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s " " I‘HE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Interesting Items About Our Own Country; an All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Great Britain, the United States. Amt-ted for Busy Reading. CANAJDA. {Hamilton's debt is $3,100,000. The miners at the Springhill, N. S., colliery are on strike. RVinnipeg will lay ten miles of new macadam pavements this year. . . , 0 Ottawa's opulation . is now 51,54 , and its assegsed valuation $21,947,635. Hon J. Israel Tarte, who has taken 111 in Ottawa, is confined to his bed at Montreal. Mr. Adam Beck of London has sold his famous horse Lonigshotz to the Duke of Marlborough. . ' ' (Ler, one of the 91d- Mrs Philip Ben Canadian frontier. died at Niagara Falls, N. Y., on Thurs- est residents on the day, aged ninety-1W0. . The contracttfor prtinting thnggIoléltg] ' cs e sum 5, a . fldgcfi: ligen fi'arded pto the Ameri- can Bank Note Company of New York. The body of Mr. Robert_John.son of Port Dalhousie was found in the \Velâ€" land Canal, into which he is supposed to have fallen on Monday night. Mr. Edward Hanlan has ed Mr. Gaudaur for the world's cham- pionship, conditional on the race being rowed in Toronto bay, three or five miles, for one thousand dollars, on May 8th. The Dominion Government has been advised by tlha Indian suggrizégzn‘deifirtog coast about the trouble among the Indians regarding potlaching British Columbia that t the Pacific ,was exaggerated. (Mr. J. H. Mawu'n, of the Geological Department, has left for England _to join Prof. Durcy Thompson and assist) in preparing a. report‘ to the Imperial Government on the result of their o'bâ€" servatinnv of seal life in the Pribyloffl Islands last; summer. A new schedule of wages . . . for the men on tlhle eastern d-imsxon o the C.P.R. was arranged between Spencer. Superintendent of the. d1v15~ ton. and a. number of representatives of from points betWeen the men hailing Fort \Vill'lialm and Quebec. Mr. W. L. Scott, Master in Chancery at Ottawa. had to decide a. knotty question as to whether Mr.Peter Mc- Raeor 'hiswife died first in a. drown- the husband was found with the body of his little boy clasped inhis arms, the Master decid- ed that ‘he must have died first, be- cause his efforts would be Ihampered iing accident. - As by the boy. . GREAT BRITAIN. Not a. Canadian has yet subscribed to the Mansion House Fund in London for the Indian famine sufferers. The .Prince and Princess of Wales subscribed £250 to the Mansion House Fund for the Indian famine sufferers. _ Lord _Rosebery_ is again suffering from insomnia. and “111 not be present in the House of Lords during the opening weeks of the session. Two more cases of cholera have deâ€" veloped on board the quarantine trans- ort Nubia, which arrived at Plymouth om India on Saturday. Mr. Geo. A. Kirkpatrick, Lieutenant- Governor of Ontario, wh‘o underwentian operation .in‘ London on Wednesday, is slowly gaining strength; ' London papers of all s‘hlides of poliâ€" ties are said to approve of the signing of the arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States. Hon. Edward Blake has been chosen by t‘he Ir1sh members to move the amendment to the address in reply to the Queen's speech in- the Imperial Parliament. Lord flamilton, Secretary of State for .India, states that the famine. in- cluding loss of revenue, will cost the Indian treasury between four and six million pounds. ‘ It is remarked in London that Canada has now a. chance of showing that her Imperial sympathies are more than the expression of words, by subscribing to- wards Ithe Indian relief fund, on which no Canadian name “has so far appeared. [UNITED STATES. Mr. Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York, has positively delined the porltfolio of the Navy Depamtmenrt. 