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In the House of Commons Mr. Sydney Buxton, Paliamentary Secretary of the Col- onies, stated that the Government had re- ceived a report from the Governer'Geneml of Canada in respect to the attempt to blow up the Nelson monument'in Montreal. His {Excellency said that the affair was 'a. freak on the part of three excitable lads, and was disapproved alike by Frsnch and English . papers. The officers and employee of the North. ern Pacific railway have been notified by obhe general manager that their salaries would be reduced from five to ten per cent. on the first of J annary. Mrs. John Stover, wife of a. Kansas City bartender, on Sunday‘evening. after giVing her four-year-old dang ter a. dose of poisfm. 'Yook a similar dose herself. When discov. ered both were in horrible convulsions and died shortly after. It is not expected in Washington that. the new Tarifi bill can come before the Senate sooner than next February. The receipts of last, Saturday’s football match at Springfield, Mass” between Ha: vard and Yale were tbirty- nine thousmd dollars, and the expenses were tWelye LL ..... my: .d-?1-_ The officials of the Lehigh Valley rail way at Philadelphia said Monday that, as far as the company is concerned, the strike is a. thing of the past. thannand dollars. The Lehigh Valley railwa en inee who have been on strike, are yretungzing 1:; work. . Trems are running regularly, and the stnke 13 believed to be in a. state of collapse. The Mississippi at. Galena, 1113., is frozen over from shore to shore. ' The window erected in the Westminster Chapter-house in honor of James Russell Lowell was unveiled on Monday with much ceremony. There was a. very distinguished gathering in the historic fame, and many tributes were paid to the American author, whose writings are almost as well known in England as in the United States. Birthâ€"to a boy on Thufiday. Admiral Seymour says that twenty mil- lion pounds ought to be expended to build ten first-class men-of-war and as many cruisers as possible. The mine owners of Scotland having re- fused to grant the demand of the miners for an increase of a shilling a day, the men went on strike. The gunboatz Dtyad, of ten hundred and seventy tons, was launched at the Chatham dockyards on Saturday. Sheis expected to develop aspeed of twenty knots per hour. During a dispute in Dublin on Monday evening, a man named Patrick Reid was shot by John Mearnes, a. companion, who was subsequently arrested. It is stated that Mearnes was connected with the recent dynamite explosions in the Irish capital. BRITISH. The death is announced of the Earl of Cromartie. He was forty-one years of Mr. Balfour, Conservative leader in the House of Commons, is suffering from an attack of influenza. It is stated at the Foreign Office at Lon- don that there is no truth in the report that the Marquis of Dufi'erin would succeed Sir Julian Pauncefote at Washington. In the House of Commons Mr. Gladstone, in reply to a question, said the Government had not yet any information regarding the acquirement by Russia of a port in the Mediterranean. Wiliam Haines, assistant gas maker at the Kingston, Ont, gas works,while engag. ed in rebuilding a generator, dropped his torch, which set fire to his oily clothes. He could not escape from the generator and was burned to death. A brakesmsn named Thomas Brock fell between the cars of a moving train at Drmqbo, 02th,, and was instantly kil_led. . The new Royal Victoria hospital in Mont- real was opened by the Governor-General on Monday. Montreal experienced an earthquake shock Monday a. few minutes before twelve o’clock,which caused great alarm. F actoriefi schooLhouses, courts of law, and public buildings were quickly emptied of then‘ occupants, and excited crowds gathered in the streets wondering what had happen- ed. N o damage of any serious nature is reported. At a. meeting of the directors of #115 Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company held on Saturday at Montreal, 3. letter was read from Mr. N. K. Connolly, president 9f the company,resigning his position. The d1- rectors, after a. short consultation, refused to accept Mr. Connolly’s resignation, and re-elected him president. Mr. Edward Brunt, of Hamilton, Ont, went out. duck-shooting on Burlington 1337 on Tuesday, and has not; been heard 9‘ since. His skiff was washed ashore and It is feared that the boat was capsized and Mr. Brunt drowned. Lord Somerset, son of Lady Henry Som’ erset, England’s famous apostle of temp?!" ance, and party, were lost in the Rock!es while hunting big game, and had to live for two weeks on horseflesh, A lottery and gambling establishment 8‘ Fort Erie, Ont., was raided by Chief Young, of Niagara Falls, who captured the pro’ prietor and his asststant. Subsequently they were taken before a magistrate and both were admitted to bail. In response to a requisition Mayor T83" 101', 0f Winnipeg, has decided to stand for a. second term. Mr. Mackenzie Bowell has appointed. Canadian agents in all the principal Austbra iian ports. Mr. Bowell thinks thanmany Openings exist or may arise in Australia f0r Canadian trade. The steamer: Miowera, of the Australian and Canadian line,which was wrecked some weeks ago in Honolulu harbour, has been floated. She was not. much damaged. The Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse, purgest sister offimperor \Villiam, gave The lath faciory of J. R. Booth, at the Chaudiere, near Ottawa, was completely descroyed by fire. The loss is put 9.: $14K Aln ’ CANADIAN. 