ON TO PEKIN. Tk* Capital ef fhlaa *> Me la the els ef the Japaarte Before Eteav ays. U th* despatches that are received fron day to day from Eaatern Asia contain some- thing more than mere gossip and th* fruit* of the imagination of a few bewildered newt- paper correspondents, the tarly indication* that Japan would wage an aggreuive war with her pigtailed enemies are being fulfill- ed. By their recent success** on laud and sea th* troop* of Mikado have got posses sion of the Corean peninsula, have hemmed in whatever Chinese forces are stationed -.her*, and have apparently got almost un- challenged control of the water* that separ- ate the peninsula from ths mainland. They seem, moreover, bent on availing themselvee of all the advantage*, that THEIR BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT* have brought them, and an about to carry the war into the enemy's country and to the very gate* of their capital. Thirty- four yean ago a small army of British and French troop* encamped outside the wall* of Pekm, and Prince Kung, the orotaer of the Emperor, chose to throw open the gate* rather lhan have the city destroyed by the invaders. Now another army attempting to >rry out the same bold, yst feasible, uettgn, but the circumstance* are entirely changed and the chances of success enormously reduced. Although the Japan- ese officials an discreetly reticent, their plan of campaign seem* to comprise two distinct movement*. One large force i* advancing by land from Corea toward* Moukden, a city which, after Pekin, is perhaps the most important in China for purposes of conquest. It was planned and built for the imperial capital immediately after the ance*t<>n of the present Emperor overthrew the ancient Ming dynasty, but it was afterward decided to establish the dragon throne at Pekin, toward* which city the other n-ov?meni is proceeding by sea wuh a degree of celerity and *pirit lhat bode* well for the success of the under- taking. Ths idea seems to be to pir an army ashore at the eastern side of the liulf of Laan-Tong, which will proceed along the coast to the mouth of the Peiho, whe*e the Taku forts are situated : at ihe aame time the arrival of the phyai- .lead, and wa* called in. On clan, h* at one* pronounced her from the appearance of the girl'* face he gave the opinion that she most have died the instant she fell over in the churcn. The doc u>r ascribed the cans* of death to stoppage of the heart, bu *o enquiry he could net elicit any information to prove that the girl Had been unduly excited, for she bad walked leisurely to church in the company of her sister. It Menu that for the past week Edith had been complaining ot dizziness, but it was not considered ser- ious and no particular notice wa* taken of It. The parents of toe poor girl are pro- straUtd with grief. WHAT WE EXPORT. Large laervaM In s:\jturi. ml Chee*e Tfc* ><( r *prt luz Applr Tree*. Our '-heese exports are steadily improv- ing, whereas our butter exports appear to be in a very unsatisfactory condition. Ac- cording to The Trade Bulletin of Montreal there have bxeu shipped from Montreal for the season up to Sept. 14 l,i)5T,T62 pack- ages of cheese and l.'l,H71 packages of butter, a* against 934, JSO package* almost entirely on those road* which carry the products of the corn-growing State*. So far as our Canadian roads are concerned it H probable that they will be fully em- ployed if the effect of the corn shortage i* to make a bri*k*r call for wheat a* a substitute. Modern communities are so liuked together commercially that business depression in one i* almoet invariably re- flected more or le*s strongly in the others : but mere seems nothing in the corn short age, even if as great as the most uearuh reports state it to be, to cause Canadian* to take a gloomy view of tne commercial outlook. ANTIQUITIES IN CANADA. a 4>Bllr*Baa ef rln. fc relejsskla a shall er a Tja* *r Kxllari LOST AND SPOILED MONEY. The Baah ef E.alaari Bahe* a BlE Mr. Hill-Tout, a member of the Histori- cal and scientific Society of Vancouver, ha been digging among the mounds a*. Hatzic in the N'ew Westminster district. He has been rewarded by Ending a skull of a type, he is convinced, of an extinct race. He baa been in correspondence with the learned Dr. Dawson, of Montreal, and others, re { ganhng the subject, wnose opinions, he of cheese and 3i.