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Leaders of Attacks on Foreigners Must Be Delivered Up. VA despatch from Berlin sars:-`-Tl1e text of the telegraphic note from Germany to the powers as follows; "The Government of the Emperor The Governor of the Emperor . hold as preliminary to entering upon V. diplomatic relations with the Chinese `` `Government that those persons must _ be delivered up who have proved to .be. the ori"-ginal and real `instigators of the attacks against` foreigners which have occurred at Pekin. The number of those -who were merely in- strumental in carrying out the out- rages is too great. Wholesale execu- tionsfwould be contrary to the civil- ` ized conscience, and the circumstances of such` 0. group of leaders cannot be `completely ascertained, but a few. whose guilt is notorious should be` delivered up and punish- ed. The representatives of ethic` powers at Pekin are in a position to V `dance. Less importance attached to \the number punished than to their ' character as chief leaders. -The Gov- _ ernment believes it can count on the unanimity of all the Cabinets in regard to this point, insomuoh as indifference - `to the idea of just atonement would Eetitions of the crime. The Government .rcposes,- thoreore,_ that the cabinet; "mconcerned shall instruct V their repre- `guilt In villpstigatlng or pgrpggggginc ~ outrages all doubt is excluded,` `V 7 \- q--ug- .._...___ _ A_- , give or bring forward convincing. evi-l , be equivalent to indifference to a` re-'9 gguentatives at .Pek_i-n to indicate these :11 leading Chinese personages from whoa; A wanan BAMBOO GROWS BA-BY S NURSES. __- _g...--v_._ -?.-- -v ;i Persona upon whom naturn h-us not 1;-bestowed tapenshttped fingvrs -`*'""3` - tiu_xo:5 try to attain Lhem by the W Lot-various devices. Metal cums rr-:n`h- ';.ing,;'to- the second juint, to be wurn fat night. are supposed to s<*v1I7`t` `bi Fgresnlt, but unleeshne bf`.'~5-`4 11` "_" *;_oar1y age, .wheu tha tingmjs are SM f:'n.lid amenable to external .'1ppH.'Im'-'3, -' ;i`t as-dovnbttulrit they would )' "'~" `Tit-1:5 desired. effect. %%,mT%t,;,,T_..TT `.;`:..,'-3'.'*mk',1t madly, and bitterly <-x4 r%_!`!i0d;'L`?Oh, talse,g_~ua1 girl, to that trampjo upon a 220:! `very fthrob is tor you `alone- E'#~it3:is?hanbhe I` have no further use. 68` 1 home lnay M50 H .: raised to mow W sn%i1i.w`:cho:ra1b-o. put soha gm~I"" ' 47- .,.. ._., tlufhfh - :v- -v-' ------ - "lW0.1o`;I | . -- - -------- ..- ":V6fY Wu1h Hubert," she wH="""" q;oa.m1y.- "1: you take that grmmj`_ "is? one alternative for me. aro *vot-an diamond ring WW` A` zrkldd-0n het "tin-ger,4and hnndeii it olaudg Maod_o_n., "95?`E` .Y~?._ .`1!}"'!!,A1_ L V T3i 2 TH.E-..0NLY ALT ERNAT IVW '_'Mnria.-"A-he_ cried, in. (le-. "1 'ha1l'waist no longer. Enhnr 3""? to become my wife. Of? the fame. ` Your repaiad de|;1y5 1 f}gam:.xn1ixg4m.'- % 1 ; AQ9._ - a _. . _.. ..u.n'4 J _ - w ~ - * --.v .'.5-- `Iv--. . After using the We to rmmd H19 inger.na;ils in shape, it is well W 3136- `an emery strip ta rmmve zmy roughness that remains. In poliahing the nails wit `u the chamoisf polisher, neither })n.=\lv nur powder Should be u.`-59.1.1. }."1\\'d(`l` nlak.--.4 ]~th_e nails brittle and paste gives an un- {desirably high color. I `L... i If t`h~e_ nails are munrlIl nff with H- h-B file every day {hay will 2'. -L rwimi `to be out with the sc'is.sur;4, -.\. 21;-~n is [injurious-. In order in km: th.