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Duchéss erth tc Thom aident o ference, The I age of Sims tgnor si rupt. MT. DobeII, wh England. says th to be in too gre: her new AvtIant: style of steamer shallow ddrzm‘ghfi 911d spee , whic suizted for the St Under the instructions of the Minis- ter of Agriculture, the frag distribu- tion of sample seed packages of certain varieties of grain and 01 her agricultur- al products which have succeeded on the Experimental farms will be made again this season ' W “WNW Lu Serve the sentence of 25 years in the fienitentiary which was imposed upon im for attempted wife murder three years ago. S-ir Oliver Mowat having re- ported adversely to any commutation. The Dominion Government is in re- ceipt of a. score 01' more a plications for railway subsidies. Some og‘fhem are new, and some are for a renewal of subsidies which lapsed through the re- tusal of Parliament last year to revote the money. Within a short timke a. new life inâ€" surance company, which is to be all Can- a/dian in its character, will begin busiâ€" ness. with head offices in Montreal. It will be known as the Royal Victoria Insurance Company ) The The India famine fund is meeting with much criticism in Montreal. It is pointed out that there is distress enough in that locality to employ all the charitable efforts and funds avail- alblexv i DUB. Earnings of the Montreal Street Rail- way Company for the first four months of the fiscal year amount to $412665, against $395,520 for the. corresponding period of last year. I The Canadian Pacific railway will run oolonist specials every Tuesday during March and April, to meet the require- mm of the settlers’ movements to- Wards the North “Vest. Nova. Sootia’s finances, as reported to film Legislature at Halifax. on \Vednesâ€" day, show the expenditure for the year ended September last to have been $853,893, or $12,734 18$ than the reve- “I‘m Dr. Selwyn, in a. paper read at the mining engineer's conventional: Mont- real, held that the idea that Canada. was exceptionally rich in minerals was a. fallacy. The leading steamship companies are asking the Government to pay half the cost of fitting up vessels for cold stor- age. Th9 total payment would amount to $150,000. The Dominion Minister of Agriculture contemplates sending an officer to the Old Country to take special notices of Canadian shipments during the coming summer. A Duluth firm will erect an elevator wt Kingston, 0nt.. accepting the city’s offer‘o a. bonus of $25,000 and tax ex- emptlon for ten years. Arrangements are being made for a deputation to wait on the Government to press the claims of the Momtreal, Ottawa and Georgian Bay ship canal. As a result of the new quarantine regulations large droves of cattle are being driven across the ice from Brock- ville to the United States. ' The trouble between the garment- workers and the Sanford Manufactur- ing_ Company of Hamilton has been amlcably settled. Strong [pressure is being brought to bear on the Dominion Government to have insolvency legislation introduced as soon as possible. The report that. the Montreal cotton m‘ills intemd closing down for three months is denfied in MomtreaL I The petiftion for a. reduction in the numfber of liquor licenses in Hamilton was consi‘dsred by the Markets Com- mittee and refused. . ' The mtaid merchants of Ottawa. are petitioning the Dominion Government for the right of garnishee against the salaries of civil servants.» Ald. Watkins. of Hamilton, has comâ€" plained to the Mayor of tobacco-smok- ing at the Board of \Vorks meetings. Mayor Bangham, of Ottawa. has giv- en 1413 first month's salary as Chief Maglstrate to the poor of the city. It is now thought probable that Sur- veyor Ogilvie and party will remain in the Yukon country over winter. Winnipeg School Board is city for $100,000 to meet thls penses. Interesting Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States. and All Parts 0! the Globe. Condensed and Assorted lor Busy Reading. CANADA. Stratiord is to have a. Free Library. The miners” strike at. Spring-hill, N.S.. continues. Mr. D.'VV. Bole has been elected Preâ€" sident of the \Vinnipeg Board of dec. Last year's cut of timber in the Qt- ?vga valley is estimated at 614,250,000 ee . THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE: WORLD OVER. )arl of Kinnouil Seventy Years. Reeves, the a son. Batemau the mm)" GREAT illiam all, who ays that )0 great Atlantic Marlborough I'lm that the Montreal cotton closing down for three 111in in Montreal. 