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The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed the verdict of 32,000 “covered by Col. A. H. King- In his suit against the Pullman Car Fire destroyed the electric plant and laboratories of the Bellaire steel Works owned by the National Steel Co._ at Bellnire, Ohio. Loss $100,000. Over 2,“)0 men are out of employment. Brigham Roberts, of Utah, the ex- pelled bigmnous Congressman, now seeks from. the Government $2,000 sal- um‘y and mileage. Dr. Parkhurst favored the legal open- ing at saloons on Sunday, while Har- lem ministers are moving to close them altogether. The Rev. Dr. Porter as- sailed the Raines law as responsible for, much vice in Brooklyn. President McKinley contemplates is- suing a proclamation granting amn'es- ty to all Filipinos who lay down their arms and declaring all others outâ€" laws. Governors of many States say that the people favor a constitutional am- endment providing for the election of United States Senators by direct popu~ lar vote. Thomas g’W. Budget was knocked from a surface car at 125th street and Seventh avenue ,in New York Joy a stranger, who followed him from a bank, and tried to rob him in broad daylight. . ,The Mayor of Troy, N. Y., issued a proclamation calling on a streeL car campany humpared by a strike either to run its cars or forfeiu its franchise. Isaac Jacolbs, a tailor, ,xecovered $1,164 damages against the Third Av- enue Street Car Company. New York, for false imprisonment, having ,‘been arrested for refusing to pay a1 second {are after receiving a Pgtransfer that had been improperly punched. _ William F. Ritteunberg, a Michigan lumberman, robbed of $600 ,_by the green goods game, gsearchcs in vain for those who victimized him“ John B. McDomaJJd 1113 not yet. quali- fied as the builder of the rapid transit road in New York. A Two deaths were (mused by the cold weather in Chicago the other day. Rear Admirall Lord Charles Bares- furd has gone to Mmfllta [0 take com- mand of the second division of the British Mediterranean fibeeL. ( The. war office gives the list of the British casual-Lies at Suptiom Kop by{ an- nouncing the names of 215 missing men of various regiments, including 137 members of the Lnncashire Fusiliers. It is reporLed in Berlin that the chief object of Dr. Leyds in visiting Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg‘ is tqinduce France, GermJny and Russia to inner- vane ii u‘relzu Brit-1m should attempt to- sedze Delagox Bay. UNITED STATES, THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. .A momster meeting 01 Hindus and Mohammedans m the Town HaLL at Calcutta passed a resolution express- mg umwervmg Loyalty and attach- menu to the throne, and decidl-ng to offer‘ prayers for the victory of the Britishum all places of worship. ‘The meeting: also subscribed 63,000 rupees to the Mausnon House: Fund. The Toronto Police Commissioners have enforced the Ohief’s recommen- dation for an morease of the force. The Ontario Legislature will meet on February 14. Victoria, 8.0.. has offered to equip 60 mounted men for South Africa, Rossland has raised $1,500 for the Patriotic Fund. Elton Vermette, ManiLoba‘s oldest pioneer is dead at St. Norbert, aged 109 years. Mrs Young, aged 90. was burned to death, and her daughter, Mrs. Stew- art, probably fatally burned in the destruction of the home of John Stewart, at Cypress River, near \Vin- ni peg The Elder-Dempsler BteamshipMonâ€" terey has been chartered to transport Strathcoua's Horse to South Africa, and will sail from Halifax at: the end of February. The National Trust Company has contributed $1,000 to the National Pa- triotic Fund. Four cases of smallpox have been re- ported to the Provincial Board\ at Health of Quebec from St. Bru'no, Kamnuraska County, and two from. CarleLon, in Bonaventure County. Not one has proved fatal. Interesting Items About Our Own Country, Great Britain, the United States, and All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Assorted for Eas; Reading. The direcLors of the Richelieu 8:011- tario Navigation Company have ap- pointed Mr. Tnos. Henry of Montreal General Traffic Manager of the sys- tem.