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t I THE HOLY LAND, Why the " Land Flowing with Milk and Honey" is Nut Prosperous. ITS ODD INHABITANTS. .A Famous Traveller CD Their Religions Bites and Habits. Sir Charles Warren, the famous Eastern traveller, iu a re-cent lecture in Glasgow, said : In Palestine they had the groatest varieties of climates. The Jordan, rising fit about the level of the Mediterranean Sea, flowed into the Hea of Tiberias at a level of 600 feet, and into the Dead bea at a level of about 1,400 feet below the ocean. In journeying about the shores of the Dead Hea they might see clouds floating far above them, which they knew were below the line of the ocean. No doubt the great fissure on the earth's surface was once con- nected with the Red Bea, and the water was level with it, and when the ground rose near Akubait was cast off. Thecast-off water evap- oring, gradually diminished until the time arrived when the evaporation was balanced by the amount of water which poured in by the Jordan and other rivers. The salt which had been laft in the- noil had gradually been worked out in places, but in others it Mill remained, and prevented verdant vege- tation until it was worked out by means of irrigation. It would be possible now by- means of a cutting froinTiberias to irrigate the whole of the Jordan Valley and put it under cultivation, giv ing a large area for growth of grain ; but this could not be done under the present Government. Meanwhile the laud lay idle, enjoying a long Sabbath, except near the river side, on the Jordan banks, where corn had been grown since the earliest time, for certainly on 4,000 years. It was estimated that Palestine at one time supported a population of at least ' i. times that which is sup- ported at preseui. When one came to view the existing ruins it was evident that that was not over-estimated, and that the popu- lation iiieht have been 'wenty times its present amount. Then the question arose Why was it now so comparatively unfruit- ful and unhealthy? The reply was most simple. A Government which cared not for its people, its only object being to secure the highest revenue it could wring from them. The results were no roads, waggons, harbors, boats. Justice was too uncertain to allow of capital being employed in culti vation. Great carelessness had arisen as to husbandry, knowledge had departed and a proper succession of crops were unknown. Them were not sufficient people to till the land. As regarded Palestine it might be fairly said that up to a certain |ioiiit the more people it had the more it would snp- Jrt, always supposing a just Government ut at present the people were oppressed ' wronged. There was no security of -rty, no freedom of the press. Bribery corruption in our sense of the word terms to use. And unfortu -atio^LCflflujimnjed i could afford to be honest; no" Governor-General could venture to be just. I'lihappily thedayshad gone by when the Mosl.-m rulers were tolerant of creeds and fostered the trade of Jews and Christian* During the days of Saracen learning both Jews and Christians were permitted full freedom of religious worship and a certain amount of liberty, but Heljuk and Turk scared libertv away full eight centuries ago, and it had not returned. As to the present condition of the country, in th>- plain* the soil wan wonderfully rich, and v\. IN could bo sunk, though at con- siderable depth. The hillsides were bare, the soil having tumbled to the bottom of the St..-)., di-ep valley ; but there it lay ready for redistribution. The fountains were dry. tin- hilltops nen- denuded of their tree*, the clouds were wanting. In spite of the Government, the influen e of Europeans was altering Palestine for the better, and he had soen changes take place under hit own eyes in the space of three years, and he could point to places where cultivation had been fostered by societies where the wholo climate had altered. The fellaheen were the farming popnla tion of Palestine. There was no reason for supposing that they were the Arabs of the desert. All testimony went to show that th > were the people of the country from the earliest date that they were the dii.