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TOE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. htorMtinv lUmi About Our Own Conntrj Orcat Britain, tb* UrHciI State*, and AU ParU of tht Olobe, CoadeoMd and AMorttd tor Baay RMMllog. CANADA. Berlin u» to liave a bicycle laotory. London's tux rale thie year will be 21 2-3 millB on the dollar. WoodBtock lifls asked the Donxiilion Govtirutuent for a new public building. Bir UcouM Soiitb, Chauoellor o£ the UniveiBity of Mi)LiiU, ha« promised to fcoiiow a cliair in zoology. Mt. Qob^ll has returxMMl to Ottawa fixnu Ejoglxad, where he was in con- D««ition with Ihe taut Atlantic service. London, Out., will invite the inter- (national convention o( Hm Young MvA'x CluriHtiaa A^tociAtions to meet tibcre in 1899. All-. Wm. GitiBon, M.P., for Lincoln, tinx tbe maeonry contract for the Vio- t<j(ri;t bridge eraUurgetuejut at Muot^ veal.. 'i>hip l!\irty-«igh>lh Highhindera of To- runlo have accepted tue invitation to vieit Bran.tfoird on tbe Queen's Birth- day. Sir Henri Joly haa effected a saving in the luLimi Heveuue Department by uualgamating the dintrictit of Kings- ton untl lielieviUe. Frederick G. Morriii, w»rdein of the Epiticopitl church, Halifax, has confess- ed to uxiisiippriiprialing some 92,U0U of the cburrh fuiidfi. lA eteaiuej' lo relieve the settlers in ditrtreBs from flood* aloqg the Red Bivej- has been sent out by the Mani- toba Governkucint. The frunchise of tbe Lower Town (Street Hallway ot Quebec has been finally tj<>ld to tbe new electric raU- â- way company for 120.000. The Cal'intot has passed an or<der-in- Outincil, making tbe 2Stod of June tbe date for the diamond Jubilee celebration all over the Ikuniniun. It in ainder^ood that tbe repoirt of tlie c^jtirt of Liuquiry on the Queen's Own tint'iblee i.H not favorable to Coll Hbmilttm'n rpiustatemeut. A petition haa been preeented to the Dotuinion I'auliament, aakiug for the iH-ohibitioD of tbe pi<!torial reprod'ui:- tion of tbe great Curbett-Fitssim- auma pirizt^ (igbt. I'lroceediiigii are to be talAn to un- •eat a uumi>er of the councillors and â- rhool tgvuitiMui uf DuiMlas who are said to huvK )««n granted tax exem|)4ioni> and giveffi Iowa coutjiact«. btidotrln VaiUancdunt of Montreal Mwallowul a laitge dose of Paris green and afUDDwardfl w«nt to the river with tlte initenlioa of drowning himself. He was re«^ue<l and taken to the hoxpital. Tbe Dctuiioion Uovernmpnt ban decid- dd to pniC iin amount in tbe eetijnatefi to pay tlue u).|Ala'niding debts in con- necliun wi'lb tbe Regina Industrial Ex- bibitioD,. 'JliB indebtednPHS amounts to foiiirteen tboiiHojid dollars. A Tiritisb byndicate has petitioned llxf Governmeni for incorporation as the llriliBh Yukon Chartered Company. The Ujke of Teck aind ovttrSO members ftt the 'BritiKih House of tVnomons are Mnong the i>elitioaieira. Mr. Mol,e«iinnn'3 bill lo control rail- way cctnlianiet to eeH\ Becond-ilass riitum licieis lU tbe same proportlotir ate rcductiiHu an they now sell first- olow rt-tum tickets wbs defeated iin the H,ii1wHy Committee at Ottawa, Tbe wtirk^liope of the Cniniuliaji Paci- fic ruUway at lluobclega will be the hocoe of great activity for months to come oti account o( the extensive loi'xituotlve and car-conHtrucUun opera- tions which have been decldud upon by tbe m,-inagement. Tbe 481 b UighlniiderK, of Toronto, bave enteral a team of eight men in VuiioiiH evenit.