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Gos eet THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. The Cream of the News of Seven Days, CANADIAN. A 753 Shed oil well was struck on the Porter farm rsa Pe oe The building = on amount to year. The Calgary Indian Pepe was formally opened by rdeen. $387, Goo tae for 'the Industrial | ur Lord rare to¥ McClelan has been ap- erable Lieutenant-Governor of New Lord and Lady «\berdeen visited Brandon and attended a number of public functions. -- Montreal Witness ocated Toronto holding rat Exhibition next year. __Mr. G.-J; Mickle, Provincial Secre- hated ane the Manitoba Cabinet, was ted by acclamation for Birtle. "The deposit inthe Government sav- aid banks for November were $244,- and the withdrawals $264,00 De contested Nicolet election trial has resulted in Mr. Fabien Boisvert, i being confirmed in his last night a Dom- pte Robertson wants Canadian farmers to go into the business o shipping canned butter to India and China, Two Kingston lenitentiary convicts escaped by scaling the wall. The men are McDonald from Toronto and Myers from Essex. Mr. Alonzo S. Valleau has been ap- pointed Collector of Customs at Des- eronto in peer of Mr. Richard Ke- burn, dismissec The Collingwood Council appointed a committee to make arrangements for a banquet to Hon. Mr. 'Tarte when he visits that town. It is announced in Ottawa that a commission will forthwith be issued to enquire into the efficiency of In- dian schools in the Northwest. The Governnient is considering the request of some of the Montreal Lib- erals that those Canadians who went to Brazil should be assisted back The Dominion Government will be asked to interfere to prevent the bar- barous practices which prevail among the pagan Indians in the Northwest. The Dominion Government is mak- e number of to return with a°® view to taking ac- tion. At the convention of the Lik erals of North Brandon Mr. ° r was selected without opposition ms the ee: for the vacant seat in the Legislat Mr. eenolas Wilson has just com- pleted a term of 50 years as Lublic School teacher in London. Some of his old pupils propose to presenthbim witha testimonial. Dr. Borden, Minister of Militia, at 'the annual dinner of the Ottawa Gar- rison, repeated his declaration that he was in favor of the annual drill of the entire militia force. It' is stated at Montreal that the Dominion Government has taken over the Baie des Chaleurs Railway, which will hereafter be run in connection with the Intercolonial, system. Mr. W. H. Hoyle, reeve of Canning- on, Was yesterday unanimously se- lected by the Liberal-Conservatives of North*Outario as their candidate at the coming Provincial--eleetions, Wiliam Graham, the lad sent to penitentiary for three years for. lar- eceny from the East 'London post- office, has received a pardon shri Sir Oliver Mowat, Minister of Mr. J. Larke, the caaaee com- mercial agent in Australia, _states- that---the"trade* with that -- dis- tant colony is greatly hampered by ee want of transportation facili. ties. two convicts, Myers and Mc- Donalds who escaped from Kingston Penitentiary, managed to steal a horse and buggy at Collins Bay and it is gs thought they. are beyond pur- t Messrs. Harry Murphy and David Spicer felt through the vault whiie working on the ruins of the Sparks street fire at Ottawa. Spicer died in a short time ue Murphy is not to recove The Ogilvies stad to erect early next year a new elevator at Montre at with a capacity of 500,000 peahele | 5 r capacity of 150,000 bushels, making their total eletator Po ait aaah for Manitoba wheat 4,500,000 bushels. Mr, Allan Barr, a farmer, who lived about two miles from Perth, Ont.,.was 3 ing by the road- buggy g broken. It is thought Sa he 'tl sat ot his buggy and was are Andrew Robertson, of the llth line of Bathurst, near Kingston, met With a fatal accident on Saturday Jast. He was engaged in sinking stone when a stone fell on him, ly = gd his leg. The injury iteelf not such as to cause his death, pics cog shock so affected he heart opss died on Monday morning. UNITED STATES. Ex-Queen Lilliuokalani of 'Hawaii arrived unexpect San Fran- | it from Honolulu on the steamer' By a vote of 104 to 7 the United States es of Representatives has passed t @ Bul prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors at the capi- a van obser Weyler telegraphs vernment t the ae Garcon of nape rebels in Pinar del nately Province of Cuba, is daily _matese ng Ww The Albclahit & Wilson "Chemical Compa ™ rr « ny of Great Britain has closed a contract with the S Bb ings ara Falls. Power Company, and will Niagara move to Falis, N. ¥. hee Nat' lonal ee ot Ni- agara Falls, N. Y., closed er, nape , and james a gion C. suspensi due to heavy withdrawa Gypeey, the ephant with a ee Sen eis Dratented at Oe publicly elec hy t for ion ene Tat for and will probably