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dUB LONDON- CORRESPONENT. The absolute sighs of immediately impend- ing Christmas, always to be observed in London with the incoming of December, are just now apparent upon all hands. We are upon the eve of "Cattle-show week, which is an emphatic testimony that Christmas is y-comen in," to slightly vary the phrase of the old English poet; and the shop-windows in every part of the metropolis are beginning to tell the same tale. Christmas cards and Christmas toys are already abundant, and it will not be long before they are supplemented by C'iriatmas geese and Christmas joints. For I every sign indicates that there is no diminution in the popular desire to keep "the festive season in full honour. The sending of Christ- mas cards, for instance, which many at one time thought would be no more than a passing fashion, has become an established institution which the passing of years serves to strengthen rather than to shake. On the face of it, this should be good for the stationers, but these may ^int out that it has virtually destroyed the Valentine season, though the latter held within it the seeds of decay that would have secured ita gradual destruction in this prosaic age, even if Christmas cards had not been invented. As it is, the devotion of the English mind to the idea of keeping up the wholesome and hearty traditions of Christmas has much to be said in its favour and in these times only a very few cynics and confirmed grumblers raise their voice even as high as a whisper against it. Considerable interest has been displayed in London in regard to the astonishing develop- ments of the Dreyfus case, and this has been especially to be noted in diplomatic circles and at the military clubs. This is not the place to discuss the guilt or innocence of the caged prisoner of the appropriately-named He r, du Diable," or the rights or wrongs of the system of nations surreptitiously purchasing the secret information belonging to the defensive services of another. But it is interesting to note that every nation, through its secret service agents, tacitly sanctions the practice, and that that will account for the fact that the indignation displayed whenever there is such an exposure as in respect to Dreyfus is directed not against the practice but against the practitioner. Our own authorities know perfectly well that con- stant endeavours are being made, and some- times with success, by the agents of foreign Powers to obtain information from our dock- yards and arsenals but they are equally aware that some very important secreta concerning those very Powers have come into our posses- sion by monetary means. The story is circum- stantially told in diplomatic quarters that the plans of one of the most jealously-guarded fortresses in Europe were sold not long since to an Englishman holding an official position, which it was thought desirable promptly to change; and, although there is often a sordid side to this kind of romance, it possesses the elements of romance after all. Probably the point about the London Sehool Board election which has most struck those outside the metropolis is the comparative small- ness of the vote. That would not have been the case, however, if many voters had had the determination of one lady who wished to exercise the franchise. Being a ratepayer, she applied for her ballot paper in the usual way; but the presiding officer at the polling booth, finding what appeared to be a masculine name upon the list, declined to recognise her claim. MI suppose that if I had come in male attire no question would have been raised"; and the cheerful answer was, "None at all." Where- upon the lady hurried home, donned male attire-it being a dark evening—and returned to the booth. The officer this time saw that she was in grim earnest, but he advised her to go back at once and change her clothes, which she did, but, so resolved was she to poll that, having re-assumed her own dress, she went back with some birth certificates and other documents, proved her claim, and voted after all. If the same spirit which aotuated this very courageous lady had inspired the ratepayers generally, the presiding officers would not have had to complain, as most of them did, that they had not enough work on the polling day to keep them employed. St. Paul's Cathedral has this year witnessed one of the most striking pageants in its history, when the Queen offered up thanks before it on the completion of her sixty years of sovereignty; and this week it has had another brilliant and impressive scene on the occasion of the great Masonic service held on the occa- sion of the bicentenary of its opening in its present form. Tradition has it that Sir Christopher Wren was the Master of a Lodge of Freemasons which assembled at a hostelry in St. Paul's Church- yard, and this gave occasion for the special character of this week's service, the idea of which may be attributed to Dr. Sinclair, the Archdeacon of London, who is himself a Mason. When the Cathedral itself was opened two cen- turies since, the special service- was in celebra- tion of the Peace of Ryswick; but the times were then so troublous that the King, William of Orange, who had originally intended being preaent,lfelt constrained to forego the idea rather than afford the slightest pretext for tumult. It may be taken as certain that one of the measures to be introduced in the House of Commons next Session will be a Pistols Bill. If it come from a private member, its chances of passing are virtually nil, but there seems some reason to believe that. the Home Office is becoming so impressed by the gravity of the question that the Government will take it up. The principal danger that arises from the present free sale of pistols is that a deadly weapon can be sold at so cheap a rate that boys ean become easily possessed of them. The consequence has been that several fatalities have recently occurred