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PEACE AGREED UPON. JAPAN'S MAGNANIMOUS CONCESSIONS. NO WAR INDEMNITY TO BE PAID. Peace has been concluded between Russia and Japan. The envoys of the two countries met in conference once more on Tuesday morning, and after a brief session issued the announcement that they had reached a complete agreement on all points, and that the remaining sittings of the Con- ference will be devoted to elaborating the Treaty of Portsmouth. This happy result was due, in the first place, to magnanimous concessions on the Japanese side. With a sudden change of attitude, they accepted, practically without deliberation, M. Witte's written proposition, which the Russian envoy described as Russia's ultimatum. On the four vital points—the cession of Saghalien, the reimbursement of Japan's war expenses, the limitation of Russian naval power in the Pacific, and the surrender of the interned warships- Japan has given way. The following table shows the original Japanese demands and the conditions ultimately accepted by the Mikado's envoys ORIGINAL DEMANDS. Cession of Saghalien. Reimbursement of war expenses. Limitation of Russian naval power in the Pacific. Surrender of the interned warships. Japanese protectorate over Korea. Mutual evacuation of Manchuria. Retrocession or Manchurian administration to China. Control of tho Chinese Eastern Railway between Port Arthur and Harbin. Control of the railway between Harbin and Vladivostock. Fishing rights on the Siberian littoral. The following is the basis of the new treaty as compared with the above demands: CONDITIONS ACCEPTED. Saghalien to be divided. No indemnity. Interned warships to be retained by Russia. No limitation of Russian naval power. Japanese protectorate over Korea. Fishing rights in Siberian waters. Japanese to control railway from Port Arthur to ten miles south of Harbin. Manchuria to be evacuated by both belligerents. China to administer Manchuria. Japan takes over Port Arthur and Dalny. Russian leases in the Liao-tung Peninsula ceded. Harbin-Vladivostock railway retained by Russia. These compose the twelve articles disposed of by the Conference. M. WITTE INTERVIEWED. M. Witte, in an interview, expressed the opinion that the Russian envoys had been successful beyond their expectation. A St. Petersburg correspondent says it is believed in St. Petersburg that the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance has enabled Japan to make important concessions, while she will now be able to raise in England the capital necessary for developing the enormous assets which she has obtained in Korea, Liautung, and Manchuria.

IS CANCER INCREASING? MEDICAL EXPERTS DIFFER. f Ie cancer increasing at the present time or 10 it not? Thii3 is one of the foremost medical questions of the day, and the almost universal belief that this terrible malady is rapidly gaining ground amongst us was undoubtedly the motive which induced the establishment and endowment of the Imperial Research Fund, with the, King as Patron and the Prince of Wales as President. Upon this important question there still re- mains a conflict of opinion, and this, too, among experts whog,e judgment is in all respects worthy of confidence. On the, one ha 'n d, the national records of the last half century show a decided and progressive- increase in the mor- tality attributed to this disease. And although it is unquestionable- that some of this increase is apparent only, and is due to improvement in medical diagnosis, it may nevertheless be seriously doubted whether the whole of it can be thus accounted for. Moreover, it is held by many surgeons of experience that cancer is now much more fre- quently encountered in hospital practice than was the case twenty years ago. On the other hand, it is contended by those who take the opposite view that, inasmuch as the increase in cancer fatality is much greater in cases where inaccessible organs are invaded than in those where the part affected is readily accessible to examination, the evidence hitherto available is insufficient to prove an actual increase in the prevalence of this disease. At the present stage we do not know for certain whether cancer is actually increasing or not, and it will probably be some years yet before we are able to decide this question satis- factorily.

TRAGIC END OF A HOLIDAY. MAN OVERBOARD. The 5.13. Island Queen, of the London and Channel Islands Steamship Company, which arrived at the East India- Docks on Thursday morning, reports the loss overboard during the voyage of Mr. Edward John Bunney, market clerk, of Kentish Town. The passenger was a young man of twenty- eight, who with a friend had been on a few days? holiday to Jersey, and had joined the boat at Guernsey. When the vessel was about thirty miles south- west of Beachy Head, he went on deck, and was just going below for breakfast when a sudden lurch of the vessel, which was going full speed through a heavy sea, jerked him over the. companion way forward, and he fell backwards into the sea. The ship was put about as speedily as possible, but a two hours' search failed to find any trace of Mr. Bunney.