**4 package* of butter for , y , ^^^ with hu own thm . , nu tm p y th* same period in 1S93. If th* declin* in ; dome , thonght dld not M <nii to any butter export* to one ttird of the** of but o/ the pre(K , nt rac , ot n , tiy . mh .bitanU season b* explained by the drouth, we are Moan<u timliv w tnoe , M Hatllc CM . confronted by the increase of cheese ex- ports by nearly 9,OUU,Ouu pound*. If the explanation be given that butter ha* gone into cold itorage for speculative purpoes*. then we may re*t assured that the Canadian butler indiutry will receive another set- found in province. various parts of the western There on be no doubt that tney BCKl VL i-.BOl'NOS. But what age* may have elapsed since the last man of the prehistoric rac* wa* laid away m the lap of mother earth upon their grassy slope* is open to very wide conjec- ture. C artier saw the Indians making em- bankment*, the remain* of which are num- Bank note* of the value of thousand* of pounds are annually lost or destroyed by accident. In the forty yean between 17'i- ind !.'! J there were outstanding note* of the Bank ot England, presume* to have been either lost or destroyed, amounting to t; 1 ,330,000 odd, every hilling I of which wa* clear profit to th* bank. In many instance*, however, it is possible to recover the amount of the cote from the ! bank in full. Notice nas to be given to the bank of the note supposed lo b* lost or stolen, together with a smaU fee and a full narrative a* to how the loss occurred. Th* not* i* then "stopped'' that is, if the document should be presented for payment the person " stopping" the note is informed when and to whom Unpaid. If presented (after hav.ng been > stopped")by any suspicious-looking person (and not through a banker! one of the detective* always in attendance at the bank would be called to question the penous as to how and when ibe note came mlo his or her possession. It is quit* a mistaken idea that " (topped payment" of a bank note ha* th effect supposed by very many peo- ple. It (imply means that the Bank of England carefully keeps a lookout for the note which ha* been "stopped," though it cannot refuse to pay such immediately on it* being presented,** noti- fication would at once be made to the person who stopped u, and the bank would give all [AN HOTEL MAN'S STORY, The Proprietor of the Grand Union. Toronto. Relates an Interesting- Experience back, for John Bull want* his butter fresh. ' ln ' he of a bank note having bsen. aav :n the lap of molner earth upon their say, burnt bv mistake, if the nnmoer is "1 W '! T ' ber , hU "^ . gry .lope. H open to vtry wide conjee- -own and notie. I to Ih. bank of Eng. Th* Canadian Horticulturist for Septem- . land it will pav the amount after an inter- her contains two .tern, that snould be I VT CvtMr k tM ^ m ** val of five yean from th. date of lodging bankmenta. the remains of wnich are num- no t, ee O f destruction, should no one have e and examined by our I ^ ^^ y throughout the Ea.- .but -hey presented the not. for payment m ih. farmer*. Th* first u an extract from an mMt n , Te got their ?lfcng IrO(n wme f , r meantime. The bank in such case* also lagersoll apple grower : " I sprayed my tar or other original source. Mr. H:..- insists on a guarantee being given by a apple orchard five times this summer, and Tout made, enquiries among Ihe Si wa*he* ' banker or two householders that it snail 1 have, I think, the finest samples alt ln th* neighborhood where he made bn -x- b* repaid m I be event of ins document through I ever saw." Tke other is from a cuvations, and he tells us that triey ku*w turning up and being again tendered for report by a Chicago firm a* to that mar- nothing of the mounds either tradu .on:U- payment ket : " Fancy fruit, from S'.J. I > to SirtO ; or from tribes who bad been before tnein. choice frnit, from |il5 to $--'.25 : fair to The report of Mr. Hill-Tout's lecture oe- good, 31,13 to #2.-2i." Spraying tne treee i 'or. the Vancouver association is so meagre lale-BM-lr r.im KhreeulUas- s*x rip BISB-Bew hr ! a turr hi. W|. AIM Keeleer*! le hrallh aslvlre I* Hit,, r, From the Toronto World. One of the most popular officers at the recent meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Canada was Rev. U i. Belts, > Brock ville, I. rand Chaplain for li83.