in London alone because of the reckless handling of pistols by boys. It is a case of "How oft the means to do ill deeds, Makes ill deeds done;" and even more serious results are likely to follow now that it is known that a great number of pistols, made in Ger- many, are on offer in this country at eighteen- pence each. They are declared to be remark- able weapons for their price," and proof of this appears to be afforded by the fact that a girl, shot by one of them, lies in a Birmingham hos- prtal ni a critical condition. Even the most Ardent believer in the freedom of the subject is hardly likely to challenge the assertion that effective eighteenpenny revolvers are a danger te the lieges. ° The widening of Parliament-street, which, after a hundred postponements and disap- pointments, has at length been commenced, will open up the way from Whitehall to West- minster in a fashion that will be all impressive as useful. Sir Charles Barry had such a widen- ing in his mind when he designed the Houses of Parliament, one of the unexecuted portions of his plan, indeed, being the erection of a splendid Gothic arch at the end of the broadened Par- liament-street, so as to make a handsome and effective entrance. St. Margaret s, the histomc Church of the House of Commons, will when the improvement is completed, be for the first time in modern years effectively seen from Whitehall, nestling under the shadow ofne glorious old Abbey, and the Abbey itself will be displayed to finer advantage, if possible, than ever before. And this is only one of the great street improvements now being proceeded with in the most famous portions of London, the other being in Fleet-street, where a much- needed commencement has been made in the work of broadening the thoroughfare. A number of other houses are scheduled for destruction in the spring, and the widening is ultimately to be carried to the City boundary at the site of old Temple Bar: -and every user of Fleet-street will exclaim, The sootier the better," for the continual blocks in its traffic •re steadlTy becomiBg more and more over- whelming* f The tradition that, when news in the dead Mason is slack, the public journals always fail back upon the gigantic gooseberry "as a lit subject for insertion, is well-nigh exploded by this time; but one may be forgiven for men- tioning the fact that owing to the continued mildness of the, weather, wild strawberries are rfow being gathered in various parts of both England -and Ireland. London, as far as ciin be ascertained, has not shared m this growth, though the weather lb the metropolis has more than once of late suggested early summer rbther than impending winter. This has had the decided drawback, however, of encouraging the fog fiend; and upon some recent days the black darkness which has hung over the capital lice a pall has been very trying to bear. It is always at such times that the Londoner heaves a. sigh, and wonders whether the time will ever cbme for the fog to be abolished. There are not so many believers in the practicability of this as there once were; but in some way the desired end may yet be achieved. R.
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¡. NEWS, NOTES, J. ''t :.l.' t. -J THE London School Board elections, about which so much fuss is made in the London daily papers, and concerning which the. dwellers in the capital generally, are proving themsel-s-es remarkably apathetic, involves issues scarcely understood in theprovinces. Inmost of the great towns and cities of the kingdom the issue is between representatives of Church and Chajel people. In London there are many pushful interests to the fore. The Progressives and the Moderates overtop, but do not absorb the rest; and they are for accept- ing the School Board system a& it is, and governing it to their diverse liking.3 The Progressives have won, and their policy will be all for carrying the standard of free elementary education to its highest attain- able pitch; the Moderates are for keeping down the cost whatever should befall. The Voluntary Sohools advocates are out of it at present. They are for removing the' Board Schools as far as possible from competitive potency with the institutions they are closely connected with; the Sectarians would utilise tho machinery of the State-supported schools to ex- tend this or that dogma's influence. Then thero are candidates who ran as Independents, Sqcials, or champions of Labour; so that the conflict was very confusing. One can scarcely wonder then that a very great proportion of those on the register did not vote. The ordi- nary householder was pretty well convinced that whoever should be returned to the Board, his payment in the way of rates-now very high -would not decrease, and usually he knew nothing personally of the candidates who had been selected by some body or bodies of whom he also knew nothing for his ultimate consideration. So the aggre- gate poll went down most notably. One result of the high mark to which the Board School education in London, the cost of which is contributed to by all on the rate-books, is that many of the children of the lower middle classes who would, under the old regime, have gone to private academies, are being sent to the State-subsidised establishments. The cur- riculum is reputedly good, and the parents have to pay their quota to its provision, so they enter their offspring on the books, and come off rather cheaper than they would have done before Mr. Forster invented the School Board, which was only to cost threepence in the polind. ftnd was designed to provide elementary education only for those whom poverty has placed out of the way of getting it. How from small beginnings great things grow MR CECIL RHODES says-and he ought to know-that he is in the enjoyment of robust health. The sinister rumours as to the failing of the great South Afrikander's powers arise from Boer sources. With some folk the wish is the thought's father. ONE does