‘ The Chemainus & Northwestern Rallway b111,. looking to the extension of the Esqulmalt 6; Nanaimo Road“ to the north end of Vamcouvar Island, has passed the Railway Committee of the' British Legislature. BRITISH. York â€"1-â€"5pecia1 cable despatoh from Lon- don says that the pinch of war IS felt evel‘ywnere. The boxes of chocolate sent to troops by the Queen have been distributed Lo Lue won/need soldlers at Wyn‘bevrg. {The annual; decoration ut Lhe statue of King Charles I. in Trafalgar Square on the annlvema-ry of his execution in 1694 took place Friday. ' The overdue steamship Ethiopia, from Glasgow, has arrived at New CANADA. [N H NUISHHL She: Am I really makes me so happy Pencils and paper came into quick requisition. My list ran rapidly up to 53, while I almost pitied the good wo- man opposite, who chewed the end of her pencil and upbraided her memory, as she was compelled to stop at abeg- garl-y three. This test, I admit, al- though I did uot to her, is hardly conâ€" clusive, but just look at the authen- tio'statistics upon this point. The \Vestminster Review is authority in the statement that in England, to 586.644 widowers there are 1,410,684 wi- dows, an (noses of 821,040. The Uni- versal Review gives for every 100 wi- dowers‘ 194 widows. In some cases the growth of these companiouless women is even greater matter for surprise, For instance, the census for England and Wales for 1881 gives 52,091 widows at the age of 241 These strange disâ€" proportions seem largely due to the fact that men marry later in life than formerly, while the marriageable age of women remains unchanged. She, blushing: Am I you evgg kissed, Joby? 7 He: “’ell, no, darling the Last. I fully realize that. replied :he young man, who h‘ld just secured ihe [air one‘s consent, That‘s why I don’t want to wait. Young man, said the old gemleman, my daughter is too young to marry. A girl of her age cannot, be sure of her own mind in a matter (51‘ such! importâ€" anoe. Not one man in five hundred is so situated as to be justified in carrying no life insurance, provided he is in~ surable, Not one in five hundred. dyâ€" ing uninsured, can honestly say to his wife: "I have done my best for your future welfare.” I know this all sounds trite, but re- memberâ€"subjects grow trite because of their importancaâ€"Hdelity Journal. versal Review gives for every 100 wi-I dowers‘ 194 widows. In some cases the growth of these companionless women, is even greater matter for surprise.‘y per use of such boogs. ably be understood [but these Socks hire to be purchlused, one or two at a time, read through more or less atten- For instance, the census for England . tive‘ly and with more or less Libor. the and Wales for 1881 gives 52,091 widows matter of them digested as well as at the age of 241 These strange dis-{may be, and then the books set usjde proportions seem largely due to thegtov incl LE! no further use to the one; [act that men marry latter in life than‘who has read them. The wise man formerly, while the marriageable age.tlo:s not use his books so. He may of women remains unchanged. inever touch a certain book until some Men often urge as one argument for Question, suggeSIe-l by the work of the no: insuring their lives the "evenif&1rm.demunds solution. He appeals to chance” that they will outlive theirihis own experience, perh-vips to his wives. The above shows this chance neighbor‘s; and finally to ihe collem- to beso uneven as to be scarce worth erl experience of a llnrge number of considering. But if the probabilitiesithinkiag. obseriing men. TmS hast were heavily the other way, the exisl- I he shoulil fiind in his library, for .‘ ence of children would in most cases ' book on ‘lgI‘iculture, to be of much use overâ€"balance it. Think this over and to the praclioulfurmer, must be adapt be honest. Look at this subject ed for reference and consultation and squarely. Your wife will not urge you become finally :1 familiar Irienxl' and to insureâ€"probably she will half disap- adviser."