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THE NEWS IN A. NUTSHELLI THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. Patrolea electors defeated the by-law to raise $16,000 for anew central school. B., (:‘r. & BA Railway directors have decid- ed to establish a fruit. market, in Hamilton. James Bannister of Niagara, a refugee from slavery, died at the age of 104 years. Three hundred thousand Whitefish from the Newcastle hatchery were liberated in the Bay of Quinte. Thirteen men have signified their imen- tiou to proceed to England with the Biuiey team. The steamer S ed ofl‘ Turtle ng crew was drown A steady improve ed in Canada and I} an upward tendeuc} Hartuey, M ; destructive fire. Mr. Alex. Me of the Woodsco Winnipeg wil to raise $65,000 Patrolea elect The Sir John Thompson memorial fund now amounts to $36,450, and subscriptions are still being sens in. I Mr. Henry Francis St. Thomas, Ont-., di‘ Sunday morning. in l Winnipeg Veterans will on May 12 de col-ate the craves of soldiers who fell i the North-V‘Vesb rebellion of 1885. The body 0 ed from SE. C was found in The carnival from th1 A Belleville despatch says the $10,( required to secure Mr. Mussey’s grant 0 like amount to Albert College has been cured. The funds of the Boys’ Hm will be increased by $562.2( formances of ” The Daughne men‘u. ” Liam-Governor Chapleau has returned to Quebec from AblauLic Clnv,where he has npeut several weeks for the benefit of his health. He is much improved by his holi- day. The report: of the Royal Com the liquor traffic has been pr Parliament. In declares that, 1 would be detrimental to the i Canada. Another consignment of butti inder the auspices of the Canadi meat of Agriculture, has arriv'er pool. It brings higher prices tralian butt/er. The Dominion Government; h quested by t,_he Iiiiperialaunhorit an agent to Loudox} to diam the points raisvd in connec Canadian copyright question Mr. H. F. Gault, of Mont a gift of one hundred thou: Diocesan College, to provide building which will be'erecM The Canadian General Flectnc Co, has been awarded the contract for the motors and all electrical apparatus in the Hespelcr extension of the GalL, Preston & Hespeler Electric Railway. At a special meeting of the City Coun- cil of Toronto, held the other day, it. was decided to submlt to the popular vote a. proposal that the corporation undertake the business of Electric lighting. nlervsvln': Thomas McKelvie, a. country school number in Manitoba, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and to receive fifteen lashes fnr committing a. criminal assault on a. twelve-year-old pupil. building w University A little girl named Steiner was lost on the prairie near Medicine Hat. over a week ago. Large eearch parties have been acouring oi Lhe country, but cannot find any trace of her. The Board of Underwriters of Winnipeg have made a formal complaint against. the chief of the fire brigade, and state that the brigade is inefficient. The chief has applied to the Council for an investigation. The Montreal committee having in charge ihe arrangements for the proposed World's Fair in that city next year waited upon the Quebec Cabinet, and asked that a grant of one hundred thousand dollars be made by the province towards the undertaking. the provmce cowards the undertaking. In the Illinois Legislature Father Paradis makes a. strong appeal to a. resoluLiou was introduced the Repatriation Society in Munireal for daughters of Illinois not funds to furnish provisions for Lhe Can aâ€" hand in marriage of any dians who are leaving Lake Linden, Michi- citizen of the United States. gun, in large numbers, for the new colony Willard Fountain, which 3" Verne“ Ontario. to the City of Chicago by A leading church' member of Winnipeg World’s \V. C. T U') W“ A leading church. member of Winnipeg happened to be out late the other nighn. and when passing his church going home was astonished to find the organist, in her place, playing lively music, to which the members of the choir were holding a. dance. members of the choir were holding a dance. Dr. F. Yones, of Denbigh, Ont.l charged with having found and kept a valise con-l taining $1.500, lost by James McReary, paymasrer for J.R. Booth and Son,0tta.wn., who lost the valise between Renfrew and Shamrock last March, has been commited for trial at the Pembroke Assizes. l The Rev. Wm. Gregg, D. D., who has been a professor in Knox College, Toronto, since 1872, and is well known as a leader In the Presbyterian Church and as the historian of the Church in Canada. has The New York Senate received