-^ in thi- Itoyal militarv toarnuiufnl at iHlington, Kng., wbicb bt'gin» (di (be 27th (>rox. They Hirn ih« only rci>re«entative« Canada will have at the tUiiriiarapnt. There i-i a prop<j.s»l to establish a larg<^ Danish an<l Sweden cx)lony on the Upper (iatineau, aflonig the line u( the O and G. (lud I'. P. J. railways. 'I'ho oujving <ipiritH in the I'lan are the of- ficloXis of lh<'H- roads aivd Ihe Daninb Mxl Swedish Consuls in Ottawa and MontrcsJ. Tbe annual report of Ihe Mini/)ter at Milill^i for 1801! has bceiii published. It contains n niim.lx-r of rrcnmiurnda- tionis hy (Jpji. (iiiHcol^ne regarding the new armis for the militia, annual camps of inslrurlion and l.lio neeessily for tlu! tboroiig^b organization of the lorcea of the Dotuinion. Tlu'. Miiilia Dp|)artmcut has sent out InstruclixMis regarding Ihp cvuurasition of Ihe jubilee ciinlingpnl. AU the rank and (lie nuist lie nou-c4iiuiiii»tiioned of- fict^rs [MiMsesaing cprtifiratps 'I'bronto will (urninli 17 incn, (our each from the. Queen's Own llegijii«<nt, Grenadiers, G«iiverti<ij--<iejiera'l'.s Ikxlygiiard and 48th HIglilandpr.H, and one from the riold Hatlory. GRKAT BRITAIN. Tbe Canadian ('ovemment offioers in London have liad nuDu>rmi« eiiqiiiirle.s lately from ppisona going out to worli in fhe Vri:on district. AlunU inteirest lis takon at present in England in tbe reporta from tbe Cajiadian gold fields. ( UNlTliD STATPXS. The United Bta.tes Senate liasdccid- M lo vote on tbe arbitration treaty on Kfoy Btb. Mr. .Sanuiel tVilgate, head of the great soap and iWirfume h«iuse of .'^uinuelCol- giat.e A Co, died at New York. A'ft urdinance introduced by the l*'in- anice piinuuitlee of the Norfolk, Va., City Cuiint'il provides for the taxation of oKy ut^wmpapers. The 2tith anniuil convention of the National Kir« Cliiefa' As«<H>lalion will be iileld in Npw [laven, Conn., during the lUlrd week of Atiguat next. The lliniind .State.s Government wiill not support line demand of Edward Uots for dlOOOOIl from the Britiob Gov- emlSent for h>iH imprisonment. |Eidwa.rd Clnyland. n lineman for the Miaeuurl Eleotrio Light and Power Comiuny, St. Loain, wh« humed to Mth \>y a live wire. Hi.s mnoking body ~ in th« *lr for at leastj 10 minutes. President McKinley has appointed Gen. John VV. Foster, a special ambas- sador of the United States to negotiate an agrepment with Great llrilaiu to se- cure joint action for preventing tbe de- sLruction of seal herds in Beliring Sea. Jt is stated tbat tbe Dingley Tariff biil bas be<;n so h*cike<l to pieces by tbe sul>-co<mmitt©e ot the Senate, ana the duties KO reduced, that it is doubtfoi if the Senate wii.il pass tbe bill. It is unilerstoud th© retractive clause has been eiiminated. Our commercial advices from New York as to the condition and prospects of trade in the United States are on the wboJe, emcouraging. The Improve- ui,eat fiom week to wtek is .slight, but it is fcileadily progrcsBive. In soveral lines a reduutiom of wages is threat- ened, and as a reiaiU lalxMir troubles will probably follow. Wool and dry goods gp'aerally are quiet. However, some cities repoirt a decided imprcve- ment in trade. The commea'cial fail- ures for the past week in the United Slaves were 213, as compared with '^38 feu- tbe corresponding week of last year. GENBKIAIi. Pietiro Atciao-Lto, Use nifin wiho at- temjptetl to Bitnib K'img Hninnbert on Tiuurtiloy, bas be«n declared Insane. TweJve pensoms have been drowned and * 100,000 diinoagie done to property by floods in liastern New Zealand. A equiadiioto of e'-gfiit British war- shiiw enteired Beln^a Ba,y on Wed- ne.