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ing. ul gr Method Treatment is the t Discovery of the Age ‘ ING THESE DisEAses bud Factory we are now arge quantity of l looring and the d mber tor outside sheet is very Large so that ay > filled. 1nV,â€"I22 Creat eating thousands of Fovered the tr=e rem ompt and permanent ses, Nervous Weakng ", Tobaceo, or Alcohs onsumption and an . essfully by hundreds > most talomedp.,. anityâ€"cases that were nd persevering use o iven up to die, were not despairâ€"no mat is now within your ilness and haypiness, iI free of postage. free to any acddress, Ontâ€", Canada, :-nd FOKGIE Aresess t « & J. MCKEC eats, an old lady ‘.i'i. as sx;asons on tlz Wm'i om Ove hi | ye rr.yrgit. §rl. m SEASED mj N 20 YEARS, ED OR NO Pay N GOLD Fo® a caseve nb SE, EMISSIONS, VaRriCG) NCEALED DRAINS, STRiICT. ET, SYPHILIS, STUNTE JST MANHKOOD, IMPOTEX. ‘OUS DEBILITY, UNNat @MARGES, ETGC, °. seases of Women‘* Free. PRIVATE. No medicine sent C.0.0. â€" Question list and cost of Treat 00'(. R No. 148 SHELBY ST. DETROIT, MICH. WEAKNESS 1 oor Fac and retall druggists in the Domiuy, * * * 2 L n t a e _ * ghter, and she has { rait by marrying & and Lath STAL WART g0N4 ° Cmen ption and an carly grave, y by hundreds of ©25e8 that talented physi â€"cases that were severing use of ip to dis, were ’ espairâ€"no mat. f w within your < and hay piness, t NUAUY swopt to & promatur AND BLOOGD DISEASES. it e it is too lato. Are you ner > oyes with dark ctrcles under boart, bashful, dreams and kon, hollow cheoks, carewom zy and atrength, tired ml . Stunted organs and premes The CGreat E. anada,. |__After T. nt .l""_""" F8 9e ’ against, not the U re éfficacious de" ne Step UC~" er buféfers fof Im.n“. c h';;.' Weak#688, Emissizn n st.out, as URTUT* o not need to 2ce, bnt rapidly soon A8 "b?-t..q CANNOT CURE or ; the stud. utrance bay*, the rabbet of e remedy and MSH. ordinary ating marringe? Uur Now Method 1. Consultation Free of Charge. . on Discases of Efig]fi‘ Re wzum all ing â€"a g14 smnce.'-“f usual, instaf sn . W Jamp 0 burned wards. The st rived at pool, con and men A ahooiinq & porth end of J a young woma: entean was in gun she was ha Mrs, James R Trunk enginee! on the | two mer Mark, d Mr. Dub authorize cause . o Steamshiy ge in s captain o for mans The annual report of the Inland Revenue Department shows that the revenue accrued during the year was ’SO‘H,L@G, as compared with $7,912,097 Or the previous year. Canada‘s whmd bill for the fiscal vear ending June the lowest on record comini trimin munic tained tribut the d. them ve llab and fif tails. Ne will trimina with a tary cames R. Roosevelt, first secre Of the â€" American Embassy at London, sertiously ill. ‘ i durâ€" Sit Charles Siaveley, conspicuous is ing the Crimean ang. Chinese wars, dead a; Dublin:. reacheq iv: don and 1 the Loan seems ber 0 CECdUO nea €d for No: The P 'hiflng boroug‘ 'Ok" t1 empioy Year. | pan ir As a resu. um Bo pediate Wo! tary buildin that are fal the bon derstoo« snted | Fiukt accidents, _ .. Nl- ,Dr. Jamesonm and some of his HHSX tlales in the Transvaal raid will W:; :'l.“y l« released from prison on th ably be | rele; grounc of i}! W w wh Lord Laurier pred , young woman named C nfean was instanily kil un she was handling expl Nrs, James Reid, the wi {runk engineer in Bollev lothes see on fire by at amp on Saturday, and w urned that she died s Alex E York orwich Five w. Wwast is drowned pile remoY it qrade retu" James R The M The ir 0) 4 . > THE y es woOR jov Ao o ROM )( VE C o LL © ver speed d mfinal‘y & Invest i rev D. _ lenants on ~Lord Dunraven‘s near Limerick, have been evictâ€" °_nonâ€"payment of rent. r6 Prince and Princess of Wales & ig the Duke and Duchess of Marlâ€" l at Blenheim Palace. \he 218,224 masters and seamen 7ed in British mmerchant ships last 42 were lost by drowning Of teamer Carthagenian bas arâ€" : St. John‘s, Nild., from Liverâ€" nveying drafts of 800 officers n to relieve the British garriâ€" Haliiax, Bermuda and Esquiâ€" i s amoun t 1 §2.163,0 an shipp x l 1 NSA Tin tpen ier 0. Montreal has been 1 for trial on a charge of tbel preferred by exâ€"Ald. Robâ€" y were opponents in the last ‘leciion, and the libel is conâ€" _an anoymous cireular di~ during the contest. er Mowat is to be informed of i of tramps, and asked to make subject of special legislation. * requested so to amend the code that any tramp arrested ‘voiver or other weapon may _to six months‘ imprisonment en lashes of the catâ€"o‘â€"nine GREAT BRITAIN. R V aF l in z accident occurred at th t Jack{ish Lake, by which man named Celestine Parâ€" instancly killed by _ the handling exploding. s Reid, the wife of a Grand wer in Blleville, bad her on fire by an overturned urday, and was so terribly t she died shorlly afterâ€" mber 156,000 ho panadhn ring in 1895. ”(.K.own, Co Lincoln. is ill ns d D& { 3) miles an hour has been motor cars between Lonâ€" m record KT n po®4 £as) in the Ancient Capital z into ruins. he mi.