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ss Moarse. KRESS Prowptliy attended to. JAKE KREYS, so that all ordoert hown the outward evidenc® kngement is healed. Indi« »rv ousn eas impoveriahe® complaint all owe their derangzement of the nervy® "housands bear testimon® Ave been cured of thes® en when they have bmi * as to bafie the skill minent physician®, bofl‘s mcan Nervine has gon*® s and cared there. of the wo:!d have not bet® 8 in the is q4ui~r into thog th Amoricaun Nervine PeO@ ity of Bash, 1 the differâ€" actory. a now preparoed uality Cheaper iture fa sheeting. 2CHANIB his Dld Stand alway: ~ 4* tae W U 44 1344 the or§ga® sn n ns t that 4 % lnteresting Items About Our Own Country T NS N 1 MSHL THE YERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. _ ‘The British cruiser Indefatigable bas arrived at Halifax from Bermuda. s CANADA. Stratford will Increase its water supâ€" ply 9000 gallons. BMe wiva h 4100 The Cataract Power Co. has supplied Its first electric scurrent at Hamilton. Dr. Charlemange Laurier, brother of the Premier, dised at Art babaskaville. Thes Postoffice Department is about to issue tal notes of the denominaâ€" tious of $1, $2.50 uad $5. spoay ‘Niupiiepa o No Wertsan »P TS 12,â€" Durdas has granted a bonue of $13 605 to the John Bertram & Son of the Canadian Tool Works. uo % The grain crop of Manitobs is est!â€" mated at 50.000,000 Lushels, of which orer 25,000,000 is wheat. pys wl Work has been begun upon the eXâ€" tension of the Stonewall branch of the Carnadian Pacitic into the Foxton dis Indians and whites in the Cusll; minirg «ifstrict are threatensd wit sturvation, seccording to reports from Vancouver. The new offices of the Grand Trunk in Moxrtrseal, plans of which bave been comploted, will be the largest railway ofiices in the world. ‘The Ceorge E. Tuckett & Son Comâ€" pany of Hamilton are building a five= etorey factory, to be used in manuface turing Canadlian tobacco. Customs Inspector McMichael finds that the Vancouver Customs have been defrauded of £100,000 by false entries of Japanese and Chinese. Tel Four Indians held at Dawson City for the marder of William G. Mecham, have been found guilty and sentenced by Judge Maguire to hang at Dawson City on Novyember 1. A party of farmers estimated to numâ€" ber, with their families, about 1,000 sou‘!s, are expected to move from Yanrkâ€" ton, N. Dakota, to Crooked Lake, near Prince Albert, NW.T. The L!lcerâ€"Lempster Co. will increase both thsizr London and their Bristol service next season. It is said to be the intention to have two ships a week to London and the same to Bristol. The Cilty Council of London has passâ€" s1 & resolution to the effect that the site choson in South London for the Normal School is wasuitable, and that the tGovernment be asked to make anâ€" other selection. Ihe Stratford City Council will ex« empt the Whyte Packing Company of M:.wchell from taxes for twenty years and guarantee their debentures as an inucement for the firm to locate in the Classic City. Michae! MceMillan, of Grand Mira, C. E., has returned bome direct from the Klondiks, having been away about two years. He realized over forty thousand dollars, and bis mate, Curry, also of Grand Mira, came out at the same tims, He is expected home in a few days. His share exoeeds $50,000. GREAT BRITAIN. The Speaker says that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, will visit the United States in the autumn. The typhoid epidemic at Belfast is gru:i:.g rapidly. Six hundred cases avs been reported in three weeks, and every hospital is filled to overflowing. Lord Charles Beresford left London for China on "bursday. He goes to inâ€" vestizate investment prospects as comâ€" mission«r of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Great Britain. Hon. Thomas M. Adams, Democratic nomince for the Georgia Legislature, bas been assassinated at Giles, in a general row at a political gathering. The Earl of Westmeath has been apâ€" pointed secretary of the Royal Commisâ€" sion which is to sit at St. John‘s, Nfld.. to enquire into and regulate certain matters in