not like to hear of this tin-trumpet blowing and penny-whistling in the Austrian Reichsrath. It is an undignified method, at the least, by which to overturn a Govern- ment and it may fairly be surmised that there is behind and beneath it a big feeling of discon- tent. The. fact of the matter is that Austria is loosely made up to-day of incoherent elements, and no one need be surprised should- a revolu- tion' occur at any moment. The German influences in Vienna have never been smoothly received, and anti-Semitic feeling runs high also in quarters. Austria badly wants a strong man at the helm. THEY are supping full of the sensationalism that, they so revel in in Paris once again. This over the Dreyfus business, about which the average Britisher knows nothing and cares less. If Dreyfus has been a traitor he has done vilely, but his villainy would even in that case be far from unprecendented in France. Ugly things are being, with startling particularisation, urged by his friends against his accusers and against others in high places; and the whole matter strikes one as a public piece of national linen washing of a very dirty and unedifying character. There should certainly be a thorough and a rigid inquiry, but it should be conducted with judicial calmness and stiiot impartiality, the shrieking Parisian Press being enforced into silence the while. I is pleasing to see Canada taking up a decidedly progressive position as regards postage. The drop from 5 cents per ^oz. on letters to 3 cents for the ounce, to any part of the Empire from the dominion, to take place on New Year's Day, is an appreciable advance, and will pave the way to further reforms in other Colonies. Thus will the ideal penny Imperial Post of Mr. Henniker Heaton and others be hastened on. LATEST information sets it forth that after the battle of Kabowoko in July, troublesome Mwanga fled over the German frontier, only to be detained by the authorities he there and then encountered. It has not transpired that he has Since been released, or that he has effected his escape back into the Uganda Protectorate. The rebellion seemed then crushed, and, though, there have been symptoms of recru- descence, the Soudanese troops under Lieut. Hobart, of the Grenadier Guards, appeared quite capable of coping with any difficulty they may have to encounter. No doubt the expedi- tion with which he and Mr. Grant, the Political Officer, are entrusted, will be able to compas all that is necessary in due course.
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THE Rev. James Edward Griffin, Missioner at Mb wen i, baa been appointed Archdeacon of Zanzibar, Ilm,succession to the late Rev. P. L. Jones-Bateman. m. e ,no^ was uducated at Scuthwark College, and ordained in 1880. He was ^rateof St. Matthew's, Sheffield, and SSf•"Centn" a 0 six Jean aROe Lrxsmm COW-Omm for Oo ho Cold, Asthma, and Bronchitis. Of Chemists only I BASHFUL LITTL. MAw. (who has just come): II Er, good afternoon, Miss Hildegarde. I er De bufcante (sweetly, but mistakenly): «• Oh, mtist'you eo ? Good-bye." LIFFUU CATHARTICTM PILLS, digestive, CORRECTIVE, and agreeably aperient, TR^D., L^O. Of all Chemists. FRIll) (to chum): I dreamt about you last night, BobBob: I hope it was pleasant." Fred: Oh, yes 1 very pleasant while it lasted. I dreamt that you paid the you owed me. "I 1 .t.. 'iiti-i'
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I L INDIA'S' TROUBLES. T'FIE TIRAH FORCE. I:' .I ;f' The India, Office has received -the following tele- gram from the "Viceroy "General Lackbart report a: leaves Bagh Novem- ber 27. Visits Chamkanni, Magoaxsi. 2 £ auiuz»i country by Lozaks Pass, returns Bagh December 6; proceeds December 6 with second, Division Bar* Valley, reaching -adraneed baae, Bara, tho middle of December. During this period postal telegraphic communication will be interrupted. Effort will be made. to intimate movement by heliograph. Brigadier-Genera) Gasalee, witll let Battalion Royal West Surrey Begiineht, 2nd Battalion 4th Qoorkha Regiment, 3rd Sikh Infantry, No. 1 (Kohat) Mountain Battery, 3rd and 4tti Coru- Cnies of Bombay Sappers and Miners, 28th Bombay fantry, moved towards Lozaki and Maseuz*i country Nov. 26, advance oppoeed. lat Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment captured enemy's sangar. Our casualties lat Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment, one private killed; natives wounded, nine. Brigadier-General Hart reconnoitred Upper IJastura NOT. 25." PATHANS AT PESHAWAR. All is quiet in the* Maitura Valley. The Orakzftia Continue to surrender their rifles. Two which they brought in on Monday were of Russian manufacture. The goard of the Sapper lines outside Pesbatfar was attacked on Sunday night by a band of 40 jPathans, who killed one Sspoy and wounded another. Tne raiders were eventually driven off. ,The following telegrams from the Ticeroy h&vo ce Z b4en received at the India Office November 29.—Following troops, under the com- mand of Lieutenant-Colonel opurgin, with Lockhart and portiod of hetidquarttre staff, left Dogh Nbveni- ber 27 to jOin Brigadier-General ijrasel^e'e fbrcepro- ceeding to Masozai country. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment,- wing 1st Battalion Royal Scots' Fuailiera, let Battalion 2nfl Gurkha Regiment, No. 2 (Deradat) Mountain Battery. .r' Forte met with slight opposition en route, casual- ties: being: Yorkshire Regiment, two men severely wounded Royal Scots Fusiliers, one man slightly Woubded. 10, Defence of neighbouring villages destroyed, and force crossed Lozaka Pass November 28." November 29.—Tirah.—Wounded officers, non- commissioned officers, and men all doing well, except 3276, Lance-sergeant Mallord, let Battalion Dorset- shire Regiment 2029, Corporal Cooper, let Batta- lion Gordon Highlanders; 3160, Private Watson, 2nd Battalion Yorkahire Regiment; and 3329, Private Archer, lat Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, seriously ill."
