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In is reported in London that Priuc‘ Alfred, eldest son of the Duke of Edin burgh, is likely to be betrothed no th< An internstjoual exposition of musical instruments of all ages will be held in Lon- don next. July. There W!“ be at Lhe same Lime a congress of composers and of musical instrument makers. Primroae day, the anniversary of the death of Benjamin Disraeli,Em-l of Beacons- fiehl. who died in 1881, was generally ob- served iu England on Friday. The use of Line primrose was not as extensive as usual. A daughter of Sir Roderick Cameron was 1013de of a box containing jaweis and money woth £400 in me Vlcboria Street. Station, London, England” The Cunarders Cunpama. have been m‘lded to Lhe lien steamers held at, the diSpos miralty, to he used in case n; time. pee It is stated upon authority that the Foreign Office refuses to accept Nicaragua’s reply to the British ummabum. ‘ Tremendous prices are being paid In London for prime poulcry. A goosev or a pair of ducklings costa guinea (about. $5.25). Kathleen, the eldest daughter of Mr. Michael Davin, the Irish leader, is dead. Mr. Davina has juan arrivei in Ausbraiia from England. a PeLiLions continuing 70,000 names have already been presented in the Pu'itisb Par- liamen: against. the proposal to diseatablish Lhe VVelah Church. with Japan, the BriL will Issue in Lhab couucr 1y ediuon. I: will be px ese language. ncau muuuu Uu sinuous, me London License Commissioners deci ied that it would be best nob to disturb the existing hours until after the next. session, pending the Govern- ment’s decision. The seven-year-old daughter of Mr. F. Thomas. a painter, residing in Ottawa, met, with hflr death in a peculiar manner on lintrsday afternoon. While amempung :0 enter Lhe house through a window the ash fell, striking the little girl across Lhe neck, and choking her. $500,000. The débemures, not incifiziiélg [ucal improvements, amouac to $3,052,518. In response to a. large delegation of Lem perance workers, who asked for increased reskriutione on sgloons, the London Licenm At the meeting of the Hamilton license commissioners Chairman Proctor bold a deputation of temperance geople that no reductions would be made in the number of licenses, but the board was wining to reconeider the situation on Stuart street. The balance sheet of the auditors of Hamilion shows the assets of the city to be $3,658,911 3‘2, and the liabilities S3,- 160.550.97.1eaving a bala'nce of nearly nâ€"nn rum Adelard Wilfrid, a. single young man attempted to jump from a C. P. R. train near Huchelaga, but was caught, and drag- ged under the wheels and killed almost instantly. The London Trades and Labor Council have taken steps to have a. standard rate of wages by-law for municipal contracts brought before the L‘iLy Council at, an early sitting. Thomas Russell, aged 15 years, was arrested ac London for placing a tie on the L.&P.S.R.R., in front of a train. He ad- mined the act, and said he did it. for the pnrpLse of shopping the train and getting a. ride. police in quelling the Indian uprising in the Lower Koobenay, word has been sent to the po‘dce to be in readiness to act should they be notified from Ottawa to do so. Judge Wuriele on Thursday,in Montreal, decided to take into consideration the appointment of a commission to enquire into the sanity of Shorbis, the Valleyfield murderer. A number of prominent cattle men from Eastern Canada. have arrived at, \anipeg looking for cattle for English shipmem. Prices have gone up owing to the American scarcity and Lhere is keen competition. The province of British Columbia having applied for the assistance of the mounted Mr. J. H. Hocking, a Winnipeg news- paper man. formerly of Listowel and Guelph, is dead. A man named Turner committed suicide at, SLmiLhclair, Man., by taking a dose of strychnine. He was mantally deranged. THE! NEWS IN A N James W4 Dobson, a deserter from the Queb:c Dragoons, was arrested at Winni- Peg' Hamilton will employ experts to advise in the matter of waterworks improve- menus. Londoners expect to have Lhe electric road no Springbnnk complete by May There has been, a rapid advance in cattle in the live stock markets in Toronto during the past. two or three Weeks. A monument to the founders of Mon'real will be inaugurated on May lat. Mayor Villeneuve and Lieutenant-Governor Chap- leau will be present. London’s rate of taxation has been fixed at, 20 9-10 mills on the dollar. Mr. Lewis Chevaller, vincial re ven ue police dead. Interesting Items About 0ur0wn I‘ollnlry. fire-m Hrllnlu. llw