\-nn%1 Manager of y Scottis Canadian ment Co. of Montreal, swind‘ed alarge numâ€" D the About Our of Wales and the m e captured prizes a le show. n he Private Council. is now a population of ssessment o[p $5,295,890. of the M. C. R. proâ€" this year adds a milâ€" table ° property of the return of deaths from eas s throughout _ the ario for the month of en issued. The total aths from these causes iumber of municipalities 27 out of a total of 745. of Battleford and memâ€" vision of tis Northwest : have recently erected » pillars and gates in se who gave up their i~ rebellion of 1885. Canton, Que., during & ween Italians employed works and townspsople siabbed. One, Frederic the spot; the other, a t expected to recover. râ€" of Marine will not LT artment is invyestigatâ€" supplies received unâ€" s, and discovers that were sent by firms wollen ones. arnham, who recently ( uttering a forged y, was on Friday senâ€" three months in gaol. ong, Chief Justice of n nominated bf') the ‘anada as the Dominâ€" ive on the Judicial on ming is r€ healih. migrant gil' , disease be Mick le, Provin of Marine will not vesligation into the »llision _ between _ the ind the schooner Magâ€" ion of the organ. itchman at a Grand Montrea‘!, was sertâ€" e rescuing another is of a train. as _m-ommengd Mr. erial authorities for iner_at _ Rossland, he â€" Columbia River iftwood. _ _ barbour, Nfld., the er being now on trial postâ€"office saving exceeded the withâ€" ecent visit to Queâ€" l recommend imâ€" i number of miliâ€" vincial 5 030 vessels st on ipeg election peâ€" ned to January County Crown ill at the Hotel irl is ill att believed to ‘p.. "tor Secretary Country, it anal conâ€" The Queen has sent a blw woollen hood and a cream quilt, made oy herself, to the meeting at Frogmor}l house â€" of the County Needlework Guil of which Princess Beatrice is presideit. Coventry _ Patmore, the I‘nglish auâ€" thor, is dead. He was one of the asâ€" sistant librarians of ‘the Ritish Mitâ€" seum for more than twenty years. He was seventyâ€"three years of ige. The Lord Mayor of Londor is invitâ€" ing suhacri%t ions to endow in 3er§etulty the Queen Victoria Institute br Nurses, founded for the purpose of narsing the poor in their own homes. The London Times, referring to the Colonial Cable Conferenc;, expresses the belief that both the Pacific cable and steamship service projets are well on the way towards realization. It is stated that the Inperial Govâ€" ernment will ask fora crelit of severâ€" al millions for the rearmament of the artillery, increasing the infantry and reorganizing the transport service. Mr. Ritchie, president of the Board of Trade, has laid the bogie of ruinous trade competition by Germany by showâ€" ing that tha Britis{x export trade to Germany is constantly increasing. while imports remain about stationâ€" Whitelaw Reid is mentioned as @ probable successor to Mr. Bayard as United States Ambassador to England. George G. W. Ferris, designer and builder of the Ferris wheel at the Chicago Fair is dead at Pittsburg, Pa. i â€" tern Seattle and the entire n_orth wes e portion of the State are just reoov?"_ ing from another disastrous sno storm. The emblezzlements of John H. Hofâ€" fer, cashier of the First National Bank, of Lebanon, Pa., have already amountâ€" ed to $185,000. P 5 A roiling stone_ beheaded _ Joseph Champaign while Joseph was hunting among the mountains neaar Cedar Run, Pa., on Saturday. p A St. Louis powder firm has received a telegram asking for a price on ten tons of dynamite. It is understood the Cuban insurgents are negotiating. One policeman and twelve church members were injured in a free fight between two factions of the St. Stanâ€" islaus parish in Bay City, Mich. An English syndicate is reported to have made a number of investments on the American side of Niagara Falls with a view of making a more attracâ€" tive resort. Topeka, Kas., with a population of 35,000, is reported to have 400 divorced women. The divorce mill is running steadily, the general charge being inâ€" compatibility of temper. Reports as to the condition and prosâ€" pects of business in the United Statesâ€" as furnished by the commercial agencies of Messrs Dun and Bradstreetâ€"conâ€" tinue, as a rule, of an encouraging naâ€" ture. Orders in some lines have fallen off, but this is only natural