1 United States Secretary Ol-ney has re- buked Ambassador Bayard for making political speeches in England. Recei ts of grain at Buffalo from Fort illiam during the na,viga.tion season of 1896 aggregated 2,329,500 bushels. Ernest L. Chase, son of Dr. Chase, of Ann Arbor,‘ Mich, has been Sen- tenred all; Detroat to life imprisonment for cruelty to his wife, whom he has disfigured for life. Mrs. E. W. \Vilson, awealthy old lady, has been abducted from Chicago. Relatives think she is in the safe keep- ing of a child, now married, which she adopted thirlty years ago. Frank Doughcrty, a. striking miner, was shot and instantly killed by Policeâ€" man _Guyton for resisting arrest at Leadville, Col., on- Monda'y. Daugherty had first fired at the policeman. Maggie Messeur, a. Canadian. aged 27, was arrested in Buffalo on Tuesday for shoplifting. A waiggon load of silks and gloves was found in the home where she was employed as a servant. The.U.nited States Deep \Vattemvays Commission has submitted its report to Secretary Olney. The report is an unqualified endorsement of the ship canal profict between the United States and Canada, and embraces a recommen- dation for two hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars for preliminary surveys. According to the i-e-lurnS'from the commerciall_agencies of Messrs. Dun ambBradstreet there are no new nor special features to trade in the United Sulaâ€"bps. Business is quiet and prices continue, low, but the feeling uinong business men is generally a. feeling of confidence, and the more steady tone and healthy tendency is considered more satisfactory because it is slow. Stocks in some lines are‘b‘aoo large, es- peyiully in textile fabrics, and lower irices for these goods are probable. There have been some large purchases challeng- and duties of leather and of wool; hides has been little variation in Mercantile collections are usually poor. changed. GEiN ETCAL. l llIr. \Villis, United to Honolulu, is dead. Hong Kong will cost $1,250,000. or of Emrmror Muttsnliifo, of is (loud. Fiji and High Commissioner for his recovery is doubtful. ount in the famine relief work. to dot‘hronc the 801013.111 Bismarck, which ran aground in efforts to float proved. futile. ing. The. a. night. INVIT'AT ION TO TII EF'I‘. which they can be robbed places. anxiety to save triflcs. advantage of that failing," he lessly carrying examining goods in the stores. it. the salesman at the counter. one with no marks on it, near woman's skirt. perhaps stoops to pick it up. makes tracks out of the store. presently, my purse l' diversion. By that time are beyond pursuit. many such cascs, robbed. test their purses and other valuables by carrying them in satchels when they caution which would baffle the ordin- ary thief. ity of the women and the fault of the side, and always on the side where the clasp is. A woman carries the satchel seen and the clasp is exposed to the touch of every light-fingered thief who passes her. It is the easiest possible trick for a. thief to open a satchel in the hands of its owner, when carried that way, and take out a purse or some jewelry. It is done in crowded places every day or two. "If. a woman carries her satchel so that the clasp is next to her person, however, the satchel can not be open- ed Withouit her knowledge. She may not gratify her vanity by expOSing to View the ornamental side of her satchel, her. property will be safe in the crowd while she hangs on to the satchel." CHANGE OF HEART. Sweet Girlâ€"I hope. you will call again Mr. Coolhead. Mr. Coolhead (new admirer)~â€"Th‘ank you. I should be delighted to call very soon again, if I were sure of finding you at home. Oh, I’m nearly always at home; butâ€"â€" let me seeâ€"4t won't do for you to call Tuesday evening, for that is the night of the Home Mission meeting; and Wed- nesday night the Emperor’s Daughters meet; and Thursday the Blue Ribbons have amost important session; and Friday is the. monthly meeting of the Dorcas Club; and Saturday the Brown- ing Clubâ€"really, I hardly know what (la): to set: butâ€"-â€"-" Uniâ€"(lo you expect to belong to these sovieties always ’5 Oh. yes, indeed; I'm a. life member of them all. Erâ€"l should like to call angn won. but this is our busy Season, and i"-ll :11 be confined very closely to thx =ice for several months. Good-own 1. art Chi- (‘ngo are lower. During the week tlherte wtea . reported _as In some directions an inâ€" Creased demand for dry goods. hard- ware and groceries is said to exist. But Practically the busincss situation is unâ€" Slules Minister The proposed naval yard extension at The Dowager Empress Asulio, moth- Japan. Sir John '3. Thurston, Governortfiif , t" Western Pamfic, is dangerously ill, and The Maharajah of Diurbhangah has remitted eight lakhs of rupees of his revenue, and will expend a. Sllnllal‘ ainâ€" Tlie Turkish Reform League has is- sued a, circular from Brussels, declarâ€" ing that another massacre is in contemâ€" lilation, and calling upon the powch Tlhe Hamburgu‘imerican Liner h‘uegfit Elbe ()1) January 6, is s‘tJll aground, all her having 'lhrlls far Paris papers state that the Admiral- ty Council is in favor of using spnad- rons in time of war, and has rejected Admiral Aube‘s proposal for a flout of fast cruisers wilth. a. view to privaicorâ€" Princess C’himny, who clopcd with a Hungarian musician, has been engaged to appear in tableaux Vivaan at the Berlin Winter Gardens, after her divorce from her husband, ab :1, salâ€" My of seven hundred and fifty dollars The loss of nearly $2,000 in cash by Mrs. Belle Helmuth in Fifth avenue, New York recently caused many Ponce detectives to make remarks about the carelessness of women and the ease with in public Talking about .her loss, a detective f said the other day that he had heard of several cases in which women had lost property of considerable value in their "Clever thieves understand and take said. "Many women, not content with care- their purses in their hands when they walk about in crowds in the shopping district, will lay their purses down bn counters when they are "Thieves are on the lookout for such opportunities, and all they have to do in many cases is merely to edge up to a careless woman, crowd her a little, perhaps pick up her pocket-book, when she isn't looking and walk away with Sometimes it is necessary to divert her attention, and also the attention of "Thieves often travel in pairs for that purpose, and the most common trick is to drop a. handkerchief, usually achttagp e “Excuse me, but you have dropped your handkerchief,’ one thief says pol~ itely, and the woman looks down, and Then there is an examination and a denial of ownership, and the, handkerchief is handed over to the salesman to be re- turned to the real owner who may call for ill: hater, and in the meantime, the woman’s purse has been stowed away in the pocket of a. confederate, who “ ‘My graciousl‘ the woman exclaims 'I wonder what 1 did With and then there is another lboth thieves The police hear of 'but there are many women who never make complaint to the police, and are even ashamed. to tell their friends how easiihy they have been "Many women are robbed although they think they are taking care to pro- are on shopping trips, and in most cases the women fail to take one small pre- The trouble is that van- manufacturers of satchels combine to favor the thieves. 1 "Nearly every satchel carried by wom- en has some ornamental device on one so that the ornamental device can be i RS Figures “'Iilcli Show the Country's Pro- gress~§kitisflcs on Local and other 'l'nsiit's. .Tlio law of Canada requires that a census Sllilll be taken every ten years The Census Act was first. llQISS‘Nl in 1870, was revised in 1879 and again in 1886. the last not being that under which the census of 1891 was taken. It provides that ,the census shall be lakcn so as to ascertain with the greatâ€" est possible accuracy in regard to the various territorial divisions of the coun- try, their population, and its classifi- cation as regards age, sex, social conâ€" dition, religion, education, race, occu- pation, and otherwise; the houses and other buildings therein and their classi- fication as dwellings inhabited, unin- habited, under construction, and other- wise; the occupied land and its conâ€" dition, whether town, village, country, cultivated or uncultivated; the produce. stale and resources of the agricultural, fishing, mining, mechanical, mauufac; Luring, trading and other industries: and, lastly, the