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NEWS NOTES. The death of Admiral Makaroff in theainking of his flagship at Port Arthur must be reckoned as something in the nature of catastrophe to the Russian Navy, in which he was doubtless the most distinguished personage. There died with the illustrious commander several hundreds of his comrades, many of them being officers of much promise. Russia lost also another of her most prominent sons in this same disaster, for with the ill-fated battleship M. Verestchagin, the greatest painter of war of our day, who was with the fleet in search of new subjects, went down. No wonder that the latest blow to the Czar's prestige in the Far East has created consternation in St. Petersburg. Admiral Togo makes his reports to the Mikado in a leisurely and apparently unemo- tional way, or., at any rate, this is their characterisation when published. There is nothing of elation or deviation from cool calcu- lation in the announcements given out to the Press in Tokio; neither is. there anything suggestive of suppression or minimisation of losses to Japan when a check is received. Russia gives her official version of any happening as soon as possible, censoring thereafter if not re- pressing any other account, while the Japanese err on the side of reticence and ingenuousness. The real truth of the camp aign will take a lot of sifting when the gag is off. Meanwhile a lot of wild and unfounded rumours are constantly coming into circulation, by reason of the absence of reliable information. We know the strategic reasons for withholding the truth, whicli might be used to the disadvantage of those permitting its disclosure; but authorita- tive statements might very well be officially made, without avoidable delay, for the re-assurance of the public mind, and for the prevention of false impressions. It seems ridiculous on the part of the Lama- ridden Tibetans to try and stop the British Mission to that mysterious land by means of old matchlocks and leathern cannon; and it is clear that .Colonel Younghusband must ,now complete his task of showing the hill and country folk of mid-Asia that it is to their interest to accept the friendship and counsel of Britain. The Tibetans have been wrought upon by deception from inte- rested neighbours, and brought to a wrongful belief that we mean them ill. This misunderstanding must now be removed, once for all; and the. only regretful thing about the whole business is that dissipation of ignorant prejudice is costing the deaths of misguided natives. Let us hope that ere long both the priestly rulers in Lhasa and the Chinese Ambans who advise them, sometimes under a good deal of Muscovite influence, will be in- duced to see that our true intent in forcing them to give us a hearing is all for their good. The late veteran Dr. Samuel Smiles published quite a little library of books inciting his contem- poraries to laudable action by the presentment of exemplary instances. Of course his Self- Help was the most important of the invalu- able series from his pen, and he himself has stated how it came to be printed. About the year 1844 he was invited to deliver an address before the members of some evening classes, formed by a group of young men at Leeds—Dr. Smiles was then a journalist in that town-for the purposes of mutual improvement, a disused cholera hospital being rented by them as a meeting-place. The invitation took the form of a request made through a deputation that he would talk to them a bit," and he was so struck by the admirable self-helping sprit" they had displayed that he consented. He addressed them on several occasions, "citing examples of what other men had done as illus- trations of what each might, in a greater or less degree, do for himself," and pointing out the necessity for diligent self-culture, self- discipline, and self-control. He recognised the fact that there was nothing new or original in this counsel, but it stimulated the youths to fresh energy, and he found afterwards that some of them even attributed their success in life to the inspiration they had derived from the illustrations he had put before them. Interested in the subject of Self- Help, he kept adding to the memoranda he had used in his addresses, and thus, in course of time, he had sufficient materials for the volume which made its appearance under that title in 1859, further additions being made in 1866. In all more than a quarter of a mil- lion copies of Self-Help have been printed in this country; it has had an extensive appre- ciation in America and the Colonies, and it has been translated into something like a score of foreign languages. The old man, eloquent, in his quiet way., has exercised an incalculably beneficent influence upon our time, and he will speak through his books sagely to generations yet to come. The report from the Labour Department of the Board of Trade on the state of trade in the Colonies is hardly as satisfactoryas is desirable. As to South Africa, it is pointed out that in Cape Colony aided passages at t.3 a head are given to male and female domestic servants, but otherwise there is no demand for more labour. No one is allowed to land unless possessed oft20 on arrival and has secured definite employment. In Natal there is no demand for more labour, and people are warned not to go there at the present time in search of work unless nomi- nated by friends in the Colony. As to the Transvaal, no one is allowed to enter without a permit. There is no demand whatever for mechanics or labourers of any kind, but there is a slight opening for female servants. The cost of living, it should be remembered, is two or three times as high in the Transvaal as it is in England. Permits are required to enter the Orange River Colony, where the trade out- look is bad, there being no demand for labour, and many being out of work. Let us hope that things will be better after a while in our new Colonies, respecting which we were bidden to hope go much.

