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intt day g1 she ls This Bank of Supe ed its doors‘ pen m Senator L. de Several, the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, has been made Knight Grand Cross of the 01'â€" der of St. Michael and St. George for the services he remdered to Grem Bri- tain in the settlement of the dispute between England and Brazil as to the ownershi of the smaJler of the two isfla-nds 0 Trinidad, which Por- tugal, as arbitrator, awarded to Brazilr HI Lord \ViLliam Beresford met with a serious accident on the hunting field last \Vednesday, and now lies in a pre- carious condition. It is believed that the question of closer relations with the colonies will occupy a portion of the Queen’s spe at the opening of "the Imperial Parlia- want. There was a large meeting held at Lhe Mansion House, in Dublin on Tues- day afternoon, at which resolutions were passed demanding that the imâ€" perial Government remedy the finan- elal Injustice done to Ireland. Senator L. de Several, the Portuguese Sir; Alexander Milne, Admiral ofi the Britlsh fleet, is dead. He was mneiy years of age. There is a movement on foot among a number of VToronto sporting men to make a pool for the purpose of sending Champion Jake Gaudaur and Eddie Durnan, Ned Hanlan’s nephew, abroad. It is proposed ‘that enough money raised to send the pair i0 England, and probably Australia, and give them all the backing they want. GREAT BRITAIN. Sir Charles Tupper has postponed the date of his departure from England for Canada. until February 4. Mr. Gildersleev-e, general manager of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, believes that navigation could be prolonged two or three weeks at each end of the season by employing- powerful ice-breakers on the river. Sir James Grant, who was physician to the Princess Louise during her resiâ€" dence in Canada, and who recently was granted the honor ofa long interview with her ‘Majesty, says he nlaces no credence in the report in a New York paper as to ‘he alarming state o& the Queen’s health. Word has been received from London announcing the serious illness of Lieu- tenant-Governor Kirkpatrick He will undergo an operation in a fortnighl,and Mrs. Kirkpatrick will leave 'l‘nrontoim- mediately to join her husband. The C.P.R. Company propose to inâ€" augurate their entrance into Hamil- ton and Buffalo by placing two trains on the road of exceptionally fine work- manship, which will make the journey in very fast time. Mr. Alex. Abbey, one of the oldest and most respected residents of Port Dalhousie, Ont, died on Supdayt agar} 11383 {fi'f‘ofi Dalhouusie End followed his occupation of shipbuilding for upwards of half a century; Land Commissioner Hamilton of the C.P.R. says that [the sales of Maui- toba. lands exceed all records 2.110. past Eew months. The demand is good and armers are paying up well. Major Kitson, the new cnnimandarit of the Royall Military College, Kingston, in company with Major-General Gascoigne, on Thursday morning had a long inter- view with the Governor-General. The Canadian-Australian Royal Mail steamship line, the vessals of which ply between British Columbia and the Aus- tralian colonies, is about to places. new steatmer of 4,250 tons register on the Ian e. haunting Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States. and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed 431.1 Assorted {or Easy Reading. CANADA. 'A London West Methodist min'uiter. Rev. Richard Hobbs, denuunccs skat» ing as "an evil pastime." TflE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. __ _vr-__V Tenders hé§e Ire/911A ;eceived at the Department of Railways and Canals for new plel‘ work at Port Dalhousle. Geperal Manager Hays and other officials of the Gland Trunk inspected the company's new car shape at Lon- don‘ Bel um gton \ UNITED STATES 111‘ tfu com a fir Berasford met with a on the hunting field and now lies in a pre- rculusis and not plan» reported.