-ct descendants of the "hewers of wood and drawers of water " who were left in the land at the time of the conquest by Joshua. They would readily sympathize with Europeans, especially with Knglish- men. uud very S.HIII attached themselves to them. Though called Moslems, their religion was c.-rtuinly derived from ancient source*. Mixed up with the Moslem crued, they had certain old customs of very ancient date, which had a strong smack of the worship that obtained at the time that tin- Israelites entered the land. The pso pie were divided into two distinct classes tent-dwellerr. and -liouse-dwcllera. The former were nomads, and letts iimlei -eon trol than the Inttcr. The houses range,! in magninceiioe from straw huts to stone mansion^- It was stated that the Jews were returning to Palestine In great num- bers. That was true, but they only went there to die when at an advanced age. The Jewish population did not 'naturally increase. They occupied four holy cities Jerusalem. Hebron, Hafed and Tiberias. Th.-v were also to be found in the towns on the coast in simill numbers. Few of them belonged to Palestine -that wastosnv. they had for the most put returned to Palestine in later iim.s. having been wandering or located in other countries. The .lews were divided into two principal sorts in Pales- tine thoM (rom Germany, Ituuuia and Poland, and thooe from Morocco (exiles from Spain). There was also a small sect of reformed .lews, called Can-itcs, who re- jected tradition anil adhen.l only to the Siiiptme-v Th.-l.u- in Jerusalem might, IK-rlmps. nuuilH-r 10,000, of whom 0,000 W.-M- ArtikiliiiMin and 4.INHI Scphnrdim The latter came from a Moslem territory, while the former Hen- looked U|HIII as 'or- eigncrs. The S.-phurdim asserted that thov were colonists in Spsin at the line of tin crucifixion, uud were ill no vi:iy r.-s|ionsiblc for tl of thr Miissinh. and they i -iisn. dina vi-iy subtle minimi that as II.- Wit -ejecie.1 Me ivuld not bo tllSH Mcs siah. And our of the Ral.bis informed him that the second advent of the Christians would be the coming of the Messiah to the Jews. They had the same features as the Jews of Morocco They had light, sometimes red hair. They were robust industrious and accustomed to hard work, honest, straightforward, and food of agriculture. The Arlikuiasim were a peculiar people, full of wild, fanatical zeal. He was bound to asy of the Jews K> ni-rally in Palestine, that h found them of great assistance to him, and most friendly, even in matters where their reli- gious convictions might have arrayed them- selves against the work ho carried on. The language- spoken in Palestine among the people was Arabic, differing in dialect from the Bedouin. The Turkish officials spoke Turkish, and some of them did not know Arabic, and were looked upon as aliens by the native population. The fertile Geriziui and the sterile Ebal, the mountain of bles- sing and the mountain of cursing, stood side by side, there being really little to choose between them. Some writers said that Gerizim was originally intended as the spot where the Ark of the Covenant was to rest, but that circumstances subsequently forced Jerusalem or Ziou on the people, Certainly of all places in Palestine there was no more fitting place or the ceremony then enacted. In the gorge between the two mountains were two natural theatres half a mile in diameter and facing each other, forming one amphi- theatre in which the assembled hoe's of Israel could meet face to face to hear and respond to the law read by Joshua. I'p the valley and beyond this theatre was the ancient city of Bhsohem, now Nablous. This city was the headquarters of the Samaritans, whose existence at the present day at ths root of the holy mountain was one of the most astonishing testimonies to the historical accuracy of the Bible. A few years ago this people h d colonies in Damascus and other cities o; Syria. A few centuries ago they extend"! into *.gypt. Gradually they had dwind'. a in numbers until at length they were but * few fami- lies, numbering