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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1893.

NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL. hardly followed the last man to the pier when

the vessel went down.

The Occidental, and Oriental Co.'s steamship Gaelic, Capt. G. Pearne, with the American malls of the 24th January, arrived in port this morning. We are indebted for the subjoined telegrams to Our San Francisco exchanger :--

WASHINGTON, January 13th. Wong Chin Foo, a leader among the Chinese of New York, is here to try to secure the repeal of the Geary anti-Chinese bill. He is stopping at Willard' where Mr. Geary boards, but as yet their paths have not crossed. The visitor is well posted, talks English fluently and is armed with many documents and alleged facts going to show that, from the standpolst of Chinese, the law should be repealed..

Off Dartmouth five plists were drowned while trying to put a man aboard a cutter.

A train crowded with Europeaus and natives A dispatch from St. Paul de Loanda says

was halted on the Congo Railway near Matadi recently and the engine was detached in order to add to the trafn a car loaded with fifty-four boxes of dynamite and eighty-two casks of gun powder. The engine moved down a grade with great speed and struck the car, exploding the dynamite. Fifty persons were killed, including Lequerque, head of the Societe Anonyme Belge. After a summer and autumn that were abnor- mally healthful the death rate of London has been suddenly almost doubled. The mustally Is now above thirty to the thousand. increase is almost entirely confined to diseases The of the respiratory organs, which are ascribed by nearly every one to the low temperature of the past three weeks. It never seems to occur to the Londoners that lack of oxygen and the presence of poisonous gases to the atmosphere of the metropolis at this season constitute a positive danger to health.

C. C. Moreno, who claims the honor of having projected the trans-Pacific cable; was before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day in behalf of that enterprise and to advocate the extension of time allowed in the charter for its construction authorized by Congress la 1876. He said there was no doubt that the necessary capital could be obtained. The Hawallan Go- veinment and those also of the countries of eastern Asla would undoubtedly assist in caryopralog of Parliament and the disclosing of the The suspense deepens here as the time for the Ing out the project. A sub-committee will take home-rule bill approaches. It would be an easy Moreno's recommendations into consideration matter to ill columns with the current rumors and make a report to the full committee. and conjectures, but these could be made up quite as well in the United States. Literally nething is known here more than there.

The Irish leaders who bave been informed of the mata lines of the new messure believe that is will be acceptable to the Irish people and will pass the House of Commons. This is the most that any one outside the Cabinet circles ef inviolable secrecy can say; all else is guess work.

a church with a cupola equal in size and effect to that of St. Peter's, the cost to be defrayed by the coatelbutions of Catholics throughout the world, Around the sacred edifce it is proposed countles now represented in Rome. Further con to group the ecclesiastical colleges of the different sideration of the proposal will be submitted to a commission of Cardinale.

scheme are about $20,000,000. It is calculated The estimates of the cost for carrying out the the construction would give employment to 14,000 workman for six years.

HALIFAX (N. S), January 16th. the Davenport dockyard, will be dispatched on The first-class battleship. Temtraire now in February 28th to Esquimalt as a seagoing guard. ship, strengthening the squadron at the Pacific of the new flagship to relieve the Warsßlia. station. This will in no way affect the selection The Russians have now a powerful vessel stationed in the Pacific, and it is understerd in addition to the Tamerairan first-class vessel, either the Blake on the Royal Arthur, will be dispatched to that station,

These preparations seem to indicate England is expecting trouble in the Pacific, as it is a very those waters. rare thing for a battleship to be stationed in

QUEENSTOWN, January 16th, The Bothnia from New York arrived to-day. A fire broke out in the after storeroom yesterday, but was subdued after balf an hour's fight There was a panic among the passengers for a time."

TRIESTE January 16th. o'clock this morning. The wind blew horri- A lersible storm swept the city since to cane and tiles and chimneys were blown into the street. Half the trees in the streets were snapped off and four tramcats were tumbled from their tracks.

the highest decoration of the Order of Osman upon Fakri Pasha, and has also promised Fakel the post of grand master of ceremonies. Some disorders similar to these which preceded. the in Cairo. They bave in no way discountenanced rebellion of Arabi Pasha have recently occurred the Khedive."

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The conference of Welsh colliers and without an agreement being reached, Interests employers as to the amended wages broke up

mounting to $109000 are at stake,

The marriages of mfnors, are 6 per cent of the whole number.

The population of America increases by 7,000 persons a day.

two years to 70,000,000,

The progeny of two rabbits will amount in

There are more than 3,030 varieties of apples raised in the United States.