municipal, educational, charitable and other institutions, and whatsoever matters may be, deemed deâ€" sirable by the Government at the time of the taking of the census. THE CENSUS NECESSARY IN ClAlNADA. Under the constitution the electoral representation in the House of. Com-i mons is based upon population, and is regulated by the number of persons living in the Province of Quebec. There- fore, it is necessary to ascertain care- fully the population in each province and also to follow in the enumeration of the people the electoral division pro- vided by Parliament. . The last census of Canada was taken in 1891, the organization consisting of 14 census officers, 241 census commis- sioners and 4,366 enumerators. The larg- est census district was that of New Westminster, with an area of 204,050 square miles. In Ontario the largest census area was Algoma, with 143,517 square miles; and in Quebec, Chicoutimi and Sagucliay, with 118,921 square miles. To accomplish the task of countâ€" ing the population in these immense areas enumerators had to take camps and camp furniture with them, be ready to ride on horseback, paddle a. canoe and walk miles all in one day. HISTORY OF OUR CENSUS TAKlNG. The first census of the Dominion of Canada was taken in 1871, prised the four provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia. and New Bruns- wick. The population of these four proâ€" vmces was found to be 3,485,761. A cen- sus of Prince Edward Island, then, an independent province, was taken the same year, giving a population of 94,021, and a census of British Colâ€" umbia was taken in 1870, when the population was found to be 36,427, in- cluding Indians. This province was also at that time independent. The popu- lation of Manitoba. at the taking of the census of 1870 was 18,995, includ- ing 6,767 Indians. The population, there- fore,.of what at present constitutes the Dominion, exclusive of the Northwest Territories, may be set down as being. in 1871, 3,635,024. The population of the. Territories was at the time estimated to be about 60,000. The next census was taken in 1881, and comprised the whole of the pres- ent Dominion, the total population be- ing 4,324,810. The. third census was taken in 1891, when the total popula- tion was placed at 4,833,239. - Of the total population Ontario con- tained 1,926,922 people and Quebec 1,- 359,022. The urban population was 1,390,910. or 28.77 per cent. of the whole. In 1871 the percentage of urban population was only 18.8. The growth of the urban at the expense of the rural population is one of the features of the percentage throughout the world, and prevails in Canada as elsewhere. MORE MEN THAN \VOMEN. Al. the last census there were 2,460,- 471 males and 2,372,768 females, Ontar- io had 1,069,487 males and 1,044,834 fe- males, while, Quebec Showed an almOSt equality, there. being 744,141 males and 744,394 females. In British Columbia. there were 63,003 males and 35,170 fe- males. In each census group of 10,000 persons there were 249 infants, 1,000 children between 1 year and 5 years old, 2,350 boys and girls from 5 to 15 years, 1,061 youths and maidens from 15 to 20 years, 1,781 young mint and wo- men from 20 to 30. 2,105 middle-aged persons from 30 to 50, and 1,325 elderly persons over 50 years. Out: of every 10,000 persons in Canada 6,317 were single, 3.286 were married and 397 were widowed. Of these last 267 were widows and 130 widowers. in each of these groups of 10,000 there were 1,907 families, the average num- ber of persons in each being 5.2. SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS. ' Computing by averages the follow- ing facts were found with regard to every 10,000 of‘population; 949 bach- elors over 20 years old; 684 spinstei‘s; 2,907 were French or Acadian, 8,661 Canadianâ€"born and 1,339 born in other countries; 1,014 were British-born and 3‘5. were foreign-burn. Engaged in agriculture, mining and fishing were 1,635; 386 were engaged in trade and transportation; 662 in. manufacturing; 131 were in the professions; 509 were 1d). domestic and personal occupations; 110 belonged to the