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d to OR Y M ® «*4 4 Furniture. TAE ONLY PRETâ€"Cass HEARSE K TOWN J, SHEWELL & SON. UNDERTAKING NovaRy PUBL1C, Commissioner MONEY TO LOAN. PS Ree Loan and Insurance Agent, Conâ€" veyancer, Commissioner &c. Loans arranged without delay. _ Collections promptly made, Insurance effected. MONEY WO LOANstiowost OFPICK one door north of $ Sant DEEL BUSINESS DIRECTORY _ CECGat _ ~ J. P. TELFORD y3 Atzister, soumcitor in surRemt covar D EN TIST RY the A denc H dressed to LA ritended to. DAN. McLEAN. J. T. FOSTER. Dornoch, Ont. COMMISSIONER IN wos court or JuSTCZ. », LARGE and Complete BTOCK, * Consistng of Bedroom and Parâ€" *_ lor Sets, Extension and Centre * Tables, Bible Standsâ€"in Oak, *_ Bamboo and Elm. Nice Assort. * ment of Easles. We also carry ®*_ aLarge Stock of Pictures and * Frame Moulding. OFFICE, over Grant‘s Stome« FOR SALE The EDGE PROPBRTY. JAMES LOCKIE, EDS3, MORTGAGES, LEASES, WILLS, ETC ATTENXDED TO PROMPTLY, NEATLY AND CHEFAPLY, TESTED REMEDIES SPECIFIC and ANTIDOT: In the Town of Durham, County of Grey, including valuable Water Power Brick Dwelling, and many cligible building lots, will be sold in one or more _ ser au e royy im CCR C Claks Brick Dwelling, and many cligible building lots, will be sold in one or more lots. . Also lot No. 60, con. 2, w. G. R., Township of Bentinek, 100 acres adjomâ€" ing Town plot Durham. Mortgage taken ior part purchase money. P 23 saamne amnna B1 W1 McLEOD‘S System Renovator Laboratory There‘s Big Money ‘! Lo at \-«T;T«:\-v-es-c rates on . g_o()d land security. FIRE, Life and Accident Insurance. m:lol‘l.\- of all kinds collectedâ€"Old notes t. gn H. H. MILLER, ONOR Graduate of t . of Dental Surgeons of ( ed without pain by the i ICENSED AUCTIONEEL T. G. HOLT, L. D. S. ICENSED AUCTIONEER for Co. | of Grey. All communications adâ€" sed to Laxtasit P. 0. will be promptly nded to. Residence Lot 19, Con. 8, HUCH McKAY. Id by . PARKER, Drugcist, Durhkam MISCELLANEOUS. . L. McKENZIE, In this line we Tako zh; in Well Stocked and Complete QAS-KETSL COFINS . Ete. the Latest Designs AUCTIONEER. 1 the CONVEYANCER, ETC MEDICAL. DURHAM Apply to JAMES EDGE, Edge Hill, Ont« DURHAM. ove, Weak and Impoverishe spepsia, Slceplessness, Palpet: » Heart, Liver Complaint, Net ss of Memory, Brouchitis, Con . Gall Stones, Jaundice, Kidue _0 Wiconces St. Vitus‘ Dane Gall Stones, Jaundice, id iry Discases, Bt. Vitus‘ Da» le Ivcegnalarities and General Debility, { Mar f Bentinek ive Insurance secured Residence Durkam Out The Hanover Conveyencer, Prop. and Manufacture . Goderich, On McLEOD, TICE U DAN. MeLEAN n D. MoCORMICK, st rates of Interet t‘s Store Durbara County ef Grey. etion guaranteed. be imade at the ut his residence Royal College ario. ‘Teoth ex« of nitrous oxice nover Lower Town he IM. s,. _ Auc ind Grey plete in Ete., in for th ,ete., 1 Resi y.614 Fancy Goods, TOYS and Stationary, wWOOLsSs, EMBROIDERIES and SILKS, in all COLORL and 250 ACRES belonging to the Estate of the late James Burnett, 125 acres under cultiyation, rest hardwood push, being Lots 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, Old D. R. in the Township of Artemesia, County of Grey, two miles from Flesherton Staâ€" ton, three miles from Pricevilie. _ For turther particulars apply to A. L. BURNET. Hopeville A Farm for Sale. 5( ACHES belonging to the E MISS GUN‘S. NEXT Door TO PARKER‘S Transact a general Banking business. Money loaned to farmers and others on reasonable terms. Interest allowed on special deposits at current rates. Also FIRE and LIPE Assurance Policies issued. Money to lend. Money invested for Parties. Farms bought and sold. David JACK801N, JP» crork pniv. court. Aithur H. Jackson, Notary Public. Land Valuators, Insurance Agents, Commissioners. PARK & CO. Frogs, Ow!Is and Cockronches Trained by a Muaryland Sclentist. Harry C. Hopkins, one of the youngest members of the Maryland Academy of Science, has a special fondness for animals. | Among his earliest pets were three frogs, ‘ which he raised from tadpoles, . They became so tame that they would recognize his voice and hop eagerly to him whenever they heard him speak. . His next pets were five screech owls, which he kept in the garret of his home, â€" One of the owls, which he called Bob, became so accustomed to his | voice that it would screech back a reply when called, and would haste to join Mr. Hopkins in the lower rocms of the house. Mr, Hopkins had at other times raccoons, opossums, toxes, white mice and white rate for pets. The latest pet in his collection. was the most unique of them all, and was, perhaps, the only pet of the kind ever heard of, It was a roachâ€"an ordinary brown roach â€"that ran out of his desk one day and took a sip from a drop of ink that had fallen on the desk. . Mr. Hopkins let the little creature indulge itself undistur bad and one day induced it to takea sip from the point of his pen. After that to tame the roach was an easy matter, and he soon had it so tame that it would come from its hiding place when called, and would follow the pen over the paper while Mr. Hopkins wrote. â€" Mr. Hopkins did not enjoy the society of his liitle pet long. A new servant with a mania for "cleaning up" and antic ; athy to roacl es saw the pet on the desk _ne day and kilied it Office next door to Standard Bank, Durham. A general financial business transacted Wall Papers at greatly