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gt: DIV in. he lb. til at Du use it. my at no N he you hr tit ot pl. ho it. " ot " ht m. m " " IV. Fri " In ot nt ot I. ly of n! " U IO " ’3 (ill: NEWS IN l lill'2liili, THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THEWORLD OVER. banning Itc- Aboct Our 0'- County, (has! Britain. the United m. and All Pub dune Guam and AW lot Buy Renal-3. Cornwall district is Ilive with trumps. The Northwest Territorial elections will take place on Nov. 4. The Bunk of Nova Scotia wilt estab- lish 1nbranch in Winnipeg on Janu- ary . Hon. A. G Blair is ordering a lot of tfl.' rolling stock for the intercolon- I. . The Williams Shoo Co., of Gait, has tufin1telr decided to move to Brarnp. ton. _ There we not enough ocean steamers coming to Manual to handle the freight offered. Hamilton is considering a proposal to build a new watermain at u cant of about 017011». 0n shipments from Rowland am- fmlted to 4,415 tons last week, exceed- Ing all previous records. Mrs. Rowan, widow of the late John Rowan, hotelkeeper at Hamilton. has been left a fortune by relatives in In- diam. Winter has not in all through the Alaskan gold field.. There is three foot of snow in Chiaoot Pans. The, American Society of Municipal Pts?r.otepertta, meeting in Washington, decided to moat next year in Toronto. W. C. Macdonald. the Montreal mil- lionaire. hnscgivon a further sum of $35300 to M Ill University. The exports from Toronto for tho first quarter of tho present fiscal "ar totalled 01,959,487, nearly double that of a year ago. The Niagara Historical Society pro- test: against the proposed internation- Il monument at Quebec, to General Montgomry. It in reported at Hamilton that Maj. J. B. Hendrio will he gazetted lieuten- Int-colonel, and will assume command of the Welland Field Battery. Mr. John Bickel, the Manager of the Royal Art Union at Montreal, has been lummonod on the charge of_keeping a common gambling house. Maia: A. M. Smith will likely suc- ceed .t.-Col. Lindsay as commander of tho Soventh Fusiliers, of London. The battalion in being reorganized. It is statod that the Crown will not apply for postponement in the Napanee hunk robbery trial when it comes up on November 21. Tho new railroad via the Crow's Nest Pun in in operation to Kootonny Lake, and I fine Iteamer is being pat on the route to Nelson, Chief Justice Sir Henry Strong, ar- bitrator in the case of McCord, an Am- erican citizen, against the Government of Peru. has awarded McCord 840,000. Mr. W. W. Ogilvie tatrsssexception to Mr. Bitton'a statement regarding the damage to the Manitoba wheat cr0p. Ind says the damage will not exceed 10 per cent over the whole Northwest. An Order in Council has been passed lupemnnuati-ng Mr. M. Sweetman. Chief Postoftiee Inspector of the Do- minion, with headquaruors at Toronto. The office will be abolished. Chevalier Drolet, ot Monlreal. passed through Winnipeg on Sunday evening Tho, Humane Society has granted a modal to Miss Ida Smith. the Monit- ton school teacher, who displayed great heroism during the recent cyclone. on his way to Edmonton, to teat a new dredging apparatus, designed to ox- traot gold from the sand hare and grav- el beds of the rivers. The steamship Turret Age, of the arch Diamond Steamship line, at ntroal. reports having collided with and sunk the American steam barge Lloyd s. Porter, near Ct. Croix, above Quebec, on Sunday. No lives were Charles Baker was sentenced by Judge Juli: at Hamilton to three years in the reformutory for stealing It gold watch. The evidence against him “as weak, and he would have been acquit- ted had he not gone into the box in Ills awn (Dionne. Rev. John Hunt, an aged Methodist minister. and one of the best known clLizona in Toronto, was run down hr s bicrotist on Tuesday night while unsung Jarvis St. Mr. Hunt received I bad snip Found and will he laid up my in England, that no trompensation be asked, and that the mail matter be addressed by Inch steamer. Cnpl. Dykes of the summer Ganges in explaining the loss of his vessel be- fore the commissioner at Halifax stat- od that the wreck was pillaged by ochnonem from Newfoundland and ovarylhing of value carried off. The qrttoonors had their names covered up, and he was threatened with shooting when he attempted to loam the name at (m of tltern. I - AR Ior some time. The bicyclist rode may. The Postmaster-Gert" has decided to permit all steamship companies to carry mails to Britain, providing that tho-y bacon, li.ablt for