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EIGHT YEARS IN A CONSUMPTION. CURED BY DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS I SEVEN YEARS AGO. PATIENT NEVER ILL SINCE. j Thirteen doctors had Miss Leah Stevens under their care from her twelfth to her twentieth year. Her father had died of Consumption. Doctors gave no hope. She was wasting away. Her death was daily expected. The case seemed so hopeless that no doctor would undertake it. Her parents procured Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and to everyone's surprise the wasting and blood spitting ceased, the cough disappeared, and she rapidly improved. Her cure-one of the most remarkable in the annals of medicine-was pub- lished in 1897. To ascertain whether THE CURE HAD PROVED PERMANENT, I the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company recently sent an independent enquirer, a gentleman well-known for his contributions to the newspapers, to see Miss Stevens and find out how she was. The result fulfilled every expectation. Not only has this once Consumptive young lady, THE CHILD OF A CONSUMPTIVE FATHER, been entirely cured, but she has never had a day's illness since, has never needed to consult a doctor, has never swallowed a single dose of medicine. It would be impossible to exaggerate the import- ance of this cure. Thousands of men and women are threatened by Death from Consumption at this moment, The case of Miss Leah Stevens shows Miss Leah Stevens. (From, a, photograph taken ten years ago, when she was thought to be dying of Con- I sumption.) what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are capable of doing. It extends a ray of hope to thousands of sad homes. We earnestly beg the reader's attention to the Special Commissioner's report of Miss Stevens's cure, as printed below. In the heart of Kent lies the pretty little village of Cowden. A little over three miles to the south, surrounded by some tower- ing tree clad hills with their accompanying dales, stands Chandler's Farm, one of the most substan- tial and best cultivated farms in the district, be- longing to Mr. Cole. The old farmhouse, with its red- tiled roof and mullioned windows, has weathered the storms of close upon nine hundred years. When one has passed through its flower-covered doorway into the lcw-ceilinged, oak-beamed rooms, one is brought face to face with a large old-fashioned chimney corner, with the logs burning brightly, and room enough to seat half-a- dozen persons. The kettle on its chain swings over the flames. A double-barrelled gun, some settles, and an old armchair complete this picture of old-time comfort. The heroine of this remark- able cure about to be described is Miss Leah Stevens, the farmer's step-daughter, a dark-eyed brunette, with a healthy glow on her face. Mrs. Cole, an elderly, well-preserved lady, moving with quiet dignity and keeping a watchful eye on the farm, was a widow when she married Mr. Cole. Her first husband, Mr. Stevens, died of Consumption when the girl Leah was about twelve months old, and so weak and puny was she that people predicted that she would soon follow her I father. This part of the story is simply a history of a long battle with that fell disease, which claims 40,000 victims annually, and which caused Mr. Stevens's death, leaving behind him the little daughter who inherited her father's weakness. Quietly Mrs. Cole described this part of her life until she came to the time when Leah was a girl of twelve. 1 had managed to pull her through up to this time, and although she was small and weak I began to have hope that I should yet see her grow to womanhood. I remembered the terrible death of I her father. I was not satisfied with one doctor, nor two, nor th^ee, but in all THIRTEEN DOCTORS ATTENDED MY DAUGHTER. The twelfth or thirty th doctor-I forget which one it was-said it would be waste of time and causc unnecessary pain to give her medicine, so he simply called to soothe her slow progress to the grave. But I am glad to say that my prayers were answered." The story was taken up by Miss Stevens herself. "1 well remember when I was quite a little girl that people said openly that I should follow my fatherto the grave, because, like him, I was Consumptive; but it was not until I was twelve years old that I really began to feel ill, and then for more than eight years I was an invalid. I used to have a terrible pain in my chest, which remained there not for hours, but for weeks and weeks together. I never knew what it was to have a real appetite. I don't think for eight years that I knew what it was to feel hungry. I had not strength enonghto dress myself. I used to kneel up in bed and struggle to get my clothes on, but I had to call mother to button them and tie the tapes. Then my stepfather would carry me downstairs and put me on the sofa, or prop me up with pillows by the side of the window, where I sat the whole day long. I used to pray for death, for I had nothing to live for ex cept to suffer pain. I heard DOCTOR AFTER DOCTOR I say there was no hope for me, that they could do nothing, and the only thing 1 could do was to wait for the grave. It seemed so hard to lie there and suffer, one day better, one day worse. At last one morning I read in the paper that a young lady who had suffered as I did had been cured by taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, but I thought I was too far gone for them to do me any good, because at this time even the last doctor had given me up, and I heard him tell mother how he would arrange to give her a Certificate of my Death when the time came, as it must come soon. Mother asked me if I would like to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and I said listlessly Yes.' It is well that I seized that forlorn hope. If I hadn't I I SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN MY GRAVE Now, j but before I had got to the end of my first box of Dr. Williams' Pills I began to feel better, and at the end of the first week I not only felt better, but my friends actually said they could see pink on I my cheeks. I know I surprised them, because at the end of the first week I felt hungry, and going over to the table I told mother that I wanted some dinner. Why, I had never i said such a thing for six or seven years. It was the first time I could remember ever feel- ing hungry. Before I had taken the pills a month I began to get about, and I think about six weeks after I started them I walked to chapel and back —nearly eight miles. Altogether I had seven boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. There could be no pos- sible doubt that they had snatched me from the grave, because I had had no medicine of any sort or kind for more than twelve months before. It was considered useless. When I finished my seventh box I I was just twenty years of age, and now I am twenty- seven. During the whole of the seven years since Miss Leah Stevens. (From a photograph taken in 1897, just after her cure by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.) -1 I took Dr. Williams' Pink I Pills I have never seen a doctor, I J ave never been ill a day, I have forgotten j what pain is, and I have never taken medicine. I am as strong as any girl in the village. I have worked about the farm, I have churned butter for hours, I have made batches of bread, I have helped to harvest, and I am stronger and healthier than anyone in Cowden or for miles round." Comment upon the re- markable cure is needless. From a weak, wasted coughing girl, Miss Stevens has developed into a plump, hearty and healthy Miss Leah Stevens. (From a photogrctph taken this year, show- ing the vast improvement in her health since she was cured of Consumption by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.) woman. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People will do as much for other sufferers; and their tonic and blood-making qualities render them invalu- able for all who lack strength. Bloodlessness, or anasmia. is the censtant forerunner of Consumption. To be ancemie is one of the most uncomfortable states of ill-health, causing pale lips, dull, blood- shot eyes, Headaches, Indigestion, breathlessness, and utter want of energy and strength. Those who are anaemic easily catch cold, and are on the high road to Consumption. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People make new blood. That is how they have cured Billiousness, Indigestion, Kidney Disease, Fits, Eczema, and other skin troubles, St. Vitus' Dance, Paralysis, and Locomotor Ataxy. For women Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have proved of unrivalled value, giving regular, comfortable health. The genuine pills bear the full name (seven words), Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and may be had at all medicine shops, or post free for 2s. 9d. (six boxes 13s, 9d.) from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Holborn-viaduet, London.