nonâ€"productive classes; 1,521 were farmers; 56 were fishermen; 31 were miners, and 27 lumâ€" bermen. CAUSES OF DEATH IN CANADA. Out of every 10,000 persons 140 died during the year preceding the census, of whom 38 were infants. Of the causes of this 140 deaths, phlbisis or conâ€" sumption was accountabfe for 15 and lung diseases for 12. Old age gathered in ‘J; 47 died from local diseases and 19 from constitutional; violent deaths were responsible for 5. and there were 22 of an average in each group ill-de- fined and not specified. To ezii-h (group of 10,000 persons there SOME CURIOUS FACTS CULLED FROM l and com- ' 402 cattle and 5.201 sheep. Out of each 10,000 000 (‘Ollllll not read an 500 could not. write. The insane numbered 28. the 'blinil 7. and (leaf mules 10. Thu amount of life instir '0 {ll risk per 10,000 peo- ple was $56 549. and fire insurance to the extent of 51655.9. Taking the populartinn as a whole, 4,185,877 of tlio pouple were born iii Canada. and 647.362 burn in titliei‘voun~ tries. To show the intermingiing of fliepeoplo if was found that thcrewci‘e 11,658 loop?“ from Umnrio in British Columbia, 46620 in Manitoba, 344 in lNew Brunswick, 738 in Nova Scotia, .105 in .l‘riucc Edward Island. 15541 in Quebec and 13.594 in the Territories. On the whole there has been a very mnsi-lemlrle movement of population between the Provinces, the general trenvl being from east to west. REIJGIONS Ol.f CANADIANS. According to the 1:1le census, the total po-pulzi'liou of Canada by religious was as inflowszâ€"lioiiiun Catholics, 1,~ 992,017; Church of lfliigiaiid. 646,059; Prcsliytorinns. 754,163; Reformed Pres- liytcrians, 708; ollu-r Prcsliylerians. 425; Mclhmljsts, 830,815; Bible Chris- tians, 7,183; Primitive Mmfhoilists, 160 lwero, on an average. 2.982 horses. 8.~ people nearly 3,- r 3 a other Methodists, 607; Baptists, 257,- 449; Frau \Vill Baptists. 45,116; ’l‘unâ€" kers, 1,274; Brethren, 11,637; Lutherâ€" ans, 63,082; Congregationalism, 28,157; Disci; .03, 12,763; Adventists. 6,354; 'Uniittnrians, 1,777; Universalists. 3,186; "Pmteslnnts," 12.253; Salvation Army, 13,940; Quakers, 4,650; Jews, 6,414; other tienominaiions. 33,756; not speci- fied. 89,355. The number of pagans, or Indians still adhering to the belief) of their fathers, was 16,427. INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISH'MENTS. The following facts were asccrtained at the last census with respect to Ca- nadian industries: .Caipnfal to the extent of over 3 mil- lion dollars was employed in the mak- mg 0f arms and ammunition; 495 cmâ€" PlOyes were engaged, to whom wages to the extent of $175,394 were paid, the value of output. being $1,105,205. In the books and stationery manu- facturing business over $10,000,000 was Invested; nearly 10,000 hands were cm- Plgxcd; wages to the extent of $3,- 870.9431were paid. the value (if the out- :Dut lJel‘lig $10,553,487. in the manufacture of carriages and other vehicles $10,000,000 was invested, and over 1,400 men employed? \\ hose Wages aggregated 855,000,000. (I‘he va- 338 of the output was nearly $20,000,- There was the sum of $7,054,090 found ployed 40-1 hands, whose wages amount- ed to $178,950. 600. , Brewers and mallsters had 88.533.164 invested, employed 1,885 hands, whose Wages aggregated $906,681. The annual output was $5,955,253. Bakeries to the number of 1,656 were ' in fpuiid, with capital invested $4,781,605. Ihe number of employers and the annual output. $11,148,567. . There were 2.550 grist mills, usmg 3- ca'pl‘tal of $23,039,011; employing 6.317 hands. Whose wages aggregated 32,366,â€" 931. The total output was $52,423,286. In the whole Dominion [here found 226 establishments for the pro- duction of light. ployed was $21,335,314. ployes numbered 3,042, were $1,295,965. $7,485,721. Their eni- whose wages invested in 12,631 establishments ven- gaged in the manufacture of machines, tools and implements. These manufac- turers employed 49,422 hands, who reâ€" ceived $17,815,445 in wages, and turned out god‘s valued at $62,016,178 yearly. Carpenters and builders had 4.618 Places of business. The capital aneSt-‘ ed