1 ne celebrated been declared at BRITAIN has returned from Canada. ought not a. hurry in gettingr service, as a new being projected, of 'iih great capacity, rould be admirably Lawrence route. 'Nfl NUISHEFL M d, formerly has given t capacity admirably route. 1 English (1 a. bank list; CD1 asking the year‘s ex- at mediéte odp( expt may company ti to reLurn short run It is now put on a] 1. VLady Aherifié} “£1.31 honour of being the first woman ch< sew [or such an occasion in the Unite States. The last ship of the United State navy to get into trouble is the battfe ship lmdjana. She was unable to at company the squadron to sea, and that T'ha schooner Cora Hanson, of Pro~ vidence, R.l., has been given up fun last. She left Hrumsxviok, Gm, several months ago on a trip north. She had a crew of 10. Hamilton F. Coleman of the Land Office at \Vas‘hlington 'has been arrested on a charge of Stealing postage stamps from me Government. it is said his takings amount to over $100,000. Lady Aberdeen will be the ‘oonvoca‘ tiou oraltor at the University of Chi- cagg cpmmencement exercises on Am-il Enough money to erect Mount Hermon, Mass.. is Evangelist Dwight L. Moo be 60 on Friday, by his birthday gift. Gardner. Morrow & Co.'s insolvent bank building at Hollidaysburg, Pa... was wrecked by dynamite. It is sup- pOSed to be the work of creditors 1n revenge. The total freight carried by the Uni~ ted States and Canadian Soo canals last year amounted to 16,239,060 tons. ex- ceeding all previous records by over 1,000,000 tons. ..V wu’ ed to preach {he annntifeenlng)n during the National! Convention of the W. C. T. U. In Buffalo next fall. At Stockton, on Wednesday nlght Chas. A. KleupIer, a saloon keep~ er, shot and kmled Charles Dodge and Alexander Borland, 'two prominent mtizens. Indictments have been returned against 14 persons, indluding aldermen and police officers. at Louisville, Ky.. for failing to suppress gaming. The works of the Case Threshing Machine Company at. Racine, \Vis., will resume operations Monday nnvf rm”... ‘Lady ed to p the Na The United States revenue receipts during January were $24,316,994, and the expenditure $30.269,389, leaving a deficit of $5,952,395. counts Five 'chiLdren. their ages ran ing from 10 to 15 ears, were drowne 0111 Tuesday by fa - ing through the ice at Nebraska City. Lee B. McFarland, teller of the Sec- ond National Bank of Parkershuxjg, W ‘70 . a a , x “ A _ A A.n.mn . ' Col. George Meade, a son of General Meade, the hero of Gettysburg. died on \Vednesday in Philadelphia after a. brief i‘uness‘ There The London press is very severe up- on the amendments passed upon the anhitratiorn “treaty 'by the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate. The Daily News says that the amendments were chiefly made with the View of amending the treaty out of existence. Baron Herschell, formerly Lbrd High Chancellor of England, and the Right Hon. Sir Richard H. Collins, a Justice of the Queen’s Bench Division at? the High Court have been chosen as the representatives of Great Britain on fine Venezuela, Arbitration Commis- sxorn. {Hie Capitol of Pennsylvania at Barâ€" risburg has been burned. Highwaymen Rooted the Eldon Bank at. Ottumwa, Iowa, the other day to the extent of $30,009. The Anglo-Venezuelan (reaty has been signed by Ambassador ’L’aunceâ€" fiotJe and Minister Andrade at \Vash- mgbon. 0v|e_r 100,000 persons in the State of Louismna are said to be destitute, the resulrt of last year's drought. It ‘is intimated that President-elect McKmley mtends to appoint Mr. Chaun- cey M. "Depew Ambassador to Eng- Luna not< The British House of Commons, by a. vote of 325 to 110, passed the tip- ancial proposal in flhe educational bill to grant to voluntary schools the sum of five shillegs per child. Mir. Ohamllerla'm states that the question of an lmpefial conference to continue the wank of the Ottawa con- ference to be held when the Ciolonial Brenniers go to London is under con- mderacion. The plan formulated by the Imperial Government for increasing the strength and efficiency of the navy contemplates the construction of five battleships and three first class cruisers and the. addi- tion of ten thousand. more men. Sir Michael Hicksâ€"Beach made a speech in the British House of Com- mons on the Egyptian and Dongolmn expedition question, in which he took a very firm siand on British. policy in the east. The speech caused much comment, and a full report of it was cabled to France. Iahd ‘e in {business States. Duriu with: year of reeled, and em 53f cattle. and 35 sheep on"her last trip lrom Portland to Glasgow. ‘ Dr. Nansen, the Arctic exlorer, and Mrs. Nansen arrived in London on \Vednlesday. They are the guests of Sir George