the safe deliv- The inimigrallon branch of the in- terror Department have a problem on their hands, which it is not easy to who. Two thousand Don Roborski immigrants will arrive here in the very worst time of the Fear, and with- " sufficient means. They will have to be housed and fed during the win- tor weather. or they will find a Cana- dian whiter quite as hard to combat a Russian persecution. GREAT BRITAIN. The British steamer Norseman, from Mont oral, In at Liverpool. She lost 860 may durum the voyage. The out: of the wrecked Mohegan is ”ported be ulnble. The recover- " nerchendlee will he landed It Ful- mth dosh. l Sglva‘e to the "nount of $12,500 has been Ivardod to the British stun-r Marino for towing the cunnrd liner manta, which she picked up at so. tpt. u, lato Quantum. Dr. Hoary Guilford, of Bridgeport, Conn., wanted on a charge of murder- Utt Emma Gill, will be "traditodtfrom CANADA. England. after I delay of fifteen 3GJorA3eneral Wesley Merritt, ro- cently in command of the United States troops at Manila. tutti Miss Laura Wil.. liams. of Chicago, were married in the Sam] Hotel " London on Tuesday.- The. British steamer Norseman. from Montreal, arrived at Liverpool end re- ported that 850 sheep were lost on the 9388888. owing to the heavy weather encountered. UNITED STATES. Another Indian uprising ls reported Raft Canon City, Oregon. ' - -- . . be Thtyrtsdar, November 24, will . Thankwiving Day in the United States. COL George E. Waring, jun., died in New York of yellow fever. He had rtentlr visited Havana. . The 'Vnited States Suprem .coyt has decided that the Joint TN?” Air. sooiation is an illegal tjoP1oint.ttitn: d Fire destroyed one of the pull“ , adjoininc warehouses in ',,',t',"Nah ii Y. on Tuesday. at a loss of a million dollars. A wrecking firm in the United States has applied to the Governmegt for Permission to raise the Maine In Havana harbor. It in reported at Seattle, M 3,8115. s',',",',',',', Sunriso City. Alaska, that '"',fe1,e'll'h",' all Americans, were drowned re at Cook Inlet. The renew-od activity of Vesuvius hy cuused much alarm at Torre Ammun- ata and Portici. The John Sievenson Car Building Company of New York, has gone into a receiver's hands. The liabilities are Placed at $780,000. The assets will equal the amount of the liabilities. A bill incorporating the Rutlangl- Canadian Railway was introduced In th" Vermont Legislature on Tuesday. The road in to run from Burlington to tho Canadian border, connecting with the Canada-Atlantic” " The American authorities at Manila have released some. of the Spanish null- nrs captured during the war. Lt.-Gon. Sir Wm. Howley Good- enough, in supreme command of the British troops in South Africa. in dead at Cape Town. Sonar Robot, the Civil uovernor ox Cadiz. The Spanish Peace Commissioners have accepted the negative view of the United States Commissioners tawardl the proposed assumption by the United States of the Cuban debt. -rrhi/iiiiiri,riruo is accused of being thn main insttgator of the ro- cent trouble at Leech Lake, Minn., is reported to have crossed over on the Manitoba side of the line to OVEd. United States nuthoritioa. GENERAL. The Spanish evacuation of Porto tho is completed. _ _ . The editor of tho Nacional han been imprisoned at Madrid in consequent" of charges made by that paper against Senor Robot, the Civil Governor of According to the National Rowiow. the Czar favors arevision of the Drer- fun case. _ ' Aivts more of the Mussulmanl tson- noted of taking part In the manner. of British soldiers at Crete on Sep- tember fith, have been hanged. The Constantinople correspondent of the Times says that a body of Kurds have fired upon and seriously wounded the well-known German archaeologist, Prof. Belck, while conducting his ex- plorations in the Sipandagh district. Tho: PullmanCar Company will have to diipose of thd model eltr of Pullman. It cannot hold it under its character, whieh only given it the right to manu- facture can. (our! of Ce-tttot, "an" the Inc-In- menl That " Will lunlcule a Supple- Im-nlnry Enquiry. A despatch from Paris says:- The Dreyfus case is to be again tried. On Saturday the Court of Cessation. which has been twaring the applieatiommade known its decision to grant a revision of the (use and institute a supplemen- tary enquiry. The court, however, has derlined to order the release of Drayfus. The decision of the court, textually, is as tolloww.--'Un view of the letter of the Minister of Justice dated Sep- tember. 