-' lay evening,, and caused great ex- oiteiiK'nt. â-  • Ain attempt hhs tMe.n ai«<de to as- HostiikiiUB the Pnesltlbot of Urtiguay. He wn>i shot uitt Iwt tliie bullet missed its mark. Thie President's assailant w>u» ,inreBtie<l. The Siiani»h aft^ reportjed to be caxryimg on a rutUileW) war of exter- mi(na,ti«n in Cul»i. Gen. W^rtef has is- sued orders tt> dertroty a^l Ouhan bos- fidlbiem I'oeiha, who suii'oeeded in car- rying MUouina past, bus l)eein recallenl by line Suiltan., umd (>Fiman Pasba, the berni) of PJwvloa, -wUl be givein tJie com- knainid of the Tluirb%lh army on tbe frontier. at its learlned that the visit ot the eight British wairsbi|ie to Delagoalny was ijniendeid lo fnubtTabe tbe in- tirigiues of Gexmotn^v, Portugal, and the TmjnHvbai, to cJianlgie tbe statluM quo to the <lina(dv>ntag)e uf Grfcat Biritain. Tine Filencji maJil steameir Pro Pat- rjn, le/t St. Pieirre te(n <l^ij» ago for the Fnetadi nlinjre of NV-wf^ilujitUattd. No n«w.s biu* l)»>«;n liMirtl otf her and it is f«iini')J tb»it sU» i.s 1o.st w-itb all hiuids. ^bto tooik II Jurge numbBf ot fiaberp^en ae fjasaeng^m. The fig^bting livitwe«vn the Gneeks and TutriEs is still in progresa at Tyr- navb, where *ty Gri.\ek,s have the beflt iwsiliunB. TblB Oiiee^ 'have wwn iuiipojr'tant victories oua theThes- saliiMn frontier, and tJne Turks arecor- resdAmdingiy d«>i)reiic<ed. Fighting Clontiinnes in Qnete. v BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY. What Mhf Woald â- >• la Ike Event af War Vrilb a t'nr.-Ign Power. The llirmingluun Gazette in a recent iaaue discu/iaeil the quest iow of Brit- ain's food tiap^ly in case of war. lU finds that the aupiily of wheat {rom abroad was dimininbed diurtng theCri' mean war frum six million qfuarters ia 1853, to two uiillioa qjuurteirs in 1854. The price was ini:reasptl from 53s 8d to TJa 5d per q|jarler. In 1890 twenty- three million qjiiarters were imported. The Gazette very truly says thatj if this Ouwi of food weire Btupiicd for a mont h most seriiAis results would follow, uud a stopirage for a longer period would Uring the Bu-itish Isle to the condi- tion tlial no|w afflicts India. That b»- i'lig the case, Tbe Gazeitte does not tiiink It hat thoee who wduld plungfl the counlr'y into war oveir th» woes of CVete fiiilly realize what it would mean. As a meosVue for |iarlially meetinff this uritical statt^ of affairs tbe writer iuThe Gazelitc thinks it innuiubent to take steps lo eiu'otiruge a greater home ixrodurtion of wheat. He ugreea with a c<ilrrespondpnt that asaprocaiu- liouary ui«aalure aiimnll duty should be plaup.d u])oii foreign vvht^t, and the uroduce thpireof paid asa bonus tu na- tive faii^mera foi every acre of wheat they cultivate. The establishment of huga Govennment granaries ciontaining a six ninntbu' slupiply of wlteat is also advocated. , Air. Jtaltour dealt with this subject tbei utlieir day, and gave it as hiti (ipin-< ion that tlve wbeat-«<tlliins tintions wojiild not allow cereals to lie declared cuntraltand of war. More esiK'ciully was this (hti txise witih the Unitexli Sitates. That cuiinlry, which exports niorii wheat to Ilirilaiin than alt citlicr foireign c<iiunta-ie» coniliined, would nev- er coiiflpn'l towh«'at Iwing treated as contiralHind. and with Kiich an ally, Mr. Halfuiiir added, they need fear nu |i<is- sible combination of powerK. 