dispute in that country. Ths London Finsmcial Times, comâ€" menting on the scheme for a Canadian international exhibition, to be held in Toronto in 1901, says England would rendor every aid to the proposed exâ€" hibition to make it the success it deâ€" serves. Trouble is looked for at Pana, I!l., where the coal miners are on strike. A lot of negroes are being brought in to take the strikers‘ places, and they are ander guard. American troops at Ohattanooga stonsd two negro J)learl to death in revenge for the death of a nonâ€"comâ€" missioned officer at the bhands of anâ€" other colored man. John Pilbam, a farmer living three miles south of Milan, Mich., has ploughâ€" »d up on bis farm twent‘y-dx English Bovereigns, and twe hat sovereigns. The dates of the half sovereigns are It is probable that a large number of the cotton mills in Massachusetts using about a maillion spindles, will sloze down before the end of October. This will affect some 2,500 hands, a Ereav majority of whom are French anadians. Tho Secretary of the United States Liâ€"=sury pas decided that under existâ€" The Manchester Courier says that the Lordâ€"Licutenancy of Ireland is likely next year to be made a nonâ€"political and perman>nt office, which will probaâ€" bly be occuried by a member of the Royal Family, possibly the Duke of Connaugbt. UNITED STATES. American school children are colâ€" lecting $5,000,000 to build a battleship to take the place of the Maine. Chicago and Ogdenshurg shippers proâ€" pose to as kthe Quebec conference to take action for the removal of tolls on the Welland Canal. Rev. J. P. Fletcher, a Congregationâ€" al minister was shot, while attemptâ€" Ing to organize a _ Congregational Church at Smiley, Ga. While in the pulpit be was fired at through the window, 107 buckshot lodging in his Eighteen firemen were badly burnâ€" ed by ahot air explosion in afire at Boston, Mass., on Thursday. All Parts of the Giobe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Reading. anad that on tne sovereigns are estiâ€" ing conditions there is no reason why Spanish ships should not enter, load and clear at ports in the United States. Collectors of customs will be instructâ€" »d to this effect. John Restivo, aged 30, and John Musâ€" colino, aged 33, of Baltimore, Md., quarrelled on Tuesday mornin? and agreed to fight it out with st }ettos. They fought in an open field in the presence of asingle witness. Restivo was killed and Muscolino fled. burgh, Warren County, N.Y., on Tuesâ€" day, the result of a wound inflicted on Sunday by Harry Hatch, aged 14. Hopkins and others of his age were abusing Hatch, who drew aknife and almost dissmbowled Hopkins. â€" The Middlesex shoe factory at Mariâ€" boro‘, Mass., employing 275 hands, has shut down for an indefinite pg»rlod. The cause of this action is a ttrike of the stitchers, who refuse to return &AS long as the forewoman of their departâ€" ment, Mrs. Robert Henderson, retains that position. Steam yachts are adrug in the marâ€" ket at New York. At least hbalf a dozen of these floating palaces are for sale at about half the purchase prices. The exrpense of keeping a steam yacht in commission is more than even most millionaires care to stand, and in the course of ayear or two they look upâ€" on them as white elephants. GENERAL. German explorers bhave discovered a new island tothe east of Spitzbergen. The Shah of Persia has announced his intentions of visiting the Sultan at Constantinople. f The Dutch pianist Biveking, _ PAS been arrested at Tschl, uppor Austric, for failing to salute a priest. 