Buon St. Oswald died to-day, aged 73. He was a member of the Commons from 1868 to 1885, when he was elevated to the peerage. He The eldest gan, Captain Rowland Winn, Con.ther been a lawyer or a soldier, or both. was Lord of the Treasury from 1874 to 1880, tervative member of Parliament, succeeds to the title.

remanded today by Magistrate Vaughan on the J. W. Hobbs and Henry G. Weight were charge of forgery, and in the case of Hobbs an additional charge of stealing money while in the Liberator Buliding Society as secretary,

by members of the House of Lords.

More than a third of Great Britain is owned At the age of forty a man generally attains is highest weight; a woman at fil y

Pet dogs are now furnished with shoes for the purpose of protecting polished floors.

Every President of the United States has

The coolie, fed on rict, is more active and can endure meio than the negro fed on fat meat. five renewed strength to the brain and nerve.

Celery coffee to a new drink. It is said to

honeymoon in the depth of an old coal mint..

A recently married Kansas couple spent their Tungsten added to pure aluminium obviates all difficulty from attacks by water, salt or otherwise.

ST. PETERSBURG, January zoth. A colliring between a freight train and a pas senger train on a railway bear this city resulted in thirty persons being seriously injured. Noirsch, in Hungary,, shot 2870 pasisidges in loss of life is reparted.

BERLIN, January zoth. Astronomer Charlols observed by photographing The Kiel Observatory bas been notified that at Nice on January 17th a new minor planet, the first discovered this year, which has been registered 353 of the group. Twenty-nine such planets were discovered last year. The new planet is of the ninth magnitude.

HALIE, January 26th. order that the madhouse at Peitleben, in which Dr. Koch has arrived bere and has given cholera has broken out, be strictly Isolated. Three deaths occurred there to-day.

NEW YORK, January 13'h, The Wall Street Journal says: A gentle men who is my king an exhaustive study of the situation and the attitude of the prominent painicians, claims to have it second band from Cleveland that he is in favor of the repeal of the Sherman law, and such action will probably be recommended in a message to the Fifty-third Congress,

BELGRADE, January 13tb. One hundred Servian radicals were arrested for complicity in the ercent riots, which are much graver than the official reports represented them to be. At Semendris armed radicals seized the Town Hall, stored it with large gunniity of arms and food, and tuled to hold it against

In the fight thirty radicals were serionein The others declare that they will not comply in such a sea” and the bark had to be left to and his divorced wife Natalie have been

the Government forces.

wounded and General D. Arme was shot dead at Tsatsak. A radical was killed in the fight between the radicals and the police.

LONDON, January 14th. The British Colonial Office denies the truth of the report that General Lord Wolseley is to be the next Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada.

NEW YORK, January 14th,

The Faris correspondent of the Tribune says; The Russian embassador to France is accused- of having accepted a bribe of $100,000 from the Panama canal ihleves, As to proof of the charge

one has yet been produced.

The London correspondent of a morning paper cables the following: A significant rumorcomes from the Foreign Office concerning Catholic" Church affairs. It is declared that the British Minister in Rome has informed the Government, through Lord Rosebery, that the Vatican is greatly disturbed over affair, in the United States. Archbishop Vaughan has been com- municated with, it is alleged, in the effect that very riest perll menaces the interests of the Pope in the United States.

As far as can be ascertained a plot has been discovered having as its basis the separation of the church in America from the mother church of Rome and the creation of an independent body with a head selected by American bishops," The iden stems to be the creation of a body ximilar fu some respretx to the Greek Church of. Russia,

NEW YORK, January 15th.

Of the food Chinese living in New York about 2000 are believed to come under the provisions of the registration act requiring photographs and certificates. Of these 2000 only two have appeared before the United States, authorities, filed their photographs and received certificates,

with the law.

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Revenue Collector Kerwan says that the oppo sition is altogether the work of the big Chinese corporation in San Francisco known as the that this concern has levied an assessment of "Six Companies." He says: "I understand so many dollars a head on the Chinese of the country on the promise that it would be so used that they need not comply with the law."

atter May 5th.

The law will, nevertheless, be strictly enforced

The Herald correspondent at Buenos Ayres revolutionists says there are 10.7 fighting men among the Corrientes, but they are badly

in need of arms and have not been able to make

say headway against the 2,03 Federal troops flushed with the victory of Monte Caseros.