",DREYFUS INQUIRY.
DREYFUS INQUIRY. CBASOIS AGAINST COUNT XSTIKILAZT. The Paria Figaro on Sunday caused a sensation by publishing several letters purporting to have been written by Count Esterhazy. In one of these, after expressing his intention of entering the Turkish service, Count Esterhazy is represented M Saying: "I shall not leave without having played a triek of my own on those amiabJe Frenchmen." Further on the following passage occurs Our cowardly and ignorant great chiefs will go once more to people the prisons of Germany." In another place Count Esterhazy is alleged to have written: I should be perfectly j happy if I were told that I was to be killed to- morrow as a captain of Ublass sabring Frenchmen," and again "I am capable of great things, or of crimes, if that could avenge me. 1 would not do any harm to a little dog, but I would have a hundred thousand Frenchmen killed with pleasure." The writer goes on to say that the French people are not worth, the cartridge intended to kill them, and evokes a. dream of festivity ia the shape of the pillage of Paris by a hundred thousand drunken soldiers. In oonscquence of this publication, a representa- tive of the Patrie went to inquire of Major Esterhazy regarding the steps which he contemplated taking in reference to the Figaro letters. The major displayed Eeat indignation, and positively declared that the tjters were forgeries emanating, from, the friends of Dreyfus. ne en:went to Qaneral de Pellieux, who is conducting the inquiry into the charges brought against him, in order to protest against what he re- garded as a fiesh calumny. The Jour declares that for certain reasons it doubts the authenticity of the letters. In any caee, it is considered that, even if genuine, they in no way prove the innocenceiof, Dreyfus. Count Esterhazy also declared to a representative of the Temps that the letters were apocryphal, and that he had been Warned of their publication some days ago. They had, he said, been manufactured by his enemies, who had taken words end sentences out,ot, his letters and, put them together by a process with which he was ge acquainted. According to the Intranstgeant^ Lieutenant-Colonel Picquart left the .Hotel Terminus, where he had been string, on Sunday evening. The journal adds that the colonel has been ordered thirty days' arrest in a fortress. General Billot, the Minister of War, will, it is stated, make a declaration with regard to the inquiry held by General de Pellieux, which is now closed. According to the same paper Count Estorbazy has been absolved from further proceedings in the case, The above statements are at present without confir- mation. MANIFESTO OF THB Due D'OBLEAKS. The Due d'Orleans has addressed the following letter to Colonel Parseval: "I cannot restrain a cry of indignation when 1 catch the echo of the fresh scandals trom the shame of which it has not been possible to save the country. Until now, the honour of the army has been inviolable. Can I forget to what a height it had been brought ty Kings, aided by glorious soldiers, who fought to com- plete the grand work of French unity. Never lia, e the hardships of exile seemed so cruel as when I am myself forced to remain a powerless spectator of the insults inflicted on our glorious army. Those who have not known how to make energetic use of their powtr will bear a heavy responsibility in the eyes of the country and of history. For- my part, if it please God, iventure-to, say that I shall always find in the consciousness of ray duty, and the power of monarchical institutions the necessary strength to fittingly protect the honour of the soldiers of France.