5o The personal estate of the late Dr. Cornelius Herz, who, it was charged, was implicated in the Panama Canal scandal, has been sworn to at £20. lilness among the American troops at Porto Rico is on the increase, and there are now nearly a thousand cases of malaria and dysentery, with afew of typhoid fever. Conflicts have taken place b'etweetz American soldiers and native insurg ents at Cavite. At the San Quintin mine, in the Proâ€" vince of Ciudad Real, Spain, 2,000 minâ€" ers have gons on strike. Forty genâ€" darmes have been ordered there to preâ€" vent trouble. The Court of Cassation at Rome has rejected all the appeals of the rioters, sentenced by military tribunals to various terms of imprisonment for connection with the riots in Milan last The German newspapers are . beâ€" coming more friendly towards the United States, taking the view that Spain has only herself to blame, and that the conditions imposed by the United States are not excessive. The contemplated increase in the Gerâ€" man army will amount to 22,500 men, involving an extra annual outlay of 14,009,00} marks, $2,800,00 beside addiâ€" tions to the artillery and other serâ€" vices. It Has Already Exerted a Marked Effect on Shtpments From Montreal, A despatch from Montreal, says:â€" The new grain route from the West, via the lakes, the Parry Sound and the Canadian Atlantic railways, and the St. Lawrence has already exerted a markâ€" ed effect upon grain shipments from this port. To it has been diverted millions of bushels which formerly sought the seaboard by way of the allâ€" water route, and more largely by the lakes and the Erie canal. The Parry Sound road has a fleet of stesmers conâ€" veying cargoes from Chicago and Duâ€" luth to Parry Sound, whence they are transnipped to cars for the run to Coteau, on the St. Lawrence, abovt 40 miles west of this city. At Coteau anâ€" ovher transhipment takes place to the barges of the Kingston and Montreal Forwarding Company, which has conâ€" tracted with the railways for the carâ€" riage of the grain to Montreal. / The new route has broken all records for rapid transit from the West. _A shivment that left Duluth, on Monday last reached here in a week. This is three days ahead of all previous reâ€" cords, although no special efforts were made to hurry through the shipment to Montreal. This performance has been equalled by ashipment that left Chiâ€" cago on the 21st inst., and reached bere in six and a quarter days, which also is a recordâ€"breaker. Following the recent shooting of the Speaker of the House of Assembly in miâ€"take for an obnoxious _ landlord, these demonstrations are considered to be of a serious nature, and more trouâ€" bles are anticipated, Plantattons in â€" the Windward Islands Looted by Riotons Gangs. A despatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says:â€"Advices received here from the Isiand of _ Barbados, of the Windâ€" ward group, belonging to Great Briâ€" tain, report widespread potato riots. Riotous gangs of men have been lootâ€" ing the produce of the plantations during the night. $ esn 1 en so" Allie Hopkins, aged 19, died at Johnsâ€" It is intended that the new route will carry eight million bushels of grain this season. Morrible State of Uncle Sam‘s Camps at Vartouns Ponits. A despatch from Camp Alger, Dunn Loring, Va., says:â€"An alarming state of affairs hkas existed here for some time. All the linen from the beds of typhoid patients was spread out on the grass near the tents, and there it stayâ€" ed until the laundryman came around to gather it up, after it had been there for hours and frequently all dt\{. It was put in the same wash with the linen of others, even that of officers of various regiments. + Many sick men hbad to sleep on the grouni the only thing that separated them from mother earth being & blanâ€" ket, and yet there were plenty of cots ket, and yet there were %lonty gL cols at band, although the hospital was crowdad at the time. For some reason best known to those in authority, the cots were not distributed. PARRY SOUND GRAIN ROUTE. WIDESPREAD POTATO RIOTS. WORSE ENEMY THAN SPAIN, TO CARRY THE MATLS FREE PROVIDED THEY ARE SENT TO ENGâ€" LAND VIA BRISTOL A despatch from Montreal, says: â€"1 The Elderâ€"Dempster Steamship Comâ€" pany has submitted an offer to the Postmasterâ€"General of Canada to carry the mails between Montreal and Brisâ€" tol fres of charge, It is claimed by the company that, with the splendid service they now have, they can,carry mail from Montreal to Bristol quicker than it can be sent by. Liverpool, the only present mail route. A large quanâ€" tity of Canadian exports goes to