in the cirâ€" cumstances; while usually business evâ€" erywhere is steadily improving, and with increased emp.oyment the purchasâ€" ing power of the people is a factor which soon tells throughout the counâ€" try. The unseasonable weather this week hbas injured some trades, but a more confident feeling exists everyâ€" where. Whas was lately known as the financial difficulty is rapidly righting itself and the outlook is favourable. GENERAL. Italo Campanini, the wellâ€"known tenor singer, died near Parma. Ee;.' Riva Palacio, Mexican Ambasâ€" sador to Spain, is dead at Madrid. The rebellion in _ Madagascar has spread over nearly the whole island. Twelve thousand dock laborers are on strike in Hamburg and neighboring ports. Natives of the New Hebrides are heâ€" ing sold as slaves to masters of trading vessels. 0o It is reported Bismarck will c disclosures. y U ESU EUSUIUOS® Tom Mann, the English agitator,was arrested at Hamburg and sent out of the country. The market building and adjoining houses in Antwerp were destroyed by fire Saturday at a 1 oss of $350,000. Despatches from Cuba say that a Canadian named Dalbrigeon bas been murdered at Cienfuegos, Province of Santa Clara. The 27th Punjaub Regiment of Inâ€" fantry became riotous, looted shops and wounded several persons who reâ€" sisted them. In the floods in Greece the cemeâ€" teries were swept by water and bodies washed out of their graves. The loss of life is large. La Paix, of Paris, announces that the text of the treaty signed in Paris by President Faure and the Czar will be published shortly. 1 Loo lap cogh o tpocs Ae ncsand: ‘â€" 2004 U0te China is reported to be about TeO®® ganizing her navyy and building & lot of ships of war under the direction of Li Hung Chang. It is expected that a serious conflict will take place this season _ between the Kaiser and the German Reichsiag on the question of the navy budget. Italian emigration to South Ameriâ€" ca is increasing. _ Over 6,000 persons have sailed from GenevA for the Argenâ€" tine Republic within the last two weeks. ut oo‘ Alatk: A*revel A Berlin despatch Duke Nicholas of R key ‘The Shabh of Persia ADI hereafter he will dispens® mier, and will prisxde 111‘1 2o enc ut HPORQ MR prvial, ce the Cabinet, which twelve Ministers. A refirt comes 49 **~ _ nted the effect that Russ!4 has been granted the right to build the Siberian railway through Chinese territory and defond it with Russian troops. The Hon. Geo. EmersoD, 3 member | of the Cabinet, will succeed to the vAâ€"~ cancy on the Newfoundiand Supreme. Court bench created by the resignaâ€" tion of Sir James Winter. The Paris Figaro, wmwting upon relations between the United States and Bpain on the Cuban question, say8 that war with Spain means war with Eurâ€" ope. Two Canadians, Richard â€" and John Beattie, baye.. been _ arrested under ‘ifi:&rtia} law in* ~Cuba. ~Their friends have=> brought.. the maiter .before Mr. . R Sogh k w2 ++ t _ L8. Berlin despatch says that Grand e Nicholas of Russia has secured eror Francis Joseph‘s assent to & ified plan for the partition of Turâ€" 10n pognl UNITED STATES. 1 in Berlin that Prince continue hbhis newspaper 'wd to be p.b()ut reorâ€" vy and building, & lot under the direction of ion to South Ameriâ€" Over 6,000 persons Geneva for the Argenâ€" thin the last two from Tokio to . announces that ense with a Préeâ€" e in person over will~ consist . of %hmberlain, who promises to bring i to the attention of the Foreign Ofâ€" 100," The Hamburger Nachrichten, Prince Bismarck‘s organ, accuses En%land of tl‘ymieto kingle a European blaze unâ€" der t Sret.ext. of helping the Armenâ€" lans, and the paper adds that Europe with inconceivable blindness, is playâ€" ing into England‘s hands. The ?roaecution of the dpersons arâ€" rested for bombâ€"throwing during a reâ€" ligious procession at Barcelona has commenced. The â€" Attorneyâ€"General announces that he will ask the court to sentence 28 to death and 56 to imâ€" prisonment for life. A Special Commissioner of The '|‘Imber1 Trades Journal Seeking Informationâ€" MHe Predicts an Active Demand, "There is like‘y to he a very active demand for lumber next year in the English _ market." This encouraging slatement is _ made by Mr. Edwin Haynes, Director of The Timber Trades Journal, London, England, This jourâ€" nal, which is the greatest aut.horigy on limber and lumber in Europs, has sent out Mr. Haynes to write up a series of illustrated articles on the Canadian lumber indusitry. _ The reason for doâ€" ing this is that a very strong colonial feeling is growing and in fact already exists in England in favor of trade with the colonies, and it was considered ihat this was an opporiune time for furthuer enligh.enmen. in regard to one of Canâ€" a&aa s mose ilmpor.