- H. Carpenter of the service, has been up» :he; Montreal detective Chnef Cullen. Iron&St:cel Compan) phe smelting works [0: mg a. plentiful supply rior, Wis st de nnstrt ntative rtyâ€"si 5* York as clos‘ ‘iIL Tom Moore cleare ary work, and fond his wife, he left he country cortta round of dissiD ruin, and Felicia Dorotfh‘ea Browne was the maiden name of Mrs. Hemans, and be- fore She was 15 she published a, volume of poems. Her married life was not a ‘happy one, and though the marriage was never formally dissolved, yet when her husband was obliged by ill-health to seek a more genial cljme, s‘h'e remain- verses, 'wi‘tlh; an 8 Should there be a. Gray had be chosen, might have been the Poet Laureate during his lifeâ€"time. ’Dhle title was offered him and declin- ed. His famous “Elegy,” written in a country churchyard, appeared in 1750. Prior "to this he wrote an ode. on "The. Death of Mr. Walpole's Cat.” The remuneration which Dryden re- ceived for Ibis poems could hardly be called munitioent. A document is still Bath preserved wherein a, publisher admits having a. little consignment, of 7,500 ver- ses in his possession, and agrees to pay the 250 guiineas on his completing 10,000 and sweetness of disposition. He nevâ€" er outgrew *his weakness of body. and as a. means of support for his light frame ‘he constantly wore stays. Cowper was often inclined to melan- c’holia, and it was during one of Ithese fits of depression that he wrote "John Gilpin.” He suffered acutely from re- ligious mania, and on more than one occasion attempted suicide. Dr. Walls stood about five feet noth‘» ing in his stockings, and his low stature did not lend any advantage to his ap- pearance in the pulpit; yet the grav- ity and propriety of th utterances made his discourses efficacious. Byron wrote his celebrated poem of the "Bride of Abydos" in one night, and without mending his pen. The pen is still preserved in the British Mus- Campbell received £60 for his "Pleaâ€" sunes of Hope.” Everywhere it was read and admired. and it secured to the poet”: England as a nation was satisfied from 1623 to 1664, that is. a period of 41 years, with‘ two solitary editions of Shakespeare, which probably did not together make 1,000 copies. Pope was, from His birth, of a constiâ€" tution tender and delicate. but be al- ways displayed Arel‘parkqplle ge‘p'tleness l'erullarilits of Some of [be Men Who “(we “'riIu-n Immortal Verse. 20 years his poems had not paid for his s‘hloestrings. The wife of the insui‘genL Col. Miraâ€" bel arrived at Key West. Fla., on W'edâ€" nesday. She claims to have come direct from ’L'he insux'g’enls' camp, and deâ€" clares that Gen. Muceo, whom she has been nursing, is not dead, but is in a fair way of recovery. The Junta in New York does not believe the story. Gen VVeerr. in a very boastful in- terview asserts that the Province of Pinar el Rio 'hhs been subjucated by him. and that the insurgents are lack- mg in valour and other elemencs to make the uprising a. success.. by the numerous failures of banks and loam companies. These failures have been principally in the VVL-st, and the result has been to create a feeling i_n $91118 quarters of distrust and suspi- own which the circumstances are not considered to warrant. Elie number of commercial failures for the year just ended have been more numerous than in any previous year except 1893. hug business a: of general qul addition to tt gleprgssion has Union Iron Works of San Francisco amd (Swamp & Sums. Railrd Mount do the Thur: and a gents notwi nnyson's Wordsworth declared that for nearly .C. H‘ permanent reputation at the agé of On on‘ K a more genus. home to educat never met agz inunujmt 12 are many steamer nvmle, auns ; secured 1 maches to 1 tunnel 1 1m evening wi‘tha cargo 01 arms mition for the Cuban insur- eaxance papers were issued mding that a. formal protest 5 by the Spanish Consul. 'ciad reports from the leadâ€" ss agencies of New York speak 1 quiet in all lines of trade. In. ;0 the usual holiday dullness. l has been somewhat added to [merous failures of banks and )zmics. These failures have cipale in the West, and the 5 been to create a feeling in alters of distrust and suspi- =11) the circmnstamces are not I to warramt. L'The number ENGLISH POETS. and nry, the millionaire contracâ€" xtured the contraxi to build aims to the Great Northern ,Imnel through the Cascade It will take six months to 3.1] 1‘1 pation :NEBAL stories told of xtra. bonus 01 second edltmn. rt my: the marrlage dissolved, yet when )liged by ill-health l cljme. s‘h'e remain- .q her children. and 1m. me be e in London [8 the can g'i‘uffness of m though he was of too often in her £80,000 ore cleared at the Gustom house on iiary Jment off er enJ‘de 1t li ter- \OI‘ £50 an able in specie on demand, a this following denomination; $1, $2, $4, $50, $100, $500 a; occasionally old issues called notes of. $5, $10, and $20 a.r 'At the epd of 1895 over million dollars of the Domi circulation were in