Brisâ€" tol, and a day saved in the delivery of mail would be of very great beneâ€" fit both to exportersa in Montreal, and to consignees in Bristol. The trade beâ€" tween these two places has been growâ€" ing very rapidly in the lash few years, and the amount of mail matter has raâ€" pidly increaspd, Elder, Dempster and Company offer to carry the mails free between| these points because of the very great, conâ€" venience it would be to theqy merchants and exporters sending produce or other freight by their Bristol line. They have the Monterey, Montcalm, and Montrose on their service, all fast ves sels, and all provided with cold storâ€" ages in succession, the Montcalm has dence from those shippers in Montreal ing very fast runs. For several voyâ€" age sin succession, The Montculm has made the trip from Montreal to Avonâ€" mouth, and from Avonmouth to Montâ€" real, in ten days. The Monterey has done the samse, and the Montrose has made almost as good time. I# the serâ€" vice were granted, the mails would, be put on board down the river, off Father Point or Rimouski, which would give a service of about nine days. _ _ WHAT THE COMPANY URGE. On this regular and quick service the Elderâ€"Dempster Company base the claim of their ability to carry the mails satisfactorily. They also urge that at present other vessels than the reguâ€" lar mail vessels carry a part of the mail destined to special points. They ask to have the postmaster at Montreal inâ€" structed to have mails made up to catch the three vessels above mentioned. In this way correspondence relating to the cargoes of these vessals would be reâ€" celved more quickly, which would be of great advantag» to shippers, especially shinpers of perishable products. _ _ _ in +A Intudn o e‘ Arietl tarsr en ty + To Anike 20 N The primary intention in making this offer is of course to carry corresponâ€" who export to Bristol to their conâ€" signees in Bristol, and vice versa. The Government would of course save little or nothing by granting the reâ€" quest, as the regular English mail would be carried by special steamships as usual. > He Asks Them to Recognize the Philippine Republic. A despatch from Manila says:â€"Aguâ€" inaldo, the insurgent leader, has is :sued a memorial addressed to all the foreign powers reciting the fact that the F_‘ilibinos have formed a Governâ€" ment under the constitution adopted on June 23rd. 4 He adds that the Filipino forces have since carried on a campaign of liberty, taken forty provinces, and have reducâ€" ed Manila. They have 9,000 prisoners. Peace and tranquility prevail in the conquered provinces, and there is no resistance to Aguinaldo‘s authority. The campaign, the memorial says, was conducted with due regard to the rules of civilized warfare. _ Th Postmasterâ€"General has promised to give the offer his careful consideraâ€" He asks for the recognition of the independence of the Philippine Repubâ€" lic, or, failing in that, to grant the Filipinos belligerent rights. The United States are not mentioned in the meâ€" morial. 1 Cuban Campaign Expenses Alone Exceed #111,000,000. A despatch from Madrid says:â€"The Gazette gives the Cuban war expenses from January 10th to June 30th as 447,369,450 _ pesetasâ€"over $111,000,000. The Queen Regent presided at Thursâ€" day‘s council. The home situation was discussed, and Senor Sagasta, Premier, gave details of the capitulation of Manâ€" ila and Santiago, and explained the manner in which the Antiles will be evacuated. a tog ap h Sales for September Deltvery at Fort Wilâ€" Ham at 66 Cents. A despatch from Winnipeg, Man., says:â€"A few carloads of new wheat have been marketed at a couple of points in the province, but no price is yet established. Some sales have been made for September delivery at 65¢ and €6c at Fort William. . Weather conâ€" tinues favorable for harvest. MORTALITY AT MONTAUKE, A despatch from Camp Wikoff, Monâ€" tauk Point, LI., says:â€"The hospital report at Camp Wikoff on Saturday was as follows:â€"Cases in General hosâ€" pital, 1,120, of which 125 are ty hoid; sases in the Detention hospltaf, 480. Diphtheria