@ue indusLriss. _ amrs Maynes has been visicing uhe lower PFrovinces and Oniarmio. ho is alreauy very favoracly impressed with the counâ€" try and says thas our timuoer resources be aw loas. 5,000,000 cubic feei, as against 4,00),000 lasi y«ar, bus he says as ihe "coves" in Quebec are unprecedenveuly bare, more so than for years pisi, thas in view of the active aemand the inercase will be easily absorbed. 6 ars greacer than he imagined. He finas thac che manufacture of square timuer for ths Quebec markes this year will Speaking of the business generaly, Mr. Haynes says, that it was a macler of great surprise to him thaw the manuâ€" facturers otf lumber in Canada do not clutivate closer Lusiness relations wih the actua. buyers in England. If the woodâ€"converting â€" manutacturers hbere wouul take the troucle to study. more cosely the English market they would find that there were many .Anes of goods they cow d manutacture â€" that wou‘d find a ready sale there. _ As an instance he mentioned the extensive trade already done in misceiianeous goods by the Rathburn Company of Desâ€" oronto. e CANADA‘S LUMB:R RESOURCES. Mr. Haynes also mentions the fact that the streets in London were being paved to a large extent with West Austrasan bhard woods, and bhe thinks it would be well if the Canadian lumâ€" bermen woulrl investigate this matter, as he believes there are several kinds of hard wood in this country that wou._d answer the purpose admirally. _ Ar. Haynes is agreealsy surprised with the climate of this country and wil) endeavor in his journa to undeceive ita readers in the matter. He thinks it a shame that the country shou‘ld be se much misrepresented. _ Before. leaving the country Mr. Haynes will make 4 short trip to the western States. Sad Life of ti e People on the Big Alantaâ€" tlonsâ€"Always in Debt. A great deal of hard and illâ€"paid work goes to the producing and preâ€" paration of tea for the market. Edâ€" ward Carpenter says that the coolies of Ceylon are unfortunate. They go over in gangs from the main.and of Indiaâ€"men, women and children. An agent is sent to conduct them to their destination, and on their arrival | at the tea estate each one finds himseif several rupees in debt for the expense of the transit. Their average amount of wages is about 12 cents a day; but each man is set a certain task, and if it is not completed he receives only half pay»so that if be is slow, or lazy, or ill,he may expect but six cents daily. Under these circumstances the debt keeps on increasing, for the estate is far in the couniry, away from any town or vilâ€" lage, and the tea company consequentâ€" ly sells rice and the other necessuries of life to its own coolies. They canâ€" not buy e‘sewhere. "Oh, but they like to be in debt I" . said a young panter. _ ‘"They think they are n>»x doing the best possible thing for themseives unless they owe as much as the company will allow." That planter was very young, and perâ€" haps he did not realize the force of what be was saying; but in any case what a suggestion of despair! at the end of the week the coo.10 does not receive any money ; his debt is simp.y ticked down a lit\le deeper. If he runs away to a neighbouring estate he is soon sent back in irons. He is a slave and must remain so to the end of his days ; but poor food, thin c:othing, and |the ccol air and mists of the mounâ€" tains soon brings on lung disease, _of |which the slightâ€"bodied Tamil easily SLAVES OF CEYLON TEA TRADE. GLass To KEEP ROOMS cCooL. An Austrian inventor, Richard Szigâ€" mondy, is said to have made a new kind . of windowâ€"glass whose chiet peculiar-‘- ity is that it prevents the passage of about nineâ€"tenths of the heat of the sun‘s rays. It is well known that orâ€" dinary windowâ€"g.ass allows nearly all of the bheat derived from the sun to pass through, but on the other hand intercepts nearly all hest coming from nonâ€"luminous sources, such as* a stove, or the heated ground. This is the reaâ€" son why heat accumulates under the glass â€" roof of a hothouse. If covered with Szigmondy‘s @.ass: 2 hothouse would become most decidedly â€" a cold house, since ‘the heat could not get inâ€" to it, : One advantage claimed for the new glass is that a bouse whose winâ€" dows were furnished with it would ‘ree main delightfully cool in summer. Bus .98 TY «C C1 attisa tinm woul ma.in'delisht.fullx ©ool In SUIAMICL in winter, perh gs the situatior fot be so ag eeable. Indeed, th« would have to be exchangéd_ for of ordinary %lm. since otherv sunâ€"beat could enter "the house. Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it, for such do alâ€" ways see that every cloud is an angel‘s face. Evergemap deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all afflicl ions for him to bear j but they are so simâ€" ply because they are the very ones he. most npeeds | wey" y is s the situation would e. Indeed, the panes exchangéd for otHers . since otherwiso no SOME TORONTO FIGURE wWHAT IT COSTS THE TAXPAYERS TO RUN A BIG CITY.~â€"~ . Items About Teronto‘s Debtâ€"ieceipts and Expendituresâ€"Bills | Big _ and Littte _ Which Go to Make Up the Rate 0o: Taxation. The city gives over $25,000 a year tor the support of the Public Library. The total running expenses of the Asâ€" sessment Department yearly is less than $18,000. The estimated value of city buildings is $1,602,620. On these there"is a total insurance of $636,980. 4. Salaries at the City Hall of Mayor, aldermen and municipal officers amâ€" ount to about $70,000 a year. . The â€"grant of the Ontario Governâ€" ment to city Public schools amounts yearly to about.$18,000. Two and a half million dollars & year are paid by the ratepayers of the ci.y of Toron‘o in taxes. s Toronto has a seventeen million dolâ€" lar debt, but. she has property and o.her assets valued at $12,009,000. The salaries of the police force amount to over $200,000 a year. The uniform worn by the men is paid for by the city. In connection with Toronto‘s waterâ€" works there are buildings valucd‘ at $"0,009, and machinery and. boilers worcth $210,000. â€" v The â€" General City Debt grew from $2,712,207 in 1571 to $7,107,470 in 1895, to‘ $11,509,590 in 1889, and _ to $12â€" 474,509 in 1+95. : The lo al improvement debt in 4871 was $92,583. & rew to $1,112,792 in 1883 to 3:3,726.8578 in 1891, and to $9,â€" 052,270 in 1895. + The fire halls of the city of Loron!0 are esiimaied as being worth 31704’0& On thes> thore is fnsurance to the e tent of $45,000 The old Cicy Hall building is vinus~ at $60,00), and insured ai $10,000. There is in it about $10,000 worih of furniâ€" ture, wiih insurance of $3,000. For sia fonery to be used in its various depariments, the city pays Over $),000 a year. Of this the Engineer‘s Deparitment uses $1,000 worth. There is $20,000 of insurance on the main building of the jail, and . $8,000 more on the residence, coftages and boilers in connection therewith. Notwi hstanding its legal <exempâ€" tion, Jarvis street Baptist church pays i s genural taxes cach year, These taxes amount to about $900 per annum. Last year the Toronto Electric Light. Company recived $i03,000 for cleciric. lizh.ing, and the Consumers‘ Gas Comâ€" {mny $:7,00) for gas supplied to street amps. Since 1891 the Bll Telephone Comâ€" pany has pail as revenue to the city for is franchise, $31,814. Yearly: this revenue is in the neighbourhood of, $8,000 f j The Government of Oniario paid last, year the sum of $5,489 towards exâ€" penses of the jail. Th» County of York paid for the maintenance of county pMiâ€" soners, $1,920. For the year ending 31st March, 1896; wa.er renials paid to the Waterâ€"works Departmn. amounted to $352,487. The charge against the corporation aggreâ€" gated 8&%,731. The to.al law exponses of the city last year were $27,000. This â€" includes salaries of Solicitor‘s office, counse} fees. costs in sui.s, stationery and othâ€" erâ€" office requirements, * A premium of one and a _ bhalf per ceni. for a term of three years is the charge to the city for insurance. At this rate the city pays about $3,000 a year for i{s insurance. For the maintenance of Public schools and buildings last year $150,000 _ was paid out by cilizens. The Collegiate In; PM ies o‘ e e mt w i uce s i utes received nearly $.0,000, _ and Separate schools $32,000. f The contributions by the men to the Firemen‘s _ Ben fit lÂ¥und amounts_ to nearly $2,000 yearly. _ The City of Toâ€" ron: o lpnys interest on the deposits made for this fund of about $900 anâ€" nually. There are over $450,000 worth â€" of buildlings on the Exhibition grounds; they ar» insured for _ about $250,000. There is a mortgage against the buildâ€" ings of $85,00) to the gana‘la. Life Asâ€" surance Company. The city of Toronto derives a revâ€" enue from lisens»s, Police Court fines, market and weighing fees, street railâ€" wavy and telâ€"phone _ services of about $.35,000. The revenue from waterâ€"works is about $150,000 yearly. In 1871 the personal property of the city was rated by the assessors at $7,â€" | 0%0,000. By %radual stages a total of | about $12,000,000 has now been reachâ€" ed, Personal property is here inclusâ€" | ive of income. | It