potes of $1,000. Thea big bills are 1 held by the entered bank: These notes ment are full 3111 be covered fully with gold. Last year am act provided that the issue may 'exoeed $20,000,000, provided that in addition to any amount required to be held in gold under previous acts a. further amount in gold equal to the excess of issued notes uver 20 millions shall be held. In 1880 th( of $20,000,000 15 per cent. by m to spe rem. bonc ' When the Dominion was formed the issue was enlarged to $8,000,000; any amount in excess of $5,000,000 to be covered by 25 per cent. in specie or in specie and Canadian securities guaran- teed by the Imperial Government and for the remainder i-u unguaranteed bonds issued by authority of Parlia- ment. ]n the yea); 1870 the issue was fixqé at: $9,000,000. with a 20 per (vent. spec“: reserve, any 0x00.qu to be fully covered by specie. Two years later the issue in excess of $9,000,000 were required to he covered by specie to the extent of 35 per cent. In 1875 50 per cent. specie reserve was required for $3,000,~ 000 above and beyond the $9,000,000, and exchs over $12,000,000 to be fully cov- The basis of Canada's currency is, of course, gold, and it is very interesting to trace the history of our coinage for the last hundred years. Prior to 1795 all sorts of coins were circulated in British North America. In that year, however, astep was made in the direction of a revision of Cana- dian currency to remedy the evils re- sulting from the coins in use being reâ€" duced in weight, debased in value, and Composed of every variety of pieces Peculiar to all countries trading with this continent. An act was therefore Passed which. fixed a standard of value founded upon the average intrinsic worth of the gold and silver" coins of Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, France. 91nd the United States. Subsequently various acts of the Legislatures estab- lished a. valuation for these pieces at which they passed at mercamtile trans« actions. UANADA AND HER UUINAGE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CURRENCY OF THIS COUNTRY. llow Dominion Notes are Securedâ€"In Home in Their ‘ne Since (.‘onfmlera lion. t] litional in guaranteed remainder ponds ; any serve )tes. ttlement b SOOD SE01 At the em :ld in conn .y then wnki n NOTES J0. 1‘11 Le law authorized the issue 0, to be covered by at least of gold, 10 per cent. ad- ;old 01‘ Dominion securities by Great Britain, and the in unguaranteed Dominion em‘ess above $20,000,000 to LITTLE AND BIG tJhe with the D011 xtent of $10,65 g debentures 40 FOi 21.11 the 3.1 req_u a'nadian Governâ€" tender, redeem- md, and are of 17H (lemp non full amom g and 0,000 cents. 31,000 ; 'lncial 1111 SL1] must .6219 111111 be allowed among tha in’ an asylum known Cent, and others wh4 of a, violent nature.- dicl, that within five not be, found a. medica l‘edge of igsanity and} (1er not favor 'wheeling as process." every doubt cycling The Wheel Recommended for Pallenls at. Several Asylums. One of the most notable instances of the efficacy of the bicycle as a remedy for insanity is found at the Michigan State Asylum for the Insane in Kala- mazoo. The patients at this asylum take daily rides on the wheel, and parties of from five to eight lunatics in charge of two attendants are like- ly tobe met with on any of the coun- try roads running out of the City. To the uninitiated it would seem odd, in- deed, that the regulation country high- way should be chosen for the wheeling parties in preference to the well-kept roads of the town. There is a reason, however, and a very good one it is, too. The rougher the road the more ne- cessary does it become for the lunatic cyclist to devote a great deal of at- tention to his machine. The result is that while riding in this way he has no opportunity to think of the peculiar mania which may afflict him, and his mind takes on a healthier bone. his thoughts are those of a man with an unclouded brain, and he becomes for the time being, practicale sane. The Kalamazoo doctors say that they have never yet heard of a. course of treatment which causes selfâ€"forgetfulâ€" ness in a. degree even approaching that produced by the use of the bicycle. In- §tead of moping in the asylum, or tak- lng forced exercise about the grounds» the lunatics who are considered fit sub- Jects for instruction on the wheel are taken every week from the Kalamazoo asylum on their wheels to Long Lalie ten miles distant, or to one of the chain of