in the Detention hospital 4; in the General hospital 1. Deatha Edgar R. Train, Co. D., Pnd Massaâ€" ‘chusetts, typhoid fever; R. Flint, Co. C., l2th US. Infantry, typhoid fever. _ The landing of troops at Corunna continues. The men present a piteous spectacle. Eight died on Thursday. The Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, Onâ€" tario and Michigan have an aggreâ€" gate area of 94,750 square miles, which is larger than the area of Great Briâ€" WHAT THE WAR COST SPAIN. AGUINALDO TO THE POWERS. NEW MANITOBA WHEAT. mpster Co‘s Offerâ€"How the Com:â€" Propose to Make the Venture a He Was Convicted on Forged Documents Lt.â€"Col,. Menry Confeasod. A despatch from Paris, says: â€"The arrest of Lieut.â€"Colonel Henry, on the discovery that he is the author of an important letter which figured in the Dreyfus case, is one of the most senâ€" sational developments in the whole of this extraordinary affair. Colonel Henâ€" ry bas been throughout the fighting champion of the army against Colonel Picquart, with whom he fought a duel. This new development evidently enâ€" tirely alters the aspect of both the Dreyfus and the Zolm cases and) pracâ€" tically nullifiese the evidence of Genâ€" erals Pellicux and Boisdeffere, and the deciarations of the Minister for War, M. Cavaignac, in the Chamber of Deâ€" puties. In fact, some people believe that perhaps the real turning point in the Dreyfus case has been reached and that the arrest of Colonel Henry/ will lead to arevision of the trial of the prisoner of Devil‘s Island. FORGED PROOF OF GUILT. | It appears that so soon as M. Cavaigâ€" nac assumed the office of Minister of War he charged the official bureau to make athorough research of the Dreyfus case, and it was this inquiry which resulted in the discovery of documents lately read in the Chamber of Deputies by M. Cavaignac showing that proof of the guilt of, Dreyfus wu‘ forged. When Colonel Henry was sumâ€" moned to the Ministry of War and. was questioned by M. Cavaignac in the presence of General Boisdeffere and. others he at first affirmed the authenâ€" ticity of the incriminating document. But, when di~crepancies were pointed out hbe at first admitted adding senâ€" tences and finally confessed to fabriâ€" cating the whole letter. It is affirmed, however, that this discovery has not phanged M. Cavaignac‘s belief in the culpability of Dreyfus, but the Minâ€" ister is determined to punish all the guilty parties no matter what their rank or position may be. Colonel Henry is to be (tried by courtâ€"martial. LATER. Lieut.â€"Col. Henry has committed suiâ€" cide. . | * Director Saunders, of the Expor!mental Farm, Returus From Manitoba. 2nd Edition A despatch from Ottawa, says:â€"â€"Dr, Wm. Saunders, the director of Expaiâ€" mental faims, who has returned trom Western Canada, says that the official estimate of the Manitoba wheat crop is under the mark. In an interview he said:â€""In the larger part of Maniâ€" toba, to the east, the orops are heavy, but in money districts in the western part they are lighter than usual, and probably below the average. Taking the province throughout, I am of opinion that the estimate made by the Manitoba Covernment in the recent issue of the crop bulletin of 1741 bushâ€" els per acre is under the mark. The difference in the yield of grain beâ€" tween the eastern and western parts of the province is accounted for by the fact that the spring rains occurred earlier in the east, and hence the westâ€" ern se tion suffered more from drought, whi h delagyed germination and checked the progress of growth in the grain. The drought in the spring extended also for a short distance into the Terâ€" ritories, and has lessened the weight of the crops there, but further west the conditions were more favourable, and the crops are heavier throughout the Indian Head district, and _ also northward on ths Pheasant plains, where there is a larger area under wheat, and ths heaviest orops I saw were found there. It is believed that wheat grown on summer fallow in this district will give an average of fully 30 bushels per acre, and that