was $5,012,670. ’l‘hey hired 10,137 hands and paid $2,949,803 in wages. No less than 5,666 sawmills were enumerated, having an invested capital of $50,203,111, 51,378 employes; With wages aggregating $12,625,895 and a lars. MANUFACTURERS OF CANADA. Summing up the results of the cen- sus with regard to industrial estab- lishments, the following facts are glean- ed: There were in all 75,968 industrial establishments, having an .mvested capital of $354,620,750, employing 370,- 256 hands. distributing to wage earn- ers $100,663,650 a year and producing articles valued at $476.258,886._ Of the Capital invested $31,466,324 was iii land; $60,303,043 in buildings; $81,401,247 in machinery and tools, and. $181,450,136 was capital other than “flxed.” 0f the euiployes, 273,424 were men, 70,280 women, 19,476 boys and 7,076 girls under 16 years of age. HERE AND THERE A GEM. If the soul has the least scintilla- tion of a. desire to be holy; much more, if it is bent on being holy; still more, if if: is striving and struggling to be holy; is it conceivable that the Incar- nate Love should not meet that desire, that longing, that striving, and ViSit the soul with powerfâ€"Goudburn. What makes selfishness such a dead- ly sin is that it is such a self-deceiving one: A thief knows he is a thief, a. liar that he has told falsehoods: but a. selfish man will not know that he is selfish; hence he never repenls, and the. sin grows Willi his growth, and strengthens with his strength. The courage and heroism which tic- cept the burdens of life and follow the call of duly, however fools-ore and weary, bring to the heart a peace and serenity which are not far from true happiness. When case and comfort and pleasure stand in the way of our moral advance- ment they must be swept away by a hand as relentless 21s that of the genâ€" eral who burned his Ships that ai'iiiy might be compelled to move on- ward. Frugality is good if liberalily be joined with it: The first is giving up superfluous expenses; the last is be- stowing them for the benefit of those who needs The first, without the last begets covetousness; the last, without the first, begets prodigality. Intercourse with persons of derided virtue and excellent-e is of grout im- portant-e in the formation of good t-lmr- ubiem This force of example is power- ful; we are creatures of imitation. and by necessary influence our liibits illld tempch are very much formed on the, mode of those with whom We familiarâ€" ly associate. wereimrdance with their time-honored cus- . :tom, and the funeral 'llhie. toLal capital emâ€"g his. l The output was iii-19",clans to stay l l was 4,551. I the plague. l in L1 unit BUSINESS AT 1i ‘STANDSTILL IN THE DESERTED CITY. Native Doctors Desert Thch Postâ€"Tho (‘emelcrles overflowiiigâ€"Dlmeully In Burying "no "end. A dcspatc‘h from Bombay says:â€" Every day the plague situation here be» comes worse, and it is estimated that nearly half the population of the city have fled to escape death. The situation is greatly aggravated by thle preval- ence of the famine. Thousands of pa- fives who leave the city have absol'ubo' ly nothing on which to support them- selves in the country. and thus fall vic- tims to slow death from starvation. The streets and bazaars are virtually desert- ed and many shops and offices are clos- ed. One result of the plague has been a. great diminution of all kinds of crime. except burglaries and petty thefts, and these in many instances are due to poverty-stricken wretch‘es taking adva n- tage of the fact that large quantities of property have been left without pro- tection by refugees from the plague- infested city. So great has been the falling-off in criminal and obhler cases that the High Court of Justice does not now find business enough to occupy more than half its time. while the courts in which small causes are tried have abandoned their sittings altogether and the officials have taken a holiday. Eight; thousand refugees are camping out at Andheri, where every condition is fav- orable to an outbreak of the cholera. There is a SCARCI’I‘Y OF WATER in and about the town and the