Mr. O’Grndy’s concurrent resolution favoring Canadim annexation with laughter. Senator O’Connor did not think it becoming for New York State to invite Canada to sever its connection with England. New York Lax commissioners have decid- ed to hold the Gould estate fon$10,000,000 of personal property this year. notwith- standing the fact that GeorgeJ. Gould, in whose name the assessment is made out, claims Lakewood as his residence. Lord Sholto Douglas, son of the Marquis of Queenaberry, has been arrested in Bak- The Rev. Wm. Gregg, D. D., who has been a professor in Knox College, Toronto, since 1872, and is well known as a leader in the Presbyterian Church and as Lhe historian of the Church in Canada. has resigned his professorship on account. of his old age. His resignation has been accepted with much regret. A deputation from the Provincial Dairy Association waited upon the Quebec Cabinet and asked that the Governmenc should sec aside twenty thousand dollars annually to be distributed as bonuses amongst farmers in the province guaranteeing l0 exporb a cerLain quantity a? butter dux The Cabinet promised to can ter. 'reasurer. All I'm Maurie 2 [N'an shout our Own Country- ltrllzlln. lllo llullcd Mules. and I'M ol‘ Ihe Globe l‘mulexhed and ed for Easy Heading. e fire. x. Molnlosh is the ne‘ rodstock Board of Tm 2g will vote May 16 0: 35.000 for 1 ew schools xecutive of th has decided to carnival (over .S 'owne M unit f John Smith, who disappear barbaripes in November last,‘ the VVellaud Canal. fie hla ovide it with a. new 'erected neat McGill Montreal, has made thousand dollars to p} at auadian Ottawa Winter \ie the surBlus mein 0 iron 21‘ of LIES W! 1 bhebg-law nmls: ,o the City n with DIE via] Dairy )ec Cabinet should sen .nnually to from hil em: Ithe House of( would have gi would not hav A report, that gain the death of Sir Isna‘ in New York. fiome thousands or women, girls and boys, whose work depends upon the tailors. have also been thrown on; of employment. Adespatch from Killarney, Selkirk, says an uprising of half-breeds and Indians is reported to have occurred at: St. John’s, North Dakota, just over the Manitoba. boundary linefl Oliver Curtis Perry, the express robber who made such a bold escape from Lhe Matteawan State hospital for insane crimi- nals, was returned to the institution on Saturday afternoon. Mr. C. M.Armslron f the Atlantic and La ’iian The price of bread reduced from {our u loaf. allegian lion for SmLes c The arrest and consequent failure 0t John C. A‘leu, the Bundlo broxer and speculator,hia involved in serious 1033 some Cmadian dealers. A bigloud of dynamite exploded near Bluftou, Indiana, completely demolishng the driverand team, and causing a shock that was felt, forty miles away. Mr. O'Gmdy has presented in the New York Legislature a petition to Congress and a resolution favoring the annexation of Canada. to the United States. Two thousand tailors are out on strike in New York. Some thousands of women, girls and boys, whose work depends upon the tailors. have also been thrown on; of ELL fun marryiu in any Mrs. the Willard Fountain, which was presented the City of Chicago by the children of rld’s \V. C. '1‘ U., was unveiled and iicated on Saturday. The fountain cost ),000 and over 300,000 children, living in rope and America, contributed to the )uut; 3y, though suffering sever nza and bronchitis, is slight Balfour has declared Senate Rachel Cs Forest H be the old Balliugto me to ‘hp * naturaliz )n musing a. pBJJlC, \nd a. larg a were seriously injured. arm Arthur Peel, ex-Speaker )mmons, has been create: > Douglas, son of the Marquis ‘y, has been arrested in Bak- ornia,nn a charge of insanity, ect of restraining him from NIT t. with whom LIE ems, iu Phxlndelphm. is est. living actress. ‘n Booth hau renounced Queen, and made applica- ' lion papers as a Umted tare 1‘ BRITAIN H) Killarney, Selkirk, says breeds and Indians is occurred at. St. John's, at over the Manitoba. fling, wh m ventilatic u the sewer: of any 1 State& , which ggo by of Con the in Rochester has been two and a haif cents a (1 some curr Pit/man is in ile 1F M savs E an anhole .1ry my n are now bein5 States in coffins' betrothed at 8}, is staying Philndelphia. is the other day requesoing the to accept, the Person not a. in Fort the tow iand and her rived in Lon- Will lst >etraye 1H young BI rat, D. has been am notwith- Gould, in made out;l he Calm Bl] in g song Jim/nat- number ;h the Japan rnauda Prof‘ were 8001] Vortk who zelist )greâ€" rent. of epidemlc Caravans 6 Obtain blllS Ten days from Bomhz ‘uud Orieul 1; .L, .U. n B C! p better demand, and cottm vamcinq with the advances mills. cil ha on th salary The e continu are bect A despatch 1mm '1' envoys of Russia, Get have formally protesce Ministry of Foreign 4 Incorporation of any C the Japanese Empire. otficiai statement. de( mercial advantages I the treaty with Chix the other powers uud nation treatment. its wat Caravans entering Russia. territory must obtain bills of health from it. Ten days and two hours is now the record from Bombay to Brindisi. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Caledonia, which ‘ held the previous record, made it on April 2, The time includes all stops and the transit through the Suez canal. Japan has notified Russia, Germany, and France that she will not yield to the exac- tions oi the powers, as to do so would expose her to a. revolution, as the Japanese people are intoxicated with their successes, and would assent to no concessions. The new amendment to the French mor- riage law proposes to declare that all Frenchmen who have attained the age of twenty-five and women Who hava attained the age of twenty-one shall be free to marry after giving three months’ notice to their parents. Alarge force of workingmen was employ- ed on an immense new building at Brussels. in which a show representing the City of Venice. is to be given, when the roof col- laped, and many of the men were buried under the wreck. Fifteen of the victims were seriously injured and several others were badly hurt. A despateh from St. John’s, Newfound- land, states Lhat negotiations are pm- greasing with representataves of the Briush Government, Canada, and Newfoundland respecting the granting of an export, bounty on Newfoundland codfish, and that, Lhis is regarded as the most, expeditious method of settling the French shore dilfioulby. Wifeâ€"My dear, I need a little more of this stuff, and some trimmmg to match. I wish you would drop in Bigg, Sale & Co.'s and get; it. ‘ 1» HSSband (a smart: fellow)â€"Leb me see. Oh, I know. That’s the store where they have so many pretty girls, isn’t it? Yea, I remember. That; blonde girl 8.14 the trimming counter knows your wanes and will doubtless select just the sort; of trim- mmg you wantâ€"l mean the girl with the golden hair, alabaster skin, blue eyes, and sweet finaleâ€"â€" There are a. number of things I want down town. Never mind, dear. I’ll go and get them myself. Daughterâ€"You told me that when I wanted a. favor of my husband I should ask him after dinner. The firsb time I tried it he not only refused, but he was just as cross and ugly as could be. He never refused me anything beforeâ€"boo, boo, boo ! Motherâ€"Bless me, my de shouldn’t have asked him after that; you had cooked yourself. annage so far is iustriul than Russia has e ch and Didemi arge quantity 0 magazine at eum strik :les are used 0: provincial peni Dowager DDSU Not Always a. Good Plan 'smd mm wlme Vail, And so quite loudly ] insinfi He has no right. no whale. My beracrhog is u a has broken out at; M ferre ~opoa plague ls m n: of South but ) Germans sail 3V8!) m of any Chines e Empire. hen W She Let Him our 115 83 fr Governmem 0min ainfu ablisf nuine cases of lepro W'nlea L4 rr six mo Logical RAI enbiarv at rman Iron and steel Afro: arir )kio she ) sailor, llie Vail, pdly ] irnsrinfi ‘alce the most. i l a medical staff at. tied, in Persia, to of the appearance Northern Persia. sia territory must Ill] s omnibus s wnh the sia Reina. 05 the my _ dear, h you ident ny, an an the goods are ad. of wages at the marked ‘yline explod iorf, Aus tr 1t OD, Th t, has ma. slative Av nd marines ram Kiel to are he Japanese against, the territory in at. t} by J K: sh npth of all Asaia ls that, the France hgente, Spanish (1 in 109 n Capes 88116 a. dinner hi: men ‘ED 1n SID d by lad-deft) ured moment a. mirror | tions is na éfiPERSifiifidflufinEAn.13:22,: Ylll alm( preva remarks of experience, but, why.people s'nuu to be superstitious we do not unc' They do, howaver. Some evident] trusting their reason wholly bee-a wav. as they think. azuosticiam 3f would samenessâ€" ED whi poop. nothing w egms rag and an A5 permanent distrusb Providence, and & wa evils from unknown f: eufeebling. BOUND HAND AND FOOT by 9. whole sysLem of beliefs in omens which cramp his energies as much as ever the rabbinicnl views of Lhe law as to anise and comin and the like cramped the energies of the Jews. Mr. Zangwill declares that his fellowâ€"tribesmen are still bound in these withes. There is not an Asiatic in the world who would dare to go dead sgainst the warnings of his horoscope, and very few Europeans