grown _ on spring ploughing and stubble is exâ€" peotsd to average from 20 to 25 hbushâ€" els per acre. THE OAT YIELD. ‘"‘The oats in this district will also be much heavier than the average given for Manitoba. One reason why the crops in this neighborhood are so heavy is that the farmers have more generally followsed the example of the Experimental farm, in putting in a large proportion of th@ir crops on sumâ€" mer fallow. Th extent of summer falâ€" low and new breaking in this district is surprising. No frosts had occurred up to Friday last to injare the grain either in Manitoba or in the Northâ€" West Territori®s, and in Manitoba the wheat was then nearly all cut, and much of it stacked. The grain throughâ€" out is plump and heavy, and there are very few small kernels, hence the proâ€" portion of marketable grain will be large and of excellent quality." Regarded With Distrust by Eritish Resiâ€" dents of Pekin. The Pekin correspondent of the Lonâ€" don Daily Mail, says:â€"‘"The disarmaâ€" ment proposal of Emperor Nicholas is distrusted by the English residents in Pekin. They regard it as a diplomatic answer to Great Britian‘s firm stand in the matter of Chinese concessions to British syndicates." The late Mr. Delane, whose reasons for wearing a wig were apparent in spite of it, complained of the difficulâ€" ty attending the selection of a gift for a daughter«of the house of Rothschild. I should like to find, he averred, someâ€" thing not intrinsically valuable, but inâ€" teresting through its rarity. And his companion had the heartlessness to ask, Why not send her a lock of your THE FIELD UNDERESTIMATED. DREYFUS EXONERATED. A CUTTING ANSWER. THE CZAR‘S BLUFF. THE CZAR IS FOR PBACE, HE SUGGESTS AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. Issucs a Note Proposing the Calling ofa Coufcrence of the Powersâ€"The Note Causcs a Sensation. A despatch from St. Petersburg, says â€"By order of Emperor Nicholas, Coun: Muravieff, the Foreign Minister, on the 24th inst., handed to the foreign diâ€" plomats at St. Petersburg a note deâ€" claring that the maintenance of peace and the reduction of the excessive arâ€" mament now crushing all nations is the ideal for which all Governments ought to strive. The Crar considers the present moment favourable for the inauguration of a movement looking to this end, and invited the powers to take part in an international conferâ€" ence as ameans of thus assuring real and lasting peace, and terminating the progressive increase of armaments. The text of the note follows: ‘‘The maintenance of general peace and the possible reduction of the exâ€" cessive armaments which weigh upon all nations present themselves in exâ€" isting conditions to the whole world as an ideal toward which the endeaâ€" vors of all Governments should be diâ€" rected. The bumanitarian and magâ€" nanimous ideas of his Majesty, the Emâ€" peror, my august master, bave been won over to this view in the conviction that this loity aim is in conformity with the most essential interests and legitimate views of the powers; and the Imperial Government thinks the present moment would be very favourâ€" able to seeking the means. "International discussion is the most effectual means of ensuring all peoâ€" ple‘s benefitâ€" a real, durable peace, above all, puttinz an end to the proâ€" gressive development of the present armaments, "In the course of the last twenty years the longing for general appeaseâ€" meat has grown especially pronouncâ€" ed in the consciences of civilized naâ€" tions, and the preservation of peace bas been put forward as an chject of international policy. It is in its name that great States bavie concluded beâ€" tween themseives powerful alliances. * It is the better to guarantee peace that they have developed in proporâ€" tions hitherto unprecedented their milâ€" tary forces, and still continue to inâ€" crease them without shrinking from any sacrifice. s . "The financial charges following the: upward march strike at the very door of public prosperity. The intellectual and pbhysical strength of the nations‘ labour and capital