- var--.~a~ {cent-at the base well [omwd `Ln Skin lS'h40uI'd b pushed hm-.1: from 1113 mil iwith tthe towel, or, if Il(*r`(\1~;.`h'|J`_\',\'. i`.h a blunt orange stick ev:-.1'_V limo the handsare `washed. Tine omnsze sdirk {is excellent also for cl:-tming the fin- iger nails after they have-. been sou}:- ;ed for a few minutes in warm v.-an-r '-containing a` little lmnon juive. v- .-. . -.1 V II the nails Show :1 teurlmxry f0 brittleness, a little sxzaking in wfmn olive oil after femoving thmn from "the lemon Water and an zzpirlitrmivll luf cold cream at night will [NW8 i beneficial. ` I _ ` N_n!ls Slmukl be .\'oleh:-r Po!uIwl .`\'ur Tao Poll-lncth The niail as it should he. is 'u"mut `one and a h_'1l~f times as Inns: :1! it :is broeid, and always shows 1 (`res- cent at the base. Highly pnlishswl or pbinted nails are not in(li(`:1live .of good taste. They shuuld I1-Iw .1 na- ltural-gloss and be negxtly i'U"U1`lP,il wt ithetop. - ' On .- `comment on Her/offer to Send Warship to Kruger. , A dospatch from London, says :41` iStanda'rd,' -which is a Minlstm-1, `organ , declares that the action of H01 ilandrn offering paesage on one of hp iwershlna to President Kruger in a gaotl of Lnterventmn which might ve `properly. resented by those againg winorn it is directed. It says that i Jeferson Davis had escaped to Maxie siiiff 'SIif. .';d"L'Zil`Z2 2' E? i _ . _ 0 briu ihun` to; Europe on a warship t ;Federal Government would sure] `have regarded such action as an in ;sult. It adds that except on the in `credible supposition that. the consen .o_f Great. Britain was first obtained gthie action of Holland is bot `provocative `and insolent. It ha ino-t even `the merit of 0()!ll`:lg4.3. .`~',11)Q there 13 httle probability that any of if-i-Ci-al res-entm~en-t of a kind liki-iv t lead to hvoustiliti-es will be shown. Th tpiaper contends that there is nothin gin the relations of the English an D_utc:h to justify this m.r1nife.ut:m0,, ., gill-Will. Iit ooancludes by sciying that 11. t'.~heDutch rank thwrnneives mgmg {the exnemzes of Great Britain they .IIl1lBt take the consequences. The late no longer friends of Engixinii an {have no further cl.-.Li.1_n upon British !rega.nd. `ns dompletely destroyed. one -man was-killed. have returned to [1 km say that there are many thous,-m Boxers and Imparial troops at Ch Chow, and `that they have exclude civilians from the city. DIUI._ A..-,_.!-._ The Americans are planning an -ex peditionto go west of Pekin to mac % native vchristiana. f]ruLL `nmrmsunbu xs Tb % 81:` 1` - f Exwnzn. . . HOLLAND S INSOLEREE SOME MANICURING HINTS. Titxttno :_ say, Hubert: " f-) #9 7-Mr. Tmruwm Anmnmmmn cm.n1Ans comma .-.ons.% 0| I `The Peace NeantlatirM-lluug-(`hang and 1 Prince Chin; lgave Boon Accepted as ` Sllljfaclory. . 4 . rs!-" 1 lit: U {Destroy The1r%oungV%gm1 %|?1e-gdmyg fMar_auding Bands NOW Oppose the British. 4 alli ' . m.d El -`gig " A generuljumulty occurred when! `thh enemy realised -the hopelessness of` their cause. Long Tome and severe! '-(iel'd_ guns, including some captured rom_t-he British, were destroyed. Wit Otce has reooiv`ed - the Iollow-I from Lord R'ob_erts, 'da'te-d Nel , _ t ! lfdeapatch from. London `sdyiq :-'-'l!Ah.f <`1lt*3,000Tof thb enpihf ivho` `re -3 '1:`_oo.te`d'towardA Komatipoort `as we . d`vai1'oed"tr'om` Machadodorp. 