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MR. A. E. BCTTBR, of Faskally, Perthshire, who left last July on a shooting expedition among the Rocky Mountains, has returned home. Mr. Butter was fairly successful, but met with an accident. Mr. Selona, who is also among the Rockies, will be home in a few weekSi aid will devote part of tho winter to lecturing. C"(IULHM-Coment for broken articles 6d. and Is., postage, Id. Sold everywhere. Home and abroad. THACHBR: I'm glad to see you take so much intereat in chemiatry." Bright Boy: Yes'm. W'en I grow up, I want to have a big candy atore and maple ayropfactory." LIJTBHBD COMPOPKB," an anodyne expectorant for Coughs and Colds, 9 £ d.; 1Sid. Of Qhemists. PUBLISHBR (testily): I can't see anything in that toanuscript of yours." Struggling Author (vindic. tively): I presume not, but yoa know some ef your Waders may be unite intelligent,* v r "a T '-k .«v {', t. !.f'ct. I(""
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it i WEIRD FEARS AT WIGAN. I A WOMAN AFRAID TO BATT" At 12, Foy-street, Wigan, lives Mrs. Hedley with her husband. She is a lady very widely known and Mspected in the town, and a conversation with her (which we clip from the Wigan Observer) has a prac- tical interest for many readers. Mp. He d- ley" (a s many other ladies have done) be- came very ill after her baby was born, and suffered severely for some months. Medicine did not do her any good, and ,monl,a, before long she was in such misery after every meal that she was afraid to eat. She was very ill and Weak, and thought she would never get better. "Then," she said, "my husband got me a box of Dr. Williams' Pink PiHs for Pale People, and they did" me a lot of good. I bad three boxes altogether, and they fully restored me to my proper condition. Now I am quite well; I eat better and feel better all YM ways." Mm Hedley told the reporter that this was the Mcond occasion on which she had used the pills. She had used them once before she was married. The doctor gave her almost everything, and her mother tried all sorts of things, and then her fiance (now her husband) brought her a box of the pills, which did her good. He brought her three boxes in succession, and she got all right again. She said, "I never felt better in all my life, after having the pills, up to the time of my baby being born. "You are quite convinced that these pi4 and they alone, cured you ?" asked the reporter. "Yes," she said. "I am very thankful for the benefit I have got from them. I could not deseribe the benefit I felt from the first box during this last illness. It improved my appetite, cured my indiges- tion entirely, and made my limbs feel stronger, and I feel better in every way." "You were run down ?" "Yes, and the pills pulled me up wonderfully." It appeared that Mrs. Hedley's husband had first heard of the praises of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills frqm people of all classes who had used them. Nothing u more remarkable than the way in .which the medi- oine, at first regarded with suspicion (perhaps on Account of its quaint alliterative title) has made its way with every rank of society, until now the pills are being used from the highest places in the land to the lowest. Mrs. Hedlev's trouble, which they cured, was of a kind that almost everv woman suffers from, and Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have repeatedly cured cases which nothing else appeared to benefit. But it is important to obtain the genuine pills the IUbstitutes offered by some retailers, who care more for their own profit than the health or even the ■afety of their customers, are both useless and dangerous. People who will offer such things are best avoided, and in case of any doubt the Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Company, Holborn-viaduefc, London, Will supply genuine pills post free at 2s. 9d. for one box, 13s. 9d. for six boxes. But the pills can be obtained at respectable chemists', and tbeir genuine- now is assured if they bear the full name, Dr. Williams Pink PiUs for Pale People. Some of the disorders they have cured are paralysis, locomoter ataxy, rheumatism, and sciatica, impoverishment of the blood, scrofula, rickets, anaemia, consumption, musoular, weakness, loss of appetite, palpitations, abortness of breath, pains in the back, nervous head- ache and neuralgia, early decay, all forms of female weakness, and hysteria. These Pills are a tonic, not a purgative.
,C G L■» THE M.P.'s PARADISE.
C G L ■» THE M.P.'s PARADISE. That the M.P. should need a Paradise beyond Westminster at all is, perhaps, an instance (says An Old Parliamentary Hand in the Whitehall Revietv) of the organic dissatisfaction of man. He is the privileged occupant of what, after all, is the finest club in London, and he seeks its abandon as an addi- tion of what every foreigner admits to be the finest watering-place in Europe. The air of tbe-House.is purified by various scientific methods. It, is syringed, washed, combed, and bruslied as it passes through the windows into the Chamber and the, nether retreats for pleasure. Nothing within, the reasonable limits of aesthetic luxury is denied to the elect of the people, whether he be marquis, or ditcher, Cabinet Minister, or humble labour worker. Still he is not satisfisd. He feels, not perfect happiness. When Friday comes he pairs for the night and is off to Brighton. Qn a fine or otherwise agreeable Sunday the observing traveller may meet with half the British Senate between the Grand, the M6tropole, the Norfolk, the Prince's, and the Bristol. It is wonderful, too, how many poor M.P.'s you will meet in Brighton between Saturday morning and Monday afternoon but then it is, and has been for years, a marvel to the political economist how poor londoners- contrive to put so much of their lives away in pleasure and seaside excursions. To run down to Brighton seems to have become a necessity of metro- politan life, and, as a resort of the M.P., it is better worthy the name of the Parade Ground to the House of Commons than is the Terrace, in spite of the epi- grammatic festivity of Mr. Burns, deserving of being Called the Chapel of Ease to the Burlington Arcade. The Easter and Whitsuntide holidays are usually passed by the M.P. in force at Brighton, which differs hngely from the Brighton of the days when Professor Fa^cett found salvation and a Seat at the hands of the fisher-folk. Truly Brighton is the M.P.'a Paradise.
NEW JUDGE.
