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74.1. \.H’.. IHE NEWS IN A NUISHHL Interesting Items About Our estimated to be 32,000,C00 bushels. Dr. Ryan is a candidate for the May- oralty of Kingston for 1899. The estate of Sir J. Adolphe Chap- leau has been probated at $225,000. luau u ”v-.. I The Department of Fisheries will stock with black bass a number of lakes along the Parry Sound Railway. The town of \Vest Selkirk, Man., proâ€" poses to consolidate its indebtedness by a new issue of debentures. An English syndicate have leased Mr. James Mispicel‘s mine at Actinolite. 0nt.. and will operate it for arsenic. Mr. C. Knox of Calgary has been. ap- pointerl stock inspector of the North- west Government, with headquarters at Winnipeg. .Joseph McShane, a youth, may lose h_ls eyesight as a result of placing a fog Signal on the track at Hamilton to let a train run over it. DU nywnuu .- -VJ -__ vestigate the charges of Mr. E. A. Macdonald as to the manner in which the Toronto Street Railway Company obtained its charter. vvw-uv -â€" the Pacific coast. The line is now in Operation and is doing a good business GREAT BRITAIN. Sir George Grey. former Li Governor of South Australia at London. McDougall’s flour mill and other warehouses on Millwall dock. London. have been destroyed by fire. Loss. £75000. . The British steamer Milwaukee, from the Tyne for New Orleans. stranded at Portes Roll. Scotland, is likely to be a total wreck. A telegram has been received by the British Foreign Office stating that Capt. Cooke has been shot dead in East Africa. He was a graduate of the Royal Military College, Kingston. UNITED STATES. Sir Julian Paunceforte, British Am- bassador at “'ashington, has had his term extended to April next. Governor Pingree. of Michigan, has been re-noininated by acclamation by the Republican State convention. Forty thousand United States sol- diers are to be. sent to Cuba to do garrison duty, in addition to those now at Santiago under General Lawton. Andrew Cassoque was strangled to death by three burglars in New York - .1 , L- Ln) “tutu ll \ll|\\l "“‘O" Q on Tuesday morning_ after he had been robbed of $500, all his savings. A number of workmen were injured, some perhaps fatally, by an attempt of non-union men to enter the Am- erican Wire Company’s works at Cle- veland, 0., on Monday morning. '6;;£_-Briuin. the United All Parts of the Globe. 0 ”sorted for Easy Reading. Nearly one-tenth of the entire po- pulation of Plainwell, a little village in Allegan County, Mich., is ill from eating canned pressed beef at achurch social. \Fifty-five persons were pois- oned, twenty are. dangerously ill and four are. expected to (lie. A cable message from Dr. Kranz, of the European ('nion of Astronomers, to Messrs. Chandler and Ritchie, of Boston, announces the discovery of a. star-like condensation in the centre of nebulae of Andromeda by Seraphin of Pulkowa. If. this indicates change in the condition of the well known ob- ject, the discovery will be of oimport- The Queen Regent, of Spain has promised to send a. delegate to the Czar’s peace convention. About} 2.000 of the United States 301- diers in Porto Rico are officially re- ported to be sick. The Governor of Buda Pest has re- solved to expel all Anarchists. who are not citizens of Hungary. Twelve hundred women and child- ren and one thousand sick soldiers sailed from Havana for Spain on Wed- nesday. '- The commissiariat and supply de- partments of both the army and navy of the Argentine Republic are being actively res-organized. The Government of Corea has been compelled to dismiss the Europeans engaged as an Imperial guard in con-- sequence of a protest from Russla. A destructive hurricane swept over southern Spein. doing great dam. age in the Provmoea of Seville and Granada. Many person: xere killed. . The Berlin National Zeiting says on ge Grey former Lieutenant- of South Australia, is dead CANADA. GENERAL. Own Country. 5 “‘0‘ o and (115. The Berlin police authorities have prohibited the holding of five project- ed Socialist meetings in Hamburg, called for the purpose of discussing Emperor William's recent speech re- garding the imprisoning of the pro- vokers of strikes._ 3 A- on the security of Alumna quw; a..