700 have"? crobacd _-into Portuguese" territory._~ _j0,:1:h_e. rs have deserted in fyarious di-g reqtiona. The balance cropped 'tl'1e.Ko-E Vngati river, are qcoupying the Lobom--f Vb?) Vmountain, south of the railway be-' _Lt\'veen Portuguese territdry and `the I IS osr amen! rneat Losses , Reported on Both ,1 %_ ._ ' `sides . A despatoh: from Berlin, says ;-The '"IJoka.1 Anze-,iger s Shanghai ,_corres- ;po xidenf cables that the allies to- r:* y .captju.r ed__th9 Peitang Vannd `Lui-7` `forts with "great 1'.osses; - TL'\" "nu; nu THE GERMWNOIE. % (ig}133b_'rbw1-- -QC on. Vfllpljglg-. mnars Alrlcil says 3`-' I _ Consuls of America-, Germany, France, and Sweden, subjects 01 which nations were arrested. met and fully` discussed the case . with the British officials. V The interview was most satisfactory." The Consuls entirely concurred with the Britishection, and promised every assistance. Lord {Roberta adds that `he .fJorth-V-V with ordered the deportation at all foreigners arrested in connection with `the plot tor whose behaviour: Otherwise my Lew`, togeigners-4-were`; departed. }.exoept.`.`e1nPlyl7 0! y the. ANether1anda`}rail1jnad, who.4ro1_naed to respective Consuls co_uId-,n.ot vouch.` work 'cu'_75t1xe e awash; sue e`;::9::iary`; x5e1_'ti_o;ipo.*t_ed.: .y;rer._ . ` The mounted troops` from'Can_ada. will continue inSouth' Africa. until their year is up, whichowill be in . January or February, by ,whn'.ch' time _ it is expected that the country will have been. pacied. ` , i . `T PELLET-IF/;Ri IN CHARGE. _ _ The ontticiale at the.Militia. Depart- ment were engaged to-day in perfect- ing the arrangements for the dee- petch `ct the Canadian contingent Q from South Africa. 001. Otter and,` Major Buchan woll remainein South , Africa with the beflance of .the infan- try, while the .men who are com- ' ing. home will be under the command 6 at Major Pelletier, et Quebec, the jun- ior majorot the regiment. The contine) gent will come direct from Cape Town to Quebec. The men who will remain in South Attica while the war lasts will, { however,_ return _ home via. Eng'land,: and be reviewed by the Queen. ` A ' . HORSES FOR AFRICA. IA Montreal. deepetch. Ieye: - The . eteamehiipp the `Cape, eaiied .. to- A day. with: A a. cargo of horses. for Cape _ -Town. e The horses ` placed on board number 706, endure `' destined for use in the British armjr. ' The Canning expects to make the trip to the Cape in 25 days. 5 This `is the vesse1 e fifth consecutive trip to South 5` Africa. I ' ' ' - 7 LORD RoBERs 1x%m.A1Ns. A deupatgch (mm The Hague. uyq ,-'1'h_ G0Ve|!?F*`. of Nthtl-950.. ha`4bn.93'14P1l4`=|'- Eraser : tvepmme Ji*F< tvb.e_9 avivar-. shiIe;ntJ!*! ha .4nV..97 o . Johannesburg Plot. _ . A Vdespatoh from London says ;-#The {War Office has issued a lengthy re- ` port from Lord Roberts on -the subject lot" the Johannesburgplot to over- !- The Field Marsl:a] s Report on th l ` throw the garrison and murder thp~ `British officers, and of the deporta- 1itioneot,foreigners. - After reiterat- ` ing the known facts at the plot,.the 'British commander-in-chief in South f Af*}9a V sewn :-f ` Wm 60 `co. 11o1is;i;._1f% on '9. meg. uv___-u.n;. um- _-,_ - , QALLIES cAPIfms PEITANG. 5931-93 ALA-obvw cu- -u-- This mneanvtzbat. gin-Ht Esdfnt the. Canadian infantry will be met bind. It` h likely {that they will-be dr'a.ftedA into some En-gliajh regiment for tha renmsaixnder of t'heit'period of service. V-wry --. -_v._-..