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The winter at Fort McLeod has been very favorable for ranchcmen, no losses of cattle. having occurred. Fiv; packages of immoral newspaper lit- erature imported from New York have been seized at Ottawa. The 381111 city financial statement for the past year shows a surplus in ordinary rc- venue and expenditure. A charter for building a railway line from Winnipeg to Emerson has been granted to a. Winnipeg Company. It is stated that, the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church to the Knights of Labour has resulted in a. large secession of members from the order in Montreal. The name of the confiscated American schooner H ighland Light, purchased by the Dominion Government for crusier service, has been changed to the Vigilnnt. The Departmc-nt of Agriculture at Ottawa continues to receive advices to the effect that there will be an enormous influx of im- migrants to the North-“West next year. The new chief of Police of Toronto has forbidden the running of hacks or calm on Sunday, hence visitors to the Queen city have to walk from the trains on that day. The Dominion Govermnent has (lecialod to appeal against: the Exchequer Court judg ment declaring invalid the grant of hunls by British Columbia. for railway construction. The steam pumps in Montreal were startâ€" ed the other day on account of the rise of the St. Lawrence, and succeeded in prevent- ing the cellars along the water; from being flooded. The Dominion Government will at the new year Iner a considerable number of postal extensions throughout Southern Man- itoba, giving a. bi-chkly mail at all avail- able points. During November the depodts in the Post-office Savings banks worc $710,163, $151,692 in excess of the withdrawals. The total amount to the credit of depositors is now $17,810,790. Three hundred and sixteen Indians on the Caughnawagu reserve near Montreal are registered and will be entitled to vote in Lapmirie county, Quebec, at the nefo DV- minion election. The contractors for the St. Clair tunnel at Sarnia have been granted the privileges recently applied for, with regard to exemp» tion of Customs duty on plant necessary to carry on their work ’ The ranks of the Salvation army have been considerably augmented at \Vinnipeg within the last few days. Sunday they par- aded the streets five hundred strong with band and banners. Rev. Dr. Partridge has been selected to go to England to raise funds for the new cathedral to be erected at Halifax in com- memoration 0f the organization of the first colonial episcopatc. Reports of the railway accident in the Rocky Mountains were exaggerated. One life only \ms lost, a. section man named Neville. The disaster occurred through dis- obedience of the company’s instructions. The total values of the exports and imâ€" ports of the Dominion for the month of N0» vember were respectively $11,377,392 and $7,302,415). The total amount of Customs duty collected for the same month was‘$1,â€" 447,162. M r. McLeod Stewart having resigned the presidency of the Canada. Atlantic railway, in view of his candidacy for the mayoralty of Ottawa, Mr. D. C. Linsley, lute general manager, has been elected president in his stead. At Merrittnn, John Brick, 0. section man, While shoveling snow on the track in the Grand Trunk railway yards, was run over by an engine and cut completely in two. Brick was 55 years of age and leavgs a. grown up family. It is reported that on the 151: of April next the adjutantâ€"gcnerals and brigade- majors of the districts in which permanent military schools are established will be re- tired, and their a pointments given to the commandants an second in command of the district. A motion was adopted at a recent meet- ing of the Road Committee of the Montreal city council instructing the city surveyor to communicate with the mayor of New York with a. View to the adoption of a scheme in Montreal for placing all telegraph wires under ground. Henry Fox, proprietor of large planing mills on King street west, Torontd, was found dead in his arm chairtlm other morn- ing, Where he had been left; sitting when the family retired for the night. His death is attributed to a stroke of paralysis. He was 61 years of age. Charles Harrison was arrested at Ottawa for passing Confederate bills. He is known to have disposed of a quantity, and several were found in his trunk. He