â€"Furming. prove itâ€"but if you really love her, your duty compels you to put every possible shield betwixt her and want. FARMIHOUSE HEATING. Company for being wrongfully eject- ed from a sleeping car at Baltimore. A region fully ten miles square on both sides of the Detroit River was shaken by an explosion of 500 pounds of dynamite at the stone works of the Sil:ley Quarry Company on the Ameri« can side, One man was killed. GENERAL. Mrs. Mary Gray Mexia will present documents to prove her claim to the millions left by General Mexia, aMex= icon statesman. The preliminary enumeration of the population of Cuba shows 1,572,840 in- habitants; that of Porto Rico, 957,679. A. cable despatch from. London asâ€" serts that well informed Englishmen believe Japan will soon strike a blow at Russia. . Spanish gendammes have unearthed a Carlist arsenal in 'a house: in Place-i ncia, capital of the proWince of that name, and Seized 100.000 cartridges and a large quantity. of arms. THE HUSBANDS GO FIRST. This is a remark I made to my wife at the dinner table a few days ago, as we were discussing in a general way the possibilities and probabilities of the future. If the reader be a married man I need not give her rejoinder. It was the good old chestnut: "No, it only seems so; the men do not stay widowelrs long enough to be counted." “But,” Imrged, give it a careful test; 90 over the history of our town for 20 years as to the families we know‘ personally. You count, not the widow-I ers, but the instances in which the wife' died first, and for each case I’ll give' you! five where the reverse occurred.";' rea-d ing ‘ farn adv; Agr pics, tion are ‘ intr ease the as u "L wor; over tow: the tach ‘as 1011 seed 1'11 2‘ A/n afileged secret decree of the Em.- purass Dowager of. China to (the; goverâ€" nrcu‘s of the provinces exorts tol strong measures against foreigners. even to war. Premier Waldeck-ltulusaeau has; sus- pended the allowances: of the Acrobâ€" bislmp of Aix, of. lge‘lBis‘hoisptpf Var: Complete official figures for Ger- many snow that exports to~thu Unit- ed States last year were $90,900,4r61, or an] increase! of $8,548.847- ~over 1898. A Santiago de Chile destpafch' says that tidal waves, highetr than have beem known {cm a Long; time, have swept aL-omg the coast, doing considâ€" erable damage. Thirteen persons were killed and forty injured by a dynamite explos- ilom near Turin recent-Ty. Th French gorvetrnment expresses it- sellf pleased with the settlement at the Santo Domingo trouble, which, it is damned, was: a complete victocry for France. A special cable. despatch fsrom- Ben [in gives Dr. Leryids' views 01] the Boer terms of peace, including the westernâ€" tiom of the lelrrilnry previously taken firom the Transvaal. sailles, Valance, Viviers, Tulle, and Mombpellietr, and the Vicar of Avig- non, for sympathy with the Suppress- 91d Assumptiomists. Italy and Turkey will not go to, wacr over Sylvia Gemeli after all. She was handed over to her father at Constan- tinople yesterday by the Turkish offi- celr who had; placed her'im' his harem. DANGER 0F DELAY EASY! to think that. 01]. John wow]. \\'i-‘:l hold fire :Ian ret-xin heat for a lung Lime if the dampers are properly adjusted and will keep the By using stovrs, snme of the good (‘LVFVER CHAP! puian of the npen first are retained, , while in the simple capacity of heat . Boafdma“: "Don’t You “link Foot- hght is a clever actor ?" radiators lht‘y are (vastly superior. n. Hashfley “Clever? “1,”, Ishould One of the larger sues of the best say so! He hasn’t paid his landlady heating stoves now on Ihe nnrket, any money for six weeks." costing from $15 to $25, if cenlrally â€"-â€"â€" locatvd, will hen Iwo 'nnlinury-sizexl "Cash K," is the curiuus verbaj dis- roams quite easily in the severest guise under which. for ten years past. weal her and that, [00, Hill]; a \ ery ma. some ‘geflerous person; who uses an Q ‘ bk 01m um ‘tion of fuPl u! o l A-mencau paper as his agency' has "0"8 J p ' ' m 5 given many thousands of dollars to but Luil- mare than nne-hllf. Wh’lt worthy people and deserving objects, w-ouflll be burnt in two open fires, No one but“ the editor of the paper These Moves; built for either coal or ,kno‘" Who the hidden Philanthropist FARMHOUSE HEATING. We bllalme no one. where fuel is cheap; for keeping an open fire in the family sitling room "jusr for com- pauy‘s sake,” says the "Practical Farmer.” But as a method of healing an enLire house, the upx-u fire is whtflly impracticable. “The farmer, man or boy, whose in- terest in (he meaning mt farm opera- tions has been aroused, and who has one or two good books] on agricud'ture at h 1nd, will never be( at a loss how LO spend his leisure hours. And just here let me remove a misconception that generaflly prevails regarding the pro. "Under proper ,surroundings farm work may have an immense auvuntage over the majority of occupations in town or ciLy. And that advantage is the intellemual interest thlt may atâ€" tach itsedtf to the most! tr.viu] as ‘well as the most implormnt farm lopera- tion. The preparing of the land for seed, the sowing (J! the seed, the check- i-ng and killing of weeds and insects. the rotaLion Lt crop-s, the feeding and L_.