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WS SUMMARY. Interesting :[tems of News from all Parts of the World. CANADIAN. Masonic l lrand Mas‘er Spry, who has been ill for a few days is convalescing. Barley is being shipped vrest from Belle- ville at the rate of twelve cars daily. Polling will take place on the Scott Act in Oxford county on the 20th March next. Ed. \\'oodhouse, town clerk of llundas, was knocked down and robbed of $500 re oently. Miss Christina Cameron, (laughter of the late: Hon. M. Cameron, died at Nrrnia recently, at the Hon; A. Vidal's resr- dance. The Parliamentary library at Ottawa. C(n- tains seventy thousand books. Very few American institutions of the same sort sur- pass it. The cost of constructing one mile of the Canadian Pacific north of Lake Superior, is $300,000. This will give some idea of the huge undertaking that our plucky people are engaged in pushing through to a succesc- ful completion. A writ has been issued to collect $200 from Rev. \V. H. LID‘. Methodist Minister of Halifax, for marrying a soldier and a. girl without a license. It seems the groom had neglected to procure a license, but promised that he would procure one the followrng morning. He did not secure the license, and now repudiates the marriage on account of the informality. The heaviest man in Paris, Mr. .los. Smith, died on the 23rd ult., at the age of ISO years. For several months past he had been confined to his house, previous to that he weighed 3‘20 lbs. and has been gaining ever since that time, so it is thought his weight could not have been less than 350 lbs. when he died. He was buried on Monday, and owing to the width of the itquired cofiin it was found necessary to dispcnSe with a hearse. UNITED STATES. {sports from various portions of Califor- nia indicate a. bad condition of the crops. During the past year 2,693 new buildings were erected in New York City at a cost of $44,304 638. Texas cattle are dying in large numbers from a strange diseaae, which appears to be incurable. The Brigham Young Academy at I‘rovo City, U., a Mormon school with 400 stu- dents, was burned. In three years 135 telegraph companies with $225,000,000 capital have been incor- porated in New York. AUBURN, N. Y. â€"A boy here rec0vercd a verdict against the New York Central for $10,500, for the loss of a foot. In Massachusetts an attempt is being made by the temperance men to raise $10,000 to aid in the temperance movement. The season’s ice harvest on the Hudson River amounts to over 3,000,000 tons, the largest crop ever housed in any one year. The revenue receipts of the United States Government for the first half of the current fiscal year, amounted to $60,500,- 000 The frigate Colorado, which has cost $1,- 410 503, has been condemned at the Brooklyn navy yard, and she Will be sold at auction. The New York pet stack show contains 5, 000 Plymouth Rocks, l,000 pigeons. and 7.0%0 Asiatics, including Brahmas of all kin s. “Wendell Phillips, of Boston, the orator and prominent abolitionist, died at his resi- dence, Boston,after a week's illness, aged 7‘2 years A syndicate of New York and Philadel- phia. capitalists has invested very heavily in the securities of the Northern Pacific system. _ A Chicagb Life Insurance Association has Just come to grief, its outstanding policies amounting to $300,000, and its cash funds to 37 cents. TITUSV‘ILLE. â€" Oil reports say that 228 wells were completed during January with a production of 3,146 barrels daily. Twenty dry holes were drilled. Prices of eggs in Bouton market are higher than they have been quoted before since 1865, and it is conjectured that the hens have struck for higher wages. . The bill making the Commissioner of Ag- riculture a Cabinet officer has been favor- ably reported by the Agricultural com- mittee of the U. 8. House of Representa- tives. The Senate of M2 ssachusetfs has voted to abolish the annual “Election Sermon.” a customary observance that has descended to us from the earliest days of the Purit- ans. New York fruit dealers deny that frost has hurt the orange crop, or that the