reduced rates A Man Who M. do Quatrefages, the French naturalist, . repor s the scientific examination of one of ghe most remarkable human curiositiee or menstrosities ever known. The person in question is Simcon Aiguire, who lives in ons of the French provincial towns, and who has control ovsr his body to such a remarkable degree that reports concerning his doings were all discredited up to the t me of the Quatrefages investigation. | It was {cund, as bad been reported, that Ai gaire was not only an adept in the aris 0 V BC CC 2E Toerae he aniht throuck CONVEYANCERS. Middaugh House Block, Durham @OreE DT U C 20 duer chast ho c08 th3 contortionist, but that he could, through his peculiar system of muscles and nerves, instantly cause his flesh to appoar 48 if it had been transformed into solid sione. - MTDCOCO Logec anmdirian his EowURRUY C000 had been transformed into solid sione. When in this peculiar condition his flesh could be struck with a cane or with a metal isstrument, whereupon it would give ofl a ringing sound as though the blows had fallen on a marble statue, Assuming & different attitude he would throw his inâ€" teatines forward and appear as one hideousâ€" ly de‘ormed, and the next moment he could draw them up into the thorax and appear l';v‘vl:.’ormcll, and th draw them up into as a living skeleton | * I HDAL!â€" Shintiatbinti His statue, pose and contortions were wonderful indeed, but whas most astonish= e1 the investigators Was Aiguire‘s ability to control the cireuiation of his blood. This he d d to the sa‘isfaction of all present by first stopping all c reulation on one side of his body and then 0n the other, This he eif.cted by muscular contraction, Littie Boyâ€"Mamma, 1 wi out who it was hypaotized m ‘em severely." Mammaâ€"Whaâ€"at * Littie Boy â€"While you W pulled ri*ht into the paotry, oat a hull lot of those cookie mustu‘t touch, yr MQERTANO ELV vuinkctoo. Scotch blood in me veins, too." Mr. McCallam â€"Have you, really? Mr. O‘Corkâ€"Sure, dida‘t O1 fall in love wid me woife mln Oi saw ber dancin‘ th‘ Hoighland t C A. H, BURNET, Hopevills MRS, BURNET, Durham. *cn ALL KINDS OF QUEER PETS Mr. O‘Corkâ€"It‘s happy Qi am 4o MBRKC ‘r acquaintance, Mr. McCallum. Oi hov EQORT TA EO qummactan * VOL. JACKSONS. A MUCULAR WONDER An Upâ€"toâ€"Date Excuse â€"â€"ATâ€" Seotch Blood XVII,â€"NO. 9. Can Control Mis Whole Anatomy. The Oren _ Review. you was out 1 was matry, an‘ forced to cookies you said I I wish you‘d find al me, and punish Oi am to make Diphtheria. This is one of the most dangerous and fatal diseases known to mankind. _ It is very contagious, principally by personal contact with the patient or with articles which have been in the sick room. Childâ€" ren under fifteen years of age are most susâ€" ceptible to it, but grown people also freâ€" quently take it, with fatal resulte, Clothâ€" ing may carry the germs of the discase carpets and bedclothes are especially liable toretain them, and the discharges of the patient are especially dangerous, . The disâ€" ease is known to be due to a special germ or microbe, which firet fastens within the throat and produces a very dsadly poison. The following precautions are necessary in any case of this direase : ‘The patient must be kept in a room alone, and no one admitted to the room unless needed to give medicines or attend in other ways to the sick person. No other person should, under any circumstances, occupy the same bed with a person sick with diphtheria, Doors communicating with other rooms which are occupied should be kept closed. 1t is an excellent plan to hang over the door a sheet moistened with a disinfectant solu« tion, _ The person who acts as nurseshould not go near any well children, if such ap» proach can be prevented, but if such cou» tact is necessary she should put on clean | clothing, after washing hands, face, and hair with a disintecting solution, o The clothing and bedding of the patient are poisonous, and if the family can afford it should be destroyed by burning, Otherâ€" wise they should be thoroughly fumigaced by the fumes of burning sulphur before they are removed from the sick room ; they should then te boiled for twohours. No other clothing should be boiled or washed with them or at the same time. s Children who have passed through an attack of diphtheria should be keyt out of school for at least four weeks after recovâ€" ery from the disease, since this can be conâ€" tracted from a patient long after his recovâ€" ery. For a similar reason the recently recovered child should not be allowed to mingle freely with his playmates for the same period. It is important that during this time attendance upon school should also be forbidden to all children who have lived in the same house with the patient, The school room must be carefully watched lest it become a place for the transmission and spreading of infectious disease, Work and Heaith. Much has been said about the evil effects of overwork and the necessity for proper periods of rest. The point has not been too strongly urged ; but it must be remem bered, at the same time, that the best health is en joyed only by hard workers, Everything the patient touches or breathes upon is a scource ofdanger, The secretions and excretions sre especially dangerous, therefore the chamber or bed pan should be kept half full of an antiseptic solution, The patient should spit and blow the nose