20, 1898; in View of the argu- ments of the public prosecutor, de- noum-ing to the court the condemna- tion pronounced Ly the first court-mar- tial of the Military Government of Paris on December 22, 1894, against Alfred Dreyfus, then a captain of ar- tillery attached to the general staff;in view of all the documents in the case. and also of articles 443 to 446 of the code of criminal procedure, amended by t he law of June IO, 1896, relative to the admissibility of an application in proper form and revision. ' "For those masons the court de- clares the application to be in proper form and legally admissible, and states that it will institute a tsupplementary enquiry, and declaroa there in no ground at the present moment for do- ciding on the public prosecutor's appli- cation for a. suspension of the pen- alty." f _ " . "Whereas the matter has been brought, before the. court by the public prosecutor in virtue of the expresg or- der of the Minister ot..hy.stiee. "Whereas, the application comes wiihin the category of the cases con- templated in article 443, and has been introduced within the period fixed by article 444; - _ . . -uii'iereasi, the judgment, a revision of which is demanded, has the force of a (‘th judge?. . I I "Whereas, the documents produced do not place the court in a position to decide all the merits of the case. and there is ground for making a supple- mentary_inquiry; .. & . The judges of the court were occu- pied for three hours and a half in can- eiderlng the Judgment. The public, whose admission In the court was re- gulated with th.. -rtateat care. await- ed the decision Cttlt marked calmneee. During the suspension of business the public crowded into the lobblee. and there wee evident anxiety to hear the result. There was no demonstration when the court rose. [ DREYFUS TO BE RETRIED. A despatoh from London, 'sarr.--ahe arrival of Major Marchand" Rhub‘ toum on his way to Cairo with the por- l tion of hits report which was not' finished when Capt. Bustier left Fes- hoda is regarded as a rift in the clouds osasrhanging Ang1ourremsh reietions, for, in spite of the semi-official denial issued in Paris that orders were sent to the major to go to Cairo, it is fully believed here that the French officer would not be on his way to Cairo un- less he had received a hint to that ef- feet from the French Government, who consider that his leaving Fashode will take the sting out of the situation and ‘at the some. time prepare France for the eventual withdrawal of the whole expedition. which now consists of seven officers and 120 men. The British view of this latest move u that the Marquis of Salisbury and his Ministers are delighted to afford Major Marchand the facilities for reaching Cairo. But they would hard- ly care to send him back, except in the capacity of a guest or scientific ox- Piorer. That is to say, France would 11er have to renounce her political cigimu based on his mission. . prospects of a peaceful aolutiou; but in the list of probable new Minister: the British new: porn no a body of ex- perieneed 'll're,1'fllt,'r, men, who are able to lead French opinion. The re- tenth? of M. Dolcalse at the head of the M nistry of Forei n Affairs, how- ever, is not regarded Know-ably, as he is the father, Io-culled, of the Murchund adventure. The French newspapers seem to have littln faith in Russia helping her ally in Hr, present crisis, while Russian de- apatr-hes to the British papers affirm positively lh'lt the Czar ls decidedly cp- gosod to war, and has counselled the ranch Government, to nbandun its un- tenable attitude. It ls even said the Czar has characterized the French " tltude as reckless. 0 "tted Moto- Prue imp IPttrtttmtt Reported " Mttve l’oundornd In IlleIWIndwnI-d Pauline. on Cuba. A despatch from Santiago de Cuba 'saric---A rumour that the Govern- ment transport Panama went down in a gale in the Windward passage. off Cape Mnysi, on Tuesday, and that few of her ptMMHbmrerl' or crew escaped, ha- caused great uneasiness here. There Is no telegraphic communication be- tween Santiago and Cape Muysi, and it is therefore impossible to verify the story at present. The report was brought by a. fishing schooner which arrived here on Wednesday morning. Her captain says that he picked up a. quantity of wreckage marked Panama. The Panama was a prize that was cap- tured during the war. She was not in the beet of shape when she left here Monday. Her bottom was fouled with marine growth, and her engines were in bad condition. Many seamen