‘-_I:_ ,, We had occasion a few‘ times to touch upon this topic. It is indeed an important one, and should be given more systematic attention than it usu- ally receives. The farmer tdâ€"dny must read and think along the lines of htis own business. If he does not do so he cannot expect] to makq a suc- cess of his undertaking. nor to success- fully compete in supplying the great markets at the world with food pro- ducts. “mile the business man or professional man gives special atten- tion to his library. and has it stored not only with books pertaining. to his own calming, but with many of the leading authors’ works, it is only too true that thegreat majority of our farm homes are very lacking both in books pertaining to the work of the farm and in those relating to current and general literature. No citizen (if the Dominion has more time 'for read- ing and recreation of this kind of {a winter’s evening than ihe farmer. and he is certainly standing in his own light by not providing himself with the materin for such indulgencei "Since this is addressed principally to farmers, the books to be recom- mended 8.1)1 treat u‘f. agriculLural to- pics. Generall science and literature are not mentioned, not because the farmer may not be intereswd in the._a as wall, but beoiuse these subjects are beyond the scope of the present bulle- tin. ’ ,r_, V..- -w-...5 um. breeding of all] kinds of stockâ€"ail] of these invollve labor and care, it is true, but they invollva also principles and 1.1 ws 01f nature most absorbing in interest, an interen lhlt will make the labor :1 deliglhit and will amend over into- hours of leisure. lA timely and valuable bulletin on this subject has recently been issued by the Ontario Department ofi Agri- culture. The bulletin was written by Prom. J. B. Reynolds, of the OhLario Agricultural College, and contains some valuable matter on farm read- ing, from whmch‘we take the fdllow- “The farmer need not be, shouflJd not be, merely "Ihe man with lhe hoe.‘ He may.think, and be a better farmer for so doing. He may observe, and com- mit fewer blunders for so doing. He may theorize, and help himself ,and others by his speculhations. He may read, and if he reads wisely, his. think- ing and observing and can equently h s farming will be improved. in fact the advantage in the wise use ofi books on Agricwlture, as well as on other to- pics, consists not only in the informa- tion obtained; thinking and observing are also excited, and hence a. good book introduces inlo farm life one great essential to miking it interesting, the healthful employment of the mind as well as the body. ing 3““.M‘“ w" ‘0 THE FARCM' LIBRARY. ameâ€" On the Farm. nne-h Alf- Wh’lt 0 open fires, either coal or More boy babies die under the age of six months in cities than girl babies. Boardman: "Don’t you think Foot- light is a clever actor ?" :‘c’ Hashfley: "Clever? \Vell, Ishould say so! He hasn’t paid his landlady any money for six weeks." The Colonial-Secretary smiled, and sightseef's were not forbidden the or- chidâ€"houses. sleeping and does not cure to adopt any of the more elaborate methods, he will find it quite satist tctory to pd‘flce reg- isters, such as are used with hot air- furnaces, just over his stoves. Or if a large stove can be placed near to or in a hall on the first. floor opening into rooms on the second floor, which it is desired to heat, no further mph paruitus is needed. The heated air will rise otf its own accord and keep one or two rooms rea>on~ibly comfort- able. the temperature that can be maintained depending. of course, upon the size of the rooms, their exp-onure, and the size of