- -_...v His message was dated Cape Town; -_ September 18th, and states that five , hundred or an first contingent will ` return to Canada, immediately. the 1 remain-der -having elected to stay` in ` Salith Africa. till the end 011 the war.. . `-1. I I I i 1 | vuvvu oetved a cablegram from Lieut.-Col. Biggar. formerly of Belleville, who `is now deputy assistant. adjutant-gen- oral in South Africa. ' `The Militia Dpartment to-day;-Le-. 500 of the First Contingent Will" _ _ Take Thjeixi Dlscha1"gje. ' _ A descpatnh frpn Ottawa, Ont., says; --VFiv.e `hu4nd._r'edof the Royal Ca1m.(Iiax_|_._ Regiment of Intagtry now `in Sqmth Africa are noimihg home`. "They. "have had enoiuall of campaigning. and have electedto `take `their discharge at ; the Te;-pui.ration'" of the `ye-ar of ser- vice. - ' T i __.-... .-._ . . n 1 f ~ "Nothing is hit of thb Boer g;my_`. but!` a. few maraIudin=g bands.` One of 1 lgueae has taken mp o. ip`os`iti9n' in the? iboornbufg, northeast of Winbtlrso gnd is being wufohied by Kelly-Kenny. 1 -|_, 1 Ln_-_ -.___.'._ -.-yggn, 3 `, ` Rund1e'attack'ed't'lia enemy on`Sep,- ` tembex`-' 18 from Bronkhorettonteing-and icaptured one gun and "30 waggone. jKnox =ove_1`-took thle rear. guard at Klompjeedoorns. Hie-only casualty was gone wounded. Hart is moving anooeea-. gtully. against ansothler band near ,Potehlefe`t1.-oom. Hildyard has V arrived ,= at Creotvlei, 16 miles -south`-east of Utrecht, and has taken three prisoners ' iwithaout opposition. \ a L-'_1. _nn9-'_.__ ---I._ ____- _-_ ` H who were cap-h tured at Cyphergat recently were'~re- leased on Saptambgr 11, and reachgd Bloemfontein. on -the. l6_;h.- , W` KRUGER ACCEPTS IT. --v--v--q,& ` Tnn CU Free T'heeqm3st.ion of where the negotia- tions are to be conducted is now be- lng" discussed. No communion-'tions re- garding indenmities have yetpassedt between the powers. " A . The Russians subsequently captur-! ed two guns and "a mineexploding ste- tion. Adetachiment of reinforcements, after Overtaking the. first German Asiatic regiment, stumbled upon four contact mines; The casualties among the Austrians were anaval cadet kill- ed and a navallieutenant and cadet! s1ightly"..w0~unded, and twelve men severely: wounded." uarurxe?i;1'umonuesrak'l `L. g_. -captured 8,000 cattle, 4,000 rheep, and 20,000 rounds of ammunition. --Gen- ie.-ran Hndya-rd has occupied vx-yheia, and is `turning General Lohristiun Botha's atrongposition; 0 -0 9-`Closryghas captured 1. -Hbllander- , American" Ibalollzi-I18 1 to T1Ioron'c outs , conrms tho reports at .Monv' ."V -.14 A . 7: ` A _ `Action. ; V A 1'-0i`wfo.l;8tqu0a. aways:-'lp_ Portsuueu _.authoritieI -.!'$Ve `.`PP`!;i!.1i 3. |!l.mi- t9 re- ? hd,;-.~.t9e.-;=:_;91ucsu`- ttont |(___ __-,,._. . "Lieut. ,Sch`uste'rsch'itz, with a. do-! ttachnnent ot itroops from Tien-Tsin and; a guurd from Takui comprising onel |omcar, it-hree cadets, and forty-five: I-men. -occupied the south fort of Pei-; tang-.~on'Sept'. 20, in conjunction with} German and Russian troops. Our ag was hoisted simultaneously with Germany s over the principa-igate. ' Allln, 11 4,,_. A ...,_ ll-le Complete]-y Boats in Boar o - V` _ Convoy.. A ) A deepatoh ffom London says A. despatoh; to the War Office an- 1 nouncesy `that 'Ge'z'1era1 Mothuen -has `completely rorurteld a. Boer convoy and Erecovorodv a 15-poundor which was LA`l0I3At-1 at ..Ge1iera1`M7ot=h'uen 1 AAA- - - AAA {V The rail-way ling to .'1`aku is crowd-E {ed With` V reinforcements. v 1_`9hV ;1i;sn:'1_':si-nacorrespo11~c'1;-nty (Sf ViV:he' __Dui1y Mail,ree1jring to the a,ttaqsk'on: ~9t.ha : Paixtang. ind Lu.