â€" ver mines. when the treaty of peace The Japanese Government has re- plied to the circul eign Minister. vieff. the Russian For suggesting international disarmament. The reply supports the Czar’s propos- Typhoons on the Japanese coast, ac- cording to the latest advices, have done great damage. Many ports and towns have been totally devastated, and in the Tamsul district, where the great ruin is evident. over one hun- red lives are said to have been 'lost. The diplomatic representatives of Russia, France, Belgium, Spain and Holland, at Pekin, have called upon Li Hung Chang to condole with him upon his dimissal from the Chinese Foreign Office. Much comment has been excited by the action of these Ministetrs. The American soldiers in Honolulu are causing the good people of that once-peaceful community much worry. als. MUCH!” uruu “\uvnw- ._____U orders for a court of enquiry to inves- tigate alleged lawless acts committed by soldiers, and to assess the amount of damage caused. It is stated in St. Petersburg that Luchoni the assassin of the Empress of Austria, belongs to an Anarchist gang which went to North America two years and a half, ago, leaving a few’ of their comrades in Europe. The gang issued orders from America, where the present plot was hatched. The mem- bers have now returned to Europe, but the chiefs remain. in New York. Often an excuse is worse than the offense. fail to say. Any man who is bilious is more or less a pessimist. Life after all is but a big bundle of little things. A charitable girl never gives her riv- al's age away. Allis fair in love except flirtation; that’s only half fair. Responsibility that carries no weight is not responsible. Genius produces the inventions,while talent applies them. Uneasy lies the feminine head that wears a last. year’s bonnet. Some engagements end happiiy, while others end in marriage. The experience a man buys is seldom I up to the sample submitted. Cold cash melts lots of hearts that' are not affected by warm love. No artist, however talented, has suc- ceeded in painting a fragrant flower. Some men are born liars, while oth- ers are compelled to acquire the art. There is always something elevat- ing about roof-garden entertainments. l Money cannot buy an ounce of love ' but it will purchase tons of sympathy. Some men are born to rule and some acquire the art at a business college. When a man gets in a hole he is al- ways willing to be done by as he should do. The realities of matrimony are usual- ly less pleasing than the illusions of love. draft ed. Some bachelors voluntarily join the ranks of the benedicts and some are The man xx 110 lies until he gets him- self and his f11ends to believe it is an optimist. Deliberation is a mighty good thing in its way, but it has broken mrghty few records. When a woman reaches a certain age there is no longer any uncertain- ty about it. A man never looks so well as when he's looking for another man who owes him money. Women would never make successful prize fighters; it would take them too long to put on the gloves. There is a peculiar fascination about many things vs hose o1igin is attributed to his satanical majesty. When a girl tells a young man that he may have a kiss if he can catch her, she always manages to get caught. It never makes much difference to a woman where a man hails from just so she is permitted to reign over him. 'i‘he only difference between med- dling end investigating is that you al- ways investigate and the other fellow meddles. The Great Northern Railway Com-l pany are thoroughly testing a new en-l gine of greater power than has yet run on their line. It is the heaviest en- gine in the kingdom, weighing 58 tons, or 99 tons with tender. It has ten wheels, four coupled wheels being 6} feet 6 inches in diameter. while the cylmders are 19 inches by 24 inches stroke. The boiler is 4 feet 8 inches in diameter, giving 1,442 square feet of heating surface and 26.75 square ' feet of grate area. The boiler pressure is 175 pounds. and the cylinder pres- sure is 131 pounds. This locomotive has made some runs on the fine road of the Great Northern between King’s