Cali- fornia corner will aflect prices. There are upwards of 10,000,000 new bearing trees this year. Great floods have prevailed along the Missisippi river, doing an immense amount of destruction. It is reported that at I’iLts- burgh alone not less than live thousand iamilies were left homeless. Marquis De Mcrcs, who shipped 12,000 sheep last July to Montana, rcpor ts that .55 pcr cent. died. The animals ch11 up and bleed at the nose before (It all]. Post mor- ILL“ examination disclcsed a dizeasc hcreto- fore unknown. The United States Senate has passed a resolution proudiirg for each Senator who is not the chairman of a committee. a priv- ate clerk or secretary at a salary of $0 per day, and now the Representatives are back- ering after the same privilege. At the recent fisheries exhibition at Lon- don, twenty-six foreign and colonial U ov- ernments were represented. (hit of all the awards the United States head the list with 49 gold, 47 silver, and ‘10 brorzc medals, and ‘24 diplomas, (qual to more than one- hl'th 01 the entire number awarded. Cornell University has n mummy on tli: way from Egypt. His name, some thousands or years ago was "Pei pi.” His views en the "College Fetich" question would be valuable if we could only get at them, and probably not much further behind the times than some which have been recently maintained by several other college Dons. It is considered almost certain that this Congress will not appropriate money to build any more steel cruisers, and possibly may refuse to comple'e those that have been bogun._for it is lizlieved by some naval men, that if completed they Will be failures. A me nber of the Naval Committee says that no guns in the country can be placed in them, neither is there a foundry where they cm be cast, and to construct a plant where such guns could be made, would cost 3 mil- lion dollars. The Grange interests were never more prosperous in New Hamshire than theyare at present. The State Master has visited the granch at (lodston, Dunbarton, Camp- ton, Stoddard, Antrim, and An‘loverduring the past week and is in the field for ten days to come. At Andover on N rturrlay evening there was a large gathering. with a banquet and speeches. Nzcretary Bichelder of the State Grange, the retiring local Master, was presented with an elegant sash and Past Master’s jeWel. At Sackett‘s ll arbor, N.\' , a War ship wascommenced during the tune of the war of 1812, to cruise on Like Ontario. \Vhen peace was procla‘nred the framework of the ship had just been completed, and work on it was stopped. A building was afterward erected over it and there it has stood ever Since. It was recently sold for $010 and taken down. Some of the timbers are a good deal decayed and were sold for firc~ wood. The most of the cedar is good how~ ever and has been disposed of for other use. The contractor nets about 31,000 out of his purchase. An Italian Estimate of Bismarck. An intcresting historical essay on His inai‘ck has just appeared in Italy. It is written by (lactano Nouri, and consists chiefly of twu lectures, which the author has given at Mailand, on the (.lerman chancellor. Speaking of Bismarck as a man, Signor Negri sayes :â€"“He is one of the most interesting and incomprehensible characters that have appeared in the history of the world. Imagine an East G)th, in~ oculated with the culture of the present time. Seen from the one side, he appears as one acknowledging only the worship of power, violent, harsh, and merciless. 0n the other hand, we see in him the man en- dowed with the greatest moral gifts, open to the infliences of purest and highest sen~ timents. The contradictions in his char acter are passing strange ; marvellous is the wealth of his intellect and unique his capa~ city for satisfying the most contradictory claims. . . . All through he is a man of the north. In him lives the poetic spirit of the northern races; the spirit of Shake speare is within him ; at the same time he is grave and jovial, rough and graceful ; and he has a depth of religious feeling unknown to the Latin peoples. Bismarck is on of the most