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u F-Ww --_.L__ __.._ -.__.__ _ i All ll lll li .. . THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. "EE! InteresLng Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain, th': United States. and All Parts of the Globe, Condensed and Assorted for Easy Rendlng. CASIInA. The monltreal.‘ drug clerks are agitatâ€" ing for shorter hours‘ on Sunday. , hilifax citizens have subscribed $5,- 000 for the Windsor, N. S., fire suf- ferers. The water of the Ottawa river is very lbw, and there are many cases of ty- phoid fever at Ottawa: ‘ The bye-elections in Temiscouata. Ri- mtouiski, and Drummond and Arthabasâ€" ka are fixed for November 13. The Canadian Thanksgiving day will coincide w ith the United States festiva. and be held on November 25. It is learned that nearly 0119.118” Off the Canadian loan of ten million dollars will come from Canadian banks. The Dominion Government w winter improve the Ridcau can}; :1 view of lessening the liability of fioods at Ottawa. _ Mr. A. Pepl'er. agent. of the Dominion Bunk at Guelph. will be transferrcd m Napanee. VMr. Stanton of Toronto succeeding him. Mr. \V. E. H. Paotn’ton, recenitlfy hank beil'ler in the Dominion Bank branch at Napanee, will enter suit against the bank for $50,000 damages. Senator Forget, president of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Comâ€" pany, states that the company’s new boats will be constructed in Toronto. It is reported from Halifax that. Sir filibbert Tupuper has decided not to re- sign his seat in the Commons when he removes to British Coilimnbia. ' Mrs. Kitson, wife of the commander of the Royal Military College at‘Kingsâ€" ton. injured in a. runaway accrdent a month ago, is still dangerously ill. Mr. Tarte proposes next. session to ask Parliamentl for. alarge vote for extending the Government telegraph lines in the Norbhâ€"VV‘est and British Columbia, A bui‘ktin will soon be published by the Inland Revenue Department emâ€" bodying the resuf'is of an analysis of drinking waters from various parts of Canada. The services of Mr. Thomas Gisborne. hiuperi'ntendent of Government tel-eâ€" graph lines in the North-West and Briâ€" tir=Jh Columbia, have been dispensed with on the ground of economy. The Minister of Agriculture has ap- pointed Mr. J. E. Starr, a Nova Scotia. fruit-grower to go to England to inâ€" vestigate and report on the extent of the market offered there for Canadian fruit. Dairymen throughout Canada have begun to take advantage of the Dairy Act passed at the last session of the Dominion Parliament, which provides for the registration of cheese factories and creameries. Mr. W. \V. Ogilvle, who returned to Montreal recently, expressed himself as greatly impressed with what he saw in the North-\Vest. He says the far- mers in Manitoba and the Territories have this season had the greatest good fortune in a magnificent wheat crop. A cablegram has been received by the Dominion Government, saying that on Lord Lansdowne’s instructions a medal will be issued for all who parâ€" ticipated in the repulse ofthe Fenian raid on Canada in ’86, and in the North- West expedition of ’70. GREAT BRITAIN. Lord Salisbury emphatically denies that he has any intention of resigning h'm portfolio. 'Sir Edwin Arnold, author of "The Light of Asia,” married a Japanese lady in London on Saturday. In connection with the increase of the strength of the British army, the colonies will be asked to augment their forces. The Queen has conferred the Right Hon. Sir Nathaniel Lindley, LordJusâ€". tics of Appeal since 1881, as Master of I the Rolls. ' Archbishop Machray, of Rupert’s Land, who attended the Lamheth‘Conâ€" ference. is seriously ill in England, and his recovery is very doubtful. o It is announced that the marriage has been arranged and is shortly to! take place betwren Lord MountSteph- en and Miss Glan,’daughter of the late v Robert George Tuftnell. l The Pall Mall Gazette laments the- competition of the United Statesand says that everything points to that country remaining the cheapest steel- producing country in the world. The statement that Mr. Langtrv. the husband of the actress. was pennili’ss at the tin: of his death is not true, as Mrs. Langtry made him a regular alâ€" owance through her solicitor. 'It, is understood that Lord Sirathco ind. Sir Edwin Dawes. of the Britilslii .