LI HUNG CHANG'S FORECAST. The great dead Chinese statesman, Li Hung Chang, can never be accused of a lack of pat- riotism, whatever else may be laid to his charge. Judging by a posthumous private letter just ex- ploited by a German paper, he was perfectly will. ing to sacrifice either of the present combatants in the East to save the interests of the Flowery Land. His letter, written shortly before his death, shows that he saw the inevitable drift to an early collision between Russia and Japan, and that he had no choice in the outcome of the struggle. He wrote "The Chinese Court officials often say we should not give up Manchuria to Russia, but such speeches only people can make who do not know present conditions or cannot read the future. If we now leave Manchuria to the Rus- sians, it does not matter in the least, because Japan will certainly annex Korea, and as soon as the two nations meet at the boundary great differences will arise. "In case of war, if Japan is defeated we shall help ihe Russians to crush Japan. Then out of gratitude Russia will return to us Manchuria and keep Korea. Should Russia be defeated by Japan, however, we will simply drive the Rus- sians out of Manchuria on the plea of helping Japan, and in this way, without much trouble, receive back the province. "At present to get back Manchuria is difficult. England places much weight on Manchuria, but we need not heed this, because England cannot accomplish anything there by force. Germany is neutral, France looks at the situation from the distance, and America is silent. With all these countries we, therefore, have nothing to do. Our viceroys in South China, who speak otherwise, have no understanding of affairs. "I therefore ask you to take the greatest trouble that the Empress widow does not hear the views of the viceroys. I cannot live much longer, and am near death. I hope that after nay death you will follow my principles."

