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r. Q in! ". if m "at" he {opened bluntly. He did not yet understand. "You. you: been” if It)“ marry this "No." she answered with a sudden calmness. '"he will not do it, Geoffrey, because you will save me from so awful I catastrophe!" 'it could not take place!" cried Geoffrey excitedly. "Such an aw. paralleled cruelty and persecution would be the vengeance not of a man. but of a devil. My uncle wilt never do it." "Yes, for Mr. Dane has disenvered later that my unhappy husband is still alive. and, not perhaps altogether unreamnably. he thinks that he ough' to be brought to justiee for his old sin. You understand what that means. Geoffrey! PuLiieitr, exposure, dis- grice and shame to m! All the old miserable story of crime and fraud dragged to light again and made the suluect of common talk in the daily papers. My share in the concealment of the criminal woald, no doubt, be made much of; it is even possible also that that poor helpless old than might be dragged into a public court to tell all he knows against his own still loved Ion. All!" she cried, striking her hand. passionately together. whilst tear: of anguish ot the picture she had con- jured up filled her eyes. "'sooner than allow such I thing to take place, I would diet such an overpowering dis- grace would be the cruellest torture that it would be possible to inflict up- on him!" "l have not finished my arguments yet," all" answered quietly, with a little amt] ', and even as she spoke there came hack to her meaiorrthat scene upon the river. the boat flashing by in the, sun. tsith the girls in their white drtr,v,e.s, with the man she loved at their feet; and she knew. with that innate knowledge of human nature which life had given to her, that, but for herself. Geoffrey would have loved Angel Halliday, ml that “absolute in- dit'terence" was by no means the feel- ing in his mind towards her. “Listen to me n little longer. Angel Halliday is a good girl, she is a beautiful girl, and-she loves you." It cost her a great deal to say this hut when one ic working hard to cut away one’s heart out of one's hotly. a few sharper thrusts of the knife go for little. She meant to plead Angel's cause. and she pleaded it in the very best manner that she knew. To a man of Geoffrey's age and temperament, it is: next to impossible that the conviction of the affection of a charming and lovely girl can bring no quickentng of the pulses. no dawn- ing sentiment of interest and of gratification. She had calculated rightly. There arose a slight flush in Geoftreyn fare. and his eyes sought the ground. The sigh that arose in her heart as she watched him, died away ere it passed her lips. lie never heard it. Rose tie Brefour knew well tht' at seven-and-tw- a man has m-‘tl vm seen the only love in his life. It mty never be quite the same a second time. but he will certainly love again if his first doitre is doomed to perish, r: was thin thought that sus- tained her chiefly, the thought that ho nould outlive the evil which she- hatl brought him and be happy in time in another and more wholesome affrreiion. "WeH, then there is another view of the subject which I have yet to put before you." she continued. "Do you know that, if you marry this girl, a very great and a very substantial Item-fit will accrue to me and to my poor old father?" He liked his eyes in pure astonish- Dent. yet." lit tle came upon 'Aud lou call it right to desert the “an!" I love, and to trick an inno- com manna to whom I am absolutely indifferent into a marriage that must be In mu "rt empty mockery!" he cried. “no urn mad. as you-Weil, I own it, as v.0 arr. We have dreamt for one lull-f moment. an impossible dream of “wit " degree. of happiness as never, urn-r tin be fulfilled upon earth. In- 5. tt ll of that delirium of a vain delight, "e llt " got anmelhing quite diHor- em to I!" with our lives, you as well as I, Geoffrey. I have my work, you knnv “till it is, and where it lies, and it u have yum-s. There is, if yml would Only believe in it. n ttood and happy future before you; I don't any that the good- nsNu will be very apparent at first, or thrt the happiness will be very ex- lmvugunt. hat if you do that which is right. and turn your back on that which is evil, both the goodness and th" happiness will be revealed to you in tune." Min! mom such a