-Tui tor_ts',_' a_lreb._dy jsms~ 3`~,'-.'.- -.-- the allies, dfter- -hea; v~y__`_' l6 sa%,.` gccording` `to ; adyingg rece;i`ygd.`L 1 '-.l`h-eoallies found the bodiesot tour] } Chimunen. The torts were badly dam--' % aged. ; The allies had three killedxand fifty` wounded by the explosion of the, 3 mine. . - 9 - ' Thef comgnahder vofvithe Austrian squadron cables as follows :-- _ In. C Fifty ,Ge_rmans and Russians Klliedl `by a. Concealed mine. I `V A despatch ftom Taku says:--The allies bombarded the Peitang forts un- J til noon yesterday. The Chinese did} % not reply after 10vo`olo'ok, and `an in-_ vestigation showed that the forts had: 1 been deserted. Over 3.0_00 Chineae es-' Vcayped in broad daylight. -`attack; The British `am : Italians am} i `Four thousand Russians, 8,000 Gor- mans`, 1,000 Frenchman, and a detach- ment orf Austrians participated in the`. not arrive in time. ' l v.-- v--' v- --V--__A--.. -__- _ g The entire Chinese pop;le_tion "of 6,000 1 was -escorted out of town 5 to a rspot"tive up the Arnoor. and .s_ thenr beingled, in ibetches .ot_ a few `Lhundredsto the: river bank. was order- ied. to cross over. to the. Chinese side._ {No boats were provided, and the river I its smile wide. The Chinese were ung I alive _into the stream, and were stab- xebed or shot at: the 1 least resistance; w'hi'le_" Russian volunteers. who lined the: bank, clubbed or shot `any who attempted to land. No one escaped alive. The river` bank` for miles was strewn with corpses." . I MORE MAssAcI;Es. _ A despatch from London, says- Theiniliaioscow`correspondentV ot_ the Standard says that` massacres like that at Blagovestchensk ` are in aniothertorm the` order of the day with M the Russian "troops who are overrunning Manchuria. Th-ese ' orders emanate ' from! !Gen. Gredkmf, whio musthave higher! iauthnority. ,The correspondent adds that the Czar is doubtless ignorant oti tlxeorders that have been issued. He` further says" that his informant has' seen a series of telegrams from this of-" { ficer commanding in Manchuria, everyi ions or which contains the words, "11 'beseech!i t-o be allowed t-o spare peace-l able citizens. The correspondent con-~ i trasts the actions of t-he Russians in i Manchuria with the noted hu-manity of i Admiral Alexieff, wl1`=o.is acting in con-' i. cert with the powers, and suggests` ! that Russia is playing a double game,i ` issuing different orders _in Pechili and Manclruria. mm._ ciutihed or A% shot : ' ._Dea.th._ W ~ ynassm nussuns.{ let one amea iL|1ve-.tiiiI{eup__t|o Le-_. ` V eennugef en` f_llI'tfII_l,, no _ I:I.l'..||.Il'0Il `Cg-line. M _ ._ ~". Authentic ;a'_ooounte have been re- ceived here, says the Moscow; corres- pondent o'! the Standard, "of ahor- rihle massacre ? at.~- Blagovestohenek. A deepateh from-London `says:-- which was undoubtedly carried out` under direot orders tram the Russian authorities, and which-then let .1ooae I the tide at slaughter thiongh Amour. Fe-wiped gepuaess; METHUEIVS CAPTURE. ' T'hirt1;Ti1e fullest retribution is to be` exacted for the attacks on the` Legations and the massacre of for- eigners. V On this latter point Russia has shown herself to be as earnest as Great Britain. ALLIES. BLOWN UP. Isn t that prominent politician some`- ching-;-ol on ogotistjl Jhink Iofllt ov_conddt his ,-:wids: phctogmph; L `taken Lwvitmxii-t ` 0 +. , ednly intreavreateti. Them isconly onsiqiwtidn twink" week you. h-e'a..uin.1. _ ;;Aak V.'vt,'=-rop1.iod the diacouuor: mac- `n$na'unmi1y,.::wit:han air that said vex: eharIy.. s_ha3id- one` while Aydiu7, s!q: at: 1'1! _shoW- ymii how - BWEETEN THE nnznm A._aup at pt:-ans will remove` breath. -has disgovmsed learnedlyy, :1 somewhat wearyingly, to his [friend bin _ the -infhxuengve of -'food upon c-ha-racvter. A V A -V % ".l.