is said to have been supplied by an American dealer in these goods, who has sent quite a. stock to Canada. Le JIaniHba, of “linnipeg, says that through Mr. Royal, Ambrose Lepinc, who was concerned in the first; Riel rebellion, has obtained a. reinstatement of all his civil rights, which he lost in accepting the com- mutation of his death sentence. Lepine acted in a most loyal manner during thé rc‘ bellion of 1885. The sentence of Dcrose, the British- C01- umbiagnurdercr, who was to have been hanged some weeks ago but secured (L 1‘0» spite, will be commuted to imprisonment for life. Derosc, itap’punrs, is insane and was fur some years confined in Beaupprt asylum. The Paris Temps says the owner ofu French fishing smack at St. Brieux is suing the British bverumnnt fm‘ indemnity for losses which he claims he suffered by the action of the Newfoundland people, who prevented him from fishingufi'thc mirth coast of that colony. The Rock ' Mountain 'I‘Cicgmph Com- pany’s Wire 1:; convpictud from Medicine iiiLt on the Canadian Pacific to Fort Assinilmine, which is connected with Helena, Mont. The electric circuit is now cunipiutcd in the, North-“Est, east and west from the Unith States Via the Canadian Pacific. At h'litchell, the other afternoon, John Daw, an old settle)“, living in the outskirts of the town, was gvrcd to death by a. vicious bull. His wife running out to the bmu yard and seeing the bleeding form of her husband THE WEEK'S NEWS. HOME on the ground, fell dead. They leave a. large grown up family. AMERICAN. President Cleveland is better, and able to drive out with Mrs Cleveland. Sutlcr, Hemmingway & 00., general mer~ chants at \Vhezidey, Ark, suspended with $420,000 liabilities. Hngs are dying in large numbers in the southern part of Iowa, with what seems to be a, disease of the lungs. The Philadelphia and Reading Company has advanced the price of pea coal ]5 cents per ton and buckwheat 25 cents per ton. The boiler at the Armstrong mine at Angus, 1a., exploded the other afternoon, killing three men zmd wounding two others. Nearly twenty-eight thousand persons in the drought stricken district of the State of N w York are reported to be in actual need of food and clothing. A Norwegian bzuque which arrived (Lt Pensacola, Flam from Para had seven cases of yellow fever onboard during the passage, two of which resulted fatally. The four year old child of John Kane, of Imoklyn, N. Y‘, got hold of a whiskey bottle (71] Christmas Day, swallowed the contents and died in a few hours. Three thousand five hnudmd cars have already heen side tracked 0n the Reading, 1’00, and Philadelphia and cannot be. sent in their destination until the blackade is ' d. At, " linton, 1nd,, While Alhcrt Dean, v. ho was visiting his mother, Mrs. Joshua. Dean, was cxmniuing a. pistol belonging to John \Vestlcy it accidentally vent ofi', kill- ing Mrs. Dean. The other morning the Anchor line steamer City of Natchez and the Mississippi Valley steamer, R. S. Hayes, with four heavily loaded barges, were burned to the water’s edge at Cairo,_ 111., causing a. total loss of one million dollars. Bills will be introduced in both Houses of Congress awarding to Mrs. Logan the pen- sion she would have received had her hus- band died of wounds in service instead of disease, the foundation of which, it is claim- ed, was laid by exposure of his army life. The Chicago City Council have passed a resolution asking the family of G eneral Logan to allow his rennins to be in terrcd in Chicago, and thefiouth l’m‘k Commissioners have ton- derod a site for the grave. A subscripuion fund has been started in \Vnshington for the benefit of Mrs. Logan, for which ten thousand dollars was collected in five hours. FOREIGN. Isabella Begg, niece of Robert Burns, is dead. Rumors of impending war still overhang France. The Bulgarian delegates have arrived in London. An attempt was recently made to destroy by explosives one of the churches in Lyons. Mr. Henry Stanley has started for Zan- zibar on his expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, The report that Germany and Russia. had reached an agreement concerning Bulgaria, is denied. ' Prince Nicholas of Montenegro has cal}- cd out; 35,000 troops,§w}m will be armed with repeating rifles. A number of Buddhist priests have offered General Roberts their assistance in the paci- fication of Burmah. The Paris Temps and the Liberia