sani- tary conditions are of the crudest char- acter. The refugees hovever, are more afraid of the bubonic plague than of cholera, and they will undoubtedly re- main where they are rather than to re- turn to Bombay. The Government is doing everything possible to assis'tthe people, but its efforts thus far have been productive of little real result in ~ . . . . . : the direction of cleanliness. In Poonalh‘ t0 be invested in distilleries, which emâ€"‘ and Bandra the plague is ragingvirith great virulence. The efforts of physi- the progress of the disâ€" ease in the slightest degree have been fruitless, and the death rate is extremely high. Hundreds of per- sons attacked by the disease have died in two or three hours after suffer- g dreadful agony. The. customs of the natives add to the hideousness on The Mohammedan reme- teries are overcrowded, and it is im- possibie to find men enough to dig grams. The sound of dirges is 1n~ cessant in and around the places where .the Hindoos burn their dead in ac- music has a most depressing influence on all who .hear it, natives and foreigners alike. The total output was, ' ' ' . t d' t No less than $55,598,434 capital was'“ho “1’0” the” dead b0 ‘85 ° . their bearers having been overcome It is stated that numbersof dead bodies of Parsees, the religious solo: eaten by the vultures, are ‘ SLOWLY DECOMPOSING in the open air in the places in which they are left. They have .not been eaten by the vultures. the birds homing been overgorged by the great abund- ance of corpses furnished. to the ,. Everywhere the greatest difficulty is found in obtaining ‘men to carry the dead to the cemeteries, burning places and (the donkihams or “roweis of .51.]- once,” of the Parsees. Even relatives shun this last service to their dead, ' ' - ' 7 t they villi contract the dis- yearly OU‘CPut of over fifty million dol<' fem"er tha ~ ‘ ease touchin or approaching the corpse}:y In magny cases bodies have been found abandoned in the street; fear while takim them to their last; resting place. 0 to Thursday the number of cases of the plague is placed officially at 3,394 and the deaths at 2.- 356. The Eurasians. those of half-na- tive and hailif-foreignpai'entage, 'en- joy comparative immunity from the dis- eases. Very few Europeams have con- tracted the disease, they apparently not being subject to its attack. A fea- ture of the disease that wasnoted in Hong Kong and southern Ohina while it was prevalent there is alsok noticed here. Swine, poultry and rodents ap- pear to be very susceptible to the plague and great numbers of them have died. NOVEL UMBRE LLA HANDLES. Umbrellas are displaying quite as many departures in style as articles of attire supposed to be more distinctly modish. The latest edict is that the umbrella must always match the gown, and tailorâ€"made women are having um- brellas made up in just the shade of their various street gowns. A costly fancy, but surely a. pretty one and one to be commended for those who can afâ€" ford it. A purple tailor gown requires an umbrella of purple silk lined with silk of a pale canary color, for the lin- ing of the new umbrellas is always of a. different shade. A green gown de- mands an umbrella of sapphire, lined with turquoise, and so on. . I In the matter of handles there is still greater novelties. The jewelled onesare more elaborate than ever, but newer than these is the handle made to rep- resent the head of an animal. Eaddish women are greatly taken with the heads, which represent the heads of dogs or cats and which are. always made, after a. strikingly realistic fash- ion. lDaintier perhaps are the handles made in the form of small boubonnier- es, which the younger women are particularly pleased_With. It is said to be. particularly diverting when one is left alone with one's umbrella to be able to open the handle and extract a swectmeat. - ,.r .0. ..s_- LEMONS USED AS SOAP, Lemons are used as soap in many countries where they grow. “'hon the men and women of the \‘Xest Indies want to wash their hands they Squeeze the juice of a icinon over them brisk~ ly in water until they are clean.