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RETURN OF WARNER'S TEAM, A large crowd assembled at Victoria Station in I London on Sunday night to welcome the return of I Mr. Warner's M.C.C. cricket team from Australia. I As the time drew near for the arrival of the Dover I boat train, the crowd grew to such dimensions that it defied the efforts of the station staff to cope with it. The services of a strong body of police were secured, and just as the first portion of the train steamed in a large number of people were got outside the barriers. But the presence of the train at the platform was the signal for another rush, and for a time the police were powerless. Women formed a large proportion of the crowd. The train arrived in two portions, of which the second brought the cricketers. As they were recognised loud cheers were raised, and sticks, hats, umbrellas, and handkerchiefs were waved in the air. No sooner had a few of the players alighted than they were taken posses- sion of by the crowd, and it was with diffi- culty that they could gain their cabs. Others I of the team, seeing the fate of their friends, refused to leave their carriages, the doors of which were guarded by porters, and police. Subsequently f the cricketers made their escape from the other ¡ side of the train, and when this became known to the crowd strenuous efforts were made to reach them. A rush was made through the train, them. A rush was made through the train, but most of the doors had been locked. I Many persons tried to slip across the buffers, but they were sent back by the police, and ¡ one or two athletic young men attempted to get over the carriages themselves. While the crowd I was exhausting itself in a vain endeavour to reach I the other platform the remaining members of the team succeeded in making their escape from the station. Several of the players were recognised by the crowd gathered outside, and received a loud cheer as they drove away.

DEATH OF DR. SMILES. I Dr. Smiles, the author of the well-known book "Self-Help" and numerous other popular works, died at his residence in Pembroke gardens, Kensington, on Saturday morning, in his 92nd year, having been born in December, 1812. He started business as a doctor, practising in I Haddingtonshire, and as long ago as 1838 I published a book on physical education. Later II on he became editor of the "Leeds Times," and during his occupation of that post wrote a I history of Ireland, lectured at mechanics' institutes, and supported the agitation for the repeal of the Corn Laws.. On resigning the position of editor lie became secretary of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, and later on super- intendent of the North-Eastern Railway at New- castle, coming to London iu 1854 as secretary of the South-Eastern Railway. It was at this time that he published, at his own risk, his great work "Self-Help." He left the South-Eastern in 1868. In addition to a" History of the Huguenots," Dr. Smiles wrote many biographies, including those of George and Robert Stephenson, and Nasmyth; of Thomas Edward, the naturalist; George Moore, the City merchant; and Dick, the geologist: as well as books on the subjects of duty, thrift, &c.

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BURIED ALIVE. THREE DAYS IN AN IMPROMPTU TOMB. A tramp named Johnson, a native of Mansfield, has had a remarkable escape from being literally buried alive. Entering a house in course of erection in Lyme-road, Leicester, he crept under a partly laid floor and went to sleep. When he awoke the follow- ing morning the workmen had arrived and were busy with their hammers finishing putting down the flooring beneath which the man was lying. Fear- ing detection Johnson remained quiet and allowed himself to be fastened in as securely as if he were in his coffin. When night again arrived, and the carpenters had gone, Johnson endeavoured to get out of his narrow prison; then it was that the awful truth dawned on him. He was buried alive. Three days later the workmen engaged in the house heard faint and mysterious sounds proceed- ing from beneath the floor, Give me water give me water," moaned the voice, and the terrified workmen sent for a policeman. An aperture was made in the floor, and there slowly emerged a half- starved looking man about thirty years of age. It was Johnson, more dead than alive. He said he had passed through untold mental tortures. How long he had been boxed in he was at first unable to say, for in his awful plight an hour to him had seemed an eternity.

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PROBLEM OF THE INEBRIATES. For ten years Lady Henry Somerset, the founder of the Duxhurst Farm Colony, has made herself personally responsible for its support. It is now felt, however, that as the institution has proved itself a national need it should receive national sup- port. In order to relieve Lady Henry Somerset of this responsibility a representative committee has been formed, with Sir Colin Scott-Moncriefl as chairman and treasurer, to carry on the work on the same lines as hitherto. Approximately the annual expenditure is £6000, while from the work of the inmates and from other sources JE5000 is, received. The deficit of 91000 has, therefore, to be raised by subscriptions. With accommodation for 60 patients-maintained at a cost of El per head weekly-there are annually more than 500 applications for treatment.