deny that either France or Germany has any in- tention to go to war. Mr. Gladstone has declined all overtures to receive dcputntlons on the occasion of is coming birthday. One of the severest snowstorms that ever visited the country passed over England on Sunday of last week. It is officially announced that the meeting of the Imperial Parliament has been post- poned till February. Madame Bert; denies that her husband, Paul Bert, was converted to the Catholic faith prior to his death. The French press have been warned against publishing military news which would be of use abroad. The Swiss Bundesrath has passed a. reso lution ordering the frontier guards not to permit the exportation of Swiss horses. It is stated that the Russian reserves have been called out. Marked movements of troops have been noticed in Bessarabia. After fighting a duel Mr. Feval, son of a, well known French author, shot himself in the abdomen with a revolver. He is dying. Right Hon. \Villiam H. Smith, Secretary of \Var, is to succeed Lord Randolph Churchill as leader in the House of Com- mons. Gen. \Villoughby, the Malagassy agent in Europe, has been instructed to stop negotia- tions in Paris for a loan for the Nova. Gov- crnmeut. The I’m-is correspondent of the London Times has infommtion from an undoubted source that Rusraiw and Germany signed a direct alliance a fortnight ago. Railway lines on the continent of Europe are still blocked with snow. France suf- fered sevcrly from storms. An enormous amount of property was destroyed. At a. grand reception riven to the officers of the French army by t )c Minister of \Var Gen. Boulamgor emphatically disclaimed the warlike intentions ascribed to him in Ger» many. The British ironclad “ Sultan,” anchoer at Tn‘gus, dragged anchor and ran into the French steamer “ Ville de Victorian,” which had ‘250 persons on board, nearly all of whom were drowned. Lord Colin Campbell’s solicitors have ap- plied for a new trial of his counter suit; for divorce against his wife on the ground that the verdict of the jury was against the weight of the evidence. The breakdown in the English Telegraph tom by reason of the recent storm is the g. cutest thth has occurred for a. quarter of £1, century. The lines are all down in every direction for a hundred miles around Lon» don. The Ru.- L11 (,lovernmeut has discovered the exinfieme of an cxtencsive Nihilist organ» imtion, the memhers of which are principal- ly \mrkmen in large factories in St. Peters- imrg, in MOSCOW and in Vladimir. Many members of the organization have been :le i'ebted. General Boulzmgor’s action in reappointâ€" ing the generals in command of the French fortresses, and bestowing upon the com- mander of the Paris garrison the title of Superior Commander of the National De- fence, are considered indications that war is not remote. Dnring the last ten years the loss in Aus- tralia caused by the rabbit pest through the decrease on the carrying capabilities of land, destruction to crops, loss of rent, etc., would amount to at least $15,000,000. The rabbit which has caused all this dmnage is the common gray variety of wild rabbit, in- troduced in Victoria in 1860, for the purpose of sport, it has been so prolific in the propa- gation of its kind as to literally overrun a great portion of Victoria. The existence of whole nations of gigantic persons may well be questioned ; but there . can be no reasonable doubt of the reality of certain individuals, whose hight has greatly exceeded that of men in general. The giant as a curiosity has been seen by nearly every Canadian hay in the museum and in the circus. The stories of great giants of the pfl-St ages are more than interesting. The exact liight of 0g, the King of Bashan, has been frequently given ; some supposing him to have been more than twelve feet in' hight while others think his stature did not ex- ceed eleven feet. In like manner the giant Goliath, 0f the Bible, is generally computed to have been nine feet nine inches high ; l but commentators suppose that he might have been fully eleven feet. The Emperor Maximinius was nine feet in hight, and several other Romans of equal stature are said to have lived during the reign of Augustus Accounts are contained in the philosophical transactions of the Royal Society, of human skeletons dug up in England, measuring eight and nine feet in length. These were probably the remains