Fuller! sl'ulei. and All Parts «rune Glam. (‘oudenswl and Annual tor Easy llvmling. ‘OI‘( HE VERY LATEST FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. With a view to fostering , xs m;er to be Queen W'ilhelmiu unywoue years of vhe recent succession of the R I‘h ch the Olll‘ mnas country a regular quarter. It will be printed in the Japm- GRFAT BRITAIN the BriLish “Trade Jofirru CANADA. chief of Lhe Pro- in Montreal. is UTSHELL x and Lucauis of subsidized 33.1 of the Ad- ‘f WLH‘ at any H011 British trade and she laud. 98V 'l‘atay. and cApi has been houses I: reported An intere discovered Peacis being sum-essfully used as fuel fox-engines in some parts of Conninental Europe. Emerimenw are being made in Germany Lo extract gas from pea‘, in which a. considerable amount. of energy is The Paris Figuo gives cunech to a. rumour that Dr. Nmsen. the Arctic ex- plorer, has diacovered the North Pole. and that it is situated on & chaiu of mountains, Caesar. The occupation of (/‘orca all-early begluuiug to change I An electric railway has bear: 1 the capital to the Han river Lhree miles away. Ibis feamd that the measure: France in baking in the matter of the cattle trade With the United Sums will be likely to embarrass Canadian shippers. A Dial} has been discovered to dethrone the Km; of Corea. in favor of his nephew, Li shim You‘ The conspirators, including Li Shun You, were pr-rnpdy arrested. Large proportions are being assumed by the butter exporc trade of the British- Australian colonies. From July to Feb- ruary Victoria alone shipped 20,000,000 pounds._ tral nav ate A Hun testant N A French journal declares t Anarchists have arranged to I attempt. to asmssinace President ' the occasion of his visit to Havre Mates that bad bmde and the coal sorikes have done more for recruiting in the coun- tiry than all the promises and biandishmenbs of the recruiting staff put together. Efforts are soon to he made in London to raise money to aid in bhe eoneruclion of the proposed ship canal from the Bay of Biscay Lo the Mediterranean. It is not thought the project. will be popular-in Eng. hind. which has hitherto believed she has had control of the Mediterranean through possession of the fortress of Uibralmr. The propmed canal would, of course, end this control. Arrangements are being made for trying aluminum launches on a large scale in the French navy. The Aluminum Company an Neahausen, Switzerland, has been gwen an extensive order for necessary material. The PJsbmaster-Geneml for British Cen- tral Africa announces that arrangements Charles Knox, of New York, well known as the maker of hate bearing his name, is dead. He was seventy-seven years of 1ge. Many rivers in by recent. rains, necessitate the mills. The car accountants at their annual meeting M. San Francisco elected as Presi- dent James Osborn, superintendent. of the car service of the Canadian Pacific, Mont.- real. The historic old town of Lexington,Maas., where the first, gun of Lhe revolutionary war, “the shot. that wns heard around the world," was fired one hundred and twenty years ngo,on Frlday observed the annivers- ary of the battle. Steam street railways are more common in Italy than in any other Country. There are now nearly 2,0110 miles of such lines. The sailors of the Spanish fleet, contrib- uted a day's pay to the relief of the families of the men who were lost in the Reina. RegenLe The King 01 the Belgians offers a. prize of £1,000 for the bean plan of supplying Brussels with drinkmg water. The compelic'on is open to all the world. an RC The theory that, Saturn’s Satellites Joc- ased in the inner ring travel faster than those in the ouier ring is confirmed by the photographs made at. the Alleghany Observatory, and by the computation of their velocity by Professor Keeler. Commercial summaries from the United States report a. fair but by no means exten- sive movement in trade. An encouraging item is that at Fall River several large mills have advance-d wages 10 per cent., re- storing the prices paid previous to the re- duction in September, 1893. Labor troubles are much less serious than a. week ago, and labor is in much more general demand, whichmeans on increas ~d enquiry for a large number of products. Cotton mills are more active, and there is a better demand for wool. The speculative markets have been very active for several days. cotton. oil. and Wheat having increased beyond the export price. In [his connection stories of combinations are pretty general. Beef has also taken a phenomenal rise, one which circumstances are not considered to warrant. The Czar has refused to