here considered her unsafe. She had 800 Vrsons on board-pas-ers and orew-and was bound for Nksw York by way of the north Tet and Havann. fan-diam fan-en and the War and Ad. miralty summon. A despatch from Ottawa, says: - Lord Stratheons, Canadian High Com- mirioner, is manifesting his interest in Canadian affairs by endeavouring to find new markets for Canadian pro- ducts. He has been in communication with the War Office and the Admir- alty in reference to Canadians supply- ing to these departments some of the products which are annually required by them in large quantities. A good opportunity is now offered to Canadian cannere. and those who supply what are known in England are preserved provisions. Lord Strethcona says those Canadian manufacturers in the lines mentioned who desire to ten- der should submit samples ot their products, such " canned beet, corned mutton, tinned bacon. eliced canned fruits, canned vegetablel, and evapor- eted vegetable; to the proper author" tiee of he War Ottloe. in order that it approved. their name: any be pieced on the epeelel list, es tenderere for thee oommodltiee ere only invited tor certain _qreou11t. ri,rttCtrtuyJ?s, L Congressman Dalzell. former Con- gressman Hutt, of Pennsylvania, and a party of friends, who spent several days here, were on board the Panama. A number of officers who were bound home on sick leave were also among her pagengera. e The Panama carried no mail. Post- master Hugo Hydemun considered her unsafe, and rafused to put the mail- bags aboard of her. a The War Office informs tho High Commisaloner that it than unple- we sent and approved, stransomenta will be made to give so opportunity to those Can-Aha ttrma to tendon PEACE WITH HONOUR ONLY. Purl] A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. 800 PEOPLE DROWNED. Dow- my. 1 At short notice the French fleet 'oould be m-iutoroed by three or four old cont defence Ihipe, as nanny omin- Iere, and sixty or seventy torpedo boate. "he British fleet COULD BE FURTHER REINFORCED aby three " tour old battleship. eight '-tirst-otmm cruisers, twenty second- jclau. ten third-eiatra, and some thirty ', deetroyerl. Britain‘s POIINOI [in-allot“ By a - Ilse-y. In View at the present Iltuntion it may point a moral if nttontion is drawn to the strong naval position of Eng- land in Europe. and to the reinforce- ments which could at short notice be added to the British fleet lays the Lon- don Dally Mail. M. Guyot bu told no in the Sioclo that a war with England would infallibly conduct to a new Be- dan, and facts justin him in this startling prophecy. In the Channel the fore" of England and Franco stand as follows: England. Franco. Battleships . ' Cruisers . . . . Torpedo craft. . The port guard squadron of four battleships and one torpedo gunboet dispersed yesterday. though hope. had been expreleed that lt would be strengthened. England, baa, however. in oommitraion, with reduced crews. el- even battleships, tour oral-ere. eight torpedo gunboatl and eighteen destroy- era, but these ehlpa are very much scat- tered, one battleship or cruiser being stationed " each of the important porte. In the Mbditerrtutean the forces are as under-. Battleship. . e o . . 10 o 13ruimra,......11 10 Torpedo craft. . . . . 18 9 while England he. In reserve two old ironclads and a dozen torpedo boats, and France three battleship and about sixty torpedo boats. The French squadron could be quickly reinforced by four more good but small bottle- ships and three or tour cruisers. England has at the present time, be- sides the ships enumerated above. a torpedo mm, a torpedo depot ship, and two cruiser: in the Mediterranean. The last two have juat been relieved. The battleships off the French Medi- terranean fleet are, though few in number, all new and very fast. Le Yacht, the leading French naval paper, says of them. “The: are of extraor- dinary offend" Ind ofonsive strength. They would have no reason to tear an equal number' of adversaries belonging to a (only: net." _ . A . Ot the nix. tour have steamed at seventeen knots for twonty-four hours, and are faster than any completed British battleship in Eurogean waters. Ily. gave done this wit their full loa . he other two are slowgr. Our greatest danger in the Mediter- ranean is the way in which our fleet Is scattered. At such a juncture our shjps--whltsh are none too numerous in that msn-might well be concen- trated. Perhaps such a concentration ls already quietly taking place. England has one new and fast battle- tship-the. Caaopu.