Haden-Po‘well. The Prince of Wales attended on Wednesday night the dinner given in his honour by Mr. Bayard, theW‘UIuted States Ambassador in London. The Maruis of Lamsdoswne, the Seâ€" cretary of State for “far, announced on Th‘urrsday that the Government in- tended to increase the army by 7,385 men. JO‘VS Il‘ 10118 1‘9 1m; w porpl a. new ' ~__7 _‘5, v. . reported short $43,000 in his ac H091}: Somerset will be Chimay mean xaut t encemenvt exercises on April Aberdeen will have the ’being the first woman ch0â€" h an occasion in the United 11 and 1111: 0v emeat. ENER‘AI Lei: Cora Hanson, of Pro~ , has been given up fon "t Brunswick. Gm, several on a trip north. She had UNITED STAT ES DBVV 11( 0_H1€ 115, azmptog all as the expe ldom fulfilled. fI‘( ‘Bad v bu§ine Fau‘ly erect a chapel at . is to be given Moody, who will his friends as a. m( iistllnctive mat the I most dull 3 sea, and .had Roads after an d dangerously. 109k (her and u and Dongolmn 1 which he took British. policy m h caused much mtle led. x T1] 116' usual zul hang of im lially ation adi fea- 'nit- out ure his mustache and bear gun to turn gray, s] renewing their color. Still Mr. Adams be rejuvenation which he fu'Uy carried out. E. Cases have been reported in which a. set; of teeth have appeared in per- sons of an advanced age after those which have served them through life have dropped out. But it is doubtful whether ever before the entire appear- ance of an aged person has been chang- ed hack to thug; of youth. Indeed, the cause of Mr. Adams appears to 'be unique. As yet the change incomplete. Dark hair has repflaoed the gray locks which had fallen out, new teeth have taken the place of those worn away by sev- enty years of use, and sight has re~ turned to him. But his skin is still \VI‘LDkin and has the parchment-like appearance which games wiltth age, and age A REVOLT OF NATURE, against the flaws of time which en- force a. decay of the bodily forces apd a. revivificatiou of a. nearly wornâ€"out body. At first glance Mr. Adamslooks like a. man no more {than 40 years of. How the change has been brought about no man can say. So far as is known and according to own stameâ€" Lment, Mr. Adams has done nothing to renew his youth. It seems ing- of youth renewed. ‘A short time ago John Adams had all the appearance and all the peculiarities of a man whose life race has been almost run. He had a right to the evidence of age. for he was 85 years old. Now the casual ob- server and even those who have known him for years and have watched him grow from manhood to old age may be pardoned if at times they mistake him. for a man much younger than he is. John Adams of a few months ago and John Adams of to-day are different persons. One is a man bowed beneath the weight of years. He is bald, except for a fringe of gray hair, toothless, and time has so dimmed his eyes that he is almost blind. That is the John Ad- am that was. Toâ€"day his head is covâ€" ered with a growth of dark~brown hair and his eyes are bright and ulear, and he has out several teeth. The search for the elixir of life has occupied the attention of more than one man since Ponce de Leon invaded the flowery fastnesses of Florida in the hope of finding a. fountain whose wa- ters would restore his lost youth, but never before has there gone on record the case of one who, after reaching an advanced age, has received the blessâ€" A Man of Eighty-Five Years Who Now Looks Like a Man of Forty-lie Expects to Live nlany Years Yet. John Adams of the village of Tucker. Kankakee county, 111., after a life ex- ceeding by a. number of years the three- seore years and ten allotted by the Psalmist as the limit of man’s age, has become young again. FROM DLD AGE TU YOUTH THE WONDERFUL REJUVENATION OF OLD JOHN ADAMS. The Czar ’has cordially received and restored all the rights of the Grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch, who was banished from Russia and deprived of has ulniform by the late Czar for mes- allkmce. ' cha nts The Pope. is reported to be suffering flrom fainting fits. Emperor Francis Jose 11‘ will visit; Sit. Petersibung an Apri 2’7. ‘ ‘ A number of strikes and bread riots are breaking out in Spain. Riotous conduct of students caused the closing of the umivarsity at. Rome. .Mugnkamy, the famous _Hun-gari:g.n arâ€" tist, is reported to be dying at Vienna M. Martini. the inventor of the rifle of that name, is dead at Frauenfald, Switzerland. . It is reported that fighting has taken place on the frontier of Siam between the Fre‘nch and Siamese. Prof. Haffkine. who uses attenuated plague virus as an antidote for the digease, inoculated 