of the Conlinent who will stride forward resolutely on an undertak- ing the beginning of which has been mark- ed hv a stumble or a failure. Amery ‘T‘Ne all know the annoyances'to which the belief in the superstition about thirteen subjects the English dinner givers,while on the Continent it is difficult, and in Paris impossible, to let a house with the number thirteen on the door. Even the iron logic of French functionaries gives way before that belief, and proprietors of rows are permitted to register the thirteenth house as 128. \Ve have never ourselves met that particular superstition in England, and have been a. little amazed by an assurâ€" ance, that it still lingers among the uncul- tivated, that it effects the rent of the ‘ unlucky’ number in the poorer quarters, and that thenumber increases the eagerness of servants to be sure of the character of l employers before they are engaged. lieve what; “Nothing in the World so deteriorates courage as superstition. European sailors will not move if this side of their nature is once aroused, and Asiatics, even Chinese, seem to grow demented with fear. An Arab will face anything except the idea of an apparition, nnd all who have known the Zulu declare that these exceptionally brave warriors, who care nothing about death, will scream with terror and run like hares if they fancy themselves ‘bewitched.’ It is cowardice pure and simple which makes our own poor so callous tn the aufl'er- ing of Witches, and the kind of disease which once broke out in Maseachueetts,and led to such frightful cruelties against all who were denounced by Cotton Mather and his associates, was nothing but Jp‘ “We hardly comprehend why this side of the matter is so habitually unnoticed, or why a gamekeeper, who would face a tiger or five poachers with a. light heart, is not aahamed of himself when he retreats to his cottage because he has seen & magpie on his left. One would expect him. even if he believed his own queer theory of causation. to damn the magpie and go on ; but super- stition long indulged kills out within its range all ordinary maulineas. We will not venture to say that a Prussian regiment would run from a spook if it thought it saw one. for fear of being accused of belittling the German Army, but, that it would wish to run and only be held in by discip- line we are very sure. ne for line 0 ‘Vill nglish cultivated ans are usually u fying much whe dder or not. or )lly “There is 311- impression, especially, it is unriau st superstit anything 1'. convictions ,riau charm, or relation to their a ; while others appear to have the that if they cleared the superstitions out itions ( they thix l in their urloua but Mar THEIF reach or Italian peasant will do which is opposed to certain apot-h- gisbered in his mind as dogmas, siastic peasant is 31118. but. umo AN EPIDEMIC 0F FEAR aye EDUCA nth Helicrs gtr sh r whether small superstitions, rauperstitious make upa burden. They keep upa trust in the goodness of la watchfulness to avoid IOWD forces which is mosh both W 33011, at. ‘eld to Strange Dorcnie‘ lined to ask us, as one my has done, what. harm itions can do. Why no: yur shoulder if you spill antecedent. prejudice ins, indeed we rather wel- at proves that, the masses or. based upon lhe sordid res, but still We deem ; is. fancies which affect, m&DV aupersblt Ill and So at man has been slowly muse she was. in her ewiLched,’ it, may be ewuche rain why "PAL 8( ma ‘0 are and marred by abet-lain superabi e you have broken a great -porcion of i to shake ous be ERY .t, in nor. sig- pass under a “or: “'Iml ion,buc all, so fon 8.113 why the 8Ly that lie nce) :k In uu and es of a this .hese the ainst very i will rtak- iark- rhich J rteen le on Paris mber logic efore 's are tenth elves g This was considered a remarkable feat, 1 though one which is common enough now. It shows, however, that newspaper enter- -‘ prise is not so modernrasmodern journalists imagine. Railways were yet in their infancy. though rapidly superseding the old stage coaches; and the Southeastern line from London to Dover had only been opened less than a year previously. ' Steamers, however, were already plying to foreign parts, and often coming to griet. I The electric telegraph had just begun to be ' recognized as a means of communication. Strange. to say, its eflectiveness was first convincingly demonstrated in connection with the arrest of a suspected murderer. The suspected person had got into the London train atSlough,his description was i signaled over the Great Western company’s wire, and arrest followed when London was