‘n'dia, Steam Navigation Cempauv. have joined the Board, of Directors bf the Petersen Fast At'antic Companywith he Marquis~ of Lorne. as chairman. UNITED STATES. Yellow fever has appeared at Mont~ (rum-cry. Ala. New Orleans has had pver 100 deaths from yellow fever since the outbreak. A monument to Robert Louis Stevenâ€" son, the novelist, was unveiled on Sun- day in San Francisco. ’ Exlâ€"Tax Collector “'m. Millard. of Peoria. 111., has beenmrrested. His de- falcations amount to $20,000. Three Cuban patriots have been in St. Louis the last fourteen davs pro- curing and shipping ammunition for their compatriots. The steamship Alameda. due at San» Francisco from Australia, has SLOW,“ 000 worth of English sovereigns onl board for London. Paris and American ‘ banks. . l Ze‘h Rudolph the father of Mrs. James A. Garfield, the widow of the late President. died on Wednesday ev- ening at Lawnfield, the Garfield home. He was 94 years of age. The jury in the case of Luetgert, the Chicago sausage manufacturer who was charged with the murder of his wife. has disagreed. standing nine for con- viction and three for acquittal. A short time ago. in a fit of displea- sure :it his twin sons. George M. Pull- man made a will disinheriling them. little thinking at the time that (lelilJ was so soon to give permancy t0 the lcgal document. (i EN BRAD. Li Hun;r Tilting. the Chinese states- man, is iabwult to retire from llulilif" life («ring to illnesx'. The Genm‘an CrfY‘t’I‘n‘Ianllf. it is understvo'l, has decided to reâ€"arm the (entire infantry with new six-millime- tre rifles. The. Japanese in Seoul, the capital of IC'orea, are usini.” money quite frecâ€" ly in order to Fosth an i anti-Rusâ€" sian Spirit. ‘C’hiiuti has a gold excitement, ion. the precious metal being reported to have. been diSi-overed in the Chang Mountains. One man was khllegfl and a number w-mumleul in a riot on the occasion of the funeral of a. leading socialist in Florence on Monday. The cruiser Kosiroma, belonging to ihe Russi'lnvolu teer fleet is aground off the Elba, rcc . according; to reports from Suakhm. Egypt. The British stenmerClun Gordon has llan wrecked off [’mlazi. lctwccn Natal and Delaigoa Bay. ' The crew and passengers were saved. Recent despritches report. a. devastâ€" atingcyclone in the lilhilippinelslands which. in addition to the destruction of much property, killed four hundred persons. The Madrid .lm-parcial. protesting against filibustering parties forful‘a from the United States, says it is impossible for Spain. to submit tosuch humiliation 'The Government must act with energy towards Washing- (ton. ‘A patrol horsemen on Saturday attacked a, village near Berber, killing eleven rmcn, captur- ing many women and childrcnhnd carrying off cattle. :A’ detachment of Anglo-Eg'ption cavalry overtook and routed the raiders with great loss. of dervisli â€"_â€"â€"â€".â€"A___..._._ _A BABY PRINCESS‘S BAPTISM. Though the second daughter of the Tsar of Russia, baby sister of the Grand Duchess Olga, is not so welcome either at; the court or among the people of Russia as a prince would have been. she is the recipient of just as many official and perfunctory attentions, Probably the greater part of these are highly unwelcome to the little prin- cess herself. Her baptism for instance. must have been a terrible ordeal, for so small a. girl. Some of the presents might, in- deed, have interested her to a. slight ex- tent, because they were bright things. Her first godfather gave her across decorated with precious stones. which would attract even baby eyes, To her first godmother’s gift she would not have been likely, at so tender an age, to pay much attention: it was a. gown of magnificent white silk. In this gown. the godmother present- ed her at the altar for baptism. Groupâ€" ed about her were the great dignitaries of the court and certain other high functionaries. The other godfathers and godmothers brought to the priest who baptized the little princessâ€"the pope, Yamch‘eff, chaplain to the tsarâ€"nine candles, which, as soon as they were lighted, were ranged about the bar» tismal font. Their blinking lights must have attracted the gaze of the imper- ial baby. 1n a. moment her nostrils caught the smell of the incense which the priest presented in each of the god.