Cross and York. and the results ob- ENGLAND‘S HEAVIEST LOCOMO- ' -W-v -uv performance at the Dunalmtair. how- ever. has not yet been equalled, the greatest speed got being a fraction over county-three miles per hour. POINTED PAR AGRAPHS. judge women 1) v the things they of Almada quick sil- the treaty of peace whenever one migh But no wounded Dervish It is not possible in the of Sudan warfare to detai ties to overcome the : wounded men and beat field- hospital. Hundred: wounds as they 11y on t and those that did not wounds had to be put ow ery. In one case, remarkable for its inevit- able cold-blooded horror, it is said, the tr00ps inside a zereba, the night af- ter one of. the most desperate of bat- tles, were driven to madness by the voice of a wounded warrior who lay outside amidst heaps of slain. All night, a groaning cry of “Allah! Al- lah!” rose into the silent night. Not the fierce sharp ring of the word when it is the warâ€"cry for headlong charge, but an imploring, despairing moan; hour after hour that one word only. “ For God’s sake silence that man"â€" that was the feeling of all. Council was held as to how it could be done. Soon three men were told off to get upon the sand-bags of the little redoubt at 'the corner of the zereba, and when ’the moon came out from behind the ‘clouds, to fire volleys in the direction {from which the cry came. The volleys ‘wereofired, but the cry went on, Fin- .ally it ceased. Whether the man was thus silenced or not was not ascertain- ‘ed, but in the morning there were only .dead men in that part of the field. There were others, however, still alive. These could not be tended. Another story was current in THOSE TERRIBLE DAYS of how an officer, going up to agroup: of surgeons round a wounded Dervish and inquiring what was the matter, was told that nothing could be done with him no one cduld approach him. He lay there with his knife out. ready with one of those sweeping ham-string- ing cuts for any one who dared to come near. Whereupon the officer, still un- der the blood-madness of the fight. and “ seeing red,” whipped out his own knife, avoided the rapid sweep of the wounded man’s weapon, and drove his fiown to his heart. Such are some of the incidents of Sudan warfare. As said above. the Dervish has learned to know us bet- ter, and has become tamer; but the problem of dealing with his wounded must still remain. Was there any men- tion of Dervish wounded after the bat- tle of the Atbara this year? And are there many of them in the hospitals in the rear? The correspondents have“ always remained strangely silent up- on this subject. It has been denied in lParliament, we believe, that ever such things as we have described took place. Well, Ministers are not less hypocriti- lcal than the rest of us, and posslbly some of them knew that these things did happen. Whether they knew it or lnot, there are dozens of men, like the writer of this article. who know that they happenedâ€"because we were there and saw them. They do not make plea- sant reading. But our military com- manders in Egypt cannot be blamed for them; they are the cost of going to war with such a people. INDIA’S SCOURGE OF SNAKES. Snakes are one of tthe scourges of India. Thousands of people die yearly from their bite. In the last twenty- two years the number of deaths attrib- uted to this cause has reached the en- ormous total of 433,289. Snakes appear to be a much more deadly enemy to man than wild animals. In the same period wild animals have only killed 64,284 persons. On an average in In- dia 20,000 people perish yearly by snakes and wild animals. The number of deaths in recent years has shown a marked increase. In 1875 the number? killed was 21,266, in 1896, it had risen [to 24.335. Bengal is the most danger- our province to live in. for the Bengal- eee snakes are responsible for halt the deaths from snake bite. The loss of cattle has also been very great. Since TERRIBLE STORIES Ever Bl'm'gm to There are more now 1 world than they have any The approval of your c an excellent thing. but i1 ficient to get you a raise There are more born idiots in the world than they have any idea of. The approval of your conscience