powerful speakers that ever have spoken from the parliamentary tribune. His eloquence, however, is not that of a Cicero, enlarging on a given Subject in smooth, harmonious figures of speech ,- his is an eloquence like an arrow shot from a bowâ€"rough, passionate, irony, springing, as it were, upon his subjects and penetrat- ing into their innermost depths. With Bis- marck we are never in the world of words, but always in the world of facts. It is the mighty objectivity of his speeches which makes them attractive, even if considered quite apart from the circumstances under which they are made, and from the passion which inspired them. He always leads us into the real drama of life, into the fight ior existence, in the collision of men and things Added to this his imagination, in itself extremely lively and supported by a rich and varied knowledge, which brings to his mind the‘ most surprising pictures and compirisons, and it is easy to understand that this combination of gifts stamp Bis- marck’s eloquence with the greatest origi- nality. But nowhere do we see him more attractive, and, as it were more human, than in his letters to his wife and sister. They are mostly notes from his tours abroad, short epistles on his state of health and his occupations, all full of grace and life. They show partly that in the midst of the heaviest troubles the elasticity of his spirit, the clearness of his views, the ironi- cal contemplation of all things human, the sense of the beauty of nature, are still pre- served. In somo of these letters he gives way to a deep poetic sentiment, and it is here that his best and noblefit side is seen.” Pall Mall Gazelle. â€"â€"â€"â€".-oâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- Charcoal and its Uses. Charcoal, laid flat while cold on a burn, causes the pain to abate immediately; by leaving it on for an hour the burn seems al- most healed when the burn is superficial. And charcoal is valuable for many other pur- poses. Taintid meat surrounded with it is sweetened; strewn over heaps of decom- posed pelts, or over dead animals, it pro vents any unpleasant odor. Foul water is purified by it. It is a great disinfectant, and sweetens offensive air if placed in shal- low trays around apartments, It is so very porous in its “minute interior,” it absorbs and condenses gases most rapidly. ()ne cubic inch of fresh charcoal will absorb near- ly one hundred inches of gaseous ammonia. Charcoal forms an unrivalled poultiuc for malignant wounds and sores, often corrod- iug away dead flesh, reducing it to one quarter in six hours. In cases of what We call proud fl:Sll it is invaluable. It gives no disagreeable odor, corrorlcs no metal, hurts no texture, irrjures no color, is a simple and safe sweetener and disinfectant. A teaspoonlul of charcoal, in half a glass of water, often relieves a sick headache; it absorbs the gases and relieves the diste lelCrl stomach pressing against the nerves, which extend from the stomach to the head. It often relieves constipation, pain or heart- burn. .«*o A FINE MoirNiNo.â€"â€"“Fine morning, your honor,” alliany remarked the man who was arrested the night before for being drunk and disorderly, "Yes, indeed,” heartily responded the justice; ‘ quite a fine morning; in fact, a $10 fine morning.” After this little pleasantry the gentleman was booked for the "Black Maria” and the business of the court went on as usual. Where Cigar- Boxes Go. “\Vhat becomes of the empty boxes ?” was the question put by a. reporter to a. retail cigar dealer, who does a thriving busi- ness. "I'm sure I don't know,’ "Some of them are given away, a few, per- haps, are sold by some of the dealers, but the great bulk are broken to pieces and used as kindling wood. You see Uncle Sam makes it a punishable offence to use the same box twice for cigars unless every particle of the revenue stamp is removed, and a new stamp placed on the box. Now, a complete removal of the st imp would spoil the box 3. id make it unfit for further use for cigars,” “Is not that a considerable loss 2” inquir- ed the reporter. “Hardly so. A good