upon old rags and the rags should be at once burnog. Copperas should be strewn upon any damp rlu;u in the yard, and the privy vault should be disinfected by throwing into it a quantity of copperas, varying from ten to fifteen pounds, according to the size of the vault. The room in which a patient sick with diphtheria is placed -houm be as scantily furnished _ as . possibleâ€"no carpets, no curtains, no draperies, the cheapest furniture and the oldest clothing and bedâ€" ding. â€" Closeta, storerooms, bureaus, etc., should be emptied before the patient is put in the room. se The athlete‘s arm attains its size by virtue of the greater quantity of nourishing blood attracted to it by the severe exercise which it undergoes, The mental athlete accomplishes his extraordinary amount of brain work only siter years of mental trainâ€" ing and effort. . e o n t n 2 on + n EMn mds Rareiy do the parts thus exercised fail. The neglected functions and organs are more often the cause of the "breafidown.“ Work is essential to health, Health in its perfection is tound only where both brain and body are astive ; and it is posâ€" sible that the keenest health has been enâ€" joyed by the hardest workers in the fields of both mental and physical labor. Sir Walter Scott, whose work stands as a monument to his industry as well as to his genius, was, we are told, most indefatigable in his pursuit of physical exercises of all kinds, in many of which he excelled, and in which be could tire most men as easily as he could excel them in feats requiring long sustained mental eflort. Much the same thing is told of (Gia«the. sns These men fulfilled to the advice of the adage : ‘"‘Work work, and play while you play Womk D PCY COOC PC ECE Those whose enjoyment of life is largest, and whose accomplishment of worfi is greatest for the longest time, are those who " n N aoab n Te n nareas o WoOPels ue 2 1 go into their work and play in a wholeâ€" hearted fashion, ot as it is often expressed, ‘"#or all they are worth." For such health is supplied in greatest measure, _ P EPPE stt The best health 1s not to be found in the induigence of ‘"loafing," which is neither rest nor work ; it is generated rather by the alternate exercise of brain and muscle. By this means both are flusbed with the fluid which gives health and life to all the tissues â€"the blood. Dyspepsia is one of the most common causes of baldness, Nature is a great econ: omizer, and when the nutrient elements furnished by the blood are insufficient to properly support the whole body she cuts off the supply to parts the least vital, like the hair and nails, that the heart, lungs and other vital organs may be the better nourished. In cases of severe fevers this economy is particularly noticeable. . A single hair is a sort of history of the physiâ€" cal condition of an individual during the time it has been growing if one could read closely enough. Take a hair from the beurd or from the kead and scrutinize it, and you will see that it shows some attentuated places, indicating that at some period of its growth the tlood supply was | deficient from overwork, anxiewy or under feeding. The hair falls out when the atrength of its roots is insuflicient to susâ€" tain its weight any longer, and a new bair will take its place unless the root is diseased. For this reason each person has a certain definite leagth of hair,. When the hair begins to split or fall out massage to the scaip is excelient. Place the (ig‘of the fingers firmly upon the scalp and then vibrate or move the scalp while holding the ressure steadily. . This will stimulate the glood vesse}s underneath and bring abou: better nourishment of the bair. A brush of unevenly tufted bristles is also excellent to use upon the scalp, not the hair. uyspepsia as 2. Cause of Baldness Health Department. Tommyâ€"Paw, what does the paper imcan by saying that a man has a strict sense of justice * N T M y . on uies haith BERTE MCPCCCOC Mr. F:ggâ€"l'. generally means that he is the kinc of a man who will devote all his time to getting even when some one injures him. First Boyâ€"Let‘s play something, inn s i ns e mt ce s Cl se Se’:.ond l!oy â€"No Enyin me tryin‘ to have | P°W® _ |{v";ln:‘th" Too Early to I Got a bad cold. _ . P Firat Boy (who was not a You‘re out doors, jampin‘ sround. is the new teacherâ€"cross * Yes, but I‘m so hoarse that I can‘t "“. Second Boy â€""She had Pe ta i+ c ojerg JP Yigie More Information No Fun For Him. fulfilled to the utmost the adage : "‘Work while you DURHAM, CO. GREY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1895. Degraded Among Many Tribes, but Pos: sessed of Influence Among Others, Among natural people women have to suffer on account of their want of physical strength, and this is especially the case among the African tribes, where polygamy adds to the degradation of the weaker sex. But their lot is not without mitigation. It is influenced by the same factor that raises women to her high position among civilized peopleâ€" the love of her children. The laws of the barbarous African tribes give much influence to the mothers in regulating beritage and succession, which gives them a more important position in he family ind in the tribe. The mothers and sisters of an African chief are often his most influential advisers, even the rea rulers. On the whole, however, the old maxim holds good : If the intellectual state of