in all " persons, left as a testimony. They still clung to the side of their holy mountain, where they continued to eat the "Passover," as they had done for over 2,500 years. This was the only known in- stance of the continuance of any religious nte for so many years. Their religion was remarkable for its simplicity, being founded on the five books of Moses and the book of Joshua. Beyond this they would not go it was their all. They were Hadnoees, believing in no resurrection. They therefore required no prophets as to the future, no Messiah, no scheme of salvation. It was simplicity itself a code of morality in this world, and then it all ended. They were bitter enemies of the Jews. The Samaritan customs and records were the most interesting to a Biblical scholar that the world possessed at the present day. lie had had the good fortune to be present at the celebration of the Passover, and in a humble manner to partake of it ; and without any hesitation he would say it waa the most remarkable sight now to he seen on earth it was the one connecting link with the far away past. KlOf> oflSlUll II, .11 ! peaking of a witty character, in his lecture at Toronto last night, Ham Jones, the revivalist, told tint story of his co- laborer in the revival movement : I believe this is the best one I know of. We tell the story on Ham Small. 1 wish he was here. He'd rnjoy it as much as anybody. Sam was always smart ami bright. I believe in many respects he's the brightest man I ever saw. It ii told on him that he stood on the street there in his city, and he was very tight or very loose, I believe, would be the more expressive word. (Laughter.) He was waiting (or a street car. A ear came along at last, a.. I he stopped it and went t get on. The cars down there have a little step at the end for you to get on. Bam mounted this, and then turned round with his back to the horses, and just then the car moved on and Sam Small was thrown out into the road. They helped him up and put him in the car again, and Bam stood there and brushed the dirt off his coal and looked around and said to a passenger : Did y' have a collision '" " No ; we never had any collision." said the passenger. " Well," says Ham, " Did y' run over a preshpish .'" ' No, we never run over any precipice." " Well," says Sam again, " Did y' run off the track ?" " No, we didn't run off the track." said tin- passenger. ' Well," savs Sam Small, "If I'd known that I wouldn't have got off." (Loud laughter.) Sam Small's legs would get drunk, but Ins head never. (Applause and laughter.) An \ i.. ...-!,. -.1 Creditor. " Would you believe 1 it. Hromley ? Km wick dunned me for his bill yesterday . The twentieth time, I'll swear. Ilia 1 astonished him." " ">' putting him off again 7" "No; by paying him." -- I'himdelf Komi- Our i.. Speak far him. " Well, Thomas, you say you have a recommend ?" " Waal. yes. sah : I brought my fadah ' long to recoiiiiin n' me ; he's knowed me all my life, sah." Unrjirr'i HV/Uy. THE report of the Hc.-.uon, Pa., Hoard of Trade for IHHI; gays that all the pure anthracite con I in the world is contained in 470 square miles of terntorj in Kastern Pennsylvania,, and that the < tial product from this region has increase' 1 'rom 171,734 tons in !:) to -j:t. i:t7,'.'."'.' tm MI ISKO, and An enterprising Londoner '.in opened an office and announces that lie will nrifam/c bulls and social entertainment fur hostesses who dread the mental strain. Factor Jones and Pick llullock, two ol the negroes who murdered Ccorgf TafTe in the Chocktaw Nation. Ark., because he discovered them killing his c.le. and who were released on bail, >vi i caught by a mob on Wednesday, taken t. I he scene of the murder, and riddled with l.ullets. The ..tin i murderers are in jail. Frances Hag. noun iui I I/eonora John son, colored, occupied an Mtir tx-.lro.un nt the former's home on Cn , -lisle avenue. Cin- cinnati. on Thursday nig 't. in which was a ' stove communicating with ti - same flue tlmt belonged to a unite ill fV fonm below. Kite wax kept in til* RiVC", and the gas 1 suffocated the two girli. KX1-LOUKKM AVTOMMItU .