do; never can 8.6.5. d of a we hum I ent [0 do " I, Geof; knuv “in and pun If you w n gum! "Your areumeL.i do not Gnvinee me Roie." "And for wordly advancement. you Would advise me---" he broke in em- ph.lu-u'ly. tihe, smiled and held up her finger. "Plane listen to me. Wordiy ud- vnncement is not at all a contempti- ble thing. let me tell you. When you are n In“ years older you will under- stand thin hotter. no doubt, than you do mm. Al present you are blinded to the relative value of things. Your It d, "Yes, Geoffrey," she said very quiet- ly, and with all her old manner-the manner of a sovereign to a suhjeet-- vshich always had the some absolute offer! upon him. "Yes, you have tr'cen'rw ed rightly; your uncle has spoken to me about it. He wishes it no doubt than all things, and his wishes are entitled to a great deal of respect from you. for your whole future career is in his hands. and he is disposed to treat you with a great deal of generosity and lilmrality." n "Come hero and sit down." she said, swing the change in his lice, with e smlll sad smile upon her lips, and he ohys-d her weekly. "um she not always been in the righ'r" he said to himself, and then in F :me fashion he became all at once c ovineed that even in this thing that she told him to do she must also. of necessity, "tsitter than he was. "She, aiiowed him to take her hand. Ind he held it in both his own with a reverent tenderness. ve. for m" is but , not interrupt m tU would say. an! Hr it. I teil you nu, and madness ngihlc and actual ho are mad. as you CEAI "FER xxv.-Continued, - .-, - a madness-Hush! '. I know all that I do not desire to that it is a mad- is, no dunht, a rotlity to persons "wall. I own it, as -n"'" "-s--ee-ts-e0a..-e la it any wonder that, brushing against his own sister upon the plat- form, of the station, he passed her by with a vacant, unconscious stare, " though his eyes had rested upon a stranger! ed the muse, but still blinded api, dazed, with blanched lace and wild unconscious eyes, like a lost soul that knew, not whither it ttor.. _ -. Ihe damp dews of night were failing thickly about them as he rose at last, hnlf delirious, from his knees, and wrenched his hands out of hers. There was no word spoken between them at the last; no tender "good-bye," no whispered "good night." He only walked dumbly away from her, 6138' gering a little at the first at, one “ha is stricken with a mortal pain, Ih.ec. by_degrees steadier as he reach- Geoffrey Dane should have changed plat-m with a certain ancestor of his .lxu flourished, in the days of King .;(l~.;.rtl the First. of glorious memory. Then he would have been a very Paladin of all knightly and heroic vmues; now, he is only, I fear, a (will: young man with an ex- uggerared idea of the high- er loadings of the soul, and an over- u'H-ning and altogether unreasonable sensitiveness to the full meaning of that oft-quoted, but little understood French proverb, which stands at the head of this chapter. And Bo, when he understood exactly what it was that his Queen asked of him, it no longer occurred to this " preux cheva- lier " of another generation to queation her decrees or to rebel against her orders. Thus and thus, he was to serve her, and thus truly, should she be served. What they said during that sad hour; What tears were shed, what last words were spoken, between these two wh, parted in the darkening evening as ihuse who part for ever in this world it boots not here to relate. Once more kneeling at her feet he was permitt- ed to draw her face down upon his tear- stained cheek, ti). press his lips 01100 again upon hers; but in this kiss there was no madness of fulfilled longing, no rapture of earthly passion. It was [hiking of an eternal farewell. .Urs could not in truth and deed be his very Own. as in his wild untutored heart he had for one mad moment as- pired that she should be, then it only rom'nined for him to turn his life in such a way that. he could beat brigm' More than an hour passed away " tpr thut before he left her, an hour in whieh the sun went down, down be. math goM-tinted clouds into the blackness of the earth which he de- svrtwl. and ttw Huber dusk crept up. filling the garden with vague mists and shadows. Since his lady-love was held In bon- tinge by cruel and relentless chains ttsich she: was unable to burst, since en and crimfurt hers, beat