be issued in a William Volans, the sixteen-year-old nephew of John Volans, cigar dealer, thought which was passing the rollers. His hand was caught by the rollers, and his arm was dragged in as far as it Aan EO, The machin- ery was reyers as the acci- dent was noticed: the the boy's arm was almost torn from its socket, and was mangled in such a way that am- putation will be necessary GREAT BRI ITAIN. Fourteen of the crew of the British ship Peer were drowned in the w of the vessel on the South African coast. The London Times announces the marriage at gnome on December 10th, Mr. fo Miss Catharine Edith, daughter the late Mr. George Brown, e ronto. The 'London Daily News' Rome cor- respondent says it is asserted there that ae al asked PR to sound the nations as to whether Mice oud pats open s a war ies ne United S tune " Mosaiig T eanies Arthur Kitson will bring an against Sir James Kitson, and other members of the fam © set aside his father's will, caroline half a million pounds, on the ground of insanity and undue influence. It was Arthur Kitson's wife who some time since obtained £12,000 damages against Dr. James Playfair for slander. The British Wan. peleag intends with- in the next few 2ks ta make rome AEE a packed anapts in the Shoe- buryness School of Gunnery" respect- ing the effect of artillery fire on cap- tive balloons. The latter will be raised to various altitudes,and several kinds of projectiles and explosives will be used. Some half-dozen baitioons will be used, and the experiments will © 'xtend over several days. The year is closing well for the Anglo-C 'anadian trade. The imports froyn Canada into Great Britain have The that action M P ingreaxe! 18 per cent. for the eleven months enued with November, amounting to £12,154,568. The in creases incluile : Wheat, £500,000; bacon. £190,000; hams, £150,000; butter, £170,000 : cheese, £280,000 ; eggs, £16,000; fish, £50,000; hewn woo.l, £185,000 : sawn wood, £7£0,0 000. "he exports from Enginnt to Canada intreasel 1 per cent curing the same period. The Lritish Admiralty liive cecided to make an important Innovation at Devonport. Eneonraged by the recent successful experimdnt in the training of carrier pigeons QS Messengers, the Admiralty have determined to erect a large. pigeon-house adjoining the sig- nal station of the naval Commander- in-Chief at -Devonport. The left will be capable of accommodating 200 birds. The training of carrier pigeons will be carried on from this loft, and the bird will become an auxiliary to the Naval Intelligence Department, the Admiralty having decided to de- yey this means of communicating be- tween fleets at sea and 'th: {naval bases: GENERAL. It ix reported that the Negus of Abyssinia has ceded to Russia a small streteh of coast between Obok and Erithrea aus a coaling station. It appears that the powers have agreed upon a jolt peremptory tle- Ynand on Turkey for special reforms, but as Russiit Enon forbids coercive measures, no practical result is expected. a A despatch to the Varis Journal from Marseilles says 'that news has beer. received from Madagascar that an American colonist named Lund had been attacked and killed by the rebels, A detachment of troops "has aterted after the rebe 1s. RUSE ON HO ROAST PIG. Dishes Which the "Subjects of the Czar njoy on Christmas Day On Christmas day the Russians ad- here to their strictly national dishes. In the morning their breakfast con- siste of boursch, the national soup, or broth, composed of the fermented juice beet root, sour cream, boiled cab- bage and meat bouillon. This extra- ordinary mixture tastes much bet- ter than it meets, and after the quan- tity. necosdiam to appease the ap- sh ite Snsumed in the morn- enormous, puch bow! ing 1 is filled with the soup and stands upon a side table during the day. In all well regulated Russian households there is also found upon the me table a Poneto pig, dressed with "poll ed. bu rheait;or kasche, as it is called mingled with the liver, heart and other edible adjuncts of the ani- mal. This pig is especially raised and killed for Christmas| day. It weighs never more than seven or eight pounds Accompanying these there is the pasca, a xture of white cheese, cream, butte " sugar, raisins, hich are all placed together in a wooden bow! and allowed to stand for . 