costs the _ city $5,000 yearly for |municipal elâ€"ctions, Keturning officers | get a total of $1,200; polling booths | have cost formurl[v; about $900; clerks | and spe«ial constables $800. The printâ€" | in'g of voiers‘ lists calls for nearly $2,â€" 'la_. )_early.. Noi ie dfi o 5000 EBSM ECE ES The real estate in the city of Torâ€" onto was valued at $36,000,000 in 1875. In 1885 it had grown io $57,000,060, The boom lifted it to $137,000,000, which was its assossment in 1894, _ It is now valuâ€" gd "At $120;000,000; > 8+ => > woci<n Et ooo ie en e SCs The water lo@s owned by the city,the walks and gardens, leasehold property and the market block bring in an anâ€" nual revenue of $100,000, which will doubtless increase from year to year, as the leases mature and are renewed. After deducting sinking fund _ on hand, the net debt of ths city on acâ€" count of local improvements is $5,424,â€" 163. ‘The general debt is $12,095,751. Thus the toial not debt of the city at the present time is about seventeen million dollars. L 44408 Apoaâ€"tit Ai Salaries in connection with Toronto {:il amount to $10,000 a . year. . For mporary> services of assisiants ths charge is about $3,500 per annum. Proâ€" visions for 1895 cost $2,087, The total exp>nse ir‘lln{nns;‘i}ntainmg‘th& jail yearly isâ€"about $22,000.. â€" On account of lit&x;))r licenses, Toronto receives over $30, a. year. Auctionâ€" eers pay $875;, billiard ball proprietors, #$2.000; cabmen, $500; ; cigar nMde_glers, oc jbcs <Aiiertâ€"cbnstensatnt +1 Th d 400 2i â€"2" +4 LDLPLEY $2,500; victualling houses, $1,000; .livery stable keepers, $665. DOf tags cost citâ€" izens about $5,500 yearly, % Col. H. J. Grasett{ Deputy _ Chief Stewart and Inspector Stark are alâ€" lowed -1100 a year each for c]othing. Each of the detectives is allowed $50 a year‘to dregs with, _ The inspectors and sergeadts are also made an allowâ€" ance for the same purpose, Up to the end of 1895 the Toronto Railway Company paid $247,778 _ for mileags rental and $374,8905 for 'Fr- cen{ago of receipts to the city of Torâ€" canin. _ ‘The ~mileage _ rental equals the city of Toronto about $60,000 a year, and the percentâ€" age receipts about o:io,ooo a year. City Treasurer Coady, as required by statute, furnishes bonds to the extent of $65,000 for the due Sgrformanoe of his responsible duties, this amount he himsâ€"lf is responsible for _ $20,000, three other responsible parties for $20,â€" 000, and Guarantee Companies for the remainder. 523 Fortyâ€"four insurance eom%anios carry the ci8t8y's insurance, â€" which is divided into parts or shares, of which the great majority of the companies have two .The British American and Westâ€" ern Assurance Companies carry each four shares, and four outside companies carry one each. In 1874 < the rate of taxation was 12 1â€"2 mills, the lowest for a quarter of a century. In 1877 the rate was 19 1â€"2 mills, the highest the city has had. Since that the rate has hovered around 16 mills, although in 1889,1890, and 1892 it was 14 1â€"2 mills on a very high assessment. uh The toial assessment of the city of Toronto in i1871 was twentyâ€"nine milâ€" lion dollars. In 1880 it was fifty milâ€" lion doilars; in 1885, sixtyâ€"eight milâ€" lion doilars; in 1890, one hundred and thirtyâ€"six million dollars, in 1891, one hnaudred and fifty million dollars; in 1f96, one bhundred and forty million doliars. _ The latest assossment _ for 1897 is one hundred and thirty milâ€" SIME LATE CABLE NBWS lion dollars. MR. LAURIER TO VISIT ENGLAND NEXT SPRiNG. America‘s Next Ambassadorâ€"Prospecting . _â€"tor Gold in China~â€"The Next Enpedition to Khartoumâ€"Herbori Booth in Lon donâ€"Dr. Jameson‘s Health, &c., &c. A despatch from London says:â€"The Canadian Premier, Mr. Laurier, is exâ€" pected in London, accompanied by Sir Richard Cartwright, Minister of Trade and Commerce, next spring. The quesâ€" tions of assisted emigration, a fast mall service, and Imperia! aid towards enâ€" ‘arging the defence works on the Paâ€" cific and Atlantic coasts of the Dominâ€" ion will be the leading topics discussed between the ~Canadian Ministers and Mr. Chamberlain. Frederick C. Selous, the African bhunter and exporer, intends to take a sporting trip to the Rocky mounâ€" tains. There is much specuwation . amongk Americans in London as to who wi} be the next Ambassador to the Court of St. James. It is hoped that with a change of Ainbassadors the United States Govermiment will find it advisâ€" able to change the Embassy as well. The present quarters, the ground floor of a dingy flat in Victoria street, are not imposing, and do not compare faâ€" vouraly with