<M. While on his way to grand lodite Rev. Mr. B*tu spent some time in Toronto, and among other point* of interest visited the World office. It seems natural to talk Dr. William Pink Pill* to any one hailing from tne hcme of lhat world famous medi- cine, and incidentally the conversation with Mr. Belts turned in lhat direction, when he told the World that he had that ('ay met an old friend whose experience was a most remarkable one. The friend alluded to is Mr. John Soby, for many yean proprietor of one of the leading hotels of Xapanse, but now a resident of Toronto. and proprietor of one of the Vueen City * newest and finest hoatelne*. the Grand Union Hotelopposite the Union depot. The W.ind wa* impressed with the story Mr. Belt* told, and determined to interview too I Mr. Soby and secure the particular* of not* i hui case for publication. Mr Soby freeiv give* hi* testimony to the good done aim by Dr. W liliam*' Pink Pills. A few yean ago rheumatism with it* attendant legion of acne* and pain* fasten*! upon him, and he wa* forced to retire from busi- ness. " For months," said Mr. Soby, " I offered and conid find no relief from doctors or medicine*. The du slwav* worse in the spring and fail, last year 1 was almost crippled with pain. From my knee to my shoulder shot pains which fait like red not needle*. Then all my limbs would be 'wied at 000*. Half- a dozen doctor*, one after the other, tried to cure me, bnt did no good. The rheuma- tism seemed i he gelling worse. A* I had Hied almost everything the docton could at a cost of a few cents a tree will in many that we ar* not told how be arm*, at tn* cases make th* difference of barrel. High quality generally high prices. The Corn Trad* New* of Liverpool in it* latest issue copies an article from Th* Buenos Ayra* Standard dealing with the theee movements, railway communuTation' I 9,u*lioh of th* co*t of raising whesl in might easily be established between the two | Argentina. The concluding sentence is significant : " let the >anla Fe colonist, I owning hi* farm, implement* and machines, can make a profit off wheat at eleven shili ing* per quarter at the railway station." The production of wheat in Argentina at 34 cents per bushel with grower is one cause of price*. The United State* Consu'ar report for Seplember contain* the statements of ex- ports declared for the United States for tne quarter ending .lute, 30. 1SU4. The total exports from Ontario were $4,01.1, 151, a* against 14,704,11 tf for the same quarter in ipal item* were me follow- ing* and urn- I2to,4t : nickel matte, f 183,090 ; emigrant*' effects, $1*5,439 ; snooks, stave*. Reading* and bolt*. $133,- 03-.' ; fish, J 140.9*7 : hide*, (kins and fun. a naval expedition will crow the tlulf of r'e-Chi-Li, and the attack on the fort* will be -nade simultaneously FRO* La.XD AND SEA. In the event ot (access attending both of invading armies, for a railway is in opera- tion from Moukden to Tien-Yin, which n the port of Pekin, and i only a few miles from th* Taku fort*. It it almoet certain .bat thus i* the plan that the Japanese hav* bsen carefully devising, but it is impossible to learn from the despatches just how far they have proceeded with their operation*. The Chinese naval force, it i* safe to say, will be unable to offer any effectual resist- ance to '.he force that will attack the Take forts ; but a* regard* the possibility of the Chinese land force being able to check the advance upon Moukden it u impossible to , form an opinion, for China') strength in the ' north i* comparatively unknown "> wW I (*(% Qs*MEw*Wf) WAR FEELING IN FRANCE. a profit to tne th* present low r*lhMllv Thai Ihr rhlarte ave le I . Preach China may have to face two foe*. France is likely to take up arm* against the Mongolians unlea* full reparation u instantly made for the murder ol the Fnnch custom* collector at Tonquin, say 1 * a Paris correspondent. Witb iwo force* striking at China, the French from th* south and th* Japanese trom the east, it is easily seen what the end would be. Of course, both England and Russia would have a voice in the matter, neither nation wishing to see France make any lurthsr inroads in lo China lhan u has Bade in its ascendency over Tonquin. But the French blood is begin- ning lo reach ih* boiling point. The outrage commuted by tbs pirates of the Upper Mehong on th< family of Collector ChaiUet is being used us text for tangumarv ar- ticle* in the newspaper*. They demand not only an apology and a money indemnity, but also an absolute guarantee against any more attack! on the Kren.