TERRIBLE VIGIL. MAN TORN TO PIECES. A terrible adventure with a bear has befallen two Hungarian goatherds, the brothers Paul and Martin Dosek, one of whom was killed and partly devoured by the animal. The brothers were making their way in the direction of the Belebit mountains, one of the most romantically beautiful spots in the Tvrol, when they came upon a huge she-bear in the act of devouring a goat. The bear, disturbed in her meal, sprang at the men, who ran for their lives, with the bear in pursuit. They finally succeeded in climbing a large tree, finding an uncertain refuge in a. thick, overhanging branch. The bear then sat down on her haunches at the foot of the tree. Shortly after daybreak, Paul, the elder of the two brothers, probably overcome with fatigue and terror, suddenly lost his hold, fell, and' was instantly torn to pieces. Finally, towards noon, the animal fell asleep. Martin then silently slid down from his perch and made for Divoselo, where he was given refreshment. He -beg;an to- foam a.t the-mouth, a, i,-d- made a. savage attack with his teeth on a peasant who was sitting at & table-. Four policemen required, to master him, and' ha was taken to the asylum,, a raving maniac.

Lady Warwick states that the West Ham unemployed can call on her for what is imme- diately necessary. A mile and a half of the Soiidan Railway has been washed away. The mails have been con- siderably delayed. j Dr. George Witzhoff, a Swiss chemist, is in custody at New York for frauds on women. He is said to have deserted eleven wives. Enterprising Parisians are setting up tele- scopes on Montmartre, through which, on pay- ment of fivepence, a view of the solar eclipse >is promised.

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CHILD MUTILATED. A shocking discovery was made on Thursday afternoon at the small riverside village of Fingringhoe, near Colchester, the terribly mutilated and decomposed body of a child being recovered from a pond at the rear of the Whalebone Inn. On Wednesday night some boys, while fishing in the pond, brought to the surface what appeared to. be the legs of a baby, which they put back in the pond. On Thursday Mr. Wyncoll, the landlord nf the inn, saw the legs floating on the water. Dragging operations were then commenced, and a ita-ok was recovered which on being opened was found to contain the mutilated trunk of a fully- developed child. The sack was securely fastened an I heavily weighted with bricks and iron piping. The legs of the child had evidently been cut off before the body was placed in the covering. Dr. TCVvpm expressed the op iron that the body had prj'mhly been in the wa.t! r POI' several months.

I REVOLTING CASE OF CRUELTY. I THE WORST CASE." The worst case of the kind ever before us," said the Chairman in sentencing Archibald George Hawker, at the Frome Police-court, for cruelty to a horse. According to the evidence, the defendant allowed an emaciated mare to remain prostrate in a ploughed field, without food or water, for 12 hours. Finding it impossible to make the mare stand, he fastened a chain to her neck, and, with another horse, dragged her 20 yards, and then endeavoured, with a blunt ploughing instrument, to kill her. The mare was found alive in great I agony two hours afterwards.

ROBBING A TOMB. Two youths, George William Fisher and Oliver Jones, were charged at Covent.ry, on Thursday^ with stealing 52ib. of iron from St. Michael's Churchyard. The evidence showed that the youths went to a tomb and knocked off the iron railings, which they afterwards smashed with a. stone. They had no explanation to offer. In binding the prisoners over as first offenders, the Bench said that but for their youth they would have been sent to prison.

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BRUTAL MURDER. During the progress of a fair at the village of Lihovka, in the district of Verhnedneppovsk, an immense crowd of peasants fell upon the merchants who had arrived there, and, after pillaging their goods, massacred some and mutilated many more, gouging out their eyes and cutting off their ears. When a force of Cossacks arrived on the scene of the outrages the village had already been totally destroyed.