is an excellent thing. but it is not sut- ficient to get you a raise of salary. Mrs. Banksâ€"Why did you let your cook go? Mrs. Brooksâ€"She said one of us would have to leave. My grandparents married in haste. And did they repent at leisure? Oh, yes. both lived to be over ninety. Good Huntingâ€"What do you do out here, Perkins? Hunt. principally, Hunt? What do you hunt? Ser- How He Knewâ€"Mrs. Newlywed_. Have patience, Jack! Dinner will dear. I burning. Boarclerâ€"Really. madam, I cannot wipe myself dry with such a small towel. Landladyâ€"Very well I'll tell the chambermaid to bring you less water. At the Fancy Dress Ball â€" Wife â€" Henry. I'm ashamed of you; you have had six distinct drinks toâ€"night that I know of. Husbandâ€"No. m' dear, lasht two ver' indishtinc'. A Trunkiulâ€"Did your sweetheart write to you while you were away? Write to me? I had to give away my clothes so I could bring her letters home with me. The Sweet Things - Maud â€" When I get engaged I don't intend to have any mystery about it. Marieâ€"I don't see how you can help it. dear. Every one will regard it as a mystery. What makes you so utterly discour- aged just after Mr. (.‘hilbone's unqual- ified praise of your picture? inquired the artist's friend. It's a sure sign that he doesn't want to buy it. A Palpable Hit - Osmond â€" Well. thank Heaven. you’ve never seen me run after people who have money. Desmondâ€"No; but I've seen people run after you because you didn't have money. Medicoâ€"How was it you failed to become an ambulance surgeon? Saw- hones. In the examination I was fool- ish enough to tell how to distinguish a drunken man from one with a frac- tured skull. First Little Girlâ€"H'm! \Ve’ve got water in every room in our house. Second Dittoâ€"What an awful house to live in! We've got water only in the cellar in'our house. and I know that's bad enough. Knew \Vhat He “Wantedâ€"Irate Par- entâ€"Tell ttmt young Softleigh, that he. must cease his visits here. I for- bid him the house. Daughterâ€"But. papa. he doesn’t want, the house; it's me that he's alter. Dick Dashingtonâ€"I wish I knew something about law. His Friendâ€" Want to break a will? Dick Dashing- tonâ€"Not that; but I would like to know if I could get an injunction preventing old Bondclips from inter- fering with my attentions to his daughter. Consistent Indolenoeâ€"Wot’s de use 0' wakin’ up dis way at five o'clock in de morning? inquired Plodding Pete indignantly. W'ell. answered Meandering Mike. I take so much comfort out o’ doin’ nothih' dnt I t’ought I'd like to git an early start. Father, said a cobbler's lad. as he was pegging away at an old shut. with a longing glance at the stream that; wimpled past the cabin door. they say that trout bite good now. \Vell. well, replied the old gentleman, you stick to your work, and they won’t bite you. Great Expectationsâ€"Stern Parent-â€" So you want to marry my daughter. eh? Young Manâ€"I not only want to. but I intend to marry her. Stern Parentâ€"0h. you do ! \Vell. have you any expectations? Young Man â€" Yes. I expect you will decline to give your consent. and we shall lave to elope. Turning Away Wrathâ€"It really made me indignant. Henrietta. said Mr. Meekton. when you intimatedthat I had not accomplished much in this life. Indeed! Yes. I don't like to dispute your opinions. But to sug- gest that a man who succeeded in be- coming your husband hasn't achieved {nuch does seem just a little bit un- Just. Horsedealerâ€"VVell. John. how about that horse I sold you? Was be quiet enough? Undertakerâ€"Well. sir. he did give us a little trouble at first. We put him in one of the mourning coaches. you know. and parties don't like to be shook up in their grief. But we”? Put him in the hearse now. and far. Difficult to Swallowâ€"The presti- digitator swallowed a sword. a chair. and a sofa. Bravo! shouted the cul- tivated audience. Now will some lady in the house be kind enough to Put forward a claim as to her age? asked the magician. leaning over the foot- llghts. The people shuddered; this was more than mere sleight of hand‘; It "Wed upon the supernatural. E A MUSICAL INVENTION. 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