'Ihe re- dVu'tinn in the iiniK»r1ation of wheat during the Crimean war could uoit have Txten be<-an].se tbe ocean avenues weire cloned oa- ol»lniicted. Russia, witW whom we were at war, wa.s then (HIT chief »o«irce of wheat .supply, ami impur'ta'lionf! wiKild of couo'so be upset foof* the timiH tieinig. QmiTE A DIFI'\B|R.ENCB. A,ll dlBciples of Uotak WaUun will ajipreciate the alory wlbich is goiing I he (nrundsi, ootocii\rniing Mir. Andrew Lung, tbe Khg.lisih t^rltio and essayist. An exchange puliiliahes tbe anecdote which one of Mjr. Ijang's literary friends tells: lit bap])c<neil to mie lo spenid a f»wi (layM last Bumiiieir in u-u EnigJisb vil- lage Having nuticetl a juleta^tant liveir wuioh Beeme<l to iittx)iuiBe excellent fishing, I spoke ot it to my landlady. Oh, yas, BliT, ahe said, there is very guo<l fishing hereiâ€" ninny jieople come here for fisbiuiif. \Vhnt kind of people (Hime beret I asked. T,iterary Kehtlemen oome here very often, pir, we h(ad Mir. Andrew Lanigj slaying here. Ob, reiilly, doea he fisih? le he a good fishermninf Yes, sir, he fishes beautifully. ReiilJy JDoes lie nil<^ much? Oh, no, sii.r, 8i« never crttchea any- thinff. but be fitahes heantifully. THE UEWTiilPLE ALLIANCE RUSSIA, GERMANY AND AUSTRIA GETTING TOGETHER. Ital]' I* Too Weak niid France Too Fickle For TtaU Partaerittalp. It is understood on reliable author- ity that aiiuther great shifting on tbe political chessboard of Kuirope is im- minent, the relaliona of France and Russia haviiiig steadily grown worse, to tibe extent that they are being artifio ia<Ily bolstered up, and bbe adhesion of Italy to tliB Dreilbund being merely nominal since tiie financial and milit- ary impotence of Italy became glaring- ly apparent by the Abyssinian adven- ture. Therefore, a new arrangeiment for preserving tlue peace balance of Europe bos been deeimed necessary. Since last Septelmiber private letters on this subject have been repeatedly ex- obanged between iJer.in, St. Petersburg and Vienna, and in German diplumalio and puulicai circles it is oonsidered a foregone concusion ibat an understand- ing has been reached. Italy will little lunger belong to tiie Dreiband, even nominally, and tihe force of events is grailualiy drivvcg tier into the arms of Great Britain and France. With tbe probab.e spectdy viutory of tbe Radical party in liaiy this change will be ac- uomplislbed. On tbe othejr hand, tbe Czar and his advisers are said to be decided that France is too fidk^ for a reliable ally, and un the best possible authority the Atisuciiate>d Press is in- formed tbiut an entente, wbiiuh perhaps later will be followed by a formal al- liance, is lo be reacihed in tbe spring and sunimej* between Germany, Hu.ssia and Austria. Sdme of the preliminaries wi,Il be agreed upon between i^^peror WiUiam and hie ally, Empeirar Francis Joseph, durixig the fomner's visit to Vi- enna. Three daja later Ijlmperor Fran- cis Jceei>b wiAl visit the Czar at St. Pet.eorslyury. During tih'ese visits the preilmiuariea for ithe understanding be- tween tbe Kmporors wiiU be disoussed and wi.l probably be ratified. Emper- or AVi.lliam's visil to tibe Czar, soon after, wiJ aerve the sa<m« purpose. The proposed agrep>mien>t is directed mainly against tbe policy of Great Brit- ain in t9ie <astem question, and the maintenance of Hip Eurupean status quo. JAPANESE HATCHES. Tke Very Cheap Labor By Wblch They Are Maavractured. Osaka, Japan, pruduoed last year 1,- 200.000,000 boxes uf watches, employ- ing 3,629 nuen and 9,711 wxmen, to .say motbing of the innubierable children w^ earn a few sen a day in tbe work. One of the largest factories emgiloys 2,500 baa<ls. Tbe sticks are out by machinery. They are ailfted into boxes by wxMUPn and cUleoted and put in fraineis by tiny wimfs of obUdren, some of w\hoin do not look to be over 3 or 4 years old. and the majority of whom are under ten. Tbe Nuiphur and par- affin are put on by baud pre.sse8 and llu'u dried by the .su,u. The boxes are made and the labels put on by little girls wlioM) fiaigers are su nimble that tbe human eye is incajiaUie of follow- ing their muvemeuls. u.