abolish che law prohibiting Jews from living wahm fifty verabs of the Russian frontier. Mrs. Parnell, the mother of the late Irish leader, was seriously assaulted by highwaymen an B>rdenbown, N.J. The San Frauexaco coroner’s jury on Friday rendered a. verdict chugging Durant, the dental student, with the murder of Minnie Williams. whose body was found in the church. ‘ek .eum. Orpheum ed after a form special cablegmm from Kingston, 103., says that. a. Spanish Warship :1 Lhe lu-tle British steamer ELhelred ’Jrn Automo on Wednesday, creating exc'uemeut. interesting Latin inscription has been rered at Kourba. in Tunis. It, gives aunt, of Lhe defence of the town in 49 by Pumpey‘s party against Julius unL'a relamous are ch ya seaport. of the Phihppine Islands, mm of the Province uf Cilamianes , In destroyed by fire, two thousand having been burned. One person is (1 Lo have been killed. 3,177 recruits incorporate an army in 1893, there we: lot. know how to read and 10,000. In France. duriu amon UNITED STATES iia, Aden, and Znanibm‘ Central Africa Protector T) W New Hampshire, afiected have risen so hxgh as to shunting down of many quaincanc oman Ca 1t arrangements the institution nth ofa parcel , and Zanzibar, by Japan is the country. planned from winch lies that the make an Faure on Berlin has direcblelephone connections with 250 localities. Communication by l-hES mews has reached a. higher state of devclrpmem in Germany than in any other country. The capital alone has 22,070 subscribers. nearly as many as the whole of France. Close to the little village of Anadol, in Bessarabin, a very valuable and interesting discOVery of aid coins has been made. In one place alone ten pounds of gold coin Were found, mostly belonging to the reigns of Alexander the Great and his father, Philip of Macedonia. Most of these coins are in perfect preservation, and have been selling for as much as 50 rubles on the spot. It, is seldom that. God sends Such calami- ties upon man as men bring upon themselves and suf'rer willingly.â€"Jeremy Taylor. The latest idea of French physicians in to cure colds by applying Ice to the 'spine. Just now, when the abrupt changes in the weather have brought influenza, bronchitis, or some kindred trouble, one is always glad to hear of some new remedies for “ the cold" ; but few, we imagine, will be daring enough to apply this one. Yet the inflam- matory sore throat that a few years ago most people treated by poullicee and Warmth is now quickly cured by sucking ice and keeping the victim in a low tem- perature] and in a really feverish cold ice might be of genuine use. Passing around the whiskey bottle at: a religious meeting is xiobregzrded as a breach of the rules of decoum in Lehigh County, Penn. One night last week a party of young men attended services at the Salis- burg Reformed Church, and during the exercises a. 1: male was passed around and all hands drank to the health of the minister. The next day the party. consisting of \Vm. Roth, Wm. Hnimbmh and Edward and John Adams, was arrested. Ara hearing Squire Koch decided that the not of the men Wm; not, a disturbance of a religious meet/mg and discharged the accused. The A new associabion of French manufac- turers and merchaan has been fol-mad in Paris. The chief objecw of the new society are the development of industry and commerce and the promotion of commercial minions with all foreign countries by me ms of congresses, meetings, and publi- r :faLions me ms of caLions. A Frenchman named Ruiliere,who boasts that. he is a son of the dylmmner Ravachcl. and is supposed to have asaiscexlhis mleged father in murdering the hermit. of Cham- bies, has been condemned to eighbyeua’ penal servitude for having amempted to murder the manager of a. mine at Villars, in the Loire. ' If a. man speaks and acts with pure thought, happiness follows hlm like a shadow that never leaves birthâ€"Buddha. Frederick Harrison, who says he has been a resident of Hawaii for seventeen years, has written a leaner to the London press from San Francisco, complaining of the treatment. to which British subjects have been su‘jecbeii in Hawaii. He says that. when the plans of the revolt, were premaburely discovered the Government, made wholesale arrest, and the prisoners were .tortured in an abhempt to maxe'Lhem give informationr When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it, was faced that I should know them only in misfortune.