7 A military institute will shortl b t8!” lubed at tne capital. y e es UNITED STATES. What would our grandmothers have thought of the idea? As they stood before the open fire, attending to the old-fashioned tin kitchen, with glowing faces, how strange the vision Would have appeared revealed in these latter days. And then, looking out into the future, from her close quarters, what would she have thought of the co- operative kitchen, where a multitude of families received their food from one large cook-stove '2 True, the co-operative kitchen is what a western statesman calls “ an iri- descent dream,” a dream of the future ; but there are more people now than ever before who fully believe that in some such way the housewives of this country are to be relieved of a vast amount of drudgery, and the " hired girl question ” solved, and considerable of the present waste stopped. Our women in every city, and almost in every large town, groan under the burdens of life at the mercy of this same “hired girl ;” and in the cities more and more :are abandoning housekeeping alto- gether, giving up the cherished idea of a home, and going into the boarding house or a hotel. In this city house. keeping has been abandoned in many cases, on account of lack of the right kind of help, and shelter and food found at the hotel. The co-operative plan would largely relieve housewives of the weary depressing influ- ence of the present rule in the dwelling ; a rule which involves, in too many cases, a life of drudgery and tread mill routine to the woman of the house, to say nothing of her burden of cares. Mr. W. S. Key, in arecent magazine article, argues forcibly that it is really as foolish for the housewife to undertake the cooking for her family as it would be to spin or weave their clothing, or to make, in her own bungling way, the family shoes. Cooking is a fine art, and the individual kitchen, besides being necessarily costly and wasteful, contrasted with the cheap and saving co-operative system, as at present managed, seldom produces whole- some and excellent cooking. On well pre- pared and appetizing food depends, to no small degree, not merely the comfort, but the health of the family. . . Intelligence must preside over the kitchen as well as over the general affairs of the family ; and upon it we must depend for the rescue that is to comeâ€"the rescue from the necessary extravagance of running separate or “ individual” kitchens, and the unnecessary waste and blundering which is added to that necessary extravagance. The relief from the cooking and laundry work â€"both of which can, it is declared, be done to far' better advantage by the co- Operative planâ€"would enable the house wife to make almost a pleasure and pas- time of the workâ€"the sweeping, dust- ing, cleaning, table-setting, dish-washing -and enable the establishment of a more systematic and saving arrangement. _ It is necessarily more‘o'r less costly to equip and -. ,L -_ __..._A_AA a- LL- { Princess Colonna, the daughter of mil Iionaire Mackay, has made application in Paris for a. legal separation from her hus- band. It is stated that Mr. Mackay has paid for the Prince’s gambling debts mare than one million frames in five years. ”bubs-7w. unJ --_ _ _ . run an individual kitchen, compared $0 the saving to be effected by a. co-operative plan. All the supplies, in the latter case, would be purchased by the Wholesale ; the “ help ” would be competent and would understand the work, and there would be no waste, every scrap would be saved. Each fam- ily would receive its daily bill of fare, nicely and intelligently caoked to be served on the tab]: at home. In It was ascertained recently in Berlin that Emperor William had received an in- fernal machine similar to the one sent to Chancellor von Caprivi. They were both sent from Orleans, France. -_ â€"_v vhâ€"v-u- V'- to_qnderta1ie £113 7 fax-Ration of a. new Mlnxstry. The recent annual conscription in Russia. added more than two hundred and fifty thousand men to the arm . The betrothal of the Czarewitch and Princess Helene of Orleans, daughter of the Count of Paris, is expected to be an- nounced very soon. The French Cabinet crisis continues, and so far President Carnot has not succeeded ininclydipg any» member of the Chamber Great excitement was caused among the attaches of the German Chancellorie in Berlin by the receipt; of a. parcel addressed to Chancellor von Caprivi, which contained an infernal machine. Suspicious were - "r-_v an infernal machine. éu aroused, and the parcel 1 water before it was opened. A crisis is threaténed in the Spanish Cabinet: over a: proposed modification of the ptotectxve tanfl‘. ‘ The decision of the German Government moonstructa large entrenched camp at Malmedy, on the Belgian frontier, has caused much comment in Brussels andParis, and it is feared that in the event of war Belgian neutrality would be violated. â€"-vvwllv vu uuw aPcUUH from the throne, Premier Tricoupis said that Greege was no longer in a position to fulfil her financial engagements with foreign powers; The German Government has decided to send ‘3' high efficial to South-West Africa with 1nstruct10ns to report upon the con- dition of the German colony there. the arliam £1: .1}: H..