the splendid houses pTOâ€" vided by their Governments for the French, German, | Austrian, RussiaD, Ita.ian, and even Spanish and Chinese Ambassadors. , Mr. Pritchard Morgan, M. P., who }s interested in the go.d mines of North Wales, which were discovered by him, has started, accompanied by anumbel! of mining experts, for China via the United States. He was in close touch with Liâ€"Hungâ€"Chang whie the latter was in Eng.and, and it is presumed that Mr. Morgan is going to prospect tox" go;d‘ s 13 & s f T3 np ELE UReALC It is announced that Mr. E. T. Hoo‘ley, the many times millionaire, whose sensational! purohases of bicycle companies and landed estates in & dozen countries, and other various enâ€" terprises, have for some time past been the wonder of the financia. world, has now acquired Mr. T. P.O‘Connor‘s Sun, which, it is added, will be turned into a Conservative organ. Mr, O‘Connor reâ€" fuses to confirm or deny the report. The proposed expedition next year against Kbartoum will. it is said, numâ€" ber 25,000 meu, of which 18.000 will be Egyptian troups, and | 7.000 British troops, including batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery and probably a High ‘land regiment, and an Indian brigade with cavairy amounting to 20,000 men, all to be available for an attack upon Omdurman, the fortified dervish camp near Khartoum, where fierce fighting is expecied. The dervishes there are reported to number at least 60,000 fightâ€" ing men, and the forts are defended by 70 Krupp guns. Mr. Herbert Booth, late of Toronto and third son of the general, had an enthusiastic reception at the Exhibiâ€" tion building. Melbourne. He is deâ€" scribed as a thin, little pallid man, all fire and magnetism and électrical feelâ€" ing. _ His voice is not powerful, and he gave the impression of a man strugâ€" gling with physical disability, but with a decided suggestion of reserved power. The Countess of Dunraven gave a large ball at Adare mamor, County Limâ€" erick, on Friday evening. Dr. Jameson, the leader of the Transâ€" vaal raid, undergoing sentence of 15 months‘ imprisonment in Holloway gaol, whose sickness has previously been notâ€" ed, is now pronounced to be in a critâ€" ical condition. . _ ; Â¥% & POdB® OEMIRCNCC Mr. Alfred Austin, the poetâ€"laureate. had a narrow escape from drowning in the Tweed during the past week. He f«l into the water from a fishing boat. was dragged back by a boatman, the oars were lost, and the boat drifted rapidly. towards a weir. _ Thereupon the poet plumged into the, water, and was able to reach the weir, to which Among the wilder tribes of the Cauâ€" casus every child is taught to use the dagger almost as soon as he can walk. The children first learn to stab water without making a spliash, and by inâ€" cessant practice acquire an extraordinâ€" ary command over the weapon. NO REASON. When you ask a fowl what season Does bis fancy, most engage, Though a wise bird. ‘tis no reason That his answer should be "sage," t TAUGHT TO USE THE DAGGER clung until rescued. Some Items of Interest to ‘he Busy Business Man. 1 Speculation in Canadian Pacific is dull and prices weakes. Earnings continue to show decreases. THE FIELD OF COMMEBCE, Btocks of wheat at Port Arthur and Fort William are 2,845,700 bushels as against 2,772,600 bushels a week ago. The earnings of Canadian Pacifis for the week ended Nov. 21 were $424,0060, @ decrease of $78,000 as compared with the corresponding week of last year. There is a good deal of bull talk on wheat, and indications are still favorâ€" able for still higher prices. May wheat in Chicago sold at 84c. and Liverpool futures are 3 1â€"4d. higher, 8 ‘The stock of wheat in Toronto is 236, 509 bushels as against 91,190 busbels a year ago. Barley 106482 bushels as against 20,114 bushels a year ago. Holders of Postal Telegraph predict 10) for the stock within a short period. It is thought that a favorable arrangeâ€" ment will be made between Cable and Postal, the former guaranteeing 4 per cent. per annum on the latter stock. The visible supply of wheat in the United States and Canada is 59,971,000 bushe‘ls, a decrease of 1,037,000 bushels for the week. A year ago the total was 62,221,000 bushels and two years ago 83,974,000 bushels. Wheat on pas sage to Europe $2,100,000 bushels &8 against 26,800,000 busheis a year ago. The New York market for anthracite coal was irregular, but it was claimed that a better price was being realized than last week. The August circular of $4.10 net for stove coal was secured on large contracts, while small buyers paid the September price, 25 cents per ton higher. The demand for domestio sizes