24 hours. There is also the koulische, a take plentifully filled with raisins, and then, as a little side dish, are the varicolored eggs that all good Rus- Sians are expected to eat with salt that has been purified by roasting. The evening meal is confposed of great pi aici of sausages and immense joints roasted tiene which? together with Fei black bread peculiar to the coun- try, is caecly devoured and washed down with tiful libations of kon- miss and making corn bisque use cay- a vith a little sugar ag xeason- "Child announces his ar The Patron Saint of Children the World Over. -------- MANY QUAINT IDEAS OF HIM Different Names by Which He is Known | in Various Countries--In Austria He Has a Servant Who Helps Carry the Bundles -- Naughty _ Obildren Pun- St. Nichole js one of the patron saints of Rupsia, and so at Christ- mas time he is a very special favor ite: "But Easter is the great feast, and the Christmas gifts are not so handsome as the Easter presents. He is known as Santa Claus_in Holland. He_ is Samiklaus in Switzerland. In Heligoland the children call him Sonner Klas. In the Tyrol] he St. Lucy and the with him. In lower Austria his name is Niklo, or Niglo, and his masked servant, fae 3s to carry the bundles, is Kra is the Holy Man. Christ Child go pus, i In the Vorarlberg he is Zemmiklas, and he puts all naughty a into ae eee and carries them Belgium ir enidren aay their eiea and fill t with hay, cats and carrots tor the saint's white horse. Then they place them in the fireplace, or in a corner of the room, one of the saint's favorite hiding places. The door is carefully locked and next morning. rer yee is found topsy rvy. The rs and table have been turned Tet 'the horse has eaten up the hii and left instead swectmeats and toys for the good children and rods for the bai But there are xe y seldom any bad ones at Christm In the Neluesanne. She chiildren write to him and sing to him to fet fall from the chimney top something into their white aprons. AS hey sing they keep time, swinging the aprons back and forth: Sunder Klaas du gode Bloot! Breng' mi Noot un Zuckerbrod- Nicht to veef un nich to miinn- Smiet In mine Schorten in! In Bohemia and Styria there are tnd plays in every village during Adven St. Nicholas, dressed in a long 'clonk. has a gokien miter on his head and a bishop's staff in his hand. He reads his report oe how the schoof cliildren have have se who play truant, loiter on thelr way, for- get their lessons, soil and tear their books or forget their prayers are to be beaten with the rod. ee comes the Christ peers and say ood Nicho ae be patient! Space the 'it- tle Fate the young blood! Rorcey 'cham this time, good Nicho- as!" And St..Nicholas--forgives them becguse it is Christ's birthday. in a sheet and wears a pillow: case on his head instead of a he comes to see the children in their dreams, and asks them if they al- ways say their prayers. Then he leaves fruit for thw good ones and rods for the forgetful out of the big basket he carries on his arm. In Alsace the Christ Child himself comes, dressed as a maiden, in white, to bring the good children sweet- ineats. With a silver bell in ler hand and lighted tapers as a crown on her head she fills the tiny wooden shoes-from her ' Then she Aeaprieaee out at the win- dow where sife came in, and her bell is heard tinkling as she enters the next house Ju Suabia the Christ Child carries a bell and an earthen pot full of gifts. In Hanover, Macklenburg: and_Hol- stein-the-Christmas fairy is Clas. In Poland the, heavens are opened and Jacos ladder is let down for the angels to come down with gifts for good children. am some parts of Austria candles e place in the windows to let the | Christ Child see the way. Near Cologne the country children go around with cow bells in honor oS the-manger of Bethlehem. Three boys, dressed in white, with leather girdles and crowns of colored paper, march about and personate the three kings of, Cologne, who were taid to be the three wise men The first child left at the gates of the Foundling Hospital at Lyons on Christmas eve is laid in np hand- some cradie and ares ") pretty clothes. Bonhomme Noel 'brings th French children sweets for their shoes. Children in Lorraine must not sit in the chimney corner on Christmas eve because they. intercept the draft. In the country villages near Stutt- gurt and Tubingen the children on the three Thursdays before Clirist- mas shoot peas and hg through a pipe-at every w his custom is suid to date from tie time when the plague raged and country friends cime into town to sce if their rela- tives were still alive. hey threw handfuls of peas at the pee and the inmates appeared, if able to do so, and gave them a kindly salute. In the Black Forest the -Christ rrival at the door by ri g his silver bell. Then the door is partially opened, and the gifts are thrown in, sometimes a rod or a handful pf peas is added for the naughty folk. The rod is for punish- ment, ana the peas are for penance. In Northern Germany lUghts are placed in the windows and food om the tables, so that the Holy Mother and the angels who pass when everyone is «Sleep may find food. Saturn's temples were hung with flowers and wreaths of greens, tapers everywhere, feasting-and dancing were'in every honie, aes were poy a newer, deeper 'zeal for the with nthe Christmas: tree, barn in Ger- , has taken root in every land wher the Christ -Child ig hcg see aaa SANTA IN EVERY JAND,| SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON---NO. XII, DEC. 20, 1896, The Birth of Christ-- Matt. if, 1-13. Time.