---neusrly ready. But for the unhappy strike she and two of her sisters would by now have been at sea. Ullu In W A.-'--"" v The Chronicle speaks mysteriously of knowledge that "the story is going further," and that it is "about to he published in a quarter over which we exercise no control." Hereupon it bases the opinion that the Government ought to deny the story if it is untrue. !)Iuome-t That the Bennie: Were Invited to Protect Themulvcs [Indu- the Tricolor Before Outlaw... A despatch from London Sai-The Chronicle can it has received "a very grave story regarding Major Mur- chand's action on the Upper Nile." The paper declines to guarantee the accur- acy of the story, but declarea that it has every appearance of truatworth- iness. It adds that. if the story is true, it is calculated to greatly in- crease the tension between England and France for which reason it re- frains from making the assertion, but it appeals to the Goveinmvnt. in the public interest, to answer the follow- ing questions:-- " Does the Government mamas infor- mation concerning a communication from Major Marchand In the Khalifa before lhe,battln of thndurman? " If so. did the Communication invite the Khalifa to hoist the French flag with a view to becoming an ally of France and so deterring the Anglo- Egyptian forces from attacking him? “Has the communication, the flag, and the Kharrfa's reply fallen into the Sirdar's harrdit t" ‘. Given time and a utticiency of of- ficers, England coufd add to her strength. besides the above ships, three armoured cruisers, twenty old battleships, mostly armed with muz- zle-loaders, ten fine cruisers, and twelve destroyers. She could also strengthen her fleet by the purchase of ships building for foreign powers in England, and now near completion. Of these there are several available. SPIRITS FOR SMOKELESS POWDER. A despatch from Chicago tsays-mass',, British Government has closed a run-f tract Itil for the immsdinte delivery' of IM, gallons of distilled spirits at I Montreal. An intimation was also given that about 450,000 more gallonsi would in all likelihood be ordered with- y in about ten days. This order of 125,000 l gallons amounts to nearly 8,000 barrels, sud will require over sixty carts for its transportation into Oansds. The uss of this distilled spirits, thus ordered will be in the metrittftuttttm of unob- lus powder. of which distilled spirits: ls on of up intrrodUnta. I OUR NAVAL STRENGTH. FRENCH OFFERED MD. Englnnd. France. The - war or Convene-t lie I'm In“ Until Ame!"- "It in wonderful how exundvely - in taking the pleoe of each sub- etencee as wood, brink end iron Irs) variou- mechenicel trades." eaye e dealer in all eorte of noveltiee made out of paper. "For instance. boards of all sizes and ehapee are now manu- factured out of wood pulp very faith- fully to resemble the grain and tex- tum of every kind of wood. The Inn- terinl caste about onechalt the price ot the genuine article, and it is used by carpenters. eabinetsns%srtr, picture frame make“ and boat builderl. for “nailing. weinsooting and decorative work generally where lightness Ind ‘durebility are required. Two osorsasb. Ppt, qualities that the paper with ipoeeeee are that they ere not subject j to warping and dry rot. There are no lbed knots to mar the eppeerence 9f the surface. and as the materiel II >emooth end does not require planing. I and can be easily cut with e fine eew. {there seems every reason to believe I that it will in time be need even more . than it ia. . "Telegraph and telophono 901.5 fllglta fs and ups" for amail sailing vessels are the latest development in tho line of manufacture from paper. They are made of pulp in which 3 email amount at bout, allow. and other ingredionu are mixed. The” are out in n mould in the form of I hollow rod of tho desired dinners: and length. The poles and spun no claimed to be lighter and stronger than wood. They do not crack or split, and it is tsaid that when they no varnished or painted, _the_}vuthor does not affect them. Bea'ldu poo- oeauinz these advantages. the piper- made article can be made fireproof by saturating it in a strong solution of alum water. When thoroughly dry the paper poles and span thus treated will RESIST THE ACTION OF FLAMES. "The manufacturer of enamolled paper bricks, which commpnced in 1896, has now become a definite in- industry, an the material has been used for building purposes tul.oytr '""'. -.._.._. “The production of these brloke on the hollow principle