Admiral Soller says Chile would be unable to achieve an easy victory over Argentine, though her army is in good condition. The cost of the campaign would be enormous and the war would mean inevitable rula to both countries. He compares Chile to Germany and says she is now imbued with the war spirit. The Argentine navy, he thinks, would be unable to cope with Chile

on account of lack of discipline and infertor personnel. The Argentine ships won'd how ever, be able to defend the mouth of the River Plate against a greaily superlor force.

Barbor. An Italian bark with 100 people on It has been impossible for vessels to enter the board, which tried to come in at noon, was bats tered by the Ice fato a wreck in sight of the docks. Two attempts were made to send help, but it was impossible for the small craft to live battle by itself.

just outside the harbor and four of the crew were An English bark went ashore an hour later drowned. A creek steamship displayed distress her. Two small vessels were wrecked off Port signals outside, but no assistance was sent to St. Andrew. A buge wave broke over a part of the water front and a steamer foundered near by, Two cars, with their horses and drivers, were caught in the current of water as it was receding and were carried into the harbor and drowned. Filty persons were lojured by falling houses and chimneys.

GLASGOW, January 18th. William MacEwan was banged here this morning for the murder of a woman. Alter committing the deed he slashed his own throat horribly, but the doctors managed to save his lile for the gallows. His neck was not perfectly healed, however, and the drop of seven feet proved too much, for it nearly cut the victim's head off, blood gushing in streams from the wound,

BERLIN, January 18th.

Biarritz on January 1st and preceeded to Queen

BELGRADE. January 20th. It is reported that ex King Milas arrived at Natalie's villa. surprised to see her divorced husband,

The Queen was greatly It is definitely ascertained that ex-King Milan recopelled as a result of this meeting.

MADRID, January 20th. Father Tones, Adjutant-General of the Society of Jesus, died to-day at the Loyola Convent.

BUDA FESTH, January 20‘b. are 1,000,000 florins.

Otte, the architect, has falled. His liabilities

SIAM NOTES.

A party of sportsmen at the chateau of Basor jhree days.

'DAMAGED MEN.

Yon can zoo ay day, in the streets of any city, mon who look damaged~zien, too, of good origiani matorial, who started out in life with generous aspirations. Once it was salil that they were bright, promising lads; once they looked happily into the their purity and pesos. Going to the bull the melt faces of mothers whose daily breath was a prayer for

oferit companionship; the willingness to hold and ne money not honestly gained; the stealthy, seductive, plausible' ndrance of the appetite for strong driuk the treacherous fascination of the gambling table; the gradual loss of interest in bolness and in things. which build a Dian up; the rapid workening of the whole body in depletion of the general strength and vitality; the struggle for existence and the worry and tannoll of life breaks up the vital strongth and horries many a ran into an untimely gravo. First symptoms are numerous, headaches, nervoustics. failure of appetite and indigestion, and variona ciber sign. All are forerunner of some Impending sericis physical complication. Recourse had to rational medicament ancha Clements Tonle always removes all signs of diaoano, restores the action of every Impaired organ, Increases the appetite and nida several years I has been steadily declining in health, granting the afflicted digestion, thus ensuring a healthy organism and ‚n now lease of life, "For

Four-fifths of the engines now working to the expectoration, fished face after meala, world have been constracted during the last sleeplers night and headache, as if a gecat weight pervous' prostration, dizziness and

twenty-five years.

WAE ever my head. The setion of the was defective, and I often suffered

kidneys Autored overely from welling which

of the lege olrcumstance, from very actions I retired rocantly from the proprietorship of the wore apprehended. Albion Hotel, Bourke-street, Molhourie, owing to my 11-health, and hoped that completo rest

Tect a material change for the batter, and that

the lost until Clemants Toufe was brought hnder would be able to spend my declining years with more comfort but my honltk was not benefitted in my notice. A short course so luproved my condition pain, greatly increased the flow of urine; and I that it approoi ali nervotioners, rubdued all my consider Clements Tonic "aremedy without a rival,” OZORGH STRADMA, Melbourne.

Jerusalem is still supplied with water from the Crusaders.. Solomon's Pools through an aqueduct bullt by

in Africa, 473 of them are to be found in no Out of a total of 513 known species of animals other country.

that in the exchange at Berlin, where 7,000 wires The largest telephone centre in the world is

are connected with the main office.

Electrotype reproductions of rare pleces of silver, such as are found only in museums or fadr. valuable nit collections, are among the latest

at present about where England was 150 years In regard to good roads, the United States are.

began in 1775 ago. The movement for good 10ids In England' The Romans were so benefited by the first barber that came to their city that they elected a statue to his memory.