NEW JUDGE. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the name of Sir Walter Phillimore to be one -of the Justices of the High Court. Sir Walter Phillimore, D.C.L., of the Western Circuit, and leader in the Admiralty Court, who has, been appointed a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division, in succession to the late Mr. Baron Pollock, is the only son of the late Sir Robert Phillimore, a Judge of the old Admiralty Court. He was born on November 21, 1845. The new judge was only lately appointed a Commissioner of Assize on the North- eastern Circuit, and presided at the recent assizes at Newcastle and Durham, from which latter place he has only just returned. He will go back to the Leeds assizes shortly and join-Mr. Justice Ken- nedy. The appointment of Sir Walter will probably be well received by the Bar, as he isjrecognised to be a learned lawyer, and his unvarying courtesy has made him a favourite with both branches of the legal profession. His elevation to the Bench will throw open a considerable amount of work to members of the Bar. Sir Walter Phillimore is a Liberal and Home Ruler in politics, and was an unsuccessful candidate for St. George's. Hanover-aouare, m .1885, and for the Southern Division of Oxfordshire in 1§86. and 1892.
THE WAYS OF TAMMANY.
THE WAYS OF TAMMANY. Tammany had been long out of power before the Itoent election of Mayor for New York, and has not yet taken office. The campaign was one of the costliest, as well as the fiercest ever known. Yet (says the Standards New York correspondent) Tam- many's campaign fund was so overflowing that upon an adjustment of the accounts a surplus of 40,qlOdols. Was reported to remain. Theexecutire committee have now divided this money equally between the poor of New York (to be distributed by Tammany's local committees) and the Cuban insurgents for the uses of their sick and needy. Tammany's critics are now asking Tammany the question Mr. Croker never answered regarding his fortune-viz., where did the money come from, and what was it paid for ?
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"LINSBBD COMPOUND" (Trade Mark) gives Expec- toration without strain. %d., 13d. Sold by Chemists. IMPATIENT FATHER Here, you young rascal, what are you doing ? Wow! Let go of my hair! Are you try- ing to pull the top of my head off ?" Angel Child Yep. Want to Bfee the wheels go round." "WSDD COMPOUND" (Trade Mark) for Coughs and Colds, 9 £ d., 13id. Sold by Chemists only. "WHAT are those lanterns we see shining on the beach?" asked Hawley. "Those aren't lanterns," said Paulow. "They are the diamond earrings of the proprietor's wife." ] £ uirx.—New white inorganic Cement for Pottery Porcelain, &o., 6d. and In.; postage, Id. Of Chemists. lis. GAB SHE "Where is Mrs. Gabber?" Ser- val,t: Somebody told her an important secret this morning, and she has been out all day going from house to house visiting her friends." «LINSMJD OOMPOUIm. (Trade Mark) for Coughs oqd Colds, 9id., 13 £ d- Sold by Chemists only. ISUB (in Wagner car): "How smoothly and silently these carp move along!" He: Yes. Isn't it queer that a man who can make such quiet cars as these should write such noisy music ?" THB Queen has handed over to the Hon. Sydney Holland, hon. treasurer of the Queen's Comroemo- ration Fund, on behalf of the Queen's Jubilee Insti- tute for Nurses, the sum of £1100. which was per- sonally offered to her Majesty at Windsor by the deputation from the Girls' Friendly Society. Me. FRBOBIUCK S. PARRY, who has been appointed a private secretary to Mr. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, entered the Civil Service as a clerk in the Board of Trade in 1885, and was transferred to the Treasury in the following year. He was private ■Mretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. (h>sohen) 1886-92, and to Sir John Hibbert, Financial Secretary of the Treasury, 1892-95. Since 1895 he hap acted in the same capacity to Mr. Haobury. fe
THE CRISIS IN AUSTRIA.J
THE CRISIS IN AUSTRIA. J .Rl, VIOLSNTSCBNES IN THB XXI CHS RATH. { i~ere wa> again a violent scene in the Reichsrath in Vienna on Saturday. The Opposition indulged xr demonstrations agaiirst the President, and Herr Wolf, who'bad been suspended and exclud'tld on the previous day, found his way into the House; but was removed"by the,police, arrested, and con- veyed to prison. TOY-TLTUMPKTB AND PBHNY "WHISTLBS INCREASE TH DIN. 1 When Herr von Abrahamovicz, the President, made his appearance at 20 minutes past" ten, be was received with vehement" cries of "Shalue upon you!" uttered by the Left, amid a deafen- ing ■ '•'fee Of shriir whistles liud hammering of desks. Many Deputies of the Left stationed themselves in front of, the Presidential platform some of them shouting excitedly, while others blew toy trumpets and penny- whistles which they had brought with them. After the hubbub and confusion had lasted a quartet, of an hour, and showed no sign of abating, Herr von Abrahamovicz rose and declared the sitting to be suspended. As he was about to leave, a number of Deputies threw scraps of paper at the Presidential tribune. This induced him to return to his place, where he stood unmoved, amid shouts of Bravo I" and clapping of hands by the Right. At.thialtime Herr Wolf, the member of the Scboenerer party, who had been suspended for three sittings, entered the House, disguised, it is Eid, by a false beard, but was subsequently ejected by the police, whom he strenuously resisted, hitting tbew on the hands and arms with. a walking stick. At (j minutes to twelve the excitement continuing, the sitting was closed. POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS.—RESIGNATION OF couzit BADENT. Popular demonstrstiomtoolr place on Saturday in Vienna, Prague, Gratz, and other place throughout Austria, and in some cases troops were employed to disperse the crowds. In view of the general excite- ment Count Badeni and his colleagues on Sunday decided to tender their resignation to the Emperor, who accepted it, and instructed Baron Gautseh, Minister of Public Instruction, with the of a new Ministry.