â€"Na.puleou. John Adams, Was arrested. At. a Squire Koch decided Limb the new men was nob a disturbance of a. meeting and discharged the uceusu costs were pub on the congregation A manufacturer in Europe did not find satisfaction in any of the usual methods for the lighth 01 his cloth mill. He tried gm jets, are lights. and incandescent; lamps, all of which failed to satisfy him, because they eiLher did not give light. enough or too much light, or casc shadows. He finally painted the walls of the room white, and beneath a. certain number of arc lights Bus. pended reflectors. This threw the light up to the white ceiling, from which it was re- flected to Llie room below, and this method of lighting is reported to have been a sun. No joy in nature is so sublimely affecting as the joy of a. mother at the good fortune of her childâ€"Richter, The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forebearing.-â€"Epictetus. The passions are like fire, useful in 1 thousand ways and dangerous only in one: through their excess.â€"Bovee. Peace in prayer.â€" Fenelon. Pain is the outcome chinâ€"Buddha. Philosophyisthe are of 1iving.â€"Pluturch. Order means light and peace ; order is power.â€"Amiel. To climb steep hills requires slow pace at {innâ€"Shakespeare. Study nature as the ccuntenance of God. â€"Charlea Kingsley. ‘ Money is a how to use it, nonâ€"Horace Music is a. prophecy of what life is to be‘ â€"Mrs. L. M. Child. Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves_â€" Feltham. \Ve think very few people sensible except those who are of our opiuion.â€"Rochefouc- auld. Most people judge others by the company chey keep, or by their fortune.â€"Rocheâ€" foucauld. Every man who ‘observes vigilant‘ly and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into gemus.â€"~Bulwer. The same refinement which brings us new pleasures, exposes us to new painS.â€"Bul~ wer. Fond Mothc of the studel The Flask in Church Ice to Cure Coids Light by Reflection GRAINS OF GOLD. JhCTâ€"I hope, u ients at your Sonâ€"No, No Cigarettes hand maiden if thou knowesb ; a. mistress if thou kuoweat my son, that none IX' college smoke all The Situailon In the Island In Ont. of [Ir creasing Gruvlly. The despaich from Spain of heavy rein. forcements for the Cu ban garrisons indicates that the situation in the island is one of increasing gravity. Some proof of this is found in the repor: of numerous engage- mean between the insurgents and regular troops, the establishment of a provisions-1 government, etc., but the atrongeaieudence is a reinforcement of the gsrrisons by Spanish regulars exceeding in strength any that has been made since the patriot war. The only conclusion to be drawn from such extraordinary precautions,takenv so far as can be learned from the meagre despatches from Havana, when few succes- ses have been Scored by the insurgenbs, is that some change has occurred in the situa- tion on the island, or is considered to be im- minent, which justifies unusual measures. That, this change is so steady n diminution of the old feud between the native Cuban and Spanish sections of the population, under the intolerable pressure of economic burdens and taxation, that: the whole people are now so disaffected that divison can no longer be counted on, may safely be assumed. To fully appreciate this menace to the continuance of Spanish rule, it must be borne in mind that the regular garrison maintained by Spain in Cuba has not exceeded 10,000 men. and that the chief dependence of the Madrid government for the suppression of revolt in the island has been a volunteer force of some 40,000 men, recruited almost wholly from the Spanish-born section of the papulation. Were this force once united with the native Cubans against Spanish rule, notl all the regulars at Spain’s command would suffice to suppress its revolt ; and although it is still in the Spanish service and subject to call, the heavy reinforce- ments now being forwarded from the mother country, indicate that its loyalty has become doubtful. It is inevitable that it should be so, administrative corruption, oppressive taxation, and economic burdens too heavy to be borne, combining to force the dillerent elements of the population of the island into closer sympathy and union. Spanish and Cuban born alike find them- selves Laxed at every turn, are forced to buy in the market in which their produce has least value, see all offices given by the Madrid authorities to favorites who are expected to pay a commission on their profits to those who appointed them, and feel themselves systematically plunder- ed by an otlicial class which has no interest in them orin the island. Such conditions have naturally weakened the loyalty of all sections of the population to Spain and