The Suez Canal, the greatest work of marine engineering, is eighty-eight miles long, and re- duces the distance from Europe. to India from 11,379 miles to 7,628 miles,

Three new crematories were built in Germany Jast year, and in Italy there are twenty-two no in operation. In France 3741 bedies were dis- posed of in 1891 by burning.

The lasse is an invention of the South Ameri- ein Indians, and was in use when the country was discovered by Spaniards..

It can be proved by a simple calculation that globe during the last 6,000 years approximates the number of people who have existed on the the total of 66000,000,000,000,000

The population of Greenland, has increased

cest in the inst ten years. It is a curious fact that the men outnumber the men very greally, especially in South Greenland.

BANGKOK, February 3rd.` Mr. Sharpe, who has been connected with the boring operations at Koh-si-chang, left on the Invented in Japan in the seventh century by a 31st ultime by the Hecate for Singapore. Mi native artist, who derived the idea from the way The ordinary, folding tan is said to have been Sharrie sustained Injuries whilst bandling a ful-in which the but closes its wings. minating cap and his visit to Singapore is for the purpose of consuliing an ocalist. Market with a callous indifference to the health Bad meat is said to be sold in the Bangkok of the community. Few needs are more pressing than that of an official for the purpose of examin ing the beasts slaughtered in the Bangkok The bodies of three persons frozen to death odoficirs As the Siamese do not seem to care were found in the streets to-day. Navigation about such details the Europeans might keep a has been suspended on the Elbe at Hamburg and strict eye on the meat bought by their cooks. the poor of the Prussian chics are suffering keenly. The depression in trade has left lens of

Agilent rescue from drowning was effected on Monday evening last by Mr. Engle, electrical thousands unemployed. Socalists and democrats engineer. An old resident missed his footing at sle busy sewing socialistic propaganda among Ta Tan 'anding and fell into the river, which the unemployed. To-day four meetings were mining out at the time with great speed, held. All were very disordeily. The meetings M. Engle was Incicily a witness of the sceldent, taken in order that idle men with families to car the trugeling man be. Immediately plunged support might find employment.

and cceeded. In bringing him ashore, in Europe, and especially in the Balkans, of the the Chinese boatmen lend no hand to anyone Honible stories come from remoter regions Such conduct deserves every recognition, wher death and suffering caused by the severly of

King Henry I had an arm thirty-six inches long. That is why the English and American yard is its prevent length, a little fact which many students have learned and forgotten.

The English ivy attains so great an age that in England they say it never dies. There are ivy stocks ten or twelve inches'in diameter which are know to have been planted as slips 600 or

Dr. Vaughan declines to discuss the matter, disgrace. He has been reprimanded by the resolved to demand that public works he under and veeing that the tide was rapidly carrying | 800 years ago.

'but it is kriowo that he has given certain counsel tending to counteract the alleged conspiracy to Create an American Pope for America,

WASHINGTON, January 14th, Caire of Utah introduced in the House to-day b to enable tle prople of the Territory he represents to form a constitution and State government and to be admitted into the Unfor as a State.

BERLIN, January 14th The striking coal miners at Gocirenkirschen this morning caused a dynamlie explosion in one of the mince. Fortunately no one was working near the scene, so nobody was killed, though number of miners at considerable distances were thrown violently to the ground,

It

WASHINGTON, January 15th Tsul Kwa Yin, the Chinese Minister to Washington, will roon pack up his traps and return to China, He goes home almost in Chinese Premier, Li Hung Chang, for his short- comings, and on bla arrival in China expects no less punishment than the confiscation of his property, and will deem himself lucky if he gets

off at that,

The publicity which was given to the Mio- ler's relations whh a visionary scheme for commercial concessions on the part of the Chinese empire has drawn upon him the censure of his superior officer," the dreaded Premier. To complicate the situation Mr. Tsui charged with fulling to properly expend money appropriated by the Chinese Government for entertainment purpoaci in Washington. His administration has not been distinguished by any of the spectacular effects which count for o much in the minds of diplomatic Chinese.

the winter. In Servia the wolves have abandoned the forests and are prowling about the towns and villigis in sench of prey. A young girl was devoured by wolves in the suburbs of Belgrade. Dispatches from Russia tate that there is great suffering in the provinces where the famine prevailed last year, In Russia also wild animals, made desperate by hunger ard cold, have invadid villages and devoured both human beings and domestic animals,

MADRID, January 186. Senor Marcos, the ex-Pres-dent of the Chamber of Deputies, died to-day."