prove'his own faith and truth to her. She shoke hurriedly and feverishly -almost hysterically. She was so afraid of herself, so afraid that she might betray too much. and so fail in that which she had set herself to accomplish. In this picture which she had drawn of pardon and reunion she was fearful lest she should by word, or even by a look, allow him to dig- cover how far more terrible to her would be the family life which would he her inevitable fate than all the "errors which she would have escaped 'l,-,-,.?.,",' daily, hourly presence of the creature whom she abhored, and who was tied to her by a bond that nothing could break or never save death. If Geoffrey were to guess at but a tenth part of the strong loathing and dia- gusl which filled her soul at the bare thought of what lay before her, her pleadings, she knew, would be all thrown away. But Rose was a. good actress. All women NY trr hold their own in this world of snares and pit- falls are bound to he more so or less. and a hard necessity with her had fostered to the utmost this power of concealment and pretence. In all thtLt she Put before him, of " life for her of possible peace and freedom from anxiety, Geoffrey saw no trace of that} which she was most desirous to hide; from him. It only seemed to him she. was asking him to do something great for her sake-to sacrifice his life in order to bring peace to hers. To a nature such as Geoffrey'-hivalrotu' and highly 'strung-there could be hut one answer to such an appeal. Long ago he had told' her that his life was hers to do with it as she willed. He had given himself-his "self” in its better and higher sense-absolutely to her, and Geoffrey was of too gen- erous a nature to take back his gifts. He certainly lived several hundreds of years too late-tins poor young hero of mine. In the Nineteenth Century, chivalry and self-sacrifice are some- unvtt old fashioned and out of date. We do not even respeet these things over much nowadays. They are reek oned of no account, in this hurrying, bustling practical life of ours. Rather are we inclined to laugh at that which our ancestors revered, and an action of self-denial which, in the days of the “knights of old," would have aroused a perfect storm of enthusiasm and admiration. can gain no better tribute from us than a pitying smile, no more exalted praise than that' damnatory word "Quixotic!" z girl, he will forgive my husband. Do you see! Do you understand' He will give him a free pardon; it will be written. so that there will be no mistake about it. and properly igned and witnessed. He will give this to me the day that Angel Halliday promises to be your wife. Her promise will save me, will save my father; we shall have no more of terrors by day and by night, of secret journeying?! backwards and forwards. of guilty fears, of horrible foreboding, of dang- er; there will be no more hidings in dark corners. for Leon will be a free man. the load of his sins will be taken oft him, and the constant prayer of the old man that he may be united to his son in peace and forgiveness ere he die will be granted to him. Do you not see what all this will be to met and, what your marriage will do for met" CHAPTER XXVI. Florence Du. wu one of those oo- He laughed trrufflr Something made him feel more amiable all at once, and he began to enjoy himself n little-it was evident that he could "I wish you would not look at me so savagely, uncle Matthew. I am really not accustomed to be cross-questioned in__this_ wat.", _ "Indeed, uncle, he said nothing at tall-- he did not speak to me. I don't think be ever saw me. It was at the station-he was getting into the train. I tried to stop him, but he would not stop. He got into the train and went away. He looked agitated-he might havs been ill-perhaps he is ill now." Florence was-very hearly in “6';be this time. "1 know nothing, uncle," taltered Florence, fairly frightened by his vehemence. "You said you saw him t" "Only for a minute." "Where was it t" "At Riverside." "Ahl What did he say to you t" "Nothing." "Nothing? Don't trifle with me, girl-he must have said something I" "Rubbish! don't begin a sermon, girl! Answer my questions instead. Where's your brother? be hasn't been to the office for three days-wrote and said he was ill-he isn't there to-day, I've had a telegram from his fellow- clerk. Trtehet, this morning, to say