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CommercioJ and industrial, An order for 25,000 tone of hematite pig- I iron for America has been placed at Middles- brough. The British and German makers of screwa are said to have entered into a combine which will raise prices 50 per cent. During the week ending August 25, the total number of commercial failures in England and Wales was 148, being a decrease of 81 in com- parison with the number recorded during tha corresponding week last year. Loccl Government An aged female inmate of the Wisbech Work- house its allowed one ounce of tobacco weekly. 'She greatly appreciates the kindness of the guardians in permitting her to smoke. Warrington Town Council has been legally advised to apply to the Attornev-Generai for •right, to take proceedings against two mem- bers under the Corrupt Practices Act. The Strand Guardians have been informed 'by the London County Council that children in workhouse schools will be entitled to their scholarships as well as these in the ordinary day school's. Newport Pagnell (Bucks) Guardians have ac- cepted a tender for the conveyance of lunatics by motor-car to Stone Aeylum at £ 2 per journey. Blackburn ratepayers learned on Saturday that the tramways department showed a net profit of £ 800 on the past quarter, as conmared with a loss of £ 400 on the corresponding three months last year. A circular, addressed to local authorities, has been issued by the Local Government Board on the subject of Spotted Fever." It oomta cut that there is no cause for alarm, and en- closes a memorandum for the use of medical a, officers in dealing with the disease. In his annual report, just issued, the medical officer of health for Walthamstow advocates that the marriage of persons of immature years, who have no knowledge of the responsibilities of parenthood, should be prevented by Act of Parliament. CieneraJ. The Canadian Government have renewed their mail contract with the Allan Line for another five years. The. King has sent three guineas to Mrs. Flatt, the wife of a Straclbrooke labourer, who recently ga-ve. birth to triplets. Mr. H. Marsh, of Homford, Norfolk, has taken 6cwts. 181b. of extracted honey from ten aires in his garden. There is an epidemic of diphtliera, at Gray- shott (Hants), close by Hindhead, where the holiday season is now in full swing. Four vegetable marrows, each of perfect (shape, have been picked growing together on the corporation allotments at the Fairfield, Kingston-on-Thames. It is computed that the unemployed already registered' in West Ham represent altogether about 15,000 persons. Belfast citizens have decided to erect .a statue at the New City Hall in memory of the late Sir James Haslett, M.P. A farmer of Newton St. Cyres, Devonshire, is appealing to landowners to co-operate in killing pigeons during the winter months. He states that pigeons are among the worst pests farmers have to contend with. The Hamburg-American Line have decided to add1 to their fleet calling at. Dover their two huge new liners, the Amerika (22,500 tons), and the Knmerin Augusta (26,500 tons). The largest vessel at present using Dover piers is the Deuts-chland (16,500 tons). A dove, reputed to be forty-five years old, belonging to Mrs. Sinclair, of Cirencester, Glos., has won a first prize at a local fur and feather show. Within the past few days extraordinary rain- Falls have been experienced in various parts of Ireland. Serious floods took place at Bray, where exciting rescues were effected. One man II was drowned. At Ipswich eight persons' have been attacked with typhoid through eating cockles taken from fche River Orwell. A woman has died. One of the families suffering from the disease received the cockles as a gift, and invited a neighbour in to supper. Taking a wrong road on the way from Hawick into England, General Booth and the party who are motoring with him lost their way, and eroded the Cheviots in a heavy rain-storm by 13ucn grass tracks as they could find. A strange reason is given for the death of a man named Rellinson at Blackheath (Staffs). He used to grow a heavy beard, but a few weeb ago he shaved it off. This gave him a severe cold, and during a fit of coughing he burst a and died. At Doddington, in Cambridgeshire, a mys- terious epidemic, thought to be erysipelas, has broken out among pigs, and two farmers have lost over a hundred head. valued at £ 300. It doeft not appear to be swine fever, and is not recognised as fsuch by experts called in. Mr. Samuel Wilson, said to be the oldest Oddfellow in England, died at Bury St. Ed- munds on Saturday at the age of eighty-four. Public sympathy with little Stanley Devereux, the sole survivor of the family of the murderer, Devereux, ie being shown to be strong by the response to the fund started for his benefit bv the Willesden Bench, before whom his father wps first brought up in custody. Wacips are proving such a pest at Colyton, Devon, that people are not safe even in the;, own homes. A number of infants have been stung while sleeping in their cradles. A buff Orpington cockerel, bred by Mr. B. M. Gill, of Great Kingehill, Bucks, has been sold to