-i the purple and yt-Jluw boxes drop, more thain one a se- cond into the huge baskets at their sides. Over tweive hours a day these little creatures laliour for wagew w-bii-h rangi' fr<<ui i>np cent tu five cents of our mlbncy. Here the wonderfully cdieerful teai<|>pranient of the Japanese is seen to perfection. 'Itiey sing, and chatter, and laugh and eat their tiffin, consisting of riw and fish^ from tiny boxcfl, with choptiticks, which they handle with on much dexterity as I hey dotl»< matches. Here tbey sit the 12 lung hours on the floor in small iiens alM>ut four fcot siiuare, marked off by bamboo iioies, and no expression of dis- cont<'nt is ever seen. 'IThere are no f.iclory lawH, and no re^rulatians as to the age at which cbi^drem should l)e.gin wrork, unil mi limilaiions of hours of la- bour in Jaixm. I'W tin* moment there is a acram1)le to utilize every pair of bright eyes nnd dextrous bands, re- gardless of future (vnae.iupnces, but the Government and the .sanitary authori- ties have taken the mutter up, and in a few years in all likeHluKMl, a more humane .system will bo evolved. SHE REMEMBERED HIM. Ab iBternllox Inridrnt of the Winalpeg l.iinil lliiniii. "My first goml start on the road to fortu'oe, aaid the speculative capi- talist, "was duri'iig tbe liooni in Win- glijieg. I 1an<lp4l there with little mon- ey, but lurn«"d it and increased it so rapidly tliut in liuic I bad real estate worth 175.000. occordiing to the cur- rent quotations. I realized that a break must conit^ some day and watcb- e<l Ihe indications with all the care that a mariner studies a threatened Hturni. "At the head uf Ibw cxnntroilling syii- dicat«\ was a grin (J.d Si-otcJimau who adhered to the 'tumu oode in sfiecula- tion lluit is gciierailly a<'c«iii^ed in love anil war. lie was tiie man who would iirecipitato the ixitlapse and he would have been (iiuw n and quartered ra- ther llian confide in anyone but his immedittte asstH'iates. "One night 1 was sitt ing in mtr dingy little offi<!e, snii),kiiug a pipe as an aid to thinking clearly oji the course I bad best pursue. 1 had just decided to hang 001 a few weeks longer, when there was a knock at th'> door and 1 admit- ted a ^vxunan dressed richly in the Jura demB'Tided in that cuiiuate. >Sihe ' did not raise her veit, 'but I recognized her voice as she hurriedly told me that 1 must dlapoBo ^f my land inside of foTty-eig(ht houn» If I did not want to l-b caught in the crash. Tbtough a Hcore of ogeiuta the syndicate was sell- ing to those who would put all their mcney into the projierty and there would be an end of the craze. "It wais tough cm Ihe victianB, but I SHAH end cleaned up all I had b(H>e<l for. Did 1 marry !licr f ISlesa your heart no. She was the semmd wife of the. Scotchnuiu. and I had saved her little lx>y onvce when he was loot in a WinniiH^g iinDw atoirant." THE GREEK COMMANDERS. Crowa Priaee Conittanlliie aad tbe fieaeraU Who are Fishilag Tarki oa the Fron- tier. The comma nder of the Greek Army a* Arta, Greece, Gen. Antonios