-::“t%£¥_d9batz°9 thefipeecl? A report_ frem Rome says the Pope is gradually making, and his end may come at any moment. Another report; says his Holiness ha..s recovered from his recent chill and is in fan health. as 31161; mm. great: parliamentary victory. The Austrian Government has resolved to make a large Increase in the Austrian ar- tfllery forces from the first of the year. Forty-two new regiments will be added. I The arched stone roof of St. Pierre chapel: near Clermont, France, fell on Wednesday Whlle many of the Sisters of Mercy. were at Prayers. Several sisters were kllled. The Paris Socialists held a. meeting on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the defeat of the Deputy Government, which they regard as their firtt great parliamentary victory. The King, of Servia has refused to accept the Cabmet s resxgnation. Gen. Martinez de Campos, the Spanish commend“, has been hurried 03‘ to Me- lilla mth seven thousand men. The lad-est news from Tangiers shattegs all hope Of a Speegiy settlement of t trouble betfiween Spam and Morocco. he The (Io-Operative Kitchen. GENERAL. ione roof of St. Pierre ermont, France, fell on a many of the Sisters of Prayers. Several sisters Wis soaked in There is such a thing as being “jack of all trades and master of none.” It may be that the majority of mankind err in at- tempting too little, but there is a possibility of undertaking too much. Dr. Adam Clarke's caveat to the contrary notwith. standing, 3. man may have too many irons in the fire. There are but few men who can do a. great many things at the same time and do them well. Mr. W. T. Stead is a striking illustration of the folly of play. ing the part of universal genius, and of one man attempting to control and guide the world’s progress. He is smart, no doubt, and in a shallow age, and among unthink- ing people, smartness often passes for cleverness; and the man who happens to have an abnormal development of self- esteem and is endowed withal with “the gift of the gab” is often taken for an universal genius. And, without denying Mr. Steads ability as a political and socialistic agitator, it is perhaps not unfair to saythat his success and the reputation which he has acquired are very largely the result of his possession of the qualtities which have juSt been adverted to. It has been said that “ nothing succeeds like success,” by which it may be supposed is meant that the success of the past affords the best guarantee of success in the present and in the future. And as the temper of the time is to worship success, the success which Mr. Stead has achieved as the editor and publisher of the Review of Reviews, to go no further back, will be a sufficientpass- port to the admiration of many. But there is success and success. One cannot withhold a certain degree of admiration and respect from a man who has established and carried on successfully alucrative business. Apart entirely from the manner in which this has been done, or the effect which the enter- prise has had on the public, we recognize in it the ev1dence of business capacity on the part of its projectors, and so long as he stands before us in his quality as a business man, unless his methods have been notori- ously dishonest and dishonorable. he is pretty sure of success. But if he poses as an oracle which is to be consulted on all occasions andall subjects, lie the estimate of an experienced ,authority, Mr. Key 83378. that a person’s meals, nicely cooked by one who has ey. }perience, could be furnished for one dollar i a. week, if a hundred Were thus to be pro- vided for at the same time. An electrical :kitchen is, described by Mr. Key, and he attended dinner. given to 8 dozen persons, that was cooked in such a kitchen, the appliance used being similar to that we saw at the VVorld’s Fair, where bread Was baked in twenty minutes. The kitchen had no stove or range. A large elevated cupboard, to hold all the utensils, had, running along its bottom front, an electric switchboard. Below and in front of it was a dresser, or table on which were the kettle, coffee pot, saucepan, plates, etc., each utensil connect. ed electrically with the. switchboard. The big oven was at one sxde, with its steak broiler on top, and a flue to carry off all the fumes. Beyond it was an upright copper boiler, that furnished hot water to a sink and wash bowl on the other side of the room. Everything was heated and cooked by electricity, and the roast joint in its gravy from the oven, the steak and the vegetablesâ€"all were as appetlzmg as any