- parents. ‘ ‘ On her breast the princess wore the images of certain saints, and. above these was a. strip of paper. on which it was necessary for the priest to in- scribe the name given her. The name is very long. and the baby objected l St. Matthew’s Gospel strenuously before this part of the cere- mony was completed. She objected still more strenuously to'what followed. After prayers, the princess’s clothes were removed, and she was dippedâ€"the. priest holding her by the headâ€"three times in the holy water, while the sacramental baptis- mal words. the same with all Christian sects. were pronounced. The princess’s confirmation, as is cus- tomary in the.Greek Church, followed immediately. Her eyes were anointed with holy oil in order that she might see well] ; her ears. that she might hear that which is pure and good: her lips. that she might speak only the truth: her hands that they might always do good; and her feet, that they might always walk in the right path. After this. the ceremony was at an end. and the servants were permitted to dress the princess. who certainly. if she had been old enough to think at all. must have been overjoyed that there were no further solemnities. MORE THAN SUFFICIENT. The manufacturers of a certain bicy- o cle. having sold a machine to a custoâ€" merin a neighboring town, for the use of his boy, wrote to him several times .for atestimonial. He responded at last in this wise: It gives me pleasure, gentlemen, to testify that my son who is riding a. bi- ;cycle purchased of you a few months ago, says he can get more exercise out of aftâ€"mile ride on that. machine than he can cut of a twenty-five-mile ride on any other bicycle he ever tried. Yours etc. That ended the correspondence. DO’WN FINE. Have you a fine law practice, ley ? I should say so. If it were much fi- nor there wouldn't be anything of it. T’H'IN DIET. Willie \Vheelaway spends his entire time on his like. Living on wind, eh? Crib- TEIE MAN AND THE TEXT. An Incident In the Life of Br. Davld Living- stone. ihc Grout Explorer. Candidates for honorary degrees in the great. universities of England and Scotland, as a rule, expel-t a. noisy and rather embarrassing welcome from the resident collegians who witness the presentation. Immemorial custom has made every such ceremony an ocvaâ€" sion of boyish fun for the "underâ€" grads," including no little goodâ€"naturâ€" ed guying of the fortunate candidates. James Russell Lowell and Oliver Wenâ€" dell Holmes were obliged to undergo this droll discipline as the price of their foregin honors. But there was one man who did not have to run the gauntlet of the students horse-play. When Dr. David Livingstone returnâ€" ed to Scotland after. sixteen years' ab‘ sence in Africa, his Alma Mater, the University of Glasgow, desired to conâ€" fer on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. 0n the (lay of the ceremonial the young collegians were out in full forces, primed as usual, with jovial mischief. and armed with the custom- ary popâ€"guns and pea-shooters. When Doctor Livingstone appeared gaunt. and wrinkled with incessant toil and hardship and the torture of twen- ty~seven fevers. blackened by years of African suns, and with one arm hang- ing useless Fle A LION’S BITE. the wags on the upper benches some- how forgot their ammunition and kept remarkably still. One or two auâ€" dacious fellows cracked a feeble joke. but it "flashed in the pan.” Poking fun at such a man did not carry with the crowd. lne students joined in the applause, and let the doctor speak. When he said he should soon go back to Africa and that he had three objects in veiw in doing so, "to open freSb fields for British commerce, t0 Stipâ€" press the slaveâ€"trade, and to propagate the Gospel of Christ," the last. clause fell on the audience with thrilling emâ€" phasis. The most irrepressible boy to the galleries appreciated the smell) climax, rnd caught the contagion of the manly missionary’s earnestnzvss. The Pea-shooting brigade had no use for their artillery. The doctor referred proudly to the honorable careers of many of his own to the fate of some who had gone the wrong way. Beseeching the men to lead noble lives, and inviting Volunteers among them to share the sacrifices of his African work’ he asked "Shall I tell you what sustained me in my exiled life, among strangers whose language I could not under- stand?" In the moment's pause that followed the question THE HOUSE \VAS HUSHED. "It was this that comforted me,"conâ€" 'tinued the speaker: "‘Lo, I am with ‘you alway, even unto the end of the , world.’ " The effect of that sublime text un- expected, evidently by every one. could' hardly have been surpassed on any ocâ€" casion since its first utterance in Galâ€" ilee. Every heart felt the power of a grand promiseâ€"the grandest of all time. Doctor Livingstone was both its witness and tie example. President and professors dropped their heads in reverence before the world's great Redeemer. Unquestion- ably among the awed students this feeling was largely mingled with re- verence for the Redeemer's great serâ€" vant. Boys who held pea-shooters in their hands slipped them into their poc- kets, ashamed. Many who lived long to remember the sceneâ€"like Dr. Fergus from whom we learn the story, and the late Dr. John Kerâ€"could testify that the mor- al impulse of that crowning verse of did not soon pass away. The instance just recorded proves for the thousandth time that a divine word in the lips of c. manly man will command civility and attention; that the supreme impression of a great sen- tence is realized when the character of the speaker fits the speech. A FAIR PRICE. Miss Beauty, at clturch fairâ€" Don’t you want some pen wipers. Mr. Bach? I Mr. Bach.-â€"Naw.â€"â€"at a dollar apiece I presume. Miss Beautyâ€"0h, no, The minister said we must not charge more than we thought the things were Worth. These were miide by that, horrid Miss Part, and I think they are worth about ten for a cent. A QUESTION OF WORK. Ladyâ€"But it seems to me, you ask very high wages when you acknow- ledge that. you haven’t had much ex- perience. Bridgetâ€"Sure, runrm, ain’t it hardâ€" er for me when I don’t know how? A DEEPER DEPTH. \Ve have lost all, moaned the bank- rupt husband. Never mind, dear, replied his wife, It might. be much worse. We might be heirs to some of those classmates and with pathetic sadness‘ young. About as "no MIQD FOR AMATEUR GARIIENERS. Cold coffee has been known to be good for watering plants occasionally, and it is especially so for the hyacinth. lCoreopsis is one of, the very best 0f plants for the production of yellow lowers. It seems able to produce them copiously and continuously. Some one greatly interested in. palms has discovered that the leaves should not be washed in pure water. but with milk and water. which has a, wonderful way of preserving and nourishing them. and also prevents the appearance of the brown spots which are so disfiguring. There are over two thousand varieties of the dahlin that have been named and are known to florists, but of this large number not over 300 are really distinctive. so pronounced and individu- al that; they are of the highest type and one could not wish them different irn any respect. There are many herbaceous plants with fleshy roots. the tops of which do not (lin down after flowering. while they send out a set of new roots in autumn, which are probably useful in storing up material for the production. of early lowers and seeds in the following seasâ€" on. Among plants of this class peoples may be named as examples. For this and other reasons the peony is most safely moved in August. The object being to secure the new set of roots intact. This is best done when they begin to push forth. Al; the end of August or in September the plants will still be funnishcd with leaf and stem, and. preserving these intact, it is pos- sible to transplant a large. clump \Vllhhl the assurance of securingr a good pro- portion of flowers the ncxt ycir. Give a deep, rich. vigorous soil and plenty of water at the time of transplanting, and make that time the months indicat- ed and you will (have no reason to com plain that the peony is difficult to es- habljsh. Few are aware of the importance of the socalled iminortelles or everlast- ings. which in foreign wuntries are so linseparably associated with mortality, i being very greatly used for funeral deâ€" signs. They are a valuable crop, and] I will not grow everywhere. The world‘s l lsupply comes from Ollioules, mar Tou- ;lom, in the south of France, where, in 'a straight and narrow pass, on the arid ,soils that suits it best, grows the curi- ous amaran‘th, Helichrysum orientale. The plants are low and rosette-like, and I each sends up two or three slender stalks which in June' are covered with . small buds. anh stalk carries twenty or thirty. and the right moment for; their gathering must be carefully , watched. since too early is