-IU.II k.ii.i. l>l*caverie.i Thai .Some of Thrui Have I;. . . i.ili Made. It happens now and then that an ex- plorer makes a sensational and wholly un- expected discovery. Several unique facts with regard to certain tribes of savages nave recently been ascertained. Mr. W. Montagu Kerr, (or instance, has found mong the Makorikcri tribe m Africa, whom he is the first to describe, gunpow der which they make themselves for use in the flint-lock muskets which they obtain from native traders. This tribe lives far from the east coast and quite a distance south of the Zambesi River. Their gunpowder burns slowly and its explosive force is far inferior to that of jurt/Dut it answers their purpose very well. They mix the efflorescence of salt- petre with charcoal which they make from the bark of the mufati tree. This mixture is baked in an earthen pot for several hours anil then it is pulverized and spread in the sunlight, where it is left for some time. It is not at all likely that the Makorikoris, like the Chinese, discovered the art of making gunpowder. Their fathers doubt- less learned it from the Portuguese or from slaves who had lived among white nan on the coast. We hear strange things once in while of African tribes, but it was hardly to be expected that a wholly unknown tribe, hemmed in by the mountains of inner Africa, would be found engaged in the manufacture of gun)x>wdw . A few years ago Lieut. Wissraann came home and told a remarkable story ahout tribes he had met with south of the Congo Kivor, who were far more oivfliaed than most African people. His report is n .w fully confirmed by the travels in the same region of Lieuta. Kund and Tappenbeck. They found last year, between the Congo and the Sauknru riven, many street vil lages. with large, gable- roofad hut* standing squarely on either side of the street, inhab ited by brownish-red, fine-looking people. These villagers have advanced notions of comfort. They sleep on wooded bedsteads instead of 'on the floor. Their bonus the largest yet found in Africa, and are kept clean. ' Their streets are about fifty yards wide, sometimes two or three mile* long, and are carefully swept. Refuse of all sorts is taken away and thrown into pits dug for the purpose They are clever hunters and train their dogs to follow game. They carve pestles out of ivor> for pounding manioc, and they have astonish- ing skill as wood carvers. Lieut. Km; i bronght home two wooden cups represent ing negro heads, which might readily be taken for European products, owing to the ir iuperior workmanship. Behind the houses of this populous Xengf tribe are neatly kept gardens and plantations ol bananas. When Lieut. Holm visited an isolated settlement of Ksst Greenlaudurs two years ago he was astonished to find among these natives, of whom th* world had never heard. walrus spears of which the handled were made of wood, although no timber grew there, and the points at hoop-iron. II- ascertained that the sea-current* had brought these useful commodities to the poor Ksquiniaux in the shape of wreckage and iron bound bnxea. I ha* . -mrjr been riiown that in parts of Chili where European tree* and plants have been introduced the nat-ve fl"ra is actually disappearing and the imported vegetation is flourishing in its place. Kx|irtTs are often surprised to * the familiar plants and fruits of other regions grow mi: as exotics where they did not dream of finding them. Kerr dis. ,.-,,-r.-d the tomato in the far interior of Africa, and Hrhwemfvrth was much astonished to find tobacco in the heart of the cont. where it was raised and enjoyed by native* who had never heard of iu American home, though the name by whuib thr weed was known among some trilisa was doubtless derived from our name f>r it. -A> York Sun. _ KqimllilnK II. -!" Work. " I have ahotii come to the conclusion that no man m good enough for even a pas*, ably good woman," said the proprietor ol the Coon Kangr all sorts store, as ha glanced at a lank fellow who had just made a disastrous laid on a box of matches " Kvery man has an easier time than hi wife." " I've thought of that a thousand