a. North of England fancier for £40. During a. disturbance at the fair at Garataira, near Lanark, it ia alleged that the crowd was fired on by the attendants at a shooting gallery, Disused prisons and bridewells in Ireland are to be. utilised as industrial schools and village libraries, if the proposal of the Irish Council of County Councils, is carried into effect. Well known as a. breeder of eh.imnion canaries, with which he had won over 2,000 prizes, Mr. James Yallop die at Norwich on Saturday. <•* So great are the struggles of the West Ham unemployed at the dock gates to obtain employ- ment that blood is sometimes spilt. From Other Lands. While she was attending to a baby upstairs, fthrec pigs entered Bertha Sauer's china shop 1 at Rotterdam, and smashed £ 11 worth of glass and crockery in ten minutes. A two-storeyed^ house has been built entirely of cork by a Leipzig hairdresser named Koel- mann, who has fitted it up as a barber's shop and bathing establishment. Mr. • T. W. L-awaon, the famous Boston speculator, has announced his intention of forming a gigantic pool, involving £ 2,000,000, j for copper speculation. Rangoon Hindus are abandoning their time- honoured practice of carrying the dead in open ibiers, and adopting the u&s of horsa-drawix vehicles. For drinking a glass of beer in a railway refreshment room at Frankfort, in the presence of an officer, a, German eolclier has been court- ntartialled and sentenced to fifteen daya' imprisonment. Helena Loronsen, a Copenhagen dress-maker, ^'ho was stabbed by a jealous sweetheart, has jilted eleven lovers during the last two years, although only seventeen years of -ago. For calling him "a little mouse," Mansalf, a although only seventeen years of age. For calling him "a little mouse," Mansalf, a {twelve-year-old schoolboy of Berlin, shot dead I 1a- scnool companion, Maschke. Previously I Jfansalf nad tried to drown a boy. Serra Angelo, a Turin manufacturer, was so overcome on Singa surgical operation being performed on his brother, that he collapsed in the operating room, and died a few moments later from ehock. Owing to incessant rains it is feared that the crop of Japan will be totally ruined. Latest inquiries into the ease of Dr. Witzhoff, I the "Bluebeard," bring the numiber of his wives up to nearly a hundred. An old watchman in p. jeweller's shop in the Rue du Temple, Paris, was murdered in broad daylight on Sunday morning, and P.1,000 worth of pearls was stolen from the shop. The entire staff of the Munich Post Office has threatened to strike owing to the stoppage by the authorities of the free soap supply. The French Legation in Brazil has demanded the extradition of the bank clerk Galley and his female companions. In future officials of the German law courts must not refresh themselves with beer "on the premises." From all parts of Russia come reports of ,serious disturbances tending to show that the revolutionary movement is vigorously extending its activity. The members of the British Association in South Africa on Saturday visited the battle- fields in the neighbourhood of Colenso, and the following day, resuming their excursions, they arrived at Ladysmith. On the invitation of the borough, the delegates drove to Cesar's Camp and Wagon Hill. Naval and Military. The cruisers of the East Indies squadron have just been supplied with wireless tele- graphy apparatus. The number or entries for the Alclerehot Army Rifle Corps meeting, which commenced on Ash Ranges on Monday, constitutes a record. Com- petitors hail from all parts of the country. H.M. cruiser Prometheus has been docked at Auckland for repairs, having damaged her hull by going ashore at the Kermadec Islands. Numerous obsolete warships in the Clyde are not to be allowed to fall into disrepair. A band of artificers have completely overhauled thom, and a cruiser is expected to arrive in the Clyde shortly wita a crew to paint the in- etlectives." The clock in the tower of the new Naval College at Dartmouth, which will be opened shortly by the King, will mark time as kept on board ship, striking eight, six, four bells, etc., and will be the only clock of its kind in England. Inquiring into the circumstances which led to the death of Richard Bell, a blacksmith on the gunnery ship H-.M.S. Cambridge, the coroner's jury on Monday returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Thomas Collins, a carpenter, who struck him during a dispute. An enthusiastic welcome was given to me ships of the Sheerness-Chatham Reserve Divi- sion at Brighton on Saturday afternoon. President Roosevelt tested the powers of the American submarine Plunger, spending nearly an hour under water. German reinforcements for East Africa passed through Vienna en route for Trieste, the port of embarkation. Mr. Roosevelt, in accepting an invitation to become Vice-President of the Public Schools Athletic League of New York, declared that to teach boys to shoot with the rifle wa,s a patriotic work. The German Navy League is organising visits of its members to the Channel Squadron when it puts into German ports, the object being to study the power of Britain's Navy. National and