--B. C. 4. Place.--Bethlehem, Jerusalem. Persons.--Herod. Wise men. The Sanhedrim. The Ho sidered ye erly app lied ied: to th that ry pecuer Sk C) place where Jesus @ Messiah, the uw See Lev. iii, 11-16, Beet xxi. Arable version has lehem and the Persic, Beet allehem It is proper to consider tha name 4s some might suppose, the house of the incarnation +' that is, the house of ee incanation,'" that i, the piace God was manifested in the ren for the sulvation of a lost world-- Bohra Bethlehem was also pages rata, a wo pposed to sig- nify fertility. Z Herod the King--Herod the Great, the son of Antipater, born at Ascai- on, about seventy years before Christ. According to some, was a Ta- tive Jew; according to others, an es The most Denetie opinion is that he was originally an Idumean, but that his ancestors had for me, Fabs dicing be religion. the J deg ef at time in eaniectcn to the Romans, he was made King of Judea by Roman capa nate fise men from the e@ per- sons here Genaked tree eased priests, or astronomers. They chiefly in Persia and Arabia. Toy were the learned men of the éast- ern nations, devoted to ~ astronomy, to religion and to medicine. To Jerusalfem--This is the first oc- currence of the name of the Holy City in the New Testament. Jerusa- lem is not only oue of the most cele- brated, but one of the most ancient cities in the world. It is first men- tioned in Genesis, under the name of 4 Salem, with Melchisedek, for its king, a type of the future Messialt. It was to this same spot Ahat Abraham brought Isaac to be sacrificed, name- ly, upon the very mountain ~ where Christ, the antitype of Isaac, sacrifice ages afterwards. It seems that these' wise men did not suppose that so illustrious a king would be born in an ignoble village, but that he must be sought for in the royal city, in the paiuce itselt, and in the family vine then reigned,--Benson. at is born King of the you ais is, their lawful and hereditary sovereign, not be- ing such. It. was -expeeted----through the whole east that about that time a king was to arise in Judea who should rule all the world. This grew out of the fact that many Jews were scattered throughout the land, and it being an article of their faith, to expect the Messiah, they spread this abroad, and it was known to wise men. We have seen His star-- The birth of Christ was notified to the Jewish shepherds, by an angel, the Gentile philosophers by a ar. 3. Herod...... was troubled and ail Jerusalem--Herod had -kingdom by great Crimes and by shed- ding much blood. hearing oi another king being born to the throne he felt a fear of losing 'his seat. "When such a tyrant was alarnied, his w hole cap- ital obi not but be alarmed also." aes 4. AL 'the chief priests and scribes--- Not only the high priest for the time being, and 'his deputy, with those who had borne that office, but also the heads of the twenty-four courses, into which David had divided the Bacerdotal families. the least, etc.---Taken vik Micah v. 2. This prophecy brings to a point a whole series of prophe cies, This pee to Bethlehem made more. conspicuous the fact that Jesus was of the royal line of David.--W 'don. 7. What ee the star appeared-- By this*Herod hoped to determine the exact a e es the child, that he might to have him Pigott in pelea cits slaughter. ¢ ng me Sie ae the information he afforded the wise men, he obligated them to inform him under pretense of good in- tention, which was terrible hypocrisy. 9. The star...... went before - them-- This intimates that it had not heen their gue - ee journey from their wn coun t, Aig shone onthe nigh t-of his ee ity, then disappea until they departed from Jerusalem. Whether visible to aly other than themselves fs not said. "The stgr was in its zenith and appeared to go" be- fore them 11. They presented him gifts--These were presented to Hin as King of the Jews, because they supposec he was to be a distinguished prince and con- queror. It was customary' in the East to show respect for persons of distinction by makirnf them presents: See Gen. xxxil. 14, xliil. 11. I. Sam. x. 27. I. Kings x. 2. Pealms Ixxil, 10-15. Gold--A very great providence to the family, who were to be. some time in Egypt among Stranger Teachings..