-h in Tonquin. If not, they cry, then war. The deed of toe jurats* wa* moat certain- ly a brutal one. They swooped down upon M. i haillet's house at night and attempted to kidnap hit wife and daughter, the latter an exceedingly pretty girl. M. Chaillet had no aid in opposing them, and was quickly beaten down and was cut almost to piece*. He was dead when found the rext morning and hi* wife sad daughter bad disappeared, undoubtedly carried otf by the marauding ruitiaas. That they are now unuergoing the moit awful kind of slavery is certain. French officer* in Ton- quin insist that the Chinese anthoritiee an in league with the pirate* and aid them to escape whenever pressed by the French. It is this that causes France lo cry out reparation or war. supposition that rhe skull found by him U at least from l.oUU to i.'nw yean old. U was in A GOOD COXDITI.i.N of preservation, by reason of the fact that on the top of the mound a cedar tree had grown, sume 4 or 5 feet in diameter, the roots of which had kept dry and preserve.! the skull. The tree itself is in ihe last (tag* of decay. But how long had the skull rested underneatn before the green infant branches uf ths tree she-! their nnt fragrance around ' Among other relics in the same mound the digger found a copper ring. This gives us no clue to the age of the individual who owned the skull, unce copper ID older than the torrow* of Job. The purtui . of science amongst u* is quite in its infancy ill. If among our great na- tural and historical treaauree we only had the good fortune to po*se*s a Duke of Ar- gyll, or some modern wealthy and influential mend of science, we would perhaps know more than we do concerning the antiquities of our country. cumstance presented for payment, bur at pechape half through, wuh mark* of burning on ibe trioget. Xor i* the damage always accidental. The men who indulge in tne ' luxury of lighting their pipes with a bank note are not always, as some may think, millionaire* or recogni/fd lunatic* of socie- ty. The spoilt noUis are more often than not presented by workmen or laborer*, who ocnfess without hesitation that tney have intentionally lighted their pipes with them for mere braggadocio. ; lath and shingles, *1 13,"-.'*. Th* various product* of th* breet amount* \ in ail to r-'.o60,*SU for DIED WHILE AT WORSHIP. Edith Martin, U'.l I-V Sss*Be>l r.>m la* aemelaarf. A despatch from Toronto says : The worshippers at the Yonge street Methodist church received a great shock on Sunday morning. Just before service commenced, Edith Martin, the, 15- year old daughter of Edward Martin, builder and contractor, uddenly expired. Mr. Martin, is the superintendent of the Sunday school, and a very wellknowo man in North Toronto. He and his twodaughters, Mary and Edith, war* sitting in their pew, waiting for the service to open, when Kdith, without a cry of warning, fell sideways into the lap of hersisur. Thinking that hi* daughter had fainted, Mr. Martiu lifted h*r up and car- ried her out of the cl.urch to the Ivouse of Mr. Hall, on the other side of the street. Ml ST IIAVI DIKD INSTANTLY. Th" usual restoratives were immediately applied and Dr. Foster, who lives close by, THE CORN SHORTAGE. Tfer*ll*rr efihr r*rarre In ihr laliesl Male* Will Met i n , i 1 1,1. Ceejelr?. While the general business situation in the United State* has many cheering fea- ture* about it there can be no question that the reported failure of the corn crop in the west ha* considerably darkened th* prospect*. The Washington bureau, in it* last report, calculated the shortage at th* enormous total of 60U,UI)0,OUO bushel*. Since the date when the return* on which that report was baaed were collected the weather has been altogether favorable, and it i* believed that the October crop report will be more tavorable a* to the proipect* for corn. Indeed, some private authorities, whoee judgment and knowledge are worthy of confidence, have prophesied that there will be almost an average yield. This i* probably over-sanguine. If the shortage in the corn crop were anything like as considerable a* ths Gov- ernment report indicated, a severe check would undoubtedly be placed on tne hoped for return of good time* in the United State*. Not alone would there be the enormous loss to the farmer*, many of whom are in no position to meet further dis aster*, but there would be also the loes of traffic for the railway* which have not re- covered from the severe reverse* of th* past twelve months. It is but natural that we in Canadashould be concerned to know what effect such a failure of one of the great staple products of the United State* would have on our own country. A carelul review of th* situation scarcely leads lo the belief that any leading interest here would, suffer even if the short- age is as serious as the estimate* of the Government statisticians indicate. Our chief industries, namely, lumbering, dairy ing and stockraising, will not b* affected to any extent whatever. If anything, the grain grower* would be benefited. It is a well-recognized law that when there is a failure in any particular cereal crop there is usually a resort to some other which in price and quality forms the best substitute. The Northwest wheat crop this yearn large, and there can be no doubt that th* grain will supply tbs corn deficiency to a considerable extent. It* present price would make it an acceptable substitute for feed and for us* in nianv industries and processes where corn is ordinarily employed. The effect of a failure of the United States .