so. Where is he, I want to know? What do you know of him t" "Well, so it is; but we are at the wrong side of it for any of the fun in the winter. and of course in the sum- mer it is a desert. There are no less than six empty houses within four miles of Coddisham, without counting a small house that has sometimes been tenanled by nice people in Coddishnm itself." . "Have you Been your brother since you have been at Riverside?” he asked. "He has not been to see me," she re- plied somewhat pointedly, "although I certainly did get a glimpse of him two -no it was three--days ago." So far Florence had progressed when she was suddenly interrupted by a quegtion from her uncle._ _ . "What the devil has beeome of him, I want, to know t" cried the old man, savagely, dashing his hand down vio- lently upon his luncheon-table so that the glasses and plates all jingled. “Oh I ' gasped Fiorence, with a seared look at the naughty word, "pray don't usersuch expressions, urpcle--" "But it is a very had neighborhood, aunt Jane. It doesn't much matter to me, because I have so much work to do, but when my younger sisters come out, I am afraid they will find it very dull There are very few tennis par- ties in the summer, and fewer dinner parties; and as to a ball, there has not been such a thing known for two years." _ -- - "How is that t" enquired Mrs. Dane politely. "I thought it was a hunting muggy}? _ _ - _ From the poor she progressed to the rich, and made the usual complaint that. is invariably to be heard upon the lips of all country folk, from whatso- ever county of England th/thay. _ A sort of desultory talk went on be- tween the two ladies, however, by fits, and starts. Florence told her aunt where she was staying, and all about her friend and her baby, gave her the required information concerning the health of her family, and volunteered a good many somewhat uninteresting detain agent the parish and poor peo- ple of Coddisham. And he turned round and glared at her fiercely, so that Florence did not venture to address him again. The luncheon progressed with some 'ymruarrasrment. Mrs. Dane looked frightened and uncomfortable; it was always a black-letter day to her when, by some evil chance, her tormentor aid not go into the eitr-it gave her no rest, either by day or by night. If she. had been alone with Florence, she could have got on well enough, but it was difficult to make conversation with that angry, scowling man sitting by, watching every mouthful they ate, and listening to every word that they spoke. A A _ U And Florence inade matters worse for herself by immediately inquiring after, his gout." - - "Ohl yoru are very kind," he an- swered sareastieally. “I am not go- ing to die of it yet, thank voui” - ' “Sit down here, Florence, my dear. Won't you unfusten your jacket? What will you have, a outlet or some ehivken curry? And how did you leave your father and sisters f" Then, as shn helped her to some food, bring- ing the plate round herself to set he- fore her, she whispered: "Don't mind what your uncle says my dear, he ls not quite himself to-day; his foot is so painful, it always makes him cross." It was as a matter of course, thtte fore, that being within BO short adm- tance of town, she should betake her- self to Cromwell Road to pay her re- SDt-cls to her aunt, Mrs. Matthew Lane. "Humphr--no; I don't suppose they are. The men will run after beauty you know, my dear! You are of the good, plain and useful sort," and then he chuckled again _ _ tunable people who never fail to ful- fit all the same social obligations of life which duty and decorum demand of so many of us in vain. Mr. Dane chuckled. He had a curi- nus appreciation of beauty and come- linees, and a woman who was not prep ty received but scanty civility at his hands. Mrs. Dane aideavored to salve over her husband's rudeness. He looked his niece over expressively from head to foot. She chose the luncheon hour for her visit as offering a greater certain- ty of finding her aunt at home, and fortune certainly befriended her that day for her uncle also was in, having been detained in his own house by a slight touch of a foe whom not all his elevernetsts could circumvent, and “hicll was apt at times to ussert its power over him in an autocratic fash- Ion. This enemy was the gout. . . Mr. Dane sat in an easy chair 1n the dining-room, with his foot