workman, I understand, will nail nearly a thousand boxes in a day, and the wood is abundant in this country. If you never saw a cigar box factory you had better visit one, and you’ll see some interesting sights,” The reporter followed the advice, and climbed up five flighis of stairs in one of the lirgest lrh cks in the manufacturing district of the city, where the largest cigar box f.ic« tory is lo :aferl. A partof thalach floor was occcupied by the strips of wood, cut to the inquisite thickness, one dimension for the bottom, sides and cover, and another for the ends. The sirips of wood are run through a rip- saw, sawed in long strips, and cut into the required lengths by a second machine. The ends are then planed as smooth as the sides. and the pieces are ready to be made into boxes. Lids and sides have to pass through i rinting presses, of the same pattern as used in ordinary job rooms, but much heavier, to have the brand, trademark, ctc . printed p(n them with indelible ink. Then the r was the reply. Cigar boxes are very cheap. pieces go to the nailer, who uses a machine for his workThe I’fl‘llug machines are somewhat similar in appearance to type-setting ma. :hines, and require but little experience to be quite dex- teiuusly handled. llie mills are fed into a hopper on the top. passing through small brass pipes into little tubes at the proper distances for the parts to be railed together. By the res- sure of the foot on the foot-bran] of the ma.- chine, the operator forces the nails out of the tubes into the wood, and accomplishes with the aid of the machine six times as much wrrrk as the most experienced workman could do with hand and hammer ; besides the work is of necessity done far more accurate. 1y. The first operation is the nailing togeth- er of an end and head piece, which are placed in large piles, and then two of those pieces are nailed together, forming the sides of the box. Boys nail on the buttons and girls tack on the cover temporarily, while while other girls paste on the cloth hin es. The half-completed boxes are then piled up until they are perfectly dry. An experienced nailer averages about 830 boxes per day, receiving twenty-five cents for 100 boxes, while the boys and girls are paid by the Week, earning from four dollars to ten per week. After the boxes are dry, they are brought under a rapidly revolving planer, which re- moves all over-hanging wood-work, while whirling sand wheels smooth off the ed es. A large force of girls, is employed in putting on the finishing touches, which means to paste on the edgings, inside labels, linin and flaps. For this work the girls are paid eighty cents per hundred, and they earn from five to nine dollars per week. The lumber used in the manufacture of ci- gar boxes is, With but few exceptions, either bass-wood or red cedar. Bass-wood slows in almost unlimited quantities in Michigan, Minnesota, and the northern part of \Visconsin. It is shipped to this city in rough boards, which are re-cut, planed and stained by a peculiar process, so that it cIOsely resembles cedar wood, from which it is diflerent in color, and lacking in that sharp, pungent odor which is deemed of particular value for the packing of cigars. Basswood boxes are used for the ordinary quality of cigars. The red cedar grows in Mexico, ,Cuba. and Cen- tral America, and forms an imporlautar- ticie in the exports of these countries. Ce- dar costs in Chicago in the neighborhood of forty dollars a thousand lineal feet of the culinary lumber dimrirsi'ons. An important item in the manufacture of cigar boxes is the label, which costs from sixty cents to six dollars a. thousand. A few especially fine labels, male for special brands, cost nine and ten dollarsa th u and. The larger box factories have a printing room atla:hed to their establishments, and prTnt the ordinary quality of labels them- selves, while the more elaborate qualities of more or less artistic design, and pr nted in from three to a dozen colors, are made b the large lithographic establishments, where designers for this particular branch of work ar kept