-rii crop would therefore in all likelihood have a tendency to hold up the price of wheat on this continent, while the evil erteot* oa railway transportation will fall UNCLAIMED MONEY la i:aIUh CeiTrn - i Owners. Bew II IrrsiMBlalet Awalllac I The eventful Imperial Parliamentary session, just doted, ha* not passed away without important questions having been asked in the House of Common* a* to un- claimed funds, and several interesting re- turns presented witii reference thereto. As theee returns contain many curious fact*, a nor', summary thereof may be interesting. The funds in chaucery (England) amount It is not at all an unusual cir- ,*, J ihought I would try a little pre- for a mutilated note to b* I .cnbing on my own account und purcnaeed a supply of Pink Pills. The good effects were soon perceptible, and I procured a second supply, and before these were gone I was cured of a malady six doctors could not put an end to. 1 have recovered my appetite, never felt belter in my life, and I give Dr. Williams' Pink Pill* crudit for this iransf jrmauon. My wife, too, is just a* warm an advocate as I am. A sufferer for yean she has exper- ienced to the full the good of Dr. William*' invaluable remedy, and recom- mend* it to all women." "From what trouble wa* yeur wife suffering V' asked the reporter. "Well, 1 can'! just tell you lhat," said Mr. vjby. "I du not know, and I don't think she did. It'* just the am* with half the women. They are tick, weak and dispiriteu, have no appetite and seem to be fading away. There is no active disease at work, but something is wrong. That was just the wsv with my wife. St. . wa* a martyr to dyspepsia, never in per- stat of Jalisco, on .Sunday. A bandsrillo (fc . t health, ^nd when she saw ths change approached oue of th* bulls waving a red the 1 ink Pill* mad* in me she tried them, cloth. The animal charged him. but he | The marvelous improvement was just a* i.i ., u ,n marked in her cas* a* in my own, and she *umned aside, and. as tne maddened bull I says that her whoie system is built up, pasted, drove a pointed iron into his neck. , ^a the dyppsia and *ick h*edecb* have Again ihe crowd began to applaud, but Tm nined. She, a* well a* myself, seems their Siavo* oon earn*, w a cry of warning. w (,. regained yt>mh, and I h*v* not tu The banderillo had forgotten the secooJ ' J 1( , nuit hesitation in pronouncing th bull, which was upon him before he knew ^m^iy on<) O j , h , mofjt T Juable discoveries it. The animal caught him on his horn*. | o( ln , [,,. L.. t th . doubten call and tossed him over his back, and before aaws- ' , me ^,,1 . n , v w ,n | tance could come had charged again. This time the banderillo wa* down, and the maddened brute gon.l him through. A* others ran through to the reecue the bull raited his head with the banderillo impaled on his horns, and charged his uew foe*. In th* meantime the firtt bull had leaped over the barrier separating the ring from the tpectatir* and dashed into th* crowd. Several persons were- gored, and a panic ensued. Men, women and children made a DEATH AT A BULL FIGHT. Fear rV*s>lr aUllml an.l Maay later.-. I isssr HervlMe Sresir*. A special despatch from X.acateca*, Mexico, says four persons were killed and many injured at a bull tight in M**quif, fund in respect a tor 15 year* and upward* is t'-J.S-.'T. vJ-J IT*. In chancery (Ireland) there are t'o.S'JO, .">.">.'( IS*. 3d. Dec. 31st last, the balance in hand for eetatee reverting to the Crown was tl"V~" 1M. lid. The total amount of unclaimed stock and dividend* i* more than f3,OUU.UUO. 4OLDIEK8' AND -A11.K>' M"NIY The unclaimed acmy pri/e money amount* to t'7l',"4'l, while the legaciee bring up the total balance to f KrJ.uvj ;,,. yj. x n( amount of the "Soldiers' Eifoct* " Fund, representing unclaimed balance* due to soldier*' km, is now no 1*** than 1 19,608 Us. ML This turn has accumulated since the publication of the*e unclaimed balance* in the London Oaielto. Soldier* kin rarely see the official journal, and hence the accu- mulation of these windfalls. Th* total amount of the unclaimed naval pri/e money due lo sailor* or their representatives U t'--' I .',',17'J Us. 3d. The unclaimed wage* and effects of deceased seamen amount to TRAFFIC IN GIRLS. The 4M0 1 Least** H.irr.r .