156 prisoners in the jail at Bombay. A patnio is reported art Kurraohee as a. result of the plague and famine in India. The plague in that section continues to spread at an alarming rate. ~ Mink rived .Tbe Portuguese Ministry has re» SLg-ned. ‘ The Ozaa-iha hm recovered from her recent illness. ' IDespatches from {Athens tell of a earwa stale of affairs in Crete. Des- arate fighting has taken place between )hrisrians and Mohammedans. In ‘gmea the“ Cllristian _quarte1js qfrthe fallen out, new teeth have place of those worn away 1 years of use, and sight hz ed to him. But his skin fired, and the people driven mes and massacred at their Turkish soldiery. The war- ]anding marines to protect (lsznced age after those erved them through life out. But it is doubtful before the entire appear- »d person has been chang- Rife which 11% show Mr which Bad 1 I no signs e_xpected_ly hve many f man. has Lt PRINCESS LOVES 13098. One of the most enthusiastic dog lov- ers in all England is liner Royal High- ness the Princess of Wales, among whose canine pets are treasures the finest owned by any woman in the United Kingdom. Not a dog fancier or breeder in Europe, but knows of Lhkar interest in these pets, her knowleng of the animal’s good points, and her splendidly-appointed kennels, and at in- tervals she receives from some famous stud a particularly [blandsome puppy. In the last dog show this was successfully demonstrated when the Princess show- ed a. handsome new Russian hound, a. Borzoi, and carried off an arm load of prizes. The beautiful creature, belong- ing to the lm erial family of wolf- hounds. of Iw‘vhic _t_he Emperor of Russia. and fawnâ€"colored first honors ever in Engiand Lhas a. Borzoi puppy. a miniature reproduction of the Rus- sian bath, so acceptable to women in general, and it was therefore not a difficult matter to persuade women that the new fashion of spraying the face was an agreeable and delightful one. Although to the amateur this experience seems only one degree less abrupt and astonishing than con- tact with the garden hose or a wa- tering cart, it is said that further ac- quaintance robs the vaporiser of its startling effect. ' The apparatus required resembles a 5 o‘clock tea, and is very ornamental]. to the fine lady's boudoiir. Not the most astute visitor would be able to guess irts purpose. A tiny alcahlol lamp is set im a brass standard. A closed pan or kettle is placed just above this lamp, the steam being allowed to escape by a slender tube which projects horizon- tally. ,The glass beaker suspended at the end of the tube is merely for. the purpose of catching the drops of waâ€" ter which fall from the spr at which is so arranged that a. regu er and unintermittent spray shall play upon the fiace of the victim. ' TO MAKE BEAUTY. A new process has been added to the various stages of the society woman’s morning toilet. After her bath and her massage and ‘her hair shampoo, her complexion must be further improved by the use of the vaporiser. This is )ssesses t‘he noblest nt to_ the Princess t Russlan dog fancier < citizen of Tucker to a. high point. but of bringing out more than one seeker into the manner of life and the habits of Mr. Adams, believing that dperhaps he has unknowing-1y happene upon some secret by which youth may be re- called and life measurably prolonged, and hopeful of discovering what that secret 1:3. Certainly, whatever may be the cause, the case is strange enough to excite commsnt, and it has had the effect of golf, only 7 raising the interest of the The effect of Mr. Adam's rejuvenation upon his neigh‘bors is various. More than (me believes firmly that the old man has discovered that Wonderful: fluid so long sought 'by the old alche- mists and ‘by the credu'lous of all ages which is supposed to have the power of making the old young. Others look upon the affair as a [latter-day miracle and consider the and gentleman espec- iaally favored by a. divine powerâ€"per- haps for no apparent purpose; perhaps, because some great work is reserved for him. The majority, however, re- gard the matter as simply a freak of nature. as it prdbabfly is; a renewal of youth through 59m strange rebellion of life against time. llmenoe he is tully convinced. He has never surrendered to the attacks of time; he has never given up and ad- mitted that he is an ofild man. Instead of seeking sheltered nooks and sunny comers when it became apparent to him that the wear of his years was havâ€" ing its effect upon him, he has been up every morning at the fixed hour gndt taken his daily walk before break- as . fofldowed of 1.369 years. He has