swath- ed in bandage upon a leg-rest; a small table with his luncheon tray was be- aids, hint, and he was in a very bad temper. . . H.. held out two fingers to his meca. " Hullo! Florence is it , Dear. me, who would have thought of seems pp. Come up to look out for a husband In London, eh t" Florence's colour rose. "Husbands are not much in my line, uncle, she answered shoytIy. . ONTARIO ARCHIV TORONTO The fly lays four times each summer, and 80 eggs each time. The descen- dants of one female fly in tt single union mar number 2.0mm. her. In cake making one should give as much attention to baking as mixing. After you plane the cake in the oven do not open the door for at least 15 minutes and then do so very cautious- ly; a slam has caused the fail of many a promising cake. Then, too, never let a cake stand after it is mixed; the oven should always be ready for bat- ing before mixing the cake. Pen-hecked any: his mother-in-law has done him a good turn at last. What's thatt Taken his wife home to lin mm. a dash of brandy, just as the cake “goes to the oven, helps to make it light and also to bake more evenly. My cakes are mixed in various ways accord- ing to the sort I am uniting. The eggs are always very cold when broken, and whipped light in a cool place, 1 sift my flour two or three times until it is like light snow. My idea of cake and icing is that they should never be sticky or clammy, yet always soft en- ough to be eqten with a spoon." A celebrated cake maker gives some valuable suggestions on the art of coke making: " First,’[ always use the best of everything. I buy my eggs direct from the farmer; my butter is fresh and carefully washed and kept on ice until I warn it,and flour, sugar, nuts, flavoring, whatever I use, in fact, has to pa fs goon as fan be found. I find A curious offense caused the arrest of Gen. Hoppe, the Swedish Minister of War. Arrayed in military uniform, he walked from his residence to the palace in Stockholm. and when he appeared before the council the King and his associates burst out laughing. Instead of wearing a cocked hat with feathers, he had unwittingly topped his uniform with a shiny plug hat. While a quartette of colored vocal-I ists at Whitestone, NJ., were singing I the "Hallelujah Chorus" over the body 3 of John Stanton, a negro, who had: died in the Flushing Hospital, theca: was a startling moveml-nt in the cot-l fin. The auditors fled in fright, some! of them leaping out of the windowsq The noise was caused by the dropping y of the wooden leg of the corpse, which had been unevenly propped in the cat-. tin. _ I A peculiar skull is possessed by Harry Beno, aged twenty-nine, of Pen- sacola, Fla. In the Cook County Hos- pital. Chicago, he permitted the doe- tors to drive an awl three-quarters of an inch into the top of his skull. Then he suspended a chair from the aw! by means. of a handkerchief, and, bending his head, swung the ehair to and fro. A series ot revival meetings was in progress in a Methodist church in Sherman, N.Y., when the shockmg dis- covery was made that a skunk had taken posaesswn of a {the used tur ventilating purposes. Several plans were tried to eject the visitor, but without avail. Finally the annual was chloroformed and then removed. a“: 1.3an u. sauna, UL DeLEUKeE, la. I "__ . -. V "V . L, . . . guwa public bulldmgs, Laugeun block li was cleaniag her gloves with 3330' l,, Improvements, $34.4”; Lat l’urnuae me, and they were on her hands. the poor-office, 811,04); tsonia pusx-o.t.cc, held her hands over the tire to dry the _ §A0,000; Tu.omu Ihamuion buildings. gloves, and in an instant the log Improvements. etc., 8ow00; _\\'oodnluck were atlame, oausiatg most Dania? post-Office, $404M”. ammo harm; ' burns. ,ete.--Bossm_ts ' harbor, b'vuoti A busUtes ' BAuce mm a win“, 6.0.90.1; Burhug- lost 'i'), Ill' of 1trtuPbuprrPt" tun (manual, napalm. to plers, e4 ,JUJ; a POC at 00k trontauung 8-100. It Ccdlingwood tsaibur, 'iurpAAr, Uouanch, was found and returned to him by the l rectururuerion of breakwater, $40,500; little daughter of George Smith. The y Gudedch, Ireugirig 8ul,urr, Hawker- tre.nfrous-hsarted owner rewarded her l bufy. dredging, bii b"0, L;mcardme,_ te- way one cent. to which he added this pub: to ptcr and dredgmg, snout); adv'ree: "Now run home before you 1sinhrsryt1 umbur and drcdging, 'Al,- lose it, as I did my Pocketbook." 