The Icfanta Isabella has withdrawn her provisonal promise to open the Columblas Exposition at Chicago, because if she visited the United States she would have to visit the Spanish dependencies of Cuba and Porto Rico, where

gifficult

unfortucale enough to fall into the river.

We are glad to learn that the steamship Latona crossed the bar this morning, carrying 1,900 to 2,000 tons of railway material. This reflects great credit on the captain, who shewed most Jadiclous Judgment in selecting his time for crossing what is generally known as and treacherous bar. This is the largest and heaviest cargo ever brought to Bangkok in one bottom, and should be the precursor of an altered state of maiters so far as the shipping trade of this port is concerned. The Zatona in consigned to Mr. G. Murray Campbell, and bas been chartered bame from Singapore. It If not more than a few miles distant from 'Bangkabu seems to be a lively sort of place. Bangkok and yet we have excellent authority to hand that the people are afraid of their lives there. Thiny men surrounded a house on Tues- plunder. In one case the tomates foolishly resisted and two of them were shot dead. This happened between Sammen and Bangau and has bappened, and is happening, elsewhere near Bangkek every other day, yet no step it taken by the authorities to put an end to it. The up will be killed and then the Slamese Government shot will be that some day or other a European will regret is lethargy, if not in sackcloth and abes, yet la sufficient cola of the realm to pay for an efficient provincial police for many years.

"

A well-known French physician serta that the billicu fever to characteristic of tropical though motionless itself, is accompanied by countries Is due to a special bacterium, which, numberless moving spores.

The Spanish peasant works every day and dances half the night, and yet eats only his black bread, onion and, watermelon. Smyrna porter cats only a lite frult and some The lives, yet he walks off with his lond of 20: pounds.

The amount of coloring matter in a pound of coal is enormous. It will yield enough magenta to color seo yards of Anseh vermillion for 2500

the

from me

consequences word

REMINDED OF HIS DEAD MOTHER.

[EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE UNITER.]

Would

It was the latter part of August 1801. A friend

upon a nameless grave while he went in and I had come down from Ramsgate to Minster, to see the venerable church there, which is a thousand years old. I entered the churchyard and seater myself Romebody to

to unlock the

warch of

doors

of the edifice and show it wonders. In a few minute

minutes ho returned in me, saying she wea company with an elderly lady, to whom he introduced Lhu oustodian and guids of the placa. I gazed at face for

at har

for some taontents without A word. If my own mother,

ger, doad.

and Rand 15 TOATE had come back to speak to scarcely have been more astonished. For this woman to her only won, I should was almost my mother's donbles the same size, the same face, and the same way of parting the hair and combing it in smooth bands from the forehead. I fold her so, and we wore friends hefors either fairly. knew the other's name. What a quaer world it is!

She then conducted us through the analent farin, and spoke of the long vanished past, of the monks and nuns who once ang and prayed within lis walls, of the quaint carvings on the lardoak este in the chancel

of that

precious rolls, the Cranmer Bible which reposes in a glass bar against a pillar, and of many matters, besides, drawn from the apparently exhaustics wall of her detalled and accurate informa tion.

Finally the talk Toered round to the wholesomeness of the vicinity, the breding' nature of its sea lavoras and so on. Then our guirie, Mrs. Sarah Hord, said a "I have lived here in Minster 60 years, and seon many, ups and downs. One of my Bon fa HOW in America, where he is doing wall. He wants me to leave England and make my home with him, but I doubt if I ever shall. I am somewhat like

that old tres out in JOW

Jart, deeply the

rooted to this soll, be the warse for pulling up. Then I am on in life, and ills grow apace with age. Τη A frat

getting ht

sgo. 1 the spring of 1878 I had a serious attack. A yards of turke for 12 yards, and altzarine for 155 I scarcely knew what to make of it. There was no yards of turkey red clath

T diente that

weary in mind. There was much pala at my chest and back, and a kind of tightnew at the aldes, though physical fores were applied there to restrain me from moving. My appetite, which was usually good, fell away, and whatever I ate or drank gare me pain, and livad simast entirely on bread so as to feel refreshed by it. After a time I grow ao weak se to be unable to go about my work. A bitter and sickening Baid arose into my month, and I porspired to such an extent that the sweat sometimes rolled off my face to the door."