Mavro- michalls, belongs tb one of the most illustrious families of Greece. Born in 1829, bei is ahoUt eixty-eight years of age. He enlisted In the Greek Army as volunteer in the year 1847, in 1853 was appoinited mili-lieutenant, and in 1886 be aittained the rank of general. He was in 1880 Minister of War under Premier Delyanmi . and gave his de- mission at thd time that the Govern- me-nt deciiled to follonv the policy of peace. ' Th-e .sub-commander of the Greek Army in 'ITiessaly, Col. George Mavro- micbilis, is a brotheir of Anitonios. Hte was lionn in 1836, and like his brother enlisted as a volunteer. He ia one of the b^t-e<lucatfcd officers of theGreek Army and is a trtrict disciplinarian. Tbe Orovs n Prince Constantine, Com- mander-in-Chief, l>egan bis military ca- reer in the regiment of Mavromichalis, which is made up of selected men. Col. Manomiih.ilis i.s of hig-b statwxe and has a vfTy military appearance. Col. Thrasyboulos Manos belongs to the ajtillery, and is the snb-cxnnman- der of the (Sreek Army at Arta. He is well educated. Be traces his ancestry ba<-k to one of the noble Greek families of Constantinople. His was commander of the military school called the .School of Bvelpides for many years. He, gained his military 'training in France and Geirmaay as an inferior officer. He ia now abojut sixty-two years old. THE "CHARM" OF SERPENTS. iBSUaer* Where Some Aalnala Have Par- alyaed Others. Any popular so-called prejudice, if long continued, probably is founded up- on some matter of fact, although this may not have lieen demonstrated, writes Dr. Henry Lee in the London ILancct. That some animals have the power of paralyzing others which they prey upon is a matter of direct observation. :A rabbit will remain perfectly motion- leas in tbe presence of a stoat, and with- out moving will allow a bole to be made through the Hkull at the back ot the head. We may suppose that the pow- er of feeling, as of motion, is for the time gone. Dr. Livingstone felt no pain when seized by a tiger. 1 have aeen a mouse remain perfectly motionless un- der tbe guze of a cat. When excited ~tbe cat's pupil becomes dilated. On one occasion in tbe evening I saw a cat in an excited state retire to a shady place where it could no longer be seen, but presently I saw two small red globes fixed upon me. I onoe saw the same, 1p»< defined, in the eyes of a kitten, but it is very difficult to get their eyes fixed when ne.ar. A gener.il officer who has seen long service in India informed me that on one oocnsion a large serpent had got into a hoiLse and taken refuge in a cellar. iBpinK a soldier, it was sug- gested tbiit be was tbe proper person to dislodRP the intruder, fie took a spear and lo<fkpd through a hole in the wall of the cellar, hut saw no serpent. Presently two small red globes were fixed upon him. These he supposed to be the serpent'.s eyes and thrust his si>ear. as be thought, between them. Tbe spe.sr caught the serpent just be- hind the head and killed it. BRICKS OF STRAW. Mixed With Tar and Fiirmrd Into Caben I'ader Hreitiiure. A T>olish new)s(xiper announces a new invention mode by a Warsaw engin- eer, who pn>p«r>ed to the city author- ities a quite Kxrigiual material for street paving. lie uses cubes uf ctuu- pressed straw instead of tbe wooden blocks used in sctme other Buroiiean countries. Tiisi manufacture of these straw cubes is carriied on according to a peculiar process. Straw is cut in pieces of a oertailu lengtih. impregnated