Someoile has drawn attention to the fact that music exercises an influence on the growth of the hair in a most curious manner. Consistent play- ing for some years on metal instruments, the trombone in particular, will cause baldness; while the playing of the piano, violin, and violon- cello rather increases than otherwise the growth of the hair. Flute and clarionet players are not supposed to be influenced either way.

I TO BE GROWN AND SHOWN. Louisiana, mother-State of the Louisiana terri- tory, is preparing to grow rice and sugar cane at the World's Fair just as these vast industries are carried on on the plantation of the sunny South. There will be a field of growing cane, with negroes cutting and loading the cane into bars; a fine locomotive will haul the cars to the sugar-house, where an unloader and. cane feeder will deposit it upon the carrier of a first-class mill and shredder. After being shredded it will 97, pass through processes of mixing, crystallising, and granulating. Putting the sugar and sugar molasses in barrels will complete the sugar- making processes. The rice exhibit is to be equally complete. The entire process of putting in the crop is part of the display. A rice field will be shown in course of preparation by the breaking plough and harrow, and finally the mode drill putting the seed under ground. Then will be seen the field of growing rice, over which will be pumping plant, forcing water into the CIAIIAII and showing the method of irrigation. Fisruvlly the finished product will be harvested pifid threshed. In the rear of the field is the rice will, with electric bulbs, so arranged as to show the whole machinery in motion. b-

WM HOSPITALS LOOK BARE. There has lately been some discussion in the daily Press as to the bareness of hospital wards and the incompatibility between art and sanitary science. The "British Medical Journal" points out that there is a beauty, not seldom seen in the hospital ward, consisting of just proportions in length, breadth, and height, an air of space and brightness, and the repetition of simple-lines. It is a pity that attempts are so often made to break this symmetry by hanging up engravings, etc. These collect and harbour dust and Etticrobes, and it is just possible that in some hos- pitals too much attention is paid to the decora- tion of the wards to the disadvantage of the patients.

SUSPICIOUS APPEARANCE.—This story is told of Bishop Selwyn, who was a hard worker, and never spared himself. He was one day seizing an hour's much-needed sleep on the bench of a little roadside station in Derbyshire, en route for a con- firmation. A lady of some social distinction and her daughter were on their way to the same rite, the daughter as a confirmee. They went to the solitary porter, and said they were afraid to pass the drunken man on the platform. To this the porter replied, in tones of much solemnity, If you fW, my, lady, it's the Lord Bishop!"

"The Army Journal of the British Empire," is the grandiloquent title of the War Office jour- nalistic venture which it is hoped will encourage recruiting. But its aim is more grandiloquent; etill. The Army Order states it is to deal with subjects of a professional and scientific nature, to encourage the study of military science and history, to circulate information on military matters, and to promote, as far as possible, a knowledge of the principles of Imperial defence amongst all ranks and all arms of the military forces of the Crown.

AN EXECUTOR'S LIABILITY. Before Mr. Justice Channell, without a jury,, the ea-e of Tarrant v. Corbishley was heard on Saturday in the King's Bench Division. It was an- action brought by Mrs. liuby Helena Tarrant to recover from Mr. William Corbishley, the executor of the will of Mary Ann Firth,the sum of £ 58 lls.lldi. Mr. Lewis Thomas appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendant was represented by Mr. G. W. Bicketts. The facts showed that the plaintiff was entitled to the amount claimed as a grand niece of the testatrix, but when she applied for her money it was discovered that the solicitor in whose hands. the mortgages had been placed for realisation was a bankrupt, and that the moneys realised had all gone. Mr. Ricketts said the case was one in which one of two innocent parties must suffer for th& default of a third. As the securities were mort- gages, it was a proper matter for the employment of a solicitor to realise. Mr. Justice Channell said he must give judgment for the plaintiff. It was & little bard upon the defendant, but it would be a good h:u'der upon the plaintiff if she had to lose her money. There was no suggestion against the defendant, and it was one of those cases in which an executor had to pay money that had been placed in the hands of another person. Judgment was then given for the amount, with costs.

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