of Romans. Many fabulous and contra- dictory stories have been told at one time of the l’atagonians who, according travelers have been a race of giants. An English offi- cial once declared that he had measured the bones of men, in sepulchres in South America, between eleven and twelve feet high. Turner, the naturalist, declares that he once saw upon the coast of Brazil, a race of gigantic savages, one of Whom was twelve feet in hight. The declaration of Turner is all the more credible, by the statement of M. Thevet, of France, who in his descrip- tion of America, published in Paris in 1575, asserts that he saw and measured the skele- ton of a South American which was eleven feet five inches in length. To these re- markable instances may be added it Well‘ proportioned living man, Whom Diemer- brook saw at Utrecht, measuring eight feet six inches. Dr. Becamus, an ancient scholar reports having seen a youth of nine feet, a man of ten feet and a woman nine feet in hight. iValter Parsons, who acted ks porter to King James I. of England, was seven feet six inches in stature. But the Chinese claim to have men among them in the last century who Were fifteen feet high. How- ever, this report may have no more founda- tion than the chronological fables of the sons of China. Sir Henry leads the way to Her Majesty’s private drawing-room, and the visitor finds himself in the presence of Royalty, it may be for the first time. He is soon magsmu sured, and unless he is a stammerin‘g chnrl, Who would be ill at ease in any lady’s com- pany, he soon feels at home. He is sure to be a. celebrity, and the Queen’s kindly ques- tions as to the “forte” which has made him famous, send him away quite happy after the ten minutes’ interview to while away the time till dinner. This he can do in his own apartments or in the salon of the ladies and gentlemen in Waiting, as he pleases. L The dinner itself is rather more trying. To begin with, it is not served until nine o‘clock, so that the visitor, if it be his first 1 visit, will be blessed with an alderman’s ap- petite by the time he finds himself in the reception room, or rather corridor, adjoining the private diningroom in the Victoria Tower. Mr. Gladstone and several other old stagers always provide themselves with sandwiches, which they eat in their rooms. The Queen enters at five minutes to the hour, says a Word or two to each guest, and then pilots the way to the dinner-table. Here the nervous Visitor’s happiness de ends greatly on his luck. If by any cliance Princess Christian happens to be dining at the Castle and he sits next her, he is sure to have a. good time. Princess Louise, the Duchess of Connaught, the Duchess of Al- bany, are all the best of company. On the other hand, the Princess of Wales, though her manner is charming, is, from her deaf- ness, rather a trying neighbor to a nervous visitor, while Princess Beatrice is so quiet as to give a frightened stranger a quite er- roneous impression of hauteur. The Queen addresses, in the course of the meal, one sentence to each uest, Which he is expect- ed to answer briegy and well, all other con- versation ceasing during the dialogue. There is no sitting over wine by the gentle- men, and in one hour they are all in the reception room again. The guests do not sit, but advance in turn and say a few ‘ words to Her Majesty, who then bows to the company and retires to her private , apartments. Next morning the guests breakfast in their own rooms, and are exâ€" pected to leave by half-past ten. They do not, except in the case of Ministers, see the Queen in the morning. A. I’cxfume of as good name heralds 9110 claim that Putrt‘m’m Painless Corn l‘lxtl'mttor is a. sure, cerium, (and painless remedy for corms. Fifty imitations prove it to be the best. At druggists. Riding with me through a thriving Maine town, recently, a. friend indichth a large tannery and remarked: “That establish- ment has an entertaining story. Its feund~ er built up a. large business and willed it to his daughter, instructing his executors to permit her to manage the business herself. The neighbors predicted a collapse of the concern; but the girl proved to be even a better business man than her father, and cleared $7,000 the first year. She ran it several years and then a minister settled in town, who took to her. The taking was mutual. He married her, left the ministry, is now