-The cade' of God's Spirit agree with the teachings of His W ord. We should seek until we find le Saviour, though it cost an effort. should- present to Him our. best gifte, und worship Him. God will guide-our way in safety, when we are following the teaching of His wori < Practical Survey. The Star Was the first ray of light to the~ Gentile world. ~It appeared to the philoso- phers who were searching after knowledge. So the light.came to the Gentiles er the medium best cal- culated to lead them to know for themselves. the "truth rot "a the ex- pectations of the Jews. They went to Jerusalem, the ie ae of o edge and ww Bh cage! of qe Wise men was appearance of the_ obtained the} no doubt as to pointed, and admitted ee it was made direct to the ins authority. tyrant, and subjecte. @ annowce- ing to ta' letter, but not the spirit of Scriptures. He would use aaserninie the pian of God, yet sei dared contrive means to overthrow it. young child. w r, rightful King rot the cgtades Without to witness ception by his pad nation, the Gentiles express- Scriptures. gifts were suitable Tor a king. The dance ofthe Lord, whith Was given to the wise men through a dream, protected them from having any part in the crue! designs of Herod. They had been safely Sa to the place where the ae was, and were then in the cradie gave hlarm and terror to an wu monarch, while he brought joy and gladness to the innocent worshippers. All unkuown to them were the fruits of their journey, yet it illustrated the universal spread of the Goepe! ed on nations, and how. much more Christ would be accepted by the Gentiles than the Jews, HEART PAINS LEAVE IN A DAY. Unable to Attend to Her Dally Duties--And a» Gre From Heart Tro _ e Cure fort ved a ee er Work These are the conte of Mrs. W. T. Rundle, of Dundalk, Ont.: " I was a great sufferer from Revere pata in mus region of my heart. For a time was quite unable to household duties. try Dr. Agnew's 'Cuure for the aici and I must say the result was w dertul The 2in. Soralintely. } lett me and after first day I have had no pain 6 rouble since." Hint to Lazy Ministers. "T laave a very critical parishioner in my church, who usea to anuoy me terribly, but I have finally silenced him," said a minister, very confiden- tially, to a brother nant thought the story too "T used to be afraid of a If I ever preached a sermon the seeond time he was sure to call at the manse on Monday and tell me just when I preached it before, I thought that man had a most prodigious memory, until a few months ago, when I called at his house one evening aud waited in the parlor along for a few minutes. T opened his. Bible,-and---turning the pages noticed that he had dat of every one of my sermons ucted on the margin opposite its text. Some that had been preached two and three imes .were accordingly. § [ had found his memory, and very easiiy defeated it. Since then, when I want to repeat a sermon, I simply select o new text that will fit it, instead of the original one. I have repeated a. number of sermous since I made my discovery, and haven't heard a single word about them, from my critical and watchful friend." oO keep. In May, 1661, George, Staverton left 2 sum of money to purchase a bull, which bull he gave to the poor of Wokingham town and parish. The animal was to be boiled, the hide and the pffal to be sold, and the proceeds expended in the purchase of shoes and sStockings,.to--be-hestowed upon poor children, Up to the year 1828 a bull was regularly boiled on Dec. 2ist in- the market place of Wokingham. But that year the corporation of the town determined upon discontinuing such a proceeding, which has since accordingly been omitted. At Christ- mas, 1835, a mob. broke.open during the night the place where one of the animals was kept, and---boiled it, in spite of the Ma nee trate's endeayors to prevent them, and similar attempts beh Since been made' on other octu- sions, A VETER4N's STORY. At Eighty Vears of Age One Box of Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder Cures a Case cars' drapery Relieve - Volds and Cata Thirty Minutes. George Lewis, of Shamokin, = FT writes: - "I am 86 Years of a i have been troubled with catarr. Hee fifty years, and in ee have wel. & grea ny 'cures, Dut never had any reliel until I Tused Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Poyder. One box cured me compliers and-it gives me great pleasur: recommend it to all suf- fering se this malady.' Gifts For Women and Men. "Women's wants, if measured their belongings, would seem to be ia most innumerable, and ofa kind habertl renewi Tites pations require a greater number of small things for their eaninnent thar do those of m and Christmas -- for them -are, thoratore: more prepared. Women's belo gs texe the: further advantage of being useful as well as beautif Men are always pieased with simple gifte, and are usu- ally em when prewcey with expensive articles of any 50 The value to them of a gift-is, as i should be wi pers gar in bd gle. to its simplicity and usef and out of proportion to its ae" Itching, Litt aera fe 'iseus- s Cored For Ta Axe Ge nis. Dr. Agnew"s blatment relieves in one day and cures Totter. Sait Rhoum, Head, oer Mi ginency Ite hes and all eruptions of b 8} the skin. It is soothing anid quiet- - ing and acts fke mm in the cure of all ahy humors ; conte.