are mostly diâ€" verted from their natural application, and are unproductively consumed. Hunâ€" dreds of millions are devoted to acquirâ€" ing terrible engines of destruction, which, though toâ€"day regarded as the last word of science, are destined toâ€" morrow to lose all their value in conâ€" sequence of some fresh discovery in the same field, National culture, economic progress, and the production of wealth, are either paralyzed or checked in deâ€" velopment. Moreover, in proportion as the armaments of such power increase, they less and less fulfil the objects the Governments have set before themâ€" selves. _ *‘Nevertheless, all thess efforts have not yet been able to bring about the beneficent result desiredâ€"pacification. "The economic crisis, due in great part to the system of armaments Poutâ€" rance, and the continual danger which lies in this massing of war material, are transforming the armed peace of our days into a crushing burden which the peoples have more and more difficulty in bearing. "It appears evident that if this state of things were to be prolonged, it would inevitably lead to the very cataâ€" clysm it is desired to avert, and the borrors whereof make every thinking being shudder in advance. _ i "To put an end to these incessant armaments, and to seek the means of warding off the calamities which are threatening the whole worldâ€"such is the supreme duty toâ€"day imposed upon all States. it "This conference will be, by the help of God, a happy presage for the cenâ€" tury which is about to open. It would converge into one powerful focus the efforts of all States sincerely seeking to make the great conception of univâ€" ersal peace triumph over the elements of trouble and discord, and it wou!ld at the same time cement their agreeâ€" ment by a corporate consecration . of the principles of equity and right whereon rest the security of States and the welfare of peoples." WILL PRODUCE A SENSATION. A despa‘ch from London says:â€"The Czar‘s proposition for an Internationâ€" al Conference for the purpose of securâ€" ing real and lasting peace among the powers, and the termination of the progressive increase in armaments, ar conveyed in a note from Count Muraâ€" vieff, the Russian Foreign Minister, to the foreign diplomatists at St.Petersâ€" burg, is likely to produce a sensation throughout Europe; and, coming from such a quarter, and with such evident sincerity, it is likely to have imporâ€" tant effects. _ _ 35. JA "Filled with this idea, his Majesty has been pleased to command me to propose to all Governments whose reâ€" presentatives are accredited to the Imâ€" perial court ths assembljing of a conâ€" ference which shall occupy itself with this grave problem. _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ There is no doubt that with Russia taking the lead in such a step, Gerâ€" many, France, and the other nations will be ready to follow. Fortyâ€"One Animals Burned to Death and Fourtecn Suffocated. A despatch from Liverpool, says:â€" Fire occurred in Cross‘ menagerie in this city on Friday, resulting in heaâ€" vy loss. The fire originated in the lionâ€"room. Five leopards, four lions, a tiger, a puma, a jagus, 28 prairie marâ€" mots, and. a black opossum were burnâ€" ed to death, all of the animals perishâ€" ing in their cages. Besides these, two hyensas, a vulture, thres leopards, a peccary, four rare fores, two Virginia owls, and two eagles were suffocated. FIRE IN A MENAGERIE. What we call aping in case of a mon« key, we call fashion in the case pf men and women. My sister has lost her voice, and we‘ve tried every doctor in town. That soft Then try her with a mouse. Contracterâ€"You want a regular mosaic floor, I supposet Owner of Buildingâ€"Yes, if that‘s the _ style. Just as lief have the modern orthodox, Gifted. â€" Has Hagby any talents worth _ mentioning? _ Talent=# _ I‘ve known him to borrow one gir}‘s borse and phacton to take anoiher girl out for a drive. you not to make that noise, Johnniel TORONTO said the father. I would rather you wouldn‘t tell me at all, replied Jack. Judgeâ€"You robbed y'onrâ€" benefactor in a most shameful way. Do you feel no compunctions of conscience? Priâ€"« sonerâ€"Before answering, sir, 1 would like to consult my counsel. Looking Towards the Links. â€" SetB Haskinsâ€"That‘s suthin‘ like that game of shinny we used ter play, ain‘t it! Iem Pusleyâ€"Them sticks are like it; but the clothos ain‘t, by gum! A Western Drought.