smaller lakes not so far from the afiymm. A plentiful lunch is taken along, and the occasion becomes a ver- itable picnic. _Of course, on trips of this sort some tires axe bound to be punetured1 the gearing is sure to get out of order° and more or less other mechanical dif- ficulties encountered. The result of all this is that the lunatic has no time at _all to become melancholy. The ex- ercise, the fresh air, the unwonted cause for thoughtfulness on new subjects, all contribute toward wooing the return of reason. Of course, on L tires axe bound gearing is sure and more or less behaviou- have nqt cha nge. 1r Dr. Eel-den H. Talscott, medical sup- erintendent of this asylum, is an en- Lhusiast regarding the wheel as a. benefit to persons of unsound mind. “It Is, in my estimation,” 119, said, "beyond question that the bicycle will eyentn- ally become a permanent institu'tlon m every insane asylum; There 18 no doubt whatever that the tendency of restoration of reason; of course I not mean to say that every crazy per should be permitted tojlde thejyh Ihe State Asylum for the Insane at Middletown, N.Y., is another institu- tion that considers the bicycle ameans to render help to the insane. The wheel has been used at this asylum for some months, with the most gratifying re- sults. It is found that it promotes doc- ility among the patients, who enjoy the excursions, and invariably induces afar healthier condition of the mind. It all- so acts as an incentive toward good behaviou- on the part of others who have not been permitted to ride, the change. in their attitudes being brought aflwur by the sight of the keen enjoy- ment-which the lunatic riders seem to talie in riding. tawa; second, the Assistant Receiver- General appointed in Toronto, Mont- real, Halifax, St. John, N.B.. Victoria, B. C., Charlottetown] and Winnipeg. The average montlhfly circulation at Dominion notes for the year 1895 was 513.834.666 in $500 and $1,000 bills. For. $50 and $100 notes it was $232,300; {on $4, $5, $10, and $20 notes it was $369,“ 439; for $1 and $2. notes it was $6,â€" 743,555, and for fractional notes $217,802. The issue of $500 and $100 biLLs in proportion to the total of last year was 64.6 per cent; of $2 and $1 notes 31.5 per cent, and of all other notes 3.9 per cent. During the decades between 1884 and 1894 they issue of Dominion notes in- creased 26.2 per cent; the issue of notes of $500 and $1,000 increased from 57.8 per cent. to 63.1 per cent, Whille notes of other denominations decreased relatively to the total Sue. increase of $1,160,288 or 21.5 per cent. in 1894, and of $118,507 in 1895 com~ pared wi'tfh 1894. Practicum the increase relatively to the whole issue has been confined to those denomimations of notes which are held by the. chartered banks. B. 0., Charlottetown ind Winnipeg HOW THE MONEY CIRCULATES The distribution of the specie and Do- minion notes to the several banks are, first, the Controller 0! Currency at Ot- The average Dominion note from $16,434,385 in 1895. his ca Jtil Hav fir BICYCLES FOR THE INSANE. HAS FOR matr urt )â€"Have you rea se in the new: ble Jurorâ€"No, ' you not pub] 1d 'of $1 lma the decades between 1884 and issue of Dominion notes in- my ( rage monthly cir Ange: gradually nut the bicycle will eventu- a a permanent institution in De asylum; There is no tever that the tendency of insane persons is toward the of reason; Of course I do r of fact, cy among that form an answer t t1 1t Ill :t, cycling should only that class of patients own as the convalesâ€" whose mania is not re; I venture to pre- five years there will adical man withyknowâ€" gndjpsane people “(th D AN OPINION defen 1884 1t spapers’! a juror“. ny 0mm SlI at mythin 11101 the g outed of th4 In a. mur 111 & curative >ulation of increased 1,397,750 person in thy Ar 13 ct 3 was s. For. 3 ; {on $369m at not pre- will 10wâ€" who bout the 1t a hug: occupy moille and the adjoining one, belonging to the Comte de la Panuuse, both situ- ated between the Rue se Faubonrg, Saint Honore and the Avenue Gabriel, and close to the British embassy, are likely to be bought for the erection of a large hotel on the ground which they ._v r-e°. vi- This, however. is not all. While pm- parations have been begun for the work of demolition, pending the erection 01 new edifices of finer or rather less sev- erely plain architectural proportions, and of a variety of other trifles in the building way, the bridge which is to span the Seine between the