reached. People then were all are the With the advent of 1895 the newspaper gave us a retrospect of the previous year. It is interesLing and instructive thus to review the world’s history and progress annually; but it may be even more interest- ing to look back to an epoch from which we are divided by half a. century. Queen Victoria. Was then, as now, the sovereign on the realm; but the Prince of Wales was it the nursery, and her Majesty was a young and happy wife. The sterling qualities of the Prince Consort had by this time won the appreciation of the English people. The Duke of Wellington, who had seen- the rise, and effected the downfall, of Nepoleon,wae a. prominent personage in English politics; and, fifty years ago, her Majesty, with Prince Albert, paid him a visit at Stroth- fieldsaye. There were still survivors oi the I battle of Trefalger in'Greenwich Hospital; I and the Queen paid an unexpected visit to Nelson’s flagship, the Victory, on the 1844- anniversary oi the battle. Mr. Gladstone, l whom her Majesty has seen gradually rise God 1mposed t.‘ What they'mua 1n die wzthin the fear. Yeta decent Alderman, who will dine happily at the fishmongers with fifty convives. will admin that. his dinner was spoiled becgusefit a prjvate en- Wlmt Was Going on In England llall’a Century Ago. :ertaiument He counted only tfielve other guests. ” to the foremon pésition as a. siateamafi, and finally retire from the political arena in his old age, was then to political advancement. Mr; Benjamin D’Israeli was about 40 years of age, but; had not achieved anythin beypgd th leader- ship of the few ardent. spirits who were known as the Young England party. He was not regarded seriously as a force in politics. One commentator, whose dictum expressed the prevailing sentiment of the period, said of him: "His opinions are too peculisr, and have too much noveloy ever to become those of a party.” So much for prophesy. The State trial of O’Connell and other repenlera had not long ended when the year 1845 opened; Mr. Cohden and Mr. Bright were vigorously keeping up the anti- -corn lnw agitation. and there was mutter- ings of discontent through the land. Speaking of O'Connell reminds us that, when he was entertained at a complimen- tury banquet in Covent Garden Theatre. the Sun newspaper of that epoch, con- taining seven columns of the speeches delivered on the occaahn, was distributed before the guests quitted the theatre. 1 Dickens, fifty years ago,was in the zenit, 30f his powers and popularity. Campbell, ‘ the poet. had recently died. It isjust half i a century since “The Chimes” was publish- ed, and two days after issue, a dramatized version was preformed,with Mr. Keeley in ,the part of “Toby Beck.” Mr. and Mrs. ‘Keeley were stars in the dramatic firms- ment 1. those days ; and the latter, just about this time, assumed the management of the Lyceum. There was quite a galaxy j of theatrical talent then, for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, Macready,Richard Younge, Mme. Vestris and Charles Matthews were all :0 the fore ; and the death of Mrs. Sid- dons had only occurred a few months ‘ previously. The operatic stars include ‘ Salvi, Cerito, Mario and Grisi ; Fanny Ellsler exemplified the poetry of motion; the legitimate drama. was said to be injuri- ously afiected by the rivalry of the American dwarf. Tom Thumb, whose departure from New York had been honored with an at- tendance of 10,000 persons. Those were the dayswhen professional clowning tickled the groundlings. Hence the enormous crowd which turned out to see a clown from Astley's drive twenty-eight horses to j Greenwich. A more ludicrous feat was achieved by another clown from the same establishment, who sailed in a tub, drawn by four geese, from Vauxhall bridge to Westminster bridge. over the marvel. The new Royal Exchange had recently been opened by the Queen ; and her Majescy, the same yen, opened Parliament in person. :y would be ughc there he will of( Teacherâ€"What is the gender of menu;- Scholarâ€"Femimne. Teacher (severely) -Why? Scholarâ€"Because money talk- number FIFTY YEARS AGO. AGAPE WITH ASTONISHMENT In the Grammar Class A PROMISING ASPIRANT has e euuine U are sittit M5 l whlch had unless they Lb whimsical really mean. Jse to dine ‘9 Are fifbv 2m Christians fretting be- tting down thirteen at hsurdity which increases the Lenuity of the hold an over the best minds. amed to admit that. they something independent which had to be taken unless they believe that 2whimaical rule that is one )3 sat enden They had an a. public zaps. because :ertain