ever cooked by the best fire. This is all significant of what we may expect in the years to come. Between the living and the dead,” commissioned by the powers above, to set tle authoritatively the great questions, political, religious, and social which have engaged the attention of the wisest and best men of all time, and which have baffled and defeated the wisdom of successive gen- erations, the case wears an entirely different complexion. Before he can be accepted in this higher role he must be certified to us by an altogether different sort of credentials. It is but reasonable to ask in that case, “ What evidence have we of your superior politcal wisdom? What proof have you given that you possess either the genius or the training which is necessary to make a states- man ? What superior sagacity or practical wisdom have you ever displayed in dealing with great social questions that liits you appreciably above the level of any other brawling flatulent radical of the old world, or any average ward politician of the new? And What training have you had in theology,in eccesiastical polity or in Church history, that warrants you in undertaking the revolution of the Church of God? \Vho are you any way. Where did you come from and by what authority do you speak '2” A correspondent, who usually knows what he is talking about, writes the London let- ter in The Edinburgh Scotsman. He says in that. paper : “An interesting feature in the expor trade of Canada in the last two years ha been the large quantity of hay shipped to this country. ()nly a comparatively small quantityâ€"under 20,000 tonsâ€"was sent over in 1892,but the shipments tor the 10 months of the present year are already considerably over 100,000 tons. Although the matter has been receiving attention in Canadian circles for some little time, it was never ex- pected that the trade would grow to any- thing lihe its present magnitude, having regard to the bulky nature of the product and the high freights that are the necessary consequence. The prices, however, have been so satisfactory that, notwithstanding the disadvantages under which the trade has been developed, the Canadian farmers and shippers must have secured a very fair margin of profit. It is not generally known that the importations from Canada have been so large, as the Board of Trade re- turns show a much greater quantity from the United States than from the Dominion. As a matter of fact, however, the United States export little or no hay, being rather an importing country than otherwise, and the large quantity that appears as coming from that country is really shipped from Canada by Canadians via American ports. ” An antiquarian at Athens claims to pos- sess the skull of Sophocies, the tragic poet. An old scholar in Colonus, the birthplace of the poet, is certain that his studio has the real head. There are at least five museums in Eurppe which dispute these V II “Uh MIA-- â€"â€"_ claims, and each sths what is ‘called the genuivfi skull. _ Uanadian Hay in Britain- Is no a Genius? “ 8» prqphqt bred My travail was for silence, and my dove Can only watch his mother’s moving lips. And never give her back a word or love! Father of his upon the ocean come! Thy wife desires thy head upon her breast;â€" The child of our enchantmcnt is born dumb! Nor hear against my heart a son’s content When for his mouth the willing milk is kind, And for his lips my fountain is well spent. I have brought silence to my husband‘s knee! 4nd he (0, baby. baby, try to speak I) be greatly counted 011 thy mimicry 0f words his wit prepared to plague thy lips. Ready to kiss that rosebud impotence, Thy mOuth, and garner all thy precious slips. “Mother,” he used to say. “ when I am worn In days to come with writing, you shall bring This bud of April on your shoulder borne, And he shall chatter to my chain, or tear My latest lyric. or shall cry to touch. _ The raining splendours of your rav1shed hair, Until he dwindle and his eyes grow dim, And we can worship him before the fire. And kiss each other many thanks for him. We will undress him in your cradling lap, And spy upon his beauty, praying God '10 bless his life with fruit of tender hap ; Then I will have him at my heart awhile " (0, baby, baby. baby. try to speak!) ”And watch the fading of his sleepy smile Till dimples cannot follow kisses pressed Upon the pouting slumber of his mouth, And I restore his beauty to thy breast.” O, husband, husband, and the child is dumb The lamb . outspeaks him and the day-old thrush- How shall I break this news when that you come ? know, 7' 7 Learn lovely meanings when the children speak. ' The mother comes from far across the field And calls assurance to her anxious child. As I had answered had my lamb appealed! "? little love! My litt’o speechiesa child! Can I forget my woman‘s heart; am} be For ever mute to grief, for ever mud? Is_it not hard to bear the falling rod Whgn such an ailment for them baby Dn'mely suits the policy of G01! The lambs that play too long at. hide-and- seek Have _tongues that ask for mothers; these. I So with unfeathercd blackcaps; so with things