a tribe is very low, their women are treated badly. With the lowest of the African tribes, the Bushmen, woman is nothing but «+ A SLAVE AND A BEAST OF BURDeN, During the travels of a Bushman family the wife has to carry everything, and if there is a scarcity of food, the woman has to suffer first. If she becomes weak and old she is abandoned to the mercy of the wild beasts. Very diferent is the treatâ€" ment accorded the woman of the geniune negro, All things considered,their position is the same as with us. Men and women share in the necessary work, True, if the lmtn thinks fit to beat his wife, no one is likely to interfere, On the other hand the woman will find the laugh on her side if she succeeds in getting the better of her spouse by a judicious use of her teeth her nails, andâ€"her tongue. Cc The Zulus are a patriarchal race. The father is master of the family and owner of its female part; therefore the positionof the woman is much lower if her husband has a high rank. The wives of the chief never take part in his councils and may only moveabout on their knees before him. The principal reason for this degradation is the custom of selling women. vl‘he price varies betwenn ten and a hundred head of cattle for the daughters of a chief, _ Other women may be had for three or four cows. _ If the wife does not suit the husband in every particular, then he sends her home and demands another, or else part of the price paid must be returned to bim. But if she proves to be specially valuable the relative who sold her will demand some extra pay» ment. . A bad wife may also be sold as a slave. on the west coast, the women have not the slightest vestige of a right. They are sold and resold at the pleasure of the men, They may be given away, lent and hired out. Trey must do all the work in the fields, and, if they fail to bear children, they may be killed, _ And yet they often manage to hoid their own against their masters. . The natural result of their position is that the women combine against their husbands in a most wlarming manner. ‘The traveller Bastian tells of & rich man in Okolioma, with whom he stayed for some time. _ The poor fellow was at loggerheads with his women, and had to barricade his hut at night time. â€" Twenty infuriated women inâ€" habited his place aud refused to come to terms, The importance of the women among the Dahomeyans is well known. _ Their female warriors were much more dangerous to European troops than the men, _ The enormous extent to which decapitation was carried on among the Dabomeyans during Behanzin‘s reign accounts for the great predominance of women in point of numbers, _ A procession of the King includâ€" ed fifteen of his daughters, accompanied by fifty female slaves, 730 of his wives, thirty Amazons of the bodyguard, six companies of Amazons ot seventy each, 350 slaves, and a rear guard of another sixty Amazons â€"but only 150 male warriors, _ The in« fluence of the women among these people has been felt by both the Germans and the French in their colonial troubles. AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BY MINISTER ANGERS. The Government Will Parchase . All | Canadian Winter Butter and Sell it in Englandâ€"Arrangements For Sumâ€"| mer shipmentsâ€"Quebec Covernment | Will Also Assist, Mr. Angers, Minister of Agriculture, made a very important declaration before a recent meeting of the butter and cheese exporters of the district of Montreal, which will be good news to the farmers of the country. â€" ‘The meeting was called for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken to secure Government aid. Mr. McDonald, M.P.P, for Bagot, preâ€" sided, and amongst those present were Mr. J. DeL. Tache, sccretary of the Dairyâ€" man‘s Association, and about seventyâ€"five butter and cheese merchants, including the most prominent of Montreal. A disâ€" cussion ensued on the present condition of the butter market, and it was shown that the market at present was in a very depressed condition, Mr. Tache showed that while f sIXTY wrER CENT. OF THE CHEESE ; shipped to England came from Canada, only about 2 1â€"2 per cent, of buiter was received from the country. _ This was | probably due to the . fact that the butter was not shipped properly. Mr. Tache submitted a resolution in favor of asking the Quebec Government to grant a bounty of one cent a pound on butter, and ithat the Doninion Government should be ,‘ufied to provide refrigerators for the | proper shipment. _ PodPCoPsck hi:. Angers, Minister of* Agriculture for the Dominion, who arrived during the meeting, was introduced, and created the greatest enthusiasm by his speech, He stated that the Dominion Government was fully alive to the interesta of the agriculâ€" tural and produce dairies, and that it had decided to do something in this direction. He announced, on behalf of himself and his colleigues, that the Government, through the Department of Agriculture, would be willing to purchase ali the winter butter \mnuuhclurml between January and April, and that it would be and disposed of through the department agents, As to the summer season, the Government had the assurance of the Canâ€" alian Pacific railway and the Grand Trunk railway that they would provide refrigerator cars. ‘The Government was now negotiating to have cold storage . accommodations provided at Bristol, Liverpool, and Glasâ€" gow. ~ The Minister‘s