ACROSS SALISBURY PLAIN.
ACROSS SALISBURY PLAIN. It is stated that the Light Railway Commissioner3 have submitted to the Board of Trade an order authorising the construction of a line from the Pewsey Station of the Great Western Railway to Salisbury over the famous plain and through the Military Camp which the War Office authorities intend forming there. The various public bodies in the district to be traversed by the projected railway have received official intimation, that the Commis- isioners have decided in favour of the scheme, which has emanated from the Great Western Railway Com- pany.
A GIPSY CLERGYMAN,
A GIPSY CLERGYMAN, It is stated on authority that there is a clergyman of extended fame who is a true son of the Romany. When the supimer conges the fever in his blood burns high for the open air and the society of his brethren, and instead of taking a.European trip, as he is sup- posed to, he goes out to his people, takes the gipsy ID. and livea the vagrant gipsy life, but returns with the falling of the leaves with renewed vigour and incieased eloquence, as his services after his vacation always testify.
.A TYNESIDER'S RECORD.
A TYNESIDER'S RECORD. On Saturday the Royal Humane Society conferred a well-earned additional distinction upon a Tyneside fisherman, Robert Drane, 44, of Cavel Group Close, Newcastle. Drane's latest act of bravery occurred on September 30 last, thus making his record one of 47 lives saved during two Tears. Drane, a well-known hero among Tynesiders, has received many recogni- tion of his gallantry in the shape of medals and tee- timonials.
\ DISASTEKS .AT SEA.
DISASTEKS AT SEA. The British steamer Antonio on entering Constan- tinople on Sunday ran into and sank the Austrian. Lloyd's steamer Diana at her moorings. No lives warb lost. Information reached Cardiff on Sunday of the loss on Thursday off! Luhdy of the Cardiff steamer Labarrouere. The ship left Cardiff on Wednesday of last week, and all went well until the following thorning, when she was run into by a large sailing vessel, which in the intense darkness prevail- ing was unobservable. The Labarrouere rapidly I Sued and foundered in about an hour.' Nothing was afterwards seen of the vessel which ran into her. The crew of the Labarrouere got out two boats, the captain, second mate, and three seamen taking one and the ch.ief mate and the re- maindsr of the crew, 12 in number, the other. The latter were picked up by a Norwegian schooner and landed at Cardiff, but the other boat has not since been heard of. The names of the missing men are Captain Young, Samuel Ward, second mate, and Evan Davies, David Thomas, and P. Nolan, able seamen. The Labarrouere was of 1173 registered tonnage, and was built at Newcastle in 1880. During a dense fog off Portland On Saturday night, the German steamer Freiberg, of Bremen, and the steamer Science, of London, were in collision, the former being cut down to the water's edge. The fact that she was laden with wood stays prevented her foundering, and she arrived at Southampton on Sunday drawing 31ft. of water. The Science, nQt, much damaged, also arrived at Southampton. News was brought to Yarmouth so Sunday of a colliilion on the Dogger Bank fishing grounds. During a fog the steamer Frobieher ran down the Yarmouth trawler Guide, which sank within five minutes. The crew of seven hands saved their lives, by jumping on board the Frobisher, and were subsequently trans- ferred to the smack Teal, which conveyed them to Yarmouth. 11
BIRMINGHAM FAT STOCK SHOW.
BIRMINGHAM FAT STOCK SHOW. The Birmingham Fat Stock Show was opened in Bingley Hall on Saturday. The total number of entries was 3973, or slightly ahead of those of last year, but the entries of cattle show a small decline and those of sheep a larger one. The winners of the principal challenge cups and prizes were Mr. J. Wortley, Frettenham, Norwich, with a cross-bred steer, and Mr. J. Douglas Fletcher, of Rocehaugh, Afoch, N.B., with a polled Angus steer.
V RIVAL OF LIVERPOOL. :
V RIVAL OF LIVERPOOL. The Corporaticn of Bristol, as owners of the port < and dock? built at Bristol and at Avonuiouth and Portishend, are racking great efforts to draw to the port some of the enormous trade which is now car- ried on between this country and the United States and Canada. At one time the port of Bristol stood first as the great centre for all the trade with the countries on the other side of the Atlantic, but gradually as the size of the vessels increased, and as other ports improved their shipping fycii ties while Bristol practically stood still, the trade was directed principally to Liverpool, and more recently also largely to Southampton, However, owing to improvements which have been carried out at Avonmoutb, a large firm of shippers have now commenced to run a regular line of steamers between Canada and Bristol, and cargoes of 8000 tons, of mis- cellaneous, merchandise have been quickly and efficiently discharged at the Avonmouth Dock. To further foster and secure this growing trade, the Cor- poration have recently decided to apply to Parlia- ment for power to expend a million and a half of money in building a new and enlarged dock of 40 acres, which is to have an entrance lock 850ft. long, capable of receiving the largest steamers at present likely to be built.