both the Spanish planters, who after the patriot War bought the confiscated Cuban estates, and the industrial class which lives of? the sugar industry now threatened with ruin. are wilh the merchants thoroughly disaf- fected toward Spanish rule. So long as reciprocity with the United States contin- ued, the popular discontent was held in abeyance. but with its collapse, and the increasing competition of European beet sugar, it has revived, and has taken the =0er of a. movement for political union with this country. The old question of forty years ago has become uppermost in Cuba, but under radically diderent conditions, for then annexation was the last hope of the Souihern slaveholders, while now it is the only chance of prosperity for the “Ever Faithful Isle." émnd Chamberlain and the past. grand; car- ver of missionaries inxo the next street. It then jumped Into the brass band with all four feet, and if it; hadn‘t. gotten the big drum over its head so that. it couldn’t see, it would probably have cleaned out the entire congregation. The king was not found nmil the next morning, and then, as he slid down out; of a. banana tree, he was heard to remark that there wee only one thing needed to render his new artillery system an entire successâ€"that, was to get. the enemy to adopt it. The King of Dahomey received some Krupp cannon not long ago, and conceived the idea of having them mounted on ele- phante’backa for use in the field. With much difficulty this project was carried out, and at the next military review the king order- ed that one of the guns be fired immediate ly in front of the royal position, first taking the precaution to place a. coupleot thousand prisoners where it was calculated the ball would strike, so as to judge of the eifective- ness of the shot. When all was ready one of the biggest elephants was backed around and sighted. Just as the lanyard was jerked, however, the animal turned half around to reach for a peanut or something, and the shell took otf the prime minister's head and knocked a hole as big as a sewer through the royal palace. needed ventilationâ€"but it didn't, On the contrary, the elephant, which had been atuod on its head by the recoil, picked it. self up in a fury and started in on Lhedown grade ahead of its ticket. It; upset the grand standfihg very hrgc rush, slung the Miss Milliou“So you know Miss Tlptop, the belle of the season ? Mr. Sharpwit (after Miss Million’s heart, hand, and bank accounL)â€"Oh, yes ; she and I move inâ€" inâ€"nhâ€"much the same set. ' Mr when The FlrsI Shot l-‘lred Rilml an Elephant null Caused Great Commotion. Miss Millionâ€"By the way, here comes Miss Tiptop now. We will meet, her face to face. ' ' ' Why, she did not recognize you ! Hisgmajesty 'woulâ€"dn’t; have cat-ea so much if the manner had ended thereâ€"gs the minister wasn’t very prime and the palace Rural Adore: (bashfully)â€"You didn’t go to Milli'e Meadow’s party. Don't you like kissin’ games ? Pretty Maidâ€"â€"No, I dou'L. Rural Adorer (weakly)-â€"Why don’t yea ' Pretty Maid (encouragingly)â€"’Cause there’s so many lookiu' on. THE SITUATION IN CUBA KRUPP GUNS IN DAHOMEY. Sharpwitâ€"She always acts that way I’m with a prettier girl than she is. All's Fair in Love Not All Ice n Wonm include 3,000 Fishermen an’d. 100 Vesselsâ€"A Railrozul Would Bring Their Products to Marketâ€"le Projectors Flam-e (but :1 Profit on ll“: Enterprise. A :despaich from Qnebec sayszâ€"One of the biggest schemes proposed in Canada since that for the construction of the Conn.- disn Pacific Railway has been proposed here by City Engineer Beillnirge of Quebec, and willshortly be placed before the public and the Government of the Dominion. It consists, in brief, of a proposal to construct a railway from Quebec to James Bay, the southern extension of Hudson Bay, and of the establishment at the latter place of e permanent colony of fishermen and fishing vessels. At the present time the only communication with James Bay is by the ong sea voyage around by Hudson Strnit, and owing to the difficulty of navigating the strait and the few weeks in the year that it is open to navigation it is now only possible for fishing vessels and Whalers to smarke one trip every two years to the bay. By the time vessels are able to pass through the strait and obtain a. cargo of fish or other produce it is too late for them to get out of the boy again that year, and Ann matter of con rse they have to winter there. HUDSON BAY FISHE‘REES. A SCHEME T0 PLANT A GREAT COLONY 1N THAT REGION. Now it is proposed to obviate this diifi- culty by having the fishing