announcement was recciv ed with a storm of applause, _ s Mr. Beaubien, of theQaebec Government, who was present, expressed himself us highly pleased with the decision of the Dominion Governn.ent,and said the Quebéc (Cabinet would lend all the assistance in its CA Firat Boy (who was not at school) ANMONG THE DUALLA TRIGES WOMEN IN AFRICA. NADIAN BUTTELR, Too Early to Decide. SHIPPED TO ENXGLAND â€""She had a smile on her (suspiciously) â€"Mebby she â€""How CHAMBERLAIN‘S AMENDMENT DE FEATED BY A MAJORITY OF 14 The Vote Stood 29% to 283â€"A Statement Regarding Samoan Affairsâ€"The Ap pointment of Colonial Judges to the Judicial Committce of the Privy Coun: cil Being Considered. A despatch from London says:â€"in the House of Commons on Monday Sir Edward Grey, Under Foreign Secretary, said, in reply toa question, that there had not yet been made any special arrangement as to the ownership of land in Samoa by foreign mations, . The United States Government, he said, claimed the exclusive right to a coaling station in the harbor of Pago Pago. There was no truth in the statement that Germany was about to annex the Samoan Islands, The British Government certainly desired to consult the interests of Australâ€" asai in regard to Samoa. COLONIAL JUDGES FOR THE PRIVY COUNCIL Mr, Syiney Buxton, Parliamentary Secretary for the Colonial Office, replying to Mr, Stanley Leighton, M. P. for Shropshire (Conservative), said that the Government had under earnest and active consideration the question of appointing colonial judges to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. CHAMEERLATN‘s AMENDMENT DEPEATED, The House rejected by a vote of 297 to 283 â€" Joseph Chnmbor{nin’u amendment, declaring it to be mgminst public interest that the time of the House be wasted upon bills which the Ministers admitted would not pass, when measures involving grave l constitutionalchsnges which should be conâ€" sidered without delay had be announced. xo ELECTION oN A SINGLE IssUE, ‘ Sir Wiiliam Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, looked after,the Government‘s interests in the debate preceding the diviâ€" sion on Mr. Chamberlain‘s motion. . He reâ€" ferred to the Conservative demand last voiced by Lo:d Salisbury on Saturday,that the (iovernment appeal to the country on the Home Ruls issue alone, There never had been, he declared, and there never would be a general election with a single issue. The Ministers regarded themselves as absolutely bound, until condemnel by the Honse of Commons, to prosecute the policy which they have been delegated to carry out, Arthur Balfour, the Unionist leader, reâ€" plied,. _ After the division Sir William moved the closure of the debate on the addre:s, â€" The motion was carried by a vote of 279 to 271, and the address was agreed to. EXPECTED SEALING CLAIMS To BE PATD, Sir George Badenâ€"Powell, member for the Kirkdale division of Liverpoo!, asked the Government for information regarcing the payment of $425,000, which the United States had undertaken as compenention to sealers under the award of the Bebring Sea tribunal of arbitration. . He desired to be informed whether any steps for the apâ€" propriation of this sum would be taken by the United States Congress before the rising of that body, which would occur in March . Sir Edward Grey, Underâ€"Foreign Secreâ€" tary, replied that President Clevelaod, in his message to Congress, had recommended that provisions should be made for the rrompb payment of the sum awarded, Sir ldward further said that the British Am» bassador _ at _ Washington, Sit Juliin Paunce/ote, in his reports to the Home Government concerning the matter, had stated that there was no reason to doubt that the amount would be appropriated befors the rising of Congress, _ s This statement was gt;elt‘d from all sides with cries of "Hear, hear." Sir George Badenâ€"Powell further inâ€" quired if the United States had any agree» ment with the Russian Government reâ€" i‘nrding the eeal fiseries in the Northern acific cean . Sir Edward Grey replied that an agreeâ€" ment had been concluded between these two countries in May similar to the one exâ€" isting between England and Russia, w'hich it was uuderllood? would remain in force until either party gave tormal notice of its intention to modify its provisions, cost or OCEAN MANA Arnold Morley, Postmasterâ€"General, in answer to a question on the subject, said it was a fact that while British mails carried by German and American steamers from Southampton to New York paid the postal union 1 shilling 9 1â€"2 pence per pound, the Liverpool mail steamers calling at Queenstown and bound to sail on fixed days got 3 shillings per pound for carrying the mails, ASKING REMOVAL OF THE BELGIAN EMBARGO A despatch from Antwerp says iâ€"In consequence of the report of the Belgian specialist, Dr. Nocnmr, expressing doubt as to the presence of pleuraâ€"pneumonia in the Canadian cattle which have been landed at Antwerp, representatives of Canada are about to apply to the Belgian Government for a removal of the restrictions at present in force. A despatch from Berlin says :â€"The Land Owners‘ League, in its meeting here on Monday, approved _ unanimousiy of Count Kenitz‘s bill for the state monopoly of the grain trade, and passed a resolutior to protect German cattle from tha diseases likely to be imported with foreign cattle. hot, and refused to impart any