is Jight, and the expected advance in retail prices in New York was not made. Jmprovement since eleciion has been mosi apparent in small steam size8 oi an.hracite. For many months these accumu.aied in stock, but they are now moying largely into consumpiion as facâ€" tories resume. New Jersey orders fOf sleam coals were largest, but the New England market also improved in spite oi the firmness of Sound freights. As to â€" northern pine, says _ the Northâ€"West Lumberman, the season of navigation on the great :akes and cana.s is nearing. a close, so that moveâ€" ment by water cannot lOng continue. The size of stocks at Lake Eme and Lake Michigan wholesale markets CA now be adequatey estimated. At Toâ€" nawanda and Buifalo they are about the same as last year. In Chicago they are about 75,000,0.0 feet less than at the close of last season. . ‘There is rathâ€" er more lumber left over at the mills than there commonly is at the close of the season, but considerable of it has been soxd. â€" Mill operators â€" AfTG ho‘ding their unsold lumver for highâ€" er prices The Department of Trade and Come merce is in receipt of a report fron» Mr. Jobhn Dunn, iis agent at Bristol. He states that steamers from Montreal and Quebec have brought to that port nntt‘a cham rheasse and butter & catt‘e, sheep, cheese and _ DuULLCI U arge quantities, and the trade in these seems to be established on a firm basie. So long as Canadian shippers study the requirements of the Ing:ish market, and keep up the quality of the goods which they desire to send, they can easily hold their own against the Conâ€" tinenta‘ â€" merchants _ and competition from Austraua and New Zealand. Shlr- ments like the above are profiting well, and ‘ater no doubt there will be furthâ€" er shipments. "Ihe prices are bound to improve. _ Canadian hay hbas come in ‘argely of late, and the British merâ€" chants @re in â€" direct communication with the fodder merchants in Canada. He hopes to see the trade assume larger dimensions. _ There were three or four consignments of Canadian tomatoes this year, bus at the time of their arrival in Bristol the local market was simply 1 L 3 0 M â€" dn ul 164 MBR RBCAM MARRME PRA PC FID glutted with tomatoes from the Channe! Isands and _ brance. They only reâ€" alized from oneâ€"andâ€"half to two penc6 per pound wholesale, and this would warcey cover the cost of transit. The narve lous crop of mushrooms has been <illing the tomato trade, and he regrets hat the consigners had not notified aim before shipping, as arrangements might have been made for their more wrofitable _ sale. _ Apples from Montâ€" ~ea‘ have been selling at from ten shillâ€" ings to twe‘ve shillings a barrel at pub ic auction. _ The lnglish apple crop aas been a tota} failure, and in addition ‘ecent storms have simp‘y ruined the rehards. During the early part of his month Lbe Enilish crop must all e put on the market, as it will not ceep, and later on rices will be betâ€" wer. â€" There is one tging to be rememâ€" pered, that the demand is limited, and any extravagant shipments to load up the markets will certainly be attended with loss. _ On no account must rub bish be sent, but the very best picked fruits. JUMPING A ESTRAW. Some years ago the late Maj. Roddy Owen was at Aldershot, and offered to back himself to make a horse he was riding jump a straw Every _ one laughed, and although bis fondness for norses was well known, noue bhelieved he could accoraplish the feat, A long raw was procureed and laid on _ the sround, Owen proceeded to blindfold the aorse, and rode him at the mark, which he animal cleared with a bound that would _ have settled a fiveâ€"bar gate. When hbhe returned to collect his.bets all} the sportsmen had vanished. GoLD IN SEA WATER, According to Prof. Liversidge, of Sydâ€" ney University, the waves that beat on he New South Wales Coast are literâ€" ally golden. By exbaustive experiment he bas demonstrated that the sea waâ€" er contains gold to the amount _ of half a grain to one grain per ton, or ~30 to 260 tons of gold per eublc mile. if the same proporiion is found in the ocean as a whole, then, at the rate of abg'rain per ton of water, there are 100,000,000,000 tons of gold in solution. The problem is how to get at it. LIFE‘S AVERAGE INCREASED. The statistics of life insurance people show that in the last 25 years the averâ€" age of man‘s life bhas increased 5 per cent., or two whole yearsâ€"from 419 to * . to mesmean COMPENSATION Dinerâ€"Isn‘t that a _ pr isteak t t Attondnnt-â€"Yesfl;fll}u‘ yo will take you but you‘ll find it 4 vhile to eat it. preiy â€" smail gec t J j weeks ty * . 9 o § 4@ 2 t . xX