1iyy:0;J1it.tly,,uts1t_" Crce‘k, Tagging, fiy Igrr I., .L .. ..Cl . ... _ ... v. dug I) r Poverty drove Michael Gerbrlsk to the poor-house in Crawfordsville, lnd., and there he died. He had been mir- ried several times, and was the father of thtrty-two living children. not one of whom visited him during his illness, nor attended his funeral. Mrs Isaac B. Mills, of Setauket, L. 1., was cleaning her gloves with gaso- line, and they were on her hands. She held her hands over the fire to dry the gloves, and in an instant the gloves were afiame, causing most painful burns. Some mischevious students in Win- treid, Kansas. amused themselves by painting a farmer's pigs a beautiful seal brown. Then, after ornamenttntr a goat with a red body and green whiskers, they tied him to a profes- sor's bedroom door. Au irreverent little mouse scamper- ed down the aisle of a church in Ches- tor, Pa., during a prayer meeting, and the females and uproarwus shouts from the males caused a scene of great disorder. A new lite boat, just approved by the British Admiralty, carries three metallic cylinders, intu which 1,COJ.-,0J cubic feet of air can be compressed. This amount of air will propel the boat fifteen miles an hour for six hours. A legislator of Michigan favors a law imposing an annual tax of five dollars on every person who drinks in- toxicants. frighten this sturdy. plain-spoken lit- tle niece of his. There was a grain of fun to be got out of her, after all, homely and countrified as she was. Besides she had told him something he had been wanting to know. A Few Paragraphs " um. Will be Found "out Brian-g. in the world. It is the Sutlej, which En 180 miles has a. descent of 12,000 eet operate the switches at railroad eroge- ings, because they rarely become 1n- toxieated. In Pekin the only stores that have glass windows are those of the watch- makers. Somo of the stylish residences now in course of construction in New York _city are to have gold plated plumb- In Italy women are employed to British India has the swifteat river ITEMS OF INTEREST. WORTH KN OWiN G. NOT INTENDED. (N Be tontinued.) FLY’S EGGS. to live with l The Minister of Finance gives no- 'tice of two important Government Ibills. One is to implement the pro- mise made last year, when the Sons of flinglund Incorporated bill was be- Ifore Parliament, Viz., that the Minis- itry at this session would introduce a bill affecting fraternal societies in gen- ‘eral. The title of the proposed mea- lsuro is "Respecting the Incorporation lot Benevolent Societies." it? Ammo 'JHE INSURANCE ACT. AN EIGHT HOUR DAY. Mr. Quinn gives nrrtiee of a resolu- tion that on all public works under control ot the Government eight hours shall constitute a full day's work, and that in all public contracts hereaftera clause be embodied recognizing eight hours as constituting a full day's work. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. Fisher informed Mr. Dugaa that an experimental station for the grow- ina and curing of tobaooo is to be es- tablimed at St. Jacques; Quebec. He replied to Mr. Martin' thatthe Govern- munt proposes, to anemia!) several it.. Imitation stations for the fattening The other bill, of which Mr. Held- ing gives notice, is to amend the In- sumnce Act. It prop-ones Io furnisha means whereby companies may he in- corporated by letters patent, instead oi having to come to Parliameht tor in.. corporation. pub} to pter and dredging, 8.,500; nmguun umbur and dredging, $0,- [000; Little Mear Creek, meugnng, 8c,- §LO:, Noun ILy,pile wharf, " oo, Quk- wine, tepauu to web and (hanging, 3.50.00; tLlsuwa, Japan's (u picrs, pro- I‘xiunng’ harm); in tr..ume1‘md to muni- Icipd cmpurudun, woo win maintain in ’iu Autuw, www, revote; Owen buund. liiiiiiiai and pile work, 8 94:00; k',c- tun, (hedging, c.1000; Port Bunvcl. 'hubor. {v.04}; Pun Egzu, announc- ,lior. of gwyne, brr,u00; Port Hope. re- lparrs to put and dredghag. 613,901; Port titonley,repairs topic: and die g- ‘ing, $56.00,; lLiuy M45, impnvc- numb to channel, t'i,U0; Riser Utm- 1w... improveiucac,, bltuml'odl channel, 387,2u0; mugcen River, (imaging. 9'4,- ( SA/O ' Syuenumn t.iiysc, dredging, “you; (1'lsurnuuiy, dredgiug, @400, '1unnLu 'harbor, works at eastern entrance, (erc., 81540.1. Io deepen the Welhnd Canal ap- proachmcnu at Port comorne gawk“; wdl beuesired,aud 8321;,uw wUl be uti- nzed in deepening the River Yrt. Law- rence bhip channel. me cost oi 'uutltusteriug affairs in the Iukun is Increased. by $37,590, due to the .reetiou, of new buAluings. 