informaâ€" tion about herself. Her husband, a manu« facturer, has since claimed his errin spouse, who has already given him a goos deal of trouble, owing to her extraordinary objections to retain the proper garments IMPERIAL POLITICS, objections of her sex. Potatoes as Penholders. "It is surprising," says a commercial traveler, ‘‘how general the use of potatoes as penholders is becoming in hotels, I have seen them in use in great hostelries of the east, whose owners wouldn‘t hesitate for a moment to spend $10 for a desk ornaâ€" ment to hold pens used by the guests in registering, The mixture of starch, glucose and water in the potato seems well adapted to take up the impurities of ink and to keep the pen roint. clear and bright while the alkaloid of the potato, known as solaâ€" nine, doubtless has something to do with it in the same line. Theseclements readily take up the tannate of iron, which is the body substance of ink, Chemically speakâ€" ing starch is the first base of a potato, and sugar or glucose is its second base. Thus is the humble potato finding another way in which to serve the uses of mankind. There is a rather pleasing sugestiveness GERMAN CATRLE MUST BK PROTEOTEI MVOMeEGTM NWM PPPRCCOWO TR PCTCCY, C s 4w > seen them in use in great hostelries goL0IRRLY qUALITIE® AKD ABILUEY, > east, whose owners wouldn‘t hesitate | In Japan the soldser has in all ages headed moment to spend $10 for a desk ornaâ€" | the list in the scale of snciai precedence. to hold pens used by the guests in| In China, on the other hand, he has long ering, The mixture of starch, glucose| been at the foot of the ladder, and uniâ€" vater in the potato seems well acapted | versally held in something like contempt. ke up the impurities of ink and to| It was natural, therefore, that at the L the pen Yoint clear and bright while| ginning of the war the Chinese should speak ikaloid of the potato, known as solaâ€"|of the Japanese as ‘"‘dogs." There is no doubtless has something to do with| doubt that ailthat will be changed to a the same line. Theseclements readily | large extent now. . The better class of the up the tannate of iron, which is the | Chinese are thnluul‘_indlfl'amt to death, substance of ink, Chemically speakâ€"| fearless and brave, The average height of tarch is the first base of a potato, and | of Japanese soldiers is only four feet eleven : or glucose is its second base. ‘Thus | and a half inches, while the Chinese are a e humble potato finding another 'n:l taller, broaderâ€"shoulderedandstrongerrace, hich to serve the uses of manki udu-lh:t‘vu:u'n‘:-!dt:::\'{t e is a rather pleasing sugestiveness| may prove, after apan only big u.m:.rm when a feller| been mmh:nm-m to a in tired hungry from a long|sting to r ‘worthy of ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Hlerce Sporis of Ouilandish Peopleâ€" Dahomeyans Pull | Sticks, . Esxqaimâ€" aux, Sling Whips, Sameans Wrestle, There never has yet been known a peoâ€" ple so crude and primitive as to be entire» ly without sports. No matter how close to the soil they are or how keen the strugâ€" gle for existence, there is always some time in which they emuggle in a little play. Very often, of course, the sport of sayâ€" ages are as rede as their own customs, and frequently they are rothing more than a diluted version of war, The simpicst forms are mere trials of strength, breanse the necessity of a high amount of power to a man who deperds upon his muecles for his food and his safe‘y is peramount, Neverâ€" theless, some of the rudest people have developed athletic sports to a very great degree, have but one game of strength, English consonants and vowels can hardly be bent to express its name, but it consists of pull« ing on a stick that is caught by their feet, while with the‘r arms they tug cne anâ€" other over, & sort of individual tug ot war. The Eequimaux from farâ€"cff Labrador do not even tug on a stick to see which is the strongest, but they have real spor.* nevertheless, It is more a question of skill than strength with them. The man who can throw the harpoon truest or reach the farthest dog with his walrasâ€"skin whip is a big man among the snowâ€"dwel‘ers, There are long periods of enforced idleâ€" ness up there where the days and nights are weeks long; times when there are no seals to kill nor fish to catch, and of necersâ€" ity the Esquimaux have devised some sort of sport to fit in the gap. Of course this, like all other Esquimaux pleasures, except drinking, is for the men wlone. The women can always devote themselves to such light fancy work as rendering the tallow from the game and changing raw hides into furs. Almost the only real game of the Esâ€" quimaux is played with their big whipe. These are of atrips of walrus hide or sealâ€" skin, tied, tacked, riveted or twisted toâ€" gether. ‘They are a dozen feet long and so heavy that the whip of the frontier bullâ€" driver is a dainty quirt in comparison . Thc{ awre as thick as a n an‘s wrist at the stock end of them, for they have no stocks, and a blow from one of them would knock a man down as would a club. Their prinâ€" cipal use is to convey an idea of their reâ€" sponsibilities to the gaunt halfâ€"starved, wolfâ€" like wild dogs that drag the sledges. The Esquimau who could not just take the hide off No three points to constitate a fall, The man who loses his feet first is down, and ordinarily one fall is