times." replied old man (iatewnod. known through the neighborhood as Lazy Ham ' I know that I have an easier time thai my wife, but I'm bringing the thing d..wi might) nigh equal now. 1 don't believe in allowing a woman to mighty nigh kill her self at work, let me tell >ou, and for some time 1 ha-e been sliapiug my points so that she won't have such a l.ardtime." " K rial izJna it. eh ?" " That'-- exactly what IV doiir. gentlemen. Last MAT my }> wif had to chop all the wood ami fstcl all tht water. ' Ami you have relieved hrr r.l that, eh ' " " W'all. partly ; she only has to chop tn* wood now. My boy is got to b* big enough to tote ths water. I tell you what's afaet. a man ought to think uv tin things." irkaiuair J'rarrlltr. A Hart .-i N . . h....i II, i.i i. I.. Mamma " No, darling, you certainly can ' go ith such a splitting headache as you nave. It isn't possible that it has got v..-l! in so shorts time." K.l.th - Well, mamma, it's not isarkly a headache. II think the ache's in my hair." //iir;n-r' /ln.-nr. The protracted litigation over the Phil lips estate, of Montreal, has been termin ated by a compromise giving each of the three heirs V2:.O.OOI). Antouia Hosa. wife of a Chicago clothing cutter, banged herself and her lit month-, old child on Thursday. It is supposed she Was INKAIle. The Federal Grand .Jury at St l.oms yesterday returned seventy- two indictments against various judges of election*, super visors, aliened voters, i-t. Mr. Jervey Is Mr. Podgers at home' (i iris at the door No. sir: he went sway about fifteen miimteti ago. Ahum, when i will he return T Ho said he wouldn't be back for several hours. Thank you Wil von please, announce m* to Miss Prodgers ? A British Cabinet Conai-il was held yen ' terday. lasting three hours. The chid hn-incss; was in relation to Kgypt. The Cabinet approval a circular imte to the Powers, explaining Miu-Und s \iewn .HI tin- Kgvptmn question, both financially an.l military. The action of the Irish Kxecu IIM- was also approved. CANADIAN Thr I.MI-KI-I.I lir|.ll In Hi* World round In N. il III I r..nlrli. . One of the largest deposits of marble in the world U on the Mississippi Kiver, in the county of Fronteuac, and it is by far the most valuable of any on the American continent. It embracee a wide range of varieties, a superior fine while marble pse- loinirmiing. equaling in oDMte-.w the bast htatuary Kutland, but is much stronger an.l more resembling the Italian statuary marble. This entire deposit is very well located for easy and economical working, ueing near two good water powers. The country around, heavily timbered, will > leld plenty of wood for building and fuel [or many years. The Canada Pacific Hail, way runs within a few mile* of thU property, whilu the Grand Trunk Railway short line from Toronto to Montreal is surveyed to run still nearer. Additional shipping facilities may be secured at a moderate cost by improving the. naviga- tion of the lake and river to the crossing of the Kingston A Pembroke Hallway whence the marble could be shipped to Kingston and thence distributed. This marble would at once command the trade of Canada on account of the protective duty upon marble imported into C'anada from the Unit*! States or luuy. Vermont marble limit a market in Australia. South America, the West Indies and England, in which market this marble could compete on equal terms. The Government consid- ered this deposit valuable enough to sand cubes of it to the Colonial Exhibition in London, but on account of the .jnarry not being developed, the cubes were of surface marble, but are pronounced by experts as very Hue specimen*. The property, some BOO acres in extent, is owned by Mr. W. K. Hanford. of Hamilton. /frwtn//<- AV.vrJrr. It*. Talouc* OH ChrUUMS. Christmas bells ring in family reunions I The rail-trains crowded with child' en coni- ng home. The poultry, fed as never sinoa hey were born, stand wondeiiiu; at the armer's generosity. The markets are full f massacred barn-yards. The great table ill be spread and crowded with two or Arse or four generations. Plant the fork astride the breast-bone, and