No less than 2020 daily and weekly journals in body and weary and in particular. I felt tired

are printed in Paris. This is only a little more than a third less than those pilated in the pro- vinces, They are represented by 3180, Algeria by 123 and the other French possessions by 48. In the Roman Campagns, at the sepulchre repeats five times, eich being in a different key It will also repeat a hexameter line, or another sentence which can be spoken in two and a half seconds.

organized, and if the hard weather continues | where tens of thousands are famine-stricken. In yellow, fever is always prevalent, of which the ❘ day moming alt well armed and determined on/of Metells, wife of Sulla, there is an echo which and water. I was always in pain sad couldn't p

The explosion was of immense force. wrecked the interier of the mine and caused

ST. PETERSBURO. January 15th. great damage in the neighborhood. The number Director Kerbeders of the Uladi-Kavkaz Rail- of strikers is decreating daily.

All hope for the success of the suike is gone,

way bought for the Governemt 23 000,000 pounds. Societies of the unemployed are

of provisions, which will be distributed among being the starving poor of Tools, V.sos esh and Reatan, disturbances are predicted, although Berlin, with Petrozevozevadak and Archangel nearly one- her ferge milltary forces, is more than equipped third of the population are wandering from place to repress any such thing. When a disturbance to place begging and robbing. is expected the military are merely confined to the barracks, as on Thursday last, when two

TOULON, January 15th. Eisenhsha regiments were kept in their barracks It is reported that Admiral Buge's squadron In Gorlichen Strasse. As regards the strike in | has been ordered to make a demonstration be- the Saat öfs'riet time will settle it in favor of the fore Tangier in consort with the Italian squadron directors. From the beginning the men had not in case England sends war ships to the Marcces a chance, owing to the depression in the coal coast, trade, which never before had been in so pre carloos a condition.

At Oldesloe, near Lubeck, the streat has just bean made of ex-officer Fuchs for high treason. He was arrested by Baron von Tausch, who bad arrested Schunebria Fecha is charged with supplying important documents to Franco and Rucnia.

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bas a mortal dread,

QUEBEC, January 18th,

February 7th,

Mahamak Bridge safely yesterday despite emens. to

The first englue on the Korat line paired the dreamos and general evil forebodings as to the lastability of the bridge.

Violent crime in the country appears to be steadily on the incresse. A couple of raftsmen were attacked last week above Raibad, one being were bringing down sleepers for the Korat rall way,

this point merely to say that this tendency to sweat always a sign of a debilitated condition of the system, I (the writer) break in upon Mrs. Hærd's story st without the provocation of labour or of exerales s

some-

A Cablect council lasting three hours was of issue is perfectly regular, The excessive { shot dead and the other verionsly injured. They the worst symptoms of cholera to be the result there falled too. This one did. You know

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Never within the memory of man has Canada suffered so continuously from Intense cold weather as during the last month. For twenty-

When a child dies in Greenland the natives six days the thermometer has been below sero

the child as a guide to the other world. When bury a live dog with it, the dog to be used by The suffering among the pear in all parts of the

questioned in regard to this peculiar superati and most of the time 15 to 20 degrees below. country is great. Namerous people bave been

ton, they will only answer :"A dog can find bis Moscow, January 15th.

frozen to death,

It means that the blood in Impure and impoverished, way anywhere," The body of a woman cut in 176 pieces was

FREMONT (0), Januszy rêih. found in a coffee suck in the street this morning. last night was received this morning by the

during 1891 was 570,000,000, as compared with previously stored in it. In other words, the stomach The total number of letters carried in France, nourishment and elving fably on what was the kidneys working badly, and that the body laoke The news of the death of ex-President Hayes There is no clew to the murderer,

112,000,000 in 1877. The number of post cards has refused its duty and the other organs are in citizens with great sorrow. The whole chy has

41,000,000, and newspaper wrappers from begging pardon for the Interruption. during the same period increased from 30,000,000 sympathy with it. Now we will let the lady proceed, MADRID, January 15th. ball-masted Ang testifying to the regard in The Moors liberated the Spani.b command-which the General was helth ant at Alhacemas, whom they kidnapped

192,000,000 to 300,000,000.

She want on to say For a time I tried to oure ROME, January 19th.