-. i. .1 < Inl.l r. ,i re*hl from Ihr Ceallaral Fer 1m- eseral PMrsMae*. Much *en*aiional correspondence appear in the London daily newspapen arising from the discovery of a revival of the traffic in girls between the continent and London. It had been supposed that the traffic had been suppressed. The London Turns pub- lished on \\ edneaday a story to the effect that a Frankfort girl who had obtained a situation in London had been saved from procuration only by accidentally getting the protection of an English lady, who sent her to the German Consulate. The inquiries that followed showed that a systematic business of this kind i* still carried on. The police are on the track uf the person* en- gaged in the traffic, and ar* actively assist edby agent* of the Purity Society. Re- garding the traffic in women in India and China, the 1'urity Society has obtained testimony from the Sheriff of Singapore that within five years 4,100 girls, sontv very young, wen landed in Singapore for immoral purpose*. of those who (aw ih* death of the banderillo added to the terror. In the effort to escape three person* were trampled to death, and m my others were seriously injured. These pill* an a positive cure for all trouble anting from a vitiated condition of the blood or a shattered nervous sy*t*ni. Sold by all dealers or by mail, from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Brockvili*, Out., or Schenectady, N Y., at 30 cent* a box. or six boxes for fti.JO. There are numerous imitations and substitutions against which the public is cautioned. An absolutely saw proof metal is made^o three layen of iron, between which is placed alternately two layers of crucible leel, and the whole then welded together. CANADIAN EMBEZZLEK CAUGHT. taasparll late i.\ PeMauuIrr ef Meeeesmla. stun *Twn la A despatch from Chicago say* : Daniel Campbell, an ex-Canadian postmaster and sgislator, was arrested here on Friday. charged with embeulement, and was found working as a holler. Campbell. it u slleged, left Moosomin, N. W. T., where he wss postmaster, two yean ago. taking with him something over $6UO of the Government money. He sent his wife and daughter to Kugland and he came to Chicago, where he has been living ever since, working at odd jobs. A few days ago Campbell registered a letter to his wife iu Fngland, giving hi* correct name and address. It wa* through this that he was discovered. He came down considerably from his high position, and wa* found doing menial work in a liv- ery (table. SAVED MANY LIVES. .4 Ceel BeaeVa rJm.i.i.-r I r, t>le> a aaway Trala. A despatch from Lafayette, Ind., says : On Thursday morning a Lake Erie and Western freight train easlbunnd, broke in two on a heavy grade near town. The detached portion rushed back into the city. The Big Four passenger tram from Chicago stood in the Unicn depot, and YarUmaater Bnghtey, seeing the danger threw a switch, saving score* of live* by turning the wild train on a aide track. Th* -ietached carv. however, crashed into the Union depot, entirely wrecking it and forcing through South *tre*t into ;he Fotterall company's shoe factory. . A cab driver named Wash- burn is fatally injured, and it is feared other victims are buried in the debris, as the passenger depot was thronged with people a few moments before the accident. Pro- perty lo**, SW.UUO. Hood's Cured After Others Failed Scrofula In the Nwck-Bunchwo Cone Now. SangervHI*. MaDMu C. I. Hood A Co.. Lowell, Mas*. : -Gentlemen :-I hel that I cannot sty In favor of Hood's Sanaparilla. For five yean 1 have been troubled with scrofula In my neck *nd throat. Several kind* of medicines wuicb I tried did not do me any good, and when I eona. menced to take Hood's Sarsaparilla there were) tart* bunches on my neck so sore that I Could Hood's^- Cures not bear the slightest touch. When I bad takec one bottle of this medicine, tne gone, anU before I had tnlahed ti bunches had entirely disappeared." BLA.NCOS ATWOOO. Sangervillc, Maine. N. H. If you decide to take Hood's Sarupa- rilU do not be Induced to buy any other. Hood's Pills cure constipation by rest** Jc j the iwmutluc action of Uie i