « I Special notice 1n the I u! beautiful I}: illustrated «unscientific gflumal. v ' ‘‘‘‘‘ - h‘m‘ ueantuum lllur- . nv scientific jnurn: 1.50 six months. Am..~‘ar 1|. “0 “M (' HIM" h H.011 111300.”; . STEEL! 3f Mc- nc. at an druuists. INC: IUIt‘HTUR.‘ THC! 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