vessels PERMANENTLY LOCATED in the bay, so that they may prosacute their industry throughout the entireseaaou, having nothing to do with the transport of their catch, which will be by rail. Some most remarkable statistics are given to show that, notwithstanding the enormous expenditure called for by the proposal, it affords a. margin for ample profit. The decrease in the value of whale oil has large- ly reduced the profits formerly made by American Whalers in Hudson Day, despite the difficulty under which they labored of requiring to give up two years of time to obtain and bring to market every cargo of their produce. Many of them have in con- sequence gone out of the industry, and the new project in nhturally expected to quite revolutionize it. The American vessels that have hitherto engaged in it are Whalers of some 300 tons each hailing principally from New Bedlord and New London, and carrying a crew of some thirty men each. The promoters of the present scheme propose to establish in Hudson or James Bay, once for all, a. flotills of say a hundred vessels of 300 to 350 tons ench, equipping them with all necessary implements for the chase, including boats upon both the most improved English and Norwegian plans and guns for firing the bomb hurpoons at t, whales. Instead of these vessels having ut one cargo every two years es in the case of the American Whalers. it is considered certain that they will have at least two every year, for there are boih spring and fall seasons in the whale fishery. Statistics show that she value of the cargoes obtained by the small American walinz craft in Hudson Bay has averaged from $27,000 to $47,000 each. Since the fall- ing 05 in the number of American vessels engaging in Whallng in Hudson Bay there has been a. large increase there in the num- ber of the A whale of this kind, fifty to sixty feet long, gives about a ton of bone and twenty to forty tons of oil. The bone sells as heigh at present as $7,500 per ton. Por- poises, too, are in great abundance upon the easterly side of the bay, sometimes as many as 200 havmg been killed in a single tide. They are worth, on an average, about $100 each, and at every tide large schools of them are seen to enter the Churchill. York, and Nelson rivers. The sea horse is found in herds to the north of Marble Island, and every year two of the Hudson Bay Company’s vessels visit the lacality and return laden with skins and oil, and ivory; and it is preposed to supplement the present animal wealth of the Bay by introducing there and carefully protecting the Behring Sea. seal, which naturalists who have been consulted in the matter believe would most certainly thrive and succeed there. Im- mense quantities of salmon, Whitefish, and trout may also be taken for export in the Bay and from the rivers that flow into it. Opinions diti'er here, howaver, as to whether the scheme can be made to pay. The construction of the railway and its equipment from Lake St. John to Jemes’s Bay, 380 miles is estimated to cost $5,000,- 000, and its annual cost including interest, $410,000. The installation of the colony of 3,000 men and 100 fishing vessels, with buildings, etc., is put down at $3,500,000. and its annual cost at $1,000,000' inclusive of interest. The sanguine promoters of the scheme, however, figure out on paper a. return of $2,500,000, or thereabouts {rem the investment. A War Incident. It, is a. rare thing, even in the gorgeou East, for real life to be funnier than comic opera. But, though no real Mikado has ever been quite so laughable as the gentle- man presented to us in Sullivan and Gilbert’s musical satire. the story which reaches us of the Chinese General Wu ant-passes all actual or imaginable travestiee of the eccentricities of his native land. It was a question of persuading the Japanese to become his prisoners of war. Any other commander might have felt that the first step to Lake was to defeat the Japanese in battle. However, General Wu, as became a General in a. country where competitive examination rules promotion, hit upon a more intellectual method. He erected a. number of posters inscribed “ Surrender and avoid death.” He called upon the enemy to prostrate themselves before those punters; they should then be taken care of by officers “ with a. reputation for charity and justice.” But in spite of this offer the Japanese chnrged and broke up the troops of General Wu ! One wonders Whethar he holds them guilty of a breach of faith for ignoring the rules of the game, which he had drawu up so elaborately for their use and benefit MUCH PRIZED RIGHT WHALB