Foreign physicians recently,

unanimously as to the importance of adopting times srawer. But they falled, and I consulted a

are agreed almost myself with Tarlova domestic remedies whlak The Tribund says: An examination has

Immediately the repressive treatment of cholers phyatafaz LONDON, January 16th.

shown that the metallic reserve of all the banku

by oplom, acting upon the theory which assumes

With alt respect to the doctors, they circulation of the Bank of Rome is not due to fraud.

of loss of fluid.

nomes a time is all long lines or when we get The present flurry involves KOMO

some way used 40,000,000 lire,

to

And make At Last Thursday morning' a ghastly spectacle } roads and carried a weight of armor and luggage know how, and rid of it. Infant, wa.don'

The Roman soldiers, who built such wonderful further efforts to and melsery, and Final agreements have been signed by the presented itself to the inmates of a hut opposite that would crush the average farm hand, lived tantur 1 wretched and ailing, and dull unhappy years National Bank and two banks of issue, the the Re, S. J. Smith's residence. The body of a

10 don't try. For about three years I Banca Toscana and Credito Toscana, for the Chiasman was discovered suspended from

on coarse brown bread and sour wine. They known before, yet there seemed nothing to they wers. My sufferings were beyond all were temperate in diet and regular and constant bear them as patiantly as I could. At this date, 1881, supposed that the deceased committed suicide.

do but to On the bank

certain friends of mine

the coast, as reperied, It is to be regretted that the not leave Bangkok on the 7th for a cruise down His Majesty, who is said to be indisposed, will

sanitary arrangements in the Palace are not seriously taken to hand and a constant source of danger to the famales removed as quickly as possible.

last week at the same time as the annual festival

The

annual pligrimage to Prabat commenced at Wat Sam Plume. Large numbers of Buddhists were to be seen wending their way to the temple bent en paying homage at the sacred shrine, At Wat Sam Plume, great enthusiasm prevailed festival, over the rejoleings in celebration of this yearly

held to-day. It was rumored that the friction between the members of the Cabinet as to the details of the Homs Rule bill showed consider able focresse since the last meeting, The financial terms of the bill arewald, however, to be substantially arranged.

The movement inaugurated against the pri wileges enjoyed by bureaucracy in stirring the middle classes of Prunia, Prussian officials aro exempt from any taxation except a direct lacome tax Cutside of the office holding class this is believed to be an injustice and meetings have been held in a number of places to protest gal at the exemption. The fourteenth Congress of delegates from German seaports opened to

As the first step toward a Russian German tribution equal to £2c70,865 per annum. commercial entende the St. Petersborg Govern. Another important feature is that a loan is to ment is about to cancel the decree prohibiting be granted from the Imperial to the Irish the Russian railway companies from buying exchequer to give the Irish Administrailon a material abroad, The feeling in the Russian Start. court because of Chancellor Von Caprivi's speech may alter the position.

day.

The secialists of Magdeburg have proclaimed a boycott against the brewers of that place for forming union for protection against the socialists who are boycotting the single brewers. The quarzel threatens to assume pro portions out of size with the questions involved.

MINNEAPOLIS, January 1418. The three mile skating race between Hagen of Norway and Breen of St. Johns, N. B., this afternoon, Was won easily by Hagen. His time was 9 minutes flat; Bizen's time was 9.28

LONDON, January 15th.

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...The new proposal will make Ireland's con. organization of the Bank of Italy, with 12,000,000 ;; ties with some marki about his person. It is in exercise one of the river. Nah, between they had received vam to me of the great benoit,

PARIS, Jury 18th.

The French steamship 54 Marks, from Madrid, ran down an Italian bark off Villa Francs on Saturday last, during a beavy sleet storms. The bark went down with her crew of thirteen men.

le capital. This bank will then susume all the liabilities and assets of the Bank of Rome, Bank of Rome shows the note issue, instead of An official inquiry into the condition of the being 73,000,000 lire, as announced by the back, is in fact 135,000,000.

LONDON, January 20th, Arnold Mority, the Postmaster General, and his brother Samuel have brought suit against three ex-clergymen of the Church of England, Longhman by name, to recover £140,000 which It is alleged they obtained by undue Influeary from Henry Morley, the dead brother of the plaintiffs,

Roux, January 16th. The Pope created fourteen Cardinals at the consistory to-day, the list not including an Americans. The Hat Included Archbishop Vaughan of Westminster, Archbishop Logos, He stated that Henry Morley lived for a time Sir Charles Russell appeared for the Morleys. Primate of Ireland; Archblahop Krements of with the Longhmans. While with them he and Cologne, Prines Archbishop Kopp of Breslau; they fatned a close religious sect known as the A heavy storm is sweeping over England. Bats Monsignor Pernice, Secactary of the Pro-mony, gradually pasred from him into the bank Kanalgos Mecenal, Papal Under Secretary of Plymouth Brethren, Henry Morley patri- Snow, sleet and high winds prevall along the pagands, and others, there being in all siz account of the Longmans, and in.18g1 he com- coast and many small accidents to shipping are Illan Cardinals, two French, two Prussian, are mitted suicide. When the will was proved it reported.