`_e1lme,s.aAi-d he in summing up, tell me what a. man oabtgnd I mm tell you what he in,.- _j q - . a - , -VJ-It JD Idl-l_IrlU\9 ovytu-D 5199 U||'D%'|l|QI'l.1lu|lI|4 gow mumh yvmud you have :odri:nk 'm:akeAs;V man ofyausr-I iaal " S l(V}entle, yet sarcastic, were the . speaker's first words. He eulogized i the Pari-sians as the most cultured! people on earth. He begged his re- 1 _ fined audiencenot to think too light- ? ly of vhizm on account of his barbaric costume, his yellow` skin", his almond eyes and his "pi.gtail. . . He lauded Parisian tailors, Parisian cooks, Par- isian theatres, to the skies, and as for Parisian women, he vowed that man- darins wouldibe only too happy to'_ ! lie forever at their feet, even though tJh`ese feet were not quite as small gas those of the'beau.1:ies of their own gco.unt.ry.' Very flatteringiall this iqwas, and the cultured, fin-de-siecla audience was fastbecoming enrap- t'u.re-d_ when suddenly General Ts- chjeng-ki-Tong s ,toue changed. He became iron-ical; -he.tol-d the Parisians before. him that he didinot consider them by any means faultless, and that in his eyes their civilization was `a cloak of vanity, `fraud and. corrup- tion. '.lT:hen he electr'ified them with these strange. wiornds;--"You do `not know Ohina; the country is too large. }We ourselves, born in'.0hIina, do not iiqui-te. know it. Europe, _which does, {not liinow ` eiveryt-h:ing_p, which speci- ially knows _ v-er'y_ A\_littl eA>alA)_ou.jt Oh'ina,_ ; makes a. sa:d_blunder'w-hen*` it-speaks ' ; otttshey Celestial Emipi.,re;Aas `a negligibvlep ;.q'uant.ity" in 'the`_vvcrI<:1'.s affa_irs.[ - The third prediction was made-in Pa x'is'on June'13,'1880, the prophet being General Tscheng-k~i-'.l`on g, `one at the most brilliant representatives of young China, and one of` the most trusted lieutenants of Li Hiuix-g Qhang. t He had: been invited _to deliver unad- idresa at the "Carole Saint-Simon." `and his speech struck aweinto the fashionable` and cultured Parisiane "who heer=d'hi'm, since, though couched in. c ot'1r"tly language, it was virtually a challenge of the yellow race to the White. ' ' ' i n I torts was doi- the thxeatg t imn'1ediat e ck ibyig Ge_1f.r`z1g3.n=s ant} Russlnpg A } 1 ' _' W ii; 61;-;.'y-`<;` 5. general. ` mussacrq, but no foreigner, will be * able to learn when it is to`take'p1aoe." ` Iil. A1 "Tshe `seoond `prediction is `in the Museum at 3TouIouse;' "being a. trans`- letion` "of a GhIinese""doouInnt; dted` July, 1851, which-was widely distribut-: ed during that month throughout SLh.n.ghai and the surrounding. coun- _'try. It is a. violent diatribe against ' the French and English, who had set - % tled themselves upon Chinese soil, and reads as follows ;-You are beasts. We can only deal `with you in one way, and that is by massacr1n.g all of you. ,___ -....- "As s'ool1Z as the wrath of the peo- `ple bursts forth spontaneously you. `will ` be `struck down; you will be} choked to deth, and of you there} `will remain but fragments. `A ` I I 1111' I I `(Your cri-mas` cry out to heaven, Wherefore heaven is angry andhas ondered us to destroy you with thg vartillery of the gods. Inn .1 .