8:5.- 000; transport, $804100; traveling ex- penses ot Judges and other court tsi, fieials, anu the sum of $105,000 is but aside tyt' mull star/ice fur the district. Provision is made fur the salaries of fourteen buperiur Court judge; in the Province ot Quebec. at “will each, an iucrease, of 8i0,0.)0; fourteen at $4,000 each, also Qua: judgna of the Circuit Court, Monireal. at $3,000 cach. sohs OF ENGLAND. 1n the metiu estimate the twelve days' pay of the mania is placed at stuuwou. A further 1mm is $230,000 for walking, etc. A pro.-A.Jon ot odido,s,00 is mane for the puschase of field guns. bureau, annulment, rifle ranges and January equipmean. 'lhe Duminiun mm Assccratiou has us 5mm cm uuwn from V Cs, oo to $110,000, while the Arnllcry Awwwliou wm Lave to be satisfied with 85,000 instead of 87,000. My: grunt Lo local and battalion asso- cumona is reduced trom 87,500 to 86,52». Increase, 3.0.318. Runways and canals. coll. ot reseuuu'...... 4,710,200 4,7t1,10, Increase, $3,900. Trade and cum............ 24,100 24,100 FOR PUBLIC WORKS. Arnpriur, publw btLlding, $3,400, re- voLe. Ih manna public buildings. W- t Wa,‘l ALI}; JILO‘UH p0 " Itwe.‘ o, to.“ mushtou A.muune.., 940,0..0, Or- Increase. cumbbu Cusloma ............ .... Increase, $26,510. Emise ...... ............. Decrease. 8249.954. Agriculture and sw- tteitlUt5 ...-...... ...... been-use, t.8e,100. Qu,.mu.ine ....._... ...... lucrcaae. “0,000. lmungnuon ... ......... increase, $100,000. It:iiiway,s and can .13.. Increase, 905,077. mm bubmdtes ......... Decrease. $155,666. Subsidies to Prov- inces ...... ..........-' Increase. $14,000. Indians ...... ........r...... I Decrease, 28,602 Mounted r'o we . Yukon Pros. um. What the Legislators of the Country are Doing at Ottawa. Iru‘blic works ............i Decrease. 8190. Militia ...... ...-.... Increase, $70,728. Civu governmm ... Increase. $19,».85. Amman of Jun-nee... Decrease, $7.146. Penitcnumes ...... ... Decrease. WW. Domlumn puuce ...... Legislauun ... ............ Tme ESTIMATES. finance Minister Fielding brought down the main estimates for the year lsw-ISN. To run the affairs of the country he asks '4ii,c'si,s50,TT, com- pared with 847.900.487.18 last year. The list is made up as follows, the figures for the previous year being also given:-- DOMINION PARLIAMENT. ............t2,3i2,hi5 32,30. 1,0J8,809 4,237,500 1898-59 1899A10 1,626,741 1,431,991 353,753 5 u3,b50 971,: 31:3 451,776 25ti,500 018,333 417,509 619.029 101.501 119,000 196.M7 4,251,500 1.095.520 1.215309 $99,099 463.055 333,730 tis L5.” 426.666 980,217 310,100 358,500 29.,124 416,600 36%075 129,000 93.755 tl,573 "'tha days on “him I sing," mu 'Mme. Lehman), "L wry my undue of 'lilo hardly a Jot. 101' Lve yea” I java been 3 vegetarian. What ue', or- iious word fur muse who, like In; scit, 'can uuer it with and: a muting oi ex- lamnion! My shattered nerves had mm. mm {or a long Lime Otait bed of mm». i “and auyoatublts Aer me to weaver Ilium stuck» of heart. palpiution, dia- lame.- Ind fainting spells. "1 never touch alcoholic drinks. never am thimty nnd I have in fine, buoynnt fading when I am out waLk- ine. Every morning I go throaqh calisthenicn, talk I swim when I can. otherwise cold bathe, work n great deal in the garden .nd indoou. I no Inn:- " know what {dine in since ree bo- eome n vegan-inn and can stand I great deal more both menu", and bodily. Thornton I an highly recom- mend this mode ot lite. Simple as it in. its effect upon the noul‘ in moat “haunting.” "U. why 1 dine at new, but l. hen I slug in the evenlngu, an hour hum. I take a plate of vegetable or rice tst'UP, then 1 at aplete of vegetables. At four o‘clock I have acup of milk. and at seven o’clock eat: some green salad. . couple at egg. or cheese. At odd in. tervals during the day I have fruit. Perhaps twine I year I eat fish, but I don't care for it much. and only tuke it when I can find nothing else. t't‘Wilh one plate of rice taken in the I ernmn 1 em strong enough to sin Isolde and to “and the attain of at? the great role. which last until mid. night. I That much vexed qu~ tion whether $0." not a member of Parliament should inert-pt a free railway pass. cum up i,itt the form of a bill by Mr. Bostoelr IO {compvlr'cilways to i m: such {usual gand was lost on division. wry cu4r.y--at Ii: or half-past maven o3lock--go unto my garden and “uxk there, among my plans and tlower . "It the weather u bad 1 wmu a Good deal. A. halt-pun seven [drink a glass of milk, bat alittle rye btead Indnno»; 'ld. than 00m fruit. - - V_- ..._......., u..