the stove used. If it is desired to heat an upstairs room‘ by passing a pipe through it from: a stove in a room below, that heating capacity of the pipe will be greatly increased by using a radiator. It will maket use of, practically, all of the’ heat that is avail-tble. Either otf the plans men- tioned above, however, is pvrtferable. A system at hot water or setm pipes OtI‘ a combination of both for' a; large house is probably the most‘ satisfacâ€" tory. Its cost, however, is athmost prohibitive so far as the ordinary farmer is concerned. The hot-air furnace is the most prac- tical method of heating the average farm home. If one is building a new house the first cost: will not be more than an outfit of open tire-places or stoves and the service rendered will be much; more satisiftctory. If it is a case at placing a'furnace in an old house the advisability of such a'course may be open to question, and ye‘ I be- lieve there are thousands (.f farm homes in which a hot-air futnace would be a source of economy and comfort. Salisbury/"s name, Si}, an’ Mr. Gladâ€" stone’s,'an’ then you struck out with your right :arm sudden-like, and down went the orchid.” “'In South Attica and other hot cli- mates, you see, officers and. men alike go for months together withouu coats â€"~exceplt such as are loosely thrown over them at nightsâ€"and with their rough shirt-sleeves rolled up over their sunburnt arms; and I never knew a man yet to whom a: coat was not for weeks weilp-ntigh intolerable when it had to be resumed, this particularly applying to the sleeves. "Tho-ugh I have been back from the Cape for nearly six weeks, my coat- sleeves seem to hamss me so as almost to completely fetter the movements of my arms; and it is (a, fact that on; one occasion Dr. Jameson was so uncom- fo-rtablte from the same can-e that, in one of the most fashionable clubs in London, he asked those sitting with him that he might be excused. for throwing off his coat [or a few moâ€" euts and rolling his shirtâ€"sleeves up. I have written all my borks white coatâ€" less and with my shirtâ€"sleeves rolled up. Each time I return to ordinary life coat-sleeves are a renewed tor- tune.” " No, sir, the visitdrs didn’t either,” said the man. " Speak out, man I” cried Mr.Chamâ€" berlnin, " I am resolved to discover the culprit." Then the gardener spoke: “ You did it yourself, please, sir, for I 831W you. You were walking up an’ down an’ rehearsing something. I heard Lord house at a pretty even temperature for several hours without attention. If one having stoves on the first floor wishes to heat rooms upstairs for :li-ep'ing and does not cure to adopL any of the more elaborate methods, he will BADEN-POWELL HATES COAT- SLEEVES. When ‘the gallant Colonel-Baden- Powell was interviewed'by the pres. ent writer on his return from the last native war in South Africa, he sudden- ly stretched out his arms and declar- ‘The one thing that always strikes me most powerfully when I return from the wilderness and from the free- and-easy life of the campaigner‘ is the positive torture I suffer from once again having to wear coat-sleeves, and I have heard this same thing remarked upon by dozens of soldiers,, travellers, and explorers, from Mr. Cecil Rhodes downwards. A CHAMBERLAIN STORY. Many good stories with reference to the present Colonial Secretary’s favâ€" orite flower have been told. Here is one. Some visited-s had passed through Mr. Chamberlain's orchid-houses at Highbury one morning, when a very valuable plant was discovered broken. Mr. Chamberlain, it is said, almost lost his temper, and declared that sight- seers should no longer be welcomed. Then he interrogated the gardener in charge of the houses. ’ Thé man appeared confused, but pro- tested that he did not do the dam- age. "1 was very sorry when Iaaw it done, sir.” " You saw it done? Then, of course that vistors did do it f” Here is an extrucl from one of We labs-st novels:-â€"â€" Gerald Ha rbison panted heavily. The close atmosphere of the little apart- ment constrained his splendid lungs. He “‘Pflt tn the window. oyened H and threw on; his massive chem. AH uf which would go to ~show that the landlady was hot on his track.