- -._ Jniu)o` 'irai-Q` .s ?`msa `P:-G.-_po_n"`t ` _ . .u'nm in `china. } --Leadi.ns.11_apers In Europe re n_dw Vcalling attention `to _th.`ree _1_'emank- :ab1e" predictions which were made j"yoaraag61im_L reg`s.rd to th'e' present 1 occurrances in` Ohina`. ' 3 One `is found `-in tihb "Tui Pei Tu," '_a book written during the fourteenth century and eisteemiedmso dangerous a__ vivoerk `` tih`a.'t `not 9. 1")r-infed 'c_o" py" oefn be ' procured. now, -an`d'*evenA Europeans ` have owned it have been known" 1 to burn it ratsbler fhan run the risk ;of found witth it in: their pose nsezssion. According to the London ; Spectator, there is in thii book 9. dis- i tinct prop`hecyA that in `the new year ?beginning for Ghina. on January 22, % 1398. china, is to be partitioned iamong five peoples, and that, as a result, great woe will come upon the 1 empire. - ` lside, 'Now,`,Germ.an he take [Chm } Ohou Bay, Mellican mad and English }msus't__want something. If for Ligyi. ican man we read Jzianese man,"fh'a prophecy looks like coming true, and` the fact of its diffusion" _y help to- ward its ;'ea lization.-"' ' ` g '``-In their pixgeon English," com"-` ments the Spectator-', `,"Chinamen` are now saying ;-`Russia have top side and Fren `h he watches more_Tonqu.in ..!.`i. .11 nu :It triad. fhuu nvnnfri-L: suntan I-gar cu-;\anl.l cuts`. `L--- P_nzmcT!o_Ns'f;`3bwr cam; ---`.-.- v.3-vv-- vI`$oO _ Fvi-rst-Li-H'u'nvg-Chang will no-. oepted as a. negoctviator by all the pow- ems.` I-t is probable that Prince Ching will also be accepted, but the accept-' naive: are condritiona1 upon Vtthve produc- tion of adequate` car'edentiaLs?by both. A QUERY` ion mm. 1` `I1 : i7:J'sVge`s peasanlt children born . at tn-ewmpoon arqsgxpposed to have to1Ig"u;s bette1j_`h'nng than other, while liorn at the last quarter are sup- "pqnbtfto hfav Vlessitongue, but better "r oa`80i!ing ' pbwrp. }A daughtgr born tlb "1`7vvar1-in`g`_i`nkJon is always . ` _-- -~----r---~ I At tbkfbirth of ,a child in Lower! Bi'ittany,. the n_ei"gh`bouring- women takoit in charge; {vasl} >it`,V crack it.s_ `joints , and ru_'b_`itg head with oil, to solder the oralqiu~in bones, It is then in a-fight bundle, and its lips `are anoingd with brandy, o`make'it a 9tv?1`Brth- thnq!.l b_..an injtmctio av. phpgkuoncvp. Another one, mg ' The` Grecian mother, _before putting: her ch_i1d in"tl_1e craydle, turns three " times around` before the `fire while; singing bier favourite song to ward off evil spirits. ' V O 5 VIC ' 1 A v . -- --w---v'-v Turkish mother leads her child with! amulets as soon as it is born,` and a: small khzibmof mud, _sbeepgd.in hnt wb.te'r,Vpropa`red by previous chiarms, is gtvuck o,n,.i-ts forebksad. va_w,ay. _ wlzzzxylrelaxid zbelt of woman : hair in , placed: about the child to keep harm? I 1 . *ar'lid, sa1t, b1.'-ead, apd steak afe put into the cradlag of a. new`-born. baby in Holland.` In` Spain the inninvsraoe is awepti with, a pine-bough to bring good ` V `Second--A` cvtr'a} W "_<)Vv eV1:nzi:1_ent' satisfactory to the powers must be? ` ostablished. `E551 to eat, and the fuel xirith which _to cook it, are also derived from this useful plant, as are also ferules! with which to govern, bookrs from which to `study, plectra. for the lyre. read pipes for fhe- organ, shafts for s0Hiers' Spears, skexvcvrs: for the _h`:1ir, hats` to screen t.h e-head, piper on which and ; pencils with which `to write, buckets, : bit-`ii-cages, crab.