â€"Eastern Manâ€" Gets pretty dry out West sometimes I supposet Returned Emigrant â€" Dry! Wel!, i shouldi remark! The moon out there has to depend on wind to get full on. â€" Different Views.â€"Heâ€"She look ®o sweet! Eboâ€"Indeed! I never thought of her as exbibiting any taste at all. There are ways and ways of breakâ€" ing the ioe, said the dinerâ€"out. Ionce took a girl out to dinuer whose first “t:m'll’k to me was: Do you talk or lisâ€" n An Expianation.â€"Smithâ€"You and Jones don‘t seem to be as thick as you were. Does he ows you money? Brown â€"â€"No, not exactlyâ€"but he wanted to. Asking for Information. â€" Farmerâ€" That field there is tobacco. Visitorâ€" Is that sof What ordinaryâ€"looking plants! When do theyâ€"erâ€"begin to plug outt 'Room for Avotherâ€"Mrowne â€" 1‘d join the church if it wasn‘t sofull of hypocrites. Towneâ€"That nsedn‘t ds ter you. There‘s always room for one Knows All Aanvnout Hunâ€"D& _ you know MoShifter pretty wellt Know him# Every time bhe expresses an opinâ€" ion I can tell whether it is his owr or whether be got it from hbis wife. How it Gave Her Pleasureâ€" What do you think Miss Podus said about my photographt Goodness knows. She said she lovec to look at it because # reminded her of another man. Wisdom of Experiencse. â€" William (reading)â€"DPa, what‘s a prolonged cone flict! Paâ€"It‘s something you‘ll never be able to understand my boy, until you grow up and get married. Peasantâ€"Five dollars fine for anterâ€" ing this estate. Touristâ€"But why is no warning sign put up then? We. had one, but took it down again, for while It was up no one came in. t Yes, sir; he‘s the most considerate chaplain in the army. How is that! Why, when things begin to go wrong with his regiment he puts cotton in his ears so that the boys may feel free to talk. Implication of Vulgarity. â€"Mr. Parâ€" venuâ€"My dear, did you _ intend to leave them price tags on them picters in the parlort Mrs. Parvenuâ€"Yes, I want folks to see I amin‘t no vulgar bargain fiend. 1 Unexpected Answer. â€" Secretaryâ€" Teoâ€"morrow will be the _ twaentyfifth anniversary of the day when I enterâ€" ed your service. Employer â€" Indeed! Then I suppose you are going to have a jubilee dinner? Don‘t forget to in« vite me! Turned â€" His Back,. â€" Landlady â€" That new boarder is either married or a widower. Daughterâ€" Why, mamma, be says be‘s a bachelor. _ Landladyâ€" Don‘t you believe he is. _ When _ he opens his pocketbook to pay his board be always turns his back to me. A Genuine Gem.â€"Mrs. Parvenue~â€" That picture in the corner is by an old master. Mrs. Swartieigh â€" Inâ€" deed! I would never have guessed it, Mrs. Parvenueâ€"Yes, the man I bought it from gave me a written guarantee that the painter was past seveniyâ€"five before he done & stroke of it. The Savage Bachelorâ€"A man who will leave his property to his wife only on condition of hber not marrying again, said the Sweet Young Thing, is as mean as he can hbe. Oh, J don‘t know, said the Savage Bachelor. _ Perâ€" haps he is a friend to mankind. Why, Mr. Grumpy, exclaimed his old friend, whom he bad not seen for years, your daughter looks just the same she‘s Then sleep Mr. Summers, to wateringâ€"place hoâ€" tel clerkâ€"Be kind enough to bave me :alled at four o‘clock toâ€"morrow moraâ€" kess 8 008 hoi s d M ob og â€"Hotel Cherkâ€"Four o‘clock Mr. Summersâ€"Yes, Mrs. 8. is with me and I desire her to be up in time to catch the nine o‘clock train. Fashion another summer. Minksâ€"Hot there ? Winksâ€"No, Cold enough for blanketa with it ? Winksâ€"They didn‘t have tae blanâ€" Winksâ€"Catch me going to Mount. AN EXPERIENCED HUSBAND. as she did when a baby, Well, you could never get her to Now you can never get her to up when you want her to.