is It worked tea- turo in their form, the object being practically the some as that sought in tho making of hollow forged steel matting. Not only is a defective cen- tre removed, but it is possible to put a. mandrel into the hollow, and, by ap- plying pressure the walls are operat- ed upon from both inside and outside. When a solid body is heated the tem- perature of the interior alwaya varies from that of the outer portion, at first often resulting in the expansion of one or the other that cams the de- fectl. It in for these reasons that the plan ot forming the bricks upon the hollow principle and plugging them afterward it of advantage. Sawdust is found to be a-good filler for this purpose. It is first fireproofed, as in also the paper pulp used in the bricks, and than it is mixed with cement and pressed into the hollow of the bricks Ind smoothed and enamelled over. the tiiiteiiGiiJi" Witt}: "very satisfac- totreaultty . " "Although paper horseshoel are a recent invention, having only been manufactured within the paet -lwo years. their use has already become quite large with the owners of fine horses. eapec‘mlly in cities where as- phil pavements abound. On in?!) A despatch from St. Catharines, 0nt., On Thursday Dr. Yeomana died about midnight, under very peculiar and dis- treaaing circumstances. On Wednes- day last a coneshaped piece of glass got into his throat while he was par- taking of a dish of apple sauce at his Bupper. The glass got into the sugar and into the apple sauce unnoticed. and was not noticed by him until it got down his throat. The doctor caught his throat firmly with his fingers and prevented the glass from getting any further down, and then he succeeded in working it slowly out. The edges of the piece were sharp, and the operation of extracting it In- cemted the throat badly. His condi- tion grew gradually worse. and al- though several physicians were called in the sufferer passed away shortly after 12 o'clock on Thursday morning. Milton Yeomann was lorn in Prince Edward county, near Picton. til years ago, and at an early agelgrad- ualed as a physician at Virtoria Uni- Verity, Cobourg. He practised medl- cine in Bagertwilla, Welland, and Picton. and from the latter place re- moved to St. Cathrlneo. He was quite moresatul u I physician, and m po- puhr with u larger portion of the corn. uni”. I l l roads in wot weather I horse fitted with paper shoes is less liable to slip than when provided with iron ones. and, besides, being light and comfort- able for an animal to wear, they are said to be more durqble than iron iriiaa,%rimrnGre easily and snugly tittod to the boot. _ _ . “The paper horseshoe is made in practically the same way that a paper our wheel is formed. The paper in im- pregnated with oil or turpentine to make it waterproof, after which it is glued together in layers. The glue or paste is a mixture of Venetian tur- pentine, linseed oil, powdered Chalk lacquer, and it does not become brit- tle when drying. The moist mass of paper and glue is subjected to a strong pressure in a hydraulic press. the holes through which the nails are driven in fastening the shoe to a horse's hoof being punched while the paper is still moist. The blacksmith fastens them on with nail: in the us- ual manner. These shoes cost from 81.50 to " per set." Pr. Yea-nun I’M-5M Await l'ndrr Blur" sin: (Ileana-lane". What soured your life? asked the iudge of the despendo. You mm to nave gone back on the world. Why! 'Causo it hail't nquar', yer honor. GLASS CAUSED BIS DEATH. USES FOR WOOD PULP. AS BE HAD FOUND IT. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO THE WAR SHARE REVIVES OMINOUS PREPARATIONS "tttt MADE IN BRITISH PORTS. British Scum-cu A“. low-paper- I “up”: Duall- or Wat-like Punt. ttom'----. “In“ In. (to. mm... A deamtoh from London "rai:-1t' Daily Mall of Honda] publlshea In new: regarding England's wnr prepar‘ tions, explaining that sllenoe as due to a letter front the War ottioe ask! ing it not to publish “anythtn‘ which might be useful to a possuibie enemy." “We intend to “certain." says an Daily Mall. "trom the War ottims and the Admiralty ouclly what kind ot news it would be permluiblc lo pub- “all." The 1).in Mail confirms the report. of unenmpled activiu u the French‘ doekyarda, notably at Toulon. when the count forts In" been experiment- ing with melinite shells against an old gunbout. The Cairo correspondent ot the [hin Mel] says en Egyptian battniio. he been despatched to Feshode. Mont of the papers are full