- -..... palpicatiun had ceased. I “In a he. being. tured of an my Mounted. “then had new phyla“ me Mich bad bricks. In audidon to this Imuat not un- ferllimaw the tsatiataction I fee. In __, -_"_..wr_%fk.hr.. 5 Hr“ '" knowing when I sit down to a. tut-HI than 1 am not eating my fellow Hw- lures, am that in order to sandy my appelim no harm has come to ttron, and it has not been necessary to la“ the lives oi any of them. V Whemer I sing or not my diet 10- mains (he “an. 1 any out the sun“ "What tuppettedt It agreed mm. " ably mm me. True. the first No or lhxec days 1 cout .u't get rid of an iuea mu 1 uiun'L (out “adieu. But by .Use mum: My 1 was uccusuumd t: 'fp, and "tuw a. fortnight we tkttacuits of 6.1mm. 'Winalsy Eugen d'Atbert and Plate.- mt Annuwerm reocnunmded we to become a wgetariun. “laugh I had a kind 0. myntermns repugnunce Lo the iuea m giving up my rare beefsteak. " which 1 ham become accuawmed, and feared that l might be attacked wnh Weakness in consequence. l gunned my enemies together and began “no aur to we only on vacuum“ um} unit. Whemcr I sing or not I menus the same. 1 any U plugx-umme. and that suits 1y. Ic i happen to be It wry cur.y--at six or hall I Dr. Borden replied to Mr. Engine: lthan ihe. Imperial despateh granting medals for the Fenian raidl and Bad "deer rebellion services directed tho ‘iasue of medals onlylo the survivin Mice“, non-a-omml. dulled officers an: men. Col. Hughes, had asked it tho [medals would be given to the families ot those now dead who served on this. otteasious. Mme Lehmauu, the great prune douna, sewn! years ago was prostat- ed by a severe “muse, and was off the stage for a long time. She even des. pened of leguinmg her health and of being able to reeume her career. At that criucal moment two of herlrivude advised her to become a vegetumn. She [chewed their advice, with u, at hem-tick! results. Une au'vauras: we derive. hum it is that; on the any uhen she ling. she. is not obliged to change her diet. acre is wmcthtuz that she has to say on the topic: Mr. Munk'u bill to cumpel the Gov- ernment to grant every (“churned civil u'ertattt a statement of the com- plaint nzninst him was put to a val. in the fl was and was given the tsix.. months' hnist. FREE RAILWAY P '.F~"?S. iidiririmr to Mr. Martin, Sir Louis Davis stated that the question of pru- viding for the transport of fresh tab in cold storage from the Maritime Provincns L, the inland consuming cun- ters of QOIPI)-'C, Ontario um! the Numb. west was recognized by the Govern- ment as important, and was no“ re- ceiving ttonsiderattott. Mr. Sitmn informed Mr. E. P. Clarke that no arrangements have been made for a mineral exhibit from Canada in the mining section of the Grenler Britain Extnbititat, to be held fron May tr, October this year at Earl" Court, London. _ _ _ Sir Wilfrid Laurier, informed Mr. Bennett :hal the Government is con- sidering the question of introducing legislation to provide for the num- pulsory retirement of County Court judges in Ontario who have attained the age of 55 'ep. -- . -. Mr, Blair informed Mr. Bergeron that the amount ot money paid by tho Govert.mettt for the contraction of the Soulangus Canal up to March 81, 1899, was $4,762,996.75. _--- __ _ Mr. Fielding replied to Mr. MeMui.. Ion that It was the intention of the Government to introduce an unend- mrut to the Civil Service Act, but that he was not in a position to stat. its nature at present." -- of poultry during the «non of mo. Illustration station- " object Xenon- lo the farmers in different branches of agricul‘ure would beeytabliehed. Prof. hoimruon had not advocated any schune tor the spraying of fruit trees, but lbw department would oo-operate with the Government of P: inoe Edward I ha! in some exp.:riments of spraying andxhipping fruit. A NOTED VEGETARIAN, M16. and that suits me perm t- i happen to be u home I use CIVIL SER\ ICE BILL. and minim; and hurt th (but h (IN DI m H M Th Klu- Print will t tt may residq therlo lived i Mr. John A. men! 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