with a fluid, th<> ccsniposit ion of whiiih is a secret of the ilnventor, and then pressed in blocks. The inventor buys up straw in bales, binds them cloeely together with wire aiKl then immerses the entire buniUe into a hot solution, the smell of which iin<dioate<i thsit sev- eral materials like pitch, rusln, tar anil others ot the same kind form part of thti mixture. These bundlles of stnuw rcmain for a certain length of time in the solution and are then subject- ed to heavy pressure 'in a muchiue, which t hoy leove ia the shape of ready cub<>s. Accord i»ig to the inventor thU plying material is cheaper than woo<l but mor^^ duraWe amd .stronger, and at tht; name time more clastic. THE WATERS RISING. The Nliualloa at Morrlit and Emtnon WrowluR Worae A despatch from Winnii>pg»ay8: â€" The wife of Conrad Noar, a German settler, was drowned on Monday while endeav- criau to escape to a place of safety from the rising wiiters at Kmerson. Noar also ha<l a narrow esi'ape. Tbe fU)od situation is growing worse at both Miaris and Fmerson, aa tbe lied River is Htill ri.sing. An Kiuersim xlespatcb snyH:â€" " A cold, sleety irain has pre- vailed all day, which adds to the tois- eJT already existing in the families co<i(ped up in second storeya. Their close quart e^^ since the flood oomnienc/- e<l have made thorn feel very despond- ent, and they would gladly welcome scHii*^ mt^ans of! exit to tlu>.ir friends in Winnipeg cm dry ground. The citizens have all Ihey can do to look after their f.tmilies and pi-o|>erty. All are doing the best they can undtu- the circuni- stanoes. but the outlook is glooniv tor some time to come. It is a seirious matter for lEmersoa." AH EfFECTITE METHOD. FORT ERIE LABOURERS ITALIANS BACK. DRIVE Frco Flsht at the Fort Brie Baee TvacKâ€" Cheap Bnllalo Laboaren Heal BaBie •• Ihe Kbb. A gang of Canadian labourers, em- ployed by Ck^g He. Craig, of Hamilton, who have tbe conitiract for grading the new race-track at Fort Erie, drove back a gang of Italian workmen wbo were hired in Buffalo, and taken hiy boat to Fort Erie on Wednesday to help with the work. W'ben tbe boat drew np at the Canadian shore, and tbe men lamied, they wesre soon undeceived, for a short distance up tbe street, a mob of fifty or sixty Cuoodians bad col- lected. "There tbey come boys," shout- ed one of them. " Let's drive them in- to the river." He started on a run, followed by bis fiellows, and as tbey reached the Italians one of tbe mob knocked tb* fiinrt one down and tbe next one kick- ed him. Blows fell like rain, and tba terrified labourers were too terror* stricken to think of anything but flight. Tbey ran for the ferry land- ing, aod tbe bowling mob followied them, kicking and pimching every man who was not fleet enough to distance bis pursuers. Xk>wn tJbe hill tbe frightened Ital- ians ran, and tliey dived into the boat like ratibits in a wurren. After tbe battle tbe men in Canada who had beaded the riot walked up the village streets, making threats against comtractors Craig & Craig, and tell- ing what tbey would do to prevent any American tlafcourers from working oo tbe new track. 8ome said that they would kill the first Italian labourel' wbo was brought across the border, and others threatened to burn dowTi the houses that had been built upon tbe grounds tor the ocoommudation of tbe workmen. THE ASSASSIN ABROAD. Ab .