running the tannery with his wife’s help and drives the fanciest team in town. A Clever Business Woman. Gigantic Giants. The Fm“ R caching With the Queen. YOUNG MEN sufiering from the efiecte of early evil habits, the result of ignorance and folly, who find themselves weak, nervous and exhausted; also Mm- DLn-Aenb and 0m) Mm: who are broken down from the efiects of abuse or over-work, and in advanced life feel the consequences of youthful excess, send for and READ M. V. Lubon'a Treatise on Diseases of Men. The book will be sent sealed to any address on receiyt of two 30. stamps. Address M. V. LUBON, 47 We ling- ton St. E. Toronto, Ont. Bed-clothing manufactured from paper pulp, strengthened with twine, is one of the latest novelities. Whenever your Stomach or BOWEIS get out of or- der, musing Biiiougncss, Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, and their attendant (Wile, take at once a dose of Dr. Carson’s Stomach Bitters. Best (umin medicine. All Druggisf/s, 50 cents. Tlie‘ivaxrggést ship built on the Clyde this year is an Orienm] steamer of 6500 tons. People who are subject to bad breath, foul coated tongue, or any disorder of the Stoumch, can at. once be relieved by using Dr. Carson‘s Stomach Bitters, the 01d and tried remedy. Ask your Druggist. Venezuela has had a shower of blue and red hailstox es. ,atarrh, Gallium-ma} chness and Hay Fever. Sufierers are not generally aware that these diseases are contagious, or that they are due to the presence of living parasites in the . 11}; membrane of the nose and oustachian tubes. chroscopic research, however, has proved this to be a fact, and the result is that a simple remedy has been formulated whereby outan-h, (‘utnrrhal deafness: and hay fever are cured in from one to three 8 nple applicatione made at home. A pamphlet explaining this new trcotment is sent free on l‘uCCipt or” Stamp by A. II. Dixon 8; Son, 308 King Street West. Toronto. Caumu A. P. 31 4. SHE- 01“!) 8: 100.. MUSlC; ‘30,Ulm 2 Phys; Bums Inst’s, ‘Violins,’ ‘Flumn,’ ‘B‘ifes,’ and Musical Inst. Trimmings, at reduced prices. R. B. BUTLAND, 37 King St. W., Toronto. @NEV 7 [IE INDUSTRIAL UNION OF B. N. A.~Incorâ€" pol'ated 1884. Effects Assurances for Sickness, Accident, and Death; also endowments. Agents, Canvassers and Collectors wanted. 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GUARANTEE CAPITAL, $l,000,000. SAMUEL ROGER? & CO. TGRONTO. Iiumgmg mix-bound. K. MACDONALD ‘E‘srmfir- The Snow Drift Baking indar (‘0. MERiEN BRiTANNIA GD. FENEST $ELVER-PLATED WARE. ArtiStic Designs. combined with Uneqtmlicd Burabifiit‘y and Finish. HAMILTON; ONTARIO- Sailing during winter from Pomlzmd every Thurs- day and H alifax every Saturday to Liverpool, and in summer from Quebec every Saturday to Liverpool, calling at Londonderry to land mails and passengei‘s 3.. hmw “damn.” m Allan Line Royal ’Mafl’Steamships. ‘b “~ ~--.: H r l _ for Scotland and Ireland; also from Baltimore, via Halifax and St. John’s, N.F., to Liverpool fortnightly during summer monthu. The stemners of the Glas- gow lines sail during winter to and from Halifax, Portland, Boston and Philmielphia; and during Bum- mer between Glasgow and Montreal weekly; Glasgow and Boston weekly, and Glasgow and Philadelphia ALIA unfilmw. For freight, passage, or other information apply to A. Suhumaehcr & 00., Baltimore; S. Cunard & 00., Halifax ; Shea. 8.7 00., St. John’s, N.F. ; Wm. Thomp- son «Sc 00., St. John, N.B.; Allan&Co., Chicago; Love & Alden, New York; H. Bourlier, Toronto; Allana, Rae &Co., Quebec; Wm. Brookle, Philadel- phia; H. A. Allen. Portland, Bostce'i, Mont-real. EABY’S @RTHDAY.‘ {crjnigh t)y_ Made in two sizes, carrying from 500 to 2, 500', lbs. Light, Neat, Strong and very Duralile. 'Will stand by actual test300 per cent. over raw tele, and the runners “ear six tum-S longer, and, being spring tempered, do not drag or grip, drawing fully one- lmli easier on bare ground. Prices are RIGHT, and orders should be placed AT ONCE to secure delivery this season, as our entire supply is being rapidly taken up. Just the thing for delivery sleighs, carry ails, democrats, etc. Send for circular with full par- ticulars, and ask your carriage makers for these goods. .11. B. ARMSTRONG M‘lF'G ()1). (LIL), Guzman, Canaan. GHAMPIGN UNION SCALE Capacity 1302. to 240 lbs. With weights com- 8 piete, - - . 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