Pont des lnvalides and the Pont de la Concorde and the first stone of which was laid by the czar during his visit to Paris, has not been forgotten. The two lines of flags, long since reduced to the serum,- ance of rags, which marked the posi- tion which it would occupy have been taken down, together with mwt of the scaffolding set up on the lowere quail: on either side of the river, and now t e presence of several lighters, as well as of one or two posts which rise above the water surmounted. by A BIT OF RED BULN'I‘ING. as a. warning to the boats that pl.y up and down, indicate that engineers a. taking the matter actively in hand1an that the Pont Alexander Trois, as it. is to be called, will soon assume a. measure of reality. Here, again, traffic will. be somewhat hampered, for very careful steering will become an imperative ne- cessity as the passenger steamers, “his, and lighters glide up and down t e Seine with their fares and cargoes. But on the shining river. as on terra firma, this temporary inconvenience will be borne cheerfully, all keeping their minds fixed on the eventful date and on the wondrous transformation which will convert these banks into a very pretty imitation of fairyland. - A considerable amount of hotel build- ing, in anticipation of the exhibition of 1900 is about to begin. ,The Wagon- Lits company has bought a magnificent site in the Champs Elysees, and the preliminaries have already been com- menced of the construction of a hand- some and spacious edifice, which will be fitted up in the newest style. I al- so learn that M. Ritz of the Savoy hotâ€" 91, and a London syndicate have pur- chased a property in the PlaceVendome for a similar purpose. Other undertak- ings of the kind are in contempla- tion, and I may add that it is reported that the mansion of the Due de La Tre- moille and the adjoining one, belonging to- the Comte de la I’anouse, both situ- ated between the ‘Rue se Fagbourg, Buildingsâ€"Thr- llolcls. Although three years and a half will have rolled by ere the opening of the great exhibition of 1900 takes plaxxgthe preliminary works have already been entered upon in real earnest, says a Paris correspondent. There is now no doubt that every effort will be made by the authorities to render this world’s Show even more. brilliant than its pre- decessors, and signs are not lacking to demonstrate that they will be zealously swonded in their exertions by the com- mercial element and by the public at larger Parisians are never so happy as when their gay city is thrown out in- to broad relief as the great center of attraction, and they are looking for- ward with pride and enthusiasm to the date when foreigners will flock to this metropolis, from every point of the compass; when hotels, present and fu- ture, will be thronged with visitors; and when the boulevards and leading thor- oughfares will be as full of varied samples of humanity as in the summer of 1889, and in the earlier part of last month. 0T0! surround the whole of the book of the Palais de l'Industrie. as well as the pavâ€" ilions facing the river and the Jardjn des Plantes. The work of demolition has commenced. It seems to be settled that the Palais de l’lndustrie will re:- main intact until the next salon is over, but, in any case, them is quite enough tobe done on other parts of the ground. until that date. With a View to the removal of the debris. a subterranean operation is now being carried on» The wall of the quay close to the Pont des lnvalides has been pulled down, and the earth below is being excavated for the construction of a tunnel, which will run right into the inclosed space. am} will be utilized for the conveyance o the rubbish to the lower path alongside the Seine. whereon rails have been laid to facilitate the passage of the light carts which are, already shooting their leads into barges moored in a nook al- most under the bridge. This afternoon large crowds gathered along the Pont m- A. AL porte “Il faut souffrir pour etre belle"waa the exclamation made to me to-day by more than one person who is already compelled to make the detourowing to the erection of enclosures within which busy ouvriers are now employed. New Marine Motor wmm Promises lo Ruwolullm-ize Slenm lvlgunun. cient Charles the noted ported at 32‘5‘3111351'1'd3s iii-YB); 113;; to wamh thg progress of this Wong. ‘xn ~I, ,A__A MI I‘OH THE GREAT PARIS EXHIBITION. NEAT PALISADES A FORTUNE HERE. 8.1] astr BIRCH) I’m sons, brother of outs