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TFIER* IS UNQUESTIONABLY no better re;/iedy in the whole world for all coughs and throat troubles than KEATING'S LOZENGES—any medical mnn will assure you of this fact. Relief is speedy simple but sure in action the most delicate can tal", them. Sold everywhere iu 13ld. tins IN the Court for the Consideration rf Crown CalleS Reserved judgment was given on Saturday in the case of a man named Jones, who had been convicted at,Worcester of having obtained food by false pre- tences and of having obtained credit by fraud. The man had a meal at a restaiirant, and, when a bill for 4s. was handed him, said he possessed only a half- penny, which was the fact. The Court held that the finding of the jury on the first count was wrong, but that on the second- count the decision was correct. The conviction on the count for fraad was aeoordipgly affirmed. .l-"I > 4 il <• H ,-— <
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TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC. On Saturday only one new came of typhoid waa reported at Maidstone as having occurred in the pre- ceeding 24 hours, but on Sunday the medical omcee. return showed three additional notifications, making a total of 16 for the past seven days. The previous week's aggregate was 22, so that the steady redaction in the daily average of fresh cases is well maintained. For the whole period of the epidemic, up to Monday, the notifications totalled 1871. The local relief fund at the same time exceeded E21,600. The special fund for widows and orphans amounted to nearly £ 1500.
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ILAMP CHIMNEYS.—TO prevent lamp chimneys from cracking, wrap each chimney loosely but entirely in cloth; place them together in a kettle and cover with cold water. Bringing the water to a boil, continue the heat 10 or 15 minutes, and then cool off. By this tempering they are toughened against all ordi- aary lamp heat. LJIMF WICKS.-If a lamp wick sticks and will not work easily, try pulling out a thread at each edge. This will often mend matters without any luorg trouble. CLOAKING SAUCEPANS.—An easy way to clean the sticky oatmeal saucepan in which the breakfast porridge was cooked is to put in a few shavings of Soap, and fill the saucepan with cold water. Place the saucepan oh the back of the stove for half an hour.' The glutinous crust can then be easily "eanoved.
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i: A BANKER SENT TO PENAL…
i: A BANKER SENT TO PENAL 1 SERVITUDE. At the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, on Saturday, Arthur Sturrock, banker and ■olicitor, ICihnarnock, was brought up to receive sentence on 18 charges of embezzlement of sums of money amounting to E20,646, which he had obtained from clients to invest, and two charges of forgery involv- ing £ 2700. He had pleaded guilty previously. It fH urged in defence that the money waa loafe in peculation and not spent on luxury. The Lord i|tistice Clerk, sentenced the prisoner to 10 ytafR* penal servitude.
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—■ ————■ THB gentle Elsie sits dreamiagly in the gloaming TTT t)ie front room. She is very miserable, for on the previous night she had words with her own, and new she fears her haughty Harold will not ealL She bean a step, a ring, a voice she knows, and someone speaking to the servant in the hall. She will not-w" until a light is brought, but gently calls Come int" The visitor enters, and' with a sigh of awful volume the fair Elsie casts herself into his arms and softly furmujrs: Ob, my darling, I'm so glad you've come, have so wanted to make it up and settle." And lie of the embrace remarks: Well, miss, it's very nice of you, and I'm very glad, too, that you're going to uttle up at last." It was the tax-collector.
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—'r 1 ■ A SYNDICATE has been formed in Melbourne tQ educate and exploit a Sale (Victoria) blacksmith with a marvellous voice, but no knowledge of nipsic. THJII probabilities are that very few people have heard of the whistling language which is in use by the shepherds of Teneriffe. It dates from a pre- historic period, although the first notice of it ia made Sa French traveller in 1455. By placing tw0 or ree fingers in the mouth, it is possible to tha whistle carry to a distanoe of about three and in these lonely hills even to a much greater distance* The shepherds are enabled in this manner to carry on a conversation with their distant friends, and so prevent any feeling of loneliness. It may sound ounous and paradoxical, but the whistling is in Spanish—that is to say, the words represented by the whistling are of the Spanish language. Long practice and heredity bave produced extraordinary ■kill in the art, for the vocabulary is a lengthy one» and embraces a code of signala which convey tele- graphically what it is hard to express in the ordioaiy pmmer, v .rÏ'' j. J if:ft .L .0 \y,