as disastrous , as too late. as the flower, them perishes , in the drying. They are then dyed and , packed for transportation to Paris and . chrndon. Crosses and wreaths are made at Ollioules the flowers being sewed se- arately to a. straw background. The towers are worth 815 per hundred ' weight and in a good year $40,000 worth are often raised. ' If you have fuchsias you will find it wisest to follow the fuchsia/s native in- cllimtations and permit the plant to bloom all summer as freely as they de- sire and keep them in the cellar dur- ing wimter. \Ve want our lbome plants for flowers. ciosa will give few or no flowers in this season. It is emphatically a summer blooming plant. Let the plants become: somewhat dry at the roots along in! November them stand them in a cool. dry cellar. A very little water at 10mg1 ‘ intervals may be given to keep them i from getting dust dry and shriveling, 1 but enough should not be given to inâ€" duce growth. Of course the foliage will drop. In March bring them up and re- pot. Wait till the buds start before you do much pruning or cutting back; then you can obtain the desired shape more readily. A fuchsia is at its best the second and third years of its growth. If well grown it maybe from four to six feet tall and covered with. long, graceful branches laden with bloom. The common sorrel has a way of "sleeping" at night as 'well as the clov- er of which \Villiam- Hamilton Gibson tells us about. The reason Oh this sing- ular habit of folding up the. foliage at night is to prevent the radiation of . heat. If they were not folded down like ithis. they would wither, as has been demonstrated by pinning them open, and in the morning they are found dry and withered. Moreover, on nights when the radiation is not so great and no delw falls, these night sleeping plants do not close up. The sorrel has another interesting habit, of snapping its seeds to a considerable distance when the pod is ripe. The seed pod often holds twentyrfive little shin- ing seeds and ripens many pods in a. season: if these seeds all fell directly . under the plant they would be too close . together to .thrive. So nature provided a means to scatter them. Each pod has five slits running lengthwise, and beâ€" hind each is a row of tiny seeds. Each having a thin shining skin which re- mains White while the seed change from white to brown. 'Whem' the pods ‘pop open the seeds fly in all directions lbut these white skins remain behind. dropping from the pod; they seem to crack first and to give the seed its im- pebus. ‘ __... ! DOMESTIC RECIPES. 1 Cookiesâ€"For the most delicious cookies you ever ate. stir together one The fuchsiaâ€"unless F. spe- y with. a. spoon. _'When done split with' :1 'thin, hot knife and spread liberall with hot apple sauce well sweetene 1 put on the top crust, ,sowder thickly with sugar and serve \vi‘ch cream. This is a. favorite dessert with us IJclly Ronâ€"Beat three eggs very light. add one cup of sugar, half a tea.- spoonful of salt and a teaspoonful of flavoring extract. Beat again. and add a cup of flour and a heaping teaspoon- ful of. baking powder sifted together. Bake in a long tin, turn out on a nap- kin. spread With jelly and roll at once. DIA INT Y SJAND‘WICHJES. Lemon Sandwiches~1nto a, teacup of nicest butter. slightly softened, beat the raw‘yolk of an egg and a. teaspoonful’ of branch mustard. Rub smooth the yolks of two eggs that have be t for threesquarters of an hon:n Milli: ghese rub oneâ€"fourth of the prepared utter, a scant half teaspoonful of salt and a teaspoonfui of lemon juice. Add another fourth of the butter, and a tea;- spoontul ot the lemon juice, and so on until all ther butter and two tablo- spobon‘fuls of lemon juice have been used :11 lbfing completely until all is smooth! “tart ine, and spread plentifully on very in ‘slices of bread. These are as ap- petizmg as anything could well be. Peach sandwichesâ€"Peaches. or any seedless fruit may be used as the straw- berries are. and ‘f - . are very film- 1 the butter is all righa A GOOD EXAMPLE. The Duke of ncvonsnlre Is a Busy Public Man. The Duke cf Dev’onshire has been a busy man ever since he entered line-- 1151; public life, and he has great land- ed estates which require constant at- tention. \Vhen he was recentlyf asked to stand for Mayor of Eastbournethere was, no lack of excellent excuses for deâ€" clining the nomination. {He was