Political. Mr. T. Gibson Bowles, M.P., has written a strong warning against the rule of militarism IRS exemplified, in the forced resignation of Lord Curzon in India. Mr. Long, defending his Irish policy, com- plained that he had been cruelly l;belled by Sir West Ridg*aw§y,, and challenged him ta either prove hi4. gtatements or ad-tnit b"è"Ws wrong and withdraw tliem. Mr. Lee, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, speak- ing at Fareham on Saturday, claimed that during the last Setseion of Parliament the Government, despite the opposition of the 1'12rr Radicals, had passed much useful legislation. Tragedies end Disasters. The British steamer Bihara has been aban- doned on the Alguada Reefs. The crew and passengers were saved. While at work on the railway at Three Bridges a navvy named Cloake was knocked down and killed. When his body was discovered it had been run over by several trains. At Bingley, near Leeds, on Monday, an open verdict was returned in the case of Frederick Woolley Grew, aged 50, a commercial tra- veller, formerly of Glasgow, who was found drowned. The ketch Village Belle, of Arbroath, from Peterhead, in ballast, while entering Arbroath harbour, grounded on the rocks outside the west breakwater, and became a total wreck. The crew were saved. The disaster which caused thirty-two deaths at the Clydach Vale Colliery on March 10 last, is attributed by Mr. F. A. "Gray, an inspector of mines, to the explosion of a safety lamp, known as the bonneted Clanny. Music and the Drama. Miss Marie Hall, violinist, will sail for America early in October on a concert tour. A new musical comedy, "The Blue Moon," was successfully produced at the Lyric Theatro on Monday evening. Lucky Durham," Mr. Wilson Barrett's last play, was produced for the first time in London at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith, and met with a warm reception. Coses in the Courts. A prisoner aaked by the magistrate at the Guildhall whether ho had any questions to put to the constable who took liim in custody, re- plied: "No, for he is telling the false truth." At midnight two roysterara walked into an undertaker's -Hop in R(1theT,Ütb New-road, and «'.v>{!y "i»keu be meaifured for their coffins. The undertaker put them out, and one of the men, Walter Plait, was on Mond-y lined 303. for disorderly. Win-i is a "burglar's plasterY" According to a detective who gave evidence at Woiship-sireet this i, the technical name for a pioee of brown paper covered with treacle and used to deaden the sound of breaking glass. Charged with the theft of road-raaking tools, a man told the magistrate at Marlborough- 8'treet that he had found them in a dust ''in- structor. It was understood that lie meant dust destructor. "The evidence makes my blood boil," ex- claimed an indignant female mendicant re- manded at Chiewick. "I dare say it does," said Sir John Smith, the magistrate, cheerfully, "but you must reduce the temperature," A man who gave evidence at Preston against a motorist summoned for driving to the com- mon danger, said the car caused such a waft of wind behind his back that he thought some- body was tickling him. Matthew MacGarrill was charged .at Salford on Saturday with a ferocious assault upon his wife and daughter. On Friday he returned home drunk and struck them both on the head with an axe. He was sent to prison for three months. Thomas Broderick and Patrick Moran were allowed by William Norlrary, of Dolman's-lane, Warrington, to sleep in his house while he was away. They stole most of his furniture. On Saturday they were sentenced to three months' imprisonment. A hungry "out-of-work" who went into a hut and ate in succession the breakfasts of three railway men was remanded at Willesden on Saturday, the chairman remarking that he could novt send a starving man to prison for stealing food. Convicted for the, same offence on three previ- ous occasions, Fred Withington, of Downsell Farm Dairy, Ea6t Ham, was summoned on Satur- day for selling milk adulterated with 11 per cent, of added water, and was fined £10 and 14s. 6d. coats, or ie default two months' imprisonment. Inquests. Suffering from dropsy, Dinah Hill, aged eighty, died suddenly, and at the inquest it was stated that though she lived on only two shillings a week, her weight waa about twenty stone. An inquest was held at Warrington, on Satur- day, on William Peacock, carrier, of Lower Wal- ton. In a note which was read he wrote: "For- give me for this mad act, bur I have gohe out of my mind. A verdict accordingly was returned. Driven mad with grief Sarah Taylor, a widow, was admitted to the Hackney Infirmary, where stio refu.-ed to eat, and though fed artificially she gradually sank and did from exhaustion. A verdict in accordance was returned on Saturday at the inquest. Obituary. Mr. John Adame, who was born on the first immigrant ship that arrived at Western Aus- tralia in 1829, the year of the foundation of the colony, has just died at Fremantle. Mr. Frederick John Stz-ingfellow, surgeon- dentist, who claimed to have built the first propelled aeroplane that rose from the ground, died on Monday, at Crewkerne, aged seventy- six.