(ttempt oa the Lire of the KlHg af llaly. A despatch from Rome says :â€" An at- tempt was made on Thliraday to aa- .sassinate tbe King of Italy. At 2.S0 o'clock in the afternoon while King Humtiert was on his way to the races, a man named Piertro Acciarito, an iron worker out of employment, attempted to stab his Majesty with a dagger. Tha man iwas seized before he could carxT out his purpose and the King: proceeded to the Campanelle race course seeming- ly unmoved. On arriving at tbe race coairse his Majesty was greatly cheet- ed. Acciarito api>ears to be a political fanatic. He says he has no accom- plices. King Huml)ert, accompanied by hUi aide-de-camp. Gen. Pondis Vaglia. waa going to witness the royal Darby. His assailant, waiting outside St. John's gate, rushed up to tbe carriage ia which his Majesty was.seatetl and at- tempted to stab him. The King avoid- ed the danger by rising from bis seat. Acciarito, seeing he had failed in his attempt to astossinate the King, thre*! away his daggeir and was immediately arrested by two carbineers, while his Muieety calmly ordered his coachman to drive on. The news spread with great rapidity, and when the King rea<-hed the royal stand at the race course it was soon surrounded by ai cheering multitude. Tbe members oi the diplomiitic corps present at the races and a ruomber of other distin- guished people sent their congratula- tiona to the King on his escape. King HuBilieirt treated tbe matter lightly ami remarked, "It is oaly one ot the little adventtrres of my trade." 'rho King remained at the race course with his nephe\y, the IXike of Aota, until the royal Derby was run. Acciarito ia 24 yeani oldanxl a nativie of Artejfna, « village of Italy, province of Udlns. A VANCOUVER SUICIDE l>r«Bilncnt Karrlsirr Takex HIk I»wb â- .irp. lA desi^itcb frum Vancouver .says:â€" Mr. E. A. Magee, a [uominent barrister of this city, couimittp<l suicide onl Tues- day aflPTOOiiin. iStvme weeks ago he visited Tisdale's gju store to purchase a revolver, hat tuot finding one to suit him said he would call again when new stock arrived. Tjuesday afternoon be called at the store and aelectod a. 3S- calibre. 8uiilh & Wesson. In resjHmse to a Teiiaei>.t Mr. Ti.sdale loaded it to show how the ejecting iiiechiinisM. worked. Magee took il up, and l>efore Tisdalt* coald sito'ln him had pliK'ed it I in his niciiib and fired. Death wa« I inrttamane(»ii4i. l>eceaae<l was a na- i tivm irf Nova tii'otia, and a gradnate ' of Dtilhoi.isie I'niversiiy, Halifax, where ; h.N tot>k the degree ot LI.. It., in 1888. Ill* lanw Jo this Province that year «iwl iias .sin;'e followed his profession. AI10.U. CoUt yrtus ago be marrip<l a dai'rghtPT of Mt. George Itlai'k, one of the pioneers of IH.'iS. wrm recently died. M'lgee hud bee'n drinking heavily of late, amd it is .said this and family trou- bles caused his act. HARD WORK. What was the hardest work you; ever did for a living If asked the benevolemt old lady of the weary pilgrim. . Stealiu', mjum. A T)UDE PRINCE. Prin« Allierl of Th/iirn and Taxis is sjiendiug on his olitnhies tbe fortune ac- cumulated by Wb ancestors while they he'd the monopoly of the post as hered- itary Grand Postmasters of lih,e Holy Roman Empire. He wears a new .-»uit, perfuuu^d wi<h attar of rose-s every day, spending 115,000 annually on ibis "tailor, wlhio lie<'|>8 20 wxrrk'inen constantly at wturk for bini. lie puts on a new neck- tie three time-s a day and uses up 200 pairs of boots a year. He aj>ends 11.000 a year on cigarettes and $75,000 on Bports. The Prince i.s 30 years kt age and nittrried to an Austriau Ar<&r dticiheaa. : sr* t ^ ^