with skilful witch, that we could never learn, give to 11 the hungry lookeri-on a specimen of lolnlay anatomy, } lorsnce U disposed to soar, give her the wing. The boy is fond of nusic, give bin. the drum-stick. The min- ister is dining with )ou, give him the par 01. i none. May >'ie joy reach from grarwl- alner. who is to dreadfully old that be can iardl> rind Ui,, w ay t< his plat, dawn to 'he baby in the high-chair, who. with one .mart pull of the table-cloth, upsets tha [ravy into the cranberry. Seud from your able a liberal portion to the table of tha xx>r, some of the white meat as well as tha dark, not confining your generosity to gi- rdi and scraps. Do not, as in sora* 'amilies. keep a plate and chair for thosa ho are dead and gone. Your holuiay 'east would be but poor fare for them : they are at a better banquet m the skies. Let he whole land be full of chime and caroL Lift bells, silver and brazen, take their Mss* voic*. ami all the towers of Christ- endom rain music. Ur. Btoek 1 * Tea Law* -.( H. .n I. 1. Pur* air U the food of the lungs. This is obtained by scientific ventilation, which nsists in admitting currents or move- ments of air into the apartments through two or more apertures. t. Good anif properly cooked food : not food seasoned to cover op decay, partial or oompUt* S. Water not iced, bat cooled bj beinf placed upon the ice. cither in pitchers or bottles. 4. Adequate exercise in the o|-n air in order to help th* akin to throw off the effete matter t. The tan bath. Not sitting or reading in darkened rooms, or those lighted by gas Gas burns up oxygen very r( i.ll\ Sitting under a gas-jet turns th* hair gray, and ) v overheating the scalp destroys i. vitality and . !!*<* the hair to fall oat A. Proprr and sufli-iriit c|. -thing That which is loose, light and warm Lightoolors for summer and dark for wmtar. La winter wear a Darnel bandage around the abdomen. 7 Occupations which are of an outdoor character eight hoars for work and eight hours for al-p. right hoars for rest The ton hour rule ban killed more than dnteaw M Personal cleanliness is essential Itathe once a week. Baths to be of the aame temperature as the body Ilathing uabUw this akin to throw off eff*V matter. an-iiig the dead and usi-leu epidermis to peel off. 9. No marriage with a near relative. 10. Avoid win*, wh'ikey, brer and tobacco. Keep thy soul and body clean. A Hperlmen llrli-k. A mother gav* her little boy two bright, new pennies and aakixl him what he was going to do with them. After a moment's thought, the child replied . " I am going to give one to tin- mnwioiiariesaiid with the ntiier I am g.'iii! - buy a stick of candy." Aft. r while he r. ; -inn d from his pla> and told Iui. mother that he had l.mt ons of the pfiinim Whi> h did you luae?" ah* askad " I lost the missionary penny, "heprompth rephml. How many grow n people are like that little boy ! nirkmaud Krligiotu \lrr.i\.\. Very Nerurely tlltrhed. Chief of Police Yer go right bark thar an' hitch ).-r horse. Only t'other day a feller I. f his hum loose, an' it run away an' kmx-ked tin-.- hull front of Lif Jarvis butcher shop in. Horne Owner - Waal, ' is I got um hitched ter the waggon, an' it's good e/. any post, ex ye'd know if ye druv um ten miles. //arjxr I WttUy. HOME years ago Pan) liert, the French savant just dead, visited Havre while a even- . |>. 1. n i. .if small -pox was raging in that port. Noticing on his return to Paris that the mortality was daily <>n the in- crease, he hsfan to entertain doubts as to tha efficiency of vaccination an a prophy- lactic, ami resolvsd tonohre thu pr.ihlem to his own satisfaction by experiments on hii own person. II. accordingly got hmiM-ll vaccinated, and. goimj a fortnight after- ward to th* Chant.