CANNOT AFFORD TO MARRY. I A BACHELOR'S REAL GRIEVANCE. I The man who remarks that he cannot afford to marry is usually afraid of having to give up some pot luxury. But here is a genuine grievance from a Manchester bachelor, who states: I am 29, and would have married before now, but I have spent a small fortune upon doctors and medicine in search of health. I am under no such disadvantage now, for Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people have given me full health and strength." Mr. H, E. Jones, of 3, Clague-street, Stuart- street, Manchester, explained further: "One doctor frankly told me that I needed blood, and that many men suffer through this. Doctors and hospitals treated me, and at last an eminent physician. But my illness appeared to defy the best treat- ment. I began to vomit blood. Food would not digest. I became excessively weak, and my weight decreased rapidly from list, to 8st. My legs grew so weak and shaky that on going upstairs I used to tumble over. I could sleep only fitfully. One day, when I could scarcely crawl, I read in a pamphlet of a man who had suffered from bloodlessness until cured by Dr. Williams' pink pills. I tried them, and felt greatly relieved even after one box, but while taking a third box a great change was manifest. The vomiting stopped, my appetite began to improve, I could sleep better, my legs regained their strength, I could get about, and the improvement in my general health con- tinued daily, until I was able to resume work." That men as well as women become antemic is an undisputed fact; in both sexes the complaint becomes aggravated by disregard of early symp- toms—such as pale gums and lips, breathlessness, languor, and an increasing feeling of debility. Dr. Williams' pink pills supply new, rich blood to the starved veins, and impart energy. They have cured also indigestion, palpitations, bile, eczema and skin disorders, rheumatism, sciatica, St. Vitus' dance, paralysis, locomotor ataxy, and ladies ail- ments. Price 2s. 9d. a box, or 13s. 9d. for six boxes, of dealers, or from Dr. Williams' medicine co., Holborn viaduct, London. Ask for Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people, and be firm with the shopkeeper.