Whose tones are pitched too low for mortal ears - They plpaa, and Nature sends them breast and ‘ Wings. But I shall never hear that storied speech, That; lovely language whose expression is Defiance of all rules that. man may teach; thatch. As a giflat Archangel lifted the latch ; He held the hands of the little lad, His eyes were full and his heart was glad, He asked the pilgrim. “ Who may you be 2” “I’m ’ ittle Kid Cute One, sir,” said he. And all the angels who stood around ILaughed with a joyous and musical sound, They pattted his curls and kiss°d his lips, They touched his eyes with their finger tips, And a mother angel withhallowed head Game with her needle and bunch of thread, She combed his hair and she wiped his nose, She washed his feet and mended hisclothes. Then asked him up where the children go, But he shook his curls and said, “Ah, no, “ 1’11 wait till mamma s’all tum fer _me Fer ’itt‘e Kid Cute Ono’s lost,” quotn he. They built him a house beside the gate And he was happy from morn till late, They gave him a job to keep the bolt Of the stable where dwelt the ass’s colt, That carried our Saviour once below; In angry ages of Long A go : He curried his coat with a Tom Tit’s toes, He brushed him down with a big red rose, And oft he’d cantor he colt abroad, Across the blossoming fieldsof God, and school boy angels would cry “Hurrah l" V» hcnever they little Kid Cute One saw. But soon, a mother in anxious plight. _ Asked, ‘ Where is my long lost boy to-mghtl" They brought her in where the cherub lay Smiling asleep on the scented hay. She drew his head on her gentle arm And covered his curls with kisses warm ; He woke and looked in her beaming eyes And smiled a smile that was weal and wise, He whispered a kiss with sweet lips deft, “ ’Ittle Kid Cute One nebbcr dits left,” The mother sobbed on reverent knee, “ I knew my baby would cherished be For of such is the Kingdom of God." said she. Little Kid Cute One died one nig ht And] ,4, next morning early and b1 1ght, With little bare feet unused to plqd,_ To me there is something thrilling and exulting in the thought; that. we are drifting forward into a. Splendid mysteryâ€"into something that no mortal eye hath seen, and no intelligence has yet declared. @‘2i113‘ine‘mli‘nb'magma oi: Go'd. Timid he was in the stranger lands, Yet. 119» ”Ripped on the bars with his tender binds", His terrs stood thick on their auburn There is in souls a. sympathy with sounds; and as the mind is pitched the ear is pleas- ed with melting airs of martial, brisk or grave ; some chord in unison with what we hear is touched within us, and the heart replies. Pound St. Paul’s Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; in is good for nothing ; but put all these atoms together. and you have St. Paul’s Church. So it is with human felicity, which is made up of many ingredients, each of which may be Very insignificant. Snow for hours had blown and drifted. And the rack went scudding by; Spectrally the branches lifted Naked arms against the sky. What cared we though time was flitting, What cared we though winds made moan, In the twilight sitting All alone i She within a. rocker cozy, I upon a. hassoek low, Watching o’er her face the rosy Cupid dimples come and go ; For the low or firelight heightened Every blush witu ardour bold, And her locks of brown were brightened Into gold. Then there tell a silence sweeter Than when air is stirred with song, Than when strains in mellow meter Swim with rhythmic sweep along. In her eyes a. look Beguiling Bade me not to break the spell; Something told me in her smiling All was well. Slowly grew the firelight dimmer Till the angles of the room. Lighted by no ruddy glimmer, Melted in the shrouding gloom; And not e’en the ancient idol Saw love’s apotheosis, 0r 'Ae pressage of a bridal in a kiss. Norman Gale, in London Spectator. POETRY. The Wltching Hour- Little Kid Outa One- Born Dumb. â€"[The Khan. TheE'mpire thinks that some nice trues" tions will arise out of the claims for com4 pensation just filed by the Canadian scale“ for exclusion from Behring Sea during the pendency of the arbitration. These claims amount to upwards of a million dollars,and whatever of this amount is found tobe just» ly due will have to be paid by the United States, under the terms of the modus viv. endi of 1892, which was renewed for 1893- Two main points are involved, one having relation to the basis on which the compen- sation shall be paid; and the other,whether the sealers are to be paid the value of the seals they might have caught in Behring Sea, irrespective of the consideration that whilst shut out of those waters they were profitably employed elsewhere. By the modus vivendi of 1892 it is expressly agreed that if the result of the arbitration shall be to affirm the right of British sealers to take seals in Behring Sea within the bounds claimed by the United States under its purchase from Russia, then compensation shall be made by the United States to Great Britain, for the use of her subjects, for abstaining from the exercise of that right during the pendency of the arbitration, upon the