stea lily at work. It is a. iroticrablo fact that in a great irony cases one may judge of the quality of cigars by the kind of label attached to the hex. The “loud” lav bel with flaming colors, presenting all kinds of impossible birds and flowers, or females more or less dccollete, does not, as a rule, speak favorably for the quality of the cigars. The habitual snicker bu rwu his label, al~ though some of the fave rite l roads of “three- for-a quarter,” (1' "straight; ten", such as “ 001000., ” “ Professor Morse, " “ Mark Twain,” “La. RJsa,” “Henry Cay,” and othrrs, are sold in numerous imitations. The better quality of cigars, like the bette r quality of men, do not "show oil" in a very elaborate style; they have a Well-designed and artistically executed albel, in unobtru- sive colors, and some of the very best cigars have very plain packing. Cigars for private sales are generally packed in boxes which are fastiired with brass clasp; instead of the old-fashioned silk-ribbons. There is one firm of lithographrri in this city who do iritlring else but print cigar labels ; and there are eight box factories,cm- ploying 1350 bands, and a capital of $100 000. while the annual production is valued at SlO0,000.â€"â€"C/¢icugo Tribune. vegcq Dr. Carson's Pulmonary Cough Drops. The prescrip- tion of on old Canadian Practitioner. The best remedy for the Lungs, in large bottles at 50 cents. For sale everywhere " Freddie, did you go to school to-day ?” “ Yes'm." "lhd you lrarn anything new?" “ Yes’m.” “ What was it, my boy .7” “ I got on to a sure way of gettin’ out for an hour by snufiiu red ink up my nose.” l T ,_\\,\\‘T .__‘-u. .3; 1-s\\\\\\\ v: .. J F0 R T H E Kidneys. Liver. and Urinary Organs. THE BEST BLOOD PURIFIER. I There In only one way by which any disease I can be cured, and that is bv removing the causeâ€"Wherever it may he. The great medical authoriticsof the day declare that nearly every disease is caused by deranged kidneys or liver. To restore these, therefore, is the only way by which health can he Secured. Here is where “'AIRNER'S SAFE (‘lllKl-l has achieved its i great. reputation. It m-fs directly upon the kidneys and liver. and by placing them in a} healthy condition drives disease and pain from the system. For all Kidney. Liver. and Urin 3 try troubles; for the distressing disorders of , women; for Malaria, and physical troubles' generally, this great remedy has no equal. .Bc- warn of iir ptrslors, imitations and concoctions said to he just us good. For Ilinbr-ll's ask for wanxnn's SAFE DlAlH-XI ES (Willi). For sale by all dealers. H. H. WARNER & 00-, Toronto, lint... Rochester, V12. London, Eng. I The Emperor of China's QJO-year old bed. stead must have absorbed a great dea‘ of “ rough on bugs” in its lifetime, Tlra“. and the 2’10- ear ol'l ya‘r of socks found in an Egyptian tomb would make a. boom for a dime museum. The colors of the Triangle Dyes are so beautiful, and their use so simple. they lead the dye market of the country. 10:. It was nothing but the benign influence of Christmas time that made China, talk peace and good will to France. Catarrhâ€"A New Treatment whereby 3 Permanent Cure is effected in from one to three applications. Particulars and treatise free on receipt of stamp. A. H. Dixon dz Son, 305 King-St. West, Toronto ‘Canada. “Lol I am with you,” is a text for a missionary among the Indians to use. PECTORIAI Pectoria Pectorin! the great remedy for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Influenza, Hoaneness. and all nfiections of the Lungs and Throat or Chest. Pectoria loosens the phlegm and breaks up the Cough. 25 cents per Bottle. Don't giVe up until you tune tried Pectoria; all Druggists and General Store- keepers sellit. A , P. [64. BEAUTIFUL 100 150. A new collection. embracing a. number of the most popular songs of the day. Among them nrc.