- They can turn a foe to a friend in- ject head, They can turn a toe t can lriend in- stead,: The heart close-barred with passion and pride. \Vill fling at their knock its portals wide, And the huh» that blights and (he scorn that sears. Will melt in the fountain of childlike tears. ' A kindly word and_ a tender tonaâ€" To only God is their virtue known, HOW SHE BECAME HAPPY. Doctor Axel Munthe, in his little book called "Vagaries," says that he first realized the responsibilities of authorship through publishing an at. ticle on "Toys." One day, not long afterward, he received a visit from a fashionable young lady, who sat in the consulting-room with a huge parcel on her knees. She began telling him a story of woe, relating to her own life. which had been passed in luxury, and yet afforded her no satisfaction. In consequence of perennial boredom she broke down, and her parents ended by dragging her from one physician to another. She unfastened her parcel and pro- duced from it one doll after another. There were twelve in all and you nev- er saw such dolls. Some were dressed in well-fitting tailor-made jackets and skirts; some were evidently off for a yachting trip, in blue serge suits and sailor hats; some wore smart silk dresses, covered with lace and frills, and hats trimmed with huge ostrich feathers; and some looked as it they had only just returned from the queen‘s drawing-room. A' sneer, a shrug, a whisper lowâ€" n They are poisoned shafts from an am- bushed bow! Shot by the coward. the fool, the knave, They pierce the mail of the great and brave, Vain is the buckler of wisdom and pride, To turn the pitiless point aside; The lip may curl with careless smile, But the heart drips bloodâ€"drips blood the while. Ah me! what hearts have been broken, \Vbut rivers of blood been stirâ€" One prescribed Egypt, where the pa- tient, with her father and mother, then spent a whble winter; another Cannes where they bought a villamnd a third, India and Japan. which they visited in their yacht. Hardly a week passed, before she brought me another_dozen dolls, and twelve more sick and destitute chil- dren, forgot all about their m?sery. She kept on bringing more and more and there came a time when I had more dolls than patients. Indeed, in self-defence, I was at last obliged to send her to St. Moritz for a change of air. "But," said she, " you are the only one who has done me any good. I have felt more happiness during this past week than for years. I owe it to you, and I have come to thank you for it." “ You see, doctor," said she with un- certain voice, “ I never thougiht I could be of any service to anybody. I used to send money to charities, but all I did was to write out a check, and I cannot say that I ever felt the slight- est satisfaction in doing it. I introduced her to the. suffering children, and she introduced the dolls. She blushed with delight at the chil- dren’s pleasure and the mothers' "God bless you I” I could see by her shyness that it was the first time she had on- tered the homes of the poor. may fall? The latest chirp of that "little bird," The spicy story “you must have Ah me] these terrible tongues of ours. Are we half aware of their mighty heardâ€"” We jerk them away in our gossip rush, And somebody's glass of course, goes smash. What fames have been blasted and broken, What pestilent sinks been stirred, By' a [word in lightness spoken, By only an idle word. " The other day I happened to come across your article on ‘ Tvys,‘ and since then I have been working from morn- ing till evening to dress these dolls for the poor children you spoke abouL I have done it all by myself, and I have felt so strangely happy the whole time I” I looked at the sweet face smiling through its tears, and then at the long row of dolls who stared approvingly at me from among my medical parapher- nalia on the writing-table. Then Iask- ed her to send away her smart car- riage waiting at the door; I put her and the dolls into a cab and told the man to drive to my poor little pa- tients. powers ? Do we ever trouble our heads at all Where the jest may strike or the hint broken, What rivers of love been stir- red. By a word in kindness spoken, By only A gentle word! By a word in malice spoken By only a bitter word! A WORD ABOUT “'ORDS. ice-bound gricfs have been ON HIS TRACK