always bean remarkabfly regular in his hab- its, and temperate in 8.11 things. even to a’bstemiousnees. He drinks no tea, coffee, nor alcoholic stimulants, and, indeed. has hardfly tasted any of these _in his life. 1131 spite of 2115 age he T'ALL AND STRAIGHT A1 Durc in his watt, 0 note arrie or bid 1118118 off smc Vhit f bh‘ 1n auout 30 current 1 the hunt on the 'In' Th! till George Ashtiold Runs Into a Street l'ole- Ills 'I‘onguc' is [75910593. at 1.40 on \‘ he ran into c troflfley w1re more until Burnes' surg sides the pa] Meaner than the Fugitive Slave law; this bill would violate the simplest rites of hospitality and the observance of good neighbourhood. The Govern- ments of Canada. and of Mexico could readily retaliate by pursuing as crim- inals citizens of the United States who should cross backward and forward to chop wood in Canadian forests or to herd cattle on the Mexican plains. But those Governments are too en- lightened to underestimate the mutual advantages of good neighbourhood and of the exchange of services. This Im- migration bill, so far from expressing the sentiments of the American peoa- ple is a. mere manifestation of the worst spirit of nativism. to which the Republicans in Congress are constrain- ed to pay a. reluctant homageâ€"Philaâ€" delphia Record. But woe to the Wight who should come over the line from Canada in the morning to work in Detroit, To» ledo, Oswego, Plattsburg, or some other border town and go back‘ inthe eveningl The guilty wretch so offend- ing habitually would be liable to. pun- ishment for misdemeanor by a fine of $500 or by imprisonment for a term, not exceeding one year, or both Any citizen, partnership, company or corporation of the United States who should give employment to such wretch passing to and fire across the line would be subject to the same enalties. It would become necessary or ever-y employer of labor to require all workingmen who mhe might wish to engage ‘to exhibit proof of their: ne'- tive birth or certificates of their in- tention to become citizens of the sUnit- ed State. A neglect of this precau- tion would be apt to make him liap ble to heavy fine and imprisonment, \Ve know of no legislation so des¢ picable as this since the passage 0 the Fugitive Slave law. That law w designed to better enforce a provision of the Constitution requiring the dos livery of fugitives from labour. But it was so mean and so atrocious in its premises making crimes of acts inno- cent and humane in themselves, that the moral sense of the country. revolt- ed against it, and the Government was powerless to enflorce it. THE MEANNESS OF IT. This Immigration bill attem ts to make a crime out of the right 0 1900? motion and of the equally sacred righi of earning a living by the sweat o the brow. The Fugitive Slave law de- nounced heavy penalties, against any person. who, in obedience to the die;- tates of humanity, should give food to a. fugitive or refuse to deliver him to his owner. The Immigration bliifi would subject to like fine and imprisk onment any citizen of the United States who should employ a Canadian or a Mexican crossing the border to an_d_fro in pursuit of his dailLvocat‘ion. A Phlladelphln Paper Speaks Plnlnly About the united states Allen Labour Law Legislation. In order to obstruct intercourse be- tween the United States and Canada this pernicious scheme of Nativism pro- vides that no person of foreign birtli who has not previously made a declar- ation of his intention to become acm- zen before some Court of Record shall. come “regularly or habitually" into this land "for the purpose of engaging in any mechanical trade or manual 1a- bour” and "returning from time to time to a foreign country." Nor shall any such person "be employed upon any public works in the United States." From this drastic provision are except- ed women, and also sailors, railroad train bands, such as conductors, engi- neers, brakemen, firemen or Baggage men, "whose duties require them to pass over the frontier to reach the ten- mini of their runs.” Senators Lodge and Chandler found themselves una- ble to frame a. statute to arrest rail)- road engineers and firemen at the Camadian line and put native Amer- icans in charge of the trains on this side of the border. and so they gave it up. IT IS AN UNNEIGHBORLY AND PER- NICIOUS SCHEME. LABOR LAW IS A ME’AN ONE AN I‘he n1 HUNTING It PARALYZED BY THE BLOW. story igh1 1nd 30 ELABOR‘ATE COW 31mm Iig] latfo fifty feet WOE BE TO HIM‘ BY ELECTRIC LIGHT. mes from India. about who hunts tigers by t at night. He sits on 111 )VVBI 111 incandescent h 43 placed. 19 an g the hild. valls SUS-