SNAPSHOTS ON A COWCATCHER. Mr. R. C. Noble has just returned to London with 18.000 feet of films, after a tour through the wilds of South America in search of photographic copy for the Urbanora Bioscope Company. In order to photograph the scenery, the enter- prising photographer travelled across the Andes to Paraguay on a cow-catcher. During this journey the train ran into a crowd of donkeys. No photographs were taken of this incident," k Mr. Noble exiijains4 "no I was looking for a place to dodge" In Paragnaiy snapshots were taken of natives firing at the clouds to bring down the rain.

I A FATAL STRUGGLE. At Spilsby, Lincolnshire, Police-constable Woolley took into custody a tramp who was in an intoxicated condition. The man struggled, but the policeman got him on the ground and was about to handcuff him when he fell forward across the tramp and died. A post mortem examination showed that death was due to heart failure, acceler- ated by excitement of the struggle.

DR. JAMESON. South Africa," announces the illness of Dr. Jameson, and states, that it will be necessary for the Premier of Cape Colony to leave Carls- bad shortly for London, to undergo an opera- tion. It is believed that this will at once relieve the honourable gentleman, and that he will be able to return to the Cape at an early date.

NEW CONSUMPTION CURE. A new consumption cure is announced from America. It is put forward by Dr. J. F. Russell, and consists mainly in the administration of the juices of raw vegetables, which, as he main- tains, supply the patient with the necessary nourishment to enable him to fight successfully against the insidious disease. nourishment to enable him to fight successfully against the insidious disease. — —————————————————— )

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DISAPPOINTED LOVE TRAGEDY. DROWNED IN THE MILL-DAM. The discovery of the body of Frances Jones in the mill-dam at Bam ford, near Sheffield, on Thurs- day, was the [ closing chapter of a. story of dis- appointed love and wild revenge. The dead girl, who was a draper's assistant, made the acquaintance two years ago of a draughtsman named Majerison, who was in an engineer's office at Manchester. After a while, Majerison moved to Bamford, and apparently did not wish to continue the acquaintance. Miss Jones visited him in July, and paid him another visit last Wednesday, when she told Majerison's landlady that she had come to ascertain definitely whether he meant to jilt her. When Majerison came in at one o'clock she went to his room. He told her the visit was useless, because they were unsuited to each other, and it was better that they should part. She replied that he should never marry anyone else, and immediately flung at his head the contents of a large cup, which he had thought contained tea, but which was in reality filled with vitriol. Majerison was severely burnt about the head and arms. Imagining that she had achieved her object in bhnding him, the girl rushed out and apparently threw herself straight into the water, for she was not seen after leaving the house.

SCENE IN A CEMETERY. CHILD'S FUNERAL STOPPED. Disgraceful scenes were witnessed at the burial of an eight-months-old child at the cemetery of Landore, near Swansea, on Thursday. The burial was to have taken place in a gi-ave already held by the family, but a relative objected to this. The sanction of another relative was obtained, and armed with this the family went to the cemetery. Here the protesting relative was found in possession. To the indignation of a large crowd, he began to fill up the open grave. Iiidillti-eit to the sobs of the raothei* and the taunts of tho crowd, he asserted his rights, and the body of the child had to be removed to an adjacent school- room while a new grave was dug. After some hours' delay the little corpse was laid to rest. The anger and resentment of the mourners was shared by the people, and four constables had to be summoned to prevent the altercation from developing into a riot.

I TREASURE SEARCH ABANDONED. The periodical attempt to recover the treasure which sank with the Admiral of Florence, one of the ships of the Spanish Armada., in Tooermory Bay in 1588, has been abandoned for the year. Another attempt to locate the wreck will pro- bably be made next May. The year's harvest of the divers consists of seven silver coins of Philip II., several cannon-balls of iron and stone, a lead bullet, and the breech of a bronze cannon.

DYNAMITARDS AT WORK. #■ Following upon their destruction of a portion of the Ivangorod railway line near Radom, the rail- way strikers perpetrated a second outrage by blow ing up with dynamite a bridge on the same line near the Jedelnaia Station.

0h, Mr. Brown, why did you leave the Christian Science Church?" "Really, Mies Jones, if you will have the truth, I got so awfully tired of being so persistently cheerful all the time." "Did th' docther find out what it is that's ailin' yez?" "No. He said th't nawthin' but a post-mortem examination wud iver reveal ut. An' I haven't enough curiosity about ut to hava ut done." "Rather a swell-looking fellow to have to hock his watch," remarked1 the pawnbroker's clerk. "Yes, but this explftin-B it," replied the pawnbroker, who had (been examining tha time-piece; there's a woman in. the case."

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