- Hospital, he courage- ously had himself moi ulated with the virus of a mar. who was dying of the small . |ix. No ill effects having nwulted from this tsr nble experiment. M. Paul IWt was com pletely won over to th* cause of vaccina- tion, which throughout the remiind. i ..f IIIH life had no warmer supporter. It is characteristic of the savant that he never breathed a word of this to anyone.ru ilently regarding Uiu trial to which he had til>jecte<l himself, and the (em ful risk which he had run, as a commonplace episode in the career of a votary of sciouc*. At a wedding breakfast in New York the bride's brother officiated as an amateur phntographrr and took an ex. client picture of th" pretty scene. Th* I, BOO convicts in Sing Sing prison eat twenty-one barrels o( tlour daily. The Spanish Government pro| iisli conimi-niaj bun-aii* in London, Paris, New York, Mexico and lluemm A y res- in Bt. Andruw's Presbyterian Church. Toronto, last Sunday, the collections in aid at th augmentation of stipends amounted t.. th.- handsome sum of M i'>o-i A coroner's jury yesterday re-turned verdict thnt John Armstrong, the victim >) the St. .In mcs (Man I tntgc.K, died by his own hand by shooting hinmclf. A story is told that A f. v davn go th< dying wife of a workingman in Montrea informed her husband that h. would timl in mm of the drawers .if h.-r bureau a snm of money which she hid sa\- I ecu' l.v .-.-ut smi-e their marriage. I' pun \aininuig tin drawers snm of nearly S'.HX) was (.mud Ail I i.f.iill.f.il Wife. Mrs. McDonald, a Toronto woman, ram away from her husband in July last with a man who went by the asm.- of Greftn. bat whose correct name is Croxc. 8L> took her .wo children with her. The couple cam* to Hamilton and stayed for a while, but subsequently settled down between here md Uundas. A few days ago a detective 'rom the Queen City arrived, and with Detective Reid, of Hamilton, began a search for the unfaithful wif*. The officer* traced her to her new home, and succee<ied n getting poueuiua ol the youngster*. wh*> w*re sent back to their father at Toronto. Mr. McDonald didn't care about having the woman back, and toe remained with rose. *!. (tare .a.l Palales. What a world of meaning this i MnbodiM. Just what yon an looking for. is it not * Putnam's Painless Corn Ki- tra- t- r -the great sure-pop corn cure- act* in thu way. It makes no sore spots . safe. acts speedily and with certainty . >ure and mildly, without inflaming thr parts. !> be imposed upon by imitations or sab- ntutas. In the Italian C'htembcr .if !> puties ycsv terdav Signer Iti.otti, Mmistci of War, ftr reading th* military bndfp t declared that Italy was now in a p.*ution to uaaiul victual WO'MJU troofm, not .ng th* fewrves. The work of prtt- vidmg tn* tr.-.|i with repeating rifles ha* been begun, and 1,000. 000 of them wonU bs in nse by !>* Though at the prntent there was aotliing to threaten the peace of Italy, it wai MsieM fa. ignore tin- warlike iii.iications in the Kast H.- believed Italy would be well pr< p*r>sl m the event -if aa outbreak in politic* The I liambrr ha> d at an extra cmlii uf VYOUO.OW for the War and Marine I >< |*rtm*nts. A Deep Mjritery. U !,.-rr>i-r v '. n I -. t. 1 >-.i -h..iil-l nt ! 'all infrmattu als.ul w-.rk thai v-u . an l-> *04 livr at hnui*. uiaKiiii; llirr-l.t (fin \ t.. <i. an4 ,|<war<t- Jail) s.-uir havi* niodv over SA> in a " y All la new lUll.tti c .- ill start %.. .pital t...t liecsltsl KiUi.-r M>1 \ll aea. Ma* rlaM <>f *.-rkitii |s-..|.|- havi> evi-r iua.lc> moosv so fa* hi-ratofur* MBfoftaMs r.rt-m.-. await vary worker All Una aerum a .l*rp mvst.-ry to t-i.-r l-ul -MI. I al.-iix fur aJdraM and at ill U .lrarr.1 u|. ainl |>rn>l IWttor not itolay; Duw li tl- unir The Hnlisli I 1 . xt master General mm- nouiiess that the mail agreements for tha iraoa Atlantic service will expire osi Krbruary Vxth. a.id In- inviti-* f reah trn.lcrm. He ssy that <-xprrienc*ha pr..\"l that a tri weekly aervice via (Jueenstown in th* best, but while giving preference tn yueenst.'wn. other things being *.|Ual. H * prepared to consider offers from other lirt He prefer* tn pngage monthly or juarterlv the most eftu u-nl \essrU.but will eiitertan tenders for a one year contract from March 1st. or for a longer r n.l. if the temb of service are completely satis- factory. Th Manitoba L*Kilatara will about the middle of February. SETH THOMAS WATCH Best Walch in America tar the Price. Kb. i fr* I I Nil *l< kg? i il I A&CING POWDER FHECC." :ST FRIEND i