Lord) President of the Council in the min- stryiof the by, and. the leader of the LI! oral Unionists, who had acceded from Mr. Gladstone’s home rule party; and in addition to his political duties he was overwhelmed with private busi- ness and with social engagements. Instead of refusmg the nomination he accepted it, although Eastbourne was not a great English town like Birming- ham, where Mr. Chamberlain worked out as mayor new principles of muni- cipal policy; nor like S'heffieldp where another titled landowner and mayor, the Duke of Norfolk, received and en- tertained the aueen during the jubilee year. No reputation was to be made in that seaside resort. asthere was in vLondonwvhen Lord Rosebery accepted ‘the chairmanship of the county coun- 'Cil and plunged into municipal politics. The mayoralty was merely aniother tax upon the time and patience of a busy man. The Duke of Devonshire regarded it as a publlc duty to take the office when” the corporation urged him to become mayor. ,He was willing to sacrifice his ' leisure and convenicn -e in order to ful- fil. A PUBLIC OBLIGATION“ There are black sheep among the lords, but_the. titled class in. England 15 a working body noted for intellig- ence. industry and public spirit. The dukes and lords take their full share in drudgery of lccal government. As mayors of cities and: members of town, and county f-oiincils they give up many- hours in the week to public work. and! their service is always without finan- cml reward. They set an example which rich; merchants and active business men are ashamed to disregard. Engrossed as they may be with their private busi- ness, they find time for attending coun- Oil and (rimmiffee meetings and for cloudy - l immense English estates we read about ‘ Mute” egg“ (me cup of sugar‘ one cup 111 the newspallem~ 'of sour cream and one teaspoonful each of flavoring extract and» saleratus and I ascantt easpoonful of salt. Ulnless thel " THAT MUCH IS CLEAR" cream is quite rich add a piece of but- ter the size of a hickory nut. Mix with It seems to me that submarine divâ€" l ers are the busiest of men. [just flour enough to handle and bake To vary add chop- Does it? .in a quick oven. Yes, for if they have any work to do ped nuts or raisins. Keep in a tin box at all they are immersed in business. agar the 1m “’1” be 3'5 300d 35’ thel s . ~_â€" Apple Shortcakeâ€"Take two cups of f L . VALLABLE ADVICE sour cream. two teaspoonfuls of saler- Do you think that stimulants would atus, and one of salt; beat well togethâ€"g ‘ hujt "la mew"? 'er. then stir in flour to make. a smooth, ‘ out If You leave them 310'” rather stiff better, that you can spread promoting the ends of good govern- .men.t.. t This is the secret of the efficiency anl success of let a1 government in Engâ€" , land and Scotland. The men of educa- gtion, wealth and influence, instead of | leziving politicians to govern their [towns and counties badly, look after 'this public business themselves. They, regard it as apublic duty, and dis- g,charge it at serious, inconvenience and lfrom hyi-gh mo.ives. In America this .duty is shirked and local government: is not what. it ought to be. RAILLVV‘AY UP‘ MT. SINAI. Efforts are being made to construct m railway from) El-[I‘lor' to the summit of Mount Sinai. 0n the mountain, which is act'essibie only on one side a. depot, will be erected. near the spot where the stone cross placed by the Russian Empress Helena, mother of 'Clcnsttintine the Great, stands, and where. according to tradition, Moses stood when receiving the command- ments. The. line will also pass the cave in which the prophet Elijah remained in hiding while fleeing from the priests of Baal. ~ I l l LARGEST CHECK FOR CUSTOMS. A check for $245,500, paid to the London Custom House; for} a cargo of 1,300 tons of tea, is said in London to be the largest single payment for duties ever made in the world’s his- tory. KEEPING ACCOUNT. Average Wife â€" My dear, arn‘t you going to church with me this Sunday? Avermge Husband â€"- Good lands l Why, 12 went to church with you last Sunday. TO H‘iM‘ THAT HATH. Mr. Millionâ€"\Vhat. Marry my daughter? You couldn’t afford to put; a roof over her head, and I give you fair warning, sir, that; you‘ll get no help from me. Sharp Suitor, with di nityâ€"I do not need help, sir. I shal purchase one of tlie finest houses on the avenueand have it ready for her at the appoint, ed time.