-'nel..s, _fishin_g rods,! etc. _ " &i,T:;`;{1}1abITpo1p$gig-s M: at the very doors of tha United` States, 'an'td anbe 5hal_1 in inexhaustible quanf _t&t'i'es', offering a new and interesting-` "field `for the inventive ,ge_nius and in- % ;du'.3try of its _citizens. _T` P91`h3P3 in China, more than any other Vc,o`u.n-try, is it most utilized,;: for tlhere the roots are carved into fantastic images, or divining` blocks to guess the will of the gods, or are out into lantern handles and canes; The tapering cul-ms are usezl foriall purposes that poles can be applied: to in carrying, T supporting, propelling I 1 `and measur5.n._g; for the props of" ] '1 houses, the framework` of awings, the g ribs of sails, and shafts of rakes; for 5. fences and every `kind of umbrellas, and fans. The leaves are sewed into rain coats and thatch-es, plaited into -immense iurnbrellz-.s to screen the "every form" and fancy, sewed into si.n.g pillows, while other partspsupply 'huclnst_er.an:l his W;l.I`eS on the stall, I", orinto carvings for the theatre and ` sheds; The wood, cut into splints of s_a1*ious sizes,.is woven into baskets of painted into awnings, and twisted in- to cables. A The shavings an-rl curled threads_ furnish material for stuff- beds and .mattresses on which to sleep, chairs on which to sit,tables ` from whiclv to eat and the necessary It chop sticks therefor, pipes for srnok-.ii ing, and brooms for sweeping. g in D 1 _ _ A e 2 I wnlnudow curtains and` door screens, ( l E ` t j t ' . I T The Vbaauvty `of the bamboo.w'hen_ :growi'f1'g `Ls gommensurate - with its usefulness when cut down. V ' _.... "'1`ih'joisnt a' are in dmand by: the; gold and sarsaparilla diggers and by % tlhe Imduia-rubber gaiherers, for; buolgetg. kegs, troughs, and for the; construction of ranch buildings, I I fences, etc. .a`n-d esvt.r:aigxh't as arrows, band grace- zc ls lmumi In 5:." ivays In -ohms and I other Countries. Immense quantities of bamboo grow on the margin of all the rivers which flow into -the Bay of Honduras. These _b'eauta'.fu1_ trees, many`of them 60: feet: `high, four 'to seven inches in diameter, fully from eti.bhrer sjgde of the stream. then " mautiihlffilifg; i1V1;e5a'c;(V1`_;v:it`11, owering oraepers. and vines. formr I1 archways under which .man anq beast nd a grateful retreat fromi Qln t;h'e T.Eas-t Indies bamboo is an axft-igle of prime necessity, and its uses are almost imnumerable,. ~V 'f}_7_`_ - p.- u % Killed f5Oo V Boxers Who % A Sought Refuge There. entered after 6`; ';L_ `' rleepeteh fmm_ l`Jl?ekl i`r.:i. `via. A '.lfaku, feed ishanzhai, pays :--Two. thousand German. troops and Bengal Lancers attached Liangsheiang on the morn- ing 0'! September .11. The city was the gate had been blown up with dynamite. There were several thousand Boxer: in the place, and 500 016 them were killed. The city I A d.espua.tch- trounv Lqndon aays;- mae Gxraphdc Iearng, probably tram a. Gpvemnuimntal source, that the pour- paa'1.em.s between "the poV{'er.s regsardsi-ng hhae p';`o;1.i'm-hnariesl of the peace negotia- tiaons with China have in novviae suf- I-etred f.oc_r the difference respecting the evacua.ti:oIn of Pekin. _ The conrIdi:a.1- llty of the concert has not been dis- trurbed. The following points have been agreed upon;-- `