of alleg- ed “r preparations, despite the un- doubted bot that the authorities are doing their best to prevent the public from knowing and even denying state: meats that heve elreedy appeared: Sundey a sudden order was received Ct Dover for an experimental mobilize- tion ot the delenoe toroee. All the height. end torts were on Monday mornlnc occupied in a manner giving full satisfaction. The arsenal et Wool- wieh in working until 11 o'clock at night, the Government henna qivort hrge orders for gun, .enrchlightaomd lother nevel equipment. The Bristol ;(‘.honnel equedron has oeet anchor on 1Gibraltar. _ _ 'I‘headvioeo from Paris. in especial deaputch, add littb to what was " ready known regarding the oituulion " Fanhoda. It is believed Captain Baretior is taking only verbul instruo- tionn for Major Morchud. The ideq puvolls at the French capitol that Count Munvieff, the Ruuiun Foreign Minister, while there on his recent visit promised Russian support in re- opening the whole Egyptian quest ion, and that Major Merchant! will be in- structed io fall back and maintain " occupation of the Bahr-olixin posts. A number of signal men now on duty with the British Channel squa- dron. which arrived It Gibraltar " Moods; morning, have been ordered home or service, it is presumed, on board the nuxuittrr cruise". if the latter ore required tor active ”nice. The Pall Mall Gazette on Monday afternoon tsays:--" England has been and even now is BO near war that tho Gavanment has carried its preparm tions to the {anthem limit of the pro- pnratory stage. It has been arranged to call out the reserves and militia and to mobilize the volunteers Iimultun- oously, and to form large camp: It. various important railroad Junctions. where rolling stock and 1oeomotiveg will be concentrated." A sensation has been caused by the arm“ on Monday morning of a cup- posed Ruuiun spy at a fort near Har- wich. The man was already under Bur- veiilnnoe, and went to a redoubt, where he tried to obtain some infor- mation, from a sultry regarding the fortifications. He won promptly armat- ed, and enquiries are being made ro- gurding his anieoedenll. The Inner] Emma“ " a (to-luv undue-u. It is generally Iuppooed that the nu:- gets which are found in the river grav- ela of Klondike and other unriferoul regions have been brought down by the rivers direct from the reef: in which the gold originally lay. The mystery is Dow solved A Slavon- ie chemist named Zzigmudy has just shown that gold itself can exist in I soluble form. By acting on a slightly alkaline solution of a gold walt with formaldehyde and submitting the pro- duct to dialysis he has succeeded in ob taining gold in a colloidal condition. in which state it is soluble in water and may be precipitated by tho ad. dition of commnn salt. It is probable that some of the gold in quarts reef! exists in this condition. it is washed out by the rain, carried away in so- lution by the rivers, and deposited in the river crawls wherever there in any- thing containing salt to cattle impre- cipitation. In the course of ages ' large. nugget my in this way In formed. TF.LFXiRAPmC TYPEWRITER, An invention recently exhibited at a conversazione of the Royal Society " England, seems likely, so tar as pri vute house-to-house calls are court-ru- od, to supersede the telephone. Thi: mntrivunce is a telegraphic rvcorder without I battery, invented by a Mr Stelges. It requires no skill and typewrites the message all the dealt of the receiver, while retaining an " ditional copy in the hands of the trend. er. It is such a revolution in tele graphy that the Post Office. on the od. vice of Mr. W. B. Fleece. has adopt. ed it, and will instell it wherever re. quired by the public It 1 small cost. The Home Secretary has just sanction- ed its introduction to Scotland Yard. when tort, instruments have slum, been order“. , Many practical miners and scientific men, however, have long been of opin. ion that thin cannot be the case, for n: masses of gold of no large . size an ever found in the reef: themselves They believe, on the other hand, that the nuggets have grown where they are now found, juot u a cry-tel of salt rili grow in strong brine; but with no Insoluble (A substance as gold it mu difficult to understand how such growth could take place. Experiment: carried out in Australia have shown that decaying vegetable matter will cause the deposition of gold trout no- lulions of gold calls, but these salt! are not known to occur in reefs. GROWING GOLD. it H