basis of such regulated and limited catch or catches as in the opinion of the arbitrators might have been taken without an undue diminution of the seal herds. It is further provided that the amount awarded shall be just and equitable and shall be promptly paid. The arbitrators have expressed no direct ’L' V'J t"" The arbitrators have‘expressed no direct opinion on the subject of the catch which “ might have been taken without an undue diminution of the seal herds,” and this has already been the subject of international dispute. In 1890, it will be remembered, Mr. Golf, the United States Government agent, stopped the killing of seals on the Pribylofi' islands early in the season, alleging that this Was absolutely necessary for the preservation of the species, and he advised the cessation of all killing for several years; and Mr. Elliott in his letter to Secretary Windom, transmitting a detailed re- port made in pursuance of a special Act of Congress, made a recommendation to the same efl‘ect, placing the abstention from killing at seven years at least. Impressed by the stand taken by the United States, Great Britain assented to the modus vivendi of 1891 which absolutely prohibited scaling in Behring Sea. The result of the investi~ gation of seal life made by the British com- missioners in 1891 was, however,such as to convince the British Government that these stringent measures need not be repeated in 1892, and they proposed instead that a thirty mile zone of protection should be established around the Pribylofl' islands. and that the killing on those islands should be restricted to a maximum of thirty thou- sand. The United States, however, prompt- ly and decisively pronounced this proposal to be so obviously inadequate and so impos- sible of execution that it could not be entertained. Then the British Government consented to the modus vivendi of 1892 with the condition as to compensation included. Previous to the intervention of Mr. Gofl" the seals killed by the lessees of the Priby- 10!? islands had for many years averaged upwards of a hundred thousand annually and in the first year of cession to the United States the enormous number of a quarter of a million seals were killed there. The Canadian catch in Behring Sea had been gradually increasing, reaching the highest point in 1891, notwithstanding the partial prohibition, when 28,888 seals were cap- tured there. Those vessels warned not to enter Behring Sea before leaving Victoria had received $100,000 as partial compensaâ€" tion, and they include less than half the fleet. This amount was paid by the British Government. Notwithstanding the exclu- sion from Behring Sea in 1892 and 1893 the Victoria sealing fleet has increased its numbers and the total of its catch' which for this season amounted to 67,- 731 skins, while up to 1891 the high- est catch was the 49,615 taken that year: Forced by circumstances to abandon the old hunting grounds, the sealers turned their attention to the J span coast and Rus- sian waters, which they exploited so suc- cessfully that upwards of forty-one thousand of this season’s catch were taken there. The terms of the modus vivendi, however, do not call upon the party losing in the arbi- tration to pay only for the losses on the season’s business occasioned by the modus vivendi arrangement. The case is put in a nutshell by the sealers when they say , It is claimed that an albino buzzard was killed by a. hunter near Tampa, Fla.., re- cently. The “ meanest man” was arrested in New York for stealing the pennies of a. blind newsdealer. . At Great Falls, Mont, the mercury has been known to drop 25 degrees inside of five minutes. “ We would have taken a million dollai‘s’ worth of seals in Behring Sea. had we been allowed there this year and last. The United States had the sole advantage arise ing out of our exclusion, and the fact that we had the good luck to find seals elsewhere does not exempt them from liability.” A teaspoonful of baking soda, dry, will ofcen cure hiccough. The amount of gold coin in actual 'circu' lation in the world is estimated by the Bank of England officials to be about 865 tons. A copy of the original edition of Izza ' \Valton‘s “Angler,” printed in 1653. we. recently sold tor nearly $1,500 by a Cleve land book firm. The story is told o f Dean Stanley that he wrote such illegible copy that. the print- ers charged half a crown a sheet extra. for setting it; up. Anew form of thieving, operated by a. woman, is reported from Haverhill, Mass., where it has been practiced successfully. . The woman calls at a house, feigns faint- ness, and when she is left alone, ransacks the room and escapes. Five-year-old Charles Berenstow tell through the air shaft in a Brooklyn apart- ment. house, from the third floor to the cellar, and landed on his hands and knees. A slight cut on his chin was the only injury he received. A farmer near Shepherdstown, Pa.., mis- ed a. stalk of cabbage with one huge head in the center and eighteen smaller one: around it. These were about the size of 9 quart measure and perfectly formed, FACTS IN FEW WORDS. The Sealers Claims.