|Wc Never Speak as We Puss By;â€"0ver the Garden Wrill,â€"Kerry Deccaâ€"Warrior Bold,â€" Blue Alsatian Mountains,â€"(lnly a Blossom from her Grimmâ€"Three Uld Maids of Leaâ€"Flirting in the Starlight,â€"-Graurlrnother's ()lrl Easy Choir, â€"Don't Drink my Boy To-iright. and 90 others, comprising Home songs. Comic Songs, Senti‘ mental songs, Children's songs, etc. All are printed on nice paper. and are bound in a book with colored cover. Remember, we send the em tire collection of 100 Songs for only 150, three books for30c. ,II doz. , 1.00310, or 30. stamps taken. JAMES LEE dz CO., Montreal, RQ. Illâ€"E QUEEN’S ASK FOR 7T AND TAKE N0 0TH .’ '9 w' TRADE MARK. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS .â€" ~ MADE BY â€" lHEllflEHllflllEl SillP Bill BEST BOILER :PLllTE. For sale low, the following sizes suitable for Boilers. Rafe Flurnes, Tanks. ken (to, 5-16 inch thick, 6‘3. 313 9x3.10x3. 6325, 7x25 8x29 9x25. 3' BEND FOR PRICES m Copland 86 McLaren, Corner Wellington at Grey Nun 5:3,. Montreal. ELM" CITY HARNESSIOII: BASED ON KEATS FOOT OIL. Is the finest harness dressing made. It softens and prr‘fil'rvt‘fl the leather, and gives it a. line finish. Ask your saddler for it. F. F. DALLEY&I CO., HAMILTON. ONTARIO. WSole Agents for the Dominion“ F. E. DIXON & CO., Manufacturers of Star Rive Leather Belting ! 70 King Street. East. Toronto Large double Drivinz Belts a specialty. {or Price Lists and Discounts. Field,Garden AND Flower , en THE BEST THE HANDSOMEST AND MOST COMPLETE $11- 90 Extraordinary Bargain. â€"FORâ€" On receipt of only 350. 350 we will mail, post- pairl, 34 pieces comprising 48 pages of full size sheet [1111510, bound together in one volume. lNumes of Vocal pieces :â€" All on account of Eliza; A \Varrior Bold; The Country Lad; Nancy Lee; (,‘honis of Charity Girls; Drummer's Song; The Judge's Song; The Love-Sick Boy; Whoa Emma; Two Bail Men; Man in the Moon; Johnny Morgan; The Gleam-rs: Torpedo and the Whale; ISaw Her'in the Violet Time; Five 001001: in the. Morning: My Love She's but a Lassie Yet; Adieu, Dear Home; Dame Babble; and 15 pieces 0! Instrumental Music, comprising new and popular dance music, selections from different Operas, Marches, 520., he. All the above and our handsome new Chroma Lithograph in colors of the Lord’s Prayer and 10 Commandments, sent postâ€"paid for 35¢. As a holiday offer we will also send free 10 Christmas Cards, 50 ,money making receipts and a. pack of Age Cards. Order quick. You get all the above for 350, or 5 lots for 31.25; I doz. for $2.00. Cut this out and return with order JAS. LEE & CO., Montreal, no. __ M. W. DUNHAM HAS IMPORTED 90 PER GENT OF ALL HORSES Ever Imported From France to America. Whose Purity of Blood is established by their Recorded Pedigree: in the Perehe~ roll Stud 1500' of France, which isthe only Draft Horse Record at Ihntcountry. Mr Dllnhflmhagjugt published a 25,000 edition of his hand. Snlnl‘ly illustrated ~10 ago cntuloorue for l 84, containing descriptions and ped- . lgrees lmany for 10 , generations) of . 4 50 STILLIMS 8: MARES Now an lmnd. All Stallion. Guaranteed Breeder-u. Catalogue free. Address. M. W. DUNIIA M. WaynE. Du l’1ic‘e(‘.o., Illinois (33 miles west of Chicago, on C. {FUN ANDMYSTERI ssnrsssxuosnunsr FOR ONLY 30 crs. Have you seen it? The greatest collection 0 Games. Cards. Tricks. Puzzles, Songs, etc., ever offered for anything like the money. AMUSE- MENT FOR A WHOLE SEASON, for the old or young. Our NEW BUDGET contains the following; Heller's Conjnring Pack: the Mystic Urucle: Guide to Flirtution: 10 new Evening Cil'lll :1 Set of “Hold to Light Corrls;" 1 Set (‘ ’ r-l Chroma Cards: the Star Puzzle; 25 “’uys to Get Rich; the "13" Puzzle; 5 Beautiful Face Pictures : Language of Jewels and Flowers ; 101 Selections for Aiitogmgh Albums; 11 Popu- lnr Songs with Music ; 13 New Tricke in Magic: Puck of Fun and Comic Cords: I Chinese Block Puzzle; the Roman Cross Puule; Great 35 Prize Puzzle; 1 set Transformation Pietui'es, change color right before your eyes, and Gem“ of Fortune. ALL FOR 30 CENTS. IN ONE OR TWO CENT POSTAGE STAMPS. By mail, post aid. Two Packages for FIFTY CENTS, five for NE DOLLAR. Bend at once and get the greatest bargain ever offered. Return this with order to avoid mistake. JAS. LEE & CO., Montreal, P. Q. I \«szr.\“ a“. 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