enough for a match, The man who fal‘s is not usually in a conâ€" dition to try it over. Under their rules nothing must touch the groand but the soles of their feet. They stand with their legs wide apart and grip one another around the chest and uhou?der- so rething after the North Cumberland style. Then they tug and straim and haul and lift, Iripping is permissible but is dangerous, because even the touch of a knee ora hand to the ground constitutes a fall, Ordinarily the first hold continues until one or the other goes down. It is really nothing more then a trial of strength and endurance, 8o fierce is the strain and so much effort is put forth that when a man goes down he generally hits the ground with his shoulder and fractures a collarâ€"bons or shoulderâ€"blade. Then men are as big and strong even as the blueâ€"black sons of the Amazons, and a wrestling match between a couple ot them is like a tug of war between giants, . There is no getting down and forming bridges in with that sixâ€"pound whip would be laughe i out of the village, They are ms accurate with their moosssiin lashes as most experts are with a pistol; and this accuracy forms the point of their solitary sport. They handle heavy bludgeons through more intricate movements than the most expert Indian club swinger, The girls play cricket and the men wrestle and fence with spears, They realiy havs the true noton of sport as much as any American or Europ» ean. They can appreciare a contest even when the death of ore of the contestants is not the necessary fiuish. The Souch Sea Islanders say that the Esquimaux are clumsy at paddling. The islanders are higher up in the scale of sports than the blueâ€"black Dahomeyans or the Esâ€" uimaux. They have games of their own, '(}'hev have dances that mean more in the way of exercise than bicycling and baseball combined. Viscount Wolscley‘s Opinion As io th Possibl fes of Chima, According to Viscount Wolseley, the l succession of defeats which Japan has in« flicted on Cnica may succeed in effectually { rousing at last what may be called the Chinese lion,. The distinguishel general appears to think that owing to the enorâ€" inous population of the Chinese Empire it can never be entirely reduced to sul.j »ction by Japan, however superior the military ta :tics of the latter nution seem to be at the present time, It is his idea that the present war is having, and will have, an enormous educating effect upos the Chinese,. They will come to realize the weakness of their unwieldy constitution, and the absurdity of their antiquated national methoâ€"s, Some of Lord Wols:ley‘®& statements are He says that whatever form of governâ€" ment may be evolved through her defeat, China will, without loss of uime, creat? & re ular urmy upon European lines. He can see practically no limit to the size of the army she could raise, and be thinks it ought scon to be the first army in the world, Further, he remarks that ne can see no good reason why in the next few generâ€" ations this army may not, if properly led, turn out of Asia every European power now holding territory there, . Speaking generally Lord Wolreley thinks that China possesses evory essential requisite for uational grem<ness. Jt is his opinion that when the lewon of this war has had time to percolate through the more educeted classes of China, and these are increasing in numbers every year, there will be a re habilitation and revision of institations such as the <rorld has at present but little idea of. It is natural that as a military man, he should think that, the first deâ€" velopment will be one of A SAMOAN: WRESTLING NMATOH SAVAGES AT PLAY THE PEOPLE OF DAHOMEY A RATHER STARTLIN JAPAN AND CHINA mE TH \ DC NATURE DEATH OF EMIN PASHA The Molive of the Orimeâ€"Two Arab Slaves Committed the Deed Under Orders from a Big Chiefâ€""@ne Man Meld Eachk Leg. One Mam Each Arm, And 1 MHeld Wiis Mead, While Mamba Cut Mis Throat, " The details of the marder of Emin Pasha, whose death stirred the whole civilized world, are first made public in the Cenâ€" tary. The story is told by R. Dorsey Mobun, Two of the murderers of Emin were discovered by Mr. Mohun‘s sergeant, A GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF HIS MUR DR 1N AFRICA. WHOLE NO. 859. who had been a member of Stanley‘s up-l dition for the relief of Emin,. They were arsested, and a confession was okillfllly' drawn from them by Mr. Mohun, The murderers were hanged last May. 'l’hnl leading points in their confession are as follows.â€" lsmailia began by stating that he had been in the service of Emin Pasha, having been oaned to him by Said to take charge of his caravan on the march from the Unyoro, 1 asked him if he had been well treated on the road, and if he had any cause of comâ€" plaint to make agairst Emin Pasha. He answered that he had none ; that he had always been treated with the greatest kin4â€" ness, and that the pasha had frequentâ€" ly given him pieces of cloth for himself and for his three women ; that he liked the pasha very much, and had no feeling or hatred against him, Mamba broke in, saying that he also liked the pasha, and that he wassorry he had died, _ _ Mamba then turned to me and said ; "I did not want to help kill the pasha ; but 1 knew that Kibonge was a much bi'sor chief than my master Said, and that if 1 did not obey he would probably kill me ; wo L told ismailia that 1 would do es 1 was ordered." | _ *"*When they arrived, Kinena said : ‘Tell | the men to leave their arms on the side of ilhe veranda, because if they go into the | plantations caurying guns, the women work â€" :mg there will become frightened and run ‘away.