The steamer Brighton, plying English, one Inist, one Hungarian and one was found that the personalty left by it amounted between Newhaven and Dieppe, had a terrible Spanlah

in value to only £31,000, while, the estate should experience to-day. The deckhouse and smoke. The Fors in his allocution thanked Ged for have been worth nearly £250,000. The hearing stack were washed away, one of the boat was having preserved blm to celebrate bis episcopal was postponed. amashed and a part of the port rail was torn Jubilee. This event, the Pope said, would be. A diapstch from Zanzibar says that Captain away. When the approched the pier at regarded by men as a sign of divine protection Nelion, who was with Stanley in Alica, died Dieppe the storm was so blinding that the pilot extended over the church in these calamitous recently in Katkugar, East Africa. could not see beyond the bow. None of the days through the preservation of the life of the eighty passengers was allowed on deck. The Supreme Popila, vessel crashed into the ples, knocking a large hole in her bow, She began to all rapidly,

A long gangway was improvised and the passengers were hurried ashore Half the baggage had been taken off when the captain Lørdered the men to leave the ships fia had

The Pors announced in addition to the Car dinals named the creation of two Cardinals reserved. They are believed to be Heinhuber and a French Bishop,NEMIES

The Berlin correspondent of the Telegraph proposing to the powers that they withdraw their says, the German Government contemplates ambassadors from Paris temporarily as a protest egalest be att.cks made recently upon Baran Mohrenheim.

The Calia correspondent of the Times Bayt

Rice is rapidly arriving from up-country. On an average some so paddy, boats each from Ayuthia and neighbourhoods: To meet the 1500. Tical worth of rice and arriving at Bangkok

increased supply outside steamers are every day amiring, and the Chartered Bank have an gent here with the object of facilitating ship ments from the country Slam Free Press.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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though I cannot say it made ma y 1881, I began to take it. In all used six bottle, and found my health fally restored. Ton years bare slapsed, and I have had no attack since. But if I do in future I shall know where to pat my hand on the remedy."

A peculiarity of this echo is that although the after-saling a sentence reveateen different times. Right on Bingen and Coblents, there is an echo capable

original word or sentence be uttered in a whisper yet the volume of the sound increases in the echo.

mangfold Volcanic ashes often travel a long distance. occurred recently in several parts of Finland. A remarkable shower of volcanic ashes has The ground in some places has been covered to the depth of nearly an inch. The phenomenon Is attributed to volcanic empilons in Iceland, hundreds of miles away.

In France there is an unwrliten but framutable out the artist's consent, no matter what the law that a painting shall not be exbibited with

decided that the right of reproduction does not with us of the owner may be. And now a literary and artfille congress in session at Milan, bas pass to the buyer of a pleture,

moments at Mr. Herd's home, 2, High Hrosty Our visit hoing virtually over, we called for a few Minster, Hent, and then wonded our way back to Ramsgate.

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is the sufferers from Consumption, Scrofala and General Dability will try Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites, they will find immediate relief and a permanent in the north of Europe there are numerous

In many parts of England, in Germany, and benefit. The Medical Profession to the various supersillions concerning the cuckon, all of which, remedy of the greatest value, and as it is very

countries of the world 'universally declare it however, unije is ascribing to it oracular powers, palatable it can be readily taken by the most To the Highlands and Hebrides, if the cuckoo is sensitive stomach, and will never fail to give first heard by one who has not broken his fast, relief and comfort to the soferer. Any Chemist some misfortune, it is believed, may be expected. cra supply it. A. S. Watson & Co. (Limited)

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In the famous cellars of the Hotel de Ville, at

the cost maintaining the cellar, payment of rent, Bremen, there are a dopin cases of holy wire which, have been preserved for ago year It interest upon the original value of the wins and other incidental charges are all considered, a bottle of this choice wiss has cost $2,000,000, The first book printed by masalonry was prosaich gleeful $270.475, and asfogle drop could

Funds be sold without láss under $200

Cardinal Parocchi hap submitted to the Pops svaas scheme to erect on the Monis Janiculum "It is reported that the Khedive has conferria" ducid in 1871)

DEAFNESS ABSOLUTELY CUREDA Gentleman Head of 14 year standing, by a new method, who cared himself of Deafness and Noises in tha will be pleased to gend fall particulars frea Address HERBERT CLIFTON, & Shepherd's pinces Kennington Park, London, B.Ey Eng.[davii

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