‘ Thereupon Emin‘s men,numbring | thirty or forty, placed their guns on the , verands«, and departed, The plantations were an hour‘s walk from the house, Daring the time it took the men to go to the plaota | tions Kinena tailked to Emin, expressi ihu regret at his depariure, . Mamba nrllls | I were standing next to the pasha, and at |a sign from the chiel we seized him by the |arms as he wassitting in his chair. He | turned and asked what we mean‘, Kinena looked at him, and said, *Pasha, you have l got to die ! Emin turned, and exciaimed rather angrily ; ‘What do you mean * Is l this a joke * What do you mean by mezing me in this manner * What are you talking Iul.wut. my dying for* Who are you that you can give orders for a man to die * l Kinena replied ; *I do not give the orders, I receive them from Kibonge, who is my chief ; and when Kibonge gives an order to me I obey it.‘ § Ismailia, continuing, said ; **1 then wens back to Kinena‘s, and on the veranda of the chief‘s house Emin Pasha was seated, surrounded. by a few of his soldiers. He was writing at his table, and many birds and bugs were scattered around. . Thess had been caught coming from« the Aruwini. The first letter, which Mamba had brought, was in front of him ; and he was laughing, ;Alhl seemed in cheerful spirits mt the thought ot leaving mext morning for Kibonge. â€" Kinena came up with a few men who were carrying guns, Kinena hed in his hand the letter wfi-ich 1 had given him. Me stopped near the pasha, and began ‘reading to himself, â€" When he had finished he said . * Pasha, as you are going to leave toâ€"morrow morning for a twelve days‘ march, don‘t you think you had better send your men into the plantations, and get bananas, mancoi, and peanuts for the long march which you have before you ! Tell your men to get all they wish ; and I hops that you won‘t think of paying me for **Three of Kineva‘s men came and asâ€" ‘ sisted us in holaing Emin, who was strug»â€" gling to free himself and to get au his revolver lying on the table ; but his efforts were fruitiess, and we forced him back into his chair, Then Emin toid Kiena that it was all a mistake, as he had just received a letter from Kibonge that morning saying that he should have safe conduct to his village, and that the letter was on the table in front of him, Kinena replied, * Pasha, you read Arabic, don‘t you *‘ £6 6 \'(5.. n "*Then read this,‘ holding the second letter close to Emin‘s eyss, as the Pasha was nearly blind. them, as iv is my present to you, and is in return for the many little things that you have given me ard my women since you have been my guest.‘ The pasha loo{od up, and Lhuzed Kinena very much, He then told one of his orderlies to have the bugler call the men, which was done, © tomin read the letter, and saw that it was true. Drawing a long breath, he turned and said : * Well, you may kill me, but don‘t think that 1 am the only white man in this country, ‘There are many others who will willing to avenge my death; and let me tell you that in less than two years from now there won‘t be an Arab left in the entire country now held by your ipsople® e o l s e t 2t TEFII ~ 1 asked lemailia if Emin showed any signs of fear, and he said that he showed none ; but when he spoke of having care taken of his daughter, two years of age, he trembled slightly. © What 3..1 he eay wbout his child, Ismailin â€"** He said : 'ilyrchild is not bad ; she is good, Send her to Said ben Abedi at Kibonge, and ask him to look out for her,‘ " Ismailia continued : * At a sign from Kinena, the pasha was lifted out of his chair and thrown flat on his back. One man held each leg, one man eac‘ arm, and 1 held his head, while Mamba cut his throat." Mamba here put in a vigorous protest, saying he had not cut his throat, But Ismailia stuck to his statement, and swore that it was Mamba who had acted as executioner. . Mamba said it was another slave, but that he stood by and watched the murder being committed, and a wrangle ensued between the two, Ismailia acousing and Mamba denying. 1 let this continue for a few moments ; Lut as no information of importance resulted, 1 #topped them both, and then told Ismailia to continue, for 1 should «sume that Mamba had used the knife,. . Mamba looked rather discour» aged it this declaration, but eaid nothing ; and I firml:‘.’ believe that it was he who beheaded Emin. The reason,it Appc:rl to me,for Kihuf'l having sent the head to Nynfiw was that he desired to show Munieâ€"Mohara, who had almest as much influence as Tippoo Tib, that he (Kibonge) was as big a chief in his own country, and could kill a white man as well as Munieâ€"Moharsa who had orâ€" dered the destruction of Hodister‘s expediâ€" Tml{»to-r life members of the Upper House of the Reichsrath have been apâ€" Ismailia then said : *"Emin made no «ffort at resistance, . His head was drawn back until the #kin across his throat was tight, and with one . movement of the knife Mamba cut the head half off. The blood spurted over us, and the pasha was dead. We held to him for a fow minutes ; then we arose and left the body where it was. 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